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IPROOIBEZDIHSTG-S 


OF    THE 


SOCIETY  OF  ANTIQUARIES 
n 


OF 


NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. 


THIRD    SERIES. 
VOL.     III. 

(JANUARY,     1907,    TO    DECEMBER,     1908.) 

EDITED    BY    R.    BLAIR. 


SOUTH     SHIELDS  : 
PRINTED     FOR     THE     SOCIETY     BY     R.     SIMPSON     AND     SONS 

1909. 


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LIST   OF    PLATES. 

To  face  page 

Selby  Abbey  Church  after  the  fire,  crossing  from  Choir  Clearstorey  1 
Earthenware  Vase  (pre-Conquest)  found  in  Heworth  churchyard; 

and  Jug  found  in  Bishop  Auckland       . .           . .           . .           . .  2 

Selby  Abbey  Church  after  the  fire,  interior  looking  East  and  West  4 

South  Shields,  stone  columns,  &c.,  from  Roman  Camp    . .           . .  10 

,,  red  earthenware,  with  'slip'  decoration,  from  the 

same              . .           . .          .  .           . .           ....  11 

A  Smoke  Jack  ;    and  a  Pulpit  Hour-Glass              . .           . .           . .  16 

A  Horn  Book 17 

A  Sedan  Chair 18 

A  Travelling  Chariot  ;    and  a  Dandy-horse             . .           . .           . .  21 

Silhouettes  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  Ogilvie  of  North  Shields      . .  22 

A  '  Black  Jack ' ;  and  an  ancient  Anchor  from  Etaples  . .           . .  42 

Aycliffe,  co.  Durham,  Anglian  Crosses  in  churchyard        . .           . .  65 

,,  Fragments  of  Pre-Conquest  Crosses,  and  a  carved 

Stone  (?  Roman) 66 

„              Early  Font  and  Effigy          67 

Heighington  Church  :   figures  and  shield  on  bell    . .          . .           . .  68 

„              ,,            a  medieval  Pulpit      . .           . .           . .          . .  69 

„              „            Effigies  in        70 

Plan  of  British  Camp,  Shackleton  Hill,  co.  Durham         . .           . .  69 

Thornton  Hall,  and  '  Legs  Cross,'  co.  Durham      . .          . .           . .  76 

Ancient  British  Urn  from   Roddam,   Northumberland ;     and   a 

Corporal  Case  at  Hessett  Church,  Norfolk 92 

Bull-ring,    Sandhill,    Newcastle;     and    a    Corn    Dibbler    and    a 

'  Lutchet'  . .           .  .           .  .           . .           . .           . .           . .           . .  94 

Three  Seals  attached  to  a  Widdrington  deed  ;    and  foe-simile  of 

signature  of  Cardinal  Pole          .  .           . .           .  .           . .           . .  96 

An  eighteenth  century  doorway,  Greenhead  ;  and  an  old  Measure 

belonging  to  Darlington  Corporation    . .           . .          . .           . .  98 

Fac-simile  of  Refoundation  Charter  of  Syon  abbey          . .           . .  110 

Roman    bronze    figure    from    South    Shields  ;     and    a    '  Powder 

Monkey' 116 

Lady  kirk  Church,  Berwickshire         ..  ..  ..  ..          ..121 

„     interior 122 

Nor  ham  Church,  interior  and  exterior         . .           .  .           . .  126 

,,            ,,         interior  and  effigy,  etc.     . .           . .           . .  128 

Xor ham  Castle;    and  Longridge  Towers     ..  ..  ..  ..132 

atfield,  co.  Durham,   pre-historic  Burial  .  .           . .           . .  150 

the  '  Worm  Hill' ;  and  Penshaw  Staiths    ..           ..  154 

Basque  farmer  and  his  wife  using  a  Hand    Plough   at   Segura, 

Spain           . .           . .           .  .           . .           . .           . .           . .           . .  158 

Late  Keltic  fibula  from  South  Shields ;    and  a  silver  tankard  of 

Newcastle  make   ..           ..           ..           ..           ..           .....  160 

ffigy  in  Norton  Church,  co.  Durham         . .           . .           . .  1 86 

A  seventeenth  century  bronze  Mortar  ;  and  a  '  Creeing-trough ' .  .  214 

The  Antonine  Vallum  :    course  of      . .           . .           . .           .  .           . .  228 

,,              Barhill  Roman  Camp,  plan  and  section  of  ditch    . .  229 

Rough  Castle,  lilia  at  the  Roman  Camp  at           . .  230 

Barhill  Roman  Camp,  the  well  at  . .           .  .           . .  231 

,,                    „         stone  columns,  taken  out  of  same  well. .  231 
,,         freestone    busts,    leather   shoes,    chariot 
wheel,  a  bag  of  tools,  copper  and  ware 
objects,   etc.,  taken  out  of  well  (four 

plates) 232 


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To  face  page 
Altar  and  capitals,  iron  objects,  skulls  of  bos  longifrons,  etc., 

from  Barhill  camp  well  (two  plates)     .  . 
The  Antonine  Wall  at  Bearsden,  etc. 

Kirkby  Stephen  Church;  and  Pendragon  Castle,  Westmorland.  . 
Bolam  Church,  Northumberland,  interior  and  exterior    .  . 

„  Raimes  Effigy  and  arms  in 

Whalton  Church,  Northumberland,  interior  and  exterior . . 

„  window  and  column  in     .  .  .  .  .  .  ^« 

Bellasis  bridge,  Northumberland 

Holy  Island :  west  doorway  of  Priory,  and  passage  across  sands . . 
Priory  looking  north-east ;   and  parish  Church  from 

S.W V.      ••   ..          28f 

Castle     ..       -V.          ••  f ;      290 

Corstopitum  excavations         .  .  .  .  . .  c    '  . .  .  .        313  &  314 

Bronze  Celt  from  near  Wycliffe-on-Tees  ;    and  a  stone  Axe-head 

from  Killerby        ..  ..  ..  ••  ••  ••  ..318 

Roman  columns  in  Chollerton  Church          ..  ...          ..  ..      322 

Bolam    Church   pre-Conquest    tower;     and    ancient    Wall    near 

Poltross  burn,  Gilsland 334 


234 
234 
260 
206 
268 
269 
270 
279 
285 


LIST    OF    OTHER    ILLUSTRATIONS. 


Aid  worth,  A.,  merchant's  mark  of,  72 

Ancient  British  burial,  plan  of  Fatfield, 

co.  Durham,  showing  site  of,  152 

Bell  inscriptions,  Heighington  church, 

70  ;   Sadberge  church,  161 
Birdhope  Craig  communion  token,  159 
Bolam  communion  cup,  267 
Brafferton,  co.  Durham,  old  windows 

at,  203 
Bristol,  merchant's  mark  on  door  of 

house  at,  92 

Communion  cup,  Bolam  church,  267  ; 

tokens,  leaden,  114,  159,  160 
Compton  church,  Surrey,  chancel,  etc., 

of,  194  ;  plan  and  details  of,  195 
Corstopitum  lion,  the,  99 
Coverhmn  church,  curious  device  on  a 

Yeoman  monument  in,  84 
Croft  church,  Place  arms  on,  204 

Dairy,  N.B.,  communion  token,  159 
Door- head   inscriptions,    Ingle  ton,  co. 

Durham,  215 
Dragonesquo  fibula,  a,  viii 


Durham  co.,  an  old  saddle  in  use  in, 
180;  an  old  stile  in,  340 

Edderston,N.B.,  communion  token,  159 
Eglingham  hall,  mantel  jamb  in,  339 
Exeter,  font  of  St.  Martin's  church  at, 
236 

Fac-similes  of  an  old  play  bill  relating 

to  Newcastle,  91  ;   of  old  plan,  287 
Fame  Islands,  fac-simile  of  old  plan  of, 

287 
Fatfield,  co.  Durham,  plan  of,  shewing 

site  of  Ancient  British  burial,  152 
Font  of   St.  Martin's  church,  Exeter, 

236 

Gateshead     church,     a     pre-conquest 
grave-cover  from,  319 

Hair  dressing,  caricature  of  seventeenth 

century,  v 
Heighington     church,     carved     stone 

representing   two    saints,    68  ;     bell 

inscription  at,  70 


Hilton  hall,  co.  Durham,  217 

Holy  Island,  fac-simile  of  old  plan  of, 
287  :  a  merchant's  mark  on  a  ring 
found  at,  92;  church  of,  in  1817,  289 

Horsing-block  from  the  '  Golden  Lion  ' 
inn,  Bigg  Market,  Newcastle,  18 

Ingloton,  tco.  Durham,  door-head  in- 
scriptions at,  216 

Kirkurd,  N.B.,  communion  token,  195 
irk,    N.B.,    leadt 


Lady  kirk 
token,  114 


ten    communion 


Mantel  jamb  at  Eglingham  hall,  339 
Merchants'  marks,  92 

Newcastle,  fac-simile  of  an  old  play  bill 
relating  to  the  Bigg  Market  theatre, 
91  ;  horsing-block  from  the  '  Golden 
Lion,'  Bigg  Market,  18;  pillory  in, 
on  which  Johnson  Reed  was  set  up, 
44 ;  town  wall,  plan  and  section  of, 
on  quay,  57 

Pendragon  castle,  Westmorland,  259 
Pillory,  a,  in  Newcastle,  44 
Place  arms  in  Croft  church,  204 


Plans  of  Fatfield,  co.  Durham,  152  ;  of 

Holy  Island,  287 
Pre-conquest  grave-cover,  a,  319 

Redesdale,  a  Roman  altar  in,  183 
Roman    altar    at    Redesdale    cottage, 

183  ;     objects   from   the   station   at 

South  Shields,  10 

Sadberge  church  bell  inscription,  161 
Saddle,    an    old,    formerly    in    use    in 

Durham,   180 
Shields,  South,  objects  from  the  Roman 

station  at,  vi,  It) 
Snuffers,  an  old  pair  of,  114 
Spicer  family,  Cirencester,  merchant's 

mark  of,  92 
Stirrup,  an  old  bronze,  1 59 

Thornton  hall,  co.  Durham,  75  ;  details 
of  window,  ceilings,  etc.,  73,  74  ; 
Tailbois  arms  in,  75 

Tokens,  leaden  communion,  114,  159, 
160 

Wharton     hall,     Westmorland,     257; 

plan  of  255 
Wick  trimmers,  an  old  pair  of,  114 

Yeoman  monument  in  Coverham 
church,  curious  device  on  a,  84 


HAIK    DRESSING    IN    THE    OLDEN    TIME    (see  pp.   16  and  114). 


VI 


ADDITIONS,   CORRECTIONS,   &c. 

p.  59,  line  28,  for  'Jobling'  read  '  Jopling.' 

p.  71,  lines  1,  defe  '  MacLauchlan's  survey  of  it  is  correct ' ;  14,  Mr.  Wpoler  has  since 
procured  a  plan  of  the  camp,  kindly  prepared  by  Mr.  G.  W.  Davison  of  Darling- 
ton, of  which  a  reproduction  is  given  on  the  plate  facing  p.  69. 

p.  74,  lines  5,  for  'hall'  read  'building';  6,  the  'notes'  appeared  with  the  sketches 
in  George  A.  FothcrgilVs  Sketch-book  (published  by  James  Dodds,  Darlington, 
May,  1907) ;  before  5  from  bottom,  insert  'Henry  Bowes  (bapt.  1575)  a  merchant 
adventurer  of  Newcastle,  next  stepped  in.  His  son' ;  same  line,  after  passed, 
insert  '  in  1624.' 

p.  75,  line  1,  read  'Francis's  son.  Sir  Francis.' 

p.  76,  line  5  from  bottom.  Mr  Fothergill  maintains  that  all  are  of  the  same  period 
(see  his  Sketch-Book). 

p.  77,  last  line,  for  'final'  read  'last':  and  line  2  from  bottom,  for  'ceilings'  read 
'ceiling.' 

p.  89,  line  44,  for  'partiuclar'  read  'particular/ 

p.  94,  plate  facing,  for  'C.  E.  Newbegin'  read  'E.  R.  Newbigin.' 

p.  96,  line  5  from  bottom,  for  'frate'  read  'fratre.' 

p.  100,  line  2,  for  'Newbegin'  read  'Newbigin.' 

p.  112,  line  1,  for  '  Cheste-le-Street '  read  'Chester-le-Htreet.'     . 

p.  128,  line  36,  for  'fut'  read  'fret.' 

p.  175,  line  5  from  bottom,  for  '  Shelton'  read  '  Skelton.' 

p.  177,  line  11,  for  'Amos'  read  'Amor.' 

p.  184,  line  28,  for  '  by  himself'  read  'by  Mr.  H.  T.  Clarke.' 

p.  192.  lines  24  and  31,  for  '  Gibson '  read  '  Gilson.' 

p.  218,  line  23,  for  'i'  read  '  II.' 

p.  235,  the  name  of  the  family  is  'Baillie'  not  'Bailie.' 

p.  241,  line  13,  for  'Serby'  read  'Serlby.' 

p.  264,  the  plate  marked  to  face  this  page,  should  face  p.  268. 

p.  277,  line  20,  the  papers,  &c.,  were  presented  by  lieut.-col.  Carr-Ellison,  D.A.A.G., 
by  Mr.  Cuthbert  Carr,  his  agent. 

p.  278,  last  line  but  one,  for  'Plainmeller'  read  '  Plainfield.'  The  axe  was  exhibited 
by  Mr.  Johnson  of  Wallsend. 

p.  288,  line  29,  for  'outwards'  read  'eastwards.' 

p.  295,  lines  4,  for  'with'  read  'worth';  7  from  bottom,  for  'them'  read  '  him'; 
and  9  from  bottom,  for  'Swalfeld'  read  '  Swafeld' ;  bottom  line,  for  'Win.' 
read  'Walter.' 

p.  298,  bottom  line,  for  'of  read  '  to.' 

p.  300,  line  14  from  bottom,  for  '  crops '  read  '  corps. 

p.  330,  line  26,  for  '1589'  read  '1580.' 


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SARDONYX    CXMBO    FFtOM    HO  MAN    GAMP,    SOUTH    SHIELDS. 


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CONTRIBUTIONS  OF  PHOTOGRAPHS,  BLOCKS,  &c. 

Thanks  are  given  to  the  following : — 

Adamson,  L.  W.,  for  photograph  of  Corporal  Case  facing  p.  92 

Allison,  T.  M.,  for  photographs  facing  p.  158 

Baddeley,  Mrs,  of  Weybridge,  for  photograph  of  passage  across  Holy 

Island  Sands  facing  p.  285. 
Blair,  Mrs,  for  photograph  of  west  door  of  Holy  Island  priory  church 

facing  p.  285 

Braithwaite,  J.  W.,  of  Kirkby  Stephen,  loan  of  blocks  facing'p.  260 
Brewis,  Parker,  for  photographs  facing  pp.  2  (Heworth  jar),  16  (pulpit 

hour-glass),  17,  18  (closed  sedan  chair),  21,  92  (urn),  93  (shovel,  &c.), 

96,  110,  116  (figure),  150,  160,  214  (mortar),  279,  334  (Bolam  church 

tower) 

Bruce,  Clayton,  for  photographs  facing  p.  313 
Clarke,  Henry  and  H.  F.,  for  drawings  on  pp.  99,  114,  159,  160 
Clark,  W.,  of  Stockton,  for  photograph  facing  p.  186 
Cumberland  and  Westmorland  Antiquarian  Society  for  loan  of  blocks 

on  pp.  255,  257,  259 
Durham    and    Northumberland    Archaeological    Society,    for    loan   of 

blocks  on  p.  68,  and  facing  same  page 

Fothergill,  Geo.  A.,  of  Darlington,  for  loan  of  blocks  on  pp.  73,  75,  76,  77 
Gibson,  John,  for  photograph  of  ancient  wall  at  Gilsland  facing  p.  334 
Hardcastle,  Wm.,  for  photograph  of  'black  jack'  facing  p.  42 
Haswell,  F.  R.  N.,  for  drawings  on  pp.  194,  195,  236 
Hoyer,  Miss,  for  loan  of  block  facing  p.  322. 
Jeffreys,  R.  H.,  of  Birtley,  for  plan  on  p.  152,  and  photographs  facing 

p.    154 
Jerningham,  Sir  Hubert,   K.C.M.G.,  photograph  of  Longridge  towers 

facing  p.   132 

Knowles,  W.  H.,  F.S.A.,  for  plan,  &c.,  on  p.  57 
Mackey,  Matthew,  for  loan  of  old  drawing  on  p.  44 
Miller,   G.   Thurlow,  photographs  facing  pp.    126,   128,    132  (Norham 

castle) 
Moodie,  Rev.  W.  S.,  for  photographs  facing  pp.  121  (Ladykirk  church 

from  S.E.),   122 
Mountford,  W.  J.,  of  Darlington,  for  photographs  facing  pp.  2  (Bishop 

Auckland  jug),  65,  66,  67,  69  (pulpit),  70,  76 
Mowat,  M.  Robert,  of  Paris,  for  photograph  of  ancient  anchor  facing 

p.  42 

Newbigin,  Edward  Richmond,  for  photograph  of  bull  ring,  facing  p.  93 
Oswald,  Joseph,  for  photograph  of  Ladykirk  church,  from  S.W.,  facing 

p.  121 

Philipson,  William,  for  photographs  of  open  sedan  chair  facing  p.  18 
Phillips,  Maberly,  F.S.A.,  for  loan  of  block,  p.  v  ;    and  plates  facing 

Ep.  16  (smoke  jack),  22  ;  and  for  photograph  of  'powder  monkey' 
icing  p.  116 

Raimes,  Frederick,  for  photographs  facing  pp.  266,  268 
Rutherford,  Henry  T.,  for  photograph  of  door -head  facing  p.  98 
Scottish  Society  of  Antiquaries  for  loan  of    blocks  facing  pp.  228-234 

(except  that  of  Bearsden  facing  p.  234) 
Shields,  F.  W.,  for  loan  of  play-bill  on  p.  91 


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Spain,  G-  R.  B.,  for  drawing  of  Roman  altar  on  p.  183 

Stephens,  Dr.  D.  H..  of  North  Shields,  for  photographs  facing  pp.  288, 

290,  314 

Walker,  the  Rev.  John,  for  loan  of  blocks  facing  pp.  269,  270 
Wood,  W.  H.,  for  drawings  on  p.  319 
Wooler,  Edward,  for  plan  of  camp  facing  p.  69,  and  photographs  pp.  92 

(measure),  214  (creeing  trough)  318 


DRAGON KSQUB   BROOCH. 


The  drawings  on  pp.  84,  203,  204,  215,  217,  339,  and  340  are  by 
Mr.  George  A.  Fothergill  of  Darlington. 


PROCEEDINGS 

OF   THE 


SOCIETY    OF   ANTIQUARIES 


OF    NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. 


3  SER.,  VOL.  III.  1907.  No.   1 


The  ninety-fourth  anniversary  meeting  of  the  Society  was  held  in  the 
library  of  the  Castle,  Newcastle,  on  Wednesday,  the  thirtieth  day  of 
January,  1907,  at  two  o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  the  president,  His  Grace 
the  Duke  of  Northumberland,  K.G.,  F.S.A.,  being  in  the  chair. 

Several  ACCOUNTS,  recommended  by  the  Council  for  payment,  were 
ordered  to  be  paid. 

The  following  ORDINARY  MEMBER  was  proposed  and  declared  duly 
elected : — 

Alwyn  Leslie  Raimes,  Hartburn  lodge,  near  Stockton. 

The  following  NEW  BOOKS',  etc.,  were  placed  on  the  table  : — 
Presents,  for  which  thanks  were  voted  : — 

From  the  Peabody  Museum,  Harvard  University,  U.S.A.  : — Papers, 

iv,  2 :   '  Commentary  on  the  Maya  Manuscript  in  the  Royal  Public 

Library  of  Dresden.' 
From  the  Newcastle-upon-Tyne  Bible  Society  : — Reprints  from  the 

Annual  Report,   1900. 
From  Robert  Blair  : — The  Antiquary  for  Dec.  1906,  and  Jan.   and 

Feb.  1907. 

Exchanges  : — 

From  the   British  Archaeological  Association: — Journal,   N.S.,  xn, 

iv,  8vo. 
From  the  Royal  Numismatic  Society  : — The  Numismatic  Chronicle, 

4th  series,  nos.  23  and  24. 
From   the    Bristol    and    Gloucestershire    Archaeological    Society  : — 

Transactions,  xxiv,  i,  8vo. 
From    the    Royal     Archaeological     Institute  : — The    Archaeological 

Journal,  vol.  LXIII,  no.  251. 

From  La  Societe  Archeologique  de  Namur  : — Annales,  26,  ii ;  8vo. 
From  the  Berwickshire  Naturalists'  Club  : — History,  xix,  ii,  8vo. 
From  the  Shropshire  Archaeological  and  Natural  History  Society  :  — 

Transactions,  3  ser,  iv,  iii. 
From  the  Cambridge  Antiquarian  Society: — (i)  The  Riot  at  the  Great 

Gate  of  Trinity  College,  being  8vo.  publ.,  no.  xvui ;    and  (ii)  List  of 

Members  of  the  Society  for  1906. 
From  the  Sussex  Archaeological  Society  : — Archaeological  Collections, 

XLIX,  8vo. 

From  the  Powys-Land  Club  : — Collections,  xxiv,  ii ;   8vo. 
From  the  Royal  Society  of  Antiquaries  of  Ireland : — Journal,  xxxvi,  4. 


Purchases  : — Notes  and  Queries,  10  ser,  nos.  153-161  ;  Mitteilungen  des 
Kaiserlich  Deutschen  Archaologischen  Instituts,  xxi,  i ;  The  Oxford 
English  Dictionary — Pennage-Plat  (vol.  vii)  ;  The  Scottish  Historical 
Review,  no.  14  (Jan.  1907)  ;  Northern  Notes  and  Queries,  vol.  i,  no.  5  ; 
The  Registers  of  Middleton  St.  George  and  of  Bishop  Middleham,  co. 
Durham  (North,  and  Durh.  Par.  Reg.  Soc.) ;  The  Reliquary,  vol.  xm, 
no.  1  ;  Lincolnshire  Pedigrees  and  Index,  (65  Harleian  Soc.  publ.)  ; 
The  Official  Year  Book  of  the  Scientific  and  Learned  Societies,  1906; 
Feudal  Aids,  vol.  iv,  (Northampton  to  Somerset)  ;  The  Ancient 
Crosses  and  Holy  Wells  of  Lancashire,  by  Henry  Taylor,  F.S.A.  ; 
and  The  Registers  of  St.  John's  Church,  Qarrigill. 

EXHIBITED  : — 

By  Mr.  Edward  Wooler  of  Darlington  : — An  earthenware  jug  found 
in  Bishop  Auckland.  Mr.  Wooler,  in  an  accompanying  note,  said 
that  it  was  probably  of  early  date,  '  and  was  found  about  forty 
years  ago  in  cleaning  out  the  well  of  the  Talbot  hotel,  a  very 
old  hostelry.  It  is  made  of  salmon  coloured  clay,  and  is  slightly 
glazed  in  parts,  evidently  through  burning.  The  thumb  marks 
of  the  potter  in  fixing  the  handle  remain  firmly  imprinted  above 
and  below  the  handle.  It  is  damaged  by  a  hole  in  the  side  made 
in  cleaning  the  well  out,  and  this  discloses  the  fact  that  though 
the  exterior  clay  is  salmon  colour,  the  interior  is  burnt  quite 
black.  It  is  unlike  any  local  clay  that  I  know  of.  Its  height  is 
8fin.,  diameter  at  base  is  4|in.,  at  mouth  3fin.,  and  circumference 
21|in.  The  marks  of  the  potter's  wheel  are  very  distinct.  The  jug 
is  of  a  most  useful  shape,  with  a  good  base,  although  not  very  level  ; 
wide  mouth  with  a  lip  for  getting  the  hand  in  for  cleaning.'  (See 
illustration  of  it  on  plate  facing  this  page.) 

By  Mr.  Oswin  J.  Charltoa  : — Cardinal  Pole's  Charter  of  Refoundation 
of  Syon  abbey  of  1557.  It  will  probably  be  printed  in  the  March 
number  of  these  Proceedings. 

By  Mr.  R.  Oliver  Heslop : — A  small  mortar  of  brass ;  height 
3|  inches,  diameter  across  mouth  5in.,  on  a  base  3|in.  diameter. 
It  is  decorated  with  an  escutcheon  and  crest,  repeated  six  times 
round  its  side.  The  shield  bears  3  fleurs  de  lis  in  the  field,  2  and  1 . 
Crest  a  mitre.  The  brass  is  of  inferior  quality,  and  the  arms, 
impressed  in  the  mould  by  a  stamp,  are  carelessly  spaced  and  in 
some  cases  aslope.  After  stamping,  the  moulder  appears  to  have 
rubbed  over  each  device  to  give  it  a  worn  appearance.  The  mortar 
has  every  indication  of  a  fabricated  and  sham  antiquity. 

By  Mr.  Fredk.  Raimes: — Two  photographs  of  pages  of  a  fourteenth 
century  Book  of  Hours  in  the  Cambridge  library.  It  originally 
belonged  to  Alice  de  Reydon,  daughter  and  heiress  of  Robert  de 
Raimes,  and  shows  the  engrailed  cross  as  the  arms  of  the  Suffolk 
branch  of  the  family  of  Raimes.  The  same  coat  occurs  for  the 
Northumbrian  branch,  which  settled  at  Aydon  and  Shortflat,  in  a 
sixteenth  century  Roll  of  Arms  belonging  to  Mr.  F.  W.  Dendy  ; 
this  roll  is  now  in  course  of  publication  in  Arch.  Ael.  (3  ser.  in). 
Three  illuminated  pages  of  the  book  are  being  reproduced  in  fac- 
simile in  colours  at  Mr.  Raimes's  cost,  and  he  has  very  kindly 
promised  to  give  sufficient  copies  of  them  for  issue  to  members. 

By  Mr.  F.  Gerald  Simpson :  — Ten  photographs,  taken  by  himself,  of 
Selby  abbey  church,  before  and  after  the  fire.'  (See  reproductions 
of  three  of  these  photographs  on  plates  facing  pages  1  and  4.; 

Mr.  Simpson  then  asked  to  be  permitted  to  say  a  few  words  on  behalf 
of  the  'Selby  Abbey  Restoration  Fund.'  He  said  'I  have  nothing  to 


s  l! 


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do  with  the  fund  beyond  knowing  two  members  of  the  committee,  but 
I  do  not  think  the  committee  will  pick  and  choose  amongst  those  who 
wish  to  help.  I  believe  the  money  in  hand  to-day  is  less  than  £33,000, 
and  the  estimate  is  £50,000  at  least.  I  do  hope  that  the  generous  help 
which  your  Grace  has  given  to  the  fund  will  encourage  many  members 
of  this  Society  and  many  people  in  this  county  to  help  also.  Surely 
the  object  must  appeal  to  all  churchmen  at  least,  and  surely  also, 
it  must  appeal  more  strongly  to  everyone  than  schemes  for  restora- 
tion, due  to  age  and  weather,  which  are  naturally  to  be  looked 
forward  to  at  any  time.  I  am  not  a  churchman,  but  a  Methodist, 
so  I  suppose  I  am  anxious  to  help  because,  as  a  Yorkshireman,  I  am 
proud  of  my  county's  architectural  treasures.  I  trust  that  the 
photographs  before  you  will  give  some  idea  of  the  uncommon 
beauty  and  interest  of  the  abbey.  Finally,  I  hope  that  no  one  here 
will  ever  be  asked  again  to  help  a  similar  object,  which  means  that  I 
hope  no  such  disaster  as  that  at  Selby  will  happen  again  during  the 
lifetime  of  any  one  of  us.' 

The  noble  chairman,  in  moving  a  vote  of  thanks  to  those  who  had 
made  the  interesting  exhibitions,  said  he  would  like  to  say  one  word  in 
support  of  what  had  been  said  about  the  restoration  of  Selby  abbey 
church.  Most  of  those  present  probably  knew  the  abbey  in  the  days  of 
its  glory,  but  those  who  had  not  seen  it  could  have  but  little  idea  of 
what  a  very  beautiful  building  it  was.  He  had  often  seen  Selby  as  he 
passed  in  the  train,  but  the  exterior,  as  seen  from  the  railway,  was  not 
very  striking  ;  and  he  was  quite  amazed  when  he  first  saw  its  interior. 
It  was  one  of  the  most  magnificent  churches,  he  thought,  in  England. 
As  antiquaries  they  did  not  care  a  great  deal  for  restorations,  but  in  the 
case  of  fire  nothing  else  was  left  to  be  done.  He  trusted,  therefore,  it 
would  be  possible  to  reproduce  something  of  the  ancient  glories  of  the 
church,  and  he. was  sure  it  was  a  most  worthy  effort. 

ANNUAL    REPORT,    ETC. 

Mr.  R.  Oliver  Heslop  (one  of  the  secretaries)  then  read  the  annual 
report  as  follows  : — 

*  Your  Council  have  pleasure  in  presenting  the  ninety-fourth  annual 
report  of  the  Society. 

The  past  year  has  been  marked  by  incidents  of  special  interest  in  the 
history  of  the  Society  ;  but  before  alluding  to  these  we  have  to  record, 
with  deep  regret,  the  inroad  made  in  our  membership  by  death.  Mr. 
George  Irving,  a  member  of  our  Council,  joined  our  Society  in  1886,  and, 
up  to  the  time  of  his  death,  was  unvarying  in  his  interest  in  and  unremitt- 
ing in  his  attendance  at  its  meetings.  By  his  profession  he  had  become 
possessed  of  a  unique  acquaintance  with  lands  and  tenures  in  the  north 
of  England,  and  his  detailed  knowledge  was,  on  many  occasions,  brought 
to  bear  with  signal  advantage  to  our  investigations.  Nor  was  his 
experience  of  less  value  to  our  Society  at  times  when  its  business 
negotiations  received  the  benefit,  of  his  counsel  and  sagacity.  Of 
literary  work  his  chief  memorial  will  remain  in  his  account  of  the 
lairds  of  Hoddom,  a  Scottish  border  stock  from  which  he  was  himself 
descended.  We  shall  most  miss  the  old  world  courtliness  of  his  genial 
presence,  and  the  quiet  constancy  with  which  he  supported  all  our 
undertakings.  In  Mr.  George  H.  Thompson  of  Alnwick,  our  Society  has 
lost  another  colleague  who  had  many  claims  upon  our  regard.  He  joined 
our  Society  in  1888.  From  1877  he  had  been  an  active  member  of  the 
Berwickshire  Naturalists'  Club.  That  Society's  volume  of  transactions 
for  1 884  contains  an  account  by  him  of  a  British  barrow,  with  urns  and 
skull,  discovered  at  Amble.  Ten  years  later  the  further  discovery  of  an 


urn  and  flint  at  the  same  place,  he  recorded  in  the  Berwickshire  Society's 
volume  for  1894.  Although  distance  prevented  him  from  an  active 
share  in  our  meetings,  he  followed  all  our  proceedings  as  a  keen  partici- 
pator in  our  pursuits.  Retiring  and  unobtrusive  to  a  degree,  he  was 
chiefly  known  to  those  who  had  come  into  close  contact  with  him.  To 
them  he  was  ever  ready  to  communicate  from  his  vast  store  of  know- 
ledge, the  results  of  his  own  study  and  observations  in  the  archaeology, 
folk-lore,  dialect,  and  general  history  of  his  native  county.  Mr. 
Thompson  had  reached  his  eighty-second  year. 

Our  obituary  also  includes  the  names  of  Mr.  John  Thompson  of 
Bishop  Auckland  ;  Mr.  Matthew  Bigge  of  Stamford  ;  Mr.  J.  R.  D. 
Lynn  of  Blyth ;  and  Mr.  John  Bolam  of  Bilton.  To  the  last  named 
the  Parish  Register  Society  is  indebted  for  his  transcript  of  the  Register 
of  Lesbury. 

In  the  past  year  honorary  membership  of  the  Society  has  been 
conferred  upon  George  Neilson,  LL.D.,  of  Glasgow  ;  and  H.  F.  Abell 
of  Ashford,  Kent. 

Whilst  the  ordinary  meetings  have  been  held  as  usual  in  the  Castle, 
country  meetings,  organized  by  the  senior  secretary,  have  been  held  at 
the  following  places  : — On  July  28th,  an  afternoon  meeting  at  Burradon, 
Seghill,  and  Seaton  Delaval  ;  on  Aug.  23rd,  a  meeting  at  Ripon  and 
Fountains ;  on  Sept.  27th,  another  at  Gainford,  Winston,  Staindrop,  and 
Raby  castla ;  and  on  Oct.  6th,  an  afternoon  meeting  at  Lanchester. 
Besides  these,  the  entire  week,  from  Saturday,  June  23rd,  to  Saturday, 
June  30th,  was  devoted  to  a  *  Pilgrimage '  along  the  Roman  Wall,  from 
Wallsend-on-Tyne  to  Bowness-on-Solway.  It  was  the  successor  of 
earlier  progresses  made  by  members  of  the  Society  from  sea  to  sea,  per 
lineam  valli.  The  first  of  these  began  on  the  25th  of  June,  1849, 
intimated  bj  a  circular  issued  in  the  preceding  month  announcing  that 
'  A  party  of  ladies  and  gentlemen,  desirous  of  enjoying  an  antiquarian 
ramble  in  the  summer  of  the  present  year,  have  resolved  upon  taking 
the  course  pursued  by  the  far-famed  Roman  Wall.'  The  title  of  '  a 
pilgrimage '  applied  to  the  original  peregrination,  as  well  as  the  project 
itself,  were  due  to  the  inspiring  example  and  organization  of  the  late 
Dr.  J.  Collingwood  Bruce,  and  the  proceedings,  successful  throughout, 
formed  a  memorable  precedent.  Not  until  after  a  lapse  of  37  years, 
however,  was  the  project  repeated,  when,  in  1886,  our  member,  Mr. 
W.  N.  Strange  ways,  advocated  its  revival.  Its  renewal  in  that  year, 
under  the  personal  direction  of  Dr.  Bruce,  was  an  occasion  to  be  remem- 
bered. It  attracted  '  pilgrims  '  from  far  and  near,  eager  to  examine 
the  Roman  military  works,  and  it  gave  opportunity  of  seeing  the  whole 
fortified  line,  and  the  relation  of  its  parts  to  each  other,  such  as  no 
isolated  visit  afforded.  When  a  period  of  ten  years  had  elapsed  a 
third  pilgrimage  was  decided  on.  Dr.  Brwe  had  meanwhile  died  in 
189^,  and  his  name  had  become  so  popularly  identified  with  the  elucid*a- 
tion  of  the  subject  that  the  pilgrimage  of  1896  took  upon  itself  the 
character  of  a  memorial  function.  It  differed  from  previous  observ- 
ances in  being  made  in  reverse  order,  so  that  Bowness  became  the 
starting  point  and  Wallsend  its  termination.  One  of  its  results  was  a 
tacit  understanding  to  repeat  the  function  at  the  end  of  ten  years. 
This  decennial  period  was  reached  in  the  summer  of  1 906,  when  arrange- 
ments were  entered  into,  as  on  the  last  two  occasions,  with  the  Cumber- 
land and  Westmorland  Antiquarian  and  Archaeological  Society  to 
carry  out  another  pilgrimage  in  conjunction  with  members  of  their  own 
and  our  Societies.  As  details  of  these  joint  meetings  are  fully  reported 
in  the  Proceedings  of  the  past  year,  it  is  only  necessary  to  allude  here  to 
the  way-marks  afforded  by  the  repeated  pilgrimages  over  this  well-worn 


ground.  The  personal  element  is  naturally  a  striking  feature.  Of  the 
original  pilgrims  who  formed  the  party  of  1849  only  two  remain  with 
us  to-day  ;  they  are  the  Right  Hon.  Sir  Gainsford  Bruce  and  the  Rev. 
Canon  Greenwell,  both,  happily,  continuing  to  take  the  liveliest  interest 
in  the  work  of  our  Society.  At  the  revived  pilgrimage  of  1886,  and  at 
those  of  1896  and  1906,  silver  badges  were  worn,  and  the  possession  of  an 
entire  set  served  to  distinguish  those  members  who  had  been  present 
on  all  the  three  later  occasions.  That  the  period  of  twenty  years 
interval  between  1886  and  the  past  year  had  wrought  manifest  changes 
in  the  ranks  was  evidenced  by  the  comparatively  few  who  were  in  the 
possession  of  all  three  badges.  Another  contrast  afforded  by  the  past 
year's  pilgrimage  was  the  number  and  variety  of  new  problems  pre- 
sented in  the  vestiges  of  Roman  occupation.  To  a  great  extent  they 
have  arisen  as  results  of  examination  by  spade  and  pickaxe,  notably 
through  the  persevering  excavations  carried  from  point  to  point  by  Dr. 
Haverfield  and  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  T.  H.  Hodgson.  These  were  especially 
directed  to  ascertain  the  relation  of  the  Vallum  to  the  great  stationary 
camps  ;  to  trace  the  continuation  of  the  Wall  fosse  within  the  area  of 
certain  camps  where  the  line  of  the  Wall  forms  their  axis  ;  to  find  and 
record  the  actual  lines  of  the  works  that  have  been  obliterated  in  parts 
under  cultivation  ;  and  particularly  to  discover  the  nature  and  relation 
of  the  supplemental  mound  and  ditch  lying  on  the  west  of  Birdoswald 
(AMBOGLANNA).  The  results  obtained  by  these  investigations  and  by 
the  excavations  at  Great  Chesters  (AESICA)  and  at  Housesteads  (BOR- 
covicus)  may  be  said  to  open  out  entirely  new  considerations  in  the 
record  of  the  rise  and  progress  of  these  military  structures.  Not  the 
least  of  these  was  the  demonstration  to  the  pilgrims  of  1906  of  the 
cespititious  character  of  the  supplementary  line  of  defence  at  AMBO- 

GLANNA. 

The  general  arrangements  for  the  pilgrimage  in  Northumberland 
devolved  upon  Mr.  Blair,  one  of  the  secretaries.  These  included 
an  evening  meeting  in  the  Castle,  where  a  crowded  and  enthusiastic 
audience  assembled  to  commemorate  the  first  day's  march,  and  were 
entertained  by  a  most  successful  programme  of  Old  English  Glees  and 
Madrigals,  by  choirs  under  the  direction  of  Mr.  McConnell-Wood  and 
Mr.  E.  J.  Gibbon,  and  by  traditional  melodies  rendered  on  the  Northum- 
berland small  pipes  by  Mr.  Richard  M.  Mowat  and  Mr.  James  Hall,  who 
wore  his  official  Percy  uniform,  and  was  present  by  special  permission 
of  our  noble  President.  During  an  interval  allowed  for  promenade 
through  the  structure,  light  refreshments  were  served  in  the  library, 
and  many  of  the  guests  at  the  end  of  the  programme  adjourned  to  the 
battlements  to  listen  to  a  second  and  extemporized  concert  on  the  roof 
of  the  Keep.  Your  Council  would  record  the  services  rendered  by  Mr. 
W.  S.  Corder  as  conductor  of  the  party  from  Wallsend  to  Newcastle,  and 
would  express  acknowledgment  of  the  privilege  to  enter  their  premises 
granted  at  the  former  place  by  Messrs.  Swan,  Hunter,  and  Wigham 
Richardson  &  Co.,  Ltd.  They  are  also  specially  indebted  to  Dr. 
Hodgkin  and  to  Mr.  J.  P.  Gibson  for  their  services  extending  from 
Benwell  (CONDERCTJM)  to  the  Poltross  burn,  and  they  would  recognize 
their  obligations  to  the  committee  of  the  Cumberland  and  Westmorland 
Society  for  the  excellence  of  their  arrangements  during  the  progress 
through  Cumberland  to  the  western  sea,  and  for  the  cordiality  of  their 
co-operation  throughout.  To  Mr.  T.  Hesketh  Hodgson,  F.S.A.,  and  to 
Mrs.  Hodgson  an  especial  acknowledgment  is  due  for  their  admirable 
elucidations  and  descriptions  as  Cumberland  was  entered  by  the 
pilgrims. 

The  New  County  History  Committee,  anticipating  the  section  of  their 


work  embracing  the  parish  of  Corbridge.  realized  the  highly  important 
character  of  the  site  of  the  Roman  CORSTOPITUM  and  the  comparative 
absence  of  information  respecting  its  condition  and  character.  Its 
entire  area,  considerably  exceeding  twenty  acres,  has  long  been  under 
the  plough,  so  that  only  its  site  is  visible,  and  little  more  is  known  of 
it  beyond  the  fact  that  CORSTOPITUM  was  the  second  halting  place  given 
in  the  first  iter  of  the  Antonine  road-book  relating  to  Roman  Britain. 
Its  civil  character,  as  distinguished  from  that  of  a  military  town  ;  its 
former  richness  in  material,  as  the  probable  quarry  from  which  Wilfrid 
drew  his  ready-hewn  ashlar  for  his  great  church  at  Hexham  ;  its 
cosmopolitan  population  in  Roman  times,  evidenced  by  its  Greek  and 
Roman  inscriptions  ;  its  sumptuous  appurtenances,  shown  by  its 
*  lanx  ' ;  all  these  were  considerations  adding  to  the  fact  that  neither 
Ihe  city  nor  its  many-piered  bridge  had  hitherto  been  systematically 
investigated  under  expert  direction.  But  the  advanced  stage  of  the 
new  county  history  itself  made  it  imperative  that  operations  should  be 
commenced  on  the  site  forthwith.  Fortunately  a  most  cordial  ally  was 
found  in  Captain  Cuthbert,  the  owner  of  the  Beaufront  estate,  who  not 
only  gave  permission  to  excavate  but  added  to  his  generosity  further 
facilities  for  carrying  out  the  work.  «  This  was  begun  under  the  immedi- 
ate direction  of  Dr.  Haverfield,  superintended  by  Mr.  Wooley,  and 
assisted  by  a  Committee,  the  members  of  which  were  all  members  of 
our  Society.  The  results  obtained  during  a  single  summer's  excavation 
in  so  wide  a  field  have  been,  necessarily,  tentative  only  ;  but  so  much 
has  been  already  revealed  as  to  warrant  a  development  of  the  work  on 
an  extended  scale  to  lay  bare,  in  the  course  of  succeeding  summers,  the 
whole  area  of  the  city.  To  this  project  Captain  Cuthbert  lends  his 
most  valuable  support,  and  appeal  is  now  being  made  to  meet  the 
considerable  annual  outlay  that  will  become  necessary.  Our  Society 
has  responded  by  a  promised  contribution  of  251.  per  annum  for  5  years, 
and  this  example  is  being  followed  by  public  and  private  support 
promised  by  kindred  Societies,  and  by  individual  subscribers  throughout 
the  country.  There  is,  therefore,  every  prospect  that  the  important 
and  urgent  work  of  exploration  at  CORSTOPITUM  will  be  resumed  during 
the  summer  of  this  year,  and  continued  for  at  least  four  ensuing  years. 
Its  efficiency  will  be  guaranteed  by  the  presence  and  personal  direction 
of  expert  investigators  and  by  the  representative  character  of  the 
committee  responsible. 

Your  Council  record  with  satisfaction  the  addition  to  our  premises 
made  during  the  past  year.  The  Heron  Pit  and  the  site  adjacent, 
which  had  been  excavated  under  the  direction  of  our  colleague,  Mr. 
W.  H.  Knowles,  were  roofed  in  so  as  to  form  a  capacious  annexe  to  our 
museum  The  subscriptions  raised  towards  the  considerable  outlay 
incurred,  in  repairs  to  the  Black  Gate,  in  excavating  the  site  of  the 
Heron  Pit,  and  the  adjoining  moat,  and  in  roofing  and  flagging  the 
gallery  thus  formed,  were  supplemented  by  the  handsome  donation  of 
123Z.  6s.  Gd.  to  cover  a  deficit  on  the  account.  It  had  been  the  intention 
to  restrict  the  expenditure  to  the  sum  raised  by  subscriptions.  But 
the  amount  realized  by  these  would  have  allowed  of  the  execution  of  a 
portion  only  of  the  contemplated  scheme  and  have  involved  the  aban- 
donment of  the  roof  over  the  annexe  as  well  as  of  other  features  con- 
templated. At  this  juncture  our  vice-president,  Mr.  F.  W.  Dendy, 
announced  that  an  anonymous  donor,  desiring  that  the  whole  of  the 
intended  work  should  be  carried  out,  had  authorized  him  to  make  good 
the  amount  deficient.  This  reached  the  large  sum  above  stated,  and 
your  Council  are  only  expressing  a  unanimous  feeling  of  the  members  of 
the  Society  in  recording  the  gratitude  felt  for  this  timely  and  munificent 


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action,  by  one  whose  interest  in  the  work  of  the  Society  is  so  marked, 
yet  whose  unobtrusiveness  withholds  his  name  from  publication.  The 
new  building  was  appropriately  opened  to  the  public  on  the  20th  of  May 
last  by  Mr.  Dendy,  and  has  become  a  feature  of  great  interest  to  visitors 
by  its  display  of  Roman  antiquities,  and  by  its  further  attraction  in 
exhibiting  the  character  of  the  historic  structures  of  which  our  Society 
is  the  custodian. 

During  the  past  year  a  fresh  impression  of  the  Visitors'  Guide  to  the 
Castle  and  Black  Gate  has  been  published,  and  is  now  on  sale.  The 
Proceedings  of  the  Society  have  been  regularly  issued  to  members, 
and  make  up  a  volume  of  414  printed  pages  (exclusive  of  index),  besides 
many  plates.  The  portion  of  190  pages  for  the  past  year  includes 
papers  by  Dr.  Allison  on  Farm  Implements ;  by  Mr.  T.  V.  Holmes  and 
Dr.  Haverfield  on  the  Roman  Wall ;  by  Mr.  R.  O.  Heslop  on  a  Friendly 
Society  or  '  Box ' ;  by  the  late  Mr.  John  Thompson,  on  Old  Park  Hall ; 
by  Mr.  Maberly  Phillips  on  Dog  Spits  ;  and  by  Mr.  E.  Wooler  on  Charms 
and  Talismans ;  besides  reports  of  the  meetings  and  the  collectanea  of 
related  notes,  supplied  by  the  editor. 

At  our  March  meeting  Mr.  W.  S  .Corder  outlined  a  project  for  organiz- 
ing the  various  photographic  societies  of  the  t\vo  northern  counties  with 
a  view  to  their  undertaking  a  careful,  systematic  record  survey  of  all 
objects  and  subjects  of  antiquarian  interest  within  their  respective 
areas.  The  work  is  one  of  such  magnitude  as  to  involve  the  enlistment 
of  a  large  number  of  skilled  photographers,  and  to  call  into  force  a 
special  organization.  Its  achievement  would  be  attended  with  such 
valuable  results  in  the  study  of  antiquities  arid  in  forming  an  archaeo- 
logical record  of  the  district,  that  your  Council  unanimously  commend 
its  consideration,  and  would  cordially  urge  the  desirability  of  its 
realization. 

Your  Council  has  from  time  to  time  concerned  itself  with  the  import- 
ant question  of  the  ancient  town  walls  and  towers  of  the  city.  The 
possibility  of  further  destruction  of  these  priceless  relics  of  our  municipal 
history  induced  your  Council  to  appoint  a  special  committee  to  deal 
with  the  question.  A  conference  with  the  chairman  of  the  stewards 
of  the  Incorporated  Companies  ensued.  At  this  the  holdings  of  the 
freemen  of  Newcastle  in  certain  of  the  structures  was  discussed  with 
every  courtesy  by  their  representative.  Subject  to  their  pecuniary 
interests  in  the  various  towers  and  rights  of  user  on  adjoining  walls 
being  recognized  the  freemen  were  prepared  to  negotiate.  But  at  this 
stage  it  was  ascertained  that  the  city  council  had  intervened  ;  its 
Finance  Committee  having  appointed  a  '  Town  Walls  and  Towers 
Sub-Committee  '  to  investigate  the  whole  subject.  The  report  of  that 
Sub-Committee  has  been  submitted  to  the  Finance  Committee  and 
approved  by  them,  and  it  now  awaits  confirmation  by  the  Council 
itself.  Their  ratification  is  to  be  desired.  Its  result  will  be  that  the 
city  council  will  take  into  their  own  hands  all  the  remaining  walls  and 
towers  with  the  view  of  acting  as  guardians  for  their  preservation.  It 
is  needless  to  say  that  the  issue  is  being  watched  with  anxiety,  not  only 
by  a  numerous  body  of  our  own  citizens,  but  by  representative  bodies 
throughout  the  kingdom  ;  the  famous  tow^n  walls  of  Newcastle  being 
looked  upon  far  and  wride  as  a  national  possession  of  inestimable  value. 

Your  Council  record  in  this  connexion  the  enlightened  policy  pursued 
in  the  past  by  the  city  council,  as  exemplified  by  them  in  acquiring 
the  Norman  keep  and  the  Black  Gate,  and  in  committing  these  great 
historic  structures  to  the  care  and  keeping  of  your  Society  as  tenants. 
By  this  wise  action  the  intellectual  life  of  the  city  has  been  enriched  in 
the  access  to  these  unique  buildings  of  an  earlier  time,  and  in  the 


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educational  value  of  their  contents  to  the  historical  student.  In 
hardly  less  a  degree  will  it  redound  to  the  wisdom  and  intelligence  of 
our  city  councillors,  now  and  for  generations  to  come,  if  they  maintain 
the  same  wise  policy  in  securing  and  preserving  for  all  time  the  relics 
of  Newcastle's  early  municipal  greatness  in  its  Ancient  Walls  and 
Towers.' 

The  treasurer  then  reported  that  25  members  had  been  elected 
during  the  year.  He  said  that  the  total  cost  of  the  Blackgate  exten- 
sion had  been  283Z.  5s.  2d ;  of  which  1231.  6s.  Qd.  had  been  given  by 
an  anonymous  donor,  and  the  rest  by  subscribers  except  22J.  18*., 
contributed  out  of  the  funds  of  the  society. 

The  treasurer's  balance  sheet  showed  a  balance  of  139Z.  19s.  Sd.  in 
favour  of  the  society  at  the  beginning  of  1900,  and  a  total  income  for 
the  year  of  5591.  Is.  Id.,  and  expenditure  of  539Z.  17s.  4d.,  leaving  a 
balance  at  the  beginning  of  1907  of  1591.  14s.  5d.  The  capital  invested, 
with  dividends,  was  107Z.  15s.  Id.  The  receipts  were : — From  sub- 
scriptions, 373Z.  16s.  ;  from  Castle,  130Z.  Is.  4d.  ;  from  Blackgate 
museum,  31 J.  16s.  Qd.  ;  and  from  books  sold,  23£.  8s.  The  printing 
of  Archaeologia  cost  1021.  Os.  9d.,  and  of  Proceedings,  511.  13s.  Qd.  The 
illustrations  for  both  cost  59Z.  19s.  Books  bought  cost  40?.  5s.  ;  the 
Castle  cost  TIL  6s.  lOd.  ;  and  the  Blackgate  35*.  3s.  3d. 

The  curators'  report  was  taken  as  read. 

The  noble  president,  in  moving  the  adoption  of  the  report,  said  with 
regard  to  the  balance  sheet  he  supposed  they  would  all  be  satisfied, 
inasmuch  as  they  evidently  had  done  good  work  in  the  year,  and  they 
had  a  larger  balance  in  hand  than  they  had  a  year  ago.  He  did  not 
know  that  they  wanted  much  more  than  that.  With  regard  to  the 
report  of  the  society's  proceedings,  he  thought  they  would  agree  with 
him  that  it  was  of  a  somewhat  exceptional  character.  He  sometimes 
felt  these  annual  reports  of  societies  like  their  own  were  rather  dull 
reading,  because  the  society  carried  on  its  work  very  quietly,  and  there 
was  nothing  from  year  to  year  to  call  for  any  particular  remark.  But 
that  had  not  been  the  case  on  the  present  occasion.  The  report  they 
had  just  heard  read  had  been  full  of  interest,  and  pointed  to  several 
matters  which  he  thought  would  bear  even  greater  interest  in  the 
future.  He  was  very  sorry  he  could  not  take  any  part  in  what  must 
have  been  a  most  interesting  excursion  along  the  Roman  Wall.  He 
trusted  the  same  excursion  would  be  continued  every  ten  years  in  the 
future.  (Hear,  hear.)  One  of  the  most  interesting  tilings  which  had 
occurred  in  the  county  for  a  long  time,  he  ventured  to  predict,  would  be 
that  excavation  of  Corbridge  which  they  were  going  to  undertake  this 
year.  They  were  engaging  in  it  under  the  happiest  auspices.  He 
always  felt  that  such  undertakings  should  be  well  and  scientifically  done, 
or  not  done  at  all.  There  was  nothing  more  distressing  than  amateur 
digging,  and  they  were  very  fortunate  that  they  had  every  prospect  of 
the  work  being  conducted  by  those  best  fitted  to  supervise  it.  Dr. 
Haverfield  had  very  kindly  promised  to  give  his  attention  to  it 
amongst  others.  They  had  got  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  in  London 
interested  in  it ;  and,  in  addition,  the  excavations  which  had  borne 
such  rich  fruit  at  Silchester  were  approaching  completion,  and  there- 
fore they  would  have  all  the  experience  gathered  there  to  guide  them 
in  the  pursuit  of  the  same  work  at  Corbridge.  He  ought  not  to  leave 
that  subject  without  saying  they  were  especially  fortunate  in  the 
proprietor  of  the  estate.  Captain  Cuthbert  had  come  forward  in  a 
most  generous  way  to  assist  them  to  the  utmost,  and  he  had  under 
taken  to  negotiate  any  difficulties  with  the  occupiers  of  the  land 


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which  might  occur.  He  congratulated  the  society  and  all  interested 
in  Tyneside  upon  the  prospect  there  is  of  the  corporation  of  New- 
castle taking  a  keen  interest  in  the  walls  of  the  ancient  city — in 
acquiring  a  right  to  preserve  them,  and  showing  a  willing  determination 
to  do  so.  The  report  said,  very  justly,  that  in  recent  years  the  city 
council  had  pursued  an  enlightened  policy  in  this  respect,  but  he  was 
afraid  they  could  not  say,  looking  back  at  the  more  distant  past, 
that  the  city  council  had  always  done  all  it  could  to  preserve  these  very 
important  remains.  The  neglect  of  them  had  been  allowed  to  go  on 
to  its  very  utmost  limits,  and  unless  something  was  immediately  done 
which  would  in  the  future  secure  them  for  ever  to  the  antiquaries 
of  the  north,  it  would  really  be  too  late.  He,  therefore,  did  congratu- 
late them  most  strongly  upon  the  action  which  had  now  been  taken 
by  the  corporation.  If  any  tribute  to  their  wisdom  in  the  matter 
— any  appreciation  of  the  efforts  they  were  making,  would  encourage 
them  in  the  task  which  he  hoped  the  corporation  would  undertake, 
they,  as  a  Society  of  Antiquaries,  gave  it  to  them  most  heartily.  They 
were,  he  might  add,  extremely  grateful  to  Mr.  Heslop  for  having  given 
assistance  in  the  matter.  (Applause.) 

The  Rev.  C.  E.  Adamson  seconded  the  motion,  which  was  agreed  to. 

ELECTION    OF    OFFICERS. 

The  chairman  then  declared  the  following  persons  duly  elected  to  the 
respective  offices  in  terms  of  Statute  V,  which  sets  forth  '  that  if  the 
number  of  persons  nominated  for  any  office  be  the  same  as  the  number 
to  be  elected,  the  person  or  persons  nominated  shall  be  deemed  elected, 
and  shall  be  so  declared  by  the  chairman,'  viz.  : — President :  His  Grace 
the  Duke  of  Northumberland,  K.G.,  F.S.A.  12  Vice-Presidents  : 
Horatio  Alfred  Adamson,  Lawrence  W.  Adamson,  LL.D.,  Robert 
Coltman  Clephan,  F.S.A.,  Robert  Richardson  Dees,  Frederick  Walter 
Dendy,  the  Rev.  William  Greenwell,  D.C.L.,  F.S.A.,  &c.,  Francis  J. 
Haverfield,  LL.D.,  Thomas  Hodgkin,  D.C.L.,  F.S.A.,  &c.,  John  Craw- 
ford Hodgson,  F.S.A.,  the  Rev.  Henry  Edwin  Savage,  M.A.,  Thomas 
Taylor,  F.S.A.,  and  Richard  Welford,  M.A.  2  Secretaries  :  Robert 
Blair,  F.S.A.,  and  Richard  Oliver  Heslop,  M.A.,  F.S.A.  Treasurer  : 
Robert  Sinclair  Nisbet.  Editor  :  Robert  Blair.  Librarian  :  Charles 
Henry  Blair.  2  Curators  :  Richard  Oliver  Heslop  and  W.  Parker 
Brewis  ;  and  2  Auditors  :  Herbert  Maxwell  Wood,  B.A,,  and  Robert 
Pearson  Winter. 

Mr.  Blair  (one  of  the  secretaries)  read  a  letter  from  Mr.  H.  A.  Adamson 
asking  him  to  convey  to  the  members  his  sincere  thanks  for  his  election 
as  one  of  the  vice-presidents  of  the  Society,  of  which  he  has  been  a 
member  for  thirty-four  years. 

The  nominations  for  the  Council  being  more  than  the  number 
required,  Messrs.  C.  H.  Blair  and  J.  A.  Irving  were  duly  appointed 
scrutineers.  They  collected  the  voting  papers  and  retired  to  the 
council  room  to  examine  them.  On  their  return  they  handed  the 
list  to  the  president  who  declared  the  following  duly  elected  : — The 
Rev.  Cuthbert  Edward  Adamson,  the  Rev.  Johnson  Bally,  Messrs. 
W.  Parker  Brewis,  Sidney  Story  Carr,  Oswin  J.  Charlton,  Walter 
Shewell  Corder,  John  Pattison  Gibson,  William  Henry  Knowles, 
Matthew  Mackey,  Joseph  Oswald,  Henry  Taylor  R.itherford,  and 
William  Weaver  Tomlinson. 

ADDITION    TO    STATUTES. 

Mr.  R.  Oliver  Heslop  moved  in  terms  of  the  notice  given  at  the 
previous  meeting  of  the  Society  (Proc.,  3  ser.,  vol.  n,  p.  412),  that  the 
following  addition  be  made  to  the  Statutes  :  — 


10 


'  VTIIa.  The  Council  may  appoint  Sub-Committees,  composed  of 
members  of  the  Council  and  of  ordinary  members  when  desirable, 
for  the  purpose  of  dealing  with  any  question  arising  that  may  require 
special  or  expert  investigation. 

It  shall  be  an  instruction  to  any  Sub-Committee  so  formed  that  it 
shall,  on  its  first  meeting,  appoint  its  own  Chairman,  whose  duty  it 
shall  be  to  fix  the  day  and  hour  of  each  meeting  of  his  Sub-Committee,. 
in  communication  with  the  Senior  Secretary  of  the  Society,  and  to 
prepare  and  submit  a  report  of  proceedings  to  the  Council. 

Should  the  work  entrusted  to  any  Sub-Committee  extend  over  a 
lengthened  period,  an  interim  report  shall  be  made  within  six  months 
from  the  date  of  its  appointment.' 

The  same  having  been  seconded  by  Mr.  R.  Blair,  was  put  to  the 
meeting  and  carried  unanimously. 

On  the  motion  of  the  Rev.  E.  J.  Taylor,  vicar  of  West  Pelton,  a 
cordial  vote  of  thanks  was  given  to  the  duke  of  Northumberland  for 
presiding,  and  the  proceedings  terminated. 


MISCELLANEA. 

The  following  are  representations  of /a  few  small  objects  discovered 
in  the  Roman  camp  at  South  Shields.     They  consist  of  a  fragment  of  a 


glass  bracelet,  an  object  in  bone,  a  bronze  ring,  a  bronze  buckle-like 
object,  two  fragments  of  pottery  phewing  lead  joints,  &c.,  &c.     The 


Proc.  Soc.  Aiitiq.  Newc.,  3  ser.  III. 


To  face  page  10. 


STONE  COLUMNS  (  scale  about 


'  TABLE  STONK  '    (22-in.  by  20-in.,  8-in.  thick)  ON  PEDESTAL. 
Discovered  in  the  S.E.  angle  of  the  'forum.' 

BOMAN    CAMP,    SOUTH    SHIELDS. 


Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Newc.,  3  ser.  in. 


To  face  page  11. 


FBAGMENT  OF   A   '  SAMIAN  '    WABE   BOWL, 
with  representation  of  a  Chariot  race. 


SLIP'    WAKE    WITH  FINE   BED  GLAZE,  IN   BLACKGATE  MUSEUM,   NEWCASTLE. 
OBJECTS   FROM    THE    ROMAN    CAMP,    SOUTH    SHIELDS. 


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plate,  facing  page  10,  shews  two  stone  columns  and  a  stone  table 
found  in  the  camp ;  and  the  plate  facing  page  12  some  pottery  of 
unusual  design  from  the  same  place. 


The  following  local  extract  is  from  the  Calendar  of  Patent  Rolls  of 
11  Edw.  iv:  — 

1426,  Oct.  26.  Westminster — Licence  in  mortmain.,  by  advice  of  the 
great  council,  for  the  prior  and  convent  of  Durham,  in  consideration  of 
their  having  surrendered  to  Edward  in  an  annuity  of  401.  a  year, 
which  they  had  by  grant  of  Edward  i,  at  the  Exchequer  of  Berwick-on- 
Tweed,  and  also  their  right  in  the  advowson  of  the  parish  church  of 
Symondburn,  and  of  their  having  had  a  licence  from  the  said  Edward 
m  to  appropriate  the  parish  church  of  Hemmyngburgh,  of  which  they 
already  had  the  advowson,  of  which  licence  they  have  been  unable  ta 
avail  themselves  owing  to  the  pope's  consent  being  wanting,  to  erect 
the  said  parish  church  of  Hemyngburgh  into  a  collegiate  church  of  a 
provost  or  warden,  three  prebendaries,  six  vicars  and  six  clerks  ta 
celebrate  divine  service  for  the  good  estate  of  the  king  while  alive  and 
for  his  soul  after  death,  and  for  the  souls  of  his  father  and  of  his  pro- 
genitors aforesaid,  their  heirs  and  children  and  of  all  the  faithful 
departed  ;  also  to  celebrate  the  anniversary  of  the  said  kings,  Edward  I 
and  Edward  in,  and  of  their  heirs  and  children  by  a  largess  to  the  poor. 
The  said  warden,  prebendaries,  vicars,  and  clerks  of  the  said  collegiate 
church  of  St.  Mary  of  Hemyngburgh,  to  be  enabled  to  acquire  and  hold, 
with  the  king's  leave,  lands,  tenements,  rents,  and  possessions,  to  have  a 
common  seal  and  to  plead  and  be  impleaded.  [Foedera].  By  p.s- 
and  for  SQL  paid  in  the  hanaper. 


The  following  extracts  relating  to  Hexham  priory  estates  at  various 
places,  kindly  sent  by  Mr.  J.  C.  Hodgson,  F.S.A.,  are  from  the  Miscel- 
laneous Books  (vol.  281,  pp.  13,  13a,  14)  in  the  Augmentation  Office : — 

(Mich.  1535  to  Ace1  of  Reginald  Carnaby,  kt.,  collector,  from  Mich. 
Mich.  1536.)  27  Hen.  viij,  to  the  Michaelmas  following. 

Arrearages.  None. 

Farm  of  demesne  Farm  of  site  of  late  monastery  with  appurt.  &  with 
lands  in  the  hands  Hospital  of  St.  Giles  late  in  the  occupation  of  Hexham 
of  late  monastry  priory,  as  appears  by  a  survey  of  the  same  now 

remaining  in  the  Ct.  of  Augmentation 17s.  4d. 

Rents  &  farms  I2li.  14*.  5d.  of  57  tenemts  or  burgages  in  Hexham. 
of  tenants  in  106s.  Sd.  of  5  tenements  in  Saundehowe. 

various  towns.          Sli.  13s.  Id.  of  10  tenants  at  will  of  the  King-in  Annyk. 
46s.  Sd.  of  5  like  tenants  in  Yarwith. 
66s.  Sd.  of  6  like  tenants  in  Dotlande. 
Ih.  farm  of  a  capital  messuage  at  Beyngefelde  with  appurt.  demised 

to  Nich.  Harrington  by  indenture. 
Hi.   of  a  capital  messuage  called  Beaufrounte,   demised  to  Edwd. 

Hirste  &  Will  Legh. 
40s.  of   I  tenement  in  Grotington  in  tenure  of  the  widow  of  Thos. 

Harrington  at  will  of  the  King. 
106s.   Sd.   farm  of  the  grange  of  Milbourne  in  tenure  of  Edmund 

Horsseley  by  indenture. 

vijM.  of   a   tenement  sometime   in  the    tenure   of  8  tenants   called 
Kirkeheton,  demised  to  Will.  Musgrave. 


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4ft.    13s.  4d.  of  4  tenemts  in  Aldestaneniore  in  tenure  of  so  many 

tenants  at  will  of  the  King. 

Sli.  13s.  4d.  of  9  tenants  at  will  of  the  King  in  Dalton. 
106s.-Sd.  of  5  like  tenants  in  Neysbye. 
4ft.  of  1  tenemt     called  Chessebourne  graunge  in  tenure  of  Gawin 

Swynnebourne. 

33s.  4d.  of  1  tenement  in  Stellinge  in  tenure  of  Thomas  Swynbourne. 
66s.  of  6  tenemts  in  Echewyke  in  tenure  of   so    many  tenants,  at 

will  of  the  King. 
Nothing  for  the  farm  of   one  Grange  called  Can-awe  with  appurt. 

lying  waste.     There  is  there  a  strong  tower  built  for  recusants  to 

inhabit. 
13s.  4d.  of  one  water-mill  for  corn,  called  Ingoo  Millrie,  demised  to 

Will.  Storye. 

8s.  of  1  tenemt  in  Purdoo  in  tenure  of  Edwd.  Bell. 
10s.  of  1  tenem1  with  appurt.  in  Qualton  in  tenure  of  Robt.  Tollande. 
•27s.  8d.  of  5  burgages  in  Newcastle  on  Tyne,  at  will  of  the  King. 
53s.  4d.  of  4  tenemts  in  Est  Matfen,  in  tenure  of  as  many  tenants,  at 

will  of  the  King. 

IGd.  of  1  cottage  in  West  Matfen. 
5s.  of  1  cottage  in  Slavelee. 
13s.  4d.  of  1  tenemt  called  Stokeffeldhall. 
3s.  4d.  of  1  tenem1  in  Birtlee. 
5s.  of  1  tenem1  in  Newbourne. 
5s.  of  1  tenem1  jn  Stannyngton. 
13s.  4d.  of  1  tenemt  in  Gunrierton. 
6ft.  13s.  4d.  of  9  tenemts  in  Warden  in  tenure  of  as  many  tenants, 

at  will  of  the  King;. 
33s.   4d.  of    1  tenem1  called  Bires  parke  in  tenure  of    Thos.,  Lord 

Dacrez,  kt. 

40s.  of  1  tenem1  in  Chollerton  in  tenure  of  the  vicar  there. 
26s.  8d.  of  2  tenemts  in  Temple  Thorneton. 
Nothing  for  the  farm  of  1  tenement  in  Resshelles  lying  waste. 
6s.  Sd.  of  1  tenement  in  Kareslaye. 

Nothing  for  the  farm  of    1   tenem1  with   appurt.   called    the  Prior- 
house,  sometime  9s.  p.  ann. ;  of  1  tenemt  called  the  Bowtreyhouse, 

sometime  13s.  4d.  p.  ann. ;    &  of  one  tenem1  in  Heugh  sometime 

26s.  8rf.  ;  all  now  lying  waste. 
106*.  Sd.  of  1  tenement  with  appurt.  called  Farenden  Hall,  in  the 

bishopric  of  Durham,  in  tenure  of  Will.  Blakeston. 
26s.  8d.  of  1  tenemt  in  Staynton   in  sd  bishopric  at  the  will  of  the 

King. 
34s.  8d.  of  3  tenemts  in  Lanchestre  in  sd  bishopric,  in  tenure  of  as 

many  tenants,  at  will  of  the  King. 
12ft.  18s.  3£d.  of  the  manor  of  Littill  Broughton.  co.  York,  in  tenure 

of  William  Warden. 
24^'.  of  the  issues  of  the  temporalities  of  the  prebend  of  Sawton,  viz., 

demesne   lands   there    10Z«.    16s.  ;     &    other   tenemts   in   Sawton, 

Edston,  &  Brawbye,  13Zt.  4s. 
147ft.  Is.  5£d.  Total,  147ft.  2s. 


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PROCEEDINGS 

OF   THE 


SOCIETY    OF^   ANTIQUARIES 


OF    NEWCASTLE-TJPON-TYNE. 


3    SER.,    VOL.    III.  1907.  NO.    2 

The  ordinary  monthly  meeting  of  the  Society  was  held  in  the  library 
of  the  Castle,  on  Wednesday,  the  twenty-seventh  day  of  February,  1907, 
at  seven  o'clock  in  the  evening,  Mr.  F.  W.  Dendy,  one  of  the  vice- 
presidents,  being  in  the  chair. 

Several  ACCOUNTS  recommended  by  the  Council  for  payment,  were 
ordered  to  be  paid. 

The  following  NEW  MEMBER  was  proposed  and  declared  duly  elected  : — 
Capt.  Fullarton  James,  Stob-hill,  Morpeth. 

The  following  NEW  BOOKS,  etc.,  were  placed  on  the  table  :  — 

Presents  : — 

From  Mr.  John  P.  Potts  of  Birkdale  : — The  original  Register  of  Byrness 
in  Northumberland  from  1797  to  1813,  consisting  of  baptisms  and 
burials  only.  As  it  is  so  short  the  Council  recommended  its  publica- 
tion in  the  Proceedings,  and  this  was  agreed  to.  (See  it  pp.  23-28. ) 

Mr.  Potts  was  specially  thanked  for  his  gift. 

From  R.  Blair  : — The  Antiquary  for  March,  1907- 
Exchanges  : — 

From  the  Derbyshiie  Arch.  &  Nat.  Hist-  Soc.  :  Journal,  xxix.  (Tt 
contains  a  long  and  complete  account  of  ihe  excavations  by  the 
Manchester  Classical  Association  at  Melandra  Castle,  edited  by  R.  S. 
Conway,  Litt-D-,  illustrated  with  a  large  number  of  plans,  &c.)  8vo. 

From  the  Brussels  Arch.  Society  : — Annales,  xx,  iii  and  iv. 

From  the  Cambrian  Archaeological  Association : — Archaeologia 
Cambrensis,  vn,  i. 

From  the  Royal  Irish  Academy  : — Proceedings,  xxvi,  section  c, 
parts  10  and  11. 

From  the  Somersetshire  Arch.  &  Nat.  Hist.  Society  : — Proceedings, 
LIT  ;  8vo. 

From    the    Shropshire  Arch.   &  Nat.  Hist.   Society : — Transactions, 

3  ser.,  vn,  i,  8vo. 

Purchases  : — Twenty  original  drawings,  by  the  Rev.  E.  A.  Downman, 
of  British  camps;  consisting  of  Montgomery  Castle,  Montgomery- 
shire ;  Fedw-Lwyd,  Pennant  Pound,  Knucklas  Castle,  Radnorshire  ; 
Castle  Bytham,  Honington,  South  Ingoldly  Hall,  Lincoln  Castle, 
Morton  Castle,  Park  House  Garth,  Stow  Park,  Lincolnshire; 
Beckbury,  Bredon  Hill,  Cleeve  Hill,  Clifton  Down,  Hailes  Wood, 
Towbury,  Cirencester  Bull  Ring,  Dymock  Castle  Tump,  Tewkesbury 
My  the  Tute,  Gloucestershire,  being  nos.  198  to  217  :  Jahrbuch  des 
Kaiserlich  Deutschen  Archaologischen  Instituts,  vol.  xxi,  part  4 ;  and 
Notes  and  Queries,  10  ser.,  nos.  162-165, 


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The  recommendation  of  the  Council  to  purchase  for  10s.  the  recently 
issued  part  of  the  Transactions  of  the  Durham  Archaeological  Society 
was  agreed  to. 

EXHIBITED  : — 

By  Mr.  Edward  Wooler : — Casts  of  six  ancient  seals,  being  (i) 
Counterseal  of  the  borough  of  Rye  ;  (ii)  Seal  of  the  borough  of 
Kingston  ;  (iii)  Counterseal  of  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Ely  ;  (iv) 
Seal  of  the  Chapter  of  Dunkeld  ;  (v)  Counterseal  of  David  Bruce, 
and  (vi)  Seal  of  Matilda  de  Diva  (circa  1224). 

By  Mr.  F.  R.  N.  Haswell  : — (i)  A  plan  of  the  sittings  in  Lanchester 
church  '  made  by  Mr.  Fryar  of  Whitley  Hall,  at  all  events,  given  to 
Mr.  Haswell  by  Mr.  Fryar's  brother-in-law,  the  late  Geo.  Rippon  of 
Waterville,  North  Shields-'  It  will  be  published  in  the  Proceedings  as 
an  addendum  to  the  memoranda  that  have  been  already  published 
respecting  the  church* ;  (n)  A  receipt,  dated  27  March,  LSI 3,  for  a 
fine  of  1 OZ.  for  exemption  from  service  in  the  militia  for  which  he  had 
been  balloted,  paid  by  Thomas  Mease  of  Stokesley,  grocer. 
The  following  is  a  note  by  Lieut. -Col.  Haswell  on  the  subject  : — 
"  It  may  not  have  fallen  to  the  lot  of  many  in  this  Society  to  have  seen 
a  document  similar  to  that  I  have  the  pleasure  to  submit  for  inspection 
this  evening,  certainly  such  a  one  /  never  saw  before.  It  may  be 
perhaps  relevant  to  the  subject  to  refer  very  briefly  to  the  militia  force, 
mainly  gleaned  from  the  '  Manual  of  Military  Law,'  a  book  to  which  my 
connexion  with  the  volunteer  force  in  past  years  (from  1859  to  1895) 
required  frequent  reference.  The  militia  may  be  claimed  as  the  oldest 
constitutional  military  body  in  the  country,  as  from  1662  it  existed  in 
various  forms,  but  in  1757  an  Act  was  passed  by  which  it  was  re 
organi/ed  on  nearly  the  same  basis  as  that  on  which  the  balloted 
militia  now  rests.  By  9  George  TII,  c.  42,  it  was  constituted  a 
perpetual  force.  The  Act  of  1662  allowed  a  balloted  man  to  provide 
an  approved  substitute,  but  the  Act  of  1757  enacted  that  a  liability 
rested  '  on  a  county  or  a  parish  to  provide  a  certain  number  of 
men  (known  as  'the  quota')  between  the  ages  of  18  and  50  (with 
certain  exemptions)  lists  of  whom  had  to  be  sent  to  the  lords 
lieutenants  of  counties,  who  were  ordered  to  hold  meetings  and 
apportion  '  the  quota  '  of  the  county  among  the  different  sub-divisions, 
and  again  to  sub-divide  for  the  parishes  in  proportion  to  their  population, 
and  then  to  chose  men  by  lot  to  serve  in  the  militia  for  3  years,  sub- 
sequently altered  to  5.  or  to  provide  a  substitute.  In  1761  another  Act 
imposed  a  fine  of  51.  per  man  if  the  quota  was  not  provided — at  one 
period  this  amounted  to  60?.,  and  it  still  remains  at  10Z.  per  man.  In 
1852  the  force  became  one  of  voluntarily  enlisted  men,  but  with  the 
ballot  in  reserve.  In  1860  the  limit  of  age  was  altered  to  18  to  30,  and 
some  exemptions  added.  The  existing  '  quota  '  was  fixed  in  1852,  but 
would  only  be  required  in  the  event  of  a  ballot.  This  was  under  the 
order  of  the  Privy  Council,  and  still  remains  the  law,  though  the 
Balloting  Act  is  '  held  up  '  by  the  Appropriation  Act  at  the  end  of  each 
session  of  Parliament.  It  will  be  in  the  remembrance  of  all  that  earl 
Wemyss  is  the  great  supporter  of  the  revival  of  the  ballot  for  the 
militia,  and  has  repeatedly  urged  its  enforcement — and  it  is  a  great 
question  whether  his  view  is  not  a  correct  one.  Doubtless  it  was  under 
the  Act  of  1761  that  this  fine  of  10Z.  the  receipt  for  which  I  exhibit  was 
levied.  The  gentleman  in  question  who  paid  the  fine  was  an  uncle  of 
the  honorary  colonel  of  the  Tynemouth  Volunteer  Artillery,  whose 
enthusiastic  service  in  command  of  his  regiment  will  be  in  the  recollec- 

*  Proc.,  3  ser.  n,  391  tt  seq. 


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tion  of  many  of  our  Society,  and  whose  name  is  still  retained  in  the 
Army  List  with  that  magnificent  supporter  of  the  Volunteer  Service, 
earl  Wemyss,  as  almost  the  sole  survivors  of  the  officers  in  1850  who 
originated  it." 

Mr.  Wooler  and  Col-  Haswell  were  thanked  for  their  exhibits- 

ROMAN    CAMP    ON    THE    CAWBURN    NEAR    HALT  WHISTLE. 

The  Council  reported  that  on  the  suggestion  of  Mr.  J.  P.  Gibson,  who 
had  undertaken  to  raise  the  necessary  money  for  the  purpose,  it  had 
been  agreed  to  make  excavations  at  the  Roman  camp  in  the  angle 
formed  by  the  Cawburn  and  the  military  road,  to  the  north  of  Halt- 
whistle,  conditional  on  the  society  not  being  called  on  to  contri- 
bute, if  Mrs.  Clayton,  whose  property  it  is,  will  give  her  consent.  All 
objects  found  to  go  to  the  Chesters  museum,  the  consent  of  the  tenant 
to  be  obtained  and  compensation  paid  to  him  for  any  damage  sustained  ; 
trespassing  also  to  b-Q  prevented.  Mr.  Gibson  in  addition  made  it  a 
condition  that  no  person  should  be  allowed  to  take  measurements  and 
communicate  them  or  any  information  to  any  other  Society  before 
publication  of  the  results  in  Archaeologia  Aeliana. 

The  Council  recommended  that  the  excavations  be  carried  out  under 
the  auspices  of  the  Society ;  the  appointment  of  a  Committee  con- 
sisting of  Messrs.  Gibson,  W.  S.  Corder,  P.  Brewis,  C.  H.  Blair,  F.  G. 
Simpson,  Charlton,  and  Tomlinson,  with  the  secretaries,  to  superintend 
the  excavations  was  also  recommended.  rlhe  recommendations  of  the 
Council  were  unanimously  agreed  to. 

DEVOLUTION    OF    MONASTIC    LANDS. 

Mr.  J.  C.  Hodgson,  F.S.A.,  V.P.,  read  the  following  note  on  the 
disposition  of  the  monastic  lands  : — 

"  One  of  the  problems  which  present  themselves  to  the  student  of 
English  history  in  the  sixteenth  century  is  the  question  of  the  disposition 
of  the  lands  of  dissolved  religious  houses,  and  sooner  or  later  he  begins 
to  doubt  the  popular  and  received  belief  that  these  possessions  were 
wasted  in  a  reckless  and  profligate  manner  by  Henry  vui  and  his 
minions.  The  subject  has  recently  engaged  the  attention  and  has  been 
made  a  subject  of  study  by  Dr.  Alexander  Savine  of  the  University  of 
Moscow,  but  the  results  of  his  labours  are,  so  far,  only  published  in 
Russian.  In  a  table  drawn  up  from  Dr.  Savine' s  investigations,  com- 
municated by  him  to  Mr.  H.  A.  L.  Fisher,  and  given  in  one  of  the 
appendices  to  the  latter' s  recently  published  History  of  England  from 
the  Accession  of  Henry  VII  to  the  death  of  Henry  VIII,  are  set  out  some 
particulars  of  1593  grants,  during  the  reign  of  Henry  vui,  of  lands  of 
the  approximate  yearly  value  of  90,OOOZ.  for  which  the  sum  of  779200Z. 
was  received  by  the  Crown.  The  judicially  minded  student  will  be 
ready  not  only  to  admit  that  a  not  inconsiderable  proportion  of  the 
monastic  lands  was  alienated  by  Henry  vui  but  disposed  to  defend 
his  action  as  politic  and  statesmanlike,  inasmuch  as  the  interest  of  the 
purchasers,  largely  the  moneyed  men  of  the  boroughs  and  trading  towns, 
was  thenceforth  associated  and  bound  up  with  the  Reformation  settle- 
ment. He  will  reflect  that  the  Tudors  were  sagacious  monarchs,  and 
knew  their  people  better  than  the  people  knew  themselves,  he  will 
remember  instances  of  their  business  capacity — not  to  say  tight- 
fistedness — and  he  will  be  inclined  to  think  that  most  of  them  generally 
managed  to  get  not  less  than  twelve  pence  for  the  shilling.  He  will  also 
ponder  how  the  charges  were  met  of  maintaining  the  navy  and  providing 
for  the  defence  of  the  country  during  the  great  queen's  struggle  with 
Spain.  The  writer's  attention  was  directed  to  this  subject  in  his 


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studies  in  the  history  of  Northumberland  parishes,  and  he  propounds 
the  theory  that  it  was  the  possession  of  the  monastic  lands  that  enabled 
Elizabeth  to  maintain  the  privileges  of  the  Crown,  for,  unless  she  asked 
for  money,  her  Commons  did  not  obtrude  advice. 

As  a  contribution  to  the  solution  of  this  interesting  question  the 
following  table  drawn  up  from  the  grants  of  tithes  may  be  of  value. 
Out  of  an  aggregate  of  5,505  parcels  of  tithes  in  England  and  Wales 
granted  to  laymen  and  lay  corporations1  : — 

1,429  parcels  were  granted  by  Henry  vin  (died  1547). 
699  „  Edward  vi  (died  1553). 

63  „  Mary  (died  1558). 

1,863  „  Elizabeth  (died  1603). 

1,451  ,,  the  Stuart  kings. 

The  lay  grants  of  tithes  in  the  counties  of  Durham  and  Northumber- 
land are  as  follows  : — 
4  parcels  in  Durham  and  2  parcels  in  Northumberland  were  granted 

by  Henry  vin. 

7  ,,  11  ,,  Edward  vi. 

0  „  0  „  Mary. 

12  „  31  „  Elizabeth. 

26  „  63  „  the  Stuart  Kings. 

These  particulars  leave  much  to  be  desired,  for  they  do  not  disclose 
the  relative  value  of  the  parcels  enumerated  and  they  do  not.  except  to  a 
limited  extent,  deal  with  the  disposition  of  any  real  estate  other  than 
tithes.  During  the  time  that  the  lands  and  tithes  were  in  the  Crown 
they  were  let  out  on  lease  at  a  small  or  customary  reserved  rent,  the 
lessee  paying  an  adequate  fine  on  the  giant  or  renewal  of  the  lease." 

AN    ACCOUNT    OF    HOLYSTONE,    NORTHUMBERLAND. 

Mr.  J.  C.  Hodgson  suggested  that  his  paper  on  this  subject  should 
be  taken  as  read,  to  make  way  for  Mr.  Phillips' s  lecture.  This,  on  the 
motion  of  the  chairman,  was  unanimously  agreed  to. 

Mr.  Hodgson  was  thanked  for  his  papers. 

MANNERS    AND    CUSTOMS    IN    OUR    GRANDFATHERS'    DAYS. 

Mr.  Phillips  then  delivered  his  most  interesting  lecture  on  this 
subject,  illustrated  with  limelight  views.  Lantern  slides  of  the  following 
were  shown : — 

Pulpit  hour  glass,  tinderbox  and  sulphur  matches,  rushholders,  horn  books,  washing 
tally,  sedan  chair,  pillion,  saddle,  stage  waggon,  Edinburgh  coach,  Oxford  coach, 
wind  carriage,  kite  carriage,  steam  coaches,  first  tram,  first  railway,  union  coach 
Stockton,  pillory,  ducking  stool,  stocks  (local;,  whipping  post,  man  trap,  spring 
gun,  gibbet,  felo-de-se  burial,  cock  spurs,  early  cricket,  dandy  horse,  log  carriage, 
dog  spit,  dog  wheel  (Mitford),  smoke  jack,  donkey  wheel,  dog  longs,  face  patches, 
umbrella,  teaspoon,  black  boy,  silhouette  portraits,  &c.,  <$c. 

Mr.  Phillips  apologised  for  bringing  forward  matters  of,  comparatively 
speaking,  so  recent  a  period  as  our  grandfathers'  times,  but  trusted  that 
a  peep  at  these  modern  antiquities  would  prove  interesting. 

PULPTT  SAND-GLASS. — These  were  habitually  used  in  the  churches, 
and  varied  from  half-an-hour  to  two-hour  glasses.  Stands  were  usually 
affixed  to  the  pulpit,  to  hold  the  glasses.  They  are  now  rarely  to  be 
met  with  in  a  perfect  state.2  The  Connoisseur  of  July,  1906,  gave  an 
illustration  of  one  still  existing  in  St.  John  the  Baptist  church  at  Bristol. 
Fuller  tells  us  that  '  a  painful  preacher  would  take  two  or  even  three 
glasses  of  edifying  discourse  with  his  flock.' 

1  These  figures  are  compiled  from  Mr.  Henry  Grove's  volume  on  Alienated  Tithes, 
which  also  gives  particulars  of  tithes  granted  to  ecclesiastical  corporations. 

2  That  formerly  belonging  to  Croft  church  is  now  in  the  possession  of  a  member  of 
the  Society.— Ed. 


Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Newc.,  3  ser.,  in. 


To  face  page  17. 


A   HORN    BOOK     (full  size), 
In  possession  of  Mr.  John  Gibson,  the  Castle  Warder. 

From  a  photograph  by  Mr.  Parker  Brewis. 


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TINDER  BOXES. — The  primitive  mode  of  procuring  light.  The  flint  is 
held  in  the  left  hand,  by  a  sharp  blow  from  the  iron  sparks  are  made  to 
fall  on  the  tinder  below,  which  is  blown  into  a  flame,  when  a  sulphur 
match  is  applied.  Friction  Matches  were  invented  by  John  Walker,  of 
Stockton,3  in  1827,  they  were  sold  in  boxes  of  fifty  matches  for  one 
shilling.  There  was  an  uncanny  feeling  about  these  matches,  which 
probably  led  to  them  being  called  Lucifer  Matches.  An  account  is  given 
of  an  Aylesbury  boy  who  took  a  trip  to  London  in  1829  and  invested 
sixpence  in  a  small  box  of  matches.  Upon  his  return  home,  standing  in 
the  market  place  with  several  of  his  schoolfellows,  he  suddenly  produced 
light  by  striking  a  match,  much  to  the  astonishment  of  his  friends.  He 
gave  one  to  a  companion  who  took  it  home  to  his  mother,  saying  they 
would  soon  be  able  to  do  away  with  the  wretched  tinder  box,  but  the 
good  woman  declared  '  as  long  as  she  lived  she  would  never  have  one  of 
those  nasty  dangerous  lucifer  matches  in  the  house.' 

RUSH  HOLDERS,  or  Tom  Candles,  as  they  are  called  in  some  parts  of 
England.  For  many  years  there  was  a  heavy  tax  on  candles,  and  they 
were  not  allowed  to  be  made  unless  the  excise  officer  was  present.  In 
1812  a  Derbyshire  farmer  was  fined  101.  for  making  candles  for  private 
use  ;  an  account  is  also  given  of  a  clergyman  who  was  heavily  fined 
for  the  same  offence.  To  avoid  this  tax,  rushes  were  used,  they  were 
partially  stripped  of  the  outer  bark,  and  steeped  in  melted  fat.  About 
six  inches  of  rush  light  would  burn  for  half-an-hour.  To  show  how 
precious  candles  were,  a  relative  of  mine  informed  me  that  when  he  was 
a  boy  at  his  father's  house,  whenever  they  had  family  worship,  the 
candle  was  always  put  out  when  they  engaged  in  prayer.  Auction 
sales  were  conducted  by  the  burning  of  short  candles ;  bidding  ceased 
when  the  candle  went  out.  Many  of  our  present  day  expressions  bear 
upon  this  subject,  we  say  of  one  person  that  he  is  '  not  fit  to  hold  a 
candle  to  another,'  '  You  can't  burn  the  candle  at  both  ends,'  '  The 
game  is  not  worth  the  candle,'  '  A  miserly  woman  saves  her  candle 
ends.'  To  eat  or  drink  candle  ends  was  a  great  proof  of  your  ardent 
love  for  a  lady. 

HORN  BOOKS  or  Children's  Lesson  Books. — The  simplest  form  had 
the  alphabet  printed  on  skin  in  small  and  large  letters,  with  the  Lord's 
Prayer  below ;  this  was  stuck  on  to  a  piece  of  wood  shaped  something 
like  a  bat.  It  was  covered  with  a  thin  sheet  of  horn  to  preserve  the 
print  from  '  grubby  '  fingers.  Till  1799  the  wholesale  stationers  sold 
millions  of  these  horn  books,  and  then  the  demand  entirely  ceased. 
In  1820  a  wholesale  stationer  in  clearing  out  his  warehouse  found  two 
or  three  gross  of  them  which  he  destroyed  as  useless.  So  scarce  have 
they  now  become,  that  at  a  recent  sale  by  auction  one  fetched  42Z. 
They  were  variously  called  '  battledores,'  '  jimcracks,'  '  horn-cracks,' 
and  '  horn -bats.'  A  Yorkshire  child  was  asked  where  he  went  to  school, 
and  replied,  'I  don't  go  to  school,  Granny  taught  me  to  read  off  the 
horn-bat.'  Another  illustration  gives  us  a  picture  of  a  dame's  school  ; 
the  old  lady  is  holding  a  '  tutor's  assistant,'  or  birch,  and  one  little  man 
is  crowned  with  a  large  dunce's  cap,  which  are  now  doubtless  somewhat 
out  of  date  in  modern  day-schools.  Horn-books  were  also  made  of 
ginger-bread.  The  poet  Prior  says  : — 

'To  Master  John  the  Kngli>h  maid, 
A  Horn  Book  gives  of  Gingerbread, 
And  that  the  child  may  learn  the  better, 
As  he  can  name  he  eats  the  letter.' 

Mr.  Gibson,  custodian  at  the  castle,  is  the  fortunate  owner  of  the 
horn-book  on  the  opposite  plate.       For  further  information  I  would 
refer  to  the  History  of  the  Horn  Book,  by  Andrew  W.  Tuer,  F.S.A. 
3  See  Arch.  Ael,  2  ser.,  vn,  323. 


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CHAIR. — A  favourite  mode  of  conveyance  used^by  ladies, 
the  name  being  derived  from  the  town  where  they  were  first  used.  In 
1634  Sir  Sanders  Duncomb  obtained  a  patent  for  14  years  for  the  sole 
letting  of  sedan  chairs.  I  once  remember  seeing  a  lady  carried  in  a 
sedan  up  Northumberland  street,  Newcastle.  My  friend,  Mr.  Heslop, 
tells  me,  that  for  many  years  he  saw  Lady  Hawks  carried  from  her  house 
in  Clavering  place  to  St.  Nicholas's  church.  A  chair  generally  held 
one  person,  sometimes  two  ;  in  Wakeneld  workhouse  they  had  one  that 
held  four,  who  were  carried  to  the  church  or  infirmary  as  required. 
Michel  Elgy,4  of  Bell's  court,  Pilgrim  street,  was  for  many  years  the 
proprietor  of  these  chairs.  In  the  Directory  of  1877  Henry  Elgy  is 
recorded  as  '  Sedan  Chairman'  ;  but  two  years  later  he  had  degenerated 
into  a  chimney  sweep.  Austin  Dobson  gives  an  interesting  ballad  on 
the  old  sedan  chair  : — 

'  And  yet  can't  you  fancy  a  face  in  the  frame 
Of  the  window— some  high-heeled  damsel,  or  dame  ; 
Be-patched  and  be-powdered,  just  set  by  the  stair, 
While  they  raise  up  the  lid  of  the  old  sedan  chair.' 

PILLION. — A  favourite  mode  of  conveyance,  the  gentleman  in  front 
on  an  ordinary  saddle,  a  lady  behind  him  sitting  side-ways,  her  right 
arm  round  the  gentleman's  waist,  her  left  grasping  a  handle  provided 
on  her  pad,  her  feet  on  a  broad  step.  The  abominable^state  of^the 
roads  necessitated  this  mode  of  conveyance.  The  wife  of  one  of  our 
members  informs  me  that  her  mother  rode  from  Southampton  toJSouth 
Wales  in  this  manner  when  on  her  honeymoon.  *  i_i 

MOUNTING  STEPS,  or  '  Horse  Blocks,' 
may  still  occasionally  be  seen  outside  ^^ 
the  inns  or  old  farm  houses.  These  "" 
were  to  enable  the  lady  to  mount  the 
pillion.  In  many  cases  the  steps  are 
cut  sloping  inwards,  as  like  t^:e  steps 
of  the  gallows,  you  only  went  up 
them,  you  never  came  down.  One 
here  shewn  is  from  the  '  Golden  Lion/ 
Bigg  Market,  Newcastle,  now  on  the 
Castle  steps. 

STAGE    WAGGONS,  drawn  by  six  or 
eight     horses,     were     the     common 
mode    of    conveying    goods    or    mer- 
chandise.     A  journey   from   London 
to   Liverpool    occupied    from   ten   to 
twelve  days.     They  had  very  broad 
wheels,  which    entitled   them    to   re- 
duced fees  at  the  turnpikes  on  some 
of  the  roads.     Great   opposition  was 
given   to  the  introduction  of   '  Turn- 
pikes,'   many  being  pulled   down  and  "destroyed   by  the  rabble.     To 
show  the  necessity  for  improvement  of  the  high  roads,  we  find^that 
between   1703  and    1764,  no  less  than  452^Acts  of  Parliament  *wero 
introduced  for  the  improvement  of  turnpike  roads. 

COACHES. — The  earliest  information  I  have  is  concerning  the  coach 
which  ran  from  London  to  Coventry  about  1050.  Tho  proprietors 
undertook  to  do  three  miles  an  hour,  the  journey  to  Oxford  occupying 

4  One  of  Elgy's  chairs  is  preserved  at  Messrs.  Atkinson  &  Philipson's  factory  in 
Pilgrim  street,  Newcastle.     It  is  shewn  on  the  opposite  plate. 

5  See  Bewick's  block  of  ridibg  pillion,  Proc.,  3  ser.,  n,  410 


Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Neivc.,  3  ser.,  in. 


To  face  page  18. 


(From  a  photograph  by  Mr.  Parker  Brewis.) 


(From  a  photograph  by  Mr.  William  Philipson.) 
SEDAN    CHAIR. 

In  possession  of  Messrs.  Philipson,  Coachbuilders,  of  Newcastle, 

formerly  in  use  in  Newcastle.      The  top  illustration  shews  the  crown  and  the  licence  badge. 

No.  10,  on  the  back. 


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two  and  a  half  days.  A  little  later  a  newspaper  advertisement  an- 
nounces a  conveyance  to  run  from  Edinburgh  to  London  *  For  the 
better  accommodation  of  passengers,  a  new  genteel  two-ended  glass 
machine  will  run  from  Edinburgh  to  London,  performing  the  jour- 
ney in  ten  days  during  the  summer,  and  twelve  days  in  the  winter.' 
1'erils  by  the  road  were  also  to  be  met  with.  Jn  1760  we  read  '  the 
south  mail  came  guarded  [into  Newcastle]  b;y  a  person  on  horse- 
back with  a  sword  drawn,  and  behind  with  another  with  a  charged 
blunderbuss,  which  precaution  is  now  taken  on  nil  the  principal 
roads,  to  prevent  it  being  robbed."  The  identical  blunderbuss  is  for- 
tunately preserved  iii  the  museum  of  the  Society  at  the  Blackgate. 
A  most  interesting  account  of  early  coaching  days  will  be  found  in 
Archaeologia,  vol.  20.  The  coaches  were  advertised  to  go  '  Cod  willing ' 
at  ?ach  time  as  most  convenient  to  the  majority  of  the  passengers.  The 
stopping  places  were  regulated  in  the  same  way.  A  friend  informs  me 
that  he  saw  the  last  coach  from  Edinburgh  to  Gateshead  pass  through 
Newcastle  in  1.84 — .  It  had  a  black  flag  flying,  Robson  was  the  driver, 
and  Cleghorn  the  guard.  Various  attempts  were  made  by  our  fore- 
fathers to  supersede  hor&e  traffic,  one  man  invented  a  '  wind-carriage.' 
It  is  said  that  in  183C  experiments  were  made  for  hauling  coal  from 
Durham  to  Sunderland  by  aid  of  the  vvind.  Another  invention  was  a 
'  Kite  Carriage.'  A  series  of  kites  in  tandem  were  attached  to  a  very 
light  conveyance.  In  1 826  the  inventor  rode  from  London  to  Bristol  in 
this  manner,  and  frequently  exercised  in  Hyde  Park.  Many  attempts 
were  made  to  introduce  steam  coaches  ;  one  ran  from  London  to  Epping. 
There  was  a  line  of  steam  omnibuses  from  Stratford  to  London,  and 
another  from  Paddington  to  the  Bank.  They  were  killed  by  the  road 
authorities ;  in  some  cases  stones  were  placed  on  the  roads  to  the  depth 
of  18  inches  to  prevent  the  coach  passing  through  ;  in  others  the  toll- 
gate  fees  were  raised  to  an  exorbitant  sum. 

TRAMWAYS. — The  first  tramway  for  the  conveyance  of  general  mer- 
chandise appears  to  have  been  constructed  in  1802,  j  nd  was  announced 
as  a  vast  and  important  concern  the  '  Grand  Surrey  Iron  Railway  ' 
from  Wands  worth  to  Croydon ;  it  followed  the  line  of  the  river  Wandle 
which  then  turned  38  mills,  giving  employment  to  some  three  thousand 
people  ;  an  interesting  account  of  it  is  given  in  the  Home  Counties  Maga- 
zine for  Jan.  1 907.  The  first  railway,  opened  in  1 82~\.  was  from  Stockton 
to  Darlington.  It  was  originally  contemplated  to  use  a  fixed  engine  to 
naul  the  train,  but  one,  George  Stephenson,  undertook  to  construct  a 
locomotive  engine  that  would  drag  38  carriages  twelve  miles  an  hour, 
little  thinking  how  this  simple  commencement  would  revolutioni?e  the 
travelling  facilities  of  the  world.  Our  illustration  shows  something  of 
the  procession  at  the  opening ;  the  man  on  horf  eback  carrying  a  flag  a 
few  yards  in  front  of  the  engine,  will  be  noted. 

'  A  Stockton  Coach '  is  advertised  as  '  A  rapid  safe  and  cheap  travelling 
by  elegant  new  railway  coach,  the  Union,  Monday,  Oct.  16th,  18?6. 
Inside  Hd,  Outside  Id.  per  mile.'  It  was  some  years  after  the  railway 
was  opened  before  locomotive  engines  were  applied  for  passenger  traffic. 
The  coach  was  placed  on  the  metal  rails  and  drawn  by  a  horse  on  the 
level  or  up  hill,  when  a  long  decline  was  reached  the  horse  was  unfastened 
and  stepped  on  a  platform  behind  the  coach,  provided  for  his  accommo- 
dation, and  thus  became  a  passenger. 

Various  illustrations  and  accounts  were  given  of  punishments  in 

former  days.    The  Pillory,  Ducking  Stool,  Parish  Stocks,  °  and  Whipping 

Posts,  were  reviewed.     An  account  was  given  of  whipping  in  public  and 

private  schools,  and  of  ladies  of  title  whipping  their  servant  maids  and 

6  See  illustration  of  several  local  stocks  on  plate  facing  p.  298  of  Proc.,  2  aer.  x, 


20 

charity  children.  In  these  cases,  the  receiver  of  punishment  was 
expected  to  kiss  the  rod  before  being  chastised.  Illustrations  were  given 
of  man  traps  and  spring  guns,  and  a  humorous  account  recorded  of  a 
Sussex  lady  who  had  four  maiden  daughters ;  in  her  grounds  a  Man 
Trap  was  found,  she  gave  orders  for  its  removal,  but  the  daughters 
protested. 

GIBBET. — The  illustration  given  was  of  '  Winter's  Stob,'  on  the  hills 
above  Elsdon.  Winter  and  two  women  were  tried  in  Newastle  and 
convicted  of  murder.  They  were  all  three  condemned  to  death  and 
hung  upon  the  town  moor.  The  bodies  of  the  women  were  handed  to 
the  surgeons  for  dissection.  Winter's  body  was  steeped  in  pitch,  and 
then  carted  out  to  be  hung  in  chains7  on  a  gibbet,  erected  on  the  highest- 
hill  not  far  from  the  spot  where  the  murder  was  committed,  where  the 
body  might  be  seen  for  a  considerable  time.  These  gibbets  appear  to 
have  been  in  common  use  throughout  the  country.  A  traveller  writing 
in  1795,  says,  'A  few  miles  from  Buxton,  passed  by  another  gallows  with 
a  human  body  hung  in  chains.'  In  many  parts  of  the  country  there 
was  a  popular  superstition  that  a  piece  of  wood  from  the  gallows  tree 
would  cure  the  toothache.  From  this  cause  the  original  post  from 
which  Winter  was  suspended  was  entirely  cut  away.  Subsequently  the 
present  gallows  were  erected,  with  a  large  wooden  head,  roughly  cut. 
suspended  at  the  end  of  a  short  chain.  Winter's  brother  felt  so 
disgraced  by  the  family  history  that  he  changed  his  name  to  Spring,  and 
was  well-known  as  the  celebrated  prize  fighter  Tom  Spring. 

FELO-DE-SE. — When  a  person  committed  suicide,  and  was  considered 
to  bo  of  sound  mind,  the  jury  brought  in  a  verdict  of  felo-de-se.  It  was 
then  necessary  that  the  body  should  be  buried  by  night  at  some  cross 
ro-ids  adjacent,  and  that  a  stake  should  be  driven  through  the  body  to 
fasten  it  to  the  ground.  The  illustration  is  made  from  a  stake  used  for 
this  purpose,  preserved  in  the  vestry  of  Waltham  abbey  church.  William 
Brockie  in  Legends  and  Superstitions  of  County  Durham  says  that  at 
'  Mile  End  Road,  South  Shields,  at  the  corner  of  the  left  hand  side, 
going  northward,  just  adjoining  Fairies' s  old  ballast  way,  lies  the  body 
of  a  suicide  with  a  stake  driven  through  it,  the  top  of  the  stake  used  to 
rise  a  foot  or  two  above  the  ground,  and  the  boys  used  to  arnuse  them 
selves  by  standing  upon  it.'  In  April,  1817,  a  woman  was  so  buried 
in  Newcastle,  a  large  crowd  witnessing  the  spectacle. 

Tom  Hood,  who  punned  upon  every  conceivable  occasion,  in  his  poem 
of  Faithless  Nettie  Gray  in  the  last  stanza  says  : — 
'  A  dozen  men  sat  on  his  corpse 

To  find  out  why  he  died  ; 
And  they  buried  Ben  at  four  cross  roads. 
With  a  stake  in  his  inside.' 

COCK  FIGHTING. — A  royal  sport,  the  picture  shown  is  by  Hogarth.  A 
shadow  may  be  seen  of  a  man  suspended  in  a  basket  near  the  roof,  the 
customary  mode  of  treating  betting  defaulters.  Cock-fighting  was 
carried  on  at  all  the  fairs  and  races  throughout  the  country.  Public  and 
private  schools  also  were  interested  in  the  sport.  At  Wimborne  in 
Dorsetshire,  at  Easter  time  every  boy  entered  a  cock,  mains  were 
fought  till  one  cock  was  left  victor,  the  owner  of  the  bird  was  victor  of 
the  school,  and  was  exempt  from  punishment  during  Lent.  If  any 
friend  of  his  was  stripped  for  flogging,  if  the  victor  placed  his  hat  upon 
his  back  he  was  exempt  also.  Every  village  had  its  cockpit,  generally 
near  the  church,  and  the  sport  was  freely  indulged  in  after  morning 
service.  We  still  retain  many  sayings  which  spring  from  this  sport. 

7  The  '  chains,'  a  structure  of  hoop-iron  used  for  gibbeting  Jobling  on  Jarrow  Slake, 
are  now  preserved  in  the  museum  of  the  Society. 


Proc,  Soc.  Antiq.  Neivc.,  3  ser.,  in. 


To  face  page  21. 


CHARIOT. 

Travelling  Chariots  of  about  1700  frequently  had  a  sword  case  at  the  back,  with  a  door 

into  the  carriage.      The  case  was  to  hold  sword,  pistol,  or  blunderbus,  for  protection  against 

highwaymen.      This  example  shews  it. 


A    DANDY    HORSE    (see  page  21). 
Both  in  the  possession  of  Messrs.  Philipson,  Coachbuilders,  of  Newcastle. 


From  photographs  by  Mr.  Parker  Brewis. 


2i 

'  Cocksure,'  '  That  cock  won't  fight,'  '  To  live  like  a  fighting  cook,' 
The  spurs  used  were  deadly  weapons,  made  of  steel  or  silver,  and  great 
art  was  necessary  in  fixing  them  properly  on  to  the  bird.8 

EARLY  CRICKET. — The  bat  being  of  any  shape,  two  stumps  only  were 
used  and  one  bail.  The  third  stump  was  introduced  about  a  hundred 
years  ago.  Most  of  the  cricketers  appeared  in  tall  hats.  It  is  said  that 
in  making  a  close  run,  a  batsman's  hat  fell  off  and  knocked  off  the  bails, 
when  the  umpire  gave  him  out-  From  this  incident  tall  hats  went  out 
of  favour  on  the  cricket  field. 

DANDY  HORSE.: — The  one  illustrated  is  in  the  possession  of  Messrs. 
Atkinson  and  Phillipson,  Pilgrim  street,  and  was  used  by  the  first  earl 
of  Durham  in  1810.  There  were  two  wheels,  something  like  the 
bicycle  of  the  present  day,  the  rider  sat  on  a  saddle  just  high  enough  to 
allow  his  toes  to  touch  the  ground.  In  front  of  him  was  an  elevated 
pad  upon  which  he  placed  his  arms.  It  is  said  that  a  good  rider  could 
do  from  eight  to  nine  miles  an  hour.  Tricycles  were  also  made  on  the 
same  principle  to  carry  two  people. 

DOG  CARRIAGES,  like  a  child's  mail  cart,  were  constantly  used  by 
gipsies  and  others.  I  am  informed  that  a  man  regularly  came  to 
Whittingham  fair  in  a  small  cart  drawn  by  two  dogs.  The  use  of  a 
dog  in  this  manner  wa.s  made  illegal  in  1839. 

DOG  SPITS. — Dogs  were  frequently  used  to  turn  a  wheel  by  which 
joints  were  made  to  rotate  before  the  fire.  As  I  recently  contributed  a 
paper  upon  this  subject,  for  further  information  I  would  refer  the 
reader  to  the  Proceedings,  3  ser.,  vol.  IT,  p.  246.  One  of  these  wheels  is 
to  be  found  at  Mitford,  another  at  St.  Briavel's  castle,  Gloucestershire. 

SMOKE  JACK. — Another  mode  used  for  roasting  meat.  A  large  fan,  as 
will  be  seen  from  the  illustration,  was  enclosed  in  the  chimney ;  the  hot 
air  and  smoke  ascending  caused  it  to  revolve  very  rapidly.  By  a  series 
of  cog  wheels,  a  dangle  or  spits  were  turned  in  front  of  the  fire.  Smoke 
jacks  are  still  used  in  many  of  the  London  clubs  and  a  few  private 
houses,  roast  meat  being  considered  much  superior  to  baked.  Several 
examples  may  be  seen  in  our  museum,  but  unfortunately  they  are  all 
imperfect. 

DONKEY  WHEEL. — A  large  wheel,  used  on  the  same  principle  as  the 
dog  wheel,  the  weight  of  the  donkey  giving  the  motive  power.  See 
illustration  in  the  Proceedings,  3  ser.,  11,  p.  249. 

DOG  TONGS. — These  instruments  were  used  to  eject  dogs  from 
churches.  They  appear  to  have  been  greatly  in  vogue  in  North 
Wales.  They  were  made  in  both  wood  and  iron,  when  expanded 
measuring  about  five  feet.  Dog  whipper9  and  sluggard  waker  was  a 
regular  church  appointment,  being  held  by  either  a  man  or  a  woman. 
For  waking  sleepers  the  official  had  a  stick  about  4ft.  long,  at  one  end 
of  which  was  a  wooden  ball,  at  the  other  a  fox's  tail.  If  a  man  was 
seen  sleeping  he  was  tapped  on  the  head  with  the  ball,  if  a  lady  was 
enjoying  a  siesta  her  face  was  tickled  with  'the  fox's  tail.  Another 
name  for  the  sluggard  waker  was  '  The  Bobber,'  which  gave  rise  to  the 
following  verse,  showing  how  a  whole  family  was  engaged  in  church 
work  : — 

'  My  Father's  the  clerk, 

My  Sister's  the  singer, 
My  Mother's  the  bobber. 
And  I'm  the  bell  ringer.' 

8  See  Chancellor  Ferguson's  paper  on  cock  fighting  in  the  Transactions  of  the  Cum- 
berland and  Westmorland  Antiquarian  Society.  The  remains  of  the  cockpit  are  still  to 
be  seen  on  the  village  green  at  Shotton,  co.  Durham.  At  Coxhoe,  until  a  few  years  ago, 
the  cockpit,  a  small  square  brick  building,  was  in  existence. 

9  There  was  a  dog  whipper's  pew  in  Greatham  church,  co.  Durham. 


FACE  PATCHES. — A  custom  indulged  in  by  ladies  of  adorning  the 
face  with  black  patches.  One  writer  says  '  My  wife  looked  very  pretty 
to-day,  the  first  time  I  gave  her  leave  to  wear  black  patches.'  Another 
lady  stipulates  in  her  marriage  articles  that  she  should  wear  patches  on 
whichever  side  of  her  face  she  chose. 

THE  UMBRELLA  wi  s  introduced  into  this  country  by  Jonas  Hanway, 
who  got  the  idea  in  France.  He  suffered  much  ridicule  from  the  hackney 
coachmen,  as  they  feared  it  would  interfere  with  their  business.  At 
first  umbrellas  were  only  kept  at  churches1  and  coffee  houses,  it  being 
some  time  before  they  came  into  general  use.  The  early  ones  were 
made  with  stout  ribs  of  whalebone  and  were  called  '  Robinsons,'  from 
the  fact  that  from  Robinson  Crusoe  we  get  one  of  our  first  accounts  of 
making  an  umbrella.  He  says  '  I  covered  it  with  skins,  the  hair  out- 
wards, so  that  it  cast  off  the  rain  like  a  pent  house,  and  kept  the  sun 
off  effectually.' 

TEA  SPOONS. — When  tea  was  first  introduced,  a  set  of  spoons  con- 
tained one  with  a  perforated  bowl  and  a  spiked  end.  The  first  tea  pots 
had  no  strainers  in  the  spout,  so  the  lady  presiding  at  the  tea  table 
poured  the  tea  into  each  cup  through  the  bowl  of  the  perforated  spoon. 
If  the  spout  got  choked  with  tea  leaves  the  spoon  was  reversed,  the 
spiked  end  being  thrust  down  the  spout. 

SILHOUETTES. — Portraits  in  profile,  or  shadow  likenesses.  Originally 
the  profile  of  a  sitter  was  thrown  on  to  a  transparent  screen  by  the  aid 
of  a  light ;  the  shadow  thus  formed  was  delicately  traced  and  filled  in 
afterwards  in  black.  Subsequently  these  likenesses  and  groups  of 
figures  were  most  artistically  cut  out  with  a  pair  of  scissors.  We  read 
that,  'in  1826  there  was  an  automaton  in  Newcastle,  a  life  size  figure  in 
flowing  robes,  which  scratched  an  outline  of  the  profile  on  card,  '  The 
Professor  '  filling  it  up  with  black.'  In  April,  1820,  Mr.  Seville  was 
taking  silhouette  portraits  at  Mrs.  Dixon's  long  room,  White  Hart  Inn, 
Old  Flesh  Market,  Newcastle,  and  at  Mrs.  Armstrong's,  near  the  Post 
Office,  North  Shields.  Mr.  Sam  Weller  thus  refers  to  this  custom, 
'  So  I  take  the  privilege  of  the  day,  Mary,  my  dear,  to  tell  you  that  the 
first  and  only  time  I  see  you  your  likeness  was  took  on  my  heart  in  much 
quicker  time  and  brighter  colours  than  ever  a  likeness  was  took  by  a 
profel  machine,  (which,  perhaps,  you  may  have  heard  on,  Mary,  my 
dear).  Although  it  does  finish  a  portrait  and  put  the  frame  and  glass 
on  complete  with  a  hook  at  the  end  to  hang  it  up  by,  and  all  in  two 
minutes  and  a  quarter.' 

BLACK  BOY. — Family  picture.  A  black  boy  standing  behind  '  my 
lady's  '  chair.  These  lads  were  bought  and  sold  like  any  other  cattle. 
A  lady,  writing  in  1760,  says  :  '  To  me  the  young  gentleman  made  a 
very  acceptable  present,  no  other  than  a  little  negro  boy,  to  be  my 
page  These  creatures  are  very  fashionable  among  the  quality  in 
London.  Lady  Catherwood  brought  home  two  of  them  to  hand  her 
chocolate,  and  stand  behind  her  chair.'  In  the  Birmingham  Gazette  of 
1771  is  an  advertisement  of  the  public  sale  of  a  negro  boy  '  sound, 
healthy,  and  of  a  mild  disposition.'  Another  advertisement  states 
that  a  boy  has  run  away  :  '  He  has  a  gold  collar  round  his  neck  with  his 
master's  name  on  it.'  In  1772  it  was  discovered  that  no  slave  could 
live  in  England. 

CRINOLINE  AND  PEGTOPS. — The  proceedings  terminated  with  an  illus- 
tration of  these  articles  of  attire  that  will  still  be  remembered  by  many. 

Mr.  Phillips  was  heartily  thanked  for  his  lecture,  as  was  also  Mr. 
Brewis,  who  not  only  lent  his  lantern  but  worked  it. 

i  In  a  case  in  the  vestry  of  the  tine  church  at  Cartmel,  Lancashire,  is  preserved  as  a 
curiosity  one  of  these  large  umbrellas. 


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BURYNESS    REGISTER    OF  |  BAPTISMS    AND    BURIALS. 

JOHN  HEWETSON,  |  CURATE- 
BAPTISMS. 

1797  Cecy  daughter  of    William  Waugh  of  Plenderleigh,   and  Mary 
his  wife  baptised  June  22d  1797. 

William,  son  of  William  Corbit  of  Rochester  and  Elizabeth  his  wife, 

baptised  August  27th  1797. 
Amos,  son  of  Amos  Jackson  of  Hillock,  and  Mary  his  wife,  baptised 

September  3d  1797. 

1798  Anne,    Daughter    of    George    Dixon    of    Low    Buryness     and 
Elizabeth  his  wife  baptised  July  3d  1798. 

1799.     Richard  Son  of  William  and  Isabel  Bell  of  Birkhill  baptised 

Octr  26th  1799. 
1800      Isabella  2d  Daughter  of  William  Waugh  of  Plenderleith  and 

Mary  his  wife  baptised  March  21st  1800. 
Elizabeth  Daughter  of  William  Corbit  of  Rochester  and  Elizabeth  his 

wife  baptised  June  7th  1800. 

Richard,  4th    Son  of    George  and  Elizabeth  Dixon  of   Low  Byrness 

Baptised  Septbr  23d  1800. 
Samuel  sixth  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary  Hedley  of  Woollaw  Baptised 

Novbr  5th  1800. 
Edward    Son    of     Robert    &    Mary    Laing    of    Plenderleith   baptised 

Decbr  18th  1800. 
1801.     Mary  natural  Daughter  of  Henry  Hymers  and  Elenor  Elliot 

baptised  at  Rooking  Lime  Kiln-House,  Novbr  21st  1801. 
Robert  second  son  of  William  Pringle  and  Hannah  his  Wife  baptised 

Novbr  14th  1801     Bedrule  Roxburghshire  N.B. 

1802  Jeremiah  illegitiate  [sic]  son  of  James  Baptie.  of  South  Dean 
by  Elenor  Oliver  baptised  April  14th  1802. 

Edward  First  Son  of  William  Hymers  of  Lime -Kiln-Edge,  Rox- 
burghshire by  Hannah  his  wife  baptised  April  1 6th  1802. 

1802 
Thomas  Son  of  William  Corbet  of  Low  Rochester  and    Elizabeth  his 

Wife  baptised  Novbr  20th  1802. 
Elenor  Daughter  of  George  Dixon  of  Low  Byrness  and  Elizabeth  his 

Wife  baptised  Novbr  23d  1 802. 

1803  Elizabeth  Boyle  Laing  Daughter  of  Robert  Laing  of  Plender- 
leith by  Mary  his  wife  born  Febry  20th  &  baptised  March  2d  1803. 

Robert  son  of  William  Hymers  of  Lime-Kiln-Edge  Roxburgh- 
shire by  Hannah  his  wife  Baptised  April  16th  1803. 

John  son  of  Alexander  Smith  and  Elizabeth  Chisholm  baptised 
April  28th  1803,  illegitimate. 

Anne  Daughter  of  Edward  Charlton  of  Rooking  Pit-Houses  by  Anne 
his  Wife  baptised  28th  Augt  1803. 

Henry  Illegitimate  son  of  George  Hymers  of  Rooking  Kiln-House  by 
Elizabeth  Stephenson  baptised  Septbr  30th  1803. 

1803 

Jane  Daughter  of  Matthew  Carnagie  of  Blakopeburn  Haugh  Pit 
House  and  Anne  his  wife  baptised  Septbr  14th  1803. 

1804  Sarah  Daughter  of  Anthony  Hedley  of  Ramshope  and  Sarah 
his  wife  born  the  27th  of  July  &  baptised  the  28th  1804. 

1805  Anthony   son  of   William  Hymers  of  Lime   Kiln-Edge,  Rox- 
burghshire, and  Hannah  his  wife  baptised  Jany  19th  1805. 

James  son  of  George  Dixon  of  Low  Byrness  and  Elizabeth  his  wilo 
baptised  April  6th  1805. 


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William  son  of  Joseph  Wilson  of  Berwick  Hill  near  Ponteland  &  Dorothy 
his  wife  of  Byrness  formerly  Dixon  Baptised  Septr  10th  1805. 

Mary  1st  Daughter  of  Stephen  Reed  of  Rochester  and  Ann  his  wife 
formerly  Turnbull  born  May  4th  baptised  May  25th  1806. 

Same  Day  christened  John  Son  of  Thomas  Clark  of  Simonside  in  the 
Parish  of  Jarrow  &  Ann  Turnbull,  the  Child  was  said  to  have  been 
baptised  in  Gateshead  &  was  born  Sep.  12th  1803. 

Sarah  Daughter  of  John  Brown  &  Margaret  Hall  of  Cockplay  Rox- 
burghshire Bap.  Deer  21st  1807. 

BAPTISMS       1808 

Thomas  1st  son  of  Stephen  Reed  Native  of  Alston  &  Ann  his  wife 
formerly  Turnbull  Native  of  Rochester  bapd  S*ptr  4th  1808  bom 
Augfc.  22d  1788. 

William  1st  Son  of  James  Robson  of  Lethem  Roxburghshire  Native 
of  Elsdon  Parish  &  Janet  his  wife,  formerly  Lachlan  Native  of 
Dalkeith  Baptized  Septr  25th  Born  Augt  18th  1808. 

William  4th  son  of  John  Beldon  Native  of  the  Parish  of  St.  John  Lee 
by  his  wife  Elizabeth  formerly  Thompson  Native  of  Warden.  Born 
Augst  9th  bapd  Octr  9th  1808. 

William,  4th  Son  of  William  Hymers  Native  of  the  Parish  of  St.  John 
Lee  now  of  the  Parish  of  Hobkirk  in  Scotland  by  his  wife  Eleanor, 
formerly  Plummer,  Native  of  the  Parish  of  Chesters  Scotland  Born 
July  15th,  Baptized  Octr  23d  1808. 

George  1st  Son  of  Smith  Dixon  Native  of  the  Iron  House  in  the  Parish 
of  Elsdon  by  his  wife  Jane,  formerly  Scott,  N-ative  of  Tynemouth 
in  the  Parish  of  North  Shields  Northumberland,  born  August  1st, 
and  bapti/ed  August  6th  1809  born  at  Byrness. 

Isabel  1st  Daughter  of  James  Slesson  Native  of  Jedourgh  in  Scot- 
land by  his  wife  Margaret  formerly  Turnbull  Native  of  Hownam  in 
the  Shire  of  Roxburgh  Born  June  5th  &  Baptized  Octr  29th,  1809. 

Isabel  1st  Daughter  of  Wm  Robson,  Native  of  Falstone  in  North  Tyne 
by  his  wife  Barbara  formerly  Bapty  Native  of  Bucham  in  the  Parish 
of  Melrose  Scotland  Baptised  Deer  20th  1809,  aged  5  Months,  lives 
at  Waterside  Parish  of  Ch esters  Scotland. 

1810  BAPTISMS  1810 

April  27th  Cuthbert  4th  Son  of  Robert  Dixon  Native  of  the  Rye 
Tree  in  the  Parish  of  Haltwhistle,  by  his  wife  Ann  Daughter  of 
Geo:  Robinson  Native  of  Northfield  Head  in  the  Parish  of  Yeldam 
born  Febry  16th,  baptized  April  27th  1810. 

June  24th  Robert  2d  Son  of  James  Robson  of  Lethem  Roxburg- 
shire  Native  of  Hopefoot  Mill  in  the  parish  of  Elsdon,  by  his  wife 
Janet,  formerly  Lachlan  Native  of  Dalkeith  Scotland  born  March 
27th  Baptized  June  24th  1810. 

Augst  4th  Elizabeth  second  Daughter  of  Andrew  Ramage  Native 
of  Westerpruhope  in  the  Parish  of  Peebles  North  Britain  by  his 
wife  Isabella  formerly  Dixon  Native  of  Ray  Lees  in  this  Parish  born 
July  24th  baxd  Augst  llth  1810. 

Septr  29th  Jane  Daughter  of  William  Hymers  native  of  the  Parish 
of  St.  John  Leo  Northumberland  now  of  Jedburgh  Scotland,  by  his 
Wife  Eleanor  formerly  Plummer  Native  of  Chesters  Scotland  born 
May  25th  Baptized  Septr  29th  1810. 

Novr  8th  1810  John  first  Son  of  Thomas  Reed  Native  of  Old  Town 
in  the  Parish  of  Elsdon  by  his  wife  Mary  Reed,  formerly  Ridley, 
Native  of  Crook  Bank  in  the  Parish  of  Simonburn  born  Octr  30  at 
Byrness.  Bap.  Novr  8th  1810. 


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Catharine  1st  Daughter  of  Smith  Dixon  Native  of  the  Iron  House  in  the 
Parish  of  Elsdon,  by  his  wife  Jane,  formerly  Scott  Native  of  Tyne- 
mouth  in  the  Parish  of  North  Shields  born  &  baptized  December 
19th  1810. 

BAPTISMS    1811 

Febry  4th  1811  Sarah  2d  Daughter  of  Stephen  Reed  native  of  Alston 
and  Ann  his  Wife,  formerly  Turnbull  native  of  Rochester  in  this 
Parish  born  Janry  1st  baptized  Febry  4th  1811. 

Febry  4th  Maria  1st  daughter  of  John  Bell  Native  of  High  Carrick 
in  this  Parish  by  his  wife  Mary  formerly  Lee  native  of  Kirkwhelping- 
ton,  born  Janry  9th  baptized  Febry  14th. 

Isabel  Akenhead  Daughter  of  Thos  Akenhead  Marshall  of  Whitelee 
in  this  Parish  and  Jane  Chrichton  native  of  Scotland  born  Septr. 
llth  1810  baptized  Febry  9th  1811. 

Dorothy  3d  Daughter  of  John  Beldon  Native  of  Gallowfield  in  the 
Parish  of  St.  John  Lee  by  his  Wife  Elizabeth  formerly  Thompson 
Native  of  four  Stones  in  the  Parish  of  Warden  born  March  2d 
baptized  Augst  llth  1811. 

Thomas  2d  Son  of  Thomas  Armourer  of  Catcleugh  Native  of  Otter- 
burn  in  this  Parish  by  his  Wife  Eleanor  formerly  Redhead  Native  of 
Sharperton  in  the  Parish  of  Alwinton  born  Augst  llth  bapd  13th 
1811. 

Janet  2d  Daughter  of  William  Robson  Native  of  Falstone  in  North 
Tyne  by  his  wife  Barbara  formerly  Bapty  Native  of  Bucham  in  the 
Parish  of  Melrose  Scotland  born  June  30th  baptized  Novr  12th  1811. 
Lives  at  Waterside  in  the  Parish  of  Chesters  Scotland. 

Jane  2d  Daughter  of  Smith  Dixon  Native  of  the  Iron  House  in  the 
Parish  of  Elsdon  by  his  wife  Jane  formerly  Scott  Native  of  Tynemouth 
in  the  Parish  of  North  Shields  born  Deer  26th  baptized  Deer  27th 
1811. 

Janry  15  1812  Robert  second  Son  of  Stephen  Reed  of  Rochester 
Native  of  Alston  by  his  wife  Ann  formerly  Turnbull  Native  of  this 
Parish  born  Jany  1st  baptized  Janry  15th  1812. 

April  19th  Mary  2d  Daughter  of  James  Robson  of  Lethem,  Rox- 
burghshire, Native  of  Hopefoot  Mill  in  this  Parish,  by  his  wife  Janet, 
formerly  Lachlan,  Native  of  Dalkeith  Scotland,  born  Febry  1st  1812, 
Bapd  April  19th  1812. 

June  3d,  1812.  Jane  first  Daughter  of  Thomas  Reed  Native  of  Old 
Town  in  the  Parish  of  Elsdon,  by  his  wife  Mary  Reed,  formerly 
Ridley,  Native  of  Crook  Bank  in  the  Parish  of  Simonburn,  burn  at 
Byrness  May  24th,  1812  baptised  June  3d  1812. 

July    12    1812     John     Natural    Son   of    John    Hunter   &   Jane    Hall 


Native  of  Cockplay  Scotld  born  Febry  5th  1812. 
ugst   9th    1812.     William  1st  Son  of 


Augst  9th  1812.  William  1st  Son  of  John  Bell  of  Birkhill  Native 
of  high  Carrick  in  this  Parish  by  his  wife  Mary  formerly  Lee  Native 
of  Kirkwhelpington  born  June  21st  1812.  Bap  Augst  9th  1812. 

William   Son  of  James  Oliver  of  West  Shiels  in  the  County  of  Rox- 
burgh Scotland  by  Jane  Bruce  of  Jedburgh,  Scotland,  born  April 
4th  1812  Baptized  June  19th  1813  by  me  Jas  Clarkson. 
Margaret,  Daughter  of  Andrew  Bruce  &  Janet  McLain  of  Hassendean 
Bank  Scotland  Baptized  July  14  1813,  Born  March  1812. 

[The  book  has  been  turned  round  and  the  burials  begun] 

BURIALS    AT    BYRNESS. 

1797  William  Greave  of  Rochester  buried  May  24th  1797  aged 
71  years. 


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Violet  Dodds  of  Spithopehaugh  buried  May  27th  1797  aged  79  years. 
Thomas  Cowens  of  Plenderleith,  buried  June  17th  1797  aged  20  years. 
Margret  Temple  of  Rochester  buried  October  3d  1797  aged  66  years. 
Thomas  Oliver  of  Petty-Knows  buried  October  31  1797  aged  17  years. 
Mary   Anderson   wife    of     George    Anderson    of     Otterburn,    buried 

November  30th  1797  aged  33  years. 
1798      Allon  Hedley  of  Netherhouses  buried  September     17th   1798 

aged  53  years. 
Mary  Mather  of  Elishaw,  buried  October  26th  1798  aged  33  >  ears. 

BURIALS     1798. 

William  Corbit  of  Rochester,  buried  November  12th  1798  aged  66  years. 
Isabella  Brown  of  Hillock  buried  November  15th  1798  aged  71  years. 
Anne  Hall,  of  Steward  Shields  buried  November  15th  1798  aged  26 

years. 
1799.     William    Ramsay    of    Rochester   buried    February   17th    1799 

aged  54  years. 

Margaret  Robson  of  Hawick  buried  June  16th  1799  aged  64  years 
Elizabeth  Oliver,  Petty  Knows,  buried  June  18th  1799  aged  16  years. 
Elizabeth  Waite,    Garret    Shields,  buried  October  9th   1799  aged  62 

years. 
George  Roxbrough  son  of  John  Roxbrough,  White  Lee  Gate  buried 

December  13th  1799  aged  2  years 

BURIALS    AT    BYRNESS,    1800. 

Elizabeth  Davidson  of  Otterburn  buried  Jany  8th  1800  aged  10  years. 
Margaret   Haddon  of  Spithopehaugh  buried  March    llth    1800   aged 
82  years. 

1801  Walter  Turnbull  Netherhouses  June  21st  1801  aged  45  years. 
George  Anderson  of  Cottenshope  June  23d  1801  aged  42  years. 
James  Armstrong  of  Woodhall  Novbr  llth  1801  aged  78  years. 
Cathrine  Oliver  Petty- Knows  Decembr  2d  1F01  aged  42  years. 

1802  James  Dodds  of  Spithopehaugh  Augt  5th  1802  aged  73  years. 
Isabel  Armstrong  of  Holystone  May  7th  1802  aged  72  years. 

BURIALS    AT    BYRNESS    1802 

Anne  Davison  Anderson  of  Otterburn,  May  13th  1802  aged  10  Days. 
Elizabeth  Hall  of  Ernblehope  October  17th  1802  aged  55  years. 
Elenor  Tailford,  Blakehope  October  30th  1£02  aged  6  years. 

1803  James  Brown  of  Spithope  Haugh  Feby  8th  1803  aged  76  year*. 
Alice  Hall  ot  Stewart-Shield  Febry  16th  1803  aged  22  years. 

John    and    Margaret    Graham    of    Birdhope    Craig   Febry    19th  1803 

aged  88  and  78  years. 

Henry  Harkness  of  Low  Rochester  Febry  25th  aged  15  years. 
Elizabeth  wife  of  John  Hall  of  Cottonshope  Burnfoot  April  16th  1803 

aged  30  years. 
Thomas  Burn  of  the  Sills  May  6th  1803  aged  38  years. 

1803       BURIALS    AT    BYRNESS 

Margaret  Gilroy  of  Rochester  June  10th  1803  aged  72  years. 

John  Anderson  of  Baggrow  June  3d  1803  aged  90  years. 

Margaret  Anderson  of  Baggrow  June  10th  1803  aged  75  years. 

Jane  Hall  Dr  of  John  Hall  of  Cottonshopebnrnfoot  Died  in  Infancy 

June  23d  1803. 
Gabriel  Turnbull  Son  of  David  Turnbull  of  Rochester  died  in  Infancy 

July  30th  1803. 

Thomas  Hall,  Stewart  Shields  Septr  8th  1803  aged' 26  years. 
William  Scott  Edgerstone  Tofts  Nov  29th  1803  aged  47  years. 


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Elenor  Heron  Moordik  House  Decbr  5th  1803  aged  84  years. 

1 804     Walter  Akenhead  of  the  Scap  March  3d  1 804  aged  35  years. 

1804  BURIALS    AT    BYRNESS. 

Margaret  Rutherford,  Wanlass  Dultrees  March  4th  1804  died  in  Infancy. 
Thomas  Corbit  Low  Rochester  March  18th  1804  died  in  Infancy. 
William  Gibson,  of  Birk  Hill  April  4th  1804  aged  75  years. 
Elizabeth    Brown    wife    of    Robert    Brown   of  Chattlehope  June    2d 

1804  aged  40  years. 

Isabel  Orr  of  Birdhope  Craige  Augt  19th  1804  aged  38  years  &  6  Months. 
James  Grieve  of  Rochester  Aug  26th  1804  died  in  infancy. 
Roger  Marshall  of  Blindburn  Novbr  9th  1804  aged  64  years. 
Thomas  Robson  of  Belshield  Decbr  llth  1804  aged  59  years. 
Thomas  Hall  of  Toft  House  Decbr  24th  1804  aged  72  years. 

1805  BURIALS    AT    BYRNESS 

James  Turnbull  of  Rochester  Janry  2d  1805  aged  17  years. 

Robert  Anderson  of  the  Bush  Febry  20th  1805  aged  70  years. 

Hannah   Haddon,    Birdhope   Craig    Mill    March    llth    1805   aged    46 

years. 

Margaret  Hall  of  Stewart  shields  April  3d  1805  aged  26  years. 
Kathrine  Walker  Rattenrow  May  2d  1805  aged  44  years. 
Elizabeth  wife  of  John  Orr  of  Birdhope  Craig  May  14  aged  48  years. 

[This  entry  interpolated] 

Isabel  Mable  of  the  Yeat  May  31st  1805  aged  74  years. 
John  Hall  of  Toft  House  Augst  3d  aged  34. 
Jane   wife   of    William    Anderson    Blackhope    Burn   Haugh    aged    59 

Septr  1st. 
Catharine  wife  of  James  Thompson  of  Otterburn  aged  , 

Novr  14th  drowned. 

1806  BURIALS    AT    BYRNESS 

Christian  Daughter  of  Michael  Young  of    Philiphaugh    aged    8   pears 

January  6th  1806. 

Ann  Crozier  Blackhope  Aged  65  years     January  15th  1806. 
Mary    Daughter    of    George    Temple  of    Rochester    aged    6    months 

January  21st  1806. 
Margaret  wife  of  Michael  Anderson  of  Cottonshope  Burn  Foot  Aged 

30  years     May  22d  1806. 

James  Son  of  Michael  Anderson  of  Do  aged  4  Months.     June  2d  1806. 
Robert  Robson  of  Sidwood  aged  61  years     August  2d  1806. 
Eleanor    wife    of    Edward    Dunn    of    Whitelee    Gate    aged   29  years 

Octr  18th  1806. 
Margaret  Daughter  of  John  Roxborough  Carter  Gate  aged    1   week 

October  23d  1806. 

Edward  Son  of  Robert  Rutherford  of  Byrness  aged  1  Week  Novr  16th 
1807     Charlotte  wife  of  Ed  Dunn  of  Otterburn  Scotland     March  15th 

1807  aged  52. 
1807     William  Armstrong  Shepherd   of    Woodhall    in    the  Parish    of 

Holystone     April  8th  1807  aged  38. 

BURIALS  AT  BYRNESS       1807 

Matthew  Son  of  John  Young  Swinside,  Scotland  April  12th  1807. 

May  10th     Elizabeth   Davison,    Widow,    of    Learn   in  the    Parish   of 

Bellingham  aged  63. 

May  25th     Willm  Jerdon  Camp  Town  Scotland  aged  38. 
Augst  12th     Alice  Daughter  of  Joshua  Brown  of  Yardhope  aged  3 

Months. 


Octr  14th     Andrew  Hall  of  Emblehope  aged  33. 

Novr  24th     Robert  Yule  of  Lumsden  aged  24  perished  in  the  Snow 
Storm  Novr  20th. 

1808  Janry  21     John  Son  of  Thomas  Rutherford  of  the  Row  aged 
21    Consumption. 

1808    Thomas  Son  of  Charles  Hall  of  Emblehope  aged  1  year  Janrv  30th 

1808   Febry    7i     Robert    Hedley    of    Nether    Houses   aged    16  *  Con- 
sumption. 

Febry    21st      Roger    Robson   of    Garret    Shields   aged    23    Consump- 
tion. 

April  1st     John  Dunn,  Rule  Town  Head,  Scotland  aged  26  Fever. 

21     Edward    Son  of  Edward    Hall  of    Stewart   Shields  aged    17 
Consumption. 

Augst  13th     Mary  Dodds  of  Bell  Shields  aged  70     Old  Age. 

Octr  16     Sarah  Burn  of  Spithope  Haugh  aged  84. 

Deer  10     Isabel  wife  of  Allen  Jamieson  of  Bagrow  aged  54     Cancer. 

BURIALS  1809 

Feb:  23d     Elizabeth   Daughter   of  George  Temple  of  Stobbs  aged  2 

years. 
April  8th     John  Robson  of  Sidwood  aged  75. 

27th     Hannah  Daughter  of  Edward  Hall  of  Stewart  Shields  Aged  2 1 

Consumption. 
May  3d     Mary  Daughter  of  John  &  Mary  Grieve  of  Rochester  Aged 

seven  Months. 
July  4th     Alice  Daughter  of  Michael  Young  of  Usway  Ford  aged  2 

years. 
Novr  3     James  Son  of  Matthew  Hutson  of  Otterburn  aged  15  years 

Fever. 
Deer  4     Eleanor  Robson  aged  64  Bank  Head. 

16     John  Greive  of  Rochester  aged  39  killed  by  a  Gun  going  off 

accidentally. 

25.     Robert  Mabel  Bronirdean  Laws  Scotland,  aged  80. 

1810  Febry   2d     Alice   Wife   of   Matthew   Young   of   Bagrow,    aged 
75  years. 

May  10th     Thomas  Akenhead  of  Mounseys  Know  North  Tyne  aged  75. 
May  29th     John  Davison  of  Buteland  aged  20. 
June  14     Andrew  Hall  of  Emblehope  Shepherd,  aged  78. 
July  13     Roger  Robson  of  Grassings  Field  Shepherd,  aged  67. 
Augst  15th     John  Marshall  of  Byegate  Hall  Farmer  died  Augst  10th 
aged  24  years.     Consumption. 

BURIALS  1810. 

Deer  30th     Eleanor  Chisholm  aged  46  years. 

1811  Janry  12th     Adam  Robson,  Rochester,  aged  59. 

Jany  30     Isabell  Dour  of  Jn°  Oliver  aged  6  months.  High  Green. 

Febry  28th     Edward  Mather  Shepherd  of  Overacres,  aged  65  years. 

March   18     Sarah  Daughter  of   Stephen  Reed  of   Rochester,  aged  3 
Months. 

26     Edward  Robson  Shepherd  of  Grassings  Field,  aged  18  years. 

Septr  17th     Ann  \\ife  of  William  Murray  Shepherd  of  Redpath  aged 
65  years. 

Deer  27th     Mr  [int3ipolated]  Robert  Laing  of  Plenderleath  in  Rox- 
burghshire Farmer,  aged  50. 

27th     William  Burn  of  Stobs  aged 

1812  Mar.  24th     Edward  Hall  Shepherd  of  Plenderleath,   Scotland 
aged  68  years. 


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25th     Andrew  Turnbull,  Cooper,  a  Lodger  at  Rochester  &  a  Native- 
of  Scotland,  aged  70  years. 
April  10.     Jane  Greive,  of  Rochester  aged  92. 

June  7     Jane  Robson  Widow  of  Bell  Shield  Burn  Foot,  aged         years. 
Augst  30     Thomas  Son  of  James  Thompson  Watchmaker  of  Otterburn 
aged  7  Months. 

Gieystead  Rectory,  April  28th,  1845. 

At  a  Vestry  Meeting  of  the  Proprietors  and  Occupiers  of  Land  in  the 
TownsMp  of  Smalesmouth,  in  the  Parish  of  Greystead,  held  this  28th 
day  of  April,  1845,  it  was  unanimously  resolved  to  maintain  & 
defend  their  Rights  to  a  certain  Road,  commonly  called  'Cadger 
Haugh'  Road,  against  all  opposition.  Signed  Ninian  Elliott  |  Robert 
Dougias  |  William  (Jharlton  |  Thomas  Nicholson  j  Andrew  Scott  | 
Walter  Telfer  |  James  Waitt. 

[The  volume,  which  is  12  in.  by  7  in.,  consists  of  18  leaves  of  paper 
bound  in  paper  covers  ;  the  entries  of  burials  are  written  on  one  side  of 
each  leaf,  while  those  of  baptisms  are  on  both  sides.  The  baptisms 
are  on  four  leave?  and  the  burials  on  11  pages,  the  rest  of  them  being 
blank.]  ,__ 

MISCELLANEA. 

PRICE    OF    WINE    IN    1704. 

The  following  are  letter  and  statement  of  account  from  John) 
Stephenson,  wine  merchant,  Newcastle,  to  Sir  Geo.  Wheler  the  traveller, 
prebendary  of  Durham  and  rector  of  Houghton-le- Spring,  are  from  the 
collections  of  Mr.  Richd.  Welford  : — 

Newcastle,  9ber  8,  1704. 

Sir — I  am  ffavoured  wth  yours  and  have  sent  you  as  below.  I  am 
sorey  yt  ye  Last  wine  I  sent  you  had  not  pleased.  I  am  sure  when  itt 
was  fild  itt  was  as  good  wine  as  I  have  sould  this  12  months.  So  for  ye 
Suture  if  you  thinke  ntt  I  will  aduise  you  to  take  wt  you  have  occasion 
for  in  bottles.  I  shall  send  your  note  as  you  desire  itt  next  and  allso 
Lett  you  know  if  Kirton  bee  comd  in.  I  am  Sir,  Your  Humble  serutt, 
Jno,  Stephenson. 

gall.   qt.   Jills        ,<?. 

1  doz.  qrt.  bottles  claret  qt 3  :   0  :   2  at  6     £00  :  18  :  09 

1  doz.  pt.  bottles  whte  wine  qt 1  :  2  :  3  at  6       00  :  10  :  01£ 

1  doz.  pt.  bottles  canary  qt 1  :   2  :   2  at  9       00  :  14  :  07£ 

1  doz.  qrt.  bottles  &  corks 00  :  02  :  00 

2  doz.  pt.  bottles  &  corks 00  :  03  :  00 


£02  :  08  :  06 

LOCAI;    SHIP    ASSIGNMENTS. 

(From  Richd.  Welford's  Collections.) 

1714-15,  March  14.  ^V  part  of  the  '  Hannah'  of  Whitby,  300  tons, 
from  Wm  Johnson  of  Whitby  master  and  mariner,  to  John  Johnson  of 
Newcastle,  esq.  Consideration  £52  4s. 

Same  date.  TL  of  same  ship  from  said  Johnson  to  John  Clavering  of 
Chopwell,  esq.  Cons.  £104  8s. 

1715-16.  Jan.  12.  -Jr  of  the  'Loyalty'  of  Shields,  260  tons,  from 
Roger  Boulby  of  No.  Shields  to  Elizth  Heckles  of  Monkseaton,  widow. 
Cons.  £17  10s.  Stock  £99. 

1719.  April  10.  TV  of  the  '  Elizabeth  and  Mary  '  of  Whitby,  300  tons, 
from  Geo.  Brown  of  Whitby,  master  and  mariner,  to  John  "Johnson  of 
Newcastle,  esq.  Cons.  £11-1  9c°.  Stock  £100. 


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1719.  May  18.  ^  of  the  'Elizabeth  &  Mary'  from  said  Geo.  Brown 
"to  Thos.  Grainge  of  N.  Shields,  master  and  mariner.  Cons.  £57  4s.  Gd. 

1729.  July  15.  Assignment  from  Jno.   Clavering  of  Chopwell,  esq. 
to  Thos.  Anderson  of  N.  Shields,  master  and  mariner,  of  the  -^  part  of 
the  '  Hannah'  above  named.     Cons.  £27  6s.     (1729.  July  30.     Declara- 
tion of  Thos.  Anderson  that  his  name  is  used  in  above  assignment  in 
trust  for  Wm  Johnson  of  Newcastle,  hoastman.) 

1730.  June  27.  TV  of  the    '  Mayflower  '  of  Whitby,  350  tons,  from 
Peter    Barker   of   Whitby    master   &    mariner    to   said   Wm  Johnson. 
Cons.  £147.     Stock  £160. 

1731.  Oct.  9.  ,V  of  the  '  Jane  and  Ann  '  of  Whitby,  200  tons,  from 
Geo.  Hill  of  Whitby,  master  &  mariner,  to  John  Ellison  of  N.  Shields, 
butcher.     Cons.  £20.     Stock  £90. 

1740.  Sep.  18.  TV  of  the  '  Asilby  '  of  Whitby,  450  tons,  from  Robt. 
Noble  of  Carr  Hall,  near  Whitby,  muster  &  mariner,  to  said  Wm 
Johnson.  Cons.  £150.  Stock  £135  7*.  Id. 

1742.  March  25.  Assignment  from  John  Heckles  of  Preston,  mariner, 
to  said  Wm  Johnson,  of  the  ^  of  the  ;  Loyalty  '  above  named  £5  5s. 

1750.  Aug.  9.  tV  of  the  '  Rebecca,'  350  tons,  from  Philip  Skinner  of 
Whitby,  master  and  mariner,  to  said  Wm  Johnson.  Cons.  £1*25. 
Stock  £90. 

1750.  Dec.  3.  -fa  p*irt  of  the  'Betty'  of  Sunderland,  100  tons, 
from  Chas.  Bewick  o;  Sunderland  to  John  Hedley  of  Newcastle,  hoast- 
man. Cons.  £20  Is.  Sd.  Stock  £70. 


The  following  extracts  relating  to  Hexham,  Hexhamshire,  Oving- 
ham,  Salton,  &c-,  are  from  the  Miscellaneous  Books  (vol.  281,  pp.  14b, 
15,  15b,  17,  17b,  18,  30,  31b,  and  32)  in  the  Augmentation  Office 
•{continued  from  page  12) :  — 

13ft.   8*.  of  profits  of  rectory  of  Saw  tori,  co.  York, 
Issues  of          belonging  to  the  prebend  there. 
Spiritualities.  Cs.  of  rectory  of  Ekeley,  Yorks,  with  all  rights  & 

appurt.,  demised  to  Thos.  Meryng. 

55ft.  10s.  5d.  of  profits  of  tithes  of  whole  of  Hexhamshire,  viz.,  of  corn: — 
Hexham,    Wli.  ;     Anyke.    13s.    4d.  ;     Sandehowe,    8s.;     Acome, 
53s.  4d.  ;    Wanlle,  46s.  Sd.  ;    Cokeley,  10s.  ;    Kepike,  13s.  4d.  ; 
Irriiigton,  20s.  ;    Chapel  of  Alwentdaill,  15ft. 
Of  lambs  of  whole  parish  of  Hexhamshire,  68s.  Id. 
Of  wool  of  sd  parish,  27s.  Qd. 
Personal  tithes  &  Easter  offerings,  9ft. 
Tithes  &  oblations  in  chapel  of  St.  John,  43s.  (p.  146.) 

Do.  in  chapel  of  St.  Oswald,  60s. 

In  chapel  of  Beyngfeld,  66s.  Sd. 

39ft.   6s.   Sd.  profits  of  rectories  &  tithings  in  Northumbd,  viz. :  | 
Aldestane  more,   66s.  Sd.  rectory  &  tithing  ;    corn  of  Newburgh, 
.  26s.  Sd. ;   do.  of  parish  church  of  Aldewicke,  20s. 
Corn  of  Fontestones,  13s.  4d. 
Tithes  of  vill  &  chapel  of  Slaveley,  4ft. 

Corn  of  Chollerton,  26s.  Sd.  ;    Bareforde,  33s.  4d.  ;  of  Chipchesse, 
4li.  6s.  Sd.  ;    Gunnerton,  40s.  ;    Colnewell,  40s.  ;    Haydenbrigge 
cum  Langley,  \1li.  13s.  4.d.  ;    thus  demised  to  divers  persons. 
100s.  tithes  of  corn  in  parish  of  Isell,  Cumberland. 

Total,  118ft.    5s.    Id. 
Sale  of  Woods.       None  sold. 
.Perquisites  of  Courts.      None. 

[sic.}  Sum  total,  266ft.  15s.  2$d. 

(p.    15).  Whereof 


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In  allowance  ot  rents  &  farms    of   demesne   lands, 

Discharge  of        together  with  the  site  of  the  late  Priory  17s.  4rf.  per 

Rents.  arm.     For  that  sd  demesnes  were  occupied  by  the 

late    Prior  &  convent    from   Mich.    27  Heri.  viij    to 

4  Feb.  next  following  [1535-6],  on  which  day  the  said  Priory,  together 

with  all  its  possessions  came  into  the  hand  of  the  king  ;   for  the  rent  of 

one  half  year  8s.   8d.     And  in  similar  allowance  of  rents,  etc.,  of  all 

lands,  etc.,  to  sd  Priory  belonging  at  cxlvijfo.  \]s.  vd.  ob.     For  that  the 

sd  rents  for  the  term  of  St.  Martin  in  Winter  belong  of  right  to  the  sd 

Priory  Ixxiiijfo'.  xviijrf.  ob.  qu.  for  discharge  of  the  moiety  due  at  the 

feast  of  St.  Martin  aforesd  27  Hen.  viij. 

£3;         Total,  74Z-J.  10s. '2$d. 

In  rents  resolute  to  the  hands  of  the  sheriff  of  York 

Rente  Resolute       issuing  from  lands  in  Sawton  at  13s.  4<2.  p.  ann.,  viz., 

<fc  Pensions.       in    such   allowance    for    the    time    of   this    account. 

Nothing  because  paid  by  the  prior.     For  the  same 

reason  nothing  is  to  be  accounted  for  of  the  following  items      Resolute 

rent  to  the  Chapter  of  the  Metropolitan  Church  of  York,  of  lands  in 

Sawton  at  40s.  p.  ann.     And  in  money  yearly  paid  to  the  Choristers  of 

sd  church  out  of  prebend  lands  there  at  4s.  p.  ann.     Yearly  pension  to 

the  Bp.  of  Durham  of  churches  of  Warden,  Chollerton,  &  Aldestane, 

33s.  4d.  p.  ann.     Yearly  pension  to  the  Prior  &  Convent  of  Durham 

•of  the  churches  of  Aldestane,   3s.   4dL,   &    Ovingeham,    10s.       Yearly 

pension  to  the  Abbot  &  Convent  of  Alba  landa  of  the  chapel  of  Slaveley 

at  23s.  p.  ann. 

Total,   Nothing. 

(p.  156.)  Curate  in  parish  church  of  Hexham  at  4li.  p.  ann. 

Salaries  of          Do.  in  chapel  of  St.  John  at  4li.     Do.  in  Chapel  or 
Curates.  Church  of  Beyngfeld  4li.     Do.  in  Chapel  of  Slaveley, 

4Z?.     Do.  in  chapel  of  Alwentdayll,  4fo'.      For  the  time 
of  this  ace*,  Nothing,  because  paid  by  Prior. 

Fee*.  In  fee  of  Henry,  Earl  of  Northumbd  Chief  Steward 

of  the  late  Priory  at  5li.  p.  ann.      Of  Lord  Latamor, 

steward  of  the  lordship  of  Salton.  Yorks,  at  53s.  4d. 

p.  ann.      Of  James  Ridley,  Bailiff  of  Sawton  at  26s.  8d.  p.  ann.    Nothing, 

as  above. 

And  in  moneys  charged  in  the  Recrs 

Delivery  of  aco*  of  the  issues  of  demesne  lands 

Moneys.  in  the  hands  of  the  Prior  &  Convent 

from  4  Feb.,   1535-6,  to  Michaelmas 

viz.,   for  the  term  of  Pentecost.       For   which  Rd 

Prior  &  Convent  shall  answer 8s.     8d. 

In  similar  moneys  of  the  rents  of  king's  tenants  in 
divers  townships  For  w<*  sd  Prior  &  Convent 

shall  answer  to  the  king 73M.  11s.  2%d. 

And  in  similar  moneys  of  the  issues  of  spiritualities 
recd  by  them  from  4  Feb.  1535-6,  to  Mich.,  viz.,  of 
Easter  offerings,  lambs,  wool,  grain,  hay,  &c.  For 
whch  sd  Prior  &  Convent  shall  answer  to  the  king  llSli.  5s.  Id. 

Total,  192ft.  4s.  llfd. 
Total  of  allowances  &  delivery,  266^'.  15s.  2%d. 

(p.  17).  Northumbd. 

(Mich.  1535  to            Ovingeham  Ace*  of  Will.  Grene,  Collr  of  rents 

Mich.  1536).        '  Cella  de  Hex-  there  from  Mich.  27  Hen.  viij,  to 

ham.'  Mich,  following. 
Arrearages.          None. 


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Farm  of  the  Site  of  11s.  of  the  issues  of  the  site  of  sd  cell  with  buildings, 

the  Cell  with  glebe    &  with  glebe  in  fields  of  the  town  of  Ovingehame 

belonging.  in  the  hands  of  the  Warden  &  brethren  of  sd  cell. 

Total    11s. 

Issues  &  profits  of  23?*.   15s.   \d.  of  the  tithes  of  sheaves  of  the  whole 

tithes  of  the  parish       parish  p.   ann.,   as  ewll  in  the   hands  of   divers 

of  Ovinyeham.          persons  at  farm  as  to  the  use  of    sd   cell    lately 

occupied  as  appears  in  survey. 
24s.  tithes  of  hay  &  straw  ;    except  those  of  township  of  Hartley 

wch  are  to  the  use  of  the  vicar  there. 
1 1 5s.  of  wool,  lambs,  calves,  &  hens. 

Of  any  profit  proceeding  from  the  issues  of  the  Lent  roll  &  of  all 

tithes,    &c.,    commonly    accted   for    in    that    roll    no    ace1    is    here 

rendered,  for  that  they  belong  to  the  vicar  there,  as  appears  by  the 

real  composition  thereof. 

Nor  of  the  farm  of  one  cottage  with  a  croft  in  the  town  of  Ovingeham 

for  that  it  belongs  to  sd  vicar  in  like  manner. 

Nor  of  any  profit  of  weddings,  churchings  of  women,  lez  Hedemasse 
penneys,'  deer,  pigs,  apples,  &  '  Le  Halybrede  Sylver,'  or  other 
accidental  oblations  for  that  they  belong  to  sd  vicar  &  his  suc- 
cessors as  appears  by  sd  composition. 

4li.  of  tithes  of  salmon,  fisheries,  &  mills  in  whole  parish  (p.  17&.) 
6s.  of  profits  of  funerals  per  annum,  except  '  Le  Hedemasse  pennye/  ' 

belonging  to  the  vicar  as  abovesd 
60s.  of  profits  of  Easter  day  p.  ann. 

Total,  38?*.  Id. 
Sum  Total  of  Receipts,  38?*'.  Us.  Id. 

Whereof 

Accruing  to  sd  Rectory  from  Mich.  1535  to  4  Feb. 
Discharge  of         1535-(>  (;j  year  &  37  days),  at  18c/.  per  day  '  plus  in 
Issues.  totale  '  22d.  —  9K.  1 2s.'  2d.     For  that  all  &  singular- 

issues    of    sd    rectory  or  cell  within  that  time  were 
recd  by  the  Master  &  brethren.  Total,  9?/.  12s.  2c/. 

Yearly  pension  to  Bp.  of  Durham,  20s.  ;    in  the  time 

Synods,  of  this  ace*  no  allowance,  because  paid  by  warden. 

procurations         Moneys  paid  to  the  Prior  of  Durham  at  the  convent 

cfc  pensions.       of  issues  of  sd  church  at  10s.  ;    allowance,  nothing 

[arf  Senobium~\     for  above  cause.     Similar  moneys  paid  yearly  to  the 

Archdeacon  of  Durham,     do.     do. 

For  his  eating  &  drinking  16d.  p.  week,  thus  assessed 

Pension  oj         by  commissrs  at  time  of  survey  at  69s.  4d.  p.  ann. 

Vicar.  No  allowance,  because  paid  by  the  Warden  in  food, 

&c.     For  board  of  1  servant  of  the  vicar  with  the 

servants  of  sd  Warden  assessed  at  I2rf.  p.  week  ;  no  allowance  for  cause 

aforesd      Price  of  1  load  of  straw  for  litter  of  horses  of  sd  vicar  12e?.  ; 

do.       do.     Allowance  of  the  farm  of  one  chamber  within  the  site  of  sd 

cell,  not  assessed  by  Commissrs  for  that  sd  vicar  occupies  sd  chamber. 

Expenses  of         For  bread,  wine,  wax  &  oil,  &c.,  already  paid.     For 

Church.  repairing  &  ornamenting  Choir  of  Church,  do.     do. 

Delivery  of         Moneys  charged  in  Recrsaccl  of  the 
Moneys.  profits   of    the   sd   cell    &    rectory 

from  4  Feb.    1535-6  to  Mich,  fol- 
lowing   for  wch  sd    Warden   shall 

answer  to  the  king    28?*.  18s.  1  Id- 

Total,  28??:.  18s.  lie?. 
Total  of  Allowances  &  deliver v,  38?*'.  1  Is.  Id. 


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PROCEEDINGS 


OF    THE 


SOCIETY    OF   ANTIQUARIES 


OF    NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. 


SER.,    VOL.    III.  1907.  NO.    3 


The  ordinary  monthly  meeting  of  the  Society  was  held  in  the  library 
of  the  Castle,  Newcastle,  on  Wednesday,  the  twenty-seventh  day  of 
March,  1907,  at  seven  o'clock  in  the  evening,  Mr.  F.  W.  Dendy,  a 
vice-president,  being  in  the  chair. 

Several  ACCOUNTS  recommended  by  the  Council  for  payment,  were 
ordered  to  be  paid. 

The  following  ORDINARY  MEMBERS  were  proposed  and  declared  duly 
elected  : — 

i.  Joseph  George  Angus,  Cedars,  Osborne-road,  Newcastle, 
ii.  William  Waymouth  Gibson  of  Orchard  house,  Low  Fell,  Gates- 
head, 
iii.  George  Haliburton  Hume,  M.D.,  61  Osborne-road,  Newcastle. 

The  following  NEW  BOOKS,  etc.,  were  placed  on  the  table  : — 
Presents,  for  which  thanks  were  voted  : — 

From  Mr.  Thomas  May,  F.S.A.  Scot.,  the    author  :— (i)    '  The  ex- 
cavations on  the  Romano -British  site  at  Wilderspool,  July,  1905 ' 

(Reprint  from  the   Transactions  of  the  Hist.   Soc.   of  Lane,   and 

Cheshire,  1906),  8vo.  and  (ii) 
From  R.  Blair  : — The  Antiquary  for  April,  1907. 
Exchanges  : — 

From   the    Royal   Archaeological   Institute   of    Great    Britain   and 

Ireland: — Journal,  LXIII,  no.  252,  8vo. 
From  the  Yorkshire  Arch.  Soc.  : — The  Yorkshire  Arch.  Journal,  pt.  74 

(xix,  ii),  8vo. 
From  the  Derbyshire  Archaeological  and  Natural  History  Society  : — 

Journal,  xxix,  8vo. 
From  the  Shropshire  Archaeological  and  Natural  History  Society : — 

Transactions,  3rd  ser.,  vn,  i. 
From  the  Suffolk  Institute  of  Archaeology  and  Natural  History  : — 

Proceedings,  xu,  iii,  8vo. 
From  the  Smithsonian  Institution,  U.S.A.  : — Report  for   1505  and 

1906,  8vo.  cl. 

From  the  Royal  Society  of  Norway  : — Aarboger,  xxi,  ii,  8vo. 
From  the  Royal  Irish  Academy: — Proceedings,  vol.   xxvi,  section 

C,  no.  12. 


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Purchases  : — Notes  and  Queries,  nos.  166,  167,  168,  and  169 ;  Macquoid's 
A  History  of  English  Furniture,  in,  xii :  Durham  Wills  and  Invent- 
ories, vol.  in  (112  Surtees  Society  publ.). 

The  recommendation  of  the  Council  to  purchase  the  important  work 
on  Brasses,  by  the  Messrs.  Waller,  for  61.  10s.  Qd.  was  agreed  to. 

DONATION    TO    THE    MUSEUM. 

From  the  Northumberland  County  Council,  base  and  column  from 
site  of  the  great  hall  in  the  Castle  of  Newcastle. 

Special  thanks  were  voted  for  the  gift,  and  also  for  the  kindness  of  the 
County  Council  and  the  officials  for  permitting  members  to  visit  the  site 
of  their  offices  and  inspect  the  remains  discovered. 

EXHIBITED  : — 

By  Mr.  Thomas  Matheson  of  Morpeth  : — Two  wooden  knitting 
sheaths,  one  4£in.  long,  is  covered  with  an  incised  pattern ;  it  has 
three  holes  in  the  top  for  the  needle,  a  loop  at  the  bottom  for  sus- 
pension, and  a  diagonal  cut  for  the  apron  string  ;  the  other  6f in. 
long,  is  round  and  baluster  turned. 

The  recommendation  of  the  Council  to  engage  Miss  Martin  to 
catalogue  the  deeds  in  the  Woodman  Collection  as  was  done  in  the 
case  of  the  Brumell  deeds,  was  unanimously  agreed  to. 

PROOFS    OF    AGE,    ETC. 

Mr.  J.  C.  Hodgson,  F.S.A.,  read  his  papers  on  (i)  An  episode  in  the 
history  of  a  Morpeth  family  ;  and  (ii)  Proofs  of  age  (in  continuation 
of  the  former  series),  for  which  thanks  were  voted  to  him  by  ac- 
clamation. 

KEPIER    GRAMMAR    SCHOOL,    HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING. 

Mr.  R.  Blair  (one  of  the  secretaries)  then  read  a  paper  by  Mr.  R.  W. 
Ramsey  on  Kepier  Grammar  School  and  its  library.  Sent  round  for 
exhibition  were  several  photographs  of  title  pages  of  books  in  the  library, 
bearing  the  autographs  of  Ben  Jonson,  Bernard  Gilpin,  and  others. 

Mr.  Ramsey  was  thanked  for  his  paper. 

Mr.  R.  Blair  announced  that  a  very  important  paper  had  been  sent 
to  him  by  M.  Robert  Mowat  of  Paris  on  '  The  Capricorn  of  the  second 
legion,  surnamed  Augusta,  and  the  goat  of  the  23rd  Regiment  Royal 
Welsh  Fusiliers.'  It  reached  him  too  late  for  inclusion  in  the  notice 
for  the  meeting,  and  so  its  reading  was  deferred  until  the  April 
meeting. 


MISCELLANEA. 

The  following  extracts  relating  to  Hexham,  &c.,  are  from  the 
*  Miscellaneous  Books'  (vol.  281,  pp.  19-34),  in  the  Augmentation 
Office  (continued  from  page  32) : — 

(p.  19-20.)  Armethwaytt,  Cumbr. 

(p.  21.)  Lanercostel 

(p.  22-24.)  Newmynster. 

(/;.  25-28.)  Brenkeborne. 

(p.  29.)  Lamley,  Northumbr. 


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(p.  30.)  Northumbr. 

(Mich.  1536  to    Hexham      Ace1  of    Reginald  Carnaby,  kt.,   Farmer 
Mich.  1537.)  there  from  Mich.  28  Hen.  viij  to  the 

Mich,  following. 

Arrearages.        None. 

17.9.    4d.    as    in    ace1    for    previous    year.     Here  not 

Farm  of  demesne     recorded,  for  that  the  Priory,  Hospital  of  St.  Giles, 

lands  in  the  hands   &  appurt.,  are  demised  to  Reginald  Carnaby,  kt.,  by 

of  late  Priory.       Indenture,   together  with  other   lordships,    manors, 

&c..  &  are  charged  according  to  sd  indenture. 

(p.  306.)  Neither  does  he  ace*  for  148M.  15s.  Id.  of  tenants  of 

Rents  &  farms  of     the    king.       [Here   follow   particulars    as    in   former 
tenants  in  various  account,  with  these  exceptions]  :—— 

townships.  IQd.  of  one  cottage  in  Est  Matfen  [not  West  Matfen.] 

[Tenemt  called  '  le  Heugh  '  not  mentioned.] 

But  renders  ace1  for  229/r.  14.9.  Gd.  of  the  rent  &  farm  of  site  of  late 
Priory  with  appurt.,  in  allowance  for  the  term  from  Lady  day  to 
Mich.  And  for  24U.  of  prebend  of  Sawton  as  in  former  ace1 

Total,  253Z4    14*.  Qd. 

Issues  of  For    the    sums    of    55li.     10*.    5d     (Hexharnshire)  ; 

Spiritualities.  100s.  (Ilkeley)  ;    39K.  Gs.  Sd.  (re  -tories  &  tithings), 

&  100s.  (Isell)  he  does  not  ace1  for  cause  aforesd 

But  accts  for  13Zi.  8s.  of  Spiritualities  of  Sawton  ch  together  with 
the  Temporalities  of  that  prebend  amount  to  37W.  8s.  p.  ann.,  &  are 
reserved  in  his  lease  for  the  terms  of  the  Annunciation  &  St.  Michael. 

Total,  13Zt.  8s. 
Sale  of  Woods.     None. 
Perquisites  of  Courts.     None. 

Sum  Total  of  Rec's  267M.  2s.  Qd.     Whereof 

Rents  Resolute.      As  in  former  a.cc*       (p.  316.) 

Salaries  of  Curates     Do.     do.     But  total  for  half  year  ending  Mich. 
1537.  Total,  10K. 

Fees.  As   in   previous    aec*     but   that   there   is   no   Chief 

Steward. 

(p.  32.)  Moneys  charged  in  the  Recrs  ace*: 

Delivery  of  Rents  of  temporalities  of  prebend 

Moneys.  of  Salton,  24li.  ;    of  spiritualities, 

13li.  8s.  ;    besides  Hi.  8s.  reserved 

of  those  lands  for  pension  of  the  prior    30K. 

Moneys  delivered  to  sd  Recr  by  Edwd  Jay  late  prior 
there  out  of  moneys  reserved  to  the  king  of  the 

prebend  of  Salton "tli.  8s. 

Moneys  delivered  to  sd  Recr  by  farmers  &  tenants 

for  their  farms  &  rents     21QU.  14s.  Qd. 

Total,  257M.   2s.   Qd. 
Total  of  allowance  &  delivery,  267W.  2s.  Qd. 

(p.  33.)  Northumbr. 

(Mich.  1536  to          Ovingeham       Ace'    of    Will.    Grene,    Collr     there 
Mich.  1537.)        Cell  of  Hexham      from  Mich.  28  to  Mich.  29  Hen.  viij. 

Arrearages.        None. 

Farm  of  the  Site  of  As  in  previous  ace1  speaks  of  it  as  late  in  the  hands  of 
the  cell  with  glebe     Warden,  &c.  : — as  appears  in  survey  taken  by  com- 
belonging.  mand  of  Thos.  Duke  of  Norfolk,  Lieutenant  of  the 

king  in  northern  parts  5  March  (but  gives  no  year). 

Total,  11s. 


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Issues  &  profits     As  in  previous  ace* 

of  all  the  parish  of  Total,    38ft.    Id. 

Ovingeham(p.  336.)  Sum  Total  of  Ree's,  38ft.  11s.  Id. 

Rents  rerolute      As  in  previous  ace1,  but  no  longer  paid  by  Warden. 
with  synods  &      To  Archdeacon  of  Durham,  12s. 
procurations.  Total,  42s. 

Yearly  pension  of  Will.  Norton  now  vicar  there  in 

Pension  or  board    allowance  from  5  March,  28  Hen.  viij   (1536-7)  (on 

assigned  by  com-     which  day  that  cell  was  taken  into  the  king's  hands  & 

position,  to  be  taken  the  Warden  or  Master  &  brethren  together  with  all 

among  the  brethren,  their  household  were  thrust  out  from  their  possession 

reckoned  by  Com-    by  Duke  of  Norfolk)  to  Mich,  next  following,  |  year  & 

missrs  at  iorf.  p.     26  days,  38s.  S(L  ;    Board  of  vicar's  servant  allowed 

week,  69s.  4-d.  p.       for  time  aforesd  29s.     Load  of  straw  for  sd  time,  Gd. 

ann.  For    chamber    aforesd   no    allowance,    or    for    house 

assigned  to  s(l  vicar  by  composition  aforesd 

Total,  68s.  2d. 

Expenses  of         And  in  payment  for  13  '  potell '  wine  4s.  4d.     800 

Church.  loaves  8d.  [sz'c] ;    81bs.  wax,  5s.  8d.  for  parish  church 

at  Easter.     And  for  wine,  wax,  incense,  &c.,  for  the 

whole  year,  1 3s.  4d.  in  allowance  by  assent  of  the  Surveyor,  according  to- 

expenses  in  previous  years,  the  occupiers  not  appearing. 

Total  24s. 

Delivery  of  Profits  from  Mich.    1536  to   5   Mar. 

Moneys.  1536-7  tithes  of  salmon  40s.      Farm 

(p.  34.)         of  glebe,  5s.  6d 45s.  Qd. 

Profits   of   sd   rectory   recd   by  Christopher  Lassells 
from  5  March,  1536-7  to  close  of  this  ace1  Easter 

offerings  &  tithes  of  lambs,  wool,  &c 29ft.  11s.  5d. 

Total,  31ft.  16s.  lid. 
Total  of  allowance  &  delivery,  38ft.  lls.  Id. 


The  following  local  note  is  from  the  Calendar  of  Border  Papers,  vol.  n : — 

1596,  Nov.  15.— The  bishop  of  Durham  (Toby  Mathew)  to  Burghley. 
.  .   .  Those  two  notes  of  levies  and  rates  in  this  county  I  have  '  with 
some  adoe,'  got  from  the  clerk  of  the  peace. 

Temp.       Enclosed  an  abstracte  or  note  of  levyes ....  Since  the  '  yeare 
Jacobi       of  or  lorde  1565.  .  .  .until  this  present  xij  day  of  November, 
Episcopi.      1596.' 

1565,  Levy  of  12d.  the  pound  for  Tyne  bridge.    370Z.    6s.   Qd. 

1567,  of  8d.  the  pound  for  same 248Z.   9s.   4cZ. 

1568,  of    8d.  the  pound   for  repair  of   divers 

bridges    248?.  9s.  4d. 

1571,  of  Id.  the  pound  for  Crofte  bridge 3R  Os.  4d. 

1577,  of  I2d.  the  pound  for  Tyne  bridge 370Z.  16s.  Qd. 

Temp.  Richardi  episcopi 

1585,  of    Qd.   the   pound   for   the    '  House    of 

Correccion' 185Z.  8s.  Qd. 

Sede  vacante — 

1587,  of  2d.  the  pound  for  Darnton  bridge 62Z.  2s.  Sd. 

Tempore  Tobiae  episcopi — 

37  Eliz.,of  Id.  the  pound  for  mayntenance  of 
the  salte  peeter  workes '  [Mr.  Eaton  in 
Dounham '  note  by  Burghley]. 

Sum  total..  ..3822Z.  14s.  4d. 


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PROCEEDINGS 

OF   THE 


SOCIETY    OF   ANTIQUARIES 


OF    NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. 


3    SER.,    VOL.    Ill-  1907.  NO.    4 


The  ordinary  monthly  meeting  of  the  Society  was  held  in  the  library 
of  the  Castle,  on  Wednesday,  the  twenty-fourth  day  of  April,  1907,  at 
seven  o'clock  in  the  evening,  Mr.  R.  Welford,  M.A.,  one  of  the  vice- 
presidents,  being  in  the  chair. 

Several  ACCOUNTS,  recommended  by  the  Council  for  payment,  were 
ordered  to  be  paid. 

The  following  ORDINARY  MEMBER  was  proposed  and  declared  duly 
elected  : — 

Joseph  Stanhope  Watson,  Monkseaton,  Northumberland. 

The  following  NEW  BOOKS,  etc.,  were  placed  on  the  table  : — 
Presents,  for  which  thanks  were  voted  : — 

From  Mr.    Thomas   May,   the  author  : — (i)  '  On  the   Gallo-Roman 

Potter's  Marks  on  Terra  Sigillata  (Samian)  Ware  found  at  Lancaster 

and  Quernmore  '  ;  (ii)  '  On  the  Ornamented  Terra  Sigillata  (Samian) 

Pottery  found  at  Lancaster.'     (Overprints  from  the  Transactions  of 

the  Hist.  Socy.  of  Lane,  and  Chesh.) 
From  Mr.  Oswin  J.  Charlton : — A  collection  of  notices  of  monthly 

meetings  to  complete  the  Society's  set. 
From  R.  Blair:    The  Antiquary  for  May,  1907. 
Exchanges  : — 

From  the  Royal  Irish  Academy  : — Proceedings,  xxvi,  section  c,  no.  13. 
From   La   Societe   D'Archeologie    de   Bruxelles  : — Annuaire,   xvm, 

1907,  8vo. 

From  the  British  Archaeological  Association  : — Journal,  xni,  i. 
From  the  Kent  Archaeological  Society  : — Testamenta  Cantiana  (extra 

volume),  8vo.,  cl..  1907. 
From   La   Societe   Archeologique   de   Namur  : — Annales,    xxv,    iii ; 

large  8vo. 

Purchases  : — The  Scottish  Historical  Review,  iv,  3  ;  Northern  Notes  and 
Queries,  i,  6  ;  The  Reliquary,  xni,  2  ;  and  Notes  and  Queries,  10  ser., 
nos.  170-173. 

The  Council's  recommendation  to  purchase  Druitt's  Costumes  on 
Brasses  for  10/6  was  agreed  to. 

The  Council's  recommendation  to  hold  two  full  day  country  meetings 
and  three  half-days  meetings  was  agreed  to  ;  the  full  day  meetings  to  De 
at  (i)  Aycliffe,  Heighington,  Shackleton,  etc.,  and  (ii)  at  Berwick  and 
Norham  and  Ladykirk  ;  the  half-day  meetings  at  (i)  Hexham,  (ii)  Halt- 
whistle  church  and  Halt  whistle -burn  camps,  and  (iii)  Bothal. 


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DONATIONS   TO    THE    MUSEUM. 

From  the  Right  Hon.  Sir  Gainsford  Bruce  : — (i)  a  rushlight  holder 
from  a  Surrey  cottage,  and  (ii)  a  '  crusie.' 

The  following  note  on  the  objects  by  the  donor  was  read  : — 

*  At  the  February  meeting  of  the  Society  Mr.  Maberly  Phillips  read 
an  interesting  paper  on  the  '  Manners  and  Customs  of  our  Grandfathers' 
Days,'  and  among  other  things  he  described  '  rush  holders  '  or  '  torn 
candles.'  I  have  in  my  possession  an  object  that  came  out  of  an  old 
Surrey  cottage,  and  which  I  propose  to  present  to  the  museum  of  the 
Society.  It  consists  of  an  upright  iron  rod  fixed  vipon  cross  pieces  of 
wood  which  form  its  base.  An  iron  bracket  or  casing  round  the  rod 
supports  a  short  arm  which  holds  an  iron  cup  or  nozzle  into  which  a 
candle  could  be  inserted.  The  arm  is  made  so  as  to  form  what,  for 
want  of  a  better  word,  I  may  call  a  nipper,  and  into  this  nipper  a  lush 
could  be  inserted,  one  end  of  the  rush  would  be  held  in  position  by  the 
nipper  for  giving  light.  The  bracket  or  casing  round  the  upright  which 
supports  the  arm  moves  up  and  down  on  the  vertical  rod,  and  was  held 
in  its  place  by  a  spring  which  pressed  against  the  upright  rod.  The 
spring  has  now  lost  its  elasticity,  but  when  the  machine  was  in  good 
order  the  arm  could  be  moved  to  any  convenient  height,  where  it  would 
be  kept  in  position  by  the  pressure  of  the  spring.  It  would  have  been 
easy  to  attach  a  new  spring  to  the  arm  of  the  rushlight  holder,  and  to 
mend  the  cross  pieces  of  wood  (now  in  decay)  which  support  the 
upright  rod,  but  1  thought  it  better  not  to  attempt  to  put  any  modern 
work  into  the  old  machine.  In  its  present  state  it  shows  to  what 
devices  our  great-grandfathers  were  reduced  in  order  to  pr6vide  light 
in  their  cottages  during  the  long  winter  evenings.  When  they  could 
afford  a  candle,  a  candle  could  be  inserted  into  the  nozzle,  and  the 
machine  could  be  used  as  a  candlestick,  when  they  could  not  afford  a 
candle  the  rushlight  could  be  brought  into  requisition.  I  send  with 
the  machine  a  bundle  of  rushes,  partially  stripped  of  the  outer  skin 
and  ready  to  be  used  as  rushlights.'*  The  '  crusie  '  may  be  described 
as  two  metal  cups,  the  lower  and  larger  of  which  has  a  piece  of  iron 
coming  up  from  the  back  ;  there  is  a  second  piece  of  iron  with  3  or 
4  nicks  upon  it,  coming  up  from  the  larger  cup,  which  passes 
through  a  hole  or  slot  in  the  smaller  cup.  This  is  so  arranged  that  the 
smaller  cup  may  be  tilted  by  raising  the  slot  into  one  or  other  of  the 
nicks  before  mentioned,  so  that  the  grease  left  in  the  cup  may  be  kept 
together,  if  there  is  any  overflow  the  grease  would  pass  along  the  spout 
of  the  smaller  cup  and  be  saved  in  the  larger  cup  which  acts  as  a  saucer 
to  the  smaller  cup.' 

Thanks  were  voted  by  acclamation  to  Sir  Gainsford  Bruce  for  his  gifts 
and  the  note  upon  them. 

The  chairman  exhibited  a  tinder  box,  flint  and  steel,  some  tinder 
purposely  made  by  him  before  coming  to  the  meeting,  and  some  brim- 
stone matches,  also  made  by  him  about  60  years  ago  when  a  lad  in 
Buckinghamshire.  He  said  in  Mr.  Phillips's  note  (p.  17)  on  the  tinder 

*  Gilbert  White,  in  his  Natural  History  of  S  duo  me,  Letter  -2(5,  writes  as  follows  :— 
'  In  a  pound  of  dry  rushes,  avoirdupois,  which  I  caused  to  be  weighed  and  numbered, 
we  found  upwards  of  one  thousand  six  hundred  individuals.  Now,  suppose  each  of 
these  burns,  one  with  another,  only  half-an-hour,  then  a  poor  man  will  purchase  eight- 
hundred  hours  of  light,  a  time  exceeding  thirty-three  entire  days,  for  three  shillings. 
According  to  this  account,  each  rush,  before  dipping,  costs  one-thirty-third  of  a  farthing, 
and  one-eleventh  afterwards.  Ih us  a  poor  family  will  enjoy  five-and-a-half  hours  of 
comfortable  light  for  a  farthing.  An  experienced  old  house-keeper  assures  me,  that 
one  pound-and-a-half  of  rushes  completely  supplies  his  family  the  year  round,  since 
working-people  burn  no  candle  in  the  long  days,  because  they  rise  and  go  to  bed  by 
daylight.' 


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box,  it  was  stated  that  the  flint  was  held  in  the  left  hand  and  struck  by 
the  steel  held  in  the  right,  and  that  the  tinder  was  blown  into  a  flame. 
Now,  he  had  never  seen  a  light  obtained  in  that  way,  and  certainly 
properly  made  tinder  could  not  be  blown  into  a  flame.  In  his  youthful 
days  the  tinder  box  was  the  indispensable  adjunct  of  every  house,  and 
on  each  returning  Saturday  evening,  as  a  rule,  the  week's  supply  of 
tinder  and  matches  was  made.  He  had  often  made  both,  and  was 
familar  with  the  entire  process-  But  never  had  he  seen  the  flint  held 
in  the  left  hand,  and  the  steel  become  the  moving  object  in  the  right 
hand. 

The  chairman  then  demonstrated  the  met'iod  of  obtaining  a  light 
with  these  appliances.  Grasping  the  steel  by  its  handle  in  his  left 
hand,  he  struck  a  sharp  sliding  blow  down  its  outer  edge  with  the  flint 
held  in  his  right  hand.  A  shower  of  sparks  followed,  one  of  which  fell 
on  the  tinder  and  produced  an  incandescent  spot.  Gently  blowing  the 
spot,  he  increased  the  area  of  its  incandesence,  then  applied  the  match, 
when  the  brimstone  tip  melted,  producing  a  blue  flame  which  ignited 
the  wood  and  the  light  followed.  Having  thus  shown  the  modus 
operandi^  he  presented  the  rest  of  the  matches  to  the  Society's  museum. 

Special  thanks  were  voted  to  the  chairman  for  his  exhibit  and  gift. 

EXHIBITED  : — 

By  Dr.  Hardcastle  : — A  '  black  jack.' 

Dr.  Hardcastle  thus  described  the  object  : — '  This  leather  jug  (or 
'  black  jack  ')  is  10£  inches  high,  its  diameter  at  the  mouth  is  3|  inches, 
and  at  the  base  4  inches.  Its  capacity  is  about  2£  pints.  The  mouth 
has  on  it  a  silver  rim,  and  on  the  rim  the  following  is  written:  '  John 
Mann  in  Pilgrim  street  in  Newcastle-upon-Tyne.'  In  the  Register 
of  All  Saints'  church  is  a  record  of  the  baptism  of  John  son  of  Miles 
Man,  merchant  in  1682.  Miles  Man  was  a  son  of  Edward  Man  the 
puritan  merchant,  and  town  clerk.  In  a  paper  by  the  chairman  in 
Arch.  Aeliana  (xxiv,  165)  on  '  Local  Muniments  '  a  John  Mann  is 
named  as  dealing  with  property  in  1710,  and  1724.'  (See  it  on  plate 
facing  p.  42.) 

By  Mr.  R.  Oliver  Heslop,  M.A.,  F.S.A.  (one  of  the  secretaries)  :— The 
copy  of  an  inscription  on  an  ansated  panel  which  Mr.  W.  S.  Corder 
has  had  'let  into  the  front  of  the  middle  house  of  Evelyn  terrace, 
Wallsend,  which  is  in  Buddie  street  on  the  main  tramway  route 
from  Low  Walker  to  Wallsend,'  to  record  the  spot  where  the  Roman 
Wall  joined  the  western  rampart  of  the  camp  of  Segedunum.  The 
inscription  is  as  follows  : — 

THE  ROMAN  WALL 
HERE  JOINED  THE 
WESTERN  RAMPART 

OF  THE  CAMP  OF 
SEGEDUNUM  WHICH 
EXTENDED  EASTWARD 
TO  HUNTER  STREET 


By  Mr.  Heslop :  A  knife  found  in  the  wall  of  an  old  cottage  recently 
dea  olished  in  Corbridge.  It  is  of  'bowie-knife'  character;  blade 
about  8  inches  long,  of  single-edge,  but  double-edged  at  the  point. 
The  handle  is  of  buck  horn,  with  a  very  small  guard. 

By  Mr.   J.    Crawford  Hodgson,   F.S.A.  ; — Two  documents,   one    a 


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commission  in  the  militia  to  the  great  grandfather  of  the  exhibitor, 
the  other  an  exemption  to  his  son.     They  are  as  follows  :— 

HUGH,  DUKE  AND  EARL  OK  NORTHUMBERLAND,  Earl  and  Baron 
Percy  Baron  Lucy  Poynings  Fitzpayne  Bryan  Latimer  and  Wark worth,  and 
Baronet,  Lord  Lieutenant  and  Gustos  Rotulonnn  of  the  County  of  Northumber- 
land, and  of  the  Town  and  County  of  the  Town  of  Newcastle  upon  Tyne,  Vice 
Admiral  of  the  same  and  the  Maritime  Parts  thereof,  General  of  His  Majesty's 
Forces,  and  Knight  of  the  Most  Noble  Order  of  the  Garter,  To  Richard  Hodgson, 
Esq.,  I,  reposing  special  Trust  and  Confidence  in  your  Loyalty  and  good  Conduct 
to  do  His  Majesty  good  and  faithful  service,  by  Virtue  of  the  Power  and  Authority 
to  me  given  by  the  King's  Most  Excellent  Majesty,  under  an  Act  passed  in  the 
forty-third  year  of  His  Majesty's  Reign,  entitled  '  An  Act  to  enable  His  Majesty 
more  effectually  to  provide  for  the  Defence  and  Security  of  the  Realm  during  the 
present  War  ;  and  for  indemnifying  Persons  who  may  suffer  in  their  Property  by 
such  Measures  as  may  be  necessary  for  that  Purpose'  HAVE  nominated,  con- 
stituted, appointed,  and  given  Commission  to  and  by  these  Presents  DO  nominate, 
constitute,  appoint,  and  give  Comn  ission  to  you  the  said  Richard  H<  dgson  to 
be  Captain  of  the  Independent  Company  of  Covvpen  Colliery  Pioneers';  but 
this  Commission  not  to  take  Effect  except  during  the  Time  of  the  said  Corps  being 
called  out  into  actual  Service.  You  are,  therefore,  to  take  the  said  Company  into 
your  Care  and  Charge  as  Captain  thereof.  And  I  do  hereby  command  the  Inferior 
Officers  and  other  Persons  of  the  said  Independent  Company  of  Cowpen  Colliery 
Pioneers,  and  every  of  them,  to  obey  you  as  their  Captain.  And  you  are  to  ob- 
serve and  follow  such  Orders  and  Directions  as  you  shall,  from  time  t<>  time. 
receive  from  His  Majesty,  myself,  or  any  other  your  Superior  Officer,  pur-uant  to 
the  Trust  hereby  reposed  in  you  and  your  Duty  to  His  Majesty,  GIVEN  at 
Alnwick  Castle,  under  my  hand  and  seal,  this  second  day  of  December,  in  the 
forty-fourth  Year  of  the  Reign  of  Our  Sovereign  Lord  George  the  Third,  by  the 
Grace  of  God,  of  the  United  Kingdom  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland  King, 
Defender  of  the  Faith,  and  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord,  One  Thousand,  Eight 
Hundred,  and  Three.  NORTHUMBERLAND. 

Issued  at  the  Admiralty  gratis. 

By  the  Commissioners  for  Executing  the  Office  of  Loid  High  Admiral  of  the 
United  Kingdom  of  Great  Biitain  and  Ireland,  etc.  WHEREAS  by  an  Act  of 
Parliament  passed  in  the  13th  year  of  the  Reign  of  His  late  Majesty  King  George 
the  Second,  it  is  enacted,  that,  the  Persons  under  the  age  and  circumstances, 
therein  mentioned,  shall  be  freed  and  exempted  from  being  impressed  into  His 
Majesty's  Service,  upon  due  proof  made  before  us  of  their  respective  ages  and 
circumstances  as  the  case  shall  happen  ;  and  whereas  we  have  received  testimony 
that  the  Bearer  Joseph  Hodgson  was  born  the  24th  February  1799  and  will  not 
therefore  be  of  the  Age  of  Eighteen  Years  till  the  24th  February  1817  and  lie 
being  entitled  to  a  protection  in  pursuance  of  the  said  Act  of  Parliament,  till  he 
shall  be  Eighteen  Years  of  Age  :  We  do  hereby  require  and  direct  all  Commanders 
of  His  Majesty's  Ships,  Press-Masters,  and  others  whom  it  doth  or  may  concern, 
not  to  impress  him  into  His  Majesty's  Service,  till  he  shall  have  attained  to  iln- 
Age  of  Eighteen  Years  accordingly,  provided  a  description  of  his  person  be  inserted 
in  the  Margin  hereof.  But  in  case  it  shall  appear,  that  the  Person  for  whom  this 
Protection  is  granted  or  in  whose  behalf  it  shall  be  produced,  is  not  umler  the 
aforementioned  circumstances,  then  the  Officer  to  whom  it  shall  be  produced,  is 
hereby  strictly  charged  and  lequiied  to  impress  such  person,  and  immediately  to 
send  this  Protection  to  us.  Given  under  our  hands,  and  the  Seal  of  the  Office 
of  Admiralty,  this  31st  day  of  March  One  thousand  Eight  hundred  and  fourteen. 
Melville,  G.  Warrender.  H.  Paulet. 

To  all  Commanders  and  Officers  of  His  Majesty's  Ships,  Press-masters,  and  all  others 
whom  it  doth  or  may  concern. 

BY  COMMAND  OF  THEIR   LORDSHIPS,  &c. 

HALT  WHISTLE -BURN    CAMP. 

Mr.  J.  P.  Gibson,  in  moving  a  vote  of  thanks  to  Mr.  F.  G.  Simpson 
for  his  services  in  not  only  superintending  the  excavations  at  the  camp 
at  Haltwhistle  burn,  but  in  bearing  the  whole  expense,  gave  an  inter- 
esting account  of  the  excavations  at  the  Haltwhistle  burn  camp.  Mr. 
F.  Gerald  Simpson,  a  member  of  the  society,  he  said,  had  been  at  work 
a  fortnight,  and  the  results  were  exceedingly  encouraging.  The  camp 
lay  at  a  point  where  Haltwhistle  burn  crossed  the  military  way,  and 
was  very  striking  in  its  appearance.  The  ramparts  and  ditch  were  very 
marked.  Immediately  contiguous  to  it  were  three  very  large  marching 
camps,  showing  that  there  had  been  considerable  military  occupation. 
Two  of  them  had  traverses  before  the  gates.  The  camp  was  on 


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the  line  of  the  Stanegate,  and  had  been  there  before  the  latter  was  made. 
It  was  possibly  one  of  the  earliest  camps  we  had  in  Northumberland. 
The  excavations  had  included  almost  the  whole  of  the  outer  rampart  of 
the  camp.  The  great  peculiarity  of  the  camp  were  the  gateways. 
Instead  of  their  being  represented  with  towers  on  each  side,  as  they 
found  in  the  camps  on  the  line  of  the  Wall,  there  were  huge  semi-circles 
— something  totally  different  fiom  anything  they  had  seen  before  in  the 
north  of  England.  The  excavations  had  not  been  completed,  but  they 
had  revealed  the  north  rampart,  which  was  without  a  gate.  The  ditch 
was  deep  and  the  rampart  tolerably  high.  They  had  not  found  any 
quantity  of  small  objects.  They  had  come  across  a  little  pottery  and 
some  pieces  of  metal,  showing  that  the  occupation  had  been  only  short 
— probably  something  like  one  winter.  There  were  certain  circum- 
stances about  the  whole  thing  that  made  him  think  it  must  have  been 
built  before  the  Wall.  The  height  of  the  ramparts,  the  depth  of  the 
ditch,  and  the  position  of  the  camp  in  relation  to  the  Stanegate  bore 
out  that  idea.  They  had  got  Mr.  Simpson  engaged  to  do  a  fortnight's 
work  at  his  own  expense.  The  operations  had  been  carried  on  in 
splendid  style.  He  knew  of  no  excavation  on  the  line  of  the  Wall  in 
connexion  with  which  so  much  work  had  been  done  and  so  well  done 
in  the  time.  The  Council  had  been  asked  to  allow  the  excavations  to  go 
on  a  little  longer,  so  that  the  whole  of  the  camp  might  be  cleared  and  a 
phm  prepared. 

Mr.  S.  S.  Carr  seconded  the  motion. 

Mr.  R.  Oliver  Heslop,  supporting,  congratulated  Mr.  Simpson.  The 
results  of  the  excavations,  he  said,  were  extremely  interesting.  Members 
of  the  society  who  visited  the  place  on  Saturday  were  delighted  to  see 
the  whole  of  the  north  wall  laid  bare.  Besides  this,  a  trench,  cut 
through  the  centre  of  the  carnp.  showed  a  section  of  its  entire  length, 
from  east  to  west,  and  a  considerable  building  had  been  excavated  to 
the  foundations.  Cuttings  had  been  made  through  the  Stanegate, 
showing  the  structure  and  pavement  in  an  admirable  manner  and 
through  the  north  lampart  of  the  camp.  In  addition  to  the  work 
done  on  the  camp  itse'f,  was  the  complete  excavation  of  the  supposed 
Wall  turret  on  the  hill  to  the  noith.  Operations  so  extensive  in  char- 
acter formed  a  remarkable  record  for  a  fortnight's  work,  and  testified 
to  the  assiduity  with  which  they  hr.d  been  elirected  by  Mr.  Simpson. 

The  vote  was  carried  by  acclamation. 

The  recommendation  of  the  Council  to  vote  £10  towards  the  further 
excavation  of  the  camp  was  agreed  to,  Mr.  F.  G.  Simpson  being 
appointed  treasurer  of  this  special  fund. 

Mr.  Blair,  in  asking  for  subscriptions  towards  the  work  announced 
that  the  following  had  been  promised  : — 


£    s.   cl. 

R.  Welforcl    2    2    0 

W:  S.  Corder    .110 


&   s.  d. 

S.  S.  Carr 1    1    C 

W.  S.  Shields    .  .050 


P.  Brewis   1     1    0 

GAINSLAW. 

Mr.  Blair  (one  of  the  secretaries)  read  a  note  by  the  Right  Hon.  Sir 
Gainsford  Bruce,  '  On  the  Expedition  conducted  by  the  duke  of  Norfolk 
into  Scotland,  in  the  autumn  of  the  year  1542.' 

Thanks  were  accorded  to  Sir  Gainsford  Bruce  by  acclamation. 

THE    BADGE    OF    THE    SECOND    ROMAN    LEGION. 

Mr.  Blair  next  read  a  paper  by  Commandant  R.  Mowat  of  Paris,  on 
*  the  Capricorn  of  the  second  legion,  surnamed  Augusta,  and  the  goat 
of  the  23rd  regiment  Royal  Welsh  Fusiliers.' 


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Mr.  Heslop,  in  moving  a  vote  of  thanks  to  the  writer,  referred  to  a  com- 
munication from  Commandant  Mowat  relative  to  the  Oceanus  altar  and 
the  anchor  shown  on  it  (see  Archaeologia  Aeliana,  2  series,  xxv,  p.  136). 
In  expressing  our  present  obligation  to  Mr-  Mowat,  it  might  not  bo  out 
of  place  to  note  the  recent  discovery,  at  Etaples,  of  an  iron  anchor  of 
the  Roman  period,  similar  in  shape  to  that  represented  on  the  Oceanus 
altar  from  the  Tyne  at  Newcastle,  now  in  the  Society's  collection  at 
the  Blackgate  (see  Archaeologia  Aeliana,  2  series,  xxv,  p-  133).  An 
illustration  of  the  Etaples  anchor  is  given  on  the  plate  facing  this  page. 

Thanks  were  voted  by  acclamation  to  M.  Mowat. 


MISCELLANEA. 

A  woodcut  of  a  weapon  known  as  a  '  Roundhead,'  is  given  mMercurius 
Civicus,  or  Londons  Intelligencer,  of  1643,  no.  11.  The  weapon  was  in- 
tended for  use  against  the  Roundheads,  and  the  following  account  is 
given  of  it : — *  In  the  Danish  ship  lately  taken  by  the  Earle  of  Warwicke, 
near  Newcastle,  were  found  armes  compleat  for  5000  foot  and  for  500 
horse,  500  barrels  of  gunpowder,  great  store  of  match  and  lead,  besides  a 
thousand  of  those  weapons  which  the  Papists  call  Round-heads,  for  that 
with  them  they  intended  to  bring  the  Round-heads  into  subjection. 
Many  such  weapons  were  long  since  found  in  divers  Papists  houses  in 
Lancashire  ;  it  is  a  weapon  with  an  ovall  or  round  top,  stuck  full  of  iron 
spikes.  The  forme  whereof  for  better  satisfaction  is  here  set  down.' 


The  followT5g~'nt)tes  connected  with  land  at  Whit  well,  near  Sherburn 
hospital,  co.  Durham,  and  Clifford  family,  Northumberland,  have  been 
extracted  from  the  charters  at  Sberburn  hospital  by  the  Rev.  W. 
Greenwell,  D.C.L.,  who  has  kindly  forwarded  them  for  publication  : — 

ii. — Wills  de  Witewell  grants  to  Richard,  his  son,  tresdecim  acres 
in  villa  de  Witewelle  (plots  specified).  Rendering  unam  libram  cimini. 

in. — Similar  grant  of  another  thirteen  acres  in  campo  de  Witewelle. 
Redd,  unam  libram  piperis. 

i. — Another  grant  of  the  two  pieces  of  land,  viz.,  the  26  acres,  speci- 
fied in  the  two  preceding  grants. 

ix. — Robert  de  Clifford,  Maria  his  wife,  and  Si  bill  a,  widow  of  Adam 
de  Thorneton,  daughters  and  heirs  of  Roger  de  Whitewell,  lease  for  12 
years  to  John  de  Scruteville  all  the  land  in  Whitewell  once  belonging  to 
Roger  de  Whitewell,  rent  40s.  p. a.,  half-a-marc  payable  to  the  Bishop's 
exchequer,  Martinmas  1240.  Seal  of  Sibilla,  pointed  oval,  \\  in.  by  lin. 
Fleur  de  lys  +  s.  SIBILLA  D.  WITEWELL. 

vii. — Robert  de  Clifford,  with  consent  of  his  wife  Maria,  daughter  of 
Roger  de  Withewelle  grants  to  John  de  Scruteville  all  the  land  he  has  in  the 
vill,  namely,  a  moiety  of  the  vill,  except  the  land  of  Richard  de  Thorne- 
thona  in  the  same  vill.  Dns.  Symon  de  Heddon,  then  constable  of  Nor- 
ham ;  Dns.  Galfrid  de  Senkenor,  then  senescal  of  the  bishop  of  Durham. 

xix. — William,  son  of  Radulf  de  Wytewelle,  grant  to  Mr.  Roger  de 
Seyton,  master  of  the  hospital  of  Schyrburn,  all  the  land,  etc.,  in  the 
vill  and  fields  of  Wytewell,  which  his  grandfather  William  de  WTytewelle 
gave  to  his  son  Richard  (i.,  11.,  HI.),  uncle  of  William.  Dns.  Ricard  de 
Chaunsaler  tune  seneschal  of  Durham. 

xm. — William  de  Werkeworth  and  Sibilla,  his  wife,  grant  all  their 
land  in  Wytewell  juxta  Schireburn  to  Mr.  Roger  de  Seyton,  custos 
hospitalis  de  Schireburn.     Alex,  de  Bedik,  vice  comes, 
jf^xvi.—  They  had  leased  it  in  1260  for  12  years  to  Roger  de  Seyton  at 
«frent  of  IBs, 


I  t 

I  I 


Willelmus  de  Whitewelle  = 


i                      i 
Rogerus  =         Ricardus 
d.  s.  p. 

Thoinus         Johannes 
d.  s.  p.             d.  s.  p. 

:  1  .  Adam  de  Thorneton 
2.  William  de  Werke- 
worthe  living  Pent. 
1260 

Dionysia  -  Radulphus 
de  Witewelle 

1 
Maria—  Rohertus  de     Sibilla  = 
i?ive           Cliffo.d           sive 
Mariota           called          Sibilia 
Dominus  in     living 

I                       I 
Wills    de         Juliana 
Witewelle        married 
gave  the           Wills   de 
land  in  the        Edene 
vill  and  fields    No.  1 
of  W.ytewelle 
which  his 
i  rand  father 
William  gave 
to  his  son 
Richard  (Wil- 
liam's uncle) 
to  Mr.  Roger 
Seyton,  mag. 
Hosp.deShyr- 
burn  Dr.  Rich. 
Chancellor 
tune  senesl. 
Dunelm. 

1             an  account      Jfent. 
Robertas  =  of  the  de-       1260 
de           scent  of  the 
Clifford        land   at                 | 
Whitwell,        Agnes  =  Wills  de  Brandon, 
attached  to       d.  s.  p.         No.  1. 
a  copy  of  a 
grant  of  26 
acres  by 
William  de 
White  well 
to   his   son 
Richard 

Extracts  from  the  Calendar  of  State  Papers,  For.  &  Dom.  (vol.  xj) 
relating  to  Hexham  (kindly  forwarded  by  Mr.  J.  C.  Hodgson,  F.S.A.)  : — 

No.  88,  14  July,  1536. — Rental  of  demesnes  of  monastery  of  Hexham. 

No.  449,  13  Sept,  1536.— Earl  of  Northumb.  to  Hen.  viij.     Reminds 
the  king  that  he  granted  Hexham  to  Sr.  Raynold  Carnaby. 

No.  504,  28  Sept,  1536. — Acct.  given  by  commissioners  of  the  conduct 
of  canons  of  Hexham. 

No.  529,  3  Oct,  1536.— Earl  of  Northumb.  to  Cromwell.     Touching 
'  Hexham  for  Sir  Raynold  Carnaby.' 

No.  535,  4  Oct,  1536. — Same  to  same.     Has  this  day  heard  of  de- 
meanor of  canons  of  Hexham. 

No.  544,  same  date. — Hen.  viij.  '  Minute  of  the  letters  for  Exam.' 

No.  689,   13  Oct,   1536.— Archbp.  of  York  to  the  king,  concerning 
Hexham  (much  mutilated). 

No.  712  [Oct.]  1536. — Hen.  viij  to .     Concerning  rebellion  at 

Hexham  and  elsewhere. 

No.  760,  17  Oct. — Darcy  to  Hen.  viij.     Mentions  '  my  lord  of  Cum- 
berland, on  his  way  to  Hexham.' 

No.    1155,    24    Nov>    1536.— The    conference    at    York.     Mentions 
members  for  Hexhamshire. 

No.    1235,    3    Dec. — The    northern    rebellion.     Procln.    of    pardon 
(Hexham  included). 

No.  385  (G)  30,  23  Aug,  1536.— Sir  Humph.  Lisle.     Grant  of  land  in 
Hexham  among  many  other  places.     (Pat.  Rolls,  28  Hen.  8,  pt.  4,  m.  24.) 

Court  Rolls,  Northumberland. 

Duchy  of  Lancaster,     Stamford  (with  members). 
107  Embleton  do. 

1540  Shipley. 

(4  to  36  Hen.  viij.)        Burton. 


CHESTER-LE -STREET. 

On  17  Feb,  1314,  addressed  a  mandate  to  mag.  Robert  de  Baldok, 
canon  and  prebendary  of  Chester,  in  which  was  a  certain  number  of 
canons  and  prebendaries,  distinct  and  ordained  from  of  old,  that  they  had 
to  reside  for  three  months  in  the  year  in  the  church,  but  certain  of  them 
had  farmed  the  f raits  ;  that  he  was  a  canon  of  the  church  in  which  no 
other  canon  except  himself  resided;  bishop  Antony,  his  predecessor, 
requiring  personal  residence,  the  bishop  therefore  wishing  the  said 
ordinance  to  be  observed  inviolably  by  all,  he  enjoined  therefore 
considering  with  the  apostle,  that  the  labourer  ought  to  receive  the 
fruits,  and  he  accordingly  granted  the  fruits  of  the  said  church  to  him. l- 

On  5  Aug,  1345,  the  prebend  of  Luke  Mathew  in  the  collegiate  church 
of  Cestre  in  the  diocese  of  Durham  in  the  king's  gift  by  reason  of  the 
voidance  of  the  see,  was  granted  to  Adam  de  Neubald,  king's  clerk,  and 
a  mandate  in  pursuance  to  Thomas,  the  bishop  elect  and  confirmed  of 
Durham^,  and  on  the  10th  of  the  same  month  the  prebend  of  Birtele 
and  Herverton  in  the  collegiate  church  of  S.  Mary.  Chester,  which  the 
same  Luke  Mathew  of  Perers  lately  held  in  the  king's  gift,  by  reason  of 
the  late  voidance  of  the  bishopric  was  granted  to  the  same  Adam  de 
Neubald,  and  a  similar  mandate  was  issued  to  the  bishop  to  admit  him.  3 

i  Reg.  Pal.  Dun,,  I,  503  ;  n,  987. 
2  Cal  of  Patent  Rolls,  Edward  in,  1343-5,  541.  s  ibid.,  545. 


A  view  of  the  pillory  made  in  Newcastle  in  December,  1812,  for  Johnson 
Reed,  a  crimp.  From  the  original  drawing  belonging  to  Mr.  M.  Mackey. 
(Seepage  19.) 


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PROCEEDINGS 

OF   THE 


SOCIETY    OF   ANTIQUARIES 


OP   NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. 


3  'SEB.,  VOL.  in.  1907.  No.  5 

The  ordinary  monthly  meeting  of  the  Society  was  held  in  the  library 
of  the  Castle,  Newcastle,  on  Wednesday,  the  twenty-ninth  day  of  May, 
1907,  at  seven  o'clock  in  the  evening,  Mr.  Richard  Welford,  M.A.,  one 
of  the  vice-presidents,  being  in  the  chair. 

Several  ACCOUNTS,  recommended  by  the  Council  for  payment,  were 
ordered  to  be  paid. 

The  following  ORDINARY  MEMBERS  were  proposed  and  declared  duly 
elected  :— 

i.  The  Rev.  H.  Gee,  D.D.,  F.S.A.,  The  Castle,  Durham, 
ii.  James  Sclater,  1 1  Portland  Terrace,  Newcastle. 

The  following  NEW- BOOKS,  etc.,  were  placed  on  the  table  : — 
Presents,  for  which  thanks  were  voted  : — 

From  the  University  of  California  : — '  The  Yohuts  Language  of 
South  Central  California,'  by  A.  L.  Kroeber  ;  8vo. 

From  Mr.  George  Hughes  of  Pilgrim  Street,  Newcastle  : — Six  plans  of 
the  beginning  of  the  seventeenth  .century,  apparently  made  by 
William  Bell.  They  are  (i)  '  Church  and  Burial  Ground  of  All  Saints, 
Newcastle-upon-Tyne '  ;  (ii)  The  same  '  of  Saint  Andrews '  ;  (iii) 
'  Chapel  and  Chapel  Garth  of  Saint  Ann,  Newcastle '  ;  (iv)  '  Church 
&  Burial  Ground,  &c.,  of  St.  John's,  Newcastle  ;  (v)  '  Grounds 
Belonging  to  the  Hospital  of  Lady  St.  Mary  The  Virgin  in  Newcastle 
Lying  near  Bolam  In  the  County  of  Northumberland  surveyed  by 
Jn°  Watson  &  Brunton,  July,  1760 '  ;  and  (vi)  '  Ordnance 
Barracks,  Newcastle  upon  Tyne,  began  to  be  built  1804,  completed 
1806.' 

From  Robert  Blair  :— The  Antiquary  for  June,  1907  (m,  5). 

Exchanges  : — 

From  the  Smithsonian  Institution,  Washington,  U.S.A.  : — Handbook 
of  American  Indians,  North  of  Mexico,  part  i. 

From  the  Royal  Numismatic  Society  : — The  Numismatic  Chronicle, 
fourth  series,  No.  25. 

From  the  Royal  Archaeological  Institute  : — The  Archaeological 
Journal,  LXIV  (2  ser.,  xiv,  i).  [Amongst  the  articles  in  this  part  are 
three  relating  to  Northumberland :  (i)  Two  interesting  documents 
(p.  32)  relating  to  '  a  French  purchase  of  English  alabaster  in  1414.' 
The  first  of  them  is  a  charter  party,  dated  19  July,  1414,  by  which 
the  abbot  and  convent  of  Fecamp  chartered  a  ship  called  Vendredi 
whose  master  'after  God'  was  Walter  Nyessem  (?  Neasham)  of 
Newcastle-upon-Tyne.  The  ship  master  engaged  to  sail  '  at  the 


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first  reasonable  good  weather  that  God  shall  send  him,'  with  Alex- 
ander de  Berne vals,  who  was  commissioned  to  purchase  the  alabaster, 
and  his  three  companions,  from  the  port  of  Harfleur  to  the  port  of 
Hull,  and  bring  them  back  safely  with  the  alabaster,  etc.  The 
abbot  and  convent  advanced  200  golden  crowns  for  the  purpose. 
The  second  document  is  Berne val's  account  of  the  journey.  They 
sailed  from  Harfleur  on  13  July,  1414,  and  reached  Newcastle  on 
the  18th,  where  they  stayed  eight  days  'at  the  expense  of  the  said 
Englishman '  (the  shipmaster. )  They  left  Newcastle  on  25  July, 
arriving  the  4th  day  after  at  Nottingham.  They  thence  proceeded 
to  Chellaston  where  the  alabaster  was  purchased.  Everything  was 
done  from  leaving  Harfleur  and  the  return  to  Dieppe  at  the  cost  of 
the  shipmaster.  They  were  absent  for  5  or  6  weeks,  (n)  Notes  by 
Prof.  Rene  Cagnat  (p.  41)  of  a  bas-relief,  now  at  Alnwick  castle, 
discovered  at  Bremenium  some  time  ago,  of  which  an  illustration  is 
given  in  Bruce' s  Roman  Wall  (p.  318).  He  compares  it  with  a  mosaic 
found  in  a  house  at  Timgad  in  Africa,  which  throws  considerable 
light  on  the  meaning  of  the  bas-relief.  Illustrations  of  both  objects 
are  given.  The  scene  illustrates  a  well-known  passage  in  Ovid, 
Metam.  iii,  140  et  seq.  Both  are  'below  the  level  of  mediocrity.' 
And  (in)  Notes  by  Mr.  Woolley  on  excavations  at  Corbridge  on  Tyne,' 
giving  the  main  points  of  the  report  about  to  be  published  in  the 
forthcoming  volume  of  Arch.  Ael.  (3  ser  in).] 

From  the  Royal  Society  of  Antiquaries  of  Ireland  -.-Journal, 
xxxvii,  i. 

From  the  Cambrian  Archaeological  Association  -.-Archaeologia 
Cambrensis,  6th  ser,  vn,  2. 

From  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  of  Scotland  -.-Proceedings  for  1905-6, 
XL  (4  ser.,  iv). 

From  'La  Societe  Archeologique  de  Namur '  -.-Annales,  xxv,  iii,  8vo. 

From  the  '  Vereins  fiir  Nassauische  Altertumskunde  '  -.-Annalen  for 
1906,  xxxvi,  8vo. 

From  «  La  Societe  d' Emulation  d' Abbeville  '  -.-Bulletin  Trimestriel, 
no.  1,  1907. 

Purchases  : — Jahrbuch  des  Kaiserlich  Deutschen  Archdologischen  Instituts, 
xxn,  i,  1907  ;  A  Manual  of  Costume  as  illustrated  by  Monumental 
Brasses,  by  Herbert  Druitt ;  A  Series  of  Monumental  Brasses  from 
the  Thirteenth  to  the  Sixteenth  Century,  drawn  and  engraved  by  J.  G. 
and  L.  A.  B.  Waller  ;  19  plans  of  ancient  earthworks  by  the  Rev. 
Ed.  A.  Downman  (original  drawings),  consisting  of  the  following: — 
Cleeve  Hill  Ring,  Meon  Hill,  Nottingham  Hill,  Oxenton  Knolls, 
Symond's  Yat,  Willersey  Hill,  and  Dixton  Hill,  Gloucestershire ; 
Conderton  Hill  and  Elmley  Castle,  Worcestershire ;  Grosmont  Castle 
and  Monmouth  Castle,  Monmouthshire ;  Nebsworth,  Warwickshire, 
and  Amesbury,  Avebury,  Barbury,  Battlesbury,  '  British  Village,' 
Castle  Rings,  and  Chiselbury,  Wiltshire  (These  make  236  plans  in 
all  sent  to  the  Society), 

EXHIBITED  : — 

By  the  Rev.  Thomas  Stephens  : — A  MS.  diary  of  John  Dawson  of 
Bnmton,  beginning  8  March  and  ending  31  December,  1769, 

The  following  are  a  few  extracts  from  it  relating  chiefly  to  the  Hexham 
riots  : — 

Berwick,  March  8th,  1761.  On  Saturday,  the  first  of  March,  1760,  the 
North' land  Regiment  of  Militia  came  into  Berwick.  We  have  now 
been  fifty- three  weeks  in  Berwick  gone  yesterday — for  the  last  week 
past  we  have  had  several  accounts  of  mobs  rising  to  prevent  the  Execu- 


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tion  of  the  Militia  Laws.  ...  I  am  heartily  tired  of  a  soldiers  life. 
This  afternoon  I  was  introduced  by  our  Major  to  Capt"  Fordoyce. 
Capt"  Reed  went  home  yesterday.  Lord  Jeffries  was  a  Rascal, 
witness  his  conduct  to  Baxter.  I  know  how  to  deal  with  Saints  as  well 
as  Sinners.  The  Life  of  Atterbury  is  not  compleat,  for  Warburton  says 
that  Mr.  Pope  was  sensible  that  he  (Atterbury)  when  in  France  was 
engaged  in  the  intrigues  of  the  Pretender. 

BLOODY  MONDAY,  9th. -The  mob  arose  at  Hexham  ysday.  Orders 
for  trying  Jack  Gibson  by  a  Court  Martial.  I  am  inclined  to  think 
he  will  be  tied  to  the  Halberts.  Discipline  must  be  kept  up,  from  what 
I  have  heard  of  his  offence  I  think  that  whiping  will  be  too  severe.  Let 
the  punishment  be  proportioned  to  the  offence.  Man  who  was  made  in 
the  image  of  God  ought  not  to  be  stript  for  every  trifling  offence,  but  he 
has  offended  severall  ways  1st  he  would  not  attend  divine  service ; 
2dlv  he  was  found  in  a  publick  house  ;  3dly  he  was  very  fuddled ;  4th'y  he 
abused  the  Serjeant  who  took  him  prisoner.  Which  severall  offences 
(if  proved  v'  him)  I  am  affraid,  will  make  his  Judges  somewhat  severe 
upon  him.  But  punishments  in  the  Army  are  salutary,  they  are 
productive  of  much  good  order  amongst  the  men. 

It  is  said  that  the  vacant  commissions  in  the  Regiment  will  be  filled 
up  some  time  the  next  month.  I  know  of  no  seniority  nor  any  one 
officer  whose  merit  exceeds  that  of  another  ;  to  decide  the  affair  to  the 
satisfaction  of  the  majority  of  the  Subalterns  will  be  for  them  to  ballot 
or  cast  Lots.  Our  Case  is  not  the  same  with  that  of  the  Regulars,  with 
them  there  is  both  Seniority  and  merit,  with  us  it  is  otherwise,  we  all 
took  up  arms  at  one  and  the  same  time,  neither  has  any  one  of  us  ever 
been  in  action  where  there  is  Seniority  or  merit. 

This  Evening  at  Roll  Calling  I  saw  one  of  our  Soldiers  in  his  new 
Regimental  Coat,  the  Lace  contributes  much  to  set  it  off. 

Mr.  Pratt  informed  [us]  of  his  engagements  with  and  intention  of 
marrying  Miss  Paterson,  Sr  John  Sister. 

Surely  the  best  scholars  are  the  best  Citizens,  for  here  I  find  that 
those  whose  minds  are  least  cultivated  are  absolutely  very  indifferent 
Company.  I  should  say  dangerous  company — half-an-hour  is  badly 
spent  amongst  many  of  them.  Surely  it  may  be  called,  without 
impropriety,  premeditated  murder  of  time.  Three  of  the  greatest 
men  in  History  were  disgraced  for  Bribery  and  Corruption,  viz*  Demos- 
thenes, Seneca,  and  Bacon.  Bacon  did  not  die  in  poverty,  he  had  a 
genteel  Sufficiency  to  support  any  gentleman,  but  he  was  naturally 
profuse,  he  was  the  first  that  opposed  Aristotles  Philosophy.  All 
Europe  is  indebted  to  him  for  opening  the  Passage  to  true  Philosophy. 

March  10th.  This  morning  I  attended  the  Court  Martial  upon  Gibson's 
and  Beard's  Trials.  Gibson  can  hardly  escape,  Beard  may,  he  being  a 
young  Soldier.  There  is  a  necessity  to  support  the  Authority  of  the 
Serjeants,  if  the  Officers  permit  the  private  men  to  affront  them  with 
impunity  they  may  bid  a  final  farewell  to  discipline.  Admonitions 
are  of  no  Service  to  some  Brutes  now  among  us.  One  Lecture  upon  the 
Shoulders  is  worth  a  thousand  administred  to  the  Understanding. 
Not  that  I  am  a  Friend  to  Severity  but  who  can  expect  Indulgence 
from  their  officers  when  they  (the  men)  are  continually  rebelling  agl  yr 
Authority.  If  they  are  dissatisfied  with  their  stations  let  them  hire 
another  to  supply  yr  places.  Let  Punishments  take  place  for  to  try 
without  punishm*  is  to  make  a  Penelope's  web  (that  is)  it  is  doing 
nothing.  Punish  according  to  the  Sentence  or  leave  off  holding  Court 
Martials.  Without  Punishment  they  will  be  regarded  only  as  Bugbears. 

This  Evening  I  met  Mr.  Surtees  of  Hexhamshire.  It  is  said  that  he  is 
courting  Miss  Fewster  of  Bambrough. 


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Wednesday,  March  11th  This  morning  the  Regiment  under  Arms, 
Gibson  and  Beard  were  flogged,  Gibson,  instead  of  receiving  150  got  80 
lashes.  Beard  got  50,  instead  of  100. 

By  Letters  this  morning  from  Alderman  Ridley  and  Captn  Blackett 
we  are  informed  of  the  melanchy  [sic]  affair  yt  happened  at  Hexham  on 
Monday  last.  Severall  thousands  being  assembled  to  prevent  the 
Justices  from  putting  the  Militia  Laws  in  execution.  Six  Companys 
of  the  Yorkshire  Militia,  which  were  sent  there  the  day  before  were 
formed  into  a  Hollow  Square  when  the  mob  broke  in  upon  them,  on 
which  they  fired  some  Platoons.  Mr.  Ridley  says  that  17  were  killd 
upon  the  spot.  Capt11  Blackett  says  20  besides  numbers  wounded. 
Ensign  Hart  was  shot  thro'  the  body.  Major  Crow  was  commander. 
Another  mob  was  expected  to  rise  last  Monday  near  Newcastle,  on 
which  a  Captns  Guard  was  appointed  for  the  protection  of  the  Town. 

Thursday,  12th.  It  was  expected  this  morning  that  the  mob  would 
have  rose  at  Ancroft,  15  men  were  ordered  out  of  each  Company  to  be 
in  readiness  to  go  there  in  Case  Mr.  Temple  thought  it  necessary,  Capt11 
Selby  to  command.  Mr.  Temple  said  there  were  about  60  men 
assembled,  but  no  disturbance.  This  mob  was  against  the  Militia. 
This  evening  I  sent  Corporal  Forster  and  Cuddy  Oliver  to  Mr. 
Forsters  for  the  Clock  which  they  got.  This .  clock  I  lent  to  Forster 
when  at  Bellingham  from  Highfield,  which  he  thought  proper  to  bring 
along  with  him  to  Berwick — honesty. 

By  a  letter  from  Mr.  Heron,  Clerk  to  Cuthbertson,  we  are  informed 
that  Mr.  Tulip  was  of  great  Service  in  forming  again  the  left  wing  of  the 
square  which  was  broke  by  the  mob.  Ensign  Hart  is  dead.  Cuddy 
Oliver  says  that  as  he  came  thro'  Wall  last  Monday  morning  he  met 
several  of  my  neighbours  going  to  Join  the  mob  at  Hexham. 

By  a  letter  received  a  few  days  ago  I  find  that  Mr.  Loraine  of  the 
Wood  Head  is  dead. 

Friday,  13th.  Mr.  Prat  declared  that  he  was  to  be  called  with  Miss 
Paterson  at  Eccles  Church  on  Sunday  first,  he  is  to  keep  her  a  chaise 
and  pair. 

An  Independent  company  of  Highlanders  came  to  Town  yesterday, 
one  of  the  officers,  a  little  man,  assisted  in  carrying  Generall  Wolfe  off  at 
Quebec,  great  desertion  amongst  them.  This  night  at  the  Harrow. 
Captn  Campbell  there,  also  Lieuten*  Campbell,  Lieuten'  Forfar  of  the 
Independant  Highlanders. 

Saturday,  14th.  This  day  Robin  Hymers,  my  servant,  came  to 
Berwick.  ^Two  Letters  this  morning  to  Sr  Matthew  White  from  Capt" 
Reed,  ab*  the  mob  at  Hexham. 

Robin  Hymers  account  of  the  mob  at  Hexham  by  Report — 

1  120  killd  on  the  spot  and  dead  of  yr  wounds. 

2  George  Johnson  of  Wall  mason  killed. 

3  Will:  Pattison  of  Wall  wounded  in  the  arm. 

4  Proclamation  agl  Riots  three  times  read. 

5  Bellman  sent  twice  about  the  town. 

6  Ensign  Hart  shot. 

7  Carters  wife  shot,  big  with  child — the  ball  found  in  the  Child's 

Belly. 

8  Barbarity  in  some  of  the  Yorkshire  Militia.       Runing  yr  Bayonets 

thrice  into  a  mans  body  when  lying  at  James  Charltons  shop 
door.      [In  marg.  '  not  true.'  ] 

9  Mr.  Allgood's  House  guarded  by  14  men. 

10  Qu.     If  I did  not  give  the  word  to  fire. 

11  Numbers  found  dead  upon  the  Roads. 

12  13  men  lying  in  Hexham  Church  not  owned. 


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Captn  Reed  says  that  20  were  killed  upon  the  Spot,  and  that  the 
Surgeons  had  dressed  the  wounds  of  80,  most  of  which  were  mortal,  at 
Dr.  Doubledays  this  evening. 

16th  Monday.  This  morning  Sam' 11  M'Cleary  in  my  Company 
received  a  Letter  from  Hexham,  by  it  we  learn  that  not  less  than  200 
have  been  killed  and  wounded  in  the  late  Riot  at  Hexham.  Upon  con- 
versing with  Dr  Smith  he  is  of  opinion  that  about  200  were  killed  and 
wounded.  The  Newcastle  Paper  this  day  says  that  not  only  Mr.  Hart 
was  shot  and  one  of  the  Soldiers  killed,  but  that  the  mob  had  also  broke 
into  the  Lines  of  the  Militia  before  the  word  to  fire  was  given.  This 
morning  20  men  out  of  each  Company  were  ordered  to  be  in  readiness 
to-morrow  morning  to  march  to  Bellford  to  oppose  a  Riot  intended 
there  ag*  Wednesday  first.  This  morning  the  Independant  Company 
of  Highlanders  marched  to  the  south. 

17,  Tuesd.      This  morning  200  of  our  men  under  the  command  of 
Capt"  Selby  marched  to  Bellford  to  protect  the  Justices  in  Case  there 
should  be  a  Riot — Officers  sent — Selby,  Burrel,  Hall,  Gibson,  Moseley. 
Adjutant,  8  Sergeants,  10  Corperalls. 

18,  Wed.      This  morning  Sr   Matthew  White  went  to  Bellford  to 
attend  the  meeting  and  the  Command  devolved  upon  myself — 3  Field 
Officers  and  6  Captains  now  absent.     This  afternoon  the  200  men  &c 
returned  from  Bellford.     The  mob  did  not  appear,  but  it  is  generally 
beleived  that  in  case  our  men  had  not  been  there  that  a  very  great  mob 
would  have  been  assembled  there.     Sr  Edward  Blackett  came  to  Town 
this  evening. 

19th  Thur.  To-day  Mr.  Rumney  got  a  Letter  from  his  brother 
at  Alnwick,  who  says  that  it  was  reported  there  that  the  mob  had  rose 
upon  the  Westmorland  Militia  which  are  at  Carlisle,  and  had  killd 
severall  of  them — not  true. 

20th  Fri.  The  report  concerning  a  mob  rising  at  Carlisle  is  without 
foundation. 

21st  Sat.  Regim1  under  arms  ;  Sr  Edwcl  thank'd  the  men  for  their 
behaviour  at  Bellford,  and  gave  them  10  guineas  to  drink. 

There  is  to  be  a  grand  meeting  on  Monday  first  at  Morpeth  on  account 
of  the  late  Riots. 

Mr.  Walker  of  Kirknewton  at  the  head  of  Millfield  Plain  calld  upon 
me  to  ask  my  advice  about  a  prosecution  in  the  Excheqr  against 
him  ;  he  married  Parson  Nixens  of  Halt  whistle,  eldest's  Daughter, 
Younghusband  of  the  Excise  office  was  along  with  him. 

22,  Sunday.  I  am  told  that  Sr  Edwd  and  Sr  Matthew  are  gone  this 
day  for  Morpeth  where  there  is  to  be  a  great  meeting  to-morrow  of  the 
magistrates  concerning  the  Riot  at  Hexham.  I  am  greatly  to  blame 
for  not  attending  divine  service  more  than  I  do,  I  shall  repent  it. 

24th  Tuesday.  This  morning  I  was  President  of  a  Court  Martial 
held  upon  one  Douglass  for  abusing  Sergeant  Orrick  and  Corporal 
Smith — punishment  Black  Hole  48  hours.  Received  of  Capt"  Blackett 
10Z.  in  part  of  pay. 

26th,  Thursday.  This  morning  Geordy  Wilkinson  taken  up  at  Wall 
by  a  party  of  soldiers  on  account  of  the  late  Riot — 2  Groovers  also  taken 
up  this  morning.  Mr.  Chiken  of  Anick  High  Constable. 

27  Friday.  Great  confusion  among  our  Neighbours,  few  of  them 
dare  lie  in  yr  own  beds.  Such  are  the  Effects  of  Riotts.  Some  of  them 
at  Brunton  all  night. 

28,  Saturday. — This  morning  the  soldiers  were  in  search  of  Stephen 
Thompson,  but  not  to  be  found. 

N  29,  Sunday.     M.r-  and  Mrs  Shaftoe,  Mr  and  Mrs  Smith  of  Haughton 
Castle  at  Brunton  in  the  afternoon. 


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30th,  Monday.  This  morning  5  Prisoners  (George  Wilkinson,  Laird 
Bell,  Bell  of  Acomb,  Jack  Hudson  and  )  were  carried  to 

Morpeth  Goal  [sic]  on  account  of  the  late  Riot.     The  Rioters  of  Wall 
are  returning  home. 

31  Tuesday.  At  the  Bridge  End  with  Jack  laying  in  the  lines.  Earl 
of  Galloway  there,  he  had  been  at  Morpeth  on  account  of  his  Son's 
election.  Will  Shaftoe  went  to  Hexham  school  yesday. 

April  11,  Saturday.  Ned  Hymers  can  Leap  up  my  Staircase  at  two 
Jumps — afraid  of  the'soldiers  on  account  of  the  Riot. 

12,  Sunday.  Some"  of  the  Wall  men  here  as  usual  on  account  of  the 
late  Riot. 

14,  Tuesday.  Mr.  Soulsbye  and  Willy  Potts  dind  here.  Wm. 
Anick  prisoner  at  Hexham  this  day  for  High  Treason.  Captn  Blackett 
and  Mr.  Pratt,  officers  of  the  Militia,  married  last  week. 

Aprill  23,  Thursday.  5  of  the  Throcklow  men  taken  last  Tuesday 
night.  Light  Horse  in  search  of  some  of  the  Rioters  at  Matfen,  etc. 

Aprill  27,  Monday.  Ballotting  at  Hexham  this  day.  Matthew 
Robson  drawn. 

May  16,  Saturday.  Bambrough  of  Bearel  taken  up  by  the  Light 
Horse  on  Thursday  and  carried  to  Morpeth  Goal  on  account  of  the  Riot. 

May  22,  Friday.  Berwick  Fair.  Mr.  Hall,  the  mayor,  opening  the 
fair  with  musick.  Ned  Hall  officer  on  guard. 

Note  that  the  00  —  07  —  00  &  3  &  6  is  to  [be]  allow'd  as  Militia  money. 

May  26,  Tuesday.  Staid  at  the  Harrow  till  5  this  morning.  N.B. 
Sr  Matthew  swore  last  night  that  he  would  have  Little  Nemo  Stephen- 
son  tried  by  a  Court  Martial. — Qu.  is  Sr  Matthew  right  in  the  head 
peice  ?  Went  to  the  Spittal  in  the  afternoon. 

May  27,  Wednesday.  Romeo  and  Juliet  acted  last  night.  Carr  of 
Etal  and  Mrs.  Ogle  were  married  about  two  days  ago.  Sr  Matthew 
was  enquireing  for  Fenwick  last  night. 

May  29th,  Friday.  Charles  2d  Restoration.  Ensign  Gibson  came  to 
town  this  day. 

May  30th,  Saturday.  By  the  London  Papers  this  day  we  learn  that 
the  English  have  taken  the  Town  of  Talais  in  Bell  Isle,  and  that  the 
French  had  retired  in  to  the  Citadel. 

Sr  Matthew  White  with  Capt11  Ward  calld  upon  me  this  morning  to 
acquaint  me  about  filling  up  the  vacant  Commissions,  Sr  Edward 
wrote  to  him  about  it. 

Supt  at  the  Harrow  with  Sr  Matthew,  mr.  Selby,  Reed,  Collector, 
Adjutant. 

June  2nd  Tuesday.  At  the  Harrow  in  the  evening.  N.  B. — Sr  Matthew 
and  Captain  Reeds  quarrel — a  glass  of  punch  in  Sl  Matthew's  face. 

June  6th  Thursday.  Mr.  Soulsbye  came  to  Town  just  after  Dinner. 
N.B.  a  Grand  Quarrel  between  Mr.  Hall  now  Mayor  and  Captain 
Romer — Romer  jumpt  upon  the  Table  to  attack  the  Mayor  at  the 
assembly  in  the  evening.  After  assembly  I  went  with  Mr.  Soulsbye,  &c. , 
to  Mr.  Todds. 

5th  Friday.  Major  White,  Sr  Matthew,  turned  the  Guard  3  times 
out  last  night.  N.B. — Steady  Major,  Steady. 

This  afternoon  George  Forster  formerly  of  Bellingham  was  buried  at 
Tweedmouth.  Capt11  Reed,  Dr.  Doubleday,  Dr.  Wood,  two  more  with 
my  self  were  Bearers.  Old  Elliot  Server.  At  the  Harrow  in  the 
evening. 

June  6th  Saturday.  Reced  a  Letter  from  Mr.  Lowes  this  morning. 
N.B. — Mr.  Soulsbye  came  to  Town  last  Thursday  ;  he  had  not  been 
10  minutes  in  the  Room  till  he  saw 

I st  The  Mayor  of  Berwick  and  Capt"  Romer  ready  for  a  boxing  match, 


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2.  Noise,  Drunkenness,  and  Confusion. 

3.  The  Major,  down  with  his  breeches  and  up  with  his  shirt  and 

Shewd  his  Belly  above  the  navel. 

4th      The  Major  mob'd  at  night  and  N.  B.,  Major  :    damn  your 
Soul,  what  do  you  want.     Major  !    Steady  Major,  Steady. 

Saturday  evening  for  ever.  The  Mayor,  Mr.  Temple,  Capt"  Homer, 
Capt11  Reed,  Mr.  Soulsbye,  Selby,  the  Major  and  self  at  Rippaths  in 
the  evening.  The  Mayor  and  Capt"  Romer  friends  again.  N.B. 
Sr  Matthew  and  Gibson — Gibson  commands  his  Purse,  his  horse,  and  is 
to  kiss  his  maidens  at  Blagdon. 

June  12,  Friday.  With  Jack  upon  Wall  Craggs.  Mr.  Soulsbye  here 
in  the  morning,  he  is  going  to  Hexham  on  account  of  the  Riot.  Mr. 
Perrot,  Sollicitor  to  the  Treasury,  is  come  from  London  to  take  fresh 
Information. 

June  13,  Saturday.  Mr.  Shaftoe  here  in  the  afternoon.  The  soldiers 
in  search  of  Jimmy  Wiggam  yesterday  afternoon. 

June  20,  Saturday.  Jack,  Bob,  and  Self  went  to  the  Cheaters  to  view 
the  Remains  of  the  Roman  Fort  arid  Bridge. 

In  this  day's  paper  was  confirmed  the  taking  of  the  Citadel  of  Palais 
in  Bell  Isle. 

June  21,  Sunday.  Parson  Harrison  called,  going  to  the  Chapel,  he 
informed  me  of  Mr.  Aynsley  of  Threepwoods  death  and  says  that  he  is 
to  be  buried  to-morrow  at  Haydon  Church. 

June  22,  Monday.  Mrs  Shaftoe  here  in  the  morning,  and  also  Mr. 
Green  ;  he  is  going  to  Simon  burn.  N.B.  The  Officers  of  Lambton's 
Regiment  behaviour  at  Hexham.  Dacres,  Roche  Matthews,  belong' d 
to  the  Royal  Forresters.  This  day  the  Races  begin  at  Newcastle. 

June  27,  Saturday.  Jack  Oliver,  Tom  Husband,  Ned  Hymers  here 
at  night  under  apprehensions  of  the  Soldiers  of  Hexham  taking  them 
up  as  Rioters. 

June  28th  Monday.  This  morning  one  Henderson  of  Heddon  on  ye 
Wall  was  taken  up  on  account  of  the  Riot.  The  soldiers  still  searching 
for  Rioters. 

July  1st,  Wednesday.  Jack,  Bob,  and  self  rode  beyond  Wallwick 
to  view  the  Roman  Wall.  Mr.  White  came  after  dinner. 

4th  July,  Saturday.  This  morning  Mr.  Shaftoe  tells  me  that  Mr. 
White  and  Captain  Joe  Reed  had  a  very  great  quarrel  after  I  left  them 
at  the  Bridge  End. 

Midsummer  fair  day.  Joe  Reed  in  the  fight  lost  two  teeth  and 
Teasdale  got  a  black  eye  and  Jemmy  Moor  was  fell'd. 

July  7,  Tuesday.     Jack  and  self  went  to  see  Cocklaw  Tower. 

July  10,  Friday.  Went  with  Jack,  Bob,  George  White,  to  Sewen 
Shields  Castle,  King  Arthur  would  not  appear,  calld  at  Wallwick. 

July  11,  Saturday.  Sandy  Black,  who  lodges  at  Mary  Johnson's, 
has  pepper  and  Eggs  for  supper.  N.B.  Mary  is  a  widow. 

July  25,  Saturday.  Capt"  Reed  went  home  again  this  morning. 
By  the  Gazette  this  morning  we  learn  that  the  English  had  taken 
Pondicherry,  on  which  the  Great  Guns  were  fired  and  the  Regim1  under 
arms. 

July  26,  Sunday.  Serg*  Hanson  confined  this  morning  in  the  Black 
Hole.  This  morning  by  express  we  learn  that  Prince  Ferdinand  had 
given  a  Total  defeat  to  the  French  army.  This  morning  Billy  Herons 
daughter  was  married  to  one  of  our  souldiers.  Mr.  Harry  Fenwick 
gave  her  away. 

July  27,  Monday.  This  morning  a  firing  in  the  Parade  on  account  of 
Prince  Ferdinand's  victory.  From  what  I  can  learn  from  Mr.  Moseley 
and  Newton,  Ensign  Stephenson  has  taken  his  farewell  of  us  on 


account  of  his  Cowardly  behaviour  with  Captn  Selby.  The  Quarrel 
arose  about  the  mutiny.  Assizes  begin  ys  day  at  Newcastle,  Capt" 
Collingwood,  H.  Sheriff. 

July  29th  Wednesday.  This  morning  I  was  President  of  a  Court 
Martial  upon  one  Bruce  in  Capt11  Hall's  company — he  is  to  have  200 
Lashes. 

July  30th  Thursday.  This  morning  Bruce  was  whipt  and  got  175 
Lashes — I  was  not  present. 

31st  July,  Friday.  Peace  and  Quietness.  This  evening  I  supt  with 
Mr.  Rumney.  Mr.  Stockdale  and  young  Mr.  Temple  were  there.  N.B. 
Stockdale's  engagement  with  miss  Buck,  by  verdict  to  pay  300Z. — 
he  is  determined  not  to  pay  her  one  penny. 

Augnst  3d  Monday.  By  the  Newcastle  paper  this  morning  we 
learn  yt  Jack  Hudson  of  Acomb  with  some  more  were  discharged  at  the 
Assizes  the  last  week  on  account  of  Hexham  Riot.  George  Wilkinson 
of  Wall,  Laird  Bell  with  others  are  to  take  yr  Trialls  agst  the  17th 
instant.  Tom  Bambrough  to  appear  again  upon  his  Recognce.  Mr. 
Wood  and  Fenwick  at  my  Lodgings  in  the  afternoon. 

August  5th  Wednesday.  This  morning  Liddel  of  Hexham  with  the 
Seven  other  persons  concerned  in  the  Riot  at  Tweedmouth,  and  for  the 
meeting  at  the  Bridge  Guard  on  the  20th  of  the  last  month,  were  tried 
by  a  Court  Martial,  the  Riot  was  on  the  eighteenth. 

August  6th,  Thursday.  This  morning  4  of  the  mutineers  were  whipt 
Liddel  was  one  of  them  and  Kirby  or  Corby  in  my  Company.  This 
morning  Sergeant  Maudlin  in  my  Company  was  broke  by  Captain 
Dixon.  N.B.  he  was  condemned  without  been  heard,  Qu. 

August  10th,  Monday.  Robin  Hymers  came  to  Town  this  day  to 
desire  me  to  go  home  on  account  of  George  Wilkinson  who  is  to  be  tried 
on  monday  first. 

August  13th,  Thursday.  Mr.  Green  here  in  the  afternoon.  Ned 
Wilkinson  here  in  the  morning  and  the  afternoon,  on  account  of  his 
Brother  who  is  to  be  tried  on  monday  first  on  account  of  the  Riot  at 
Hexham. 

August  16,  Sunday.  Mrs.  Shaftoe  dind  here.  In  the  afternoon  went 
with  mr.  Teasdale  White  to  Newcastle  to  give  evidence  on  behalf  of 
Geordy  Wiliknson,  to  be  tried  on  account  of  the  Hexham  Riot  ;  we  were 
to  speak  to  his  character,  got  to  Newcastle  about  10  at  night. 

August  17,  Monday.  Bathurst  and  Loyd  Judges.  Alder  for  the 
Bellford  Riot  found  guilty,  Sr  Matthew  White  and  Mr.  Brown,  Doxford, 
&c.,  witnesses. 

August  18,  Tuesday.  Peter  Patterson  found  guilty  this  morning, 
Laird  Bell,  George  Wilkinson,  Eltringham,  &c.,  acquitted.  Alder  and 
Patterson  received  sentence  to  be  hanged. 

August  19,  Wednesday.  This  afternoon  Geordy  Wilkinson  got  to 
Wall  after  being  confined  in  Morpeth  Goal  since  the  30th  of  March  last, 
he  was  taken  into  Custody  on  the  26th  of  March  and  Confined  at 
Hexham  till  he  was  carried  to  Morpeth  on  the  30th — Great  Joy  at  Wall 
on  his  arrival. 

August  22,  Saturday.  Stephen  Thomson  here  this  morning,  he  got 
home  last  night — he  went  off  on  account  of  the  Riot  the  27th  of  March 
last,  almost  5  months  absent. 

September  7th,  Monday.  At  home  all  day.  This  morning  Capt11 
Reed  of  Humshaugh  was  married  to  miss  Smith  of  the  Wester  hall. 

September  9,  Wednesday.  At  Haughton  Castle  seeing  Capt11  Reed 
and  his  wife. 

September  10,  Thursday.  At  Humshaugh  in  the  afternoon. 
Sergeant  Harrison  began  to  trench  in  the  afternoon. 


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September  12,  Saturday.  This^  morning  Tommy  Reed  of  Hums- 
haugh  died  about  6  o'clock. 

September  15th,  Tuesday.  This  afternoon  Tommy  Reed  was  buried 
at  Simonburn.  I  went  as  far  as  Haughtoii  fields  and  came  home. 
Militia  men  Dixon,  Daglish,  Anderson  at  Brunton — about  prolonging 
yr  furlough. 

September  16th,  Wednesday.  Went  to  make  John  Thomson's  will, 
he  is  a  Relation  of  Neddy  Kells  he  is  now  at  the  Herds  House.  I  think 
that  he  was  not  quite  sensible.  Invited  to  M.r  Mewburns  funeral. 

September  17,  Thursday.  This  afternoon  young  Mr  Mewburn  was 
buried  at  Sl  John  Lee.  Bearers  Soulsbye,  Dr.  Hunter,  Mr  Brown,  Dr. 
Jefferson,  young  Mr  Lee  and  my  self,  he  was  18  years  of  age  last  Aprill, 
Mr  Soulsbye  and  Dr.  Hunter  went  home  together  in  the  chaise — after 
the  funeral  stopt  a  while  at  Parson  Stokoe.  Mrs  Mewburn  in  great 
concern  about  her  son  .  .  .  Parson  Stokoe,  Parson  Totton  there, 
and  also  Mr  Errington  of  Walwick  Grainge. 

September  20th  Sunday.  This  day  Mr  Whitelock  and  his  wife, 
formerly  Mrs  Dryden  (old  Simon  Drydens  widow)  dind  at  Brunton. 

September  22,  Tuesday.  The  King's  Coronation  this  day.  Brunton 
windows  illuminated  and  gave  my  neighbours  a  good  drink. 

September  24th,  Thursday.  This  morning  I  was  told  that  Mr. 
Mayers  of  Simonburn  was  buried  last  night, 

September  25,  Friday.  Yesterday,  I  am  told,  was  fought  a  Grand 
Battle  between  the  Lady  of  the  Wester  hall  and  the  Lady  of  the  Castle, 
the  young  Lady  threw  a  Tankard  of  ale  on  the  Old  Lady's  face  ;  after 
much  altercation  the  old  Lady  [thought]  proper  to  retreat.  Sr  Lancelot 
calld  this  morning  to  know  if  I  had  any  memorandums  among  Mr. 
Tone's  Papers  concerning  the  Boundarys  of  Shitlington  Common  or 
Elingham  Rig  Common. 

September  26,  Saturday.  Lady  of  Wester  Hall  din'd  here  ;  she  gave 
me  a  particular  account  of  the  Battle  between  her  and  the  young  Lady 
of  the  Castle.  She  was  in  tears  about  her  Daughter's  marriage  with 
Captain  Reed. 

October  4,  Sunday.  Accounts  come  of  Peter  Patterson  to  be  hanged 
to-morrow  or  Tuesday. 

October  6,  Tuesday.  PETER  PATTERSON  was  hanged  yesterday  at 
Morpeth  on  account  of  the  Riot  which  happened  there  about  eight 
months  ago  ;  Peter  Patterson  was  a  Leader  of  the  mob  ;  in  this  Riot 
Mr.  Fenwick  of  Bywell  got  his  head  broke.  Nichol  Waugh  who  came 
from  Morpeth  this  morning  gives  the  following  account  about  Peter 
Patterson  (vizt)  That  he  was  with  him  on  Sunday  evening  last  when  he 
\vas  chearfull,  That  yesterday  morning  he  took  his  leave  of  Peter,  That 
Peter  died  very  Penitent ;  That  when  he  was  hung  up  the  Rope  Either 
slipt  or  broke  and  so  he  fell ;  That  after  he  was  recovered  he  was  hung 
up  a  second  time  then  cut  down,  his  head  cut  off,  his  heart  taken  out 
and  thrown  into  the  fire,  then  his  four  Quarters  were  cut  across,  but  not 
cut  off ;  he  is  supposed  to  have  died  worth  between  three  and  four 
thousand  pounds.  That  excepting  an  annuity  to  his  wife  he  has  left 
all  his  fortune  to  his  mistress.  Mr.  Brown  of  Kirkhall  is  Trustee  for 
the  women  and  the  children.  Nichol  Waugh  gave  me  the  above 
account  at  my  own  door  at  Brunton.  Peter  Patterson  was  about  74, 
years  of  age. 

October  8,  Thursday.  Mary  Johnsons  Nightwark  or  merry  meeting 
this  night. 

October  16th,  Friday.  Mrs  Archer  with  Lee  of  Bingfield  here  in  the 
afternoon  on  account  of  Mrs  Archer's  Thirds  or  dower. 

October   19th,    Monday.       Mr  Armstrong  Attorney  called  to  lot  mo 


know  that^I^was^Appointed  Arbitrator  between  Mary  Lee  of  Acomb 
and  her  Daughter  in  Law.  Tom  Scott  here,  he  went  to  Chipchase  and 
called  again  to  let  me  know  that  Mr.  Reed  would  not  renew  his  Fur- 
lough. 

October  25,  Sunday.  Widow  Lee  of  Newbrough  and  her  Brother 
Newton  at  Brunton  in  the  afternoon  to  acquaint  me  with  the  dispute 
between  her  and  her  mother  Mary  Lee  of  Acomb. 

October  28'h,  Wednesday.  This  is  my  Birth  Day.  This  day  I  am 
35  years  of  age  I  came  of  age  on  the  17th  of  October  (old  stile)  in  the 
year  1747.  Keceived  a  Letter  from  our  adjutant  wherein  he  says  that 
Sr  Edward  Blackett  desires  I  will  return  to  Berwick. 

October  6th,  Friday.  Mr.  Smith  of  the  Castle  came  when  I  was  at 
dinner,  but  he  honest  man  was  drunk. 

October  8,  Sunday.  Bill  Robsons  wife  here  wanting  me  to  renew 
her  husbands  furlough  but  could  not — she  went  to  Chipchase. 

October  12th  Thursday.  Received  a  Letter  from  Sr  Edward 
Blackett  desiring  me  to  go  to  Berwick  and  go  I  must  greatly  against  my 
Inclination — See  the  8th  of  March  when  I  first  grew  tired. 

October  1 3,  Friday.  This  morning  I  left  Brunton  to  go  for  Berwick — 
10  weeks  this  day  since  I  left  Berwick.  Got  to  Cambo  about  2  o'clock, 
from  thence  to  Rothbury,  where  I  staid  a,ll  night. 

October  14th  Saturday.  From  Rothbury  I  came  to  Whittingham 
where  I  din'd  with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walker  (she  was  Parson  Nixon's 
Daughter)  they  are  going  to  Haltwhistle.  My  Landlord  Scott  assured 
[mej  that  the  Person  who  appeard  as  Capt11  Watson  and  was  my 
Bedfellow  is  the  same  that  is  now  confined  in  Newcastle  Goal  for 
stealing  silver  spoons.  It  now  appears  that  he  was  formerly  a  collier 
at  Shilbottle  ;  Staid  there  all  night  on  account  of  the  Rains. 

October  15th,  Sunday.  Came  from  thence  with  Mr.  Honey  of 
Wooller  Haugh  Head  who  guided  us  through  Breamish  River 'and 
Aller  Burn  which  were  very  deep  and  the  Fords  quite  broke  up  ;  got  to 
Woollerhaugh  Head  about  11  o'clock  and  obliged  to  stay  there  all  day 
on  account  of  the  Rains  and  the  River  Till  which  overspread  the 
Haughs  so  that  there  was  no  getting  to  Dorrington  Bridge — heavy 
Rains  all  day. 

October  16th,  Monday.  At  wooller  Haugh  head  all  night.  The 
weather  is  still  very  bad.  The  Barber  who  shavd  me  says  that  the 
Fields  below  Wooller  are  one  continued  sheet  of  water  for  a  mile  in 
Length  and  that  such  a  Flood  has  not  been  known  for  many  years. 

October  17th,  Tuesday.  This  morning  I  came  from  Wooller  Haugh 
Head,  Mrs.  Morton's  servant  conducted  us  through  the  waters  to 
Dorrington  Bridge,  got  to  Berwick  about  3  o'clock.  N.B. — Dr. 
Doubleday's  Housekeeper  is  gone  off  with  child.  The  Dr.  is  a  Quaker. 
Sad  work  among  the  Housekeepers  at  Berwick  lately.  This  evening 
Mr.  Sergeant  McClean  called  upon  me  to  Certifie  for  his  Conduct,  he  is  in 
hopes  of  being  prefered  in  the  Army. 

October  20th,  Friday.  Last  Wednesday  at  the  Red  Lion  Mr.  Wood 
told  me  about  Sergeant  Storey  running  off  to  Edeiiburgh  with1  leave  and 
also  about  his  cheating  Isaac  Brown  the  attorney  of  his  watch.  Rip- 
path  spake  as  to  his  pawning  the  watch  with  his  Drawer  for  40sh 

October  22,  Sunday.  Sr  Matthew  White  &  Captn  Hall  came  up 
this  evening  also  Mr  Newton.  Sr  Matthew  has  ordered  Sergeant 
Storey  to  be  arrested  at  Edenburgh. 

October  25th,  Wednesday.  By  a  letter  from  Mr  Green  this  morning 
I  learn  that  Mr  Roberts  has  got  the  gout  in  his  stomach.  That  the 
Bridge  to  Ridley  Hall  and  also  that  of  Glenwhelp  in  the  Military  Road 
wero  taken  away  by  the  Floods  which  happened  on  Thursday  hiot. 


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Mr  Reed  according  to  Mr  Green's  Letter  is  to  set  out  on  this  day  for 
Berwick. 

Thursday,  31st  December.  Jack  hunting  in  Chollerton  Fields  with 
Mr  Tulips  Dogs.  Mr  Green  and  Dr.  Hunter  called ;  they  say  that 
Spain  has  declared  war  agl  England. 

Here  I  finish  this  Journal  begun  the  8th  of  March  last  past.  My 
Fingers  still  very  weak. 

John  Dawson,  Brunton,  Decembr  31st,  1761. 

Thanks  were  voted  to  Mr.  Stephens. 

ARMORIAL  GLASS  IN  PONTELAND  CHURCH. 

Mr.  C.  H.  Blair  read  the  following  note  : — 

'In  the  Proceedings  (2  ser.  n,  287)  there  is  a  note  by  Mr.  C.  J.  Bates 
upon  the  two  very  interesting  shields  depicted  in  stained  glass  in 
the  heads  of  the  two  western  windows  on  the  north  and  south 
sides  of  the  chancel  of  Ponteland  church.  Mr.  Bates  attributes 
the  shield  in  the  south  window  to  Eland  of  Ponteland,  that  in  the 
north  to  Sir  Aymer  of  Athol.  The  latter  presents  no  difficulties, 
and  undoubtedly  blasons  the  arms  of  that  knight  who  was  lord  of 
Ponteland  in  the  fourteenth  century.  This  is  the  '  Sir  Edmund 
of  Alphel,'  '  a  right  good  knight,'  whom  the  Scots,  going  towards 
Otterburn  from  Newcastle  in  1388,  besieged  in  his  castle  of  Ponteland. 
'  They  came  thither  betimes,  and  understood  that  the  knight  was  in  his 
castle.  Then  they  ordained  to  assail  the  castle  and  gave  a  great  assault 
so  that  by  force  of  arms  they  won  it,  and  the  knight  within  it.  Then 
the  tower  and  castle  was  burnt,  and  from  thence  the  Scots  went  to  ... 
Otterburn  .  .  .  and  there  lodged'  (Froissart's  Chronicles,  p.  371). 
The  shield  is  blasoned  paly  gold  and  sable,  a  leopard  for  difference.  Sir 
Aymer  of  Athol  was  brother  to  David  of  Strabolgy,  twrelfth  earl  of  Athol, 
and  the  arms  of  that  family  were  paly  gold  and  sable.  They  appear  to 
have  used  the  leopard  as  a  badge  ;  it  stands  above  and  below  the  paly 
shield  on  the  seal  of  John  of  Strabolgy  in  1292  (Arch.  Ael,  N.S.,  i,  23) 
the  seal  of  David  of  Strabolgy  in  1360  shews  the  paly  shield  with 
the  leopard  standing  on  the  top  of  it  (History  of  Northumberland,  vn,  237) 
Sir  Aymer  was  buried  in  St.  Andrew's  church,  Newcastle,  and  the  frag- 
ment of  his  brass  remaining  shews  the  leopard  crouching  at  his  feet. 
This  fragment  is  now  in  the  Blackgate  museum. 

The  shield  blasoned  in  the  south  window  is  more  difficult  to  explain, 
and  I  offer  the  following  suggestion  with  hesitation  as  it  differs  from 
the  conclusion  of  Mr.  Bates.  The  shield  is  silver  (!)  three  leopards  gold 
impaling,  by  dimidiation,  barry  silver  and  gules  an  orle  of  martlets  sable. 
I  suggest  that  this  shield  is  meant  for  that  of  Valence,  earls  of  Pem- 
broke, and  lords  of  Mitford  and  Ponteland,  in  the  later  half  of  the 
thirteenth  and  early  part  of  the  fourteenth  centuries.  The  shield 
impaled  to  the  dexter  with  golden  leopards  on  a  silver  field  is  an  im- 
possible blason,  the  silver  is  clearly  an  error  for  gules  ;  we  have  then 
gules  three  leopards  gold  or  in  the  terms  of  modern  heraldry,  gules  three 
lions  passant  guardant  in  pale  or,  in  other  words  we  have  the  royal  shield 
of  England,  dimidiated,  which  certainly  was  not  and  could  not  have  been 
borne  by  the  Elands.  The  method  of  impaling  shields  by  dimidiation, 
from  its  many  disadvantages,  fell  into  disuse  probably  about  the  middle 
of  the  fourteenth  century.  The  earliest,  and  so  far  as  I  can  find,  the 
only  record  we  have  of  the  arms  assigned  to  Eland,  gules  three  demi- 
leopards  gold,  is  on  a  seal  attached  to  a  deed  of  1426  quoted  in  the 
Visitation  of  Northumberland  in  1615  (Ed.  Foster,  p.  44).  The  demi- 
leopards  are  carried  in  the  second  quarter  of  the  shield  of  Errington  of 
Ponteland  in  the  Visitations  (Visit,  of  1575,  MS.  in  Library,  Fo.  105 ; 


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and  Foster,  p.  44)  they  are  also  impaled  on  the  tombstone  of  Mark 
Errington  in  Ponteland  church,  namely  Errington  impaling  two 
shields,  in  chief  Eland  as  above,  and  in  base  Mitford  three  moles. 
The  demi-leopards  of  Eland  are  arranged  two  in  chief  and  one  iri  base, 
the  shield  here  blasoned  has  the  leopards  arranged  paleways  It  seems 
too  early  for  Eland,  which  was  not  at  any  time  a  family  of  great  con- 
sideration in  the  district.  William  of  Valence,  earl  of  Pembroke,  was 
half  brother  of  Henry  in.,  and  he  bore  on  his  shield  a  label  of  five  points 
gules  each  charged  with  the  three  leopards  of  England  (The  Official 
Baronage  of  England,  vol.  in,  8).  The  seal  of  Mary,  countess  St. 
Paul,  widow  of  Aymer  of  Valence,  shews  in  a  circular  compartment  to 
the  dexter  of  her  own  shield  that  of  England  (Boutell's  Heraldry, 
p.  167).  She  was  the  granddaughter  of  Beatrice,  sister  of  Edward  I, 
and  she  thus  commemorates  her  royal  blood.  If  there  be  any  truth  in 
the  suggestion  that  Mary,  the  wife  of  Sir  Aymer  of  Athol,  was  the 
daughter  of  this  lady  (Hodgson's  Northumberland,  n,  ii,  535)  we  have 
an  additional  and  very  cogent  reason  for  supposing  this  shield  to  be 
that  of  England.  The  shield  impaled  to  the  sinister,  I  take  to  be  in- 
tended for  Valence  though  their  well-known  arms  are  usually  blasoned 
barry  silver  and  azure  an  orle  of  martlets  gules,  they  do  appear  in  one  of 
the  old  rolls  of  arms  with  the  bars  silver  and  gules  (Foster,  Some  Feudal 
Coats  of  Arms,  251).  The  colours  here  blasoned  represent  the  arms  of 
Chaworth,  who  bore  barry  silver  and  gules  an  orle  of  martlets  sable 
(Papworth,  British  Armorials,  337).  The  Elands  of  Yorkshire  also  bore 
a  shield  resembling  this,  Eland  of  Carleton,  gules  two  bars  between  nine 
martlets  silver,  Eland  of  Eland  barry  of  six  silver  and  gules  six  martlets 
gold  (Foster,  Visitation  of  Yorkshire,  604,  606).  In  Willement's  roll  of 
Richard  n  '  Thomas  de  Elande  '  bears  gules  two  bars  silver  between  eight 
martlets  silver,  and  the  same  shield  is  in  Tankersley  church,  Yorkshire, 
(Papworth,  337).  Mr.  Bates  in  the  note  above  referred  to  erroneously 
blasons  the  martlets  sable  in  both  these  last  shields.  The  Chaworths 
had  no  connexion  with  Ponteland.  The  arms  depicted  in  the  window 
are  not  the  same  as  those  borne  by  the  Yorkshire  Elands,  nor  is  there 
any  apparent  reason  why  their  arms  should  be  blasoned  in  Ponteland 
church  or  impaled  with  the  arms  of  England.  The  style  of  the  archi- 
tecture of  the  chancel,  the  shape  of  the  shields,  and  virility  of  the 
drawing,  particularly  of  the  leopards,  all  point  to  the  middle  of  the 
fourteenth  century  as  their  date.  The  two  shields  appear  to  be  con- 
temporary, and  it  does  not  seem  unreasonable  to  conjecture  that  the 
shield  of  Aymer  of  Athol  was  placed  there  in  his  lifetime,  and  that  on  its 
fellow  shield  his  own  or  his  wife's  maternal  ancestors  and  their  royal 
descent  were  commemorated.  Perhaps  at  some  later  restoration,  in 
the  decadence  of  heraldry,  the  colours  now  appearing  were  inverted 
in  place  of  the  original  correct  ones.' 

Mr.  C.  H.  Blair  was  heartily  thanked  for  his  note. 

TOWN   WALL,    QUAYSIDE,    NEWCASTLE. 

Mr.  W.  H.  Knowles,  F.S.A.,  read  the  following  note  : — '  About  ten 
days  ago,  when  workmen  were  excavating  a  trench  for  a  new  water  pipe 
on  the  Quayside,  a  portion  of  the  town  wall  was  disclosed,  where 
indicated  on  the  accompanying  plan,  to  the  east  of  King  Street,  and 
opposite  the  Plummer  Chare.  The  wall  between  the  Sandhill  and  the 
Sandgate  was  taken  down  in  1762,  when  the  Corporation  petitioned  the 
Crown,  and  got  leave  to  remove  it,  and  to  use  the  stone  in  the  re-erection 
of  St.  Anne's  chapel,  the  ancient  building  having  become  ruinous.  The 
position  of  the  wall  does  not  agree  precisely  with  that  shewn  on  the 
ordnance  map,  it  is  31  feet  south  of  the  present  post  office,  at  a  point  42 


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feet  east  of  King  Street.  The  top  course  of  masonry  is  about  2  feet  6 
inches  below  the  present  road  level,  and  has  on  the  outer,  or  south  face, 
two  splayed  offsets,  the  upper  of  a  double  and  the  lower  of  a  single  course 
The  direction  of  the  wall  seemed  to  incline  to  the  north,  but  as  further 
excavation  is  contemplated  this  point  may  be  ascertained  with  greater 
certainty.' 

EPITAPHS    IN    WALLSEND    OLD    CHURCHYARD . 

Mr.  J.  C.  Hodgson,  M.A.,  F.S.A.,  reported  that  he  had  copied  all  the 
inscriptions  that  can  still  (1907)  be  deciphered  on  the  tombstones 
lingering  in  a  decaying  condition  in  the  ancient  but  very  neglected 
grave  yard  or  cemetery  attached  to  the  ruined  church  of  Holy  Cross  at 
Wallsend.  They  are  the  following  : — 

ALDER.  In  memory  of  John  Alder  of  Wellington  Quay  who  departed  this  life 
17  of  Nov.  1792  aged  35  years.  Margaret  wife  of  John  Alder  sen.  who  de- 
parted this  life  April  the  llth  1795  aged  73 

ALDER.  The  family  burial  place  of  John  Alder  of  Howdon  Pans  and  Margaret 
his  wife.  John  Alder  their  son  died  17th  of  Nov.  1792  aged  35  years. 
Margaret  wife  of  John  Alder  sen.  died  the  Hth  of  April  1796  aged  75  years. 
John  Alder  sen.  died  the  28th  of  May  18...  aged  91  years. 

BONNE R.     Arms:—  |  gules  \  a  lion  passant  between  two  escallops  [ ] 

Crest :—  a  hand  holding  a  sword.  Bonner.  In  memory  of  Joseph  |  Banner 
who  died  |  February  the  12th  |  1757  aged  |  62  years  |  Also  Eliz  |  abeth  his  | 
wife  who  died  |  August  the  4th  |  1762  aged  64  i  years.  Also  Elizabeth  their  | 
daughter  who  died  June  the  |  5th  1740  aged  19  years.  And  likewise  |  is 
interred  here  the  remains  of  |  Isabella  Swan  granddaughter  of  |  the  above 
Joseph  Bonner  who  I  departed  this  life  the  22d  of  June  |  1780  aged  15  years  |  l 

COOK.  In  memory  of  Alice  wife  of  William  Cook  of  AVillington  who  departed 
this  life  April  17  1802  aged  57  years.  Also  John  their  son  who  died  May 
27  1802  aged  34  years.  The  above  William  Cook  departed  this  life  the  3d  day 
of  July  1816  aced  73  years. 

DAVIDSON.  MEMENTO  MORI.  The  burial  place  of  Rob*  Davidson,  Master 
and  Mariner  1785. 

ELLIOT.  In  memory  of  Isabella  Elliot  wife  of  William  Elliot  of  Howdon 
Pans  who  departed  this  life  May  28  1796  aged  35  years.  Also  lies  here  the 
body  of  Robert  Elliot  deceased  who  departed  this  life  Feb.  27  1797  aged 
65  years. 

ENGLISH.  The  burial  place  of  Matthew  English  and  Jane  his  wife.  Mary 
their  daughter  died  May  the  23  1742  aged  13  years.  Also  the  above  Matthew 
died  Dec.  the  21st  1756  aged  63  years.  Thomas  their  son  died  Jul.  17  1775 
aged  34  years.  William  English  died  March  5  1786  aged  56  years. 

HALL.  In  memory  of  John  Hall  of  Willington  Colliery  blacksmith  who 
departed  this  life  the  14  day  (November)  1801  aged  73  years.  He  lived 
esteemed  and  died  respected. 

i  This  inscription  has  been  re-cut,  and  it  does  not  now  in  every  way  correspond  with 
a  draught  preserved  in  the  Rev.  John  Hodgson's  collection,  according  to  which  Joseph 
Bonner  at  the  time  of  his  death  was  69  years  of  age,  and  his  wife  at  the  time  of  her 
death  was  aged  60  years. 

According  to  the  Wallsend  Registers  Joseph  Bonner  of  Howdon  Pans,  was  buried 
26  February,  1757,  having  had  issue  by  Elizabeth  his  wife,  who  was  buried  6  August, 
1762,  one  son  Edward,  baptized  17  Nov.,  1728,  and  three  daughters,  viz.,  Grace, 
baptized  20  June.  1731,  Sarah,  baptized  27  Aug.,  1732,  married  16  June,  1755,  Andrew 
Morton,  and  Margaret,  baptized  24  Oct.,  1736,  married  4  Dec.,  1759,  Thomas  Swan. 
The  name  of  the  other  daughter,  Elizabeth,  who,  according  to  the  inscription,  died 
June  5, 1740,  does  not  appear  in  the  Register  under  the  corresponding  date. 

Thomas  Swan  was  a  shipwright  at  Howdon  Pans,  and  a  freeholder  in  Thirston,  in 
the  parish  of  Pel  ton.  By  his  marriage  with  Margaret  Bonner  he  had  issue  at  least 
three  sons  and  five  daughters,  who  were  baptized  at  Wallsend,  viz.,  Lewins,  baptized 
10  Aug.,  1763,  buried  8  Feb.,  1764  ;  Robert,  baptized  15  Nov.,  1770,  buried  26  February, 
1772  ;  Bonner,  baptized  26  Aug.,  1776  ;  Elizabeth,  baptized  10  March,  1761 ;  Isabella, 
baptized  13  April,  1766,  buried  21  June,  1780;  Sarah,  baptized  22  November,  1768; 
Catherine,  baptized  12  April,  1773  ;  and  Jane,  baptized  24  January,  1775,  buried 
19  Feb.,  1775. 

Margaret,  widow  of  Thomas  Swan,  died  at  East  Thirston,  in  April,  1803,  aged  66, 
and  was  buried  at  Felton.  Her  son,  Konner  Swan,  attained  manhood,  went  abroad, 
and  was  never  more  heard  of.  Mrs.  Swan's  surviving  daughter  Catherine,  was  married 
at  Felton,  22  February,  1800,  to  John  Tindal  of  Bullock's  hall,  in  the  parish  of  Wark- 
worth. 


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HEDLEY.  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  John  Hedley  late  (mason)  of  Willington 
Colliery  who  departed  this  life  31st  of  July  1805  aged  (60)  years. 

HENZELL.  Here  lyeth  the  body  of '  Edward  ttenzel  senior  |  broad  glass  maker 
of  I  Houldon  Pans  who  departed  |  this  life  the  24  day  of  i  January  Anno 
Domini  i  1686  aged  64  years  |  Here  lyeth  the  body  of  Edward  Henzell  broad  | 
glass-maker  at  Houdon  Pands  j  who  departed  February  yc  19th  i  1754-5  aged 
62  years  I  - 

HENZELL.  The  burial  place  of  |  Mr.  Edward  Henz  1  ell  brod  glasmaker  I  at 
Houdown  and  Ann  i  his  wife  who  had  |  issue  7  children  viz'  |  Edward 

Margaret,  George |  their  daughter  Barbara  I  departed  this  life 

ye   i  10  of  July  '98  aged  |  24  years  |  George  departed  |  ye  first  day  of  Feb  | 
ruary  1702  aged  17  |  .    Ann  his  wife  departed  |  the  3  of  October  171£  |  aged 
73  years  i  He  departed  the  30  |  day  of  November  1721  |  aged  75  years  |  3 

HENZELL.  The  burial  place  of  Moses  Henzell  |  broad  glass  maker  of  Howdon 
Pans  1  and  Elizabeth  his  wife  Barbara  i  their  daughter  departed  July  the 
23  |  1739  aged  11  years.  |  Joshua  Henzell  son  of  the  above  |  M  and  E. 
principal  agent  to  the  Northumberland  Glass  Co.  Lemington  obt.  4  I  July 
1788  act.  68  years  He  lived  truly  re  |  spected  and  died  deservedly  lamented  | 
Catherine  daughter  of  the  above  |  obt  3  July  1781  aet  20  years  I  4 

JAMSON.  In  memory  of  Jane  Jamsqn  wife  of  Jacob  Jamson  master  mariner 
of  Howdon  Pans  who  departed  this  life  Oct.  7  1795  aged  30  years.  Also  of 
their  daughter  Elizabeth  Jamson  who  died  in  infancy.  Also  is  interred  here 
the  body  of  the  above  Jacob  Jamson  who  obt.  July  6  1802  on  his  passage 
home  from  Daviss  Streights  act.  43  years.  William  son  of  the  above  died 
at  Monte  Video  in  South  America  the  23  of  June  1826  aged  39  years.  Also 
John  their  eldest  son  who  died  at  Howdon  Dock  the  30  of  April  1827  aged 
42  years. 

JOPL1MG.  In  memory  of  Elizabeth  Jopling  wife  of  John  Jobling  of  Howdon 
Dock.  She  died  Aug.  30  17[81]  aged  49  years.  Also  their  children  William 
and  Sarah  who  died  infants.  Likewise  their  daughter  Elizabeth  who  died 
April  15  1785  aged  17  years.  The  above  named  John  Jopling  who  died 
Nov.  13  1788  aged  56  years.  Isabella  their  daughter  who  died  JanvlS  1791 
aged  17  years.  Isabella  Jopling  wife  of  John  Jopling  jun.  master  mariner 
of  Howdon  Pans  obt.  Jany  5  1795  aged  37  years.  The  above  John  Jopling 
jun.  died  Sept.  17  1819  aged  61  years  universally  respected  and  deservedly 
lamented. 

(And  on  the  other  side  of  the  stone) 

Erected  in  memory  of  Margaret  relict  of  the  late  Robert  Cavers  and  sister 
to  John  Jopling.     She  died  on  the  9th  of  Dec.  1841  in  her  81st  year. 

McKENNEY.  This  stone  was  erected  by  Margaret  wife  of  William  McKenney 
of  Willington.  Jane  their  daughter  died  April  28  1790  aged  27  years.  Alice 
their  daughter  died  August  1st  1790  aged  18  years.  William  McKenney 
departed  this  life  June  5  1791  aged  55  years. 

MAN.  The  burial  place  of  John  Man  dUHannah  his  wife.  Mary  their  daughter 
died  Feb.  10  1750  aged  1  year.  Thomas  their  son  died  [April]  8  1741  aged 
8  years.  Also  the  above  John  Man  died  May  27  1775  aged  69  years. 
Likewise  Hannah  wife  of  the  above  John  Man  died  April  23  1793. 

METCALFE.  Here  lieth  the  body  of  Joseph  Metcalfe  of  Willington  Quay 
who  died  28th  March  1770  aged  43  years.  Also  John  and  Joseph  his  sons 
who  died  in  the  year  1769.  May  they  rest  fn  peace  and  rise  in  glory. 

MOFFITT.  In  memory  of  James  Moftitt  of  W  illington  Colliery  who  died  the 
llti»  of  March in  the  64th  year  of  his  age. 

2  1G85-6  Feb.  5  Edward  Hensley  buried.  —  Walteend  Registers. 

1733-4  Feb.  21  Mr.  Edward  Henzell  broad  glassmaker  Howdon  Pans  buried.— Ibid. 

3  This  inscription,  preserved  in  the  Rev.  John  Hodgson's  collection,  cannot  now  be 
found. 

Edward  Henzell  senior  of  Howdon  Pans  (buried  3  Dec.,  1721),  by  Ann  his  wife 
(buried  5  Oct.,  1717),  had,  with  other  issue,  Barbara  (buried  27  June,  1698),  George 
(buried  2  Feb.,  1701-2),  and  Edward  Henzell  (buried  21  Feb.,  1733-4).  The  latter,  with 
other  issue,  had  a  son  Gaorge  (baptized  2  Nov.,  1714,  buried  19  .March,  1728-9).—  Wallsend 
liegiaiers. 

*  This  monumental  inscription,  preserved  in  the  Rev.  John  Hodgson's  collection,  is 
no  longer  to  be  found,  Joseph  Henzell  of  Howdon  Pans,  glassmaker,  who  was 
apparently  married  at  Jarrow  in  September,  1696,  had,  with  other  issue,  a  son 
Moses  Henzell,  baptized  27  September,  1698,  and  buried  27  Nov.,  1750.  By  Elizabeth 
his  wife  (who  was  buried  16  Dec.,  1744),  he  had  issue  five  sons  and  six  daughters, 
viz.,  Joshua,  baptized  3  Nov.,  1724,  buried  12  July,  1788 ;  Thomas  Scot,  baptized 
28  September,  1732  ;  Moses,  baptized  11  October,  1734  ;  John,  baptized  28  September, 
1738,  buried  II  December,  1754  :  Joseph,  baptized  8  June,  1745,  being  half  a  year  old  ; 
Elizabeth,  baptized  14  June,  1726  ;  Barbara,  baptizted  7  March,  1727-8,  buried  -25  July, 
1739  ;  Catherine,  baptized  31  August,  1730  ;  Isabel,  baptized  12  August,  1731  ;  Anne, 
baptized  29  July,  1736  ;  and  Mary,  baptized  16  August,  1742. 


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MORTON.  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Andrew  Morton  of  Ouseburn  late  of 
St.  Anthonys  who  departed  this  life  the  27  of  August  1798  aged  66  years. 
Margaret  Lewen  Morton  daughter  of  the  above  Andrew  Morton  died 
January  12  1823  aged  59  years.  Ann  Ward  Morton  wife  of  Joseph  Morton 
son  of  the  above  Andrew  Morton  died  June  8  1825  aged  47  years.  Joseph 
Morton  son  of  Andrew  Morton  and  husband  of  the  above  Ann  Ward 
Morton  died  December  6  1838  aged  70  years.  Sarah  widow  of  Andrew 
Morton  and  daughter  of  Joseph  Bonner  died  at  Durham  August  (sic)  here 
buried  August  12  1828  aged  96  years.  The  name  of  the  Lord  is  a  strong 
tower.5 

NESBIT.  In  memory  of  Robert  iSesbit  of  Wallsend  who  departed  this  life 
day  of  February  1795  aged  69  years.0 

PATE.  Near  this  place  lies  the  body  |  of  Mrs,  Mary  Patt  who  |  died  January 
the  26"'  1739  aged  80  years.  |  Mr.  Christopher  Barrow  |  of  Half-way  House  | 
died  February  the  26  1740  |  aged  86  |  Mrs.  Ann  Barrow  his  |  wife  died  July 
the  12  1746  I  aged  85 1 

PATTISON.  In  memory  of  Robert  Pattison  vieuer  (sic)  of  Biggs  Main,  Colliery 
(viewer)  who  died  (25  April)  1807  aged  53  years.  Also  Elizabeth  his  wife  who 
died  (12  December)  1811  aged  55  years. 

PELHAM Here  lieth  the  body  of  Isaac  and  Sarah  Pelham  who 

died  August  1763.    Also  Sally  Pelham  who  died  the  12  of  August  1768  aged 

4  years.    Also  Elizabeth Kerenhappuck  who  died  the  21st  of  March 

1771  aged  16  years.    Albs  Pelham  father  of  the  above  children  obl  Oct.  the 
17  178(9)  aged  78 » 

PYE.  The  burial  place  of  John  Pye  of  AVillington.  Aaron  (Pye)  departed 
this  life  the  22  June  1792  (?)  aged  21  years.  Mary  wife  of  the  above  John 
Pye  departed  this  life  the  14  day  of  January  1796  aged  77  years.  Also  the 
above  John  Pye  departed  this  life  the  19°  day  of  January  1796  aged  87  years. 
Also  Moses  son  of  the  above  John  and  Mary  Pye  who  died  March  31st  1810 
aged  50  years. 

READHEAD.  In  memory  of  Elizabeth  wife  of  William  Readhead  of  Howdon 
Pans  who  departed  this  life  July  13  1758  aged 

RENNISON.  In  memory  of  Robert  Rennison  (?)  Wallsend  who  departed  this 
life  Dec.  5  1813  aged  48  years.  Also  Mary  daughter  to  the  above  died  in 
infancy.  Ellen  Rennison  wife  of  the  above  died  April  13  1820  aged  50  years. 

RICHARDSON.  George  Richardson  of  Willington  Quay  died  the  1st  of  Sept. 
1781  aged  51  years.  Elizabeth  his  daughter  died  the  12  of  June  1777  aged 

5  Andrew  Morton,  of  the  chapelry  of  All  Saints,  Newcastle,  master  and  mariner, 
died  17  and  was  buried  19  August,  1798,  aged  60  years  (Wallsend  Registers),      He  is 
stated  to  have  been  a  son  of  William  Morton,  of  Kimmerston,  and  to  have  been  baptized 
at  Ford,  5  April,  1732.     By  Sarah  Bonner,  his  wife,  he  had  issue  at  least  two  sons, 
William  and  Joseph,  and  lour  daughters,  Grace  Ord,  baptized  2!)  June,  1756,  wife  to 
Henry  Ibbotson ;  Margaret  Lewon,  baptized  17  January,  1764,  died  12  January,  1823; 
Frances,  baptized  24  April,  1765,  wife  of  Thomas  William  Carr,  of  Frognal  (of  the 
family  of  Carr,  of  Eshot). 

The  eldest  son,  William  Morton,  is  stated  to  have  cone  abroad.  His  brother, 
Joseph  Morton,  master  and  mariner  and  shipowner,  died  at  Albion  Place,  Newcastle, 
6  December,  1838,  having  had  b>  his  \vife,  Ann  Ward,  daughter  of  Henry  Shadforth, 
of  Newcastle,  a  numerous  issue,  amongst  whom  was  Andrew  Morton,  A.  11. A.,  the 
portrait  painter. 

6  1795  Feb.  Robert  Nesbit  farmer  Wallsend  buried.— Wallsend  Registers. 

-v  This  inscription,  preserved  in  the  Rev.  John  Hodgson's  collection,  is  no  longer  to 
be  found. 

1738-9  January  28  Mrs.  Mary  Pate  of  Half-way-house  buried. —  Wallsend  Registers. 

1740-1  March  1  Mr.  Christopher  Barrow  oi  Half -way-house  buried. — Ibid-. 

1746  July  14  Mrs.  Anne  Barrow  wife  of  Mr.  Christopher  Barrow  buried.— Ibid. 

8  This  inscription,  preserved  in  the  Rev.  John  Hodgson's  collection,  is  no  longer  to 
be  found. 

'  Mr.  Albinus  Pelham  of  Howdon  Pans  shipwright,'  apparently  a  native  of  Chatham, 
was  buried  19  October,  1780.  The  names  of  nine  of  his  children  appear  in  the 
Wallsend  Registers,  viz.,  Isaac,  buried  8  August,  1763  ;  Isaac,  baptized  20  April,  1766  ; 
Mark  Albinus,  baptized  26  July,  1768  :  and  Thankful,  born  15  December,  1774.  Sarah, 
baptized  13  May,  1763,  buried  11  August,  1763 ;  Sally,  baptized  19  August,  1764,  buried 
14  August,  1768  ;  Sally  (wife  of  William  Hunter,  of  Whitburn),  baptized  20  May,  J770  ; 
Keren happach,  buried  24  March,  1771 ;  snd  Elizabeth,  baptized  17  May,  1777,  married 
18  Sept.,  1796,  Joseph  Cook,  of  Wallsend  parish. 

Mark  Albinus  Pelham,  of  Howdon  Dock,  married  27  Nov.,  1790,  Mary  Nicholson, 
residing  in  the  parish  of  Wallsend,  and  a  native  of  the  parish  of  Felton.  They  had 
issue  not  less  than  three  sons  and  four  daughters,  viz.,  Albinus,  baptized  4  November, 
1791 ;  William,  baptized  16  September,  1802 ;  George  Salkeld,  baptized  10  July,  1804  ; 
Jane,  baptized  30  June,  1793 ;  Eleanor,  baptized  13  February,  1795  ;  Mary,  baptized 
16  March,  1797 ;  and  Elizabeth,  baptized  8  August,  1999. 


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5  years.    George  his  son  died  the  1st  of  March  1780  aged  6  years.    Mary  liia 

daughter  died  the  6  of  June  1787  aged  17  years.    Barbara  his  daughter  died 

the  27  of  August  1790  aged  24  years.      Margaret  wife  of  the  above  named 

George  Richardson  who  departed  this  life  (14  June)  1799. 
SHEPHERD.    In  memory  of  William  Sheppard  who  died  April  the  27*  1754 

aged  78.    And  Ruth  his  wife  died  February  26  1758  aged  72» 
SIMPSON.     The  burial  place  of  George  Simpson  and  family.     The  above 

George  Simpson  departed  this  life  December  23  1802  aged  86  years.    Isabella 

Simpson  his  wife  died  the  27  of  April  1817  aged  82  years. 
SMITH.    The  burial  place  of  John  Smith  master  and  mariner  of  Howdon  Pans. 

Sarah  his  wife  departed  this  life  January  27  1780  in  the  47  year  of  her  age. 

Mary  Isabella,  daughter  to  the  above  John  and  Mary  Smith,  his  seed  wife 

who  died  in  infancy. 
SPOURS.    Here  lieth  the  body  of  Thomas  Spoors.    He  departed  the  29  of  June 

16751 
SWAN.    Here  lieth  the  body  of  Thomas  Swan  of  Wallsend  who  died  the  2...  of 

November  1744  aged  63.    Robert  his  son  died  23  (?)  July  ?746  aged  24  years- 

Mary  Swan  wife  of  the  above  Thomas  Swan  who  died  June  the  20  1759  aged 

78  years. 2 
STORY.      Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Joseph  Story  late  of  Wellington  who 

departed  this  life  2d  of  May  1802  aged  60  years.    Dorothy  his  daughter  died 

in  infancy.      Erected  in  grateful  remembrance    by  his  affectionate  wife 

Ann  Story. 
SWAN.    The  burial  place  of  Thomas  Swan  and  Jane  his  wife.     Their  daughter 

Anne  died  Sept.  10  1780  aged  9  years.     William  their  son  died  the  6  of 

January  1788  aged  10  years.     Robert  and  Charles  their  sons  died  in  infancy. 

The  above  Thomas  Swan  innkeeper  departed  this  life  the  5  of  March  1818 

aged  75  years. 
TAYLOR.    This  stone  was  erected  by  Thomas  James  of  Dents-hole  in  memory 

of  his  grandmother  Mary  Taylor  who  died  Jany  29  1780  aged  80 
THOMPSON.    Here  lieth  the  body  of  Roger  Thompson  of  Howdon  Dock  who 

departed  this  life  March  23  1775  aged  53  years.    Also  William  his  son  died 

Jany  4  1783  aged  30  years. 
WAUGH.    In  memory  of  Mary  wife  of  William  Waugh  of  Howdon  Pans.    She 

died  August  5  1786  aged  27  years. 

WILLINS.      Here  [rest  the  remains  of]  Mark  Willins  of  Howdon  Dock  ship- 
owner who  died  Oct.  14  1803  aged  59  years.     Also  those  of  John  Joseph 

son  of  the  above  who  died  March  22«d  1790  aged  11  years.     Also  those  of 

Catherine  daughter  of  the  above  who  died  Jany  ?  1795  aged  2  years. 3 


NOTE    TO    PAGES    58    AND    60. 

The  Rev.  T.  W.  Carr  of  Barming  writes  that  he  is  responsible  both  for 
doing  up  the  Bonner  and  Morton  stones  at  Wallsend,  as  well  as  for  the 
pedigree  of  Bonner  in  the  third  volume  of  the  Carr  history.  He  copied 
the  inscriptions  many  years  ago,  before  he  knew  anything  of  the  Bonner 
pedigree,  or  of  High  Callerton,  or  of  the  Bonner  arms.  As  the  tombs  were 
much  upset,  he  consulted  by  letter  with  the  Rev.  R.  Jenkyns  about  re- 
erecting  them  and  reviving  the  inscriptions.  Mr.  Jenkyns  got  a  man  to  do 
it,  and  reported  on  the  work  when  the  man's  bill  was  forwarded.  The  late 
Lady  Northbourne  was  at  the  chief  expense.  The  only  direction  given  of 
alteration  was  the  inscription  to  old  Mrs.  Morton,  which  had  never  been 
added,  subsequently  Mr.  Carr  found  the  baptism  of  Joseph  Morton  at 
Ponteland,  first  given  as  1695,  and  then  by  a  later  vicar  corrected  to 
1694-5,  which  placed  Joseph  Morton  with  the  Bonners  of  High  Callerton, 

9  This  inscription,  preserved  in  the  Rev.  John  Hodgson's  collections,  is  no  longer 
to  be  found. 

1754  April  30  William  Shepard  of  Howdon  Pans  buried.— Wallsend  Registers. 
1758  January  29  Ruth  Shepard  of  Howdon  Pans  buried.— Ibid. 

1  This  inscription  cannot  now  be  found.     The  following  entry  in  the  Wallsend 
Register  of  Burials,  '1675  March  31  Thomas  Spours,'  corrects  the  transcript  preserved 
in  the  Rev.  John  Hodgson's  collection, 

2  This  inscription,  preserved  in  the  Rev.  John  Hodgson's  collection,  is  not  to  be 
found.    Its  statements  are  supported  by  the  following  entries  in  the  Wallsend  Register  :— 
1744  Nov.  22  Thoicas  Swan  farmer  Wallsend  buried.'    And  '  1759  June  20  Mary  Swan 
Wallsend  buried.' 

3  1803  17  Oct.  Mr.  Mark  Willins  Howdon  Dock  gentleman  aged  60  buried.— Wallsend 


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and  the  same  arms  were  found  on  the  High  Callerton  seal,  and  it  is  be- 
lieved, no  where  else.  Under  these  circumstances  there  must  have  been 
some  errors  in  the  transcript  in  Mr.  Hodgson's  notes.  The  wife, 
Elizabeth  Bonner's,  maiden  name  is  not  known,  nor  is  the  baptism  of 
their  eldest  child. 


At  the  meeting  of  the  society  on  the  -29th  May,  1907,  the  following 
*  prefatory  note '  to  Sir  Stephen  Glynne-'s  notes  on 

CHURCHES  IN  NORTHUMBERLAND  AND  CO.  DURHAM, 

by  the  Rev.  Stephen  Liberty,  sub- warden  of  St.  Deiniol's  library, 
Hawarden,  was  read.  It  was  accompanied  by  a  full  transcript  of  the 
notes  which  it  is  hoped  to  print  from  time  to  time  in  the  Proceedings 
of  the  society,  the  first  instalment,  the  portion  relating  to  Haltwhistle 
church,  appearing  on  p.  78  : — 

'Sir  Stephen  Richard  Glynne  (1807-1874)  was  the  ninth  and  last 
baronet  in  the  direct  line  of  a  family  of  which  the  fortunes  were  founded 
by  John  Glynne,  one  of  the  committee  of  managers  for  the  Commons  in 
the  impeachment  of  Straff ord,  and  subsequently  Lord  Chief  Justice 
under  Cromwell.  The  family  estate  and  castle  at  Hawarden,  Flintshire, 
have  now  passed  to  a  name  more  famous  in  English  history.  The 
elder  of  his  two  sisters  having  married  the  Right  Hon.  W.  E.  Gladstone, 
and  Sir  Stephen  himself,  the  last  surviving  male  representative,  dying 
without  issue,  the  estates  were  transferred  to  Mr.  Gladstone's  eldest  son, 
and  were  eventually  inherited  by  Mr.  W.  G.  C.  Gladstone,  the  present 
squire  of  Hawarden. 

The  subject  of  this  note,  who  did  such  good  work  as  an  ecclesiologist, 
was  appropriately  connected  through  his  mother  with  a  family  well- 
known  in  archaeological  studies.  Thus  his  maternal  uncle  was  the 
third  baron  Braybrooke,  who  earned  the  lasting  gratitude  of  historians  as 
well  as  of  all  readers  by  publishing  Pepys's  Diary  ion  the  first  time  from 
the  stenographic  MS.  at  Magdalene  College,  Cambridge.  Another  Lord 
Braybrooke,  better  known  as  the  Hon.  R.  C.  Neville,  was  Glynne's  first 
cousin.  This  accomplished  man  stood  in  the  front  rank  of  antiquaries. 
His  museum  at  Audley  End,  Essex,  contains  antiquities  of  all  sorts, 
collected  by  himself,  chiefly  from  the  Roman  station  at  Great  Chester- 
ford  (at  the  junction  of  the  Icknild  Way  and  Ermin  Street),  and  from 
the  Saxon  cemeteries  in  the  same  district.  He  contributed  many 
papers  to  learned  societies,  and  published  separately  Antiqua  Ex- 
plorata  (1847),  Sepulchra  Exposita  (1848),  and  Saxon  Obsequies  (1852), 
all  of  which  can  be  seen  in  St.  Deiniol's  library  with  autograph 
inscriptions  to  the  author's  cousin,  Mrs.  Gladstone.  It  was,  thus, 
perhaps  by  an  hereditary  instinct  that  Sir  Stephen  Glynne  was  brought 
to  the  collection  of  the  large  amount  of  material  that  he  has  left  for  the 
study  of  ancient  churches  in  England  and  Wales.  He  did  not  neglect 
public  duties,  sitting  as  Liberal  M.P.  for  the  Flint  Boroughs  from  1832  to 
1837,  and  for  Flintshire,  1837-1847,  and  filling  the  office  of  Lord  Lieuten- 
ant for  many  years.  Mr.  Morley,  in  his  '  Life  of  Gladstone,'  has  told  the 
story  of  the  difficulties  in  which  the  Hawarden  estates  were  at  one  time 
involved — difficulties  which  must  have  cost  Glynne  much  anxiety  and 
self-sacrifice.  But  with  all  this,  Sir  Stephen  found  time  to  visit,  and 
make  careful  notes  upon,  upwards  of  5000  churches. 

These  (considering  the  dates)  most  important  archaeological  records  are 
preserved  in  about  100  quarto  MS.  note-books  at  St.  Deiniol's  library,  Ha- 
warden. Those  relating  to  Kent  were  published  separately  by  Murray  in 
1877,  and  one  or  two  counties  have  been  printed  by  the  archaeological 


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societies  of  the  respective  districts.  By  the  kind  permission  of  Mr. 
W.  G.  C.  Gladstone  I  am  enabled  to  communicate  to  the  society  a  copy 
of  the  notes  relating  to  Northumberland  and  Durham,  or,  according  to 
the  author's  rather  inconvenient  method  of  classification,  the  diocese 
of  Durham.  Of  Northumberland  churches  he  has  fully  described  20, 
which  he  visited  in  various  years  ranging  from  1834  to  1869  ;  21  Durham 
churches,  of  which  notes  remain,  were  visited  in  various  years  from 
1841  to  1869.  From  this  it  can  be  imagined  what  labour  was  entailed  in 
the  collection  of  his  material  from  all  over  England,  to  fill  those  100  MS. 
volumes.  For  some  reason  or  another  the  churches  of  Newcastle, 
Darlington,  Gateshead,  Hartlepool,  and  Durham  are  absent  from  his 
notes,  though  he  records  early  visits  to  them,  in  the  first-named  city  to 
St.  Nicholas,  St.  John,  and  St.  Andrew — in  the  last-named  to  St.  Giles, 
St.  Oswald,  St.  Nicholas,  St.  Mary  le  Bow,  St.  Mary  the  Less,  and  St. 
Margaret.  Possibly  he  thought  the  chief  town  churches  were  sufficiently 
noted  without  his  help.  Of  the  accuracy  and  value  of  Sir  S.  Glynne's 
work  it  is  for  members  of  this  society  to  judge  from  their  local  knowledge 
of  the  churches  here  described.  I  will  only  quote  a  few  sentences  from 
the  preface  written  by  his  nephew,  the  late  Mr.  W.  H.  Gladstone,  for 
the  published  volume  of  Kentish  notes,  as  to  Sir  Stephen's  qualifications 
for  antiquarian  research  : — '  It  mattered  little  to  what  extent  successive 
modifications  had  interfered  with  the  original  design  of  the  church  under 
examination  ;  he  would  at  once,  as  if  by  instinct,  read  its  architectural 
history,  and  a  very  short  time  usually  sufficed  for  the  jotting  down  of 
brief  memoranda  respecting  the  fabiic  and  its  appurtenances,  to  be 
afterwards  drawn  up  into  the  full  but  compendious  form  in  which  they 
are  [finally]  presented  ....  The  calm  temper  and  judgment  which 
distinguished  him  in  all  matters  of  daily  life,  was  of  no  little  value  in 
dealing  with  vexed  questions  of  archaeology,  and  must  needs  give 
weight  to  his  conclusions  thereon.  He  was  one  of  the  most  accurate 
of  observers  .  .  .  His  memory,  too,  was  marvellous  .  .  .  His  know- 
ledge extended  far  beyond  the  limits  of  his  favourite  subject ;  and  on 
all  matters  of  topography,  county  and  personal  history,  and  such  like, 
he  was  a  well-nigh  infallible  guide.'  Sir  Stephen  Glynne  died  in  London 
in  1874,  and  is  buried  in  Hawarden  churchyard.  A  fine  tomb  with 
recumbent  figure,  by  Noble,  commemorates  this  gentle  ecclesiologist 
in  the  church  which  will  ever  be  associated  with  the  names  of  Glynne 
and  Gladstone.' 

NOTE  (August  15th,  1907). 

Mr.  Liberty  writes:— 'Since  the  preceding  paper  was  read  before  the  Society,  I 
have  come  across  some  notes  on  town  churches,  which  were  mentioned  above  as  not 
forthcoming,  but  which  had  been  placed  out  of  their  proper  order  in  other  volumes  of 
the  MS.  These  include  several  of  the  Newcastle  churches  and  Durham  cathedral, 
and  will  be  communicated  to  the  Society  in  due  course.' 


MISCELLANEA. 

The  following  local  notes  are  from  the  Calendar  of  Papal  Registers  : — 

1411,  16  kal.  Jan.  [17th  Dec.]  St.  Peter's  Rome  (f  156d).  Indult  at 
the  petition  of  the  warden  and  of  a  number  of  the  monks  of  the  church 
of  Durham,  O.  S.B.  and  scholars  in  the  college  called  Durham  without  the 
walls  of  Oxford,  engaged  in  the  study  of  letters,  containing  that, 
although  there  is  in  the  said  college  a  chapel  of  St.  Cuthbert,  in  which 
the  said  warden,  monks,  and  scholars  have  for  many  years  celebrated 
masses  and  other  divine  offices,  yet  in  the  said  chapel,  situate  within 
the  bounds  of  two  parish  churches,  there  is  no  sepulture  for  those  who 


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die  in  the  college,  for  the  said  warden,  monks  and  scholars,  and  their 
successors,  to  bury  members  of  the  college  who  die  there  and  so  choose, 
in  the  said  chapel  or  in  its  vestibule,  which  has  also,  they  say,  been 
consecrated,  without  requiring  licence  of  the  ordinary  or  any  other  ; 
saving  otherwise  in  all  things  the  right  of  the  parish  church[es]  and 
any  other.  Ad  fut.  rei  mem.  Humilibus  et  honestis.  [Historiae  Dunel- 
mensis  Scriptores  Tres  (9  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  p.  cciii,  without  date.] 

1411,  id.  [13th]  Sept.  St.  Peter's,  Rome  (f.  130d.) — To  John  de 
Tibbay,  rector  of  Wenslawe  in  the  diocese  of  York.  Dispensation  at  the 
petition  of  queen  Joan,  whose  treasurer- general  he  is,  to  him — who  holds 
the  above  church  and  the  canonries  and  prebends  of  Botyvant  in  York 
and  Clifton  in  Lincoln,  value  not  exceeding  100,  20,  and  24  marks 
respectively,  and  the  mastership  or  wardenship  of  the  hospital  of  St. 
Mary,  Greteham,  in  the  diocese  of  Durham,  net  value  not  exceeding 
40J. — to  hold  with  Wenslawe  for  life  one  other  benefice  with  cure  or 
otherwise  incompatible,  even  if  a  parish  church  or  a  perpetual  vicarage, 
or  office,  with  or  without  cure,  in  a  metropolitan  cathedral  or  collegiate 
church,  and  to  resign  them,  for  exchange  or  otherwise.  Vtte,  etc. 

1413,  6  id.  [10th]  May.  St.  Peter's  Rome  (f.  107).— To  John  Honyng- 
ham,  archdeacon  of  Durham,  D.C.L.  Indult  for  seven  years  to  visit  his 
archdeaconry  by  deputy  and  receive  on  one  day  in  ready  money  more 
than  one  (plures)  procuration,  even  three  or  four.  Litterarum  sciencia, 
vite,  etc.  Concurrent  mandate  to  the  abbots  of  Westminster  and  St. 
Mary's,  without  the  walls  of  London  and  York,  and  the  prior  of  Bryd- 
lyngton  in  the  diocese  of  York.  Litterarum,  etc.,  (De  mandate). 


The  following  is  an  ancient  grant  by  Roger  de  Grenewell  to  William  de 
Walworth  of  land  known  as  '  le  Morefeld '  in  Greenwell.  The  docu- 
ment is  from  the  collection  of  the  Rev.  W.  Greenwell,  D.C.L.,  &c.  j,  j^jj 

'Omnibus  hanc  cartam  visuris  vel  audituris  Rogerus  de  Grenewelle 
salutem  in  Domino.  Noveritis  me  concessisse,  dedisse  et  hac  praesenti 
carta  mea  confirmasse  Willelmo  de  Wallewrthe  unam  culturam  terrae 
cum  suis  pertinenciis  in  Grenewelle,  quae  vocatur  le  Morefelde,  prout 
includitur.  Habendam  et  teneridam  dicto  Willelmo  et  heredibus  de  cor- 
pore  suo  legitime  procreatis  de  me  et  heredibus  meis  libere,  quiete,  bene 
et  in  pace  cum  omnibus  suis  pertinenciis,  ut  in  moris,  boscis,  mariscis  et 
omnibus  aliis  comunis  dictae  terrae  spectantibus.  Reddendo  inde 
annuatim  michi  et  heredibus  meis  tres  denarios  ad  duos  anni  terminos, 
videlicet  medietatem  ad  festum  Sancti  Martini  in  Hieme  et  aliam 
medietatem  ad  Pentecosten  tantum,  pro  omni  alio  servicio,  consuetu- 
dine  et  demanda.  Et  si  contingat  quod  dictus  Willelmus  obierit  sine 
herede  de  corpore  suo  legitime  procreate,  tune  dicta  terra  cum  omnibus 
suis  pertinenciis  rectis  heredibus  suis  in  perpetuum  remaneat.  Tenen- 
dam  de  capitalibus  dominis  feodi  per  servitia  inde  debita  et  consueta. 
Et  ego  Rogerus  et  heredes  mei  dictam  terram  cum  pertinenciis  dicto 
Willelmo  et  heredibus  suis  in  forma  predicta  contra  omnes  gentes 
warantizabimus,  aquietabimus  et  defendemus  in  perpetuum.  In 
cujus  rei  testimonium  huic  cartae  sigillum  meum  apposui.  Hiis 
testibus,  Mcholao  de  Thornileye,  Willelmo  de  Wylluby,  Thoma 
Bernarde,  Johanne  filii  Nigelli,  Laurentio  Hamund,  et  aliis.' 

Round  seal  one  inch  in  diameter.     Shield  bearings  effaced 

WEL 

Endorsed  'Tallium  W.  Walworth  pro  terra  in  Grenewelle.' 

The  charter  is  later  in  date  than  the  statute  'Quia  Emptores' 
(18  Ed.  i,  c.  1). 


Proc,  Soc.  Antiq.  Newc.,  3  ser.,  m. 


To  face  page  65. 


ANGLIAN    CROSSES    IN   AYCLIFFE    CHUBCHYAKU,    CO.    DURHAM. 

See  opposite  page. 
From  photographs  by  Mr.  W.  J.  Mountford  of  Darlington. 


65 
PROCEEDINGS 

OF   THE 


SOCIETY    OF   ANTIQUARIES 


OF    NEWCASTLE-UPON  TYNE. 


3  SEE,.,   VOL.    III.  1907.  NO.    6 

The  first  country  meeting  of  the  season  was  held  on  the  30th  May, 
1907,  at 

AYCLIFFE,  HEIGHINGTON,  &c. 

Members  assembled  at  Aycliffe  station  on  the  arrival  there,  from  New- 
castle, of  the  9-30  a.m.  express,  which  had  very  kindly  been  stopped  to 
allow  the  party  to  alight,  and  were  met  by  Mr.  Wooler  and  the 
Darlington  contingent. 

The  day  was  about  the  worst  that  had  ever  been  experienced,  the 
rain  coming  down  in  torrents  almost  the  whole  time,  fortunately  the 
carriage,  which  was  joined  near  to  the  church,  was  covered.  Little 
could  be  seen  of  the  surrounding  country  owing  to  the  drizzle. 

Amongst  those  present  were  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  T.  Rutherford  of  North 
Shields  ;  Mr.  Joseph  Oswald,  Mr.  Nich.  Temperley,  and  Mr.  F.  W. 
Shields,  of  Newcastle  ;  The  Rev.  C.  E.  Adamson  and  Mr.  R.  Blair,  of 
South  Shields  ;  Mr.  J.  A.  Irving  of  West  Fell,  Corbridge  ;  The  Revds 
E.  J.  Taylor  and  S.  L.  Connor,  of  Pelton  ;  Lieut.-Col.  Haswell  of 
Monkseaton ;  Mr.  Edward  Wooler,  Prof.  Alex.  Dixon,  and  Mr.  Mount- 
ford,  of  Darlington  ;  and  the  Rev.  H.  D.  Jackson,  vicar  of  Heighington. 

From  the  station  members  walked  to  the 

CHURCH    OF    ST.    ANDREW, 

to  which  Mr.  Wooler,  in  the  unavoidable  absence  of  the  Revd.  C.  J.  A. 
Bade,  the  vicar,  acted  as  guide. 

Mr.  Wooler  said  : — This  church  is  a  most  interesting  one,  but  before 
going  inside  I  wish  to  call  your  attention  to  the  two  large  and  important 
Saxon  crosses  in  the  churchyard1 ;  numerous  other  fragments  of  Saxon 
stone  work  were  discovered  during  the  restoration  carried  out  in 
1881  and  1882,  the  bulk  of  which  are  in  the  Cambridge  museum,  but 
some  are  in  the  porch.  These  two  crosses  were  taken  many  years  ago 
from  the  walls  of  the  church,  in  which  they  had  been  used  as  lintels  of  a 
.doorway.  The  dimensions  of  the  cross  near  the  south  wall  of  the  church, 
and  the  more  perfect,  are :  base  stone,  2  feet  3  inches  long  by  1  foot  9 
inches  wide  by  2  feet  high ;  shaft,  5  feet  11  inches  high ;  and  the  base 
1  foot  5  inches  wide  and  7  inches  thick.  On  the  south  side  the  greater 
portion  of  the  shaft  is  occupied  with  a  design  in  which  two  monsters 
with  their  heads  downwards  and  having  prominent  snouts  and  ears  are 
involved  with  interlacing  bands  which  originate  in  the  feet  of  the 
monsters.  Rising  to  the  head  they  form  a  large  number  of  irregular 
loops,  and  returning  downwards  seem  to  terminate  in  the  mouths  of  the 
beasts.  The  central  part  of  the  crosshead  is  a  large  circular  disc,  and  is 

i  See  opposite  plate. 


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treated  similarly  on  both  sides  ;  the  cross  symbol  is  emphasized  by  the 
disc  being  divided  into  four  portions,  each  of  which  is  filled  with  a 
*  triquetra.'  These  are  connected  together  so  that  the  whole  forms  a 
large  and  symmetrical  circular  interlacement  ;  the  north  side  has  at  the 
foot  a  band  of  fine  plait  work  crossing  it  ;  above  this  in  a  panel,  almost 
square,  is  a  curiously  drawn  centaur  ;  the  right  arm  grasps  a  spear, 
while  the  left  is  turned  back  along  the  body  and  grasps  the  tail  ;  this, 
above  the  point  where  it  is  held  by  the  hand,  is  formed  into  a  knot  of 
seven  loops.  In  the  longer  panel  above  are  two  monsters  with  their 
heads  upwards,  having  in  the  mouths  of  each  two  balls,  while  between 
the  heads  are  two  rings.  The  necks  are  in  each  case  divided  into  two, 
thus  forming  four  bands  which  interlace  over  the  whole  panels  in  a 
much  more  regular  manner  than  similar  bands  on  the  opposite  side.  In 
the  remaining  upper  arm  of  the  cross  is  a  piece  of  simple  knot  work. 
The  two  side  arms  were  cut  off  to  adapt  the  stone  for  use  as  a  lintel. 
The  side  facing  west  has  a  monster  with  its  head  downwards  and  its 
body  rising  in  undulations  to  the  top,  returning  to  the  bottom  again  and 
forming  a  knot  in  the  spaces  left  by  the  undulations.  The  other  cross 
has  been  much  reduced  in  height,  and  the  upper  part  is  wanting. 
It  is  4  feet  9  inches  long  and  contains  on  the  lower  panel  on  one 
side  a  representation  of  the  crucifixion  with  Christ's  feet  resting 
on  the  ground,  with  the  face  turned  to  the  left  ;  two  soldiers,  the 
one  to  his  right  holding  a  spear,  and  the  other  with  a  sponge  tied  to  a 
rod  stand  beside  the  cross.  In  the  upper  corners  are  two  heads  repre- 
senting the  sun  and  moon,  one  surrounded  by  a  circular  and  the  other 
by  a  crescent-shaped  object.  Over  this  subject  is  a  panel  filled  with 
knot  work,  above  is  a  larger  panel  containing  three  nimbed  figures,  all 
alike,  each  holding  a  book.  They  wear  long  tunics,  which  descend 
almost  to  the  ankles,  with  girdles  below  the  waist.  The  highest  panel 
is  partly  broken  away,  but  contains  interlacing  nondescripts.  The 
lowest  panel  on  the  other  side,  facing  west,  is  filled  with  knot  work  ; 
above  this  is  a  panel  containing  three  more  nimbed  figures,  each  holding 
a  book  ;  the  next  panel  contains  two  figures,  but  what  they  hold  it  is 
perhaps  impossible  to  determine  ;  the  uppermost  panel  also  contains 
two  figures,  one  apparently  holding  a  crosier,  and  the  other  a  sceptre. 
One  of  the  narrow  sides  has  two  panels  filled  with  interlacing  designs. 
The  other  is  divided  into  three  panels  ;  the  uppermost  filled  with  a 
pattern  of  knot  work,  the  lowest  with  interlacing  nondescripts  ;  the 
middle  one  bears  a  singular  representation  of  the  crucifixion  of  St. 
Peter,  head  downwards — the  only  instance  of  a  legendary  scene  known 
on  a  Saxon  monument.  For  fuller  details  see  the  Victoria  History 
of  Durham,  p.  219. 

I  now  come  to  another  interesting  object  in  the  south  west  buttress 
of  the  church  facing  east  ;  it  is  a  Roman  stone  with  a  bird,  ap- 
parently, carved  upon  it2 ;  the  question  is,  where  did  it  come  from  ? 
A  Roman  road  crossed  from  Sadberge  to  Binchester  at  'Traveller's 
Rest,'  a  way-side  public  house  1£  miles  distant.  Was  there  a  Roman 
station  on  this  road  ?  Nothing  is  shown  on  the  ordnance  map.  Mr. 
Hodges  and  Mr.  J.  P.  Gibson  think  the  bird  a  stork,  but  I  have  a  very 
decided  opinion  that  it  is  an  eagle.  I  discovered  it  only  a  few  months 
ago  when  I  was  here  with  our  friend  Mr.  Blair,  and  quite  by  accident. 
He  was  sketching  some  of  the  stones  in  the  porch,  and  I  was  looking 
round  the  church  for  objects  of  interest  and  found  it.  The  photograph 
brings  the  bird  out  more  clearly. 

I  also  wish  to  direct  your  attention  to  some  stones  on  the  west  wall 

2  This  stone  is  more  probably  of  pre-Conquest  date,  as  amongst  the  fragments  is  the 
arm  of  a  cross,  with  a  similar  bird  upon  it.    See  illustration  of  it  on  opposite  plate.— Ed. 


Proc.  &oc.  Antiq.  Newc,,  3  ser.,  in.  To  face  page  67. 


THE  PONT  IN   THE   CHURCH. 

(see  opposite  page  and  note). 


AYCLIFFE    CHURCH,    CO.    DURHAM. 
From  photographs  by  Mr.  W.  J.  Mountford. 


61 

of  the  north  aisle,  which  appear  to  have  been  carved  stones,  and  to  some 
grave  covers  lying  next  the  north  wall  of  the  churchyard  ;  one  is  a 
coped  grave  cover  of  Frosterley  marble,  with  a  tegulated  pattern  on  its 
sloping  sides  representing  the  domus  ultima,  and  there  are  two  portions 
of  a  hog-backed  grave  cover,  probably  Saxon.  The  other  stone  is  the 
bowl  of  a  font1,  broken  and  repaired  with  an  iron  dowel.  It  is  dis- 
tressing to  see  such  interesting  stones  lying  about  the  churchyard 
perishing  ;  they  should  be  removed  into  the  church,  and  I  trust  you 
will  authorize  the  secretary  to  make  a  representation  to  Mr.  Eade,  the 
vicar,  on  the  subject.  The  interior  of  the  church  consists  _of  a  chancel, 
nave  with  north  and  south  aisles,  south  porch,  and  western  tower  ;  the 
earliest  parts  are,  as  usual,  the  side  walls  of  the  nave,  with  the  exception 
of  about  12  feet  added  to  the  west  end  at  a  later  period.  The  ^church  as  a 
whole  is  substantially  a  structure  of  the  twelfth  and  thirteenth  centuries, 
the  chancel  was  built  towards  the  end  of  the  twelfth  century ;  the  east 
window  is  modern.  There  are  two  original  round-headed  windows  in 
the  north  wall,  and  in  the  middle  of  the  south  wall  is  a  square-headed 
priests'  doorway  with  a  similar  window  over  it  ;  in  the  south-west 
corner  there  is  a  small  lancet  ;  the  chancel  arch  is  pointed,  and  is  of  two 
chamfered  orders  with  hood-moulding  on  each  side.  The  nave,  which 
was  contemporary  with  the  existing  chancel,  was  an  aisleless  one.  - 
Near  the  end  of  the  twelfth  century  a  north  aisle  was  added.  The 
arcade  opening  to  it  was  inserted  in  the  then  existing  wall.  More 
changes  must  have  been  carried  out  early  in  the  thirteenth  century  ; 
these  consisted  in  the  erection  of  the  door  and  south  aisle  ;  the  tower  is 
open  to  nave  and  aisles  by  arches,  all  pointed,  of  two  chamfered  orders. 

On  8  kal.  November  [25  Oct.],  1363,  a  mandate  was  addressed  to  the 
abbot  of  Alnwick  and  others,  on  the  petition  of  Robert  de  Aukland, 
vicar  of  Hartburn,  to  summon  those  concerned  to  make  order  respecting 
the  archbishop  of  York's  jurisdiction  in  regard  to  an  appeal  to  his  court 
by  Robert  de  Bentuel  and  Richard  Sperman  of  '  Akwlef,'  priests, 
touching  certain  grievances  suffered  by  them  at  the  hands  of  the  Official 
of  Durham  at  the  instance  of  Matthew,  vicar  of  St.  Nicholas,  Newcastle. 3 

The  carriage  was  joined,  and  the  drive  began  to 

HEIGHINGTON. 

where  the  early  church  of  St.  Michael  was  inspected,  under  the  guidance 
of  the  Rev.  H.  D.  Jackson,  the  vicar,  who  read  the  following  notes 
on  the  structure  : — 

'  You  have  just  seen  Ay  cliff  e  church,  undoubtedly  of  Saxon  founda- 
tion, evident  from  the  remains  of  grave  crosses  still  to  be  found,  as 
well  as  from  the  traces  in  the  church  itself.  Here  in  Heighington  is  a 
splendid  type  of  later  Norman,  or  what  is  generally  known  as  such. 
I  gather  from  the  Rev.  J.  F.  Hodgson's  description  that  as  early  as 
1183  there  must  have  been  a  church  here,  because  in  that  year  the 
secular  canons  of  the  cathedral  church  were  expelled,  and  from  well- 
supported  evidence  some  settled  at  Darlington,  Auckland,  Norton,  and 
at  Heighington,  so  that  the  reasonable  conclusion  to  come  to  is  this,  that 
since  this  happened  under  William  of  Sl  Carilef  (1083)  a  church  must 
have  existed  prior  to  his  time,  for  the  simple  reason  that  no  church 

1  The  font  now  in  use  in  the  church  is  apparently  of  early  Norman  date,  or  may  be 
Saxon.     The  inside  of  the  bowl  is  square  not  round  as  is  generally  the  case.      See 
opposite  plate,  for  a  representation  of  it.    The  font  in  the  churchyard  is  of  fifteenth 
century  date,  and  appears  to  have  occupied  the  place  of  that  now  in  the  church  at  some 
time  or  other.      One  sees  no  reason   why  this  also  should   not  be  restored  to   the 
church.— Ed. 

2  At  the  west  end  of  the  church  may  be  seen  remains  of  the  Saxon  church,  in  the 
angle  quoins  of  the  original  aisleless  church. 

3  Cal.  of  Papal  Registers,  Papal  Letters,  IV. 


68 


building  was  done  for  some  years  afterwards.     But  the  evidence  from 
the  building  itself  points  to  a  considerably  later  period  than  1086. 

The  church  is  inter- 
esting from  two  points 
of  view,  viz.,  1st,  in 
respect  to  itself ;  2nd, 
in  comparison  with 
others  of  similar  char- 
acter. Authorities  will 
tell  you  it  is  the  only 
church  which  posses- 
ses a  Norman  tower 
intact,  as  well  as  a 
chancel  in  two  distinct 
structural  divisions. 
Up  to  1875  the  original 
Norman  north  wall 
was  intact,  indeed  to 
this  period  the  only 
loss  the  church  had  sus- 
tained was  that  of  the 
south  nave  wall  (early 
fifteenth  century).  It 
is  said  that  Heighing- 
ton  tower  is  the  only 
Norman  tower  left  in  the  diocese,  Merrington  having  been  totally  de- 
stroyed. Of  the  Norman  churches,  pure  and  simple,  \ve  have  almost 
none.  The  examples  of  Sl  Giles,  b*  Margaret,  and  S'  Mary,  all  in 
Durham  city,  Merrington,  Haughton-le-Skerne,  Monkhesleden,Croxdale, 
and  Witton-le-Wear,  constitute  all  the  Norman  churches  (of  these  only 
Heighington  and  Merrington  had  towers).  Jarrow,  Monkwearmouth, 
Norton,  and  Billingham  are  largely  Saxon  work.  Hart  partly  Saxon, 
has  a  tower  of  later  date.  Of  the  origin  of  this  church  of  Sl  Michael, 
Heighington,  nothing  definite  is  known.  1  he  earliest  notice  of  it  occurs 
about  a  century  after  its  erection,  when  Walter  de  Kirkham,  a  little 
after  1249,  gave  Heighington  to  the  convent  of  Durham  for  hospitality 
and  relief  of  the  poor.  The  last  rector  of  Heighington  ( \\  illiam  de 
Kilkenny),  a  man  of  high  attainments,  became  bishop  of  Ely,  and  died 
in  1256.  In  1258  the  churches  of  'Heyingion'  and  'Petj'ngcLon'  were 
assigned  to  prior  Bertram  for  his  maintenance  when  he  gave  up  the 

?riorate.4  It  is  suggested  that  the  present  church  was  built  in  1140- 
160.  It  has  been  further  suggested  that  the  builder  of  the  church  v/as 
William  Hansard,  rector  in  bishop  Pudsey's  time  (1153-1195).  Han- 
sard belonged  to  the  famous  family  of  Hansards  of  Wai  worth  castle, 
not  improbably  the  builder  of  the  whole  church,  since  evidence  points 
to  the  church  being  built  by  the  same  person  and  at  the  same  time. 
The  original  construction  consisted  of  west  tower,  aisleless  nave,  re- 
markable chancel  consisting  of  two  nearly  square  compartments  or 
divisions,  the  western  being  broader  than  the  square-ended  eastern  one 
which  formed  the  sanctuary.  Of  the  nave  very  little  remains,  east  and 
west  walls  contain  chancel  and  tower  arches,  and  south  doorway  which 
was  moved  from  the  north  side  and  reset  in  the  south  wall  of  the  four- 
teenth century  aisle.  The  chancel  is  unique,  and  never  had  a  semi- 
circular apse.  The  tower  is  slightly  narrow  er  than  the  nave  ;  it  rises  in 

4  Transactions  of  Durham  and  Northumberland  Archaeological  Society,  III,  p.  17  &n. 
The  illustration  above,  kindly  lent  by  the  Durham  Society,  represents  a  sculptured 
stone  above  the  south  doorway. 


Proc.  Soe.  Antiq.  Newc.,  3  ser.,  in. 


To  face  page  68. 


HEIGHINGTON   CHURCH,    CO.    DURHAM. 


FIGURE  OF  THE  VIBGIN   AND  AN   AKMOKIAL   8HIRLD   ON   ONE   OF  THE   BELLS      (S6O  page  70). 


(These  blocks,  with  that  on  page  (in.  lent  by  the  Durham  and  Northumberland  Arch.  Soc.) 


Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Newc.,  3  ser.,  in. 


To  face  page  G9, 


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'^^ 

MflMI*flHltt*WM"*Hff(*f*MIM|1*      rfjt* 


PLAN    OF    BRITISH    CAMP,    SHACKLETON    HILL, 
(see  page  70). 


PULPIT,    HE1GHINGTON    CHURCH, 

(see  opposite  page). 
;From  a  photograph  by  Mr.  W.  J.  Mountford). 


three  well  proportioned  stages,  the  uppermost  being  capped  by  fifteenth 
century  battlements,  decorated  at  the  angles  with  projecting  gargoyles. 
Ot  the  two  lower  stages,  tLe  southern  and  western  sides  (north  is  blank), 
each  has  a  small  plain  round-headed  light,  deeply  and  broadly  splayed 
within.  In  contrast  to  these  lower  storeys  is  the  third  or  belfry  stage, 
where  all  four  faces  have  windows  of  large  size,  boldly  and  deeply 
recessed.  They  all  consist  of  two  perfectly  plain  round-headed  lights, 
supported  on  a  central  shaft  with  cushion  capital,  supported  on  similar 
shafts,  and  enclosed  with  a  hood  mould.  It  has  been  said  they  form 
externally,  at  any  rate,  the  most  salient  and  striking  features  of  the 
church.  Of  the  nave,  only  the  two  ends  remain  intact  on  either  side 
of  the  arches.  Both  of  the  arches  have  their  mouldings  the  same, 
consisting  of  a  soffit  roll,  with  hollow  edge  moulds  for  the  inner  order, 
a  square  edged  outer  order,  and  a  notched  or  cogged  hood-mould  over 
all.  The  chancel  arch  is  14  feet  2  inches  wide,  the  tower  arch  is 
10  feet  2  inches,  supported  on  cushion  caps,  while  the  other  springs 
from  heavy  imposts  cut  square  through  the  wall.  The  south  door, 
the  only  other  remaining  Norman  feature,  was  removed  from  the  north 
wall  in  1875,  when  the  north  aisle  was  added.  A  triangular-headed 
panel  which  surmounts  it  contains  two  seated  figures,  one  a  king, 
crowned,  holding  a  sceptre,  the  other,  a  bishop,  mitred,  carrying  pas- 
toral staff  or  crozier  over  his  left  shoulder,  suggested  to  be  Sts  Cuthbert 
and  Oswald,  or  Sts  Edwin  and  Paulinus.  both  doorway  and  panel 
appear  to  be  contemporary  and  still  occupy  the  same  relative  positions 
as  before  (see  opposite  page). 

Of  the  chancel  only  bare  walls  remain.  On  the  north  side  may  l,e 
seen,  intact,  an  original  Norman  window,  this,  and  the  two  in  the  tower, 
are  the  only  ones  which  have  escaped.  The  Rev.  J.  F.  Hodgson  6  brings 
to  our  notice  two  lines  of  string  course  in  the  actual  east  wall ;  the 
one  set  below  the  sills  of  the  original  lights ;  the  other  that  which  ran 
in  a  line  with  the  springing  of  their  heads,  and  both  of  which  are 
undoubtedly  of  Norman  date.  He  says  these  prove,  however  much 
altered  in  other  respects  this  very  singular  chancel  may  be,  its  general 
plan,  at  any  rate,  still  remains  precisely  as  it  was  set  out  in  the  building, 
ihe  only  alteration  in  medieval  times  wus  the  removal  of  the  south 
wall  of  the  nave,  and  the  erection  of  the  present  fourteenth  century 
aisle,  or  chantry  chapel,  in  its  place.  The  three  square -headed,  traceried 
windows,  though  modern,  yet  appear  to  be  copies  of  those  they  replaced. 
The  single-light  one  at  the  west  end  is  not  only  original,  but  of  corres- 
ponding style.  The  other  things  of  inteiest  in  the  church  are  a 
benatura  and  a  piscina.  The  other  two  objects  in  the  body  of  the 
chuich  deserving  special  attention  are  : — 

(1)  The  Font,  which  is  octagonal,  with  a  shaft  of  Tees  marble,  and 
a  plain  stone  bowl,    presenting  a  curious   mixture  of   two  dates,  is 
of  fifteenth  century  work,  but  the  base  is  doubtlessly  much  older. 

(2)  The  Pulpit  belongs  to  the  early  years  of  the  sixteenth  century. 
It,  too,  is  octagonal,  and  has  the  field  of  its  panels  covered  with  linen 
pattern.      Around   the   cornice   is   inscribed   in  raised   black  letters : 
(Drate  p  nibs  ^Uxanbri  <JfUttr.har  tt  agnetis  u.xorts  »nt.     This  is  the 
only  pre-reformation  pulpit  in  the  diocese. 

The  next  point  of  great  interest  is  the  bells.0  They  form  the  only 
medieval  ring,  perfect  in  every  respect,  that  now  remains,  either  in 
the  diocese  of  Durham,  or  north  of  England  generally.  All  are  beauti- 

5  See  his  valuable  paper  on  Heighington  church  in  the  Transactions  of  the  Durham 
and  Northumberland  Archaeological  Society,  v,  p.  1. 

6  For  a  full  description  of  the  communion  plate  and  bells,  see  these  Proc.,  2  ser., 
iv,  pp.  187  and  188.    See  also  Proc.,  2  ser.,  u,  308  ;  for  woodcuts  of  figure,  arms,  &c.,  on 
bells,  Proc.,  2  ser.,  in.  425. 


g> 


u» 


fully  inscribed  :  the  smallest  in  black 
letter,  the  two  others  in  Lombardic 
capitals.  The  first  is  far  the  finest,  and 
is  enriched  with  a  figure  of  the  Blessed 
Virgin  and  Child,  and  a  fine  display  of 
heraldry.  The  inscriptions  run  thus  :  — 

1st.  <D  mater  but  me  saita  tnrgo 


There  is  a  fine  medieval  grave  cover, 
richly  decorated,  in  the  church,  and  the 
fragment  of  a  second.  On  the  tower, 
placed  upright  against  the  west  wall,  are 
the  two  effigies  of  women  shewn  on  the 


o      plate  facing  this  page. 


M 


Mr.  Jackson  then  conducted  the  party 
over  the  interesting  old  vicarage.  Above 
two  of  the  doorways  are  inscriptions, 
one  reading  I.M.  VICAR  1685  the  other 
R.S.  VICAR.  1720 


Thanks  were,  on  the  motion  of  the  Rev. 
C.  E.  Adamson,  voted  to  Mr.  Jackson  for 
<     his  services,  the  same   being  carried  by 
w     acclamation. 
G 
•jjj          The  journey  was  then  resumed  to 

§  SHACKI.ETON    CAMP, 

j     again  under  Mr.  Wooler's  guidance. 


Mr.   Wooler    said  : — '  This    is    an    An- 
cient British  camp,  standing  in  a  strong 
^    £     position,  and  having  a  commanding  view 

§2     of  the  district,  situate  near  White  House 
w     farm   in   the   township   of   Redworth   in 
l§2!   ~     the   parish  of    Heighington,    and   stands 
TOfo'          on     an    escarpment    of     the    magnesian 
^S          limestone  (Permian)    800  feet  above  sea 
•ji^          level.       The  best  way  to  reach  it  is  by 
the   fields  from   Shildon   station.      It   is 
|H|          covered  with  wood,  and  is  part  of  Captain 
L?          Surtees's  game   preserves.     The  camp  is 
^gl1          protected  by  three  tiers  of  entrenchments 
C^          with    ramparts    and   ditches,    which   are 
$#      T&l     iffflit    fc=tf          becoming   filled  up   with  decaying  vege- 
tation.    It  has  undoubtedly  been  a  very 
strong  position,  as  it  could  only  be  assail- 
ed from  the  east.    The  hill  was  originally 
called  Shackleton,  but  is  now  known  as 
Windmill  hill,  in  consequence  of  a  windmill 
having  been  erected  upon  it,  the  ruins  still  remaining.     Various  his- 


Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Newc.,  3  ser.  in. 


To  face  page  70 


EFFIGIES    IN   HEIGHINGTON    CHURCH, 

(see  opposite  page). 
(From  photographs  by  Mr.  W.  J.  Mouutford). 


71 

torians  mention  the  camp,  and  MacLauchlan's  survey  of  it  is  correct  (see 
sheet  2  MacLauchlan's  map  of  the  Watling  Street).  The  north,  west  and 
south  sides  are  precipitous ;  the  outer  entrenchment  has  been  partially 
effaced  on  the  west  side  by  quarrying,  but  otherwise  it  is  in  excellent  pre- 
servation. A  few  years  ago  a  gamekeeper  found  in  the  camp,  a  hand 
quern  for  grinding  corn,  which  is  now  on  the  terrace  at  Redworth  hall,  the 
residence  of  its  owner.  A  perforated  stone  axe  was  found  some  years 
ago.  The  late  Mr.  T.  W.  U.  Robinson  of  Houghton-le-Spring,  after- 
wards of  Hardwick,  bought  it  from  the  man  who  found  it,  and  on  Mr. 
Robinson's  death  it  was  sold  with  his  collection  in  London.  The  camp 
is  a  mile  and  a  quarter  from  the  Watling  Street,  in  a  direct  line,  and 
about  2|  miles  from  the  cross  Roman  road  that  ran  from  Sadberge  to 
Binchester.  I  think  the  character  of  the  camp,  and  the  finds  I  have 
described,  prove  it  to  be  British.  I  will  endeavour  to  obtain  a  correct 
survey  of  the  camp  for  publication  in  the  Society's  Proceedings  at  a 
future  date. 

From  Shackleton  camp  the  drive  was  resumed  to 

LEGS    CROSS, 

which  was  then  described  by  Mr.  Wooler,  who  said  'Legs  Cross  has 
been  a  mystery  for  a  very  long  period,  but  I  think  the  mystery 
of  the  name  may  be  explained  by  the  fact  that  it  is  an  ancient 
boundary  mark.  That  it  was  set  up  originally  in  the  eighth  cen- 
tury is,  I  think,  incontrovertible.  It  stands  at  an  elevation  of 
over  600  feet,  and  from  its  position  a  magnificent  view  of  the 
Tees  valley  can  be  obtained.  If  you  stand  to  the  north  side  of  it, 
and  to  the  east  side  of  the  Roman  road,  in  a  good  light  you  will 
see  distinct  traces  of  ornamentation  of  Anglo-Saxon  character.  This 
was  discovered  quite  by  accident  last  summer  (1906)  by  my  friend, 
Mr.  W.  J.  Mountford  of  Darlington,  whom  I  took  out  with  me  to 
photograph  it  and  whose  photographs  I  exhibit.  He  was  adjusting 
his  camera  and  the  clear  definition  of  the  lens  brought  out  the  Saxon 
interlacements  which  are  distinctly  seen  on  the  photograph,  and 
which  Mr.  Hodges  of  Hexham,  after  personal  inspection  of  the  cross, 
pronounces  eighth  century  work.  The  cross  marks  the  boundary 
between  Bolam  and  West  Auckland  townships,  and  stands  on  the  west 
side  of  the  Roman  Watling  Street,  between  Piercebridge  and  Binchester, 
and  exactly  five  Roman  miles  from  the  south  gate  of  Piercebridge.  The 
stone  (shaped  like  a  headsman's  block)  lying  at  the  base  has  Roman 
tool  marks  on  it,  and  may  be  the  base  of  a  Roman  milestone  ;  if  this  be 
the  case  then  the  cross  was  erected  on  the  site  of  a  Roman  milestone. 
Boundary  crosses  were  important  factors  in  defining  the  limits  of 
parishes,  and  the  superstitious  reverence  paid  to  them  assured  their  not 
being  removed  or  tampered  \\  ith.  Legs  Cross  is  at  four  cross  roads,  and 
pilgrim  crosses  were  set  up  pn  the  highways  and  served  as  guide  posts 
to  the  different  monasteries  and  other  religious  foundations.  A 
valuable  example  occurs  near  Hexham  where  a  cross,  the  base  of  which 
only  remains,  is  on  a  hill  two  and  a  half  miles  north  of  that  town  and  gives 
the  name  to  '  Lady  Cross  bank,'  another  which  retains  part  of  the  shaft 
with  the  point  of  a  sword  incised  upon  it,  is  in  Homers  lane,  the  base  of 
another  is  preserved  at  the  Workhouse,  and  the  site  of  another  is 
indicated  by  the  name  of  an  old  house  '  Maiden  Cross.' 7  The  rich 
traveller  often  deposited  alms  at  the  foot  of  these  crosses  for  the  succour 
of  the  poor  and  distressed  wayfarer  who  might  follow  him  :  this  is  done 
in  many  places  at  the  present  day — notably  in  Cleveland, 

7  Hoclges's  Hexham,  plate  53. 


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There  were  memorial  crosses,  churchyard  or  preaching  crosses, 
market  and  village  crosses,  boundary  crosses,  weeping  crosses,  and 
pilgrim  crosses.  The  object  of  these  sacred  symbols  was  to  excite 
public  homage  to  the  religion  of  Christ  crucified,  and  to  inspire  men 
with  a  sense  of  morality  and  piety  amidst  the  ordinary  transactions  of 
life.8  The  rents  and  toll  due  to  the  abbot  as  lord  of  the  manor  were 
often  collected  at  the  crosses,  and  doles  distributed  to  the  poor  there- 
from. 9  The  large  stone  formed  the  base,  and  the  tall  stone  was  the  shaft 
of  the  cross.  There  was  formerly  another  cross  in  this  parish  (Gainford) 
called  White  Cross,  one  mile  west  of  Piercebridge,  on  the  highway  to 
Gainford.  In  1878  the  base  only  was  standing,  and  it  was  taken  away 
by  some  roadmen,  and  the  present  boundary  stone  fixed  under  the  H  &  L 
Act,  1878.  It  will  be  found  that  in  almost  every  instance  of  crosses  being 
erected  that  the  land  upon  which  they  stand  originally  belonged  to  some 
monastic  or  ecclesiastical  body  ;  the  presumption  being  that  these 
crosses  were  erected  by  or  at  the  cost  of  such  body.  l  In  the  parish  of 
Alnham  in  Northumberland  several  stone  crosses  were  placed  on  church 
land,  three  or  more  of  these  were,  some  years  ago,  removed  into  the 
churchyard.  The  death  knell  of  a  great  many  crosses  was  tolled  at  the 
Reformation,  although  they  survived  the  suppression  of  the  smaller 
religious  houses  in  1536  and  1539.  The  shaft  of  Legs  Cross  measures 
5  feet  8  inches  above  ground  at  the  side  facing  the  west,  and  is  12| 
inches  across  at  the  widest  part.  The  back  facing  the  north,  minus  the 
height  of  a  small  supporting  stone,  is  5  feet  2  inches  in  height  and  1 5 
inches  across,  and  the  portion  standing  above  the  base  in  front  (facing 
the  south)  is  2  feet  2  inches  high.  The  base  projects  25  inches  beyond 
the  face  of  the  shaft,  and  is  slightly  curved  downward  to  the  front  with 
attrition.  In  the  middle  the  base  is  20  inches  through,  and  at  the 
bottom  26  inches,  whilst  at  the  front  it  measures  33  inches  across  and 
28  inches  across  about  half-way  between  the  ground  and  the  top. 
The  shaft  and  base  of  the  cross  are  of  millstone  grit,  the  next  most 
durable  to  granite,  but  I  cannot  make  out  from  what  district  the  stone 
came.  The  two  other  large  stones  are  sandstone  of  a  finer  kind  and 
lighter  colour.  The  present  position  of  the  cross  may  be  accounted 
for  by  the  fact  that  some  drunken  men  threw  the  shaft  down  and  the 
late  Mr.  W.  T.  Scarth  (agent  to  the  last  duke  of  Cleveland)  noticing 
this  whilst  out  hunting,  sent  men  from  Raby  the  next  day  to  fix  the 
shaft  more  securely  ;  this  was  done  by  sinking  it  partially  in  the  ground 
on  the  north  side  of  the  base.  Steps  should  be  taken  to  rail  in  such  a 
hoary  relic,  with  unclimbable  iron  railing  to  protect  it  from  injury,  and  a 
suitable  cast  iron  tablet  erected  giving  its  history.  With  regard  to  the 
ornamentation  which  fortunately  still  can  be  seen  on  the  north  side  of 
the  shaft,  like  many  pre-conquest  sculptured  crosses  as  those  at 
Gainford  and  Dinsdale,  a  great  part  of  the  shaft  was  left  plain,  and  the 
ornamentation  was  confined  to  the  upper  part  of  the  shaft  and  the  head. 
There  are  indications  on  the  shaft  under  consideration  that  it  has  lost 
at  the  top  little  more  than  the  head  and  arms.  The  sculpture  is  in 
panels,  of  which  there  seem  to  have  been  three.  The  lower  one  is  so 
much  obliterated  that  its  design  cannot  be  determined.  The  next 
above  it  has  a  circular  band  which  is  intersected  by  others  placed 
saltirewise.  The  upper  panel  has  also  had  a  design  of  circular  form 
with  twining  interlacements  intermingled  with  circles. 

8  Milner's  History  of  Winchester.  9  Pope,  Stone  Crosses  of  Dorset. 

l  We  are  told  that  St.  Wilfrid  travelled  about  his  diocese  of  York  with  a  large  body 
of  monks  and  workmen,  among  whom  were  cutters  in  stone,  who  made  crosses  and 
erected  them  on  the  spots  which  St.  Wilfrid  consecrated  to  the  worship  of  God  ;  and 
there  is  little  doubt  that  his  example  was  follpwed  by  other  bishops  and  abbots. 


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74 
Then  the  journey  was  continued  to  :  4  J  V 

THORNTON  HALL, 

which,  by  the  kindness  of  the  tenant,  was  inspected.  In  the  kitchen 
Mr.  Wooler  said: — My  friend  Mr.  G.  A.  Fothergill  of  Darlington,  who 
has  taken  great  interest  in  this  hall,  has  favoured  me  with  an  advance 
copy  of  his  notes  on  Thornton  hall,  and  from  these  I  have  prepared  the 
following  digest  of  its  history.  Some  four  miles  west  of  Darlington, 
on  the  north  side  of  the  road  to  Staindrop  from  Darlington,  there 
suddenly  comes  into  view,  from  behind  a  massive  orchard  wall, 
overhung  with  wide  spreading  fruit  trees,  an  old  stone  house  with 
high  pitched  gables,  red  tiles,  and  here  and  there  a  mullioned  window. 
This  is  Thornton  hall,  a  building  to  which,  with  appropriateness, 
may  be  applied  the  epithet  old-world.  None  of  the  various  histories 
of  Durham  gives  any  authentic  account  of  when  the  hall  was  built, 
but  it  is  recorded  that  an  heiress  of  Thornton  of  Thornton  married 
a  Tailbois  and  that  the  initials  of  one  Ralph  Tailbois  are  to  be  seen 
to  this  day  on  the  ceiling  of  what  was  once  the  entrance  hall.  It 
may,  therefore,  be  taken  for  granted  that  Ralph  Tailbois  (a  cadet 
of  the  knightly  family  of  Tailbois  of  Hur worth)  either  built  Thornton 
hall  on  the  site  of  a  much  older  house,  or  improved  the  ancient 
structure,  adding  to  and  in  other  ways  embellishing  it.  There  is 
nowhere  a  detailed  account  of  this  old  manor  house,  and  only  very  little 
recorded  in  local  histories  as  to  its  owners.  Mackenzie  and  Ross  in 
their  View  of  the  County  Palatine  of  Durham  (1834)  have  most  to  say 
about  Thornton  and  its  past  owners ;  they  refer  to  it  as  'a  neglected 
mansion  now  used  as  a  farmhouse,'  and  go  on  to  say  that  '  a  younger 
branch  of  the  Taylboys,  whose  arms  remain  on  some  of  the 
ceilings,  acquired  this  house  and  estate  by  marriage  with  the 
heiress  of  Thornton.'  One  Robert  Tailbois  (born  at  the  end  of 
the  fifteenth  Century)  is  the  first  to  appear  in  Surtees's  pedigree 
of  the  family,  and  he  is  styled  of  Thornton  but  his  wife's  name  is 
omitted.  Next  we  come  to  his  son,  Ralph  Tailbois  (d.  1591)  who 
succeeded  his  father  in  the  estate  (about  the  year  1550?).  He  was 
married  twice,  his  first  wife  being  Eleanor,  a  daughter  of  H.  Killing- 
hall,  esquire,  of  Middleton  St.  George;  his  second,  Jane,  a 
daughter  of  —  Bertram.  His  son,  Robert  Tailbois,  also  of  Thornton 
hall,  married  a  daughter  of  Richard  Barnes,  bishop  of  Durham,  and 
'died  a  prisoner  in  Durham  Gaole  in  1606,'  he  was  the  last  of  this  line 
of  Tailbois.  Manifestly,  therefore,  there  was  a  Thornton  hall  or 
house  of  some  sort  previous  to  the  reign  of  queen  Elizabeth.  The 
estate  then  passed  into  the  hands  of  the  Salvins.  I  find  in  Burke's 
Landed  Gentry  (edition  1833)  that  'Thomas  (Salvin)  of  Thornton  Hall, 
in  the  County  Palatine,  left  at  his  decease,  23  February,  1609-10,  by 
his  second  wife  Rebecca,  seventh  daughter  of  Cuthbert  Collingwood  of 
Eslington,  John  (Salvin)  who  inherited  Thornton  Hall,  and  (having 
no  male  issue')  scld  it  in  1 620,'  which  fixes  the  date  of  its  passing  over  to 
the  Newcastle-upon-Tyne  Bowes  family.  This  John  Salvin  was  the 
grandson  of  Gerard  Salvin  of  Croxdale  (d.  1570)v 

Sir  Francis  Bowes  (to  whom  Thornton  hall  passed)  married  twice, 
his  second  wife  being  a  daughter  of  Robert  Delaval  of  Cowpen.  He 
also  was  sheriff  of  Newcastle  (1632-33).  In  the  chancel  of  Coniscliffe 
church,  where,  until  quite  recently,  the  lairds  of  Thornton  Hall  have 
always  had  a  pew  of  their  own,  is  to  be  seen  a  tablet  erected  by  this  Sir 


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Francis,  to  the  memory  of  his  father  and  mother  and  wife  and  children. 
Never  have  I  read  a  more  mournful  epitaph. 


George  Wanlej  Bowes  (d.  1752)  was  the  last  Bowes  to  possess  Thorn- 
ton. He  had  three  daughters,  who  came  into  the  property  in  1772. 
An  Act  of  Parliament  was  passed  to  enable  Colonel  Thomas  Thornton 
and  the  Rev.  Robert  Croft  to  lease  their  respective  settled  estates.  The 
former  (a  lieu  tenant -colonel  in  the  Coldstream  Guards)  had  married 
one  Miss  Bowes,  and  the  latter  another :  whilst  the  share  in  the  estate 
of  the  third  daughter  Margaret  eventually  became  vested  in  her  two 


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sisters,  and  is  still  known  as  th-3  'Thoroton-Croft  trust.'  The  present 
representative  of  the  Croft  family  is  Mr.  H.  S.  S.  Croft,  barrister-at-law, 
and  the  Thornton  side  of  the  trust  is  now  represented  by  one  of  the 
Wharton  family. 


Towards  the  end  of  the  eighteenth 
century,  upon  the  death  of  the  last 
of  the  Bowes  family  residing  at 
Thornton,  the  hall  gradually  became 
merely  a  farmhouse,  extensive  or- 
chards and  cattle  byres  replacing 
the  Jacobean  gardens  and  the  stab- 
ling. The  present  Thornton  hall 
affords  a  good  opportunity  for 
studying  pome  of  the  details  of 
Tudor  (or  late  Gothic)  Elizabethan, 
Jacobean,  and  Georgian  styles  of  architecture.  Careful  examination 
shows  that  it  has  seen  many  changes  in  design,  and  that  the  original 
plan  has  undergone  much  modification.  A.  junction  running  down 
the  centre  of  the  east  aspect  clearly  shows  that  the  house  must  be 
divided  into  two  parts,  the  southern  half  being  considerably  older 
than  the  northern.  Not  only  is  this  shown  by  the  nature  of  the 
stonework  and  by  the  relative  thickness  of  the  walls,  but  also  by  the 
remains  of  the  small  windows,  undoubtedly  not  later  in  date  than'l560. 
The  Thorntons  and  Ralph  Tailbois  had  probably  most,  to  do  with  the 
older  portion,  Sir  Francis  Bowes  being  responsible  for  the  Jacobean 
and  northernmost  part  of  the  hall.  On  the  southern  side,  however, 
most  of  the  older  Tudor  windows  have  been  replaced  by  larger  windows 
of  a  later  (probably  Georgian)  period.  The  battlemented  parapet  and 
th«*  narrow  'strings'  both  point  to  the  Tudor  period.  Two  curious 
gargoyles  are  to  be  seen  near  the  window  over  the  front  entrance, 
and  are  probably  of  seventeenth  century  date,  though  they  are  situated 
one  at  each  end  of  a  row  of  blank  shields  which  are  apparently  of  a 
different  period.  In  1880  a  large  portioi:  of  the  front  of  the  house  was 
pulled  down — it  extended  at  least  40  feet  westwards — and  in  its  place 
was  built  quite  a  small  wing  with  some  of  the  old  stones.  The  Tudor 
ceiling  in  the  present  kitchen  (part  of  the  old  entrance  hall)  is  inter- 
sected by  massive  carved  beams,  but  all  has  been  whitewashed.  On 


Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Newc.,  3  ser.,  in. 


To  face  page  76. 


THORNTON  HALL,    CO.    DURHAM     (see  opposite  page). 


'  LEGS   CROSS  '    (see  page  71). 
From  photographs  by  Mr.  W.  J.  Mountford. 


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the  beams  where  they  extend  into  the  corridor  are  cyphers  recalling, 
it  is  conjectured  by  Longstaffe,  Ralph  TailJ-ois  md  his  second  wife 
Jane  Bertram: 

HAIFA  (NDIAN) 

E     T  A  L  B  (o  i  s  and  a  date) 

There  is  an  interesting 
little  windo  w  of  late  Tudor 
style  in  the  west  side  of  the 
portico,  which  looks  out  of 
place,  and  is  probably  the 
remains  of  a  bay  window 
which  formerly  oc npied 
the  site  of  the  south  door- 
way. The  panelling  on 
the  wall  of  the  parlour,  to 
the  right  of  the  corridor  as 
you  enter  is  of  much  later 
date  and  is  not  of  oak ; 
here  is  a  secret  cupboard 
behind  the  wide  panel,  in 
which  two  or  three  people 
could  stand  upright,  at  the 
south-east  corner  of  the 
room,  the  whole  panel 
coming  away  from  the 
wall  with  the  aid  of  a  key, 
the  keyhole  of  which  is 
now  plainly  visible  in  the 
moulding  of  one  side. 
Here  the  walls  are  about 
3  feet  6  inches  thick, 
while  in  the  more  recent 
portion  of  the  house,  be- 
hind, they  arc  at  least  a  foot  less.  The  Jacobean  staircase,  associated 
in  all  probability  with  Henry  Bowes  or  his  son,  Sir  Francis,  is  unique 
in  these  parts.  The  tall  newels  at  the  angles  of  all  the  flights  extend 
upwards  to  the  ceiling  above  and  resemble  the  posts  of  a  tall  old- 
fashioned  bedstead.  The  richly^moulded  handrails  and  balusters  are 
very  massive.  Two  bedrooms  on  the  first  floor  show  the  beautiful 
plaster  ceiling,  which  in  former  days  covered  one  large  room,  it  may 
be  regarded  as  having  been  designed  somewhere  about  1550.  In 
one  of  the  attics  there  is  an  Elizabethan  mantelpiece  of  simple  design ; 
and  over  the  doorway  leading  into  the  same  apartment  are  carved  on 
the  oak  lintel  the  initials  R.  T.,  evidently  standing  for  Robert  or  Ralph 
Tailbois.  Outside,  to  the  north  of  the  house,  is  a  small  building  where 
a  somewhat  pretentious  carved  mantelpiece  of  stone  may  be  seen. 
There  appears  to  have  been  originally  three  distinct  gardens  at  Thornton 
walled  off  from  one  another,  two  of  which  (that  facing  the  east  aspect 
of  the  house  which  is  banked  up -all  round,  and  the  even  larger  one  on 
the  north)  were  evidently  laid  out  in  the  formal  fashion  peculiar  to  the 
sixteenth  and  seventeenth  centuries.  But  these  gardens  are  now 
covered  with  grass  and  planted  with  orchard  trees,  some  of  which 
must  have  stood  there  for  over  150  years.' 

Before  leaving  Thornton  hall  with  its  fine  heraldic  ceilings  and  oak 
staircase  for  the  final  stage  of  the  day's  proceedings,  the  tenant  was 


M 

heartily  thanked  for  so  kindly  allowing  members  to  ramble  at  will  over 
the  building. 

On  arrival  at  Darlington  the  party  was  conducted  over  the  fine 
cruciform  church  of 

ST.  OUTHBEBT'S, 
the  finest  in  the  county. 

As  the  Rev.  J.  F.  Hodgson  has  so  fully  described  this  interesting 
structure  in  the  pages  of  Arch.  Ael.  (2  ser.,  xvn,  145)  there  is  no  need 
to  repeat  the  description  here,  and  members,  therefore,  are  simply 
referred  to  the  volume  in  question. 

Members  then  separated  and  departed  for  their  respective  destina- 
tions alter  a  record  day  for  rain. 


MISCELLANEA. 

The  following  are  a  few  notes  relating  to  some  of  the  places  visited 
during  the  day  : — 

On  2  non.  [4th]  Dec.  1342,  provision  was  made  by  the  pope  for 
Thomas  Lestine  of  Wissande,  of  the  canonry  and  prebend  of  Chichester, 
worth  25  marks,  void  by  the  consecration  of  Richard  [de  Bury]  bishop 
of  Durham,  notwithstanding  that  he  had  a  canonry  and  prebend  of 
Auckland,  and  a  chaplaincy  of  Darlington. a 

On  18  kal.  July  [14th  June],  1344,  provision  of  a  canonry  of  Ripon 
with  expectation  of  a  prebend,  was  made  by  the  pope  for  John  Wawayn, 
notwithstanding  that  he  had  the  church  of  'Braunspaz'  [Brancepeth] 
and  a  canonry  and  prebend  of  Darlington.  On  5  id.  [9th]  January, 
1346,  the  canonry  and  prebend  of  St.  Laurence  in  Romsey,  of  the  value 
of  40  marks,  on  their  voidance  by  the  consecration  of  William,  bishop 
elect  of  Winchester,  was  reserved  to  the  same,  at  the  request  of  Raimund, 
cardinal  of  New  St.  Mary's,  notwithstanding  that  he  had  a  prebend  of 
Darlington,  the  church  of  Braunspath  and  a  canonry  of  Ripon. 3 

In  1363,  John  de  Winston,  having  petitioned  the  pope  for  a  benefice, 
was  given  a  canonry  of  Darlington  with  expectation  of  a  prebend.*  In 
the  same  year  Adam  de  Thornton,  a  priest  of  York  diocese,  having 
petitioned  the  pope  for  a  canonry  of  Darlington  and  a  prebend  in  the 
same,  worth  IQl.  13s.  4d.,  void  by  the  death  of  Wm.  de  Kildesly,  or  in 
any  other  way,  it  was  granted  to  him  on  the  11  kal.  Sept.  [22nd  Aug.]5 

On  17  kal.  Aug.  [16  July],  1393,  Thomas  de  Weston,  rector  of  Long- 
newton,  held  a  perpetual  portion  without  cure  in  the  parish  church  of 
Darlington,  etc.0 

On  2  kal.  Feb.  [31  Jan.]  1402,  John  Hildiardis,  clerk,  held  a  prebend 
or  portion  in  Darlington,  John,  who  was  in  minor  orders  only  was 
dispensed  during  the  then  next  five  years  from  being  promoted  to  holy 
orders. 7 

On  4  kal.  Dec.  [28 Nov.],  1411,  an  indult  was  given  to  William  Huton 
alias  de  Hessel,  perpetual  vicar  of  Derlington,  of  the  diocese  of  Durham, 
that  the  confessor  of  his  choice  might  grant  him,  once  only,  in  the 
hour  of  death,  being  penitent  and  having  confessed,  plenary  remission 
of  all  his  sins. 8 

2  Cat.  of  Papal  Reg.  Petitions,  iv,  78.  3  Ibid.,  in,  155,  205. 

*  Ibid.,  Pft.  I,  [1342-1419],  447.  5  Jbid.,  453. 

6  Ibid.,  Pet.  IV.  446.         1 1bid.,  v,  469,  584.          u  Ibid.,  v,  329. 


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PROCEEDINGS 

OF   THE 


SOCIETY    OF   ANTIQUARIES 


OF   NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. 


3    SER.,    VOL.    III.  1907.  NO.    7 


The  second  country  meeting  of  the  Society  was  held  in  the  afternoon 
of  Saturday,  the  6th  day  of  June,  1907,  at 

HALTWHISTLE. 

Members  left  Newcastle  by  the  1-15  train,  reaching  Halt  whistle 
station  at  2'30  p.m.  Owing  to  the  rainy  'weather  the  attendance  was 
very  meagre.  The  small  party  then  proceeded  to  the  interesting  Early 
English  church  which  possesses  some  interesting  features.  In  the 
chancel  is  a  series  of  very  fine  monuments,  including  a  recumbent  effigy 
of  an  armed  knight,  which  is  supposed  to  represent  a  member  of  the 
Blenkinsop  family.  There  are  in  the  same  part  of  the  church  three 
grave  covers,  bearing  crosses  which  are  of  exceptional  beauty.1 

The  few  members  present  then  made  their  way  on  foot  in  the  rain  to 

HALTWHISTLE    BURN    CAMP, 

which  has  been  recently  excavated  under  the  auspices  of  the  Society  by 
Messrs.  F.  Gerald  Simpson  and  J.  P.  Gibson.  The  inspection  of  the 
camp,  of  which  Mr.  J.  P.  Gibson  of  Hexham  supplied  important  details, 
amply  repaid  those  who  undertook  the  walk.  The  camp  lies  upon  the 
Stanegate,  which  has  been  traced  from  beyond  Gilsland  to  the  North 
Tyne,  opposite  Wall  railway  station.  Much  of  it  is  still  used  as  a  road. 

l  Sir  Stephen  Glynne,  who  visited  the  church  in  September,  1846,  has  left  the  following 
notes  of  his  visit,  which,  as  it  occurred  before  the  rage  for  '  restoration '  arose,  may  be 
of  interest  for  comparison  :— A  plain  1st  Pointed  Church,  unmixed  save  by  the  insertion 
of  late  &  bad  windows  in  the  aisles.  The  Chancel  is  long  as  usual  in  this  county  & 
Durham  and  the  nave  has  aisles  and  Clerestory.  There  is  no  steeple,  but  only  a  small 
open  stone  belfry  at  the  West  end.  The  Clerestory  has  a  moulded  parapet  &  3  single 
ancet  windows  on  each  side.  The  aisles  have  lean-to  roofs  covered  with  stone  slates, 
which  also  cover  the  roof  of  the  Chancel.  The  substituted  windows  in  the  aisles  are 
mostly  of  the  vilest  description,  with  sashes.  The  nave  has  4  pointed  arches  on  each 
side  having  toothed  hoods  &  light  circular  columns.  The  Chancel  arch  is  also  pointed, 
springing  from  circular  shafts.  The  E;ist  window  is  a  double  lancet  altered.  The  nave  has 
a  flat  modern  ceiling.  The  South  door  has  ]  st  pd.  mouldings  with  capitals  of  shafts  which 
are  destroyed— bnt  not  of  the  finest  work.  The  Chancel  has  a  fiue  triple  lancet  at  the 
East  End,  with  hood  mouldings  only  without,  but  within  elegant  arch  mouldings  & 
banded  shafts.  On  the  N.  &  S.  of  the  Chancel  are  4  plain  single  lancets.  On  the  S.  a 
priests'  door.  Under  the  S.W.  window  but  not  immediately  in  a  line  with  it,  is  square 
aperture  divided  into  2  by  a  central  mullion— perhaps  a  'confessional'  window.  The 
Chancel  is  narrow  &  wainscoted  internally.  The  Font  is  in  shape  a  circular  cup.  At 
the  West  end  is  an  Organ  gallery— the  nave  pued  and  on  the  N.  of  the  Chancel  a  huge 
modern  vestry. 

The  Rev.  Stephen  Liberty,  who  is  now  in  charge  of  St.  Deniol's  library,  to  which  the 
MSS.  belongs,  has  kindly  copied  the  portions  relating  to  Northumberland  and  Durham. 
This  note  about  Haltwhistle  appears  in  the  MS.  It  is  intended  to  print  from  time  to 
time  in  these  Proceedings,  the  chief  portion  of  the  transcript. 


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It  was  along  the  Stanegate  that  Edward  i  journeyed  by  slow  and  painful 
stages  during  his  last  illness,  when  marching  to  attack  the  Scotch  in  the 
year  1307.     Although  the  Stanegate  had  long  been  regarded  as  one  of 
the  earliest  Roman  roads  in  Northumberland,  it  was  deemed  desirable 
that  more  definite  evidence  of  the  fact  should  be  obtained.     Some 
months  ago,   therefore,   the  Newcastle   Society  of  Antiquaries  com- 
menced excavating.     Mr.  F.  Gerald  Simpson,  a  member  of  the  society, 
has  superintended  the  operations  and  personally  defrayed  a  great  deal 
of  the  expense.     Mr.  J.  P.  Gibson  has  also  taken  an  active  interest  in  the 
work.     The  results  as  stated  by  Mr.  Gibson  at  the  April  meeting  of  the 
society  (p.  40),  have  been  most  satisfactory.       The  camp  lies  about 
half  a  mile  behind  the  line  of  the  Roman  Wall,  and  the  undertaking  just 
referred  to  has  proved  it  to  have  been  of  a  totally  different  character 
from  those  found  throughout  the  length  of  the  Wall.     It  is  of  an  earlier 
type,  having  inside  its  well-built  stone  wall  an  earthen  bank,  upon 
which  the  defenders  could  stand  while  repulsing  an  attack  from  the 
enemy.     The  gateways,  instead  of  having,  as  usual,  two  flanking  towers 
(one  on  each  side)  were  formed  of  two  semi-circles  of  wall,  backed  up 
with  earth,  probably  used  as  foundations  for  engines  of  war.     Another 
peculiarity  of  the  camp  is  this,  that  it  possessed  only  two  gateways — 
one  in  the  south  and  one  in  the  east  face — instead  of  the  usual  four. 
The  west  face  was  defended  by  the  precipitous  banks  of  the  Haltwhistle- 
burn  and  the  north  side  by  an  exceedingly  deep  ditch.     Numerous 
buildings  have  been  found  inside  the  camp — all  of  wrought  stone.     The 
outer  walls  have  been  of  squared  stones,  lined  with  rubble.       Very 
strong  evidence  has  been  found  to  prove  that  all  the  best  dressed  stones 
from  these  outer  walls  had  been  taken  away  in  Roman  times,  and  the 
resulting  impression  is  that  the  camp  was  made,  in  the  first  instance,  by 
Agricola,  and  that  Hadrian's  soldiers,  who  worked  the  quarry  immedi- 
ately on  the  west  side  and  inscribed  the  name  of  their  legion  there,  at 
the  same  time  took  away  all  the  wrought  stone  from  the  camp  for  the 
purpose  of  building  the  great  Wall  and  the  camp  of  Aesica,  both  of  which 
were  erected  by  Hadrian.     There  seems  to  have  been,  at  some  time 
during  the  short  occupation  of  the  camp,  a  closing  up  of  the  eastern 
gate.     But,  unlike  all  camps  and  mile  castles  on  the  line  of  the  Wall,  no 
signs  of  any  general  burning  or  conflagration  exist,  apparently  showing 
that  it  had  been  occupied  temporarily  by  Agricola  and  not  reoccupied 
by  Hadrian.     The  course  of  the  Stanegate,  which  was  uncertain,  and 
which  the  makers  of  the  ordnance  survey  and  MacLauchlan  attempted 
to  determine,  has  been  carefully  traced  out  by  a  number  of  cuttings, 
and  has  turned  out  to  be  much  to  the  northward  of  MacLauchlan' s 
location.     Careful  examination  has  also  been  made  of  th«  military  way 
to  the  east  of  Cawfield's  mile  castle  with  a  view  to  deciding  whether 
the  three  mile  stones  found  by  Mr.  Clayton  some  years  ago  were  actually 
on  the  line  of  that  road.     Another  interesting  discovery  has  been  made 
at  a  point  immediately  below  where  the  great  Wall  crosses  Haltwhistle 
burn.     It  consists  of  a  large  building  of  well  squared  Roman  stones,  and 
is  now   being   cleared   out   and   the   surrounding   ground   thoroughly 
examined.     A  portion  of  a  very  large  mill  stone  has  been  brought  to 
light  ;    and  there  being  a  water  course  closely  adjoining — apparently 
cut  through  the  whinstone  rock — it  is  suggested  that  the  building  may 
have  been  a  mill.     But,  with  the  excavation  in  so  incomplete  a  state, 
no  definite  opinion  can  yet  be  formed.     Altogether  the  discoveries  are 
likely  to  have  an  important  bearing  upon  the  history  of  the  Wall. 

Members  then  returned  to  Haltwhistle,  and  after  a  cheering  cup  of 
tea,  departed  their  several  ways. 


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P  R  O  C  E  ED  INGS 

OF   THE 


SOCIETY    OF   ANTIQUARIES 


OF    NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. 


3    SER.,  VOL.  III.  1907.  NO.    8 


The  third  country  meeting  of  the  Society  for  the  season  was  held  in 
the  afternoon  of  Wednesday,  the  twenty-fourth  day  of  July,  1907,  in 
conjunction  with  the  Durham  and  Northumberland  Architectural  and 
Archaeological  Society,  at 

HEXHAM  PRIORY  CHURCH. 

Members  proceeded  to  Hexham  by  the  1  -15  p.m.  train  from  Newcastle, 
and  were  met  at  the  station  by  Mr.  C.  C.  Hodges,  who  conducted  them 
to  the  church.  Among  those  present  were  the  Rev.  Canon  Southwell 
and  Mrs.  Southwell,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  F.  Henderson,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Laws, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  S.  Nisbet,  Mr.  W.  H.  Knowles,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mackey, 
Mr.  N.  Temperley,  the  Misses  Crawhall,  of  Newcastle,  Mr.  R.  Oliver 
Heslop  (Newcastle)  and  Mr.  Robert  Blair  (Harton)  (secretaries  of  the 
society),  Miss  Thompson  of  Whickham,  Mr.  W.  Smith  of  Gunnerton, 
Mr.  Alfred  Rudd  of  Middleton  Low  Hall,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  W.  Tomlinson 
of  Monkseaton,  Mr.  J.  A.  Irving  of  Corbridge,  Mr.  Coroner  Graham  of 
Sacriston,  Miss  Richardson  and  Miss  Gayner,  of  Sunderland,  Mr.  Chas. 
Hopper  of  Croft,  the  Rev.  C.  E.  Adamson  of  Westoe,  the  Rev.  E.  J. 
Taylor  and  the  Rev.  S.  L.  Connor,  of  Pelton,  the  Rev.  T.  Stephens 
and  Miss  Stephens  of  Horsley,  Mr.  H.  H.  E.  Craster  of  All  Souls, 
Oxford,  Mr.  J.  P.  Gibson,  Miss  Gibson,  Mr.  C.  C.  Hodges,  of  Hexham, 
Mr.  Clark  of  Stockton,  Dr.  Wilson  of  Wallsend,  Mr.  J.  H.  Patterson 
of  Hexham,  the  Rev.  F.  G.  J.  Robinson,  rector  of  Castle  Eden,  Mr. 
Thomas  Carrick  of  Haydon  Bridge,  Mr.  J.  O.  Head,  Dr.  Stewart,  the 
Rev.  R.  D.  R.  Greene,  Mr.  J.  T.  Robb,  Mr.  G.  A.  Dixon,  and  Mr.  T.  Ellis, 
of  Hexham,  and  many  others. 

Mr.  Hodges,  the  resident  architect,  addressed  the  visitors  in  the  choir 
of  the  church.  He  pointed  out  that  Hexham  had  been  a  place  of 
habitation  from  prehistoric  times,  as  it  was  an  ideal  spot.  They  had 
evidence  of  corn  growing  long  before  the  arrival  of  the  Romans  in  the 
country.  Ancient  British  burials  had  been  found,  showing  that  there 
was  occupation  in  the  locality  from  a  very  early  period.  There  were 
roads  too  before  the  Romans  came.  These  were  the  British  trackways, 
which  had  characteristics  of  their  own,  being  narrow  and  winding. 
The  Roman  roads,  the  medieval  roads,  and  also  the  ratione  tenurae 
roads  of  the  seventeenth  and  eighteenth  centuries — made  on  the 
enclosure  of  the  common  lands — were  also  referred  to,  as  were  the  names 
of  the  rivers.  As  to  the  site  of  Hexham,  it  had  all  the  ancient  character- 
istics of  a  town,  being  one  of  those  places  formed  at  the  junction  of  three 
lane  ends.  That  was  the  first  germination  of  the  site  of  a  town.  People 


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came  from  different  directions  and  met  at  some  convenient  place  to 
barter  goods,  and  in  process  of  time  other  things  would  grow,  such  as 
places  for  refreshments — the  precursors  of  the  modern  inns.  They  had 
no  evidence  that  Hexham  was  occupied  as  a  British  oppidum.  There 
was  one  of  these  on  the  crags  at  Gunnerton,  though  the  largest  in  this 
neighbourhood  was  at  Corbridge.  After  the  Romans  left  the  country 
the  Teutonic  invasion  occurred,  and  the  Anglians  settled  in  this  northern 
part  of  the  island.  The  Anglians  were  superior  to  the  Saxons  and  Jutes, 
who  occupied  the  southern  portions  of  the  country.  The  history  of 
Hexham  began  with  the  battle  of  Heavenfield,  between  Cadwalla  and 
Oswald.  Cadwalla  was  defeated  and  driven  south,  and  Oswald,  who 
was  a  Christian,  became  king  of  Nbrthumbria.  Mr.  Hodges  then 
sketched  the  history  of  Hexham  from  the  time  of  Wilfrid  and  his 
cathedral,  which  was  founded  in  674,  and  which  stood  on  the  site  of  the 
present  nave.  The  Danish  wars  of  the  ninth  and  tenth  centuries 
reduced  the  larger  number,  if  not  the  whole,  of  the  churches  in  North- 
umbria  to  an  intermittent  or  continued  state  of  ruin  and  abandonment, 
and  Hexham  shared  the  fate  of  the  others.  It  had  fallen  from  the 
status  of  a  bishop's  see  to  that  of  an  ordinary  parish  church.  Proof  of 
the  burning  of  the  church  by  the  Danes  was  obtained  during  the 
excavations  for  the  nave.  St.  Wilfrid's  church  remained  intact  for  150 
or  200  years,  and  it  fell,  as  he  had  said,  at  the  time  of  the  Danish  wars. 
In  1025  the  elder  Eilaf  obtained  from  archbishop  Thomas  I.  of  York 
leave  to  restore  the  church,  a  work  which  was  continued  by  his  son,  the 
younger  Eilaf.  Some  years  later  a  body  of  Augustine  canons  were 
introduced  into  Hexham  under  archbishop  Thomas  II,  and  were  ruled 
by  the  first  prior  Asketill.  The  church  was  cathedral  and  parochial  for 
439  years,  conventual  and  parochial  for  424  years,  and  finally  parochial 
for  362  years,  up  to  the  present  day.  Mr.  Hodges  then  explained  that 
the  heritage  left  to  Hexham  by  the  canons  who  built  the  church  was  a 
valuable  one,  but  there  was  another  side  to  the  question.  It  was  a 
serious  charge  upon  the  parish  to  maintain  such  a  structure,  and  keep  it 
in  proper  repair  and  in  a  stable  condition.  He  instanced  many  cases 
where  a  conventual  church,  as  Hexham  was,  had  only  survived  in  a 
maimed  and  mutilated  condition,  as  Waltham,  Malmesbury,  Thorney, 
Holm  Cultram,  and  Holy  Trinity,  Micklegate,  the  only  monastic  church 
in  York  now  in  use.  Here  we  were  most  fortunate  in  that  the  fine  choir 
and  transepts  and  central  tower  has  survived  that  lethargic  period  in 
church  history,  the  seventeenth  and  eighteenth  centuries,  in  a  complete 
state.  He  referred  to  the  work  of  reparation  that  had  been  carried  out 
during  the  past  few  years,  and  he  said  they  owed  a  certain  duty  as 
Englishmen  and  Englishwomen,  and  as  members  of  the  community  to 
maintain  in  a  proper  manner  such  buildings  as  Hexham  priory  which 
were  national  monuments.  He  appealed  to  his  hearers  to  support  the 
scheme  of  the  rector  and  churchwardens  to  repair  and  restore  this 
ancient  and  noble  church.  There  was  no  endowment  for  that  purpose. 
If  the  sum  of  2000?.  had  not  been  recently  expended  on  the  north 
transept  it  would  not  have  been  standing  there  to-day.  The  rector  was 
unable  to  be  present  with  them  that  day,  but  standing  in  his  church  he 
(Mr.  Hodges)  thought  it  his  duty  to  appeal  to  them  to  support  the  rector 
in  his  efforts  to  conserve  this  historic  building  in  repair  and  in  all  its 
completeness.  The  rector  was  worthy  of  all  praise  for  the  energetic 
and  strenuous  manner  in  which  he  had  worked  to  complete  the  church 
and  to  preserve  it  from  injury.  More  money  had  been  spent  upon  it 
during  the  years  that  the  rector  had  been  at  Hexham  than  at  any  one 
time  since  Wilfrid  built  his  cathedral.  The  speaker  incidentally 
mentioned  that  there  were  124  men — including  81  masons — banker 


hands — employed  on  the  new  nave,  and  that  the  building  .was  expected 
to  be  completed  in  two  years. 

By  the  kind  attention  of  Mr.  W.  H.  Jones,  the  manager  of  Messrs. 
Hollo  way  Bros.,  the  party  were  shown  the  works  in  progress  connected 
with  the  building  of  the  nave.  Mr.  Hodges  then  addressed  the  visitors 
in  the  open  air  on  the  Campy  Hill  (near  to  the  nave),  and  described  some 
of  the  old  stones  that  were  found,  and  also  gave  reasons  for  believing 
that,  notwithstanding  the  quantity  of  Roman  stones  found  at  Hexham 
it  had  never  been  a  Roman  station. 1 

The  Rev.  R.  D.  R.  Greene  also  briefly  addressed  the  party,  apologising 
for  the  absence  of  the  rector,  who  would  have  been  pleased  to  have  been 
present  to  welcome  them  there,  and  also  calling  attention  to  the  '  Record 
of  all  works  connected  with  the  Abbey,'  which  had  been  published  by 
the  rector  and  Mr.  Hodges. 

The  party,  by  kind  permission  of  Messrs.  Lockhart,  solicitors,  next 
inspected  the  manor  keep,  and  obtained  a  commanding  view  of  the 
Tyne  valley  and  surrounding  country  from  the  roof  of  that  ancient 
building. 

A  hearty  vote  of  thanks  was  proposed  and  carried  by  acclamation  to 
Messrs.  L.  C.  and  H.  F.  Lockhart  for  their  kind  courtesy  in  allowing  the 
party  free  access  to  all  parts  of  the  manor  office.  Warm  approbation 
was  expressed  at  the  careful  manner  in  which  the  building  had  been 
opened  out  and  repaired  and  its  interest  greatly  enhanced.  A  walk 
round  the  grammar  school  and  into  the  garden  of  Prospect  house,  where 
some  old  stones  are  preserved,  brought  the  proceedings  of  the  afternoon 
to  an  agreeable  termination. 

Mr.  Hodges  was  also  heartily  thanked  for  his  services  during  the  day. 

[The  report  of  the  meeting  has  been  printed  from  the  Hexham 
Courant  of  July  27th,  1907.] 

i  These  stones  have  been  built  into  the  walls  of  the  new  nave,  both  inside  and 
outside. 


MISCELLANEA. 

HALTWHISTLE  (p.   79). 

The  following  extracts,  are  from  the  Calendar  of  Documents  relating 
to  Scotland,  n,  (1272-1307)  :— 

On  28  Jan,  1289-90,  an  inquisition  (under  writ  dated  at  Westminster, 
29  previous  Jan.)  held  at  Werk  in  full  court  before  the  bailiffs  of  Tyn- 
dale  and  the  keeper  of  the  pleas  of  the  crown,  on  Tuesday  next  after  the 
feast  of  St.  Mathias  Apostle  in  the  king's  eighteenth  year,  by  Richard 
de  Thirlewalle,  John  de  Thirlewalle,  Thomas  Malherbe,  Henry  de 
Bradeley,  Thomas  de  Forester,  Adam  de  Tyndale,  John  son  of  Half, 
John,  son  of  Adam,  Symon  de  Quarenleye,  Adam  de  Grendon,  Waldeve 
de  Nunnewik,  and  Walter  de  Evelingham,  whether  John  de  Fule- 
wodde,  in  the  prison  of  Werk  for  the  death  of  Robert  de  le  Greneheued, 
killed  him  through  hatred  and  enmity  on  not,  and  if  not,  who  is  guilty. 
They  say,  John  is  not  guilty  ;  but  that  as  he  and  Robert  were  coming 
from  the  church  of  Hautwysselle  towards  '  le  Huntlande,'  a  strife  arose 
between  John  and  one  Robert  de  Chirdene,  and  Robert  de  le  Grene- 
heued, coming  to  part  them,  hurt  himself  on  an  arrow  carried  in  John's 
hand,  and  was  wounded  in  the  thigh,  of  wihch  he  languished  for  six 
weeks.  He  died  by  misadventure,  for  he  and  John  were  always  special 
friends  before  the  accident  and  till  his  death.  The  bailiffs  of  Tyndale, 
keepers  of  the  crown  pleas,  and  12  jurors  all  append  their  seals  [p.  99]. 


84 

In  Feb.  1389-90,  Richard  Knout,  sheriff  of  Northumberland,  asked  a 
writ  to  the  Guardians  of  Scotland,  or  one  of  them,  for  a  safe  conduct  to 
and  from  Scotland  [no  date],  [p.  99.] 

26  Mar.  1304.— The  king  to  Master  Wm.  de  Grenefeld,  his  chancellor, 
commands  letters  under  the  Great  Seal  to  be  issued  to  the  bishop  of 
Durham  to  restore  the  church  of  Hautwysel  to  the  abbot  and  convent 
of  Aberbrothok,  which  they  held  in  propios  usos  long  before  the  Scottish 
war  began.  St.  Andrews,  [p.  386.] 

10  June,  1304. — The  king  commands  the  bishop  of  Durham  to  restore 
to  the  abbot  and  convent  of  Aberbrothok,  who  have  been  long  at  the 
king's  peace  the  church  of  Hautwysel,  which  they  held  in  propios  usos 
long  before  the  Scottish  war,  but  which  the  bishop  is  said  to  have  taken 
in  his  hand.  [p.  402.] 

In  1306-7,  the  prior  and  convent  of  Lanercost  begged  the  king,  having 
regard  to  the  reduced  state  of  their  house  and  the  damages  they  have 
suffered  by  the  king  and  his  attendants,  which  a  great  sum  would  not 
suffice  to  restore  without  perpetuity  of  something,  that  in  recompense 
of  these  damages  he  would  grant  them  the  church  of  Hautwyselle, 
which  is  not  worth  more  than  100  marks  a  year,  and  make  allowance 
to  the  monks  of  Aberbrothok  in  Scotland,  whose  it  is ;  if  agreeable  to 
the  king  and  his  coimcil  [no  date],  [p.  503.] 

The  abbot  for  himself  and  his  convent  replied  to  the  king  and  council 
respecting  the  proposed  exchange  of  their  church  of  Hautewyseles,  that 
the  king  is  '  fundour '  of  their  house,  and  they  have  no  other  head  to 
maintain  their  rights  than  him  and  his  council.  They  begged  the  king  to 
examine  their  muniments  and  confirmation  of  said  church  from  Rome, 
and  then  to  command  restitution  of  the  church,  of  which  they  had 
been  forcibly  despoiled  by  the  bishop  of  Durham  ;  and  that  it  would 
please  him  to  ordain  the  advancement  of  their  house  in  some  equally 
certain  and  profitable  manner,  by  confirmation  of  the  pope  (la  Postoyle). 
They  would  be  ever  ready  to  obey  the  king's  orders  for  their  benefit,  for 
the  abbot  is  sworn  to  maintain  and  not  diminish  the  rights  and  goods 
of  the  house.  [No  date.]  [p.  503.] 


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PROCEEDINGS 

OF   THE 


SOCIETY    OF   ANTIQUARIES 


OF    NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. 


3    SEB.,    VOL     III.  1907.  NO.    9 

At  the  ordinary  monthly  meeting  of  the  Society  held  in  the  library  of 
the  Castle,  Newcastle,  on  Wednesday,  the  thirty-first  day  of  July, 
1907,  at  seven  o'clock  in  the  evening,  Mr.  Thomas  Hodgkin,  D.C.L., 
F.S.A.,  etc.,  a  vice-president,  being  in  the  chair. 

Several  ACCOUNTS,  recommended  by  the  Council  for  payment,  were 
ordered  to  be  paid. 

The  following  ORDINARY  MEMBERS  were  proposed  and  declared  duly 
elected  by  the  chairman  : — 

i.  William  Brown,  F.S.A.,  Sowerby  by  Thirsk. 
ii.  Robert  James  Johnson,  1 1  Worthington  Street,  Dover, 
iii.  John   Walton   Robinson,    jun.,    B.Sc.,    6    Gladstone    Terrace, 

Gateshead. 
iv.  William  Sclater,  8  Portland  Terrace,  Newcastle. 

At  this  point  of  the  proceedings,  Mr.  Richard  Welford,  M.A.,  V.P., 
requested  permission  to  say  a  few  words  on  a  matter  of  interest  to  the 
Society's  senior  secretary  and  editor,  Mr.  Robert  Blair.  Paying  an 
eloquent  tribute  to  Mr.  Blair's  work  as  an  archaeologist  in  the  course  of 
an  amusing  and  characteristically  graceful  address,  he  said  they  would 
all  probably  remember  the  old  proverb,  '  The  unexpected  always 
happens.'  Since  their  last  meeting  there  on  the  29th  May  something 
had  happened,  and  that  something  was  unexpected,  at  least  by  most  of 
them.  They  would  remember  that  that  meeting  was  quite  an  ordinary 
sort  of  meeting,  that  their  senior  secretary  and  editor  was  there,  serene 
and  level-headed  as  usual,  that  he  read  the  various  items  on  the  agenda 
with  that  firmness  of  tone  and  deliberation  of  manner  which  were  custom- 
ary with  him,  and  when  they  left  him  at  the  close  of  the  meeting  and 
stepped  into  the  night,  no  coming  event  cast  a  perceptible  shadow  either 
before  or  behind  (Laughter).  Yet  before  the  week  was  out  some  of 
them  were  rubbing  their  eyes  and  wiping  their  spectacles  to  read 
tidings  of  comfort  and  joy  attached  to  the  name  of  Robert  Blair  of 
Harton  in  the  matrimonial  columns  of  the  local  press.  The  secret  had 
been  well  kept  (Laughter.)  Their  energetic  colleague,  Mr.  R.  Oliver 
Heslop,  ever  keen  and  alert  about  local  '  finds,'  no  sooner  saw  this 
unexpected  announcement  than  he  summoned  the  Council  together  in 
order  that  a  matter  so  interesting  and  important  might  receive  due 
attention.  They  met  and  unanimously  agreed  that  in  the  celebration 
of  such  a  happy  event  in  the  life  of  one  of  their  oldest  colleagues 
(laughter  and  applause),  the  society  at  large  would  desire  to  participate. 
He  said  '  oldest '  with  no  special  reference  to  age.  Mr.  Blair  was  a — he 


Was  going  to  say  a  hardy  evergreen,  but  he  objected  to  the  word  green — 
(laughter),  he  would  rather  say  a  hardy  perennial,  for,  to  paraphrase 
Byron,  he  might  add,  '  Time  writes  no  wrinkle  on  his  auburn  brow  ' 
(Loud  laughter).  But  only  about  a  dozen  members  were  alive  now  who 
were  on  the  roll  of  the  society  when  Mr.  Blair  joined  the  society  in  1874, 
and,  therefore,  he  was  in  that  sense  one  of  their  oldest  colleagues.  His 
election  at  that  time  was  a  most  fortunate  occurrence.  He  was  an 
enthusiastic  young  man,  and  he  soon  made  his  enthusiasm  felt.  Largely 
by  his  genius  for  re-organization  this  venerable  society  began  to  acquire 
new  life  and  vigour.  By  the  year  1883,  when  he  was  appointed  co- 
secretary,  the  membership  had  increased  from  80  odd  to  174 — practi- 
cally double.  Then  set  in  a  still  greater  wave  of  improvement. 
Regular  monthly  meetings  were  established,  the  Proceedings  were 
promptly  and  punctually  published,  the  Archaeologia  Aeliana  came 
out  in  proper  sequence  and  order.  For  nearly  25  years  under  Mr. 
Blair's  co-management  and  editorship  the  society  has  made  continuous 
progress,  and  now  they  had  about  350  members,  and  their  literature 
would  compare  favourably  with  that  of  any  provincial  archaeological 
society  in  the  empire.  He  didn't  say  that  Mr.  Blair  had  done  every- 
thing, for  that  might  involve  depreciation  of  their  noble  selves,  but  he 
had  been  an  indefatigable  co-worker,  a  perpetual  stimulus  to  others  and 
a  bond  of  union  between  the  society  and  the  community  at  large.  It 
was  a  source  of  great  gratification  to  the  council,  and  especially  to  Mr. 
Heslop,  Mr.  Nesbit,  and  Mr.  Parker  Brewis,  who  eagerly  undertook  a 
labour  of  love  in  making  their  desires  known,  that  Mr.  Blair's  long  and 
faithful  services  had  been  so  promptly  and  cordially  recognised  that  at 
this,  their  first  meeting  after  that  unexpected  happening,  they  were  able 
to  submit  for  their  friend's  acceptance  the  various  objects  now  upon  the 
table  (Applause).  First,  there  was  a  silver  salver,  bearing  a  suitable 
inscription  ;  next,  there  was  a  silver  card  tray  ;  and,  lastly,  in  recogni- 
tion of  his  devotion  to  the  fascinating  cult  of  numismatics,  a  few  choice 
specimens  of  a  most  interesting  coinage.  There  were  in  that  collection 
coins  of  an  empire  greater  even  than  that  of  Imperial  Rome — and 
possessing  this  special  advantage,  that  both  obverse  and  reverse  could 
be  deciphered  in  a  moment,  putting  all  questions  of  identity  quite 
beyond  the  pale  of  controversy  (Renewed  laughter  and  applause). 
Mr.  Welford  concluded  by  asking  Mr.  Blair's  acceptance  of  those  articles 
as  tokens  of  their  friendship  and  goodwill,  and  with  most  hearty  congratu- 
lations and  cordial  regards  upon  the  happy  event  which  had  called  them 
forth.  They  all  hoped  that  while  these  little  offerings  revived  pleasant 
memories  of  gatherings  and  greetings  within  those  venerable  walls,  they 
would  remind  him  that  the  work  to  which  he  manfully  set  his  hand  thirty- 
three  years  ago  was  by  no  means  finished.  They  trusted  that  under  the 
gentle  influence  of  a  lady  who,  as  a  granddaughter  of  their  former 
illustrious  chief,  Dr.  John  Collingwood  Bruce  (applause),  naturally 
sympathized  with  the  pursuits  of  his  life,  he  might  be  encouraged  to 
make  still  further  efforts  in  organization  and  research  ;  and  lastly, 
their  sincere  hope  was  that  both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Blair  would  have  a  long 
life  of  domestic  happiness  and  prosperity  together.  (Applause.) 
The  salver  bore  the  following  inscription: — 

Robert  Blair,   Esq.,   F.S.A., 

from  Members  of  the 

Society  of  Antiquaries  of  Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 
in  recognition  of  twenty  five  years  service 

as  Secretary  and  Editor. 

Presented,  with  a  Purse  of  Gold, 

July  31^.  1907. 


87 

Mr.  Blair  briefly,  but  suitably  replied.  He  said  the  words  which  had 
been  spoken  were  much  more  than  he  deserved,  but  lie  could  say  that 
the  25  years  during  which  he  had  acted  as  secretary  had  been  a  source 
of  great  pleasure  to  him,  and  that  was  sufficient  compensation  for  any 
labour  he  had  spent. 

Dr.  Hodgkin  associated  himself  heartily  in  that  tribute  to  Mr.  Blair, 
who,  he  averred,  could  not  possibly  help  being  an  archaeologist,  because 
he  was  one  by  nature.  They  were  all  extremely  indebted  to  Mr.  Blair 
for  his  efficient  help. 

The  following  NEW  BOOKS,  etc.,  were  placed  upon  the  table  : — 
Presents,  for  which  thanks  were  voted  : — 

From  Mr.  George  T.  Sherwood  (the  editor)  : — The  Pedigree  Register, 
No.  1. 

From  Mr.  G.  A.  Fothergill  :— G.  A.  FothergilVs  Sketch  Book,  part  vi., 
'  History  of  Cleasby,  in  Yorkshire,'  etc.,  with  coloured  frontispiece, 
oblong  fol.,  green  paper  covers. 

From  Mr.  Robert  Blair  : — The  Antiquary  for  July  and  August,  1907, 
Nos.  7  and  8. 

By  Mr.  R.  Oliver  Heslop,  M.A.,  F.S.A.  (one  of  the  secretaries)  : — A 
reprint  of  '  The  Love-sick  King,'  an  English  Tragical  History :  with 
the  Life  and  Death  of  Cartesmunda,  the  fair  nun  of  Winchester, 
written  by  Anth.  Brewer,  Gent.,  London :  Printed  for  Rob  Pollard, 
at  the  Ben  Jonson-head  behind  the  Exchange,  and  John  Sweeting  at 
the  Angel  in  Popes-head- Alley,  1655.' 

Mr.  Heslop  read  the  following  note  : — '  This  play  is  republished  as 
vol.  xvin  in  the  series  of  works,  issued,  under  the  direction  of  Prof. 
Bang  of  Louvain,  as  '  Materials  for  the  study  of  Older  English  Drama.' 
(Materialien  zur  Kunde  des  aelteren  Englischen  Dramas}.  The  volume  is 
edited  by  Prof.  A.  E.  H.  Swaen  of  the  University  of  Groningen,  who 
presents  it  to  the  library  of  our  Society. 

The  text  is  printed  from  a  copy  in  the  Royal  Library  at  The  Hague; 
which  has  been  collated  with  the  British  Museum  copy  (644  6-4).  The 
play  itself,  printed  in  1655,  must  have  been  written  long  before  that 
date  and  Professor  Swaen,  in  his  Introduction,  adduces  evidence  for 
assigning  the  play  to  1605,  or  at  least  to  a  not  much  later  date.  From 
a  literary  standpoint  its  aesthetic  quality  is  valueless  ;  but  Prof.  Swaen 
points  out  its  interesting  character  '  on  account  of  its  threefold  plot  : 
historical-biographical  (  Thornton  )  ;  pseudo-historical  (  Canutus  )  ; 
legendary  (Grim  the  Collier).'  Although  Anthony  Brewer  shows  an 
utter  disregard  for  the  unities,  and  revels  in  anachronisms,  his  play 
possesses  a  special  interest  to  ourselves  in  the  circumstance  that  one 
of  its  characters  is  the  Newcastle  merchant-prince  Roger  Thornton.  In 
the  dramatis  personae  he  is  styled  '  Thornton  the  Pedlar.'  The  heading 
of  Act  2  reads  :  '  Enter  Thorneton  with  Needles,  and  a  Lambs-skin, 
singing, '  and  a  long  soliloquy  follows  in  which  the  '  Pedlar  '  discusses 
his  present  position  and  the  great  future  foretold  him  by  '  a  Witch  or  a 
Jugler.'  He  says  : — 

First,  Here  in  Northumberland,  mine  own  native  Country,  amongst  poor 
people  I  change  these  myllan  (Milanse)  fustian  .Needles  into  eggs,  then  my  eggs 
into  money,  and  then  I  am  a  Merchant,  not  of  Eels-skins  but  L<mib-skins  ;  and 
thus  poor  Thornton  of  Northumberland,  picks  out  a  living  in  spite  of  beggary  : 
yet  this  is  not  the  living  that  I  aim  at  neither  ;  for  I  may  tell  to  all  men  that  I 
have  a  terrible  mind  to  be  a  horrib'e  rich  man  •  *  and  here  at  Newcastle 
too,  into  which  I  am  now  entering.  *  *  my  Fortune  says,  I  must  get  a 
service  here  in  Newcastle,  but  ere  i  enter  I  must  count  the  Wealth  1  have  now, 
and  that's  soon  jeckoned,  one  poor  half  penny  and  a  Lamb-skin,  is  all  the  wealth 
1  have  yfaith  *  *  I  must  put  myself  in  remembrance  of  my  poverty,  lest 
I  should  forget  myself  when  I  am  grown  so  rich,  I  will  wiite  a  note  on't  ere  1 
enter  the  Town,  and  hang  it  here  [upon  some  tree,]  to  keep  it  in  mind,  as  long  as 
the  River  of  Tine  runs  under  it, 


As  Thornton  busies  himself  in  making  this  record  there  enter  *  Good- 
gift  a  Merchant  of  Newcastle,'  '  Randal  (here  called  Randolfe)  a  Coal- 
Merchant,  brother  to  Goodgift' s  Wife,  George,  Factor  to  Goodgift,  and  his 
Wife* 

As  these  discourse  on  the  subject  of  Newcastle  Coals,  Goodgift 
announces  his  intention  of  furthering  his  ventures  beyond  seas  : 

We  that  are  Adventurers  abroad,  must  fame  our  Country  through  all 
Christendom,  nay  far  beyond  our  Christian  Territories,  to  Egypt,  Barbary, 
and  the  Tauny  Moors,  where  not  indeed  ?  if  Sea  and  wind  gives  way  unto  our 
dancing  Vessels. 

At  this  juncture  these  seventeenth  century  personifications  of  the 
Quayside  discover  Thornton  at  his  writing.  As  Goodgift  exclaims 
'  Peace,  peace,  observe  him  prethee  ' — Thornton  reads  his  finished 
couplet : — 

Here  did  Thornton  enter  in 

With  hope,  a  half  penny,  and  a  Lambs-skin. 

Proud  of  this  '  Poetry,'  as  he  calls  it,  he  adds  : 

I  think  if  there  be  any  Helicon  in  England  'tis  here  at  Newcastle,  I  am 
inspired  with  it,  every  Coal-pit  has  a  rellish  on't,  for  who  goes  down  but  he 
comes  out  as  black  as  ink. 

Goodgift  enquiringly  exclaims  '  Is  not  this  fellow  mad  ?'  But  the 
wife  suggests  : 

Is  hee  not,  think  you  Husband,  one  of  those  Play  erg  of  Interludes  that 
dwels  at  Newcastle,  and  conning  of  his  Part. 

Thornton  then  accosted,  after  a  parley,  hands  ,his  composition  to 
Goodgift  with  '  Pray  sir,  read  that.'  '  Prethee  let's  see't,'  answers  the 
merchant,  who  reads  : 

Go  to  Newcastle  take  thy  Fate, 

Yet  ere  thou  enter,  count  thy  State  : 

If  service  in  that  place  thou  get, 

Thy  wealth  will  rise  to  infinit ; 

And  Thornton's  name  in  England  stand 

The  richest  subiect  in  the  land. 

Thornton's  implicit  belief  in  his  star  amuses  Goodgift,  who  says  : 

I  like  thy  confidence:  flow  dost  thou  desire  to  have  Imployment?  Wilt 
thou  go  to  Sea 

Thornton  replies  : 

Sea  or  Land.  Fire  or  Ayr ;  Let  Newcastle  be  my  home,  and  some  honest 
man  my  Master.  This  Halfpenny,  and  this  Millan  needle,  shall  I  multiply 
to  a  Million  of  Halfpence,  and  this  innocent  Lambs-skin  to  a  Magnificent 
Lordship. 

Thornton  presently  enters  the  service  of  Goodgift  and  fortune 
follows  him. 

A  character  is  introduced  under  the  name  of  '  Grim  the  Collier.' 
Prof.  Swaen  points  out  (Introduction,  p.  viii)  that  Haughton's  play  of 
that  name  dates  from  March,  1600,  the  character  of  Grim,  however, 
appeared  on  the  stage  as  early  as  1571. 

In  Act  iii  of  the  '  Love-sick  King  '  Grim  the  Collier  seems  to  act  the 
part  of  fitter.  Randolfe  had  already  described  him  as  *  The  main 
Over-seer  of  all  my  Coles.'  Accompanied  by  '  Colliers  with  Baskets  and 
Sacks,'  he  now  addresses  his  men  : 

Grim.  Come  Bullies,  fetch  more  Coals,  and  aboard  with  'em  lustily,  shew 
your  selves  Newcastle-men,  not  proud,  but  honest  and  humble, 
and  such  as  do  not  scorn  to  carry  coals. 

1st  Collier.  I  warrant  you  Mr.  Grim,  wee'l  send  'em  going,  Newcastle  Coals 
are  Heretics,  and  must  be  burnt  at  London.  Exeunt  Colliers 


89 

Thornton,  at  length  the  master  of  untold  wealth,  again  soliloquizes  : 
Ha  !  Have  my  hopes  ore-tane  me  ?  think  on't  Thornton, 
And  thank  Heaven  for't ;  here  at  Newcastle  first 
In  low  estate,  did  Thornton  enter  in, 
With  hope,  a  half-penny,  and  a  Lambs-skin, 
And  now  my  large  Accounts,  of  wealth  scarce  told, 
I  keep  possession  of  six  Tun  of  gold. 
The  blessings  strange,  and  I  must  now  resolve 
To  tie  my  vows  to  my  auspicious  fate, 
I.est  the  world  curse,  and  Heaven  call  me  ingrate  ; 
To  make  of  this  my  gold  a  household  God, 
Were  meer  Idolatry,  no't  shall  fly  abroad  : 
Newcastle,  to  thy  good,  large  sums  of  love 
My  promise  oweth,  which  ile  pay,  and  prove, 
To  grace  thy  fame,  Ile  beautify  thy  ground, 
And  build  a  wall  that  shall  imbrace  thee  round. 

The  actual  work  of  Thornton  recorded  in  history  credits  him  with 
adding  strength  to  the  West  Gate  ;  but,  in  our  play,  the  seventeenth 
century  myth  accords  to  him  a  construction  of  the  entire  circum- 
vallation  of  the  town.  Later  in  the  Act  (p.  37)  the  direction  is  '  Enter 
Thornton  and  a  Workman,'  and  the  following  colloquy  occurs  : 

Thornton.  Spare  for  no  cost,  and  ply  the  Workmen  hard,  Ile  pay  'em  all, 
they  shall  not  want  for  mony  :  have  you  tane  the  compass  of 
the  Wall? 

Workman.     We  have,  to  a  foot  sir. 
Thornton.     How  many  Towers  of  strength  may  be  erected,  dividing  each 

distance  by  a  hundred  paces. 
Workman.    'Tis  cast  already,  and  the  Compass  falls, 

A  hundred  fourscore  Towers  to  grace  the  Walls. 
Thornton.     How  high  de'you  raise  the  Walls  ? 
Workman.    As  you  directed  sir,  full  a  hundred  foot. 
Thornton.     Right,  and  twelve  in  breadth. 

Workman.    Just  so  sir,  'twill  be  a  pleasant  walk  to  view  the  Town  : 
Thornton.     So  I  wo'd  have  it ;  and  therefore  from  the  highest  erect  a  Battle- 
ment above  the  Platform  four  foot  high  a'  both  sides,  both  to 
secure,  and  make  the  place  more  pleasant ;  see  it  rais'd  so. 
Workman.    I  shall  sir. 

The  ascription  of  this  great  undertaking  to  Roger  Thornton  shows 
one  how  in  two  centuries  the  facts  of  history  may  become  the  fictions 
of  tradition.  Thornton  lived  a  hundred  years  after  the  building  of  our 
town  walls.  It  is  an  evidence  of  the  hold  his  name  had  acquired  in 
local  annals  that  to  it  the  credit  is  attached,  two  hundred  years  after  his 
death,  for  the  construction  of  this  vast  fortification.  But  the  anachron- 
ism of  the  dramatist  in  this  partiuclar  is  surpassed  by  the  introduction, 
as  contemporaries  of  Roger  Thornton,  of  the  Danish  king  Canute, 
Malcolm  king  of  Scotland,  and  Etheldred  king  of  England  with  Alured, 
(Alfred)  his  brother. 

In  the  last  Act  Alured,  (king  Alfred)  addresses  Thornton  in  these  words : 
And  now  to  our  worthy  Country-men  it  shall  be  texed  to  your  lasting  fame, 
that  your  Newcastle  strength  set  England  free  ir  this  dayes  fair  and  happy 
Victory,  for  which,  and  for  thy  sake  (most  worthy  Thornton)  wee'l  give  a 
lasting  honor  to  the  Town,  now  beautified  by  thee  with  Wals  and  Towers,  to 
which  wee'l  add  all  noble  priviledge  belonging  to  a  Town  Incorporate  ;  and 
for  your  former  Government  of  Poretereans,*  we  here  establish  it  a  Mayoralty, 
and  Thornton  as  the  first  we  here  create  Mayor  of  Newcastle,  and  give  thee 
the  power  to  elect  a  brotherhood  of  Aldermen,  with  choice  of  Sheriffs  to  assist 
thy  Government,  your 

Charter  shall  be  drawn  with  fullest  strength, 
Even  with  the  fairest  Cities  of  pur  Land, 
This  Sword  confirms  it  from  King  Alured's  hand  ; 
Bear  it  before  ve  still. 

Professor  Swaen  (Introduction,  p.  xii)  observes  that  '  In  one  respect 
the  Thornton  plot  is  important  ;  it  adds  great  force  to  Mr.  Fleay's 
contention  that  The  Lovesick  King  was  acted,  or  at  all  events  first  acted, 

*  Proletarians. 


90 

in  Newcastle.     The  play  was  sure  to  appeal  to  the  local  pride  in  a  man 
•of  Thornton's  fame  and  importance.' 

It  is  needless  to  add  that  the  editor's  work  in  this  reprint  has  been 
most  carefully  and  excellently  done.  The  Introduction  is  of  especial 
interest  to  students  of  our  early  dramas,  and  is  replete  with  scholarly 
criticism  of  the  subject.  We  in  Newcastle  are  under  a  marked  debt  of 
obligation  to  Professor  Swaen  for  his  reproduction  of  this  curious  work, 
and  for  his  generosity  in  making  our  library  the  recipient  of  so  valuable 
an  addition  to  its  shelves. 

Mr.  Heslop  was  thanked  for  his  communication. 
Exchanges  : — 

From  the  Shropshire  Archaeol.  &  Nat.  Hist.  Society : — Transactions, 

3  ser.,  vii.,  2. 
From  the  Smithsonian  Institute  : — 24th  Annual  Report  of  the  Bureau 

of  American  Ethnology ;  large  8vo.  cl. 
From  the  Koyal  Society  of  Norway  : — Skrifter,  n,  1906. 
From  the  Thuringian  Historical  &  Archael.  Society :   Geschichte,  xvil, 

2,  and  xvm,  1. 
From    the     Cambrian     Archaeological     Association : — Archaeologia 

Cambrensis,  vn,  3. 
From  the  Yorkshire  Archaeol.  Society : — The  Yorkshire  Archaeological 

Journal,  no.  74  &  75  (xix,  ii  &  iii),  Svo. 

From  the  Royal  Archaeological  Institute  : — The  Archaeological 
Journal,  no.  LXIV  &  v,  2nd  ser,  xiv,  ii  &  iii  (the  latter  part,  except 
two  pages,  consists  of  a  very  important  paper  by  Mr.  W.  G.  Colling- 
wood,  M.A.,  etc.,  on  'Anglian  and  Anglo-Danish  Sculpture  in  the 
North  Riding  of  Yorkshire');  Svo. 

From  the  Royal  Society  of  Antiquaries  of  Ireland  :  Journal,  xxxvn,  2. 
From  the  Huguenot  Society  of  London  : — Publications,  x,  3  ;    Pro- 
ceedings, vin,  3  ;   and  Bye  Laws  and  List  of  Fellows,  1907. 
From  the  Nassau  Society  : — Annalen,  xxxvi,  1906. 
From  the  Surrey  Archaeological  Society  : — Collections,  xx,  8vo.  cl. 
From    the    Kungl.    "Vitterhets    Historie  : — Mdnadsblad;  Stockholm, 

1903-05  ;   and  Fornvdnnen,  1906. 

From  the  Brussels  Archael.  Society : — Annales,  xxi,  i  &  ii,  Svo.  [In  it 
is  an  interesting  fully  illustrated  article  on  '  Les  epees  et  les  pommeaux 
d'epees :  une  histoire  de  Tepee  et  du  poignard' ; '  also  an  article  on 
Belgian  town  halls,  etc.] 

Purchases  : — A  History  of  English  Furniture,  vol.  in,  pt.  xiii ;  The 
Oxford  English  Dictionary  (vol.  vi,  Meet-Monopoly)  ;  Mitteilungen 
des  Kaiserlich  Deutschen  Archaeologischen  Instituts,  vol.  xxi,  part  3  ; 
Der  Obergermanisch-Raetische  Limes,  part  xxvin,  (Castell  Cronstatt); 
Northern  Notes  and  Queries,  vol.  I,  No.  7  ;  Notes  and  Queries,  10  ser. 
nos.  179  to  186  ;  The  Registers  of  Aimer,  co.  Dorset.  (Par.  Reg.  Soc.); 
The  Reliquary,  vol.  xin,  No.  3  ;  Manx  Crosses,  by  P.M.  C.  Kermode  ; 
A  History  of  Northumberland,  vol.  vm  ;  The  Scottish  Historical 
Review  for  July,  1907  (iv.  4);  Wills  and  Inventories,  in  (112  Surt.  Soc. 
publ. ) ;  and  twenty  four  MS.  plans  of  ancient  earthworks,  by  the 
Rev.  E.  A.  Downman,  being  of  Bratton,  Bury  Ditches,  Casterley, 
Castle  Combe,  Castle  Ditches,  Chisbury,  Clack  Mount,  Clearbury, 
The  Conyger,  Devizes  Castle,  East  Castle,  Figsbury,  Fosbury, 
Knock  Castle,  Lidbury,  Liddington,  Membury,  Ogbury,  Ringsbury, 
Rushmore,  Olivers  Castle,  Sidbury,  Wickball,  Yarnbury,  all  in 
Wiltshire,  making  260  in  alJ. 
DONATIONS  : — 

The  following  were  announced,  and  thanks  voted  to  the  respective 
donors  : — 


(By  Meflrs  He  at  ton  and  Auftin's 
At    the  THEATRE' in  the  BIGG-M  AK  KF.T, 

Wednefday,  being  Feb.  10,    will    be    pcrform'dV   A  Concert  of  Muf:c. 

TICKETS,— BOX,  is.  6ci.~PIT,  2  s.— Firft  GAL   i  s.— Second,  6d. 
Between  the  Two  Parts  of  the  CONCERT  will  be  '  presented  f    (gratif, 
A     COMEDY,     (not  perkrm'd  here  thcle  two  Years)     caii'd     THE 

SCHOOL    FOR    RAKES. 

Sir  William  Evans,'   Mr    H  E  A  T  T  O  V. 
Mr  Fraropron,     Mr    AUSTIN. 
Lord  EuiUce,     Mr    S  I  D  D  O  N  S. 
Colonel  Evans,     Mr    SMITH. 
Willis    Mr    JEFFERYS. 
Robert,  ;  Mr    JOHNSON. 
Captain  Lloyd,  ^  Mr   PRESTON7. 
Mrs  Winifred   Evans,"  Mrs    JOHNSON. 

Lucy,    Mrs    JEFFERYS. 
Mifs  Hairkt  Evaru,     Mifs    P  A  F  T  I  S  O  N. 

End  of  A<ft   ad,  SI  NGI  NG  by:Mr  JEFFERV*. 
End  of  Ad  4th,"  SINGING  by  Mr  JEFFERYS. 

o   whieb    will    be    added,    a   new    Mufical  'ENTERTAINMENT, 
(coropos'd  by  Do&or  Thomas  Auguftine  A  me)    call'd 

O      M      LI      S. 

As  alter'd  by  G.  Coleman,    Efq;  aod  now  performing  with  great  Appladfe 
at  the  Theatre  Royal  in  Co  vent  Garden. 

Comus,   (with  Songs)    Mr   CUBIT. 

Firft  Spirir,     Mr    S  I  D  D  O  N  S. 
Idct  Brother,     Mr    PRESTON.    | .  Younger  Brother,     Mr    S  M  I  T  H. 

Firft  Singing  Bacchanal/   Mr  J  E  F  F  E  R  Y  S. 
icchanal*,  Mr  JOHNSON,  Mr  MASON,  M/ BIRCH,  Mr  WHARFON,**, 

The  lady,"   Mils    HURST. 
Sabrina,    and  the  PiHoral  Nymph,     Mrs  BOGLE, 
ymphs,    Mrs   JOHNSON,    Mrs   HURST,    Mrs   JEFFERYS,    and  others. 
Euphrofine,     (with  the  Songs)     Mrs  A  U  S  T  I  N. 

To  begin  exatf/y  at  Half  fatf  Six  oCkcL 

Plico  fof  UK   Boxes  to  be  laifro  9«  the  Theatre  ever^  .vtoming  fiom  Tco  till  One  a'Clock. 

**«  10  b«  had  v.  M/   PtHtcr's.  rSc  Tork'i  He»d  j  ih*  Cofree-hWer.  »nd  at  T.  Sltck't.  m  ihe  MiJJk-rtfceii, 
T.  SMtn-**  PfMmag-orfkc,   Pilgrio»-ftre«  ;  tnd  at  Mr  Hearten 's.  *t  the  \V  hi;e-crol». 

The  two  rxrw  Farces,  ca!W  CROSS  PURPOSES,  .and  the  IRISH   WIDOW 
c  preparing,  and  wili  be  performed  as  loon  ss  they  poffibly  can  be  got  rcidy. 


92 


From  Mr.  L.  W.  Adamson,  LL.D.  : — Two  large  steel  keys,  modern, 

in  use  at  Morpeth  gaol  when  dismantled. 

From  Mr.  W.  J.  Mountford  of  Darlington  : — An  iron  key,  9f in.  long, 
of  comparatively  modern  date.  Mr  Mountford  wrote  in  the  accom- 
panying letter  :  '  Capt.  Welford  of  Darlington,  who  gave  me  the 
key,  says  it  was  the  one  in  use  at  Gallowgate,  Newcastle-on-Tyne. 
He  got  it  from  his  father,  Mr.  Welford,  an  ironmonger  in  business  in 
Newcastle  many  years  ago,  and  added  he  had  heard  it  said  the  gate- 
keeper there  struck  a  boy  with  this  key,  causing  his  death.' 
EXHIBITED  : — 

By  Mr.  L.  W.  Adamson,  LL.D.  : — Several  photographs  :  (i)  Hesse tt 
church  near  Bury  St.  Edmunds,  in  process  of  restoration ;  (ii)  '  a 
burse  or  corporax  case,  about  8|in.  square,  designed  to  hold  the 
corporal  during  the  communion  service.  On  one  side  is  painted  in  red 
outline  within  an  ogee  quatrefoil  the  head  of  Christ  surrounded  by  a 
gilt  aureole.  At  the  corners  are  the  emblems  of  the  four  evangelists. 
There  is  a  silken  tassel  on  each  of  the  top  corners.  On  the  reverse 
is  the  Agnus  Dei  on  a  gold  ground  within  an  elaborate  geometrical 
border  of  pale  blue ';  and  (iii)  a  sindon,  pyx  cloth  or  Corpus  Christ! 
cloth.  Both  objects  belong  to  Hessett  church,  Suffolk.  The  pyx 
cloth  is  illustrated  in  these  Proceedings  (2  ser.,  vi,  93). 
By  Major  Roddam  (per  Dr.  Adamson)  : — An  Ancient  British  urn 

found  near  Roddam,  5  inches  high,  7  inches  in  diameter. 
Major  Roddam  writes  : — *  The  urn  was  found  quite  50  years  ago  on 
a  mound  near  Roddam  hall,  known  in  the  district  as  Athelstane's 
mount,  from  which  king  Athelstane  is  popularly  supposed  to  have 
made  the  grant  of  the  land  to  the  Roddams,  as  mentioned  in  Sir 
Walter  Scott's  Tales  of  a  Grandfather.  Another  urn  was  found  also, 
but  it  unfortunately  got  broken  to  bits  some  years  ago.  It  was 
rather  higher  than  the  exhibited,  quite  plain,  with  a  pattern  roughly 
marked  round  the  neck.  I  shall  be  very  pleased  for  you  to  keep  it, 
as  long  as  you  require  it.' 

By  Mr.  J.  P.  Gibson : — A  brass  ring,  bearing  on  the  bezel  the  merchant's 
mark,1  shewn  in  the  first  illustration  (1)  below.  At  each  side  of  the 
bezel  is  engraved  a  thistle  ornament.  The  ring  was  found  at  Holy 
Island. 

1.  On  brass  finger-ring  from 

Holy  Island. 

2.  On  brass  of  Spycer  family, 

Cirencester. 

3.  On  gold  ring,  British  Mu- 

seum. 

4.  On  brass,  Brit.  Museum. 
7.  Mark  of  A.  Aldworth  on 

door  of  his  house,  Bristol. 
(For  2,  5, 6  &  7,  see  Trans,  of 
Glos'ter  &  Bristol  Socy.  : 
for  3  &  4,  see  Catalogue 
of  Medieval  Antiquities, 
British  Museum.) 

By  Mr.  F.  W.  Shields  : — An  old  play  bill  for  a  performance  at  the 
theatre  in  the  Bigg  Market,  Newcastle  on  10  Feb.,  1773.  A  repro- 
duction of  it  on  a  reduced  scale  is  given  on  page  91. 

l  Merchants'  marks  were  commonest  from  the  fourteenth  to  the  sixteenth  century, 
and  were  frequently  engraved  on  rings.  English  merchants  probably  borrowed  them 
from  the  Flemings.  In  the  British  Museum  is  a  gold  ring  of  the  sixteenth  century, 
with  a  merchant's  mark.— Guide  to  Medieval  Room,  British  Museum,  p.  200,  where  the 
gold  ring  is  figured.  See  also  p.  77  for  a  sixteenth  century  mark  on  a  brass.  See  like- 
wise Proceedings,  2  ser.,  for  other  examples  of  merchants'  marks. 


Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Newc.,  3  ser.  in. 


To  face  page  92. 


ANCIENT    BRITISH    URN    FOUND    AT    RODDAM, 

(see  opposite  page) 
From  a  photograph  by  Mr.  Parker  Brewis. 


A    CORPORAS    CASE,    HESSETT    CHURCH,    SUFFOLK, 
(see  opposite  page) 


93 


PROCEEDINGS 

OF    THE 


SOCIETY    OF    ANTIQUARIES 


OF    NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. 


3    SEB.,    VOL.    III.  1907-  NO.     10 


The  ordinary  monthly  meeting  of  the  Society  was  held  in  the  library 
of  the  Castle,  Newcastle,  on  Wednesday,  the  twenty-eighth  day  of 
August,  1907,  at  seven  o'clock  in  the  evening,  Mr.  Richard  Welford, 
M.A.,  one  of  the  vice-presidents,  being  in  the  chair. 

Several  ACCOUNTS,  recommended  by  the  Council  for  payment,  were 
ordered  to  be  paid. 

The  following  NEW  BOOKS,  etc.,  were  placed  on  the  table  : — 
Presents,  for  which  thanks  were  voted  : — 

From  Mr.  T.  V.  Holmes,  F.G.S.,  the  author  : — (i)  '  A  Recent  Subsi- 
dence at  Mucking,  Essex'  ;  and  (ii)  'Miscellaneous  Denehole  Notes, 
1906  '  ;  8vo.  (overprints  from  the  Essex  Naturalist}. 

From  R.  Blair  :— The  Antiquary  for  September,  1907. 

Exchanges  : — 

From  the  Royal  Numismatic  Society  : — The  Numismatic  Chronicle, 

fourth  series,  no.  26. 
From    the   Powys-land    Club  : — Coll.    Hist,    and   Arch.,    relating   to 

Montgomeryshire  and  its  Borders,  xxxiv,  iii,  8vo. 
From  the  Yorkshire  Archaeological  Society  : — The   Yorkshire  Arch. 

Journal,  part  75. 
From  the   Societe   d'Emulation  d' Abbeville  : — Bulletin   Trimestriel, 

1907,  no.  2. 

From  the  Royal  Irish  Academy  : — Proceedings,  xxvi,  nos.  14,  15,  16. 
From  the  Cambridge  Antiquarian  Society  : — Proceedings,  no.  XLVII. 
Purchases  : — Macquoid's   A  History  of   English  Furniture,  part  xiv.  ; 

Notes  and  Queries,  10th  series,  nos.  188-191  ;  Muggleswick  Registers, 

17S4-1S12  ;  arid  George  A.  Fot  her  gill's  Sketch  Book. 

The  Council's  recommendation  to  subscribe  for  the  Rev.  Caesar 
Caine's  Capella  de  Oerardegile,  and  for  Knaresborough  was  agreed  to. 

DONATIONS    TO    THE    MUSEUM. 

The  following  were  announced  and  thanks  voted  to  the  donors  : — 

From  Dr.  T.  M.  Allison  : — A  '  lutchet '  or  wooden  barn  shovel,  and  a 

Suffolk  corn  dibbler.    (See  illustration  of  them  on  plate  facing  p.  94.) 

[Dr.  Allison  then  read  the  following  notes  on  the  objects  : — I  have 

pleasure  in  asking  the  Society  to  accept  a  dibbler  which  I  have  been  able 

to  obtain  from  Suffolk.     They  were  there  used  for  other  crops,  but 

especially  for  corn  and  beans.     In  other  counties  (about  1800),  sowing 


94:       . 

broadcast  ~was  the  usual  method  with  corn,  though  beans  were  com- 
monly planted  by  the  dibble.  But  in  Suffolk  and  the  Eastern  counties 
the  dibble  was  preferred  even  for  grain.  There  was  not  only  a  saving 
of  seed  (the  broadcast  method  being  somewhat  wasteful),  but  the  sandy 
soil  was  consolidated  round  the  seeds,  and  moisture  was  thus  retained 
to  assist  in  germination.  So  loamy  was  the  soil  that  the  country  was 
almost  a  rabbit  warren,  and  a  certain  duchess  is  said  to  have  told  the 
principal  proprietor  (Coke,  of  Norfolk)  that  she  saw  two  rabbits  quarrel- 
ing for  one  blade  of  grass.  The  dibble  consists  of  an  iron  cone-shaped 
head,  with  an  iron  shaft  (in  this  case  three  feet  long),  terminating  in  a 
spade-like  handle.  There  is  sometimes  a  cross-head  instead  of  a  handle, 
but  the  latter  was  desirable  in  Suffolk,  to  turn  the  implement  in  with- 
drawing it  from  the  soil.  It  was  used  by  a  man,  one  implement  being 
employed  in  either  hand.  He  went  backwards  making  two  parallel 
holes  with  great  quickness,  and  giving  a  turn  of  the  wrists  to  consolidate 
the  sides  and  prevent  loose  clods  from  falling  into  the  holes.  Two  girls 
or  women  followed  him  with  baskets  which  they  pulled  along  the  ground 
by  a  handle  held  in  one  hand,  whilst  they  dropped  the  seeds  into  the 
holes  made  by  the  dibbler,  with  the  other.  A  man  and  two  helpers 
could  dibble  and  plant  from  three-quarters  to  an  acre  of  wheat  in  a  day. 
Dibbles  are  now  entirely  superseded  by  drills,  and  even  the  sower  has 
now  almost  ceased  to  go  forth  and  sow.  I  must  say,  however,  that  I 
rather  resent  Crabbe's  lines  : — 

But  treading  still  as  their  dull  fathers  trod  ; 
Who  lived  in  times  when  not  a  man  had  seen 
Corn  sown  by  drill,  or  thresh'd  by  a  machine . 

It  is  very  easy  and  equally  foolish  to  slight  the  past,  but  I  for  one 
have  a  great  deal  of  respect  and  admiration  for  the  countryman  who, 
with  his  helpers,  dibbled  and  planted  an  acre  of  corn  a  day. 

The  '  lutchet '  so  termed  in  West  Yorkshire,  and  a  barn  shovel  in  Suf- 
folk was  used  to  pile  up  the  corn  and  chaff  in  the  barn,  after  using  the  flail; 
or  it  was  employed  to  heap  up  the  grain  after  winnowing  with  the  fan 
or  winnowing  machine,  being  of  wood,  it  was  light  for  use,  and  did  not 
bruise  the  grain.  It  was  also  used  (in  pre-machinery  days)  on  the  top 
of  a  hill  to  throw  up  the  grain  and  chaff  against  the  wind.  These  hills, 
Mr.  Heslop  informs  me,  were  '  shilling-hills  '  in  Northumberland, 
whilst  they  were  termed  '  dighting-hills  '  (deeting-hills)  in  Cumberland. 
The  winnowing-machine  in  the  latter  county  is  a  '  dighting- machine.' 
In  Prof.  Bradley's  list  of  agricultural  implements  (1725)  an  engraving  is 
given  of  the  barn  shovel  as  an  oblong  wooden  spade  with  a  long  straight 
handle.  It  is  described  as  '  an  instrument  like  a  peel,  to  toss  up  the 
thrashed  corn  that  the  wind  may  blow  away  the  chaff,  pala  (Lat.) 
tluov  (Greek).'  There  can  be  little  doubt  but  that  the  lutchet,  peel, 
or  pala  is  the  direct  descendant  of  the  wooden  shovel,  cut  from  one 
piece  of  wood  (like  the  West  Yorkshire  and  Suffolk  examples)  with 
which  the  Egyptians  and  Hebrews  threw  up  their  grain  against  the 
evening  breeze  on  a  hill  to  winnow  it.  It  would  be  interesting  to 
know  how  the  tool  and  method  reached  this  country,  possibly  through 
the  Romans.] 

From  Mr.  C.  D.  Newby  of  Durham  : — (i)  Impression  in  leather  of  the 
great  seal  of  Victoria ;  and  (ii)  an  embossed  leather  envelope,  open 
and  with  wax  removed,  showing  device  (damaged)  of  the  great 
seal,  probably  that  of  William  iv. 

EXHIBITED  : — 

By  Sir  Archibald  Lawrie,  bart.  (per  Mr.  J.  C.  Hodgson,  F.S.A.)  : — A 
certificate,  of  the  Rev.  J.  Ramsey,  in  favour  of  Mrs.  Anna  Ord. 


3        | 

|        I 

1     .  •» 
4s° 

8     8* 
§     ?   ? 


95 

[Mr.  Hodgson  then  read  the  following  note  on  the  document : — '  The 
wayfarer  who  visits  Holy  Island  by  way  of  Seal  passes,  and  generally 
marks  the  appearance  of,  the  manor  house  of  Beal-on-the-Hill  with  its 
ancient  walls  and  roof  of  grey  slates.  This  manor  originally  held  of 
the  see  of  Durham,  in  drengage,  by  a  family  deriving  its  name  from  the 
place,  passed  through  the  hands  of  the  Herons  and  other  proprietors,  and 
was  finally  purchased  1  June,  1588,  by  Oliver  Selby  and  John  Ord  of  Ber- 
wick, who  held  it  in  moieties.  The  moiety  so  acquired  by  John  Ord,  was 
held,  in  1631,  by  William  Ord;  he  may  be  identified  with  William  Ord, 
alderman  of  Berwick,  who,  having  ranged  himself  on  the  royalist  side 
during  the  Civil  War,  was  compelled,  in  1649,  as  a  delinquent,  to  com- 
pound for  his  estates  in  Beal,  Grindon,  Felkington,  Newbiggin,  and 
Berwick.  The  fine  paid  was  564Z.,  and,  in  calculating  the  amount, 
allowance  was  made  for  annuities  charged  on  the  property  in  favour  of 
the  delinquent's  mother,  Eleanor,  widow  of  John  Ord,  alderman  of 
Berwick,  and  of  his  brother  and  sister,  James  and  Ann  Ord  (Welford 
Royalist  Compositions,  111  Surt.  Soc.  publ.,  p.  305).  Alderman  William 
Ord,  was  succeeded  by  another  William  called  '  Justice  Ord,'  probably 
his  son,  whose  wife  Mary  was  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  Holy 
Island,  13  Jan,  168f.  His  younger  brother,  George  Ord,  an  attorney 
married  at  Holy  Island  church,  22  June,  1682,  a  certain  Anna  Ord,  whose 
parentage  has  not  been  ascertained.  Of  this  marriage  the  following 
children  were  born  and  were  baptized  at  Holy  Island  : — Mary,  bapt. 
3  July,  1683  ;  Eleanor,  bapt. 29  June,  1684  ;  Anna,  bapt.  5  Jan., 
1685-6;  Martha,  bapt.  13  Dec.,  1687;  and  John,  bapt.  23  June,  1691. 
George  Ord  settled  at  Wooler,  where  he  died  and  was  buried  28th  Jan, 
1704-5.  His  widow  and  family  thereupon  removed  to  Kelso,  at  which 
place  his  daughter  Anna  engaged  herself  to  marry  the  rev.  James 
Lawrie,  minister  of  the  parish  of  Kirkmichael,  and  their  descendant, 
Sir  Archibald  C.  Lawrie  of  the  Moss,  Stirlingshire,  the  learned  editor 
of  Early  Scottish  Charters  possesses  the  following  very  curious  document : 

'These  are  to  certify  to  all  whom  it  may  concern  that  Mrs.  Ann  Oard,  lawful 
daughter  to  Mr.  George  Oard,  brother  german  to  Justice  Oard,  of  Beel,  in  the 
county  of  Northumberland,  is  a  gentlewoman,  as  honorably  descended  and  allied 
as  any  in  the  county  of  Northumberland,  and  has  always  behaved  herself  as  be- 
comes a  gentlewoman  and  a  good  Christian,  as  many  persons  of  honour  and  re- 
putation in  this  town  and  parish  of  Kelso  are  willing  to  declare— and  now  with 
the  greatest  freedom  and  assurance  asserted  to  me. 

Given  at  Kelso,  October  the  first,  One  thousand  Seven  hundred  and  Sixteen 
years.  J.  Ramsay.'1 

By  Major  Tempest  of  Broughton  Hall,  Skipton,  Yorkshire : — Three 
ancient  documents  relating  to  Northumberland  from  the  Tempest 
MSS.,  and  one  belonging  to  Sir  Algernon  Legard,  bart.,  who  has 
kindly  consented  to  its  republication2  :  (i)  Grant  from  Will:  Haver 
of  Rouchester  to  Sibella  his  daughter,  relict  of  Thomas  tinctor  of 

\  Newcastle  upon  Tyne,  of  rent  out  of  premises  in  Rouchester ;  (ii) 
Walter  Petipas  with  the  consent  of  Ric:  de  Umfravill  grants  to 
Roger  de  Campo  florido  all  the  lands  he  held  in  Thokerintun  except 

I  a  toft  &  30  acres  given  by  William,  son  of  Elstan  to  the  Hospital  of 
Jerusalem ;  (iii)  Grant  from  Odinel  de  Umframville  to  Eliaf ,  son  of 
Roger,  of  all  Rucestre ;  and  (iv)  Deed  of  Confirmation  of  a  settle- 
ment of  23  April,  1380,  by  Roger  de  Widerington  witnessed  by  the 

1  The  Rev.  James  Ramsay,  sometime  minister  of  Eyemouth,  was  minister  of  Kelso 
for  over  forty  years.  He  was"  one  of  the  four  Scottish  clergy  who,  in  1714,  accompanied 
Principal  Carstairs  to  congratulate  George  I  on  his  accession  to  the  throne,  and,  with 
each  of  his  companions,  received  the  royal  gift  of  KM.— Ex  inf.  Mr.  William  Madden 
of  Berwick-on-Tweed. 

•2  The  document  was  printed  with  a  full  description  in  the  Genealogist  (vol.  vn,  p.  81). 
A  very  excellent  phototype  of  it  is  also  given. 


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abbot  of  Alnwick,  prior  of  Tynemouth,  and  Henry  earl  of  Northum- 
berland (with  three  large  seals,  that  of  the  earl  of  Northumberland, 
finer  than  any  in  the  British  museum). 

The  following  are  from  transcripts  of  the  documents  made  by  the  Rev. 
W.  Green  well,  D.C.L.,  &c.,  of  Durham  :— 

I. — Omnibus  hoc  scriptum  visuris  uel  audituris,  Willelmus  Hayer  de 
Rouchestre  salutem  in  Domino  sempiternam.  Noueritis  me  concessisse 
et  assignasse  Sibillae  filiae  meae  relictae  Thornae  tinctoris  de  Nouo  Castro 
super  Tynam  ilium  annuum  redditum  vnius  marcae  argenti  in  quo 
Symon  dominus  de  Rouchestre  et  heredes  sui  tenentur  michi  et  heredibus 
meis  uel  assignatis,  pro  vno  mesuagio  et  duabus  bovatis  terre  cum 
pertinenciis  in  villa  de  Rouchestro,  sicut  patet  per  scriptum  inter  mo  et 
dictum  Simonem  inde  confectum.  Habendum  et  percipiendum  dictae 
Sibillae  et  heredibus  suis  uel  assignatis  in  perpetuum,  ad  duos  anni 
terminos,  videlicet,  meuietatem  ad  festum  pascho  et  aliam  medietatem 
ad  festurn  S.  Michaelis  archangeli  de  praedictis  mesuagio  et  duabus 
bovatis  terrae  periter,  et  de  omnibus  aliis  terris  et  tenementis  cum 
pertinericiis  quae  praedictus  Simon  habet  in  villa  de  Rouchestre  prae 
dicta.  Ita  quod  bene  licebit  praedictae  Sibillae  et  heredibus  suis  et 
assignatis  omnia  tenementa  praedicta  in  villa  de  Rouchestre  libere 
distringere  pro  praedicto  annuo  redditu  quocienscumque  et  retro  f  uerit 
in  toto  uel  in  parte  ad  aiiquem  terminum  \  Itra  quindenam,  sicut  scriptum 
inter  me  et  dictum  Simonem  confectum  plenius  testatur.  In  cuius  rei 
testimonium  praesenti  cartae  sigillum  me  urn  apposui.  Hiis  testibus. 
Johanne  de  Hydewyn,  Roberto  de  Hydewyn,  Roberto  de  Throckelauy, 
German  de  Houystun,  Symone  de  Ovinketun,  Roberto  de  Proudouy 
et  aliis.  [Seal  gone.] 

II. — Omnibus  sanctae  matris  Ecclesiae  filiis  presens  scriptum  uisuris  uel 
audituris  Walterus  Petipas  salutem.  Nouerit  vniuersitas  uestra  mei 
consensu  domini  mei  Ricardi  de  Vmfranuille,  dedisse,  concessisse  et 
hac  praesenti  carta  mea  confirmasse  Rogero  de  Campo  fiorido  totam 
terram  quam  tenui  in  Thokerintun  cum  omnibus  peitinenciis  suis,  et 
totum  ius  quod  in  ea  habui,  eidem  Rogero  quietum  clamaui,  exceptis 
uiginti  acres  terre  et  tofto  quod  fuit  Willelmi  filii  Elstan  que  dedi 
fratribus  hospitalis  ierl'rn.  Tenendum  at  habendum  sibi  et  heredibus 
suis  de  domino  meo  R.  de  Vmfranuille  et  heredibus  suis  in  i'eudo  et 
hereditate  cum  omnibus  pertinenciis  et  aisiamentis  ad  uilla  c'.e  ThoKer- 
intun  pertinentibus,  libere  et  quiete  ab  omni  seruitio  et  consuetudirie 
sicut  carta  Willelmi  Peiipas  auunculi  mei  testatur  Rtddendo  tamen 
annuatlm  domino  meo  R.  de  Vmfranuille  et  heredibus  suis  unam  libram 
piperis  ad  festum  Sancti  Cuthberti  in  Septembri,  et  facienclo  forinsecxim 
seruitiam  quantum  pertinet  ad  tantam  terram  in  uilla  de  Thokerintun. 
Homines  a1  tern  praedicti  Rogeri  et  heredum  suorum  dabunt  multurarn 
ad  molendirmm  praedictae  uillae,  et  domus  propria  eiiisdem  R.  et 
horedum  suorum  quieta  erit  de  multura  ad  idem  molendinum.  Hiis 
Testibus.  R.  de  Vmfranuille,  Gilberto  filio  eius,  Roberto  et  Willelmo 
fratribus  eiusdem  G.,  Gill)erto  de  Valle,  Adam  de  Tindale,  Othuoro  de 
Insulti,  11.  de  Insula,  Willelmo,  vicecomite  Norhumbriae,  Roberto  de 
Bidlesdene,  Roberto  de  Fenwic,  Waltero  Bataille,  Johanne  de  Herle, 
Hugone  do  Herle,  Thoma  de  Clenehil,  Ricardo  cle  Natfert',  Willelmo 
de  Hawelt',  Adam  Bertram,  Orm  pincerna,  Ricardo  de  Colewelle, 
Roberto  frate  suo  et  multis  aliis.  [Pointed  oval  seol  of  green  wax.] 

in. — Odinellus  de  Vmfrarnuilla  on\nibus  amicis  suis  et  hominibus, 
l-ro-iicis  et  Anglis,  clericis  et  laicis,  tain  futuris  quam  presentis  salutem. 
Sciatis  me  dedisse  et  ccncessisse  Eilaf  filio  Rogeri  totam  Rucestre.  Volo 
itaque  et  firmiter  praecipio  ut  cam  teneat  ipse  et  heredes  sui  post  eum, 


Soc.  Antiq.  Neivc.,  3  ser.,  lit 


1 


SEALS    ATTACHED   TO   A   WIDDBINGTON   DEED. 

1.    The  first  Earl  of  Northumberland.  2.    The  Priory  of  Tynemouth.  3.    The  Abbey  of  Alnwick. 

(See  opposite  page.) 


SIGNATURE    OF    CARDINAL    POLE 
Attached  to  the  Refoundation  Charter  of  Syon  Abbey. 
(See  pages  2  and  109 ;    also  Proc.  3  ser.,  n.,  page  300.) 


From  photographs  by  Mr.  Parker  Brewis. 


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de  me  et  de  heredibus  meis,  bene  et  in  pace,  libere  et  quiete,  in  bosco  et 
piano,  pratis  et  pascuis,  aquis  et  viis,  et  omnibus  aliis  locis,  per  seru- 
uicium  dimidii  militis,  sicut  aliquis  militum  meorum  liberius  tenet, 
praeter  operacionem  stagni  mei  et  multuram  praedictae  uillae,  multura 
uero  domus  eius  proprie  existente  libera.  Presentibus  testibus.  Gil' 
deUmfram'  const',  Roberto  deUmfram'  et  Gil'  fratre  suo,  Jord' 
dumfram',  Waltero  filio  Willelmi,  Willelmo  dinsula,  Radulfo  filio 
Velardi,  Wall'  filio  Alden  cum  fratribus  suis,  Waltero  filio  Estantcelin 
curn  filio  suo  Willelmo,  Liolfo  filio  Elwoldi,  Roberto  filio  Roberti,  Waltero 
bataile,  Roberto  Wise',  cum  omnibus  brobis  (sic)  ho  minibus  do  mini 
Odinelli.  Apud  Hingehou  [Inghoe],  Hugone  clerico  testo. 

iv.— Wautier  de  Hebl>escotes  Abbe  de  Alnwyk  Clement  priour  de  Tyne- 
mouthe  et  Henry  de  Percy  Count  de  Northumbr'  a  tous  ceux  que  ceo 
presentz  verront  ou  orrount  salutz  Come  chose  est  meritoire  tesmoigner 
verite,  si  vous  signifionis  que  uous  auouis  benne  lue  et  examine  vne 
escript  enseallez  de  la  seall  Roger  de  Wideringtone  du  dants  del 
tierce  jour  dapprille  Ian  de  grace  mille  trois  centz  septant  seconde 
contenaunts  qil  enfeoffa  per  meisme  lescript  monsieur  Thomas  Surteys 
Donald  Hesilrigge  Willam  de  Hesilrigge  &  Eamon  de  Hesilrigge  en  le 
manoir  de  Wideringtone  et  tous  ses  autres  terres  et  tenementz  oue  lour 
appurtenancz  en  Northumbr',  Tyndalle,  Riddesdalle  et  Gillesland  a 
eux  et  lour  heirs  en  feo  simple  qelle  seaisine  et  possession  continue  per 
oitz  iours  le  dite  Roger  declarra  as  dites  feoffez,  que  sa  volunte  fust  qils 
enfeofferent  Johan  de  Wideringtone  son  fiz  et  heire  des  ditz  manoir, 
terres  et  tenementz  oue  lour  appurtenantz  a  tenir  et  auoir  au  dit 
Johan  et  ses  heires  males  de  son  corps  engendrez  et  en  case  que  le  dit 
Johan  deuieroit  sans  heir  male  de  son  corps  engendrez  qadonqs  les  ditz 
manoir,  terres  et  tenementes  oue  lour  appurtenantz  susditz  remaindrent 
a  Nich.  Heron  et  ses  heirs  males  de  son  corps  engendrez  portaunt  les 
arn;es  et  le  noum  de  Wideringtone  et  s'  le  ditz  Nich.  deuieroit  sans 
heire  male  qadonqs  les  ditz  manoir  terres  et  tenementz  oue  lour 
appurtenantz  suditz  remaindrent  a  Eamon  Hesilrigg  et  ses  heirs 
males  de  son  corps  engendrers  portaunt  le  noum  et  les  armes  de  Wid- 
eringtone. Et  si  le  ditz  Eamon  deuieroit  sans  heir  male  qadonqs  les 
dit^  manoir  ter;es  et  tenementz  oue  les  appurtenantz  susdites  re- 
maindrent a  Thomas  fiz  Willem  de  Hesilrigg  et  ses  heirs  males  de  son 
corps  engend  ers  portaunt  le  noum  ou  lez  armes  de  Wideringtone,  Et 
si  le  dit  Thomas  deuieroit  sans  heir  male  qadonqs  les  ditz  manoir 
terres  et  tenementz  oue  lour  appurtenantz  susditz  remaindrent  a 
Roger  fiz  Wauter  Heron  et  ses  heirs  males  de  son  corps  engendriers 
portaunt  le  noum  ou  les  armes  de  Wideringtone  Et  si  le  dite  Roger 
deuieroit  sans  heir  male  qadonqz  les  ditz  manoir  terres  et  tenement/,  oue 
lour  appurtenantz  susditz  remaindrent  a  Raignault  fiz  Mons.  Bertram 
Monbouchier  et  ses  heirs  males  de  son  corps  engendriers  portaunt  le 
noum  et  les  armes  de  Wideringtone,  Et  si  le  dite  Raignault  deuieroit 
sanz  heire  male  qadonqs  les  dites  manoir  terres  et  tenementz  oue  lour 
appurtenantz  susditz  remaindrent  as  procheines  heirs  du  dite  Roger  de 
Wideringtone.  En  tesmoignes  de  quelle  chose  ces  presentz  auouis  mys 
nos  seal  A  Werkworth  le  xxiij  jour  de  Aprille  Ian  du  regne  le  roi 
Richard  second  &  puys  le  conquest  tierce. 

[Three  eeals  are  attached  to  the  document,  those  of  the  abbey  of 
Alnwick,  of  Tynemouth  priory,  and  of  Henry,  the  first  earl  of  Nor- 
thumberland. They  may  be  thus  described :  (i)  Alnwick  abbey,  a 
pointed  oval  s-eal  of  red  wax,  two  inches  long,  on  it  are  two  figures  seated, 
one,  a  female,  with  right  hand  apparently  raised  in  the  act  of  blessing, 
the  other  is  seated  with  hands  together  in  prayer ;  tree,  a  branch 


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over  each;  all  enclosed  in  a  richly  decorated  canopy.  Beneath  a 
figure  holding  a  pastoral  staff  in  the  act  of  prayer.  Inscription .... 

B.  .TYS NEWYC  DUNEL LESIE.  (n)  Tynemouth  priory, 

also  a  pointed  oval  seal  of  red  wax  1  f  inches  long  (similar  to  that  on 
plate  vn,  no.  5,  of  the  new  History  of  Northumberland,  vol.  vin) ;  half 
figure  of  king  facing,  holding  sceptre  in  right  hand ;  beneath  a  half 
figure  praying.  Inscriptions  over  each  illegible,  and  (m)  a  round 
seal  of  red  wax,  If  inches  in  diameter,  of  Henry,  first  earl  of  Nor- 
thumberland, representing  an  armed  man  standing,  holdingin  front  of 
him  a  shield  with  arms  of  lion  rampant,  and  also  holding  in  his  left 
hand  a  banner  with  lion  rampant  (see  Annals  of  the  House  of  Percy, 
vol.  i,  plate  facing  p.  480,  no.  14)  (see  plate  facing  p.  96).] 

[Mr.  Craster  made  some  remarks  upon  the  deeds,  with  particular  refer- 
ence to  the  seal  attached  to  the  deed  of  confirmation  of  1380.  The 
document,  which  belongs  to  Sir  A.  Legard,  bart.,  has  been  reproduced  in 
facsimile  as  the  frontispiece  of  volume  vn  of  the  Genealogist  (new  series). 
The  seals  of  the  earl  of  Northumberland  and  the  abbot  of  Am  wick 
were  in  excellent  preservation.  That  of  the  prior  of  Tynemouth  was 
remarkable  ;  the  signatory  was  Clement  de  Whethamstede  (prior  from 
1349  to  about  1389),  but  the  seal  used  was  that  of  his  predecessor, 
Simon  de  Walden,  whose  priorate  lasted  with  a  brief  interval,  from  1280 
to  1311  ;  prior  Walden's  seal  had  likewise  been  affixed  to  a  document 
at  Durham  by  prior  Richard  de  Tewing  in  1380.  It  therefore  con- 
tinued to  be  employed  by  successive  priors  for  upwards  of  a  century.]3 

By  Mr.  H.  T.  Rutherford : — A  photograph  of  a  fine  early  eighteenth 
century  doorway  at  Greenhead  (shewn  on  the  plate  facing  this  page). 

CORSTOPITUM. 

The  Council's  recommendation  to  hold  the  next  monthly  meeting  of 
the  Society  on  the  18th  September,  instead  of  the  25th,  to  enable  Mr. 
C.  L.  Woolley,  who  has  superintended  the  excavations  this  year  at 
Corstopitum,  to  give  a  description  of  them  with  lantern  illustrations, 
was  unanimously  agreed  to,  as  was  also  the  recommendation  to  hold 
an  afternoon  meeting  at  Corstopitum  on  the  13th  September  for  the 
purpose  of  inspecting  the  site  of  the  discoveries. 

Professor  Haverfield  gave  an  '  interim  '  account  of  the  excavations, 
of  which  the  following  is  an  abstract  : — The  Roman  site  at  Corbridge 
occupies  a  flat  hill-top  and  a  steepish  bank  sloping  to  the  Tyne.  Work 
has  been  carried  on  at  three  points,  (i)  Close  to  the  river,  a  part  of  the 
northern  approach  to  the  bridge  bearing  Watling  Street  across  the  water 
has  been  uncovered.  The  work  has  been  difficult,  since  the  remains  lie 
buried  deep  in  soil  heaped  up  by  floods  or  washed  down  by  rains  from 
the  hill  side.  But  the  traces  are  clear  and  striking — massive  masonry, 
stoutly  built  drains  and  the  strata  of  three  successive  roadways,  (ii)  On 
the  slope  of  the  hill,  the  excavators  have  opened  out  a  complex  of 
buildings  provided  with  baths,  hypocausts,  water  supply,  and  latrines, 
and  plainly  intended  for  inhabitation.  Two,  if  not  three,  successive 
periods  of  occupation  can  be  distinguished,  but  the  reconstructions 
involved  by  these  periods  are  difficult  to  disentangle,  and  at  present 
little  can  be  said  of  the  ground  plans,  except  that  the  apartments  seem 
to  be  arranged  on  terraces  along  the  hill  side.  Peculiarly  noteworthy 
is  a  deep-sunk  cistern,  once  decorated  with  a  group  of  sculpture  in  the 
round,  placed  on  its  coping.  The  group  represents  a  lion  over  a  pros- 
trate stag,  the  lion's  mouth  being  used  as  the  spout  of  a  fountain.  The 
piece  has  classical  precedents,  but  it  is  remarkable  for  its  lively  vigour 
as  well  as  for  its  excellent  preservation,  and  has  deservedly  aroused 

s  Tate  (Alnwick,  i,  19)  says  that  he  had  '  not  met  with  the  seal  of  the  abbey.' 


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wide  interest,  (iii)  Above  this  complex  of  habitable  buildings  comes  a 
vacant  space  on  which  no  structures  nor  traces  of  them  (beyond  a 
miserable  drain  near  the  surface)  have  been  found  and  which,  in  my 
judgment,  was  probably  always  unoccupied.  But  beyond  the  brow  of 


the  hill,  on  the  flat  top,  the  excavators  have  come  upon  numerous  and 
well-preserved  foundations,  including  stately  walling  provided  with 
plinths  (such  as  was  found  last  year)  and  a  broad  street  running  roughly 
east  and  west.  It  is  plain — as  last  year's  work  suggested — that  Roman 
Corstopitum  contained  many  important  structures,  and  that  its  ground 
plan  can  be  substantially  recovered  entire.  The  later  builders  of 
Corbridge  and  Hexham  have  taken  much  away,  but  they  have  left  us 
ample  material  for  investigation.  Indeed,  our  chief  trouble  is  like 
to  be,  not  their  ravages,  but  the  disentanglement  of  the  reconstructions 
and  alterations  effected  during  an  inhabitation  of  three  centuries. 
Among  the  detailed  finds  are  several  inscriptions,  of  which  one,  datable 
to  about  A.D.  140,  seems  worthy  of  special  mention. 

IMP  .  CAES  .    [T.]  AEL  \io  Hadriano] 

ANTONINO  .  A  [ug.  pio  trib.  pot.] 

in   .    cos  [iii] 

SVB  CVBA  Q   [Lollii  Urbici] 

LEG  .  AVG  \pro  praetore] 

LEG  ii  [Aug.] 

'  To  the  Emperor  Antoninus  Pius,  erected  under  the  care  of  Q.  Lollius 
Urbicus,  governor  of  Britain,  by  the  Legio  n.  Augusta.' 

It  is  a  stately  decorated  slab,  resembling  others  of  the  same  date 
found  at  Bremenium  and  in  Scotland,  and  it  suggests  that  when  Pius 
advanced  to  occupy  Southern  Caledonia  and  build  his  wall  from  Clyde  to 
Forth,  he  reconstructed  (or  perhaps  first  made)  the  Watling  Street  from 
Corbridge  to  the  North.  Of  other  smaller  finds  scarcely  any  need  belong 
to  any  period  previous  to  that  of  Pius,  though  an  altar  now  at  Newcastle, 
if  it  has  been  correctly  read,  probably  dates  from  Hadrian's  reign. 
Professor  Haverfield  was  thanked  for  his  report. 


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BULL    RING    ON    THE    SANDHILL,    NEWCASTLE. 

Mr.  E.  R.  Newbegin  presented  a  photograph  by  himself  showing,  in  situ, 
the  bull  ring  just  unearthed  below  the  pavement  on  the  Sandhill,  at  a 
]  oint  about  fifteen  yards  north  of  the  Exchange,  and  about  midway  be- 
tween the  entrance  door  and  Watergate.  (See  it  on  plate  facing  p.  94.) 

Mr.  R.  Oliver  Heslop,  in  thanking  the  donor,  said  that  many  serious 
accidents  attended  the  once  popular  pastime  of  bull-baiting.  In  con- 
sequence of  a  succession  of  these,  in  the  year  1768,  the  removal  of  the 
Bull  Ring  on  the  Sandhill  was  ordered  by  the  magistrates  (see  Sykes's 
Local  Records,  i,  p.  265).  Newcastle  thus  set  an  early  example  of  the 
abolition  of  this  '  barbarous  sport '  which  continued  to  be  practised  in 
neighbouring  towns  as  late  as  1825.  When  preparations  were  being 
made,  on  July  10th,  1821,  for  erecting  the  temporary  wine-pant,  used 
in  celebrating  the  coronation  of  George  iv,  the  workmen  uncovered  a 
large  stone  with  an  iron  ring.  Here  must  either  have  been  a  second 
bull  ring,  or  else  the  ring  of  1768  must  have  been  buried  and  not 
'  removed.'  This  would  not  be  an  improbable  method  of  carrying  out 
the  order  of  the  magistrates  ;  and  the  same  ready  method  may  again 
have  been  adopted  by  the  erectors  of  the  wine-pant,  who  thus  saved 
themselves  the  trouble  of  carrying  away  the  cumbrous  and  useless 
stone.  Be  this  as  it  may,  we  have  now  the  discovery,  or  the  re-discovery, 
of  a  ring  and  stone  at,  or  near,  the  site  of  the  original  bull  ring.  It  is 
an  ordinary  Newcastle  grindstone  about  two  feet  in  diameter,  finished 
and  holed.  Evidence  of  lengthened  adaptation  for  the  purpose  of 
bull-baiting  appears  in  the  renewal  of  rings  on  its  face,  the  present 
much-corroded  ring  being  apparently  the  successor  to  earlier  ones,  the 
sockets  for  two  oi  which  remain.  Mr.  Herbert  Shaw  of  the  Newcastle 
Commercial  Exchange,  has  pi  iced  the  stone  and  ring,  now  discovered, 
in  the  Exchange  annexe  for  preservation,  and  representation  has  been 
made  to  the  city  engineer  to  mark  the  site  of  the  ring  in  the  new  pave- 
ment now  being  laid  down. 


MISCELLANEA. 

Under  date  of  6th  September,  1907,  L'  Col.  F.  R.  N.  Haswell  of 
Monkseaton,  thus  writes: — 'Mr.  Wooler's  account  of  Aycliffe  church, 
(p.  65)  (which  I  heard  read  by  him  in  the  church),  which  is  very  good, 
unfortunately  omits  reference  to  one  most  important  fact,  viz.,  the 
existence  of  limestone  altar  slab,  with  unusually  fine  five  crosses  (four- 
teenth or  early  fifteenth  century  type),  as  part  of  the  pavement  of  the 
chancel,  immediately  below  the  prayer  desk — which  slab  has  been  bar- 
barously utilized  by  a  man  and  his  wife  as  a  flat  tombstone,  and  has 
the  two  figures  incised  in  the  stone  with  legend.  Don't  you  think  it 
within  tiie  province  of  the  society  to  suggest  to  the  vicar  the  desirability 
of  placing  this  slab  below  the  wood  top  of  the  Holy  Table,  as  I  did  in 
the  restoration  of  Barnard  castle  church.  There  we  have  three  how- 
ever, the  stone  one,  and  the  wood  top  in  use  up  to  the  time  of  the 
restoration,  and  a  new  and  larger  one  which  I  had  put  up. 

I  think  I  have  something  to  say  also  about  Heighington  east  end. 
In  last  month  I  visited  Compton  church  in  Surrey,  which  has  a  Tran- 
sitional Norman  vaulted  east  chamber,  opening  through  a  second 
chancel-like  arch  into  the  chancel,  the  chancel  arch  proper  being  of  the 
same  period.  It  is  unique  in  my  experience.  In  the  fourteenth  or 
fifteenth  century  the  east  wall,  with  a  three-light  window,  was  carried 
up  in  the  outer  or  east  wall  of  this  chamber,  and  a  staircase  up  to  it 
formed.  I  had  not  time  to  measure  it,  but  have  sketches  of  it  in  my 
memorandum  book.' 


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OF    THE 


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OF    NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. 


3    SER.,    VOL.    III.  1907.  NO.    11 


An  afternoon  meeting  of  the  Society  was  held  on  Friday,  the  13th 
day  of  Sept.,  1907,  at 

CORSTOPITUM. 

On  the  same  day,  but  earlier,  the  members  of  the  Cumberland  and 
Westmorland  Antiquarian  Society  also  visited  the  remains. 

The  members  of  the  Newcastle  society  and  friends  assembled  at 
Corbridge  railway  station  at  1-28  p.m.,  on  the  arrival  of  the  12-40  train 
from  Newcastle,  and  proceeded  direct  to  the  site  of  the  discoveries  on  a 
farm  not  far  west  of  the  pleasant  village  of  Corbridge,  where,  for  hun- 
dreds of  years,  the  plough  has  been  driven  and  rotations  of  crops 
garnered  over  the  site  of  the  ancient  Roman  town  of  Corstopitum. 
Those  portions  of  the  many  stone  edifices  which  remained  were 
plundered,  at  least  of  their  superstructure,  either  by  '  the  iron  tooth 
of  time,'  or  by  the  pilfering  medieval  builder.  What  was  left  has 
lain  for  hundreds  of  years  buried  beneath  the  accumulated  soil  of 
ages.  Quite  recently,  however,  it  became  necessary,  in  writing  the 
History  of  Northumberland,  to  deal  with  the  Corbridge  district,  and  it 
was  felt  that  this  could  not  be  thoroughly  done  without  making  some 
exploration  of  this  buried  Roman  town.  A  committee  was  conse- 
quently formed,  and  a  fund  started  for  the  purpose  of  excavating  the 
site  and  laying  bare  the  foundations  of  the  deserted  town,  with  the 
object  of  allowing  the  stones  themselves  to  record  the  hitherto  unwritten 
history  of  the  place.  His  Grace  the  duke  of  Northumberland  became 
president  of  the  committee,  and  it  was  estimated  that  2000Z.  in  money 
and  five  years  in  time  would  be  necessary  to  do  the  work  thoroughly. 
This  year  the  trenching  has  covered  about  two-and-a-half  acres,  and  the 
total  area  of  the  town  is  reckoned  to  be  about  thirty  acres.  Up  to  the  pre- 
sent the  promised  donations  and  subscriptions  have  amounted  to  1700£., 
so  that  more  money  for  completion  will  be  required.  An  appeal  is  there- 
fore made,  not  only  to  Northumbrians,  but  to  all  who  care  for  the  early 
history  of  the  island  ;  and,  if  it  will  be  any  inducement  to  those  who  have 
not  yet  contributed,  it  may  be  mentioned  that  an  illustrated  report  of  the 
work  done  will  be  presented  annually  to  donors  of  10Z.  and  subscribers  of 
2J.  2s.  and  upwards.  The  owner  of  the  ground  under  which  the  site  of 
Cor»,topitum  lies  is  Captain  J.  H.  Cuthbert  of  Beaufront  castle,  and  he 
is  an  active  supporter  of  the  efforts  now  being  made  to  uncover  the  site. 


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He  has  also  undertaken  to  bear  the  cost  of  any  necessary  compensation 
to  the  tenant  (Mr.  Thomas  Reed)  for  the  use  or  deterioration  of  the  land 
taken  for  the  excavations.  The  work  is  being  carried  out  on  strictly 
scientific  lines,  and  this  year  it  has  been  under  the  charge  of  Mr.  C.  L. 
Woolley,  M.A.,  of  the  Ashmolean  Museum,  Oxford.  He  has  been 
assisted  by  Mr.  R.  H.  Forster,  who  will  probably  superintend  next 
season's  work. 

The  special  interest  in  these  excavations  is  that  Corstopitum  was 
occupied  in  Roman  times  not  as  a  fort,  like  Housesteads  or  Chesters, 
but  as  a  town.  Of  such  a  civil  town  we  have  no  vestige  north  of  York 
and  Aldborough,  except,  perhaps,  at  Carlisle,  near  the  west  end  of  the 
Wall.  But  Roman  Carlisle  lies  beneath  the  houses  of  a  modern  city, 
and  cannot  be  excavated.  Corstopitum,  on  the  other  hand,  can  be 
entirely  uncovered,  and  the  nature  of  the  site  promises  results  of  unique 
interest.  At  present,  it  may  be  remaiked,  that  with  the  exception  of  the 
small  portion  excavated,  there  is  a  good  crop  of  oats  growing  upon  it. 
The  site  is  on  the  slope  which  runs  down  to  the  northern  bank  of  the 
river  Tyne,  about  half-a-mile  west  of  Corbridge.  The  immediate,  and 
one  of  the  principal  objects  of  the  work,  is  to  link  up  the  old  bridge 
with  what  has  been  called  the  Watling  street,  and  to  find  out  whether 
it  went  through  the  town  or  skirted  the  western  side  of  it. 

A  large  number  of  members  and  friends  took  part  in  the  proceedings, 
one  party  being  under  the  auspices  of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  of 
Newcastle,  and  the  other  under  that  of  the  Cumberland  and  Westmor- 
land Archaeological  Society. 

»  Mr.  Woolley,  who  takes  an  enthusiastic  interest  in  the  work,  described 
the  operations.  He  remarked  that  at  least  three  important  con- 
clusions might  be  arrived  at.  Under  all  the  Roman  strata  was  found 
a  Neolithic  stratum,  from  which  flint  chippings  and  small  flint  scrapeis 
have  been  taken.  This  lends  support  to  the  theory,  which  had  pre- 
viously been  held  without  support,  that  there  was  a  British  settlement 
theie  prior  to  the  Roman  occupation.  The  stones  of  which  the 
Roman  town  had  been  built  have  been  traced  to  quarries  a  little 
south  of  the  Tyne,  and  some  near  Portgate.  The  time  also  at  which 
the  Roman  evacuation  took  place  has  been  approximately  fixed  by 
the  finding  of  coins.  This  took  place  only  the  previous  Thursday  in  '  the 
china  shop,'  or  potter's  establishment  (from  which  a  large  quantity 
of  fragmentary  pottery  has  been  recovered),  when  the  contents  of 
the  till  were  found  and  examined.  The  place  had  been  burned  down 
at  the  end  of  the  occupation,  and  there  was  a  layer  of  burnt  stuff 
six  or  seven  inches  thick,  whence  a  great  mass  of  pottery  was  unearthed. 
The  till  and  coins  being  there,  they  were  able  to  date  the  pottery 
fairly  accurately,  and  to  upset  by  nearly  200  years  the  accepted  date 
for  it.  The  Romans  carried  on  the  manufacture  of  that  red  pottery  for 
nearly  150,  certainly  for  more  than  100  years  later  than  anybody  had 
hitherto  thought.  Above  a  plinth  in  the  gutter  of  the  roadway  at  the 
two  adjoining  houses  a  heap  of  300  or  400  minimi  were  found.  They 
had  probably  been  dropped  there  in  a  bag  when  the  place  was  evacuated. 
All  the  coins  were  of  the  fourth  century  A.D.,  mostly  of  the  time  of 
Constantino  and  his  family.  Mr.  Woolley  then  described  the  re- 
mains of  the  north  abutment  of  the  bridge,  leading  to  the  main  road 
north,  called,  in  the  middle  ages  and  down  to  a  couple  of  centuries  ago 
'  Dere  Street '  which,  he  said,  probably  ran  along  the  western  outskirt  of 
the  town  with  gateways  from  it  leading  into  the  town.  The  large 
quantity  of  rubble  on  the  west  side  of  the  bridge  abutment,  and  the 
absence  of  it  on  the  east  side,  showed  the  protection  which  was  needed 
the  river,  which  then  flowed  in  a  channel  slightly  farther  to  the 


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north  than  i£  does  now,  was  in  flood.  The  next  point  of  interest  was  a 
large  building  with  terraces  behind  it,  built  on  a  projecting  cliff  some  15 
feet  high.  In  a  cement  cistern  at  the  back,  the  carved  stone  lion 
(an  illustration  of  it,  from  a  pen-and-ink  drawing  by  Mr.  Henry  Clarke, 
is  given  on  p.  99),  which  had  been  used  as  a  fountain,  was  un- 
earthed, it  having  apparently  been  thrown  there  with  other  unconsidered 
rubbish.  Here,  as  elsewhere  in  the  excavations,  floor  levels  of  two,  and 
sometimes  three,  different  periods  of  construction  were  found.  The 
later  periods  were  always  inferior  in  workmanship  and  material  to  the 
earlier.  A  coin  found  between  two  floor  levels  in  this  house  was  of  the 
time  of  Carausius.  It  was  interesting  to  find  that  some  of  the  walls  of 
the  house  were  of  lath  and  plaster.  On  the  brow  of  the  hill  the  Roman 
stratum  is  lost,  wiped  away  by  weather  or  the  operations  of  agriculture, 
and  does  not  re-appear  till  the  summit  of  the  hill  is  passed,  except  where 
rubbish  pits  have  been  dug,  and  from  these  some  very  interesting  objects 
have  been  obtained.  Some  of  them,  with  gems,  ornaments,  and  im- 
plements found  elsewhere,  were  exhibited  on  a  table  on  the  site. 

Amongst  the  members  and  friends  present  were  Mr.  and  Mrs.  T.  H. 
Hodgson  and  Miss  Hodgson  of  Newby  Grange  near  Carlisle,  Prof.  Haver- 
field  of  Christ  Church,  Oxford,  Mrs.  and  Miss  Thompson  of  Whickham, 
Mr.  Charles  Hopper  of  Croft,  Mr.  R.  L.  Allgood  of  Titlington  Hall,  The 
Rev.  T.  and  Miss  Stephens  of  Horsley,  Miss  Miller  and  Mr.  J.  A.  Irving,  of 
Corbridge,  Mr.  S.  S.  Carr  of  Tynemouth,  Dr.  Thos.  Hodgkin  of  Barmoor 
Castle,  Prof.  R.  C.  Bosanquet  of  Liverpool,  Mrs.  Brown  and  friends  of 
Swinburne  Castle,  The  Rev.  S.  Savage  and  Messrs.  J.  P.  Gibson  and 
C.  C.  Hodges,  of  Hexham,  Lt.  Col.  F.  R.  N.  Haswell  of  Monkseaton, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  Blair  and  Miss  Elsie  Blair  of  Harton,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
H.  T.  Rutherford  of  North  Shields,  Mr.  H.  H.  E.  Craster  of  All  Souls' 
College,  Oxford,  Messrs.  R.  Oliver  Heslop,  R.  S.  Nisbet,  N.  Temperley, 
R.  Pybus,  R.  H.  Forster,  W.  H.  Knowles,  W.  Philipson,  M.  Mackey,  John 
Gibson  (Castle),  and  Dr.  Hardcastle,  of  Newcastle. 


Some  of  the  party  afterwards  visited  the  church,  interesting  from 
the  fact  that  the  tower  is  of  pre-conquest  date,  and  that  the  arch 
between  the  tower  and  the  nave  is  formed  of  stones  which  appear  to 
have  been  removed  from  the  neighbouring  Roman  town  of  Corstopitum. 

Sir  Stephen  Glynne,  in  his  '  Notes,' l  thus  describes  the  church  as  it 
was  'before  1840,'  when  he  visited  it : — 

'  This  Church  has  a  West  Tower,  a  nave,  side  aisles,  large  Transepts 
and  Chancel  with  N.  aisle.  The  Tower  in  its  lower  parts  is  Norman3,  like 
many  others  in  the  North,  tall  and  narrow,  and  without  buttresses,  the 
windows  extremely  small.  The  upper  part  is  modern.  The  Tower 
opens  to  the  nave  by  a  plain  narrow  semicircular  arch.  The  South 
door  is  Norman  with  chevron  moulding  and  shafts,  having  the  hol- 
lowed squares  in  the  capitals.  The  buttresses  are  flat  above  the  string 
course,  the  lower  part  projects  and  has  a  triangular  pediment.  The 
nave  is  separated  from  each  aisle  by  2  lofty  pointed  arches  springing 
from  octagonal  columns,  and  there  are  similar  arches  to  the  Transepts. 
The  aisles  open  to  the  Transepts  by  half  arches.  At  the  East  end  of 
each  Transept  is  a  3  light  window,  apparently  early  Decorated,  without 
feathering.  The  North  transept  had  once  a  western  aisle,  now  des- 
troyed, the  arches  visible  in  the  wall.  The  Chancel  arch  springs  from 
single  shafts  set  above  the  capitals  of  other  octagonal  ones.  The 

i  Continued  from  page  79,  note  1 
2  But  see  before. 


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Chancel  is  large  and  has  on  the  S.  side  4  lancet  windows— 2  of  which 
have  trefoil  heads,  and  the  inner  opening  of  like  form — beneath 
them  a  string  course.  The  S.  door  is  curious,  having  a  trefoil  head 
with  hood  moulding  of  like  form  exactly,  and  an  impost  moulding. 
The  East  end  had  3  lancets  originally  but  now  walled  up  and  sup- 
planted by  an  ugly  modern  window.  The  North  aisle  of  the  Chancel 
has  been  partially  destroyed,  there  were  once  4  arches  to  it,  springing 
from  octagonal  pillars,  and  the  2  eastern  ones  may  still  be  traced  in 
the  wall.  The  altar,  seats,  etc.,  are  neat,  as  things  go.  There  is  a 
plain  trefoil  niche  with  drain  on  the  S.  of  the  altar.  The  Font,  a 
circular  cup-shaped  bowl  on  a  cylindrical  stem  with  attic  base.  The 
windows  are  nearly  all  vile  modern  insertions.  On  the  N.  side  of  the 
Church  yard  is  a  square  Tower  with  battlement  and  machicolation.' 


MISCELLANEA. 

•    The  following  are  additional  extracts  from  the  same  'Notes' : — 
(Before  1840.)  BYWELL  (NORTHUMBERLAND).  St.  Andrew. 

This  church  has  a  West  Tower,  nave,  S.  porch  and  Transept,  and 
[chancel3]  small  in  size  and  rude  in  architecture.  The  porch  is 
wholly  of  stone,  the  work  is  chiefly  Norman  and  Early  English.  The 
Tower  resembles  that  at  Ovingham,  and  has  no  buttress  or  battlement, 
there  are  two  heights  of  plain  small  round  headed  windows — one  with 
shaft  on  the  S. — and  those  of  the  belfry  resemble  Ovingham  almost 
exactly,  but  has  a  circle  within  the  head  of  the  general  arch.  The  tower 
opens  to  the  nave  by  a  plain  low  arch,  just  pointed,  upon  imposts. 
The  Chancel  arch  is  pointed — and  above  it  is  a  square  recess — that  to 
the  S.  Transept  also  pointed  on  an  impost  with  nail  heads.  Many 
of  the  windows  are  modern  and  bad.  In  the  Chancel  on  the  N.  are 
some  lancets,  on  the  S.  square  ones  of  Elizabethan  style.  The  Font  is 
octagonal.  The  nave  has  a  liigli  tiled  roof. 

(Before  1840.)  BYWELL  (NORTHUMBERLAND).  S.  Peter. 

This  Church  has  also  much  of  early  work — consists  of  a  low  West 
Tower,  a  nave  with  S.  aisle,  and  a  Chancel  with  N.  Chapel.  The 
Tower  is  low  but  massive — with  a  battlement  and  double  lancet  belfry 
windows.  The  nave  is  lofty,  the  parapets  plain.  The  nave  is  Norman, 
having  on  the  North  side  4  original  windows  set  very  high  in  the  wall, 
it  is  divided  from  the  aisle  by  4  high  Early  English  arches  springing 
from  circular  columns  with  octagonal  capitals.  There  is  a  small 
window,  perhaps  Decorated,  of  2  lights  at  the  E.  of  the  S.  aisle, 
the  Chancel  is  large  but  narrow,  and  opens  to  the  nave  by  lofty  but 
narrow  semicircular  arch  upon  imposts.  At  the  East  end  are  3 
lancets — on  the  South  two — on  the  N.  one  very  long  and  one  smaller. 
On  the  S.  of  the  Chancel  is  a  late  square  headed  window  opening 
now  into  the  S.  aisle,  which  is  prolonged  beyond  the  Chancel  arch. 
The  North  chapel  opens  to  the  Chancel  by  a  door  of  the  depressed  trefoil 
form,  and  an  arch  has  been  closed.  In  this  Chapel  are  4  singular  square 
headed  windows  of  2  lights,  and  very  narrow — the  tracery  appears 
Decorated — and  at  its  W.  end  a  similar  one  of  4  lights.  There  is  some 
painted  glass.  The  Font  is  a  circular  cupshaped  bowl  on  a  cylinder 
with  round  base.  The  S.  aisle  has  one  window  of  2  trefoil  lancets — 
the  others  modern— The  river  Tyne  winds  round  the  Churchyard, 
which  is  shaded  by  fine  trees,  and  commands  an  enchanting  view. 

S  Illegible  in  MS. 


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OP   THE 


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OF    NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. 


3    SER.,    VOL.    Ill-  1907.  NO.    12 


The  ordinary  monthly  meeting  of  the  Society  was  held  in  the  library 
of  the  Castle,  Newcastle,  on  Wednesday,  the  18th  (instead  of  the  25th) 
day  of  September,  1907,  at  seven  o'clock  in  the  evening,  Mr.  Richard 
Welford,  M.A.,  a  vice-president,  being  in  the  chair. 

An  ACCOUNT,  recommended  by  the  Council  for  payment,  was  ordered 
to  be  paid. 

The  following  ORDINARY  MEMBERS  were  proposed  and  declared  duly 
elected  : — 

i.  Malcolm  Dillon,  17  Victoria  Square,  Newcastle, 
ii.   Noel  Llewellyn  Parmeter,  18  Windsor  Terrace,  Newcastle, 
iii.  T.  Coke  Squance,  M.D.,  F.R.C.S.E.,  15  Grange  Crescent,  Sunder- 
land. 

The  following  NEW  BOOKS  were  placed  on  the  table  : — 

Present : — 

From  R.  Blair  : — The  Antiquary  for  June,  1907. 

Exchanges  : — 

From  the  British  Archaeological  Association  : — Journal,  N.S.  xm,  ii. 
[On  page  89  is  an  interesting  fully  illustrated  article  on  the  six- 
teenth century  wal]s  of  Berwick,  by  Mr.  R.  H.  Forster.] 

From  the  Clifton  Antiquarian  Club  : — Proceedings,  vi,  ii. 

Purchases  : — The  Pedigree  Register,  no.  1  ;  The  Registers  of  Alnham 
(North.  &  Durham  Par.  Reg.  Soc.);  Jahrbuch  des  Kaiserlich  Deutschen 
Archaologischen  Inst^'tuts,  xxii;  Notes  and  Queries,  10  ser.,  nos.  192- 
194  ;  English  Church  Furniture,  by  J.  C.  Cox  and  A.  Harvey 
( 'Antiquary's  PSooks ' );  and  Knaresborouqh  and  its  Rulers,  by  William 
Wheater. 

DONATIONS    TO    THE    MUSEUM. 

Thanks  were  voted  for  the  following  : — 

From  Mr.  J.  J.  C.  Allison  of  Lunton-hill,  Butterknowle : — A  wooden 

barrow  six  feet  long  by  two  feet  broad,  a  wooden  shovel  three  feet 

seven  inches  long,    the  spade   part   being  sixteen  inches  long  by 

eleven  inches  broad,  &c.,  found  in  some  old  coal  pits  near  Cockfield. 

EXHIBITED  : — 

By  Mr.  C.  D.  Newby  of  Durham  : — The  following  documents : 


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i. — A  note  of  plumber's  work  done  in  Durham  cathedral  church  in 
1706,  as  follows  : — 

'  July  29°,  1706. 

A  note  of  Plumers  Work  Done  for  the  Honrkle  the  Dean  &  Chaptr  of  Durham, 

at  the  West  Cloyster  Leads.  li.      s.    d. 

Imp"  ffor  Casting  &  Laying  of  11  Tuns  138  Stones  &  4  pound  of),.  .  ,7  .  „ 

new  Sheet  Lead  at  Hi.  5s.  p.  Tun         j"1*  •  L< 

ffor  Sli.  of  Sowder  00  :  02  :  6 

pd  ffor  a  waine  Load  of  Coales          .. .00:02:6 

Sum 15  :  0-2  :  6 

Hen:  Dobson,  Treas. 

Jo:  Mountagu,  Dean. 
Reed  the  full  Contents  of  this  Bill 
By  me        W">  Brockett.' 

ii. — List  of  Freemen  admitted  at  Durham,  from  July,  1837,  to  4th 
February,  1839;   and 

in. — Forms  of  Oath  administered  to  the  Freemen  of  Durham. 

Mr.  Newby  thus  wrote  : — '  The  accompanying  paper  is  most  Interest- 
ing as  a  piece  of  local  history.  The  freemen  of  Durham  were  described 
as  '  Free  and  Independent,'  but  this  document  hardly  shews  them  as 
such.  It  seems  to  have  been  customary  for  the  candidates  for  parlia 
mentary  honours  to  pay  the  fees  of  the  young  freemen  on  admittance 
to  their  various  trades  or  guilds.  In  this  case  the  candidates  are 
Harland,  Trevor,  and  Granger,  and  what  makes  the  paper  interesting 
and  valuable  to  myself  and  my  people  is  the  fact  that  my  grandfather 
Christopher  Newby  and  the  late  John  Shields  (whose  son  is  a  member 
of  the  Society)  are,  in  the  whole  list,  the  only  two  who  were  independent 
enough  to  pay  their  own  fees,  you  will  see  that  they  are  marked  '  self ' 
in  the  margin.  I  enclose  also  our  freelage  papers,  and  would  be  glad 
if  you  will  tell  me  whether  they  differ  at  all  from  those  in  use  in  New- 
castle, though,  of  course,  they  must  differ  in  their  having  the  declaration 
of  allegiance  to  '  my  lord  of  Durham  '  inserted  in  them.' 

The  following  are  the  documents  referred  to  : — 

I  Christopher  Newby  do  sincerely  promise  and  swear  that  I  will  be  faithful 
and  bear  true  allegiance  to  Her  Majesty  Queen  Victoria.  So  Help  ine  God. 

I  Christopher  Newby  do  swear  that  I  do  from  my  heart  abhor,  detest,  and 
abjure,  as  impious  and  heretical  that  damnable  Doctrine  and  Position,  that 
Princes  excommunicated  or  deprived  by  the  Pope  or  any  Authority  of  the  See 
of  Rome,  may  be  deposed  or  murdered  by  their  subjects  or  any  other  whatsoever. 
A.nd  I  do  declare  that  no  Foreign  Prince,  Person,  Prelate,  State,  or  Potentate, 
hath  or  ought  to  have  any  Jurisdiction,  Power,  Superiority,  Pre-eminence,  or 
Authority,  Ecclesiastical  or  Spiritual,  within  this  Realm.  So  Help  me  God. 

Christopher  Newby,  You  shall  swear  that  you  shall  Faith  and  true  Allegiance 
bear  to  our  Sovereign  Lady  the  Queen  THAT  NOW  IS,  her  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors ;  You  shall  Faith  and  Truth  bear  to  the  Right  Reverend  Father  in  God, 
Edward  by  the  Grace  of  God,  Lord  Bishop  of  Durham  and  lawful  Successors  ; 
You  shall  be  obedient  and  always  aiding  and  assisting,  to  the  Mayor  of  the  said 
City  of  Durham,  and  Borough  of  Framwellgate,  his  Officers  and  Ministers  for 
the  time  being,  in  all  lawful  things  for  the  good  and  benefit  of  the  said  City  and 
Framwellgate  to  the  utmost  of  your  Power,  and  of  the  Incorporation  thereunto 
granted,  and  of  the  Corporation  of  the  Society  and  Fraternity  of  the  Art  and 
Mistery  of  a  Plumber  whereunto  you  are  now  admitted  a  FREEMAN  ;   You 
shall  well  and  truly  trade,  deal,  use,  occupy  and  exercise  in  the  said  Art  and 
Mystery  when  you  shall  use  the  same,  as  well  for  the  Good  and  Benefit  of  her 
said  Majesty's  Subjects  as  for  your  own  Profit  and  Gain.    So  Help  you  God. 
Christopher  Newby,  Apprentice  to  Thomas  Charlton,  and  assigned  to  John  Dickinson, 
Plumber,  was  on  the  fifteenth  Day  of  November,  in  the  second  Year  of  the  Reign  of  our 
Sovereign  Lady  Queen  Victoria,  and  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  One  Thousand  Eight 
Hundred  and  thirty  Eight,  admitted  a  FREEMAN  of  the  said  Company  and  City, 
before  me,  Thos.  Greenwell,  Mayor  of  the  said  City. 

Approved  at  Three  Guilds,  3d  call  the  twelfth  day  of  November,  1838.   J.  Hutchinson, 
Town  Clerk. 

On  the  6th  May,  1861,  the  same  oaths  were  taken  by  George  Dixon 
Newby,  the  bishop  named  being  Henry  Montague. 


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The  following  oaths,  taken  in  1895  by  Mr.  Christopher  Newby,  are 
now  in  use  : — 

I,  Christopher  Dixon  Newby,  do  swear  That  I  will  be  faithful  and  bear  true 
Allegiance  to  Her  Majesty,  Queen  Victoria,  Her  Heirs  and  Successors  according 
to  Law.  So  Help  me  God. 

1,  Christopher  Dixon  Newby,  do  declare  that  I  will  Faith  find  true  Allegiance 
bear  to  our  Sovereign  Lady  the  Queen  THAT  NOW  IS,  Her  Heirs  and  Succes- 
sors ;  I  will  Faith  and  Truth  bear  to  the  Right  Reverend  Father  in  God,  Brook 
Foss,  by  the  Grace  of  God,  Lord  Bishop  of  Durham,  and  his  lawful  Successors  ; 
I  will  be  obedient,  and  always  aiding  and  assisting  to  the  Mayor  of  the  said 
City  of  Durham,  and  Borough  of  Framwellgate,  his  Officers  and  Ministers  for 
the  time  being,  in  all  lawful  things,  for  the  good  and  benefit  of  the  said  City 
and  Framwellgate,  to  the  utmost  of  my  power,  and  of  the  Incorporation  there- 
unto granted,  and  of  the  Corporation  of  the  Society  and  Fraternity  of  the  Art 
and  Mystery  of  a  Plumber  and  Glazier,  whereunto  I  arn  now  admitted  a 
FREEMAN.     I  will  well  and  truly  trade,  deal,  use,  occupy  and  exercise  the 
said  Art  and  Mystery  when  I  shall  use  the  same,  as  well  for  the  Good  and 
Benefit  of  Her  said  Majesty's  Subjects  as  for  my  own  Profit  and  Gain, 
Christopher  Dixon  Newby,  was  on  the  sixth  day  of  May,  in  the  Fifty  Eighth  year 
of  the  Reign  of  our  Sovereign  Lady  Queen  Victoria,  and  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one 
Thousand  Eight  Hundred  and  ninety  five,  admitted  a  Freeman  of  the  said  Company 
and  City  before  me,  Edward  Jenson,  Mayor  the  said  City. 

Approved  at  three  Guilds,  third  call,  the  6th  day  of  May,  J895.  F.  Marshall,  Town 
Clerk. 

Mr.  Heslop  at  the  same  time  exhibited  a  copy  of  the  Oath  taken  by 
the  Freemen  of  Newcastle,  and  also  that  on  entering  one  of  the  com- 
panies. They  are  here  given  : — 

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE.  [Arms  of  the  City.]  YOU  declare  that  you  shall 
from  henceforth  hold  with  our  Sovereign  Lady  the  Queen's  Majesty  that  now 
is,  and  with  Her  Heirs  and  Successors,  Kings  and  Queens  of  Great  Britain, 
against  all  Persons,  to  live  and  to  die  ;  and  maintain  the  Peace,  and  all  the 
Franchises  of  this  Town  of  Newcastle  upon  Tyne,  and  be  obedient  to  the 
MAYOR,  ALDERMEN,  SHERIFF,  and"  all  other  the  Officers  of  the  same, 
and  their  Counsel  keep  ;  and  no  Man's  Goods  avow  for  yours  unless  he  be  as 
free  as  yourself,  and  of  the  same  Franchise  :  And  you  shall  observe  and  keep 
to  the  best  of  your  Power,  all  lawful  Ordinances  made  by  Common  Consent,  on 
High  Court  days  ;  and  all  other  Things  you  shall  do  that  belong  to  a 
FREEMAN  of  the  said  Town.  So  Help  you  God. 

was  this  Day  of  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord,  19 

admitted  a  Free  Burgesss  of  this  Corporation  before  the  Right  Worshipful 
Esq.,  Mayor,  and  stands  charged  with  a  musket  for  the  defence  thereof.  Mayor. 

The  OATH  of  a  FREEMAN  of  the  Company  of  PLUMBERS,  GLAZIERS,  and 
PEWTERERS  in  N«wcastle-upon-Tyne. 

You  shall  swear  to  be  true  to  our  Sovereign  the  that  now  is, 

Heirs  and  Successors,  Kings  or  Queens  of  the  united  Kingdom  of  Great 
Britain  and  Ireland,  for  ever  :  -You  shall  be  true  and  faithful  to  the  Company 
of  Plumbers,  Glaziers,  and  Pewterers,  in  this  Town  and  County,  and  their 
secrets  keep: -You  shall  be  tractable  to  all  Manner  of  Charges  for  the  Good 
of  the  said  Company  :--You  shall  observe,  perform,  and  keep,  all  lawful  Orders 
and  Ordinances  now  made,  or  hereafter  to  be  made,  by  the  said  Company  or  the 
major  Part  of  them  ;  and  shall  give  Place  to  the  Ancient  of  the  said  Company. 
All  these  Things  you  shall  well  and  truly  observe,  fulfil,  and  keep,  to  the 
best  of  your  Power. 

was  admitted  a  free  Brother  of  the  Company  of  Plumbers,  Ac., 
in  Newcastle-upon-Tyne,  sworn  and  enrolled  this  Day  of  in  the 

Year  of  our  Lord  18 

SECRETARY. 

Mr.  Newby  and  Mr.  Heslop  were  thanked  for  their  communications. 

COr.STOPITUM. 

Mr.  C.  L.  Woolley,  M.A.,  then  gave  an  address  on  the  interesting  dis- 
coveries made  at  Corstopitum. 

Mr.  Woolley,  speaking  of  the  two  seasons'  work  at  Corbridge,  de- 
scribed first  the  main  Roman  road,  leading  to  the  north  abutment  of 
the  bridge,  which  has  been  partially  bared  and  shews  three  periods  of 
construction,  this  feature  being  consistent  with  results  obtained  at 
other  parts  of  the  site.  East  of  this,  upon  the  south  edge  of  the  town, 
lay  a  large  residential  building,  partially  excavated  last  year ;  it  con- 


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tained  a  fine  early  hypocaust,  and  to  the  north  of  it  was  the  cistern  or 
tank  in  which  the  lion  was  found.  In  a  field  higher  up  the  hill,  to  the 
north,  a  street  was  found  with  buildings  on  either  side  of  it,  the  first 
and  perhaps  most  interesting  being  a  pottery  store  or  shop.  The 
great  importance  of  this  lay  in  the  evidence  that  it  afforded  for  the 
dating  of  terra  sigillata,  the  so-called  *  Samian '  ware,  whose  manufac- 
ture had  generally  been  supposed  to  have  ceased  in  the  third  or  at 
latest  at  the  beginning  of  the  fourth  century,  whereas  now  it  could  be 
brought  down  to  the  last  years  of  the  Roman  occupation  of  North 
Britain.  Of  the  other  buildings  on  the  street,  one  had  produced  two 
inscriptions,  giving  the  name  of  the  Second  Legion,  and  belonging  to 
the  period  of  the  construction  of  the  Antonine  Wall  in  Scotland ' 
another,  still  being  excavated,  shewed  already  unusual  features,  and 
promised  to  be  of  great  interest;  the  numerous  carved  and  worked 
stones  found  about  it,  together  with  a  fragmentary  inscription  of  the 
Twentieth  Legion,  seemed  to  have  belonged  to  a  shrine  of  rather  curious 
plan.  The  fact  that  these  latter  buildings  lay  to  the  north,  and  prac- 
tically untouched  side  of  the  road,  gave  promise  of  even  better  results 
in  future  seasons  than  had  been  obtained  by  this  year's  work. 

The  address  was  illustrated  by  a  fine  series  of  lantern  slides,  the 
lantern  being  worked  by  Mr  Parker-Brewis,  wiio  had  kindly  lent  it  for 
the  occasion,  for  which  he  was  thanked. 

A  vote  of  thanks  was  accorded  by  acclamation  to  Mr.  Woolley  on  the 
motion  of  Mr.  J.  P.  Gibson,  seconded  by  Mr.  Heslop. 

Mr.  R.  Blair  exhibited  a  square  communion  token  of  lead,  fin.  by  \  in., 
belonging  to  Ladykirk,  inscribed  on  one  side  LK  and  on  the  other  '1710.' 


MISCELLANEA. 

The  following  is  another  extract  from  Sir  Stephen  Glynne's  '  Notes ' 
(continued  from  p.  104) : — 

(1834)  OVINGHAM  (NORTHUMBERLAND).  S.  Mary. 

A  handsome  cruciform  Church  of  excellent,  though  not  rich,  Early 
English  work,  with  a  Norman  Tower  at  the  West  end,  and  a  South  porch 
of  large  size,  within  which  is  a  good  Norman  doorway  with  cylindrical 
mouldings  and  shafts.  The  Tower  is  early  and  without  buttresses — its 
parapet  quite  plain — the  belfry  story  has  two  very  narrow  round- 
headed  arches  springing  from  a  large  circular  shaft  in  the  centre  and 
included  within  a  larger  general  arch,  also  semicircular.  In  the  other 
stages  are  smaller  round  headed  openings.  The  North  aisle  of  the  nave 
has  been  destroyed.  On  the  South  side  are  4  lofty  pointed  arches — 
the  most  Eastern  opening  to  the  Transept — 2  of  the  columns  are  tall 
and  of  circular  form  with  octagonal  capitals — the  3rd  is  octagonal, 
at  the  corner  of  the  Transept — and  that  on  the  S.  has  a  foliated 
capital.  Each  Transept  has  a  western  aisle,  opening  to  it  by  2  arches 
with  a  circular  central  column,  but  having  the  respond  against  the  wall 
formed  of  clustered  shafts  having  toothed  capitals. 

The  Transepts  are  very  uniform,  each  has  at  the  S.  end  2  long 
plain  lancets,  and  on  the  east  side  4.  The  Chancel  is  large  and  lofty — 
at  its  E.  end  are  3  long  lancets — on  the  N.  &  S.  are  3,  also  of  great 
length,  the  whole  very  light  and  elegant.  There  is  a  stone  bench  along 
each  side  of  the  Chancel  under  the  windows.  The  Tower  opens  to 
the  nave  by  a  low  plain  round  arch.  The  Font — a  circular  bowl  on 
a  cylinder  surrounded  by  4  shafts.  The  parapets  are  all  plain — the 
aisle  slated — the  Chancel  tiled. 


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REFOUNDATION  CHARTER  OF  SYON  ABBEY. 

(See  page  2.) 

The  following  are  the  transcription  and  translation  of  Cardinal  Pole's 
charter  of  refoundation  of  Syon  a.bbey,  exhibited  by  Mr.  Oswin  Charlton 
at  last  January  meeting. 

The  deed  is  on  parchment,  measuring  36  in.  by  20  in.  Attached 
by  a  long  plaited  red  silk  cord,  is  the  lower  part  of  a  silver  seal  case, 
a  pointed  oval  5  in.  by  2^  in.  The  seal  is  entirely  lost. 

The  signature  in  the  lower  left  hand  corner  "is  apparently  that  o£ 
Cardinal  Pole  (see  plate  facing  p  96). 

There  are  endorsements  in  Portuguese  and  English,  the  former  pro- 
bably written  while  the  community  was  established  in  Lisbon,  in  the 
eighteenth  century.  There  is  also  endorsed  what  appears  to  be  an 
early  library  reference  number. 

Reginaldus  Miseratione  divina  tituli  Sanetae  Mariae  in  Cosmedin  Sanctae 
Roman  ae  Ecclesiae  Presbjter  Cardinalis  Polus  Archiepiscppus  Cantuariensis 
sancti&simi  domini  nostii  papae  et  Sedis  Apostolicae  ad  Serenissimum  Phillipum 
et  Serenissimam  Mariam  Angliae  et  Hiberniae  Regem  et  Repinam  et  universa 
Angliae  et  Hiberniae  Regna  et  paites  iliis  adiacentes  de  latere  Legatus  Ad 
perpetuam  rei  memoriam  Cum  Monasterium  sancti  Salvatoris  et  sanctarum 
Mariae  Virginis  et  Brigidae  de  !Syon  ordinis  Sancti  Augustini  Londonensis 
diocesis  quod  quondam  clarae  memoriae  Henricus  Qumtus  Angliae  Rex  Illustns 
ad  rip  am  Tamesis  e  regipne  domus  regularis  Jetsu  de  Bethlehem  loci  de  fcfhene 
ordinis  fratrum  Carthusianorum  Wmtoniensis  diocesis  ab  eqdem  Henrico  Rege 
fundatae  erectae  et  dotatae  similiter  fundavit  erexit  et  dotavit  eodem  modo  quo 
dpmus  de  Shene  prefata  tempore  pernicipsissimi  schismatis  nuper  hoc  in  Regno 
vigentis  expulsis  ab  eo  mulieribus  et  viris  religiosis  licet  temere  et  de  facto 
penitus  dissolutum  ac  in  Fisci  Regii  dominium  cum  eius  bonis  translatum  et 
sublata  inde  ecclesia  et  secularibus  edibus  inibi  extructis  ad  profanes  usus 
redactum  fuerit  feerenissimus  Philippus  et  Serenissima  Maria  Angliae  Rex  et 
Regina  qui  ab  illo  inde  tempore  quo  singulari  Dei  misericordia  eorumque  studio 
et  opera  dicto  schismate  extincto  ipsum  Regnum  ad  unitatem  ecclesiae  et  sedis 
apostolicae  obedientiam  reductum  fuit  ea  quae  calamitosissimo  illo  tempore 
diruta  et  collapsa  fuerunt  restaurari  maxime  cupiverunt  et  ad  id  indies  totis 
viribus  iucumbunt  Monasterium  de  Syon  prefatum  restaurari  et  ad  pristinum 
statum  reduci  summopere  desiderantes  ut  id  auctoritate  apostolica  per  nos 
efficeretur  a  nobis  multa  cum  instantia  postulaverunt  Nos  igitur  prout  Legatioms 
qua  fungimur  otticium  ac  munus  postulat  tarn  piis  iustisque  eorundem  Regis  et 
Reginae  votis  annuentes  auctoiitate  apostolica  nobis  hac  in  nostra  Legatione 
conctssa  qua  fungimur  in  hac  parte  tenore  presentium  locum  de  Syon  predictum 
in  pristluum  statum  reyulare  repouimus  et  reintegramus  ipsamque  domum  in 
Monasterium  sub  eodem  titulo  sancti  Salvatoris  et  Sanctamm  Mariae  Virginis  et 
brigidae  de  Syon  quern  ante  dictam  dissolutionem  habebat  erigirnus  et  institui- 
musutque  idem  Mpnasterium  Abbatissam  cum  Priorissa  seu  Presidente  necnon 
CoHfessore  generali  et  certo  numero  sororum  et  fratrum  eiusdem  ordinis  sancti 
Augustini  et  regulae  sanctae  Brigidae  iuxta  f acultatem  reddituum  ipsius  Monastern 
inibi  instituendorum  omniaque  alia  et  singula  iura  ad  Monasteria  et  Conyentus 
regulares  eorundem  ordinis  et  regulae  pertinentia  et  quae  ante  dictam  dissolu- 
tiouem  habebat  et  exercebat  perpetuo  habeat  decernimus  et  declaramus  in 
eodemque  Monasterio  religiosas  nmlieres  sorores  seu  Moniales  Catherinam 
Palmer  Johannam  Rushe  Annam  Unkes  Clementem  Tresham  Rosam  Pachet 
Margaritam  Dele  Aliciam  Elderton  Johannam  Deane  Dorotheam  Gotherington 
Mariam  Whetnall  Agnetem  Merett  Ursulam  Fetiplace  Elizabeth  Knottisford 
Eleonoram  Fetiplace  Elizabeth  Faax  Elizabeth  Yeates  Audieam  Dele  Mariam 
Nevell  Annam  Dawnsy  Dorotheam  Slyght  et  Margaritam  Monyngton  ordinem 
et  regulam  predictos  professas  et  religiosos  viros  fratres  Johannem  Grene 
Antonium  Litle  et  Johannem  Stewkyu  eorundem  ordinis  et  regulae  professpres 
inibi  scilicet  mulieres  in  unp  et  viros  in  altero  distinctis  et  separatis  conventibus 
sub  obedientia  suorum  superiorum  ac  alias  secundum  Deum  et  ordinatipnes  ordinis 
ac  regulae  predictorum  fundatiojuenique  et  statuta  loci  seu  Monasterii  predicti  et 
alias  constitution es  quae  pro  felici  dicti  Monasterii  regimine  ac  statu  per  Nos  seu 
alios  ad  id  potestatem  habentes  canpnice  sancieutur  victuras  et  yicturos  et  in 
eodem  Monasterio  Altissimo  deservituras  ac  deservituros  instituimus  et  ordi- 
namus  Et  eidem  Monasterio  Abbatissae  solatio  destitute  pro  hac  vice  de  persona 
Venerabilis  sororis  Catherioae  Palmer  predictae  quam  ob  tidei  Catholicae 
puritatem  morum  honestatem  devptipnis  fervprem  aliaque  multiplicia  yirtutum 
et  meritorum  dona  quibus  earn  Altissinaus  insignivit  ad  onus  idoneam 


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ludicavimus  providemus  ac  ipsam  eidem  Monasterio  in  Abbatissam  preficimus 
regimen  et  gubernationem  ipsius  Monasterii  eidem  in  spiritualibus  et  temporalibus 
plenarie  committendo  Necnon  Venerabilem  patrem  Johannein  Grene  prefatutn 
in  Confessorem  eidem  Monasterio  ac  eisdem  viris  religiqsis  presidentem  pre- 
ficimus et  deputamus  ac  mulieres  professas  superius  nominatas  in  Conventum 
Monasterii  de  Syon  predict!  erigimus  et  instituimus  illasque  eiusdem  Monasterii 
Oonventum  facere  decernimus  et  declaramus  Necnon  eidem  Monasterio  ac 
Abbatissae  et  Conventui  nunc  et  pro  tempore  inibi  exeuntibus  domum  de  Syon 
prefatam  ac  quaecunque  alia  bona  mobilia  et  im  mobilia  iura  et  actiones  quae- 
cunque  cum  omnibus  annexis  et  pertinentiis  suis  de  quibus  Serenissimus  Philippus 
Rex  et  Serenissima  Maria  Regina  predict!  idem  Monasterium  dotare  prooonunt  si 
et  postque  per  eosdem  Regem  et  Reginam  Monasterio  ac  Abbatissae  et  Conventui 
prefatis  in  puram  et  perpetuam  eleemosynam  data  concessa  et  elargita  fuerint 
in  perpetuum  absque  alicuius  preiudicio  applicamus  et  appropriamus  et  in  eventum 
predictum  Serenissimos  Regem  et  Reginam  prefatos  et  ipsius  Serenissimae 
Reginae  heredes  et  successores  eiusdem  Monasterii  veros  et  indubitatos  f  undatores 
dotatores  et  patronos  existere  ac  sic  dici  et  ab  omnibus  reputari  ac  ita  in  premissis 
per  quoscunque  Judges  et  Auditores  sublata  eis  quavis  aliter  iudicandi  et  inter- 
pretandi  potestate  facilitate  et  auctoritate  iudicari  et  diffiniri  debere  et  quicquid 
secus  attemptari  contigerit  irritum  et  inane  fore  decernimus  Non  obstante 
apostolicis  necnon  bonae  memoriae  O  thorns  et  Othoboni  olim  hoc  in  Regno  sedis 
apostolicae  Legatorum  ac  in  Provincialibus  et  Synodalibus  Conciliis  editis 
specia'ibus  vel  generalibus  constitutionibus  et  ordinationibus  statutis  et  consue- 
tudinibus  Monasterii  et  ordinis  prefatorum  etiam  Juramento  confirmatione 
apostplica  vel  quavis  firmitate  alia  i^boratis  Privilegiisque  eisdem  Monasterio  et 
ordini  concessis  quibus  eorum  omnium  et  singulorum  tenores  pro  sufficienter 
expressis  habentes  ipsis  alias  in  sue  robore  permansuris  pro  hac  vice  duntaxat 
specialiter  et  expresse  derqgamus  ceterisque  contrariis  quibuscunque  Datum 
Grenewichi  RofFensis  diocesis  Anno  a  Nativitate  domini  Millesimo  quingentesimo 
quinquagesimo  septimo  Kalendis  Martii  Pontificatus  Sanctissimi  in  Christo 
patris  et  domini  nostri  domini  Pauli  divina  providentia  Papae  Quarti  Anno 
Secundo 
Reginaldus  Cardinalis  Polus  Legatus 

D  Lampsonius 
Endorsed : 

L.  octavo  Folio  102     R.  Jordanus  a 

Regionad  apca  e  restauraca  de  Mosteiro  de  Sion 

empo'  dos  tres  Reys  Phillipe  e  Ma 

The  restauration  of  the  monastery  of  Sion 

in  the  reign  of  King  Philipp  and 

Quesn  Mary  by  Cardinal  Pool  assistance. 

JSo.  2°  Cardinal  Pool.  Kal.  Martii,  1557. 

The  following  is  a  translation  of  the  document :  — 

Reginald  Pole,  by  divine  pity  cardinal-priest  of  the  Holy  Roman  Church  of  the 
title  of  Saint  Mary  in  Cosmedin,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  Legate  de  latere 
of  our  most  holy  lord  the  Pope  and  of  the  Apostolic  See  to  their  Highnesses 
Philip  and  Mary,  King  and  Queen  of  England  and  Ireland,  and  to  the  whole 
kingdom  of  England  and  Ireland  and  the  parts  adjacent  to  them,  in  perpetual 
remembrance.  Whereas  Henry  v,  illustrious  King  of  England,  of  famous 
memory,  founded  established  and  endowed  the  monastery  of  the  Holy  Saviour 
and  of  the  Holy  Virgin  Mary  and  of  St.  Brigid  of  Syon,  of  the  order  of  Saint 
Augustine,  in  the  diocese  of  London,  on  the  bank  of  the  Thames,  out  of  land 
belonging  to  the  monastic  house  of  Jesus  of  Bethlehem  of  Shene,  of  the  order  of 
Carthusian  friars,  in  the  diocese  of  Winchester  (which  had  been  founded  estab- 
lished and  endowed  by  the  same  King  Henry),  in  the  same  manner  as  the 
foresaid  house  of  Shene ;  and  whereas  at  the  time  of  the  most  hateful  schism 
lately  rife  in  this  kingdom,  the  religious  men  and  women  were  expelled  from  it, 
and  the  house  was  wholly  (albeit  unconstitutionally  and  de  facto}  dissolved,  and 
transferred  with  its  property  into  the  control  of  the  Royal  Treasury,  and  brought 
to  profane  uses,  the  church  being  removed  thence  and  secular  buildings  erected 
there ;  and  whereas  their  Highnesses  Philip  and  Mary.  King  and  Queen  of 
England,  from  the  very  time  that  the  schism  was  ended  by  the  singular  mercy  of 
God  and  by  their  own  endeavour  and  help,  and  that  kingdom  brought  back  to 
unity  with  the  Church  and  to  obedience  to  the  Apostolic  See,  have  greatly  desired 
that  those  things  which  had  been  pulled  down  and  had  fallen  in  that  most 
disatrous  time  should  be  restored,  and  they  labour  thereto  daily  with  all  their 
power,  especially  desiring  that  the  foresaid  monastery  of  Syon  should  be  restored 
and  brought  back  to  its  former  state,  and  have  required  from  us  with  great 
instancy  that  that  may  be  effected  by  us  under  apostolic  authority.  We  in 
accordance  with  the  demands  of  the  office  and  task  of  the  legateship  which  we 
hold,  consent  to  the  pious  and  just  resolves  of  the  said  King  and  Queen,  and, 


.1  I 


Ill 

by  the  apostolic  authority  granted  to  us  in  this  9111-  legateship  which  we  exercise 
in  this  realm,  by  the  terms  of  this  present  writing,  replace  and  reinstate  the 
aforesaid  house  of  Syon  in  its  former  recognised  position.  We  set  up  and 
establish  that  house  as  a  monastery  under  the  very  title  of  the  Holy  Saviour  and 
of  the  Holy  Virgin  Mary  and  of  Saint  Brigid  of  Syon,  which  it  had  before  the 
said  dissolution  and  we  determine  and  declare  that  that  monastery  may  for  ever 
have  an  abbess  and  a  prioress  or  president,  together  with  a  confessor  general 
and  a  definite  number  of  sisters  and  brethren  of  the  aforesaid  order  of  Saint 
Augustine  and  of  the  rule  of  Saint  Brigid,  in  accordance  with  the  means  furnished 
by  the  rents  of  that  monastery  there  to  be  imposed,  and  that  it  may  have  all 
other  and  singular  rights  pertaining  to  monasteries  and  regular  convents  of  that 
order  and  rule,  and  which  it  held  and  exercised  before  the  said  dissolution.  And 
we  establish  and  ordain  that  in  that  monastery  the  religious  women,  sisters  or 
nuns,  Catherine  Palmer,  Johanna  Rushe,  Ann  Unkes,  Clement  Tresham,  Hose 
Pachet,  Margaret  Dele,  Alice  Eldertori,  Johanna  Deane,  Dorothy  Gotherington, 
Mary  Whetnall,  Agnes  Merett,  Ursula  Fetiplace,  Elizabeth  Knottisford,  Eleanor 
Fetiplace,  Elizabeth  Faax,  Elizabeth  Yeates,  Audrey  Dele,  Mary  Nevell,  Ann 
Dawnsy,  Dorothy  Slyght  and  Margaret  Monyngton,  who  have  professed  the 
aforesaid  order  and  rule,  and  the  religious  men,  brothers  John  Grene,  Anthony 
Litle  and  John  Stewkyn,  professors  of  the  same  order  and  rule,  shall  live  therein, 
to  wit  the  women  in  one  place  and  the  men  in  another,  in  distinct  and  separate 
convents,  in  obedience  to  their  superiors,  and  otherwise  in  accord  with  God  and 
the  ordinances  of  the  aforesaid  order  and  rule,  and  the  foundation  and  statutes 
of  the  aforesaid  place  or  monastery,  and  the  other  constitutions  which  have 
canonic  sanction  from  us  or  others  (having  power  thereto)  for  the  happy  rule  and 
state  of  the  said  monastery,  and  that  in  that  monastery  they  shall  serve  the 
Most  High.  And  for  this  time  we  make  provision  to  that  Monastery,  which  is 
without  the  advantage  of  having  an  abbess,  of  the  person  of  the  aforesaid  vener- 
able sister,  Catherine  Palmer,  whom  we  have  judged  tit  for  the  task  of  governance 
through  purity  of  Catholic  faith,  uprightness  of  conduct,  fervour  of  devotion 
and  the  other  and  varied  gifts  of  virtues  and  merits  with  which  the  Most  High 
has  endowed  her ;  and  we  set  her  over  that  Monastery  as  abbess,  committing  to 
her  fully  the  rule  and  governance  of  that  monastery  in  spiritual  and  temporal 
concerns.  Moreover  we  appoint  and  depute  the  venerable  father  John  Grene  as 
confessor  to  that  monastery  and  president  of  those  religious  men.  We  establish 
and  institute  the  professed  women  above  name  I  as  the  convent  of  the  aforesaid 
monastery  of  Syon,  and  we  determine  and  declare  them  to  make  up  the  convent 
of  that  monastery.  Moreover  we  apply  and  appropriate  to  that  monastery  and 
to  the  abbess  and  convent  that  now  are  and  for  the  time  to  come  shall  be  therein, 
the  aforesaid  house  of  Syon,  and  whatsoever  other  goods,  moveabte  and  im- 
moveable,  rights  and  actions  whatsoever,  with  all  things  dependent  thereon  or 
belonging  to  the  same,  with  which  their  Highnesses  the  aforesaid  King  Philip 
and  Queen  Mary  propose  to  endow  that  monastery,  if  and  after  they  be  given, 
granted  and  bestowed,  by  that  King  and  Queen,  to  and  upon  the  aforesaid 
monastery  and  the  abbess  and  convent  in  pure  and  perpetual  alms  for  ever, 
without  prejudice  to  any.  And  in  that  event  we  decree  their  aforesaid  High- 
nesses the  King  and  Queen  and  the  heirs  and  successors  of  her  Highness  the 
Queen  to  be  true  and  indubitable  founders,  benefactors  and  patrons  of  that 
monastery  and  so  to  be  styled  and  by  all  to  be  reputed  and  so  to  be  necessarily 
judged  and  defined  in  the  premises  by  all  or  any  judges  or  auditors,  taking  from 
them  any  power,  means,  and  authority  of  and  for  judging  and  interpreting 
otherwise,  and  we  pronounce  null  and  void  whatever  may  be  attempted  to  the 
contrary  ;  notwithstanding  the  special  or  general  constitutions,  ordinances, 
statutes  and  customs  of  the  aforesaid  monastery  and  order,  of  Otho  and  Othobon, 
of  apostolic  and  good  memory,  formerly  legates  of  the  apostolic  see  in  this  realm, 
as  well  as  those  that  have  been  pronounced  in  provincial  and  diocesan  councils, 
or  confirmed  by  oath  apostolic  confirmation  or  any  other  binding  power.  And 
we  specially  and  expressly,  for  this  occasion  only,  derogate  from  the  privileges 
granted  to  that  monastery  and  order,  and  from  other  things  to  the  contrary 
whatsoever,  holding  the  meaning  of  all  and  singular  of  the  said  privileges  to  be 
sufficiently  expressed,  and  the  privileges  themselves  to  continue  otherwise  in  full 
force.  Given  at  Greenwich  in  the  diocese  of  Rochester,  in  the  year  from  the 
birth  of  the  Lord  1557,  the  kalends  of  March,  in  the  second  year  of  the  pontifi- 
cate of  our  most  sacred  father  in  Christ  and  lord,  Paul  iv,  by  divine  providence 
Pope. 
Reginald  Cardinal  Pole  Legate. 


112 

MISCELLANEA. 

The  following  notes  relating  to  Cheste-le-Street,  are  from  the 
Calendar  of  State  Papers  : — 

On  23  Feb,  1379,  Thomas  Kyngesbury  was  nominated  to  a  canonry 
in  the  collegiate  Church  of  Chester.  On  the  6  April,  John  de  Waltham 
was  appointed  to  the  same,  and  on  18  Sep.  Michael  de  Ravendale  to  the 
same.1 

On  2  Dec,  1385,  of  the  king's  clerk  Thomas  Haxeye  to  W.  archbishop 
of  Canterbury,  for  presentation  to  the  first  vacant  canonry,  prebend,  or 
other  dignity  in  the  collegiate  church  of  Chester,  in  accordance  with  the 
power  granted  by  pope  Urban  vi. 

On  26  April,  1382,  the  estate  which  Henry  de  Hedelham  had  as  dean 
of  the  collegiate  church  of  Chester  was  ratified.  On  22  Feb,  1384,  his 
estate  in  the  prebend  which  John  de  Refham  lately  held  in  Darlington 
collegiate  church  was  ratified.  On  14  Sep,  1384,  his  estate  as  vicar  of 
St.  Nicholas',  Newcastle,  was  ratified.2 

On  31  July,  1388,  the  estate  of  Robert  Scampston  as  prebendary  of 
Lamesley  in  Chester  collegiate  church  of  the  portion  lately  Thomas 
Fulthorpe's  in  Norton  church  and  of  Westone  in  Lanchester  (Langa 
Castria)  church  was  ratified. 

On  25  Oct,  1389,  Matthew  William  Salesbury,  prebendary  of  Uprathe 
[Urpeth]  in  Chester  Church,  was  presented  to  the  church  of  Dodyng- 
hurst  in  London  diocese  in  the  king's  gift  by  reason  of  the  judgment 
against  Robert  de  Veer  late  duke  of  Ireland  ;  on  an  exchange  with 
Richard  Elande. 

On  23  Jan,  1390,  a  grant  was  made  to  Thomas  de  Weston  of  the  same 
prebend  of  Lamesley  in  the  king's  gift  by  reason  of  the  temporalities 
of  the  bishopric  being  in  his  hand,  and  a  mandate  issued  to  W.,  bishop 
of  Durham,  and  the  dean  and  chapter  of  the  said  church. 3 

On  18  Oct,  1399,  the  estate  which  the  king's  clerk,  John  de  Walesby, 
had  as  parson  of  the  church  of  Walesby  in  Line,  diocese  prebendary 
of  Pelton  in  Chester  collegiate  church,  etc.,  was  ratified.4 

On  30  April,  1 400,  the  estate  of  John  Burgh  in  the  prebend  of  Chestre 
in  Chester  collegiate  church,  to  which  he  had  been  collated  by  Walter, 
bishop  of  Durham. 3  At  the  same  time  a  protection  for  two  years  was 
granted  to  him  and  his  men  and  servants,  his  canonry  and  prebend,  and 
his  goods  provided  that  the  king  had  not  previously  granted  the  prebend 
to  anyone  else. 

In  a  letter  of  2  Sep,  1640,  dated  at  York,  secretary  Vane  informed 
Windebank  that  the  rebels  hed  encamped  the  previous  night  at  Chester 
le- Street,  and  he  was  of  opinion  they  would  come  on.  On  the  same  day 
Newcastle  was  occupied  by  Scotch  rebels,  and  that  certain  ships, 
twelve  in  number,  lying  outside  Tynmouth  bar  should  go  to  Hull  and 
ride  thereabouts  in  some  secure  place.  In  a  despatch  of  9  Mar,, 
1643-4,  it  is  said  that  the  Scots  had  passed  over  the  new  bridge  at 
Chester  to  Sunderland  which  could  not  be  hindered,  '  our  troops  passing 
on  the  6th  inst.,  at  one  o'clock,  and  the  Scots  following,  some  bullets 
were  exchanged.'6 

1  Richard  II,  1377-81,  328,  330,  367.  2  Richard  II,  1381-5,  513,  112,  874,  453. 

3  Richard  II,  1385-9,  498  ;  1388-92,  122,  182.      4  Henry  iv,  1399-1101,  54,  259,  262. 
s  xxvin,  4  ;  xxixa,  43. 


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PROCEEDINGS 

OF   THE 


SOCIETY    OF    ANTIQUARIES 


OF    NEWCASTLE-UPON  TYNE. 


3  SEB.,  VOL.  m.  1907.  NO.  13 


At  the  ordinary  monthly  meeting  of  the  Society,  held  in  the  library 
of  the  Castle,  on  Wednesday,  the  thirtieth  day  of  October,  1907,  at 
seven  o'clock  in  the  evening,  the  Rev.  C.  E.  Adamson,  M.A.,  a  member 
of  the  Council,  being  in  the  chair. 

Several  ACCOUNTS,  recommended  by  the  Council  for  payment,  were 
ordered  to  be  paid. 

The  following  ORDINARY  MEMBER  was  proposed  and  declared  duly 
elected  : — 

The  Honble  James  Arthur  Joicey,  Longhirst  Hall,  Morpeth. 

The  following  NEW  BOOKS,  etc.,  were  placed  on  the  table  : — 
Presents,  for  which  thanks  were  voted  : — 

From  Robert  de  Rustaf  jaell,  F.R.G.S.,  the  author :— '  Palaeolithic 

Vessels  of  Egypt'  (overprint,  8vo.). 

From  R.  Blair  :— The  Antiquary,  in,  10  and  11  (Oct.  and  Nov.),  1907. 
From  the  author,  George  Blundell  Longstaff,  M.A.,  M.D.,  F.S.A.  (a 

member  of  the  society)  : — The  Langstaffs  of  Teesdale  and  Weardale, 

large  thick  4to.,  brown  cloth. 

Exchanges  : — 

From  the  Historic  Society  of  Lancashire  and  Cheshire : — Trjansac- 

tions,  new  series,  xxn,  8vo,  red  cloth. 
From   the    Bristol    and    Gloucestershire    Archaeological    Society: — 

Transactions,  xxix,  ii. 
From  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  of  London : — (i)  Proceedings,  second 

series,  xxi,  i,  8vo.  ;   and  (ii)  Archaeologia,  60,  i,  4to.  cl. 
From  the  Royal  Society  of  Antiquaries  of  Ireland  : — Journal,  xxxvn, 

iii ;   large  8vo. 
From     the     Cambrian     Archaeological     Association : — Archaeologia 

Cambrensis,  sixth  series,  vn,  iv. 
From  the  Shropshire  Archaeological  Society : — Transactions,  3  ser., 

vii,  iii,  8vo. 

Purchases  : — Twenty- three  MS.  plans  of  ancient  earthworks  in  Wilt- 
shire, by  the  Rev.  Edward  A.  Downman,  comprising  Ludgers- 
hall,  Giant's  Grave,  Morgan's  Hill,  Oldbury,  Old  Sarum,  Scratch- 
bury,  Silbury  Hill,  Soldier's  Ring,  Stapleford  Castle,  Stonehenge, 
Stourton,  Wansdyke,  White  Sheet  Castle,  Whitsbury,  Winkelbury, 
Bincknoll  Castle,  Broad  Blunsdon,  Cricklade,  Marlborough  Mount, 
Old  Bowling  Green,  Martinsell,  Norwood  Castle,  and  West  Dean 
Mount  (these  make  283  in  all  sent  to  the  society)  ;  The  Pedigree 


114 


Register,  I,  no.  2 ;  Der  Obergermanisch-Raetische  Limes,  part  xxix 
(Kastell  Grosheim,  Kastell  Gunzenhausen,  Kastell  Pfiinz,  and 
Kastell  Bohming)  ;  Die  Altchristlichen  Grabstdtten  Siziliens ; 
Mitteilungen  des  Kaiserlich  DeutscTien  Archaeologischen  Instituts, 
xxi,  part  4  ;  The  Reliquary,  xm,  no.  4 ;  Notes  and  Queries,  10th 
series,  nos.  195  to  200  ;  and  The  Scottish  Historical  Review  for  Oct., 
1907  (v  no.  i). 

DONATIONS    TO    THE    MUSEUM. 

The  following  were  announced,  and  thanks  voted  to  the  donors  : — 

From  Mr.  James  Cay  gill,  miner,  Consett  : — A  number  of  old  hand 
drills,  hammers,  picks,  etc.,  from  several  old  pits  in  the  Consett 
district.  The  hand  drills  were  used  for  both  stone  and  coal  before 
the  introduction  of  machine  drilling.  The  following  are  amongst 
the  articles  given : — A  slide,  an  old  pick,  an  old  hammer,  a  drilling 
hammer,  a  hand  pusher  drill,  a  scraper,  a  pricker,  a  stammer  or 
beater,  three  hammer  drills.  (The  donor  pointed  out  in  an  accom- 
panying letter  that  the  tools  are  of  iron,  and  that  since  the  Mines 
Regulation  Act  of  1870  all  have  been  in  copper).  He  also  sent  an 
old  hay  fork  got  out  of  the  ground  four  feet  down. 

From  R.  Blair  : — 
(i)  The  Ladykirk  lead- 
en communion  token 
exhibited  by  him  at 
last  meeting  (see  Pro- 
ceedings, p.  108). 

(ii)  A  pair  of  primi- 
tive iron  snuffers  or 
wick  trimmers  shewn 
in^the  annexed  illustration,  from  a  drawing  by  Mr.  Henry  Clarke. 


OUR  GRANDFATHERS'  DAYS  ( see  p.  16 ). 

Mr.  Maberly  Phillips,  F.S.A.,  exhibited  a  number  of  interesting  old 
world  objects,  including  a  '  powder  monkey,'  a  pair  of  ember  tongs,  a 
small  box  for  holding  gunflints,  a  shepherd's  tally,  three  pairs  of  steel 
snuffers  with  rather  elaborate  arrangements  for  snuffing,  caricatures 
shewing  to  what  length  the  dressing  of  ladies'  hair  had  gone,  etc.,  etc. 


115 

Mr.  Phillips  said  : 

'At  the  close  of  my  lecture  on  'Manners  and  Customs  in  our 
Grandfathers'  Days,'  given  February  27th  of  this  year,  our  member, 
Mr.  Henry  Clarke,  asked  if  I  had  ever  seen  or  heard  of  a  'powder 
monkey,'  a  small  machine  made  of  leather  to  puff  hair-powder  on  to 
the  head  or  wig,  previously  well  greased  to  receive  the  same.  He 
stated  that  he  well  remembered  such  a  thing  being  about  the  house 
when  he  was  a  boy,  but  it  had  got  lost.  No  one  present  had  ever 
heard  of  such  a  machine.  Subsequently  Mr.  Clarke  favoured  me  with 
a  drawing  from  memory  of  a  powder  monkey. 

On  my  return  to  London  I  examined  many  local  museums,  and 
enquired  of  many  curiosity  dealers,  but  with  the  result  that  no  one  had 
ever  heard  of  such  a  thing.  The  editor  of  the  Hair  Dressers'  Chronicle 
also  failed  me,  but  kindly  inserted  a  letter  in  his  paper  asking  for 
information.  This  letter  fortunately  brought  an  answer  from  Mr. 
C-.  C.  Nash  of  High  Wycombe,  who  stated  that  he  owned  a  'powder 
monkey,'  which  he  afterwards  kindly  lent  me  to  exhibit  this  evening. 
It  is  the  only  one  I  have  seen. 

POWDER  MONKEY. — A  machine  used  for  powdering  the  hair  in  the 
days  when  hair  powder  was  in  fashion.  It  is  made  of  leather," so  that  it 
can  expand  and  contract  like  a  concertina.  It  stands  7^in.  high,  has  a 
wooden  bottom  which  screws  off,  3fin.  diameter.  Fine  gauze  at  top 
through  which  to  puff  the  powder.  The  inside  was  loosely  packed  with 
horse  hair,  hair  powder  being  also  inserted.  When  the  patient,  with 
head  well  greased,  was  seated  in  the  powder  closet,  the  dress  covered 
with  a  sheet,  the  powder  was  puffed  out  as  from  a  pair  of  bellows. 
The  Gentleman's  Mag.  of  20  Nov,  1746,  informs  us  that  fifty-one  barbers 
were  fined  201.  each  for  having  hair  powder  not  made  of  starch  contrary 
to  the  Act.  In  1795  a  tax  of  II.  Is.  was  put  on  the  use  of  hair  powder. 
It  was  repealed  in  1869,  and  was  then  used  by  800  persons. 

A  FLINT  BOX  of  tin,  2|in.  in  height  and  fin.  by  £in.  with  lid 
slightly  overlapping,  now  containing  one  gun  flint.  It  is  marked  on  the 
front  with  the  broad  arrow,  and  under  that  letters  that  appear  to  be 
B.O.  [Board  of  Ordnance].  It  was  recently  purchased  from  a  woman 
who  said  she  was  born  on  the  field  of  Waterloo  two  days  after  the  battle, 
and  that  this  box  was  carried  by  her  father,  a  soldier,  who  took  part  in 
the  engagement.  It  would  hold  about  a  dozen  flints.  It  is  presumed 
that  a  similar  box  would  be  carried  by  each  man.  Waterloo  was 
probably  the  last  battle  of  any  importance  when  flint  locks  were  used. 

A  pair  of  EMBER  TONGS  used  for  holding  a  piece  of  burning  wood  or 
cinder  to  light  a  pipe  before  the  days  of  friction  matches. 

SNUFFERS,  three  elaborate  specimens  : — No.  1  has  an  ingenious 
arrangement  without  spring  for  raising  and  closing  a  shutter  to  carry 
away  the  snuff.  As  far  as  I  can  make  out  it  is  marked  '  Hobday's 
Patent.'  No.  2  has  a  revolving  shutter,  worked  by  a  spring,  for  carrying 
away  the  snuff ;  at  the  back  is  a  little  spring  door  for  cleaning  purposes. 
No.  3  has  a  rising  shutter,  worked  by  a  spring,  that  carries  the  snuff 
into  an  inner  chamber.  Underneath  is  a  sliding  door  for  cleaning 
purposes. 

A  WOODEN  TALLY,  11  Jin.  long  by  fin.  by  fin.,  still  used  by  the 
shepherds  in  North  Wales  for  recording  the  flock  at  shearing  time.  It 
registers  sheep  520.  lambs  115,  wethers  40,  rams  2.  The  notches  are 
cut  most  evenly  on  the  various  faces  of  the  stick,  the  rams  by  two  cuts 
on  one  end  of  the  tally.  It  was  used  at  Nantycar,  Carnarvon,  July 
10th,  1882,  and  was  kindly  procured  for  me  by  the  Rev.  J.  Davies  of 
Llaniestyn,  near  Pwllheli. 


116 

Special  thanks  were  voted  by  acclamation  to  Mr.  Phillips  for  his 
interesting  lecture,  to  Mr.  Parker  Brewis  for  lending  and  working  the 
lantern,  and  to  Mr.  G.  C.  Nash  of  High  Street,  High  Wycombe,  for 
exhibiting  the  '  powder  monkey.'  (An  illustration  of  this  is  shown 
on  the  plate  facing  this  page). 

Mr.  R.  Oliver  Heslop,  in  supporting  the  vote  of  thanks,  expressed 
their  great  obligation  to  Mr.  Phillips  for  his  interesting  paper.  Objects 
relating  to  the  immediate  past  and  to  the  obsolete  customs  and  habits 
to  which  they  referred  became  difficult  to  trace  as  time  went  on.  It 
was,  therefore,  of  value  that  these  should  be  rescued  and  recorded 
before  they  had  altogether  passed  into  oblivion.  Mr.  Phillips  had 
done  that  service  in  the  most  interesting  manner.  It  had  been  said 
that  the  flintlock  musket  had  been  discarded  after  Waterloo,  but  it 
was  still  in  service  for  a  considerable  time  after  that  date.  Mr.  Heslop 
had  talked  with  an  old  soldier  who  had  been  drafted  with  his  regiment 
to  India  in  1849.  Their  weapon  then,  and  during  the  period  of  their 
Indian  service,  was  the  old  flintlock.  The  flints  were  carried  in  a  tin 
case ;  but  a  flint  was  only  required  when  actual  firing  took  place. 
Besides  the  flints,  each  man  carried  a  piece  of  bone,  shaped  like  a  gun- 
flint.  For  drill,  in  loading  and  presenting,  the  flint  itself  was  un- 
screwed and  the  bone  flake  was  substituted.  In  the  repeated  snapping 
during  drill,  the  bone  and  not  the  flint  was  thus  struck.  The  object 
was,  of  course,  to  economize  the  flint  and  to  avoid  unnecessary  wear 
of  the  steel  action,  which  would  otherwise  deteriorate  by  too  frequent 
percussion. 

BRONZE    FIGURE    FROM    ROMAN    STATION,     SOUTH    SHIELDS. 

The  little  bronze  figure  which,  from  the  attribute — a  thunderbolt — in 
the  right  hand,  represents  Jupiter,  found  at  South  Shields,  and  presented 
to  the  Society's  museum  by  Mr.  R.  Blair,  having  been  carefully 
cleaned  by  Mr.  John  Gibson,  was  exhibited  (see  illustration,  from  a 
photograph  by  Mr.  Parker  Brewis,  on  plate  facing  this  page). 


MISCELLANEA. 

LOCAL    BONDS    OF    THE    18TH    CENTURY. 

(From  the  MS.  Collections  of  Mr.  Richard  Welford.) 

1701.  May  1.  74Z.  Edward  Lainge,  yeoman,  Upper  Shiels, 
Alnwick,  to  Thomas  Dunn,  yeoman,  Sharperton,  f.p.o.  37J.  10*.1 
Witnesses  :  Henry  Taitt,  Robert  Grey. 

1704.  Sept.    10.     1007.    Ralph    Douglas,    hostman,    Newcastle,    to 
George  Punshon,  barber  chirurgeon,  Newcastle,  f.p.o.  501.  to  Henry 
Milbourne,  merch1.  Newcastle.     Witnesses  :    Will.  Milbourne,  William 
Varey,  not.  pub. 

1705.  May  9.     60Z.   William  Shawter,  clockmaker,  Kingston  upon 
Hull,  to  John  Clutterbuck,  gent.,  Newcastle,  f.p.o.  30J.     Witnesses  : 
Thos.  Ord,  jun.,  Jno.  Brown. 

1709-10.  Jan.  28.  200J.  Anthony  Bulman,  mariner,  and  Benjamin 
Bulman,  felt  maker,  both  of  Gateshead,  to  George  Bulman,  felt  maker, 


UivOBjmugt    "i     vu*»3    i^v/tn      ;ii.-icii    dH'iJ'     10    fclicvu    vui    4,110    B*GV    V/JL.    HBp^f   o-ivi,   *^v» «  K 

Lainge  entered  into  a  bond  of  Til.  to  secure  payment  of  37Z.  10s.,  money  lent  by,  or  in 
some  other  way  due  from  him  to,  'Ihomus  Dunn.      The  contraction   'f.p.o.1  signifies 


'for  payment  of.' 


Proc.  Soe.  Antiq,  Newc.,  3  ser.,  in.  To  face  page  116. 


BRONZE   FIGURE    OP   JUPITER  FROM    SOUTH    SHIELDS. 
From  a  photograph  by  Mr.  Parker  Brewis. 


• -r*3BHBMBK- 

A   'POWDER  MONKEY,'    (see  opposite  page). 


117 

Newcastle,  for  performance  of  covenants  in  an  indenture  of  release, 
bearing  same  date,  between  said  Anthony  Bulman  and  Elizabeth  his 
wife  and  said  Benjamin  Bulman  of  the  one  part  and  said  George  Bulman 
of  the  other  part.  Witnesses  :  Richd.  Eaglesfield,  Thomas  Metcalfe. 

1725-26.  March  7.  1561.  William  Errington,  mariner,  and  William 
Fletcher,  mariner,  both  of  Newcastle,  to  Anne  Swinbourne,  spinster, 
Newcastle,  f.p.o.  78Z.  2s.  Qd.  Witnesses  :  W.  Paston,  John  Steell. 

1727.  Sept.  19.  40Z.  John  Taylor,  yeoman,  Ovington  Ferry,  to 
Andrew  Phillip,  yeoman,  Lintzford,  f.p.o.  191.  10s.  Witnesses  :  Eleanor 
Cowen  (her  mark),  Edw:  Nash. 

1727.  Sept.  23.  30Z.  Robert  Moffat  and  Robert  Drummer,  yeoman, 
Ovington,  and  Gerard  Readhead,  yeoman,  Ovington,  to  Matthew 
Pearson,  yeoman,  Lintzhall,  f.p.o.  13Z.  11s.  2|d.  Witnesses:  Mary 
Chambers,  Robt.  Chambers. 

1727.  Nov.    8.     2001.    George    Bulman,    feltmaker,    Newcastle,    to 
John   Day,   joiner,    Gateshead,    for  performance   of   covenants  in  an 
indenture  of  release,  bearing  same  date,  between  said  George  Bulman 
and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  and  said  John  Day  and  Isabel  his  wife.     Wit- 
nesses :    George  Bulman,  jun.,  Edwcl  Amory,  Ra:  Burdon. 

1727-28.  Feb.  12.  102/.  Robert  Hills,  yeoman,  Newcastle,  to 
Michael  Batty,  chapman,  Newcastle,  f.p.o.  511.  8.9.  Witnesses  :  Phills 
Hogg,  Geo.  Cuthbertson. 

1728.  Aug.    1.     1001.    John    Day,    yeoman,    Gateshead,    to    Sarah 
Manlove,  widow,  Newcastle,  f.p.o.  501.     Witnesses  :    Geo.  Rutter,  Wm 
Rutter. 

1729.  Nov.  1.     30Z.    Gerard  and  Bartholomew  Readhead,  yeomen, 
Ovington,  and  Thomas  Robson,  yeoman,  Prudhoe,  to  Matthew  Pearson, 
yeoman,  Lintzhall,  f.p.o.  14Z.  19s.  3£d.     Witnesses  :    Robt.  Chambers, 
John  ffern. 

1730.  June    2.     40Z.     Joseph    Angas,    yeoman,    Hexham,    Henry 
Angas,  yeoman,  Blackhill,  and  John  Angas,  yeoman,  Wylam  New  Rift, 
to  Jane  Forster,  spinster,  and  Margaret  Forster,  widow,  both  of  West 
Acomb,  f.p.o.  201.     Witnesses  :   John  Armstrong,  Robert  Dent. 

1730-31.  Jan.  18.  100Z.  Timothy  Punshon,  gent.  Killingworth,  to 
Nathaniel  Browning,  cooper,  N.  Shields,  f.p.o.  50Z.  Witnesses  :  John 
Bradley,  Samuel  Tavenor. 

1732.  April  17.  QOl.  Matthew  Readhead,2  yeoman,  Ovington,  to 
Thomas  Robson,  yeoman,  Prudhoe,  f.p.o.  301.  Witnesses  :  Jos- 
Maughan,  Robert  Dent. 

1737.  April  6.  1201.  Thomas  Bowes,  gent.  Quarryhill,  Durham,  to 
John  Hunter,  jun.,  gent.,  Witton  on  the  Wear,  f.p.o.  60Z.  Witnesses  : 
Thos.  Smith,  Geo.  Forster. 

1737.  Nov.  9.  1001.  Thomas  Bowes  to  John  Hunter  (as  above), 
f.p.o.  501.  Witnesses  :  Jo:  Hutton,  Geo:  Forster. 

1747.  May    18.      1001.    Matthew   Richardson,    gent.,    Newburn,    to 
Robert  Surtees,   gent.   Milkis  Burn,   Durham,  f.p.o.   501.     Witnesses  : 
Antho:    Surtees,   Antho:    Surtees.3 

1748.  Aprils.     501.  John  Smith,  serjeant  at  mace,  to  James  Honey 
man  (occupation  omitted),  both  of   Newcastle,  for  observance  of  an 
award  to  be  made  in  arbitration  by  Christopher  Fawcett,  esq.,  Joshua 
Douglas,  gent,  and  John  Widdrington,  gent,  all  of  Newcastle.     Wit- 
nesses :    Cha:  Handasyde,  Thos.  Locke. 

1748-49.  March  11.  }000l.  John  Gibson,  jun.,  mercht.,  to  John 
Gibson,  sen.,  both  of  Edinburgh.  Reciting  that  the  two  Gibsons 

2  Addressed  'To  Mr  Mathew  Readhead,  at  Mr  James  Thompson,  Liiiin  Draper,  at 
ye  Naked  boy  in  the  Strand,  London.' 

3  The  same  Christian  name  in  both  cases,  but  the  signatures  are  in'different  hands. 


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entered  into  a  bond  of  520?.,  dated  Sept.  22,  1746,  f.p.o.  260?.  to  Geo 
Longstaff,  coal-fitter,  Sunderland  Shore,  and  another  bond  of  480?. 
dated  May  1,  1747,  f.p.o.  240?.  to  William  Longstaff,  coal  fitter,  also  of 
Sunderland  Shore,  and  that  both  bonds  had  been  renewed  by  John 
Gibson,  jun.,  alone  ;  in  consideration  whereof  said  John  Gibson,  sen., 
stands  indemnified,  and  the  obligations  remain  to  John  Gibson,  jun. 
Witness  :  John  Widdrington. 

1749.  July    23.      120?.     Sanderson    Jlderton,    gent.    Newcastle,    to 
William  Hazey,  butcher,  Wylam,  f.p.o.  60?.     Witnesses  :    John  Hogg, 
John  Saint. 

1750.  Aug.    10.     2000?.    Thomas  Humble,   distiller,   Newcastle,   to 
Freeman  Flower,  esq.,  Gainsborough,  f.p.o.  1000?.     Witnesses:  William 
Allon,  Saml.  Maxwell. 

1752.  Nov.  6.  54?.  Edward  Brewis,  baker,  Swalwell,  to  Benjamin 
Ambler,  smith,  late  of  Swalwell,  but  now  of  Whitby,  f.p.o.  27?.  Wit 
nesses  :  Thomas  Latham,  Will:  Hunter. 

1755.  Aug.  0.     200?.    Francis  Rudston,   merch*,  Newcastle,  to   Sir 
Walter    Blackett,    bart.,     Wallington,    f.p.o.     100?.       Witness  :    Jno. 
Richmond. 

1756.  Dec.  4.      1000?.  John  Hall,  gent.  Whitley,  to  Thomas  Hurry, 
master  and  mariner,  Great  Yarmouth,  f.p.o.  500?.     Witnesses  :    John 
Widdrington,  Jno.  Richmond. 

1757.  June  25.     23?.  8s.,   Henry  Ridley,  yeoman,  Riding  Mill,  to 
Elizabeth  Furness,  widow,  Wigton,  f.p.o.  11?.  14s.     Witnesses  :    John 
Widdrington,  Jno.  Richmond. 

1758.  July  17.     39?.  16s.,   Amos  Barnes,  gent.   Little  Benton  and 
John  Barnes,  gent.  Sunderland  by  the  Sea,  to  Adam  Bird,  gent.  N. 
Shields,  f.p.o.  19?.  16s.     Witnesses  :    Robt.  Dunn,  Jno.  Letteney. 


CONCEALED    LANDS. 

Miss  Edleston  of  Gainford,  has  kindly  sent  the  following  from  the 
Public  Record  Office  : — 

Exch.  Special  Commissions,  no.  741,  places  named.  (15  Eliz.) 
Inquis.  held  at  Durham. — A  tenement  burgage  &  parcel  of  land  in 
Framwelgate  in  parish  of  St.  Margaret,  Durham,  between  messuage 
called  Paynter's  Hall  on  North  &  Lee  Castle  Chaire  on  S.  ;  a  tenement 
in  the  Old  Borough,  Durham,  between  the  burgage  or  Priory  &  Convent 
of  Durham  on  E.  and  burgage  in  tenure  of  George  Bawdkyne  formerly 
Wm.  Richardson  on  W. ;  a  free  waste  chapel  &  land  called  Chapell 
garthe  &  a  messuage  in  Evynwod,  co.  Durham  ;  9  closes  in  Thornley  in 
Bishopric  of  Durham,  called  Mawton  Gares,  Le  Gore,  Brome  Close, 
Myln  field,  Le  feild  a?s  le  Myln  field.  Lee  Calfe  Close  &  three  closes 
called  Lee  Corne  fieldes ;  a  chapel  in  Eden  in  said  bishopric,  with  offer- 
ings, tithes  &  profits  in  Eden,  parcel  of  late  Monastery  of  Gisbroughe, 
co.  Yorks. 

No.  739  (14  Eliz.)  [great  part  illegible] 

*  chapel  in  Woolston,  co.  Durham,  called 

Lands  in  Staynton  Parva. 

A  cott  ige  &  half  kirkland  in  Chester  in  said  co.  &  three  gardens  or 
orchards  there  called  garthes. 

Close  called  Thorny  Close  &  garden  in  Neither  Heworth,  the  profits 
to  maintain  a  priest  in  the  chapel  there. 

St.  Leonard's  Chapel  land  in  Silkes worth. 

A  priest  to  be  kept  in  Silkesworth  Church. 


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Free  chapel  called  St.  Bartholomew's  Chappell  in  parish  of  St. 
Margaret,  Durham,  with  garden  called  a  garth  &  a  small  close. 

Lands  called  St.  Margaret's  Lands  in  Walridge. 

A  waste  chapel  called  St.  Mary  Magdalene's  Chappell  &  lands  in 
Ravensworth. 

Garden  called  a  garth  &  lands  in  Woolsingham. 

Garden  in  a  lane  called  the  Lane  of  Eighton  in  parish  of  Lamesley, 
co.  Durham. 

A  messuage  in  Staynton  Magna,  formerly  parcel  of  dissolved  Monas- 
tery of  Exham,  co.  Northumberland. 

Messuage  called  The  Chauntry  House  in  Dinsdell. 

Three  closes  in  Lamysley  in  sd.  co. ;  profits  thereof  to  maintain  a 
priest  in  Lamesley  Church. 

Tithes  called  the  Thrushes  or  Thrushe  tithes  in  parishes  of  Chester 
in  Strete,  Lamisley  &  Tanfeld  in  sd.  co. 

Cottage  &  garden  in  Chester  in  Strat. 

Two  gardens  there  called  Deakin  Garthes. 

No.  3751  (5  Jas.  I.)  12  acres  of  land  in  Egliston,  co.  Durham,  late 
parcel  of  the  possessions  of  the  dissolved  monastery  of  Egliston,  co. 
Yorks.  [Commission  gives  names  of  people  who,  and  dates  at  which 
they  concealed  the  said  land.] 

No.  3767.  (13  Jas.  I.)  Concerning  money  in  the  hands  of  Wm. 
Clopton,  esq.,  late  collector  of  the  possessions  of  the  late  Monastery 
&  Church  of  St.  Agatha,  (Archdeaconry  of  Richmond  &  Bishopric  of 
Durham).  Money  parcel  of  sd.  Monastery,  of  possessions  of  Wm., 
late  Marq.  of  Northampton,  of  a  late  free  chapel  &  chantry  in  Bishopric 
of  Durham,  of  chantry  in  Hartlepoole,  of  a  chantry  in  city  of  Durham 
&  of  a  chantry  in  Sedgefield. 

No.  758.     (26  Eliz.)     Totally  illegible. 


DURHAM  AND  NORTHUMBERLAND  CHURCHES. 

The  following  are  extracts  from  Sir  Stephen  Glynne's  'Notes'  (con- 
tinued from  p.  108): — 

[April  15,  1869]          PONTELAND  (NORTHUMBERLAND).  St.  Mary. 

This  Church  is  cruciform,  but  with  Western  tower,  with  aisles  to  the 
nave,  the  Chancel  spacious  and  very  long.  The  Tower  is  perfectly 
Norman,  has  on  the  west  side  a  doorway  of  that  character,  with  semi- 
circular arch  of  2  orders  with  chevron  ornament  and  shafts.  The 
belfry  windows  are  small  single  lancets  on  the  N.  &  E.  ;  the  others 
have  been  altered.  The  walls  are  very  strong,  and  there  are  no 
buttresses,  but  2  string  courses.  The  nave  has  on  each  side  an  arcade 
of  4  pointed  arches,  of  which  the  most  eastern  are  opposite  the 
Transepts.  The  arches  are  very  plain  upon  octagonal  piers  without 
capitals,  of  coarse  character  and  uncertain  date.  The  Transepts  or 
chapels  open  to  the  aisles  by  pointed  arches.  The  north  Transept  has 
at  the  North  end  a  triplet,  the  centre  lancet  being  the  highest,  and  on 
the  E.  side  2  lancets  of  which  the  inner  arch  is  trefoil  headed.  In 
the  wall  is  a  plain  piscina.  The  South  Transept  arch  is  lower  than 
thejj  opposite  one,  rising  from  a  square  pier  with  impost  moulding. 
In  the  W.  wall  of  this  Transept  is  a  square  recess,  at  the  S.  end 
a  Perpendr  window  of  3  lights,  on  the  E.  side  a  square  headed 
one  of  3  lights,  transitional  from  Decod  to  Perpr.  The  nave  is 
fitted  with  ne.w  open  seats.  The  windows  of  the  S.  aisle  are  Perpr  of 
3  lights,  the  W.  end  of  the  N.  aisle  has  a  slit  shaped  opening 


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these  windows  are  modern.  The  Chancel  arch  is  very  wide,  of 
pointed  form  rising  from  corbels  each  formed  of  2  heads  intermixed 
with  scrollwork  (?)  on  the  south;  on  the  north  rather  different. 
The  Chancel  has  a  new  roof  of  open  timbers  rising  high  and  covered 
with  slates.  On  the  N.  side  of  the  spacious  Chancel  are  2  single 
lancets,  and  next  the  W.  end  a  Decd  2  light  window.  The  lancets 
have  trefoil  headed  rear  arches,  and  under  the  most  eastern  is  a 
square  recess.  The  E.  window  is  of  3  lights,  and  has  tracery  of 
somewhat  Flamboyant  character.  On  the  South  are  3  Decd  win- 
dows of  2  lights  filled  with  coloured  glass.  Under  the  S.E.  window 
is  a  good  E.  E.  piscina  with  shelf  having  toothed  moulding  and  a 
trefoil  arch  also  toothed.  The  Font  has  a  plain  octagonal  bowl  on 
a  stem.  The  nave  Transepts  and  porch  have  moulded  parapets. 
There  is  the  mark  of  a  higher  roof  against  the  east  wall  of  the 
Tower.  The  south  porch  has  a  stone  roof  with  strong  arched  ribs. 
The  outer  and  inner  doorways  are  plain  pointed,  the  former  rather 
obtusely. 

1843.  STBANTON  (DURHAM).  All  Saints. 

A  Church  of  some  appearance,  but  with  little  good  work.  Plan. 
West  Tower,  nave  aisles,  S.  porch,  Chancel  with  North  chapel.  The 
quatrefoil  poor  Perpendicular.  The  Tower  has  a  battlement  and  8 
small  pinnacles,  corner  buttresses.  A  3  light  W.  window,  and  in  the 
belfry  story  coarse  windows  of  2  lights.  The  Tower  is  not  square, 
but  larger  from  N.  to  S.  The  nave  is  divided  from  each  aisle 
by  two  wide  pointed  arches  of  unusual  span,  on  the  N.  the  pier  is 
octagonal,  with  capital  of  like  form,  and  square  base  ;  on  the  S.  the 
pier  is  also  octagon,  but  in  the  German  fashion  has  no  capital,  the 
arch  mouldings  springing  straight  from  the  pier.  The  Tower  arch  is 
pointed,  also  springing  straight  from  the  wall.  The  Clerestory  windows 
on  the  S.  are  square  headed  and  late  of  2  lights,  those  on  the 
N.  are  closed.  All  the  windows  seem  to  be  late  Perpendicular  and 
mostly  square  headed  in  the  aisles,  those  East  and  West  of  the  South 
aisle  of  3  lights  and  not  square.  At  the  East  end  of  the  South  aisle 
is  a  mutilated  ogee  niche  with  groining  under  the  Canopy.  Whether 
it  has  had  a  piscina  is  doubtful  from  its  state  of  mutilation.  The  nave 
contains  several  ends  of  benches  with  poppy  heads  and  though  pues 
exist,  they  are  not  overcrowded. 

The  Chancel  arch  is  pointed,  springing  from  half  octagonal  shafts. 
The  Chancel  is  fitted  up  with  plain  stalls,  the  desks  in  front  having  ends 
with  poppy  heads.  The  East  window  is  Perpendicular  of  4  lights ; 
two  other  windows  on  the  S.  are  Decorated,  one  with  flowing  tracery, 
beneath  that  nearest  to  the  altar  is  a  semicircular  opening,  but  with 
no  drain.  The  space  enclosed  by  the  altar  rails  is  large.  The  North 
chapel  is  now  improperly  occupied  as  a  school,  between  the  Chancel  are 
2  depressed  pointed  arches,  springing  from  an  octagonal  pier,  but 
these  arches  are  closed  by  a  modern  partition.  In  this  Chapel  all  the 
windows  are  Perpendicular,  the  Eastern  of  3,  the  others  of  2  lights. 
Against  the  East  wall  are  2  pedestals  or  brackets.  The  Font  is 
modern  and  [blank].  The  roof  ceiled.  In  the  N.  aisle  is  a  large  Italian 
monument,  now  in  a  wretchedly  mutilated  state,  to 
The  whole  in  bad  taste  and  painted,  the  figure  in  an  old  costume  is 
represented  as  rising  from  the  tomb. 


P.  100,  line  2,  for  '  Newbegin '  read  '  Newbigin ' ; 
'Q.  K,  Newbegen'  read  1B.  K.  Newbigin.' 


CORRECTION  : 

and  on  plate  facing  p.  94,  for 


Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Newc.,  3  ser.,  in. 


To  face  page  121. 


EXTERIOR  FROM  THE   S.E. 
(From  a  photograph  by  the  Rev.  W.  S.  Moodie,  the  minister.) 


SOUTH   TRANSEPT    FROM    THE    8.W. 
(From  a  photograph  by  Mr.  Joseph  Oswald.) 


T    A  TAX'TTTTJTT        /-»TJ  TT  TJ  C*  TJ 


121 


PROCEEDINGS 

OF    THE 

SOCIETY    OF   ANTIQUARIES 

OF    NEWCASTLE- UPON-TYNE. 
3    SER.,   VOL.   III.  1907.  NO.     14 


Members  have  had  few  country  meetings  so  full  of  pleasure  and  in- 
formation as  that  on  Wednesday,  the  eleventh  day  of  September,  1907, 
when  they  visited 

LADYKIRK  AND  NORHAM. 

The  weather  was  fine,  the  neighbourhood  chosen  for  the  outing  full  of 
historic  interest,  as  well  as  beautiful  scenery.  Amongst  those  who 
were  present  were  Dr.  Laws,  Mr.  F.  W.  Shields,  Mr.,  Mrs.,  and  Miss 
Higginbottom,  Miss  Weddell,  Newcastle  ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  T.  Ruther- 
ford, North  Shields  ;  Mr.  J.  T.  Irving,  Corbridge  ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R. 
Blair,  and  Miss  Gladys  Blair,  Harton  ;  Mr.  Edward  Wooler,  Darlington  ; 
Mr.  R.  L.  Allgood,  Titlington  Hall  ;  Dr.  and  Miss  Wilkinson,  and  Mr. 
S.  S.  Carr,  Tynemouth  ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  L.  and  Miss  Markham,  Newr- 
castle  ;  Mrs.  Chambers,  London  ;  Mr.  J.  and  Miss  Cooke,  Corbridge  ; 
Mr.  T.  Matheson,  Morpeth,  and  others. 

Members  and  friends  travelled  by  the  train  leaving  Newcastle  at 
9-30  a.m.  to  Berwick,  where  carriages  were  in  waiting.  After  a  short 
drive  on  the  north  side  of  the  Tweed  they  came  to  the  entrance  gates 
to  Gainslaw  House,  where  Sir  Gainsford  and  Lady  Bruce  met  and 
entertained  them  to  light  refreshments.  Continuing  their  drive  along 
the  north  side  of  the  Tweed,  the  next  stop  was  made  at 

LADYKIRK   PARISH    CHURCH. 

At  the  church  the  party  was  kindly  met  by  the  Rev.  W.  S.  Moodie, 
the  minister,  who  read  the  following  notes: — 

'Lady kirk  parish  lies  along  the  Scottish  side  of  the  Tweed,  opposite 
to  Norham,  and  was  formed  before  1 600  by  the  union  of  the  two  ancient 
parishes  of  Upsetlington  and  Horndean.  Horndean  parish  must  have 
existed  at  an  early  date,  as  the  church  is  referred  to  in  the  twelfth 
century,  but  only  its  foundations  are  now  to  be  seen,  surrounded  by  an 
old  graveyard.  The  hospital  of  St.  Leonard,  founded  about  1150 
for  the  maintenance  of  a  chaplain  and  two  old  men,  has  now  wholly 
disappeared.  Of  the  church  of  Upsetlington  no  trace  remains  except  a 
holy  well.  Part  of  the  parish  was  for  long  held  by  Durham  monastery,  and 
complaints  were  made  in  1539  by  the  bursar  that  no  money  was  received 
from  it,  because  it  was  unjustly  held  by  the  Scots. l  On  May  31st,  1559, 
a  treaty  was  signed  between  England  and  Scotland  in  the  church  of 
St.  Mary  at  Upsetlington.  The  present  church  dates  from  1500,  and 
is  said  to  have  been  built,  and  dedicated  to  Our  Lady,  by  James  IV 
of  Scotland,  as  a  result  of  a  vow  when  he  narrowly  escaped  drowning 

i  Feod.  Prior,  Dun.  ( 58  Surt.  Hoc.  publ.),  303. 


in  the  Tweed.  In  the  accounts  of  the  High  Treasurer  of  Scotland 
for  that  year,  there  are  payments  recorded  for  the  building  of  the 
church.  It  stands  about  the  spot  where  the  Scottish  camp  must  often 
have  been  placed  during  the  various  sieges  of  Norham  castle,  and  a 
neighbouring  field  still  bears  the  name  of  the  camp.  It  is  one  of  the 
few  parish  churches  that  escaped  when  Hereford  destroyed  so  many  of 
the  Scottish  abbeys  and  churches  south  of  Edinburgh.  The  building 
is  in  good  preservation,  and  can  be  little  altered  in  appearance,  with 
the  exception  of  the  top  of  the  tower,  which  was  added  in  1743  after 
a  design  of  William  Adam,  the  architect  of  many  prominent  buildings 
in  Edinburgh.  The  church  is  96  feet  long  by  46  feet  broad  at  the 
transepts,  while  the  chancel  and  nave  are  both  23  feet  in  width.  The 
height  is  36  feet  to  the  top  of  the  arch,  and  the  roof  is  wholly  of  stone. 
Outside  this  is  covered  by  overlapping  stones,  and  the  walls  are  strength- 
ened by  nineteen  buttresses.  These  have  carved  figures  on  their  .top. 
One  bears  St.  Andrew's  cross,  and  another  is  said  to  have  been  a 
sundial.  There  is  a  priest's  door  in  the  chancel,  and  north  and  south 
doors  in  the  nave.  Above  the  north  door,  it  is  said,  were  placed  the 
royal  arms  of  Scotland,  surrounded  by  the  Order  of  the  Garter.  Above 
the  south  door  some  figure  may  have  stood,  but  its  niche  has  been  filled 
up.  A  spiral  stair  leads  to  the  priest's  rooms  in  the  square  tower  ; 
one  of  them  has  a  fireplace.  The  church  contains  many  family  memor- 
ials of  the  Robertsons  of  Ladykirk,  who  purchased  the  estate  in  1741. 
Among  the  stained  glass  windows  is  one  to  the  memory  of  professor 
Dobie  of  Edinburgh  University,  who  was  killed  in  a  railway  accident. 
A  bust  by  the  late  Handyside  Ritchie,  sculptor,  Edinburgh,  represents 
the  builder,  James  iv,  and  a  brass  tells  of  the  gift  of  the  clock  by 
Lady  Marjoribanks  as  a  thankoffering.  An  old  carved  oak  chest  in  the 
church  bears  the  date  of  1651.  Ridpath,  the  author  of  the  Border 
History,  was  born  in  Ladykirk  manse.  One  incumbent,  the  Rev.  John 
Tod,  won  fame  as  the  subject  of  a  song  by  one  of  Scotland's  best  known 
song  writers,  Lady  Nairne.  Another,  who  was  afterwards  deposed 
for  non-residence  in  his  parish,  is  commemorated  in  a  curious  minute 
of  the  heritors — '  Whereas  it  has  been  represented  that  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Thomas  Mill,  minister  of  this  parish,  has  taken  away  the  old  pulpit 
belonging  to  this  church,  and  that  the  said  Mr.  Mill  has  by  letter  not 
only  acknowledged  the  taking  away,  but  likewise  burning  the  same, 
and  has  couched  his  avowal  of  the  fact  in  terms  very  disrespectful  to  the 
Heritors  Resolved  that  his  behaviour  was  highly  culpable  and 
unwarrantable,  as  the  said  pulpit  was  the  undoubted  property  of  the 
Heritors,  and  to  prevent  such  depredations  in  future,  order  the  above 
resolution  to  be  entered  in  this  book.'  Attached  to  the  present  pulpil 
is  a  moveable  bracket  of  twisted  iron,  about  12in.  in  diameter,  in  whioh 
the  baptismal  basin  is  placed  when  in  use ;  it  appears  to  be  of  late 
seventeenth  or  early  eighteenth  century  date  ;  an  illustration  of  it  is 
given  on  plate  facing  p.  123. 

The  church  records  go  back  only  to  1697,  and  contain  many  refer- 
ences to  social  customs  of  the  olden  times.  The  care  of  the  poor  was 
then  in  the  hands  of  the  church,  and  full  details  are  given,  including 
even  the  candles  provided  for  their  wakes.  Escaped  slaves  from 
Turkey,  wounded  soldiers  from  Flanders,  poor  students  at  the  University, 
and  beggars  licensed  by  Presbyteries,  and  others,  are  helped,  and  money 
is  given  towards  bridge  building,  or  for  many  whose  houses  had  been 
burnt  down.  The  tokens  at  one  time  in  use  at  the  Holy  Sacrament, 
date  from  1716.  See  illustration  of  one  of  them  on  page  114. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  the  communion  plate  : — An  old  pewter  plate 
13in.  diameter  with  rim  l^in.  wide,  inscribed  '  For  the  use  of  Ladykirk 


Proc,  Soc.  Antiq.  Newc.,  3  ser.,  in. 


To  face  page  122 


INTERIOR    LOOKING    EAST. 


IRON   SUPPORT,   FOR  THE  BAPTISMAL  BASIN,   ATTACHED  TO  PULPIT. 
LADYKIRK    CHURCH. 

(Prom  photographs  by  the  Rev.  W.  S.  Moodie,  the  minister.) 


123 

Parish,'  three  large  plates,  one  17in.  diameter  with  rim  2ins.,  the  second 
and  third  14in.  diameter,  two  cups  and  flagon;  all  with  the  stamps 
KINNIBURGH,  X  crowned,  and  device  of  an  eagle  with  outstretched 

wings  standing  on  a  globe,  with  the  name  of  the  maker,  ROBERT , 

above;  silver  flagon  and  cups  given  by  Lady  Marjoribanks ;  and  two 
silver  patens  by  the  widow  and  family  of  the  Rev.  Wm.  Dobie,  the  late 
minister. 2 

On  7  Nov.  1315,  bishop  Kellawe  granted  to  Robert  de  Sokpeth  a  toft 
and  twelve  acres  of  land  with  appurtenances  in  Upsetlington,  which 
Adam  de  Prat  of  Upsetlington  held,  it  having  escheated  to  the  bishop.5 
Temp.  Edward  I,  according  to  the  papal  taxation,  Upsetlingtone  was 
worth  211.  18s.  2d.,  the  tithe  being  43s.  9d,  ob.  g'.4  In  1394  Richard  de 
Tavernant,  a  priest,  petitioned  the  anti-pope  (Benedict  xin)  for  a 
benefice  in  the  gift  of  the  abbot  and  convent  of  Holyrood,  notwith- 
standing that  he  had  the  church  of  Upsedlinton,  value  15  marks,  but 
then  worth  little  or  nothing,  as  it  was  near  the  English  march,  and 
devastated.5  In  1465  in  the  proceedings  against  lords  Patrick  and 
John  Hume  for  expelling  the  prior  of  Coldingham,  the  messenger,  not 
without  danger,  affixed  the  original  citation  in  the  porch  of  Upsede- 
lyngton  within  the  kingdom  of  Scotland  and  quickly  returned  to  the 
English  side  of  the  Tweed.0  In  1503  Upsetlington  was  granted  to 
Alexander,  Lord  Hume,  great  chamberlain  of  Scotland.7 

After  thanking  Mr.  Moodie,  the  minister,  for  his  kindness,  the  carriages 
were  rejoined  and  the  journey  resumed  across  the  Tweed  to 

NORHA.M. 

Mark  (Survey  of  Northumberland}*  writing  in  1734,  says  that  the  parish 
then  '  contained  in  all  432  families  and  26  villages,  the  principal  being 
Norham,  famous  for  the  convention  of  the  Scots  nobility  held  there  by 
Edward  i  of  England  .  .  .  The  village  formerly  had  been  very  con- 
siderable, and  extended  itself  over  a  great  part  of  the  low  ground 
between  it  and  the  Tweed,  as  appears  from  the  vestiges  of  the  founda- 
tions of  houses  discovered  in  ploughing.  There  were  [in  1734]  in 
Norham  itself  106  families  and  555  inhabitants.' 

In  854  Eardulf  received  the  bishopric  of  Lindisfarne,  to  which  be- 
longed Carlisle,  and  also  Norham  called  of  old  Ubbanford.9 

Writs  were  dated  from  Norham  by  Edward  i,  on  4,  5,  and  8  June, 
1291. 10 

In  1305,  the  prior  of  Durham  complained  of  the  seizure,  on  the  Mon- 
day after  Michaelmas  day,  and  for  several  days  following,  of  corn  at 
Norham,  Upsetlington,  &c.,  and  of  240  lambs  at  Norham  belonging  to 
him.  The  bishop  denied  this,  asserting  that  the  corn  belonged  to  other 
people,  and  that  the  lambs  were  bought  of  the  prior's  steward.11 

In  the  same  year  Reginald,  master  of  the  school  of  Norham,  and 
another,  the  bishop's  servants,  were  charged  by  the  prior  for  bar- 
barously beating  the  latter's  agent  on  Holy  Island,  and  imprisoning 
him.  They  did  not  appear,  after  repeated  requests,  and  so  warrants 
were  issued  for  their  capture.  i2 

2  Fora  description  by  him  of  the  church  when  members  last,  visited  Ladykirk  (in 
July,  1S91),  see  these  Proceedings,  2  ser.,  v,  56. 

?•  Rrff.  Pal.  Dun.,  ii,  1292.     '         4  Priory  of  Colditifiham  ( 12  Hurt.  Soc.  publ.),  ex 
s  Cat.  of  Papal  R»g.,  Pet.  I,  585.  6  Priory  of  Coldingham,  205  :  see  also  p.  126. 

7  Exch.  Rolls  of  Scot.,  1502-7,  118/502  ;   1508-13,  6,  719. 
8  In-edited.  Contributions  to  the  History  of  Northumberland. 

9  Symeon  Dunel.  (  51  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  i,  67  ;  (Rolls  ed.)  n,  101.  St.  Cuthbert  raised 
a  boy  from  the  dead  iu  a  vill  which  was  called  '  Examforda.'—  Ibid.,  231. 

10  H.MSS.  Cornm.  App.  to  8th  Rep.  346b. 
11  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  iv,  33-35,  63.  12  Ibid.,  65,  74. 


124 

In  April,  1311,  the  manor  of  Heton,  with  a  toft  and  13  acres  of 
land  in  Norham,  was  granted  in  fee  to  Walter  de  Wodeham,  king's 
yeoman.  They  lately  had  belonged  to  Juliana  Gray,  but  had  been 
escheated3  on  account  of  the  rebellion  of  John  Gray,  her  son  and  heir. 

Nicholas  de  Farnham  [1241-1249]  having  resigned  the  bishopric  of 
Durham,  had  for  his  provision  Norham  and  other  episcopal  manors, 
bishop  Walter  de  Kirkham,  who  succeeded  [1249-1261],  having  to  be 
content  with  the  rest.  * 

In  1355  a  party  of  Scots,  under  Sir  William  Ramsay,  plundered  and 
burnt  the  town. 

According  to  the  Feodarium  sums  received  from  Norham,  etc.,  by 
Durham  monastery  were  in  1293,  260Z.,  in  1348  (second  year  of  the  war 
and  first  before  the  great  pestilence)  139Z.  3s.,  shewing  a  marked  decrease  ; 
in  1350,  the  first  year  after  the  great  pestilence,  111Z.  2s.  3d.  ob.,  this 
dropped  to  23Z.  Is.  Wd.  in  1392;  and  28Z.  4s.  in  1420.  The  decrease,  it 
appears,  was  owing  to  several  causes  :  viz.  ( 1 )  nothing  was  received  from 
the  churches  in  Scotland  since  1348  because  the  Scots  would  not  allow  it ; 
(2)  war  between  the  two  kingdoms,  and  especially  in  Northumbria  where 
divers  churches  were  situate;  (3)  because  of  the  lands  which  were  for- 
merly arable  being  now  pasture,  hence  no  tithes  of  corn ;  and  lastly  on 
account  of  the  frequent  pestilences  whereby  many  places  had  been  made 
desolate.  In  1430  and  1436  the  income  was  a  little  better  as  in  the 
latter  year  it  amounted  to  39£.  8s.  lOd.  In  1464  the  monastery 
received  only  20Z.  from  Norhamshire,  etc.,  on  account  of  the  war 
and  invasions  of  the  Scots,  and  devastation  caused  by  the  rebels  of 
the  king.6 

On  10  Feb,  1427-8,  Sir  Thomas  Gray  of  Horton  granted  all  his  lands 
in  Norhamshire,  etc.,  to  Laurence  de  Actone,  John  Raymes,  and  John 
Clerk  of  Nesbit.6 

Temp.  Edward  iv  [1461-1483],  Robert  Maners,  knight,  some  time 
lieutenant  of  Norham,  was  sued  in  the  Court  of  Chancery  on  an  obliga- 
tion entered  into  by  him  with  Mr.  Parker,  citizen  and  tailor  of  London.7 

In  the  list  of  24  May,  1549,  of  the  towns  in  Northumberland  at  which 
the  army  was  placed  is  Norham,  where  100  horsemen  were  stationed 
under  George  Bowes,  and  at  Horncliffe,  100  under  Sir  Francis  Leek.8 
On  6  August,  1561,  Sir  Wm.  Cordell  reported  to  the  earl  of  Rutland, 
lord  president  of  the  north,  that  the  commissioners  were  ready  to 
depart  from  Berwick  towards  Norham  and  Wark.9 

Mark  in  his  '  Survey ' J  °  says  that  the  '  manor  was  originally  part  of 
the  estate  of  the  earl  of  Essex,  but  by  the  marriage  of  George  Hume  of 
Dunbar,  to  a  daughter  of  that  family,  it  became  for  some  time  the 
possession  of  the  said  earl.' 

Several  ordinations,  apparently  of  natives  of  Norham,  took  place 
in  the  fourteenth  century. L  On  6  kal.  April  [27  March],  1334,  William 
de  Norham,  an  acolyte,  by  John,  bishop  of  Carlisle,  in  Durham  cathedral 
church.  Brother  Adam  de  Norham, a  sub-deacon  in  Corbridge  church, 
on  the  17  Dec,  1334,  by  John,  bishop  of  Carlisle  ;  John  de  Norham,  a 
monk  of  Durham,  an  acolyte,  on  the  23  Dec.  1335,  in  Durham  cathedral 

8  Cal.  of  Patent  Rolls,  Kclw.  II,  1307-1313,  p.  83-2. 

4  Ilist.  Dun.  Scrip.  Tres  (9  Surt.  Soc.  pnbl.),  42.          5  Ibid.,  ccxlviij-ccli,  ccxc,  98. 
G  H.  MSS.Comm.  Rep.  (Lady  Waterford's  AISS.),  p,  72. 

7  Early  Chancery  Proceedings,  bundle  59,  p.  '278. 

8  The  Belvoir  Papers  (II.  MSS.Comm.  Rep.),  I,  37.  *  llrid.,  74. 

10  Inedited  Contributions  to  the  History  of  Northumberland,  79, 

l  Keg.  Pal.  Dun.,  ill,  152,  157,  167/168,  183,  101,  197,  216. 
2  An  Adam  de  Norham  is  one  of  the  witnesses  to  documents  relating  to  the  hospital 
at  Northallerton,  temp,  archbishop  Gray  (1215-1 -J25).—  Arch.  Gray's  Roister  (56  Sur 
Soc.  publ.),  178.     William  Norham,  a  hermit,  foretold  the  captivity  of  king  Richard  ll.- 
Leland,  Coll.,  11,  406. 


125 

church  ;  on  the  14  kal.  of  May  [18  April],  1337,  in  the  same  place, 
sub-deacon  '  religiosus,'  by  John,  bishop  of  Carlisle  ;  on  20  Dec,  1337, 
deacon  '  religiosus  '  in  the  chapel  of  Auckland  manor,  and  on  28  Mar, 
1338,  priest  '  religiosus,'  in  Durham  cathedral  church,  by  Boniface, 
bishop  of  Corbania.  On  7  Sept,  1338,  John  de  Norham  was  sworn  as 
curator  of  Kirknewton  vicarage,  John  Gray  being  vicar  at  the  time. 
On  the  same  day  letters  dimissory  were  given  to  John  de  Norham. 
Richard  de  Norham  received  the  first  tonsure  in  Easington  church 
from  John,  bishop  of  Carlisle,  on  3  Dec,  1335.  In  1344  a  John  de 
Norham  was  a  monk  of  Durham.3 

Reginald  of  Durham  tells  us  that  the  church  of  Norham  was  founded 
before  the  time  of  Cuthbert ;  in  the  neighbourhood  was  a  hill  called 
Munegedene,  where  the  earth  in  time  of  old  opened  its  mouth  and 
swallowed  up  many  thousands  of  Scots  who  were  invading  the  land  of 
Cuthbert.  Attending  the  school  in  the  church,  a  custom  then  '  common 
enough,'  was  a  lad  named  Haldene  who,  aware  that  punishment 
awaited  him  for  his  idleness,  threw  the  key  of  the  church  into  a  deep 
pool  in  the  Tweed,  now  called  Pedwell, 4  or  Peddle,  a  well  known  fishing 
station  on  the  river,  hoping  thus  to  escape  punishment,  the  key  soon 
afterwards  was  found  sticking  in  the  throat  of  a  salmon  of  great  size, 
caught  in  a  net  by  fishermen  in  the  pool  into  which  the  key  had  been 
thrown  by  the  boy. 5 

A  monk  of  Durham  carried  about  with  him  a  little  book  containing  a 
life  of  St.  Cuthbert  suspended  in  a  little  bag  from  his  neck ;  in  the  book 
was  a  piece  of  St.  Cuthbert' s  winding  sheet.  He  gave  a  piece  of  it  to  a 
friend  who  received  a  command  from  bishop  Pudsey  to  repair  Norham 
castle  ;  while  there  he  went  to  Berwick  and  lost  his  belt  together  with 
the  bag  containing  the  relic ;  it  was  found  and  restored  to  the  owner 
who,  from  his  great  skill,  received  the  name  of  Ingeniator.G 

A  man  charged  with  a  crime  professed  his  readiness  to  wage  a  battle. 
As  a  preliminary  he  went  to  his  parish  church  of  Norham  to  take  the 
necessary  oath  of  innocence  upon  a  cross  made  of  the  wood  of  a  table 
upon  which  St.  Cuthbert  had  been  in  the  habit  of  eating  his  meals. 7 

The  carriages  were  stopped  at  the  churchyard  gate,  where  members 
alighted  and  proceeded  to 

ST.  CUTHBERT' s  CHURCH, 

which  formerly  bore  the  names  of  Saints  Peter,  Cuthbert,  and  Ceolwulf . 
Egred  (bishop  of  Lindisfarne  831)  built  the  church8  in  Norham  and 
transported  thither  the  body  of  St.  Ceolwulf  the  king,  in  whose  honour 
and  of  Saints  Peter  and  Cuthbert  he  dedicated  it.  He  gave  the  vill  itself 
with  the  two  '  Geddewordis'  etc.,  to  the  church.*  King  William  gave 
to  the  bishop  of  Durham  the  church  of  Norham,  with  land  in  the  ad- 
jacent vill.  Pope  Urban  confirmed  the  church  of  Durham  in  its  posses- 
sions, including  the  church  of  Norham  with  the  chapel  of  Cornhill,1  and 

3  Reg.  i>al.  Dun.,  iv,  299. 

*  On  30  May,  1577,  Richard  Barnes,  bishop  of  Durham,  demised  to  queen  Elizabeth 
all  the  fisheries  in  the  Tweed,  including  Pedwell  in  the  liberties  of  Norham  and  Nor- 
hamshire.—  The  Hutton  Corresp.  (17  Snrt.  Soc.  publ.),  269. 

5  Reg.  Dunrlin.  (1  Surt.  Soc,  publ.),  149. 
6  Ibid. ,96,  III.  7  ibid..  115. 

8  'The  church  of  Norham,  as  tradition  says,  was  built  by  one  of  the  kings  of  England 
put  of  ambition  and  to  outvie  another  called  the  Lady  Church,  built  within  speaking:  of 
it  on  the  Scots  side  of  the  river  by  David  the  second.' — Mark's  'Survey'  (Inedited 
Contributions  to  the  History  of  Northumberland),  74. 

9  Symeon.  Dun.,  I  (51  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  Ixxvij,  142 ;  Leland,  Coll.,  i,  328,  371. 
i  At  a  later  time  there  was  a  dispute  between  bishop  Richard  Poor  and  the  prior 
and  convent  of  Durham,  with  respect  to  the  chapel  of  Cornhill  and  other  matters,  for 
which  see  post ,  p.  130. 


126 

all  its  other  appurtenances.2  Cospatrick,  earl  of  Northumberland, 
dying  at  Ubbanford,  was  buried  in  the  porch  of  the  church, 3 

Repairs  were  necessary  in  many  churches  on  the  border  in  1446,  as 
the  income  from  them  for  200  years,  owing  to  wars,  had  been  so 
little  partly  owing  to  war  between  the  two  kingdoms,  the  churches  of 
Holy  Island,  Norham,  and  Ellingham  being  situate  in  the  marches.  In 
1533-4,  according  to  the  bursar  of  Durham's  accounts4  for  those  years, 
repairs  were  made  in  the  chancel  of  the  church,  as  a  workman  received 
5s.  lOcL  for  twenty-one  days  in  making  forty- two  feet  of  new  work  at  2d.  ; 
8s.  4d.  for  the  mending  and  '  le  lettynge  '  [?  leading  of  glass]  there  of 
divers  holes  in  the  choir  at  5d.  a  day  ;  Is.  4dL  for  41bs.  of  '  soudar  '  ;  8s. 
for  half  a  '  credyll '  of  glass,  bought  by  Robert  Sanderson  ;  2s.  for  six 
'  ferri '  [iron  stays]  bought  for  the  windows,  and  six  stone  of  lead  ; 
Is.  Qd.  for  iron  work  ;  and  5d.  for  lime  and  coals.  Again  in  1539  10s. 
was  paid  to  the  prior  for  half  a  '  credell '  of  glass ;  7s.  6d.  to  Robert 
Fawchus  for  45  feet  of  new  glass  in  divers  windows  in  the  chancel  and 
choir  at  2d.  ;  12d.  to  the  same  for  mending  holes  in  different  windows 
together  with  the  soldering  for  2  days  at  Qd.  a  day  ;  Id.  for  carrying 
water  ;  and  3d.  for  lime  and  a  load  of  coals.'  The  vicar  was  paid  20L 
his  accustomed  pension. 5 

In  1467  Lords  Patrick  and  John  Hume  were,  on  the  day  of  the  Feast 
of  St.  Cuthbert  (4  Sept.)  excommunicated  in  solemn  form  in  Norham 
chu  ch  for  expelling  the  prior  of  Coldingham  and  intruding  them- 
selves. This  took  place  after  the  reading  of  the  Gospel  at  high  mass, 
relatives  and  friends  and  other  Scots  and  English  being  present.  The 
same  form  was  gone  through  in  St.  Nicholas's  church,  Newcastle.  The 
proceedings  began  in  1465  when  a  citation  was  issued  against  them,  but 
as  it  could  not  be  given  effect  to  in  Scotland  on  account  of  the  fear  of 
Alexander  Hume  and  his  accomplices,  it  was  published  in  the  nave  of 
Norham  church  though  the  original  had,  as  before  stated,  been  affixed 
to  the  door  of  Upsetlington  church,  dom.  Matthew,  curate  of  Norham, 
being  a  witness  to  this. c 

At  a  synod  held  in  the  galilee  of  Durham  cathedral  church  on 
4  Oct.,  1507,  the  proprietarius  and  vicar  of  Norham  were  present. z 

The  following  are  a  few  extracts  from  wills  relating  to  the  church  : — 

James  Marley  of  Wilton,  on  27  May,  1524,  directed  his  '  bonys  to 
be  beriede  within  the  sanctuary  grownde  of  the  kirke  of  Sancte  Cuth- 
berte  in  Norham.'  He  appears  to  have  accompanied  Sir  Wm.  Bulmer 
on  military  service  at  Norham  and  to  have  died  there.8  Gerard  Selby 
of  Pawston,  on  30  June,  1549,  desired  that  his  body  should  be  buried 
in  the  church.  He  appointed  his  brother,  Robert  Selby,  vicar  of 


vpone  poore 

North umberland,  on  2  May,  1571,  mentions  Guy  Carleton,  constable  of 
Norham.2  William  Clavering  in  November,  1586,  gave  10s.  to  the  poor 
of  Norham.3  Sir  Thomas  Gray  of  Chillingham,  on  20  Dec,  1589,  gave 
all  his  lands,  etc.,  lying  in  the  town  and  fields  of  Norham,  to  the 
yearly  value  of  51.  6s.  Sd.  to  Thomas  Gray  of  Wark  for  his  life.4 

2  Hint.  Dun.  Scrip.  Tr<-s  (9  Surt.  Soc.  pub!.),  xxvi,  Ivij. 

3  Leland,  Coll.,  n,  135.  *  Durham  Household  Book  (18  snrt.  Soc.  publ.),  26S. 

->  Feod.  Prior.  Dund.  ( 58  Surt.  Soc.  publ.;,  3-%  &  n. 
G  Priory  of  Coldingham  (12  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  198,  205. 

7  Hist.  'Dun.  Scrip.  Trea,  ccccvi. 
8  Test.  Ebor.,  v.  (79  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  175  &  n. 
9  trills  and  Inn.,  ill  (112  Surt.  Soc. publ.),  6,  7. 

i  Ibid.,  I  (2  Surt,  Soc.  publ.),  171.  a  Ibid.,  306;   II  (38  Surt.  Soc.  pub!.),  218n. 

3  Ibid.,  7ln,  151.  *  llrid.,  174. 


Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Newc.,  3  ser.,  in. 


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EXTERIOR  FROM  THE  SOUTH  EAST. 


INTERIOR  LOOKING  EAST. 
NOBHAM    CHURCH. 

(B'rom  photographs  by  Mr.  G.  Thurlow  Miller  of  Whitley) 


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'  Felles  Claveringe '  of  Berwick,  widow  of  Thomas  Clavering,  on  8  March, 
1596-7,  desired  to  be  buried  in  the  church. 

Walker  (Sufferings  of  the  Clergy,  230)  informs  us  that  'Alexander 
Davinson,  A.M.,'  vicar  of  Norham,  was  dispossessed  of  the  vicarage  by 
the  Parliament,  but  was  restored  (Calamy,  Nonconf.  Mem.,  in,  75),  at 
the  Restoration,  the  intruder  Edward  Doyle,  who  remained  a  noncon- 
formist, being  ejected. 

At  the  church  members  were  met  by  the  Rev.  A.  R.  Stogdon, 
the  vicar,  who  said : — 'As  the  church  shows  the  same  peculiarities 
of  building  material  as  the  castle,  I  conclude  it  was  built  by  the 
same  two  bishops  that  built  the  castle.  Bishop  Flambard  seems 
to  have  built  with  a  local  red  sandstone,  and  bishop  Pudsey  with 
a  white  sandstone.  I  notice  that  the  greater  part  of  the  castle  is 
red,  while  in  the  church  the  red  and  white  are  about  equally  used ; 
from  this  I  infer  that  the  church  is  not  quite  as  old  as  the  castle.  The 
pointed  windows  in  the  east  bay  of  the  chancel  are  interesting,  inasmuch 
as  they  are  referred  to  in  the  Durham  Rolls  of  1338-9,  and  testify  to  the 
style  of  architecture  then  in  favour.  Just  where  the  east  bay  com- 
mences a  strong  foundation  wall  was  found  by  Dr.  Waite  when  he  was 
preparing  the  foundations  for  the  present  communion  rails.  Probably 
the  east  end  was  originally  apsidal  and  destroyed  by  the  Scots.  I 
imagine  that  the  church  was  originally  of  much  the  same  design  as  it 
is  now,  that  is,  a  chancel,  a  nave  and  two  side  aisles.  The  north  aisle 
was  the  first  to  go,  either  from  the  lapse  of  time  or  the  neglect  of  the 
inhabitants  (to  quote  from  an  inscription  in  the  church  at  Ladykirk),  or 
from  the  attacks  of  the  Scots.  Then  in  1617  the  south  aisle  was  pulled 
down,  and  the  spaces  between  the  Norman  pillars  built  up,  and  thus, 
when  Dr.  Gilly  became  vicar  in  1831.  he  found  only  a  chancel  and  a  nr,ve, 
and  in  his  two  restorations  he  rebuilt  both  aisles.  He  was  misled  by 
his  architect  (Bonomi)  and  built  the  pillars  on  the  north  side  octagonal 
instead  of  cylindrical  like  the  original  pillars  on  the  south,  and  also 
placed  them  nine  inches  too  far  south.  These  slight  blemishes  were 
found  out  when  Dr.  Waite,  in  1885,  undertook  the  last  restoration.  He 
began  by  excavating  21  inches  of  rubbish  which  had  accumulated  in  the 
church,  and  thus  laying  bare  the  bases  of  the  original  pillars  on  the  north 
side  of  the  nave.  This  disclosed  the  fact  that  the  original  pillars  had  been 
nine  inches  farther  north  and  had  been  cylindrical.  Dr.  Waite  also 
records  that  he  could  find  no  traces  of  any  distinction  of  level  between 
the  nave  and  chancel.  Many  conjectures  have  been  made  about  the 
effigy  in  the  chancel,  one  thing  is  clear,  viz.,  that  the  canopy  was  not 
built  for  the  effigy,  being  of  a  much  later  date.  The  general  opinion  is 
that  the  effigy  is  that  of  the  first  Norman  earl  of  Northumberland. 
There  used  to  be  three  chantries  in  this  church — St.  Cuthbert,  the 
Virgin  Mary, 5  and  St.  Nicholas — I  can  find  no  traces  of  them.  The 
piscina  and  aumbry  still  remain  in  the  chancel.  The  beautiful  carved 
oak  of  bishop  Cosin's  time  formerly  in  Durham  cathedral  church,  but 
turned  out  at  one  of  the  'restorations;'  was  brought  from  Durham  by 
Dr.  Gilly.  The  church  used  to  afford  sanctuary  for  37  days.' 

See  Proceedings,  2  ser.  iv,  p.  243,  for  note  on  the  church,  and  v,  p.  49, 
for  Dr.  Waite' s  description  of  it ;  and  for  notes  of  communion  plate  and 

5  'Landes  and  possessyons  belonging  to  the  use  and  stypend  of  a  Prest,  singing 
within  the  Parishe  Church  e  of  Norham,  at  Our  Ladye  Alter.  George  Johnson,  Incum- 
bent, of  the  age  of  [blank]  yeres,  meanly  learned,  having  no  other  lyving  then  the  same 
chauntry.  And  ther  is  no  land,  &c.,  solde,  &c.  And  ther  be  of  howselina:  people  within 
the  same  parishe  MM.  Yerely  valewe  xlijs.  iiijcf.  Plate,  none.  Goodes,  none.—  Eccl. 
J't-oc.  of  Bishop  Barnes,  Ixxxiv. 


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bells,  see  ibid.,  244;    amongst  the  plate  is  a  Newcastle  cup  of  1712. 
One  of  the  bells  was  made  by  Anthony  Bartlett  in  1670.° 

Mr.  Stogdon  was  thanked  for  meeting  members  and  pointing  out  the 
chief  objects  of  interest  in  the  church. 

The  following  are  Sir  Stephen  Glynne's  notes  on  the  church,  which 
he  visited  on  the  31st  July,  1856  :— - 

'  A  large  church  with  nave  and  aisles,  a  large  chancel,  and  a  western 
tower.  The  whole  church  is  of  Norman  origin,  but  with  later  alterations. 
The  church  is  in  excellent  order,  having  recently  undergone  a  restora- 
tion, and  the  south  aisle  has  been  entirely  rebuilt  in  a  suitable 
style.  The  nave  has  on  each  side  an  arcade  of  five  large  semi-circular 
arches  of  good  advanced  Norman  work.  The  piers  on  the  north  are 
octagonal,  those  on  the  south  circular,  both  massive,  and  with  octagonal 
capitals  having  good  foliage.  The  south  arcade  has  finer  mouldings 
than  the  northern.  The  south  aisle  has  been  widened  and  the  wall 
entirely  new,  with  Norman  windows  having  shafts.  The  roof  seems  to 
be  new.  The  pues  are  neat  and  low,  but  have  doors,  though  with 
poppy  heads  to  the  standards.  The  chancel  arch  is  a  fine 
late  Norman  one,  with  three  orders  or  shafts  with  abaci  and 
capitals  of  foliage,  almost  Early  English.  The  chancel  is  very 
long  and  grand,  the  eastern  bay  decorated,  the  rest  good  Norman, 
The  Norman  part  has  five  original  windows  on  the  south,  and  four  on 
the  north,  which  have  two  orders  of  shafts  and  hoods  with  string 
courses.  The  buttresses  flat  faced,  and  under  the  parapet,  externally, 
is  a  corbel  table.  The  eastern  bay  has  on  each  side  a  decorated  window 
of  two  lights.  The  east  window  is  also  decorated  of  five  lights.  In  the 
south  wall  is  a  very  fine  canopied  tomb  of  decorated  character,  the 
canopy  pedimental,  lofty  and  crocketed  and  flanked  by  pinnacles,  and 
the  space  between  the  pediment  and  the  arch  of  the  recess  enriched  with 
open  tracery.  Under  it  is  a  cross-legged  effigy  of  a  knight,  having  a 
shield  with  armorial  bearings.  The  altar  is  neat,  and  the  whole  of  the 
chancel  is  in  good  order,  with  stalls  and  carved  desks.  The  font  is 
modern.  There  is  an  organ  at  the  west  end  of  the  south  aisle.  The 
tower  is  small  and  modern,  but  with  some  Norman  ornamental  features. 
The  churchyard  is  unusually  spacious.  In  it  is  a  cross,  the  shaft  of 
which  has  ancient  scroll  or  fut  work  and  an  illegible  inscription.'  Added 
in  the  margin  of  the  manuscript,  '  The  northern  windows  have  ex- 
ternally no  ornament.' 

The  following  are  a  few  notes  from  different  sources  relating  to 
Norham : — 

The  values  of  the  rectory  and  vicarage  of  Norham  were  according  to 
the  '  antiqua  taxa  '  (1306)  :  '  rectoria  de  Norham,'  200m.  and  the  tax 
66s.  8d.  ;  and  the  vicar's  portion,  20w.  and  the  tax  6s.  Sd. 7 

The  Clavis  Ecclesiastica  gives  it  as  '  vie.  Norhame,  xvZ.  vjs.  viijrf. 
[24Z.]  Deane  and  Chapter  of  Durhame,'8  and  Bacon  (Liber  Regis,  p.  1271) 
as  '  Norham,  v.  (St.  Cuthbert),  Prox.  episc.  9s.  Mon.  Dunelm.  olim 
prop8.  Dean  and  Chapter  of-  Durham,  51.  8s.  l|d.  ;  yearly  tenths, 
II.  10s.  8d.' 


c  See  also  Mr.  C.  C.  Hodges's  account  of  Norham  church  in  Transactions  of  the 
Durham  and  Northumberland  Archaeological  and  Architectural  Society  (vol.  v,  ex). 
The  Rev.  J.  K.  Hodgson  described  the  church  as  a  stately  piece  of  Northumberland  work, 
possessing  dignily,  solidity,  and  solemnity  of  effect.  The  north  aisle  datml  from  1190 
to  1200.  He  denounced  the  restoration  of  1861  as  done  without  knowledge,  and  as  being 
destructive  of  the  best  features  of  the  church.  '1  he  new  windows  were  unworthy  of  the 
building,  and  showed  an  entire  ignorance  of  architecture,  as  well  as  an  absence  of  any 
artistic  feeling.'— Ibid.,  II,  viii. 

7  Keg.  Pal.  Dun,  in,  97.  8  Ecd.  Proc.  of  Bishop  Barnes,  p.  10. 


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Bishop  Chandler,  in  his  notes  of  a  visitation,  'supposed  in  1736,'  says 
of  'V.  Norham,  Tho:  Drake,  Resid1.  Dn.  &  Chapt.  Patr.  &  Impr,  wch  is 
worth  560J.  p.  an.  Value  1 15li.  of  wch  67Z.  money  from  the  Chapr.  Fam.  430, 
248  Presb.,  8  Papists.  3  licd  meeting  houses,  not  used  but  for 
or  injunction  before  a  communion.  Those  of  the  Town  go  every  Lds. 
day  to  Lady  Kirk  in  Scotland,  those  farther  off  to  a  lie'1  meeting 
at  Etal  in  Ford  &  Barmor  in  Northd.  Teachers  Js.  Wood  &  Geo. 
Redpath  from  Scotland.  Petty  schools  taught  by  Scotch  Presbyt. 
A  F.C.  School  in  the  town.  Between  40  &  50  com.  every  month  and 
under  60  at  ye  great  Fest.' 

On  10  May,  1290,  a  convention  was  held  in  the  parish  church  at 
Norham  before  Edward  i,  for  the  purpose  of  deciding  as  to  the  claims 
of  the  competitors  to  the  Scottish  throne,  all  of  them  recognizing  the 
overlordship  of  Edward  i.  Judgment  was  given  in  favour  of  John 
Baliol  on  20  November  following. 

On  11  kal.  June  [22  M^J,  1311,  the  vicar  of  Norham  and  Adam  de 
Norham,  chaplain,  were  appointed  on  an  inquisition  as  to  the  right  of 
presentation  to  the  chapel  of  '  Tyllemowe.'  [Tillmouth].8 

By  writs  of  levari  facias  and  pluries  of  10  Dec,  1311,  17  Feb,  1312,  &c., 
6Z.  13s.  4d.  had  to  be  raised  from  the  vicarage  of  Norham.  The  bishop 
in  one  case  stated  that  he  had  obtained  20s.  In  more  than  one  of  the 
returns  the  bishop  reported  that  he  could  not  raise  anything  from 
several  churches,  including  Norham,  as  all  the  churches  and  vills  had 
been  burnt  and  destroyed  by  the  Scots. l 

On  13  Dec.  1313,  William  de  Norham,  chaplain,  following  the  issue 
of  a  commission,  was  granted  absolution  by  the  bishop  of  Durham  for 
wounding  Ralph  de  Rooper,  a  clerk  in  minor  orders,  in  the  chancel 
of  Bishopwearmouth  church,  He  was  ordered  to  fast  on  bread  and 
water  for  twelve  Fridays  say  twelve  '  psalteria  '  for  the  souls  of  the 
bishop's  parents  and  all  faithful  dead,  and  feed  every  day  for  three 
Fridays  a  poor  person. 2 

On  15  kal.  Jan.  1315  [20  Dec.  1314]  a  commission  was  issued  by  the 
dean  and  chapter  of  York  (the  see  being  vacant)  to  the  bishop  of  Durham 
to  ordain  William  de  Ellewyk,  an  acolyte,  to  the  vicarage  of  Norham. 3 

On  20  April,  1315,  a  commission  was  issued  to  the  prior  of  Holy 
Island  to  enquire  concerning  a  violation  of  sanctuary  in  the  church  of 
Norham  by  John  Tyllok,  William  Godard,  William  de  Kyrkeby  and 
Walter  Russel  who  took  out  of  the  church  William  le  Spycer  of  Berwick 
and  detained  him  in  Norham  castle,  and  to  adjudge  whatever  penance 
they  deserved.  * 

Robert  de  Norham  was  instituted  to  the  vicarage  of  Ilderton  on  the 
7  Aug.  1315,  on  the  presentation  of  the  prior,  &c.,  of  Kirkham,  and  on 
the  same  day  a  mandate  was  issued  to  the  archdeacon  of  Northum- 
berland for  his  induction.5 

On  6  Feb.  1344,  the  bishop  of  Durham  granted  a  licence  in  mortmain 
to  William  de  Twysyl  to  apply  6|  acres  of  land  in  Norham,  and  many 
acres  of  land,  houses,  and  cottages  in  West  Upsetlington  for  the  endow- 
ment of  a  chaplain  in  the  parish  church  of  Norham  to  perform  divine 
offices  every  day  for  the  salutary  state  of  the  bishop  while  living,  and 
for  his  soul  when  he  died  (ab  hac  luce  migraverimiis),  and  for  his  father's 
and  mother's  souls,  and  for  the  souls  of  William  and  his  father  and 
mother  and  his  ancestors  and  heirs,  and  also  for  the  bishop's  predecessors 
and  successors,  bishops  of  Durham,  and  for  all  the  faithful  dead.  ° 

9  Refj.  Pal.  Dun.,  I,  50.  1  Ibid.  II,  835,  848,  850,  859,  861,  875,  876,  880,  896,  899. 

2  Ibid.,  I,  4S1,  482.  3  Ibid.,  II,  766. 

4  Ibid.,  ii.  700.  5  Ibid.,  715,  716.  6  Ibid,,  ill,  368, 


[Proc.,  3  Ser.,  in,  20.] 


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In  1363  Walter  Jabes  petitioned  the  pope  (Urban  v)  for  the  vicarage 
of  Norham,  value  20  marks,  void  by  the  death  of  Wm.  de  Elwick,  which 
had  been  unlawfully  held  for  two  years  by  Richard  Cave,  an  apostate 
Cistercian,  notwithstanding  that  Walter  was  litigating  about  the  church 
of  St.  Mary  in  the  Bailey,  Durham,  which  he  was  ready  to  resign.  The 
petition  was  granted  on  4  id. [10th]  June. 7  In  1366  Sir  Nicholas  Tamwith, 
also  petitioned  the  same  pope  on  behalf  of  his  priest,  John  Moises, 
for  the  perpetual  vicarage  of  Norham,  void  by  the  death  of  the  same, 
which  Richard  de  Fores,  an  apostate  brother  of  Kinloss,  had  unlaw- 
fully occupied  for  three  years,  notwithstanding  that  John  was  master 
of  the  lazar-house  of  St.  Bartholomew,  Twedmuth  [Tweedmouth]  from 
which  he  had  got  no  fruits  save  those  which  he  had  applied  to  the  uses 
of  the  said  house.  The  petition  was  granted  on  4  non.  [2d]  Jan.,  but 
he  had  to  resign  the  lazar-house.8  In  the  same  year  (1366)  John  de 
Lowyk  likewise  petitioned  for  the  same,  void  by  the  death  of  Wm.  de 
Elwyk,  then  held  by  Rich,  de  Fores.  This  petition  also  was  granted 
on  18kal.  Feb.  [15  Jan.]9  On  the  19kal.  Sep.  [14th  Aug.],  John  de  Lowyk 
was  confirmed  in  the  collation,  void  by  the  death  of  Wm.  de  Elwyk,  the 
same  having  been  really  void  by  the  resignation  of  William. l 

The  church  was  then  left.     A  short  walk  took  the  party  to 

NORHAM    CASTLE. 

The  following  are  one  or  two  references  to  the  chantry  in  the 
castle : — 

About  the  year  1228  there  appears  to  have  been  a  dispute  between 
the  bishop  of  Durham  and  the  prior  and  convent  concerning  many 
things,  including  the  chapel  in  the  castle  of  Norham,  as  witnesses  were 
produced  by  both  parties  in  support  of  their  respective  contentions. 
On  the  side  of  the  bishop,  William,  dean  of  Northumbria,  deposed 
that  the  chapel  of  Cornhale  was  within  the  limits  of  the  parish  church  of 
Norham,  and  was  commonly  known  as  a  chapel  to  it,  the  chapel  paying 
10  marks  yearly  as  a  pension  to  the  monks,  Alexander  was  the  chaplain. 
Other  witnesses  agreed  with  this.  Patrick  de  Chesewic  said  that  the 
constable  of  Norham  appointed  the  chaplain  to  the  castle,  who  received 
the  oblations,  another  witness  adding  without  licence  from  any  one, 
Henry  de  Feringtone  deposed  that  he  was  constable  for  seven  years,  in 
the  time  of  bishops  Hugh  [Pudsey]  and  Philip  [de  Poitou],  that  he 
placed  there  the  chaplain  by  his  own  will  without  licence  from  anyone, 
and  without  contradiction,  and  that  the  chaplain  received  the  oblations 
peacefully.  Anketill,  a  monk  and  priest,  on  behalf  of  the  prior,  etc., 
deposed  that  when  he  was  a  clerk  at  Norham  he  was  present  in  the 
castle  when  the  chaplain  of  the  castle  celebrated  mass  and  received 
oblations,  but  he  could  not  say  for  how  long.2 

On  12  Nov,  1335,  John  Papedy,  Adam  and  John  de  Twysel,  John 
Dychand,  and  several  others,  received  the  first  tonsure  in  the  chapel  of 
Norham  castle.3 

On  14  Feb.  1506,  according  to  the  certificate  of  all  chantries,  etc.,  the 
following  particulars  of  « The  Chauntry  of  Norham,  founded  within  the 
Castell  there,  within  the  county  of  Northumberland,'  are  given : — « Row- 
land Prate,  Incumbent,  of  the  age  of  xlviij  yeres,  well  lerned,  of  honest  con- 
versacion  and  qualytes,  having  no  other  ly vinge  then  the  same  chauntrye. 
And  ther  ys  no  landes  solde  sythe,  etc.  Yerely  valew,  iiijZ.  xjs.  iiij 
repryse,  viijs.  ;  clere,  iiijZ.  iijs.  iiijd.  Plate,  none.  Goodes,  none.'4 

7  Cal.  of  Papal  Reg.,  Pet.  I,  434.  8  Ibid.,  511.  a  Ibid.,  512. 

1  Cal.  of  Papal  Reg.,  LfVcrs,  IV,  57.  2  Feodarium,  221,  225,  236,  238,  237. 

3  Reg,  Pal.  Dun.,  m,  165.  *  flccl.  Proc.  of  Bishop  Barnes,  Ixxxiv. 


131 

The  following  picturesque  description  of  Norham  castle, 5  probably  by 
the  late  professor  E.  A.  Freeman,  is  from  the  Saturday  Review  of  7r  June, 
1884:— 

'Founded  by  the  Red  King's  bold  and  unscrupulous  minister,  Ralph 
le  Flambard,6  as  the  'Northern  home'  of  the  see,  restored  and  partly 
rebuilt  by  Hugh  Pudsey,7  raised  to  almost  regal  splendour  by  the 
magnificent  Antony  Bek,  '  the  maist  prowd  and  masterful  Busshop 
in  all  England  ' — king,  patriarch,  bishop,  and  palatine  all  in  one — 
strengthened  by  Wolsey's  early  patron  the  wise  and  politic  bishop  Fox, 
the  negotiator  of  the  marriage  between  James  iv  of  Scotland  and  the 
princess  JVIargaret,  who  made  Durham  one  of  the  steps  of  his  ladder  of 
episcopal  preferments  which,  beginning  at  Exeter  and  mounting  by 
Bath  and  Wells,  ended  at  Winchester — its  last  episcopal  occupant  was 
the  saintly  and  deservedly  revered  Cuthbert  Tunstall,8  whose  ill  fate  it 
was  to  fall  on  troublous  days  of  religious  change,  ill  suited  to  his  gentle 
and  peace-loving  spirit.  Not  even  the  proud  height  of  Durham  itself, 
with  the  vast  mass  of  the  cathedral  and  castle  frowning  down  upon  the 
swiftly  flowing  Wear,  is  more  completely  identified  than  Norham  with 
the  grandest  memories  of  the  historic  see  of  St.  Cuthbert,  whose  banner 
again  and  again  went  forth  from  its  walls,  at  the  head  of  the  forces  of 
'the  bishoprick'  and  was  never  tarnished  by  defeat,  and  of  the  long 
line  of  spiritual  princes  who,  in  strange  contrast  with  the  meek  ascetic 
of  Lindisfarne,  ruled  the  Palatinate.  Nor  is  its  place  in  civil  history 
less  conspicuous.  The  object  of  never-ceasing  disputes  between  the 
English  and  Scottish  kings,  now  in  the  hands  of  one  power  now  of  the 
other,  repeatedly  visited  by  the  ubiquitous  John,  who  in  1211  here 
received  the  homage  of  Alexander, 9  the  son  of  William  the  Lion,  who  had 
himself  knelt  before  John  as  his  feudal  lord  ten  years  before  at  Lincoln  ; 
besieged  in  1215  by  the  same  Alexander  for  forty  days,  with  the  ill 
success  which  usually  attended  the  attempts  on  its  massy  walls ;  the 
scene  of  the  meeting  four  years  later,  1219,  between  Alexander  and 
Pandulf,  the  Papal  legate,  to  settle  disputes  between  the  two  kingdoms  ; 
the  head-quarters  of  Edward  i,  the  'malleus  Scotorum,'  in  his  Scottish 
campaigns,  who  here  with  a  large  following  of  northern  barons,  in  1291 , 
as  '  overlord  '  of  the  kingdom,  in  the  church  still  standing,  heard, 
weighed,  and  decided  on  the  rival  claims  of  Baliol  and  Bruce  to  the 
Scottish  Crown  ;  Baliol,  it  is  said,  owing  the  preference,  so  disastrous 
to  the  peace  of  Scotland,  to  the  influence  of  the  all-powerful  bishop 

itony  Bek,  who,  in  1296,  brought  a  force  of  1000  foot  and  500  horse 
id  140  knights  to  his  sovereign's  aid,  heading  it  himself  in  full  armour, 

5  For  descriptions  of  the  castle,  see  Proc.,  2  sev.,  v,  p.  52,  by  the  late  C.  J.  Bates  ; 
Irch.  Jovr.,  XXXIII.  p.  307,  by  the  late  G.  T.  Clark,  including  a  pood  plan  of  the  castle, 
rhich  maybe  referred  to  with  advantage;  see  also  Trans,  of  the  Durh.  and  North. 
Lreh.  Soc.,  II,  vii,  and  Bucks'  view  of  the  castle. 

<>  In  1121  Ralph  Flambard,  bishop  of  Durham,  began  to  build  the  castle  at  Norliam 

ipon  the  bank  of  Tweed  near  the  place  called  '  Ethamexforda'  to  protect  the  borders 

from  the  Scots.— Symeon  Dun.,  I  (51  Surt.  Soc.  pnbl.),  114  :   Rolls  ed.,  II,  101.     Leland, 

Coll.,  II,  357.      '  Examforda,'  where  St.  Cuthbert  raised  a  boy  from  the  de;ul. — sj/in. 

Dim.,  I,  '231.     On  Christmas  eve,  1121,  an  unusual  wind  threw  down  not  only  houses  but 

ilestone  towers.  — Leland,  ColL,  n,  303.     Sue  also  372.     'I  had  also  from  the  inhabit- 

ints  a  traditionary  account  of  the  building  of  the  castle,  which,  they  told  me,  was  b> 

e  of  the  bishops  of  Durham,  at  the  expense  of  his  daughter's  patrimony,  and  for  the 

fence  of  the  church,  which  was  dangerously  exposed  to  the  insults  of  the  Scots,' — 

Mark  in  his  '  Survey,'  79. 

7  Pudsey  repaired  the  castle  of  Norham.  adding  to  it  a  very  strong  tower, — Hist, 
an.  ticrip.  Tres,  12. 
a  Bishop  Tunstall  repaired  the  castle  in  several  places.—  Hist.  Dun.  Scrip.  Tres,  515. 

9  'Alexander  [H],  King  of  Scottes,  Sun  to  King  William,  did  entre  yn  to  England, 
ind  did  muche  Despite  to  King  John.  He  assegid  the  Castel  of  . .  Norham  and  toke 
"lomages  of  divers  Nobil  Men  of  Northumbreland '—Leland,  Coll.,  I,  535. 


182 

Ho  place  played  a  more  distinguished  part  in  all  the  stormy  scenes  of 
Border  warfare.  The  castle  was  long  fruitlessly  besieged  by  the  forces 
of  Robert  the  Bruce,1  and  was  at  last  taken  by  storm  as  the  crowning 
exploit  of  the  Border  campaign,  which  ended  in  the  recognition  of 
Scotland  as  an  independent  sovereignty,  and  of  Bruce  as  its  king,  by 
the  treaty  of  Northampton.  It  was  more  than  once  attacked  by 
James  iv  of  Scotland.  The  first  time  was  when,  in  1497,  he  crossed 
the  Border  with  his  forces 

To  back  the  cause  of  that  mock  prince, 
"Warbeck,  that  Flemish  counterfeit,  •_ 

and  appeared  before  it  in  person,  but  after  a  fortnight's  sharp* assault 
was  forced  to  retire.  Two  years  later  a  trifling  affray  beneath  the  wallet 
of  the  castle  between  some  Scotch  marauders  and  the  keepers  of  the 
fortress  led  to  wearisome  negotiations  between  the  two  monarchs, 
which  issued  in  the  marriage  of  Henry  vn's  daughter  to  James  iv, 
and  thus  eventually  brought  about  the  union  of  the  crowns.  Once 
again,  shortly  before  the  disastrous  battle  of  Flodden,  James  besieged 
Norham,  which,  though  not  without  suspicion  of  treachery  was  sur- 
rendered to  him  and  very  roughly  handled.' 

At  Norham  castle,  members  were  joined  by  Sir  Hubert  Jerningham 
and  his  house  party,  which  included  Sir  William  and  Lady  Young. 

Sir  Hubert  Jerningham  expressed  his  pleasure  in  receiving  the 
visitors,  and  then  proceeded  to  give  an  interesting  description  of  the 
castle  and  its  surroundings.  A  distinctive  feature  of  the  place,  he  said, 
was  the  fact  that  it  had  never  been  a  residence.  It  had  never  belonged, 
like  Alnwick,  Raby,  and  other  places  of  that  kind,  to  private  individuals 
who  made  fortresses  of  their  own  houses.  That  was  a  very  important 
consideration  to  remember  when  looking  at  the  place.  It  was  the 
desire  of  William  the  Conqueror  that  at  that  place,  at  Wark,  and 
generally  on  the  Borders,  military  fortresses  should  be  erected  to  pro- 
tect the  country  against  the  incursions  of  the  Scots.  There  were  two 
main  fords,  one  at  Norham,  well  known  and  much  used  by  the  monks, 
who  founded  Lindisfarne,  and  the  other  at  Wark.  The  position  of 
Norham  castle  was  a  somewhat  remarkable  one.  Turner,  in  his  paint- 
ing in  the  National  Gallery,  had  a  conception  of  what  it  must  have  been 
in  former  days,  standing  high  from  the  river.  Bishop  Flambard,  who 
was  a  very  military  bishop,  in  1121  built  the  castle,  and  bishop  Pudsey 
considering  it  was  not  big  enough,  enlarged  it.  The  second  point 
he  would  draw  their  attention  to  was  that  the  castle  was  not  a  ruin  of 
last  century  or  the  century  before.  It  had  been  in  ruins  since  1C03. 
The  day  queen  Elizabeth  died  Sir  Robert  Carey  was  dispatched  to 
announce  to  James  vi  of  Scotland  that  he  was  James  I  of  England. 
He  did  that  journey  to  Scotland  in  two  days;  and  only  halted  at 
Norham  castle.  King  James  gave  Sir  Robert  Carey  the  castle,  and  he 

1  '  Robert  Bruce,  King  of  Scottes,  had  assegid  the  Castel  of  Norham,  where  Robert 
Manors  was  Capitayne  :  \vich  with  his  (Jamison  issnid  oute  one  Day,  and  disconifltid 
the  Scottes,  killing  William  JMouhaml,  a  Baron  of  Scotland.     The  Counte  of  Morref, 
and  James  Duglas,  besegid  the  Lortie  Percy  in  his  Castel  of  Alnewic  ;  but  they  sone 
depertid  to  Robert  ISruse  tbeyr  King,  lying  at  the  Seage  of  Norham.'— Iceland,  Coll  ,  i, 
651.      In  1322  the  Scots  gained  possession  of   the  castle,  but  after  an  assault,  of   ten 
days  they  were  compelled  to  abandon  it.    'The  Counsel  of  King  Edward  sent  one  William 
fiennun,  a  Man  of  Law,  to  Hrit.se  beseging  Norham,  to  treate  for  a  Mariago  betwixt 
Johan,  King  Edwardes  Sister,  and  Dayid,  Robert  liruse  Sunne.'—  Ibid.,  548,  549,  551. 

2  In  1407  the  Scottish  king  laid  siege  to  Norham  castle  on  the  south  bank  of  the 
Tweed,  but  being  easily  outflanked  by  the  English  troops,  who  under  the  e.irl  of  Surrey 
had  occupied  Ayton,  in  Berwickshire,  they  raised  the  siege  of  Norham.     Ere  long  a 
truce  followed,  and  I'erkiu  bad  to  leave  Scotland. — Records  of  the  Northern  Convocation 
(113  Surt.  Soc.  pnbl.).  204. 


Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Newc.,  3  ser.,  in. 


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NOKHAM    CASTLE    FROM    THE    W. 
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133 

sold  it  to  the  lords  of  Dunbar,  whose  family  still  had  a  residence  near.  It 
was  an  incident  trivial  in  itself  that  occurred  there,  which  ultimately 
had  a  glorious  ending  in  the  union  of  England  and  Scotland.  An  affray 
between  Scotchmen,  who  had  crossed  the  Tweed  to  plunder,  and  a 
number  of  soldiers  from  Norham.  castle,  occurred  in  the  village ;  com- 
munications between  the  kings  of  England  and  Scotland  followed,  with 
the  result  that  an  embassy  was  sent  to  king  Henry  vii  on  the  part  of 
James  iv  to  ask  the  hand  of  Margaret  Tudor:  The  request  was  granted, 
and  ultimately  resulted  in  the  union  of  the  two  kingdoms. 

Dealing  with  the  structure,  Sir  Hubert  Jerningham  said  the  way  in 
which  the  Normans  had  of  building  their  castles  was  excellent.  It  was 
always  done  in  a  uniform  manner.  They  began  with  the  keep;  Then 
they  surrounded  it  with  a  big  wall,  and  afterwards  came  a  second  wall 
to  strengthen  the  place.  Besides  that  wall,  they  had  a  moat,  which 
was  crossed  by  a  drawbridge.  There  was  a  Marmion  gate,  but  that,  of 
course,  was  subsequently  named  after  Sir  Walter  Scott's  poem.  Marmion 
never  came  to  Norham,  and,  of  course,  never  existed.3  Sir  Hubert 
pointed  out  the  various  features  of  interest,  especially  noting  the  beauti- 
ful specimens  of  Norman  and  Early  English  windows,  the  circular  stair- 
case, which  led  to  the  vigil  tower,  and  the  fireplace  of  1560.  Norham 
was  only  possessed  by  the  Scots  on  two  occasions,  and  only  for  three 
days.  Besides  the  historic  incident  when  the  fight  between  the  soldiers 
of  Norham  and  the  Scotchmen  produced  a  result  which  was  altogether 
unthought  of,  there  was  another  of  interest.  That  was  when  the 
claims  of  Bruce  and  Baliol  were  settled. 

.3  In  Tanfield  church,  Yorkshire,  there  are  some  fine  tombs  of  the  Marmions,  one 
with  an  iron  hearse  over  it.  The  story  of  Marmion,  if  story  it  be,  is  however  much 
older  than  Sir  Walter  Scott's  time,  as  Leland  (Coll.  I,  548,  549)  thus  gives  it :—' At  this 
tyme  [1318J  Thomas  Gray  and  his  Freudea  defendid  Norham  from  the  Scot tes.  Then 

follows  the  story  of  a  lady  bringing  a  '  Heulnie with  a  very  riche  Creste  of  Golde 

to  William  Marmion,  knight,  with  a  Lettre..  ..that  he  should  go  in  to  the  daungerust 
Place  in  England,  and  there  to  let  the  Heualme  to  be  seene,  and  knowen,  as  fauiose. 
80  he  went  to  Norham. ..  .Thomas  Gray,  Capitayne  of  Norham,  seying  this,  brought 
his  Gaiison  afore  the  Barreirs  of  the  Castel,  behynde  whom  cam  William,  richely 

arrayed  as  al  glittering  in  Gold,  and  wering  the  lieaulme  his  Ladys  Present He 

toke  his  Cursore  and  rode  emong  the  Throng  of  Ennemyes,  the  which  layed  sore 
Stripes  on  hym,  and  pullid  hym  at  the  last  oute  of  his  Sadel  to  the  Grounde.  Then 
Thomas  Gri«,y  with  al  the  hole  Gainison  lette  prik  yn  emong  the  Scottes,  and  so 
woiided  then:,  and  their  Horses,  that  they  were  over  throwen,  and  Marmyon  sore 
beten  was  horsid  again,  and  with  Gray  pursewid  the  Scottes  yn  Chace.  'Ihere  were 
taken  50.  Horses  of  Price,  and  the  Wemen  of  Norham  brought  them  to  the  Foote  men 
to  folow  the  Chace.  Adam  de  Gordon,  a  Baron  of  Scotland,  cam  with  160  Men  to 
dry  ve  a  way  the  Catel,  pasturing  by  Norham,  but  the  yong  Men  of  the  Countery  ther 
aboute  encounteiid  with  them,  whom  Thomas  Gray  seing  to  stand  in  Jeopardy  went 
o\vte  with  om:ly  60  Men,  and  killid  most  Parte  of  the  Scottes  and  their  Horses.'  Then 
we  are  told  that  Gray  was  twice  besieged  in  Norham,  once  for  a  year,  and  next  for 
seven  months.  'His  Ennen.ies  made  Fortercsses  before  the  Castel,  one  in  Upsedeling- 
ton,  a  Mother  yn  the  Church  of  Norham.  The  Castel  was  tuise  vitailid  by  the  Lord 
Percy  and  Neville..  ..The  utter  Ward  of  Norham  Castel  was  ons  taken  yn  Thomas 
Grays  tyme,  on  the  Vigile  of  S.  Catarine,  but  they  kept  it  but  3  Dayes  ;  for  theyr 
purpose  yn  myniMgfaylled  them.' 

'  The  Lordes  Percy  and  Neville,  Gardians  of  the  Englisch  Marches,  toke  Trewis  with 
the  Lorde  William  Dugles  at  the  tyme  that  he  had  conquerid  the  Landes  that  the 
Englisch  .Men  had  won  of  the  Scottes.  Patrik,  Erie  of  March, ....  wold  not  consent  to  this 
Trews,  and  so  with  other  cam  yn  loode  to  the  Castel  of  Norham,  and  imbtischid  them 
self  apon  the  Scottisch  Side  of  Twede,  sending  over  a  Banaret  with  his  Baner,  and  400 
n.en  to  forage,  and  so  gathering  Prayes  drove  them  by  the  Castelle,  Thomas  Gray 
(Constable  of  Norham,  Sunne  to  Thomas  Gray,  that  had  beene  3  types  besegid  by  the 
Scottes  in  Not  ham  Castel  yn  King  Edwaide  the  secund  J)ayes)  seing  the  Communes 
of  English  thus  robbid,  issuid  out  of  Noiham  with  few  mo  the  50  Menne  of  the  Garni- 
son,  and  a  few  of  the  Communes,  and,  not  knowing  of  Patrikes  Band  be  hynd,  were  by 
Cov\  ii  be  set  both  before  and  behind  with  the  Scottes.  Yet  for  al  that  Gray  with  his 
Men  lightting  apon  foote  set  apon  them  with  a  wonderful  Corage,  and  killed  mo  of 
them  then  they  did  of  thenglisch  Men.  Yet  wer  there  vj  Scottes  yn  Numbre  to  one 
Englisch  Man,  and  cam  so  s>ore  on  the  Communes  of  England,  that  they  began  to  fly, 
and  then  was  Thomas  Gray  taken  Prisoner.'— Leland,  Coll.,  I,  665. 


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The  interest  Jwhieh  Sir  Hubert  and  the  late  Lady  Jerningham  have 
taken  in  the  preservation  of  the  ruins  of  the  historic  pile,  was  referred  to 
in  terms  of  warm  appreciation  by  the  visitors,  and  Mr.  H.  T.  Rutherford, 
on  behalf  of  the  members  of  the  society,  expressed  their  thanks  to  Sir 
Hubert  for  his  exceptionally  interesting  remarks. 

The  party  subsequently  drove  to 

LONGRIDGE    TOWERS. 

On  29  April,  1649,  Thomas  Ord4  of  Longridge,  gent,  begged  to  be 
allowed  to  compound  for  his  delinquency,  he  having  been  in  arms 
against  the  parliament  but  had  submitted  and  taken  the  national 
covenant.  He  had  a  house  and  lands  in  Longridge  out  of  which  he 
paid  yearly  to  the  earl  of  Suffolk  3Z.  13s.  4d  He  had  a  seven  years 
lease  of  the  small  tithes  of  Norham.  He  was  fined  501.  a  tenth,  and  not 
having  paid  all  the  fine  his  estate  was  ordered  to  be  sequestered.  By 
1653,  however,  the  balance  was  paid.5 

Longridge  Towers,  with  its  priceless  treasures,  was  thrown  open  to 
members,  Sir  Hubert  Jerningham  and  his  niece  kindly  acting  as  guides. 
In  the  drawing  room  aie  two  exceptionally  fine  water  colour  drawings 
by  the  elder  T.  M.  Richardson.  The  visitors  were  subsequently 
entertained  to  tea,  and  after  a  walk  through  the  beautifully  wooded 
park  and  gardens,  Mr.  Ed.  Wooler,  on  their  behalf,  expressed  his  great 
appreciation  of  Sir  Hubert's  kindness  and  hospitality. 

The  party  then  left,  and  drove  over  the  many  arched  bridge  into 
Berwick,  where  they  sat  down  to  dinner  at  the  Red  Lion  hotel,  and 
thus  ended  the  proceedings.  The  day  was  throughout  unclouded,  and 
one  of  the  finest  of  this  exceptionally  wet  summer. 


The  following  are  a  few  notes  from  different  sources  relating  to 
Norham  castle,  &c.  : — 

In  1136  David,  king  of  the  Scots,  took  and  held  five  strongholds  in 
the  province  of  Northumbria,  including  Norham  and  Newcastle. c  After 
Easter  in  1138,  he  returned  again  with  his  dreaded  army  into  Northum- 
bria, and  at  once  overran  the  maritime  provinces,  which  previously  he 
had  left  intact,  and  destroyed  everything,  and  then  occupied  the  greatest 
part  of  the  land  of  St.  Cuthbert  on  the  east  coast  between  Durham  and  the 
sea.  He  returned  to  Newcastle,  leaving  his  forces  about  Durham ;  but 
owing  to  a  false  rumour  of  an  opposing  army  approaching  no  one  how- 
ever following,  he  made  his  way  back  towards  Scotland  with  his  army, 
turning  aside  to  Norham  castle  and  besieging  it  with  various  machines, 
and  in  the  end  he  compelled  the  besieged  to  surrender.  He  dismantled 
the  castle,  first  offering  it  back  to  the  bishop  however,  if  he  would  swear 
allegiance  to  him,  which  the  bishop  refused  to  do.7  Wark  castle  held 
out  for  a  time,  but  was  at  last  starved  into  a  surrender.  In  1226 
Henry  in  granted  the  custody  of  Norham  castle,  and  all  the  lands 
belonging  to  the  bishopric  of  Durham  between  Tees  and  Tweed,  to  Adam 
de  Jeland,  Wm.  de  Blockele,  and  Thomas  de  Bendenges,  to  hold  as 
long  as  it  should  please  the  king.8  In  1227  the  castle  was  committed 
to  Stephen  de  Lucy,  and  Bartholomew  Peche  was  ordered  to  deliver 
it  up  to  him.8  On  22  July,  1228,  on  the  appointment  of  Richard  [Poor], 

4  Son  of  George  Ord  of  Longridge,  who  in  1633  had  lately  purchased  Longridge 
from  lord  Suffolk.— Hoy.  Compos.,  305n. 

t>  Royalist  Compositions  ( 111  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  304. 

6  Priory  of  Hexham,  \  (44  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  72. 

7  Ibid.,  83;  Sym.  Dun..  Rolls  ed..  II,  291,  292 ;  Leland,  Coll.,  II,  359. 

a  Patent  Rolls,  1225-32,  28.  <•>  Ibid.,  141. 


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formerly  bishop  of  Salisbury,  to  the  see  of  Durham,  the  king  issued  his 
mandate  to  mag.  Stephen  de  Lucy  to  cause  the  bishop  to  have  full 
seisin  of  the  castle  of  Norham,  then  in  the  king's  hands.1  On  the  12 
August  in  the  same  year,  he  was  ordered  by  the  king  to  deliver  it  up  to 
the  bishop.2 

When  bishop  Robert  de  Insula  [1274-1284J  once  came  over  to 
Norham,  the  lord  of  Scremerston  sent  a  barrel  of  beer  for  him ;  for  a 
long  time  he  had  not  been  accustomed  to  drink  beer,  but  out  of  respect 
for  the  giver,  and  owing  to  the  fame  of  the  liquor,  he  took  some,  he 
was  however  so  sick  in  consequence,  that  he  had  at  once  to  leave  the 
table. 

On  16  April,  1291,  from  Darlington,  Robert  de  Stutevill,3  and  many 
others,  were  ordered  to  be  with  the  king  at  Norham  in  six  weeks  from 
Easter  then  next  with  horses  and  arms,  in  order  to  perform  the  services 
due  to  the  king.  On  12  June,  1291,  an  agreement  was  made  at 
Norham  between  Sir  Norman  Darey  and  Sir  Wm.  de  Ludas,  bishop  of 
Ely,  relating  to  land  in  Lincoln4. 

In  1305  a  charge  was  made  by  the  prior  of  Durham  that  two  of  the 
bishop's  servants  had  withheld  from  him  a  sealed  chest  full  of  books, 
such  as  bibles,  missals,  decrees,  decretals,  etc.,  worth  200  marks,  placed 
with  them  for  safe  custody,  owing  to  the  border  wars,  by  Henry  de 
Luceby,  one  of  his  monks,  and  also  another  chest  full  of  vestments, 
candelabra,  etc.,  placed  there  by  Richard  de  Tyndale,  a  monk.5  A 
certain  man  who  was  carrying  the  robes  of  the  bishop  of  Durham, 
and  was  in  Norham  castle,  killed  a  certain  '  schavaldum,'  or  thief,  in 
Holy  Island,  named  John  de  Wardal,  who  was  a  servant  of  the  king. 
The  king  blamed  the  bishop,  asserting  that  it  was  done  with  his 
cognizance.6 

On  the  5  June,  1311,  the  bishop  appointed  Wm.  Ridel  his  constable 
of  Norham  castle  and  bailiff  of  the  honour.  On  the  same  day  the 
bishop,  in  a  letter  to  Robert  de  Sokepeth,  his  receiver,  ordered  him  to 
pay  the  expenses  which  Sir  Wm.  Rydell  had  laid  out  at  Norham,  while 
constable,  and  to  pay  the  fee  which  he  ought  to  have  for  guarding  the 
castle.7  On  28  March,  1312,  Sir  William  Rydell  was  granted  by  the 
bishop  101.  annually  for  the  bishop's  life,  and  robes  befitting  a  knight, 
and  also  relieved  of  the  payment  of  10s.  yearly,  which  he  was  accustomed 
to  pay  for  ward  of  Norham  castle,  but  that  he  should  keep  the  custody 
of  the  castle  like  the  other  tenants  of  the  bishop.8  On  the  14  April 
following,  the  bishop  issued  a  mandate  from  Stockton  to  Patrick  de 
Kellawe,  his  brother,  to  deliver  up  to  Wm.  Rydell  for  himself,  wife,  etc., 
the  lower  hall  in  the  castle  with  chambers  and  the  kitchen  pertaining 
thereto,  to  dwell  there  at  the  bishop's  will  until  there  was  better  peace 
in  the  march,  and  that  the  goods  he  had  taken  into  the  castle  should 
remain  as  long  as  he  had  his  duty  there.9  On  17  Sept.  1312,  the  bishop 
issued  a  mandate  to  Robert  de  Sokepeth,  receiver  of  Norham,  to  pay 
100s.  to  William  Rydel,  the  constable  at  Norham. 1  °  On  18  Aug,  1313, 
the  castle  was  restored  by  the  king  to  the  bishop  for  three  years  from 
the  date  for  the  safety  and  guarding  of  the  marches.11 

On  15  May,  1314,  the  bishop  of  Durham  granted  the  custody  of  the 
castle  and  county  of  Norham  to  Sir  Robert  Colevile  to  guard  it  as  long 
as  it  should  please  the  bishop.  On  the  same  day  the  bishop  sent  letters 
missive  to  Walter  de  Gosewyke,  formerly  warden  of  the  castle  and 

1  Cat.  of  Close  Rolls,  12  Henry  ill,  66.  2  Hist.  Dun.  Scrip.  Tres,  57. 

s  Cal.  of  Close  Holla,  1-2  Henry  ill,  200.  4  Ibid.,  19  Eclw.  I,  198,  199. 

5  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  iv,  45.  6  Hist.  Dun.  Scrip.  Tres,  94. 

7  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  I,  19,  656.  s  Ibid.,  II,  1158.  9  Ibid.,  l,  173,  656. 

10  Ibid.,  i,  274.  il  Ibid.,  n,  1013. 


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county,  to  deliver  the  same  up  to  Colevile ;  and  on  the  16th  the  latter 
entered  into  an  obligation  to  deliver  them  up  at  the  request  of  the 
bishop. -1  On  25  May  the  bishop  granted  the  castle  to  the  king  for  three 
years  for  the  safety  and  protection  of  the  marches  of  Scotland,  then  to 
be  returned  to  him.2  On  30  July,  1314,  the  castle  was  surrendered  to 
the  bishop,  though  the  term  had  not  then  lapsed,  together  with  all 
armour,  victuals,  and  other  things  then  found  in  it,  and  delivered  to 
the  king  by  indenture,  to  hold  it  in  as  ample  a  manner  as  he  had  held 
the  same  before  the  said  concession.3  On  14th  August  the  bishop  of 
Durham  appointed  William  de  Denum  and  Geoffrey  de  Edenham,  clerk, 
and  Robert  de  Sokepeth,  as  his  attorneys  to  act  for  him  in  taking  over 
Norham  castle,  with  all  its  stores,  which  the  king  had  by  writ  from 
York  ordered  William  Rydel,  the  constable,  to  restore  to  the  bishop, 
though  it  had  heen  granted  to  him  (the  king)  for  three  years.4  On 
the  same  day  apparently  (the  Eve  of  the  Assumption),  Sir  Robert  de 
Clifford  stated  that  he  had  received  the  custody  of  the  castle  from  the 
bishop  of  Durham,  by  the  hands  of  William  Rydel.  The  inventory  of 
the  '  armures  et  les  vitailles '  sets  out  that  the  following  stores  were 
handed  over :  80  and  7  pair  of  '  trappes,'  9  targes,  88  helmets  (chapeus 
de  fere)  120  and  16  'alblastes,'  104  'baudriz,'  9  pairs  of  '  quisseus,' 
19  '  actons,'  20  '  haubergeons,'  62  '  morruz,'  220  and  '  vxx  viii  stokfis,' 
*vijxx  &  14  peces  de  fere,'  18  'furmages,'  etc.,  etc.,  a  vestment, 
2  '  tonailles  febles,'  1  chalice  '  partie  d'orre,'  2  '  messales  febles,'  etc. 5 
On  9  Oct.  the  bishop  issued  a  commission  to  Walter  de  Gosewyk,  as 
constable  of  the  castle.8  On  20  Nov.  1315.  the  bishop  lent  Norham 
castle  to  king  Edward  n,  until  the  next  feast  of  St.  John  the  Baptist, 
who  formally  accepted  it.?  On  the  30  November,  1315,  the  king 
(Edward)  by  his  writ  declared  that  the  bishop  of  Durham's  grant  to 
him  of  the  castle,  until  the  feast  of  St.  John  Baptist  then  next,  for  the 
safe  custody  of  the  march  of  Scotland  against  the  unfriendly  Scots  and 
the  rebels  against  the  king,  should  not  tend  to  the  prejudice  of  the  bishop.  * 
Simon  de  Corkeby,  who  was  bailiff  of  bishop  (Bek)  and  receiver  of  his  rents 
in  Norham,  made  a  return  in  1315. 9  In  1316  the  king  thanked  bishop 
Kellawe  for  the  reception  of  Henry  de  Beaumont  in  the  castle  of  Norham 
for  the  safeguarding  of  the  marches.  He  also  issued  his  mandate  for 
the  protection  of  the  bishop's  property  in  the  castle.  The  bishop,  at 
the  request  of  the  king,  granted  the  custody  of  the  castle  to  Edmond  de 
Manlay  to  hold  the  same  until  St.  Michael's  day  then  next.  It  was 
granted  by  the  bishop,  at  the  king's  request,  to  William  Rydel,  to  whom 
the  king  also  requested  the  bishop  to  issue  his  letters  patent  granting  him 
the  bailiwick  of  Norham  for  his  life.  He  likewise  requested  that  the 
franchise  of  Norham  should  be  removed  from  the  castle.  He  issued  a 
mandate  to  the  bishop  to  direct  the  constable  of  Norham  to  assist 
John  de  Irey's  dwelling  in  the  march  of  Scotland,  and  to  receive  him 
and  his  companions  into  the  castle. l  °  At  Pentecost  in  the  same  year  an 
indenture  was  entered  into  between  the  bishop  and  Walter  de  Gosewyk, 
relating  to  the  custody  of  the  castle,  which  Walter  undertook  at  his  own 
costs  in  all  things,  to  guard  in  peace  and  in  war  for  200m.,  payable 
half-yearly,  from  Pentecost  until  St.  Michael's  Day,  1317,  and  to 
surrender  it  to  the  bishop  willingly,  when  he  should  demand  it,  and 
also  the  issues  which  reasonably  to  the  bishop  could  be  raised  in  Nor- 

1  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  I,  543,  544,  546  ;  IV,  383,  4.  2  Ibid.,  I,  547,  666. 

3  Cal.  of  Patent  Rolls,  1313.1317,  163. 
4  Letters  from  Northern  Registers,  225,  226  ;  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  I,  586  ;  II,  1013  ;  iv,  393, 394. 

5  Letters  from  Northern  Registers,  227,  228.     Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  r,  598,  670. 
fi  Ibid.,  I,  614.  '  7  Ibid.,  IV,  481,  488.  8  Ibid.,  ir,  26,  1108. 

9  Ibid.,  II,  1095,  1103.  10  Ibid.,  IV,  506,  7,  10,  497,  514,  530,  521,  523,  528. 


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hamshire  and  Islandshire  before  the  said  St.  Michael's  Day. 1  On  23  May, 
1316,  the  bishop  issued  a  commission  to  Walter  de  Goswyk  and  others 
to  receive  the  castle  with  its  armaments  (armatura)  and  victuals  from 
the  king. ?  On  11  October  an  order  was  issued  to  John  de  Wysham, 
keeper  of  the  town  of  Berwick,  and  to  John  de  Weston,  chamberlain  of 
Scotland,  to  permit  Walter  de  Gosewyk,  to  whom  the  king  had  com- 
mitted the  custody  of  the  castle,  the  bishopric  of  Durham  being  void 
and  in  the  king's  hands,  to  carry  to  that  castle  the  armour,  victuals, 
and  other  things  that  he  lately  caused  to  be  carried  from  that  castle  to 
Berwick  for  safety.3  On  3  May,  1317,  the  king  from  Windsor  issued 
his  mandate  to  the  constable  of  Norham  castle  (it  being  in  the  king's 
hands  by  reason  of  the  bishopric  being  vacant),  or  to  him  who  supplies 
the  place,  to  forego  until  further  orders  the  claims  of  rent  from  the 
homagers  and  tenants  of  the  castle  for  their  farms  due  to  the  king,  as  the 
king  had  learnt  that  they  were  so  impoverished  by  the  frequent  inroads 
of  the  Scotch  rebels,  that  they  were  unable  to  pay  their  fines. 4  On  the 
same  day  the  king  issued  his  mandate  to  John  Darcy,  guard  of  the 
castle  and  honour  of  Norham,  to  deliver  them  up  to  Lewis  Beaumont, 
recently  appointed  bishop  of  Durham  by  the  pope. 6 

In  1318  the  castle  was  besieged  by  the  Scots,  who  failed  to  take  it,  Sir 
Thomas  Gray  being  governor.6  On  5  June,  1320,  the  mayor,  etc.,  of 
Newcastle  were  communicated  with  concerning  the  wreck  of  a  ship  at 
'  Aysewerthe,'  near  Holy  Island,  within  the  bishop  of  Durham's  liberty 
of  Norham,  where  the  bishop  had  regal  rights.  The  ship  was  seized,  and 
Thomas  de  Gray,  the  bishop's  constable  of  Norham,  sent  42  sacks  of  wool 
to  Newcastle,  because  they  could  not  be  saved  in  the  north  on  account 
of  the  war,  the  bishop  claiming  it,  Richard  de  Emeldon,  mayor  of 
Newcastle,  was  ordered  to  keep  it  safely  until  it  was  adjudged  who  was 
owner.7  On  20  Sep,  1322,  Oliver  de  Ingham  and  others  were  ordered 
to  come  to  the  king  at  Newcastle,  on  the  eve  of  St.  Luke's  day  then  next, 
with  all  the  fencible  horsemen  and  footmen,  in  order  to  set  out  with  the 
king  (Edward  n)  against  the  Scotch  rebels,  who  had  entered  the  realm  and 
were  besieging  Norham.*  On  1  March,  1323,  a  protection  with  clause 
volumus,  until  Michaelmas  for  Thomas  de  Gray  staying  in  the  king's 
service  on  the  fortifying  of  the  castle.  The  like  for  Thomas  Heryng, 
for  the  prior  of  Tynemouth  for  one  year.10  On  26  June  of  the  same 
year  the  bishop  of  Durham  was  ordered  to  cause  his  castles  of  Norham 
and  Durham  to  be  provisioned  and  guarded  safely  as  the  king  wished 
that  the  castles  in  the  marches  of  Scotland  should  be  provided  and 
guarded  against  all  contingencies,  notwithstanding  the  conclusion  of 
the  truce  with  the  Scots.11  On  the  28th  an  inquisition  was  made  as  to 
those  who  had  seditiously  entered  and  held  the  castle  from  St.  Thomas's 
day,  1319,  to  Christmas  day,  and  for  two  years  after,  during  a  truce 
with  the  Scots.3  On  2  Oct.,  Thomas  de  Gray,  the  constable,  was 
ordered  to  cause  all  men  of  Scotland  who  lately  had  come  from  parts 
beyond  the  sea  to  the  port  of  Halieland  and  went  thence  by  land 
towards  Scotland,  whom  he  had  taken  and  imprisoned  at  Norham,  to 
be  sent  to  York  castle.12  On  1  Sept,  1325,  the  bishop  was  ordered  to 
cause  Norham  castle  and  other  places  within  the  liberty  of  the  church 

1  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  n,  815  ;  III,  531.  2  ibid.,  11,  788. 

3  Cal.  of  Close  Rolls,  10  Edward  n,  309.         4  Ibid.,  402  ;  Meg.  Pal.  Dun.,  IV,  152. 

5  Refj.  Pal.  Dun.,  IV,  156. 
6  See  note,  p.  133,  for  a  detailed  account  of  this  siege  from  Leland's  Collectanea. 

7  Cal.  of  Close  Rolls,  13  Edward  u,  195. 

8  Ibid.,  (16  Edward  n)  679  ;  Mem.  of  Fountains  Abbey  i,  (42  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  198. 
9  Cal.  of  Patent  Rolls,  Edward  n,  1321-24,  261. 

10  Cal.  of  Close  Bolls,  16  Edward  ll,  663. 
11  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  IV,  165.  12  Cal.  of  Close  RolU,  17  Edward  II,  26. 

Proc.,  3  Ser.,  in,  21.] 


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of  Durham  to  be  provided  and  guarded,  and  to  arm  and  array  his  men 
in  the  liberty  so  that  peril  might  not  arise  to  the  king  or  to  him  for  want 
of  good  custody.  All  who  wished  to  invade  the  realm  by  land  or  sea 
had  to  be  arrested  with  their  goods.1  On  29  April,  1326,  there  was  a 
similar  order  requiring  the  castle  to  be  provided  with  men-at-arms, 
victuals,  armour,  and  other  necessaries,  certifying  to  the  king  without 
delay  the  number  of  men-at-arms,  as  he  understood  certain  of  the 
Scotch  rebels  had  entered  the  kingdom  by  night  and  had  endeavoured 
to  surprise  castles,  etc.,  in  the  marches,  but  nothing  had  to  be  done 
contrary  to  the  form  of  the  truce.2  On  22  Sept,  1327,  archbishop 
Melton  of  York,  in  a  letter  to  Lewis  de  Beaumont,  informed  him  that 
Sir  Robert  Brus,  with  a  great  army  of  Scotch  rebels,  had  entered  the 
kingdom,  besieged  Norham  castle,  and  granted  away  land  in  England,  to 
put  an  end  to  this  a  subsidy  from  the  clergy  was  asked  for,  citing  him  to  a 
provincial  council  at  York  on  the  19  Oct.  following.3  On  10  Oct.  1331, 
Edward  in,  in  a  letter  to  David,  king  of  Scotland,  supported  the  rights 
of  Lewis  Beaumont,  bishop  of  Durham,  within  the  manor  and  liberty 
of  Durham,  independently  of  the  Scottish  crown,  West  Upsetlington 
being  held  of  the  bishop  as  of  his  said  manor.  On  1  March,  1334,  the 
men  of  the  liberty  were  pardoned  certain  debts,  etc.,  due  to  the  crown 
on  account  of  their  losses  in  the  Scottish  invasion.4  On  10  April,  1340, 
a  royal  mandate  was  issued  for  the  restoration  of  a  prisoner  to  the 
bishop  of  Durham  by  William  Mason  of  Berwick,  constable  of  Norham, 
who  had  been  taken  in  the  bishop's  liberty.  On  30  Oct.  in  the  same 
year  the  king  ordered  the  bishop  of  Durham  to  liberate  Clays  fitz  Clays, 
a  shipmaster  of  Sluys,  arrested  at  Holy  Island  under  suspicious 
circumstances  by  Robert  de  Maners,  the  bishop's  constable,  and 
detained  in  Norham  castle,  his  ship  and  goods  being  also  detained  ;  the 
ship  was  on  her  way  to  Scotland.5  On  16  March,  1342,  the  king  issued 
a  mandate  to  the  bishop  for  the  liberation  of  John  de  Irwyn,  proctor  of 
the  bishops  elect  of  Dunkeld  and  Argyle,  Malcolm  de  Inrepeffery  and 
Martin  de  Argyle  who  had  been  arrested  and  confined  in  the  castle. 
On  16  April,  1345,  Thomas  Gray,  then  deceased,  had  held  the  manor 
of  Heton,  etc.,  of  the  bishop  by  the  service  of  20s.  a  year  to  the  ward 
of  the  castle  ;  on  his  death  the  bishop  gave  livery  of  seisin  to  Thomas 
his  son.0 

In  1430  Bothe,  a  London  grocer,  was  paid  60s.  for  saltpetre  and 
brimstone  for  Norham  castle.  z 

The  famous  bombard,  used  at  the  siege  of  Norham  castle  in  1497, 
known  as  '  Mons  Meg,'  '  diameter  at  the  muzell  19^  inches  and  8  inches 
at  the  chamber,'  and  now  in  its  damaged  condition  (owing  to  bursting 
in  1680,  while  a  salute  was  being  fired  for  the  duke  of  York)  in  the 
courtyard  of  Edinburgh  castle,  first  appears  under  that  name  in  1489. 8 
On  its  way  to  the  siege  of  Dumbarton  when  there  was  '  geven  the 
gunnaris  to  drink  siluer  quhen  thai  cartid  Monss  be  the  kingis  com- 
mande,'  18s.  On  20  July,  1497,  the  king  of  Scots,  James  iv,  rode  to  the 
place  of  asse  nbly  of  his  forces  at  Melrose,  and  the  next  day  after 
'  quhelis '  arid  '  towis  '  [ropes]  had  been  made  for  the  carriage  the  gun 
left  Edinburgh  castle  and  began  its  journey  to  Norham  to  take  part  in 
the  siege  of  the  castle.  There  was  some  delay,  however,  as  the  carriage 
appears  to  have  broken  down  at  '  Sanct  Leonardis  quhare  scho  lay,'  as 
a  '  new  cradill '  had  to  be  obtained  ;  this  took  seven  men  two  days- 

1  Cal.  of  Close  Rolls,  19  Edward  1 1,  399.  2  Ibid.,   476. 

3  Letters  from  Northern  Registers,  344-346. 
4  Mey.  Pal.  Dun.,  iv,  171,  172,  185.  5  Ibid.,  IV,  240,  242.  c>  Ibid.,  250,  310. 

1  Hist.  Dun.  Scrip.  Tres,  ccccxli. 
8  Accounts  of  the  Lord  High  Treasurer  of  Scotland,  vol.  I. 


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and-a-half  to  make.  On  the  23  August  Norham  was  reached,  and  the 
castle  was  besieged  and  summoned  to  surrender.  May  be  the  sight  of 
the  great  gun  was  too  much  for  Sir  Richard  Cholmley,  the  captain  of 
Norham,  as  on  the  29th,  no  relief  having  come  in  the  meantime,  he 
surrendered  to  the  king,  who  shortly  after  set  out  on  his  ill-fated 
journey  to  Branxten.  After  the  surrender  of  the  castle,  the  bombard 
was  taken  back  to  Edinburgh  castle,  where  it  has  remained  ever  since, 
except  between  1754  and  1829,  when  it  was  in  London. 

On  25  Nov,  1498,  Richard,  bishop  of  Durham,  from  his  castle  of 
Norham,  issued  letters  testimonial  for  the  absolution  of  certain  Tyne- 
dale  and  Redesdale  thieves,  amongst  them  Sandy  Charelton  and  many 
of  the  names  of  Dod  and  Milburn.9 

In  1539  the  bursar  of  Durham  received  from  the  captain  of  Norham 
9s.  for  the  tithes  of  Tundalhowse. l 

At  a  council  held  on  27  Sept,  1542,  letters  were  written  to  the  duke 
of  Norfolk  and  others  '  for  to  searche  a  certeyne  treason  ment  by  an 
Englischman  off  the  castel  of  Norham  towelling  the  deliverie  off  the 
same  to  the  Scottes.'3  On  14  Oct,  1544,  Wm.  Selbye  of  Norham  alias 
of  Berwick,  merchant,  was  pardoned  for  the  murder  of  Edward  Rever- 
ley  alias  Reveley  of  Berwick. 3  On  6  Dec,  1545,  '  uppon  sute  made  .  . 
by  the  wief  of  Rede,  thalderman,'  a  prisoner  in  Scotland,  for  an  ex- 
change of  Patrick  Hume,  a  Scotsman,  for  her  husband  with  an  offer  of 
money,  Hume  was  brought  from  the  Tower  to  the  council,  and  after  a 
general  declaration  of  his  cruelty  to  Englishmen  and  the  murdering  of 
Sir  Brian  Layton,  late  captain  of  Norham,  the  king's  clemency  was 
declared  to  him,  and  he  was  sent  to  the  warden  of  the  Middle  Marches 
for  his  return  to  Scotland,  only  on  the  effectual  delivery  of  Rede,  and 
that  the  warden  '  shuld  have  a  good  eye  to  him.'*  On  the  8th 
letters  were  addressed  to  the  warden  of  the  march  '  to  advertise  hither 
their  advise  and  opinion  for  the  placinge  of  the  iijc  Clevoys  [foreign 
mercenaries]  at  Norham  and  Warke  with  aid  of  the  villages  adjoining.'  3 
In  1549  instructions  were  given  to  the  earl  of  Rutland,  who  had  been 
appointed  lord  warden  of  the  East  and  Middle  Marches,  requiring  him 
to  repair,  with  as  much  speed  as  he  might,  to  confer  with  others  named, 
and  inform  himself  of  the  present  state  of  all  the  'peces'  as  well  in 
Scotland  as  in  Berwick,  Norham  and  Wark,  and  of  all  the  garrisons  and 
men-of-war,  and  supply  the  wants.6  On  10  June,  1550,  lord  Bowes 
had  to  '  casse  the  Northumbrelande  horsemen  that  the  king  be  no  more 
chardged  with  them,  and  of  the  olde  souldeours,  footemen,  remayning 
there,  to  pike  out  vc  in  all,  cc  of  them  to  be  placed  at  Norham  and 
Wark.'  T-  On  22  July  following,  instructions  were  given  to  the  com- 
missioners appointed  for  the  purpose  to  survey  the  forts  of  Norham  and 
Wark,  and  consider  what  ground  may  best  serve  to  be  fortified  for  the 
suretie  of  those  parts  near  Wark, 8  and  cause  '  a  plott '  to  be  made  thereof. 
On  6  April,  1551,  commissioners  were  appointed  for  the  limits  between 
England  and  Scotland.  They  were  instructed  to  '  convert  withe 
speede  the  passaige  from  hens  into  Scotlande  from  Alnewick  to  Norham, 
and  so  over  the  watter  there,  and  to  give  order  to  the  Captein  of  Norham 
to  looke  well  to  his  chardge.'9  On  10  Dec,  a  letter  was  written  to  Sir 
Nicholas  Stirley  to  communicate  with  the  governor  of  Scotland  to 
have  in  f ei  me  for  the  captain  of  Norham  the  f ysshing  in  the  waters  there 
claymed  by  the  Lorde  Hume.' l  On  14  Aug,  1557,  Mary  queen  of 

9  Dep.  and  Eccl.  Proc.,  (21  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  42.  1  Fcod.  Prior.  Dun.,  303. 

2  Acts  of  the  Prioy  Council,  1542,  I,  37. 

3  Letters  and  Papers,  For.  and  Dom.  (Henry  viil),  xix,  li,  313. 
4  Acts  oflhe  Prioy  Council,  I,  284.  •">  Ibid.,  285, 

6  Belvoir  Papers  (H.MSS.  Comm.  Rep.),  I,  S3. 
7  Acts  of  the  Privy  Council,  1550,  in,  44.        8  Ibid.,  91.        9  Ibid.,  2531.        l  Ibid.,  439 


uo 

Scots  ratified  the  treaty  of  Norham,  dated  10  June  in  the  same  year.* 
In  a  letter  from  Berwick  of  15  Nov.,  1568,  to  Sir  Wm.  Cecil,  Lord 
Hunsdon  understood  that  Sir  Henry  Percy  would  part  from  Norham, 
if  it  were  thought  a  necessary  member  to  be  annexed  to  Berwick.3 
In  a  letter  of  20  Nov.,  to  Cecil,  from  Berwick,  Lord  Hunsdon  said 
that  Tweedmouth,  at  the  bridge  end,  was  under  the  captain  of  Norham, 
and  thought  that  now  it  was  in  the  queen's  hands,  it  should  be  annexed 
to  Berwick,  to  be  under  the  governor's  charge  .  .  .  because  when  any 
disorder  is  there,  'as  I  never  saw  greater  anywhere,'  they  are  fain  to 
send  to  Norham  for  redress,  saving  that  being  warden  thereby,  he 
sometimes  eased  some  punishment  .  .  .  He  would  be  forced  to  make 
a  general  riddance  of  a  great  number  of  Scots  out  of  the  wardenry. 4  In 
a  letter  of  8  Jan.  1568  9,  to  Cecil,  lord  Hunsdon  informed  him  that  he 
had  been  at  Norham  and  had  viewed  the  house  and  found  that  whoso- 
ever was  cause  of  her  majesty's  taking  it  into  her  hand  was  more  for  the 
bishop's  profit  than  her  majesty's.  The  house  was  in  such  decay  as 
without  reparations  no  man  could  be  able  to  lie  in  it,  and  where  her 
majesty  hath  but  5QL  a  year,  besides  the  captain's  fee,  a  thousand  marks 
will  '  scant '  repair  it.  '  Besides,  where  there  are  divers  pieces  of 
ordnance  there,  there  is  neither  powder  nor  shot,  bow  nor  arrow,  pike, 
harquebus,  nor  bill,  to  make  any  defence  if  need  should  be.  It  was 
never  unfurnished,  being  in  the  bishop's  hands,  who  looks  to  have  all 
the  royalties,  profits,  and  escheats,  so  that  the  queen  hath  but  nomen 
sine  re,  but  since  he  finds  that  it  is  her  majesty's,  he  has  forbidden  any 
royalties  to  be  had  in  the  bishop's  name.5  On  15  Jan,  1568-9,  Lord 
Hunsdon,  writing  to  Cecil,  understood  that  Mr.  Norton,  the  captain  of 
Norham,  by  whose  patent  Sir  Henry  Percy  had  occupied  it,  was  dead.  ° 
In  a  letter  of  the  16th,  to  the  queen,  he  informed  her  of  Mr.  Norton's 
death,  and  further  that  Sir  Harry  Percy  lay  at  Tynemouth  40  miles  off, 
being  small  commodity  to  him  and  the  chiefest  place  of  service  upon  all 
those  borders.  He  then  asked  the  queen  for  it  in  lieu  of  the  tithes. 7 
In  a  letter  to  Cecil  of  11  Feb.  he  troubled  the  queen  about  the  captaincy 
of  Norham.8 

At  a  muster  of  the  east  march  from  the  7  to  10  Mar.  1579-80,  by 
Lord  Hunsdon,  governor  of  Berwick  and  lord  warden'of  the  east  march, 
there  were  '  Fenneck  with  15  tenants,  10  of  them  only  furnished,  110  cause 
shown,  and  Bueldon,  mostly  belonging  to  the  queen,  with  12  tenants, 
7  only  furnished,  both  members  of  Norham  castle.9  In  1580,  Norham 
and  Wark,  the  two  principal  castles  on  the  east  border,  were  '  so  greatly 
in  ruyne  and  decay  as  no  man  dare  dwell  in  them,  and  if  speedy  remedy 
be  not  had,  they  will  falle  flatte  to  the  grounde.' '  °  In  a  report  of  1580 
Norham  is  stated  to  be  one  of  the  castles  found  '  left  to  be  repaired.' 1 1 
At  a  muster  of  the  east  march  by  Lord  Hunsdon.  on  1  and  3  Sep.  1 584.  of  all 
the  horsemen  and  footmen,  between  56  and  60,  there  were  from  Norham 
township  one  horseman  and  ten  foot,  fifty  with  spear  only,  from  Longridgo 
'  ceit  or  stead,'  one  horse,  three  footmen  with  lance  only,  and  from  'Owrd ' 
no  horsemen  and  four  foot  with  spear  only. 1 2  At  a  muster  of  horse  on 
the  east  march  on  30  Sep.  1584,  John  Bayt,  Cutbert  Gorde,  Robert 
Gordson,  William  Richardson,  Roger  Barnat,  Adam  Person,  John  Robson 
and  Edward  Calwarth  attended  from  Norham,  while  Christopher  Orde 
and  John  Orde,with  seven  others,  attended  from  Orde. ]  3  In  1589  a  letter 
was  addressed  to  the  lord  president  of  the  North  mentioning  a  petition 
'  from  one  Ralf  Waade,  alpoor  souldyeur  maymed  in  her  Majesties  services, 

2  &  3  HatfieU  Papers  (H.MSS.  Com.),  i,  91,  372.  <  Ibid.,  I,  374. 

5  Hatfield  Capers  (H.MSS.  Com.,  Rep.),  8, 388.      »  ibid.,  391.      7  Ibid.,  392.      8  ibid.,  397 

»  Cal.  of  Border  Papers,  i,  19.  10  Ibid.,  30.  U  Ibid.,  32, 

1*  Ibid.,  153.  13  Ibid.,  159. 


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that  his  ancestors  had  been  time  out  of  mind  possessed  of  two  messuages 
or  tenets  in  Buckton  within  the  liberty  of  Norham,  his  father,  Robert 
Waade  was,  wrongfully  and  contrary  to  the  custom  of  the  liberties,  put 
from  the  same  by  one  Thomas  Clavering,  then  deputy  captain  of  the 
castle  of  Norham,  under  the  late  earl  of  Northumberland.  Considering 
the  poor  man  worthy  of  relief  in  regard  of  his  service,  it  was  recom- 
mended to  call  before  them  the  persons  detaining  the  said  messuage.1 
On  25  July,  1590,  John  Crane,  writing  to  Hunsdon,  said  '  Albeit  it  may 
be  thought  a  presumption  in  me  (beinge  a  poore  man)  to  wryte  unto  so 
honorable  a  personedge,  yet  .  .  .  maye  it  please  your  honour  to  be 
advertised,  that  Cuthbert  Armeror  hathe  sondrie  tymes  bene  in  hande 
with  the  surveiour  here  and  me,  for  somme  reparacions  to  be  done  at 
Norham  (the  greate  decaye  wherof  and  present  neade  to  be  amended) 
the  saide  Armeror  nowe  being  there  can  best  enforme  your  lordship.  .  . 
The  making  up  the  new  gate  now  almost  half  done,  and  slating  of  your 
lodging  are  now  in  hand. a  On  24  Aug,  he  and  another  wrote  '  As  your 
honour  commanded  Cuthbert  Armeror,  we  have  surveyed  the  gate- 
house and  powderhouse  at  Norham,  and  find  that  the  charges  for  stuff 
and  workmanship  will  amount  to  20L,  besides  the  lead  required — about 
one  '  f other '  and  a  half — the  price  of  which  will  be  14Z.,  so  as  the  whole 
charge  will  be  34Z.  or  thereabouts,  which  is  nothing  to  what  they  will  cost 
her  majesty  if  not  seen  to  in  time.3  On  20  Oct,  Aurige  writing  to  the 
same  reported  that  he  had  taken  order  for  the  immediate  repair  of  tha 
'  gaithouse '  at  Norham,  under  the  rate  of  20Z.  as  commanded,  and  the 
'newe  gaite'  will  be  done  within  10  days.  On  23  Dec,  Woddryngton 
informed  Hunsdon  that  the  gatehouse  at  Norham  was  done  as  he 
directed,  and  that  he  had  to  take  order  with  Mr.  Vernon  to  make 
payment  of  20Z.  On  19  Feb,  1590-1,  the  workmen  were  still  unpaid,  as 
on  that  date  the  same,  writing  to  the  same,  prayed  for  an  order  on 
Mr.  Vernon  for  the  workmen  who  wrought  at  Norham,  '  who  cry 
daily  for  their  payment.'4  On  31  July,  1593,  Carey  informed  Burghley 
that  on  that  morning  the  Lord  Bothwell  informed  him  '  that  he  was  at 
Norrham  and  wold  this  day  be  with  me  at  dynner,  which  I  could  not, 
in  my  opinion  refuse,  but  ridd  out  to  mete  him.'6  On  29  Sep,  1593, 
Carey,  again  writing  to  Burghley,  humbly  asked  Burghley  to  allow  him 
501.  or  4.01.  to  make  a  lodging  at  Norham  castle  '  for  a  man  to  lie  in,  and 
such  other  necessary  roomes  as  I  shall  thinke  neadfull.  Wherin  I  wyll 
assure  your  lordship,  on  my  faithe,  I  will  not  deceave  her  Majestie  in 
one  penny,  and  shall  be  verie  gladd  if  I  can  doe  anything  there,  without 
as  much  chardge  more  of  myne  owne  purse.  I  doe  not  seeke  this 
respect  to  make  any  great  buildinge  or  fortification,  but  onlye  for  a 
lodginge  and  such  stablinge  as  shall  be  fytt  for  a  servant  or  ij  to  lye  in — 
for  when  her  Majesties  officers  viewed  yt  to  make  any  buildinge  thereon, 
or  to  raise  yt  uppe  as  yt  was  before,  they  could  not  devise  under  xvjcfo', 
to  make  any  worcke  to  showe.  I  only  desyer  to  have  a  lodging  there 
for  a  man  to  lye  in.  ° 

On  26  Nov.  of  the  same  year,  Carey  wrote  to  Burghley  from  Berwick 
that  he  had  '  caughte  a  fishe,  one  Mr.  Thomas  Oglebye,  a  seminary  priest 
and  a  Scotsman  who  had  been  in  England,  and  that  '  in  his  returne  back 
agayne  at  Norrhamfourde  uppon  Satterday  last,  the  25th  of  this  instant, 
he  was  going  over,  and  his  horses  were  ferryed  over,  and  he  in  the  boate 
ready  to  go,  who  by  good  fortune  was  stayd  with  all  his  trash  of  papis- 
trye  which  was  in  a  cloke  bagge  with  him,  viz.,  his  masse  bookes,  his 

1  Acts  of  the  Privy  Council,  1589-90,  p.  217  ;  1590,  478. 

2  Cal.  of  Border  Papers,  I,  365.  s  Ibid.,  366.  *  Ibid.,  368,  372,  377. 

5  Idid.,  480.  6   Ibid.,  502. 


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little  God  Almighties,  oyle  boxes,  vestment,  stoale,  and  all  th'  appurten- 
ances to  say  masse  withal.  The  worst  is,  his  chalyce  was  but  pewter  .  . 
We  have  no  prison  here  but  '  Haddockes  Hole,'  a  very  bad  prison, 
only  for  theves  and  murtherers.'  Included  in  a  '  note  of  half- 
year's  work  at  Berwick,'  of  24  March,  1593-4,  is  a  charge  of  10s.  2d. 
for  the  powder  house  at  Norham  Castle.?  On  15  April,  1594,  Jno. 
Crane,  in  a  letter  from  Berwick,  to  Burghley,  informed  him  that 
as  '  for  Norham  Castell,  it  is  altogether  so  rewynated,  that  there 
is  never  [house]  or  a  lodging  left  standinge  in  it  but  onlie  two 
chambers  of  [the]  gatehouse  where  the  constable  of  the  Castell  lyeth  ; 
but  for  any  places  to  set  horses  in,  there  is  but  one  stable,  whiche  will 
holde  in  passing  three  or  f  oure  horses  ;  and  a[ll  the]  gates  therof  are  in 
suche  decaye,  that  if  theye  be  not  tymelie  repaired,  it  will  lye  all  open 
to  the  surpryse  [of  the]  ennymie  if  any  service  shoulde  happen  ;  and  as 
for  thord[ynanec]  of  the  same  Castell  doth  lye  altogether  dismounted, 
[and]  when  it  is  repaired  and  mounted  there  is  no  place  [set]  that  maye 
be  conveniente  platformes  for  them,  which  [is  a]  greate  pytie,  both 
Warke  and  it  beinge  the  two  greatest  strengthes  and  places  of  defence 
to  this  countrie.'8  In  a  document  of  24  June,  1594,  '  all  the  remaynes 
of  the  ordenaunce,  munitions  and  other  habilimentes  for  the  warres ' 
are  given.  Norham  castle  has  of  brass  ordnance  1  demiculverin  ;  1 
saker  ;  2  falcons  ;  3  falcons  (dismounted) ;  6  rabonetts,  2  of  them 
dismounted,  [weights  from  104  to  SQlbs.]  '  waste  shotte  of  all  sortes,'  80. 9 
In  Dec.  1595,  a  report  on  Norham  castle  was  made  by  William  Reed 
and  others : — As  directed  by  your  order,  sent  by  Sir  Robert  Carey, 
knight,  now  of  her  Majesty's  castle  of  Norham,  and  with  advice  of 
Loonard  Faireley,  master  carpenter  of  Berwick,  James  Burrell  and  other 
skilled  artificers,  we  have  surveyed  the  ruins  and  decays  there,  which  are 
very  great ;  the  walls  are  much  decayed,  and  many  of  the  towers  and 
turrets  heretofore  on  them,  are  fallen  down,  and  no  platform  or  place 
for  ordnance  left  '  so  (the  owter  gatehouse  onlie  excepted)  at  the  en  trie 
or  goinge  to  the  castell  there  are  neither  lodgings,  offices  nor  any  other 
houses  of  receipt  standinge  in  the  castell,  but  are  all  fallen  downe  and 
rewynated.'  And  if  they  should  be  'reedifyed'  in  their  former  'pro- 
portion and  forme'  they  would  cost  her  Majesty  above  1700Z.  or  1800Z. 
at  least,  and  therefore  we  have  only  set  down  such  lodgings  as  are  most 
needful  for  the  captain  and  his  retinue,  viz.  : — 
The  Captain's  lodgings  :  — 

1st.  The  great  dungeon  tower,  5  storeys  high,  one  half  of  which  (the 
north  part)  is  all  fallen  down  to  the  vault,  which  place  we  think 
fittest  and  with  least  charge  to  be  rebuilt  for  the  captain,  viz.,  a 
hall,  a  buttery,  a  pantry,  and  eight  other  lodgings,  besides  two 
garners  for  corn,  and  a  vault  for  a  prison  underneath  the  same. 
The  walls  are  in  thickness  12  feet,  in  length  21  yards,  in  breadth 
within  the  walls  8  yards,  and  in  height  above  the  vault  18  yards. 
Making  up  all  which,  and  repairing  the  part  of  the  dungeon 
still  standing,  in  stone,  lime,  iron,  glass,  timber  work,  etc., 

carriage  and  workmanship,  will  cost  by  estimation 610Z. 

The  kitchen  and  offices — A  house  or  room  adjoining,  in  length  18 
yds.,  in  breadth  within  the  walls  7  yards,  very  necessary  to  be 
convert  into  a  kitchen  and  office,  in  timber  work,  laths,  slate,  etc., 

and  workmanship  will  cost  as  above 30Z. 

Bakehouse  and  brewhouse  to  be  also  built,  in  stone,  lime,  slate, 

timber  work,  etc.,  with  workmanship,  will  cost  as  above  .  .  .  .94J. 

A  stable  for  20  horses  to  be  built,  being  in  length  18  yards,  in 

7  Cal  of  Border  Papers,   I,  613,  524.  8  Ibid.,  629.  9  Ibid.,  537. 


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breadth  within  the  walls  with  '  bayes  and  stalles  '  and  a  lodging 
at  the  end  for  the  horsekeepers  of  5  yards  square,  which  in  stone} 

lime,  slate,  etc.,  with  workmanship  will  cost  as  above 681. 

A  powder  house  and  gunners  lodging,  in  length  9  yards,  in  breadth 
within  the  walls  7  yards.  The  west  part  whereof  is  fallen  down, 

and  will  cost  to  repair  as  above 10Z. 

The  inner  gatehouse,  to  the  inner  court,  being  in  length  9  yards,  in 
breadth  within  the  walls,  7  yards,  with  the  iron  gate  there  (in 

decay)  will  cost  as  above 18Z. 

For  the  above  it  will  be  requisite  to  have  100  tons  of  timber — the 
charges  of  which  felling,  squaring,  land  and  water  carriage  and 
freights,  loading  and  unloading,  are  included  in  the  estimate, 
'  and  your  lordshipes  warrant '  only  remains  to  be  had  from 
Chopwell  wood.i 

By  Sir  Robert  Carey's  order,  the  powder  house  was  repaired  at  a 
cost  of  54*.  9d.8 

On  2  January,  1597,  Richard  Musgrave  sent  the  following  to  Burgh- 
ley  : — Issued  by  warrants, — To  the  captains  for  training  powder, 
25001b.  defalked  by  the  master  of  the  ordnance  ISOOlbs.,  to  the  castle 
mounts  and  flankers  in  Berwick  29001bs.  ;  to  Nor  ham  castle  1501b.,  to 
Wark  castle  5001b.,  the  fort  at  Holy  Island  2001b.  ;  for  'exercysinge  of 
the  schollers  at  the  greate  ordenaunce  4001b.  Total  iiijxxclb.,  which 
makethe  the  iij  lastes  viijclb.3 

In  the  second  volume  of  the  Calendar  of  Border  Papers  a  large  number 
of  letters  relating  to  Norham  castle  is  printed,  many  of  them  from 
John  and  Robert  Carey  to  Lord  Burghley.  As  they  are  of  interest  a 
summary  of  them  follows  : — On  11  Feb,  1595,  John  Carey  wrote  com- 
plaining that  he  had  nothing  from  his  father  but  what  he  gave  to  his 
brother  at  litt)  e  or  no  charge  '  the  demaynes  of  Norrham  '  and  captain- 
ship of  100  men  which  he  bestowed  on  the  writer  ;  he  had  heard  that 
Lord  Burghley  has  bestowed  on  his  brother  Sir  Wm.  Carey  '  not  onlye 
the  tythes  of  Norham  .  .  .  but  also  the  captenship  and  demaynes  of 
Norham  with  all  the  royalties.'  He  begged  that  such  grant  should  be 
revoked  or  at  any  rate  that  he  might  be  allowed  to  hold  what  he  had  in 
possession  as  he  did  not  like  it  '  pluckt  out  of  my  handes  and  especially 
by  myne  owne  brother  .  .  .  for  over  the  bridge  all  is  his.'  On  the  20th 
he  asked  Burghley  to  let  him  hear  touching  Norham,  if  passed  or  not, 
as,  if  passed,  he  must  be  a  suitor  to  the  queen  for  some  other  allowance 
for  it  is  not  244L  a  year  '  thrice  tolde  '  that  would  keep  him  in  her 
service.  On  the  23  he  said  when  he  came  to  Berwick  his  father  gave 
him  Norham,  and  he  took  pains,  etc.,  in  doing  justice  to  all  that  there 
was  much  love  for  him.  But  for  some  reason  unknown  to  him,  unless 
on  some  wrong  information,  his  father  had,  without  his  privity,  given  it 
to  Sir  Robert  Carey,  and  he  begged  the  queen  would  stay  her  hand  from 
passing  it  till  she  heard  more.  On  7  March,  he  heard  there  had  been  a 
'  staye  '  for  the  passing  of  the  captainship  and  demains  of  Norham  to 
his  brother,  and  stated  how  necessary  it  was  for  the  governor  of  Berwick, 
who  '  cannott  mysse  ytt,'  having  neither  oats  nor  straw  for  his  horses 
except  from  there,  nor  yet  coals,  geese,  hens,  and  all  manner  of  '  wyld 
foole  '  out  of  Norhamshire.  The  captainship  of  Norham  having  neither 
castle  nor  house  to  lie  in,  the  queen  must  be  forced  to  lay  out  a  great 
deal  of  money  on  the  reedifying  of  the  castle  '  that  now  ys  flatt  downe 
to  the  grounde  '  or  the  captain  must  lie  elsewhere,  which  would  be  very 
'  discommodius  '  for  the  countrymen  whose  suits  the  captain  decides. 
On  the  20th  he  informed  Burghley  that  though  it  was  not  a  son's 

1  Cal.  of  Border  Papers,  l  91,  92.  2  Ibid.t  194.  3  ibid.,  233. 


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part  to  discover  the  secrets  of  his  father's  living,  yet  he  would  satisfy 
him,  his  '  greave  '  or  '  bayly  '  having  told  him  that  he  commonly 
made  to  his  own  purse  yearly  nearly  400Z.,  for  the  tithes  only  held  by 
him  from  Durham  dean  and  chapter,  and  that  it  was  then  lately  renewed 
on  the  change  of  the  bishops.  He  would  have  thought  that  Sir  Robert 
would  have  been  content  with  400Z.  a  year  '  at  one  clape  '  without 
seeking  what  the  writer  possessed.  He  never  made  any  commodity  of 
the  captainship,  etc.,  himself,  but  let  Sir  John  Selby  a  stranger  have  it, 
till  his  brother  William  came.  On  9  Nov.  he  wrote  that  he  had  not 
got  anything  but  the  queen's  bare  fee  '  which  doth  hardley  feynd  my 
howes  withe  all  that  I  receve  out  of  the  southe,'  besides  there  was  no 
certainty,  as  he  might  be  taken  from  his  present  office  as  he  had  '  byn 
from  the  captyenshipe  of  Norhame,'  which  he  understood  '  Ser  Robert 
Carey  hat  he  gotten  both  from  the  queen  and  from  his  father,  And  as  he 
had  spent  some  of  his  own  estate  in  the  queen's  service  he  asked  for  the 
office  of  '  gentyllman  portershipe,'  for  he  found  his  father  was  determined 
to  place  his  brother  Sir  Robert  as  strongly  as  he  could  in  the  country, 
and  he  asked  that  he  might  be  placed  in  the  town. 

On  29  March,  Sir  Robert  Carey  wrote  to  Burghley  that  he  must  still  be 
a  suitor  for  the  repair  of  Norham,  as  he  desired  it  for  the  good  of  the 
country,  and  the  benefit  of  the  '  queen's  poore  ones  '  under  his  charge, 
than  to  profit  himself,  as  he  could  keep  house  better  in  Berwick,  but 
not  for  '  the  credytt '  of  the  place.  In  the  bishop's  time  the  neighbour- 
hood was  enriched  by  the  housekeeping,  but  now  '  beinge  exchanged 
from  the  Bushopp  to  the  Queene '  it  was  in  worse  state.  If  he  thought 
800Z.  too  much  he  might  set  down  what  rate  the  queen  '  wyll  be  drawne 
to,'  and  he  would  order  it  proportionably,  the  amount  might  be  spread 
over  two,  three,  or  four  years.  He  had  heard  that  his  '  Cosin  Fortescue' 
had  gone  to  London  to  get  a  lease  of  some  coal  pits  within  his  charge, 
which  had  been  always  '  incident '  to  the  captains  of  Norham,  and  he 
prayed  that  such  a  lease  might  not  be  suffered  to  pass. 

On  3  July  he  informed  Burghley  that  if  he  had  a  country  house  he 
would  be  readier  in  rising  to  fray,  no  house  was  so  fit  as  Norham,  and  if 
he,  Burghley,  would  grant  him  timber  from  Chopwell  wood  and  300?. 
in  money  he  would  build  '  a  poore  cotage  '  within  the  walls  to  lie  in 
though  not  as  it  should  be,  being  the  queen's  castle  and  the  chiefest 
strength  on  the  borders  if  war  broke  out  with  the  Scots.  '  The  queen's 
resolute  answer'  was  that  she  would  give  nothing  for  Norham  con- 
sidering that  the  writer  should  do  it  himself.  On  17  July  he  again 
wrote  stating  that  he  was  sorry  for  troubling  Burghley  so  much  for 
Norham  but  his  duty  caused  him,  as  there  ought  to  be  a  house  for  the 
officer,  he  averred  '  upon  my  credytt '  that  he  had  under  1501.  a  year 
out  of  which  he  paid  the  queen  yearly  581. 

On  19  Sept,  1596,  Sir  Robert  Carey,  writing  from  Berwick,  informed 
Burghley  'that  two  or  three  troops  of  Scots,  14  and  15  in  a  company, 
very  early  this  morning  were  riding  in  Norhamshire,  with  intent  to  get 
revenge  for  the  Burne  I  hanged— Sir  Robert  Kerre  himself  lying  in 
ambush  with  100  horse  for  their  rescue.  They  took  sundry  men  in 
many  towns  but  let  them  go,  they  took  them,  not  being  of  the  surnames 
they  looked  for,  which  are  the  Selbys,  Armorers,  and  Ourdes.  They 
came  to  Norham  town  and  divers  gentlemen's  houses  about,  '  but  as 
God  wolld  '  they  seeing  them  so  bold  in  day  time,  doubted  the  worst, 
and  kept  their  houses.  So  they  drove  away  some  cattle  about  11  A.M., 
hoping  some  would  rise  to  the  fray  *  that  they  desyred.'  When  they 
came  to  Sir  Robert  Kerre,  he  ordered  them  to  drive  the  cattle  back  again, 
as  it  was  not  goods  but  blood  he  desired,  and  he  would  be  revenged  '  ere 
he  had  done.'  They  hurt  £  or  3,  one  in  peril  of  life,  but  as  they  were 


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'  men  of  no  accompt '  they  left  them  '  unkild.'  It  is  thought  he  will 
not  break  up  this  company  till  he  gets  some  lives  for  my  '  doing  justice 
upon  a  notable  murdering  theefe.'  I  commend  our  state  to  your  con- 
sideration for  speedy  assistance. 

On  the  25  June,  1597,  there  had  to  be  a  delivery  of  pledges  at  the 
'  West  fourd  beside  Norhame.'  Lord  Eure  and  Sir  R.  Carey  stayed  with 
their  horse  and  foot  half-a-mile  off,  and  Cesford  and  Buccleuch  doing 
the  like.  Sir  Wm.  Bowes  acted  for  England  and  Lord  Hume  for 
Scotland,  but  as  Cesford  and  Buccleuch  with  frivolous  delays  held 
them  off  from  10  a.m.  to  8  p.m.,  though  the  English  pledges  were  ready 
the  English  Commissioners  '  then  in  playne  tearms  thei  tolde  theme 
that  thei  wold  not  delyver  them  and  that  none  els  should  delyver  them 
except  the  king  himself  did  yt,'  this  the  Scotch  Commissioners  desired 
in  writing,  and  then  both  departed.  Then  the  29  Septr.  following  was, 
by  an  Act  of  the  king  of  Scots  and  his  council,  fixed  for  the  delivery  of 
pledges,  the  Lord  Hume  and  the  '  lard  of  Wedderburne '  being  appointed 
on  their  behalf.  On  the  3  Oct.  Sir  Wm.  Bowes  wrote  to  the  bishop  of 
Durham  (Toby  Mat  hew)  that  the  Commissioners  appointed  had,  attend- 
ed by  a  convenient  number  chosen  from  places  safest  from  the  plague, 
met  at  the  West  Ford  about  '  x  houres.'  On  the  same  day  the  bishop 
wrote  to  Burghley  informing  him  that  border  affairs  had  been  protracted, 
and  asked  therefore  if  the  queen  wished  him  to  remain  at  Auckland  for 
the  service  touching  the  pledges,etc.,  or  to  make  his  personal  attendance 
at  parliament,  so  that  unless  he  received -an  express  countenance  to  con- 
tinue his  presence  there  '  he  purposed '  God  willing  to  take  '  his  journey 
southward  the  common  highe  waie  to  London  upon  Thursday,  the 
xiijth  of  this  month.  I  humbly  betake  your  lordship  to  the  grace  of 
God,  who  be  mercifull  nowe  at  the  last  to  this  most  miserabley  afflicted 
and  mortally  infected  country.'  There  is  considerable  correspondence 
regarding  the  pledges. 

On  9  Oct,  1597,  Sir  Wm.  Bowes  declared  that  'he  was  resolved  80 
horse  and  200  foot  of  Berwick  garrison  with  the  pensioners  should  be 
under  command  of  the  gentleman  porter,  with  whom  Sir  William  and 
he  marched  to  Norham,  there  awaiting  the  deputies  of  the  east  and 
west  marches  with  their  pledges,  and  the  Northumberland  gentlemen 
appointed  to  be  there  by  Lord  Eurie,  who  was  driven  by  the  plague 
from  Hexham  and  remained  sick  at  his  house  at  Witton.  The  gentle- 
man porter  haveing  the  conduct  of  Bucklughe,  with  the  guard  of 
Barwick  horsemen  and  the  pecioners  bestowed  his  chardg  in  the 
strongest  house  which  came  to  hand  in  the  towne  of  Norham  in  the 
kepeing  of  Mr.  William  Fenwick  of  Wallington,  Mr.  John  Browne,  with 
a  sufficient  guard,  and  retiring  to  staye  the  tumult  on  the  Englishe 
syde,  was  encountered  by  some  messingers  from  Sir  William  to  gyve 
intelligence  that  he  and  his  company  were  in  good  safetye  and  would 
passe  on  towardes  Barwicke  on  the  north  syde  the  ryver.' 

In  October,  Sir  Wm.  Selby  stated  that  for  commissions  betwixt  the 
princes  he  had  seen  the  commissioners  meet  at  '  the  Ladie  churche  in 
Scotland  and  Norrham  churche  in  England  at  Barwick  and  Fowldoun, 
and  the  Scotes  commissioners  have  comd  unto  Barrwick  and  staied 
all  or  most  parte  of  ther  commission,  as  when  Sir  John  Foster  and  Sir 
John  Selbie,  for  the  queen,  met  Sir  John  Carmikell  and  Mr.  Alexander 
Hume  and  other  Scots.  And  when  the  Earl  of  Rutland  as  principal 
for  her  Majesty,  met  the  Earl  of  Bothwell  for  the  king,  Bothwell  lay 
in  Berwick  during  the  commission,  as  did  the  Scots  in  the  last  com- 
mission when  the  bishop  of  Durham  was  principal  for  her  majesty  and 
the  bishop  of  Dunke'd  for  Scotland.' 

On  27  July,  1596,  Sir  Edw.  Stanley  asked  Sir  Robt.  Cecil  to  move  the 

[Proc.,  SSer.,  in,  22.] 


H6     : 

queen  in  his  behalf  for  the  keeping  of  Norham  castle,  which  had  fallen 
void  by  the  death  of  '  my  lord  of  Hunsdon.'4  In  the  same  month  and 
year  Lady  Margt.  Hoby  writing  to  the  same,  mentioned  her  brother 
Robert's  '  estate  and  despairs,'  for  besides  his  natural  grief,  his  office 
of  the  wardenry  which  he  had  under  my  lord  is  gone,  his  office  of 
Norham  is  no  avail  to  him,  his  brother  having  the  commodity  of  it.'& 
On  19  Aug,  1596,  Sir  Robert  Carey  in  a  letter  to  Cecil  from  Berwick, 
said  that  touching  her  majesty's  pleasure  for  Cutberd  Armorers  remove 
from  Norham,  he  promised  to  displace  him  from  thence,  and  so  he  did 
shortly  after  coming  down.  He  had  nothing  to  do  for  him  there,  but 
of  necessity  he  suffered  him  to  remain  within  the  old  walls  till  Michael- 
mas .  .  .  He  meant  not  to  employ  him  in  his  service  because  the  queen 
misliked  him.  ...  If  any  have  informed  the  queen  that  he  had  any- 
thing to  do  under  him  at  Norham  they  had  done  him  wrong.0  On  the 
same  day  John  Carey  wrote  to  the  same  that  Armorer  should  be  put  out 
of  the  place  which  he  had  long  had  in  the  town  (Berwick)  and  touching 
Norham  his  brother,  Sir  Robert  Carey's  answer  would  shew  that  he 
had  little  authority  therein,  and  would  like  shortly  to  have  less.  If 
anything  Armorer  did  was  disliking  to  the  queen  upon  certificate  Carey 
would  soon  displace  him  and  make  him  know  his  duty  in  better  sort. 7 
In  1596  (?)  a  petition  to  the  queen  showing  that  the  captainship  of 
Norham  was  of  small  value  that  my  lord  never  made  benefit  of  it  since 
he  had  it,  but  from  time  to  time  had  given  it  to  some  servant  of  his, 
there  was  no  fee  belonging  to  it,  only  the  benefit  of  it  in  a  small  demesne 
which  at  most  could  not  be  worth  301.  a  year.  The  tithes  of  Norham 
my  lord  had  by  lease  from  the  dean  and  chapter  of  Durham.  That 
lease  is  worth  to  my  lord  300Z.  a  year,  which  he  reserved  to  himself, 
only  the  captainship  had  he  given  to  him,  and  desired  that  his  life 
interest  should  be  confirmed  by  letters  patent. « 

In  1601  Sir  Robt.  Carey  in  a  note  said  he  was  farmer  of  the  queen's 
lands  of  Norham  and  Elandshire*.  His  brother,  Sir  John  Carey,  had 
100Z.  a  year  out  of  it  so  long  as  he  (John)  continued  at  Berwick.  The 
dean  and  chapter  of  Durham  had  renewed  his  leases  of  the  tithes  for 
21  years  without  fine.  He  prayed  the  queen  to  grant  him  a  renewal 
for  the  lands.9  In  June,  1602,  a  lease  in  reversion  was  granted  to  Sir 
Robert  Carey,  knight,  for  term  of  21  years,  to  begin  after  his  decease, 
of  the  keeping  of  the  castle  of  Norham  in  the  bishopric  of  Durham, 
and  of  sundry  lands  and  hereditaments  thereto  belonging,  paying  for 
the  same  the  accustomed  yearly  rent  of  58Z.,  with  provisoes  as  well  for 
the  safe  keeping  of  the  sard  castle  as  of  the  artillery  and  munitions 
therein;  and  if  he  die,  his  heir  being  under  age,  then  her  Majestie 
to  appoint  a  keeper  of  the  same  castle  during  the  minority  of  the  said 
heir,  and  the  executors  of  the  said  Sir  Robert  to  allow  40Z.  yearly  to 
the  said  keeper  for  the  said  terme.  *  Bishop  Toby  Matthew,  in  1603, 
demised  Norham  castle,  etc.,  to  the  king,  who  immediately  granted 
Norham  to  George  Hume,  earl  of  Dunbar. 2 

On  2  May,  1649,  James  Swinhoe  of  Chatton,  a  delinquent,  com- 
pounded for  his  delinquency  by  paying  a  fine  of  393Z.  13s.  4d.  He  had 
the  manor  of  Berington  for  life.  He  craved  allowance  for  certain 
charges,  including  4Z.  a  year  for  ever  to  Norham  castle  out  of  Cornhill. 
In  1651  he  complained  that  he  was  threatened  with  resequestration, 
but  he  was  ordered  not  to  be  further  molested. 3 

4  Hatfifld  Papers,  Dart  vi,  288  (H.MSS.  Comin.  Rep.).  5  ibid.,  301. 

c  Ibid.,  342.  7  ibid.,  343.  «  Ibid.,  572.  9  Hatfield  Papers,  xi,  4tl 

i  Arch.  Acl.,  2  Ser.,  xxiv,  190. 

2  Bishop  Cosin,  n  (55  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  150n. 

3  Royalist  Compos.,  353. 


347 

MISCELLANEA. 

The  following  are  extracts  from  Sir  Stephen  Glynne's  'Notes'  (con- 
tinued from  p.  120) : — 

Dec.  8,  1851.        ST.  ANDREW,  AUCKLAND  (DURHAM). 

A  fine  cruciform  Church,  mostly  First  Pd,  with  aisles  to  the  nave, 
and  a  Western  Tower.  The  Transepts  are  unequal  in  dimensions  and 
there  is  no  central  crossing.  The  chief  additions  to  the  original  First 
Pd  work  are  the  clerestory  of  the  nave,  the  raising  of  the  walls  of 
the  Chancel  and  Transepts,  and  the  upper  part  of  the  Tower,  all  which 
are  plain  and  late  Third  Pd.  The  nave  is  of  considerable  width  and 
the  Chancel  very  spacious  and  both  lofty  in  proportion.  The  arcades 
of  the  nave  are  each  of  5  bays,  including  the  Transepts.  The  arches 
are  re  essed,  with  good  mouldings,  the  piers  alternately  octagonal  and 
clustered  of  8  shafts  with  moulded  caps.  A  large  and  hideous 
gallery  at  the  west  end  unfortunately  occupies  2  bays.  The  Clerestory 
is  poor  Third  P.  with  2  light  windows.  The  roof  is  low  pitched. 
Between  the  Transepts  and  the  aisles  are  segmental  arches.  The  aisle 
windows  are  poor  and  without  foils.  The  N.  transept  is  loftier  than 
the  Southern  and  has  on  the  2  lancet  windows,  with  mouldings 
and  hoods,  and  above  a  Clerestory  of  2  lights.  There  is  one  window 
in  this  Transept  of  3  lancet  lights  within  a  pointed  arch  and  the  end 
window  on  the  N.  has  a  rear  arch  of  segmental  form,  with  shafts  and 
moulded  jambs — but  poor  tracery  without  foils  is  inserted.  The  S. 
Transept  has  at  the  end  3  lancets  under  a  pointed  arch  and  the  same 
on  the  E.  side,  and  no  Clerestory.  The  Chancel  arch  is  a  fine  First 
P.  one  with  shafts  having  toothed  capitals.  The  Chancel  is  grand 
and  imposing  and  if  restored  carefully,  would  be  still  more  so.  The 
E.  window  is  of  5  lancets  within  a  large  arch — the  N.  &  S.  walls 
present  internally  an  arcade  of  lancets — those  on  the  South  are 
narrower,  and  4  pierced  for  windows — those  on  the  N.  are  wide, 
and  only  one  pierced  and  glazed.  There  is  a  Vestry  on  the  N.  side. 
On  the  S.  of  the  altar  are  3  sedilia — the  2  Western  ones  adjoining 
the  Priests'  door  have  fine  mouldings  and  clustered  shafts — the 
3rd  is  slightly  ogeed  with  excellent  mouldings,  and  standing  arch- 
wise distinct  from  the  others  and  wider  than  them.  Under  the  S.E. 
window  is  an  oblong  recess  which  must  have  been  a  piscina,  with  a 
circular  drain.  There  is  also  a  square  recess,  probably  an  aumbry,  set 
low  down  under  the  N.E.  window.  There  are  two  fine  monumental 
effigies  now  placed  within  the  Sacrarium,  a  Knight  and  Lady.  In  the 
centre  of  the  Chancel  is  a  slab  with  the  brass  of  an  Ecclesiastic.  On 
another  the  matrix  of  a  fine  brass,  representing  a  cross  flory,  with 
raguly  or  crocketed  shaft — and  within  the  floriated  part  of  the  cross  a 
small  figure.  There  is  a  later  brass  plate  inserted  in  this  slab.  The 
Chancel  has  the  original  stalls  and  desks  in  a  very  perfect  state  and 
returned — 14  on  each  side,  the  desks  finely  panelled,  and  with 
poppy  head  ends.  The  misereres  have  fair  sculpture.  There  are  two 
steps  to  the  sacrarium.  Beneath  the  Chancel  windows  runs  a  string 
course  tboth  within  and  without.  The  Chancel  and  Transepts  are 
embattled,  and  the  upper  stage  as  well  as  the  Clerestory  of  the  nave  is 
clearly  a  late  addition.  The  parapets  of  Clerestory  and  aisles  are 
moulded.  The  S.  porch  is  fine  First  P.  one  of  2  storeys  (?),  having 
very  good  stone  groining — the  ribs  springing  from  shafts  set  upon 
the  stone  benches.  The  E.  &.  W.  sides  of  the  porch  have  windows, 
«ach  consisting  of  2  trefoil  headed  lights  on  shafts  with  good 
mouldings  and  hoods.  The  outer  door  has  good  [one  word  illegible] 


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mouldings  on  capitals  which  are  moulded — the  inner  door  is  nearly 
similar,  but  the  shafts  remain.  In  the  angle  near  the  door  is  an  octa- 
gonal stoup.  The  porch  has  a  sloping  roof  tiled — and  over  the  door 
is  a  pretty  window,  incipient  M.  Pd  of  2  3  foil  headed  lights,  with 
shafts  and  mouldings.  The  N.  aisle  has  a  plain  continuous  cham- 
fered door.  The  Tower  is  all  First  Pd.  but  the  added  poor  3rd  P. 
belfrystory,  which  has  a  battlement.  The  original  part  includes 
3  storeys,  with  some  later  buttresses  and  a  very  large  projecting  staircase 
turret,  of  octagonal  form,  having  small  openings  at  the  S.W.  On 
the  W.  side  below  are  2  lancets  with  buttress  between  them.  In 
the  next  stage  a  slit  on  the  W.,  and  on  the  N.  &  S.  are  openings  with 
flat  trefoiled  heads  which  are  glazed,  above  which  appears  a  window 
of  2  lancet  lights  with  central  shaft  and  a  corbel  table  over  it,  par- 
tially obliterated.  There  is  no  W.  door.  At  the  W.  end  of  the  aisles 
are  wide  lancets.  The  Font  is  modern.  The  Interior  is  sadly  disfigured 
by  irregular  pues  and  galleries,  but  improvement  is  contemplated. 
There  is  at  present  only  a  barrel  organ.  The  situation  of  the  Church 
on  a  fine  rising  bank  is  commanding  and  beautiful. 
Added  in  Margin — 

(1)  The  aisles  are  but  narrow. 

(2)  The  arcade  in  the  S.  wall  of  the  Chancel  presents,  externally,  wide 

and  narrow  lancets  alternately — the  former  pierced  for  windows. 
The  string  course  on  this  side  falls  under  the  window  next  the  E. 
end,  but  there  is  no  such  fall  on  the  N.  where  the  N.E.  window 
is  a  poor  one  of  2  lights  without  foils. 

(3)  There  is  a  turret  with  projecting  staircase  at  the  south-west 

corner  of  the  porch. 
(4) 


Dec.  9,  1851. 


WOLSINGHAM  (DURHAM).     SS.  Mary  &  Stephen. 


This  Church  has  been  rebuilt  within  a  few  years,  excepting  the  Tower, 
and  the  original  arcades  of  the  nave  are  preserved.  It  consists  at 
present  of  a  nave,  with  aisles,  Chancel,  and  West  Tower.  The  latter  is 
a  very  coarse  one,  low  and  small,  with  little  distinctive  architectural 
character.  It  is  probably  late,  and  consists  of  3  stages,  divided  by 
string  courses  and  gradually  diminishing,  no  buttresses,  and  the 
battlement  on  each  side  consists  of  only  2  piers  with  one  embrasure. 
The  belfry  windows  are  square-headed,  and  there  is  no  door. 

The  interior  of  the  Church  has  a  very  fair  general  effect,  with  open 
roof  of  tolerable  pitch.  The  pues  and  galleries  have  disappeared,  and 
the  nave  is  fitted  with  uniform  open  benches,  the  Chancel  stalled.  The 
arcades  are  First  P.  each  of  4  arches,  the  columns  circular  with 
moulded  capitals.  The  Chancel  arch  springs  from  clustered  shafts. 
The  Tower  arch  also  First  P.,  the  brackets  on  masks.  The  original 
Norman  door  which  was  once  within  the  S.  porch  is  now  placed  in  the 
N.  wall  of  the  Tower,  opening  to  a  new  erection  used  for  the  Parish 
Vestry.  The  aisle  windows  are  lancets  and  the  Clerestory  windows  of 
the  nave  are  double  lancets.  The  E.  window  of  the  Chancel  is  a 
triplet.  The  pulpit  and  desk  are  low.  The  Font  is  a  new  one  of  clus- 
tered shafts,  not  very  successful. 
Added  in  the  Margin — 

(1)  This  Norman  door  has  cylindrical  mouldings  in  the  arch  and 
shafts. 


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PROCEEDINGS 

OF    THE 


SOCIETY    OF   ANTIQUARIES 


OF    NEWCASTLE  UPON-TYNE. 


3    SER.,    VOL.    III.  1907.  NO.    15 


The  ordinary  monthly  meeting  of  the  Society  was  held  in  the  library 
at  the  Castle,  Newcastle,  on  Wednesday,  the  twenty-seventh  day  of 
November,  1907,  at  seven  o'clock  in  the  evening,  the  Rev.  Johnson 
Baily,  hon.  canon  of  Durham  and  rector  of  Ryton,  being  in  the  chair. 

Several  ACCOUNTS,  recommended  by.  the  council  for  payment,  were 
ordered  to  be  paid. 

The  following  ORDINARY  MEMBER  was  proposed  and  declared  duly 
elected  : — 

The  Rev.  F.  MacCormick,  F.S.A.  Scot.,  Wrockwardine  Rectory, 
Wellington,   Salop. 

The  following  NEW  BOOKS,  etc.,  were  placed  on  the  table  : — 

Presents,  for  which  thanks  were  voted  : — 

From  Mr.  R.  Coltman  Clephan,  F.S.  A.,  a  vice-president,  the  author  : — 
A  type-written  catalogue  of  the  collection  of  Egyptian  Antiquities  at 
his  residence,  Marine  house,  Tynemouth,  with  numerous  photographs 
of  the  objects  (one  of  a  small  number  of  copies),  the  cover  after  a 
design  by  Miss  D.  Clephan ;  8vo.  cloth.  [Mr.  Clephan,  in  an  accom- 
panying letter  addressed  to  the  secretaries,  said  that  the  collection, 
'  as  also  that  of  arms  and  armour  is  open  to  any  of  the  members 
interested  in  either  branch  of  archaeology  for  the  purposes  of  study.' 
He  also  said  that  '  it  would  afford  him  pleasure  to  explain  them  to 
members  any  Saturday  during  the  excursion  season  that  can  be 
mutually  arranged.'  It  is  hoped  that  advantage  will  be  taken  of 
this  kind  offer.] 

From  Charles  Menmuir,  M.A.,  F.S.A.  Scot.,  the  author  : — The  Rising 
of  the  North,  8vo. 

From  Ll  Col.  Carr-Ellison  : — A  number  of  photographs,  etc.,  which  be- 
longed to  his  grandfather,  Mr.  Ralph  Carr-Ellison,  including  (1)  pho- 
tographs of  the  Beckermet  Cross ;  (2)  of  the  Baranspike  Runes  ; 
(3)  marks  on  a  stone  at  Bressay,  Shetland,  with  letter  ;  (5)  letter 
of  Mr.  Linn  of  Keith,  relating  to  rock  markings;  (6)  letters,  eto., 
relating  to  an  inscription  in  Warkworth  church;  (7)  photographs 
of  Ponteland  rectory  and  church  ;  (8)  of  Saxon  stones ;  (9)  of  a 
small  cross,  etc.,  eta. 

From  R.  Blair  : — The  Antiquary  for  Dec.  1907. 
Exchanges  : — 

From  the  Shropshire  Archaeological  and  Natural  History  Society  : — 
Trans.  3rd  series,  vn,  iii,  8vo. 

Proc.   3  Ser.,  lit,  23.] 


150 


From  the  British  School  at  Rome: — Papers,  iv,  4to.,  J  bound. 

From  the  Royal  Archaeological  Institute  : — The  Archaeological 
Journal,  vol.  LXIV  (N.S.  xiv),  no.  255,  8vo.  [contains  an  interesting 
paper  by  professor  Bunnell  Lewis,  F.S.A.,  on  Roman  antiquities  in 
Switzerland,  including  a  description,  with  a  fine  illustration,  of  a 
silver  bowl  handle  of  the  Roman  period,  discovered  at  Windisch 
( Vindonissa),  not  far  from  Basel.  The  devices,  in  high  relief,  consist 
of  the  front-faced  bust  of  a  helmeted  Roman  soldier  in  a  festoon 
of  fruit  and  flowers,  and  below  him  a  nude  figure  of  Mercury,  seated, 
with  animals,  birds,  and  other  objects.  It  is  supposed  to  have 
belonged  to  the  younger  Saloninus.  The  treatment  is  similar  to  that 
of  the  silver  saucepan  handle,  discovered  at  Capheaton  (see  plate  in 
Proc.,  2  ser.,  x,  facing  p.  61),  but  perhaps  not  so  refined.  Anyhow, 
it  is  worth  while  comparing  them.  There  is  also  a  full  and  very 
able  article  by  Miss  Prideaux  on  the  unusually  fine  church  of  St. 
Candida  (whose  shrine  and  remains  are  in  the  north  transept),  at 
Whitechur^h  Canonicorum  in  Dorsetshire]. 

From  the  Royal  Numismatic  Society  : — The  Numismatic  Chronicle^ 
1907,  hi,  8vo. 

From  the  Royal  Society  of  Norway  : — -Det  Kongelige  Videnskabers 
Selskabs  Skrifter,  1906,  8vo. 

From  the  Bureau  of  American  Ethnology  : — Twenty-fifth  Annual 
Report,  1903  OJ,,  large  8vo.  cl. 

Purchases  : — The  Records  of  the  Northern  Convocation  (113  Surt.  Soc. 
publ.) ;  Northern  Notes  and  Queries,  i,  no.  8  ;  and  Notes  and  Queries. 
201  to  204. 

EXHIBITED  : —      ^ 

By  Dr.  Allison  : — A  Basque  distaff  ('  amukua ')  and  the  '  arrdatza'  or 
spinning  tool.  The  distaff  is  put  through  the  apron  string  on  the 
left  side,  the  fingers  (left)  are  wetted,  and  some  of  the  flax  on  the 
distaff  is  twisted  into  a  thread,  which  is  then  attached  to  the  point 
(gimlet  like)  of  the  spindle.  By  twirling  the  point  of  the  spindle  in 
the  right  hand,  whilst  the  flax  fibres  continue  to  be  rolled  by  those 
of  the  left,  a  long  continuous  thread  is  woven  which  collects  on  the 
handle  of  the  '  arrdatza.'  This  is  afterwards  collected  and  woven 
into  linen  on  a  hand  loom. 

By  Mr.  Parker  Brewis  : — A  photograph  of  the  cist  opened  at  Fatfield 
on  8  Nov.  1907,  shewing  the  skeleton.  It  is  referred  to  in  the 
following  notes  by  Mr.  Jeffreys  on  the  pre-historic  discoveries  at 
Fatfield  (see  p.  151),  and  is  shewn  in  the  illustration  facing  p.  154). 

By  Mr.  J.  A.  Irving: — (i)  Two  flint-lock  pistols,  one  6£in.  long,  with 
name,  etc.,  of  maker  on  a  plate  on  each  side  of  lock,  BARDIVER  and 
LONDON  ;  the  other,  double-barrelled,  is  7ins.  long  and  also  has  two 
plates  bearing  the  name,  etc.,  of  the  maker,  on  one  side  H.  NOCE,  and 
on  the  other  NEWCASTLE  ;  and  (ii)  a  small  silver  spoon  with  a  hollow 
for  marrow  in  the  handle,  3f  ins.  long  with  three  halls-marks 
(1)  a  harp  crowned,  (2)  Hibernia,  and  (3)  a  crown. 

Mr.  R.  Blair  (one  of  the  secretaries)  announced  that  the  Council  had 
decided  not  to  hold  a  meeting  of  the  Society  in  December,  the  last 
Wednesday  of  the  month  being  Christmas  day. 

Mr.  Blair  stated  that  owing  to  another  engagement  Dr.  Hodgkin 
could  not  read  his  paper,  but  would  do  so  at  a  future  meeting. 

DISCOVERY    OF   PRE-HISTORIC    BURIALS    AT    FATFIELD,    CO.    DURHAM. 

Mr.  R.  H.  Jeffreys^of  Birtley,  co.  Durham,  read  the  following  notes : — 


Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Neivc.,  3  ser.,  in. 


To  face  page  150. 


PREHISTORIC   BURIAL   DISCOVERED   AT   PATFIELD,    CO.    DURHAM. 
[See  pages  151—155.) 

From  a  photograph  by  Mr.  Parker  Brewis. 


151 

'  Owing  to  the  fact  that  discoveries  such  as  I  am  about  to  describe 
have  so  seldom  been  made,  comparatively,  in  the  county  of  Durham,  I 
hope  these  may  be  regarded  as  possessing  more  than  usual  antiquarian 
and  historic  interest.  The  village  of  Fatfteld,  where  these  discoveries 
have  been  made,  is  beautifully  situated  on  the  north  bank  of  the  river 
Wear,  about  7  miles  W.  from  Sunderland,  3  miles  N.E.  from  Chester-le- 
Street,  1  mile  from  Penshaw  station  on  the  Leamside  branch  between 
Newcastle  and  Durham,  and  2  miles  S.W.  from  Washington  station. 
Along  with  North  Biddick,  which  adjoins  it,  it  forms  the  civil  parish  of 
Harraton,  and  the  parish  also  contains  the  hamlets  of  Nova  Scotia,  Pick- 
tree,  and  South  Pelaw.  On  the  opposite  side  of  the  river  is  the  parish 
of  Burnmoor,  while  three  miles  to  the  west  it  is  bounded  by  Birtley 
parish.  A  field's  breadth  from  Fatfield  lies  Lambton  park,  containing 
Lambton  castle,  the  residence  of  the  earl  of  Durham.  The  ancient 
name  of  Harraton  was  Havertune,  and  was  granted  by  bishop  Flam- 
bard  to  his  nephew  William,  whose  descendants  assumed  the  local  name 
of  de  Herrington,  which  name  is  now  perpetuated  in  New  Herrington, 
a  large  colliery  village  one  mile  east  from  Penshaw.  It  afterwards 
came  into  the  possession  of  the  Darcys  ;  and  then,  by  marriage  and 
purchase  was  vested  in  the  Hedworths,  who,  at  the  height  of  their 
power,  owned,  besides  Harraton,  the  manor  of  Southwick,  the  grange 
of  Saltwellside,  Urpeth,  Ricleden,  lands  in  Cleadon,  WThitburn,  Jarrow, 
Hedworth,  Sunderland,  Picktree,  West  Herrington,  Burnigall,  Wood- 
ham,  Brafferton  and  Bushblades.  However,  about  the  year  1640,  in 
the  reign  of  Charles  I,  owing  to  the  weakness  of  Sir  John  Hedworth,  and 
the  '  intrigue  of  speculators  '  the  valuable  estates  became  alienated 
for  a  mere  trifle,  along  with  their  wealth  of  coal  mines.  They  were 
partially  recovered,  and  the  Hedworth  family  remained  possessors  till 
1688  (the  year  of  the  great  Revolution  against  James  n).  During  the 
period  between  1640  and  1688  the  heir  to  Sir  John  had  been  excluded 
from  his  rights,  as  many  others  were  at  that  time,  owing  to  their  action 
in  the  great  Civil  War.  So  that  in  1688,  the  last  male  heir,  John 
Hedworth,  who  had  retrieved  his  scattered  fortunes  by  marriage  with 
the  co-heiress  of  Washington,  left  only  a  comparatively  small  estate, 
which  was  divided  between  his  two  daughters  Dorothy  and  Elizabeth. 
Dorothy  married  Ralph  Lambton  of  Harraton  hall,  called  in  later 
times  Lambton  hall,  the  ancient  seat  of  the  Darcys  and  Hedworths, 
while  Elizabeth  married  Sir  William  Williamson  of  Monkwearmouth. 
In  1714,  the  last  year  of  Anne's  reign,  William  Lambton  purchased  Lady 
Williamson's  moiety  ;'  and  by  a  settlement  made  by  Ralph  Lambton 
and  his  wife  Dorothy  the  whole  estate  of  Harraton  came  under  one 
ownership,  and  it  has  remained  in  the  hands  of  the  Lambton  family 
ever  since.  The  old  hall  was  pulled  down  by  William  Lambton,  who 
died  before  he  could  commence  with  the  work  of  a  new  building.  The 
present  fine  mansion  is  built  on  the  identical  site  of  the  old  Lambton 
hall,  and  stands  on  an  eminence  overlooking  the  river  Wear,  and  the  sea 
of  trees  around  it.  Overlooking  Fatfield  is  Penshaw  hill  with  the  monu- 
ment erected  to  the  memory  of  the  Rt.  Hon.  John  Lambton,  first  earl  of 
Durham,  the  foundation  stone  being  laid  by  the  earl  of  Zetland  in  1844. 
The  people  of  Fatfield  are  almost  entirely  engaged  in  coal-mining ; 
there  being  two  collieries  connected  with  the  place,  viz.,  Harraton  to 
the  west  and  North  Biddick  (locally  named  Botany  Bay)  to  the  east. 
The  seams  worked  are  the  Hutton  and  the  Maudlin,  which  at  Harraton 
are  4ft.  Sin.  and  4ft.  4in.  respectively.  At  North  Biddick  are  the  old- 
established  iron-works  of  Messrs.  Cook  &  .Sons,  where  all  kinds  of 
colliery  plant  are  manufactured. 

Fatfield  village  is  an  ancient  one,  and  coal  has  been  worked  all  round 


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the  district  from  the  commencement  of  mining  ;  as  also  at  South 
Biddick,  on  the  opposite  bank  of  the  river.  George  Bowes,  to  whom 
South  Biddick  belonged,  and  who  died  in  1606,  wrote  'There  is  coles 
gotten  in  5  severall  places,  and  I  have  sonke  a  shafte  within  the  domain, 
having  only  bestowed  41.  charges,  and  have  already  gotten  some  coles, 
which  if  the  seam  of  coles  prove  to  be  3  quarters  of  a  yard  thick  the  same, 
with  200Z.  stocke  will  yield  200Z.  per  annum  profit.'  It  was  here  that  the 
unfortunate  James  Drummond,  sixth  earl  of  Perth,  sought  refuge  after 
the  Rebellion  of  1745.  In  those  days  Fatfield  was  a  very  busy 


spot,  doing  a  great  trade  in  coal  by  means  of  keels  from  Sunder  land, 
and  several  of  the  houses  show  that  they  have  been  the  homes  of  well- 
to-do  people,  while  the  quay  wall  and  staithes  still  remain  as  evidence 
of  the  kind  of  trade  carried  on.  Just  behind  the  Biddick  Inn,  near 
the  bridge,  is  the  Worm-hill,  which  tradition  savs  was  visited  daily 
by  an  enormous  worm  that  '  lapped  itself  nine  times  round,  leaving 
vermicular  traces  of  which  grave  living  witnesses  depose  that  they 
have  seen  the  vestiges.'  Close  to  is  the  Worm-well,  into  which  the 
Lambton  knight,  fishing  as  was  his  profane  custom  on  a  Sunday,  threw 
the  young  worm,  which  afterwards  grew  to  such  great  dimensions.  1 
need  not  relate  the  story,  whose  true  meaning  has  never  been  ascertained. 
I  relate  the  foregoing,  to  show  that  the  district  and  village  are  not 


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without  historic  interest,  and  now  it  seems  even  to  possess  interest  of 
prehistoric  importance.      Several  of  the  hill  sides  bear  markings jwhich 
my  geological  friends  attribute  to  the  ice  age ;   and  all  over  the  district, 
there  is  a  thick  layer  of  sand  only  a  foot  or  two  below  the  surface. 
The  Lamb  ton  Colliery  Company,  to  whom  the  earl  of  Durham  leased 
his  collieries  11  years  ago,  have  just  completed  the  erection  of  60  houses, 
in  two  rows,  leaving  a  wide  street,  and  room  for  gardens  as  well,  between. 
These  houses  have  been  built  on  pasture  land  farmed  by  Mr.  Geo.  Forster, 
which  forms  part  of  the  Lambton  estate.     The  land  at  this  part  is  a 
gradual  slope  from  the  river  north-westwards  culminating  in  a  high 
ridge.     The  burials  were  240  yards  from  the  river,  and  150  yards  from 
the  ridge  ;  and  they  were  all  found  in  the  new  roadway  or  street  between 
these  two  rows,  and  within  a  few  yards  of  each  other.     Just  at  this 
spot  the  surface  rises  somewhat  suddenly  for  a  few  feet ;   and  this  may 
probably  be  the  remains  of  a  mound  or  barrow.     As  this  sudden  rise 
interfered  with  the  projected  slope  of  the  new  street  it  had  to  be  removed, 
and  it  was  during  this  operation  and  the  laying  of  new  curb-stones 
that  the  cists  were  uncovered.     The  stratum  of  sand  mentioned  already 
is  here  very  thick,  and  hundreds  of  loads  have  been  dug  out  for  building 
purposes,  and  its  place  taken  by  soil  from  the  mound.     The  field  is 
bounded  on  its  N.W.  side  by  the  main  road  between  Harraton  and 
Penshaw  and  by  the  Short  Row  ;    on  its  lower  side  (near  the  Wear) 
is  Union  Row  ;    while  on  the  south  are  Chatershaugh  and  a  private 
road  leading  to  Pear-tree  cottages  and  Lambton  castle.     The  field  has 
not  been  cultivated  for  many  years  ;   but  it  shows  signs  of  having  been 
cultivated)  and  this  will  no  doubt  account  for  any  mound  being  more 
or  less   effectually  levelled  down.      The  first  two   cists  were  opened 
by  workmen  only  on  October  8th  and  9th  this  year.      It  is  difficult 
to  get  reliable  information  with  regard  to  these,  as  the  contents  were 
entirely  broken  in  the  hurried  search  for  treasure  which  was  supposed 
to  be  within.     It  is  known,  however,  that  in  one  case,  a  well  preserved 
skull  was  found,  which,   being  placed  on  a  wall  close  by,  was  soon 
handled   by  children  who    let    it   fall  ;    and   the    fragments,   together 
with   those    of   the   other    bones    remaining,    were    scattered   far    and 
wide,  some  reaching  as  far  as   Hetton   and    even   to    Sunderland.     I 
have  been  able  to  collect  some  of  these  fragments,  and  exhibit  them. 
Amongst    them    you    will    find    the   right    parietal   and    a    portion  of 
the  left  parietal  and  a  piece  of  the  occipital  parts  of  the  skull,  (the 
latter    showing    the    magnum    foramen),    the    upper    part    of    a    tibia, 
the  lower  half  of  a  femur,    what  appear   to   be  portions  of   a  fibula 
and  a  humerus,  a  meta-tarsal   bone,  the  rounded  head  of    a   femur, 
two    well-preserved   teeth,    and    a   few    fragments.     In   this    case  the 
lower  jaw  also,  so  I  am  told,  was  intact,  and  a  very  beautiful  and  well- 
preserved  set  of  teeth  was  in  it.     These,  however,  were  indiscriminately 
distributed  ;  but  those  shown  may  be  regarded  as  specimens  of  the  rest. 
In  one  cist  a  vessel  of  pottery  was  found  ;     which  being  carelessly 
handled  was  broken  and  given  to  Mr.   Hall,   the  builder  of  half  the 
houses.     He  has  kindly  handed  over  the  remaining   portions  to  me  ; 
and  from  his  description  I  have  made  a  sketch  giving  a  rough  idea 
of  its  shape  and  markings.     The  drawing  is  the  exact  size  of  the  vessel 
when  discovered,    and  the  fragments  shown  give  a  good  idea  of  its 
material  and  quality,  as  well  as  style  of  decoration,  which  in  this  case  is 
of  a  very  rude  and  primitive  description.     The  height  of  the  vessel  was 
7}  inches,  and  its  diameter  4|  inches,  while  the  thickness  of  its  walls, 
as  you  can  see,  was  half  an  inch.      Only  its  outside  has  been  thoroughly 
baked,  being  reddish  brown,  while  the  inside  is  of  an  ordinary  dry-clay 
colour,  the  interior  being  black.     The  figuring  consists  of  thin  parallel 


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lines  around  the  vessel,  with  thumb-marks  between.  These  thumb- 
marks,  however,  do  not  produce  any  definite  design,  and  are  arranged 
promiscuously,  except  that  they  keep  in  line  with  one  another.  I 
have  sent  a  full  description  and  sketch  of  the  vessel  to  Canon  Greenwell, 
who  pronounces  it  a  food  vessel,  but  of  very  rough  workmanship  and 
poor  ornamentation,  '  but,'  he  adds,  '  it  is  certainly  of  the  Bronze 
Period,  the  people  there  being  only  very  moderately  equipped.  It  is, 
of  course,  possible  that  some  burials  not  hitherto  found  may  have  been 
of  richer  people.'  '  It  is  generally  accepted  that  these  vessels  were 
for  the  use  of  the  dead  in  the  future  world,  and  usually  contained 
food.  Sometimes  a  drinking  cup  has  been  found,  and  this  is  the  earlier 
type  ;  but  they  both  belong  equally  to  the  Bronze  Age.  There  was 
nothing  unusual  in  the  absence  of  any  object  other  than  a  vessel  of 
pottery,  for,  in  the  greater  number  of  burials  nothing  is  found  usually. 
On  the  whole  the  most  frequent  article  is  such  a  vessel.'  The  cists  them- 
selves were  similar  to  the  one  most  recently  opened,  save  that  the 
sides  were  formed  each  of  one  large  stone  instead  of  two.  They  were 
covered  by  one  huge  slab  about  a  foot  beneath  the  surface,  and  filled 
with  the  sand  already  referred  to,  but  of  the  finest  description.  I  have 
since  had  this  sand  carefully  examined,  but  found  no  sign  of  flint, 
bronze,  or  other  weapon  or  tool,  as  is  so  often  the  case.  Nor  was  there 
the  hole  so  often  found  in  the  side  of  one  of  the  stones  to  be  seen. 
However,  with  regard  to  the  third  cist,  we  have  more  reliable  details ; 
for,  knowing  on  Thursday,  Nov.  7th,  of  its  position,  without  allowing 
the  matter  to  be  locally  known,  I  invited  members  of  the  Antiquarian 
Society  and  Mr.  Greenwell  to  be  present  at  the  opening  on  Friday, 
Nov.  8th.  Mr.  Parker  Brewis  then  took  a  photograph  of  the  grave, 
showing  the  position  of  the  skeleton  after  the  removal  of  the  usual 
covering  slab  and  the  few  inches  of  sand  beneath;1  while  Mr.  Hobson, 
whom  Canon  Greenwell  sent  to  represent  him,  took  another  of  the  cist 
itself  after  the  sand  inside  had  been  thrown  out.  As  before,  the  top 
slab  was  only  about  10  inches  below  the  surface,  and  was  about  3|  feet 
long  by  2^  feet  wide  and  4  inches  thick.  The  interior  was  lined  with 
similar  stones,  each  side  being  formed  by  two  slabs,  a  long  and  a  short 
one,  the  short  ones  not  being  in  line  with  the  long  ones,  but  bending 
outwards  a  little,  causing  the  grave  to  be  wider  at  the  foot  than  at  the 
head.  The  ends  were  closed  by  narrower  stones,  and  the  bottom  had 
no  stone  at  all.  The  stones  sloped  outwards  a  little  from  the  bottom  to 
the  top,  causing  the  top  to  be  of  larger  area  than  the  bottom  of  the  grave, 
which  was  about  2 J  feet  in  depth.  The  slabs  of  stone  mentioned  would, 
no  doubt,  be  procured  from  the  old  quarry  over  the  burn  on  the  Wash- 
ington road,  two  or  three  hundred  yards  from  the  barrow.  The 
skeleton  itself  was  found  in  the  usual  position,  viz.,  with  the  knees 
drawn  up  to  the  chin,  lying  on  its  right  side,  but  the  face  looking  up- 
wards. In  this  case  nothing  whatever  was  found  but  the  skeleton,  and, 
of  course  this  also  was  far  from  being  complete.  No  trace  of  ribs  could 
be  seen  which  might  be  expected  from  their  spongy  nature,  and  the 
same  thing  applies  to  the  vertebrae  of  the  spine,  only  five  of  which 
remained  together  with  the  sacrum  or  lower  portion  of  the  spinal 
column.  Neither  was  either  humerus  (upper -arm  bone)  remaining. 
The  other  long  bones  of  the  legs  and  arms,  however,  were  still  intact, 
and  fairly  well  preserved,  as  were  the  two  innominate  bones  forming  the 
pelvic  girdle,  showing  our  ancient  friend  to  have  been  a  man  about 
5  feet  4  inches  in  height.  The  vertebrae  remaining  were  the  tougher 
and  larger  ones  in  the  lumbar  part  of  the  column.  Several  of  the 

l  See  plate  facing  this  page. 


Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Newc.,  3  ser.,  m. 


To  face  page  154. 


THE    'WORM   HILL,'    NEAR   FATPIELD,    CO.    DURHAM. 
The  road  in  the  foreground  leads  to  the  new  bridge. 


PENSHAW    STAITHS,    NEAR    PATFIELD. 
Penshaw  Hill  in  distance. 


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meta-carpal  and  meta-tarsal  bones,  and  phalanges  of  the  hands  and 
feet  were  also  found ;  while  the  skull,  crammed  tightly  with  sand,  was 
well-preserved,  with  the  exception  of  the  face  bones  and  half  of  the 
lower  jaw.  The  cranium,  however,  was  a  typically  brachy-cephalic 
one  (round  in  shape)  and  as  broad  as  it  was  long.  This  class  of  skull 
is  typical  of  the  men  of  the  Bronze  Age ;  their  predecessors,  the  men 
of  the  Stone  Age,  being  almost  without  exception  dolicho-cephalic,  or 
long-headed,  like  a  boat.  As  the  Bronze  Age  began  in  Britain  some- 
where about  1500  B.C.  or  1400  B.C.,  and,  as  the  Bronze  men  took 
wives  from  the  Stone  Age  people  so  gradually  forming  a  race  with 
skulls  midway  between  the  brachy-cephalic  and  the  dolicho-cephalic 
variety,  we  may  safely  venture,  this  being  so  typically  brachy-cephalic, 
to  refer  it  to  the  earlier  part  of  the  Bronze  Period,  say  1000  years  B.C. 
If  this  reasoning  is  correct,  this  district  around  Fatfield  must  have  been 
a  settlement  of  Bronze  Age  people  (loosely  styled  Ancient  Britons) 
3000  years  ago  ;  and,  considering  the  wooded  hilly  style  of  country, 
and  proximity  to  the  river,  it  was  an  ideal  spot  for  those  ancient  dwellers, 
who  seem  to  have  preferred  the  banks  of  the  Wear,  for  it  is  only  there 
where  any  similar  remains  have  been  found  in  the  county,  except  in  one 
or  two  instances.  In  all  probability  there  would  be  a  large  settle- 
ment at  this  place  when  their  Roman  conquerors  formed  their  well- 
known  station  at  Chester -le-Street.  It  is  quite  possible  more  such 
graves  may  be  discovered  ;  indeed,  an  old  resident  named  Wm. 
Coulthard  has  solemnly  told  me  he  is  sure  there  are  at  least  seven  on 
that  same  piece  of  rising  ground  ;  for,  he  often  looked  over  that  field 
from  his  garden,  and  saw  after  a  rain  in  spring,  that  the  grass  on 
seven  patches  was  longer  and  greener  than  the  rest.  He  says  he  always 
thought  graves  were  underneath  those  patches,  but  did  not  like  to 
voice  his  thoughts.  There  may  be  nothing  in  his  remark  ;  but  he  is  a 
thoughtful  man,  and  I  give  it  for  what  it  is  worth. 
Mr.  Jeffreys  was  thanked  for  his  notes. 


MISCELLANEA. 

NEWCASTLE    CUSTOM    HOUSE    BOOKS. 

(Extracts  by  G.  B.  Richardson,  in  the  MS.  Collections 
of  Mr.  Richard  Welford). 

1671.     Sept.  23.     Mr.  Geo.  Dawson  of  Newcastle,  appointed  collector 
of  customs   at   Newcastle.     In  his   absence   the  letter  conveying  the 
appointment  to  be  delivered  to  Mr.  Thos.  Nourse  or  Mr.  Arthur  Wai 
banke,  surveyors  of  the  port  of  Newcastle. 

1671.  Sept.  26.  The  Custom  House  of  London  order  that  the 
Custom  House  at  Stockton  shall  be  in  future  where  it  formerly  was, 
viz.,  the  house  of  Mr.  John  Eden. 

1671.  Sept.  29.  Memorandum,  that  this  day  Geo.  Dawson,  appointed 
collector  of  customs  at  Newcastle,  Rog :  Ives,  waiter  for  merchandise, 
and  Geo.  Hill,  porter,  did  come  before  us  and  took  their  several  corporal 
oaths,  etc.  M.  Forster,  comptr.,  Hen.  Brabants,  customr. 

1671.  Sept.  29.  Walter  Ettrick,  customer  at  Sunderland  appointed, 
501.  (Thos.  Thomlinson  is  mentioned  as  surveyor  at  Sunderland,  30Z. 
Robt.  Chapman,  boatman  for  himself  and  man  to  keep  a  boat,  301.) 

1671.  Sept.  30.  Christopher  Sanderson  and  Charles  Sanderson, 
deputies  to  William  Burrough  and  Henry  Brabant,  his  majesty's 
customers  and  collectors  in  this  port,  Geo.  Forster  [deputy]  to  Martin 
Forster,  comptroller,  Martin  Wilkinson,  boatman,  and  John  Sergeant 
his  mate,  took  the  oaths. 


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1671.  Oct.  2.  John  Thompson,  deputy  to  Martin  Forster,  comp- 
troller at  Sunderland,  took  the  oaths. 

1671.  Nov.  24.  Know  ye  that  I,  Samuel  Powell  of  Newcastle, 
mercht.,  do  engage  in  the  sum  of  30Z.  to  bring  a  transire  from  London 
for  one  .  .  .  of  '  blew  lynnen  cloath  and  neckcloaths  '  brought  into  this 
port  in  the  '  Desire  '  of  Shields,  Robt.  Wouldhave,  master,  etc. 

1671.  Nov.  25.  Timothy  Tyzack  of  Gateshead,  mercht.,  mentions 
bringing  2  pipes  of  Spanish  wine  in  the  'Constant,'  Thos.  Simpson,  master. 

1673.  March  25.  Blyth's  Nook  and  Seaton  Sluice.  John  Bolt,  our 
deputy  there,  came  before  us  and  took  oath,  etc.,  as  above. 

1673.  March  31.  List  of  Officers,  etc.  Collector  :  Anthony 
Isaacson.  Clerk  to  the  Collector  :  Peter  Astell.  Surveyors  :  Arthur 
Wallbanke,  Thos.  Browne.  Waiters  and  Searchers  for  merchandise  : 
Roger  Ives,  Nath.  Massey  and  Robt.  Stoddart.  Coalwaiters  :  Thos. 
Shalter,  Thos.  Wilson,  Robt.  Mardendaile  and  Thos.  Harrison.  Tides- 
men  :  Cuth.  Procter,  John  Collison,  Thos.  Astell,  Nath.  Cawne,  Richd. 
Browne  and  Richd.  Leach.  Boatmen  of  the  Port  of  Newcastle  :  John 
Lambe,  Matt.  Youn^,  r»IIcl;c,ol  Gray  and  John  Buttery.  Surveyor  : 
John  Clark.  Waiter  and  Searcher  :  Wm.  Wilson.  Tidesmen  :  John 
Edger,  John  Hunter,  Arthur  Penn.  Boatmen  at  Shields  :  Wm 
Watson,  Thos.  Hedley,  Wm.  Anderson.  Surveyor  :  Mich.  Hardcastle. 
Waiter  and  Searcher  for  merchandise  :  Richd.  Broirley.  Coalwaiters  : 
John  Orton,  Robt.  Barw:ck.  Boatmen  at  Sunderland  :  Chas.  Easter  by, 
Edwd.  Hinkes,  Mich.  Potts. 

1673.  April  1.  Tidesman  :  Antho.  Lambert.  Porter  :  Geo.  Hills, 
both  of  Newcastle  •  and  Lance.  Dnlston,  tidesman  at  Shields,  took  the 
oaths,  etc. 

1673.  April  2.  Martin  Wilkinson,  boatman  at  Shields,  John 
Clark,  waiter  and  searcher  at  Blyth's  Nook,  and  on  April  3,  Ralph 
Collingwood,  waiter  and  searcher  at  Newcastle,  were  sworn. 

1673.  April  5.  Samuel  Hodskin,  collector,  Oliver  Kearsley, 
searcher,  Robt.  Thompson  and  Thos.  Ridley,  waiters,  searchers  and 
boatmen,  and  on  April  7  Richd.  Potts,  surveyor  and  deputy  comp- 
troller, and  Wm.  Power,  waiter  and  searcher  were  sworn  for  Stockton. 
April  5,  Allan  Wharton,  collector,  Thos.  Wood,  waiter  and  searcher,  and 
Chas.  Fairfax,  deputy  customer  and  comptroller,  were  sworn  for 
Whitby,  also  Thos.  Watson,  deputy  customer  to  Mr.  Barrow  at  Stockton. 
April  7,  Richd.  Miles,  waiter  and  searcher,  and  Jos.  Speeding,  deputy 
customer  and  comptroller  were  sworn  for  Hartlepool. 

1676.  June  3.  Custom  House,  London.  Gentlemen.  By  the 
direction  of  Sir  Edmond  Turner  (who  is  lately  come  to  town)  I  am  to 
acquaint  you  that  one  Capt.  John  Wetwang,  an  eminent  commander 
in  the  fleet  in  the  late  Dutch  war,  using  great  endeavours  to  obtain  a 
patent  for  the  making  of  all  merchant  bills  of  entry  in  the  port  of 
London  and  the  outports,  and  his  majesty  hath  been  pleased,  being 
willing  to  gratify  him,  to  refer  his  petition  to  the  lord  treasurer,  who 
hath  referred  it  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Customs,  and  they  have 
reported  against  it,  to  which  report  the  petitioner  hath  made  reply  and 
delivered  it  to  lord  .  .  .  which  is  sent  also  to  the  Commissioners  to 
consider  of,  thereupon  all  the  clerks  of  the  house  have  addressed  them- 
selves by  petition  to  the  Commissioners  to  appear  in  their  behalf,  and 
the  principal  patent  officers  in  London  have  likewise  drawn  up  a  petition 
which  they  intend  to  present  to  his  majesty,  setting  forth  their  right 
against  the  said  patent.  Now,  if  you  think  fit  to  draw  up  your  reasons 
also  against  it,  which  must  be  speedily,  and  direct  them  to  Sir  Edmond 
Turner,  he  will  appear  in  your  behalf  as  shall  be  best  thought  fit. 
Gentlemen,  your  humble  servant,  Philip  Marsh, 


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OF    THE 


SOCIETY    OF   ANTIQUARIES 


OF    NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. 


3    SEB.,  VOL.  III.  1908.  NO.     16 

The  ninety-fifth  anniversary  meeting  of  the  Society  was  held  in  the 
library  of  the  Castle,  Newcastle,  on  Wednesday,  the  twenty-ninth  day 
of  January,  1908,  at  two  o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  Mr.  F.  W.  Dendy,  one 
of  the  vice-presidents,  in  the  unavoidable  absence  of  the  president, 
being  in  the  chair. 

Several  ACCOUNTS,  recommended  by  the  Council  for  payment,  were 
ordered  to  be  paid. 

The  Secretary  (Mr.  Blair)  read  a  letter  from  the  duke  of  Northumber- 
land, the  president,  expressing  regret  at  his  inability  to  take  the  chair 
in  consequence  of  his  having  to  be  present  at  the  opening  of  parliament 
to-day.  Mr.  Welford,  a  vice-president,  also  expressed  regret  at  being 
absent,  owing  to  illness. 

The  following  OBDINABY  MEMBEBS  were  proposed  and  declared  duly 
elected  : — 

i.  Emily  S.  Gayner  (Miss),  Beech  Holm,  Sunderland. 
ii.  Richard  Bulmer  Hepple,  3  Meldon  Terrace,  South  Shields, 
iii.  William  Hutton  Lishman,  3  Victoria  Square,  Newcastle, 
iv.  J.  H.  Reah,  Newlands,  Gosforth,  Newcastle. 
The  following  NEW  BOOKS,  etc.,  were  placed  on  the  table  : — 
Presents,  for  which  thanks  were  voted : — 

From  the  author,  Mr.  George  W.  Bain : — '  Early  Days  of  Banking  in 
Sunderland '  (overprint  from  the  Sunderland  Antiquarian  Society's 
Proceedings). 

From  the  Barrow  Naturalists  Field  Club  : — Proceedings,  xvin,  8vo. 
From  Mr.  Edward  Wooler,  F.S.A. : — Proceedings  of  the  Darlington 

and  Teesdale  Naturalists  Field  Club,  I,  8vo. 

From  Mr.  Wm.  Robertson  Heatley  : — Archaeologia  Aeliana,  2  ser., 
xxin,  ii ;  several  numbers  and  plates  of  Proceedings ;  pages  1 69  to 
end  with  title  page  and  preface  of  the  Register  of  Elsdon ;  Report  of 
the  Joint  Meeting  of  the  Royal  Archaeological  Institute  and  of  the 
Society  of  Antiquaries  at  Newcastle-upon-Tyne,  August  5th  to  13th,  1884- 
From  the  Rev.  E.  B.  Hicks,  the  author : — The  Virgin  Mary  Hospital 

and  St.  Mary's  Church,  Newcastle,  sm.  8vo.,  cl. 
From  Robert  Blair  : — The  Antiquary  for  Dec.,  1907,  and  Jan.  and 

Feb.,  1908. 

From  Mr.  J.  J.  Hogg  of  Norton  and  59,  Elm  Park  Gardens,  London, 
S.W.  (per  Rev.  J.  T.  Fowler  of  Durham) :— The  following  books  and 
MSS.  relating  to  the  county  of  Durham: — (i)  Durham  Poll  Book, 
Newc.  1761,  The  Poll,  Durham,  1761,  Durham  Poll  Book,  Newc.  1762, 
with  many  MS.  additions,  bound  in  one  volume,  (ii)  General  View 
of  the  Agriculture  of  the  County  of  Durham,  by  Jos.  Granger,  London, 
1794,  4to.  pp.  28  and  73,  map  and  tables,  not  bound.  (iii)  A 

[Proc.,  3  Ser.,  ill,  24.]    : 


158 

Particular,  and  Conditions  of  Sale,  of  Manor,  Castle  and  Park  of 
Brancepeth,  1733,  fo.  pp.  15,  with  maps  and  tables,  not  bound, 
(iv)  Book  of  Rates  for  co.  Durham ;  fo.  bound,  (v)  Election 
Addresses,  Squibs,  etc.,  circa  1761 ;  8  or  9  loose  sheets. 

Special  thanks  were  voted  to  Mr.  Hogg  for  his  gift. 
Exchanges : — 

From  the  British  Archaeological  Association: — Journal,  xin,  iii,  8vo. 

From  the  Royal  Archaeological  Institute  : — The  Archaeological 
Journal,  XLIV,  no.  256,  8vo. 

From  the  Sussex  Archaeological  Society  : — Archaeological  Collec- 
tions, L,  cloth. 

From  the  Thoresby  Society  : — Miscellanea,  xv,  ii. 

From  the  British  School  at  Rome  : — Papers,  iv,  8vo,  Jcl 

From  the  Cambrian  Archaeological  Association  : — Archaeologia 
Cambrensis,  vin,  i,  8vo. 

From  the  Yorkshire  Archaeological  Society  : — The  Yorkshire  Archae- 
ological Journal,  pt.  76  (xix,  iv),  8vo. 

From  '  La  Societe  d'Archeologie  de  Bruxelles'  : — Annales,  xxi,  iii 
and  iv,  8vo. 

From  'La  Societe  Archeologique  de  Namur'  : — (i)  Annales,  xxv,  iv  : 
(ii)  Rapport  sur  la  Situation  de  la  Societe  en  1906,  8vo.  ;  and  (iij 
Introduction. 

Purchases  : — Jahrbuch  des  Kaiserlich  Deutschen  Archdologischen 
Instituts,  xxn,  iii,  and  Mitteilungen,  xxii,  i  and  ii ;  The  Registers  of 
Bruton,  Somerset  (Par.  Reg.  Soc.) ;  The  Victoria  History  of  the  County 
of  Durham,  n  ;  The  Official  Year  Book  of  the  Scientific  and  Learned 
Societies  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland,  1906-7  ;  A  History  of  English 
Furniture,  in,  xv  ;  The  Oxford  English  Dictionary  (Plat  to  Premious), 
vn  ;  Notes  and  Queries,  10th  series,  nos.  205-213  and  Index  to  vol. 
vin  ;  The  Reliquary,  xiv,  no.  i  ;  The  Scottish  Historical  Review  for 
Jan.  1908,  no.  18  (v,  ii),  8vo.  ;  The  Pedigree  Register,  i,  no.  3  ; 
Gomme's  Index  of  Archaeological  Papers,  1665-1^90  :  The  Rev.  E.  A. 
Downman's  original  drawings  of  earthworks  in  Northampton- 
shire, 32  in  all,  with  title  page,  preface,  and  list  of  contents. 
[The  plans  are  of  Ermine  Street,  Irchester,  Borough  Hill,  Rains- 
borough,  Burnt  Walls,  Castle  Dykes  '  Camp',  Hunsbury,  Castle 
Dykes,  Lilbourne  Castle,  Sibbertoft  Castle  Yard,  Fotheringhay 
Castle,  Clifford  Hill.  Towcester  Bury  Mount,  Lilbourne  Hill  Ground, 
Wollaston,  Earl's  Barton,  Preston  Capes,  Long  Buckby,  Peter- 
borough Toothill,  Culworth  Castle,  Great  Cransley  Mound,  Sulgrave 
Castle,  Alderton  Mount,  Rothersthorpe  Berry,  Braybrook  Castle, 
Hinton  Manor  House,  Barnwell  S.  Andrew,  Steane  Manor  House, 
Barton  Seagrave,  Eversley  Old  Town,  Titchmarsh  Castle,  and  East 
Farndon  Hall  Close.] 

DONATIONS    TO    THE    MUSEUM. 

The  following  were  announced  and  thanks  voted  to  the  donors  : — 
From  Dr.  T.  M.  Allison  : — A  pair  of  Basque  '  Lias'  or  Hand  Ploughs, 
f  Dr.  Allison  read  the  following  note : — '  I  owe  these  interesting 
implements  to  the  courtesy  of  M.  A.  Etchats  of  Bilbao,  who  very 
kindly  procured  me  a  pair  made  by  the  village  blacksmith,  and  in  iise 
at  the  time  (Novem.  1907).  The  '  lia '  or  '  lai '  (lyah)  is  a  square-topped 
iron  fork.  It  has  two  chisel-like  prongs  1ft.  lOin.  long,  l^in.  broad, 
and  4in.  apart.  These  are  connected  by  a  horizontal  iron  bar.  The 
handle,  however,  is  not  in  the  centre  of  this  bar,  but  at  the  corner,  the 
outer  prong  being  continued  to  form  a  Gin.  iron  socket.  Into  this  is 
fitted  a  wooden  handle  projecting  about  the  same  distance.  The  tools 


•I 


159 


thus  resemble  elongated  parallelograms,  open  at  the  bottom,  with  a 
handle  at  the  outer  corner,  i.e.  they  are  right-handed  and  left-handed 
implements.     The    prongs    are    slightly,    and    the    handles    distinctly 
curved  forward,  so  that  the  front  is  somewhat  concave.     The  weight  is 
considerable,  the  two  implements  scaling  together  some  nineteen  pounds. 
They  are  used  in  the  following  way.     A  '  lia  '  is  taken  in  either  hand, 
the  handles  being  outermost,  and  the  tools  are  raised  high  in  the  air. 
Then  they  are  'jabbed'   forcibly  into  the  ground  and  worked  into  the 
soil.     Next  they  are  simultaneously  levered  backward.     Then  with  the 
right  foot,  the  right  tool  is  pushed  (like  a  spade)  under  the  sod,  whilst 
the  other  lia  is  placed  in  the  furrow  by  hand.     Then  lastly  a  combined 
levering  movement  takes  place  forward,  and  the  soil  is  turned  over,  the 
sod  being  often  pressed  down  by  the  foot.     This  method  of  ploughing 
effects  its  purpose  from  behind  forwards,  whilst  the  plough  of  course 
turns  over  its  work  laterally  or  sideways.     I  should  say  that  four  men 
with  '  lias '   would  plough  almost  as  much  land  as  a  man  and  woman 
working  with  two  oxen,  the  second  method  of  tillage  in  the  Basque 
provinces.     The  latter  method  is  of    course  much   the  less  laborious. 
But,  in  early  November,  it  is  a  pretty  sight  to  see  a  Basque  farmer  and 
his  wife  (the  latter  with  lighter  tools)  working  side  by  side  (as  in  the  plate 
facing  page  158).     Sometimes  a  row  of  four  may  be  seen  preparing  the 
land  for  maize,  for  which  the  '  lia '  is  specially  employed,  and  it  is  most 
interesting  to  watch  these  handsome  Basques,  with  their  refined  features 
and  sturdy  frames,  wielding  the  eight  implements  in  perfect  time,  and 
turning  over  a  long  continuous  sod,  hour  after  hour,  with  almost  machine- 
like  precision.      Speaking  generally  the  Basques  may  be  said  to  inhabit 
the  beautiful  hill  country,  stretching  from  Bayonne  in  France  to  Bilbao 
in  Spain,  and  the  '  lia '  seems  almost  exclusive  confined  to  this  region, 
i.e.  it  appears  to  be  a  purely  Basque  agricultural  implement.'] 
From  Mr.   T.  J.   Bell    of 
Cleadon  :  —  Four    Scot- 
tish communion  tokens 
of  lead  (shewn  in  the  an- 
nexed illustrations  from 
drawings  by  Mr.  Henry 
Clarke  of  North  Shields). 
Three    of  them  are 
square  in  form,   one  is 
inscribed  E   |   1792,  the 
other  two,  of  Dairy,  are 
inscribed    on    one    side 
A  C   |   DALRE   |    1790, 
and  on  the  other  Mr  | 
J    C ;     and    the    fourth, 
heart-shaped,  is  inscrib- 
ed  on  one   side  K  •  K 
for  Kirkurd,  and  on  the 
other  1761.     A  C  on  the 
second  token  stands  for 
'  Associated     Congrega- 
tions.'    See  an  interest- 
ing article  on  the  '  Com- 
munion Tokens   of   the 
South-Eas  tern  Border  of 
Scotland,'  with  illustra- 
tion^, by  the  Rev.   Dr. 
Paul,  in  the   Trans,  of 


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the  Berwicksh.  Nat.  Club, 
vol,  xvi,  p.  109. 
From  Mr.  R.  Oliver  Heslop, 
F.S.A.  (one  of  the  secre- 
taries) : — A  round  commu- 
nion token  of  lead  fin.  in 
diameter  (shewn  in  illustra- 
tion 4),  used  by  communi- 
cants at  Birdhope  Craig  Presbyterian  church  in  Redesdale.  It 
bears  on  one  side  the  letters  I  C  for  John  Chisholm  the  minister, 
and  B  C  for  Birdhope  Craig,  and  on  the  other  the  date  1724. 

EXHIBITED  : — 

By  Mr.  O.  J.  Charlton,  LL.B.  : — A  silver  tankard  5^in.  high  by  Sin. 
in  diam.  at  base  and  4in.  at  mouth,  not  later  than  1670  and  pro- 
bably c.  1 660.  Straight  sided  ;  flat  topped  lid,  projecting  over  sides  ; 
thumb  piece ;  handle  ;  round  the  base  and  twice  across  the  handle 
runs  a  band  of  wavy  ornament,  identical  with  that  round  the  top 
of  a  tankard  in  the  possession  of  Mr.  Taylor  of  Chipchase,  the  maker 
of  which  was  William  Ramsey  (Arch.  Ael.,  xxi,  p.  34,  catalogue 
no.  118).  Marks:  a  single  castle  in  a  plain  die,  twice  on  the  lid 
and  twice  on  the  side  near  the  handle ;  traces  of  two  other  marks 
remain  on  the  side  and  o/  one  on  the  handle.  On  the  front  is  en 
graved  (c.  1750)  a  coat  of  arms,  a  chevron  between  three  hawks  (?) 
heads  erased ;  crest  on  a  hawking  glove  a  hawk  displayed  The 
birds  may  be  pigeons ;  below,  two  boughs  crossed. 

By    Mr.    W.     H. 

Knowles,F.S.A.:— 

A  fine  set  of  photo- 
graphs, drawings, 

plans,  etc.,  of  the 

remains  discovered 

at   Corsto'pitum 

during   the  season 

of  1907.    They  will 

be  used  in  illus- 
trating the  forth- 
coming report  of 

the  Excavation 

Committee. 
By    Dr.    Allison:  — 

Three  photographs 

taken    by    himself 

shewing  the  mode 

of  using  the  handi 

plough  (lia)  among1 

the  Basques  in 

North  Spain.  Three 

different    positions 

( see    plate    facing 

p.  158). 
By  Mr.  T.  J.  Bell:  — 

A    bronze    stirrup 

origin. 


Sin.   high 


Asiatic 


Proe.  Sue.  Antitj_.  Newc.,  3  ser.,  in. 


To  face  page  160 


LATE    KELTIC    FIBULA. 

About  full  size.     Found  in  the  Roman  Camp,  South  Shields. 
In  the  '  Blair  Collection,'  Blackgate  Museum,  Newcastle. 


BILVKK   TANKARD   OF   NEWCASTLE    MAKE,    C.    1660    (oi-in.  high).    (See  opposite  page). 


From  photographs  by  Mr.  Parker  Brewis. 


161 


By  R.  Blair  (one  of  the  secretaries)  : — A 
rubbing  of  a  pre-reformation  bell  re- 
stored to  Sadberge  church,  co.  Durham. 
It  bears  the  inscription  '  [cross]  Sancta 
[shield  on  which  3  bells]  Maria  or'. 

Mr.  Blair  said  : — 'In  1888  when  I  visited 
Sadberge  church  and  described  the  commu- 
nion plate  (Proc.  2  ser.,  in,  290),  I  stated  that 
there  were  two  modern  bells  in  the  turret  at 
the  west  end.  In  this  I  was  mistaken,  as 
the  rector  informs  me  that  one  of  the  bells, 
that  on  the  north,  is  pre-reformation,  and 
bears  an  invocation  to  St.  Laurence  ;  the 
other,  however,  is  modern.  There  appears 
to  have  been  a  second  pre-reformation  bell 
in  the  bell- cot,  which,  on  account  of  its 
cracked  condition,  had  been  discarded  and 
sold.  My  attention  haveng  been  drawn  to 
this  by  a  paragraph  in  the  recently  printed 
volume  of  Proceedings  for  7  February,  1899 
(p.  18),  of  the  Darlington  Naturalists  Club, 
in  which  it  was  stated  that  Mr.  Lear,  a 
member,  had  rescued  the  bell  when  sold 
to  him  '  for  old  metal  some  years  before, 
and  had  presented  it  to  the  rector  for 
restoration  to  the  church.'  I  went  over 
to  Sadberge  in  company  with  my  friend 
Mr.  Wooler,  and  found  the  bell  securely 
fixed  in  the  vestry  at  the  west  end  of  the 
church.  It  is  16in.  high  to  the  shoulder, 
and  15in.  diameter  at  the  mouth.  The 
bell  is  a  good  shape,  with  the  inscriptions 
in  black  letter.  The  letters,  which  are 
badly  formed  and  spaced,  are  reversed. 
A  shield  charged  with  three  bells  (2  and  1) 
is  between  Sancta  and  Maria.  It  is  similar 
to  the  shield  on  one  of  the  Pittington  bells 
(Proc.  in,  247),  and  is  said  to  be  the  mark 
of  the  bell-founder,  Richard  Pette.  The 
initial  cross,  which  is  floreated,  is  different 
from  any  on  the  Pittington  bells,  as  are 
the  Lombardic  capitals.  Beyond  a  doubt 
these  two  bells  are  those  referred  to  in 
Edward  vi's  inventory,  where  the  entry  is 
'the  chapell  of  Sadberge,  two  bells  in  the 
stepill  there.' 

The  church  is  situate  on  an  elevated 
mound  which  apparently  has  had  a  ditch 
on  all  its  four  sides. 

In  the  village,  now  used  as  a  butcher's 
shop,  is  a  curious  barrel-vaulted  building, 
which  is  said  to  have  been  the  '  kitty '  or 
lock-up. 

By : — A   small 

handbill  announcing  an  entertainment  in 

the  Castle,  Newcastle,  on  the  eve  of  the 

Great  Fire  of  1854. 


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*  BEDE'S  WELL,'  MONKTON. 

The  secretary  (Mr.  Blair)  read  the  following  letter  from  Mr.  J.  Reav- 
ley,  clerk  to  the  Monkton  parish  Council,  dated  22nd  January,  1908 : — 

I  am  desired  by  the  above  Council  to  ask  for  the  support  of  the  members  of 
your  Society  in  their  endeavour  to  preserve  this  ancient  well  and  to  raise  the 
sum  of  200£.  for  the  purpose.  During  the  last  few  years  the  condition  of  the 
well  has  gradually  got  worse,  and  unless  something  is  done,  it  will  shortly  be 
completely  destroyed.  The  proposals  of  preservation  are  of  the  simplest,  viz., 
to  rail  or  wall  in  the  small  piece  of  ground  upon  which  the  well  is  situate, 
adequately  prevent  pollution  from  a  burn  running  alongside,  and  protect  tbe 
well  with  a  stone  shelter.  Estimates  for  this  work  amount  to  the  before- 
mentioned  sum.  May  1,  therefore,  appeal  to  the  members  of  the  Society  to 
assist  in  retaining  this  relic  of  past  ages.  Trusting  you  will  lay  this  letter  before 
the  next  meeting. 

The  Rev.  G.  Pybus  of  Jarrow,  in  supporting  the  letter^said  the  well 
was  very  much  older  than  Christianity  in  this  country.  It  became 
Christianised  by  association  with  the  name  of  Bede,  and  since  then  had 
become  almost  civilized  out  of  existence  by  association  with  the  slag 
heap.  The  Palmer  Company  were  now  doing  their  part  in  keeping  the 
slag  away  from  it,  but  it  was  necessary  to  do  something  further  to 
preserve  the  well  from  obliteration.  Lord  Northbourne  was  gener- 
ously supporting  the  scheme. 

HALTWHISTLE-BURN    CAMP. 

Mr.  J.  P.  Gibson  made  an  interesting  statement  with  regard  to  the 
excavation  work  of  Mr.  F.  Gerald  Simpson  at  Halt  whistle- burn  camp. 
This  camp,  he  remarked,  was  not  absolutely  on  the  Roman  Wall  ;  it 
had  apparently  been  built  before  the  Wall.  Something  like  six  months' 
work  had  been  put  in,  and  the  camp  had  turned  out  to  be  one  of 
Agricola's  time.  There  was  a  pretorium  and  a  buttressed  building,  and 
also  gateways  of  a  peculiar  character  such  as  had  never  been  seen  in 
England  before.  A  special  interest  lay  in  it  from  the  fact  that  there  were 
squared  stones  outside,  and  rubble  covered  with  an  earthen  rampart 
inside.  Apparently,  when  Hadrian  came  to  build  the  Wall,  the  squared 
stones  of  the  camp  were  taken  down  and  the  rubble  left.  Arrangements 
had  been  come  to  with  Mrs.  Clayton  by  which  she  had  appointed  Mr. 
Simpson  as  the  custodian  of  the  five  camps  on  her  estate,  and  he  (Mr. 
Gibson)  hoped  the  sub-committee  would  be  able  to  make  arrangements 
by  which  other  lengths  of  the  Wall  would  be  put  in  his  charge.  He 
thought  that  was,  perhaps,  the  most  important  move  thej  had  made  in 
connexion  with  the  Wall  for  many  years. 

ANNUAL    REPORT,    ETC.,    FOR    1907. 

The  report  was  then  taken  as  read.     It  is  as  follows  : — 
Your  Council  present  their  ninety-fifth  annual  report  to  the  members 
of  the  Society. 

The  monthly  meetings  held  in  the  Castle  throughout  the  year  have 
been  from  time  to  time  of  a  specially  interesting  character.  At  the 
August  meeting  Professor  Haverfield  gave  an  interim  report  on  the 
excavations  conducted  at  Corstopitum  during  the  summer ;  and  at  a 
special  meeting  Mr.  C.  L.  Woolley  recapitulated  the  results  obtained  up 
to  September  13th. 

The  following  country  meetings  have  also  been  held  : — 

On  May  30th,  a  whole  day  was  devoted   to   visits  which  included 

Aycliffe    church,  ^Heighington    church,    Shackleton    camp,    Thornton 

hall,  Legs  cross,  and  Darlington  church.       At  Heighington^the  Rev. 

H.  D.  Jackson  gave  an  account  of  the  church.     The  other  places  and 


163 

points  of  interest  were  described  by  our  member,  Mr.  E.  Wooler,  F.S.A., 
who  acted  as  guide  and  expositor  throughout. 

On  June  6th,  Haltwhistle-burn  camp  was  visited,  when  members 
examined  excavations  made  there  chiefly  at  the  expense  of  our  member, 
Mr.  F.  Gerald  Simpson,  and  under  his  personal  direction  in  conjunction 
with  Mr.  J.  P.  Gibson.  The  excellent  work  carried  out  by  Mr.  Simpson 
has  added  another  and  important  link  to  the  knowledge  of  Roman  field 
work  and  of  the  methods  practised  by  the  legionaries  in  securing  and 
protecting  their  advance. 

Another  meeting  was  held  at  Hexham,  on  the  afternoon  of  July  24th, 
for  the  purpose  of  visiting  the  new  nave  of  the  priory  church,  now  in 
course  of  construction.  Members  were  received  by  the  Rev.  Canon 
Savage,  and  were  conducted  round  by  our  colleague,  Mr.  C.  C.  Hodges, 
who  delivered  an  address  in  which  he  surveyed  the  history  of  the  site, 
described  the  church  of  St.  Wilfrid,  showed  its  connexion  with  the 
existing  structure,  and  pointed  out  the  discoveries  made  during  building 
operations  for  the  new  nave. 

A  fourth  meeting  was  called  for  Ladykirk  and  Norham  on  September 
llth.  Driving  from  Berwick  the  large  company  halted  near  Gainslaw 
House,  where  they  were  received  and  entertained  by  Sir  Gainsford  and 
Lady  Bruce.  At  Ladykirk  church  they  were  met  by  the  minister,  the 
Rev.  W.  J.  Moodie,  who  described  the  church,  probably  the  last  pre- 
reformation  structure  erected  in  Scotland.  Re-crossing  the  Tweed  the 
church  and  castle  of  Norham  were  visited.  At  the  former  the  vicar, 
the  Rev.  A.  B.  Stogdon,  recounted  its  history  and  described  the  various 
objects  of  interest  in  the  church.  At  Norham  castle  members  were 
received  by  Sir  Hubert  Jerningham,  whose  historical  and  architectural 
account  of  the  famous  border  stronghold  was  listened  to  with  great 
interest.  Sir  Hubert  then  conducted  the  party  to  Longridge  Towers, 
where  his  remarkable  collection  of  works  of  art  was  examined  with  keen 
appreciation.  After  tea  had  been  served  and  thanks  rendered  to  the 
generous  host  the  party  returned  to  Berwick.  . 

The  fifth  meeting  was  held  on  September  13th,  when  the  site  of 
Corstopitum  was  visited.  It  had  been  intended  that  the  excavations, 
about  to  be  suspended  for  the  season,  should  be  viewed  by  our  society 
in  conjunction  with  the  members  of  the  Cumberland  and  Westmorland 
Society,  to  whom  it  had  been  decided  to  send  a  cordial  invitation. 
Unfortunately  the  fusion  of  the  two  societies  was  frustrated  by  difficulty 
caused  by  the  times  of  the  train  service  east  and  west,  with  the  result 
that  as  our  members  arrived  they  found  their  Cumbrian  friends  in  the 
act  of  leaving.  Mr.  C.  L.  Wooley  and  Mr.  R.  H.  Forster  guided  the 
party,  and  most  kindly  repeated  the  description  to  our  members  already 
given  by  them  that  day  to  their  earlier  visitors. 

The  exploration  of  Corstopitum,  originated  by  our  member,  Mr.  H. 
H.  E.  Craster,  has  been  one  of  the  most  prominent  features  of  interest  in 
the  past  year.  The  organization  of  a  special  committee  of  widely 
representative  character,  referred  to  in  our  last  report,  was  undertaken 
by  Mr.  W.  H.  Knowles,  who,  in  association  with  our  own  members,  has 
succeeded  in  enlisting  members  of  other  learned  societies,  of  the  univer- 
sities, as  well  as  eminent  archaeologists  representative  of  the  kingdom 
generally.  His  Grace,  the  Duke  of  Northumberland,  acts  as  president. 
The  plateau  on  which  Corstopitum  is  situated  was  occupied  in  Roman 
times  by  buildings  extending  over  22  acres,  and  it  is  the  intention  of  the 
committee  to  continue  a  systematic  prosecution  of  the  work,  year  by 
year,  in  expectation  that  in  five  seasons  it  may  be  possible  to  unearth 
the  entire  area.  Mr.  Knowles,  as  honorary  secretary,  has  received  a 
gratifying  response  to  his  widely  circulated  appeal  for  funds,  and  a  sum 


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of  £1700  has  been  already  subscribed  towards  the  cost,  which  is  esti- 
mated to  reach  £2000. 

The  operations  of  the  past  year  began  on  July  10th,  when  Mr.  C.  L. 
Wooley  again  undertook  to  supervise  the  work  on  the  spot.  This  was 
aided  by  Professor  Haverfield,  who  took  up  his  residence  in  the 
neighbourhood,  and  excavations  proceeded  continuously  until  October 
12th.  Mr.  R.  H.  Forster  also  devoted  himself  to  the  work,  living  on  the 
spot  and  aiding  assiduously  from  first  to  last.  The  survey  of  the  great 
bridge,  the  location  of  its  northern  land-abutment,  and  the  identification 
of  the  road-line  from  this  point  northward,  have  specially  devolved 
upon  Mr.  Forster  ;  whilst  the  onerous  task  of  preparing  plans  of  the 
whole  of  the  excavated  places  has  been  carried  out  by  Mr.  Knowles 

One  of  the  objects  sought  is  to  ascertain  and  demonstrate  the  relation 
of  the  Roman  highway  to  the  town  in  its  course  through  or  round 
Corstopitum.  It  is  evident  that  the  place  acquired  importance  in 
Roman  times,  largely  from  its  situation  on  the  line  of  this  great  thorough- 
fare ;  a  special  value  therefore  is  attached  to  a  knowledge  of  the  precise 
manner  in  which  the  road  was  connected  with  Corstopitum  itself. 
Although  this  yet  remains  to  be  cleared  up,  much  has  been  done  in 
showing  the  road  as  it  left  the  bridge-head  to  ascend  the  slope  beyond. 
Its  exact  route,  from  this  point  northward  will  doubtless  be  traced 
during  the  following  year's  work. 

It  will  be  borne  in  mind  that  systematic  progress  has  been  obliged 
to  conform  to  the  position  of  growing  crops.  This  subserviency  has 
more  or  less  interfered  with  the  direction  and  character  of  the  excava- 
tions. So  far,  only  the  fringe  of  the  town  has  been  disclosed.  Yet 
a  general  statement  of  the  year's  work  sufficiently  indicates  how 
much  real  progress  has  been  made  in  the  heavy  task  of  uncovering 
Roman  Corstopitum,  and  how  great  a  light  has  been  already  thrown  on 
the  hitherto  unknown  character  of  its  streets  and  buildings  ;  and  even 
at  this  stage  it  is  evident  that  the  considerations  urged  by  Mr.  Craster 
at  the  outset  of  the  undertaking  have  been  fully  justified  by  the  know- 
ledge thus  obtained.  For  we  now  know  that  Corstopitum  was  not  an 
ordinary  military  post,  but  rather  a  town  which  must  have  included  a 
considerable  population,  pervaded,  doubtless,  by  military  elements, 
but  having  the  characteristics  of  a  place  laid  out  and  built  as  a  town. 
We  know,  in  addition,  that  its  buildings  were  massive  and  important, 
and  that  they  bear  the  marks  of  devastation  and  of  successive  repairs 
as  striking  evidence  of  the  vicissitudes  undergone  by  their  occupants  in 
Roman  times.  Yet,  even  so,  these  ruins  preserve  the  traces  of  tho 
town's  ancient  state.  Its  walls  in  later  times  have  been  freely  plun- 
dered and  used  as  a  quarry  of  dressed  stone  ready  to  hand,  and  this 
material  may  be  identified  as  it  has  been  built  up  again  in  the  structures 
of  Anglian,  medieval,  and  later  dates  in  churches,  mills,  and  houses  at 
Corbridge,  Dilston,  Hexham,  and  elsewhere  in  the  neighbourhood.  In 
Corstopitum  itself  the  foundations  of  its  impoverished  buildings  fortu- 
nately remain,  so  that  its  character  and  plan  may  be  recovered  as  the 
work  of  uncovering  proceeds  ;  and  among  the  debris,  as  the  past  year's 
results  demonstrate,  there  lie  carved  and  inscribed  stones,  pottery, 
coins,  and  other  small  objects  of  use  or  ornament,  all  of  them  of  value  in 
adding  links  to  the  chain  of  historical  evidence. 

It  will  be  readily  understood  that  these  excavations  made  in  fields 
under  tillage  could  only  have  been  rendered  possible  by  the  most 
generous  intervention  of  the  owner  of  the  land,  and  by  the  concurrence 
and  assistance  of  his  tenant.  Captain  Cuthbert  as  proprietor,  has 
not  only  afforded  facilities  and  followed  them  with  substantial  and 
characteristic  generosity,  but  has  added  the  influence  of  his  own  keen 


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personal  interest  in  the  undertaking.  Captain  Cuthbert  has  throughout 
placed  not  ourselves  only  but  all  who  are  interested  in  the  advancement 
of  learning  under  a  lasting  obligation. 

Mention  has  already  been  made  of  the  visit  of  our  members  to  Halt- 
whistle-burn  camp  and  of  the  excavations  examined  on  that  occasion. 
These  operations  present  points  of  contrast  with  the  work  at  Cor- 
stopitum  of  so  marked  a  character  as  to  enhance  greatly  the  value  of  their 
achievement.  Corstopitum  has  been  despoiled  from  time  to  time,  and 
its  site  has  long  been  under  the  plough  ;  Haltwhistle-burn,  as  far  as  is 
known,  is  a  hitherto  unopened  camp.  The  one  has  been  the  residence 
of  a  civil  population  ;  the  other  has  been  of  purely  military  character. 
The  greater  town  was  situated  upon  the  main  line  of  communication  in 
Roman  times,  and  was  a  posting  station  on  the  Watling  Street  ;  the 
other  was  a  typical  field-work  commanding  the  defile  on  the  east  of 
Aesica  and  lying  on  the  Stanegate.  The  excavation  of  Corstopitum  is 
the  work  of  a  wide-spread  organization  ;  the  work  at  Haltwhistle-burn 
camp  was  undertaken  firstly  at  the  expense  of  our  colleague,  Mr.  F. 
Gerald  Simpson,  under  his  personal  charge  whilst  living  upon  the  spot. 
With  the  assistance  of  Mr.  J.  P.  Gibson,  and  with  skilled  men,  a 
very  large  amount  of  excavation  was  rapidly  effected,  and  carried 
out  in  a  workmanlike  manner.  Sections  were  made  in  the  ramparts 
and  through  the  Stanegate  ;  the  inner  face  of  the  north  rampart  was 
cleared  from  end  to  end  ;  the  eastern  gateway  was  opened  out  and  a 
trench  driven  from  it  to  the  western  rampart.  Besides  this  an  area 
within  the  gateway  was  cleared  and  the  remains  of  foundation  walls 
followed.  Subsidiary  camps  in  the  neighbourhood  were  also  examined 
and  a  so-called  turret,  on  the  Roman  Wall  beyond,  was  cleared  and 
found  to  be  a  shieling  constructed  in  later  times  of  the  material  from 
the  Wall.  The  work  has  been  further  developed  in  conjunction  with 
the  Excavation  Committee  of  our  Society,  operations  being  continued 
till  late  in  the  year.  Towards  the  extra  cost  thus  incurred  several 
subscribers  contributed,  and  our  societv  unanimously  voted  a  donation 
of  £10. 

In  these  extended  operations  the  whole  area  of  the  camp  has  been 
carefully  trenched  ;  a  building,  supposed  to  be  the  Pretorium,  has  been 
found  and  examined ;  and  a  large  oven  has  been  discovered,  partially 
built  into  the  north-eastern  angle  of  the  rampart  of  the  camp.  The 
Excavation  Committee  is  to  be  congratulated  on  having  demonstrated 
the  character  of  this  interesting  camp.  It  gives  us  one  of  the  instances 
of  the  careful  manner  in  which  the  Roman  army  secured  its  advance  into 
a  hostile  country,  and  indicates  the  quality  of  the  soldiery  who  were  able 
to  handle  spade  and  trowel  and  axe  with  as  great  a  dexterity  as  sword 
and  buckler  and  spear,  and  it  is  due  to  Mr.  Simpson  that  our  society 
should  record  its  special  appreciation  of  his  excellent  work. 

With  the  beginning  of  the  past  year  a  third  volume  of  the  third  series 
of  the  Proceedings  of  the  society  was  commenced,  and  156  pages  with 
numerous  plates  have  been  issued.  Besides  this  the  index  to  volume 
two  has  been  completed.  A  volume  of  Archaeologia  Aeliana,  the  third 
volume  of  the  third  series,  has  also  been  published.  It  consists  of  pp. 
xlvi,  381,  with  seven  plates  and  plans,  and  numerous  illustrations  in 
the  text.  By  resolution  of  the  Council  the  editor's  name  is  now 
printed  on  the  title  page.  Although  the  name  of  Mr.  Robert  Blair 
appears  in  this  way  for  the  first  time,  his  appointment  as  honorary 
editor  was  made  in  1882.  Since  that  date  twenty  volumes  and  an 
index  volume  of  Archaeologia  Aeliana  and  twelve  volumes  of  Proceedings, 
besides  minor  issues,  have  been  published,  all  of  them  under  the  sole 
editorship  of  Mr.  Blair.  The  twenty-fifth  year  of  such  a  record  was 

[Proc.,  SSer.,  ill,  25.] 


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commemorated  by  a  presentation  at  our  July  meeting,  and  your  Council 
would  here  add  their  testimony  to  the  remarkable  service  rendered 
throughout  so  long  a  period  by  our  senior  secretary  and  editor. 

In  the  volume  of  Archaeologia  Aeliana  recently  issued,  bibliography 
forms  a  prominent  feature.  This  subject  is  represented  by  Mr.  R.  W. 
Ramsey's  '  Kepier  Grammar  School  and  its  Library,'  and  by  the 
important  treatise  on  '  Early  Newcastle  Typography,  1639-1800,'  by 
Mr.  Richard  Welford.  The  notices  of  Newcastle  printers  and  the  list  of 
books  from  their  presses  cover  134  pages  of  the  volume,  an  indication  of 
the  comprehensive  and  laborious  character  of  the  work.  Mr.  Welford 
also  communicates  an  article  on  '  Art  and  Archaeology :  The  Three 
Richardsons.'  The  volume  further  contains  contributions  of  a  his- 
torical character  from  Dr.  Bradshaw,  Sir  Gainsford  Bruce,  Messrs. 
H.  H.  E.  Craster  and  J.  Crawford  Hodgson.  Mr.  W.  W.  Tomlinson 
gives  a  biographical  notice  of  our  late  colleague  Mr.  George  Irving, 
and  Commandant  Mowat  records  the  symbol  of  the  second  Roman  legion, 
and  the  survival  of  the  same  symbol  in  modern  military  usage. 
Mr.  C.  L.  Wooley  furnishes  a  provisional  report  on  the  excavations  at 
Corstopitum  in  1906.  Besides  these  there  is  a  valuable  heraldic  paper 
by  Mr.  C.  H.  Blair  upon  '  A  Book  of  North  Country  Arms  of  the  16th 
Century.'  A  full  page  coloured  plate  in  illustration  has  been  added,  at 
the  cost  of  His  Grace,  our  President.  Towards  the  other  illustrations 
Mr.  F.  Raimes  has  contributed.  In  the  importance  of  the  material 
brought  together  and  the  variety  of  subjects  treated  the  volume  may 
compare  favourably  with  its  predecessors. 

The  Northumberland  County  History  Committee,  so  closely  allied 
to  our  Society,  has  published  during  the  past  year  the  eighth  volume  of 
their  great  undertaking.  This  is  '  The  Parish  of  Tynemouth,'  by  our 
colleague  Mr.  H.  H.  E.  Craster. 

The  monastic  foundation  presented  many  perplexities  in  its  relation 
to  the  distant  abbey  to  which  it  was  attached  ;  these  have  been  eluci- 
dated after  indefatigable  research,  and  the  history  of  the  priory  and 
the  castle  have  been  told  by  Mr.  Craster  in  a  narrative  worthy  of  so 
important  a  subject.  The  rise  and  progress  of  the  borough  is  also  a 
matter  of  great  local  interest,  and  this,  with  accounts  of  adjacent 
townships,  is  treated  with  equal  care  and  lucidity.  Of  special  value 
are  the  contributions  to  this  important  volume  by  Mr.  T.  E.  Forster 
on  the  history  of  the  Coal  Trade,  by  Professor  Garwood  on  geological 
features,  and  by  Professor  A.  Meek  on  the  Sea  Fisheries  of  the  district. 

Of  works  published  by  other  members  of  our  Society  in  the  past  year 
'  The  Records  of  the  Northern  Convocation,'  by  the  Very  Rev.  Dean 
Kitchin,  has  been  issued  as  vol.  113  in  the  series  of  the  Surtees  Society. 
It  is  prefaced  by  a  most  valuable  and  recondite  history  of  the  subject 
in  which  the  constitution  of  this  representative  body,  in  its  growth  anc" 
in  its  aspect  to  the  church  and  the  nation,  is  sketched  by  the  accom- 
plished author. 

Your  Council  have  had  their  attention  called  to  the  structural  con- 
dition of  the  Blackgate  by  the  collapse  of  a  portion  of  the  masonry 
after  heavy  rain  in  the  autumn.  A  careful  examination  of  the  building 
has  revealed  the  fact  that  a  very  large  part  of  the  ashlar  joints  has 
completely  decayed,  and  that  much  of  the  old  walling  is  in  a  loose  and 
precarious  state.  A  special  committee  has  been  appointed  to  deal 
with  the  question,  and  the  members  are  already  in  negotiation  wit" 
the  Estate  and  Property  Committee  of  the  City  Council. 

The  reports  of  the  curators  and  librarian  for  the  year  were  taken 
read. 


16? 

The  treasurer  then  read  his  report,  in  which  he  stated  that  the  number 
of  members  was  354,  the  same  as  the  previous  year,  sixteen  members 
having  died,  resigned,  or  been  removed  from  the  roll  during  the  year 
and  sixteen  elected.  The  balance  sheet  showed  a  balance  at  the 
beginning  of  1907  of  159£.  4s.  5d.,  and  a  total  income  for  the  year  of 
542J.  8s.  Od.,  and  expenditure  of  481Z.  15s.  Id.,  leaving  a  balance  at  the 
beginning  of  1908  of  219Z.  17s.  4d.  ;  but  this  balance  will  be  reduced  by 
about  150Z.  when  the  volume  of  Arch.  Aeliana,  just  issued  to  members  for 
last  year,  is  paid  for.  The  capital  invested,  with  dividends,  is  now 
123Z.  2s.  Qd.  The  receipts  were,  from  subscriptions,  365Z.  8s.  Od.  ; 
from  Castle,  1231.  17s.  2d. ;  from  Blackgate,  30Z.  Is.  lOd. ;  and  from  books 
sold,  23Z.  Is.  Qd.  The  Proceedings  have  cost  611.  8s.  10d.,  and  the 
illustrations,  58Z.  14s.  4d.  Books  have  cost,  461.  7s.  4d.  ;  the  Castle, 
962.  10s.  Qd.  ;  and  the  Blackgate,  561.  6s.  3d. 

The  chairman  moved  the  adoption  of  the  reports ;  this,  on  being 
seconded  by  Mr.  Knowles,  was  carried  unanimously. 

Mr.  Heslop  suggested  that  in  future  the  annual  report  might  be 
printed  and  issued  to  members  before  the  meeting,  as  in  many  other 
societies. 

This  was  agreed  to. 

ELECTION    OF    COUNCIL    AND    OFFICERS. 

The  chairman  then  declared  the  following  persons  duly  elected  to  the 
respective  offices  in  terms  of  Statute  V,  which  sets  forth  '  that  if  the 
number  of  persons  nominated  for  any  office  be  the  same  as  the  number 
to  be  elected,  the  person  or  persons  nominated  shall  be  deemed  elected, 
and  shall  be  so  declared  by  the  chairman,'  viz.  : — President  :  The 
Duke  of  Northumberland,  K.G.,  F.S.A.  12  Vice-presidents:  Horatio 
Alfred  Adamson,  Lawrence  W.  Adamson,  LL.D.,  Robert  Coltman 
Clephan,  F.S.A.,  Robert  Richardson  Dees,  Frederick  Walter  Dendy,  the 
Rev.  William  Greenwell,  D.C.L.,  F.S.A.,  &c.,  Francis  J.  Haverfield, 
LL.D.,  F.S.A.,  &c.,  John  Crawford  Hodgson,  F.S.A.,  Thomas  Hodgkin, 
D.C.L.,  F.S.A.,  &c.,  the  Rev.  Henry  Edwin  Savage,  M.A.,  Thomas 
Taylor,  F.S.A.,  and  Richard  Welford,  M.A.  2  Secretaries  :  Robert 
Blair,  F.S.A.,  and  Richard  Oliver  Heslop,  M.A.,  F.S.A.  Treasurer  : 
Robert  Sinclair  Nisbet.  Editor  :  Robert  Blair.  Librarian  :  Charles 
Henry  Blair.  2  Curators  :  W.  Parker  Brewis  and  Richard  Oliver 
Heslop.  2  Auditors  :  Robert  P.  Winter  and  Herbert  Maxwell  Wood, 
B.A.  12  Council  :  Rev.  Cuthbert  Edward  Adamson,  M.A.,  Rev. 
Johnson  Baily,  M.A.,  W.  Parker  Brewis,  Sidney  Story  Carr,  Oswin  J. 
Charlton,  LL.B.,  Walter  Shewell  Corder,  John  Pattison  Gibson,  William 
Henry  Knowles,  F.S.A.,  Matthew  Mackey,  Joseph  Oswald,  Henry 
Taylor  Rutherford,  and  William  Weaver  Tomlinson. 


MISCELLANEA. 

EXTRACTS    FROM    NEWCASTLE    CUSTOM    HOUSE    BOOKS. 

(From  G.  Bouchier  Richardson's  MSS.  in  R.  Welford's  Collections.) 

NATIONALITY    CLAIMS    FOR    NEWCASTLE    SHIPS. 

The  following  letter  from  the  Admiralty  is  addressed  to  the  Custom 
House  authorities  in  Newcastle,  under  date  1677  : — 

'Whereas  upon  the  petition  of  Timor  Davison,  esq.  and  partners  of 
Newcastle,  merchants  (which  I  referred  to  your  examination),  you  have 
reported  unto  me,  by  a  letter  from  your  collector  of  Newcastle,  you  are 


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informed  that  a  French  built  vessel  belonging  to  some  of  your  magis- 
trates and  others  of  that  town,  called  the  «  Hopewell '  of  Newcastle,  not 
made  free  but  belonging  wholly  to  English,  was  upon  her  voyage  from 
Iceland  with  fish,  the  owners  pray  that  they  might  have  licence  to 
deliver  there  (without  paying  duty)  as  for  fish  taken  and  caught  by 
English,  which  if  it  should  be  condescended  to  they  would  deliver  there, 
else  should  be  forced  to  send  for  foreign  parts  ;  that  the  said  vessel  is 
arrived  in  the  said  port  with  her  lading  of  fish,  and  that  it  appears  to 
you  by  the  affidavit  of  Sir  Wm.  Blackett,  baronet,  that  the  said  vessel, 
about  60  tons,  was  sold  by  him,  the  deponent,  for  about  601.  sterling, 
and  the  said  vessel  hath  been  since  fitted  and  sheathed  from  the  keel 
upward  and  fitted  with  sails,  cordage,  etc.,  to  the  owners  charge  a  much 
greater  sum  than  the  first  cost.  And  whereas  I  have  also  received  the 
certificate  of  the  mayor  of  the  said  town  that  the  petitioner,  with 
Aid"  Michael  Blackett,  Edwd.  Carr,  master  and  mariner,  and  Edwd. 
Green,  shipwright,  have  made  oath  that  the  said  vessel  came  into  the 
said  port  by  the  name  of  the  *  Colombe  '  about  Feb.  1675  (having  been 
long  at  sea),  all  shattered,  weatherbeaten  and  eaten  with  worms,  so  that 
she  could  not  trade  nor  put  out  again,  and  was  bought  there  by  the  said 
deponent  for  64Z,  there  being  then  aboard  her  5  guns,  worth  about  147, 
and  that  they  repaired,  amended  and  fitted  her  for  the  Iceland  fishery, 
and  expended  thereon  264Z.  beside  the  first  64Z.  before  the  doing  whereof 
she  was  absolutely  unfit  to  go  to  sea,  and  that  she  doth  solely  and  with- 
out any  manner  of  fraud  belong  to  the  deponents,  no  aliens,  directly  or 
indirectly,  having  any  part  or  share  therein,  so  that  by  all  this  it  appear- 
ing to  me  that  the  said  proprietors  in  repairing  her  have  been  at  almost 
the  charges  of  building  such  a  vessel  new,  and  that  she  is  wholly  English 
property,  I  conceive  she  may  reasonably  be  discharged  of  the  duties 
imposed  by  law  on  fish  imported  in  foreign  vessels  and  direct  you  to 
give  the  necessary  orders  that  she  may  discharge  her  loading  of  fish 
without  payment  of  those  duties,  and  for  so  doing  this  shall  be  your 
warrant.  — D  ANB  Y. 

A  similar  claim  was  made  three  years  later  on  behalf  of  a  ship  named 
the  "William  and  Jane': — Before  George  Morton,  esq.,  mayor  (in  the 
presence  of  John  Douglas,  Newcastle,  notary  public),  on  the  7th  April, 
1680,  Matthew  Dover  of  Newcastle,  master  and  mariner,  aged  24  years 
or  thereabouts,  did  voluntarily  attest  upon  oath  that  about  November, 
1677,  there  was  bought  at  Gothenburg  a  yacht  or  vessel  of  about  50  tons 
burden,  built  for  200Z,  on  account  and  for  the  sole  use  of  Ralph  Fell, 
merchant  of  Newcastle,  as  appeared  by  the  writings  relating  thereto 
now  in  deponent's  custody  ready  to  be  produced,  etc.,  that  since  her 
arrival  in  England  she  hath  been  sold  to  other  owners  who  have  built 
upon  her  and  have  made  part  of  her  keel  anew,  now  decks,  sails,  cable 
ropes  and  cordage  are  put  into  her,  by  reason  whereof  the  present 
owners  have  really  expended  upon  her,  to  the  carpenter  for  timber  and 
planks,  smith,  sailmaker  and  roper  with  workmanship,  etc.,  2521.  Ss.lOd.; 
that  the  owners  are  Sir  Wm.  Blackett,  bart.,  Matt.  Jefferson,  esq.  and 
alderman,  Mr.  Timothy  Robson,  Mr.  Ralph  Fell,  Mr.  Robert  Bower, 
Alice  Ord,  widow,  and  the  deponent  Matthew  Dover,  and  that  the 
vessel  is  English  and  belongs  to  English  owners  and  no  foreigner. 
Vessel's  name  'William  and  Jane,  of  Newcastle.  [The  result  of  this 
application  does  no  appear.] 

OFFICERS    TAKING    OATHS,    ETC. 

1679,  Aug.  2.  Antho.  Whooley,  coalwaiter,  Sunderland.  Aug.  11. 
Ralph  Williamson,  esq.,  comptroller,  as  per  his  patent  shown  to  Mr. 
Antho.  Isaacson.  Sep.  23.  John  Wilson,  waiter  at  Morpeth.  Oct.  30, 
Edwd.  Clarke,  tidesman,  Newcastle. 


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1680,  July  26.     John  Cocker,  surveyor  at  Newcastle. — Oct.  9,  Thos. 
Barber,  surveyor  of  Blyths  Nook,  Seaton  and  Cullercoats. — Dec.   30, 
Edmund  Bell  of  Hartlepool,  had  a  deputation  from  Henry  Bell,  esq., 
customer  inward,  and  Henry  Brabant,  esq,,  customer  outward,  and  John 
Tempest,  esq,,  to  execute  the  several  offices  in  Hartlepool. 

1681,  April  20.     Wm.  Cramlington  of  Sunderland  took  the^oath. — 
Sep.  19,  Mem.  that  Wm.  Anthrobus  came  before  Capt.  Brabant  and  Mr. 
Isaacson,  in  the  custom  house  of  Newcastle,  and  produced  a  commission 
from  the  Commissioners  of  his  majesty's  customs  to  be  a  waiter  and 
searcher  to  seize  prohibited  and  uncustomed  goods  in  the  counties  of 
York,    Durham,    Northumberland,     Cumberland,    Westmorland,     and 
Lancashire  and  the  minor  creeks   thereto    belonging. — Oct.    13,   John 
Thompson,     deputy     comptroller,      Sunderland. — Oct.      19,     Timothy 
Bagwith,   deputy  comptroller,    Whitby. — Oct.    21,    Cuthbert  Ramsay, 
tidesman,  Newcastle  ;    Wm.  Weares,  deputy  comptroller  under  Ralph 
Williamson,  for  Cullercoats,  Seaton  and  Blyth,  during  pleasure  of  said 
Williamson. 

1685,  May  14.      Nath.  Masse y,  deputy  searcher  under  John  Tempest, 
esq.  (before  Robt.  Fen  wick,  deputy  customer),  having  a  deputation  dated 
April  9. 

1686.  Before    Chas.    Sanderson    for    Customer  : — April    22.     Will. 
Cramlington,  landwaiter,  Newcastle,  by  deputation  dated  April  18. — 
Sep.  2,  Lane.  Ord,  tidesman  at  Shields,  by  deputation  dated  Aug.  11. 

1687-8,  Jan.  26.  T.  W.  Mortimer,  tidesman,  Newcastle,  by  deputa- 
tion dated  Dec.  20. 

1689-90,  Feb.  17.  John  Amcoats,  tidesman,  Newcastle,  by  deputa- 
tion dated  Dec.  20. 

FORGED  COCQUETS.* 

1679,  June  12.  [Concerning]  the  late  cocquets  of  Richd  Smith, 
Silvester  Spencer,  and  George  Curting,  supposed  to  be  forged  or  fraudu- 
lently obtained  out  of  the  Custom  house  in  Newcastle,  Robert  Wetwang, 
merchant,  Newcastle,  came  voluntarily  before  Alderman  Brabant,  one 
of  his  majesty's  justices  of  the  peace,  and  upon  the  holy  evangelists  did 
depose  the  same.  Form  of  oath  taken  : — '  You  do  swear  that  no  clerk 
or  other  officer  belonging  to  the  Custom  house  was  any  way  therein  con- 
cerned, directly  or  indirectly,  by  privity,  consent,  abetment  or  otherwise. 
So  help  you  God.' 

1681,  April  23.  John  Pattinson  of  Newcastle,  aged  20  or  thereabouts, 
swears  voluntarily  that  whereas  he  was  employed  as  a  clerk  to  Mr. 
Richd.  Hiiidmarsh,  deputy  comptroller  in  the  customs  of  this  port  in 
1679,  that  upon  discovery  of  several  counterfeited  cocquets  by  Mr.  John 
Clerke  of  Shields,  surveyor,  he,  deponent,  was  suspected  to  have  given  out 
the  same,  with  the  seal  of  office,  to  a  merchant  of  the  aforesaid  port,  but 
he  doth  swear  and  affirm  that  he  doth  not  know,  directly  or  indirectly, 
nor  was  he  privy  or  consenting  to  the  forging  of  the  aforesaid  cocquets, 
or  by  what  means  the  merchant  obtained  the  same.  Before  Henry 
Brabant,  J.P.' 


LOCAL   PARTNERSHIP    DEEDS. 

(From  the  MS.  Collections  of  Mr.  Richard  Welford.) 

1739-40,    February  6.     Copy  of   partnership  deed  between  Gabriel 
Hall,  Newcastle,  sadler,  John  Button,  Newcastle,  sadler,  and  Thos. 

*  Cockeb,  coket,  etc.,  a  document  sealed  and  delivered  by  the  officers  of  customs  to 
merchants  as  a  warrant  that  their  goods  are  customed.— Blount,  Law  Diet. 


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Swinhoe,  Gateshead,  skinner  and  glover.  Reciting  that  by  indenture 
of  Nov.  11,  1730,  Hall  and  Swinhoe  became  partners  for  seven  years 
in  the  trade  of  dressing  sheep,  deer  and  other  skins  into  oyl  leather,  and 
for  better  managing  the  said  Hall  held  and  enjoyed  a  house  and  yard  in 
Pilgrim  St.  and  a  house  and  mill  on  Beamish  burn,  co.  Durham,  under 
certain  rents  reserved  and  payable  for  the  same  to  John  Scafe,  mason, 
George  Midford,  barber,  and  Wm.  Davison,  esq.,  and  the  said  Gabriel 
Hall  agreed  to  bring  in  600Z.  for  two  third  parts  and  Thos.  Swinhoe  300Z. 
for  one  third  part  of  the  business.  Reciting  further  that  said  Hall,  by 
indenture  dated  Dec.  28,  1736,  assigned  to  the  said  Button  four  eigh- 
teenth parts,  and  Button  hath  since  bought  two  eighteenths  more, 
making  one  third  part  of  the  trade,  stock,  debts,  etc.,  which,  by  the 
books  signed  by  them  the  day  before  this  deed,  appears  to  be  1200L,  and 
Hall,  Swinhoe  and  Button  have  each  a  third  share  thereof.  Now  this 
indenture  witnesseth  that  the  partnership  shall  continue  for  14  years 
from  Feb.  5,  1739-40,  with  power  to  dissolve  at  the  end  of  seven  years. 
(Covenants  for  fidelity,  buying  and  selling,  engaging  servants,  rendering 
accounts,  etc.)  Witnesses  :  Richd  Rogerson,  John  Widdrington. 

1744-45.  January  1.  Copy  of  partnership  deed  for  21  years  between 
(1)  Thomas  Marshall  of  Baybridge,  par.  of  Shotley,  Northumberland, 
gent.,  and  Isaac  Cookson,  Newcastle,  goldsmith,  and  (2)  Thomas 
Skottowe  of  Great  Ay  ton,  Yorkshire,  esq.,  Joseph  Blenkinsopp,  New- 
castle, gent.,  George  Blenkinsopp,  Newcastle,  gent.,  William  Radley, 
South  Shields,  gent,  and  Henry  Wilkinson,  Gateshead,  gent.  Reciting 
that  these  persons  had  agreed  to  undertake  the  smelting  and  running 
of  lead  ore  into  lead,  the  refining  of  lead  and  extracting  silver  therefrom, 
and  the  casting  of  shot  and  sheet  lead  ;  that  Marshall,  on  their  behalf, 
by  deed  dated  Aug.  20,  1742,  had  agreed  with  Lord  Crewe's  trustees 
for  a  21  years'  lease  of  2  acres  of  ground  on  which  to  erect  buildings, 
work-houses,  etc.,  on  the  west  side  of  Acton  Burn,  a  little  below  Acton 
Mills,  and  that  Isaac  Cookson,  on  their  behalf,  had  leased  from  John 
Hodgson  of  Elswick,  for  14  years  from  May  1,  1743,  certain  refining 
houses,  with  gardens  and  quay  adjoining,  in  the  manor  of  Elswick. 
Now  this  indenture  witnesseth  that  the  aforesaid  agreements  being 
made  in  trust  by  Marshall  and  Cookson  for  all  the  partners,  the  partner- 
ship shall  be  divided  into  32  parts,  Marshall  to  have  2  of  them  and  the 
other  partners  5  each,  the  amount  already  advanced  and  expended  to 
be  made  up  to  3200Z.  (Numerous  covenants  follow.)  Witnesses: 
Thos.  Stonehewer,  John  Langlands. 

1760.  Feb.  2.  Copy  of  deed  by  which  Gabriel  Hall  of  Newcastle, 
sadler,  Roger  Heron  of  Newcastle,  hardwareman,  and  Richard  Cham- 
bers of  Newcastle,  hardwareman,  agree  to  become  partners  in  buying 
and  selling  hardware  and  other  goods,  and  carrying  on  such  other 
business  as  they  shall  think  fit  during  seven  years.  Before  May  1  next 
the  partners  agree  to  bring  in  6000Z.  in  the  proportion  of  2000Z.  each, 
each  partner  to  have  one  third  share  in  the  adventure.  The  business 
to  be  carried  on  at  the  shop  and  warehouse  in  Newcastle  now  occupied 
by  said  Gabriel  Hall  and  Roger  Heron.  (Usual  covenants. )  Witnesses  : 
John  Widdrington,  Thos.  Dickinson. 

1760.  Sept.  30.  Copy  of  deed  between  (1)  Gabriel  Hall,  Newcastle, 
sadler,  John  Cookson,  Newcastle,  esq.,  (devisees  and  execrs  of  John 
Button,  Newcastle,  sadler,  decd,  execr  of  Jos.  Button,  Gateshead, 
stationer,  his  father,  decd)  and  (2)  John  Williams,  Newcastle,  esq. 
By  agreement  dated  Aug.  1,  1729,  between  (1)  Isaac  Cookson,  New- 
castle, gentleman  ;  (2)  Jos.  Button,  Gateshead,  stationer  ;  (3)  Wm. 
Cookson,  Penrith,  gent.  ;  (4)  Edwd  Kendall,  Stourbridge,  gent.  ;  and 
(5)  John  Williams,  Stourbridge,  gent.  Reciting  that  said  Isaac  Cookson 


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and  Wm.  Cookson  by  lease  dated  Sept.  16,  1721,  made  between  Ruth 
Kendall  of  Crookborow,  Cumberland,  widow,  and  Adam  Kendall  of 
same  place,  yeoman,  and  said  I.  and  W.  Cookson  the  latter  were  entitled 
to  a  close  called  Highfield  at  Little  Clifton,  Cumberland,  and  had 
built  thereon  a  furnace  and  several  work  houses  and  stables,  and  made 
dams  and  watercourses,  for  carrying  on  an  iron  foundry  ;  also  that  by 
indenture  dated  March  25,  1721,  between  William  Cotesworth  late  of 
Gateshead  Park  and  the  said  Isaac  Cookson  and  Jos.  Button,  the  two 
latter  were  entitled  to  the  houses  lately  built  for  a  founding  house  for 
casting  iron  wares  near  the  east  end  of  the  quay  or  staith  called  the  Old 
Trunk  Staith,  at  Gateshead,  for  the  residue  of  a  lease,  it  is  witnessed 
that  the  parties  thereunto  should  be  partners  in  the  art,  trade,  and 
mystery  of  carrying  on  iron  foundries  at  Clifton,  Gateshead  and 
Newcastle  for  31  years  from  Sep.  1,  1729,  and  that  the  capital  should  be 
4800Z.  of  which  Joseph  Button  contributed  900Z.  And  whereas  Joseph 
Button  died,  leaving  John  Button  executor,  and  the  said  John  Button 
is  dead  also,  leaving  Gabriel  Hall  and  John  Cookson  executors  ;  and 
whereas  John  Button  and  the  other  parties  agreed  for  a  31  years'  lease 
of  ground  near  Whithill,  co.  Durham,  and  have  built  a  blast  furnace 
etc.,  there,  and  the  said  John  Button  at  his  death  and  his  co-partners 
were  entitled  to  a  freehold  estate,  mill  and  colliery,  near  Clifton,  four 
fifths  of  an  iron  foundry  and  several  freehold  messuages  in  Pipewellgate, 
and  freehold  premises  in  Clifton,  Gateshead,  Whithill  and  Newcastle. 
And  whereas  Gabriel  Hall  and  John  Cookson  are  entitled  as  devisees  and 
execors  of  said  John  Button,  to  one  sixteenth  part  of  the  said  four-fifths 
of  the  premises  in  Pipewellgate  and  the  same  of  all  the  other  premises 
and  profits,  and  have  agreed  to  sell  the  said  shares  to  said  John  Williams 
for  810Z.  (Covenants  for  transferring  the  property).  Witnesses  : 
John  Widdrington,  Nat.  Punshon. 

1763.  June  3.  Copy  of  deed  whereby  Gabriel  Hall,  sadler, 
Thomas  Swinhoe,  skinner  and  glover,  Roger  Heron,  hardwareman, 
Richard  Chambers,  hardwareman,  John  Thompson,  gent.,  and  Hannah 
Weatherley,  spinster,  all  of  Newcastle,  agree  to  become  partners  in  the 
trade  of  dressing  sheep,  deer,  and  other  skins  into  oil  leather  for  seven 
years,  and  to  put  together  for  a  joint  stock  1200Z,  of  which  Hall  is  to 
contribute  450Z.  or  f,  Swinhoe  300Z  or  |,  and  the  other  partners  1 501. 
or  £  each,  and  that  the  business  shall  be  carried  on  at  the  house  and 
yard  in  Pilgrim  Street  and  the  house  and  mill  on  Beamish  Burn,  co. 
Durham,  where  a  like  trade  has  been  carried  on  of  late  by  Gabriel  Hall 
and  Company.  (Covenants  for  securing  rights,  etc.,  of  each  partner.) 
Witnesses  :  John  Richmond,  William  Henderson,  Joseph  Murray. 

1762.  Nov.  1.  Copy  of  deed  of  partnership  between  Caleb  Alder, 
Newcastle,  gent.,  and  Mark  Harvey,  Newcastle,  gent.,  in  the  trade  of 
'buying  and  selling  of  cheeses,  bacon,  ham,  tallow,  herrings,  oranges, 
nuts  and  apples,  and  all  snch  goods,  wares,  and  merchandises  as  belong 
to  the  trade  or  business  which  the  said  Caleb  Alder  now  carries  on' 
for  seven  years.  Capital  1000Z.  in  two  equal  portions.  Witnesses : 
Jno.  Richmond,  Nat.  Punshon. 


Mr.  Wm.  Brown,  F.S.A.,  editor  of  the  Surtees  Society,  has  kindly 
supplied  the  following  notes  of  Northumbrian  Wills,  from  the  City 
Act  Books  and  from  the  Probate  Registry,  at  York : — 

March  4,  1599-1600.  Admininistration  of  the  goods  of  WILLIAM 
SHAFTO  late  of  Bavington,  York  province,  granted  to  Ellenor  the 
relict.— Vacat.  [City  Act  Book.} 


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Sept.  20,  1602.  Mr.  Martin  Day,  rector  of  Bothell,  under  a  com- 
mission, granted,  admon.  to  Henry  Woodderington  esq.,  co.  Northumber- 
land, executor  of  the  will  of  Wm.  Shaftoe,  gent.,  late  of  Little  Bavington, 
whose  will  was  proved  by  witnesses  in  form  of  law  and  by  an  inter- 
locutory decree  of  John  Boult,  LL.D.,  commissary  of  this  court,  was 
approved  on  July  23,  1602. 


Jan.  2,  1601.  MTCHAELL  HEBBTJKNE  of  Hebburne,2  in  the  parish  of 
Shillingham  (sic),  gent.,  sicke  in  bodie.  To  be  beried  in  my  porch  within 
the  church  of  Chillingham.  Vnto  my  daughter,  Ellenor  Hebburn,  lOOfo'., 
and  to  my  daughter  Anne  WOli,  to  be  paid  out  of  my  landes  in  Hebburne 
and  White  House  yearely  13li.  6s.  Sd.,  and  out  of  Newton  in  the  Willes 
in  Richmondshire,  which  is  to  be  lowsed  by  my  wiffe  Margarett  13s.  4dL, 
which  my  said  wiffe  hath  promised  faithfully  to  paie  ;  after  the  said 
2QQU.  be  fullie  paid  to  come  and  reuert  unto  Arthur  Hebburne,  my 
sonne  and  heire,  saie,  in  all  the  landes  in  Hebburne  and  White  House. 
And  for  the  ferme  in  Newton  Morrill  to  come  unto  Margarett,  my 
wiffe,  duringe  her  liffe  naturall  and  then  after  her  decease  to  come 
in  like  maner  to  my  sonne  Arthure  and  his  heires  for  euer.  I  make  my 
executors,  my  wiffe,  Margarett  Hebburne,  and  Arthure  Hebburne,  my 
sonne,  and  supervisors,  Mr.  Raiph  Graie  of  Chillingham,  Nicholas 
Forster  of  Hull  Abbay,  Arthure  Graie,  Ephraime  Wooddrington,  and 
Roger  Graie,  gentleman.  Witnesses  hereof,  Richard  Raynon,  vicar  of 
Chillingham,  Robert  Hebburne,  and  Thomas  Newton.  Proved  July 
24,  1613,  before  Charles  Vicars,  clerk,  vicar  of  Mirforth,  in  the  diocese 
of  Durham,  by  Arthure  Hebburne.  [Reg.  Test.,  XXXIT,  479.  ] 

In  the  name  of  God,  Amen  I,  WILLIAM  FENWICKE  =»  of  Wallington  in 
the  countie  of  Northumberland,  knight,  being  sicke  in  bodie  but  of 
whole  and  perfect  mernorie,  thankes  be  to  Almightie  God,  doe  make 
this  my  last  will  and  testament  in  writinge  and  forme  followinge.  First 
I  give  and  bequeath  my  soule  into  the  handes  of  Almightie  God,  my 
creator,  and  to  his  sonne,  Jesus  Christ,  my  saviour  and  redeemer,  and 
my  bodie  to  be  buried  in  the  parishe  church  of  Stannerton.  Item,  I 
give  and  bequeath  vnto  William  Fenwicke,  my  second  sonne,  all  that 
my  mannour  or  lordship  of  Melden  in  the  said  countie  of  Northumber- 
land, and  all  that  my  close  called  Hearons  close,  and  the  Hee  houses. 
Item  all  that  my  white  rent  of  xls.  which  I  haveing  (sic)  goeing  furth  of 
West  Whelpington,  and  also  my  yearely  rent  of  vs.  issueing  forth  of 
one  burgage  in  the  towne  of  Newcastle  vpon  Tine,  late  in  the  tenure  of 
Roger  Pearcie.  Item  my  parsonage  and  rectorie  of  Hertborne, 
exceptinge  the  tithe  of  North  Middleton  Item  my  lande  of  the 
yearely  rent  of  vjs.  viijd.  in  Kirke  Whelpington,  and  my  lande  of  the 
yearely  rent  of  vjs.  viijd.  in  Gunerton  To  have  to  my  said  sonne, 
William  Fenwicke,  and  to  his  heires  for  euer.  Item  I  give  to  my 
said  sonne,  William  Fenwicke,  my  lease  and  tearme  of  yeares  which  I 
nowe  have  in  Whitelees  and  Hallydon.  To  Roger  Fenwicke,  my  third 
sonne,  my  tithe  of  North  Middleton,  payinge  to  my  sonne,  William,  the 
old  rent,  and  my  moytie  or  one  halfe  of  Hawicke,  which  I  latelie  pur- 
chased, and  my  moytie  of  the  milnes  and  fishinges  in  By  well,  and  of  the 
dammes  and  lockes  thereunto  belonginge,  and  my  land  called  Reed- 
garthshiele  in  the  Countie  Pallantine  of  Durham,  and  my  land  of  the 

1  For  a  pedigree  of  Hhafto  of  Little  Bavington,  see  new  History  of  Northumberland, 
IV,  417. 

2  For  some  account  of  the^family  of  Hebburn  of  Hebburn,  see  Arch.  Ael.,  2  series, 
XVlll,  26. 

s  Sir  William  Fenwick  of  Wallington,  knight,  married  first  Grace,  daughter  and 
coheir  of  Sir  John  Forster  of  Adderston,  knight,  and  second  Margaret,  daughter  of 
William  Selby  of  Newcastle,  and  had.  issue  by  both  marriages.—  J.  C.  H. 


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yearely  rent  of  foure  shillings  in  Branton,  and  my  land  in  Hawkwell 
of  the  yearlie  rente  of  foure  shillinges  To  haue  vnto  the  said  Roger 
and  his  heires  for  ever.  Item  vnto  my  said  sonne,  Roger  Fenwicke,  my 
lease  and  tearme  of  yeares,  which  I  have  yett  to  come  and  vnexpired  in 
the  demesnes  of  Ryall,  belonginge  to  Mr.  Midford.  Vnto  Anne,  my 
third  daughter,  the  somme  of  one  thousand  poundes.  Vnto  Margrett 
and  Mary,  my  fourth  and  fift  daughters,  to  each  of  them,  one  thousand 
markes.  The  said  porcons  to  be  paied  vnto  them,  my  said  three 
daughters,  in  maner  and  forme  followinge,  that  is  to  say,  my  will  and 
minde  is,  that  dame  Margrett,  my  now  wife,  shall  have  the  custodie  and 
tuicon  both  of  my  daughters  Anne  and  Mary,  and  of  their  porcons  until 
they  shall  seuerally  accomplishe  thage  of  xxj  yeares,  or  be  married 
with  the  consent  of  theire  saide  mother,  my  beloved  cousin,  Sir  Henry 
Widderington,  knight,  my  loueinge  brother  in  law,  Sir  George  Selbie, 
knight,  my  sonne,  Sir  John  Fenwicke,  knight,  my  sonne  in  law,  Claudius 
Forster,  esquire,  or  of  the  greater  part  of  them,  and  my  will  and  minde 
is  that  dame  Katherine  Fenwicke,  now  wife  of  my  said  sonne,  Sir  John 
Fenwicke,  shall  haue  the  custodie  and  tuicon  of  my  daughter  Margrett 
Fenwicke  and  of  her  porcon  vntil  she  accomplishe  the  aige  of  xxj  yeares 
or  be  married  with  the  like  consent  Vnto  my  said  sonne,  Sir  John 
Fenwicke,  knight,  the  tuicon  of  my  said  sonne,  William  Fenwicke, 
and  the  tuicon  of  my  said  sonne,  Roger  Fenwicke,  vnto  my  well- 
beloved  brother-in-law,  Sir  George  Selbie,  knight.  Vnto  Williani  Selbie, 
my  brother-in-law,  100&.  Vnto  my  eldest  sonne,  Sir  John  Fenwicke, 
knight,  my  house  in  the  North  [?  Nout]  Markett  of  Newcastle,  called 
Doffenbies  house.  The  residewe  vnto  William  Fenwicke  and  Roger 
Fenwicke,  my  younger  sonnes,  whome  I  make  my  executors.  I 
ordeene  and  appointe  my  wellbeloued  cozen,  Sir  Henry  Widdrington, 
knight,  my  wellbeloued  brother-in-law,  Sir  George  Selbie,  knight,  my 
sonne,  Sir  John  Fenwicke,  knight,  my  sonne-in-law,  Claudius  Forster, 
esquire,  and  my  loueinge  vnkle,  Launcelot  Hodgshon  esquire,  to  be 
supervisors  of  this  my  last  will  and  testament.  In  witnes  whereof  I 
haue  herevnto  sett  my  hand  and  seale  the  third  day  December,  anno 
Domini,  1612.  Witnesses,  Henry  Widdrington,  Ephram  Widdrington, 
John  Fenwicke,  Claudius  Forster,  Robert  Widdrington,  William 
Fenwicke.  Memorandum  that  the  originall  of  this  will  was  sealed  and 
subscribed  by  the  testator  thus,  Will'm  Fenwicke.  Proved  before 
William  Morton,  clerk,  M.A.,  archdeacon  of  Durham,  on  Dec.  21,  1613, 
and  on  March  19,  1613-4,  before  John  Cradocke,  M.A.,  archdeacon  of 
Northumberland,  by  Sir  William  Fenwicke,  and  Sir  George  Selbie, 
knights.  [Ibid.,  694.] 

March  20,  1612-3.  JOHN  PIE  of  Morpeth,4  si  eke  in  bodie.  To  be 
buried  in  Morpeth  church  at  the  discrecon  of  my  freindes.  To  my 
wiffe,  my  now  dwellinge  house  duringe  her  liffe  naturall,  and  then  yt 
shall  come  to  my  sonne  Cutbert  and  his  heires  male,  and  faylinge  to  my 
sonne  Thomas  and  his  heires  male,  and  faylinge,  to  my  sonne  John  and 
his  heires  male.  I  giue  my  houses  on  the  west  side  of  the  streete  with 
the  shopp  vnto  my  sonne  Cutbert  and  his  heires  foreuer,  beinge  ouer 
against  my  now  dwellinge  house  ;  also  the  now  dwellinge  house  of 
Raiphe  Shotton,  and  the  house  where  John  Denyn  dwelleth.  To  my 
wiffe  duringe  her  liffe  naturall  my  part  of  the  Haugh  and  Bowmans 
Bancke  and  then  that  it  shall  come  to  my  sonne  Cutbert  and  his  heires 
male,  etc.  To  my  sonne  Thomas  and  his  heires  male  the  house  wherein 
Richard  Hutton  dwelleth.  I  giue  my  lease  and  ridgs  in  the  Stone 

*  Notices  of  the  family  of  Pye  of  Morpeth,  may  be  found  in  Hodgson's  History  of 
Northumberland,  part  it,  vol.  ii,  p.  452. 

[  Proc,,  3  Ser.,  111,26.] 


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Flatt,  and  my  whole  estate  of  the  houses  and  lands  wherein  George 
White  and  Thomas  Robinson  now  dwell,  and  the  house  and  shopp  in 
the  occupacon  of  Alexander  alias  Sander  Reid  to  my  sonne  John.  And 
I  giue  my  said  sonne  John  togeither  with  his  porcon  unto  my  sonne 
Cutbert,  att  the  pleasure  and  disposinge  of  my  brother,  Gerard  Reed, 
in  the  meanetyme  vntill  Cutbert  shallbe  able  to  doe  for  him.  My 
house  in  Tweedmouth  to  my  sonne,  Thomas  Pie.  To  my  sonne  John 
for  his  childes  porcon  40ft.  To  my  daughter  Agnes  50ft.  for  her  porcon. 
To  my  daughter  Isabell  alias  Bell  Pie  for  her  porcon  40ft.  To  the 
makeinge  of  a  stall  in  the  chappie  20s.  To  the  poore  at  the  discrecon 
of  my  executors  26s.  8d.  The  rest  vnto  my  wiff  Isabell  alias  Bell  Pie, 
and  to  my  sonne,  Thomas,  equally  betweene  them,  and  I  make  them 
executors.  I  make  Mr.  Cradocke  and  Mr.  Robson  supervisors.  Wit- 
nesses, Mr.  John  Cradocke,  archdeacon  of  Northumberland,  Mr.  John 
Robson,  parson  of  Morpeth,  Leonard  Carr,  William  Turner,  Thomas 
Aydon,  and  Cutbert  Pie.  Proved  Sept.  4,  1613,  by  the  executors  before 
John  Cradocke,  elk,  M.A.,  archdeacon  of  Northumberland.  [Ibid.,  500.] 

March  6,  1616-7.  GEORGE  FENWICKE  of  Brinckburne5  gentleman. 
To  be  buried  in  the  church  of  Brinckburne  where  my  ancestours  and 
kindred  lye  entered.  Vnto  George  Fewecke  (sic)  my  eldest  sonne  my 
estaite  by  lease  or  otherwise  of  the  glebe,  landes,  and  tithes  of  Netherton, 
Burradon,  Sharperton,  Bittleston,  Halleston,  and  Farneham,  or  of  any 
other  place  menconed  in  one  lease  of  the  rectory  of  Allanton  and 
Halleston,  beinge  a  graunte  of  the  foresaid  tythes  and  premises  to 
me  and  for  me  and  twenty  yeares,  and  as  yet  not  deliuered  vnto  my 
handes,  but  remaineth  yet  in  the  custodye  of  Mr.  Roger  Woddrington 
of  Cartington  esquire,  whoe  brought  the  same  for  me  from  London. 
Vnto  my  elder  daughter  Margrett  Fenwicke  350ft.  over  and  besides 
100ft.  which  remaineth  in  my  handes,  being  a  legasie  vnto  my  said 
daughter  by  her  viicle  Gregory  Fenwicke.  and  over  and  besides  50Zz., 
likewise  remayneinge  in  my  handes,  beinge  a  legasie  given  vnto  my  said 
daughter  by  her  vncle  John  Forster.  Vnto  Gregory  my  second  sonn, 
200ft.,  which  I  hope  his  mother  will  put  forward  and  imploy  for  his  best 
advantage.  Vnto  Claudius,  my  third  sonn,  200ft..  and  my  will  is 
moreover  that  Sir  Claudius  Forster  will  take  into  his  tuition  and 
keepeinge  the  said  Claudius,  vnto  whose  care  and  comand  I  fully 
comitt  him,  not  doubtinge  but  that  as  he  has  bene  a  worthy  frend  to  me, 
soe  he  wilbe  as  a  father  vnto  my  said  child,  his  godsonn.  Vnto  Mary, 
my  younger  daughter,  200ft,  which  I  make  noe  doubte  but  her  mother 
will  indeavour  to  increase  and  imploy  for  her  best  advantage,  which  my 
said  daughter  with  my  other  children  not  disposed  of  and  all  ready 
assigned  I  bequeath  to  the  care  and  goverment  of  theire  mother,  whoe 
beinge  tyed  in  her  naturall  affection  and  loue  none  need  doubt  will  ever 
be  vnkinde  or  awanteinge  in  her  best  indeavours  to  her  owne  children. 
Vnto  my  brother,  William  Fenwicke,  my  best  gray  stoned  horse.  I 
appoynte  Dorythye,  my  welbeloued  wiffe,  and  George,  my  naturall 
sonn,  executours.  I  doe  desire  and  hereby  will  that  Sir  John  Fenwicke 
and  Sir  Claudius  Forster,  knightes,  be  supervisors.  Witnesses  hereof, 
Robert  Hemlerson,  Richard  Cradocke,  and  Thomas  Pye.  Proved 
Oct.  29,  1617,  by  the  widow.  [Ibid.,  xxxiv,  744.] 

Julie  25,  1619.  JANE  WHITTFEILD  of  Whittfeild  Hall,0  widdowe. 
To  be  buried  in  a  decent  maner  at  the  sight  and  discrecon  of  my  super- 

5  A  revised  pedigree  of  Fenwick  of  Brinkburn,  may  be  found  in  the  new  History 
Northumberland,  VII,  473. 

6  A  pedigree  of  the  family  of  Whitfield  of  Whitfield,  may  be  found  in  Hodgson' 
Hixtory  of  Northumberland,  part  11,  vol.  iii,  p.  100,  but  it.  needs  revision, 


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visors.  For  the  dispose  of  worldly  goodes  and  estate,  whereas  I  haue 
formerlie  vpon  good  advise  and  for  good  cause  and  consideracon  made 
one  deed  of  gift  to  my  lovinge  sister,  dame  Agnes,  Ladie  Bellingham, 
giviing  and  granting  thereby  vnto  hir  all  my  leases,  goodes,  and  chattells 
as  by  the  same  maie  more  apeare,  the  same  deedes  bearing  date  Sept. 
29,  16  James,  Now  it  is  my  mynd  and  will  that  the  same  deed  shall 
still  remaine  and  be  good,  lawfull,  and  availeable  to  all  ententes  and 
purposses,  and  of  full  power  and  strength,  for  soe  my  mynd  was  at  the 
making  thereof,  and  soe  now  by  this  my  last  will  and  testament  I  doe 
also  avowe  and  confirme  the  said  deede  of  gift  to  my  said  sister  Belling- 
ham, as  my  true  and  lawfull  act  and.  deede,  and  so  to  remaine  for  euer. 
And  further  whereas  since  the  makinge  of  the  abouesaid  deede  I  was 
perswaded  and  drawne  to  make  one  other  deede  of  gift  to  Fraunces 
and  Marie  Whittfeild,  daughters  of  Fraunces  Whittfeild,  amonst  other 
things  granting  thereby  vnto  them  my  lease  of  Balie,  now  it  is  my  mynd 
and  will  the  same  deede  to  the  said  Fraunces  and  Mary  Whittfeild  to  be 
voyd  and  of  noe  force  or  effect,  and  neither  the  said  lease  of  Balie,  nor 
anie  other  benefitt  thereby  to  be  convaid  to  them  the  said  Fraunces 
and  Ma1  y,  or  had,  or  thereby  taken  by  there  or  anie  there  assignes,  tor  1 
doe  hereby  av  r  and  avowe  that  I  was  drawne  and  driven  to  make  the 
said  deede  to  Fraunces  and  Mary  Whitfeild  much  against  my  rnynd 
and  will,  by  the  orgencie  and  instigacon  of  Frances  Whittfeild,  the 
father,  and  others,  and  for  feare  of  some  further  iniurie  and  wronge  to 
haue  beene  done  unto  me,  if  I  had  refusd  to  doe  the  same,  and  vpon  no 
other  consideracon  ;  and  that  I  doe  no  we  therefore  by  this  my  last  will 
and  testament  foreuer  reuocke,  annull,  and  disavowe  the  said  deede  to 
Frances  and  Mary  WThittfeild,  the  daughters,  and  all  other  my  former 
deedes  and  wills  whatseouer,  save  the  first  recited  deede  to  my  sister 
Bellingham  which  I  doe  still  and  onely  confirme  and  avowe,  and  further 
requiring  my  said  sister  Bellingham  to  see  this  my  last  will  and  testa 
ment  performed,  not  doubting  but,  her  deed  of  gift  notwithstanding, 
shee  will  pay  and  discharge  my  debts,  funerall  expenses,  and  all  legacies 
hereafter  limited.  To  my  grandchild,  Sir  Phillip  Musgrave,  baronett, 
one  hundred  poundes,  one  steeile  chist,  and  one  siluer  gilted  salte,  now 
beinge  in  my  house  at  Balie,  my  lease  of  Balie  which  I  hould  of  the 
bishop  of  Carliell,  althoughe  I  haue  formerly  made  a  deede  thereof  to 
Frances  arid  Marie  Whittfeild,  yet  I  am  in  conscience  satisfied  and 
fullie  beleued  that  the  same  deede  is  not,  nor  ought  to  stand  good,  for  I 
was  vrged  thereunto  and  did  the  same  against  my  mynd  and  purpose, 
and  only  for  feare,  and  without  anie  consideracon,  and  therefore  now 
my  will  is  that  the  said  lease  of  Balie  to  be  and  remaine  unto  the  said  Sir 
Phillip  Musgraue,  my  grandchild,  as  aboue  said.  To  Mr.  Richard 
Shelton,  my  grandchild,  one  hundred  poundes.  To  Henrie  Bradwood 
Qli.  13s.  4d.  To  Jane  Bradwood,  daughter  of  the  said  Henrie,  IQli.  To 
the  poore  of  Whittfeild  parish,  3li.  6s.  Sd.,  and  to  the  poore  of  Musgraue, 
the  like  somme  of  3fo'.  6s.  Sd.  To  all  my  household  seruantes,  to  euerie 
one,  their  duble  wages.  To  my  made,  Elesabeth  Riddley,  all  my 
apparill,  sauing  my  best  gowne,  and  to  my  saruant,  John  Storie,  one 
meare,  called  Graie  Lawrie,  and  to  Nicholas  Freind  20s.  To  Mrs. 
Barbarie  Ridley  one  heffer  of  three  yeares  old.  To  Frances  Whittfeild, 
the  daughter,  my  grandchild,  300fo'.,  upon  condicon  that  she,  nor 
anie  for  hir,  shall  have  or  make  anie  demaund  or  title  to  the  lease  of 
Balie  by  force  of  any  grant  or  deede  of  gift  to  hir  formerlie  made,  so  as 
the  said  lease  of  Balie  remaine  to  the  abouenamed  Sir  Phillip  Musgraue  ; 
and  I  will  that  hir  legacies  shall  not  bee  payd  vnto  hir  before  she  come 
vnto  the  age  of  one  and  twentie  yeares,  or  be  preferd  in  mariage  by  the 
consent  of  my  superuisors.  To  my  sister  Agnes,  ladie  Bellingham,  one 


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great  siluer  tun  and  one  other  siluer  tun  lesse,  and  my  seale  ringe  of 
gould.  To  my  cosen,  Henrie  Bellingham,  one  gray  coulte,  nowe  about 
two  yeares  old,  stond.  I  make  Sir  Phillip  Musgraue,  barronet,  Henrie 
Bellingham  esquire  (juratus),  and  Richard  Skelton,  gent.,  my  executors 
of  this  my  last  will  and  testament,  and  I  make  Sir  Frances  Bellingham 
and  Sir  Henrie  Curwen,  knights,  my  superuisors,  giuing  vnto  either  of 
them  22s.  praying  them  to  see  this  my  will  in  all  pointes  performd. 
\nd  my  mynd  is  that  Frances  Whittfeild,  the  father,  have  no  meddling 
with  his  daughter's  legacie.  Witnesses  heareof,  Jeremy  Branari, 
Thomas  Wilson  and  Elezabeth  Ridley.  Memorandum  that  at  the 
publisheinge  and  makeinge  of  this  will  the  within  Jane  WThitfeild,  she 
doth  alsoe  will  her  executors  to  call  of  Francis  Whitfeild  and  receiue  of 
him  20li,  and  of  Mr.  Albonie  Fetherston  5li,  and  of  Richard  Musgraue 
of  Barough  5li,  and  of  William  Ramshew  3li,  all  which  somes  the  said 
Francis  Whitfeild,  Albonie  Fetherston,  Richard  Musgraue,  and  William 
Ramshew,  are  owinge  vnto  hir  severally  as  abouesaid.  Witnesses 
hereof,  Jerom  Garnet  and  William  Picciban.  Prov.  Aug.  12,  1619,  by 
Henry  Bellingham,  esq.  [Ibid.,  xxxv,  42 Id.] 

Sept.  20,  1606.  Anthony  Rookewood,  clerk,  rector  of  Hutton,  and 
Adam  Harrison,  clerk,  of  Heskett,  co.  Cumberland,  commissioners, 
granted  admon.  of  the  goods  of  GEORGE  WHITFEILD  of  Whitfeild, 
Durham  dioc.,  to  Alice  Whitfeild,  the  relict,  her  own  use  &  to  that  of 
Matthew  W.,  son  of  the  deceased.  She  also  had  the  curatorship  and 
tuition  of  the  son.  [City  Act  Book.] 

JANE  GRAY  alias  REEDMAN.  *  To  be  buried  in  the  parish  where  it 
shall  please  God  to  take  me  to  his  mercie.  To  my  neece  Dorathie 
Wrighte  30fo',  which  her  father  is  owen  &  indebted  vnto  me.  To  my 
neece  Thomasin  Slingger  SOU.  ;  and  to  my  neece  Jane  Cutbert  Wli. 
Vnto  Mrs.  Margaret  Lawson,  my  mistresse  her  doughter,  5Qli.  To  her 
dough ter,  Mrs.  Marie  Lawson,  IQli.  ;  and  to  her  doughter,  Mrs.  Dorathie 
Lawson,  50s.  Vnto  her  sonne,  Mr.  Henrie  Lawson,  a  twentie  shillinges 
peece  of  gould,  and  to  euerie  of  his  other  brothers  and  sisters,  not  aboue 
menconed,  a  twentie  shillinges  peece.  To  euerye  of  my  Mrs.  servantes 
at  this  present  a  two  shillinges  six  pence  a  peece.  I  doe  make  Sir 
Thomas  Reddell  of  Gateside,  knight,  my  full  and  sole  executor.  Signed 
in  the  presence  of  us  Thomas  Watson,  No.  PubL,  and  George  Swale. 
Proved  Sept.  23,  1620,  by  the  executor  before  John  Cradocke,  S.T.P., 
vicar  general  of  the  bishop  of  Durham.  [Reg.  Test.,  xxxvi,  194.] 

Sept.  5,  1623.     RALPH  GRAY  of  Chillingham,*  knight.     To  be  buried 
in  the  quire  of  Chillingham  chauncell.     Vnto  my  sonne,  John  Graie, 
Bradforth  with  all  thinges  thereunto  belonging  within  the  countie  of 
Northumberland,  together  with  Burton,  the  tith-corne  of  Sunderland, 
the  howse  at  Barwicke,  and  the  fishinge  of  Saustell  and  Blackwell  ii 
Tweed,   within   the   countie   pallatyne   of   Durham.     Vnto   my  sonne 
Robert  Gray,  all  my  lands,  etc.,  of  Litle  Langton  vpon  Swaile  witl 
the  countie  of  Yorke,  according  as  the  same  is  expressed  in  a  certane 
deed  alreadie  written.     Vnto  my  sonne,  Edward  Gray,  all  my  lands, 
etc.,   of  Vlgham  Grainge  and  Nunakirk,   accordinglie  as  the  same  is 
alreadie  named  and  expressed  in  a  certaine  deed  alreadie  written  and 
made.     Vnto  my  two  daughters,  Dorothie  Gray  and  Mary  Gray,  ii 
full  satisfaccon  of  their  portion  and  to  raise  their  portions,  all  my  lam 
of  Rosse  and  Ellicke  for  twentie  one  yeares.      To  my  servant  Jol 

7  In  the  'Act  I'.ook'  it  is  stated  that  the  testatrix  hail  been  lately  residing  in  the 
hospital  (hoxpitu)  <>f  St.  Anthony  in  All  Saints  parish.  Newca-stle-upon-tyne. 

«  A  pedigree  of  Grey  of  Chillingham,  may  be  found  in  Raine's  North  Durham. 


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Clarke,  Hi.  yerelie  dureing  his  life.  "Vnto  my  servant,  William  Coate, 
5li.  yearelie  dureing  his  life.  Vnto  my  servant,  George  Gray,  4K. 
yearelie  and  his  farmehold  in  Fenton  dureing  his  life.  For  my  wife, 
Dorothie  Gray,  her  joynture  is  alreadie  knowne,  as  Hortoun,  East  and 
West  Cheuington.  I  giue  my  servant,  Mary  Strother,  Ili.  a  yeare  for 
her  life.  Vnto  Arch  Armestronge,  my  servant,  4li.  yearelie  for  his  life. 
I  giue  Mary  Twain,  my  servant,  10Z*.  a  yeare  for  her  life.  I  will  that 
Luke  Kirkelynn  shall  haue  his  wages.  And  I  will  that  my  eldest  sonne, 
Sir  Will :  am  Gray,  shall  perfect  all  thess,  for  I  do  giue  and  comitt  all 
whatsoeuer  I  haue  to  the  disposeing  of  my  said  sonne,  Sir  William  Gray. 
Witnesses  hereof,  John  Gray,  Charles  Oxley,  Amos  Oxley,  John  Clarke, 
William  Coatte,  and  George  Gray.  Prov.  Aug.  28,  1624,  and  adminis- 
tration granted  on  Sept.  22  by  Matthew  Dodsworth  to  Sir  Wm.  Gray. 
[Ibid.,  xxxvui,  237d.] 

March  28,  1625.  In  the  name  of  God,  Amen.  I,  ROBERT  MITFORD 
of  Mitford9  in  the  countie  of  Northumberland,  esquire,  being,  thankes 
I  doe  giue  to  God,  of  perfect  memorie  and  in  good  and  perfect  health, 
yet  knowing  not  how  soone  it  may  please  God  to  vizitt  me  with  sickness, 
and  being  aged,  I  desire  essoone  I  depart  this  life  to  sett  myne  house 
in  order,  and  for  the  avoideing  of  all  strife  and  inconveniences  which 
that  may  anee  wise  grow  and  arise  amongest  my  children  and  kins- 
folkes  in  case  I  should  leave  no  will,  the  bitter  effectes  thereof  I  haue 
dayly  seene,  I  do  therefore  hereby  publish,  ordeine,  and  make  this  my 
last  will  and  testament  in  manner  and  forme  as  hereafter  is  set  downe 
and  followeth.  And  first  I  giue  and  bequeath  my  soule  into  the  handes 
of  Almightie  God,  my  hope,  faith,  and  beleife  is,  to  be  saued  by  and 
through  the  merittes  of  Jesus  Christ,  my  lord  and  alone  saviour,  when 
it  shall  please  God  to  call  me  out  of  the  miseries  and  pressures  of  this 
world.  I  desire  my  bodie  may  bee  buried  in  a  decent  manner  in  the 
porch  of  Mitford  church.  Item  I  do  giue  and  bequeath,  according  to 
a  grant  by  me  made  through  (sic)  wherevpon  is  indorsed  the  consent 
of  the  Houourable  Court  of  Wards  and  Liuergies  (sic),  the  manage, 
custodie,  and  wardshipp  of  the  bodie  of  my  deare  and  lovinge  grand- 
child, Robert  Mitford,  vnto  my  verie  good  freind,  Humphrey  Wharton 
of  Gillingwood  in  the  countie  of  Yorke,  esquire,  and  also  the  custodie 
of  the  lease  of  the  landes  and  goodes  which  by  anie  wayes  shalbee 
come  due  to  the  said  Robert  the  younger,  either  as  heire  to  me,  or  to 
my  sonne,  Cuthbert  deceased,  or  as  heire  to  his  grandfather,  Christopher 
Wharton  of  Vfferton,  in  the  countie  of  Durham,  deceased,  or  Marie 
Mitford,  his  mother,  deceased,  or  as  executor  or  administrator  vnto 
the  said  Humphrey  Wharton  and  Richard  Osmotherley,  my  sonne  in 
law,  to  and  for  the  vse  and  benefit  of  the  said  ward.  And  I  hartely 
desire  the  said  Mr.  Wharton  to  see  my  said  grandchild  brought  vpp  in 
the  feare  of  God.  Item  I  doe  giue  and  bequeath  to  euerie  one  of  my 
daughters,  vizt,  my  daughter  Fennicke,  Hiron,  and  Osmotherley,  each 
of  them,  fortie  shillings,  to  buy  evierie  of  them  a  kowe.  And  I  do  giue 
to  my  grandchild,  William  Fennicke,  fortie  shillings,  to  my  grand 
children,  Robert  Hiron  and  Anne  Osmotherley,  ten  shillings  a  peece. 
And  I  further  give  to  my  sonne  and  daughter  Osmotherley  the  house 
wherein  I  now  live,  and  the  garden,  and  orchard,  therevnto  belonging, 
to  hould  during  their  lives  naturall,  and  the  longer  liuer  of  them.  Item 
I  do  hereby  nominate  and  appoint  Humphrey  Wharton  and  Richard 
Osmotherley  aforesaid  executors  of  this  my  last  will  and  testament, 
desiring  them  to  see  my  debtes  honestly  discharged  and  these  my 

9  A  pedigree  of  Mitford  of  Mitford,  may  be  found  in  Hodgson's  History  of  Northum- 
berland, part  n,  vol.  ii,  p.  45. 


legacies  performed.  And  I  do  also  giue  vnto  the  said  Mr.  Wharton 
litle  Charles  Mitford  alias  Kidson,  and  I  do  giue  him  out  of  all  my 
landes  one  hundreth  markes  for  his  portion,  and  I  desire  he  may  there- 
with ether  be  bound  apprentise  to  a  marchant  or  some  other  trade, 
which  the  said  Mr.  Wharton  shall  thinke  most  fitt.  In  witnes  whereof 
I  haue  here  vnto  put  my  hand  and  seale  the  xxviijth  day  of  March,  1625. 
Sealed,  signed,  and  published  in  the  presence  of  Richard  Hutton,  Tho. 
Wharton,  and  Thomas  Marchbauncke.  Prov.  June  15,  1626,  before 
Matthew  Dodsworth,  LL.B.,  deputy  of  William  Easdall,  LL.D.,  arch- 
bishop's commissary,  and  admon.  granted  to  Humphrey  Wharton. 
[Ibid.,  xxix,  430.1 

Aug.  8,  1623.  EDWARD  RUMNEY,  :  late  of  Vlgham,  gent.  To  be 
buried  in  the  churchyard  of  Vlgham,  neare  unto  my  father.  Vnto  my 
cosin,  William  Rumney,  I5li.  To  my  cosin,  Cuthbert  Rumney,  15^. 
To  my  cosin,  Francis  Rumney,  I5li.  To  my  cosin,  Mrs.  Frances  Dubley 
of  Ormeside,  widow,  I5li.  To  my  cosin,  Robert  Hearom  (sic),  I5li.  To 
my  cosin,  Lyonell  Hearom,  I5li.  To  my  cosin,  Agnes,  the  wife  of  John 
Musgraue,  I5li.  To  my  vncle,  Mr.  Cleater,  if  he  be  liueing,  20li.  To 
Nicholas  Rumney,  I5li.  To  Robert  Hearom,  Lyonell  Hearom,  and 
Agnes  Musgraue,  the  wife  of  John  Musgraue  of  Briscoe,  everie  one  of 
them,  Wli.  a  peece  more.  Vnto  Richard  Robson,  the  sonne  of  Mr. 
Robson,  person  of  Morpeth,  lOli,  and  half  a  dozin  of  midle  pewder 
plaite.  Item  my  will  is  that  Mr.  Johnson  of  Morpeth  haue  a  gold 
ring  deliuered  unto  him,  which  is  his  owne,  the  posie  in  it  is,  Feare  God 
and  loue  me.  And  also  my  will  is  that  he  haue  my  balcke  (sic)  cloke. 
Item  my  will  is  to  forgiue  Margaret  Gray  of  Vlgham,  widdowe, 
twentie  nobles  of  that  lOli.  the  which  she  is  oweing  me,  and  the  other 
fiue  markes  to  be  giuen  to  the  pooer.  Vnto  my  cosin,  George  Burbecke, 
fower  or  five  kine  that  are  in  the  West  Countrie.  To  William  Robinson 
of  Vlgham  a  cowe  and  a  calf.  Unto  Isabell  Fawcus  two  kine  and 
a  calf.  Six  silver  spoones  vnto  Mr.  Robson,  person  of  Morpeth,  and 
eight  to  my  vncle  Cleater,  if  he  be  liueinge,  and  the  rest  of  the  silver 
spones  to  my  vncle  Richard  Rumney.  Vnto  George  Robinson,  the 
sonne  of  George  Robinson  of  Vlgham,  one  cowe,  and  to  Edward  Robin- 
son, my  godson,  sonne  of  the  aforesaid  George  Robinson,  one  cowe. 
Vnto  Ezechiell  Cuthbert,  servant  vnto  Mr.  Robson,  my  litle  mare. 
My  other  mare  to  Maudlin  Foulthropp  and  Joan  Hester,  servantes 
unto  Mr.  Robson,  to  be  sold,  and  the  money  to  be  equallie  devided 
betwixt  them.  Vnto  Cuthbert  Milward,  Mr.  Robson's  mann,  26s.  8d. 
To  Ellinor  Simpson,  Mr.  Robson's  maide,  20s.  Vnto  my  keeper, 
Isabell  Moore,  26s.  Sd.  Item  my  will  is  that  the  money,  which  Gawin 
Smith  of  Morpeth  is  indebted  vnto  me,  being  about  f owerscore  and  term 
poundes,  and  likewise  all  other  debtes  dew  vnto  me  upon  spetialtie  or 
otherwise,  be  sewted  for  by  my  executors  hereafter  named,  for  the 
paieinge  and  discharginge  my  legacies  and  funerall  expences.  Item 
my  will  is  that  if  anie  thing  remaine  of  my  goods  and  howsehold  stuffe, 
after  that  these  legacies  be  paied,  to  be  equallie  devided  amongst  my 
freindes.  Item  I  do  make  and  ordaine  my  vnkle,  Richard  Rumney, 
and  Francis  Rurnney,  executors  of  this  my  last  will  and  testament. 
Witnesses  hereof,  Richard  Johnson,  Isabell  Fawcus,  Isabell  Moore. 
Proved  Dec.  7,  1623,  before  John  Craddocke,  S.T.P.,  vicar  general  of 
the  bishop  of  Durham  by  Francis  Rumney.  [Ibid.,  xxxvn,  461d.] 

i  The  inscription  on  the  tombstone  of  Anthony  Rumney,  bailiff  of  Ulgham,  who 
died  in  1621,  is  printed  in  the  Proceedings,  2  series,  v,  23. 


179 

CHURCHES    IN    NORTHUMBERLAND    AND    DURHAM 

The  following  is  another  extract  from  Sir  Stephen  Glynne's  'Notes' 
(continued  from  p.  148) : — 
1843  BILLINGHAM  (DURHAM)  8.  Cuthbert. 

A  curious  Church  with  much  early  work,  especially  in  the  Tower. 
The  plan  is  a  Western  Tower,  nave  with  aisles,  South  porch  and  chancel. 
The  tower  is  singular,  and  of  a  sort  to  be  found  perhaps  only  in  the 
Northern  counties.  It  is  evidently  very  early  and  of  small  dimensions 
in  proportion  to  its  height,  has  no  buttresses  or  West  door.  On  the  W. 
side  in  the  lower  stage  is  one  small  narrow  obtuse  headed  window ;  in 
the  next  stage  is  a  single  round-headed  window,  within  a  larger  arch, 
with  a  rude  horizontal  rib,  and  the  arch  springing  from  an  impost 
moulding  like  a  capital  of  a  shaft,  and  below  base  mouldings  of  like 
character.  The  belfry  story  has  on  each  side  2  rude  round  arched 
openings  with  the  capital  of  a  shaft  between  them,  contained  within  a 
general  semicircular  arch  upon  shafts  in  3  sides,  an  horizontal  rib  is 
continued  from  the  capitals.  The  walls  of  the  Tower  are  very  thick. 
The  side  aisles  have  plain  parapets,  that  of  the  Clerestory  is  nearly 
similar,  with  gurgoyles — the  windows  closed,  but  originally  small  and 
square-headed — the  external  appearance  is  patched  and  ragged.  The 
East  end  of  the  Clerestory  seems  to  have  had  a  bell  niche.  The  windows 
of  the  aisles  as  well  as  the  Clerestory  have  been  all  mutilated,  except  one 
small  Norman  one  which  remains  at  the  East  end  of  the  South  aisle. 
The  nave  is  divided  from  each  aisle  by  5  pointed  arches — those 
on  the  S.  decidedly  E.  E.  and  well  finished,  having  hatched 
mouldings,  the  piers  circular,  with  square  capitals  and  4  disengaged 
shafts  set  round,  corresponding  with  the  angles  of  the  capitals.  On 
the  North  side  the  arches  f~j_  are  much  plainer  in  their  mouldings, 
and  the  piers  of  this  form  \~  ~|  with  imposts  for  the  arches,  in  one 
instance  are  4  round  balls  J_J  in  the  angles  at  the  imposts  and  the 
eastern  pier  on  this  side  is  perforated  with  a  large  square  aperture,  being 
much  wider  than  the  others.  The  Chancel  arch  is  pointed  springing  from 
a  circular  shaft  on  the  S.  an  octagonal  one  on  the  N.,  within  it  is  a  wood 
screen  of  late  and  somewhat  debased  character.  The  Chancel  is  of  ex- 
cellent plain  E.  E.  work,  of  a  kind  often  found  in  Durham  and  North- 
umberland. On  each  side  are  4  plain  lancets  with  rather  obtuse  heads — 
the  East  window  has  been  [modernised  ?],  the  Chancel  is  long  and  of 
fine  proportions,  the  parapet  moulded,  with  a  corbel  table  below,  the 
buttresses  fiat,  and  string  under  the  windows.  The  East  end  has  the 
parapet  in  an  uncommon  form,  a  kind  of  ellipse  with  toothed  moulding. 
A  north  door  both  in  nave  and  chancel  is  closed.  The  Chancel  is  rather 
neat  within  and  fitted  up  with  stalls  *,nd  desks  before  them,  though  not 
of  an  ancient  style,  and  the  wainscoting  is  not  quite  in  character  with  an 
ancient  Church.  The  roof  of  the  Chancel  has  plain  timbers — the  rest  of 
the  Church  is  ceiled  within.  The  Font  has  a  circular  cup  shaped  bowl, 
with  rude  foliage  below  it — the  stem  circular  and  banded,  on  an  octagonal 
base  and  square  plinth — the  cover  is  of  a  kind  of  tabernacle  work  in  wood, 
and  though  debased,  as  the  woodscreen,  has  not  a  bad  effect.  There  are 
some  brasses,  one  of  which  is  too  much  worn  to  be  legible.  One  in  the 
Chancel  has  the  figure  of  an  Ecclesiastic,  but  is  partly  picked  (?),  the 
inscription  so  much  worn  as  to  be  read  with  difficulty— the  date  1480. 

Another  has  the  inscription  : — 

'  Orate  pro  aie  dfii  Johis  Neceham  capell'i  ac  vicarii  quo' dam  istius 
ecclie  q'  obiit  in  ffesto  Sd  Nicholai  Epi  anno  dni  Mill"10  CCCCLVIC 
cuius  anime  p'piciet'  deus.  Amen.' 

At  the  East  end  of  the  N.  aisle  is  a  plain  niche  resting  on  a  pro- 
jecting octagonal  base. 


180 


'A  s-iddle  which  has  absolutely  died  out.  I  have  only  seen  two 
like  it  in  ten  years  up  here.  It  was  the  saddle  of  the  seventeenth  and 
eighteenth  century,  though  flaps  ware  in  vogue  in  the  eighteenth 
century  as  well.' — G.  A.  FOTHERGIIX. 


181 


PROCEEDINGS 


SOCIETY    OF   ANTIQUARIES 


OF    NEWCASTLE-TJPON-TYNE. 


3    SEB.,    VOL.    III.  1908.  NO.    17 


The  ordinary  monthly  meeting  of  the  Society  was  held  in  the  library 
of  the  Castle,  Newcastle,  on  Wednesday,  the  twenty-sixth  day  of 
February,  1908,  at  seven  o'clock  in  the  evening,  Mr.  Thomas  Hodgkin, 
D.C.L.,  F  S.A.,  a  vice-president,  being  in  the  chair. 

Several  ACCOUNTS,  recommended  by  the  Council  for  payment,  were 
ordered  to  be  paid. 

The  following  NEW  BOOKS,  etc.,  were  placed  on  the  table  : — 

Presents,  for  which  special  thanks  were  voted  : — 

From  Mr.  C.  D.  Newby  of  Durham  : — An  old  deed  of  23  Jan,  21 
Jac.  i  [1624],  made  between  (1)  Anthony  Cocke  of  West  Herrington 
Wood,  co.  Durham,  yeoman,  and  Alice  his  wife,  and  (2)  John 
Heighinton  the  elder  of  the  City  of  Durham,  mercer,  and  John 
Heighinton  the  younger,  his  son,  whereby  '  All  yl  Close  wth 
thapp'tences  scituate  lyeinge  and  beinge  in  Crossegate  in  the 
suburbs  of  ye  Citty  of  Durham  butt  nige  vppon  the  king's  high 
waye  on  the  north,  &  a  curtillage  heeretofore  in  the  possession  of 
one  Thomas  Cocke  .  .  on  the  east  no  we  in  the  tenure  .  .  of  ye  said 

Anthony  Cocke  or  his  assignes to  bee  houlden  of  the  cheif 

Lord  and  Lords  of  the  ffee  by  the  service  therfore  due  and  accus- 
tomed.' Attested  by  John  Walton,  Richard  Lee,  Nicholas  Mason, 
John  Carter,  and  Elizabeth  Mayson,  who  also  (except  Nicholas 
Mayson)  attested  the  mem.  of  delivery  of  seisin  by  '  ye  deliu'ye  of 
one  Clodd  of  the  prmisses  in  name  of  seisene  of  all  the  rest.'  Seals 
gone. 

From  Mr.  R.  Blair: — The  Antiquary  for  March,  1908  (N.S.,  iv,  3). 

Exchanges  : — 

From  the  Somerset  Archaeological   and  Natural  History  Society  : — 

Proceedings  for  1907,  3rd  ser.,  xm,  8vo. 
From  the  Royal  Society  of  Antiquaries  of  Ireland  : — The  Journal, 

xxxvn,  iv. 
From  the  Royal  Numismatic  Society  : — The  Numismatic  Chronicle, 

4  ser.,  no.  28. 
From    the    Royal    Irish    Academy  : — Transactions,    xxvii,    sec.    c, 

nos.  1,  2,  3. 
From  the  Bureau  of  American  Ethnology  : — Bulletin  33  :    Hrdlicka- 

Skeletal  Remains,  cl.  8vo. 

[Proc.  3_Ser.  m,  271 


182 

From  the  Powys-land  Club: — Coll.  Hist.  &  Archaeological  relating  to 
Montgomeryshire  and  its  Borders,  xxxv,  i,  8vo.  [Included  in  it  is  an 
'  Ecclesiastical  Terrier,'  which  states  that  at  Llanselm  in  Oswestry 
deanery,  there  is  a  communion  cup  of  Newcastle  make,  bearing 
the  date  letter  of  1772.] 

From  the  Derbyshire  Archaeological  and  Natural  History  Society  :  — 
Journal,  xxx,  1908;  8vo. 

From  the  Shropshire  Arch.  &  Nat.  Hist.  Soc. : — Transactions,  3  ser., 
vin,  i ;  8vo. 

Purchases ; — Jahrbuch  of  the  Imp.  Germ.  Arch.  Institute,  'register'  to 
vols.  xi-xx,  and  Mitteilungen,  vol.  xxn,  no.  3 ;  Der  Obergermanisch 
Raetische  Limes,  part  30  (Kastell  Kongen) ;  The  Registers  of  Rothbury, 
Northumberland,  and  of  Berwick-upon-Tweed  (Northumberland  and 
Durham  Par.  Reg.  Soc.) ;  Notes  and  Queries,  10th  ser,  nos.  214-217  ; 
and  The  Visitation  of  Berkshire  (56  Harleian  Soc.  publ.). 

DONATION    TO    THE    MUSEUM. 

From  Mr.  T.  W.  Elliot  of  Monkseaton : — A  lozenge-shaped  panel  re- 
moved from  the  front  of  the  house  No.  33,  Akenside  Hill,  Newcastle, 
now  in  course  of  demolition. 

Mr.  R.  Oliver  Heslop,  one  of  the  secretaries,  remarked  that  the  panel 
was  found  on  removal  to  be  a  casting  of  hard  cement.  It  was  also 
apparent,  from  the  manner  of  its  attachment  to  the  joints  of  the  walling 
on  which  it  was  fixed,  that  it  had  been  placed  there  at  the  time  of 
building  the  house,  a  half-timber  structure  dating  from  about  the 
middle  of  the  seventeenth  century.  The  wall  itself  had  to  be  taken 
down  before  the  panel  could  be  detached  from  it.  For  all  this  our 
Society  is  greatly  indebted  to  the  generous  donor,  who  gove  special 
instruction  for  its  careful  preservation  and  conveyance  to  our  safe 
c  ustody .  The  panel  will  be  found  figured  and  described  in  our  Proceedings 
(2  ser.  ix,  290).  It  has  been  mounted  and  hung  at  the  entrance  to  the 
great  hall  in  a  position  to  make  it  accessible  for  close  inspection.  The 
Nereid  that  it  represents  is  woman  to  the  waist,  whose  lower  limbs  are 
developed  into  two  fish  tails  of  such  proportions  as  to  curve  up  and 
surround  the  body  of  the  woman  to  the  level  of  the  crown  of  the  head, 
whilst  the  arms  of  the  figure  stretch  outward  and  upward  in  touch 
with  the  tails  on  each  side.  At  the  closer  view  now  afforded  it  will  be 
seen  that  the  so-called  fleurs-de-lys,  one  at  each  corner,  present  little 
appearance  of  a  floral  character,  but  that  they  much  more  resemble 
two  horns,  or  crescents,  bound  upon  a  central  object.  The  ligatures 
in  them  are  conspicuous  features  and  the  alleged  resemblance  of  the 
symbol,  to  the  thunderbolt  of  Jupiter,  with  which  it  has  been  identified 
by  some,  may  well  be  noted.  Another  feature  observable  will  be  seen 
in  the  four  horizontal,. parallel  lines  drawn  through,  or  as  a  background 
to  the  figure,  the  extremities  of  the  lines  projecting  on  either  side.  The 
uppermost  and  the  lowest  lines  are  spaced  apart  from  the  two  central 
lines  by  the  insertion  of  four  disks,  two  at  each  side.  These  lines  and 
disks  are  precisely  similar  to  the  marks  that  were  used  to  denote  the 
followers  of  Siva  and  his  wife  Parvati  in  Eastern  mythology  and  add  to 
the  occult  character  of  this  extremely  curious  and  interesting  Gnostic 
device.  Mr.  T.  C.  Button  has  kindly  mentioned  that  he  has  seen  this 
same  Nereid  used  as  a  watermark  in  paper  of  the  year  1514. 

Mr.  Heslop  concluded  by  expressing  the  cordial  thanks  of  the  Society 
to  Mr  Elliot  for  his  courtesy,  and  for  the  very  great  trouble  taken  by 
him  in  preserving  and  presenting  this  curious  relic. 

Thanks  were  expressed  by  acclamation. 


183 


IXHIBITED  : 

By  Mr.  T.  J.  Bell: — A  gold  and  enamelled  cross  of  the  French  legion 
of  honour,  recently  acquired  by  him,  having  in  the  centre,  on  one 
side  a  bust  of  Napoleon  i,  and  on  the  other  the  French  eagle. 

By  Mr.  G.  R.  B.  Spain: — A  drawing  and  rubbing,  by  himself,  of  the 
bottom  part  of  a  small  Roman  altar  in  the  possession  of  Mr.  D.  H. 
Farrer  of  Redesdale  Cottage.  The  altar  is  at  present  cemented  to 
an  old  grindstone,  and  stands  on  a  pile  of  stones  in  the  garden.  It 
is  referred  to  in  theProc.  (2  ser.,  in,  322),  but  no  illustration  of  it  has 
been  published.  It  was  read  in  1888  as  R/  sir.  Mr.  Spain's 
drawing  is  hero  reproduced. 


ui 

n 


-    ----  /" 


Mr.  Bell  and  Mr.  Spain  were  thanked  for  their  exhibits. 

SIR    PETER    RIDDELL. 

Mr.  Blair,  in  the  unavoidable  absence  of  Mr.  Richard  Welford,  read  a 
note  by  him  stating  that  '  by  the  courtesy  of  Mr.  T.  J.  Young,  of  the  Royal 
Arcade,  he  had  been  showrn  a  pardon  under  the  Groat  Seal,  granted  by 
Charles  i  to  Sir  Peter  Riddel  1,  knight,  of  Newcastle.  The  document, 
which  belongs  to  Mr.  Harry  Shields  of  Farnham  Common,  Bucks,  is  in 
general  terms,  similar  to  those  which  were  frequently  obtained  by 
prominent  men  at  the  beginning  of  a  new  reign.  It  pardons  Sir  Peter 
for  all  treasons,  rebellions,  insurrections,  conspiracies,  homicides, 
felonies,  robberies,  riots,  unlawful  assemblies,  conventicles,  extortions, 


184 

oppressions,  forfeitures,  etc.,  etc.,  in  which  he  may  have  participated 
previous  to  the  27th  March,  1625,  the  date  of  the  death  of  the  king's 
father,  James  i.  The  only  notable  feature  about  the  document  is  that, 
although  sealed  '  Apud  Westm.  decimo  die  Februarii  anno  regni 
nri  primo,'  and  therefore  nearly  eleven  months  after  Charles's  accession, 
the  seal  is  that  of  James  I.  (See  Proceedings  of  the  Society,  2  ser.,  ix,  177 
and  x,  23;  also  Arch.  Ael.,  2  ser.,  xxiv,  184,  for  other  pardons  to  local 
men  of  mark.) 

Mr,  Welford  was  thanked  for  his  note. 

MUNICIPAL    CONTESTS    IN    NEWCASTLE,    1342-1345. 

Mr.  T.  Hodgkin,  D.C.L.,  F.S.A.,  read  a  very  instructive  paper  on 
these  contests,  with  especial  reference  to  the  death  of  John  do  Denton, 
mayor  of  Newcastle. 

After  some  interesting  remarks  by  Mr.  Dendy  on  the  subject  of  the 
paper,  Mr.  Hodgkin  was  thanked  by  acclamation.  It  will  probably  be 
printed  in  full  in  Arch.  Ael.,  3  ser.,  iv. 

LOCAL    MUNIMENTS. 

Mr.  Blair  (one  of  the  secretaries),  in  the  absence  of  the  writer,  Mr. 
Richard  Welford,  M.A.,  read  the  introduction  to  numerous  abstracts  of 
local  documents  in  his  own  and  other  collections. 

THE    ALDERS    OF    PRENDWICK. 

Mr.  J.  C.  Hodgson,  M.A.,  F.S.A.,  read  his  paper  on  the  'Family  of 
Alder  of  Prendwick,  and  its  Offshoots.' 

THE    BUNNY    FAMILY. 

Mr.  S.  S.  Carr  read  his  notes  on  '  Some  heraldic  brasses  at  Ryton, 
with  an  account  of  the  Bunny  Family.'  To  illustrate  these  notes  Mr. 
Carr  exhibited  rubbings  of  the  brasses  in  the  chancel  of  the  church  and 
coloured  drawings  by  himself  of  the  coats  of  arms  on  the  brasses.1 

Thanks  were  voted  for  these  contributions.  All  or  some  of  them 
will  be  printed  in  Arch.  Ael.,  3  ser.,  iv. 

1  For  a  description  of  these  brasses,  see  '  Notes  on  some  Brasses  in  the  Counties  of 
Northumberland  and  Durham,'  by  the  late  J.  G.  Waller,  in  Arch.  AcL,  2  ser.,  XV,  86. 


MISCELLANEA. 

LADYKIRK    CHURCH   (See  p.   T21) 

The  Rev.  A.  R.  Stogdon,  vicar  of  Norham,  writes  '  that  the  authorities 
of  Ladykirk  have  renewed  the  stone  over  (what  we  should  call)  the 
chancel  door,  in  which  was  recorded,  in  Latin,  James  iv's  vow  to  build 
a  church.  The  inscription  was  almost  illegible,  but  has  now  been 
re-cut  on  the  new  stone.' 


The  following  are  extracts  from  Sir  Stephen  Glynne's  '  Notes '  (con- 
tinued from  p.  179) : — 

1841  RYTON    (DURHAM) 

This  handsome  church  derives  additional  beauty  from  its  fine  situa- 
tion, on  an  eminence  shaded  with  large  trees  and  overlooking  the 
valley  of  the  Tyne.  The  Church  consists  of  a  West  Tower  with  stono 


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Spire,2  a  nave  with  side  aisles,  a  Chancel,  and  a  South  porch.  The  whole 
is  Early  English,  except  some  inserted  windows  of  pure  elegant  character. 
The  exterior,  which  is  of  a  picturesque  grey  stone,  is  in  very  good 
preservation.  The  Tower  stands  engaged  within  the  nave  and  has 
3  stages,  with  lancet  windows  in  each,  the  highest  trefoiled,  be- 
iieath  the  parapet  a  good  E.E.  corbel  table,  the  Spire,  wrhich  seems 
coeval,  is  squared  at  the  base,  and  covered  with  lead.  The  south  porch 
is  Early  English,  and  within  it  is  a  fine  doorway  with  good  arch  mould- 
ings and  two  orders  of  shafts,  the  interior  arch  is  of  somewhat  con- 
tracted form.  The  shafts  have  moulded  capitals.  The  aisles  and 
Clerestory  are  embattled,  the  Chancel  a  plain  moulded  parapet.  The 
gable  of  the  Clerestory  is  very  acute,  that  of  the  Chancel  is  crowned  by 
a  fine  cross.  The  South  aisle  has  one  single  lancet  window  with  mould- 
ings, and  one  fine  double  one  with  shaft  and  good  arch  moulding 
containing  the  nail  heads,  also  one  with  E.  E.  shafts  in  which 
Perpendicular  tracery  has  been  inserted.  The  North  arch  has  one 
single  lancet,  and  one  square  headed  late  Perpendicular  window.  The 
West  end  of  each  aisle  has  a  single  lancet.  The  Tower  opens  to  the  nave 
by  a  large  pointed  arch  and  by  half  arches  to  the  side  aisles,  springing 
from  brackets  having  the  nail  head.  Beyond  the  Tower  the  nave  has 
three  pointed  arches  on  each  side  opening  to  the  aisles,  the  pillars  being 
alternately  circular  and  ostagonal.  The  Western  responds  nail-headed 
brackets.  The  Clerestory  windows  are  closed.  At  the  end  of  each 
aisle  is  a  slight  Decorated  window.  The  Chancel  arch  large,  and  within 
it  is  a  very  good  Perpendicular  wood  screen.  The  Chancel  has  on  the 
south  side  one  elegant  window  of  two  lancets  upon  shafts  within  a 
general  round  headed  arch  and  a  quatrefoil  between  the  heads  of  the 
2  lancets.  This  feature  only  exists  outside — within  the  lancets  are 
quite  plain  without  mouldings — and  two  other  lancets  on  the  same  side 
are  also  plain  within,  but  beneath  them  is  a  string  course.  The  Chancel 
roof  has  been  lowered,  and  the  East  window  is  an  ugly  Elizabethan  one. 
The  South  door  of  the  Chancel  is  also  later.  The  Chancel  is  fitted  up 
with  very  elegant  stalls,  with  desks  in  front,  having  beautiful  wood 
sculpture  with  tracery  and  figures  of  the  Apostles.  In  the  East  wall  is 
a  square  recess,  there  is  also  one  both  North  and  South  of  the  altar, 
whether  for  almery  or  credence.  The  enclosure  of  the  altar  is  spacious 
and  paved  with  marble.  In  the  middle  of  the  Chancel  is  a  slab 
with  an  effigy  of  green  marble  in  very  perfect  condition,  apparently 
of  an  ecclesiastic,  the  head  supported  by  angels.  At  the  West  end 
of  the  Church  is  a  large  barrel  organ. 

1843  HART  (DURHAM)  St.  Mary. 

This  is  an  interesting  Church  with  a  good  deal  of  semi  Norman  work 
of  good  kind.  The  plan.  West  Tower,  nave  with  aisles  and  S.  porch 
and  Chancel.  The  Tower  is  low  and  plain,  has  4  small  broken  pin- 
nacles, but  no  buttresses  or  West  Door — its  parapet  very  plain — some 
of  its  apertures  are  single  lancets,  but  the  belfry  windows  are  late  and 
poor.  The  parapets  of  the  body  are  moulded  and  the  roof  leaded.  The 
porch  has  head  corbels  under  its  parapet.  The  windows  have  nearly 
all  lost  their  tracery — some  have  been  Perpendicular,  but  at  the  West 
end  of  the  aisles  are  obtuse  lancets,  that  of  the  S.  aisle  having  externally 
a  hatched  dripstone.  The  North  aisle  is  not  continued  quite  to  the 
wall  of  the  Tower,  and  is  divided  from  the  nave  by  2  wide  elliptical 
arches,  springing  from  a  light  central  octagonal  pier  with  moulded 
overhanging  capital,  the  responds  are  of  similar  character.  The  S. 
aisle  is  divided  from  the  nave  by  3  similar  arches,  with  still  lighter 
2  The  spire  is  of  wood  leaded,  not  of  stone.  See  succeeding  paragraph. 


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octagonal  jaiers  having  plainer  capitals.  There  is  no  Clerestory ;  the 
nave  is  of  good  width,  and  the  Tower  arch  not  being  hidden  by  a  gallery, 
the  effect  would  be  fine,  were  it  not  for  the  hideous  coats  of  whitewash, 
alternating  with  lamp  black,  which,  after  the  Durham  fashion,  so  bar- 
barously disfigure  the  arches  and  walls.  The  Tower  arch  is  semicircular, 
springing  from  shafts  set  in  hollows  and  having  abaci  above  the  capitals. 
Above  the  arches  in  the  N.  aisle  are  grotesque  head  corbels  which 
seem  formerly  to  have  supported  the  original  roof  ;  in  the  S.  aisle, 
similarly  placed,  are  billet  corbels.  The  Chancel  is  modern,  in  a 
hideous  style,  erected  1806.  The  Chancel  arch  is  pointed  and  wide — 
brought  down  rather  low  and  resting  on  short  octagonal  shafts 

The  finest  feature  about  this  Church  is  the  Font, x  a  very  fine  specimen 
probably  Decorated,  which  has  escaped  whitewashing,  but  is  covered 
with  green  mould.  The  bowl  is  octagonal,  as  is  also  the  stem,  which 
stands  on  a  plinth  of  the  same  form,  having  a  small  step  for  kneeling  on 
the  West  side.  On  the  sides  of  the  bowl  are  figures  of  the  Apostles,  in 
pairs,  on  the  W.  is  Christ  rising  from  the  tomb — beneath  the  bowl  is  a 
band  of  moulding  with  figures  of  angels — on  the  sides  of  the  stem  are 
canopied  niches  containing  figures  of  Saints,  Apostles,  and  the  Virgin 
Mary  crowned  and  bearing  a  palm  branch.  On  the  basement  or  plinth 
mouldings  appears  a  bold  four-leafed  flower — the  whole  of  the  sculpture 
is  finely  executed.  Built  into  the  S.  wall  of  the  Chancel  appears  a 
sculptured  stone  representing  a  Saint  crowned  and  bearing  a  spear  and 
a  shield  charged  with  the  cross.  [In  the  margin:]  There  are  three 
small  bells. 

1843  NORTON  (DURHAM)2  St.  Mary. 

The  Church  is  cruciform,  with  central  tower,  but  the  Transepts  are 
short.  There  are  portions  of  early  work,  but  the  whole  has  been  much 
altered  and  modernised,  especially  within.  The  exterior  is  stuccoed  ; 
the  Tower  embattled,  with  a  Perpendicular  belfry  window  having  a 
square  head,  the  lower  part  of  the  tower,  above  the  roof  of  the  body, 
lias  some  very  small  and  rude  openings  which  appear  early,  the  tower 
is  clearly  of  very  early  character  and  has  no  buttresses.  The 
body  and  chancel  have  battlements.  On  the  north  side  of  the 
Chancel  is  a  lancet  window.  There  are  other  Perpendicular  windows 
of  3  lights  in  the  chancel,  that  at  the  East  end  appears  to  occupy 
the  place  of  an  original  triple  lancet,  the  shafts  of  which  remain 
and  have  good  capitals,  bands,  and  bases.  Most  of  the  other  windows 
have  been  altered,  but  one  small  Norman  one  remains  in  the  East  wall 
of  the  South  Transept.  The  side  aisles  of  the  nave  have  been  widened, 
and  the  windows  in  the  modern  walls  have  pseudo-Perpendicular 
tracery.  The  nave  has  3  Early  English  arches  on  each  side — those 
on  the  N.  very  finely  moulded  and  springing  from  circular  columns 
with  octagonal  capitals — those  on  the  S.  nearly  similar  but  one 
has  the  hatched  moulding  and  one  capital  has  rude  foliage.  The 
Clerestory  has  been  closed,  but  was  probably  in  the  same  style  as 
the  arches.  There  are  ugly  galleries  erected  along  every  side  of  the 
nave,  which  is  encumbered  also  with  high,  though  regular  pues.  The 
Tower  rises  on  4  arches  which  are  not  similar,  but  all  are  semicircular, 
the  N.  and  S  are  very  rude  and  early  Norman,  without  mouldings 
rising  upon  imposts.  The  E.  and  W.  arches  are  much  later  and  well 
moulded,  on  square  imposts  without  shafts.  Over  the  W.  arch  of  the 
Tower  facing  the  nave  is  a  small  organ.  Between  the  S.  aisle  arid 
S.  Transept  is  a  plain  pointed  arch  on  imposts  and  a  way  of  ascending 

1  See  Proc.,  2  ser.  v,  facing  p.  177,  for  an  illustration  of  the  font. 
2  See  Arch.  AeL,  2  ser.  xv,  p.  1,  for  W.  H.  D.  Longstaft'e's  paper  on  Norton  church. 


r.. 


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the  Tower.  The  North  Transept  is  the  burial-place  of  the  Blakis 
tons— on  a  slab  are  the  prints  of  brass  figures  of  a  Knight  and 
Lady  destroyed,  and  in  it  was  formerly  the  fine  monument,  now  in  the 
Chancel.  On  the  S.  side  of  the  altar  is  a  fine  Early  English  moulded 
niche  which  seems  to  have  been  a  sedile — the  shafts  have  capitals 
moulded  with  the  toothed  ornament  and  the  hood  moulding  is  on 
foliated  corbels.  Within  the  altar  rails3  is  a  very  fine  tomb  to  one  of 
the  Blakistons,  with  the  effigy  of  a  cross-legged  knight  in  chain  armour, 
with  a  lion  at  his  feet  and  a  small  figure  seated  by  it.  The  whole  is  in 
beautiful  condition.  On  the  shield  are  6  quarterings — Blakiston, 
Bower,  &c.,  &c. — over  the  head  is  an  ogee  canopy  with  very  fine 
crockets  and  finial.  The  hair  is  long  and  flowing.  The  reredos  has  a 
mediaeval  picture  representing  Our  Lord  and  his  disciples  at  Emmaus. 
There  is  a  miserable  little  font  in  the  Chancel.4 

Oct.    10,   1862.  SEDGEFIELD  (DURHAM).  S.  Edmund. 

A  fine  Church,  consisting  of  nave  with  N.  &  S.  aisles,  N.  &  S. 
transeptal  chapels,  Chancel,  Western  Tower  and  South  porch.  There 
are  E.  E.  portions  with  some  of  later  character.  The  whole  Church 
is  in  excellent  condition,  and  with  the  exception  of  the  Transepts, 
has  undergone  considerable  restoration.  The  aisles  have  leaded  roof, 
the  nave  and  S.  Transept  a  slated — the  N.  Transept  has  a  moulded 
parapet,  and  on  its  W.  side  is  an  ugly  brick  erection.  The  nave  is 
lofty,  but  has  no  Clerestory.  On  each  side  is  a  very  fine  E.  E.  arcade 
of  4  tall  arches  with  excellent  mouldings,  the  Eastern  on  each  side 
opening  to  the  Transepts.  The  piers  are  beautiful,  and  each  composed 
of  4  clustered  shafts  detached  from  each  other,  and  having  separate 
bands,  and  capitals  of  sculptured  foliage  with  heads  intermixed,  also 
figures  of  birds  and  other  animals. 5  The  whole  of  the  arcades  and 
walls  of  the  nave  are  scraped  to  the  natural  colour  of  the  stone.  The 
nave  is  fitted  with  neat  open  benches.  At  the  W.  end  is  placed  the 
Organ  on  the  ground,  beneath  the  Tower  arch.  The  windows  of  the 
arch  are  all  Decorated  of  2  lights.  The  Tower  arch  from  the  nave  is 
open  and  of  rather  flat  form.  Across  the  aisles  opening  to  the  Tran- 
septs are  pointed  arches. 

The  Transepts'  appear  to  be  private  property,  and  remain  com- 
paratively unimproved  and  contain  pues.  The  Northern  has  also  a 
gallery  pue,  below  which  is  a  vestry.  The  windows  of  the  North  Transept 
are  Dec'1,  its  end  window  of  4  lights,  and  on  the  E.  side  one  of  3. 

The  S.  Transept  has  the  outer  walls  stuccoed  and  its  windows  of 
debased  character.  In  the  N.  Transept  is  a  small  brass,  A.D.  1446,  to 
William  Leyton. 7 

The  Chancel  arch  is  E.  E.  of  an  earlier  character,  with  a  plain 
soffit  and  moulding  in  the  angle,  and  a  chevroned  hood  ;  the  mouldings 
are  on  capitals  without  shafts.  Across  this  arch  is  a  fine  wood  screen 
which,  though  having  debased  details  mixing  with  the  Gothic  work, 
has  a  rich  and  grand  effect.  The  whole  Chancel  appears  to  have  been 
rebuilt,  or  at  least  renovated  and  fitted  up  in  the  seventeenth  Century. 

Its  general  effect  is  fine,  and  it  is  handsomely  fitted  and  appointed, 
though  the  details  are  somewhat  faulty.  The  pavement  is  of  marble,  the 
walls  wainscoted,  and  on  each  side  are  stalls  with  rich  canopies.  The 

s  This  effigy  is  now  on  the  s.  side  of  the  nave. 

4  This  font,  or  rather  the  stem  of  it,  is  in  the  churchyard.     It  may  have  been  of  early 
•Hte.    The  later  font  is  now  at  the  W.  end  of  the  nave. 

*  See  Arch.  Afl.,  2  ser.,  XVI,  facing  p.  386. 

6  'Ihe  gallery  in  the  south  transept  has  been  taken  away.     That  in  the  north  still 
remains. 
7  The  brass  is  dated  1475,  and  is  to  a  William  Hoton.— See  Arch.  Ael,  2  ser.,  xv,  p.  88. 


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windows  are  poor  Gothic.  The  E.  window  of  5,  the  others  of  2  lights. 
The  pulpit  and  prayer  desk  are  new.  The  Font  is  of  black  marble,  the 
bowl  octagonal  and  cup  shaped,  with  concave  sides  having  shields,  of 
debased  character  and  set  upon  a  stem.  The  S.  porch  is  very  plain. 
The  Tower  is  large  and  appears  to  be  wholly  late  Perpendr  and  plain. 
It  is  embattled,  has  corner  buttresses  and  octagonal  turrets  at  the 
angles  surmounted  by  pinnacles.  At  the  S.E.  is  a  slight  projecting  stair 
turret.  There  are  2  string  courses  ;  the  belfry  windows  are  of  2  lights, 
on  the  W.  a  poor  3  light  window  and  no  door. 
Added  in  Margin — 

(1)  The  piers  are  oblong,  presenting  the  widest  faces  N.  &  S.     One 

arch  has  a  chevroned  hood.     The  capitals  of  the  arches  to  the 
Transepts  have  no  foliage. 

(2)  Some  figures  are  monstrous,  one  a  double  body  of  a  bird,  with  one 

head. 

(3)  The  Organ  was  erected  about  1706 — the  gift  of  the  Rev.  Pickering, 

rector. 8 

(4)  There  are  brasses9  with  skeletons  in  shrouds  of  small  size,  and  in 

the  E.  window  of  the  S.  aisle  remnants  of  stained  glass  of  the 
14th  century. 

Oct.  10,  1862.  CONISCLIFFE  (DURHAM).10  S.  Edwin. 

This  Church  is  in  a  striking  situation  on  an  abrupt  eminence  near  the 
Tees,  one  side  being  of  precipitous  lime  stone  rock.  It  is  in  a  neat 
condition,  well  cared  for  and  renewed  within,  a  great  contrast  to  its 
neighbour  at  Gainford. 

The  Church  has  a  nave  with  N.  aisle  and  Chancel,  of  considerable 
length,  with  Western  Tower  and  spire  and  South  porch. 

The  main  featiires  are  E.  E.,  the  body  and  chancel  have  plain  parapets. 
The  nave  has  an  arcade  of  5  low  pointed  arches  of  chamfered  orders 
on  circular  columns  having  octagonal  caps ;  above  which  is  a  Clere- 
story of  oblong  windows  cinquefoiled  and  partially  reconstructed.  On 
the  S.  are  single  lancet  windows,  on  the  N.  they  are  trefoiled.  The 
Chancel  arch  is  on  corbelled  shafts,  the  capitals  of  which  have  E.  E. 
foliage  on  the  N.  and  a  nail-head  octagon  impost.  The  Chancel  is 
good  E.  E. — the  E.  window  a  triplet — the  others,  single  lancets 
restored.  There  is  a  Vestry  on  the  North  which  is  embattled.  In  the 
chancel  remains  part  of  the  old  stalls  with  poppy  heads.  There  is  a 
Harmonium.  The  nave  is  fitted  with  plain  open  benches.  The  Font 
is  modern.  The  tower  opens  to  the  nave  by  a  flat  shouldered  door 
in  the  wall,  without  a  loftier  arch.  The  tower  is  low  rather  tapering 
upwards  and  without  buttresses — a  string  to  the  lower  part — only  the 
belfry  story  has  a  later  battlement  and  4  small  crocketed  pinnacles, 
below  the  parapet  is  a  corbel  table.  The  Spire  is  octagonal.  The 
belfry  story  has  E.  E.  windows,double  with  central  shaft  having  capital. 

There  is  no  West  door,  and  the  openings  in  the  lower  part  of  the  Tower 
are  merely  slits.  The  S.  porch  has  stone  benches.  The  Rectory  House, 
adjoining  on  the  S.,  has  been  rebuilt  in  a  fair  medieval  style. 

3  Theopliilus  Pickering,  who  gave  the  organ  to  the  church,  was  rector  between  the 
years  1705  and  1711.  He  also  gave  a  bell  to  the  church,  making  the  number  six.- 
Hutchinson,  Durham,  ill,  54  &  n. 

9  lS7ow  kept  in  the  church  chest.— 8ee  Arch.  Acl.,  2  ser.,  XV,  facing  p.  88. 

Jo  In  1580  at  (  'OUNSCLIF,  '  There  remaneth  in  the  church  the  remnants  of  the  roode 
lofte  untaken  downe.  There  remaneth  in  the  quere  certayne  corbile  stones  which 
were  sometime  fotte  pnthes  for  images,  one  on  eyther  side  the  place  of  the  hiffhe 
alter.  There  remaneth  yet  one  alter  without  the  quere  dore  undefaced.'  The 
churchwardens  to  remove  and  certify.— Eccl.  Proc.  of  Bishop  Barnes  (22  Surt.  Soc. 
publ.),  128. 


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PROCEEDINGS 


OF    THE 


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3  SEB.,  VOL.  m.  1908.  NO.  18 


At  the  ordinary  monthly  meeting  of  the  Society,  held  in  the  library 
of  the  Castle,  Newcastle,  on  Wednesday,  the  twenty-fifth  day  of  March, 
1908,  at  seven  o'clock  in  the  evening,  Mr.  J.  Pattison  Gibson  in  the 
chair. 

Several  ACCOUNTS,  recommended  by  the  Council  for  payment,  were 
ordered  to  be  paid. 

The  following  NEW  BOOKS,  etc.,  were  placed  on  the  table : — 

Exchanges : — 

From  the  Royal  Irish  Academy  : — Proceedings,  xxvn,  sec.  C,  no.  4. 
From  the  British  Arch.  Association: — Journal,  xm,  iv. 
From  the   Smithsonian   Institution,    Washington,   U.S.A.  : — Report 
for  1907. 

Purchases  : — An  Appendix  to   a   list  of   Parish  Registers  ;     Gomme's 
Folklore  as  an  Historical  Science. 

EXHIBITED  : — 

By  Mr.  A.  L.  Steavenson  of  Holy  well  hall,  near  Durham  : — A  small 
bronze  object  (like  a  pair  of  double  callipers)  with  2  pairs  of  round 
moveable  arms  about  If  in.  in  diameter,  found  at  Standalone,  near 
Coxhoe,  co.  Durham. 

[Mr.  Steavenson  in  an  accompanying  note  said: — 'The  small  object 
sent  herewith  was  found  in  a  field  near  Standalone  farm  house  where 
are  the  remains  of  an  ancient  building.  Where  I  first  heard  of  the 
castle  or  pele  of  Standalone,  or  Tursdale,  or  Trillesden,  I  don't  remember, 
but  one  day  the  manager  at  Tursdale  colliery  mentioned  to  me  that 
there  were  some  large  foundations  in  the  field  70  yards  east  of  the 
Standalone  farmhouse,  shown  on  the  6  inch  maps,  and  20  chains  north- 
east of  Tursdale  shafts.  I  found  that  there  were  indications  only  of 
foundations  below  the  ploughed  land,  so  about  a  year  ago  I  had  a  man 
put  on  to  see  what  there  was  ;  he  dug  up  big  flat  stones  round  a  con- 
siderable area,  forming  portions  of  an  oblong  building  of  probably 
early  date,  which  must  have  stood  there.  Neither  Surtees  nor  Boyle 
says  anything  about  it.  I  should  say  it  has  been  a  pele,  its  existence 
being  lost  in  what  poets  call  the  mists  of  antiquity.  The  flat  stones 
which  remain  look  like  having  been  foundations.  I  have  measured  the 

[Proc.  3  Ser.  in,  28 1 


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foundations,  they  are  50  yards  square,  and  the  farmer  says  there  were 
remains  of  a  fishpond  and  sometime  gardens.  Now  in  Murray's  Hand- 
book for  Durham  (p.  119)  may  be  read,  speaking  of  Coxhoe,  '  2  miles 
N.  is  Quarrington,  2  miles  West  of  which  the  Castle  hill  has  traces  of  an 
ancient  fortification.'  This  seems  to  me  to  answer  exactly.  The 
farmer  says  that  two  benighted  antiquaries  were  round  there  on  horse- 
back some  time  ago  and  they  pointed  the  place  out  to  him.  We  tested 
the  line  of  removed  walls  last  year  at  intervals  all  round,  finding  flat 
magnesian  limestone  stones,  all  that  is  left,  except  the  bronze  article 
herewith.  Ramsay  said  I  had  with  me  sometime  ago  a  letter  asking 
me  about  it,  and  this  started  our  enquiry,  but  I  had  quite  forgotten 
the  incident.  Meanwhile  Shincliff  Station,  2  miles  off,  is  the  best 
approach.'] 

By  Mr.  Edward  Wooler  : — An  early  eighteenth  century  wooden 
quart  measure  belonging  to  the  Darlington  Corporation  (shown  on 
the  plate  facing  page  98). 

[Mr.  Wooler,  in  the  note  accompanying  the  measure,  writes  : — '  A 
quart  measure  of  the  Court  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Darlington  market.  It 
is  bored  out  of  a  solid  piece  of  wood  and  hooped  with  copper  bands  at 
the  top  and  bottom,  on  the  bottom  band  is  inscribed  DAKLINGTON. 
Near  the  top  it  is  branded  with  a  crow:n,  G,  and  dagger,  and  the 
date  of  it  about  1720.  There  is  a  solid  wood  handle  dovetailed  into 
the  side.  Its  outside  measurements  are  7 fin.  deep,  4 Jin.  diameter,  and 
thickness  of  sides  Jin.  The  Court  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Market  was 
incident  to  every  fair  and  market  in  the  kingdom  to  punish  misde- 
meanours therein.  Cognizance  of  weights  and  measures  was  a  principal 
part  of  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Court,  which  had  to  try  whether  they 
were  according  to  the  true  standard  or  not,  which  standard  in  Durham 
county  was  anciently  committed  to  the  custody  of  the  bishop  of 
Durham,  and  he  appointed  some  clerk  under  him  to  inspect  the  abuse 
of  them  more  narrowly,  and  hence  this  officer,  though  usually  a  layman, 
was  called  the  clerk  of  the  market.  If  the  weights  and  measures  were 
not  according  to  the  standard,  then,  besides  the  punishment  of  the 
party  by  fine  the  weights  and  measures  themselves  were  directed  to  be 
burnt  in  the  market  place  near  the  cross.  This  court  was  the  most 
inferior  court  of  criminal  jurisdiction  in  the  kingdom,  and  its  functions 
were  superseded  by  the  modern  provisions  with  regard  to  weights  and 
measures.' 

The  Deputy  Warden  of  the  Standards  of  the  Board  of  Trade  stated 
in  a  letter  to  the  Darlington  Inspector  of  Weights  and  Measures  that 
'  the  stamp  of  verification  formerly  in  use  in  the  City  of  London  re- 
sembled the  mark  depicted,  but  comprised  also  a  shield.  Probably, 
however,  the  date  of  the  measure  may  be  judged  to  be  that  of  the  time 
of  George  the  First.'] 

Thanks  were  voted  for  these  communications. 

FREE    JOINERS    OF    NEWCASTLE. 

Mr.  R.  O.  Heslop  (one  of  the  secretaries)  read  a  long  and  important 
paper  by  Mr.  J.  S.  Robson  on  the  Company  of  Free  Joiners  of  New- 
castle. Mr.  Robson,  in  illustration,  exhibited  a  number  of  photographs, 
etc. 

The  chairman  moved  that  the  best  thanks  of  members  be  given 
Mr.  Robson  for  his  able  paper. 

Mr.   J.   D.   Walker    (chairman  of    the  Incorporated  Companies)    ii 
seconding  it,  said  that  the  paper  they  had  just  listened  to  was  of 
very  instructive  character,  but  perhaps  one  of    the  most  interestii 


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features  in  it  was  the  dominant  note  which  pervaded  the  whole  of  the 
paper,  namely,  the 'evident  desire  on  the  part  of  the  Joiners'  Company 
to  produce  the  best  class  of  workmen  and  workmanship,  and  this,  he 
stated,  was  also  the  prominent  feature  of  the  whole  of  the  trade  Guilds 
or  Freemen's  Companies  that  flourished  in  the  sixteenth  and  seventeenth 
centuries,  the  universal  desire  being  to  produce  the  best  craftsmen  and 
best  work  possible,  and  all  their  bye-laws,  rules  and  regulations  tended 
to  that  end.     So  anxious,  indeed,  were  the  various  companies  that  their 
craftsmen  should  excel  in  their  work,  that  the  most  stringent  conditions 
were  imposed  upon  the  apprentices  who  were  desirous  of  being  freemen 
of  the  town ;  and  not  only  were  the  regulations  directed  to  the  work  of 
the  apprentice,  but  his  moral  character  was  also  regulated  and  looked 
after.     Any  apprentice  desiring  to  obtain  the  freedom  of  the  town  (and 
this  was  practically  equivalent  to  his  desiring  to  commence  business 
on  his  own  account,  as  only  freemen  in  those  days  were  allowed  to 
trade)  was  required   to  have  his  indentures  enrolled  with  the  town 
clerk,  and  his  guild  called  immediately  upon  his  entering  into  appren- 
ticeship.    The  apprenticeship  had  to  be  for  seven  years,  and  the  guild 
was  only  allowed  to  be  called  if  his  master  could  and  did  vouch  for  his 
good  character  and  behaviour,  and  that  he  was  of  opinion  that  he  would 
make  a  good  craftsman.     On  having  served  half  of  his  apprenticeship, 
it  was  necessary  that  his  guild  should  be  called  a  second  time,  and 
again  it  was  only  allowed  to  be  called  if  his  master  was  able  to  give 
him  a  good  character,  both  as  to  workmanship  and  as  to  his  general 
behaviour.     And  again,  on  his  term  of  service  being  finished,  the  guild 
was  required  to  be  called  a  third  time,  and  on  this  occasion  the  master 
had  to  vouch  for  him  having  served  his  full  time,  having  given  every 
satisfaction  as  a  good  apprentice,  and  being  a  trustworthy,  honest  and 
moral  man.     But  even  these  conditions,  however  well  they  might  have 
been  carried  out,  were  not  sufficient  to  entitle  him  to  have  his  third 
guild   called   and    be  made  a  freeman,   as  in  nearly  every  company 
apprentices  were  required  to  pass  examinations  or  do  test  work  proving 
their  skill  in  their  particular  handicraft,  and  unless  the  master  could 
certify  that  the  apprentice  had  passed  these  necessary  tests,  or  if  any 
freeman  at  the  guild  could  bring  evidence  to  prove  that  there  was 
collusion  between  the  master  and  the  apprentice,  or  that  the  apprentice 
had  not  come  up  to  the  required  standard  of  good  character,  moral 
conduct  and  craftmanship,  his  guilds  could  be,  and  often  were,  stopped ; 
and  unless  satisfactory  proof  was  forthcoming  that  he  was  all  that  the 
master  had  vouched  for,  he  was  not  allowed  to  take  up  his  freelage  of 
the  town.     Nor  did  the  good  offices  of  the  company  cease  with  the  over- 
seership  of  their  apprentices,  as  when  a  freeman  commenced  business, 
the  stewards  and  wardens  of  his  company  exercised  very  special  powers 
of  supervision,  and  were  empowered  to  enter  the  workshops  or  ware- 
houses  of   the    various   members  of   their    company  to   examine    the 
character  of  the  work  done,  and  the  quality  of  goods  dealt  in,  and  if 
either  were  deficient,  plenary  powers  were  given  them  to  destroy  goods 
that  did  not  come  up  to  the  proper  standard,  and  fines  of  a  considerable 
amount  were  imposed  for  bad  workmanship.     These  stringent  regula- 
tions, all  with  a  view  to  produce  not  only  good  men  but  good  work,  he 
thought,  were  in  great  contrast  to  the  present  state  of  things,  where 
trade  unions  (who  might  be  said  to  occupy  now  the  place  the  old  trade 
guilds  formerly  did),  instead  of  exercising  their  power  and  authority 
in  producing  excellent  craftsmen,  appeared  to  have  brought  about  a 
state  of  things  which  had  practically  abolished  apprenticeship  arid  pro- 
duced a  set  of  men  who  were  mere  machines,  and  who  had  no  real 


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handicraft  at  their  finger  ends.  Indeed,  it  might  be  fitly  said,  that 
the  old  trade  guilds,  with  their  stringent  rules  and  regulations,  had 
the  effect  of  inculcating  a  spirit  of  emulation,  making  '  the  best ' 
their  standard,  and  thus  '  levelling  up '  and  making  every  man  as 
excellent  a  workman  as  possible,  whereas  the  trades  unions  of  the 
present  day  had  the  very  opposite  effect,  namely,  that  of  levelling 
down  and  putting  the  best  workmen  on  a  level  with  the  worst,  the 
effect  being  that  no  real  interest  seemed  to  be  taken  by  the  craftsman 
in  his  work. 

Mr.  Walker  also  referred  to  the  mention  in  Mr.  Robson's  paper  of 
the  system  of  co-operation  that  appeared  to  pertain  in  the  company  in 
the  seventeenth  century,  and  stated  that  this,  likewise,  was  quite  a 
feature  in  many  of  the  other  companies  in  the  town,  where  the  various 
members  were  prohibited  from  purchasing  on  their  own  account  goods, 
either  from  merchants  or  others,  but  had  always  to  purchase  on  account 
of  the  company,  the  goods  being  brought  into  the  company's  meeting 
hall,  or  some  other  convenient  place,  each  member  purchasing  what 
he  required  for  his  own  particular  use,  and  after  paying  the  original 
cost  of  the  goods,  the  surplus  remaining  was  divided  among  the  members  ] 
of  the  company. 

The  vote  was  carried  by  acclamation. 

The  paper  will  probably  be  printed  in  extenso  in  Arch.  Aeliana. 

THE    ENGLISH    PERCYS. 

Mr.  S.  S.  Carr  then  read  a  running  commentary  by  Mr.  Julius  P.    I 
Gibson    of    the    British    Museum,    on    an    unpublished   MS.   in    Latin    j 
which  he  had  discovered  in  the  Museum,  dealing  with  '  St.  Julian,  the    \ 
harbinger,  and  the  first  of   the  English  Percys.'     To  the  commentary 
was  added  the  original  Latin  text.      '  It  relates  to  the  first  Percy  who 
declined  to  bless  this  somewhat  little  heard  of  Saint,   and  as  a  conse- 
quence Topcliffe,  Tadcaster,  and  other  places,  possessions  of  the  Percys,    j 
were  burnt  down.' 

Thanks  were  voted  to  Mr.  Gibson, 

THE    MURAL    PROBLEM. 

A  paper  by  the  late  Mr.  C.  J.  Bates,  dealing  with  this  subject,  1 
was  taken  as  read.  It  will  most  likely  be  printed  in  full  in  Arch.  I 
Aeliana. 


MISCELLANEA. 


CORRECTION. 


Page  184.     The  coloured  drawings  and  coats  of  arms  in  Ryton  church 
are  by  Mr.  H.  T.  Clarke  of  North  Shields,  and  not  by  Mr.  Carr. 


NEWCASTLE. 


In  a  letter  of   3  Dec.   1906,  addressed  to  Mr.  Heslop  (one  of    th 
secretaries),  Mr.  W.  H.  Wells,  Inspector  of  Nuisances  at  Newcast 
thus  wrote: — 'We  have  been  digging  in  the  yard  of  105  Shields  R( 
[Newcastle],  at  a  depth  of  about  9  feet  we  found  a  wall  about  7  fe 
thick.     I  thought  you  would  like  to  know  this.' 


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HERD    SAND,    SOUTH    SHIELDS. 

Within  the  last  three  months  many  coins  have  turned  up  on  the 
beach  at  South  Shields,  having  been  washed  up  by  the  heavy  seas. 
Amongst  them  are  the  following,  which  I  have  seen:  — 

ROMAN    DENARII  : 

Vitellius :  obv.  A.  VITELLIVS  GERMANICVS  IMP.    Bare  head  to  right. 

rev.    CONCORDIA    PR.      Concord  seated  to  left,  holding  patera  and 

cornucopia.    (Cohen,  21.) 

Vespasian  :  1.  obv.  IMP  CAESAR  VESPASIANVS  AVG.    Laureated  head  to  right, 
rev.  PON  MAX  TR  p  cos.  vi.    Woman  half-naked  seated  to  left, 
holding  a  branch.    (Cohen,  366.) 

2.  obv.  Ibid,  (but  inscription  reading  outwards.) 
rev.  Ibid. 

3.  obv.  IMP  CAESAR  VESP  AVG.   Laureated  bead  to  right  (inscription 

reading  outwards). 

rev.  PONT  MAXIM.    Winged  caduceus.    (Ibid.,  390). 
Nerva :  obv,  IMP  NEKVA  CAES  AVG  p  M  TR  p  cos  n  P  P.    Laureated  head  to 

right. 
rev.  LIBEUTAS  PVBLICA.    Liberty  standing  to  left,  holding  a  cap  and  a 

sceptre.    (Ibid.,  106.) 
Trajan  :  1.  obv.  IMP   CAES   NERVA   TRAIAN   AVG   GERM.     Laureated  head  to 

right, 
rev.    P  M    TR   P   cos   mi  p  p.     Mars  helmeted  walking  to  right, 

holding  spear  and  trophy.    (Ibid.<  228.) 
2.  obv.  Ibid. 

rev.    PM  TR  P  cos  p Figure  standing  to  left ;  cornucopia  and 

branch  in  hands. 
Hadrian  :  1.  obv.  HADRIANVS  AVGVSTVS.    Laureated  head  to  right. 

rev.  cos  in.     Plenty  standing  to  left,  foot  on  the  modius,  holding 

an  acrostiiium  and  a  cornucopia.    (Cohen,  381.) 
2.  obv.  HADRIANVS  AVGVSTVS  p  p.    Laureated  head  to  right. 

rev.  cos  in.    Female  figure  seated  to  left. 
M.  Aurelius :  1.  obv.  M.  ANTONINVS  AVG.    Hare  head  to  right. 

rev.  CONCORD  AVG  TR  p  xvi.     In  exergue  cos  in.     Concord 

seated  to  left,  holding  a  patera.    [A.D.  162.]    (Ibid',  39.) 
2.  obv.  AVRKLIVS  CAESAR  AVG  Pii  F.    Bare  head  to  right. 

rev.  TR  POT  vin  cos  ii.  The  genius  of  the  army  standing  to 
left,  holding  a  patera  and  a  legionary  eagle,  at  his  feet  a 
lighted  altar.  [A.D.  154.]  (Ibid.,  673.) 

ENGLISH  :    Edward  I :     Pennies  (London,  Durham  and  Canterbury 
mints). 

Edward  in :    Groat  and  Pennies  (London  mint). 

Edward  iv:    Half-Groat  (London  mint). 

Elizabeth:    Shilling. 

James  I :    Shilling. 
SCOTTISH  :    Robert  n :    Groat  (Perth  mint). 

THE    AMIATINE    CODEX. 

The  Abbe  Gasquet  who  has  been  entrusted  by  the  pope  with  a  revision 
of  the  Vulgate  has  informed  a  correspondent  of  the  Standard  that 
among  the  codices  which  would  be  used  for  comparison  will  be  'the 

Codex  Amiatinus,  now  in  the  Laurentian  Library  in  Florence, 

one  of  three  copies  made  in  the  great  monastery  of  Jarrow,  from  which 
St.  Bede  came,  and  the  Abbot  Ceolfrid  left  the  monastery  with  one  of 
the  copies,  which  was  to  be  presented  to  the  Pope.  The  abbot  died 
on  the  journey,  and  the  great  codex  was  entirely  lost  sight  of.  St. 
Bede  had  quoted  certain  lines  from  the  dedication  of  this  copy,  and 
De  Rossi,  the  great  Roman  archaeologist,  discovered  that  part  of  the 
dedication  of  the  Codex  Amiatinus  had  been  erased,  and  under  the 
writing  that  was  superposed  he  was  able  to  decipher  words  that 
indisputably  proved  it  to  be  the  long  lost  copy  from  Jarrow.  This 
codex  is  probably  the  best  and  nearest  to  St.  Jerome  of  all  that  have 
come  down  to  us.' — The  Antiquary,  N.S.,  iv,  iii. 


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HEIGHINGTON    CHURCH,    CO.    DURHAM    (see   page   67) 

Ll  Col.  F.  R.  N.  Haswell  thus  writes:— 'The  reference  to  the  visit 
of  our  Society  to  Heighington,  reminds  me  of  the  rough  sketch  which  I 
made  of  a  most  interesting  church  at  Compton  not  far  from  Guildford, 
in  the  "autumn  of  last  year.  The  vicar  of  Heighington  thought  thy 
addition  at  the  east  end  of  the  chancel  of  his  church  was  a  unique 


example,  but  evidently  from  the  Compton  most  interesting  evidence, 
he  was  not  correct  in  his  view.  It  was  a  hurried  visit,  which  must 
excuse  the  sketch.  The  chapel,  if  such  it  was,  must  I  think  have  been 
roofed  over,  just  above  the  vaulting,  and  probably  the  chancel  proper 
had  three  windows  high  up  over  the  arch.  The  character  of  the 
mouldings  reminds  me  of  Scotch  work,  and  elongated  caps  of  the 
detached  shafts  gives  an  early  appearance  to  the  work.  The  addition 
of  the  very  small  chapel  (for  the  squinch  determines  its  use)  with  a 


195 


stairway  to  a  chamber  over  the  vaulted  part  in  the  fourteenth  century, 
led,  I  presume,  to  the  pulling  down  of  the  original  east  wall  above  the 
arch  and  putting  it  over  the  east  wall  of  the  vaulted  part.  The 
dormers  on  the  south  side  of  nave  roof ^appear^as ^belonging  'also'^to 
the  fourteenth  century  additions. 

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CHRISTIANITY    AND    MITHRAISM. 

5  The  struggle  between*  the  two  rival  religions  was  the  more  stubborn 
as  their  characters  were  the  more  alike.  The  adepts  of  both  formed 
secret  conventicles,  closely  united,  the  members  of  which  gave  them- 
selves the  name  of  '  Brothers.'  The  rites  which  they  practised  offered 
numerous  analogies.  The  sectaries  of  the  Persian  god,  like  the  Christ- 
ians, purified  themselves  by  baptism ;  received  by  a  species  of  confirma- 
tion, the  power  necessary  to  combat  the  spirits  of  evil  ;  and  expected 
from  a  lord's  supper  salvation  of  body  and  soul.  Like  the  latter,  they 
also  held  Sunday  sacred,  and  celebrated  the  birth  of  the  sun  on  the  25th 
of  December,  the  same  day  on  which  Christmas  has  been  celebrated, 
since  the  fourth  century  at  least.  They  both  preached  a  categorical 
system  of  ethics,  regarded  asceticism  as  meritorious,  and  counted 
among  their  principal  virtues  abstinence  and  continence,  renunciation 
and  self-control.  Their  conceptions  of  the  world  and  of  the  destiny 
of  man  were  similar.  They  both  admitted  the  existence  of  a  Heaven 
inhabited  by  beatified  ones  situate  in  the  upper  regions,  and  of  a  Hell 
peopled  by  demons  situate  in  the  bowels  of  the  earth.  They  both 
placed  a  Flood  at  the  beginning  of  history  ;  they  both  assigned  as  the 
source  of  their  traditions  a  primitive  revelation,  they  both,  finally, 
believed  in  the  immortality  of  the  soul,  in  a  last  judgment,  and  in  a 
resurrection  of  the  dead,  consequent  upon  a  final  conflagration  of  the 
universe.' — Cumont,T^e  Mysteries  of  Mithra  (translated  by  McCormack), 
p.  193.  (Chicago  and  London,  Paul  Trench  &  Co.,  Ltd.,  1903.) 


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SIB   PETER    SCOT,    MAYOR    OF    NEWCASTLE   IN    1251. 

Mr.  F.  W.  Dendy,  V.P.,  has  kindly  sent  the  following : — 
By  an  inquisition  post  mortem  held  at  Newcastle  in  the  tenth  year  of 
Henry  v  (1422),  set  out  in  the  Collectanea  Topographica  et  Genealogica, 
vol.  2,  p.  387,  Sir  William  Heron  proved  that  he  was  the  cousin  and 
nearest  heir  of  John  de  Hawekeswell.  The  steps  of  the  relationship 
shew  that  he  was  the  deceased's  fifth  cousin  twice  removed.  He  had 
to  go  back  more  than  one  hundred  and  fifty  years  for  the  common 
ancestor  Sir  Peter  Scot,  and  it  is  difficult  to  understand  how  in  those 
days,  when  there  were  no  parish  or  government  registers,  sufficient 
proof  could  be  adduced  or  even  sufficient  tradition  be  shewn  over  so 
long  a  period.  As  both  the  claimant's  line  and  the  deceased's  line  of  the 
family  of  Scot  contributed  many  public  men  who  held  office  in  New- 
castle as  mayors,  bailiffs,  and  members  of  parliament  in  the  thirteenth 
and  fourteenth  centuries,  it  is  worth  while  to  record  in  the  Proceedings 
the  pedigree  under  which  Sir  William  Heron  claimed  and  succeeded. 
It  is  as  follows:  — 

SIR    PETER    SCOT. 

Founder  of  the  Friar  Preachers  at  Newcastle. 
Mayor  in  1251. 


I 

Sir  Nicholas  Scot 

|    '  elder  son  ' 
John  Scot 

I 

Peter  Scot 
Nicholas  Scot 

Cecilia  =  John  de  Hawekeswell 
Nicholas  de  Hawekeswell 


Henry  Scot 

|    '  younger  son 
John  Scot 

Richard  Scot 
Richard  Scot 
Isabella  =  Heron 


Sir  William  Heron 
|  (1422) 

Robert  de  Hawekeswell 

John  de  Hawekeswell 

It  will  be  seen  that  after  five  generations  both  branches  died  out  in 
the  male  line,  and  became  represented  by  female  heiresses.  A  short 
note  of  the  inquisition  is  recorded  by  Mr.  Welford  in  his  Newcastle  and 
Gateshead,  vol.  I,  p.  270. 


The  following  indentures,  relating  to  Newcastle,  has  been  sent  by  Mr. 
William  Brown,  F.S.A.  The  originals  belongs  to  Col.  Gascoigne  of 
Parlington,  Leeds : — 

This  ende[n]nture  beres  witness  y1  Richard  Redmerselle,  broyer  & 
heir  of  William  Redmerselle,  willes  and  grauntes  yl  he  &  his  heires  salle 
sewe  in  ye  kynges  courtes  at  London  als  many  traversez  as  nedes  of  ye 
twa  enquestz  after  specifiet,  to  say,  of  an  enquest  supposet  be  taken  in 
Nortnumbreland  be  fore  Johan  Mitford,  y*  said  pro  verdit,  Johan 
Chambre  of  ye  Newe  castelle,  merchant,  diet  sesyt  of  diuorses  landes 
and  tenementz  in  Northumbreland,  whar  in  sothe  he  diet  nog1  sesot,  for 


197 

lang  or  he  diet  he  enfeffet  Sir  Robert  Marie,  preste,  Thomas  Heryngton 
&  ye  said  William,  to  yaim  &  yair  heires  for  euer  Alle  whilk  landes. 
and  tenementz  ye  said  William  had  be  ye  surviuer  our  his  said  felewes, 
to  do  of  his  wille,  whils  put  out  be  colour  of  ye  said  enquest  and  traversez 
of  a  noyer  enquest,  ymaginet  &  feynet,  supposet  haf  bene  taken  be  fore 
Sampson  Hardyng  and  Johan  Bridlyngton1  be  a  commission,  whilk 
enquest  supposes  pro  verdit  yl  Alice  Chamber,  doughter  of  ye  said  Johan 
Chamber,  diet  seisit  of  ye  sam  landes  &  tenementz  &  of  mo  oyer  in  ye 
Newe  castelle  in  demesne  as  in  fee,  whilk  is  nog1  so,  ne  nevir  was 
And  ye  traverses  salle  be  sewet  als  oft  &  in  als  many  courtes  as  nedes 
best  &  maste  spedefully  to  bring  alle  ye  said  landz  &  tenementz  oute 
of  ye  kynges  handes  w'  yc  issues  &  profites  to  ye  oeps2  &  profit  of  ye 
priour  of  Tynmouth,  Roger  Thornton,  dame  Johanne  of  Goldesburghe, 
Johan  Bodes,  Robert  Kirkby,  preste,  &  Robert  Whelpyngton,  &  of 
yair  heires  for  euir.  And  at  ye  costages  of  ye  said  priour,  Roger,  and 
oyer  persons  vnder  yaim  writen,  ilkan  for  ye  porcon  yl  he  ocupies ;  so 
allwais  ye  said  Richard  Redmerselle  &  his  "heires  yerof  are  &  ay  salle 
be  excludet  ought  to  haf  yerof  tille  his  heirs  profite,  savand  he  &  his 
heires  salle  bere  no  castage  (sic),  and  savand  yai  salle  be  rewardet  for  yair 
travelles,  considering  ye  labour  yay  salle  make,  alle  fraude  on  other 
partie  put  away.  Tille  whilk  contes  (covenantes)  fulfille  ye  said 
Richard  bindes  him  &  his  heires  to  yc  said  priour,  Roger,  &  to  ilk 
person  after  yaim  specifiet,  &  to  yair  heirs  generally  be  yis  endenture,  of 
ye  whilk  aither  partie  is  ensealet  w*  ye  seal  of  ye  said  Richard  Red- 
merselle. Dat'  ye  first  day  of  Aprile  in  y°  yer  of  kyng  Henry  ye  sext 
after  ye  conquest  thrid  [1425].  Seal,  a  shield  with  3  fleur  de  lys  4-  s'  T 

N  GART. 

July  7,  7  Edw.  vi  [1553].  Grant  by  Ralph  Collingwood  of  Stanerd- 
ham,  yoman,  to  John  Collingwodd,  son  of  William  Collingwodd,  his 
brother,  of  lands  and  tenements  in  the  vill  and  lands  of  Nesbet,  in  tail 
male,  from  the  time  of  the  death  of  the  grantor  and  Isabel,  his  wife. 
Rem.  to  Robert  Collingwodd,  the  second  son  of  the  said  Win,  and  to 
Wm  the  third  son.  Rem.  to  grantor's  right  heirs  in  fee  simple. 
Witness,  Leonardo  Myers.  By  me  Rauff  Collyngwodcl. 3 

i  Query  Cramlington.    See  Gibson's  Tyncmouth,  voLi,  p.  172.     No  John  Bridlington 
in  Newcastle  history. 

2  Use.  3  Edward  vi  died  on  6  July,  1553. 


GATESHEAD    CHARITIES. 

In  the  MS.  collections  of  Mr.  Richard  Welford  is  the  following  letter 
from  a  representative  of  the  remarkable  family  of  Cole  of  Gateshead,  to 
Mr.  William  Coatsworth  of  that  town,  relating  to  certain  bequests  to 
the  poor. 

To  Mr.  William  Cotesworth  at  his  House  in  Gateshead  heare  Newcastle 
upon  Tyne. 

York  ffeby  23'',  1701. 

Sr— I  Received  yrs  of  the  17th  instant  last  Saturday  by  the  York  Coachman 
My  Lady  Jeft'ersons  son  was  lately  at  Durham  &  Newcastle,  &  he  informed  me 
that  Mr  John  Rowell  of  Durham  had  made  an  end  with  the  Parish  of  Gateshead 
about  the  Legacy,  upon  my  Lady  Jeffersons  account  &  my  own  for  the  arrears, 
&  that  wee  were  to  pay  it  for  the  future,  which  wee  were  both  willing  to  agree  to ; 
or  else  I  had  writ  before  now  to  Mr  Rector,1  6c  some  of  the  flour  &  Twenty  to 
propose  makeing  an  amicable  end  of  the  matter :  But  since  I  perceive  by  yor 

i  Theophilus  Pickering,  S.T.P.,  rector  from  1695  to  1705. 
t  Proc.  3  Ser.  in,  29] 


198 

Letter  that  the  matter  is  not  yet  agreed,  I  am  willing  to  agree  it  in  a  friendly 
manner,  without  going  to  Law  &  soe  1  am  sure  will  my  Lady  Jefferson  who  now 
lives  in  London,  to  whom  I  shall  write  forthwith  &  give  her  an  account  how  the 
matter  stands  according  to  the  purport  of  yor  Letter,  which  I  beleive  will  be  as 
surprising  to  her  Ladyship  as  it  was  to  me,  haveing  heard  some  time  since  that 
the  affair  was  made  an  end  of.  My  Lady  &  I  will  both  be  willing  to  referr 
the  businesse  to  one  on  our  side  &  one  on  yors  &  if  they  cannot  agree  it,  then  to 
one  that  is  an  indifferent  man  to  both  Partyes  to  Decide  it,  to  whose  judgement 
wee  will  agree.  I  shall  be  at  Gateshead  about  the  middle  of  Aprill  next,  &  then 
shall  be  willing  without  any  further  delay  to  agree  the  matter  &  submitt  to  any 
thing  that  is  reasonable  &  fair  &  just,  &,  I  am  sure  my  Lady  Jefferson  will  Doe 
the  like,  and  agree  to  what  I  shall  consent  to.  I  hope  yor  forbeareing  the  matter 
till  Aprill  next  will  make  noe  great  difference,  for  I  shall  be  willing  to  have  an 
end  made  of  it  as  any  body.  I  thank  you  &  the  rest  of  the  ftour  &  Twenty  for 
yor  past  Civilityes  in  haveing  given  time  to  accomodate  the  affair,  &  I  hope  you 
will  now  have  a  little  further  patience  as  Desired,  till  I  come  to  Gateshead  which 
will  now  be  shortly.  With  my  Due  respects  &  service  to  Mr  Rector,  yorself  & 
the  rest  of  the  ftbur  &  Twenty,  is  all  further  at  present  from 

Sir 

Yor  most  humble  servant 

JA:  JENKINS. 
[Endorsed]  3d  March  1701-2 

Upon  reading  of  this  Letter  It  is  this  day  further  ord'd  yt  a  Bill  be  brought 
agt  James  Jenkins,  Esqr  and  ye  Lady  Jefferson  forew'th  in  ye  Chancery  at 
Westminster  for  ye  Recovery  of  Ralph  Cole's  Legacy  to  ye  poore  of  ye  parish  of 
Gateshead. 

James  Cole,  sheriff  of  Newcastle  during  the  siege  (1644)  and  a  noted 
*  delinquent'  (about  whom  much  may  be  read  in  111  Surtees  Society's 
publications),  by  his  will  dated  29  August,  1660,  bequeathed  40s.  a  year 
to  the  poor  of  Gateshead,  in  augmentation  of  a  like  sum  of  40s.  left  to 
them  five  years  earlier  by  Ralph  Cole,  his  father. 

These  bequests,  both  of  which  were  chargeable  on  the  same  property, 
appear  to  have  given  the  churchwardens  and  four-and-twenty  of 
Gateshead  some  trouble.  They  entered  into  possession  shortly  after 
the  death  of  James  Cole,  and  found  that  the  houses  from  which  the 
rent  charge  was  derived,  or  some  of  them,  were  incapable  of  realizing 
the  41.  bequeathed  ;  for,  in  their  accounts  for  1667  they  note — 

'  Received  for  three  quarters'  rent  of  Mrs.  Cole's  old  rotten  cottages, 

seven  shillings  and  sixpence.' 

Subsequently  they  applied  to  the  Cole  family  to  make  up  the  legacy 
to  the  full  amount,  and  negotiations  were  still  dragging  on  when  the 
above  quoted  letter  was  written. 

'  My  Lady  Jefferson,'  was  Elizabeth,  one  of  James  Cole's  daughters, 
who  had  married  John  Jefferson,  seneschal  to  bishop  Crewe  (1674-75), 
recorder  of  Durham  (1686-91),  and  a  judge  in  Ireland,  with  a  knighthood, 
from  1691  till  his  death  in  1700. 

Mr.  William  Coatsworth,  to  whom  the  letter  is  addressed,  was  Gates- 
head's  leading  townsman — one  of  the  two  stewards  of  the  borough  and 
the  headman  of  the  four-and-twenty.  Growing  in  wealth  and  influence, 
he  obtained  from  bishop  Crewe  in  1716  a  demise  of  the  manor  of  Gates- 
head  at  a  yearly  rent  of  235Z.  11s.  4d.,  and  erecting,  in  the  eastern  part 
thereof,  a  mansion,  known  to  succeeding  generations  as  Gateshead 
Park  and  Park  House,  made  it  his  home.  Thither  his  daughter  Hannah 
brought  her  wedded  lord,  Henry  Ellison  of  Hebburn,  into  whose  family 
her  Gateshead  inheritance  subsequently  passed.  Beside  his  Gateshead 
property,  William  Coatsworth  possessed  estates  at  Bellister  and  Broom- 
houses  in  Northumberland,  by  virtue  of  which,  in  1719,  he  became  high 
sheriff  of  the  county.  It  was  probably  at  his  instigation  that  the 
Gateshead  authorities  '  put  their  feet  down '  and  by  threatening  a  bill 
in  Chancery  obtained  a  settlement  of  their  claim. 


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The  following  are  extracts  from  Sir  Stephen  Glynne's  'Notes'  (con- 
tinued from  p.  188) : — 

Oct.  10,  1862.  WINSTON  (DURHAM).  S.  Andrew. 

This  Church  has  recently  been  much  altered  and  improved  in  con- 
dition and  partially  rebuilt.  Its  situation  is  remarkably  beautiful  on 
high  ground  amidst  trees  overhanging  the  Tees,  and  the  grounds  of  the 
adjacent  Rectory  are  very  lovely. 

The  Church  comprises  a  nave  with  S.  aisle  and  Chancel  with  a  new 
western  steeple  of  small  size,  with  pointed  roof,  not  altogether  successful, 
and  placed  on  the  side  of  the  W.  end.  The  walls  of  the  nave  are  mostly 
new — the  windows  are  single  lancets  and  at  the  W.  end  one  in  form 
of  vesica.  The  aisle  is  divided  from  the  nave  by  2  E.  E.  pointed 
arches,  upon  a  central  circular  column — with  a  large  portion  of  wall 
to  the  west — to  which  clustered  shafts  are  attached.  The  chancel 
arch  is  modern.  The  Chancel  retains  much  of  the  old  walls,  has  on  the 
N.  &  S.  single  lancet  windows,  some  renovated  ;  there  are  rather 
obtuse  heads  to  those  at  N.W.  &  S.W.,  and  the  latter  come  down  low 
like  a  lychnoscope.  Beneath  runs  a  string  course,  and  on  the  S.  is  a 
Priests'  door  with  flattened  trefoil  head.  The  E.  window  is  a  triplet 
filled  with  new  stained  glass.  On  the  S.  is  an  original  piscina  with 
trefoil  head,  having  nail-headed  mouldings  and  foliage  at  the  points. 
In  the  chancel  is  a  brass  to  a  priest,  with  inscription  1498, l  also  a 
slab  built  into  the  outside  of  the  S.  wall  with  cross  and  sword.  The 
Chancel  has  new  stallwise  seats  with  poppy  ends.  The  Font  is  curious, 
the  bowl  circular,  on  a  stem,  with  singular  sculpture  representing 
twining  stems  and  figures  of  dragons  and  trefoil  headed  arches. 
Addfd  in  Margin — 

(1)  Another    brass    with    the    figure    gone    commemorates    Richard 
Mason,  1535 — 'on  whose  soule  I  H  u  have  mercy.'2 

Oct.  10,  1862.  GAINFORD  (DURHAM).  8.   Mary. 

This  Church  has  nave  with  N.  &  S.  aisles,  Chancel,  Western  Tower, 
N.  &  S.  porches,  and  a  vestry  on  the  N.  of  the  Chancel. 

The  prevailing  style  is  E.  E.,  the  Tower  is  engaged  in  the  W.  end 
of  the  aisles,  wholly  of  that  character,  and  rather  low  and  heavy.  It 
has  a  plain  parapet  with  corbel  table  and  4  ugly  little  pinnacles.  Some 
of  the  openings  are  merely  square  topped  slits,  but  on  the  W.  are 
lancets,  and  one  angle  has  been  partially  cut  away  for  the  insertion  of 
the  clock,  which  has  a  whimsical  effect.  The  Tower  opens  to  the  in- 
terior by  3  pointed  arches  on  circular  shafts.  There  is  a  huge  odd 
looking  projecting  turret  on  the  W.  side  of  the  Tower. 

The  nave  has  on  each  side  an  E.  E.  arcade  of  3  good  pointed  arches 
of  wide  span  on  tall  circular  columns  with  capitals,  one  of  which  on 
the  S.  has  nail  head  mouldings.  The  Chancel  arch  is  of  like  character 
on  brackets  which  have  the  nail  head.  The  windows  of  the  aisles  are 
mostly  altered  in  the  worst  of  modern  forms,  but  one  single  lancet 
remains  fn  the  S.  aisle,  and  one  square-headed  one  on  the  S.  near  the 
Tower,  of  2  lights  and  Perpend1".  The  interior  is  dark  and  dismal  and 
horribly  encumbered  by  pues  and  galleries  of  the  worst  kind. 

1  The  inscription  on  the  brass  of  John  Parlies,  the  chaplain,  is  given  in  Proc., 
2  ser.,  in,  p.  379.    He  died  26  April,  1498. 

2  This  is  not  q-.xite  correct.    See  Proc.,  2  ser.,  in,  p.  379,  where  the  inscription  is 
thus  given :  '  03f  uor  ch&ritgi  pray  for  j)c  soullc  of  JSUchavb  Jftvtson  tohgche 
frcsesyb  tic  j  ix  iajj  of  <ittni)  in  tie  pere'  of  or  loro.  mVxxxb  of  toho*c  soullc 
Jhtt  poon.' 


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The  chancel  is  good  E.  E.  The  E.  window  is  a  triplet  of  lancets, 
having  internally  good  mouldings  and  shafts.  On  the  S.  side  are  2 
single  lancets,  but  without  shafts,  below  them  a  string,  and  on  the  same 
side  a  priest's  door  ;  also  a  square  aumbry  and  a  piscina,  of  which  the 
arch  is  half  closed  up.  On  the  N.  are  also  single  lancets  closed,  and 
below,  an  old  vestry,  but  perhaps  not  coeval.  The  roofs  have  been 
tampered  with  and  modernised.  Within  the  South  porch  the  doorway 
appears  to  be  E.  E.  The  north  doorway  has  some  good  ancient  iron 
work.  The  Font  is  of  uncertain  character. 

The  public  path  is  on  the  N.  There  is  some  pretty  ivy  on  the  S. 
side. 

The  village,  with  its  pretty  green  and  nice  houses,  has  a  pleasant 
appearance. 

Oct.  11,  1862.  j ARROW  (DURHAM).  S.Paul. 

A  remarkable  Church,  though  much  modernised  ;  it  consists  of  a  nave 
and  chancel  with  Tower  situated  in  the  middle  between  them  ;  the  nave 
was  rebuilt  in  a  very  poor  style  in  1783,  but  the  Tower  and  Chancel  are 
of  early  and  curious  character,  partly  Norman,  partly  of  the  rude 
supposed  Saxon  kind  which  is  seen  occasionally  in  the  Northern  counties. 
The  Church  was  formerly  connected  with  a  monastery.  The  nave  ha& 
pues  and  W.  gallery  with  an  organ,  and  demands  no  further  notice  and, 
as  it  is  insufficient  for  the  increasing  population,  it  is  hoped  that  it  may 
soon  be  rebuilt  in  a  more  appropriate  manner. 

The  Tower  is  of  oblong  form  and  tapers,  the  narrower  sides  being 
N.  &  S.  The  masonry  is  early,  on  the  E.  &  W.  sides  the  upper  story 
has  2  recessed  round  headed  windows,  having  shafts  with  cushion 
capitals,  and  between  them  a  flat  buttress.  On  the  S.,  in  the  stage 
below  the  belfry  is  a  double  window  of  Norman  character  with  shafts, 
and  below,  a  narrow  early  doorway.  The  belfry  windows  on  the 
N.  &  S.  have  been  altered  into  a  later  form.  On  the  W.  side  are  some 
other  early  windows.  The  parapet  is  plain.  The  Tower  has  within 
a  stone  groined  roof  with  ribs  simply  crossing,  and  it  has  semicircular 
arches  on  E.  &  W.  sides,  opening  to  the  nave  and  Chancel  ;  the  former 
is  [a]  plain  one  merely  upon  imposts  ;  the  latter  has  string  courses  of 
stone  and  imposts  ;  both  aisles  are  rather  low.  The  Chancel  walls  are 
of  very  rude  early  masonry,  and  there  are  traces  of  small  early 
windows  now  closed.  And  later  windows  have  been  inserted  on 
the  N.,  one  of  3  lights,  square  headed,  and  having  something  of 
a  Decd  character.  On  the  S.,  one  of  3  lights,  rather  flamboyant, 
and  rather  questionable  ones  at  the  E.  &  N.E.  The  Chancel  is 
nicely  arranged  and  fitted  up,  has  on  each  side  good  wood  stalls 
with  desks,  having  good  wood  carving  of  Edwardian  character.  The 
old  chair  remains  in  the  Sacrarium,  called  that  of  S.  Bede,  of  very 
rude  work  in  wood.  The  dedication  stone  is  also  preserved  over 
the  W.  arch  of  the  tower  recording  the  date  of  the  dedication  as 
685,  vim  Kal.  Mai,  Anno  xv  regis  Egfrid,  etc.  On  the  S.  side  of  the 
Church  are  various  remains  of  the  monastic  buildings,  partly  built 
up  in  domestic  buildings,  displaying  some  fine  Norman  work  about 
1080,  with  small  windows  and  one  good  doorway  having  shafts,  also 
one  triangular  shaped  arch  upon  large  imposts,  and  a  fire  olace  with 
billeted  imposts. 

Added  in  Margin — 

( 1 )  Buttresses  have  been  added  to  the  Tower. 

(2)  The  western  arch  looks  as  if  it  had  been  tampered  with.     The- 

Font  is  a  poor  one  of  octagonal  form. 


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OF    THE 


SOCIETY    OF    ANTIQUARIES 


OF    NEWCASTLE-UrON-TYNE. 


3    SEB.,    VOL.    III. 


1908. 


NO.    19 


The  ordinary  monthly  meeting  of  the  Society  was  held  in  the  library 
of  the  Castle,  Newcastle,  on  Wednesday,  the  twenty-ninth  day  of 
April,  1908,  at  seven  o'clock  in  the  evening,  Mr.  J.  C.  Hodgson,  F.S.A., 
one  of  the  vice-presidents,  being  in  the  chair. 

Several  ACCOUNTS  recommended  by  the  Council  for  payment  were 
ordered  to  be  paid. 

The  following  ORDINARY  MEMBERS  were  proposed  and  declared  duly 
elected  : — 

i.  William  H.  Cullen,  53  Osborne  Road,  Newcastle, 
ii.  Mrs.  Cullen,  53  Osborne  Road,  Newcastle. 

The  following  NEW  BOOKS,  etc.,  were  placed  on  the  table  :  — 
Presents  : — 

From  Robert  Blair  : — The  Antiquary  for  April  and  May,  1908. 

Exchanges  : — 

From  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  of  Scotland  : — Proceedings,  XLI. 
From  the  Royal  Numismatic  Society  : — The  Numismatic  Chronicle, 

4  ser.  no.  29,  8vo. 
From   the    Cambrian   Archaeological    Society  : — Archaeologia    Cam- 

brensis,  6  ser.,  vin,  ii,  8vo. 
From  the   Suffolk   Institute  of  Archaeology  : — Proceedings,   xni,   i, 

8vo.  cl. 
From    the    Royal    Archaeological    Institute  : — The    Archaeological 

Journal,  LXV,  no.  257,  8vo. 
From    the    Royal    Society    of    Antiquaries    of    Ireland  : — Journal, 

xxxvin,  i. 
From  the  Royal  Society  of  Norway  : — Aarboeger,  22,  8vo. 

Purchases  : — The  Reliquary,  xiv,  2  ;  The  Pedigree  Register,  i,  4  ; 
Mitteilungen  of  the  Imperial  German  Archaeological  Institute, 
xxn,  iv  ;  Key  to  the  Ancient  Parish  Registers  of  England  and  Wales  ; 
and  Notes  and  Queries,  10  ser.  nos.  222-1226. 

EXHIBITED  : — 

By  Mr.  R.  Hood  Haggie  : — A  fragmentary  stone  adze,  having  perfora- 
tion for  handle  drilled  with  parallel  sides.  Axes  and  adzes  of  stone, 
similiarly  perforated,  have  been  found  associated  with  objects  of 
bronze,  and  may  be  attributed  to  the  later  Stone  age,  or  even  to 
a  period  after  the  introduction  of  bronze.  Found  at  Netherton 
Burnfoot  farm,  Biddleston,  Northumberland,  by  Mr.  W.  Knox 
Haggie,  junr. 

By  Mr.  T.  J.  Bell  : — An  Italian  stiletto,  in  an  embossed  scabbard  of 
cast  silver,  with  a  cast  silver  skeleton  handle  around  which  a  serpent 


[  Proc.  3  Ser.  ill, 


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is  crawling.      It  is  of   comparatively  recent  date.      Total  length 
10  inches,  blade  4  inches. 

Thanks  were  voted  for  these  exhibits. 

COUNTRY    MEETINGS. 

The  recommendation  of  the  Council  to  hold  the  following  out-door 
meetings  during  the  coming  season  was  agreed  to.: — 

Two  days  on  the  Antonine  Wall  in  Scotland  (if  it  can  be  arranged). 
One  day  at  Bolam  and  neighbourhood  ;    and 
Half-day  at  Corbridge  to  visit  the  excavations. 

WOODMAN    DEEDS. 

Mr.  Blair  (one  of  the  secretaries)  placed  on  the  table  a  calendar  of 
these  deeds  in  the  society's  library,  which  had  been  prepared  by  Miss 
Martin,  on  instructions  from  the  council. 

The  chairman  moved  that  the  calendar  be  printed  in  Archaeologia 
Aeliana  with  a  suitable  introduction.  This  was  agreed  to. 

BRAFFERTON,    CO.    DURHAM. 

Mr.  Blair  read  the  following  note  by  Mr.  Geo.  A.  Fothergill,  M.B.,  of 
Darlington,  on  an  ancient  messuage  at  Brafferton,  in  the  parish  of 
Ay  cliff  e,  co.  Durham  :  — 

*  There  are  still  standing  in  Brafferton,  about  a  mile  south  of  Ayclifi'e 
and  four  miles  from  Darlington,  three  interesting  old  houses — only  one 
of  which  is  occupied — to  tell  the  tale  of  the  ideal  yeoman-farmer  of  a 
century  or  two  back.  Brafferton,  comprising  an  area  of  2409  acres, 
valued  at  2845Z.  in  1851  (rateable  value  in  1906,  5688Z.),  contained  42 
inhabited  houses  and  206  people  (population  in  1901  being  129  only)  ; 
and  the  largest  land-owner  then  was  the  Rev.  Sir  Charles  Hardinge, 
second  baronet  (b.  1780,  d.  1864),  rector  of  Crowhurst,  and  afterwards 
of  Tunbridge,  brother  of  the  distinguished  soldier,  first  viscount  Har- 
dinge, F.M.,  commander-in-chief  (from  1852  until  his  death  in  1856). 
Ketton  Hall,1  the  leading  house  and  biggest  estate  in  the  township,  wras 
purchased  by  their  father,  the  Revd.  Henry  Hardinge  (b.  1754,  d.  1820), 
rector  of  Stanhope  (the  richest  living  in  Durham  county,  reputed  to  be 
once  worth  5000?.  per  annum),  from  the  Milbanke  family  early  in  the 
nineteenth  century,  but  some  years  after  Charles  Colling,  the  famous 
grazier,  a  tenant  there  of  the  latter,  had  bred  the  much-talked-of 
Ketton  ox  (b.  1796)  and  held  his  memorable  sale  of  shorthorns,  which 
took  place  in  1810,  when  '  Comet,'  the  bull  of  all  bulls  of  that  period, 
fetched  1000  guineas.  The  other  land-owners  in  Brafferton  in  1881 
were  the  trustees  of  Mr.  A.  Wilkinson.  In  1685  we  note  the  freeholders 
were  William  Wilson  of  Durham,  gent.,  Edward  Searle,  gent.,  Richard 
Thursby,  gent.,  Ralph  Tunstall,  attorney,  and  Sir  Mark  Milbanke, 
bart.,  of  Ketton.  Before  this  date  the  families  of  Foster  (Forster), 
Wrenn,  Asklaby  (Aslakby),  Ho  ton  of  Brandon,  Eure,  a  very  celebrated 
family  of  the  thirteenth  and  fourteenth  centuries,  Danby,  Brafferton, 
and  Chauncellor  (Chaunceler)  are  mentioned  by  Hutchinson  and  Surtees 
as  having  owned  land  here  at  various  times  from  a  very  remote  period. 
It  so  happens  that  no  historian  of  the  county  has  so  far  referred  to 
any  particular  dwelling-house  in  this  ancient  village,  which  is  even 
mentioned  in  the  Boldon  Buke,  and  said  there  to  render  '  24s.  3|d. 
for  cornage,  one  milch  cow,  one  castleman,  and  five  chalders  of 
barley,  the  like  of  meal  and  oats,'  (payable  at  the  bishop's  exchequer). 

1  The  property  now  belongs  to  Sir  Eilumml  Stracey  Hardinge,  fourth  baronet 
(b.  1833),  who  for  many  years,  until  quite  recently,  resided  at  Boundes  Park,  near 
Hawkhurst,  Kent. 


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The  family  of  Chauncellor  is  also  alluded  to  about  this  time  as  having 
'  two  messuages  and  one  hundred  acres  of  land  here  in  the  time  of 
bishop  Hatfield,  held  of  the  bishop  in  capite  by  fealty  and  2s.  lid.  rent, 
at  the  bishop's  Grange  of  Cotam  Mundeville.'  In  1368  Thomas  de 
Brafferton  held  two  messuages  and  eight  acres  of  land  here.  It  is 
quite  evident  that  the  three  houses  with  their  gardens,  which  I  speak 
of,  occupy  the  site  of  those  messuages.  When  the  oldest  of  them 
was  built  we  have  no  record — the  windows  and  doorway  suggest  the 


Jacobean  period,  and  yet  one  of  the  interior  walls  is  more  than  four  feet 
in  thickness,  indicating  Tudor  times;  there  is,  too,  a  very  old  ingle 
nook  still  to  be  seen  in  the  kitchen  with  queen  Anne  fittings  (grate, 
oven,  etc.,  which  were,  doubtless,  added  at  a  much  later  date)  occupying 
what  probably  once  was  an  open  fireplace.  This  house  is  now  the 
residence  of  one  John  Patterson  (aged  80),  whose  father  and  grand- 
father lived  there  before  him,  as  tenants,  but  they  were  not  yeoman - 
farmers.  As  it  is  the  largest  of  the  three  houses,  which,  by  the  way, 
are  all  joined  to  one  another  and  stand  on  the  edge  of  the  hill  at  the 
south-west  end  of  the  village,  I  would  surmise  that  it  once  was  the 
freehold  property  of  the  Thursby  family.  One  John  Thursbye,  accord- 
ing to  Surtees,  '  held  a  messuage  and  200  acres  of  land  here  at  Brafferton 
to  the  Grange  of  Gotham  '  [Coatham  Mundeville]  in  the  days  of  queen 
Elizabeth,  and  this  yeoman-farmer  W£S  the  father-in-law  of  another 
yeoman  whose  descendant  appears  to  have  lived  in  the  next  house,  as 
I  shall  prove.  This  middle  house,  and  the  next  one  again  farther  east, 
show  a  lighter  style  of  architecture  altogether,  and  I  anticipated  that 
they  were  built  in  queen  Anne's  reign.  It  so  happened  that  part  of 

:the  south  side  of  the  more  eastern  house  of  the  two,  the  third  house  of 
the  group  of  three,  had  given  way,  and  the  only  clue  to  the  date  was 
buried  beneatli  a  lot  of  rubble.  But  for  a  septuagenarian's  tale,  we 
should  never  probably  have  got  at  the  exact  date,  1704,  which  was  cut 
out  on  the  lintel  of  a  handsome  stone  doorway.  By  removing  the  debris 
I  came  upon  the  larger  part  of  the  stone,  broken  in  two  pieces,  and 
found  the  date  and  the  initials  '  L.  S.' — the  first  of  the  three  initials 
being  on  the  other  portion  of  the  stone.  There  can  be  no  doubt  that 
the  '  S '  stands  for  SEARLE.  Surtees  says  the  Thursbys,  Searles  and 
Wilsons  were  the  yeomen  of  Brafferton  in  the  days  of  Elizabeth  and 
James,  and  that  on  '  14  Nov.  1588,  Edward  Searle  died  seised  of  fifty 
acres  of  arable,  thirty  of  pasture,  and  ten  of  meadow,  once  William 
Heighley's  held  of  the  manor  of  East  Greenwich  in  socage,  leaving 
Edward  his  son  and  heir.'  This  Edward  Searle  had  a  brother-in-law, 


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a  labourer  of  Aycliffe,  named  Richard  Heareson  (Harrison  ?),  and,  as 
I  have  said  above,  he  was  the  son-in-law  of  John  Thursby,  who 
probably  lived  at  the  largest  and  oldest  of  the  three  houses.  We 
next  hear  of  these  families  described  as  'gentlemen'  in  1685.  I 
have  so  far  gathered  next  to  nothing  about  the  family  of  Searle, 
which  must  be  nearly  extinct,  though  I  knew  of  a  Dr.  Searle  in 
South  Devon,  whose  son  graduated  with  me  at  Edinburgh  University, 
and  the  latter  told  me,  I  think,  his  father  was  representative  of  the 
family.  In  the  days  of  queen  Elizabeth,  Mary,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Searle,  esquire,  of  the  city  of  London,  married  Arthur  Salwey,  the 
head  of  an  ancient  family  and  one  of  the  royal  exchequer.  The 
name  only  crops  up  twice  amongst  the  thousands  that  appear  in 
the  earliest  edition  of  Burke's  Landed  Gentry,  while  the  only  other 
instance  I  can  give  of  the  name  being  recorded  in  a  directory  of  modern 
times  is  that  of  lady  Harriet  Searle,  sister  of  the  sixteenth  earl  of 
Shrewsbury  ;  she  was  born  in  1803  and  married,  in  1829,  John  Searle, 
esquire  ;  she  was  raised  to  the  rank  of  an  earl's  daughter  by  royal 
warrant  in  1835  (See  Dod's  Peerage,  1857).' 

PLACE    AND    OLERVAUX    FAMILIES. 

Mr.  Blair  next  read  the  following  note  on  the  Place  and  Clervaux 
v.oats  of  arms  on  Croft  church,  near  Darlington,  by  Mr.  Fothergill  :— 

'It  is  rare  that  one  finds  an  opportunity  of  correcting  the  work  of  so 
renowned  an  antiquary  of  the  past  as  Whitaker,  the  author  of  The 
History  of  Richmondshire.  On  Saturday,  4  April,  1908,  I  happened  to 
be  sketching  the  Place  coat-of-arms  (impaled  with  Halnaby)  on  the 
south  side  of  the  tower  of  Croft  church,  as  a  pair  to  the  Clervaux  '  coat,' 

opposite  it  on  the  same  side  of 
the  tower,  which  I  had  already 
in  my  sketch  book.  Upon 
looking  through  the  above 
work,  on  the  next  day,  to  see 
if  Whitaker  had  any  reference 
to  these  shields,  I  came  across 
his  '  trickings '  of  the  identical 
coats  of  arms,  but  they  are  not 
described  there.  Turning  to 
__  Surtees's  History  of  Durham,  I 
r:  found  the  Yorkshire  antiquary 
to  be  at  fault,  which  I  had 
also  proved  by  my  own  sketch, 
inasmuch  as  he  had  repre- 
sented the  six  '  fleurs  de  lis ' 
of  the  Halnaby  '  coat '  as 
'  cross  crosslets '  ;  and  again, 
his  arrangement  of  the  three 
charges  in  the  base  of  the  same 
coat  is  wrong — they  should  be 
all  in  a  row  instead  of  two 
above  one,  as  he  hath  it.  It 
is  true  that  the  stone  is  very 
much  worn  away,  yet  with  a 
good  light,  even  from  a  dis- 
tance, I  made  out  the  charges 
to  be  fleurs-de-lis.  In  the  third  volume  of  Surtees's  History  is  an 
account  of  the  arms  and  quarterings  of  Place  (Playse)  of  Halnaby. 
One  Robert  Playse,  esquire,  married  Katherine,  daughter  and  heir  of 


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Halnath  of  Halnaby  in  the  fifteenth  century.  The  estate  of  Halnaby 
remained  for  nearly  three  centimes  in  the  hands  of  the  Place  family, 
until  the  Milbankes  came  into  possession.  By  marriage  with  the 
daughter  of  Thomas  Surteys  [Surtees],  who  was  the  heir  of  the  whole 
blood  of  the  said  Thomas  Surteys,  the  manor  and  hall  of  Dinsdale, 
in  Durham  county,  had  also  passed  over  to  the  Places  of  Halnaby, 
which  is  the  reason  for  both  Durham  and  Yorkshire  histories  includng 
an  account  of  that  family.  Surtees,  in  his  History,  also  has  '  triekings  ' 
of  the  Place  arms  ;  but  the  '  coat '  on  the  tower  of  Croft  church  is 
more  interesting  still,  as  it  points  to  the  approximate  date  of  the 
alliance  of  Place  and  Halnaby — it  is  an  impaled  coat,  whereas  what 
Surtees  'tricks'  is  a  quartered  coat  of  arms,  dated  1575,  representing 
the  Place  coat  after  the  death  of  the  father  of  the  Halnaby  heiress — the 
impaled  coat  must  of  course  have  been  carved  for  Croft  church  before 
that  event  ;  and  as  we  know  when  the  Clervaux  shield  was  built  into 
the  tower — Sir  Richard  Clervaux,  knight,  died  in  1490 — we  also  know 
that  this  Place  stone,  a  contemporary  piece  of  carving,  must  have  been 
put  there  about  the  same  time,  either  in  1490  or  before,  not  later.  The 
following  is  a  description  of  the  Place  and  Halnaby  '  coats '  entered, 
with  other  quarterings,  at  Dugdale's  visitation  A°  1666:  — 

PLACE — Azure,  on  a  chief  argent  three  chaplets1  gules. 

HALNABY — Argent,  a  fess  between  6  fleurs-de-lis,  all  sable, 

The  same  herald  gives  another  coat  as  well  for  Place,  viz.,  per  pale  or 
and  gules,  a  lion  passant  guardant  counter  changed.  This  occupies  the 
first  and  sixth  quarters  of  the  shield  ;  but  I  have  ascertained  that  the 
'  chaplets  '  are  the  true  paternal  coat  of  Place.  From  the  fact  that 
these  '  chaplets  '  appear  in  the  first  and  fourth  quarters  of  the  Place 
coat  (dated  1575),  we  know  that  Robert  Playse  himself  was  armigerous 
before  marrying  the  Halnaby  heiress.  It  is  a  coincidence  that  the 
present  owner  of  Halnaby,  Sir  William  Wilson-Todd,  bart.,  had  no 
registered  coat-of-arms  before  he  married  Miss  Todd,  the  heiress  of 
Halnaby  ;  so  that  when  the  Herald's  College  had  to  determine  upon 
the  '  coat '  which  Sir  William  wished  to  adopt,  the  family  of  Todd  was 
represented  in  the  first  and  fourth  quarters,  and  that  of  Wilson  in  the 
second  and  third,  thereby  giving  the  honour  of  the  dexter  quarter  in 
the  '  chief  '  of  the  shield  to  the  family  of  the  heiress  of  Halnaby,  which 
is  the  reverse  of  Place  and  Halnaby  of  old.  The  Clervaux  ''  coat '  (sable, 
a  saltire  or),  on  the  opposite  side  of  this  aspect  of  the  tower,  is  that  of 
Sir  Richard  Clervaux,  knt.,  who  died  1490,  and  whose  handsome  tomb 
inside  the  church  is  well  known.  Sir  Richard,  through  his  mother, 
Margaret  Lumley,  was  a  third  cousin  of  Edward  iv  and  Richard  in, 
all  three  being  descended  from  John,  lord  Nevile  of  Raby  and  Middle- 
ham  castles. 

Mr.  Fothergill  was  thanked  for  his  communications. 

i  The  'chaplets,'  as  they  appear  on  the  carved  stone,  and  as  Whitaker  has  '  tricked  ' 
them,  might  be  taken  for  'annulets.' 


MISCELLANEA. 

CONTRACT    FOB    REPAIRING    JESMOND    BRIDGE. 

The  following,  from  the  Ford  Papers,  has  been  forwarded  by  Mr. 
H.  H.  E.  Craster,  who  poin  s  out  'that  the  contract  refers  to  the 
bridge  over  the  Ouseburn,  known  to-day  as  Benton  bridge.  Sir  Ralph 
Delaval  was  not  a  land  owner  in  Jesmond,  nor  yet  sheriff  of  ths 
county  for  the  year  named.  He  was,  however,  a  justice  of  the  peace, 


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and  may  have  directed  the  repair  of  county  bridges  in  virtue  of  his 
office ' : — 

The  viijth  daie  of  June,  1623.  Be  it  knowne  unto  all  men  by  theis 
presents  that  I,  Roger  Nicholson  of  Bedlington,  free  mason,  have  the 
daie  and  yeare  above-written  covenanted  with  Sir  Raphe  Delavale 
knighte  to  amend  the  decayed  worke  of  Gesmound  bridge  everywhere 
wheare  it  is  needfull  with  good  hewne  ashler  stones,  as  alsoe  to  amend 
and  make  the  west  landstall1  thereof  of  such  like  stones  too  the  foord 
that  passeth  over  the  water  theare,  turneing  it  with  hewne  worke  to 
the  land- ward,  and  the  same  landstall  to  be  every  where  as  highe  as  the 
greene  grasse  ground  ;  as  also  to  cope  the  whole  bridge  with  a  whole 
covirse  of  ashler  and  copestones  above  it  conteyneing  together  two  feet 
in  highte  and  conteyneing  on  either  side  xxiiijor  yeardes  in  length;  as 
also  where  anie  parte  of  the  walls  of  the  said  bridge  are  decaied,  I 
covenant  to  amend  them  and  pointe  all  the  whole  bridge  over.  Also 
the  north  end  of  the  landstall  to  be  walled  to  the  trod2  and  dye  out  to 
the  ground,  as  also  to  pave  the  whole  bridge  and  the  endes  therof 
which  will  conteyne  either  waie  xxx.tie  yeardes  from  the  crowne  of  the 
bowe,3  but  the  endes  thereof  to  be  paved  so  broad  as  the  landstalls 
require.  I  doe  also  covenant  to  finde  lyme,  stone,  carryages  and  all 
manner  of  worke  and  charge  that  concernes  this  busiries.  All  which  ] 
covenant  to  finish  and  performe  workmanlike  and  sufficientlie  before 
the  xxixth  daie  of  September,  next  ensueing  the  date  hereof.  For 
which  worko  so  being  performed  I  am  to  have  of  the  said  Sir  Rapho 
Delavale  the  some  of  eighteene  poundes  of  money,  whereof  vjli.  to  be 
paid  at  or  uppon  the  last  daie  of  June  instant,  other  vjli.  the  xxvth 
daie  of  August  then  next  ensueing,  and  the  last  v]li.  on  the  xxixth  day  of 
September  aforesaid  or  sooner  if  the  worke  be  sooner  finished.  In 
witnesse  whereof  the  said  Sir  Raphe  Delavale  and  I  have  hereunto  sett 
our  handes  the  daie  and  yeare  first  above  written.  (Signed)  Raphe 
Delavale,  Roger  Nickellson. 

i  Landstall,  the  parapet  of  a  bridge :   the  part  of  the  dam-head  which  connects  it 
with  the  land  adjoining. — Wright,  English  Dialect  Dictionary. 

2  'Ground'  deleted.     Trod,  a  footpath,  a  road.  —  Ibid. 
3  Bow,  the  arch  of  a  bridge.  —  Ibid. 


The  following  notes  have  been  kindly  sent  by  Mr.  F.  W.  Dendy : — 
Pleas  before  the  king  in  his  chancery,  in  three  weeks  of  Michaelmas, 
8  Richard  n  [1384]  (Placita  in  Cancellaria,  file  12,  no.  13). 

Northumberland. — It  has  been  found  by  inquisition  that  John  del 
Chaumbre,  deceased,  held  of  the  king  in  chief  by  knight  service,  five 
acres  of  land  called  Sanclisforthflat  within  Gesmuth  with  one  waste 
wind  mill,  paying  yearly  rent  of  2s. ;  they  are  worth  yearly  6s.  Sd. ;  and 
of  others  than  the  king,  one  messuage,  seventeen  acres  of  land  in  Biker, 
twenty-four  acres  of  land  in  Heton,  one  messuage,  twenty-four  acres  of 
land  in  Little  Neweton  by  Corbrig,  one  messuage,  forty  acres  of  land  in 
Whitwham.  He  died  18  August,  3  Richard  n  [1379].  Alice,  his 
daughter  was  heir  aged  twelve  years.  Thomas  Heryngton  and  William 
de  Redmershell  had  occupied  the  lands  since  his  death,  by  what  title 
the  jurors  knew  not.  Whereupon,  William  Hatter,  chaplain,  by 
Thomas  Haxeye,  his  attorney,  and  Hugh  Coteler,  chaplain,  in  his  own 
person,  appear  in  the  Chancery,  protesting  that  they  do  not  acknow- 
ledge the  said  five  acres  of  land  to  be  of  such  value  as  is  stated  in  the 
inquisition.  They  say  that  the  said  John  by  fine  shewn  in  court,  dated 
at  the  town  of  Newcastle-upon-Tyne,  on  the  day  of  S.  Oswin,  king, 
3  Richard  n  [March  11,  1379-80]  by  the  name  of  John  de  la  Chaumbre, 


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burgess  of  the  said  town,  gave  to  Robert  de  Marleye,  chaplain,  Thomas 
de  Heryngton,  burgess  of  the  said  town,  and  William  de  Redmershull, 
all  his  lands  in  Newcastle  and  elsewhere  in  the  county  of  Northumber- 
land ;  by  which  gift  they^were  seised  of  the  said  five  acres  and  all  the 
lands  mentioned  in  the  inquisition,  the  mill  excepted,  until  Robert  de 
Marley  died,  after  whose  death,  Thomas  and  William,  by  fine  dated  at 
the  town  of  Newcastle-upon-Tyne,  on  Thursday,  belore  the  feast  of  S. 
Martin,  bishop  [November  6],  1382,  gave  all  the  said  lands  to  the  said 
William  Hatter  and  Hugh,  who  were  accordingly  seised  thereof  until 
John  Mitford,  escheator,  took  away  the  five  acres  by  colour  of  the  said 
inquisition.  They  say  further  that  John  del  Chaumbre  held  the  five 
acres  of  Thomas  Bentelay,  warden  of  the  chapel  of  S.  Thomas  the 
Martyr,  on  the  bridge  of  the  Tyne  in  the  town  of  Newcastle,  as  of  the 
right  of  this  chapel,  and  not  of  the  king  in  chief. 

William  Horneby  who  follows  for  the  king  denies  this  and  asserts  the 
truth  of  the  inquisition,  and  asks  for  a  jury — William  and  Hugo  do 
likewise.  A  day  is  given  to  them,  the  morrow  of  All  Souls  next. 

Pleas  before  the  king  in  his  chancery  at  Westminster  (faded)  Michael- 
mas, 17  Richard  n  [1393]  (Ibid.  File  18,  no.  1). 

Northumberland. — It  was  found  by  inquisition  taken  before  Sampson 
Hardyng  and  John  de  Bridlyngton  that  Alice,1  daughter  and  heir  of 
John  del  Chaumbre,  deceased,  died  seised  of  five  acres  of  land  called 
Sandifordflat  within  Gesemouth  and  one  waste  wind  mill  held  of  the 
king  in  chief  by  knight  service  and  worth  6s.  8d.  yearly — one  messuage, 
seventeen  acres  of  land,  worth  yearly  10s.  in  Biker — six  husband-lands 
with  one  messuage  in  Heton,  worth  40s. — one  messuage,  twenty-four 
acres  of  land  in  Little  Neweton  by  Corbrigg  (10s.) — one  messuage,  forty 
acres  of  land  in  Whitwham  (8s.) — one  messuage  with  two  shops  before 
it,  in  which  the  said  John,  her  father,  dwelt,  within  the  town  of  New- 
castle (six  marks) — a  rent  of  two  marks  from  a  tenement  in  which 
Maud  de  Cotom  dwells — a  messuage  in  which  John  Sharpp,  litstere, 
dwells  (five  marks) — 13s.  4rf.  rent  from  a  messuage  in  which  Thomas  de 
Corbrigg  dwells  (40s.) — 30d.  rent  from  a  tenement  which  Robert  Daunt 
holds  in  Sidgate — 5s.  rent  from  a  tenement  which  Walter  Heron  holds 
in  Sidgate — two  messuages  by  la  Maudeleyns  (13s  4d.) — two  tenements 
with  two  selions  of  land  without  Pilgrymstreteyate — a  watermill  in  the 
same  town  (four  marks) — twelve  acres  of  Leys  without  Pilgrymstrete- 
yate (four  marks) — 30s.  rent  from  a  tenement  in  wihch  William  Wete- 
wang  dwells  without  Pilgrymstreteyate — a  tenement  at  la  Denebrig- 
hend  (20s.) — .a  tenement  upon  le  Peynturhugh  with  three  small  houses 
adjoining  (four  marks) — 17s.  rent  from  a  tenement  which  Thomas  Clerk 
of  Alnewyk  holds — a  tenement  formerly  of  Adam  Espele  (five  marks) — 
two  tenements  opposite  the  tenement  of  the  said  Adam  (20s.) — five 
messuages  in  le  Barnebank  (8s.) — four  marks  rent  from  a  tenement 
formerly  of  John  Plummer — a  messuage  in  Lymeschere  (20s.) — a 
messuage  called  Taueren  with  other  houses  together  with  three  shops 
(100s.) — a  messuage  in  la  Cloos  40s.) — a  messuage  with  two  shops  in  la 
Side  in  which  William  Redmershell  dwells  (ten  marks) — a  messuage 
with  ten  shops  in  Castelyate  (twelve  marks) — a  messuage  in  the  church- 
yard of  S.  Nicholas  (20s.) — four  shops  on  Ratunrawe  (26s.  Sd.) — three 
shops  in  which  Nicholas  Candeler  and  Alice  de  Well  dwelt  (40s.) — three 
shops  in  Skynnergate  (20s.) — a  shop  in  which  William  Humanby  dwells 
(15s.) — two  shops  in  le  Fleshewergate  (26s.  8d.) — a  rent  of  10s.  in  la 
Pollidhall — a  rent  of  20s.  from  a  tenement  in  which  master  Stephen 
Hesilbeche  dwells — a  rent  of  10s.  4d.  from  a  tenement  next  to  the  said 

i  The  inquisition  taken  on  the  death  of  Alice  is  Inq.  post  mortem,  16  Richard  ir. 
part  '2,  no.  135.     File  74. 


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Stephen — a  garden  formerly  of  Adam  de  Espele  with  one  waste  water 
mill  (6s.  Sd.) — a  garden  by  la  Westyate  (6s.  8d.) 

All  the  said  tenements,  messuages,  mills,  gardens,  land  and  rent  in 
the  town  of  Newcastle  are  held  of  the  king  in  free  burgage,  execpt  the 
said  messuage  with  ten  shops  at  la  Castelyate  which  is  held  of  the  king 
in  chief  by  service  of  I2d.  for  castle  ward  to  his  castle  of  Newcastle. 

Alice  died  14  October,  9  Richard  n  [13851,  and  after  her  death, 
Thomas  Heryngton  and  William  Redmershill  occupied  and  do  still 
occupy  the  premises.  Katherine  de  Moston  is  her  kinswoman  and  heir, 
being  daughter  of  Mabel,  sister  of  the  said  John  del  Chaumbre,  father 
of  Alice,  and  is  aged  thirty-four  years.2 

Whereupon,  William  de  Elmeden,  by  William  de  Halywell  and  John 
Asplion  his  attorneys,  appears,  protesting  that  he  does  not  acknowledge 
the  said  five  acres  of  land  called  Sandifordflat  with  the  mill  there,  twelve 
acres  of  Loyes  and  tenement  in  Biker  to  be  of  such  value,  nor  Sandi- 
fordflat and  the  mill  there,  and  the  said  tenement  with  ten  shops  at  la 
Castelyate  to  be  held  of  the  king  in  chief,  as  stated  in  the  inquisition. 
William  Hattere  and  Hugo  Cuttellere,  chaplains,  were  seised  of  Sandi- 
fordflat, the  mill,  twelve  acres  of  Loyes  and  the  tenement  in  Biker,  before 
the  death  of  Alice,  and  granted  them  among  other  lands,  by  charter 
shewn  in  court  dated  at  the  town  of  Newcastle,  10  April,  6  Richard  n 
[1383],  to  the  said  William  de  Elmeden  and  Joan  his  wife  to  hold  for  the 
life  of  Joan,  and  they  were  accordingly  seised  thereof  until  put  out  by 
William  de  Thorneburgh,  escheator  in  the  county  of  Northumberland, 
and  William  de  Bisshopdale,  escheator  in  the  town  of  Newcastle. 

And   as    to  the   five   messuages   on   the  Barnebank,  the  messuage 

called  tavern3 messuages  with   houses    and   shops 

being  of  the  stated  value,  he  says  that  the  said  William  Hattere    . 
by  charter  shown  in  court  dated  at  the  town  of  Newcastle  on  the  eve 
of  S.  Bartholomew,  10  Richard  11  [24  August,  1386]     ...     to  hold 
in   tail     ....     by  executors   of   the   testament    of    Thomas   del 
Chaumbre     .     .     .     as   by  the  said   charter  appears,   to  Thomas  de 

Heryngton   in   tail,  with   remainder By  virtue    of 

which  gift  the  said  William  de  Elmeden  was  seised  thereof  until  put  out 
by  the  escheator.  And  as  to  the  three  messuages  with  garden  and 
water  mill  formerly  of  Adam  de  Espley,  he  says  that  they  are  not  of  such 
value,  and  that  a  certain  Thomas  del  Chaumbre  was  seised  thereof  and 
bequeathed  them  to  the  said  Alice  his  sister  in  tail,  with  remainder  to 
the  said  Thomas  de  Heryngton  in  tail  and  in  default  of  such  issue  to  be 
sold  by  the  executors  of  the  said  Thomas  del  Chaumbre.  By  custom  of 
the  said  town,  all  tenements,  as  well  inherited  as  purchased,  can  be 
bequeathed.  After  the  death  of  Thomas,  the  said  Alice  entered  into 
the  three  messuages  (etc.)  by  virtue  of  the  bequest,  and  married  William 
de  Elmeden  the  younger,  and  they  gave  the  messuages,  etc.,  to  the 
aforesaid  William  de  Elmeden  and  Joan  then  his  wife,  and  his  heirs. 
They  continued  their  seisin  after  the  death  of  Alice  who  died  childless, 
until  Joan  died  when  Thomas  de  Heryngton  and  William  de  Redmers 
hill,  executors  of  Thomas  del  Chaumbre  by  their  writing  shown  in 
court,  quitclaimed  to  William  de  Elmeden  and  his  heirs  their  right  in 
the  premisses  which  William  held  until  put  out  by  the  escheator. 

Thomas  de  Heryngton  says  that  William  Hattere  and  Hugh  Cuttelere 
held  before  the  death  of  Alice  the  rents  of  13s.  4d.  from  the  messuage 
of  Thomas  de  Corbrig,  20d,  (Robert  Daunt),  5s.,  (Walter  Heron),  30s. 
(William  Wetewang)  10s.  (le  Pollidhead),  20s.  (Stephen  Hesilbeche), 
13s.  4d.  (tenement  next  to  Stephen),  and  by  charter  shown  in  court, 

2  See  Pedigree,  new  Hist.  North.,  vi,  132. 
8  The  MS.  ia  much  faded  here.    The  dots  represent  portions  which  are  illegible. 


209 

dated  at  the  town  of  Newcastle,  the  eve  of  S.  Bartholomew,  10  Richard  II 
[24  August,  1386],  granted  them  to  the  said  Alice  in  tail,  with  remainder 
to  Thomas  de  Heryngton  in  tail,  and  then  to  be  sold  by  the  executors 
of  Thomas  del  Chaumbre.  After  Alice's  death,  Thomas  de  Heryngton 
occupied  the  premisses  until  put  out  by  the  escheator. 

William  de  Redmershill  gives  similar  evidence,  as  to  the  messuage  in 
le  Cloos  and  the  messuage  with  two  shops  in  le  Side;  except  that 
Thomas  de  Heryngton  gave  the  same  to  William  de  Redmershill  who 
held  them  until  put  out  by  the  escheator. 

As  to  the  messuage  with  ten  shops  in  le  Castelyate,  Robert  de  Merley, 
chaplain,  was  seised  thereof  before  Alice's  death  and  bequeathed  them 
to  Thomas  de  Heryngton  and  William  de  Redmershill,  who  held  them 
until  put  out  by  the  escheator. 

The  Prior  of  Tynemouth  says  that  Thomas  de  Heryngton  and  William 
de  Redmershill  were  seised  before  Alice's  death  of  the  rent  of  four 
marks  (John  Plommer),  and  gave  the  same  to  Sampson  Hardyng  and 
Thomas  de  Watton  and  they,  with  the  king's  licence,  granted  it  to  the 
prior,  who  held  it  until  put  out  by  the  escheator. 

Thomas  Clerk  of  Alnewick,  says  that  Thomas  de  Heryngton  occupied, 
after  Alice's  death,  the  rent  of  17s.  (Thomas  Clerk)  and  gave  it  to  him, 
and  he  held  it  until  put  out  by  the  escheator. 

William  Hattere  and  Hugh  Cuttelere  say  that  as  to  the  sixteen  acres 
of  land  in  Biker  and  the  premises  in  Heton,  Little  Neweton  by  Corbrig 
and  Whytwame,  the  said  Alice,  by  charter  dated  at  Newcastle,  Satur- 
day after  the  feast  of  S.  Hillary,  5  Richard  n  [18  January,  1382],  shewn 
to  the  jury,  granted  the  premises  in  Neweton  and  Whytwame  to  William 
Hattere  and  Hugh  Cuttelere  who  occupied  them  until  put  out  by  the 
escheator.  And  John  de  Irengray,  chaplain,  was  seised  before  Alice's 
death,  of  the  premises  in  Biker  and  Heton,  and  by  charter  dated  at 
Heton,  Saturday  before  the  feast  of  S.  Hillary,  5  Richard  n  [11  January, 
1 382],  granted  the  same  to  William  Hattere  and  Hugh,  who  occupied 
them  until  put  out  by  the  escheator. 

As  to  the  yearly  rent  of  two  marks  (Maud  de  Cotome),  William  de 
Heryngton  and  Thomas  de  Redmershill  were  seised  thereof  before 
Alice's  death,  and  gave  the  same,  with  the  king's  licence,  to  the  said 
William  Hattere,  warden  of  the  chantry  of  S.  Cuthbert  in  the  church  of 
S.  Nicholas,  who  was  seised  thereof  until  put  out  by  the  escheator. 

William  de  Horneby,  who  follows  for  the  king,  says  that  Alice  died 
seised  of  all  the  premisses  and  that  Sandiforthflat  with  the  mill,  and  the 
messuage  with  ten  shops  at  le  Castelyate  are  held  of  the  king  as  stated 
in  the  inquisition. 

The  said  William  de  Elmeden,  Thomas  de  Heryngton,  William  de 
Redmershill,  Prior  of  Tynemouth,  Thomas  Clerk,  William  Hatter,  and 
Hugh  Cuttellere  separately  deny  this,  and  say  that  Alice  was  not  seised 
at  the  time  of  her  death  of  the  premises  in  Gesemouth,  Byker,  Heton, 
Little  Neweton  by  Corbrig  and  WThytwame  or  of  the  messuage  with  ten, 
shops  at  le  Castelyate  ;  and  ask  for  a  jury. 

A  day  is  given,  the  morrow  of  All  Souls,  and  the  sheriff  is  ordered  to 
have  a  jury  of  twenty-four  knights  and  lawful  men  of  Gesmouth,  Biker, 
Heton,  Little  Neweton  by  Corbrig,  and  Whytwame,  and  a  similar  jury 
from  Newcastle-upon-Tyne.4 

4  The  statement  in  Brand's  Historu  of  Newcastle,  vol.  i,  p.  33,  that  'in  Hilary  term,. 
1408,  before  the  king,  it  was  determined  by  the  verdict  of  a  jury  that  three  acres  of 
land,  called  Sandyford-Flatt,  with  a  windmill  below  Jesmond,  near  Newcastle-upon- 
Tyne,  was  not  held  of  the  king  in  capita,  but  of  the  keeper  of  the  chapel  of  St.  Thomas 
the  Martyr  on  Tyne  bridge,'  shews  a  later  stage  of  this  dispute.  The  record  to  which 
Brand  refers,  cannot  now  be  found. 


[  Proc.,  3  Ser.  in,  31] 


210 

The  following  are  extracts  from  Sir  Stephen  Glynne's  'Notes'  (con- 
tinued from  p.  200) : — 

Jan>\  17,  1856.  BARNARD  CASTLE  (DURHAM). 

This  Church,  amidst  much  of  mutilation  and  bad  modern  alteration 
has  some  interesting  features  and  early  work.  The  plan  is  a  nave  with 
aisles,  Transepts  and  Chancel,  with  a  Tower  at  the  west  end  of  the  N. 
aisle.  The  nave  is  short  and  the  Transepts  not  very  well  developed, 
there  being  no  crossing.  The  interior  of  the  nave  is  blocked  up  to  a 
degree  almost  without  example,  a  huge  gallery  extending  nearly  over 
the  whole  of  the  nave !  The  arcades  are  dissimilar — that  on  the  N. 
is  Norman — 2  of  the  arches  semicircular — the  columns  cylindrical  with 
square  capital,  the  3d  arch  now  opening  to  the  N.  Transept  is  very 
wide,  and  has  the  appearance  of  being  2  arches  thrown  into  one.  The 
South  arcade  has  4  pointed  arches  with  octagonal  columns,  having 
capitals.  The  Clerestory  windows  are  all  bad,  and  several  of  the 
windows  of  the  nave  and  Transepts  late  and  poor  Perpend1"  in  some 
instances  quite  debased.  The  Chancel  is  long  in  proportion,  and  seems 
to  be  wholly  perpendr.  The  Chancel  arch  has  on  its  west  face  fine 
bold  square  flowers  in  moulding,  and  octagonal  columns  with  capitals 
embattled  and  richly  flowered.  Within  this  arch  is  a  rood  screen  of 
poor  late  character.  There  is  a  considerable  ascent  to  the  Chancel  and 
a  vestry  on  its  north  side.  The  organ  is  placed  in  the  S.  transept. 
The  Font  has  a  very  large  octagonal  bowl  with  concave  sides,  charged 
with  shields  which  contain  emblems,  and  the  stem  also  octagonal. 
Near  the  W.  end  of  the  nave  is  a  fine  effigy  of  a  Priest  holding  a  chalice 
in  a  cope,  and  in  good  preservation.  The  inscription  is  difficult  to 
decypher  from  the  surrounding  darkness.  There  is  also  a  stone  coffin, 
found  in  the  belfry  in  1825.  The  Tower  seems  to  have  been  wholly 
rebuilt  in  1775,  and  once  had  a  spire.  The  greater  part  of  the  Church 
is  battlemented,  and  the  Clerestory  has  pinnacles. 

Aug.  21,  1860.  BRANCEPETH  (DURHAM).  S.  Brandon. 

A  large  interesting  Church  with  much  semi-Norman  work  and  later 
portions.  The  plan  is  nave  with  N.  &  S.  aisles,  N.  &  S.  Transepts, 
Chancel  with  S.  chapel,  West  Tower  engaged  in  the  aisles,  North  and 
South  porches.  The  Tower  is  decidedly  Semi-Norman,  has  2  strings 
and  belfry  window  of  2  lights  with  shaft,  a  later  embattled  parapet  with 
corbel  table.  The  Tower  has  a  solid  wall  N.  &  S.,  the  aisles  passing  it, 
and  to  the  nave  a  plain  pointed  arch  with  square  edges  on  square 
pilasters.  The  windows  at  the  N.  of  the  aisle  are  double  lancets. 

The  nave  beyond  the  Tower  has  arcades,  each  of  3  very  wide 
pointed  arches,  which  include  the  opening  to  the  Transepts.  These 
arcades  are  E.  E.,  the  piers  octagonal,  having  toothed  capitals,  the 
piers  next  the  Transept  being  clustered.  The  Clerestory  windows  are 
Perpendr,  square  headed  of  3  lights.  There  are  arches  across  the 
aisles  from  the  Transepts.  The  N.  aisle  has  some  Decd  windows  of  2 
lights,  and  the  N.  Transept  has  one  of  3  lights.  The  windows  of  the 
S.  aisle  are  of  2  lights,  of  a  Flamboyant  character,  in  the  S.  Transept 
an  odd  one  of  3  lights,  very  Flamboyant.  The  E.  wall  of  the  S.  Tran- 
sept joins  the  S.  chapel  of  the  Chancel,  and  in  it  is  a  Dec(1  3  light 
window,  opening  now  into  it,  but  formerly  in  an  outer  wall.  North 
and  south  of  the  Chancel  arch  is  a  hagioscope  with  Flamboyant 
tracery  opening  through  the  wainscoting  at  the  back  of  the  stalls 
with  glazing.  The  Chancel  is  Perpendf,  but  perhaps  the  North  Chapel, 
now  a  rubbish  place,  is  trans1  from  Dec(1,  having  flat  arched  windows 
of  that  character.  The  Chancel  windows  are  Perpend1  of  3  lights,  save 
the  east  window,  which  is  of  5,  and  subarcuated,  the  central  light 


211 


being  common  to  both  divisions.  The  S.  chapel  is  closed.  The  nave  is 
lofty  but  narrow,  the  general  appearance  striking.  The 'roof  paneled,  in 
the  aisles  plainer.  There  is  some  wood  paneling,  as  if  connected  with 
the  rood-loft  high  over  the  chancel  arch.  One  remarkable  feature  of  this 
Church  is  that  it  was  fitted  up  entirely  in  the  time  of  Bishop  Cosin,  and 
under  his  direction  and  retains  these  fittings  in  good  condition.  The 
woodwork,  though  of  somewhat  debased  kind,  is  handsome.  The  whole 
of  the  seats  of  the  nave  are  of  this  date,  which  have  poppy  heads.  The 
Chance]  is  stalled,  and  enclosed  by  screen  and  gates.  The  stalls  canopied, 
with  tabernacle  work  and  returned,  a  roodscreen  across  the  chancel  arch 
of  debased  Gothic.  The  Font  cover  is  also  of  rich  wood  tabernacle  work 
of  the  same  character,  rising  to  some  height.  There  is  too  much  of 
casing  in  wainscot,  which  extends  to  some  of  the  piers  of  the  nave.  The 
Sacrarium  is  wainscoted,  and  there  is  a  credence.  In  the  centre  of  the 
Chancel  is  a  tomb  of  Ralph,  first  earl  of  Westmorland  and  Margaret  his 
wife.  The  effigies  in  wood  on  raised  platform.  The  earl  in  helmet  and 
coat  of  mail  and  shield  with  arms  of  Nevill,  the  lady  in  mantle  drawn 
down  to  feet,  which  rest  on  two  dogs.  In  the  N.  transept  is  a  colossal 
recumbent  effigy,  with  crossed  legs,  in  coat  of  mail  and  chain  hood,  with 
Nevill  arms  on  the  shield.  The  Font  is  of  marble,  perhaps  of  the  same 
date  as  the  fitting  of  the  church.  The  exterior  is  plain,  the  porches 
somewhat  debased.  Over  the  E.  end  of  the  clerestory  a  bell  cot. 
Oct.  9,  1862.  STAINDROP  (DURHAM).  S.  Mary. 

A   large   church,    principally  E.  E.,  with    much   of   local   type  and 
recently  put  into  good  condition. 

The  plan  consists  of  Nave  with  N.  &  S.  aisles,  North  Transeptal 
chapel,  Chancel  with  vestry  on  the  N ,  an  engaged  Western  Tower  and 
a  South  porch.  The  Tower  is  engaged  with  the  nave  and  aisles,  and 
opens  internally  to  each  by  a  pointed  arch  rising  from  shafts  attached 
to  strong  piers.  The  upper  story  of  the  Tower  overhangs  the  rest,  and 
seems  to  be  a  later  addition  of  Perpr  character  with  battlement  and 
belfry  windows  of  which  the  central  monials  (sic) *  are  gone.  The  rest  of 
the  Tower  is  E.  E.,  and  there  is  a  corbel  table  below  the  belfry  stage, 
also  plain  2  light  windows,  each  of  2  lancets  beneath  a  pointed  arch 
On  the  W.  side  is  a  single  lancet,  also  a  slit,  and  on  the  N.W.  aide  a 
large  square  stair  turret  lighted  by  slits  and  running  up  to  the  top. 
The  South  porch  is  wholly  of  stone,  having  a  flagged  roof  of  steep  pitch 
with  strong  arched  ribs.  Both  the  doorways  are  plain.  The  nave 
has  a  Clerestory,  and  the  parapets  have  plain  moulding.  The  Chancel 
has  a  corbel  table  beneath  the  parapet.  At  the  E.  end  of  the  S.  aisle  is 
a  curious  projecting  building  with  penthouse  roof  lighted  by  slits. 
The  nave  has  its  arcades  nearly  similar,  each  of  4  semi-Norman 
arches  with  semi-circular  heads,  springing  from  light  circular 
columns — those  on  the  south  have  hatched  hoods,  except  over  the 
western  arch — which  has  been  altered,  and  rises  on  shafts  of  later 
character  attached  to  a  square  pier.  The  northern  arches  have  no 
hatched  hood,  the  capitals  of  the  columns  have  rude  foliage  of  somewhat 
Corinthian  type.  The  Clerestory  windows  are  square  headed,  per- 
pendr  of  3  lights.  The  North  Transept  is  of  slight  projection  beyond 
the  line  of  the  aisle  which  is  very  wide.  In  the  Transept  is  an  E.  E. 
triplet  and  2  square  headed  Decd  windows  of  2  lights,  one  of  which  has 
some  old  stained  glass.  The  W.  window  of  the  north  aisle  has  3  lights 
trefoiled,  of  Perpendr  date  and  2  other  windows  of  the  same  aisle  are 
Perpendr  square  headed  of  2  lights.  The  N.  Transept  has  a  square 
recess  in  its  E.  wall.  The  South  aisle  is  nearly  as  wide  as  the  Northern, 
rfcs  W.  window  is  of  3  lancets  beneath  a  pointed  arch.  Its  Eastern 

i  Mullions. 


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portion  seems  to  have  had  an  altar,  and  under  the  S.E.  window  are  3 
mutilated  sedilia  with  3-foil  headed  arches,  without  shafts,  of  early 
Decd  character.  The  E.  window  is  of  5  lights,  of  like  period,  with  a 
contracted  arch.  In  the  E.  wall  is  a  piscina  with  tref oiled  arch  under 
a  hood.  The  other  windows  of  this  aisle  are  similar  to  the  Eastern  of 
3  lights.  There  is  an  odd  small  lancet  window  in  this  aisle  set  quite 
low  near  the  W.  end.  In  the  S.  wall  below  the  windows  are  2  fine 
sepulchral  arches  of  Decd  character,  that  next  the  E.  has  an  enriched 
triangular  canopy  with  crockets  and  finial  and  elegant  tracery  between 
the  arch  and  the  pediment.  Under  it  is  the  effigy  of  a  lady  in  a  wimple 
under  an  ogee  canopy,  with  angels  at  the  head,  and  the  figure  of  a  child. 

Under  the  next  arch  is  the  effigy  of  a  lady  with  joined  hands.  The 
roofs  of  nave  and  aisles  are  of  flat  pitch,  the  S.  aisle  has  open  benches, 
in  the  rest  are  uniform  low  seats  with  doors,  the  galleries  have  been 
removed,  and  the  organ  placed  in  the  Tower.  There  is  a  new  pulpit  and 
reading  pue,  and  unhappily  a  ludicrous  Clerk's  desk.  At  the  W.  end 
of  the  North  aisle  is  a  curious  tomb  wholly  of  wood,1  but  of  sumptuous 
character  to  Henry,  fifth  Earl  of  Westmorland  and  his  3  wives,  2  of 
whom  and  himself  are  represented  in  recumbent  figures  on  an  altar 
tomb.  Over  the  wives  are  their  names — Elenor  and  Katerine.  Above 
is  an  overhanging  canopy  supported  by  pillars  of  cinquecento  character, 
and  on  the  sides  of  the  tomb  N.  &  S.  are  coarsely  executed  figures 
of  their  children  and  armorial  shields.  At  the  W.  end  of  the  S.  aisle 
is  another  fine  tomb  of  alabaster  of  late  Perpr  work,  with  the  effigies  of 
Ralph,  Earl  of  Westmorland,  and  his  2  wives,  A.D.  1426.  The  figures 
are  fine,  the  Earl  in  chain  helmet,  the  dress  of  the  ladies  beautifully 
executed,  the  sides  of  the  tomb  paneled  with  canopied  niches. 

Near  this  is  another  older  effigy  of  a  lady,  of  good  execution.  The 
Font  is  of  black  marble,  of  cup  shape  and  doubtful  character,  coarsely 
sculptured  with  shields  and  on  a  stem,  having  a  debased  look.  The 
Chancel  arch  is  of  slight  curve,  upon  half  circular  shafts,  across  it  is  a 
good  Perpr  wood  screen,  lately  varnished.  The  Chancel  has  a  stately 
appearance  and  is  spacious,  retaining  the  whole  of  the  fine  ancient 
stalls  with  their  canopies  and  desks,  and  the  floor  laid  with  encaustic 
tiles.  The  roof  is  flat  and  paneled,  the  windows  mostly  Perpr  inser- 
tions, but  of  rather  early  character,  those  N.  &  S.  of  3  lights,  the 
eastern  of  5,  and  filled  with  stained  glass  by  Warrington.  The  original 
E,  E.  sedilia  remain  S.  of  the  Sacrarium,  there  are  3,  and  ascending 
Eastward  with  trefoil  heads,  and  fine  deeply  cut  mouldings,  the  ex- 
tremities having  shafts  with  capitals  of  foliage,  but  none  intermediate. 
One  is  remarkably  fine  in  its  sculpture.  On  the  North  of  the  Chancel 
is  an  original  Sacristy2  of  some  size  and  height,  the  upper  story  looking 
into  the  Chancel  by  an  oblong  3  light  late  window,  and  approached 
from  the  Chancel  by  a  Perpendr  doorway  with  continuous  moulding. 
On  the  North  the  sacristy  has  2  odd  foliated  lancet  windows.  The 
effect  of  this  fine  and  nicely  restored  Chancel  is  injured  by  the  position 
of  a  fine  modern  monument  of  white  marble  in  its  very  centre  with 
recumbent  figure  by  Westmacott,  in  memory  of  the  late  Duke  of 
Cleveland.  On  the  S.  of  the  Chancel  is  also  another  fine  modern  monu- 
ment to  the  Duchess,  the  wife  of  the  present  Duke.  The  figure  repre 
sents  her  in  her  youth. 

Added  in  Margin — 

(1)  The  tomb  is  of  mixed  or  debased   character  circa  1560.      The 

dresses  of  the  ladies  are  not  similar,  the  noses  and  hands  have 
much   perished. 

(2)  The  sacristy  ranges  with  the  E.  end  of  the  Chancel,  and  has  a 

Perpendr  E.    window    and   an   upper   tier   of   windows   clearly 
shewing  that  it  had  two  storeys. 


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PROCEEDINGS 

OF    THE 


SOCIETY    OF   ANTIQUARIES 


OF    NEWCASTLE -UPON -TYNE. 


3    SEB.,  VOL.  III.  1908.  NO.    20 

The  ordinary  monthly  meeting  of  the  Society  was  held  in  the  library 
of  the  Castle,  Newcastle,  on  Wednesday,  the  twenty-seventh  day  of 
May,  1908,  at  seven  o'clock  in  the  evening,  the  Rev.  C.  E.  Adamson,  a 
member  of  the  council,  being  in  the  chair. 

Several  ACCOUNTS,  recommended  by  the  council  for  payment,  were 
ordered  to  be  paid. 

The  following  ORDINARY  MEMBER  was  proposed  and  declared  duly 
elected  : — 

George  Washington  Bain,  Tunstall  View,  AshbrookeRoad,  Sunderland. 
The  following  NEW  BOOKS,  etc.,  were  placed  on  the  table  :  — 
Presents,  for  which  thanks  were  voted  :  — 

From  the  Secretary  of  the  Architectural  and  Topographical  Society : — 
The  Architectural  and  Topographical  Record  for  March,  1908  (vol.  i, 
no.  1),  8vo. 
From  the  Providence  Public  Library  : — Thirtieth  Annual  Report  for 

year  ending  Dec.  31,  1907,  8vo. 
From  R.  Blair  :— The  Antiquary  for  June,  1908. 
Exchanges  : — 

From  La  Societe  d'Archeologie  de  Bruxelles: — Annuaire,  xix  (1908), 

8vo. 
From  the  Thoresby  Society: — Publications  ('Leeds  Grammar  School 

Register  '),  xiv,  ii,  8vo. 
From  the   Bristol    and    Gloucestershire    Archaeological    Society  : — 

Transactions,  xxx,  i.  8vo. 

From  the  Shropshire  Archaeological  and  Natural  History  Society  : — 
Transactions,  3  ser.,  vni,  ii,  8vo.  (contains  an  interesting  article  on 
some  Shropshire  royal  descents). 

Purchase*  : — '  The  Register  of  Saint  Martin's  Chapell  in  Fenny  Strat- 
ford' (Parish  Reg.  Soc.,  LXII)  ;  The  Rev.  E.  A.  Downman's  original 
drawings  of  early  earthworks,  32  plans  (nos.  316-347)  in  all  (of 
Tumble  Beacon,  and  Brickbury,  in  Surrey,  with  preface,  index,  and 
three  blank  sheets  ;  Kenchester,  Leintwardine,  Aconbury,  Bache, 
Capler,  Coxall  Knoll,  Credenhill,  Croft  Ambrey,  Ethelberts,  Mid- 
summerhill,  Little  Doward,  Thornbury  Wall  Hills,  Brandon  (2nd 
copy),  Cherry  Hill,  Dinedor,  Downton-on-the-Rock  '  Camp,'  Garms- 
ley,  Oldbury,  Fawley,  Hafneld,  Edvin  Ralph,  Howton  Mound, 
Llancillo,  Mynydd  Brith,  Pembridge  Court  House,  Rowlstone, 
Shobdon,  Staunton-on- Arrow,  Thruxton  Tump,  Vowchnrch,  all  in 
Herefordshire) ;  and  Notes  and  Queries,  10  ser.,  nos.  227-230. 
It  was  resolved  to  purchase  for  the  library,  Dechelette's  Vases  cerami- 
ques  ornes  de  la  Gaule  romaine. 

[Proc.  3  Ser.  Hi,  32 1 


214 

On  the  recommendation  of  the  council,  it  was  resolved — 

1.  To  hold  two  additional  country  meetings,  one  at  Holy  Island,  the 
other  at  Kirkby  Stephen. 

2.  To  subscribe  10Z.  towards  the  excavations  now  being  carried  on 
under  the  auspices  of  the  Society,  on  the  line  of  the  Roman  Wall,  by 
Messrs.  Gibson  and  Simpson. 

3.  Not  to  hold  a  meeting  in  June  on  account  of  the  day  of  the  ordinary 
meeting  falling  in  Newcastle  Race  Week. 

4.  To  hold  the  two  days'  meeting  on  the  Antonine  Wall  in  Scotland 
about  the  middle  of  July. 

EXHIBITED  : — 

By  Mr.  John  A.  Irving  of  West  Fell,  Corbridge  : — A  bronze  mortar 

5£  in.  high  by  5f  in.  diam.  at  mouth,  and  4J-  in.  at  base,  with  two 

ornamental  handles  and  bands  of  leaf  ornament  round.     It  bears 

also  the  inscription  LOF  GODT  VAN  AL  A°  1638  (see  opposite  plate). 

By  Mr.  Matthew  Mackey  : — An  impression  of  the  seal  of  the  mayoralty 

of  Newcastle,  attached  to  a  deed  dated  1580. 

Mr.  Welford  has  kindly  furnished  the  following  note  of  it :  — 
By  this  deed  James  Doddes  of  Newcastle,  tanner,  and  Anna  his 
wife  conveyed  to  Robert  Brandling,  merchant,  Newcastle,  for  15?.,  a 
tenement,  with  its  appurtenances,  in  the  Boocherrawe  in  that  town, 
lying  between  a  tenement  belonging  to  the  said  Doddes  and  then  in  the 
tenure  of  Christopher  Nicolson,  cordiner,  S.  ;  a  tenement  belonging  to 
the  said  Brandling  and  then  in  the  tenure  of  Roland  Hedlie,  ffletcher, 
N.  ;  the  street  aforesaid  E.  [sic],  and  lands  and  tenements  of  the  said 
Doddes  and  Brandling  E.  [sic'},  containing  in  length  between  the 
tenement  in  Nicolson's  tenure  and  that  of  Roland  Hedlie,  four  virgas, 
and  in  breadth  seven  virgas.  To  have  and  hold,  etc.,  of  the  chief  lord 
of  the  fee  by  service  due  and  of  right  accustomed.  Vendors  appointed 
John  Carr  and  William  Huntlie  of  Newcastle,  merchants,  their  lawful 
attorneys,  etc.  Declaration  by  Anna  that  of  her  own  free  will  and  in  no 
way  coerced  by  her  husband,  she  had  appeared  in  open  Court  at  the 
Guildhall,  before  Richard  Hodshon,  mayor,  and  Robert  Atkinson, 
sheriff,  and  other  good  and  honest  men  and  had  sworn  upon  the  Gospels 
that  this  her  act  and  deed  she  would  never  contradict  or  make  void,  etc. 
'  In  witness  whereof,  to  this  present  writing  we  have  affixed  our  seals. 
And  because  our  seals  by  many  persons  are  unknown,  we  have  also 
procured  the  official  seal  of  the  mayoralty  of  the  town  to  be  hereunto 
affixed.'  Dated  16th  November,  in  the  22nd  year  of  the  reign  of 
Elizabeth,  anno  domini  1580.  [Seals  of  the  vendors  missing.  Seal  of 
the  mayoralty  as  figured  in  Brand,  Hist.  Newcastle,  vol.  n,  plate  ii, 
figure  2.]  Signed  James  Dodds,  the  mark  of  Anna  Doddes,  Richard 
Hodshon.  Endorsement  of  livery  of  seisin,  23rd  November  following, 
in  the  presence  of  Robert  Ellison,  John  Shafto,  John  Hudsson,  Robart 
Andersonn,  Tomas  Tomlin,  Thomas  Coreyn,  John  Coreyn  [Loreyn  ?], 
Thomas  Eden,  Leavei  Cleughe  and  Leonard  Cleughe,  locksmiths, 
Henry  Tailor,  with  others.  Sealed  and  delivered  in  the  presence  of 
Chrystofer  Metford,  Mark  Shafto,  Robert  Atkynson,  Edward  Bartram, 
James  Bartram,  Robert  Blownt,  Henry  Tailor,  with  others. 

By  Mr.  G.  A.  Fothergill,  M.B.,  of  Darlington  : — Pen-and-ink  drawings 
by  himself,  of  Hilton  manor  house  near  Staindrop,  and  of  three 
seventeenth  century  door  heads  at  Ingleton  (co.  Durham). 
Mr.  Fothorgill  sent  the  following  notes  explanatory  of  the  drawings, 
etc.  : — 

Some  little  time  ago,  Lord  Barnard  suggested  that  several  of  his 
farmhouses  in  Durham  county,  formerly  old  manor-houses,  would  well 


Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Newc.,3  ser.,  in. 


To  face  page  214. 


SEVENTEENTH    CENTURY   BRONZE    MORTAR. 
From  a  photograph  by  Mr.  Parker  Brewis. 


•   ...  iHBHi 


CREEING   TROUGH  '    FOUND   IN    DARLINGTON. 
(See  page  238) 


215 


DOOR-HEADS   AT    INGLETON,    CO.    DURHAM, 


216 

repay  a  visit  with  a  sketch  book  ;  so  with  this  aim  in  view,  on  the  20th 
May  of  this  year,  I  walked  to  Hilton  manor  from  Gainford  station,  viii 
Langton  and  Jngleton,  a  distance  of  about  four  miles.  Hilton  is  a 
village  and  township  lying  on  a  slope  of  the  hill  three  miles  east-north- 
east from  Staindrop,  and  overlooks  one  of  the  finest  stretches  of  country 
in  the  whole  of  Durham,  the  view  from  it  extending  far  into  Yorkshire. 
But  most  of  my  time  that  day  was  occupied  in  sketching  old  doorways 
in  the  village  of  Ingleton,  before  arriving  at  Hilton.  This  village 
furnishes  us  with  good  specimens  of  what  one  might  call  domestic 
lettering.  Ingleton,  as  we  see  it  to-day,  is  largely  of  seventeenth 
century  date,  and  the  building  of  several  of  its  cottages,  and  one  or  two 
of  its  small  houses,  give  evidence  of  its  having  been  influenced  by  the 
growth  of  the  power  of  the  middle  classes.  The  seventeenth  century 
was  essentially  the  era  of  the  domestic  arts — of  the  small  house,  the 
furniture  of  curiously  local  fashion,  the  metal  utensils  with  personal 
rather  than  artistic  associations.  The  small  house  and  better  class 
cottage  is  there,  but  the  rest  has  all  but  departed,  and  we  are  confronted 
with  modern  sham — the  antique  dealers  from  the  towns  have  paid  not 
a  few  profitable  visits  to  most  of  these  country  villages,  and  robbed 
them  of  their  carved  chests,  their  old  chairs,  their  pannelling  and 
warming-pans  !  There  is,  however,  a  distinctly  British  savour  about 
the  stone-lettering  of  these  old  doorways  ;  the  proportions,  too,  of  the 
letters  and  figures  are  well  preserved,  and  on  the  whole  they  are  of  good 
decorative  value.  Two  or  three  doors  west  of  the  Georgian  '  Wheat 
Sheaf  '  inn  is  to  be  seen  a  stone  lintel  upon  which  are  lightly  incised 
the  initials  '  W  |  I.E,'  with  the  date  '  1686 '  ;  the  figures  over  this  cottage 
door  are  particularly  quaint  (see  second  illustration  on  page  215). 
Farther  west,  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  road,  one  on  each  side  of  the 
little  post  office,  are  two  cottages,  both  bearing  initials  and  dates,  the 
easternmost,  'M  |  M-A  |  1701'  (see  third  illustration  on  page  215), 
and  the  other,  '  I.M.  1683.'  The  mason  of  queen  Anne's  time  in  this 
particular  case  did  not  show  such  good  taste  as  the  mason  of  Charles 
the  second's  reign,  though  his  lettering  is  very  nice  ;  but  the  shape 
of  the  lintel  itself  is  ugly,  and  somewhat  unusual  for  this  period,  while 
the  form  of  the  shield  (?)  is  out  of  place  here,  being  an  attempt  at 
design  of  a  higher  order — one  cannot  be  too  simple  over  a  design  of  this 
kind  for  a  small  house  or  cottage,  bearing  in  mind  Ruskin's  maxim, 
'  Prefer  always  what  is  good  of  a  lower  order  of  work  or  material  to 
what  is  bad  of  a  higher.'  The  modern  plaster-work,  too,  covering  the 
front  of  the  cottage,  in  plain  language,  '  toll's  a  lie  '  !  Why  on  earth 
has  rough-cast  not  been  used  instead  of  that  infernal  imitation  of  stone  ? 
The  latter  costs  more  and  must  always  come  as  a  shock  to  the  tasteful 
person.  Farther  west  again,  on  the  same  side,  we  come  upon  one  of  the 
neatest  and  prettiest  little  doorways  I  have  ever  seen,  recalling  the 
early  part  of  Charles  the  first's  reign.  This  is  the  front  door  of  the  house 
which  Mr.  Isaac  Crosby  Bainbridge,  the  present  tenant  farmer,  calls 
Hill-side  farm.  The  initials  'G  M  |  I',  with  the  date  '1627'  (see 
first  illustration  on  page  215),  were  becoming  lower  and  lower  in 
relief  as  the  stone  by  degrees  decayed,  so  that  wisely  the  shield  and 
lettering  have  been  painted  white  and  black  respectively,  and  although 
we  would  not  advocate  this  being  done  too  freely,  where  a  precious  in- 
scription is  at  stake  it  may  be  pardoned  by  the  antiquary — better  to 
have  a  painted  date  than  none  at  all !.  Mackenzie  and  Ross,  in  their 
View  of  the  County  Palatine  (1834),  give  an  account  of  a  yeoman  farmer, 
Henry  James  of  Ingleton,  who  was  tried  at  the  Durham  Assizes  for 
having,  on  August  1st,  1715,  said  the  king  (George  i)  was  neither  Protest- 
ant nor  Churchman,  and  he  had  exclaimed,  '  I  will  prove  it — he  never 


217 

did  good  since  he  came  into  England,  and  I  hope  in  a  short  time  to  be 
quit  of  him.'  He  was  found  guilty,  and  sentenced  to  stand  in  the  pillory 
at  Wolsingham  for  one  hour  in  the  open  market,  to  be  imprisoned  for  one 
year,  and  to  be  fined  100  marks.  It  is  quite  probable  that  this  Henry 
James  was  a  descendant,  living  at  the  same  farm-house  of  G  M  |  I,  who 
were  the  first  to  occupy  the  old  house  close  upon  ninety  years  before  1715. 
The  family  of  Rayson,  I  am  told,  farmed  the  172  acres  and  lived  at  the 
Hill  Side  farm  for  three  generations  as  tenants  of  the  Hutchinsons  of 
Eggleston.  The  chief  room  here  is  18ft.  by  16ft.,  and  has  two  unusually 
large  oak  beams,  and  no  less  than  twelve  joists  (cross  beams)  with  only 
one  foot  between  each  in  the  ceiling ;  otherwise  there  is  nothing  of  par- 
ticular interest  to  be  seen  in  the  house.  The  vandal,  of  course,  has  been 
hard  at  work  in  the  near  past,  as  in  very  many  other  farm-houses  in  the 


HILTON   HALL.   CO.   DURHAM   (See  next  page). 

district,  with  his  paint  pot  and  introduction  of  fanciful,  tasteless,  and 
valueless  fittings,  utterly  out  of  harmony  with  the  simple,  solid  and 
thoroughly  English  surroundings.  Just  below  Hill-side  is  another  old 
house,  originally  inhabited  l)y  yeomen,  the  architecture  of  which  is  more 
pretentious,  a  stone  mullioned  window  or  two  with  label  moulding,  or 
dripstone,  above  still  remaining,  and  a  nice  old  doorway  dated  '1695,'  and 
initialled  '  I.  P.'  It  is  now  used  as  a  cottage,  the  property  of  the  Howden 
family  of  Darlington.  The  late  Robert  Watson  inherited  it  with  the  land, 
through  his  mother,  from  Joseph  Stoddert,  a  former[owner.  Mrs.  Brass, 
a  daughter  of  the  above  Robert  Watson,  now  occupies  this  cottage. 


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I  might  state  here,  with  respect  to  Hilton  hall,  for  the  benefit  of  those 
who  are  ignorant  of  the  history  of  this  manor,  that  Hilton  belonged 
originally  to  a  Neville,  and  passed  to  Robert  Bowes,  and  from  him  to 
his  stepmother's  issue,  Thomas  and  Sir  William  Bowes  of  Streatlam 
(  created  a  knight  banneret  at  Poictiers,  in  1356),  but  was  held  under 
Ralph,  earl  of  Westmorland.  In  1616,  '  through  the  forfeiture  of  the 
Neville  lands,'  Longstaffe  presumes,  '  James  i  granted  the  manor  to 
Thomas  Emmerson,  esquire,  for  one  thousand  years  under  the  yearly 
rent  of  550Z.'  Passing  through  the  Mannings,  Hilton  was  purchased  from 
them  by  one  Henry  Marley.  Abraham  Hilton,  descended  from  the 
Hiltons  of  Helton  Bacon  in  Westmorland,  being  a  great-great-grandson 
of  Robert  Hilton' who  was  called  out  by  Sir  Thomas  Wharton  for  the 
border  service  in  1543,  and  also  through  his  great  grandmother  (nee 
Catherine  Brackenbury)  descended  from  the  Bowes  family  of  Hilton, 
next  purchased  the  manor  of  Hilton  from  the  Marleys  in  1666.  His  great- 
great-nephew,  Abraham  Hilton,  ultimately  succeeded  to  the  manor  and 
sold  it  a  little  before  his  death  in  1789  to  the  second  earl  of  Darlington, 
father  of  the  first  duke  of  Cleveland  of  Raby  castle,  for  the  sum  of 
10,040Z.  Thus  the  house  and  land  remained  in  the  Hilton  family  for  up- 
wards of  123  years,  and  the  same  has  been  the  property  of  the  Vanes  for 
119  years,  Lord  Barnard  being  now  the  owner.  The  above  earl  was  the 
son  of  Henry,  third  baron  Barnard,  and  first  earl  of  Darlington  by  Grace 
Fitzroy  (who  died  1763),  a  grand- daughter  of  king  Charles  I  by  his 
paramour,  Barbara  Villiers  (created  duchess  of  Cleveland).  His  mother 
was  heir  to  her  brother,  the  second  duke  of  Cleveland  (of  first  creation) ; 
the  dukedom  was  revived  in  William  Harry,  third  earl  of  Darlington 
('  The  Sporting  Earl ')  son  of  the  above  earl,  in  1833. 

Mr.  Fothergill  was  thanked  for  his  notes. 

EXCAVATIONS  per  Lineam  Valli. 

Mr.  J.  P.  Gibson  and  Mr.  F.  Gerald  Simpson  then  made  long  and  inter- 
esting verbal  reports  on  their  excavations  per  lineam  valli,  chiefly  at  the 
Haltwhistle-burn  camp,  including  the  discovery  of  the  remains  of  a 
mill  on  the  burn,  Mr.  Simpson  illustrating  his  remarks  with  plans 
and  a  fine  series  of  photographs  taken  by  himself. 

Mr.  Gibson,  in  describing  the  work  done  by  Mr.  F.  G.  Simpson  in 
connexion  with  the  Roman  Wall  Excavation  Committee,  said  that 
since  the  time  MacLauchlan  made  his  survey  the  Roman  Wall  itself  had 
been  the  chief  object  of  study,  and  little  attention  had  been  paid  to  the 
Roman  roads  of  Northumberland.  One  of  the  most  interesting  of 
these  is  the  Stanegate,  which  continued  in  use  through  medieval  times, 
Edward  the  first,  in  his  last  advance  against  Scotland,  being  carried 
along  it  in  a  litter,  only  to  die  on  the  sands  of  the  Solway,  in  sight  of  his 
destination.  Portions  of  it  are  still  utilized  as  a  road.  It  is  believed  to 
have  extended  from  Birdoswald  (AMBOGLANNA)  to  the  North  Tyne  near 
Wall,  but  its  track  is  in  some  places  indistinct  or  unknown.  Popularly 
it  is  supposed  to  have  been  made  as  a  short  cut  from  CILURNUM  to  the 
western  portion  of  the  Wall.  Careful  examination  of  its  line  even  on 
the  map  shews  this  to  be  unlikely,  as  it  is  seen  pointing  for  the  Tyne 
much  south  of  Cilurnum,  with  the  south  gateway  of  which  camp  a 
branch  road  connects  it.  It  has  always  seemed  to  me  to  be  a  road 
independent  of  the  Wall  and  earlier  in  date.  Three  important  camps, 
all  commanding  defiles  leading  from  the  north,  which  were  closed  by 
the  erection  of  the  Wall,  lie  upon  it  some  distance  behind  the  lines  of 
both  Wall  and  Vallum.  Had  the  Wall  been  in  existence  when  this  road 
was  made,  there  would  have  been  not  occasion  for  these  camps.  Of 
these  three  camps  Chesterholm  (VINDOLANA)  and  MAGNA  are  usually 


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counted  among  the  camps  of  the  Wall,  although  they  lie  detached  from 
and  some  distance  behind  it.  The  third  of  these  lies  about  midway 
between  VINDOLANA  and  MAGNA,  in  the  eastern  angle  made  by  Wade's 
military  road,  where  it  crosses  a  turbulent  little  stream  coming  from  the 
country  lying  north  of  the  Wall.  Above  Burnhead,  where  this  burn 
crosses  the  line  of  the  Wall,  it  is  called  Cawburn ;  south  of  the  Wall  it 
changes  its  name,  as  Northumbrian  burns  frequently  do,  and  it  becomes 
Haltwhistle-burn.  The  older  writers  on  Roman  work  in  Northumber- 
land seem  not  to  notice  it,  and  Dr.  Bruce,  in  his  great  work  on  the  Wall, 
devotes  seven  lines  only  to  it.  MacLauchlan  saw  its  importance,  and 
made  a  careful  enlarged  plan  of  it  in  his  survey,  and  described  it  in  his 
memoir  of  the  survey.  Since  his  time  little  attention  has  been  paid  to 
it,  and  though  a  drain  was  run  through  it  some  years  ago,  no  record  was 
made  of  any  stone  being  found  in  it,  and  it  was  looked  on  as  one  of  the 
many  temporary  marching  camps  which  bestrewed  our  moorlands. 
About  five  years  ago  I  pointed  out  to  prof.  Haverfield  the  desirability 
of  exploring  it,  and  he  agreed  with  my  views.  Delay  in  finding  out  the 
owner,  and  bad  weather,  put  off  the  work  for  that  season,  and  the 
attention  of  our  society  was  distracted  from  it  by  the  larger  scheme  for 
the  examination  of  COBSTOPITUM,  in  connexion  with  the  committee  of 
the  County  history,  which  afforded  a  much  richer  hunting  ground  for 
the  searchers  of  objects  for  the  collector  and  the  museum.  When  Mr. 
Simpson  kindly  offered  his  services  as  excavator  to  the  Roman  Wall 
committee  of  our  society,  it  seemed  to  me  that  no  work  he  "could 
do  would  be  more  useful  than  the  examination  of  the  camp  on  Halt- 
whistle-burn.  Mrs.  Clayton  kindly  gave  the  requisite  permission,  and 
Mr.  Simpson  has  done  the  work  in  a  thoroughly  efficient  manner, 
superintending,  digging,  and  making  his  own  plans,  and  living  on  the 
spot  during  the  summer  and  autumn  of  one  of  the  wettest  seasons  of 
recent  times.  Mr.  Simpson  himself  will  give  a  short  account  of  the 
work,  which  will  be  fully  described  in  the  next  year's  volume  of  the 
Archaeologia  Aeliana.  Many  other  points  on  the  line  of  the  Wall  have 
had  our  attention,  and  have  been  examined  by  the  use  of  the  spade  ;  it 
has  proved  that  the  line  of  the  Stanegate  as  shewn  on  the  ordnance 
survey,  to  the  east  of  Haltwhistle-burn,  lies  much  to  the  south  of  its 
actual  position.  Cuttings  have  been  made  on  the  Roman  military  way 
between  the  Mile  Castles,  and  very  considerable  repairs  have  been  made 
in  the  west  gateway  of  Housesteads  (BORCOVICUS)  and  the  Mile  Castles 
at  Housesteads  and  Castle-nick.  Many  of  the  temporary  camps  lying 
between  Cheaters  and  Caervoran  have  been  carefully  examined,  and  ten 
hitherto  unrecorded  have  been  found  by  Mr.  Simpson  and  myself.  An 
interesting  find  we  made  last  week  was  the  discovery  that  at  one  point 
on  the  line  of  the  Vallum,  the  north  agger  has  on  each  side  a  kerbing 
five  feet  wide  and  about  three-and-a-half  feet  high,  built  of  turf  in  the 
fashion  of  the  Antonine  Wall  in  Scotland.  Mr.  Simpson,  or  any 
member  of  the  Excavation  Committee,  will  be  glad  to  receive  sub- 
scriptions towards  helping  the  excavations  during  this  summer,  as 
much  still  remains  to  be  done  to  complete  the  work  already  in  hand, 
and  there  is  a  boundless  field  lying  ready  for  the  intelligent  use  of 
the  spade. 

Mr.  Simpson  reported  that  twenty-three  weeks  had  been  spent  upon 
the  operations,  at  a  cost  of  64£.  10s.,  including  compensation  and  fencing. 
There  was  reason  to  suppose  that  the  camp  dated  back  to  the  time  of 
Agricola.  Its  main  feature  was  the  extraordinary  size  of  the  ditch, 
which  in  many  parts  was  over  25  feet  across,  and  over  six  feet  deep  at 
the  present  day.  It  owed  its  splendid  preservation  to  the  fact  that  it 
had  been  cut  through  hard  gravel.  The  ramparts  were  of  peculiar  con- 


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struction,  having  a  stone  outer  face  and  clay  backing.  With  regard 
to  the  gates,  the  usual  arrangement  was  not  followed.  There  was 
one  in  the  middle  of  the  east  front,  a  small  one  in  the  middle  of  the 
west  front,  and  another  in  the  south  front,  but  none  on  the  north 
rampart.  The  gates  were  recessed,  the  doors  being  eight  feet  back 
from  the  ramparts.  In  the  north-east  angle  of  the  camp  was  found 
a  circular  oven  of  a  type  which  had  not  been  noticed  before.  It  was 
like  an  old-fashioned  brick  oven,  but  had  apparently  been  heated 
by  lighting  a  fire  inside,  which  was  removed  when  the  requisite  tem- 
perature had  been  obtained.  He  then  gave  details  of  the  internal 
buildings,  adding  that  the  'finds'  in  iron  and  pottery  were  very  small 
in  number.  He  also  described  investigations  in  the  neighbourhood. 
Thanks  were  voted  by  acclamation  to  Messrs-  Gibson  and  Simpson. 

INGLETON,    CO.    DURHAM. 

Mr.  Blair  (one  of  the  secretaries)  then  read  the  following  note  by  Mr. 
E.  Wooler  on  discoveries  made  by  him  about  Ingleton,  co.  Durham:  — 

'  I  was  at  Ingleton,  near  Gainford,  on  the  2nd  May,  and  I  made  one  or 
two  important  discoveries,  which  I  think  should  be  put  on  record.  I 
found  distinct  traces  of  the  Roman  road  in  the  centre  of  the  field 
mid-way  between  the  Black  Horse  Inn,  Wackerfield,  and  the  wood 
adjoining  Hilton  tile  sheds,  also  two  farmers  who  said  that  they 
remember  perfectly  well  the  stones  being  taken  up  to  repair  other 
highways  and  to  facilitate  ploughing.  With  reference  to  my  paper  on 
the  Scots-dyke,  I  discovered  distinct  traces  of  this  in  two  fields 
behind  Hilton  village  ;  they  are  numbered  63  and  64  on  the  25  inch 
ordnance  sheets,  and  a  farmer  told  me  that  he  had  helped  to  fill  up  the 
ditch  of  the  dyke  when  a  boy,  near  Hilton  tile  sheds.  I  also  discovered 
a  number  of  flint  arrow  heads  in  fields  numbers  81,  85,  91,  and  157, 
near  Sink  House,  between  Hilton  and  Staindrop.  You  will  remember 
that  some  years  ago  I  recorded  the  discovery  of  a  very  fine  holed  stone 
hammer  head  near  Langton,  very  near  the  line  of  the  Scots-dyke, 
which  I  have  traced  from  Ingleton  to  Gainford '  (see  Proc.,  3  Ser.  in, 
facing  p.  74). 

ROYAL    ARCHAEOLOGICAL   INSTITUTE. 

Mr.  W.  H.  Knowles  drew  the  attention  of  members  to  the  fact  that 
this  Society  would  again,  after  the  lapse  of  some  21  years,  visit  the 
North  of  England  in  the  last  week  in  July,  but  this  time  the  head- 
quarters would  be  in  the  city  of  Durham.  Mr.  Knowles,  as  local 
secretary  to  the  Institute,  said  he  would  be  glad  to  introduce  those 
members  who  wished  to  take  part  in  the  meeting,  the  subscription 
being  one  guinea. 


MISCELLANEA. 

In  "A  Pre-Reformation  '  Book  of  Ecclesiastical  Precedents,'  now  being 
printed  in  the  Antiquary  (May,  1908,  p.  175),  is  'the  appropriation  of 
the  benefice  of  Alnwick  to  the  Priory  of  St.  Dunstan,  Westminster, 
and  the  ordination  of  the  Vicarage." 


CORRECTION. 

P.  192,  lines  24  and  31,  for  '  Gibson '  read  '  Gilson.' 


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The  following  are  extracts  from  Sir  Stephen  Glynne's  '  Notes '  (con- 
tinued from  p.  212) : — 

Jan.  21,  1856.  STANHOPE  (DURHAM).  S.  Thomas. 

A  venerable  Church  situate  within  a  spacious  cemetery  planted  with 
very  fine  trees.  It  consists  of  a  nave  with  N.  &  S.  aisles.  Chancel 
with  N.  aisle.  S.  porch  and  Western  Tower.  There  are  considerable 
portions  of  transitional  Norman  and  Early  English  work.  The  tower 
and  arcades  mainly  belong  to  these.  The  latter  is  plain,  with  thick 
walls,  and  without  buttresses,  of  3  stages,  lighted  by  plain  lancets, 
but  double  lancets  for  the  belfry  story  with  a  central  shaft.  There 
is  a  battlement  and  an  early  corbel  table.  Within  the  S.  porch  is  a 
late  Norman  doorway  with  cylindrical  moulding  and  shaft.  Some  of 
the  windows  of  the  nave  are  double  lancets.  At  the  E.  end  of  the  S 
aisle  is  a  single  lancet,  which  internally  is  set  nnder  a  kind  of  shouldered 
or  trefoil  arch.  Near  it  is  a  ledge  in  the  angle  and  also  rude  openings 
for  piscina  and  aumbry.  The  arcades  of  the  nave  are  not  quite  similar. 
On  the  S.  are  4  very  narrow  semicircular  arches  springing  from  circular 
columns  with  octagonal  capitals.  On  the  N.  the  arches  are  also  semi- 
circular, but  the  pillars  very  slender — set  on  square  bases  with  octagonal 
capitals — mostly  of  marble,  but  mixed  with  other  stone.  The  to-wer 
arch  is  large  and  pointed,  on  octagonal  columns.  The  Chancel  arch 
acutely  pointed  of  Dec1'  character.  The  north  aisle  is  continued  along 
part  of  the  Chancel  as  a  kind  of  chapel,  opening  to  the  Chancel  by  a 
wide  pointed  arch.  The  Chancel  is  long,  and  has  on  each  side  stalls  with 
misereres  and  desks,  and  wood  screens  of  late  character,  but  not  bad 
in  effect.  There  is  a  continued  ascent  towards  the  east.  The  windows 
of  the  Chancel  seem  to  be  Perpr.  The  East  window  of  5  lights,  on 
the  S.  of  3,  with  plain  cinquefoiled  lights  and  no  tracery.  The  E. 
window  is  filled  with  stained  glass,  the  sacrarium  laid  with  marble,  and 
a  credence  table  in  use.  Some  ancient  wood  carved  work  has  been 
placed  on  the  wall  S.  of  the  Chancel,  representing  Adam  and  Eve, 
Our  Saviour  walking  on  the  Sea,  and  S.  Peter  sinking.  The  altar  is 
considerably  elevated.  The  reredos  is  Jacobean,  illuminated  with  red 
and  gold.  Some  polychrome  has  also  been  applied  to  the  interior 
walls  of  the  Chancel.  There  are  several  Jacobean  open  seats.  A 
north  gallery  is  still  suffered  to  remain,  and  some  windows  are  modern 
and  bad.  There  is  a  vestry  on  the  N.  of  the  Chancel  with  lancet  win- 
dows of  doubtful  characters.  In  the  N.  chapel  is  a  barrel  organ. 
The  Font  has  a  modern  bowl  set  on  a  circular  base,  which  seems  old. 
Part  of  the  Chancel  is  embattled.  A  slab  with  cross  flory  is  built  into 
the  W.  wall  of  the  S.  aisle. 

Oct.    10,    1862.          BISHOP  MIDDLEHAM  (DURHAM).  S.  Michael. 

The  Church  consists  of  a  nave  with  N.  &  S.  aisles,  Chancel,  N.  porch 
and  bell  cot  over  the  W.  end.  The  walls  are  partially  reconstructed, 
the  whole  having  lately  undergone  a  considerable  restoration.  In 
the  aisles  the  windows  are  new,  double  lancets.  The  arcades  of  the 
nave  are  good  E.  E.,  each  of  4  pointed  arches  upon  circular  columns 
having  moulded  capitals  in  some  of  which  appears  the  nail  head. 
There  is  a  Clerestory  with  windows  only  on  the  S.  which  are  square 
headed  and  debased.  The  responds  have  nail  heads.  The  Chancel 
arch  is  E.  E.  upon  corbels.  The  S.  doorway  is  a  new  one  of  E.  E. 
character  with  toothed  mouldings  and  capitals  of  shafts.  The  N. 
porch  is  old  and  rough,  its  outer  doorway  a  good  new  E.  E.  one  with 
shafts  and  nail  head  mouldings.  In  the  masonry  of  the  porch  is 
inserted  a  sepulcral  stone. 

[Proc.  3Ser.  HI,  331 


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The  Chancel  is  long,  after  the  fashion  of  Durham  and  the  north,  the 
corbel  table  outside  has   been  renovated.       The  E.  window  a  triple 
lancet,  the  lateral  windows  single  lancets.     The  bell  cot  is  pointed 
with  2  open  arches  for  bells.     Part  of  the  W.  wall  is  old. 
Added  in  margin — 

(1)  There  are  single  lancets  at  the  west  of  the  aisles. 

April  18,  1864.  PITTINGTON  (DURHAM).  S.  Laurence. 

A  good  Church,  though  it  has  undergone  specious  but  injudicious 
alterations,  by  which  the  Chancel  has  been  shortened  and  the  nave 
lengthened,  with  much  reconstruction  of  the  Chancel  and  aisles  in 
meagre  style.  The  plan  comprises  a  nave  with  N.  &  S.  aisles,  Chancel, 
Western  Tower  and  south  porch  (the  latter  modern).  The  Tower  is 
plain  E.  E.,  having  flat  buttresses  and  belfry  windows  of  2  lancet  lights, 
within  a  pointed  arch.  On  the  N.  a  projecting  polygonal  stair  turret 
lighted  by  slits.  The  battlement  of  later  date.  The  Tower  arch  to 
the  nave  is  open  and  of  E.  E.  character,  on  circular  shafts.  Externally, 
scarcely  any  ancient  work  exists,  the  windows  of  the  aisles  all  new 
insertions,  on  the  north  imitating  Norman,  on  the  S.  Decod  of  two 
lights. 

The  effect  of  the  interior  is  good.  As  at  present  arranged  the  nave 
has  on  each  side  an  arcade  of  6  arches,  but  dissimilar  on  the  2  sides.  On 
the  N.  the  four  Western  are  original,  late  Norman  and  semicircular 
having  moulded  orders  with  chevron  ornaments,  and  slender  pillars 
alternately  circular  and  octagonal,  remarkable  for  having  twisted  or 
spiral  mouldings  round  them.  The  capitals  octagonal  and  beaded. 
Over  the  arches  appear  2  Norman  windows,  too  close  above  them  to  be 
a  genuine  Clerestory,  and  probably  the  original  Norman  windows  of 
the  nave,  set  rather  high  in  the  wall,  existing  prior  to  the  erection  of 
the  arcade  or  aisle.  Above  is  a  later  Clerestory,  the  same  on  both  sides 
having  2  light  scjuare  headed  Perpend1"  windows.  After  the  4th  arch 
is  a  break  in  the  wall,  and  here  the  nave  originally  ended,  but  2 
arches  have  been  added,  closely  imitating  the  ancient  ones.  On  the 
south  the  arches  are  pointed,  and  E.  E.  with  chamfered  orders  and 
circular  columns.  The  roof  of  the  nave  is  open  and  fair,  with  tie  beams. 
The  Chancel  arch  is  a  new  one,  a  fair  imitation  of  E.  E.,  with  keeled 
shafts  and  nail-headed  capitals.  In  the  Clerestory  on  the  N.  appears 
an  ancient  fresco,  representing  the  last  supper,  and  crowned  and  mitred 
heads.  The  chancel  is  stalled,  but  too  small  and  meagre  in  its 
character.  The  nave  is  nicely  arranged,  with  open  benches  varnished, 
and  has  a  good  organ  in  the  ground  at  the  W.  The  Font  is  a  modern 
one  of  marble.  There  are  several  sepulchral  remains  in  the  Church 
yard,  one  with  cross  flory,  and  a  mutilated  effigy  in  the  Church. 
Added  in  margin — 

(1)  The  2  Eastern  arches  of  the  North  arcade  are  higher  than  the 

others. 

(2)  Slab  in  churchyard  inscribed  : — 

'  Nomen  habens  Cristi  tumulo  tumulatur  in  isto ; 
Qui  tumulum  cernit  commendet  cum  prece  Cristo.' 

17  July,  1866.        MIDDLETON  [IN]  TEESDALE  (DURHAM).  8.  Mary. 

A  rude  and  curious  church,  in  a  pretty  sloping  churchyard.  It 
comprises  nave  with  S.  aisle,  chancel,  and  S.  porch.  The  bells  are  hung 
in  a  low  detached  building  without  architectural  character,  on  the  N. 
of  the  Church  yard.  The  outer  doorway  of  the  porch  has  a  rather 
straight  arch  on  octagonal  pillars.  The  S.  doorway  seems  E.  E.,  is 
plain  with  Impost  mouldings  and  a  hood  on  corbel  heads;  over  the 
porch  door  is  a  plain  niche. 


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The  interior  is  in  a  very  unimproved  state,  having  a  huge  gallery 
occupying  nearly  half  the  nave.  There  are,  however,  some  plain  open 
seats.  The  arcade  is  rude  and  irregular,  the  2  western  arches  are 
semicircular  and  Norman,  with  a  circular  column  not  of  large  size, 
having  a  moulded  capital.  The  W.  respond  is  square  pilaster-like. 
Eastward  of  them  is  a  vast  mass  of  wall  pier,  and  then  a  very  wide  arch, 
which  looks  as  if  two  original  arches  had  been  thrown  into  one.  The 
E.  window  of  the  aisle  is  rough,  Decd  of  3  lights.  Near  it  on  the  S. 
is  one  of  2  lights  with  a  small  rude  piscina  in  its  sill.  There  is  a  Clerestory 
with  small  square  headed  windows  over  the  arcade.  The  W.  window  is 
poor  Perpendr  of  3  lights  without  tracery  and  there  is  one  ordinary 
Perpendr  window  on  the  N.  of  the  nave,  some  others  arc  bad  and 
modern. 

The  chancel  is  long,  according  to  the  northern  fashion,  and  is  raised 
on  an  ascent  of  several  steps.  The  Chancel  arch  is  low  and  appears 
modern.  The  E.  window  is  Perpendr  of  3  lights  and  plain  character. 
On  the  S.  are  3  windows  of  2  lights  in  which  are  some  fragments  of 
good  stained  glass.  The  S.E.  window  has  the  sill  extended  and  near 
it  is  a  good  piscina  with  cinquefoil  arch.  The  roof  is  barn  like.  There 
is  no  window  N.  of  the  chancel,  but  an  obtuse  doorway  to  the  vestry. 
The  fittings  poor.  The  parapets  have  some  moulding,  but  the  exterior 
is  very  plain.  The  Font  has  a  circular  bowl  on  an  octagonal  stem, 
with  4  broken  shafts,  raised  on  steps.  There  is  an  organ  in  the  S.  aisle. 
Added  in  margin — 

(1)  The  large  arch  is  of  elliptical  form,  upon  imposts,  and  the  E. 

respond  a  sort  of  pilaster.     There  is  an  oblong  recess  at  the  E. 
of  the  S.  aisle. 

(2)  Over   the   N.  doorway  of    the   chancel    externally  is   a   piece  of 

paneling  in  stone  with  quatrefoil  containing  a  shield  which  has 
arms.     [Some  words  are  illegible.]1 

April  12,  1869.  WHITBURN  (DURHAM). 

A  neat  church,  lately  renovated  and  partly  rebuilt,  consisting  of  nave 
with  aisles,  Chancel  with  chapel  on  the  N.,  West  Tower,  and  S.  porch. 
The  nave  has  E.  E.  arcades,  each  of  5  pointed  arches  on  circular 
columns,  the  roof  has  been  renewed  and  is  slated  ;  the  windows  of 
the  aisles,  mostly  new,  are  of  2  lights,  2  Decd.  The  chancel,  as  usual 
in  Durham,  is  long,  has  on  the  S.  3  single  lancets,  and  at  the  S.W.  a 
lychnoscope  window  of  2  lights  with  quatrefoil  above  the  heads.  The 
East  window  is  Perpend1.  The  chapel  on  the  N.  of  the  chancel  con- 
tains the  organ.  The  porch  is  modern.  The  nave  is  fitted  with  open 
seats.  The  tower  is  plain  and  surmounted  by  a  short  quaie  spire  of 
lead.  The  character  is  plain  and  poor  Perpend1  ;  there  are  buttresses 
to  the  lower  part  at  the  angles  ;  the  belfry  windows  are  each  of  2 
cinquef  oiled  lights  without  hood  :  on  the  W.  side  a  Perpendr  window. 
Built  in  the  S.  wall  are  some  sepulchral  slabs,  one  has  a  floriated  cross 
and  2  swords,  another  has  the  swords  with  something  of  the  same  kind 
of  cross. 

April  12,  1869.  MONKWEARMOUTH  (DURHAM).  S.  Peter. 

The  Church  is  no  doubt  on  the  site  of  one  of  the  most  ancient  monas- 
teries, and  though  much  changed  by  bad  modern  alterations,  retains  a 
tower  which  is  clearly  of  very  early  Norman  work.  It  is  tall  and 
slender,  not  unlike  that  at  Billingham,  and  some  in  Northumberland 
and  in  Lincolnshire.  The  tower  has  3  string  courses  and  a  modern 
battlement.  The  belfry  windows  present  2  round  headed  lights  on 

1  It  looks  like  'a  fess,  between  6  cross  crosslets.' 


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rude  shafts  surmounted  by  another  round  arch  on  rude  shafts  with 
block  imposts.     On  the  west  side  this  outer  arch  has  disappeared. 

The  Church  has  a  nave  and  Chancel,  the  South  side  is  original,  and 
has  old  masonry,  though  much  defaced  and  injured  ;  but  the  nave  has 
been  enlarged  and  extended  on  the  North,  all  which  is  modern  work, 
and  the  Chancel  in  its  original  plan  is  now  not  in  the  centre,  but  much 
to  the  S.  of  the  centre  of  the  nave,  opening  by  a  plain  pointed  arch. 
Some  old  buttresses  remain  externally,  but  the  windows  are  generally 
modernised.  One  window  on  the  S  of  the  Chancel  is  square  headed  of 
2  lights  and  Edwardian ;  the  East  window,  though  modernised,  retains 
the  original  hood.  The  interior  is  hideously  disfigured  with  pues  and 
galleries,  and  a  restoration  of  some  kind  is  contemplated. 
Added  in  margin — 

( 1 )  The  Tower  is  on  4  plain  round  arches.  The  Western  is  of  great 
.interest,  forming  the  entrance,  has  a  round  arch  on  massive 
abaci  supported  by  baluster  shafts  standing  on  jambs  of  long 
and  short  stone,  partly  sculptured  with  entwined  serpents. 
This  seems  to  have  been  originally  a  porch  with  3  entrances, 
N.  S.  &  W.  The  lateral  entrances  have  monolith  jambs,  with 
massive  voussoirs. 

1834.  HEDDON-ON-THE-WALL    (NORTHUMBERLAND). 

This  Church  consists  of  a  nave  with  side  aisles  and  a  Chancel,  without 
any  steeple,  but  only  a  small  open  turret  for  a  bell.  The  prevailing 
character  is  Early  English  of  an  early  kind,  but  there  are  some  Norman 
features  in  the  Chancel.  Many  of  the  windows  have  been  modernised, 
but  a  few  single  lancets  still  remain.  In  the  Chancel  there  is  one  double 
lancet  on  the  South  side,  and  on  the  North  one  single  one  of  Norman 
character.  The  south  doorway  is  plain  Early  English,  with  circular 
shafts.  In  the  Chancel  the  buttresses  are  flat  faced,  of  early  character. 
The  nave  is  separated  from  each  aisle  by  3  pointed  arches,  of  which 
those  on  the  North  are  of  plainer  work  as  to  the  mouldings  than  the 
others.  The  piers  on  the  N.  are  circular  with  the  abacus  above  the 
capitals,  one  of  which  is  enriched  with  acanthus  foliage.  The  columns 
on  the  South  are  octagonal.  The  Chancel  arch  is  pointed,  springing 
from  octangular  shafts  having  the  nail  head  in  the  mouldings  of  the 
capitals.  The  Eastern  portion  of  the  Chancel  is  groined  in  stone,  having 
strong  plain  ribs  crossing  without  bosses,  and  springing  from  large 
shafts.  This  portion  is  divided  from  the  rest  of  the  Chancel  by  a 
curious  segmental  arch,  the  centre  of  which  seems  to  have  fallen 
inwards,  the  mouldings  have  fine  chevron  ornaments,  and  on  each 
side  are  3  clustered  shafts  with  abacus  in  the  capitals.  The  interior 
has  been  put  into  good  order  at  considerable  expense,  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Rev.  J.  A.  Blackett,  vicar.  The  situation  of  the 
Church  upon  a  lofty  and  abrupt  eminence  is  remarkable  and  con- 
spicuous to  a  great  distance.  The  Font  is  a  small  one  of  circular  form 
on  a  cylindrical  shaft. 
Added  in  margin — 

This  arch  resembles  that  in  the  chancel  of  Avington  Church,  Berks. 

1834  STAMFORD  HAM    (NORTHUMBERLAND). 

This  Church  is  an  ordinary  building  in  bad  repair,  consisting  of  a  West 
Tower,  nave,  side  aisles  and  Chancel,  with  much  of  the  usual  Northum- 
berland and  Durham  character.  The  Tower  has  very  thick  walls  and 
no  West  Door — some  plain  lancet  windows  and  the  southern  belfry 
window  a  double  lancet  with  central  shaft — but  partly  renewed.  The 
windows  of  the  aisles  are  mostly  modern.  The  Tower  opens  to  the  nave 
by  a  low  pointed  arch  upon  imposts.  The  nave  opens  to  each  aisle  by 


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4  pointed  arches  on  octagonal  pillars  with  square  bases — the  Western 
ones  having  foliated  capitals — the  Eastern  responds  are  clustered  small 
shafts — and  the  Chancel  arch  springs  from  similar  corbels.  At  the  E. 
end  of  the  S.  aisle  is  a  plain  pointed  niche  with  drain.  The  Chancel 
has  at  the  East  end  3  fine  long  lancets  with  rich  mouldings  continued 
all  the  way  down.  On  each  side  of  the  Chancel  3  lancets  upon  a 
string  course,  a  North  door  leading  to  the  vestry  has  the  depressed 
trefoil  head.  The  South  door  is  a  late  Perpendicular  insertion.  On 
the  N.  side  of  the  Chancel  is  a  flat  arch  in  the  wall  with  fine  flowered 
moulding,  and  beneath  it  the  effigy  of  a  knight,  now  hidden  by  an  ugly 
tomb  to  one  of  the  Swinburnes  of  1527.  In  the  S.  wall  is  a  fine 
trefoil  niche  with  piscina,  having  excellent  mouldings,  also  an  arch  in 
the  wall  and  2  monumental  effigies,  one  an  ecclesiastic,  one  a  cross- 
legged  knight.  The  Font  is  an  octagonal  bowl  on  a  similar  stem  sur- 
rounded by  4  small  shafts.  The  interior  is  dark  and  there  is  a  hideous 
west  gallery. 
1834  HEXHAM  (NORTHUMBERLAND). 

This  magnificent  Church,  formerly  Collegiate,  it  would  take  a  volume 
adequately  to  describe,  though  it  is  now  much  reduced  from  its  original 
dimensions.  The  nave  is  wholly  destroyed,  but  the  Choir  with  its  aisles, 
the  Transepts,  and  central  Tower  remain  in  a  perfect  state.  The  scale  is 
very  grand  and  the  work  uniformly  Early  English  of  very  fine  quality, 
excepting  a  few  insertions  of  windows,  etc.  The  general  character  of 
the  whole  of  the  exterior  is  similar — the  parapets  moulded  and  beneath 
them  a  corbel  table.  The  Tower  is  low  and  embattled,  and  has  on  each 
side  five  lancets,  some  pierced  for  windows,  and  springing  from  shafts. 
There  are  octagonal  turrets  at  the  end  of  the  Transepts.  The  Transepts 
and  Choir  are  of  equal  height.  The  former  present  some  slight  varia- 
tions in  the  arrangement  of  windows.  At  each  of  the  two  ends  is  a 
double  range  of  lancets,  with  exquisite  mouldings  and  shafts,  5  in 
each  range,  but  only  3  pierced  as  wundow^s,  but  they  do  not  exactly 
correspond  at  the  2  ends.  Each  Transept  has  an  Eastern  aisle,  from 
which  it  is  divided  by  4  richly  moulded  arches  springing  from 
massive  piers  of  clustered  shafts,  above  is  a  Triforium,  consisting  of  an 
obtuse  but  finely  moulded  arch  with  the  toothed  ornament,  sub- 
divided by  a  shaft  into  2  lancets  and  a  quatrefoil  in  the  intermediate 
space — and  the  general  arch  springing  from  clustered  shafts.  The 
Clerestory  has  3  lancets  in  each  division,  also  with  mouldings  and 
shafts.  On  the  west  side  of  each  Transept  are  long  lancets,  some  pierced, 
some  blank,  rising  from  clusters  of  shafts,  but  the  arch  of  larger  than 
usual  proportion  compared  with  the  shafts.  In  the  thickness  of  the 
wall  is  a  passage.  Beneath  the  Clerestory,  at  the  ends  of  the  N. 
Transept  is  a  tier  of  fine  triple  arches  with  toothed  mouldings  and  shafts 
corresponding  with  the  Triforium.  In  the  S.  Transept  this  is  wanting, 
and  the  Clerestory  in  it  is  plainer  than  in  the  N.  Transept  and  without 
shafts.  There  is  likewise  some  variation  in  the  Triforium — in  the  S. 
Transept  one  division  has  the  general  arch  quite  semicircular — in  some 
there  is  a  foliated  arch  between  the  heads  of  the  lancets — in  others  a 
kind  of  quatrefoil  peculiar  to  the  Early  English  style.  There  is  an 
arched  passage  with  strong  Early  English  stone  groining  occupying  the 
lower  part  of  the  S.  Transept  end.  The  aisles  of  the  Transepts  have 
strong  plain  groining — the  ribs  intersecting  and  springing  from  foliated 
corbels.  The  windows  of  these  aisles  are  single  lancets,  beneath  them, 
internally,  a  range  of  trefoil  arches  on  clustered  shafts  ;  in  the  spandrels 
very  elegant  foliage  or  quatrefoils  and  the  arches  themselves  are  finely 
moulded.  In  the  N.  Transept  is  a  high  flight  of  steps  with  a  parapet 
leading  to  the  belfry. 


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Beneath  the  windows  on  the  West  side  of  the  S.  Transept  externally 
is  a  range  of  lancet  arches  on  shafts.  In  the  hollows  at  the  angles  of  the 
Transepts  are  set  shafts.  Adjoining  the  W.  side  of  the  S.  Transept 
were  the  cloisters — the  door  to  which  remains.  And  the  Abbey  buildings 
joined  the  S.  end  of  the  same  Transept  where  there  is  the  mark  of 
the  original  roof.  The  buttresses  are  usually  flat — and  round  the  base 
of  one  in  the  N.  Transept  is  a  course  of  toothed  moulding.  The  Tran- 
septs are  lofty  and  open  internally  to  the  rafters  of  the  roof.  The  Tower 
rises  on  4  pointed  arches  with  clustered  columns. 

The  Choir  is  still  more  highly  finished  than  the  Transepts — at  its 
entrance  is  a  very  fine  roodloft  of  wood  with  extremely  elegant 
carving  and  groining — the  tracery  in  each  compartment  appears  to 
be  of  Decorated  character — the  lower  part  below  the  'tracery  is 
covered  wuth  painting,  representing  Saints,  and  the  whole  exhibits 
traces  of  painting  and  gilding.  There  are  also  considerable  portions  of 
the  ancient  stalls  and  desks,  which  present  the  same  kind  of  painting 
and  gilding. 

The  Choir  is  divided  from  each  aisle  by  6  very  fine  E.  E.  arches, 
having  deep  mouldings,  springing  from  large  piers  of  clustered 
shafts,  some  having  foliated,  some  plain  moulded  capitals.  The 
Triforium  resembles  that  in  the  Transepts — the  shafts  are  finely 
clustered  and  in  some  of  the  mouldings  appears  the  nail  head  orna- 
ment carried  down  also  between  the  shafts.  In  some  the  tooth 
ornament  is  seen,  and  beneath  the  clerestory  is  a  string  course  of  nail 
head  moulding. 

The  Clerestory  has  in  each  division  3  arches  with  an  uncommon 
arrangement,  each  arch  springing  from  one  shaft  with  capital  set 
upon  another,  the  capital  of  which  forms  the  base  of  the  higher  one. 
Some  of  the  southern  arches  have  zig-zag  ornament  in  the  hood  mould- 
ings, bespeaking  early  stage  of  E.  E.  There  are  clustered  shafts  in- 
tended to  support  the  ribs  of  a  groined  roof  which  never  was  com- 
pleted— its  place  is  now  occupied  by  a  plain  modern  one  of  wood. 
The  side  aisles  have  plain  strong  ribs  and  groining.  There  are  frightful 
galleries  destroying  the  symmetry  of  the  arches  and  the  Choir  is  full  of 
hideous  and  irregular  pues.  An  organ  is  placed  over  the  rood-loft. 
The  East  window  is  a  bad  modern  one.  There  is  remaining  a  portion  of 
the  original  stone  altar,  having  paneling  and  niches  of  Decorated 
character.  In  the  East  wall  of  the  Chancel  are  3  arched  openings, 
now  stopped,  which  led  to  the  Lady  Chapel  behind  it,  which  is  in  a  kind 
of  Transeptal  form  like  the  chapel  of  the  0  altars  in  Durham  Cathedral — 
now,  alas,  in  a  wretched  state  of  neglect  and  decay.  The  central  arch  is 
somewhat  flat,  but  with  good  mouldings,  upon  clustered  shafts,  set  much 
below  the  spring  of  the  arch.  On  each  side  of  it  an  enriched  doorway 
of  Decorated  character,  of  lower  elevation,  the  arch  itself  a  flattened 
agee  crowned  by  rather  singular  triangular  canopy  with  crockets  and 
feathering.  On  the  S.  side  of  the  altar  is  a  tomb  with  extraordinary 
sculpture,  representing  animals,  etc.,  with  an  embattled  cornice. 

Near  it  is  a  single  stone  sedile,  and  in  the  N.  wall,  opposite  to  it,  an 
arched  recess — perhaps  an  almery — also  a  part  of  a  shrine.  The  Lady 
Chapel  is  spacious,  and  has  been  beautiful — apparently  an  addition  of 
Decorated  character — the  windows  are,  however,  mostly  closed  up — 
that  at  the  N.  end  has  rather  a  flat  arch  and  tracery  of  5  lights.  The 
windows  in  the  aisles  of  the  choir  are  mostly  single  lancets  with 
mouldings  and  shafts.  There  are  several  portions  of  fine  screen  work. 

The  Font  has  a  circular  bowl  on  an  octagonal  stem  which  has  bands  of 
toothed  moulding,  and  is  surrounded  by  four  shafts  set  on  the  alternate 
faces, 


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1841  NEWBURN  (NORTHUMBERLAND).  S.  Michael. 

This  Church  is  cruciform  and  principally  Norman  and  Early  English, 
with  some  later  portions.  The  Tower  is  at  the  West  End,  and  entirely 
Norman,  of  3  stages,  with  small  round-headed  windows  in  the  two 
lowest.  The  belfry  windows  each  have  a  semicircular  arch  divided 
into  two  smaller  arches  by  a  central  shaft.  The  tower  has  a  plain 
parapet  without  battlement.  The  Tower  is  engaged  in  the  West  End  of 
the  nave.  The  nave  is  divided  from  each  aisle  by  four  arches,  those  on 
the  North  r.re  Norman  and  very  plain,  with  circular  columns  having 
square  capitals  ornamented  with  a  kind  of  foliage  ;  on  the  S.  the 
arches  are  pointed,  the  columns  alternately  circular  and  octagonal,  one 
having  the  nail  head  moulding  on  its  capital.  The  Clerestory  is  modern, 
with  very  poor  windows.  In  the  S.  aisle  have  lately  been  inserted 
some  windows  imitating  Early  English,  consisting  each  of  two  lancets 
within  a  pointed  arch.  In  the  S.  Transept  is  a  triple  lancet  within  a 
general  pointed  arch  ;  one  nearly  similar  in  the  N.  Transept,  contain- 
ing some  stained  glass  executed  by  Wailes  of  Newcastle.  The  Chancel 
is  large,  its  East  window  resembles  those  of  the  Transepts — some  other 
windows  of  the  Chancel  are  square  headed,  and  the  roof  is  cored.  The 
Chancel  being  entirely  open  and  fitted  only  with  stalls  has  an  extremely 
good  effect,  and  the  space  enclosed  by  the  altar  rails  is  very  large. 
The  altar  cloth  and  chair  are  handsome.  The  pews  in  the  nave  uniform 
and  of  a  dark  colour  varnished,  which  looks  well.  All  the  appointments 
of  this  Church  are  in  excellent  taste,  and  the  whole  very  well  kept.  The 
organ  is  placed  within  the  Tower,  which  opens  to  the  nave  by  a  plain 
semicircular  arch.  The  Font  is  octagonal  upon  a  circular  shaft. 

Sept.  3,  1846  WARKWORTH  (NORTHUMBERLAND).  S.  Laurence. 

A  fine  and  curious  Church,  chiefly  Romanesque  and  1st  Pointed. 
The  plan  comprises  a  large  nave  with  S.  aisle,  a  fine  Chancel  and  a 
Western  Tower  with  stone  Spire  and  a  large  South  porch.  On  the 
North  side  of  the  nave  are  large  Romanesque  windows  with  shafts  in- 
ternally, but  plain  without  and  hoods  connected  by  strings.  On  the 
same  side  is  a  Romanesque  door  now  closed,  surmounted  by  a  pedi- 
ment and  having  shafts.  The  parapets  have  plain  mouldings — on  the 
N.  of  the  Chancel  arch  is  a  turret,  and  N.  of  the  Chancel  an  ancient 
vestry  modernized.  The  E  window  of  the  S.  aisle  is  3rd  Pd  of  5  lights. 
Most  of  the  other  windows  have  been  modernised.  The  Tower  in  its 
lower  portion  Romanesque — has  flat  buttresses — and  on  the  W.  side 
a  very  narrow  obtuse  lancet,  but  no  door — there  are  lancets  also  in 
the  stage  above,  and  a  square  stair  turret  at  the  N.W.  with  rude  door 
externally.  The  belfry  story  is  later,  and  has  a  plain  parapet.  The 
Spire  also  is  3rd  Pa  and  of  fair  height — this  feature  is  a  rarity  in  Nor- 
thumberland. The  nave  is  very  lofty — the  arcade  is  1st  Pd,  and  has 
4  very  fine  arches  with  good  mouldings  and  clustered  piers  of  4  shafts 
with  moulded  capitals.  In  the  West  wall  against  the  Tower  are  3 
fine  Romanesque  arches  which  may  have  been  windows.  The  roofs 
are  of  plain  timbers.  There  is  a  part  of  a  3rd  Pd.  wood  screen  enclosing 
the  E.  end  of  the  aisle.  On  the  N.  side  near  the  Ch.  arch  one  window 
is  set  obliquely  looking  East,  like  a  hagioscope.  It  is  square  headed — 
but  the  internal  opening  of  flattened  trefoil  form.  In  the  N.  pier  of 
the  chancel  arch  is  a  trefoiled  ogee  niche.  The  Chancel  arch  is  fine 
Romanesque,  having  good  mouldings  and  large  shafts  with  cushion 
capitals,  and  beaded  hood.  Above  the  capitals  are  small  wedge-shaped 
brackets ;  there  are  also  other  brackets  above  the  arch  on  the  west  side. 
The  Chancel  is  fine,  and  nearly  unmixed  Romanesque.  It  has  fine 


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stone  groining — the  ribs  having  chevron  moulding  springing  from  the 
shafts — single  at  the  angles,  clustered  in  the  intermediate  spaces.  ..There 
were  originally  2  Romanesque  windows  on  each  side,  with  short  shafts 
internally,  but  plain  without.  The  parapets  are  plain,  and  on  the  N. 
side  of  the  Chancel  is  a  corbel  table — the  buttresses  are  flat.  The 
Chancel  is  wainscoted  within.  The  E  window  is  modern,  but  originally 
was  a  Romanesque  triplet,  now  walled  up.  There  is  a  tomb  with  the 
effigy  of  a  cross  legged  Knight  under  a  projecting  crocketed  canopy 
with  pinnacles  supposed  to  represent  Sir  Hugh  de  Morwie  (?).  There 
is  also  an  ancient  stone  coffin.  The  S.  porch  is  large  and  3rd  Pd, 
having  a  par  vise  with  square  headed  windows  and  a  groined  roof  of  some 
elegance.  Over  the  porch  gable  is  a  cross.  There  is  a  barrel  organ 
in  the  W.  gallery. 

Sept.  4,  1846         ALNWICK  (NORTHUMBERLAND).     S.S.  Mary  &  Michael. 

A  large  Church,  entirely  late  3d  Pd.,  and  in  some  parts  modernised. 
It  is  built  of  good  stone  and  comprises  a  nave  and  chancel  each  with 
aisles  continued  to  the  east  end,  and  a  low  strong  Tower  engaged  in  the 
West  end  of  the  S.  aisle. 

The  only  remnant  of  an  earlier  date  is  a  trefoil  headed  lancet  at  the 
west  end  of  the  N.  aisle.  The  North  side  has  a  plain  parapet,  but 
the  South  side  is  embattled  and  has  pinnacles.  There  are  small 
porches  on  the  N.  &  S.  The  walls  of  the  nave  and  Chancel  are  not 
exactly  in  a  line.  The  Tower  is  embattled  and  low,  though  of  3 
stages.  It  has  a  3  light  west  window  and  large  belfry  windows  of 
2  lights  and  huge  buttresses  at  the  angles.  Within  it  has  a  stone 
groined  roof  and  opens  to  the  nave  and  aisle  by  very  strong  pointed 
arches  with  large  piers.  There  has  been  sad  (?)  havoc  committed  in 
the  arcades  of  the  nave,  by  throwing  together  several  of  the  arches — 
which  originally  were  6  on  each  side,  now  only  2  very  wide  mis- 
shapen ones.  The  original  piers  which  remain  are  octagonal — that  on 
the  N.  is  covered  with  paneling  of  rather  a  debased  sort.  There  is  a 
Clerestory  of  small  squareheaded  windows.  The  roof  of  the  nave  is 
open  and  arched,  in  the  aisles  flat.  The  windows  of  the  aisles  are 
of  3  lights — those  on  the  S.  have  transoms,  and  pointed  arches 
between  them.  The  Chancel  arch  is  pointed  on  octagonal  shafts.  On 
each  side  of  the  Chancel  an  arcade  of  3  aisles,  which  have  been 
metamorphosed  into  an  ogee  form  and  the  pues  are  somewhat  curious 
but  debased — having  clustered  shafts  with  panneling  on  the  front  face 
and  bands  of  coarse  foliage  in  the  capitals  not  unlike  what  is  found  in 
Devonshire.  The  mouldings  of  the  arches  are  not  so  bad,  and  there 
are  angel  figures  as  corbels  at  the  junction  of  the  hoods.  The  roof  of 
the  chancel  has  face  groining  in  plaster  executed  in  1781,  when  probably 
the  present  frippery  pseudo-Gothic  fittings  were  introduced.  There 
are  stalls  occupied  by  the  D.  of  Northumberland's  family,  enclosed 
by  poor  Gothic  screens — the  reredos  is  of  similar  character.  The  E. 
window  is  also  bad — the  windows  of  the  N.  aisle  are  of  4  lights, 
with  transoms — those  of  the  S.  of  3  lights — and  5  at  the  E.  end. 
There  is  a  large  gallery  at  the  west  end  of  the  nave  returned  on  both 
sides  and  containing  a  barrel  organ.  At  the  S.E.  angle  of  the  Chancel 
is  an  octagonal  turret  with  staircase.  In  the  S.  aisle  against  the  east 
wall  is  a  piscina — the  basin  projecting  slightly  beneath  a  pointed  arch. 
There  are  2  altar  tombs  in  the  Chancel,  one  with  the  effigy  of  a  lady, 
one  with  that  of  a  man  under  an  ogee  crocketed  canopy.  In  the  S.  aisle 
is  the  effigy  of  a  lady  with  a  whimple  head  dress  under  a  projecting  ogee 
canopy.  There  is  a  vestry  on  the  N.  side  of  the  Chancel. 


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THE   EARLY  FORT,    SUPPOSED   BY  SOME   TO  BE  AGRICOLA?S. 


SECTION    SHOWING   SHAPE   OF  DITCHES. 


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PROCEEDINGS 

OF    THE 


SOCIETY    OF    ANTIQUARIES 


OF    NEWCASTLE -UPON-TYNE. 


3    SEB.,    VOL.    III.  1908.  NO.    21 


A  joint  excursion  of  the  Glasgow  Archaeological  Society  and  the 
Society  of  Antiquaries  of  Newcastle-on-Tyne  took  place  on  Friday, 
July  10th,  1908,  on  the 

ANTONINE   WALL.1 

The  visit  of  a  body  of  representative  archaeologists  from  Northum- 
berland attracted  a  good  deal  of  public  attention  in  Glasgow.  In  the 
Glasgow  Herald  (July  10th),  a  forecast  of  the  programme  appeared, 
and  the  paragraph  here  quoted  discussed  the  prospects  of  results  to  be 
anticipated  from  the  intercourse  of  the  two  societies :  — 

'  When,  therefore,  the  Northumbrians  sally  from  their  own  Tyneside 
confines,  and  advance  in  a  choice  band  (for  the  foreign  legion  of  archae- 
ologists is  ^always  small)  upon  our  Antonine  Vallum  expectation  is 
whetted.  Will  they,  bringing  fresh  eyes  to  look  at  old  problems,  be 
able  to  help  their  comrades,  the  antiquaries  in  these  northern  parts,  to 
resolve  the  riddle  of  the  Walls  ?  We  have  ascertained  that  the  Vallum 
of  Antonine  was  made  not  of  promiscuous  earth  but  of  turf  ;  it  was 
cespiticious  as  Julius  Capitolinus  asserted.  Then  it  was  found  that  a 
pre-mural  fragment  of  turf  wall  existed  at  a  short  stretch  of  superseded 
Wall  line  in  Cumberland,  and  attention  was  drawn  to  the  general  fact 
that  turf  ramparts  and  walls  were  elsewhere  set  up,  not  for  permanency, 
but  as  preliminary  to  brick  and  stone.  A  new  complexion  was  thus 
given  to  the  saying  of  Capitolinus  that  Lollius  Urbicus  (141-3  A.D.)  built 
another  turf  wall;  raising  sharply  a  contrast  with  the  structure  previously 
erected  (120  A.D.)  by  Hadrian.  In  143  was  the  Cumbro- Northumbrian 
rampart  still  of  turf  only  ?  Had  it  been  superseded  by  the  massive  stone 
wall  which  to-day  so  impressively  marches  over  the  moors  and  craggy 
uplands  between  Eden  and  Tyne  ?  Or  was  that  majestic  barrier  still  to 
be  reared,  not  the  work  of  victorious  Hadrian,  but — symbol  of  defeat 
and  fear — of  Severus,  80  years  or  more  after  Hadrian's  operations  ? 
And  there  are  broader  questions.  Was  the  Antonine  Vallum  itself 
intended  to  grow  later  into  stone  ?  Was  it  a  supersession  of  the 
southern  rampart  or  was  it  only  its  advance  guard  ?  Such  questions 
have  been  asked,  and  increasing  knowledge  of  the  Roman  occupation 
ftf  Scotland  tends  to  sharpen  the  inquiries  into  points  more  precise.' 

i  For  an  account  of  the  last  visit  of  members  to  the  Antonine  Wall,  when  bead- 
quarters  were  at  Falkirk,  see  these  Proceedings,  2  ser.,  x,  213,  where  a  plan  of  Rough- 
castle  is  given,  also  other  plans  and  illustrations. 

[Proc.,  3  Ser.  in,  84] 


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FIRST    DAY,    FRIDAY,    JULY    10TH. 

The  party  included  Messrs.  J.  P.  Gibson,  S.  S.  Carr,  F.  G.  Simpson, 
W.  P.  Brewis,  and  Robert  Blair,  one  of  the  secretaries  of  the  New- 
castle Society ;  George  Neilson,  LL.D.,  president  of  the  Glasgow  Society  ; 
Dr.  Gemmell,  Dr.  Wilson,  George  Macdonald,  LL.D.,  W.  S.  McKechnie, 
D.Ph.,  Provost  Graham  Service,  Kirkintilloch ;  Messrs.  Alexander  Park, 
Mungo  Buchanan,  John  Mclntosh,  W.  T.  Aiton,  J.  A.  Brown,  A.  A. 
Mitchell,  M.A.,  LL.BM  Lauder,  and  A.  H.  Charteris,  M.A.,  LL.B., 
one  of  the  secretaries  of  the  Glasgow  Society.  The  company  met  at 
Queen  Street  Station,  Glasgow,  and  proceeded,  at  8-52  a.m.,  by  train  to 
Camelon.  They  first  traversed  the  course  of  the  Vallum,  from  near 
Camelon  to  Bonnybridge,  Mr.  Mungo  Buchanan  of  Falkirk,  acting  as 
guide,  and  pointing  out  the  various  features  of  the  work,  seen  at  this 
part  in  its  best  preserved  state. 

The  Vallum  proper  was  cespiticious — i.e.  made  of  sods  throughout — 
built  over  a  base  of  stone  fourteen  feet  wide.  At  intervals  along  the 
line  its  southern  face  expands  into  a  semi- circular  mound  now  spreading 
out  for  about  50  feet  from  the  kerb  of  the  vallum,  but  with  indications 
at  the  base  of  an  original  width  of  from  20  .to  30  feet.  Altogether  only 
six  or  seven  of  these  expansions  are  definitely  certain.  Their  purpose 
has  occasioned  some  discussion,  for  which,  as  for  most  other  points  on 
the  structure  of  the  works,  reference  may  be  made  to  The  Antonine 
Wall  Report,  published  by  the  Glasgow  Archaeological  Society  in  1899. 
Northward  between  the  vallum  and  the  fosse  was  the  berm,  a  space  of 
20  to  25  feet.  The  fosse  is  V-shaped,  nearly  40  feet  in  breadth,  arid 
about  12  feet  deep.  The  soil  from  the  ditch  was  carried  to  the  north 
side  and  laid  out  on  the  bank  there  in  a  fiattish  heap,  usually  about 
60  feet  in  breadth.  To  the  rear  of  these  works  was  the  military  way, 
laid  on  a  base  of  larger  stones,  with  a  stratum  of  smaller  above,  and 
averaging  from  16  to  18  feet  in  width. 

In  the  heart  of  the  wood,  with  a  ravine  on  its  western  side,  lies  the 
camp  of 

ROUGHCASTLE, 

which  the  societies  inspected  under  the  guidance  of  Mr.  Buchanan, 
who  contributed  to  the  Proceedings  of  the  Society  ^f  Antiquaries  of 
Scotland  for  1904-5  (pp.  450-489)  a  full  report  on  the  excavations 
made  by  that  society  in  its  exploration  of  the  camp,  with  many  photo- 
graphic illustrations  and  plans  and  drawings  by  Mr.  Buchanan  himself. 
All  the  features  of  this  important  station  were  examined,  including  the 
lines  of  cespiticious  entrenchment,  the  sites  of  buildings  uncovered,  and 
in  particular  the  lilia,  or  defensive  pits  laid  bare  outside  the  Vallum  at 
the  north  gateway  of  the  camp.  Incidentally  Mr.  Buchanan  indicated 
the  line  followed  by  the  road  which  had  connected  Roughcastle  with 
the  fort  at  Camelon.  The  company  then  passed  on  from  Roughcastle 
along  the  line  of  the  Vallum  to  Bonnybridge,  through  the  woods 
of  Bonnyside,  in  which  the  works  are  seen  to  the  best  advantage,  and 
where  a  number  of  sections  made  through  the  turf  rampart  remain  open. 

On  arrival  at  Bonnybridge  station  Mr.  J.  P.  Gibson  expressed  on  behalf 
of  the  company  the  great  satisfaction  which  Mr.  Buchanan's  explana- 
tions had  given  to  both  societies. 

In  reply,  Mr.  Buchanan  remarked  that  probably  the  height  of  the 
rampart  had  riot  been  over  a  matter  of  eight  feet,  and  that  the  real 
obstacle  an  enemy  would  have  to  surmount  was  the  ditch. 

This  opinion  was  subsequently  discussed  with  varying  criticisms  on 
the  subject. 


.Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Newc.  3  ser.,  ill. 


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THE    ANtONlME    WALL  :      tfHE     WELL,     BAh,     HILL, 

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present  Mrs.  Charteris,  Mrs.  Edwards  and  Mrs.  Neilson.  Dr.  Neilson,  in 
proposing  the  toast  of  '  The  Newcastle  Society.'  said  hitherto  that  they 
had  been  strangers,  but  they  were  strangers  no  more.  It  had  given  him 
extreme  gratification  to  be  able  in  any  measure  to  help  to  bring  the 
two  societies  together.  One  great  problem  they  had  in  common,  for 
the  question  of  the  Roman  Walls  in  Britain  was  really  a  single  problem 
requiring  for  its  solution  a  full  study  of  the  vallum  of  Antonine  as  well 
as  of  the  murus  in  England. 

Mr.  Gibson  in  his  reply  said  that  if  Dr.  Neilson  had  not  solved 
the  problem  of  the  vallum  in  England  he  had  probably  more  than 
half  solved  it  when  he  said  that  it  was  a  temporary  defence  while 
the  Wall  itself  was  being  completed.  And  if  he  had  said  that  it  was 
also  a  means  of  communication  between  the  camps  he  believed  that 
he  would  have  entirely  solved  it. 

Mr.  Brewis  proposed  '  The  Glasgow  Society.' 

Professor  Cooper,  who  replied,  said  that  while  they  had  not  always 
been  successful  they  had  tried  to  save  several  things  of  antiquarian 
interest  in  their  neighbourhood. 

Mr.  Simpson  proposed  '  The  Guides,'  and  Dr.  Macdonald  replied. 

Other  toasts  followed,  and  the  proceedings  closed  in  the  Scottish 
manner  with  the  singing  of  '  Auld  Lang  Syne.' 

SECOND    DAY,    SATURDAY,    JUT.Y    1  iTH. 

On  Saturday,  llth  July,  the  company  met  at  10  a.m.  in  the  Hunterian 
museum,  Glasgow  university,  where  they  were  welcomed  on  behalf  of 
principal  MacAlister  by  professor  Cooper,  who  said  that  there  were 
many  objects  in  the  Hunterian  museum  which  would  attract  those 
who  took  an  interest  in  the  Roman  Wall.  Apart  from  them  there 
were  also  other  exceedingly  valuable  things  which  professor  Cooper 
pointed  out,  including  some  fine  early  block  books.  The  people  of 
Glasgow,  however,  he  said,  did  not  take  advantage  of  the  museum  to 
the  extent  they  ought  to  do. 

On  the  stair  landing  at  the  entrance  to  the  museum,  the  inscribed 
stones  from  the  Antonine  Wall  p,re  collected  in  large  cases.  A  pre- 
liminary examination  of  them  was  made  by  the  party,  which  included 
most  of  those  who  had  taken  part  in  the  proceedings  of  the  previous 
day.  Dr.  George  Macdonald  had  decided,  as  the  best  way  of  expound- 
ing the  inscribed  stones,  to  show  them  by  photographic  lantern  slides, 
as  the  position  of  the  stones  themselves  on  the  staircase  landing,  facing 
what  little  light  there  is  from  the  staircase  window,  makes  it  very 
difficult  to  read  the  inscriptions.  For  this  purpose  the  company 
adjourned  to  the  Zoological  laboratory,  and  Dr.  Macdonald  delivered 
his  address  as  the  accompaniment  to  a  very  fine  display  of  the  stones 
on  the  screen.  He  discussed  the  inscriptions  found  along  the  lines 
of  the  Antonine  Wall.  In  all  about  sixty  of  these  have  been  recorded 
and  a  considerable  number  are  lost.  No  fewer  than  38,  or  nearly 
two-thirds  of  the  whole  number,  are  preserved  in  the  Hunterian 
museum.  The  beginnings  of  the  collection  go  back  to  the  year 
1694,  and  the  bulk  of  the  stones  was  given  to  the  university  in  the 
course  of  the  eighteenth  century,  a  period  during  which  many  dis- 
coveries were  made  along  the  line  of  the  Wall  owing  to  the  work  that 
took  place  in  connexion  with  the  construction  of  the  Forth  and  Clyde 
canal.  The  inscriptions  fell  into  four  or  five  main  classes,  the  first  and 
most  interesting  of  which  were  the  distance  slabs.  In  all  about  17  of 
these  had  been  found,  registering  the  exact  number  of  paces  or  feet 
of  the  Vallum  work  which  had  been  executed  by  the  different  bodies  of 
the  soldiery.  They  showed,  as  might  have  been  expected,  that  the 


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THE    ANTONINE    WALL:     BAR   HILL   FOETS. 
FRKKSTONE  BUSTS  THOUGHT   TO  BE  OF  8ILBNUS.       (Seepage  231) 

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THE    ANTONINE    WALL  :    BAR    HILL    FORTS.     (See  page  231) 

SHOES  FOR  MAN,   WOMAN,  AND  CHILD,  AND  PORTION  OF  UPPER  OF  LADY'S  SHOE. 


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BAG  OF  IKON   TOOLS   FItOM   THE   WELT,. 


COPPER  POT.   SAMIAN  WARE   DISH,   &C. 

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whole  work  was  constructed  by  the  hands  of  the  legionaries,  or  regular 
regiments  of  the  line.  The  posts,  on  the  other  hand,  were  garrisoned  by 
the  auxiliary  cohorts,  and  appeared  to  have  been  also  constructed  by 
them.  This  latter  inference  rested  upon  the  evidence  of  the  dedication 
slabs  which  had  been  found  in  the  central  biiildings  of  several  of  the 
excavated  camps,  such  as  Bar-hill  and  Roughcastle.  Dealing  with 
some  questions  of  epigraphy  he  inclined  somewhat  to  favour  the  opinion 
expressed  in  The  Antonine  Wall  Report  that  some  of  the  distance  slabs 
were  duplicates  relating  to  the  same  piece  of  work,  or  to  different 
pieces  of  work  executed  along  the  same  section,  An  important  point 
he  made  was  a  correction  of  that  Report,  being  the  opinion  that  the 
milliary  mark  00  on  a  Castlecary  tablet  was  a  reference  to  the 
numbers  (1000  strong)  of  the  Tungrian  cohort  doing  the  work,  and  did 
not  refer  to  the  opus  valli  at  all.  Possibly  the  tablet  was  the  dedication 
slab  from  the  principia  of  the  fort,  although  in  the  absence  of  evidence 
as  to  the  precise  *  find-spot,'  this  was  no  more  than  a  mere  conjecture. 
Particular  interest  attached  to  the  Hunterian  stone  which  bore  the  name 
of  Lollius  Urbicus,  the  general  of  Antoninus  Pius,  who  was  responsible 
for  the  building  of  the  fortified  line.  Besides  the  distance  slabs  and 
the  dedication  tables  there  were  tombstones,  one  of  which  showed  that 
as  early  as  the  second  century  the  Semitic  trader  had  made  his  way 
into  North  Britain  in  the  wake  of  the  Roman  soldiery. G  There  was  also 
a  considerable  number  of  altars,  the  most  remarkable  being  a  group 
found  in  the  eighteenth  century  at  Auchendavie,  all  of  them  dedicated 
by  one  and  the  same  person,  a  centurion.  They  bore  the  names  of 
nearly  a  dozen  divinities,  the  most  striking  being  one  who  was  addressed 
as  '  The  G-enius  of  the  Land  of  Britain.'  These  altars  illustrated  in  a 
very  instructive  way  the  curious  catholicity  which  characterized  the 
religious  aspirations  of  the  ordinary  Roman  at  the  time  when  Christi- 
anity was  beginning  to  make  headway  in  the  western  world.  Shewing 
on  the  screen  the  outline  of  the  earlier  and  filled  up  fosses  at  the  Bar- 
hill  cr,mp  he  treated  them  as  the  almost  absolutely  proved  ditches  of 
a  fort  originally  constructed  by  Agricola  anterior  to  the  Antonine  camp  ; 
and  he  suggested,  though  less  definitely,  that  the  lilia  at  Roughcastle 
were  a  feature  of  the  defences  of  a  Roman  camp  on  the  Roughcastle  site, 
possibly  Agricola's,  prior  to  the  fort  still  standing,  which  is  known  to 
have  been  erected  by  the  troops  of  Lollius  Urbicus  when  making  the 
Vallum.  The  lilia  did  not  seem  to  fall  in  well  with  the  scheme  of 
defences  of  the  existing  camp,  and  for  that  reason  he  was  disposed  to 
regard  them  like  the  filled  up  ditches  at  Bar-hill  as  footprints  of  Agricola. 

Dr.  Neilson  moved  a  hearty  vote  of  thanks  to  Dr.  Macdonr.ld  for  his 
address,  remarking  that  it  had  been  an  extreme  pleasure  to  listen  to  an 
exposition  so  sure,  clear,  learned,  and  interesting. 

Mr.  J.  P.  Gibson,  seconded  the  vote,  which  was  unanimously  accorded. 

Mr.  Gibson  and  Dr.  Neilson  put  the  question  whether  the  contrasted 
types  of  lettering  found  on  the  generally  rude  and  indefinite  walling  or 
centurial  stones  of  the  English  murus  give  any  indication  of  relative 
date  compared  with  the  style  and  art  of  the  beautiful  tablets — an 
ornate,  articulate,  and  complete  record — found  on  the  Scottish  Vallum 
of  Antonine. 

Dr.  Macdonald,  in  replying,  said  that  the  problem  of  the  inscriptions 
constituted  a  main  difficulty  in  the  way  of  the  theory  of  a  post-Hadrianic 
origin  for  the  murus  in  England,  and  that  so  far  it  had  not  been  found 
possible  to  draw  final  conclusions  from  the  types  of  lettering.  There 

c  Compare  with  this  the  tombstone  erected  by  Barates,  a  native  of  Palmyra,  to  his 
British  wife  (Arch.  Ael,  x,  p.  248). 


234 

was  always  trouble  and  danger  in  comparing  the  work  of  a  skilled  with 
that  of  an  uneducated  hand.  This  sort  of  evidence  had  to  be  judged 
with  more  discrimination  and  caution  than  the  evidence  of  the  lettering 
on  coins  which  came  from  a  State  mint. 

The  proceedings  closed  with  a  vote  of  thanks,  proposed  by  Mr.  J. 
T.  T.  Brown,  to  the  university  authorities  for  the  use  of  the  museum. 

It  was  intended  to  visit  the  short  stretch  of  vallum  at  Bearsden  to 
the  north-west  of  Glasgow,  but  time  did  not  permit. 

In  the  afternoon  the  party,  under  the  guidance  of  Mr.  Charles  E. 
Whitelaw,  visited  David  Dale's  house  in  Charlotte  Street.  From  David 
Dale's  house  the  party  proceeded,  under  the  direction  of  Mr.  Whitelaw 
who  had  kindly  undertaken  the  duties  of  guide,  to 

ST.    MUNGO'S    CATHEDRAL    CHURCH, 

consisting  of  nave,  choir  with  crypt  below,  a  chapter  house,  and  a  pro- 
jecting south  chapel,  p,nd  a  tower  and  spire  at  the  crossing. 

Tradition  has  it  that  St.  Mungo  built  the  first  church  on  the  site. 
This  was  replaced  by  a  building  erected  by  John  Achaius,  the  first 
bishop,  which  was  consecrated  in  1136.  Of  this  no  traces  have  been 
found.  In  tho  time  of  bishop  Joceline,  who  died  in  1199,  collections 
were  made  throughout  Scotland  for  the  enlargement  of  the  church  ;  and 
remains  of  these  additions  may  be  seen  in  the  west  bay  of  the  south 
aisle  of  the  •  lower  church'  of  the  present  structure.  Bishop  William 
de  Bondington  erected  the  double  choir  in  the  Early  English  style. 
The  choir  is  five  bays  long,  the  piers  being  elaborately  moulded,  and 
having  richly  carved  capitals.  The  aisle  windows  are  of  three  lights,  the 
stone  heads  having  pierced  ornaments  of  various  designs.  In  the  south- 
east corner  is  a  spiral  staircase,  connecting  the  lower  church  with  the 
triforium.  A  door  at  the  west  end  of  the  choir,  formerly  led  into  a 
building  called  the  'day  schule.'  The  choir  has  a  modern  plaster 
ceiling,  which  conceals  the  ancient  open  timbered  roof.  The  original 
stone  benches,  aumbries,  ate.,  remain  in  the  vestry.  At  the  east  end 
of  the  lower  church  or  crypt  were  four  chapels  separated  by  stone 
screens.  In  front  of  them  is  what  is  known  as  the  Lady  chapel.  Here 
was  the  site  of  the  shrine  of  St.  Kentigern,  where  Edward  i 
knelt  and  made  offerings.  It  was  at  one  of  the  dimly-lighted  presby- 
terian  services  in  this  crypt  that  Sir  Walter  Scott  pictured  a  meeting 
between  Osbaldistone  and  Rob  Roy.  The  chapter  house  is  entered 
from  the  lower  church  by  a  richly  carved  doorway.  It  contains  a 
moulded  central  pillar  and  the  stone  stall  above  the  dean's  seat 
and  benches  around  where  the  canons  were  seated.  The  nave,  eight 
bays  long,  was  mainly  built  by  bishop  Wishart  (1272).  The  two 
western  towers  were  demolished  in  1846  and  1848,  'to  improve 
the  appearance  of  the  cathedral '  !  The  great  Early  English  west 
window  was  destroyed  about  1840.  Like  the  choir  the  nave  also  has  a 
modern  plaster  ceiling.  The  late  fifteenth  century  rood  screen  dividing 
the  nave  from  the  choir  is  of  stone.  It  was  erected  by  archbishop 
Blackader.  In  front  of  it  are  two  stone  altars,  one  on  each  side  of  the 
entrance  to  the  choir.  The  projecting  building  on  the  south  was  also 
erected  by  archbishop  Blackader.  It  is  known  as  the  'Fergus  aisle,' 
and  on  a  carving  in  the  vaulting  representing  a  man  lying  on  a  car,  are 
the  words  '  This  :  is  :  ye  :  ile  :  of  :  car  :  Fergus.'  The  windows  of 
the  church  are  filled  with  stained  glass,  made  abroad,  most  of  it  of  the 
most  debased  kind- 


Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Newc.,  3  ser.,  in. 


Plate  x.       To  face  page  234 


ARROWHEADS  OF  IRON. 


SKULLS  OP  «BOS   LONGIFHONS.' 


THE   ANTONINE  WALL  I    BAB  HILL  PORTS.     (See  page  231) 


These  blocks  lent  by  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  of  Scotland. 


Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Neivc.,  3  ser.,  m. 


Plate  xi.       To  face  page  234 


THE  ANTONINE  WALL  :  BEABSDEN  NEAR  GLASGOW. 

The  illustration  shows  the  ditch,  and  the  remains  of  the  vallum  on  the  right 
with  trees  growing  upon  it. 


THE    ANTONINE    WALL  :     BAR    HILL    FORTS. 
CIRCULAR  RECESS  FOB  FIRE   IN   SIDK   OF   OUTER  DITCH   ON  W. 


The  bottom  block  lent  by  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  of  Scotland. 


235 

From  the  church,  led  by  Mr.  Whitelaw,  members  proceeded  to 
PROVAND'S  LORDSHIP, 

where  they  were  met,  welcomed,  and  most  hospitably  entertained  by 
Dr.  Gemmell,  and  others,  on  behalf  of  the  Provand's  lordship  literary 
club,  the  present  owners  of  the  building. 

'Provaiids  lordship'  is  a  typical  fifteenth  century  house.  It  is  said 
to  have  been  erected  by  bishop  Alexander  Muirhead  [1455-73],  the 
founder  of  St.  Nicholas's  hospital,  as  a  residence  for  the  priest  of  that 
hospital.  The  bishop's  arms  on  a  shield  are  still  to  be  seen  on  the 
lowest  '  corbie'  step  in  front  of  the  house.  It  was  the  residence  of  the 
prebendary  of  Barlanark,  or  as  he  was  called,  '  the  lord  of  Provan,' 
and  the  rectory  was  always  designated  'the  lordship  of  Provan.'? 
A  member  of  the  Bailie  family  had  been  lord  of  Provand  and  a 
secular  canon  of  the  cathedral,  and  at  the  reformation  the  lordship 
was  granted  by  royal  charter  to  that  family.  There  is  said  to  be 
a  tradition  that  queen  Mary  once  lodged  in  the  house.  The  original 
building  of  three  storeys,  without  passages,  and  with  the  rooms 
extending  from  wall  to  wall,  is  an  oblong,  50  feet  long  by  24  feet 
wide.  Though  the  ancient  windows  have  been  destroyed,  yet  the  stone 
window  seats  remain.  Other  interesting  features  also  are  the  large 
fireplaces,  the  aumbries,  and  the  roof  timbers.  The  rooms  were  entered 
from  a  newel  staircase  tower  at  the  back,  square  in  plan  like  those  of 
the  tower  of  Bamburgh  church,  and  of  the  gateway  tower  of  Dinsdale 
manor  house,  the  lower  portion  of  which  was  exposed  many  years  ago 
by  the  late  Rev.  Scott  F.  Surtees,  but  covered  up  again.  William 
Bailie,  who  obtained  the  grant  of  the  house  after  the  reformation, 
added  in  1570  (according  to  the  incised  date  on  the  building)  two  wings 
as  wide  as  the  staircase  tower.  A  doorway  from  the  first  floor,  with 
moulded  jambs  and  lintel,  leads  from  the  first  floor  to  the  staircase 
tower.8 

At  Provand's  lordship,  by  the  hospitality  of  the  Provand's  lordship 
literary  club,  tea  was  provided.  Mr.  Whitelaw  gave  a  brief  but  at- 
tractive account  of  the  house — the  oldest  dwelling  house  in  Glasgow. 

Dr.  Neilson  and  Mr.  Gibson  expressed  the  thanks  of  the  company 
for  the  handsome  welcome  accorded  to  them  by  the  Provand's  lordship 
literary  club,  and  specially  mentioned  the  names  of  Dr.  Gemmell, 
Miss  Dreda  Boyd,  Mr.  J.  A.  Brown  and  Mr.  Whitelaw,  in  connexion 
with  the  successful  effort  made  to  preserve  the  house,  and  maintain  it 
as  an  antiquarian  place  of  interest  in  the  city.  Dr.  Gemmell,  in 
replying,  voiced  the  enthusiasm  which  animated  the  action  of  the 
society. 

It  was  now  approaching  5  o'clock,  and  the  conjoint  proceedings  of 
the  two  societies  were  over.  The  Newcastle  section  made  its  way 
to  Queen  Street  station,  having  completed  the  programme  of  the  first 
archaeological  itinerary  and  conference  of  the  antiquaries  of  Glasgow 
and  Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 

7  The  word  '  provaml'  is  the  Scottish  form  of  'prebend.' 

s  These  notes,  both  of  Glasgow  cathe.iral  church  and  of  Provand's  Lordship,  are 
t;iken  from  an  interesting  little  brochure,  The  Storif  of  Provand's  Lordship,  &C.,  published 
at  the  Glasgow  Citizen  Press  for  2rf. 


236 


MISCELLANEA. 


Lieut.  Col.  Has- 
well  writes,  *  I  met 
with  this,  to  me, 
unique  example  of 
a  font  in  Exeter,  a 
couple  of  months 
ago.  It  is  in  the 
church  of  St. 
Martin,  cathedral 
yard,  Exeter.  See 
Handbook  of  Eng- 
lish Ecclesiology, 
p.  139,  under  head 
of  Font,  sub.  div. 
E.  Before  the 
baptism  of  the 
child,  the  priest 
anointed  him  with 
the  oil  of  the  cate- 
chumens, which 
it  was  therefore 
necessary  to  keep 
in;  ome  pi  ace  near 
the  font,  some- 
times by  a  projec- 
tion on  the  ex- 
terior edge  of  the 
font,  as  in  All  — - 
Saints,  Youl  grave, 
Derbyshire,  and 
S.Mary's,Pisford, 
Northampton- 
shire.' Simpson's 

Ancient  Fonts,  published  in  1828,  remarks  concerning  the  latter,  *thi;- 
has  a  very  singular  bracket,  the  use  of  which  wo  are  unable  to  explain. 


CHEVINGTON,  NORTHUMBERLAND,  ETC. 

Note  from  the  Acts  of  the  Privy  Council,  new  series,  vol.  xn,  page 
46: — 

A  letter  to  the  Lord  President  of  Yeorke  recomending  unto  him 
a  complaint  exhibited  unto  their  Lordships  in  the  behalfe  of  her 
Majesties  tenantes  of  Chevington,  in  the  countye  of  Northumberlande. 
against  Henry  Wedderfngton  esquire,  Sherif  of  the  said  countye 
prayeng  his  Lordship  to  consider  thereof  and  to  take  suche  order 
therein  as  he  shall  see  to  be  agi cable  with  justice  and  equitye.  A 
like  letter  to  his  Lordship  recomending  a  complainte  exhibited  to  the 
Queen's  Majestye  by  Jane  Whytfeild,  widowe,  against  one  Ilalfe 
Whytfeilde,  for  the  detaining  of  a  ferme  called  Potterhowse  in 
Whytefeylde,  in  the  countie  of  Cumberlande,  prayeng  his  Lordship 
take  order  therein  according  to  justice  and  equitie. — 1580,  June  5, 
Morpeth. 


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PROCEEDINGS 

OF    THE 


SOCIETY    OF   ANTIQUARIES 


OF    NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. 


3  SEE.,  VOL.  m.  1908.  NO.  22 


The  ordinary  monthly  meeting  of  the  Society  was  held  in  the  library 
of  the  Castle,  Newcastle,  on  Wednesday,  the  twenty-ninth  day  of  July, 
1908,  at  seven  o'clock  in  the  evening,  Mr.  Richard  Welford,  M.A.,  a 
vice-president,  being  in  the  chair. 

Several  ACCOUNTS,  recommended  by  the  council  for  payment,  were 
ordered  to  be  paid. 

The  following  ORDINARY  MEMBERS  were  proposed  and  declared  duly 
elected  : — 

i.  C.  O.  P.  Gibson,  Newcastle. 

ii.  John  R.  Langdale,  Lynton,  Queen's  Road,  Monkseaton,  Northd. 
iii.  Robert  Gray  Lynn,  B.A.,  The  Sneep,  Bellingham,  Northd. 
iv.   Geo.  P.  Richardson,  25  First  Avenue,  Heaton,  Newcastle. 

The  following  NEW  BOOKS,  etc.,  were  placed  on  the  table :  — 

Presents,  for  which  thanks  were  voted  : — 

From  the  Right  Hon.  Sir  Gainsford  Bruce  : — A  fine  series  of  perma- 
nent photographs  of  the  drawings  of  the  Roman  Wall  by  the 
Richardsons,  made  for  the  late  Dr.  Bruce,  and  presented  by  the  donor 
to  the  Laing  Art  Gallery.  There  are  66  of  them,  each  photograph 
being  about  7|  by  4|,  on  mounts  of  uniform  size,  12  by  9|.  All  the 
drawings  except  two  are  described  in  the  accompanying  printed 
catalogue  ;  these  two  are  of  the  Wall  turret  on  Blackcarts  farm,  one 
a  large  pencil  drawing  by  H.  B.  Richardson,  the  other  a  water 
colour  by  David  Mossman. 

Special  thanks  were  voted  to  Sir  Gainsford  Bruce  for  his  gift. 

From  Robert  Blair  : — The  Antiquary,  iv,  6,  7,  and  8. 

From  the  Smithsonian  Institute,  Washington,  U.S.A.  : — Antiquities 
of  the  Upper  Oila  and  Salt  River  Valleys  in  Arizona  and  New  Mexico, 
8vo.  cl. 

Exchanges  : — f 

From  the  Cumberland  and  Westmorland  Antiquarian  and  Archaeo- 
logical Society  : — Transactions,  vin,  8vo.  cl. 

From  the  Yorkshire  Archaeological  Society  : — The  Yorkshire  Archaeo- 
logical Journal,  part  77  (xx,  i). 

From  the  Royal  Society  of  Antiquaries  of  Ireland : — Journal, 
xxxvni,  2. 

From  the  Royal  Archaeological  Institute  : — The  Archaeological 
Journal,  LXV,  no.  258,  8vo. 

[Proc.  3Ser.  nt,  35] 


238 

From  the  British  Archaeological  Association  : — Journal,  xiv,  i,  8vo. 
From     the     Cambrian     Archaeological     Association  : — Archaeologia 

Cambrensis,  vin,  3  ;  and  Ten  Days  Tour  through  the  Isle  of  Anglesea ; 

both  8vo. 
From     the     Cambridge     Antiquarian     Society  : — Proceedings,     nos. 

XLVIII  and  XLIX,  N.S.,  no.  1,  4to.,  '  The  Dual  origin  of  the  town 

of  Cambridge,'  ;  and  '  Catalogue  of  the  first  Exhibition  of  Portraits 

held  in  the  Fitzwilliam  Museum,  May  and  June,  1908.' 
From  the  Huguenot  Society  of  London: — Ptiblications,  x,   'Returns 

of  Aliens  dwelling  in  ....   London,'  and  index. 
From  the  Heidelberg  Historical  Society  : — Zeitschrift,  xv,  8vo. 
From  the  Thuringian  Historical  Society  : — Zeitschrift,  xvm,  2. 
From    the    Archaeological    Society    of    Nassau  : — Annales,    xxxvn, 

large  8vo. 
From  the  Brussels  Archaeological  Society  : — Annales,  xxn,  i  and  ii, 

large  8vo. 
From  the  Namur  Archaeological  Society  : — Annales,  xxvn,  i,  large 

8vo. 

Purchases: — Memorials  of  Eipon,  iv  (115'  Surt.  Soc.  publ.)  ;  The 
Pedigree  Register,  i,  5  ;  The  Reliquary,  xiv,  3  ;  Notes  and  Queries, 
nos.  231  to  239  ;  Mittheilungen  of  the  Imperial  German  Archaeo- 
logical Institute,  xxn,  4,  andJahrbuch,  xxin  (for  1908) ;  Dechelette's 
Les  Vases  Cer  antiques  Orn4s  de  la  Gaule  Romaine,  i  and  n  ;  A  History 
of  English  Furniture,  iv,  xvi  and  xvii  ;  A  New  English  Dictionary, 
vni  (Ree  to  Ribaldously)  ;  The  Scottish  Historical  Review,  v,  4  large 
8vo  [contains  a  review  (p.  473)  of  Brown's  Barton  on  Humber,  by 
Mr.  R.  O.  Heslop.] 

EXHIBITED  : — 

By  Mr.  Edward  Wooler  of  Darlington1  :  — 

i.  Photographs  of  a  square  '  creeing  trough,'  8  in.  high  by  9  in. 
in  diameter,  fluted  at  the  angles,  discovered  on  the  site  of  the 
bishop's  manor  house,  originally  built  by  bishop  Pudsey,  which  stood 
in  the  Leadyard  on  the  south  side  of  St.  Cuthbert's  church,  Darling- 
ton. The  old  house  was  bought  by  the  township  of  Darlington  in 
1800  for  a  workhouse.  On  its  four  sides  in  relief  are  (i)  a  heart, 
(ii)  a  bottle,  (iii)  an  hour  glass,  and  (iv)  a  curious  leg-shaped  object 
(shewn  in  the  illustration  facing  p.  214). 

ii.  A  third  brass  coin  of  the  Roman  emperor  Quintillns  (A.D.  270), 
said  to  have  been  found  in  Cobden  Street,  Darlington,  by  Mr.  Thomas 
Hall,  while  digging  in  his  brother's  garden.  On  the  obverse  is  a 
radiated  head  to  the  right,  with  the  inscription  IMP.  c.  M.  AVR.  CL. 
QVINTILLVS  AVG.  ;  and  on  the  reverse,  Apollo  standing  with  a 
branch  and  lyre,  and  the  inscription  APOLLINI  CONS  (crvatori). 

NEW    ROMAN    INSCRIPTION. 

Mr.  Blair  (one  of  the  secretaries)  announced  that  Mr.  F.  Gerald 
Simpson  had  informed  him  that  two  centurial  stones  had  been  found  by 
a  shepherd  at  Allerlee,  on  the  line  of  the  Roman  Wall,  one  of  them 
reading  COH  v///  |  >  SIIXTI  p  FEC ///(?),  the  other  apparently  illegible. 
It  is  hoped  that  the  owner  of  the  land  on  which  they  were  found  will 
present  them  to  the  society. 2 

1  Mr.  Wooler  also  wrote,  '  I  also  discovered  remains  of  the  Roman  Road  in  the  centre 
of  a  field  midway  between  the  IJlack  Horse  Inn,  Wackerfield,  and  the  wood  adjoiniiif; 
Hilton  Tile  sheds.     We  also  saw  a  large  number  of  flints  that  had  luen  found  near  Sink 
House,  between  Wackerfield  and  Staindrop,  in  fields  numbers  81,  8f>,  91,  and  157  on  the 
large  ordnance  sheets.' 

2  Mr.  Coulson  lias  since  very  generously  presented  them  to  the  JMackgate  museum, 


Mr.  C.  H.  Blair  read  the  following  notes  on 

A  JACOBEAN  BOOK  OF  ARMS 
belonging  to  Rev.  Thomas  Stephens,  vicar  of  Horsley  : — 

This  book  is  a  late  example  of  the  many  books  of  arms,  made  in  Tudor 
times,  significant  of  the  revived  interest  in  heraldry  consequent  upon 
the  rise  of  new  men  under  those  monarchs,  and  of  the  more  settled  state 
of  the  country  after  the  long  struggle  of  the  Wars  of  the  Roses.  Well- 
known  examples  of  similar  collections  are  those  of  Sir  William  Fairfax, 
printed  by  the  Inte  Joseph  Foster  in  his  Visitations  of  Yorkshire,  of  Sir 
Marmaduke  Constable  and  the  Elizabethan.3  The  book  is  a  large 
quarto,  the  shields  arranged  in  three  rows  of  three  shields  on  each  page, 
are  rather  roughly  drawn  in  colours  ;  there  is  nothing  to  show  by  whom 
they  were  done.  On  the  top  of  the  first  leaf  the  author  has  written 
'  Heare  beginnethe  the  arms  of  all  the  noblemen  of  ...  beginning 
of  William  the  Conqueror,  untill  this  present  year  of  our  Soveraigne 
Lord  King  James,  a  thousand  six  hundred  and  seventeen.'  Then 
follow  the  arms  of  the  earls  and  lords  of  England  from  those  ascribed 
to  the  Saxon  earls,  beginning  with  '  Earle  Edgar  Ethling,  cousin  to 
Edward  the  Confessor,'  to  '  the  armes  of  all  the  Earles  in  Englande, 
being  created  in  this  present  year,  1617;'  then  come  the  arms  of  the 
'  Earles  of  Scotland  as  they  were  created,'  arid  the  arms  of  '  all  the 
lords  in  Ireland  as  they  were  created.'  This  part  of  the  book  seems 
similar  to  the  Elizabethan  Roll  (41  Surtees  Soc.  publ.),  which,  in  the 
introduction  (p.  ix),  the  editor  says  contains  '  an  Elizabethan  roll  of 
peers'  arms.'  They  do  not  call  for  any  special  comment,  the  earlier  ones 
are  those  invented  by  the  heralds  for  their  supposed  bearers,  the  later 
ones  are  well-known,and  are  to  be  found  in  most  collections  of  arms. 
These  are  followed  by  a  collection  of  Yorkshire  arms  arranged  under 
the  different  divisions  of  that  county  ;  the  account  of  the  ridings  and 
bailiwicks  of  the  shire  being  a  verbatim  copy  of  the  same  divisions 
on  p.  xx  of  the  Elizabethan  Roll  already  referred  to.  After  the 
Yorkshire  shields  those  of  the  '  Bishopbricke  of  Durham,'  and  of  '  the 
gentlemen  of  Northumberland '  are  depicted.  Though  the  arrangement 
of  this  book  is  thus  similar  to  that  of  the  Elizabethan,  it  does  not 
appear  to  be  an  exact  copy  of  it  ;  the  divisions  of  the  counties  do  not 
follow  the  same  order  (Chester  Ward,  omitted  in  the  Elizabethan,  is 
given  here),  the  shields  are  not  arranged  in  the  same  order,  in  some 
cases  they  are  in  different  divisions  of  the  county,  and  in  numerous 
instances  there  are  differences  of  colour  and  of  the  bearings  on  the 
shield. 

The  book  has  at  one  time  belonged  to  John  Gibbon,  Bluemantle 
pursuivant  at  arms  from  1670-17 — .  He  was  a  kinsman  of  Edward 
Gibbon  the  historian,  who  thus  mentions  him  in  his  Memoirs  of  My 
Life,  '  in  his  office  he  enjoyed  near  fifty  years  the  rare  felicity  of 
uniting  in  the  same  pursuit  his  duty  and  inclination.'  Noble,  in  his 
History  of  the  College  of  Arms,  says  '  he  was  a  learned  but  impudent 
man  .  .  .  filling  the  margins  of  the  books  belonging  to  the  library 
with  severe  reflections  upon  their  [the  officers  of  arms]  conduct,  couched 
in  quaint  terms,  and  in  silly  calculations  of  his  own  nativity.'  This 
book  illustrates  his  habit  of  disfiguring  books  by  scribbling  on  the 
margins.  In  one  place  he  writes  '  Johannes  Gybbon,  a  mantelio  dictus 
ceruleo,  Authour  of  Day  Fatality,  Introductio  ad  Latinam  Blasoniam, 
Edwardus  Confessor  Redivivus  and  many  other  pieces,  King  Charles 
gave  him  his  office  freely,  1670.  But  afterward  the  Duke  of  Norff. 

a  41  Hurt.  Soc.  publ. 


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made     .     .     .'     On  the  fly  leaf  at  the  end  he  has  written  some  rather 
illegible  Latin  verses,  followed  by  some  lines  in  English,  beginning : 
'  Dear  Sir,  I  pray,  wt  is  in  yr  intent  ? 

With  want  to  stuff  the  Heralds  condiment,'  etc.,  etc.  Of  his 
many  writings,  some  of  which  he  has  enumerated  above,  Edward 
Gibbon  says  '  his  manner  is  quaint  and  affected,  his  order  confused,  he 
displays  some  wit,  more  reading,  and  still  more  enthusiasm,  and  if  an 
enthusiast  be  often  absurd,  he  is  never  languid  ...  in  his  poetry 
he  claims  an  exemption  from  the  laws  of  Prosody.'  It  is  interesting  to 
find  this  old  book  so  coming  into  touch  with  one  of  the  great  works  of 
English  literature.  There  is  nothing  to  show  to  whom  it  belonged 
after  Gibbon,  until  it  became  part  of  the  heraldic  library  of  the  late 
Sir  Thomas  Phillips,  whence  it  passed  to  its  present  owner. 

In  the  following  notes  I  have  only  blasoned  the  Yorkshire  arms  which 
are  not  in  the  Elizabethan  or  Constable's  Rolls  (41  Surtees  Soc.  publ.), 
or  in  '  Sir  William  Fayrfax's  booke  of  arms  of  Yorkshire'  (Foster's 
Visit,  of  Yorkshire).  Of  the  Durham  and  Northumberland  shields  I 
have  not  blasoned  those  which  are  given  in  the  above  Elizabethan  Roll, 
or  those  which  are  already  well-known  in  the  printed  visitations  of 
these  two  counties.  The  additional  shields  are  not  of  great  interest, 
being  mostly  of  late  date,  illustrating  grants  made  in  the  later  years  of 
the  sixteenth  century. 

In  the  notes,  E  refers  to  the  Elizabethan  roll ;  F  to  Fayrfax's  book 
of  arms  in  Foster's  Visit,  of  Yorkshire ;  and  C  to  Constable's  Roll. 
THE  BALLIWICKE  OF  STAFFORD  CUM  TiCKLESSE. — There  are  thirty -two 
shields  given  for  this  division,  of  which  the  following  fourteen  do 
not  appear  in  C,  E,  or  F  :  — 

SWIFT  of  Rotherram. — Gold  on  a  fess  wavy  between  three  running 
bucks,  vert,  three  arrow  heads  silver,  on  a  chief  azure  three  escallops 
silver.  See  Hunter's  South  Yorkshire  i,  204,  and  Foster's  Visit,  of 
Yorkshire,  576,  where  the  visual  coat  for  this  family,  gold,  a  chevron 
vair  between  three  running  bucks,  is  given.  The  blason  in  the  text 
is  a  late  debased  form. 

HOLME  of  Hampole. — Sable,  a  lion  bendy  silver  and  gules.  See  Foster's 
Visit,  of  Yorkshire,  361.  These  arms  were  confirmed  to  John  Holmes 
of  North  Mymes,  Hertfordshire,  in  1552. 

DEANMAN. — Gules,  a  chevron  between  three  sheaves,  gold.  See  Hunter's 
South  Yorkshire,  u,  75,  and  Foster's  Visit,  of  Yorkshire,  346. 
Denman  of  Newhall  Grange  bore,  silver,  three  lions  heads,  rased 
gules.  The  shield  given  in  the  text  is  an  erroi'. 

POLLJNGTON. — Paly,  silver  and  gules,  a  bend  counter  changed.  This 
shield  is  quartered  by  Wentworth  of  Went  worth,  in  Tonge's  and 
Glover's  Visitations  of  Yorkshire  (See  41  Surt.  Soc.  publ.,  75,  and 
Foster's  Visit,  of  Yorkshire,  374).  William  WTent worth,  temp.  Ed.  n, 
married  the  coheiress  of  William  Pollington.  It  is  not  blasoned  in 
the  rolls  of  arms. 

P ASHLEY  of  Barnby. — Silver,  a  chevron  between  three  pierced  molets 
azure.  The  arms  of  the  old  Yorkshire  family  of  Paslew,  blasoned  for 
John  Paslew  in  Jenyn's  Booke  of  Arms.  At  St.  George's  Visit,  of 
Yorkshire  in  1612  this  shield  is  quartered  by  Portington  of  Barnby 
Don.  The  heiress  of  Robert  Paslew  married  Robert  Portington  early 
in  the  sixteenth  century  (Foster's  Visit,  of  Yorkshire,  362).  The  shield 
in  the  text  is  probably  meant  for  Pashley  of  Stainton,  who  bore  the 
chevron  and  molets  sable  (Hunter's  South  Yorkshire,  i,  259). 
WORRELL  of  Liverhaule. — Silver,  two  lions  passant  sable,  tongues 
gules,  on  a  chief  sable  three  covered  cups  silver.  See  Hunter's  South 
Yorkshire,  i,  62,  and  Foster's  Visit,  of  Yorkshire,  349.  The  arms  of 


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Wyrrall  of  Loversall,  confirmed  to  them  in  1537.  The  '  lions '  should 
be  '  leopards '  and  the  '  cups '  gold. 

BLITHE. — Silver,  three  stags  walking  gules.  With  the  field  ermine,  this 
is  the  shield  of  Blythe  of  Barnby  and  Rotherham,  granted  in  1486, 
and  confirmed  by  Flower  in  1566.  In  F  the  shield  is  blasoned  with 
one  stag  only  (Foster's  Visit,  of  Yorkshire,  321,  646). 

WESTBY  of  Ravenfield. — Silver,  on  a  bend  azure  three  pierced  cinque- 
foils  silver.  The  cinquefoils  should  be  on  a  chevron,  the  bearings 
granted  to  Westby  of  Mowbreck,  Lancashire,  1560,  and  confirmed  to 
the  above  branch  by  Glover  in  1584,  with  the  difference  of  a  crescent 
(See  Foster's  Visit,  of  Yorkshire,  363,  and  36  Surt.  Soc.  publ.,  174). 

SHEARLEBY  of  Hartile. — Gules,  on  a  cross  potence  silver  four  roundels 
azure,  over  all  a  baston  gobony  gold  and  azure.  The  shield  of  Serby 
of  Harthill  (See  Hunter's  South  Yorkshire,  I,  140).  The  cross  is 
usually  a  mill  rind,  one  with  the  roundels  gules  and  the  baston  silver 
and  azure.  See  also  Foster's  Visit,  of  Yorkshire,  364,  where  the  cross 
is  charged  with  '  5  annulets  sable.' 

STANFORD. — Per  chevron  sable  and  ermine,  in  chief  two  boar's  heads 
silver.  A  shield  I  am  unable  to  identify. 

WALTERHOUSE  of  Browell. — Gold,  a  pile  engrailed  sable.  The  arms  of 
Waterhouse  of  Braithwell,  see  Hunter's  South  Yorkshire,  i,  132,  and 
for  pedigree,  Foster's  Visit,  of  Yorkshire,  353,  where  no  arms  are 
given. 

ROOKESKIERS. — Silver,  on  a  chevron  between  three  rooks  sable  three 
molets  silver.  The  arms  are  those  of  Rokeby  of  Skier's  Hall,  a 
cadet  branch  of  Rokeby  of  Rokeby,  from  whose  arms  these  are 
differenced  (See  Hunter's  South  Yorkshire,  i,  132  ;  36  Surt.  Soc. 
publ.,  189,  Foster's  Visit,  of  Yorkshire,  353). 

LEWIS  of  Marr. — Sable,  a  chevron  between  three  bloody  spear  heads 
silver.  Attributed  to  this  family  in  error,  though  a  similar  shield  was 
borne  by  Lewis  of  Glamorgan  (Glover's  Ordinary).  Lewis  of  Marr 
bore  sable  a  chevron  between  three  slipped  trefoils  silver,  the  next 
shield  which  is  attributed  to  '  Bussy '  in  this  book.  For  Lewis  of  Marr, 
see  Hunter's  South  Yorkshire,  i,  361 ;  36  Surt.  Soc.  publ.,  290,  291. 

BUSSY. — Sable,  a  chevron  between  three  slipped  trefoils  silver.  This 
is  the  shield  of  Lewis  of  Marr  (see  above).  Glover's  Ordinary  gives 
for  '  Sir  Jo.  Bussy '  sable,  an  escucheon  within  an  orle  of  eight  cinque- 
foils  silver. 

THE  BALLIWICKE  OF  SKYRACKE. — Fifteen  shields  are  here  blasoned, 
of  which  all  but  two  are  in  F  or  E  : — 

COPPINGDALL. — Silver,  a  molet  sable,  on  a  chief  sable  three  piles  silver. 
This  family  does  not  occur  in  the  visitations,  nor  have  I  been  able 
to  find  an  account  of  it.  Glover's  Ordinary  gives  for  '  Copindale  '  a 
similar  coat,  but  with  the  chief  indented  sable.  Papworth  gives  the 
3oat  in  the  text  for  Copingdale,  Yorkshire. 

BLADEN  of  Hemsworth. — Gules,  three  chevrons  silver.  Papworth 
gives  this  shield  for  Bladen  of  Glastonbury,  co.  Somerset.  It  is  not 
blasoned  in  the  rolls  of  arms  nor  in  the  visitations. 

THE  BALLIWICKE  OF  BARKSTONE. — Twenty-two  shields  are  in  this 
division,  all  but  two  in  C,  E,  or  F  : — 

SKERNE  of  Foskerby. — Gules,  a  castle  triple  towered  gold  (See  The 
Genealogist,  v,  33,  and  Foster's  Visit,  of  Yorkshire,  108).  The  shield 
in  the  text  does  not  appear  in  any  other  authority. 

HOULDENBY  of  Houldenby.  Gules,  a  fess  between  three  covered  cups 
gold.  The  field  of  this  shield  should  be  verfc,  see  grant  of  crest  by 
Flower,  printed  in  Foster's  Visit,  of  Yorkshire,  480,  for  pedigree  Ibid., 
305. 


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THE  BALLIWICKE  OF  AGBRiDGE. — Seventeen  shields  are  drawn,  all  of 
which  appear  in  E,  with  one  or  two  unimportant  changes  in  colour. 
They  are  mostly  in  the  same  order  as  in  E,  but  some  there  given  are 
not  in  the  text.  Seven  additional  shields  are  tricked  in  outline,  only 
by  a  later  hand. 

THE  BALLIWICKE  OP  MORLEY. — The  fifteen  shields  here  drawn  are 
the  same  and  in  the  same  order,  with  two  omissions,  as  in  E. 

THE  BALLIWICKE  OF  SiANECROSS  CUM  OsGOODCROSSE. — This  division 
is  not  in  E.  With  the  exception  of  the  two  shields  blasoned  below 
the  twelve  here  drawn  are  in  F  :  — 

BURDET. — Azure,  on  two  bars  silver  three  martlets  gules,  two  and  one. 
See  Foster's  Visit,  of  Yorkshire,  330-338,  for  arms  of  Yorkshire  family, 
and  41  Surt.  Soc.  pnbl.,  xliv.,  for  grant  of  crest  by  Dethicke  Garter, 
in  1599.  In  Willement's  roll  of  Richard  n  'Monsr  John  Burdet* 
bears  azure,  two  bars  gold,  each  charged  with  three  martlets  gules. 

GREGSON. — Silver,  a  saltire  gules  debruised  by  three  bars  sable,  a 
canton  cheeky  gold  and  azure.  Papworth  (1052)  gives  this  shield  for 
the  Lancashire  family.  The  family  of  Derbyshire  and  later  of  co. 
Durham  omitted  the  bars. 

THE    BALLIWICKE    OF    YAWCROSSE. — Of   the   seventeen   shields   here 
blasoned,  the  first  fifteen  are  in  the  same  order  as  E,  there  are  some 
slight  and  unimportant  variations  in  the  blason.    Of  the  remaining  two 
'  Talbott '  is  in  F,  and  the  following  strange  name  is  not  in  either  :  — 
WIGGLESWORTH. — Gules,  three  arches  silver. 

THE  BALLIWICKE  OF  CLARO. — This  division  is  not  in  E.  There  are 
twenty-four  shields  here  drawn,  of  which  all  except  the  following 
are  in  F,  or  other  divisions  of  E  : — 

BARNARD. — Azure  on  a  bend,  silver,  three  escallops  azure.  The  arms 
of  Byrnand  of  Knaresborough,  they  were  quartered  by  Babthorpe, 
who  married  the  heiress  of  Byrnand  (Foster's  Visit,  of  Yorkshire,  103). 

VAUX. — Sable,  a  hawk  silver,  in  dexter  chief,  a  voided  lozenge  silver, 
An  unknown  shield. 

STAVELEY. — Barry  silver  and  gules,  over  all  a  fleur  de  lis  sable  (See 
Foster's  Visit,  of  Yorkshire,  635).  In  Grimaldi's  Roll  '  Adam  Staveley 
de  Dent  port  de  gules  et  d' argent  barres  de  viij  peces  avec  un  flo. 
de  lice  de  sable.' 

LAWSON. — Paly  gules  and  vert,  on  a  chevron  silver  two  cinquefoils 
gules,  on  a  chief  silver  a  roundel  sable  charged  with  a  demi  lion  silver 
between  two  crescents  sable.  In  F  a  similar  coat  to  this  is  borne 
by  Peter  Lawson  of  Poppleton  (Foster's  Visit,  of  Yorkshire,  644). 
Comment  upon  either  would  be  superfluous. 

THE  AYNSTY  .OF  YORKE. — This  division  is  not  in  E  :  of  the  twelve 
shields  here  drawn,  all  but  the  three  following  are  in  F : — 

NEWWARKE. — Azure,  two  bars  gemell  silver,  in  chief  three  lion's  heads, 
rased  silver  (See  Foster's  Visit,  of  Yorkshire,  92,  and  36  Surt.  Soc, 
publ.,  194). 

HARGILL. — Silver,  a  griffin  with  expanded  wings,  party  per  fess  gules 
and  sable.  For  the  arms  of  Hargill  of  Clementhorpe,  see  Foster's 
Visit,  of  Yorkshire,  371.  The  shield  hero  drawn  is  that  of  Hargrave 
of  Cheshire  (Glover's  Ordinary}. 

STANDLEY. — Silver,  on  a  chevron  sable  between  three  voided  lozenges 
sable  three  stag's  heads  cabossed  silver.  A  differenced  Stanley 
shield,  but  of  which  family  I  am  unable  to  determine. 

THE  BALLIWICKE  OF  BuLLMERSHiRE. — This  balliwicke  is  not  in  E  ; 
with  the  exception  of  two,  all  the  shields, are  given  in  F  : — 

HOLME  of  Huntingdon.  Silver,  a  chevron  azure  between'three  chaplets 
gules  (See  Foster's  Visit,  of  Yorkshire,  224). 


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RAYSON. — Vert,  on  a  cross  silver  five  roundels  azure.     The  arms  of 

Rasing  of  Malton,  see  Foster's  Visit,  of  Yorkshire,  181. 
THE  BALLIWICKE  OF  RIDALL  CUM  PICKERING  LIETH. — Fifteen  shields 

are    hero    drawn,    all    of    which    except    two    appear    with    slight 

differences  in  F  or  E  : — 
HUCHESON. — Gules,    crusilly   gold   and  a   lion   silver.      Probably  for 

Hutchinson  of  Wykeham ;    the  field  should  be  party  gules  and  azure 

(Foster's  Visit,  of  Yorkshire,  183). 
IPPLETHEWAITE    of    Malton. — Silver,  two    pales    azure    and  a  quarter 

gold.      This  shield,   which  should  bear  a  pierced  molet  sable  on  the 

quarter,  is  that  of  Heblethwaite  of  Yorkshire,  granted  1570.      Foster's 

Visit,  of  Yorkshire,  240  ;    36  Surt.  Soc.  publ.,  205. 
THE  BALLIWICKE  OF  GILLING  EAST. — The  ten  shields  here  blasoned  all 

appear  in  E.     There  are  also  five  shields  roughly  tricked  in  outline 

by  a  later  hand,  being  late  grants  they  are  of  no  particular  interest :  — 
THE    BALLIWICKE    OF    GILLING    WEST. — The    fifteen   shields   in   this 

division  are  all  in  F  or  E. 
THE  BALLIWICKE    OF   HANG    EAST. — The  six  shields  in  the  text  are 

all  blasoned  in  E. 
THE   BALLIWICKE   OF    HANG  WEST. — Of   the  ten  shields  here  all  but 

the  following  are  in  F  or  E  :  — 
ESHE. — Silver,  two  chevrons  sable.     Glover's  Ordinary  gives  this  shield 

for  Ashe  of  Somersetshire. 

THE    BALLIWICKE     OF    LANGBROUGHE     Cum    WHITE Y    STRAUND. — Seven 

shields  all  in  E. 
THE  BALLIWICKE  OF  BRADFORD  cum  ALLERTONSHiRE. — Eleven  shields 

all  in  E. 
THE  BALLIWICKE  OF  HouLDERNESS. — Not  in  E.     Twenty-nine  shields 

are  blasoned  in  the  text,  of  which  seven  do  not  appear  in  F,  or  other 

divisions  of  E  :  — 
THORPE  of  Thorpe. — Silver,  a  lion  gules  within  an  orle  of  fleurs  de  lis 

azure  (See  Foster's  Visit,  of  Yorkshire,  53). 
LEAGARD  of  Rysome. — Silver,  on  a  bend  between  six  molets  gules  a 

cross  paty  silver  (See  41   Surt.  Soc.  publ.,  Ill,  and  Foster's  Visit. 

of  Yorkshire,  54). 
STURLEY  of  Rosso. — Barry  gold  and  purple,  over  all  a  bend  sable.     A 

shield  I  am  unable  to  identify.      '  Sturley  '  bore  paly  of  six  gold  and 

sable,  according  to  Papworth. 
WRIGHT  of  Plowland. — Silver,  a  fess  cheeky  gold  and   azure  between 

three  unicorn's  heads  rased  azure.      The  field  should  be  gold,  the  fess 

silver  and  azure,  and  the  heads  eagles,  as  granted  by  Flower,  Norroy  in 

1584  (See  36  Surt  Soc.  publ.,  98,  and  Foster's  Visit,  of  Yorkshire,  145). 
FLINTON   of   Flinton. — Silver,    a    cross    fusilly    gules    (See    Poulson's 

Holderness,  n,  52). 
MAINES. — Silver,    on    a   bend   sable    three  dexter  hands  silver.     The 

shield  of  Mayne  of  Rowlston,  see  Foster's  Visit,  of  Yorkshire,  150. 
LAYTHON. — Gold,  a   lion's   jamb  bendways   rased   gules,    on   a    chief 

indented  azure  three  roundels  silver.     An  unknown  coat  which  I  am 

unable  to  trace.      Eyton  of  Denbigh  bore  the  shield"  without  the  chief. 

The  Laytons  of  Yorkshire  bore  a  fess  between  crosses  crosslet  fitchy. 
THE  BALLIWICKE  OF  OusE  and  DARWEN. — Not  in  E.     Twelve  shields 

are  drawn,  of  which  all  but  one  are  in  F,  or  different  divisions  of  E  : — 
GURNE. — Vert  a  lion  between  three  battle  axes  paleways  silver.      An 

unknown  shield. 
THE    BALLIWICKE    OF    HARTHiLL. — Twenty-two  shields  of    which    the 

first  twelve  are  in  the  same  order  as  in  E,  the  remainder  with  one 

exception  appear  in  E  under  '  Buckross.' 


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WATERS. — Silver,  a  bend  cotised  sable  between  four  lions  sable 
Papworth  gives  gold,  a  bend  between  two  cotises  and  six  lions  sables 
for  Warter,  but  gives  no  reference  for  it  (p.  206). 

THE  BALLIWICKE  OF  BUCKHURST  and  DICKERING. — Thirteen  shields, 
all  in  E,  except :  — 

HARDING. — Gules,   two  pales  gold,   on    a   chief    gold    three    roundels 
gules.      An  unknown  shield. 
Gibbon,  Bluemantle,  writes  here  : — '  Heere  ends  Yorkshire  ;  Hie  exit 

provincia  Eboracensis.'      '  Johannes  Gybbon  a  mantelio  dictus  ceruleo.' 

Bishopbricke  divided  into  four  wards,  that  is  to  say,  DARNETON, 
STOCKTON,  EASINGTON,  and  CHESTER. 

DARNETON  WARDE  IN  DURHAM  BISHOPRICKE  Twenty-nine  shields  are 
blasoned  in  this  ward,  of  which  the  three  following  are  not  in  E  ;  others 
are  not  in  E,  but  are  easily  accessible  in  Foster's  Visit,  of  Durham, 
with  which,  except  for  some  unimportant  differences,  they  agree : — 

LANCHESTER  of  HEADLAW. — Silver,  two  bends  gules,  on  a  quarter  gules 
a  lion  passant  silver.  This  appears  to  be  the  well-known  coat  of 
Lancaster,  differenced  by  using  '  bends  '  instead  of  '  bars  '  !  I  can 
find  no  account  of  the  family. 

FOLLENSBY  of  Hamsterley. — Gold,  a  bend  sable  between  two  bastons 
embattled  sable. 

DALTON. — Silver,  three  lozenges  gules,  each  charged  with  a  saltire 
silver.  Glover's  Ordinary  gives  this  for  Dalton,  but  reverses  the 
colours  of  the  lozenges  and  saltires. 

STOCKTON  WARD. — There  are  eleven  shields  in  the  text,  all  of  which, 
with  one  exception,  are  in  E,  or  Foster's  Visit,  of  Durham  :  — 

WHITEHEAD. — Silver  two  bars,  and  in  chief  three  molets  gules,  a  ring 
sable  for  difference. 

The  canting  shield  of  '  Elstobb '  is  as  in  E,  and  after  it  Gibbon  notes 
'  these  are  eelspeares,  and  is  an  allusion  from  stabbing  of  eeles.' 

EASINGTON  WARD. — Seventeen  shields  in  this  ward,  of  which  the 
following  two  are  not  in  E.  nor  in  Foster's  Visit,  of  the  county. 

COXSON  of  the  little  town. — Gules,  a  fess  embattled  silver  between 
three  demi  leopards  silver  crowned  gold. 

WALTON. — Silver,  on  a  chief  gules  three  roundels  ermine. 

CHESTER  WARD. — This  ward  not  in  E.  Twenty-five  shields  are  bla- 
soned here.  With  slight  differences  they  are,  except  the  following, 
to  be  found  in  the  additions  to  E  (p.  xxxv)  and  in  Foster's  Visitations 
of  Durham : — 

HALL,  Greencroft. — Sable,  two  hound's  heads  silver  with  collars  gules. 

HAGTHORP. — Azure,  between  two  bends  gemell  three  billets  silver.  This 
differs  from  the  Visitation  arms,  see  Foster's  Visit,  of  Durham,  142. 

FORSTER  of  Harberhouse. — Sable,  on  a  chevron  engrailed  gold  between 
three  leopard's  faces  silver  three  rings  sable. 

(No  Name.) — Ermine,  on  a  chevron  gules  three  cinquefoils  silver,  a 
crescent  gules  in  chief. 

THE  GENTLEMEN  OF  NORTHUMBERLAND. — There  are  forty-four  shields 
depicted,  they  are  mostly  the  same  as  in  E,  with  some  slight  differ- 
ences in  colours ;  those  not  in  E  agree  with  the  Craster  Tables4  and 
the  bearings  blasoned  at  the  Visitations,  they  do  not  add  to  our  know- 
ledge of  Northumbrian  heraldry.  The  following  is  the  only  shield 
not  blasoned  in  the  Visitations  or  above  rolls : — 

REED  of  Fenham. — Silver,  a  winged  dragon  gules,  on  a  chief  azure, 
three  fleurs  de  lis  gold. 
Thanks  were  voted  to  the  Rev.  T.  Stephens  who  sent  the  volume  for 

exhibition,  and  to  Mr.  C.  H.  Blair. 

4  ^.rch.  Ael,  XXIV,  244, 


245 

ANCIENT   LOCAL  DOCUMENTS. 

The  chairman  read  the  following  :  — 

In  a  bundle  of  deeds  recently  received,  through  our  colleague,  Mr. 
R.  O.  Heslop,  from  Mr.  F.  W.  Leach,  Strathmore  Crescent,  Benwell, 
were  some  of  local  interest.  Those  which  related  to  the  convey- 
ance of  houses  and  land  have  been  added  to  a  paper  on  '  Local 
Muniments '  for  the  forthcoming  volume  of  Archaeologia  Aeliana  ;  two 
others  seemed  better  adapted  for  printing  in  the  Society's  Proceedings. 
The  first  of  these  two  is  a  pre-Reformation  will.  In  the  volumes  of 
wills  published  by  the  Surtees  Society  are  many  examples  of  these 
early  testamentary  dispositions  ;  in  our  publications  they  do  not  seem 
to  appear.  Unfortunately,  neither  Eleanor  Hornby,  who  made  the 
will,  nor  Sir  Robert  Hornby,  priest,  her  son,  can  be  traced  in  local 
history.  But  in  the  Newcastle  Merchant  Adventurers'  Books,  edited 
for  the  Surtees  Society  by  Mr.  Dendy  (vol.  xcm,  p.  82),  Robert  Hornby, 
merchant,  is  entered  under  date  Jan.  9,  1514-15,  as  paying  a  fine  of 
3s.  4d.,  because,  being  beyond  sea,  he  'bought  certain  yren  for  a  smith 
called  John  Dodds,'  contrary  to  the  constitution,  order,  and  agreement 
of  the  fellowship.  It  is  probable  that  dame  Eleanor  Hornby  was  his 
widow,  for  she  describes  her  late  husband  as  'Robert  Hornby,  mer- 
chant,' while  her  clerical  son  bore  the  same  name,  and  no  other  Robert 
Hornby  appears  on  the  Merchant  Adventurers'  roll. 

The  property  mentioned  in  this  will  is  described  as  being  in  '  Brokes 
chare,  otherwise  Hornbyse,  or  Burton's  chare.'  It  comprised  a  house 
and  garden  with  three  other  tenements,  thus  affording  further  proof,  if 
any  be  needed,  that  these  narrow  Quayside  chares  were  originally  lanes 
giving  access  to  private  dwellings,  and  of  ample  width  for  their  purpose. 
Some  of  the  houses  were  detached  residences,  with  garden  plots 
adjoining  ;  and  the  house  and  garden  named  in  the  will  may  have  been 
the  home  of  Robert  Hornby,  merchant,  and  of  his  widow  after  him. 
Who  shall  say  that  the  chare  itself,  long  known  as  Hornby's,  and  down 
to  our  own  day  as  Hornsby's  chare,5  did  not  take  its  name  from  this 
worthy  citizen,  whose  widow's  will  has  just  come  to  light  ? 

The  other  document  relates  to  a  case  of  trespass  and  ejectment  in 
Newcastle.  One  Thomas  Vessey,  gentleman,  about  whom  nothing  is 
traceable,  agreed  with  Thomas  Jaynes,  merchant,  and  Thomas  Bullock, 
for  a  seven  years  lease  of  five  messuages  in  Newcastle.  Jaynes  appears 
in  the  Hostmen's  books,  edited  by  Mr.  Dendy,  as  the  son  of  Thomas 
Jaynes  of  London,  and  was  enrolled  apprentice  to  Ralph  Bowes  of 
Newcastle,  at  the  end  of  May,  1661.  The  lease  was  made  on  the  1st 
of  March,  1679-80,  (to  date  from  the  day  before)  and  on  that  very  same 
day,  the  1st  of  March,  Vessey  having  taken  possession,  the  parties 
quarrelled  and  Jaynes  by  force  of  arms  drove  Vessey  out.  Thereupon 
Vessey  brought  his  action,  claiming  201.  damages.  The  case  was  set 
down  for  trial  at  Newcastle  Assizes,  when  the  jury  reduced  the  plain- 
tiff's claim  of  20Z.  to  2d.,  but  upheld  his  right  to  the  fulfilment  of  the 
lease,  and  ordered  the  defendant  to  pay  40s.  fine  and  costs. 

A    PRE-REFORMATION    WILL. 

In  the  Name  of  Gode  Amen.  I  Elenore  Hornby,  late  Wyfe  of  Roberte 
Hornby  m'chunte  decesede  hole  off  mynde  &  wylle  all  yff  I  be  seke  in 
body  the  xxvjti  day  off  Junij  in  the  yere  of  owre  Lorde  a  thousande 
fyve  hundrethe  xxxvj1'  make  my  testamente  and  laste  wyll  in  manere 
&  forme  followynge  firste  I  gyve  &  bequeithe  my  soule  to  Almyghty 
God  &  to  owre  lady  sancte  Mary  &  to  all  the  sancts  of  heven  my  body 

5  Brand,  Hist.  Newcastle,  ii,  22,  states  that  the  names  of  chares  were  altered  with 
changes  of  ownership.     Vide  also  Mr.  Dendy's  paper  in  Arch.  Ael.,  2nd  ser.,  xviii,  245. 

[Proe.   3  Ser.  ill,  36] 


to  be  burryede  w't'n  the  chirche  off  All  hallo wes  where  my  husbande 
lieth  ther  Also  I  gyve  &  bequeithe  to  Gode  sancte  John  ande  to  the 
chaplen  at  the  altere  off  sancte  Loye  ther  celebratinge  a  house  or 
tenement  lyinge  &  sett  in  brokes  chare  other  wyse  called  hornbyse 
chare  or  burtone  chare  whiche  tenement  w*  the  gardynge  &  othere 
p'tineiits  my  late  husbande  had  off  the  gyfte  ande  dimissione  off  the 
chaplene  off  the  saide  chantre  in  fe  ferme  to  haue  to  the  saide  chaplene 
ande  hys  successors  for  evere  vpone  this  condicone  followinge  so  yl  my 
doughter  Janet  talyore  haue  the  said  house  and  gardinge  duringe  herr 
lyfe  naturalle  and  she  to  pay  yerly  to  the  saide  chauntre  preeste  &  hys 
successors  duringe  hyre  lyfe  naturalle  xxiijs.  uijd.  starlynge  money  ande 
the  saide  chauntre  preest  ande  hys  successors  chauntre  preests  shilbe 
bounde  yerly  for  ever  more  on  the  morowe  after  sancte  Andro  day 
cause  solempe  masse  off  requiem  ande  clirige  be  doone  w*  vij  preests  & 
the  clarke  at  the  alter  off  sancte  Johne  ande  all  the  bells  to  be  ronge 
ande  two  serges  of  waxe  burnynge  all  the  saide  masse  &  dirige  tyme 
and  the  belman  to  go  a  bowte  the  towne  yerly  for  ever  more.  Ande  in 
case  y*  the  said  chauntre  preeste  or  any  of  hys  successors  chauntre 
preests  therin  be  necligent  &  omytte  or  deferre  the  said  masse  &  dirige 
or  any  off  the  p' misses  afor  rehersed  at  the  tyme  befor  lymitted  in  this 
my  wyll  thane  I  wyil  yl  the  foure  sup'iors  [of]  the  chauntre  preestes 
y*  is  to  say  the  preest  off  the  chauntre  off  owre  lady  of  sancte  thorn's 
of  sancte  kateryn  ande  sancte  peter  ande  ther  successors  chauntre 
preests  [for]  the  tyme  beyinge  shall  enter  vpon  the  said  tenemente  ande 
gardinge  as  assignors  for  my  husband  ande  me  to  the  vse  of  ther  said 
chaimterys  ande  the  said  chauntre  preests  and  ther  successors  for  the 
tyme  beynge  to  cause  the  forsaid  masse  and  dirige  ande  all  other  the 
p' misses  before  rehersed  to  be  done  yerly  for  my  soule  and  my  husbands 
souie  in  maner  ande  forme  affor  said  for  evere  Also  I  wyll  that  thes 
implements  remayn  all  wey  w*  the  said  tenement  that  is  to  say  a 
greate  lern  chymney  in  the  haule  a  gallus  of  Tern  ther  to  belonginge  a 
greate  chiste  &  pressore  ande  a  stande  bedde  Also  I  gyve  ande 
bequiethe  to  my  saide  clowghter  Janet  talyor  duringe  hyr  lyfe  naturalle 
thre  tenements  lyinge  ande  set  in  the  said  chare  whiche  my  husband 
haithe  of  the  dimissione  of  Richard  hardinge  off  holonsyde  and  after 
the  lyfe  naturalle  of  my  saide  dowghter  Janet  I  gyve  ande  beqiiiethe 
the  said  thre  tenements  to  the  beyd  folkes  of  the  t'inte  [Trinity]  house6 
so  y1  the  forsaid  fowre  preests  off  the  forsaid  fowre  chauntries  haue  the 
collectione  of  the  rents  of  the  forsaid  tenements  and  to  se  y*  the  said 
tenements  be  kepte  in  rep' aeons  ande  to  pay  the  white  rente  of  the 
same  And  the  reste  of  the  money  to  be  distribute  to  ye  said  beyde 
folkes  at  two  tymes  in  the  yer  by  equale  portions  the  one  halfe  at  the 
feste  of  the  purificatione  of  owre  lady  and  the  other  halfe  at  the  feste 
off  sancte  peter  called  aduincla  ande  the  said  foure  preests  to  have  xijd. 
off  the  said  yerly  for  ther  labores  The  residewe  of  all  my  goods 
moveable  and  not  moveable  not  gyven  nor  bequeithed  I  gyve  and 
bequeithe  to  my  sone  Sr  Robrt  hornby  preeste  ande  to  my  dowghter 
Janet  talyore  whome  I  orden  ande  makethe  my  executors  of  this  my 
wylle  ande  testament  they  to  dispone  for  my  husbands  soule  ande  myn 
ande  all  the  soules  of  them  y*  we  be  bounde  to  pry  for  as  they  thinke 
beste  And  I  maike  Mr  James  Lawsone7  m'ch'unte  sup'uisore  off 
this  my  wylle  ande  testamente  yl  he  se  that  my  wyll  ande  testament  be 
fulfylled  in  all  thinges  for  in  hym  I  truste  Thes  witnesses  Cristofer 

c  The  books  of  the  Trinity  House  show  that,  in  1550,  3*.  4d.  was  paid  for  a  copy  of 
the  wills  of  dame  Hornby  and  Janet  Coward. 

7  An  eminent  alderman,  who  looms  large  and  high  in  local  administration  at  the 
date  of  this  will— sheriff  in  1523  and  mayor  in  15-29  and  1540.  He  purchased  from  the 
Crown  the  dissolved  monastery  of  Nesham  in  1540,  and  the  manor  of  Byker  in  1543. 


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ferbeke  smithe  Joh'ne  Awmery8  m'ch'unte  ande  Willm  Rotheley 
cowper  withe  other  moo  Also  I  gyve  ande  bequeithe  to  my  sone  Sr 
Robrt  hornby  preest  vj  syluer  spones  ande  a  standinge  maser  w*  the 
covorynge  he  not  to  sell  theme  bod  if  greate  nede  compelle  hym  therto 
Also  I  will  that  the  saide  Sr  Rob1  horneby  shall  singe  for  the  sowles 
of  my  husbonde  and  me  the  space  of  one  hole  yere  and  he  to  haue  for 
his  salarye  or  wagis  for  the  same  yere  iiij  marcs  and  mete  and  drinke. 
Proved  at  Durham,  August  9,  1537. 

A    CASE    OF    TRESPASS    AND    EJECTION. 

At  Westminster,  in  Trinity  term,  32  Chas.  11,  Thomas  Vessey,  gentle- 
man, by  Nicholas  Harding  his  attorney,  preferred  a  bill  against  Thomas 
Jaynes  for  trespass  and  ejection.  His  complaint  was  that  on  the  1st  of 
March,  32  Chas.  n,  Thomas  Jaynes,  with  one  Thomas  Bullock,  at  the 
town  and  county  of  Newcastle  upon  Tyne,  demised,  conceded  and  to 
farm  let  to  him  the  said  Thomas  Vessey,  five  messuages  with  the 
appurtenances,  situate  lying  and  being  in  the  town  and  county  afore- 
said, to  have  and  hold  the  same  to  him  the  said  Thomas  Vassey  and  his 
assigns  from  the  last  day  of  February  then  last  past  for  the  term  of 
seven  years  next  following  and  that,  in  fulfilment  and  by  virtue  of  the 
said  demise  he,  the  said  Thomas  Vessey  entered  into  possession.  Where- 
upon the  said  Thomas  Jaynes,  on  the  1st  of  March  in  the  year  above 
written,  by  force  of  arms  entered  into  the  tenements  aforesaid,  and  him 
the  said  Thomas  Vessey,  ejected,  expelled  and  removed,  etc.,  against  the 
peace  of  our  lord  the  king  and  to  the  damage  of  plaintiff,  20?.  Jaynes, 
by  Arthur  Gittens,  his  attorney,  denied  the  injury,  and  said  he  was  not 
culpable  and  thereupon  placed  himself  upon  his  country.  After  further 
hearing  the  case  was  set  down  to  be  tried  at  Newcastle  Summer  Assizes. 
The  assizes  began  on  the  7th  August  in  that  year,  the  judges  being  Sir 
William  Dolben,  knight,  of  the  King's  Bench  and  Sir  Edward  Atkin, 
knight,  one  of  the  barons  of  the  Exchequer.  Witnesses  were  called  and 
the  jury  found  that  Jaynes  was  culpable.  They  assessed  the  damage 
by  trespass  and  ejection,  over  and  above  the  fine  and  costs  incurred  in 
the  course  of  the  suit,  at  twopence  and  the  fine  and  costs  at  forty 
shillings.  Therefore  judgment  was  given  that  Vessey  should  recover 
from  Jaynes  his  said  term  still  to  come  of  and  in  the  said  messuages, 
and  the  damage  assessed  by  the  jury  in  the  aforesaid  manner. 

GATES  HEAD  PARISH  ACCOUNTS. 

Mr.  Welford  further  stated  that  a  parcel  of  MSS.  obtained  by  him 
from  a  London  bookseller  contained  a  number  of  accounts  rendered  to 
the  stewards  of  Gateshead  for  work  done  by  their  order  or  on  their 
behalf.  These  accounts  begin  with  the  eighteenth  century,  when 
William  Coatsworth  and  Robert  Leighton  were  stewards,9  and  extend, 
with  wide  intervals,  down  to  nearly  the  end  of  that  period.  Among 
them  are  several  of  an  interesting  though  not  very  valuable  character. 

s  John  Almery's  name  appears  in  the  Merchant  Adventurers'  Books  (op.  cit.)  as 
apprenticed  to  Robert  Millott  in  1516  17. 

'.'  Thp  borough  stewards  during  the  eighteenth  century  were  as  follows: — 

llTillI~~,    ^*   .„*  -__j.l- 1    T»-T: -i^rr/\       ml .~       I  I  . .  4- ,.1 . :  . .    .  1      '1 


1701.  William  Coatsworth  and  Robert 

Leighton. 

1703.  Robert  Sutton  and  John  Cooper. 
1710.  Charles  Jordan  and  William  Oonnison. 
1716.  Edward  Fawcett  and  Jonathan  Bell. 
1719.  John  Thursby  and  William  Stephenson 
1735.  Thomas  Coulson  and  John  Fawcett. 

1739.  Robert  Grieve  and        do.        do. 

1740.  Thomas  Donnison  aiid  Ralph  Lister. 
1748.  Martin  Huntley  and  Joseph  Lambert. 


1750.  Thomas  Hutchinson  and  Thomas 

Coulson. 

1753.  Do.        do.        and  Robert  Chambers. 
1755.  Do.        do.        and  James  Ban-as. 
1757.  Anthony  Chambers  and  do.    do. 
1764.  Do.        do.        and  John  Huntley. 
1770.  Do.        do.        and  George  Charletoii. 
1778.  George  Charleton  and  John  Atkinson 
1784.  John  Atkinson  and  T.  E.  Headlam. 
1792.  T.  E.  Headlam  and  Thomas  Harvey. 
Mackenzie,  Hist,  Newcastle,  p.  748. 


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We  obtain  from  them,  for  example,  a  side  view  of  the  old  custom  of 
riding  the  boundaries,  with  glimpses  of  the  parish  stocks  and  ducking 
stool.  Here  too  we  read  for  the  first  time  about  races  at  Gateshead, 
for  among  the  silver  plate  supplied  to  the  authorities  for  the  town's  use 
was  a  ladle  cup  for  the  '  horse  course,'  while  pavements  are  made  for 
drink  to  the  waits  and  drummers  who  played  there.  There  are  echoes 
of  war's  alarms  in  bills  for  mending  swords  and  halberts,  muskets  and 
pistols  and  supplying  other  deadly  munitions  of  defiance  and  defence. 
Then  comes  the  salary  of  the  lady  who  played  the  organ  at  church — 8/. 
a  year,  or  3/0 f  a  week  and  a  fraction  over,  not  to  mention  the  frolics  at 
public  rejoicings,  and  the  more  serious  business  of  mending  and  lighting 
the  thoroughfares,  and  keeping  watch  and  ward  against  the  marauder 
that  walketh  at  midnight  and  after. 

RIDING    THE    BOUNDARIES. 

It  is  this  day  ord'd  by  ye  ffower  &  Twenty,  That  ye  bounders  be 
ridd  on  Midsummer  day  next,  being  ye  24th  day  of  this  instant  June  ; 
And  ye  Stewards  of  ye  Towne  doe  lay  out  &  expend  ye  sume  of  six 
pounds  abt  ye  same.  Wittness  o'r  hands  ye  18th  day  of  June,  Anno 
1702.  Thomas  Moore,  Edward  ffawcett,  Robert  Sutton,  Edmond 
Sutton,  Thomas  Reed,  Ra.  Gibson,  Ra  Thompson,  Antho.  Low,  Wm. 
Lewthwaite,  Wm.  Cotes  worth,  John  Jaques,  Geo.  Bulman,  Tho. 
Salkeld. 

Mr.  Cotsworth,  Dr.  for  the  old  men  that  went  the  bounders  the  23  of 
June  ;  for  meat,  3*.  4d.  ;  for  drinke,  4s.  24  of  June,  some  of  those  that 
rid  the  bounders  had  drinke,  5s. ;  for  bread  2d,  in  all  12s.  Qd.  (Endorsed) 
July  31,  1702.  Reed,  then  of  Wm.  Cotesworth,  twelve  shill.  six  pence 
in  full  of  this  note  &  all  accts.  p.  Jane  Davy,  her  marke. 

Mr.  Coachworth  theis  lines  are  to  [let]  you  know  that  thear  was 
fourteen  shillings  and  sevenpence  spent  heer  the  day  that  the  bounds 
was  rid,  which  I  desire  you  to  let  me  know  who  must  paid,  which  is  all 
at  present  from  your  frind  to  command.  Thomas  Beautyman.  (En- 
dorsed.) Augt.  the  3rd  1702.  Received  then  of  Mr.  William  Coates- 
worth  the  sum  of  Foureteen  Shillings  and  Seavenpence  for  Drinke 
Drunke  by  sum  of  the  Niboures  the  Day  the  bounders  was  Ridden. 
I  say  Reced.  the  said  14s.  Id.  By  me,  Tho.  bouetyman. 

1704,  June  17.  Reed,  then  of  Wm.  Cotesworth  Twenty  shill.  for 
ffees  for  Ten  of  the  inhabitants  of  Gatesheid  parish,  sued  at  the  suite  of 
Wm.  Shadforth  for  Tresspass  in  going  through  his  Ground  when  the 
Boundaries  were  Rid.  I  say  Reed.  p.  Wm.  Bradley. 

1704,  November  6.     Reed,  then  of  Wm.  Cotesworth  Twenty  four 
pounds  fourteen  shill.  &  six  pence,  in  full  for  an  execution  against  Mr. 
Jno.   Bradley  &  others  at  the   suite   of   Wm.   Shadforth,  on  acct.  of 
Daings  &  charges  in  a  Suite  commenced  against  them  for  pulling  down 
his  wall  in  Rideing  the  Boundaries.     I  say  Reed.  p.  Wm.  Bradley. 

THE    DUCKING    STOOL. 

1705,  Aug.  22. — Reed,  of  Robert  Sutton  upon  ye  Towne  of  Gatesides 
Accompt,  five  shillings  for  fixing  &  repairing  ye  Ducking  stoole  for 
Elizabeth  Howson  &  another  ;    five  shillings  I  say  reed,  by  me,  Robert 
Foggin. 

THE    TOWN    STOCKS.1 

1710,  Aug.  16. — Smith's  work  wrought  for  ye  Stocks  by  ye  order  of 
Mr.  Wm.  Donalson  ;  to  a  paire  of  bands  for  ye  Stocks  &  nailes,  4s.  ; 
for  staples  for  ye  same,  6d.  In  all  4s.  6d.  Aug.  24.  Reed,  ye  Contents 
of  this  note  p.  me  of  Wm.  Donison  &  Charles  Jordan,  p.  John  Miller. 

1  The  stocks  at  Gateshead,  as  in  many  other  places,  stood  in  the  churchyard,  on  the 
right  hand  side  of  the  entrance. 


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1710,  Sep.  19. — Reced.  of  Mr.  Charls  Jordan  twelve  shilling  for  two 
pair  of  New  Stocks  for  the  town  of  Gateshead.  I  say  Reced.  12s.  p. 
William  Donnison. 

1710,  Dec.  10. — Work  wrought  for  ye  twones  [town's]   a/c  by  the 
order  of  Mr.  Wm.  Donalson  in  Goateshead,  for  a  pr.  of  Bands  &  Staples 
&  nailes  for  ye  Stocks  5s.  Jno  Miller.      1710,  Dec.  11. — Reed,  of  Charles 
Jordan  ye  Contents  of  this  note  pr.  John  Miller. 

SILVER    PLATE    FOR    THE    TOWN. 

1706,  June  27.— Mr.  John  Couper  Dr.  to  Tho.  Snowdon.  To  a 
Silluer  Tancker,  wt,  lloz.  3  qrs.  at  6s.  Qd.  p.  ounce,  in  all  31.  16s.  Id. 

1706,  July  30.— Reed,  of  Mr.  Robert  Sutton  &  Mr.  John  Couper  in  full 
of  this,  itt  being  for  ye  use  of  ye  Towne  of  Gateside,  p.  me,  Tho.  Snowdon. 

1706,  July  30.— Reed,  of  Mr.  Robert  Sutton  &  Mr.  John  Couper  Six 
Pounds  Four  Shillings  in  ffull  for  a  Plate  for  ye  Towne  of  Gateside,  p.  me, 
Eli  Bilton. 

1715,  June  25. — Wm.  Donison  &  Charles  Jordan,  Dr.  to  John  Huet. 
A  Come  Pott,  wt.  24£oz.  at  6s.  Qd.  SI.  7s.  5d.  ;  for  ye  handle  3s.  ;  2 
Juggs,  12£oz.  at  6s.  6rf.,  4Z.  Is.  3d.— 121.  11s.  8d.  Reed,  ye  Contents  of 
ye  above  Note  in  full  for  ye  Town  of  Gateshead,  John  Huett. 

SILVER    PLATE    FOR    THE    RACES. 

Mr.  Charles  Jordan  Dr.  to  Jno.  Huett.  For  a  ladle  cup  for  Gateside 
Horse  Course,  weighing  25oz.  at  6s.  Sd.,  SI.  6s.  Sd.  To  a  tenkerd  wt 
14oz.  7dwt.  at  6s.  6d.,  4Z.  13s.  Id— 121.  19s.  Qd.  1711,  Aug.  10,  Received 
the  full  contents  of  this  note  in  full  of  all  accompt,  p.  John  Huett. 

MUSIC    AT    THE    RACES. 

1708,  July  1. — To  the  Waites  &  Drummers  att  the  horse  course, 
7qrts.  of  bear  &  one  qrt.  of  ale,  2s.  ;  June  30,  1709,  To  them  Sqrts.  of 
bear,  Is.  5Jd — 3s.  5%d.  Reed,  the  Contents  of  this  note  of  Mr.  Cooper, 
p.  me,  Antho.  Low. 

THE    CHURCH    ORGAN. 

1712-13,  Jan.  6. — Reed,  of  Charles  Jordan  ye  sum  of  Twenty  Shillings 
for  r.ttending  ye  Organ,  &  due  xmas  last.  p.  Timothy  Bell. 

1721,  Dec.  26. — Reed,  then  of  ye  Stewards  of  Gateshead,  John 
Thursby  and  Wm.  Stephenson,  four  pounds  for  halfe  a  year  Sallirey  for 
playing  upon  ye  Organ,  Due  ye  25  of  this  instant,  p.  Ann  Avison. 3 

ARMS    AND    AMMUNITION. 

1701,  Oct.  7. — Mr.  Wm.  Cotsworth,  Dr.,  for  Mending  a  Halbart, 
Is.  Qd.  ;  for  Mending  a  sword,  Is. — 2s.  Qd.  1702-3,  March  18,  Reed, 
ye  full  contents  of  this  bill,  p.  me,  Fra.  Cornforth. 

1703,  June  30. — To  Mr.  Wm.  Cotsworth,  for  dressing  &  fixing  4 
Muskitts,  4s.  &d.  ;  for  dressing  2  swords,  2s.  ;  for  a  sword  belt,  2s;  ; 
July  7,  for  2  scabarts,  2  cheans,  1  hook  and  dressing  blads  and  hilts, 
5s.  Qd. — 14s.  July  8,  Reed,  then  of  Mr.  Wm.  Cotesworth,  thirteen 
shills.  in  full,  p.  me,  Fran.  Cornforth. 

1711,  Oct.  4. — Mr.  Jordan  &  Mr.  Donison,  stwds  of  Gatesid.  Dr.  to 
Fran.  Cornforth,  for  dressing  &  fixing  ye  town's  Arms  : — To  Mending 
&  dressing  three  Muskitts,   7s.  ;     To  2  New  scabarts  and  dressing  2 
swords,  5s.  ;    To  3  new  sword  belts,   7s.  ;     To   1  old  sword,  4s.  ;    To 
muskits  bullits,  Is. — II.  4s.     Oct.  13,  1711. — Reed,  the  contents  of  this 
bill  p.  Fran.  Cornforth. 

1712,  9ber  17.— Reed,  of  Chas.  Jordan  ye  sum  of  Two  Shillings  for 
muster  money  for  ye  Town  of  Gateshead,  p.  Wm.  Day,  Christo.  ffinly. 

2  May  this  have  been  the  mother  of  our  great  local  composer,  Charles  Avison? 
Hitherto  his  parentage  and  birthplace  have  remained  unknown.  His  tombstone  in  St. 
Andrew's  churchyard  indicates  that  he  was  born  in  1710,  eleven  years  before  the  date 
of  the  above  quoted  account. 


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1715,  Sep.  6. — Mr.  Chas.  Jordon,  Dr.  for  2  pistals  cliening,  Is,  Gd.  ; 
12  bullits,  3d.  ;  for  2  moskats  cliening,  Is.,  6  bullits,  3d!. — 3s.,  by  John 
Moody. 

PUBLIC    REJOICINGS. 

1713,  May  19. — An  acct.  of  what  Drink  was  Dispoasd  to  several  1 
persons  Concerning  the  Towne  of  Gateshead  by  ye  order  of  Wm. 
Donnison  and  Mr.  Charls.  Jordon,  Stewarts  : — to  the  Balifs  proclamn. 
day3,  10s.  ;  to  Bell  ringers  att  ye  proclamation,  3s.  l^d.  July  7,  1713, 
to  ye  Bell  ringers  &  fforstersmen,  10s.  ;  to  one  firkin  of  bear,  lls.  8d.  ; 
to  one  pound  of  Tobacco,  2s.  ;  to  one  pound  of  Candles,  5±d.  Summa 
II.  lls.  3d.  Pd.  for  carrying  the  guns  to  the  Churchyard,  6s.  3d.  Sum. 
2Z.  Is.  pd.  Mrs.  Donison. 

WATCHING    AND    LIGHTING. 

[1712]— The  Watch  entred  ye  10th  off  Novemb.  and  hath  stood 
Constant  since,  and  intends  to  stand  till  ye  2d.  of  February,  wch  is  12 
weeks  at  Is.  p.  week  is  4Z.  4s.  has  Reed  Munday  last,  being  ye  26  Jan., 
32.  10s.,  ye  Remaindr  due  is  14s.,  wch  is  all  from  your  servants  to  com- 
mand, Mark  Pattison,  Jonath.  Bell,  Wm.  Day.  Chr.  ffinly. — Gateshead, 
March  2,  1712-13.  It  is  this  day  ord'd  by  the  Rector  &  vestrymen 
then  Present  that  Mr.  Charles  Jordan  pay  the  Ballance  of  this  note, 
viz.,  14  shillings,  to  the  Constables  or  Watchmen.  Leo.  Shafto,  Rector. 

1737,  March  30. — Reed,  of  John  Fawcett  five  shillings  on  acct  of  Mr, 
Wm.  Donnison  for  his  contribution  towards  Erecting  and  Maintaining 
the  Lamps  in  Gateshead,  p.  me,  Benjn.  Ord. 

1787,  March  30.— The  Trustees  for  the  Borough  of  Gateshead.  To 
Thos.  Hunt  [Newcastle]  Coppersmith,  Brazier,  Tinplate  Worker  and 
Dealer  in  Lamp  Oil.  Dr.  to  Lighting  14  Street  Lamps  from  Sep.  30, 
1786,  to  &  with  March  29,  1787,  10Z.  5s.  ;  to  mounting  1  New  Lamp,  3s. 
— 10Z.  8s.— Reed  the  2d  Apl.,  1787,  of  Mr.  Headlim  the  sura  of  Ten 
Pounds  Eight  Shill.  for  Lighting  the  Lamps  in  Gateshead,  as  pr.  Note 
annexed.  Thos.  Hunt.  (Impressed  Receipt  Stanp,  value  2d.) 

REPAIRING    STREETS,    ETC. 

1702,  March  31.— Work  wrought  by  William  Twoart  att  ye  Pipewell 
as  followeth — to  7  dayes,  Is.  6d.  p.  day,  10s.  6d.  ;  to  Anthoney  bell,  2i 
two  day  &  half,  3s.  9d.  ;  to  Thomas  Twoart  7  day  p.  Is.  p.  day,  7s.  ; 
to  Labourers  seuen  daij  and  half,  lOd.  p.  day,  6s.  3d.  ;  to  100  Breeks, 
Is.  3d.  ;  to  a  stone  for  the  Sleesterin  [cistern  ?],  2s.  6d.  ;  to  flaggs,  8s.  ; 
to  lime  and  sand,  4s.  ;  to  hare,  2d.  ;  to  Drinks,  8s.  ;  to  more,  for  drink 
given,  2s.  Id.  ;  to  women  bearing  of  Rubbish,  Qd.  ;  for  candles,  7£d — 
21.  14s.  7£d.  Reed,  the  full  contents  p.  W.  T.  Test.  Robert  Hodshon. 

1704,  May  11.— Work  done  att  the  Bottle  Bank  for  laying  97  yards 
2  foote  att  3s.  6d.  pr  yard,  111.  Is.  lOd.  ;  for  taking  up  the  old  work,  II.  ; 
for  paueing,  II.  4s.  5d.     Sum  in  all,  19Z.  6s.  3d.     Reed.  13Z.— May  12, 
Reed,  of  Mr.  Wm.  Coatsworth  &  Mr.  Lighten   the  surnrn  of  nintoen 
pouds  six  shillings  &  three  pence  in  full  of  this  note  and  all  account. 
William  Ansell,  Samuel  Wright,  William  Towartt  (his  mark),  Thomas 
Taylor  (his  mark),   William  Applegarth  (his  mark),    William  Waite, 
Anthony  Bayleyes. — May  20,  Reed,  then  of  Wm.  Cotesworth  six  shill. 
for  leading  away  the  stones  in  bottle  bank  to  the  tolbooth  for  repaireing 
the  streets  there  I  say  Reed.  p.  Anthony  Pattison. 

1705,  August  27.— Robert  Sutton  &  John  Couper,  Dr.  to  Wm.  Tuart, 
for  woorke  done  att  Bussiburne4  : — for  2  large  Stones  pr.  Tho.  Hep- 
plest,  10s.  ;    for  Leading  ym  to  Hen:  Pinkney,  3s.  ;    for  himselfe  &  3 

s  This  probably  refers  to  the  proclamation  of  peace  following  the  treaty  of  Utrecht. 
4  Uiisybiirn  w;is  the  .southern  boundary  of  Old  Gateshead.  and  ran  nearly  in  a  line 
with  the  present  Jackson  Street. 


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men,  5s.  ;  &  Di'inke,  8d.  ;  &  spent  with  ye  wooman,  Qd. — 19s.  2d. 
Reed,  ye  Contents  of  Robert  Sutton  p.  me  Wm.  Tuart  (his  mark). 

1710,  August  10. — Widow  Shearwood  :  Measure  of  her  stons  Lade  in 
botle  bank  comes  to  38  yards  &  half  att  30s.  p.  yard,  4Z.  16s.  3d.  Wm. 
Ancell  and  Antho:  Bayles,  Laing  21  yards  of  new  stons  &  9  yards  of  old 
stons  att  12d.  p.  yard,  II.  10s.  ;  to  do.  Laing  12  yards  of  pening  work  att 
30d.  p.  yard,  II.  10s.  Wm.  Aplegarth  Laid  19  yards  of  new  stons  at 
12d.  p.  yard,  19s.  ;  to  pay  do.  for  bringing  up  3  stons  for  Mr.  Coats- 
worths  Lendle,  II.  Os.  6d. 

1716. — A  note  ffor  Mr.  Wm.  Donalson  and  Mr.  Charles  Jordon  ;  ffor 
a  new  showell,  Is.  4d.  ;  ffor  Besiburne  Christmas  gone  a  year.  1714,  5s.  ; 
due  midsumer  gon  a  year,  1714,  4s.  8d.  ;  ffor  this  year  due  at  Midsum. 
1715,  4s.  Sd.  ;  ffor  Besiburn  due  at  Micalms,  1715,  3s.  9d.  ;  ffor  tending 
the  assises,  5s. — II.  4s.  5d.  pd.  him  to  Bussyburne  xmas,  1715,  for 
compt  midsumr  1715,  19s.  4d.  To  pay  Mr.  Donison.  (Endorsed) 
Geo.  Bell's  Note. 

1718-19,  Feb.  16. — Reed,  of  Wm.  Steavenson  two  shillings  for  pad- 
Lock  for  ye  Toull  Bouth.  p.  Mary  Southeran. 

1733-34,  Jany.  9.— Work  wrought  att  the  Bottel  bank  by  the  order 
of  the  Stuftrds  of  Gaitsid  : — for  16  yards  and  a  foot  att  6d.  p.  yard, 
8s.  2d.  ;  for  a  Days  work  Drising  the  Stouep,  Is.  lOd. — 10s.  Jan.  21, 
1733.  Reed,  my  third  part,  3s.  4d.  p.  Robeit  Ansell.  Reed.  5  Febry 
1733,  3s.  4d.  my  third  part  of  this  note,  Robert  Huet.  Reed.  5  March, 
1733,  my  third  part  of  this  noie,  3s.  4d.  p.  John  Wright. 

1737,  Nov.  29.— A  Note  of  WTork  done  at  the  Pipe  well  in  Gatshead 
p.  order  of  Mr.  John  Fawceet  by  Lionel  Dixon,  viz.,  To  a  new  Seisteron 
Dd.  of  14|  Ib.  at  16s.  p.  cwt,  2s.  Id.  ;  To  a  ps  of  pipe  to  the  spoot,  8d.  ; 
used  in  making  &  fixing,  5|lb.  of  soudr  at  9d.  p.  Ib.  4s.  l£d.  ;  To  2 
Lapings  used  in  Repairing  &  forsing  pips  &  labr.,  2s.  6d. — 9s.  4£d. 
Nov.  29,  By  Old  Lead,  Is.  To  a  Bal.  Due  8s.  4|d.  Feb  6,  1737-38 
Reed,  of  Mr.  John  Fawcett  the  Contents  in  full  of  this  &  all  Demands 
p.  Lionel  Dixon. 

[No  date.]  An  agreement  made  wth  Mr.  ffaucit,  Mercer  in  Gates- 
head,  by  Thorns  Salton.  To  laying  the  large  stones  in  the  Bottle  bank, 
84  yards  at  6d.  pr.  yard  21.  2s.  To  Work  put  wrong  by  Wm.  Wait,  for 
which  I  charge  3s.  ;  To  two  Chalder  of  Coals,  3s.  4d.  'Total  21.  8s.  4d. 
Gentle.  I  have  had  but  a  very  hard  bargin  of  it. 

1752,  Feb.  17. — Work  done  at  the  pipewell  by  the  order  of  Mr. 
Coulson. — Thos.  Bainbridge,  2  days,  3s.  8d.  ;  to  a  Labourer  2  days, 
2s.  4d.  ;  to  Nicholson  one  day,  Is.  4d.  ;  to  3  flaggs,  Is.  6d.  ;  to  Torras?  (?) 
and  Lime,  Is.  ;  for  the  Use  of  WTail  Bone  to  scouring  ye  pipe,  Is.  ;  to 
2  pound  of  Candless,  lOd. — lls.  Sd.  Reed,  the  full  contents  of  the 
above,  p.  Thos.  Bainbridge. 

1766,  Oct.  11. — An  acct  of  the  Charge  for  Boring  at  the  Head  of  the 
Battle  Bank  By  Order  of  the  Gentlemen  Stewards,  Gateshead.  By 
Thos.  Wake.  To  6  fathom  and  1  yard  Boring  @  5s.  p.  fathom,  II.  12s.  6d.; 
Charges  for  Putting  in  the  boxes — John  Angley  2  Days  @  Is.  4d.  p. 
Day,  2s.  Sd.  ;  to  myself  2  Days  @  Is.  Sd.  p.  Do.,  3s.  4d.  ;  to  the  Rods 
2  Days  @  Is.  Sd.  p.  Do.  3s.  4d.—2l.  Is.  lOd.  Deduct  Is.  lOd.—  21. 
Received  the  above  Contents  in  full  of  all  Demands.  Thorns.  Wake. 

Thanks  were  voted  to  the  Chairman  bv  acclamation. 


MISCELLANEA. 

The  Rev.  D.  Paul  of  Edinburgh  has  informed  the  donor  that  the 
Scottish  communion  token  marked  E"  |  1792  presented  by  him  to  the 
Society's  museum  (p.  159),  is  of  Edderton  parish,  in  the  presbytery  of 
Tain. 


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."  The  following  is  another  extract  from  Sir  Stephen  Glynne's  '  Notes ' 
(continued  from  p.  228) : — 

Aug.  26,  1847  MORPETH  (NORTHUMBERLAND).  St.  Mary. 

The  old  parish  Church,  quite  out  of  the  town  and  prettily  situated,  is 
not  a  very  grand  building,  though  presenting  some  nice  features.  It  is 
rather  a  low  building,  the  nave  has  aisles  and  S.  porch,  the  Chancel  a 
sacristy  on  the  N.  The  Tower  is  at  the  West  end  of  the  nave — low 
and  very  plain — with  moulded  parapet  and  small  quasi-spire  of  lead. 
The  belfry  window  seems  to  have  been  M.  Pd — there  are  buttresses 
and  a  square  staircase  turret  at  the  N.E.  The  W.  window  is  of  2 
lights  and  M.  Pd — internally  under  a  flattened  trefoil  arch.  The  Tower 
arch  springs  straight  from  the  wall.  The  features  of  this  Church  are 
Middle  and  Third  Pointed.  The  N.  aisle  has  large  buttresses  added  and 
some  ugly  windows  inserted  in  its  upper  part  of  a  vesica  form.  The 
parapets  of  both  aisles  are  plain,  and  in  the  S.  aisle  are  no  buttresses. 
The  windows  of  the  aisles  are  mostly  M.  Pd,  of  2  lights  with  the 
flattened  trefoil  opening  to  the  interior.  That  at  the  E.  end  of  the  S. 
aisle  is  of  3  lights  and  reticulated.  In  the  N.  aisle  is  one  of  3  lights, 
of  3rd  Pd.  character.  The  windows  are  plain  and  rather  coarse 
externally  and  without  hoods.  The  porch  is  plain  and  near  the  W.  end 
of  the  aisle,  the  inner  door  having  plain  mouldings  and  a  small  niche 
over  it.  The  Tower  has  stone  groining  within,  with  strong  ribs.  The 
arcades  of  the  nave  are  of  5  plain  pointed  arches,  with  octagonal  piers. 
Above  is  a  low  mean  clerestory  of  square  headed  windows  without 
tracery.  The  roof  of  nave  and  aisles  very  plain.  There  is  a  M.  Pd 
sepulchral  arch  in  the  S.  wall.  The  Chancel  is  very  superior  to  the 
nave,  and  of  good  M.  Pd  work,  undergoing  gradual  and  careful  im- 
provement and  restoration.  The  Chancel  arch  is  on  octagonal  shafts — 
on  the  N.  side  of  it  a  hagioscope — on  the  S.  a  square  recess.  On 
the  N.  is  seen  the  door  that  opened  upon  the  rood  loft.  The  Chancel 
has  a  good  high  pitched  roof,  covered  with  lead,  a  very  fair  coped 
parapet  and  pedimental  buttresses.  The  roof  within  is  open  and  lately 
renewed.  It  forms  a  kind  of  trefoil  arch.  The  East  window  is  a  very 
good  M.  Pd  one  of  5  lights,  with  excellent  tracery  and  fragments  of 
stained  glass  of  great  beauty,  amongst  which  may  be  discerned  a  King 
and  Queen.  The  arch  mouldings  within  are  elegant.  On  the  S.  side 
of  the  chancel  are  3  M.  P.  windows  of  2  lights — having  corbeled  hoods 
of  good  execution.  One  has  the  flat  trefoil  head  within.  There  is  a 
lychnoscope  on  the  S.W. — a  narrow  window  trefoiled  and  divided  by 
a  transom.  There  are  3  fine  sedilia  with  crocketed  ogee  canopies  pro- 
jecting and  overhanging — with  good  feathering  and  flowered  mouldings 
with  pinnacles  between  them.  In  one  of  the  piers  is  a  curious  little 
figure.  Eastward  is  a  piscina  with  square  head  under  the  window,  and 
also  a  3  foil  headed  niche.  There  is  a  Priests'  door  on  the  S. — an 
aumbry  in  the  North  wall.  The  Chancel  is  fitted  with  stalls  in  which 
is  stationed  the  choir,  the  organ  is  in  the  vestry  on  the  N.side.  There 
are  light  altar  rails  with  tracery — the  steps  to  the  sacrarium  and  the 
floor  of  it  adorned  with  fine  encaustic  tiles.  There  is  a  super  altar 
with  2  candlesticks.  The  vestry  door  has  good  mouldings,  and  there  is 
an  odd  slit  opening  from  the  vestry  into  the  chancel.  Over  the  vestry 
is  a  chamber  lighted  by  small  slits  for  windows.  There  are  coronae 
lucis,  and  the  prayer  desk  is  at  the  S.E.  of  the  nave.  There  is  no 
division  between  the  N.  aisle  and  the  vestry  adjacent  to  the  Chancel. 
Added  in  margin — 

(1)  In  the  E.  window  of  the  S.  aisle  is  some  stained  glass  and  the 

inscription  scs  DIONYSIUS. 

(2)  The  responds  on  the  S.  have  rude  foliage. 

(3)  Several  of  the  pue  doors  have  been  removed — a  good  symptom. 


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PROCEEDINGS 

OF    THE 


SOCIETY    OF   ANTIQUARIES 


OF    NEWCASTLE-TJPON-TYNE. 


3  SER.,  VOL.  in.  1908.  NO.  23 


A  country  meeting  of  the  Society  was  held  on  Friday,  the  24th  day 
of  July,  1908,  at 

KIRKBY  STEPHEN. 

Members  assembled  at  twelve  noon  at  Kirkby  Stephen  railway  station, 
where  they  were  met  by  Mr.  J.  F.  Curwen,  F.S.A.,  one  of  the  secretaries 
of  the  Cumberland  and  Westmorland  Archaeological  Society,  who  had 
kindly  consented  to  act  as  guide  throughout  the  day. 

Amongst  those  present  were  the  Revd.  C.  E.  Adamson  (who  took 
charge  of  the  party  in  the  unavoidable  absence  of  the  secretaries)  and 
Mrs.  Adamson,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  A.  Armstrong  of  South  Shields  ; 
the  Rev.  E.  J.  Taylor  of  West  Pelton  ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  L.  and  Miss 
Markham,  of  Newcastle ;  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  T.  Rutherford  of  North 
Shields. 

After  partaking  of  lunch  at  the  Black  Bull  Inn,  the  party  was  driven  to 

WHARTON    HALL, 

where  Mr.  Curwen  read  the  following  interesting  description  of  the 
building: — 'It  would  seem  that  the  oldest  portion  of  the  hall  was 
erected  during  the  early  part  of  the  fifteenth  century,  or  about  the  time 
when  Richard  Wharton  served  the  county  as  member  of  Parliament 
between  the  years  1415  and  1418.  The  extent  of  this  first  hall  is  clearly 
shewn  by  heavy  black  walls  on  the  accompanying  plan  (p.  255),  and  by 
examining  closely  the  architectural  features  of  the  square  pele  tower,  and 
of  the  buttery,  pantry,  and  cellar  vaults  beneath  what  is  now  known  as 
the  '  lord's  solar.'  It  comprised  the  usual  square  pele  of  three  storeys, 
central  hall,  and  kitchen  wing,  and  formed  no  mean  house  for  those 
days.  The  tower  is  25ft.  by  16ft.  between  the  walls,  which  are  some 
five  feet  thick  all  round.  In  the  N.E.  angle  is  a  square  newel  stairway 
leading  up  to  the  bed  chambers.  From  the  '  lord's  solar,'  on  the 
ground  floor  of  the  pele,  a  doorway  opens  out  into  the  hall — a  goodly 
room,  measuring  internally  33ft.  by  20ft.  and  open  most  probably  to 
the  roof,  as  the  walls  here  are  only  3ft.  3in.  thick.  At  the  western  end 
against  the  solar  was  the  dais,  lighted  by  a  large  window  towards  the 
south,  and  opposite  to  it,  but  more  in  the  centre  of  the  room,  is  a 
chimney  breast  wide  enough  to  contain  an  ample  fireplace.  At  the 
eastern  end  was  the  serving  passage,  opening  out  from  which  are  still 
to  be  seen  two  Carnarvon  arched  doorways  leading  into  the  buttery, 
pantry,  and  cellar  vaults.  The  cooking  was  done,  as  was  customary, 
in  a  temporary  erection  of  daub  and  plaster.  If  in  connexion  with 
this  early  hall  there  was  a  private  chapel,  it  would  seem  that . 

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it  was  situated  above  the  vaults  ;  for,  about  the  year  1846,  a  tomb 
was  uncovered  there  containing  a  skeleton,  with  the  remains  of  a 
sword  and  a  green  holy-water  glass  by  its  side — the  remains,  one  must 
suppose,  of  one  of  the  Whartons  who  died  before  the  Reformation,  and 
was  buried  in  his  own  chapel.  Here,  then,  lived  the  family  for  some 
hundred  and  fifty  years  until  the  time  of  Thomas,  lord  Wharton,  the 
well-known  warden  of  the  marches,  1495  to  1568  ;  who,  finding  the 
hall  too  small  and  inadequate  for  his  more  noble  circumstances,  set 
about  and  built  for  himself  a  banqueting  chamber  of  suitable  dimen- 
sions, new  kitchens  to  furnish  his  hospitable  board,  a  new  chapel  and 
lords'  parlour,  perhaps  the  western  wing,  and,  lastly,  the  gate  house, 
over  which  he  erected  his  coat  of  arms  with  the  date  1559.  These 
additions  present  for  the  most  part  the  general  architectural  features  of 
the  Tudor  style — high  perpendicular  windows,  divided  into  several 
lights  by  hollowed  mullions  and  transoms,  some  with  pointed  and 
others  with  segmental  heads  ;  but  all  without  foliation  or  cusping,  yet 
crowned  with  cavetto  labels.  The  battlements  throughout  have  been 
greatly  repaired,  but  with  their  roll  and  splay  coping  running  con- 
tinuously over  the  merlons  and  embrasures,  have  doubtless  followed 
the  design  of  the  original  work.  Another  noticeable  feature  is,  that 
whereas  the  old  hall  was  situated  on  the  ground  floor  level,  here  all  the 
main  apartments  are  raised  up  to  the  first  floor,  over  the  top  of  a  long 
series  of  vaults.  Like  a  sensible  man,  lord  Wharton  did  not  pull 
down  the  old  dwelling,  but  simply  enlarged  it  by  adding  his  new 
buildings  on.  This  much,  however,  he  did  to  reconstruct  the  old 
rooms  ;  a  new  heavy  oaken  staircase  was  erected  in  the  pele  tower  in 
place  of  the  square  newel  stair,  and  the  chapel  was  converted  into  his 
new  with-drawing  room  or  camera  privata,  against  the  eastern  wall  of 
which  he  commenced  to  build  the  grand  banquetting  chamber.  Un- 
fortunately, this  superb  hall  has  now  become  a  complete  ruin,  but 
there  is  sufficient  left  to  show  that  it  has  been  an  apartment  of  noble 
proportions,  measuring  -internally  68ft.  by  27ft.,  with  lofty  walls 
reaching  to  an  open  roof.  About  the  middle  of  the  northern  wall 
is  a  most  capacious  fireplace,  with  a  Tudor  arch  of  ashlar  work 
flush  with  the  wall,  the  chimney  being  tolerably  perfect  ;  and  to  the 
right  hand  of  this  there  is  a  large  mass  of  masonry  projecting  outwards, 
which  appears  to  have  been  the  foundation  of  an  ante-chamber,  or, 
perhaps,  a  bay  window  ;  but,  if  it  were  the  latter,  one  would  have 
expected  to  find  it  situated  on  the  other  side  of  the  fireplace  toward 
the  end  of  the  dais,  and  opposite  to  the  large  window  into  the  court. 
The  dais  evidently  was  at  the  western  end  raised  a  step  higher  than  the 
main  floor,  and  this  would  bring  it  to  the  level  of  the  with-drawing 
room  immediately  behind.  At  the  eastern  end  were  the  oaken  screens 
with  probably  the  music  gallery  over,  and  from  the  passages  behind 
there  are  the  usual  two  doorways  leading  into  the  kitchen — one  serving 
for  the  entry,  and  the  other  for  the  exit  of  the  servitors.  It  is  worthy 
of  notice  that  the  floor  of  this  passage  has  been  supported  on  beams, 
whereas  the  floor  of  the  hall  has  been  upon  the  vaulted  chambers 
beneath,  which  helps  us  to  the  inference  that  there  has  been  a  staircase 
here  communicating  with  the  buttery  and  pantry  below,  as  also  to  the 
minstrels'  gallery  above.  The  kitchen  which  adjoins  the  hall,  and 
which  is  approached  by  stone  steps  leading  up  from  the  courtyard,  is 
still  existing  very  much  in  the  original  state.  Standing  now  apart,  it 
presents  the  appearance  of  a  massive  tower,  some  40ft.  by  25ft.  square. 
No  longer  was  the  lord  content  with  the  meagre  accommodation  then 
existing  for  his  culinary  requirements  ;  so  here  we  have  the  importance 
of  the  kitchen  boldly  asserted,  a  single  room,  with  lofty  walls  reaching 


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to  an  open  collar-beam  roof,  20ft.  from  the  floor,  and  lighted  by  two 
large  transom  windows  at  the  southern  end,  which  are  now-blocked 
half-way  up.  The  two  fireplaces  are  splendid  examples.  The  one  on 
the  north  wall  measures  lift,  across  the  chimney,  and  that  on  the  east 
wall  13ft.  6in.  Each  is  spaftned  by  a  flat  Tudor  arch,  richly  moulded, 
on  freestone  jambs.  There  is  also  a  semi-circular  opening  between  the 
two,  evidently  intended  for  an  oven.  High  up  in  the  walls  above  is  a 
small  two-light  window,  and  there  are  several  joist  holes  in  the  wall  of 
the  northern  end  about  a  yard  beneath  its  sill,  which  seem  to  suggest  the 
possibility  of  there  having  been  a  gallery  running  along  the  kitchen  at 
this  end  for  the  accommodation  of  the  chief  cook.  At  the  S.E.  corner 
there  is  a  blocked-up  doorway,  which  formerly  led,  no  doubt,  to  the 
servants'  apartments  or  stables  outside  the  baily.  Close  by  on  the 
southern  wall  can  still  be  seen  the  drain  waste  discharging  outwards. 
Beneath,  and  level  with  the  ground,  are  vaiilted  cellars  lighted  by  three 
deep-slit  windows,  which  would  most  probably  be  used  in  those  days 
of  great  hospitality  for  the  necessarily  large  storage  of  salted  meat  and 
larded  pots.  Contemporaneously  with  Lord  Wharton's  hall,  or  very 
soon  afterwards,  would  be  built  the  flanking  buildings  on  the  western 
side  of  the  court.  At  the  northern  end  is  the  gallery,  or  reception  room, 
which  became  a  favourite  and  necessary  adjunct  to  all  grec,t  mansions 
of  the  Elizabethan  period.  The  building  is  now  divided  by  a  floor,  but 
there  is  no  doubt  that  it  was  in  those  days  open  to  the  roof.  The  far 
end  was  partitioned  off,  where  the  now  blocked-up  doorway  to  the 
court  is,  to  form  a  chapel.  There  is  upon  the  outside  gable  a  stone 
shield,  but  from  the  distance  I  could  not  distinguish  the  carving.  To 
the  N.W.  of  this  wing  there  is  a  small  square  tower,  detached  from  the 
main  bxiildings  except  by  one  corner,  which  stands  there  in  all  its  ruin — 
a  riddle  past  finding  out.  It  is  a  tower  of  three.storeys,  approached  by 
a  circular  newel  stair  in  the  N.E.  angle,  with  small  windows,  now 
blocked  up,  and  with  new  and  larger  ones  opened  outwards  to  the  west. 
Externally,  on  the  ground  floor,  there  remains  a  series  of  six  niches  on 
the  southern  side,  and  two  more  round  the  corner — niches  very  much 
like  those  used  in  wine  vaults — but  what  they  are  or  what  the  tower  is, 
who  can  tell.  In  the  building  next  the  gate  ho  vise  there  is  a  series  of 
apartments  known  as  the  '  priest's  lodgings,'  entered  by  a  newel  stair. 
The  principal  room  seems  to  have  been  on  the  first  floor,  where  there  are 
still  the  remains  of  a  handsome  fireplace  and  an  entrance  way  into  the 
chapel.  The  gate  house  consists  of  a  castellated  block  of  three  storeys, 
with  a  battlemented  parapet.  It  is  evidently  a  building  of  the  second 
period,  and  there  is  as  proof,  over  the  outer  segmental  arch,  the  arms 
with  supporters  and  crest  of  Thomas,  lord  Wharton,  with  the  motto 
and  the  date  '  Anno  Domini,  1559.'  It  is  curious  to  notice  that  the 
archway  is  not  vaulted,  neither  is  there  a  chase  for  any  portcullis  ;  but 
there  still  remain  the  holes  for  the  reception  of  a  square,  heavy  drawbar 
to  lock  the  oaken  gates.  Within  the  archway  on  the  left  is  a  curious 
narrow  chamber,  15ft.  by  4ft.,  in  which,  tradition  says,  the  bloodhounds 
were  kept  in  olden  time.  On  the  right  are  looms  set  apart  for  the 
porter,  with  mullioned  windows  and  fireplaces,  beyond  which  there  has 
been  a  small  wing  leading  to  a  square  tower  at  the  S.E.  angle  of  the 
court,  where  there  are  still  the  remains  of  a  garderobe.  From  here  a 
curtain  wall,  14ft.  high,  continued  round  the  east  side  of  the  court  to  the 
kitchen,  and  it  would  seem  that  a  parapet  wall,  probably  battlemented, 
ran  along  above  the  sheds  and  over  the  four-centred  arch  of  the  postern 
gate,  which  latter  also  seems  to  have  been  defended  by  a  small  turret. 
In  the  barton  outside  the  gate-house  there  is  a  building  now  used  as  a 
barn  of  about  the  same  ago  as  the  hall,  but  it  is  not  very  easy  to  deter- 


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mine  the  use  for  which  it  was  originally  intended.  There  have  been 
some  good  mullioned*  windows  in  the  upper  part,  and  the  doors  have 
been  bolted  from  the  inside  ;  but,  so  far  as  I  can  see,  there  have  been  no 
fireplaces.  Over  a  stream  near  by  can  be  seen  the  ruins  of  what  was 
once  the  laundry.  Thus  did  the  first  lord  Wharton  rear  up  to  himself  a 
goodly  house  and  estate,  but  which  was  destined,  alas  !  to  live  only 
some  hundred  and  seventy  years.  For  Philip,  duke  Wharton,  became 
a  rebel,  and  the  confiscated  estates,  including  the  hall,  were  sold  in  1728 
to  Robert  Lowther,  and  fell  into  disuse.  Finally,  Nicolson  and  Burn 
speak  of  the  hall  '  now  in  ruins  and  desolate,  inhabited  by  no  human 
creature  but  a  poor  hind.'  Nothing  now  remains  of  the  internal 
decorative  work,  such  as  wood-carving,  panelling,  or  glass,  which 
Machel  describes  as  being  covered  with  emblazoned  coats,  impaled  and 
quartered  with  those  of  Clifford,  Lowther,  Musgrave,  and  Warcop. 
However,  some  time  ago  the  first  lord  Lonsdale  repaired  the  '  lord's 
solar,'  raised  up  an  outside  stair,  and  broke  through  a  doorway  where 
the  old  bay  window  formerly  existed,  for  his  own  accommodation 
during  the  shooting  season.  He  also  agyin  made  habitable  the  whole 
of  the -western  wing  as  a  dwelling  house  for  the  use  of  his  farm  tenant. 
The  property  is  now  owned  by  Sir  Joseph  Savory.' 

Members  then  resumed  their  seats  in  the  coaches  and  were  driven  to 

PENDRAGON    CASTLE, 

where  Mr.  Cur  wen,  the  able  guide,  read  the  following  notes  on  the 
castle:  — 

'Pendragon  castle  commands  Mallerstang,  the  uppermost  valley  of 
the  Eden,  which  is  in  close  proximity  to  the  great  military  way  from 
Carlisle  to  the  plains  of  York.  Local  legend  connects  the  place  and  the 
foundation  of  the  castle,  with  Uther  Pendragon,  the  mythical  father 
of  king  Arthur  and  the  fabled  builder  of  Stonehenge.  To  farther 
fortify  his  stronghold  it  is  said  that  he  endeavoured  to  turn  the  course 
of  the  Eden  round  its  walls,  but  to  no  purpose,  an  attempt  which  gave 
rise  to  the  local  proverb  : 

'  Let  Uther  Pendragon  do  what  he  can, 

Eden  will  run  where  Eden  ran.' 

The  river  still  preserves  its  old  course,  and  a  deep  fosse  on  this  more 
defenceless  side  supplies  the  place  of  the  obstinate  stream.  Uther, 
who  (led  the  Cymry,  etc.)  is  said  to  have  fought  bravely  against  the 
Saxons,  both  in  the  west  and  in  the  north,  is  supposed  to  have  been 
besieged  here,  and  tradition  commemorates  how  that  the  Saxons,  not 
daring  to  face  him  in  the  field,  flung  poison  into  the  castle  well.  He 
drank  of  this,  his  favourite  spring,  and  with  one  hundred  of  his  courtiers, 
fell  a  victim  to  their  villainy.  As  a  structure  this  fortress  can  claim 
no  such  antiquity.  It  certainly  stands  in  the  midst  of  many  earth 
works  of  early  date,  and  we  know  that  the  manor  and  site  was  resi- 
dentially  held  in  the  reign  of  Henry  n  (1154-1189),  by  Sir  Hugh  de 
Morville  ;  the  Sir  Hugh  who  was  connected  with  the  assassination  of 
Thomas  a  Becket,  and  whose  name  is  perpetuated  by  the  hill  almost 
opposite  called  '  Hugh's  Seat.' 

But  the  most  authentic  mention  that  we  have  of  a  stone  castle  here 
is  in  the  year  1314,  when  the  jurors  at  the  inq.  p.  m.  of  Robert  de 
Clifford  found,  that  there  is  a  castle  of  stone  in  Mallerstang  called 
Pendragon,  held  by  Andrew  Harcla,  by  payment  of  a  yearly  rent  of  Qd. 
Roger,  his  son,  then  being  15  years  old,  the  custody  of  the  castle  was 
committed  by  Edward  n.  to  Guy  de  Beauchamp,  earl  of  Warwick. 
Roger,  coming  of  age,  was  drawn  into  that  conspiracy  which  Thomas, 
earl  of  Lancaster,  formed  against  the  king,  and,  being  taken  a  prisoner, 


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was  beheaded  at  York.  The  inq.  p.  m.  taken  at  his  death  in  1327, 
found  that  he  died  possessed  of  this  castle  of  Pendragon,  together 
with  the  forest  of  Mallerstang,  also  that  the  buildings  in  the  castle 
could  not  be  extended,  for  that  the  costs  of  maintaining  the  same 
exceeded  the  profits  thereof.  The  fortunes  of  the  castle,  however, 
were  resuscitated  when  his  heiress,  Idonea  came  into  residence  ;  indeed 
it  seems  to  have  risen  to  the  zenith  of  its  glory  during  her  time.  The 
countess  of  Pembroke,  in  her  MS.  Memoirs  of  the  de  Clifford  family, 
speaking  of  this  lady  says : — '  Pendragon  castle  was  Idonea's  chief  and 
beloved  habitation.'  Here,  in  the  year  1333,  she  entertained  Baliol, 
king  of  Scots,  who  had  come  down  into  Westmorland  to  pay  her  a 
friendly  visit,  and  here  also  she  died  in  the  following  year  (1334)  aged  73. 
Seven  years  later  (1341)  notwithstanding  this  friendly  visit,  we  find  the 
bald  statement  that  a  number  of  Scots  made  a  raid  and  destroyed  the 
castle  by  fire.  They  belonged,  it  is  supposed,  to  a  discontented  party 
who  were  anxious  to  dethrone  their  sovereign  and  annoy  his  allies. 
However,  the  castle  was  shortly  afterwards  repaired  by  another  Roger 
de  Clifford,  who  died  seised  of  it  in  1390  leaving  it  to  his  son  Thomas. 
Then  again  we  find  it  laid  in  ruins  in  1541,  but  whether  by  the  Scots  or 
accident  by  fire,  we  have  no  means  of  ascertaining.  For  119  years  it 
continued  a  desolate  ruin,  until  it  was  re-edified  by  the  countess  of 
Pembroke  in  the  year  1660  Her  diary  tells  how  she  formed  the  design 
of  restoring  it  when  a  girl  as  early  as  the  year  1615  for  a  library  for  a  Mr. 
Christopher  Wobridge.  Over  the  gateway  she  erected  an  inscription, 
which,  after  reciting  all  her  titles,  and  they  were  many,  continued  by 
saying  that  she  '  repayred  it  in  the  year  1660,  so  as  she  came  to  lye  in 
it  herself  for  a  little  while  in  the  year  1661,  after  it  had  layen  ruinous, 
without  timber  or  any  covering,  ever  since  the  year  1541.'  Isaiah, 
chap.  LVIII,  verse  12 — '  And  they  that  shall  be  of  thee,  shall  build  the 
old  waste  places.  Thou  shalt  raise  up  the  foundations  of  many  genera- 
tions, and  thou  shalt  be  called  the  repairer  of  the  breach,  the  restorer 
of  paths  to  dwell  in.'  Surely  no  person  ever  merited  the  application  so 
strongly,  for  she  restored  five  other  castles  of  her  ancestors,  viz.,  Brough, 
Appleby,  Brougham,  Barden  Tower,  and  Skipton.  To  give  an  easier 
access  to  the  castle  she  built  the  neighbouring  bridge  over  the  Eden,  and 
in  1662  '  A  wall  of  lime  a,nd  stone  around  the  castle  90  roods  in  compass, 
with  2  gates,  and  within  it  a  stable,  coach-house,  brew  house,  bake- 
house, wash-house,  and  a  little  chamber  over  the  gate  which  is  arched. 
In  1685,  after  the  death  of  the  countess,  the  castle  was  ruthlessly 
destroyed  by  Thomas,  earl  of  Thanet,  and  it  has  ever  since  continued 
to  be  exposed  to  the  ravages  of  time  and  tempest.  In  the  year  1739 
Messrs.  Saml.  and  Nathl.  Buck  made  one  of  their  careful  drawings  of 
the  ruins,  which  is  interesting  in  that  it  shows  the  top  storey  of  the 
central  block.1  These  top  walls  seemed  to  have  mostly  fallen  within 
the  next  34  years,  if  we  compare  Bucks'  view  with  another  made  by 
Thos.  Pennant,  when  he  visited  the  place  in  1773.  From  the  two  draw- 
ings, and  what  remains  of  the  ruins  to-day,  we  can  gather  that  the 
square  keep  was,  although  only  small  yet  a  very  strong  one,  built  of 
large  blocks  of  rubble,  with  the  walls  12  feet  in  thikcness.  There 
seemed  to  have  been  three  storeys  in  height — a  vaulted  basement, 
solar  and  sleeping  chambers — a  battlemented  coping  with  the  usiuil 
Norman  flat  buttresses  and  turrets  at  the  angles.  The  windows  are 
mostly  small  and  round  headed,  and  the  chief  entrance  seems  to  have 
.had  a  wide  circular  arch  enclosing  three  long  windows  above  it.  The 
varying  features  speak  plainly  of  the  many  alterations  the  building  lias 

i  See  opposite  plate. 


Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Newc.,  3  ser.,  in. 


To  face  page  260. 


KIRKBY    STEPHEN    CHUECH. 


PENDRAGON    CASTLE,    WESTMORLAND,    IN    1736. 

(Reproduced  from  Bucks'  View). 


These  blocks  lent  by  Mr.  J.  W.  Braithwaite  of  Kirkby  Stephen. 


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undergone,  but  their  remains  are  so  scanty  that  no  comprehensible 
description  of  its  plan  fvid  arrangement  can  be  safely  given.  As  a 
piece  of  scenery  it  is  worthy  of  its  name — standing  on  an  isolated  hill  in 
the  midst  of  these  remote  and  wild  fells — a  place  surely  where  you  might 
well  let  your  imagination  loose  to  dream  romances  of  Norman  barons 
and  Scottish  readers  or  to  picture  the  noble  lady  driving  up  a  rough  lane 
with  a  coach  and  six,  to  read  her  Bible  in  the  haunted  solitude  and 
write  her  memories  of  the  spacious  times  of  Great  Elizabeth.' 

At  the  conclusion  of  the  paper  the  Revd.  E.  J.  Taylor  expressed  the 
obligations  of  the  members  to  Mr.  Curvven  for  his  kindness  and  courtesy 
in  placing  at  their  disposal  his  valuable  and  extensive  knowledge  of 
the  places  visited. 

The  party  then  returned  to 

KIRKBY    STEPHEN    CHURCH, 

where,  in  the  unavoidable  absence  of  the  vicar,  Canon  Feilden,  they 
were  received  by  Colonel  Mason,  who  lucidly  explained  the  various 
points  of  interest,  and  p.mused  his  hearers  by  his  account  of  the  church 
and  its  services  as  they  were  when  he  was  a  boy.  Some  of  those 
present  recalled  similar^  remarks  by  the  venerable  Dr.  Greenwell  of 
Durham,  last  year  at  Lanchester. 

Mr.  Mason  was  thanked  for  his  services. 

A  full  history  (with  numeroiis  illustrations)  of  the  church,  by  the  Rev. 
J.  F.  Hodgson^of  Witton-le-Wear,  has  been  printed  in  the  Transactions 
both  of  the  Cumberland  and  Westmorland  Society  and  of  the  North- 
umberland and  Durham  Archaeological  Society.2  This  may  be 
referred  to  with  advantage.  Mr.  Hodgson  has  kindly  furnished  the 
following  notes  respecting  the  church:  — 

'  It  was  originally  a  cruciform  aisleless  church,  of  Transitional 
character,  as  the  capitals  of  the  crossing,  still  preserved,  though  not 
in  sit  ft,  shew.  Afterwards  when,  as  usual,  the  centre  tower  either  fell, 
or  threatened  to  fall,  it  was  removed,  and  the  nave,  certainly,  rebuilt 
with  aisles,  on  a  probably  much  larger  scale  than  before,  as  was  also  the 
chancel  as  shewn  by  the  sedilia,  both  being  in  distinct  E.E.  style. 
The  chancel,  though  wholly,  with  its  north  and  south  chapels,  rebuilt  in 
the  early  forties,  would  seem  to  have  been  so  on  the  original  E.E.  founda- 
tions. It  was  then  proposed  to  put  an  E.E.  clearstorey  on  the  nave 
and  cap  the  tower,  -which  the  new  high  pitched  roof  would  have  dwarfed 
into  complete  insignificance,  with  a  stone  spire,  though  itself  of  late 
fifteenth  or  early  sixteenth  century  date.  Being  practically  entrusted 
with  the  carrying  out  of  the  much  needed  restoration,  I  personally 
interfered  afterwards,  and  suggested  to  the  late  Mr.  R.  J.  Johnson  that 
what  w«,s  wanted  was  a  Perpendicular  clearstorey,  in  harmony  with  the 
tower,  and  for  which  its  builder  had  made  provision,  and  a  nearly  flat 
roof,  which  w  uld  give  the  tower  its  proper  proportion.  When  I  first 
knew  the  place,  with  an  Elizabethan  roof  set  upon  a  poor  low  bit  of 
rough  walling,  the  upper  part  of  the  tower  arch  stood  up  outside  above 
the  lead  at  one  end,  and  that  of  the  chancel  arch,  at  the  other  end  in  like 
manner.  I  suggested  to  Mr.  Johnson  that  a  suitable  clearstorey,  with 
a  flat  roof,  would  save  the  situation  by  properly  lighting  the  nave  and 
enclosing  the  two  arches  at  the  same  time.  He  danced  about  the  room 
with  joy  at  Mne  idea,  and  carried  it  ouc.  The  late  Mr.  Carpenter's 
chancel,  with  its  high  roof  and  ash-grey  walls,  had  to  remain  as  they 
were,  excellent  in  their  way,  but  utterly  out  of  harmony  with  the  older 
parts  of  the  building.  We  built  a  new  porch  in  place  of  a  Georgian, 
brick  and  plaster  one.  and  inserted  simple  tracery  in  the  eviscerated 

~  Vol.  iv,  p.  178,  and  II,  p.  1,  respective!). 
[Proc.  3Ser.  ill,  3Sl 


•square  headed  aisle  windows,  destroying  nothing,  but  using  up  the 
remains  of  the  old  oak  roof  in  the  transepts,  and  a  dated  beam  in  the 
roof  of  the  new  porch.' 

'  When  the  church  was  restored  in  1871,  Nathan  Berry,  the  old  sexton, 
said  the  door  facing  north  was  taken  down  and  replaced  by  a  new  one. 
The  old  door  was  found  to  be  pierced  with  bullets,  of  which  he  ex- 
tracted two.  It  was  of  thick  oak,  and  is  said  to  have  come  from 
either  Brough  castle  or  Maiden  castle.  It  was  used  to  mix  lime  on 
•during  the  alterations  to  the  church,  and  was  subsequently  removed 
by  the  contractor  to  Kendal.'3 

Members  then  left  by  the  5-23  p.m.  train,  after  spending  a  very 
pleasant  and  instructive  day. 


On  3  June,  1648,  Col.  Thomas  Stockdale,  in  a  letter  to  Francis 
Thorp,  M.P.,  said  'he  understood  that  Sir  Marmaduke  Langdale,  with 
12000  horse  and  2000  foot,  was  coming  down  from  Appleby  and  Kirkby 
Stephen  towards  Barnardcastle  and  so  to  Yorkshire,  and  would  fall 
upon  the  parliamentary  forces  thereabout  before  their  body  got 
together.'  On  18  July  following.  Captain  Samuel  Birch  said  'that 
the  Scotts  fell  upon  us  before  we  were  aware ;  in  the  skirmish  some 
four  or  five  of  our  kild,  some  wounded.  Wee  came  safe  in  our  retreat  to 
Kirkby  Steeven,  from  thence  to  Bowes.'  On  the  20th  of  the  same  month, 
Major-General  Lambert,  writing  to  Wm.  Lenthall,  spoke  of  a  fight  near 
Appleby,  about  maintaining  the  pass  against  the  enemy  there,  when 
his  forces  drew  off  the  next  morning,  having  slain  Capt.  Cromwell's 
lieutenant  and  taken  some  prisoners,  and  came  to  Kirkby  Stephen 
without  any  disturbance  of  the  enemy,  and  so  marched  to  Bowes  and 
Barnardcastle.4 

s  Mr.  J.  W.  Braithwaite's  scrap  book. 
4  Portland  Papers,  I  (Hist,  MS.  Comin.  Rep.),  455  ;   ill,  175  ;   I,  4S8. 


Thanks  are  given  for  the  loan  of  the  blocks  of  Wharton  hall,  and  the 
plan  of  it,  to  the  Cumberland  and  Westmorland  Antiquarian  Society, 
and  of  Kirkby  Stephen  church  and  Pendragon  castle  to  Mr.  J.  W. 
Braithwaite  of  Kirkby  Stephen ;  also  to  Mr.  Curwen  who  has  kindly 
furnished  the  plan  of  Pendragon  castle. 


MISCELLANEA. 

The  following  is  a  continuation  (from  p.  252)  of  Sir  Stephen  Glynne's 
4 notes'  of  Northumberland  churches: — 

Sept.  4,  1846          BAMBOBOUGH  (NORTHUMBERLAND).  S.  Aidan. 

A  curious  and  interesting  Church,  entirely  1st  Pd.,  of  great  purity 
.and  very  well  preserved.  The  plan  is  cruciform,  with  a  low  engaged 
West  Tower.  The  Chancel  is  extremely  long.  The  Tower  is  very 
plain,  lighted  by  slits,  with  u  small  door  in  its  S.  side  near  the  W. — 
the  upper  part  modern.  It  opens  to  the  nave  and  aisles  by  3  plain 
pointed  arches  upon  imposts.  The  South  aisle  is  very  wide,  the  ceiling 
of  both  nave  and  aisles  of  a  bad  modern  Gothic  pattern.  There  is 
an  arcade  of  4  bays  on  each  side  of  the  nave,  beyond  the  Tower, 
and  a  5th  opening  to  the  Transepts.  The  arches  are  pointed,  the 
columns  circular  with  moulded  capitals — except  one  on  the  N.,  which 
has  rude  foliage.  The  Eastern  arch  of  the  four  on  the  N.  is  lower 
than  the  others.  The  respond  at  the  N.W.  is  a  kind  of  bracket — 


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on  the  N.E.  a  half  column.  The  arches  to  the  Transepts  are  plain, 
springing  from  imposts.  The  S.  Transept  opens  to  the  aisle  by  a 
wide  1st  Pd.  arch  on  octagonal  shafts — the  N.  Transept  by  a  narrower 
one.  The  windows  of  the  aisles  are  bad  modern  ones.  In  the  Tran- 
septs are  some  good  long  lancets.  The  Chancel  arch  is  plain  1st  Pd. 
without  mouldings  on  imposts.  On  the  S.  side  of  it  is  a  singular  and 
not  inelegant  hagioscope — of  square  form,  fitted  with  pierced  stone 
lattice  work,  consisting  of  quatrefoiled  lozenges,  or  reticulated  quatre- 
foils  tracery.  Over  it  is  a  lofty  small  pointed  recess.  The  Chancel  is 
of  unusual  length  and  presents  internally  a  very  noble  specimen  of 
1st  Pd. — the  internal  work  being  much  richer  and  more  elegant  than 
the  external.  It  has  on  each  side  a  fine  arcade  with  shafts — some  of 
the  arches  being  pierced  by  lancet  windows.  Where  the  windows  occur 
the  interior  arch  is  trefoiled.  Both  N.  &  S.  there  is  a  recess  near  the 
Chancel  arch,  which  seems  to  have  been  a  lychnoscope,  that  on  the  N. 
alone  is  seen  externally,  and  is  square  headed  and  trefoiled,  with  a 
transom,  set  below  a  lancet.  The  East  window  has  3  lancets,  internally 
forming  part  of  an  arcade  of  5  with  shafts  ;  externally  there  are 
pedimental  buttresses  between  the  lights.  Between  this,  within,  is 
another  arcade  with  two  square  recesses  which  must  evidently  be 
aumbries.  One  singular  feature  in  this  Chancel  is  the  number  of 
openings  in  and  about  the  sacrarium.  On  the  S.  are  3  ascending 
sedilia,  with  trefoil  heads  rather  shallow — and  eastward  a  piscina  of 
like  form,  having  a  stone  shelf.  East  of  which  again  is  a  small  arched 
recess  (perhaps  a  credence).  On  the  same  side  is  a  sepulchral  recess  in 
the  wall  with  the  effigy  of  a  cross-legged  Knight  in  good  preservation, 
with  angels  at  his  head  and  a  lion  at  his  feet.  On  the  N.  side  of  the 
altar  is  a  piscina,  as  well  as  on  the  S.,  which  is  very  remarkable.  It 
is  set  very  near  the  N.E.  angle,  and  has  a  pointed  fenestella  and  a 
projecting  slab  in  which  is  the  drain.  Near  it  is  a  trefoil-headed 
recess — there  are  also  some  more  square  recesses  in  both  walls  near  the 
western  part  of  the  Chancel.  The  Sacrarium  is  very  large.  The 
Chancel  has  recently  been  very  well  fitted  up  with  stalls  of  oak  which 
have  very  well  carved  ends.  The  windows  are  also  embellished  with 
good  stained  glass  representing  the  12  Apostles.  Under  the  Eastern 
portion  is  a  fine  Crypt,  in  2  divisions,  having  good  plain  vaulting. 
The  two  divisions  are  N.  &  S.  of  each  other  and  are  lighted  by  small 
lancets,  with  flattened  trefoil  heads.  The  descent  to  the  Crypt  is  from 
the  Chancel.  The  priests'  door  has  been  modernised.  Under  the 
parapet  of  the  Chancel  is  a  1st  Pd  corbel  table.  The  Font  is  poor — a 
shallow  octagonal  bowl.  The  nave  and  transepts  are  [?  stall  pued], 
and  the  organ  is  in  a  low  gallery  at  the  W.  end  of  the  S.  aisle. 
The  Trustees  of  Lord  Crewe's  charities  have  at  various  periods 
embellished  the  Church,  but  formerly,  it  is  to  be  lamented,  not 
.according  to  true  ecclesiastical  taste  as  may  be  seen  in  the  windows 
and  ceiling  of  the  nave.  Of  late  years,  however,  better  things  have 
been  done  by  them,  and  the  excellent  restoration  and  ecclesiastical 
propriety  of  the  Chancel,  which  belongs  solely  to  them,  does  them 
infinite  credit. 
Added  in  margin — 

(1)  There  are  two  bells. 

(2)  There  are  4  lancet  windows  on  each  side  of  the  Chancel. 

(3)  In  the  Church  yard  is  a  very  fine  recumbent  figure  of  the  heroic 

Grace  Darling,  with  an  oar  in  her  hand,  and  within  the  Church  a 
fine  monument  by  Chantry  erected  by  Miss  Sharp  in  memory  of 
her  uncles. 
<4)  Perhaps  the  Crypt  was  a  Sacristy. 


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Sept.   1846  FELTON  (NORTHUMBERLAND).  S.  Michael. 

Plan :  a  nave  with  aisles  and  long  Chancel,  S.  Porch,  no  steeple, 
but  pointed  bell  turret  over  the  W.  end,  divided  into  2  compartments 
for  bells  and  slightly  projecting.  The  material  a  picturesque  grey  stone. 
The  South  porch  is  of  solid  stone,  the  roof  having  strong  ribs.  The 
interior  doorway  is  curiously  formed  and  expands  into  a  sort  of  second 
porch  of  shallow  dimensions  and  opening  at  once  to  the  nave  by  a 
narrow  obtuse  arch.  Eastward  of  the  porch  the  S.  aisle  is  divided 
from  the  nave  by  2  wide  pointed  arches  on  octagonal  columns. 
Westward  of  the  porch  is  one  bay  opening  by  a  narrow  arch  and  now 
enclosed  as  the  vestry.  The  north  aisle  has  been  widened  and  is 
co-extensive  with  the  nave,  from  which  it  is  divided  by  an  arcade  of 
5  pointed  arches  with  octagonal  columns.  The  arrangement  of  the 
aisles  being  so  dissimilar  makes  the  interior  far  from  being  symmetrical. 
Most  of  the  windows,  even  those  lately  inserted,  are  of  the  vilest  des- 
cription according  to  the  common  Northumbrian  fashion  with  sashes. 
At  the  East  end  of  the  S.  aisle  is  a  M.  Pd  one  of  5  lights  with  elegant 
geometrical  tracery,  but  cut  short  by  the  roof.  The  Chancel  arch  is- 
not  in  the  centre — of  1st  Pd  form,  springing  from  circular  shafts  with 
square  capitals.  The  Chancel  is  a  pure  1st  Pd  specimen  though  some 
wretched  modern  windows  have  been  inserted  both  at  the  E.  end  and 
on  the  S.  It  has,  however,  some  lancets  with  very  deep  splay  and 
internally  opening  by  a  trefoil  headed  arch.  Those  on  the  N.  of  the 
chancel  are  closed.  There  are  traces  of  lancet  windows,  also  closed,  in 
the  nave.  The  Font  has  an  octagonal  bowl,  on  a  stem  of  like  form. 
There  are  pues  and  a  western  gallery  in  which  is  a  barrel  organ.  The 
Churchyard  is  very  picturesque  and  kept  in  beautiful  order,  abounding 
in  flowers. 

Aug.  1847  LESBURY  (NORTHUMBERLAND).  S.  Mary, 

The  plan,  a  chancel  and  nave  with  N.  aisle  continued  along  both, 
and  a  Western  Tower.  The  whole  is  plain  1st  Pd  with  very  little 
admixture.  The  South  doorway,  however,  appears  to  be  Norman — the 
inner  moulding  having  shafts,  one  of  which  is  circular,  the  other  octa- 
gonal. The  Church  has  undergone  considerable  restoration,  but  the 
internal  fittings  were  not  completed.  The  nave  has  2  wide  pointed 
arches  dividing  the  aisle  with  circular  column.  The  Chancel  has  the 
same  with  square  pier.  The  chancel  arch  is  pointed  upon  imposts. 
On  the  N.  side  of  the  Chancel  are  3  lancets,  the  interior  arch  of  which 
is  slightly  trefoiled.  The  E.  window  is  a  vile  modern  one.  On  the  S. 
side  is  a  piscina  with  rude  arch.  The  S.WT.  window  is  continued  to 
the  ground.  The  Chancel  roof  is  low,  but  has  flowered  timbers.  There 
are  lancets  in  the  aisle,  and  one  square  headed  3rd  Pd  window  in  the 
Chancel  aisle.  The  S.  wall  has  been  chiefly  rebuilt  and  lancet  windows 
restored.  The  Tower  arch  is  upon  shafts.  The  Tower  is  low  and 
strongly  built,  having  a  W.  window  of  lancet  form,  and  belfry  windows 
similar,  and  no  West  door.  The  Font  has  an  octagonal  bowl,  with 
shields,  etc.,  on  an  octagonal  stem. 
Added  in  the  margin — 

The  buttresses  are  flat.     At  the  W.  end  of  the  aisle  is  a  single  lancet. 
The  Priests  door  has  a  semicircular  head. 


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PROCEEDINGS 

OF   THE 


SOCIETY    OF    ANTIQUARIES 


OP    NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. 


3  SEB.,  VOL.  in.  1908.  NO.  24 

A  country  meeting  of  the  Society  was  held  on  Wednesday,  the  fifth 
day  of  August,  1908,  at 

BOLAM  AND  WHALTON. 

Members  assembled  at  Morpeth  railway  station  at  12-37  p.m.,  where 
carriages  were  in  waiting.  Driving  to  Whalton  they  were  joined  by  the 
Rev.  J.  Walker,  hon.  canon  of  Newcastle,  the  rector,  who  had  kindly 
consented  to  act  as  guide  for  the  day  ;  thence  they  proceeded  to  Bolam 
church  by  way  of  Belsay  and  Bolam  lake,  a  fine  stretch  of  water,  made 
in  1818  by  John  Dobson,  the  well-known  Newcastle  architect,  for  the 
hon.  Charles  Beresford.  Amongst  those  present,  in  addition  to  the 
rector  of  Whalton,  were  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  L.  Markham,  and  Mr.  W. 
Philipson,  of  Newcastle ;  Mr.  J.  A.  Irving  and  Mr.  R.  C.  Hedley,  of 
Corbridge ;  Mr.  Fred.  Raimes  and  Mr.  J.  Raimes  of  Stockton-on-Tees ; 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  T.  Rutherford,  and  Mr.  J.  R.  Hogg  and  a  friend,  of 
North  Shields ;  the  Rev.  E.  J.  Taylor,  vicar  of  West  Pelton  ;  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Blair  and  Miss  Gladys  Blair,  of  Harton,  etc. 

BOLAM. 

Mark,  in  his  'Survey  of  Northumberland,'  written  in  1734,1  says 
'  There  has  been  formerly  a  very  considerable  castle  at  the  west  end 
of  this  village.  The  fosse  is  very  visible,  and  has  been  of  vast  depth. 
The  tradition  is  that  one  Walter  Bolam,  who  was  lord  of  the  manor  of 
Bolam,  held  out  in  this  castle  against  the  Scots,  who,  they  .say,  he- 
leagured  it,  and  pretend,  also,  to  shew  us  his  picture  in  the  church,  cut 
out  of  stone  in  armour,  and  lately  painted  over  in  green.'  The  tree- 
grown  mound,  in  which  this  castle  is  said  to  have  stood,  was  passed 
on  the  way  to  the  church. 

Walter,  the  chaplain,  formerly  clerk  of  dom.  Walter  son  of  G-ilbert, 
and  James  de  Bolam,  granted  lands  in  Bolam  to  Newminster. 3  In  1312 
a  William  de  Bolam  occurs.  Next  year  a  person  of  the  same  name  is 
parish  chaplain  of  Lanchester. 3  Robert  de  Bolam  was  ordained  by 
the  bishop  of  Durham  on  a  commission  from  the  archbishop  of  York, 
dated  6  March,  1314.4  A  George  Raimes  of  Bolam  occurs  in5 

On  1  Dec,  1481,  John  Weddrelt  of  Bolam  sought  sanctuary  at  Durham 
for  striking  on  the  head  Rowland  Sharpe  on  the  preceding  13  April, 
with  '  le  walshe  bille  '  and  for  stabbing  him  two  or  three  times  with  a 

i  Inedited  Contributions  to  the  History  of  Northumberland,  p.  90. 

2  i\ewm.  Cart.  (66  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  177. 

3  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  ll,  890,  891,  967.  <  Ibid.,  691. 

5  Dep.  cfr  Eccl.  Proc.  (21  Surt.  Soc.  pub!.),  68. 

[Proc.  3Ser.  m,  39  J 


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dagger  while  he  lay  on  the  ground,  from  which  he  died.  On  2  March, 
1516,  George  Young,  of  Angorton,  sought  sanctuary  at  Durham  for 
killing  Robert  Cooke  of  Bolam  with  a  dagger.0 

At  the  muster  of  the  middle  marches  at  the  Mutelawe  on  the  26 
March,  1580,  one  of  Mr.  Cuthbert  Carnaby's  tenants  attended  from 
Bolambe. 7  At 

ST.  ANDREW'S  CHURCH 

the  party  was  met  by  the  Rev.  R.  E.  Thomas,  the  vicar,  and  he  and 
Canon  Walker  pointed  out  to  the  visitors  the  remains  of  the  work  of 
successive  builders. 

The  tower  is  a  fine  specimen  of  pre-conquest  work,  in  an  excellent 
state  of  preservation,  having  never  undergone  any  alteration  beyond 
the  addition  of  a  parapet  probably  in  the  thirteenth  century,  and 
the  insertion  of  two  large  single  light  windows  on  the  west  face. 
In  the  lower  stage  are  windows  with  round  heads  cut  in  one  stone, 
on  three  sides  of  the  tower  the  belfry  stage  is  a  double  opening 
with  a  rude  square  shaft  on  each  side.  Both  caps  and  base  are 
without  ornament.  The  head  of  each  window  is  semi-circular,  cut  from 
two  stones.  Above  these  again  is  a  single  opening,  with  triangular  head 
formed  by  two  stones,  wider  than  those  in  the  lower  stage.  Immedi- 
ately above  these  latter  openings  is  a  course  of  herring  bone  work.  A 
string  course  runs  round  the  tower,  which  appears  to  have  had  an 
indented  ornament.  The  lower  portion  of  the  north  wall  of  the  nave 
also  appears  to  be  of  pre-conquest  workmanship.  The  church  consists 
of  a  nave  of  three  bays,  an  aisle  on  the  south  side,  in  which  is  a  semi- 
circular arch  of  two  orders,  ornamented  with  dog-tooth  moulding 
The  columns  of  the  nave  are  composed  of  a  cluster  of  four  piers,  the 
principals  having  plain  and  moulded  capitals.  The  arches  are  of  two 
plain  orders  with  chamfered  nail  head  mouldings.  At  the  west  end  of 
the  nave  is  a  semi- circular  arch  having  plain  ends,  the  piers  having 
detached  shafts  with  carved  capitals  at  the  east  side.  The  chancel  arch 
is  of  Norman  date,  possessing  cushioned  capitals  with  beak  head 
ornament,  and  on  its  western  side  had  some  grotesque  faces,  which  were 
destroyed  by  the  Rev.  S.  S.  Meggison,  who  also  inserted  the  double-light 
window  in  the  north  wall  of  the  nave.  Midway  in  the  chancel  are  the 
remains  of  a  second  arch  where  probably  the  Norman  chancel  ended 
with  an  apse.  There  are  two  lights  on  the  north  side  of  the  chancel, 
one  of  twelfth  century  work,  very  simple  in  design  but  very  quaint,  the 
other  is  of  later  date,  thirteenth  or  beginning  of  fourteenth  century. 
In  the  thirteenth  century  the  chancel  was  considerably  enlarged,  and 
this  enlargement  extended  to  the  chapel  on  the  south  side,  which 
opens  from  the  nave  with  a  wide  arch,  supported  with  slightly 
moulded  corbels.  In  the  chancel  are  traces  of  what  appear  to  be 
jambs  with  a  ridge  of  the  Norman  period.  The  east  window  is  a 
triplet  of  three  lancet  lights  under  one  arch.  On  the  south  side 
are  two  arched  sedilia.  Another  arch  of  the  same  size  on  the  east  side 
has  been  built  up  to  form  a  piscina.  In  the  south  chapel  is  a  niche  in 
the  east  wall,  in  which  is  placed  a  mutilated  effigy  of  a  knight  bearing 
a  shield  charged  with  a  cross  engrailed,  probably  that  of  Robert  de 
Raymes  (see  next  page).  On  the  north  wall  of  this  chapel  is  a  shield, 
built  flush  with  the  wall  bearing  the  same  arms,  above  which  is  an 
inscription  which  is  said  to  read  '  Robertus  Reymes '  (see  next  page). 
In  the  floor  of  the  chantry  are  two  fine  specimens  of  floriated  grave- 
covers  ;  one  bears  in  addition  to  the  usual  cross  a  sword,  the  other 

6  Sane.  Dun.  et  Bev.  (5  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  20,  73. 
7  Cat.  of  Border  Papers,  I,  22, 


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EXTERIOR  FROM    8.E. 


INTERIOR  LOOKING  N.E.,  SHOWING  RAYUES  CHANTRY. 
BOLAM   CHURCH,   NORTHUMBERLAND. 


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that  of  a  priest,  a  book  and  a  chalice.     On- the  north  and  south  sides 
are  aumbreys.     This  chapel,  beyondfdoubt,  is*a  very  early  one.      In 
the  east  wall  is  a  pointed  lancet  window/and  the  "south  window  of  this 
chapel  is  an  early  two-light  window,  splayed  in  the  jambs  of  the  same 
character    as   the    thirteenth    century    window    in    the    chancel.     The 
windows  on  the  south  aisle  of  the  nave,  as  also  the  west  window  are 
modern.      On  the  south  side  of  the  chancel  is  a  semi-circular  arch  open- 
ing into  the  south  chapel  of  the  same  character  as  the  nave  arches, 
except  that  the  angles  are  chamfered.     In  the  upper  step  leading  to 
the  chancel  is  a  fragment  of  another  grave  cover,  upon  which  is  incised 
the  top  of  a  floriated  cross.      On  the  north  wall  of  the  chancel  is  a 
monument    bearing    an    inscription    as    follows  :     '  Here    Lyeth    the 
body  of  Charles  Middleton  esq,  son  of  the  late  Charles  Middleton  of 
Belsay  esq,  who  departed  this  life  llth  Maie,  1628.'     Below  the  above 
are  several  lines  which  are  unfortunately  wholly  illegible,  a  portion  only 
being  decipherable.     The  south  door  of  the  nave  is  a  fine  specimen  of 
a  Transitional  doorway  in  which  are  two  rows  of  the  dog-tooth  pattern. 
The  arch-head  moulding  is  indented  with  the  dog-tooth  pattern  down 
the  jambs.      The  porch  is  plain,  having  a  plain  doorway  externally  in 
it,  on  one  side  is  a  stone  bench.     The  porch  is  destitute  of  windows. 
Under  the  tower  is  an  early  grave 
cover    with   the   cross  formed  of 
diagonal    lines,  and  lines   placed 
herring-bone-wise  project  diagon- 
ally from  the  stem  of  the  cross. 
In  the  wall  of  the  porch  is  a  frag- 
ment of  a  coped  grave  cover  with 
a  tegulated  pattern  on  its  side — 
the  domus  ultima.     On  a  window 
sill  on  the  north  side  of  the  chancel 
are  a  helmet  and  a  pair  of  gaunt- 
lets   of    wood,    somewhat    worm 
eaten,  apparently  of  seventeenth 
century  date.     The  font  is  a  plain 
octagonal  bowl,  apparently  of  the 
fifteenth  century. 

The  church  was  restored  during 
the  incumbency  of  the  late  revd. 
George  Bigge  in  1883,  at  a  cost  of 
800Z.,  by  the  late  Mr.  F.  R.  Wilson. 
The  Shortflat  chantry,  which 
contains  two  finely  carved  tomb 
slabs  and  a  half-length  effigy  of  a 
knight  in  armour.  This  was,  until 
recently,  supposed  to  represent  Sir 
Walter  de  Bolam  (see  p.  266),  but 
careful  scrutiny  has  not  only  dis- 
proved this  theory,  but  settled 
beyond  doubt  the  identity  of  the 
person  over  whose  burial  place  it 
was  originally  placed. 

Mr.  F.  Raimes  stated  that  it  is 

the  effigy  of  his  ancestor,  Robert  <See  nexfc  Page-> 

de  Reymes,  who  built  Shortflat  tower,  who  was  the  first  of  the 
Northumberland  Reymes,  who  came  from  Wherstead,  in  Suffolk, 
in  1290.  On  one  side  of  the  chantry  is  a  coat  of  arms,  an  en- 


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268 

erailed  cross,  and  an  inscription  which  Mr.  Raimes  said  was  « Robertas 
Tteymes.'  A  cast  of  the  stone  had  been  sent  to  Mr.  Greenwell 
of  Durham,  who  agreed  with  this  reading.  The  arms  both  on 
the  effigy  and  on  the  stone— an  engrailed  cross — are  given  in  Mr. 
Dendy'o  Roll  of  Arms  as  those  of  Reymes.8  It  is  the  intention  of  Mr. 
Raimes  to  restore  the  chantry  to  something  like  its  original  form  by 
transferring  the  effigy  from  the  niche  in  which  it  is  now  improperly  set 
on  end,  and  having  it  laid  in  a  recumbent  position  under  the  arch  be- 
tween the  chantry  chapel  and  the  chancel,  probably  its  original  site. 
But  he  did  not  wish  to  do  anything  in  the  shape  of  restoration  without 
the  approval  of  the  Society.  If  the  ecclesiastical  authorities  grant 
permission,  the  restoration  will  be  carried  out  at  once. 

The  vicar  exhibited  in  the  vestry  the  communion  plate,  including  a 
cup  and  early  paten.  The  cup  appears  to  have  been  remade  by  John 
Langlands,  the  well-known  Newcastle  silversmith,  as  it  bears  his  mark 
(see  illustration  on  preceding  page).  The  paten  is  Elizabethan  and 
bears  the  London  year  mark  0  for  1571,  besides  having  the  same  year 
incised  on  the  foot. 

In  the  old  taxation  of  one  mark  in  forty  '  Rectoria  de  Bolam  '  appears 
as  '  xlij  marcae,  viijs.  vd.,'  the  tax  being  '  xliijs.  i\d.  o&oL' u  By  the  Clavis 
Ecclesiastic  a  the  vahie  is  given  as  '  vie.  Bolame  iiijL  vijs.  viijd.  [40Lj 
Deane  and  Chapter  of  Durham  aliis  Regina.' 1  °  Bacon  (Liber  Regis, 
p.  1274}  gives  the  value  of  « Bolam  V.  (St.  Andrew),  Prox.  Episc.  3s-  4d., 
The  king'  being  patron,  as  6Z.  13s.  4tL,  and  the  yearly  tenths  13s.  4d. 

In  the  '  Oliverian  Survey '  *  l  it  is  stated  '  That  the  Parish  of  Bolam  is  nn 
Impropriac'on  in  the  hands  of  Sr.  John  Delavall  and  Thomas  Middleton 
of  Belsey,  esq.,  and  it  is  worth  p.  ann'  thirtye  pounds.  The  Cure  now 
supplyed  by  Mr.  Robert  Lower. l  •  a  Preaching  Minister,  and  hath  belong- 
ing to  it  bhirtye  pounds  p.annu.' 

In  1312,  John  de  Insula,  D.C.L.,  rector  of  Bolam,  was  cited  to 
appear  before  the  bishop  or  his  commissary  for  holding  pluralities 
without  papal  dispensation,  he  having  the  churches  of  Boldon  and 
Bolam.13  On  the  3  kal.  of  March  [27  Feb.],  1312,  he,  described  also  as 
prebendary  of  Auckland  value  46Z.,  was  granted  an  indult  by  pope 
Clement  v  from  Avignon,  to  accept  the  church  of  Boldon  value  40Z.,  and 
on  resigning  either  of  them  to  accept  another  value  45Z.  *•  On  3  April 
following,  there  was  received  for  tithes  due  to  the  bishop  28s.  5d.  for  half- 
a-year  from  the  same  for  his  rectory  of  Bolam.2  On  11  Oct.  of  the 
same  year  the  rector  of  Bolam  was  on  a  commission  appointed  by  the 
bishop  from  Stockton  to  levy  contributions  for  the  defence  of  the  see.  3 
On  10  May,  1339,  Alan  de  Heppescotes  was  instituted  to  the  rectory  of 
Bolam  on  the  death  of  Henry  de  Remys,  the  last  rector.4 

At  a  visitation  of  16  Nov.  1501,  the  vicar  was  present.6  At  a  synod 
held  in  the  galilee  of  Durham  cathedral  church,  on  4  October,  1507,  the 
'  proprietarius,'  and  vicar  of  Bolam  were  present.6  The  pension  of  the 
abbot  of  Blanchland  for  the  church  of  Bolam  was  6s.  8rf. 7 

At  the  visitation  of  27  Jan.  1577,  the  vicarage  was  vacant,  John 
Maggee,  the  curate,  '  fugam  fecit,'  Robert  Ingoe,  the  praish  clerk 

»  Arch.  AeL,  3  ser.,  in,  2S6,  287  '->  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  ill,  93. 

10  Eccl.  Proc.  of  Bishop  Barnes  (22  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  S         H  Arch.  AeL,  1  ser.,  in,  S. 

12  'Lever'  in  Rolls  chapel  copy.  Robert  Lever,  the  nephew  of  Henry,  had  been 
ejected  from  Bolain  at  the  restoration.— Mew.  of  Ambrose  Barnes  (58  Snrt.  Soc.  publ.), 
411.  is  J!eg.  Pal.  Dun.,  l,  67. 

1  Val.  of  Pap.  Re(j.,  Papal  letters,  II.  68:  see  ;ilso  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  I,  S46,  '247. 

^  Hint   Dun.  Scrip.  Tres  (9  .Snrt.  Soc.  pub].),  cviii. 

3  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  I,  208.  '  Ibid.,  Ill,  232. 

'•  Eccl.  Proc.  of  Bishop  Barnes,  xi.  6  Hint.  Dun.  Scrip.  Tres,  ccccv. 

7  Ibid.,  ccccvii. 


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269 

appeared,  as  did  Wm.  Heppell,  George  Davison,  Robt.  Ingoe  and 
Richard  Bredell  the  churchwardens.1  At  the  General  Chapter  held  in 
.Alorpcth  chapel  on  29  July,  1578,  Henry  Duxfeild,  rector  of  Meldon  and 
vicar  of  Bolam,  performed  the  task  (St.  Matthew's  Gospel).  At  the 
general  chapter  held  in  Morpeth  chapel  on  20  Jan.  1578-9,  Henry 
Duxfeild,  vicar  of  Bolam,  was  present.2 

David  Taylor,  vicar  of  Bolam,  is  one  of  the  witnesses  to  the  will  of 
Elizabeth  Sacheverell,  widow  of  Robert  Sacheverell  of  Nowneton, 
Warwickshire.3  By  his  will  of  27  March,  1573,  he  directed  his  body  to 
be  buried  in  Bolam  churchyard,  and  gave  to  the  church  3s.  4d.  in 
money.  Mr.  John  Raymes  and  George  Raymes  are  among  the  wit- 
nesses. Robt.  Raymes  is  also  mentioned  in  it.4 

By  her  will  of  6  Oct.  1582,  Jane  Aynsley  directed  her  body  to  be 
buried  in  the  church  earth  of  Bolam.5  By  his  will  of  1  Dec,  1583, 
Anthony  Fenwick  of  Trewick  directed  his  body  to  be  buried  in  the 
parish  church  of  Bolam.0 

Walker  (Sufferings  of  the  Clergy,  245)  says  of  '  Geo.  Forster,  Bolam  V. 
He  was  turned  out  in  the  year  1646,  and  severely  fined  for  not  giving  up 
the  living  quietly  and  without  opposition.  He  had  4Z.  6s.  8d.  a  year 
allowed  him  out  of  it,  which  they  called  fifths,  and  that  ill  paid.  So 
that  he  was  forced  to  take  a  small  farm  to  support  his  family,  when  he 
was  frequently  dispossessed  and  plundered  of  his  hay,  corn,  etc.  He 
was  twice  like  to  have  been  imprisoned  at  Newcastle,  but  he  got  bail. 
He  continued  in  private  to  perform  Holy  Offices  according  to  the 
Common  Prayer  Book,  which  mr.de  some  addition  to  his  subsistence 
Some  time  before  the  Restoration  they  gave  or  allowed  him  to  take  the 
small  Chapel  of  Witton,  worth  about  four  pounds  a  year.  He  was  re- 
stored in  1660,  and  died  in  1694,  aged  81.' 

Bishop  Chandler  at  a  visitation  '  supposed  in  1736 '  thus  notes 
'  V.  Bolam,  lies  wide,  Geo.  Fenwick,  resid.  ;  patron  Ed.  Chancellor. 
Value,  glebe  60,  tith,  &c.  32.  Fam.  100  of  wch  15  Presb.,  one  Pap. 
No  school  but  occasionally  for  summer  season.  3  Sacmts  between 
35  &  18  come.'  At  Belsay  Sr.  WT.  Middleton  has  a  private  chap,  here 
wh.  Mr.  Bolton  schoolmr.  of  Hexham  serves.'. 

From  Bolam  the  party  returned  to 

WHALTON, 

where  a  curious  custom,  surviving,  it  is  thought,  from  pagan  times,  has 
been  carried  out  yearly.  On  the  4  July,  when  the  sun  goes  down,  a 
huge  bonfire  is  lighted  on  the  village  green,  around  which  the  children 
dance  in  a  moving  circle.  It  is  believed  to  be  a  survival  of  sun  worship  • 7 

At  the  muster  of  the  middle  marches  at  the  Mutelawe,  six  horsemen 
attended  from  Whaltoun.8 

Tea  was  provided  by  the  Rev.  J.  and  Mrs.  W'alker  at  the  rectory. 
Subsequently  members  had  the  privilege  of  inspecting  the  rectory 
garden,  which  was  very  gay  with  flowers  in  every  variety. 

After  tea,  guided  by  the  rector,  members  proceeded  to  the 

PARISH    CHURCH, 

which  is  reputed  to  bear  the  name  of  St.  Mary  Magdalene  ;  it  is  situate  on 
the  southern  slope  of  the  ridge  dividing  the  watershed  of  the  Blyth 
from  that  of  the  Wansbeck.  It  was  thus  described  by  Mr.  Walker  :  — 

1  Bed.  Froc.  of  Bishop  Barnes,  34.  %  lbi<l.,  75,  93. 

3  Wilts  <t'  Inu.,  I  (2  Surt.  Soc   publ.),  202,  4  Ibid.,  ?93,  394. 

5  Ibid.,  HI  (112  Snrt.  Soc.  publ.),  96.  6  Ibul,  104. 

7  See  'The  Midsummer  Bonfire  at  Whalton.'— Arch.  Ael,  2  ser.  xxv,  181. 

s  Cat.  of  Border  Papers,  i,  21. 


The  earliest  part  of  the  building  is  doubtless  the  solid  square  tower. 
The  massive  pillar  near  the  tower,  with  its  plain  cushioned  base  and 
heavy  capital,  clearly  indicate  a  rebuilding  of  the  church  in  early  Norman 
times.  Again  early  in  the  thirteenth  century  a  rebuilding  took  place,  the 
present  church  representing  this  rebuilding.  A  nave  of  three  bays,  with 
north  and  south  aisles,  a  chancel  with  a  chantry  to  the  north  and  a 
tower.  The  water  moulding  on  the  east  side  of  the  tower  shows  that  it 
had  a  high  pitched  roof  continuous  from  ridge  to  eaves,  and  the  remains 
in  the  south  wall  represent  the  two  windows  as  they  existed  at  that 
time.  The  sills  of  the  corresponding  windows  on  the  north  are  still 
visible.  The  most  striking  features  of  the  thirteenth  century  building 
which  remain  are  the  beautiful  windows  at  the  east  end  of  the  south 
aisle  shown  on  the  opposite  plate,  and  the  pillar  separating  the  chantry 
from  the  chancel  with  a  column  at  each  angle  and  a  row  of  bold  dog- 
teeth ornament  between  each  two  columns  (also  shown  on  the  opposite 
plate).  In  the  nave  the  arcades  are  pointed,  and  the  arches  plain  on 
the  N.,  but  furnished  with  moulding  and  corbels  on  the  south.  In  the 
fifteenth  century  the  north  and  south  walls  of  the  nave  were  raised  to 
their  present  height  with  a  continuous  roof  whose  ridge  line  was  only 
slightly  higher  than  the  older  one.  The  lines  of  both  roofs  can  be  seen 
on  the  tower,  and  the  earlier  one  traced  on  the  end  walls  of  the  aisles. 
In  the  sixteenth  century  or  early  in  the  seventeenth  century  the  high 
pitched  roof  gave  place  to  the  present  flat  roof  with  the  low  parapet 
between  the  nave  and  the  aisles.  The  present  floor  levels  are  very 
nearly  the  original  ones.  There  is  a  small  niche  just  inside  the  door 
from  the  porch.  In  the  south  wall  there  is  a  semicircular  tomb  recess. 
In  it  is  now  placed  a  thirteenth  century  grave  slab  found  in  1876. 
There  are  also  a  very  early  piscina  and  aumbry.  Within  the  altar  rails 
is  the  stone  slab  of  the  sedilia  built  up  in  the  fifteenth  century.  From 
an  entry  of  1784  in  the  churchwardens'  books  it  appears  that  the  church 
'  having  been  very  dark  and  gloomy  till  this  period  of  time  by  reason  of 
its  having  no  windows  to  the  north,  and  but  one  in  the  south,  which, 
together  with  the  remaining  ones  to  the  east  and  west,  did  not  contain 
four  square  yards  of  glass  in  the  whole,  it  was  proposed  ...  to  en- 
lighten it  by  making  two  new  Gothic  windows  in  the  south  wall  and 
three  in  the  north  wall,  which  was  accordingly  done  in  the  year  1783, 
and  in  1784  the  steeple  was  ornamented  with  an  embattled  parapet, 
four  pinnacles  and  vanes,  the  whole  by  subscription.'  The  Rev.  Dr. 
Bates,  the  rector,  '  enlightened  the  chancel  with  three  Gothic  windows. 
He  also  enlarged  the  door  into  the  chancel,  and  was  at  the  expense 
of  the  vanes  upon  the  pinnacles  of  the  steeple.'  Of  the  'Gothic' 
windows  only  one  now  remains — that  on  the  west  side  of  the  tower 
which  was  inserted  in  1802.  On  the  removal  of  the  whitewash  when 
the  church  was  restored  by  the  late  R.  J.  Johnson  in  1876,  traces  of 
fresco  paintings  were  discovered.  At  this  time  '  the  hideous  and  in- 
convenient pews '  were  removed,  the  floors  relaid,  and  the  '  Gothic ' 
windows  removed  and  replaced  by  others  of  Perpendicular  design. 
The  chancel  was  re-roofed.  In  1884  the  chantry  was  re-roofed,  and  in 
it  in  1896  were  new  mullioned  windows  inserted.  Once  again  the 
building  is  in  disorder  owing  to  the  circumstance  that  the  nave  is  being 
re-roofed,  it  having  been  found  that  the  old  oak  timbers  were  in  so 
rotten  a  state  that  the  roof  was  in  danger  of  falling.  The  chantry  was 
the  burial  place  of  the  Ogles  of  Ogle  castle,  and  there  are  tablets  in  the 
walls  to  several  of  the  family  from  1564.*  In  the  will  of  1565  of 
John  Ogle  it  is  described  as  '  the  porche  commonly  called  ovr  Lady 

l  See  /Voc.,2ser.,  vn,  213.' 


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porche.'  In  1723  it  is  named  'Lord  Harley's  porch,'  and  in  1760  'Ye 
porch  belonging  to  ye  Duke  of  Portland.'  The  Ogle  arms  are  carved 
on  the  capita]  of  a  column  in  the  chantry  and  on  the  outside  of  its 
south  wall.  In  1826  archdeacon  Singleton,  who  visited  it,  describes 
'the  general  condition  and  appearance  as  highly  respectable.'  The 
earliest  known  rector  was  Osbert,  presbyter  of  Weltun,  who  witnessed 
a  charter  temp.  Henry  i  or  Stephen.  Amongst  the  lectors  was  John 
Shaw,  the  author  of  Origo  Protestantium,  who  was  presented  to  the 
living  in  1643,  but  not  allowed  institution  till  1662  at  the  restoration. 
He  died  in  1689.2  The  communion  plate  and  bell  are  described  in  these 
Proceedings  (2  ser.,  iv,  p.  136),  the  oldest  piece  of  plate  being  a  cup  made 
by  John  Cookson,  the  well-known  Newcastle  silversmith,  in  1749. 
In  1798-1799  the  pretty  little  churchyard  was  planted  with  beech  and 
other  trees  by  the  then  rector,  the  Rev.  R.  Bates.  Most  of  these  trees 
are  still  nourishing,  though  several  have  blown  or  been  cut  down, 
three  of  the  oaks  a  few  years  ago. 

There  are  on  the  south  wall  of  the  chancel  several  tablets  recording 
Horsleys,  also  two  hatchments  of  that  family. 

On  the  ides  of  July  [15th]  1309,  pope  Clement  v  granted  from 
Avignon,  a  dispensation  to  Adam  de  Rotheley  successively  rector  of 
Whitewik  in  the  diocese  of  Lincoln  and  of  Qwalton  in  that  of  Durham 
value  29Z.  to  retain  the  same.  3  On  8  Feb.,  1316,  protection  with  clause 
nolumus,  for  one  year  was  granted  to  the  same,  described  as  parson  of 
the  church  of  Whalton.4  On  3  kal.  Feb.  [30  Jan.],  1355,  he  issued  a 
mandate  to  the  abbot  of  Leicester  after  due  examination  to  reserve  to 
Robert  de  Whalton  of  the  diocese  of  Durham  a  benefice  without  cure 
of  souls,  value  18m.,  in  the  gift  of  the  bishop,  prior  and  chapter  of 
Durham. 6 

Whalton  is  given  in  the  '  old  taxation '  of  one  mark  in  forty,  thus 
'  xlij  marcae,  Ixs.,  Rectoria  de  Qwhalton,  xiiijs.  \\d.  ob.  #w.'c 

It  is  stated  in  the  '  Oliverian  Survey ' 7  '  That  the  parish  of  Whalton 
is  a  Parsonage  of  the  yearely  value  of  ffowrescore  pounds  ;  Ralph 
Bates,  of  Halliwell,  Patron,  and  the  Cure  of  the  said  Parish  supplied  by 
Mr.  Amor  Oxley.  That  the  Towne  and  Hamletts  of  Twesill  and 
Stillington  (Shilvington]  fformerly  parte  of  Morpeth  Parish,  butt  farre 
distant  from  it,  may  fittly  be  added  to  the  said  Parish.' 

For  full  notes  of  Whalton  and  its  church,  see  these  Proceedings 
(2  series,  vn,  pp.  209-215). 

With  a  hearty  vote  of  thanks  to  Mr.  Walker,  the  genial  guide,  and 
Mrs.  Walker,  and  a  short  drive  to  Morpeth,  a  pleasant  day's  proceedings 
were  brought  to  a  close. 

3  See  Proc.,  2  ser.,  vn,  213  &  n.  3  Cal.  of  Papal  Reg.,  Papal  letters,  II,  61. 

4  Cal.  of  Pat.  Rolls,  9  Edw.  IT,  393.  o  Ibid.,  in,  570. 

«  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  ill,  91.  7  Arch.  Ael.,  1  ser.,  in,  8. 


Spearman,   in  his    'Notes'    to  a   copy  of  Hutchinson's  History  of 
Northumberland,  thus  refers  to  Bolam  and  Milburn  Grange:  — 

John  and  Joan  de  Cauz  hold  of  King  Henr.v  in,  in  capite  his  Barony  of 
Bolam  with  the  son  of  Walter  de  Bolam  who  was  son  of  Gilbert  de  Bolani  of  the  gift 
of  King  John  by  service  of  3  Kniffbta  fees  as  all  his  ancestors  have  held  by  the 
same  service  since  the  conquest  of  England  and  of  this  holding  no  aleenation  to  the 
Kings  damage.  In  1272  Aline  de  Bolam  James  de  Cauz  &  Aline  his  wife  hold  in 
capite  of  the  king  Bolam  &  its  Members  viz  Lighten  Bugles  Buraton  Thornburgh 
Cowpen  Little  Whittingham  Aydon  and  Castle  Belsow  Bradford  Deanem  as  3 
Knights  fees  old  feoft'ment.  Some  of  this  fanvly  are  styled  Barons  of  Bolam  and 
by  return  of  Bolam  Lands  in  Dugdale's  Baronage  it  appears  that  one  of  the  Middle- 
tons  of  Belsay  married  an  heiress  of  that  family  and  several  of  the  lands  there 
named  are  now  (1797)  in  the  possession  of  the  present  Sir  William  Middleton  Bart. 


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In  Bolam  Church  is  a  Monument  to  Sir  Walter  de  Bolam  and  on  the  North  side 
of  the  altar  a  Monument  to  the  Middleton  family. 

In  1568  Robert  Raymes  was  seised  of  a  Moiety  of  the  Manor  &  Vill  of  Bolam 
and  of  and  in  Shortflat  South  Middleton  a  Moiety  of  Ayden  with  Castle  of  Ayden 
Longwitton  &  Lands  in  Hawkwell.  In  1639  Henry  Raymes  Esq  cousin  &  heir  of 
Robert  Raymes  held  a  capital  Messuage  at  Shortflatt  also  a  Moiety  of  the  Manor 
of  Ayden  with  Ayden  Castle. 

Jn  1553  King  Edward  VI  grants  to  Bartram  Anderson  Milburn  Grange  of  the 
value  of  5^.  6s.  8d.  to  hold  by  Military  Service  late  belonging  to  Hexham  Abbey 
and  said  Anderson  grants  said  Land  to  Edward  Horsley  Esq.  A  younger  branch 
of  the  family  of  Horsey  has  been  for  two  centuries  possessed  of  considerable  estates 
at  Milburn  Grange  £  Bolam.  Amongst  them  John  Horsley  Esq  whose  tomb  is  in 
St.  Nicholas's  Church  Newcastle  1651.  Another  tomb  of  one  of  the  family  who 
died  1684  is  in  the  plantation  at  iMilburn  Grange;  others  are  at  Ponteland  and 
Bolam  Churches  In  1811  the  heiress  of  Uobert  Bolam  of  Milburn  Grange  and 
Bolam  married  Rcvcl  -  Beresford  son  of  the  Archbishop  of  Tuain  in  Ireland. 


MISCELLANEA. 

The  following  is  a  continuation,  from  p.  264,  of  Sir  Stephen  Glynne's 
'notes'  of  Northumberland  and  Durham  churches: — 

31  August,  1856         BOTHAL  (NORTHUMBERLAND).  5.  Andrew. 

This  Church  has  a  nave  with  aisles,  Chancel,  and  a  bell  cot  over  the 
W.  end  of  the  nave,  with  portions  of  the  3  pointed  styles.  The 
parapets  are  moulded,  and  there  are  crosses  on  the  gables,  the  E. 
gable  of  the  Clerestory  being  carried  high  above  the  roof.  The  roofs 
are  lead.  The  bell  cot  is  conical,  and  has  3  open  arches  for  bells, 
and  is  supported  upon  a  buttress.  At  the  W.  end  are  two  lancet 
windows.  The  other  windows  of  the  aisles  are  mostly  Dec'1 — 
those  at  the  E.  of  the  aisles  of  3  lights — the  others  of  2  lights  and 
square  headed.  The  arcades  are  dissimilar,  that  on  the  N.  has  4  fine 
pointed  arches,  with  tall  and  light  octagonal  pillars,  having  moulded 
capitals  and  bases  with  foliage  over  the  angles.  The  arches  have 
hoods  with  corbels.  The  S.  arcade  is  plainer  and  inferior — without 
hoods  and  having  3  wide  pointed  arches  springing  straight  from  the 
piers  without  capitals.  One  pier  is  octagonal,  another  square.  The 
Clerestory  has  narrow  oblong  windows  with  trefoil  feathering.  The 
eastern  responds  of  the  arcade  have  clustered  shafts  on  corbels  without 
capitals.  The  western  respond  on  the  N.  has  fine  clustered  shafts 
with  foliage  capitals  of  E.  E.  character.  The  Chancel  arch  is  pointed 
upon  octagonal  shafts.  The  Chancel,  as  often  in  the  Diocese  of 
Durham,  is  very  long  and  of  E.  E.  character — having  on  each  side 
long  single  lancet  windows  with  hoods.  The  E.  window  is  a  poor 
late  one  of  3  lights.  On  the  S.  are  3  sedilia  with  trefoiled  heads  and 
short  shafts,  and  a  piscina  having  a  semicircular  arch  and  a  round 
bowl  with  octofoil  orifice,  on  a  foliated  corbel.  On  the  N.  is  a  small 
pointed  niche  and  an  octagonal  credence.  On  the  altar  are  candle- 
sticks. 

Some  of  the  windows  contain  stained  glass.  At  the  E.  end  of  the 
N.  aisle  are  square  recesses  in  the  angles,  and  at  the  E.  end  of  the 
S.  aisle,  a  bracket  witn  toothed  mouldings.  There  is  a  high  tomb 
of  alabaster,  with  effigies  of  a  Knight  and  Lady,  the  sides  of  the  tomb 
paneled  with  niches  con  Gaining  figures  representing  religious  orders, 
and  others  carrying  shields.  This  is  of  the  15lh  century.  There  is  also 
a  gravestone  with  a  cross  flory.  The  Font  has  a  plain  octagonal  bowl, 
and-appears  to  be  of  the  17th  century.  There  is  an  organ.  The  site 
of  the  Church  is  very  beautiful,  looking  over  a  woody  valley. 


CORRECTION  :  The  plate  marked  '  To  face  page  264 '  is  to  face  page  268. 


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SIR  S.  GLYNNE'S  DIARY  or  HIS  VISIT  TO  HARTLEPOOL,  GATESHEAD, 

AND  NEWCASTLE — END  OF  AUGUST,   1827. 

(Including  the  Notes  on  Hartlepool  Church  ;  St.  Edmund's  ChapeL 
Gateshead;  Gateshead  Church ;  Newcastle  Castle  ;  and  St.  Nicholas's, 
All  Saint's,  St.  Andrew's,  and  St.  John's,  Newcastle.) 

Stockton  is  approached  by  a  handsome  bridge  over  the  Tees — it  is  a 
very  handsome  town,  having  one  street  of  very  considerable  width,  and 
consisting  of  very  well-built  houses.  This  street  is  indeed  wider  perhaps 
than  any  other  in  a  provincial  town.  The  church  is  a  modern  brick 
building  of  large  dimensions  and  handsomely  fitted  up  with  organ, 
galleries,  etc.,  but  containing  nothing  particularly  worthy  of  notice. 

From  Stockton  we  went  to  Hartlepool,  through  the  villages  of  Norton,. 
Billingham,  and  Stranton  ;  the  country  is  dreary  and  uninteresting. 

Hartlepool  is  a  town  of  singular  appearance,  containing  many  rem- 
nants of  ancient  buildings,  and  situated  on  a  peninsula,  only  to  be 
approached  on  one  side  by  a  narrow  neck  of  land.  The  ancient  walls 
and  gateways  remain  in  part,  and  of  several  ancient  fortifications 
remains  are  visible  about  the  town  and  its  outskirts.  There  is  a  large 
tract  of  land  N.  of  the  town  called  the  Moor,  not  now  occupied  by 
buildings.  This  is  an  ancient  town  governed  by  Mayor  and  Corporation. 
The  principal  street  is  wide,  the  others  narrow  and  crooked.  The  town 
is  much  frequented  for  sea-bathing,  but  it  is  certainly  not  a  pleasant 
place,  nor  the  accommodations  good.  The  descent  to  the  sea  is  also 
bad  and  dirty. 

HARTLEPOOL    CHURCH. 

The  Church  is  a  very  fine  building,  wholly  of  Early  English  work  of 
excellent  character.  It  seems  to  be  only  a  part  of  the  original  building, 
there  being  traces  of  the  transept  and  choir  eastward  of  the  present 
Church,  the  east  wall  of  which  is  modern.  The  Church  consists  at  present 
of  a  spacious  and  lofty  nave  with  side  aisles,  arid  at  the  west  end  a 
massive  square  Tower  of  singular  design  ;  having  flying  buttresses  of 
substantial  proportions  on  both  north  and  south  sides  ;  these  have  2 
stages  with  a  triangular  pediment.  On  the  west  end  is  a  good  E.E. 
doorway  with  shafts  and  the  inner  arch  of  trefoil  form.  The  whole 
tower  is  E.E.  in  character,  and  has  2  stages  of  lancet  windows,  of  which 
the  upper  are  4  in  number,  the  lower  two — each  with  shafts  and  mould- 
ings. Under  the  battlement  is  a  cornice  of  heads  and  other  E.E.  orna- 
ment, and  there  are  4  plain  crocketed  pinnacles  at  the  angles.  The 
Clerestory  of  the  nave  is  also  E.E.  and  has  lancet  windows  arranged  in 
triplets  with  mouldings  and  shafts  :  above  these  is  a  cornice  of  heads 
and  E.E.  foliage  but  no  battlement.  The  aisles  have  a  similar  cornice. 
The  windows  have  obtuse  arches,  filled  with  bad  modern  tracery.  The 
main  arches  of  the  interior  to  the  aisles  are  very  fine  and  lofty-pointed, 
with  deep  mouldings — the  piers  composed  of  clustered  shafts,  somewhat 
like  those  of  Lincoln  Cathedral.  The  aisles  have  stone  groined  ceilings, 
the  ribs  springing  from  clustered  shafts.  The  interior  is  neat  but  plain 
in  the  fitting  up. 

From  Hartlepool  we  went  through  the  village  of  Hart  (the  church  of 
which  has  Norman  features)  to  Castle  Eden,  where  is  a  romantic  dean 
[sic]  or  glen  reaching  to  the  sea.  From  thence  to  Durham  there  is  some 
pleasing  country,  but  no  very  remarkable  feature.  The  town  of 
Durham,  with  its  numerous  antiquities,  churches,  etc.,  and  its  singularly 
beautiful  situation,  which  entitles  it  to  the  name  of  the  '  British  Zion.' 
has  been  already  noticed.  We  wrent  from  thence  on  the  top  of  the  coach 
to  Newcastle  on  Tyne.  The  road  between  Durham  and  Newcastle  (the- 

[  Proc.,  3  Ser.  in,  40] 


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distance  is  16  miles)  is  very  hilly  and  has  many  beauties.  It  passes 
through  the  village  of  C he ster-le  Street,  beyond  which  on  the  right  hand 
is  Lumley  Castle,  an  ancient  building  much  modernized  but  placed 
in  a  good  situation.  Beyond  this  is  seen  among  the  trees  Lambton  Hall. 
The  scenery  in  the  latter  part  of  the  stage  is  much  spoiled  by  coal  works 
and  engines  smoking  in  all  directions.  The  face  of  the  country  is 
however  finely  diversified  with  hill  and  dale.  Before  approaching 
Gateshead  is  seen  on  the  left  hand  Ravensworth  Castle,  finely  situated 
among  woods. 

Gateshead  is  a  dingy  dirty  place,  forming  a  very  populous  suburb  of 
Newcastle  situate  on  the  Durham  side  of  the  river.  In  the  principal 
street  on  the  right  hand  are  :  — 

ST.  EDMUND'S  CHAPEL. 

The  ruins  of  St..  Edmund'*  chapel,  containing  very  good  portions  of 
Early  English  work.  This  Chapel  has  at  the  west  end  a  window  of  5 
lancet  lights  and  a  door  with  rich  tooth  mouldings  and  shafts  and  the 
side  windows  lancet. 

GATESHEAD    CHURCH. 

The  parish  Church  is  to  all  appearances  externally  a  modern  structure, 
the  walls  having  been  rebuilt.  There  is  however  a  Norman  South  door 
still  remaining.  The  Interior  is  spacious  and  has  on  each  side  the 
original  pointed  arches  5  in  number  springing  from  plain  piers  without 
capitals.  The  windows  of  aisles,  clerestory,  and  chancel  are  all  bad  and 
modern.  It  is  handsomely  fitted  up  with  pews  and  galleries  and  has  a 
large  Organ. 

[  NEWCASTLE.] 

Newcastle  is  a  very  large  and  populous  town — the  ancient  part  of  it 
•contains  several  portions  of  antiquity,  and  is  very  irregularly  built. 
But  the  more  modern  parts  have  some  very  handsome  well  built  streets, 
and  many  fine  public  buildings,  so  that  a  look  of  great  opulence  pervades 
the  greater  part  of  the  town.  The  most  ancient  part  of  the  town  is 
between  the  Church  of  St.  Nicholas  and  the  river.  In  this  is  the  Castle — 
the  chief  remaining  portion  of  which  is  a  fine  square  Norman  Keep 
Tower,  used  as  the  Town  Gaol.  It  has  4  square  turrets,  one  at  each 
angle  and  all  embattled.  It  has  several  tiers  of  Norman  windows. 
Near  the  bridge  is  a  small  chapel  dedicated  to  St.  Thomas,  used  as  a  chapel 
of  ease  to  St.  Nicholas,  and  containing  some  ancient  portions.  There 
are  4  parish  churches,  besides  which  is  also  St.  Anne^s  Chapel,  dependent 
upon  All  Saints. 

ST.    NICHOLAS'S    CHURCH. 

St.  Nicholas,  the  Mother  Church,  is  situated  in  the  centre  of  the  town. 
This  is  a  fine  building  and  very,  spacious,  being  in  the  form  of  a  cross 
with  a  Tower  at  the  West  end.  This  steeple  is  by  far  the  most  remark- 
able part  of  the  Church,  and  indeed  is  the  only  one  in  England  of  the 
kind,  that  of  St.  Dunstan's  in  the  East  in  London  being  only  an  imitation 
of  it.  The  whole  is  of  Rectilinr  character,  and  stands  engaged  in  the 
west  end  of  the  nave.  The  Tower  itself  is  tolerably  plain,  but  of  large 
dimensions  ;  has  2  long  belfry  windows  each  of  2  lights  with  a  transom  ; 
the  battlements  are  pannel'd  and  at  each  end  rises  an  octagonal  turret 
crowned  with  a  crocketed  pinnacle — between  the  larger  pinnacles  rises 
a  smaller  one  of  the  same  design  ;  from  the  large  corner  pinnacles  are 
flying  buttresses  uniting  in  the  centre  and  supporting  an  elegant 
lanthorn  from  which  rises  a  small  crocketed  Spire.  The  whole  com- 
position is  singularly  beautiful.  The  rest  of  the  Church  is  rather  plain, 


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especially  in  the  exterior.  Some  parts  are  Curvilinr  and  others 
Rectilinr.  The  body  of  the  Church  has  no  battlement,  there  is  a 
clerestory  to  every  part,  including  the  Transepts,  that  in  the  nave  and 
Transepts  is  plain  Rectilinr.  There  are  some  Rectiliiir  windows  in  the 
aisles  of  the  nave,  and  others  which  appear  Curvilinr,  but  not  of  good 
design.  Some  are  filled  with  vile  modern  tracery.  The  nave  is  open, 
and  entirely  free  from  pews,  the  Choir  being  appropriated  to  the  per- 
formance of  divine  service.  The  nave  has  4  pointed  arches  on  each 
[?  side]  springing  from  plain  octagonal  piers  without  capitals.  On  the 
south  side  is  a  small  chapel,  and  under  some  of  the  windows,  outside  on 
the  South  side,  are  arches  probably  for  monumental  effigies.  The  South 
Transept  has  a  large  Rectilinr  window  and  contains  a  fine  effigy  of  a 
cross  legged  knight,  with  lion  at  his  feet  and  shield.  The  north  Transept 
has  a  fine  Curvilinr  window  of  5  lights  and  has  an  Eastern  aisle  of 
Curvilin1"  work.  Between  the  nave  and  chancel  is  a  screen  supporting 
the  Organ.  The  Choir  has  4  pointed  arches  on  each  side  similar  to  those 
of  the  nave.  The  East  window  is  Rectilin1'  of  7  lights  with  a  transom, 
and  the  side  aisles  have  also  Rectiliiir  windows.  The  ceiling  is  a  plain 
wood  one.  This  part  of  the  Church  is  fitted  up  with  very  handsome 
oak  pews,  and  contains  the  Font,  which  is  octagonal,  each  face  being 
charged  with  a  shield.  Its  cover  is  a  very  magnificent  wood  one  of  very 
fine  tabernacle  work  and  of  considerable  height,  worked  with  niches, 
canopies,  crocketed  pinnacles  and  pierced  panneling,  and  the  interior 
part  under  the  canopy  worked  with  wood  groining.  There  is  also  in 
the  Choir  a  brazen  eagle. 

ALL  SAINTS'  CHURCH. 

All  Saints'  Church  is  a  spacious  semi-circular  structure  of  Italian 
architecture,  built  1783  ;  it  has  a  portico  and  a  very  lofty  Spire  resembl 
ing  that  of  St.  Martin's  in  the  Fields  ;  the  interior  exactly  resembles  a 
theatre,  and  the  pulpit  over  the  altar  in  true  conventicle  fashion.  The 
seats  are  of  mahogany,  but  however  handsome  and  convenient  this 
building  may  be.  we  do  not  admire  the  Italian  style  for  Churches  ;  and 
this  is  less  like  a  Church  than  any  I  ever  saw. 

ST.  ANDREW'S. 

St.  Andrew's  Church  is  situated  in  the  North  part  of  the  town.  It  is 
an  ancient  structure  containing  a  large  portion  of  Norman  work  ;  and 
consisting  of  nave  with  aisles,  transept,  and  chancel  with  north  chapel. 
At  the  west  end  is  a  plain  square  embattled  tower,  having  some  E.E. 
features  and  secured  by  additional  heavy  buttresses.  The  windows  in 
the  nave  are  mostly  Rectilinr — that  at  the  West  end  of  the  North  aisle  is 
of  5  lights  and  Rectilinr.  The  South  side  has  a  clerestory  of  square 
windows — but  not  the  North  side.  In  the  north  transept  is  a  window 
of  this  form,5  E.E.  or  Rectilinr.  There  is  one  of  the  same  sort  in  the 
chancel,  of  which  the  East  window  is  Early  Cr  of  plain  work,  like 
that  at  Ledbury  ;  the  others  in  the  Chancel  are  principally  Rectilinr. 
The  whole  church  has  a  plain  parapet.  The  nave  is  neatly  fitted  up 
but  somewhat  crowded  by  galleries.  On  the  South  side  are  3  semi- 
circular Norman  arches  with  octagonal  pillars.  On  the  North  side  is  a 
pointed  arch  to  the  Transept  and  the  2  semicircular  arches  are  thrown 
into  one  for  sake  of  convenience.  The  arch  opening  to  the  Chancel  is  a 
fine  Norman  one,  having  2  bands  of  chevron  ornament  and  springing 
from  clustered  shafts  with  square  capitals.  The  Font  is  circular  and 
curiously  ornamented  probably  E.E.  and  its  shaft  is  also  circular.  The 
cover  is  a  singularly  rich  wood  one,  resembling  that  of  St.  Nicholas, 

s  A  sketch  shows  a  3-light  window. 


having  pierced  panneling,  pinnacles  and  canopies  of  beautiful  work- 
manship. On  a  slab  are  the  remnants  of  a  rich  brass  which  formerly 
represented  2  figures  under  rich  crocketed  canopies  of  great  boldness 
and  large  size.  This  was  to  the  memory  of  one  Adam  de  Gesmund. G 
There  is  a  good  Organ  in  the  Western  gallery.  The  north  chapel  of  the 
Chancel  has  a  Curvilinr  window  and  is  neatly  fitted  up  for  a  vestry. 
South  of  the  Chancel  is  a  curious  room  having  a  very  singular  stone  roof. 

ST.  JOHN'S  CHURCH. 

St.  John's  Church  is  a  plain  Rectilinr  building  of  tolerably  good  size 
and  neatly  fitted  up.  Like  St.  Andrew's  it  consists  of  a  nave  with 
aisles,  transept  and  chancel,  and  at  the  West  end  a  square  tower 
engaged  in  the  West  front.  The  windows  have  mostly  square  heads, 
both  in  aisles,  chancel  and  Clerestory.  The  Chancel  has  a  battlement,, 
the  other  parts  plain  parapet.  The  buttresses  are  crowned  by  crocketed 
pinnacles  set  diamond-wise.  In  the  interior,  the  nave  has  3  pointed 
arches  on  each  side  with  plain  octagon  piers  as  in  St.  Nicholas.  The 
North  Transept  has  a  Western  aisle  opening  to  it  by  2  pointed  arches 
with  octagonal  pier.  The  Font  is  a  plain  octagon  but  has  a  rich  wood 
cover  very  nearly  resembling  those  of  the  other  two  churches  before 
described.  It  is  somewhat  remarkable  to  find  3  such  rich  specimens  in 
one  town.  The  Tower  is  plain,  has  a  belfry  window  with  contracted 
arch,  a  battlement  and  4  crocketed  pinnacles,  and  an  octagon  staircase 
turret.  The  ceiling  open  to  the  lower  stage  of  the  tower  is  very  hand- 
some, of  stone,  and  richly  groined.  This  Church  has  an  Organ. 

There  is  certainly  much  resemblance  in  the  greater  part  of  the 
Churches  of  this  county.  There  is  much  plain  Rectilinr  work  of  a  simple 
and  somewhat  rough  character,  the  pillars  of  the  main  arches  are  often 
without  capitals  and  the  Churches  have  often  transepts.  For  instance^ 
the  3  churches  in  Newcastle,  which  very  much  resemble  each  other. 

From  thence  [Newcastle]  we  returned  to  Durham  where  we  staid  the 
next  day — then  went  on  to  Darlington — the  Church  of  which,  a  beautiful 
structure,  has  been  noticed  ?  ;  thence  through  Haughton  le  Skerne  to 
Yarm,  a  small  town,  consisting  chiefly  of  one  wide  street,  with  a  church 
chiefly  of  modern  erection. 


WHALTON  (see  p.  269). 

The  following  are  extracts  from  Three  Northumberland  Assize  Rolls9 
(88  Surt.  Soc.  publ.)  :— 

Some  unknown  malefactors  broke  into  the  house  of  Alice,  wife  of 
Stephan  of  Whalton,  and  took  away  her  goods.  The  vill  of  WThaltori 
was  put  in  misericordia  for  not  raising  the  hue  and  cry. 

Alice,  the  wife  of  Roger  Wambe  of  Corbridge,  a  freeholder  of  Ada  de 
Baillol  in  Whalton,  and  who  held  26  acres  in  Whalton  in  socage  of  the 
barony  of  Whalton,  claimed  from  Wm.  de  Newburn  the  third  part  of 
a  toft  and  20  acres  of  land  with  appurtenances  in  Whalton,  and  from 
John  de  Parys  a  third  part  of  an  acre  of  land  with  appurtenances  in 
the  same  vill  as  her  dower. 

The  lord  Hugh  de  Gobyoun  was  assessed  on  goods  in  Qualton  for 
subsidy  in  24  Edward  I. 

Robert,  son  of  Roger,  held  the  barony  of  Qwalton  of  the  king  in 
capite  by  the  service  of  3  knights'  fees. 

f>  Giay  s  ChorograpMa  has  '  Likewise  there  is  an  ancient  large  stone  of  one  Adam  de 
Athell  of  Gesmund,  with  this  inscription,  "  Hie  jacet  Dominus  Adamaus  de  Athel, 
Miles,  quiobiit,  Anno,  1387.'"— Ed.  7  See  p.  SI.  *  pp.  97,  144,  18ln,  &  350. 


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PROCEEDINGS 


SOCIETY    OF    ANTIQUARIES 


OF    NEWCASTLE -UPON -TYNE, 


3  SEB.,  VOL.  in.  1908.  NO.  25 

The  ordinary  monthly  meeting  of  the  Society  was  held  in  the  library 
of  the  Castle,  Newcastle,  on  Wednesday,  the  twenty-sixth  day  of 
August,  1908,  at  seven  o'clock  in  the  evening,  Professor  F.  J.  Haver- 
field,  F.S.A.,  a  vice-president,  being  in  the  chair. 

Several  ACCOUNTS,  recommended  by  the  Council  for  payment,  were 
ordered  to  be  paid. 

The  following  ORDINARY  MEMBERS  were  proposed  and  declared  duly 
elected  :  — 

i.   Col.  T.  E.  Jobling,  Bebside,  Northumberland, 
ii.   Geo.  P.  Reed,  29  Clayton  Road,  Newcastle 
iii.  Charles  Walker,  Jesmond  High  terrace,  Newcastle, 
iv.  J.  R.  Straker  Wilson,  The  Willows,  Gosforth,  Newcastle. 

The  following  NEW  BOOKS,  etc.,  were  placed  on  the  table  : — 

Presents,  for  which  thanks  were  voted:  — 

From  Mr.  Cuth.  E.  Carr  of  Newcastle  : — A  number  of  antiquarian  bro- 
chures, photographs,  etc.,  which  belonged  to  his  father,  the  late  Ralph 
Carr-Ellison,  a  former  vice-president  of  the  society  : — (i)  Deed  to 
which  is  attached  a  fine  impression  of  the  great  seal  of  James  ii, 
referring  to  the  famous  Sir  William  Blackett,  more  than  once  mayor 
of  Newcastle  [Dr.  Bradshaw  will,  at  the  October  meeting,  favour 
the  society  with  a  transcript   and  translation  of  the  document]; 
(ii) '  Sculptured  stones  of  Eastern  Scotland ';  (iii) '  Notes  on  a  Bilingual 
Inscription,  Latin  and  Aramaic,  at  South  Shields ';   (iv) '  From  EgilPs 
Saga  '  ;    (v)  '  Inscription  on  the  stones  at  Newton  Insch  and  at  St. 
Vigeans,  Forfarshire  '  ;   (vi)  '  Saxon  names  of  certain  Roman  roads ' ; 
( vii)  Scrap  album  of  photographs  of  Saxon  and  other  inscribed  stones  ; 
( viii)  3  large  photographs  of  the  inscribed  beam,  or  oak  lintel,  formerly 
in  the  manor  keep,  Hexham  ;    (viiii)  Facsimile  of  the  inscription  on 
bishop  Kennedy's  tomb  at  St.  Andrews ;   (x)  large  photographs  of  a 
Roman  altar  at  Ushaw,  reading    DEO   |   VERNO    |   STONO    |   COCIDI 
Q  VIRILI  |  CERVSIO  (Lapid.  Sept.,  no.  663) ;    of  a  Roman  altar  from 
Rutchester  (Lapid.  Sept.,  no.  61);    and  of  inscribed  bronze  tablets 
from  York ;     (xi)  Drawing   of  bell  with  inscription   in  Ponteland 
church;  (xii)  Plans  of  alterations,  new  streets,  etc.,  in  Newcastle, 
1834,  etc. 
Special  thanks  were  voted  to  Mr.  Carr  for  his  present. 

From  Mr.  W.  H.  Knowles  : — Programme  of  Durham  Meeting  of  the 
Royal  Archaeological  Institute,  1908. 

From  R.  Blair: — The  Antiquary  for  August,  1908. 

[Proc.,  3  Ser.  in,  41] 


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Exchanges  : — 

From  the  Clifton  Antiquarian  Club  : — Proceedings,  vi,  iii,  8vo. 

From  the  British  Archaeological  Association  : — Journal,  xiv,  ii,  8vo. 

From  the  Royal  Numismatic  Society  : — The  Numismatic  Chronicle, 
vin,  ii,  8vo. 

From  the  Surrey  Archaeological  Society  : — Collections,  xxi,  8vo,  cl. 

From  the  Royal  Irish  Academy  : — Proceedings,  xxvn,  section  c,  no.  5, 
and  appendix. 

From  La  Societe  d'Emulation  d' Abbeville: — Bulletin  Trimestriel  for 

1908,  nos.  1  and  2. 

Purchases  : — Caine's  Capella  de  Gerardegile ;  Notes  and  Queries,  nos. 
240-243 ;  Forty  original  drawings  by  the  Rev.  E.  A.  Downman,  of 
ancient  earthworks  in  Herefordshire,  nos.  348-386,  in  addition  to 
another  plan  of  Huntingdon  Castle  [The  plans  are  of  the  following  : 
Ivington,  Sutton  Walls,  Wapley,  Walterstone  Camp,  Almeley  Castle, 
Almeley  Old  Castle,  Castleton,  Clifford  Castle,  Dorstone  Castle 
Tump,  Eardesley  Castle,  Ewias  Harold,  Hereford  Castle,  Kilpeck 
Castle,  Kingsland  Castle,  Lingen  Castle,  Longtown  Castle,  Lyonshill 
Castle,  Mortimers  Castle,  Mouse  Castle,  Newton  Tump,  Orcep  Tump, 
Lower  Pont-Hendre,  Richards  Castle,  Snodhill  Castle,  Stapletori 
Castle,  Walterstone  Mound,  Wigmore  Castle,  Cusop  Castle,  Aston 
Tump,  Buckton  Mill,  Much  Dewchurch,  Downton-on-rock  Tump, 
Eardisland,  Walford  Tump,  S.  Weonard  Tump,  Ashton  Castla 
Tump,  Bredwardine,  Breinton,  and  Brinsop]. 

DONATIONS    TO    THE    MUSEUM. 

From  Mr.  H.  J.  V.  Coulson  of  Langton,  Blandford,  Dorset :  — 
i.  The    Roman   centurial    stone   referred   to    in   these  Proceedings 
(p.  238).     The  more  correct  reading  appears  to  be  COH  vim  ] 
o  SIIXTI  PROC,  but  some  letters  are  uncertain. 

ii.  A  Roman  altar,  in  two  pieces,  discovered  by  Mr.  F.  G.  Simpson  at 

Aesica  while  making  some  repairs  at  the  camp  there.     It  is  25in. 

high  by  18£in.  broad,  and  reads  probably  D(eae)  FORTV  (nae)  \ 

VEXS  [leaf  stop]  c  [leaf  stop]  RETO  |  QVOBVM  CVR  |  AM  .  AGIT  . 

TAB  |  ELLIVS  [or  AB  |  ELLivs]  VICTOR  |  [leaf  stop]  o  [leaf  stop]. 

The  letters  of  the  top  line  are  2 Jin.  hgh,  and  the  remainder  l|in. 

Mr.  Simpson  gave  particulars  of  the  discovery  of  the  inscribed  stones. 

Mr.  J.  P.  Gibson  read  a  paper  on  the  altar,   which  will  probably 

appear  in  the  next  volume  (v)  of  Archaeologia  Aeliana,  together  with  a 

full  report  by  him  and  Mr.  Simpson  on  the  results  of  their  excavations 

during  the  years  1007  and  1908  on  the  line  of  the  Roman  Wall. 

The  chairman  said  the  stone  was  one  of  the  interesting  and  curious 
military  stones  found  on  the  Roman  frontier  of  Great  Britain  as 
elsewhere.  The  building  in  which  it  was  found  was  more  probably  a 
bath  house  than  an  actual  residence.  He  concluded  by  moving  a  vote 
of  thanks  to  Mr.  Simpson  and  Mr.  Gibson,  and  also  to  Mr.  Coulson, 
who  has  so  kindly  presented  the  inscribed  stones. 
This  was  carried  by  acclamation. 

EXHIBITS,  for  which  thanks  were  voted  : — 

By  Mr.  Spence  of  Heaton  (per  Mr.  F.  E.  Macfadyen) : — An  iron  spear 

head  9in.  long,  with  flanged  part  Sin.  long,  having  remains  of  wooden 

handle  in  socket,  at  the  base  of  each  wing  a  round  hole.      Found  in 
,Broomley  lough  on  23  Aug.  1908. 
By  -  —  : — A    large    iron    axe    (similar    in  shape    to   that 

figured  in  the  Proceedings,    2  ser.  ix,  205)    found   on  Plainmeller 

moor,  Northumberland. 


Proc.  Soc,  Antiq.  Newc.,  3  ser.,  Hi. 


To  face  page  279 


BELLASIS    BRIDGE,     NORTHUMBERLAND. 


From  photographs  by  Mr.  Parker  Brewis. 


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COBSTOPITUM. 

Mr.  W.  H.  Knowles  gave  a  brief  outline  of  the  most  recent  discoveries 
made  at  Corbridge.  The  excavations,  he  said,  had  brought  to  light 
remains  of  the  most  important  kind  in  Roman  Britain.  The  masonry 
and  structure  of  the  buildings  discovered  this  year  were  superior  to  any 
brought  to  light  before  and  to  work  of  the  kind  elsewhere  in  England. 
They  had  laid  bare  two  granaries.  The  earlier  of  the  two  was  90  feet 
by  25,  was  built  with  buttresses  on  either  side,  and  the  floor  was  formed 
of  flags,  supported  by  dwarf  walls,  forming  a  series  of  channels  for  the 
purpose  of  keeping  the  place  dry.  The  ventilating  openings  in  the 
exterior  walls  were  quite  unique  in  form,  being  divide*d  by  mullions.  A 
second  floor  had  been  formed  at  a  later  period.  The  second  griuiary  was 
built  of  the  same  good  masonry  as  the  first.  It  was  wider  than  the  other, 
and  in  the  centre  was  a  series  of  stones  to  receive  posts  to  support  the 
roof  or  ceiling.  To  the  east  of  last  year's  discoveries  were  the  founda- 
tions of  an  exceptional  building.  Its  west  wall  eighty  yards  in  length, 
has  a  plinth  four  or  five  feet  in  width,  and  a  heavy  moulded  base,  and  the 
wall  above,  dressed  on  both  faces,  is  spanned  by  single  stones.  A  series  of 
chambers  or  shops,  about  20  feet  by  17  feet,  occurs  on  the  east  side  of  the 
wall,  being  divided  by  walls  at  right  angles  thereto,  which  are  similarly 
dressed  on  both  faces.  These  chambers  or  shops  no  doubt  form  one  side 
of  a  square,  possibly  of  the  '  forum '  or  some  sort  of  market  place. 

The  chairman  congratulated  the  society  on  the  number  of  Roman 
discoveries  that  were  being  brought  to  light.  He  had  never  seen  such 
fine  Roman  masonry  in  Britain  as  the  work  of  the  building  explained 
by  Mr.  Knowles.  Altogether  the  discoveries  at  Corbridge  were  of  very 
great  importance. 

BELLASIS    BRIDGE. 

Mr.  J.  C.  Hodgson  regretted  his  inability  to  be  present.  He  would, 
however,  at  some  future  meeting  of  the  society,  read  a  short  historical 
account  of  the  estate  of  Bellasis.  Mr.  Knowles  has  promised  to  prepare 
a  supplementary  note  on  the  bridge  '  which  has  two  arches,  the  larger 
one  over  the  river  Blyth,  here  a  small  stream  which  has  cut  its  way 
deeply  in  the  earth,  and  a  smaller  one.  The  arches  are  not  ribbed,  but 
in  other  respects  seem  to  be  of  antiquity.  The  bridge  is  approached 
from  the  north,  as  from  the  south,  by  a  green  lane.  For  view  of  the 
bridge,  see  these  Proceedings,  2  ser.,  vol.  x,  facing  page  122. 


MISCELLANEA. 

The  following  additional  *  notes,'  by  Sir  Stephen  Glynne,  are  con- 
tinued from  p.  276  :— 

This  visit  concerns  Darlington,  Darlington  Church,  Durham,  Durham 
Cathedral  and  Castle,  Durham  City  Parish  Churches  : — 

'  On  Feb.  27th  [1825]  set  off  per  coach  [from  Yorkshire]  for  Durham  .  .  . 
The  view  of  the  Wolds  continued  for  some  time,  but  the  actual  face  of 
the  country  very  ugly  the  whole  way  to  Darlington.  Two  miles  from 
Darlington  is  the  village  of  Croft,  where  there  is  a  very  handsome  bridge 
over  the  Tees. 

Darlington  is  a  large  town,  and  has  a  very  handsome  market  place. 
On  the  east  side  of  the  market  place  is  the  church,  which  we  hastened  to 
examine,  instead  of  partaking  of  the  dinner  prepared  at  the  Inn.' 

DURHAM. 
The  Cathedral  of  Durham,  although  always  a  fine  object,  does  not 


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show  to  much  advantage  when  approached  from  this  side,  and  the 
entrance  to  the  town  is  by  no  means  splendid.  The  part  of  the  town 
nearest  Darlington,  on  the  side  of  the  Weare  [sic]  is  called  Elvet,  and 
contains  the  Church  of  St.  Oswald,  the  gaol,  and  county  court.  A 
bridge  over  the  Weare  leads  into  the  main  parts  of  the  town,  in  which 
are  the  Cathedral,  Castle,  and  4  parishes.  The  river  winds  completely 
round  this  part  of  the  town,  and  is  crossed  by  another  bridge,  which 
leads  into  the  suburb  called  Crossgate,  through  which  the  road  to 
Newcastle  passes.  There  is  also  a  third  bridge  of  very  elegant  and 
handsome  workmanship,  built  by  the  dean  and  chapter,  and  forming 
a  communication  between  the  College  and  some  beautiful  walks  on  the 
opposite  side  of  *the  river.  The  general  character  of  the  streets 
(especially  in  the  main  part  of  the  town)  is  very  great  steepness,  narrow- 
ness, and  dirt.  The  houses  arc  mostly  mean  and  untidy,  and  the  town 
is  full  of  very  small  filthy  allies  and  courts.  The  buildings  in  Elvet  are 
of  rather  better  description,  and  the  streets  wider.  The  street  leading 
from  Elvet  bridge  to  the  gaol  is  very  handsome  and  of  great  width.  We 
happened  to  fall  in  with  the  Assizes,  consequently  our  Inn  was  filled  with 
limbs  of  the  Law.  There  was,  however,  no  reason  to  complain  of  any 
want  of  civility  or  of  exorbitant  charges  at  the  Waterloo  Hotel. 
'  Feb.  28  [1825].  This  morning  we  went  to  the  Cathedral.' 

DURHAM    CATHEDRAL. 

The  situation  of  the  Cathedral  is  certainly  unequalled  by  any  other  in 
England.  It  is  seated  on  a  lofty  rocky  bank  overlooking  the  Weare, 
and  presents  its  west  front  and  tower  to  the  Crossgate  side  of  the  river. 
Nothing  can  be  more  striking  than  the  grand  effect  produced  by  the 
stately  front  of  the  Cathedral,  together  with  the  venerable  Castle,  both 
seated  on  the  same  lofty  rock,  which  is  well  covered  with  trees.  The 
opposite  bank  is  adorned  with  the  finest  wood  and  is  laid  out  in  handsome 
walks.  The  Cathedral  is  a  magnificent  edifice,  and  is  chiefly  remarkable 
from  2  singularities  in  its  plan.  At  the  west  end  is  a  small  low  chapel, 
called  the  Galilee,  the  only  instance  of  the  kind  in  England,  and  very 
singular  in  its  plan  and  style.  The  other  singularity  is  the  Eastern 
Transept  or  Chapel  of  the  9  Altars,  situate  at  the  eastern  extremity  of 
the  Church,  which  is  very  rich  and  elaborate  in  its  style  of  architecture. 
In  other  respects  the  plan  of  the  Cathedral  resembles  most  others,  being 
composed  of  a  nave  with  aisles,  a  North  and  South  Transept  and  a  Choir 
with  aisles.  At  the  west  end  are  2  low  towers,  and  another  loftier  one 
rising  from  the  centre.1  On  the  north  side  are  the  Cloisters  and 
Collegiate  buildings. 

West  Front. 

The  \vest  front  of  the  Cathedral  has  a  very  noble  and  majestic  appear- 
ance when  viewed  from  the  opposite  bank  of  the  Weare.  The  Chapel  of 
the  Galilee  has  the  appearance  of  a  largo  porch,  being  very  low.  The 
western  towers  which  flank  this  front  are  not  of  great  height  but  of  very 
elegant  Early  English  work  of  an  early  period,  the  arched  mouldings 
with  which  they  are  adorned  being  but  slightly  pointed.  They  are 
crowned  by  crocketed  pinnacles,  which  have  been  erected  of  late  years 
and,  though  of  a  style  long  subsequent  to  tho  towers,  still  have  an 
elegant  appearance.  The  great  west  window  between  the  towers  is  of 
peculiar  but  very  elegant  Decorated  tracery. 

t  Added  in  margin.  The  central  tower  isPerpendr  but  of  good  work.  The  finishing 
of  it  is  rather  abrupt,  and  it  seems  to  want  pinn  icles.  The  effect  is  rather  injured  by 
the  upper  part  being  as  it  were  a  smaller  tower  raised  upon  the  lanthorn  tower,  and 
appealing  somewhat  heavy.  A  spire,  instead  of  the  upper  story  of  the  tower,  would 
have  been  an  improvement. 


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Galilee. 

This  chapel,  which  is  quite  unique,  there  being  no  other  instance  in 
the  kingdom  of  a  chapel  in  a  similar  situation,  displays  architecture  the 
style  of  which  it  is  difficult  to  determine  whether  it  be  Norman  or  Early 
English,  there  being  features  of  each  style  blended  together.  It  consists 
of  o  aisles  divided  by  semicircular  arches  springing  from  very  slender  clus- 
tered columns.  The  arches  are  ornamented  with  the  chevron  or  zig-zag 
moulding,  which  seems  a  genuine  Norman  ornament,  but  the  clustered 
columns  partake  more  of  E.E.  The  windows  are  decidedly  Early  English, 
consisting  of  3  lights  of  lancet  form  contained  in  a  large  pointed  arch. 

At  the  Eastern  Extremity  of  the  chapel  was  formerly  an  altar,  and 
the  walls  and  ceiling  still  retain  traces  of  gaudy  painting. 

Nave. 

The  principal  entrance  to  the  nave  is  in  the  North  aisle  through  a 
splendid  Norman  doorway.  The  massive  grandeur  is  very  striking,  and 
perhaps  almost  unrivalled.  On  either  side  of  the  nave  is  a  row  of 
semicircular  arches  springing  from  piers  of  various  descriptions,  some 
of  them  being  massive  circular  pillars,  and  others  plain  piers  with  half 
columns  set  in  recesses  at  the  extremities.  The  arches  are  deeply 
moulded,  some  having  the  embattled  moulding,  and  most  of  them 
the  zigzag.  The  ponderous  [word  illegible]  columns  are  many  of  them 
adorned  with  mouldings  ;  some  of  which  are  lozenge-wise,  some  ribs, 
&c.,  &e.  The  triforium  is  likewise  ornamented  with  the  zigzag  mould- 
ing, and  the  clerestory  is  formed  by  a  large  semicircular  arch  between 
2  smaller  resting  on  slender  shafts  writh  capitals.  The  roof  is,  groined 
with  stone  and  the  ribs  are  of  massive  and  substantial  formation  and  are 
elegantly  moulded  with  zigzag.  The  windows  are  mostly  with  round 
heads  but  filled  with  Perpendicular  or  Decorated  tracery.  At  the  West 
end  is  the  Font,  which  is  a  vile  modern  composition,  but  the  canopy 
which  surmounts  it  is  of  extremely  rich  carved  work  of  the  sixteenth 
century,  and  rises  to  a  great  height.  On  the  south  side  is  a  magnificent 
Norman  doorway  leading  to  the  Cloisters. 

Lanthorn. 

From  the  intersection  of  the  nave,  choir  and  transepts,  rises  the 
lanthorn  or  central  tower  which  is  open  to  a  considerable  height  and 
sheds  a  brilliant  stream  of  light  over  that  part  of  the  Church.  The  whole 
of  it  is  of  the  best  and  most  elegant  Perpendicular  work,  and  although 
differing  from  the  prevailing  style  of  the  building  has  a  very  fine  effect. 
The  Tower  is  supported  on  very  lofty  and  strong  semicircular  arches. 

Transepts. 

The  Transepts  resemble  the  nave  in  their  architecture.  That  to  the 
North  has  a  large  window  of  very  beautiful  Decorated  tracery.  The 
great  South  window  is  perpendicular ;  under  it,  in  the  South  transept, 
is  a  very  large  clock  which  is  surmounted  by  a  very  rich  canopy. 

Choir. 

The  Choir  is  separated  from  the  Nave  by  a  very  rich  and  elaborate 
wooden  screen,  carved  very  exquisitely  but  apparently  erected  at  that 
period  when  the  Gothic  architecture  was  supplanted  by  the  less  chaste 
work  of  the  Italians.  On  it  stands  a  very  fine  organ  in  the  same  style 
as  the  screen.  On  entering  the  choir,  the  effect  is  very  imposing,  the 
magnificent  circular  window  of  the  Chapel  of  9  altars,  the  elegant  and 
light  altar  screen,  and  the  highly  wrought  tabernacle  work  over  the 
stalls,  all  forming  great  and  striking  features.  The  ceiling  is  more 
ornamented  than  that  of  the  nave,  being  varied  by  the  4-leaf  flower. 
The  triforium  is  formed  by  a  large  wide  semicircular  arch  divided  into 


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2  lesser  arches  by  a  central  shaft.  The  main  arches  are  semicircular 
&  spring  from  various  piers  as  in  the  nave.  The  stalls  are  surmounted 
by  most  exquisite  tabernacle  work.  The  Bishop's  throne,  also  of  very 
fine  work  of  14th  century  is  raised  up  very  high  ;  its  basement  story  is 
formed  by  the  tomb  of  Bishop  Hatfield,  its  founder,  which  is  of  good 
Decorated  work.  The  north  aisle  of  the  choir  has  windows  of  Perpend1", 
tracery,  under  which  runs  a  range  of  intersecting  semicircular  arches. 
The  eastern  end  of  the  Choir  or  Chancel  is  of  highly  enriched  Early 
English  work,  in  some  parts  approaching  to  Decorated.  On  the  last 
pier  before  the  altar  table  are  6  enriched  trefoiled  niches,  from  which 
rise  4  shafts  ending  in  corbels  from  which  spring  fine  canopies  richly 
foliated  and  terminating  in  finials.  The  triforium  is  of  the  most  rich 
Early  English  work.  On  either  side  of  the  altar  are  3  enriched  canopied 
stalls.  Immediately  behind  the  altar  is  a  very  elegant  skreen  [sic]s 
erected  at  the  expense  of  John  Lord  Neville  in  1380.  Its  style  is  very 
early  Perpend1",  and  consists  of  3  stories  ;  2  of  which  are  of  open  work 
&  have  a  particularly  light  appearance.  It  is  crowned  by  light  pyra- 
midical  pinnacles  and  on  the  whole  is  an  extremely  light  and  elegant 
work.  Behind  this  skreen  and  projecting  into  the  Chapel  of  9  Altars  is 
the  feretory  of  St.  Cuthbert,  which  at  present  displays  but  few  traces 
of  its  ancient  grandeur.  The  stone  is,  however,  much  worn  by  the  feet 
of  pilgrims  who  formerly  resorted  to  it.  We  next  proceed  to  the 
elegant  and  curious 

Chapel  of  the  Nine  Altars. 

This  chapel  is  so  called  from  having  formerly  contained  an  altar 
under  each  of  its  nine  eastern  windows,  and  forms  a  second  transept,  as 
it  extends  considerably  beyond  the  north  and  south  walls  of  the  Choir. 
Its  architecture  is  nearly  entirely  E.E.,  but  in  some  parts  approaches  to 
Decorated.  The  windows  are  very  numerous,  and  give  a  peculiarly 
light  effect.  Most  of  them  are  long  and  narrow,  and  supported  by 
slender  shafts.  One,  however,  in  the  centre  of  the  east  front,  is  circular, 
and  of  large  size,  and  forms  a  most  noble  feature  when  viewed  from  the 
Choir.  The  Eastern  front  of  this  Chapel  externally  has  been  lately 
repaired  and  has  a  very  fine  effect.  It  is  adorned  by  octagon  towers 
from  which  rise  lofty  pyramidical  turrets.  On  the  towers  are  various 
curious  sculptures,  which  have  been  lately  restored. 

The  whole  of  the  Cathedral  is  kept  in  a  most  exemplary  state  of 
neatness  and  repair  and  has  a  large  sum  annually  expended  on  it.  The 
South  side  as  yet  is  quite  untouched  by  repairs  and  from  the  decay  of 
the  stone  presents  rather  a  ragged  appearance.  The  Cloisters  are  not 
remarkable  for  any  elegance,  being  extremely  plain.  They  are,  how- 
ever, quite  perfect,  forming  an  entire  quadrangle. 

'  We  next  proceeded  to  the  Castle  which  belongs  to  the  See  &  is  the 
residence  of  the  Bishop  when  he  comes  to  Durham.  The  Judges  are 
always  accommodated  there  at  the  Assize  time.  The  building  retains 
still  many  curious  specimens  of  antiquity,  although  much  modernized 
in  parts.  The  Hall  is  uncommonly  grand  &  spatious  [sic],  &  in  many 
parts  of  the  building  are  extremely  rich  Norman  doorways  which  prove 
its  high  antiquity.  Many  of  the  windows  are  very  good  Decorated. 
The  Chapel  is  small  but  elegant,  although  of  very  late  Perpend1".  On 
a  mound  of  some  height  stands  the  ruined  keep  which  is  an  octagon  & 
consists  of  4  stories.  Round  it  are  pleasant  walks  commanding  a  fine 
view  over  the  town. 

Durham  contains,  besides  the  Cathedral,  6  Parish  Churches,  the 
most  spacious  &  elegant  of  which  is  '— 

2  The  Neville  arms  are  carved  at  the  back  of  the  screen. 


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ST.    OSWALD. 

It  stands  in  the  part  called  Elvet,  and  is  a  tolerably  spacious  and 
handsome  structure,  consisting  of  a  nave  with  side  aisles  and  chancel ; 
with  a  square  tower  crowned  with  a  pinnacle  at  each  angle,  at  its  West 
end.  The  nave  is  divided  from  each  aisle  by  a  row  of  6  semicircular 
arches3  springing  from  slender  circular  pillars  save  the  2  western  which 
are  octagonal.  Above  the  nave  is  a  Clerestory  of  Perpend1",  windows. 
The  windows  of  the  nave  are  mostly  E.E.  of  3  lights,  some  are  nearly 
approaching  to  Decorated  and  others  decidedly  Decorated  but  of  a  very 
early  period.  The  ceiling  is  of  handsome  woodwork,  supported  by 
brackets  representing  angels  and  human  figures.  A  part  of  it  is  painted 
sky  blue.  The  chancel  is  divided  from  the  nave  by  a  pointed  arch,  and 
appears  to  be  of  much  later  date.  It  contains  good  stall  and  screen- 
work  and  windows  of  good  early  Decorated  especially  that  at  the  East 
End.  Some  are  perpendr.  &  have  flat  tops. 

There  are  no  monumental  inscriptions  of   any  note.     In  a  chapel  at 
the  West  end  of  the  South  aisle,  there  is  an  arch  in  the  wall  under  which 
apparently  was  once  a  tomb.     There  are  some  old  mutilated  figures  in 
the  Churchyard. 
Added  in  the  margin — 

1869.  S.  Oswald  has  been  much  improved  and  put  into  good  state, 
though  the  nave  still  retains  its  pews.  The  Chancel,  and  many 
others  in  the  Diocese,  is  of  considerable  length  and  is  now  fitted 
up  in  very  ecclesiastical  manner,  stalled — with  new  altar  on 
which  are  Cross  and  Candlesticks.  The  nave  and  Chancel  have 
been  new  roofed.  The  roofs  of  the  aisles  are  ancient,  but  very 
plain.  That  on  the  N.  is  the  best. 
There  is  a  good  Organ  placed  in  a  chamber  on  the  N.  side  of  the 

Chancel  and  a  vestry  adjoining. 
The  battlement  of  nave  is  good  Perpend1".  &  pierced. 
Many  of  the  windows  have  some  mutilated  painted  glass. 

ST.    NICHOLAS. 

The  Church  of  St.  Nicholas  stands  on  the  North  side  of  the  market 
place  through  which  is  the  principal  entrance  to  it.  It  is  a  large 
structure,  &  displays  some  marks  of  antiquity,  although  the  barbarous 
hand  of  innovation  has  swept  nearly  all  before  it.  It  is  however  neatly 
pewed.  It  consists  of  a  nave  with  North  &  South  aisles,  from  which  it 
is  separated  by  rows  of  pointed  arches.  Those  on  the  South  side  are 
wide  and  spring  from  slender  octagon  piers.  The  Chancel  is  divided 
from  the  nave  by  a  pointed  arch,  and  has  also  aisles  on  each  side  ;  from 
that  on  the  north  it  is  divided  by  large  circular  pillars  with  Norman 
capitals  from  which  spring  semicircular  arches,  one  of  which  is  of 
singular  form,  running  up  to  a  much  greater  height  than  the  other. 
The  arches  on  the  south  side  resemble  those  of  the  nave.  The  windows 
in  this  Church,  alas!  are  of  too  sad  a  description  to  be  mentioned, 
especially  the  Clerestory,  which  is  wholly  modern.  The  Tower  stands 
at  the  North  West  angle  and  has  been  lately  chiselled  over.  The  South 
porch  is  good  Perpendicular. 
Added  in  margin — 

1869.  St.  Nicholas  has  been  wholly  rebuilt,  in  a  shewy  style  of 
Edwardian  Gothic.  The  Tower  on  the  South  side"  faces  the 
market  place  &  is  surmounted  by  a  fine  Spire  of  stone,  but 
perhaps  rather  too  slender. 

3  Some  of  the  arches  are  just  pointed,  but  so  slightlv  as  to  be  nearly  imperceptible. 
The  Tower  is  plain. 


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ST.    GILES    CHURCH 

stands  quite  at  the  extremity  of  the  town  towards  Sunderland  in  a  part 
called  Gilesgate.  It  is  a  singular  structure  consisting  of  only  one  aisle 
with  a  tower  at  the  West  which  has  a  Perpend1',  window  and  is  divided 
from  the  body  by  a  pointed  arch.  The  Church  is  obviously  of  very  greai. 
antiquity  although  Modern  taste  has  not  suffered  one  of  the  original 
windows  to  remain  in  its  primitive  state — some  have  been  stopped  up 
&  others  altered  into  sashe?,  &c.  They  were  all  with  semicircular 
heads  and  zigzag  moulding  supported  on  shafts  formerly,  but  now 
present  more  the  appearance  of  Methodist  Meeting  windows  than  those 
of  a  Church  ;  and  but  few  of  them  exist,  the  whole  of  those  on  the 
North  side  being  closed  up.  The  South  door  bears  Norman  features. 
The  Church  within  is  of  singular  appearance,  being  very  long,  narrow 
and  lofty,  the  pews  are  of  antient  fashion,  and  most  of  the  Church 
furniture  of  a  very  homely  and  humble  character.  Within  the  altar 
rails  is  a  singular  wooden  effigy  of  a  man  said  to  be  one  of  the  Heath 
family,  in  complete  armour,  with  elevated  hands,  &  the  head  resting 
upon  an  helmet. 

There  are  no  monumental  inscriptions.  On  2  flat  stones  near  the 
West  end  are  2  ornamental  crosses.  The  font  is  very  plain  &  of  Norman 
character. 

From  the  Church  yard,  which  is  very  high,  is  a  most  enchanting 
view  over  the  town  and  a  wide  extent  of  most  beautiful  woody  country. 
Added  in  margin — 

Originally  of  Norman  character,  long  and  narrow  with  high  walls,  the 
original  windows  may  be  seen  in  part. 

The  Western  Tower  plain. 

ST.    MARGARET 

stands  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  Weare  in  the  street  called  Crossgate. 
It  is  an  ancient  edifice  consisting  of  a  nave,  chancel,  and  aisles  to  both, 
N.  and  S.  porches.  The  nave  is  separated  from  the  aisles  by  a  row  of 
semicircular  arches  on  each  side,  those  on  the  north  are  lofty  and  spring 
from  smaller  and  loftier  columns  ;  those  on  the  South  are  lower  and 
spring  from  ponderous  circular  columns  with  square  Norman  capitals. 
The  Chancel  is  divided  from  the  North  aisle  by  a  very  wide  pointed 
arch.  The  windows  and  clerestory  are  of  ordinary  Decorated  and 
Perpend1".  The  font  is  of  beautiful  black  marble  of  an  oval  form.  The 
tower  is  low  and  at  the  West  end  and  adorned  with  pinnacles.  The 
roof  under  the  tower  within  is  elegantly  groined  with  stone. 

1868.  The  nave  has  dissimilar  arcades  each  of  4  arches.  On  the 
N.  they  are  Semi-Norman,  tall  and  round  &  with  good  mouldings. 
On  the  S.  they  are  low  and  very  plain — the  columns  circular  with 
square  capitals  of  genuine  Norman  character.  There  is  a  Clerestory 
both  to  nave  and  chancel,  with  square  headed  windows.  The  S.  Arches 
continued  to  the  E.  end.  The  Chancel  arch  is  wide  and  pointed,  on 
both  sides  of  it  is  a  hagioscope.  There  is  a  pointed  arch  between  the 
Chancel  and  S.  aisle,  a  smaller  one  on  the  N.,  and  a  vestry  E.  of  the 
latter  aisle.  The  N.  aisle  has  Perpendr.  windows  of  2  lights — other 
windows  are  Modern  Gothic.  The  interior  still  has  pues  and  galleries, 
&  a  fair  organ  at  the  W.  end.  The  Tower  is  rather  small  and  of 
Perpendr.  character,  embattled,  with  pinnacles — with  3  string  courses 
and  no  buttresses ;  but  on  the  S.  a  projecting  stair  turret. 

From  the  Church-yard  is  a  noble  view  across  the  Wear,  of  the 
Cathedral  and  Castle  of  Durham, 


Proe.  Soc.  Antiq.  News.,  3  ser.,  in. 


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THK    WEST     DOOKWAY    OF    THE     PRIORY    CHUKCH. 

(From  a  photograph  by  Mrs.  Blair.) 


IjRAVINti    THK     ISLAND    FOK    THK    MAINLAND. 

(From  a  photograph  by  Mrs.  Baddeley.) 
HOLY     ISLAND. 


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OF   THE 


SOCIETY    OF    ANTIQUARIES 


OF    NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. 


SEB.,  VOL.   III.  1908.  NO.    26 


A  country  meeting  of  the  Society  was  held  on  Thursday,  the  twenty- 
seventh  day  of  August,  1908,  on 

HOLY  ISLAND. 

The  old  saying  '  it  is  always  dry  land  over  to  Holy  Island  during 
service  time  on  a  Sunday,' 1  has  been  handed  down  from  an  extremely 
early  period.  Twice  a  day  the  island  is  separated  from  the  main  land 
by  a  depth  of  five,  and  in  spring  tides  of  seven,  feet  of  water,  and  twice 
a  day  it  is  accessible  on  comparatively  dry  sand.2  Sir  Walter  Scott 
thus  expresses  it  in  Marmion  (canto  n,  stanza  16) :  — 

Dryshod,  o'er  sands,  twice  every  day, 
The  pilgrims  to  the  shrine  find  way  ; 
Twice  every  day  the  waves  efface, 
Of  staves  and  sandall'd  feet  the  trace. 

In  1644,  Marmaduke  Rawdon,  with  a  friend,  visited  the  island. 
His  companion  and  himself  heard  that  '  Saint  Cuthbert,  to  the  end 
that  the  inhabitants  of  Northumberland  might  come  over  from  the 
maine  every  Sunday  to  be  instructed  in  the  Christian  faith,  did  by  his 
prayers,  prevaile  with  God  Almighty  that  every  Sunday  the  tyde 
should  altar  his  course,  and  that  itt  should  be  low  water  from  eight  of 
the  clocke  in  the  morning  till  tow  in  the  after  none,  and  that  itt  con- 
tinued soe  ever  sence  ;  soe  they  went  to  try  this  miraculous  trewth, 
and  found  itt  to  be  soe,  and  by  the  inhabitants  were  informed  that  itt 
is  constantly  soe  every  Sunday  ;  a  very  strange  thinge,  and  as  much 
to  be  wondered  att  as  the  passage  of  the  Israelites  over  the  Red  Sea.' 

*  'Probably  it  is  the  most  interesting  spot  in  the  whole  of  the  north  of 
England,  for  from  this  place  came  their  Christianity.  Thore  might 
have  been  other  sources  from  which  Christianity  was  received  in  the 
north  of  England,  but  it  might  safely  be  said  that  from  Holy  Island 
spread  Christianity  with  all  the  attendant  cultivation  which  had  existed 
down  to  the  present  time.  There  was  no  evidence  to  show  that 
any  Christianity  spread  in  the  north  of  England  under  the  Roman 
rule — at  all  events  to  any  great  extent.  The  first  introduction  of 
Christianity  into  the  district  was  through  the  great  missionary  Paulinus, 
and  afterwards  by  Aidan.' 3 

i  Another  saying  is  'Of  a'  the  towns  e'er  I  saw,  Koly  Island  for  need.'— Denham 
Tracts,  l,  351. 

2  The  Denham  Tracts,  i,  327. 
3  Newspaper  report  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Greenwell's  address  at  Holy  Island. 

[  Proc.  3  Ser.  ill,  42] 


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A  large  number  of  members  and  friends  assembled  at  Deal  railway  station 
at  11  a.m.,  on  the  arrival  of  the  9-30  train  from  Newcastle,  by  which 
many  had  travelled.  They  did  not  cross  the  sands  pilgrim-fashion,  but 
were  driven  across  in  two-wheeled  carts.  On  the  island  they  were  joined 
by  other  members  and  friends.  Amongst  the  visitors  were  the  Rev. 
A.  J.  C.  Allen,  Cambridge  ;  Dr.  T.  Hodgkin  of  Barmoor  castle,  a  vice- 
president  of  the  society,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Howard  Hodgkin,  Mr.  A.  Rown- 
tree  (principal  of  the  Friends'  School,  York),  Mr.  E.  Rowntree,  Scar- 
borough, and  Mr.  Geo.  Lloyd  Hodgkin  ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  S.  Challoner, 
Mr.  J.  A.  Dotchin  and  the  Misses  Dotchin  (2),  Mr.  W.  Philipson,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  W.  Cullen,  Mr.  F.  W.  Shields,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Weddle,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  D.  Adams,  Mr.  N.  Temperley,  of  Newcastle  ;  Rev.  C.  E.  and  Mrs. 
Adamson  and  Mr.  Adamson,  junr.,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  T.  Flagg, 
Westoe  ;  Mr.  T.  J.  Bell,  Cleadon ;  Mrs.  Baddeley,  Weybridge ;  Mr. 
W.  A.  Armstrong,  South  Shields  ;  Mr.  Clark,  Okehampton  ;  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  C.  W.  Hen/ell,  Tynemouth  ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  Blair,  Harton  ; 
Miss  Constance  Blair,  Roade,  Northampton  ;  Mr.  T.  Williamson  and 
the  Misses  Williamson  (2),  North  Shields,  &c.,  &c. 

The  party  proceeded  direct  to  the  priory  grounds,  passing  on  the  way 
the  market  place  where  a  cross,  from  a  design  by  John  Dobson,  the 
celebrated  Newcastle  architect,  was  set  up  in  1829  by  Mr.  Henry 
Collingwood  Selby,  the  then  lord  of  the  manor.  At  the  priory  they  were 
kindly  received  by  Mr.  L.  Morley  Grossman,  the  lord  of  the  manor  and 
official  custodian  of  the  priory  church  and  mins,  who,  with  others,  were 
in  waiting  there. 

THE    PRIORY.* 

Mr.  Grossman,  before  conducting  the  visitors  round  the  ruins,  gave 
a  brief  historical  sketch  of  the  priory,  starting  with  the  founding 
of  the  see  of  Lindisfarne  by  Oswald  in  634  and  the  episcopacy 
of  St.  Aidan,  who  in  the  year  named  raised  a  church — a  humble 
structure,  which  ultimately  succumbed  to  the  effect  of  the  weather 
and  the  incursions  of  the  Danish  sea  rovers.  A  second  structure 
was  raised  by  Finan,  another  monk  from  lona,  this  consisting 
of  a  rude  wooden  building  thatched  with  reeds,  which  remained 
until  875,  when  it  was  for  a  second  time  destroyed  by  the 
Danes.  Dealing  with  the  reconstruction  of  the  priory,  Mr.  Grossman 
pointed  out  that  apparently  the  present  structure  was  not  built  until 
1093  or  1094.  It  had  been  supposed  that  the  stone  employed  in  its 
erection  was  brought  from  the  mainland,  but  his  (Mr.  Grossman's) 
father  went  into  the  subject  carefully,  and  came  to  the  conclusion  that 
the  stone  was  procured  from  the  island  itself,  which  possessed  a  red 
sandstone  quarry. 

The  speaker  then  giiided  the  party  over  the  priory  and  monastery 
buildings.  He  said  that  the  bays  of  the  church  are  arranged  in  couples, 
divided  by  piers,  alternately  cylindrical  and  compound.  The  base  of 
the  second  pillar  from  the  west  end  of  the  nave  is  cruciform,  and 
although  no  other  part  of  it  remains,  the  shaft  itself  was  a 
clustered  column  consisting  of  four  semi-circular  shafts  resting 
on  the  four  extremities  of  the  cruciform  base.  It  evidently 
resembled  the  fourth  pillar,  the  pattern  of  which  can  be  distinctly 

4  For  full  reports  of  other  meetings  of  the  society  on  the  island,  see  these  Proceedings, 
2  ser.,  Ill,  400,  and  vn,  73;  also  1  ser.,  I,  247,  2  ser.,  I,  55,  318.  Extracts  from  the 
registers.  &c.,  are  given.  For  description  of  the  pre-Conquest  cross  of  the  Hurtlepool 
type,  inscribed  AEI.BERCT,  see  Proceedings  for  June,  1892,  where  there  is  a  plate 
of  it.  See  also  Proceedings,  -2  ser.,  in,  p.  408,  for  sir  Wm.  Crossman's  description 
of  the  lemain-s  on  St.  Cuthbert's  isle.  Likewise  Arch.  Ael,  xi.  for  '  Authorities  for  the 
Life  of  St.  Cuthbert,'  by  the  Rev.  J.  L.  Low. 


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seen  from  the  existing  remains,  for  an  alternation  of  pillars  is 
kept  up  in  the  whole  design,  as  in  the  case  of  Durham,  of  which, 
as  Mr.  Grossman  mentioned,  the  priory  is  a  miniature  imitation. 
The  central  tower  existed  120  years  ago,  but  the  four  sides  have  long 
since  disappeared,  and  only  one  diagonal  arch  rib  spanning  the  vault 
from  N.W.  to  S.E.  is  all  that  is  left  of  what  was  undoubtedly  a  fine 
piece  of  architecture.  The  arch,  which  springs  over  the  centre  of  the 
cross  from  chancel  to  transept,  is  decorated  with  the  zig-zag  moulding. 
Suspended  high  in  the  air,  and  backed  by  the  blue  sky,  it  presents  a 
graceful  appearance,  and  peculiarly  fits  the  local  description  of  '  The 
Rainbow.'  (See  plate  facing  this  page.) 

Attention  was  drawn  to  the  principal  entrance,  a  beautiful  round- 
headed  doorway  enriched  with  zig-zag  ornament.  Its  excellent  state  of 
preservation  is  accounted  for  by  the  fact  that  for  over  200  years  it  was 
covered  up  with  debris  and  rubbish.  (See  plate  facing  page  285). 
Of  the  original  chancel  as  planned  there  is  little  remaining,  but 
that  little  is  Norman,  and  coeval  with  the  nave  and  transepts,  for 
the  two  windows  at  its  entrance,  one  on  each  side,  are  part  of 
the  original  fabric.  The  chancel  as  at  present  existing  is  not,  how- 
ever, such  early  work,  for  about  two  centuries  after  the  foundation 
of  the  original  choir,  at  a  period  in  the  history  of  architecture  when  the 
Early  English  was  passing  into  the  Decorated,  the  round  apse  of  the 
old  chancel  was  taken  down,  and  the  monks  departing  from  the  original 
plan  extended  the  chancel  eastwards,  making  it  fifteen  feet  longer  and 
giving  it  a  rectangular  termination.  In  the  latter  half  of  the  twelfth 
century  there  was  a  growing  feeling  in  favour  of  long  chancels,  and  this 
became  predominant  throughout  the  thirteenth  century.  Hence  it  is 
found  in  many  churches  that  the  Norman  apse  was  removed  and  the 
chancel  with  a  rectangular  ending  was  extended  considerably  outwards. 
In  their  extension  of  the  chancel  the  monks  failed  to  give  sufficient 
support  to  the  new  masonry,  and  the  two  side  walls  being  unable  to 
bear  the  pressure  of  the  heavy  groined  roof  began  to  incline  outwards, 
the  roof  itself  in  course  of  time  falling  to  the  ground.  The  many  joist 
holes  and  disfigurements  of  the  masonry  of  the  chancel  show  that  it  was 
divided  into  rooms  above  and  below  when  the  fabric  was  used  as  a 
military  storehouse  after  the  dissolution  of  the  monasteries. 

Mr.  Grossman  then  conducted  the  party  through  the  monastic 
buildings  adjoining  the  abbey,  the  foundations  of  which  were  laid  bare 
as  the  result  of  careful  excavation  by  his  father,  the  late  Sir  William 
Grossman.  Sir  William's  enthusiasm  for  the  antiquities  of  Holy 
Island  was  well  known,  and  his  work  of  excavation,  begun  in  1889, 
brought  to  light  much  of  value  and  interest  to  the  antiquary.  In  turn 
the  visitors  were  shown  the  ruins  of  the  chapter-house,  the  monks' 
cemetery,  and  the  situation  of  their  dormitory.  The  remains  of  the 
kitchen,  buttery,  brewhouse,  bakehouse,  and  calefactory  also  attracted 
much  attention,  and  Mr.  Grossman  pointed  out  time  after  time  some 
interesting  feature. 

After  leaving  the  priory  grounds,  Dr.  Hodgkin  expressed,  on  behalf 
of  the  party,  cordial  thanks  to  Mr.  Grossman.  He  had  been  just 
wondering,  he  said,  whether  in  their  own  Archaeologict  Aeliana 
they  had  a  thoroughly  good  account  of  Holy  Island.  He  was 
afraid,  however,  that  it  had  only  been  given  in  bits,  and  the 
Newcastle  Society  of  Antiquaries  would  be  greatly  obliged  if 
Mr.  Grossman  were  to  prepare  a  thoroughly  elaborate  and  ex- 
haustive monograph  on  that  subject,  which  they  knew  was  so  dear  to 
him.  They  all  remembered  the  kindness  of  his  late  (Mr.  Grossman's) 


Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Newc.,  3  ser.  in. 


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REMAINSiOF   PRIORY   (LOOKING   N.E.),  WITH    CASTLE   IN    DISTANCE. 


THE   PARISH   CHUECH   FROM   THE   N.W. 


HOLY   ISLAND,    NORTHUMBERLAND. 


From  photographs  by  Dr.  D.  H.  Stephens  of  North  Shields. 


289 


father,  the  energy  he  showed  in  conducting  the  excavations,  and  the 
lawful  pride  with  which  ho  showed  them  to  visitors.  They  had  lost  a 
valued  member  in  his  demise,  but  the  mantle  had  fallen  upon  his  son. 
But  after  all,  when  we  want  to  study  the  real  historically  important 
Holy  Island,  we  must,  in  imagination,  clear  away  even  the  priory,  the 
beautiful  ruins  of  which  we  have  just  visited.  We  must  reconstruct 
the  much  humbler  edifice  in  which  tho  monks  lived,  over  which  St. 
Aidan  and  St.  Cuthbert  presided.  Yet  humble  as  it  was,  that  was 
then  one  of  the  great  religious  centres  of  our  island,  as  Bamburgh 
was  its  political  centre.  In  those  days  when  Northumbria  had  the 
hegemony  among  the  Anglo-Saxon  states  (would  that  she  had  never 
lost  it)  yonder  rock  of  Bamburgh  bore  the  Windsor  castle,  and  this 
island  the  Westminster  abbey  of  our  country,  and  I  like  to  imagine  St. 
Aidan  pacing  over  the  long  spit  of  sand  to  the  east  of  us  intent  on  the 
errand  which  he  had  undertaken  to  the  king,  Oswald  or  Oswy  in  his 
palace  '  timbered  '  then  at  Bamburgh. 

Alter  the  visit  to  the  priory  ruins,  members  adjourned  to  the  Castle 
Inn  for  lunch.     They  then  proceeded  to  the  ancient 

PARISH    CHURCH    OF    ST.    MARY. 


-5.5. 


THE  CHURCH*,  about  1817,  from  the  S.E.,  from  a  liihogmph  by  T.  S.  Good  of  Berwick. 

The  vicar  (the  Rev.  I  Crawshaw)  received  the  party,  and  acted  as 
guide  to  the  historic  edifice.  The  church  is  situated  a  little  to  the 
west  of  the  priory  church,  and  although  the  existing  fabric  is  of  the 
Early  English  period,  and,  therefore,  of  later  date  than  the  priory 
church,  it  has  almost  as  early  a  history.  In  construction  the  interior 
has  many  peculiarities.  The  pillars  on  the  south  side  of  the  churoh 
are  considerably  shorter  than  those  on  the  north,  wh\le  the  arches  of  the 
north  aisle  are  of  Norman  date,  and  differ  from  the  pointed  arches  of 
*  See  also  plate  facing  p.  288. 


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the  south  side.  Another  interesting  feature  is  the  pleasing  alternation 
of  red  and  white  stone  in  the  chamfered  ribs  of  each  arch,  the  effect  of 
which  is  decidedly  novel.  The  vicar  contributed  much  interesting 
information  as  to  the  history  of  the  church.  The  memorial  tablets 
and  tombstones  with  their  quaint  inscriptions  were  inspected,  as  was 
also  the  fine  old  collection  of  church  plate,  which  has  been  described  in 
these  Proceedings  (2  ser.,  vol.  in,  p.  405)  amongst  it  being  a  com- 
munion cup  with  moulded  band  round  its  bowl,  made  by  Eli  Bilton, 
the  well-known  Newcastle  silversmith,  in  1712. 

During  some  repairs  to  the  church  a  few  years  ago  a  small  arch,  3  feet 
high  by  2  feet  wide  was  found  in  the  thickness  of  the  wall  under  the 
west  window  of  the  south  aisle,  which  was  at  first  thought  to  be  the 
entrance  to  a  crypt,  but  when  the  ground  was  dug  into  a  stone  coffin 
containing  bones  was  discovered.  It  is  supposed  tha,t  they  were  the 
remains  of  a  person  of  note,  and  that  when  the  south  aisle  was  added, 
between  1330  and  1340,  instead  of  removing  the  remains  the  arch  was 
built  over  them.  While  the  grave  was  being  dug  to  receive  the  remains 
of  the  late  Mr.  Crossman,  a  stone  coffin  was  found,  measuring  some 
eight  feet  long ;  in  it  was  a  complete  skeleton  lying  on  its  face. 
The  coffin  had  been  undisturbed,  the  head  facing  the  east,  and  lying 
athwart  the  grave  that  was  being  dug.  The  portion  of  stone 
forming  the  breast-plate,  which  is  in  the  centre  of  the  lid,  is  peculiarly 
marked,  and  remains  to  be  deciphered.  Proceeding  with  the  work, 
other  portions  of  skeletons  were  unearthed. 

In  the  churchyard,  at  a  little  distance  from  the  east  end  of  the  church, 
is  the  base  of  a  preconquest  cross,  3ft.  by  3ft.  4in.,  with  socket  for  the 
shaft  1ft.  3in.  by  2ft.  The  custom  is  at  a  wedding  for  the  bride  to  be 
'  jumped  '  over  it  after  the  ceremony  for  luck.  It  is  known  as  the 
'  petting  stone.'  One  or  two  members  of  the  party  went  through  the 
performance  in  the  hope,  probably,  that  they  would  have  the  luck  to 
marry  soon  !  Denham  says  the  bride  will  be  unfortunate  if  she  cannot 
step  the  length  of  it.4 

On  the  occasion  of    former  visits  of    members  full    descriptions  of 
the  church  were  given,  so  that  it  is  unnecessary  to  describe  the  edifice 
again.     For  them  see  the  Proceedings  for  August,  1888,  and  22  June, 
1895,  already  referred  to. 
The  day's  proceedings  concluded  with  a  visit  to 

THE    CASTLE. 

'  The  fort  of  Biblawe,'  5  as  Sir  Robert  Bowes  names  it,  is  perched  on 
a  high  conical  rock  of  basalt,  about  60  feet  high  and  almost  perpen- 
dicular, at  the  souch-east  corner  of  the  island,  and  about  half  a  mile 
from  the  village.  One  is  amply  rewarded  for  the  walk  and  ascent  to  the 
platform  at  the  top  of  the  rock,  on  which  formerly  the  guns  stood,  by 
the  extent  of  the  view  along  the  coast  from  Berwick  to  and  beyond 
Dunstanborough.  The  rock  must  have  been  fortified  at  a  very  early 
date,  though  the  present  structure  is  said  not  to  be  older  than  the 
sixteenth  century,  when  Robert  Trollop  built  '  a  new  forth.' 

At  the  time  of  the  last  visit  of  the  society  the  fort  was  occupied  as 
a  military  post,  but  it  is  now  held  by  Mr.  Hudson  (the  proprietor  of 
Country  Life)  under  a  lease  from  the  crown.  He  has  made  sundry 
alterations,  apparently  not  of  moment,  in  order  to  adapt  the  building 

4  Oenhain,  li,  67,  supposes  it  to  have  been  the  pedestal  of  St.  Ciuhbert's  cross, 
anciently  held  ii.  .superstitious  veneration. 

»  On  tlie  accompanying  map  of  the  island  (p.  287),  reproduced  from  an  original  <>f 
1610,  the  castle  rock  is  named  'Biblow,'  while  in  Richard  illoine's  map  of  1698  it  is 
marked  '  The  haw  ';  in  the  lotter-press  to  the  latter,  it  isolated  that  '  under  it  is  a  com- 
uiodious  haven,  defended  by  a  blockhouse,' 


Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Neivc.,  3  ser.  in. 


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,17 


THE   CASTLE  AND  BAY. 


THK   CASTLE. 


HOLY    ISLAND,    NORTHUMBERLAND. 
From  photographs  by  Dr.  D.  H.  Stephens  of  North  Shields. 


291 

to  the  purposes  of  a  country  house,  such  as  new  windows,  etc.,  the 
old  casemates  being  converted  into  bedrooms,  etc.  The  building  is 
furnished  throughout  very  picturesquely  with  old  furniture,  a  garnish  of 
old  pewter,  besides  many  other  pieces,  old  clocks,  etc..  etc.  By  the 
courtesy  of  the  tenant  the  building  and  its  contents  were  most  freely 
inspected  by  members. 

Members,  after  leaving  the  Castle,  returned  to  the  Castle  Inn  for  tea 
They  quitted  the  island  about  six  o'clock,  as  shewn  in  the  illustration 
facing  page  285,  the  passage  across  the  three  miles  or  thereabouts  of  sand 
being  greatly  enjoyed  by  all,  owing  to  the  beautiful  sunset, with  reflec- 
tions in  the  wet  sand.  Almost  all  the  way  the  curious  cloud,  shewn 
in  the  illustration,  remained  stationary.  Beal  Station  was  left  about 
8-30  p.m.,  after  a  very  pleasant  day. 

A  pathetic  interest  is  attached  to  this  excursion,  by  the  fact  that 
Mr.  Grossman,  who  so  kindly  officiated  as  guide,  and  who  almost  encour- 
aged members  to  expect  from  his  pen,  at  some  future  day,  a  monograph 
on  the  ruins  of  which  he  was  the  proprietor,  has  since  been  suddenly 
removed  from  amongst  us.  That  day  at  Holy  Island  was  probably 
the  last  occasion  on  which  he  appeared  in  public.  After  a  very  short 
illness  and  a  surgical  operation,  from  the  effects  of  which  he  never 
fully  recovered,  he  died  on  the  18th  day  of  September,  and  was  buried 
on  the  22nd  September,  in  the  churchj'ard  of  his  beloved  Holy  Istand, 
the  body,  covered  with  a  Union  Jack,  being  conveyed  across  the  sands 
to  the  island  on  the  Goswick.  fishery  lorry,  which  was  draped  in  purple 
cloth,  servants  on  the  Goswick  and  Holy  Island  estates  acting  as  pall- 
bearers. Failing  the  elaborate  monograph,  Math  which  our  lamented 
friend  would  probably  one  day  have  enriched  the  Transactions,  mem- 
bers will,  we  hope,  read,  not  without  interest,  the  following 

NOTES    ON    THE    HISTORY    OF    HOLY    ISLAND. 

The  island  church,  as  was  truly  said  by  Mr.  Hodgkin  when  thanking 
Mr.  Grossman  for  his  services  (p.  288),  was  the  Westminster  abbey  of  the 
Northumbrian  kingdom.  The  bounds  in  455,  as  Capgrave  informs  xis 
of  '  The  vn  kyngdam  Northumbirland  '  were  '  on  the  est  side  and  the 
west  side,  it  hath  the  se  ;  on  the  south  side,  the  flood  of  Humbir, 
whech  goth  up  be  the  herldam  of  Notingham  and  Derbi  ;  on  the  north 
side  the  Scotisch  se.  The  first  kyng  was  Ida ;  the  secunde,  Aella  ;  third, 
Athelford  ;  the  iv,  Edwyne  ;  he  was  baptized  be  Pauline,  bischop  of 
York  ;'  while  '  Penda  [of  the  fifth  kingdom]  was  baptized  be  the  handis 
of  Fynian,  biscop.'6 

In  1061  the  island  was  ravaged  by  Malcolm,  king  of  the  Scots.  1  '  On 
19  Feb.  1296,  Osbert  de  Spaldyngton  was  appointed  to  take  and  make 
ready  100  ships  and  more,  to  man  them,  and  to  muster  them  at  Haly- 
eland.8  On  16  Nov.  1312,  the  bishop  of  Durham  granted  to  Robert  de 
Helmesley,  the  land  of  Lyndesyde  in  Holy  Island,  and  on  the  same  day 
a  mandate  was  issued  to  the  constable  of  Norham,  Walter  de  G-osewyk, 
to  deliver  seisin."  In  Oct.  1315,  an  excommunication,  incase  of  contu- 
macy, addressed  to  John  de  Insula,  was  received  against  certain  persons 
named,  satellites  of  Satan,  for  breaking  into  houses  on  the  island  and 
carrying  away  windows,  tables,  and  divers  vessels  and  utensils. a  °  On 
4  May,  1317,  Walter  de  Gosewyk,  '  custos  '  of  Halieland,  received 
a  mandate  to  deliver  the  island  to  Louis  de  Beaumont,  preferred  by  the 
pope  to  the  bishopric  of  Durham.1 

6  Chron.  of  England,  Rolls  ed.,  101.  Mr.  Bates  suggests  that  Lindisfavne  (of  which 
he  says  the  Celtic  name  was  Medcaud)  not  Bamburgh,  was  the  original  English  settle- 
ment on  the  Northumbrian  coast — Northumberland,  p.  51. 

7  Lelaml,  CoU.  n,  19i.  <*  Cal.  of  Pat.  Rolls,  24  Edw.  I,  p.  184. 

9  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  n,  1177.  lo  Ibid.,  744. 

1  Req.  Pal.  Dun.,  iv,  156  ;  Cal.  of  Pat.  Rolls,  10  Edw.  n,  p.  644, 


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On  3  Jan.  1326-7.  Roger  de  Horsle  and  Gilbert  de  Borrodon  were 
appointed  to  guard  all  places  between  the  Water  of  Coket  and  the  town 
of  Halieland.2  On  16  August  of  the  same  year,  Ralph  de  Nevill  and 
others  were  appointed  to  see  that  Halieland  and  other  places  on  the 
coast  joined  John  de  Sturmy,  admiral  of  the  fleet  in  the  north. 3 

On  30  Oct.  1340,  the  king  ordered  the  bishop  to  liberate  Clays  fitz 
Clays,  a  shipmaster  of  Sluys,  arrested  by  the  bishop's  people  on  Holy 
Island,  together  with  his  goods  and  chattels.4 

In  1340  John  de  Sacra  Insula  was  ordained  an  acolyte  in  Darlington 
church  by  John,  bishop  of  Carlisle  ;  deacon  on  the  15  kal.  Jan.  1344, 
[18  Dec.  1343]  by  Richard,  bishop  of  Bisaccia,  in  Durham  cathedral 
church  to  the  title  of  the  sub-prior  of  Durham,  and  priest  in  the  same 
year  by  the  same. 5 

On  30  May,  1344,  the  bishop  directed  Robert  de  Maners,  Robert  de 
Tughall  and  Michael  de  Presfen,  his  justices  of  assize,  not  to  hold  an 
assize  on  Holy  Island  in  connexion  with  a  suit  of  Cristiana,  the  wife  of 
Henry  le  Porter  of  Holy  Island,  concerning  tenements  on  the  island. 6 

On  10  Jan,  1345,  Robert  de  Helmesley,  a  tenant  in  capite  of  the  bishop, 
died,  and  Robert  his  son  was  accepted  in  his  place  on  12  Feb,  1345. 7 

On  13  May,  1349,  a  commission  was  appointed  to  enquire  into  the 
complaint  of  John  Crulle,  Thomas,  son  of  Mabel  de  Barton,  and  Stephan 
Heyroun,  merchants,  the  freighters  of  a  ship  called  la  Godyere  of  Barton, 
of  which  Stephan  was  master,  with  wheat,  etc.,  for  the  garrison  there, 
and  when  sailing  between  Bamburgh  and  Holy  Island  in  time  of  truce, 
was  attacked  by  Walter  del  Park  of  Scotland  and  others,  and  the  ship 
captured  and  taken  to  Dunbar. 8  On  22  October,  a  similar  commission 
was  appointed. 

In  1353  900  boards  were  bought  by  the  Coldingham  monks  at  Holy 
Island  for  11.  Qs.  Sd.  to  repair  their  church.  In  1364-5  they  paid  11.  3s. 
for  a  fother  of  lead  with  labour  and  carriage  from  Holy  Island  to 
Aymowyt  [Eyemouth]. 9 

On  8  Dec,  1380,  a  licence  was  given  to  John  Trippe  of  Newcastle,  and 
Adam  de  Burton  of  Morpath,  to  ship  8  lasts  of  hides  from  Holy  Island, 
etc.,  to  Lynn,  etc.,  James  Lyms,  king's  sergeant-at-arms,  and  Wm. 
Fox  of  London  having  become  their  mainpernors  in  100/.* 

On  6  March,  1381,  during  the  war  with  France,  a  grant  was  made  to 
the  prior  of  St.  Cuthbert,  Durham,  on  account  of  the  harrying  by  the 
Scots  of  the  barony  of  Coldingham  (where  the  prior  and  convent  have  a 
cell)  and  of  other  lands  belonging  to  them  called  '  Halieland,'  and 
because  they  have  no  place  in  the  south  to  keep  their  live  stock  safely, 
of  the  custody  of  the  priory  of  Burstall  in  the  king's  hands  on  account 
of  the  said  war,  notwithstanding  letters  granting  the  same  to 
Thomas  Sees,  prior  of  Burstall,  rendering  200  marks  yearly  at  the 
exchequer  to  the  said  Thomas  and  3  marks  each  year  in  addition,  and 
finding  a  competent  maintenance  or  10  marks  yearly  for  the  proctor  ; 
with  power  to  remove  the  remaining  alien  monks  in  Burstall  priory  and 
replace  them  by  as  many  English  monks  or  secular  chaplains  from 
Durham  priory,  and  at  the  decease  of  the  present  proctor  to  replace 
him  by  an  English  one.  The  grant  was  surrendered  on  4  May,  5  Rich, 
n,  by  Durham. 8 

2  Cal.  of  Pat.  Rolls,  19  Edw.  n,  p.  211.  3  ibid.,  20  Eclw.  n,  p.  311. 

4  Keg.  Pal.  Dun.,  IV.,  242. 
5  Ktg.  Pal.  Dun.,  in,  146,  150,  198.  «  Ibid.,  IV,  280.  7  Ibid.,  352. 

8  Cal.  of  Pat.  Rolls.  23  Edw.  ill,  p.  317,  452. 

9  Priory  of  Coldingham  (12  Surt.  Soc.  pub!.),  xviij,  xlviij. 

i  Cal.  of  Pat.  Rolls,  4  Rich,  n,  582.         a  Ibid.  606. 


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On  20  Jan,  1421,  William  Gray,  brother  and  heir  of  Robert  Gray, 
released  to  Wm.  de  Orde  all  claim  on  lands,  etc.,  in  Norham  and  Hali- 
elande,  late  the  property  of  Robert.  On  10  Feb.  1428,  Sir  Thomas 
Gray  of  Horton,  granted  to  Laurence  de  Acton,  John  Raymes,  and 
John  Clerk  of  Nesbit,  all  his  manor  of  Horton,  and  all  his  other  lands  in 
Elandshire,  etc. ' 

In  1462,  queen  Margaret  [wife  of  Henry  vi,  422-61]  escaped  on  board 
a  '  carvyle  '  from  the  besieged  fortress  of  Bamburgh,  many  French  ships 
having  been  driven  ashore  there,  and  the  400  of  her  followers  who  were 
saved  took  refuge  on  Holy  Island.  Margaret  abandoned  the  '  carvyle  ' 
which  had  foundered,  and  was  with  her  followers.  A  force  of  Yorkists 
on  the  island  was  surprised.  The  Earl  of  Warwick  dislodged  the 
Frenchmen,  the  queen  escaping  to  Berwick  in  a  fishing  boat.4 

On  the  31  May,  1545,  the  city  of  Hamburg  complained  to  the  king 
that  a  ship  proceeding  to  Scotland,  not  hearing  of  the  king's  warning, 
had  been  stopped  by  the  king's  ships  and  taken  into  Holy  Island,  and 
prayed  for  her  restoration.5 

In  1552  it  was  ordered  that  Holy  Island  be  made  a  fishing  town  and 
all  the  fish  brought  to  Berwick,  which  would  occasion  trade  thither 
and  increase  the  number  of  mariners. 6 

On  1  April,  1565,  the  earl  of  Bedford  informed  Sir  William  Cecil 
that  the  bearer  had  brought  him  his  two  letters,  touching  certain  goods 
taken  by  pirates  from  him  and  others,  and  brought  to  Holy  Island, 
and  had  procured  the  captain  to  certify  to  my  lords  what  became  of  the 
goods,  and  examined  one  aboard  the  English  ship  the  '  Peter  of  London,' 
when  the  French  ship  and  goods  were  taken  :  he  would  gladly  favour 
the  poor  man,  the  case  being  pitiful,  but  could  do  no  more,  because  the 
goods  were  not  in  his  charge. 7 

In  a  'Book  of  Surveighe '  of  1580  there  was  belonging  to  Durham  a 
rental  of  3Z.  6s.  Sd.  from  George  Dennins  for  a  house,  15  cottages  and 
2  little  gardens  called  Braggettes  and  Coldingham  Walles  in  Holy 
Island,  together  with  a  little  garden  of  which  a  lease  had  been  granted 
on  17  Feb,  1562.8 

By  his  will  of  12  Jan,  1592-3,  Thomas  Manners  of  Cheswick  gave  to 
his  son  George  inter  alia  all  his  property  in  Holy  Island. 9 

In  a  letter  from  '  Phennhame  '  of  22  August,  1601,  Sir  Wm.  Read" 
explained  to  Sir  Robert  Cecil  certain  misconceptions  with  regard  to  his 
suit  as  to  Holy  Island.  He  desired  only  a  renewal  of  his  lease  of  the 
tithes  of  certain  towns  near  the  borders  of  Scotland  belonging  to  the 
rectory  of  the  Holy  Island  ;  whereof  he  had  32  years  to  come  in  the 
'  sight  house  '  with  appurtenances  in  Holy  Island,  and  43  years  to 
come  in  the  rectory  of  the  island.10 

On  18  Dec.  1604,  the  rectory  of  Holy  Island  and  other  lands  in 
Northumberland  and  Durham  to  the  value  of  109Z.  10s.  2d.  a  year,  were 
granted  to  lord  Hume  of  Berwick.1 

In  a  letter  of  4  Feb.  1611,  Thomas  Swinhoe  informed  Salisbury  that 
his  appointment  as  captain  of  Norham  had  lapsed  by  the  death  of  the 
earl  of  Dunbar,  and  as  the  people  of  Norham  and  Holy  Island  were 

3  MSS.  of  Lady  Waterforcl  (H.  MSS.  Comrn.  Kep.),  p.  72. 

•i  Bates,  Northumberland,  197. 

5  Letters  and  Papers,  For.  and  Dom.,  Hen.  vin,  XX,  i,  841. 

6  Cal.  of  State  Papers,  Dom.  Add.,  1547-1565,  p.  422.  On  24  June,  1541,  John 
Alexander  paid  2s.  id.  for  carriage  of  30  dog  draves  [said  to  be  salted  codfish]  from 
Holy  Island.— Durham  Household  Book  (18  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  16. 

7  Cal.  of  State  Papers,  Dom,  Add',  1547-1565,  p.  562. 

3  Durham  Halmote  Rolls  (82  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  206. 

9  Wills  &  Inventories,  n  (38  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  218. 

10  Hatfield  Papers  (H.MSS.  Comm.),  XI,  355. 

i  Cal.  of  State  Papers,  Dom.,  1608-10,  p.  177. 

[  Proc.  3  Ser.  in,  431 


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disorderly,  he  desired  that  some  one  might  be  authorised  to  supply 
his  place.2 

On  10  Oct.  1633,  there  is  a  charge  of  5s.  for  '  a  mannc  of  Mr.  Thomas 
Howard's  bringing  oysters  from  Holye  Hand.'  a 

James  Swinhoe  of  Chatton,  on  2  May,  1649,  compounded  for  his 
delinquency  in  assisting  the  forces  raised  against  parliament  in  the 
first  and  last  engagements,  his  estates  included  several  freehold  cottages 
in  Holy  Island.4 

Gilbert  Blakhal,  temp.  Charles  i,  touched  at  Holy  Island  during  his 
journeyings,  and  '  went  walking  on  the  island,  and  did  go  to  the  gover- 
nor, Robin  Rugg,  a  notable  good  fellow,  as  his  great  red  nose  full  of 
pimples  did  give  testimony.  He  made  us  breakfast  with  him,  and 
gave  us  such  good  sack  and  did  show  us  the  toure  in  which  he  lived, 
which  is  no  streiith  at  al,  bot  lyk  the  watch  toure  upon  the  coastes  of 
Italie.  We  did  tak  him  to  oure  inne  and  made  him  the  best  chere  that 
we  could  .  .  .  Among  the  rest  of  meny  discourses,  he  tould  us  how 
the  common  people  ther  do  pray  for  shippes  which  they  se  in  danger.  .  . 
They  pray,  not  God  to  save  you,  send  you  to  the  port,  but  to  send  you 
to  them  by  ship  wrack,  that  they  may  gette  the  spoils  of  her.' 

In  April,  1672,  the  king,  by  warrant  under  his  sign  manual,  demised 
Holy  Island,  except  the  fort,  castle,  and  haven  there,  to  Daniel  Colling- 
wood  for  31  years,  at  a  yearly  rent  of  II.  6s.  Sd.,  and  also  a  grant  of  the 
office  of  governor  and  keeper  of  the  castle,  to  hold  the  same  with  fees, 
&c.,  during  the  king's  pleasure.5 

On  Lord  Harley's  (afterwards  2nd  earl  of  Oxford)  journey  to  the 
north  of  England  in  April,  1725,  it  is  said  they  left  Belford,  and  the 
tide  permitting,  they  left  the  higher  road  and  went  down  to  the  shore, 
and  rode  all  along  upon  the  sands,  leaving  the  island  of  Lindisfarne  or 
Holy  Island  (whence  the  bishopric  was  removed  to  Durham)  hard  by 
on  their  right  ;  the  tide  being  low,  and  the  water  out,  they  saw  several 
folks  riding  over  to  it  at  a  place  where  there  are  posts  fixed  to  direct 
their  course  throiigh  the  water.  The  isle  is  in  the  county  of  Durham,  and 
at  the  end  of  it  next  pointing  towards  [us,]  we  could  plainly  see  an  old 
ruined  castle.  We  rode  upon  the  sea  sands  to  Goswick,  having  a  near 
view  of  the  sea,  which  seemed  to  be  on  a  level  with  us,  and  seemed  as  if 
it  were  tumbling  towards  us  in  great  fury.  ° 

In  a  letter  of  the  31  May,  1760,  to  the  lords  of  the  Admiralty  it  is 
desired  that  a  cruiser  may  be  stationed  at  Holy  Island.  * 

THE    PRIORY. 

In  634  king  Oswald  founded  the  church  of  Lindisfarne  in  honour  of  St. 
Peter,  the  prince  of  the  Apostles. 8  In  the  same  year  Aidan  settled  on  the 
island  and  became  bishop.  Finan  succeeded  Aidan  in  651,  he  began  a 
new  church.  Early  in  664,  after  Whitby,  Colman,  v/ho  had  succeeded 
Finan,  withdrew  from  Lindisfarne  to  Ireland,  taking  some  of  Aidan's 
bones  with  him.  Eata  and  Cuthbert  conformed  to  the  Roman  usage, 
and  Eata  was  appointed  abbot  over  the  English  monks  who  remained  at 
Lindisfarne. 9  '  The  xiij  of  the  callends  of  Aprill  [20  March]  DCLXXXVII°, 
Sancte  Cuthbert  endyd  his  lyffe,  and  was  buryed  in  Holy  Eland,  where 
he  was  bushop  iij  yeres,  in  Sancte  Peter's  church,  by  the  Altar,  of  the 

2  Cal.  of  State  Papers,  Don?.,  1611-18,  p.  6. 
3  Lord  William  Howard's  Household  Books  (68  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  319. 

*  Royalist  Compositions  (111  Surt.  Soc.  pub!.),  353. 

5  'Privy  Seal  Dockets'  (Arch.  Acl.,  2  ser.,  xxiv),  -215. 

e  Portland  Papers,  VI  (H.MSS.  Comm.  Rep.),  109. 

7  Report  on  RJSS.  in  various  Collections,  i,  p.  27. 

8  The  Priory  of  Hexham,  \  (44  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  3  ;  Lei.,  Coll.  i,  121. 

o  Bates,  Northumberland,  56,  60. 


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east  side,  in  a  grave  of  stone  that  was  for  him  maid  to  be  buried  in. 
And  also,  xj  yere  after  that  he  had  bone  beryed  and  lyne  there  in  Sancte 
Peter's  church  in  Holy  Eland,  he  was  taken  out  of  the  ground,  the 
xiij  of  the  callands  of  Aprill,  in  the  s^me  callends  that  he  died  in,  whole, 
lying  like  to  a  man  sloping,  being  found  saife  and  uncorrupted  and 
lyeth-waike,  and  all  his  masse  clothes  saife  and  freshe  as  they  weare 
at  the  first  houre  that  they  weare  put  on  him.  And  inshryned  him  in  a 
fereture  a  little  above  the  pavement.  And  there  he  stoode  many  a  day, 
and  afterward  Eardulphus  bishopp  and  abbot  Eadred  about  the  yeare 
890,  did  carrye  away  his  bodye  from  Holy  Island  southward,  and  fled 
with  it  seven  yeares  from  towne  to  towne.?  l  Aethelwald,  a  priest  of 
Ripon,  succeeded  Cuthbert  in  687  as  hermit  in  Fame.  After  spending 
twelve  years  in  Farne  he  d.ied  and  was  buried  in  the  church  of  blessed 
Peter  and  Paul  in  Lindisfarne  next  the  bodies  of  the  bishops. 2  Eadbert, 
bishop  of  Lindisfarne  [688-698]  covered  the  chuvch  with  lead.3 
In  737  Ceolwulf  resigned  the  crown  and  became  a  monk  of  Lindis- 
farne.4 On  7  June,  793,  the  Scaldings  made  a  sudden  descent  upon 
Lindisfarne,  digging  up  the  altars  and  bearing  away  all  the  treasures, 
even  breaking  off  the  upper  limb  of  the  great  cross  bishop  Ethel wald 
had  set  up  before  the  church.  Some  of  the  monks  they  slew,  others 
they  dragged  off  in  chains,  many  they  drove  away  naked,  some  they 
cast  into  the  sea.  Alcuin  urged  bishop  Higbald  and  the  monks  of 
Lindisfarne  to  take  their  chastisement  to  heart.  After  the  departure 
of  the  Vikings,  Higbald  and  his  clergy  returned  to  Lindisfarne  where 
they  found  that  St.  Cuthbert's  body  had  not  been  disturbed.  Anlaf's 
followers'  ravaged  Lindisfarne  with  the  sword  on  their  way  back  to 
York.6  In  1082  the  Benedictines  founded  a  new  church,  of  which  the 
oldest  parts  of  the  present  church  are  the  remains.0  William  de  St. 
Barbara,  installed  bishop  of  Durham  18  Oct.  1114,  took  refuge,  for  some 
time,  on  Holy  Island,  while  Cumin  held  the  bishopric  of  Durham. * 

At  the  assizes,  40  Henry  in  [1256]  a  fine  made  at  Newcastle  between 
William  de  Coplaund  and  Agnes,  his  wife,  plaintiffs,  and  Thomas,  prior 
of  Halielaund,  tenant,  of  one  messuage  and  30  acres  of  land  in  Bolesdon, 
William  and  Agnes  acknowledging  the  messuage  and  land  to  be  the 
right  of  the  same  prior  and  his  successors  for  ever,  for  which  acknowledg- 
ment the  prior  gave  William  and  Agnes  20  shillings  sterling. 8 

In  1272  Richard  de  Claxton,  the  prior,  was  elected  prior  of  Durham. 
In  1280  R.  de  Morley  was  prior.8 

In  1305  the  prior  of  Durham  and  Thomas  de  Baumburgh  charged 
Philip  de  Swalfeld  and  Reginald,  master  of  Norham  school,  the  bishop's 
servants,  and  unknown  monks,  with  beating  the  prior's  agent  on 
Halielande,  he  having  entered  the  parish  church  to  read  royal  letters  of 
restitution,  and  maltreating  and  imprisoning  them,  and  also  against 
John  de  Horneclyve. l  °  In  the  same  year  prior  Richard  de  Hoton  com- 
plained that  Walter  de  Roubiry  and  Peter  de  Emeldon,  servants  of  the 
bishop,  had  prevented  him  from  raising  a  mill  at  Holy  Island.  Walter 
answered  that  as  the  bishop's  bailiff  he  had  prevented  the  occupation 
of  the  bishop's  soil. J  The  prior  asserted  that  the  same  Wm.  de  Roubiry, 

l  Rites  of  Durham  (15  Hurt.  Soc.  pnbl.),  54,  59.  St.  Cuthbert  was  with  difficulty 
prevailed  upon  to  accept  the  see. 

a  Mem.  of  Ripon,  i  (74  Surt.  Hoc.  pub].),  17  &  n.  a  Leland,  Coll,  vol.  i,  p.  121. 

4  Bates,  Northumberland,  73.  He  gave  the  monks  of  Lindisfarne  licence  to  drink 
wine  and  beer,  for  before  they  were  not  accustomed  to  drink  anything  but  milk  and 
water.— Lelaud,  Coll.  n,  172. 

5  Bates,  Northumberland,  84,  96.  o  Ibid,  104,  110. 

7  Hutchinson,  Durham,  UI,  454. 

8  Three  Northumberland  Assize  Rolls  (8S  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  pages  lln,  18,  403,  404. 

9  Hist.  Dun.  Scrip.  Tres,  55,  70.        10  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  iv.,  65,73.         i  Ibid.,  41. 


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William  Postel  and  Robert  le  Corouner,  servant  of  the  bishop,  had 
seized  a  certain  marine  fish  called  a  porpoise  at  Holy  Island,  which  was 
his  property.  This  was  denied  by  one  of  them,  another  replied  that 
the  prior  had  given  up  to  him  a  part  of  the  fish  as  being  thrown  up  on 
bishop's  soil  ;  the  prior  averred  that  the  fish  had  been  taken  by  force.3 

In  1311  the  bishop  issued  a  monition  to  the  executors  of  Richard  de 
Chesewyk  to  satisfy  the  prior  of  Holy  Island  for  the  mortuary  of  Ralph 
de  Chesewyk  who  was,  while  alive,  a  parishioner. 3  In  a  letter  of 
October  in  the  same  year  the  prior  of  Holy  Island  could  not  pay  the 
pension  due  to  Durham  on  account  of  the  tarryingjof  the  king  [Edward  ir,] 
in  these  parts  ;  and  after  his  departure,  by  the  death  of  fishermen,  etc.  ; 
and  as  he  was  depressed  by  the  cup  of  bitterness  and  by  the  grave 
weight  of  creditors,  the  bishop  asked  that  a  part  might  be  excused.4 

On  20  April,  1315,  a  commission  was  issued  to  the  prior  of  Holy 
Island  by  bishop  Kellawe,  to  enquire  concerning  the  violation  of 
sanctuary  in  the  church  of  Norham. 5  On  30  July,  1318,  simple  pro- 
tection for  one  year,  with  clause  nolumus,  was  granted  to  the  prior  of 
Holy  Island.6 

In  1319,  owing  to  the  war  between  England  and  Scotland,  and  thp 
consequent  destruction  of  property,  the  monks  of  Holy  Island  took 
flight  to  Durham  monastery  ;  the  prior  of  Durham  petitioned  the  pope 
for  the  church  of  Hemmingburgh  or  any  other  to  relieve  them  of  their 
want,  etc.?  ,  In  1333  Gilbert  de  Ellewyk  was  prior  of  Holy  Island. » 

On  31  Jan.  1335,  on  trustworthy  evidence  the  king  [Edw.  in,]  had 
learned  that  Edw.  u,  by  word  of  mouth  had  granted  to  the  monks  dwel- 
ling in  the  island  of  Farneland  by  Baumburgh,  co.  Northumberland,  an 
island  which  is  a  cell  of  Durham  priory,  lOqrs.  of  wheat  and  2  tuns  of  wine 
yearly  by  the  hands  of  the  mayor  and  bailiffs  of  Newcastle-upon-Tyne,  to 
be  received  for  ever  of  his  alms,  and  that  such  grant  was  not  duly  sued 
out  into  execution  in  his  lifetime,  nor  confirmed  by  any  letters  of  his  ; 
and  wishing  for  the  saving  of  his  father's  soul,  to  fulfil  his  intention,  he 
had  granted  of  his  alms  to  the  said  monks  and  their  successors  for  ever 
13  marks  and  10s.  in  lieu  of  the  wheat  and  corn,  that  is,  5  marks  for 
each  tun  of  wine  and  5s.  for  each  quarter  of  wheat,  to  be  received  at 
Michaelmas  by  the  hands  of  the  mayor  and  bailiffs  of  the  town  of  New- 
castle-upon-Tyne out  of  the  farm  of  their  town.8 

In  1339  the  manor  house  of  the  monks  of  Holy  Island  at  Fenham 
was  built,  or  at  least,  materially  added  to.J 

In  1347-8  the  prior  and  convent  of  Durham,  in  a  letter  to  the  arch- 
bishop of  York,  begged  him,  for  the  love  of  God  and  of  the  glorious 
Confessor  the  blessed  Cuthbert  their  patron,  to  write  to  the  pope 
(Clement  vi)  for  the  advowson  of  Hemmingburgh  church,  as  they  had 
had  such  heavy  losses  through  the  spoilings  and  burnings  of  the  Scots 
for  sixty  years,  that  the  occupants  of  their  three  cells  of  Coldingham, 
Holy  Island,  and  Fame,  which  derived  their  subsistence  from  three 
churches  in  Scotland,  with  300Z.  a  year  were,  by  these  wars,  beggars, 
and  had  been  living  in  the  Durham  monastery. a 

In  1364  the  priory  church  appears  to  have  been  rebuilt,  as  on  5  ides 
[11th]  May  of  that  year  pope  Urban  v,  from  Avignon,  granted  a  relaxa 

2  Reg.  Pal.  Dim..  IV.,  53,  54.  3  Ibid.,  i,  64. 

4  Letters  from  Northern  Kcyiittertt,  llolls  ed.,  207  ;    Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,   I,  96. 

5  Keg.  Pal.  Dun.,  n   200,  744.  «  Cal.  of  Pat.  Rolls,  12  Kdw.  ill,  194. 

7  Hi-st.  Dun.  Scrip.  Tres,  cxxij.        H  UmL,  12u.        u  Cal.  of  Pat.  llolls,  9  Kdw.  in,  80. 

1  Raine,  \ortli  Durham.  In  1560  it  is  described  as  a  'tower  in  £<>od  reparaoms.' 
It  was  leased  by  the  crown,  under  the  name  of  I  he  Grange,  to  Sir  Win.  Keade,  and  it 
was  long  occupied  by  him  and  his  descendants.— Ibid. 

'  LeW'rs  front  Northern  Registers,  393-5, 


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tion  for  ten  years,  of  a  year  and  forty  days  of  enjoined  penance  to  peni- 
tents who,  011  the  principal  feasts  of  the  year,  visited  and  gave  alms  for 
the  rebuilding  of  the  church  of  the  priory  of  the  cell  called  '  de  Insula,' 
where  rested  the  body  of  St.  Cuthbert,  by  whose  merits  and  inter- 
cessions God  worked  many  miracles,  the  church  having  been  burned  in 
the  wars.3 

On  6  Id.  [8th]  Aug.  1366,  the  hospital,  for  poor  and  lepers,  of  St.  Bar- 
tholomew, Tweedmouth,  petitioned  the  pope  for  exemption  from  tithes 
of  the  fisheries,  as  the  hospital  had  been  so  devastated  by  incursions  of 
the  Scots,  that  its  rents  and  profits  were  no  longer  enough  to  repair 
the  buildings  ;  and  John  Lowyck,  the  master,  had  provided  a  little 
fishing  vessel  to  provide  them  with  fish.  On  16  kal.  Sep.  [17th  Aug.], 
from  Avignon,  it  was  granted  on  condition  that  they  did  not  sell  the  fish.  * 

In  1383-4  there  is  in  the  Durham  accounts  a  charge  of  41.  18s.  Qd., 
being  the  expenses  of  Robert  de  Olaxton  journeying  to  Scotland  for 
the  banner  of  St.  Cuthbert,  together  with  expenses  of  the  bursar  going 
to  Holy  Island  with  the  same  banner.5  In  1384-5,  the  bursar  received 
in  expenses  29s.  3d.  ob.  for  going  to  Burubrig,  with  a  charter  for  Holy 
Isln,nd,  and  Hugh  de  Corbrig,  his  expenses  to  Hull  for  the  same  charter, 
and  to  the  clerks  of  the  signet  and  secret  seal  and  the  chancellor  for 
writing  and  sealing  the  charter.  ? 

Thomas  Langley,  bishop  of  Durham  [1406-1437]  contributed  to  the 
cost  of  the  choir  of  Holy  Island. s 

'  On  the  26  Feb.  1448,  amongst  others  cited  to  a  visitation  in  the 
chapter  house  of  Durham  by  the  prior  of  Durham,  by  command  of  the 
bishop,  were  dom.  Thomas  Warde,  prior,  and  dom.  John  Kirk,  a  brother  ; 
and  dom.  John  Bradebery,  master  of  Farnelande. 9 

In  1452-3,  William  Ebchester,  the  prior,  gave  10s.  towards  the  new 
lavatory  of  marble  in  Durham  priory  cloisters.1 

On  1  Oct.  1453,  a  mandate  was  addressed  by  William,  prior  of 
Durham,  to  the  prior  and  brethren  of  Holy  Island,  stating  that  certain 
monks  putting  a.side  the  regular  observance  of  their  holv  religion  made 
use  of  linen  shirts  to  the  perversion  of  order,  and  directing  them  not  to 
wear  such  garments  as  owing  to  it  frequent  quarrels  arose. a 

In  1465,  dom.  John  Eden  was  prior  of  Holy  Island.3 

Thomas  Spark,  a  monk  of  Durham,  was  suffragan  bishop  of  Berwick 
and  prior  of  Holy  Island.  An  inventory  of  his  goods,  made  in  1528-9, 
is  printed  in  Wills  and  Inventories.* 

In  1533-4,  41.  8s.  was  paid  to  the  prior  of  Holy  Island  by  Durham 
monastery  for  100  dog  draves,  600  codlynge,  and  200  haddocks. 5 

In  1536  the  cell  of  Holy  Island  is  included  in  a  list  of  monasteries  in 
England  of  a  less  yearly  value  than  200Z.  ° 

On  13  May,  1541,  a  grant  was  made  to  the  dean  and  chapter  of 
Durham  in  free  almoigne,  of  the  late  cell  of  Holy  Island,  with  cottages 
and  gardens  and  the  whole  island  of  Fame,  etc.  * 

In  1550,  the  church  of  the  priory  was  used  as  the  '  Great  Storehouse,' 
when  a  piece  of  the  roof  was  '  broken  downe  by  a  parcell  of  the  embattle- 

»  Cat.  of  Papal  Reg.,  Papal  Letters,  iv,  39. 

*  Cal.  of  Papal  Letters,  Petition  i,  534. 

5  Durham  Account  Rolls,  111  (103  Surt.  Soc.  pnbl.),  593. 

7  Cal.  of  Papal  Reg,,  Petition  in,  595.     8  Wills  it-  Inv.,  l,  88. 

'•>  Hist.  Dun.  Scrip.  Tres,  cccxix.  l  Ibid.,  cccxvii. 

2  The  Priory  of  Finchale  (6  Surt.  Sue.  publ.),  35. 
3  Priory  of  Coldingham,  196.  4  Ibid.,  379  &  n. 

•">  Durham  Household  Book  (18  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  309.  In  a  letter  of  20  Oct.  15  ,  to 
Dr.  Bellysses  he  said  'qwate  ze  tliynke  off  yis  cell  off  Elande.'— Letters  and  Papers, 
For  and  Dom.,  Henry  vm,  XI. 

c  Letters  and  Papers,  For.  and  Dom.,  Hen.  vm,  x,  514.  V  Ibid.,  XVI,  421. 


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ments  of  the  same  howse,'  which  it  was  necessary  to  repair  quickly  as 
otherwise  the  wet  descending  would  '  cawse  great  decaye  in  the  floores.' 8 
By  his  will  of  6  May,  1555,  Odonel  Selby  of  Tweedmouth,  who  had 
been  thrice  mayor  of  Berwick,  directed  that  his  wife  Jennet  should 
'  have  the  tithe  corn  of  Goswyke  for  the  yere  as  it  is  dew  to  me  by  a 
lease  of  ye  pryor  of  holy  yland.'  ° 

One  of  the  statutes  of  Durham  required  the  priors  of  the  cells  of  Holy 
Island,  etc.,  to  record  every  year  all  their  rents,  possessions,  and  other 
belongings  of  each  cell.  The  roll,  to  be  kept  in  duplicate,  one  to  be 
retained,  the  other  to  be  reserved  for  the  prior  of  Durham,  so  that  at  the 
end  of  every  year  it  could  be  seen  what  increase  or  decrease  of  income 
there  had  been.i  Between  the  year  1293  and  1436  there  were  consider- 
able fluctuations  in  the  sums  received  by  the  priory  of  Durham,  from 
Holy  Island  and  elsewhere  in  the  north.  The  chief  causes  of  the  great 
decrease  were  that  for  68  years  nothing  had  been  received  -from  the 
churches  in  Scotland,  because  the  Scots  would  not  permit  money  to 
be  collected,  there  being  war  between  the  two  kingdoms  ;  on  account 
of  the  lands  not  being  cultivated,  but  in  grass  ;  and  owing  to  the 
frequent  pestilences  by  which  many  places  were  desolate.2  In  1293, 
Durham  received  from  the  parish  of  Holy  Island  128Z.  and  Sd. 
except  a  certain  portion  of  the  tithes  which  the  prior  of  the  cell  received. 
In  1348,  being  the  first  year  after  the  Durham  war,  and  the  year  before 
the  great  pestilence,  the  sum  of  139Z.  3s.  only  was  received  from  Nor- 
ham,  Holy  Island,  and  from  the  churches  in  Scotland.  In  1350,  the 
year  after  the  great  pestilence,  the  sum  had  fallen  to  llll.  2s.  3d.  ob. 
In  1392,  the  churches  in  Scotland  ceased  to  contribute,  and  from  the 
others  the  income  had  dropped  to  23Z.  Is.  Wd.  In  1420  there  was  a 
slight  increase,  the  amount  being  28Z.  4s.  In  1436,  it  had  risen  to 
39L  8s.  10<Z.3 

In  1342-3  the  expenses  of  the  prior  of  Durham  at  Holy  Island  and 
Brinkburn  were  112s.4  In  33  Henry  vin.  the  revenue  of  the  cell  of 
Holy  Island  was  granted  to  the  dean  and  chapter  of  Durham.  5 

'  Each  house  or  cell  was  governed  by  a  master  of  its  own,  who,  with 
one  solitary  fellow-monk,  or  occasionally  but  very  rarely  with  two,  per- 
formed the  daily  offices,  and  maintained  order  and  hospitality.  °  Both 
masters  and  monks  were  removable  at  the  pleasure  of  the  prior  of 
Durham,  which  was  frequently  exercised.  Occasionally  a  brother 
was  commanded  to  go  from  one  cell  to  another,  sometimes  as  a  punish- 
ment, sometimes  owing  to  sickness,  a  letter  being  given  specifying  the 
circumstances  of  the  case,  some  of  these  letters  are  printed  in  the 
preface  to  J arrow  and  Wearmouth  ;J  removals  were  made  to  and  from 
Durham  and  the  cells  of  Holy  Island,  etc,  and  particulars  are  given  in 
the  account  rolls  of  the  different  cells.  Amongst  those  removed  were 
in  1384-5  Richard  Eden  from  Jarrow,  his  expenses  being  5s.  On  19 
May,  1431,  John  Gateshed  to  Wearmouth.  On  30  April,  1444,  Thomas 
Bradbery  from  Jarrow.  On  19  March,  1451-2,  dom.  Wm.  Byrden  to 
Jamr.7,  and  on  5  Jan,  1452-3,  back  to  Holy  Island  at  a  cost  of  6s.  Sd. 
In  1455-6,  dom.  John  Hoton,  from  Wearmouth,  at  a  cost  of  6s.  4d. 
On  14  Dec,  1461,  letters  were  issued  to  remove  Wm.  Roeburne  from 
Coldingham.8  On  31  July,  1465,  Wm.  Gervesse  was  removed  ot 

8  Border  Survey  made  by  Sir  Robert  Bowes  (Elaine,  North  Durham),  133. 

9  Wills  &  Inv.,  i  (2  Surfc.  Soc.  publ.),  143. 

1  Hist.  Dim.  Scrip.  Tres  (9  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  xl.  2  Ibid.,  ccl. 

3  Ibid.,  cclviij,  ccxlix,  ccl,  ccli.  *  Durham  Account  Rolls,  xvi. 

5  Jarrow  and  Wearmouth  ('23  Siirt.  Soc.  publ.),  ix. 

6  Ibid.,  ix,  xi  et  scq.  7  ibid.,  73,  xix,  xvi,  113,  115. 

8  Priory  of  Coldingham  (12  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  189. 


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Wearmouth.9  On  1  May,  1470,  John  Roose  was  removed  to  Jarrow. l 
In  1470-1 ,  5s.  is  paid  for  the  expenses  of  removing  William  Masham  from 
Finchale,2  and  in  1477-8  Richard  Blakwell  received  10s.  for  his  ex- 
penses of  his  journey.3  In  1486-7,  5s.  was  paid  to  John  Royce.4  On 
1  Dec,  1487,  John  Porter  went  to  Holy  Island  at  a  cost  of  7s.5  On 
30  June,  1504,  Wm.  Burghe  was  removed  to  Wearmouth.6  In  1510-11 , 
dom.  Robert  Standropp  and  dom.  Edward  Moore  received  10s.  for  their 
expenses  to  Fame  Island  and  Holy  Island.7  In  1511-12,  dom.  Wm. 
Wermouth  and  Robert  Heyth  were  sent  from  Finchale.8  On  1  June, 
1551-2,  brother  dom.  Wm.  Tode  was  removed  from  Durham,  his  ex- 
penses being  5s.9  On  11  Aug,  1552-3,  dom.  Henry  Browne,  a  brother, 
was  also  removed  from  Durham,  at  a  like  charge  for  expenses.  x 

One  of  the  best  MSS.  of  Symeon's  WTorks,  that  now  at  Trinity 
College,  Cambridge,  was  probably  written  at  Durham  in  the  twelfth 
century,  and  subsequently  belonged  to  Holy  Island  priory. z 

The  following  are  a  few  notes  relating  to  the  church  and  parish  from 
different  sources : — 

William  of  St.  Calais,  bishop  of  Durham  [1080-1099],  with  the  precept 
and  counsel  of  pope  Gregory  vii  [Hildebrand  1073-1080],  in  the  presence 
of  king  William,  etc.,  gave  to  the  Durham  monks  for  their  nutriment 
the  church  of  Norham  with  the  vill  of  Scoreswrthe,  the  church  of 
Elande  with  the  adjacent  vill  of  Fennum,  and  the  church  of  St.  Paul  in 
Jarrow,  etc.3  Henry  n  [1154-1189],  by  charter  confirmed  to  the  prior 
and  convent,  inter  alia,  the  island  of  Fame  with  other  adjacent  isles,  the 
church  of  Halieland,  with  all  its  chapels  and  lands  and  waters  adjoining, 
Fennum  and  what  they  have  in  Ellewick,  the  church  of  Norham,  etc., 
with  its  lands  and  waters  and  all  appurtenances,  and  the  vill  of  Scores- 
uurtha. 4  This  was  confirmed  by  John.  5  By  the  Convenit  the  church  of 
Anecroft,  with  all  its  appurtenances  looking  to  the  mother  church  of 
Insula,  was  conceded  and  confirmed  to  the  prior  and  convent  of  Dur- 
ham.c 

About  1228  there  was  a  dispute  between  Richard  le  Poor,  bishop  of 
Durham,  and  the  prior  and  convent  of  Durham,  respecting  the  church  of 
Holy  Island  and  its  dependent  chapelries.  Witnesses  were  examined  in 
the  suit.  Their  evidence  is  given  in  full  in  the  Fcodarium.  ?  Wrilliam, 
dean  of  Northumbria,  averred  that  the  chapel  of  Anecroft  was  in  the 
bounds  of  the  parish  church  of  Insula,  which  the  monks  held  for  their 
own  purposes.  It  had  a  graveyard  in  which  were  buried  the  bodies 
of  two  vills  Ancroft  and  Alredene  ;  Galfrid  was  the  last  person  to  hold 
it,  for  which  he  paid  to  the  monks  as  a  pension  15s.  yearly.  Stephan, 
the  chaplain  of  Lescebr',  agreed  with  him.  Andrew  the  deacon,  also 
said  that  Ancroft  and  Killey  [Kyloe]  and  Tuedmuthe  were  two  chapels 
of  Insula,  and  that  the  prior  of  Insula  took  possession  of  them.*  Wm. 
de  Hettona,  '  miles,'  said,  inter  alia,  that  David  de  Houburne  gave  the 
land  where  the  house  was  situate  at  Tweedmouth  to  the  prior  of  Holy 
Island,  and  that  Philip  de  Vlcotes  and  his  heirs  held  it  of  the  priory  at 
an  annual  rent  ;  at  the  death  of  Philip  the  king's  bailiffs  took  possession, 
but  were  expelled  by  the  bishop's  bailiffs,  and  so  it  was  held  by  the 

!»  Jarrow  and  Wearmouth,  xx.  1  Ibid,,  xvii. 

a  Priory  of  Finchale  Aolls,  cccxviii,  z  ibid.,  cccxli.  4  ibid.,  ccclxxvi. 

5  Priory  of  Finchale,  cccxcix.  6  Jarrow  and  Wearmouth,  219,  xx. 

7  Ibid.,  xxi.  8  Priory  of  Finchale,  cccciii. 

9  Durham  Household  Book  (18  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  16.  1  Ibid.    159 

2  Sym.  Dun.  (51  Surt.  Soc.  pnbl.),  xliii. 
3  Feod.  Prior-  Dun.  (58  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  xlvii. 
4  Ibid.,  Ixxxv.  5  ibid.,  96.  6  Ibid,,  216. 

7  Surt.  Soc.  publ.,  pp.  220  ct  seq.  8  Ibid.,  p.  222. 


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bishop.  Richard,  chaplain  of  Siplibotel  [Shilbottle],  agreed  with  this.* 
Roger,  the  clerk,  said  that  he  agreed  with  Andrew  the  deacon,  as  to 
the  entering  of  the  prior  of  Insula,  and  of  the  monks,  adding  that  he 
himself  entered  with  them,  and  that  the  archdeacon  who  came  to 
seize  the  «hapel  was  not  admitted. 2  Malbert  de  Dudehou,  a  layman, 
said  that  Ancroft  chapel  belonged  to  Holy  Island,  and  was  within  the 
bounds  of  the  parish  church,  that  it  had  rights  of  baptism  and  burial, 
and  that  Galfrid,  who  held  it,  was  the  parson,  but  he  knew  nothing  as 
to  the  presentation  and  institution.  3  Another  witness  said  that  the 
prior  had  a  part  of  the  vill,  in  that  part  it  was  not  permitted  to  hold  a 
market  of  the  merchandize  which  came  thither  for  sale,  or  to  sell  or  to 
buy  it,  but  the  whole  market  was  restricted  to  the  part  belonging  to 
the  bishop  ;  and  if  the  men  of  the  prior  should  buy  or  sell 
in  the  market  they  neither  gave  nor  received  toll.4  Patrick 
de  Goswike  agreed  that  Ancroft  was  commonly  called  a  chapel  of 
Island,  and  that  its  priest  heard  confessions  of  four  vills  by  authority 
of  the  monks,  besides  two  vills  whose  dead  were  buried  there.  The 
dead  of  the  four  vills  were  buried  at  the  mother  church  of  Island.  The 
monks,  on  the  death  of  Galfrid,  held  the  chapel  for  half  a  year. 5  Richard 
le  Brun  said  the  same.  Rich,  de  Houburne  said  he  saw  a  coble  ashore 
at  Fenham  on  the  lands  of  the  prior,  temp.  Philip  de  Vlcotes,  and  the 
prior  disposed  of  it  at  his  will.0  Ralph,  chaplain  of  Lowic,  said, 
concerning  Galfrid  who  held  Ancroft,  he  was  '  firmar '  as  he  heard  from 
the  monks,  and  had  seen  him  pay  15s.7  Robert  de  Monasteriis, 
'  miles,'  had  seen  the  monks  of  Insula  collect  tithes  at  Ancroft,  Galfrid, 
who  was  called  '  persona,'  receiving  a  portion.  Adam  de  Cornhale, 
chaplain,  said  that  the  monks  entered  the  chapel  of  Ancroft  after  the 
death  of  Galfrid,  as  in  their  right.8  The  monks  held  the  west  part  of 
the  vill  of  Holy  Island  and  the  vill  of  Fennum. 9 

On  17  June,  1305,  a  licence  in  consideration  of  a  fine  made  before  the 
treasurer  and  barons  of  the  exchequer  by  William  de  Gosewyk  was 
granted  for  the  alienation  in  mortmain  by  him  of  three  messuages, 
six  bovates  and  six  acres  of  land  in  Alneham  by  Alnewyk  and  E worth 
by  Wulloure  to  a  chaplain  in  the  parish  church  in  the  island  of  Haly- 
eland  celebrating  divine  service  daily  for  the  souls  of  himself,  his  father 
and  mother  and  of  all  the  faithful  dead. A 

By  his  will  of  20  July,  1545,  John  Hymers  of  Holy  Ilande  directed 
his  '  crops  to  be  burrede  in  the  churche  garthe  of  Holy  Hand,'  and  he 
gave  to  the  '  prestes  and  clerkes  '  to  pray  for  his  soul  and  the  souls  of 
his  wife  and  '  waxe  to  burne  on  my  funerall  xiijs.  iiijd,'  and  he  gave  to 
•*  Syr  John  Jonson,  to  pray  for  the  souls  of  his  father  and  mother  and 
all  his  benefactors,  6s.  Sd.* 

By  his  will  of  October,  1 547,  John  Watson  of  Holy  Island,  yeoman, 
directed  his  body  '  to  be  burred  in  the  churchegarthe  of  Holy  Ilando 
with  soull  messes  and  dirge.'  He  appears  to  have  died  from  plague, 
as  amongst  the  list  of  .debts  is  10s.  '  to  Agnes  Neylson  for  to  come  to 
*ne  and  my  wyff  when  we  war  infect,'  13s.  4d.  '  for  clensynge  my  hous 
and  berying  of  my  husband,  my  father,  and  three  childer';  and  31.  foi.' 
'  costes  in  tyme  of  my  vysytacione.' 3 

In  the  time  of  bishop  Barnes  the  chapel  of  '  Holie  Hand  '  wanted  a 
curate,  and  was  served  by  a  stipendiary  priest. 4 

1  Feod.  Prior.  Dun.,  p.  225.          2  Ibid.,  227.          3  Ibid.,  228.         4  Hid.,  229. 
*  Ibid.,  pp.  228,  264.      6  ibid.,  p.  '273.       7  Ibid.,  p.  267.       8  Ibid.,  p.  284.      9  Ibid.,  p.  lv. 

i  Cal,  of  Pat.  Rolls,  33  Edw.  i,  367. 

2  Wills  &  Inventories,  I  <3  Surt.  Soc.  pnbl.),  133.  »  ibid.,  ill,  5  &  n. 

4  Eccl.  Proc.  of  Bishop  Barnes  (21  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  10. 


301 

At  the  chancellor's  visitation  in  Corbridge  church  of  25  Jan.  1577-8, 
John  Hilton,  the  unlicensed  curate  attended,  as  did  also  Thomas 
Wynley,  the  parish  clerk.  At  a  general  chapter  held  in  Alnwick 
church" on  the  30  July,  1578,  the  gospel  of  St.  Matthew — the  task — was 
duly  performed  by  James  Forster,  curate  of  Holy  Island. 6  According 
to  the  '  Certificate  of  all  the  late  Chauntryes,'  etc.,  in  the  county  of 
Northumberland,  dated  the  14  Feb.  2  Edw.  vi,  in  '  Holly  Elande,  ther 
ys  also  one  Chauntry  of  Our  Lady,  founded  within  the  Paryshe  of  Holly- 
eland  afforeseyd,  the  landes  and  tenements  wherof  ar  all  in  great  ruyne 
and  decay,  and  also  hathe  byne  for  the  space  of  x  yeres  ;  and  the 
Evydences  therof  remaneth  in  the  custodye  of  our  [?  one]  George 
Dynes.  Nil.  Plate  none.  Goodes  none.0 

In  June,  1602,  '  Information  of  the  estate  of  Northumberland,  for 
matter  of  the  peace':  The  bishop  of  Durham  should  compel  his  in- 
cumbents to  be  resident  and  preach,  and  the  Queen's  farmers  who  hold 
Hexham,  Holy  Island,  Bamburgh  and  Tynemouth,  and  leave  churches 
unprovided,  and  others  with  mean  curates,  should  provide  preachers. 7 

In  1637,  Sir  Robert  Jackson,  knight,  Wm.  Orde,  esq.,  Wm.  Fenwicke, 
esq.,  John  Salterston,  gent.,  Thomas  Orde  and  George  Orde,  were  before 
the  court  for  '  not  payeing  their  sessments  to  their  parish  church.  On 
1 6  May  an  attachment  was  issued  against  all  '  excepting  Sir  Robert 
Jackson,  for  he  was  at  London,  if  in  the  meane  time  they  did  not 
pay  their  sessmentes  to  Holy  Hand.'  On  20  June  they  agreed  to  pay 
to  the  repaire  of  Holy  Island  church,  etc.,  and  to  pay  costes.8 

THE    CASTLE,    ETC. 

In  Feb.  1531,  a  grant  was  made  to  Christopher  Kempe  of  the  custody 
of  all  edifices  both  in  the  town  of  Berwick  and  in  Holy  Island,  vice 
Francis  Pawne  deceased.9  On  14  Dec.  1532,  Sir  George  Lawson 
informed  the  king  that  the  beerhouses,  bakehouses,  mills,  etc.,  in 
Berwick  and  Holy  Island  were  marvellously  in  ruin  for  lack  of  keeping, 
and  it  was  necessary  that  they  should  be  repaired  as  well  as  the  castle 
and  town  of  Berwick,  and  the  tower  of  the  White  Wall  which  had  been 
damaged  by  tempest.1  On  the  18th  he  told  Cromwell  that  if  the  war 
continued  the  bre  who  uses,  etc.,  at  Berwick  and  the  Holy  Island  must  be 
repaired,  as  the  implements,  'fattes,  cowlebakkes,  conduites,'  etc.,  were 
very  rotten.2  On  18  Jan.  1533,  in  another  letter  to  the  same,  he  said 
that  the  lord  warden  had  left  Warkworth  for  Alnwick,  and  he  thought 
it  would  be  better  for  the  king  to  command  him  to  lie  at  Berwick  or 
Holy  Island  for  a  season.  He  repeated  this  on  9  Feb.  in  a  letter  to  the 
king,  and  in  another  to  Cromwell.3  On  the  17th  same  month,  he  again 
wrote  to  the  king  that  he  had  sent  warning  along  the  coast  of  six  Scotch 
warships  coming.  '  There  is  some  corn  already  come  to  Aylemouth 
and  Holy  Island,  and  if  these  ships  do  not  stop  it  the  garrison  will  soon 
have  plenty.4  On  9  March,  Sir  Thomas  ClyfTord,  in  a  letter  to 
Cromwell,  said  that  the  king's  houses  in  Berwick  and  Holy  Island  were 
to  be  new  slated,  and  the  tower  of  the  White  Wall  under  Berwick  castle 
repaired.5  On  13  July  following,  Cromwell  was  informed  that  Ric. 
Foster  and  other  captains  of  the  king's  ships  of  war  had  arrived  at.  Holy 
Island.0  On  26  July,  1537,  Sir  Geo.  Lawson,  in  a  letter  to  Cromwell, 
desired  instructions  for  the  repairs  at  Berwick  and  Wark  castle,  and 

5  Eccl.  Proc.  of  Bishop  Barnes  (21  Surt.  Soc,  publ.).  41,  77.  6  Ibid.,  Ixxxix. 

7  Cal.  of  State  Papers,  Dom.,  1601-3,  p.  214. 
«  Court  of  Hif/h  Comm.  at  Durham  (34  Snrt.  Soc.  publ.)  174,  175. 

o  Letters  and  Papers,  For.  and  Dom.,  Hen.  vm.  v,  p.  56. 

i  Ibid.,  678.  2  Ibid.,  vi,  p.  11.  s  IMd.,  61,  144.  *  Ibid.,  p.  75. 

s  Letters  and  Papers,  For.  and  Dom.,  Hen.  vui,  v,  98.  6  Ibid.,  367. 

Proc.  3  Ser.  ill,  441 


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had  given  orders  for  the  repair  of  the  king's  two  brewhouses  and  bake- 
houses at  Holy  Island,  which  were  in  sore  decay,  one  side  of  them  like 
to  falU 

In  1539,  fortifications  were  to  be  made  at  Berwick,  Holy  Island,  Tyne- 
mouth,  and  other  places.8  On  6  Oct.  1539,  money  was  received  for 
the  king's  works  at  Berwick,  &c.,  from  17  March,  1538,  to  14  Oct. 
1539  (31  Henry  vm),  including  repairs  made  at  Eland  in  the  king's  bake- 
houses, brewhouses,  and  mills ;  for  the  conduct  money  of  masons  and 
other  artificers,  horses  bought  and  other  charges.9  On  16  March,  1541, 
a  grant  was  made  to  John  Allyn  of  the  household,  of  the  late  cell  or 
rectory  of  Holy  Island,  with  15  cottages  and  gardens  called  Bagottes, 
and  Coldingham  Walles,  in  Holy  Island,  a  water  mill  in  Fenham,  with 
all  lands  in  Tweedmouth,  etc.,  with  tithes  and  fisheries  in  Fenham, 
Holy  Island,  etc.,  which  belonged  to  the  cell. l 

On  25  May,  1543,  Hertford  and  others  informed  Henry  vm  that  of  the 
500  '  hackbuttiers  '  embarked  at  Holy  Island  for  France,  60  came  aland 
again  because  of  a  leakage  in  one  of  the  ships  ;  as  it  was  too  late  for 
them  to  go  by  land,  Hertford  would  pick  40  hackbuttiers  of  this  country 
to  make  up  100  for  the  garrison.  ''• 

In  a  letter  of  the  Privy  Council  of  17  April,  1544,  to  Hertford,  he  was 
told  that  the  ships  of  war  were  not  to  enter  Tynmouth  haven,  but  to 
tarry  at  Holy  Island  for  the  rest  of  the  fleet  ;  and  the  ships  that  came 
in  to  lade  men  or  other  things  there  were  at  once  to  pass  out  to  Holy 
Island.3  On  15  May  following,  Hertford  and  others  informed  the  king 
that,  as  the  country  had  been  devastated,  the  ordnance  could  not  be 
carried  by  land,  but  that  it  had  been  shipped  and  that  he  had  furnished 
the  ships  with  men,  to  convey  them  to  Holy  Island  and  Scaterode  ;  they 
had  taken  sufficient  victuals  to  furnish  the  army,  and  the  rest  to 
Berwick,  which  they  intended  to  burn  the  next  day,  and  march  home- 
wards, spoiling  the  country.  He  took  with  him  the  lord  admiral,  who 
had  left  Wm.  Wodhouse  to  convey  the  ships  to  Scaterode  and  Holy 
Island,  where  he  would  rejoin  them.4  On  2  Oct.  1544,  Shrewsbury, 
writing  to  the  king  in  council,  enclosed  letters  from  the  wardens  of 
the  East  and  Middle  Marches  which  Thomas  Gower  had  brought, 
including  one  from  the  captain  of  Norham  to  lord  Evers  with 
the  information  that  the  Scots  intended  to  burn  Holie  Eland,  and 
as  the  bulwark  there  was  decayed.  Gower  had  set  men  to  repair 
it,  the  cost  not  to  exceed  20  nobles,  that  good  watch  should  be 
kept,  and  if  the  Scots  landed  (which  he  believed  not)  it  should  be  '  little 
to  their  commodity.'  On  the  6th  the  privy  Council  informed  Shrews- 
bury that  the  king  was  pleased  with  the  repairing  of  the  blockhouse  in 
the  Holy  Island.6  Gower  wrote  to  Shrewsbury  on  11  Feb.  1545,  that 
he  had  received  but  a  small  sum,  out  of  which  he  had  paid  the 
captain  of  Holy  Island  for  himself  and  retinue  from  7  Nov.  to  30  Jan. 
42Z.  and  for  100  qrs.  of  malt  bought  at  Holy  Island,  Norfolk  measure 
531. a  On  3  April,  1545,  Shrewsbury  and  others  informed  the  king  that 
certain  Hull  and  Lynn  men  had  captured  some  Dutch  ships  laden  with 
Scotsmen's  goods  and  had  taken  them  to  Holy  Island,  the  ships  to  be 
stayed  till  the  king's  pleasure  were  known7. 

On  6  May,  1545,  Thomas  Gower  wrote  to  Shrewsbury  that  he  was 

7  Letters  and  Papers,  For.  and  Dom,,  Hen.  Vin,  xil,  141. 
s  Letters  and  Papers,  For.  and  Dom.,  Hen.  vin,  xiv,  i,  p.  330  ;  ii,  293(->),  724. 

9  Ibid.,  p.  111. 

l  Letters  and  Papers,  For.  and  Dom.,  Hen.  vm,  xvi,  726. 

s  lbicl.,x\X,  i,  354.  3  /bid.,  XIX,  i,  226.  *  Ibid.,  316. 

:>  Letters  &  Papers,  For.  &  Dun.,  Hen.  vm,  xix,  ii,  p.  200,  360. 

e  Jbid.,  xx,  i,  p.  175.  7  Ilid,,  xx,  i,  p.  483, 


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having  malt  and  wheat  ground,  but  lacked  money  to  provide  hops, 
hoops,  and  such  necessaries,  or  pay  the  artificers  and  labourers  attend- 
ing on  the  business,  that  he  had  received  of  Mr.  Shelly  376Z.  'with  bills 
to  Easter  last,  which  is  very  evil  paid ',  and  daily  pays  great  sums,  ;  as  the 
captain  of  Hand  and  Robert  Rooke ';  he  had  the  malt  in  the  storehouse 
which  he  bought.      He  had  nothing  to  make  money  of,  and  the  sums 
sent  for  the  works  were  so  little  that  he  could  make  no   '  utterwerd 
provishcn'  for  shovels,  spades,  mattocks,  etc.,  or  for  carts,  harness,  and 
axletrees.       On  8  May  following,    Gower  wrote    to  Shrewsbury,  that 
if    any    work  were    in    hand    at    Holy  Island,  there  was   at   Berwick 
small   store   of   spades,    etc.,    for   them.8      On  the    10th  of   the   same 
month   John  Manne   wrote  to   Sadler    from    Holy  Island,  that    '  im- 
mediately  upon    my    arrival    at    Holy    Island,    taking    with    me    Mr. 
Gowre    and    the    captain,    with    the    skilfullest    of    the    inhabitants, 
we  perused  the  haven  and  found   the   bulwark   already  made   much 
decayed,   and   so   situated    as  not  to   keep   ships  from  the   harbour.' 
Searching    for  '  the  weakeste  and  dangeroste  places  and    finding   no 
place  by  water  assailable  but  the  haven,  we,  with  advice  of  the  Italian 
engineer,  devised  and  staked  out,  upon  a  rock  called  Bolster  Hughe,  a 
bulwark  which  shall  not  only  ward  the  haven  but  annoy  '  ships  passing 
to  and  from  Scotland  by  the  fayre  way  (as  they  call  it)  which  they  must 
and  do  necessarily  pass  by  daily,  as  also  my  lord  Admirall  declared 
unto  me  before  my  coming  down.       The  work  will  neither  be  chargeable 
nor  long  ;    and  we  purpose  to-morrow  to  set  to  work  such  labourers  as 
can  be  provided  here,   and  beg  your  command  to   the  overseers  at 
Tinmowthe,  if  they  discharge  any  workmen,  as  Mr.  Uvdall  showed  me 
they  would  at  next  pay,  to  send  them  hither  with  their  tools.     The 
work  here  with  a  lodging  annexed   will  cost   400L  or   500Z.     Please 
deliver  me  what  you  suppose  to  be  a  convenient  prest  towards  it,  and, 
if  we  have  workmen,  in  a  month  or  five  weeks  much  will  be  done.' 
With  the  letter  he  sent  '  a  platt  of  the  bulwark  and  platform,'  to  be 
forwarded    to   secretary  Paget.       On   the    same    day  Thomas   Gower 
wrote  to  Tunstall  and  Sadler  that  he  thought  the  hill  he  told  my  lord  of 
Shrewsbury  of  too  little,  and  that  it  should  be  enclosed  in  the  fortifica- 
tion.     It  was  to  be  taken  in  hand  as  soon  as  was  needful.      There  would 
be  much  ado  to  get  either  tools  or  men,  and  he  begged  them  to  write 
to  the  overseers  at  '  Tynmothe  '  to  send  all  they  could  spare.      '  Hand 
is    no    place    to    which    to  send    any    great    number    of    workfolks, 
for  lack  of  victuals,  but  as  the  country  comes  not  '  to  Berwick  market 
'  for  sickness  they  will  the  rather  furnish  Hand.'      On  the  day  after, 
Tunstall  and  Sadler  informed  the  king  of  the  lack  of  money  for  works 
at  Holie  Eland,  etc.      On  the  following  day  they  informed  the  Council 
that  they  would  send  Thomas  Gower  and  Mr.  Man,  who  were  then  at 
Holie  Eland,  such  workmen  as  could  be  spared  from  Tynmouthe,  and 
make  shift  to  advance  thejn  some  prest  for  the  works  they  had  begun 
there.     On  the  3i  of  the  same  month  Thomas  Gower  and  John  Man 
were  paid  100Z.  for  works  at  Holie  Eland. a 

On  13  July,  1547,  lord  Eure,  writing  from  Berwick  to  the  Protector 
and  Council,  stated  that  he  had  appointed  certain  of  the  garrison  of 
the  East  Marches  to  defend  Holy  Island,  and  that  he  would  have  the 
country  there  ready  to  take  to  Berwick  and  Wark  castle  on  occasion  ;  '  as 
Thos.  Gower  could  not  send  advertisements  to  the  laird  of  Calder,  I  sent 
to  Mr.  Rothes  and  others  at  St.  Andrew's  castle,  to  order  a  pinnace  to 
warn  the  king's  ships  on  the  seas  to  come  to  Holy  Island.  The  same 

8  Letters  and  Papers,  For.  and  Dom.,  Henry  vm,  XX,  i,  343,  3f.7. 
»  Ibid.,  698,  699,  706,  719,  839. 


304 

day  20  galleys  appeared  off  Holy  Island,  the  beacons  were  fired,  and 
the  garrison  of  Berwick  put  in  order  ;  and  having  Thos.  Gower,  marshal, 
and  my  son  in  the  town,  I  took  my  household  servants,  inhabitants  and 
garrison  into  the  East  Marches.  The  Lord  Warden  and  power  of  the 
Middle  Marches  came  to  within  a  mile  of  the  Holy  Island,  and  wo  joined 
our  forces.  The  beacons  and  fray  drove  the  galleys  back  to  sea,  and 
now  they  are  gone  northward.' l 

On  8  March,  1548,  Thomas,  lord  Wharton,  wrote  to  the  Protector  and 
Council  that  for  order  of  the  victuals  '  you  say  that  you  will  send  one  of 
those  who  has  charge  thereof  at  Holy  Island  and  Berwick,  whom  I  will 
wish  and  prepare  books  for  ;  also  that  you  will  send  Sir  Thos.  Holcroft 
to  have  special  charge  of  these  fortifications  I  will  cause  carriages  to 
be  prepared  for  the  spades,  shovels,  and  mattocks  as  you  commanded.' 2 
On  the  10th  Sir  Robert  Brandling  wrote  to  the  same  respecting  the 
letters  he  had  received,  in  which  it  was  signified  that  notwithstanding 
the  proclamation  for  release  of  the  arrested  French  ships,  there  were 
five  French  ships  of  the  cardinal  of  Bourbon  stayed  at  Newcastle  laden 
with  grain,  part  of  which  was  bought  by  Mr.  Stonehouse  to  victual 
Holy  Island,  and  the  rest  by  Bartram  Anderson,  a  Newcastle  merchant, 
and  the  money  all  paid  to  the  Frenchmen,  except  some  not  yet  de- 
manded, and  the  ships  were  set  at  liberty  on  the  proclamation.  3 

In  1549  there  is  a  memorandum  of  John  Brende  of  matters  requisite 
for  the  garrison  of  Berwick  and  for  the  state  of  Holy  Island,  &c.  *  In 
1552  the  weak  state  of  Holy  Island  with  Beblow  fort  was  pointed 
out.5 

On  16  Dec.  1559,  instructions  were  given  by  the  queen  to  William 
Wynter,  appointed  admiral  of  a  fleet  of  14  ships  of  war,  to  carry  stores 
to  Tyne mouth,  Holy  Island,  and  Berwick  ;  to  intercept  any  succours 
coming  from  France  to  Scotland,  and  to  pick  a  quarrel  with  the  French 
fleet  if  he  could. 

On  6  August  1561,  the  earl  of  Rutland,  from  Richmond,  informed  Sir 
Wm.  Cecil,  secretary  of  state,  that  he  had  sent  letters  to  the  captain  of 
Holy  Island  and  Ferny  Island  for  the  search  of  any  strange  ships 
coming  into  the  haven.0 

On  22  Jan.  1565,  Captain  Wm.  Reed7  wrote  from  Berwick  to  the 
Council  that  since  Her  Majesty  committed  to  his  charge  Holy  Islands, 
which  are  so  necessary  for  the  defence  of  Berwick,  he  had  had  no  small 
care,  especially  when  the  enemy  had  arms,  or  the  French  being  in 
Scotland,  had  a  mind  to  attempt  them  ;  for  proof  of  his  care,  he  pro- 
cured Sir  Rich.  Lee  and  others  to  view  and  give  their  opinions  thereon  ; 
the  strength  of  the  Holy  island,  which  is  the  haven  and  staple  to 
Berwick,  '  is  a  rock,  vanmured  about  with  a  few  turfs  many  years  since, 
which  is  now  decayed,  whereby  the  place  is  open  ;  the  gunners  cannot 
occupy,  nor  the  soldiers,  which  are  but  few  in  number,  place  themselves 
for  defence,  as  the  fort  is  rotten,  so  that  the  place,  with  the  gunners  and 
soldiers,  stands  without  defence.  There  are  only  50  inhabitants  besides 
the  soldiers,  most  of  them  aged  ;  12  are  Scotchmen,'  whom  he  found 
there,  and  of  whom  he  had  taken  bonds  for  their  good  behaviour  ;  20 
soldiers  were  appointed  for  both  islands  ;  16  of  them  were  for  Holy 
island,  and  four  for  Feme  island,  where  is  a  block  house  with  some 
rooms  to  it,  standing  very  open  and  subject  to  all  weathers,  it  is  now  in 

1  Cal.  of  State  Papers  Dom.  Add.,  1547-1505,  p.  327.  -  Ibid.,  366. 

A  Ibid.,  p.  367.  4  Ibid.,  402.  5  Ibid.,  4-22. 

8  liullawl  Papers,  I  (H.  MSS,  Com.  Hep.),  74. 

7  Sir  William  lleade  (lied  on  G  June,  1COJ,  and  was  buried  in  Holy  Island  church, 
where  his  tombstone  is  still  to  be  seen.— Welfoid,  Men  of  Mark,  III,  277.  Mr.  Welford 
gives  a  long  notice  of  him. 


305 

great  ruin,  and  if  it,  as  well  as  the  Holy  island,  is  not  presently  repaired, 
the  walls,  which  yet  stand  but  are  cracked,  with  fall,  and  it  will  not  be 
repaired  without  great  charges,  but  may  now  be  done  at  small  cost. 
The  Lord  Governor  here  has  seen  them  both,  and  will  give  his  opinion 
if  needed  ;   if  a  few  men  were  employed  this  summer,  they  would  be 
brought  to  that  strength  as  might  make  them  a  great  annoyance  to 
their  seekers. '      On  26  June  following  Wm.  Drury  and  Richard  Lee 
reported  to  the  Council  that  they  had  visited  Holy  Island  as  directed. 
'  Biblaw  is  but  a  high  rock,  and  a  platform  on  the  top,  but  the  vanmure 
being  of  turf,  is  consumed  away,  and  a  new  one  must  be  made.      In 
Ferne  Island  the  houses  are  all  too  decayed  to  live  in  ;    one  of  26ft.  by 
46ft.,  and  the  walls  six  feet  thick,  would  be  a  great  strength  to  the 
island  if    it  had  a  platform.       The  fourth  part  of    the  island   is  too 
strong  to  enter,  but  the  fifth  lies  low  and  should  be  guarded,  for  if  taken, 
it  would  be  an  evil  neighbour  for  Berwick  and  the  Holy  Island,  and  it 
should  be  done  soon.     There  is  more  to  be  said,  which  we  refer  [?  defer] 
to  the  coming  of    the    Commissioners.'8        Captain  Wm.  Reed,    in   a 
letter  of  8  April,    1569,  reminded  Sir    Wm.  Cecil  of  his  suit  for  the 
repair  of   the  fort  of  Holy  Island,   which,  after  costing  500  pounds, 
'  c,nd    the   walls   had    been  brought  four  yards  in  height  about  the 
piece,  the  work  had  been  stayed  for  two  winters  ;    so  that  if  order  be 
not  taken  for  ending  the  same,  the  work  is  like  to  decay.      Having 
charge  of  the  same,  he  has  thought    it   his    duty  to  advertize  Cecil 
therein.'1     In  a  letter  of  queen  Elizabeth  to  lord  Hunsdon  of  16  Nov. 
1569,  she  said  that '  Holy  Island  [is]  to  be  warily  looked  to.'    About  1575 
Wm.   Reed  petitioned  the  queen  for  the  grant  in  fee  farm  or  a  further 
lease  of  the  cell  and  rectory  of  Holy  Island,  with  their  appurtenances, 
annual  value  3Z.  14s  ;   he  had  held  it  by  patent  for  31  years,  but  had 
bestowed    400Z.  in  building,  and    intended  going    to    greater    charge 
in  enclosing  it  with  hedges,  &c.,  to  the  great  defence  of  that  particular 
place  and  the  country  adjoining,  against  the  Scots,  who  often  annoyed 
these  parts ;    and  to  the  good   example  of  the  residue  of  the  inhabi- 
tants, which  will  advance  Her  Majesty's  other  possessions  thereabouts 
with  greater  commodity  than  the  value  of  the  parcels  required  can 
profit  her,  and  work  good  effect  throughout  the  country. 2     In  March 
1579,  the  queen  appears  to  have  acceded  to  his  petition,   as  a  lease 
for  30  years  is  reversion  was  granted  to  him  of  the  cell  and  rectory  there, 
in  consideration  of  his  good  service  and  the  charges  bestowed  by  him 
in  building  and  otherwise  upon  the  said  cell  and  rectory  '  and  to  en- 
courago  him  and  others  to  whom  he  may  leave  it,  to  do  the  like,  for  the 
better  defence  thereof  against  foreign  attempts.'3 

At  Michaelmas,  1577,  the  yearly  pay  at  Berwick  for  the  old  and  new 
garrisons,  Holy  and  Ferne  Islands,  etc.,  amounted  to  22622Z.  19s.  2e£. 
On  6  July,  1578,  the  total  amount  expended  for  new  works  at  Berwick, 
Newcastle,  and  Holy  Island,  for  three  years  was  6336Z.  19s.  l£d.  On 
31  March,  1579,  the  fort  at  Holy  Island  cost  4Z.  19s.  Sd.  On  1  March, 
1582-3,  needful  works  on  the  storehouses  at  the  Holy  Island  cost 
49Z.  9s.  4d.,  four  f other  of  lead  at  9£.  the  f other,  was  obtained  at  New- 
castle 'to  cover  and  lay e  a  broken  and  ryven  house  which  is  bare,' 
boards,  nails,  &c.4 

s  Cal.  of  State  Papers,  Dom.  Add.,  1547-1565,  pp.  557,  569. 

1  Hatfidd  Papers,  i  (H.MSS.  Coinui.  Rep.),  405,  442. 

2  Cal.  of  State  Papers,  Dom.  Add,,  1566-1579,  p.  495. 

3  llatfteld  Papers  II,  (H.MSS.  Comni.  Kep.),  239,— Win.  Read  was  captain  of  Holy 
Island  and  Fame  in  1569,  when  queen  Elizabeth  gave  him  a  lease  of  Fenham.  In 
Lord  Win.  Howard's  Household  Books  (68  Surt.  Soc.  publ.,  29),  is  a  note  under  1612,  30 
June,  '  Sir  W.  Reade's  man  bringing  gulls,  xxs.'-29  &  n. 

4  Cal.  of  Border  Papers,  i,  8, 11,  12,  97. 


306 

On  14  Nov.  1577  (?)  from  Newcastle,  Sir  Robt.  Constable  informed 
the  earl  of  Rutland  that  he  had  a  commission  for  Chopwell  woods,  and 
Holy  Island  and  Feme  Island. c 

In  a  letter  from  Berwick  of  24  Nov.  1584,  to  lord  Burghley,  lord 
Hunsdon  wrote  'that  he  was  neither  made  acquainted  by  Mr.  Secretary 
with  the  letter  for  the  Lords  of  Scotland  to  come  to  the  Holy  Island, 
nor  with  anything  that  pertains  to  them,  but  express  commandment 
given  that  he  should  not  be  made  acquainted  with  any  of  their  doings.' 
.  .  .  In  a  long  letter  of  the  Secretary  in  answer  to  one  of  his  touching 
Holy  Island,  wherein  he  wrote  that  captain  Reed's  letter  was  no  dis- 
charge to  him,  and  that  unless  he  had  a  discharge  under  her  Majesty's 
hand,  there  should  none  of  them  come  there,  whereat  he  seemed  ag- 
grieved. 2 

On  20  Sept,  1590,  'the  Holy  Islandes  the  houses  wherof,  as  well  as  the 
fort  in  the  Holy  Island  as  at  the  Fearne  Island,  being  broken,  torne,  and 
unslated,  and  sundrie  of  the  chimnies  blowne  downe  by  the  great 
windes  and  stormes,'  cost  llll.  8s.  3d.,  and  '  consideracions '  to  Sir 
John  Selbie  for  winning  stone  in  his  quarry  in  Twedmouth  for  these 
works  66s.  8d.'  In  a  letter  of  13  Sep.  1591,  Sir  William  Reed  informed 
Burghley  that  he  was  '  a  meane  for  my  lease,  and  afterward  for  the 
patton  of  the  Holy  Ilande.  .  .  .  and  now  I  have  had  your  favour 
countenaunce  to  have  yt  for  my  sonne.'s  On  24  March,  1593-4,  in 
a  note,  the  half-year's  work  glazing  windows  of  the  fort  of  Holy 
Island,  etc.,  under  charge  of  Sir  William  Read,  cost  4Z.  6s.  6d.  In 
a  letter  from  Berwick  of  13  April,  1594,  of  John  Crane  to  Burghley,  it 
is  said  that  Sir  William  Reade  had  been  very  earnest  with  the  surveyor 
and  himself  to  repair  the  houses  in  the  '  Fearne  Ilande,  as  at  the  forte 
in  the  Holy  Ilande  under  his  chardge  which  we  refused  without  your 
order  and  warrant,  and  referred  him  to  your  pleasure,  who  nowe 
beinge  there  maye  perchance  make  somme  complainte  thereof  to  your 
lordship  .  .  .  The  chymnyes  of  the  houses  in  the  Fearne  are  blowne 
downe  with  the  wyndes  and  the  house  unslated,  but  also  there  are 
sondrie  reparacions  neadefull  to  be  done  in  and  about  the  fort  at  the 
Holy  Ilande,  as  the  leades  and  gutters  of  the  house,  with  a  platforme  in 
the  upper  keape  and  courte  of  the  same  forte,  which  is  so  broken  that 
the  greate  ordnance  have  no  scoape  or  roome  to  reverse  if  they  be  shot 
of,  without  danger  of  breaking  of  their  repaire.'  On  24  June,  1594, 
according  to  John  Carey  and  John  Crane's  inventory  there  were  in  the 
fort  at  Holy  Island  of  brass  ordnance,  2  demi-culverins,  1  sakar,  1 
falcon;  1  demi-culverin  of  cast  iron,  dismounted,  new  stock  for  it; 
round  shot  of  iron  105.  In  the  storehouse,  4cwt.  powder.  In  the 
'  pallaice,'  iron  round  shot  [various]  1179.9 

On  3  June,  1596,  among  other  things  to  be  considered  by  the  queen 
and  council  was  the  fortifying  of  Holy  and  Fame  Islands  by  Sir  Wm. 
Reed.1  On  10  Sept.  following,  Ant.  Atkinson  informed  the  earl  of 
Essex  how  the  queen  was  deceived  in  her  customs.  .  .  .  Last  year  a 
licence  was  granted  by  the  Council  at  York  for  corn  to  be  carried  from 
Hull  to  Newcastle,  Berwick,  and  Holy  Island,  and  certificates  were 
brought  in  that  it  was  so  discharged,  but  most  of  it  went  into  Scotland.  2 

On  3  Dec.   1603,  the  king  wrote  to  Sir  Wm.  Bowes  and  other  com- 

6  Rutland  Papers,  i,  116.  7  Hatfield  Papers,  in  (H.MSS.  Comni.  Rep.),  74. 

8  Ibid.,  367,  387.  9  Cal.  of  Border  Papa's,  I,  524,  523,  537. 

l  Cal.  of  State  Papers,  Dom.,  1595-1597,  2^5.     At  Sir  W.  Read's  entreaty,  on  4  July, 

1593,  Willonghby  informed  the  council  that  he  'went  over  to  viewethe  Holy  He  and  the 

fort,  which '  he  '  found  to  be  a  very  tine  pyre,  for  the  ordnance  there  is  so  much  decayed 

that  the  gunners  dare  not  give  fyre  but  by  traynes,  there  master  being  very  miserably 

slayne  at  my  being  there  with  discharging  one  of  them.' — Cal.  of  Border  Papers,  11.  545. 

2  Hatfield  Papers,  vi  (H.MSS.  Comm.  Rep.),  378. 


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missioners  for  dissolving  the  garrison  at  Berwick,  giving  certain  direc- 
tions on  the  receipt  of  their  report,  annexed  inter  alia  was  another 
account  of  the  yearly  pay  allowed  for  Berwick  with  the  Holy  and  Fame 
Islands  and  the  castle  of  Wark,  amounting  to  13400?.  13s.  Gd.  3  On  14 
Nov.  1605,  Sir  Wm.  Bowyer  wrote  to  the  Council  that  he  had  put  20 
soldiers  into  the  fort  at  Holy  Island,  Capt.  [Sir  Wm.]  Reade  being 
in  guard  there.  Sir  Wm.  Reade  informed  the  same  that  he  had 
received  the  soldiers  and  that  he  and  they  would  hazard  their  lives 
before  any  mischief  should  come  to  the  king.  On  16  Nov.  1605,  Sir  Wm. 
Bowyer  informed  Salisbury  that  means  had  been  taken  for  guarding 
Berwick  and  Holy  Island  ;  and  that  he  had  laid  watches  for  Percy  who  is 
said  to  be  in  Scotland,  as  many  of  the  borderers  were  prepared  to  join 
him.4  In  June,  1616,  the  office  of  captain  of  forts  of  Holy  Island  and 
Feme  Island  was  granted  to  Wm.  Ramsey  for  life  with  80?.  a  year 
for  himself,  36?.  10s.  for  his  lieutenant,  36?.  10s.  for  2  gunners,  15?.  4s.  2d. 
for  a  gunner's  mate,  and  190?.  13s.  4d.  for  16  soldiers,  for  the  better 
defence  of  the  forts.5  On  20  Dec.  1616,  and  on  6  Dec.  1620,  similar 
grants  were  made  to  him.  In  Sep.  1637,  by  a  warrant  under  the  king's 
sign  manual,  the  office  of  captain  of  the  forts  of  Holy  Island  and  Feme 
Island  then  in  one  garrison  was  granted  to  Robert  Rugg  during  the 
king's  pleasure.  The  garrison  consisted  of  one  captain  at  80?.  a  year, 
one  gunner  at  18?.  5s.,  a  gunner's  mate  at  12?.  3s.  4d,  and  nine  soldiers 
at  82?.  2s.  6c?.  a  year.  ° 

When  the  civil  war  broke  out  in  1642  Holy  Island  castle  was  sur- 
rendered to  the  Parliamentarians.  In  June  of  that  year,  Robert 
Rugg,  '  the  bottle-nosed  governor  '  of  Holy  Island  had  been  left  with- 
out pay  for  sixteen  months.  7 

In  May,  1646,  a  considerable  force,  under  Captain  Robert  Batten,  was 
sent  to  Holy  Island  by  parliament,  as  it  was  of  such  consequence  to  the 
northern  parts  of  the  kingdom.'  The  officers  and  men  in  garrison  at 
Newcastle,  Tynemouth,  and  Holy  Island  were  eager  for  Charles's 
execution. «  On  16  June,  1646,  500?.  was  paid  to  Robert  Fenwick 
and  Thomas  Davidson,  by  order  of  the  House  of  Commons  of  June  6, 
for  defence  of  Holy  Island,  out  of  the  composition  of  Sir  Humphrey 
Mildmay.  On  12  March,  1647,  600?.  was  paid  to  Col.  Fenwick  for 
his  soldiers  in  Berwick  and  Holy  Island.9  On  2  May,  1648,  Captain 
Batten,  governor  of  Holy  Island,  writing  to  Sir  Arthur  Heselrige, 
governor  of  Newcastle,  enclosed  a  letter  he  had  received  from  Sir  Marma- 
duke  Langdale,  describing  the  state  of  affairs  in  Berwick,  and  asking 
for  repayment  of  money  he  had  expended,  and  for  coals  and  tools.1 
On  the  same  day,  a  letter  was  sent  by  the  Committee  of  both  houses  to 
the  Lord  General,  enclosing  a  letter  from  Holy  Island  and  desiring  him 
to  send  more  forces  thither  to  secure  it,  as  being  a  place  of  very  great 
importance.'  On  10  July,  at  a  meeting  of  the  Committee,  it  was 
decided  that  the  letter  of  the  24  June  from  Holy  Island  concerning 
arms,  ammunition,  and  men,  be  recommended  to  the  Committee  of  the 
army.3  On  the  19th  of  the  same  month  captain  Robert  Batten,  in 
a  letter  from  Holy  Island  to  Speaker  Lenthall,  reported  that  he 
had  '  been  in  a  besieged  condition  near  these  six  weeks.  The 
enemy  hath  made  a  garrison  of  Haggerston  House,  which  is  within 

3  CaL  of  State  Papers,  Dom.,  1603-10,  56. 

4  Cal.  of  State  Papers,  Dom.,  1603-10,  257,  258  ;  1611-18.  414  ;  1619-23,  197. 
5  '  Pi-ivy  Seal  Dockets '  (Arch.  Ad,  2  ser.,  XXIV),  '209. 

c  Ibid.,  p.  -/08  ;  see  p.  S09  and  note  2. 

7  Bates,  Northumberland,  240.  8  Ibid. ,  250,  251. 

<J  Royalist  Compositions  (111  Suit.  Soc.  publ.),  91.  92. 

i  Portland  Papers,  T,  451. 
•2  Cal.  of  State  Papers,  Doirt.,  Charles  i,  p.  57.  3  ibid,,  180, 


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two  miles  of  this  isle,  which  doth  hinder  all  things  from  com- 
ing in  for  the  relief  of  the  poor  inhabitants  as  well  as  the 
garrison,  and  they  daily  threaten  to  fall  in  and  burn  and  plunder 
the  town,  '  so  that  we  are  forced  thereby  to  extraordinary  duty, 
and  have  not  moneys  nor  provisions  for  the  supply  and  encouragement 
of  my  soldiers,  neither  have  I  received  any  certain  intelligence  from  the 
south  this  month,  the  Cavaliers  being  master  of  all  the  country  here- 
abouts. This  day  the  Scots  came  into  Berwick  with  seven  regiments 
of  foot  and  some  troops  of  horse.  The  English  Cavaliers  are  marched 
forth.  My  drum  being  there,  saw  Colonel  Brandling  deliver  up  his 
command  unto  the  Scots'  governor.  There  is  great  need  of  a  ship  or 
two  for  my  assistance.  The  guard  of  Berwick  hath  lien  open  these  six 
weeks,  and  many  vessels  have  gone  in  thither,  and  at  present  there  are 
three  riding  at  anchor  before  that  bar,  but  what  they  are  I  know  not.'  * 
On  the  same  day  he  wrote  a  similar  letter  to  the  earl  of  Manchester, 
speaker  of  the  House  of  Lords.5  On  16  September  following,  amongst 
other  proceedings  by  the  same  Committee  it  had  to  be  very  earnestly 
recommended  to  the  Committee  of  the  Army  to  take  care  to  supply  the 
forces  with  Lieut.  General  Cromwell  with  such  necessaries  as  are  by  him 
intimated  to  be  wanting,  viz.,  clothes  for  the  foot  and  pay  for  the 
general's  regiment  ;  and  that  1400Z.  may  be  sent  down  to  Newcastle 
for  provision  of  broad. 6  Cromwell,  Haslerigg,  and  the  governor  of  Holy 
Island  were  to  be  written  to  informing  them  of  a  design  against  Holy 
Island  by  the  revolted  [ships]  and  therefore  to  take  care  of  the  place, 
also  that  the  lord  admiral  be  desired  to  send  ships  to  guard  those 
coasts.  On  the  19th  the  Committee  of  both  Houses  informed  Lieut.  - 
General  Cromwell  that  they  had  soen  his  two  letters  of  th.>  6th 
and  llth  inst.,  to  Mr.  Pierrepont  and  others,  and  had  written  to  the 
lord  admiral  concerning  the  ships  he  desired,  and  for  a  supply  of 
clothes  and  money.  They  had  given  extracts  of  those  letters  to  the 
Committee  of  the  Army,  accompanied  with  the  recommendation  that 
the  revolted  ships  intend,  when  they  come  forth,  to  go  to  Scotland  and 
seize  upon  Holy  Island  by  the  way.  They  hoped  they  would  not  be  in 
a  condition  to  come  forth  for  want  of  victuals,  and  by  the  enclosed 
he  would  see  what  they  had  written  to  the  lord  admiral  concerning 
them  :  however,  they  desired  him,  as  he  was  in  those  parts,  to  take  the 
best  care  of  Holy  Island  that  he  could,  it  being  so  necessary  for  the 
riding  of  the  fleet,  if  they  [the  revolted  ships]  should  come  that  way. 
At  the  same  time  a  letter  was  written  to  the  governor  of  Holy  Island, 
that  the  revolted  ships  were  at  Goree  in  Holland,  but  when  they  came 
forth  again  they  intended  to  sail  for  Scotland  and  attempt  that  island 
by  the  way.  They  hoped  either  that  their  coming  out  would  be 
hindered  or  that  they  would  be  followed  so  closely  by  the  fleet  that 
they  would  not  be  able  to  effect  their  design,  yet  they  thought  fit  to 
give  him  notice  of  this  information  that  he  might  put  himself  into 
the  best  posture  he  could  to  oppose  them,  if  they  should  endeavour  to 
put  in  execution  any  such  design.  A  letter  to  Sir  Arthur  Haselrigg, 
governor  of  Newcastle,  who  was  in  these  parts,  was  to  the  same  effect 
and  in  addition  '  That  you  might  give  the  governor  of  Holy  Island  the 
best  assistance  you  can  to  oppose  them.'7  On  21  Nov.  1648,  doctor 
Thomas  Grey  was  examined  with  respect  to  a  proposed  surrender 
of  the  island.  He  said  that  about  August  7th,  he  met  Colonel 
Carr  about  three  miles  from  Holy  Island,  who  told  him  he  was 
going  to  meet  Captain  Batten  on  the  sands  to  treat  for  delivering 

*  House  of  Lords  Calendar  (App.  to  7  Rep.),  376. 

5  Portland  Papers  (Hist.  MS.  Comra.),  i,  437. 

6  Qal  of  State  Papers,  Dom.,  Chas.  i,  1648-9,  p.  282.  7  Ibid.,  283,  285. 


309 

it  up  to  the  earl  of  Lanerick,  and  that  these  had  previously  several 
messages  between  them  for  the  purpose,  and  that  after  the  meeting 
Colonel  Carr  was  to  ride  post  to  Edinburgh  to  give  Lord  Lanerick  an 
account  of  the  business,  and  that  the  colonel  actually  did  so  the  next 
day. 8  In  a  letter  of  28  Jan,  1 649,  major  John  Mayer  stated  that  when  he 
took  Fenham  house,  which  blocked  up  Holy  Isle,  he  sent  22  prisoners 
to  the  island  to  be  secured  by  Captain  Batten,  nine  of  whom  Captain 
Batten  entertained  as  soldiers  into  the  Castle.  The  Scots  army  being 
then  routed,  and  Lieut. -General  Cromwell  on  his  march  northwards,  a 
little  before  Captain  Batten  sent  his  wife  to  Newcastle  for  relief, 
saying,  if  her  husband  had  not  a  speedy  supply  he  might  be  forced  to 
deliver  it  up.  Whereupon  the  governor  sent  to  major  Mayer  to  march 
into  Northumberland  with  all  possible  speed,  who  accordingly  marched 
to  the  island,  took  and  beat  off  the  enemies  guard,  and  sent  into  the 
island  provision  for  the  garrison  for  six  months.  When  the  major 
came  into  the  Island  he  found  at  least  200  sheep  pasturing,  a  great 
warren  full  of  rabbits,  and  worth  at  least  100L,  and  the  cobles  at  sea 
bringing  in  great  store  of  fish,  besides  that,  Major  Sanderson,  not  above 
two  months  before,  sent  in  provision  for  at  least  six  months. 9 

On  31  July,  1645,  a  resolution  was  adopted  by  the  House  of  Commons 
that  the  garrison  of  Holy  Island  should  be  reduced  to  the  ancient  estab- 
lishment, and  that  Captain  Shaftoe,  the  then  governor,  should  have 
the  arrears  of  pay  due  to  himself  and  his  soldiers,  for  that  garrison,  out 
of  the  sale  or  sequestration  of  the  lands  and  estate  of  Col.  Thomas 
Haggerston,  then  a  prisoner  to  the  parliament,  and  it  was  further 
ordered  that  100Z.  be  paid  out  of  the  said  estate  to  Captain  Robert 
Rugge i,  late  captain  of  that  island,  for  his  relief,  he  having  first  rendered 
it  into  the  hands  of  parliament.  On  23  August  following,  the  Com- 
mittee for  reducing  Newcastle  and  parts  adjacent,  ordered  that  captain 
Shaftoe  having  taken  colonel  Haggerston,  papist  in  arms,  and  secured 
Holy  Island,  etc.,  should  take  possession  of  the  manors  of  Haggerston, 
etc.,  belonging  to  him.  On  18  Dec.  1650,  a  petition  of  Joan,  widow  of 
captain  Shafto  of  Holy  Island,  was  referred  to  Mr.  Reading.  On  4 
March,  1651,  Sir  Thomas  Haggerston  averred  that  Joan  Shaftoe  was 
attempting  to  obtain  his  estate  on  pretence  of  arrears  of  pay  due  to  her 
late  husband,  .  .  .  that  before  sequestration  the  captain  took  30£. 
worth  of  his  timber,  pretending  it  was  for  the  fort  at  Holy  Island,  but 
converted  it  to  his  own  use.  On  8  May,  following,  the  business  con- 
cerning captain  Shaftoe,  governor  of  Holy  Island,  and  captain  Rugge  1, 
was  referred  to  the  Committee  of  the  Revenue.  2 

On  18  April,  1651,  43  officers  and  soldiers  and  two  of  their  widows, 
petitioned  the  County  Committee  for  their  pay,  as  having  waited  for  it 
a  long  time,  they  had  applied  to  parliament,  and  that  parliament  ordered 
its  payment  out  of  the  estate  of  Sir  Thomas  Haggerston.  On  8  March, 
1654,  they  again  petitioned  the  County  Committee  for  payment  of  the 
balance,  they  having  in  the  meantime  received  a  portion,  as  they 
were  hindered  by  the  troops  being  in  the  county  now  that  the  estates 
were  sold.  *  On  21  Feb.  1654-5,  Joan  Shafto,  the  widow  of  Thomas 
Shafto,  the  late  governor,  again  petitioned  the  parliament  for  herself  and 
soldiers  for  the  pay  of  her  late  husband  and  the  80  soldiers,  the  garrison 
by  order  of  parliament  having  been  reduced  to  the  ancient  number. 
The  arrears  were  1430Z.  in  1645,  and  her  husband  was  admitted  tenant 

8  Portland  Papers  \  (H.MSS.  Comm.  Rep.),  505.  9  Hid,,  508. 

i  '  Capt.  Rugg,  governor  of  this  fort,  is  as  famous  for  his  generous  and  free  enter- 
tainment of  strangers  as  for  his  great  bottle  nose,  which  is  the  largest  I  have  seen.' 
Thus  writes  Sir  Win.  Biereton,  who  was  entertained  by  Captain  Rugge  in  1635.— Roy. 
Compos.,  223n.  See  aho  p.  307. 

2  Royalist  Compos.  (Ill  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  221-223.  3  Ibid.,  222n. 

[  Proc.   3  Ser,  III,  45] 


310 

rerston  till  the  sale.  The  account 
shewed  arrears  of  950Z.  12s.  2d.  She  begged  certain  moneys  in  hand 
towards  the  arrears.  On  15  March  it  was  ordered  that  395Z.  3s.  8d. 
received  from  Sir  Thomas  Haggerston's  estate  by  the  Commissioners 
should  be  paid  to  the  soldiers  of  Holy  Island  in  part  of  amount  due  to 
them.  On  4  July,  1655,  the  six  weeks'  pay  and  arrears  due  to  the 
tfpoops,  including  those  at  Holy  Island,  were  ordered  to  be  paid.  On 
4  Jan.  1655-6,  the  widow  of  captain  Shafto  and  the  officers  a,nd  soldiers 
had  received  the  last  named  sum,  but  that  600Z.  still  remained  due. * 
.-Qii  12  July,  1655,  the  cost  of  the  forces  at  Berwick  and  Holy  Island 
was  952Z.  14s.  Sd.  a  month.  6 

On  28  March,  1654,  Capt. Thomas  Love,  deputy  governor  of  Holy  Island, 

*  begs  allowance  of  out-rents  upon  lady  Clayering's  estate,  payable  to 
Lord  Suffolk  and  Mrs.  Dorothy  Ord.     He  has  farmed  the  estate  from  the 
County  Committee,  but  they  are  not  able  to  allow  him  the  out-rents,  and 
he  has  been  obliged  to  pay  them,  in  addition  to  the  full  rent';  the  County 
Committee  were  to  examine  and  certify,  and  Mr.  Brereton  to  report.  ° 

-  'On  19  Sept.  1660,  a  commission  as  governor  of  Berwick  castle  with 
Holy  Island  and  Feme  Island,  was  issued  to  William,  lord  Widdrington. 
In  January,  1662-3,  Anne,  wife  of  Robert  Tichborne,  a  prisoner  in  Holy 
Island,  petitioned  the  king  for  leave  to  send  a  servant  to  her  husband 
who  was  lame  and  infirm.     On  the  22nd,  secretary  Bennett  informed 
lord  Widdrington,  the  governor,  that  the  king  had  consented,  but  that 
special   care  had   to   be  taken  that  the  king's  service  was   not  pre- 
judiced thereby.     On  6  Oct.  1663,  Mrs.  Tichborne  thanked  Bennett  for 
acceding  to  her  request  for  the  removal  of  her  husband  from  Holy 
Island,  but  owing  to  the  king's  progress  it  had  been  prevented.     He 
had  had  a  dangerous  illness,  and  the  place  would  endanger  his  life 
during  the  winter.     This  removal  does  not  appear  to  have  taken  place, 
as  on  4  March,  1664,  she  again  petitioned  the  king  for  her  husband's 
removal  to  some  nearer  place,  he  being  weak  and  ill,  and  she  unable 
on  account  of  the  distance  to  administer  the  help  necessary  for  preserva- 
tioh  of  his  life.      On  the  9th  a  warrant  was  issued  to  Sir  Robert  Colling- 
wood,  the  governor,  to  deliver  him  up  to  John  Bowden.      Subsequently, 
Mrs.  Tichborne  again  petitioned  the  king  to  permit  her  and  her  children 
and  a  maid  to  remain  with  her  husband  in  Dover  castle,  to  which  he  had 
been  removed  from  Holy  Island.     She  thanked  the  king  for  the  removal, 
by  which  his  condition  was  much  bettered.  7- 

On  19  May,  1665,  three  warrants  were  issued  for  the  delivery  at  Holy 
Island,  conveyance,  and  receipt  at  Windsor  castle,  of  Henry  Martin,  a 
prisoner,  for  the  horrid  murder  of  the  late  king.8 

-In  1666  (?)  Daniel  Collingwood,  deputy  governor,  petitioned  the  king 
for"  remission  for  31  years  of  the  rent  of  38Z.  for  the  royalty  of  Holy 
Island,  which  his  majesty  h&d  lately  caused  to  be  purchased,  that  he 
might  keep  the  castle  in  batter  repair:9  In  April,  1672,  Holy  Island 
was  demised  to  Collingwood  for  31  years,  at  the  rent  of  II.  Qa.  8d.,  with 
grant  of  the  office  of  keeper  of  the  castle. l  ° 

In  Dec.  1675,  the  earl  of  Danby,  in  u,  letter  to  the  earl  of  Ogle,  said 
he  had  that  morning  desired  the  king's  pleasure  concerning  him,  as 
to  the  government  of  Holy  Island,  and  his  Majesty  declared  that  Mr. 
Collingwood  should  be  under  his  command  and  receive  orders  from 
him  so  that  he  thought  he  should  give  his  Majesty  thanks,  and  take 
order  about  the  grant.11 

In  1683  reports  were  made  by  lord  Dartmouth  and  others  on  the 

4  Cal,  of  State  Papers,  Dom.,  1655-48,  80  229  ;  1055-6,  99  ;  1657-8,  71.  5  Ibid.  1655,  239 
6  Ibid.,  155.  1  Ibid.,  1C60-H'J61,  270  ;  1663-1664,  21,  289,  505,  510.  8  Ibid.,  1664-1685,  374. 
9  Ibid,,  1666-1667,  397.  lo  Jbid.,  1672,  420.  n  Portland  Pavers,  II  (H.MSS.  Com.),  151. 


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condition  of  Berwick-upon-Tweed  and  Holy  Island,  especially,  as  tc> 
defences  ;  appended  were  four  large  detailed  plans. 1 

On  26  July,  1685,  James  Riddell  of  Leith,  petitioned  the  king  for" 
redress  because  his  ship  was  seized  in  Leith  Roads  by  a  Dover  privateer 
and  was  carried  off  to  Holy  Island,  where  it  was  pillaged  and  left  to  the 
mercy  of  a  Dutch  vessel  which  took  it  to  Holland  as  a  prize,*  In  a 
letter  of  24  June,  1666,  from  Berwick,  Mark  Scott  informed  secretary 
Williamson  that  two  of  the  enemies  privateers  were  cruising  between 
Coquet  Island  and  Holy  Island:  and  on  5  August  that  a  Dutch 
privateer  had  chased  a  Newcastle  hoy  into  Holy  Island,  and  was  still 
cruising  thereabouts.3  On  26  June,  the  works  on  the  island,  etc., 
were  to  be  repaired  as  there  was  a  danger  of  sudden  invasion,  * 

Brigadier  General  Stanwix,  in  a  letter  from  Carlisle  of  1 4  October,  1715, 
to  the  Marquis  of  Annandale,  stated  he  was  sorry  to  find  the  rebels  were' 
troublesome  as  he  believed  most  of  them  had  left  Northumberland.  He 
had  '  a  certain  accompte  that  they  are  not  above  400  in  Northumberland^ 
which  goe  by  the  name  of  Derwentwater  or  Witherinton's  men.  They 
had  a  designe  upon  Newcastle,  but  are  dissapointed.'  He  further  wrote 
that  he  had  '  an  express  from  Berwick  giving  me  an  accompt  that  a, 
master  of  a  ship  had  come  directly  from  France,  and  with  his  ship's  crew 
surprized  Holly  Ileand,  where  there  was  a  great  store  of  ammunition;, 
and  a  good  round  no.  of  arms.  The  master  of  the  ship  immediately  mad^ 
his  signals  for  the  rebels  to  come  to  him,  but  they  were  march'd  fr,Qnii 
that  part,  and  they  perceiving  it  from  Berwick  did  immediately. march 
with  100  men  and  retook  the  ile  arid  town  and  castle.  Th©  master  ftf 
the  ship  in  dispair  threw  himself  into  the  sea,  and  was  allso.shotfyet 
taken  up  alive,  and  'tis  believed  would  live.  .  .  I  have  it  f rom, Cap.tarfn 
Philips,  the  engineer,  now  at  Berwick,  who  commanded  the  100  men.'5 

l  Dartmouth  Papers,  in(H.MSS.  Comin.),  54.    2  Cal  of  State  Papers,  Dom  ,  1H64-1660,:4&*. 

3  Ibid.,  1665-1666,  456  ;  1666-1657,  13.  -i.llrid.,  1665-1666,  461..       • 

5  Hope  Johnstone's  Papers  (Hist. M.S.  Coinm.),  p.  128.  The  story  of  the  capture  of 
the  castle  for  the  pretender  by  the  two  Erringtons  is  told  in  Raine,  'Xorth  D'urhniii, 
p.  166.  The  depositions  connected  with  the  seizure,  are  given  in  notes  to  pp.  166  and  167. 
Proceedings,  2  ser.,  vn. 

CORRECTIONS  : 

Pages  288,  line  29,  for  '  outwards'  read  '  eastwards  ' ;  293,  line  7,  for . '  422-61  'read 
'  1422-1461 ' ;  295,  line  6  from  bottom,  for  k  them  '"read  '  him ' ;  295,  line  4,  for, '  witli ' 
read  '  worth ' ;  300,  line  14  from  bottom,  fcr  '  crops  'read  '  corps.' " 

' 

' 

MISCELLANEA. 

The  following  notes  are  from  the  Acts  of  the  Privy  Council,  N.S., 
vol.  xn :— 

BERWICK,    &C. 

1580,  July  11. — A  letter  to  the  Lord  Hunsdone  that  whereas  by 
letters  writen  unto  their  Lordships  by  Robert  Bowes,  esquier,  Threasurer 
of  Barwick,  dated  the  xvth  of  June,  their  Lordships  are  given  to.  under- 
stand that  uppon  a  letter  by  him  receavide  from  the  Comendador  of 
Donfarlinge,  Chiefe  Secretarie  unto  the  King  of  Skottes,  by  the  which 
it  is  desired  that  the  Generall  Redresse  betwen  the  two  Realmes  maio 
begine  from  thende  of  that  Peace  made  in  the  yeare  1563,  and  that 
the  meettinge  of  the  Commissioners  might  be  prorogued  from  the  xxt!l 
of  June  untill  the  xth  of  August  next,  he  wrote  his  letters  unto  him  to 
advise  him  to  send  unto  their  Lordships  with  speed  his  advise  uud 
opinions  towchinge  the  tyme  to  begin  the  said  mutuall  redresses,  and 
what  inconvenience  or  prejudice  maie  come  unto  her  subjects  .within 
his  office  thereby,  withall  other  matter  within  his  charge  requisite 
to  be  remembred  and  known  unto  his  Lordships  in  that  behalf  e,  which 


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their  Lordships  have  not  hetherto  recevid  ;  his  Lordship  is  therefore 
required  with  all  dilligence  to  send  the  same  unto  their  Lordships,  that 
befor  the  tyme  of  the  mettinge  of  the  Comissioners,  which  approcheth 
verie  fast,  their  Lordships  may  throughlie  consider  of  such  matter  as  he 
shall  send  unto  them,  and  give  direction  therin  unto  the  said  Comis- 
sioners for  their  procedinge  accordinglie,  &c. 

Two  other  letters  of  like  tenour,  the  on[e]  to  the  Lord  Scroope,  and 
the  other  to  Sir  John  Forster,  knight,  Lordes  Wardens  of  the  West  and 
Midle  Marches  over  against  Scotlande. — pp.  95  and  96. 

BORDERS. 

1580,  Oct.   24;    Richmond. — A   letter  unto  the  Lord  Scrope,   &c., 
that  wheras  the  Quenes  Majestie  hat  he  ben  geven  to  understande  by 
letters  from  Robert  Bowes,  late  her  Agent  in  Scotlande,  that  the  Kinge 
hathe  appointed  th'Erle  of  Argile  to  repaire  unto  those  Borders  for  the 
redressinge  of  disorders,  so  as  th' opposite  Wardens  on  this  side  might 
concurre  with  them  in  the  perf ormaunce  of  the  same  service  ;  forasmuch 
as  he  Majestie  desirethe  nothinge  more  than  the  continuaunce  of  good 
frendship  and  neighbourhoode  and  execucion  of  justice,  his  Lordship 
is  required  what  whensoever  he  shalbe  informed  either  from  the  said 
Mr.  Bowes  or  other  on  the  Kinges  behalf  of  the  cominge  of  the  said 
Erie,  or  anie  others  which  shall  have  authoritie  to  aunswer  and  doe 
justice  for  all  such  attemptes  as  his  Lordship  is  to  demaunde  at  their 
handes,  that  then  likewise  he  faile  not  to  joyne  with  the  said  Erie,  &c., 
in  th' answering  of  all  such  thinges  as  maie  be  justlie  by  them  claimed 
at  his  Lordships  handes,  so   as  justice  maye  be  reciprocallie  don  on 
bothe  sides,  all  disorders  redressed   and  quietness  established  in  the 
Borders,  &c. — p.  239. 

A  letter  of  the  like  tenure  and  effecte  to  Sir  John  Forster,  knight, 
Lord  Warden  of  the  Middle  Marches,  to  meete  and  concurre  with 
th'  Erie  of  Angus,  he  appointed  to  repaire  (as  Mr.  Bowes  writeth) 
Lieutenant  of  the  Middle  Marches,  &c. 

NEWCASTLE. 

1581,  Jan.  6;    Westmorland. — A  letter  unto  the  Lord  Scrope,  Lord 
Warden  of  the  West  Marches  over  against  Scotlande,  that  wheras  the 
Quenes  Majestie  is  geven  to  understande  that  th'Erle  of  Morton  is  of 
late  committed  in  Scotlande,  wheruppon  it  maie  be  feared  that  somwhat 
wilbe  attempted  on  that  side  to  the  prejudice  of  her  Majesties  estate, 
her  Highness,  minding  to  provide  for  anie  inconveniences  that  might 
ensue,  hathe  geven  order  unto  th'Erle  of  Huntington  to  repaire  to  the 
towne  of  Newcastell  to  be  there  readie  to  doe  such  thinges  as  uppon 
conference  with  the  said  Lord  Warden  and    others  shalbe  thought 
meete  for  her  Majesties  service  ;    her  Majesties  pleasure  was  that  his 
Lordship,  havinge  taken  some  good  order  for  the  matters  of  his  War- 
denrie,  should  forthwith  with  as  muche  speede  as  convenientlie  ho 
maye  repaire  unto  the  said  towne  of  Newcastell,  there  to  joyne  with 
the  said  Erie,  &c.,  as  shoulde  be  further  signified  unto  him,  &c. — p.  300. 

1581,  Jan.  17  ;  Westmorland. — A  letter  to  the  Lord  Hunsdon  signi- 
fyinge  unto  his  Lordship  that  sith  his  departure  it  had  ben  thought 
convenient  that  the  masse  of  treasure  delivered  unto  him  should  be 
bestowed  in  maner  as  followethe,  viz.,  two  thousand  pouiides  to  be 
delivered  to  Robert  Bowes  at  Berwick,  to  be  by  him  emploied  for  the 
provicion  of  corne  and  victualls  according  to  their  Lordships'  letters 
written  to  him  in  that  behalf;  th'  other  iijmli.  his  Lordship  is  desired 
to  leave  sealed  upp  with  th'  Erie  of  Huntingdon,  to  be  afterwardes 
delivered  upp  to  the  charge  of  the  said  Robert  Bowes,  who  is  appointed 
Threasurer,  and  to  be  accornptable  for  the  same  and  to  issue  the  same 
according  to  the  said  Lord  Presidentes  warraunt. — p.  313. 


Proc.  Soc.  Antiq,  Neiuc.,  3  ser.,  Hi. 


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COESTOPITUM,    19TH    SEPT.    1908. 


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PROCEEDINGS 

OF    THE 


SOCIETY    OF    ANTIQUARIES 


OF    NEWCASTLE -UPON-TYNE. 


3  SER.,  VOL.  in.  1908.  NO.  27 

An  afternoon  meeting  of  the  Society  was  held  on  Saturday,  the 
nineteenth  day  of  September,  1908,  on  the  site  of  the  Roman  town  of 

CORSTOPITUM, 

near  Corbridge. 

Members  and  friends  assembled  about  two  o'clock  p.m.,  when  they 
were  taken  in  charge  by  Mr.  R.  H.  Forster,  who  had  superintended  the 
excavations  during  the  season,  and  had  kindly  undertaken  to  guide  the 
party  over  the  remains.  Among  those  present  were  Mrs.  Clayton,  the 
Chesters,  and  Mrs.  Allgood,  Titlington  ;  Mr.  F.  R.  N.  Haswell,  North 
Shields ;  Mr  J.  C.  Hodgson,  Alnwick  ;  Mrs.  and  Miss  Thompson,  Winla- 
ton ;  Rev.  T.  Stephens  and  Miss  Stephens,  Horsley ;  Rev.  C.  E.  Adamson, 
Westoe  ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  Blair,  Harton  ;  Miss  C.  Blair,  Roade,  near 
Northampton  ;  Mr.  A.  T.  Flagg,  Westoe  ;  Mr.  T.  May,  Warrington  ; 
Mr.  J.  P.  Gibson,  Hexham  ;  Mr.  W.  A.  Armstrong,  South  Shields  ;  Mr. 
S.  S.  Carr  and  Dr.  Wilkinson,  Tynemouth  ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  H.  Blair 
and  Miss  Ethel  Parker,  Gosforth  ;  Mr.  W.  Philipson,  Miss  Edith 
Philipsoii,  Miss  Richardson,  Mr.  R.  O.  Heslop,  Mr.  Percy  Corder,  Mrs. 
Southwell,  Mr.  Southwell,  jun.,  and  a  friend  from  Cambridge,  Dr. 
Bradshaw,  Newcastle ;  Mr.  W.  W.  Tomlinson,  Whitley ;  Aid.  W.  Boyd 
and  Miss  Boyd  of  Prestwick ;  Aid.  T.  Carrick  and  Mr.  Thos.  Bowden, 
Newcastle  ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  T.  J.  Bell,  Cleadon  ;  Mr.  H.  H.  E.  Craster, 
Oxford  ;  Dr.  Stephens,  North  Shields  ;  Miss  Miller,  Corbridge  ;  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  C.  W.  Henzell,  Tynemouth  ;  Mr.  T.  Matheson,  Morpeth  ;  Mr. 
C.  Williams,  Whitley,  Miss  Richardson  and  a  friend,  Sunderland,  and 
others. 

Mr.  Forster  said  that  this  year's  work  has  been  chiefly  confined  to 
opening  out  the  north  side  of  the  large  street,  running  east  and  west, 
discovered  last  year.  The  fountain,  also  discovered  last  year-1,  has  been 
rather  more  completely  examined.  A  street  appears  to  have  run 
north  at  the  east  side  of  the  fountain,  but  as  yet  no  trace  of  the  water 
supply  has  been  found.  The  building  in  front  of  which  the  large  slab 
with  the  inscription  of  Antoninus  Pius  was  found  last  year,  2  has  been 
completely  uncovered,  and  proves  a  most  important  part  of  the  scheme. 
It  turns  out  to  be  a  large  granary,  probably  built  at  the  date  indicated 
by  the  inscription,  namely,  A.D.  140.  It  is  heavily  buttressed  on  the 
east,  west,  and  north  sides,  and  has  had  a  flagged  floor  supported  on 
eight  sleeper  walls  with  cross  passages.  Between  each  pair  of  but- 
tresses there  is  an  aperture  opening  immediately  under  the  floor  for  the 
purpose  of  keeping  the  building  dry  and  cool.  Here  the  explorers  made 
1  Arch.  Ael.,3ser..  l\i,Zltetseq.  See  also  top  illustration  facing  this  page.  2  Ibid., p.  263. 


3U 

a  unique  discovery.  In  one  of  the  apertures  they  found  standing  in 
position  a  stone  mullion,  of  which,  so  far  as  can  be  ascertained,  there  is 
no  other  example  of  this  kind  extant,  although  it  is  not  an  uncommon 
thing  at  a  later  period.  It  seems  fairly  certain  that  each  of  the  apertures 
was  similarly  mullioned,  and  as  the  openings  are  of  large  dimensions, 
something  of  this  sort  would  be  necessary  to  prevent  animals  from 
getting  under  the  floor.  Unfortunately,  a  large  proportion  of  the 
facing  stones  have  been  removed  in  post-Roman  times,  but  in  one 
section  of  the  north  wall  they  still  remain,  eleven  or  twelve  courses 
high — that  is  to  say,  about  six  feet.  This  granary,  which  measures 
close  upon  100  feet  long  by  32  feet  wide,  exclusive  of  the  buttresses,  and 
furnishes  something  of  an  index  to  the  immense  proportions  of  the  town 
which  existed,  had  down  the  centre  of  a  row  of  masonry  bases  which 
seem  to  have  supported  pillars  of  stone  or  timber,  either  to  carry  the 
ridge  of  the  roof  or  a  higher  floor. 3 

Further  evidence  of  the  proportions  of  Roman  Corstopitum  can  be 
adduced  from  the  discovery  of  still  another  granary  immediately  to  the 
east  of  the  one  to  which  reference  has  just  been  made.  This  one  is  not 
quite  so  wide,  but  rather  longer.  It  has  a  flagged  floor,  supported  on 
sleeper  walls  in  the  same  manner,  but  under  the  floor  as  now  existing 
are  traces  of  an  earlier  floor.  To  the  west  of  the  latter  granary  has 
been  a  narrow  street  running  north  and  south,  and  to  the  west  of  this 
again  is  an  area  which  shows  no  decided  traces  of  a  building  of  any 
importance. 

To  the  east  of  the  fountain  site  a  large  and  important  building  is  at 
present  in  process  of  excavation.  It  seems  probable  that  this  may 
prove  to  be  one  side  of  the  forum  or  market  place.  About  200  feet  of 
the  west  wall  has  already  been  traced,  and  for  a  short  distance  this  wall 
is  standing  four  courses  high,  and  is  possibly  the  finest  specimen  of 
Roman  masonry  in  the  country. 4  Above  the  heavy  foundation  course 
is  a  course  which  shows  a  moulded  plinth  on  the  outside  and  rusticated 
masonry  on  the  inside.  Above  this  are  two  courses  with  rusticated 
masonry  on  both  sides.  A  magnificent  specimen  of  Roman  building, 
the  wall  is  about  2ft.  6in.  thick  and  each  stone  covers  an  entire  breadth. 
From  the  eastern  face  of  this  wall,  other  walls  project,  each  having  a 
'  T  '  shaped  termination,  and  thus  forming  a  series  of  chambers  or 
small  courts.  3  Near  the  south  wall  a  large  number  of  arch  stones  were 
unearthed.  Ten  of  these  were  found  lying  cheek  by  jowl,  and  at  first 
it  was  thought  that  they  represented  a  portion  of  the  arch,  which  had 
fallen  without  breaking.  Further  examination,  however,  shows  that 
they  were  bedded  on  a  bank  of  soil  which  had  been  heaped  above  a 
Roman  level,  and  that  at  each  end  of  the  row  two  similar  stones  had 
been  placed  flat  in  order  to  keep  the  row  of  ten  together.  It  seems 
probable  that  these  arch  stones  had  been  collected  for  building  purposes 
in.  post-Roman  times,  and  after  being  so  placed  had  never  been  carted 
away.  Mr.  Forster  thinks  it  not  improbable  that  Wilfred  intended  to 
convey  them  to  Hexham,  as  he  had  done  with  others,  for  building 
purposes.  The  stones  have  now  been  re-erected  for  the  purpose  of 
determining  the  probable  span  of  the  arch  from  which  they  came,  and 
it  appears  possible  that  they  originally  formed  part  of  one  of  the  arches 
spanning  the  spaces  between  the  cross  walls  already  mentioned. 

So  much  for  the  buildings  of  the  town  so  far  as  they  have  been 
excavated.  Of  articles  of  almost  every  possible  description  the  ex- 
plorers have  made  an  extensive  discovery,  and  they  now  form  quite  a 
prolific  museum.  Of  pottery  of  all  kinds,  and  especially  of  Samian 

3  3ee  illustrations  facing  this  page.  See  bottom  illustration  facing  p.  313. 


Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Newc.  3  ser.,  in. 


To  face  page  314 


CORSTOPITUM. 


From  photographs  by  Dr.  D.  H.  Stephens  of  North  Shields. 


315 

ware,  the  finds  have  been  very  extensive.  One  or  two  of  the  pots  and 
jugs  are  complete,  and  the  explorers  are  sanguine  of  being  able  to  piece 
many  more  together.  A  jar  of  coarse  black  ware  is  particularly  inter- 
esting. Other  notable  additions  to  the  collection  include  a  small 
lamp,  a  number  of  round  stones,  apparently  ballista  shot  ;  tools, 
knives,  chisels,  small  axes,  a  pair  of  shears,  a  pair  of  tweezers,  of  which 
the  spring  is  still  good  ;  keys,  iron  caltraps,  bronze  and  bone  pins,  fibulae, 
and  rings,  all  of  which  form  an  engrossingly  interesting  collection.  One 
of  the  most  curious  objects  is  a  panel,  20  inches  square,  bearing  a  repre- 
sentation of  a  head  in  relief.  The  workmanship  indicates  the  early 
part  of  the  fourth  century,  and  probably  the  head  represents  a  sun  god. 
Then  there  are  a  fine  carved  capital  with  acanthus  leaves,  a  number  of 
millstones  of  different  designs,  and  much  else  besides. 

On  the  day  preceding  the  visit  a  remarkable  find  of  gold  coins  of  the  late 
empire  and  of  a  gold  signet  ring  was  made.  The  coins,  of  which  there 
were  48,  ranging  from  Valentininan  I  to  Magnus  Maximus,  about  the  end 
of  the  Roman  occupation  of  the  island,  are  in  the  finest  possible  condition, 
fleur  de  coin  in  fact.  They  had  been  wrapped  in  a  piece  of  sheet  lead 
through  which  the  workman  who  found  them  had  struck  his  pick. l 

Thanks  were  voted  to  Mr.  Forster  by  acclamation,  and  the  large 
party  then  dispersed  after  seeing  the  coins  and  visiting  the  little  museum 
on  the  ground. 

Professor  Haverfield,  in  a  letter  to  The  Times  of  12  Sept.,  1908,. 
after  describing  the  buildings  and  other  objects  brought  to  light,  con- 
tinues :  '  Only  a  working  hypothesis  can  be  built  up  of  the  history  of  all 
these  remains.  Plainly  the  site  was  occupied  by  Romans  in  the  first 
century.  Agricola  may  really  have  spent  a  night  or  two  here  and 
planted  a  small  fort  to  guard  his  road  northwards.  What  Hadrian 
may  have  done  here,  when  he  built  his  Wall  on  the  hill-tops  three  miles 
away,  we  cannot  yet  tell.  But  when  Antoninus  Pius  moved  the 
frontier  north,  Corstopitum  became  an  important  base.  Granaries  and 
the  like  were  built.  Possibly  a  permanent  fortress  was  planned.  But 
the  conquests  of'  Pius  were  lost  within  forty  years,  and  after  Septimius 
Sever  us  no  effort  was  made  to  regain  them.  The  military  structures  of 
Corstopitum  became  useless  to  the  army.  They  passed  to  civilians,  who 
built  their  shops  and  dropped  their  coins  amidst  the  massive  walls. 
Later  came  more  varied  fortunes,  which  a  minute  study  of  the  remains 
is  now  revealing,  destruction  by  barbarians  and  rebuildings.  Finally, 
as  the  fifth  century  opened,  Corstopitum  ceased  to  be.  From  that  day 
to  this  no  man  has  dwelt  on  the  site.' 

i  .See  p.  321  for  a  short  notice  of  the  inquest  held  by  the  coroner,  when  the  coins  were, 
declared  to  be  treasure-trove,  and  were  at  once  claimed  both  by  the  Crown  and  by  the 
Duke  of  Northumberland.  Of  the  48  coins,  4  are  of  Valeiitinian  »,  2  of  Valens,  10  of 
Gratian,  8  of  Valeiitinian  ii,  5  of  Theodo.-ius,  and  13  of  Maximus.  43  of  them,  including 
all  of  Maximus,  were  struck  at  Trier,  2  at  Rome,  and  3  at  Constantinople. 


MISCELLANEA. 

The  following  are  local  extracts  from  the  Acts  of  the  Privy  Council, 
new  series,  vol.  xn  : — 


SHERBURN    HOSPITAL. 


1580,  June  27. — A  letter  to  th'erle  of  Huntington,  Lord  President 
of  her  Majesties  Counsell  established  in  the  North,  that  wheras  their  is 
some  matter  in  lawe  dependinge  before  his  Lordship  and  her  Majesties 
Counsell  there  betwene  the  Lord  bishop  of  Durham  and  Raphe  Leaver, 


316 

Master  of  the  Hospital  of  Sherborne,  their  Lordships  have  thought 
good  to  praie  his  Lordship  for  the  abridging  of  the  charges  in  suite  of 
lawe  to  the  prejudice  of  the  said  Hospitall,  and  for  avoyding  of  the  evill 
reporte  which  by  continuaunce  of  such  debates  maie  be  spred  of  men 
of  their  profession,  that  takinge  some  summarie  knowledge  of  the 
matter  in  controversie  betwene  [them],  his  Lordship  would  procoade 
to  a  goode  ende  and  agrement  betwene  them,  and  if  anye  of  them  shall 
refuse  to  condescende  therunto,  that  then  his  Lordship  would  certifie 
their  Lordships  what  he  shall  have  done  therin  and  what  his  opinion  is 
therin,  to  th'  intent  their  Lordships  maie  take  further  order  accordinglie. 
—p.  72. 

1580,  June  27. — A  letter  to  the  Lord  Archbishop  of  Yorke  that  wheras 
their  Lordships  are  geven  to  understande  that  there  are  certaine  con 
troversies  betwene  the  Lord  Bishop  of  Durham  and  Raffe  Leaver, 
Master  of  the  Hospitall  of  Sherborne,  forasmuch  as  the  same  are  matters 
ecclesiasticall  and  so  incident  unto  the  Commission  which  his  Lordship 
hathe  for  that  Province,  his  Lordship  is  desired  that  for  avoyding  of 
charges  of  lawe,  and  of  such  evill  reportes  as  by  suite  of  lawe  might  bo 
raised  of  the  parties  or  their  profession,  that  by  vertue  of  the  said 
Commission  calling  the  said  matter  and  parties  before  him,  he  would 
frendlie  ende  the  same  betwene  them  as  in  justice  his  Lordship  shall 
see  cause,  and  if  anie  of  them  shall  refuse  to  condescende  thorto  that 
then  his  Lordship  would  certifie  in  whom  the  default  is,  &c.  ;  that 
further  order  maie  be  taken  by  their  Lordships  accordinglie. — p.  72. 

The  following,  relating  to  the  same  subject,  are  from  the  Calendar  of 
State  Papers,  Dom.,  1581-1590:— 

p.  121,  §46,  Sep.  30,  1583,  Aukland. — Bishop  Barnes  to  Mr.  Tho. 
Calverley,  Chancellor  of  the  County  Palatine  of  Durham,  requiring  him 
to  give  judgment  in  the  case  of  Mr.  Lever  for  the  tenement  in  Kelloe, 
and  the  restoration  of  certain  lands  in  Gateside.  (On  the  same  paper) :  — 

p.  122,  §47,  Sep.  30,  1583,  Aukland. — Bishop  Barnes  to  Mr.  Calverley 
and  other  the  Justices  of  Peace  within  the  County  Palatine.  To  give 
satisfaction  to  Mr.  Lever  for  the  wrongs  done  to  his  hospital  [Sherburn] 
by  assessments,  impositions,  and  taxes  for  bridges  and  Other  matters. 

Sep.  (?)  §48 — Ralph  Lever  to  the  Council,  solicits  their  interpositions 
in  the  matters  between  him  and  the  bishop  of  Durham,  Incloses — 

§48,  i. — Particulars  concerning  the  first  point  of  Mr.  Lever's  supplication: 
omplaining  of  denial  of  justice  by  the  bishop  in  Lever's  private  suits. 

48  ii. — Particulars  concerning  the  second  point  of  his  supplication  :  for 
the  nomination  of  a  Dean,  great  injury  by  the  long  vacancy  of  the  deanery. 
Dr.  Bellamie  recommended  by  one  party,  and  Dr.  Tobias  Matthews  by 
another. 

§48  in. — Particulars  concerning  the  third  point  of  his  supplication; 
qualifications  of  a  Dean. 

§48  iv. — General  statement  of  the  wrongs  and  injuries  sustained  by  Ralph 
Lever  from  the  bishop  of  Durham,  in  his  private  suits.  Particulars  stated. 

p.  228,  §66,  Feb.  24. — Ralph  Lever  to  Lord  Burghley,  requests  him 
to  forward  the  bill  in  Parliament  for  assurance  of  the  incorporation 
of  the  hospital  of  Sherbourne  House,  granted  to  the  suit  of  Thomas 
Lever.  [The  Bill  for  better  assurance  of  Sherbourne  House  was  read  the 
first  time  in  the  Lords,  Feb.  24,  1585.] 

(Feb.  24)  §67. — Note  of  Ralph  Lever's  suit  in  behalf  of  himself  and 
his  brethren  of  Christ's  Hospital  of  Sherbourne  House,  erected  for  the 
number  of  16  brethren  only,  and  now  sought  to  be  increased  by  Her 
Majesty's  confirmation  to  the  number  of  30,  the  revenues  being  able  to 
maintain  so  many. 


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PROCEEDINGS 


OF    THE 


SOCIETY    OF    ANTIQUARIES 


OF    NEWCASTLE -UPON-TYNE. 


3  SER.,  VOL.  in.  1908.  NO.  28 


The  ordinary  monthly  meeting  of  the  Society  was  held  in  the  library 
of  the  Castle,  Newcastle,  on  Wednesday,  the  thirtieth  day  of  September, 
1908,  at  seven  o'clock  in  the  evening,  Mr.  J.  Pattison  Gibson  being  in 
the  chair. 

Several  ACCOUNTS,  recommended  by  the  Council  for  payment,  were 
ordered  to  be  paid. 

The  following  ORDINARY  MEMBERS  were  proposed  and  declared  duly 
elected  : — 

i.  Miss  M.  Hope  Dodds,  Home  House,  Low  Fell,  Gateshead. 
ii.   Ambrose  T.  Flagg,  Chapel  House,  Westoe. 

The  following  NEW  BOOKS  were  placed  on  the  table  : — 

Presents  : — 

From  R.  Blair  : — The  Antiquary  for  September  and  October,  1908. 

[There  are  some  interesting  articles  in  the  number  for  October, 
among  them  a  second  instalment  on  '  The  Comacenes,'  an  early  guild 
of  masons.  But  the  most  curious  is  that  on  '  The  Sedia  Balneare 
[or  sella  stercoraria]  of  the  Vatican,'  which  object  professor  Lanciani 
thinks  may  have  been  found  at  the  baths  of  Caracalla ;  the  article  con- 
tains some  out-of-the-way  information  relating  to  the  ceremonial  use 
of  this  seat  of  rosso  antico  marble  by  the  popes  down  to  Leo  x,  the 
last  pope  to  sit  upon  it ;  it  is  now  in  a  special  cabinet  in  the  Vatican 
museum  not  open  to  the  general  public.  Another  article  is  on  an 
old  mumming  play,  which  was  formerly  in  vogue  at  Christmas  in 
the  retired  village  of  Stanton  in  Wiltshire,  the  duke  and  duchess 
of  Northumberland  being  two  of  the  characters.] 

Exchanges  : — 

From  the  Cumberland  and  Westmorland  Antiquarian  and  Archaeo- 
logical Society  : — Transactions,  N.S.  vn,  cloth. 

From  the  Royal  Irish  Academy  : — Proceedings,  xxvn,  nos.  6,  7,  8. 

From  the  Huguenot  Society  of  London  : — Proceedings,  xix. 

From  the  Royal  Society  of  Norway  : — Annales,  vol.  n,  Historisk- 
Filosofik  Klasse. 

From  the  Royal  Society  of  Northern  Antiquaries  of  Copenhagen  : — 
De  Danske  Runemindesmaerker,  by  E.  Wimmer. 

|  Proc,  3  Ser.  ill,  461 


318 

Purchases : — Mitteilungen  des  Kaiserlich  Deutschen  Archaeologischen 
Instituts,  xxin,  i  ;  and  Jahrbuch,  of  the  same,  xxm,  ii  ;  A  History 
of  English  Furniture,  iv,  part  xvn  ;  and  Notes  and  Queries,  nos. 
244-248. 

Mr.   Blair   (one  of    the  secretaries)  reported  that  the  council  had 
agreed  to  purchase   Screens  and   Galleries  in  English  Churches,   and 
Fonts  and  Font  Covers,  both  by  Mr.  Francis  Bond. 
This  was  confirmed. 

DONATION    TO    THE    MUSEUM. 

The  following  was  announced  and  thanks  voted  to  the  donor. 
From  Mr.  W.  H.  Jones  of  Hexham  : — A  Roman  tile  taken  from  the 
Roman  Wall  of  the  City  of  London  under  the  site  of  Christchurch 
hospital  (Bluecoat  School)  north  side  of  Newgate  Street,  and  in 
close  proximity  to  the  city  gate,  which  was  near  the  Roman  gate. 
The  wall  was  9  feet  thick,  faced  both  sides  with  ashlar,  mostly 
Kentish  ragstone.  The  tile  courses  were  in  two  thicknesses  and 
built  through  the  wall,  about  2ft.  Sin.  between  the  courses.  A 
stone  plinth  on  the  outside  of  the  wall,  the  foundations  rough 
stones  fixed  in  clay. 
EXHIBITED  : — 

By  Mr.  W.  H.  Wood  (of  Oliver,  Leeson  and  Wood)  who  is  engaged  in 
repairs  to  St.  Mary's  church,  Gateshead,  a  drawing  of  a  rudely 
sculptured  stone,  apparently  a  grave  cover,  but  unlike  any  Saxon 
stone  before  discovered  by  him,  built  into  the  Norman  masonry 
of  the  outh  transept.  The  cross  is  most  unobtrusive  but  clearly 
defined,  and  two  lines,  which  intersect,  are  scored  lengthwise  across 
the  face.  The  appended  reproduction  of  the  drawing  shows  it 
(see  opposite  page). 

By  Mr.  Edward  Wooler  of  Darlington : — The  following  photographs : — 

i.  A  flint  stone  found  by  Captain  Surtees  of  Redworth  Hall  near  the 

Ancient  British  camp  of  Shackleton  hill.     It  weighs  31bs.     The 

base  has  been  roughly  dressed.     There  are  no  flints  to  be  found 

nearer  than  CO  miles.      A  large  quantity  of  flints  have  been  found 

at  Heworth  and  Newton  Ketton,  two  or  three  miles  distant. 

II.   A  polished  flint  axe  found  by  Mr.  J.  J.  Burton  of  Nunthorpe  near 

Upsall  a  few  weeks  ago.     It  is  44in.  long,  2|in.  wide  at  the  cutting 

edge,  and  l^in.  at  the  top,  and  measures  in  the  middle  5 Jin.  in 

circumference,  and  weighs  8J  ounces. 

in.  A  holed  axe  found  in  field  14  O.S.  Killerby  near  Catterick  2ft.  Sin. 
below  the  surface,  on  the  24th  July,  1908,  by  Messrs.  Place  and 
Sons,  timber  merchants,  Northallerton,  whilst  erecting  some  fencing 
for  Mr.  J.  J.  Mowbray  of  Killerby  hall,  and  not  far  from  the  site 
of  Killerby  castle.  The  axe  weighs  51bs.,  is  9£in.  long,  3-fin. 
thick,  and  Sin.  wide  ;  the  hole  for  the  shaft  is  l^in.  in  diameter. 
Killerby  hall  is  only  a  short  distance  south  of  the  Roman  Station 
of  Catterick. 

iv.  A  bronze  celt  found  on  the  24th  August,  1908,  by  P.C.  Robinson, 
a  Tees  Fishery  watcher,  half-a-mile  above  Wycliffe  hall  on  the 
Durham  side  of  the  river  Tees,  and  two  yards  from  the  river  bank. 
It  measures  3£in.  long  by  Hin.  wide  at  the  cutting  edge,  the 
socket  is  If^ths.  in  diameter;  it  weighs  six  ounces.  It  will  be 
noticed  it  has  a  ring  round  the  mouth  and  three  ribs  extending 
from  the  moulding.  The  ribs  are  |in.  long.  The  hatchet  is 
characteristic  of  those  previously  found  in  the  locality,  and  is 
similar  to  figure  125,  page  117,  of  Evans,  Bronze  Age. 
For  in  and  iv,  see  opposite  plate, 


Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Neivc.,  3  ser.,  Hi. 


To  face  page  318 


BRONZE    CELT    FROM    NEAR    WYCLIFFE  ON  THE  TEES. 


STONE    AXE    HEAD    FROM   KILLERBY,    NEAR    CATTERICK. 


339 


S.MARYS   CHURCH     CATESHEAD. 

ANCIENT    CRAVE    CROSS    FOUND    UNDER    BOTTOM 

E.WALL    OF    S .TRANSEPT   AUG  25    I9O8. 


PLAN. 


SIDE    ELEVATION. 


L 

4-W 


MEASURED  &  DRAWN  BY 
OLIVER  J-EESON  6  WOOD  ARCHT-9 
-SEPT.  I9O8. 


SECTION  . 


v.  The  rubbing  of  an  inscription  on  a  bell  at  Redworth  hall,  11|  ins. 
in  diameter  at  mouth,  and  8£  ins.  high  to  crown,  having  Ihe 
letters  A  B  1664  in  a  band  of  scroll  work  interspersed  with  shields 
each  bearing  a  chevron  between  three  bells  impaling  three  handled 
tripods,  two  and  one.  The  mark  is  that  of  the  well-known  bell- 


326 

founder,  Samuel  Smith  of  York.  The  bell  is  from  Heighington 
church.  It  is  cracked,  and  a  new  bell  was  therefore  given  to  the 
church  by  Captain  Surtees's  father  in  place  of  it.  Another  of  the 
bells  is  said  to  be  at  Walworth  castle. 

By  Mr.  Thomas  May  of  Warrington: — Two  denarii,  of  copper  washed 
with  tin,  said  to  have  been  found  at  the  Roman  camp,  Wallsend  : — 
i.  Valerian : 

obv.  IMP.  c.  P.  Lie.  VALEKEANVS  AVG  ;  bust  laureated  to  r. 
rev.  RESTITVT  ORIENTIS  ;  a  turreted  woman  (The  East)  standing 
to  right,  presenting  a  crown  to  Valerian,  holding  a  spear 
and  standing  in  a  military  habit,  to  left.     (Cohen  188) 
ii.  Aurelian  : 

obv.  IMP.  c.  AVRELIANVS  AVG  ;  bust  radiated  to  r. 
rev.  BESTITVTOB  ORBIS  ;   a  woman  standing  to  r.   presenting  a 
crown  to  Aurelian,  laureated,  in  military  habit   standing 
and  holding  a  spear.     (Cohen  209) 

Mr.  W.  H.  Knowles  was  announced  to  exhibit,  on  behalf  of  Messrs. 
Browne  and  Browne,  the  original  warrant  of  the  arrest  of  John  Bruiyan. 
Mr.  Knowles  stated  that  in  the  meantime  Messrs.  Browne  and  Browne 
had  sold  the  warrant  to  a  purchaser  who  demanded  its  immediate 
delivery.  The  particular  value  attaching  to  the  warr&nt  lay  in  the 
fact  that  it  shed  light  on  the  time  when  the  composition  of  the 
Pilgrim's  Progress  was  made,  which  was  previously  undetermined.  It 
shows  that  it  was  written  as  late  as  1675.  The  warrant  was  finely 
written,  in  excellent  preservation,  with  the  seals  of  the  various  magis- 
trates attached  to  it.  Until  21  years  ago  it  was  unknown,  when  it 
was  purchased  by  Thorp  at  a  sale.  It  was  afterwards  acquired  by 
Quaritch  for  300Z.,  and  subsequently  sold  at  a  still  higher  price.  Re- 
cently it  was  purchased  by  Messrs.  Browne  and  Browne,  who  had  since 
sold  it.  The  arrest  was  for  preaching  at  conventicles,  where  services 
were  held  in  a  manner  not  according  to  the  practice  of  the  Church  of 
England.  A  full  account  of  the  document,  with  the  text,  has  been 
printed  in  the  Proceedings  of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  of  London 
(vol.  xii,  p.  12). 

Mr.  Blair  (one  of  the  secretaries)  in  Mr.  J.  C.  Hodgson's  absence,  and 
on  his  behalf,  stated  that  Hutchinson  in  his  History  of  Durham,,  vol.  in, 
pages  250-251  (published  after  1787),  makes  mention  of  a  seventeenth 
century  diary  of  Christopher  Sanderson,  then  in  the  library  of  Mr. 
Milbourne  of  Armathwaite  Castle,  Cumberland  ;  and  also  mentions 
Rain's  Note  Book,  a  seventeenth  century  MS.,  then  in  the  possession 
of  Miss  Mary  Rain  of  Barnard  Castle.  Mr.  Hodgson  would  be  glad  if 
any  member  could  inform  him  where  these  diaries  now  are. 

COBSTOPITUM. 

This  concluding  the  formal  business,  those  present  proceeded  to  the 
lecture  room  of  the  Literary  and  Philosophical  Society,  where  Mr.  R.  H. 
Forster,  who  has  superintended  the  excavations  at  Corstopitum  during 
the  season,  gave  a  lucid  description  of  the  remarkable  discoveries  made 
on  the  site.  Chief  amongst  the  finds  are  a  fine  series  of  Roman  gold 
coins  (solidi)  in  the  finest  possible  preservation,  wrapped  in  a  piece  of 
sheet  lead,  and  a  gold  ring.  They  are  48  in  number,  and  range  from 
Valentinian  i  to  Magnus  Maximus,  and  are  supposed  to  have  been 
hidden  about  385  A.D.  Many  of  the  members  saw  the  coins  on  the 
occasion  of  the  visit  to  the  site  (see  next  page). 

Mr.  F.  W.  Dendy  moved  that  the  thanks  of  members  be  given  to  Mr. 
Forster,  this,  after  being  seconded  by  Mr.  J.  P.  Gibson,  was  carried  by 
acclamation. 


321 

MISCELLANEA. 

The  following  appeared  in  the  Newcastle  Daily  Journal  of  10th 
October,  1908,  respecting  the  gold  coins,  etc.,  found  at  Corstopitum  (see 
preceding  page) : — 

At  the  court  house,  Hexhani,  yesterday,.  Coroner  Rutherford  and  a 
jury  sat  to  inquire  into  the  recent  find  of  gold  Roman  coins  at  Cor- 
bridge, and  decide  as  to  whether  they  were  or  were  not  trea,sure-trove. 
The  claimants  were  the  Crown,  and  his  Grace  the  Duke  of  Northum- 
berland as  Lord  of  the  Manor. 

Mr.  W.  H.  Knowles,  F.S.A.,  Gosforth;  Mr.  H.  H.  E.  Craster,  M.A., 
All  Souls  College,  Oxford;  and  Mr.  R.  H.  Forster,  M.A.,  Mill  Hill, 
Barnes,  represented  the  Corbridge  Excavation  Committee. 

Mr.  Harvey  (Messrs.  Leadbitter  and  Harvey)  represented  the  Duke 
of  Northnmberland,  as  did  Mr.  Willyams,  steward  of  the  manor  of 
Corbridge. 

Mr.  Brown,  from  the  Treasury  Office,  represented  the  Crown. 

The  Coroner  intimated  that  he  would  take  the  formal  evidence  before 
he  addressed  the  jury. 

Robert  Allan,  labourer,  Hill  Street,  Corbridge,  said  that  for  a 
considerable  time  he  had  been  employed  at  the  excavations  on  the 
Roman  station  of  Corstopitum,  near  Corbridge.  On  Friday,  the  18th 
September  last,  when  engaged  with  another  man,  Scott,  in  clearing 
soil  and  chippings  from  between  two  walls,  forming  part  of  a  building, 
he  was  using  a  pick.  He  was  about  fourteen  inches  below  the  surface, 
when  shortly  after  nine  o'clock  in  the  morning  his  pick  pierced  a  piece 
of  lead.  He  lifted  it  up  in  his  hand  and  examined  it,  and  saw  some- 
thing bright  inside.  He  immediately  called  Mr.  Forster,  and  gave  him 
the  lead.  Mr.  Forster  opened  the  lead  in  the  presence  of  Scott  and 
himself,  and  found  a  number  of  coins  and  a  ring.  Mr.  Forster  counted 
the  coins,  and  there  were  48 

The  coins  were  at  this  point  produced  and  examined  by  the  jury. 

Robsrt  Henry  Forster,  barrister -at-1  aw,  who  said  he  was  voluntarily 
engaged  superintending  these  works,  from  an  archaeological  point  of 
view,  on  behalf  of  the  Corbridge  Excavation  Committee,  and  Herbert. 
Henry  Edmund  Craster,  gave  corroborative  evidence. 

Humphrey  John  Willyams,  Barndale,  Alnwick,  said  he  was  steward 
of  the  Manor  of  Corbridge,  and  the  Duke  of  Northumberland  was  Lord 
of  the  Manor.  The  spot  where  the  treasure  was  found  was  within  the 
compass  of  the  manor. 

The  jury  retired  to  consider  their  verdict,  and  on  coming  into  court 
again,  the  foreman  announced  that  they  had  come  to  the  unanimous 
decision  that  Robert  Allan  was  the  finder,  and  that  the  find  was  treasure- 
trove. 

Mr.  Brown :  On  that  verdict  I  claim  the  coins  on  behalf  of  the  Crown. 

Mr.  Harvey :  And  I  claim  them  on  behalf  of  the  Duke  of  Northum- 
berland. 

The  Coroner  said  the  next  point  to  settle  was  as  to  the  custody  of 
the  coins. 

After  some  argument,  it  was  agreed  that  the  coins  be  deposited  in  a 
bank  by  the  Coroner,  such  bank  not  to  be  made  a  party  to  any  further 
proceedings. 

The  jury  having  signed  the  inquisition  recording  their  finding,  the 
proceedings  terminated. 

In  the  /Scottish  Historical  Review,  vol.  vi,  p.  403,  there  is  an  interesting 
Northumbrian  ballad  on  William  Aynsley's  murder  in  1598. 


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CHOLLERTON    CHURCH. 

A  gossipy  little  book  by  Maria  A.  Hoyer,  recently  published  by 
D.  Nutt  (2/6),  is  By  the  Roman  Wall:  notes  on  a  Summer  Holiday, 
being  the  impressions  of  a  first  visit  to  the  remains  of  that  remarkable 
structure  the  Roman  Wall  It  is  evidently  intended  for  the  general 
reader  whose  education  has  not  been  entirely  neglectod.  Beyond  a 
few  comparatively  unimportant  mistakes,  for  instance,  she  speaks 
of  the  'Great  North  Road'  when  Wade's  military  road  is  meant, 
and  that  the  angles  of  the  camps  are  rounded  on  the  exterior  but 
square  within,  while  they  are  round  both  inside  and  out.  There  are 
many  illustrations,  some  from  pen-and-ink  drawings  and  others  from 
photographs  by  the  author.  The  illustration  facing  this  page,  from  a 
photograph,  used  as  the  frontispiece  to  the  little  book,  shews  the  mono- 
liths now  marking  the  division  between  the  nave  and  south  aisle  of 
Chollerton  church,  which  doubtless  were  removed  by  the  medieval 
builders  from  the  neighbouring  camp  of  Cilurnum,  as  were  similar 
columns  dividing  the  nave  from  the  north  aisle  of  Lanchester  church 
from  the  camp  on  the  high  ground  above  Lanchester  (for  illustration 
of  them  see  these  Proceedings,  2  ser.,  x,  facing  p.  389).  Miss  Hoyer 
is  to  be  congratulated  on  her  popular  book,  and  she  and  her  publisher 
are  thanked  for  the  loan  of  the  block.  The  author  acknowledges  her 
obligation  to  the  Handbook  to  the  Roman  Wall,  by  the  late  Dr.  Bruce. 


NORTHUMBERLAND  AND  DURHAM  CHURCHES. 

The  following  concluding  'notes,'   by  Sir  Stephen  Glynne,  are  con- 
tinued from  p.  284  : — 
Oct.  16,  1862  WARDEN  (NORTHUMBERLAND).  S.  Michael. 

A  cruciform  church  with  Western  Tower  and  without  aisles — much 
altered  and  modernised,  but  with  some  good  original  E.  E.  work  still 
remaining.  The  nave  is  short,  the  Transepts  large  and  sprawling,  and 
the  Chancel  remarkably  short.  All  the  windows  of  the  nave  are  modern 
of  the  worst  kind.  The  Transepts  open  to  the  nave  by  wide  pointed 
arches  upon  octagonal  shafts.  The  Transept  end  windows  are  very 
bad  ;  but  they  have  on  the  E.  &  W.  sides  some  good  original  lancets. 
The  South  Transept  has  on  the  E.  one  single  and  one  double  lancet 
with  hoods  connected  and  a  flat  buttress.  On  the  W.  side  of  the  same 
are  2  single  lancets  with  hoods,  a  string  course  below  and  flat  buttress. 
The  North  Transept  has  on  the  W.  a  double  and  single  lancet  and 
string  course — on  the  East  2  double  lancets. 

There  is  no  Chancel  arch.  The  Chancel  has  on  the  N.  &  S.  single 
lancets  apparently  renewed — at  the  E.  a  4  light  window  of  question- 
able character.  The  interior  has  a  neat  but  dreary  and  puritanical 
look.  The  Tower  is  very  plain  and  without  buttresses,  and  possibly 
of  early  origin  ;  it  has  2  small  windows,  which  appear  early  Norman 
S.  &  W.,  the  upper  part  modern. 
(April  13,  1864)  BELLINGHAM  (NORTHUMBERLAND).  S.  Cuthbert. 

A  curious  church  with  some  good  Northern  E.  E.  work,  but  badly 
altered  in  parts.  Its  plan  is  characteristic  of  Northumberland.  A 
nave  without  aisles,  Chancel  and  large  South  Transeptal  chapel,  and 
over  the  West  end  a  bell  cot  for  one  bell  in  an  open  arch.  The  remark- 
able feature  is  that  both  nave  and  Transept  have  a  stone  vaulted  roof, 
with  arched  ribs  springing  from  the  walls  without  corbels,  and  externally 
covered  with  flagstones.  The  walls  are  very  thick,  and  have  some 
single  lancets  set  deep.  The  West  window  is  modern,  and  also  the 
bell  cot  and  west  doorway.  A  S.  door  is  closed.  The  North  doorway 
has  an  odd  arch  without  curve.  Near  the  east  end  of  the  nave  is  the 
spring  of  a  stone  rib  on  a  corbel,  as  if  meant  to  support  another 


Proc.  Soc.  Antiq   Newc.,  3  ser.,  Mr. 


To  face  page  322 


KOMAN   COLUMNS    (MONOLITHS)    IN    CHOLLERTON    CHURCH. 


Prom  a  photograph  by  Miss  Ftoyer*    The  block  lent  by  hef, 


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arch.  The  arch  to  the  Chancel  is  acute,  of  E.  E.  character  with  2 
chamfered  orders  on  octagonal  shafts.  The  chancel  has  a  flat  modern 
ceiling  covered  with  slates.  The  E.  window  has  an  E.  E.  triplet — 
much  splayed  but  cut  by  the  ceiling.  The  Transept  is  large  in  its 
projection — opens  to  the  nave  by  an  obtuse  chamfered  arch  of  doubtful 
character.  On  its  E.  side  is  an  original  lancet,  the  other  windows 
modernised,  and  the  walls  green  with  damp.  There  is  against  the 
wall  a  large  bracket  or  corbel  of  clustered  shafts  as  if  meant  to  support 
an  arch,  the  capitals  moulded  and  rather  of  Edwardian  character — 
apparently  too  large  merely  for  the  carrying  of  an  image.  The  Font  has 
a  small  octagonal  bowl  of  doubtful  character.  The  situation  is  pretty, 
the  church  rises  on  a  high  bank  overlooking  the  North  Tyne.  In  the 
Church  yard  is  a  monumental  slab  of  dos  d'dne  form. 

DARLINGTON  CHURCH  (end  of  February,  1825). 

The  church  is  a  beautiful  structure,  in  the  form  of  a  cross,  and  is 
perhaps  one  of  the  most  pure  and  unmixed  specimens  of  Early  English 
in  the  country.  The  nave,  chancel,  and  transepts  are  nearly  of  equal 
length,  and  from  the  centre  rises  a  square  tower  crowned  with  a  stone 
spire.  The  whole  of  the  exterior  is  ornamented  with  arched  moulding 
of  the  lancet  form.  The  windows  are  also  mostly  of  this  form.  The 
arched  moulding  runs  also  along  the  walls  within.  The  nave  is  divided 
from  the  aisles  by  pointed  arches  springing  from  clustered  columns,  and 
the  tower  rests  on  lofty  pointed  arches  springing  from  clustered  columns. 
The  whole  of  the  nave  and  transept  is  disfigured  by  pews  and  galleries. 
The  organ  is  placed  between  the  nave  and  chancel.  The  western 
portion  of  the  nave  is  not  pewed,  and  has  a  circular  arch  resting  on  an 
octagon  pillar.  In  it  is  also  the  font,  which  has  an  elegant  carved 
canopy.  The  nave  has  some  large  square  windows  on  the  south  side, 
filled  with  tracery,  probably  of  Early  Decorated  work. 

The  whole  is  of  one  uniform  Early  English  design.  The  extremities 
of  each  side  of  the  cross  very  handsome,  especially  the  west  front,  which 
has  the  gable  flanked  by  square  turrets  crowned  with  pyramids.  The 
doorway  is  large  and  handsome,  and  having  shafts  with  bell  capitals. 
The  arch  of  the  doorway  crowned  by  a  triangular  pediment.  Above  it 
is  a  tier  of  five  Early  English  arches,  some  of  them  pierced  for  windows  ; 
the  shafts  are  some  with  foliated  capitals,  some  with  bell  capitals.  In 
the  pediment  of  the  gable  are  three  niches  of  the  same  sort,  between  the 
stages  are  string  courses  of  toothed  ornament.  The  south  transept  has 
two  tiers  of  lancet  windows,  two  windows  in  each  stage,  and  a  circular 
one  in  the  gable.  The  string  course  is  continued  round  the  buttresses. 
The  north  transept  has  windows  arranged  as  in  the  south  transept ;  only 
that  they  are  without  shafts.  The  nave  has  a  clerestory,  exhibiting  a 
trace  of  Early  English  arches,  some  of  them  pierced  for  windows.  The 
whole  church,  save  the  tower,  has  a  plain  Early  English  parapet.  The 
nave  has  a  south  door  with  shafts  having  bell  capitals,  and  a  similar  one 
on  the  north  side.  The  tower  rises  from  the  centre,  and  has  on  each  side 
a  triple  belfry  window  of  C1'.1  design.  It  is  surmounted  by  a  battle- 
ment and  lofty  well-proportioned  spire  of  stone.  The  east  end  of  the 
chancel  is  flanked  by  square  turrets  and  has  two  tiers  of  lancet  windows 
without  shafts.  The  interior  is  tolerably  neatly  fitted  up,  though  the 
elegance  and  symmetry  of  the  building  is  cruelly  destroyed  by  the 
irregularity  of  the  galleries  which  entirely  surround  the  nave  and 
parapets.  The  windows  of  the  aisles  are  Cr.J  with  square  heads. 
The  nave  has  on  each  side  four  pointed  arches,  of  which  the  western  ones 
have  octagonal  and  circular  arches,  the  other  piers  are  of  clustered  shafts 
with  square  capitals.  The  transept  is  enriched  internally  as  well  as 
without  by  a  double  tier  of  Early  English  niches  of  elegant  appearance. 
They  have  shafts  with  varied  capitals  and  architrave  mouldings  filled 


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with  rich  toothed  ornament  (especially  those  in  the  lower  tiers)  and 
between  the  heads  of  the  niches  are  circles  filled  with  foliage  and  flowers 
of  very  rich  design. 

Between  the  south  aisle  and  transept  is  a  very  rich  and  deeply  moulded 
lancet  arch,  springing  from  clustered  shafts  with  capitals  foliated  and 
resembling  fleurs  de  lys.  The  great  arches  under  the  tower  are  fine  and 
deeply  moulded,  having  in  the  mouldings  some  ball  flowers.  The 
chancel  has  a  double  tier  of  Early  English  lancet  arches,  in  which  the 
shafts  are  alternately  with  bell  and  foliated  capitals.  Of  those  in  the 
lower  tier  one  has  some  of  the  toothed  moulding,  another  is  enriched 
with  the  chevron  and  lozenge  ornament.  On  the  north  side  of  the  altar 
is  a  tomb  with  a  contracted  Rectelinr.  arch  crowned  with  an  embattled 
parapet.  There  are  also  three  stone  walls  of  Rectilinr.  work  ascending 
eastward,  having  ogee  canopies  and  feathering.  Some  of  the  ancient 
wood  carved  stalls  remain.  The  font  stands  in  the  western  part  of  the 
nave,  which  is  left  open  and  free  from  pews,  forming  a  kind  of  porch  or 
vestibule.  The  font  is  a  plain  octagon  on  a  circular  shaft.  Its  canopy 
of  wooden  tabernacle  work  is  lofty  and  fine,  yet  with  some  mixture  of 
Italian  features.  There  is  also  a  mutilated  effigy  of  a  priest. 

'  From  the  fear  of  being  late  for  the  coach  we  were  prevented  from 
examining  this  highly  curious  and  interesting  church  as  narrowly  as 
could  be  wished. 

From  Darlington  we  proceeded  through  an  uninteresting  country  to 
Rushyford,  a  single  house  and  very  large  inn.  Soon  after  the  country 
improves — on  the  left  appears  Windlesham-  house,  seated  high  and 
among  woods  :  and  a  little  further  in  a  very  elevated  situation  is  seen 
the  tower  of  Merrington  Church,  which  forms  a  very  conspicuous 
object.  The  country  on  the  right  hand  is  finely  diversified  by  wood 
and  dale,  and  in  the  summer  time  must  be  extremely  beautiful. 

ST.    MARY    LE    BOW,    DURHAM, 

in  Baily  Street,  is  a  structure  of  no  great  extent  or  beauty  consisting 
of  only  a  nave  and  chancel  without  aisles.  The  West  front  w?s  rebuilt 
in  the  1  7th  century,  in  a  motley  style  of  architecture  partaking  botb 
of  the  Gothic  and  Italian  styles. 

The  windows  are  mostly  of  Perpendr.  character.  The  interior  is  very 
neatly  pewed.  There  is  a  wood  screen,  but  not  of  a  good  period, 
between  the  nave  and  chancel,  and  a  small  organ  at  the  West  End. 
There  is  a  low  tower  at  the  West  end. 

ST.    MARY    THE    LESS,    DURHAM, 

is  situate  beyond  the  College  and  is  a  very  small  structure  without  aisles 
consisting  only  of  a  body  and  chancel,  which  are  divided  by  a  semicircular 
arch.  The  Church  has  been  lately  modernized  and  the  windows  altered 
from  their  original  form  which  probably  was  with  semicircular  heads, 
as  one  remains  of  that  form  at  the  West  end.  The  Font  is  plain  and 
c.rcular.  The  Church  wears  a  very  neat  appearance,  especially  the 
chancel  which  is  fitted  up  with  some  elegance.  The  Altar  piece  is  of  ex- 
ceedingly elegant  Perpendr.  work  and  of  carved  oak.  The  Church  yard 
is  plante'd  with  trees.  The  parish  contains  not  more  than  ten  houses. 

This  church  has  been  modernized  further,  but  in  rather  better  style 
and  a  new  bell  cot  added. 

A  little  beyond  this  Church  is  the  beautiful  stone  bridge  erected  by 
the  Dean  &  Chapter  over  the  Weare.  It  leads  to  some  very  pleasant 
&  beautiful  walks  on  the  opposite  side,  which  are  beautifully  shaded  with 
trees  &  must  have  a  most  enchanting  appearance  in  the  summer  time. 
The  Cathedral  &  Castle  form  most  noble  objects  from  these  walks. 

'  In  the  course  of  the  evening  we  went  into  the  Assize  court  which  is 
small  &  incommodious,  &  there  was  no  trial  of  any  interest  going  on. 

The  next  day  we  returned,  by  the  same  way  as  we  had  come,  to  Escrick.' 
i  Curvilinear,  2  Win41eston, 


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PROCEEDINGS 


OF   THE 


SOCIETY    OF   ANTIQUARIES 


OF   NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. 


3  SER.,  VOL.  in.  1908.  NO.  29 


The  ordinary  monthly  meeting  of  the  Society  was  held  in  the  library 
of  the  Castle,  Newcastle,  on  Wednesday,  the  twenty-eighth  day  of 
October,  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  eight,  at  seven  o'clock  in  the 
evening,  Mr.  F.  W.  Dendy,  one  of  the  vice-presidents,  being  in  the 
chair. 

Several  ACCOUNTS,  recommended  by  the  council  for  payment,  were 
ordered  to  be  paid. 

The  following  ORDINARY  MEMBERS  were  proposed  and  declared  duly 
elected  : — 

i.  John  Locke  Lovibond,  West  Park,  Hexham. 
ii.  William  Wyatt,  88  Fern  Avenue,  Newcastle. 

The  following  NEW  BOOKS,  etc.,  were  placed  on  the  table  : — 

Presents,  for  which  thanks  were  voted  :  — 

From  the  Rev.  E.  J.  Taylor  of  West  Pelton  vicarage  : — Bedford's 

Symeonis  Monachis  Dunhelmensis ;    1732,  sm.  8vo,  cf. 
From  Mr.  Thomas  Pumphrey  : — A  small  scale  reproduction  of  a  map, 

drawn  by  himself,  of  the  Roman  Wall,  with  illustrations  copied 

from  Spence  and  Richardson,  to  frame  and  place  in  the  Blackgate  ; 

also  a  sheet  diagram  to  go  with  it. 
From  R.  Blair: — The  Antiquary  for  November,  1908. 

Exchanges  : — 

From  the  Cambridge  Antiquarian  Society  : — Proceedings  and  Com- 

munications,  no.  L,  8vo. 
From   the    Cambrian   Archaeological    Society : — Archaeologia    Cam" 

brensis,   vm,   4,   8vo. 
From    the    Royal    Archaeological    Institute  : — The    Archaeological 

Journal,  LXV,  no.  259. 
From  the  Royal  Numismatic  Society  : — The  Numismatic  Chronicle, 

no.    31. 
Purchases  .-—Archbishop   Wickwane's  Register  (114  Surt.  Soc.  publ.); 

The  Scottish  Historical  Review,  for  Oct.  1908  (vi,  i)  ;    The  Pedigree 

Register,  I,  6  ;    Notes  and  Queries,  nos.   249-252  ;    The  Reliquary, 

xi,  4  ;   and  The  Oxford  English  Dictionary,  Mon — Myz. 

[Proc.  SSer.  HI,  47 1 


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EXHIBITED  : — 

By  Mr.  J.  C.  Brigham  of  39  Woodland  Terrace,  Darlington 
Dr.  Hodgkin,  V.P.): — A  small  bronze  figure  of  a  sphinx,  un- 
doubtedly of  Roman  workmanship,  found  about  a  century  ago  at 
Renishaw,  some  6  miles  north  of  Chesterfield.  It  has  been  the  foot 
of  a  box  or  something  of  the  kind.  The  following  is  a  memorandum 
giving  particulars  of  the  find  :— 

4  This  Sphinx  was  found  by  the  workmen  in  an  Iron-stone  pit  (10  yards 
at  least  below  the  surface  of  ye  ground),  betwixt  Renishaw  foundry  and  Park 
Hill  about  ye  year  1803.  Mr.  Appleby,  who  presented  it  to  me,  May  30, 1804, 


have  been  worked  in  old  times,  which  may  account  for  this  curiosity  been 
found  at  such  a  depth  underground.    W.  Younge.' 

By  Mr.  Richard  Welford  : — An  old  silver  snuff  box,  presented  to  him 
by  Mr.  G.  Van  der  Pot  of  Rotterdam.  It  is  apparently  of  Dutch 
manufacture,  oval  in  shape,  measuring  3fin.  in  length  by  3jfin.  in 
width,  with  a  depth  of  l^in.  On  the  lid,  in  bold  relief,  are  a  Dutch- 
man in  antique  costume  smoking  a  long  pipe,  while  a  serving  man 
hands  him  his  liquor.  The  method  of  opening  is  a  mild  sort  of 
puzzle.  It  is  effected  by  pressing  the  portly  figure  of  the  smoker  to 
the  right ;  the  opposite  movement  restoring  the  closure.  Upon 
the  bevelled  sides  of  the  box  are  stamped  views  of  shipping  and 
windmills ;  upon  the  ends  are  various  floral  emblems.  Plate 
marks,  a  lion  passant  to  right  and  '  R.  133.'  Weight  5  oz. 

CHAPEL   ON    SPINDLESTON    HEUGH. 

The  secretary  (Mr.  Blair)  then  read  letters  from  Dr.  Hodgkin  and 
Mr.  J.  Burdon  Sanderson  relating  to  the  discovery  at  Spindleston  of 
what  appears  to  have  been  the  site  of  the  chapel  mentioned  in  foot 
notes  to  the  new  History  of  Northumberland : — 

Mr.  Hodgkin  thus  wrote  : — I  was  taken  yesterday  (16  Oct.)  by  Mr. 
J.  Burdon  Sanderson  to  a  place  near  Spindleston  Crag  (just  above  the 
whinstone  quarry)  where  there  seems  to  be  the  clear  indication  of  the 
site  of  the  church  (of  St.  Eligius)  which  is  vaguely  mentioned  by  Bateson 
in  our  Bamburgh  volume  as  having  once  existed  somewhere  in  that 
neighbourhood.  They  have  also  found  traces  of  human  interment 
near  the  church.  The  land  belongs  to  Mr.  Alex.  Brown,  but  I  think 
Mr.  Sanderson,  who  is  much  interested  in  the  discovery,  will  get  leave 
to  do  a  little  excavation  on  his  own  account.  .  f :  "  £  ~\ 

Mr.  Burdon  Sanderson  said  : — Dr.  Hodgkin  has  been  kind  enough  to 
forward  your  card  to  me  in  reference  to  the  supposed  discovery  of  the 
St.  Eligius  chapel  on  Spindleston  heugh — and  he  also  very  kindly  came 
over  and  had  a  look  at  it.  The  facts  of  the  case  are  simply  these.  A 
friend  of  mine,  when  here  in  August,  was  looking  up  some  facts  about 
the  old  camp  on  Spindleston  Hill,  and  came  on  the  foot-note  as  to  the 
supposed  chapel  to  St.  Eligius.  I  had  never  noticed  this  foot-note 
myself,  but  as  soon  as  he  drew  my  attention  to  it,  I  remembered  having 
often  noticed  some  remains  of  a  ruin,  which  I  had  taken  to  have  been 
perhaps  a  cottage  or  a  place  used  by  the  quarrymen  to  sharpen  their 
tools  (as  I  believe  the  quarry  goes  back  for  a  long  time).  On  our  going  to 
look  at  this  old  ruin,  which  merely  consists  of  what  have  been  walls,  now 
much  grown  up  with  grass,  etc.,  we  found  that  it  was  certainly  not  a 

cottage — the  shape  seems  to  be  roughly  like  this  : —         

It    lies   due    east    and    west — the    square   end  West   C  \  East 

being   the  east — where   presumably  the   altar 

would  be — probably  the  entrance  was  from  the  west.  The  length  is 
about  twenty-seven  feet,  and  the  breadth  about  sixteen  feet.  Since 
then  I  have  found  out  from  the  quarrymen  that  about  a  year  ago, 


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when  breaking  up  new  ground,  they  came  on  a  grave  very  near 
the  site  of  the  chapel,  about  7  feet  long,  lying  nearly  north  and 
south,  with  the  remains  of  a  skeleton  laid  on  the  rock,  2  feet  or  so  below 
the  surface — as  there  is  no  more  depth  of  soil  (and  this  possibly  might 
account  for  the  grave  being  not  east  and  west,  as  there  would  be  great 
difficulty  in  making  it  at  all).  What  remained  of  the  bones  were,  I 
am  sorry  to  say,  shovelled  away  with  the  soil,  but  the  site  can  still  be 
seen  where  the  head  of  the  grave  was.  I  only  heard  of  this  a  short 
time  ago,  so  was  too  late  to  look  into  the  matter.  The  chapel  is  referred 
to  in  vol.  i  of  the  new  History  of  Northumberland,  at  pages  175  and  193, 
both  foot  notes,  and  seems  to  have  been  in  use  to  about  J590  and  pro- 
bably back  to  1293,  when  the  hospital  of  St.  John  of  Jerusalem  existed. 
I  think  that  Dr.  Hodgkin  was  pretty  sure  that  the  ruin  is  what  we  take 
it  for,  and  if  any  member  would  care  to  come  and  see  it  I  shall  be  very 
pleased  to  point  out  everything  I  can  to  him.  I  do  not  own  the  land, 
but  am  tenant  of  it  under  Mr.  Browne  of  Callaly,  but  I  mean  later  on 
to  have  some  of  the  ruin  opened  out  carefully,  though  I  cannot  under- 
take to  do  it  just  at  once. 

Mr.  Hodgkin  and  Mr.  Burdon  Sanderson  were  thanked  for  their 
communications. 

THE   LATE    HORATIO    ALFRED    ADAMSON,    V.P. 

Mr.  Blair,  in  the  unavoidable  absence  of  the  writer,  read  an  obituary 
notice  of  Mr.  Adamson  by  Mr.  Richard  Welford,  one  of  the  vice- 
presidents. 

For  this,  on  the  motion  of  the  chairman,  he  was  heartily  thanked. 

The  chairman  also  moved  that  the  condolence  of  members  be  sent 
to  Mrs.  Adamson,  the  widow,  and  the  family  of  the  late  Mr.  Adamson, 
on  the  irreparable  loss  sustained  by  them.  This,  on  being  seconded 
by  the  Rev.  C.  E.  Adamson,  was  carried  in  silence,  by  a  show  of  hands. 

The  obituary  notice  will  be  printed  in  Archaeologia  Aeliana,  3  ser.,  v, 
now  in  the  press. 

SIR    WILLIAM    BLACKETT. 

Dr.  Bradshaw  read  the  following  notes  on  the  document  under  the 
Great  Seal,  exhibited  at  the  August  meeting  of  the  society  (p.  277). 

The  document  is  a  royal  writ  of  James  II,  dated  Nov.  6,  1688, 
announcing  to  the  archbishops,  etc.,  the  appointment  of  Sir  William 
Blackett  to  be  lord  lieutenant  of  Northumberland.  It  runs : — 

Jacobus  Secundus  Dei  gratia  Angliae  Scotiae  Franciae  et  Hiberniae  Eex,  Fidei 
Defensor,  i  archiepiscopis  episcppis  ducibus  comitibus  baronibus  militibus 
liberis  hominibus  et  omnibus  aliis  de  comitatu  Northumbriae  |  salutem.  Quare 
commisimus  dilecto  nostro  Willelmo  Blackett,  baronetto  comitatum  nostrum 
predictuni  cum  pertinenciis  suis  |  custodiendum  quamdiu  nobis  placuerit  prout 
in  nostris  literis  patentibus  ei  inde  confectis  plenius  continetur  |  vobis  manda- 
mus quod  eidem  Willelmo  Blackett  baronetto  tanquam  vicario  nostro  comitatus 
predict!  in  omnibus  quae  ad  officium  |  illud  pertinent  intendentes  sitis  et 
respondentes  et  auxiliantes.  In  cujus  rei  testimonium  has  literas  nostras  fieri 
fecimus  patentes.  Teste  meipso  apud  Westm.  sexto  die  Novembris,  anno  regni 
nostri  quarto. 

The  writ  consists  of  a  strip  of  parchment  14f  by  8£  inches,  and 
contains  seven  lines  of  writing,  which  is  good  where  legible.  About  5£ 
inches  down  the  right  hand  shorter  side  the  parchment  is  slit  for  about 
half  its  length  to  form  a  tag  upon  the  end  of  which  a  waxen  impression 
of  the  Great  Seal  was  originally  fixed.  Now  rather  more  than  one-third 
of  the  seal  remains.  It  is  of  reddish  brown  wax.  The  obverse  contains 
a  much  rubbed  head  of  the  king  on  his  throne,  and  above  him  two 
angels  in  flowing  robes  hold  the  royal  arms  surmounted  by  a  crown,  all 
somewhat  rubbed.  The  visible  part  of  the  legend  is  two  illegible  letters 


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probably  vs  (the  ending  of  Secundus)  D  GRA  MAG  BRI  ERA  ET  HIBER.  On 
the  reverse  is  a  spirited  figure  of  James  on  horseback,  but  unfortunately 
the  king's  figure  stops  short  fi  om  the  waist  downwards,  while  only  the 
head  and  neck  of  the  horse  are  visible,  and  a  portion  of  the  legend, 
namely,  the  beginning  IACOBVS  SECVNDVS  DEI,  and  the  ending  [F]IDEI 
DEFENSOR.  The  interest  of  the  document  lies  in  the  fact  that  it  calls  up  a 
picture  of  life  under  the  old  corporation,  and  incidentally  illustrates  the 
wider  national  history.  Sir  William  Blackett,  to  whom  this  writ  refers,  is 
one  of  the  best  known  characters  of  Newcastle's  history.  Our  honoured 
vice-president,  Mr.  Welford,  has  very  ably  sketched  the  life  of  this,  and 
many  another  local  worthy,  in  his  well-known  book  Men  of  Mark,  and  it 
would  be  presumptuous  of  me  to  think  that  I  could  add  anything  to  his 
record.  By  his  sketch  I  was  directed  to  one  of  the  Richardson  reprints, 
*  The  Eve  of  the  Revolution  in  Newcastle,'  which  gives  a  striking  picture 
of  Sir  William  Blackett's  importance  as  a  popular  leader  in  Newcastle. 

The  charter  of  Newcastle,  in  common  with  that  of  other  towns,  had 
been  surrendered  to  Charles  n  early  in  1 684,  and  was  only  given  back 
when  a  drastic  remodelling  allowed  the  king  to  appoint  or  confirm  the 
mayor,  recorder,  sheriff,  and  town  clerk.  On  13  Feb.  1685,  the  charter 
thus  altered,  reached  Newcastle.  Charles  n  had  died  6  Feb.  1685,  and 
his  brother,  James  n,  found  that  even  the  new  corporations  were  too 
independent  for  his  purpose.  On  15  Dec.  1686,  he  ordered  the  election 
of  a  fresh  corporation  for  Newcastle,  which  took  place  on  5  Jan.  1686. 
What  happened  now  is  very  obscure,  but  it  is  said  on  the  authority  of 
Ambrose  Barnes  that  the  old  corporation  was  composed  very  largely 
of  Papists  and  Nonconformists,  and  the  out-going  mayor,  Sir  Henry 
Brabant,  was  an  enthusiastic  Royalist.  Apparently  he  attempted  to 
pack  the  new  council  with  like-minded  men.  Under  the  remodelled 
charter  the  mayor  nominated  the  sheriff  and  the  common  council, 
though  his  nomination  was  supposed  to  be  confirmed  by  certain  electors 
chosen  out  of  the  freemen.  In  this  way  it  would  be  possible  to  ensure 
a  succession  of  friendly  mayors  and  corporations,  as  the  corporation 
elected  the  mayor,  and  he  in  turn  appointed  the  common  councillors. 
However  there  were  many  strong  whigs  among  the  aldermen,  and  one 
of  them,  either  Blackett  or  a  friend  of  his,  calmly  challenged  the  mayor's 
nominations  and  proposed  a  fresh  set  of  names  from  their  own  party, 
among  them  being  an  unknown  regicide.  Brabant,  understanding 
Blackett's  move,  adjourned  the  election  until  he  had  consulted  the 
king.  Of  course,  James  supported  Brabant,  and  the  new  common 
council  was  sworn  in.  Blackett  contented  himself  with  saying  quite 
justly  that  it  was  all  an  idle  form,  as  the  king  had  taken  all  real  power 
from  them,  and  then  left  the  room.  The  mayor  in  alarm  called  a  meet- 
ing of  the  freemen,  but  the  aldermen  took  Blackett's  side,  and  pretend- 
ing that  it  was  proposed  to  surrender  the  charter,  refused  to  be  present 
at  the  guild.  The  guild  meeting  fell  flat,  however,  and  not  only  could 
Blackett's  party  control  the  corporation,  but  Blackett  even  persuaded 
James  to  hand  over  the  control  of  the  city  to  him  by  a  piece  of  rather 
sharp  practice.  A  lucky  and  apparently  unintentional  vote  in  the  House 
of  Commons  won  him  favour  with  the  king,  who  was  told  that  as  the 
common  council  of  Newcastle  consisted  of  24,  it  would  be  a  wise  thing 
to  heal  the  trouble  by  allowing  Blackett's  party  to  appoint  14  in  lieu 
of  14  of  Brabant's  party.  As  a  matter  of  fact  there  were  24  councillors 
and  10  aldermen,  together  with  the  mayor  and  the  sheriff,  and  Blackett 
so  arranged  things  that  he  secured  a  safe  majority  for  his  party.  Once 
more  the  mayor  appealed  to  James,  and  pointed  out  that  Blackett's 
party  had  been  disloyal  enough^to  oppose  a  scheme  for  an  equestrian 
statue  of  James  ii.  However,  James  was  curiously  blind  to  Blackett's 


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real  opinions,  and  allowed  him  to  secure  the  election  of  whig  mayors  both 
in  1686  and51687.  In  the  latter  year  James  becamej'alarmed  and  dis- 
placed Squire,  the  new  mayor,  by  Sir  William  Creagh,  a  Roman  Catholic, 
and  attempted  to  pack  the  Corporation  with  Romanists.  A  fulsome 
address  to  the  king,  proposed  by  Creagh,  was  rejected,  probably  under 
Blackett's  direction,  on  16  Jan.  1688,  and  next  month  James  prevailed 
upon  Creagh  to  surrender  the  charter  once  more.  On  24  July,  1688, 
James  granted  a  fresh  charter,  but  ominous  news  was  arriving  from 
Holland.  On  17  Oct.  James  withdrew  the  new  charter  and  restored 
the  old  great  charter  of  Elizabeth,  which  set  the  corporation  free  and 
gave  all  power  into  the  hands  of  Blackett's  party.  Panic-stricken  James 
was  attempting  to  buy  friends  everywhere  by  wholesale  concessions. 
Now  it  was  he  turned  to  Blackett,  probably  knowing  his  true  opinions, 
but  believing  him  not  impossible  to  be  won  back.  On  6  Nov.  1688,  the 
writ  I  have  just  read  was  sent  to  Northumberland  announcing  Blackett's 
appointment  as  lord  lieutenant,  and  two  days  later  the  appointment 
was  gazetted  in  the  usual  form.  James  gained  nothing,  for  Blackett 
made  no  attempt  to  prevent  Newcastle  receiving  Lord  Lumley  and  de- 
claring for  William  in  early  in  November.  Not  then,  but  some  months 
later,  on  1 1  May,  1 689,  and  not  by  a  mob,  but  by  the  exhortations  of 
Williamite  officers,  was  the  bronze  statue  of  the  king  torn  from  its 
white  marble  base  and  broken  up.  The  bells  of  All  Saints  and  St. 
Andrew's  long  afterwards  celebrated  the  downfall  of  the  man  in  whose 
honour  their  metal  had  first  been  cast. 

Thanks  were  voted  to  Mr.  Bradshaw  by  acclamation. 

THE    BARBICAN,    ALNWICK    CASTLE. 

Mr.  W.  H.  Knowles,  F.S.A.,  then  read  a  long  and  valuable  paper  on 
this  interesting  feature  attached  to  the  great  Percy  castle  of  Am  wick, 
including  an  account  of  the  discoveries  made  in  recent  years  there. 
The  paper  was  illustrated  with  a  fine  series  of  photographs,  taken 
specially  by  Mr.  Worsnop,  and  also  with  plans  and  sections  by  the 
writer. 

On  the  motion  of  Mr.  Oswald,  thanks  were  voted  to  Mr.  Knowles  by 
acclamation. 

The  paper  will  probably  be  printed  in  extenso  in  Archaeologia  Aeliana. 


MISCELLANEA. 

FRICTION  MATCHES. 

The  secretary  (Mr.  Blair)  when  at  the  Franco-British  exhibition 
lately,  noticed  in  the  Catalogue  of  the  Science  Section,  page  63,  the 
following  entry  : — 

'Exhibitors:— Dr.  William  A.  Bone,  F.R.S.,  and  Mr.  Joseph 
Parrott,  F.R.M.S.  Specimens  of  half-a-dozen  of  the  oldest  lucifer 
matches  in  existence,  made  by  John  Walker,  Pharmaceutical  Chemist, 
of  Stockton-on-Tees,  who  was  the  first  inventor.  These  matches 
were  made  within  a  few  months  of  the  original  invention  in  1827. 
They  were  bought  of  the  inventor  by  the  late  Thomas  Wright,  who 
was  (in  1827)  organist  at  the  parish  church,  Stockton.  The  first 
recorded  sales  of  'Friction!  Lights  '  (as  they  were  called  by  the 
inventor)  are  thus  entered  in  the  inventor's  '  Day  Book  '  : 

Die  Saturni,  Apr.  7th,  1827.  |  No.  30,  Mr.  Hixon  |  Sulphurata  Hyperoxygenata 

Frict.  100,  Is.  2d.  \  Tin  case  2d. 
And  the  second  recorded  sale  is  : — 
Die  Vener.,  Sept.  1th,  1827,  Mr.  Fenwick  |  Friction  Lights  84,  lOd.  \  Tin,  2d., 

,  ,  .  .  ls,2d. 


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It  is  of  interest  to  note  that  Friction  Matches  were  independently 
invented  by  Sauria,  a  Frenchman,  in  1829,  to  whom  a  monument 
has  been  erected  in  Paris.  John  Walker's  claim  to  the  original 
invention  was  testified  to  by  Professor  Faraday,  who  visited  him, 
and  is  admitted  in  the  Ency.  Britan. 

The  '  Day  Book  '  open  at  the  place  of  the  first  sale,  is  exhibited.' 

To  the  Frenchman  who  invented  similar  matches  in  1829,  two  years 
after  Walker,  a  monument  has  been  erected  in  Paris  :  and  yet  to  perpetu- 
ate the  memory  of  the  original  inventor,  John  Walker,  an  Englishman, 
nothing  has  been  done.  Had  he  been  a  great  general  or  invented  some 
new  gun  or  other  mode  of  taking  life,  long  ere  this  would  he  have  been 
commemorated  all  over  the  kingdom.  This  rage  for  memorials  reached 
its  climax  after  the  Boer  War,  when  every  little  town  or  village  set 
up  a  momiment  of  some  sort  or  other  to  those  who  died  during  the 
war,  and  not  only  this,  but  in  one  case  at  least  in  our  neighbourhood, 
where  no  death  occurred,  a  tablet  has  been  placed  on  the  wall  of  the 
village  church  to  commemorate  those  who  returned  !  Is  it  too  late  now 
to  erect  a  monument  to  the  man  who  caused  such  a  revolution  in  the 
manner  of  obtaining  a  light  when  one  considers  the  trouble  occasioned 
by  the  use  of  the  flint- and-steel  in  pre-friction-match  days  ?  There  is 
a  paper  on  the  discovery  in  Archaeologia  Aeliana,  2  ser.,  vn,  217, 
together  with  a  memoir  of  Mr.  Walker,  who  died  in  1857. 

DUBHAM    BISHOPRIC. 

The  following  extracts  are  from  the  Acts  of  the  Privy  Council,  N.S., 
xii: — 

1589,  July  28,  Oatelandes. — A  letter  to  the  Deane  and  Chapter  of 
Durham  that  where  they  are  enf  ormed  by  George  Frevell  that  he  having 
bought  two  leases  of  land  belonginge  to  that  Churche  of  Durham  is 
now  troubled  in  the  possession  thereof  by  two  Prebendaryes,  Mr. 
Nanton  and  Mr.  Swifte,  alledging  that  they  aro  the  particular  corpses 
(sic)  belonging  to  their  Prebendes  which  by  the  Statutes  of  thatt 
Howse  cannot  be  leased,  and  to  avoyde  further  unquietnes  he  offereth 
to  surrender  those  leases  into  their  handes  so  as  some  other  good  con- 
sideracion  may  be  had  towardes  hym,  their  Lordships  comending  his 
good  mynd  do  recommend  him  and  his  motion  to  their  considerations, 
praying  them  (if  surrender  be  made)  to  recompence  him  of  other  thinges 
belonging  to  that  Howse  to  his  contentment,  wherebie  thei  shall  deserve 
many  thanckes  at  their  Lordships'  handes  and  do  the  gentleman  an 
acceptable  pleasure,  &c. — p.  125. 

1580,  Oct.  23,  Richmond. — A  letter  to  the  Lord  President  at  Yorke 
desiring  his  Lordship  not  to  receave  anie  causes  into  that  Courte  betwene 
Mrs.  Whittingham  and  Mr.  Secretary  Wilson,  Deane  of  Durham,  and 
his  tenantes,  but  to  dismisse  them  to  be  tryed  either  here  at  the  Common 
Lawe  or  in  the  Courte  of  Chauncerie,  or  els  in  the  said  Countie  Palatine 
of  Duresome,  where  there  is  both  course  of  Common  Lawe  and  Chaun- 
cerie, according  to  the  minute  in  the  Counsell  Chest. 

A  letter  to  the  Dean  and  Chapter  at  Durham  in  the  behalf  of  George 
Frevell,  eyther  to  yielde  unto  him  some  recompence  in  consideracion 
of  a  surrender  of  two  leases  made  by  them  which  he  offereth  to  make, 
or  els  Mr.  Nanton  and  Mr.  Swifte,  two  of  the  Prebendaries,  to  make 
their  personall  apparance  here  by  the  xxth  of  the  next  monethe,  both 
to  answer  the  matter  and  with  sufficient  authoritie  to  stande  to  suche 
order  as  their  Lordships  shall  take  therin  &c.,  according  to  the  minute. 
—p.  237. 

1581,  Jan.  17. — A  letter  to  the  Erie  of  Huntingdon,  Lord  President, 
&c.,  signifying  unto  his  Lordship  that  [it]  is  thought  expedient  that  the 


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Lord  Evers,  in  respecte  of  his  good  affection  towardes  Religion  and  her 
Majesties  service,  should  repaire  to  Newcastell,  there  to  joyne  with  his 
Lordship,  the  Lord  Wardens  and  Bishop  of  Durham,  for  their  better 
assistance  in  such  services  as  by  reason  of  the  troubles  in  Scotlande 
maye  fall  out,  desiring  his  Lordship  so  as  to  accept  of  him,  &c. — p.  314. 

The  following  extract  is  from  the  Calendar  of  Papal  Registers,  Papal 
Letters,  vi,  p.  389  :— 

1412,  7  id.  [26thJ  Dec.,  St.  Peter's,  Rome  (f.  30).— Confirmation,  at  the 
recent  petition  of  the  prior  and  chapter  of  Durham,  of  the  letters  of 
dimission  granted   to   them   by  Richard  Pyttes  (also  written  Pettis), 
canon  of  York,  acting  as  commissary  of  archbishop  Henry,     Exem- 
plification is  given  of  the  public  instrument — In  dei  nomine  amen  Cum 
nuper  venerabilis,  of  the  above  commissary,  drawn  up  and  dated  as 
below,  setting  forth  that  archbishop  Henry  has  learned  in  the  course  of  a 
visitation  of  his  diocese  and  of  the  archdeaconries  of  York,  Estrydyng 
and  Clyveland,  and  of  the  churches,  etc.,  of  Aluerton  and  Aluertonshire, 
Houeden  and  Houedenshire,  that  the  prior  and  convent  and  chapter  of 
Durham,  have  held  to  their  uses  and  to  the  uses  of  the  church  of  Durham, 
without  canonical  title,  the  parish  churches  of  Northaluerton,  Estryng- 
ton,    Bossall,    Fisschelake,    Rodyngton    and    Gygleswyk,    and    yearly 
pensions  from  the  churches  of  Hemyngburch,  Brantingham,  Welton, 
Walkyngton,   Skypwyth,  Holtby,  Aluerton,   Siggeston,  Rungton  and 
Narmanton,  in  the  diocese  of  York,  have  converted  for  some  time  and 
still  convert  to  their  own  uses  and  to  the  uses  of  their  college  at  Oxford 
the  fruits,  etc.,  and  tithes  of  certain  of  the  said  churches,  and  have 
usurped  all  spiritual  jurisdiction  and  visitation  in  the  said  churches,  etc., 
]in[  the  vicarage  and  chapels,  etc.,  as  specified  below,  in  Houeden  and 
Houedenshire,  Aluerton,  and  Aluertonshire,  and  that  he  has  summoned 
prior  John  and  the  convent  and  chapter  of  Durham  to  appear  on  a 
certain  day  before  him  or  his  commissary  in  his  chancery  in  his  castle  of 
Cawode.     On  the  said  day,  namely  28  July,   1410,  Richard  Pyttes, 
canon  of  York,  chancellor  of  the  archbishop,  specially  appointed  by  him 
commissary  in  the  present  cause,  sitting  as  a  tribunal  in  the  archbishop's 
chancery  in  the  said  castle,  received  the  letters  of  commission  of  the 
archbishop,    Quia   nuper    nos   addressed   to    Master   Richard   Pyttes, 
canon  of  York,  the  archbishop's  chancellor,  and  dated  in  the  arch- 
bishop's castle  of  Cawood,  26  July,  1410,  the  third  year  of  his  transla- 
tion, setting  forth  that  in  course  of  visitation,  in  the  years  1409  and 
1410,  of  his  diocese  and  of  the  archdeaconries  of  York,  Estrydyng,  and 
Clyveland,   and  the   churches,   etc.,   of   Houeden  and  Houedenshire, 
Aluerton  and  Aluertonshire,  he  has  learned  that  the  prior  and  convent 
and  chapter  of  Durham  have  held,  as  above,  the  parish  churches  of 
Northaluerton,     Estryngton,     Gygleswyk,     Bossall,     Fisschelake    and 
Rodyngton,  and  yearly  pensions  from  the  following  churches,  namely, 
from  the  church  of  Hemyngburgh  5  marks,  from  that  of  Brant ymgham 
10  marks,  from  that  of  Welton  3  marks,  from  that  of  Walkyngton  100s., 
from  that  of  Skypwyth  1  mark,  from  that  of  Holtby  25s.,  from  the 
vicarage  of  Aluceton  (sic)  20£.,  from  the  church  of  Siggeston  10  marks, 
from  that  of  Rungton  40s.,   and  from  that  of  Narmanton   (written 
Normanton  'in  the  commissary's  article  below)  1  mark  ;   and  that  he  has 
summoned  the  said  prior  and  convent  and  chapter  to  appear  before 
him  or  his  commissary,  for  which  purpose,  being  unable  to  be  present 
himself,  he  appoints  as  his  commissary  the  said  Master  Richard.  Before 
the  commissary  appeared  as  proctor  of  the  said  prior  and  convent  and 
chapter  of  Durham,  and  of  the  said  college  at  Oxford,  Master  John 
Stanton,  clerk,  of  York,  bearing  his  proxy,  here  exemplified,  dated  in 


532 

the  chapter-house  of  Durham,  4  June,  1409,  'appointing  as  proctors, 
with  power  to  act  conjointly  or  separately,  Masters  John  Suthewell, 
Thomas  Grenewood,  B.C.L.,  and  John  Stanton,  proctor  of  the  court  of 
York  (curie  Eboracensis  procurator  em),  to  prove  their  right,  namely  of 
the  prior  and  convent  of  Durham,  to  the  churches  of  Narthaluerton, 
Estryngton  and  Gigleswyk,  as  appropriated  to  their  church  of  Durham, 
and  to  the  churches  of  Bossal,  Fisselake  and  Rodyngton,  as  appro- 
priated to  their  college  at  Oxford,  and  to  their  portions,  tithes  and 
pensions  and  jurisdictions  of  Houeden  and  Houedenshire,  Aluerton  and 
Aluertonshire,  belonging  to  the  church  of  Durham.  Upon  the  said 
commissary  presenting  to  the  said  Master  John  Stanton  an  article  in 
writing,  here  exemplified,  contesting  the  right  of  the  prior  and  convent 
and  college  to  the  above  churches,  pensions,  jurisdictions,  etc.,  a  copy 
of  which  article  was  requested  by  the  said  John  and  read  by  him,  a 
term  was  given  to  him  at  which  to  reply,  At  the  said  term  the  said 
John  presented  to  the  said  commissary  a  certain  proposition  or  petition 
in  writing,  of  which  exemplification  is  given,  against  the  said  article, 
wherein  '  John  de  Stanton,  clerk,  of  York,'  sets  forth  that  the  said  prior 
and  convent  and  chapter  have  held  the  above  churches,  except  those  of 
Bossall,  Fisselake  and  Rodyngton,  and  their  chapels,  and  the  above 
portions,  tithes,  and  pensions,  as  appropriated  to  them,  for  10,  20,  30, 
40,  50,  and  60  years  and  more,  and  from  time  immemorial,  and  the  said 
three  churches  for  many  years,  as  appropriated  to  their  college,  founded 
at  Oxford  for  sixteen  students  in  theology  and  arts,  under  letters  of 
Urban  vi  [see  Cal.  Lett.  v.  pp.  21  and  600 J  and  other  letters  ;  and  that 
they  have  held  and  exercised  ecclesiastical  jurisdiction  and  visitation 
in  the  churches  of  Houeden  (and  Houedenshire  deleted),  Estryngton, 
Brantyngham,  Hemyngburgh,  Welton,  Walkyngton,  Holtby,  North- 
aluerton,  Siggeston,  and  Rungton,  etc.,  as  is  expressed  in  a  certain 
composition,  In  dei  nomine  amen.  Hec  indentura  protestatur,  of  which 
the  above  proctor  inserts  a  copy,  and  which  is  here  partially  exemplified, 
made  between  the  late  William,  sometime  archbishop,  and  the  prior 
and  convent  with  respect  to  jurisdiction  and  its  exercise  in  Houeden 
and  Houedenshire,  Aluerton  and  Aluertonshire ;  and  demanded 
judgment  in  favour  of  the  prior  and  convent  and  college  and  letters 
dimissory  which  judgment  the  said  chancellor  gave  by  a  definitive 
sentence  which  he  has  caused  to  be  drawn  up  in  the  form  of  the  present 
public  instrument,  and  to  be  subscribed,  published  and  sealed  by  Master 
John  Welton,  clerk,  notary  public,  the  said  commissary's  scribe  for  the 
occasion,  and  to  be  sealed  with  archbishop  Henry's  seal,  which  sentence 
was  read,  delivered  and  promulgated  at  Cawood,  26  September,  1410, 
indiction  4  (sic)  the  first  year  of  John  xxni,  in  the  presence  of,  as  wit- 
nesses, Masters  John  Wodham,  B.C.L.,  John  Gilby,  B.C.L.,  John 
Belvas,  'I  homas  de  Rihale,  and  Richard  Stanton,  clerks,  notaries  public, 
of  the  dioceses  of  York  and  Lincoln,  and  was  attested,  published,  sealed, 
and  subscribed  by  the  above  John  Welton,  clerk,  of  the  diocese  of  York, 
notary  public  and  scribe  as  above,  on  the  above  date.  Ad  jut.  rei  mem. 
Apostolice  servitutis  officium  (De  mandato.)  [13  pp-]1 
i  51  3  John  xxin,  p.  389,  Letters  v. 


CORRECTIONS  : 

P.  235.    The  name  of  the  family  is  'Baillie'  and  not  'Bailie '  as  printed. 

P.  277,  line  20.    The  papers,  &c.,  were  presented  to  the  society  by  Lieut. -Col.  Carr- 

Ellison,  D.A. A.G.,  not  as  stated. 
P.  278,  last  line  but  one.    The  large  iron  axe  was  found  on  Plainfield  moor,  and  not 

as  stated,  and  was  exhibited  by  Mr.  Johnson  of  Wallsend. 
P.  295.  Iine9  from  bottom,  for  'Swalfeld'  read  'Swafeld';  bottom  line,  for  4Wm.' 

read  'Walter.' 


333 


PROCEEDINGS 

OF   THE 


SOCIETY    OF    ANTIQUARIES 


OF    NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. 


3  SEB.,  VOL.  ni.  1908.  NO.  30 


The  ordinary  monthly  meeting  of  the  society  was  held  in  the  library 
of  the  castle,  Newcastle,  on  Wednesday,  the  twenty-fifth  day  of 
November,  1908,  at  seven  o'clock  in  the  evening,  Mr.  F.  W.  Dendy, 
one  of  the  vice-presidents,  being  in  the  chair. 

Several  ACCOUNTS,  recommended  by  the  council  for  payment,  were 
ordered  to  be  paid. 

The  following  ORDINARY  MEMBERS  were  proposed  and  declared  duly 
elected: — 

i.  W.  Cochran  Carr,  Condercum  House,  Benwell,  Newcastle, 
ii.  Win.  Fred  Horsley,  2  St.  Helen's  Terrace,  Low  Fell,  Gateshead. 
iii.  Hugh  McAllum,  Riding  Mill, 
iv.  Stanley  Rowell,  Osborne  Terrace,  Newcastle, 
v.  James  A.  Sisson,  Fenham  Terrace,  Newcastle. 

The  following  NEW  BOOKS,  etc.,  were  placed  on  the  table  : — 
Presents,  for  which  thanks  were  voted  : — 

From  Mr.  F.  W.  Dendy  : — A  copy  of  the  Morning  Post,  of  11  April, 
1838,  giving  the  insignia  worn  by  the  peers  at  the  coronation  of 
queen  Victoria. 

From  Mr.  E.  Wooler  : — England's  Vast  Industries,  containing  an 
article  by  himself  on  Darlington. 

From  R.  Blair: — The  Antiquary  for  December,  1908.  [Tn  the 
Rivista  d*  Italia  for  October,  Signer  U.  Gnoli  gives  an  interesting 
review  of  the  important  work  on  architecture  recently  published  by 
Signer  G.  T.  Rivoira,  Le  origine  delV  architettura  lombarda,  e  delle  sue 
principale  derivazione  nei  paesi  d'oltr'alpe  (Rome,  Loescher  ;  vol.  I, 
1901 ;  vol.  n,  1907).  In  this  Antiquary  (p.  471)  is  a  summary  of  the 
review — '  Signer  Rivoira  devotes  the  first  portion  of  his  book  to 
careful  studies  of  the  earliest  examples  of  buildings  in  Ravenna 
and  other  towns  with  remains  of  Lombardic  architecture,  minutely 
recording  their  development  from  the  massive  simplicity  of  the 
Roman,  and  the  traces  showing  the  influences  of  the  Byzantine, 
workers  on  ornament,  sculpture  and  construction.  The  more 
recently  published  vol.  n  follows  the  development  of  Lombardic 
influence  on  buildings  beyond  the  Alp? — in  Southern  France,  in  Spain, 
in  the  Holy  Roman  Empire — and  notes  the  various  forms  which 
sprang  from  a  common  source,  as  he  considers.  Of  special  interest 
to  English  readers  are  the  chapters  on  the  Lombardic-Norman 

[Proc.  SSer.  in,  48] 


334 


architecture  in  Northern  France  (chap,  ii),  attributed  to  Lanfranc 
of  Pavia,  and  that  on  the  architecture  of  Great  Britain,  from  the 
days  of  Constantino,  through  the  Saxon  and  Norman  periods,  and 
the  development  of  style  which  led  to  the  glories  of  Westminster, 
Canterbury,  Hereford,  Tewkesbury  and  Gloucester  (chap.  iii).  In 
the  same  number  also  is  the  concluding  paper  on  '  The  Comacines ' 
(P-  449).] 

Exchanges  : — 

From  the  Shropshire  Archaeological  and  Natural  History  Society: — 

Transactions,  3  ser.,  vin,  iii. 
From  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  of  London  : — (i)  Archaeologia,  60, 

ii,  4to.  cl.  ;    and  (ii)  Proceedings,  second  series,  xxi,  ii,  8vo. 
From  the  Sussex  Archaeological  Society: — Collections,  LI,  8vo.,  cl. 
From  the  Historic  Society  of  Lancashire  and  Cheshire  : — Transactions, 

LIX,  8vo.,  cl. 
From  the   Thoresby   Society  : — Publications,    xvi,    8vo.      (Kirkstall- 

Abbey,  by  W.  H.  St.  John  Hope  and  John  Bilson,  lavishly  illus- 
trated.) 
Purchases  : — Bond's   Screens   and   Galleries   in   Churches ;     Notes   and 

Queries,  nos.   253-256  ;    and    A   History  of  English  Furniture,   pt. 

xix,  vol.  iv. 

On  the  recommendation  of  the  council  it  was,  as  usual,  decided 
not  to  hold  a  meeting  in  December  on  account  of  the  last  Wednesday 
falling  in|Christmas  week,  andj  to^holdf  the  annual  meeting;  at*  two 
o'clock  in  the  afternoon. 

DONATIONS    TO    THE    MUSEUM. 

From  Mr.  Philip  Spence  : — A  fine  polished  mahogany  coin  cabinet, 
made  for  the  purpose,  with  twenty-four  trays  pierced  with  80  one- 
inch  holes  for  coins.  In  the  first  twelve  drawers  of  the  cabinet  are 
arranged  in  chronological  order  603  Roman  base  denarii  from 
Gallienus  to  Quhitillus  part  of  the  large  hoard  found  near  Wall- 
bottle,  in  1879,  by  an  Irish  labourer  who  sold  them  to  coin  collectors. 
A  full  description  of  the  find  is  given  in  Archaeologia  Aeliana,  2  ser., 
vol.  Vin,  p.  156.  The  following  coins  are  in  the  cabinet  :  — 

No.  of  Specimens. 
rev.  VICTORIA  AET    4 

„      APOLLINI   CONS   AVG 

(Centaur)    11 

,.      APOLLINI   CONS   AVG 

(Griffin)    2 

,,    DIANAE  CONS  AVG  (deer,)    6 

,,      DIANAE   CONS  AVG 

(deer  various)    ....      30 
,,    lovi  CONS  AVG    8 

,,      LIBERO   P   CONS  AVG    .  5 

,,      NEPTVNO   CONS  AVG..  4 

,,      SOLI  CONS   AVG     6 

SALONINA 

rev,   AVG  IN  PACE 1 

,,  AVGVSTA  IN  PACE    ...  1 

„  FECVNDITAS  AVG  ....  3 

,,  IVNO  REGINA 4 

,,  PIETAS  AVG     1 

,,  VENVS  VICTRIX 1 

,  VESTA    .  ...  4 


No,  of  Specimens. 
GALLIENUS 

rev.  ABVNDANTIA  AVG    ...  8 

„  AETERNITAS  AVG    ....        12 

„  FELICIT  AVG 2 

,,  FORTVNA  REDVX  ....     4 

,,  FORTVNA  RED  Or 

REDVX   

,,  IOVI    CONSERVAT 

,,  IOVIS  STATOR      .  . 

„  LAETITIA  AVG      .  . 

,,  MARTI  PACIFERO 

„  ORIENS  AVG    .... 

,,  P  M  TR  P  XII  COS  . 

„  PROVID   AVG  .... 

,,  PROVI    AVG 

„  PAX  AVG 15 

„  SALVS  AVG 2 

,,  SECVRIT  PERPET    ....  3 

,,  VBERITAS   AVG 10 

,  VIRTVS  AVG 8 


.  MP 


12 

2 
1 

12 
6 
4 
1 
3 
2 


Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Newc.,  3  ser.,  in. 


To  face  page  334 


PRE-CONQUEST   TOWER,    BOLAM    CHURCH,    FROM    S.E. 

(See  page  265). 
From  a  photograph  by  Mr.  Parker  Brewis. 


ON   EAST    SIDE    OF   POLTROSS-BURN,    GILSLAND. 
(See  opposite  page). 


335 


No.  of  Specimens. 


POSTVMVS — 

rev. 


CONCORDIA  EQVITVM 

„  cos  mi 

,,  FIDES  EQVIT     

„  FIDES  MILITVM     .... 

,,  HKRC  DEVSON1ENSI  . 

„  IMP   X  COS   V     

,,  IOVI  STATORI 

,,  IOVI   VICTORI 

,,  LAETITIA  AVG     

,,  MONETA  AVG 

,,  ORIENS  AVG 

,,  PAX  AVG 

,,  P  M  TR  P  COS  II  PP    . 

,,  PROVIDENTIA  AVG  .  . 

„  SAECVLI  FELICITAS    . 

,,  VICTORIA  AVG     

,,  VIRTVS  AVG 

,,  VIRTVS  EQVIT     

VICTORINVS 


1 

2 
4 
4 
5 
4 
3 
6 
2 
13 
6 

16 
11 
2 
4 
4 
2 
2 


rev.  AEQVITAS  AVG 2 


L. 


FIDES  MILITVM 

PAX  AVG    

PIETAS   AVG      

INVICTVS      

,,     PROVIDENTIA  AVG    .  . 

,,    SALVS  AVG  (altar)   .  . 
,,    SALVS  AVG  (no  altar) 

,,     VICTORIA  AVG      

„     VIRTVS   AVG      

MARIVS — 

rev.    CONCORDIA  MILITVM 
,,     SAECVLI  FELICITAS     . 

TETRICVS  senior — 

rev.   COMES  AVG 

.„  FIDES  MILITVM 

,,  HILARITAS  AVG 

„  LAETITIA  AVG      

,  PAX    AVG    .  .  . 


No.  of  Specimens. 

rev.  SPES  PVBLICA 18 

,,     VICTORIA  AVG 4 

,,     VIRTVS    AVG 1 

TETRICUS  junior — 

rev.  PIETAS  AVGVSTOR  ....  5 

,,     SPES   AVG 5 

,,     SPES  PVBLICA 10 

CLAVDIVS    GOTHICVS 


AEQVITAS    AVG 

ANNONA    AVG    

CONSECRATIO  (eagle) 
CONSECRATIO  (altar) 

FELICITAS  AVG 

FELIC    TEMPO 


rev.  AEQVITAS  AVG 15 

11 

7 
5 
8 
3 

FIDES  EXERCI 10 

FIDES  MILITVM 5 

FORTVNA  REDVX 1 

GENIVS   AVG 8 

GENIVS   EXERCI ......  4 

IOVI    VICTORI 10 

IOVI    STATORI 4 

2                       ,,     LAETITIA  AVG 5 

9                       ,,     LIBERT   AVG 6 

4                       ,,     MARS   VLTOR 10 

9                       ,,     PAX    AVG 3 

4  „     P  M  TR  P  II  COS  PP      .  .  2 

6  ,,  PROVIDENT  AVG 11 

7  „  SALVS  AVG 2 

1  „  SPES  PVBLICA 4 

5  „  VICTORIA  AVG 14 

,,    VIRTVS  AVG  (2 types).        8 

1  QVINTILLVS 

1  rev.   CONCORDIA  AVG 2 

,,  FIDES  MILITVM 1 

22                       ,,  FORTVNA  REDVX    ....  2 

16                       ,,  LAETITIA   AVG 4 

1                       ,,  PROVIDENT  AVG 4 

6  „  SECVRIT  AVG 2 

5                        ,  VIRTVS    AVG.  .  1 


The  special  thanks  of  members  were  voted  by  acclamation  to  Mr.  P. 
Spence,  the  generous  donor,  who  is  the  son  of  Mr.  C.  J.  Spence,  a 
former  vice-president,  to  whom  the  society  is  so  greatly  indebted  for 
handsome  gifts  in  years  gone  by,  and,  as  the  chairman  said,  the  fact 
that  the  present  donation  came  from  Mr.  Spence's  son,  would  give 
it  additional  value  in  the  eyes  of  members. 

EXHIBITED  : — 

By  Mr.  John  Gibson,  warden  of  the  castle : — A  photograph  of  some 
ancient  remains  on  the  Northumberland  side  of  the  Poltross  burn, 
at  Gilsland,  near  the  place  where  the  Roman  Wall  crossed  that 
stream,  which  he  and  some  friends  had  discovered.  The  bottom 
illustration  facing  p.  334,  shows  the  wall,  probably  of  Roman 
date. 

Thanks  were  voted  to  Mr.  Gibson 


336 


HALTWHISTLE-BURN    CAMP. 

Mr.  F.  Gerald  Simpson,  who  excavated  this  camp,  then  gave  a  graphic 
and  interesting  description  of  his  operations.  It  was  accompanied  by 
a  full  and  accurate  plan  and  by  sections  drawn  by  himself. 

Thanks  were  voted  by  acclamation  to  Mr.  Simpson.  The  paper  will 
be  printed  in  Archaeologia  Aeliana. 

De  Banco  ROLLS. 

Mr.  F.  W.  Dendy,  one  of  the  vice-presidents,  then  placed  on  the  table  an 
'  Epitome  of  extracts  from  the  De  Banco  Rolls  relating  to  Northumber- 
land, from  1  Edward  n  (1307)  to  the  end  of  the  reign  of  Philip  and  Mary 
(1558),  contained  in  vols.  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  and  12,  inclusive  of  General 
Harrison's  Genealogical  Notes  now  in  the  Public  Record  Office,'  and 
read  his  introductory  note  to  them. 

Thanks  were  voted  to  Mr.  Dendy  by  acclamation. 

The  extracts  will  be  printed  in  Archaeologia  Aeliana. 

A  NORTH  COUNTRY  PAGEANT. 

Mr.  R.  J.  Johnson,  a  member  of  the  society,  explained  a  project 
for  a  suggested  pageant,  founded  on  the  Roman  occupation  of  the 
north  of  England,  at  Chesters,  or  elsewhere,  in  the  summer  of  1909. 
He  submitted,  he  said,  for  the  consideration  of  the  society,  a  historical 
Roman  military  pageant  for  Newcastle  and  district.  Since  these  shows 
were  started,  four  years  ago,  by  Mr.  Louis  N.  Parker,  they  had  been  very 
successful,  but  up  to  the  present  there  had  not  been  a  pageant  thus  far 
in  the  north  of  England.  The  county  of  Northumberland  possessed 
highly  interesting  and  well  preserved  remains  of  ancient  Roman 
fortifications,  and  the  proposed  pageant  would  differ  from  all  other 
pageants.  The  excavations  which  had  been  made  had  thrown  a  flood 
of  light  on  Roman  life  in  England,  and  such  a  pageant  as  he  proposed 
could  not  fail  to  interest  both  sexes  and  persons  of  all  ages.  It  would 
appeal  very  much  to  the  inborn  military  instincts  of  the  men  of  the 
fighting  Border  country.  It  would  provide  a  most  fascinating  and  in- 
structive spectacle  for  the  people,  and  would  teach  history  to  the  young 
in  an  effective  way.  It  would  also  provide  funds  for  the  Newcastle 
Infirmary,  and  work  for  a  good  number  of  the  unemployed.  Mr. 
Johnson  outlined  the  proposed  pageant  which,  he  said,  would  at  the 
outset  illustrate  the  manners  and  customs  at  the  commencement  of 
the  Roman  occupation.  Narrative  choruses  would  describe  the 
episodes  to  follow,  of  which  there  would  be  five.  Finally  there  would 
be  a  grand  tableau  and  march  past.  It  would  be  desirable  to  enlist 
the  support  of  the  county  gentry  in  the  undertaking,  and  to  ask  the 
lord  mayor  to  call  a  public  meeting  at  which  the  scheme  could  be 
explained.  A  guarantee  fund  and  subscription  list  were  also  essential. 
He  had  mentioned  the  Chesters  as  a  suitable  historical  spot  for  the 
pageant,  but  he  was  afraid  it  would  be  too  far  away  from  the  town,  and 
he  therefore  suggested  as  alternative  places  Gosforth  park  or  the 
north-west  end  of  the  town  moor,  either  of  which  would  be  very 
suitable.  For  the  pageant  1100  men,  about  300  women  and  children, 
200  horse?  and  50  other  animals  would  be  needed. 

The  chairman  invited  expressions  of  opinion  with  regard  to  the 
desirability  of  the  society  taking  any  part  in  the  saggested  pageant. 

Mr.  R.  Oliver  Heslop  moved  that  the  cordial  thanks  of  the  society 
be  accorded  to  Mr.  Johnson  for  the  paper  he  had  read,  and  for  bringing 
the  question  of  the  pageant  under  their  notice.  The  matter  had  been 
before  the  council  of  the  society,  and  after  giving  it  very  careful 
attention  they  were  unanimous  in  regarding  the  project  as  one  outside 


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the  province  of  the  society.  They  could,  not,  therefore,  see  their  way 
for  the  society  to  take  any  part,  or  even  to  connect  its  name  with  the 
pageant.  In  this  he  hoped  the  council  would  be  supported  by  the 
present  meeting,  and  he  begged  to  move  : — '  That  we  thank  Mr. 
Johnson  for  his  interesting  statement,  but  have  to  record  that  our 
constitution  and  character  prevent  us  from  connecting  ourselves  as  a 
society  with  the  proposed  enterprise.' 

This  was  seconded  by  Mr.  Sidney  Story  Carr,  who  said  that,  though 
as  a  society  they  must  hold  aloof,  he  had  little  doubt  that  each  of  them 
would,  as  individuals,  attend  the  pageant  if  it  were  carried  out. 

The  chairman  invited  further  criticism,  but,  there  being  no  other 
response,  the  resolution  was  put  and  carried  unanimously. 


MISCELLANEA. 

THE    SWINBURNE    FAMILY. 

The  following  notes,  sent  by  Sir  John  Swinburne  of  Capheaton,  are  by 
major  Paul  Swinburne,  his  brother,  who  contributed  them  a  few  years 
ago  to  a  defunct  Essex  newspaper,  and  may  be  of  interest  to  Northum- 
brians, as  they  relate  to  near  relatives  of  the  Northumbrian  family  who 
poss  ssed  Little  Horkesley  in  Essex  :  — 

The  Priory  of  Horkesley  was  founded  in  the  time  of  Henry  I,  by  Robert,  son  of 
Godebald  and  Beatrice  his  wife,  for  as  many  Cluniac  monks  to  serve  God  in  the 
church  of  St.  Peter,  of  Horkesley,  as  the  place  could  conveniently  maintain.  The 
existing  church,  however,  is  not  the  original  fabric,  but  was  built  by  Sir  William  de 
Swynborne,  as  appeared  by  the  glass  in  the  windows  as  it  was  in  1570  (Morant's 
Essex).  In  attempting  to  identify  the  monuments,  we  find  from  Morant  that  Walter 
de  Horkesley  held  the  manor  in  1266  A.D.  These  monuments  (the  wooden  effigies) 
must  have  existed  in  the  earlier  church,  and  have  been  preserved  by  William  de 
Swynborne  when  he  built  the  present  structure.  Within  the  altar  rails,  between  the 
chancel  and  the  south  aisle,  is  a  monumental  arch,  beneath  which  is  a  dark  marble 
altar-tomb,  despoiled  of  its  brass  effigy  and  canopy,  which  from  its  occupying  the 
position  of  a  founder's  tomb  is  probably  the  tomb  of  William  de  Swynborne,  the 
builder  of  the  present  church.  On  a  large  marble  altar-tomb  on  the  south  side  of  the 
chancel,  lie  (Nos.  4  and  5)  the  effigies  of  Sir  Robert  de  Swynborne  and  Sir  Thomas 
his  son,  under  a  beautiful  double  canopy,  with  an  inscription  running  round  the 
margin  of  the  slab.  This  inscription  is  in  bronze,  the  lettering  being  in  sharp  relief 
and  beautifully  executed  (in  it  Sir  Robert  is  described  as  'Seigneur  de  Petite 
Horkesley,  Gouverneur  de  Bordeaux  et  Capitaine  de  Fronsac  en  Gascogne').  The 
design  is  large  and  beautifully  executed,  in  the  same  state  (except  for  some  minor 
injuries)  as  when  it  left  the  artist's  hands,  and  altogether  is  perhaps  one  of  the  finest 
monuments  in  brass  remaining  in  the  kingdom.  No.  4,  Sir  Robert  de  Swynborne, 
A.D.  1391,  presents  us  with  a  late  example  of  the  style  of  armour  which  obtained 
from  about  1370  to  almost  the  end  of  the  century  :  the  legs  and  arms  are  cased  in 
complete  plate  armour,  the  body  is  defended  by  breast  and  back  plates,  to  which  is 
attached  a  skirt  of  mail ;  but  over  this  is  worn  the  'jupon,'  a  tight  fitting  body-coat 
of  rich  silk  or  velvet,  and  this  is  represented  in  the  brass  of  Sir  Robert  de  Swynborne, 
with  the  edge  of  the  skirt  of  mail  peeping  below.  A  broad  and  very  rich  belt,  which 
always  in  this  period  falls  low  round  the  hips,  supports  the  sword  and  dagger.  The 
head  is  defended  by  a  'bascinet,'  or  steel  helmet,  to  which  is  attached  the  'camail,' 
a  deep  fringe  of  chain  mail  which  defends  the  neck.  No.  5.  In  the  figure  of  Sir 
Thomas  de  Swynborne,  A.D.  1412,  we  see  the  next  change  in  the  fashion,  which  with 
slight  modifications  continued  for  about  50  years.  Here  the  'jupon'  is  gone,  and 
with  it  the  last  remnant  of  the  old  chain  armour.  The  skirt  of  mail  is  replaced  by  a 
skirt  formed  of  overlapping  plates  called  'taces,'  and  the  '  cam  an"  by  a  gorget  of 
plate,  the  mail  which  appears  below  the  gorget  and  the  taces  being  merely  a  fringe 
to  prevent  the  point  of  the  sword  or  lance  from  gliding  up  beneath  these  defences. 
The  sword-belt  is  now  narrow,  and  hanging  diagonally  from  the  waist.  In  the 
tournament  or  battle  these  open  helmets  had  a  peaked  visor  added  to  defend  the  face. 
The  two  wooden  effigies  are  of  the  time  of  Edward  I.  Sir  Robert  de  Swynborne  is  in 
the  costume  of  the  time  of  the  2nd  and  3rd  Edwards.  Sir  Thomas  will  represent  the 
men  of  the  Wars  of  the  Roses,  and  the  other  Knights  the  men  of  the  Tudor  period. 


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The  following  local  notes  are  from  the  Acts  of  the  Privy  Council,  N.S., 
xii  (continued  from  p.  331): — 

1581,  Jan.  17- — A  letter  to  Thomas  Sutton,  esquire,  Master  of  the 
Ordinance  in  the  Northe,  to  deliver  unto  the  Erie  of  Huntingdon,  Lord 
President,  &c.,  appointed  Lieutenant  in  those  partes,  such  a  quantitie 
of  armour  and  municion  as  by  warraunt  from  his  Lordship  he  shalbe 
required ;  and  this,  together  with  his  Lordship's  warraunt,  shalbe  his 
sufficient  discharge  in  that  behalf,  [p.  315.] 

1581,  Jan.  25. — A  letter  to  the  Lord  Hunsdon,  Lord  Governour 
of  her  Majesties  towne  and  guarrison  of  Barwicke,  that  where  their 
Lordships  had  receaved  a  note  from  the  Erie  of  Huntingdon  aswell 
of  the  vittells  now  remayning  in  Barwick,  as  also  what  is  farther  to 
be  provided  for  ij  monthes  vittells  for  2,000  footmen  and  vc  horsemen 
appointed  to  [be]  levied  and  layed  appon  the  Borders,  as  ther  Lordships 
are  very  gladd  to  understand  that  there  ys  so  good  a  remainder,  so  do 
they  thinck  it  meete  that  the  Victualler  shold  provide  the  said  pro- 
portion for  the  2,500  men,  for  which  purpos  his  Lordship  may  give 
order  unto  the  Threasurer  to  imprest  a  sum  of  monny  unto  him,  and 
to  th'  intent  the  said  provisions  be  not  stayed  their  Lordships  have  sent 
him  three  placartes  to  have  shipping,  &c.  ;  the  said  Lord  Governour 
ys  also  required  to  have  care  that  the  wantes  of  Warck  and  Durham  be 
supplied,  &c.  [p.  318.] 


From  the  same,  N.S.,  xiv,  p.  7 : — 

SHERBTTBN    HOSPITAL. 

1586,  Feb.  19. — A  letter  to  the  Erie  of  Huntingdon  that  whereas  the 
widowe  of  Ralfe  Lever,  late  Master  of  the  Hospitall  of  Sherborne  House 
[in]  the  Bishopricke  of  Durham,  did  exhibite  complainte  unto  her 
Majestie  and  their  Lordships  against  Doctor  Dale,  the  iiewe  Master 
of  that  Hospitall,  concerninge  a  lease  redeemed  (as  she  enformeth)  by 
her  husband,  and  so  left  to  her  for  her  onely  maintenance  ;  their 
Lordships  praie  his  Lordship  with  soch  of  that  Cownsell  as  he  shall 
thinck  meete  to  enter  into  th'examinacion  of  the  cause,  and  to  order 
the  same  accordinge  to  equitie  and  justice,  otherwise  to  certifie  of  their 
proceedinges  with  their  opinions  in  the  cause  ;  further,  they  praio  his 
Lordship  to  take  the  like  order  for  anie  other  complaint  that  maie 
come  before  him  of  anie  of  the  Brotherhood,  and  in  the  meane  season 
to  _  require  the  Bishop  of  Durham  in  their  Lordships'  names  to  make 
staie  of  all  soch  suites  as  are  dependinge  in  the  Chancery  Courte  there 
botwene  Doctor  Dale,  or  anie  in  his  name,  and  the  said  gentlewoman, 
&c. 


The  following  extracts  are  from  the  Calendar  of  State  Papers,  Dom., 
15  SI- 1590:— 

1581,  June  20th,  Whitehall.— The  Council  to  Richard  Barnes,  bishop 
of  Durham.  In  favour  of  Mr.  George  Frevile,  in  the  controversy  between 
him  &  Mr.  [Robert]  Swift  &  Mr.  [Henry]  Naunton,  prebendaries  of 
Durham,  for  a  lease  in  reversion  of  certain  lands  in  Middleham  and 
Auckland,  [p.  20.] 

1581,  June  30,  Greenwich. — The  Council  to  the  Mayor,  &c.,  of 
Newcastle.  Complaint  of  the  wife  &  children  of  the  late  Henry  Todd, 
that  the  Council's  order  for[Jpayment  of  401Z.  7s.  due  to  Todd,  had  been 
treated  with  contempt  by  theJMayor^and  Aldermen,  [p.  21.] 


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1582,  Nov.  20,  Mulgrave. — Roger  Radclyffe,  constable  of  Raby 
Castle,  to  Lord  Burghley.  Complains  of  the  disorders  committed  by 
John  Baithe,  farmer  of  the  herbage  and  pannage  of  Raby  Park,  in 
hunting  with  greyhounds  and  long  bows.  [p.  75.] 

1582  (?). — George  Frevile  to  Sir  Fr:  Walsyngham.  To  favour  his 
suit  to  the  Queen  for  confirmation  of  certain  lands  held  by  him  from 
the  bishop  of  Durham.  Incloses 

1. — Petition  of  George  Frevile  to  the  Queen,  for  an  inquiry  to  be  made 
whether  the  lands  he  holds  in  Midleham  by  lease  from  the  Bishop  of  Durham 
belong  to  him  or  to  Henry  Eure,  who  claims  as  ancient  tenant,  [p.  91.] 


In  a  recently  published  book,  Old  England,  by  Shaw  Sparrow,  the 
illustrations,  many  of  them  in  colours,  are  by  James  Orrock.  The 
Athenaeum  states  that  'among  other  delightful  coloured  pictures  are 
those  which  illustrate  Holy  Island,  Morwick  Water  Mill,'  &c. 


CORRECTION. 

P.  330,  line  26,  for  '1589'  read  '1580.' 


INDEX. 


Abell,  H.  F.,  elected  an  honorary  member.  4 

ABELLIVS  VICTOR,  on  a  Roman  altar,  278 

Aberbrothok,  bishop  of  Durham  to  restore 
Hautwysel  church  to,  84 

Achaius,  John,  first  bishop  of  Glasgow,  234 

Acomb,  30  ;  West,  117 

Aconbury,  Herefordshire,  plan  of  earthworks, 
217 

Acton  burn,  mills  on,  170 

Acton,  Laurence  de,  and  others,  grants  to,  124, 
293 

Acts  of  the  Privy  Council,  local  extracts  from, 
311,  315,  330,  338 

Adam,  William,  of  Edinburgh,  made  additions 
to  Ladykirk  church,  122 

Adamson,  the  late  Horatio  A,,  a  vice-president, 
obituary  notice  of,  327  ;  L.  W.,  presents  keys 
of  Morpeth  gaol,  92 

Aella,  king  of  Northumbria,  291 

Aesica,  80 ;  Roman  altar  from,  278  (see  also 
Great  Chesters) 

Aethelwald,  a  priest  of  Ripon,hermitinFarne, 
295 

Age,  proofs  of,  &c.,  34 

Agricola,  camps  occupied  by,  80;  at  Barhill, 
233 

Agricultural  implements,  a  list  of,  in  1725,  94 

Aidan,  bishop  of  Holy  Island,  286,  294  ;  bones 
of,  taken  to  Ireland,  294 

Akenhead,  Thomas,  of  Mounseys  knowe, 
buried,  28  ;  Walter,  of  the  Scap,  buried,  27 

Alabaster,  a  French  purchase  of  English,  45 

Alcuin,  295 

Alden,  Wall',  son  of,  witness  to  a  grant,  97 

Alder,  sentenced  for  Belford  riot,  52 ;  of 
Prendwick,  184 ;  Caleb,  of  Newcastle,  and 
others,  partnership  deed,  171 ;  John,  of 
Hqwdon  Pans,  &c. ,  tombstone  of,  58  ;  of 
Willington  Quay,  and  of  his  mother,  tomb- 
stone of,  58 

Aldertqn  Mount,  Northants,  plan  of,  158 

'Aldewicke'  parish  church,  30 

Aldworth,  A, ,  merchant's  mark  of,  at  Bristol, 
92 

Alexander,  son  of  William  the  Lion,  homage 
of,  131 ;  the  chaplain,  of  Cornhill,  130 

Alexander  u  besieged  Norham  castle,  131n 

Allendale,  chapel  of,  30 ;  stipend  of  curate  of, 
31 

Allerburn  in  flood,  54 

Allerlee,  Roman  centurial  stones -found  at,  238, 
278 

Alleyn,  John,  of  the  household,  grant  to,  302 

Allgood,  Mr.,  house  guarded,  48  ;  Lancelot,  53 

Allison,  J.  J.  C.,  presented  old  wooden  barrow, 
&c.,105;  T.M.,  exhibited  Basque  distaff,  159; 
on  a  '  lutchet '  and  a  corn  dibbler,  93  ;  pre- 
sented Basque  hand  ploughs,  158 

Allon,  William,  118 

Almeley  castle  and  Almeley  old  castle,  Here- 
fordshire, early  earthworks  at,  278 

Almery,  John,  of  Newcastle,  247  &  n 

Alnham.  crosses  at,  71 ;  grant  of  land  in,  300  ; 
Northfield  head,  24 

Alnmouth,  see  Aylemouth 

Alnwick,  116  ;  abbot  of,  witness  to  a  deed,  96, 
97  ;  mandate  to,  67 ;  seal  of,  97,  98  ;  church, 
chapter  in,  301 ;  castle,  Douglas  besieged 

[Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.,  Newc.,  3  Ser.,  HI.] 


Percy  in,  132 ;  W.  H.  Knowles  on  barbican 
of,  329;  Sir  S.  Glynne's  notes  on,  228; 
effigy  in,  228 ;  benefice  appropriated  to  St. 
Dunstan's  priory,  Westminster,  220 

Alredene,  299 

Alston,  24,  25  ;  church,  31 ;  moor.  30  ;  tene- 
ment in,  12 

Altar  slab  at  Aycliffe  church,  100 ;  Barnard- 
castle  church,  100 

Alverton  and  Alverton shire,  churches  of,  331 

Alwinton,  lease  of  rectory  of?  174 

Ambler,  Benjamin,  of  Whitby,  smith,  bond 
to,  118 

Amboglanna,  see  Birdoswald 

Amcoats,  John,  custom  house  tidesman  at 
Newcastle,  169 

Amesbury,  Wiltshire,  plan  of  earthworks  at, 
46 

Amiatine  Codex,  the,  193 

Amory,  Edward,  117 

Anchor,  an  ancient,  42 ;  R.  0.  Heslop  on,  42 

Ancient  British  :  burials  at  Hexham,  81 ;  camps 
in  Wiltshire,  90  ;  at  Shackleton,  71 ;  earth- 
works, plans  of,  46, 113, 158  ;  stone  axe  head* 
discovered,  201 

Ancient  British  urn  found  near  Roddam,  92 

Ancroft,  48 ;  Galfrid,  parson  of,  299,  300 ; 
church  confirmed  to  Durham  monks,  299 

Anderson,  Anne  Davison,  of  Otterbui  n,  buried, 
29  ;  Bartram,  a  Newcastle  merchant,  304  ; 
held  Milburn  grange,  27  ;  George,  of  Cottons- 
hope,  buried,  26  ;  Jane,  wife  of  William,  of 
Blackhopeburn  haugh,  27  ;  John,  of  Baggrow, 
buried,  26 ;  Margaret,  of  Baggrow,  wife  of 
Michael,  of  Cottonshope  burn  foot,  buried, 
26,  27:  James,  son  of  Michael,  27;  Mary, 
wife  of  George,  of  Otterburn,  26 ;  Robert,  of 
the  Bush,  27  ;  Robert,  214  ;  William,  custom 
house  boatman  at  Shields,  156 

Andrew,  the  dean,  evidence  of,  in  a  dispute, 
299 

Angas,  Henry,  of  Blackhill,  yeoman,  bond  of, 
117  ;  John,  of  Wylam  New  Rift,  yeoman, 
bond  of,  117  ;  Joseph,  of  Hexham,  yeoman, 
bond  of,  117 

Anglian,  see  pre-conquest 

Angus,  earl  of,  312 

Angus,  John  George,  elected,  33 

Anick,  30  ;  tenements  in,  11 

Anick,  William,  a  prisoner  for  high  treason,  50 

Anketill  [Ankytil],,  prior  of  Hexham,  82  ;  clerk 
at  Norham,  deposition  of,  130 

Anlaf  s  followers  ravaged  Lindisfarne,  295 

Annandale,  marquis  of,  311 

Annual  report  for  1906,  3  ;  1907,  162 

Antonine  Itinerary,  6 

Antonine  Wall  in  Scotland,  202 ;  visit  to  the, 
215,  229 

Antrobus,  William,  custom  house  waiter,  &c., 
at  Newcastle,  169 

Appleby,  a  fight  near,  262  ;  castle,  260 

Arbroath,  see  Aberbrothok 

Arehaeologia  Aeliana,  165 

Archaeological  Institute,  Royal,  visit  of,  to- 
county  Durham,  220 

Archer,  Mrs.,  her  dower,  53 

Architecture,  Lombardic,  origin  of,  333 

Argyle,  earl  of,  312 

Argyle,  Martin  de  Argyle,  bishop  elect  of,  138  \, 
proctor  for,  138 


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INDEX:    ABM— BAK 


Armorial  glass  in  Ponteland  church,  55 

Armour,  &c.,  to  be  delivered  to  earl  of  Hunt- 
ingdon, 338 

Armourer,  surname.  144  ;  [Armorer,  Armerer] 
Cuthbert,  and  Norham  castle,  141,  W6; 
Thomas,  son  of  Thomas  and  Eleanor,  bap- 
Arms,  coats  of,  50, 55  ;  Bonner,  61 ;  Clervaux, 
204  ;  Halnaby,  204,  208  ;  Ogle,  271 ;  Place, 
201, 205 ;  Richard  Redmerselle,  197  ;  Tailbois, 
77  ;  on  tankard,  160  ;  at  Wharton  hall,  West- 
morland, 258 

Arms,  a  Jacobean  book  of,  239 

Arms,  repair  of,  and  supply  of  ammunition, 
249,  250 

Armstrong,  attorney,  54  ;  Arch.,  bequest  to, 
177  ;  Isabel,  of  Holystone,  buried,  26 ;  James, 
of  Woodhall,  buried,  26 ;  J9hn,  117 

'Armures  et  les  vitailles,'  inventory  of,  in 
Norham  castle,  136 

Ashe,  of  Somersetshire,  arms  of,  243 

Ashton  Castle  tump,  Herefordshire,  early 
earthworks  at,  278 

'Asilby,'  ship,  of  Whitby,  30 

Asklaby  family,  202 

Asplion.  John,  208 

Astell,  Peter,  clerk  to  custom  house  collector 
at  Newcastle,  156;  Thomas,  tidesman  at 
Newcastle,  156 

Aston  Tump,  Herefordshire,  early  earthworks 

Athelford,'  king  of  Northumbria,  291 
Atliol,  Sir  Aymer  de,  arms  of,  55  :    buried  in 

St.  Andrew's  church,  55  ;   fragment  of  effigy 

of,  in  Blackgate,  55  ;   gravestone  of.  276n ; 

Mary,  wife  of,  55  ;    David,  of  Strabolgy,  12  ; 

earl  of,  arms  of,  55 

Atkin,  Sir  Edward,  baron  of  the  exchequer,  472 
Atkinson   [Atkynson],    Ant.,   letter   of,  306 ; 

John,  247 n*  ;    Robert,  sheriff  of  Newcastle, 

214 
Atkinson  &  Philipson's,  Newcastle,  a  dandy 

horse  at,  21 ;   an  old  sedan  chair  at,  18n 
Atterbury,  Life  of,  47 
Auchendavie,  Roman  altars  found  at,  233 
Auckland,  ordinations  at,  125 ;  prebendaries  of, 

John  de  Insula,  268 ;  Thomas  de  Lestine,  78 ; 

lease  of  lands  in,  338  ;    St.  Andrew's  church, 

Sir  S.  Glynne's  notes  of,  147  ;  effigies  in,  147  ; 

brass  and  brass  matrix  in,  147  ;   stalls,  &c., 

147  ;    modern   font,   147   (see   also  Bishop 

Auckland) 
Auckland,    Robert   de,    vicar    of    Havtburn, 

petition  of,  67 
Auction  sales  by  candle,  17 
Augustine  canons  at  Hexham,  82 
Aurelian.  coins  of,  found,  320 
Aurige,  letter  of,  141 
Autograph  of  Ben  Jonson,  &c.,  34 
Avebury,  plan  of  earthworks,  &c.,  at,  46 
Avington  church,  Berks.  224 
Avison,  Ann,  fee  for  playing  Gateshead  church 

organ,  247 ;   Charles,  his  tombstone  in  St. 

Andrew's  churchyard,  Newcastle.  249n 
Axes,  Ancient  British,  a  perforated  stone,  71 ; 

found  near  Biddlestori,  201 ;   of  flint,  found 

at    Nunthorpe,    318 ;    of    stone,    found   at 

Killerby,  318 ;    iron,  found  on  Plainmeller 

moor,  278 
Aycliffe,    country   meeting    at,    37,    65 ;    St. 

Andrew's  church,  65 ;  visit  to,  162  ;  altar  slab 

at,    100 ;    pre-conquest   stones  at,    65,    66 ; 

carved  stone  in  buttress,  66  ;  medieval  grave 

covers  at,  66  ;   fonts,  66,  67  &  n  ;    Robert  de 

Bentuel,  and  another,  priests  of,  67 


Aydon,  271 ;  Raimes  family  of,  2  ;  and  castle, 

272 

Aydon,  Thomas,  174 
Aylemouth.  301 
Aynsley,  Mr.,  of  Threepwood,  death  of,  51; 

Jane,  will   of,  269;    William,   murder   of, 

Northumbrian  ballad  on,  331 
'  Aysewerthe,'  near  Holy  Island,  wreck  of  a 

ship  at,  137 
Ayton  occupied  by  army  under  earl  of  Surrey, 

132n 

B. 

Bache,  Herefordshire,  plan  of  earthwork,  213 

Bacon,  Liber  Regis,  128 

Badges  worn  during  Roman  Wall  pilgrimages, 

5  ;  of  the  second  Roman  legion,  41,  166 
Baggrow,  ttedesdale,  26,  28 
Bagwith,Timothy,  deputy  comptroller,  Whitby, 

169 

Baillie,  William,  of  Glasgow,  235 
Baillol,  Ada  de,  276 
Bain,  George  VVashington,  elected,  213 
Baithe,  John,  farmer,  of  Raby  Park,  disorder 

committed  by,  339 
Balance  sheets,  treasurer's,  for  1906,  8 ;  for 

1907,  167 
Baldok,  Robert  de,  canon  and  prebendary  of 

Chestei--)e-Street,  44 
Balie,  lease  of,  175 
Baliol,  John,  the  successful  claimant  to  the 

Scottish  crown,  129,  131  (see  also  Baillol) 
Bambrough  of  Bead,  arrested  as  a  rioter,  50  ; 

Tom,  52 
Bamburgh,  siege  of,  293  ;   French  ships  driven 

ashore  at,  293 
Bamburgh  church,  Sir  S.  Glynne's  description 

of,  262  :  effigy  in,  263  ;  piscina  in,  263  ;  crypt 

at,  263  ;  font,  263 ;  effigy  of  Grace  Darling  in 

churchyard,  263 ;  newel  stair  to  tower,  235 ; 

not  properly  provided,  301  (see  also  Baum- 

burgh) 

Bang,  professor,  of  Louvain,  an  old  play  refer- 
ring to  Roger  Thornton,  87 
Bankhead,  28 
Baptie,  of  South  Dean,  Jeremiah,  illegitimate 

son  of,  baptized,  23 
Barates,  tombstone  of  wife  of,  at  South  Shields, 

233n 
Barber,   Thomas,  custom  house   surveyor  at 

Blyths  Nook,  &c.,  169 

Barbury,  Wiltshire,  plan  of  earthworks  at,  46 
Barden  tower,  266 
*  Bareforde,'  30 

Bar-hill,  Scotland,  visit  to  Roman  camp  at,  231 
Barker,  Peter,  of  Whitby,  master  and  mariner, 

30 
Barlanark,  prebend  of,  in  Glasgow  cathedral 

church,  235- 

Barmoor,  licensed  meeting  house  at,  129 
Barnard,  arms  of,  242 
Barnardcastle  church,  altar  slab  at,  100  ;  Sir  S. 

Glynne's  notes  of,  210  ;  font,  210 ;  effigy,  210 
Barnat,  Roger,  attended  muster,  140 
Barnes,  Ambrose,  328 ;  Amos,  of  Little  Benton, 

gent.,  and  another,  bond  of,  118 ;  John,  of 

Sunderland,  gent.,  and  another,  bond  of, 

118 ;   Richard,  bishop  of  Durham,  315,  316 ; 

letter   to,  338;   daughter   of,   73;   demised 

fisheries  in  Tweed,  126 
Barnwell   St.    Andrew,   Northants,   plans   of 

earthworks  at,  158 
Barras,  James,  247n* 
Barrasford,  see  Bareforde 


[NDEX  :      BAR— BIG 


Barrow,  old  wooden,  &c.,  presented,  105 

Barrow,  Mr.,  customer  at  .Stockton,  156 ; 
.  Christopher,  of  Halfway  house,  and  Ann, 
'  his  wife,  60 

Bartlett,  Anthony,  made  one  of  the  bells  at 
Norham  church,  128 

Barton  Heagrave,  Northamptonshire,  plan  of 
earthworks,  158 

Barton,  Thomas,  son  of  Mabel  de,  and  others, 
commission  on  complaint  of,  292 

Bartram,  Edward,  214 :  James,  214  (see  also 
Bertram) 

Barwick,  Robert,  coal  waiter  at  Shields,  156 

Basque  lio,  or  hand  ploughs,  presented,  158  ; 
photographs  of.  exhibited,  160  ;  description 
by  Dr.  Allison,  153  ;  distaff,  150 

Bataille,  Walter,  witness  to  grants,  96,  97 

Bates,  Rev.  Dr.,  rector  of  Whalton,  270,  271 ; 
C.  J.,  his  description  of  Norham  castle,  131n ; 
on  glass  in  Ponteland  church.  55  ;  on  the 
mural  problem,  192 ;  Ralph,  of  Holliwell,  271 

Bath  and  Wells,  Fox,  bishop  of,  131 

Bathurst  justice,  52 

Batten,  Captain  Kobert,  308,  309;  a  force 
under,  sent  to  Holy  Island,  307  ;  governor  of 
Holy  Island,  letter  of,  307 

Battle,  a  wager  of,  125 

Battlesbury,  Wiltshire,  plan  of  earthworks  at, 
46 

Batty,  Michael,  of  Newcastle,  chapman,  bond 
to,  117 

Baumburgh,  Thomas  de,  295 

Bawdkyne,  George,  of  Durham,  118 

Bayt,  John,  attended  muster,  140 

Beacons  fired  in  Northumberland,  304 

Beal,  manor  house  of,  95  ;   owners  of,  95 

Beamish  burn,  co.  Durham,  house  and  mill 
on,  170,  171 

Beauchamp,  Guy  de,  earl  of  Warwick,  258 

Beaumont,  Henry  de,  reception  of,  in  Norham 
castle,  136  ;  Lewis  de,  bishop  of  Durham, 
appointed  by  pope,  291 ;  letter  to,  138 ; 
N  or  ham  castle,  &c.,  to  be  delivered  up  to,  137 

Beaufront,  capital  messuage,  demise  of,  11 

Beautyman,  Thomas,  248* 

Beblow  fort,  Holy  Island,  weak  state  of,  304 
(see  also  Biblawe) 

Beckbury,  Gloucestershire,  plan  of  camp,  13 

'  Bede's  chair,'  Jarrow  church,  200;  'well,' 
Monkton,  appeal  for  subscriptions  for  repair 
of,  162 

Bedford,  earl  of,  letter  of,  293 

Bedrule,  Roxburghshire,  23 

Bek,  Antony,  bishop  of  Durham,  131 

Beldon.  Dorothy,  daughter  of  John  and  Eliza- 
beth, baptized,  25;  William,  son  of  John 
and  Elizabeth,  24 

Belford,  riot  at,  49,  52  ;   troops  march  to,  49 

Bellister,  estate  at.  owned  by  William  Coats- 
worth,  198 

Bell,  of  Acomb,  52  ;  a  prisoner  for  rioting,  50  ; 
Edmund,  of  Hartlepool,  169  ;  Edward,  tene- 
ment of,  in  Purdo,  12  ;  Henry,  customer  at 
Hartlepool,  169;  Jonathan,  247n,  250;  Maria, 
daughter  of  John  and  Mary,  25  ;  Richard, 
son  of  William  and  Isabel,  baptism  of,  23 ; 
T.  J,,  presented  Scottish  communion  t9kens 
of  lead,  159  ;  an  old  bronze  stirrup  exhibited 
by,  160  ;  Timothy,  249  ;  William,  son  of 
John  and  Mary,  baptized,  25;  'prest  and 
p'son  of  Middleton  m  tesdail,'  will  of,  126 ; 
bequest  of,  126 

Bells,  church,  pre-reformation,  69  &  n,  70 ; 
All  Saints  andk  St.  Andrew's,  Newcastle, 
329  ;  Norham,  129  ;  at  Red  worth  hall,  319 


343 

: 

Bellamie,  'Dr.,  recommended  for  deanery  of 
Durham,  316 

Bellasis  bridge,  279 

Bellingham,  Learn  near,  27  ;  church,  North- 
umberland, Sir  S.  Glynne's  notes  on,  322: 
font  of,  323 

Bellingham,  arms  of,  267  ;  Sir  Francis,  176 ; 
Agnes,  lady,  175  ;  Henry,  176 

Belshield.  Redesdale,  27,  28  ;  burn  foot,  29* 

Belsay,  271 

Belvas,  Master  John,  332 

Bench  ends:  Jarrow  church,  200;  Winston 
church,  199 

Bendenges,  Thomas  de,  and  others,  custody 
of  Norham  castle,  &c.,  granted  to,  134 

Benedict  xiv  (anti-pope),  123 

Benedictines  founded  a  new  church  on  Holy 
Island,  295 

Bennett,  secretary,  310 

Bentelay,  Thomas,  warden  of  St.  Thomas  the 
martyr  chapel,  207 

Ben  ton  bridge,  contract  for  repair  of,  205,  206 

Bentuel,  Robert  de,  and  another,  of  '  Akwlef,' 
67 

Beresford,  hon.  Charles,  265 

Bernard,  Thomas,  witness  to  a  grant,  64 

Bernevals,  Alexander  de,  account  of  voyage 
from  Newcastle,  46 

Berrington  manor  belonged  to  James  Swinhoe, 
a  delinquent,  146 ;  allowance  out  of,  to 
Norham  castle,  146 

Berry,  Nathan,  sexton  of  Kirkby  Stephen,  262 

Bertram,  Adam,  witness  to  a  deed,  96  (see  also 
Bartram) 

Berwick,  145  ;  letters  from,  140,  141,  142,  144, 
146  ;  devise  of  house  in,  176  ;  '  Haddock's 
hole,'  a  bad  prison  at,  142  ;  William  Ord, 
alderman  of,  95  ;  escape  of  queen  Margaret 
to,  293  ;  governors  of,  143  ;  lord  Hunsdon, 
140,  338;  William,  lord  Widdrington,  310: 
mayors  of,  50,  51 ;  Mr.  Hall,  50  ;  Odonel 
Selby,  298  ;  Thomas  Spark,  suffragan  bishop 
of,  297  &  n  ;  Robert  Bowes,  treasurer  of,  311  ; 
Leonard  Faireley,  master  carpenter  of,  142  ; 
John  de  Wysham,  keeper  of,  136  ;  sickness  at, 

303  ;  defence  of,  304  ;  state  of  affairs  at,  30?: 
grant  of  custody  of,  301  ;    report  relating  to 
condition  of,  311 ;   fortifications,  to  be  made 
at,  302  ;   in  charge  of  Sir  Thomas  Holcroft, 

304  ;  king's  works  at,  302  ;   beer  houses,  &c., 
at,  in  ruin,  301  ;  garrison  of,  under  command 
of  gentleman  porter,  145 ;    cost  of  forces  at, 
310  ;    cost  of  works  at,  305  ;  enquiry  as  to 
garrison  at,  159  ;   dissolution  of  garrison  of, 
307  ;   yearly  pay  at,  305,  307*  ;   stores  taken 
to,  304  ;  small  store  of  spades  at,  303  ;  Scots 
came  into,  308 ;   command  delivered  up  to 
Scots,  308  ;   castle,  repair  of  the  tower  of  the 
'  White  Wall '  under,  301 ;   powder  at,  143 ; 
Tweedmouth  should   be  annexed   to,  140; 
'the  Harrow'   inn,  at,  48  et  seq.;   fair,  50; 
Northumberland  militia  at,  46 

Berwick-hill  near  Ponteland,  24 

Betasians,  altar,  recording  first  cohort  of,  &c., 

231 

'  Betty,'  ship,  of  Sunderland,  30 
Bewick,  Charles,  of  Sunderland,  30 
'Biblawe,  the  fort  of,'  Holy  Island,  so  named 

by  Sir   Robert   Bowes,   290,   305   (see  also 

Beblow) 

Biddick  inn,  152 

Biddleston,  pre-historic  stone  axe  found  at,  201 
Bidlesdene,  Robert  de,  attests  a  deed,  96 
Bigge,  George,  rector  of  Bolam,  267  ;  Matthew, 

death  of,  4 


344 


INDEX  I      B1L — BOW 


Billingham  church,  co.  Durham,  68  ;   Sir  S. 

Glynne's  'notes'  on,  179  ;   font  and  cover, 

179  ;  brasses,  179  ;  John  Neceham,  vicar,  179 
Bilton,  Eli,  a  Newcastle  silversmith,  249 
Bincknoll  castle,  Wiltshire,  plan  of  earthworks 

at.  113 
Bingfield,    30 ;    a  capital  messuage   in,   11 ; 

stipend  of  curate  in  chapel  of,  31 
Birch,  Captain  Samuel,  262 
Bird,  Adam,  of  North  Shields,  gent.,  bond  to, 

118 
Birdhope  Craig,   Redesdale,   26,  27  ;    chapel, 

leaden  communion  tokens  of,  presented,  160 ; 

mill,  27 

Birdoswald,  excavations  at,  5 
'  Bires  parke,'  tenement  of,  12 
Birk  hill,  33,  25,  27 
Birtley,  Northumberland,  a  tenement  in,  12  ; 

co.  Durham,  prebend  of,  in  Chester-le-Street 

church,  44 
Bisaccia,  Richard,  bishop  of,  ordinations  by, 

292 
Bishop  Auckland,  an  earthenware  jug  found 

at,  2  (see  also  Auckland) 
Bisshopdale,  William  de,  escheator  for  New- 
castle, 208 
Bishop  Middleham,  lease  of  lands  at,   338 ; 

church,  Sir  Stephen  Glynne's  notes  on,  221 
Bishopwearmouth  church,  Ralph  de  Rooper.  a 

clerk,  wounded  in,  129 
Bittlestone,  174  (see  also  Biddlesdon) 
Blackader,  archbishop  of  Glasgow,  234 
Black  boy,  22 
Blackett,  captain,  48,  50 ;    Sir   Edward.  49  ; 

J.  A.,    vicar   of   Heddon,    224 ;    alderman 

Michael,   168;    Sir  Walter,   bart,  167;    of 

Wallington,    bond   to,    118 ;    Sir   William, 

mayor  of  Newcastle,  277  ;   writ  appointing 

him  lord  lieutenant  of  Northumberland,  327 
Blackgate,  repairs  to  the,  6 
Blackhill,  117 
Blackhal,  see  Blakhal 
'  Black  Jack,'  a,  exhibited,  39  ;  Dr.  Hardcastle 

on  39 
Blackwell,  bequest  of  fishery  of,  in  Tweed,  178 

(see  also  Blakwell) 
Bladen  of  Hemsworth,  arms  of,  241 ;  of  Glas- 

tonbury,  241 
Blagdon,  51 
Blair,  C.  H.,  on  armorial  glass  in  Ponteland 

church,  55  :   on  a  Book  of  North  Country 

Arms,  166  ;   on  a  Jacobean  Book  of  Arms, 

239 :  R.,  presentation  to,  on  his  marriage,  85  ; 

on  Sadberge  bells,  161 
Blakehope,  btedesdale,  26,  27  ;  burn  haugh,  27  ; 

Pit  House,  Redesdale,  23 
Blakeston,  William,  Farendon  hall  in  tenure 

of,  12 

Biakhal,  Gilbert,  visited  Holy  Island,  294 
Blakiston  effigy  in  Norton  church,  187 
Blakwell,  Richard,  a  monk  removed,  299 
Blanchland,  pension  to  abbot  and  convent  of,  31 
Blenkinsopp,  Joseph,  of  Newcastle,  and  others, 

partnership  deed,  170 
Blindlnirn,  27 

Blithe,  of  Barnby  and  Rotherham,  arms  of,  241 
Blockele,   William   de,    custody   of   Norham 

castle,  &c.,  granted  to,  134 
Blownt,  Robert,  214 
Blunderbus  used  on  stage  coach,  19 
Blyth,  see  Blithe 
Blyths  Nook,  &c..  custom  house  officers  at, 

156,  169  ;   John  Bolt,  156 
1  Bobber,  the,'  21 
Bolam,  meeting  at,  202,  265  ;   plan  of  land  at, 


belonging  to  St.  Mary  the  Virgin  hospital, 
Newcastle,  45  ;  barony  of,  271 :  manor,  272 : 
castle  at,  265  ;  grant  of  lands  at,  265 ;  arti- 
ficial lake  at,  265 :  church,  description  of, 
266  ;  communion  plate,  268 ;  chantry  in,  267  ; 
valuations  of,  268  ;  effigy  in,  266  ;*  helmet, 
&c.,  in,  266  ;  monuments  in,  266,  267  ; 
medieval  grave  covers  in,  267  ;  font,  267 ; 
rectors,  267,  268  ;  vicars,  259  ;  parish  clerk, 
268  ;  churchwardens,  269 

Bolam,  Aline  de,  271 ;  James  de,  grant  of  lands 
at  Bolam,  265  ;  John,  death  of.  4  ;  Robert 
de,  ordained,  265 ;  Robert,  of  Milburn  grange, 
heiress  of,  married  a  Beresford,  272 ;  Walter. 
265  ;  son  of  Gilbert  de,  271 ;  Sir  Walter  de, 
272  ;  William  de,  parish  chaplain  of  Lan- 
chester,  265 

Boldon,  John  de  InsuJa,  rector  of,  268 

Bolesdon,  land  in,  295 

'Bolster  Hughe,'  Holy  Island,  a  bulwark  on, 
303  ;  '  platt '  of  the,  303 

Bolton,  Mr.,  schoolmaster  of  Hexham,  269 

Bombard  '  Mons  Meg,'  the,  at  siege  of  Nor- 
ham, 138 

Bondington,  William  de,  bishop  of  Glasgow, 
234 

Bonds,  local,  of  eighteenth  century,  116 

Boniface,  bishop  of  Corbania,  ordinations  by, 
123 

Bonner  family,  tombstone  of,  56  ;  arms  on, 
56  &  n  :  and  pedigree  of,  61 ;  Rev.  T.  W. 
Carr  on,  61 ;  of  High  Callerton,  seal  of,  62  ; 
Margaret,  marriage  of,  58n 

Bonomi '  repaired  '  Norham  church,  127 

Book  of  Hours,  illuminations  in  a,  2 ;  of  Rates, 
MS.,  for  co.  Durham,  presented,  158 

Soreovicus,  see  Housesteads 

Border  Papers,  local  extracts  from  Calendar 
of  (see  under  Calendar) 

Boroughbridge,  297 

Borough  hill,  Northamptonshire,  plan  of,  158 

'Botany  bay,'  151 

Borrodon,  Gilbert  de,  and  another,  to  guard 
places  on  Northumbrian  coast,  292 

Bossall,  church  of,  331,  352 

Bothal  church,  Sir  S.  Glynne's  notes  of,  272  ; 
painted  glass  in,  272  ;  alabaster  tomb  in,  272  ; 
grave  cover,  272  ;  font,  272  ;  Martin  Day, 
rector  of,  172 

Bothe,  a  London  grocer,  138 

Bothwell,  lord,  at  Norham,  141 ;  earl  of,  145 

Botyvant,  York,  canonry  of,  &c.,  64 

Boulby,  Roger,  of  North  Shields,  29 

Boult,  John,  LL.D. ,  commissary  of  York  court, 
172 

Boundaries,  between  England  and  Scotland, 
139  ;  riding  the,  at  Gateshead,  248 

Bourbon,  Cardinal  de,  ships  of,  arrested,  304 

Bowden.  John,  a  prisoner  in  Holy  Island  to 
be  delivered  up  to,  310 

Bowes  family,  76  ;  owned  Thornton  hall,  74  ; 
lord,  139  ;  Miss,  married  colonel  Thomas 
Thornton,  75 ;  Sir  Francis,  76 ;  owned 
Thornton  hall,  74  ;  his  wives,  74  ;  George, 
troops  at  Norham  under,  124  ;  owned  South 
Biddick,  152  ;  George  Wanley,  of  Thornton. 
75  ;  his  daughters,  75  ;  Henry,  77  ;  Margaret, 
75  ;  Ralph,  of  Newcastle,  245  ;  Robert,  168, 
218  312  ;  treasurer  of  Berwick,  letters  of,  311, 
312 ;  Sir  Robert,  and  Holy  Island,  29C ; 
Thomas,  218  ;  of  Quarry  hill,  Durham,  gent., 
bond  of,  117  ;  Sir  William,  letter  of,  148 ; 
commissioner  for  dissolving  Berwick  garri- 
son, 307  :  acted  at  delivery  of  pledges,  145  ; 
of  Streatlam,  218 


INDEX  I      BOW BUR 


345 


4  Bowtreyhousc,'  tenement  of,  lying  waste,  12 

Bowyer,'Sir  William,  letter  of,  307* 

Brabant,  captain,  169;   alderman,   a  justice, 

169;    Henry,  customer  at   Hartlepool,  369; 

customer   at   Newcastle,   155 ;    Sir  Henry, 

mayor  of  Newcastle,  328 
Brackenbury,  Catherine.  218 
Bradbery  [Bradebery],  Thomas,  a  Jarrow  monk, 

298  ;  master  of  Farnelande,  297 
Bradford,  271 
Bradforth,  demise  of,  176 
Bradley  [Bradeley],  Henry  de,  83  ;   John,  117, 

248;   William,  248* 
Bradshaw,  F. ,  166;    on  writ  appointing  Sir 

William  Hlackett  lord  lieutenant  of  North- 
umberland, 327 

Bradwood,  Henry,  175  ;  Jane,  his  daughter,  175 
Brafferton,  co.  Durham,  157  ;  note  on,  202 
Brafferton  family,  202  ;  Thomas  de,  203 
*  Braggettes '  on  Holy  Island,  293 
Brancepeth  church,  .-  ir  S.  Glynne's  notes  on, 

210  ;    bishop  Cosin\s  fittings  in,  211 ;   font 

and  cover,  211 ;  effigies,  211 :  a  bell  cot,  211 ; 

John  VVawayn,  vector  of,  78 
Branan,  Jeremy,  176 

Brandling,  colonel,  delivered  up  Berwick  com- 
mand to  Scots.  308 
Brandling,  Robert,   of  Newcastle,   merchant, 

214  ;   Sir  Robert,  letter  of,  304 
Brandon,  Herefordshire,  plan  of  earthworks 

at,  213 

Brandon,  William  de,  and  Agnes,  his  wife,  43 
Brantingham  church,  331,  332 
Bran  ton,  gift  of  land  at,  173 
Brass,   matrix  of,   at  Auckland   St.   Andrew 

church,  147 
Brasses  in  Auckland  St.  Andrew  church,  147  ; 

Billingham  church,  179 ;   Sedgefield  church, 

187,  168  ;    Winston  church,  199  &  n 
Bratton,  Wiltshire,  plan  of  earthwork  at,  90 
Bi-awby,  co.  York,  tenements  in  12 
Bray  brook  castle,  Northants,  plan  of,  158 
Braybrpoke,  lord,  62 
Breamish  river  in  flood.  54 
Bredell,  Richard,  churchwarden  of  Bolam,  269 
Bredon  hill,  Gloucestershire,  plan  of  camp,  13 
Bredwardine,  Herefordshire,  early  earthworks 

at,  278 
Breinton,  Herefordshire,  early  earthworks  at, 

278  , 

Bremenium,   Roman  inscriptions  from,  183  ; 

notes  on  a  sculptured  stone  from,  46 
Brende,  John,  304 

Brereton,  Sir  William,  letter  of,  309n  ;    enter- 
tained on  Holy  Island  by  captain  Rugge,  309n 
Brewis,  Edward,  of  Swalwell,  baker,  bond  of, 

118 

Brickbury,  Surrey,  plan  of,  213 
Bridges  in  co.  Durham,  levies  for  repair  of,  36 
Bridlyngton,  Johan,  197 
Brinkburn  church,  burials  in,  174 
Brinsop,  Herefordshire,  early  earthworks  at, 

278 
Bristol,  St.  John  the  Baptist  church,  pulpit 

sand-glass  in,  16  ;  merchant's  mark  on  house 

at,  92 
British  camps,  plans  of.  13  et  teg.  :    '  village.' 

Wiltshire,   plan    of,   46   (see    also   Ancient 

British) 
Broad  Blunsdon,  Wiltshire,  plan  of  eaithworks 

at.  113 

Brokes  chare,  Newcastle,  245 
Brome  Close,  Thornley,  118 
Bromley,  Richard,  custom  house  searcher  at 

Shields,  156 


Bronirdean  Laws,  Scotland,  28 

Broomhouses,  Northumberland,  estate  at, 
owned  by  William  Coatsworth,  194 

Broomley  lough,  iron  spear  head  from,  278 

Brough  castle,  260,  262 

Brougham  castle,  260 

Broughton,  Little,  co.  York,  manor  of,  12 

Brown  [Browne],  Mr. ,  53 :  of  Doxford,  52  ;  of 
Kirkharle,  53 ;  Alice,  daughter  of  Joshua, 
of  Yardhope,  buried.  28  ;  Elizabeth,  wife  or 
Robert,  of  Chattlehope.,  buried,  27  ;  George, 
of  Whitby,  master  manuer,  29  ;  dom.  Henry, 
a  monk  removed  from  Durham,  299  ;  Isaac, 
attorney,  54 ;  Isabella,  of  Hillock,  buried.  26  ; 
James,  of  Spithope  haugh,  buried,  26 ;  John, 
116,  145  ;  Richard,  tidesman  at  Newcastle, 
156  ;  Sarah,  daughter  of  John  and  Margaret, 
baptized,  24 ;  Thomas,  custom  house  sur- 
veyor at  Newcastle,  156 ;  William,  elected, 
85  ;  his  notes  on  Northumbrian  wills,  171  et 
seq,  (see  also  Brun) 

Browning,  Nathaniel,  of  North  Shields,  cooper, 
bond  to,  117 

Bruce,  David,  son  of  Robert,  132n  ;  David, 
counterseal  of,  14  ;  Sir  Gainsford,  5,  166  ; 
presented  photographs  of  Roman  Wall,  237  ; 
on  expedition  of  duke  of  Norfolk  into  Scot- 
land, 41 ;  entertained  members,  121 ;  pre- 
sented rushlight  holder,  #c.f  38  ;  notes  by, 
38  ;  Margaret,  daughter  of  Andrew  and 
Janet,  baptized,  25 ;  Robert,  his  claim  to 
Scottish  crown,  131 ;  besieged  Norham  cas- 
tle, 132  &  n,  133 

Brun,  Richard  le,  300 

Brunton  windows  illuminated,  53 

Buccleuch,  145 

Bucham,  near  Melrose,  24,  25 

Buchanan,  Mungo,  of  Falkirk,  and  Antonine 
Vallum,  230 

Bucks'  view  of  Pendragon  castle.  260 

Buckton,  in  liberty  of  Norham,  petition  of  a 
tenant  of,  141 ;  mill,  Herefordshire,  early 
earthworks  at,  278 

Bueldon,  muster  of  tenants,  140 

Bullock,  Thomas,  247  ;    of  Newcastle.  245 

Bull,  baiting  abolished,  100  ;  ring,  the,  Sand- 
hill, Newcastle,  discovery  of,  100 

Bulman,  Anthony,  and  Elizabeth,  his  wife, 
117  ;  Benjamin,  of  Gateshead,  felt  maker, 
bond  of,  116, 117 ;  George,  248  ;  of  Newcastle, 
felt  maker,  bond  to,  116,  117  ;  George,  jr., 
117 

Buhner.  Anthony,  of  Gateshead,  mariner, 
bond  of,  116  ;  Sir  William,  at  Norham,  126 

Bunny  family,  the,  184 

Bunyan,  John,  warrant  for  arrest  of,  320 

'Buraton,'  271 

Burbecke,  George,  gift  to,  178 

Burdet,  arms  of  242  ;    '  Monsr.  John,'  242 

Burdon,  Ralph,  117  (see  also  Byrden) 

Burgh  [Burghe],  John,  prebend  of  Chester-le- 
Street,  112 ;  William, 


299 


Holy  Island  monk, 


Burghley,  lord,  letters  to,  36, 141-145,  ?06*,  316, 

339 
Burial,  pre-historic,  at  Fatfield,  150  et  seq. ; 

plan  of  site  of  discovery,  152 
Burn,  Sarah,  of  Spithope  haugh,  buried,  28  ; 

Thomas,  of  the  Sills,  buried,  26  :    William, 

of  Stobs,  buried,  28 
Burnigall,  151 

Burnt  Walls,  Northants,  plan  of,  158 
Burradon,  land,  &c.,  at,  174  (see  also  Buraton) 
Burrel.  49 
Burrell,  James,  of  Berwick,  142 


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INDEX  :      BUK — CHA 


Burrough,  William,  customer  at  Newcastle,  155 

*  Burse,'  a,  92 

Burstall    priory,    Lincolnshire,    custody    of, 

granted  to  Durham  priory,  292  ;    Thomas 

See,  prior  of,  292 

Burton,  Northumberland,  devise  of,  176 
Burton,  Adam  de,  of  Morpeth,  and  another, 

292 

Bury  Ditches,  Wiltshire,  plan  of,  90 
Bury,    Kichard    de,    consecrated    bishop    of 

Durham,  78 
Bushblades,  151 

Bussy,  arms  of,  241  ;  '  Sir  Jo.,'  241 
Buteland.  28 

Buttery,  John,  boatman  at  Newcastle,  156 
Button,  John,  of  Newcastle,  saddler,  170  ;   and 

others,  partnership  deed,  169 ;   Joseph,  of 

Gateshead,  stationer,  170,  171 
Buxton,  a  body  in  chains  near,  20 
Byeaate  hall,  28 
Byker,  land  in,  206-209* 
Byrden,  William,  a  Jarrow  monk,  298 
Byrnand,  of  Knaresborough,  arms  of,  242 
Byrness,  23 ;    an  original  register  of,  13,  23  ; 

Low,  23 
By  well,  mills  and  fishings  at,  bequest  of,  172  ; 

St.  Andrew  and  St.  Peter,  Sir  S.  Glynne's 

notes  on,  104;  fonts  at,  104;  painted  glass,  104 

C. 

'  Cadger  haugh '  road.  North  Tyne,  rights  to, 
to  be  defended,  29 

Cadwalla,  defeat  of,  82 

Cagnat,  prof.  Rene,  notes  by,  on  Roman  sculp- 
tured stone,  46 

Calamy,  Nonconformists'  Memorial,  127 

Calder,  the  laird  of,  303 

Calendar  of  Border  Papers,  local  extracts 
from,  36,  141  et  seq.,  338;  of  Documents 
relating  to  Scotland,  extracts  from,  83 ;  of 
Papal  Registers,  local  extract  from,  331 ;  of 
Patent  Rolls,  local  extract  from.  11 ;  of  State 
Papers,  local  extracts  from,  43,  316 

'  Calfe  Close,  Le,'  Thornley,  118 

Callipers,  old,  discovered  near  Coxhoe,  co. 
Durham,  189 

Caltraps  of  iron,  Roman,  found  at  Corstopi- 
tum,  315 

Calverley,  Thomas,  chancellor  of  Durham,  316 

Calwarth,  Edward,  attended  muster,  140 

Campbell,  captain,  48 

Camp  town,  Scotland,  27 

Campo  florido,  Roger  de,  grant  to,  95,  96 

Camps,  Ancient  British,  plans  of,  46  (see  also 
Ancient  British  and  British) 

Candeler,  Nicholas,  of  Newcastle,  207 

Candles,  proverbs  concerning,  17 

Capgrave,  bounds  of  Northumbrian  kingdom, 
291 

Capheaton,  Roman  silver  vessels  found  at.  150 

Capler,  Herefordshire,  plan  of,  213 

Caracalla,  baths  of,  317 

Carey,  John,  letters  of.  143  ;  inventory  of,  306  ; 
Sir  John,  at  Berwick.  146  ;  Hir  Robert,  132, 
141-143, 145, 146  ;  letters  of,145, 146  ;  Norham 
castle  given  to,  132 ;  informed  Burghley  he 
had  '  caughte  a  fishe,'  141  ;  farmer  of  queen's 
land  of  Norhamshire  and  Islandshire,  146  ; 
'  still  a  suitor  for  Norham  for  the  good  of  the 
country,'  144 ;  got  lease  of  Norham  castle, 
146 ;  asked  for  timber  from  Chopwell  to 
build  '  u  poore  cotage,'  144  ;  Sir  William, 
captain  of  Norham,  &c.,  143 

Carilef,  William,  of  St.,  bishop  of  Durham,  67 


Carleton.  Guy,  constable  of  Norham,  126 

Carlisle,  bishop  of,  lease  of  Balie  held  of,  175 ; 
John,  bishop  of,  ordinations  by,  124,  292 

Carlisle,  reported  attack  on  militia  at,  49 

Carmikell,  Sir  John,  145 

Carnaby,  Sir  Reginald  [Reynold],  11  ;  farmer 
at  Hexham,  35  ;  Hexham  granted  to,  43 

Carnagie,  Jane,  daughter  of  Matthew  and 
Ann,  baptized,  23 

Carr,  of  Eshot,  60n  ;  of  Rtal,  and  Mrs.  Ogle, 
marriage  of,  50 ;  colonel,  308,  309 ;  W. 
Cochran,  elected,  333  ;  Edward,  master  and 
mariner,  168 ;  Frances,  wife  of  Thomas 
William,  of  Frognal,  60n  ;  John,  of  New- 
castle, merchant,  214  ;  Leonard,  174  ;  Sydney 
Story,  on  the  Bunny  family,  184  ;  Rev. 
T.  W,  on  Bonner  and  Morton  tombstones, 
61  (see  also  Cesford,  Kerr) 

Carr-Ellison.  lieut.-col.,  presents  photographs, 
&c.,  149,  272,277 

Carraw  grange,  lying  waste,  12  ;  strong  tower 
at,  built  for  recusants,  12 

Carter  gate,  Redesdale,  27 

Carter,  John,  witness  to  a  deed,  181 

Cartmel  church,  parish  umbrella  at.  22 

Casterley.  Wiltshire,  plan  of  earthworks  at,  90 

Castle  Bytham,  Lincolnshire,  plan  of  camp,  13 

Castle  <  'haire,  le,  Durham,  118 

Castle  Combe,  Wiltshire,  plan  of,  90  ;  ditches, 
Wiltshire,  plan  of,  90 

Castle  Dykes,  Northants,  plan  of,  158  ;  camp, 
Northants,  plan  of,  158 

Castle  Eden,  273  ;  a  chapel  in,  &c.,  118 

Castle-rings,  Wiltshire,  plan  of,  46 

Castleton,  Herefordshire,  early  earthworks  at, 
278 

Castle  ward  to  king's  castle  of  Newcastle,  208 

Catcleugh,  Redesdale,  25 
•CatherwooJ,  lady,  22 

Cauz,  James  de,  and  Aline,  his  wife,  271  ; 
John  and  Joan  de,  held  Bolam  barony,  271 

Cave,  Richard,  an  apostate  Cistercian,  vicar  of 
Norham,  431 

Cavers,  Margaret,  relict  of  Robert,  tombstone 
of,  59 

Cawfield  mile  castle,  80 ;  milestone  found  near, 
80 

Cawne,  Nathaniel,  tidesman  at  Newcastle,  156 

Caygill,  James,  of  Consett.  presented  old 
mining  tools,  114 

Cecil,  letter  to.  146  ;  Sir  Robert,  letters  to,  146. 
293  ;  Sir  William,  letters  to.  146,  293.  304,  305 

Celt,  a  bronze,  from  the  river  Tees,  318 

Centurial  stones,  Roman,  found,  238 

Ceolwulf,  a  Lindisfarne  monk,  295 

Cesford,  145  (see  also  Kerr) 

Chalice  of  pewter,  a,  142 

Chambers  [Chamber,  Chambre],  Alice,  197; 
Anthony  247n*  ;  Johan,  of  Newcastle, 
merchant,  196  ;  Mary,  117  ;  Richard,  171  ;  of 
Newcastle,  hardwareman,  and  others,  a 
partnership  deed,  170  ;  Robert,  117*,  247n  (see 
also  Chaumbre) 

Chancellor,  Edward,  269  (see  also  Chauncellor) 

Chandler,  bishop  of  Durham,  notes  of  a  visita- 
tion, 129,  269 

Chantries  in  Norham  church,  127 

Chapman,  J Robert,  customs  boatman  at  Sun- 
derland,  155 

Charlton  [Charelton,  Charleton],  Anne,  daugh- 
ter of  Edward  and  Anne,  baptized,  23;  George, 
247n*;  ().  J..  exhibited  refoundation  charter 
of  Sypn  abbey,  2,  109 ;  transcript  of,  109  ; 
exhibited  old  silver  tankard,  160  ;  Sandy,  a 
Tyneside  thief,  absolved,  139;  William,  29 


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Charms  and  talismans,  7 

Chattlehope,  Redesdale,  27 

Chaumbre,  John  del,  inquis.  p.m.,  206*,  207*. 

208*;    Alice,  daughter  of,  inquis.,  p.m.,  206, 

207*  &  n,  208*  ;  Mabel,  sister  of,  288  ;  Thomas 

del,  209  (see  also  Chambers) 
Chauncellor,  family  of,  202  ;  Richard,  seneschal 

of  bishop  of  Durham,  42,  43 
Chaworth,  arms  of,  56 
Cheeseburn  grange,  tenement  of,  12 
Chellaston,  Notts,  alabaster  purchased  at,  46 
Cherry  hill,  Herefordshire,  plan  of,  213 
Chesewic  [Chesewyk],  Patrick  de,  constable  of 

Norham.  deposition  of,  130  ;    Ralph  de,  296  ; 

Kichard  de,  monition  to  executors  of,  296 
Chest,  an  old  carved.  122 
Chester-le-Street,  274  ;    notes  relating  to.  112  ; 

Scots  passed  over   '  new    bridge '   at,   112 ; 

rebels  encamped  at,  112  ;    land,  &c.,  in,  118  ; 

'  thrush  tithes'  in,  119  ;  dean  of,  112  ;  canons 

of,  appointment  of,  112  ;   canons  and  pre- 

bendaties  of,  44  ;   prebends  of  Birtley  and 

Harverton  in,  44 
Chesters,  remains  of  Roman  fort  and  bridge 

at,  51 
Chevington,   Northumberland,   complaint   of 

tenants  of,  236  ;   East  and  West,  177 
Chichester.  Thomas  de  Lestine,  canon  of,  78 
Chicken.  Mr,,  of  Anick,  high  constable,  47 
Chillingham,  Kichard  Kaynon,  vicar  of,  172 
Children's  lesson  books,  17 
ChipchHse,  30 
Chirdene,  John  and  Robert  de,  strife  between, 

83 

8hisbury,  Wiltshire,  earthworks  at,  90 
hiselbury,  Wiltshire,  plan  of,  46 

Chisholm,  Eleanor,  buried,  28  ;  John,  minister 
of  Presbyterian  church  at  Birdhope  craig,  160 

Chollerton,  corn  of,  30  ;  tenement  of  vicar,  12  ; 
fields,  55  ;  church,  31 ;  Roman  columns  in, 
322 

Cholmley,  Sir  Richard,  captain  of  Norham 
castle,  surrendered  castle  to  Scots,  139 

Chopwell,  a  commission  for,  306  ;  a  request  for 
timber  from,  144 

Christianity  and  Mithraism,  195 

Church  bells,  inscriptions  on,  161 ;  Heighing- 
ton,  69  ;  Plttington,  161 ;  Redworth  hall,  319  : 
Sadberge,  161  (see  also  Bells) 

Churches,  notes  of,  in  Northumberland  and 
Durham,  Sir  S.  Glynne's,  79,  103,  104,  108, 
119,  120,  128,  147,  148,  179,  210 

Churchyard  crosses,  72 

Cirencester  bull  ring,  plan  of  camp  at,  13 

Cist,  prehistoric,  discovered  at  Fatfield,  co. 
Durham,  150 

Clack-mount,  Wiltshire,  earthworks  at,  90 

Clark  [.Clarke,  Clerk],  Edward,  custom  house 
tidesman,  Newcastle,  168  ;  G.  T.,  his  descrip- 
tion of  Norham  castle,  131n  ;  John,  bequest 
to,  177  ;  son  of  Thomas  and  Ann  Turn  bull, 
baptized,  24  ;  custom  house  searcher,  &c., 
at  Blyths  Nook,  156  ;  custom  house  surveyor 
at  Newcastle,  156  ;  of  Shields,  custom  house 
surveyor,  169  (see  also  Clerk) 

Claudius  Gothicus,  coins  of,  presented,  335 

Clavering  [Claveringe],  lady,  estate  of,  out- 
rent,  310  ;  John,  of  Chopwell,  29,  30  ;  Phillis, 
of  Berwick,  widow  of  Thomas,  buried  in 
Norham  church,  127 ;  Thomas,  deputy- 
captain  of  Norham,  141;  William,  bequest 

'  to  poor  of  Norham,  126 

Claxton,  Richard  de,  prior  of  Holy  Island  and 
then  of  Durham,  295  ;  Robert  de,  journey  of, 
to  .Scotland,  297 


Clays  fitz  Clays,  a  Sluys  shipmaster,  arrested 
292  ;  to  be  liberated,  137 

Cleadon,  151 

Clearbury,  Wiltshire,  earthworks  at,  90 

Cleater,  Mr.,  178 

Cleeve  hill,  Gloucestershire,  plan  of  camp  at, 
13  ;  bull  ring,  plan  of  earthworks  at,  47 

Cleghorn,  stage-coach  guard,  19 

Clement  v,  pope,  grant  by,  271 .  vi,  296 

Clenehil,  Thomas  de;  witness  to  a  deed,  96 

Clephan,  R.  C.,  catalogue  of  his  Egyptian 
antiquities  presented,  149 

Clerk,  John,  of  Nesbit,  and  others,  grant  to, 
124,  293  ;  Thomas,  of  Alnwick,  207,  209 

Clervaux  families,  Place  and,  notes  on.  204 

Clervaux,  Sir  Richard,  205*  ;  tomb  of,  in  Croft 
church,  205 

Cleughe.  Leavei,  214  ;  Leonard,  214 

Cleveland,  duke  of,  effigy  of,  212  ;  first  duke 
of,  218 

Clevoys,  foreign  mercenaries  at  Norham,  &c., 
139 

Clifford  castle,  Herefordshire,  early  earthworks 
at,  278  ;  mill,  Northants,  plan  of,  158 

Clifford,  arms  of,  258  :  family,  documents  re- 
lating to  the,  46  ;  Robert  de,  43  ;  inq.  p.m., 
258  ;  and  Maria,  his  wife,  lease  by,  42  ;  Sir 
Robert  de,  received  custody  of  Norham  castle 
from  bishop,  136  ;  Roger  de,  260  ;  Thomas, 
son  of,  260  ;  Sir  Thomas,  letter  of,  301 

Clifton,  Cumberland,  agreement  for  carrying 
on  ironfoundries  at,  171 

Clifton  canonry.  Lincoln,  &c.,  64 

Clifton  down.  Gloucestershire,  plan  of  camp 
at,  13 

Clopton,  William,  collector  for  Easby  abbey, 
119 

Clutterbuck,  John,  of  Newcastle,  gentleman, 
bond  to,  116 

Coaches,  stage,  18  ;   blunderbus  used  on,  19 

Coal  trade,  T.  E  Forster  on  the,  164 

Coal  pits  incident  to  captainship  of  Norham, 
144 

Coate,  William,  bequest  to,  177 

Coatham  Mundeville,  203 

Coatsworth,  William,  of  Gateshead,  248*,  250, 
ct  seq.  ;  letter  of,  197  ;  borough  steward,  247  ; 
built  Gateshead  park  house,  198  ;  daughter 
Hannah,  198 ;  high  sheriff,  198  (see  also 
Cotesworth) 

Cocke,  Anthony,  of  West  Herrington,  and 
Alice,  his  wife,  parties  to  a.  deed,  181 ; 
Thomas,  of  Durham,  161 

Cocker,  John,  custom  house  surveyor  at  New- 
castle, 169 

Cockfield,  wooden  barrow,  £a,  from  old  coal 
pits  near,  105 

Cock  fighting,  20  proverbs  relating  to,  21 ; 
picture  of,  20  ;  late  chancellor  Ferguson  on; 
212 

Cocklaw  tower,  51 

Cockpits,  co.  Durham,  21  n 

Cockplay,  Roxburghshire,  24,  25 

Cocquets,  what  they  are,  169n  ;   forged,  169 

Coins  discovered  on  the  Herd-sand,  South 
Shields,  192  ;  at  Darlington,  238  ;  at  Walls- 
end,  320  ;  a  hoard  of  Roman  gold,  discovered 
at  Corbridge,  315,  320,  321 

'  Cokeley,'  30 

Coket,  water  of,  292 

Coldingham,  barony  harried  by  ^cots,  292 ; 
cell,  296  ;  prior  of,  expelled,  proceedings  on 
account  of,  123  ;  purchase  by  monks  of,  at 
Holy  Island,  292  ;  a  monk  removed  from,  298 

'  Coldingham  Walles '  on  Holy  Island.  293 


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INDEX  I      COLE — CRO 


Cole  family,  197  ;  James,  sheriff  of  Newcastle, 
198:  a  'delinquent,' 198  ;  will  of,  198  ;  his 
legacy  to  Gateshead  poor,  198 ;  Kalph,  his 
legacy  to  Gateshead  poor,  197,  198 

Colevile,  Sir  Robert,  custody  of  Norham  castle, 
&c.,  granted  to,  135 

Collieries,  151 

Colling,  Charles,  202 

Collingwood,  captain,  high  sheriff  of  Northum- 
berland, 52 ;  Daniel,  deputy  governor  of 
Holy  Island,  petition  of,  310 ;  Holy  Island 
demised  to,  294 ;  John,  son  of  William, 
grant  to,  197  ;  Ralph,  of  'Stanerdham,'  yeo- 
man, grant  by,  197  ;  custom  house  searcher, 
&c.,  at  Newcastle,  156  ;  Rebecca,  daughter 
of  Cuthbert,  of  Eslington,  married  a  Salvin, 
74  ;  Sir  Robert,  governor  of  Holy  Island,  310 

Collison,  John,  tidesman  at  Newcastle,  156 

Colman,  bishop  of  Lindisfarne,  294  ;  withdrew 
to  Ireland,  294 

'Colombe,'  ship,  168 

Col  well,  30 

Col  well  [Colewell],  Richard  de,  witness  to  a 
deed,  96  ;  Robert  de,  witness  to  a  deed,  96 

Comacenes,  the,  317,  334 

Communion  plate  :  Bolam,  261 ;  Heighington, 
69n  ;  Ladykirk,  122  ;  Norham,  127 

Communion  tokens  of  lead  :  Scottish,  122 ; 
presented,  159 ;  of  Birdhope,  Northumber- 
land, presented,  160;  Dairy,  N.B.,  159; 
Edderton,  N.B.,  159,  251 ;  Kirkurd,  N.B.,  159  ; 
Ladykirk,  N.B.,  108,  114 

Compton  church,  Surrey,  100,  194 

Comus,  91 

Concealed  lands,  118 

Conderton  hill,  Worcestershire,  plan  of  earth- 
works at,  46 

Coniscliffe  church,  co.  Durham,  188n  ;  Sir  S. 
Glynne's  notes  on,  188 ;  old  stalls  in,  188 ; 
rectory  house,  1?8  ;  tablet  in.  74 

Constable,  Sir  Robert,  a  commission  for  Chop- 
well  woods,  \c.,  306 

'Constant, 'ship,  156 

Convocation,  the  Northern,  166 

Conyger,  The,  Wiltshire,  earthworks  at,  90 

Cook,  Joseph,  of  Wallsend  parish,  Elizabeth, 
wife  of,  60n  ;  Robert,  of  Bolam,  killed,  266  ; 
William,  and  others,  tombstone  of,  58 

Cookson,  Isaac,  171 ;  of  Newcastle,  goldsmith, 
and  others,  partnership  deed,  170  ;  John,  of 
Newcastle,  271  ;  and  others,  partnership 
deed,  170  ;  William,  of  Penrith,  170 

Coplauud,  William  de,  and  Agnes,  his  wife,  a 
fine  by,  295 

Coppingdall,  arms  of,  241 

Corbania,  Boniface,  bishop  of,  ordinations  by, 
125 

Corbit  [Corbet],  of  Rochester,  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  William  and  Elizabeth,  23  ; 
Thomas,  son  of  William  and  Elizabeth,  of 
Low  Rochester,  baptized,  23  ;  buried,  27  ; 
William,  son  of  William  and  Elizabeth, 
baptized^  23  ;  buried,  26 

Corbridge,  country  meeting  at,  101,  202  ;  parish 
of,  6  ;  British  remains  at,  82  ;  Roman  site 
at,  98  ;  excavations  at,  46  ;  old  knife  found 
at,  39  ;  church,  visitation  in,  301 ;  Sir  S. 
Glynne's  notes  on,  103  ;  font,  104  ;  .ordina- 
tionsiin,  124 :  pele  in  churchyard,  104  (see 
also  Gorstopitum) 

Corbrigg,  Hugh  de,  his  expenses  to  Hull,  297  ; 
Thomas  de,  of  Newcastle,  207,  208 

Cordell,  Sir  William,  letter  of,  124 

Corder,  W.  S.,  5 

Coreyn,  John,  214  ;   Thumas,  214 


Corkeby,  Simon  de,  bishop's  bailiff  of  Norham 
castle,  return  made  by,  136 

Corn  dibbler,  a  Suffolk,  &c.,  presented,  93 ; 
T.  M.  Allison  on,  93 

Cornforth,  Francis,  249 

Cornhale,  Adam  de,  chaplain.  300 

Cornhill  chapel  confirmed  to  Durham  monas- 
tery, 125 ;  dispute  between  the  bishop  and 
prior  of  Durham  concerning,  125n,  130 

Corouner,  Robert  le,  296 

Corporax  case,  a,  92 

Corpus  Christi  cloth,  a,  92 

Gorstopitum,  6  ;  meeting  at,  313  ;  duke  of 
Northumberland  on  excavations  at,  8  ;  F.  J. 
Haverfield  on,  98;  Mr.  Woolley  on,  107; 
R.  H.  Forster  on,  313  ;  W.  H  Knowles  on, 
279  ;  discoveries  at,  101,  163,  166  ;  bridge  at, 
102  ;  granaries  at,  313  ;  stone  lion,  99,  103  ; 
fountain  at,  313  ;  inscriptions  found  at,  99, 
108  ;  coins  and  pottery  found  at,  102,  315  ; 
Roman  gold  coins  found  at,  315,  320  ;  gold 
ring,  320;  'inquest'  on,  as  treasure  trove, 
315,  321 ;  plans,  &c.,  of  excavations,  ex- 
hibited, 166  ;  lantern  slides  shown,  320  (see 
also  Corbridge) 

Cospatrick,  earl  of  Northumberland,  died  and 
was  buried  at  Norham,  126 

Coteler,  Hugh,  chaplain,  206,  2C7,  208 

Coteswoith,  William,  of  Gateshead  park,  171 
(see  also  Coatsworth) 

Cotom,  Maud  de,  of  Newcastle,  207,  209 

Cottenshope,  Redesdale,  26  ;    burnfoot,  26,  27 

Coulson,  II.  J.,  presented  Roman  inscribed 
stones,  238,  278  ;  Thomas,  297n* 

Council,  &c..  election  of :  for  1907,  9 ;  for 
1908,  167 

Country  meetings,  214,  253  ;  for  1907,  37  ;  for 
1908,  202 

Couper,  John,  247n,  249*.  250 

Coverham,  curious  tombstone  at,  84 

Coward,  Janet,  246n 

Cowen,  Eleanor,  117 

Cowens,  Thomas,  of  Plendeiieith,  25 

Cowpen,  271 

Coxail  Knoll,  Herefordshire,  plan  of,  213 

Coxhoe,  co.  Durham,  cockpit  at,  21n 

Coxon,  of  Little  Town,  arms  of,  244 

Cradock  [Cradocke,  Craddocke],  Mr.  174  ;  John, 
vicar  general  of  bishop  of  Durham,  176,  178  ; 
archdeacon  of  Northumberland,  173,  174 : 
Richard,  174 

Crarnlington  chapel,  303 

Cramlington,  John,  197n  ;  William,  of  Sun- 
derland,  168  ;  land  waiter  at  Newcastle,  169 

Crane,  John,  letters  of,  142,  306  ;  made  repairs 
at  Norham  castle,  141 

'  Craster  Tables,'  the,  244 

Greater,  H.  H.  E.,  166 ;  on  Northumbrian 
deeds,  98 

Creagh,  Sir  William,  mayor  of  N  ewcastle,  329 

Credenhill,  Herefordshire,  plan  of,  213 

Crewe,  lord  bishop  of  Durham,  his  seneschal, 
198 

Crewe  trustees,  170 

Cricket,  early,  21 

Cricklade.  Wiltshire,  plan  of  earthworks  at, 
113 

Crinoline,  22 

Croft,  H.  S.  S,,  76 ;  Rev.  Robert,  married  a 
Miss  Bowes,  75 

Croft  bridge,  279 ;  levies  for  repair  of,  36  ; 
church,  pulpit  sand-glass  belonging  to,  16n  ; 
arms  of  Place  and  Oervaux  on,  204,  205; 
tomb  of  Sir  Richard  Clervaux  in,  205 

Croft  Ambrey,  Herefordshire,  plan  of,  213 


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349 


Cromwell,  secretary,  letters  to,  43,  301 ;  lieut.- 

general,  309  ;  the  forces  under.  308*  ;  letters 

to,  308  ;   captain,  262 
Cross  of  Legion  of  Honour  exhibited,  183 
Grossman,  L.  Morley,  addressed  members,  286; 

death  and  burial  of,  291 
Crow,  major,  commander  of  Yorkshire  militia. 

48 

Croxdale  church,  68 
Crozier,  Ann,  of  Blackhope,  buried,  27 
Crulle,  John,  and  others,  commission  to  en- 
quire into  complaint  of,  292 
Crusie,  a,  presented,  38 
Culler,,  William  H.,  elected,  201 ;  Mrs.  W.  H., 

elected,  201 

Cullercoats,  &c.,  custom  house  officers  at,  169 
Culworth  castle.  Northants,  plan  of,  158 
Cumberland,    'dighting- hills'   in,    94  ;    and 

Westmorland  Archaeological  Society  met  at 

Corbridge,  102 

Cumont,  The  Mysteries  of  Mithra,  195 
Curting,  George,  169 
Curwen,    Sir   Henry,   176 ;    J.  F,,   described 

Wharton  hall,  253  ;  plan  of,  255  ;  Pendragon 

castle,  258 
Cusop  castle,  Herefordshire,  early  earthworks 

at,  278 
Customs,  forged  cocquets,  169  &  n  •  officers  of, 

168,  169 
Cuthbert,   St.,  conformed  to   Roman  usage, 

294  ;   death  of,  294  ;    burial  at  Holy  Island, 

294  ;   banner  of,  297 
Cuthbert,   captain,    of   Beaufront.    6 ;    Jane, 

bequest  to,  176  ;   Ezechiell,  a  bequest  to,  178 
Cuthbertson,  George,  117 
Cuttelere,  Hugh,  209* 

D. 

Dacre,  Thomas,  lord,  tenement  of  Bires  park 
of,  12 

Dale,  Dr.,  master  of  Sherburn  hospital,  com- 
plaint against,  338 

Dalkeith,  24,  25 

Dairy,  leaden  communion  tokens  of,  159 

Dalston.  Lancelot,  tidesman  at  Shields,  156 

Dalton,  Northumberland,  tenants  at  will  in,  12 

Dalton,  arms  of,  244 

Danby,  family,  202  ;  earl  of,  letter  of,  310 

Dandy  horse,  a,  21 

Danish  war,  82 

Darcys,  the,  151 

Darcy,  Sir  Norman,  and  another,  agreement 
made  between,  135 

Darlington,  135 ;  levy  for  repair  of  bridge  at, 
36;  'creeing  trough'  at,  238:  corporation 
exhibited  old  measure,  190 ;  St.  Cuthbert's 
collegiate  church,  279  ;  visit  to,  87,  162  :  Sir 
S.  Glynne's  notes  of,  323 ;  font,  324  ;  ordina- 
tions in,  292 ;  canons  or  prebendaries  in : 
John  Hildiardis,  78;  William  de  Kildesly,  78; 
John  de  Refham,  112  ;  Adam  de  Thornton, 
78  ;  John  Wawayn,  78  ;  Thomas  de  Weston, 
78  ;  John  de  Winston,  78  ;  William  Huton, 
alias  de  Hessle,  vicar,  78  ;  Thomas  Lestine. 
chaplain  of,  78 

Dartmouth,  lord,  report  of,  relating  to  Holy 
Island,  &c.,  311 

Daunt,  Robert,  of  Newcastle,  207,  208 

David,  king  of  Scotland,  letter  to,  138 ;  took 
Norham,  Newcastle,  &c..  134 

Davison  [Davidson,  Dayinson],  Alexander, 
A.M.,  vicar  of  Norham,  ejected  by  parliament, 
127  ;  Elizabeth,  of  Otterburn,  buried,  26  ; 
of  Learn,  Bellingham,  buried,  27 ;  George, 


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churchwarden  of  Bolam,  269  ;  John,  of  Bute- 
land,  buried,  28  ;  Robert,  tombstone  of,  58  ; 
Thomas,  307 ;  and  partners,  petition  of,  to 
custom  house,  167 

Davy,  Jane,  248 

Dawson,  George,  collector  of  customs  at  New- 
castle, 55  ;  John,  appointed  arbitrator,  54  ; 
of  Brunton,  a  MS.  diary  of,  notes  on  a,  46 

Day,  John,  of  Gateshead,  joiner,  bond  to,  117  ; 
Elizabeth,  his  wife,  117 ;  Martin,  rector  of 
Bothal,  administration  to  goods  of,  172 ; 
William,  250 

Deakin  garthes,  Chester-le-Street,  119 

Dean,  nomination  of  a,  516 

Deanem,  271 

Deanman,  arms  of,  240 

De  Banco  Rolls,  local  extracts  from  the,  336 

Dedication  stone,  Jarrow  church,  200 

Deeds,  local  partnership,  169 

De  Insula,  see  Insula 

Delaval,  Sir  John,  268  ;  Sir  Ralph,  205,  206  ; 
Robert,  of  Cowpen,  sheriff  of  Newcastle,  74  ; 
daughter  married  Sir  F.  Bowes,  74  ;  tablet 
erected  by,  74  (see  also  Val) 

De  1'Isle,  see  Insula 

Dendy,  F.  W.,  local  extracts  from  the  De  Banco 
Rolls,  336 

Denham  Tracts,  the,  quoted,  285,  290  (see  also 
Deanem,  Denum,  Denoun) 

Denman,  see  Deanman 

Denoun,  William,  sent  to  treat  for  a  marriage 
between  Bruces's  son  and  king  Edward's 
sister,  132n 

Dent,  Robert,  117 

Denton,  John  de,  mayor  of  Newcastle,  death 
of,  184 

Denum,  William  de,  and  others,  appointed 
attorneys  by  bishop  for  taking  over  Norham 
castle,  136 

Denyn,  John,  of  Morpeth,  173 

De  Rossi,  the  Roman  archaeologist,  293 

*  Derwentwater's  men,'  311 

'Desire,'  ship,  of  Shields,  156 

Devizes  castle,  Wiltshire,  plan  of,  90 

Diaries  wanted,  320 

Dickinson,  Thomas,  170 

Dieppe,  46 

'  Dighting  hills,'  in  Cumberland,  93 

Dillon,  Malcolm,  elected,  105 

Dinedor,  Herefordshire,  plan,  218 

Dinsdale,  pre-conquest  crosses  at,  71 ;  '  the 
Chauntry  House  at,'  119  ;  gatehouse,  newel 
stairs,  235 

Distaff,  a  Basque,  150 

Diva,  Matilda  de,  seal  of,  14 

Dixon  of  Low  Byrness,  Catherine,  daughter  of 
Smith  and  Jane,  baptized,  25 ;  Cuthbert, 
son  of  Robert  and  Ann,  baptized,  24 ;  Elenor, 
daughter  of  George  and  Elizabeth,  of  Low 
Byrness,  baptized,  23  ;  George,  son  of  Smith 
and  Jane,  baptized,  24  ;  James,  son  of  George 
and  Elizabeth,  baptized,  23 ;  Jane,  daughter 
of  Smith  and  Jane,  baptized,  25 ;  Lionel, 
251*  ;  Richard,  son  of  George  and  Elizabeth, 
baptized,  23 

Dixton  hill,  Gloucestershire,  plan  of  earthworks 
at,  46 

Dobie,  professor,  memorial  of,  in  Ladykirk 
church,  122  ;  William,  minister  of  Ladykirk, 
123 

Dobson,  John,  made  lake  at  Bolam,  265 ; 
designed  cross  in  Holy  Island  market  place, 
286 

Dod  family,  139 

Doddington,  see  Dorrington,  Dodyngton 


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INDEX  I     DOD — DUK 


Dodds  [Doddes],  James,  of  Newcastle,  tanner, 
and  Anne,  his  wife,  214  ;  of  Spithopehaugh, 
buried,  26;  Miss  M.  Hope,  elected,  317: 
Mary,  of  Bell  Shields,  buried,  28  ;  Violet,  of 
Spithopehaugh,  buried,  26 

Dodsworth,  Matthew,  LL.B.,  177 

Dodyngton  church,  in  London  diocese,  pre- 
sentation to,  112 

Dog  carriages,  21 ;  spits,  7,  21 ;  tongs,  21 ; 
whipper,  the,  his  pew  in  Greatham  church, 
21n 

Dolben,  Sir  William,  judge  of  the  king's  bench, 
247 

Donkey  wheel,  21 

Donnison,  Thomas,  247n  ;  William,  247n  et  seq. 

Dorrington  bridge,  54 

Dorstone  Castle  tump,  Herefordshire,  early 
earthworks  at,  278 

Dotland,  tenements  in,  11 

Doubleday,  Dr.,  50,  54 

Douglas  [Douglass],  James,  besieged  Percy  in 
Alnwick  castle,  132 ;  Joshua,  of  Newcastle, 
gent.,  and  others,  arbitration  award  by,  117  ; 
John,  of  Newcastle,  notary  public.  168 ; 
Ralph,  of  Newcastle,  hostman,  bond  of,  116 ; 
Robert,  29 ;  the  lord  William,  truce  with, 
133n 

Dover  castle,  Robert  Tich borne  a  prisoner  in, 
310 

Dover,  Matthew,  master  and  mariner,  of  New- 
castle, 168 

Downman,  Rev.  E.  A.,  plans  of  ancient  earth- 
works, 90,  113,  158,  213,  278 

Downton-on-the-Rock  tump,  Herefordshire, 
plan  of  early  earthworks  at,  213,  278 

Doyle,  Edward,  intruding  vicar  of  Norham, 
ejected  at  Restoration,  127 

Drake,  Thomas,  vicar  of  Norham,  129 

Drummer,  Robert,  of  Ovington,  yeoman,  bond 
of,  117 

Drummond,  James,  earl  of  Perth,  at  Fatfield, 
152 

Drury,  William,  report  of,  respecting  Holy 
Island,  &c.,  305 

Dryden,  Simon,  the  widow  of,  53 

Eubley,  Frances,  of  Ormeside,  bequest  to,  178 
ucking  stool,  19 

Duddo,  see  Dudehou 

Dudehou,  Malbert  de,  evidence  of,  in  dispute, 
30C 

Dumbarton,  '  Mons  Meg '  at  siege  of,  138 

Dunbar,  English  ship  captured  by  Scots  and 
taken  to,  292 

Dunbar,  earl  of,  death  of,  293  ;  George  Hume, 
earl  of,  146  ;  lords  of.  Norham  castle  sold  to, 
133 

Duncomb,  Sir  Sanders,  patent  of,  for  sedan 
chairs,  18 

Dunfermline,  letter  of  oommendator  of,  311 

Dunkeld,  bishop  of,  commissioner  for  Scottish 
king,  145  ;  Malcolm  de  Inrepeffery,  bishop 
elect  of,  138  ;  seal  of  chapter  of,  14 

Dunn,  Charlotte,  wife  of  Edward,  of  Otter- 
burn,  buried,  27  ;  Eleanor,  wife  of  Edward, 
of  Whitelee  -  gate,  buried,  27;  John,  of 
Rule  town -head,  buried,  28;  Robert,  118; 
Thomas,  yeoman,  of  Sharperton,  bond  to,  116 

Durham,  273  ;  wants  of,  to  be  supplied,  338 ; 
city,  concealed  lands  in,  118  ;  a  chantry  in, 
119  ;  Sir  S.  Glynne's  notes  of.  279 ;  premises 
in  Crossgate  in,  181 ;  stone  bridge  across 
Wear  at,  324  ;  levy  for  house  of  correction. 
36  ;  freemen,  list  of,  10  6;  form  of  oath,  106  ; 
recorder,  John  Jefferson,  198  ;  Poll  Books, 
&c.,  presented,  157 


Durham  castle  to  be  fortified  by  bishop,  137 ; 
Sir  S.  Glynne's.  notes  on,  282 

Durham  monastery,  statutes  of,  298 ;  new 
lavatory  in  cloister,  297  ;  petition  for  appro- 
priation of  Hemingburgh  church  to,  296  ; 
appropriation  of,  to,  11 ;  dispute  between 
bishop  of  Durham  and,  299  ;  bursar  of,  139  ; 
accounts  of,  126  ;  held  lands  at  Upsetlington, 
121 ;  custody  of  Burstall  priory  granted  to. 
292;  Norham,  &c.,  granted  to,  299  ;  receipts 
from  Norham,  124  ;  Holy  Island,  income 
from,  298  ;  fish  from,  297  ;  monks  of,  took 
refuge  at,  296  ;  cottages,  &c.,  belonging  to, 
293  ;  Scotland,  churches  in,  appropriated  to, 

298  ;  a  monk  removed  from,  297  ;  lay  grants 
of  tithes  to,  16  :  prior  and  convent  of,  licence 
to,  11 ;  right  to  advowson  of  Simonburn,  11 ; 
yearly  pension  to,  31 :   petition  of,  to  pope, 
331 ;  warden  and  monks  of,  63 ;  Heighington 
giyen  to,  68 ;  secular  canons  of,  expelled,  67 ; 
prior  of,  grants  to,  292  ;  expenses  of,  at  Holy 
Island,  298  ;    complaints  that  books  were 
withheld  from  him,  135  ;  of  seizure  of  lambs, 
&c. ,  123  ;   dispute  between  bishop  and,  125n; 
William,  prior  of,  mandate  of,  297 

Durham  monks,  &c.  :  a  monk  of,  and  a  l  Life 
of  St.  Cuthbert,'  125  ;  Henry  de  Luceby,  135  ; 
Richard  de  Tyndale,  135  ;  John  de  Norham, 
124,  125 

Durham,  dean  and  chapter,  granted  lease  of 
tithes  of  Norham,  146  ;  letters  relating  to 
leases  of  lands,  330  ;  grant  of  Holy  Island 
cell,  &c.,  to,  297,  298  ;  nomination  of  a  dean, 
316  ;  recommendations  for,  316 

Durham  cathedral  church,  synod  in  galilee  of, 
126,  268  ;  ordinations  in,  124,  125,  292  ; 
sanctuary  at,  265,  266 ;  carved  oak  turned 
out  of,  in  Norham  church,  127  ;  note  of 
plumber's  work  at,  106  ;  Sir  S.  Glynne's 
notes  of,  279,  280,  283  ;  prebendaries  of,  330 ; 
Henry  Naunton,  338  ;  Robert  Swift,  338 

Durham  churches :  St.  Giles,  68 ;  St.  Mar- 
garets, 68,  319;  St.  Mary's,  Bartholomew 
chapel  in,  68  ;  St.  Mary  in  the  Bailey,  litiga- 
tion respecting,  130 ;  St.  Mary  le  Bow,  Sir  S. 
Glynne's  notes  on,  524  ;  St.  Mary  the  Less, 
Sir  S.  Glynne's  notes  on,  324  ;  font  of,  324 

Durham  college  at  Oxford,  332 ;  income  of 
churches  for  support  of,  331 

Durham  bishopric,  330  ;  custody  of  lands,  &c., 
granted  to  Adam  de  Jeland,  and  others,  134  ; 
bishop  of,  139;  and  R.  Lever,  master  of 
Sherburn  hospital,  suit  between,  316.  365  ; 
Norham  church  given  to,  125  ;  commissioner 
for  king,  145  ;  Durham  castle  to  be  fortified 
by,  137  ;  to  restore  Haltwhistle  church  to 
Arbroath,  84  ;  yearly  pension  to,  31 

Durham,  bishops  of :  Richard  Barnes,  74, 125n, 
315,  316,  338  ;  Lewis  de  Beaumont,  137,  138, 
291 ;  Anthony  Bek,  131 ;  Richard  de  Bury,  78  ; 
lord  Crewe,  198 ;  Cumin,  295  ;  Nicholas  de 
Farnham,  124  ;  Ralph  Flambard,  127,  131, 
151 ;  Fox,  131  ;  Robert  de  Insula.  135  ;  Wal- 
ter de  Kirkham,  124  ;  Thomas  Langley,  297  ; 
Toby  Matthew,  145  ;  letter  of,  36  ;  Henry 
Montague,  106 ;  Richard  Poor,  125n,  134, 

299  ;   Pudsey,  125,  127,  131 ;    William  de  St. 
Barbara,  295  ;   William  of  St.  Calais,  67,  299  ; 
Tunstall,  131 

Durham,  archdeacons  of :  John  Honyngton, 
64 ;  William  Morton,  123 ;  chancellor, 
Thomas  Calverley,  316  ;  bishop's  seneschals  : 
Richard  de  Chaunseler,  42  ;  Galfrid  de  Sen- 
kenor.  42 ;  vicar-general,  John  Cradocke, 
178 


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351 


Durham  county,  overrun  by  Scots,  134  ;  Book 
of  Kates  for,  presented,  158  ;  visit  of  Royal 
Archaeological  Institute  to,  220  ;  Sir  Stephen 
Glynne's  notes  of  churches  in,  62,  120,  147, 
148,  179,  184-188,  199,  210  etseq.,  221  et  seq., 
273,  279  ;  arms  of  families  in,  239  et  seq. 

'  Durham  war,'  the,  298 

Durham,  first  earl  of,  monument  of,  151 ; 
'  dandy  horse '  used  by,  21 

Dutch,  privateers,  311  ;  ships  captured,  302  ; 
war,  156 

Duxfeild,  Henry,  rector  of  Bolam,  &c.,  269 

Dychand,  John,  received  first  tonsure  in  chapel 
of  Norham  castle,  130 

Dymock  castle  tump,  plan  of  earthworks  on,  13 

Dynes,  George,  301 

£ 

Eachwick,  tenements  in,  12 

Eadbert,  bishop  of  Lindisfarne,  295 

Eadred,  abbot,  295 

Eaglesfield,  Richard.  117 

Eardesley  castle,  Herefordshire,  early  earth- 
works at,  278 

Eardisland,  Herefordshire,  early  earthworks 
at,  278 

Eardulf,  bishop  of  Lindisfarne,  123,  293 

Earl's  Barton.  Northants,  plan  of  early  earth- 
works at,  158 

Easby,  late  monastery  and  church  of  St 
Agatha  at,  119 

Easdall,  William,  LL.D.,  archbishop's  com- 
missary, 178 

East  Farndon  hall  close,  Northants,  plan  of 
early  earthworks  at,  158 

Easington  church,  Richard  de  Norham  received 
first  tonsure  in,  125 

East  castle,  Wiltshire,  plan  of,  90 

Easterby,  Charles,  custom  house  boatman  at 
Sunderland,  156 

East  Matfen,  tenement  in,  12 

Eata  conformed  to  Roman  use,  294 

Ebchester,  William,  prior  of  Holy  Island,  297 

Eccles  church,  48 

Ecclesiastical  precedents,  a  pre-reformation 
book  of,  220 

Eden  river,  bridge  over,  near  Wharton  hall, 
260 

Eden,  John,  Stockton  custom  house  in  house 
of,  155  ;  dom.  John,  prior  of  Holy  Island, 
297  ;  Richard,  a  Jarrow  monk,  298  ;  Thomas, 
214  ;  William  de,  and  Juliana,  his  wife,  42 

Edenham,  Geoffrey  de,  clerk,  and  others, 
bishop's  attorneys.  136 

Edderton  parish,  Tain,  KB.,  leaden  commu- 
nion token  of,  251 

Edgar,  John,  custom  house  tidesman  at  New- 
castle, 156 

Edgerstone  Tofts,  Redesdale,  26 

Edinburgh,  117  ;   castle,  'Mons  Meg,'  138 

Edston,  Yorkshire,  tenements  in,  12 

Edvin  Ralph,  Herefordshire,  plan  of,  213 

Edward  I  proceeded  along  '  Stanegate,'  80 ; 
Norham,  head-quarters  of,  131  ;  issued  writs 
from,  123  ;  held  convention  in  church  of,  129  ; 
at  Glasgow  cathedral  church,  234  ;  ir,  bishop 
of  Durham  lent  Norham  castle  to,  136  ;  in, 
letter  of,  138 

Edwin,  king  of  Northumbria,  291 ;  baptized  by 
Paulinus,  bishop  of  York,  291 

Effigies  in  churches  :  Alnwick,  228  ;  Auckland 
St.  Andrews,  147  ;  Bamburgh,  263  ;  Barnard- 
castle,  210  ;  Bplam,  266  ;  Brancepeth,  211 ; 
Durham,  St.  Giles  (wood),  284  ;  Heighington, 


70  ;  Norham,  127  ;  Norton,  187  ;  PittingtonT 
222  ;  Ryton,  185  ;  Staindrop,  212  ;  Stamford- 
ham,  225  ;  wooden,  337 

Eglingham  hall,  a  fireplace  in,  339 

Egliston,  land  at,  119  ;  dissolved  monastery 
of,  119 

Egred,  bishop  of  Lindisfarne,  built  Norham 
church,  125 

Egyptian  antiquities  belonging  to  Mr.  R.  C. 
Clephan,  catalogue  of,  149 

Eighton  lane,  near  Lamesley,  119 

Eilaf,  the  elder,  82  :  the  younger,  82  ;  son  of 
Roger,  of  Rucestre,  prant  to,  95,  96 

Ekeley,  Yorkshire,  30 

Eland,  seal  of,  55  ;  of  Yorkshire,  arms  of,  56 
of  Eland,  arms  of,  56  ;  of  Carleton,  arms  of.. 
56  ;  of  Ponteland,  shield  of,  55 

Elande,  Richard,  112  ;  Thomas  de,  arms  of,  56' 

Election  squibs,  &c.,  158 

Elgy,  Henry,  of  Newcastle,  sedan  chairman, 
18;  Michael,  of  Newcastle,  owner  of  sedan 
chairs,  18 

Elishaw,  26 

Elizabeth,  queen,  letter  of,  305  :  fisheries  in, 
Tweed  demised  to,  125  ;  death  of,  132 

'Elizabeth  and  Mary,'  ship,  of  Whitby,  29,  30 

Ellewick,  &c.,  confirmed  to  Durham  monks, 
299 

Ellevyyk,  Gilbert  de,  prior  of  Holy  Island,  296  ; 
William  de,  vicar  of  Norham,  12,  130 

Ellingham  rig  common,  boundaries,  53;  church, 
needed  repair.  126 

Elliott  [Elliot],  Ninian,  29;  T.  W.,  of  Monk- 
seaton,  present  to  museum,  182 ;  William,. 
&c.,  tombstone  of,  58 

Ellison,  Henry,  of  Hebburn,  married  Hannah 
Cole,  198  ;  John,  of  North  Shields,  butcher, 
30  ;  Robert,  214 

Elmeden,  William  de,  209  ;  and  Joan,  his  wife, 
208*  (see  also  Emeldon) 

Elmley  castle,  Worcestershire,  plan  of  earth- 
works at,  46 

Elsdon,  Iron  house  in,  24*,  25*  ;  moor,  '  Win- 
ter's Stob'  on,  20 

Elwick,  Northumberland,  devise  of  land  at, 
176  (see  also  Ellewik) 

El  wold,  Liolf,  son  of,  witness  to  a  grant,  97 

Ely,  bishops  of:  William  de  Kilkenny,  68; 
Sir  William  de  Ludas,  135  ;  counterseal  of 
dean  and  chapter  of,  14 

Ember  tongs  exhibited,  114, 115 

Emblehope,  Redesdale,  26,  28* 

Embleton,  43 

Emeldon,  Peter  de,  295  ;  Richard  de  mayor  of 
Newcastle,  137  (see  also  Elmeden) 

Emmerson,  Thomas,  218 

England  and  Scotland,  commissioners  for 
bounds  between,  139 

English,  Matthew,  and  Jane,  his  wife,  tomb- 
stone of,  58 

Epitaphs  in  Wallsend  old  churchyard,  58 

Ermine  Street,  Northants,  plan  of,  158 

Errington,  30 

Errington  of  Ponteland,  arms  of,  55  ;  captured 
Holy  Island  castle,  311 ;  Mr.,  of  Wai  wick 
giange,  53  ;  Mark,  arms  of,  on  tombstone, 
56 ;  William,  of  Newcastle,  mariner,  bond 
of,  117 

Eshe,  arms  of,  243 

Espele,  Adam  de,  207,  208 

Essex,  earl  of,  124  ;  letter  to,  306 

Estantcelin,  Walter,  son  of,  witness  to  a  grant, 
97 

Estryngton,  church  of,  331 

Etal,  licensed  meeting  house  at,  29 


352 


INDEX  :     ETA— FON 


Staples,  an  ancient  anchor  discovered  at,  42 
Etchats,  M.  A.,  of  Bilbao,  158 

*  .Kthamesforda,'  old  name  for  Norham,  131n 

(see  also  Examforda) 
Elthelberts.  Herefordshire,  plan  of,  213 
Ethehvald,   bishop   of   Lindisfarne,  cross  of, 

thrown  down,  295 

Ettrick,  Walter,  customer  at  Sunderland,  155 
Eure  LEwrie]  family,  202  ;   lord,  145  ;   letter  of, 

303  ;    driven  by  plague  from  Hexham,  145  ; 

sick  at  his  house  at  Witton,  145  ;    Henry,  339 

(see  also  Evers) 
Evelingham,  Walter  de,  83 
Eveuwood,  a  free  waste  chapel,  &c.,  in,  118 
Evers,  lord,  letter  to,  302 
Eversley  old  town.  Nqrthants,  plan  of,  158 
Evil  eye,  a  charm  against  the,  231 
Ewart,  grant  of  land  at,  300 
Ewias  Harold,  Herefordshire,  early  earthworks 

at,  273 

*  Examforda,'  a  name  for  Norham,  131n  ;    St. 

Cuthbert  raised  boy  at,  from  Jead,  123n  (see 

also  Ethamesforda) 
Exeter,  Fox,  bishop  of,  131 ;  font  of  St.  Martin's 

church  at,  236 
Eyemouth,  2S2  ;  Rev.  J.  Ramsay,  minister  of, 

95n 
Eyton  of  Denbigh,  arms  of,  243 

F. 

Face  patches,  22 

Faireley,  Leonard,  master  carpenter  of  Ber- 
wick, 142 

[Fairfax,  Charles,  deputy  customer,  &c.,  at 
Whitby,  ]55 

Falstone,  North  Tyne,  24,  25 

Farenden  hall,  co.  Durham,  tenement  of,  12 

Fame  Islands,  304,  305,  306  ;  plan  of,  287  ;  cell 
at,  296  ;  hermits  of,  295;  grant  of,  to  monks  of 
Durham,  296  ;  confirmed  to  Durham  monks. 
299  ;  John  Bradebery,  master  of,  297  ;  a 
monk  removed  to,  299 ;  granted  to  dean  and 
chapter  of  Durham,  297  ;  a  blockhouse  at, 
.  304  ;  yearly  pay,  307 ;  houses,  &c.,  at, 
damaged  by  great  storms,  306  ;  too  decayed 
to  live  in.  305  ;  governor  of,  lord  Widdring- 
ton,  310  ;  captains  of,  William  Ramsey,  307  ; 
Robert  Rueg,  307 

Farnham,  lands  at,  174 

Farnham,  Nicholas  de,  resigned  bishopric  of 
Durham,  had  Norham  for  a  provision,  124 

Fashions  of  dressing  ladies'  hair,  114 

Fatfield,  co.  Durham,  description  of  village, 
151 ;  prehistoric  burials  discovered  at,  150  ; 
R.  H.  Jeffreys  on.  150  ;  James  Drummond, 
earl  of  Perth,  said  to  have  taken  refuge  at, 
152 

Fawcett,  Christopher,  of  Newcastle,  and  others, 
arbitration  award  by,  117  ;  Edward,  247n, 
248  ;  John,  247n*,  251*  ;  Robert,  126 

Fawcus,  Isabell,  178  :  [Fawchus]  Robert,  126 

Fawley,  Herefordshire,  plan  of  earthworks  at, 
213 

4Feare  God  and  loue  me,'  posy  on  a  ring, 
178 

Fecamp,  abbot  and  convent  of,  purchase  ala- 
baster, 44 

Fedw-Lwyd,  Radnorshire,  plan  of  earthworks 
at,  13 

Fell,  Ralph,  of  Newcastle,  merchant,  ship 
belonging  to,  168 

Felo-de-se,  burial  of,  20 

Felton  church,  Sir  S.  Glynne's  notes  on,  264 ; 
font,  264 


Fenham,  vill  of,  300;  granted  to  Durham 
monks,  299  ;  grant  of  a  water  mill,  fisheries, 
&c. ,  at,  302  ;  a  coble  ashore  at,  300  ;  letter 
dated  from,  293  ;  manor  house  of  monks  at, 
296;  leases  to  Sir  William  Reade,  296n ; 
house  taken,  309 

Fenton,  Northumberland,  bequest  of  farmhold 
in,  177 

Fenwick  of  Bywell,  '  got  a  broken  head,'  53 

Fen  wick  tenants,  muster  of,  140 

Fen  wick  [Fenwic,  Fenwicke],  colonel,  payment 
of  his  soldiers,  307  ;  Agnes,  175  ;  Ann,  173 ; 
Anthony,tof  Trewick,  will  of,  269  ;  Claudius 
174  ;  George,  of  Brinkburn,  will  of,  174  ; 
desired  to  be  buried  in  Brinkburn  church, 
174  ;  his  family,  174 :  bequests,  174  ;  vicar 
of  Bolam,  269  ;  of  Brinkburn,  Dorothy,  wife 
of,  174  :  George,  the  younger,  174  ;  Gregory, 
174 ;  Mrs.  Harry,  5l";  Sir  John,  173 ;  lady 
Katherine,  173  ;  Margaret,  173  ;  daughter  of 
George,  174  ;  Mary,  173;  tlobert,  307  ;  deputy 
customer,  169 ;  Robert  de,  attests  a  deed,  96 ; 
li'oger.  172,  173 ;  William,  173,  177  ,  devise 
to,  172  ;  of  Wallington,  145  ;  Sir  William, 
of  Wallington,  will  of,  172 ;  his  wives  and 
family,  172n 

Ferbeke,  Christopher,  smith,  witness  to  a  will. 
246 

Ferguson,  late  chancellor,  on  cockfighting.  21n 

Fern,  Robert,  117 

Feringtone,  Henry  de,  constable  of  Norham, 
deposition  concerning  dispute,  130 

Fetherston,  Albany,  176 

Feudal  Coats  of  Arms,  Some,  Foster's,  56 

Fewster,  Miss,  of  Bamburgh,  47 

Field  names,  118 

Figsbury,  Wiltshire,  plan  of  earthworks  at,  90 

Finan,  bishop  of  Holy  Island,  286,  291,  294; 
baptized  Penda,  291 

Finchale,  a  monk  removed  from,  299 

Finly,  Christopher,  249,  250 

Fisheries,  sea,  professor  Meek  on,  166 ;  in 
Tweed,  demised,  125 

Fishlake  church.  331,  332 

Fitzroy,  Grace,  218 

Flagg,  Ambrose  T.,  elected.  317 

Flambard,  bishop  of  Durham,  127  ;  built  Nor- 
ham castle,  131  &  n,  132  ;  grant,  151 

Flemings,  merchants'  marks  probably  borrowed 
from,  92n 

Fletcher,  Alexander,  and  Agnes,  his  wife,  in- 
scription to,  on  pulpit  69 ;  William,  of 
Newcastle,  mariner,  bond  of,  117 

Fiinton  of  Flinton,  arms  of,  243 

Flints,  gun,  box  for  holding,  115 

Flodden,  battle  of,  132 

Florence,  one  of  Jarrow  MSS.  in  the  Lauren- 
tian  library  at,  193 

Flower,  freeman  of  Gainsborough,  bond  to,  118 

Foggin,  Robert,  248 

Follensby  of  Hamsterley,  arms  of,  244 

Fonts  in  churches:  Aycliffe,  66,67;  Bamburgh, 

263  ;  Barnardcastle,  240  ;  Bellingham,  North- 
umberland, 323;   Billingham,  co.  Durham, 
179  ;  Bolam,  267  ;  Bothal,  272  ;  Brancepeth, 
210  ;  Bywell,  104  ;  Corbridge,  104  ;  Darling- 
ton, 324;   Durham  St.  Giles,  284;   Exeter 
St.  Martin,  236  ;   Felton.  264  ;   Haltwhistle. 
79n  ;   Hart,  186  ;    Heddon-on-the-Wall,  224  ; 
Heighington,  69  ;    Hexham,  226  ;   Lesbury, 

264  ;   Newcastle,  St.  Nicholas,  275  ;   St.  An- 
drew, 275 ;  St.  John,  276 ;  Pisford  St.  Mary's, 
Northants,  236 ;    Staindrop,  212  ;   Stamford- 
ham,  225  ;   Stanhope,  224  ;    Winston,  199  ; 
Youlgrave  All  Saints,  236 


INDEX  :     FORD — GLEES 


353 


Ford  papers,  205 

Fordyce,  captain,  47 

Foreign  mercenaries  at  Norham  and  Wark, 
139 

Fores,  Richard  de,  an  apostate  brother  of 
Kinloss,  vicar  of  Norham,  130 

Forester,  Thomas  le,  83 

Forfar,  lieutenant,  48 

Forster  of  Harberhouse,  arms  of,  244 ;  Claudius, 
173;  George.  117, 155;  of  Bellingham,  buried, 
50  ;  vicar  of  Bolam,  ejected  from  living,  269  ; 
Jane,  of  West  Acomb.  bond  to,  117  ;  John, 
174  ;  Sir  John,  145 ;  warden  of  the  middle 
marches,  312  ;  of  Adderstone,  Grace,  daugh- 
ter of.  married  Sir  William  Fenwick,  172n  ; 
M,,  Newcastle  custom  heuse  comptroller, 
155  ,  Martin,  comptroller  at  Sunderland,  156  ; 
Nicholas,  of  Hulne  abbey,  172;  R,  H.,  on 
discoveries  at  Corstopitum,  313,  320  ;  T.  E., 
on  coal  trade,  166  (see  also  Foster) 

Fortescue  and  lease  of  coal  pits,  144 

Fortune,  a  Roman  altar  to,  presented,  278 

Foslmry.  Wiltshire,  plan  of  earthworks  at,  90 

Foster,  Richard,  and  others,  captains  of  king's 
ships,  arrival  of,  at  Holy  Island,  301 

Fothergill,  G.  A.,  notes  on  Brafferton,  co. 
Durham,  202  ;  and  on  Place  and  Clervaux 
families,  204  ;  on  door  heads  at  Ingleton,  co, 
Durham,  &c.,  214 

Fotheringay  castle,  Northants,  plan  of,  158 

Foulden,  145 

Foulthroppe,  Maudlin,  bequest  to,  178 

Fountains  abbey,  &c.,  country  meeting  at,  4 

Fourstones,  25,  30 

Fox,  Richard,  bishop  of  Durham,  absolved 
Tyndale  and  Redesdale  thieves,  139 ;  &c., 
strengthened  Norham  castle,  131  ;  William, 
of  London,  292 

Framwellgate,  Durham,  land  in.  118 

Franco-British  Exhibition,  friction  matches 
exhibited  at,  329 

Free  Joiners  of  Newcastle  :  J.  S.  Robson  on, 
190  ;  J.  D.  Walker  on,  190 

Freeman,  E.  A.,  his  description  of  Norham 
castle,  131 

French,  legion  of  honour,  cross  of,  183  ;  ships, 
arrest  of,  304  ;  driven  ashore  at  Bamburgh, 
293 ;  fleet,  a  quarrel  to  be  picked  with  the, 
304 ;  purchase  of  English  alabaster,  45 ; 
built  ship,  a,  168 

Frevell,  George,  330;  letter  of ,  339  ;  petition 
of.  to  queen,  339 

Friction  match,  the,  17  ;  invented  by  Walker 
of  Stockton.  329  ;  first  recorded  sale  of.  329 

Friend,  Nicholas,  175 

Fryar,  Mr.,  of  Wrhitley  hall,  14 

Fulewodde,  John  de,  in  prison  at  Wark,  83 

Fulthorpe,  Thomas,  portion  of,  in  Norton 
church,  112 

Furness,  Elizabeth,  of  Wigton,  bond  to,  118 


Gainford,  &c.,  co.  Durham,  country  meeting 
at,  4  ;  pre-conquest  crosses  at,  71 ;  church, 
Sir  S.  Glynne's  notes  on.  199 

Gainsborough,  118 

Gainslaw,  41,  121 

Galfrid,  parson  of  Ancroft,  299,  300* 

Gallienus,  coins  of,  presented,  334 

Galloway,  earl  of,  at  Morpeth,  50 

Garmsley,  Herefordshire,  plan  of,  213 

Garnet,  Jerom,  176 

Garret-shields,  Redesdale,  26,  28 

Garrigill  registers,  93 


[Proc.  Soc,  Antiq.  Newc.,  3  Ser.,  m.J 


Gartshore  museum,  visit  to,  231  ;  entertained 
at,  231 

Garwqod,  professor,  166 

Gascoigne,  colonel,  of  Parlington,  Leeds,  an- 
cient deeds  belonging  to,  196 

Gasquet,  abbot,  and  the  Amiatine  Codex,  193 

Gateshead,  116 ;  'a  dingy  dirty  place,'  274  ; 
St.  Edmund's  chapel,  274 ;  riding  bound- 
aries, 243  ;  lands  in,  316  ;  eighteenth  century 
borough  stewards,  247n  ;  parish  accounts, 
247  ;  expenses  of  public  rejoicings  at.  250  ; 
cost  of  watching  and  lighting,  250  ;  races 
at,  248  ;  silver  plate  for  races  at,  249  ;  waits 
and  drummers  at  races,  249  ;  tollboth,  250  ; 
cost  of  repairing  streets,  250  et  seq.  ;  Busy- 
burn,  250,  251* ;  Pipewell,  250 ;  Bottle 
Bank,  250 ;  stocks,  repairs  to,  248*,  249 ; 
ducking  stool,  248  ;  legacy  to  poor  of,  197, 
198  ;  '  Mrs.  Cole's  old  rotten  cottages  at, 
198  ;  park  house,  198  ;  foundry  in  Pipewell- 
gate,  178  ;  founding  house  at  Old  Trunk 
Staith,  171  ;  last  coach  from  Edinburgh  to, 
19 

Gateshead.  St.  Mary  s  church,  274  ;  organ,  249; 
rectors  of,  197  ;  Leonard  Shafto,  250  ;  early 
grave  cover  discovered  at,  318 ;  charities, 
R.  Welford  on,  197 

Gateshead,  John,  a  Holy  Island  monk.  298 

Gayner,  Miss  Emily  S..  elected,  157 

'  Geddewordis,'  see  Jedburgh 

Gee,  Rev.  H.',  D.D.,  elected  45 

Gervasse,  William,  a  monk  of  Holy  Island, 
298 

Giant's  Grave.  Wiltshire,  plan  of  earthworks 
at,  113 

Gibbets,  20 

Gibbon,  E.  J.,  5  ;  John,  Bluemantle  pursuivant 
at  arms,  239 

Gibson,  ensign,  49,  50  ;  C.  O.  P.,  elected,  237  ; 
Jack,  to  be  tried  by  court  martial,  47  ;  John, 
senior,  of  Edinburgh,  117,  118  ;  John,  junior, 
of  Edinburgh,  merchant,  bond  of,  117,  118  ; 
John,  a  discovery  by,  at  Gilsland,  335 ; 
John  Pattison,  5;  on  Haltwhistle-burn 
camp,  40,  79, 162  ;  on  excavations  on  the  line 
of  the  Roman  Wall,  218  ;  exhibited  ancient 
brass  ring,  92 ;  Ralph,  248 ;  William,  of 
Birkhill,  buried,  27  ;  William  Waymouth, 
elected.  33 

Giggleswick  church,  331 

Gil  by,  Master  John,  B  C.L.,  332 

Gilly,  Dr.,  vicar  of  Norham,  brought  carved 
oak  to  Norham  church,  127 

Gilpin,  Bernard,  autograph  of,  34 

Gilroy,  Margaret,  of  Rochester,  buried,  26 

Gilsland,  97  ;   a  discovery  at,  335 

Gilson,  Julius  P.,  on  the  English  Percys,  &e., 
192 

Gingerbread  '  horn  books.'  17 

Gittens,  Arthur,  247 

Gladstone,  right  hon,  W.  E.,  62 

Glasgow,  visit  to,  dinner  at  North  British  hotel, 
231 ;  vallum  at  Bearsden,  234  ;  St.  Mungo's 
cathedral  church,  234  ;  newel  stair,  &c.,  in, 
235  ;  shrine  of  St.  Kentigern,  234 ;  Lady 
chapel,  &c.,  234  ;  Fergus  aisle  in,  234  ;  stone 
screen  in,  234  ;  stone  altars,  234  ;  demolition 
of  western  towers,  234  ;  of  great  west  win- 
dow, 234  ;  stained  glass  in.  234  ;  bishops  of, 
234,  235  ;  St.  Nicholas's  hospital,  235  ;  David 
Dale's  house  at,  234  ;  Provand's  lordship,  235 

Glass,  painted,  104  ;  in  Ponteland  church,  55  ; 
Sedgeh'eld  church,  188 

Gleave,  William,  of  Rochester,  buried,  25 

Glees  and  madrigals,  old  English*  5 


354 


INDEX  1     GLEN  —HAL 


Glenwhelt  bridge  washed  away  by  floods,  54 
Glynne,  Sir  Stephen  Richard,  bart.,  biographi- 
cal notes  of,  62  ;    his  notes  on  Durham  and 
Northumberland  churches,  62,  79  &  n,  103, 
104,  108,  119,  120,  128,  147,  148,  179,  184-188, 
199,  200,  210,  221  et  seq  ,  252,  262,  272,  273, 
279,  322 
Gnostic  device,  on  paper,  182  ;  on  front  of  house 

in  Newcastle,  182 

Gobyoun,  Hugh  de,  assessed  for  subsidy,  276 
Godard,  William,  and  others,  a  commission  to 

enquire  into  violation  of  sanctuary  by,  129 
Godeoald,  Robert,  and  Beatrice,  his  wife,  337 
Goldesburgh,  dame  Johan  of,  197 
Gorde,  Cuthbert,  attended  muster,  140 
Gordon,  Adam  de,  a  baron  of  Scotland,  133n 
Gordson,  Robert,  attended  muster,  140 
'Gore,  le,'  Thornley,  118 
Goree  in  Holland,  revolted  ships  at,  308 
Goswick,  294  ;  grant  of  tithe  corn  of,  298 
Goswike  [Gosewyk,   Gosewyke],   Patrick  de, 
evidence  of,  in  a  dispute,  300 ;    Walter  de, 
constable  of  Norham,  1?6,  291 ;    '  custos '  of 
Holy  Island,  291 ;  to  be  permitted  to  renwve 
armour,  &c.,  to  Norham,  137 ;  commission 
to,   136 ;    to   receive   Norham    castle,  137 ; 
William  de,  licence  to,  3CO  ;  formerly  warden 
of  Norham  castle,  letter  of  bishop  to,  135 
Gothenburg,  a  vessel  bought  at,  168 
Gower,  Thomas,  302,  304  ;  letters  of,  302,  303 
Graham,  John  and  Margaret,  of  Birdhope- 

craig,  buried,  26 
Grain^e,  Thomas,  of  North  Shields,  master 

mariner,  30 

'  Grandfathers'  days,  Our,'  114 
Grassings  field,  Redesdale,  28 
Gratian,  gold  coins  of,  found,  315 
'  Graie  Lawrie,'  name  of  a  horse,  175 
Gray    of    Chillingham,    pedigree    of,    176n  ; 
Arthur,  172  ;   Dorothy  and  Mary,  bequest  of 
'Rosse  and  Ellicke,'  176:   Edward,  devise 
to,  176 ;  Jane,  in  hospital  of  St.  Anthony, 
Newcastle,  176n  ;   alias  Reedman,  will  of, 
176  ;   bequests  of,  176  ;   John.  176,  177  ;   re- 
bellion of,  124  ;   vicar  of  Kirknewton,  125 ; 
Juliana,  escheat  9f  lands  of,  124  ;   rebellion 
of  her  son  and  heir  John.  124  ;    Margaret,  of 
Ulgham,  bequest  to,  178  ;  Michael,  boatman 
at  Newcastle,  156  ;   Ralph,  of  Chillingham, 
172  ;    Sir   Ralph,    will   of,    176  ;    bequests, 

176  ;   Robert,  bequests  to,  176  ;   Roger,  172  ; 
Thomas,    constable    of    Norham,    son    of 
Thomas,  133n  ;    taken  prisoner,  133n  ;   de- 
fended Norham,  132n  ;  of  Elwick,  Northum- 
berland, will  of,  128  ;  senior  and  junior,  held 
Heton  manor,  136  ;  Thomas  de,  constable  of 
Norham.  137  :  Sir  Thomas,  governor  of  Nor- 
ham castle,  137  ;   Thomas,  of  Wark,  gift  to, 
126 ;   Sir  Thomas,  of  Chillingham.  will  of, 
126  ;  bequests,  126  ;  Sir  Thomas,  of  Horton, 
grants  by,  124,  293  ;    William,  brother  and 
heir  of  Thomas,  release  by,  293  ;  Sir  William, 

177  (see  also  Grey) 
Great  pestilence,  the,  124 
Great  Chesters,  excavations  at,  5 

Great  Cransley  Mound,   Northan's,  plan  of, 

158 
Greatham,  St.  Mary's  hospital  at,  John  de 

Tibbay,  warden  of,  &c.,  64  ;   church,  dog- 

whipper's  pew  in,  21n 
Great  seals,  impressions  of,  presented,  94 
Great  Yarmouth,  118 
Green,    Edward,    shipwright,    163    (see   also 

Grene) 
Greenhead,  eighteenth  century  doorway  at,  98 


Greenwell  [Grenewel],  Roger  de,  grant  by,  64  : 
rev.  William,  5  ;  on  Holy  Island,  285  :  deed 
in  collection  of,  64 

Greenwell,  grant  of  '  le  morefeld  '  in,  64 

Gregson,  arms  of.  242 

Grendon.  Adam  de,  83 

Grene,  William,  collector  of  rents  at  Oving- 
ham,  31,  35 

Grenefeld,  master  William  de.  the  chancellor,  84 

Greneheued,  Robert  de  la,  death  of,  83 

Grenewood,  master  Thomas,  B.C.L.,  332 

Gregory,  pope,  299 

Grey,  Robert,  116 5  Dr.  Thomas,  308  (see  also 
Gray) 

Greyhounds,  hunting  with,  in  Raby  park,  339 

Grieve,  .'ames,  of  Rochester,  buried,  27 ;  Jane, 
of  Rochester,  buried,  29  ;  John,  of  Rochester, 
buried,  28 ;  Mary,  daughter  of  John,  of 
Rochester,  buried,  28  ;  Hobert,  247n 

Grim  the  collier,  a  character  in  an  old  play,  88 

Grotington,  tenement  in,  demised,  11 

Grosmont  castle,  Monmouthshire,  plan  of,  46 

Guisborough  monastery,  property  of  late,  118 

Gun  flints,  box  for  holding,  115 

Gunnerton.  30  ;  land  at,  172  ;  a  tenement  in, 
12  ;  crags.  British  remains  on,  82 

Gurne,  arms  of,  243 

H. 

1  Haddockes  Hole,'  a  very  bad  prison  at  Ber- 
wick, 142 

Haddon,  Hannah,  of  Birdhopecraig  mill,  27  ; 
Margaret,  of  Spithopehaugh,  buried,  26 

Haffield,  Herefordshire,  plan  of,  213 

Haggerston  manor,  &c.,  possession  taken  of, 
by  parliament,  309  ;  house,  a  garrison  at,  307 

Haggerston,  colonel  Thomas,  a  papist  in  arms, 
a  prisoner,  sale  of  lands,  &c. ,  of,  309  ;  Sir 
Thomas,  pay  of  officers,  &c.,  on  Holy  Island 
to  be  made  out  of  estate  of,  309 

Hagthorp,  arms  of,  244 

Hailes  wood,  Gloucestershire,  plan  of  camp 
at,  13 

Haldene,  at  school  in  Norham  church,  125  ; 
threw  key  into  Tweed,  125 

Hall,  49;  of  Greencroft,  arms  of,  244;  Mr., 
mayor  of  Berwick,  50.  51 ;  and  captain  Romer, 
'  grand  quarrel  '  between,  50  ;  Alice,  of 
Steward  Shields,  bnired,  26;  Andrew,  of 
Emblehope,  buried,  28  ;  Anne,  of  Steward 
Shields,  buried,  26  ;  Edward,  son  of  Edward, 
<»f  Steward  Shields,  buried,  28  ;  Elizabeth,  of 
Cottonshope  burnfoot,  buried,  26  ;  of  Emble- 
hope, buried,  26 ;  Gabriel,  of  Newcastle, 
saddler,  and  others,  partnership  deed,  169, 
170*,  171 ;  Hannah,  daughter  of  Edward,  of 
Stewart  Shields,  buried,  28  ;  James,  the  duke 
of  Northumberland's  piper,  5  ;  Jane,  of  Cot- 
tonshope burnfoot,  26  ;  John,  son  of  Jane, 
25  ;  of  Toft  house,  buried,  27  :  of  Whitley, 
gent.,  bond  of,  118:  of  Willington  colliery, 
tombstone  of,  58 ;  Margaret,  of  Stewart 
Shields,  buried,  27 ;  Thomas,  of  Stewart 
Shields,  buried,  26  ;  Thomas,  of  Toft  house, 
buried,  27  ;  son  of  Charles,  of  Emblehope, 
buried,  28 

'  Hallydon,'  land  in,  172 

Halnaby  arms  impaled  by  Place,  204,  205 

Haltwhistle,  83  ;    country  meetings  at,  37,  79 

Haltwhistle-burn  camp,  the,  15,  79,  162,  165, 
219  ;  committee  appointed  for  excavation  of, 
75  ;  J.  P.  Gibson  on,  40,  165  ;  subscriptions 
towards  excavating,  41 ;  F.  G.  Simpson  on, 
165,  336  ;  visit  to,  163 


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Haltwhistle  church,  Sir  S.  Glvnne's  notes  on, 
79n  ;  to  be  restored  to  Arbroath,  84  ;  prior 
and  convent  of  Lanercost  applied  for,  84  ; 
'  lowside '  window,  font,  &c  ,  79n 

'  Halvbrede  Sylver,  le,' 32 

Halywell,  William  de,  208 

Hamburg  city,  complaint  of.  293 

Hamund.  Laurence,  witness  to  a  grant,  64 

Handasyde,  Charles,  117 

Hand  ploughs,  Basque,  presented,  158 ;  de- 
scription of,  158 

'  Hannah.'  the.  of  Whithy,  29,  30 

Hansard  of  Wabrorth  castle,  68 ;  William, 
rector  of  Heighington,  68  ;  said  to  have  built 
church  of  Heighington,  68 

Hanway,  Jonas,  introduced  umbrella,  22 

Harcla,'  Andrew,  held  Pencil-agon  castle  in 
Mallerstanff.  258 

Hardcustle,  Dr.,  on  a  black  jack,  39  ;  Michael, 
custom  house  surveyor  at  Shields,  156 

Harding,  arms  of,  244 

Hardinge  [Uardyng],  Rev.  Sir  Charles,  rector 
of  Crowhurst,  202  ;  Micholas,  247  ;  Richard, 
of  Hollinside,  246  ;  Sampson,  197,  207 

Harfleur,  46 

Hargill  of  Cheshire,  arms  of,  242  ;  of  Clemen- 
thorpe.  242 

Harkness,  Henry,  of  Low  Rochester,  buried, 
26 

Harle,  see  Herle 

Harley,  lord,  his  journey  to  north  of  England, 
294 

Harraton,  151 

Harrington,  Nicholas,  property  at  Bingfield 
demised  to,  11 ;  house  in  tenure  of  widow  of 
Thomas,  11 

Harrison,  parson,  51 ;  Adam, of  Heskett,  Cum- 
berland, 176  ;  Thomas,  coal  waiter  at  New- 
castle, 156  (see  also  Heareson) 

Hart,  ensign,  shot,  48,  49 

Hart  church,  co.  Durham,  68,  273;  Sir  S. 
Glynne's  notes  on,  185;  fine  font  in,  186; 
sculptured  stone  in  south  wall,  186 

Hartburn,  Northumberland,  Robert  de  Auk- 
land,  vicar  of.  67  ;  parsonage  and  rectory 
of,  172 

Hartlepool,  custom  house  officers  at,  156,  169  ; 
a  chantry  at,  119  ;  church,  Sir  S.  Glynne's 
notes  on,  273 

Hartley,  32 

Harverton,  &c.,  prebend  of,  in  Chester-le-Street 
church,  44 

Harvey,  Mark,  of  Newcastle,  and  others,  part- 
nership deed,  171  ;  Thomas,  247n 

Hassendean  Bank,  Scotland,  25 

Haselrigg,  308  (see  also  Heselrige) 

Haswell,  F.  R.  N  ,  on  a  certificate  of  exemption 
from  militia,  14  ;  exhibited  plan  of  sittings  in 
Lanchester  church,  14 ;  on  altar  slab  in 
Aycliffe  church,  100  ;  on  Compton  church, 
Surrey,  194  ;  on  font  of  St.  Martin's  church, 
Exeter,  236 

Hatter  [Hattere],  William,  2C9  ;  chaplain,  206, 
207,  208 

Haughton-le-Skerne  church,  68 

Haughton  fields,  53 

Haverfield,  F.  J.,  5  ;  on  excavations  at  Cor- 
stopitum.  162,  315  ;  on  a  stone  from  the  Wall, 
278 

Hawarden,  St.  Deiniol's  library  at,  62  ;  Sir  S. 
Glynne's  MSS.  in,  62 

Hawelt',  William  de,  witness  to  a  deed,  96 

Hawick,  26 

Hawicke  (?  Howick),  172 

Hawks,  lady,  carried  in  a  sedan  chair,  18 


Hawkeswell,  John  de.  196  ;  Nicholas  de,  196  ; 
Robert  de,  196 

Hawkwell.  land  at,  173 

Haxeye,  Thomas,  206  ;  to  be  appointed  to  first 
canonry  vacant  in  Chester-le-Street,  112 

Hayden  bridge,  30  ;  church,  51 

Hayer,  William,  of  Kouchester,  grant  by,  95, 96  ; 
his  daughter,  Sibella.  95,  96 

Hazey,  n  illiam,  of  Wylam,  butcher,  bond  to, 
118 

Headlam,  T.  E.,  247n 

Heareson,  Richard,  of  Aycliffe,  204  * 

'Hearse,'  a,  over  Marmion  tomb,  133n 

Heaton,  premises  in,  209*  ;  charter  dated  at, 
209  (see  also  Heton) 

Heavenfield.  battle  of,  82 

Hebbescotes,  Walter  de,  97 

Hebblethwaite  of  Yorkshire,  arms  of,  243 

Hebburns  of  Hebburn,  Northumberland,  ac- 
count of  family,  172n 

Hebburn  [Hebburne].  Arthur,  172;  Michael, 
will  of,  172  :  bequests  to  wife,  children,  &c., 
172  ;  Robert,  witness  to  a  will,  172 

Heckles.  Elizabeth,  of  Monkseaton,  29  ;  John, 
of  Preston,  mariner,  30 

Heddon-on-the-Wall  church,  Sir  S.  Glynne's 
notes  of,  224 

Heddon,  Syrnon  de,  constable  of  Norham,  42 

Hedelham,  Henry  de,  dean  of  Chester-le-Street, 
112 

'Hedemasse  penneys,  lez,'  32 

Hedley  [Hedlie],  Allon,  of  Netherhouses,  26; 
John,  of  Newcastle,  hoastman,  30  ;  of  Wil- 
lington  colliery,  tombstone  of,  59  ;  Robert, 
of  Netherhouses,  buried,  28  ;  lioland,  of  .New- 
castle, fletcher,  214  ;  Samuel,  of  Woollaw, 
son  of  Thomas  and  Mary,  23 ;  Sarah,  daugh- 
ter of  Anthony  and  Sarah,  baptized,  23  ; 
Thomas,  boatman  at  Shields,  156 

Hedwin,  see  Hytlewyn 

Hedworrh,  lands  in,  151 

Hedworth,  151  ;  Dorothy  and  Elizabeth,  daugh- 
ters and  co-heirs  of  John,  151 ;  Sir  John,  151 

'  Hee  houses,'  gift  of,  172 

Heighington,  &c.,  country  meeting  at,  37,  65, 
162  ;  given  to  Durham,  68 

Heighington,  St.  Michael's  church  at,  67,  100, 
194  ;  Rev.  H.  D.  Jackson,  vicar,  on,  67  ;  Rev. 
J.  F.  Hodgson  on,  67;  pre-conquest  stones 
at,  67  ;  assigned  to  prior  Bertram,  68  ;  said 
to  have  been  built  by  William  Hansard, 
the  rector,  68  ;  sculptured  stone  above  south 
doorway,  68  &  n,  69  ;  font,  69  ;  inscribed  pre- 
reformation  pulpit,  69,  and  bells,  69  &  n  ;  an 
old  bell  from,  320  ;  communion  plate,  69n  ; 
medieval  grave  covers,  76 ;  effigies,  70 ;  vicar- 
age, 70 1  inscriptions  above  doors  of,  70 

Heighinton,  John,  of  Durham,  mercer,  party 
to  a  deed.  181  ;  John,  the  younger,  party  to  a 
deed,  181 

Helmesley,  Robert  de,  grant  to,  of  land  on 
Holy  Island,  291 ;  death  of,  292  ;  Robert,  his 
son,  admitted  tenant  in  his  place,  292 

Hemmingburgh,  St.  Mary's  church,  331,  332  ; 
request  of  Durham  monks  for  advowson  of, 
296*  ;  appropriated  to  Durham  monastery, 
to  be  erected  into  a  collegiate  church,  11 

Henderson  of  Heddon-on-the-Wall.  arrested  as 
a  rioter,  51  ;  Robert,  174  ;  William.  171 

Henry  II  and  Durham  monks,  299  ;  ill,  granted 
custody  of  Norham  castle  to  Adam  de  Jeland, 
and  others,  134  ;  vn,  daughter  of,  married 
James  IV,  132 

Henzells,  glassmakers,  of  Howdon  pans,  tomb- 
stones of,  59  &  n 


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INDEX  :      HENZ — HOLY 


Henzell,  Edward,  59  &  n  ;  family  of,  59 n  ; 
Moses,  of  Howdon  pans,  glassmaker,  59  &n ; 
family  of,  59 n 

Heppescottes,  Alan  de,  rector  of  Bolain,  268 
(see  also  Hebbescottes) 

Hepple,  Richard  Bulmer,  elected,  157 ;  [Hep- 
pell]  William,  churchwarden  of  Bolain,  269 

Hepscot,  see  Hebbescotes,  Heppescottes 

Herefordshire,  Rev.  E.  A.  Downman's  plans 
of  early  earthworks  in,  278 

Herefordshire  castle,Herefordshire,  early  earth- 
works at,  278 

Herle,  Hugh  de,  witness  to  a  deed,  96 ;  John 
de,  witness  to  a  deed,  96 

Heron's  close,  Northumberland,  gift  of,  172 

Heron  pit,  the,  6 

Heron  [Hearom,  Hearon,  Heyroun.  Heryng], 
Elenor,  of  Moordikhouse,  buried,  27 ;  Lyon- 
ell,  bequest  to,  178;  Nicholas,  97;  Robert, 
bequest  to.  177,  178*  ;  Roger,  171 :  of  New- 
castle, hardwaroman,  and  others,  partnership 
deed,  170 ;  Stephen,  and  others,  commission 
on  complaint  of.  292  ;  Thomas,  137  ;  Walter, 
97  ;  of  Newcastle,  207,  208  ;  '  Billy,'  daughter 
married  to  a  soldier,  51 :  Sir  William,  196 

Herrington,  151 

Herryngton[Heryngton],Thomas,  197;  Thomas 
de,  209'  ;  burgess  of  Newcastle,  206,  207*.  208 

Hertford,  lord,  letttrs  to  and  from,  302 

Heselrige,  Sir  Arthur,  governor  of  Newcastle, 
letter  t",  307  (see  also  Haselrigg) 

Hesilbeche,  master  Stephen,  of  Newcastle,  207, 
208 

Hesilrigg  [Hesilrigge],  Eamon  de,  97  ;  Thomas 
de,  97  ;  William  de,  97 

Heskett,  Cumberland,  Rev.  Adam  Harrison 
of,  176 

Heslop,  R.  Oliver,  on  The  Love  Sick  King,  an 
old  play,  87  ;  on  Haltwhistle-burn  camp,  41 ; 
on  flint-lock  guns,  116 ;  on  an  ancient  anchor, 
42  ;  on  a  panel  from  old  house,  Newcastle, 
182 ;  presented  leaden  communion  token, 
160 ;  exhibited  old  brass  mortar,  2  ;  old  knife, 
&c.,  39 

Hessett  church,  Suffolk,  photograph  of,  92 

Hester,  Joan,  bequest  to,  178 

Heton,  land  in,  206,  207 ;  manor  of,  grant  of, 
124;  held  by  Thomas  Gray,  father  and  son,  138 

Hetton,  William  de,  'miles,' 299 

Heugh,  tenement  in,  lying  waste,  12 

Hewett,  see  Huett 

Heworth,  Nether,  see  Nether  Heworth 

Hexham,  43,  117,  276  ;  burgages  in,  11  ;  lord 
Ewrie  driven  by  plague  from.  145 ;  afternoon 
meeting  at  37,  81. 163;  Ancient  British  burials 
at,  81 ;  rebellion  at,  43  ;  pardon  for,  43  ;  riots 
at,  47  et  scq.,  51 ;  deaths  in,  48;  49  ;  trial  of 
prisoners,  52  ;  crosses  near,  71  ;  St.  Giles's 
hospital  at,  35 ;  grammar  school  at,  83 

Hexham  priory,  82 ;  Asketill,  first  prior  of,  82  ; 
Augustine  canons  at,  82 ;  conduct  of,  43 ; 
granted  to  Sir  Reynold  Carnaby,  35,  43 ; 
property  at  Great  Stainton  formerly  belong- 
ing to,  119 ;  estates  of,  extracts  relating  to.  11 ; 
property  belonging  to,  11 ;  Henry,  earl  of 
Northumberland,  chief  steward  of,  31 ;  pro- 
perty of,  12,  30,  35  ;  Ovingham,  a  cell  to,  35 

Hexham  church.  Sir  S.  Glynne's  notes  on,  225 ; 
stones  from  Corstopitum  for,  6 ;  font,  226  ; 
stipend  of  curate  of,  31 :  unprovided  for 
service,  301 

Hexhamshire,  members  for,  43  ;  became  part 
of  Northumberland  by  14  Eliz.  cap.  13 

Hey  th,  Robert,  a  monk  removed  from  Finchale, 
299 


Higbald,  bishop  of  Lindisfarne,  flight  and 
return  of.  295 

High  Carrick.  Redesdale,  25 

Rich  Green,  28 

Hildiardis,  John,  canon  of  Darlington,  78 ; 
dispensed  by  pope,  78 

Hill  [Hills],  George,  a  Newcastle  custom  house 
porter,  155,  156  :  of  Whitby,  master  and 
mariner,  30  ;  Robert,  of  Newcastle,  yeoman, 
bond  of,  117 

Hillock,  Redesdale,  26 

Hilton  hall,  218  ;  near  Staindrop,  discoveries 
near,  220  :  manor  house,  214.  216 

Hilton,  of  Hnlton  Bacon,  Westmorland,  218  ; 
Abraham,  218  ;  John,  unlicensed  curate  of 
Holy  Island,  301 

Hindmnrsh,  Richard,  deputy  comptroller,  New- 
castle, 169 

Hinkes,  Edward,  custom  house  boatman  at 
Sunderland,  156 

Hinton  manor  house,  Northants,  plan  of,  158 

Hirste,  Edward,  and  another,  capital  messuage 
of  Beaufront  demised  to,  11 

Hobkirk,  Scotland,  24 

Hoby,  lady  Margaret,  146 

Hodges,  Charles  Clement,  on  Hexham  church, 
81 ;  on  Norham  church,  128n 

Hodgkin,  Thomas,  on  Holy  Island  priory,  288 

Hodgson  [Hodgshon],  John,  of  Elswick,  land 
leased  from,  170  ;  J.  Crawford,  166  ;  exhibited 
old  documents,  39  :  on  the  Alders  of  Prend- 
wick,  184  ;  on  a  certificate  given  to  Mrs. 
Anna  Ord,  95  ;  on  devolution  of  monastic 
lands.  15  ;  on  Holystone.  Northumberland, 
16  ;  on  proofs  of  age,  £c.,  34  ;  epitaphs  in 
Wallseud  old  churchyard,  58  •  Rev.  J.  F.,  on 
Heighington  church,  67  ;  on  Kirkby  Stephen 
church,  261  ;  on  Norham  church,  128n ; 
Joseph,  a  certificate  of  exemption  from  im- 
pressment, 40;  Launcelot,  175;  Richard,  com- 
mission in  militia  granted  to,  40  ;  mayor  of 
Newcastle,  214  ;  Robert,  250  ;  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
T.  H.,  5 

Hodskin,  Samuel,  collector  at  Stockton,  156 

Hogtr,  John,  118  ;  J.  J.,  presented  MSS.,  &c., 
157  ;  Philip,  117 

Holcroft,  Sir  Thomas,  in  charge  of  fortifications 
at  Berwick,  &c.,  304 

Holdenby,  see  Houldenby 

Holme  Cultrum,  81 

Holme  of  Huntingdon,  arms  of,  242 

Holtby  church,  331,  332 

Holy  Island,  country  meeting  at,  214,  285,  302  ; 
notes  on,  291 ;  plan  of,  287  ;  Celtic  name  of, 
291n  ;  original  English  settlement  on  North- 
umbrian coast,  291 ;  descent  of  Scaldings  on, 
295  ;  death  and  burial  of  Cuthbert  at,  294  : 
cross  of  bishop  Ethelwald  thrown  down,  295 ; 
country  about,  devastated,  302  ;  people  of, 
disorderly,  293  ;  conduct  of,  in  case  of  ship- 
wreck, 294  ;  to  be  made  a  fishing  town,  293  ; 
fish  from,  293n  ;  for  Durham  monastery. 
297  ;  oysters  sent  from,  294  ;  to  be  delivered 
to  Lewis  de  Beaumont,  291 ;  demised  to 
Daniel  Collingwood,  294  ;  release  of  lands 
in,  293 ;  freehold  cottages  on,  294  ;  '  Bagottes 
and  Coldingham  Walles '  on,  302 ;  tithes, 
10;  'Lyndesyde'  in,  granted,  291  ;  suit  re- 
lating to  tenements  on,  292;  an  assize  not 
to  be  held  on,  292 ;  a  servant  of  the  king 
killed  on,  135 ;  Scotchmen  arrested  at,  to  be 
sent  to  York,  137 ;  a  Sluys  shipmaster  ar- 
rested at,  138,  292  ;  an  ancient  brass  ring 
found  on,  92  ;  surprize  of,  311 ;  a  force  of 
Yorkists  surprized  at,  293  ;  a  design  against, 


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308  :  revolted  ships  at,  proposed  surrender 
of,  303  ;  surrender  of.  to  parliament,  307  ; 
a  force  sent  to,  307  ;  goods  taken  by  pirates 
brought  to.  293  ;  ravaged  bv  Scots,  291 ;  lords 
of  Scotland  to  come  to.  306  ;  bishop  William 
de  St.  Barbara  took  refuse  on.  295  ;  custody 
of,  granted  to  Christopher  Kempe,  301  ;  in- 
tention of  Scots  to  burn,  302  ;  a  commission 
for,  306  ;  beer  houses.  &c.,  at.  in  ruins,  301 ; 
houses,  &c .,  damaged  by  great  storm,  306; 
ships  taken  to,  311  ;  ships  of  war  at,  302 ; 
request  for  a  cruiser  to  be  stationed  at,  294  ; 
ships  to  be  mustered  at,  291 ;  Scotch  war- 
ships off,  301;  Dutch  prizes  taken  to,  302; 
galleys  off,  304  ;  beacons  fired,  304  ;  pictures 
of,  339  ;  to  be  guarded,  202 ;  fortifications 
to  be  made  at.  302,  306  :  in  charge  of  Sir 
Thomas  Holcroft,  304  ;  grain  to  victual,  304  ; 
weak  state  of  Beblow  fort  on,  304,  305  ;  guns, 
&c.,  in  fort  at.  306  ;  powder  in,  143  ;  block- 
house at,  repaired,  302  ;  bulwark  at.  decayed, 
302.  303  ;  an  Italian  engineer  at,  303  ;  bul- 
wark on  Bolster  Hughe,  303  :  report  relating 
to  condition  of,  311 ;  ordnance  much  decayed 
at,  306n  ;  yearly  pay,  30,  305 ;  and  cost  of 
works  at.  305  ;  arrears  due  to  troops  at,  310  ; 
cost  of  forces  at,  310  ;  payment  of  soldiers 
at.  307 ;  garrison  of,  to  be  reduced,  309 ;  stores 
to  betaken  to,  304;  Willoughby  viewed.  306n  ; 
Robert  Tichborne,  a  prisoner  in,  310  ;  Henry 
Martin,  a  regicide,  a  prisoner  at,  310  ;  Mar- 
maduke  Rawdon  at,  285  ;  lord  Harley's  note 
of,  294  ;  visited  by  Gilbert  Blakhal,  294  ; 
queen  Margaret  at,  293:  rev.  W.  Green  well 
on,  285 

Holy  Island,  'custos'  of,  Walter  de  Gosewyk, 
291  ;  governors  of  :  captain  Batten,  letter  of. 
307  ;  Sir  Robert  Collingwood  310  ;  William 
Reade,  293  ;  captain  Shaftoe,  309  ;  William, 
lord  Widdrington,  310 :  deputy  governor, 
captain  Thomas  Love,  310  :  captains  :  Wil- 
liam Ramsey,  307  :  Robert  Kugg,  307 

Holy  Island  castle,  290  ;  notes  relating  to,  301 
et  seq.  ;  view  from,  290  ;  a  '  forth  '  built  at, 
by  Robert  Trollop,  290  :  capture  of,  311  &  n 

Holy  Island,  cell  worth  less  than  2DGI.  a  year, 
297  ,  granted  to  dean  and  chapter  of 'Durham, 
297,  298  ;  priory,  Mr.  L.  Morley  Grossman  on, 
286  ;  Mr.  Hodgkin  on,  288  :  founded  by  Os- 
wald, 86  ;  bishops  of,  286,  294  ;  fall  of  tower, 
288  ;  Benedictines  founded  church  on,  293 ; 
monks  removed  to  and  from,  298,  299;  re- 
building priory  church  of,  297  ;  church  used 
as  the  '  great  store  hxmse,'  297  ;  land  at  Tweed- 
mouth  given  to  prior  of,  299  ;  prior  of,  on 
commissions,  129,  296  ;  protection  granted 
to,  296;  prior  could  not  pay  the  Durham 
pension  on  account  of  king's  tarrying,  296  ; 
prior'sagent  on,  beaten,  123;  priors:  Thomas, 
293,  295  ;  Richard  de  Claxton,  295  ;  William 
Ebchester,  297;  dom.  John  Eden,  297;  Gilbert 
de  Elwick,  296;  Richard  de  Hoton,  295; 
Thomas  Spark,  297  &  n  ;  Thomas  Warde, 
297  ;  John  Kirk,  a  brother,  297  ;  monks  of, 
mandate  to,  297  ;  took  flight  to  Durham,  296 ; 
permitted  to  drink  wine  and  beer,  295 n  : 
manor  house  of  monks  of,  at  Fen  ham,  296  ; 
rectory  of,  grants  of,  302  ;  lease  of,  293 ; 
granted  to  lord  Hume,  293;  Sir  W.  Reed 
petitioned  for,  305 

Holy  Island,  St.  Mary's  church,  grant  of  lands 
to,  300 :  granted  to  Durham  monks,  299 ; 
dispute  between  bishop  of  Durham  and 
convent  concerning,  299,  300  ;  needed  repair, 
126  ;  no  curate,  300  ;  chancellors'  visitations 


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of,  301 ;    not  properly  provided,  301 ;    un- 
licensed curate  of,  301 :    parish  clerk  of,  301 ; 
burial  of  captain  Sir  William  Reed  at,  3C4  ; 
his  tombstone,  304n  ;    rev.  I.  Crawshaw  on, 
289  ;  communion  plate  at,  290  ;  stone  coffin, 
•Vc.»  290;   base  of  pre-conquest  cross,   'the 
petting  stone.'  290;    chantries  in,  301  (see 
also  Sacra  Insula) 
Holme  of  Hampole,  arms  of.  240 
Holystone,  Northumberland,  26  ;   account  of, 

16  ;  lands  at,  174  ;   lease  of  rectory  of,  174 
Honey,  Mr.,  of  Wooler  haugh  head,  54 
I   Honeyman,  James,   of  Newcastle,   bond  to, 

117 

i   Honington,  Lincolnshire,  plan  of  camp  at,  13 
I   Honorary  members,  4 
i   Honyngham,  John,  archdeacon  of-  Durham, 

indult  to,  for  seven  years,  64 
|   Hood,  Tom,  Faithless  Nellie  Gray,  20 
I   Hopefoot  mill.  25 
'  Hopewell,'  ship,  of  Newcastle,  167 
Horkesley,    Essex,    priory.    337  ;    St.    Peter's 
church,  337  ;  wooden  effigies  in,  337  ;  Little, 
Swinburne  family  at,  337 
!    Horkesley,  Walter  de,  337 
j   Horn  books,  17 
!   Horn,  book.  History  of  the,  17 
Hornby,  Eleanor,  will  of,  245;    Uobert,  mer- 
chant, 245 ;    Sir    Robert-    priest.  245,  247 ; 
[Horneby]  William  de,  207,  209 
Hornclitt'e,  horsemen  stationed  at,  124 
!   Horndean,  parish  of,  121 
|    Korneclyve,  John  de,  295 
Hornsby  chare,  Newcastle,  245 
'  Horse  'blocks,'  18 
I   Horse  races  at  Gateshead,  248 
:   Horsley  family,  estates  of,  at  Bolam,  &c.,  272  ; 
mural  tablets  recording.  271 ;  Edmund,  Mil- 
burn  grange  in  tenure  of,  11 ;    Edward,  272  ; 
John,  tomb  of,  in  St.   Nicholas's  church, 
Newcastle,  272  ;    William  Frederick,  elected, 
333  ;   [Horsle]   Roger  de,    and   another,   to 
guard  Holy  Island,  &c.,  292 
Horton,  bequest  of,  177  ;    manor  of,  grant  of, 

293 

Hoton  of  Brandon,  202  ;  John,  a  Wearmouth 
monk,  296 ;  William,  brass  of,  Sedgefield 
church,  187  &  n 

I   Hotspur,  royal  descents  through,  213 
Houburne,  David  de,  gave  land  at  Tweedmouth, 

299  ;  Richard  de,  300 
Houghton-le-Spring.  Eepier  grammar  school 

at,  34,  166  ;   Sir  G.  Wheler,  rector  of,  29 
I    Houldenby  of  Houldenby,  arms  of,  241 

Houyston,  German  de,  attests  a  deed,  96 
i  Housesteads.  excavations  at,  5 

Howard,  Thomas,  a  man  of,  294,  332 
j   Howden  and  Howdenshire,  churches  of,  331 
I   Hownam,  Roxburghshire,  24 
j   Howson,   Elizabeth,  and  another,    in  Gates- 
head  ducking  stool,  248  (see  also  Houyson) 
i   Howton  Mound,  Herefordshire,  plan  of,  213 
i   Hoyer,  Miss  M  ,  By  the  Roman  Wall,  322 
Hucheson,  see  flutchinson 
Hudson,  Mr.,  occupier  of  Holy  Island  castle,- 
290 ;   John,  214  ;   Jack,  of  Acomb,  52 ;   a 
prisoner  for  riot,  50 
Huett,  John,  249 
Hughes,  George,  presented  plans  of  churches. 

&c.,  in  Newcastle,  45 

'  Hugh's  seat,'  near  Pendragon  castle,  West- 
morland, 258 

Hull,  116;  prizes  taken  by  men  of,  302  ;  ships 
to  go  to,  114;  expenses  to,  respecting  a 
charter,  297 


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INDEX  :     HUM — JED 


Humble,  Thomas,  of  Newcastle,  distiller,  bond 
of,  118 

Hume,  lord,  acted  at  delivery  of  pledges  for 
Scotland.  145  ;  claim  of  fishery  in  Tweed  by. 
139  ;  of  Berwick,  grant  of  rectory  of  Holy 
Island.  &c.,  to,  293  ;  Alexander,  145  ;  (and 
his  accomplices)  fear  of.  126  ;  lord  great  cham- 
berlain of  Scotland,  Upsetllngton  granted 
to,  123  ;  George,  earl  of  Dunbar,  owned  Nor- 
ham,  124,  146  ;  George  Haliburton,  elected, 
33  ;  Patrick,  a  Scotsman,  prisoner  in  Eng- 
land, exchange  of,  139  ;  John,  proceedings 
against,  123 ;  lords  Patrick  and  John,  ex- 
communicated in  Norham  church,  126 

Hunmanby,  William,  of  Newcastle.  207 

Hunsbury,  Northants,  plan  of  earthworks  at, 
158 

Hunsdon,  lord,  governor  of  Berwick  and  lord 
warden,  held  musters,  140 ;  asked  queen  for 
Norham,  140 ;  letters  of,  140,  141,  305,  306, 
311-312  ;  letter  to,  338  ;  death  of,  146 

Hunter,  Dr.,  53 ;  John,  custom  house  tidesman 
at  Newcastle,  156 ;  junior,  of  Witton-le- 
Wear,  gent.,  bond  to,  117  :  Thomas,  of  New- 
castle, coppersmith,  &c.,  250  ;  William,  118  ; 
of  Whitburn,  Sally,  wife  of,  60n 

Hunterian  museum,  Glasgow,  232 

Huntingdon,  earl  of.  lord  president  of  the 
North,  letters  to,  315,  330,  337,  338  ;  to  repair 
to  Newcastle,  312 

4  Huntlande,  le,'  Haltwhistle,  83 

Huntley,  John,  247n  ;  Martin,  247n  ;  [Huntlie] 
William,  of  Newcastle,  merchant,  214 

Hurry,  Thomas,  of  Great  Yarmouth,  master 
and  mariner,  bond  to,  118 

Husband,  Tom,  51 

Hutchinson,  Thomas,  247n  ;  of  Wykeham, 
arms  of,  243 

Huton  alias  de  Hessel,  William,  vicar  of  Darl- 
ington, indult  to,  78  (see  also  Hutton) 

Hutson,  James,  son  of  Matthew,  of  Otterburn, 
buried,  28 

Hutton,  Anthony  Rookewood  rector  of,  176 

Hutton,  Jo.,  117  ;  Richard,  178  ;  of  Morpeth, 
173  (see  also  Huton) 

Hydewyn,  John  de,  attests  a  deed,  96 ;  Robert 
de,  attests  a  deed,  96 

Hymers,  Anthony,  son  of  William  and 
Hannah,  23;  Edward,  son  of  William 
and  Hannah,  baptized,  23  ;  Jane,  daughter 
of  William  and  Eleanor,  baptized.  24  ;  John, 
of  Holy  Island,  will  of,  300  ;  burial  and  be- 

Siests  of,  300 ;    Mary,  natural  daughter  of 
enry,  and  Elenor  Elliot,  23 ;   Ned,  50,  51 ; 
Robert,  son  of  William  and  Hannah,  23 ; 
Robin,  48,  52  ;  William,  son  of  William  and 
Eleanor,  baptized,  24 


1. 


Ibbotson,  Grace  Ord,  wife  of  Henry,  60n 
Iceland  fishery,  Newcastle  ship  repaired  for, 

168 

Ida,  king  of  Northumbria,  291 
Ilderton,  vicar  of,  Robert  de  Norham,  129 
Ilderton,  Sanderson,  of  Newcastle,  gent.,  bond 

of,  118 
Impressment,  a  certificate  of  exemption  from, 

40 
Independent  company  of  Highlanders,  the,  48, 

49 

4  Ingeniator,'  125 
Ingnam,  Oliver  de,  and  others,  to  come  to  king 

at  Newcastle  with  troops.  137 


Ingleton,  co.  Durham,  discoveries  near,  220 , 

door-heads  at,  214 
Ingoe  [Inghoe,  Ingo],  deed  executed  at,  97  ; 

water  mill,  demise  of,  12 
Ingoe,   Robert,  parish  clerk  of  Bolam,  268  ; 

churchwarden  of  Bolam,  269 
Inquest  on  find  of  Roman  gold  coins,  321 
Inrepeffery,  Malcolm  de,  bishop  elect  of  Dun- 

keld,  proctor  for,  138 
Inscribed  pre-reformation  pulpit  at  Heighing- 

ton,  69  ;    bronze  mortar  exhibited,  214 
Insula,  Othuero  de,  attests  a  deed,  96  ;   John 

de,  291  :   rector  of  Bolam,  &c.,  268  :   Robert 

de,  bishop  of  Durham,  a  barrel  of  beer  sent 

to,   at  Norham,    135 ;   attests  a  deed,  96 ; 

Walter  de,  witness  to  a  grant,  97 
Ipplethwaite  of  Malton,  arms  of,  243 
Irchester,  Northants,  plan  of  early  earthworks 

at,  158 

Ireland,  John  Jefferson  a  judge  in,  198 
Irengray,  John  de,  chaplain,  209 
Irey,  John   de,    to   be   received    at   Norham 

castle,  136 

Iron  foundry  at  Oookborow,  171 
Irving,  George,  death  of,  3  ;    notice  of,  166  ; 

John  A.,  exhibited  bronze  mortar,  214 
Irwyn,  John  de,  proctor  of  bishops  of  Dunkeld 

and  Arg.vle,  mandate  for  liberation  of.  138 
Isaacson,  Mr.,  169  ;  Anthony,  Ib8 ;  collector  of 

customs  at  Newcastle,  156 
Isel,  Cumberland,  35  :    tithes  in,  30 
Islandsbire,   grant  of  lands  in,   293  ;    Sir  R. 

Carey,  farmer  of  queen's  lands  of,  146 
Italian    engineer,  an,  at    Holy    Island,  303 ; 

stiletto,  an,  exhibited,  201 
Ives,  Roger,  tide  waiter  at  Newcastle,  155,  156 
Ivlngton,  Herefordshire,  plan  of  early  earth- 
works at,  278 


Jabes,  AValter,  petitioned  pope  for  Norham 
vicarage,  130 

Jackson  of  Hillock,  baptism  of  Amos,  son  of 
Amos  and  Mary,  23  ;  Sir  Robert,  and  others, 
before  ecclesiastical  court,  301 

Jackson,  rev.  H.  D.,  vicar  of  Heighington, 
on  church,  67 

Jacobean  book  of  arms,  a,  239 

James  I  (of  England),  gave  Norham  castle  to 
Sir  R.  Carey,  132  ;  II,  wax  impression  of 
great  seal  of,  presented,  277  :  writ  of,  327  ; 
statue  of,  taken  down,  329  ;  IV  (of  Scotland), 
marriage  of,  131, 13ii ;  built  Ladykirk  church, 
121 :  vi  (of  Scotland),  132 

James,  captain  Fullerton,  elected,  13  ;  Henry, 
of  Ingleton,  trial  of,  216  ;  Thomas,  of  Dents- 
hole,  61 

Jamieson  [Jainson],  Isabel,  wife  of  Allen, 
buried,  28  ;  Jacob,  master  mariner,  of  How- 
don,  tombstone  of,  59 

'  Jane  and  Ann/  ship,  of  Whitby,  30 

Jaques,  John.  248 

Jarrow,  lands  in,  151;  slake,  chains  for  Job- 
ling's  gibbet  on,  20n 

Jarrow,  St.  Paul's  church,  66  :  Sir  S.  Glynne's 
note  of,  200  ;  '  Bede's  chair'  in,  200  ;  stalls, 
200;  dedication  sione,  200;  granted  to 
Durham  monks,  299 ;  monastery,  monks 
removed  to  and  from.  298,  299  ;  copies  of 
vulgate  made  at,  193 

Jaynes,  Thomas,  merchant,  245  ;  of  London, 
245  ;  action  against,  for  trespass,  &c.,  247 

Jedburgh,  24,  25 ;  the  two,  given  to  Norham 
church,  125 


[NDEX  :      JEF — LAM 


359 


Jeflerson,  lady,  197;  alderman  Matthew,  of 
Newcastle,  168  ;  John,  seneschal  to  bishop 
Crewe.  <&c  ,  198  ;  his  wife,  198 

Jeland,  Adam  de,  and  others,  custody  of  Nor- 
ham  castle,  &c.,  granted  to,  134 

Jenkins,  Ja.,  letter  of,  197  ;  [Jenkyns]  rev.  KM 
61 

Jerdon,  William,  of  Camptown,  buried,  27 

Jerningham,  Sir  Hubert,  on  Norham  castle, 
132, 163 

Jerusalem,  grant  to  the  hospital  of,  95,  96 

Jesmond  windmill,  206  ;  bridge,  contract  for 
repairing,  205,  2C6 

Jobling  gibbeted  on  Jarrow  slake,  20n  ;  his 
'  chains,' 20n 

Jobling,  colonel  T.  E.,  elected,  277 

Joceline,  bishop  of  Glasgow,  2?4 

John,  bishop  of  Carlisle,  ordinations  by,  124, 
125  ;  king,  visit  of,  to  Norham  castle,  131 ; 
xxiii,  pope,  332  ;  son  of  Adam,  83  ;  son  of 
Nigel,  witness  to  a  grant,  64  ;  son  of  Ralf,  83 

Johnson,  Mr.,  of  Morpeth,  gift  of  gold  posy 
ring,  178 ;  George,  of  Wall,  killed  atHexham, 
48;  John,  of  Newcastle, 29  ;  'Syr  John,' be- 
quest to,  300  ;  John,  chantry  priest,  Norham 
church,  127n  ;  Mary,  her  '  nightwark,'  53; 
Richard,  178  :  Robert  James,  elected,  85 ;  on 
a  suggested  Roman  pageant,  336  ;  William, 
of  Newcastle,  hoastman,  30 ;  of  Whitby, 
master  mariner,  29  (see  also  Jonson) 

Joicey,  lion.  Arthur  James,  elected,  113 

Joiners,  Free,  of  Newcastle.  J.  S.  Robson  on 
the,  190 

Jones,  W.  H  ,  of  Hexham,  gift  of  a  Roman 
tile,  318 

Jonson,  Ben,  autograph  of,  34 

Joplin,  John,  of  Howdon  Pans,  tombstone  of,59 

Jordan,  Charles,  247n  et  seq. 

Jupiter,  Roman  bronze  figure  of,  from  South 
Shields,  116 

K. 

1  Kareslye,'  tenement  in,  12 

Kearsley,  Oliver,  custom   house   searcher  at 

Stockton,  156 
Keepwick.  30 
Kellawe,  Patrick  de.  to  deliver  up  rooms  in 

Norham  castle,  135 
Kelloe,  a  tenement  at,  316 
Kelso.  rev.  J,  Ramsay,  minister  of,  95n 
Kempe,  Christopher,  granted  custody  of  Holy 

Island,  &c..  301 

Kenchester,  Herefordshire,  plan  of,  213 
Kendall,  Adam,  of  Crookborow,  Cumberland, 

yeoman,  171 ;    Edward   of  Stourbridge,  170  ; 

Ruth,  of  Crookborow,  Cumberland.  171 
Kepier  grammar  school,  Houghton-le-Spring, 

34  ;  and  its  library,  166 
'  Kerenhappuck,'   a  curious  Christian   name, 

60  &n 
Kerr..  Sir  Robert,    '  lying   in    ambush '   near 

Norham,  144 
Ketton  ox,  the,  202 
Keys,  presented,  92 
Kildesly,  William  de,  canon  of  Darlington, 

death  of,  78 
Kilkenny,  William  de,  last  rector  of  Heighing- 

ton,  68  ;  afterwards  bishop  of  Ely,  68 
Killerby,  near  Catterick,  an  early  stone  axe 

found  at,  318 

Killinghall  of  Middleton  St  George,  74 
Killingworth,  117 
Kilpeck  castle,  Herefordshire,  early  earthworks 

at,  278 


Kingsbury,  see  Kyngesbury 

King's  coronation,  53  ;  Brunton  windows  illu- 
minated, 53 

Kingsland  castle,  Herefordshire,  early  earth- 
works at,  278 

Kingston,  seal  of  borough  of,  14 

Kinloss,  Richard  de  Fores,  an  apostate  brother 
of,  130 

'  Kinniburgh,'  &c.,  marks  on  pewter,  123 

Kirk,  John,  a  brotker  of  Holy  Island,  297 

Kirkby,  Robert,  priest,  197  (see  also  Kyrkeby) 

Kirkby  Sigston,  see  Sigston 

Kirkby  Stephen,  country  meeting  at,  214,  253  ; 
fight  near,  262  ;  church  described  by  colonel 
Mason,  261 ;  rev.  J.  F.  Hodgson's  note  of, 
261 

Kirkelynn,  Luke,  bequest  to,  177 

Kirkham,  prior  of,  appointed  vicar  of  Ilderton, 
129 

Kirkham,  Walter  de,  bishop  of  Durham,  124  ; 
gave  Heighington  to  Durham,  68 

Kirkheaton,  tenement  in,  11 

Kirkintilloch,  the  '  peel '  at,  231 

Kirkmerrington  church,  324 

Kirkmichael,  rev.  James  Lawrie,  minister  of,  95 

Kirknewton,  John  de  Norham,  'curator'  of 
vicarage  of,  125  ;  John  Gray,  vicar,  125 

Kirkurd  parish,  leaden  communion  token  of, 
159 

Kirkwhelpington,  25  ;    land  in,  172 

Kitchen,  clean,  on  the  Records  of  the  Northern 
Convocation,  166 

Kite  carriage,  a,  19 

Knife,  old,  found  at  Corbridge,  39 

Knitting  sheaths  exhibited,  34 

Knock  castle,  Wiltshire,  plan  of.  90 

Knout,  Uichard,  sheriff  of  Northumberland, 
84 

Knowles,  W.  H.,  on  Newcastle  town  wall, 
quayside,  56  ;  on  Alnwick  castle  barbican, 

Knucklas  castle,  Radnorshire  plan  of,  13 

Kyloe  chapel,  299 

Kyncesbury,  Thomas,    canon    of   Chester-le- 

Street,  112 
j   Kyrkeby,  William  de,  and  others,  commission 

respecting  violation  of  sanctuary  by,  129 


Ladies'  hair,  fashions  of  dressing.  114 

Ladj'  Cross  bank  near  Hexham,  base  of  cross 
at,  71 

Ladykirk,  &c.,  country  meeting  at,  37, 121, 163  ; 
commissioners  met  at.  145 ;  church,  re- 
cutting  of  rnemori;'!  slab  at,  184  ;  described 
by  minister,  121  ;  -t.  Leonard's  hospital  at, 
121;  church  built  by  James  IV,  121 ;  added 
to  by  William  Adam,  122 ;  dimensions  of, 
122  ;  memorials  of  Robertson  family  in ,  122  ; 
window  to  memory  of  professor  Dobie,  122  ; 
communion  plate.  122  ;  leaden  communion 
tokens,  108,  114,  122  ;  stand  for  font,  122  ; 
carved  chest  in,  122 ;  records,  122  ;  ministers  : 
rev.  John  Tod,  122 ;  Thomas  Mills,  took 
old  pulpit  away,  122 ;  William  Dobie,  123 ; 
manse,  Kidpath,  the  historian,  born  in,  122 

Lady  Church,  125n 

Laing  [Lainge],  of  Plenderleith,  baptism  of 
Edward,  son  of  Robert  and  Mary,  23;  Ed- 
ward, yeoman,  Alnwick,  bond  of,  116 ; 
Elizabeth  Boyie,  daughter  of  Robert  and 
Mary,  of  Pienderleith,  baptized,  23  ;  Kobert, 
of  Plenderleith,  buried,  28 

Lam  be.  John,  boatman  at  Newcastle,  156 


360 


INDEX  :      LAM — LON 


Lambert,  major-general,  letter  of,  262 ;  An- 
thony, custom  house  tidesman  at  Newcastle, 
156  ;  Joseph,  247n 

Lambton  castle,  151 ;    hall,  274  ;   ancient  seat   . 
of  Darcys,  &c.,  151 ;  pulled  down  by  William 
Lambton,  161 :    worm,  the,  152  ;   coal  com-   | 
pany,  163 

Lambton,  Ralph,  of  Harraton,  married  Doro- 
thy Hedworth,  151 

Lambton 's  regiment,  51 

Lamesley,  land  at,  to  maintain  priest  in  church, 
119  ;  "  thrush  tithes '  in,  119  ;  prebend  of, 
112  ;  grant  to  Thomas  de  Weston,  112 

Lanark,  earl  of,  309* 

Lancashire,  papists'  houses  in,  42 

Lancaster,  arms  of,  244 ;  .Roman  potters'  marks 
at,  37 

Lancaster,  Thomas,  earl  of,  conspiracy  of,  258 : 
Idonea,  his  heiress,  260 

Lanchester,  tenement  in,  12  :  afternoon  meet- 
ing at,  4  ;  church,  plan  of  sittings  in,  14 ; 
'  portion  '  in,  112  ;  William  de  Bolum,  parish 
chaplain  of.  265 

Lanchester  of  Headlaw,  arms  of,  244 

Lanercost,  prior  and  convent  of,  apply  for 
grant  of  Haltwhistle  church,  84 

Langdale,  John  II.,  elected  ;  Sir  Marmaduke, 
letter  of,  262,  307 

Langlands,  John,  Newcastle  silversmith,  170, 
268 

Langley,  30 

Langley,  Thomas,  bishop  of  Durham,  297 

Langstaffs  of  Teesdale  and  Wcardale,  the, 
presented.  113 

Langton,  Little,  upon  Swale,  devise  of  land  at, 
176 

Lassells,  Christopher.  36 

Latham,  Thomas,  118 

Latiiner,  lord,  steward  of  lordship  of  Salton,  31 

Lawrie,  Sir  Archibald,  bart.,  exhibits  Mrs. 
Anna  Ord's  certificate,  94;  rev.  James, 
minister  of  Kirkmichael,  95 ;  his  wife,  Anna, 
95  ;  his  descendants,  95 

Lawson,  arms  of,  242 ;  Dorothy,  176 ;  Sir 
George,  301,  302;  James,  alderman  and 
mayor  and  merchant,  of  Newcastle,  246  ; 
purchased  Neasham  monastery,  247n*  ;  Mar- 
garet, 176  ;  Marie,  bequest  to,  176  ;  Peter, 
of  Poppleton,  242 

Layton,  arms  of,  243  ;  Sir  Brian,  late  captain 
of  Norham,  murder  of,  139 

Leach,  Richard,  tidesman  at  Newcastle,  156 

Leaden  communion  tokens,  159,  160 

Lead  smelting,  &c.,  170 

Lee,  ot  Bmgfield,  53  ;  widow,  of  Newbrough, 
dispute,  54 ;  Mary,  of  Acomb,  and  her 
daughter-in-law,  54  ;  Richard,  report  of,  re- 
specting Holy  Island,  305  ;  Richard,  witness 
to  a  deed,  181 ;  Sir  Richard,  304 

Leek,  Sir  Francis,  troops  at  Horncliffe  under, 
124 

Legard,  of  Hysome,  arms  of,  243 ;  Sir  Algernon, 
bart.,  ancient  document  exhibited  by,  95 

Legh,  William,  and  another,  capital  messuage 
of  Beaufront  demised  to,  11 

Legio  11  Aug  ,  34  ;   the  badge  of  the,  41 

Legion  of  Honour,  cross  of,  exhibited,  183 

Legs  cross,  co.  Durham,  visit  to,  162  ;  Edward 
Wooler  on,  71 

Leighton,  271 

Leigh  ton,  Robert,  Gateshead  borough  steward, 
247 

Leintwardine,  Herefordshire,  plan  of,  213 

Leith  roads,  a  vessel  seized  in,  311 

Leland,  Collectanea,  quoted,  133n 


Lenthall,  William,  letter  to,  262,  307 

Lesbury  church,  Sir  S  Glynne's  notes  on,  264  ; 
font.  264  ;  Stephen,  chaplain  of,  299 

Lestine,  Thomas,  of  Wissande,  held  prebend 
of  Auckland,  78  ;  chaplain  of  Darlington,  7S 

Lethem,  Roxburghshire,  24,  25 

Letteney.  John ,  118 

Levari  facias,  writs  of,  129 

Lever  [Leaver],  Ralph,  master  of  Sherburn 
hospital,  and  bishop  of  Durham,  suit  be- 
tween, 315,  316  ;  letter  of,  316  ;  petition  of 
widow  of,  338  ;  Robert,  268n  ;  Thomas,  suit 
of,  316  (see  also  Lower) 

Lewis  of  Marr,  arms  of,  241 ;  of  Glamorgan, 
241 

Lewthwaite,  William,  293 

%  Lias,'  or  hand  ploughs,  Basque,  158 

Liberty,  rev.  S.,  sub-warden  of  St.  Deiniol's 
library,  Hawarden,  62 

Ledbury,  Wiltshire,  plan  of  early  earthworks 
at,  90 

Liddel  of  Hexham,  and  others,  tried  for  rioting, 
52 

Liddington,  Wilts,  plan  of  earthworks  at,  90 

Lilbourne  castle,  Northants,  plan  of,  358  ;  hill, 
Nprthants,  ground  plan  of,  158 

Lilia,  the,  at  Rough  castle,  233 

Lime  kiln  edge,  Roxburghshire,  23 

Lincoln,  agreement  relating  to  land  in,  135  ; 
castle,  plan  of.  13 

Lindisfarne,  bishops :  Eardulf,  123 ;  Kgredt 
125  (see  also  Holy  Island) 

Lingen  castle,  Herefordshire,  early  earthworks 
at,  278 

Lintz  ford.  117  ;    hall,  117  ' 

Ljolf,  son  of  Elwold,  witness  to  a  grant.  97 

Lishman,  William  Button,  elected,  157 

Lisle,  Sir  Humphrey,  grants  of  land  to,  43  (see 
also  Insula) 

Lister,  Ralph,  247n 

Little  Clifton,  Cumberland,  close  at  Highfleld, 
171 

Little  Doward,  Herefordshire,  plan  of,  213 

'  Little  God  Almighties,'  142 

Little  Neweton,  premises  in,  209* 

Llancillo,  Herefordshire,  plan  of,  213 

Llanselm  in  Oswestry  deanery,  communion 
cup  of  Newcastle  make  at,  182 

Lloyd,  see  Loyd 

Local  muniments,  184;  partnership  deeds, 
169  ;  documents,  ancient,  245 

Locke,  Thomas,  117 

LOP  GODT  VAN  AL,  inscription  on  bronze 
m9rtar,  214 

Lollius  Urbicus,  Q.,  slabs,  &c.,  bearing  name 
of,  99,  233 

Lombardic  architecture,  signor  Rivoira's  book 
on  origin  of,  333 

London,  port  of,  156  ;  Roman  wall  of,  318 ; 
Roman  tile  from  site  of  Christ  church  hos- 
pital, presented,  518;  'Naked  Boy,'  linen 
draper's  sign  in  the  Strand,  117n 

Long  Buckby,  Northants,  plan  of  early  earth- 
works at,  158 

Longnewton,  Thomas  de  Weston,  rector  of, 
78 

Longridge,  muster  of  tenants  of,  140 ;  Thomas 
Ord  of,  a  delinquent,  134;  yearly  rent  out 
of,  to  earl  of  Suffolk,  134  ;  towers,  134  ; 
members  entertained  at,  134 ;  drawings  by 
elder  Richardson  at,  134 

Longstaff,  George,  of  Sunderland  shore,  coal 
fitter,  bond  to,  118  ;  William,  of  Sunderland 
shore,  coal  fitter,  bond  to,  118  (see  also 
Langstaff') 


INDEX:    LON — MAW 


361 


Longtown  castle,  Herefordshire,  early  earth- 
works at,  278 

Longwitton,  272 

Loraine,  Mr.,  of  the  Wood-head,  death  of,  48 

Loreyn,  see  Coreyn 

Love,  captain  Thomas,  deputy  governor  of 
Holy  Island.  310 

Love  Sifk  King,  The,  <Scc..  an  old  play,  profes- 
sor Bang  and  II.  ().  Heslop  oft;  87 

Lovibond,  John  Locke,. elected,  325 

Low,  A nt lion v,  248 

Low  Buryness,  see  Dyrness.  Low.  23 

Low  Rochester,  27 

Lower,  .Air  Uobe'-t,  a  preaching  minister  at 
Bolani,  268 

Lower  Pont-Hendre,  Herefordshire,  early 
earthworks  at,  278 

Lowick,  Ralph,  chaplain  of,  300 

Lowick  [Lowyk].  John  de,  petitioned  for  Nor- 
hain  vicarage.  130  ;  John,  master  of  Tweed- 
mouth  hospital.  297 

'Lowside '  window.  Haltwhistle  church,  79  &  n 

Lowther,  arms  of,  258  ;  Robert,  bought  Whar- 
ton  hall,  258 

'  Loyalty,'  ship,  of  Shields,  29 

Loyd,  justice,  52 

Luceby,  Henry  de,  a  Durham  monk,  135 

Lucy,  Stephen  de,  Norham  castle  committed 
to,  134  ;  to  give  full  seisin  to  the  bishop  of 
Durham,  135 

Luda.s  Sir  William  de,  bishop  of  Ely,  and 
another,  agreement  between,  135 

Ludgershall,  Wiltshire,  plan  of  earthworks  at, 
113 

Lumley  castle,  274 

Lurnley,  lord,  329  ;   Margaret,  205 

Lumsden,  Northumberland,  28 

'Lutchet,'  or  wooden  barn  shovel,  £c.,  pre- 
sented, 93  ;  Dr.  Allison  on,  93 

Lyms.  James,  king's  sergeant-at-arms,  292 

'Lyndesyde,'  in  Holy  Island,  grant  of,  291 

Lynn,  J.  K.  D.,  death  of,  4;  Eobert  Gray, 
elected,  237 

Lynn,  &e.,  men,  prizes  taken  by,  302 

Lyonshill  castle,  Herefordshire,  early  earth- 
works at,  278 

M. 

M,  I.  vicar  of  Heighington,  1685,  70 

Mable  [Mabel],  Isabel,  of  the  Yeat,  buried,  27  ; 
Robert,  of  Bronirdean  Laws,  buried,  28 

McAllum,  Hugh,  elected,  233 

M'Cleary,  Samuel,  49 

MacConuick,  rev.  F.,  elected,  149 

Macdonald,  Dr.,  and  Bar-hill  camp,  231;  de- 
scription of  Roman  inscriptions  in  Glasgow 
university.  232 

McKenny,  William,  of  Willington,  tombstone 
of,  59 

Maggee,  John,  curate  of  Bolam,  268 

Magnus  Maximus,  gold  coins  of,  found,  315,  320 

Maiden  castle,  262  ;   cross,  Hexham,  71 

'  Maines,'  arms  of,  243 

Malcolm,  king  of  Scots,  ravaged  Holy  Island, 
291 

Malhevbe,  Thomas,  83 

Malmesbury  abbey,  82 

Man  [Mann],  Edward,  the  puritan  alderman  of 
Newcastle,  39  ;  John,  letter  of,  303  ;  tomb- 
stone of.  59  ;  of  Pilgrim  street,  Newcastle,  a 
'  black  jack '  with  name  of,  39 ;  son  of 
Miles,  39 

Manchester,  earl  of,  speaker  of  House  of  Lords, 
letter  to,  308 


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Maners,  see  Mariners 

Manlay,  Edward  de,  custody  of  Norham  castle 
granted  to,  136 

Manlove,  Sarah,  of  Newcastle,  bond  to,  117 

Manners  and  customs  in  our  grandfathers' 
days,  16,  144 

Manners  [Maners],  George,  son  of  Thomas,  of 
Chiswick,  293  ;  Robert  de,  bishop's  constable 
of  Norham  castle,  132n  ;  arrest  by,  138n  ; 
and  others,  justices  of  assize,  292 :  Sir  Robert, 
lieutenant  of  Norham  castle,  124  :  Thomas, 
of  Chiswick,  gift  of  property  on  Holy  Island, 
293 

Man  traps,  20 

March,  Patrick,  earl  of,  133n 

Marches,  musters  of,  140  ;  lord  Hunsdon,  lord 
warden  of  ilie,  140;  east  and  middle,  139  ; 
musters  of  the,  266,  269 ;  Thomas,  lord 
Wharton,  warden  of  the,  254,  256  ;  wardens 
of  w.  st  and  middle,  312 

Marchbancke,  Thomas,  177  (see  also  Marjori- 
banks) 

Mardendaile,  Robert,  coal  waiter  at  Newcastle, 
156 

Margaret,  queen,  escape  of.  293 

Manas,  coins  of,  presented,  335 

Marjoribanks,  lady,  gift  to  Ladykirk  church, 
122  (see  also  Marchbancke) 

Mark's  'Survey  of  Northumberland,'  124,  265 

Marlborough  mount,  Wilts,  plan  of  earthworks 
at,  113 

Marley  [Merley,  Marie],  Henry,  218  ;  James, 
of  Wilton,  will  of,  126  ;  Robert  de,  chaplain, 
207*,  209  ;  Sir  Robert,  '  preste,'  197 

Marmion,  Sir  Walter  Scott's,  133,  285 

Marmion,  tombs  of,  in  Tanfield  church,  133n  ; 
Leland's  story  of.  133n  ;  Sir  William,  135n 

Marsh,  Phillip,  letter  of,  156 

Marshall,  Isabella  Akenhead,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Akenhead  and  Jane,  baptized,  25  ; 
John,  of  Byegate  hall,  buried,  28  ;  Roger,  of 
Blindburn,  buried,  27 ;  Thomas,  of  Bay- 
bridge,  Shotley,  and  others,  partnership 
deed,  70 

Martin,  Henry,  a  regicide,  imprisoned  in  Holy 
Island,  310  ;  warrants  for  his  delivery,  310 

Martinsell,  Wilts,  plan  of  earthworks  at,  113 

Mary,  the  virgin,  chantry  of,  in  Norham 
church,  127  ;  queen  of  Scots,  ratified  treaty, 
140 

Masham,  William,  a  Finchale  monk,  299 

Mason  [Mayson],  colonel,  on  Kirkby  Stephen 
church,  261  ;  Elizabeth,  witness  to  a  deed, 
181  ;  Nicholas,  witness  to  a  deed,  181  ; 
Richard,  brass  of,  199  &  n ;  William,  of 
Berwick,  constable  of  Norham,  restoration 
of  prisoner  by,  138 

Massey,  Nathaniel,  deputy  searcher  at  New- 
castle, 169 ;  tide  waiter,  156 

Matches,  friction,  invention  of,  329 

Matfen,  East,  a  cottage  at,  35  '.    rioters,  50 

Mather,  Edward,  of  Overacres,  buried,  28 ; 
Mary,  of  Elishaw,  26 

Matheson,  Thomas,  exhibited  knitting  sheaths, 
34 

Matthews  [Mathew],  Dr.  Tobias,  recommended 
for  deanery  of  Durham,  316  ;  bishop  of  Dur- 
ham, demised  Norham  castle,  146  ;  letters  to 
and  from,  36,  145 ;  Luke,  prebendary  of 
Chester-le-Street,  44  ;  Roche,  51 

Matthew,  vicar  of  St  Nicholas,  Newcastle,  67  ; 
dom.,  curate  of  Norham,  126 

Maughan,  Joseph.  117 

'  Mawton  Gare,'  Thornley,  118 


362 


INDEX  :      MAX — MUN 


Maxwell,  Samuel,  118     . 

Mayers  [Mayer],  major  John,  took  Fenham 
house.  309  ;  Mr.,  of  Simonburn,  buried,  53 

4  Mayflower.'  ship,  of  Whitby,  30 

Mayne,  of  Rowlston,  arms  of,  243 

Mease,  Thomas,  of  Stokesley,  grocer,  certificate 
of  exemption  from  militia,  14 

Medcaud,  Celtic  name  of  Lindisfarne,  291n 

Medieval  grave  covers  in  churches ;  Aycliffe, 
66  ;  Bolam,  267  ;  Heighington,  70  ;  Fitting- 
ton,  222  ;  Stanhope,  221 ;  Whitburn,  223 

Melandra  castle,  excavations  at,  13 

Meek,  professor,  on  sea  fisheries,  166 

Meldon,  manor  of,  gift  of,  172 ;  Henry  Duxfeild, 
rector  of,  269 

Melrose,  Scottish  forces  at,  138 

Melton,  archbishop  of  York,  letter  of,  138 

Members,  honorary,  4 

Membury,  Wilts,  plan  of  earthworks  at,  90 

Memorial  crosses,  72 

Meon  hill,  Gloucestershire,  plan  of  early  earth- 
works at,  46 

Merchants'  marks,  92  &  n 

Merley,  see  Marley 

Merrington  church,  68 

Meryng,  Thomas,  30 

Metcalfe,  Joseph,  of  Willington  quay,  tomb- 
stone of.  59  ;  Thomas,  117 

Mewburn,  Mr.,  funeral  of,  53 

Middleham,  see  Bishop  Middleham 

Middleton-in-Teesdale  church,  Sir  S.  Glynne's 
notes  on,  222  ;  William  Bell,  parson  of,  126 

Middleton,  North,  tithe  of,  172  ;  South,  272 

Middleton,  Charles,  tablet  to  memory  of,  267  ; 
Thomas,  268  ;  Sir  William,  bart.,  of  Belsay, 
269,  271 

Midleton,  lease  of  lands  at,  339 

Midsummer  hill,  Herefordshire,  plan  of,  213 

Milan  fustian  needles,  87 

Milbanke  of  Halnaby,  203  ;  Sir  Mark,  bart.,  of 
Ketton,  202 

Milburn,  139;  [Milbourne]  Henry,  of  New- 
castle, merchant,  bond  to,  116 ;  William, 
116 

Milburn  grange,  tenure  of,  11 ;  Bartram  An- 
derson held,  272 :  Horsley  tomb  in  plantation 
at,  272 

Mildmay,  Sir  Humphrey,  payment  for  defence 
of  Holy  Island  out  of  composition  of,  307 

Miles,  Richard,  custom  house  searcher  at 
Hartlepool,  156 

Militia,  certificate  of  exemption  from,  14 ; 
F.  R.  N.  Haswell  on,  14  ;  a  commission  for, 
exhibited,  40  ;  Northumberland,  at  Berwick, 
46  ;  laws,  riots  concerning.  46,  48 

Mill  field,  Thornley,  118 

Millott,  Robert,  of  Newcastle,  merchant  ad- 
venturer, 247n 

Mills,  Thomas,  minister  of  Ladykirk,  122 

Mil  ward,  Cuthbert,  bequest  to,  178 

Minimi  found  at  Corstopitum,  102 

Mining  implements,  old,  presented,  114 

Mirforth,  Charles  Vicars,  vicar  of,  172 

Mitford,  Valence,  earl  of  Pembroke,  lord  of, 
55  ;  dog-wheel  at,  21 :  church,  burial  in,  177 

Mitford  [Midford],  arms  of,  55  ;  Mr.,  owned 
Ryall  desmesne,  173  ;  Little  Charles,  alias 
Kidson,  178  ;  Christopher,  214  ;  John,  196  ; 
escheator  for  Northumberland,  207  :  Robert, 
the  younger,  bequest  to,  177  ;  of  Mitford, 
will  of,  177  ;  to  be  buried  in  Mitford  church, 
177  ;  bequest,  177 

Mithraism,  Christianity  and,  195 


Moffitt,  James,  of  Willington  colliery,  tomb- 
stone of,  59  ;  [Moffat]  Robert,  of  Ovington, 
yeoman,  bond  of,  217 

Monastic  lands,  devolution  of,  J.  C.  Hodgson 
on,  15 

Monasteries,  Robert  de,  '  miles,'  300 

Monbouchier,  Raymond,  son  of  Bertram,  97 

Monkhesleden  church,  68 

Monks,  removals  of,  298 

Monkwearmouth  church,  68  ;  Sir  S.  Glynne's 
notes  on,  223 

Momnouth  castle,  plan  of,  46 

'  Mons  Meg '  at  siege  of  Norham  castle,  138  ; 
at  Dumbarton,  138  ;  in  London,  139  ;  burst, 
138 

Montague,  dean  of  Durham,  106  ;  Henry, 
bishop  of  Durham,  1C6 

Montgomery  castle,  plan  of,  13 

Moody,  John,  250;  [Moo-lie]  rev.  W.  S., 
minister  of  Ladykirk,  described  church,  121, 
163 

Moordike  house,  Redesdale.  27 

Moore,  Edward,  a  monk,  removed  to  Holy 
Island,  299;  Isabel!,  178;  bequest  to,  178'; 
Thomas,  248 

Morgan's  hill,  Wilts,  plan  of  earthworks  at,  113 

Money,  Life  of  Gladstone,  62 

Morpeth,  property  at,  demised,  173,  174  ;  be- 
quests to  poor  of,  174  ;  to  make  stall  in 
chapel,  174  ;  property  at  Bowman's  bank 
and  the  Haugh,  173  ;  custom  house  officer 
at,  108  ;  gaol,  keys  of,  presented,  92 

Morpeth  church,  Sir  S.  Glynne's  note  on,  252  ; 
stained  glass  in,  2E2 :  burials  in,  173,  269  ; 
James  Robson,  parson  of,  174,  178 

Morpeth  family,  an  episode  in  the  history  of 
a,  34 

Mortar,  brass,  exhibited,  2  ;  inscribed  bronze, 
exhibited,  214 

Mortimer's  castle,  Herefordshire,  early  earth- 
works at,  278 

Mortimer,  T.  W.,  tidesman  at  Newcastle,  169 

Morton  castle,  Lincolnshire,  plan  of,  13 

Morton,  Andrew,  of  Uuseburn.  tombstone  of, 
60  ;  wife  and  family,  60n  ;  A.R.A.,  the  por- 
trait painter,  60n  ;  George,  mayor  of  New- 
castle, 168  ;  Joseph,  baptized  at  Ponteland. 
61 ;  William,  archdeacon  of  Durham,  173 

Morville,  Sir  Hugh  de,  held  Pendragon  castle, 
258  ;  connected  with  Beckett's  assassination. 
258 

Morwick,  Hugh  de,  effigy  of,  228 

Morwick  water  mill,  a  picture  of,  33 

Mosaic,  Roman,  found  at  Timgad,  46 

Moseley,49;    Mr.,  51 

Moston,  Katherine  de,  daughter  of  Mabel,  208 

Mouhand.  William,  a  Scottish  baron,  killed  at 
Norham,  132n 

Mounsey's  knowe,  north  Tyne,  28 

Mountford,  W.  J.,  presents  key  of  Gallow- 
gate  (?),  Newcastle,  92 

Mounting  steps.  18 

Mouse  castle,  Herefordshire,  early  earthworks 
at,  273 

Mowat,  Richard  M.,  and  the  Northumberland 
pipes,  5  ;  commandant  R.,  on  the  Capricorn, 
the  badge  of  the  second  Koman  legion,  34, 
41,  166 

Much  Dewchurch,  Herefordshire,  early  earth- 
works at,  278 

Muirhcad,  Alexander,  bishop  of  Glasgow,  235  ; 
arms  of,  233 

Mumming  play,  an  old,  317 

Munegedene,  a  hill  near  Norham  where  earth 
opened, 125 


INDEX  :      MUR— NEW 


363 


Mural  problem,  the  late  C.  J.  Bates  on  the,  192 
Murray,  Joseph.  171  ;   William,   of   Kedpath, 

Ann,  wife  of,  buried,  28 
Musgrave,  bequest  to  poor  of,  175 
Musftrave,  arms  of,  258  ;   Agnes,  the  wife  of 

John  of  Briscoe,  bequest  to,  178  ;    Richard, 

143  ;  of  Barough,  176  ;  Sir  Philip,  bart.,  175  ; 

William,  tenement  in  Kirkheaton  demised 

to,  11 

Musters  of  East  March,  140  (see  also  Marches) 
Mutelaw.  muster  at  the,  266.  269 
Myln  field,  Thornley,  118 
Mynydd  Britb,  Herefordshire,  earthworks  at,  2 
Myers,  Leonard,  witness  to  a  deed,  197 

N. 

Nafferton,  Richard  de,  witness  to  a  deed,  96 

Nairne,  lady,  the  song  writer,  122 

Name,  curious  Christian,  60  &  n 

Nanton,  Mr.,  prebendary  of  Durham,  330 

Nant.tcar,  Carnarvonshire,  shepherd's  tally 
used  at,  115 

Napoleon  i,  cioss  of  legion  of  honour  temp. 
of.  183 

Nash,  Edward,  117 

Nationality  claims  for  Newcastle  ships,  167 

Naunton,  Henry,  prebendary  of  Durham,  338 

Neasham,  grant  of  dissolved  monastery  of, 
247n  (see  also  Neceham,  Nyssera) 

Nebsworth,  Warwickshire,  plan  of  earthworks 
at,  46 

Neceham,  John,  vicar  of  Bellingham,  brass 
of, 179 

'  Negro  boys, '22;   sale  of,  22 

Neilson,  George,  LL.D.,  elected  an  honorary 
member,  4 

Nesbit,  Northumberland,  grant  of  vill  and 
lands  of,  197 

Nesbit,  Robert,  of  Wallsend,  tombstone  of, 
<kc. ,  60  &  n 

Nether  Heworth,  lands  in,  118;  a  chapel  at, 
118 

Netherhouses,  Redesdale,  26.  28 

Netherton,  lands,  &c. ,  of,  174  ;  burnfoot  farm, 
pre-historic  stone  axe  found  at,  201 

N  cuboid,  Adam  de,  king's  clerk,  prebendary 
of  Chester-le-Street,  44 

Neville,  lord,  and  another,  victualled  Norharn 
castle,  133n  :  '  took  truce  '  with  Scots,  133n  ; 
John,  lord,  205  ;  Ralph  de,  292 

Newbold,  seeNeubold 

Newburgb,  30 

Newburn,  117  ;  a  tenement  at,  12  ;  church,  Sir 
S.  Glynne's  notes  on,  227  ;  font,  227 

Newburn,  VVilliam  de,  276 

Newby,  Christopher,  a  Durham  freeman,  106  ; 
C.  D..  exhibited  local  documents,  105.  106  : 
presented  old  deed,  181 ;  impressions  of 
Great  Seals,  94 

Newcastle,  41*.  42*,  116,  117, 118*,  206,  209,  304  ; 
the  '  Oceanus '  altar,  from  Tyne  at,  42  ;  an- 
cient deeds  relating  to,  196 ;  relating  to 
premises  in  the  '  Boocherrawe,'  214  ;  lands 
in,  207  ;  burgage  in,  172  :  a  water  mill  in, 
207,  208 :  Hornsbye  chare,  246  ;  payment  out 
of  farm  of,  296  :  discovery  in,  192  ;  charters 
of,  328  ;  James  n's  statue  taken  down,  329 

Newcastle,  Sir  Arthur  Hesilrige,  governor  of, 
307  ;  captain's  guard  appointed  for  protection 
of.  48  ;  a  design  upon,  311  ;  occupied  by 
Scotch  rebels,  112  ;  taken  by  David,  king  of 
Scots,  134  ;  earl  of  Huntingdon  to  repair  to, 
312 ;  French  ship  arrested  at,  304 ;  wool 
from  wrecked  ship  sent  to,  137 


Newcastle,  'players  of  interludes  that  dwell 
at,'  88  :  plan  of  ordnance  barracks  at,  45  ; 
Roger  Thornton  and.  in  The  Love-side  Kino, 
an  old  play,  87  ;  did  '  Thornton  enter  in  with 
hope,  a  half-penny  and  a  lamb's-skin,'  89 

Newcastle,  an  automaton  at,  22  ;  a  pillory  in, 
44 ;  early  typography  at,  166 ;  hall  mark, 
communion  cup  at  Llansehn,  in  Shropshire, 
with.  132;  silver  tankard  exhibited,  160; 
communion  cup  at  Norbam  church,  128 

Newcastle  assizes,  52 

Newcastle  castle,  castle  ward  to,  208  ;  handbill 
announcing  entertainment  in,  161 :  base  and 
column  from  large  hall  of,  34  ;  visitors'  guide 
to,  7  ;  Blackgate,  6,  166  ;  '  Heron  pit,'  6 

Newcastle,  town  wall  and  towers,  7  ;  on  quay- 
side, 55;  VV.  H.  Ivnowles  on,  56;  section, 
&c.,  of,  57  ;  building  of,  ascribed  to  Roger 
Thornton,  89 

Newcastle,  key  of  Gallowgate  (?),  presented,  92 

Newcastle  churches,  Sir  S  Glynne's  notes  on, 
274,  275,  276  :  All  Saints  church,  246  ;  plan 
of,  and  burial  ground,  £c.,  45  ;  bells  of,  329  ; 
St  Andrews,  plan  of  church  and  burial 
ground  of,  45  ;  S;r  Aymer  de  Athol  buried 
in.  55.  276n  ;  bells  of,  327  ;  St.  Ann,  plan  of 
chapel,  &c.,  of,  45  ;  built  of  stone  from  town 
walls.  56  ;  St.  John,  altar  of  St.  Loy  in,  246  ; 
plan  of  church  and  burial  ground  of,  45  ;  St. 
Mary  the  Virgin  hospital,  plan  of  grounds 
belonging  to.  45  ;  St.  Nicholas's,  lords  Patrick 
and  John  Hume  excommunicated  in,  126; 
tomb  of  John  Horsley  in,  272;  vicars: 
Matthew,  67  ;  John  de  Refham,  112  ;  chantry 
of  St.  Cuthbert  in,  207  ;  St.  Thomas  the 
Martyr's  chapel  on  Tyne  bridge,  207,  209n  ; 
founding  of  friar  preachers  in,  196  ;  bospital 
of  St.  Anthony,  176n 

Newcastle,  coach  blunderbus  used  in.  19 

Newcastle  coals,  83 

Newcastle  companies  :  free  joiners,  190  ;  oath 
of  freemen,  107;  plumbers,  oath  of.  107; 
Trinity  house,  246 

Newcastle,  municipal  contest  in,  in  1342.  &c., 
184 

Newcastle,  mayor,  letter  to.  338  ;  and  bailiffs 
of,  137,  296  ;  mayoralty  of,  214  ;  mayors  : 
Sir  VVilliam  Blackett,  277,  328,  329;  Sir 
Henry  Brabant,  329 ;  Sir  William  Creagh, 
329  ;  John  de  Dentois,  184  ;  Richard  Hod- 
shon,  214  ;  George  Morton,  168 ;  Sir  Peter 
Scot.  196 

Newcastle  sheriffs  :  Robert  Atkinson,  214  ;  Sir 
Francis  Bowes,  74  ;  James  Cole,  198 ;  ser- 
jeant-at-mace,  John  Smith.  117 

Newcastle  custom  house,  156,  169 ;  extracts 
from  books  of,  155,  156,  167  ;  comptrollers, 
customers,  &c.,  155  ;  William  Burrough,  cus- 
tomer, 155  ;  George  Dawson,  collector,  155  ; 
surveyors .  Thomas  Nourse,  155 ;  Arthur 
Walbancke,  155 

Newcastle,  races,  57  ;   sedan  chairmen  in,  18 

Newcastle  ships,  45  ;  nationality,  claim  for, 
137  ;  charter  party  of  a  French  purchase  of 
English  alabaster,  45  ;  a  Danish  ship  taken 
near,  42 

Newcastle  streets,  inns,  &c. :  '  horn  book'  from 
'  Golden  lion,'  18  ;  house  33  Akenside  hill, 
panel  from,  182  ;  '  leBarnebank.'207  ;  shops, 
&c.,  at  the  Castelyate,  207,  208".  209;  '  le 
Cloos,'  207, 208 ;  •  Denebrffchend,1  207;  Flesh- 
ewergate,  207  ;  Hornsbys,  otherwise  Croke 
or  Burton's  chare,  245  ;  'Lymeschere,1  2C7  ; 
la  Maudelyns,  207  ;  nout  market,  Dotfenbie's 
house  in,  173  ;  '  Peyntur  hugh,'  207  ;  Pilgrim 


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INDEX  I      NEW — NOR 


street,  tenements  in,  107  ;  Pilgrimstreteyate, 
207*  ;  Pilgrim  street,  tenements  in,  170  ;  la 
polled  half.' 207  ;  Ratunrawe,  207 1  St.  Nichol- 
as's churchyard,  a  house  in,  207  ;  Sandhill, 
discovery  of  bull-ring  on,  100;  R.  Oliver 
Heslop  on,  ICO  ;  |e  Side,  207,  209  ;  Sidgate, 
house  in,  207;  'Skymier  gate,  207  ;  a  house 
named  'Taueron'  in.  207;  the  Westgate, 
208  ;  Queen's  theatie,  Bigg  market,  old  play 
bill  of,  91,  92 
Newarke,  arms  of,  242 

Newcastle,  The  Eve  oj  the  Revolution  in,  328 
Newminster,  lands  in  Bolam  granted  to.  265 
Newton,  Mr.   54  ;   Thomas,  witness  to  a  will, 

172 

Newton,  Little,  by  Cqrbridge,  land  in,  206,  207 
Newton  Morrell,  demise  of  a  farm  in,  172 
Newton-le- Willows, Richmondshire,  land  at,  172 
Newton    tump,    Herefordshire,    early   earth- 
works at,  278 
•  Neysbye,''  tenants  in,  12 
Nicholson,  Christopher,  of  Newcastle,  cordiner, 
214  ;  .Roger,  of  Bedlington,  repaired  Jesmond 
bridge,  206  ;  Thomas,  29 
Nixon,  pardon  of  Hultwhistle,  49 
Noble,  Robert,  of  Carr  hall,  near  Whitny,  30 
Norfolk,  duke  of.  expedition  of,  into  Scotland, 
41  ;   letters  of,  139  ;   Thomas,  duke  of,  king's 
lieutenant  in  North,  35 

Norham,  &c..  country  meeting  at,  37,  121,  163  ; 
vill  given  to  Norham  church,  125  ;  old  name 
(Jbbanford,  123 ;  writs  dated  from,  123 ; 
Mark's  notes  on,  123  ;  valuations  of,  128  ; 
corn,  &c.,  seized  at,  123,  124  ;  release  of  lands 
in,  293  ,  '  demaynes '  of,  143  ;  grants  of  lands 
in,  124  ;  granted  to  Nicholas  de  Farnham, 
124  ;  people  of,  disorderly,  293  ;  bequest  of 
lands  in  town  and  fields  of,  126  ;  bequest  to 
poor  of,  126  ;  to  poor  scholars  of,  126  ;  treaty 
of,  ratified  by  queen  of  Scots,  140  ;  head- 
quarters of  Edward  i,  131  ;  plundered  by 
Scots,  124  ;  muster  of  horsemen  at,  110  ; 
army  placed  at,  124  ;  foreign  mercenaries  at, 
1?9  :  old  soldiers  to  be  placed  at,  139  ;  Sir 
Henry  Percy  and,  140 ;  commissioners  to 
suryey,  139  ;  services  to  be  performed  at,  135  ; 
ordination  of  natives  of,  124  ;  delivery  of 
pledges  at  AVest  ford  near,  145  ;  agreement 
made  at.  relating  to  land  at  Lincoln,  135  ; 
tithes  of,  143 ;  leases  of  tithes,  146 ;  of  small 
tithes,  134 

Norham  castle,  descriptions  of,  by  the  late 
professor  Freeman,  131 ;  by  late  0.  J.  Bates, 
131n  ;  by  late  G.  T.  Clark,  131n  ;  by  Sir 
Hubert  Jerningham,  132  ;  letters  relating  to, 
143  ;  builders  of,  131 ;  visits  of  kings  to,  131 ; 
payment  out  of  Bernngton  manor  to,  146  ; 
bishop  of  Durham  to  fortify,  137  ;  Henry 
Beaumont  received  in,  136  ;  granted  to  king 
by  bishop,  136  ;  (and  honour)  delivered  up  to 
bishop  Beaumont,  137;  demised  by  bishop 
to  king,  146  ;  franchise  to  be  removed  from, 
136  ;  granted  to  George  Hume,  earl  of  Dun- 
bar,  133, 146  ;  committed  to  Stephen  de  Lucy, 
134  ;  custody  of,  granted  by  Henry  in,  134  ; 
given  to  Sir  R.  Carey,  132, 146  ;  (and  honour) 
John  Darcy,  guard  of,  137  ;  custody  granted 
to  Sir  Robert  Colvitle,  135;  custody  of, 
granted  to  Edmond  de  Manlay,  136  ;  'sedi- 
tiously entered  and  held'  inquisition  con- 
cerning, 137  ;  sieges  of,  131,  132,  137,  138  ; 
'  Mons  Meu  '  at,  138  ;  raised,  132n  ;  taken  by 
storm,  132  ;  by  David,  king  of  Scots,  134  ; 
Scots  swallowed  up  while  besieging,  125  ;  sur- 
rendered to  Scots,  139 ;  enquiries  as  to 


garrison  and,  139 ;  William  le  Spycer  of 
Berwick,  detained  inr  129 ;  a  Sluys  shipmaster 
imprisoned  at,  138 ;  great  decay  at,  and 
repairs  made  by  John  Crane,  141  ;  viewed, 
in  much  decay,  no  powder  or  shot.  &c.,  140  ; 
commission  for  repair  of.  125  ;  in  ruins,  132  ; 
'sorewynated  that  never  a  lodging  standing,' 
142  ;  '  so  greatly  in  mine  and  decay  that  no 
one  dare  dwell  in  it,'  140  ;  report  on,  140; 
homagers  and  tenants  of,  to  be  relieved  fiom 
payment  of  rent,  137  :  on  account  of  poverty 
at,  124  ;  inventory  of  '  armures,'  ».Vc.,  in,  136  ; 
ordnance  in,  142  ;  report  on,  142  ;  powder 
house  repaired,  143 ;  account  for,  142  ;  powder 
in.  143  ;  saltpetre.  &c.,  for,  138  ;  chantry  in, 
Rowland  Prate,  incumbent,  130  ;  value,  130  ; 
dispute  concerning,  130  ;  ordinations  in,  130; 
constables,  captains,  &c.,  of,  139  ;  Tweed- 
mouth  under,  140  ;  coal  pits  incident  to,  144  ; 
letter  of,  302  ;  Sir  William  Carey,  143  ;  Guy 
Carleton.  126  ;  Patrick  de  Chesewic,  130  ;  Sir 
Richard  Cholmley.  139  ;  Thomas  Clavering 
(deputy),  141 ;  Henry  de  Feringtone,  130  ; 
Walter  deGosewyk,  291 ;  Thomas  Gray,  133n, 
137  ;  i-'ymon  de  Heddon,  142  ;  Sir  Brian  Lay- 
ton,  137  ;  •  Robert  Maners,  124,  132,  138  ; 
William  Mason,  138  ;  M.  Norton,  140  ; 
William  Ridel.  135.  136  ;  Thomas  Swinhoe, 
293  ;  bishop's  receiver,  Robert  de  Sokepeth, 
135  ;  bailiff,  Simon  de  Corkeby,  136  ;  warden, 
Walter  de  Goswyke,  135 

Norham,  St.  Cuthbert's  church,  125;  formerly 
bore  names  of  St.  Peter  and  St.  Ceolwulf, 
125  ;  Sir  S.  Glynne's  notes  on,  128  ;  C.  C. 
Hodges  and  rev.  J.  F.  Hodgson  on,  128n  ; 
discoveries  at,  by  Dr.  AVaite,  127  ;  made  a 
'fortress'  of,  133n  ;  granted  to  Durham, 
monks,  2S9  ;  pre-conquest  cross,  font,  &c., 
128;  convention  in,  129;  key  of.  thrown 
into  Tweed,  125  ;  found  in  a  salmon's  throat, 
125  ;  Reginald,  master  of  school  at.  123  ;  St. 
Ceolwulf's  body  removed  to.  125  ;  land,  &c. , 
left  for  chaplain  in,  129  ;  destroyed  by  Scots, 

129  ;   repairs  to,  126  ;   commissioners  at,  145  ; 
oath  of  innocence  taken  in,  125  ;   sanctuary 
at,  127  ;  violation  of,  129, 296 ;  commission  re- 
specting, 129  ;  lords  Patrick  and  John  Hume 
excommunicated  in,  126  :  burials  in,  126  ;  ex- 
tracts from  wills  referring  to,  126 ;  possession 
of  lady  altar  in.  127n  ;  erh'gy  in,  127, 128  ;  three 
chantries  in,  127  ;    carved  oak  turned  out  of 
Durham  cathedral  church  in,  127  ;    piscina 
and  aumbry  in,  127  ;   communion  plate  and 
bells,  127, 128  ;  vicars  of :  on  inquisition,  129  ; 
(and  impropriator)  present  at  synod,   126  ; 
Anketill,  130  ;  Richard  Cave,  130  ;  Alexander 
Davinson,  127  ;  Edward  Doyle  (intruder),  127  ; 
Thomas  Drake,  129  ;  William  tie  Elwick,  129, 

130  ;   Richard  de  Fores,  130  ;    Walter  Jabes, 
130  ;   John  de  Lowyck,  130 ;    Robert  Selby, 
126,  127  ;   A.  R.  Stbgdou,  127  ;   Dr.  Waite, 
127  :   curate,  dom.  Matthew,  123;   chaplain, 
Adam  de  Norham  on  inquisition,  129 

Norham  ford,  a  seminary  priest  taken  at.  141  ; 
main  ford  at,  much  used,  132  (see  also  Ub- 
banford) 

Norham,  brother  Adam  de,  sub-deacon,  124 ; 
Johnde,  a  Durham  monk,  124, 125;  'curator' 
of  Kirknevvton  vicarage,  125 ;  Richard  de, 
received  first  tonsure,  125  ;  Robert  de.  in- 
stituted to  Ilderton  vicarage,  129  ;  William, 
a  hermit,  124n  ;  William  de,  an  acolyte,  124  ; 
chaplain,  granted  absolution  for  wounding, 
129  ;  penance  for,  129  (see  also  Ubbanford, 
Ethamesforda,  and  Lxamforda) 


INDEX  :      NOR OVI 


365 


Norhamshire,  Sir  R.  Carey,  farmer  of  queen's 
lands  of,  145;  Scots  in.  144  ;  papists,  &c., 
in,  129 

Normanton  church,  331 

North,  lord  president  of  the,  letter  to,  140 

Northallerton,  332  ;  hospital  of,  124n  (see  also 
Alverton  and  Alvertonshire) 

Northampton,  treaty  of,  132 

Northampton,  William,  late  marquis  of,  PDS- 
sessions  of,  119 

Northamptonshire,  early  earthworks,  &c.,  in, 
158 

North  Biddick  colliery,  co.  Durham,  151 

North  country  arms,  a  book  of,  165 

N  »rthern  convocation,  the  records  of  the,  156 

Northumberland,  ancient  documents  relating 
to,  exhibited,  95;  Mark's  'survey'  of,  124, 
265  ;  concealed  lands  in,  118  ;  '  Shilling  hills' 
in,  93  ;  lay  grants  of  tithes  in,  15  ;  proofs  of 
age  of  heirs  to  estates  in.  34 ;  list  of  to\vns 
in,  at  which  army  placed,  124  ;  beacons  fired 
in,  304;  a  visitation  of,  55;  sheriffs  of: 
William,  96  ;  William  Coatsworth,  198  ; 
captain  Coll  ing  wood,  52  ;  Richard  Knout, 
84;  Henry  Widdrington,  286;  lord  lieuten- 
ant, Sir  William  Blackett,  327;  escheator, 
William  de  Thorneburgh,  208  ;  churches  of, 
Sir  S.  Glynne's  notes  on,  62  et  seq.,  79,  103, 
304*.  103,  119,  128,  224  et  seq.,  252,  262 ;  arch- 
deacon of.  John  Cradocke,  173,  174  ;  arms  of 
gentlemen  of,  244 

Northumberland  militia,  a  new  regimental 
coat,  47  ;  at  Berwick,  46 

Northumberland  pleas,  206 

Northumberland  county  history  committee, 
the,  5,  166 

Northumberland  pipes,  the,  5 

Northumberland  county  council  presented  base 
of  column,  34 

Northumberland  glass  company,  59 

Northumberland  and  Durham,  notes  on 
churches  in,  62  et  seq. 

Northumberland,  earls  of,  141 ;  letters  of,  43  ; 
Henry,  chief  steward  of  Hexham  priory,  31 ; 
witness  to  a  deed,  96,  97  ;  seal  of,  97,  98 ; 
dukes  of,  166 ;  a  commission  in  militia 
granted  by,  40  ;  the  piper  of,  5  ;  on  Selby 
abbey  church,  3  ;  and  duchess  of,  characters 
in  old  mumming  play  in  Wiltshire,  317 

Northumberland,  William,  dean  of,  130,  299 

Northumbrian  kingdom,  bounds  of  the,  291 ; 
ballad,  a.  321 ;  wills,  notes  of,  171 

North  Wales,  dog  tongs  in,  21 

Norton  church,  co  Durham,  68  ;  portion  in, 
112  ;  Sir  8.  Glynne's  notes  on,  186  ;  W.  H.  D. 
Longstafi'e  on,  J86n  ;  effigy  in,  187 

Norton,  Mr.,  captain  of  Norham,  140  ;  death 
of,  140  ;  William,  vicar  of  Ovingham,  36 

Norwood  castle,  Wilts,  plan  of  earthworks  at, 

Nottingham   hill,    Gloucestershire,    plan    of 

earthworks  at,  46 

bourse,  Thomas,  surveyor  of  port  of  New- 
castle. 155 

Nunnewik,  Waldeve  de,  83 
Nunnekirk,  £c.,  devise  of,  176 
Nunthorpe,  a  Hint  axe  found  at.  318 
Nyessem.  Walter,  a  shipmaster  of  Newcastle, 
45 

O. 

Oak,  carved,  in  Norham  church,  127 
Obituary  notices  :  of  late  K.  A.  Adamson,  327  ; 
George  Irving,  166 


[Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Newc.,  3  Ser.,  in.  ] 


'Oceanus'  altar,  the.  from  tha  Tyue,  42 

Officers,  &c.,  election  of,  for  1937,  9  ;  for  1908, 
167 

Ogbury,  Wilts,  earthworks  at,  90 

Ogilvie,  of  North  Shields,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph, 
silhouettes  of,  22 

Oglebye,  Thomas,  a  seminary  priest,  taken  at 
Norham  ford,  141 ;  'his  chalice  only  pewter,' 
142 

Ogles  of  Ogle  castle,  chantry  of,  in  Whalton 
church,  270 

Ogle,  arms  of,  in  Whalton  church.  271  ;  the 
earl  of,  letter  to,  310  ;  Mrs..  C  irr  of  Etal  and, 
married,  50  ;  John,  will  of,  270 

Old  bowling  green,  Wilts,  plan  of  earthworks 
at,  113 

Oldbury,  Herefordshire,  plan  of,  213 ;  Wilts, 
plan  of  earthworks  at,  113 

Old  Sarum,  Wilts,  plan  of  earthworks  at,  113 

Old  Town,  Redesdale,  24,  25 

Oliver,  Catherine,  of  Petty  Knowes,  buried,  26  ; 
Elizabeth,  of  Petty  Knowes,  b  xried,  26 : 
Isabel,  daughter  of  John,  of  High  Green, 
buried,  28 ;  Jack,  51 :  Thomas,  of  Petty 
Knowes,  26  ;  William,  son  of  James  and 
Jane,  baptized,  25 

Oliverian  survey,  the,  268,  271 

Oliver's  castle,  plan  of, ',90 

Orcep  tump,  Herefordshire,  early  earthworks 
at,  278 

Orde,  muster  of  horse  and  foot  from,  140 

Ord  [Orde],  surname  of,  144  ;  Alice,  168  ;  Ann, 
95  ;  Mrs.  Anna,  a  certificate  given  to,  94  ; 
Christopher,  attended  muster,  140 :  Mrs. 
Dorothy,  out-rents  payable  to,  310  ;  Eleanor, 
95  ;  George,  an  attorney,  95  ;  his  wife  Anna, 
95 ;  his  children,  95  ;  George,  and  others, 
before  ecclesiastical  court,  301 ;  of  Wooler, 
95  ;  James,  95  ;  John,  95  ;  attended  muster, 
140  ;  of  Berwick,  and  another,  owned  Beal 
manor,  95  ;  Lane.,  custom  house  tidesman 
at  Shields,  169 ;  Martha,  95  ;  Mary,  95 ; 
Thomas,  junior,  116  ;  Thomas,  of  Longridge, 
son  of  George,  a  delinquent,  134  &  n  ;  had 
lease  of  Norham  tithes,  134  ;  fined  by  parlia- 
ment, 134;  William  ('justice  Ord'),  95; 
wife,  Mary,  95  ;  alderman  of  Berwick,  95  ; 
Eleanor,  widow  of,  95  ;  and  others,  before 
ecclesiastical  court,  301  ;  William  de,  release 
of  lands  by,  293 

Ordinations,  124 

Ordnance,  master  of  the,  in  the  north,  338 

'  Orm  pincerna,'  witness  to  a  deed,  96 

Orr,  Elizabeth,  wife  of  John,  of  Birdhope  craig, 
buried,  27  ;  Isabel,  of  Birdhope  craig,  buried, 

Orton,  John,  coalwaiter  at  Shields,  156 
Osbaldistone  and  Rob  Roy,  meeting  between. 

Osbert,  earliest  known  parson  of  Whalton,  271 

Osmotherley,  Ann,  bequest  to,  177;  Richard, 
177 

Oswald,  king  of  Northumbria,  82  ;  granted 
Holy  Island  priory,  286,  294 

Otterburn,  26,  27,  29  ;  Scots  at,  55 

Overacres.  23 

Ovingham,  property  of  Hexham  priory  in,  30  ; 
glebe,  &c.,  at,  in  hands  of  warden,  £e.,  of, 
32  ;  church.  Sir  Stephen  Glynne's  notes  on, 
108 ;  a  cell  to  Hexham,  31,  36 ;  William 
Grene,  collector,  35  ;  William  Norton,  vie  ir, 
36 

Ovington,  117  ;  ferry,  117 

Ovinketun,  Simon  de,  attests  a  deed,  96 


366 


INDEX  :      OXE— PON 


Oxenton  knolls,  Gloucestershire,  plan  of  earth- 
works at,  46 

Oxford,  earl  of,  see  Barley 

Oxford,  Durham  college  at,  531,  332  ;  indult 
to,  63  ;  chapel  of  St.  Cuthbert  in,  63 

Oxley,  Amor,  177  ;  rector  of  "Whalton,  2,71 ; 
Charles,  177 

Oysters  sent  from  Holy  Island,  294 

P. 

Pageant,  a  north  country,  suggested,  336 

Paget,  secretary,  303 

Painted  glass,  Bywell  St.  Peter's  church,  104 

Palais  in  Belle  Isle,  taking  of,  51  (see  also 
Talais) 

Palmyrene  tombstone  at  South  Shields,  233n 

Pandulf,  the  papal  legate,  at  Norham  castle, 
131 

Papal  Registers,  Calendar  of,  see  Calendar 

Papedy,  John,  received  first  tonsure  in  chapel 
of  Norham  castle,  130 

Paper,  watermark  in,  182 

Papists  in  Norham  in  1736,  129  ;  houses  of,  in 
Lancashire,  42 

Pardon,  general,  to  Sir  Peter  Riddell  of  New- 
castle, 183 

Park,  Alexander,  and  Gartshore  museum,  231  ; 
"Walter  del,  of  Scotland,  attack  on  English 
ship,  292 

Parker,  citizen  and  tailor  of  London,  124 

Park  house  garth,  Lincolnshire,  plan  of  camp 
at,  13 

Parys,  John  de,  276 

Parmeter,  Noel  Llewellyn,  elected,  1C5 

Partnership  deeds,  local,  169 

Pashley  of  Barnby,  arms  of,  240 

Paslew,  Robert,  240 

Paston,  William,  117 

Pate,  Mrs.  Mary,  of  Half-way  house,  tombstone 
of,  60  &  n 

Patent  Rolls,  Calendar  of,  11  (see  also  Calen- 
dar) 

Pattinson  [Patison,  Patterson],  Miss,  to  be 
married,  48  ;  John,  of  Newcastle,  169  ;  Sir 
John,  his  sister  engaged  to  be  married,  47  ; 
Mark.  250  ;  Peter,  found  guilty  of  rioting, 
52  ;  to  be  hanged,  52,  53 ;  Robert,  of  Biggs 
main  colliery,  tombstone  of,  60;  William,  of 
Wall,  wounded  at  Hexham,  48 

Paul,  Rev.  Dr,,  on  the  '  Communion  Tokens  of 
the  South-Eastern  Border  of  Scotland,'  159 

Paulinus.  bishop  of  York.  291 

Pawne.  Francis,  301 

Paynter's  hall.  Durham,  118 

Pearcie,  Roger,  Newcastle,  172 

Pearson,  Matthew,  of  Lintz  hall,  yeoman,  bond 
to,  117 

Peche,  Bartholomew,  ordered  to  deliver  up 
Norham  castle,  134 

Pedigrees  :  of  Bonner,  61 ;  of  Fenwick  of  Brink- 
burn,  174n  ;  of  Gray  of  Chillingham,  176n  ; 
of  Shafto,  of  Little  Bavins  ton,  172n  ;  of 
\Vhitfield,  174n  ;  of  Whitwelle.  43 

Pedwell,  a  pool  in  river  Tweed,  125  &  n 

Peg  tops,  22 

Pelham,  Albinus,  of  Howdon,  shipwright,  60n  ; 
children  of,  60n  ;  Isaac,  tombstone  of,  60  ; 
family  of.  60  &  n 

Pelton  prebend  in  Chester-le-Street  church, 
112 

Pembridge  court  house,  Herefordshire,  plan 

Pembroke,  Valence,  earl  of,  shield,  suggested, 
of,  55 ;  arms  of,  56 ;  the  countess  of,  MS. 


memoirs  of  Cliffords,  260  ;  restored  castles, 

260  ;   built  bridge  over  Eden,  260 
Penda  baptized  by  bishop  Finan,  291 
Pendragon  castle,  description  of,  258  ;  plan  of, 

259  ;  '  ruthlessly  destroyed,'  260  ;  Bucks  and 

Pennant's  view  of,  260 

Penn,  Arthur,  custom  house  tidesman  at  New- 
castle, 156 

Pennant  pound,  Eadnorshire,  plan  of,  13 
Pennant's  view  of  Pendragon  castle,  260 
Penshaw,  151  ;  hill,  monument  of  earl  of 

Durham  on,  151 
Percys,  the  English,  Mr.  Julius  P.  Gilson  on, 

192 
Percv,  watches  laid  for,  307  ;    Sir  Henry,  and 

Norham,  140  ;  lay  at  Tynemouth,  140  ;  lord, 

and  another,  victualled  Norham  castle,  133n  ; 

'took   truce'   with   Scots,    ]33n    (see   also 

Pearcie) 

Perrot,  Mr.,  solicitor  to  the  treasury,  51 
Person,  Adam,  attended  muster,  140 
Perth,  James  Drummoiul,  sixth  earl  of,  152 
Pestilence,  the  great,  298 
1  Peter  of  London,'  ship,  293 
Peterborough  toothill,  plan  of,  158 
Petipas.  Walter,  grant  by,  95,  96 
Pette,  Richard,  bell-founder.  161 
Pettis,  see  Pyttes 
'Petting  stone.'   the,   at   Holy  Island,   290  ; 

traditions  relating  to,  290 
Petty  knowes,  26 
Pewter  plate,  gift  of,  178 ;  chalice,  142  ;  marks 

on,  123 
Phillip,  Andrew,  of  Lintzford,  yeoman,  bond 

to,  117 

Philiphaugh,  Redesdale,  27 
Phillips,   captain,  engineer  at  Berwick,  311 ; 

Maberly.  on  our  grandfathers' days,  16, 114 
Photographic  societies  in  northern  counties, 

organization  of,  7 
Picciban,  William,  176 
Pickering,  Rev  Theophilus,  S.T.P.,  rector  of 

( >  ateshead,  197, 198  &  n  ;  rector  of  Sedgefield, 

188  &  n 

Picktree.  land  at,  151 
Pierrepoint,  Mr.,  308 
Pilgrim  crosses,  71 
'  Pilgrimages'  along  Roman  Wall,  4  ;   badges 

used,  5 

Pillion,  the,  18 
Pillory,  19  ;    in  Newcastle,  44 
Pipes,  the  Northumberland,  5 
Pirates,  goods    taken    by,    brought   to    Holy 

Island,  293 

Piscina,  &c.,  Norham  church,  127 
Pisford  Si.  Mary,  North  ants,  font  of,  236 
Pittington  church,  Sir  S.  Glynne's  notes  on. 

221 ;  given  to  Durham  monastery,  68 ;  bells, 

161 
Place,  arms  impaling  Hulnaby,  204,  205  ;  (and 

Clervaux  families)  notes  on,  204  ;    Robert, 

and  wife  Katherine,  204 
Plague  at  Hexham,  145  ;    deaths  from,  300 
Plainmeller  moor,  iron  axe,  &c.,  found  on,  278 
Plans  of  British  camps,  13,  &c. 
Play  bill,  an  old  Newcastle,  91,  92 
Plenderleigh  [Plenderleith],  23,  26,  28 
Ploughing,  method  of,  in  north  Spain,  158 
Plummer,  John,  209  ;   of  Newcastle,  207 
Pluries,  writs  of,  129 
Pole,  cardinal,  charter  of  refoundation  of  Syon, 

abbey,  2  ;   his  signature  to  charter,  109 
Poll  books,  MS.,  6cc.,  presented,  157 
Pollington,  arms  of,  240 
Pondicherry  taken,  51 


INDEX  I      PON— KED 


367 


Ponteland.  Valence,  earl  of  Pembroke,  lord  of, 
55  ;  church.  Sir  Stephen  Glynne's  notes  on, 
119  ;  armorial  glass  in,  55  ;  tombstone  of 
Mark  Errington  in,  56  :  drawing  of  inscribed 
bell  at,  277  ;  castle,  siege  of.  by  Scots,  55 

Poor,  bishop  Richard  le,  dispute  between,  and 
prior,  concerning  Cornhill  chapel,  &c.,  125, 
299  ;  to  have  seisin  of  Norham  castle,  134  ; 
petition  of  prior  and  chapter  of  Durham  to, 
331 

Pope  appointed  Lewis  Beaumont  bishop  of 
Durham,  137 

Porter,  Henry  le,  suit  of  Cristiana,  wife  of,  292  ; 
John,  a  monk,  removed  to  Holy  Island,  299 

Portington,  Robert,  240 

Postel,  William,  296 

Postumus,  coins  of,  presented,  335 

Posy  ring,  gift  of  a,  178 

Potters'  marks,  Roman,  at  Lancaster,  37 

Potts,  John  F.,  presented  an  original  register 
of  Byrness,  13  ;  Michael,  custom  house  boat- 
man at  Sunderland,  156  :  Richard,  surveyor, 
&c,,  at  Stockton.  156  ;  Willy,  50 

'Powder  monkey/  a,  exhibited,  114,  115;  de- 
scription of,  115 

Powell,  ftamupJ,  of  Newcastle,  merchant,  156 

Prat  [Pratt],  Mr.,  to  be  married,  48  ;  Adam  de, 
escheat  of  lands  of,  123  ;  militia  officer,  50  ; 
engagement  to  marry  Sir  John  Paterson's 
sister,  47 

Precedents,  a  pre-reformation  book  of  eccle- 
siastical, 220 

Pre-conquest  crosses  at  Aycliffe,  65  ;  Norham 
church,  128;  grave  cover  at  Gateshead  church, 
318  ;  remains  at  Ayclifie,  67n  ;  at  Heighing- 
ton,  67 

Pie-historic  earthworks,  &c..  plans  of,  13,  155, 
&c. ;  cist  atFatfield,  co.  Durham,  150  ;  stone 
axe,  a,  71 

Preston  Capes,  Northants,  plan  of  early  earth- 
works at,  158 

Pringle,  Robert,  son  of  William  and  Hannah,  23 

Prior  house,  tenement  of,  lying  waste,  12 

Privy  Council,  Acts  of  the,  local  extracts  from, 
236,  315.  330,  368 

Procti-r,  Ciuhbert,  tidesman  at  Newcastle,  156 

Proceedings,  165 

Proofs  of  age.  <kc.,  34 

Proudoiiy,  Robert  de.  attests  a  deed,  96 

Provand;s  lordship,  Glasgow,  235  ;  newel  stair, 
&c.,  in.  235 

Proverbs  concerning  candles,  17  ;  relating  to 
cock-fighting.  21 

Prudhoe,  117  (see  also  Proudouy) 

Pudsey,  bishop  of  Durham,  127  ;  partly  rebuilt 
Norham  castle.  125,  131  &  n,  132 

Pulpit,  pre-reformation,  69  :  sand-glass,  16 

Punshon.  Nathaniel.  171 ;  George,  of  Newcas- 
tle, barber-surgeon,  bond  to,  116  ;  Timothy, 
of  Killingworth,  gent.,  bond  of,  117 

Pimlo,  tenement  in,  12 

Purlles,  John,  chaplain,  brass  of,  199 

Purves,  William,  custom  house  searcher  at 
Stockton, 156 

Pybus.  Kev.  G.,  on  Bede's  well,  Monkton,  162 

Pye  [Pie],  family  of,  173n  :  Agnes,  174  ;  Cuth- 
bert, 173,  174*  ;  Isabell,  174  ;  John,  173,  174  ; 
John,  of  Morpeth,  will  of.  173  ;  to  be  buried 
in  Morpeth  church,  173  ;  his  wife  and  child- 
ren, 173 ;  of  Willington,  tombstone  of,  60  ; 
wife  and  family  of,  60  ;  Thomas,  173,  174  ; 
bequests  by,  173 

Pyttes,  Richard,  canon  of  York,  commissary 
of  archbishop,  331  ;  chancellor,  331 

Pyx  cloth,  a,  92 


Q. 

Qualton,  see  Whalton 
Quarerdeye,  Symon  de,  83 
(Juarry  hill,  co.  Durham,  116 
Quern,  an  ancient,  71 

Quintillus,  Roman  coin  of,  found,  238  ;  pre- 
sented, 335 

R. 

Raby  castle,  country  meeting  at,  4 ;  park, 
'disorder'  committed  in.  by  hunting  with 
greyhounds,  &c.,  339 

Radley,  William,  of  South  Shields,  and  others, 
partnership  deed,  170 

Railway,  first,  19 

Raimes  [Raymes],  arms  of,  in  book  of  hours, 
2  ;  Alwyn  Leslie,  elected,  1 ;  Frederick,  166  ; 
exhibited  photographs  of  illuiqinatioiis  in  a 
book  of  hours,  2  ;  on  the  Raymes  family,  267  ; 
George,  269 ;  of  Bolam.  265  ;  John,  269  ; 
Robert.  269, 272 :  Robert  de,  266,  267  ;  daugh- 
ter and  heiress  of,  2  (see  also  Raymes,  Remys) 

Raimond,  cardinal  of  New  St.  Mary's,  Rome, 
78 

'  Rain's  Note  Book '  wanted,  320 

Rainsborough,  Northants.  plan  of  early  earth- 
works at,  158 

Ralph,  son  of  Velard,  witness  to  a  grant,  97  ; 
chaplain  of  Lowick,  300 

Ramage,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Andrew  and 
Isabella,  baptized,  24 

Ramsey  [Ramsay],  .Cuthbert,  custom  house 
tidesman  at  Newcastle,  169  ;  rev.  James, 
minister  of  Eyemouth,  &c.,  94,  95n  ;  R.  W., 
on  the  Kepier  grammar  school,  34,  166 ; 
William,  Newcastle  silversmith,  160;  of 
Rochester,  buried,  26  ;  appointed  captain  of 
Holy  Island.  307  ;  Sir  William,  Scots  under, 
plundered  Norham,  124 

Ramshew,  William,  176 

Ramshope,  Redesdale,  23 

Rasing  of  Mai  ton,  arms  of,  243 

Ratclitfe,  Rok-er,  constable  of  Raby  castle, 
letter  of,  338 

Rattenrow,  Redesdale,  27 

Ravendale,  Michael  de,  canon  of  Chester-le- 
Street,  112 

Ravensworth,  waste  chauel  of  St.  Mary  Magda- 
lene, and  lands  in,  119  ;  castle,  274 

Rawdon,  Marmaduke,  at  Holy  Island,  285 

Raylees,  24 

Raymes,  John,  and  others,  grant  to,  293  ;  of 
lands  in  Norham  to,  124 

Raynon,  Uichard,  vicar  of  Cbillingham,  witness 
to  a  will,  172 

Rayson,  arms  of.  243  ;   family,  217 

Readhead,  Bartholomew,  of  Uvington,  yeoman, 
117  ;  Gerard,  of  Ovington,  yeoman,  bond  of, 
117;  Matthew,  of  Ovington,  yeoman,  bond 
of,  117  ;  William,  of  Howdon,  tombstone  of, 
60  ;  wife  of,  60 

Reah,  J.  H.,  elected,  157 

'  liebecca,'  ship,  30 

Rebellion  of  1745,  152 

Rede,  '  thalderman,'  a  prisoner  in  Scotland, 
exchange  of,  139 

Redesdale,  97  ;  thieves  of,  absolution  of,  139  ; 
cottage,  Roman  inscription  at,  183 

Redmersells  [Redmershill],  Richard,  seal  of, 
197  ;  William  de,  196, 197, 206,  207*,  208*.  209* 

Redpath,  George,  teacher  at  a  meeting  house, 
129 

Redpath,  28 


36S 


INTDEX  :      RED — ROM 


Red  worth  hall.  co.  Durham,  an  old  bell  at,  319 

Reed  [Reid],  of  Fenham,  arms  of,  244  ;  captain, 
47,  51,  53  ;  of  Humshaugh,  and  Miss  Smith, 
married,  52  ;  letters  from,  relating  to  Hex- 
ham  riot,  48  ;  Alexander,  of  Morpeth,  174  : 
George  P..  277  ;  Gerard,  174  ;  Jane,  daughter 
of  Thomas  and  Mary,  haptized,  25  ;  John, 
son  of  Thomas  and  Mary,  of  Old  Town, 
baptized,  24  ;  Johnson,  a  crimp,  pillory  in 
Newcastle  made  for,  44  ;  captain  Joe,  lost 
two  teeth  in  a  quarrel,  51 ;  Mary,  daughter 
of  Stephen  and  Ann,  24  ;  Robert,  son  of 
Stephen  and  Ann,  25  ;  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Stephen,  of  Rochester,  huried,  28 ;  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Stephen  and  Ann,  haptized,  25  ; 
k  Tommy,'  of  Humshaugh,  death  and  burial 
of,  53 ;  Thomas,  248  ;  son  of  Stephen  and 
Ann,  baptized.  24 

Reed  [Head,  Reade],  Sir  William,  captain  of 
Holy  Island,  306  ;  letters  of,  to  council,  &c., 
304,  306,  307  ;  death  and  burial  of,  304n  ; 
petitioned  for  rectory  of  Holy  Island,  305  ; 
granted  a  lease  of  Fenham,  305n  ;  to  fortify 
Holy  Island,  306  ;  his  suit  relating  to  Holy 
Island,  293 

*  Reedgarthshele,'  co.  Durham,  gift  of.  172 

Reedman,  Jane,  see  Gray 

Refham,  John,  vicar  of  St.  Nicholas,  Newcas- 
tle, 112  :  John  de,  prebendary  in  Darlington 
church,  112 

Reginald,  master  of  Norham  school,  123  ;  of 
Durham,  125 

Register  of  Byrness,  Northumberland,  a,  13 

Reniys,  Henry  de.  rector  of  Bolam,  268 

Renishaw,  near  Chesterfield,  ancient  bronze 
found  at,  326 

Rennison,  Robert,  of  Wallsend.  tombstone  of, 
60 ;  wife  and  daughter,  60 

Reports,  annual,  for  1906,  3 ;  for  1907,  166  ; 
of  librarian,  166 ;  of  curators,  3,  166 ;  of 
treasurer,  3,  167 

4  Resshelles,'  tenement  in,  lying  waste,  12 

Reverley,  alias  Reveley,  Edward,  of  Berwick,    \ 
murder  of,  139 

Revoira,  signer,  on  origin  of  Lombardic  archi- 
tecture, 333 

Reydon,  Alice  de,  daughter  and  heiress  of 
Robert  de  Raimes,  2 

Richard,  chaplain  of  Siplibotel,  300 

Richard  n,  captivity  of,  foretold,  124n 

Richards  castle,  Herefordshire,  early  earth- 
works at,  278 

Richardsons,  the  three,  166  :  photographs  of 
drawings  by,  presented.  237 

Richardson.  George,  of  Willington  quay,  60 ; 
wife  and  family  of,  60,  61  :  George  P.,  237  ; 
Matthew,  of  Newburn,  gent.,  bond  of,  117; 
T.  M.,  sen.,  drawings  at  Longridye  towers 
by,  132  ;  William,  attended  muster,  140  ;  of 
Durham,  118 

Richmond,  John,  118 

Ricledon,  151 

Riding  mill.  118 

Riddel!  [Ridel],  James,  of  Leith,  petition  to 
king,  311  :  Sir  Peter,  general  pardon  to,  183; 
R.  Welford  on,  183  ;  Sir  Thomas,  of  Gates- 
head,  176;  William,  constable  of  Norham 
castle,  &c.,  136,  158  ;  order  for  payment  of 
his  fees,  135  ;  rooms  to  be  delivered  up  to, 
135 

Ridley  hall  bridge  washed  away  by  floods,  54 

Ridley,  alderman,  48  ;  Barbara,  175  ;  Elizabeth, 
175, 175  ;  Henry,  of  Hiding  mill,  bond  of,  118  ; 
James,  bailiff  of  Salton,  Yorks.  31 ;  Thomas, 
tidewaiter  at  Stockton,  156 


Ki  Ipath,  the  border  historian,  born  at  Lady- 
kirk,  122 

Rihale,  master  Thomas  de,  332 

Ring,  an  ancient  brass,  exhibited,  92  ;  gift  of 
a  posy,  178 

Ringsbury,  Wilts,  earthwork  at,  90 

Ripon,  £c.,  country  meeting  at,  4 

Ritchie,  Handyslde,  a  bust  by,  122 

Robert,  son  of  Robert,  witness  to  a  grant,  9  ; 
held  Whalton  barony,  276 

Robertson  family,  memorials  of,  in  Lady  kirk 
church,  122 

'  Robinsons,'  early  umbrellas  called,  22 

Robinson,  Edward,  bequest  to,  178  :  John 
Walton,  jun..  elected,  85;  Thomas,  of  Mor- 
peth. 174  ;  William,  of  Ulgliam,  gift  to,  178 

Robson,  Mr.,  174  ;  parson  of  Morpeth,  174, 178  ; 
stage  coach  driver,  19  ;  Adam,  of  Rochester, 
28  ;  Edward,  of  Grassingsfield,  buried,  28  ; 
Isabel,  daughterof  Williamand  Barbara, bap- 
tized, 25  ;  Janet,  daughter  of  William  and 
Barbara,  25 ;  Jane,  of  Bellshield  burn-foot, 
buried,  29  ;  John,  attended  muster,  140  ;  of 
Sidwood,  buried,  28  ;  Margaret,  of  Hawick, 
burled,  26  ;  Mary,  daughter  of  James  and 
Janet,  baptized,  25  ;  Matthew,  50  ;  Richard, 
son  of  parson  of  Morpeth,  bequest  to,  178  ; 
Robert,  son  of  James  and  Janet,  baptized.  24  : 
Robert,  of  Sidwood,  buried,  27 ;  Robert,  of 
Grassingsfield,  buried,  28  ;  Roger,  of  Garret- 
shields,  buried,  28  :  Thomas,  of  Belshield. 
buried, 27  ;  of  Prudhoe,  yeoman, bond  of,  117; 
Timothy,  168 ;  William,  son  of  James  and 
Janet,  24 

Rochester,  Redesdale,  23-29  (see  also  Low 
Rochester) 

Roddam,  majpr,  exhibits  British  urn,  92 

Roddam,  Ancient  British  urn  found  near,  92  ; 
major  Roddam  on,  92 

Rodes,  Johan,  197 

Rodyngton  church,  331 ,  332 

Roeburne,  William,  a  Coldingham  monk,  298 

Roger,  the  clerk,  300 

Rogerson,  Richard,  170 

Rokeby  of  Skier's  hall,  arms  of,  241 

Roman  altars :  from  Tyne  at  Newcastle,  92 ; 
from  Aesica,  278 

Roman  anchor  discovered  at  Etaples,  42  ;  an- 
tiquities from  South  Shields,  10 ;  bronze 
found  near  Chesterfield.  326  ;  camps  :  Halt- 
whistle-burn,  40,  79  ;  Chestcrs,  51 ;  Chester- 
It-Street,  1£5 ;  centurial  stones,  233,  278  ; 
coins,  a  collection  of,  presented  to  the  society, 
334  ;  &c.,  discovered  on  the  Herd-sand  at 
South  Shields.  192;  at  Darlington,  238;  a 
hoaid  of,  at  Corttopitwn,  315, 320  ;  Wallsend, 
320;  columns  in  Chollerton  church,  322; 
excavations  at  Melandra  castle,  13 

Roman  bronze  figure  of  Jupiter  from  South 
Shields,  116  ;  inscription  from  Breincniuni, 
183  ;  in  Hunterian  museum,  Glasgow,  282  ; 
discovered  at  CWbridge,  99 :  from  Cor- 
stopitum,  108  ;  stones  found  at  Hexham, 
83  ;  milestones,  discovery  of,  80  ;  mosaic 
found  at  Timgad.  4b  ;  potters'  names,  37  ; 
road  near  Hilton,  co.  Durham,  220,  238n  ; 
sculptured  stone  in  Ayclifi'e  church,  66  ;  at 
Alnwick  castle,  note  on,  46  ;  silver  vessels 
found  at  Capheaton,  150  ;  found  in  Switzer- 
land, 150  ;  tile  from  London  presented,  318  ; 
wall,  51 ;  photographs  of,  presented,  237  : 
excavations  on  the  line  of  the,  218 ;  at 
Wallsend,  modern  inscription  recording,  39  ; 
'pilgrimages'  along,  4  ;  badges  used,  5 

Roman  pageant,  a,  suggested,  336 


INDEX  :      ROM— SCA 


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Roman.  Wall,  Miss  Hover's  23'jthc,  322 

Romeo  ami  Juliet  acted,  50 

Romer,  captain.  51  ;  ami  mayor  of  Berwick, 
'grand  quarrel '  between,  50 

Romsey  St.  Laurence,  John  \Va\vayn  canon 
of,  78 

Rooke,  Robert,  303 

'  Rookeskiers,'  arms  of,  241 

Rooking  lime-kiln  house,  Redesdale.  23  ;  pit 
house,  Redesdale,  25 

Kookewood,  Anthony,  rector  of  -Hutton,  176 

Rooper,  Ralph  de,  a  clerk,  wounded  in  Bishop-. 
wearmouth  church.  129 

Boose,  John,  a  Holy  Island  monk,  299 

Rosse,  &c.,  demise  of  lands  at.  176 

Rotheley.  Adam  de.,  rector  of  Whalton.  &c., 
271  ;  William  of  Newcastle,  cooper,  246 

Rothersthorpe  Bury,  Northanta,  plan  of  earth- 
works at,  153 

Rothes,  Mr..  303 

Koubiry,  Walter  de,  295 

Rouchester,  grant  of  a  rent  out  of  premises  at, 
95 

Roughcastle,  on  the  Antonine  Vallum.  230 

'  Roundhead,'  the  weapon  known  as  a,  42 

Rounton  church,  331  (see  also  Estryngton) 

Rowell,  John,  of  Durham,  197  ;  Stephen, 
elected,  333 

Rowlston,  Herefordshire,  plan  of,  213 

Roxborough,  Margaret,  daughter  of  John,  of 
Cartergate.  buried,  27  :  George,  son  of  John, 
buried,  26 

Royce,  John,  a  monk  removed,  299 

Rucestre,  grant  of  lands  at,  95,  96 

Rudston,  Francis,  of  Newcastle,  merchant, 
bond  of,  118 

Rugg  [Rugge],  governor  and  captain  of  Holy 
Island,  294,  307 ;  captain  Robert,  '  great 
bottle  nose,'  of,  309n  ;  surrendered  island  to 
parliament,  payment  for  his  relief.  309 

Rugley,  271 

Rule  Town  head,  Scotland.  28 

Eumney,  Mr.,  51,  52 ;  Anthony,  bailiff'  of 
IJlgham,  inscription  on  tombstone  of,  178n  ; 
Cuthbert,  bequest  to,  178  ;  Edward,  of  Ulg- 
ham,  will  of.  178  ;  bequests,  173 ;  to  be 
buried  in  Ulgham  churchyard,  178;  Francis, 
bequest  to,  178 ;  Nicholas,  bequest  to,  178  ; 
Richard,  178  ;  William,  bequest  to,  178 

Rushlight  holder,  a,  17  ;  <S;c.,  presented,  37 

Rushes  for  lighting,  preparation  of,  38n 

Rushmore,  \Vilts,  earthworks  at,  90 

Rushyford,  324 

Russel,  Walter,  and  others,  commission  con- 
cerning violation  of  sanctuary  by,  129 

Rutherford,  Edward,  son  of  Robert,  of  Byrness, 
buried,  27  ;  John,  son  of  Thomas,  of  the 
Row,  buried,  28  ;  Margaret,  of  Wanlass  Dul- 
trees,  buried,  27 

Rutland,  earl  of,  145  ;  lord  warden  of  east  and 
middle  marches,  to  report,  &c.,  on  border 
garrisons.  139 ;  letters  of,  304,  306  ;  report 
to.  124 

Rutter,  George,  117  ;    William,  117 

Ryall,  lease  of  demesnes  of,  173  ;  owned  by 
Mr.  Midford,  173 

Rye,  counterseal  of  borough  of,  14 

Rye  Tree,  Haltwhistle.  24 

Ryton  church,  Bunny  brasses  in,  184 ;  Sir 
Stephen  Glynne's  notes  on,  184  ;  effigy,  £c., 
in,  185 


«S.,  R  ,  vicar  of  Heighington.  1720,  70 


[Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Newc.,  3  Ser.,  III.] 


Sacheverell,  Elizabeth,  widow   of  Robert,   of 

Nowneton,  Warwickshire,  269 
Sacra  Insula.  John  de.  ordained  acolyte.  292 
Sadberge.  lock-up  at.  161 ;  church,  pre-reforma- 

tion  bells  at,  161  ;   built  on  a  mound  with 

fosse  all  round,  161 
Saddle,  a  quaint  old,  180 
Sadler,  letters  to,  303 
St.  Andrew's  castle,  303 
St.  Bn avers  castle.  < log- wheel  at,  21 
St.   Calais,  William  of,    bishop  of   Durham 

grant  by,  to  Durham  monastery,  299 
St.   Ce(>lwulf,  body  of,   removed  to  Norham 

church,  125 
St.  Cuthbert,  table  at  which  he  took  his  meals, 

125  ;    chantry.  N'orhatn  church,  127  ;    a  life 

of.  carried  about  by  a  monk  of  Durham,  125  ; 

winding  sheet  of,  125  ;    raised  boy  from  dead 

at  '  Kxamforda,'  123n  ;   and  Oswald,  69 
Sts.  Edwin  and  Paulinus  69 
St.  Giles,  hospital  of,  11 
Saint  John,  118 
St.  John's  chapel.  30 
St.  John  Lee,  Gallowfieid  in,  25;   chapel,  24  : 

stipend  of  curate,  31 
'St.  Julian,  the  harbinger,'  &c.,  192 
St.  Kentigern,  shrine  of,  234 
St.  Nicholas,  chantry  of,  Norham  church,  127 
St.  Oswald's  chapel,  30 
St.  Paul,  Mary,  countess,  seal  of,  56 
St.  Weonnrd  tump,  Herefordshire,  eaily  earth- 
works at.  278 
St.  Wilfrid,  72n 
Salesbury,    Matthew  William,  prebendary  of 

Urpeth,     112 ;     presented    to      Doddington 

church,  112 

Salisbury,  Richard  le  Poor,  bishop  of,  135 
Salisbury,  letters  to,  293,  307 
Salkeld,  Thomas.  248 
Salmon's  throat,  key  of  Norham  church  found 

in  a,  125 

Salonina,  coins  of,  presented,  334 
Saltpetre,  iScc..  for  Norham  castle,  138 
Sal  ton,  Yorkshire,  31  ;    prebend,  35  :   property 

of    Hexham    priory  at,   30 ;    lord    Latimer 

steward  of  lordship  of,  31  ;  James  Ridley, 

bailiff'.  31  (see  also  Sawton) 
Saltwellside.  grange  of.  151 
Salvin  of  Thornton  hall,  74  ;   Gerard,  of  Crox- 

dale.  74  ;   his  grandson,  John.  74  ;    Thomas, 

of    Thornton    hall,    74  ;    his    second    wife, 

Kebecca,  74 

Salwey,  Arthur,  204  ;  marriage  of,  2C4 
Sanctuary  at  Norham  church.  127  ;   violation 

of,  129,  296 
Sanderson,  major,  309  ;   Charles,  169  ;    deputy 

collector   at    Newcastle.   155 ;    Christopher, 

diary  of,  320  ;  deputy  customer  at  Newcastle, 

155  :   J.   Burdon,  on  remains  of  chapel  on 

Spindleston  heugh,  326  ;  Robert,  126 
Sandhoe,  30  ;    tenements  in,  11 
Sandifordflat  [Sandisforthflat],  206,  2J7%  209* 

&  n 

Sanstell,  fishery  of,  in  Tweed,  bequest  of,  176 
Sauria,  a  Frenchman,  and  friction  matches, 

330  ;  a  statue  to,  330 

Savory,  Sir  Joseph,  owns  Wharton  hall,  2o8 
Sawton,  Yorkshire,  prebend  of,  12  ;  tenements 

in.  12 

Sayings  about  Holy  Island,  285 
Scaldings,  descent  of  the,  on  Holy  Island,  295 
Scampston.  Robert,  prebendary  in  Chester-le- 

Street  church,  112 
Scap,  the,  Redesdale,  27 
'Scaterotle.'  302 


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INDEX  I      SCH SHR 


'  Schavaldum,'  a,  killed  at  Holy  Island,  135 

School  for  Rakes,  a  comedy,  91 

Sclater.  James,  elected,  45 

'Seoreswrthe.'  &c.,  granted  to  Durham  monks, 
299 

Scot.  Henry,  196  ;  Isabella,  marriage  of,  196  : 
John,  196  ;  Sir  Nicholas,  196  ;  Sir  Peter, 
mayor  of  Newcastle,  founder  of  friar  preach- 
ers. 196  ;  descent  from,  196  ;  Richard,  195  ; 
[Scott]  Andrew,  29  ;  Sir  Walter,  and  Glasgow 
cathedral  church,  234  ;  William,  of  Edger- 
stone  tofts,  buried.  26 

Scotch  rebels,  138 ;  occupied  Newcastle,  112  ; 
kinu  Edward  marching  against,  137  ;  war- 
ships oft'  Holy  Island,  301 

Scotland,  David,  king  of,  138;  England  and, 
bounds  between,  139;  John  de  Weston, 
chamberlain  of,  136  ;  Alexander,  lord  Hume, 
great  chamberlain  of,  123  :  churches  appro- 

Sriated  to  Durham  monastery,  298 ;  expe- 
ition  of  duke  of  Norfolk  into,  41  ;  lords  of, 
to  come  to  Holy  Island,  306 

Scots,  churclus  and  vills  on  border  destroyed 
by  l be,  129  ;  in  Norhamshire,  144  ;  plundered 
Norham,  124  ;  besieged  Norham  castle,  137, 
138  ;  swallowed  up  while  besieging  Norham 
castle.  125  ;  castle  surrendered  to,  139  ;  in- 
tended to  burn  Holy  Island,  302  ;  devastated 
it,  297  ;  rout  of  army  of,  309  ;  came  into 
Berwick.  308  ;  impoverished  Norham  tenants, 
137  ;  a  truce  with  the,  137  ;  overran  Durham 
county,  134  ;  besieged  Ponteland  castle,  55  ; 
at  Otter  burn,  55  :  arrested  at  Holy  Island  to 
be  sent  to  York  castle,  137 

Scottish  invasion,  loss  of  Norham  tenants 
owing  to,  138 ;  communion  tokens,  251 ; 
presented,  159  ;  abbeys,  &c.,  destroyed  by 
English,  122 ;  crown,  rival  claims  to,  131  ; 
convention  to  settle,  129 

Scratchbury,  Wilts,  plan  of  earthworks  at,  113 

Scremerston.  lord  of,  sent  beer  to  bishop  of 
Durham,  135 

Scrope.  lord,  lord  warden  of  the  marches, 
letters  to,  312 

Scruteville,  James  de,  lease  to,  42 

Seals  exhibited,  14;  great,  impressions  of, 
presented,  94,  277  ;  of  an  abbot  of  Alnwick, 
96,  98  ;  a  prior  of  Tynemouth,  96,  98  ;  and  of 
Henry,  earl  of  Northumberland,  96.  97,  98  ; 
of  Bonner  of  High  Callerton,  62  ;  of  Eland, 
55;  of  Mary,  countess  St.  Paul,  56;  of 
Richard  Redmerselle.  197  ;  of  David  de  Stra- 
boigy,  55  ;  of  John  Strabolgy.  55  ;  of  Sibilla 
de  'ihorneton.  42  ;  of  Simon  Walden,  98 

Searle,  family,  204  ;  Dr.,  204  ;  Edward,  202  ; 
lady  Harriet,  wife  of  John,  204 ;  Mary, 
daughter  of  Thomas,  204 

Seaton  Deiaval,  country  meeting  at.  4 

Seaton  Sluice,  custom  house  officers  at,  156, 
169  (see  also  Seyton) 

Sedan  chairs.  18  ;  a  patent  for,  18  ;  Austin 
Dobson  on,  18 

Bedgefield  church,  co  Durham.  SirS.  Glynne's 
note  on,  187  ;  brasses  in,  187.  188  ;  painted 
glass  in.  188  :  a  chantry  in,  119 ;  Rev.  Theo- 
philus  Pickering,  rector,  188 

Stdia  La  I  near  c,  the,  at  the  Vatican,  317 

Seghill,  &c.,  country  meeting  at,  4 

Selby  [Selbie,  Selbye],  surname  of,  144  ;  cap- 
tain, 52  ;  troops  under,  marched  to  Belford, 
49  ;  Sir  George,  173 ;  Gerard,  of  Pawston, 
will  of,  126  ;  one  of  his  executors,  126  ;  Henry 
Collingwood,  lord  of  Holy  Island  manor, 
cross  set  up  by,  286 ;  Sir  John,  145  ;  his 
quarry  at  Tweedmouth,  306 ;  Odonel,  of 


Tweedmouth,  twice  mayor  of  Berwick,  will 
of.  298  :  his  wife,  Jen nett,  298:  Oliver,  and 
another,  owned  Beal  manor.  95 ;  Robert, 
vicar  of  Nor  bam,  one  of  Gerard  Selby's 
executors.  126  :  Willum,  145.  173  ;  of  New- 
castle, his  daughter.  Margaret  married  Sir 
William  Fenwick,  172n  ;  of  Norham,  par- 
doned for  murder,  139 

Selby  abbey  church,  photographs  of,  after  fire, 
exhibited,  2  ;  duke  of  Northumberland  on 
fire  at,  3 

Sclla  stercoraria,  the,  at  the  Vatican.  317 
Senkenor,  Galfrid  de,  seneschal  of  bishop  of 

Durham,  42 
Serby  of  Harthill.  241 
Sergeant,   John,   custom   house   boatman   at 

Newcastle,  155 

Seville,  Mr.,  a  maker  of  silhouettes,  22 
Sewingshields  casile  and  king  Arthur,  51 
;  SIIXTI  PKOC,'  the  century  of,  278 
Seyton.  Roger  de,  master  of  Sherburn  hospital, 

43  :  grant  to.  42 

Shackleton  hill  camp,   visit  to,   37,  162  ;    E. 

Wooler  on,  70  ;   a  large  flint  stone  from,  318 

Shadforth.  Henry,  of  Newcastle,  Ann  Ward, 

wife  of,  60n •;  William,  248 
Shaftoe  [Shaftow],  pedigree  of,  172n  ;   Mr.  and 
Mrs.,   49,   52;    captain,    governor  of    Holy 
Island,  309* ;    petitions  of  Joan,  widow  of, 
309*,  310 ;    John,  214  ;    Leonard,  rector  of 
Gateshead,  250  ;   Mark,  214  ;   Will,  went  to 
school,   50;    of   Bavington,   administration 
granted  to  Ellenor,  relict  of,  171 ;  executors 
of,  172 
Shatter,  Thomas,  coal  waiter  at  Newcastle,  156. 

(see  also  Shawter) 

Sharpp,  John,  of  Newcastle,  litster,  207  ;  Row- 
land, stabbed,  265 
Sharperton,  25  ;  lands.  cVc.,  at,  174 
Shaw,  John,  rector  of  Whalton.  271 
Shawter,  William,  of  Hull,  clockmaker,  bond 

of,  116  (see  also  Shalter) 
Shearleby  of  Hartile,  arms  of,  241 
Shelly.  Mr.,  303 

Shepherd's  tally,  a.  exhibited,  114,  115 
Shepherd.  William,  and  wife,  tombstone  of, 
61  &  n  ;   William  Armstrong,  of  Woodhall, 
buried,  27 

Sherburn  hospital,  charters  at,  42;   suit  con- 
cerning, 315,  316,  338  ;    masters,  338  ;    Ralph 
Leaver,  315  ;    Roger  de  Seyton,  42 
Shields,  custom    hous.e  officers  at,  156,  169 ; 
North.  117,  118 ;   South.  Roman  station  at, 
objects  from  the,  10  ;    Palmyrene  tombstone 
at,    233n ;    bronze    figure    of   Jupiter,    116 ; 
Roman  and  other  coins  discovered  on  the 
Herd-sand.  192  ;   burial  of  felo-de-se  at,  20 
'Shilling-hills'  in  Northumberland,  94 
Ships,  nationality  claims  for  Newcastle,  167  ; 
assignments  of  local,  29  ;  'Asilby'  of  Whitby, 
30  ;    'Betty '  of  Sunderland,  30  ;    '  Colombe,' 
168  ;    '  Constant,'  156  ;    '  Desire  '  of  Shields, 
156  ;  '  la  Godyere '  of  Barton,  292  ;  '  Hannah ' 
of  Whitby,  29,  30  ;    '  Hopewell '  of  Newcastle, 
168  ;  '  Peter :  of  London,  293  ;  '  Rebecca,'  30  ; 
'  Vendredi,'  45  ;    '  William  and  Jane,'  168 
Shilbottle,  Richard,  chaplain  of.  300 
Shitlington  common,  boundaries  of,  53 
Shobdon.  Herefordshire,  plan  of,  213 
Shortfiatt,  272  ;  Raimes  family  of,  2  ;  chantry, 

Bolam  chureh,  267 

Shotton.  co,  Durham,  cockpit  at,  21n 
Shotton,  Eaiphe,  of  Morpeth,  173 
Shovel,  a  wooden  barn,  presented,  93 
Shrewsbury,  earl  of  204  ;  letters  of,  302,  303 


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371 


'  Shropshire  royal  descents/  213 

Sibbertoft  castle  yard,  Northants,  plan  of,  158 

Sidbury.  Wilts,  plan  of  earthworks  at,  90 

Sidwood,  Redesdale,  27,  28 

Sigston.  332  ;   church,  331 

Silbury  hill,  Wilts,  plan  of,  113 

Silenus,  busts  of,  231 

Silhouettes,  22 

Silks  worth  church,  a  priest  to  be  kept  at,  118; 
St.  Leonard's  chapel.  &c.,  at,  118 

Sills,  the,  Fvedesdale,  26 

Sim  on  burn.  Crookbank  in,  24,  25  :  church, 
right  of  Durham  monastery  to,  11 

Simonsule,  co.  Durham,  24 

Simpson.  Kllinor,  bequest  to,  178:  P.  Gerald, 
exhibited  photographs  of  Selby  abbey  church 
after  fire,  2;  on  Haltwhistle-burn  camp,  79, 
336  ;  on  excavations  on  the  line  of  the  Roman 
wall.  219  ;  George,  and  wife,  tombstone  of, 
61  :  Thomas,  shipmaster,  156 

Smdon,  a,  92 

Sisson,  James  A.,  elected,  333 

Siva  and  his  wife  Parvati,  followers  of,  182 

Skeletons  in  shrouds,  brasses  of,  188 

Skelton,  Richard,  175,  176 

Skerne  of  Foakerby,  arms  of.  241 

Skinner.  Philip,  of  Whitby,  master  and 
mariner,  30 

Skipton  castle,  260 

Skipwith  church.  331 

Skottowe,  Thomas,  of  Great  Ayton,  Yorkshire, 
and  others,  partnership  deed,  170 

Slaley.  a  cottage  at,  12  ;  tithes  of  vill  and  chapel 
of,  30  ;  chapel,  31 

Slaves,  escaped,  122 

Slesson,  Isabel,  daughter  of  James  and  Mar- 
garet, baptized,  24 

Slingger,  Thomasin,  bequest  to,  176 

Sluys,  a  shipmaster  of,  arrested,  292  ;  liberated, 
1?8 

Smalesmouth,  proprietors  and  occupiers  in 
township  of,  29  ;  vestry  meeting  at,  29 

Smith,  Mr.,  of  Haughton  castle,  drunk,  54  ; 
and  Mrs.,  49  ;  Miss,  of  the  Wester  hall,  and 
captain  Keed,  married,  52  ;  Gawin,  of  Mor- 
peth,  178  ;  John,  of  Howdon,  master  and 
mariner,  tombstone  of,  61  ;  wife  and  daugh- 
ter. 61  ;  John,  of  Newcastle,  serjeant-at- 
mace,  bond  of,  117  ;  Richard,  169  ;  Samuel, 
bell-founder  of  York,  a  bell  made  by,  319  ; 
Thomas,  117 

Smoke  jack,  n,  21 

Snodhill  castle,  Herefordshire,  early  earth- 
works at.  278 

Snowdon,  Thomas,  249 

Snuff-box,  an  old  embossed  silver,  exhibited, 
326 

Snuffers,  a  pair  of  primitive  iron,  presented, 
114  ;  elaborate,  exhibited,  114,  115 

Sokeijeth.  Robert  de,  bishop's  receiver  at  Nor- 
ham,  135  ;  bishop's  attorney,  136  ;  grant  to, 

Soldier's  Ring,  Wilts,  plan  of  earthworks  at, 

113 
Somerset,  protector,  and   council,  letters   to, 

303,  304 

Soulsbye,  Mr.,  50,  53 

South  Biddick  owned  by  George  Bowes,  152 
Southdene,  23 
South  Ingoldsby  hall,   Lincolnshire,   plan   of 

camp  at,  13 

Southwell,  manor  of,  151  (see  also  Suthewell) 
Spain  declared  war,  55 
Spain.  G.  R.  B.,  exhibited  drawing  of  Roman 

inscription,  183 


Spaldyngton.  Osbert  de.  to   muster   ships   at 

Holy  Island,  291 

Spanish  wine  imported  to  Newcastle,  156 
Spark,    Thomas,   a   monk  of    Durham,    £c., 

297  &  n  ;    an  inventory  of  goods  of,  297 
Spear  head,  iron,  from  Broomiey  lough,  278 
Spearman's   notes  concerning    WJialton,  &c., 

271  (see  also  Sperman) 

Speeding.  Joseph,  deputy  customer  at  Hartle- 
^  pool,  156 
Spence,  Philip,  presented  a  collection  of  Roman 

coins,  334 

Spencer,  Silvester.  169 
Sperman,  Kichard,  of  'Akwlef,'  67 
Spicer,  see  .Spycer 
Spindleston  iieugh,  remains  of  ancient  chapel 

on,  326 

Spithopehaugh,  Redesdale,  26,  28 
Spours,  Thomas,  tombstone  of,  61  &  n 
Spring,  Tom,  the  prize-fighter,  20 
Spycer  family  of  Cirencester,  merchant's  mark 

of,  92  ;   William  le,  of  Berwick,  detained  in 

Norhain  castle,  129 
fiquance,  T.  Coke,  elected,  105 
Stage  coaches,  see  Coaches 
Stage  waggons,  18 
Staindrop.  &c.,  country  meeting  at,  4  ;   church, 

Sir  Stephen  Glynne's  notes  on.  211 ;  effigies, 

212;   font,  212  (see  also  Standropp) 
Stainton,    co.     Durham,    tenement    in,    12 ; 

Magna,  house  at,  119  ;    Paiva,  lands  in,  119 
(Stamford,  43 
Stamfordham  church,  Sir  S.  Glynne's  notes 

on,  224  ;  Sir  W.  Fenwick  to  be  buried  in,  172 
Standalone  near  Coxhoe,  note  of  a  discovery 

at,  189 

Standley,'  arms  of,  242 
Standropp,  Robert,  a  monk,  removed  to  Fame, 

299 

'  Stanegate,  the',  79,  218  ;    camp  on  the,  79 
Stanford,  arms  of,  241 
Stannington,  a  tenement  in,  12 
Stanhope,  Sir  S.  Glynne's  notes  on,  221  ;    Sir 

Charles  Hardinge,  rector,  202 
Stanley,  arms  of,  242  ;    Sir  Edward,  letter  of, 

asking  for  Norham  castle.  145 
Stanton,  Wilts,  an  old  mumming  play  at.  317 
Stanton,  master  John,  332  ;    clerk,  of  York 

331  ;   master  Richard,  clerk,  332 
Stanwix,  brigadier-general,  letter  of,  311 
Stapleton   castle,  Herefordshire,  early  earth- 
works at,  278  ;    Wilts,  plan  of   113 
State  Papers,  Calendar  of,  see  Calendar 
Statutes:   of  Newcastle  society,   addition   to 

the,  8  ;  of  Durham  monastery,  298 
Staunton-on-Arrow,  Herefordshire,  plan  of,  213 
staveley,  arms  of,  242;   Adam,  qf  Dent,  242 
Steane  manor  house,  Northants,  plan  of,  158 
Steavenson,  A.  L  ,   note   on   a   discovery   at 

Standalone,  co.  Durham.  189 
Steel,  John,  117 
Stelling,  tenement  in,  12 
Stephan,  chaplain  of  Lescebr',  299 
Stephens,  Rev.  Thomas,  exhibited  MS.  diary 

of  John  Dawson,  46 
Stephenson,  ensign,  51;    George,    and   first 

railway,  19  ;   Henry,  son  of  Elizabeth,  bap- 
tized, 23  ;   John,  wine  merchant,  Newcastle, 

29;   William,  247 
'Stephenson,  Little  Nemo,'  50 
Stewardshields,  Redesdale,  26,  27,  28 
Stiletto,  Italian,  exhibited,  201 
Stirley,   Sir  Nicholas,  letter  to,   concerning 

fishing  in  Tweed,  139 
Stobbs,  the,  Redesdale,  28 


INDEX  :      STO — THO 


Stockdak,  Thomas,  letter  of,  26?. 

Stocks,  19,  248 

Stocksfield  hall,  tenement  of,  12 

Stockton,  135  ;  approach  to,  273  ;  coach,  a,  19  ; 
custom  house,  155  ;  officers  at,  106  ;  church, 
Thomas  Wriaht,  organist,  329 

Stockton  and  Darlington  railway,  first  railway. 
19 

Stoddart  [Stoddert],  Joseph,  217  ;  Robert,  tide- 
waiter  at  Newcastle,  156 

Stogdon,  Rev.  A.  K.,  vicar,  described  Norham 
church,  127,  163 

Stoker,  parson,  53 

Stonehenge,  Wilts,  plan  of,  113 

Stonehewer,  Thomas,  170 

Stonehouse,  Matthew.  304 

Story  [Storie],  John,  175  ;  William,  In»o  mill    j 
demised  to.  12 

Stourton.  Wilts,  plan  of  earthworks,  113 

Stow  park,  Lincolnshire,  plan  of,  13 

Strabology.  David  de.  seal  of.  55;  John  de, 
seal  of,  55 

Strangeways,  W.  N. ,  4 

Stranton  church.  Sir  Stephen  Glynne's  notes 
on,  120 

Strother,  Mary,  bequest  to,  177 

Sturley  of  Rosse,  arms  of,  243  (see  also  Stirley 

S tunny,  John  de,  admiral  of  fleet  in  the 
north,  292 

Stutevill,  L'obert  de.  and  others,  ordered  to 
be  at  Norham,  135 

Suffolk,  earl  of,  yearly  rent  out  of  Longridge 
to,  134;  out-rents  payable  to.  310 

Suffolk  corn  dibbler,  a,  presented,  93 

Sulgrave  castle.  North  ants,  plan  of,  158 

Sunderland,  lands  in,  151 ;  Scotch  on  way  to, 
112  ;  custom  house  officers,  155, 156-168, 169  ; 
shore,  118 

Sunderland,  North,  bequest  of  tithe-corn  of,  176 

Surrey,  earl  of,  occupied  Ayton,  132n 

Surrey  rushlight  holder  presented,  38 

Surtees  [Surteys],  Mr.,  of  Hexhamshire,  said 
to  be  courting  Miss  Fewster,  47  ;  Author, 
117  ;  Robert,  of  Milkisburn,  co.  Durham, 
bond  to,  117  ;  Thomas,  97  ;  of  Dinsdale.  205 

Su  the  well,  master  John.  332 

Sutton,  Edrnond,  248  ;  Robert,  247n  .et  seq.  ; 
repaired  ducking  stool  at  Gateshead,  248  ; 
Thomas,  master  of  the  ordnance  in  North, 
letter  to,  338 

Sutton  Walls,  Herefordshire,  early  earthworks 
at,  278 

SwaeiK  professor  A.  E.  H.,  of  Groningen,  on 
The  Love  Sick  King,  &c  ,  an  old  play,  87 

Swafeld,  Philip  de.  295 

Swale,  George,  176 

Swalwell,  118 

Swan,  Thomas,  shipwright,  of  Howdon  pans, 
58n  ;  freeholder  in  Thirston,  58 n  ;  of  Walls- 
end,  tombstone  of,  61  &  n  :  wife  and  son,  61 

Swift  of  Rotherham,  arms  of,  249;  Mr.,  pre- 
bendary of  Durham.  330,  338 

Swinburne  family  in  Essex.  337 

Swinburne  [Swinbourne],  Ann,  of  Newcastle, 
bond  to,  117  ;  Gawin,  Cheesehurn  grange  in 
tenure  of,  12  ;  Sir  Robert  de.  337  ;  armour 
of,  337  ;  Thomas,  his  son,  armour  of,  337  : 
Thomas,  tenement  at  Stelling  in  tenure  of, 
12  ;  Sir  William  de,  337 

Swinhoe,  James,  of  Chatton,  a  delinquent, 
146,  294  ;  had  .Berington  manor.  146  ;  craved 
allowance  for  payment  to  Norham  castle, 
146  ;  Thomas,  captain  of  Norham,  letter  of, 
293  ;  of  Gateshead,  skinner  and  glover,  171 ; 
and  others,  partnership  deed,  170 


Swinside,  Scotland,  27 
Switzerland,  Roman  antiquities  in,  150 
Symeon's  works,  one  of  the  best  MSS.  of.  299 
Symond's  Yat,  plan  of  earthworks  at,  46 
Synod  in  Galilee  of  Durham  cathedral  church, 

126 
Syon  abbey,  refoundation  charter  exhibited,  2, 

109 

T. 

Tabellius,  see  Abellins 

Tailbois,  amis  of,  77  ;  of  Hurworth,  73  ;  Kalph, 
73,  76;  his  wife,  73,  77;  initials  of,  on 
Thornton  hall,  73  ;  Robert,  73 

Tailfoid,  Klenor,  of  Blakehope,  buried,  26 

Tailor.  Henry.  214  :   Janet,  246 

Taitt,  Henry,  116 

Talais  in  Belle  Isle  captured  by  English.  50 

Tarn  with,  Sir  Nicholas,  130 

Tan  field,  'thrush  tithes'  in,  119;  church, 
Yorkshire,  Marmion  tombs  in,  133n 

Tankersley  church,  Yorkshire,  arms  of  Eland 
in,  56 

Taylor  [Tailor],  David,  vica'1  of  JBolam,  269; 
will  of,  269-;  Henry,  214  ;  John,  of  Uvington 
ferry,  yeoman,  117  :  Mary,  tombstone  of,  61 

Tavernant.  Richard  de.  held  Upsetlington,  123 

Tavenor,  Samuel,  117 

Taxations,  old  and  new,  128 

Teaspoons,  introduction  of,  22 

Telfer,  William,  29 

Tempest,  major,  exhibited  ancient  deeds,  95  ; 
John,  169  ;  customer  at  Hartlepool.  169 

Temple,  Mr..  51;  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  George, 
of  Stobbs,  buried,  28 ;  Margaret,  of  Roches- 
ter, 26 ;  Mary,  daughter  of  George,  of 
Rochester,  buried.  27 

Temple  Thornton,  tenements  in,  12 

Tetricus,  senior  and  junior,  coins  of,  presented, 
335 

'  Tewkesbury  Mythe  Tute,'  plan  of  camp,  13 

Thanet,  Thomas  earl  of,  ruthlessly  destroyed 
Pendragon  castle.  260 

Theodosius.  gold  coins  of,  found,  315 

Thirlewalle,  John  de.  83 ;  Richard  de,  83 

Thirston,  Thomas  Swan,  a  freeholder  in,  58n 

Thockrington,  grant  of  lands  in,  95,  96 

Thomas  i,  archbishop  of  York,  82;  II,  arch- 
bishop of  York,  82 

Thomhnson,  Thomas,  custom  house  surveyor 
at  Sunderland,  155 

Thompson  [Thomson],  Catherine,  wife  of 
James,  of  Otterburn,  buried,  27  ;  George  H., 
death  of,  3;  John,  171;  death  of.  41;  his 
will,  53  ;  deputy  comptroller  at  Sunderland, 
156, 169  ;  Ralph.  248  ;  Robert,  tidewaiter  at 
Stockton,  156;  Roger,  of  Howdon  dock,  61  ; 
son  of,  61 ;  Stephen,  52  ;  being  searched  for. 
for  riot,  49  ;  Thomas,  son  of  Thomas,  of 
Otterburn,  buried,  29 

Thorney  abbey,  82 

Thornley,  co.  Durham,  land  in,  118 

Tbornileye,  Nicholas  de,  witness  to  a  grant.  64 

Thornburgh,  271 

Thorneburgh,  William  de,  escheator  for  North- 
umberland, 208 

Thornbury  Wall  Hills,  Herefordshire,  plan  of, 
213 

Thornton  hall.  co.  Durham,  74  ;  visit  to,  169  ; 
details,  73,  75,  76,  77 ;  description  of,  76  ; 
panelling  in,  77  ;  oak  staircase.  77  ;  Tudor 
ceiling,  76  ;  initials  on,  74  ;  owners  of,  74  ; 
K.  Wooler  on.  74 

Thorntons,  the,  76 


INDEX  I      THO VAL 


373 


Thornton  [Thorneton]  of  Thornton,  married  a 
Tailbois,  73;  Adam  de,  43;  canon  of  Darl- 
ington, 78;  Richard  fie,  42;  Poorer,  197; 
a  character  in  The  Love  Sick  King,  an 
old  play,  87;  'enter  in,  with  hope,  a  half- 
penny, and  a  lambs-skin,'  89  ,  Sibilla.  widow 
of  Adam  de,  lease  by,  42;  colonel  Thomas, 
Coldstream  guards,  75  ;  married  Miss  Bowes, 
75 

'  Thorny  Close,'  Nether  Keworth,  118 

Thorpe  of  Thorpe,  arms  of,  243  ;  Francis,  M.P., 
letter  to,  262 

Throckley  rioters,  50 

Throckelauy,  Robert  de,  attests  a  deed,  96 

Thruxton  tump,  Herefordshire,  plan  of,  213 

Thrushe,  or  Thrushes,  tithes,  119 

Thureby,  John.  247n  ;  of  Brafferton,  204 ; 
Richard,  202 

Tibbay,  John  de,  of  Wenslev,  Yorkshire,  dis- 
pensation to,  64  ;  master  or  warden  of  Great- 
ham  hospital,  64 

Tichborne.  Robert,  a  prisoner  in  Holy  Island, 
petitions  of  Anne,  wife  of,  310 

Till  river  in  flood,  54 

Tiliock,  see  Tujlock 

Tilmouth.  inquisition  concerning  chapel  of.  129 

Timgad,  Africa,  mosaic  pavement  found  in  a 
house  at.  46 

Tlnctor,  Thomas,  of  Newcastle.  95 

Tindal,  James,  of  Bullock's  hall,  married,  58n 

Tinder  boxes,  17,  &c.  ;  exhibited,  20 

Titchmarsh  castle,  Northants,  plan  of,  153 

Tithes  in  Northumberland  and  Durham,  lay 
grants  of,  16 

Todd,  Henry,  of  Newcastle,  complaint  of  wife 
and  children  of,  338 :  [Tod]  Rev.  John, 
minister  of  Ladykirk.  122  ;  [TodeJ  William, 
a  monk,  removed  fro^n  Durham,  299 

Tofthouse,  Redesdale,  27 

Tokens,  Scottish  communion.  251 

Tolland.  Robert,  a  tenement  in  Whalton,  12 

'  Tom  candles.'  17  ;  auction  sales  conducted 
by,  17 

Tomlin,  Thomas.  214 

Tomlinson,  William  Weaver,  obituary  notice 
of  George  Irving,  166 

Tone's  papers,  53 

Totton,  parson,  53 

Towart,  William,  250  et  scq. 

Towbury,  Gloucestershire,  plan  of  camp  at,  13 

Towcester  Bury  Mount,  Northants,  plan  of,  158 

Tramway,  first,  19 

'Traveller's  !.'est,'66 

Treasurer's  balance  sheet  for  1906.  &c..  8  :  for 
1907.  167  ;  reports  f9f  1906,  8  ;  for  1907,  167 

Trier,  Roman  gold  coins  struck  at,  315 

Trippc.  John,  of  Newcastle,  and  another,  292 

Trollop,  Robert,  built  a  'new  forth'  at  Holy 
Island.  290 

Tuam,  archbishop  of,  272 

Tuart,  sei  Towart 

Tuer*s  Hostory  of  the  Horn  Boole,  17 

Tughall,  Robert  de,  and  others,  justices  of 
assize.  292 

Tulip,  Mr.,  48  ;   his  dogs,  55 

Tumble  beacon,  Surrey,  plan  of,  213 

Tundalhowse,  tithes  of,  139 

Tunstall,  Cuthbert,  bishop  of  Durham,  last 
occupant  of  Norham  castle,  13t ;  repaired  it, 
131n  ;  letter  of.  303  ;  Ralph,  202 

Turnlmll,  Andrew,  burial  of,  29;  Gabriel,  of 
Rochester,  26  ;  James,  of  Rochester,  buried, 
27  :  Walter,  of  Nether  houses,  buried,  26 

Turner,  Sir  Edmond,  156  ;  J.  M.  W.,  picture 
of  Norham  castle,  132  ;  William,  174 


Tursdale.  co.  Durham,  remains  of  a  pele  (?)  at, 
189 

Twain,  Mary,  bequest  to,  177 

Tweed,  key  of  Norham  church  thrown  into,  125 ; 
fisheries  in,  claim  to,  139  ;  demised,  125n  ; 
bequest  of,  176 

Tweed moutk  under  captain  of  Norham,  140  ; 
should  be  annexed  to  Berwick.  140  ;  grant  of 
lands  at,  302  ;  to  prior  of  Holy  Island,  299  ; 
house  in,  174  ;  stone  from  quarry  at,  306  ; 
riot  at,  52  ;  chapel,  dispute  concerning,  299  ; 
St,  Bartholomew's  hospital  at,  130,  297  ;  de- 
vastated by  Scots,  297 ;  John  Lowick,  master, 
297 

Twysel,  Adam  and  John  received  first  tonsure 
in  chapel  of  Norham  castle,  130  ;  William 
de,  licence  in  mortmain  gianted  to,  129 

Tyllok,  and  others,  a  commission  to  enquire 
into  violation  <>f  sanctuary  by,  129 

Tyne,  the  river  of.  87  ;  Roman  altar  from  the, 
42  ;  bridge,  levies  for  repair  of,  36 

T.vnedale,  97 ;  thieves,  absolution  of,  139  ; 
bailiffs  of,  83 

Tyndale  [Tindalll,  Adam  de,  83  ;  attests  a  deed, 
96  ;  Richard  de,  a  Durham  monk,  135 

Tynemouth,  24,  25,  26,  303*  ;  parish  of,  166  ; 
fortifications  to  be  made  at,  302  ;  stores  to 
be  taken  to,  3C4  ;  Sir  Henry  Percy  '  lay  at,' 
140  ;  bar,  ships  outside,  112  ;  haven,  ships 
of  war  not  to  enter.  302  ;  priory  of,  seal  of. 
98  ;  priors  of,  98,  137,  197,  209  ;  'witness  to  a 
deed,  96,  97  :  church  not  properly  provided 
for,  301 ;  volunteer  artillery,  14 

Typography,  early  Newcastle,  166 

Tyzack,  Timothy,  of  Gateshead,  merchant,  156 

U. 

Ubbanford,  old  name  for  Norham,  Co^patrick 
died  and  was  buried  at.  126 

Ulcotes,  Philip  de,  300 ;  held  land  at  Tweed- 
mouth,  299 

Ulgham  grange,  &c.,  lease  of  lands  of,  176 

Umbrella,  the,  introduce.!  by  Jonas  Hannay, 
22  ;  early  called  a  '  Robinson,'  22  ;  parish,  at 
Cartmel  church,  22 

Umframville  [Umfranvill,  Umfravill],  Gilbert 
de,  witness  to  a  deed,  79  ;  '  constabularius,' 
witness  to  deed,  97  ;  Jordan  de,  witnesses  a 
grant,  97 :  Odinel  de,  grant  by,  95,  93 ; 
Richard  de,  95,  96  ;  his  son  Gilbert,  96  ;  his 
brother,  96  ;  Robert  de,  attests  a  deed,  96, 
97 ;  Walter  de,  witness  to  a  grant,  97 ; 
William  de,  attests  a  deed,  96 

Upsetlington,  grant  of  lands  in,  123  ;  values  of, 
123  ;  held  by  Richard  de  Tavernant,  123  ; 
parish  of,  121 ;  treaty  signed  in  church  of  St- 
Mary  at,  121  ;  no  trace  of  enure  1 1  of,  121  ; 
part  of  parish  held  by  Durham,  121 ;  corn 
and  lambs  seized  at,  123  ;  church,  notice  of 
excommunication  posted  on  door  of,  126  ;  a 
'fortress'  made  in.  133n  (see  also  Ladykirk 
and  West  Upsetlington) 

Urban,  pope,  confirmed  church  of  Norham  to 
Durham  monastery,  125  ;  v.  pope,  296 

Urpeth,  151 ;  prebend  of,  in  Chester-le-Street 
church,  112 

Usway  ford,  Northumberland,  28 

Uther  Pendragon,  258 

Uvdall,  Mr.,  303 

V. 

Valens,  gold  coins  of,  found,  315 
Valentinian  I  and  n,  gold  coins  of,  found,  315, 
320 


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INDEX  I     VAL — WEL 


Valerian,  coin  of,  fonnd,  320 

Valle,  Gilbert  tie,  attests  a  deed,  96 

Vane,  secretary,  letter  from,  112 

Varey,  William,  not.  publ.,  116 

Vatican,  the  Sclla  Stercoraria  at  the,  317 

Vaux,  arms  of,  242 

Velard,  Ralph  son  of,  witnesses  a  grant,  97 

'  Vendredi,'  a  ship  so  named,  45 

Vere,  Robert  de,  duke  of  Ireland,  112 

Vernon,  Mr.,  141 

Vessey,  Thomas,  of  Newcastle,  245;  gentle- 
nian,  action  by,  for  trespass,  &c.,  247 

Vicars,  Charles,  clerk,  vicar  of  'Mirforth,'  172 

Victoria,  queen,  leather  impression  of  Great 
Seal  of,  presented,  94 

Victorinus,  coins  of,  presented,  335 

Vikings  attack  Holy  Island,  295 

Villiers,  Barbara,  mistress  of  Charles  n,  218 

Virgin  and  child  on  church  bell,  70 

Visitations  of  Northumberland,  55  ;  chancel- 
lors, 301 

Vowchurch,  Herefordshire,  plan  of  earthworks 
at,  213 

W. 

1  Waade,  Ralf,'  a  poor  soldier,  petition  of,  141 

Wager  of  battle,  125 

Waite  [Wait,  Waitt],   Dr.,  his  description  of 

Norham  church,  127  ;   his  discoveries,  127  ; 

Elizabeth,    of    Garret  -  shields,    buried,    26  : 

James,  29  ;   William,  251 
Waits  and  drummers  at  Gateshead,  249 
Wake,  Thomas,  251 
Walbanke,  Arthur,  custom  house  surveyor  of 

port  of  Newcastle,  155,  156 
Walbottle,  Roman  coins  found  near,  presented, 

334,  335 
Walden,  Simon  de,  prior  of  Tynemouth.  98  ; 

seal  of,  98 
Wales,  North,  tally  used  by  shepherds  in, 

115 
Walesby,    Lincolnshire,   John    de   Walesby, 

parson  of,  &c.,  112  ;  king's  clerk,  prebendary 

of  Pelton,  112 
Walfovd  tump,  Herefordshire,  early  earthworks 

at,  278 
Walker,  Mr.  and  Mrs.,  of  Whittingham,  54  ; 

Mr.,   of   Kirknewton,    prosecution    of,    49 ; 

Sufferings  of  the  Clergy,  127,  269 
Walker,  Charles,  elected.  277  ;  John,  rector  of 

Whalton,  265,  269 ;  on  Whalton  church,  269  ; 

John,   of    Stockton,    inventor    of    friction 

matches,  329  ;  J.  D..  on  the  Joiners'  company 

of  Newcastle,  190  ;  Katherine,  of  Rattenrow, 

buried,  27 

Walkyngton  church,  331 
Wall,  30  ;   crags,  51 
Wallington,  118 

Wallsend,  Roman  coins  found  at,  320 ;  regis- 
ters, 58n  et  seg.  ;  old  churchyard,  epitaphs 

in,  58  ;  a  modern  inscription  at,  marking  end 

of  Roman  Wall,  39 

Walridge,  St.  Margaret's,  lands  in,  119 
Walsingham,  Sir  Francis,  letter  to,  339 
Walt',  son  of  Alden,  witness  to  a  grant,  97 
Walter,  the  chaplain,  grant  of  lands  by,  at 

Bolam,  265 ;  son  of  Estantcelin,  witness  to  a 

grant,  97 

1  Walterhouse  of  Browell,'  arms  of,  241 
Walterstone  camp,  Herefordshire,  early  earth- 
works at,  278  ;   mount,  Herefordshire,  early 

earthworks  at,  278 
Waltham,  John  de,  canon  of  Chester-le-Street, 

109 


Waltham  abbey  church,  stake,  driven  through 
body,  preserved  in,  20 

Walton,  arms  of,  244  ;  John,  witness  to  a  deed, 
181 

Walwick,  Roman  Wall  beyond,  51 

Walvvorth,  William  de,  grant  to,  64 

-Wambe,  Roger,  of  Corbridge,  held  land  in 
Whalton,  276 

Wandsworth  to  Croj  don,  first  tramway,  19 

Wanlass  Dulfcrees,  Redesdale,  27 

Wansdyke,  Wilts,  plan  of  earthworks  at,  113 

Wapley,  Herefordshire,  plan  of  early  earth- 
works at,  278 

Warcop,  arms  of,  258 

Ward,  captain,  50  ;  [Warde]  Thomas,  prior  of 
Holy  Island,  297 

Wardal,  John  de,  a  'schavaldum,'  a  servant  of 
the  king,  killed  in  Holy  Island,  135 

Warden,  Northumberland,  tenements  in,  12  ; 
church,  SI ;  Sir  Stephen  Glynne's  notes  on,322 

Warden,  William,  Little  Broughton  manor, 
co.  York,  in  tenure  of,  12 

Wark  in  Tynedale,  inquisition  at,83 ;  on  Tweed, 
142  ;  main  ford  at,  132  ;  castle,  old  soldiers, 
&c.,  to  be  placed  at,  139  ;  enquiry  as  to  gar- 
rison, &c.,- 139  ;  commissioners  to  survey, 
139  ;  foreign  mercenaries  at,  139  ;  yearly  pay 
of,  307  ;  powder  in,  143  ;  '  so  yreatly  in  ruyne 
and  decay  that  no  one  dare  dwell  in  it,'  140  ; 
surrendered  to  Scots,  134 ;  wants  to  be  sup- 
plied. 338 

Warkworth.  lord  warden  had  left,  30 ;  deed 
dated  at,  97  ;  church,  Sir  S.  Glynne's  notes 
on,  227  ;  effigy  in,  228  (see  also  Werkeworth) 

Warter,  arms  of,  243 

Warwick,  earl  of,  293  ;    took  Danish  ship,  142 

Waterhouse  of  Braithwell,  arms  and  pedigree 
of,  241 

Waterloo,  flint-locks  used  at  battle  of,  115 

Waters,  arms  of,  244 

Watson,  John,  of  Holy  Island,  will  of,  300  ; 
died  from  plague,  300  ;  bequests,  300  ;  John 
Stanhope,  elected,  37  ;  Robert,  217  ;  Thomas, 
notary  public,  176  ;  deputy  customer  at  Stock- 
ton, 156  ;  William,  boatman  at  Shields,  156 

Watling  street,  the,  7 

Watton,  Thomas  de,  209 

Waugh  of  Plenderleigh,  Cecy  and  Isabella, 
daughters  of  William  and  Mary,  baptism  of, 
23  ;  Nichol,  53  ;  William,  of  Howdon  pans, 
tombstone  of,  61 ;  wife  Mary,  61 

Wawayn,  John,  rector  of  Brancepeth,  &c.,  78 

Weares,  William,  deputy  comptroller  for  Culler- 
coats,  &c.,  169 

Wearmouth,  monks  removed  to  and  from,  298 
(see  also  Wermouth) 

Weatherley,  Hannah,  of  Newcastle,  and  others, 
partnership  deed,  171 

4  Wedderburne,  the  laird  of,'  145 

Weddrelt,  John,  of  Bolam,  sought  sanctuary 
at  Durham,  265 

Welford,  captain,  of  Darlington,  92  ;  Richard, 
exhibited  tinder  box  and  made  tinder,  38  ; 
silver  snuff  box,  326  ;  on  'the  three  Richard- 
sons,'  166  ;  on  earlv  Newcastle  typography, 
166  :  on  a  general  pardon  to  Sir  Peter  Riddell, 
183  ;  obituary  notice  of  Horatio  A.  Adamson, 
327  ;  on  Gatesheud  charities,  197  :  on  a  deed 
relating  to  premises  in  Newcastle,  214  ;  made 
presentation  to  R.  Blair  on  his  marriage,  85  ; 
on  local  muniments,  184,  208,  245  ;  local 
Iwnds  in  his  collection,  116  ;  extracts  from 
his  manuscript  collections.  29,  155,  156,  167 

Well,  Alice  de,  of  Newcastle,  207 

Weller,  Sam,  and  silhouettes.  22 


[NDEX  :      WEL — WIL 


375 


Welsh  Fusiliers,  the  lloyal,  the  goat  of  the,  41 

Wei  ton  church.  331,  332 

Welton,  master  John,  clerk,  332 

Wei  wick,  arms  of,  263 

Wemyss,  earl,  15 

Wensley,  Yorks,  John  de  Tibbay,  rector,  63 

Werkeworth,  William  de,  43 ;  and  Sibilla  his 
wife,  grant  by,  42 

Wermouth,  William,  a  monk,  removed  from 
Finchale,  299 

West  Acomb,  117 

Westby  of  Mowbreck,  arms  of,  241 ;  of  Raven- 
field,  241 

West  Dean  mount,  Wilts,  plan  of  earthworks 

*  Wester  hall,  the  lady  of  the,  and  the  lady  of 
the  castle,  grand  battle  between,'  53 

Westerpruhope,  Peebles,  24 

'  West fourd  beside Norham,' delivery  of  pledges 
at,  145 

Westmacott.  effigy  in  Staindrop  church  by,  212 

West  Matfen,  tenement  in,  12 

Westminister,  militia,  49 ;  Alnwick  benefice 
appropriated  to  St.  Uunstan's  priory  at,  220 

Westmorland  [Westmorland],  Henry,  fifth  earl 
of,  and  his  three  wives,  effigies  of,  212 ;  ttalph, 
earl  of,  218  ;  and  his  two  wives,  effigies  of, 
212  ;  Margaret,  his  wife,  effigy  of,  211 

Weston,  John  de,  chamberlain  of  Scotland, 
136  *  Thomas,  his  portion  in  Lanchester 
church,  112  ;  grant  of  Lamesley  prebend,  112  ; 
rector  of  Longnewton,  78 

West  Shields,  Roxburghshire,  25 

West  Upset'ington  held  of  bishop  of  Durham, 
138;  cottages  at,  for  chaplain  in  Norham 
church,  129 

Wetwang[VVetewang],  captain  John,  'an  emi- 
nent commander  in  the  late  Dutch  war,' 
156  ;  Robert,  of  Newcastle,  merchant,  169  ; 
William,  of  Newcastle,  207,  208 

Whalton,  country  meeting  at,  205  ;  tea  at.  269  ; 
bonfire  at,  269  ;  horsemen  from,  269  :  barony 
of,  276  ;  held  by  Robert,  son  of  Roger,  276  ; 
tenement  in,  12;  Alice,  wife  of  Stephan  of,  her 
house  broken  into,  276  ;  church,  269  ;  rectors, 
269,  270,  271 ;  rev.  J.  Walker  on,  269  ;  notes 
on,  271 ;  mural  tablets,  &c.,  in,  271 ;  t9mb 
recess,  270  ;  grave  slab,  270  ;  wall  paintings 
in,  270 ;  Ogle  chantry  in,  270  ;  communion 
plate  and  bell.  271 ;  rectory  of,  values  of,  271 ; 
Spearman's  notes  of,  271 

Whalton,  Robert  de,  271 

Wharton  hall,  bought  by  Robert  Lowther,  258  ; 
sold,  258  ;  coats  of  arms  on,  258  ;  owned  by 
Sir  Joseph  Savory,  258 ;  visit  to,  253  ;  de- 
scribed by  J.  F.  Curwen,  258 

Wharton,  supposed  tomb  of  first  lord,  258  ; 
family  of,  254  ;  Thomas,  lord,  letter  of,  304  ; 
Allan,  customs  collector  for  Whitby,  156  ; 
Christopher,  of  Utferton,  177 ;  Humphrey. 
177  ;  of  Gillingwood,  Yorkshire,  177  ;  Philip, 
duke,  258 ;  Richard,  258  ;  Thomas,  178 ; 
Thomas,  lord,  warden  of  the  marches,  254. 
256  ;  Sir  Thomas,  and  the  border  service,  218 

Wheler.  the  rev.  Sir  George,  prebendary  of 
Durham,  &c.,  29 

Whelpington,  West,  172 

Whelpyngton,  Robert,  197 

Whethamstede,  Clement  de,  prior  of  Tyne- 
mouth,  98 

Whipping  post,  19 

Whitburn,  151 ;  Sir  S.  Glynne's  notes  on 
church.  223 

Whitby,  118  ;  custom  house  officers,  169,  186  ; 
ships  belonging  to,  29  et  seq. 


WhitechurchCaiioriicorum.Dorsetshire,  church 
of,  shrine,  &c.,  of  St.  Candida  at,  150 

White  house,  lands  at,  172 

White,  Mr..  51  ;  George,  of  Morpeth,  174  ; 
Gilbert,  on  the  preparation  of  rushes  for 
lighting,  38n  ;  J.,  books  printed  by,  71  ; 
Sir  Matthew,  50,  51,  52,  54  ;  letter  to,  48  ; 
went  to  Belford,  49  ;  quarrel  between  him 
and  captain  Reed,  50  ;  Teasdale,  of  Newcas- 
tle, 52 

White  cross,  near  Piercebridge,  72 

Whitehead,  arms  of,  244 

Whitelaw,  Alexander,  of  Gartshore,  members 
entertained  by,  231  ;  thanks  to,  231 

Whitelee,  Redesdale,  25,  27  ;  gate,  26  ;  land 
in,  172 

Whitelock,  Mr.,  and  his  wife,  53 

White  sheet  caste,  Wilts,  plan  of,  113 

Whitewik,  Lincoln,  Adam  de  Rotheley,  rector 
of,  271 

W bitfield,  complaint  respecting  detention  of 
'  Potterhowse '  in,  236;  parish,  bequest  to 
poor  of,  175 

Whitfield  [Whytfeild],  pedigree  of  family  of, 
174  ;  Alice,  relict  of  George.  176  :  Frances, 
175,  176  ;  daughter  of,  175  ;  George,  of  Whit- 
field,  administration  to  goods  of,  176  ;  Jane, 
176  ;  Jane,  widow,  complaint  of,  236  ;  of 
Whitfield  hall,  wido>v,  will  of,  174  ;  Marie, 
175 :  Matthew,  176  ;  Ralfe,  complaint  against 
236 

Whithill,  co.  Durham,  land  at.  171 

Whitsbury,  Wilts,  plan  of  earthworks  at.  113 

Whittingham  fair,  a  dog  carriage  :U,  21 ;  Little 
271 

Whittingham,  Mrs.,  30 

Whitwell,  near  Sherburn  hospital,  land  at, 
42 

Whitwell  [Whitewell,  Whitewelle],  pedigree 
of,  43 ;  heirs  of  Roger  de,  42  ;  Sibilla,  daugh- 
ter of,  42  (see  als  >  \Vitewelle) 

Whitwham  [Whytwame].  house  and  land  in, 
206,  207  :  premises  in,  209* 

Whooley,  Antho.,  of  Suniierland,  coal  waiter 
168 

Wickball,  Wilts,  plan  of  earthworks  at,  90 

Widderington,  manor  of,  97 

Widdrington  [Widderington,  Widerington], 
Ephram.  173  ;  Henry,  173  :  sheriff  of  North- 
umberland, complaint  against,  236  ;  Sir 
Henry,  173  ;  John,  118, 170, 171  ;  of  Newcas- 
tle, 'and  others,  arbitration  award  by,  117  ; 
Robert,  173  ;  Roger  de.  97  ;  Roger,  a  settle- 
ment by,  95,  97  ;  William,  lord,  a  commission 
to,  as  governor  of  Holy  Island.  310 

1  Wiggam,  Jemmy.'  51 

Wigglesworth,  arms  of,  242 

Wigmore  castle,  Herefordshire,  early  earth- 
works at,  278 

Wilderspool,  excavations  at,  33 

Wilfrid  and  Hexham,  82 

Wilkinson,  George,  of  Wall,  52  ;  arrested  for 
riot  at  Wall,  49,  50  *  released  from  custody, 
52  ;  Henry,  of  Gateshead,  and  others,  part- 
nership deed,  170  ;  Martin,  custom  house 
boatman  at  Shields,  155,  156 

'  VVilliam  and  Jane,'  ship,  168 

William,  dean  of  Northumberland,  evidence 
of,  in  a  dispute,  299  ;  king,  gave  Norham  to 
bishop  of  Durham,  125  ;  son  of  Elstan,  grant 
by,  95  ;  sherift  of  Northumberland,  attests  a 
deed,  96  ;  IV,  king,  leather  impression  of 
Great  Seal  of,  presented,  94 

Williams,  John,  of  ->tourbidge,  170  ;  of  New- 
castle, and  others,  partnership  deed,  170 


376 


INDEX  :      WTL — ZET 


Williamson,  A.,  secretary,  2C2  ;  letters  to,  311 ; 

Kalph,    comptroller   at    Newcastle   custom 

house,  168,  169  ;    Sir  William,  of  Monkwear- 

mouth,  married  Elizabeth  Hedworth,  151 
Willement's  roll,  56 
Willersey  hill,  Gloucestershire,  plan  of  earth- , 

works  at,  46 
Willoughby  viewed  Holy  Island,  <kc.,  3C6a  (see 

also  VVyiloby) 
"Wills,  &c.,  notes  of  Northumbrian,  171  et  seq.  ; 

extracts  from,  126 
Willing,  Mark,  of  Howdon  dock,  shipowner, 

tombstone  of,  61  &  n  ;  his  family,  61 
Wilson,  John,  custom  house  waiter  at  Morpeth, 

168;   J.  K.  Straker.  elected,  277;   Thomas, 

176  ;  cualwaiter  at  Newcastle,  156  ;  William, 

custom  house  searcher  at  Newcastle,  156  ; 

son  of  Joseph  and  Dorothy,  baptized,  24  ;  of 

Durham,  2C2 
Wilson-1'oiid,  Sir  William,  bait.,  of  Halnaby, 

205  ;   grant  of  arms  to.  205 
Wiltshire  camps,  plans  of,  113 
Wimborne,  Dorset,  cock  fighting  at,  20 
Winchester,  consecration  of  William,  bishop 
,  of,  78  ;    Fox,  bishop  of.  131 
Windebank,  letter  to,  112 
Windisch,    near   Basel,    Roman    silver   bowl 

handle  found  near,  150 
Windleston  house,  324 
Wine,  price  of.  in  1704.  29 
Wjnkelbury,  Wilts,  plan  of  earthworks  at,  113 
Winley,  see  Wynley 
VV7inston,  co.  Durham,  country  meeting  at,  4  ; 

church,  Sir  Stephen  Glynne's  note  of,  199; 

brasses,  c\c.,  in,  199  ;  ancient  font,  199 
Winston,  John  de,  cation  of  Darlington,  78 
Winter,  see  Wynter 
*  Winters  stob,'  20 
Wise',  itobert,  witness  to  a  grant,  97 
Wishart,  bishop  of  Glasgow,  234 
Witewelle    [Wytewelle],    Dionisia    de,    43; 

Juliana  de,  43  ;   Bichard  de,  grant  to,  42  ; 

William  de,  grant  by,  42;    William,  son  of 

Kalph,  grant  by,  42  (see  also  Whit  well) 
'  Witherinton's  men,'  311 
Witton,  lord  Ewrie  sick  at  his  house  at.  145 
Witton-le-Wear,  117  ;  church,  68 
Wobridge,  Mr.  Christopher,  260 
Woddryngton,  letter  of,  141;    Iloger,  of  Cart- 

ington,  174 
Wodeham,  Walter  de,  king's  yeoman,  Kraut  of 

lands  to,  124 

Wodehouse,  William,  302 
Wodham,  master  John,  B.(J.L,,  332 
Wolfe,  general,  at  Quebec,  48 
Wullaston,  Northants,  plan  of  early  earthworks 

at,  158 
Wolsiiigham,  lands,  £c..  in,  119  :   church.  Sir 

S.  Glynne's  note  on,  128,  148 
Wolviston,  see  Woolston 
Wood,  Dr.,  50  ;   James,  teacher  at  meeting 
house,  129  ;  McDonnell,  5  ;  Thomas,  custom 
house  searcher.  &c  ,  at  Whitby,  Ic6  ;  VV.  H., 
described   early  grave  cover  discovered    at 
Gateshead,  318 
Wooden  effigies  :   St.  Giles  church,  Durham, 

284  ;   Horkesluy  church,  Essex,  337 
Woodhall,  Holystone,  26,  27 
Woodham,  151 

Woodman  collection,  deeds  of,  to  be  catalogued, 
34  ;  abstract  of,  202 


Wooddrington,  Ephraim.  172  ;  Henry,  execu- 
tor of  W.  Shafto's  will,  172 

Wooler,  k'dward,  exhibited  earthenware  jug,  2  ; 
old  measure,  190  ;  photographs,  &c.,  238, 313  ; 
on  Shackleton  camp,  70  ;  on  Legs  cross,  71  ; 
described  Ayclifi'e  church,  &c.,  65;  on  dis- 
coveries near  Ingleton,  co.  Durham,  220 

Wooler  haugh  head,  54 

Wool  ley,  C.  L  ,  on  excavations  at  Corbridge, 
46,  102,  107,  166,  169 

Wool  law,  Kedesdale,  23 

Woolston,  a  chapel  in,  118 

Worm-hill,  the,  nearFatfield,  co.  Durham,  152  ; 
-well,  the,  152 

Worrell  of  Liverhaule,  arms  of,  240 

Wouldhave,  Robert,  shipmaster  of  Shields.  156 

Wrenn  family,  202 

Wright  of  Plough  land,  arms  of,  243  :  Dorothy, 
bequest  to,  176  ;  Thomas,  organist  of  Stock- 
ton church,  329 

Writs  of  lewtri  facias  and  plurics,  129 

Wyatt.  William,  elected,  325 

Wyclitfe  hall,  a  bionze  celt  found  in  Tees  near, 
318 

Wjlmi  New  Rift,  117 

Wylloby,  William  de,  witness  to  a  grant,  64 

Wynley,  Thomas,  parish  clerk  of  Holy  island, 
301 

Wynter,  William,  admiral,  to  take  stores  to 
Tynemouth.  &c.,  304  ;  to  pick  a  quarrel  with 
the  French  fleet,  304 

Wyrrall  of  Loversall,  arms  of,  2U 

Wysham,  John  de,  keeper  of  Berwick,  137 

Y. 

Yardhope,  27 

Yarnbury,  Wilts,  plan  of  earthworks  at,  90 

Yarwith,'  tenements  in,  11 

Yeat,  the,  Kedesdale,  27 

York,  archbishops  of,  letter  of,  to  king,  43  ; 
letters  to,  296 ;  concerning  Sherburn  hospital, 
306  ;  Melton,  138  ;  Paulinas  (bishop)  baptized 
Edwin,  291 ;  Thomas  i,  82  ;  II,  82  ;  William, 
332 

York,  dean  and  chapter,  commission  issued  by, 
129 

York  chuich,  Holy  Trinity,  Micklegate,  82 

York  castle,  Scotchmen  arrested  at  Holy  Island 
to  be  sent  to,  137 

York  city  act  book,  extracts  from,  176 

York,  duke  of,  "  Alons  Meg'  burst  in  firing 
salute  for,  138 

Yorkshire,  North,  'concealed  lands'  in,  119; 
West,  the  'lutchet'  in,  94 

Yorkshire  arms,  239  et  scq. 

Yorkshire  militia  attacked  by  mob,  48  ;  bar- 
barity '  of,  48 

Youlgrave  All  Saints,  font  of,  236 

Young,  Alice,  wife  of  Matthew,  of  Bagrow,  28  ; 
daughter  of  Michael,  of  Usway  ford,  buried, 
28  ;  Christian,  of  Philiphaugh,  27  ;  George, 
of  Angerton,  sought  sanctuary  at  Durham, 
266;  Matthew,  boatman  at  Newcastle,  156: 
son  of  John  of  Simonside,  27 

Yule,  iiobiii-t,  of  Lumsden,  preached  in  snow- 
storm, 28 


Z. 


Zetland,  earl  of,  151 


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LIST  OF  PLATES. 

To  face  page 
Two  bronze  pots  dredged  out  of  the  Tyne .  .  .  .  .  .  . .  2 

Barber-Surgeons'  Bleeding  Bowls   .  .  .  .  .  .  . .  .  .  7 

An  octagonal  '  Creeing-trough'  ;  and  a  Bronze  Standard  Head  (?) 

apparently  of  Eastern  origin  .  .  . .  .  .  . .  18 

The  Shot  Tower,  Newcastle,  in  1824,  from  Summerhill  grove  .  .          50 
Denton  Hall,  Northumberland,  from  East  and  West       .  .  . .          51 

Manfield  Church,  Yorkshire,  tower  and  south  doorway  of 

Chancel  .  .  .  .  .  .  . .  .  .  .  .  . .          65 

Stan  wick  Church  from  Southland  Smithson  Monument.  .  ..          66 

Stanwick  Earthworks  :  portions  of  Ditch  and  Rampart .  .  . .          70 

plan  of          .  .  . .  .  .  .  .  .  .          71 

Forcett  Church,  Yorkshire,  South  Porch,  tower,  etc  ;  and 

Gateway,  Ravens\vorth  Castle,  Yorkshire  .  .  . .  72 

Melsonby  Church,  Yorkshire,  tower  from  South-east ;  and  bridge 

at  Piercebridge  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .          76 

Seals  of  Sir  William  Bassett  and  Margaret  Umfreville      . .  . .          89 

Longframlington  Church,  interior  looking  east ;  and  font  ..  Ill 

Old  Chests  :  One  in  Darlington  Workhouse  ;  and  another  given 

to  the  Society  by  Mr.  J.  S.  Robson  ..  ..  ..  ..         118 

Fragment  of  Norman  string-course  in  St.  John's  Church,  New- 
castle ;  and  Great  Seal  of  Thomas  de  Hatfield,  bishop  of 

Durham  119 

Wooden  Figures  made  by  French  Prisoners ;  and  a  '  Hurdy 

Gurdy'  ..  ' 120 

Font  Cover  and  Font,  St.  John's  Church,  Newcastle  .  .  .  .  128 

Stone  Axe-head  from  Denton,  co.  Durham  ;  and  old  chest  (no.  2) 

in  Darlington  Workhouse     . .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        173 

Roman  Mile-Castle  at  Gilsland  (Pcltross-burn)  :  the  North 

Gateway  and  '  Oven  '  in  North  West  Corner  . .  .  .  185 

Over  Denton  Church,  interior,  and  from  South  West  .  .  . .  186 

Alnwick  Castle,  General  View  from  South  ;  and  the  Barbican  .  .  190 
Ancient  British  Urn  from  Ilderton  ;  and  Ancient  Font  of  Over 

Denton  Church  198 

Brass  of  Simon  Comyn  in  Middletoii-in-Teesdale  Church  ;  and 

sculptured  corbel  from  Stockton  Castle       . .  .  .  . .        204 

Interior  of  Branxton  Church  :    and  Bondgate,  Alnwick  .  .  .  .        216 

Perforated  bronze  ornaments  cf  Roman  date  having  eagle  in 

centre  and  inscriptions  around,  from  York  and  Bremenium  225 
Tower  and  Porch  of  Croft  Church,  Yorkshire  ;  effigy  in  Hurworth 

Church  ;     and   Medieval   Grave-cover   in   Middletoii    St. 

Laurence  Church         .  .  .  .  .  .  . .  . .  .  .        232 

Sockburn  Church  :  Exterior  and  interior  of  East  end  . .  . .  240 

Low  Middleton  Hall  and  Dovecot 248 

Ancient  Font  of  Dinsdale  Church  ;  and  Font- cover  of  Egglescliffe 

Church  252 

Ancient  British  Urn  from  the  Sneep.  Bellingham  ;  and  a 

'  Powder  Monkey '  . .  . .  i  . .  286 

The  Heber  Tower,  Newcastle  287 


I 
IV 


LIST  OF  OTHER  ILLUSTRATIONS. 


Alnwick  castle,  plan  of,  190 
Alnwick  church,  masons'  marks,  192 
Arrowheads  of  flint,  etc  ,  discovered  in 

Weardale,  206,  207 
Autograph,  etc.,  of  Rich.  Braithwaite, 

237 
Autographs  of  George  Delavall,   274  ; 

John  Delavall,  273 
Aylsham  church,  Norfolk,  merchant's 

mark  on  brass  in,  210 

Braithwaite,  Richard,   portrait,  arms, 

etc.,  of,  237 
Brass   in   a   Norwich   church   shewing 

figures  in  winding  sheets,  etc.,  209 
Brass  railway  ticket,  295 
Brasses,    merchants'    marks    on,    209, 

210 

Carlisle  Railway,  old  ticket  of,  118 

Chesters,  see  Cilurnum 

Cilurnum,  plan,  etc.,  of  station  of,  135  ; 
pretorium,  137;  the  aerarium  at, 
plan  and  sections,  139,  140;  142 

Corbridge,  Roman  inscription  from, 
102 

Deer's     horn     from     Stanhope,     280  ; 

used  as  pick,  282 
Delavall,   George,   autograph  of,   274  ; 

John,  273 
Denton,      church,      near      Darlington, 

medieval  grave  covers  at,  90 
'  Drunken  Barnaby,'  portrait,  etc.,  of 

author  of,  237 

Fac-simile  of  title  page  of  Lithgow's 

Siege  of  Newcastle,  174 
Flint  Arrowheads,  etc.,  from  Weardale, 

206,  207 
Flodden  field,  plan  of,  217 

Grindstones,  sections  of  sword,  223 

Lanchester,  Roman  altars,  etc.,  from, 
3-5,  28 

Lithgow's  Siege  of  Newcastle,  fac- 
simile of  title  page  of,  174 

Masons'  marks,  Alnwick  church,  192 


Medieval    grave     covers     at     Denton 

church,  co.  Durham,   90 
Merchants'  marks  on  brasses,  209,  210 
Mining     implements    of     wood     froii 

Weardale,  284 

Newcastle,    Lithgow's    Siege    of,    fac 

simile  of  title  page  of,  174 
Newcastle,  plan  of  Spital  Tongues,  18 
Norwich    church,    figures    in    windini 

sheets  in  a,  209 

Pick,  deer's  horn  used  as  a,  283 

Plan  of  Alnwick  Castle,  190 

Plans,    Cilurnum,   135;    pretorium  at 

137,  139,  140 

Plan  of  Flodden  field,  217 
Plan  of  Spital  Tongues,  Newcastle,  18J 
Portrait,    etc.,    of    Rich.    Braithwaite 

237 

Railway  tickets,  old,   118,   195 
Raine's   etching   of   Sockburn   church 

239 

Roman  altars,  etc.,  Lanchester,  3-5,  2 
Roman  inscription  from  Corbridge,  10 
Roman  Stations,  Cilurnum,  plans,  etc 

of,  135 
Rookhope,  Weardale,  flint  arrow  heads 

etc.,  from,  206 

Shields,    South,    bronze    objects    from 

Roman  Station  at,  v,  vi,  331,  332 
Shotley     Bridge      sword    grindstones 

sections  of,  223 
Sockburn  church  in  1826,  239 
South    Shields,    bronze    objects    from 

v,  vi,  331,  332 
Spital  Tongues,  Newcastle,  plan  of,  18 
Stanhope,  deer's  horn  from,  280 
Sword   grindstones,    sections    of    frag 

ments    of,    223 

Tickets,  old  Railway,  118,  295 

Weardale,  flint  arrowheads,  etc.,  dis 

covered  in,   206,   207 
Weardale,     deer's     horn     from,     280 

wooden  mining  tools,  284 
Winding  sheets,  figures  in,  209 


CONTRIBUTIONS  OF  PHOTOGRAPHS,  BLOCKS,  &c. 

Thanks  are  given  to  the  following  : — 

Bazaar,  publisher  of,  for  loan  of  blocks,  pp.  209,  210 

Bird,  Rev.  W.  G.,  vicar  of  Gilsland,  for  photographs  facing  pp.   185, 

186,    198   (font) 

Blair,  C.  H.,  for  photographs  facing  p.  89 
Blair,  Mrs.  R.,  for  photographs  facing  p.  248 
Brewis,  W.  Parker,  F.S.A.,  for  photographs  facing  pp.   2,  7,  50,   118 

(bottom  chest),  128,   198  (urn)  285,  286,  and  287 
Egglestone,  Wm.  M.,  for  drawings  pp.  206,  207,  280,  282,  and  284 
Firth,  Mr.,  for  photographs  facing  p.  70 
Haverfield,  prof.,  F.S.A.,  for  photograph  p.  225  (top  object) 
Hodgson,  Mrs.  E.  H.,  of  Newby  Grange,  Carlisle,  for  drawings  pp.  135, 

137,  139,  140,  and  photograph  142 
Hoyle,  W.  A.,  for  photographs  facing  p.  51 
Hodgkin,  J.  E.,  of  Darlington,  for  rubbings  and  photographs  facing 

pp.  204,  240  (int.  view)  and  252 
Mouiitford,    W.    J.,    of    Darlington,    for    photographs    facing    p.    76 

(Melsonby  Church),  and  drawings  p.  90 

North  Eastern  Railway  Co.  [per  Mr.  Tomlinson)for  loan  of  block  p.  296 
Oswald,  Joseph,   for  photographs  facing  pp.    65,   66,   72,   76  (bridge, 

Piercebridge),  232  and  240  (ext.  view) 
Phillips,  Maberly,  F.S.A.,  for  photograph  facing  p.  120 
Stephens,  D.  H.,  of  North  Shields,  for  photographs  facing  p.  190 
Stephens,  Miss,  of  Horsley,  for  photographs  facing  pp.    Ill  and  216 

(Bondgate,  Alnwick) 

White,  E.  H.,  for  photograph  facing  p.  119  (string  course) 
Woodward,  James  A.,  for  plan  facing  p.  71 
Wooler,  Edward,  F.S.A.,  for  photographs  facing  pp.  173 


BRONZli  CUP  FROM  ROMAN  CAMP    SOUTH  SHIELDS. 


vi 


•         .  ADDITIONS,   CORRECTIONS,   &c. 

Page  12,  line  23.  for  'beginning'  read  'end';   25,  for  "1906'  read  '1907.' 

Page  14,  line  8,  for  '  Ligonia'  read  'Ligonier' ;  10,  for  '  Battengen  '  read  '  Ballengen  ' ; 

and  12,  for  'Uotup'  read  'Gotap.' 
Page  19,  line  13,  for  'Milborne'  read  'Milburn.' 
Page  23,  line  21,  for  '  19s.  4d.'  read  '95.  4d' 
Page  24,  line  1,  Mr.  Raimes  thinks  that  '  Miss  Grogan,  the  copyist,  is  not  quite  correct 

in  translating  the  word  'valletis'  as  'grooms,'  it  being  practically  the  same 

as  'esquire.'     For  instance,  in  one  place  Robert  de  Reymes  ( o.  1325)  is 

spoken  of  as  a  '  valletus'  of  the  Earl  of  Angus.' 

Page  29,  lines  7  and  9  from  bottom,  for  '  Hartlepool '  read  '  Hartford.' 
Page  30,  line  10  from  bottom,  for  'Hilda'  read  'Helen.' 
Page  31,  line  21,  for  'satints'  read  'saints.' 

Page  32,  line  13,  for  'corpe'  read  'corpse' ;  4  from  bottom,  for  '1782'  read  '1780.' 
Page  57,  line  11,  for  '  Miforde  '  read  '  Mitforde.' 
Page  60,  line  9,  for  '  please'  read  '  pleased.' 
Page  62,  line  3  from  bottom,  for  '  rede'  read  '  sedc.' 
Page  64,  lines  9  and  10  from  bottom,  for  '  rescusants '  read  '  recusants.' 
Page  67,  line  18,  dele  '  prone.' 

Page  70,  line  2  of  note,  after  '  Cattericks'  insert  'Plantagenet,'  etc.,  from  end. 
Page  76,  line  34,  for  '  Catterick  '  read  'Catherick.' 
Page  91,  lines  2,  for  'translation'  read  'translations' ;  and  29  'meynie,'  cf.  Ballad  of 

Chevy  Chase: 

'  Then  the  Perse  owt  of  Banborowe  cam 

With  him  a  mighty  ineany.' 

'  Meynie '  evidently  means  retinue  or  following. — A.R. 
Page  100,  line  7  from  bottom,  for  '  Hatherwich'  read  '  Hatherwick.' 
Page  110,  line  10  from  bottom,  after  '  about '  to  end  of  line,  read  '  5  f t.  4  ins.  long,  by 

3  ft.  1  in.  wide,  and  6i  ins.  thick  ;    there  is  a  2  in.  bevel  all  round.' 
Piige  111,  line  25,  for  '  church  '  read  '  chancel.' 

Page  121,  line  28,  for  '  continued  from  p.  110'  read  '  continued  from  p.  114.' 
Page  150,  line  12,  for  '  kyle '  read  '  Ryle.' 
Page  151,  line  16  from  bottom,  for  '  actually  '  read  '  actively.' 
Page  152,  line  20,  add  '  being  '  after  '  continually.' 

Page  166,  line  27,  for  'false'  read  'mock' ;    10  from  bottom,  dele  after  'Alnwick'  sen- 
tence beginning  'two'  and    ending  'museum';   and  3  from  bottom,  for 

'  handle,  they,'  read,  .handles.    They '. 
Page  168,  Spearman's  marriage  articles  :  see  North  Country  Diaries  (118  Surt.  Soc. 

publ.),  207  &  11. 
Page  180,  line  27,  for  '  Soweiby  near  Thirsk'  read  '  Sowerby  in  Kirkby  Sigston  parish, 

near  Northallerton.' 
Page  187,  line  22,  between  '  Anderstowe '  and  '  of  Corbrig,'  insert  '  hermit,'  a  very 

important  addition. 

Pate  188,  line  14,  for  '  parrish'  read  '  parish.' 
Page  205,  dele  all  between  '  century  '  (line  4)  and  '  but '  (line  6). 
Page  213,  line  14,  for  'In  the  churchyard'  read  'In  Tweedmouth  churchyard.' 
Page  228,  line  2,  for  'Negroport'  read  'Negropont.' 
Page  244,  line  13,  for  'on  '  read  'in.' 
Page  260,  line  38,  for  '  Thomas  de  Midderigg  '  read  '  Thomas,  son  of  Thomas  de 

Midderig.' 

Page  283,  line  22,  for  '  flint'  read  'fluor.' 
Page  287,  line  38,  for  'dart'  read  'part.' 
Page  289,  line  17,  for  'she  '  read  '  the,' 


BRONZE   OBJECT  (5)  FROM  ROMAN  CAMP    SOUTH  SHIELDS. 


PROCEEDINGS 

OF   THE 


SOCIETY    OF   ANTIQUARIES 


OF   NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. 


3    SEE,.,    VOL.    IV.  1909.  NO.    1 

The  ninety-sixth  anniversary  meeting  of  the  Society  was  held  in  the 
library  of  the  Castle,  Newcastle,  on  Wednesday,  the  twenty-seventh 
day  of  January,  1909,  at  two  o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  the  Duke  of 
Northumberland,  K.G.,  F.S.A.,  the  president,  being  in  the  chair. 

Several  ACCOUNTS,  recommended  by  the  council  for  payment,  were 
ordered  to  be  paid. 

THE    LATE    HORATIO    A.    ADAMSON,    V.P. 

Mr.  Blair  (one  of  the  secretaries)  reported  that  he  had,  as  directed, 
conveyed  the  sympathy  of  members  to  Mrs.  Adamson  and  family,  and 
that  he  had  received  a  reply  from  Mr.  R.  Adamson  in  which,  on  behalf 
of  his  mother,  he  thanked  the  members. 

NEW    MEMBERS. 

Professor  J.  Baldwin  Brown  of  Edinburgh,  was  unanimously  elected 
an  honorary  member  of  the  society. 

The  following  ORDINARY  MEMBERS  were  proposed  and  declared  duly 
elected  : — 

i.  Ernest  Appleby  of  22  Beechgrove  Road,  Newcastle.' 
ii.  Sir  Charles  S.  Milburn,  bt.,  Barnhill,  Northumberland, 
iii.  L.  J.  Milburn,  25  Claremont  Place,  Newcastle, 
iv.   G.  S.  Scorer,  Percy  Gardens,  Tynemouth. 
v.  Philip  Spence,  Melbreak,  Gosforth,  Newcastle, 
vi.   Thomas  Murray  Swinburne,  18  Bewick  Road,  Gateshead. 

NEW    BOOKS,    ETC. 

The  following  were  placed  on  the  table  :  — 

Presents,  for  which  thanks  were  voted  :  — 

From  Robert  Blair  : — The  Antiquary  for  January,  1909  (included 
in  it  is  an  article  on  merchants'  marks,  English  and  foreign). 

Exchanges  : — 

From  the  Yorkshire  Archaeological  Society  : — The  Yorkshire  Arch. 
Journal,  part  78  (xx,  ii),  8vo. ;  [includes  an  account  by  Mr.  W.  G. 
Collingwood,  F.S.A.,  of  'The  Anglian  and  Anglo-Danish  sculptures 
at  York,'  with  illustrations  from  drawings  by  himself ;  and  a  well- 
illustrated  description  by  Mr.  C.  C.  Hodges  of  some  medieval  grave- 
covers,  of  unusual  character,  in  Yorkshire,  (on  plate  2  a  crozier  head 
on  a  stone  recently  discovered  at  Hexham  priory  church,  is  given)], 

Proc.  3  Set.  iv,  1] 


From  the  British  Archaeological  Association  : — Journal,  xiv,  iii,  8vo. 
From  the  Crmbrian  Archaeological  Association  : — Journal,  ix,  i. 
From  the  Canadian  Institute  of  Toronto  : — Transactions,  vm,  ii,  8vo. 
From   the    Bristol    and    Gloucestershire    Archaeological    Society  : — 

Transactions,  xxx,  ii. 
From  the   Cambridge   Antiquarian   Society  : — Proceedings,   no.   LI  ; 

Octavo  Publications,  no.  XLIV  ;   and  List  of  Members  for  1908. 
From  La  Societe  Royale  du  Nord  : — Memoires,  1907,  8vo. 
From  the  Smithsonian  Institute  : — Twenty-Sixth  Annual  Report  of 

the  Bureau  of  American  Ethnology,  8vo,  cl. 

Purchases  : — A  History  of  English  Furniture,  iv,  xix  and  xx  ;  The 
Pedigree  Register,  i,  vii  ;  The  Scottish  Historical  Review,  vi,  ii  ; 
The  Registers  of  Whorlton,  of  St.  Mary's,  Durham  City,  and  of  Conis- 
cliffe  (Durh.  and  North.  Par.  Register  Soc.);  The  Reliquary,  xv,  i; 
The  Visitations  of  Berkshire,  vol.  n,  (57  Harleian  Soc.  publ.) ;  Notes 
and  Queries,  tenth  series,  nos.  257-264 ;  The  Genealogists'  Guide,  by 
G.  W.  Marshall  ;  The  Guilds  and  Companies  of  London,  by  Geo. 
Urwin  ;  Antike  Denkmaeler,  n,  v,  and  Jahrbuch  xxm,  iii,  of  the 
Imperial  German  Archaeological  Institute. 

DONATIONS    TO    THE    MUSEUM,    ETC. 

The  following  were  announced  :  — 

From  the  Rev.   W.   Greenwell,   D.C.L.,   F.R.S.,   &c.,   &c.  :— A  fine 

collection  of  Roman  inscribed  and  sculptured  stones,  chiefly  from 

the  camp  at  Lanchester,  cup- marked  stones,  etc.,  etc.,  in  all  56 

specimens  (the  inscriptions  are  nos.  675,  681,  691,  694-8,  705  and 

714  inLapid.  Sept.  ;  some  of  them  are  here  given  on  pp.  3,  4  and  5). 

The  President,  in  moving  a  vote  of  thanks  to  Mr.  Greenwell,  said  that 

he  had  indirectly  done  useful  work  to  the  antiquarian  history  of  England, 

he  had  sold  his  collection  of  bronze  weapons,  etc.,  to   Mr.  Pierpont 

Morgan,  who  had  presented  them  to  the  British  museum.     They  were 

obliged  to  Mr.    Greenwell  for  collecting  them,   and  to  Mr.   Pierpont 

Morgan  for  not  having  done  what  many  of  his  countrymen  did — take 

them  away  to  their  own  country.     The  collection  would  be  a  national 

memorial  to  Mr.  Greenwell,  and  what  he  had  done  here  would  be  a  local 

memorial,  and  be  highly  appreciated. 

This,  on  being  seconded,  was  carried  by  acclamation. 
From  R.  Blair  : — Two  bronze  '  yetlings'  dredged  out  of  the  bed  of 
the  river  Tyne  about  30  years  ago  ;     each  is  nine  and  a  quarter 
inches  high.      (See  opposite  plate.) 
From  Mr.  F.  Raimes  of  Stockton  : — A  silk  banner,  4ft.  6ins.  square, 

bearing  the  arms  of  Raymes  of  Ay  den,  etc. 

Mr.  C.  H.  Blair,  in  moving  a  vote  of  thanks  to  Mr.  Raimes,  remarked 
that  this  banner  was  the  last  of  the  series  of  banners  in  the  great  hall 
of  the  castle  commenced  a  generation  ago.  He  also  said  that  it  had  been 
suggested  that  on  completion  a  dinner  to  commemorate  the  event 
should  be  served  in  the  great  hall,  he  therefore  hoped  it  would  be  one 
of  the  earliest  and  most  pleasant  duties  of  the  council  to  carry  out  the 
suggestion. 

The  vote  of  thanks  was  carried,  as  was  also  thanks  to  Mr.  R.  Blair. 

EXHIBITED  : — 

By  Mr.  H.  T.  Pierson  of  Brancepeth  : — A  curious  axe-like  object 
of  ironstone,  with  perforation  apparently  for  a  shaft,  <  found  in  a 
hole  dug  for  a  gate-post  on  the  Brown  Cleehill,  half-way  between 
Ludlow  and  Bridgnorth.'  It  is  so  rude  as  to  strike  one  that  it  is 
naturally,  not  artificially,  formed. 


No.  709. 


No.  697. 


ROMAN  INSCRIPTIONS,  &C.    FROM  LANCHESTER. 

Presented  by  the  Rev.  W.  Green  well,  F.R.S.,  &c. 

(StepaRe-2.) 


No.  705. 


No.  714. 


No-  712. 


ROMAN  INSCRIPTIONS,  Ac.,  FROM  LANCH ESTER. 

Presented  by  the  Rev.  W.  Greemvell,  F.R.S.,  &c. 

(S«epag«2.) 


No. 


No.  691. 


No.  675. 


No.  69S. 


ROMAN   INSCRIPTIONS,  &C.,  FROM  LANCHESTER. 

Presented  by  the  Rev.  W.  Greemvell,  F.R.S.,  &c. 
(Seepage  2.) 


By  Mr.  W.  Brown,  F.S.A.  : — The  following  abstracts  made  by  him 
of  grants  of^chapels  and^chantry^lands^in  the  county  of  Durham 
(from  tlwf  Patent  Roll  of  28  Elizabeth,  part  xiv)  :— 
April  25  (1586).  Grant  from  the  Crown,  in  consideration  of  the  good 
service  of  Sir  James  Crofte,  knight,  controller  of  the  household,  and  at 
his  humble  petition,  to  John  Awbrey  and  John  Ratclife,  gentlemen,  of 
half  the  water  mill,  called  Houghton  and  Raynton  mill,  in  the  county 
of  Durham,  parcel  of  the  possessions  of  the  dissolved  hospital  of  St. 
James,  near  Northallerton.  A  messuage  and  small  close  in  Middleton. 
Two  bovates  of  land,  14  acres,  in  Middleton,  given  for  the  maintenance  of 
a  priest  to  celebrate  mass  and  pray  for  the  souls  of  the  dead  in  the  church 
of  Dunsele.  A  chapel  in  decay  (decas*)  and  a  small  house  and  one 
le  Garth  in  Bradbury,  and  a  close  of  meadow  there,  4  acres,  given  by 
Lord  Lumley  to  finding  a  priest  to  celebrate  mass  in  the  said  chapel.  A 
small  house  and  chapel  in  decay  (deeds')  at  Fosterley  (sic)  and  certain 
Lez  Garthes,  3  acres  of  pasture  and  meadow,  given  to  find  a  priest  to 
celebrate  mass  in  the  said  chapel.  A  messuage  or  tenement  called 
Scutehouse,  in  the  parish  of  Branspeth,  30  acres,  lately  belonging  to 
Nicholas  Richeson,  attainted  of  high  treason.  A  chapel  in  decay 
(deeds')  with  curtilage  and  a  small  close,  called  Le  Churche  Garthe,  in 
Fishborne,  one  rood  of  land,  given  to  find  a  priest  to  celebrate  mass  in 
the  said  chapel.  Seven  lez  Rigges  of  arable  land  in  Westooe,  called 
Le  Ladies  Landes,  one  acre  of  land,  given  for  the  maintenance  of  a 
priest  to  celebrate  mass  and  pray  for  the  souls  of  the  dead  in  the  chapel 
of  Westooe.  A  parcel  of  meadow  in  Carlton,  one  rood,  givenf  or  finding 
a  light  in  the  church  of  Redmarshall.  A  cottage  and  garden  in  Ferry 
Hill,  belonging  to  le  Ladie  Guilde  at  Kerkmerington.  Three  acres  of 
arable  land  in  Ceaton  Carrowe,  belonging  to  a  chapel,  called  the  chapel 
of  St.  Ciprian  on  Le  Sandes.  A  messuage  or  tenement  and  certain 
arable  lands,  3  acres,  in  Fosterley  (sic).  Two  lez  Beast  Gates  of  pasture 
in  Fosterley,  lately  belonging  to  the  monastery  of  Blaunchland.  Twenty 
lez  Shepe  Gaites  of  pasture  on  the  common  moor  of  Pearcebrigge,  lately 
belonging  to  a  chantry  or  chapel  at  Pearcebrigge.  A  chapel  in  decay 
(decas1 )  and  small  close,  called  Le  Chappell  Garth,  half  an  ac^e  of  meadow, 
in  Evenwood,  called  the  chapel  of  St.  Hugh  at  Evenwood.  Two  messu- 
ages or  tenements  with  two  lez  Garthes  and  ten  acres  of  land  in  Egliston, 
and  a  close  of  pasture,  called  Banscore  [Bawstone  lower  down^  three 
acres,  and  a  close,  called  The  Rounde  Close,  one  acre  of  meadow,  and 
another,  called  Le  Bornefoote  Close,  three  acres  of  pasture,  given  for  the 
support  and  maintenance  of  a  priest  to  celebrate  mass  and  pray  for 
the  souls  of  the  dead  in  the  chapel  of  Eggleston.  A  cottage  and  a  small 
close  in  Cottumondyvell,  one  rood,  lately  parcel  of  the  possessions  of 
St.  John  of  Jerusalem  in  England.  A  small  close  in  Houghton  in 
Lee  Side,  one  rood,  parcel  of  the  same  possessions.  Three  closes  of 
pasture,  called  Le  Abbott's  Closes  in  the  parish  of  Witton,  ten  acres,  given 
by  the  abbot  and  convent  of  Blanchland  for  finding  a  priest  to  celebrate 
mass  and  pray  for  the  souls  of^the  dead  in^the  church  of^St.  Andrew  at 
Awkland.  A  chapel  with  a  garden,  and  a  close,  called  Katherines  Close, 
in  Heworth,  three  acres  of  pasture,  given  by  Katherine  Fawcettjior 
celebrating  mass  and  praying  for^the  souls  of  the  dead  in  the  said 
chapel.  A  close,  called  Le  Priest  Close,  alias  Monkes  Close,  in  the 
lordship  of  Heworth,  and  abutting  on  the  lordship  of  Hebborne,  four 
acres  of  land,  lately  belonging  to  the  chapel  of  Heworthe.  A  parcel  of 
meadow  and  certain  arable  lands  in  Fishborne,  two  acres,  for  the  main- 
tenance of  a  priest  to  celebrate  mass  in  the  chapel  of  Fishborne.  A 
parcel  of  meadow  in  Wyndleston,  half  an  acre,  given  for  finding  lights 
in  the  church  of  St.  Andrew  at  Awkland.  A  chamber  in  Storton 


Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Newc.  3  ser.,  iv. 


To  face  page  7 


PKWTKR  (see  page  18) 


SILVKR  (see  opposite  page) 

BARBER-SURGEONS'  BLEEDING  BOWLS. 

From  photographs  by  Mr.  Parker  Brewis 


[Stocton  lower  down]  and  three  small  closes,  one  acre  and  a  half,  late 
parcel 'of  the  possessions  of  St.  John  of  Jerusalem  in  England.  A 
house,  called  Ferrie  Cliffe  House,  in  the  parish  of  Kirkemerrington,  and 
a  close,  six  acres  of  pasture,  belonging  to  it,  lately  parcel  of  the  posses- 
sions of  the  dissolved  monastery  of  Durham.  A  messuage  or  tenement 
and  a  cottage  in  Staunton  and  four  bovates  of  land,  thirty  acres  in 
Staunton,  belonging  to  the  messuage,  lately  parcel  of  the  possessions  of 
the  dissolved  monastery  of  Hexam.  A  messuage  and  a  le  Garthe  in 
Hesselden,  a  le  Cowe  Pasture  and  five  lez  Shepe  Pastures  in  Monke 
Hesselden,  given  by  Robert  Barker  of  Hesselden  for  painting  (ad 
depingendum)  the  image  of  the  Blessed  Mary  in  the  church  of  Hesselden. 
Two  messuages  and  eight  and  a  half  acres  of  arable  land  in  Huton 
Henry,  given  by  William  Sisson  and  Robert  Pirninge  for  the  mainte- 
ance  of  the  image  of  the  Blessed  Mary  in  the  church  of  Hesselden.  A 
messuage  and  a  le  Garthe  in  Sheriton,  and  three  acres  of  arable  land, 
four  lez  Beast  Gaites,  twenty  lez  Shepe  Gates,  and  one  lez  Horse  Gate  in 
Sheriton,  given  by  Robert  Moncaster  for  the  maintenance  of  the  image 
of  the  Blessed  Mary  in  the  church  of  Hesselden  and  for  praying  for  the 
soul  of  the  same  Robert  and  of  his  friends.  Two  burgages  or  cotages 
in  Sadburie  and  half  a  bovate  of  land,  five  acres,  in  Sadburye,  given  for 
the  maintenance  of  a  priest  to  celebrate  mass  in  the  chapel  of  Sadburye. 
(The  rest  of  the  grant  refers  to  property  in  Yorkshire). 

By  Mr.  Oswin  J.  Charlton,  LL.B.  : — A  barber-surgeon's  bleeding  bowl 
of  silver,  made  by  Francis  Batty  of  Newcastle,  the  well  known 
early  eighteenth  century  silversmith. 

The  following  are  a  few  notes  of  the  bowl,  made  by  Mr.  Charlton:  — 
The  bowl  is  5f  inches  in  diameter  by  If  inches  deep,  with  a  flat 

pierced  handle  bearing  the  initials    n    '         There    are   four    marks  : — 

1.  town  mark,  three  castles  for  Newcastle;  2.  maker's  initials,  F.  B., 
with  small  star  below,  in  shield,  for  Francis  Batty,  senior  [admitted 
1674,  died  1711];  3  and  4.  a  lion  rampant  turned  to  the  sinister,  in 
a  shaped  die,  twice  (the  standard  mark,  on  Newcastle  silver,  from 
1721  to  1725,  was  a  lion  turned  to  the  sinister}.  The  date  is  c.  1674-5. 

ANNUAL    REPORT    FOR    1908. 

The  annual  report,  having  been  printed  in  the  Newcastle  Journal,  was 
taken  as  read.  It  was  as  follows  :  — 

'  Your  council  herewith  present  the  ninety  sixth  annual  report  of  the 
society.  In  the  past  year  our  ranks  have  suffered  the  loss  by 
death  of  five  ordinary  members,  two  of  them  being  vice  presidents. 
Of  the  former,  Colonel  Henry  Swan  was  elected  in  1879,  and,  though 
prevented  from  taking  an  active  part  in,  he  was  an  interested 
observer  and  supporter  of,  our  pursuits.  Mr.  Robert  Hood 
Haggie,  elected  in  1891,  and  Mr.  J.  W.  Spencer,  elected  1883,  were 
also,  from  first  to  last,  keenly  appreciative  onlookers  of  our  work. 
Here  it  may  be  permitted  to  add  a  note  to  our  obituary.  Although 
his  name  is  absent  from  our  last  roll  of  members,  the  death  during 
the  past  year  should  be  recorded  of  Mr.  Ralph  Nelson  of  Bishop 
Auckland.  From  his  election  in  1883  he  continued  his  membership 
of  our  society  until  1907,  when  failing  powers  had  incapacitated  him. 
Mr.  Nelson  was  the  possessor  of  a  large  MS.  collection,  most  of  which 
was  acquired  under  remarkable  circumstances.  Instructions  had 
been  given,  between  1879  and  1891,  that  the  Episcopal  Record  Office 
at  Bishop  Auckland  should  be  cleared  out,*  and  its  contents  were 
ordered  to  be  burnt.  Cartloads  of 'documents  were  actually  destroyed 
in  this  manner.  Mr.  Nelson,  however,  came  upon  the  scene,  and  was 


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able  to  save  some  from  the  fate  of  the  greater  mass,  and  these  formed 
the  nucleus  of  his  subsequent  collection.  Mr.  Nelson  was  also  a  zealous 
and  discriminating  collector  of  other  antiquities.  Of  the  two  vice- 
presidents,  Mr.  Horatio  Alfred  Adamson  was  elected  to  membership  in 
1873,  was  added  to  our  council  in  1891,  and,  in  1893  was  made  a  vice- 
president.  He  was  long  a  regular  attender  at  our  meetings,  to  which 
he  added  interest  by  his  genial  and  accomplished  character.  His 
collections  of  historical  material  relating  to  the  borough  and  priory  of 
Tynemouth  were  accumulated  with  singular  industry,  and  their  fruits 
were  imparted  with  an  equal  generosity.  Abundant  evidence  of  this 
was  found  on  occasions  of  the  society's  visits  to  Tynemouth,  in 
permanent  form  in  his  own  papers  in  the  pages  of  Archaeologia  Aeliana, 
or  embodied  in  the  eighth  volume  of  the  new  County  History  of  North- 
umberland. Mr.  Robert  Richardson  Dees  joined  our  society  in  1839,  was 
elected  to  our  council  in  1841,  and  was  made  a  vice  president  in  1890. 
Although  long  ago  compelled  by  physical  infirmity  to  relinquish  our 
meetings  it  is  not  forgotten  that  his  presence  there  recalled  the  memory 
of  contemporaries  of  his  own  who  had  been  the  founders  and  fathers 
of  our  society;  whilst  he  himself  represented  a  culture  and  sagacity 
that  added  weight  to  our  discussions.  Beneath  an  outward  reserve 
of  manner,  younger  members  of  the  society  found  an  open-handed 
willingness  to  impart  the  results  of  his  own  ripe  scholarship. 
Whilst  obituary  notices  of  both  vice  presidents  will  appear  in  Arch- 
aeologia Aeliana,  it  may  not  be  out  of  place  here  to  remark  further 
upon  the  severance  of  the  link  with  the  past  just  noted.  There  is  now 
left  only  one  member  whose  election  to  our  society  dates  back  to  the 
'forties.'  Happily,  in  the  Rev.  Dr.  Greenwell,  who  joined  us  in  1845, 
we  possess  a  colleague  whose  interest  in  our  pursuits  is  still  as  fresh 
and  keen  as  that  of  our  youngest  recruit.  Next  in  succession  come  our 
member  Dr.  Gibb,  who  joined  us  in  1859,  our  vice  president  Dr.  Thomas 
Hodgkin  and  Mr.  George  A.  Fenwick,  elected  in  1865.  Following  these 
only  four  names  belong  to  the  next  decade,  the  earliest  being  the  name  of 
our  senior  secretary,  Mr.  Robt.  Blair,  elected  in  1874.  The  eight  in  all, 
thus  enumerated,  may  well  be  reckoned  in  a  category  of  veterans  ;  and, 
with  the  exception  of  these  eight,  all  our  members  belong  to  the  period 
that  has  elapsed  since  1880.  So  that,  notwithstanding  its  advancing 
years,  our  society  may  be  said  to  have  renewed  its  youth. 

Signs  of  its  vigour  are  apparent  in  every  department  of  our  special 
work.  The  monthly  meetings  have  been  held  in  the  castle  throughout 
the  year  ;  and  besides  these  the  following  visits  to  country  places  have 
been  made  :  July  10th  and  llth,  to  the  Antonine  Wall  and  Glasgow  ; 
July  24th,  to  Wharton  hall,  Pendragon  castle  and  Kirkby  Stephen  ; 
Aug.  5th,  to  Bolam  and  Whalton  ;  Aug.  27th,  to  Holy  Island,  and  on 
Sep.  19th,  to  Corstopitum.* 

The  work  of  the  Excavation  Committee  at  the  last  named  site  was 
resumed  in  the  summer  under  the  direction  of  Mr.  R.  H.  Forster,  who 
lived  on  the  spot  throughout  the  exploration,  and  devoted  himself 
entirely  to  it.  His  operations  were  supported  by  Mr.  W.  H.  Knowles, 
who  surveyed  and  measured  the  work,  and  by  Mr.  H.  H.  E.  Craster 
and  professor  Haverfield.  The  results,  already  described  in  our 
Proceedings,  have  more  than  realized  anticipations  of  the  nature  and 
character  of  this  buried  city.  The  fountain  and  its  appurtenant 
site,  found  in  1907  and  afterwards  filled  in,  was  again  uncovered. 
Continuing  from  this  centre  were  disclosed  in  the  granaries  lying  west 
of  it  and  in  the  massive  masonry  adjacent  on  its  eastern  side,  a  series 

*  Beports  of  these  meetings  are  given  in  Proceedings,  3  ser.,  in. 


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of  buildings  in  keeping  with  the  magnitude  of  a  large  town.  The 
fragmentary  inscriptions  and  minor  objects  discovered,  and  the  vous- 
soirsjwhich  have  enabled  the  investigators  to  reconstruct  an  entire 
arch,  add  their  testimony  to  the  story  of  the  town.  The  work  of  the 
season  culminated  on  October  10th  in  the  discovery  of  a  piece  of  folded 
lead  which,  on  being  opened  by  Mr.  Forster,  was  found  to  contain  a 
gold  ring  and  48  gold  coins.  These  ranged  in  date  from  the  reign  of 
Valentinian  (A.D.  364  to  375)  to  that  of  Magnus  Maxim  us  (A.D.  383  to 
388)  and  may  have  been  left  in  their  hiding  place  in  A.D.  385.  Rarely 
indeed  has  popular  interest  in  archaeological  pursuits  been  so  greatly 
stirred  as  it  has  been  by  the  find  itself  and  by  the  proceedings  of  the 
'  crowner's  quest '  ensuing. 

Though  without  reward  of  any  such  surprising  character,  yet  scarcely 
of  less  interest  have  been  the  practical  results  obtained  in  another  field 
of  Roman  work.  Following  the  work  of  excavation  at  Haltwhistle- 
burn  camp,  Mr.  J.  P.  Gibson  and  Mr.  F.  Gerald  Simpson  have  con- 
tinued their  investigations  in  other  directions.  These  have  included 
careful  examination  of  the  line  of  the  Stanegate  at  its  eastern  and 
western  extremities  and  of  other  Roman  works.  Features  have  been 
noted  that  were  either  previously  unobserved  or  were  hitherto  im- 
perfectly understood.  In  the  former  category  are  many  detached 
Roman  camps  that  have  not  before  been  recorded.  These  suggest 
new  problems  in  relation  to  the  successive  military  operations  during 
the  subjugation  of  these  parts  by  the  legionaries. 

A  detailed  report  of  the  excavations  at  Corstopitum  in  1907,  edited 
by  Mr.  R.  H.  Forster,  with  numerous  plans  and  drawings  by  Mr.  W.  H. 
Knowles,  is  given  in  Archaeologia  Aeliana,  3  ser.  vol.  iv.  This  volume 
has  been  issued  to  members  during  the  past  year.  It  consists  of  395 
pages  [pp.  xxxviii  +  357]  containing,  in  addition  to  the  above-named 
plans,  five  plates  and  forty-seven  minor  illustrations.  Other  contents 
include  Mr.  F.  W.  Dendy's  important  transcripts  from  Exchequer 
Commissions  and  Depositions  ;  Dr.  T.  M.  Allison's  treatise  on  flails 
and  other  kindred  tools  ;  a  monograph  on  Holystone,  and  some  account 
o  f  the  family  of  Marr,  of  Morpeth,  by  Mr.  J.  Crawford  Hodgson  ;  with 
papers  on  Serfdom  in  Durham,  by  Dr.  Bradshaw  ;  on  the  first  of  the 
English  Percys,  by  Mr.  Julius  P.  Gilson  ;  on  Robert  de  Reymes,  by 
Mr.  F.  Raimes  ;  and  a  supplementary  paper  on  Early  Newcastle 
Typography,  by  Mr.  Richard  Welford. 

Equally  varied,  and  of  scarcely  secondary  importance,  are  the 
contents  of  our  Proceedings  issued  throughout  the  year.  As  hitherto, 
these  have  been  supplied  to  members  in  sheets  with  monthly  regularity. 
These  number  no  fewer  than  175  pages  of  letterpress,  accompanied 
by  an  abundance  of  illustrative  plates,  forming  pages  157  to  332  in  the 
third  volume  of  the  third  series.  Besides  reports  of  meetings,  there  are 
incorporated  in  these  pages  contributions  of  special  importance  in 
supplying  materials  for  local  history,  such  as  Sir  Stephen  Glynne's  notes 
on  local  churches,  while  under  the  head  of  '  Miscellanea '  are  included 
Mr.  Dendy's  note  on  Sir  Peter  Scott  and  Placita  of  1384  and  1393 ;  Mr. 
Welford's  excerpts  from  local  muniments  and  church  books  ;  Mr.  Wm. 
Brown's  Northumberland  Wills  and  Mr.  C.  H.  Blair's  description  of  a 
Jacobean  Book  of  Arms ;  to  these  are  added  a  large  number  of 
editorial  notes  upon  subjects  of  local  interest.  In  the  two  serial 
publications  of  our  society  the  diligence,  enterprise  and  unremitting 
labours  of  our  editor  (Mr.  Robert  Blair)  are  again  conspicuous. 

Our  printed  matter  of  the  past  year  includes  a  new  impression  of  the 
« Visitors'  Guide  to  the  Castle  and  Black  Gate,'  of  which  the  stock  of  an 
earlier  impression  has  been  sold  out. 

[Proc.  3  Ser.  IV,  2] 


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Your  council  regard  with  satisfaction  the  announcement  that  a 
Newcastle  branch  of  the  Historical  Association  has  been  formed  under 
the  secretaryship  of  Dr.  Bradshaw.  One  of  the  aims  of  the  association  is 
to  realize  the  teaching  of  history  through  historical  objects  themselves, 
a  matter  that  has  assumed  a  fresh  degree  of  importance  to  the  teaching 
profession  through  the  instructions  which  have  been  issued  making  its 
observance  essential  in  examinations  in  history.  Rarely  indeed  have 
the  aims  and  objects  of  our  existence  as  a  society  received  the  stamp 
of  public  and  official  approval  in  a  higher  degree  than  has  thus  been 
manifested.  The  first  volume  of  Archaeologia  Aeliana,  published  early 
in  the  last  century,  is  prefaced  by  a  paper  read  by  the  Rev.  John 
Hodgson  at  the  second  monthly  meeting  of  our  Society  and  it  may  not 
be  inappropriate  to  recall,  after  this  interval  of  ninety-five  years,  the 
view  taken  in  that  Apologia.  Our  society's  secretarv  in  1813  thus 
defends  the  pursuit  of  the  antiquary: 

k  Under  the  influence  of  first  reflections  on  the  subject,  we  should  perhaps  de- 
fine him  [the  Antiquary]  to  he  one  who  collects  and  explains  the  use  of  such  objects 
of  human  skill  as  belong  to  past.  ;iges.  But.  I  think,  a  nearer  examination  of  the 
case  will  discover  his  employment  to  consist  in  the  it  lustration  of  the  general 
history  and  pursuits  of  mankind  in  ancient  times,  from  visible  objects.  The 
historian  draws  his  materia's  from  facts,  transacted  in  his  own  times.  * 
The  antiquary  attempts  to  illustrate  and  confirm  the  pages  of  history  by  con- 
temporary obiects.' 

And  the  principle  embodied  in  this  exordium  has  been  that  acted  upon 
throughout  our  career  as  a  society.  Its  recognition  at  this  date, 
confirming  as  it  does,  the  views  of  our  founders  and  the  practice  of  their 
successors  in  the  field  of  antiquarian  research,  leads  us  to  welcome  the 
advent  of  the  Historical  Association  as  a  kindred  institution. 

Your  council  has  added  to  its  appliances  an  optical  lantern,  to 
be  used  in  the  illustration  of  papers  read  at  our  meetings,  with  the 
necessary  electric  fittings  and  connexions.  Electric  wiring  has  also 
been  extended  to  the  great  hall  of  the  castle  for  lighting  and  lantern 
use  on  occasions  when  a  larger  apartment  is  required. 

In  our  last  report  reference  was  made  to  the  condition  of  the  masonry 
of  the  Blackgate.  A  representation  of  this  was  laid  before  the  Estate 
and  Property  Committee  of  the  City  Council,  who  ordered  an  examina- 
tion of  the  structure  to  be  made  by  their  surveyor,  Mr.  F.  G.  Holford. 
Upon  his  report  orders  were  given  for  the  necessary  repairs,  and  the 
work  has  been  promptly  and  thoroughly  carried  out  by  the  corporation, 
under  the  personal  superintendence  of  their  property  surveyor.  All 
joints  have  been  cleared  of  their  decayed  mortar,  which  has  been 
replaced  by  cement  ;  open  spaces  have  been  filled  with  the  same  material 
and  the  whole  face  of  the  building  has  been  newly  pointed.  This  has 
been  done  without  detriment  to  the  appearance  of  the  building. 

At  the  same  time  the  small  buttress  on  the  south  wall  of  the  keep 
itself  was  found  to  be  in  a  bad  state,  many  courses  of  stones  in  its  upper 
part  being  so  loose  as  to  be  in  imm'nent  danger  of  falling  into  the 
thoroughfare  below.  The  buttress  is,  at  its  lower  extremity,  of  ancient 
construction  ;  above,  it  is  modern,  the  work,  probably,  of  1811  when 
the  present  roof  and  parapets  were  added  to  the  keep.  The  ruinous 
part  was  the  modern  stonework  which  was  badly  shaken  and  displaced 
\n  every  joint.  In  removing  this  for  the  purpose  of  rebuilding  it,  Mr. 
Holford  disclosed  the  fact  of  the  composite  character  of  this  adiunct 
to  the  south  wajl.  It  wat;  found  to  be  a  piece  of  solid  masonry  only  a°. 
high  as  the  level  of  the  second  floor.  From  that  point  upward  it  was  a 
chimney.  It  received  the  flue  issuing  from  the  mural  chamber  on  the 
south  side  of  the  great  hall,  where  its  original  Norman  fireplace  is  still 
extant.  Passing  through  to  the  outer  face  of  the  wall  this  flue  was 


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carried  upward  within  the  buttress  until  it  reached  just  below  the 
level  of  the  platform  on  the  top  of  ^the  tower  ;  here  it  entered  the  wall 
and  passed  into  the  parapet,  in  the  body  of  which  the  smoke  outlet 
is  formed.  The  nineteenth  century  restoration  probably  replaced  an 
ancient  feature  hitherto  unrecorded,  and  therefore  worthy  of  a  note  in 
this  place. 

The  remains  of  those  portions  of  the  ancient  town  walls  and  towers 
of  Newcastle  yet  extant  have  long  been  objects  of  solicitude,  seeing 
that  their  preservation  and  safe  custody  must  have  continued  to  be 
precarious  so  long  as  they  remained  in  private  ownership.  The  position 
of  the  question  as  it  stood  in  1906  was  fully  explained  in  your  council's 
ninety-fourth  annual  report  [Archaeologia  Aeliana,  3  ser,  vol.  in, 
p.  xvi].  At  that  time  the  City  Council  appointed  a  '  Walls  and 
Towers  Sub-Committee,'  on  which  our  society  was  represented  by 
a  coopted  member.  The  protracted  negotiations  following  have  just 
now  been  satisfactorily  concluded,  and  your  council  has  pleasure  in 
reporting  that  Herber  and  Morden  towers,  with  all  rights  in  the  ad- 
jacent town  walls,  have  been  acquired  and  are  now  the  property  of 
the  municipality.  These  remains  include  a  long  stretch  of  the  town 
wall,  standing  at  its  full  height  with  bastions,  watch-towers  and 
)  arapets  in  good  preservation.  They  give  a  realization  of  the  original 
magnificence  of  our  Edwardian  lines  of  defence  and  are  a  possession 
whose  historical  value  cannot  be  exaggerated.  The  corporation  has 
also  acquired  a  lease  of  Sallyport  tower  from  the  Shipwright's  Company 
and  likewise  repaired  Corner  tower,  removing  the  temporary  sheds  which 
encumbered  the  adjacent  site.  Whilst  these  results  include  all  that 
came  within  the  scope  of  the  powers  of  the  Sub-Committee,  it  must  be 
noted  that  Plummer  tower  and  Ever  tower  still  remain  in  private 
hands.  Their  preservation  may  have  to  depend  upon  the  exercise  of 
private  munificence. 

Your  council  records  yet  another  gratifying  instance  of  regard  for 
historic  sites  on  the  part  of  a  public  authority.  After  sanction  obtained, 
excavations  were  made  at  Tyiiemouth  priory  by  our  colleague  Mr.  W. 
H.  Knowles,  F.S.  A.,  in  1904  and  1905.  They  resulted  in  the  acquisition 
of  much  information  relating  to  the  architectural  histpry  of  the  building 
including  the  remarkable  form  of  the  apse  of  the  early  choir,* 
as  detailed  in  the  eighth  volume  of  the  new  County  History  of 
Northumberland.  Occasion  was  taken  by  Mr.  Knowles  to  direct 
attention  at  that  time  to  the  urgent  need  of  certain  repairs  with  a  view 
of  arresting  the  dilapidation  of  the  structure.  This  has  been  responded 
to  in  the  past  year  by  H.M.  Board  of  Works,  which  has  already  effected 
much  good  work  in  repairing  the  east  end  of  the  priory.  The  Office  of 
Works,  in  consultation  with  Mr.  Knowles,  has  further  selected  the 
more  important  of  the  sculptured  stones,  hitherto  lying  detached 
and  suffering  from  exposure,  and  has  placed  them  under  cover 
in  the  Percy  chapel.  Mr.  Knowles' s  survey  and  chronological 
plan  of  the  priory  church  has  also  been  set  up  at  the  entrance  to  the 
priory.  The  work  of  repair  will  be  continued  in  the  current  year,  when 
it  is  intended  also  to  make  a  surface  indication  along  the  outline  of  the 
apsidal  termination  of  the  Norman  choir. 

Taking  advantage  of  the  building  operations  in  progress  at  Hexham 
priory  our  vice-president,  Mr.  J.  Pattison  Gibson,  obtained  leave,  in 
May  last,  to  make  certain  excavations.  These  were  undertaken  at  his 
own  charge,  by  himself  and  Mr.  Hodges.  Below  the  floor  of  the  Early 

*  The  apse  was  first  uncovered,  between  twenty  and  thirty  years  ago,  and  planned 
by  the  late  R.  J.  Johnson.  When  the  lighthouse  was  being  pulled  down,  Mr.  8.  8.  Can- 
kept  a  careful  watch  fov  sculptured  stones,  and  had  many  removed  to  the  chapel.— Ed. 


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English  choir,  at  a  distance  of  a  few  feet  east  of  the  rood  screen,  they 
discovered  the  base  of  a  rounded  wall,  standing  in  places  three  courses 
high,  of  a  thickness  of  twenty-six  inches  at  the  centre  of  its  curve.  It 
formed  a  bay  measuring  10  feet  9  inches  in  width  and  projecting  13 
feet  9  inches  internally  from  the  main  wall.  Its  identification  by  Mr. 
Gibson  as  the  original  apse  which  formed  the  eastern  termination  of 
the  great  church  of  Wilfrid  makes  this  discovery  one  of  unusual  interest 
and  importance. 

In  concluding  this  review,  your  council  congratulates  members  upon 
the  manifestation  of  the  quickened  interest  seen  in  every  department 
of  the  field  of  our  labours  ;  upon  the  wider  recognition  and  practical 
application  of  antiquarian  pursuits  in  the  teaching  of  history  ;  and 
they  enter  upon  a  new  year  with  a  firm  conviction  that  the  institution 
of  our  society  presents  in  prospect  an  outlook  and  an  incentive  for  a 
yet  wider  view  of  the  scope  and  character  and  possibilities  of  our 
investigations. 

The  treasurer  then  read  his  report,  which  stated  that  the  membership 
stood  at  364,  that  10  members  had  been  elected  during  the  year,  and 
that  the  loss  from  deaths,  resignations,  and  removals  had  been 
He  then  produced  his  balance  sheet  which  showed  a  balance  of  2192. 
Us.  4d.  in  favour  of  the  society  at  the  beginning  of  1907,  a  total  income 
for  the  year  of  5242.  lls.  Od.,  and  expenditure  of  6742.  12s.  10d.,  leaving 
a  balance  at  the  beginning  of  1908  of  692.  15s.  6c2.,  the  large  balance  at 
the  beginning  of  the  year  was  owing  to  the  circumstance  that  the 
volume  of  Archaeologia  Aeliana  for  1906  had  not  then  been  paid  for. 
The  capital  invested,  with  dividends,  was  1262.  4s.  The  receipts  were  ; — 
Subscriptions,  3622.  5s.;  Castle,  1112.  14s.  4d.  ;  Blackgate  museum, 
272.  3s.  8d.  ;  and  books  sold,  232.  8s.  The  expenditure  was  : — Printing 
of  Archaeologia,  2772.  13s.  6d.,  and  Proceedings,  422.  9s.  10c2.;  illustrations, 
422.  6s.  Id.  ;  new  books,  402.  5s.  Id.  ;  Castle,  772.  15s.  Id.  ;  Blackgate, 
402.  Is.  lid.  ;  and  sundries,  1542.  5s.  8d. 

The  curators  and  librarian's  reports  were  then  taken  as  read. 

The  Noble  President,  in  moving  the  adoption  of  the  reports,  said  men- 
tion was  made  of  some  severe  losses  by  death,  but  it  was  satisfactory  to 
know  that  the  rising  generation  was  taking  the  same  interest  in  the  society 
as  their  ancestors  did,  and  that  these  members  were  on  the  increase. 
He  congratulated  the  society  on  its  satisfactory  financial  position. 
Referring  to  the  'find'  of  gold  coins  near  Corbridge,  he  said  he  was  very 
much  inclined  to  put  in  a  claim  against  the  Government  for  those  coins. 
It  was  not  entirely  a  selfish  motive  which  induced  him  to  do  so  ;  because 
he  thought  there  was  a  great  deal  to  be  said  for  keeping  discoveries  of 
that  kind  in  the  locality  where  they  were  found.  '  I  must  take  care 
what  I  say,'  remarked  he,  '  because  I  have  the  honour  of  being  a  trustee 
of  the  British  museum  ;  but  although  I  think  it  is  quite  right  that 
anything  of  exceptional  interest  should  go  to  the  national  museum, 
at  the  same  time  there  are  a  great  many  things — and  a  great  part  of 
this  '  find '  may  come  under  this  category — of  far  more  interest  in  their 
connexion  with  the  locality  in  which  they  were  discovered  than  when 
they  were  entirely  separated  from  it  and  placed  in  the  British  museum. 
With  all  my  unbounded  respect  for  the  British  museum,  I  do  some- 
times feel  that  the  lesser  objects  of  interest,  from  a  national  point  of 
view,  are  lost  in  the  vast  accumulation  of  more  important  things,  and 
they  would  be  of  more  value  if  they  were  not  covered  up,  so  to  speak, 
in  a  mass  of  other  articles.  I  do  not  know  what  will  become  of  these 
coins  if  I  am  fortunate  enough  to  get  them,  but  I  do  think,  and  I  hope 
you  will  agree  with  me  in  thinking,  that  it  will  be  a  great  thing  if  I 
can  manage  to  secure  them  in  the  locality.'  Proceeding,  his  Grace 


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referred  to  the  part  which  the  city  oLNewcastle  and  the  Locar Govern- 
ment Board  had  taken  in  preserving  antiquarian  objects  of  interest 
in  this  neighbourhoo.d.  Some  people  thought  that  corporations,  and 
the  Government  as  well,  took  up  too  many  things,  but  none  of  them 
would  regret  the  fact  that  a  municipal  corporation  and  a  Govern- 
ment department  recognized  that  the  preservation  of  remains  which 
were  bound  up  with  the  history  of  the  country  was  not  a  proper 
purpose  for  which  to  use  the  money  placed  at  their  disposal ;  and  he 
believed  it  was  a  sign,  if  he  might  say  so  with  all  respect,  that  anti- 
quaries had  educated  corporations  and  the  Government  itself  to  an 
appreciation  of  duties  which  they  did  not  entertain  till  some  years  ago. 
He  thought  it  was  a  very  encouraging  fact  for  all  those  interested  in 
antiquarian  research,  and  he  thought  they  especially  ought  to  congratu- 
late themselves,  and  congratulate  the  corporation  of  Newcastle  on 
what  they  had  done,  particularly  as  they  had  been  subjected  to  some 
criticism  of  a  not  altogether  favourable  character. 

The  Rev.  E.  J.  Taylor,  F.S.A.,  seconded  the  motion,  which_was 
unanimously  carried. 

ELECTION   OF   OFFICERS,    ETC. 

The  following  persons  were  then  declared  by  the  chairman  elected  to 
the  respective  offices  for  the  ensuing  year  : — President :  The  Duke  of 
Northumberland,  K.G.,  F.S.A.  Twelve  vice-presidents :  Lawrence 
W.  Adamson,  LL.D.,  Robert  Coltman  Clephan,  F.S.A.,  Frederick 
Walter  Dendy,  John  Pattison  Gibson,  the  Rev.  Wm.  Greenwell, 
D.C.L.,  F.S.A.,  etc.,  Francis  J.  Haverfield,  LL.D.,  F.S.A.,  Richard 
Oliver  Heslop,  M.A.,  F.S.A.,  Thomas  Hodgkin,  D.C.L.,  F.S.A.,  etc. 
John  Crawford  Hodgson,  F.S.A.,  the  Rev.  Henry  Edwin  Savage,  M.A., 
Thomas  Taylor,  F.S.A.,  and  Richard  Welford,  M.A.  Two  secretaries: 
Robert  Blair,  F.S.A.,  and  Richard  Oliver  Heslop,  M.A.,  F.S.A.  Treas- 
urer :  Robert  Sinclair  Nisbet.  Editor  :  Robert  Blair.  Librarian : 
Charles  Henry  Blair.  Two  curators :  Richard  Oliver  Heslop  and  W. 
Parker  Brewis.  Two  auditors  :  Herbert  Maxwell  Wood,  B.A.,  and 
Robert  Pearson  Winter.  Twelve  members  of  council :  Rev.  Cuthbert 
Edward  Adamson,  Thomas  M.  Allison,  W.  Parker  Brewis,  Sidney  Story 
Carr,  Oswin  J.  Charlton,  H.  H.  E.  Craster,  William  Henry  Knowles, 
Matthew  Mackey,  Arthur  M.  Oliver,  Joseph  Oswald,  Henry  Taylor 
Rutherford,  and  F.  Gerald  Simpson. 

The  President  returned  thanks  in  the  name  of  the  officers  for  the 
honour  they  had  done  them.  He  regretted  that  he  might  have  appeared 
a  lazy  kind  of  president,  but  he  lived  so  far  off  that  it  was  not  easy  for 
him  to  come  to  their  meetings,  which  involved  staying  in  the  city 
overnight.  He  had,  however,  been  foolish  enough  to  invest  in  a  motor 
car,  and  had  some  hope  now  that,  being  independent  of  trains,  he 
would  be  able  to  attend  more  frequently. 

The  business  concluded  with  a  vote  of  thanks  to  the  chairman. 


MISCELLANEA.  •  -          -  .     r 

THE    REBELLION   OF    1745. 

(From  an  old  manuscript  transcribed  by  the  late  W.  Green,  Blaydon, 
contributed  by  Mr.  R.  Welford.) 

An  account  of  the  army  encamped  and  mustered  in  and  about  New- 
castle, Nov.  5th,  1745  :— 

English,  Field   Marshal  Wade,   Comd.  in  Chief. 

Lieut.  Generals  :  Tyrawley,  Handyside,  Wentworth. 


u 

Major  Generals  :    Husk,  Howard,  Wolf,  Blakney,  Oglethorp. 

Brigadier  Generals  :    Fleming,  Mordant,  Cholmondley. 
Du\ch,  General :   Count  Nassau. 

Lieut.  General  :    Swartzenberg. 

'Major  Generals  :    Van  Lawe,  Villet. 

Brigadier  Generals  :    Eversea,  Grotinrae. 
English,  1st  Brigade,  Fleming  Brig :  St.  Clare,  Blakney,  Munroe,  Wolf. 

2nd    Brigade,    Mordant    Brig  :     Howard.    Cholmondley,    Ligonia, 
Pultney. 

3rd  Brigade,  Cholmondley  Brig  :   Burrel,  Fleming,  Battengen,  Price. 
Dutch,  4th  Brigade,  Eversea  Brig :  Hertzel,  three  Battalions.   La  Roch. 

5th  Brigade,  Grotimas  Brig  :    Brackett,  Villets,  Hoksten  Gotup, 

Patot. 
English,  Horse  :    Wade,  Montague. 

Dragoons  :    Legonier,  late  Gardner's,  Hamilton,  St.  George. 

Private  Men 12000 

Officers 00600 

Serjants 00600 

Corporals   00600 

Drums    00400 

Foot    14200 

Dragoons,  Officers  included  01386 
Horse,  Officers  included  .  . .  00682 
Oglethorp,  Royal  Hunters.  00065 
Thornton's  Foot 00065 

Total 16398 

A  train  of  Artillery  consisting  of  24  Brass  Canon  &  10  Cochorns 
together  with  one  hundred  or  more  Waggons  loaded  with  Powder,  Ball, 
Bullets,  &c. 


The  following  is  a  letter  addressed  to  the  late  Dr.  Bruce  by  Robert 
Stephenson : — 

15  Cambridge  Sq.,  Hyde  Park,  8  May,  1846. 

My  Dear  Sir, — I  believe  you  are  aware  that  W.  J.  Hardcastle  is  to 
be  a  pupil  of  mine  ;  in  order  to  ascertain  the  propriety  of  his  leaving 
School  immediately,  I  had  some  conversation  with  him  when  I  was 
in  Newcastle  last  week.  I  found  him  a  little  rusty  in  his  rules  of 
Mensuration,  with  his  Euclid  he  seemed  tolerably  well  acquainted. 
I  had  not  time  to  try  him  with  an  Algebraic  equation.  I  left  Mr.  & 
Mrs.  Hardcastle  recommending  them  to  leave  William  John  under 
your  care  a  few  months  longer,  and  promising  them  that  I  would  drop 
you  a  line  as  to  the  course  of  study  which  would  be  most  useful  to  him 
preparatory  to  entering  my  office. 

Very  few  words  are  required  from  me  on  this  point,  as  you  must  be 
familiar  with  the  Mathematical  necessities  of  an  Engineer.  They  are 
in  short  a  thorough  knowledge  of  Mensuration,  Geometry  and  Algebra. 
With  these  a  lad  becomes  at  once  useful  in  his  profession  and  interested 
in  the  pursuit  of  it,  without  them  the  first  steps  never  fail  to  disgust 
him. 

Allow  me  to  conclude,  therefore,  by  asking  the  favour  of  your  drilling 
young  Hardcastle  in  the  departments  I  have  named. 


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With  kind  remembrances  to  Mrs.  Bruce  and  your  family, 

I  remain, 

Yours  faithfully, 

The  Rev.  John  Bruce,  M.A.,  Robert  Stephenson. 

Percy  Street,  Newcastle-Tyne. 


LETTER   FROM    SIR    WALTER    BLACKETT,    M.P.,     TO    THE    GOLDSMITHS 
COMPANY,   NEWCASTLE. 

(From  the  Collections  of  Mr.  Richard  Welford.) 

London,  Sat.,  6th  March,  1773.* 

Gentlemen, — In  answer  to  the  favour  of  your  letter  of  the  26th  of  last 
month,  the  gout  hath  prevented  me  from  attending  the  House  for  the 
last  six  days,  &  I  fear  I  shall  be  prevented  for  very  many  more  days  ; 
but  upon  conversation  with  Mr.  Ridley  we  cannot  apprehend  that  the 
Petitions  from  Birmingham  &  Sheffield  for  assay-offices  to  be  erected 
in  those  towns  can  possibly  be  productive  of  any  attack  upon  the  assay 
office  at  Newcastle  ;  if  I  was  well  I  could  further,  I  think,  explain  my 
meaning  upon  that  matter  ;  but  however  it  may  happen,  the  Gold- 
smith's company  of  Newcastle  may  depend  iipon  all  the  assistance  in 
Mr.  Ridley's  Power  and  mine  should  their  authority  be  attackt,  not 
only  on  account  of  their  own  honour  &  interest,  but  the  interest  and 
convenience  of  the  Public  in  that  part  of  the  Kingdom.  If  there  is  an 
intent  to  attack  Newcastle,  it  must  be  to  remove  the  authority,  but  I 
cannot  think  that  the  city  of  London  hath  any  such  aim  or  desire. 
This  is  not  so  full  an  answer,  I  repeat,  as  I  should  have  sent  you,  had  I 
been  better,  but  I  am  sensible  you  will  not  doubt  of  my  inclination  to 
serve  the  Company  &  you,  being,  Gentlemen,  your  most  obed1  ser. 
WR.  BLACKETT. 

*  Portions  of  this  letter  appear  in  Archaeologia  Aeliana,  2  ser.,  xvi,  405,  but 
incorrectly  transcribed. 


A    NEWCASTLE    MAN'S    PENANCE    IN    1665. 

(From  the  Sharp  Collections  at  Durham.) 

The  Penance  appointed  to  be  done  and  performed  by  John  Barker 
of  the  chapelry  of  All  Saints  in  Newcastle-on-Tyne  : — He  is  appointed 
to  be  present  in  the  Vestry  of  the  said  Chapel  of  All  Saints  upon  Sunday, 
the  14  of  this  instant  May,  where  being  in  his  accustomed  apparel  shall, 
before  the  Minister  and  Churchwardens,  say  as  followeth  :  — 

Whereas  I  good  neighbours  forgetting  and  neglecting  my  duty 
towards  Almighty  God  for  committing  the  horrid  and  detestable  sin  of 
fornication  with  one  Isabell  Hills,  for  which  I  am  now  heartily  sorry,  and 
desire  Almighty  God  to  forgive  me  both  this  and  all  other  my  sins  and 
offences,  and  for  that  end  and  purpose  desire  you  here  present  to  pray 
with  me  and  for  me,  saying,  '  Our  Father,  which  art  in  Heaven,  etc.' 

He  is  to  certify  the  performance  hereof  under  the  hands  of  the  said 
Ministers  and  Churchwardens  upon  Friday,  the  19th  of  May  instant, 
between  the  hours  of  Nine  and  Eleven  in  the  forenoon  of  the  same  day. 

The  penance  so  approved  was  performed  the  14th  day  of  this  instant 
May,  1665,  in  the  presence  of  Rowland  Salkeld,  Clerk  ;  Charles  Sander- 
son, Thomas  Steele. 


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NEWCASTLE    TOWN   WALLS. 

The  following  letter  of  Mr.  R.  Oliver  Heslop,  one^of  the  secretaries' 
appeared  in  The  Times  of  5  Jan.  1909  : — 

Sir, — If  the  destruction  of  historic  buildings  be  regarded  in  the  light 
of  a  national  calamity,  on  the  other  hand  their  acquisition  as  public 
property  may  be,  at  least,  worthy  of  being  placed  on  record.  May  I  be 
allowed  to  note  an  instance  of  the  latter  most  satisfactory  result  just 
achieved,  by  which  the  finest  extant  portion  of  the  ancient  town  walls 
of  Newcastle-upon-Tyne  will  now  be  transferred  from  private  ownership 
to  the  possession  of  the  municipality  ? 

The  purchase  includes  Morden  Tower,  a  vaulted  bastion  having  a 
modern  superstructure  (built  in  1700  as  a  meeting  room  for  the  incor- 
porated Company  of  Pewterers,  Goldsmiths,  &c.),  and  Arber  (or  Herber) 
Tower,  occupying  a  salient  angle  of  the  town  wall  and  still  retaining  its 
vaulting,  loops,  parapets,  and  other  original  features.  There  is  also 
included  a  claim  of  user  on  the  platforms  ofthe  connecting  walls  between 
and  adjacent  to  these  towers.  With  few  breaks,  these  walls  still  remain 
for  a  length  of  four  hundred  yards  between  Westgate  and  Newgate. 
The  structures  just  acquired,  lying  between  these  points,  are  upon  the 
most  perfect  portion  of  the  line,  the  town  wall  here  standing  at  its 
full  height,  with  parapets,  watch-towers,  and  bastions  complete. 

The  walls  and  towers,  of  which  these  form  part,  are  the  work  of 
Edward  I.,  under  whom  the  circumvallation  was  carried  out  in  the  year 
1280.  They  embraced  a  circuit  of  more  than  two  miles,  and  in  solidity 
and  height,  as  well  as  in  extent,  they  were  planned  on  a  Royal  scale. 
Even  in  Leland's  day  they  still  excited  admiration  :  — 

'  The  strength  and  magnificence  of  the  walling  of  the  town,'  he  says, 
'  far  passeth  all  the  walls  of  the  cities  of  England,  and  of  most  of  the 
towns  of  Europe.' 

In  the  rapid  expansion  of  a  commercial  city  the  demolition  of  much 
ancient  work  is  perhaps  inevitable  ;  it  may  also  be  the  result  of  mere 
supineness  and  ignorance.  All  the  more  worthy  of  recognition  is  the 
existence  of  an  enlightened  public  spi:it,  as  in  the  present  instance, 
where  the  imposing  remains  just  acquired  will  be  henceforth  held  as  a 
public  trust  by  the  corporation  of  the  city. 

The  policy  that  has  thus  prevailed  is'  one  of  old  standing  ;  for  the 
corporation  of  Newcastle-upon-Tyne  are  already  lessees  of  Sallyport 
Tower  and  owners  of  Corner  Tower  and  Durham  Tower,  the  last  a  semi- 
detached, circular,  vaulted  bastion  with  corbellings  on  its  face  to  carry 
a  brattice.  To  the  corporation  also  belong  the  Keep  of  the  Castle, 
built  by  Henry  II.  between  the  years  1172  and  1 1  77,  and  the  great  gate 
of  the  fortress,  known  as  the  Black  Gate,  added  to  the  Castle  in  1247. 
These  historic  buildings  had  passed  into  private  ownership  before  their 
acquisition  by  the  corporation,  by  whom  they  are  now  devoted  to  the 
advancement  of  learning.  The  Keep  is  the  home  of  the  Newcastle 
Society  of  Antiquaries  and  the  Black  Gate  contains  their  museum  of 
antiquities,  and  both  buildings  and  their  treasures  are  daily  open  to  the 
public. 

Of  the  Edwardian  walls,  Plummer  Tower  and  Ever  Tower  yet  remain 
in  private  hands  ;  and,  unless  they  too  can  be  secured  as  public  property, 
they  may  at  any  time  share  the  fate  of  other  losses  now  irreparable. 
Faithfully  yours, 

R.   Oliver  Heslop. 

Newcastle-upon-Tyne,  Dec.  30. 


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PROCEEDINGS 

OF    THE 


SOCIETY    OF    ANTIQUARIES 


OF    NEWCASTLE -UPON-TYNE. 


SER.,    VOL.     IV.  1900.  NO.    2 


The  ordinary  monthly  meeting  of  the  society  was  held  in  the  library 
of  the  Castle,  Newcastle,  on  Wednesday,  the  twenty-fourth  day  of 
February,  1909,  at  seven  o'clock  in  the  evening,  Mr.  J.  Pattison  Gibson, 
one  of  the  vice-presidents,  being  in  the  chair. 

Several  ACCOUNTS,  recommended  by  the  council  for  payment,  were 
ordered  to  be  paid. 

NEW    MEMBERS. 

A  letter  from  Prof.  J.  Baldwin  Browne  was  read,  expressing  his 
gratification  at  the  receipt  of  the  announcement  of  his  election  as  an 
honorary  member  of  the  society,  and  thanking  the  members  for  admitt- 
ing him  to  membership. 

The  following  ORDINARY  MEMBERS  were  proposed  and  declared  duly 
elected  :-. — 

i.  Thomas  Davidson,  Eastfield,  Wylam. 
ii.  Thomas  Fair  less,  Market  Place,  Corbridge. 

NEW    BOOKS,    ETC. 

The  following  were  placed  on  the  table  : — 
Presents,  for  which  thanks  were  voted  : — 

From  Mr.  Wm.  Boyd  : — An  advanced  copy  of  a  folding  '  Plan  of 
Newcastle-upon-Tyne,  based  from  the  survey  of  Thomas  Oliver 
made  in  1830,  compiled  by  W.  Boyd  with  a  prefatory  note  by  R. 
Oliver  Heslop  '  (Newc.,  A.  Reid  &  Co.,  1909). 

From  Mr.  Alexander  Whitelaw  of  Gartshore,  N.B.  (per  Mr.  Park)  :— 
An  album  containing  photographs  of  the  Roman  forts  on  the  Bar- 
hill,  Dumbartonshire,  and  of  the  numerous  finds  in  them. 
"  From  the  Smithsonian  Institute,  U.S.  A.  :— '  Physiological  and  Medical 
Observations.' 

Special  thanks  were  voted  to  Mr.  Whitelaw  for  his  handsome  gift. 
Exchanges  : — 

From  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  of  Scotland  -.—Proceedings,  XLII, 
sm.  4to.  cl. 

From  the  Royal  Archaeological  Institute : — The  Archaeological  Jour- 
nal, LXV,  no.  260  ;  8vo. 

From  the  Royal  Numismatic  Society  : — The  Numismatic  Chronicle, 
fourth  series,  no.  32  ,  8vo. 

From  La  Societe  d'Emulation  d' Abbeville  -.—Bulletin  Trimestriel, 
1908,  parts  3  and  4  ;  8vo. 

From  the  Royal  Society  of  History  and  Antiquities  of  Sweden  : — 
Proceedings,  xvin,  2  ;  and  Fornvannen  for  1907. 

From  the  Huguenot  Society  of  London  -.—Proceedings,  vm,  4. 

From  the  Royal  Society  of  Antiquaries  of  Ireland  : — Journal, 
xxxvin,  4. 

[Proc.  SSer.  iv,  31 


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From  La  Societe  Archeologique  de  Namur  • — Annales,   xxvn,  2. 

From    the    Thuringian    Historical    and    Archaeological    Society  : — 

'  Proceedings,  xix,   1. 

Purchases  : — The  Parish  Registers  of  Tynemouth  (a  part)  ;  Notes  and 
Queries,  tenth  series,  nos  266-269 ;  The  De  Walden  Library,  3  vols. , 
large  4to.,  (i)  Some  Feudal  Lords  and  their  Arms,  (ii)  Banners, 
Standards  and  Badges  from  a  Tudor  manuscript,  and  (iii)  Two 
Tudor  Books  of  Arms. 
EXHIBITED  : — 

By  Mr.  C.  H.  Blair:  A  papal  medal  of  bronze,  l|in.  in  diameter, 
evidently  cast,  said  to  have  been  found,  with  others,  in  a  well  at 
Greenhead.  On  obverse,  the  head  of  the  pope  to  left,  wearing 
the  ti'iple  crown,  and  the  inscription  LIBERIO  PON.  On  the 
reverse,  a  shield  in  field,  with  tiara  and  cross  keys  above. 

By  Mr.  R.  S.  Nisbet,  treasurer : — A  similar  medal,  said  to  have  been 
found  in  Haltwhistle,  but  having  on  obverse  the  head  (bare)  and 
bust  of  the  pope  to  left,  wearing  a  hooded  garment,  with 
inscription  MARCELLO  PON.  On  reverse,  two  upright  keys  and 
inscription  CLAVIS  REGNI  CELORVM. 

Both  medals  appear  to  be  of  comparatively  late  date. 

By  Mr.  John  Taylor,  Newcastle  : — A  bronze  object,  said  to  have 
been  found  in  Wensleydale,  apparently  the  top  of  a  staff,  or  some- 
thing of  the  kind,  judging  from  the  tenon  at  the  bottom  of  it.  The 
design  is  a  lotus  flower  supporting  a  centaur,  and  is  probably  of 
eastern  origin.  It  is  shown  in  the  opposite  plate. 

By  Mr.  R.  Blair  :  A  barber-surgeon's  bleeding  bowl  of  pewter,  from 
Northamptonshire,  similar  to  that  of  silver  exhibited  by  Mr.  Charlton 
at  the  January  meeting  (p.  7).  It  is  five  inches  in  diameter,  and 
has  the  letters  A  B  incised  on  the  small  perforated  handle  pro- 
jecting horizontally  from  one  side  (see  plate  facing  p.  7). 

By  Mr.  Frank  E.  Macfadyen: — An  oval  engraved  medal  of  silver,  having 
a  moulded  edge  and  with  a  loop  for  suspension.  It  is  2 fin.  long  by 
If  in.  wide.  On  one  side  is  the  town's  crest,  a  single  castle  on  which 
is  a  demi- rampant  lion  front-faced  holding  a  pennon  ;  the  inscription 
NEWCASTLE  AHMED  ASSOCIATION  is  above,  and  below  on  a  riband  the 
town's  motto,  FORTITER  DEFENDIT  TRITJMPHANS.  On  the  other  side 
is  the  inscription,  chiefly  in  script,  '  Presented  |  by  j  The  Mayor  | 
to  Mr  W  m  Anderson  |  a  reward  for  his  energy  |  and  zeal  in  assisting 
in  |  the  formation  of  The  Armed  i  Association,  upwards  of  |  thirty  of 
his  fellow  towns  |  men  having  enroled  [sic]  \  themselves  in  the 
Corps  |  through  his  efforts  |  during  October  |  1819.' 

Mr.  Macfadyen,  who  possesses  a  large  collection  of  local  medals, 
tickets,  etc. — some  600  or  more — and  is  preparing  a  book  on  the  subject, 
would  be  glad  to  hear  of  any  others  in  order  to  make  notes  of  them. 

By  Mr.  Edward  Wooler,  F.S.A.  : — A  third  brass  Roman  coin,  in 
poor  condition,  of  Constantino  the  great,  struck  at  Trier,  said  to 
have  been  found  while  excavating  for  the  foundations  of  a  house 
in  Hurworth,  co.  Durham.  On  the  obverse  it  bears  a  head  of  the 
emperor  to  the  right,  with  the  inscription  CONSTANTINVS  p  F  AVG. 
On  the  reverse  a  helmeted  figure  standing  holding  a  spear,  a  buckler 
at  feet,  with  the  inscription  MARTI  CONSERVATORI  ;  in  exergue  P  TR. 

By  the  Rev.  John  Walker,  hon.  canon  of  Newcastle  and  rector  of 
Whalton  : — An  engraved  book  of  1757,  relating  to  the  Freemasons, 
being  '  A  List  of  Regular  Lodges  according  to  their  seniority  and 
constitution,  by  Order  of  the  Grand-Master.  Printed  for  and  sold 
'  by  Benj .  Cole,  Engraver  and  Copper  Plate  Printer,  the  Corner  of 
King's-head  Court,  Holborn.'  It  is  6Jin.  long  by  2£  broad,  and 


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is  now  full  bound  morocco.  The  engraved  title  page  bears  the 
following  dedication:  The  Most  Honourable  |  JAMES  BRYDGES  | 
MAHQU1S  OF  CARNARVON  \  Eldest  Son  and  Heir  Apparent  \  To 
His  Grace  HENRY  |  DUKE  OF  CUANDOS,  etc.  \  (Gr.inb  JRaater. 
His  coat  of  arms  with  crest  and  supporters,  and  motto  MAIN  TIEN 
LE  DBOIT  on  a  riband. 

The  only  local  lodges  given  are  Stockton,  with  sign  a  queen's  head 
and  bust  and  date  Feb.,  1724  ;  Gateshead,  with  sign  of  3  seahorses 
and  date  Mar.  8,  1735  ;  and  Sunderland,  Oct.  7,  1755. 

The  following  notes  by  Mr.  Walker  on  the  little  book  were  read  by 
Mr.  Blair,  one  of  the  secretaries  : — 

*  Some  few  years  ago  in  re-arranging  the  books  in  the  library  at 
Milbourne  Hall  this  list  of  lodges  was  found  behind  one  of  the  shelves. 
It  was  then  in  its  original  form,  paper,  stitched  with  the  title  page 
outside.  The  list  is  almost,  if  not  the  only  one  of  this  date  known  to 
exist.  There  is  one  older  in  the  possession  of  a  south  country  brother, 
but  this  present  copy  is  so  valuable  that  I  was  strongly  urged  to  have 
it  bound  for  better  preservation.  In  1725  the  engraved  '  List  of  Lodges ' 
enumerates  sixty-four  lodges,  but  a  similar  list  in  1720  contained  only 
54,  of  which  42  were  in  London,  11  in  the  country,  and  1  at  Madrid, 
founded  by  the  duke  of  Grafton  (Gould's  History  of  Freemasonry). 
This  list  enumerates  217  lodges,  but  there  are  four  which  apparently 
have  either  been  discontinued  or  erased  from  the  roll,  viz.,  no.  35,  40, 
47  and  102.  It  is  noteworthy  that  the  list  contains  no  mention  of  a 
lodge  in  Newcastle.  There  is  one  at  Stockton-on-Tees,  meeting  at  the 
Queen's  Head.  It  was  almost  the  universal  rule  to  meet  in  an  inn  or 
coffee  house,  and  the  place  of  meeting  is  indicated  by  an  engraving  of 
the  sign  of  the  inn.  The  engraving  and  the  printing  are  worth  notice. 
Lodge  no.  72  met  at  the  sign  of  the  Fencers  near  Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 
and  its  warrant  is  dated  1735.  I  think  this  is  the  Industry  lodge, 
which  now  holds  its  meetings  at  the  Masonic  hall,  Gateshead,  and 
whose  early  minute  book  indicates  that  some  of  its  members  were 
operative  masons.  Lodge  no.  77  met  at  the  Fountains  at  Gateshead,  in 
the  bishopric  of  Durham.  The  Fencers  of  the  older  lodge  was,  I  think,  at 
Whickham  or  Winlaton.  I  have  not  had  the  opportunity  of  pursuing 
an  enquiry  into  this  fact.  There  is  one  other  north  country  lodge, 
no.  207,  which  met  in  Sunderland,  near  the  sea,  county  of  Durham. 
The  absence  of  any  mention  of  a  lodge  in  Newcastle,  or  in  any  part  of 
Northumberland  is  not  easily  accounted  for.  There  are  too  many 
traditions  of  lodges,  both  in  the  town  and  in  the  county  to  doubt 
that  there  were  lodges  in  existence,  and  the  proximity  to  Scotland, 
where  many  and  influential  lodges  were  already  entitled  to  be  called 
'Ancient.'  But  in  the  early  part  of  the  eighteenth  contury,  and  indeed 
till  near  its  close,  a  great  schism  existed  amongst  Masons  with  two 
bodies  calling  themselves  '  Grand  Lodges '  besides  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
Scotland.  In  1757  the  marquess  of  Carnarvon,  grand  master  of  England, 
resigned,  and  he  was  succeeded  by  Lord  Aberdour,  son  and  heir  to  the 
earl  of  Morton,  who  had  been  Grand  Master  of  Scotland,  and  the 
present  Newcastle-upon-Tyne  Lodge,  no.  24,  dates  from  1755,  and  so  the 
absence  of  any  Newcastle-upon-Tyne  lodges  from  the  present  list  is 
most  likely  accounted  for  by  the  fact  that  they  were  working  under  a 
different  Grand  Lodge  and  Grand  Master. 

About  75  of  the  lodges  here  enumerated  are  in  London,  and  quite  a 
large  number  in  British  possessions  abroad,  and  several  military  lodges 
attached  to  different  regiments,  and  I  think  it  not  unlikely  that  this 
book  belonged  to  the  late  Col.  Bates,  of  the  Inniskillen  Dragoons,  and 
that  he  was  probably  a  member  of  a  military  lodge.  Two  or  three  of 


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the  lodges  were  held  in  Holland,  and  about  this  period,  1753  to  1757, 
there  was  considerable  correspondence  between  the  then  Grand  Lodge 
of  the  Netherlands  and  the  Deputy  Grand  Master  of  England. 
Thanks  were  voted  to  the  several  exhibitors. 

THE    ROMAN    WALL, 

Mr.  Blair  (one  of  the  secretaries)  reported  that  the  Council  had 
decided  to  hold  a  country  meeting  in  the  district  of  the  Roman  Wall 
during  the  coming  season,  and  to  invite  the  members  of  the  Glasgow 
Archaeological  Society,  who  very  kindly  received  and  welcomed  the 
members  of  the  Newcastle  Society  last  year  at  Glasgow  and  on  the 
Antonine  Wall,  to  join  the  meeting.  This  was  confirmed. 

LOCAL    MUNIMENTS. 

Several  papers  were  placed  on  the  table  as  contributions  to  local 
muniments.  One  of  them,  contributed  by  Mr.  Frederick  Raimes,  is  a 
translation  of  a  document  in  the  Record  Office  (Exchequer  K.R.  Accounts. 
Bundle  15,  No.  26)  of  13  Edw.  n.  [1319-1320]  endorsed  on  the  cover  of 
the  roll  '  Indenture  of  Sir  John  de  Crombewell  and  the  Earl  of  Angus 
concerning  the  custody  of  the  parts  of  Northumberland '  : — 

Let  it  be  remembered  that  Sir  John  de  Crombwelle  and  Sir  Robert 
de  Umframuille  Earl  of  Angus  are  retained  wardens  of  the  March  of 
Northumberland,  and  in  the  parts  around  Newcastle  upon  Tyne,  from 
the  28th  day  of  the  month  of  September,  in  the  13th  year  [A.D.  1319] 
of  the  reign  of  our  lord  the  king,  until  the  Nativity  of  St.  John  the 
Baptist  next  following  [A.D.  1320]  ;  and  each  of  the  said  wardens 
shall  have  in  his  company  of  his  own  retinue  30  men-at-arms;  and 
besides  this  the  king  will  furnish  them  men-at-arms,  horsemen  and 
others,  140  men-at-arms,  so  that  there  will  be  in  all  200  men-at-arms 
guarding  [sur  la  garde]  the  March  and  the  parts  aforesaid,  the  which 
are  written  below,  and  who  receive  of  our  lord  the  king  for  the  time 
that  they  remain  in  his  service  wages  according  to  what  is  agreed 
upon  with  them,  of  which  they  wrill  be  paid  in  lodging  and  in  victuals 
from  time  to  time  suitably  And  the  horses  of  all  the  men-at-arm? 
beforesaid  ought  to  be  viewed  and  valued  by  the  people  [gent.z~\ 
of  our  lord  the  king,  and  they  shall  have  compensation  for  those 
which  they  shall  lose  by  the  act  of  war  in  an  expedition  made  in  the 
company  of  the  said  wardens  or  otherwise  by  their  command  and 
[with]  their  assent,  and  this  shall  be  witnessed  by  them  and  by  the 
clerk  who  remains  keeper  of  the  victuals  at  Newcastle  upon  Tyne. 
And  it  is  to  be  known  that  the  said  wardens  ought  to  give  what  aid 
they  can  with  the  said  men-at-arms  to  the  strong  and  sure  keeping  of 
the  town  of  Newcastle  upon  Tyne,  as  in  keeping  watch  and  other 
defence,  in  case  the  said  town  should  be  besieged  by  enemies,  or 
otherwise  pressed  by  their  coming  into  the  kingdom  of  England. 
And  the  said  Wardens  ought  also  to  survey  the  garrisons  in  North- 
umberland, that  each  may  have  and  keep  their  full  [number]  of 
people,  and  that  no  suspicious  character  [mil  home  de  suspecion] 
shall  remain  there  by  whom  harm  or  peril  might  come  to  the  said 
castle.  And  the  said  wardens  are  charged  to  send  to  the  castle  of 
Mitford  ten  or  twelve  men  at  arms,  and  in  the  same  manner  to  the 
castle  of  Prodhou,  according  to  what  they  shall  see  that  the  time 
demands,  and  that  it  may  be  to  the  honour  and  profit  of  our  lord  the 
King,  which  must  bo  left  to  the  will  and  discretion  of  the  said  wardens. 
In  testimony  of  which  thing  this  indenture  tripartite  is  made,  of 
which  one  part  remains  in  the  wardrobe  of  our  lord  the  King,  the 
other  \\  it  li  the  s.iid  Wardens,  and  the  third  with  the  clerk,  keeper  of  the 


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victuals  at  Newcastle  upon  Tyne,  sealed  with  the  privy  seal  of  our  lord 
the  King  and  with  the  seals  of  the  said  Wardens  interchangeably. 
Given  at  Newcastle  upon  Tyne  the  day  and  year  abovesaid. 

Cromwelle  :  Sir  John  de  Cromwelle,  Sir  Ralph  de  Crumwelle,  Sir 
Richard  de  Crumwelle,  Sir  Baldwin  de  Friuille,  Sir  Richard  de 
Mundeuille,  Sir  Thomas  Ughtred,  Sir  Henry  de  Claveryng,  Adam 
de  Huntyngfeld,  John  Patymer,  Payn  de  Vilers,  Hugh  deLange- 
tone,  Henry  de  Cauntone,  Hugh  le  Barber,  Walter  de  Gloucestre, 
Thomas  Mauburne,  Robert  Loxvys.  Edmund  de  Cokfeld,  Henry 
de  Bentele,  John  de .  Fryuille,  Robert  de  Boseuille,  Hugh  de 
Styuetone,  Edmond  de  Crauncestre,  Robert  de  Hiltone,  Robert 
de"  Sheffeld,  Nicholas  de  Punchardon,  Robert  Wychard,  Sir 
Amand  [Amandus]  de  Routhe,  William  de  Grenhalgh,  William 
de  Beule,  Denis  [Dionisius]  de  Wathe. 

The  Earl  of  Angus  :  The  Earl  of  Angus,  Sir  Nicholas  Scot,  Sir 
William  de  Swyneburne,  Sir  Thomas  Botecombe,  Sir  Jordan 
Daldene,  Robert  de  Reynes,  Thomas  de  Baryngtone,  Thomas  de 
Bekerynge,  Walter  de  Hawyke,  John  de  Roucestre,  Thomas  de 
Bradeforde,  Robert  Bataille,  John  Scot,  William  de  Etone, 
Robert  de  Boteland,  Thomas  de  Esshe,  John  Flemynge,  Nicholas 
de  Nenille,  John  de  Daltone,  Robert  de  Assheburne,  Robert  de 
Dynardeby,  Henry  de  Assheburne,  Gilbert  de  Babingtone,  John 
de  Tossan,  John  de  Horsle. 

Soldiers  :  Stephen  de  Werblingtone,  Richard  de  Werblingtone, 
Lambert  Vinere,  William  Tympernon,  William  Bray,  Henry 
Fits-Herbert. 

B.  Golard  :  Bertrand  de  Golard,  Augustine  [Aug']  de  Larynge, 
Bernard  de  Lauerdake,  Peter  Reym  de  la  Sale,  Gars'  Arn'  de 
Huget,  William  de  Berynges,  James  [Jafc5]  de  Scaterynge, 
Gullard  de  Corbyan,  Ansizan  de  Nazareth,  Jordan  de  Bussies. 

E.  de  Appelby  and  A.  de  Somerville  :  Sir  Edmund  de  Appelby,  Sir 
Adam  de  Someruille,  Robert  de  Horsle,  Richard  de  Shirfelde, 
John  de  Boyntone,  John  de  Appelby,  Henry  de  Wychenore, 
William  de  Maysham,  Symon  de  Nortone,  Robert  de  Joynby 

J.  de  Ludham  :  Sir  John  de  Loudham,  Sir  Nicholas  de  Lavintone, 
Henry  de  Hales,  Ralph  Byrone,  John  de  Coune,  Robert  Turte- 
uille,  Denys  de  Wathe,  Renaud  de  Chokeshale,  Stephen  de 
Buterley,  William  Poncyn. 

Soldiers  :  John  Lynet,  Adam  de  Bilburghe,  Philip  de  Leghtone. 
Ralph  de  Say,  William  de  Athingflete. 

R.  Herone  :  Sir  Roger  Herone,  William  de  Tyndale,  Stephen  de 
Houburne,  Robert  del  Isle,  John  Welkedelle,  John  de  Hadhani. 

R.  de  la  Valle  :  Sir  Robert  de  la  Vale,  Walter  de  la  Vale,  Thomas  de 
Wodeburne,  John  de  Vsword. 

Blounde  :  Robert  de  Hornclif,  Hugh  Galone,  Geoffrey  de  Fautey, 
.Brian  de  Heppale,  John  de  Galiley,  Walter  de  Henknol,  Richard 
d,e  Ouertone,  Nicholas  de  la  Despense,  Dungalle  de  Dyuelestone, 
William  de  Cestre,  John  de  Boultoiie,  William  de  Duresme, 
William  de  Couderie,  John  de  Beltone.  Stephen  Sperlyng,  Henry 
de  Galiley,  Simon  de  Blakeshale,  Jordan  de  Builly,  Richard  de 
la  Despense,  Thomas  de  Coutone,  John  de  Kelly. 

Soldiers :  William  de  Sarum,  Peter  d'orde,  John  de  Ben  tone,  John 
Danney,  Robert  de  Fauestone. 

H.  de  Littlebire  :  Sir  Humfrey  de  Lyttelbure,  Sir  Walter  de  Twyn- 
ham,  Richard  de  Richemund,  Robert  de  Goldesburgh,  Thomas 
de  Castelcare,  Thomas  Xovroys,  Walter  de  Twynham. 

W.  Unis  :  Sir  \\' alter  Gras,  Richard  de  Blakeburne,  Oliver  de  P^ostone 


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Aldeburghe  :  Sir  Ives  de  Aldeburghe,  Robert  de  Aldeburghe,  John 

de  Aldeburghe,  Thomas  de  Rymington,  William  Arehur. 
Fraunceys  :  Sir  William  Fraunceis,  Robert  de  Fenbam,  Thomas  de 

Brokesfeld. 
J.  de  Westone  :  Sir  John  de  Westone,  Thomas  de  Westone,  Roger 

de  Westone,  John  Manifen,  William  Benle,  John  de  Wircestre, 

Edmund  de  la  Mar,  John  de  Rotherford,  William  de  Cotes,  John 

de  Cotes. 

J.  Cauntone  :   Sir  John  de  Cauntone,  Peter  Fitz-Richard. 
Abyndone  :  Robert    de    Blakeburne,    Robert    Mounceux,    Adam 

Brocher,  John  de  Prestone. 
R.    Oliver  :  Robert   Oliver,   Martin   de   Dullyngham,   Richard   de 

Thesdale,  Henry  Hunwike,  John  de  Halingseles,  Roger  Norreys. 
R.  Horsle  :  Sir  Richard  de  Horsle,  John  de  Sadlyngtone,  Thomas 

de  Kleninges,  William  de  Herbotle,  Richard  de  Sharbertone. 
A.  de  Baritone  :  Sir  Adam  de  Bentone,  Robert  de  Ryelle] 
J.   de  Lisle  :  Sir  John  de   Lisle,   Nicholas  de  Houtone,   William 

Hydwyn. 
R.  de  Lisle  :  Sir  Robert  del  Isle,  Gilbert  de  Carwites,  Adam  de 

Bastenthwaites,  Henry  de  Cardoille. 

J.  de  Altone  :   Sir  John  de  Altone,  Henry  du  Chastel,  Adam  Russel. 
R.  de  Esslingtone  :  Sir  Robert  de  Esslingtone,  Robert  de  Esling- 

tone,  William  de  Herle. 
J.  de  Sarum  :  Sir  John  de  Sarum,  William  de  Sarum,  Thomas  de 

Sarum. 
Burghdone  :  Sir  John  de  Bourghdone,  Roger  Wadder,  Henry  de 

Beltone,  William  de  Sengeltone,  Andrew  Boteller,  John  Boteller. 
R.  Grey  :  Sir  Robert  de  Grey,  Robert  de  Grey. 
Soldiers  :  Michael  de  Wyttone,  Nicholas  de  Elonde,  William  de 

Elonde,  John  de  Enefelde,  William  de  Daltone,  Walter  Herle, 

William   Frisel. 
Lilleburne  :   Sir  John  de  Lilleburne,  Ralph  de  Lilleburne,  William 

de  Heselrig,  William  de  Lyam,  John  de  Lyghtone,  Nicholas  de 

Bollesdone,  Thomas  de  Portechat. 
H.  de  Stantoiie  :   Sir  Henry  de  Stantone,  John  Barry,  Henry  de 

Thorntone. 
Serjeants  at  Arms  :  John  de  Leycestre,  Reym'  Prouost,  Domington 

[sic]  Despaigne,  Gaillard  de  Sauignake,  Henry  du  Char,  Bernard 

du  Til,  Ralph  Conuers,  Bernard  Brune,  Nicholas  de  Derby. 
Esquires    of    the    household  :  Mereduke    ap    Madoke,    Leulyn    ap 

Madoc,    Canan  ap  Madoke,    James    [Jak'~\   Darengtones,    Alex- 
ander de  Cloptone,  Philip  de  Montgomery,  Geffrey  de  Coigners, 

Thomas  de  Holme. 
A.  Dargaille  :  Alan  de  Ergail,  Clement  de  Dunstany,  Nicholas  de 

Culwenne. 

A.  de  Staney  :  Adam  de  Staney,  Walter  de  Staney,  Henry  de  Staney. 
To  Sir  John  de  Crombewelle,  warden  of  the  March,  having  in  his 
train  30  men  at  arms,  of  which  7  are  knights,  of  his  own  retinue,  from 
the  28th  day  of  September,  in  the  13th  year  [A.D.  1319],  until  the  26th 
day  of  June  in  the  same  year  [A.D.  1320],  the  first  day  being  reckoned 
and  not  the  last,  for  272  days  (at  40s.  per  day),  receiving  for  himself, 
for  the  knights,  and  men  at  arms  accustomed  wages.  5442.,  whereof 
the  third  part,  1811.  6s.  8d.,  of  which  he  received  at  Newcastle  upon 
Tyne,  601. ,  and  so  are  owing  of  the  said  third  part,  12 II.  6s.  8d. 

To  Sir  Robert  de  Humfrauille,  Earl  of  Angus,  remaining  upon  the 
warderiship  of  the  said  March,  and  having  in  his  train  30  men  at  arms, 
of  which  5  are  knights,  receiving  for  himself  and  his  knights  the  wages 


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accustomed  [80s.  per  day],  and  for  each  other  man  at  arms  8d.  per 
day  for  the  said  272  days,  408?.,  whereof  the  third  part,  136?.,  of 
which  he  received  in  victuals  at  Newcastle  upon  Tyne,  100?.,  and 
so  there  are  owing  of  the  said  third  part,  36?. 

To  Bertrand  de  Golard,  knight  baneret  [baneretto]  of  Gascony, 
remaining  in  the  train  of  the  said  Sir  John  and  the  Earl  upon  the 
wardenship  aforesaid,  and  having  in  his  train  ten  men  at  arms  and 
46  crossbow  men,  at  the  accustomed  wages  [28s.  4c?.  per  day]  for  the 
time  aforesaid,  3851.  6s.  8d.,  whereof  the  third  part,  128Z.  8s.  W^d,. 
of  which  he  received  in  the  value  of  victuals,  84?.,  and  so  there  are 
owing  to  him  of  the  said  third  part,  44?.  8s.  lOic?. 

To  Sir  Edmund  de  Appelby  and  Sir  Adam  de  Someruille,  remaining 
in  the  said  train  with  10  men  at  arms,  receiving  for  themselves  the 
wages  accustomed  [per  day,  9s.  4c?.l,  and  for  the  other  men  at  arms 
8d.  per  day  as  above,  for  the  time  aforesaid,  126?.  18s.  8d.,  whereof 
the  third  part,  42?.  6s.  3d.,  of  which  he  received  in  the  value  of 
victuals,  33?.  6s.  8d.,  and  so  there  are  owing  to  them  of  the  said 
third  part,  8?.  19s.  Id. 

To  Sir  John  de  Loudham,  remaining  in  the  aforesaid  train,  with 
10  men  at  arms,  of  which  one  other  is  a  knight,  receiving  in  all  things 
as  Sir  Edmund  and  Sir  Adam  [per  day,  19s.  4c?.],  for  the  time  afore- 
said, 126?.  18s.  8c?.,  whereof  the  third  part,  42?.  6s.  3d.,  of  which 
he  received  in  the  value  of  victuals.  33?.  6s.  8d.,  and  so  there  are 
owing  of  the  said  third  part,  8?.  19s.  5d. 

To  Sir  Humfrey  de  Littelbure,  knight  of  the  household  of  the  Lord 
King,  remaining  in  the  train  aforesaid,  with  7  men  at  arms,  of  which 
one  other  is  a  knight,  receiving  for  himself,  for  the  said  knight  his 
companion  [socio  suo\,  and"  for  his  two  esquires  the  accustomed 
wages  [per  day,  8s.],  and  for  three  other  men  at  arms,  8d.  per  day 
as  above,  for  the  time  aforesaid,  108?.  16s.,  whereof  the  third  part, 
36?.  5s.  4c?.,  of  which  he  received  in  the  value  of  victuals,  23?.  6s.  8d., 
and  so  there  are  owing  of  the  said  third  part,  12?.  18s.  8d. 

To  Sir  John  de  Westone,  knight  of  the  said  household  remaining 
in  the  train  aforesaid  with  10  men  at  arms,  receiving  for  himself  and 
his  two  esquires  the  accustomed  wages  [per  day  8s.  8c?.],  and  for  7 
other  men  at  arms,  for  each,  8d.  per  day  as  above,  for  the  time  afore- 
said, 117?.  17s.  4c?.,  whereof  the  third  part,  39?.  5s.  9c?.,  whereof  he 
received  in  the  value  of  victuals,  33?.  6s.  8d.,  and  so  there  are  owing 
to  him  of  the  said  third  part,  119s.  Id. 

To  Sir  Ives  [luoni]  de  Aldeburghe,  remaining  in  the  train  afore- 
said with  5  men  at  arms,  receiving  for  himself  and  his  two  esquires 
the  accustomed  wages  [per  day  5s.  4c?.,]  and  for  the  rest  8c?.  a  day  as 
above,  for  the  time  aforesaid,  72?.  10s.  8d.,  whereof  the  third  part 
24?.  3s.  Q^d.,  whereof  he  received  in  the  value  of  victuals,  1(5?.  13s,  4d., 
and  so  there  are  owin^,  7?.  10s.  2^d. 

To  Sir  Walter  le  Gras,  Sir  William  Fraunceys,  Sir  Henry  de  Staun- 
tone,  and  Sir  John  de  Cauntone,  knights  of  the  household  aforesaid, 
remaining  in  the  aforesaid  train  each  with  2  esquires  at  arms,  at  the 
accustomed  wages  [16s.  per  day]  for  the  time  aforesaid,  217?.  12s., 
whereof  the  third  part,  72?.  10s.  8d.,  \vhereof  they  received  in  the 
value  of  victuals,  40?.,  and  so  there  are  owing,  32?.  10s.  8d. 

To  John  de  Leycestre  and  others,  8  serjeants-at-arms,  Mereduke 
ap  Maddoke  and  others,  7  esquires  of  the  aforesaid  household, 
remaining  in  the  train  aforesaid,  and  receiving  accustomed  wages 
[17s.  per  day]  for  the  time  aforesaid,  231?.  4s.,  whereof  the  third  part, 
77?.  16dL,  of  which  they  received  in  the  value  of  victuals,  56?.  13s.  4d., 
and  so  there  are  owing,  20?.  8s.  to  be^divided  between  them. 


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To  Alan  Dargaille  and  Adam  de  Staney,  grooms  [valletis]  of  the 
said  household,  remaining  in  the  train  aforesaid,  each  of  them  with 
two  companions,  receiving  for  themselves  the  wages  accustomed 
[per  day,  4s.  Sd.]  and  for  each  of  their  companions,  8d.  a  day,  as 
above,  for  the  time  aforesaid,  632.  9s.  4d.,  whereof  the  third  part, 
211.  3s.  Id.,  whereof  they  received  in  the  value  of  victuals,  201,, 
and  so  there  are  owing  of  the  said  third  part,  23s.  Id. 

Item  102  soldiers,  of  whom  13  are  knights,  remaining  in  the  train 
aforesaid,  to  each  knight  2s.,  and  to  each  other  man-at-arms,  8c2.  a 
day,  as  within,  for  the  time  aforesaid,  11602.  10s.  Sd.,  whereof  the 
third  part,  386?.  16s.  lO^d..  whereof  they  received  in  the  value  of 
victuals,  3402.,  and  so  there  are  owing  to  them  of  the  said  third 
part,  462.  16s.  10%d.  [ 5s.  4d.  per  day]. 

The  sum  of  the  men  at  arms  remaining  upon  the  wardenship 
[custodia]  of  the  March  of  Northumberland,  249  men-at-arms,  of 
which  3  are  barons  and  35  simple  knights. 

Sum  of  the  wages  of  the  aforesaid  men  at  arms  from  the  28th  day 
of  September  until  the  26th  day  of  June,  for  272  days,*  the  first  being 
reckoned  and  not  the  last,  35632.  4s.,  whereof  the  third  part, 
11872.  14s.  Sd.,  of  which  they  were  paid  in  money  and  in  the  afore- 
said victuals  at  Newcastle  upon  Tyne,  8402.  13s.  4c2.,  and  so  there 
are  owing  for  the  first  term,  3472.  IQd. 

Indenture  of  Sir  John  de  Crombewell  and  the  Earl  of  Angus  upon 
the  keeping  of  the  parts  of  Northumberland. 

Let  it  be  remembered  that  in  the  castle  of  Baumburgh,  of  which 
Sir  Roger  de  Horsle  is  Constable,  besides  the  certain  garrison  which 
's  there  of  15  men  at  arms  and  30  footmen  [hommes  a  pe]  there 
jught  to  remain  David  de  Langetone  and  Thomas  de  Hedone  with 
15  men  at  arms  at  the  cost  of  the  king. 

Item  in  the  castle  of  Alnewyke  besides  the  people  who  are  retained 
there  in  the  garrison  by  the  lord  of  the  castle,  there  ought  to  be  20 
rien  at  arms  and  20  hoblers  of  the  baily  [du  bayl]  of  the  king,  who 
nhall  be  at  the  cost  of  the  king,  the  which  are  assigned  to  Sir  John 
<le  Burghdone  with  6  men  at  arms,  and  to  Sir  John  de  Lileburne  witli 

7  men  at  arms,  and  Sir  Gilbert  de  Burghdone  constable  of  the  said 
castle  has  undertaken  to  find  the  rest  of  the  20  men  at  arms. 

Item  in  the  castle  of  Werkeword  [Warkworth]  are  12  men  at  arms 
of  the  proper  garrison,  and  the  king  will  put  there  4  men  at  arms  and 

8  hoblers  at  the  cost  of  the  king,  the  which  Robert  Darreys  and  John 
de  Thirlewalle  have  undertaken  to  find. 

Item  in  the  company  of  Bertrand  Golard  of  Gascony  there  ought 
to  remain  46  crossbowmen  at  the  accustomed  wages  of  the  king. 

Arid  it  is  to  be  remembered  that  all  the  men  at  arms  who  remain 
by  this  indenture,  as  well  upon  the  guarding  [la  garda]  of  the 
March,  as  in  the  garrisons  of  the  castles  at  the  cost  of  the  king,  will 
take  Sd.  a  day  for  wages,  except  knights,  who  will  take  full  wages  ; 
and  the  retinue  of  Sir  John  de  Crombewelle  who  will  also  have  full 
wages  for  the  costs  of  the  chieftainship  ;  and  except  also  the  men  of 
the  king's  household  ;  and  for  each  knight  of  his  household  who  shall 
remain  there,  two  esquires,  to  whom  the  king  has  granted  full  wages 
of  his  special  grace  ;  and  to  Bertrand  Golard,  who  will  take  wages 
as  a  baneret  for  himself  and  fuller  wages  for  his  companions  by 
reason  of  their  foreign  vow  [lounceine  vouue]  and  except  also 
Robert  de  Hornclif,  Hugh  Galon,  David  de  Langetone,  and  Thomas 
de  Hedone,  who  will  take  fuller  wages  for  their  bodies  [pur  lour 

*  '  Prhno '  is  crossed  through  in  the  original. 


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corps]  and  for  one  companion  because  they  are]  leaders  of  men. 
And  except  Sir  Esmon  de  Appelby  and  Sir  Adam  de  Someruille  who 
will  take  a  certain  sum  in  gross  for  their  stay  with  10  men  at  arms. 
That  is  to  say,  1201. 

The  other  is  an  abstract  of  deeds  in  the  possession  of  Viscount  Ridley, 
which  has  been  contributed,  with  the  owner's  permission,  by  Mr.  H.  H.  E, 
Craster  : — 

I. — 1621,  December  30.  Jarrett  Potts  of  Newcastle,  cordwainer,  Anne 
his  wife,  and  Thomas  Potts  of  Newcastle,  miller,  sell  to  James 
Jowsie  of  Newcastle,  blacksmith,  and  Jane  his  wife,  a  burgage, 
then  in  the  occupation  of  Henry  Sandilands,  cordwainer,  in 
Pilgrim  Street,  described  as  bounding  upon  a  tenement  in  the 
occupation  of  John  Modie,  locksmith,  on  the  north,  upon  a 
tenement  in  the  occupation  of  Matthew  Forster,  saddler,  on  the 
south,  upon  Pilgrim  Street  before  on  the  west,  and  upon  a  garth 
in  the  occupation  of  Robert  Babington,  gent.,  behind  on  the  east. 
1631,  December  26.  Will  of  Jane  Jowsie  of  Newcastle,  widow, 
bequeathing  her  burgage  in  Pilgrim  Street,  in  the  occupation  of 
William  Simpson,  smith,  to  her  sons,  Matthew  Jowsey  and  John 
Jowsey. 
1639,  June  8.  Grant  of  administration  to  Matthew  Jowsey,  only 

surviving  son  of  Jane  Jowsey. 

1641,  March  23.  Matthew  Jowsey  of  Newcastle,  yeoman,  mort- 
gages the  said  burgage  to  George  Moody  of  Newcastle,  locksmith, 
for  32Z.  16s.  The  burgage  is  therein  described  as  being  in  the  occu- 
pation of  John  Copeland  and  George  Reed,  and  as  bounding  upon 
a  tenement  in  the  occupation  of  John  Moodyon  the  north,  upon 
a  tenement  in  the  occupation  of  Christopher  Stokoe,  skinner  and 
glover,  upon  the  south  ;  upon  the  street  on  the  west,  and  upon 
a  garth  in  the  possession  of  George  Butler  on  the  east. 
1643-4.  January  25.  Matthew  Jowsey  gives  release  of  the  said 
burgage  to  George  Moody.  The  burgage  is  described  as  being  in 
the  occupation  of  Jane  Coopland,  widow,  and  as  bounding  upon  a 
tenement  in  the  possession  of  John  Moody,  locksmith,  on  the  north, 
upon  a  tenement  in  the  possession  of  Isaac  Simpson  on  the  south, 
upon  the  street  on  the  west,  and  upon  the  Ayrick  burn  on  the  east. 
II. — 1610,  May  11.  Agreement  to  the  effect  that  John  Moody  of  New- 
castle, locksmith,  and  Anne  his  wife  (daughter  of  Arthur  Thomp- 
son, late  of  Newcastle,  blacksmith,  deceased,  son  and  heir  of 
Gilbert  Thompson,  sometime  of  Newcastle,  blacksmith,  deceased) 
shall  convey  a  tenement  in  Pilgrim  Street,  in  the  occupation  of 
the  said  John  and  Anne  Moody  (which  tenement  was  sometime 
called  a  shop,  and  was  erected  to  a  tenement  by  the  late  Gilbert 
Thompson)  to  George  Collingwood,  of  Eppleden,  esq.,  and  Henry 
Anthony  of  Newcastle,  notary  public,  to  be  held  by  them  in 
trust  for  the  said  John  Moody  and  Anne  his  wife  and  their  joint 
issue,  and,  for  lack  of  such  issue,  to  the  issue  of  the  said  Anne, 
with  ultimate  remainder  to  the  said  Anne's  right  heirs. 
1704.  Fine  of  two  messuages  in  Newcastle  ;  Matthew  White,  esq., 
plaintiff  ;  William  Moody,  gent.,  deforciant  ;  warranty  given 
to  White. 

HI. — 1573,  July  5.  Roger  Heslerigge  of  Hole  John,  in  the  parish  of 
Stanhope,  gent.,  leases  to  Henry  Weldon  of  Newcastle,  merchant, 
for  twenty-one  years,  for  £80  fine  and  10s.  yearly  rent,  his  houses 
and  lands  in  the  town  of  Newcastle,  and  also  in  Jesmond. 
IV. — 1632,  September  2.  Assignment  of  dower  by  Sir  Nicholas  Tem- 
pest of  Newcastle,  knt.  (he  having  the  custody  and  wardship  of 

[Proc.  3Ser.  TV,  4] 


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Robert  Dent,  gent.,  son  and  heir  of  Henry  Dent,  late  of  Byker, 
esq.,  deceased)  to  Mary  Dent,  widow,  relict  of  the  said  Henrv 
Dent,  namely,  a  third  of  the  banks  called  Dent's  banks  in  Byker, 
and  of  the  stone  quarries  therein,  and  a  third  of  all  lands  held 
by  Henry  Dent  in  his  lifetime. 

V. — 1655,  December  27.  Samuel  Hammond,  M.A.,  master  of  the  hos- 
pital of  St.  Mary  Magdalen  of  Newcastle,  and  the  brethren  of  the 
hospital,  lease  to  George  Hodgson  of  Newcastle,  gent.,  for  21  years 
at  eight  shillings  rent,  a  house  on  the  north  side  of  the  close, 
now  a  waste,  formerly  in  the  occupation  of  Anthony  Walker, 
house  carpenter,  described  as  boundering  upon  a  tenement  in 
the  occupation  of  John  Walker  on  the  east,  upon  a  tenement  in 
the  occupation  of  Margaret  Stobbert,  widow,  on  the  west,  upon 
the  street  on  the  south,  and  upon  the  top  of  the  bank  behind  on 
the  north,  with  liberty  to  build  thereon. 

VI. — 1693,  May  11.  Order  directed  out  of  the  Court  of  Chancery  to 
William  Tizack  and  James  Henzell,  defendants  in  a  suit  in 
Chancery,  to  allow  Daniel  Tittery,  plaintiff  in  the  said  suit,  to 
have  peaceable  possession  of  the  Old  Glasshouse  on  the  East 
Ballast  shore,  as  he  had  before  assignment  was  made  to  Nicholas 
Fenwick,  pending  the  execution  of  an  order  made  in  Chancery 
on  June  27th  last  past  for  the  partition  of  the  premises  between 
the  parties  to  the  suit. 

THE    EARLY    OWNERS    OF    ESLINGTON,    CO.    NORTHUMBERLAND. 

Mr.  R.  O,  Heslop  (one  of  the  secretaries)  read,  in  the  writer's  un- 
avoidable absence,  a  paper  bearing  the  above  title,  by  Mr.  J.  Crawford 
Hodgson,  one  of  the  vice-presidents. 

Thanks  were  voted  to  Mr.  Hodgson. 

FLINT-KNAPPING    AND    THE    BRANDON    FLINT    PITS. 

Mr.  Maberly  Phillips  described  graphically  a  visit  paid  by  him  to 
Brandon  in  Suffolk,  and  his  descent  of  a  flint  pit.  This  had  a  depth  of 
about  40  or  50  feet,  and  the  bottom  was  reached  by  what  might  be  de- 
scribed as  a  flight  of  steps,  with  a '  riser  '  of  about  five  feet.  The  flint  was 
found  in  a  band,  almost  like  a  seam  of  coal,  and  was  '  got '  by  working 
out  the  adjacent  chalk.  Mr.  Phillips  explained  also  how  the  '  knappers  ' 
prepared  the  material  ready  for  sale.  At  one  time,  he  added,  this  was 
a  very  considerable  industry.  Flint  locks  were  used  on  firearms  until 
the  percussion  cap  was  introduced.  They  were  apparently  in  vogue 
up  to  the  year  1830,  or  thereabouts.  Undoubtedly,  the  battle  of 
Waterloo  was  fought  with  flint-locks,  and  probably  some  of  our  regi- 
ments, drafted  from  outlying  parts  of  the  empire,  used  them  even  in 
the  Crimean  War.  There  was  no  doubt  that  the  Russians  used  them. 
Flints  were  now  supplied  to  the  Arabs.  Two  or  three  men  worked  in 
the  Brandon  pits  and  sixteen  men  did  the  knapping.  The  flints  were 
eorted  according  to  size  to  be  used  for  various  purposes. 

Mr.  Phillips  related  another  interesting  fact  with  respect  to  his  visit 
to  Brandon.  Swarms  of  silver-grey  rabbits,  he  said,  used  to  be  found 
in  the  neighbourhood,  and  a  factory  was  set  up  for  utilizing  the  skins. 
Now  that  the  supply  had  failed,  rabbit- skins  were  imported  from 
Australia  by  the  million,  some  portion  of  them  being  used  to  make 
felt  hats,  and  another  part  to  thicken  jellies,  the  downy  fur  being 
converted  into  '  seal  skin  '  jackets. 

To  illustrate  Mr.  Phillips's  remarks,  Mr.  Henry  Clarke  exhibited  a 
flint-lock  gun,  bearing  the  date  1841,  which  belonged  to  a  Russian 
soldier,  and  was  picked  up  in  the  Crimea  after  the  fighting  of  1854-5. 

Mr.  Phillips  was  heartily  thanked. 


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As  an  article  on  'Flint  Knapping,'  by  Mr.  Phillips,  will  shortly 
appear  in  The  Connoisseur,  he  has  not  furnished  written  notes  of  what 
he  said. 


MISCELLANEA. 

The  following  are  abstracts,  made  by  Mr.  Wei  ford,  of  local  documents 
in  the  possession  of  Mr.  R.  Blair  : — 

1584,  December  1. — Bond  of  Edward  Musgrave  of  Barhaughe,  co. 
Northumberland,  gent.,  in  300Z'  to  John  Whitfield  of  Randeholm,  in  co. 
Cumberland,  gent.,  and  Richard  Musgrave  of  Kirkhaughe  in  co.  North- 
umberland, for  performance  of  covenants  in  a  deed  betwixt  the  said 
Edward  of  the  one  part,  and  the  said  John  and  Richard  of  the  other 
part.  Signature  of  Edward  Musgrave.  Endorsed  :  Sealed  and 
delivered  to  the  within  named  John  Whitfield  to  his  own  use  only. 
Witnesses  :  Thomas  Hyltoii,  Geo.  Hylton,  Rauffe  Whitfield,  Thomas 
Archer  (?),  John  Whitfield. 

1617,  December  4. — Deed  by  which,  for  a  certain  sum  of  money, 
Humfray  Musgrave  and  Thomas  Walles  of  Williamston,  co.  Northum- 
berland, gentlemen,  convey  to  Richard  Musgrave  of  Barrahaugh  in 
same  county,  all  that  parcel  of  land  called  Dewlyefield,  containing  by 
estimation  ten  '  le  dayes  worke  '  of  meadow,  now  in  the  tenure  of  the 
said  Richard,  being  parcel  of  the  messuage,  etc.,  called  Williamston, 
now  in  the  tenure  of  the  said  Humfray  and  Thomas,  and  lying  on  the 
south  side  of  the  rivulet  called  Swynner  burne,  with  all  rights,  etc.,  and 
payment  to  the  lord  of  the  fee  of  all  services  and  dues  accustomed. 
Signatures  of  Humfray  Musgrave  and  Thomas  Walles  (his  mark). 
Witnesses  :  Raphe  Whitfelde,  Robert  Yourige,  Humfraye  Bell  (his 
mark),  Hewghe  Walles  (his  mark),  Robt.  Matthew,  clerke. 

1692,  April  27. — Bond  of  Albany  Fetherstonhaugh  of  Barehaugh, 
co.  Northumberland,  gent.,  in  47 21.  for  securing  repayment  of  a  loan 
of  236£.  from  Jane  Sutton  of  Gateshead  ;  the  loan  to  be  discharged  on 
May  1,  1695,  with  121.  per  annum  interest  to  be  paid  by  half-yearly 
instalments  of  Ql.  in  the  interim.  Signature  of  Albany  Fetherston- 
haugh. Witnesses:  John  Stephenson,  Thomas  Sutton,  John  Ord 


ECCLESIASTICAL    PROCEEDINGS    AFTER    THE    RESTORATION. 

(From  the  Records  of  the  Durham  Consistory  Court.) 

1662.  Nov.  4. — In  the  Galilee  at  Durham  this  day  : — The  office  of 
Judge  against  William  Riddell,  Esq.,  and  Allan  Forster  [of  Gateshead] 
suspected  to  be  papist  recusants.  Also  against  Thomas  Gibbins,  John 
Readshaw,  William  Readshaw,  Cuthbert  Hunter,  Lancelot  Grinwell 
and  Robert  Tweddall  who  were  presented  the  same  day  by  the  Church- 
wardens for  having  special  meetings  upon  the  Lord's  day  at  one  Richard 
Ewbank's  house  in  Gateshead. 

William  Everston,  of  the  parish  of  Gateshead,  was  presented  by  the 
Churchwardens  of  that  place,  and  appeared  the  same  day,  and  was 
admonished  for  practising  surgery  without  a  licence. 

1662.  Dec.  9.— At  the  Consistory  Court,  held  in  the  Galilee  of 
Durham  Cathedral  this  day,  the  Churchwardens  of  All  Saints  [New- 
castle] presented  William  Rey,  scrivener,  Archibald  Robson,  and  John 
Sharp,  roper  in  Pandon,  Aubony  Todd,  Cuthbert  Fetherston  and 
Robert  Walker  for  making  a  jaw  in  the  church  yard.  The  whole  of 
the  offenders  were  absolved  at  the  Court  held  on  the  17  April,  1663,  the 
Churchwardens  having  certified  as  to  their  good  behaviour. 


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At  the  same  Court  the  Churchwardens  also  presented  William  Hogg, 
an  apprentice,  John  Fairless,  joiner,  John  Pattison,  of  the  Castle  yard, 
and  others  apprentices  for  walking  abroad  in  time  of  divine  service. 

John  Gardner,  gent.,  presented  for  sitting  in  church  with  his  hat  on 
in  sermon  time.  fc^r 

1662.  Dec.  12.— The  Churchwardens  of  StI  Nic  :  presented  Henry 
Thompson,  gent.,  for  keeping  his  shop  open  upon  Saint  James  day. 

At  a  subsequent  Court  the  following  were  presented  for  being 
non-communicants  : — All  Saints,  Newcastle. — John  Blakiston,  gent. 
William  Hilton,  gentleman,  Robert  Wish  [?],  Geo.  Clark,  Robt.  Blagdon, 
Wm.  Ogle,  gent.,  Francis  Wetwang,  gent.,  Peter  Bush,  gent.,  Matthew 
Soulsby,  Jane  Shafto,  John  Pringle,  John  Fenwick,  gent.,  Thomas 
Trumble,  Henry  Heighley,  Geo.  Thursby,  William  Hutchinson,  Henry 
Slinger,  John  Thompson,  Frances  Thompson,  widow,  John  Ward, 
Robt.  Cleggett,  Thomas  Dowson,  John  West,  James  Burn,  John 
Lampson,  Thomas  Pattison,  Alexander  Hall,  John  Hall,  Richard  Righ, 
John  Thomas,  John  Jefferson,  Robert  Wilkinson,  Phineas  Allen,  James 
Matthew,  John  Witton,  William  Blakey,  Roger  Dalton,  Titus  Pathie, 
John  Jopling,  Henry  Bell,  Henry  Cook,  and  Ambrose  Preston,[  pre- 
sented for  non-communicants. 

Gateshead. — Chester  Deanery. — William  Riddell,  Esq,  Joseph 
Blakey,  Cuthbert  Bledily  [?],  John  Blakey,  John  Heddon,  Luke  Clayton 
and  Robert  Reverley  and  his  wife,  presented  for  papists. 


INSCRIPTION    FROM    LANCHESTER    (Lapid    Sept.,    No.  708). 

Presented  by  the  Rev.  W.  Greenwell,  F.R.S.,  &c. 
(See  p.  2.) 


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PROCEEDINGS 


OF   THE 


SOCIETY    OF    ANTIQUARIES 


OF    NEWOASTLE-UPON-TY>E. 


3  SEB.,  VOL.   IV.  1909.  NO.    3 


The  ordinary  monthly  meeting  of  the  society  was  held  in  the  library 
of  the  Castle,  on  Wednesday,  the  thirty-first  day  of  March,  1909,  at 
seven  o'clock  in  the  evening,  Mr.  F.  W.  Dendy,  a  vice-president,  being 
in  the  chair. 

Several  ACCOUNTS,  recommended  by  the  council  for  payment,  were 
ordered  to  be  paid. 

The  following  ORDINARY  MEMBERS  were  proposed  and  declared  duly 
elected  : — 

i.  Robert  Norman  Appleby  Miller  of   17  Alexandra  Terrace, 

Newcastle. 
ii.  Mrs.  F.  Willans,  14  Gosforth  Villas,  Gosforth,  Newcastle. 

The  following  NEW  BOOKS,  etc.,  were  placed  on  the  table  : — 
Presents,  for  which  thanks  were  voted  : — 

From  M.  de  Berlanga,  the  author: — A  monograph  in  Spanish,  on 
Malaga,  large  8vo. 

From  the  Royal  Societies'  Club  : — List  of  Members  and  Byelaws. 

From  R.  Blair  :— (1)  The  Antiquary  for  March  and  April,  1909; 
(2)  The  Three  old  documents  relating  to  South  Tyne,  abstracted  on 
p.  27  ;  and  pleadings  about  Byermoor  colliery,  of  which  a  summary 
is  given  in  these  Proceedings  (3  ser.  u,  p.  303).  Mr.  Craster  states 
that  '  Wright  and  Spearman,  the  plaintiffs  in  the  suit,  appear  to 
have  been  extensive  coal-owners  ;  they  purchased  the  West  Hartle- 
pool  royalty  in  1688,  and  worked  it  for  thirty  years;  in  the  forth- 
coming volume  (9th)  of  the  new  Hist,  of  North.,  a  notice  of  their 
proceedings  at  Hartlepool  will  be  given  (p.  232),' 

From  Mr.  J.  G.  Hodgson  : — A  framed  steel  engraving  of  his  grand- 
father, the  Rev.  John  Hodgson,  the  historian  of  Northumberland. 

Exchanges  : — 

From  the  Royal  Irish  Academy  : — Proceedings,  xxvn,  sec.   c,  nos. 

9,  10,  11,  12. 
From  the  British  Archaeological  Association  : — Journal,  xiv,  iv,  8vo. 

[Proc.  3  Ser.    IV,  f,] 


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From     the     Somersetshire     Archaeological    and     Natural     History 

Society: — Proceedings,  LIV,, 
From    the    Bristol    and    Gloucestershire    Archaeological    Society: — 

Transactions,  xxxi,  i,  8vo. 
From^the  Shropshire  Archaeological  and  Natural  History  Society : — 

Transactions,  3  ser,  ix,  i,  8vo. 
From  the  Derbyshire  Archaeological  and  Natural  History  Socieyt : — 

Journal,  xxxi,  8vo. 
From  '  La  Societe  d'Emulation  d' Abbeville  : — Memoires,  xxn,  i,  8vo. 

PUBCHASES  : —  The  Registers  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Covent  Garden, 
Burials,  1653-1752  (4  Harl.  Soc.  publ.);  The  Register  of  Hanham 
and  Oldland,  Gloucestershire  (Par.  Reg.  Soc.)  ;  The  Pedigree 
Register,  i,  no.  8;  Notes  and  Queries,  10  ser,  nos.  270-274;  The 
Scottish  Historical  Review,  for  April,  1909  ;  and  Coldingham  Parish 
and  Priory,  by  A.  Thomson,  F.S.A.  Scot. 

EXHIBITED  : — 

By  Mr.  Edward  Wooler,  F.S.A.  : — A  third  brass  coin  of  Constantino  i. 
("CONSTANTINVS  MAX),  said  to  have  been  found  '  about  four  feet  from 
the  surface  by  Mr.  John  Calvert,  whilst  digging  a  grave  in  Conis- 
cliffe  churchyard  about  a  year  ago.'  The  coin,  which  is  in  poor 
condition, has  on  the  reverse  two  soldiers,  each  holding  a  standard; 
and  doubtless  bore  the  inscription  almost  obliterated  GLORIA 

EXERCITVS.; 
THE    LATE    MR.    ROBERT    RICHARDSON    DEES,    A    VICE-PRESIDENT. 

In  the  unavoidable  absence  of  the  writer,  Mr.  R.  Welford,  V.P.,  Mr. 
Blair,  one  of  the  secretaries,  read  the  obituary  notice  of  Mr.  Dees.  It 
will  be  printed  in  Arch.  Aeliana,  vol.  v. 

Thanks  were  voted  to  Mr.  Welford,  by  acclamation. 

DISCOVERIES    AT    GREATHAM,    ETC. 

Mr.  Blair  (one  of  the  secretaries)  reported  that  a  new  tower  was 
being  erected  at  Greatham  Church,  from  a  design  by  Mr.  C.  Hodgson 
Fowler,  F.S.A.,  of  Durham.  In  taking  down  the  old  tower,  and  while 
digging  for  the  foundations  of  the  new  one,  several  carved  stones  have 
been  found.  Amongst  them  are  a  piscina,  portions  of  grave  covers, 
one  with  chafer  work  upon  it  similar  to  some  fragments  built  into 
the  walls  of  the  church,  one  arm  of  a  pre-conquest  cross  7^in.  across, 
having  inter-lacings  on  each  side,  the  head  of  a  Transitional  cross, 
about  13ins.  across,  having  a  rare  ornament  in  the  centre  surrounded 
by  a  moulded  circle  enclosing  a  rcw  of  pellets,  the  arms  of  the  cross 
projecting  beyond  the  pelleted  circle,  in  this  respect  different  from 
the  head  of  the  fine  St.  Hilda's  cross  in  the  chancel  of  Kelloe  church. 
(See  Proc.,  2  ser.  in,  p.  256,  also  Trans.  Durham  and  Northumberland 
Society,  n,  p.  xliii.)  The  font  in  Greatham  church  is  of  Frosterly 
marble,  and  is,  according  to  the  Rev.  J.  F.  Hodgson,  one  of  the  finest 
of  the  Pudseyan  fonts.  At  Egglescliffe  church  during  some  alterations 
a  portion  of  the  shaft  of  an  Anglian  cross  has  been  discovered ;  it  has 
on  the  front  a  device  which  is  difficult  to  make  out,  but  which  appears 
to  be  a  figure  with  drooping  wings;  on  the  sides  are  interlacings. 
A  very  rude  and  primitive  carving,  representing  the  Crucifixion,  has 
also  been  found.  Both  are  preserved  in  the  south  porch  of  the  church. 


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MISCELLANEA. 

The  following  local  notes  are  from  Sir  Herbert  Maxwell's  trans- 
lation of  the  Chronicles  of  Lanercost  (Scot.  Hist.  Rev,  for  Jan.  and 
April,  1909,  vol.  vi,  pp.  176.  282,  and  288)  : — 

In  this  year  (1281)  Sir  John  of  Newcastle  took  the  monk's  dress  at 
Holmcultrum,  upon  which  it  was  observed 

'  With  altered  habit  habits  too  must  alter, 
Much  need  that  John  with  sin  no  more  should  palter, 
Unless  to  mend  his  ways  he  doth  not  fail, 
White  gown  and  snowy  cowl  will  naught  avail.'1 


There  happened  also  something  else  to  enhance  the  honour  of  S. 
Francis,  which  at  that  time  had  not  become  sufficiently  well  known 
to  the  northern  part  of  the  English  province.  A  certain  burgess  in  the 
town  of  Newcastle,  who  is  alive  at  this  day,  Alexander  Furbur  (by 
name)  contracted  such  a  severe  hot  dropsy  that  he  was  given  up  by 
the  physicians,  and,  from  the  swelling  of  his  body,  presented  the 
appearance  of  a  great  tun,  while  his  legs  were  beyond  the  compass  of 
any  leggings.  This  man  constrained  between  dread  of  praying  and 
love  of  his  children,  being  ill -prepared  to  meet  death,  brought  himself 
round  to  seek  God's  pardon  and  the  help  of  the  Saints.  By  advice  of 
his  friends  he  caused  himself  to  be  measured2  with  various  satints  upon 
whose  assistance  his  hope  more  fully  relied.  And  whereas  he  felt 
relief  from  the  power  of  none  of  them,  he  made  a  vow  to  S.  Francis, 
that  he  would  personally  visit  his  tomb,  if  his  help  he  should  recover  the 
health  he  desired.  In  that  very  moment,  therefore,  he  was  affected 
by  a  flow  of  water  so  continuous  that  it  never  ceased  running  for  the 
rest  of  that  day  and  the  whole  of  the  following  night,  so  that  it  sufficed 
to  fill  a  very  large  tub.  Hence  the  skin  of  his  body  became  so  loose 
through  loss  of  flesh  that,  to  the  neighbours  who  gathered  to  view  him, 
he  would  stretch  out  his  skin  like  a  garment,  and  it  seemed  as  if  he 
could  make  himself  leggings  about  his  shins  out  of  his  own  hide.  Having 
thus  recovered  some  degree  of  strength,  straightway  he  set  out  upon  a 
journey,  piously  to  fulfil  his  vow,  and  shewed  forth  the  praises  of  God's 
saint  in  presence  of  many  persons,  returning  home  happy  and  healthy, 
having  many  witnesses,  including  myself,  to  this  event. 


In  the  same  year  on  the  sixth  day  of  the  week  before  the  nativity  of 
S.  John  the  Baptist  (19th  June)  there  occurred  at  Bywell,  near  New- 
castle, something  which  ought  to  be  remembered.  There  was  in  that 
place  a  married  man,  steward  to  the  Lady  of  Vallnor  who,  under  cover 
of  his  office,  had  acquired  many  things  dishonestly,  and  enriched  him- 
self from  the  property  of  others.  Arriving  at  the  close  of  life  he  was 
advised  by  a  priest  that,  among  other  things  to  be  settled  by  the  dying 

i  Mutatis  pannis,  mutetur  vita  Johannis 
Ut  melioretur  et  ut  constantia  detur, 
Si  tibi  sit  pulla  capa,  ferbe,  vel  alta  cuculla, 
Et  virtus  nulla,  merces  tibi  non  datur  ulla. 

2  Mensurari :  a  common  form  of  invoking  a  saint's  help.  A  string  with  which  the 
saint's  body  had  been  measured  was  passed  round  the  forehead  of  the  sick  person  (see 
Camden  Society's  Rishnnger,  p.  152).  Other  explanation  occurs  in  a  late  edition  of 
Ducange,  to  the  effect  that  a  candle  of  the  height  of  the  sick  person  was  placed  in  the 
saint's  shrine. 


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man.  he  should  provide  out  of  his  property  for  the  redemption  of  his 
soul.  The  one  firmly  insisted  upon  this,  and  the  other  on  the  contrary 
denied  it,  besides  swearing  falsely  that  he  had  nothing  to  make  a  will 
about,  and  could  scarceiy  be  persuaded  to  bestow  sparingly  part  of 
each  of  his  different  kinds  of  property,  saying,  '  Whatever  is  over  I 
commend  to  Satan.'  After  the  close  of  his  life,  while  his  body  was 
being  carried  to  the  church,  and  the  funeral  feast  was  being  made 
.ready  in  the  house  for  the  neighbours  by  the  son  and  the  servants, 
suddenly  fire  burst  out  from  his  house,  which  was  towards  the  western 
part  of  the  town,  and  consumed  the  whole  buildings  on  either  side  of  the 
street,  following  the  body  towards  the  east  so  swiftly  that  the  mass  to 
be  celebrated  for  him  could  scarely  be  fully  performed,  nor  could  the 
wretched  corpe  be  committed  to  the  grave  with  the  proper  rites.  Nay, 
but  the  devouring  flame  even  consumed  tv.'O  large  and  beautiful  parish 
churches,  all  their  contents  being  burnt,  one  (being)  S.  Peter's  where  he 
(the  dead  man)  wTas  committed  to  the  earth,  the  other  St.  Andrew's. 
And  inasmuch  as  the  wind  had  increased  in  violence,  a  ball  of  fire 
crossed  the  adjacent  river,  and  reduced  to  ashes  two  villages  distant 
half-a-league.  These  facts  were  known  to  the  whole  country  and  to 
myself  also,  who  shortly  afterwards  beheld  the  traces  of  conflagration, 
and  was  instructed  very  fully  about  the  event  by  the  inhabitants. 


Mr.  Richard  Welford  has  kindly  sent  the  following  from  hi-; 
manuscript  collections  : — 

A    PATIENT    LOCAL    PRINTER. 

An  example  of  the  length  to  which  credit  might  be  carried  in  the 
latter  part  of  the  eighteenth  century,  is  supplied  by  the  following 
document.  The  debtor  was  Sir  Thomas  Clavering,  seventh  baronet  (who 
gave  his  name  to  Clavering  Place,  Newcastle),  elected  M.P.  for  Shaftes- 
bury  in  1754,  and  for  the  county  of  Durham  in  1768,  1774,  1780  and 
1784.  The  creditor  wjs  Thomas  Saint,  printer,  and  proprietor  of  the 
Newcastle  Courant.  Jos.  Elliot,  who  signs  the  document,  was  a  clerk 
in  the  office,  and  after  Mr.  Saint's  death  in  1788,  carried  on  the  business, 
in  conjunction  with  John  Hall,  under  the  name  of  Hall  and  Elliot. 

Sir  Thomas  Clavering,  bart.  To  Thos.  Saint,  Dr. 


1772,  Oct.    20. 

To  4  our  Memoranda  for  Cellar 

s.   d. 
12    0 

1788,  Sep.     9. 

To  Advts.  Address  to  the  Freeholders  of  the  \  9 
County  of  Durham  / 

8    0 

„        „       23. 

To  Do.  in  the  Chronicle  and  Journal  
To  Do  Address  of  Thanks 

16    0 

4    0 

To  Do  in  the  Chronicle  and  Journnl... 

8    0 

1782,  Jany.  5. 

To  10  years'  Courants  

604 

£884 

Decem.  14, 

1782.    Recd  the  above  Contents  for  Thos.  Saint. 

Jos.  Elliot. 


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PROCEEDINGS 

OF   THE 


SOCIETY    OF   ANTIQUARIES 


OF   NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. 


3    SER.,    VOL.    IV.  1909.  NO.    4 


The  ordinary  monthly  meeting  of  the  Society  was  held  in  the  library 
of  the  Castle,  on  Wednesday,  the  twenty-eighth  day  of  April,  1909, 
at  seven  o'clock  in  the  evening,  Mr.  R.  Oliver  Heslop,  M.A.,  one  of 
the  vice-presidents,  being  in  the  chair. 

Several  ACCOUNTS  were  examined  and  recommended  to  the  Society 
for  payment. 

ORDINARY    MEMBERS. 

The  following  were  proposed  and  declared  duly  elected  : — 

i.  Frederick  Thompson  Dickinson,  1  Ashbrooko  Crescent,  Sun- 
der land, 
ii.  Reuben  Hodgson,  49  Grey  Street,  Newcastle. 

NEW    BOOKS,    ETC. 

The  following  were  placed  on  the  table  : — 
Presents,  for  which  thanks  were  voted  : — 

From  Mr.  M.  J.  Paxton,  Gateshead  : — Post  Office  Annual  Directory 

for  1812. 
From    Mr.  W.    I.    Travers  : — The   Architectural    and    Topographical 

Record,  No.  4. 

From  R.  Blair  : — The  Antiquary  for  May,  1909. 
From  Mr.  W.  Boyd  : — A  second  copy  of  his  Plan  of  Newcastle-upon- 

Tyne  (see  p.  17),  full  bound  morocco. 

Exchanges : — 
From  the   Cambridge   Antiquarian   Society  : —  Quarto   Publications  : 

New  Series,  no.  11   (King's  Hostel,  Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  by 

W.  D.  Caroe,  M.A.) 
From     the    Cambrian     Archaeological     Association  : — Archaeologia 

Cambrensis,  ix,   2. 
From    the    Heidelberg    Historical    and    Philosophical    Society  : — 

Proceedings,  xvi,  i. 

From  the  Brussels  Archaeological  Society  : —  Annuaire,  xx. 
From  the  Royal  Numismatic  Society  : — The  Numismatic  Chronicle, 

No.  33. 
From  the  Suffolk  Institute  of  Archaeology  : — Proceedings,  xm,  2. 

Purchases  : — The  Reliquary  for  April,  1909  ;  Obergermanisch- Raetische 
Limes,  part  xxxi ;  Jahrbuch,  xxm,  and  Mittheilungen,  xxm,  of  the 
Imperial  German  Archaeological  Institute  ;  Notes  and  Queries, 
10th  series,  nos.  275-278J  The  Scottish  Historical  Review,  no.  23  j 

[Proc  3Ser.  iv,  6] 


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The  Banner  Jahrb ticker,  parts  xcvi  and  xcvn  (containing  article 
by  Hans  Dragendorff  on  Terra  sigillata] ;  37  manuscript  plans,  etc., 
of  ancient  earthworks,  etc.  (nos.  413-449),  by  the  Rev.  E.  A. 
Downman,  being  of  Balland's  Castle,  Burrington  Ham,  Dolebury, 
Fenny  Castle,  Bishops  Palace,  Wells,  King  Alfred's  Fort,  Worle 
Bury,  Emborough,  Bathealton  Castle  Hill,  Norton  Fitzwarren, 
Oldberry,  Road  Castle,  Staddon  Hill,  Bury  Castle,  Brompton  Regis, 
Down  End,  Puriton,  in  Somerset  ;  Sandwich,  Coldred,  Cooling 
Castle,  Dover  Castle,  Eltham  Palace,  Saltwood  Castle,  Shingleton, 
'  Sweyn's  Camp,'  Swanscombe,  and  Leybourne  Castle,  in  Kent, 
with  introduction,  index,  title,  and  4  blank  sheets,  completing  the 
county  ;  Vandlebury,  Burrough  Green  Chantry,  Belsars  Hill, 
Arbury,  Cambridge  Castle  and  Castle  Camps,  in  Cambridgeshire  ; 
The  Moat,  Enfield,  and  Sipson  Green,  in  Middlesex  ;  Egmantoii 
Mount,  Bothamsall  Castle  Hill,  Jordan  Castle,  Wellow,  and  Queen's 
Sconce,  Newark,  in  Nottinghamshire  ;  and  Castle  Donington  in 
Leicestershire. 

DONATIONS    TO    THE    MUSEUM. 

The  following  were  announced,  and  thanks  voted  to  the  donors  : — 
From  Mr.  R.  Welford,  M.A.,  V.P.  : — A  bronze  key,  4ins.  long,  pro- 
bably of  fifteenth  or  early  sixteenth  century  date,  and  six  late  English 
and   foreign   copper  coins  found  in   a   quarry  near   Alston  manor 
house. 

From  R.  Blair  : — (i.)  a  two-handled  jar,  or  small  amphora,  17ins.  high, 
of  Roman  date,  from  Egypt  ;  (ii.)  Two  scale  models,  each  12ins. 
high,  of  Pompey's  pillar  and  Cleopatra's  needle. 

COUNTRY    MEETINGS. 

The  recommendation  of  the  council  to  hold  the  following  country 
meetings  this  year,  in  addition  to  the  Roman  Wall  meeting,  was  agreed 
to  : — 

1.  At  Darlington,  for  North  Yorkshire,  including  Stanwick,  Kirkby 

Ravensworth,  etc. 

2.  At  Brinkburn  and  Rothbury. 

These  to  be  whole  day  excursions.  The  following  are  for  after- 
noons : — 

1.  Corstopitum. 

2.  Newburn,    Heddon-on-the-Wall,    and    if    possible,    Prudhoe    and 

Bywell. 

EXHIBITED  : — 

By  Mr.  John  Smith,  of  Canning  Terrace,  Benwell,  Newcastle  : — 
A  basket-hilted  sword,  in  sheath,  probably  of  last  half  of  eighteenth 
century  ;  in  very  fine  condition. 

By  Mr.  R.  Welford: — A  Turkish  pass  of  Mahmud  II  [1808-1839] 
enabling  a  ship  to  pass  through  the  Dardanelles  in  1816.  Prof. 
Margoliouth  has  favoured  Mr.  Welford  with  the  following  trans- 
lation : — 

Pass  through  the  Dardanelles  for  the  vessel  Ocean  (?),  captain  John  Pearson, 
laden  with  12,000  bushels  of  wheat,  purchased  at  Itussian  ports,  on  which,  if  its 
Russian  origin  he  made  out,  1,300  akchah  must  he  paid  as  safety  dues  [i.e.,  it. 
would  seem,  for  non-confiscation] ;  if  the  wheat  he  sold  in  Constantinople 
customs  will  he  taken  also.  Further,  the  vessel  is  liahle  to  lie  searched  for 
Ottoman  subjects,  who,  if  found,  must  he  inven  up.  The  vessel  must  not  other- 
wise he  unnecessarily  delayed,  nor  may  further  dues  he  exacted.  The  Pass  is 
made  out  at  the  request  of  the  English  ambassador  Bartholomew  Fro  re,  and  is 
addressed  to  the  chiefs  of  customs  at  Istamhul  and  IJoyhaz  Ilissar. 

AUK.  24,  1816  [A.M.  1231,  end  of  Ramadan]. 

Thanks  were  voted  for  these  exhibits. 


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STREET    NOMENCLATURE    OF    NEWCASTLE. 

The  chairman  read  the  following  interesting  paper  on  the  '  Street 
Nomenclature  on  Oliver's  plan  of  Newcastle  in  1830'  : — 

The  caprice  shown  in  naming  streets  and  roads  may  seem  at  first  sight 
to  afford  but  an  indifferent  subject  for  notice.  There  are,  however, 
several  shown  on  the  plan  of  1830,  most  of  them  still  retained 
as  street  names,  that  deserve  consideration.  The  first  in  the  category 
may  be  taken,  as  they  relate  to  the  site  and  physical  features  of  the 
town  itself.  The  burns  that  intersected  the  town  have  left  either  their 
names  or  the  deep  scored  deans  formed  in  their  course.  Skinner's 
burn  on  the  west  is  still  the  name  of  a  locality,  as  Ouseburn  remains 
on  the  east  of  the  town  ;  whilst  the  Lort-burn  is  lost  as  a  name,  and 
the  Erick  burn  is  remembered  only  by  Erick  Street,  built  along  its 
margin.  Dean  Street  was  formed  by  filling  up  the  gorge  of  the  Lort- 
burn  at  its  lower  extremity,  its  great  depth  indicated  by  the  statement 
of  Gray,  that  the  tidal  flow  once  reached  and  made  it  navigable  as  far 
as  the  Nether  Dean  Bridge  (now  Low  Bridge).  Pandon  dean  has  been 
entirely  filled  up,  from  its  source  above  Spital  Tongues,  and  the  upper 
stream  known  as  Bailiff-burn,  now  faced  by  Claremont  Place,  down  to 
its  lower  part  at  City  Road  :  Barras  Bridge  remains,  however,  to 
indicate  the  viaduct  that  crossed  it  in  its  upper  course,  and  New  Bridge 
at  its  centre  ;  whilst  the  Burn  Bank  on  the  Quayside  shows  its  direction 
at  its  confluence  with  the  river  Tyne.  Stockbridge,  where  the  inflow 
of  Erick  burn  added  its  waters,  was  the  head  of  its  once  navigable 
reach  from  the  Quay. 

Religious  foundations  are  commemorated  in  Croft  Street,  the  pre- 
cincts of  the  Austin  Friars,  and  in  Manors,  their  lands  appropriated  by 
the  Crown  at  the  dissolution.  In  Monk  Street,  Low  Friar  Street  and 
The  Friars,  the  locality  of  that  monastery  is  clearly  indicated,  as  that 
of  the  nunnery  of  St.  Bartholomew  is  marked  by  The  Nuns,  Nun's 
Gate  and  the  present  Nuns  Street.  High  Friar  Lane  and  High  Friar 
Street  are  all  that  remain  to  commemorate  the  house  of  the  Grey 
Friars,  unless,  as  has  been  conjectured  with  strong  probability,  Pilgrim 
Street  with  its  Pilgrims'  Inn  take  their  names  from  pilgrims  visiting  the 
relics  of  St.  Francis  in  the  church  of  the  monastery,  an  attraction 
much  more  likely  to  induce  a  throng  of  worshippers  than  the  traditional 
journey  said  to  have  been  that  for  visiting  the  chapel  of  Jesmond. 
Amen  Corner,  Rosemary  Lane,  and  The  Church  Walk  are  character- 
istic names  adjacent  respectively  to  the  churches  of  St.  Nicholas,  St. 
John  and  All  Saints.  The  possessions  of  Ancient  Hospitals  are  design- 
ated by  their  colloquial  abridgement  '  Spital.'  Hence,  Spital  Tongues, 
strips  or  tongues  of  land  once  the  property  of  the  hospital  ;  and  The 
Spital,  now  occupied  by  the  site  of  Neville  Street  and  the  Stephenson 
monument.  At  the  date  of  Oliver's  survey  the  locality  of  the  hospital 
of  St.  Mary  the  Virgin  was  marked  by  the  open  Spital  itself  and  by 
Spital  Orchard,  Spital  Place  and  Spital  Walls.  The  present  Orchard 
Street  and  the  sites  westward,  afterwards  occupied  by  the  gas  company, 
by  the  locomotive  works  of  Robert  Stephenson  and  Co.,  by  the 
foundry  of  Mr.  Burrell,  the  glass  works  of  Messrs.  Brown  and  as  far 
as  the  site  of  R.  &  W.  Hawthorn's  works,  were  all  parcel  of  the  hospital 
lands. 

The  saints  commemorated,  in  addition  to  those  of  the  parish  church 
dedications,  are  found  in  St.  James's  Street,  Place  and  Lane  (from  the 
hospital  of  St.  James) ;  St.  Martin's  Court ;  St.  Mary's  Street,  Sandgate ; 
St.  Paul's  Street,  Onseburn.  The  suburban  chapels  of  St.  Lawrence 
and  St.  Anthony  give  names  to  their  respective  localities.  St.  Peter's, 


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lying  between  these  two  places"is,  singularly  enough,  a  mere  imitative 
appellation.  It  was  originally  the  ballast  quay  acquired  by  Sir  Peter 
Riddell  and  called ,  in  consequence  'JSir  Peter's  Quay.'  As  it  lay 
between  the  places|called  by  saints'  names  it  gradually  underwent 
assimilation  in  popular  parlance  ;  leading  to  an  eventual  canonization 
unrecorded  in  the  Calendar,  for  Sir  Peter's  Quay  became  '  Saint  Peter's.' 
Names  relating  to  the  fortifications  of  the  town  will  be  seen  on  the 
plan  of  1830,  and  although  some  of  these  have  disappeared,  many 
yet  remain.  Of  the  former  are  the  following: — Bailey  Gate  (the 
street  leading  to  the  bailey  of  the  castle,  but,  like  its  congener  in 
Alnwick,  persistently  written  '  Bailiff  Gate  ')  ;  the  Postern  and 
Wall  Knoll ;  Bank  Side  was  the  walk  below  the  outer  wall  of  the  castle  ; 
Castle  Garth  is  the  area  once  enclosed  by  the  walls  of  the  castle  ; 
Castle  Stairs  yet  retain  the  name  of  the  outlet  through  its  south  postern, 
as  The  Blackgate  is  still  the  name  of  the  outwork  defending  its  main 
entrance.  The  town  walls  and  gates  are  indicated  by  the  numerous 
towers  and  bastions  along  the  line  of  defence,  of  which  West  Walls 
is  the  most  considerable  portion  now  extant.  Westgate  and  Newgate 
are  still  the  names  of  streets,  although  the  gates  themselves,  with 
Close  Gate,  Pandon  Gate,  and  Sand  Gate  have  all  gone.  Sallyport 
Gate  alone  remains  of  all  the  towers  over  thoroughfares.  It,  however, 
was,  as  its  name  implies,  more  in  character  and  use  as  a  postern.  '  Gate,' 
it  must  be  borne  in  mind,  has  two  meanings  ;  it  represents  in  fact  two 
separate  words  that  have  coalesced  in  modern  usage.  In  one  sense  a 
gate  is  an  opening  in  a  wall  for  entrance  or  exit  ;  in  another  it  is  a 
way,  road  or  path.  The  distinction  occurs  in  the  phrase  '  Sandgate 
Gate,'  where  the  road  or  way  is  discriminated  from  the  town  gate 
in  an  apparent  tautology.  Owing  to  the  inequalities  of  the  ground 
and  the  wide  circuit  taken  by  the  town  walls  the  Edwardian  military 
engineer  appears  to  have  supplemented  his  circumvallation  by  a  series 
of  redoubts.  The  re-entering  angles  of  the  line  in  the  defile  of  Pandon 
dean  and  at  the  vulnerable  point  near  Neville  tower  were  specially 
provided  in  this  way.  One  of  these  redoubts  is  designated  '  The 
Forth  att  Sandgate  '  ('  Forth  '  is  one  of  the  seventeenth  century 
spellings  of  Fort)  ;  another  was  the  fort  in  the  Shieldfield,  stormed 
and  taken  as  preliminary  to  the  siege  of  1644  ;  the  third  still  extant  at 
the  date  of  Oliver's  plan,  retained  its  seventeenth  century  spelling  and 
pronunciation,  Forth.  It  thus  became  a  source  of  perplexity  to 
etymologists  of  the  succeeding  century.  Bourne,  for  instance,  con- 
verts Forth  into  Frith,  a  sanctuary  in  a  wood,  and  proceeds  (p.  145) ': 
'  From  this  Definition  of  the  Word,  it  may  be  no  improbable  Conjecture 
that  the  Ancient  Saxons  inhabiting  about  the  Parts  of  the  Wall  where 
the  Town  now  is,  gave  the  name  of  Frith  to  this  Place,  as  it  was  perhaps 
endowed  with  gloomier  Shades  and  darker  Recesses,  the  awful  Excitors 
of  Heathen  Superstition,  than  other  Places  about  the  Town  were.' 
Flights  of  fancy,  like  this,  are  not  infrequent  in  eighteenth  century 
etymology.  In  this  instance,  if  the  analogy  of  '  The  Forth  att  Sand- 
gate '  (described  in  a  document  of  1731  as  'A  parcell  of  ground  lying 
in  the  Coney-close  and  West  Ballast  hills,  called  the  Old  Forth,'  and 
in  another,  and  earlier  entry,  dated  1653,  recording  '  Worke  att  Sand- 
gate  Fort  ')  were  insufficient,  the  military  provision  of  the  Postern 
Gate  on  the  west  and  the  Sallyport  on  the  east  indicate  the  presence 
of  defensive  outworks  at  each  of  these  points.  In  case  of  siege,  with 
the  great  main  gateways  closed  and  sealed  with  masonry,  forces  holding 
the  redoubts  might  be  received  through  Postern  and  Sallyport  in 
falling  back  upon  the  main  defence  or  be  relieved  by  sorties  made 
from  the  town  through  these  specially  designed  channels.  In  its 


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form  Forth  and  with  the  sound  'Forth,'  the  western  redoubt  gave  its 
nuino  tostho  fields  in  which  it  stood,  'on^an  erninencejiow  levelled.  It 
has  loft  its  name  to  our  own  day  in  Forth  Banks,  Forth  Street,  Forth 
Row,  Forth  Terrace",  Forth  Lane,  arid  Forth  House.  There  were  also 
Forth  Walls,  where  the  town  waif  fronted  the  fields  and  Forth  Grove 
an  avenue  from  Westgate,  by  Forth^Lane. 

A  medieval  name  survives  in  the^Barras  Bridge,  which  has  proved 
as  great  a  snare  to  etymologists  as  the  Forth  itself.  One  explanation 
gives  it  as  '  barrows  '  because  here  were  the  graves  (barrows)  of  lepers 
who  had  died  in  the  adjacent  hospital  of  St.  Mary  Magdalen.  The 
word,  however,  is  an  Old  French  military  term,  from  barre,  bar,  denoting 
a  bar  or  barrier  or  outwork  in  front  of  a  fortress.  It  is  defined  as 
antemurale,  that  which  is  built  without  the  wall,  and  it  has  the  various 
spellings  Barrace,  Barres,  Barrowis,  as  well  as  its  earlier  form  Barras. 
A  development  of  its  meaning  arose  as  it  became  '  the  enclosure  within 
which  knightly  encounters  took  place  :  the  lists.'  The  bridge,  which 
lias  preserved  to  us  this  interesting  name,  was  the  viaduct  just  beyond 
the  point  of  junction  of  the  two  great  roads  issuing  from  Pilgrim  Gate 
and  Newgate. 

Gallowgate,  the  gate,  or  highway,  leading  to  the  place  of  public 
execution,  was  the  road  turning  to  the  west  immediately  without 
Newgate.  The  gallows  stood  '  on  the  entrance  to  the  Town  Moor,  in 
ajplace  called  Gallows-Hole,'  says  Brand  (Newc.,  vol.  i,  422). 
i,  .  Quoting  the  same  writer,  we  find  '  The  street  proceeding  straight  on 
from  New-Gate  to  Barras-Bridge  is  called  Sid-Gate  (Sidegate),  by  the 
common  people  that  live  in  it,  and,  of  late  '  (he  wrote  in  1789),  *  by 
its  politer  inhabitants,  Percy-Street.'  And  this  introduces  to  us  the 
vernacular  names  forming  so  interesting  a  feature  in  street  nomenclature. 
Side,  in  provincial  English,  is  used  with  various  meanings.  As  an 
adjective  it  means  long,  as  in  the  phrase  '  a  side  coat.'  Side-gate 
(pronounced  Sidgate)  means  '  long  street.'  As  a  noun  the  word 
occurs  in  '  The  Side,'  the  long,  steep  road  winding  from  the  Sandhill 
to  '  The  Head  of  the  Side,'  its  summit  near  the  Black  Gate  of  the 
Castle. 

Bear,  is  the  original  English  name  for  barley,  especially  that  variety 
largely  cultivated  in  the  North,  with  either  four  or  six  rows  of  grain 
in  its  ear.  Bigg  indicates  the  four-rowed  kind  only.  The  Bear- 
market  and  latterly  the  Bigg-market,  in  Newcastle,  preserve  their 
distinctive  terms. 

Bottle,  in  Old  English  a  building,  habitation,  dwelling,  is  the  probable 
origin  of  Bottle  Bank  in  Gateshead,  the  early  thoroughfare  leading 
north  to  the  Tyne  bridge. 

Chare,  in  its  numerous  examples,  is  a  lane  turning  in  from  a  thorough- 
fare, and  is  probably  the  Old  English  word  Chare,  a  turn  at  odd  work, 
surviving  in  the  latter  sense  in  the  word  Charwoman. 

Cowgate,  is  the  path  taken  by  cows  in  going  and  coming  from  pasture 
in  the  examples  of  the  street  names  in  Gallowgate  and  Pandon.  In 
the  latter  instance  the  place  is  now  so  far  from  green  fields  that  its 
former  proximity  to  the  Carliol  Croft  and  to  the  fields  lying  just  without 
Pandon  gate  needs  to  be  recalled. 

Darn  Crook,  preserves  a  phrase  of  doubtful  origin.  The  street 
so-named,  in  1735  spelt  Darcling  Crook,  was  at  one  time  closed  by 
the  Town  Wall.  When  this  was  broken  through,  the  street  was  con- 
tinued to  Gallowgate.  Along  it  flowed  a  sike  which  crossed  Newgate 
Street  and  thence  past  the  Chancellor's  Head  Inn.  It  now  flows 
beneath  the  Green  Markets  and  Butcher  Markets,  and  it  once  passed 
under  the  present  Market  Street,  joining  as  tributary  the  Lort-burn, 


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flowing  down  Grey  Street  and  Dean  Street.  From  the  early  character 
of  Darn  Crook  it  would  not  be  unreasonable  to  conjecture  in  the  phrase 
the  Old  English  word  darn,  or  dern,  meaning  dark,  secret,  obscure ; 
and  Crook,  meaning  a  space  or  piece  of  ground  of  a  crooked  shape  ; 
an  odd  corner,  as  '  nooks  and  crooks  '  are  familiarly  coupled. 

Dog  Bank. — This  name  may  be  from  the  quadruped  ;  Dog  Close, 
an  old  place  name,  may  also,  like  Coney  Close,  refer  to  animals. 

Dog  Loup  Stairs  (from  the  Side,  near  the  foot  of  Dean  Street,  to  the 
east  Postern  gate  of  the  Castle)  preserve  the  curious  phrase  dog-leap, 
which  was  applied  to  the  narrow  space  allowed  for  eaves-droppings 
between  two  houses.  Such  a  space  admitted  only  one  passenger  at 
a  time,  and  was  facetiously  called  a  '  dog- leap  '  as  being  wide  enough 
only  for  a  dog's  leap. 

Fenkle  Street.  Many  old  towns  possess  a  street  of  this  name.  JFenlde 
is  a  bend,  angle,  corner  of  a  street  or  river.  In  the  last  meaning  it  is 
probably  identical  with  Finchale  on  the  river  Wear,  a  bend  or  corner  in 
the  stream  on  the  site  of  which  Finchale  priory  was  founded. 

Groat  Market  :  called  in  1743  '  The  ancient  and  accustomed  markett- 
place  appointed  for  the  sale  of  meal  and  groats.'  Groats  were  oats, 
chiefly,  and  other  grain  hulled  or  made  partly  ready  for  cooking. 

Javel  Group,  is  a  lane  leading  to  the  landing  place  in  the  Close 
opposite  to  the  Long  Stairs.  Group,  grip,  is  a  trench,  drain,  or  opeu 
channel  for  water.  '  This  place  is  called  the  Gavell-grype  in  1505, 
Javil-grippe  about  1540,  Jayle-groupe  in  1590,  and  more  recently 
Javell,  Gable,  and  Gavell  grip  or  group,'  says  Mr.  Longstaffe.  The 
'  Gavell  '  identifies  the  first  word  with  the  gaol,  jail,  or  county  prison 
of  the  king  in  the  High  Castle  immediately  above  this  place,  and  the 
'  group  '  was  the  channel  which  may  have  carried  off  the  overflow 
from  the  moat,  or  the  stream  once  crossed  by  a  bridge  in  Bailey  Gate 
not  far  from  the  head  of  the  Long  Stairs. 

Leazes. — The  Old  English  word  means  pastures.  '  He  shall  go  in 
and  shall  go  out  and  shall  find  leazes  (lesewis),'  is  Wyclif's  rendering 
of  John  x,  9.  The  leazes  at  Newcastle  answered  to  what  are  known 
as  Lammas  Lands,  or  grazing  lands,  divided  into  freeholds  marked 
by  selions  or  rigs.  They  were  '  hained  '  i.e.,  enclosed  or  fenced  against 
cattle,  from  Lady  Day  to  Lammas,  for  the  purpose  of  securing  the  hay 
crop.  They  were,  after  Lammas,  allowed  to  be  used  for  common  pasture. 
Bourne's  description  may  be  cited  :  '  This  Place  was  formerly  the 
Inheritance  of  divers  Persons,  Owners  thereof,  who  were  accustomed 
from  Ancient  Time,  to  take  the  fore  Crop  thereof  yearly,  at  or  before 
Lammas-Day,  and  after  that,  by  Ancient  Custom,  all  the  Burgesses 
of  this  Town  used  to  put  in  their  Kine,  and  used  the  same  in  pasturing 
of  them  'till  Lady-Day  in  Lent  yearly,  and  then  to  lay  the  same  for 
Meadow  again  'till  Lammas.'  In  the  town  fields  the  pastures  thus  set 
apart  are  usually  designated  by  a  prefix,  as  in  the  cases  of  Waddow 
Leazes  at  Corbridge,  Shaftoe  Leazes  at  Hexham,  and  Castle  Leazes, 
their  ancient  name,  at  Newcastle. 

Pudding  Chare. — -The  same  street  name  was  once  known  in  Hexham, 
arid  probably  for  the  same  reason  as  it  namesake  in  Newcastle.  The 
street,  before  the  formation  of  Collingwood  Street,  was  the  great 
intestine  that  connected  the  Market  places  (Bigg  Market,  Groat  Market, 
Flesh  Market,  Cloth  Market,  etc. )  with  the  Westgate.  To  our  ancestors 
it  appeared  no  vulgarity  to  associate  the  viscera  with  a  street  name 
where  an  apt  comparison  suggested  the  term. 

Painter  Heugh. — This  name,  now  restricted  to  the  street  leading 
from  Lower  Pilgrim  Street  to  the  foot  of  Dean  Street,  has  its  congener 
in  the  Painter  Heugh,  or  Hill,  at  Alnwick.  The  name  at  Newcastle 


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may  once  have  extended  to  denote  the  shoulder  of  the  hill  crested  by 
All  Hallows  church.  There  are  records  of  gardens  and  mansions 
and  of  a  windmill  on  the  '  Paynter  Hughe,'  and  the  name  occurs  as 
early  as  1373.  Its  popular  etymology,  referring  it  to  the  navigable 
stream  below,  and  to  the  quays  where  vessels  were  moored  by  their 
'  painters,'  is  sufficiently  unsatisfactory.  It  could  not  possibly  apply 
to  the  identical  name  at  A  In  wick.  Whatever  the  etymology  of  Painter 
(pronounced  penter),  the  English  word  heugh,  a  precipitous  or  hanging 
descent,  a  craggy  or  rugged  steep,  etc..  correctly  describes  the  nature 
of  this  hillside. 

Stockbridge. — The  name  is  a  reminder  of  the  former  importance  of 
the  vill  of  Pandon,  once  the  residence  of  the  kings  of  Northumberland. 
Pandon-burn,  navigable  for  small  craft  as  far  as  its  main  street,  or 
Fisher's  Row,  appears  to  have  been  crossed  by  a  stone  bridge  near  its 
confluence  with  the  Tyne,  and  higher  up  by  one  of  more  temporary 
material,  and  called  distinctively  the  wood,  or  stock,  bridge. 

Stoney  Hill,  in  Broad  Chare,  is  the  open  square  where  gigs  stood 
for  hire  by  shipmasters  and  others  travelling  to  Shields.  The  stoneys, 
or  galloways,  in  these  conveyances  are  said  to  give  rise  to  the  name. 

The  Swirle. — This  was  the  name  of  the  Lort-burn  in  a  part  of  its 
course  near  where  Eldon  Square  now  stands  ;  also  of  an  inlet  and 
watering  place  formerly  on  the  Quayside  at  the  west  end  of  the  New- 
castle Grain  and  General  Warehouse  Co.'s  premises.  A  swirl,  is  a 
twist  or  curl,  and  so  applied  is  used  to  denote  the  twist  in  a  grain  of 
wood,  or  in  the  bedding  of  sandstone  as  well  as  in  the  course  of  a  stream 
or  in  its  eddy  or  whirlpool. 

Tuthill  Stairs, — The  first  word  in  this  phrase  furnishes  another 
example  in  which  popular  etymology  has  run  riot.  Here,  it  was  said, 
was  the  hill  so  called  from  the  custom  of  tooting  a  horn.  But  a  toot- 
hill  was  originally  a  look-out  hill,  an  elevation  on  which  an  outlook 
against  an  invader  was  kept.  Later,  the  old-fashioned  formal  gardens 
were  often  provided  with  an  artificial  mound  commanding  a  prospect 
and  known  as  a  tout-hill.  Many  hills  still  retain  the  name  here  and 
elsewhere  and  remains  of  ancient  camps  are  often  found  near  them. 

Some  streets  retain  the  names  first  bestowed  to  indicate  their  com- 
pletion, although  at  this  late  date  they  have  become  anachronisms ; 
thus  :  The  Newr  Road  was  formed  in  1776.  Cut  Bank  is  a  deep  cutting 
made  to  ease  the  gradient  at  its  eastern  extremity.  New  Egypt 
near  its  centre  marks  the  site  of  large  temporary  granaries  erected  in 
1796  for  the  storage  of  imported  corn.  The  lofty  and  picturesque 
stone  bridge  across  Pandon  Dean  was  built  in  1812,  and  New  Bridge 
Street  still  records  the  fact  of  its  novelty.  New  Pandon  Street  on 
Oliver's  map  now  lies  buried  many  fathoms  below  the  modern  street, 
but  up  to  the  time  of  the  formation  of  City  Road  in  1881,  it  retained 
the  name  by  which  the  new  suburb  without  the  Wall  at  Pandon  Gate 
was  first  called  at  the  beginning  of  the  nineteenth  century. 

The  Folly. — Such  was  the  name  by  which  a  huge  gazebo,  or  sham 
ruin,  on  Byker  Hill,  was  known  It  was  also  the  term  applied  to  the 
ill-starred  enterprize  for  supplying  the  town  with  water  pumped  from 
the  Tyne,  when  Mr.  Cuthbert  Dykes,  in  1680,  'erected  a  water  engine 
without  Sandgate.'  The  Folly  and  Folly  Wharf  on  the  Quay  com- 
memorate the  locality  of,  and  the  popular  verdict  upon,  this  early 
indiscretion. 

Loyalty  to  the  reigning  house  is  commemorated  in  such  street  names 
as  Hanover  Square,  Brunswick  Place,  Charlotte  Square,  and  Victoria 
Place. 

For  the  rest,  personal  names  given  to  streets  form  a  large  category, 


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in  which  are  included  those  of  Anderson,  Blackett,  Brandling,  Clavering, 
Clayton,  Collingwood,  Denton.  Eldon,  Ellison,  Lovaine,  Mosley, 
Ridley,  Saville,  Stowell,  and  Thornton,  etc.  Such  a  name  as  Trafalgar 
is  one  of  the  rare  instances  of  a  historical  association  being  connected 
with  our  thoroughfares  ;  whilst  Quality  Row  and  Break  Neck-stairs 
may  perhaps  be  viewed  as  equally  rare  concessions  to  the  humour  of 
the  appellations 

Newcastle  people  up  to  1830,  if  their  street  names  may  be  taken  as 
an  interpretation  of  character,  were  conservative  of  the  old  order  ; 
unwilling  to  admit  within  their  bounds  any  alien  name  :  intensely 
practical  in  their  nomenclature,  and  without  any  desire  to  indulge  in 
flights  of  fancy.  And  thus  it  is  that  wre  have  Long  Stairs,  and  Broad 
Chare,  and  Cross  Street,  and  Back  Row,  and  all  the  rest  ;  prosaic  to 
the  baldest  matter-of-fact  in  their  commonplace. 

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL   REFERENCES. 

Gray,  Chorographia,  1648. 

Bourne,  Hist,  of  Newcastle,  1736. 

Brand,  Hist,  of  Newcastle,  1789. 

An  Impartial  Hist,  of  Newcastle,  1801. 

Rev.  J.  Hodgson,  A  Picture  of  Newcastle,  1812. 

Parson  and  White,  Hist.  Directory  and  Gazetteer  of  Newcastle,  1827. 

T.  Oliver,  Guide  to  Newcastle,  c.  1830. 

Mackenzie,  Hist,  of  Newcastle,  1827. 

Richardson's  Descriptive  Companion  through  Newcastle  and  Gateshead,  1838. 

R.  Welford,  Newcastle  and  Gateshead  in  Seventeenth  Century,  1884. 

G.  B.  Richardson,  Municipal  Accounts  of  Ncivcastle,  with  Notes. 

R.  J:  Charleton,  Newcastle  Town,  1885. 

Boyle  and  Knowles,  Vestiges  of  Old  Newcastle  and  Gateshead,  1890. 

Monthly  Chronicle.  'Streets  of  Newcastle,'  1888,  1889. 

J.  Hodgson  Hinde,  'Site  and  Extension  of  Newcastle,'  Archaeologia  Aeliana. 

Ill,  53. 

Archaeologia  Aeliana,  passim. 

R.  Welford,  Newcastle  100  ];ears  ago,  Lit.  &  Phil.  Lectures. 
Tonilinson,  Guide  to  Northumberland. 
Reid's  Guide  to  Newcastle. 
Bruce,  Handbook  to  Newcastle. 

PLANS,  ETC. 

Speed,  Plan  attached  to  Map  of  Northumberland,  1610. 
Corbridae,  Plan  of  Newcastle,  1735. 
Bucks'  View  of  Newcastle,  1745. 
Brand's  Plan  of  Newcastle,  1788. 
Oliver's  Plan  of  Newcastle,  1830. 

S  Thanks  were  voted  to  Mr.  Heslop  by  acclamation  on  the  motion 
of  Mr.  Knowles. 


CORRECTIONS. 

Page  14,  lines  8,  for  '  Ligonia'  read  '  Ligonier ' ;  10,  for  '  Ratteneen  '  read  '  BallenKen  ' ; 

and  12,  for  'Gotup'  read  '  Gotap.' 
Page  29,  lines  7  and  9  from  bottom,  for  *  Hartlepool '  read  '  Hartford.' 


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PROCEEDINGS 

OF    THE 

SOCIETY    OF   ANTIQUARIES 

OF    NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. 
3    SER.,    VOL.    IV.  1909.  NO.    5 


The  ordinary  meeting  of  the  Society  was  held  in  the  library  at  the 
Castle,  on  Wednesday,  the  twenty-sixth  day  of  May,  one  thousand 
nine  hundred  and  nine,  at  seven  o'clock  in  the  evening,  Mr.  F.  W. 
Dendy,  a  vice-president,  being  in  the  chair. 

Several  ACCOUNTS,  recommended  by  the  council  for  payment,  were 
ordered  to  be  paid. 

The  following  ORDINARY  MEMBER  was  proposed  and  declared  duly 
elected  : — 

Gilbert  H.  Richardson,  The  Gables,  Elswick  Road,  Newcastle. 
The  following  NEW  BOOKS  were  placed  on  the  table  : — 

Presents,  for  which  thanks  were  voted  : — 

From  Dr.  Harte  Gourley  : — (i)  Sceptis  Scientifica  or  the  Variety  of 
Dogmatizing,  1664,  sm.  4to.  ;  (ii)  The  Armorial  Bearings  of  the 
Incorporated  Companies  of  Newcastle-upon-  Tyne  ;  (iii)  A  handbill 
signed  C.  E.  Trevelyan,  J.P.,  dated  from  Tyneholm,  East  Lothian, 
entitled  'Manners,  Morals,'  etc.,  dealing  with  Capital  Punishment, 
etc. 

From  R.  Blair  : — The  Antiquary  for  June,  1909. 
Exchanges : — 

From  the  Royal  Society  of  Antiquaries  of  Ireland  : — (i)  General 
Index  to  Second  Series  of  their  Proceedings,  vols.  1  to  20  ;  (ii) 
Proceedings,  xxii,  no.  1  ;  and  (iii)  Journal,  xxxix,  i. 

From  the  Royal  Irish  Academy  : — Proceedings,  xxvn,  sec.  C,  no.  13. 

From  the  Brussels  Archaeological  Society  : —  Annales,  xxii,  iii  and  iv. 

Purchases  : — Notes  and   Queries,  tenth  series,  nos.  279-282. 

The  council  recommended  that  as  usual  there  be  no  meeting  of  the 
Society  on  the  last  Wednesday  in  June.  This  recommendation  was 
confirmed. 

^DONATIONS    TO    THE    MUSEUM. 

Thanks  were  voted  for  the  following  : — 

From  Mr.  T.  Maltby  Clague  : — 16  lantern  slides  of  local  views,  14 
of  them  from  drawings  by  T.  M.  Richardson  and  one  (Newgate 
from  N.)  by  M.  A.  Richardson,  they  consist  of  : — Newgate  from  N. ; 
Newgate,  1823;  Vaults,  St.  Thomas's  Chapel;  Black  Gate;  High 
Level ;  No.  Side  of  Pilgrim  Gate ;  Austin  Tower ;  So.  Postern  at 
Castle  Stairs ;  Castle  Garth  ;  St.  Mary's  porch,  St.  Nicholas's  church  ; 

[  Proc.  3  Set,  iv,  7 


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Whitefriar  Tower ;  Newgate  (outer  view  W.  moat) ,  Nether  Dean 
Bridge;  Old  Tyne  Bridge;  Pandon  Gate;  and  Magazine  Gate,  Old 
Tyne  Bridge. 

From  Mr.  W.  Parker  Brewis  : — A  cylindrical  wooden  box,  containing 
a  number  of  friction  matches,  made  by  John  Walker  of  Stockton, 
the  inventor  of  the  lucifer  match.  A  correspondent  of  Notes  and 
Queries,  writes  (10  ser.,  xi,  427),  'The  1st  of  May  was  the  fiftieth 
anniversary  of  the  death  of  John  Walker,  the  inventor  of  the  lucifer 
match.  It  was  while  he  was  in  business  as  a  chemist  at  Stockton- 
on-Tees  that  he  discovered,  more  or  less  accidentally,  that  sulphide 
of  antimony  and  chlorate  of  potash  formed  a  mixture  which  ignited 
under  friction.  This  was  in  1825,  and  a  correspondent  of  N.  &  Q. 
remembers  buying  a  box  of  fifty  matches  from  him  for  one  shilling 
and  fourpence  in  1826.  They  were  known  as  'friction  lights,'  and 
a  box  of  them,  containing  a  folded  piece  of  sandpaper  for  the  pur- 
pose of  ignition,  is  still  in  existence.  Walker  did  not  think  his 
invention  important  enough  to  patent  it.  In  1832  Isaac  Holden, 
who  had  also  discovered  the  lucifer  match  several  years  after 
Walker,  drew  public  attention  it,  and  the  manufacture  of  lucifer 
matches  was  commercially  begun  in  1832  and  1833.  Several  years 
since  it  was  proposed  to  erect  a  memorial  to  John  Walker  in  the 
town  of  his  birth.'  This  proposal  has  never  been  carried  out.1 

EXHIBITED  : — 

By  Mr.   R.   C.   Clephan,   F.S.A.,  a  vice-president  : — Five  rare   and 
beautiful  ancient  Egyptian  glass  bottles,  recently  acquired,  also  a 
large  number  of  carnelian,  glass,  etc.,  beads  of  the  same  period, 
etc.,  from  his  collection  of  ancient  glass. 
Mr.  Clephan  read  the  following  notes  : — 

That  the  Egyptians  of  pre-historic  times  were,  in  all  probability, 
acquainted  with  the  principle  of  glass-making,  is  shown  by  the  finding 
at  Abydos,  of  part  of  a  large  globular  vase,  of  vitreous  green  glaze,  of 
the  age  of  Menes,  the  first  king  of  the  so-called  first  dynasty,  who 
reigned  over  United  Egypt,  about  5500  B.C.3  ;  and  the  name  of  this 
king  is  inscribed  on  the  vase  in  purple  glaze,  polychromic  glazing  in 
fact !  a  process  taken  back  thousands  of  years  before  the  time  it 
had  been  previously  known  to  exist ;  and  one  involving  a  longer  or 
shorter  tentative  period,  for  such  fine  work  was  not  evolved  and 
reached  in  a  day.  Another  very  early  instance  may  be  observed  in 
the  mural  decoration  of  green-glazed  tiles,  inlaid  in  stucco  ;  and 
door-posts  partly  composed  of  green-glazed  bricks,  both  present  in 
the  step-pyramid  of  Sakkara,  a  structure  of  six  steps  or  sections, 
nearly  200  feet  high,  built  by  Neter-khet,  the  second  king  of  the  third 
dynasty,  say  about  six  thousand  nine  hundred  years  ago  ;  calculated 
on  the  same  chronological  system  as  above. 

The  sepulchres  of  Egypt  furnish  pictures  of  what  looks  like  glass- 
blowing  ;  one,  of  the  Middle ;  the  other,  of  the  New  Empire.  In  the 
earlier  example,  two  men  are  seen  sitting  by  a  fire,  blowing  into  tubes, 
with  balls  at  the  ends.  In  the  later  fresco,  two  men  are  blowing 
through  tubes  into  a  j  ug,  whilst  a  third  has  a  ball  at  the  end  of  his  tube. 
It  is  thought  by  some,  however,  that  these  artizans  are  not  glass-blowers, 

i  The  editor  gives  Notes  and  Queries,  10  ser.,  vn,  269,  329,348,  351,  377,  396,  397, 
413,  451,  for  references  to  notes  on  sulphur  matches,  '  Oonfffevea,'  and  flint  and  steel. 
See  also  these  Proceedings,  3  ser.  in,  p.  329 

~  This,  the  latest  chronological  computation,  that  of  Dr.  Petrie's,  is  based  partly 
on  comparatively  recent  discoveries;  and  confirmed  by  certain  rUdnggof  Sothis  (Sirius). 
A  Hot  hie  Period  is  the  length  of  time  which  must  elapse  between  two  risings  of 
Sothis,  heliacally,  that  is  to  say,  when  it  rose  with  the  sun. 


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but  goldsmiths,  using  blow-pipes  ;  and  that  no  glass-blowing  is  known 
to  have  existed  before  Roman  times.  However  this  may  be,  glass 
bottles  of  an  early  period  in  the  history  of  Ancient  Egypt  have  been 
found  in  the  country  of  which  this  little  lachrymatory  or  tear-bottle 
affords  an  example,  and  it  has  every  appearance  of  having  been 
blown.  It  is  of  early  Middle  Empire  date,  or  perhaps  goes  back 
to  the  Ancient  Empire.  The  oldest  glass  in  the  British  museum 
dates  from  the  eleventh  dynasty,  say,  B.C.  3500  ;  but  it  is  certain  that 
glass-making,  if  not  glass-blowing,  went  on  in  the  Ancient  Empire. 
Early  glass  bottles  were  probably  made  with  the  aid  of  a  metal  rod, 
the  width  of  the  bottle  neck  ;  but  how  the  globular  portion  of  such 
vessels  were  fashioned,  if  not  blown,  is  a  matter  of  conjecture. 
Remains  of  ancient  glass-works  have  been  found  in  the  Delta  as 
well  as  in  Upper  Egypt  ;  and  there  was  a  large  output  of  glass  in  the 
first  and  second  centuries  of  our  era  ;  and,  indeed  probably  much 
earlier  also.  The  emperor  Augustus  decreed  that  glass  should  form 
part  of  the  Egyptian  tribute  to  Rome  ;  from  which  centre  it  was  in 
part  distributed  over  the  Roman  world  ;  and  some  of  the  specimens 
that  have  been  found  in  Asia-Minor,  Gaul,  and  even  Britain  may  be 
of  Egyptian  origin.  The  other  items  of  the  tribute  were  linen  and 
wheat.  Traces  of  ancient  glassworks  have  also  been  observed  in  Gaul, 
and  examples  in  my  collection  from  Aries  and  Trier  are  of  good 
technique  and  excellent  quality  ;  the  make  being  that  of  the  second 
to  the  fourth  and  fifth  centuries  A.D.  ;  the  earlier  examples  being  the 
best,  and  the  later  the  worst. 

The  five  beautiful  glass  vessels  on  the  table,  dating,  say,  eighteen 
hundred  years  earlier  than  those  just  alluded  to,  were  found  in  the 
Delta,  in  February  last  ;  and  they  are  very  rare.  I  had  to  leave 
Egypt  the  day  after  I  had  acquired  them,  so  was  unable  to  ascertain 
the  exact  circumstance  of  the  find ;  but  I  am  making  enquiries. 
The  following  abstract  from  the  catalogue  of  my  collection,  an  early 
though  now  incomplete  copy  of  which  is  in  the  library  here,  thus 
describes  them  : — 

'  A.  No.  766. — Beautiful  opaque  (chestet),  variegated  alabastron- 
formed  glass  bottle  or  vase,  for  holding  precious  ointments,  per- 
fumes and  cosmetics  of  various  kinds.  Generally  used  at  the 
toilet,  though  sometimes  for  funereal  purposes.  The  ground 
colour  is  the  lovely  turquoise-shade  of  blue,  so  greatly  prevailing 
during  the  eighteenth  and  nineteenth  dynasties.  A  third  of  the 
body,  from  the  neck  downwards,  is  a  dark  yellow,  with  five  circles 
left  in  the  ground  colour,  running  round  the  vessel.  Another  third 
of  the  length  is  enriched  with  a  series  of  zig-zags  in  yellow,  dark 
and  light  blues,  bounded  on  the  lower  sides  by  embossed  circles,  in 
yellow  and  light  blue.  Thence  to  the  base  is  the  rich  ground 
colour.  H.  3 g  inches. 

'A.  No.  767. —  Alabastron-iormod,  though  more  slender,  and  the 
handles  elementary.  The  ground,  same  shade  of  blue,  over  which 
is  a  design  of  inlaid  zig-zags,  in  colours  light  blue  and  yellow, 
representing  palm-branches,  covering  three-fourths  of  the  body 
of  the  vessel  ;  while  towards  the  base  are  circles  of  a  grey  colour, 


approaching  white.     H.  4  j  inches. 
'  A.  No.  768. — Is  ovoid  in  form,  wi 


without  handles.  The  ground  colour, 
a  deep  blue,  the  neck  enriched  with  an  embossed  scroll  in  yellow  ; 
while  the  body  of  the  vessel  is  ornamented  with  an  embossment  of 
palm  leaves,  vertically  disposed,  the  leaves  articulated  in  inlaid 
colours  of  blue,  white  and  yellow  ;  the  design  so  arranged  as  to 
read  upwards  or  downwards,  H.  5|  inches. 


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'  A.  No.  769. — Ovoid  form,  with  incipient  handles.  The  ground-colour 
a  dark  blue,  now  iridescent  ;  the  enrichment  similar  in  character 
to  that  of  No.  768,  though  the  stems  and  leaves  of  the  palm- 
branches  are  cut  into  the  ground  ;  the  leaves  at  the  base  are 
articulated  in  yellow.  H.  4|  inches. 

'  A,  No.  770. —  Alabastron-iormed,  the  material  of  the  bottle  approach- 
ing porcelain  ;  white  ground,  enriched  with  zig-zags  and  circles 
in  brown.  H.  3|  inches. 

These  bottles  are  coloured  with  metallic  oxides.  It  will  be  noticed 
that  one  of  them  (No.  769)  is  iridescent.  The  iridescence  producing  the 
lovely  hues  often  observable  on  ancient  glass,  and  more  particularly 
that  light  in  colour,  is  probably  due  to  the  absorption  of  alkali  in  the 
glass,  by  the  prolonged  action  of  damp  or  heat,  the  former  more  par- 
ticularly ;  causing  a  projection  or  exudation  to  the  surface  of  minute 
particles  of  insoluble  silica,  which  catch  the  light  and  break  it  up  into 
its  component  prismatic  colours.  Here,  in  this  piece  of  Ptolemaic  glass, 
you  have  a  good  example  of  iridescence.  Ancient  glass  is  very  hard, 
and  would  easily  scratch  any  of  modern  make.  Such  vessels,  as  the 
five  before  you,  were  in  use  in  Egypt  as  early  as  the  eighteenth 
dynasty,  a  period  of  marked  renascence  ;  and  they  well  illustrate  the 
pitch  of  perfection  attained  in  glass-making,  as  early  as  B.C.  1500. 
There  are  a  few  examples  of  similar  bottles  in  the  British  museum,  in 
the  third  Egyptian  room  (Table-case  H.),  and  among  them  specially 
notable  are,  an  opaque  turquoise-blue  glass  vase  or  jar,  of  the  reign  of 
Tahutmes  in  ;  a  variegated  bowl  from  the  tomb  of  Amen-hotep  n  ; 
and  in  one  of  the  wall-cases  is  an  opaque-glass  stibium-pot,  of  great 
beauty,  with  a  gold  rim.  Many  bottles  were  used  for  stibium  or  kohl, 
western  or  stem,  which  is  a  sulj.huret  of  antimony  or  bismuth  ;  em- 
ployed to  impart  brilliancy  to  the  eyelids  and  eyelashes,  as  well  as, 
probably,  to  keep  off  the  flies,  one  of  the  great  plagues  of  Egyptian 
life  in  every  age  ;  and  it  was  a  toilet  requisite  of  both  sexes.  The 
best  quality  of  stibium  mesd'emt,  was  very  costly.  Other  bottles 
contained  unguents  and  perfumes.  The  composition  of  Egyptian  glass 
differs  materially,  according  to  the  use  for  which  it  is  intended.  It 
generally  contains  silicates  of  potash,  soda,  lime,  baryta,  magnesia, 
alumina  and  lead,  coloured  by  metallic  oxides. 

When  strolling  through  the  Greek  rooms  in  the  British  museum,  the 
other  day,  I  chanced  to  see,  in  one  of  the  table-cases,  several  of.  these 
remarkable  bottles  or  vases,  which  bear  a  striking  resemblance  to  those 
on  exhibition  here  this  evening;  being,  in  fact,  practically  identical 
with  them  in  form,  enrichment,  colour,  and  technique.  They  wore 
found  at  Cameiros,  in  Rhodes,  a  town  totally  destroyed  in  B.C.  408  ; 
and  they  are  dated  by  the  museum  experts  in  the  seventh  or  sixth 
century  B.C.  It  is  in  every  way  probable  that  the  bottles,  found  at 
Cameiros,  are  not  of  Greek  make  at  all,  but  are  really  of  Egyptian 
origin  ;  and  of  a  much  earlier  provenance  than  that  fixed  upon  by  the 
mueum  authorities,  and  that  they  reached  Rhodes  through  the  inter- 
mediation of  the  Phoenicians,  for,  Greek  art  in  the  seventh  and  sixth 
centuries  B.C.  was  still  in  its  archaic  stage,  and  gave  then  but  a  faint 
promise  of  the  rich  maturity  of  genius  to  which  it  attained  some  two 
centuries  later,  when  the  work  became  unique  in  beauty,  symmetry 
and  delicacy  of  outline.  Greek  art,  though  essentially  European  in 
character,  owes  much  to  Egyptian  influence  and  initiative,  and  not 
art  alone  but  the  mythology  of  the  country  as  well,  for  almost  all 
the  leading  Greek  deities  or  principles,  have  their  prototypes  on  the 
immense  roll  of  Egyptian  divinities,  of  which  some  2200  names  have 
been  found,  though  in  more  concrete,  simple,  and  humanized  forms. 


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Besides  being  carriers  the  Phoenicians  copied  the  Egyptians  in 
glass-making  and  many  other  things  ;  but  their  work  is  tolerably 
obvious,  being  greatly  lacking  in  originality,  freedom  of  treatment,  and 
finish. 

I  got  two  or  three  necklaces  of  beads  from  the  mound  of  Gezeh,  an 
ancient  frontier  town  in  Palestine,  which  are  clearly  of  Egyptian 
manufacture  ;  as  evidenced,  indeed,  not  only  by  their  fine  quality,  but 
by  the  amulets  found  with  them.  They  are  a  singularly  beautiful  lot, 
exhibiting  all  the  leading  varieties  of  beads,  both  in  form  and  colour  - 
carnelian,  examples  with  prismatic  colours,  and  imitations  in  paste,  of 
several  kinds  of  precious  stones.  The  exquisite  harmony  of  arrangement 
exhibited  in  Egyptian  necklaces,  as  originally  strung,  is  very  striking ; 
but  it  is  extremely  rare  to  find  any,  the  original  strings  of  which  have 
not  rotted  away  ;  and  no  one  now-a-days  can  restring  the  beads  with 
the  same  taste.  The  ancient  Egyptians  were  imbued  with  an  intense 
love  of  ornamentation,  combined  with  symbolism  and  imagery ;  which 
found  expression,  at  a  very  early  period  of  their  history,  in  a  great 
variety  of  objets  d'art,  and  among  these  the  bead  necklace  and  collar 
figured  largely.  They  gave  to  the  wearer  strength  and  power  to  the 
breast,  heart,  and  lungs,  and  symbolized  the  dominion  over  all  Egypt. 
The  use  of  beads  goes  far  back  into  pre-historic  times.  The  less 
costly  varieties  are  greatly  pastes  or  other  material  glazed  in  different 
shades ;  others  were  enamelled  or  painted  in  rich  colours,  which  were 
mainly  derived  from  metallic  oxides.  The  vitreous  fluxes  used  are 
remarkable  for  their  sweet  shades  of  colour,  rich  cerulean  and  lapis- 
lazuli  blues,  as  well  as  malachite  greens,  having  been  caught  to  a 
nicety.  Glass  beads  were  made  by  winding  threads  of  molten  glass 
around  a  wire,  which,  when  withdrawn,  left  a  hole  for  stringing.  A 
not  uncommon  and  lovely  bead  is  coated  over  with  a  parti  coloured 
flux,  sometimes  flashed  with  blue  or  green,  into  which  small  bits  of 
quartz,  crystal  or  glass  are  strewn,  giving  out  opal  tints.  All  these 
varieties  you  will  find  represented  on  the  cards  on  the  table.  Near 
the  necklaces,  a  scarab  of  Tahutmes  in,  B.C.  1550,  was  found  ;  but 
the  amulets  strung  with  the  beads,  or  rather  lying  with  them,  were 
those  of  the  twenty-sixth  dynasty,  say,  B.C.  630  ;  another  period  of 
marked  renascence  in  Egypt.  These  beads  were  doubtless  brought 
from  Egypt  to  Palestine  by  the  Phoenicians,  like  the  glass  bottles  to 
Rhodes.  This  enterprising  people  was  for  centuries  the  willing  vassals 
of  Egypt,  whose  products  they  carried  over  the  then  known  world. 
They  took  the  place  of  the  Minoan-Mykaenaeans,  as  a  sea  power,  after 
that  great  maritime  nation  had  sunk  into  the  waves  and  disappeared, 
leaving  but  little  trace. 

Thanks  were  voted  by  acclamation  to  Mr.  Clephan. 


MISCELLANEA. 

JESMOND. 

Mr.  F.  W.  Dendy  has  sent  the  following  local  extracts  :— 
1426.  6  Id.  June. — Dispensation  to  Thomas  Chace,  Chancellor  of 
London,  who  also  holds,  besides  other  benefices,  the  chapel  without 
cure  of  Jessemouth,  alias  Jessemond,  in  the  diocese  of  Durham,  to  hold 
with  the  said  chancellorship  any  other  benefice. —  Gal.  Papal  Registers, 
Papal  Letters,  vn,  p.  471. 


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1428.  5^Non.  March. — To  all  faithful.  Relaxation,  during  ten  years, 
of  one  year  and  forty  days  of  enjoined  penance,  to  penitents  who,  on 
the  principal  feasts  of  the  year  and  that  of  the  dedication  of  the  below 
mentioned  church,  visit  and  give  alms  for  the  repair  and  conservation 
of  the  chapel  of  St.  Mary,  Jesmonde,  in  the  diocese  of  Durham,  to  which 
resorts  a  multitude  on  account  of  divers  miracles  wrought  therein 
through  the  merits  of  St.  Mary,  the  Virgin,  whose  buildings  are  very 
ruinous. —  Gal,  Papal  Registers,  Papal  Letters,  vni,  p.  22. 

ELSWICK    COLLIERY. 

The  following  documents  relating  to  Elswick  colliery,  Newcastle, 
from  the  collections  of  Mr.  Richard  Welford,  illustrate  the  vicissitudes 
of  coal  mining  in  the  early  part  of  the  eighteenth  century  : — 

1698,  September  24.  Indre  by  which  Richard  Bellasyse  of  Lincoln's 
Inn,1  Esq.,  leased  to  Henry  Woolf2  of  South  Shields,  gent,  the  20th 
part  of  the  coal  pit,  seams  of  coal,  etc.  within  the  Manor  of  Elswick 
with  liberty  to  dig,  win,  etc.,  make  water  gates,  etc.,  erect  houses,  ginns, 
engines  and  have  all  other  rights  and  liberties  necessary  to  the  winning 
and  working  of  coal,  together  with  staith  or  staith  trunks  adjoining 
the  Tyne  for  the  conveying  of  the  said  coals,  for  21  years,  paying  10,9. 
for  every  twentieth  tenn  of  coals  wrought  allowing  forty  two  fothers 
or  wain  loads  or  twenty-one  wagons  to  the  tenn  ;  each  fother  or  wain 
load  containing  seven  bolls  and  a  bushel,  and  each  wagon  containing 
fifteen  bolls  of  the  usual  coal  measure  upon  the  river  Tyne.  Rent  to 
be  paid  at  Lady  Day,  Midsummer  and  Michaelmas  in  equal  portions, 
lessee  to  account  for  the  output  on  the  first  Monday  in  every  quarter, 
and  to  pay  taxes.  Lessee  covenanted  that  with  the  rest  of  the  owners 
or  tenants  he  would  use  his  utmost  endeavours  to  win  the  main  coal 
vein  of  the  colliery  within  three  years,  and  during  the  lease  to  work 
the  seam  or  seams  or  some  of  them  fairly  and  orderly  leaving  good 
and  sufficient  walls  and  pillars  for  the  support  &  preservation  of  the 
colliery.  Usual  covenants  for  inspection  by  lessor,  against  drifting 
into  adjacent  royalties,  determination  of  the  lease,  valuation  of  gear, 
etc.  Attested  by  Tobias  Snawdon,  Richard  Mascall  and  another. 

To  Richd  Belasyse  Esq 

att  his  house  in  Collyergate 
Dr  Sr  Yorke. 

I  had  yor  ffavr  dat.  10th  instant  at  this  place  &  am  for  New- 
castle tomorrow"  in  order  to  doe  you  all  the  service  in  my  power  relateing 
to  w*  you  desire  both  in  mr  Davisons  &  Elswick  affair,  mr.  Ledger  ;< 
happened  to  come  hither  upon  some  busines  the  other  day  &  I  was 
makeing  some  distant  inquiry s  of  him.  But  he  was  not  willing  to 
give  such  satisfaccon  as  was  necessary  till  I  told  him  it  was  upon  yor 
ace"  I  askt.  the  questions  &  believed  if  not  to  be  otherwise  ffisht  out 
a  Bill  in  Chanc.  would  be  p'ferrd  &  then  he  consented  to  shew  me 
their  Books  &  to  give  me  as  much  satisfaccon  without  as  with  such  Bill. 
I  perceive  the  Collery  is  chargeable  to  worke  lyeing  abl  75  ffathom 

1  Richard  Belasyse  of  Middlesex,  armiger,  admitted  to  the  Fellowship  of  Liiu -oln's 
Inn,  April  25.  1699.— Records  of  the  Society  of  Lincoln's  Inn,  I,  355.  • 

~  Henry  Woolf,  salt  maker,  shipowner,  etc.,  a  member  of  the  Society  of  Friends 
at  South  Shields.  His  daughter  tirace  married  John  Cay  of  North  Chariton  and 
Newcastle,  boatman.  In  Woolf  s  will,  dated  April  25,  17t)9  (printed  in  Arc//  Ad. 
xvi.  210),  'a  twentieth  part  of  Elswick  Colliery'  is  left  to  his  grandson  Robert  Cay  of 
Newcastle,  boatman.  See  also  G.  B.  Hodgson's  Borough  of  South  Skictdf* 

;!  Joseph  Ledgurd,  admitted  with  his  brother  ( Jeorge,  Jan.  12, 1719,  to  the  freedom 
of  the  Newcastle  liostmen's  Company,  Sons  of  Thomas  Ledgard.  admitted  April  13, 
1686,  and  grandsons  of  Thomas  Ledgard.  the  puritan  alderman,  mayor  of  Newcastle 
in  1647,  who  gave  his  son  Thomas  a  '  colliery  at,  Elswick,'  etc.  See  Dendy,  Surt.  Soc. 
publ.,  105,  and  the  New  County  History,  vii,  322. 


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deep  &  burthen'd  with  water  insoemuch  as  they  are  forced  to  draw 
it  by  a  ffyre  engin  which  is  very  expensive.  The  Ledgers  have  the 
sole  managem*  of  her  &  wTill  doubtlesse  have  a  good  benefitt  by  the 
same.  I  shall  tomorrow  endeavr  to  gett  you  ffull  satisfaccon  in  each 
particular  &  send  it  you.  Intrim  should  you  not  consider  with  yor 
selfe  whether  (if  any  difficulty  happen  in  the  p'curemt.  of  this  money) 
you  may  not  aswell  sell  this  share  of  the  Collery  if  a  chap  [purchaser 
or  customer]  could  be  mett  with,  &  ffor  that  purpose  I  shall  be  inquiring 
of  parson  Shafto1  who  Ime  told  hath  some  shares  therein  alsoe  both 
as  to  value  &  p'fitts.  And  if  youle  send  me  yor  result  as  to  that  I 
will  use  my  best  skill  to  serve  you  any  way  you  direct. 

Dr  Sr  yr  most  humble  servc 
Gibsyde  18  ffebry  1725-6.  T.  Maynard. 

To  Richard  Belasise  Esqr 
att  Jo's  Coffehouse  in 

Chancery   Lane 
Dr  Sr  London. 

I  had  the  f favor  of  yors  some  posts  agoe  but  have  been  mostly 
out  of  Town  since  ;  I  have  seen  mr  ffctherston6  &  mr  Ledger  who 
think  you  will  have  noe  advantage  by  ffyleing  a  Bill  agl  them,  & 
if  you  designe  to  direct  them  that  way  as  the  assizes  will  fall  shortly  I 
shall  agl  you  come  down  p'pare  you  p'per  partys  for  Defts.  &  gaine 
you  the  best  Instruccons  I  am  capable  of.  I  perceive  you  have  noe 
staith  roome  by  w*  I  can  learne.  But  in  my  humble  opinion  as  the 
Collery  is  now  wrought  you  may  have  a  chance  for  better  termes 
than  they  will  allow  you.  I  hope  when  wee  meet  to  be  fully  mar 
of  that  affair  &  informe  you  all  I  can  possibly  gather  up  agl  that 
tyme  for  yr  advantage.  My  ff'nd  parson  Shafto  hath  a  good  share 
of  her  &  will  deale  honestly  by  me  &  I  have  been  with  him  severall 
tymes.  I  wish  you  a  good  journey  down  &  am  in  hast. 

Dr  Sr  Yor  most  humble  serv1 
Newc.   1  July,   1726.  T.  Maynard. 

To   Richard   Belasise   Esq 

att  his  house  in  Petergate 
Dr  Sr  Yorke. 

In  answr  to  yors  by  the  last  post  Ime  to  ask  yor  pardon  for  my 
not  writeing  sooner  tho'  I  can  assure  you  I  was  every  weeke  since  I 
see  you  at  Newc.  in  pursuit  of  gaineing  you  a  better  account  of  yor 
Elswick  Collery  than  I  am  yet  able  to  send  you  ffor  this  year's  ace" 
.  will  not  be  drawn  up  till  Xmas  which  ends  the  year  1726  and  tho  p'fitts 
for  the  yeare  ending  Xmas  1725  is  within  (id.  of  the  year  1724  vizt. 
J7  :  3  :  4  neat  which  will  make  up  the  sume  due  to  you  by  last  acctt. 
as  they  mak  it  more  than  1001 .  vzt — 100  :  8  :  iij. 

I  have  been  severall  tymes  with  mr  Ledger  &  mr  ffetherston 
pressing  for  acctt  the  other  way  of  P'fitt  &  Losse,  which  the  latter 
seems  averse  to  make  out  alledgeing  it  to  be  wrought  to  the  owner's 
losse  of  about  1000/.  soe  that  he  would  not  advise  you  to  insist  upon 
that  way  of  accounting.  But  as  the  rest  of  the  owners  are  content 
with  this  other  way  of  accounting  &  to  accept  their  shares  thereof 
accordingly  it  will  be  more  for  yor  advantage  to  sitt  down  quiett  as 
the  rest  doe  with  their  shares. 

4  Rev.  Leonard  Shafto,  morning  lecturer  at  All  Saints,  Newcastle,  1698-1731,  and 
rector  of  Gateshead,  1705-1731. 

"  Apparently  1,'alph  Fetherston,  friend  of  Joseph,  son  of  Ambrose  Barnes.  He 
was  one  of  the  super  visors  of  Joseph  Barnes's  will  (1711),  who  left  him  'one  gold  rin.fr 
of  the  value  of  20s.,'  and  liberty  to  have  '  the  use  of  any  of  my  books  upon  his  request.' 


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I  urged  that  as  it  was  p'mised  you  by  mr.  Ledger  to  have  such 
Account  drawn  up  both  ways  whereby  you  might  judge  which  would 
be  most  for  yor  advantage  you'expected  that  p'mise  would  be  p'formd, 
but  noe  such  acctt.  I  can  gett,  wherefore  you  are  either  to  take  their 
[illegible]  for  these  7  years  by  past  or  to  ffish  about  for  more  &  as  I 
rem'ber  I  sent  you  the  p'prietors  of  the  shares  in  that  Collery  some 
tyme  agoe,  but  least  you  want  the  same  have  sent  them  as  below.  The 
staithman's  name  is  John  Carrick  &  from  whom  noe  manner  of  satis- 
f  accon  can  be  had  Ledger  &  he  hanging  both  in  one  string  &  the  overmen 
that  have  wrought  the  Collery  have  been  often  chainged.  But  if  you  want 
to  have  them  made  [illegible]  &  to  know  their  names  I  will  take  some 
pains  to  ffind  them  out  tho'  their  principalls  must  answer  for  them. 

Old  mr.  Wortley  &  his  sonne  Edwd  [illegible]  Montague6  are  yet 
ffarmers  of  all  or  most  of  the  shares  of  that  collery  save  yor  share  which 
intitles  them  with  Ledger  to  carry  on  that  affair  as  they  please,  mr. 
Shaftoe  seems  to  own  as  if  he  be  under  some  agreemt  with  Ledger 
since  his  share  f farmed  by  mr.  Rogers0  was  expir'd  which  was  two  or 
three  years  agoe.  You  are  to  charge  them  in  yor  Bill  to  make  a  true 
discovery  of  what  quantity  of  coales  have  been  wrought  yearly  since 
Kays  lease  expir'd  att  the  srt  Collery  by  whom  &  at  what  pitts  &  of  what 
quantity  &  quality  of  said  coales  were  sold  in  each  yeare  &  by  &  to  whom 
either  by  land  saile  to  the  ships  or  to  the  panns  &  to  sett  forth  the  stayth 
bill  dureing  the  tyme  &  see  how  they  agree  as  to  the  workeings  &  saile 
thereof.  But  Ledger  hath  p'mis'd  to  shew  me  the  books  &  stayth  bills 
when  I  have  a  spare  day  to  goe  to  him  at  Elswick,  which  I  will  endeav'r 
to  doe  in  a  short  tyme.  But  by  not  being  my  own  mar  &  but  seldom 
at  Newc.  I  am  deprived  of  many  opportunitys  to  serve  my  ffriends  as 
T  could  wish  tho'  I  hope  shortly  now  to  be  free.  And  when  I  see  his 
books  &  some  quer[ie]s  answ'rd  that  I  have  p'par'd  shall  advise  you 
of  what  I  can  observe  touching  this  concerne.  Intrim  am 
Dr  Sr  Yor  most  humble  serv' 

*  T.  Maynard. 

I  would  advise  you  to  part  with  those  bookcases,  glasses,  pickturs 
&c.  at  Durham  rather  than  remove  them.  Shall  I  order  mr.  Shirley 
an  eminent  workeman  &  a  ffrind  of  myne  to  make  an  estimate  of  the 
vallue  according  to  his  judgem1  &  send  you  to  judge  &  to  have  yor 
ffurther  direccons.  mr.  Rudd  is  for  p'suading  his  landl'd  to  buv 
severall  of  them  &  tells  me  he  bought  the  desk. 

mr.  Leo:  Shaftoe  hath    5  shares  of  Elswick  Colly." 

mr.  Ledger  hath  6  shares  thereof    J 

mr.  Cay  hath  3  shares  thereof    ^        Divided  into  these 

mr.  Hodghson  has  5  shares  thereof    I        20  shares  as  above. 

mr.  Belasise  hath  1  share  thereof 

[The  following  is  in  another  hand,  and  is  unsigned]. 

ELSWICK    COLLIERY. 

From  Xmas    1718  to  Xmas     1719  lost  there  by £370 

Lost  Anno  1720 650 

Lost        „  1722 300 

Lost        „  1723 1620 

2940 
Gained  Anno       1721 1000 

Lost  by  the  Colliery  from  Xmas  1718  to  Xmas  1723    £1940 

N.B. — Due  from  ye  Fitters  then  about  £1000  besides  a  Stock  of 

Coals  at  the  Pitts. 

I  cannot  learn  what  she  made  out  1724.     Suppose  these  may  have 

made  profit  &  probable  they  may  make  profit  this  year.  * 
c  Montague  and  Rogers.    See  Arch.  Ael.,S  ser.  v,  70. 


PROCEEDINGS 

OF    THE 


SOCIETY    OF    ANTIQUARIES 


OF    NEWCASTLE-TJPON-TYNE. 


3    SER.,    VOL.    IV.  1909.  NO.    6 


The  first  country  meeting  of  the  season  was  held  in  the  afternoon 
of  Saturday,  3rd  July,  1909,  at 

HEDDON,  NEWBURN  AND  RYTON. 

Members  assembled  at  the  entrance  to  the  keep  of  the  Castle,  and 
at  two  o'clock  set  off  in  three  brakes  for  their  journey  westward, 
along  the  line  of  the  Roman  Wall,  to  Heddon-on-the-Wall. 

Amongst  those  present  were  : — The  Rev.  C.  E.  Adamson,  Mr.  W.  A. 
Armstrong,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  Blair,  of  South  Shields  ;  Mrs.  Clark 
of  Shrewsbury  ;  Mr.  Clayton  Bruce,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  Oswald, 
Miss  Edith  Philipson,  Mr.  H.  Soden  Bird  and  Mr.  W.  C.  Soden  Bird, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  L.  Markham,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  S.  Nisbet  and  Miss 
Spence,  Mr.  J.  A.  and  the  Misses  Dotchin  (2),  Mrs.  Willans,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  John  Weddle,  and  Mr.  W.  D.  Hunter,  of  Newcastle  ;  Mrs.  Chambers 
of  London  ;  Mr.  John  Oxberry  of  Gateshead  ;  Mr.  John  Irving  of 
Corbridge  ;  Mr.  H.  T.  Rutherford,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  T.  Williamson,  and 
Miss  Williamson,  of  North  Shields  ;  Mr.  S.  S.  Carr  of  Tynemouth  ; 
and  Mr.  N.  Temperley  of  Gateshead. 

Turning  sharply  to  the  left,  immediately  after  passing  beneath  the 
railway  bridge,  the  line  of  the  once  notorious  '  Back  Row  '  was  traversed 
towards  Westgate.  Our  thoughts  naturally  reverted  to  the  time 
when  one  of  the  most  celebrated  and  indefatigable  of  northern  anti- 
quaries worked  as  a  shoemaker's  apprentice  in  this  narrow  street. 
The  railway  company's  extensions  have  obliterated  all  traces  of  the 
'  Back  Row,'  but  the  man  of  middle  age  needs  no  map  or  plan  to 
locate,  at  least  approximately,  the  place  where  John  Brand  cobbled, 
and  Charles  Hutton  taught.  The  carriages  passed  along  Westgate 
Road,  much  changed  and  modernized  but  still  replete  with  memories 
of  old  Newcastle  life  ;  here  and  hereabouts  it  was  that  the  prominent 
and  opulent  inhabitants  of  the  town  came  to  reside  after  the  narrow 
chares  and  streets  by  the  river  side  became  intolerable  to  their 
increasing  sense  of  fastidiousness.  A  glance  at  one  of  our  number — 
the  Rev.  C.  E.  Adamson — served  as  a  reminder  that  it  was  in  this 
street  that  John  Adamson,  his  grandfather,  lived  for  the  greater 
part  of  his  life  ;  and  that  it  was  in  Westgate  Road,  and  exactly 
sixty  years  ago  this  very  year,  he  suffered  an  irreparable  loss,  a  loss 

NOTE.— The  editor  is  indebted  to  Mr.  John  Oxberry  for  the  descriptive  notes  re- 
lating  to  Newcastle  and  other  places, 

f  Proc.  3  Ser.  iv,  8] 


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which  only  a  book-lover  can  appreciate,  the  destruction  by  fire  of  his 
valuable  library.  John  Adamson  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  society, 
and  for  forty-two  years  one  of  its  secretaries  ;  and  when  the  society  had 
no  other  home  to  shelter  it,  the  members  held  their  meetings  in  Mr. 
Adamson's  office,  '  and  distributed  their  treasures,'  as  Mr.  Welford 
tells  us,  '  round  the  grass  plot  in  his  back  garden.'  As  we  traversed 
a  street  whose  name  is  associated  with  such  memories,  a  grateful 
tliought  was  due,  and  was  freely  paid  to  one  who  had  rendered  valiant- 
service  to  the  society  in  its  infant  struggles  for  existence. 

Continuing  into  Neville  Street,  and  crossing  the  site  of  the  old  gram- 
mar school,  where  so  many  of  Newcastle's  greatest  sons  received  their 
education  under  the  mastership  of  the  Rev.  Hugh  Moises,  the  spot—- 
then known  as  the  Spital  field — is  passed  on  which  the  grammar 
school  boys  used  to  play.  Crossing  the  place  where  the  town  wall 
ran,  as  the  portico  of  the  Central  Station  is  entered,  and  continuing 
on  to  the  end  of  Neville  Street,  just  before  bending  round  into  West- 
morland Road,  the  northern  edge  of  the  ground  once  occupied  by  old 
Newcastle's  most  renowned  pleasure  resort,  the  Forth,  is  touched. 
In  Bourne's  day,  and  later,  the  Forth  was  '  much  frequented  by  the 
townspeople  for  its  pleasing  walks,  and  rural  entertainment.'  There 
on  the  right,  immediately  before  the  bend  is  taken,  stood  the  Forth 
tavern,  with  its  balcony  in  front,  whence,  in  Baillie's  phrase, '  the  specta- 
tors calmly  smoking  their  pipes  and  enjoying  their  glasses  beheld  the 
sportsmen,'  engaged  in  the  game  of  bowls  on  the  green  which  formerly 
fronted  the  tavern.  And  now  we  enter  what,  until  comparatively 
recent  years,  was  open  country.  To  this  neighbourhood  the  merchant 
and  tradesman  and  business  man  of  a  rapidly  increasing  Newcastle 
came  when,  some  seventy  or  eighty  years  ago,  the  fields  and  gardens 
hero  began  to  be  covered  with  houses.  The  peep  obtained  as  the 
carriages  speed  along  is  sufficient  to  show  that  portions  of  the  district 
have  commenced  a  down-grade  movement,  and  that  the  day  may  not 
be  far  distant  when  slumdom  shall  have  secured  for  itself  a  settled 
abode  within  little  more  than  a  stone's  throw  of  the  delightfully  rural 
spot  where  the  leisurely  Novocastrian  of  a  century  ago  took  his  walks 
in  search  of  health  and  enjoyment.* 

Proceeding  up  Rye  Hill  the  west  turnpike  is  reached  at  the  summit 
of  Arthur's  Hill.  Past  the  Workhouse,  and  onward  through  the 
mass  of  houses  which  have  recently  been  erected  on  both  sides  of  the 
road,  and  crossing  over  the  site  of  the  Roman  station  of  Condcrcnm, 
at  the  Water  Company's  reservoir,  the  long  descent  into  Denton  burn 
is  begun.  'Two  ball  lonnin,'  noted  in  passing,  is  'two'  ball  lonnin' 
no  longer,  for  one  of  the  pillars  which  gave  it  its  distinctive  name 
has  been  removed,  in  order  to  widen  the  roadway.  New  villas  are 
being  erected  towards  the  Cowgate,  and  to  anyone  who  has  not  seen 
the  place  for  a  few  years,  the  change,  from  the  loneliness  that  once 
characterized  the  countryside  hereabouts,  is  very  striking-!  , 

As  the  drivers  carefully  descend  the  hill,  John  Wesley's  adventure 
with  the  runaway  horse  is,  of  course,  recalled  ;  and  the  sight  of  a 
few  wretchedly  clad  children,  playing  on  Denton  bridge,  brings  to 
one's  mind  reminiscences  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Montagu's  benefactions 
to  the  poor  of  her  day.  Mrs.  Montagu  was  a  shrewd  woman  of  business, 
as  well  as  queen  of  the  'Blue  Stockings.'  She  looked  after  her  farm* 
and  her  colliery,  '  like  a  country  gentlewoman  of  last  century,'  as 
she  herself  put  it.  She  didBhot  relish  north-country  ways,  and  the 

*  The  annexed  illustration,  bearing  upon  this,  from  a  photograph,  by  Mr.  Parker 
Ilrewis,  of  the  original  painting  byT.  M.  Richardson,  shews  the  view  of  the  district  about 
the  'Shot  tower'  in  1824,  from  4  Summerhill  Grove. 


Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Newc.,  3  ser.,  iv. 


To  face  page  51 


to    i,  ~ 


DENTON    HALL,    NORTHUMBERLAND. 


From  photographs  kindly  lent  by  Mr.  W.  A.  Hoyle. 


dialect  jarred  on  her  delicate  nerves.  She  was  somewhat  over-disposed 
to  display  her  condescension,  and  to  act  the  fine  lady  ;  she,  however,  had 
generous  impulses,  and  used  to  give  her  '  colliery  people  '  a  feast  when 
she  came  amongst  them.  '  But,'  she  says  in  one  of  her  letters,  '  as 
the  good  souls — men  and  women — are  very  apt  to  get  drunk,  and, 
when  drunk,  very  joyful,  and  sing,  and  dance,  and  hollow,  and  whoop, 
I  dare  not,  on  these  occasions,  trust  their  discretion  to  behave  with 
proper  gravity  ;  so  I  content  myself  with  killing  a  fat  beast  once  a 
week,  and  sending  to  each  family,  once,  a  piece  of  meat.  It  will  take 
time  to  get  round  all  my  black  friends.  I  had  fifty-nine  boys  and 
girls  to  sup  in  the  court-yard  last  night  on  rice  pudding  and  boiled 

beef  ;  to-morrow  night  I  will  have  as  many Some  have  more 

children  than  their  labour  will  clothe,  and  on  such  I  shall  bestow 
some  apparel.'  The  letter  from  which  this  extract  is  quoted  is  dated 
July,  1775,  and  in  July,  1909,  one  of  the  most  vivid  impressions  received 
by  some  of  the  lady  members  of  our  party,  as  we  passed  the  place 
where  Elizabeth  Montagu's  '  colliery  people  '  had  lived  134  years  before, 
was  a  sight  similar  to  something  she  must  have  witnessed  there  when 
she  penned  the  sentence  just  quoted  from  her  letter.  The  fragment  of 
the  Wall  on  which  formerly  grew  an  apple  tree,  on  the  south  side  of 
the  road,  and  when  commencing  the  ascent,  the  ivy-covered  front  of 
Denton  hall,  the  former  residence  of  Mrs.  Montague,  on  the  north, 
were  passed.  Mrs.  Montagu  never  greatly  cared  for  Denton,  and 
though  she  continued  at  intervals  for  many  years  to  visit  it,  she 
always  appeared  to  regard  residence  here  in  the  light  of  an  exile  from 
the  metropolitan  haunts  where  she  queened  it  over  the  men  and 
women  of  talent  that  she  gathered  round  her.  Her  correspondence 
is  entertaining  and  instructive  to  the  student  of  eighteenth  century 
life,  and  it  is  interesting  to  us  at  the  moment  to  remember  that 
Beattie,  the  poet,  and  Blair,  of  'The  Grave,'  were  entertained  be- 
neath the  roof  of  this  old  house,  not  to  mention  other  literary  men 
and  women,  recognized  as  people  of  distinction  in  their  day,  though 
now  pretty  well  forgotten  by  everyone  except  the  industrious  dis- 
ciple of  book-lore. 

The  next  point  of  interest  passed,  just  before  reaching  Walbottle 
dene,  were  the  remains  of  the  north  gateway  of  a  mile  castle,  just 
over  the  garden  wall  of  a  house  on  the  right  hand  side,  the  road 
having  been  diverted  some  years  ago  to  save  it,  and  in  descending  the 
hill  the  fragments  of  the  Wall  in  position  in  the  bank  on  the  same  side. 
Here  the  road  was  at  the  same  time  cut  through  the  solid  rock  and 
thus  lowered,  so  that  now  the  facing  stones  of  the  Wall  down  to  their 
base  are  several  feet  above  the  road. 

Two  or  three  miles  farther  along  the  road  Frenchman's  Row  is 
passed  on  the  right,  just  after  leaving  Throckley.  The  picturesque 
houses  recall  to  our  memories  the  French  Revolution.  At  this  secluded 
spot  refugees  from  France  sought  and  found  shelter  and  safety.  How 
they  came  to  find  their  way  hither  no  one  seems  to  know,  but  Mackenzie 
tells  us  that  the  houses  here  were  prepared  for  their  reception,  and 
that  this  '  society  of  strangers  frequently  experienced  the  hospitality 
and  benevolence  of  the  neighbouring  gentry.'  The  emigrants  erected, 
what  is  still  to  be  seen,  '  a  large  sundial,  with  an  inscription  upon  it 
expressive  of  their  gratitude  to  the  English  nation.' 

Immediately  after  passing  the  seventh  mile  stone,  on  the  rise — the 
last  of  the  ups  and  downs — leading  to  the  village  of  Heddon-on-the-Wall, 
a  fine  well-preserved  stretch  of  the  Roman  Wall  was  passed  on  the 
left.  The  extent  to  which  this  great  work  of  the  Romans  was  utilized 
by  marshal  Wade  when  constructing  the  road  along  which  the  party 


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had  been  journeying,  and  by  district  residents  engaged  in  building 
operations,  may  be  guessed  at  by  the  paucity  of  the  remains  wherever 
the  line  of  the  road  and  the  Wall  have  come  together,  and  is  further 
emphasized  by  the  careful  manner  in  which  the  best  portion  had  been 
railed  in  to  prevent  further  vandalism. 
On  reaching! 

HEDDON-ON-THE-WALL 

Members  drove  direct  to  the  pretty  little  church  of  St.  Andrew,  '  seated 
on  a  high  rock,'  as  some  of  the  old  histories  inform  us,  with  its  groined 
east  end,  where  the  vicar,  the  Rev.  William  G.  Pringle,  joined  the  party. 

Robert  de  Hydwyn  West,  held  Westhydwyii  by  the  third  of  a  knight's 
fee  of  old  feoffment.  Hugh  de  Bolbek  held  in  capite  of  the  king, 
Heddon-on-the-Wall,  Heydwynest,  etc.,  by  five  knights'  fees  of  the 
same.  Wydo  de  Araunes  held  Hidwyne  by  a  fourth  of  a  fee  of  the 
same. A  Heddon  was  part  of  the  manor  of  Bolbek.  At  an  inquisition 
taken  before  Robert  de  Sapy  on  the  Friday  next  before  Pentecost, 
10  Edw.  i  [1282],  it  was  found  that  Robert,  son  of  Ralph,  died  seised 
of  right  as  of  fee  of  the  half  of  the  manor  of  Styford  and  Heddon  super 
murum,  etc.,  etc.,  and  that  Ralph,  son  of  Robert,  then  19  years  old, 
was  his  heir.  On  2  March,  50  Edw.  in  [1376J,  Ralph,  son  of  William, 
succeeded,  but  being  under  age,  he  was  in  custody  of  the  earl  of  the 
West  March,  and  was  married  to  Katheriiie,  daughter  of  Sir  Roger 
de  Clyfford.  '  The  right  of  patronage  was  given  by  Walter  de  Bolbec 
to  Blanchland  monastery,  the  deed  being  witnessed  by  the  donor's 
mother,  his  brother  Hugh  de  Bolbee,  and  others.  About  1590,  in  the 
division  of  the  Dacre  lands  between  the  countess  of  Aruridell  and  her 
sister,  the  wife  of  lord  William  Howard,  '  Heydon  super  murum  with 
Newbiggin,  151.  14s.'  fell  to  the  latter.  In  1596,  in  lord  William 
Howard's  petition  to  queen  Elizabeth,  the  value  of  the  manor  is  given 
as  36Z.  8d.  a  year.  In  1611,  the  rental  is  531.  3s.  Qd.  In  January,  1627, 
William  Buccle  was  paid  43s.  Id.  for  '  bringing  a  stone  of  my  Lordes 
Armes  [lord  William  Howard]  from  Heddon  super  murum '  to  Naworth 
castle.  Perhaps  this  coat  of  arms,  which  appears  to  have  been 
wrought  at  Heddon,  is  either  over  the  entrance  into  the  quadrangle 
or  over  the  entrance  to  the  great  hall. 3 

The  various  interesting  features  of  the  sacred  building  were 
pointed  out,  and  Mr.  S.  S.  Carr  made  a  few  remarks  on  the  history  and 
architecture  of  the  edifice.  In  the  church  was  noted  the  head,  probably 
of  the  churchyard  cross,  the  cross  on  both  sides  being  in  relief  and  of 
'  Maltese  '  shape.  A  former  curate  of  Heddon,  William  Wilson, 
'  could  drink  more  beer  than  any  other  man  in  the  parish.'  In  1628 
he  was  suspended.  All  the  communion  plate  is  of  nineteenth  century 
make,  and  not  very  interesting ;  see  note  of  it  in  Proceedings,  2  ser., 
in,  p.  242.  The  font  at  the  west  end  of  the  church  is  a  small  circular 
bowl  of  Early  English  form.  A  walk  was  then  taken  round  the  church, 
the  view  northward  towards  Heddon  Law,  from  the  top  of  the  steep 
declivity  on  the  north  side  of  the  churchyard,  being  much  admired. 
The  ditch  of  the  Vallum  lies  at  the  base  of  the  cliff,  a  portion  being  filled 
with  water  and  made  use  of  as  the  village  pond.  In  the  churchyard, 
at  the  west  end  of  the  church,  is  the  large  slab,  prone  on  the  ground, 
bearing  a  Celtic  cross  of  interlaced  pattern,  the  Bates  arms  being  on 
the  stem.  It  was  so  placed  by  the  late  Mr.  C.  J.  Bates  in  memory  of 
his  father,  who  lived  at  Heddon  banks  not  far  away. 

l  A'ewmiiuter  Cart.  (66  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  2S6,  287. 

2  Ibid.,  292,  296. 
3  Lord  William  Howard's  Household  Books  (68  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  396,  409,  414,  238  &  n. 


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AJfull  and  complete  account  of  the  church  and  parish  by^Mr.  Bates 
may  be  seen  in  Archaeologia  Aeliana,  2  ser.  xi. 

A  threatening  sky  was  a  warning  against  delay,  so  seats  in  the  carriages 
were  resumed,  and  the  drive  continued  to 

NEWBURN, 

and  on  approaching  the  village  rain  began  to  fall.  On  reaching  the 
fine  church  of  St.  Michael  the  visitors  were  met  at  the  pretty  little 
lychgate  by  the  vicar,  the  Rev.  Dr.  Nowell,  who  conducted  them  to 
the  church,  of  which  he  has  been  vicar  for  seventeen  years,  and  pointed 
out  its  chief  features. 

On  10  March,  1072,  Osulf  besieged  earl  Copsi  in  Newburn,  the  latter 
took  refuge  in  the  church,  but  Osulf  set  fire  to  it,  arid  on  Copsi  attempt- 
ing to  escape  was  seized  and  murdered  in  the  porch. 

The  church,  with  others,  was  given  by  Henry  i  to  the  newly  formed 
see  of  Carlisle,  and  the  patronage  so  remained  until  the  formation 
of  the  Newcastle  bishopric,  when  its  transfer  took  place  to  that  see. 
It  is  now  in  private  hands. 

The  church  consists  of  a  chancel,  nave  with  transepts,  and  north  and 
south  aisles,  a  tower  at  the  west  end,  and  a  south  porch.  The  tower, 
which  is  in  three  stages,  is  very  early  Norman,  and  shows  lingering 
traces  of  pre-conquest  style.  It  appears  to  be  built  chiefly  of  stones 
from  the  neighbouring  Roman  Wall.  It  is  said  that  during  the  battle 
of  Newburn  in  1040  cannon  were  fired  by  the  Scots  from  the  church 
tower,  which  then  became  a  target  for  the  English  artillery  on  the 
other  side  of  the  river.  For  many  years  it  was  supposed  that  a  mound 
of  earth  on  the  south  side  of  the  river  represented  the  English  position, 
but  the  late  Mr.  Joseph  Cowen  proved  by  excavation  that  it  was  only 
the  fragment  of  an  old  colliery  waggonway.  In  the  castle,  Newcastle, 
are  preserved  some  large  wooden  wheels  taken  out  of  the  Tyne  at 
Newburn,  which  are  said  to  have  belonged  to  gun  carriages  in  use  at 
the  period.  The  west  door  has  lost  its  arch  '  but  the  supports  of  it 
are  curious.'  The  round  arches  of  the  north  arcade  are  of  the  Tran- 
sitional period,  of  simple  square  design,  without  moulding,  or  chamfer 
even  ;  they  rest  on  square  capitals,  having  an  upturned  volute 
at  the  angles,  surmounting  round  columns.  The  south  transept  and 
aisle  arcade  are  of  the  Early  English  period.4  The  porch,  which 
has  a  figure  of  St.  Michael  —  the  patron  saint  of  the  church  —  in  a  niche 
above  the  arch,  is  modern.  The  chancel  arch  is  Early  English.  In 
the  chancel  is  a  thirteenth  century  tomb  recess  and  an  aumbry  ;  at 
the  north  end  of  the  communion  table  is  the  burial  vault  of  the  Delavals 
of  Dissington,  descendants  of  Admiral  Ralph  Delaval,  a  noteworthy 
seventeenth  century  sea-dog.  The  font  is  a  plain  octagonal  basin  of 
,  marble  with  vertical  sides,  now  resting  on  columns  and  base  of  Frosterley 
marble.  In  the  floor  are  several  fine  gravestones,  the  earliest  of  1630. 

The  communion  plate  was  exhibited  on  the  vestry  table.  It  includes 
a  silver  flagon  of  1800,  a  seventeenth  century  communion  cup  without 
marks,  a  paten  of  1718  given  by  Edward  Delaval  of  Dissington,  and 
a  brass  alms  dish  of  Flemish  work,  having  the  device  in  relief  in  the 
centre  of  the  two  spies  carrying  a  bunch  of  grapes  between  them. 
The  plate  has  been  fully  described  in  these  Proceedings,  2  ser.  in,  p.  243 
(where,  however,  the  date  of  the  flagon  is  wrongly  given  as  1782). 
The  bells  are  described  in  the  same  volume  of  the  Proceedings,  p,  194. 
In  1888  a  ring  of  six  new  bells  (see  Ibid.,  293)  was  placed  in  the  tower, 
the  ancient  bell  inscribed  in  black  letter  <Saucta  ^tUvgcrcia  +  <L)va  pro 
,  and  bearing  the  rebus  of  William  Culverden  (1513-1522)  a  well- 


i  '  It  was  perhaps  a  little  difficult  to  give  a  date  to  it,  but  it  seemed  to  be  pretty 
early  in  the  Eurly  English  style.'—  Longstaffe. 


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known  bell  founder,  being  preserved  and  suspended  above  the  new 
bells.  Not  the  least  interesting  objects  were  the  old  registers  placed 
on  the  vestry  table  open  at  the  entries  bearing  the  signatures  of  the 
great  engineer,  George  Stephenson,  on  the  occasion  of  his  first  marriage 
in  November,  1802,  to  Fanny  Henderson,  a  servant  in  the  house  of  the 
small  farmer  with  whom  he  lodged,  and  again  on  20  March,  1820,  to 
Elizabeth  Hindmarsh.6  Other  old  entries  of  the  time  of  Charles  the 
Second,  relative  to  burials  in  woollen  were  inspected  and  commented 
upon. 

In  the  steel  works  at  Newburn  were  the  remains  of  an  ancient  pele. 
In  a  narrow  window  recess  was  found,  some  years  ago,  a  Roman  cen- 
turial  stone  of  rather  more  elaborate  design  than  usual,  recording  the 
fourth  cohort  of  the  twentieth  legion.  It  bears  an  eagle,  the  badge 
of  that  legion,  and  names  two  centurions.  The  inscription  is  now  in 
the  Blackgate  museum.6 

^  Newburn  was  a  quasi-borough,  accounting  separately  to  the  sheriff 
of  the  county,  and  being  as  much  a  borough  as  Corbridge  and  other 
places  in  Northumberland,  even  Newcastle  itself.  When  it  ceased  to 
be  a  borough  and  pay  a  separate  crown  rent  was  not  known. 7- 

After  hearty  thanks  to  the  vicar  for  the  attention  he  had  shewn, 
the  party  set  off  for  Ryton,  in  a  steady  downpour  of  rain. 

A  bridge  is  provided  for  the  passage  across  the  Tyne  here  now,  and 
the  ease  with  which  one  is  able  to  reach  the  farther  shore  recalls 
the  fact  that  when  Newcastle  bridge  was  barred  to  men  on  warfare 
bent,  it  was  to  Newburn,  as  the  nearest  ford  to  Newcastle,  they  had 
to  come  to  find  a  road  across  the  river.  In  1346,  on  his  way  to  Neville's 
Cross  and  captivity,  David,  king  of  Scotland,  and  his  army  of  15,000 
men,  or  more,  after  harrying  Hexham  and  the  northern  banks  of  the 
Tyne,  passed  the  river  here,  and  the  story  of  the  crossing  of  stout  old 
Alexander  Leslie,  in  1640,  is  too  well  known  to  need  repetition. 

The  approach  to 

RYTON 

was  by  an  old  road  that,  in  all  likelihood,  was  the  very  road  up 
which  lord  Conway's  forces  scuttled  after  deserting  their  trenches 
on  the  haughs  below.  Ryton,  by  virtue  of  the  ford  beside  it,  was 
often  the  witness  of  military  display  in  olden  times,  but  on  the  Satur- 
day when  the  final  stage  of  the  journey  was  reached  nothing  farther 
removed  from  thoughts  suggestive  of  war  could  be  imagined  than  the 
charming  and  peaceable  old  parsonage,  with  the  rector  of  Ryton  in 
its  open  doorway,  waiting  to  meet  and  welcome  the  party  to  his  hospit- 
able abode.  Much  had  been  seen  and  something  learned  during  the 
afternoon,  but  at  some  future  time  the  most  cherished,  and  to  many 
perhaps  the  most  profitable,  memory  of  the  outing  will  be  the  pleasing 
recollection  of  that  ivy-clad  rectory,  fronted  with  the  smoothest  and 
greenest  of  lawns  ;  with  a  garden  that  looked  like  a  veritable  haven  of 
rest,  and,  above  all,  by  the  remembrance  retained  of  the  rector  who 
welcomed  the  party  as  the  rectory  was  entered,  and  with  old  fashioned 
grace  and  courtesy,  expressed  his  pleasure  at  the  visit. 

••>  '  George  Stephenson,  Bachelor,  and  Frances  Henderson,  Spinster,  both  of  this 
parish,  were  married  in  this  Church  by  banns  ihis  28lh  November,  1802,  by  me.  Thus. 
Slee,  Curate.  This  marriage  was  solemnised  between  us,  George  Stephenson— Frances 
Henderson,  in  the  presence  of  us  Thos.  'J  hompson,  Edwd.  Nicholish.'  That  of  the  second 
marriage  reads  '  George  Stephenson  of  the  Parish  of  Long  Benton,  Widower,  and 
Elizabeth  Hindmarsh  of  this  Parish,  Spinster,  were  married  in  this  Church  by  Licence 
this  twenty  ninth  day  of  March  1820,  by  ine  J.  Edinondspn,  Vicar — This  martiage  was 
solemnized  between  us  Geo.  Stephenson,  Elizabeth  Hindmaish,  in  the  presence  of 
Thos:  Hindmarsh,  Boht.  Stephenson.' 
«  Arch.  AeL,  2  ser.,  xm,  192  ;  Proc.,  2  ser.,  ill,  229.  7  Proceedings,  2  ser.,  II,  45. 


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Canon  Baily  is  leaving  Ryton,  he  having  placed  his  resignation 
in  the  hands  of  the  bishop,  and  Mr.  R.  S.  Nisbet,  in  the  few  appropriate 
words  of  thanks  he  uttered  in  the  name  of  the  members  present,  after 
tea  had  been  partaken  of  from  the  hands  of  the  rector's  daughters, 
voiced  the  regret  that  was  felt  by  all  at  the  thought  that  advancing 
age  should  have  compelled  him  to  vaca'te  a  place  he  filled  so  well, 
and  leave  the  delightful  old  rectory  that  harmonized  so  excellently 
with  his  quiet  and  gentle  nature. 

Mr.  Baily  in  responding,  expressed  a  hope  that  after  his  retirement 
he  would  continue  to  be  in  touch  with  his  numerous  friends. 

The  church  was  then  inspected,  and  all  its  most  interesting  features 
brought  to  notice  by  the  rector,  including  the  fine  recumbent  effigy 
of  Frosterley  marble  in  the  chancel.  He  also  remarked  that  there  were 
faint  indications  on  the  south  side  of  the  chancel  of  a  '  lowside  '  window. 
He  likewise  mentioned  a  few  of  the  most  notable  of  his  predecessors. 
He  said  that  in  Holy  Week,  1609,  there  were  upwards  of  1000  com- 
municants, but  the  number  now  could  not  be  compared  with  the  earlier 
period,  as  it  was  then  a  penal  offence  not  to  communicate.  There  is 
frequent  mention  in  the  church  books  of  tokens  in  connexion  with  holy 
communion,  a  usual  custom  amongst  the  Presbyterians,  but  unusual 
in  the  English  church.  For  instance  '  upon  Palme  Sunday  rec.  80 
tokens  and  then  of  Chopwell  house  and  such  as  gave  in  no  tokens  above 
20  p'sons,'  '  At  John  Jollyes  upon  Tuesday  aftn.  8  tokens,'  '  Thursday, 
rec.  96  tokens,'  '  Easter  day,  communicants  400  lacking  V  tokens.' 
These  all  occur  about  1595,  the  entries  being  made  by  Francis  Bunny, 
the  rector.8  A  singular  division  of  the  parish  into  four  quarters,  each 
with  its  own  churchwardens,  was  also  alluded  to. 

The  church  plate,  amongst  which  is  a  communion  cup  made  by  John 
Wilkinson,  of  Newcastle,  a  cover  bearing  date  1664,  a  brass  alms  dish 
similar  to  that  at  Newburn  (for  a  full  account  of  the  plate  see  Pro- 
ceedings, 2  ser.  in.,  p.  224)  was  examined,  the  registers,  dating  from 
1582  and  continuing  to  the  present  time  without  a  break,  and  the  church- 
wardens accounts  from  1594,  were  glanced  at.  The  bells  are  compar- 
atively modern,  the  oldest  being  of  1763  (see  Proc,.  2  ser.  in.  p.  248). 
In  the  churchyard  is  a  tombstone  to  John  Hutchinson,  who  died  in 
1832,  and  who  was  'married  at  Hampstead  —  —  1808.'  A  mistake 
seems  to  have  been  made  in  the  date  of  the  marriage,  and  so  it  has 
been  chiselled  out,  and  on  the  bottom  of  the  stone  'P.S.  After  Hamp- 
stead read  October  15,'  placed. 

Before  quitting  Ryton  a  stroll  through  the  churchyard  and  garden 
was  taken.  It  rained  heavily  for  the  greater  part  of  the  journey  back 
to  Newcastle,  but  even  the  rain  aroused  no  regrets — at  least  amongst 
the  male  members  of  the  party — and  altogether  failed  to  disturb  the 
conviction  that  the  afternoon  had  been  spent  enjoyably  and  well. 

The  following  are  a  few  notes  culled  from  different  sources  relating 
to  the  places  visited : — 

HEDDON. 

By  the  old  taxation  of  one  mark  in  forty,  the  rectory  of  Heddon 
was  worth  37  marks  Is.  4d.,  the  tithe  being  12s.  6^d.,  while  the  vicarage 
was  down  for  9m.  5s.  4d.,  and  the  tax,  3s.  Id.  ob.  qu.9  According  to 
the  Clams  Ecclesiastica1,  'vie.  Heddon  Wallen  '  was  valued  at  '  iiijZ. 
viijs.  (201.)  'the  patron  being  the  queen.  Bacon  (Liber  Regis,  1276) 

8  For  description  of  the  brasses  in  the  church  relating  to  the  Bunny  family,  see 
Arch.  Ael,  3  ser.,  v,  p.  147.  For  notes  on  church  briefs  by  the  rector,  with  list  re- 
ceived at  Ryton,  see  these  Proceedings,  2  ser.,  IX,  pp.  143-148,  et  seq. 

9  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  in,  93.  i  JSccl.  Proc.  of  Bishop  Barnes,  6,  7. 


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gives  as  *  a  living  discharged.  Heddon  on  the  Wall  V.  (St.  Andrew) 
Prox.  Episc.  2s.  The  king,  Abb.  de  la  Landa,  propr.'  Tt  had  a  clear 
yearly  value  according  to  the  king's  books  of  60Z.  Bishop  Chandler, 
in  his  visitation  notes,  « suppos'd  in  1736,'  gives  '  V.  Heddon  on  ye  wall, 
Jam.  Carmichael,  residf.  Families  120  of  which  14  Presb.  Service 
twice  in  ye  church  and  once  in  ye  chappie  every  Sunday.  Cat.  in 
summer  with  Lewis.  Sam'  4  times.  70  com.  at  Easter.' 

On  2  non.  [6th]  Oct.  1311,  Thomas  de  Stoketon,  the  vicar,  was  on  an 
inquisition  relative  to  the  church  of  Morpeth  ;  and  on  2d  id.  [14th]  July, 
1313,  he  was  on  another  inquisition  relative  to  the  chapel  'del  Clos' 
near  Whitchester. •«  Again  on  5  id.  [9th]  Sep.  1315,  touching  the  right 
of  presentation  to  the  vicarage  of  Bywell  St.  Andrew  ;  on  10  kal. 
Sept.  [23  Aug.],  he  was  on  a  commission  relative  to  the  church  of 
Bedlington,  and  on  6  ides  [8th]  Nov.,  touching  the  parish  church 
of  Meldon.8 

John  de  Hidwyne  received  the  first  tonsure  in  the  chapel  of  the 
blessed  Edmund  of  Gateshead,  on  17  Nov.,  1335.4 

At  a  synod  held  in  the  galilee  of  Durham  cathedral  church  on  the 
14  October,  1507,  the  '  proprietarius  '  and  vicar  were  present.5  At  a 
visitation  on  16  Nov.,  1501,  mag.  Richard  Broundon  the  vicar  of 
Heddon,  appropriated  to  the  monastery  of  Blanchland,  was  present  ; 
as  were  also  William  Webster,  John  Walker,  and  Christopher  Birtele, 
'  parochiani,'  who  said  all  was  well.  At  that  of  1  Feb.,  1578,  in  St. 
Nicholas's  church,  Newcastle,  of  '  Heddon  super  lez  wall  ecclesia,' 
the  vicar  James  Becke  attended,  as  did  Nicholas  Bonyngton,  the 
unlicensed  curate,  and  George  Taylour,  the  parish  clerk.  At  a  general 
chapter,  held  in  the  same  place,  on  15  July,  1578,  James  Becke  the 
vicar,  did  not  complete  his  task  (gospel  of  St.  Matthew)  and  was  given 
time.  At  that  of  19  Jan.,  1579,  Henry  Wilson  the  curate  of  '  Heddon 
super  le  Wall  '  attended  :  the  vicar  James  Becke  was  then  infirm.  ° 

By  his  will  of  26  April,  1576,  Gawyn  Swinburne  of  '  Chesboroushe 
Graundge  '  gave  '  one  kennyng  of  wheat  to  the  poore  of  hedden  wallen 
p'ishe.'  On  3  Dec.,  1578,  John  Glenton  by  his  will  directed  that  an 
old  angell  which  his  'brother  sir  Gefferaye  Glentone  [vicar  1547-1577] 
dyd  give  and  bequeathe  unto  sir  Arthour  Shaftowe  [vicar  of  Stamford- 
ham]  be  gyven  to  him.'  By  his  will  of  17  March,  1585,  '  Jerarde 
Feninck  of  the  parish  of  '  Heddon  de  Wall  '  directed  his  body  to  be 
buried  in  the  church,  and  gave  to  the  '  pore  of  Heddon  parishe  4  bowlls 
of  rye.'  James  Hobson,  the  vicar  is  a  witness.7  Margery  Fenwicke, 
about  this  time,  left  40s.  for  the  repair  of  the  church.8 

In  the  Acts  of  the  High  Commission  Court  of  Durham  are  the  follow- 
ing cases  relating  to  residents  in  Heddon  : — 

In  1628,  evidence  was  given  against  William  Wilson  of  Heddon, 
clerk,' whose  living  had  been  sequestered  for  drunkenness,  etc.,  by 
Thomas  Tailor,  clerk,  curate  of  Heddon  upon  the  Wall,  that  he  said 
he  would  not  obey  the"  sequestration.  l  Amongst  the  charges  were 
that  he  did  not  make"  the'sign  of  the  cross  at  baptism ;  that  he  did 
not  wear  a  surplice ;"  that  he*drank~more  than  was  good  for  him  ;  and 
that  he  used  strong"*language.  When^advised  to ''be  temperate  and 
have  respect  for  his  coat  he  replied  that  he  did  not  '  greatly  care  for 
my  coate.  I  am  a  squires'sonne,  and  soe  I  respect  my  birth  as  much 

2  Eccl.  Proc.  of  Bishop  Barnes,  I,  131,  424.  *  Ibid.,  II,  755. 

4  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  in,  167.  *  Hist.  Dun.  Scrip,  trrs,  ccccv. 

6  Eccl.  Proc.  of  Bishop  Barnes,  xxii,  44,  71,  93. 

7  Wills  and  Inventories  (Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  I,  410;  in,  82,  113. 

8  Acts  of  High  Comm.  of  Durham  (34  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  8. 


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as  my  coate.'  He  was  suspended  and  was  asked  to  penitently  acknow- 
ledge his  offences.  Wilson  paid  no  heed,  and  when  Mr.  Taylor  showed 
him  the  submission  he  told  him  he  would  obey  '  noe  such  bable  babies.' 
An  attachment  was  issued  to  commit  him  to  gaol  until  he  submitted 
himself  to  censure.  In  1632  he  was  sentenced  to  '  publiquelie  acknow- 
ledg  his  disobedience  in  the  parish  church  of  Heddon  upon  the  Wall 
where  he  now  liveth,  upon  some  Sondaie  in  time  of  Divine  service  in 
the  forenoone,  in  his  ordinarie  apparell  and  pay  costs  and  certify.' 
Arising  out  of  the  attempt  to  remove  Wilson  to  gaol  action  was 
taken  in  1629  against  Thomas  Reede  and  Christopher  Hopper  of 
Heddon  on  the  Wall,  for  not  assisting  Robert  Miforde,  the  mes- 
senger of  the  court,  in  conveying  Wilson  to  gaol,  as  Mitforthe  '  did 
with  much  dififculty  bring  him  down  to  the  towne  gatt  of  Heddon.' 
In  1633  both  Reede  and  Hopper  were  excommunicated.  For  a  long 
account  of  the  case,  see  The  Acts  of  the  High  Commission  (34  Surt.  Soc. 
publ.),8,  10, 15,  18  etseq.  John  Reede  of  West  Heddon,  gent.,  in  1628, 
was  summoned  before  the  court  for  abusing  Thomas  Taylor,  clerk, 
the  intimation  having  been  publicly  notified  in  Heddon  by  Mr.  Taylor. 
Reede  Mid  not  appear,  and  was  fined  201.  to  the  king  for  contempt. 
The  case  dragged  on  till  12  Jan.,  1632,  when  notwithstanding  the  fines 
levied  he  '  appeared  not.'  In  1633  Isabel  Oxley,  wife  of  William 
Oxley,  was  accused  of  using  '  blasphemous  woordes '  about  Thomas 
Reede,  clerk.  Many  Heddon  villagers  bore  witness  before  the  court. 
On  26  June,  1634,  she  submitted  and  was  ordered  'in  penetentiall 
manner,'  in  the  church  of  Heddon,  to  '  confesse  her  irreligious  course 
of  life  in  cursinge  and  swearinge.'  On  21  October  her  husband  under- 
took the  payment  of  4=1.  her  costs,  half  to  be  paid  to  Mr.  Reede.  1  In 
1634,  Cuthbert  Fenwick,  gentleman,  was  before  the  court  for  con- 
tempt. On  28  May,  1635,  he  desired  to  be  remitted  to  the  ordinary 
archidiaconal  jurisdiction.  It  was  alleged  that  he  was  'a  schismaticall 
person,'  and  he  had  therefore  to  bring  a  '  certificat  from  the  curat  of 
Heddon  of  his  conformity  and  duetyfull  repareing  to  his  parish  church 
in  tyme  of  prayers  and  divyne  service. ? 

The  case  of  Cornelius  Glover,  a  dissenting  minister  of  Heddon,  was 
before  the  court  for  preaching  seditious  doctrine,  but  having  no  certain 
abode  he  could  not  be  found , 3  of  him  '  God  made  use  for  the  conversion 
of  a  noted  scoffing  persecutor.'  '  Mr.  Thomas  Shepperd,  before  he  went 
to  New  England,  preacht  at  Heddon  in  the  Wall ;  some  who  not  long 
ago  went  to  God,  were  there  converted  by  his  ministry.' 

On  16  May,  1671,  bishop  Cosin  wrote  to  his  secretary  Mile?  Stapylton, 
'  Let  a  commission  be  drawne  and  sent  to  me  hither  for  the  institution 
of  Colonel  Tempest's  Sonne's  tutour  to  the  Vicarage  of  Heddon  Wallen, 
which  will  save  him  a  journey  hither.'4 

NEWBUBN.  ] 

The  canons  of  Hexham  had  two  fisheries  for  salmon  at  Newburn, 
called  '  Fuyle  '  and  '  Drypintille,'  with  a  portion,  about  half  an  acre,  of 
the  meadow  on  the  north  side  of  the  Tyne  to  dry  the  fishers'  nets,  and 
they  cast  them  between  a  certain  part  of  the  river  called  '  Grunes-grene  ' 
on  the  west  side,  and  the  Sunday  lands  of  Est-halgh  on  the  north  side, 
and  a  certain  portion  of  the  meadow  called  '  les  Crokyt-spechynes '  on 
the  east  side  ;  and  Bladen-bankes  on  the  south  side  ;  and  dom.  Richard, 
the  vicar,  held  the  fisheries,  with  the  said  meadow,  for  which  he  paid  a 
rent  of  26s.  8d.  The  canons  also  held  two  acres  of  land  in  '  le  Lang- 

1  Acts  of  High  Comm.  of  Durham  (34  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  15.  73. 

2  Ibid.,  110.  3  ibid.,  111. 

4  Bishop  Cosin's  Corresp.,  II  (55J3urt.  Soc.  publ.),  2§5. 

[Proe.  3  Ser,  IV,  9] 


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schawe '  near  the  field  of  Newburn.  At  the  dissolution  John  Dalton 
held  a  fishing  at  Newburn,  for  which  he  paid  a  rent  of  5s.  a  year. 5 

On  12  March,  1431,  a  licence  was  granted  for  80  marks  in  the  hanaper 
for  Henry  Percy,  earl  of  Northumberland,  to  enfeoff  in  his  castle  of 
Warkworth .  .  .  . ,  Neweburn,  held  in  chief,  Nicholas  Clerk,  parson  of 
Spofford,  and  others ;  and  for  them  after  seisin  is  had  to  grant  the 
premises  to  the  said  earl  and  Eleanor  his  wife  and  his  heirs.0  By 
deed  of  11  May,  15  Edward  iv  [1475]  Henry,  earl  of  Northumberland, 
who  died  28  April,  4  Henry  vn  [1489]  leaving  Henry,  his  son  and  heir 
aged  12,  gave  to  Thomas  Urswicke  kt.,  Ailmouth,  Corbrigge,  arid 
Newbarne.  ? 

On  29  Oct.  1597,  Toby  Mathew,  bishop  of  Durham,  wrote  to  lord 
Burghley  that  he  was  at  Sir  Wm.  Bowes's  '  and  my  late  being  in  the 
Border  service  at  Newborne  the  gentlemen  of  Northumberland  earnestly 
desired  that  he  would  move  you  to  spare  their  appearance  upon  their 
recognizances  this  term.'8 

On  12  Nov,  1629,  Edward  Hinckes,  of  Newburn,  was  paid  61.  for 
two  dozen  apple  trees  and  two  dozen  plum  trees  at  2s.  6d.  a  piece  ;  and 
on  21  Dec.  4s.  for  3  '  apricock '  trees.9  Groceries  and  all  kinds  of 
goods  for  lord  Wiliam  Howard  came  from  London  to  Newcastle, 
thence  by  river  to  Newburn,  and  on  by  road  to  Naworth.1  Lord 
William,  on  29  August,  1608,  sent  two  inscribed  stones,  no  doubt 
Roman,  to  Sir  Robert  Cotton,  by  his  '  oune  draught '  to  Newburn  with 
them,  thence  they  were  taken  by  water  to  Newcastle  and  delivered 
there  to  Mr.  '  Ruddill.'  He  asked  his  correspondent  to  address  his 
letter  to  '  Mr.  Cuthbert  Gray,  a  merchant  of  Newcastell.'2 

In  a  letter  of  29  Oct,  1640,  Viscount  Conway  and  Kilulta,  informed 
George  Garrard  that  he  was  '  coming  to  London  to  the  bataile  that  is 
to  be  fought  there '  and  hopes  that  he  '  will  stand  to  it  better  than  we 
did  at  Newburne  ;3  it  is  thought  that  there  will  be  hot  worke.  You 
out  of  your  long  experience  will  be  called  upon  to  be  a  principall  officer, 
arme  yourself e  with  zeale,  and  with  the  sword  of  eloquence  cut  in  two 
the  Puritans,  and  chop  of  the  heades  of  all  Anti-Monarchists,  but 
above  all  give  money  enough  without  that  there  will  be  no  driving 
the  Scots  out  of  Newcastle.'4 

On  3  id.  [11th]  Nov.  1319.  Ambrose  de  Newborne  was  granted  pro- 
vision of  a  canonry  of  Auckland  with  reservation  of  a  prebend. a 

Amongst  fourteenth  century  ordinations  the  names  of  the  following 
natives  of  Newburn,  apparently,  occur : — Frater  Wm.  de  Neuburne,  a 
canon  of  Blanchland,  was  ordained  sub-deacon  and  deacon  in  Auck- 
land manor  chapel  in  Dec.  1341,  and  priest  by  Richard,  bishop  of 
Bisaccia  in  Durham  cathedral  church  on  11  kal.  Oct.  [21  Sept.]  1342.° 
Stephen  Scott  of  Newburn  was  ordained  acolyte  on  15  kal.  Jan.  1344 
[18  Dec.  1343].7 

5  Hexham  Priory,  II  (46  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  xxii  &  56,  55,  165. 

6  Cat.  of  Pat.  Rolls,  9  Henry  vi,  i,  113.  7  Inq.  p.m.,  Henry  VII,  i,  226. 

8  Cecil  Papers,  VII  (Hist.  MSS.  Comm.  Hep.),  p.  451. 

9  Lord  William  Howard's  Household  Books  (68  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  269.  The  editor, 
the  Rev.  George  Ornsby,  remarks  that  Newburn  within  his  own  recollection  had  much 
local  fame  as  a  place  where  apple  trees  were  cultivated  with  great  care  and  success. 

1  Ibid.,  64,  65,  140,  341,  342.  a  Ibid.,  412. 

3  In  Ambrose  Barnes  (pp.  330,  331)  we  read  anent  the  battle  of  Newburn,  that  '  surely 
Vicar  Alvey  too  would  have  given  his  vicarage  for  a  horse,  when  he  for  haste  leapt  on 
horseback  behind  a  countryman  without  a  cushion,  his  faith  and  qualifications  failing 
him  he  might  well  fear  to  fall  from  grace  by  the  iSeots  coming.     We  leave  him  in  his 
flight  to  the  grace  of  Canterbury,  and  the  new  dubbed  knights  and  others  to  the  Court's 
grace  for  full  twelve  months,  until  the  Scots  were  gone  home  again.     All  the  priests  and 
black-coats  fled  as  fast  as  they  could,  but  meanly  mounted,'  &c.,  &c. 
<  Portland  Papers,  Til  (Hist.  MSS.  Comm.  Rep.),  66. 
5  Cal.  of  Pap.  Reg.,  3,  Pap.  Letters,  1 1,  193. 

6  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  iii,  116,  117,  118.  7  ibid,  i,  144, 


NEWBURN    CHURCH. 

On  the  old  taxation  of  one  mark  in  forty  Newburn  thus  appears  : — 
Ixijli.  Rectoria  ecclesiae  de  Neuburn,  xxxjs.  xvj  marcae  vijs.  xd.  portio 
vicariae  ejusdem  vs.  vjeZ.  ob.  qu.'  By  the  new  taxation  '  De  Ecclesia 
de  Neuburn,'  Ixvjs.  viijd.  tenths  vjs.  viijd.'s  The  Clavis  Ecclesiastica 
gives  Newburn  'xvj/.  [30£.].  Busshhope  of  Carliell.'9  Bacon  (Liber 
Reqis,  1274),  describes  '  Newburne  v.  (St.  Michael) '  as  a  living 
remaining  in  charge,  value  in  the  king's  books  16/.  the  yearly  tenths 
being  11.  12s.  '  Prox.  episc.  8s.  Bishop  of  Carlisle  propr  and  patr, 
bishop  of  Durham,  1783.'  Bishop  Chandler  in  his  visitation  notes, 
already  referred  to.  gives  'V.  Newburne,  Tho:  Capstick,  M.A.,  resident. 
Bishop  Carlisle  Impropr  300&.  Families  318  of  which  40  Presb.. 

4  Popish,  2  licensed  Conventicles  rarely  used.      Public  school  50  schol., 
Stoker,  Mr.     Cat.  not  well  attended ;  samt.  4,  near  100  at  Easter,  70  at 
Whitsunday.' 

Of  the  tenths  granted  in  1313  by  the  clergy  of  Durham  to  the  bishop, 
the  rector  of  Newburn  appears  to  have  been  6Z.  4s.  in  arrear  for  a  whole 
year.1  On  St.  Thomas  the  Martyr's  day,  1312,  the  bishop  acknow- 
ledged the  receipt  from  the  collector  of  arrears  of  the  moiety  granted 
to  the  king  by  the  clergy  of  110s.  Qd.  from  the  vicar  of  Newburn.2  By 
a  writ  of  pluries  of  1 1  Dec.  of  this  year,  the  vicar  appears  for  66s.  8cL  3 
In  other  writs  of  levari  fccias  and  vluries  from  10  Dec.  1311,  to  1312, 
there  are  entries  relating  to  similar  payments,  etc.,  by  the  vicar  of 
Newburn.  *  The  rector  of  Newburn  paid  (H.  3s.  for  a  whole  year,  being 
a  tenth  granted  by  the  clergy  to  Richard,  bishop  of  Durham,  in  the 
first  year  of  his  consecration.5 

In  1219,  Henry  in  refers  to  the  grant  of  Newburn,  etc..  to  Carlisle 
by  Henry  i,  the  same  having  been  confirmed  by  the  pope.0 

On  24  Aug,  1248,  John  Duling  was  vicar,  as  he  and  others  were  on  a 
jury  in  a  dispute  between  Newminster  abbey  and  the  rector  of  Roth- 
bury  relating  to  land  at  Caistron  and  Warthill.  ? 

On  4  August,  1312,  Gilbert  de  Derlington,  vicar  of  Newburn,  was 
on  an  inquisition  relative  to  Morpeth  church  ;  on  ides  of  July,  1313, 
he  and  Thomas  de  Newborn  were  on  another  relative  to  the  chapel 
'  del  Clos  '  near  Qwytechester.  On  16  July,  1314,  the  vicar,  with 
others,  reported  on  the  infirmities  of  the  vicar  of  Branxton.  On  7 
kal.  Aug.  [26  July]  he  was  on  an  inquistion  relative  to  the  vicarage, 
and  again  on  10  kal.  Sep.  [23  Aug.]  1315,  touching  the  church  of  Bed- 
lington  ;  and  on  6  ides  [8th]  Nov.  of  the  same  year,  relative  to  Meldon 
church  ;  on  17  kal.  Dec.  [15  Nov.],  1315,  touching  Corbridge  church,  and 
on  19  kal.  Sep.  [14  Aug.],  1316,  concerning  Edlingham  vicarage. s  On 

5  ides  [9th]  of  Sept.  1315,  the  vicar,  and  Adam,  chaplain  of  Newburn, 
were  on  a  commission  relative  to  the  right  of  presentation  to  the  vicarage 
of  Bywell  St.  Andrew.     On  4  kal.  Aug.  [29  July]  the  vicar  was  on  an 
enquiry  touching  the  church  of  Horsley,  and  on  2  non.  [4th]  Aug.  on 
another  touching  the  vacancy  of  the  vicarage  of  Ilderton." 

In  1364  Rich,  de  Thorneby  of  Carlisle  diocese,  petitioned  for  the 
church  of  Wigton,  value  36Z.,  void  by  the  death  of  Gilbert  de  Wigton, 
so  long  ago  that  it  had  lapsed  to  the  apostolic  see,  notwithstanding 

s  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  m,  93,  105. 

f  Eccl.  Proc.  of  Bishop  Barnes  (22  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  7. 

1  R»g.  Pal.  Dun.,  \,  488.  '-'  Ibid.,  i,  187  ;  n,  880.  3  Ibid.Ji,  895. 

i  Ibid.,  835,  850,  859,  860,  375,  876.  3  Hist.  Dun.  Scrip,  tres,  cvii. 

6  Cal.  of  Pat.  Rolls,  1  Henry  lit,  p.  210. 

7  Hewm.  Cart.  (66  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  143. 

8  Reg,  Pal.  Dun.,  I,  131,  424,  567,  597  ;  n,  732,  755,  759,  820. 

9  Ibid.,  II,  726,  714,  715. 


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that  he  had  the  vicarage  of  Newbury  [sic.]  in  the  diocese  of  Durham, 
which  he  was  ready  to  resign.  This  was  granted  by  the  pope  (Urban  v) 
from  Avignon  prid.  id.  [14th]  May.1 

On  11  kal.  Feb.  [10  Jan.],  1422,  John  Colby,  perpetual  vicar  of  New- 
burn,  who  had  formerly  received  dispensation  as  the  son  of  a  priest,  and 
an  unmarried  woman,  was  granted  a  dispensation  to  be  promoted,  and 
was  so  promoted  to  the  said  vicarage  value  not  exceeding  201. ,  to  hold 
two  other  mutually  compatible  benefices,  with  or  without  cure,  and  to 
resign  them  simply  or  for  exchange  as  often  as  he  please. & 

On  16  Nov.  1501,  the  church  was  visited.  Dom.  Thomas  Senouse, 
the  vicar,  was  non-resident.  Richard  Chicken,  Robert  Foster,  William 
Wallis,  and  William  Tailor,  the  churchwardens,  said  that  the  roof  of  the 
chancel  was  in  great  ruin,  and  that  the  glass  in  the  windows  and  the 
stalls  in  the  choir  were  broken,  and  that  there  was  no  partition  between 
the  chancel  and  the  nave.  The  impropriator  was  enjoined  to  repair 
the  same  before  the  feast  of  St.  John  the  Baptist  then  next,  under  <i 
pain  of  20s.  They  also  said  that  there  were  no  lamps,  arid  the  church 
wardens  were  enjoined  to  have  the  same  within  a  month  under  a  pain 
of  20d.* 

Both  '  proprietarius '  and  vicar  of  Newburn  were  present  at  a  synod 
in  the  galilee  of  Durham  cathedral  church  on  14  Oct.  1507. 4 

On  31  July,  23  Hen.  vn  [1531],  Ralph  Smyth  of  Newburn  Reo,  in 
the  bishopric  of  Durham,  yeoman,  sought  sanctuary  at  Beverley  for 
debt.6 

By  an  '  indenture  made  the  xxvii  day  of  March,  1542,  of  the  vest- 
ments, ornaments,  plate,  jewels,  bells  and  lead  belonging  to  the  said 
church  ['  Newborne ']  signed  and  subscribed  writh  the  hands  as  well  of 
Sir  Thomas  Wilton,  SIT-  John  Delavaille,  knight,  and  Cuthbert  Horsley, 
gentleman,  justices  of  the  peace,  there  and  thereto  authorised  by  the 
King's  Majesty's  commission,  as  of  the  curate  and  churchwardens  of 
the  said  church.  Imprimis,  iij  bells ;  ij  chalices  of  silver :  ii  little 
bells  ;  i  faite  of  brasse  ;  viij  vestments  ;  ii  albes  ;  ii  capes  ;  i  pair  of 
broken  censers  ;  iii  altar  cloths  ;  i  hanging  for  the  altar  ;  ij  towels  ; 
i  '  corpix' ;  one  canopy.  The  church  and  ij  porches  covered  with  lead.' (i 

On  13  Feb.  1  Edw.  vj  [1547],  according  to  the  certificate  of  all  the 
chantries,  etc.,  '  Also  ther  is  one  Free  Chappell  within  the  Parishe  of 
Newborne,  and  hathe  nether  landes  nor  tenements  therurito  belonging 
as  may  appere  by  the  boke  of  the  laste  survey.  Plate,  ix  onz.  Goodes, 
unpraysed. 7 

In  1570  witnesses  were  produced  against  dom.  Giles  Robinson, 
vicar  of  Newburn,  for  non-residence.  John  Blaikloke,  the  curate, 
aged  25  years,  said  that  he  had  '  bein  curat  ther  senc  Mydsommer  last, 
hyerd  by  the  said  Gyells  Robinson .  .  ,not  only  by  gathering  of  the  fruets, 
and  prof fets  ther .  .  .  which  protects  of  the  vicaridge,  as  xth  calve, 
xth  hen,  pig,  and  water  money,  xth  fishe,  he  haith  and  doith  convert 
to  his  owne  use.  He  is  not  privy  whither  the  vicar  '  haith  taken  any 
corporall  ooth  '  to  be  personally  present  at  the  vicarage  of  Newburn,  but 
he  '  haith  bein  absent  from  the  vicaridge '  since  the  previous  midsummer, 
save  one  month  between  Lammas  and  Michelmas,  and  5  weeks  between 
'  Martlernas  and  Christenmas,'  and  in  all  the  time  that  the  vicar  had 
been  there  about  13  years  as  is  reported,  the  said  Gyells  Robinson  haith 
not  kept  house  or  hospitalitic.  but  when  he  commith,  he  is  bordyd  in  the 
towne,  and  lyeth  there.'  Geo.  Browne  of  Lamidon,  one  of  the  church- 

l  Cal.  of  Papal  Reg.,  I,  Pap.  Pc.t.,  I,  497. 
*  Cal.  of  Pap.  Rey.  8,  Pap.  Letters,  vn,  225.          »  Eccl.  Proc.  of  Bishop  Barnes,  xix. 

4  Hist.  Dun.  Scrip,  trux,  ccccv.  5  Sane.  Dun.  et  Bev.,  199. 

6  Hist.  MSS.  Coin.,  llth  Jtep.  App.,  vn,  75.        7  Ecd.  Proc.  of  Bishop  Barncn,  Ixxxix. 


wardens,  said  he  had  heard  that  Giles  Robinson  '  haith  bein  admonished 
by  my  lord  of  Durham  in  the  seanes  or  visitacions,  he  cannott  depose.'8 

At  the  chancellor's  visitation  of  1  Feb.  1577-8,  there  were  present 
from  Newburn,  Michaell  Frisell,  the  non-licensed  curate,  John  Chicken, 
the  parish  clerk,  and  William  Hanginshaw,  John  Thompson,  Ralph 
Wayles  and  John  Coke,  churchwardens.  At  the  general  chapter  of 
15  July,  1578,  in  St.  Nicholas's  church,  Newcastle,  John  Cornfurthe, 
the  vicar,  was  given  time  till  the  Michaelmas  synod  to  complete  his 
task  (the  Gospel  of  St.  Matthew).  At  another  chapter  on  19  Jan. 
1578-9  in  the  same  church,  the  vicar  was  present.9 

The   following   are  extracts   from  wills  relating  to  the  church  : — 

By  his  will  of  25  Mar.  1559,  George  Errington  of  Denton,  gentleman, 
desired  to  be  '  buryede  in  Sancte  Myghel's  churche  in  Nuberen  so  nye 
my  father  as  cane  be.'  Alice  Anderson  of  Walbottle,  by  her  will  of 
25  Dec.  1583,  desired  to  be  buried  in  her  '  parrishe  churche  of  Newborne.' 
She  gave  to  her  '  sonne  Cutberd,  one  half  e  net  of  f  ishinge  upon  the  lorde'  s 
water.'  By  will  of  31  Oct.  1591,  Robert  Errington  (son  of  foregoing 
George)  desired  to  be  '  buryed  wythin  the  queere  doore '  of  the  church. 
He  gave  10s.  for  the  reparation  of  the  church,  and  10s.  to  the  '  poore 
folkes  of  Newburne  parishe.'  By  will  of  15  Dec.  1592,  George  Bowen 
of  Newcastle,  cooper,  gave  to  his  wife  all  his  '  tenure  of  yeares  of  Tenth 
Medowes,'  in  the  parish  of  Newburn,  and  also  of  the  Dovecotte-close. x 

In  August.  1045,  Tho.  Dockry.  pastor  of  Christ  at  Newburne,  and 
others,  congratulated  the  protector  on  the  proclamation  of  his  •  High- 
ness's  government  over  these  nations.'2  Daniel  Hetcheter,  vicar  of 
Newburn  was  ejected  from  his  living  by  Parliament.3 


By  the  old  taxation  of  one  mark  in  forty  Ryton  is  valued  at  Ixra., 
the  tax  being  20s. ;  and  by  the  new  taxation  of  1306  the  value  is  given 
as  30s.,  and  the  tenths  3s.*  While  by  the  Clavis  Ecclesiastica  the 
valuation  is  given  as  421.  10s.  Id.  [240?.]  in  the  gift  of  the  bishop  of 
Durham.6  Bacon  (Liber  Regis,  1263)  gives  the  value  in  the  king's 
books  of  '  Ryton  R.  (Holy  Cross),'  a  living  remaining  in  charge,  as 
421.  10s.  lOd.  the  yearly  tenths  being  41.  5s.  Id.  '  Syn.  and  prox.  2s. 
Prox.  episc.  18s.  Redd,  episc.  10s.  8d.  Pens.  Hospit.  de  Kepeyere, 
11.  6s.  8d.  Sit.  mans,  and  ter.  gleb.  41.,  dec.  de  Ryton,  61.,  dec.  de 
Wynlaton,  Ql.  13s.  4d.,  dec.  de  Crawcruke,  41.  6s.  8d.,  etc.  Bishop  of 
Durham,'  patron.  Bishop  Chandler,  in  the  notes  of  his  visitation 
already  referred  to,  gives  in  '  R.  Ryton,  500  families,  80  being  presby- 
terian  and  40  popish ;  a  mass  house  at  lord  Widdrington  in  Stella,  aMr. 
Hutton  priest.  In  Winlaton,  iron  factory,  and  Chopwell,  300  families. 

In  the  account  of  the  collectors  of  the  tithes,  granted  by  the  clergy 
to  bishop  Richard  Poor  for  the  first  year  of  his  consecration,  Ryton 
appears  for  the  second  term  for  40s". 

On  5  non.  [3rd]  May,  1307,  John  Botheby,  rector  successively  of 
Goldesburg,  in  the  diocese  of  York,  and  of  Ryton,  was  granted  a  dis- 
pensation to  hold  these  benefices,  and  on  the  resignation  of  either  to 
accept  another.  ?  In  1311,  he  was,  with  others,  cited  before  the  bishop, 
or  his  commissary,  for  holding  pluralities.* 

8  Dep.  <£•  Ecd.  Proc.  (21  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  217. 

y  Ecd.  Proc.  of  Bishop  Barnes,  44,  71,  72. 

1  Wills  and  Inv.,  ill  (112  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  19,  105,  150,  154. 

2  Ambrose  Barnes,  375.  3  Walker,  Su/eringtifrf  the  Clergy,  272. 

4  heg.  Pal.  Dun.,  ill,  89,  100.  5  Ecd.  Proc.  of  Bishop  Barnes,  6. 

s  Hist.  Dun.  Scrip,  tres,  cvi.  7  Cat.  of  Pap.  Reg.,  3,  Pap.  Letters,  n,  26. 

8  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  i,  66. 


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On  22  April,  1314,  a  composition  was  made  between  Hugh  de  Monte 
Alto,  master  of  Kepyer  hospital,  and  the  same  rector,  relative  to  the 
annual  charge  of  two  marks  for  half  of  the  tithe  of  corn,  and  referring 
to  a  former  arrangement  between  John  de  London,  formerly  master 
of  Kepier  and  William  de  Marghe,  then  rector,  for  which  the  master 
and  brethren  of  Kepier  had  yearly  to  perform  a  solemn  mass  for  the 
soul  of  Antony,  bishop  of  Durham,  with  '  placebo  '  arid  '  dirige,'  in  the 
church  of  Kepier.9 

On  10  Dec.  1341,  Edmund  de  Chiveley  was  collated  to  the  parish 
church  of  Riton,  vacant  by  the  death  of  Nicholas  de  Gategang,  the 
rector,  and  an  order  was  issued  by  the  bishop  to  the  archdeacon  of 
Durham  for  his  induction.  On  1  February,  1342,  he  exchanged 
livings  with  Walter  de  Oleby,  rector  of  Beteley,  in  Norwich  diocese, 
and  the  latter  was  instituted  to  the  rectory  of  Ryton  by  the  bishop 
of  Norwich,  acting  for  the  bishop  of  Durham.1 

On  21  July,  1391,  Thomas  de  Gretham,  the  rector,  as  official  of  the 
bishop,  witnessed  the  resignation  of  Robert  de  Walworth,  prior  of 
Durham.  At  an  array  of  the  clergy  on  St.  Giles'  moor  on  24  March, 
1401,  the  rector  attended  with  one  lancer  and  two  bowmen.  At  a 
synod  in  the  galilee  of  Durham  cathedral  church,  on  4  Oct,  1507,  the 
rector  of  Ryton  was  present.2 

On  8  id.  [8th]  March,  1343,  William  de  Ryton  was  ordained  acolyte 
by  Richard,  bishop  of  Bisaccia,  in  Durham  cathedral  church  ;  and  on 
kal.  January  [1st]  1344,  sub-deacon  by  the  same,  in  the  same  place, 
by  the  title  of  5  marks  of  patrimony,  with  which  he  said  he  was 
satisfied. 3 

On  27  August,  1345,  the  bishop  issued  a  commission  to  make  inquiry 
as  to  the  persons  who  had  unlawfully  interfered  with  his  right  of 
navigation  and  fishing  in  the  southern  half  of  the  Tyne,  the  disturbers 
of  the  peace  being  many.  Part  of  this  interference  happened  at 
Ryton,  five  little  boats  with  corn,  etc.,  being  by  force  and  arms  damaged. 
Amongst  fisheries  in  the  Tyne,  beginning  at  Stanleburn  and  stretching 
to  sea  half  to  St.  Cuthbert's  and  the  bishop,  and  half  to  the  county  of 
Northumberland,  the  water  to  be  measured  when  at  '  main  flood,'  at 
Ryton,  were  Crumwell,  Wyses  Pul,  Stani.  Pul,'  four  '  stelnettes. '  * 

Temp.  Edward  vi,  there  were  at  '  Riton  one  challice  with  a 
paton,  gilt,  weying  xv  unces,  iiij  bells  in  the  stepell,  iij  hand  bells,  and 
ij  small  bells.  & 

At  a  visitation  on  12  Nov,  1501,  mag.  John  Wynnam,  the  rector, 
attended  ;  also  Richard  Betson,  Thomas  Watson,  William  Saundor, 
and  Richard  Atkinson,  '  parochiani,'  who  said  all  was  well.  At  the 
chancellor's  visitation  of  3  February,  1578,  William  Garnet,  the  rector, 
was  sick.  Thomas  Hedley,  the  curate,  Anthony  Dodgeson,  the  parish 
clerk,  and  Edward  Joblyn,  Arthur  Meriman,  John  Robynson,  and 
Christopher  Dun,  the  churchwardens,  attended.  At  the  general 
chapter  of  26  July,  1578,  in  the  church  of  St.  Nicholas,  Durham, 
Edward  Jeffrayson,  the  curate,  had  only  lately  been  appointed  to  his 
cure  and  had  not  had  time  to  attend  to  the  task.  At  a  chapter  held 
on  29  January,  1579,  Mr.  Francis  Bunny,  the  rector,  and  Edward 
Jeffrayson,  the  curate,  appeared.0 

On  11  Oct,  1587,  rede  vacante,  before  Tobias  Mathew,  dean  of  Durham, 
in  his  study,  the  office  of  judge  against  Giles  Proctor,  clerk,  curate  of 
Ryton,  and  John  Robinson,  churchwarden,  for  quarrelling  and  laying 

9  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  625,  626.  l  Ibid.,  tv,  414,  429,  430. 

2  Hist.  Dun.  Scrip,  tres,  clxiij,  clxxxv,  cccciv. 

8  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  in,  145.  *  Ibid.,  ill,  40  ;  iv,  334. 

5  Eccl'.  Proc.  of  Bishop  Barnes,  Ivij.  c  Ibid.,  xv,  51,  73,  96. 


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violent  hands  upon  each  other  ;  the  former  was  absolved  from  sentence 
of  the  greater  excommunication  ;  the  latter  ordered  to  appear.7 

By  his  will  of  18  June,  1564,  James  Garnett,  of  Eggisclyffe,  directed 
the  burial  of  his  body  in  the  chancel  of  Eggiscliffe  church,  and  gave  to 
his  '  brother  Wil'm  garnet  person  of  Riton  a  couple  of  fatt  kine.'  By 
will  of  20  January,  1571,  William  de  Mennevill  of  Horden,  after  direct- 
ing his  body  to  be  buried  in  the  aisle  of  St  Mary's  church  at  Esington, 
next  his  wife,  left  to  the  high  altar  of  Ryton  church,  13s.  4rf.  for  for- 
gotten tithes,  and  also  13s.  4d.  for  the  sustentation  of  the  light  at  the 
altar  of  the  blessed  Mary  in  the  same  church. s  By  his  will  of  24  Nov, 
1596,  James  Nelson  of  Ryton,  minister,  directed  his  body  to  be  buried 
in  Ryton  churchyard,  and  desired  Mr.  Francis  Bunny  and  the  ordinary, 
to  take  charge  of  the  tuition  of  his  child.9  There  is  a  curious  account 
of  his  '  perversion.' 

On  12  May,  1596,  the  rector,  Francis  Bunny,1  in  a  letter  to  the  bishop 
of  Durham  wrote  : — For  my  own  matters,  I  am  sorry  to  see  such 
profanation  as  I  daily  do,  and  it  so  little  reformed  or  regarded  as  it  is 
of  many.  I  will  open  my  grief.  Upon  Sunday  we  had  a  hopping. 
For  the  Sunday  after  St.  Elen's  day  is  our  day  of  disorder  :  it  is  a  day 
of  feasting  and  dancing.  I  not  knowing  how  to  mend  the  matter,  and 
to  hinder  the  disorder  as  much  as  in  me  lay,  sent  for  Rich.  Colson,  a 
constable,  for  the  other  constables  were  not  in  the  town.  [Note  in 
margin  :  Let  a  warrant  go  for  him  presently],  I  told  him  that  where 
as  many  pipers  and  minstrels  would  be  in  the  town,  and  they  all  are 
by  our  statute  laws  rogues,  if  they  have  not  licences,  he  should  either 
cause  them  to  void  the  town,  or  else,  if  they  would  needs  play  here, 
he  should  as  rogues  carry  them  to  some  justice  of  peace  to  be  com- 
mitted or  used  as  he  thought  good.  The  constable  seemed  not  to 
mislike  this,  but  when  the  time  came  he  suffered  them  not  only  to 
play  but  even  in  service  time  and  so  until  night ;  for  at  evening  prayer 
most  of  the  youths  were  dancing  after  their  pipes  when  they  should 
have  been  at  the  church,  and  yet  not  one  of  these  have  their  licences.  I 
speak  as  much  as  I  can  against  such  things,  especially  in  these  days 
rather  of  mourning  than  of  mirth,  but  my  people  are  as  in  a  dead 
sleep  or  a  trance  past  sense  or  feeling.  I  would  I  could  obtain  that  the 
constable  for  neglect  of  his  duty  were  well  fined  ;  it  would  be  a  good 
example  hereafter  which  if  your  lordship  will  do  then  the  sooner  the 
better,  for  now,  in  some  place  or  other,  every  Sunday  is  thus  con- 
secrated to  Bacchus.2 

On  23  August,  1628,  William  James,  a  prebendary  of  Durham  and 
rector  of  Ryton,  with  others,  signed  a  letter  to  the  bishop  of  Win- 
chester imploring  his  assistance  against  Mr.  Smart's  '  furious  and 
causelesse  rpoceedings  to  the  great  scandall  of  the  church  and  con- 

7  Eccl.  Proc.  of  Biehop  Barnes,  135. 
8  Wills  and  Inventories,  I  (2  Surt.  Soc.  pub!.),  217,  32. 

9  Eccl'  Proc.  of  Bishop  Barnes,  cxxxi. 
1  The  Ryfcon  Registers  give  on  : — 
20  Sep.  1589,  Henry,  sonn  of  Mr.  ffrancis  Bunny  of  Rybon  iburied],  and  on  5  Ang. 

1591,  Matthew,  son  of  Mr.  ffrancis  Bunny  of  Ryton. 

9  March,  1601,  Restwold,  sonne  of  Mr.  Bunny,  gent',  s'oldier  of  Barwick  [buried]. 
5  Nov.  1601,  Willm.,  son  of  Mr.  Bartram  Buiraer  of  Tursdale  [christened],  and  on 

2  Deer.,  Anthony,  son  of  the  same. 
They  also  give  : 

On  30  April,  1600,  Mr.  Bertram  Buiraer  and  Mrs.  Isab.  Tempest  f married!. 
On  15  June,  1604,  Ellinor  Blumer,  set  vannte  to  the  ladie  Tempest  died.     Then  come 
the  names  of  35  people  with  '  theis  followinge  dyed  of  the  plague  ano  1604.' 
'All  theis dyinge  of  the  plague  betweene  June  and  July,  Auguste,  September, 
October,  and  November,  out  of  the  Townshippe  of  Winlawton  ' 
2  Hatfield  Papers,  VI  (Hist.  MSS.  Comm.  Rep.),  179. 


64 

tempt  of  God's  service,'  in  connexion  with  Smart's  '  inducements 
concerning  the  ornaments  of  our  Communion  Table,  standing  at  the 
Nicena  Creed,'  etc  3  On  28  May,  1635,  Henry  Fawdon  had  to  confer 
with  Mr.  William  James,  parson  of  Ryton,  '  in  pointes  of  religion  and 
to  bring  a  certificat  of  the  conference.'  On  10  May,  1636,  he  appeared 
before  the  chancellor  and  the  cause  was  dismissed.4  After  the  battle  of 
Newburn  [1640]  the  parsons  of  Ryton  and  of  Whickharn  first  rifled 
their  own  houses  and  then  fled,  leaving  nothing  but  a  few  play  books 
and  pamphlets,  and  one  old  cloak  with  an  old  woman,  being  the  only 
living  Christian  in  the  town,  the  rest  being  fled.6  On  10  Sept,  1644, 
there  is  a  notification  that  the  parsonage  of  Ryton  (Mr.  Wm.  James) 
was  sequestered  for  delinquency  by  virtue  of  the  ordinance  of  parlia- 
ment on  that  behalf.6 

Walker  (Sufferings  of  the  Clergy,  p  281)  gives  Wm.  James,  A.M., 
of  the  rectory  of  Ryton,  worth  1501.  a  year,  as  one  of  the  ministers 
ejected  by  parliament.  He  remarks  that  '  one  Weld  had  the  living 
in  1656.  Mr.  Wells  (Mr.  John  Weld)  of  Ryton,  died  soon  after  the 
restoration ;  he  is  said  to  have  conformed. 

Ralph  Blakiston,  brother-in-law  of  bishop  Cosin,  was  rector  of  Ryton 
from  1660  to  1676,  when  he  died  and  was  buried  at  Ryton  on  30  Jan. 
Bishop  Cosin  on  22  Sept,  1661,  ordained  deacon,  Stephen  Berdley, 
M.A.,  curate  of  Ryton  under  mag.  Blakeston.7 

The  learned  Dr.  Cave,  whilst  parson  of  Riton  [1676-1679]  was 
designedly,  as  a  stranger,  brought  out  the  author's  [Ambrose  Barnes] 
company,  and  lookt  upon  as  one,  who,  by  his  reading  in  church  history, 
might  cope  with  any  antagonist,  in  defence  of  prelacy.8  He  was  the 
author  of  the  Lives  of  the  Apostles  and  Martyrs,  dedicated  to  bishop 
Crewe.  He,  after  the  restoration,  became  vicar  of  Islington,  and  canon 
of  Windsor. 9 

On  8  Nov,  1665,  there  was  collected  in  Ryton,  for  people  suffering 
from  the  plague,  4s. ;  on  4  Oct,  6s.,  in  Aug,  1665,  la.  Qd.,  and  on  6  Sept, 
1665,  5s.1 

In  1674,  proceedings  were  taken  against  many  people  of  Ryton  in 
archdeacon  Grariville's  court,  for  seducing  people  from  the  established 
church,  for  keeping  children  unbaptized  ,f or  not  paying  cess  for  the  repair 
of  the  church,  for  being  Popish  rescusants,  for  clandestine  marriages, 
etc.2  Amongst  those  against  whom  action  was  taken  as  rescusants, 
were  Sir  Thomas  Tempest,  arid  his  wife,  Robert  Tempest,  gen.,  Thomas 
Selby,  gen.,  Henry  Selby,  gen.  and  his  wife,  Edward  Fenwick,  gen., 
and  William  Silvertop  and  wife. 

It  was  proposed  to  hold  a  monthly  meeting  of  the  clergy  and  others 
and  confer  about  matters  of  discipline,  etc.,  amongst  them  whose 
names  appear  is  that  of  Mr.  Sowersby,  rector  of  Ryton.  3 

On  26  March,  1687,  Ralph  Harrison  of  Friarside,  by  will  bequeathed 
to  the  poor  of  Ryton,  100Z.4 

3  Bishop  Cosin' s  Corresp.,  l  (52  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  146  &  n. 
•i  Court  of  High  Commission  at  Durham  (34  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  115. 

5  Ambrose  Barnes,  332. 

6  Royal  Compos.  (Ill  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  17. 

7  Bishop  Cosin' s  Corresp.,  II,  27,  33. 

8  Ambrose  Barnes,  ISO  &  n. 
9  Ambrose  Barnes  (50  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  128  &  n,  140,  150. 

i  Ibid.,  3-23,  324  bis,  325. 
2  Dean  Granville's  Letters  (47  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  13  &  n,  238,  239. 

s  ibid.,  171. 
*  Royal\Compos.,  233n. 


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PROCEEDINGS 

OF    THE 


SOCIETY    OF   ANTIQUARIES 


OF    NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. 


SER.,    VOL.    IV.  1909.  NO.    7 


The  second  country  meeting  of  the  season  was  held  on  Saturday, 
the  tenth  day  of  July,  1909,  in 

NORTH  YORKSHIRE. 

Members  assembled  at  Darlington  railway  station  at  10-20  a.m.,  on 
the  arrival  of  the  9-30  train  from  Newcastle,  amongst  those  present 
being  Mr.  E.  Wooler,  professor  Dixon  and  Mr.  Firth,  of  Darlington  ;  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  R.  L.  Markham,  Mr.  Joseph  Oswald,  Mr.  H.  Soden  Bird,  Mr. 
N.  Temperley,  and  Mr.  E.  R.  Newbegin,  of  Newcastle ;  Mrs.  Chambers 
of  London  ;  Mr.  W.  A.  Armstrong  and  the  Revd.  C.  E.  Adamson,  of 
South  Shields  ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  Blair  of  Harton,  and  Mrs.  Clark  of 
Shrewsbury. 

They  at  once  seated  themselves  in  the  brake,  which  was  in  waiting, 
and  under  Mr.  Wooler's  guidance,  drove  through  the  town,  by  way  of 
Blackwell  bridge,  past  Cleasby — the  old  vicarage  and  on  the  front  of  it 
the  coat  of  arms  of  bishop  Robinson  who  was  a  native  of  the  village, 
being  noticed  on  the  way, — to 

MANFIELD. 

A  few  minutes  were  spent  in  glancing  over  the  fine  old  church,  fcan 
interesting  building  of  the  early  or  middle  fourteenth  century,  with 
windows  mostly  inserted  later.  The  sturdy  tower,  probably  built  for 
defence,  is  a  little  later  than  the  rest  of  the  structure,  and  is  a  very 
conspicuous  object  from  the  Durham  side  of  the  Tees.'1  The  nave 
arcade  has  octagonal  columns,  while  the  respond  shafts  are  round, 
On  the  south  side  of  the  chancel  is  a  piscina  projecting  from  the  wall, 
supported  on  a  shaft  resting  on  the  ground ;  its  arch  is  of  the  same 
period  as  the  church,  but  the  bowl  is  of  Norman  or  Transitional  date, 
and  looks  as  though  it  had  been  the  capital  of  a  column.  The  door 
on  the  south  side  of  the  chancel  is  late  Norman  or  Transitional  date, 
having  on  one  of  its  orders  intersecting  zig-zags  in  relief  with  pellets 
in  the  angles,  similar  to  bishop  Pudsey's  window,  of  about  1192,  on 
the  south  side  of  the  chancel  of  Darlington  church.  In  the  church  are 
several  medieval  grave-covers,  and  in  the  churchyard  the  base  of  the 
churchyard  cross  and  a  portion  of  the  shaft.  The  plate  opposite  shews 
the  church  with  its  tower  from  the  south  east,  porch,  etc.  Built  into 
the  west  side  of  the  tower  are  three  coats  of  arms.  In  the  vestry  is  a 
wooden  chest  dated  1688. 

i  Rev.  J.  F.  Hodgson. 
[  Proo.  3  Ser.  IV,  10] 


66 

Bacon  (Liber  Regis,  1249)  gives  '  Mandfield  alias  Manfield  '  as  a 
vicarage  (All  Saints')  remaining  in  charge,  its  value  in  the  king's  books 
being  61.  Is.  3d.,  and  the  yearly  tenths,  12s.  \\d.  '  Prox.  and  syn.,  10s. 
Eleemo.  11.  Val.  in  mans,  cum  gleb.  per  ann.  21.  6s.  Sd.,  decim.  foen., 
Ian.,  agn.,  lin.,  canab.,  etc.  The  King.  Mon.  Sanct.  Agathae  Ebor. 
propr.' 

Robert  de  Manfeld,  held  the  prebend  of  Eldon  in  Auckland  church, 
which  he  exchanged  with  John  Benryng,  a  canon  of  Ripon  on  20  Feb. 
1381.2 

In  1227,  an  assize  of  novel  disseisin  was  taken  at  York  in  the  case 
of  Thomas  de  Cabery  against  Robert  de  Hypleswell  concerning  a 
tenement  in  Manfield.3 

From  Manfield  the  drive  was  continued  to 

STANWICK    ST.    JOHN'S    CHURCH, 

where  the  vicar,  the  Rev.  Henry  Pollexfen,  met  the  party  and  remarked 
on  the  chief  points  of  interest  in  the  church.  He  said  there  was  a  stone 
church  in  the  eighth  century,  as  shewn  by  Anglian  door  jambs,  with 
birds'  heads,  etc.,  also  by  Anglian  and  Danish  grave  covers  and  crosses, 
including  a  hogbacked  stone  ;  and  evidences  of  a  Norman  church  in  the 
beak-heads,  etc.  Temp.  Stephen,  Rollos  joined  Maude  the  empress,  and 
was  deprived  of  the  manor,  which  was  given  to  Roald,  constable  of  Rich- 
mond castle.  The  king  gave  the  church  to  St.  Agatha's  abbey  at  Easby. 
The  present  church  was  built  about  1200.  A  long  dispute  took  place 
as  to  the  patronage,  archbishop  Walter  Gray  at  last  appointed 
Lawrence  de  Topclive  rector  ;  he  did  not  come  into  residence,  so  the 
convent  (St.  Agatha's)  appointed  another.  Lawrence  came  and  ex- 
pelled him,  and  made  the  church  a  castle.  Canons  of  Easby  came  ; 
there  wras  a  fight,  in  which  a  man  was  killed  and  the  church  doors 
burnt.  The  archbishop  then  gave  the  church  to  Ripon  collegiate 
church,  the  rector  to  be  prebendary  and  '  rector  chori.'  Stan  wick  was 
called  the  '  Golden  Prebend '  (Raine).  There  are  many  thirteenth  cen- 
tury grave  covers,  and  four  stone  figures  (fourteenth  century  ?).  There 
was  a  visitation  of  the  church  by  the  canons  of  Ripon  in  1464 ,  after 
which  extensive  alterations  appear  to  have  been  made.  Henry  vin 
4  gave '  the  prebend  to  Sir  Ralph  Sadler  in  1547,  the  tithes  are  now  im- 
propriated.  Many  alterations  took  place,  temp.  James  i  and  Charles  n. 
The  church  was  restored  and  partly  rebuilt  in  18fi8  (an  illustration 
of  the  church  from  the  south  is  given  on  the  plate  opposite). 

'  Stanwick  is,  like  Forcett,  an  early  thirteenth  century  church,  with  a 
broad  south  chantry  chapel  by  the  same  man  that  built  the  south  side 
of  the  nave  of  Eggleston  abbey,  and  contains  many  interesting  remains 
of  medieval  and  pre-conquest  grave  covers.'4  'The  earliest  part  ap- 
peared to  be  the  south  arcade  of  the  nave,  which  included  among  the 
capitals  of  the  pillars  two  having  the  Transitional  volute  upon  them. 
The  tower  is  a  massive  and  somewhat  keep-like  structure,  and  it  very 
probably  served  for  the  purpose  of  temporary  defence.' 5 

In  the  churchyard,  to  the  south  of  the  church,  is  a  fragment  of  an 
Anglian  cross,  with  knot- work,  etc.,  upon  it :  it  stands  on  its  original 
pedestal.  There  is  also  in  the  churchyard  the  top  part  of  a  curious  grave 
cover,  apparently  of  late  date,  recently  unearthed,  having  on  it  a  rude 
front- face  in  a  pointed  shield,  a  pair  of  shears,  etc.  Built  into  the  south 
wall,  evidence  of  the  pre-conquest  church,  are  some  stones  having  a  pretty 

a  Mem.  of  Ripon,  II  (78  Snrt.  Soc.  publ.),  138,  194. 

3  Cal.  of  Pat  Molls,  1  Hen.  ill,  p.  207.  4  Hev.  J.  F.  Hodgson. 

5  Rev.  \V.  (Jreenwell  in  Proc«e<liiujts  of  Durham  and  Northumberland  Archaeological 
Society,  cxxxj.  )he  pre-coiiqiie.st  inscribed  and  sculptured  stones  in  this  and  the  other 
churches  visited,  are  described  by  prof.  Ooilingwoocl  in  the  Yorkshire  Arch.  Jour.,  XIX, 


Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Newc.,  3  ser.,  IV. 


To  face  page  66. 


STANWICK   CHURCH   FROM    SOUTH. 


SMITHSON   MONUMENT   IN   STANWICK   CHURCH. 


From  photographs  by  Mr.  Joseph  Oswald. 


6? 

device  of  leaf  and  scroll  design,  with  birds.  Within  the  church  are 
portions  of  other  Anglian  crosses,  while  built  into  both  sides  of  the  south 
porch  are  some  Anglian  stones,  including  the  two  ends  of  a  hog-backed 
stone,  the  voussoirs,  evidently,  of  a  small  arch,  probably  of  a  Normari 
doorway,  of  two  roll  mouldings,  each  stone  having  a  beak-head  upon  it, 
etc.  There  were  two  brasses  in  the  church,  one  of  1485,  of  '  Emma,  wife  of 
Sir  Ralph  Pudsay,  lord  of  Barforth,'  disappeared  during  the  1$68  *  restor- 
ation' ;  the  other  is  a  long  and  important  inscription  to  the  Cattericks, 
formerly  owners  of  the  manor.  This  brass,  found  at  Hutton  hall  a  few 
years  ago,  came  into  the  possession  of  Mr.  Catherick  of  Piercebridge, 
who  has  recently  given  it  to  the  church,  on  condition  that  it  was  fixed  to 
the  church  wall,  where  it  now  is ;  a  note  of  it  with  an  illustration  may 
be  seen  in  these  Proceedings  (3  ser,  i,  88  and  90).  At  the  east  end  of  the 
south  aisle  is  to  be  seen  the  large  and  '  stately '  marble  tomb  of  the 
first  Sir  Hugh  Smithson'1  and  his  wife,  ancestors  of  the  dukes  of  Northum- 
berland. He  is  represented  in  wig  and  armour,  lying  on  his  left  side 
with  his  head  raised  and  resting  on  his  elbow,  a  treatment  characteristic 
of  the  late  seventeenth  century.  His  wife  is  lying  prone  on  her  back  at 
his  left  side.  On  some  of  the  window  sills  inside  the  church  are  sand- 
stone effigies,  which  appear  to  have  been  exposed  in  the  open  churchyard 
for  several  generations,  so  that  now  all  detail  has  disappeared.  Long- 
staffe  (Richmondsh.  146)  says  that  'some  clumsy  memorials  of  the 
Smithsons  ousted  the  more  modest  freestone  statues,  probably  of  their 
ancestors  [?  predecessors],  the  Cattericks,  into  the  churchyard.'  The 
font  has  a  plain  octagonal  bowl :  suspended  over  it  is  a  carved  steeple- 
shaped  Jacobean  cover.  Formerly  hanging  in  the  church,  with  a  banner, 
over  the  tomb  of  Sir  Hugh  Smithson,  but  now  lying  in  the  vestry,  are  the 
helmet,  spurs,  and  gloves,  said  by  tradition  to  have  been  used  at  his 
funeral.  The  registers  begin  in  1651.  The  bells  in  the  tower  are  medieval, 
and  bear,  in  addition  to  the  inscription.'a  shield  having  the  device  of  three 
bells  on  it,  as  at  Pittington  (see  for  latter,  Proceedings,  2  ser.,  in,  2i7). 

Bacon  (Liber  Regis,  1250,)  gives  '  Staynlocks  alias  S*tanwich  St. 
John,  V.  remaining  in  charge.  Five  preb.  (St.  John  Baptist).  Value 
in  king's  books,  61.  13s.  4d.  ;  the  yearly  tenths  being  13s.  4d.  ;  val.  in 
denar.  annuat.  rec.  Prebendar.  de  Rippon,  61.  13s.  4d.,  Ecclesia  Colleg. 
Rippon,  propr.  William  Wharton,  esq.,  1722,  1746  ;  Margaret  and 
Mary  Wharton,  spinsters,  and  others,  1769.  Yearly  value  as  certified 
to  governors  of  Queen  Anne's  Bounty,  38Z.  16s.' 

Laurence  [de  Toppeclive],  canon  of  Aquileia,  and  prebendary  of  Stan- 
wick,  was  made  '  persona  '  of  Stanwick  by  archbishop  Gray,  to  whom  the 
collation  had  devolved  by  the  neglect  of  the  archdeacon  of  Richmond. 7 
On  13  kal.  June  [20  May],  1226,  he  was  collated  to  the  church  of  Stein- 
weg,  which  had  thus  lapsed. s  William  de  Barnehou,  brother  of  Waldef 
de  Berford,  gave  to  God  and  the  blessed  John  of  Stanweg,  with  his 
body,  five  and  a  half  roods  of  land  in  Berford,  mag.  Laurence,  the 
parson,  in  name  of  the  church,  taking  seisin,  Eudo  de  Stanweg  being 
one  of  the  witnesses.  There  was  a  further  grant  by  him  of  two  acres 
of  land  at  Appleby  cross,  etc.,  for  the  salvation  of  the  donor's  soul  and 
those  of  his  ancestors ;  Laurence,  parson  of  Stainwegg  is  one  of  the 
witnesses,  as  is  also  Yvo,  the  chaplain.9 

6  'Sir  Jeremy  Smithson,  a  turbulent  person  (see  post,  p.  70),  was  the  son,  and  the 
father  of  a  sir  Hugh  Siiiiihson.'  In  1CS!),  '  Anthony  Smith-on  of  Armine,  esquire,  was 
buried  in  the  toiube  besid  Sir  Hugh  Stniihson,  his  father,. knight  and  baronet,  the  18th 
Janu.ry.  Jerimie  Smithson,  knight  ;nid  baronet,  was  buried  in  the  foresnid  tombe, 
the  18th  day  of  February.'— Stanwick  Par.  Jii-ijistcrN. 

7  Mnn.  of  liipon,  II,  ?45. 

8  Archb,  Gray's  liny.  (56  Surt.  Soc.  ptibl.),  9  ;  Mem.  of  liipon,  I  (71  Stirt.  Soc.  publ.),  ^50. 
9  Mem.  of  liipon,  I,  152,  153. 


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On  13  Nov.  1230,  by  an  agreement  between  Ripori  church  and  the 
same  Laurence,  the  archbishop  assigned  a  portion  in  the  church  of 
Stanwick  for  a  prebendary  in  the  church  of  Ripon,  who  was  to  be  ruler 
of  the  choir.  1  On  prid.  kal.  Oct.  [30  Sept.],  1232,  the  archbishop 
of  York  (Gray)  made  the  church  of  Stainwegges  a  prebend  of  Ripon, 
reserving  to  the  archdeacons  of  Richmond  and  their  officials  and  deans 
the  correction  of  the  parishioners  save  the  men  of  the  church.2  This 
was  confirmed  by  pope  Alexander  iv,  in  1255. 

On  18  Nov.  1279,  Anthony  Bek,  who  afterwards  became  bishop  of 
Durham,  was  collated  to  the  prebend  of  Staynweges,  vacant  by  the 
resignation  of  Eadmund  de  Maundeuil,  whose  income  at  Stanwick 
was  ordered  to  be  sequestrated.3  On  5  Oct.  1301,  Roger  Swayn  held 
the  prebend. 

On  23  Oct.  1303,  the  archbishop  of  York  decreed  that  each  canon 
of  Ripon  should  have  a  perpetual  vicar  to  be  paid  quarterly  six  marks 
a  year  by  the  canon  whose  work  he  did  ;  and  that  the  canon  of  Stayn- 
wegges,  ruler  of  the  choir  at  Ripon,  should  have  power  on  non-payment 
of  his  stipend  to  distrain.4 

On  15  kal.  [17th]  Oct.  1312,  an  enquiry  was  ordered  to  be  made  into 
the  defects  of  the  houses,  chancel,  books  and  other  ornaments  of  the 
prebend  of  Staynwigge,  to  be  certified  before  the  then  next  feast  of  St. 
Michael.  On  14  Dec.  following,  the  collation  of  Richard  de  Henneye  to 
the  prebend  was  confirmed.  On  26  July,  1318,  damages  to  the  extent 
of  forty-one  marks  had  been  done  by  the  Scots  to  the  prebend  of 
Stainwegges,  and  by  a  taxation  of  the  livings,  etc.,  in  Yorkshire  under 
the  king's  writ,  dated  12  June  of  that  year,  to  shew  the  damage  done 
to  them  by  the  Scots,  the  prebend  was  valued  at  lOi. 5  On  13  Dec. 
of  the  same  year,  a  monition  was  issued  to  John  de  Crakhale, 
prebendary  of  Staynewegges,  to  reside  in  his  benefice  under  penalty. 
On  28  July,  1362,  John  Midelton  was  instituted  to  the  rectory 
by  exchange.6  On  7  id.  [7th]  Feb.  1366,  a  mandate  was  issued 
to  the  archdeacon  of  Durham  to  summon  John  de  Crakall,  canon  of 
Ripon,  and  others  concerned,  touching  the  petition  of  Henry  Getheved, 
vicar  of  Staynwigges,  in  which  there  was  a  prebend  of  Ripon.  The 
value  of  the  rectory,  containing  as  the  parish  did  seven  scattered 
and  well  peopled  townships,  exceeded  100  marks,  out  of  which  a  small 
portion  was  assigned  to  the  vicar,  who  was  in  such  fear  of  the  said  canon 
that  he  could  not  safely  meet  him  in  the  city  or  diocese  of  York.  The 
archdeacon  was  to  inform  himself  and  make  order  for  assignment  of  a 
fit  portion  for  the  vicar.  ?  On  18  April,  1397,  an  exchange  took  place 
between  John  Middelton,  prebendary  of  Stanewygges,  arid  John  Deen, 
rector  of  Brandesby,  and  the  latter  was  collated  arid  inducted  three 
days  later.8  On  2  id.  [14th]  July,  1401,  John  Dene,  was  confirmed 
in  his  canonry  and  prebend  and  other  benefices  ;  he  had  obtained 
from  Urban  vi,  a  dispensation  for  orders,  and  to  hold  a  benefice  as 
the  son  of  an  unmarried  man  and  unmarried  woman  ;  he  had  obtained 
the  church  of  Brandesby  and  exchanged  it  for  the  canonry  and  prebend 
of  Stayneweggis  in  St.  Peter's,  Ripon.9 

There  was  a  commission,  dated  3  June,  1408,  to  empower  George 
de  Mondellis  of  Milan,  who  is  styled  '  medicinae  doctor,'  to  exchange 
his  prebend  of  Givendale  in  Ripon  with  John  Dean,  for  Stanwick, 
but  it  was  revoked. 

1  Mem.  of  Ripon,  n,  2.  2  Archb.  Gray's  Reg.,  25, 52, 57  ;  Mem.  of  Ripon,  I*  111 ;  n,  3. 

3  Mem.  of  Ripon,  II,  8-11.  *  Ibid.,  45,  46. 

5  Letters  from  Northern  R^.,  282.  6  Mem.  of  Ripon,  1 1,  70,  73,  85,  124,  248. 

7  Cat.  of  Papal  Reg.,  5;  Papal  Letters,  iv,  51. 
8  Mem.  of  Ripon,  ll,  140.  »  Cal.  of  Papal  Reg.,  6  ;  Papal  Letters,  v,  280. 


69 

Wm.  Cawood,  who  died  in  1449,  left  his  Psalter  glossed  with  the 
gloss  of  Cassiodorus,  to  be  chained  before  the  stall  of  the  prebends  of 
Thorp  and  Stanewegges  in  Ripon  church,  to  remain  there  for  ever  for 
the  use  of  the  ministers  of  that  church.  ^ 

At  a  visitation  on  12  Sept.  14(54,  in  the  choir  of  Stan  wick  church,  a 
citation  from  Ripon  chapter  was  addressed  to  the  vicar,  citing  two 
laymen  from  each  township  in  the  parish  (of  whom  John  Teesdale  and 
Robert  Colyn  were  from  Stanwick  itself)  to  enquire  into  matters 
connected  with  the  prebend.  Some  of  those  cited  appeared,  others, 
including  John  Teesdale,  were  contumacious.  Amongst  things  con- 
sidered were  the  alleged  intrusions  of  the  archdeacon  of  Richmond,  as 
Stanwick  was  said  to  owe  no  subjection  to  Richmond,  but  was  immune 
and  free,  and  orders  were  given  that  he  was  not  to  be  obeyed.  It  was 
reported  that  the  choir  of  the  church  was  defective  and  needed  repair 
that  the  stoles  and  other  ornaments  of  the  altar  were  frail  ;  that  the 
font  with  its  cover,  le  bell  strynges,  and  le  holy  water  fatt,  were  defective. 
The  defects  were  ordered  to  be  made  good  under  a  penalty.  A  charge 
was  made  against  dom.  Thomas  Rande  alias  Grenehode,  '  praeterisus 
vicarius,'  for  immorality.  Churchwardens  were  appointed.2 

On  31  Oct.  1479,  Robert  Symson  '  decanus  de  Darneton,'  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  prebend  of  Stanwick  by  John  Rawe,  chaplain,  his  proxy, 
on  the  resignation  of  John  Clere.3  In  1480  John  Clere  died  ('  migravit 
ex  hoc  saeculo  '),  intestate.  On  12  Sept.  1481,  Thomas  Bakhows 
was  appointed  to  the  prebend  by  the  archbishop,  on  the  resignation 
of  Robert  Symson  who  had  to  be  paid  a  pension  of  201.  per  an.  for  life 
out  of  the  fruits  of  the  prebend.  On  the  20th  he  was  inducted.  On 
28  Oct.  1482,  Wm.  Poteman  '  plenum  capitulum  faciens,'  sequestered 
the  whole  pension  which  dom.  Thomas  Bakhous  had  to  pay  annually 
to  dom.  Robert  Symson,  administrator  of  the  goods  of  mag.  John 
Clere,  and  enj  oined  him  not  to  pay  the  same  pension  or  any  part  of  it 
to  Robert,  until  John  Clere's  creditors  were  fully  paid.4^ 

On  23  Oct.  1483,  dom.  John  Huchonson,  chaplain,  was  inducted  .to 
the  vicarage  of  Stanewygges,  on  the  presentation  of  Thomas  Bakhous, 
owing  to  the  death  of  dom.  Thomas  Rand,  and  was  instituted  by  Robert 
Cateryk  and  Gilbert  Manerd,  chaplains,  Bakhous's  proxies.5 

In  1503,  according  to  the  fabric-roll  of  Ripon,  the  canon  of  Stanwick 
contributed  26s.  Sd.  towards  the  fabric  of  the  church  of  Ripon,  for 
half-a-year. 

By  will  of  1  Oct,  1504,  Thomas  Braytwaytt  left  2Qd.  to  the  pre- 
bendary of  Stanewygge.0 

On  26  Oct.  1538,  Christopher  Seall,  prebendary  of  Stangwike,  con- 
tributed 40s.  annually  out  of  his  prebend,  towards  the  repair  of  Ripon 
minster. 7 

At  chapters  held  on  7  Oct.  1544,  and  in  Sep.  1545,  Richard  Dean, 
prebendary  of  Stanwigges,  was  present." 

On  9  Aug.  1546,  the  archbishop  of  York  granted  to  Sir  Ralph  Sadler, 
a  courtier,  who  benefitted  largely  from  the  dissolution,  the  advowson, 
donation,  presentation  and  patronage  of  the  prebend  of  Stangwige, 
on  the  next  vacation,  with  power  to  appoint  a  fit  person  to  the  same 
prebend.  On  22  April,  1547,  this  was  ratified  by  the  Chapter. a 

The  prebendaries  of  Stanwick  from  about  1220  to  1538  are  given  in 
Mem.  of  Ripon  (n,  pp.  245-251,  where  much  is  told  abou  them),  ast 

i  Mem.  of  Ripon,  ll,  (78  Surt.  Soc.  pub!.),  212,  213. 

2  Ripon  Chapter  Acts  (64  Surt.  Sue.  publ.;,  218. 
3lbid.,-2U.  4  Ibid.,  270-272.  5  Ibid.,  284.  6  Ibid.,  294. 

7  Mum.  of  Ripon,  II,  180 ;  see  also  Ibid.,  I,  111. 
8  Ripon  Chapter  Acts,  348.  9  Ibid.,  353-355. 


70 

Galfrid  de  Bockland,  Laurence  [de  Toppeclive],  Eadmund  de  Maunde- 
vill,  Anthony  Bek  (who  afterwards,  when  bishop  died  at  Durham,  and 
was  there  buried),  dom.  Roger  Sweyn,  dom.  Ric.  de  Henney,  dom. 
Wm.  Seton,  Thomas  de  Cave,  Robert  de  Rypon,  Peter  de  Wetwang, 
mag.  John  de  Crakhall,  dom.  John  de  Seggefeld,  John  de  Middelton, 
dom.  John  Dean,  mag.  Simon  Alcock,  mag.  Richard  Morton,  mag. 
John  Clere,  dom.  Robert  Symson,  dom.  Thomas  Bakhous,  dom.  Rich. 
Dean,  and  Christopher  Seale. 

In  1665  a  true  bill  was  found  against  Jeremy  Smithson,  afterwards 
Sir  Jerome  Smithson  of  Stanwick,  for  saying  on  24  June  to  Sir  Joseph 
Cradock  '  thou  art  a  base  fellow  ;  you  thiiike  yourself  impowered  by 
being  on  the  comission  of  peace  ;  I  am  on  the  comission  and  care  not 
a  f — t  for  the  commission  or  you.'  The  Srnithsoris  had  then  only 
recently  acquired  Stanwick.  In  July,  1668,  John  Wake  of  Stanwix, 
was  indited  at  York  for  tempting  one  Christopher  Francklin  to  leave 
Mr.  Smithson's  service  and  to  carry  off  his  clothes.  Thomas  Swin- 
burne of  Barmpton,  was  also  indited  for  speaking  slanderously  of 
Mr.  Smithson.1 

On  1  May,  1745,  in  Lady  Oxford's  journey  to  the  north  of  England. 
'  Stanwick,  a  seat  of  Sir  Hugh  Smithson's  '  was  visited  ;  '  on  their 
way  met  Mr.  Shuttleworth,  who  has  an  extremely  pretty  house  and 
place  just  by  called  Fosset.'* 

After  heartily  thanking  Mr.  Pollexfen,  Mr.  Wooler  led  the  party  to  an 
impressive  portion  of  the  earthworks  in  Stanwick  park. 

Standing  on  the  ramparts,  he  thus  addressed  the  members  : — '  Unfor- 
tunately, they  would  never  know  definitely  who  erected  the  camp  and 
the  connecting  earthworks.  Stanwick  camp  enclosed  an  area  of  about 
800  acres,  and  covered  a  larger  space  of  ground  than  any  other  encamp- 
ment in  Britain.  The  length  of  the  outward  rampart  was  8070  yards, 
.of  the  outside  works  3183  yards,  and  that  of  the  internal  works 
2334  yards.  The  highest  point  of  the  external  rampart  was  14  feet, 
and  the  depth  of  the  ditch  about  the  same.  They  must  have  origin- 
ally been  considerably  higher,  as  the  erosion  of  the  light  soil  in  the 
course  of  nearly  2000  years  would  be  great.  On  the  assumption 
that  there  was  a  wooden  stockade  at  the  top,  the  construction  of  the 
works  at  the  present  day  would  have  cost  3575 IL,  at  lid.  per  cubic 
yard.  Some  idea  of  the  laborious  character  of  that  great  work  might 
be  formed  from  the  fact  that  it  would  have  to  be  entirely  executed 
with  wooden  spades,  tipped  either  with  iron  or  bronze.  There  could 
be  no  doubt  that  this  extensive  camp  was  designed  by  the  Brigantes 
for  the  purpose  of  defence.  The  camp  stood  within  a  triangle  formed 
by  two  Roman  roads  running  from  the  Roman  stations  at  Catterick 
to  Piercebridge,  and  from  Scotch  Corner  to  Greta  bridge,  the  river 
Tees  forming  the  base  of  the  triangle.  The  construction  of  the  camp 
testified  to  a  degree  of  patience  probably  rarely  equalled  in  the  early 
history  of  defensive  effort  and  afforded  ample  evidence  of  the  highest 
qualities  of  skill,  with  able  and  energetic  leaders.  Think  of  the 
thousands  of  men  and  women,  continued  Mr.  Wooler,  animated 
by  that  spirit  of  patriotism  for  which  Britons  have  always  been  re- 
nowned, piling  up  these  enormous  earthworks  with  deer-horn  picks, 
wooden  spades,  and  wicker  and  hide  baskets,  etc.  ;  erecting  those 

l  J)f,p.  fr<»n  York  Castle,  131  &n.     See  ante,  p.  67.     The  Sniilhsons  bought  Stanwick 
for  40UOZ.  from  the  Catterieks.     It  is  said  that  the  Cathericks  of  Pieroebridgt  are  the 
present  repiesentatives  of  the  family.—  Plan tagenet  Harrison's  Yorkah.,  499. 
•-'  J'ortland  Papers,  vi  (Hist.  MSS.  Coin.  Rep.),  184. 


Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Newc.  3  ser.,  iv. 


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PORTIONS    OF    RAMPARTS    AND    DITCH    OF    STANWICK    CAMP. 


From  photographs  by  Mr.  Firth  of  Darlington. 


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formidable  barriers  merely  by  the  strength  of  hand  and  back.  Yet 
they  accomplished  that  enormous  undertaking,  the  main  features  of 
which  stood  out  yet  in  strong  and  bold  relief.  That  such  a  vast  work 
should  have  been  accomplished  under  such  crude  and  difficult  con- 
ditions afforded  striking  evidence  of  that  tenacity  of  purpose  and 
indomitable  strength  of  will  which  were  so  characteristic  of  the  British 
race  and  of  the  northerners  in  particular.  That  the  builders  were 
possessed  of  a  considerable  amount  of  strategical  intelligence  was 
amply  proved  by  those  remains  of  their  work.  The  site  selected  was 
the  best  for  their  particular  purpose,  and  the  skill  with  which  the 
ramparts  were  carried  round  the  entire  enclosure  showed  how  carefully 
the  weak  and  exposed  points  had  been  strengthened.  Why,  it  might 
be  asked,  was  that  site  selected  ?  He  thought  in  the  first  instance 
because  of  the  fertile  character  of  the  land,  so  important  a  factor  in 
the  feeding  of  stock  and  the  raising  of  crops.  Secondly,  because  of  its 
proximity  to  the  copper  mines,  worked  within  his  (Mr.  Wooler's) 
recollection,  which  wTould  be  of  great  advantage  in  the  making  of 
their  bronze  implements.  That  the  Brigantes  were  a  people  possessed 
of  superior  brain  power  was  evidenced  also  by  all  the  skulls  which  had 
been  exhumed.  These  were  well-shaped  and  evidently  those  of  men  of 
great  force  of  character.  About  the  year  1844,  within  these  entrench- 
ments were  found  deposited  together  in  a  pit,  at  the  depth  of  about 
five  feet,  a  large  number  of  horse  trappings,  harness  mounts,  etc.,  in 
bronze  ;  cheek  pieces  for  bridles  ;  linch-pins  ;  rings  with  open  work 
ornament  in  both  S-shaped  and  C-shaped  scrolls  ;  small  metal  bowls  ; 
embossed  bronze  work  ;  small  fragment  of  a  shield  boss,  with  a  rivet 
in  position  on  the  edge  ;  fragments  of  chain  mail  from  a  cuirass  ;  iron 
chariot  tires,  and  an  ornamental  bronze  buckle  of  Oriental  workman- 
ship. This  last-named  article  was  very  curious  as  having  been  brought 
from  some  Eastern  nation,  and  buried  with  this  deposit  of  Early  Iron 
Age  objects,  and  was  proof  of  intercommunication  between  widely 
distant  parts  of  the  world  at  a  very  early  period.  It  bore  an  interesting 
engraving  representing  two  peacocks  standing  facing  each  other  on 
either  side  of  a  tree,  or  plant,  while  the  termination  of  the  actual  loop 
of  the  buckle  was  ornamented  with  two  horses'  heads.  Several  of  the 
bronze  articles,  especially  the  harness  mounts,  had  much  delicacy  of 
form,  and  were  enriched  with  a  good  deal  of  open-work  ornament,  and 
in  one  or  two  cases  there  were  indications  of  the  use  of  enamel,  which 
bore  tribute  to  the  artistic  taste  and  skill  in  the  working  of  metals.3 
Numerous  bronze  axes  and  spear  heads  had  also  been  found  there, 
some  of  which  w^ere  in  his  possession.  He  had  in  his  possession  also  an 
early  British  hand  quern,  or  millstone,  found  in  that  camp,  made  of 
Shap  granite,  showing  that  wheat  was  cultivated  in  the  vicinity. 
On  the  top  of  Henah  hill,  25  feet  above  the  surrounding  ground 
and  protected  by  entrenchments  on  the  north,  east,  south,  and  by  a 
morass  (now  drained)  on  the  west,  there  is  an  entrenched  circle  80  feet 
in  diameter  consisting  of  rampart  and  ditch.  The  circle  had  almost 
been  obliterated  in  ploughing  ;  the  plough  marks  being  distinct,  shows 
it  has  been  ploughed  through  and  through.  It  has  not  been  excavated, 
and  no  large  stones  have  been  found  so  far  as  I  can  ascertain.  The  hill 
holds  a  commanding  position,  and  altogether  it  seems  a  very  likely 
position  for  such  a  circle.' 

s  Most  of  the  objects  discovered  were,  just  after  their  discovery,  presented  by  lord 
Prndhoe  to  the  British  museum.  Some  articles  retained  by  the  tinder  were  secured  by 
the  late  Dr.  Hooppell.  Since  his  death,  these  have  been  bought,  from  his  representatives 
by  the  trustees  of  the  British  museum,  so  that  now  the  whole  hoard,  with  perhaps  one 
or  two  exceptions,  are  in  the  national  collection.— Ed, 


72 
The  carriage  was  regained  and  the  drive  resumed  to 

FORCETT    CHURCH, 

at  which,  however,  only  a  few  minutes  were  spent,  as  the  church  door 
was  locked.  '  The  church  is  a  small  Early  English  building  with  west 
tower  of  same  kind,  but  was  almost  entirely  rebuilt  some  sixty 
years  ago,  though  in  part  with  old  materials  ;  and  the  east  window  is 
very  interesting,  as  one  of  the  very  earliest  attempts  at  the  revival 
of  glass  painting  in  the  kingdom,  and  however  deficient  in  some 
respects,  very  much  better  in  its  quiet,  unobstrusive  colouring  than 
most  of  the  vulgar,  pretentious  and  hideous  caricatures  of  medieval 
work  commonly  met  with  since.' 4  The  church  has  a  Transitional  south 
porch,  and  the  inner  doorway  is  adorned  with  zig-zag  moulding.  In 
the  porch  is  built  a  large  number  of  Anglian  fragments  on  which  are 
knot- work,  etc.,  and  some  fine  medieval  grave  covers.  In  the  church 
are  a  recumbent  effigy  in  a  recess,  very  much  damaged,  and  a  brass  of 
1637  to  Anne  Shuttleworth.  Mr.  Wooler  exhibited  here  a  bronze 
spearhead  4  in.  long,  which  had  been  found  at  Forcett. 5 

All  Bacon  (Liber  Regis,  1251)  says  of  it  is  'Forcet  (St.  Cuthbert), 
patron,  vicar  of  Gilling,  581.  certified  value.' 

On  3  id.  [llth]  Nov.  1396,  on  the  petition  of  the  abbot  and  convent 
of  St.  Mary,  York,  for  confirmation  of  letters  patent  of  Thomas  Arundel, 
archbishop  of  Canterbury,  and  legate,  their  title  to  different  churches, 
etc.,  was  set  out.  Amongst  them  was  Gilling,  with  its  dependent 
chapel  of  Forsete.6 

On  14  kal.  April  [19  March],  1414,  John  Sowlby,  perpetual  vicar  of 
Gyllyiig  and  Forset,  was  granted  a  dispensation  to  hold  for  ten  years 
with  the  said  vicarage,  value  with  that  of  his  canonry  and  prebend 
of  North  Leverton  in  Southwell  not  exceeding  80  marks,  any  other 
benefice,  etc. " 

On  9  Feb.  1443,  John  Maunsell,  vicar  of  Forset,  did  not  appear  before 
John  Juyn  and  his  fellows  to  answer  William  Croft,  clerk,  touching  a 
plea  of  debt  of  40s.* 

On  14  July,  1446,  a  grant  was  made  for  life  to  Alice  Howorth,  anchor- 
ite within  the  town  of  Richemond,  of  20*.  yearly  from  the  issue  of  two 
parts  of  the  manor  of  Forset,  parcel  of  the  lordship  of  Richemond,  on 
her  petition  reciting  letters  patent,  dated  26  Jan,  17  Henry  vi  [1439],  in 
favour  of  Margaret,  late  anchorite.  9 

On  5  Oct.  1477,  William  Rome  and  William  Nicholson  of  Fossate, 
sought  sanctuary  at  Durham  in  the  usual  manner,  for  killing  William 
Aliand.i 

In  a  grant  of  chantry  and  monastic  lands  made  25  April,  1586  (patent 
roll,  28  Eliz.,  pt.  xiv,  no.  3)  to  John  Awbrey  and  John  Ratcliffe,  gent., 
were  a  house  called  a  schoole  house,  a  parcel  of  land  le  Banck,  two  acres 
of  pasture,  and  a  house  called  Le  Smithye,  in  Cleisbye,  a  house  and 
two  roods  of  land  in  Carleton  [in  Stanwick  parish],  given  for  the  main- 
tenance of  lights  in  the  church  of  St.  John  in  Forcett ; 2  three  small 
closes  of  pasture,  two  acres  in  Epplebye  and  Forcett,  belonging  to  a 
chantry  in  the  same  church  ;  thirty-one  acres  of  arable  land  and  two 
small  closes  of  meadow,  four  acres  in  Forcett,  which  belonged  to  the 
dissolved  monastery  of  blessed  Mary  near  the  city  of  York.3 

4  Rev.  J.  F.  Hodgson,  D.C.L. 
5  There  is  an  illustration  of  it  in  Proceedings,  '2  ser.,  x,  SCO. 

<i  Cat.  of  Pa»al  AV#.,  6  ;  Papal  Letters,  v,  p.  3. 

7  Cal.  of' Papal  R>'g.,  7  ;  Papal  Letters,  vi,  p.  419. 

s  Cal.  i if  Pat.  Hull*,  -11  Jleniy  vi,  pt.  i,  p.  121.  "  Ibid.,  p.  »..7. 

1  Sane.  Dun.  et  tteo.  (5  Suit.  Soc.  pub!.),  3. 

2  Poes  this  refer  to  Forcet  or  to  Stamvick  ?  Bacon  gives  Korcet  as  St.  Cuthbert. 
3  The  Yorkshire  Arch.  Journal,  x,  358,  3(jn, 


Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Neivc.,  3  ser.  iv. 


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SOUTH    PORCH,     PORCETT    CHURCH. 


GATEWAY   TOWER,    RAVKNSWORTH    CASTLE,    N.    YORKS 
From  photographs  by  Mr.  Joseph  Oswald. 


73 

Adeliza  de  Forsete  was  cured  at  the  sepulchre  of  St.  Godrie'at  Finch- 
ale. '  On  20  July,  1097,  John  Tempest  of  the  Isle,  was  buried  at  Forcett. 

The  next  place  visited  was  the  village  of 

RAVENSWORTH, 

with  its  spacious  green.  In  the  centre  of  the  green  is  a  large  sycamore, 
and  under  its  spreading  branches,  the  square  base,  with  chamfered 
angles,  and  the  rounded  stump  of  the  shaft  of  the  village  cross,  very 
near  to  its  original  position.  About  1270,  Henry  de  Kirkby  Ravens- 
worth  contributed  5s.  towards  the  crusade.5 

On  1  May,  1492,  William  Tailbos,  of  Qwaston  in  the  parish,  sought 
sanctuary  at  Durham  for  striking  Hugh  Herkay.  of  Estlayton,  on  the 
head  with  a  stick  from  which  he  died.  On  3  Oct.  1515,  James  Cooke 
of  Kirkby  hill,  also  sought  sanctuary  for  having  smitten  at  Crakberylez 
in  the  lordship  one  Oliver  Messenger  with  a  stick  called  a  '  pyket  staff,' 
from  which,  within  four  days,  he  died.'; 

Members  made  their  way  to  the  scanty  and  scattered  remains  of  the 
castle,  situate  in  a  low-lying  field  to  the  east  of  the  village.  It  was  once 
the  possession  of  the  ancient  family  of  Fitzhugh,  and  next  of  the  Parrs, 
who  succeeded  that  family.  It  is  of  comparatively  late  date.  The 
fragments  of  masonry,  now  wide  apart,  cover  a  considerable  area. 
Originally  it  had  eight  square  towers  connected  by  curtain  walls 
forming  a  parallelogram  moated  round.  Around  the  top  of  a  small 
square  tower,  between  two  of  the  courts,  are  the  remains  of  a  black 
letter  inscription — other  portions  of  it  are  lying  on  the  ground  at  the 
base  of  the  tower.  When  complete  it  read,  so  it  is  said  :  x'pc  b'n's  ihc 
l)ia  f  cms  \V  ovigo  alpha  no.  So  long  back  as  1558  the  castle  was  in  ruins. 

Leland  (I tin.,  v,  p.  118.  1709  ed.)  thus  speaks  of  it: — Ravensworthe 
Castel  in  a  Mares  Grounde  and  a  Parke  on  a  little  harigging  Ground  by 
hit.  It  is  iii  Miles  by  North  west  from  Bichemont,  arid  therby  is  a 
praty  Village.  The  Lord  Parr  is  Owner  therof,  and  by  hit  cummith 
a  Bekke  called  Ravenswath  Bekke. 

By  her  will  of  23  Sept.  1427,  '  Elizabeth,  lady  of  Ravensworth,  late 
ye  Wyf  of  ye  lord  ffitzhugh  '  directed  her  body  to  be  buried  '  afore 
the  high  Auter  beside  my  lords  body  '  in  Jervaux  abbey.  She  made 
'William  Katrick,'  of  Stanwick, 7  one  of  her  executors  and  gave  him 
'  a  sylver  Cuppe  cou'ed  or  elles  V  marc.'s 

On  9  kal.  April  [24  March],  1432,  William  Fitzhugh,  baron  and  lord 
of  Ravensworth,  obtained  an  indult  for  himself  and  wife  and  children 
to  have,  in  time  of  interdict,  mass,  etc.,  celebrated  privately  in  his 
manorial  chapels.  At  the  same  time  he  obtained  a  second  indult  not 
to  be  summoned  by  any  letters  of  the  apostolic  see  or  its  legates  to 
more  than  two  day's  journey  from  his  town  (villa)  of  Ravensworth, 
unless  full  mention  is  made  of  the  present  indult.  He  also  obtained 
a  faculty  for  himself  and  his  heirs  to  have  in  future  chapels  on  his 
manors  with  the  same  liberty  as  he  and  his  parents  have  had  them  for 
more  than  forty  years.9  At  an  inquisition  held  on  Wednesday  after 
the  feast  of  the  Annunciation,  3  Henry  vn  [1488].  it  was  found  that 
Richard  Fitzhugh,  kt.  had  left  a  son  and  heir  George,  one  year  old  and 
more,  seised  of  the  castle,  lordship  and  manor  of  Ravensworth,  with 

4  De  Vita  S.  Godrici  (20  SUIT.  Soc.  publ.),  424. 

5  Li-tti'i-H  /'ruin  Northern  Rat/.  (Rolls  eel.),  56. 

i- Sane.  Dun.  et  />Vi>.  (4  SUIT.  Soc.  publ.),  22,  G9. 

~  Wills  and  JnocnUu-ieg,  \  (2  SUIT.  So  -.  publ.),  74,  75  &  n. 

8  Leland  (Itin.,  v,  12-2)  says  Unit  '  Vlr.  Kubrick  ilwellitb  at  Sta,ii"w;-il>.  bavin";  a  preaty 
Place.  It  is  half  a  Mile  Hist  from  ('a \vd\\elle  Villnue.  wher  is  scene  ih>;  ( 'ampo  of  .Men 
of  Wjm-e.'  u  Cal  of  Papal  Reg.,  9  ;  Papal  Letters,  vin,  4ul>,  4u9. 

[  Proc.  3  Ser,  IV,  11  ] 


their  members  and  appurtenances,  worth  30£.,  of  which  the  tenure 
was  unknown,  but  it  was  not  held  of  the  king.1 

Owing  to  the  rain,  only  a  few  of  the  party  climbed  the  hill  to 

KIRKBY    RAVENSWORTH    CHURCH. 

named^  after  St.  Peter  and  St.  Felix,  a  peculiar  if  not  unique  dedication,, 
which,  ^as  Mr.  Hodgson  has  remarked,  stands  on  a  steeply  scarped  hill, 
while  the  castle  is  in  a  hole  below  surrounded  by  marshy  ground.  Those 
who  went  were  most  courteously  received  by  the  vicar,  who  takes  great 
interest  in  his  church,  and  who  pointed  out  the  Norman  chancel  with  its 
corbel  table  and  pilasters  and  other  features  of  it.  The  first  mention  of 
a  church  is  in  Domesday  Book,  '  there  is  a  church  and  a  priest  there.' 

The  tower  of  the  church,  like  those  of  Manfield  and  Melsonby,  is 
very  massive.  The  east  window  is  Early  English  as  are  the  piers  of 
the  chancel  arch,  but  most  of  the  building  is  Perpendicular.  In  tho 
church  are  preserved  fragments  of  old  bench  ends  of  1639  with  poppy 
heads.  There  is  a  large  slab,  which  formerly  held  a  brass,  but  of  it 
only  the  matrix  remains.  Over  the  porch  is  the  figure  of  a  man  with, 
it  is  said,  a  fiddle. 

•There  is  a  grammar  school  near  the  church,  founded  by  Dr.  John 
Dakyns,  one  of  the  rectors,  who  died  in  1558,  and  whose  monument 
is  on  the  south  wall  of  the  south  aisle  ;  close  by  it  is  a  manuscript 
book  covered  with  wooden  boards,  containing  the  statutes  of  the 
school.  In  the  grammar  school  was  educated  Matthew  Hutton,  who 
became  archbishop,  first  of  York  and  then  of  Canterbury,  dying  in 
1757  [?8].2  There  is  also  an  old  hospital.' 

Bacon  (Liber  Regis,  1249  and  1251)  gives  as  a  living  remaining  in 
charge  '  Kirkby  Ravensthorpe  alias  Ravenswath,  R.  (St.  Peter  and 
St.  Felix),  value  in  the  king's  books  251.  5s.  2%d.,  the  yearly  tenths 
being  21.  10s.  6%d.,  Syn.  4s.,  Prox.  3s.  4d.,  Mon.  Sanct.  Mar.  Ebor. 
21.  2s.  Firma,  Qd.  Val.  in  mans,  cum  terr.  gleb.  &  trib.  cotag., 
II.  6s.  8d.  decim.  gran.,  etc.  An  impropriation  belonging  to  the 
bishop  of  Chester,  made  so  since  1541.  Bishop  of  Chester,  patr.'  ; 
and  Kirkby  Ravensworth  (St.  Peter)  as  a  curacy,  bishop  of  Chester, 
patr.  and  propr.  15/.  being  the  yearly  certified  value. 

On  3  June,  1307,  a  mandate  was  issued  to  induct  John  de  Sancto 
Claro  to  the  benefice  of  Kirkby  Ravensworth  ;  and  on  21  Feb,  1311, 
another  to  induct  him,  'in  eccl.fcde  Manfeld  auct.  apostol.'3 

On  12  kal.  April  [21  March],  1361,  John  de  Middelton,  priest,  received 
rehabilitation,  he  having  been  dispensed  on  account  of  illegitimacy  and 
obtained  the  church  of  Hoton  Wandeslay,  which  he  exchanged  by 
authority  of  the  ordinary  with  Adam  de  Pattowe  for  that  of  Kyrkeby 
Rauenswath,  of  which  he  had  received  fruits  since  Aug.  1.  Kirkby  to 
be  resigned.4  In  1363  he  prayed  for  confirmation  of  the  dispensation 
which  he  had  already  on  account  of  illegitimacy  ;  he  had  the  church 
of  Hoton  Wandeslay,  which  he  exchanged  for  that  of  Kirkby  Ravens  - 
worth.  Confirmation  was  granted  by  the  pope  from  Avignon  on 
12  kal.  April  [21  March].  On  4  kal.  July  [28th]  of  the  same  year,  he 
received  the  dignity  of  papal  chaplain.6 

On  18  June,  1408,  a  commission  was  given  to  Mr.  Thomas  Teesdale, 
rector  of  St.  Crux,  York,  to  absolve  John  Barrowby,  chaplain,  of 
Kirkby  Ravenswath,  from  excommunication  for  celebrating  a  clan- 
destine marriage  between  Robert  Place,  esq.,  and  Catherine  Halnaby 
of  Halnaby,  without  banns  ;  and  also  to  absolve  Sir  Halnath  Mauleverer, 


p.m.,  Henry  VII,  i  (no.  258),  p.  115. 
2  Stukeley's  Diani  and  Letters,  \  (73  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  33'2n. 

3  Mem.  of  tiivon,  li  (78  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  iJ-25. 
4  Cat.  ofPapalRf(/.,5;  Papal  Letters,  iv,  30.         5  Cal.  of  Papal  Rtg.  ,  I  ;  Pet.  I,  p.  409,  31. 


75 

kt.,  Sir  John  Halnaby,  Thomas  Cleseby,  esq.,  lord  of  Marske,  and 
others,  who  were  present.0 

By  his  will  of  8  Sept.  1423,  Robert  de  Wyclyf,  who  was  rector  of 
Kirkby  Bavensworth  from  1379  to  1382,  left  40s.  tor  fhe  repair  of 
'  Kyrkebyrawynswath  '  church.  2 

On  6  kal.  Nov.  [27  Oct.]  1425,  Henry  de  Neuton,  the  rector,  was 
granted  a  dispensation,  as  he  also  held  a  canonry  and  prebend  of 
Hereford,  not  being  worth  more  than  44£.,  to  hold  for  life  with  the 
said  church  orie  other  benefice  with  cure  or  otherwise  incompatible 
and  to  resign  both  simply  or  in  exchange  as  often  as  he  pleased. 8 

On  31  Oct.  1438,  John  Cotyngham  was  presented  to  the  church  of 
Kirkby  Ravensworth  in  the  jurisdiction  of  Richmond,  in  the  king's 
gift,  by  reason  of  the  temporalities  of  the  abbey  of  St.  Mary,  YorK, 
being  in  his  hands.  This  was  directed  to  Henry  Bowett,  archdeacon 
of  Richmond.9 

On  23  July,  1693,  a  true  bill  was  found  against  Michael  Dent,  the 
younger,  of  Richmond,  for  breaking  into  the  church  and  taking  away 
three  silver  chalices,  a  silver  plate,  a  linen  table  cloth,  and  2s.  * 

After  a  short  delay,  for  slight  refreshments,  seats  were  again  taken 
in  the  carriage  and  the  drive  resumed  to 

MELSONBY, 

a  large  and  prosperous  village. 

On  8  May.  1  Edw.  vi  [1541],  Edmund  Meltham  of  Melsonbie,  gen- 
tleman, enfeoffed  Leonard  Franke  of  Kneton,  gentleman.  Richard 
Redmayn  of  Thornton,  gentleman,  Robert  Blackburne  of  Caponwrae, 
and  Francis  Redmayn  of  Thornton,  of  a  moiety  of  his  manor  of 
Melsenbie,  and  other  property  there,  to  the  use  of  William  Meltham 
and  Ann  his  wife  for  life,  and  then  to  their  heirs. 2 

The  party  proceeded  to  the  church,  where  the  curate-in-charge  met 
them  at  the  church  door.  Mr.  Temperley  read  an  account  of  the 
church,  etc.,  from  a  printed  paper  suspended  in  the  porch. 

The  tower  is  of  great  size,  and  as  Longstaffe  says  (Richmondshire,  146), 
very  massive  and  '  like  a  Norman  keep  in  miniature,  with  several  un- 
usual characteristics.'  For  instance,  the  flat  Norman  buttresses  are 
pierced  on  the  north,  west,  and  south  sides  by  lancet  windows,  there 
being  one  on  the  north  and  south  sides  in  the  second  stage,  and  two  on 
the  west  side  in  the  second  and  third  stages ;  below  the  west  window 
is  a  square  opening.  An  anchorite  resided  in  the  church  tower ;  its  base- 
ment has  been  vaulted,  and  there  is  a  door  from  the  ringing  chamber 
into  the  nave,  confirming  the  belief  that  it  was  inhabited. 

'  There  is  nothing  save  the  tower  of  Melsonby,  which  is  very  fine  and 
stately,  and  has  often  been  compared  with  the  keep  of  Richmond  castle, 
of  which  some  fancied  it  to  be  a  sort  of  copy,  and  which  contains  one  or 
more  ancient  inscribed  bells,  to  call  for  special  remark,  except  the  great 
breadth  and  spaciousness  of  the  interior  in  such  marked  contrast  to 
the  flimsy,  jim-crack,  restless,  and  generally  trumpery,  character  of 
our  modern  buildings.'3 

It  was  noticed  that  the  piscina  in  the  south  wall  of  the  chancel  was 
almost  out  of  reach,  thus  showing  that  at  some  time  after  it  fell  into 
disuse,  the  chancel  floor  had  been  considerably  lowered.  There  is  a 
niche  in  the  south  aisle,  presumably  once  occupied  by  the  mutilated 
effigy  with  shield  bearing  the  arms  of  Melsambi.  There  are  two  very 

c  Test,  fiber.,  m  (15  Surt.  Soe.  pub!.),  319.  7  Wills  and  Inventories,  I,  66,  67. 

s  Cal.  of  Reg.,  8  ;  Papal  Letter?,  vn.  391.        9  Cal.  of  Pat.  Rolls,  17  Henry  vr,  pt.  i,  219. 

1  Dep.from  York  Castle,  (10  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  128.  2  Ancient  Deeds,  V,  451. 

3  Rev.  J.  F.  Hodgson. 


76 

fine  pre-Conquest  coped  grave  covers  at  the  west  end  of  the  church. 
There  is  a  low-side  window  in  the  usual  position,  and  another  looking 
into  the  modern  vestry. 

Bacon  (Liber  Regis,  1249)  gives  Melshamby  alias  Melshonby,  re- 
maining in  charge  'R.  (St.  James),  vlaue  in  king's  books,  10/.  2s.  lid., 
the  yearly  tenths  being  20s.  3|d.  Syn.  and  prox.  4s.  5dL,  val.  in  mans, 
cum  gleb.  per  ann.  !£.,  etc.,  University  College,  Oxford.' 

At  Durham  is  a  deed  in  which  R.  abbot  of  St.  Agatha  at  Easby, 
bound  himself  in  a  penalty  of  20s.  to  be  paid  to  the  fabric  of  the  church 
of  Durham,  to  find  a  chaplain  in  the  chapel  of  the  Holy  Trinity  in  the 
churchyard  of  Melsambi,  to  say  mass  for  the  soul  of  Henry  de  Melsambi. l 

On  21  April,  1458,  an  inquisition  about  the  patronage  of  Melsonby 
was  returned,  which  stated  that  Mr.  John  Clere  was  instituted  on  the 
death  of  John  Laton,  on  the  presentation  of  the  noble  lady  Alicia,  lady 
Lovell  Deyncourt  and  Grey  de  Rotherfeld,  patroness. 5 

The  final  stage  of  the  day's  proceedings  concluded  by  the  drive  to 

PIERCEBBIDGE. 

'  Persebrigee  '  was  included  in  the  grant  of  bishop  Aldhun  and  the 
congregation  of  St.  Cuthbert  to  the  three  earls  of  the  Northumbrians, 
Ethred,  Northman,  and  Uhtred.0 

Leland  says  that  in  his  time  the  bridge  had  been  '  made  new  of  three 
arches.'  The  present  bridge  consists  of  three  arches,  though  it  appears 
to  be  later  than  the  time  of  Henry  viu. 

By  will  of  18. Sep.,  1592,  John  Dent  of  Pearsbridge  gave  all  the 
'  insight  beddinge  and  furniture  within  or  about  my  howsse,  in  Pears- 
bridge  or  elsewhere,'  together  with  all  his  ploughs,  etc.,  to  his  son  William 
Dent.  The  latter  on  12  Nov,  1596,  willed  the  lease  of  his  farm^  etc., 
at  Pearsbrigge  to  all  his  daughters  and  his  '  yonger  sone  '  for  their 
education. 7 

After  a  substantial  tea  at  the  George  Inn,  and  a  short  visit  to  the 
remains  of  the  fine  «id  '  prati  chapel  of  our  lady, '  as  Leland  calls  it, 
now  desecrated,  the  foundation  of  John  Baliol,  at  the  north  end  of  the 
bridge,  the  doorway  of  the  chancel  being  the  chief  feature  ;  and  to  the 
site  of  the  Roman  camp,  by  the  kind  permission  of  Mr.  Catterick,  the 
tenant  of  the  farm,  who  accompanied  the  party,  they  made  their  way 
to  the  rrilway  station,  which  was  left  at  6-34  p.m. 

Before  starting  a  vote  of  thanks  to  Mr.  Wooler  for  his  assiduous 
services  during  the  day  was  carried  by  acclamation. 

Though  the  day  was  very  showery,  yet  it  was  much  enjoyed,  as 
fortunately  rain  had  been  provided  for  in  the  shape  of  a  vehicle  to 
which  a  cover  could  be  and  was  fitted.  During  the  day,  several  miles 
of  the  great  Roman  road — the  Watling  Street — were  traversed. 

In  March,  1665-6,  amongst  Yorkshire  recusants  were  John  Harrison, 
Wm.  Parcking,  Ellen  Anderson  and  others  of  Kirkby  hill  ;  Thos. 
Loath,  Job  Short,  Henry  Barwicke,  and  their  respective  wives,  and 
others,  of  Forcett  ;  Robt.  Pearson  and  John  Thompson  and  their 
wives  ;  Thomas  Pearson,  and  others,  of  Melsonby  ;  Robt.  Richardson, 
George  Smith,  Anthony  Allen  and  their  respective  wives,  Ni •.!  olas 
Allen,  and  others,  of  Ravensworth. 8  There  is  a  similar  list  on  0  July, 
1669,  in  which  several  Smithsons  of  Newsham  are  included  ;  and  on 
8  July,  1680,  there  is  another  and  similar  list. 

*  Archb.  Gray's  Kef/.,  72n. 

••>  Mem.  of  Ripon,  II,  '250  ;    liipon  Chapter  Actx,  42  &  n,  140  &  n. 

<•  Hi/menu  of  Durham.  I  (.'>!  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  lf>l.         1  Wills  and  liirriitorii'K,  n,  -jn(i. 
8  Dtp.  from  York  Castle,  136,  137,  168,' 182-183. 


Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Ncivc.,  3  ser.,  iv. 


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MELSONBY   CHURCH    TOWER   FROM    S.E. 
From    a    photograph    by    Mr.    W.    J.    Mountford. 


PIERCBBRIDGE, 

From  a  photograph  by  Mr.  Joseph  Oswald. 


77 


MISCELLANEA. 

ELSWICK  COLLIERY  (continued  from  p.  48). 
[MB.  FETHERSTON'S  ACCOUNTS.] 


a.    d. 


1719  To  the  Rent  of  ^th  part  of  170 
terms  1  ffother  of  Coles  led  from 
Elswick  Colliery  from  the 
Second  of  September  1719  when 
Mr.  Cay's  Term  determined  till 
Christmas  1719  Accounting  42 
ff  others  to  the  Tenn  amounts  to 
To  be  deducted  o1,,  th  part  of  half 
a  vrs  Land  Tax  due  Christmas 

1719    

irVth  of  half  a  years  ffee  ffarm 
Rent  due  Michs  1719 


05   19  00 


0:8:6 
0:     8:7| 


0  :  17  : 


0(>   17 


Rests 


05  01 


li.    s.     d. 
05  01   10J 


1720  To  the  Rent  of  £0  part  of  396 
Terms  28  ff  others  of  Ship  Coles 
led  from  the  said  Colliery  from 
Christmas  1719  to  Christmas 

1720  att  14s.  per  Ten 13  17  08 

To  be  deducted  oJ0th  part  of  a 
yrs   Land  Tax   due  Christmas 

1720    0  :  17  :  0 

zath  of  a  yrs  ffee  ffarm  Rent 

due  Michs  1720    0  :  17  :  3 

1  :  14:  3     01    14  03 
Rests    .  .  12  03  05     12  03  05 

To  Rent  of  o^th  part  of  20  Tens 
14  ffother  sold  in  that  yr  by 

Land  Sale  at  14s.  pr  Ten 00   14  02$ 

172P  To  oVth  of  591  Tens  38  ff  others 
Ship  Coals  Xmas  1720  to  Xmas 

1721  att  14s 20  14  04 

Deduct    -g'fith    of    year's    Land 

Tax  due  Xmas  1721     0  :  17  :  0 

Deduct  ^th  year's   ffee  ffarm 

Rent  due  Michs  1721 0:17:6 

1  :  14  :  6     01   14  06 

Rests    ..  18  19  10     18   19  10 

5\,th    of    18    Tens    25    ff  others 

Land  Sale  att  14s 00  13  00 

1  The  accounts  are  set  out  each  year  as  in  1719  and  1720,  but  the  repetitions  of  the 
original  document  are  omitted  to  save  space, 


78 

H.     s.     d.     li.     s.    d, 

1722  0*0  th  of    570  Tens   7|   ff others 
Ship  Coles  Xmas  1721  to  Xmas 

1722  att  Us 19  19  01 1 

s^th  of    29  Tens   27  \   ff  others 

Land  Sale  att  14s 01  00  09 

TVth  of  363  Tens  5  ffother  Pann 
Coles  to  Xmas  1722  att  5s.  p. 
Tenn 04  10  09j 

"25  10  07 \ 
Deduct  TT^th  of  yrs  Land  Tax 

due  Xmas  1722     12:9 

Deduct  sVtn  of  yrs  ffee  ffarm 

Rents  Mchs  1722      18  :  0 

Pd.  Mr.  Cay  for  his  part  of  the 
Pan  Coles  led  during  continu- 
ance of  his  Lease 1:16:9 

Pd.  him  Rent  for  the  Stock  of 
Pann  Coles  att  the  Expiration 

of  his  Lease 1:    2:6 

for  the  Stock  of  Ship  Coles  then 

resting    2  ;    2:0 

~6  ~:  12  ;  0     06  12  00 
Rests    ..~  ~T8  18  07*   18-18  07 J 

1723  ^V*n  of    282  Tens  16  J  ff  others 
Ship  Coles,  Xmas  1722  to  Xmas 

1723,  att  14s 09  17  08 

^Oth   of    28   Tens    23    ff  others 

Land  Sale  att  14s 00  19  llf 

*Vth  of  9  Tens  38  ffothers  Pann 

Coles  att  5s 00  02  05£ 

11  00  01J 
Deduct  .TVth  of  yrs.  Land  Tax 

due  Xmas  1723     0:11:4 

Deduct  ^Vth  of  yrs.  ffee  ffarm 

Rent  Michs  1723 0  :  18  ;  0 

1:9:4       01  09  04 


Rests    .  .  09  10  09£  09  10 

1724  ,V>h  of    518  Tens    11   ffothers 
Ship  Coles,  Xmas  1723  to  Xmas 
1724  att  14s  .................  18  02  09| 

7V>th  of    12  Tens   10J  ffothers 

Land  Sale  att  14s  ...........  00  08  07 

^Vth  of  7  Tens  11|  ffothers  Pan 

Coles  att  5s  .................  00  01  09| 

18  13  021 

Deduct   ^   of    yrs   Land    Tax 
due  Xmas  1724   ............     0:11:4 

Deduct   ?V   °f    yrs    ffo°   ffarm 

Rent  dueMich'  1724    ........     0:18:0 

1  ;    9:4     01  09  04 
Rests    ..~  17  03  10j  17  03 


83  05  07i 


79 

[Unsigned  Mem.  at  foot]. 

25th  Aug1  1725  Reced  of  Mr.  ffetherston. 

29  Aug    Sent  cop:  to  Mr.  Hedworth. 

Dr.  Mr.  Joseph  Ledgard  and  partnrs 

to  Mrs.  —        —  Belasyse  Daughter  and 
Heiress  of  Rich'1  Belasyse  Esq  deced. 

£     s.    d.      £     s.    d. 

To  2>0th  part  of  299  Tens  8  w.  [wagons]  of  Ship 
coals  led  from  Elswick  Colliery  after  the  8th 
of  May  1729  till  and  with  31st  Deer.  1927  at 


To  ^<jth  part  of  136  Tens  21  w.  of  Pann  Coals  led 
in  that  time  at  5s.  p.  Ten  

01 

14 

"4 

s 

Deduct  paid  half  a  Years  ffee  ffarm  rent  due 
Mich.  1729  0:    8:6 

£12 

3 

9| 

Paid  for  3  Quarters  Land  tax  due  Christmas  1729    0:12:9 

1  :     1:3 

01 

1 

3 

Rests  due 

£11 

2 

6f 

Joseph  Ledgard  Esq   &  Compa  Dr. 
To  Mrs.   Marg1  Belasyse. 
£     s.    d, 
To  Rent  of  .^th  part  of  208  Tens  7  wagns  of  Ship 
Coals  led  from  Elswick  Colliery  in  the  year 
ending  Christms.  1730  at  14s.  p.  Ten 

,      £ 
7 

s. 
5 

d. 
9£ 

To  Rent  of  ^th  part  of  107  Tens  21  ws.  led  from 
the  same  Colliery  in  the  same  year  at  5s.  per 
Ten 

1 

7 

0 

To  Do.  of  Yj-'oth  part  of  5  Tens  10  ws.  of  coal  sold 
by  Land  sale  at  14s   p   Ten 

o 

s 

<H 

To  Do.  of  Do.  of  3  Tens  14  ws.  of  Pan  Coal  sold 
to  Lime  Kilns  at  5s   p.  Ten 

o 

0 

11 

To  be  deducted  pd  land  tax  in  that  year  for  the 
20th  part                                                                         0  •  12  •  9J 

8 

17 

6i 

for  -r'-ffth  part  of  the  ffee  ffarm  rent                                0     17-6 

1 

10 

34- 

Rests  due  to  Mrs.  Belasyse  

7 

7 

3* 

Recd  the  sd  seven  pounds  seven  shillings  and  3d%.  by  the  hands  of 
Ralph  Fetherston  pr  me.  [Not  signed]. 

Mrs.    Margaret   Belasyse 

Kirkgate 
in  Wakefield  s 

Yorkshire. 
Mad'" 

I  did  receive  a  Letter  from  Mrs.  Sangor  but  delayed  answering  it 
in  hopes  my  time  would  have  allowed  me  to  make-up  the  years  acct. 
ending  Christms  1731  but  I  have  not  yet  had  leisure  to  do  it.  As  soon 
as  it  is  done  you  shall  know  whats  due  to  you  I  believe  it  will  not  be 


80 

half  of  whats  due  Christmas  1730  as  above.  The  Colliery  hath  been 
laid  in  for  some  time  by  reason  of  the  great  loss  sustained  in  working 
thereof  and  I  doubt  will  not  be  wrought  again  in  haste.  However 
for  what  Coals  are  yet  resting  at  the  pitts  you  will  have  the  Rents, 
but  that  I  believe  will  be  inconsiderable.  If  you  sign  the  Receipt 
above  and  send  it  me  I  shall  pay  the  money  to  the  Bearer  thereof.  I  am 

Mad"1 

Yor  obedient  servt. 

Ralph  Fetherston. 
June  10,  1732. 


The  following  local  deeds  are  given  in  a  recent  sale  catalogue  of 
James  Miles  of  London : — 

'  205.— 1699  :  Additional  Security  for  IOC/,,  more  between  WM.  SWAINSON,  yeoman, 
of  Thorpthewles,  co.  Durham,  and  THOMAS  SWAINSON.  the  elder,  of  Stockton. 

206.— 1662:  An  Agreement  betwixt  ROGER  HEWLER  and  Margery  Stainsby  (on 
paper). 

207.— 1768:  In  the  matter  of  JOHN  PEASK  and  WILLIAM  DENT,  bankrupts. 
Administration  of  Mary  Simpson  to  Frances  Whitehouse  (on  vellum). 


The  papal  medals  exhibited  by  Messrs.  C.  H.  Blair  and  R.  S.  Nisbet, 
and  described  at  page  18,  were  executed  at  Rome  towards  the  end  of  the 
seventeenth  century,  by  John  Baptist  Pozzi,  and  other  Italian  artists. 


At  Llansilin  church,  near  Oswestry,  there  is  a  communion  cup  of 
1772,  of  Newcastle  make. —  Coll.  Hist,  and  Arch,  relating  to  Montgomery- 
shire and  its  Borders,  xxv,  i,  29. 


The  following  touching  inscription  is  on  a  tombstone  in  Haltwhistle 
churchyard : — 

D.  O.  M.  |  post  vitam  brevem  ,  difficilem,  inutilem  |  Hoc  |  quiescit 
in  Domino  |  Robertus  Tweddell  |  de  Hazlentoii  Monac.  |  in  Com. 
Dunelm.  Gen.  |  salutis  1735  |  aetatis  32. 

The  register  of  burials  gives  under  date 

'Nov.  23  Mr.  Robert  Tweddell  of  Monkhazleton  in  the  County  of  Durham.' 


FLODDEN. 

If  I  mistake  not,  the  subjoined  quotation  antedates,  by  some  twenty 
years,  the  earliest  mention  of  'The  Black  Guard,'  as  recorded  in  the 
N.  E.  D.  [Notes  and  Queries,  10  ser.  xi,  p.  446] : — 

1513.  'A  chronicle,  in  'Songs,  Cards,'  &c.  (E.  E.  T.  S.),  p.  157:  "  At  tluit 
fild  [Flodden]  was  my  Lord  Amerall,  with  his  maryners,  callyd,  '  the  black 
Sard.1" 


CORRECTIONS  : 

P.  23,  line  21.  for  '  19/4  '  read  '  9/4.' 

P.  24,  line  1,  Mr.  Haine  thinks  that  '  MissGrogan,  the  copyist,  is  not  quite  correct 

in  translating  the  word  'valletis'  as  'grooms,'  it  being  practically  the  same 

as   'esquire.'     For  instance,   in  one  place   Robert  de  Reymes  (d.  1325)  is 

spoken  of  as  a  '  valletus'  of  the  earl  of  Angus.' 

P.  60,  line  1,  for  '[.sic.]'  read  '[sic]',  and  line  9,  for  'please'  read  '  pleased.' 
P.  62,  line  35,  for  '  Stani.  Pul '  read  '  Stani  Pul ' ;   and  line  3  from  bottom,  for 

'rede'  read  '  sede .' 
P.  64,  lines  37  and  38,  for  '  rescusants '  read  '  recusants.' 


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PROCEEDINGS 

OF    THE 

SOCIETY    OF    ANTIQUARIES' 

OF    NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. 
3    SEE.,    VOL.    IV.  1909.  NO.    8 


The  ordinary  monthly  meeting  of  the  society  was  held  in  the  library 
of  the  Castle  on  Wednesday,  the  twenty-eighth  day  of  July,  1909,  at 
seven  o'clock  in  the  evening,  Mr.  F.  W.  Dendy,  a  vice-president,  being 
in  the  chair. 

Several  ACCOUNTS  recommended  by  the  council  for  payment,  were 
ordered  to  be  paid. 

The  following  NEW  BOOKS,  etc.,  were  placed  on  the  table  : — 
Presents,  for  which  thanks  were  voted  : — 

From  Miss  Edleston  : — A  transcript  of  a  document  (Exchequer 
Special  Commissions,  No.  233  (4  James  i),  P.R.O.)  relating  to  the 
counties  of  Durham  and  Northumberland,  of  which  the  following 
is  an  abstract,  kindly  furnished  by  Mr.  H.  H.  E.  Craster  : — 

Commission  to  Thomas  Johnson,  gent.,  to  survey  all  woods  growing 
on  the  following  premises  : — a  messuage,  garden,  thirty  nine  acres  of 
arable,  meadow  close,  called  Brake-close,  containing  six  acres,  near 
Brakehead ;  a  meadow  acre  called  a  dale  in  Ilethorne  ;  a  close  on 
the  east  of  Gainford  containing  one  acre  ;  all  being  in  Gainford  in  the 
county  of  Durham,  and  formerly  belonging  to  the  chantry  of  the 
Blessed  Mary  in  the  parish  church  of  Gainford,  being  of  the  annual 
value  of  43s.  4dL  (in  which  sum  George  Ward  of  the  parish  of  St.  Botolph 
without  Aldersgate,  London,  gent.,  and  John  Allen,  gent.,  were  bound 
to  the  queen  by  bond  given,  10th  June,  42  Elizabeth)  and  sold  to 
Richard  Brakenbury.  Also  two  burgages  and  two  gardens  in  the 
street  called  the  South  Baly  in  the  city  of  Durham,  lately  in  the  tenure 
of  William  Marly  at  5s.  4d.  per  annum,  and  a  burgage  and  garden 
there  lately  in  the  tenure  of  William  Hodgson  at  2s.  Sd.,  parcel  of  the 
possessions  of  the  late  chantry  of  St.  John  the  Baptist  and  St.  John 
the  Evangelist  in  the  church  of  St.  Nicholas  in  the  city  of  Durham. 
Also  three  acres  of  arable  land  called  Our  Ladies  Lands  in  Sheraton  in 
the  bishopric  of  Durham,  and  one  garth  and  all  those  lands  in  Mounck- 
Hesilton  o,nd  Huton-Henry  lately  in  the  tenure  of  Christopher  Chayter 
at  8s.  per  annum,  formerly  given  to  maintain  lamps  and  lights  in  the 
church  of  Hesilden.  And  all  that  burgage  and  garden  in  Darlington 
alias  Darneton  in  the  county  of  Durham,  lately  in  the  tenure  of  William 
Whyhton  at  4s.  per  annum,  parcel  of  the  possessions  of  the  late  monastery 
of  Jarvaux  in  the  county  of  York.  And  all  that  messuage  or  tenement 
in  Denton  in  the  county  of  Northumberland  at  46s.  per  annum  ;  all  that 
messuage  or  tenement  there  lately  in  the  tenure  of  John  Tompson  at 
23s.  2d.  per  annum ;  all  that  messuage  or  tenement  there  lately  in  the 

(  Proc.  3  Ser.  IV,  lg] 


82 

tenure  of  Anthony  Errington  at  24s.  lOd.  per  annum ;  all  that  cottage 
in  North  Shields,  in  the  said  county  of  Northumberland  at  I2d.  per 
annum  ;  a  waste  there  at  8d.  per  annum  ;  another  waste  there  at  I2d. 
per  annum  ;  all  being  parcel  of  the  possessions  of  the  late  monastery 
of  Tinmouth  in  the  said  county.  Also  all  those  lands,  etc.,  in  Denton 
aforesaid,  now  or  lately  in  the  tenure  of  Anthony  Errington  at  13s.  4rf. 
per  annum,  parcel  of  the  late  preceptory  of  the  Mount  of  St.  John 
the  Baptist  in  the  county  of  York.  Also  all  that  tenement  in  Newlands 
•  in  the  tenure  of  John  Barker  at  — s.  8d.,  parcel  of  the  possessions  of 
the  late  chantry  of  St.  John  the  Baptist  in  the  church  of  Biwell.  Also 
all  that  close  of  land  in  the  town  of  Newcastle  upon  Tyne,  in  the 
street  called  Gallowgate,  containing  one  rood,  being  lately  in  the 
tenure  of  Bartram  Bewick  at  2.9.  4d.  and  parcel  of  the  possessions  of  the 
late  chantry  of  St.  John  the  Evangelist  and  St.  John  the  Baptist  in 
the  parish  church  of  St.  Nicholas  in  the  said  town  of  Newcastle.  For 
the  value  of  which  George  Warde  of  the  parish  of  St.  Bartholph  without 
Aldersgate,  London,  gent.,  and  Benjamin  Harris,  gent.,  are  bound 
to  the  late  queen  Elizabeth  in  240Z.  by  bond  dated  10th  June,  42 
Elizabeth,  and  which  premises  have  been  sold  in  fee  simple  to  Anthony 
Thorpe.  Also  to  enquire  whether  Richard  Brakenbury  and  Anthony 
Thorpe  or  any  other  person  has,  since  the  date  of  the  aforesaid  bonds, 
and  before  the  survey  undertaken  by  virtue  of  this  commission,  felled 
any  of  the  wood  growing  on  the  premises,  and  to  estimate  the  capital 
and  the  annual  value  of  the  said  woods.  Dated  20th  June,  1606. 

From  Mr.  E.  R.  Newbigin  : — The  Life  of  James  Allan,  the  celebrated 
Northumberland  piper  ;  Blyth,  1817. 

From  Mr.  Lawrence  Johnson  : — 12  parts  of  the  Viking  Club's  Trans- 
actions (Orkney  and  Shetland  Folklore,  etc.)  nos.  3-13,  8vo. 

From  Mr.  Ed.  Stanford  : —  A  Guide  to  Avebury,  by  R.  Hippisley  Cox. 

From  the  Cambridge  University  library: — 'Report  of  the  Library 
Syndicate'  for  year  ending  31  Dec,  1908,  4to. 

From  the  Rev.  R.  East,  vicar  of  St.  Ann's,  Newcastle  : — St.  Ann's 
Parish  Magazine  for  July,  1909,  containing  the  monumental 
inscriptions  in  St.  Ann's  churchyard,  copied  by  Mr.  J.  W.  Fawcett. 

From  Mr.  R.  Blair  : — The  Antiquary  for  July  and  August,  1909. 

Exchanges  : — 

From  the  Yorkshire  Archaeological  Society  : —  Yorkshire   Archaeo- 
logical  Journal,  part  79,  8vo. 
From  the  Thoresby  Society : — Publications  :   (i)  vol.  xvn,  '  A  History 

of  Barwick-in-Elmet,'  by  Rev.  F.  S.  Colman,  M.A.  ;    and  (ii)  vol. 

xni,  part  2,  '  Leeds  Parish  Registers.' 

From  the  Cambridge  Antiquarian  Society  : — Proceedings,  no.  52. 
From    the    Cambrian    Archaeological    Association: — Journal,    ix, 

no.   3. 
From  the  Shropshire  Archaeological  Society: — Transactions,  3  ser., 

ix,  ii,  8vo. 
From    the    Society    of    Northern    Antiquaries    of    Copenhagen  : — 

Aarboeger,   xxin,    ii. 
From  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  of  London  : —  Archaeologia,  LXI, 

4to.  cloth. 

Purchases  : — English  Costume,  by  George  Clinch  ;  The  Scottish  Histori- 
cal Review,  no.  24  (July,  1909)  ;  Notes  and  Queries,  10  ser,  nos. 
283-291  ;  the  Harleian  Soc.  publ,,  vol.  LVIII  ;  The  Pedigree 
Register,  i,  no.  9  ;  Year  Book  of  Scientific  and  Learned  Societies  ; 
The  Reliquary,  xv,  no.  3  ;  and  Jahrbuch  of  the  Imperial  German 
Archaeological  Society. 


83 

DONATION    TO    THE    MUSEUM. 

The  following  was  announced  and  thanks  voted  to  the  donor : — 
From  Miss  Florence  Emily  Todd  of  Prahran,  Victoria,  Australia, 
(per  Mr.  R.  Welford,  V.P.) : — A  certificate  of  membership,  under  the 
seal  of  the  Society,  issued  to  Moses  Aaron  Richardson,  7  July,  1840, 
and  signed  by  the  then  president,  Sir  John  E.  Swinburne,  and  the 
secretaries,  John  Adamson  and  Henry  Turner. 

EXHIBITED  : — 

By  Mr.  G.  Jours  of  the  Plough  Inn,  Stamfordham-heugh  : — A  half- 
egg  shaped  cast  metal  vase  of  quite  modern  date,  said  to  have  been 
found  in  the  river  Coquet  near  Weldon  bridge  about  1895. 

By  Mr.  R.  Blair  : — A  Roman  denarius  in  very  fine  condition,  reading  : 
on  obverse:  HADRIANVS  AVGVSTVS,  laureated  head  of  emperor  to  r., 
on  reverse  cos  in;  a  figure  seated  in  a  chair  to  left  with  patera  (?) 
in  outstretched  right  hand.  It  was  found  on  the  Herd  sand  at  South 

J  Shields  a  few  days  before  the  meeting. 

By  Mr.  J.  Crawford  Hodgson,  F.S.A.  : — (i)  A  Pedigree  of  Wid- 
drington  of  Cheeseburn  Grange;  and  (ii)  copy  of  a  Herald's  Visita- 
tion of  Northumberland  (probably  in  1575)  by  Flower,  in  Queen's 
College,  Oxford. 

EGYPTIAN    ANTIQUITIES. 

Mr.  R.  C.  Clephan,  F.S.A.,  then  read  'Some  notes  on  the  Arts  and 
Crafts  of  the  Egyptians  of  the  late  pre-historic  period,  as  illustrated 
by  examples  in  his  collection.'  The  following  are  the  notes  :— 

'The  earliest  civilizations  of  the  world  have  naturally  been  found 
on  the  banks  of  great  rivers  ;  and  it  is  the  sepulchres,  and  not  the 
buried  habitations  of  primitive  peoples,  that  have  furnished  the  bulk 
of  the  memorials  recovered.  Such  scattered  relics,  those  which  had 
been  devoted  to  utility,  personal  adornment  and  religion,  best  convey 
some  definite  idea  of  the  relative  culture  of  ancient  nations.  It  is 
impossible  to  say  yet  whether  the  Neolithic  culture  of  the  Nile  valley 
or  that  of  the  valley  of  the  Euphrates  is  the  earlier,  but  signs  are  not 
wanting  which  point  to  that  having  been  probably  the  case  with  the 
latter  ;  though,  as  in  the  Delta,  the  infiltration  of  water  has  greatly 
hidden  from  us  what  traces  there  may  be  ;  for  the  Euphrates  channel 
has  silted  up  several  metres  during  the  last  5000  years  or  more,  and 
the  primeval  remains  are  below  it ;  still,  a  systematic  course  of  digging 
arid  pumping  in  that  region  might  reveal  much  to  throw  a  flood  of  light 
on  some  problems,  as  yet  insolvable.  On  the  other  hand,  the  soil  of 
Upper  Egypt  is  much  more  favourable  for  excavations  ;  and  the 
discoveries  made  in  that  quarter  have  been  epoch-making  in  the 
acquirement  of  some  knowledge  of  the  comparative  civilizations 
of  pre-dynastic  times  in  carrying  us  backwards  right  through  the 
Neolithic  period,  and  even  into  that  of  the  Palaeolithic  beyond, 
when  primeval  man  made  weapons  of  war  and  for  the  chase,  and  also 
as  implements  of  agriculture,  out  of  the  most  refractory  stone.  Except, 
however,  in  the  more  recent  formation,  but  few  relics  of  these  remote 
ages  have  been  recovered,  over  and  above  these  imperishable  flint 
implements.  The  later  Neolithic  strata  have  yielded  numberless 
examples  of  figurines  and  utensils  of  various  kinds,  besides  pottery, 
which  furnish  us,  in  some  measure,  with  materials  for  reconstructing 
this  remote  form  of  culture  ;  but  up  to  now  little  more  than  a  com- 
mencement has  been  made  in  thus  widening  the  domain  of  history. 
Many  surmises  have  been  hazarded  as  to  the  period  of  time  necessary 
for  the  development  of  this  civilization  up  to  the  dynastic  stage,  which 
we  will  take  (according  to  the  latest  chronological  computation)  as 


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being  B.C.  5500  ;  and  estimates  have  been  formed  as  to  its  probable 
duration,  varying  from  3000  to  5000  years  ;  thus  going  back  to,  say, 
from  10000  to  12000  years  ago,  and  we  need  not  shrink  from  such 
figures  now  ;  but  first  it  should  be  determined,  if  it  be  possible,  whether 
the  culture  was  indigenous,  one  of  a  slow,  steady  Nilotic  evolution, 
or  was  partly  brought  to  Egypt  by  the  invasion  of  a  superior  race, 
which  subjugated,  and,  to  a  certain  extent,  civilized  the  country  ; 
but  up  to  now  this  question  remains  in  abeyance.  Personally,  I  favour 
the  view  of  a  progressive  growth,  for  I  cannot  trace  any  abrupt  change  ; 
but  rather  a  continuous  development,  through  the  greater  part  of  the 
period  covered  by  the  Ancient  Empire,  helped  on,  perhaps,  by  a 
greater  or  less  infiltration,  invasions  if  you  will,  of  foreign  peoples  into 
the  fertile  Nile  valley  ;  but  in  all  ages  a  few  generations  sufficed  to  impose 
the  Egyptian  language,  customs  and  invincible  modes  of  thought  on  the 
intruders.  Professor  Flinders  Petrie's  system  of '  sequence  dates,'  based 
on  a  comparison  of  pottery  types,  as  applied  to  finds  in  pre-historic  de- 
posits generally,  is  a  brilliant  one.  Lt  classifies  the  objects  found  under 
headings,  represented  by  the  numerals  from  30  to  80  ;  the  first-named 
being  the  earliest,  the  latest,  corresponding  with  the  beginning  of 
dynastic  times.  The  numerals  below  30  have,  I  presume,  been  reserved 
for  the  case  of  any  still  earlier  discoveries.  The  chain  of  finds  is  thus 
systematized,  and  ready  for  further  comparison  and  deduction.  The 
handle  to  a  pre-dynastic  flint  knife,  covered  with  gold-leaf,  sewn 
together  with  gold  thread,  enriched  with  the  incised  figures  of  animals, 
furniture  legs  designed  after  'the  limbs  of  bulls,  inlaying  work,  glazed 
pottery  tiles,  vases  decorated  with  mobile  figures,  artificial  hair,  pins 
and  combs  carved  in  ivory  and  enriched  with  figures,  a  child's  bracelet 
of  copper  with  a  carnelian  pendant  ;  fictile  vases  marked  to  resemble 
hard  stone,  pre-historic  buff-coloured  vases  bearing  representations 
of  big  boats,  such  galleys  as  might  have  sailed  on  the  Mediterranean 
Sea,  are  suggestive  as  to  a  possible  international  intercourse  and  trading 
in  these  remote  times  and  much  besides.  Such  vases  are  also  decorated 
with  representations  of  ostriches,  antelopes  and,  it  would  seem,  giraffes, 
and  occasionally  with  human  figures.  Then  again,  bordering  on 
dynastic  times,  we  have  a  palette,  which  had  been  employed  in  the 
preparation  of  eye-paint,  and  a  mace-head  of  the  age  of  Nar-mer, 
both  enriched  with  figures  of  men,  animals  and  symbols,  carved  in 
low  relief,  of  really  excellent  work,  and  the  various  incarnations  sug- 
gested, such  as  the  figures  chiselled  on  an  ivory  knife-handle,  represent- 
ing the  hippopotamus  goddess  Ta-urt  seizing  a  crocodile,  clearly 
indicate  that  the  religious,  magical  and  symbolic  system  of  the  country, 
which  extended  over  something  like  6000  years,  had  already  taken 
deep  root  in  the  land.  Nar-mer  was  probably  the  first  king  of  United 
Egypt,  the  father  of  Menes  ;  and  the  names  of  these  far-off  monarchs 
are  associated  together  on  a  cylinder  seal.  That  this  king  reigned  is 
certain,  and  he  was  in  all  probability  the  last  of  the  line  of  HierakAno- 
polis  ;  while  Menes  is  believed  to  have  founded  Memphis,  the  site  of 
which  formed  a  central  position  for  the  capital,  after  the  union  of  the 
upper  and  lower  countries.  The  beautiful  stone  bowls  of  fine  diorites 
and  porphyries,  the  highly  finished  red  and  black  pottery  of  pro- 
dynastic  times,  found  at  Naquada,  Gebelein,  etc.,  and  the  breccia 
vases,  with  and  without  handles,  are  superior  to  those  of  any  later  age 
in  Egyptian  history.  The  figures  of  animals,  which  represent  only  a 
few  species,  among  them  being  the  hippopotamus,  elephant,  antelope, 
crocodile  and  scorpion,  chiselled  in  relief  in  pro-historic  times,  are 
often  characterized  by  a  correctness  of  delineation,  combined  with 
great  freedom  of  touch  and  fidelity  of  representation,  as  shown  on 


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some  sculptures  from  Hierakoiiopolis,  of  which  there  are  plaster  casts  in 
the  British  museum,  and  examples  of  the  human  form,  cut  in  this  manner 
in  times  coeval  with  the  beginning  of  the  first  dynasty,  and  even 
earlier,  such  as  those  represented  on  the  before-mentioned  casts  and 
carved  on  cylinder  seals,  are  remarkable  for  their  extreme  realism, 
and  for  their  equality,  in  many  respects,  with  any  of  this  kind  of  work 
produced  in  later  times  The  primitive  figure  of  an  aged  king,  found 
at  Abydos,  carved  in  ivory,  wearing  an  embroidered  robe,  the  crown 
of  Upper  Egypt  on  his  head,  is  remarkable  for  its  subtlety  and  breadth 
of  technique,  and  it  is  equal,  in  many  respects,  to  the  work  of  any 
age.  The  Ancient  Egyptians  were  the  most  skilful  workers  in  hard, 
refractory  stones  the  world  has  known.  These  discoveries  necessarily 
imply  a  condition  of  culture  which  must  have  taken  long  ages  to 
mature.  Concerning  textile  fabrics,  the  circumstances  of  burial  and 
the  perishable  nature  of  the  material,  do  not  lend  themselves  to  dis- 
coveries in  this  direction  ;  though  the  representation  of  the  embroidered 
robe,  carved  in  ivory,  hanging  on  the  figure  of  the  aged  king,  just 
referred  to,  testifies  to  there  having  been  work  of  this  kind.  In  the 
earliest  primitive  tombs,  the  bodies  were  either  laid  on  or  wrapped  in 
matting.  Spherical  baskets,  containing  malachite  for  eye-paint, 
were  found  in  the  pre-historic  cemetery  of  El  Amrah  ;  and  soon  the 
sepulchres  yield  objects  in  basket-work,  some  plaited  in  parti-coloured 
straw.  The  frequent  imitations  of  basket-work  in  pottery  is  much  in 
evidence  ;  and  very  early  ornamental  designs  have  been  clearly  inspired 
by  plaited  work  and  cords,  furnishing  good  examples  of  the  silent 
lingering  of  tradition.  The  question  as  to  the  origin  of  hieroglyphic 
writing  remains  obscure  for  the  characters  would  seem  to  spring  upon 
us  almost  suddenly  in  the  third  dynasty,  in  a  stereotyped  stage  of  ' 
their  development.  Authorities  differ  as  to  whether  they  are  of 
Egyptian  origin,  or  were  brought  into  the  country  by  a  conquering 
race.  The  second  proposition  seems  to  me  to  be  but  inadequately 
supported  by  evidence,  which,  at  the  best,  is  largely  inferential  or 
supposititious  in  character.  The  strong  point  in  favour  of  the  hiero- 
glyphic signs  being  of  local  origin  is  that  they  bear  the  impress  of  so 
many  forms  of  the  fauna  and  flora  indigenous  to  the  Nile  valley.  I 
will  not  dwell  on  this  difficult  question  now,  but  let  us  consider  for  a 
moment  if  there  is  any  evidence  of  there  having  been  any  earlier  form 
of  writing  ;  and  in  this  regard  Dr.  Petrie  comes  to  our  assistance  in 
results  achieved  from  the  excavation  of  settlements  and  sepulchres 
existing  before  the  first  Egyptian  dynasty,  that  is  anterior  to  the  period 
when  history  may  be  said  to  begin.  Professor  Petrie  in  the  course  of 
his  excavations  at  Naquada,  collected  together  and  tabulated  a  large 
number  of  signs  and  marks,  from  the  commencement  of  the  primitive 
period,  incised  on  pre-historic  pottery  and  graffiti,  many  of  which 
have  the  appearance  of  being  alphabetical  characters ;  and  they  would 
seem  to  represent  a  form  of  writing  antecedent  to  the  hieroglyphics, 
as  we  know  them  ;  but  they  do  not  look  like  hieroglyphics  in  course 
of  formation,  nor  do  they  seem  to  represent  any  stage  of  degeneration 
from  hieroglyphic  forms,  though  some  half-dozen  of  the  signs  might 
possibly  bear  one  of  these  constructions.  No  link  has  been  found 
to  connect  the  two  forms  of  writing,  unless  the  presence  of  the  few 
hieroglyphs  among  the  cursive  characters  might  point  in  that  direction. 
On  pottery  found  in  the  tombs  of  the  kings  of  the  first  dynasty  at 
Abydos,  Petrie  noted  a  series  of  signs  identical  with  those  registered 
of  primitive  times,  and  the  same  appear  incised  on  pottery,  found  in 
sepulchres  of  the  twelfth  and  eighteenth  dynasties  of  Egypt.  As 
noticed  by  Dr.  Arthur  J.  Evans,  many  of  them  are  among  the  Creto- 


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Aegean  linear  alphabets,  and  identical  signs  have  been  observed  in 
what  are  believed  to  be  the  primitive  alphabets  of  Karia  and  Spain. 
These  characters,  which  existed  in  the  primitive  ages  of  Egypt,  though 
hardly  in  a  sequence  suggestive  of  words,  would  thus  seem  to  have 
been  in  universal  use  in  the  countries  bordering  on  the  Mediterranean 
Sea,  at  a  very  early  period  :  and  they  indicate  that  certain  forms  of 
writing  existed  long  before  B.C.  5500.  They  were  thus,  as  far  as  we 
can  judge,  antecedent  to,  as  they  were  certainly  contemporaneous 
with  the  Egyptian  hieroglyphs.  Did  they  constitute  a  written 
language  ?  Were  they  of  Egyptian  origin,  or  perhaps  brought  to  the 
Nile  valley  through  the  Libyan  peoples,  who  would  be  in  touch  with 
the  early  Mediterranean  civilizations  ?  As  yet  we  cannot  tell,  but 
whatever  other  significance  they  may  possess,  they  indicate  a  comity 
of  nations,  at  a  period  which,  until  recently,  was  believed  to  have  been 
steeped  in  the  deepest  barbarism.  Many  of  these  signs  bear  a  certain 
resemblance  to  the  Phoenician  characters  of  a  later  age  ;  but  they  were 
in  use  long  before  the  rise  of  that  enterprising  people  ;  and  this  disposes 
of  the  legend  that  the  Phoenicians  invented  writing.  Petrie  says  that 
what  is  due  to  them  would  seem  to  have  been  the  selection  of  a  series  of 
these  signs  for  numerical  purposes.  The  position  of  the  Phoenicians  as 
freight-carriers  would  soon  secure  for  these  signs  an  almost  universal 
adoption.  In  what  were  probably  offices  for  palace  fuctionaries  at 
Knossos,  Mr.  Arthur  J.  Evans  found  deposits  containing  archives  in  clay, 
with  accounts,  inventories,  and  other  documents,  he  says,  in  a  highly 
developed  system  of  writing,  of  a  date  about  a  thousand  years  earlier 
than  the  first  written  records  of  historic  Greece.  I  have  not  yet  been 
able  to  compare  these  very  ancient  characters  with  the  primeval  ones, 
to  see  whether  they  appear  to  have  any  affinity  with  Etruscan  or  Greek  ; 
but  it  will  probably  not  be  long  before  we  hear  something  more  about 
them  from  Mr.  Evans.  The  primitive  signs  bulked  in  columns  seem 
to  me  to  bear  a  certain  resemblance  to  both  runes  and  Greek. 

I  will  now  show  you  some  examples  of  pre-historic  pottery,  etc., 
from  my  collection,  and  read  you  the  entries  in  my  catalogue  concern- 
ing them  : — 

A  761.  Flint  sickle,  which  had  been  set  in  a  wooden  frame.  Such  sickles  were 
still  in  use  in  the  nineteenth  dynasty,  for  several  specimens  have  been  found 
recently  in  the  lemple  of  Merenptah,  at  Memphis  ;  later  they  were  made  of 
bronze  or  iron.  From  Petrie's  house  at  Memphis. 

762.  Graceful,  burnished  red,  hand-polished,  ovoid-formed  vase,  with  blackened 
top  and  pointed  base.     Pre-dynastic.     Naquada      Height  17  inches. 

763.  Somewhat  similar  vase,  but  shorter  and  stouter.     Dark  markings  to  imitate 
stone.     Pre-dynastic.     Naquada.    Height  12  inches. 

751      Grey  breccia  vase.     Height  li  inches. 

598.     A   pre  historic  flattened  spherical  vase  or  bowl,  with  heavy  suspension 
handles,  made  in  imitation  of  a  stone  bowl.     Height  4£  inches. 

771.  Oblong  vase  in  bright  glazed  red  ware.     Decorated  with  incised  triangles, 
placed  between  nearly  vertical  lines.    Gebelein.     Height  6  inches. 

772.  Urn-sha|  ed,  red  and  black,    burnished  vase.      Pre-historic.      Naquada. 
Height  4£  inches. 

773     Oblong,  red  and  black,  burnished  vase,  with  blun  ly  pointed  base.      Pre- 
historic.   Naquada.    Height  4i  inches. 

774.  Burl-coloured  vase.    Flattened  spherical  form  and  short  neck.    Pre-historic. 
Naqua  la,     Height  4  inches. 

775.  Vase  in  diorite.     Pre-historic.    Found  among  the  foundations  of  a  temple 
at  Thebes.    He  ght  1|  inches. 

601.    Slate  Palette.     Pre-historic.    Abydos.    Length  5i  inches. 

I  am  inclined  to  think  now  that  this  is  not  a  palette  but  a  burnisher. 
Look  at  the  marks  caused  by  friction. 

Vases  quite  similar  to  Nos.  762-63  and  772  may  be  seen  at  the  British 
museum,  in  the  ante-room  to  the  upstairs  Egyptian  rooms.  This 


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pottery  was  made  long  before  the  days  of  the  potter's  wheel,  the 
invention  of  which  is  attributed  by  Pliny  to  an  Athenian  ;  but  the 
monuments  of  the  time  of  the  Shepherd  kings.. say,  B.C/2000,  give 
representations  of  it  ;  and  the  date  of  its  inception  goes  back  to  a 
period  of  antiquity  more  remote  still.  The  ram-headed  god,  Khneumu 
is  represented  at  Philae  as  fashioning  a  man  on  a  potter's  wheel.  The 
Egyptian  type  of  the  machine,  which  has  not  altered,  is  a  low  circular 
table,  turned  with  the  foot. 

The  origin  of  the  worship  of  animals  is  obscure,  though  probably  it 
began  in  a  propitiatory  sense.  The  roll  of  creatures  thus  reverenced 
in  Egypt  would  seem  to  have  comprised  most,  if  not  all,  of  the  large 
quadrupeds  of  the  country,  as  well  as  a  few  birds  and  reptiles  ;  and, 
at  least,  two  insects,  the  beetle,  Kheper  (scarabaeus  sacer),  and  the 
scorpion,  Selk  ;  and  also  some  fishes.  These  creatures  were  looked 
upon  as  sacred,  and  as  being  the  incarnations  of  certain  deities  of 
principles  in  nature.  The  lion  is  the  emblem  of  many  divinities. 
The  bull  represented  the  incarnation  of  Osiris  and  other  gods  ;  the 
cow  that  of  Hathor  ;  the  crocodile,  Sebek  ;  the  hippopotamus,  Ta-urt  ; 
the  cynocephalus  ape,  Thoth,  the  recorder,  and  it  is  often  associated 
with  the  sun  ;  the  jackal,  Anubis  and  other  gods  ;  the  cat,  Bast,  and 
so  on.  The  figures  of  animals  before  you  are  interesting  in  many 
ways. 

A.  220.    Cynocephalus  ape,  aam,  in  red  pottery,  crowned  with  the  lunar  disc  and 
horns  ;  seated  on  its  haunches  on  a  pedestal.     Height  6i  inches. 

223.  Another  example  in  alabaster,  in  the  same  attitude.    The  head  is  holed  for 
the  insertion  of  a  lunar  disc.    Gebelein.     Height  3  inches. 

224.  Another  example,  carved  in  limestone,  holding  in  its  front  paws  what  looks 
like  a  water-melon,  in  which  his  teeth  are  buried.    Pre-historic.    Gebelein. 
Height  3i  inches, 

225.  Another  in  diorite,  and  a  little  ape,  standing  on  either  side  of  a  rock, 
Pre-historic.    Gebelein.    Height  2i  inches. 

226.  Another  in  limestone,  holding  a  stela  in  front.    Pierced  for  suspension. 
Gebelein.    Height  1|  inches. 

229.     Hedgehog,  or  perhaps  a  dog,  on  pedestal,  in  green  diorite.    Height  If  inches. 

The  hedgehog  presents  one  of  the  incarnations  of  11  a. 
232.    Crocodile,  emsuh,  in  green  diorite.    Length  2f  inches. 
236     A  calf,  mcs,  in  limestone,  the  legs  drawn  under  the  body,  as  if  pinioned  for 

sacrifice.    Length  4i  inches. 

237.  Chameleon,  in  green  diorite.    Length  2|  inches. 

238.  Lioness,  man,  couchant,  carved  in  sandstone.    Gebelein.    Length  4  inches. 
The  pedestal  bears  an  inscription,  in  rudely  cut  cursive  characters,  of  a  very 
ancient  date.    Height  li  inches. 

240.  Lion,  in  sandstone.  Gebelein.  Length  51  inches.  Some  primitive  char- 
acters incised  on  bottom  of  pedestal. 

199.  Tablet  in  slate-stone  ;  inscribed  with  the  archaic  figure  of  a  man,  his  head 
in  the  round,  while  the  body  is  incised  t  an  ostrich  and  a  sword.  Height 
If  inches.  Pre-historic.  Gebelein. 

272.    Probably  a  child's  toy.    Archaic  decoration. 

In  appraising  the  artistic  value  of  the  objects  before  you  and -their 
importance  in  illustrating  the  arts  and  crafts  of  a  people  who  lived, 
say,  some  7000  to  10000  years  ago,  remember  that  they  are  after  all 
but  a  few  scraps  recovered  from  the  sepulchres  and  settlements  of  a 
far-off  civilization,  which  will  be  probed  more  fully  as  time  rolls  on 
and  opportunity  offers.  All  such  work  has  to  be  done  by  private 
effort,  as  the  English  government  will  not  contribute  anything  towards 
the  heavy  expenses  involved,  which  places  this  country  at  a  disadvant- 
age in  exploration  work,  as  against  some  other  nations.' 

In  the  discussion  which  followed  the  reading  of  the  paper,  Mr.  Heslop 
remarked  that  there  was  to  be  seen  at  the  present  moment,  at  Wood's 
Stepney  pottery  on  the  Ouseburn,  Newcastle,  a  potter's  wheel,  one  of 
the  most  ancient  of  mechanical  appliances,  being  driven  by  an  electric 


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motor,  one  of  the  most  modern — a  curious  contrast.  He  said  that  the 
owners  of  the  pottery  cordially  invited  the  members  of  the  society 
to  the  works  to  see  the  machine  in  operation. 

Thanks  were  voted  to  Mr.  Clephan  and  carried  by  acclamation. 
THE   SOCIETY'S  LIBRARY. 

The  council's  report,  recommending  the  removal  of  the  library  from 
the  Castle  to  the  Blackgate.  was  then  considered. 

Mr.  F.  W.  Dendy  remarked  that  in  the  course  of  the  society's  ninety-six 
years'  existence  a  very  valuable  library  of  archaeological,  historical,  and 
numismatic  books  had  been  collected.  For  many  years  the  If brary,  on 
account  of  want  of  light  and  other  inconveniences,  had  been  the  subject 
of  trouble  and  difficulty,  and  now  the  space  at  their  disposal  had 
been  entirely  exhausted.  The  books  had  overflowed  into  the  lobby, 
the  council  chamber,  and  the  Blackgate  ;  and  many  of  them  were 
suffering  deterioration,  for  those  behind  wooden  or  glass  doors  were 
turning  damp,  and  those  upon  open  shelving  were  suffering  from  the 
dust.  With  regard  to  the  remedy,  the  scheme  suggested  by  Mr. 
Knowles,  to  remove  the  library  to  the  top  room  of  the  Blackgate,  had 
the  unanimous  approval  of  the  council.  Three  estimates  of  the  cost  of 
this  had  been  prepared,  one  of  about  400£.,  by  which  the  scheme  could 
be  done  in  a  superior  manner ;  one  of  about  3001. ,  with  plainer  shelves 
and  fittings,  but  in  other  respects  the  same  ;  and  one  of  about  2301., 
which  would  necessitate  utilizing  the  old  bookcases.  The  council 
recommended  the  intermediate  scheme.  Towards  the  cost  the  presi- 
dent, the  duke  of  Northumberland,  had  promised  10  per  cent,  on  the 
expenditure,  wThile  other  promises  brought  the  total  up  to  more  than 
100Z.  before  any  appeal  had  been  issued. 

The  chairman  then  moved  the  following  resolutions  which  were 
seconded  by  Mr.  C.  H.  Blair,  and  carried  nem  con.  : — 

1.  That    the    council's   recommendation    for    the   removal    of    the 
library  to  the  Blackgate  be  adopted,  and  that  a  committee  be  appointed 
to  carry  it  out. 

2.  That  the  committee  be  Messrs.  Dendy,  V.P.,  Oswald,  Knowles, 
the  two  secretaries,  the  curators,  the  librarian,  and  the  treasurer. 

3.  That  a  subscription  list  be  opened  and  that  members  be  invited 
to  subscribe  the  necessary  funds.      And 

4.  That  the  treasurer  of  the  Society  be  the  treasurer  of  the  fund. 

The  list  of  subscriptions  was  then  sent  round  the  room,  and  the 
following  are  the  total  amounts  promised  : — 

£     s.    d 

H.  H.  E.  Craster 

Joseph  Oswald 

A.  Oliver 
30 


The  Puke  of  Northum- 
berland, president,  (10 
per  cent,  on  the  out- 
lay) not  exceeding  .  .  30  00 

Sir  Gainford  Bruce 10     0     0 

Robert  C.  Clephan,V.P.  500 

Richard  Welford,  V.P.  500 
F.  W.  Dendy,  V.P.      ..500 

John  S.  Robson    5     0     0 

Parker  Brewis 5     0     0 

Philip  Spence    5     0     0 

E.  Hunter      5     0     0 

F.  Gerald  Simpson 5     0     0 

W.  R.  Heatley      5     0     0 


Sidney  Story  Carr  .... 
John  PattisonGibson,V.P 
Rev.  John  Walker  .... 
J.Crawford  Hodgson, V.P.  1 

R.  S.  Nisbet 1 

Wm.  Richardson 

C.  H.  Blair    

J.  W.  Robinson,  junr. 
John  A.  Irving     .... 

R.  Blair     

W.  F.  Shields  .          .  . .     0 


0 
0 

3 

!2 

•2 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
JO 


89 

NOTE    ON    THE    SEALS    OF    ELEANOR    AND    MARGARET    UMFREVILLE. 

Mr.  C.  H.  Blair  read  the  following : — 

'  On  page  336,  vol.  vn,  of  the  new  History  of  Northumberland  a  seal 
is  illustrated,  bearing  the  legend  s'  ALIENORE  COMITISSE  ;  the  original 
is  attached  to  a  charter  of  1332  belonging  to  the  Rev.  William  Green- 
well.  The  seal  is  that  of  Alienore,  wife  of  Roger  Mauduit,  and  second 
wife  and  widow  of  Robert  Umfreville,  second  earl  of  Angus.  This  note 
is  an  attempt  to  find  out,  from  the  armoury  on  the  seal,  more  of  this 
lady's  history  than  is  at  present  known.  The  seal  bears,  within  tracery, 
four  shields,  arranged  crosswise  with  the  points  to  the  centre.  The 
shield  in  chief  is  that  of  Alienore's  second  husband,  Robert  Umfreville, 
earl  of  Angus  (ob.  1324),  blasoned  gules  crusilly  and  a  cinquefoil  gold, 
and  is  in  the  place  of  honour  for  the  earldom.  The  sinister  shield  I 
think  should  be  blasoned,  gules,  a  fess  between  three  popinjays  silver 
(Matthew  Paris's  arms,  Rolls  of  Hen.  in  and  Ed.  n),  for  Richard  fitz 
Marmaduke,  who  was  killed  on  the  old  bridge  at  Durham,  in  1318,  by 
his  kinsman  Robert  Nevill  (Surtees's  History  of  Durham,  vol.  I,  p.  24). 
According  to  the  pedigree  there  given  his  wife  was  named  Alienore, 
-and  from  his  shield  appearing  on  this  seal  it  seems  more  than  probable 
that  she  was  this  lady,  who,  after  his  death,  married  Robert  Umfreville. 
The  shield  to  the  dexter,  blasoned  ermine  two  bars  gules  (Roll  of  Ed.  n), 
is  that  of  her  third  husband,  Roger  Mauduit,  to  whom  she  was  married 
(1325-27).  The  shield  in  base  presents  a  more  difficult  problem,  but  I 
think  it  should  be  blasoned  gold,  three  chevrons  gules,  and  a  label  (azure  ?) 
being  the  paternal  arms  of  a  younger  branch  of  the  family  of  Clare,  earls 
of  Hertford  and  of  Gloucester.  If  I  am  right  in  so  blasoning  this  shield, 
Alienore  must  have  been  a  grand-daughter  of  earl  Richard  (ob.  1262), 
and  a  niece  of  Gilbert  the  red  earl  (ob.  1296).  At  the  beginning  of  the 
fourteenth  century  there  were  other  families  who  bore  these  arms, 
but  that  of  Clare  was  the  best  known,  and  the  only  one  of  rank  sufficient 
for  their  daughters  to  intermarry  with  the  earls  of  Angus.  These 
arms  with  an  azure  label  were  borne  by  Sir  Thomas  Clare  (Camden 
and  Guillim  rolls),  and  by  his  son  Richard  (Ed.  n  roll)  a  label  was  there- 
fore the  difference  used  by  at  least  one  of  the  cadet  branches  of  the 
family.  The  seal  of  Margaret  Umfreville  (see  post.  p. — )  bears  for  her 
paternal  arms  of  Clare  the  three  chevrons  and  a  label.  It  seems  very 
improbable  that  these  two  ladies,  who  were  sisters-in-law,  if  not  sisters, 
or  more  probably  cousins  in  blood,  would  both  use,  on  their  seals,  at 
about  the  same  time,  the  same  shield  unless  it  was  borne  for  the  same 
family.  The  name  Alienore  is  one  used  by  the  Clares.  The  two  cousins 
of  Margaret,  and,  as  I  suggest,  of  Alienore  also,  the  eldest  and  the 
second  daughters  of  Gilbert,  the  red  earl,  were  called,  the  one  Alienore, 
the  other,  Margaret.  Sir  Thomas  Clare,  second  son  of  earl  Richard, 
appears  to  have  had  only  two  daughters,  the  above  mentioned  Margaret, 
and  Matilda,  who  married  first  Robert  of  Welle,  and  secondly  Robert 
of  Clifford.  Thomas  Clare,  grandson  of  Sir  Thomas,  died  s.p.  (1321) 
leaving  his  aunts,  Margaret  and  Matilda,  sisters  of  his  father  Richard, 
his  heirs.  There  is  no  mention  of  Alienore,  therefore,  if  my  conjecture 
is  right,  she  must  have  been  a  daughter  of  another  son  of  earl  Richard, 
and  a  cousin  of  Margaret.  The  second  seal  is  described  in  the  Calendar 
of  Documents  relating  to  Scotland,  vol.  in.  p.  172,  no.  955.  It  bears  the 
legend  s'  MARGARETE  :  DE  :  VNFRANCVILLE  :  DAME  :  DE  :  BADELESMERE. 
There  are  three  shields  arranged  in  a  row  in  a  deeply  cut  circular 
compartment  decorated  with  tracery.  The  seal  is  attached  to  a  deed 
of  1328,  and  is  that  of  Margaret  Umfreville,  widow  of  Gilbert,  elder 
brother  of  Robert,  second  earl  of  Angus,  who  died,  s.p.  (1302)  during 

[  Proc.  3  Ser.  iv,  13  ] 


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his  father's  lifetime.  She  afterwards  married  lord  Badelesmere.  The 
dexter  shield  bears  her  paternal  arms  of  Clare,  and  is  blasoned  gold, 
three  chevrons  gules,  a  label  azure,  for  Sir  Thomas  Clare,  the  friend  of 
prince  Edward,  and  the  second  son  of  earl  Richard  (ob.  1262).  The 
large  shield  in  the  centre  is  impaled  ;  on  the  dexter  are  the  arms  of 
her  first  husband  Gilbert  Umfreville  blasoned  gules  crusilly,  and  a  cinque- 
foil  gold,  a  baston  (? silver).  The  sinister  impalement  is  the  shield  of  her 
second  husband  Bartholemew  of  Badlesmere,  who  was  executed  for  high 
treason  in  1322  (  Historic  Peerage,  Ed.  Courthope,  p.  38).  His  shield  is 
blasoned  in  the  roll  of  Edward  n,  '  de  argent  a  une  fesse  e  ij  barres 
gimyles  de  goules. '  The  shield  on  the  sinister  bears  her  maternal  arms  of 
Fitzgerald  with  the  label  for  cadency ;  it  is  blasoned  silver,  a  saltire 
gules,  and  a  label.  Sir  Thomas  Clare  married,  Juliana,  daughter  of  Sir 
Maurice  f itz  Maurice  Fitzgerald.  These  two  seals  form  two  interesting 
companions  to  the  well  known  seal  of  Elizabeth  Clare,  engraved  in 
Montague's  Guide  to  Heraldry,  p.  37,  and  to  the  seal  of  her  daughter 
Elizabeth  de  Burgh,  engraved  in  the  Topographer  and  Genealogist,  i,  122.' 

DENTON    NEAR    DARLINGTON. 

The  Rev.  Wm.  Apter,  vicar  of  Denton  (in  a  letter  to  Mr.  E.  Wooler 
of  Darlington),  announced  the  unearthing,  while  making  a  grave,  of  two 
medieval  grave  covers  which  he  thinks  would  lie  at  the  floor  level  of 
the  Early  English  church  that  existed  to  the  beginning  of  the  nineteenth 
century  at  Denton.  The  larger  stone,  a  fine  grit,  is  a  fragment ;  it 
measures  in  length  about  1ft.  Sin.  down  the  centre,  and  1ft.  lOin.  across 
the  top,  the  edges  are  chamfered ;  on  it  is  a  plain  cross  in  relief,  and  on 
the  right  side  the  pommel  of  a  sword.  The  smaller  stone,  a  soft  coarse 
grit,  is  complete  with  chamfered  edge  all  round,  and  a  key  simply  in  the 
centre  ;  it  measures  2ft.  3£in.  long,  by  1ft.  broad  at  head,  and  8  in.  at  the 
foot.  Hutchinson  (Durham)  mentions  some  stones  as  being  in  the  porch 
of  the  church  in  his  time.  The  illustrations  below  are  from  drawings  by 
Mr-  W.  J.  Mountf  ord  of  Darlington.  The  third  stone  is  also  at  Denton. 


W.J.AA 


MEDIEVAL   GRAVE    COVERS,    DENTON,    CO.    DURHAM. 

(Scale,  one  inch  =  one  foot.) 


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MISCELLANEA. 

Mr.  Frederick  Raimes  has  kindly  sent  the  following  translation  of 
documents  relating  to  the  northern  counties  : — 

Chanc.  Misc.  Inquis.  9  Ed.  n,  File  9. — (Old  Reference  Inq.  A.Q.D., 
9  Ed.  n,  No.  138.) — Edward  by  the  grace  of  God  king  of  England,  lord 
of  Ireland,  and  duke  of  Aquitaine  to  our  knights  and  subjects  John  de 
Sandale  our  chancellor  and  Walter  de  Norwich  our  treasurer  Greeting. 
We  send  you  herewith  enclosed  a  petition  which  our  beloved  Robert  de 
Reymes  has  given  us,  and  since  the  said  Robert  has  ever  borne  himself 
well  and  loyally  in  our  service  and  has  in  the  same  endured  great  losses, 
we  command  that  you  yourselves  do  consider  the  petition  and  the 
requests  he  has  made  in  the  same,  and  see  that  he  is  accorded  the 
grace  in  good  manner  which  you  shall  see  that  we  are  able  to  do  him. 
Given  under  our  privy  seal  at  Langley  the  25th  day  of  March,  the  9th 
year  of  our  reign  [1316]. 

[The  enclosure  above-mentioned.     9  Ed.  II.] 

Robert  de  Raymes  prays  our  lord  the  king  that  it  may  please  him 
that  whereas  the  said  Robert  has  been  in  all  his  wars  of  Scotland,  and 
there  has  lost  horses,  armour,  and  other  possessions  to  the  value  of 
100  marks  And  whereas  the  said  Robert  formerly  had  his  dwellings 
in  the  county  of  Northumberland  full  of  great  possessions,  and  his 
lands  reasonably  well  stored,  And  the  enemies  of  [from]  Scotland 
have  come  there  and  have  completely  burned,  spoiled,  and  destroyed 
his  dwellings  and  lands  to  the  said  Robert's  loss  of  1000  pounds,  And 
also  whereas  the  said  Robert  was  taken  by  the  said  enemies  and  put  to 
ransom  at  500  marks,  for  which  the  son  of  the  said  Robert  still  dwells 
in  Scotland  as  hostage,  And  whereas  also  the  said  Robert  has  entirely 
lost  the  profit  of  501.  of  land  yearly  in  such  manner  that  the  said  Robert 
has  nothing  with  which  to  keep  himself  and  his  meynie  ( ?).  For  the 
above  causes  the  said  Robert  prays  our  said  lord  the  king,  that  if  it 
please  him  he  will  to  aid  him  and  grant  to  him  in  aid  of  his  great  loss 
and  of  his  ransom  for  the  term  of  lo  years  the  herbage  of  his  park  of 
Plumpton  in  the  forest  of  Ingelwode,  saving  sufficient  pasture  for  the 
unreclaimed  animals,  And  that  he  will  if  it  please  him  to  grant  to  the 
said  Robert  and  to  his  heirs  the  assarts  and  purprestures  of  the  said 
forest  which  are  not  arented,  Paying  to  our  said  Lord  the  king  six- 
pence yearly  the  acre  measured  by  the  perch  of  the  said  forest,  which 
amount  well  to  100  acres. 

Writ  for  Inq.  A.Q.D.,  9  Edward  n.  [1315-16[,  No.  138.— Edward, 
by  the  grace  of  God,  king  of  England,  Scotland,  and  Ireland,  and  duke 
of  Aquitaine  to  his  beloved  and  faithful  Robert  de  Umfravil,  earl  of 
Angus,  keeper  of  his  forests  beyond  Trent,  or  to  his  deputy,  greeting. 
Whereas  our  beloved  Robert  de  Raimes  has  earnestly  besought  us 
that  since  his  horses  to  the  value  of  100  marks  have  been  slain  by  the 
Scots  our  enemies  and  rebels  in  our  wars  with  the  Scots,  and  whereas 
his  houses  and  lands  in  the  county  of  Northumberland  have  been 
burnt  to  the  ground  by  our  said  enemies,  and  entirely  laid  waste,  and 
whereas  the  said  Robert  being  captured  by  our  said  enemies  did  promise 
for  his  ransom  a  fine  of  500  marks,  and  did  give  up  his  son  as  hostage, 
and  did  pay  500  marks  for  his  maintenance,  we  wish,  in  order  that 
he  may  be  the  more  easily  able  to  pay  his  ransom  to  grant  him  herbage 
in  our  park  of  Plumpton  in  the  forest  of  Ingelwode  for  the  term  of  10 
years,  saving  pasture  sufficient  for  our  game  there,  and  we  wish  likewise 
to  grant  him  by  our  charter  all  the  purprestures  and  af farms  in  the  said 
forest  not  yet  arented,  to  be  had  and  held  by  the  said  Robert  and  his 
heirs  of  us  and  our  heirs  as  their  portion  of  the  forest  by  paying  there- 


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fore  to  us  and  our  heirs  for  every  acre  6  pence  yearly.  We  therefore 
wish  to  learn  from  you  the  yearly  value  of  the  said  herbage  in  all  saving 
the  said  pasture,  and  of  the  acres  of  purprestures  and  affarms,  and  how 
much  of  the  pasture  is  arented  in  the  said  forest,  and  what  is  the  annual 
value  of  each  acre,  and  whether  without  loss  or  prej  udice  to  ourselves  or 
any  person  else  we  can  grant  to  the  said  Robert  the  herbage  purprestures 
and  affarms  aforesaid  in  that  forest,  or  not  And  we  command  you  to 
take  inquisition  on  oath  as  well  of  foresters  and  verderers  as  of  other 
good  and  lawful  men  of  your  bailiwick  by  whom  the  truth  of  the  matter 
be  the  better  and  more  fully  known  And  when  you  have  taken  this 
inquisition  under  your  seal  and  the  seals  of  those  by  whom  it  was  made, 
let  it  be  returned,  together  with  this  writ.  Witness  my  hand  at  Langley, 
the  25th  day  of  March,  in  the  9th  year  of  our  reign  [1316]. 

Inq.,  A.Q.D.,  9  Edward  n  [1315-16],  No.  138. 

Inquisition  taken  by  Robert  de  Homfravil,  keeper  of  the  king's 
forests  beyond  Trent  at  Cayeschalis  (?)  on  Thursday,  in  the  vigil  of 
St.  Barnabas  the  Apostle,  in  the  9th  year  of  the  reign  of  king  Edward, 
in  pursuance  of  the  writ  attached  to  this  inquisition  by  foresters, 
verderers,  and  other  good  and  lawful  men  of  .the  forest  of  Inglewode 
who  all  declare  on  oath  that  the  herbage  in  the  park  of  Plumpton,  in 
the  said  forest,  was  of  the  yearly  value  of  151.,  clear  of  pasture  there 
sufficient  for  the  king's  game  and  of  what  Thomas  de  Hoton  holds  in 
the  vill  of  Hoton  in  the  forest  of  the  king's  land,  viz.,  36  acres  and 
half-an-acrc  and  1  rood  of  the  said  purprestures  in  the  park  of  the  said 
forest,  each  acre  of  the  yearly  value  of  2s.,  and  5  houses  with  their 
curtilages  there  each  of  the  yearly  value  of  2s.,  not  arented  ;  and  elear 
of  what  Alan  de  Kirkby  holds  in  Petelbra  of  the  king's  land,  viz.,  4 
acres  and  1  rood  each  acre  of  the  yearly  value  of  18  pence,  and  8  housse 
with  their  curtilages  there,  each  of  the  yearly  value  of  2s.,  not  arented, 
Also  the  said  Alan  holds  at  Ermytchbank  in  the  said  forest  seven  houses 
with  their  curtilages  of  the  king's  land,  each  of  the  yearly  value  of  2s., 
not  arented,  And  clear  of  what  John  de  Barcle  holds  1  place  called 
Heyheved  in  the  said  forest,  which  contains  58  acres  in  herbage  by 
estimation,  each  acre  of  the  yearly  value  of  12  pence,  And  the  said 
John  holds  8  acres  there  as  parker  of  the  said  forest,  each  acre  by 
estimation  of  the  yearly  value  of  2s.  And  the  said  John  says  that  it 
is  arented,  and  that  he  holds  it  in  chief  of  the  king  ;  And  the  jurors 
do  not  know ;  And  they  declare  that  Richard  Champion  holds  of  the 
king's  land  in  Skarth  way  trig  3  roods  of  purprestures  not  arented,  each 
of  the  yearly  value  of  4  pence,  And  that  Richard  Armel  holds  1  rood 
of  purprestures  not  arented  of  the  king's  land,  of  the  yearly  value  of 
4  pence ;  And  they  declare  that  those  acres  of  purprestures  are  to  the 
loss  and  prejudice  of  the  abbot  and  convent  of  Holmcuitram,  and 
against  the  wording  of  the  charter  which  they  hold  from  the  predecessors 
•of  the  king  of  England;  And  they  declare  that  it  will  not  be  to  the 
loss  or  prejudice  of  the  king  or  of  any  person  else,  nor  to  the  injury  of 
his  forest  if  the  king  will  to  grant  to  Robert  de  Raymes  the  said  herbage 
of  Plumpton  aforesaid,  to  be  held  for  the  term  of  10  years,  except  for 
the  whole  value  of  the  herbage  aforesaid:  Also  they  declare  that  it- 
will  not  be  to  the  loss  or  prejudice  of  the  king,  nor  to  the  injury  of  the 
said  forest  if  the  king  will  grant  to  Robert  de  Raymes  and  his  heirs  the 
said  purprestures  not  arented  saving  the  vert  and  venaries ;  And 
they  declare  that  it  will  be  to  the  loss  of  those  who  made  the  said 
purprestures,  because  they  ought  to  answer  for  the  sowing  of  crops  in 
the  said  purprestures  at  the  first  itinerary  of  the  judges  to  the  forest  for 
the  whole  time  during  which  the  said  purprestures  have  existed.  In 
witness  whereof  the  said  jurors  have  put  their  seals  to  this  Inquisition. 


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PROCEEDINGS 


OF    THE 


SOCIETY    OF    ANTIQUARIES 


OF    NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. 


3    SEB.,    VOL.    IV.  1909.  NO.     9 


A  country  meeting  of  the  society  was  held  on  Friday  and  Saturday, 
the  20th  and  21st  August,  1909,  in  conjunction  with  the  Glasgow 
Archaeological  Society,  on  the  line  of 

THE  ROMAN  WALL. 

Most  of  the  Glasgow  contingent  left  that  city  by  the  train  leaving  at 
one  o'clock  p.m.,  and  were  met  on  the  platform  of  the  Central  station, 
Newcastle,  on  its  arrival  a  little  after  five,  by  the  Rev.  CJE.  Adamson, 
a  member  of  the  council,  and  by  Mr.  R.  Blair  and  Mr.  R.  Oliver  Heslop. 
the  two  secretaries  of  the  Newcastle  society,  and  welcomed  to  New- 
castle. 

The  party  consisted  of  Mr.  George  Neilson,  LL.D.,  the  president  of 
the  Glasgow  society,  and  also  an  honorary  member  of  the  Newcastle 
society,  Sir  Archibald  Campbell  Lawrie,  professor  John  Glaister,  Dr. 
Wm.  Gemmell,  Mr.  J.  A.  Brown  (one  of  the  secretaries),  the  Rev.  James 
Primrose,  Messrs.  James  Allan.  F,  J.  Amours,  Wm.  Douglas,  A.  A. 
Mitchell,  Robert  Bryden,  Thos.  McGrouther,  A.  G.  Moore,  Thomas 
Stout,  Thomas  Stout,  junr.,  and  Wm.  Young. 

The  visitors  first  proceeded  to  the  County  hotel,  their  headquarters, 
and  then  to  the  castle,  where  they  were  received  in  a  few  well-chosen 
words,  in  the  name  of  the  Newcastle  society,  by  Mr.  F.  W.  Dendy,  one 
of  the  vice-presidents.  Mr.  J.  Crawford  Hodgson,  a  vice-president, 
and  the  Rev.  C.  E.  Adamson,  Mr.  H.  H.  E.  Craster,  Mr.  W.  H.  Knowles, 
Mr.  S.  S.  Carr,  and  other  members  of  the  council,  and  the  treasurer, 
the  two  secretaries  and  the  librarian,  were  also  present,  as  well  as 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  Richardson  of  Willington ;  Mr.  J.  A.  Dotchin,  Mrs. 
Willan,  Mr.  N.  Temperley,  and  Mr.  F.  W.  Shields,  of  Newcastle; 
Mrs.  Blair,  Miss  Constance  Blair,  and  Miss  Gladys  Blair,  of  Harton  ; 
Mr.  J.  A.  Irving  of  Corbridge,  and  many  others. 

After  a  reception  of  welcome  in  the  great  hall  of  the  keep,  the 
party  made  an  inspection  of  the  castle  under  the  guidance  of  Mr. 
R.  Oliver  Heslop,  one  of  the  curators.  This  was  followed  by  tea 
and  cakes  in  the  library.  They  then  proceeded  to  the  Blackgate 
museum  and  Heron  pit,  where  the  Roman  altars  and  relics  there 
preserved,  were  examined,  Mr.  R.  Blair  and  Mr.  Heslop,  acting  as 
guides. 

f  Proc.  3  Ser.  iv,  14] 


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FIRST  DAY,  FRIDAY,  AUGUST  20. 

The  real  business  began  when  reaching  Hexham  by  a  train  leaving 
Newcastle  at  8-15  a.m.,  the  party  set  out  on  a  long  day's  drive.  The 
company  numbered  over  60,  and  included  the  Glasgow  visitors  and  the  fol- 
lowing members  and  friends  of  the  Newcastle  society,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jas. 
Thomson,  Mr.  John  Weddle,  Mr.  H.  S.  Bird,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  W.  D.  Arnison 
and  friend,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  H.  Lishman,  Mr.  John  Ferguson,  and  Mr. 
W.  H.  Knowles,  of  Newcastle  ;  Mr.  W.  J.  Armstrong  and  niece,  and  Mr. 
Cooke,  jun.,  and  friend,  of  Hexham :  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  W.  Gibson  and  two 
friends,  of  Gateshead ;  Mr.  A.  T.  Flagg  and  Miss  Flagg,  and  the  Rev. 
C.  E.  Adamson,  of  Westoe  ;  Mr.  F.  G.  Simpson,  of  Boston  Spa  ;  Mr. 
T.  Williamson  and  the  Misses  Williamson,  of  North  Shields1 ;  Mr.  R.  C. 
Clephan,  V.P.,  Mr.  G.  S.  Scorer,  and  Mr.  S.  S.  Carr^of  Tynemouth ;  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  W.  Richardson,  of  Willington  ;  Miss  C.  Blair  of  Roade,  North- 
ampton ;  MissM.  D.  Richardson  of  Glasgow;  Mr.  Barker  of  Scarborough ; 
Mr.  J.  P.  and  Miss  Gibson  of  Hexham;  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  Blair  of 
Harton.  The  route  chosen  was  along  the  north  bank  of  the  Tyne.  About 
a  mile  from  Hexham  the  base  of  a  cross,  one  of  the  sanctuary  boundary 
crosses,  was  inspected.  Passing  through  the  village  of  Wall,  the  party 
stopped  short  of  Chollerf ord,  and  went  through  the  fields  to  the 

ROMAN    BRIDGE 

across  the  Tyne,  a  little  below  Chollerford,  where  the  remarkable 
abutment  was  seen.  Mr.  Gibson  explained  its  special  features,  includ- 
ing a  turret  or  chamber  difficult  to  make  out,  although  the  suggestion 
was  made  that  it  might  have  been  a  water  mill.  The  importance  of 
the  position  was  emphasized  as  well  as  that  of  the  office  of  ponti/ex 
or  bridge-builder,  a  symbol  of  the  vital  consequence  attached  by  the 
Romans  to  their  great  system  of  roads.  The  station  at 

CHESTERS  ( Cilurnum) 

itself,  across  the  river  from  the  abutment,  was  next  visited,  and  a  very 
full  and  clear  description  of  it  given  by  Mr.  Gibson,  who  showed  that 
some  of  its  special  characteristics  were  due  to  its  having  been  garrisoned 
by  Spanish  cavalry.  The  corner  towers  were  noted,  as  well  as  the 
various  barrack  and  other  buildings  within  the  camp  walls,  the  gateways, 
and  the  *  forum.'  One  of  the  best  preserved  of  the  Roman  stations, 
it  was  also  one  of  the  best  explored,  and  yielded  a  very  rich  product 
of  relics.  These  are  stored  in  the  fine  museum  built  by  the  late  Mr. 
N.  G.  Clayton.  The  collection,  which  was  described  to  the  company 
by  Mr.  Robert  Blair,  one  of  the  secretaries  of  the  Newcastle  society,  and 
by  Mr.  F.  Gerald  Simpson,  is  wholly  made  up  of  finds  on  the  course  of 
the  Wall  and  in  the  stations,  and  includes  a  most  extensive  series  of 
altars,  inscriptions,  implements,  ornaments,  coins,  etc.  The  museum 
has  a  certain  unity  of  character  which  gives  it  first  rank  as  a  compact, 
homogeneous,  and  representative  assemblage  of  Roman  antiquities. 

Luncheon  was  taken  at  the  George  Hotel,  to  which  the  party  had 
walked  from  Chesters,  after  which  the  route  was  resumed.  Rain 
now  fell  steadily,  and  a  contingent  (not  including,  be  it  said,  any 
of  the  Glasgow  members)  beat  a  strategic  but  inglorious  retreat, 
driving  back  direct  to  Hexham.  Westward  lay  the  route  per  lineam 
Valli  which  was  to  be  followed.  Happily  the  rain  cleared  away 
for  nearly  a  couple  of  hours,  and  the  series  of  works  forming  the 
great  Roman  barrier  was  seen  under  conditions  which,  though  far 
from  brilliant,  were  such  as  to  defy  the  discomforts.  For  most  of  the 
Glasgow  section  it  was  their  introduction  to  the  deeply  interesting 
and  impressive  stretch  of  fortified  line  across  the  moorland  heights  of 
Northumberland  westward  from  the  North  Tyne.  Owing  to  the 


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length  of  the  drive  it  was  necessary  to  make  the  halts  very  brief,  but 
particular  parts  were  specially  looked  at.  The  main  thing  seen, 
however,  was  the  noble  line  of  the  work  itself,  largely  visible  from 
the  road,  and  presenting  an  imposing  spectacle  of  continuous  and 
parallel  earth  work- vallum  and  stone -wall.  At 

LIMESTONE-BANK 

of  course,  there  was  a  pause  to  inspect  the  cyclopean  rock-upcast  or 
tip  from  the  fosse  of  the  Murus  on  the  north,  and  from  that  of  the 
Vallum  on  the  south.  The  sharp  V-shaped  but  flat-bottomed  fosse 
of  the  Murus  to  the  west  of  this  gave  an  admirable  idea  of  this  important 
element  of  defence.  Various  mile -castles  were  pointed  out.  The 
Vallum  itself  attracted  rather  a  respectful  than  an  intimate  attention  ; 
but  the  long  green  undulating  rounded  line  of  two  great  mounds  and 
a  ditch  between  impressed  itself  not  only  on  the  eye  but  on  the  imagina- 
tion. At  some  points  also  the  intermediate  marginal  mound  on  the 
south  bank  of  the  ditch  was  very  obvious. 

One  new  feature  of  recent  investigation  was  brought  forward  by 

Mr.  Simpson,  who  has  spent  unsparingly  money,  time,  and  labour  in 

excavation  of  camps  and  promising  places,  and  bids  fair  soon  to  rival 

Mr.  Gibson  himself  in  his  local  knowledge  and  experience  in  exploration. 

A  little  to  the  east  of 

CABRAWBUEGH  (Procolitia). 

a  section  of  the  north  agger  of  the  Vallum  was  exposed  which  Mr. 
Simpson  claimed  as  proof  that  the  agger  had  not,  as  supposed,  been 
constructed  simply  and  solely  out  of  the  tip  or  upcast  of  promiscuous 
soil  from  the  ditch,  but  that  it  had  been  begun  by  two  heaps  of  sod 
built  at  the  sides,  into  the  space  between  which  the  promiscuous  earth 
was  then  thrown  till  the  pile  grew  into  the  agger.  The  darkened  lines 
at  the  sides,  with  two  sharp  perpendicular  interior  faces,  contrasted 
with  the  much  redder  soil  in  the  body  of  the  agger,  and  at  the  base 
between  the  interior  faces  left  little  doubt  that  the  darkened  lines 
were  the  evidence  of  nuclei  of  clayey  sod  cut  probably  from  the  surface 
of  the  fosse  and  used  as  the  guiding  lines  for  the  up-piling  of  the  agger. 
The  Roman  authors  appear  to  indicate  that  stakes  were  sometimes 
used  for  this  purpose  of  marking  the  trace  of  the  work  and  guiding  the 
deposit  of  the  soil.  Turf  would  no  doubt  serve  essentially  the  same 
purpose,  and  timber  might  be  scarce.  At  Procolitia  a  brief  stop  was 
made  to  view  the  site  of  the  fort,  the  phallic  dedication  still  weathering 
the  blast  there,  the  double  ditches  outside  the  rampart,  and  the  famous 
well  of  Coventina  which  yielded  the  richest  store  of  Roman  coins  ever 
found  in  Northumberland.  Passing  rapidly  on,  with  Sewingshields  to 
the  right  where  the  Wall  parts  from  the  Vallum, — the  former  taking  the 
height  and  the  latter  keeping  the  low  ground — ,  the  party  drew  near  to 

HOTJSESTEADS  (Borcovicus), 

obtaining  a  good  idea  of  the  bare  but  striking  landscape  traversed  by 
the  mural  barrier,  and  appreciating  the  more  the  determination  and 
skill  of  the  Roman  military  engineers.  When  Borcovicus  itself  was 
reached  the  suspension  of  hostilities,  which,  in  answer  no  doubt  to 
Mr.  Gibson's  prayers,  Jupiter  Pluvius  had  granted,  was  evidently  about 
to  end.  Happily  before rthe  torrent  came  there  was  time  to  see  the 
new  things  Mr.  Simpson  hadjtorshow^"as 'well  "as^to^hear^the  racy  and 
inspiriting  account  of  the  station  which  Mr.  Gibson*  had  to  give.  The 
latter  began  at  the  south  gate  where  the  strong  masonry  of  the  portal 
was  pointed  out  and  its  general  significance  discussed.  The  supposed 
limekiln  was  dealt  with  and  the  supposititious  mosstrooper  whom 
Dr.  Collingwood  Bruce  installed  in  the  place  was  disposed  of  with  the 


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unfailing  acceptance  that  attends  the  counter  argument.  Mr.  Gibson 
kills  that  mosstrooper  several  times  annually,  and  the  repeated  function 
is  greeted  with  approbation  by  every  audience.  The  arrangement 
of  the  camp -buildings  relative  to  the  eastern  gateway  was  shown, 
pointing  to  the  inference  that  the  Roman  advance  when  the  camp 
was  made  was  not  to  the  north  but  from  the  west  to  the  east. 

Mr.  Simpson  next  showed  his  latest  excavations,  from  which  two 
valuable  facts  had  been  derived.  First  was  the  discovery  on  the 
adjacent  brook  of  a  limekiln,  proved  to  be  Roman  by  the  fact  that  the 
debris  lying  over  it  was  largely  mixed  with  Roman  pottery.  It  is  like 
the  supposed  kiln  inside  the  camp,  circular  in  plan,  but  is  of  larger 
diameter.  Lime  is  found  in  the  bottom,  and  the  stone  facing  of  the 
10  or  12  feet  of  height  of  the  kiln  has  a  reddened  tint  due  to  the  firing. 
A  second  discovery  of  Mr.  Simpson's  has  more  argumentative  possi- 
bility. At  the  north-east  angle  of  the  camp  he  has  ascertained  why 
it  is  that  the  angle  tower  is  not  true  to  the  angle  of  the  corner  of  the 
camp,  but  is  a  score  or  so  of  feet  farther  towards  the  north  face  of  the 
camp  wall  than  is  the  case  at  almost  any  other  known  angle  tower, 
He  dug  out  the  earth  on  the  interior  face  of  the  camp  wall  and  found — 
exactly  at  the  true  place  theoretically  for  its  position — the  bonding 
courses  of  both  walls  of  the  original  tower.  The  stones  were  cut  away, 
but  the  former  existence  of  the  tower  was  perfectly  demonstrated. 
From  this  it  is  made  indisputable  that  the  camp  wall  was  built  before 
the  general  Murus  line,  whose  attachment  to  the  camp  was  evidently 
not  the  original  design  of  the  angle.  The  substituted  tower,  in  perfect 
line  with  the  Murus,  there  joined  to  and  bonded  into  the  camp -wall,  is 
not  bonded  into  the  camp -wall.  At  the  north-west  angle,  where,  however, 
the  angle  tower  is  true  to  the  camp  angle,  there  is  evidence  for  the 
like  conclusion  that  the  camp -wall  was  built  before  the  Murus  was 
joined  on.  By  the  time  this  part  was  seen  the  rain  began  to  pelt. 
Undeterred  the  party  pressed  on  to  the  last  point  of  their  programme, 
the  Housesteads  mile-castle.  It  has  a  capital  specimen  in  heavy 
masonry  of  the  original  gateway  of  the  first  occupation,  half  built  up 
at  a  slightly  higher  level  in  the  second  occupation.  No  clearer  example 
of  these  successive  phases  of  the  mural  fortunes  could  well  be  sought. 
Now  the  storm  came  worse  than  ever,  and  the  excursionist  garrison 
turned  its  back  finally  on  the  Wall  and  fled  incontinently  to  the  vehicles 
which  lay  in  wait  for  them  three-quarters  of  a  mile  away  in  the  rear 
of  the  Vallum.  It  rained  with  a  will.  The  cohorts  of  Rome  themselves 
can  seldom  have  had  it  worse. 

However,  there  were  still  things  to  be  seen  ;  here  it  was  the  field  camp 
of  Browndykes ;  there  it  was  the  Stanegate,  a  Roman  road  more  and 
more  being  recognized  as  one  of  the  ways  that  lead  to  the  explanation 
of  the  camps  which  antedate  the  Murus  and  perhaps  the  Vallum  too. 
One  of  these  camps,  situated  on  the  Haltwhistle  burn,  was  not  long  ago 
excavated  by  Mr.  Gibson  and  Mr.  Simpson,  whose  report  on  it, 1  referring 
its  construction  to  a  pre-Hadrianic  time  opens  up  new  lines  of  know- 
ledge on  castrametation  and  offers  fresh  arguments  for  historical  theory. 

Arrived  at  Hexham  there  was  little  interval  in  which  to  get  dry 
for  dinner,  held  in  the  Royal  Hotel,  a  quiet  but  pleasant  function.  The 
Rev.  James  Primrose  proposed  the  toast  of  the  Newcastle  society, 
making  especial  reference  to  Mr.  Gibson,  who,  in  replying,  took  occasion 
to  commend  the  zeal  and  skill  of  his  colleague  in  exploration,  Mr. 
Simpson.  He  said  the  Vallum  was  still  a  puzzle. 

He  concluded  by  giving  the  toast  of  the  Glasgow  society  and  kindred 
archaeological  bodies  in  that  city. 

l  Arch.  Ael,  3  ser.,  V,  pp.  213-285. 


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Dr.  Gemmell,  in  acknowledging,  spoke  incidentally  of  the  work  of 
the  Provand's  Lordship  Club,  and  indicated  the  enjoyment  the  Glasgow 
visitors  had  derived  from  their  visit  to  Newcastle  and  from  their  day 
on  the  Wall. 

Professor  Glaister  proposing  '  Our  Guides  '  eulogised  their  manifold 
services,  and  Mr.  Simpson  in  his  acknowledgment  gave  all  the  honours 
to  his  preceptor  and  senior  in  Roman  work  in  the  north. 

Mr.  F.  J.  Amours  proposed  the  health  of  Mr.  John  A.  Brown,  the 
acting  secretary  of  the  Glasgow  society,  and  Dr.  George  Neilson  from 
the  chair  gave  the  toast  of  Mr.  R.  O.  Heslop  and  Mr.  Robert  Blair, 
secretaries  of  the  Newcastle  society.  He  recalled  the  circumstances 
which  had  first  brought  the  two  societies  together,  and  told  of  the 
kindness  of  welcome  he  had  received  long  ago  from  Dr.  Collingwood 
Bruce,  whose  granddaughter,  wife  of  Mr.  Blair,  had  been  of  the  party 
that  day. 

SECOND  DAY,  SATURDAY,  AUGUST  21. 

Amoegst  those  present  in  addition  to  the  Glasgow  visitors  were  Mr. 
and  Miss  Barker  of  Scarborough,  Mr.  J.  A.  Irving  of  Corbridge,  Rev. 
C.  E.  Adamson  and  Mr.  Blythman  Adamson,  Mr.  A.  T.  Flagg  and  Miss 
Flagg,  Rev.  —  Brierley,  and  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Drummond,  of  Westoe  ;  Hon. 
and  Rev.  W.  G.  Ellis  of  Bothal ;  the  Rev.  R.  C.  McLeod,  vicar  of 
Mitford ;  Mr.  R.  C.  Clephan  of  Tynemouth  ;  Mr.  John  Ferguson,  Mr.  W. 
Philipson,  Miss  Thomson,  and  Mr.  A.  M.  Oliver,  of  Newcastle ;  Miss 
Richardson  of  Glasgow  ;  Mr.  J.  P.  Gibson  and  Miss  Gibson  of  Hexham  ; 
Mr.  F.  G. 'Simpson  of  Boston  Spa;  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Blair  of  Harton. 

On  Saturday,  the  concluding  day  of  the  excursion,  the  weather  was 
wholly  propitious  ;  the  day  began  with  a  most  attractive  visit  to  the 
priory  church  of  Hexham,  and  especially  its  crypt,  so  full  of  Roman 
stones  from  Colechester.  Special  attention  was  paid  to  an  inscribed 
stone  in  the  transept  as  being  a  valuable  link  between  Hexham  and 
Corstopitum.  This  stone  was  found  in  the  river  at  Hexham.  A 
cart  had  evidently  upset  on  the  way  from  Corbridge  to  Hexham  while 
crossing  this,  the  best  ford  between  the  two  places,  and  it  lay  in  the 
river  where  lost  until  quite  modern  times.  Here  Mr  Gibson  was  again 
the  erudite  and  vivid  guide.  Thereafter  the  party  drove  to 
Corstopitum,  the  Roman  town  and  colonia,  whose  site  is  a  short 
way  west  of  the  modern  Corbridge.  The  visit  was  made  for  the  pur- 
pose of  inspecting  the  explorations  now  being  conducted  there  by  a 
representative  committee  including  Professor  Haverfield,  Mr.  H.  H.  E. 
Craster,  Mr.  R.  H.  Forster,  and  Mr.  W.  H.  Knowles,  all  of  whom 
were  on  the  ground.  Professor  Haverfield  gave  a  short  address  de- 
scriptive of  the  site  and  of  the  operations.  Parts  of  the  masonry  dis- 
closed, he  said,  were  extraordinarily  well-laid,  and  were  more  massive 
than  anything  else  he  had  seen  in  Roman  Britain,  and  besides  no  mortar 
had  been  used.  From  its  two  great  granaries  Colechester  is  thought  to 
have  served  as  a  supply  base  for  the  garrison  of  the  Wall.  During  the 
present  year's  operations  many  interesting  finds  had  been  made.  Among 
them  was  the  mould  of  a  curious  figure  with  a  stick  of  a  shape  associated 
with  comedy ;  it  had  a  covering  like  a  Tarn  o'  Shanter  on  its  head,  and 
wore  something  like  the  garb  of  a  Highlandman  ;  the  wits  of  the  excava- 
tion had  dubbed  it  Harry  Lauder.  Large  quantities  of  pottery  had  been 
unearthed,  amongst  the  fragments  being  no  fewer  than  180  different  pot- 
ters' marks.  One  feature  of  the  newer  digging  was  a  pit  with  remains  of 
the  age  of  Agricola.  This  rubbish  pit  was  referred  to  as  giving  good 
reason  for  the  belief  that  Agricola  himself  had  once  been  encamped  and 
perhaps  in  prolonged  occupation  there.  As  regards  the  coins  found  on 


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the  site,  Mr.  Craster's  statements  were  of  great  interest,  being  to  the 
effect  that  the  last  emperor  represented  was  Maximus,  whose  withdrawal 
of  '^troops  about  A.D.  385  was  a  distinct  hastening  of  the  end.  Last- 
year  upwards  of  800  coins  had  been  got.  In  the  published  account  of 
the  excavations  an  illustration  is  given  of  the  broken  and  imperfect3 
tablet  from  the  second  of  the  two  granaries,  showing,  as  skilfully 
interpreted  by  professor  Haverfield,  that  the  granary  was  erected 
under  the  command  of  Quintus  Lollius  Urbicus,  so  well  known  to 
antiquaries  north  of  the  Tweed  as  the  imperial  legate  who  built  the 
Wall  of  Antonine.  This,  being  an  addition  and  repair,  harmonizes 
with  what  may  be  hazarded  as  a  conclusion  that  recent  excavations 
have  had  a  general  tendency  to  reveal  the  existence  of  a  much  larger 
body  of  early  work  than  has  hitherto  been  supposed.  Evidently  the 
histories  and  inscriptions  have  told  only  a  small  part  of  a  stirring  story. 

After  a  short  visit  to  the  church  of  Corbridge.  with  its  tower  arch 
constructed  of  Roman  arch  stones,  and  the  vicar's  pele  in  the  church- 
yard, luncheon  was  partaken  of  at  the  Angel  Inn. 

Before  the  party  finally  dissolved  and  made  for  the  departure 
platform  of  Corbridge  railway  station  for  the  return  journey  at  2.7 
to  Newcastle,  the  thanks  of  the  visitors  were  formally  but  heartily 
accorded  to  all  the  Northumbrian  guides,  helpers,  and  friends  who  had 
so  handsomely  contributed  to  the  welcome  and  the  instruction  of  the 
party,  and  especially  to  professor  Haverfield  and  Mr.  Gibson.  And 
so  with  every  sign  of  mutual  gratification  between  the  two  societies 
ended  the  first  and  return  visit  of  the  archaeologists  of  Glasgow  to 
the  antiquaries  of  Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 

Most  of  the  party  from  the  north  left  Newcastle  by  the  3' 39  express 
for  Glasgow. 

NOTE. — The  main  portion  of  the  foregoing  has  been  taken  from  the 
Glasgow  Herald  of  the  24th  August,  1909. 


MISCELLANEA. 
The  following  is  from  the  MS.  collections  of  Mr.  R.  Welford  : — 

GLASS    MAKING   ON    THE    TYNE. RESTRICTION    OF    OUTPUT. 

By  indenture  dated  April  6,  1758,  James  King  of  the  Glass-house 
known  as  the  Salt  Meadows  Bottle-house,  agreed  with  five  other  glass 
and  bottle  manufacturers,  namely,  Matthew  Ridley  and  Co.,  St. 
Lawrence;  Sir  Matthew  White  and  Co.,  Dock  Bottle-house;  John 
Cookson  and  Co.,  South  Shields  ;  Joseph  Airey  and  Co.,  Bill  Key  ;  and 
John  Williams  and  Co.,  Close  Gate,3  Newcastle,  that  upon  each  of 
them  paying  him  101.  a  year  during  the  19  remaining  years  of  his 
lease,  he  would  on  the  1st  of  May  following  cease  working  his  factory 
at  the  Salt  Meadows.  He  agrees  to  paj  the  rents,  land  tax,  poor  cess, 
etc.,  and  keep  the  premises  in  repair ;  they  agree  to  buy  of  him  his 
whole  stock  of  pots,  materials,  implements,  and  utensils,  at  a  valuation 
of  two  indifferent  persons,  with  power  to  call  in  a  third.  Signed  by 
all  the  parties,  and  witnessed  by  Henry  Gibson  and  John  Richmond. 

2  Arch.  AeL,  3  ser.,  iv,  p.  262.     For  report  of  the  discoveries  of  1908,  see  Ibid.,  v, 
pp.  305-424. 

3  December  30,  1751,  Christopher  Fawcett,  esq.,  John  Widdrington,  and  William 
Gibson,  gentlemen,  all  of  Newcastle,  commissioners  in  the  bankruptcy  of   Francis 
Rudston,  glass  maker,  transferred  to  Paul  Faile,  in  trust  for  the  creditors,  the  bank- 
rupt's interest  of  one-third  part  in  the  glass-house  without  the  Close  Gate,  '  occupied 
by  John  Williams  and  his  partners  as  a  white-glass-house,  subject  to  mortgage  of  1501. 
to  John  Williams,  2001.  to  Henry  Wilkinson  of  Gateshead,  gent.,  and  1001.  to  William 
Badley  of  the  Barnes,  co.  Durham,  deceased.' 


PROCEEDINGS 

OP    THE 


SOCIETY    OF   ANTIQUARIES 


OF    NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. 


3    SEE,.,    VOL.    IV.  1909.  NO.     10 

At  the  ordinary  meeting  of  the  society,  held  in  the  library  of  the 
Castle,  on  Wednesday,  the  twenty-fifth  day  of  August,  1909,  at  seven 
o'clock  in  the  evening,  professor  F.  Haverfield,  LL.D.,  F.S.A.,  a  vice- 
president,  being  in  the  chair. 

Several  ACCOUNTS,  recommended  by  the  Council  for  payment,  were 
ordered  to  be  paid. 

The  following  ORDINARY  MEMBERS  were  proposed  and  declared  duly 
elected : — 

1.  Rich.  Atkinson  Robinson  of  Mainsforth  Hall,  Ferryhill,  co, 

Durham. 

2.  Victor  Swan  of  Prudhoe  hall,  Prudhoe. 

The  following  NEW^BOOKS,  etc.,  were  placed  on  the  table  : — 
Presents,  for  which  thanks  were  voted.  — 

From  Mr.  A.  M.  Oliver  : — Jones's  Index  to  the  Records,  2  vols., 
sm.  fo.,  half-bound. 

From  Mr.  Thomas  Charlton  (by  Mr.  W.  S.  Burton) : — A  bundle  of  old 
Gosforth  deeds  relating  to  Haddrick's  mill,  including  a  deed  of  1539 
(30  Henry  viij),  from  Sir  Humphrey  Lisle  of  Felton,  to  William 
Hedderwick,  alias  William  mylner,  bearing  the  impaled  armorial 
seal  of  Lisle,  of  which  the  following  is  a  transcript : — 

This  Indenture  made  the  xxiiijth  day  of  the  monethe  of  ffebruary  the  Thrittie 
yere  of  the  Keigne  of  our  soueiraigne  Lorde  Kynge  Henry  the  viijth  Betwixt  Sr 
Humfrey  lisley  of  ffeltonne  in  the  countie  of  Northumb'land  Knyghte  vpponne 
thone  partie  And  Willyame  hatherwick  otherwise  called  Willyame  Milner  of 
Gosforde  Southe  in  the  saide  countie  mylner  yppon  thoder  partie  Witnesseth 
that  in  consideracone  and  paymente  of  ffortie  pounds  of  good  and  lawful! 
money  of  Englonde  the  whiche  the  saide  Willyame  haithe  contentede  and  paide 
to  the  saide  Sr  Humfrey  in  the  day  of  makynge  herof  wherof  and  wherw*  the 
saide  Sr  Humfrav  knowlegethe  hymself  fully  contentede  and  paiede  And  the 
saide  Willyame  hys  heyres  and  assignes  therof  to  be  fully  acquitede  and  dis- 
chargede  by  thies  presentes  The  saide  Sr  Humfray  haithe  bargainede  and  solde 
and  by  thies  presentes  dotlie  cou'nte  bargane  and  sell  to  the  saide  Williame  his 
heyres  and  assignes  all  that  his  water  mylne  callede  Gosforde  mylne  and  all 
those  londs  wt  thappurtenn'ces  wherupppn  the  saide  mylne  and  all  thouses  therunto 
belongynge  ar  set  or  buyldede  lyinge  in  theste  partes  of  the  feldes  of  gosforde 
southe  aforesaid  w*  fre  race  and  course  of  water  comynge  or  discendinge  to  the 
saide  mylne  And  all  those  his  parcellis  of  grounde  lyinge  next  adioynynge  to  the 
saide  mylne  conteignede  in  tbies  bounds  folowinge  that  is  to  say  frome  the  water 
race  of  the  saide  mylne  vppon  theste  partie  vnto  the  full  measoure  of  fowre  score 
yards  towardes  the  weste  And  from  the  saide  mylne  vpon  the  southe  partie 
vnto  the  full  measoure  of  fowre  score  yards  towards  the  northe  And  from  the 
saide  mylne  vppon  the  northe  paitie  vnto  the  full  measoure  of  fortie  yards 
towards  the  southe  And  from  the  saide  water  race  of  the  saide  mylne  of  the 
southe  partie  of  the  saide  mylne  stede  vppon  theste  vnto  the  full  measoure  of 
foure  score  yards  towards  the  weste  And  also  one  p'cell  of  grounde  called  the 
halghe  w*  thapp'tennces  theranto  belongynge  lyinge  bytwixt  the  watergaytes  of 


ioo 

yowesborne  wlin  the  lordeship  of  gosforthe  southe  aforesaide  vvt  fre  ingate  and 
owtegaite  into  throughe  and  frome  all  the  londs  and  teneme'ts  in  gosforde  southe 
aforesaide  in  and  frome  the  saide  mylue  aswell  on  horsbacke  as  on  foote  wt  fre 
passaige  wt  all  kynde  of  caryages  aswell  w'h  comes  as  other  things  and  vitallis 
for  hyme  and  all  other  repayringe  to  and  frome  the  saide  mylne  when  and  alsofte 
as  nede  shall  require  wt  all  and  singler  comodities  easyaments  and  profits  to 
the  saide  mylne  and  parcellys  of  grounde  betongynge  or  in  any  maner  apper- 
teanynge  Too  haue  and  to  holde  all  the  saide  mylne  water  race  and  course 
of  water  and  parcellis  of  grounds  aforesaide  wt  fre  ingate  and  owte  gate  into  and 
frome  the  saide  mylne  in  throughe  and  frome  all  the  londs  and  tenements  in 
gosforde  southe  aforesaide  wt  all  and  singler  thappurtenncs  therunto  belongynge 
to  the  saide  Willyame  hys  heyres  and  assignes  for  eu'  Of  thede  lords  of  the  fee 
of  the  same  by  the  s'uice  thereof  dewe  and  by  the  lawe  accustumede  And  the 
said  8*  Humfra  barganethe  and  sellethe  to  the  saide  Willyame  hys  heyres 
and  assigp.es  by  theis  presents  all  and  singler  evidencs  writings  escripts  and 
mynyme'ts  whiche  he  the  saide  Sr  Humfray  or  eny  for  hyme  bathe  or  haue 
knowlege  of  or  otherwise  lawlully  may  come  bye  the  whiche  do  belonge  apperteane 
or  concerne  the  said  mylne  water  race  of  the  same  and  parcellys  of  grounds 
aforesaide  or  eny  parcelljor  parte  therof  And  also  dothe  cou'nte  and  promyse  by 
theis  presents  to  and  w  the  saide  Willyame  that  he  the  said  Sr  Humfrey  shall 
well  and  trewly  deliuer  the  saide  Evidences  writynges  escriptes  and  mynyments 
and  eu'y  parcell  and  parte  therof  to  the  saide  Williame  hys  heyres  and  assignes 
byfore  the  feaste  of  pasche  next  ensewinge  the  date  of  thies  presentes  wloute 
any  forder  delay  FFOHDERMORE  the  saide  Sr  Humfrey  cou'ntethe  and  promisethe 
by  thies  presentes  to  and  wt  the  saide  Willyame  that  he  the  saide  Sr  Humfrey 
shall  at  all  and  eu'y  tyme  and  tymes  hereafter  be  redye  at  the  desire  or  requeste 
of  the  saide  Willyame  his  heyres  or  assignes  to  make  or  cause  to  be  maide  to 
the  saide  Williame  his  heyres  and  assignes  a  good  sure  sufh'ciente  and  lawfull 
estaite  in  the  lawe  in  fee  symple  of  and  in  the  saide  mylne  water  race  and 
p'cellis  of  grounde  wt  thappurtennces  be  it  by  fyne  feoffamente  recou'y  con- 
firmacone  wt  warrantie  or  otherwise  as  mooste  surely  shalbe  diuysede  by  the 
counsaile  lernede  of  the  saide  Will  in  his  heyres  or  assignes  and  at  ther  propre 
coostes  and  charges  To  haue  and  to  holde  the  saide  mylne  water.race  and  p'cellis  of 
grounde  and  other  the  premisses  wt  thappurtennces  to  the  saide  Willm  his  heyres 
and  assignes  Of  thede  lordes  of  the  fee  of  the  same  by  the  s'uice  therof  dewe 
and  by  the  lawe  accustumede  for  eu'  MOREOUER  the  saide  Sr  Humfrey 
cou'ntethe  and  promysethe  by  thies  presentes  to  and  wt  the  saide  Willyame 
his  heyres  or  assignes  that  the  saide  mylne  water  race  and  p'celles  of  grounde  and 
other  the  prmisses  wt  thapp'tennces  ar  in  the  day  of  makynge  herof  therebye 
discbarged  of  all  forms  bargaynes  sayles  jounetres  dowers  statutes  nTchaunte 
statutes  of  the  staple  rentecharges  and  arrerages  of  rentes  and  all  other  encom- 
brannees  whatsoeu'  AND  FOKDURMORE  the  saide  Sr  Humfrey  cou'ntethe  and 
promysethe  to  and  wt  the  saide  Willyame  that  he  the  saide  tSr  Humfrey  and 
other  to  his  vse  ar  in  the  day  of  makynge  herof  seasede  of  and  in  the  saide 
mylne'water  race  and  p'cellis  of  grounde  and  other  the  prinisses  wt  thapp'tennces 
and  haithe  full  power  and  auctoritie  to  bargane  and  sell  the  same  to  the  saide 
Willm  his  heyres  and  assignes  for  eu'  AND  ALSOE  the  saide  Sr  Humfrey 
cou'ntethe  and  promysethe  by  thies  presentes  to  and  wt  the  saide  Willyame 
that  he  the  saide  Sr  Humfiay  and  his  heyres  shall  warrande  and  defende  the 
saide  mylne  water  race  and  p'cellys  of  grounde  and  other  the  prmisses  wt  thap- 
purtennces to  the  saide  Williume  his  heyres  and  assignes  aganst  all  men  by 
thies  presentes  for  eu'  AND  for  the  sure  prformannce  of  all  and  singler  cou'ntes 
granules  promises  and  articles  conteignede  and  comprisede  in  thies  Indentures 
of  the  partie  of  the  saide  Sr  Humfrey  well  and  trewly  to  be  obs'uede  p'formede 
and  kepte  the  saide  Sr  hurnfray  haithe  bounde  hymself  to  the  saide  Willyame 
by  speciall  obligacone  berynge  date  herof  in  the  s[u]m  of  a  hundrethe  poundes 
sterlmge  In  witnes  wherof  the  parties  abouesaide  to  thies  Indentures  sounderby  (?) 
haue  put  ther  seallis  YKRON  the  day  and  yere  abouesaide 

Signed  'Unfra  Lisle  Knyght' 

Armorial  seal  of  red  wax—  paly  of  six,  impaling  a  lion  rampant—  appended 
by  a  parchment  tag. 

This  indenture  is  interesting  from  the  circumstance  that  the  William 
Hatherwick,  to  whom  the  mill  at  Gosforth  was  conveyed  by  Sir  Hum- 
phrey Lisle,  appears  to  have  given  his  name  to  the  mill,  and  thus  to 
this  day  it  is  known  as  Haddrick's  mill.  Mr.  Welford,  in  his  Gosforth, 
mentions  a  Thomas  Hatherwick,  who  was  parish  clerk  of  South 
Gosforth  in  1577,  the  earliest  reference  to  the  name  before  the  dis- 
covery of  this  deed.  For  pedigrees  of  the  Lisles,  see  new  History  of 
Northumberland,  vol,  vn,  index. 


101 

Exchanges  : — 

From  the  Royal  Society  of  Antiquaries  of  Ireland  : — Journal,  xxxix,2. 
From  the  Canadian  Institute  of  Toronto  : —  Transactions,  vin,  iii. 
From  the  Royal  Numismatic  Society  : —  The  Numismatic  Chronicle, 

no.  34. 

From    the    Royal    Archaeological    Institute  : —  The    Archaeological 
Journal,  LXVI. 

Purchases  : —  Notes  and  Queries,  nos.  293-295  and  Index. 

DONATION    TO    THE    MUSEUM. 

The  following  was  announced,  and  thanks  voted  to  the  donor  : — 
From  Mr.   W.   F.   Orwin  of  Gatesheadl: — A  large  dark  green  silk 

umbrella,  with  a  staghorn  handle,  the  wands  being  of  whalebone. 

It  appears  to  be  of  late  eighteenth  or  early  nineteenth  century  date. 

FUND    FOB    REMOVAL,    OF    LIBRARY. 

The  treasurer  reported  that  since  the  last  list  was  published  in  the 
Proceedings  (p.  88)  the  following  additional  promises  had  been  re- 
ceived : — 


£    s.  d. 

R.  Oliver  Heslop 1    1    0 

J.  M.  Moore 330 

Mrs.  Geo.  Thompson...     220 

W.  J.  Armstrong    330 

Mrs.  Ware....  .    0  10    0 

W.  W.  Gibson 100 

N.  H.  Martin    110 

A.  T.  Flaw?  1     1    0 

T.  E.  Forster  ...  .500 


s.   a. 

Edwin  Dodds   220 

Lord  Joicey  500 

J.  C.  McDonald 110 

Kobt.  Spence   500 

('apt.  Fulierton  James  0  10    6 

Wm.  Boyd 1     1    0 

Prof.  Havertield 2    0    0 

£34  15    6 


EXHIBITED  : — 

By  Mr.  F.  W.  Dendy,  V.P.  : — A  silver  straight-sided  tankard  of  New- 
castle make,  recently  acquired  by  him,  with  moulded  edge  round  top 
and  bottom,  and  having  double  curved  handle.  Its  height  is  44ins., 
and  diameter  at  mouth  3£ins.,  and  at  base  4ins.  The  five  marks 

upon  its  bottom  are  (1)  maker's  mark  [jfrj  for  John  Langlands,  a 

Newcastle  silversmith ;    (2)  lion  to  1.  ;    (3)  leopard's  head  or. ;    (4) 
3  castles  for  Newcastle  ;  and  (5)  Newcastle  year  letter  H,  for  1774. 

By  the  chairman  :  (i)  An  interesting  MS.  volume,  recently  purchased 
by  him,  relating  chiefly  to  Corbridge,  bearing  the  bookplate  of  Sir 
David  Smith;  and  (ii)  a  number  of  objects  discovered  this  season 
in  the  course  of  the  excavations  at  Corstopitum. 

[The  chairman,  after  pointing  out  that  Corbridge  had  now  justified  its 
claim  to  be  considered  the  most  important  Roman  military  and  civil  site 
in  the  north  of  England,  exhibited  and  commented  on  a  few  antiquities 
relating  to  it.  One  of  these  was  a  manuscript  volume  bearing  the  book- 
plate of  Sir  David  Smith,  who  was  at  the  beginning  of  the  nineteenth 
century,  commissioner  to  the  duke  of  Northumberland,  relating  to  the 
place  and  describing  discoveries  made  about  1802.  It  enabled  us,  he  said, 
to  assign  to  Corbridge  several  new  inscriptions,  and  one  hitherto  assigned 
to  Housesteads,  that  referring  to  the  praetentura,  of  which  an  illustra- 
tion is  given  in  the  Lapidarium,  no.  203,  p.  709,  and  also  on  the  next 
page.  At  Alnwick  castle  are  many  other  volumes  of  like  kind  which 
formerly  belonged  to  the  same  collector.  Other  articles  exhibited  were 
a  square  bronze  ornament  with  a  late  Keltic  reversed  S-shaped  ornament 
in  centre,  in  red  and  green  enamel,  a  fourth  century  fibula,  a  cloissonne 
button  of  doubtful  age  but  of  much  interest,  a  first  brass  coin,  found  a 
<iay  or  two  before,  of  Hadrian,  in  fairly  good  condition,  having  on  the 
reverse  a  standing  figure  with  a  cornucopia  in  one  hand  and  in  other  out- 

[Proc.  3  Scr.   IV,  15] 


102 


stretched,  a  doubtful  object.     It  bears  on  the  rev.  the  inscription  TRIE 
POT  cos  in ;  a  leaden  disk,  about  1  ins.  in  diameter,  which  Mr.  Gibson 


said  was  a  modern  wine  tab  ;  a  small  knife  handle  of  dark  wood  of  Roman 
or  may  be  Scandinavian  date,  having  the  figure  of  an  animal  carved  on  it, 
etc.  Amongst  other  objects  found  is  a  mould,  probably  used  for  casts 
in  earthenware.  It  represents  a  figure  wearing  a  head  dress  something 
like  a  bonnet,  a  short  skirt,  and  holding  what  appears  to  be  a  crooked 
stick ;  •  he  figure  has  been  named  by  the  workmen  Harry  Lauder, 
The  speaker  said  the  wheel  at  the  side  of  the  figure  was  the  same  which 
appeared  on  many  Celtic  inscriptions  and  monuments,  and  was  supposed 
to  be  connected  with  Jupiter.  The  crooked  stick  and  the  tarn  o* 
shanter,  which  was  really  a  helmet,  seemed  to  be  also  remarkable, 
Thanks  were  voted  for  these  exhibits. 

THE    ARMORIALS    OF    NORTHUMBERLAND. 

Mr.  C.  H.  Blair  read  the  introduction  to  his  '  Armorials  of  Northum- 
berland, an  index,  and  an  ordinary  to  1666.'  The  full  paper  will  pro- 
bably be  printed  in  Archaeologia  Aeliana.  3  ser.,  vol.  vi. 

Thanks  were  voted  to  him  by  acclamation. 


MISCELLANEA. 

The  following  local  extracts  are  from  the  Portland  papers  (Hist. 
MSS.  Comm.  Report,  xv,  app.  iv) : — 

John  Bell  to  [Robert  Harley]. 

1707,  August  19,  Newcastlefupon-Tyne].  Has  received  a  letter  from 
Sir  Thomas  Frankland  and  Sir  Robert  Cotton,  from  which  it  appears 
that  he  is  likely  to  be  ill-used  by  the  takeing  away  of  part  of  his  farm 
of  the  posts,  it  being  proposed  to  send  the  South  Shields  letters  by  the 
Durham  bag,  in  order  to  gratify  Sir  Henry  Liddell  and  his  son,  without 
doing  any  service  to  the  public.  Desires  Harley  will  speak  to  Frank- 
land,  so  that  the  letters  may  come  in  the  same  way  as  they  have  done 
since  the  Revolution,  for  so  long  has  he  been  postmaster.  Mr.  Carr, 
copy  of  letters  from  the  General  Post  Office  enclosed.  [Page  435.] 
John  Bell  to  [Robert  Harley]. 

1707,  September  2,  Newcastle  [upon-Tyne]. — I  herewith  send  a  letter 
from  Mr.  D[e]  F[oe],  which  came  to  my  hand  last  night.  Some  posts 
ago  I  made  bold  to  put  you  in  mind  to  speak  to  Sir  Tho.  Frankland 
in  my  favour  that  he  would  be  pleased  to  let  the  South  Shields  letters 
come  to  Newcastle  in  my  bag,  as  they  always  have  done  till  the  time 


103 


Sir  H.  Liddell  made  interest  with  Sir  Thomas  in  favour  of  the  post- 
master of  Durham.  Mr.  Carr  wrote  to  your  honour  about  this  before. 
[Page  438.  J  

HERD    SAND,    SOUTH    SHIELDS. 

This  month  (September)  a  third  brass  coin  of  Victorinus  ([VICTORI] 
NVS  P  P  AVG),  with  rev.  of  Mars  standing  holding  a  spear  and  a  shield, 
and  a  Nuremberg  counter,  with  orb  and  cross  in  centre  on  one  side, 
and  an  orle  of  fleurs-de-lis,  etc.,  on  other,  have  been  found  on  the  beach. 


Mr.  Richard  Welford  has  kindly  sent  the  following  from  his  manu- 
script collections ; — 

NEWCASTLE    FIRE    OFFICE. 

Mackenzie,  History  of  Newcastle,  p.  725,  states  that  the  Newcastle 
Fire  Office  was  first  opened,  in  apartments  at  the  head  of  the  Side,  on 
February  1st,  1783.  The  original  stock  was  held  by  twenty-one  local 
capitalists,  who  subscribed  100Z.  a  piece,  and  the  profits  were  sub- 
stantial, as  the  following  copy  of  the  privately  issued  MS.  balance 
sheet,  for  the  year  1800-1801,  shows.  Mackenzie  adds  that  a  100Z. 
share  in  the  concern  was  'recently'  (1827)  sold  for  3200Z. 


Dr. 


Accounts  of  the  Newcastle  Fire  Office,  from  June  24, 1800,  to  June  24,  1801. 


Cr. 


To  Amuunt  of  Loss  and  Damage 
fire  paid  this  year 

by 

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262 
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455 
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6 
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Charge  of  Policies 

,,  Fire  Office  Charges  
.,  Fire  Office  Agency  
„  New  Waterworks  Charges... 
„  Annuity  Office  Charges  
,,  Annuity  Interest  

Gain'd  this  year 

4976  19 
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d. 

0 

Profits  by  New  Waterworks 
Rents  this  year  367    8 
Money  on  a  Life  Annuity 
fallen  in  this  year  200    0 

1512    8 
Lost  by  Insurance 
this  year  234    4    9} 
Annuity  Interest 
paid  516    0    6 
Annuity    Office 
Charges  paid...  45  11    8 
795  16 

716  11 
Original  Fund  ... 

3 



Money  taken  up  on  Life  Annuities...  6340    4    6 
Profits  to  the  24th  June, 

1800  23885  6  34 

Do,  this  year,  as  above...  716  11  3 

-24601  17  6, 


Total  Capital  to  June  24,  1801.  ..£33042    2 


£     s.  d. 
By  Amount  of  Premiums  received  this 

year 3725  11    0 

,.  Amount  of    New   Water   Works 

Rents,  &c 822  19    9 

„  Dividend  on  Stock,  £31,500    945    0    0 

„  Money  on  a  Life  Annuity  fallen  in 

this  year 200    0    0 


£5695  10    9 

The  particulars  of  the  total  Capital  as  on  the 
other  side  are  as  follows  :— 

£      s.    d. 

Purchase  of  31,5001.  three  per  cent. 
Stock  22122  1  6 

Purchase  of  the  New  Water  Works...  4000    0    0 

Additional  expenditure  of  do.  on 
Improvements  in  endeavouring  to 
obtain  and  communicate  a  better 
supply  of  Water  4003  3  3 

Cash  in  the  hands  of  Messrs.  Surtees, 
Burdon  and  Brandling 2740  2  04 

Arrears  due  from  the  Fire  Office 
Agents  176  15 


£33042    2    Oi 


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A  PATIENT  LOCAL  STATIONEE. 

In  continuation  of  the  subject  illustrated  on  page  32  of  this  volume, 
Mr.  Welford  contributes  another  Newcastle  tradesman's  account,  in 
which  Jthree  years'  credit  is  taken.  The  creditor  in  this  instance  is 
the  well  known  stationer  and  bookseller,  William  Charnley. 

Sir  Thos,  Clavering,  Bart., 

To  W>n  Charnley,    Dr. 


1760.  Jany 
Febx 
Apr. 
May 

June 


Sept 


22 

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Oct.       14 
„    15-16 
Nov.        6 


1761.  May 
June 


July 

Sept 
Dee 


1762.   Feby      15 


26 

August  11 
26 
27 

Sept  18-26 
Oct  2 
4 
8 

1763.  Feby  14-16 


May      28 


To  Stick  red  wax  ...        

Box  of  Wafers       

Quart  of  Ink          

Stick  of  best  wax 

10  qrs  D.  Post  black-edged        

2  qrs  D.  Post  &  2  qrs  D.  Foolscap  4 to 
i  Ream  Foolscap 

7  qrs  Medium  ruld  7  lines         

An  Alphabet         

8  qrs  D.  Demi  Post  gilt 

19J  qrs  D.  Demi  black-edged    

i  Ream  best  Foolsca 

20  qrs  D.  Demi  Post 

3  qrs  Waste  Paper  

London  Mags,  1760         

Newcastle  Journal,  1760  .; 

Bin'ding  Lond.  Mags,  1759  &  60 

Pint  of  Ink 

1  qr  Waste  Paper 

1  ream    do    do     

Pint  of  Ink  &  Bottle       

1  Ream  D.  Demi  gilt      ... 

Binding  Votes  of  the  H.  of  Com.,  2  vols 

London  Mags,  1761          

Newcastle  Journal  1761 

Gilding  &  Lettering  Brown's  Estimate,  2  vol. 

Binding  new  Estimate  gilt       

Tristram  Shandy  vol  3rd  4th  5th  &th     ... 
Binding  London  Mags.  1761,  2  vols  ... 
Annual  Register,  3  vols.  out  of  the  Sale 
Binds  Votes  of  the  H.  of  Commons ... 

1  Ream  fine  Foolscap     ...         

7  qrs  Waste  Paper          

2  qrs  Foolscap        

Annual  Register,  1761 

2  Qts  of  Ink  &  Bottles 

2  qrs  Waste  Paper 

4  qrs  Waste  Paper 

London  Mags  1762  &  binding  do.  in  2  vols. 

Th  ompson's  Journal,  17621 

Annual  Register,  1762 


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£14  12    2i 

Reed  Sept*  3,  1763,  the  Contents  in  full  of  all  Demands  by  the  hands  of  Mr 
Teasdale. 

W™  Charnley. 

*  An  Estimate  of  the  Manners  and  Principles  of  the  Times.  By  the  Rev.  John 
Brown,  D.D.,  Vicar  of  Newcastle,  1761-1766. 

t  'Thompson's  Journal'  is  simply  the  Newcastle  Journal,  published  by  Isaac 
Thompson,  its  founder,  from  1739  till  his  death  in  1776,  and  afterwards  by  T.  Robson. 
It  ceased  in  1788. 


CORRECTIONS  : 


Page  30,  line  10  from  bottom,  for  'St.  Hilda'  read  'St.  Helen.' 
Page  31,  line  21,  for  'satints'  read  'saints.' 
Page  32,  line  13,  for  'corpe'  read  'corpse.' 
Page  57,  line  11,  for  'Miforde'  read  'Mitforde.' 
Page  67,  line  18,  dele  'prone.' 


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PROCEEDINGS 

OF    THE 


SOCIETY    OF   ANTIQUARIES 


OF    NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. 


3    SEE,.,    VOL.    IV.  1909.  NO.     11 


An  afternoon  meeting  of  the  society  was  held  on  Saturday  the  twenty- 
fifth  day  of  September,  1 909,  at  Marine  house, 

TYNEMOUTH, 

the  residence  of  Mr.  R.  C.  Clephan,  F.S.  A.,  a  vice-president  of  the  society, 
on  his  kind  invitation.  About  thirty  members  and  friends  assembled 
in  the  billiard  room,  where  Mr.  Clephan  gave  an  address  descriptive 
of  his  large  and  valuable  collection.  The  bulk  of  the  objects,  as  Mr. 
Clephan  explained,  are  Egyptian  antiquities,  and  arms  and  armour  of 
medieval  times  and  of  the  Renaissance.  But,  besides  these,  there  are 
smaller  collections  of  Etruscan,  Phoenician,  Greek,  and  Roman  anti- 
quities, comprising  many  objects  showing  Egyptian  influence.  Indeed, 
it  is  only  now  beginning  to  be  realized  how  very  great  that  influence 
really  was. 

THE    EGYPTIAN    COLLECTION 

is  very  comprehensive,  and  has  been  gathered  together  by  Mr.  Clephan 
over  many  years,  during  frequent  visits  to  Egypt,  mainly  with  a  view- 
to  making  the  collection  of  educational  value.  Passing  over  pre- 
dynastic  objects  recently  described  by  him  in  a  paper  read  before 
the  society  (p.  42),  Mr.  Clephan  turned  to  what  he  called  historic 
times,  beginning  with  Menes,  say,  5500  B.C.,  and  extending  far  into  the 
Roman  period.  '  There  are,'  he  remarked.  '  a  good  many  things 
dating  from  the  Ancient  Empire,  say  B.C.  5500-3780  ;  and  perhaps 
the  most  remarkable  among  them  is  the  head  of  a  man  of  rank  of  the 
fifth  dynasty,  B.C.  4454-4206,  carved  in  low  relief.  The  technique  is 
admirable,  the  face  affords  an  excellent  example  of  the  type  of  man  of 
the  period.  There  is  the  head  of  a  mummy  case  of  the  twelfth  dynasty, 
say,  B.C.  3300.  The  racial  type  is  very  pronounced,  and  strongly 
reminds  one  of  those  massive  heads  of  the  Tanis  sphinxes  which  wrere 
for  long  regarded  as  representing  some  of  the  Shepherd  Kings  (Hyksos). 
That  fine  head  of  a  mummy-case,  gilded,  is  very  pleasing  and  expressive. 
It  dates  from  the  eighteenth  or  nineteenth  dynasty,  and,  as  a  racial  type, 
is  strongly  suggestive  of  a  considerable  infusion  of  Semitic  blood  into  the 
twelfth  dynasty  stock.  The  idea  of  these  masks,  which  were  clearly 
portraits,  was  to  restore  the  face  of  a  defunct  to  its  pristine  condition, 
which  had  been  rendered  almost  unrecognizable  by  the  process  of 
embalming.' 

Mr.  Clephan  called  attention  to  specimens  of  painting  on  wood, 
which  he  said  sprang  from  about  the  eighteenth  dynasty.  The  contents 
of  the  first  wall  case  includes  a  funeral  boat  of  the  close  of  the  old  empire 
or  early  in  the  middle  empire,  manned  by  six  rowers,  three  of  them, 


[Proc.  3  Ser.  IV,  16.] 


106 

if  not  all,  being  gods.  Such  boats  were  placed  with  the  mummy  for 
use  in  the  underworld  ;  and  it  was  believed  that  certain  words  of 
power,  as  set  forth  in  the  90th  chapter  of  the  ritual,  on  being  spoken 
correctly  j  would  at  once  transform  the  model  boat  into  a  river-going 
craft,  properly  manned  for  the  use  of  the  defunct  in  the  underworld. 
The  second  wall  case  contains  specimens  of  pottery  of  all  the  ages  of 
Ancient  Egypt,  and  some  fine  vases  in  alabaster  and  black  diorite. 
They  are  of  elegant  forms,  globular,  alabastron,  shell-shape,  conical, 
and  cylindrical,  and  they  mostly  date  from  the  eighteenth  dynasty,  say 
B.C.  1500,  and  were  acquired  by  Mr.  Clephan  direct  from  the  tombs 
many  years  ago.  The  third  wall  case  holds  a  varied  collection  of 
ushabti  or  answerers,  covering  all  the  periods  of  Egyptian  history. 
The  sixth  case  has  been  set  apart  for  figures  of  gods  and  goddesses 
(many  cast  in  bronze),  amulets,  figures  of  sacred  animals,  etc. 

As  with  the  wall  cases,  we  must,  in  dealing  with  the  table-cases, 
select  but  a  few  of  the  treasures  they  contain.  In  the  first  are  many 
very  rare  amulets,  each  with  its  own  symbolic  value.  Mr.  Clephan 
called  special  attention  to  a  fine  figure  of  Bes,  playing  on  an  instrument 
of  the  nature  of  an  accordion  ;  to  a  figure  of  '  The  Beautiful  God  ' 
Nefert-Atmu,  or  Nefert-Tum  ;  and  to  an  admirable  figure  of  Shu, 
holding  up  the  sun  on  his  head,  the  prototype  of  Atlas.  Most  of  the 
Greek  gods,  he  said,  had  their  prototypes  in  those  Egyptian.  Some 
of  the  rarer  divinities  were  represented,  two  in  silver,  one  in  electrum — 
a  mixture  of  silver  and  gold.  There  was  also  an  Isis  in  lapis -lazuli. 
Above  all  was  a  rare  and  beautiful  bust  of  Isis,  in  green  serpentine, 
dating  from  the  fourth,  fifth,  or  sixth  dynasty,  say  B.C.  4400.  of  a 
character  and  technique  equal  to  any  in  the  halcyon  age  of  Greek  art. 
Varied  memorials,  articles  of  personal  adornment,  ancient  Egyptian 
beads,  scarabs,  examples  of  Egyptian  linen,  papyri  and  books  of  clay  in 
hieroglyphics  and  cuneiform,  and  scores  of  other  articles  were  viewed 
and  described,  after  which  the  worthy  host  proceeded  to  a  large  case 
of  ancient  lamps,  comprising  examples  from  Egypt,  Etruria,  Greece, 
Rome,  and  Asia  Minor,  besides  Cyprus. 

Referring  to  table  case  E,  Mr.  Clephan  stated  that  the  lamps,  lamp- 
stands,  and  lamp-fillers  numbered  nearly  a  hundred.  An  Etruscan 
lamp-stand  was  specially  noticeable.  There  were  many  Egyptian 
examples — one  modelled  as  a  figure  of  Bes,  another  as  a  Nile  boat, 
several  from  Cyprus,  showing  Egyptian  and  Phoenician  influences  ; 
Greek  lamps,  some  of  great  beauty  ;  Roman  lamps  in  bronze  and 
terra-cotta,  one  formed  as  a  human  foot  ;  and  many  examples  from 
Palestine,  with  Christian  emblems  and  inscriptions. 

ARMS    AND    ABMOUK. 

With  the  collection  of  arms  and  armour  before  the  company,  Mr. 
Clephan  said  the  man  at  arms  did  not  become  completely  sheathed 
in  plate  armour  before  the  fifteenth  century.  The  fashion  in  vogue 
until  nearly  its  close  was  what  is  usually  styled,  though  inaptly,  '  Gothic' 
armour,  which  was  forged  on  the  lines  of  the  Florentine  civil  dress 
of  the  time.  The  same  adherence  to  the  fashion  in  costume  was 
observable  right  through  the  armour  period,  the  form  of  cuirass  being 
that  of  the  doublet.  This  style  of  armour  is  the  most  graceful  of  all, 
and  it  fitted  like  a  glove. 

Detailed  descriptions  of  twelve  different  suits  preceded  an  account 
of  Indian  weapons  and  armour.  An  important  and  comprehensive 
collection  of  long-shafted  weapons,  comprising  guisarmes,  glaives, 
halberds,  partisans,  etc.,  was  shown,  together  with  specimens  of  short- 
hafted  descriptions. 


107 

The  old  guns  and  gunlocks  include  a  matchlock  caliver  of  the  six- 
teenth century,  a  beautiful  wheel -lock  handgun,  a  wheel -lock  apart, 
showing  the  mechanism,  a  catapult  gun,  a  rare  Sardinian  flint-lock 
gun,  a  coaching  flint-lock  blunderbuss  with  a  brass  barrel,  several 
wheel-lock  and  flint-lock  pistols,  etc. 

The  collection  of  swords  and  daggers  is  numerous  and  comprehensive. 
There  are  some  fine  specimens,  notably  a  beautiful  sword  of  the 
second  quarter  of  the  sixteenth  century,  a  flamberge  of  the  same 
century,  a  headsman's  sword,  etched  with  a  death's  head  and  cross 
bones,  a  schiavona  (the  sword  of  the  doge's  guard  at  Venice),  a  hunting 
sword  and  pistol  combined,  some  very  fine  rapiers  and  small  swords, 
etc.  And  last  of  all  there  is  the  sword  of  Mrs.  Clephan's  great-great- 
grandfather, a  naval  post-captain,  who  turned  Quaker,  and  this,  his 
sword,  into  a  carving  knife. 

OLD    FTJBNITUBE. 

Among  the  old  furniture  is  a  fine  sixteenth  century  table  ;  several 
Jacobean  and  Yorkshire  chairs,  the  latter  Cromwellian.  They  came 
from  Sir  Arthur  Dodsworth's  house  at  Haltofts,  near  Pontefract.  Two 
remarkable  chairs  demand  special  mention.  The  large  chair  or  throne 
came  from  the  St.  Telmo  palace  at  Seville,  It  had  been  recently 
bequeathed  to  the  church  by  the  late  duchess  of  Montpensier,  and  is  a 
fine  example  of  sixteenth  century  date.  The  back  is  surmounted  by 
the  ducal  arms  with  dragon  supporters,  below  a  helmet  carved  in 
high  relief,  and  there  is  much  other  fine  carving  about  it.  The  seat 
is  covered  with  embossed  Spanish  leather.  The  chair  had  been  white- 
washed by  the  priests.  The.  other  chair  had  belonged  to  the  emperor 
Charles  V.,  and  came  from  Salamanca.  On  the  back  is  the  Austrian 
double  eagle,  with  the  feathers  articulated,  and  in  the  centre  the  coats 
of  arms  of  the  various  countries  the  emperor  ruled  over.  On  the  top 
stands  the  Imperial  crown,  gilt,  with  the  orb  and  cross.  The  chair 
rests  on  lions'  feet. 

Amongst  those  who  attended  were  Professor  W.  P.  Paterson,  of 
Edinburgh  University  :  Mr.  J.  A.  Dixon,  Tynemouth ;  Professor 
Duff,  Dr.  and  Miss  Baumgartner,  Mr.  Charles  Walker,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
B.  Stevenson,  Mr.  E.  R.  Newbigin,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wyatt,  New- 
castle :  Mr.  T.  Matheson  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  Dowson.  Morpeth  ;  Mr. 
J.  A.  Irving,  Corbridge  ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Blair  and  Miss  Gladys  Blair, 
Harton. 

The  guests  were  entertained  to  tea  by  Mrs.  Clephan,  and  before  the 
meeting  ended  a  cordial  vote  of  thanks  was  accorded,  on  the  motion 
of  Professor  Wight  Duff,  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clephan  for  their  kindness 
and  hospitality. 

[The  foregoing  report  has  been  taken  chiefly  from  the  columns  of 
the  Newcastle  Daily  Journal,  of  26th  September,  1909.] 


MISCELLANEA. 

In  a  catalogue  (677)  of  autograph  letters  issued  by  James  Tregaskis, 
is  a  letter  of  William  Martin,  '  the  natural  philosopher,'  to  John  Phillips, 
who  was  to  lecture  at  the  Lit.  and  Phil.,  Newcastle.  Martin  wanted 
to  give  a  counter  lecture  '  my  original  one,  and  conclude  by  explaining 
the  spots  on  the  Heaven  of  Heavens  the  sun  .  .  .'  to  be  followed  by 
a  small  collection  on  his  behalf  !  It  is  signed  '  Wm.  Martin,  ante- 
Newtonian,'  and  is  dated  '  Wallsend,  Nov.  6,  1834.' 


108 

The  following  appears  in  another  catalogue,  of  the  same  bookseller, 
of  autograph  letters,  etc.  : — 

279  RODDAM  (Robert— Admiral  ;  served  at  New  York,  and  in  West  Indies, 
where  he  was  captured  by  the  French.  1719-1808).  A.L.s.  1£  pp..  4to.  Replying 
to  a  letter  transmitted  to  him  by  the  Clerk  of  the  Peace  for  Northumberland 
respecting  Aliens.  With  fly-leaf.  15/- 

Killinaworth,  near  Newcastle  Tyne,  Sept.  4,  1803 

***  A  fighting  letter  from  a  grand  old  naval  hero' of  84,  who  on  one  occasion 
defended  the  'Greenwich'  of  50  guns  for  many  hours  against  a  French  squadron 
of  5  ships  of  the  line,  and  3  frigates.  '  My  professional  services  of  69  years  to  my 
Sovereign  and  my  Country,  I  offer'd  to  resume  last  March,  both  in  a  letter  to  tbe 
Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer  and  to  the  Admiralty,  being  in  every  respect  well 
and  ready  to  add  my  bid  wherever  it  might  be  necessary,  tho'  from  a  full  I  had 
two  years  ago,  I  am  not  yet  able  to  walk  without  assistance  .  .  .' 


GATESHEAD    MUNICIPAL    PENALTIES. 

The  following  document,  in  the  original  manuscript,  bearing  the 
autographs  of  the  first  mayor  and  town  clerk  of  Gateshead,  is  from  the 
collection  of  Mr.  R.  Welford  : — 

NOTICE. 

That  every  person  duly  qualified  who  shall  be  elected  to  the  office  of  Alderman 
for  the  Borough  of  Gateshead  shall  accept  such  office  or  shall  in  lieu  thereof  pay- 
to  the  Mayor  Aldermen  and  Burgesses  of  .such  Borough  a  Kine  of  Ten  pounds. 
AND  that  every  person  duly  qualified  who  shall  be  elected  to  the  office  of  Coun- 
cillor Auditor  or  Assessor  for  the  same  Borough  shall  accept  such  office  to  which 
he  shall  have  been  elected  or  shall  in  lieu  thereof  pay  to  the  Mayor  Aldermen 
and  Burgesses  of  such  Borough  a  Fine  of  Five  pounds,  AND  ALSO  that  every 
Councillor  who  shall  be  elected  to  the  office  of  Mayor  of  the  same  Borough  shall 
accept  such  office  or  shall  in  lieu  thereof  pay  to  the  Mayor  Aldermen  and  Bur- 
gesses of  the  same  Borough  a  Fine  of  Twenty  pounds. 

Sealed  with  the  Seal  of  the  said  Borough  this  twenty  sixth  day  of  October, 
one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  thirty  six.  /^~\ 

G.  HAVVKES,  Mayor.    [Seal.] 
[Endorsed.] 

I  do  hereliy  certify  that  this  copy  of  a  Bye  Law  of  the  Council  of  the  Borough 
of  Gateshead  was  affixed  on  the  outer  door  of  the  Town  Hall  of  the  said  Borough 
on  Thursday  the  twenty  seventh  day  of  October,  1836  ;  and  that  it  did  continue 
so  affixed  until  Tuesday  the  thirteenth  day  of  December,  1836,  when  it  was  taken 
down  by  me.  Dated  this  thirteenth  day  of  December,  1836. 

WILLIAM  KPLL,  Town  Clerk  of  the  said  Borough. 


SLATERS'  WORK  IN  1740. 
(From  R.  Welford's  MS.  Collections.) 

1740,  October  14. — Articles  of  agreement  indented,  between  William 
Rochester  of  Newcastle-upon-Tyne,  slater,  and  Adam  Askew  of  the 
same  town,  Doctor  of  Physick,  by  which  Rochester  agrees  that  he  will 
well  and  sufficiently  cover  with  good  Scotch  slates,  to  be  provided  by 
said  Askew,  all  that  new  building  lately  erected  as  an  addition  to  said 
Askew's  dwelling  house  in  Westgate  St.,  and  at  his  own  expense  con- 
stantly employ  and  keep  working  Alexander  Sloan  of  Kelso,  slater, 
and  all  such  persons  as  said  Sloan  shall  appoint  ;  also  that  said  Sloan 
shall  not  by  any  of  the  Slater's  Company  be  put  off  said  work,  but 
shall  on  the  day  of  the  date  hereof  begin  said  work  and  duly  attend 
and  give  all  necessary  despatch  to  it  and  no  way  delay  or  neglect  the 
same.  In  consideration  whereof  said  Askew  covenants  to  pay  to  said 
Rochester,  30s.  for  every  rood  of  said  work  as  shall  be  well  and 
sufficiently  completed,  accounting  30  yards  to  every  rood,  and  provide 
all  the  slates  required,  as  above  mentioned.  Bond  for  true  perform; MM •<> 
on  both  sides  in  penal  sum  of  50/.  (Signed)  William  Rochester,  Adm. 
Askew.  Witnesses  :  Thos.  Riddoll,  Jno.  Isaacson,  Jno.  Richardson, 


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OF    NEWCASTLE-UPON-TY*E. 
3  SEB.,  VOL.   IV.  1909.  NO.     12 


A  country  meeting  of  the  society  was  held  on  Monday,  the  twenty- 
seventh  day  of  September,  1909,  at 

BRINKBURN  PRTORY,  ETC. 

About  thirty  members  and  friends  took  part  in  the  day's  proceedings. 
Amongst  those  present  were  : — Mr.  R.  Kyle  and  Miss  Kyle,  Aliiwick ; 
the  Rev.  T.  Stephens,  Miss  Stephens,  Miss  Mary  Stephens,  Miss  Flint  off, 
of  Horsley,  Otterburn ;  Mr.  Nicholas  Temperley,  Gateshead ;  Mr. 
Charles  Walker,  Mr.  William  Francis,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  L.  Markham, 
Newcastle  ;  Mrs.  Chambers,  London  ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  P.  Ridley,  and 
Mr.  J.  F.  Ridley,  Rothbury  ;  Miss  Nicholson,  Morpeth ;  Mr.  Wm. 
Turnbull,  Rothbury ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Blair  and  Miss  Gladys  Blair, 
Harton ;  and  the  Rev.  Father  Thompson,  Thropton. 

The  Newcastle  contingent  left  the  central  station  by  the  8-10  a.m. 
train  for  Brinkburn  station,  where  a  carriage  was  awaiting  members. 
On  the  way  to  Brinkburn  priory  they  were  joined  by  the  Rothbury 
contingent.  The  day  though  dull  was  mild.  On  the  top  of  the  descent 
to  the  priory  a  halt  was  made  at  a  mound ;  of  it  Mr.  D.  D.  Dixoii, 
F.S.A.,  of  Rothbury,  the  guide  for  the  day,  explained  that  there  was 
evidence  and  tradition  that  there  had  been  three  occupations.  First 
of  all,  from  its  formation,  and  also  from  the  existence  of  a  hollow 
way  leading  from  the  river  on  the  eastern  side  up  to  the  mound  it  had 
evidently  been  a  pre-historic  habitation  of  some  kind  or  another  in 
the  British  period.  The  next  occupation  was  said  to  have  been  Roman. 
Sir  David  Smith,  writing  about  a  century  ago,  remarked  that  there 
was  a  tradition  that  that  mound  had  been  the  site  of  a  Roman  villa 
and  small  fort,  and,  as  the  Devil's  Causeway  crossed  through  the 
Coquet  about  1300  yards  below  Brinkburn,  it  might  have  been.  Ihe 
third  occupation  was  medieval,  as,  judging  from  other  foundations 
found  within  the  enclosure,  it  was  thought  to  have  been  the  site  of 
the  dwellings  of  the  out-door  servants  of  the  priory. 

The  party  walked  down  to  the  priory, which  is  situated  amidst  the  most 
charming  scenery  that  even  the  Coquet  can  boast.  In  the  interior  Mr. 
Dixon  gave  a  brief  historical  sketch,  stating  that  it  was  founded  in  the 
reign  of  Henry  i  by  William  Bertram  the  first,  of  Mitford,  for  the  use  of 
Augustinian  or  Austin  canons.  He,  with  the  consent  of  his  wife  and  sons, 
granted  the  site  to  dominus  Osbert  Colutarius,  who  had  until  recently 
been  quoted  as  the  first  prior,  but  Mr.  J.  Crawford  Hodgson,  in  his  de- 
scription of  the  priory  in  the  new  County  History  of  Northumberland  (vol. 


110 

vii ),  says  that  Osbert  Colutarius  was  possibly  a  master  builder,  and  that 
Ralph  the  priest  was  the  first  prior,  in  1135,  or  earlier.  The  names  of 
eighteen  more  priors  are  given,  the  last  being  William  Hodgson,  who 
was  prior  at  the  suppression  in  1536.  After  this  date  the  services  were 
continued  by  chaplains  and  curates.  Gradually  the  church  fell  into 
disrepair,  for  in  1602  and  1603  the  churchwardens  were  presented 
because  their  church  was  in  decay.  Then  the  roof  fell  in  and  regular 
services  ceased  in  1683.  Baptisms  and  burials,  however,  occasionally 
took  place,  the  last  being  in  1793.  There  are  several  seventeenth  century 
slabs  in  the  floor  of  the  church.  In  1858  the  Cadogan  family  restored 
the  church,  the  first  burial  after  the  restoration  being  of  one  of  the 
Cadogans,  and  now  Sunday  services  were  held  regularly  in  it.  The 
priory  had  many  grants  of  lands  not  only  from  the  founder,  but  from 
many  of  the  adjoining  owners  in  the  parishes  of  Felton,  Framlington, 
and  Whittingham  on  the  north,  and  from  the  western  extremity  of 
Rothbury  parish  down  to  Warkworth,  where  the  brethren  had  valu- 
able salt  pans,  and  at  Newbiggin  two  tofts  brought  them  in  the 
useful  rent  of  500  herrings  yearly.  Yet,  owing  to  the  depredations 
of  the  Scots,  the  entertainment  of  armies  on  the  march,  travellers, 
and  doles  to  the  poor,  the  canons  of  Brinkburn  frequently  complained 
of  poverty.  Amongst  the  many  interesting  associations  that  cling 
around  the  ancient  priory  of  Brinkburn,  may  be  mentioned  the 
following.  In  1509,  the  prior  and  his  servants  formed  part  of  the 
escort  from  Newcastle  to  Alnwick  of  the  Princess  Margaret,  the 
daughter  of  Henry  VII,  on  her  way  through  Northumberland  to  meet 
James  IV  of  Scotland,  her  affianced  husband — whom  she  had  never 
seen.  Whilst  on  her  melancholy  return  to  England  in  1515  she  stayed 
at  the  priory  from  Saturday,  Nov.  20,  until  Monday,  Nov.  22,  when 
it  is  most  probable  she  would  attend  mass  at  the  priory  church. 

Architecturally,  the  church  was,  continued  Mr.  Dixon,  one  of  the 
finest  examples  of  the  Transitional  period  to  be  found  in  Northumber- 
land, or  even  in  England.  Built  towards  the  end  of  the  twelfth  century, 
when  pointed  arches  began  to  be  used  in  England,  we  find  here  pointed 
and  circular  headed  windows  and  arches  mingled  in  a  way  most  graceful 
and  pleasing.  The  first  sight  that  meets  the  eye  on  approaching  the 
priory  is  the  round  headed  north  doorway  surmounted  by  a  gable 
containing  three  graceful  trefoil-headed  arches.  The  west  front  is  a 
beautiful  example  of  Early  English  work.  On  the  south  are  three 
round-headed  doorways,  and  the  cloister  arcade  of  trefoil-headed  arches. 
The  church  consists  of  nave,  north  aisle,  north  and  south  transepts 
each  with  an  east  aisle  in  which  were  chantry  chapels,  a  central  tower, 
and  the  choir.  He  pointed  out  the  site  of  the  chantry  chapels.  A 
piscina  and  credence  recess  in  the  choir,  and  a  '  squint '  at  the  end  of  a 
mural  passage  leading  from  the  dormitories  of  the  canons  were  pointed 
out.  The  '  squint,'  Mr.  Dixon  surmised,  would  allow  any  sick  brother, 
unable  to  attend  the  celebration  of  the  mass,  to  see  the  altar.  In  the 
south  transept  is  another  piscina.  While  leaning  against  the  south  wall 
of  this  transept  is  an  altar  slab  about  six  feet  long  by  three  feet  wide, 
with  its  five  crosses  ;  it  had  probably  been  buried  when  stone  altars 
were  forbidden.  In  the  chancel  floor  is  the  grave  cover  of  William, 
suffragan  bishop  of  Durham  and  prior  of  Brinkburn,  who  died  in  1484. 
The  bell  was  stolen,  broken,  and  hidden  in  1717,  fragments  of  it  were 
seen  in  the  entrance  hall  of  the  house  close  by,  also  a  small  bronze 
vessel  found  near  the  house  in  which  was  a  large  number  of  gold  coins. 
The  canons'  burial  ground  lay  to  the  east  of  the  church.  There  was  a 
grant  of  land  to  the  altar  of  the  Holy  Cross  in  Brinkburn  church. 
,  etc.,  were  also  granted  for  lights  in  the  church,  a  toft  and  a 


Ill 

croft  and  12  acres  of  land  in  Trewitt,  and  other  lands  in  Thirston,  the 
last  named  for  lights  to  the  virgin. 

After  viewing  the  surrounding  beauties  of  the  place,  the  party  drove 
to 

LONG    FKAMLINGTON 

to  see  the  ancient  church  there.  Dr.  Feiiwick  had  been  expected  to  be 
present,  but  unfortunately  he  was  not  well,  and  the  following  historical 
notes  by  him  were  read  by  Mr.  J.  P.  Ridley  : — 

•  By  an  undated  charter,  William  de  Framlington  gave  to  God  and 
the  Blessed  Virgin  Mary  and  St.  John  the  Baptist,  '  in  whose  honour 
service  is  celebrated  in  the  chapel  of  Framlington,'  five  score  acres  of 
land  in  the  parish  of  Framlington,  five  acres  of  land  in  tofts  and  crofts 
in  the  said  vill  to  be  held  by  the  prior  and  canons  of  Brinkburn,  to  whom 
belonged  the  mother  church  of  Felton.  William  de  Framlington  died 
1196,  and  in  an  ordinance  made  in  1260  relating  to  the  vicarage  of 
Felton  the  toft  and  croft  in  the  vill  of  Framlington  are  mentioned  as 
occupied  by  the  chaplain.  On  the  18  August,  1552,  when  the  'In- 
ventorie  '  was  made,  the  church  possessed  '  towe  lytill  belles.'  In 
1663,  the  church  was  said  to  be  totally  ruined  and  destitute.  In  1727, 
it  was  agreed  to  collect  accounts  of  twice  the  amount  for  repairs  accord- 
ing to  the  archdeacon's  directions.  It  was  probably  then  that  sash 
windows  were  substituted  for  the  old  ones;  but  a  date,  1792,  on  one 
of  the  stones  over  these  windows  rather  points  to  its  having  been  later. 
The  porch  is  doubtless  of  later  date  than  the  nave,  but  there  is  nothing 
to  fix  the  date  at  all  accurately.  About  1880  the  church  was  in  such 
bad  repair  that  it  had  to  be  almost  entirely  rebuilt,  one  window  only 
being  retained.  It  was  thought  impossible  by  the  architect  to  retain 
a  beautiful  fourteenth  century  window  then  in  the  church,  it  being, 
in  his  opinion,  quite  beyond  repair.  The  stones,  however,  were  pre- 
served, arid  the  window  replaced  in  the  vestry  at  the  last  restoration 
of  the  church  in  1896.  At  this  restoration  it  was  found  that 
the  floor  had  been  raised  arid  the  roof  lowered  several  inches  ;  and 
when  the  soil  was  removed  the  bases  of  the  doorstep  and  the  bases 
of  the  pillars  in  the  porch  were  revealed,  also  when  the  sash  windows 
in  the  south  wall  were  removed  the  jambs  of  the  original  windows 
were  found  arid  the  windows  restored.  There  was  also  found  the 
hinge  of  a  gate  leading  into  the  chancel  evidently  through  an  old  screen.' 

Dr.  Feiiwick  was  thanked  for  his  notes. 

According  to  the  Oliverian  inquisition,  taken  at  Morpeth  on  1  June, 
!  <J,">0.  it  was  found  '  That  the  Chappel  of  Framlington  doth  belong  to 
the  said  Parish  [Felton],  and  that  it  is  fitt  that  the  said  Chappellrye, 
and  all  such  places  as  belong  to  Brenckeburne  Parish,  on  the  North  of 
Cocquctt,  and  Brenckeburne  itselfe  .  .  .  may  be  united  and  added  to 
the  said  Parish  of  Fellton.'-1 

Bishop  Chandler's  notes  of  his  visitation,  'supposed  in  J736,'  give, 
Felton  vvlh  Framlington,  V.  Resid.,  W.  Henderson.  12QH.  Impr.  80QU. 
In  Felton,  fam.  237,  of  which  15  Presbyterians  and  5  Papists  ;  in  Fram- 
lington, fam.  71,  of  which  12  Presb.  and  1  Papist;  in  Brinkburn, 
fam.  60,  of  which  2  Presb.  and  4  Papist.  Sam1.  3  times  in  church, 
twice  'in  ye  chappie.'  Presb.  meeting,  100  meet.  Tho.  Bells  teaches, 
2  Schools  Sunday. 

The  communion  plate  is  modern,  and  is  described  in  these  Proceedings 
(2  ser.  iv,  182),  as  are  also  the  bells,  one  of  which  was  made  in  1725 
by  Samuel  Smith  of  York. 

i  Arch.  Ael,  I  ser.  in,  4. 


112 
Driving  thence  to 

WHITTON    TOWER, 

the  residence  of  the  rector  of  Rothbury,  the  Rev.  C.  E.  Blackett  Ord, 
Mr.  Dixoii  sketched  its  history.  The  date  of  the  pele  was  probably 
1380.  The  first  record  regarding  it  was  in  1415,  when  it  was  said  to 
be  in  the  occupation  of  the  rector  of  Rothbury.  The  next  was  in  1541, 
when  it  was  still  the  parsonage  of  Rothbury.  It  was  one  of  eight 
Northumbrian  towers  on  which  were  coats  of  arms.  Here  the  coat  was 
on  the  west  end  of  the  tower.  It  was  disputed  as  to  whose  coat  of  arms 
it  was,  but  his  contention  had  always  been  that  the  shield  shewed  the 
arms  of  the  rector  of  Rothbury,  Alexander  Cooke,  who  flourished 
1435-74,  and  not  that  of  the  Umfrevilles,  which  it  much  resembles,  as 
was  generally  said. 

The  interior  of  the  tower  having  been  inspected,  the  party  moved 
on  to 

ROTHBURY  CHURCH. 

The  chancel  is  of  thirteenth  century  date,  but  the  rest  of  the  church 
is  almost  entirely  modern  ;  the  chief  object  of  ancient  date,  found  when 
the  church  was  taken  down  in  1850,  being  the  stem  of  the  font,  of 
Anglian  work — part  of  the  stem  of  the  church -yard  crosS — which  stands 
just  within  the  west  door,  its  bowl  being  of  1(364.  The  fine  symbolical 
carving  on  each  of  the  sides  of  the  font  stem  is  particularly  good ;  the 
head  of  the  cross,  as  Mr.  Dixon  remarked,  is  in  the  society's  museum 
at  the  Blackgate,  it  has  two  holes  in  the  arms,  probably  for  the 
insertion  of  lights. 

In  1279.  Robert,  bishop  of  Carlisle,  lost  the  presentation  to  the  church 
of  Rothbury,2  but  it  seems  to  have  been  recovered,  as  it  was  held  by 
the  bishops  until  comparatively  recently  (1872).  Under  date  of  8  Sept. 
1705,  in  bishop  Nicolson's  (of  Carlisle)  diaries,3  it  is  said  that  Mr.  Thom- 
linson  of  Rothbury,  and  his  wife  and  others,  dined  with  the  bishop  at 
Rose  castle  :  'Mr.  T.  tells  me  he'l  shortly  transmit  a  true  Terrier  of  the 
present  state  of  his  Rectory:  to  be  preserv'd  here  at  Rose,  'twas,  he 
saies.  worth  about  160Z*.  when  he  enter' d  on  it ;  and  is  now  bettered 
by  100Z*.  yearly.' 

The  rector  of  Rothbury  is  lord  of  the  manor  of  Whitton,  by  virtue 
of  his  office,  and  is  entitled,  by  immemorial  custom,  to  command  the 
freeholders  to  work  for  him  so  many  days  at  harvest  time. 

The  smaller  bell  of  1682,  which  bears  the  name  of  John  Thomlinson, 
the  rector,  is  by  James  Bartlett  of  Whitechapel,  and  bears  his  mark 
of  3  bells.  Amongst  the  communion  plate  are  a  flagon,  made  in  1731 
by  Robert  Makepeace,  a  Newcastle  silversmith,  and  a  silver  cup  made 
by  John  Langlands.  There  is  also  an  early  seventeenth  century  cup. 
For  full  description  of  the  bells  and  communion  plate,  see  these  Pro- 
ceedings, 2  ser.  in,  158. 

In  the  parish  hall  the  company  was  entertained  to  tea  by  Mrs. 
Blackett-Ord,  and  afterwards  Mr.  Dixon  exhibited  his  collection  of 
flint  and  bronze  implements  found  in  €oquetdale. 

On  the  motion  of  Mr.  Temperley,  Canon  and  Mrs.  Blackett-Ord, 
and  Mr.  Dixon  were  each  cordially  thanked. 

Brinkburn  priory  and  the  other  places  visited,  are  fully  described 
in  the  new  County  History  oj  Northumberland,  vol.  vn.  For  reports 
of  former  meetings  at  Rothbury,  Brinkburn,  and  Whitton,  see  these 
Proceedings,  2  ser.  n,  264;  v,  85,  167;  and  x,  45,  199. 

2  'Chron.  of  Lanercost'  (Sir  H.  Maxwell's  transl.),  Scottish  Hist.  Rev.,  vi,  i.  27. 
3  Cumberland  and  Westmorland  Antiq.  and  Arch.  Trans.,  N.S.,  in,  25. 


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OF    NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. 


3    SER.,    VOL.    IV.  1909.  NO.     13 

The  ordinary  monthly  meeting  of  the  society  was  held  in  the  library 
of  the  Castle,  Newcastle,  on  Wednesday,  the  twenty-ninth  day  of 
September,  1909,  at  seven  o'clock  in  the  evening,  prof.  F.  Haverfield, 
LL.D.,  F.SkA.,  a  vice-president,  being  in  the  chair. 

Several  ACCOUNTS  recommended  by  the  council  for  payment,  were 
ordered  to  be  paid. 

The  following  ORDINARY  MEMBERS  were  proposed  and  declared  duly 
elected  : — 

1.  Literary  and  Philosophical  Society,  Newcastle. 

2.  Kennett  Champlain  Bayley,  M.A.,  Alnmet  Barn,  Durham. 

3.  James  Elliott,   18  Heaton  Road,  Newcastle. 

4.  Charles  Irwin,  Osborne  House,  Tynemouth. 

5.  Prof.  Allen  Mawer,  38  Sanderson  Road,  Newcastle. 

The  following  NEW  BOOKS,  etc.,  were  placed  on  the  table  : — 

Presents,  for  which  thanks  were  voted  : — 

From  the  Viking  Club  : — Old  Lore  Miscellany,  nos.  14,  15,  and  16. 
From    the    Corbridge    Excavation    Committee  : — '  Report    on    Ex- 
cavations in  1908,'  being  overprint  from  Arch.  AeL,  3rd  ser.,  v. 
From  Robert  Blair  : — The   Antiquary  for  September  and  October, 
1909. 

Exchanges  : — 

From   the   Kent   Archaeological   Society: — Archaeologia    Cantiana, 

xxvin.      8vo.  cl. 
From    the   Bristol   and   Gloucestershire    Archaeological    Society : — 

Transactions,  xxxi,  2. 

From  the  British  Archaeological  Association  : — Journal,  N.S.  xv,  i. 
From    the    Royal   Irish    Academy  : — Proceedings,    xxvn,    Sec.    C., 

nos.  14,  15,  and  16. 
From  the  Societe  d'Emulation  d' Abbeville  : — Bulletin  Trimestriel, 

nos.  1  and  2,  1909. 
From  the  Royal  Society  of  Norway  : — Skrifter  for  1908  ;    no.   11, 

'Historisk  Filosofisk  Klasse.' 
From  the  Society  d'Archeologie  de  Bruxelles  : —  Annales,  xxm,  i  and 

ii,  8vo. 

Purchases  \ — A   Literary   History  of  Rome,  by  J.  Wight  Duff,  M.A.  ; 
A    History  of   Northumberland,  vol.  ix ;     Notes  and    Queries,  nos. 

296-300  ;    The  Pedigree  Register,  vol.  i,  no.  10  ;    Jahrbilcher  of  the 

Imp.   Germ.   Archl.  Inst.,   (supplemental  volume   '  Die  Calenische 

Reliefkeramik '   by  Rudolf  Pagenstecker) ;    and    forty-eight    MS. 

plans  of  ancient  earthworks,  by  the  Rev.  Edward  A.  Downman, 

[  Proc.  3  Ser  iv,  17  ] 


1U 

being  nos.  451-497  ;  they  Consist  of  Mold  Bailey  Hill,  Castell-y- 
Aduy,  Hawarden  Castle,  Hen  Domen  (Llangollen),  Tomen-y-Bala, 
Owen  Glyndos^ers  Mount,  Tomen-y-Castell,  Llanarmon-Tomen, 
Trueman's  Hill,  Rftg  Mount,  Rhuddlan  Tut  Hill,  Waen  Mount, 
Maesmor  Domen,  Ewloe  Castle..  Dysorth  C-t?tle,  S.  Mors  Mount, 
Pontystrad  Llys,  Pen-y-Cloddian,  Foel  Fenlli,  Famma  Moel-y-Gaer, 
Moel  Arthur,  Bodfari  Moel-y-Gaer,  Pen-y-Corddyn-Maur,  Parc-y- 
Meirch,  Halkin  Moel-y-Gaer,  Clegyr-Maur-Dinas,  Byn-y-Caer-Crtyn, 
Caer  Dreuyn,  Mynydd-y-Gaer,  Llanfihangel  Pen-y-Gaer,  Llonby- 
silie  Moel-y-Gaer,  Eurii  Pen-y-Gaer,  Gardden  Chesterfield,  Alyn 
Banks,  Castell  Cawr,  Bedd-y-Cawr,  Moel  Fradig,  and  Lilys  Wood, 
North  Wales  ;  and  Badbury,  Easthampstead  Plain,  Cherbury, 
Gremsbury,  Segsbury,  Sinodan,  Totterdown,  Wallasford,  Uffington 
Castle,  and  Windsor  Castle,  Berkshire. 

EXHIBITED  : — 

By  Mr.  C.  H.  Blair  : — A  seal  of  Sir  William  Basset,  attached  to  a 
deed  of  1312  belonging  to  the  Rev.  W.  Green  well  (see  plate  facing 
p.  89).  The  deed  is  printed  in  Arch,  AeL,  1st  ser.,  n,  p.  279,  and  the 
seal  is  engraved  there.  Mr.  C.  H.  Blair  pointed  out  thart  the  seal  is 
wrongly  drawn,  as  the  shield  bears  three  chaplets  in  chief  instead 
of  the  twelve  small  crosses  as  there  shown.  The  blason  as  given  for 
Sir  William  Basset  in  the  Parliamentary  roll  of  Edward  n  (ed. 
"Nicholas)  is  '  df-  argent  a  ij  barres  de  azure,  en  le  chief  iij  chapels  de 
roses  de  goules.' 

THE    ROMAN    WALL. 

Mr.  F.  Gerald  Simpson,  then  gave  some  particulars  of  discoveries 
made  by  Mr.  J.  P.  Gibson  and  himself  on  the  line  of  the  Roman  Wall, 
chiefly  at  the  ;  King's  Stables  '  on  the  west  side  of  the  Poltross  burn  at 
Gilsland.  He  said  that  the  work  quite  exceeded  their  expectations. 
The  north  gateway  is  excelled  only  by  the  north  gate  of  the  House  - 
steads  mile-castle.  The  passage  walls  are  standing  about  eight  feet 
high.  He  suggested  that  members  should  make  a  visit  of  inspection  on 
Saturday,  October  9th.  It  was  agreed  to  issue  postcards  to  members, 
inviting  them  to  visit  the  site  of  the  discoveries  on  the  day  named  by 
Mr.  Simpson. 


MISCELLANEA. 

Local  extracts  from  A  Journey  to  Edenborough  in  Scotland,  by  Joseph 
Taylor,  late  of  the  Inner  Temple,  esq.,  made  in  1705  (Wm.  Brown, 
Edinburgh,  1903),  pp.  78-94  :— 

Durham  .  .  .  when  we  came  thro'  the  Suburbs,  we  crost  the  stone 
bridge  over  the  River,  whereon  are  built  severall  litle  houses,  or  Shops, 
next  to  which  is  the  Posthouse  where  we  lay.  We  were  entertain'd 
at  the  Cathedrall,  with  a  fine  Anthem,  sung  before  the  Queen  at  Cam- 
bridge, besides  other  usuall  performances.  I  must  not  omit  taking 
notice  of  the  Seaven  Copes  of  Velvet  and  Silk,  which  are  us'd  there  in 
divine  Service  at  the  Altar  ;  They  are  most  curiously  wrought,  and 
express  the  severall  historys  of  the  Bible,  and  other  particular  passages 
relating  to  our  Saviour,  all  in  needlework  :  In  these  habits,  the  preists 
look  like  Monarchs  triumphant  .  .  .  The  Font,  and  the  Clock,  which 
tells  the  Age  of  the  Moon,  the  day  of  the  week,  and  the  hour  of  the  day, 
and  the  Altar  piece  of  stone,  are  very  fine  ;  At  the  East  end  of  the 
Altar  were  formerly  nine  other  Altars  .... 


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A  country  meeting  of  members — the  last  of  the  season — was  held  at 

GILSLAND, 
on  Saturday  afternoon,  the  ninth  day  of  October,  1909. 

About  twenty  members  assembled,  the  object  being  to  view  the 
excavations  which  have  been  carried  out  there  under  the  superin- 
tendence of  Mr.  J.  P.  Gibson  and  Mr.  F.  Gerald  Simpson.  The  party 
included  Mr.  and  Mrs.  T.  Hesketh  Hodgson  and  Miss  Hodgson,  of  Newby 
Grange,  Carlisle ;  Mr.  H.  T.  Rutherford  of  North  Shields  ;  Professor 
Duff,  Mr.  M.  Mackey,  Mr.  W.  F.  Shields,  and  Mr.  Weddle,  of  Newcastle  ; 
Mr.  EL  8.  Carr  of  Tynemouth  ;  and  the  Rev.  E.  J.  Taylor,  vicar  of 
West  Pelton. 

The  site  of  the  excavations,  according  to  popular  Arthurian  legend 
always  called  the  '  King's  Stables,'  is  in  reality  that  of  a  mile  castle, 
which  was  slightly  excavated  in  1886,  of  which  a  report  with  plan  is 
given  in  the  Transactions  of  the  Cumberland  and  Westmorland  Arch, 
and  Antiq.  Soc.,  vol.  ix,  p.  162. 

Mr.  Simpson  said  the  structure,  the  largest  of  its  kind  yet  known 
on  the  line  of  the  Wall,  was  70ft.  by  60ft.  inside,  with  walls  9ft.  6ins. 
thick.  These  mile-castles,  as  the  name  given  to  them  betokens,  existed 
at  intervals  of  about  a  mile  right  along  the  wall,  projecting  from  its 
south  face.  They  had  gates  in  their  northern  and  southern  faces,  and 
thus  formed  guarded  passage-ways  through  the  great  barrier.  The 
pivot  holes  at  the  sides  of  the  massive  gateways  just  unearthed  show 
the  position  and  arrangement  of  the  doors  of  the  various  periods. 
These  gateways,  a  springer  stone  of  one  of  which  was  discovered,  had 
been  half  walled-up  in  later  Roman  times.  Remains  of  buildings 
discovered  within  mile  castles  have  hitherto  been  very  fragmentary, 
but  in  that  at  Gilsland  the  foundations  of  two  structures  run  along 
almost  the  entire  east  and  west  sides,  with  walls  two  feet  thick,  oc- 
cupying about  half  the  area  of  the  castle,  and  of  the  same  date.  Any 
doubt  that  might  have  existed  as  to  whether  the  Wall  and  mile- castles 
were  contemporaneous  is  put  at  rest  by  these  excavations,  as  the  two 
have  been  found  to  be  bonded  together.  Placed  against  the  great 
Wall  which  forms  the  north  wall  of  the  mile-castle  and  to  the  east  of 
the  north  gateway,  is  a  flight  of  stone  steps,  or  rather  the  remains  of 
them ;  they  probably  led  to  a  platform  which  presumably  occupied 
the  top  of  the  Great  Wall,  it  being  here  8ft.  6ins.  thick  ;  these  steps, 


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however,  not  being  tied  into  the  Wall  but  simply  built  against  its 
south  face,  are  evidence  of  a  period  of  reconstruction.  The  blocking  of 
the  western  half  of  the  north  gateway  at  the  time  of  reconstruction  is 
interesting — the  first  instance  in  a  mile-castle,  though  there  are  examples 
in  the  forts.  The  two  buttresses,  each  4ft.  9in.  wide,  projecting  into 
the  interior  3ft.  lOin.,  flanking  this  gateway,  are  very  massive,  one — 
on  the  west  side — stands  to  the  height  of  7ft.  Gins.  The  portion  of  the 
great  barrier  to  the  west  of  this  gateway  is  about  9  feet  high,  consisting 
of  fifteen  courses,  the  three  lowest  forming  an  offset.  The  west  side 
of  the  south  gateway  has  been  destroyed,  but  the  east  side  of  it  remains. 
Objects  of  interest  found  include  a  small  unfinished  altar,  two  mill- 
stones, five  coins  (Faustina  the  Elder,  Gallienus,  Maximian  (2),  and 
Constantino  II.)  pieces  of  scale  armour,  two  incised  gems  from  rings, 
two  fibulae,  pieces  of  window  glass  and  pottery,  including  Samian 
ware,  etc. 

Members  then  proceeded  to  the  vicarage  garden,  through  which  a 
fine  stretch  of  the  Wall  runs  diagonally  which,  with  the  Vallum,  was 
explained  by  Mr.  Bird,  the  vicar  of  Gilsland,  who  also  showed  some 
stones  in  situ,  on  the  site  of  the  Vallum,  which  appear  to  have 
formed  a  hearth,  and  are  probably  post-Roman.*  An  old  bell,  and 
the  pewter  plate,  the  latter  of  the  Commonwealth  period,  both  from 
Over  Denton  church,  were  also  exhibited  by  him. 

Upon  the  motion  of  Mr.  S.  S.  Carr,  a  member  of  the  council  of  the 
society,  a  vote  of  thanks  was  accorded  to  Mr.  Simpson  for  describing 
the  excavations  ;  and  to  Mr.  Bird,  who  had  described  the  works  at 
the  vicarage. 


It  may  not  be  amiss  to  record  here  the  recent  demolition  of  about  fif- 
teen yards  of  the  murus,  which  was  standing  several  courses  high,  though 
covered  up  with  fallen  material.  This  fragment  was  in  a  field  on  the 
north  side  of  the  road  near  the  vicarage,  and  was  a  continuation  of  the 
fine  piece  running  diagonally  through  the  vicarage  garden.  A  cottage 
has  been  built  on  the  piece  of  land,  which  belonged  to  the  earl  of  Carlisle, 
in  the  sharp  angle  formed  by  the  road  and  the  Wall,  and  though  it  is 
understood  a  special  condition  was  attached  that  the  great  barrier 
should  not  be  interfered  with,  these  remains  have  been  entirely  removed 
by  the  builder  of  the  house,  and  thus  he  gets  an  additional  strip  of 
land  about  three  feet  wide  the  whole  length  of  his  yard,  and  more  room 
for  his  out-offices  !  A  shorter  piece  of  about  4  or  5  courses  of  the  Wall 
still  in  situ  is  in  danger  of  falling  as  it  is  somewhat  undermined.  As 
Lord  Carlisle  has  taken  all  possible  care  to  insure  the  preservation  of 
objects  of  antiquity  on  his  estate,  he  will  doubtless  be  greatly  perturbed 
by  this  unnecessary  destruction. 


MISCELLANEA. 

The  following  is  from  James  Tregaskis's  autograph  catalogue : — 

96.  FEN  WICK  FAMILY.  Autograph  Letters  of  various  members  of  the 
family  of  Sir  William  Fenwick  of  Meldon  in  Northumberland,  with  other  papers, 
including  a  legal  document  signed  by  Elizabeth  (his  widow),  Dorothy  (his 
daughter),  and  others  relating  to  the  disposal  of  his  estate.  In  all.  10  pp.,  folio. 
£2  10  0  Feb.  17.  1652-May  2,  1655 

%*  One  of  Mistress  Dorothy's  letters  is  very  interesting  ;  she  married  Edward 
Moore,  son  and  heir  to  John  Moore  of  Bank  Hall. 

*  See  Cumberland  and  Westmorland  Transactions,  xin,  468. 


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OF    THE 


SOCIETY    OF   ANTIQUARIES 


OF    NEWCASTI.E-UPON-TYNE. 


3   SEB.,    VOL.    IV.  1909.  NO.    15 


The  ordinary  monthly  meeting  of  the  society  was  held  in  the  library 
of  the  Castle,  Newcastle,  on  Wednesday,  the  twenty-eighth  day  of 
October,  1909,  at  seven  o'clock  in  the  evening,  Mr.  F.  W.  Dendy, 
one  of  the  vice-presidents,  being  in  the  chair, 

Several  ACCOUNTS,  recommended  by  the  council  for  payment,  were 
ordered  to  be  paid. 

The  following  ORDINARY  MEMBERS  were  proposed  and  declared  duly 
elected  : — 

1.  James  Cross,  8  Neville  Street,  Newcastle. 

2.  W.  H.  Hadow,  principal  of  Armstrong  College,  Newcastle. 

3.  Jonathan  Edward  Hodgkin,  Abbey  Road,  Darlington. 

The  following  NEW  BOOKS,  etc.,  were  placed  on  the  table  : — 

Presents,  for  which  thanks  were  voted  : — 

From  Mr.  L.  Johnstone  : — Orkney  and  Shetland  Miscellany,  i,  index 

and  title  page. 
From  Mr.  J.  W.  Fawcett  : — '  The  Church  of  St.  John  the  Baptist, 

Newcastle-upon-Tyne,  Descriptive  and  Historical '  (reprinted  from 

the   Newcastle  Diocesan  Gazette). 
From  the  Classical  Association  of  England  and  Wales,  Manchester 

Branch  : — Second    Annual   Report. 
From  Messrs.  Sherrat  and  Hughes,  the  publishers  (sent  to  the  editor 

for  review)  : — The  Roman  Fort  at  Manchester,  reports  of  discoveries, 

etc.,  with  numerous  plates  and  illustrations.  8vo.  cl. 

Exchanges  : — 

From  the  Cambridge   Antiquarian  Society  : — Proceedings,   nos.    53 

and  54. 
From    the    Royal    Archaeological    Institute  : — The    Archaeological 

Journal,  nos.  262  &  263. 
From  the  Nassau  Society  : — (1)   Annalen  des  Vereins,  xxxvm,  and 

(2)  Proceedings,  nos.  1  to  4. 
From    the    Smithsonian   Institute,    Washington,    U.S.A.: — Annual 

Report  for  1908. 

From  the  Bureau  of  American  Ethnology  :  PubL,  nos.  41  and  42. 
From  the  Surrey  Archaeological  Society  : — Transactions,  xxn. 


[Proc.  3  Ser.  iv,  18 


Us 

Purchases: — The  Oxford  English  Dictionary,  vn  (Prem — Pyx);  [Rood- 
screens  and  Roodlofts,  by  F.  Bligh  Bond  and  Dom.  Bede  Camm  ; 
The  Reliquary,  xv,  4  ;  Jahrbuch  of  the  Imperial  German  Archaeo- 
logical Institute,  xxiv,  ii,  and  Mittheilungen,  xxm,  iv  ;  The  Scottish 
Historical  Review,  vn,  i  ;  The  Registers  of  St.  Mary,  Leicester 
(Parish  Beg.  Soc.)  ;  and  Notes  and  Queries,  nos.  301-304. 

THE    LIBBAEY. 

The   treasurer   (Mr.   R.    S.    Nisbet)   announced  that  since   the   last 
meeting  the  following  subscriptions  had  been  promised  : — 


£   s.  d. 

Viscount  Ridley  15    0    0 

Thomas  Hodgkin 500 

H.  T.  Rutherford....  220 


£   s.  d. 

W.'S.  Coider 1    1    0 

J.  A.  Dotchin  0  10    6 

W.  Wyatt  050 


DONATIONS    TO    THE    MUSEUM. 

From  Mr.  R.  Welford,  V.P.  :— One  of  the  Newcastle  and  Carlisle 
railway  tickets,  printed  on  yellow  paper  of  ordinary  thickness, 
for  issue  after  the  extension  of  the  railway  from  Carlisle  to 
Warden,  in  1836.  A  reproduction  of  the  ticket  is  here  given: 

*Akfr£tfr&J^&^^  &$*^  &&&&&I&  ^ 
I  NEWCASTLE  AND  CARLISLE-RAILWAY.  | 
I  No. o'Clock, 1836, 

From  Carlisle  to  Warden. 

1st  Class— Paid  6s.  3d.   | 


This  Ticket  will  be  required  on  your  Arrival  at  your  DestinaMon.  « 
NOTICE.—  No  Fees  allowed  to  be  taken  by  any   Guard,  Porter, 
or  other  Servant  of  the  Company. 


The  first  part  of  the  line,  17  miles,  from  Blaydon  to  Hexham, 
was  completed  and  opened  on  9  March,  1835,  the  railway  having 
been  begun  in  1830.  On  28  June,  1836,  an  addition  of  7|  miles 
was  made,  making  direct  communication  to  Haydon  Bridge  ;  on 
19  July,  in  the  same  year,  20  miles  of  the  west  or  Carlisle  end 
of  the  line  from  Carlisle  to  Greenhead  was  formally  opened  ;  the 
4  miles  from  Redheugh  were  next  completed  and  opened  on 
1  March,  1837.  When  the  remaining  12  miles  were  finished  and 
the  whole  line  completed,  the  grand  opening  of  the  entire  railway 
from  Newcastle  to  Carlisle  took  place  on  18  June,  1838  —  the  anni- 
versary of  the  battle  of  Waterloo. 

From  Mr.  R.  Oliver  Heslop,  V.P.,  and  one  of  the  secretaries:  —  A 

similar  ticket,  but  with  the  booking  reference  shewing  that  it  had 

been  used,  which  Mr.  Welford's  lacks. 

'In  connexion  with  these  donations,  Mr.  R.  C.  Clephan,  V.P.,  exhibited 

a  volume  of  pamphlets,  etc.,  in  which  were  several  old  time   tables 

of  about  the  period   of  the  tickets,  from  which  the   chairman  read 

extracts. 

From  Mr.  John  S.  Robson  :  —  A  fine  inlaid  chest,  3ft.  long  by  1ft.  Sin. 
high  and  wide,  which  Mr.  Robson  said  was  '  bought  in  a  very  bad 
condition  at  a  sale  at  Easington  manor,  co.  Durham,  recently  ;  after 


Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Newc.,  3  ser.  iv. 


To  face  page  118 


OLD   INSCRIBED    CHEST    IN   DARLINGTON   WORKHOUSE     (length  5  ft.  3  ins.) 
(See  page  176) 


OLD   CHEST    (length  3  feet) 
Presented  by  Mr.  J.  Stephenson  Robson  to  the  Society. 

From  a  photograph  by  Mr.  Parker  Brewi?,- 


Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Neivc.,  3  ser.  in. 


To  face  page  119. 


FRAGMENT   OF   NORMAN   STRING-COURSE,    ST.    JOHN'S    CHURCH,    NEWCASTLE. 

(See  opposite  page) 
From  a  photograph  by  Mr.  E.  H.  Whitf. 


I 


GREAT    SKAL    OF    THOMAS    HATFIKLD,    BISHOP    OF    DURHAM. 

(See  rage  1'2;1) 
From  a  photograph  by  Mr.  ('.  H.  Blmr. 


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repair  its  beauty  was  revealed.  It  was  presumably  of  Italian 
workmanship,  and  probably  dated  from  the  end  of  the  sixteenth 
or  beginning  of  the  seventeenth  century.' 

From  the  Joiners'  Company  of  Newcastle  (per  Mr.  John  S.  Robson) : — 
The  two  coats  of  arms,  one  of  Mrs.  Barbara  Farbridge,  the  other 
of  Mrs.  Margaret  Stephenson,  benefactors  to  the  company,  which 
formerly  hung  in  the  hall  of  the  guild,  and  which  the  company  had 
'  decided  to  hand  over  to  the  society,  to  be  held  by  them  in  safe 
keeping  either  in  the  Castle  or  Blackgate.'  Reproductions  of  the 
escutcheons  are  given  in  Mr.  Robson's  history  of  the  company,  in 
Arch.  AeL,  3  ser.  v.-pp.  LSI  and  183. 

From  Mr.  E.  H.  White  : — Two  photographs  of  a  fragment  of  Norman 
string-course  with  star  ornament,  lately  discovered  in  St.  John's 
church,  Newcastle,  while  making  alterations  for  the  organ.  It  is 
shewn  in  the  illustration  facing  this  page. 

Mr.  W  H.  Knowles,  in  exhibiting  the  photographs,  said  they  were  of 
a  portion  of  a  Norman  string-course,  enriched  with  star  ornament,  and 
belonging  to  the  first  half  of  the  twelfth  century.  The  fragment 
exists  at  the  south  east  angle  of  the  original  nave  of  St.  John's  church, 
Newcastle.  It  indicates  the  period  arid  the  extent — i.e.,  an  aisleless 
nave  and  chancel — of  the  first  church  erected  on  the  site,  and  is  with 
a  similar  fragment  on  the  north  side,  the  only  portions  now  remaining. 
The  development  of  the  church  by  the  addition  in  the  thirteenth 
century  of  the  western  tower,  and  in  the  fourteenth  century  of  the 
nave  aisles,  occasioned  the  destruction  of  the  string-course  on  three 
sides  of  the  nave,  whilst  the  erection  of  a  modern  organ  chamber  at 
the  junction  of  the  chancel  and  south  transept,  which  was  entirely 
occupied  by  the  organ,  has  hidden  from  view  the  fragment  shewn 
in  the  photographs.  It  is  now  visible  for  a  few  days  until  the  new 
organ  is  built,  which  is  to  supersede  the  old  one. 

Thanks  were  voted  by  acclamation  to  the  various  donors,  exhibitors, 
etc. 

EXHIBITED  : — 

By  Mr.  Maberly  Phillips,  F.S.  A.:— (1)   A  'hurdy-gurdy ;'    and  (2)   A 

group  of  wooden  figures  cut  by  French  prisoners. 
[Mr.  Phillips  read  the  following  notes  on  the  objects  exhibited: — 

THE    '  HURDY-GURDY.' 

The  instrument  now  exhibited  recently  came  into  my  possession. 
When  purchased  it  was  in  a  very  dilapidated  condition,  I  had  it  repaired, 
and  it  is  now  in  good  working  order.  It  bears  the  maker's  name  and 
address  '  Saunber,  Paris.'  He  is  noted  as  a  well-known  manufacturer 
of  these  instruments  about  1750.  Rather  more  than  half-a-century 
ago  I  well  remember  frequently  seeing  in  the  London  streets  Italian 
boys  carrying  the  '  hurdy  gurdy,'  the  owner  generally  having  a  guinea 
pig  in  his  breast  pocket,  or  white  mice  running  up  his  arm.  The 
'  hurdy  gurdy  '  had  great  advantages  as  a  street  instrument,  it  was 
light,  and  by  turning  a  handle  any  one  could  get  a  drone  sound  from 
it  sufficiently  objectionable  to  induce  the  listener  to  give  the  player  a 
halfpenny  to  move  on  to  the  next  street.  The  instrument  really  is 
fitted  with  keys,  and  in  the  hands  of  a  skilful  player  can  be  made  to 
produce  a  simple  tune.  These  instruments  have  now  become  so  rare, 
and  by  the  general  public  are  so  confused  with  the  early  barrel  organ 
that  I  venture  to  exhibit  my  example.  It  has  six  gut  strings,  all  of 
which  pass  over  the  drone  wheel  and  so  produce  a  sound  resembling 
the  drone  of  the  bag-pipes,  each  string  is  fitted  to  a  screw  and  can  be 
attuned,  as  in  the  violin.  The  two  centre  strings  pass  up  a  box ;  pro- 


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trading  through  the  side  of  this  is  a  row  of  stoppers  which  can  be 
pressed  by  the  player  against  the  strings,  and  thus  gives  the  various  notes 
of  the  octave.  Just  below  the  box  are  six  fine  wires  with  which  the 
player  could  produce  a  twang.  Some  hurdy  gurdy  cases  were  finished 
most  ornately,  being  beautifully  inlaid  with  mother-of-pearl  and  fancy 
woods.  Several  examples  may  be  seen  in  the  South  Kensington 
museum,  which  have  cost  from  61.  to  1 20Z.  On  a  recent  visit  the  curator 
most  courteously  allowed  me  a  close  inspection,  but  did  not  offer  to 
give  me  a  tune.  One  great  interest  attached  to  the  hurdy-gurdy  is 
that  to  it  we  owe  the  pianoforte  of  modern  days — more  difficult  to 
realize  than  that  men  came  from  monkeys. 

The  Encyclopedia  Brittanica,  under  the  head  of  pianoforte,  says  : — 
'  About  this  time  (10th  century)  arose  a  large  instrument  the  '  Organis- 
trum,'  the  parent  of  the  now  vulgar  hurdy-gurdy.  As  the  organ  needed 
a  blower  as  well  as  an  organist,  so  the  player  of  the  organistrum  re- 
quired a  handle  turned  by  whose  aid  the  three  strings  of  the  instrument 
were  made  to  sound  simultaneously  upon  a  wheel  .  .  .  one  string  was 
manipulated  by  means  of  a  row  of  stoppers  or  tangent  pressed  inwards 
to  produce  the  notes.  The  other  strings  were  drones  analogous  to  the 
drones  of  the  bag-pipes.'  From  a  lecture  given  at  the  Music  Loan 
Exhibition  held  at  the  Fishmongers  hall  in  June,  1904,  under  '  Evolu- 
tion of  the  pianoforte,'  the  writer  speaks  of  '  Viefte  or  Hurdy-Gurdy. ' 
An  illustration  is  given  of  two  monks  playing  a  duet  taken  from  an 
old  manuscript.  Sometimes  one  person  held  the  instrument  and  turned 
the  wheel  while  another  played. 

THE    WOODEN    FIGURES. 

On  April  28,  1897,  I  had  the  honour  of  reading  before  this  society  a 
paper  on  '  The  Escape  of  Two  Frencn  Prisoners  of  War  from  Jedburgh 
in  1813  '  (  Archaeologia  Aeliana,  2  ser.  xix,  p.  160).  The  war  prisoners 
had  made  their  way  over  the  Carter  fell  to  Newcastle,  where  they  were 
harboured  for  some  days  by  sundry  persons,  until  a  ship  could  be 
procured  at  Shields  to  convey  them  to  France.  Subsequently  the  men 
who  befriended  them  were  indicted  for  the  offence  of  harbouring 
prisoners  of  war  against  which  the  laws  were  very  severe.  They  were 
defended  by  James  Scarlett,  a  noted  barrister  of  his  day.  The  brief  held 
by  Mr.  Scarlett  was  lent  to  me  by  a  friend,  and  formed  the  foundation 
upon  which  my  paper  was  built.  Since  that  time  I  have  been  much 
interested  in  the  history  of  the  French  prisoners  in  England.  In  the 
September  issue  of  1908  of  the  Connoisseur  will  be  found  a  most  inter- 
esting article  upon  straw  marquetry,  with  some  very  beautiful  illustra- 
tions from  specimens  in  the  hands  of  various  collectors.  It  is  there 
shown  that  the  art  of  working  in  straw  was  introduced  into  this  country 
by  the  French  prisoners.  I  have  ventured  to  add  a  few  further  remarks 
upon  straw  work  which  will  appear  in  the  Connoisseur  at  some  subse- 
quent date.  Under  the  guidance  of  Mr.  Dack,  honorary  curator,  I 
recently  visited  the  Peterborough  museum  and  saw  some  marvellous 
examples  of  straw  and  bone  work  executed  by  prisoners  when  confined 
at  Norman  Cross,  near  Peterborough,  one  of  the  largest  prisons  in  the 
country.  The  officials  of  the  museum  are  to  be  highly  congratulated 
upon  the  way  in  which  they  have  secured  such  a  valuable  collection. 
So  great  at  one  time  was  the  number  of  prisoners  that  special  prisons 
were  built  for  their  accommodation.  Our  present  convict  prison  at 
Dartmoor  originated  in  this  way.  In  180G  the  ships  at  Plymouth  were 
so  overcrowded  with  prisoners  that  many  of  them  were  marched  to 
Dartmoor,  seventeen  miles  away.  During  later  years  (1814-15)  many 
American  prisoners  were  confined  there  also.  The  American  Prisoner, 
by  Eden  Phepots,  gives  a  capital  account  of  prison  life  at  this  period. 


Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Neiuc.,  3  ser.  iv. 


To  face  page  120 


WOODEN    FIGURES. 
Carved  by  French  Prisoners  in  Dartmoor  Prison. 


A    '  HUBDY-GUBDY  ' 

with  the  box  open  and  bridge  off  to  show  drone  wheel. 
(See  page  119) 


121 

At  one  time  about  8000  prisoners  were  in  confinement  there,  and  after 
peace  was  declared,  were  most  difficult  to  control.  On  6  April,  1815, 
seven  prisoners  were  shot  for  insurrection.  Doubtless  the  Frenchmen 
at  Dartmoor  were  as  clever  at  fancy  work  as  their  compatriots  in 
other  prisons,  but  Dartmoor  being  then  such  a  descdate  place  it  is 
possible  that  only  a  very  poor  market  could  be  found  for  their  work, 
at  any  rate  very  few  examples  can  now  be  found  in  the  district.  I 
recently  made  many  enquiries  at  the  museums  and  of  the  curiosity 
dealers  in  the  vicinity  ;  at  last  I  was  fortunate  in  discovering  the  piece 
here  exhibited  in  the  hands  of  a  dealer  at  Torquay.  He  procured  it  from 
an  old  family  not  far  from  Exeter  ;  it  had  been  in  their  possession  many 
years,  but  reduced  circumstances  induced  them  to  part  with  it.  It 
evidently  represents  a  court  of  justice.  There  are  nine  figures  in  all. 
Two  officials  and  their  clerk  are  seated  at  a  long  table,  they  are  faced 
by  three  prisoners  (two  men  and  a  woman)  who  are  guarded  by  a  prison 
warder  and  two  gendarmes.  A  string  is  fastened  to  the  arm  of  seven 
of  the  figures  and  passes  down  the  leg  under  the  platform  on  which 
they  stand.  On  pulling  the  string  the  prisoners  and  warder  salute. 
One  official  and  his  clerk  raise  the  pens  they  have  in  their  hands,  the 
other  official  regales  himself  with  a  pinch  of  snuff.  All  the  faces  and 
costumes  are  admirably  cut.  I  am  informed  that  the  curious  hat  and 
long  white  bands  of  the  officials  are  exactly  the  same  as  those  worn  by 
the  French  avocat  at  the  present  time.'J 

Thanks  were  voted  by  acclamation  to  Mr.  Phillips  for  his  exhibits 
and  notes. 


MISCELLANEA. 

Local  extracts  from  'A  Journey  to  Edenborough  in  Scotland'  (con- 
tinued from  p.  110): — 

We  went  over  the  spatious  and  fair  bridge,  built  cross  the  Tine,  and 
took  up  our  Lodgings  at  Mr.  Canady's  [Kennedy  '  at  the  Black  Bull 
and  Crown  at  the  Foot  of  the  Side']  at  the  sign  of  the  Bull  .  .  .  The 
Entrance  of  the  Town  is  something  fateiguing  by  reason  of  it's  steep 
ascent.  There  were  great  rejoicings  .  .  .  upon  account  of  the  Thanks- 
giving day,  so  that  we  saw  it  in  its  greatest  splendour.  At  our  first 
arrivall.  There  was  a  very  large  Bonefire,  over  against  the  Town-hall, 
and  the  Major  and  Aldermen,  having  been  feasting  there,  were  returning 
home  as  we  came  to  Town,  and  walk't  with  as  great  pomp,  and  state, 
as  ours  at  London,  with  the  Mace,  and  sword,  and  Cap  of  maintenance, 
born  before  them  ;  On  the  top  of  the  hill,  where  the  Town  is  built, 
stands  an  Old  Castle,  near  the  Sessions  house  for  the  County,  now  turn'd 
into  a  Goale  .  .  .  From  thence  we  went  to  see  the  several  Churches, 
Five  in  Number  of  which  St.  Nicholas  is  the  cheif  .  .  .  The  only  monu- 
ment remarkable,  is  that  of  Mr.  Weldon  [then  follows  a  story  of  their 
being  attacked  by  a  highwayman  whom  he  pitched  over  a  hedge].  We 
took  the  more  particular  notice  of  this  Monument,  because  the  Arms  en- 
graven on  it  were  exactly  the  same  with  those  of  our  friend  Mr.  Weldon 
of  Swanscomb  in  Kent.  .  .  .  We  were  told,  the  Revenue  of  the  Town, 
which  arises  cheifly  out  of  Coales  and  Ballast,  amounts  to  near  1 OOOOZ.  per 
ann.  which  makes  it  the  most  flourishing  Town  in  the  North  of  England  ; 
They  have  a  very  advantageous  proverb  amongst  them,  which  is,  that 
they  pay  nothing  for  the  Way,  the  Word,  nor  the  water,  for  the  Ministers 
are  maintain'd,  the  streets  pav'd,  and  the  Conduits  kept  up,  at  the 
publick  charge  of  the  Town.  ,  .  ,  , 


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We  had  a  recomendation  and  Bill  upon  Mr.  Crambleton  a  Merchant, 
who  not  onely  paid  us,  but  was  extremely  obliging  upon  all  accounts ; 
he  recommended  us  to  a  Gentlemen  of  the  Custom  house,  who  engaged 
us  to  go  to  Tinmouth,  where  we  saw  the  ruins  of  an  old  Abby,  and 
Castle  ;  The  Garrison  consisted  most  of  Invalids  of  Chelsey  Colledge, 
and  tho'  it  stands  on  a  Rock,  we  found  nothing  curious  but  a  platform 
towards  the  Mouth  of  the  Tine,  lately  built,  we  saw  also  the  Remains 
of  a  Wreck,  cast  away  in  the  late  Storm,  at  Tinmouth  Barr,  the  danger- 
ous entrance  of  the  River  Tine,  which  being  full  of  Coals,  we  were  told 
it  would  cost  the  Town  of  Newcastle  500Z.  to  remove  it,  for  they  were 
oblig'd  to  scour  the  Harbour  at  their  own  charge  ;  We  came  back  by 
Shields,  a  small  port,  where  we  staid  to  drink  a  Bowie  of  punch  and 
see  the  Salt  works  ;  We  inquir'd  into  the  nature  of  making  it  out  of 
Sea  water,  and  were  inform'd  they  doe  it  by  boyling  it  in  leaden  pans, 
wherein  the  water  evaporating,  the  salt  remains  behind,  and  they 
make  use  of  Oxe's  blood  to  clarify  the  brine,  by  raising  the  Scum, 
which  they  take  off :  The  people  that  work  in  the  Salt  works  are  very 
bruitish,  and  seem  to  have  no  Notion  of  Religion,  or  decency,  they 
trouble  not  the  Ministers  to  join  them  together,  but  the  women  are 
got  with  child  behind  the  furnaces,  and  there  they  also  lye  in ;  When 
we  went  into  these  works  we  were  oblig'd  to  keep  our  heads  under  the 
pans,  or  else  the  Steam  which  comes  from  them  would  have  stifled  us, 
tho'  the  smell  is  very  sweet  :  It  was  late  before  we  return'd,  but  we 
had  the  pleasure  to  see  the  fires  by  the  Cole  pits,  which  are  everywhere 
round  Newcastle,  burning  all  night,  to  make  Cinders.  Having  a 
particular  recomendation  to  Mr.  Green,  who  lives  in  Bigmarket,  we 
waited  on  him  ;  ...  he  engaged  us  to  go  to  Mr.  Bewick's  at  Close- 
house,  •  .  .  to  dine  there,  we  were  entertain'd  very  genteely,  and 
danc'd  with  the  Ladyes  after  Dinner  :  Here  we  first  learn'd  the  North- 
umberland Volunteers  to  the  Tune  of  Sike  a  Wife  as  Willy  had,  which 
we  afterwards  practic'd  very  frequently  :  Mrs.  Bewick  the  Young  Lady, 
sung  and  plai'd  a  thorough  Bass  upon  the  Spinet  very  well,  and  with 
these  diversions,  and  Country  Dances,  we  spent  the  day  very  merrily. 
In  the  Evening  [28  August]  we  return'd  to  Newcastle  with  Mr.  Green, 
who  to  add  to  our  pleasure  in  this  place,  made  another  Entertainment 
at  his  own  house,  and  there  invok'd  all  the  pretty  Goddesses  of  the 
Town  of  whom  the  most  beautifull  were  Mrs.  White,  who  deserv'd  the 
tytle  of  the  fair  Enamoretta,  her  Sister  the  sweet  Violetta,  and  Mrs. 
Writle,  that  of  the  charming  Astrsea 

We  arrived  at  Alnwick  ....  as  soon  as  we  were  out  of  Alnwick 
we  saw  the  Old  Castle,  which  is  very  ruinous,  and  could  never  be  strong, 
because  comanded  by  neighb'ring  hills,  from  thence  we  continu'd  our 
Journy,  thro'  Belford,  to  Berwick,  and  on  our  road  saw  those  famous 
mountains  call'd  Chiviot  hills,  on  the  borders  of  England  and  Scotland, 
upon  which  there  is  Snow  in  the  midst  of  Summer  :  .  .  .  Berwick 
is  of  the  Scotch  side  of  the  Mouth  of  the  River  Tweede,  over  which 
there  is  a  fair  bridge  of  19  arches  :  Near  the  foot  of  the  bridge,  on  the 
English  side,  is  a  stone  which  Travellers  take  particular  notice  of, 
for  when  the  water  overflows  it,  there  is  noe  passage  to  Holy  Island, 
but  when  it's  under  they  may  safely  goe  over.  .  .  .  The  fortifications 
of  Berwick  are  now  but  of  small  strength,  being  encompas't  only  with 
a  weak  wall.  It  has  5  bastions  towards  Scotland  and  the  Sea  ;  .on  every 
one  of  which  there  stands  a  Centinell,  when  we  first  entred  the  Town, 
the  Guard  at  the  further  end  of  the  bridge  stop't  us  because  we  had 
fire  arms  .  .  .  We  din'd  on  Salmon,  which  is  here  very  cheap,  and 
may  well  be  so,  if  the  story  be  true,  they  told  us,  that  they  caught  this 
year  17  score  at  one  Haule,  but  the  Cook  drest  them  so  intollerably, 


123 

that  it  put  us  in  mind  of  the  old  proverb  :  That  God  sends  meat,  but 
the  Devill  sends  Cooks.  We  inquir'd  what  observations  Mr.  Ayres 
had  made  there,  in  his  Survey,  by  her  Ma'ties  ordinance  and  were 
inform'd,  that  he  proposes  to  let  in  the  Sea  all  round  the  Town,  and 
leavell  an  adjacent  Hill,  to  make  the  place  defensible  if  there  should 
be  occasion. 


The  following  local  extracts  are  from  the  Portland  Papers  (Hist. 
MSS.  Com.  Report,  xv.  app.  iv,)  continued  from  p.  102: — 

John  Bell  to  Robert  Harley. 

1706-7,  January  4,  Newcastle[upon-Tyne]. — Enclosed  is  a  letter  just 
now  received  from  Mr.  D.[e]F[oe],  he  tells  me  the  affairs  in  the  place 
are  in  a  fair  way  to  have  another  turn  than  what  we  had  an  account 
of  last  post.  I  perceive  his  stay  in  that  place  may  be  longer  than  he 
expected,  so  consequently  he  will  have  occasion  for  more  money,  and 
so  will  Mr.  D.  F[earnes]  by  what  I  perceive.  I  therefore  beg  the 
favour  of  you  to  give  me  your  commands  and  they  shall  be  obeyed 
having  so  much  credit  at  Edinburgh  as  will  supply  theire  occasion, 
there.  For  your  satisfaction  I  have  sent  you  a  note  of  what  I  have 
paid.  Mr.  D  [e]  F  [oe]  has  had  SQL  8s.  and  a  horse  14Z.  The  last  ten 
pounds  was  but  lately  paid  him  and  perhaps  he  has  not  taken  notice 
of  it  to  you.  Mr.  D.  FfearnesT  has  had  151.  according  to  the  enclosed 
note.  In  all  118L  8s.  Qd.,  which  if  you  please  to  order  to  be  paid  into  the 
salt  office  or  post  office  they  will  me  credit  on  my  account  for  the  same. 
Mrs.  Shaftoe  has  had  a  letter  from  her  daughter  that  she  is  got  safe 
to  London  with  an  old  woman,  but  what  she  has  writ  they  conceal 
from  me  and  are  much  of  the  opinion  with  the  lady  that  the  Govern- 
ment has  sent  for  her.  I  humbly  beg  your  pardon  for  trubling  you 
with  what  these  trifling  women  imagine.  I  wish  you  a  good  New  Year. 

Newcastle,    1706. 
The  Right  Honourable  [Robert]  H  [arley]  is  Dr  to  J.  B. 

October  2,  paid  Mr.  D[e]  F[oe] £40  17     6 

November,  paid  ditto  in  Edinburgh    52   10     6 

December,  paid  do.  in  Edinburgh 10     0     0 


103     8     0 

October  11,  paid  Mr.  F[earnes] 5     0     0 

November,  paid  ditto  in  Edinburgh    10     0     0 


£118     8     0 
[Page  377   to   378.] 

I  desire  you  will  send  me  an  account  of  what  money  you  have  received 
from  Mr.  Bell,  and  the  times  when,  he  being  now  in  town  I  am  clearing 
with  him,  and  L[ord]  Treasurer]  says  it  is  not  fit  you  should  be  longer 
at  my  charge,  which  I  hope,  is  for  your  good.  Copy  endorsed  by 
Harley—'  Enclosed  to  Mr.  Bell.'  [Page  419.] 

Richard  Long  to  Robert  Harley. 

1707,  June  24,  Stockton. — I  left  Edinburgh  on  Friday  last  and 
thought  it  fit  to  acquaint  you  of  the  dissatisfaction  I  saw  in  Scotland 
about  the  Union,  not  knowing  whether  you  had  heard  of  it,  because 
the  Scots  gentlemen  that  are  for  it  do  apply  themselves  to  you,  and 
not  the  dissatisfied  party.  In  Edinburgh  and  to  Northward  especially 
they  cry  so  bitterly  against  the  Union,  cursing  those  great  men  of 
theirs  that  gave  consent  to  it,  frequently  talking  about  him  whom  we 
believe  to  be  the  pretended  Prince  of  Wales  as  the  true  heir,  and  desiring 


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the  bad  success  of  the  Duke  of  Maryborough.  They  do  not  this  in 
private,  but  in  taverns  and  along  the  road  when  they  meet  anyone. 
The  people  that  live  in  the  south  part  and  who  use  English  markets 
are  more  moderate,  yet  one  may  see  fifty  men  before  one  that  is  for 
the  Union  in  south  or  north.  [Page  423.] 

John  Bell  to  Robert  Harley. 

1707,  December  2,  Newcastle  [upon-Tyne]. — In  my  last  ^acquainted 

you  that  I  had  given  orders  to  pay  Mr.  D.  Foe  a  hundred  pounds, 

which  my  friend  gives  an  account  is  paid.     I  also  desired  you  to  pay 

the  value  into  the  salt  office,  which  I  hope  is  done  ere  this.     [Page  464.  j 

Sir  H.  Belasyse  to  [Robert  Harley]. 

1710,  August  20,  Brancepeth  Castle,  nigh  Durham. — I  humbly  beg 
leave  to  acquaint  you  wth  the  great  joy  the  county  received  the  news 
of  your  being  at  the  head  of  the  new  Ministry  and  that  they  will  pay 
their  taxes  very  cheerfully,  since  they  now  think  their  church  out  of 
danger.  I  hope  our  four  representatives  for  the  next  election  will  be 
of  one  mind,  Sir  Robert  Eden  and  old  Mr.  Lambton  will  be  for  the 
county,  Tom  Conyers  and  I  have  joined  for  the  city  in  order  to  throw- 
out  Nicholson,  that  so  we  may  have  four  members  of  one  mind.  The 
Duke  of  Newcastle  has  proffered  Lord  Barnard  a  thousand  pounds  to 
defray  his  son's  election  if  he  would  set  him  up  again  for  his  county, 
but  Lord  Barnard  declines  it.  I  have  an  humble  request  to  you  if  you 
think  it  proper  to  move  her  Majesty,  that  I  may  have  a  commission  as 
Lieutenant  General  to  take  rank  from  the  date  of  my  old  commission  ; 
this  would  give  me  a  further  credit  in  my  country,  and  to  do  me  a 
further  great  service  at  my  next  election.  Her  Majesty  may  employ 
me  or  not  as  she  sees  occasion.  1  shall  say  nothing  for  my  having 
been  laid  aside  because  you  are  no  stranger  to  that  affair,  and  I  must 
ever  own  myself  obliged  to  you  at  that  time  as  well  as  many  others. 
I  shall  add  no  more  because  I  know  your  minutes  are  precious.  [Page 
570.] 

There  have  recently  been  found  in  the  Herd  Sands  at  South  Shields 
these  three  coins  : — 

1.  Den.  Nero. 

obv.  laureated  head  to  right  NERO  CAESAR  AVGVSTVS. 

rev.  Jupiter  seated  to  left,  holding  a  sceptre  and  a  thunderbolt. 

IVPPITER     CVSTOS. 

2.  Den.    Trajan. 

obv.  laureated  head  to  right  .  .  .  TRAIANO  GER.  DAC.  .  .  . 

rev.  figure  to  left  with  scales  and  cornucopia,     cos  v  PP  SPQR 

OPT    .... 

3.  Penny,   Henry   in. 

obv.  HENRICVS  ....     head  in  centre  very  much  defaced. 
rev.  long  cross,       .  .  .  vo  [  ON  G  |  LOV  |    .  .  .     | 


TURKISH    PASS    (p.     34). 

On  7  March,  1837,  Mr.  Robert  Pearson  presented  to  the  society  a 
pass  in  Turkish  for  the  *  Emma,'  of  Newcastle,  on  her  voyage  to  Con- 
stantinople.—  Arch.  Ael.  1  ser.  in.  List  of  Donations,  etc.,  p.  5. 


CORRECTIONS  : 

The  altar  slab  in  the  south  transept  of  Brinklmrn  priory  church,  referred  to  on 
p  110  is  5  feet  4  inches  long  by  3  feet  1  inch  broad,  and  6i  inches  thick  ;  there  is  a 
two  inch  bevel  all  round.  For  '  church'  on  p.  Ill  (line  25),  read  '  chancel. 


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PROCEEDINGS 


SOCIETY    OF    ANTIQUARIES 


OF    NEWCASTLE-OPON-TYJsE. 


3  SER.,  VOL.    IV.  1909.  NO.    16 

The  ordinary  monthly  meeting  of  the  Society  was  held  in  the  library 
of  the  Castle,  Newcastle,  on  Wednesday,  the  twenty-fourth  day  of 
November,  1909,  at  seven  o'clock  in  the  evening,  Mr.  J.  Pattison 
Gibson,  a  vice-president,  being  in  the  chair. 

Several  ACCOUNTS,  recommended  by  the  Council  for  payment,  were 
ordered  to  be  paid. 

NEW    BOOKS,    MANUSCEIPTS,    ETC. 

The  following  were  placed  on  the  table  : — 
Presents,  for  which  thanks  were  voted  : — 

From  Mr.  A.  J.  Rudd  of  Middleton  Low  Hall  and  Stockton   (per 
R.  Blair)  : — Grant  of  11  Oct.  1365,  by  Thomas  (de  Hatfield),  bishop 
of  Durham,  to  the  master  and  brethren  of  the  hospital  of  St.  Giles  of 
Kepier,  of  free  warren  in  their  demesne  lands  of  Kepier. 
The  following  is  a  transcript  made  by  Mr.  William  Brown,  F.S.A.  : 

Thomas,  Dei  Gracia  episcopus  Dunelmensis,  abbatibus,  prioribus, 
comitibus,  baronibus,  justiciariis,  escaetoribus,  vicecomitibus,  pre- 
positis,  ministris,  et  omnibus  ballivis  et  fidelibus  suis  Libertatis 
Dunelmensis,  ad  quos  presentes  littere  pervenerint,  salutem.  ^Sciatis 
nos  de  gracia  nostra  speciali  concessisse  et  hac  present!  carta  nostra 
confirmasse  dilectis  nobis  in  Christo  Magistro  et  Fratribus  hospitalis 
Sancti  Egidii  de  Kypier,  quod  ipsi  et  successores  sui  imperpetuum 
habeant  liberam  warennam  in  omnibus  dominicis  terris  suis  de  Kypier 
in  comitatu  Dunelmensi,  dum  tamen  terre  ille  non  sint  infra  metas 
foreste  nostre,  ita  quod  nullus  intret  terras  illas  ad  fugandum  in  eis 
vel  ad  aliquid  capiendum  quod  ad  warennam  pertineat  sine  licencia 
ipsius  Magistri  et  successorum  suorum  super  forisfactura  nostra 
decem  librarum.  Quare  volumus  et  firmiter  precipimus  pro  nobis  et 
successoribus  nostris,  episcopis  Dunelmensibus,  quod  predicti  Magistri 
et  Fratres  et  successores  sui  habeant  liberam  warennam  in  omnibus 
dominicis  terris  suis  predictis,  dum  tamen  terre  ille  non  sint  infra 
metas  foreste  nostre  predicte,  ita  quod  nullus  intret  terras  illas  ad  fu- 
gandum in  eis  vel  ad  aliquid  capiendum  quod  ad  warennam  pertineat 
sine  licencia  ipsorum  Magistri  et  Fratrum  et  successorum  suorum  super 
forisfactura  nostra  decem  librarum,  sicut  predictum  est.  Hiis  testibus, 
Radulpho  de  Neville,  domino  de  Raby,  Willelmo  de  Wessyngton 
chivaler,  Roberto  de  Hilton  chivaler,  Willelmo  de  Dalden,  Alano  de 
Shittelyngton,  senescallo  terrarum  nostrarum,  Johanne  de  Kyngeston, 
cancellario  nostro  Dunelmensi,  et  aliis.  Dat.  per  manum  nostram 
apud  Dunelmum,  undecimo  die  Octobris,  anno  pontificatus  nostri 
vicesimo. 

[Proc.  3Ser.  IV,  19] 


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The  seal  is  of  red  wax,  somewhat  broken  and  rubbed.  On  the  ob- 
verse the  bishop  is  seated  with  a  staff,  having  a  fleur-de-lys  on  the  top, 
in  his  left  hand;  on  the  reverse  a  knight  is  riding  to  the  dexter,  his 
shield  bearing  a  chevron  between  three  lions. 

From  Dr.  G.  A.  Hulsebos  of  the  Hague,  honorary  member  : — Tran- 
script of  a  letter  found  a  short  time  ago  'in  one  of  the  classical 
archives  in  Friesland,'  of  William  Twiss,  minister  of  the  church  of 
Newborough  [?Newbury],  written  at  Westminster  to  the  ministers 
and  presbyters  of  the  'classes'  of  the  United  Provinces  (members 
of  the  Twiss  family  are  living  now  in  Utrecht).'  Dr.  Hulsebos 
made  the  copy  for  the  society,  '  supposing,  that,  as  a  historical 
document,  it  might  be  of  interest  for  members  occupied  in  historical 
studies.'  The  following  is  the  letter: — 

Admodurn  reverendis  et  in  Christo  dilectis  Fratrilms.  Ministris  et  singularium 
Classiuni  Unitarum  in  Belgio  Provinciarum  Presbyteris.  Salutem. 
Fratres  admodum  reverend!. 

Liceat  quaeso  mihi  non  tarn  meae  quam  aliorum  prudentiao  et  judicio  morem 
gerenti  fraternitatem  vestram  in  causa  nostr.itium  in  Hybernia  commorantium 
et  iniserabilem  in  modum  a  Pontih'ciis  oppressprum  compellare  et  coinmutiein 
vestram  opem  ad  miseris  succurrenduin  paratissimnm  imploraie. 
Neqne  enini  probabile  est,  latere  vos  posse  crudelitatem  et  insolentiam  ponti- 
iiciorum  Hybeinorum  in  Nost  rates  religionis  causa  ferocientimn  tanta  barbarie, 
quantani  Christianus  orbis  vix  unquam  expertus  est  truculentiorem,  non  tan  turn 
praedonum  instar  in  fortunas.  sed  meretricis  purpuratae  eanum  venaticonini 
instar  in  vitas  et  sanguinem  ipsoram  saevientium.  Quin  irao  verisimile  est 
tempestatern  istain  a  famulis  vinolentis  Antichrist!  asseclis  excitatain  inininie 
vim  suam  oinnem  in  Hyberniam  etf'usuram,  sed  siciibi  pmevaluerint  apud  nos 
(quod  absit)  inulto  latins  sese  ditt'usurani  et  universun  Kcclesiae  reforni:iiae 
ditionem  serius  aut  citius  peiculsnram  It.ique  tantaruin  iniserianini  nobis 
approxiinantiuni  consideratione  cuininotus  et  pioruin  quorundam  non  inlitnae 
soriis  hortatibus  et  consiliis  animatus,  adde  etiam  autoritate  cominilsus,  vestram 
prudentiam  et  fraternitatem  in  Christo  mihi  cum  aliis  conjunetissiniam  com- 
pellare  audeo  et  ad  conimunem  opem  t'erendam  et  incendiuin  longe  lateque  alias 
grassaturum  conimunibus  subsidiis  extin^ueudum  invitare.  Quanta  rabie 
saevitum  est  in  protestantium  famam,  in  bona  et  fortunas,  udde  etiam  in  san- 
guinem  innocentium  non  nobis  tan  turn  sed  et  orbi  Christiano  notissimtim  est : 
probis  et  honestis  testimoniis  eompertum  est.  centum  quinquaxtuta  quatuor 
inillia  protestantium  a  pontificiis  in  Hyberina  quatuor  mensium  spatio  trucidata 
esse.  Qnae  denium  barbaries  unquam  patravit  caedein  atrociorem  ?  Quanta 
calamitas  innocentium  non  justo  bello  sed  p. -rfidis  consiliis  et  barbat is  lanienis 
oppressorum  annon  protes'antium  omnium  praesertim  vicinorum  et  nobis  con- 
iunctissimorum  animos  percelleret  et  ad  compassionem  permoveret  et  ad 
auxilium  quam  fieri  potest  praesentissimum  ferendum  accenderet?  Nimirum 
non  tlesinunt  papiculae  extranei,  nostrorum  omnium  hostes  jurati,  oleum 
caniino  suii'undere  et  barbaram  istam  in  vitas  Protestantium  debacchandi  libidi- 
nem  non  praedicari  tan  turn  sed  et  promovere,  cuius  contemplatione  futurum 
speramus,  ut  eo  magis  aestuent  viscera  vestra,  nol>is  non  aliis  tantum  mutuae 
societatis  officiis  sed  et  reli^ione  coniunctissima.  l']t  advertite  quaeso  praesentem 
conditionem  fratrum  vos  compellantium  (juam  similem  vest.rae.  non  Epiacopali 
pompa  vel  fustu  turgentium,  sed  presbytertalem  non  populo  Christiano  papa 
liter  imperantem  sed  gregis  Christi  lucrandi  solummodo  studiosam  :  quamvis 
hue  tendant  pmnes  ponteh'ciorum  inter  r.os  degentium  et  universum  regnuin 
liodie  turbantiuin  artes,  ut  nos  ad  ununi  omnes  suis  consiliis,  suis  machinationi- 
bus,  suis  facinoribus  tunquani  totidem  vorticibus  abs  >rbeant  et  pessumdent. 
Nee  omninp  dubitamus,  quin  innati  et  consueta  humanitate  ut  alioruni  ita  et 
nostratum  in  Hiberma  sortem  afflictissimam  misereri  veiitis  et  sensti  einsdem 
tanqnam  vestrae  christianissime  comnioveri. 

Et  quis  hoininum.  quae  gentium  novit,  (juid  serus  vesper  vehat?  Potest  et  olim 
vestra  fieri  sic  dispensante  divina  provitlentia  quod  tamen  avertat  Ueus)  (mae 
nostra  sors  est  hodie. 

An  vero  unquam  nobis  excidet  aut  posteritati  nostrae,  quam  erga  nostrates 
exhibituri  eritis  misericordiam  ?  Quodsi  nos  tain  insignitor  dcgenerareinus  a 
communi  humanitate  Deus  miseric  >rs  et  iustus  tnm  vustram  beni^nitatem 
abunde  compensaret  turn  nostram  ingratitudinein.  Annon  sumus  Christo 
concorpores  ?  anium  in  nobis  omnibus  vegctus  est  spiritus  Cbri^ti  ?  bine  rst,  (|nod 
invicem  congaudeainus  unum  dominum  agnoscentes,  unam  h'dein  prolili-ntes. 
eandem  fere  sortem  in  mundo  subeuntes,  eandem  mercedem  in  caelisexpectanl.es. 
Mec  omnino  dubitamus,  quin  ubi  lugubri  et  nunquam  satis  miseranda  fratrum 


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nostrorum  calamitate  perpensa  et  immani  pontificioruin  in  religionis  reformatae 
ruinain  et  professorum  ems  (totis  virilmsliuc  effusia)  exitiuni  conjuratorum  furore 
considerate)  viscera  mUertcordiae  conunota  vol)is  fremueriiit,  vestra  ipsoruin 
prudcntia  suggestura  sit,  quanta  inaturatione  opus  fuerit  ad  auxilium  fiatnbtis 
desperata  eonditione  laboratltibus  offerendum  quam  fieri  potest  tenipestivuni. 
Valete  in  domino  et  deploratissimain  fratrum  conditioiiein  curate  et  quain  fieri 
potest  ocissime  iieccssitatihiis  ipsoruin  suhvenite. 

Scrtbebara  Westmonasterii  V  ester  con  f  rater  et  com  presbyter  eadem 

prop,;  Loiidinum.  religioHe  et  fide  vohis  coniunctisslmuu 

A°  Sal titis  reparatae  1643.  Guilielinus    Twissius,     Ecclesiae     Neu- 

buriensis  Pastor. 

Exchanges  : — 

From   the   Huguenot   Society  : — Publications,   xxi. 

From  the  Shropshire  Archaeological  and  Natural  History  Society  : — 

Transactions,  ix,  iii. 

From  the  Cambrian  Archaeological  Association  -.—  Journal,  ix,  iv. 
From  the  Royal  Numismatic  Society  : — The  Numismatic  Chronicle, 

4th  ser.,  no.  35. 
From  the  Peabody  Museum  : — Papers,  i,  vii,  and  IV,  i. 

Purchases: — The  Registers  of  Beadnell  and  of  Whalton,  Northumberland, 
(North,  and  Durham.  Par.  Reg.  Soc.)  ;  Fawcett's  Registers  of  Lan- 
chester,  co.  Durham;  and  Notes  and  Queries,  nos.  305-308. 

DONATIONS    TO    THE    MUSEUM. 

Thanks  were  voted  for  the  following : — 

From  Mr.  W.  W.  Tomlinson  : — An  early  railway  ticket,  exactly  similar 

in  design  to  that  reproduced  on  p.  118,  but  printed  on  green  paper, 

and   '  From  Greenhead  to  Hexham  |  2nd  class — paid   3s.   Orf.'     It 

also  has  the  complete  printed  counterfoil.1 
From    Mr.    E.    Leonard   Gill  : — A   small   copper    coin,    much   worn, 

apparently  a  bodle  of  Charles  II,   '  picked  up  on  Holy  Island  a 

short    time    ago.' 

EXHIBITED  : — 

By  Mr.  Parker  Brewis  : — A  photograph  by  himself  of  the  carved 
oak  font-cover  of  late  fifteenth  or  early  sixteenth  century  date, 
in  St.  John's  church,  Newcastle,  reproduced  on  plate  facing 
p.  128.  In  it  is  also  shown  the  octagonal  font,  above  which  it  hangs, 
*  of  the  same  period,  each  side  being  concave  and  bearing  a  shield, 
all  being  blank  except  one,  on  which  are  the  arms  of  Bate?.  In 
the  Milbank  MSS,  it  is  recorded  that  'in  the  year  1639,  when  the 
Scots  sought  to  deface  the  ancient  monuments,  and  said  that  they 
were  Papistry  .  .  .  ,  they  began  with  the  Spoon  of  this  Church's 
Font.'3  It  is  very  probable  if  you  take  '  spoon  "-  to  mean  the  bowl, 
that  the  font  was  merely  thrown  out  of  the  church  and  when 
replaced,  most  likely  after  the  Restoration,  the  Bates  arms  were 
carved  on  one  of  the  blank  shields.  In  shape  the  font  is  exactly 
like  those  now  in  St.  Nicholas's  church,  Newcastle,  and  in 
Kirkharle  church,  the  latter  formerly  belonging  to  All  Saints' 

1  In  connexion  with  this,  and  the  donation  of  railway  tickets  of  1836  made  at  the 
October  meeting  (p.  118),  Mr.  (Jlepha.ii  writes  :— It  seems  a  fitting  opportunity  for  men- 
tioning to  members  a  thing  or  two,  trifles  of  mine,  relating  to  the  early  da.ys  of  steamboats 
and  of  the  railway,  that  may  interest,  them.     'I  hey  are  bound  up  in  a  volume  of  tracts 
relating  to  antiquity.     The  first  is  a  notice  of  '  Weekly  Pleasure  Trips  toSeaton  Delaval 
Gardens,'  by  '  That  Powerful  Steam  Vessel  the  Venus,'  then  lately  enlarged,  to  commence 
in  1843.     The  next  is  a  Railway  Time  Table  of  1841  and  1842  :  then  one  of  the  Brandling 
Junction  Railway  of  that  date;    (he  Evening  Pout,  of  17«'2  ;  and  last  a  Railway  lime 
Table  of  the  Newcastle  and  Shields  Railway  <.f  IbSi). 

2  Mr.  Brewis  pertinently  asks  'But  does  it  mean  the  bowl  V     In  the  representation 
of  a  baptism  on  the  shaft  of  a  broken  cross  at  Kells,  the  baptizer  pours  wat«-r  on  the 
head  from  a  spoon,  and  nny  it  not  have  been  such  a  spoon  that  was  thought  to  be 
Papistry?'  3  Bourne,  Newcastle,  24n. 


128 

church  in  the  same  town,  but  removed  when  the  medieval  church 
was  destroyed  in  the  eighteenth  century  to  make  way  for  the  present 
pseud o- classical  structure.  After  the  reformation  and  until  quite 
modern  times  the  ancient  fonts  were  seldom,  if  ever,  copied, 
and  if  the  present  font  of  St.  John's  church  were  made  in  the 
seventeenth  century,  it  would  be  a  very  unusual  circumstance. 
Cosin  is  said  to  have  built  the  chapel  at  Auckland,  while  as  a  matter 
of  fact  he  merely  restored  as  a  chapel  the  fine  Early  English  hall 
of  the  ancient  manor  house.  In  the  case  of  St.  John's  font  we  have 
seemingly  another  misuse  of  words,  as  it  does  not  seem  to  have 
been  '  defaced  '  even. 

[  In  a  letter  of  24  Nov.,  to  Mr.  Brewis,  who  sent  the  Rev.  J.  F.  Hodgson 
a  print  of  the  font  cover,  the  latter  thus  writes  : — '  Very  many  thanks 
for  the  print  of  S.  John's  font  cover.  I  had  no  idea  whatever  that  it 
was  so  fine  and  precious  a  monument.  I  had  a  vague  impression 
that  it  was  a  sort  of  mongrel  affair,  earlier  than  Cosin's  time,  but  of 
Elizabethan  or  Jacobean  work.  I  need  hardly  say  how  surprised  and 
delighted  I  felt  on  seeing  your  beautiful  picture.  .  .  .  But  though  it 
would,  of  course,  have  been  better  pictorially,  with  a  little  more  fore- 
ground, it  loses  little  or  nothing  architecturally Of  its  true 

date  and  character,  there  can,  happily,  be  no  doubt.  You  are  quite 
right  in  assigning  it  to  the  genuine  Gothic  era,  though  from  its  late, 
and  fully  developed  style,  when  art  was  no  longer  progressive  but 
more  or  less  stagnant  and  crystalized,  it  is  impossible,  from  internal 
evidence,  to  fix  its  construction  within  anything  like  narrow,  or  exact 
limits.  Times  of  decadence,  and  slow  and  long  drawn  out  decay, 
are  very  different  from  those  of  youthful  vigour  and  activity  ;  and  the 
ten  years  of  human  life  between  ten  and  twenty  differ  very  considerably 
from  those  that  occur  between  seventy  and  eighty  ;  and,  therefore. 
in  this,  and  similar  pieces  of  work,  you  cannot  say  that  they  fall  certainly 
within  any  one  single  decade  even.  This  font  cover,  being  of  the  very 
latest  phase  of  pure  medieval  workmanship,  though  probably  of  about 
1490,  may,  for  all  that,  quite  possibly,  and  without  any  stretching,  be 
of  any  date  between,  say  1480  and  1.520.  The  Gothic  spirit  did  not  die 
out  without  a  struggle.  Witness  Cosin's  work  at  Brancepeth,  some  130 
years  later,  and  at  Merrington,  and,  I  think,  S.  Mary-le-Bow,  at  Durham, 
you  have  Gothic  tracery  mingled  with  a  sort  of  quasi-classic  details, 
down  to  1700,  or  rather  later.  As  to  the  little  trefoils  you  mention, 
though  they  do,  perhaps,  look  a  little  incongruous,  they  serve  to  accentu- 
ate and  emphasize  the  design  at  those  particular  points  ;  and  unless  the 
material  and  w  orkmanship  should  both  point  to  insertion,  I  see  no  reason 
why  their  originality  should  be  doubted,  though  they  do  present  a  con- 
trast to  the  set,  and  cramped  character  of  the  other  foliage  work. 
The  general  composition  and  proportions  of  the  cover  are,  however, 
admirable  ;  and  nothing  finer  of  its  kind,  that  I  know  of,  is  to  be  found 
anywhere.  It  is  of  that  intermediate  class  which  occurs  between  such 
towering  and  magnificent  structures  as  that  at  Ufford,  and  the  humbler 
dome-like  ones  of  ordinary  occurrence,  and  in  its  way,  similar  to  thai  at 
Billingham,  of  post-Restoration  date,  which  I  trust,  when  the  fine 
weather  comes,  we  may  be  able  to  visit,  and  take  a  picture  of.'] 

By  Mr.  J.  A.  Irving  : — An  old  deed,  temp,  queen  Elizabeth,  relating 
to  a  house  in  Richmond.  The  following  is  an  abstract  of  it  : — 

By  Indenture,  of  1  March,  44  Eliz.  [10021,  between  (1)  Fr.-nu-is 
Atkynson  of  Richmond,  in  the  co.  of  York,  cordiner.  and  (2)  Christopher 
Greathead  of  Catterick.  in  the  same  county,  yeoman,  it  is  witnessed  t  hat 
in  consideration  of  20/.  paid  to  Atkynson  by  Greathead,  the  receipt 


Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Neivc.,  3  ser.  iv. 


To  face  page  12H 


FONT-COVKK    AND    FONT,    ST.    JOHN'S    CHURCH,    NEWCASTLE. 


From  a  photograph  by  Mr.  Parker  Brewis. 


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etc.  Atkinson  aliened,  sold,  gave  and  granted  unto  Greathead  'All 
that  messuage,  burgage,  or  tenement  wyth  thapprtenancesjscituate 
of  the  Sowth  parte  of  a  streete  called  Bailie  in  Richmond  aforesaid 
nyghe  the  Castle  h'yll  late  beinge  in  the  tenure  of  John  Jackson,  Corier, 
and  nowe  in  thoccupac'on  of  ffrancys  newbye,  corier,'  and  all 
moors,  commons,  &c.'  To  hold  the  same  unto  and  to  the  use  of  the 
said  Christopher  Greathead  ;  Atkynson  curnanting  that  he  was  seised, 
for  good  right  to  grant  discharged  from  all  manner  of  bargains, 
&c.,  and  of  all  charges,  &c.,  except  the  yearly  rent  of  twelve  pence 
to  be  paid  to  the  Alderman  of  Richmond  &  his  successors  at  the  feast 
of  St.  Martin  the  bishop  in  winter  yearly  and  the  services  thenceforth 
due  to  the  chief  lords  of  the  premises  likewise  excepted  and  reserved; 
and  Atkynson  and  Alice  his  wife  covenanted  during  seven  years 
for  further  assurance  '  So  as  the  said  ffrancis  Atkynson  nor  Alyce  his 
wife  be  therbye  compelled  to  travell  furth  of  the  Countie  of  york  or 
furtli  of  the  Countye  of  the  Cittye  of  York  for  the  makinge  Or  know- 
ledginge  of  the  saide  assurance  or  assurances.'  Executed  by  Atkynson 
making  his  mark  in  the  presence  of  '  Henrye  Greathead,  John  Craiston  (?) 
Chr:  Ascough,  John  burrell  of  hipeswell  his  mark,  John  Pulley  of 
hippiswell  his  mark.' 

By  Mr.  Geo.  F.  Davies  of  Hartlepool : — A  photograph  of  an  octagonal 
bowl-shaped  '  creeing- trough,'  with  a  bold  upright  leaf -like  ornament 
round  the  base.  The  initials  and  date  G  :  I,  1699,  are  on  it.  Its 
dimensions  are  :  height  15|  in.,  width  across  each  face  7£  in,,  and 
diameter  15  in.  (See  plate  facing  p.  18.) 

LIBRARY    REMOVAL    FUND. 

The   treasurer  reported  that  the  following  subscriptions  had  been 
received  and  promised  since  the  October  meeting  (p.  118); — 


£    s.  d. 
Prof.    K    (\    Clark    (Cum- 

Iridire) 10    0    0 

\V.  D.  Cmddas     500 

.1.  U.  Simpson  220 

T.  M.  Allison 1     1    0 

Mrs.  Parker   1     1     0 

H.  So.len  Bird  1     1     0 

Tims.  Bowden  110 

Hon.  and  1,'ev.  \V.  hllis    ...  110 

li'cv.  Dr.  Gee 110 

Carried  forward £23    8    0 


£    s.   d. 

Brought  forward 23    8    0 

J.  G.  Hodgson     110 

A,  1).  Park 1    1    0 

Tlios.  Matheson 0  10    6 

II.  G.  Cair-Kllison  0  10    6 

J.  D.  Kohinson    0  10    0 

G.  H.  Waddilove 0  10    0 

W,  A.  Hoyie 050 

£27  16    C 


This,  with  the  amount  previously  subscribed,  makes  a  total  of 
24 U.  3s.  Gd 

DECEMBER    MEETINGS. 

The  Council  recommended  that,  as  usual,  no  meeting  of  the  Society 
or  Council  be  held  in  December  on  account  of  the  Christmas  holidays. 
This  was  agreed  to. 

BRADFORD    OF    BRADFORD,    IN    BAMBURaHSHIRE. 

Through  Mr.  J.  C.  Hodgson,  Mr.  Edward  Bateson  laid  before  the 
Society  the  following  abstracts  and  transcripts  of  original  documents 
preserved  in  the  Public  Record  Office,  adding  further  details  to  the 
story  of  the  family  given  in  the  first  volume  of  the  new  History  of 
Northumberland,  pp.  294-304  : — 

Chancery  Proc.,  ser.  n.  bundle  20,  no.  62. — 10  Oct.,  1560.  Cuthbert 
Bradford  of  London,  fishmonger,  complains  that  whereas  he  was  seised 
in  his  demesne  as  of  fee  in  a  tenement  and  10  acres  of  land  in  Bam- 


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burgh,  in' the  county  of*Northumberland,  '  and  he  so  beinge  therof  seysed 
beinge  in^his  gorney  rydinge  from  Bambrough  aforseyd  towards  the 
sayd  cytty  of  London  one  Thomas  Gascoigne  of  Raveiisworth  in  the 
seyd  county  of  Northumberland  [sic]  gentylman  Rychard  Mecheson 
alias  Hettell  &  Robert  Cuthbart  of  the  same  towne  &  county 
yomen  aboute  the  fest  of  Seint  James  thappostell  last  past  at  Ravens- 
worthe  in  the  County  of  Derom  '  did  assault  him  '  so  that  he  was  in 
dyspayre  of  his  life  and  sondry  evidences  of  your  seyd  orators  con- 
serninge  his  tytle  to  the  seyd  tenement  together  with  sundry  goods 
&c.  did  carry  away  In  consyderacion  wherof  and  for  asmoch  as  your 
seyd  orator  is  a  pore  crafts  man  inhabitirige  in  the  cytty  of  London 
far  dystant  from  the  seyd  county  palantyne  and  knowithe  not  the 
certenty  of  the  seyd  evidences  and  goods  he  is  therfore  therby  wyth- 
out  remedy  for  them  by  order  of  the  common  lawe  rules.'  Petitioner 
asks  for  writ  of  sub  poena. 

Thomas  Gascoigne  in  his  answer  (ibid.,  bundle  24,  no.  29),  asks  that 
the  matter  be  remitted  to  the  common  law  at  Durham  and  as  to  the 
said  assaulte  &c.  of  the  said  plaintiff  the  defendant  says  that  the  Plf 
with  one  JASPER  BRADFORD  of  Newcastle  upon  Tyne  dyer  brother 
of  the  said  Plf  one  Richard  Lawes  of  Kibblesworthe  co.  Durham 
yeoman  knowing  that  the  Dft  was  from  home  on  business  and  would 
return  at  night  lay  in  wait  for  the  Dft  &  Mecheson  &  Cuthbert  his 
servants  and  at  10  o'clock  at  night  at  Ravensworth  assaulted  them. 
If  Plf  was  hurt  it  was  in  this  way.  Denies  that  he  did  wrongfully 
or  with  force  take  any  evidences  concerning  .... 

Chancery  Proceedings,  series  u,  bundle  309,  5. — T.  Francis,  lord 
Verulam,  Lord  Chancellor  of  England. 

Sir  Raphe  Gray  of  Chillingham  knight  petitions  that  whereas  the 
king's  most  excellent  majesty  that  now  is  was  heretofore  seised  in  his 
demesne  as  of  fee  in  right  of  the  duchy  of  Lancaster  of  the  manor  of 
Stamford  and  of  the  castle  of  Dunstanburgh  parcell  of  the  said  manor 
of  Stamford  and  of  the  towns  or  hamlets  of  Embleton  Dunstan  Burton 
&  Shipley  nowe  or  heretofore  parcell  also  of  the  said  manor  &c.  His 
majesty  by  letters  patent  under  the  great  seal  and  also  under  the  seal 
of  the  duchy  of  Lancaster  &c.  did  bargain  and  sell  the  said  manor  of 
Stamford  &  castle  of  Dunstanburgh  &  the  said  town  village  or  hamlet 
of  Dunston  demeanes  unto  your  lordships  said  orator  to  hold  unte 
him  his  heirs  &  assigns  for  ever  your  said  orator  paying  therefore 
yearly  unto  His  Majesty  and  his  successors  a  certain  yearly  fee-farm 
rent  by  the  said  letters  patent  reserved  as  by  the  said  letters  patent 
dated  in  the  4th  year  of  His  Majesty's  reign  if  your  lordships  said 
orator  had  the  same  to  show  it  doth  appear  by  virtue  whereof  your 
said  orator  became  lawfully  seised  of  the  said  manor  of  Stamford 
&  castle  of  Dunstanburgh  &  of  the  said  town  of  Dunston  &  Dunston 
demeanes  and  entered  thereuuto  accordingly  &  your  said  orator 
also  sheweth  that  His  Majesty  by  other  letters  patent  did  also  sell 
the  towns  of  Burton  and  Shipley  unto  William  Whitmor  of  London 
esquire  &  John  Verdon  of  the  same  gent,  to  hold  unto  them  their 
heirs  &  assigns  for  ever  as  by  the  said  letters  patent  dated  about  12 
March  in  the  10th  year  of  H.M.'s  reign  if  your  said  orator  had  the  same 
to  show  it  doth  appear  &  they  being  thereof  seised  about  5  years  ago 
did  by  indenture  of  bargain  &  sale  enrolled  convey  the  said  towns 
of  Burton  and  Shiplye  unto  your  said  orator  his  heirs  and  assigns  for 
ever  as  by  the  said  Indenture  if  your  said  orator  had  the  same  to  show 
appears  &  ought  rightfully  to  enter  thereunto  and  your  said  orator 
likewise  sheweth  that  there  being  many  tenants  inhabitant  &  dwelling 
within  the  said  several  towns  of  Embleton  Dunston  Burton  and  Shipley 


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which  said  tenants  for  the  time  being  heretofore  have  pretended  a  title 
of  tenant  right  unto  their  tenements  whereas  in  truth  they  were  only 
tenants  at  will  and  had  no  customary  estate  at  all  and  all  the  tenants 
saving  one  Bartholomewe  Bradforth  well  knowing  the  weakness  of 
their  own  estates  having  taken  advice  of  counsel  they  have  since  your 
orator's  several  purchases  of  the  premises  taken  several  leases  for  years 
of  their  several  tenements  of  your  said  orator  and  utterly  disclaimed 
all  their  former  pretended  title  of  tenant  right  But  the  said  Bartholo- 
mew Bradforth  being  a  man  of  a  perverse  disposition  &  contentious 
spirit  combining  himself  with  one  Tobias  Bradforth  his  son,  the  said 
Bartholomew  claiming  a  tenement  within  the  said  town  of  Burton  by 
custom  of  tenant  right  he  the  said  Barth:  being  only  tenant  at  will 
or  sufferance  unto  your  lordships  said  orator  they  or  the  one  of  them 
having  gotten  into  their  possession  not  only  the  said  letters  patent 
but  also  the  said  indenture  &  all  other  the  deeds,  court  rolls,  evidences 
and  writings  touching  the  said  manor  and  premises  &  of  right  belonging 
unto  your  said  orator  by  casual  or  by  some  other  indirect  means  they 
the  said  Bar:  &  Tobias  Bradforth  by  colour  of  having  thereof  have  not 
only  continued  in  the  possession  of  the  tenements  now  or  late  in  the 
occupation  of  the  said  Bartho:  &  Tobias  or  the  one  of  them  being  of  the 
yearly  value  of  201.  and  of  the  ancient  yearly  rent  of  31.  4s.  1(M.  with- 
out any  title  or  colour  of  right  at  all  occupied  and  enjoyed  the  same 
&  kept  your  said  orator  from  the  same  without  yielding  any  account 
but  also  have  contrived  &  made  divers  secret  estates  of  the  said  tene- 
ments to  divers  persons  to  your  said  orator  unknown  so  that  your 
said  orator  certainly  knoweth  not  against  whom  to  firing  his  action 
by  due  order  &  course  of  the  common  lawes  for  the  recovery  of  the  said 
tenement.  [The  petition  concludes  by  asking  for  a  writ  of  stibpoena.] 

The  answer  of  Bartholomew  Bradfurth  and  Tobias  Bradfurth  defend- 
ants to  the  bill  of  complaint  of  Sir  Raphe  Graye  knight  complainant. 
That  it  appears  by  the  complainant's  own  showing  that  the  question 
in  point  of  title  &  right  concerning  the  tenement  in  the  bill  mentioned 
whereof  this  defendant  &  all  those  from  whom  he  claimeth  have 
held  &  enjoyethe  same  time  out  of  the  memory  of  man  to  them  & 
their  heirs  by  tenant  right  according  to  the  custom  of  the  manor  of 
Burton  or  only  as  tenants  at  will  to  be  removed  and  put  out  as  tenants 
at  will  at  the  common  law  which  question  is  a  question  of  the  common 
law  and  not  any  question  of  equity  and  for  the  trial  and  deciding 
whereof  the  said  complainant  made  a  lease  to  Bobert  Hickes  of  the 
said  tenement  to  try  the  said  title  at  the  common  law  which  cause 
and  title  is  now  depending  in  the  common  pleas  at  Westminster  before 
His  Majesty's  judges  of  the  said  court  and  Serjeants  at  law  or  some 
one  of  them  of  counsel  with  the  complainant  and  the  Serjeants  of 
Counsell  with  this  defendant  are  to  argue  for  this  defendant  this  present 
Trinity  Term  as  this  defendant  is  informed  And  if  the  said  judges 
shall  adjudge  for  this  defendant  then  this  defendant  and  his  heires 
hath  good  right  and  title  to  the  said  tenement  and  the  complainant 
no  such  right  and  title  thereunto  as  by  the  said  bill  is  challenged  and 
pretended  either  in  law  or  equity  And  this  defendant  therefore  prayeth 
the  opinion  of  this  Honorable  Court  whether  during  this  title  un- 
discussed  and  undetermined  at  the  common  law  this  Court  will  proceed 
any  further  in  the  hearing  of  this  cause  nevertheless  Bartholomew 
Bradfurth  saith  that  he  believes  it  to  be  true  that  by  letters  patent 
&  by  mesne  conveyance  the  complainant  hath  purchased  &c.  and 
defendant  says  that  the  said  tenement  is  a  customary  tenement 
and  is  and  hath  been  time  out  of  the  memory  of  man  holdcii  by  the 
custom  of  tenant  right  as  of  the  manor  of  Burton  &  that  he  is  seised 


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of  the  said  tenement  to  him  and  his  heirs  in  fee  simple  according  to  the 
said  custom  of  tenant  right  And  that  the  said  Bartholomew  and  all 
those  whose  estate  he  hath  and  by  and  from  whom  he  claims  have 
time  out  of  memory  of  man  been  seised  of  the  said  tenement  to  them 
&  their  heirs  in  fee  simple  according  to  the  said  custom  of  tenant  right 
and  that  this  Dft  hopeth  to  prove  that  they  paying  the  ancient  & 
customary  fines  and  doing  and  performing  the  ancient  duties  and 
services  are  as  free  to  be  tenants  thereof  to  them  and  their  heirs  in  fee 
simple  as  the  complainant  to  be  lord  of  the  manor  And  this  Dft 
further  saith  that  one  George  Bradfurth  eldest  brother  to  this  Dft 
was  seised  of  the  said  tenement  to  him  and  his  heirs  in  fee  simple  accord- 
ing to  the  said  custom  of  tenant  right  and  dyed  thereof  seised  about 
fifty  years  past  after  whose  death  the  same  descended  and  came  as 
of  right  it  ought  to  descend  and  come  unto  Dorothie  Bradfurth  as 
daughter  and  heir  to  the  said  George  according  to  the  said  custom  of 
tenant  right  who  entered  in  &  to  the  same  and  received  the  profits 
thereof  accordingly  And  so  being  seised  did  about  40  years  ago  sell 
the  said  tenement  to  this  Dft  and  his  heirs  in  fee  simple  according  to 
the  said  custom  of  tenant  right  And  this  Dft  thereupon  entered  into 
the  said  tenement  and  paid  his  '  tacke  penie '  for  the  same  to  the  said 
complainant  who  was  then  steward  as  this  Dft  taketh  it  of  the  said 
manor  under  Queen  Elizabeth  according  to  the  said  custom  of  tenant 
right  with  the  privity  consent  and  in  the  presence  of  the  complainant 
and  hath  ever  since  quietly  and  peaceably  enjoyed  it  without  any 
such  pretended  right  and  title  in  the  bill  mentioned  And  the  said 
Tobias  the  other  Dft  saith  that  he  is  son  to  the  said  Bartholomew 
and  doth  help  his  said  father  to  husband  the  said  tenement  but  for  and 
to  the  profit  and  benefit  of  his  said  father  And  both  Dfts  deny  that 
they  are  tenants  at  will  and  the  other  allegations  in  the  bill  of  com- 
plaint (Taken  the  15th  June,  17  Jas.  i,  before  Robert  Jackson, 
Thomas  Bradforth,  William  Morton). 

Jacobus  dei  gratia  etc.  dilecto  et  fideli  dno.  Roberto  Jackson  militi 
ac  dilectis  sibi  Thome  Bradford  ar.  Thome  Armorer  &  Willelmo  Morton 
gen.  etc.  [Whereas  Sir  Ralph  Gray  knt.  recently  presented  a  petition 
in  Chancery  against  Bartholomew  and  Tobias  Bradford  and  a  writ 
has  been  issued  for  them  to  appear  and  answer,  the  above  are  com- 
missioned to  receive  Dfts  answer  to  the  petition.  Dated  20  May 
18  Jas.  i,] 

I  •  I 

George  Bradford  =  Bartholomew  B.  = 

died  about  1570     I  dft.  in  action  1620  I 


Dorothy  Tobias  Bradford 

dau.  and  heir ;  sold  a  tenement  co-dft.  in  chancery  action 
to  Bartholomew,  her  uncle,  1620 

about  1580 

>  Thomas  Bradforth  of  Berwick  upon  Tweed  saith  that  about  the 
time  off  the  will  which  this  deponent  exhibited  in  this  Court  even 
the  f irste  tyme  that  the  Commission  came  over  to  prove  will  at  Barwike 
this  deponent  came  to  one  Arthur  Shaftoo  being  at  Cuthbert  Gardner 
house  which  Shaftoo  in  the  presens  off  William  Burton  the  register 
ther  admittyd  this  examinate  and  Thomas  Morton  the  sone  off  Matthew 
Morton  as  executors  to  prove  the  will  to  this  examinate  libell  annexed 
in  the  presejns  of  Cuthbert  Gardner  his  wiffe  and  Jarmain  Gardner 
his  son  with  dyvers  moo  and  although  Janet  Murton  was  named  one 
of  the  executors  with  this  deponent  and  the  said  Thomas  yett  she  the 
said  Janet  was  not  present  at  the  proving  of  the  said  will  at  that  time 


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notwithstanding  which  longe  after  in  the  daies  of  hir  third  husband 
Edmund  France  she  and  hir  said  husband  offered  to  one  Thomas  Ogle 
sittinge  in  Barwike  Church,  as  commissarye,  another  will  wherin 
this  deponent  was  not  named  executor  but  supervisor.  The  which 
will  when  this  deponent  dyd  gainsay  then  and  shewed  this  will  which 
is  annexed  to  this  deponent's  libell,  the  said  Thomas  Ogle  dyd  openlye 
aither  cutt  yt  in  peices  with  his  knyffe  or  teir  yt  in  peices  and  putt  yt 
in  his  boos  as  not  good  in  lawe  as  he  said  and  thereupon  declared 
thys  will  as  annexed  to  his  thys  deponent's  libell  to  be  the  will  of 
Matthew  Morton  openlye  in  the  Court  holden  in  the  said  church  willing 
this  examinate  to  send  the  said  will  to  Bambrough  and  he  the  said 
Thomas  Ogle  wold  sett  his  hand  thereto  as  he  dyd  afterward  in  the 
presens  of  Thomas  Bradforth  this  examinate  son  and  others  in  the 
church  of  Bambrough  and  by  virtue  of  his  this  deponent's  ooth  he 
saith  that  he  this  deponent  haith  the  said  .  .  .  seele  set  to  the  said 
will  as  apperith  by  the  place  wher  the  said  seale  was  affixed  unto 
and  the  said  Thomas  Ogle's  hand  writinge  subscribed  to  the  said 
will,  which  seal  went  off  when  this  deponent  sent  the  same  to  Mr. 
Handley  the  Commissioner  debity  of  Northumberland  and  otherwais 
this  deponent  belivith  not  this  third  article  to  be  trewe.  Thomas 
Bradforth. 

Mr.  Bateson  also  sent  the  following  notes  relating  to 

RIVER -GREEN,    NEAR    MELDON. 

Exchequer  Special  Commissions,  28  Eliz.,  no.  1745. — A  note 
of  evidences  showed  uppon  the  partie  and  behalf  of  Alexander  Hearon. 
A  deede  dated  at  Meldon  the  ffridaie  next  after  the  feaste  of  St.  Peter 
ad  vincula  in  the  second  yeare  of  the  Raigne  of  Kinge  Edward  the 
thirde  wheare  by  John  son  of  William  [?  Hall]  of  Throple  gave  unto 
William  sonne  of  William  of  Dennam  all  his  lands  and  tenements 
which  he  had  in  Ryvehowe. 

A  deede  dated  the  third  daie  of  Ji>lye  at  Ryvehowe  in  the  eighteenth 
yeare  of  the  raigne  of  Kinge  Edwu.d  the  thirde  wheareby  Adam  sonne 
of  William  of  Whalton  gave  unto  William  sonne  unto  William  of 
Dennam  all  his  lands  and  tenements  that  he  had  in  Rivehowre. 

A  deed  dated  at  Meldon  the  Thursdaie  next  before  the  ffeast  of  St. 
Barnabie  thapostle  in  Anno  Dni  1358  whearby  Isabell  which  was 
wyfe  to  William  Dennam  knighte  did  graunte  amongst  other  things 
to  Richard  Scott  of  Newcastell  all  her  landes  tenements  &  rents 
which  she  had  in  the  towne  and  territorye  of  Ryvehowe  at  the  daie 
of  the  date  of  the  same  deede  duringe  the  lyfe  naturall  of  the  said 
Isabell. 

A  deed  indented  at  fforde  the  Monday  next  before  the  Natyvitie 
of  St.  John  Baptiste  in  the  fourth  yeare  of  the  raigne  of  Kinge  Edwarde 
the  thirde  wheareby  William  Hearon  knighte  lorde  of  forde  did  gyve 
unto  Thomas  Hearon  his  sonne  amongst  other  things  all  his  messuage 
lands  and  tenements  in  Ryvehowe  which  deed  was  showed  in  her 
highnes  courte  of  the  Excheckquer. 

A  lease  from  the  Queues  Majestie  to  Raphe  Dallyvell  of  Ryvehowe 
under  her  majesties  seale  of  her  Majesties  highe  courte  of  Excheckquer. 

(A  Plan  of  the  premises  in  dispute  is  attached.) 

Exchequer  Specirl  Commission,  no.  672.  (A  coloured  plan  of  the 
premises  in  dispute  ;s  attached.)  Examination  of  witnesses  produced  on 
behalf  of  the  Crown  taken  at  Morpeth  19  April,  1586.  Robert  Raymes 
of  Shortflat  esquire  aged  about  60 :  About  30  years  past  there  was  a 
controversy  between  his  uncle  Alexander  Hearon  of  Meldon  and 
Cuthbert  Mitford  of  Mitford  esquire  for  title  of  common  between 


[Proc.  3Ser.  IV,  20.] 


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Mosden  and  the  Revehowe  which  was  referred  to  the  deponent  Ray- 
nold  foster  and  David  Carnaby  with  other  esquires  as  arbitrators. 
Examinate  well  remembers  that  Alexander  Hearon  said  before  the 
arbitrators  that  whether  it  were  Revehowe  or  Meldon  all  was  one  to 
him  for  he  had  a  '  ryghte  unto  them  bothe.'  (Various  boundaries  set 
out — a  stone  with  a  sword  upon  it,  &e). 

Cuthbert  Mitford  of  Mitford,  esquire,  aged  about  60: — saith  that  his 
father  in  his  old  age  casually  wanting  some  part  of  the  evidence  of  his 
landes  in  Moseden  called  this  Examinate  and  dyvers  others,  and  toulde 
them  that  forasmuch  as  he  did  want  his  evidences  for  Moseden  at  that 
tyme  they  being  younge  men  and  he  oulde  and  going  to  God  thearefore 
he  thoughte  it  not  amisse  to  shewe  unto  them  the  circuits  and  bounders 
of  Moseden  from  other  townes,  &c. 

Examinate  mentions  that  parson  ffenwicke  the  olde  parson  of  Meldon 
toulde  him  '  that  all  the  tythe  lambes  which  did  fall  or  weare  lambed 
on  the  east  syde  of  the  Revehow  bourn  he  gathered  for  Brenckeburne 
Abbey '  by  virtue  of  a  grant  which  he  had  from  the  prior  of  Brinkburn. 
Those  that  fell  on  the  west  side  of  the  river  bourne  he  gathered  for 
Meldon  as  parson  there. 

Thomas  Harle  of  Bellesses  yeoman  aged  about  90  deposed : — that  he 
knew  Revehowe  for  about  50  years  last  past  he  was  shepherd  of  one 
Thomas  Fenwick  of  Rippington  gent,  who  maryed  the  mother  of 
Alexander  Hearon  of  Meldon.  He  kept  Thomas  Fenwick's  sheep 
together  with  the  sheep  of  Meldon. 

(Much  more  of  some  interest.  Conversations  with  the  prior  of 
Brinkburn.  &c.,  &c.) 

THE   'PRAETORIUM'   AT  CHESTERS  (Cilurnun). 

The  following  notes  by  Mrs.  T.  H.  Hodgson  of  Newby  Grange.  Carlisle, 
were  taken  as  read  :  — 

I. THE    POSITION    OF    TBE    PRAETORIUM. 

The  edition  of  the  Ordnance  Map,  scale  ^V^,  issued  in  1896,  leaves 
much  to  be  desired  in  its  plan  of  the  Roman  Station  at  Chesters.1 
Even  the  outer  walls  are  not  given  with  absolute  correctness,  and 
the  position  of  the  praetorium  is  far  too  much  askew.  We  measured 
all  the  outer  walls  twice,  and  found  the  length  on  the  east  side  to  be 
585  feet,  and  on  the  west  581  feet,  the  width  on  the  north  side  433 
feet,  and  on  the  south  425  feet.  It  is  therefore  not  perfectly  rect- 
angular, but  quite  as  much  so  as  most  buildings  (see  fig.  1).  The 
north  face  of  the  Great  Wall,  which  is  here  7  feet  thick,  touches  the 
fort  on  its  east  side  at  255  feet  from  the  line  of  the  north  wall  of  the 
station,  and  on  its  west  side  at  250  feet  from  that  line.  A  line  drawn 
from  the  point  255  feet  from  the  line  of  the  north  wall  of  the  fort  on 
the  east  side  to  253  feet  from  that  line  on  the  we«t  side,  will  be  found 
to  run  along  the  south  or  inner  face  of  the  north  wall  of  the  praetorium.  ' 
Therefore  the  praetorium  must  belong  to  the  later  and  enlarged  fort 
and  cannot  have  taken  it?  present  form  in  the  fort  whose  north  fosse, 
running  in  line  with  the  f  asse  of  the  Great  Wall,  was  found  by  ex- 
cavation in  1900.  The  north-east  angle  is  172  feet  from  the  east 
wall  of  the  fort,  and  the  north-west  angle  173  feet  from  the  west  wall, 
so  that  the  building  is  as  nearly  as  possible  in  the  middle  of  the  fort- 
Its  north  wall  is  84  feet  6  inches  in  length,  the  south  wall  84  feet 
9  inches,  the  east  wall  124  feet,  and  the  west  wall  123  feet.  It  is  thus 
very  nearly  rectangular. 

i  Throughout  tin's  paper,  the  points  of  the  compass  mentioned  are,  as  it  \vnc, 
di  igraunnatic,  and  tre  i.t  the  (»reat  Wall  as  if  it  ran  due  east  and  west. 

•-'  All  the  following  measures  are  given  from  the  interior  face  <-f  the  walls  of  the 
praetorian!,  as  very  little  of  the  exterior  face  is  exposed. 


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II. THE    GENERAL    PLAN. 

The  praetorium  seems  to  be  designed  on  the  usual  plan  of  such 
buildings  in  Roman  forts  in  the  north  of  England,  of  which  alone 
I  have  any  personal  knowledge.  It  consists  of  a  large  square  court 
with  ambulatories,  and  a  passage  dividing  it  from  another  smaller 
court,  with  five  rooms  forming  the  end  of  the  building.3  There  is 
an  entrance  on  the  north.  I  do  not  know  whether  it  was  originally 
approached  on  the  level,  or  whether  the  two  steps  which  now  lead 
down  to  it  are  part  of  the  original  work.  This  entrance  opens  into  an 
ambulatory  8  feet  wide  (no.  1  on  the  plan),  beyond  which  lies  the 
paved  court  (no.  4)  51  by  53  feet,  east  and  west  of  which  run  two 
more  ambulatories  (nos.  2  and  3),  about  15  feet  wide.  On  the  south 
there  is  another  space  about  9  feet  wide,  which  it  seems  to  me  may 
either  be  considered  as  a  street  or  passage,  or  as  to  some  extent  forming 
a  fourth  ambulatory  (nos.  5  and  6).  This  passage  is  entered  from  the 
east  by  a  gateway  on  the  level,  leading  out  of  an  open  street  running 
north  and  south  along  the  east  wall  of  the  praetorium,  and  on  the 
west  by  a  flight  of  three  steps  coming  down  from  higher  ground  outside. 
South  of  this  passage  comes  another  court  (no.  7)  the  full  width  of 
the  main  building,  84  feet,  and  27  feet  from  north  to  south.  Three 
doorways  open  out  of  it  into  the  three  central  rooms  at  the  south  end 
of  the  praetorium  (nos.  9,  10,  11),  the  two  side  rooms  (nos.  8  and  12) 
opening  out  of  those  next  to  them,  and  not  directly  from  the  court. 

III. — THE    SQUARE    COURT    AND    THE    AMBULATORIES. 

The  outer  walls  of  the  praetorium  are  only  excavated  on  the  inside, 
except  the  east  wall,  the  southern  portion  of  which  is  laid  bare  on 
both  sides  for  about  85  feet.  It  is  about  3  feet  thick,  except  at  the 
gateway,  which,  like  the  small  portions  excavated  at  the  north  and 
west  gateways,  is  about  2  feet  6  inches.  No  foundation  course  is 
visible  along  any  of  the  sides  (with  one  very  doubtful  exception  which 
I  incline  to  think  is  a  layer  thrust  out  by  the  action  of  time),  nor  are 
there  any  plinths  along  them  except  for  about  3  feet  on  each  side  of 
the  north  entrance,  and  here  it  is  a  continuation  of  the  plinth  round 
the  end  of  the  entrance  piers.  It  is  the  usual  plain  bevelled  plinth 
(fig.  2),  projecting  about  3  inches,  and  is  the  only  form  of  plinth  that 
I  have  noticed  in  the  praetorium.  The  width  of  these  plinths  seems 
to  vary  from  2£  to  5  inches,  but  how  far  the  variation  is  real,  or  how 
far  it  is  apparent  only,  and  caused  by  the  displacement  of  the  upper 
course  (see  fig.  2a),  I  did  not  determine. 

The  great  court  (no.  4),  51  by  53  feet,  which  forms  with  its  ambu- 
latories the  northern  half  of  the  praetorium,  has  been  paved  all  over 
with  large  blocks,  of  which  pavement  much  remains  in  good  condition, 
especially  along  the  east  and  west  sides.  In  the  north-western  part 
a  well*  is  situated,  fully  4  feet  in  diameter.  This  was  excavated  in 
1904  by  Mrs.  Clayton's  directions  to  a  depth  of  10  feet  6  inches  below 
the  surface,  but  Mr.  Tailford  told  me  that  though  he  felt  sure  that  the 
bottom  was  reached,  nothing  had  been  found  but  stag's  horns  and 
some  worked  stories.  A  channel  or  gutter,  evidently  intended  to 
catch  the  drip  from  the  roof  which  must  have  covered  the  ambulatories, 
has  been  hollowed  out  in  the  stones  along  the  sides  of  the  square.  It 
runs  quite  straight  along  the  east  and  west  sides,  and  begins  to  run 
straight  along  the  north  and  south  sides  at  all  four  corners,  but  in  three 
instances  the  pavement  is  destroyed  a  few  feet  from  the  corner.  In 
the  fourth  instance,  at  the  south-west  corner,  the  gutter  runs  straight 

3  All  these  divisions  are  numbered  to  correspond  with  the  numbers  on  the  plan  of 
the  pmetorimn  at  Housesteads.- ^ro/m^or/y'a  Ai'liana,  vol.  XXV,  pp.  193-300. 

^  Not  far  from  the  well  i.s  a  stone  having  a  relief  upon  it  of  a  phallic  emblem.— Ed. 


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138 

for  17  feet,  then  turns  northwards  at  right  angles  for  two  feet^only, 
and  then  turns  eastward  again,  but  is  immediaiely  broken;  away. 
Studying  this  on  the  plan,  I  think  it  indicates  that  a  roof  ran  not  only 
on  the  east,  north  and  west  sides,  but  also  over  the  passage,  whether 
street  or  ambulatory,'  on  the  south,  probably  projecting  farther  in  a 
sort  of  porch  (no.  5)  where  there  would  be  an  entrance  from  the  square 
towards  the  southern  court  and  chambers.  The  gutter  is  carried  out- 
side the  square  at  the  south-east  corner,  and  discharges  into  a  small 
drain  about  12  inches  wide  and  6  inches  deep,  crossing  the  ambulatory 
(no.  2)  and  passing  under  the  east  wall  of  the  building  (fig.  3,  section, 
and  see  fig.  4).  The  gutter-stones  are  generally  about  15  inches 
wide,  with  a  channel  6  inches  wide  and  2  inches  deep  scooped  out  of 
them  (fig.  3a),  but  occasionally,  especially  on  the  east  side  and  at  the 
north-west  corner,  the  channel  is  cut  near  the  edge  of  larger  flags. 
The  court  is  surrounded  by  blocks  of  masonry  which  must  represent 
the  bases  of  the  supports  of  the  roofs  of  the  ambulatories.  At  the 
north-east  and  north-west  corners  there  are  L-shaped  blocks,  with 
plinths  on  the  ends  but  not  all  round.  Between  these  lie  two  other 
blocks,  the  eastern  7  feet  long  by  26  inches  wide,  the  western  9  feet 
5  inches  long  by  22  inches  wide.  Each  has  a  projection  to  the  north, 
opposite  the  piers  of  the  north  entrance,  bringing  the  width  up  to  36 
inches.  I  think  an  arch  or  a  beam  supporting  the  roof,  must  have 
crossed  the  ambulatory  (no.  1)  here.  Both  blocks  have  plinths  on  the 
ends,  but  these  are  not  continued  along  the  whole  of  the  sides  nor  round 
the  two  projections.  There  are  four  piers  on  the  east  and  four  on  the 
west  side  of  the  court,  each  about  2  feet  square,  and  each  surrounded  by 
a  plinth  on  the  three  visible  sides,  and  I  believe  on  the  fourth  side  also, 
but  this  is  under  the  pavement.  In  the  examples  measured,  the  top 
of  the  bevelled  plinth  is  from  9  to  12^  inches  below  the  level  of  the 
pavement,  indicating  that  the  latter  is  of  later  date  than  the  blocks  of 
masonry.  On  the  south  side,  only  three  blocks  of  masonry  remain, 
but  the  fourth  must  have  existed  on  the  eastern  side  of  the  middle 
entrance  (no.  5).  The  block  to  which  it  would  correspond  is  merely 
an  oblong  7  feet  6  inches  by  2  feet.  The  corner  blocks  are  much  more 
complex.  The  outer  ends,  2  feet  wide,  project  beyond  the  line  of  the 
piers  of  the  square  court,  and  are  opposite  to  the  piers,  2  feet  square, 
which  lie  on  the  north  side  of  the  gateway  and  of  the  steps  at  the  east 
and  west  ends  of  the  passage  (no.  6)  respectively.  Here  again  an  arch 
or  beam  is  suggested,  supporting  the  roofs  of  the  ambulatories.  None 
of  .these  four  projections  has  any  plinth.  In  the  two  large  blocks, 
at  2  feet  from  their  ends,  the  masonry  widens  6  inches  southwards, 
and  continues  for  8  or  9  feet  farther.  The  inner  ends  have  plinths 
extending  2  feet  along  the  north  and  south  sides.  On  the  north  side 
of  each  block  is  a  projection  nearly  2  feet  square,  which  really  forms 
a  final  pier  for  the  side  of  the  great  court,  and  is  surrounded  by  a  plinth. 
But  it  is  curious  that  all  the  plinths  on  the  south  side  of  the  court  are 
almost  exactly  at  the  level  of  the  pavement.  There  are  considerable 
traces  of  pavement  in  the  western  ambulatory  (no.  3)  at  about  the 
same  level  as  the  pavement  of  the  court.  There  are  smaller  and  more 
broken  traces  in  the  northern  ambulatory  (no.  1).  but  I  could  not  find 
any  in  the  eastern  (no.  2).  I  am  inclined  to  think,  however,  that  the 
drain  at  the  south-eastern  corner,  into  which  the  gutter  discharges, 
must  have  been  covered  by  pavement,  and  that  probably  the  whole 
of  the  ambulatory  was  paved.  The  drain  passes  through  a  hole  in  the 
wall  of  the  praetorium,  turns  northward  at  a  right  angle,  curves  slightly 
to  the  east,  and  disappears  under  the  pavement  of  the  outside  street. 


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FIG.  8 


SCA.LE        OF       FETT 


THE    'PRAETORIUM,     CUF.STERS. 

Fijj.  8.     F.  Sillstone,  inset  in  hovelled  plinth  of  wall. 

H-Il.  Containing  walls  of  steps.  F-1-.  Bevelled  plinth-stones  on  third  course  «>f 

('.  Pier,  with  footing.  masonry    above    lower    plinth  ;    douptful 

whether  in  situ  or  not. 

Fig-.  9.     Plan  and  section  of  vault  and  steps,   rooms 
9  and  lo, 


Fisj.  8.     A.  (Cornerstone. 


D.  Stone  with  sinking  for  parapet,  not 
in  situ. 


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IV. THE    PASSAGE    AND    ITS    ENTRANCES. 

The  blocks  of  masonry  on  the  north  side  of  the  passage  (nos.  5  and  6) 
have  just  been  described.  On  the  south  side  there  are  four  separate 
blocks,  each  about  3  feet  6  or  9  inches  by  2  feet,  and  each  surrounded 
by  a  bevelled  plinth,  at  about  the  same  level  as  those  of  the  blocks 
opposite.  At  the  south  side  of  each  entrance  there  is  a  pier,  2  feet 
square,  in  a  line  with  these  blocks,  and  surrounded  like  them  by  a 
plinthr  in  contrast  to  those  on  the  north  sides,  which  have  none.  Taking 
these  piers  in  connexion  with  the  masonry  and  gutters  on  the  south 
side  of  the  great  square,  I  conclude  that  this  passage  was  roofed  over, 
and  think  that  it  served  both  as  a  passage  across  the  praetorium  and 
as  a  fourth  ambulatory. 

^  The  east  gateway  (fig.  4)  is  7  feet  8  inches  wide.  The  sill-stone  has 
the  usual  ruts  in  it,  and  the  lower  part  (fig.  5  shows  the  section)  has 
a  small  sqiiare  hole  in  the  middle  for  the  bolt  of  the  gate,  and  a  pivot- 
hole  at  the  south  side.  No  northern  pivot-hole  can  be  found. 

The  western  entrance  (fig.  6)  is  8  feet  wide.  Outside  it  runs  a  gutter 
like  that  in  the  square  court,  showing  that  the  doorway  was  covered 
over.  The  outer  line  of  a  flat  sill-stone,  8  or  9  inches  wide,  is  parallel 
with  the  outer  line  of  the  west  wall  of  the  praetorium.  A  step  2  feet 
wide  fills  up  the  rest  of  the  space  between  the  ends  of  the  wall,  a  second 
step  lies  below  it  between  the  two  piers  before  mentioned,  and  a  third 
rests  on  the  surface  of  the  ground.  Each  step  has  a  rise  of  6  inches. 
There  are  pivot-holes  in  the  corners  of  the  middle  step,  so  that  the 
gates  must  have  closed  against  the  top  step  and  not  agrainst  the  sill. 

V. THE    SOUTHERN    COURT. 

This  court  (no.  7),  measuring  84  by  27  feet,  presents  few  features 
of  interest.  I  do  not  see  any  indication  of  its  having  been  covered. 
Outside  the  entrances  to  the  three  middle  rooms  on  its  south  side  are 
some  stones  which  may  have  formed  a  paved  approach  to  them.  In 
the  extreme  south-west  corner  of  the  court  is  a  piece  of  flagged  pave- 
ment, 5  feet  6  inches  by  4  feet  6  inches,  and  touching  its  northern 
edge  lies  the  foundation  course  of  a  square  building,  its  doorway  facing 
south,  and  close  to  the  pavement.  Its  west  wall  is  separated  from 
the  west  wall  of  the  praetorium  by  an  inch  or  two  ;  they  may  possibly 
have  joined  originally,  but  have  not  been  bonded  in.  They  have  the 
appearance  of  later  work.  The  square  of  pavement  is  6  inches  above 
the  present  surface  of  the  court. 

VI. THE    FIVE    ROOMS. 

The  eastern  room  (no.  8,  fig.  7)  is  20  feet  by  11  feet.  It  is  entered 
from  the  next  room  (no.  9).  Its  north  wall  has  a  cotirse  at  its  base 
on  the  south  side  projecting  9  or  10  inches,  which  appears  to  be  a  sort 
of  foundation  course.  Opposite  the  dividing-wall,  2  feet  thick,  between 
this  r*oom  and  the  next,  the  masonry  of  this  course  is  carried  up  to  the 
full  height  of  the  wall  (as  now  existing)  forming  a  jamb  2  feet  wide. 
West  of  this  the  wall  is  6  inches  narrower,  and  has  a  plinth  round 
part  of  it,  but  some  is  broken  away.  A  little  lower  down  there  is  a 
projecting  foundation  course,  extending  a  little  way  along  the  north 
side  of  the  wall.  In  the  north-east  corner  of  the  room  there  are  remains 
of  pavement,  about  8  feet  by  6  feet  6  inches,  and  there  is  also  a  single 
slab  lying  near  and  apparently  in  situ,  but  whether  they  were  originally 
continuous  I  do  not  know.  There  is  an  opening  in  the  east  wall  nearly 
a  foot  wide,  beginning  above  the  foundation  course  and  continuing 
to  the  top  of  what  remains  of  the  wall,  which  is  here  seven  courses 
high.  I  believe  it  has  been  supposed  that  a  flue  may  have  passed 
through  it,  or  a  drain  from  a  sink,  but  the  height  of  the  opening  seems 
to  me  to  make  the  latter  improbable. 

[froc.  3  Ser.  iv,  21] 


142 

The  next  room  (no.  9),  whatever  may  have  been  its  original  use,  is 
now  entirely  filled  up  except  at  the  entrance  by  a  mound  covering  a 
vault  which  is  entered  from  the  middle  room  (no.  10).  The  mound 
leaves  a  rather  awkward  approach  to  the  eastern  room  (no.  8),  and 
certainly  gives  the  impression  of  being  no  part  of  the  original  design. 
The  space  contained  by  the  walls  is  20  feet  by  nearly  17  feet.  Both 
the  doorways,  like  those  of  the  remaining  rooms,  show  traces  of  sills. 
The  dividing  walls  between  the  doorways  into  the  court  (no.  7)  all  end 
in  T-shaped  blocks,  with  a  plinth  round  the  transverse  end  of  the  T. 

The  middle  room  (no.  10,  fig.  8)  is  20  feet  by  19  feet,  and  contains 
more  detail.  In  the  middle  of  the  room  a  flight  of  steps  begins,  and 
descends  into  the  vault  (figs.  9  and  10)  which  lies  under  the  mound 
before  described.  The  flight  of  steps  is  3  feet  wride,  the  steps  irregular 


Fig.    10.— STKPS    LEADING   DOWN  TO   '  AKR  AIUUM,'    CIIKSTRKS. 

in  height  and  width,  contained  by  flanking  walls,  the  northern  one  of 
which  is  certainly  a  true  wall  at  the  top  and  not  merely  facing  stones, 
and  the  southern  one  probably  the  same,  but  it  has  not  been  fully 
excavated.  There  is  a  large  slab  across  the  passage  at  the  foot  of  the 
steps,  marked  '  cover-stone  '  on  the  plan. 6  The  dividing  wall  is  broken 

5  See  also  illustration  facing  p.  224  of  these  Proceediiiffs,  3  ser.  ill),  looking  arms* 
the  chambers,  and  .shewing  the  entrance  lo  this  vault  and  the  covering  stone  referrad  to. 


143 

away,  but  must  have  been  carried  across  the  passage.  The  floor  of  the 
vault  is  rather  more  than  4  feet  below  the  level  of  the  central  room. 
There  is  a  sill  in  the  passage,  and  a  socket  in  the  stone  against  it.  The 
vault  is  9  feet  6  inches  square,  the  floor  paved  with  large  flags.  One 
has  a  deep  hole  in  it,  about  3  inches  in  diameter,  apparently  for  drainage. 
Mr.  Tailiord  said  that  formerly  he  could  generally  touch  the  water 
in  it,  but  he  had  not  been  able  to  do  so  since  deepening  the  excavation 
of  the  well  in  the  paved  court  (no.  4).  When  we  were  there  in  Septem- 
ber, 1904,  the  water  in  the  well  stood  7  or  8  inches  below  the  pave- 
ment of  the  vault.  The  masonry  of  the  vault  consists  of  two 
arches  built  of  single  stones  springing  from  the  north  and  south 
sides  of- the  vault,  and  the  spaces  between  them  filled  up  with  stones 
stepped  over.  The  highest  part  of  the  vault  is  6  feet  from  the  floor 
Dr.  Bruce  mentions  three  true  arches,  but  this  is  incorrect.  The 
stepped  masonry  to  the  west  of  the  second  arch  has  given  way  at  the 
entrance,  but  the  rest  is  complete.  There  is  a  small  pier  against  the 
west  wall  of  the  central  room  (no.  10),  with  a  course  4  inches  \vide  round 
its  three  exposed  sides.  On  the  jambs  at  the  entrance  to  the  room 
lie  two  large  stones  with  bevelled  tops  which  Mr.  Tailt'ord  told 
me  were  not  in  situ,  but  were  found  hard  by.  Certainly  they  fit 
very  well  where  they  are.  There  is  a  peculiarity  in  the  plinth  of  the 
east  jamb  ;  a  piece  of  it  has  been  cut  away  to  let  in  the  end  of  a  sill- 
stone,  about  3  inches  thick.  Inside  the  sill  ies  a  large  stone,  evidently 
not  in  situ,  but  having  a  shallow  depression  cut  in  it,  much  like  one  at 
Housesteads,  which  is  supposed  to  have  been  a  moulded  sill  with 
sinkings  for  a  parapet. 

The  next  room  (no.  11)  is  20  feet  by  16  feet  6  inches,  and  is  entered 
by  a  doorway  1 1  feet  wide.  It  has  a  piece  of  pavement  5  feet  6  inches 
by  6  feet  near  the  middle,  wrhich  I  am  told  bore  traces,  when  first 
excavated,  of  having  been  used  as  a  hearth. 

The  western  room  (no.  12)  is  entered  from  the  last.  The  floor  is 
nearly  a  foot  higher,  and  there  must  have  been  at  least  two  steps  at 
the  entrance,  but  they  have  disappeared.  It  measures  20  feet  by  12. 
The  dividing  wall  is  2  feet  thick,  and  the  north  wall  rather  thicker, 
with  a  plinth  on  its  eastern  end,  and  a  slight  projection  on  its  south 
face  near  the  doorway,  not  so  deep  as  that  in  the  eastern  room,  but 
much  wider,  instead  of  corresponding  to  the  end  of  the  opposite  wall. 
Between  this  projection  and  the  west  wall  of  the  praetorium  is  a  layer  of 
stones  12  inches  wide,  similar  to  that  in  the  eastern  room  (no.  8).  but  a 
little  wider.  Near  the  middle  of  the  room,  but  towards  the  northern  end, 
is  another  piece  of  pavement  which  is  also  said  to  have  shown  traces  of 
fire.  It  is  roughly  rectangular,  measuring  7  feet  by  6  feet  6  inches. 

Thanks  were  voted  to  Mrs.  Hodgson  for  her  communication. 

CORBBIDGE. 

Mr.  R.  H.  Forster  gave  a  very  interesting  address,  recounting  the 
numerous  and  valuable  discoveries  made  at  Corstopititm  during  the 
current  year.  These  included,  besides  the  ruins  uncovered,  several 
inscribed  and  sculptured  stones,  pottery,  fibulae,  coins,  etc.,  and  near 
a  furnace  a  massive  piece  of  iron,  3  ft.  4  in.  long,  and  tapering  from 
seven  to  four  inches  square  ;  this  is  of  great  interest  to  mineralogists. 

The  lecture  was  illustrated  by  a  fine  series  of  about  forty  photo- 
graphic slides,  the  new  lantern  belonging  to  the  society  being  used  for 
the  first  time.  Mr.  Brewis  very  kindly  attended  to  the  lantern. 

A  hearty  vote  of  thanks  was  accorded  to  Mr.  Forster  by  acclamation, 
on  the  motion  of  Mr.  Dendy. 

The  full  report  of  the  discoveries  will  be  printed  in  Arch.  AeL,  3  ser.  vi. 


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MISCELLANEA. 

The  following  local  extracts_are  from  the  Portland  Papers  (Hist. 
MSS.  Com.  Report,  xv,  app.  fv),  continued  from  p.  124: — 

Thomas  Conyers  to  Robert  Harley. 

1710,  August  25,  Durham. — I  find  all  our  friends  are  getting  into 
good  posts.     I  hope  I  have  as  just  pretensions  as  others,   therefore 
desire  your  favour,  and  where  to  place  me  I  leave  to  yourself,  but  shall 
be  unwilling  to  live  constantly  in  town.     The  church  has  joined  Sir 
H.  Bellasis  to  me,  and  I  hope  I  shall   bring  him  in  though  Nicolson 
spends  very  high.      Sir  H.  begins  to  bleed  very  freely,  if  he  had  begun 
sooner  it  would  have  been  much  better.     We  shall  have  Sir  R.  Eden 
and  honest  William  Lambton,  I  hope  wthout  opposition. 

Lord  Downe  and  Sir  Arthur  Kaye  are  safe,  Sir  William  Hustler  wrill 
be  out  at  Northallerton,  and  if  any  will  stand  for  Hull  both  will  be  out. 

I  hear  the  Duke  of  Somerset  is  now  against  us.  i  thought  he  was 
for  us,  therefore  went  twice  to  Newcastle  to  prevent  their  setting  up 
another  to  throw  out  Lord  Hertford,  so  if  you  would  have  him  out  be 
pleased  to  let  me  knowr,  and  I  dare  engage  to  remove  him  and  with  no 
expence  to  honest  Tom  Forster,  but  this  must  be  known  as  soon  as 
may  be.  I'm  told  that  Sir  W.  Blackett  being  under  age  has  given  his 
interest  to  Mr.  Wrightson  who  will  join  with  Alderman  Ridley,  and 
will  certainly  turn  out  both  the  old  ones.  Westmorland  and  Cum- 
berland will  be  much  better,  and  I  hope  it  will  be  so  all  over  England, 
then  my  '  coyned  health  '  cannot  fail  to  a  good  Parliament,  Mr.  Bromley 
speaker  and  Dr.  Sacheverell  chaplain  Amen  : 

I  will  not  be  further  troublesome  therefore  shall  only  beg  that  you 
will  be  pleased  to  think  of  me  in  time  that  I  may  not  have  the  truble 
of  a  new  election. 

Postcript. — My  hearty  service  to  all  fast  friends.  I  hope  you  will 
recommend  Mr.  Newcomer  to  Mr.  St.  John.  Sir  M.  Wharton  may 
turn  out  Sir  C.  Hotham.  [Page  575.] 

General  Hans  Hamilton  to  Robert  Harley. 

1711,  May  5,  London. — The  difficulties  I  lie  under  at  present  keep 
me  from  serving  this  campaign,  the  only  one  I  have  missed  for  two  and 
twenty  years,  which  I  must  own  is  no  small  uneasiness  to  me,  but 
'twould  be  a  much  greater  mortification  to  serve  upon  the  teims  I 
must  do.     The  government  of  Berwick  being  now  vacant,  'twould  be 
a  favour  never  to  be  forgot  if  you  thought  me  equal  to  it,  and  would 
recommend  me  to  the  Queen  for  it.     [Page  085.] 

BRUNANBURH. 

In  The  Scottish  Historical  Review  for  October,  1909,  (no.  25),  is  an 
able  and  valuable  essay  by  Mr.  George  Neilson  on  '  Brunanburh  and 
Burnswork,'  in  which  the  writer  contends  that  all  the  evidences  are  in 
favour  of  Birrenswark  being  the  site  of  the  battle  of  Brunanburh. 

FRENCH    PRISONERS    (p.     120). 

At  the  meeting  on  the  28th  Oct.  last,  Dr.  Baumgartner  exhibited 
a  small  model  in  bone  of  a  fully  equipped  frigate  made  by  French 
prisoners. 

NORTH    YORKSHIRE    (p.     65). 

About  1899  Dr.  Burman  of  Alnwick  had  a  number  of  old  deeds 
relating  to  Stanwick,  Melsonby,  Kirkby  Ravensworth,  etc.,  including 
a  lease, Jjy.Anthony  Catherick  of  Stanwick,  arm.  to  Leonard  Smithson, 
of  land  at  Stanwick. 


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HADDRICK'S  MILL,  GOSFOBTH.   (p.  99). 

Mr.  F.  W.  Dendy  has  contributed  the  following  note  hereon  : — 
',  On  the^deed  of  24  Feb,  1539  (set  out  on  p.  99),  is  endorsed  a  memorau- 
duin  that  on  the'  H  March  folio  wing  the  grantor  Sir  Humi'rey  Lisle 
came  before  Robert  Horsley  and  John  Beadnell,  justices  of^the  peace 
lor  Northumberland,  arid  requested  that  the  indenture  should  be 
enrolled  011  the  king's  rolls  in  the  custody  of  the  said  John  Beadnell, 
clerk  of  the  peace  of  the  said  county.  The  Latin  wording  of  the 
indorsement  is  as  follows  : — 

Memorandum  quod  Humfridus  Lyle  miles  infra  nominatus  apud 
Felton  in  comitatu  Northumbrian  pririio  die  Marcii  anno  regni  regis 
Henrici  octavi  tricesimo  venit  cora-m  Kobertum  Horslee  et  Johannes 
(sic)  Bednell,  justicios  dommi  regis  ad  pacem  in  comitatu  predicto 
et  petit  quod  ista  indentura^sit  irrotuiata  in  rotulis  dommi  regis 
remanentibus  in  jurisdictione  (?)  predicti  Johannis  Bednell  clerici 
pax  (sic)  domini  regis  in  comitatu  predicto. 

The  enrolment  was  in  pursuance  of  the  statute  of  1535  which  enacted 
that  freehold  lands  should  not  pass  except  by  deed  enrolled  either  at 
Westminster  or  before  two  justices  of  the  county  where  the  lands  lay 
of  which  justices  the  clerk  of  the  peace  was  to  be  one.  As  nearly 
fifty  years  elapsed  before  this  restriction  was  circumvented  by  the 
device  of  Sir  Francis  Moore,  who  invented,  about  1580,  the  alternative 
form  of  conveyance,  known  as  a  Lease  and  Release,  which  did  not 
require  inroiment,  there  must  have  been  a  large  number  of  deeds 
irirolled  with  the  Custos  Rotuiorum  of  each  county  ;  and  it  is  singular 
that  whilst  those  inrolled  at  Westminster  are  still  accessible  upon 
the  Close  Rolls  no  inrolled  copies  o«f  deeds  between  those  dates  1535- 
1580  appear  to  exist  in  the  records  either  of  Northumberland  or  of 
any  other  English  county.  Probably  the  facts  that  there  was  no 
record  office  in  each  county,  and  that  the  records  were  kept  in  the 
offices  of  the  clerk  of  the  peace  for  the  time  being,  and  that  those  offices 
were  changed  on  each  new  appointment  of  a  clerk  of  the  peace,  are 
accountable  for  the  loss  of  these  inrolrnents. 


The  following  are  notes  of  deeds  in  the  possession  of  Dr.  Burman 
of  Alnwick : — 

LAND  AT  SOUTH  BEDBURN  IN  WEARDALE. 

1025,  May  3. — By  indenture  between  (1)  Sir  Thomas  Blakstone  of 
Blakston  in  the  county  of  Durham,  knight,  John  Witham  of  Cliff e  in 
the  county  of  York,  esq.,  Thomas  Laton  of  Westlaton  in  the  said 
county  of  York,  gent.,  late  deceased,  and  Luke  Fenwike  of  East  Shipley 
in  the  county  of  Durham,  gent.,  and  Ann  his  wife,  and  (2)  William 
Atkinson  of  Brackenhill  in  the  said  county  of  Durham,  joiner,  It  was 
witnessed  that  Blakstone,  Witham,  Laton,  Fenwicke  and  Ann  his  wife, 
for  diverse  good  causes,  etc.,  did  demise,  grant,  and  to  farm  let  unto 
Atkinson  one  close  in  South  Bedboorne  within  the  county  of  Durham 
called  '  Newefeeld  '  or  otherwise  *  Clarke  Banke,'  late  in  the  occupation 
of  Henry  Atkinson  with  common  of  pasture  for  all  manner  of  cattle, 
horses,  mares,  sheep,  arid  swine  of  the  fells  and  moors  in  as  large  and 
ample  manner  to  all  intents  and  purposes  as  any  other  tenants  or  farmers 
in  Shipley  or  '  Wardaile  '  hath  had  and  used,  and  all  other  ease- 
ments, etc.,'  To  hold  the  same  to  Atkinson  from  the  date  thereof 
for  2000  years,  yielding  and  paying  therefor  yearly  to  Blakstone  and 
others  on  demand  one  penny  of  lawful  money  of  England  at  the  feast 
of  St.  Matthew  in  winter,  and  also  paying  to  the  bishop  of  Durham 
yearly  3*.  4a.  at  the  feasts  of  Pentecost  and  St.  Martin  the  bishop  in 


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winter  by  even  portions.  Covenants  by  Blakstone  and  others  for 
Atkinson  to  fell  and  take  at  his  liberty  sufficient  wood  growing  within 
the  said  close  for  the  maintenance  and  upholding  of  the  hedges  and 
ditches  of  the  said  close  during  the  term,  and  for  quiet  enjoyment. 
Signed  by  '  Tho:  Blakiston,  John  Wytham,  Luke  Fenwicke,'  and 
'  Anne  Fenwicke  ' ;  seals  gone,  except  one  fragment. 

HOUSE    AND    LAND    AT    BILLY    ROW,    BRANCEPETH    PAR. 

7  April,  24  Charles  i  [1648]. — By  indenture  between  (1)  Lyndley 
Wrenne  of  Binchester  in  the  county  of  Durham,  esq.,  and  Barbary  his 
wife,  and  (2)  Bartholomew  Marshall  of  Billy  Raw,  in  the  same  county, 
yeoman,  It  was  witnessed  that  Wrenne  and  wife  in  consideration  of 
three  hundred  and  three  score  pounds  gave,  etc.,  unto  Marshall '  all  that 
capital  messuage  commonly  called  and  known  by  the  name  of  the 
Wester  ffarme  situate  at  Billy  Raw  in  the  parish  of  Braiispeth,'  then 
in  the  occupation  of  Marshall,  and  all  those  parcels  of  meadow  ground 
called  Easter  Burne  containing  12  acres,  Middlefield,  containing 
11  acres,  'the  Stobes,'  containing  7  acres,  and  the  parcel  of  pasture 
ground  called  Cow  close,  containing  40  acres,  with  all  houses,  etc., 
To  hold  the  same  unto  the  sole  and  proper  use  for  ever  of  Marshall 
to  be  held  of  the  chief  lord  of  the  fee  at  the  accustomed  services.  Coven- 
ants by  Wrenne  and  wife  that  they  were  lawfully  seised  of  the  premises, 
had  full  power  to  bargain,  etc.,  had  good  right  to  convey,  for  quiet 
enjoyment,  against  incumbrances,  and  for  further  assurance.  Signed 
by  '  Lindley  Wren  '  and  '  Barbery  Wren,'  and  attested.  Seals  gone. 

COTTAGE    AND    LAND    IN    ELWICK,    CO.    DURHAM. 

By  indenture  of  21  Nov.,  14  Charles  i  [1638],  between  (1)  Robert 
Jackson  of  Dalton  Peircy  in  the  county  of  Durham  yeoman  and  (2) 
Mathew  Harison  of  Elwick  in  the  same  county  weaver,  after  reciting 
that  John  Girlington  of  Ammerston,  gent,  Simon  Lackenby  of  Shaud- 
forth,  gent,  Mark  Hall  of  Monckhassleden,  yeoman,  all  in  the  same 
county,  by  deed  of  2  March,  8  Charles  i,  in  consideration  of  51.  paid 
by  Jackson,  granted,  &c.,  unto  Jackson  'all  that  cottage  with  the 
appurtenances  in  Elwick  in  the  occupation  of  Win.  Usher  of  the  ancient 
yearly  rent  of  2s.  8d.  and  one  acre  of  ground  lying  in  Elwick  West 
Corne  feild  adjoining  upon  Robert  Hetts  ground  on  the  East  upon  the 
high  street  leading  to  broademires  on  the  South  on  William  Gallilies 
ground  on  the  West  arid  upon  the  parsons  ground  upon  the  North, 
and  also  three  pasture  gates  in  the  moor  Close  whellom  moor  frier 
Crooke  loaning  and  night  Close  in  Elwick  together  with  all  houses,  etc., 
to  hold  the  same  unto  Jackson  for  ever,  The  said  Jackson  in  con- 
sideration of  26Z.  paid  by  Harrison  granted  th'e  same  cottages  and 
premises  in  as  large  and  ample  a  '  manner  and  forme  as  our  sayd 
souereigne  lord  king  Charles  by  his  letters  patents  sealed  with  the 
greate  seale  of  England  bearing  date  the  fiue  and  twentith  day  of 
September  in  the  fourth  yeare  of  his  reigne  did  giue  and  grant  the 
prmises  vrito  John  Ditchfield,  John  Highlord,  Humphrey  Clarke 
and  ffrancis  Mosse  there  heires  and  assignes  in  fee  farme  and  so  fully 
frely,  clerely  arid  in  as  large  and  ample  maner'  as  the  said  Ditchfield 
and  others  by  their  indenture  of  29  November,  1630,  granted  the  same 
to  Girlington  and  others,  To  hold  the  same  to  Harrison  for  ever  to  be 
holden  of  the  king  as  of  his  manor  of  east  Greenwich  by  fealty  only  in 
free  and  common  socage  and  not  in  capite  nor  in  knight's  service, 
paying  therefore  to  the  king  at  his  Exchequer  or  to  his  bailiffs  the 
yearly  rent  of  2s.  8d.  at  such  terms  as  by  the  letters  patent  are  appointed. 
Signed  by  Robert  Jackson  and  attested.  Seal  gone. 


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LAND    AT    EVENWOOD,    CO.    DURHAM. 

By  indenture  of  17  Jan,  1652,  between  (1)  Bryan  Downes  of  Even- 
wood  in  the  county  of  Durham,  gent,  and  (2}  AVilliam  Kay  the  elder 
of  the  same,  yeoman,  it  was  witnessed  that  in  consideration  of  34Z. 
paid  to  Downes  by  Kay,  Downes  gave  unto  Kay  all  that  his  meadow 
close  or  parcel  of  ground  known  and  commonly  called  by  the  name 
of  the  West  Leazes  containing  eight  acres  or  thereabouts  situate  in 
the  township  and  territories  of  Evenwood,  abutting  upon  the  new 
ground  on  the  north,  the  west  field  on  the  south,  the  Park  meadows 
on  the  west,  and  the  well  garth  on  the  east,  the  same  now  being  in 
the  occupation  of  William  Kay,  To  hold  the  same  to  Kay  for  ever. 
Downes  covenants  for  title.  Signed  by  Bryan  Downes,  and  attested. 
Charles  Wren  being  one  of  the  attesting  witnesses.  Seal  gone.  Mem. 
of  livery  and  seisin  endorsed. 

By  indenture  of  10  March,  18  Charles  n  [1665],  between  (I)  William 
Kay  the  elder  of  Evenwood  in  the  county  palatine  of  Durham,  yeoman, 
and  (2)  Ann  Downes  and  Margery  Downes,  spinsters,  daughters  of 
Lambton  Downes  of  the  same  place  gentleman,  It  was  witnessed, 
that  Kay  in  obedience  to  a  decree  of  the  Durham  Court  of  Chancery 
obtained  by  Lambton  Downes  against  Kay,  granted  unto  Ann  and 
Margery  Downes  all  that  messuage  in  Evenwood,  called  Even- 
wood  Hall,  and  the  houses,  etc.,  belonging  to  it  in  manner  following, 
'  two  full  third  parts  of  the  whole  in  three  partes  to  be  deuided 
of  the  said  Eauenwood  Hall,  and  foldgarth,  and  allsoe  twoe  partes, 
of  twoe  partes  of  searle  wyfes  croftes,  or  sherley  close  •  the  whole  in 
three  partes  to  be  deuided,  and  lykewyse.  twoe  partes  of  the  moyety  ; 
or  one  halfe  of  the  little  flatt,  the  greate  flatt,  crofts  and  Calfe  close, 
the  said  moyity  or  one  halfe  in  thre  partes  equally  to  be  deuided ;  as 
allsoe  the  said  twoe  partes  of  the  said  Eauenwood  Hall,  and  fold  Garth 
the  same  in  thre  partes  being  equally  diuided ;  allsoe  twoe  full  third 
partes  of  searle  wyfes  croftes,  or  sherley  close,  the  whole  in  thre  partes 
to  bee  equally  diuided;  allsoe  twoe  full  third  partes  of  the  little  flat, 
the  great  flat  croftes,  and  Calfe  close  :  the  whole  in  thre  parts  to  bee 
diuided'  together  with  all  ways,  etc.,  To  hold  the  same  unto  the  said 
Ann  Downes  and  Margery  Downes  as  is  set  forth  in  the  deed  in  terms 
of  the  decree.  Signed  by  William  Kay  in  the  presence  of  witnesses. 
Endorsements  on  the  deed,  one  a  memo,  that  deed  tendered  for 
signature  to  Kay. 

LAND,  ETC.,  AT  DRYBURNSIDE,  WEARDALE. 

By  indenture  of  1  June,  1732,  between  (1)  Thomas  Harrison  of 
Dryburnside  in  the  County  of  Durham,  yeoman,  sole  executor  and 
devisee  of  John  Sedgwick  late  of  the  same  place,  gentlemen,  deceased, 
and  Elizabeth  wife  of  the  said  Harrison,  John  Grinwell  of  Saint  Sepul- 
chres within  the  City  of  London,  gentleman,  cousin  and  heir  of  Peter 
Grinwell,  late  of  Wolsingham,  in  the  same  county,  yeoman,  deceased, 
William  Etterick  of  Sunderland  near  the  Sea  in  the  same  county, 
esquire,  eldest  son  and  heir  of  Walter  Etterick  late  of  Sunderland, 
gent,  deceased,  and  cousin  and  heir  of  John  Sedgwick,  deceased,  and 
John  Bowman  of  Stanhope  in  the  same  county  tailor,  and  (2)  Ambrose 
Simpson  of  Ravensworth  in  the  county  of  York,  gentleman,  It  was 
witnessed  in  consideration  of  5s.  the  said  Harrison  and  others  bargained 
and  sold  all  that  messuage  called  Dryburnside  and  the  several  closes 
known  by  the  names  of  the  Holme-field  and  Gray  Park  situate  in 
Dryburnside  in  the  parish  of  Stanhope  in  Weardale,  To  hold  the  same 
for  the  term  of  one  whole  year  at  a  pepper  corn  rent.  Signed  and 


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sealed  by  'Thomas  Harison,  ElizabetlTHarrison,  John  Greenwell,  W: 
Ettricke,  John  Bowman,'  and  attested. 

PREMISES    IN    NORTHGATE,    DARLINGTON. 

Bond  of  23  April,  13  Charles  I,  of  Lawrence  Dobson  of  'Cockertann,' 
co.  Durham,  tanner,  to  James  Johnson  of  Darlington,  yeoman,  in  53Z. 
whereby  it  is  recited  that  Dobson  granted  unto  Johnson  for  ever  the 
burgage  with  a  garth  adjoining  on  the  east  side  thereof  in  Darlington 
in  a  street  called  Norgait  in  the  occupation  of  Ralph  and 

a  house  and  garth  adjoining  on  the  back  side  extending  itself  towards 
the  west,  and  in  the  occupation  of  Lawrence  Hewitson,  both  tenements 
lying  jointly  together  between  a  burgage  of  Richard  Pattison  towards 
the  south  and  a  tenement  of  Philip  Wharton  towards  the  north  and 
purchased  of  one  John  Fawcett,  and  if  the  conditions  of  the  bond  are 
carried  out  the  obligation  to  be  void.  Signed  by  Laurence  Dobson 
and  Annas  Dobson. 

MANOR  OF  BENTON  MAGNA,  CO.  NORTHUMBERLAND. 

By  indenture  of  30  August,  1654,  between  (1)  Francis  Anderson 
of  Bradley,  esq.,  Thomas  Wraye  of  Bemish,  esq.,  Francis  Wraye  of 
Bemish  Milne,  milner,  all  in  the  county  of  Durham,  and  (2)  Richard 
Stote  of  Lincolnes  Inn,  esq,  reciting  that  Sir  Nicholas  Tempest  of 
Flatworth,  co.  Northumberland,  knt.,  and  Thomas  Wraye  and  Francis 
Anderson  for  1400Z.  had  demised  and  granted  unto  Stote  'all  those 
eight  farmeholds  and  tenements  and  the  full  moyetie  or  half  part  of 
one  farmehold  and  tenement  with  the  appurtenances  in  Benton  Magna 
als  Mickle  Benton,'  co.  Northumberland  in  the  occupation  of  Roger 
Kitchin,  John  Lemman,  William  Chambers,  Marcke  Bell,  Thomas 
Loraine,  Ralph  Cooper,  Henry  Pierson,  Nicholas  Pierson,  Edward 
Rowell,  William  Thompson,  and  James  Harop,  and  also  '  one  full 
moyety  or  one  halfe  of  the  manner,  lordshipp  and  towneship  of  Benton/ 
with  the  appurtenances  belonging  to  Tempest,  Anderson,  and  Thomas 
Wraye,  and  being  in  Benton  Magna  To  hold  unto  Stote  from  16th 
December  preceding  for  '  fower  hundred  and  fower  score  yeares ;' 
and  reciting  that  400Z.  part  of  the  14:001.  was  to  remain  in  Stote's 
hands  for  four  years,  Stote  paying  4  per  cent,  interest  for  the  same, 
as  security  to  Stote  for  the  discharging  of  former  estates,  etc,,  of  Sir 
Francis  Brandling  of  Warkworth  Castle,  knight,  deceased :  and 
reciting  that  Stote  for  securing  the  4=001.  until  payment  of  such  incum- 
brances  did  demise  the  same  to  Francis  Anderson  and  others  for  200 
years,  paying  therefore  yearly  unto  Stote  twelve  pence  at  Whit- 
suntide if  demanded,  provided  that  if  Stote  should,  on  the  30  August, 
1658,  '  at  the  now  dwelling  house  of  Leonard  Carr,  Merchant  and 
Alderman  in  the  Towne  of  Newcastle  upon  tine,'  repay  the  same  to 
Anderson  and  others  such  demise  to  be  utterly  void  and  of  none  effect, 
it  was  witnessed  that  Anderson  and  others  covenanted  with  Stote  that 
the  4:001.  should  remain  a  security  in  Stote's  hands  for  four  years  for 
the  payment  of  such  estates,  etc.,  made  by  the  said  Sir  Francis  Brand- 
ling, and  Thomas  Wraye  covenanted  to  discharge  the  incumbrances 
within  four  years.  Signed  by  '  Tho:  Wraye  '  and  '  Francis  Wraye  his 
m'ke,'  and  attested.  Seals  gone.  Endorsement  of  production  in  Court 
of  Chancery  on  14  April,  1690,  in  a  suit  between  Thomas  Haggerston, 
bar.'  plaintiff,  and  Robert  Jennison  and  others,  defendants. 


CORRECTION : 

P.  121,  line  28,  fur  'continued  from  p.  110'  read  'continued  from  p.  114.' 


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PROCEEDINGS 

OF    THE 

SOCIETY    OF   ANTIQUARIES 

OF    NEWCASTLE -UPON -TYNE. 
3   SER.,    VOL.    IV.  1910.  NO.     17 

The  ninety-seventh  anniversary  meeting  of  the  Society  was  held 
in  the  library  at  the  Castle  on  Wednesday,  the  twenty-sixth  day  of 
January,  1910,  at  two  o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  Mr.  F.  W.  Dendy, 
one  of  the  vice-presidents,  being  in  the  chair. 

A  letter  from  the  president,  the  duke  of  Northumberland,  K.G., 
was  read,  expressing  regret  at  his  inability  to  be  present. 

Several  ACCOUNTS,  recommended  by  the  Council  for  payment,  were 
ordered  to  be  paid. 

The  following  ORDINARY  MEMBERS  were  proposed  and  declared  duly 
elected  : — 

1.  Henry  Archibald  Jenkin,  13  Portland  Terrace,  Newcastle. 

2.  William  John  Sanderson,  Eastfield  Hall,  Warkworth. 

3.  Wilfrid  Reay  Smith,  West  Avenue,  Gosforth,  Newcastle. 
The  following  NEW  BOOKS,  etc.,  were  placed  on  the  table  : — 

Presents,  for  which  thanks  were  voted  : — 

From  the  Glasgow  Archaeological  Society  : — Transactions,  i  and  n, 
8vo.,  and  2  ser.  i-v,  sm.  4to.  ;  and  the  Antonine  Wall  Report  : 
all  half  bound. 

(Special  thanks  were  voted  for  this  handsome  gift,  made  to  com- 
memorate the  joint  visit  to  the  Roman  Wall  in  1909.  of  the  Glasgow 
Society  and  the  Newcastle  Society.  It  was  agreed  to  present  the 
Glasgow  Society  with  the  five  published  volumes  of  the  third  series 
of  Archaeologia  Aeliana}. 

From  Mr.  L.  Johnson  : — Old  Lore  Miscellany,  nos.  16,  17,  20,  and  21 

(Viking  Club  publ.),  8vo. 

From  R.  Blair  : — -The  Antiquary  for  December,  1909,  and  Jan.,  1910. 
From  the  Barrow  Naturalists  Field  Club  : — Proceedings,  xvn,  8vo.  cl. 
From  the  Bureau  of  American  Ethnology,  Washington,  U.S.A.  : — 
Bulletin  37  and  38  ('Unwritten  Literature  of  Hawaii,'  and  '  Tlingit 
Myths  and  Texts'),  8vo.  cl. 
Exchanges  : — 
From  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  of  London  : — Proceedings,  2  ser. 

xxn,  ii,  (20  Nov,  1908,  to  24  June,  1909),  8vo.  bds. 
From  the  Cambrian  Antiquarian  Societv  : —  Archaeologia  Cambrensis, 

x,  i,  (Jan.  1910). 
From  the  Powys-land  Club  : — Collections,  His  tor.  &  Archaeol.  relating 

to  Montgomeryshire  and  its  Borders,  xxxv,  ii,  8vo. 
From   the  Huguenot   Society  of    London  : — Proceedings,  vin  (title 

page,  etc.),   ix,  i,  and  Bylaws. 
From   the   Sussex   Archaeological   Society  : — Sussex    Archaeological 

Collections,  LII  ;    8vo.   cl. 

From  the  Royal  Society  of  Antiquaries  of  Ireland  : — Transactions, 
xxxix,  iii. 

[Proc.  3  Ser.  iv,  22] 


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Purchases  : — Clay's  Medieval  Hospitals  of  England  ('  The  Antiquary's 
Books  ')  ;  Official  Year  Book  of  Societies  f or  1908-9  ;  The  Visitation 
of  Cheshire,  1613  (Harl.  Soc.  publ.)  :  Jahrbuch  of  the  Imp.  German 
Arch.  Institute,  xxiv,  iii :  The  Scottish  Historical  Review  for  Jan, 
1910;  Notes  and  Queries,  lOser.  310-313,  and  11  ser,  1-4;  and  Forty 
MS.  plans  (nos.  498-537)  of  Ancient  Earthworks  in  Northumber- 
land, by  the  Rev.  Edward  A.  Downman,  namely  : — Norham  Mains, 
Ring  Chesters  (Elsdonburn),  Floddenhill,  South  Flodden,  Upper 
Harehope  ( Akeld),  Moneylaws,  South  East  Horton  moor,  North  West 
Horton  moor,  Horton  moor,  Kyloe  hills,  Doddington  moor,  Reaveley, 
Ewehill  (Reaveley),  Brough  law,  N.E.  Cochrane  pike,  N.W.  Cochrane 
pike,  Clinch-castle  knowe,  S.W.  Knock  hill,  Chubden  (Great  kyle), 
Fentonhill,  N.  Castle  Rough,  S.  Castle  Rough,  Callaly  castle  hill, 
Callaly  North  strip,  Aydon  forest,  Newtown  (Edlingham),  Brislee 
Rood,  Lemmington  branch,  Chester,  cottage,  Hepburn  wood,  South 
Middleton  moor,  South  Middleton,  Rackside  (South  Middleton), 
Jenny's  Lantern,  Jenny's  Lantern  hill,  Blawearie  castle,  Bewick 
hill,  Titlington  mount,  Beanley  wood,  and  Downham. 

DONATION    TO    THE    MUSEUM. 

Thanks  were  voted  for  the  following  : — • 

From  Mr.  Wilson  Thompson  of  Holy  well  : — The  upper  pyramidal 
stone,  12  ins.  in  diam.  of  a  millstone  grit  hand-mill  found  near 
Berwick. 

Mr.  Heslop,  in  illustration,  exhibited  for  Mr.  L.  Johnson,  some  meal 
recently  ground  in  a  similar  hand-mill. 
EXHIBITED  : — 

By  Mr.  Wilson  J.  Orwin  of  Gosforth  : — A  pewter  lamp  on  a  stand 
and  base  like  a  candlestick,  apparently  of  recent  date.  The  lamp 
itself  is  of  the  typical  Roman  form. 

By  R.  Blair  : — (i. )  The  original  'Insignia  Edwardi  Lawson  de  Brunton 
in  com.  Northumbriae  Generosi.  Entred  in  the  Visitation  of  North- 
umberland at  Hexham,  1  Sep:  1666.  By  me  Willm.  Dugdale 
Norroy  King  of  Armes.'  The  drawing,  which  is  on  parchment, 
gives  the  arms:  Quarterly  ;  1  &  4,  per  pale,  arg.  &  sab.,  a  chevron 
counter-changed,  in  dexter  chief  point  a  crescent  gules.  2  &  3  arg. 
two  bars  azure,  in  chief,  three  hurtes.  Crest  :  out  of  a  cloud  proper 

2  arms  embowed,  habited  ermine,  holding  in  the  hand  a  sun  or'1  ;  and 
(n.)  Two  long  rolls  on  parchment  giving  the  arms  and  pedigree  of 
Witton  of  West  Apland.     On  one  of  them  is  written  :  — '  Hee  beareth 
qrterly  the  1-  his  owne  Paternall  Coate  by  the  name  of  Witton 
viz*  the   feild   sable   a  water  budgett  in  fesse  Argent,  in  Cheife 

3  beasaunts.2     The  2d  Argent  on  a  fesse  Gules  a  trefoile  slipped 
Or  inter  3  Bulls  Heads  Couped  sable      The  3d  as  the  second  the 
4th  as  the  first  wherewith  hee  Impaleth  Argent  a  cheueron  sable 
inter  3  thorne  trees  slipped  at  the  Rootes  propper  by  the  name  of 
Thorneton  of  Yorksheire. 

The  Creast  appertaineinge  to  his  said  Coate  (ensigned  wth  a 
Hellme  fitting  ye  Degree  of  a  Gentleman)  on  a  torce  of  his  Colours, 
viz1  Argent  &  Sable  an  Owle  standing  at  gaze  Argent  gorged  aboute 
the  necke  wth  a  Crowne  Or.  Mantled  Gule  doubled  Argent.' 

'  Richard  Witton  married  Willford  Lawson  of  Brunton  in  com: 
Northumberland,  his  son  and  heir  Richard,  married  a  Milner  of 
Leeds. ' 

1  For  pedigree  of  Lawson  and  Witton,  see  new  County  Hiftori/  of  Nortlriniilerlrnnl, 
II,  96. 

2  See  same  paternal  arms  in  Dngdales'.s  Visitation  of  Yorkshire  (36  Surt.  Soc.  publ,, 
318),  with  the  observation  '  No  proofe  made  of  these  armes.' 


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NEWCASTLE    BALLAST    LULL    BURIAL    REGISTERS. 

Mr.  F.  R.  N.  Haswell  moved  that  it  be  a  recommendation  to  the 
council  of  this  society  to  consider  the  question  of  making  application 
to  the  corporation  of  Newcastle  for  the  transfer  of  these  burial  registers 
into  the  custody  of  the  society,  or  to  permit  copies  of  them  to  be  made 
for  the  society's  library,  and  to  allow  access  to  the  originals  at  con- 
venient times. 

Mr.  Blair  (one  of  the  secretaries)  stated  that  he  had  already  had  some 
correspondence  with  the  town  clerk  on  the  subject,  and  that  Mr. 
Oliver  had  kindly  undertaken  to  apply  to  the  corporation  for  permission 
to  make  copies  of  the  registers  in  question. 

The  motion,  on  being  seconded  by  Mr.  Dendy,  was  carried  unani- 
mously. 

LIBRARY    REMOVAL    FUND. 

The  treasurer  reported  that  the  following  additional  subscriptions 
had  been  received  or  promised  (continued  from  p.  129)  :  — 


Lord  Joicey  (2nd  donation) 
Frank  Marshall 

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Miss  Allgood  
T.  W  Lovibond  
Professor  Baldwin  Brown... 
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The  total  amount  received  or  promised  to  date  was  279^.  12s-  Gd. 

REPORT    OF    THE    COUNCIL    FOR    1909. 

Mr.  R.  Blair  (one  of  the  secretaries)  then  read  the  annual  report, 
as  follows  :  — 

The  Council  of  the  Newcastle  Society  of  Antiquaries  have  the  pleasure 
of  submitting  to  the  members  their  ninety-seventh  annual  report. 

Since  the  last  annual  meeting,  one  of  our  members,  Mr.  Richard 
Burdon  Sanderson,  has  passed  away.  Although  not  actually  engaged 
in  our  pursuits,  he  was  the  representative  of  a  local  family  whose 
interest  in  the  history  and  antiquities  of  the  district  has  always  been 
sympathetic,  and  his  loss  is  much  regretted. 

The  Council  also  desire  to  join  in  the  universal  expression  of  respect- 
ful condolence  which  our  noble  president  has  received  upon  the  recent 
death  of  his  eldest  son,  Earl  Percy. 

The  Council  congratulate  the  Society  upon  the  completion  of  a 
fifth  volume  of  the  third  series  of  Archaeologia  Aeliana,  containing, 
as  usual,  a  number  of  valuable  papers  in  the  various  departments 
of  archaeological  investigation.  Among  them  are  an  exhaustive 
account  of  excavations  at  Corstopitum  in  1908,  and  details  of  dis- 
coveries near  Haltwhistle-burn  and  at  Alnwick  castle.  A  fourth 
volume  of  the  third  series  of  our  Proceedings,  issued  monthly  to 
members,  is  in  progress,  containing  the  customary  reports  of  meetings, 
excursions,  etc.,  with  a  goodly  number  of  contributions  upon  subjects 


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and  objects  of  general  interest.  The  excellent  manner  in  which  the 
Society's  publications  are  prepared  by  our  editor,  Mr.  Robert  Blair, 
is  again  heartily  acknowledged. 

Excursions  have  been  made  during  the  year  to  the  following  places  '• — 
(1)  Heddon-on-the-Wall,  with  Newburn  and  Ryton  ;  (2)  North  York- 
shire, including  Marifield,  Stanwick,  Forcett,  Ravensworth,  Melsonby 
and  Piercebridge  ;  (3)  The  Roman  Wall,  visited  in  conjunction  with 
the  Glasgow  Archaeological  Society;  (4)  Marine  house,  Tynemouth, 
by  invitation  of  Mr.  R.  C.  Clephan,  V.P.,  to  inspect  his  collection 
of  Egyptian  antiquities,  arms,  armour,  etc.  ;  (5)  Brinkburn  priory, 
with  Long  Framlington  and  Rothbury  ;  and  (6)  Gilsland.  The  Council 
thankfully  acknowledge  the  kindness  and  courtesy  with  which  members 
and  their  friends  were  received  by  the  owners  and  occupiers  of  the 
places  visited. 

Continuing  what  may  be  termed  the  structural  improvements  that 
have  been  undertaken  by  the  Society  of  late  years,  the  Council  have 
given  much  attention  to  the  oft  expressed  desire  for  a  thorough  and 
effective  reorganization  of  the  Society's  library.  The  valuable  books 
and  manuscripts  which  have  been  accumulated  in  past  years,  to  which 
additions  are  continually  made,  find  no  apartment  in  the  Castle  keep 
wherein  they  can  be  properly  preserved,  conveniently  staged  and 
rendered  at  all  times  accessible.  Upon  receipt  of  a  special  report 
from  the  librarian,  Mr.  C.  Hnuter  Blair,  on  this  serious  defect  in  our 
arrangements,  the  Council  applied  themselves  to  the  consideration  of  a 
remedy.  A  suggestion  made  by  Mr.  W.  H.  Knowles,  to  set  apart  and 
furnish,  at  a  cost  of  about  300£.,  the  upper  room  of  the  Blackgate, 
in  which,  with  the  indispensable  adjuncts  of  light  and  warmth,  our 
literary  treasures  might  be  suitably  displayed  and  conveniently  utilized, 
met  with  general  concurrence.  A  subscription  list  was  opened,  and 
under  the  impulse  of  our  noble  president,  who  offered  to  add  ten  per 
cent,  to  the  sum  collected,  a  large  proportion  of  the  necessary  funds 
has  been  provided,  and  the  work  of  adaptation  has  begun.  It  is  hoped 
that  the  balance  remaining  will  soon  be  obtained. 

The  operations  of  the  Corbridge  Excavation  Committee  continue  to 
be  the  most  important  Roman  research  work  carried  on  in  the  United 
Kingdom.  During  the  past  season  Mr.  R.  H.  Forster  has  been  con- 
tinuously on  the  site,  while  Mr.  W.  H.  Knowles  and  Mr.  H.  H.  E. 
Craster  made  frequent  visits,  and  Professor  Haverfield  and  other 
Oxford  friends  attended  during  portions  of  August  and  September. 
Among  points  of  importance  which  have  been  established  by  these 
investigations,  is  the  certainty  of  the  occupation  of  the  site  by  Agricpla  ; 
a  ditch,  enclosing  part  of  the  area  opened  out  on  the  north  side  may 
have  some  connexion  therewith.  In  the  expectation  of  finding  carved 
or  inscribed  stones,  the  neighbourhood  of  the  granaries  was  searched, 
and  immediately  in  front  of  the  south  wall  were  found  the  bases  of  the 
columns  of  porticos  that  stood  before  the  buildings,  thus  providing 
additional  proof  of  the  superior  character  of  these  erections.  Most 
of  the  area  investigated  last  year  was  apparently  devoted  to;;  industrial 
purposes.  One  of  the  '  finds  '  was  an  unusually  large  mass  of  iron 
lying  near  a  furnace,  and  that  is  now  engaging  the  attention  of  metal- 
lurgists. A  report  of  the  season's  work  will  enhance  the  value  of  the 
forthcoming  volume  of  our  Archaeologia. 

On  the  south  east  of  the  camp  of  Housesteads,  our  members,  Mr 
J.  P.  Gibson  and  Mr.  F.  G.  Simpson,  have  opened  out  a  circular  Roman 
limekiln.  Further  investigations,  in  the  interior  of  the  north  east 
angle,  disclosed  foundations  of  an  angle  tower  in  the  normal  position, 
indicating  that  this  tower  had  given  place  to  another  on  the  north 


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wall  where  the  great  murus  joins  the  camp.  The  west  angle  turret 
has  been  excavated  and  found  to  contain  the  base  of  an  oven  similar 
to  those  recently  discovered  at  Halt  whistle-burn  and  Castleshaw. 
Excavations  farther  west,  on  the  line  of  the  murus  at  Peel  crag,  have 
disclosed  a  remarkably  fine  stretch  of  wall  masonry  and  a  wall  turret 
hitherto  unknown.  Messrs.  Gibson  and  Simpson  have  also  conducted 
excavations  at  the  mile-castle  commonly  called  'the  king's  stables,' 
at  Gilsland,  but  have  not  yet  completed  them. 

At  Tynemouth  priory,  the  preservative  operations  of  the  Office  of 
Works  have  been  continued.  Two  items  of  considerable  interest, 
hitherto  unnoticed,  have  been  revealed  and  noted  by  Mr.  W.  H.  Knowles, 
who  will  exhibit  explanatory  drawings  to  the  Society. 

Useful  restorative  work  has  been  effected  at  the  vicar's  pele,  Cor- 
bridge,  by  our  president,  the  Duke  of  Northumberland.  His  Grace 
has  caused  the  accumulated  rubbish,  with  the  ivy  and  other  injurious 
growths  to  be  removed,  and  the  walls  and  floors  to  be  put  into  a  proper 
state  of  repair.  A  simple  stone  roof  has  also  been  erected  to  protect 
still  further  this  relic  of  the  past,  which  retains,  in  an  unusually  com- 
plete form,  many  interesting  features. 

The  churchwardens  of  St.  Peter's  at  Wallsend  having  applied  to  our 
Society  for  advice  on  the  matter  of  clearing  the  ruins  of  the  old 
church  of  the  Holy  Cross  in  that  town,  and  the  graveyard,  from  the 
rubbish  which  encumbered  them,  Mr.  Knowles  and  another  member 
were  deputed  by  the  Society  to  visit  the  site,  and  following  their  report, 
the  ruins  have  been  enclosed,  the  site  excavated,  the  plan  revealed  and 
the  walls  carefully  pointed  and  covered  with  preservative  material. 
Mr.  Knowles,  who  had  charge  of  the  works,  will  no  doubt  communi- 
cate the  result  to  the  Society. 

It  is  a  pleasure  to  record  that  the  keep  and  gateway  tower  of  Etal 
castle  have  been  put  into  thorough  repair  by  our  member  lord  Joicey, 
the  owner. 

Outside  of  the  Society's  operations,  the  Council  note  with  satis- 
faction the  publication,  under  Mr.  H.  H.  E.  Craster's  editorship,  of 
another  volume  of  the  Northumberland  County  History,  forming  the 
ninth  of  the  series.  The  district  included  in  this  issue  is  that  of  Earsdon 
and  Horton.  Volume  ten,  under  the  same  editorship,  will  deal  with 
a  more  interesting  locality,  that  of  Corbridge  and  Dilston. 

The  interest  which  our  fellow  member,  Mr.  William  Boyd,  has  shown 
in  the  preservation  of  old  landmarks  and  the  elucidation  of  past  events 
in  local  history,  is  exemplified  by  his  publication  of  Oliver's  Map  of 
Newcastle  in  1830,  upon  which  he  has  superimposed  a  map  of  the  town 
as  it  exists  to-day.  To  this  useful  production,  Mr.  R.  O.  Heslop,  one 
of  our  vice-presidents,  has  contributed  a  historical  foreword,  which 
adds  materially  to  its  value. 

The  state  of  the  Society's  funds,  the  valuable  additions  made  to 
the  museum,  and  the  books  added  to  the  library,  find  appropriate 
record  in  the  respective  reports  of  the  Treasurer,  the  Curators,  and 
the  Librarian,  hereunto  annexed. 

The  treasurer  then  read  his  report,  which  stated  that  the  membership 
of  the  Society  stood  at  367,  that  23  ordinary  members  had  been  elected 
during  the  year,  and  that  the  loss  from  deaths,  resignations  and  removals 
had  been  22.  This  was  followed  by  his  balance  sheet,  which  showed 
a  balance  of  69£.  15s.  6rf.  in  favour  of  the  Society  at  the  beginning  of 
1909  ;  a  total  income  for  the  year  of  57 3/.  17s.  6d.,  and  expenditure  of 
625Z.  9s.  4d.,  leaving  a  balance  at  the  end  of  the  same  year  of  151.  3s.  Sd. 
The  capital  invested  with  dividends  was  14 II.  19s.  Id.  The  receipts  from 
subscriptions  were  387Z.  9s.  Qd.,  the  Castle  1221.  3s.  9d.,  the  Blackgate 


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museum  33Z.  Os.  3d.,  and  from  books  sold  28Z.  4s.  6cZ.  The  expenditure 
\vas\for  printing  Archaeologia  1851.  3s.  4d.,  and  Proceedings  101.  8s.  Od. 
for  illustrations  3G£.  14s.  Qd.,  for  new  books  39Z.  6s.  8d.,  on  the  Castle 
and  Blackgate  museum  50Z.  Os.  Id.,  and  for  sundries  142£,  8s.  2d.  The 
donations  received  and  promised  towards  the  cost  of  removing  the 
library  to  the  Blackgate  amounted  to  279Z.  12s.  Od. 

The  curators'  and  librarian's  reports  were  then  taken  as  read. 

The  Chairman  (Mr.  Dendy)  moved  the  adoption  of  the  report.  He 
said  that  the  Society's  annual  meeting  was  in  most  years  presided 
over  by  their  esteemed  president,  and  the  members  universally  regretted 
the  sad  cause  of  his  absence  that  day,  as  expressed  in  the  report.  It 
would  be  seen  that  a  balance  was  still  required  to  complete  the  con- 
templated removal  of  the  library  to  the  Blackgate. 

Mr.  R.  C.  Clephan,  V.P.,  in  seconding  the  motion,  said  we  regret  the 
absence  of  the  president  to-day,  and  the  more  so  for  its  sad  cause. 
The  untimely  death  of  earl  Percy  leaves  a  great  gap  in  the  front  rank 
of  our  most  trusted  statesmen.  Alas  !  a  fruitful  and  promising  career 
cut  untimely  short.  Our  heartfelt  sympathy  is  with  the  bereft  parents 
and  family,  In  congratulating  the  members  on  the  new  arrangements 
for  the  housing  of  our  library,  I  may  express  a  hope  that  with  more 
comfortable  conditions  more  use  will  be  made  of  the  books  in  the 
future  than  in  the  past.  Our  thanks  are  due  to  our  warder  Mr.  Gibson 
for  his  unfailing  courtesy  and  willingness  to  oblige  in  the  issue  of  the 
books  to  the  members.  I  have  often  tested  him  and  never  found  him 
wanting.  I  have  nothing  more  to  add  to  the  chairman's  remarks,  and 
now  beg  to  second  the  resolution. 

The  report  was  unanimously  adopted. 

COUNCIL    AND    OFFICERS    FOR    1910. 

The  Chairman  then  declared  the  following  persons  duly  elected  to 
the  respective  offices  in  terms  of  Statute  V,  viz.  : — President  :  His 
Grace  the  Duke  of  Northumberland,  K.G.,  F.S.A.  .  1'welve  Vice- 
Presidents  :  Lawrence  W.  Adamson,  LL.D.,  Robert  Coltman  Clephan, 
F.S.A.,  Frederick  Walter  Dendy,  John  Pattison  Gibson,  the  Rev. 
William  Greenwell,  D.C.L.,  F.S.A.,  &c.,  Francis  J.  Haverfield,  LL.D., 
F.S.A.,  Richard  Oliver  Heslop,  M.A.,  F.S.A.,  Thomas  Hodgkin,  D.C.L., 
F.S.A.,  &c.,  John  Crawford  Hodgson,  M.A.,  F.S.A. ,  the  Very  Rev. 
Henry  Edwin  Savage,  M.A.,  Thomas  Taylor,  F.S.A.,  and  Richard 
Welford,  M.A.  Two  Secretaries  :  Robert  Blair,  F.S.A.,  and  Richard 
Oliver  Heslop,  M.A.,  F.S.A.  Treasurer:  Robert  Sinclair  Nisbet.. 
Editor  :  Robert  Blair.  Librarian  :  Charles  Hunter  Blair.  Two 
Curators  :  Richard  Oliver  Heslop  and  W.  Parker  Brewis.  Two 
Auditors  :  Herbert  Maxwell  Wood,  B.A.,  and  Charles  Pearson  Winter. 
Twelve  Members  of  Council  :  Rev.  Cuthbert  Edward  Adamson,  W. 
Parker  Brewis,  F.S.A.,  Sidney  Story  Carr,  Walter  Shewell  Corder, 
H.  H.  E.  Craster,  William  Henry  Knowles,  F.S.A.,  Matthew  Mackey, 
Arthur  M.  Oliver,  Joseph  Oswald,  Henry  Taylor  Rutherford.  1< .  Gerald 
Simpson,  and  William  Weaver  Tomlinson. 

The  meeting  concluded  with  a  vote  of  thanks  to  the  chairman. 


MISCELLANEA. 

The  Committee  of  the  Newcastle  public  library  has  purchased  tho 
collection  of  deeds  relating  to  Northumberland  and  Durham,  belonging 
to  the  late  James  Coleman  of  Colchester. 


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The  following  are  abstracts  of  old  deeds  belonging  to  Dr.  Burman 
of  Alnwick  (continued  from  page  148)  : — • 

BARNARD  CASTLE. 

Indenture  of  23  December,  21  Elizabeth  [1578]  between  (1) 
Thomas  Rowlandson,  the  younger  of  Barnard  castle  gentleman  and 
Sythe  his  wife  daughter  and  only  heir  of  Anthony  Harwodde,  and 
(2)  John  Mydleton,  of  Askeham,  in  the  county  of  Westmorland,  esquire, 
Witnesseth  that  for  400?.  to  Rowlandson  and  wife  paid  by  John  Mydle- 
ton, they  granted  to  Mydleton  and  Anne,  his  wife,  '  there  Capitall 
and  mansion  house  commonly  called  the  Westehaulle  and  Eastehaulle  ' 
situate  in  Barnardcastle,  on  the  north  side  of  Newgate  there  and  all 
their  houses,  barns,  buildings,  etc.,  in  Barnardcastle  by  the  names 
of  Broodeclosse,  Weuerclosse,  Atkinendclosse,  Hillclosse,  Doueacre, 
and  the  Easteclosse  and  all  messuages,  meadows,  cattlegates,  woods, 
&c.,  within  the  town,  territories,  lordship,  or  fields  of  Barnardcastle, 
being  the  inheritance  of  the  said  Anthony  Hawodde,  father  of  the 
said  Sythe  To  hold  the  same  to  Mydleton  and  Anne  his  wife,  free 
from  incumbrances  one  lease  of  a  burgage  &  a  close  ajoining  made 
to  Arthur  Morgane  for  the  term  of  21  years,  is  reserved  at  a  yearly 
rent  of  10s.,  one  other  lease  of  a  rig  of  land,  being  in  Galgate,  for  21 
years,  made  to  John  Glenton,  at  a  yearly  rent,  &  one  other  lease 
of  certain  ranes  and  rigends  granted  to  William  Sheppard  and  others 
at  a  yearly  rent.  Seals  gone. 

GREAT    HASWELL    AND    FALLOWFIELD,    CO.    DURHAM. 

Indenture  of  17  August,  1704,  between  (1)  John  Martin  of  New  Elvett 
in  the  county  of  Durham  gen.,  and  (2)  Robert  Gibson  of  Burnigill 
in  the  said  county  Witnesseth  that  Martin  in  consideration  of  five 
shillings  paid  by  Gibson,  sold  unto  Gibson  '  All  those  Messuages  or 
Tenements  of  him  the  said  John  Martin  situate  standing  lying  and 
being  at  Great  Haswell  and  Fallow  feild  in  the  said  county  of  Durham, 
by  him  held  by  the  curtesie  of  England,  with  all  houses  Collieries 
Colemines,  &c.,  to  hold  the  same  unto  Gibson  from  the  day  next 
before  the  day  of  the  date  th'of  for  the  terme  of  six  months  from 
thence  next  ensuing  fully  to  be  completed  ended  and  run  (if  the  said 
John  Martin  shall  soe  long  live)  Yeilding  and  paying  therefor  at  the 
end  of  the  said  terme  a  pepper  corn  only  if  the  same  shall  be  lawfully 
demanded  To  the  intent  and  purpose  only  that  by  force  and  vertue 
of  these  presents  and  of  the  statute  for  transferring  uses  into  possession. 
Gibson  may  be  in  the  actuall  possession  of  the  premises  and  may 
be  enabled  to  accept  and  take  a  grant  and  release  of  the  reversion 
and  inheritance  thereof  to  Robert  Gibson  for  and  during  the  naturall 
life '  of  Martin.  Signed  by  '  John  Martyn,'  and  sealed.  Attested  by 
'  Dav.  Dixon  John  Morgan.' 

EVENWOOD,    CO.    DURHAM. 

Indenture  of  27  December,  20  Charles  n  [1668J.  Between  (1) 
William  Key  the  younger  of  Evenwood,  yeoman,  and  (2)  Elizabeth 
Garth  of  Headlam,  widow,  Witnesseth  that  Key  for  100?.  paid  by 
Garth  granted  all  his  close  of  meadow  commonly  known  by  the  name 
of  the  AVestf  ield  containing  30  acres  lying  in  the  precincts  and  territories 
of  Evenwood  '  on  the  back  side  of  the  messuage  or  Seate  house  {  wherein 
Key  lives,'  To  hold  the  same  for  999  years  from  the  date  thereof 
paying  during  the  term  a  pepper  corn  rent.  Signed  by  '  William  Kay, ' 
(seal  gone)  o,nd  attested  by  '  Wm.  Ga,rth,  Abra:  Hilton.  Mat:  Midleton.' 
Bond  of  Wm.  Kay  of  same  date  in  200Z.  to  perform  conditions,  attested 
by  same  witnesses. 


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HART,    CO.    DURHAM. 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen,  February  13th,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord 
God,  1724-25,  Witnesseth  that  Thomas  Herison  being  sicke  and  weak 
in  Body  but  of  Sound  and  perfect  memory  praise  be  given  to  God  for 
the  same  and  knowing  the  uncertainty  of  this  Life  on  Earth  and  being 
desirous  to  settle  things  in  order  do  make  this  my  last  Will  and  Testa- 
ment in  manner  and  form  following  (that  is  to  say)  First  and  principally 
I  commend  my  Soul  to  Almighty  God  my  Creator  assured  by  believing 
that  I  shall  receive  full  Pardon  and  free  Remission  of  all  my  Sins  and 
be  saved  by  the  pretious  death  and  meritts  of  my  Saviour  and  Redeemer 
Christ  Jesus  and  my  Body  to  the  Earth  from  whence  it  was  taken  to 
be  buryed  in  such  decent  manner  as  my  Executor  hereafter  named 
shall  think  convenient  and  as  touching  such  worldly  estate  as  the 
Lord  in  his  mercy  hath  lent  me  my  Will  and  meaning  is  the  same 

shall  be  employed  and  bestowed  as  hereafter  by  this  my  Will 

and  first  I  do  revoke,  renounce  frustrate  and  make  void  all  Wills 
by  me  formerly  made  and  declare  and  appoint  this  my  last  Will  and 
Testament  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  son  William  Herison 
his  Heirs  or  Assigns  all  my  Lands  and  all  God  hath  endowed  me  with 
except  such  Parcels  of  Ground  and  Moneys  which  shall  be  hereafter 
nominated  making  William  Executor  of  this  my  last  Will  and  Testa- 
ment I  also  bequeath  unto  Dorothy  Herison  my  Wife  the  House 
which  is  in  the  occupation  of  Ann  Adrington  during  her  Life  also  I 
order  my  Executor  to  pay  unto  my  Wife  Fifty  Shillings  yearly  during 
her  Life  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  Item  I  give  to  my  son  Matthew  Herison 
all  the  high  Mour  Close  which  I  bought  of  Robert  Hett,  out  of  which 
he  or  his  Heirs  must  pay  to  his  mother  Doroty  Herison  Twenty  Five 
Shillings  yearly  during  her  Life  I  also  give  or  bequeath  to  my  son 
Thomas  Herison  the  Three  East  Cavals  in  Qualimour  and  the  House 
and  Garth  which  is  in  the  Possession  of  Ann  Laverick  only  he  or  his 
Heirs  must  pay  to  my  wife  Twenty  Five  Shillings  yearly  during  her 
Life  I  bequeath  also  to  my  son  Robert  Herison  the  Two  West  Cavils 
in  the  same  Qualemoor  Close  to  enter  upon  the  same  at  the  age  of 
Twenty  Five  years  and  if  my  Executor  molest  him  for  the  same  he 
must  pay  him  for  the  same  ground  the  sum  of  Thirty  Pounds,  also  I 
give  to  Robert  my  son  the  House  which  is  in  the  occupation  of  Ann 
Adrington  and  a  back  (?)  house  that  joyns  Adringtons  House  and  a 
Parcel  of  Ground  at  the  House  End  which  joyns  of  James  Specke  to 
him  and  his  Heirs  after  his  mother's  decease.  Item,  I  give  to  Elizabeth 
Herison,  my  daughter.  Twenty  Pounds  to  be  paid  by  my  executor 
William  Herison  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  except  that  I  pay  it  myself  like- 
wise I  give  to  Ann  Herison  my  daughter  Twenty  Pounds  at  the  age 
of  Twenty  Eight  years  to  be  paid  by  my  executor  his  Heirs  or  Assigns 
furthermore  I  give  and  bequeath  to  Mary  Herison  my  Daughter  Twenty 
Pounds  to  be  paid  by  my  executor  when  she  attains  to  the  age  of 
Twenty  Five  years  paid  by  him  or  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  Item  I  give 
and  beqvieath  to  Doryty  Herison  my  Daughter  Twenty  Pounds  to  be 
paid  by  my  executor  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  when  she  attains  to  the  age 
of  Twenty  Five  years  Likewise  for  the  Household  Goods  I  give 
them  to  my  wife  Doroty  Herison  to  dispose  of  them  as  she  please 
Thomas  Herison  his  mark  Signed  sealed  and  delivered  in  the  presence 
of  us  the  day  and  year  first  written.  Test.  Chris.  Sheraton,  Robert 
Sheraton.  Jane  Sheraton  her  mark.  Probate  of  the  Will  was  granted 
on  the  28  June,  1734.  Endorsement  that  will  produced  in  a  chancery 
suit  between  Braems  Wheeler,  gent.,  complainant,  and  Ralph  Trotter, 
esq.,  Defendant, 


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PROCEEDINGS 

OF    THE 

SOCIETY    OF   ANTIQUARIES 

OF    NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. 
3  SEB.,  VOL.   IV.  1910.  NO.    18 

The  ordinary  monthly  meeting  of  the  society  was  held  in  the  old 
library  at  the  Castle,  on  Wednesday,  the  twenty-third  day  of  February, 
1910,  at  seven  o'clock  in  the  evening,  Mr.  J.  Pattison  Gibson,  one  of 
the  vice-presidents,  being  in  the  chair. 

Several  ACCOUNTS,  recommended  by  the  council  for  payment,  were 
ordered  to  be  paid. 

THE    LATE    EARL    PERCY. 

Mr.  Blair  (one  of  the  secretaries)  read  a  letter  from  the  duke  of 
Northumberland,  president  of  the  society,  in  which  he  desired  him 
'  to  express  to  the  members  of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  of  New- 
castle-upon-Tyne  our  deep  sense  of  the  kindness  which  prompted  the 
message  of  sympathy  with  the  Duchess '  and  himself,  on  the  sad  loss 
sustained  by  them,  which  they  appreciated  very  highly. 

NEW    MEMBERS. 

The  following  ORDINARY  MEMBERS  were  proposed  and  declared  duly 
elected  :— 

1.  The  Ashmolean  Museum  Library,  per  Messrs.  Parker  &  Son, 

27  Broad  Street.  Oxford. 

2.  William  Brewis  McQueen  of   Oakwood,   Clayton  Road,  New- 

castle. 

3.  R.  N.  Redmayne,  Prudhoe  Castle,  Northumberland. 

NEW    BOOKS,    ETC. 

The  following  were  placed  on  the  table  : — 
Presents,  for  which  thanks  were  voted  : — 

From  R.   Blair: — -The  Antiquary  for  February,   1910. 
Mr.  Blair  also  deposited  with  the  society  copies  of  the  following 
parish  registers  in  co.  Durham,  conditionally  on  their  being  placed  in 
cloth  cases,  and  that  he  should  have  the  use  of  them  at  any  time  : — 
Ebchester,  vol.  i,  1619-1731. 
Stainton-le-Street,  vol.  i,  1561  to  1622  only. 
Whitburn,  vol.  i,  from  1579  to  1647  only. 
Witton-le-Wear,  vol.  i,  1558-1745  (and  a  few  entries  of  1795)  5 

vol.    n,    1746-1757, 
Exchanges  : — 
From  the  British  Archaeological  Association: — Journal,  new  ser., 

xv,  ii. 

From    the    Royal    Society    of    Antiquaries    of    Ireland: — Journal, 
xxxix,  4. 

[Proc.  3  Ser.  iv,  '23] 


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From  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  of  Scotland  : — Proceedings,  XI/LIT. 

From  the  Historic  Society  of  Lancashire  and  Cheshire  : — -Trans- 
actions, new  ser.,  xxiv. 

From  the  Smithsonian  Institute,  Washington,  U.S.A.: — 'Malaria 
in  Greece,'  and  'Excavations  at  Boghaz-Keni'  (overprints). 

Purchases :  —  The  Registers  of  Mickleover  and  Little/over,  co.  Derby  (Par. 
Reg.  Soc.)  ;  Der  Obergermanisch-  Raetische  Limes,  lief.  32  (Kastell 
Zugmantel,  Kastell  Jagsthausen,  and  Kastell  Mainhardt.  The 
first-named  is  one  of  the  most  important  camps  on  the  German 
Limes  judging  from  prof.  Jacobi's  able  report,  and  the  unusually 
numerous  finds  of  all  kinds.  All  the  objects  discovered  are  shewn 
in  thirty  plates,  and  in  additional  illustrations  in  the  text)  ;  and 
Notes  and  Queries,  n  ser.,  nos.  5  to  8. 

DONATIONS. 

The  following  were  announced  and  thanks  voted  to  the  donors  : — • 

From  Mr.  J.  C.  Hodgson,  F.S.A.  : — Small  brass  scales  for  weighing 
sovereigns  and  half-sovereigns. 

[Mr.  J.  A.  Dotchin  and  Mr.  Oswald  exhibited  similar  objects.  Mr. 
Parker  Brewis  exhibited  an  earlier  example  for  weighing  guineas 
and  half -guineas.] 

From  Mr.  John  S.  Robson  : — 'An  oak  table  4ft.  3J  in.  long  by  3ft.  Oin. 
wide  by  2ft.  6in.  high  in  form  an  elongated  octagon,  supported  by 
eight  legs  with  under  framing,  the  top  of  slate  bordered  by  a  wooden 
rim  of  rich  inlaid  work,  the  design  of  which  includes  the  repetition 
of  goats'  heads,  possibly  the  crest  of  the  original  possessor.  The 
workmanship  is  Flemish,  and  the  date  the  earlier  part  of  the 
seventeenth  century.  It  is  in  excellent  preservation.  A  similar 
piece  of  furniture  is  in  the  national  collection  at  the  Victoria  and 
Albert  museum,  South  Kensington.'  Mr.  Robson  '  would  like  it 
to  be  placed  in  the  new  library,  where  it  will  be  both  useful  and 
seen  to  good  advantage.' 

From  R.  Blair  : — -A  prehistoric  stone  axe  ;  and  an  iron  borer  (?)  in 
a  staghorn  handle  roughly  carved  in  shape  of  a  bird,  but  with  head 
gone. 

EXHIBITED  : — • 

By  Mr.  J.  P.  Gibson,  V.P. : — '  A  bronze  axe  recently  found  in  a  field 
near  the  Spital  at  Hexham. 

Mr.  Gibson  thus  describes  it :  « In  making  the  new  golf  course  some 
excavation  was  needed,  and  this  celt  was  found  lying  at  a  depth 
of  three  or  four  feet  from  the  surface.  It  is  of  the  socketed  type 
with  loop,  used  in  the  latter  portion  of  the  bronze  age.  It  bears 
traces  of  wear  and  of  rough  usage,  but  it  is  beautifully  patinated. 
Its  ornamentation  consists  of  a  double  moulding  around  the  mouth 
of  the  socket,  and  of  three  vertical  ribs  extending  from  the  moulding 
about  half  way  down  the  faces  of  the  blade.  The  handle  was 
probably  formed  of  a  stick  having  a  natural  elbow  at  right  angles 
to  the  stem.  This  projecting  elbow  would  be  fitted  in  the  socket 
and  secured  in  its  place  by  a  thong  of  hide  passed  around  the 
handle  and  secured  in  the  loop.  As  a  tool  it  could  have  been  used 
as  an  axe  or  an  adze  according  to  the  way  in  which  it  was  attached 
to  the  handle.  With  a  short  straight  handle  it  might  have  been 
used  as  a  chisel.  As  an  efficient  weapon  it  would  seem  to  have  re- 
quired a  heavy  wooden  block  behind  it  to  give  weight  and  emphasis 
to  its  blow.  In  Evans's  Ancient  Bronze  Implements  seventy-seven 
illustrations  of  socketed  celts  are  given.  That  found  in  Reach  Fen 
in  Cambridgeshire,  arid  shewn  in  figure]  124,Jis*almost  exactly  similar 


159 

to  that  exhibited  to-night  in  size,  shape  and  ornamentation.  At  the 
November  meeting  of  1902  (Proc.,  2  ser.  x,  358),  Mr.  E.  Wooler  of 
Darlington,  exhibited,  with  other  bronze  objects  found  in  a  hoard 
at  Stanwick  near  Darlington,  one  of  the  same  type,  having  three 
vertical  ribs,  and  at  the  February  meeting  in  1904,  Mr.  T.  J.  Bell  of 
Cleadon  (Ibid..  3  sar.  i,  118),  shewed  another,  almost  exactly  similar, 
purchased  by  him  in  Darlington,  which  had  probably  also  belonged 
to  the  Stanwick  hoard.  In  the  example  shown  a  slight  projecting 
rib  running  down  each  side  of  the  interior  of  the  socket  seems  to 
indicate  that  the  core  used  in  making  the  casting  was  in  two 
portion,  the  rib  representing  the  junction  of  the  halves.  Ac- 
cording to  the  late  Mr.  Grant  Allen,  celts  were,  during  the  bronze 
age,  used  commercially  in  China  in  the  place  of  coin,  and  there  are 
still  to  be  found  there,  thin  imitations  of  them,  which  at  a  later  period 
served  as  currency,  but  which  could  be  of  no  use  as  weapons  or  tools.' 
!Vtr.  Gibson  also  exhibited  a  styca  of  Vigmund,  archbishop  of  York, 
831-854  A.D.,  made  by  his  moneyer  Coenred.  On  each  side  in 
centre  is  a  cross,  and  it  reads  on  one  side  +  VIGMVND  BEX,  and 
on  other  +  COENRED.  He  said  '  it  was  one  of  a  hoard  of  about 
ten  thousand  found  at  Hexham  nearly  eighty  years  ago,  of  which 
the  Blackgate  museum  has  about  a  hundred  fine  examples.  They 
were  contained  in  an  ornamented  bronze  bucket,  having  a  capacity 
of  about  half-a-gallon,  and  had  probably  been  buried  at  the  time 
of  the  Danish  invasion  under  Halfdene  in  875  A.D.  The  value  o  f 
the  styca  was  one-eighth  of  the  sceatta,  a  small  Saxon  coin.  Full 
accounts  of  the  discovery  were  published  in  vols.  25  and  26  of  the 
Archaeologia,  a  reprint  being  published  in  Archaeologia  Aeliana. 
1st  ser.,  in,  pp.  77-108.' 
Chanks  were  voted  for  the  exhibits. 

ON    THE    RECTORIAL,    OR    GREAT,    TITHES    OF    LONG   HOUGHTON. 

A  portion  of  the  following  paper  was  read  by  Mr.  Blair  (one  of  the 
secretaries)  in  the  absence  of  the  writer,  Mr.  J.  C.  Hodgson,  M.A., 
F.S.A. :— 

'  The  chapel  of  Long  Houghton  appurtenant  to  the  church  of  Lesbury, 
with  all  things  belonging  to  it  in  the  way  of  tithes  and  other  endow- 
ments, was  given,  with  Lesbury,  between  the  years  1143  and  1152  by 
Eustace  f  itz- John,  lord  of  the  barony  of  Alnwick,  to  the  abbot  and  con- 
vent of  Alnwick.  The  canons  of  Alnwick  were  charged  with  the  duty  of 
providing  for  the  spiritual  wants  of  the  chapelry,  and  discharged  this 
obligation  by  appointing  stipendiary  curates.  Shortly  before  the  dis- 
solution of  religious  houses,  and  under  the  shadow  of  the  impending 
change,  in  the  time  of  William  Herrison,  the  last  abbot  of  Alnwick.  the 
chapelry  was  severed  from  the  mother  church  and  constituted  a  vicar- 
age, the  ordination  of  which  has  not  been  found.  The  patronage  of  the 
vicarage  was  granted  by  Philip  and  Mary  to  Thomas,  earl  of  North- 
umberland, and  has  remained  in  his  successors.  For  some  time 
before  the  dissolution,  the  abbot  and  convent  of  Alnwick  appear  to 
have  been  making  arrangements  for  the  coming  event.  The  abbot 
himself  conformed  to  the  conditions  required  by  the  Reformation 
Statutes  and  became  vicar  of  Lesbury ;  he  married,  and  founded  a  family 
there.  John  Beadnell,  an  officer,  or  steward  of  the  house,  founder 
of  the  family  of  Beadnell  of  Lemington,  obtained  leases  of  sundry 
of  the  convent  estates.  Amongst  other  advantages,  he,  with  John 
Roddam  of  Little  Houghton,  took  a  lease  of  the  corn  tithes  of  Long 
Houghton.  So  things  remained  until  1605  when  James  I,  on  December 
20  of  that  year,  granted  to  Henry  Stanley  of  London,  gent.,  and  John 


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Standish  of  London,  stationer,  one  moiety  of  the  grain  tithes  of  Long 
Houghton,  in  free  socage,  at  the  reserved  rent  of  51.  per  annum.  The 
remaining  moiety  was  granted  on  the  11  May,  1608,  to  George  Johnson, 
of  London,  merchant  tailor,  and  John  Grimesditch,  gent.,  at  a  similar 
reserved  rent.1 

THE    FIRST    MOIETY. 

As  to  one  half  thereof,  or  one  quarter  of  the  whole. 

The  moiety  granted  in  1605  to  Stanley  and  Standish  was,  at  the 
time  of  the  grant,  held  by  George  Beadnel  and  John  Salkeld  as  lessees 
from  the  Crown,  and  Beadnel  seems  to  have  purchased  the  fee  simple 
of  his  interest  almost  immediately.  On  the  11  July,  1611,  George 
Beadnell,  then  of  Lemington,  in  the  parish  of  Edlingham,  in  considera- 
tion of  330Z.,  conveyed  his  right  and  interest  to  his  neighbour  Roger 
Huntridge  of  Abberwick,  and  Edmund  (query  Edward)  Huntridge. 
On  the  9th  of  June,  1671,  Roger  Huntridge  and  Elizabeth  his  wife 
for  152L  conveyed  their  portion  to  John  Chesman,  described  as  of 
Hulne  Abbey.  The  purchaser  was  probably  a  kinsman  of  the  vendor, 
for  Edward  Huntridge  of  Abberwick  in  his  will,  dated  4  May,  1675, 
names  his  '  brother  John  Chesman.'  The  latter  may  be  identified, 
with  much  probability,  with  the  person  of  that  name,  described  as 
of  Bolton  Wood-hall,  to  whom  Sir  Henry  Widdrington  of  Black  Heddon 
in  1656  conveyed  a  messuage  in  Abberwick.  He  and  Cuthbert  Chesman 
were  amongst  the  mounted  volunteers  who  assembled  on  Bockenfield 
moor,  29  Jan.,  1660,  under  William,  lord  Widdrington. 

'  Mr.  John  Chesman  of  Long  Houghton '  was  buried  there  on  the 
27  November,  1690,  being  succeeded  by  his  son,  Cuthbert  Chesman, 
who  was  buried  on  the  13  August,  1729  ;  being  described  in  the  register 
of  burials  as  of  Long  Houghton,  gentleman.  By  his  will  made  on  11 
July  previously  he  charged  his  quarter  of  the  grain  tithes  of  Long 
Houghton  with  the  payment  of  31.  per  annum  to  be  distributed  yearly, 
at  Whitsuntide,  amongst  the  poor,  by  the  vicar  and  wardens ;  subject 
thereto  he  gave  the  said  tithes  to  his  brother  John  Chesman  with 
remainder  to  his  grand  nephew,  John  Henzell,  son  of  his  nephew 
Joseph  Henzell.  *oie  last  named  John  Chesman  married,  5  November, 
1700,  Mrs.  Helen  Ord  of  the  parish  of  Warkworth.  In  the  register 
the  bridegroom  was  described  as  '  one  of  our  princpial  farmers,'  whilst 
the  bride  was  apparently  a  daughter  of  the  ancient  Roman  Catholic 
family  of  Ord  of  Sturton  Grange.  They  had  issue  a  son  John,  and  a 
daughter,  Elizabeth,  both  of  whom  died  in  their  father's  life  time. 
John  Chesman  was  buried  on  the  7  of  January,  1730-1,  and  this 
portion  of  the  tithes  then  came  to  his  nephew. 

On  the  31  July,  1671,  William  Tyzack  of  the  West  Glass-house,  in 
the  parish  of  All  Saints,  Newcastle,  broad  glass  maker,  had  a  licence 
to  marry  Ann  Chesman  of  A  In  wick,  the  bondsman  being  Moses  Henzell 
of  the  West  Glass-house  aforesaid,  and  there  can  be  little  doubt  that 
John  Henzell,  who  succeeded  to  his  great  uncle's  share  of  the  Long 
Houghton  tithes,  was  related  to  one,  if  not  to  all  of  these  persons.54 
The  tithes  so  acquired  were  given,  by  John  Henzell,  to  Isabella  Henzell, 
and  she  by  deed  made  21  June,  1744,  conveyed  them  to  Mary  Forsyth 
and  Joseph  Spoor  and  Ann  his  wife,  who  in  their  turn  on  the  30  Decem- 
ber, 1746,  for  the  sum  of  240Z.,  conveyed  to  Ralph  Clark  of  North 
Shields,  who  purchased  in  trust  for  John  Lowes,  whose  son,  Ralph 

1  These  two  fee  farm  rents  of  51.  and  bl.  were  sold  in  1652  to  John  Sweeting  of 
London,  citizen  and  stationer.     Subsequently  they  were  purchased  as  part  of  the  en- 
dowment for  Edward  Colston's  alms-houses  at  Bristol.—  Procccdiiujs  Newcastle  Society 
of  Antiw(Ctri<'8,  2  series,  vol.  in,  p.  388. 

2  1671,  Nov.  28.    Peregrin  Henzell  of  Newcastle  upon  Tyne,  and  Margaret  Chesman, 
married.—  Alnmck  Keyiaters. 


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Clark  Lowes,  of  Newcastle,  voted  at  the  election"  of  Knights  of  the 
Shire  on  1774,  and  subsequently  conveyed  to  Messrs.  Murray  of  Long 
Houghton  Low  stead.3 

James  Murray  voted  at  the  great  contested  election  of  Knights  of 
the  Shire  in  1826,  and  died  in  1835,  leaving  an  only  surviving  child 
who  married  first  .  .  .  Grey,  and  second  William  Lonsdale.  Under 
the  Tithe  Commutation  Act  there  was  awarded  to  William  Lonsdale, 
in  1842,  a  tithe  rent  charge  of  140Z.  in  lieu  of  tithes.  This  rent  charge 
was  purchased  in  1879  by  the  duke  of  Northumberland  and  earl  Grey 
whose  successors  now  hold  it  in  certain  proportions. 

A  s  to  the  second  half  of  the  first  moiety,  or  one  quarter  of  the  whole. 

As  has  been  already  mentioned  that  Edmund  (query  Edward)  Hunt- 
ridge,  in  1G11,  acquired  a  proportion  of  the  tithes  from  George  Beadnell 
of  Lemington.  Seemingly  in  the  possession  of  Margaret  Huntridge 
circa  1724,*  this  share  is  probably  that  advertized  in  the  Newcastle 
Courant  of  the  30  June,  1744  : — 

To  be  sold,  a  fourth  part  of  the  corn  tythe  of  the  township  and  parish  of  Long 
Houghton.  Ji'nquire  of  Mr.  John  Koddaui,  attorney  at  law,  in  Westgate, 
Newcastle. 

and  subsequently  acquired  by  — —  Neal  of  Alnwick. 

By  his  will  dated  25  February,  1814,  Stanton  Neal  of  Alnwick  charged 
his  fourth  of  the  tithes  of  grain  and  corn  in  Long  Houghton  with  the 
payment  of  10Z.  per  annum  to  be  distributed  on  Christmas  day  by  the 
vicar  arid  wardens  amongst  the  poor  of  Long  Houghton,  and,  subject 
thereto,  he  gave  the  same  to  Mr.  Luke  Hindmarch  of  Alnwick.  The 
testator,6  dying  three  days  after  making  his  will,  the  charitable  devise 
was  void  and  of  none  effect.  In  1842  a  rent  charge  of  14(K.  per  annum 
was  awarded,  under  the  Tithe  Commutation  Act,  to  Mr.  William  Hind- 
march  in  lieu  of  tithes,  and  this  rent  charge  still  belongs  to  his  repre- 
sentative, Mr.  W.  T.  Hindmarch  of  Alnwick. 

THE    SECOND    MOIETY. 

The  moiety  of  the  grain  tithes  of  Long  Houghton,  granted  in  1608 
to  Johnson  and  Grimsditch  was  immediately  sold  to  Robert  Brandling 
of  Felling  who,  about  the  same  time,  purchased  Alnwick  abbey  and 
its  demesne  lands.  His  grandson  (Charles)  Brandling  in  1663  was 
assessed  at  401.  per  annum  for  half  of  the  tithes  of  Long  Houghton. 
but  after  the  death,  in  1681,  01  his  son  Robert,  the  Alnwick  estate  of 
the  Brandlings  was  dismembered  and  mostly  alienated. 

Certain  parcels  of  tithes,  comprising,  it  would  appear,  a  moiety 
of  those  of  Long  Houghton  were  purchased  in  1700  by  John  Lamb  of 
West  Herrington,  co.  Durham,  whose  third  wife  was  a  sister  of  the  last 
named  Robert  Brandling.  His  grandson,  Mr.  William  Lamb,  rector 
of  Gateshead  from  1733  to  his  death  in  1769,  voted  at  the  election  of 
Knights  of  the  Shire  in  1748.  He  left  two  sons,  John  Lamb  of  Gates- 
head,  a  captain  in  the  Army,  and  reputed  lay  rector  of  Alnwick,  and 
William  Lamb,  vicar  of  Kirknewton.  Neither  of  them  left  issue,  and 
Captain  Lamb,  who  survived  his  brother,  by  his  will  dated  14  Decem- 
ber, 1787,  made  his  kinsman  Anthony  Story,  the  younger,  of  New- 

;'•  To  be  sold  at  the  house  of  Hugh  Brodie,  Turk's  Head,  Newcastle,  a  quarter  of 
the  freehold  corn  tithes  of  Long  Houghton,  now  let  to  William  Taylor  of  Dunsheugh, 
in  Long  Houghton,  farmer,  for  60Z.  per  annum.  It  is  subject  to  a  fee  farm  rent  of 
"21.  |d,s.  and  31.  per  annum  to  the  poor  of  Long  Houghton.  The  tithes  will  increase  on 
the  division  of  Long  Houghton  common,  of  which  there  is  a  prospect.— Newcastle 
Advertiser,  1  October,  1791. 

4  Proceedings  of  the  Newcastle  Society  of  Antiquaries,  2  ser.,  vol.  Hi,  p.  388. 

s  Stantdn  Neal's  quarter  of  the  tithes  was  advertized  to  be  sold  by  auction  on  the 
8th  September,  1818 ;  application  to  be  made  to  Mr.  William  Hindmarsh,  tanner, 
Alnwick.— Newcastle  Papers,  August,  1818.  Stanton  Neal  was  baptized  8th  August, 
1759,  as  son  of  Mr.  William  Neal.— Alnwick  Registers. 


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bottle/ his  heir;  wh(\ii/the' Newcastle  Advertizer  of  20  January,  1791, 
advertised  for  sale  his  purparty  of  the  corn  tithes  of  Long  Houyiton. 
jfe  At  that  time,  or  subsequently,  this  moiety  was  purchased  by  Mr. 
John  Clark  of  Bebside,  a  native  of  Long  Houghton,  who  had  realized 
a  considerable  fortune  as  a  roper  and  shipowner  at  Blyth,  pa,rt  of 
which  fortune  he  invested  in  the  purchase  of  an  estate  at  Sheepwash. 
Dying  on  the  29  May,  1809,  he  was  buried  at  Long  Houghton  ;  and, 
subsequently,  his  trustees  inserted  an  advertisement  in  the  Newcastle 
Courant  that  they  would  offer  for  sale  by  auction  011  the  27  February, 
1810,  a  moiety  of  the  Long  Houghton  corn  tithes  then  let  for  210L 
17s.  Gd.  per  annum. 

It  was  acquired  by  earl  Grey,  to  whom,  in  1842,  a  rent  charge  of 
280/.  per  annum  was  awarded  in  lieu  of  tithes,  which  rent  charge  is 
still  in  the  possession  of  his  successor,  the  present  Earl  Grey. 

The  writer  has  not  sufficient  material  to  trace  the  descent  of  the 
tithes  of  the  smaller  townships  of  Little  Houghton  and  Boulmer  which, 
with  the  township  of  Long  Houghton,  are  comprised  in  the  parish  of 
Long  Houghton.' 

Thanks  were  voted  to  Mr.  Hodgson. 

WALLS  END    OLD    CHURCH. 

Mr.  W.  H.  Knowles  then  read  his  paper  on  the  discoveries  made 
during  the  recent  reparations  by  the  churchwardens  of  St.  Peter's 
church,  under  his  direction.  The  paper  was  illustrated  by  plans 
and  sections  and  by  photographs.  It  will  probably  be  printed  in 
Arch.  AeL,  3  ser.  vi. 

Mr.  Knowles,  in  the  course  of  his  remarks,  stated  that  the  size  and 
form  of  this  little  chapel  was  unusual  in  the  district,  the  only  other 
instances  he  could  call  to  mind  being  at  Gosforth  and  Jesniond. 

The  chairman  remarked  that  there  were  the  remains  of  similar 
chapels  at  Tuggal,  Lilburn,  Chewgreen,  etc.  Some  remarkable  dis- 
coveries were  made  at  Chewgreen  a  few  years  ago  by  Mr.  Hodges, 
who  would  perhaps  say  a  word  about  them,  as  they  had  not  yet  been 
placed  on  record. 

Mr.  Hodges  stated  that  in  1883  he  was  engaged  by  the  late  Mr. 
R.  Carr-Ellison  to  conduct  excavations  on  the  site  of  the  Roman 
camps  at  the  head  of  the  river  Coquet,  with  the  view  of  finding  Roman 
antiquities.  In  this,  however, .  he  failed,  but  he  found  instead  the 
remains  of  a  chapel  of  about  the  same  size  and  period  —the  Norman  — 
as  that  at  Wallsend.  Amongst  the  sculptured  stones  unearthed  were 
several  having  the  dental  moulding,  probably  part  of  the  south  door- 
way. In  the  following  year  he  made  a  plan  of  the  building,  of  which 
little  stonework  remained,  as  doubtless  being  in  a  poor  and  stoneless 
country  the  people  thinly  scattered  about  the  neighbourhood  had 
taken  the  stones  away  for  their  own  purposes.  The  walls  of  Norman 
churches  are  almost  invariably  three  feet  thick,  while  those  of  Saxon 
buildings  are  not  so  thick,  being  two  feet  seven  inches  only. 

Thanks  were  voted  to  Mr.  Knowles  by  acclamation  on  the  motion 
of  the  chairman,  seconded  by  Mr.  Dendy,  who  pointed  out  that  the 
authenticity  of  the  two  early  charters  quoted  by  Mr.  Knowles  in  his 
paper  was  doubtful. 

In  connexion  with  Wallsend,  Mr.  R.  Blair  read  a  letter  he  had 
received  from  Mr.  JohnT.  Greener,  now  of  Hull,  but  a  native  of  Wallsend, 
The  following  are  extracts  from  it :  — 

'  Seeing  the  mention  in  the  Weekly  Chronicle  concerning  the  Old 
church  (Holy  Cross)  and  churchyard  at  Wallsend,  I  cannot  refrain 
from  mentioning  to  you  an  incident  that  I  have  never  forgotten, 


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though  I  have  not  seen  the  dear  old  spot  for  nearly  forty  years.  Born 
at  Wallsend  in  1837,  I  well  remember  my  mother  taking  me  to  witness 
the  last  burial  that  took  place  in  that  old  churchyard,  which  was  in 
the  summer  of  1842.  She  took  me  on  to  the  waggon  way  bridge, 
so  that  we  could  get  a  good  view  while  they  were  carrying  the  corpse 
up  the  old  stone  steps,  and  then  we  proceeded  towards  the  grave. 
The  deceased  was  an  elderly  lady  named  Cavers,  who  died  in  a  self- 
contained  house  adjoining  the  old  '  Red  Lion  Inn '  at  Willington  Quay, 
at  that  time  kept  by  Mrs.  D.  Scott,  mother  of  the  late  Mr.  John  O.  Scott. 
There  were  then  two  portions  fenced  off  by  iron  palisadings  close  to  the 
south  entrance  to  the  burial  ground,  and  the  deceased  was  interred  in 
the  first  enclosure.  I  believe  that  portion  was  claimed  by  the  Henzell 
family,  whether  the  deceased  had  been  a  relative,  I  could  not  say. 
Now  at  that  time,  and  a  good  many  years  after,  there  still  remained 
the  church  door,  and  that  was  at  the  south  side  of  the  porch,  although 
it  was  partly  off  its  hinges,  it  was  too  heavy  for  us  boys  to  move,  the 
four  walls  of  the  porch  were  still  extant,  a  little  higher  than  the  door, 
but  in  a  dilapidated  state,  and  the  foundations  of  the  walls  were  still 
visible.  Among  the  many  gravestones  (and  there  were  a  great  many) 
there  was  one  I  think  very  few  of  the  whole  parish  ever  went  into  the 
ground  without  visiting  it,  it  stood  right  at  the  east  side  of  the  ground, 
and  on  it  was  a  verse  we  all  had  off  by  heart,  it  was  thus  :  — 
'Remember  Man.  as  thou  pass  by, 

As  thou  art  now.  so  once  was  I ; 

As  I  am  now.  so  must  thou  he  : 

Prepare  thyself  to  follow  me.' 

Since  that  time  certain  officious  persons  in  the  village  fenced  the 
old  place  in  to  keep  horses,  cows,  etc.,  in,  and  tried  to  prevent  the 
public  from  using  it.  Then  the  place  soon  went  to  wreck  and  ruin. 
It  was  the  prettiest  spot  for  scenery  at  that  time  between  Newcastle 
and  Shields.' 

ANCIENT    POTTERY. 

Mr.  R.  C.  Clephan,  F.S.A.,  then  gave  an  interesting  address  on  the 
'  Rise,  Progress,  and  Decline  of  the  Keramic  and  Plastic.  Arts  of  Ancient 
Greece.'  He  traced  the  influences  which  contributed  to  their  develop- 
ment, in  the  works  of  the  earlier  civilizations  of  Egypt,  Crete,  Mycenae, 
Phoenicia,  and  Etruria;  and  he  illustrated  the  various  art  periods 
and  phases  involved,  by  a  series  of  objects  from  his  fine  collection. 

Thanks  were  voted  to  Mr.  Clephan  by  acclamation  on  the  motion 
of  Mr.  Heslop,  seconded  by  the  chairman,  who  referred  in  terms  of 
eulogy  to  the  Wedgewood  cameos,  from  Flaxman's  designs. 
;     Mr.  Clephan  said  as  he  had  a  set,  he  would,  if  members  wished, 
exhibit  them  at  the  next  meeting  of  the  society. 


MISCELLANEA. 

The  iollowing  is  from  Dr.  Burman's  collection  (continued  from 
p.  148):— 

LANGLEY,    NEAR    DURHAM. 

In  the  name  of  God  Amen  I  Richard  Wright  of  Langley  near 
ye  Citty  of  Durham  in  ye  county  of  Durham  yeoman  being  in  good 
health  of  body  and  alsoe  of  perfect  mind  and  remembrance  [I  thank 
God  for  ye  same]  but  desirous  to  make  my  last  Will  and  Testament 
and  thereby  to  settle  ye  Estate  I  have  I  doe  therefore  make  and  declare 
this  my  last  Will  and  Testament  as  followeth  And  First  I  bequeath 
my  Soule  to  God  who  gave  it  me  hopeing  by  ye  meritts  of  Jesus  Christ 


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his  onely  Sonne  and  my  alone  Saviour,  and  through  ye  Intersession 
of  y*  same  Jesus  that  after  this  Life  is  ended  &  I  shall  with  him  enjoy 
everlasting  happyness  and  glory  And  my  body  I  give  to  ye  ground 
out  of  wch  it  was  taken  to  be  decently  buryed  where  and  as  my  Executors 
hereafter  named  shall  think  fitt.  Item.  I  give  devise  and  bequeath  to 
my  Sonne  Thomas  Wright  and  ye  heires  of  his  body  lawfully  begotten 
my  Messuage  or  Tenement  att  Broom  calld  and  knowne  by  ye  name  of 
Hunters  banck  and  Huntersfields  ....  I  give  and  devise  [the  same] 
with  all  and  singular  other  the  premisses  to  my  Sonne  Peter  Wright  and 
to  ye  heires  of  his  body  lawfully  begotten  and  faileing  such  Issue  then 
doe  I  give  the  same  to  my  Sonne  John  Wright  and  to  the  heires  of 
his  body  lawfully  begotten  and  faileing  such  Issue  I  doe  will  that  ye 
same  shall  come  to  ye  next  lawfull  heires  of  me  ye  said  Richard  Wright, 
Nevertheless  ]  doe  hereby  order  and  appoint  that  ye  said  Thomas 
Wright  and  all  and  every  other  person  and  persons  to  whome  my  said 
Tenem*  and  Lands  att  Broom  shall  happen  to  come  shall  and  doe 
pay  or  cause  to  be  paid  to  my  loveing  wife  Syth  Wright  dureing  her 
n'rall  Life  ye  sume  of  twenty  pounds  yearely  and  every  year  according 
to  an  Agreem*  and  certaine  Ar'les  thereupon  made  att  our  inter- 
marry age  and  that  ye  said  yearely  Sume  of  twenty  pounds  be  well 
and  truely  paid  her  by  two  equall  parts  and  portions  att  two  times 
or  dayes  in  ye  year  [that  is  to  say]  Whitsontide  and  Martinmas  or 
within  twenty  dayes  next  after  either  of  the  said  feasts  The  first 
payment  whereof  my  will  is  shall  begin  and  take  effect  the  Whitsontide 
or  Martinmas  fwhethr  (sic)  shall  first  happen]  next  after  my  death. 
And  after  ye  death  of  my  wife  I  doe  give  forth  of  ye  sd  Tenem*  and 
Lands  att  Broom  to  my  Sonne  John  Wright  his  Executors  and  Ad- 
ministrators ye  sume  of  two  hundred  pounds  to  be  paid  within  three 
yeares  next  after  my  wife's  death  together  wth  Interest  for  the  same 
after  the  rate  of  six  pounds  per  Cent,  untill  it  be  paid  as  aforesd.  I 
doe  furthr  give  devise  and  bequeath  to  my  loveing  wife  Syth  Wright 
dureing  her  n'rall  Life  my  Messuage  or  Tenement  att  Langley  aforesd 
together  with  ye  Lands  and  Grounds  thereto  belonging  and  after 
her  death  I  devise  ye  same  to  my  Sonne  Peter  Wright  and  to  ye  heires 
of  his  body  lawfully  begotten  and  faileing  such  Issue  then  to  my  Sonne 
John  Wright  and  to  ye  heires  of  his  body  and  faileing  ye  Issue  of  the 
said  John  then  to  my  Sonne  Thomas  Wright  and  to  the  heires  of  his 
body  lawfully  begotten  and  faileing  his  Issue  then  to  the  right  heires 
of  me  ye  said  Richard  Wright.  And  my  will  and  mind  is  and  I  doe 
hereby  give  to  my  said  Sonne  John  Wright  his  Execrs  and  Admrs 
the  Sume  of  one  hundred  pounds  to  be  paid  forth  of  my  said  Lands 
att  Langley  within  three  yeares  next  after  ye  death  of  my  said  wife 
and  doe  appoint  that  the  interim  and  untill  ye  said  Sume  of  one  hnndred 
pounds  be  paid  my  said  Sonne  Peter  Wright  or  whatsoever  other  person 
or  persons  shall  happen  to  have  and  enjoy  my  said  Lands  att  Langley 
in  right  of  ye  sd  Peter  shall  and  doe  pay  or  cause  to  be  paid  to  ye  said 
John  Wright  his  Execors  Admrs  or  Assignes  ye  sume  of  six  pounds  yearely 
and  every  yeare  for  ye  Interest  money  of  ye  said  Sume  of  one  hundred 
pounds.  And  Lastly  I  doe  nominate  constitute  and  appoint  my  said 
Loveing  wife  Syth  Wright  and  my  aforesd  Sonne  John  Wright  Co- 
Executors  of  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament  and  doe  give  to  them 
ye  sd  Syth  and  John  all  my  goods  chatells  and  creditts  whatsoever 
equally  betwixt  them.  In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my 
hand  and  Seale  ye  sixteenth  day  of  March  Anno  R.  Rs  Caroli  Scde.  .  . . 
Annoq.  Dni  1677 — Richard  Wright  —  Signed  sealed  declared  and 
published  for  my  last  Will  and  Testament  in  prsence  of  us — John  Burdus, 
Gab:  Swainston,  Tim:  Pye.  Probate  was  granted  on  6  Oct,  1684. 


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OF    THE 


SOCIETY    OF   ANTIQUARIES 


OF    NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. 


3    SEE,.,    VOL.    IV.  1910.  NO.     19 

The  ordinary  monthly  meeting  of  the  Society  was  held  in  the  old 
library  at  the  Castle,  Newcastle,  on  Wednesday,  the  thirtieth  day  of 
March,  1910,  at  seven  o'clock  in  the  evening,  Mr.  F.  W.  Dendy,  a  vice- 
president,  being  in  the  chair. 

Several  ACCOUNTS,  recommended  by  the  council  for  payment,  were 
ordered  to  be  paid. 

The  following  ORDINARY  MEMBER  was  proposed  and  declared  duly 
elected : — 

The  Rev.  Francis  Gwynne  Wesley,  Hamsteels  vicarage,  co.  Durham. 
The  following  NEW  BOOKS,  &c.,  were  placed  on  the  table  : — 
Present : — • 

From  R.  Blair  : — The   Antiquary  for  March   and  April,  1910  (vol. 

vi,  nos.  3  and  4). 
Exchanges : — 

From   the    Bristol    and  Gloucestershire  Archaeological  Society  : — > 

Transactions,  xxxn,  i,  8vo. 
From    the    Somersetshire     Archaeological    and    Natural    History 

Society : — Proceedings,  3rd  ser.,  xv,  8vo. 
From  the  Derbyshire  Archaeological  and  Natural  History  Society  : — 

Journal,  xxxii,  8vo. 
From  the  Royal  Numismatic  Society: — -The  Numismatic  Chronicle* 

4th  ser.,  ix,  iv  (no.  36),  8vo. 
From  -  the    Royal    Irish    Academy  : — Proceedings,    xxvii.,    sec.    C,. 

nos.  1  and  2  (February,  1910),  large  8vo. 

From  the  London  and  Middlesex  Archaeological  Society  : — Trans- 
actions, N.S.  n,  i,  8vo. 
From    la    Societe   d'Emulation   d' Abbeville  : — -Bulletin    Trimestriel, 

3  and  4  (1909),   8vo. 
From  the  Smithsonian  Institute,  U.S.A.  : — '  The  Choctaw  of  Bayon 

Lacomb,  St.  Tammany  Parish,  Louisiana,'  (overprint),  8vo.  cl. 
Purchases  : — Mittheilungen    of    the   Imperial   German   Archaeological 
Institute,  xxiv,  1  and  2  ;    Notes  and  Queries,  1 1th  ser.,  nos.  9-13 ;  and 
The  Pedigree  Register,  i,  12  (March,  1909),  large  8vo. 

THE    MUSEUM. 

The  Chairman  of  the  Stewards  of  the  Incorporated  Companies  of 
Newcastle  (Mr.  J.  D.  Walker)  deposited  with  the  Society  paintings 
(1)  of  the  Royal  Arms,  (2)  The  arms  of  the  Pewterers,  &c.,  (3)  the 
portrait  of  a  former  officer  of  the  Company,  &c. 

Mr.  Walker  was  thanked  by  acclamation,  on  the  motion  of  Mr. 
Heslop,  seconded  by  Mr.  Brewis. 

Mr.  Walker  has  sent  the  following  note  : — 

'  On  the  sale  last  year  to  the  corporation  of  Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 
by  the  Company  of  Plumbers,  Glaziers,  Pewterers,  and  Painters,  of 

[Proc.  3  Ser.   iv,  24] 


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their  ancient  meeting-house,  the  Morden  tower,  situate  upon  the 
West  Walls  (granted  to  them  by  the  town  under  the  mayoralty  of  Sir 
Peter  Riddell  in  1619)  with  a  view  to  its  preservation  as  a  historic 
relic,  the  two  coats  of  arms,  the  portrait  in  oils,  and  the  framed  notice, 
which  constituted  almost  the  sole  furniture  of  the  hall,  were  retained 
by  the  company,  and  have  now  been  placed  in  the  custody  of  the 
Society  of  Antiquaries.  The  large  square  coat  of  arms  bears  the  date 
1669,  and  represents  the  royal  arms.  There  is  no  trace  in  the  com- 
pany's minutes  of  the  occasion  on  which  it  was  made  ;  nor  is  it  men- 
tioned in  the  account  books.  It  would  seem,  therefore,  not  to  have 
been  raised  by  subscription,  but  was  probably  presented  by  one  of  the 
wealthier  members  to  the  company.  The  long  panel  contains  three 
coats  of  arms  which  appear  to  be  those  of  the  component  guilds  of 
the  company.  Of  this  there  is  no  trace  in  the  minute  books,  nor  does 
it  bear  any  evidence  of  date  on  its  face.  There  is,  however,  an  entry  in 
the  cash  book,  October  4th,  1824,  'Paid  for  the  armorial  bearings  and 
book  10s.  6d.,  which  probably  refers  merely  to  cleaning  or  repairing.  The 
portrait  also  cannot  be  identified,  although  another  entry  in  the  cash 
book,  dated  25th  March,  1811,  mentions,  '  Cash  paid  for  bringing  Henry 
Haddock's  picture  to  meeting  house  OL  2s.  Orfi'  He  seems  to  have 
been  a  pensioner  of  the  company  at  2s.  a  week,  and  it  is  difficult  to 
imagine  that  his  portrait  should  have  been  painted  and  preserved.' 
EXHIBITED  : — 

By  Mr.  R.  C.  Clephan,  V.P.  : — A  fine  collection  of  Wedgwood  cameos 
in  a  case. 

By  Mr.  Maberly  Phillips,  F.S.A.  : — A  small  collection  of  *  furniture 
lifts'  or  '  false  feet,'  some  Scotch  snuff  mulls,  and  battledores 
printed  by  Davison  of  Alnwick. 

Mr.  Phillips  very  kindly  presented  two  of  the  battledores  to  the 
museum,  for  which  he  was  thanked. 

In  some  explanatory  notes  Mr.  Phillips  said : — 

1.  '  Mock  feet,'  or  furniture  lifts.     The  object  in  using  them  was 
to  raise  a  piece  of  furniture  a  few  inches  from  the  ground  so  that  the 
good  housewife  could  remove  the  dust  from  underneath.      (I)  A  man's 
head  in  bold  relief.     It  is  5£  in.  high,  to  rest  3  in.,  at  base  4  in.  by  4  in. 
Of  these  I  have  a  full  set  of  four.     They  are  made  in  dark  glazed  earthen- 
ware.    I  procured  them  about  ten  years  ago  from  a  curiosity  dealer  in 
Berkhamsted,  he  had  recently  got  them  from  an  old  lady  residing  in  the 
alms-houses  there.      (II)  A  man's  head  and  neck.     This  is  4|  in.  high, 
to  rest  3  in.,  at  base  3  in.  by  2^  in.     In  white  china,  highly  coloured  in 
red,  blue,  and  green.     I  have  only  one   of  this  set.     It  came  from 
Ashbourne,  Derbyshire.     (Ill)  A  woman's  face  in  lustre  ware.     It  is 
probable  that  the  dwarf  legs  for  furniture  now  in  vogue  were  not  in 
use  in  former  days,  but  that  the  plinth  rested  on  the  floor. 

2.  Two  Scotch  snuff  mulls  made  of  horn,  with  bone  spoons,  the  small 
bowl  being  perforated  to  enable  the  user  to  draw  up  the  snuff  more  freely. 

3.  Several    '  battledores,'    published    by   W.    Davison,    Bondgate, 
Alnwick  (two  of  these  Mr.  Phillips  presented  to  the  museum).     The 
'  horn  book,'  the  early  children's  lesson  book,  was  made  in  the  shape 
of  a  battledore.     These  early  books  went  out  of  use  about  1800,  and 
were  succeeded  by  a  card  with  letters  and  simple  words  printed  on, 
they  were  about  8  in.  by  5  in.,  folded  into  three  and  obtained  their 
name  from  the  shape  of  their  fore-runners. 

4.  Two  '  Coasters,'  pieces  of  hard  flat  wood,  about  5in.  square,  with 
short  handle,  they  were  used  in  old  inns,  to  place  a  glass  of  beer  or 
spirits  upon,  to  save  the  polished  table  from  being  stained.     Those 
exhibited  came  from  Christchurch,  Hants.' 


1G7 

THE    NEW    LIBRARY. 

The  following  recommendations  of  the  council  were  unanimously 
agreed  to  : — 

1. — That  Dorothy  Telford  be  paid  Is.  Qd.  a  week,  beginning  on  the 
1  March,  as  assistant  in  the  library. 

2. — That  coals  and  lights  be  provided  for  her  and  her  mother. 

3. — That  the  Castle  Warder  (Mr.  Gibson)  be  paid  two  guineas,  and 
Miss  Telford  one  guinea,  as  gratuities  for  extra  work  caused  by  the 
removal  of  the  books  from  the  Castle  to  the  Blackgate. 

4. — That  the  new  library  be  open  from  ten  to  six  in  summer,  and 
from  ten  to  five  in  winter,  and  that  in  addition  it  be  opened  on  the 
Wednesday  of  every  week  until  nine  o'clock  from  1  October  to  31  March. 

5. — And  that  various  necessary  small  articles  of  furniture  be  purchased. 

The  treasurer  reported  that  additional  subscriptions  to  the  library 
fund  had  been  received  since  the  last  meeting  of  the  society  from 
His  Honour  Judge  Greenwell  21.  2*.,  and  from  James  Scott  and  John 
Weddle  10s,  6d.  each. 

DISCOVERIES    PER    '  LINEAM    VALLI.' 

Mr.  F.  Gerald  Simpson  read  his  report  on  the  discovery  of  a  Roman 
watermill  at  Haltwhistleburnhead.  He  said  they  called  the  mill  a  Roman 
water  mill.  That  was  a  somewhat  bold  statement,  though  he  hoped  to 
prove  it  was  not  a  foolhardy  one.  Hitherto  a  Roman  water  mill  had 
never  been  discovered  in  this  country,  and  it  had  never  been  definitely 
ascertained  that  any  mill  was  of  Roman  date.  It  was  rather  difficult 
to  suggest  that  it  was  a  Roman  mill,  unless  there  was  some  fairly 
good  evidence  to  back  it.  He  described  how  the  mill  was  discovered, 
saying  that  in  1907  they  were  tracing  the  military  way,  and,  in  cutting 
trenches,  came  upon  what  was  supposed  to  be  the  east  abutment  of  a 
bridge.  But,  on  excavating,  they  found  it  was  a  square  building,  with 
a  rampart  and  ditch  on  the  land  side  ;  and  they  had  to  find  some  other 
explanation.  The  walling-stones  were  all  typically  Roman,  and  none 
appeared  to  have  been  used  before.  Among  the  stones  were  found 
several  pieces  of  large  millstones,  in  one  case  the  pieces  indicating  a 
complete  mill,  30  in.  in  diameter  and  12  in.'  high.  These  were  far  too 
heavy  for  anything  but  a  power  mill,  and,  in  addition,  there  were  eight 
handmills.  Many  pieces  of  pottery  were  found.  There  was  no  doubt 
the  place  had  been  a  mill.  It  would  be  necessary  to  dam  the  river,  in 
order  that  the  water  might  be  had  for  the  mill-stream ;  and  it  seemed 
likely  that  at  the  foot  of  the  existing  weir,  damming  the  stream  for 
sheep-washing,  were  some  large  blocks  of  whinstone  placed  there  by 
the  Romans.  In  the  middle  of  the  building  they  found  a  coin,  which 
was  much  corroded,  and  appeared  to  have  been  much  worn  before  it 
was  lost.  It  was  a  coin  either  of  Hadrian  or  one  of  the  early  emperors. 
Nothing  was  found  which  was  not  Roman.  The  discovery  of  mortaria 
of  the  'hammer-head'  section  put  the  date  not  earlier  than  250  A.D., 
while  the  good  quality  of  the  masonry  seemed  to  indicate  a  date  not 
much  later  than  the  end  of  the  third  century. 

He  also  stated  that  Mr.  Gibson  and  himself  had  discovered  the  site 
of  another  mile  castle,  a  little  to  the  west  of  Caervoran  and  on  the 
brow  of  the  hill  which  falls  to  the  river  Tippalt.  It  is  on  a  different 
site  from  that  suggested  by  Horsley,  but  it  fits  exactly  into  its  place  as 
regards  its  distance  from  the  mile  castles  on  each  side.  MacLauchlan 
failed  to  locate  a  mile  castle  here,  and  concluded  that  the  nearness  of 
MAGNA  rendered  a  castellum  unnecessary. 

Thanks  were  voted  to  Mr.  Simpson  by  acclamation. 

The  full  report  will  probably  be  printed  in  an  early  volume  of 
Archaeologia  Aeliana. 


168 

MISCELLANEA. 

HADDRICK'S  MILL,  GOSFORTH,   p.    145. 

The  following  note  is  from  Mr.  Dendy  : — "  Mr.  Craster  writes  to  me  as 
follows  :  '  Enrolments  of  records  of  bargain  and  sales  at  the  office  of 
the  clerk  of  the  peace  pursuant  to  21  Hen.  vin,  c.  16,  are  not  so  un- 
common as  we  thought.  In  the  report  of  the  Local  Records  Committee, 
1902,  p.  271,  it  is  stated  that  these  enrolments  are  generally  the  earliest 
documents  to  be  found  in  the  custody  of  the  clerk  of  the  peace.  Those 
for  Norfolk  commence  in  1562,  and  are  almost  complete.  A  calendar 
of  them  has  been  published  in  the  transactions  of  the  Norfolk  and 
Norwich  Archaeological  Society.  The  practice  of  enrolment  lasted 
on  well  into  the  seventeenth  century.  The  Warwickshire  series  of 
enrolments  only  begins  in  1612  ;  and  among  the  Greenwich  Hospital 
deeds  which  I  am  now  examining  is  a  bargain  and  sale  of  27th  Oct., 
1631  (15  K.  31)  with  the  following  endorsement — Duodecimo  die 
Aprilis,  Anno  Dni  1632,  irrotulatur  in  libro  irrotulacionum  die  et 
anno  supradict'  per  me  Errington  cler.  pac.  Evidently  the  deeds  were 
enrolled  in  a  liber  irrotulacionum,  and  evidently  .also  this  is  lost  in  the 
case  of  Northumberland.  As  you  will  see  by  reference  to  the  very  full 
list  of  classes  of  documents  preserved  at  the  Moot  Hall,  printed  in  the 
1837  report  of  the  Record  Commissioners,  Northumberland  has 
nothing  earlier  than  1680 — except  the  criminal  cause-book  temp. 
Eliz.  and  James  I,  about  which  I  think  I  told  you." 

The  following  is  from  Dr.  Burman's  collection  (continued  from 
p.  164):  — 

BISHOP    MIDDLEHAM    ESTATES  :     SPEARMAN    MARRIAGE    ARTICLES. 

Articles  made  16  May,  1741,  between  (1)  George  Spearman  ofJBishop 
Midlam,  co.  Durham,  esquire,  (2)  Ann  Sneyd  of  Lichfield,  spinster,  and 
(3)  Charles  Howard  of  the  Close,  Lichfield,  gentleman,  and  Robert 
Spearman  of  Oldakers,  co.  Durham,  esquire,  reciting  an  agreement 
for  marriage  between  George  Spearman  and  Ann  Sneyd,  it  was 
witnessed  that  for  making  a  comfortable  provision  for  Ann  Sneyd  in 
case  of  her  survival,  and  for  the  younger  children  of  the  marriage,  the 
eldest  son  of  George  Spearman  being  already  provided  for  by  the  will 
of  Robert  Spearman  his  grandfather,  it  was  declared  that  in  con- 
sideration of  the  marriage  portion  of  3000L  which  George  Spearman 
would  receive  with  Ann  Sneyd,  he  covenanted  with  Howard  and  Robert 
Spearman  to  convey  to  them  all  that  the  impropriate  rectory  of  Bishop 
Midlam  and  all  the  freehold,  copyhold,  and  leasehold  messuages,  etc., 
of  which  he  is  seised  in  the  town,  township,  parish,  precincts,  or 
territories,  of  Bishop  Midlam,  To  hold  to  Howard  and  Robert  Spear- 
man on  such  trusts  as  are  therein  set  forth.  Signed  (and  sealed)  by 
the  said  '  George  Spearman  '  and  '  Anne  Sneyd '  and  attested.  Memo, 
of  Elizabeth  Sneyd,  widow  of  Ralph  Sneyd  and  mother  of  Ann  Siieyd, 
that  she  consented  and  agreed  to  the  marriage  of  her  daughter  with 
George  Spearman.  Memo,  of  Elizabeth  Sneyd,  admitting  that  she 
had  sufficient  assets  in  her  hands  to  answer  her  daughter's  portion  of 
3000Z.  

CORRECTIONS  ; 

P.  151,  line  16  from  bottom,  for  '  actually  '  read  'actively.' 

Mr.  F.  Raimes  wiites— 'In  Arch.  Ael.,  1st  series,  vol.  IV,  is  a  list  of  Muster  rolls 
for  1538.  Should  not  this  be  1539  ?  The  30th  year  of  Hen.  vin  was  from  April  22, 
1538,  to  April  21,  1539.  See  fol.  159,  the  17  and  18  day  of  April,  in  the  30th  year, 
would  then  be  1539.  Also  see  fol.  170,  the  same  applies.  Also  see  fol.  173,  where 
evidently  XXXI  is  a  misprint  for  xxx.  Have  these  errors  ever  been  corrected  ?  I  see 
in  Arch.  Acl.,  3rd  series,  vol.  v,  fol.  17,  that  Mr.  J.  C.  Hodgson  still  alludes  to  the 
Musters  of  1538.' 


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OF    THE 


SOCIETY    OF   ANTIQUARIES 


OF   NEWCASTLE -UPON -TYNE. 


3    SER.,    VOL.    IV.  1910.  NO.    20 

The  ordinary  meeting  of  the  Society  was  held  in  the  old  library 
at  the  Castle,  on  Wednesday  the  twenty-seventh  day  of  April,  1910, 
at  seven  o'clock  in  the  evening,  Mr.  J.  C.  Hodgson,  F.S.A.,  a  vice- 
president,  being  in  the  chair. 

Several  ACCOUNTS,  recommended  by  the  council  for  payment,  and 
one  or  two  others,  were  ordered  to  be  paid. 

The  following  ORDINARY  MEMBER  was  proposed  and  declared  duly 
elected : — 

J.  Everard  Lamb,  Scotby  House,  Carlisle. 

NEW    BOOKS,    ETC., 

Mr.  R.  Blair  (one  of  the  secretaries)  announced  that  the  following 
had  been  received  since  the  last  meeting  : — 
Present: — From  himself: — The   Antiquary  for  May,   1910. 
Exchanges ; — 

From    la    Societe    d'Archeologie    de    Bruxelles  : — •  Annales,    xxm, 

iii  and  iv. 
From  la  Societe  Royale  des  Antiquaires  du  Nord : — •  Annales  for 

1908-9. 

From  the  Royal  Society  of  Antiquaries  of  Ireland  : — Journal,  XL,  i. 
From  the  Shropshire  Archaeological  and  Natural  History  Society  : — 

Transactions,   3rd  ser.,  x,  i. 
From  the  Peabody  Museum  of  American  Archaeology  and  Ethnology, 

Harvard  University.  U.S.A.  : — Papers,  v,  no.  3. 
From  the  Clifton  Antiquarian  Club: — Proceedings,  vn,  i. 
From  the  Cambrian  Archaeological  Association  : —  Archaeologia  Cam- 

brensis,  6  ser.,  x,  ii. 
From  the  Smithsonian  Institution,  Washington,  U.S. A  : — -Annual 

Report  of  the  Board  of  Regents  for  1909, 
Purchases  : — Jahrbuch     des     Kaiserlich     Deutschen     Archdologischen 

Institute,  xxiv,  part  4  ;     The  Scottish  Historical   Review,  no.  27  ; 

Index  to  the    Pedigree   Register,  i;     Notes   and    Queries,    11   ser., 

nos.  14-17  :  and  The  Oxford  English  Dictionary,  vin  (Rib  to  Ryz.). 
DONATIONS  TO  MUSEUM,  for  which  thanks  were  voted: — • 

From  Mr.  P.  A.  Porteous  : — An  old  brass  pin  with  the  head  and  stem 

of  separate  pieces. 
From  Mr.  W.  Parker  Brewis  : — -A  '  tally  iron '  of  brass. 

THE    BARRAS    MILL,    NEWCASTLE. 

Mr.  J.  D.Walker,  in  presenting  to  the  society  a  grant  of  the  16  Jan, 
1502-3,  by  the  mayor  and  commonalty,  with  the  authority  of  the 
whole  guild,  of  the  mill  and  close  at  Barras  bridge,  read  the  following 
note : — 

[Proc.  3  Ser.  IV,  25.] 


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*  Much  speculation  has  taken  place  from  time  to  time  among  various 
sections  of  the  public  of  Newcastle  who  interest  themselves  in  the 
town  moor  as  to  how  Eldon  place,  Eldon  street,  Claremont  place, 
and  Framlington  terrace,  came  to  be  built  upon  the  town  moor,  and 
many  guesses  have  been  hazarded  as  to  whether  the  land  was  honestly 
come  by.  The  document  which  I  produce  to-night  will  at  any  rate 
clear  up  the  question  so  far  as  Eldon  place  and  Eldon  street  are  con- 
cerned, and  prove  conclusively  that  the  land  was  not  pilfered,  but  was 
obtained  in  an  absolutely  legitimate  and  honest  manner.  The  docu- 
ment is  a  grant  dated  16  January,  1503,  by  the  mayor  and  commonalty 
of  Newcastle-upon-Tyne,  with  the  assent  of  the  authority  of  the  whole 
guild  of  the  'Barrers'  mill  and  the  close  adjacent  thereto  : — • 

PRESENT  INDENTURE  made  between  George  Car  Mayor  of  the  Town  of 
Newcastle  upon  Tyne  and  the  Commonalty  of  the  same  Town  of  the  one 
part  and  Thomas  Penreth  of  the  other  part  WITNESSETH  that  the  aforesaid 
Ma*  or  and  Commonalty  with  the  unanimous  consent  and  assent  of  the  whole 
Guild  held  in  the  Guildhall  of  the  same  town  on  Monday  the  sixteenth 
day  of  January  in  the  18*  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Henry  the  Seventh 
after  the  conquest  of  England  have  DELIVERED  granted  and  to  fee  farm 
demised  to  the  aforesaid  Thomas  a  certain  water  corn  mill  called  Barrers  Mill 
near  the  Hospital  of  the  Blessed  Mary  Magdalene  without  the  walls  of  the 
aforesaid  town  with  one  close  adjacent  to  the  same  mill  on  either  side  of  the 
rivulet  running  down  to  the  aforesaid  mill  with  the  appurtenances  as  it  lies  in 
breadth  between  land  belonging  to  the  Chantry  of  the  Holy  Trinity  in  the  Church 
of  Saint  John  in  the  aforesaid  Town  and  the  close  lately  of  Agnes  Rodes  formerly 
of  Robert  Whelpington  on  the  south  and  the  common  way  lying  between  crosses 
called  'leCowerode'  on  the  north  and  extends  itself  in  length  from  the  King's 
highway  on  either  side  the  Barrers  Bridge  on  the  east  as  far  as  the  Way  called 
Spetallgayte  otherwise  called  Castle  field  way  on  the  west  To  HAVE  and  to  hold 
the  mill  and  close  aforesaid  with  the  appurtenances  to  the  aforesaid  Thomas 
Penreth  his  heirs  and  assigns  for  ever  of  the  Chief  Lords  of  the  Fee  by  the 
services  therefor  due  and  of  right  accustomed  YIELDING  thence  annually  to 
the  aforesaid  Mayor  and  Commonalty  and  their  successors  twenty  shillings  of 
lawful  money  of  England  within  fifteen  days  next  after  the  feast  of  Saint  Michael 
the  Archangel  annually  upon  the  audit  of  the  computing  officers  of  the  aforesaid 
toAvn  of  the  outgoings  and  income  of  the  same  Town  and  to  the  right  heirs  and 
assigns  of  John  Carlell  Esquire  fourteen  shillings  annually  AND  if  it  happen 
that  the  aforesaid  Kent  of  twenty  shillings  should  not  be  paid  to  the  aforesaid 
Mayor  and  Commonalty  within  the  aforesaid  fifteen  days  then  it  shall  be  lawful 
for  the  same  Mayor  and  Commonalty  and  their  successors  upon  the  Mill  and 
Close  aforesaid  with  the  appurtenances  to  distrain  and  the  distresses  thence 
taken  to  detain  until  out  of  the  same  rent  with  its  arrears  if  any  thing  be  not 
fully  paid  up  it  may  be  satisfied  and  paid  AND  if  it  should  happen  that  the 
aforesaid  rent  of  twenty  shillings  shall  be  behind  in  part  or  in  whole  for  forty 
days  after  the  aforesaid  feast  of  Saint  Michael  in  any  year  no  sufficient  Distress 
being  found  on  the  said  mill  and  close  with  the  appurtenances  THEN  it  shall  he 
.  lawful  for  the  same  Mayor  and  Commonalty  and  their  successors  into  the  mill 
and  close  aforesaid  to  re-enter  and  to  expel  and  put  out  the  aforesaid  Thomas 
Penreth  his  heirs  and  assigns  and  to  have  the  same  as  of  their  former  estate  and 
hold  for  ever  this  present  Indenture  notwithstanding  AND  the  aforesaid  Thomas 
his  heirs  and  assigns  will  at  their  own  proper  costs  repair  the  said  mill  and 
enclose  the  said  close  AND  the  aforesaid  Mayor  and  Commonalty  and  their 
successors  the  mill  and  close  aforesaid  with  the  appurtenances  to  the  aforesaid 
Thomas  Penreth  his  heirs  and  assigns  in  manner  and  form  and  for  the  rent 
aforesaid  against  all  people  will  warrant  for  ever  IN  witness  whereof  to  this 
part  of  this  Indenture  in  the  possession  of  the  aforesaid  Thomas  his  heirs  and 
assigns  remaining  we  the  aforesaid  Mayor  and  Commonalty  our  common  Seal 
of  the  aforesaid  Town  of  Newcastle  have  put  But  to  the  other  part  of  the  same 
Indenture  in  the  possession  of  the  aforesaid  Mayor  and  Commonalty  and  their 
successors  resting  the  aforesaid  Thomas  has  put  his  seal.  Dated  the  day  and 
year  above  written1 

i  The  following  is  printed  from  a  transcript  made  by  the  late  Mr.  W.  H.  D.  Longstafte:— 

i Endorsed]  'The  Harres  Mille  be  yer  xx*  to  the  towne.' 
Inside  the  fold]  'This  pe»teins  to  Edwar.le  Penreth.' 
Chirograph  formula]  'IHKSUS  MARIA.' 

PRKSENS  INDENTURA  facta  inter  Ueorgium  Car  maiorem  villae  Novi  Castri 
super  Tinam  et  communitatem  ejusdem  villae  ex  parte  una  et  Thomam  Penreth 
ex  parte  altera  TESTATOR  quod  predictus  Maior  et  Communitas  eorum  unanimi 


171 

It  will  be  observed  that  the  grant  was  with  the  assent  and  authority 
of  the  wh-.'le  guild,  held  in  the  guildhall  on  Monday,  16  January,  18 
Henry  vn.  The  corporate  body  at  that  time  consisted  of  the  mayor 
and  free  burgesses,  but  there  was  no  executive,  the  common  council 
not  being  constituted  until  the  reign  of  Elizabeth  consequent^, 
the  affairs  of  the  town  were  managed  by  the  free  burgesses  or  freemen. 
who  met  three  times  a  year,  at  Christmas,  Easter,  and  Michaelmas, 
in  open  guild  in  the  guildhall.  The  grant  was  undoubtedly  made  at 
the  Christmas  guild,  which  has  always  been  held  on  the  first  Monday 
after  the  13th  of  January,  and  still  is  to  the  present  day. 

George  Car,  the  mayor  mentioned  in  the  grant,  was  a  merchant 
and  a  member  of  a  family  which  has  always  been  connected  with 
the  Merchant  Adventurers'  Company  and  the  civic  and  commercial 
life  of  the  town.  Another  point  of  interest  is  the  mention  of  the 
name  of  Agnes  Rodes,  who  was  then  the  owner  of  land  on  the  south. 
This  lady  was  the  widow  of  Robert  Rodes,  so  intimately  connected 
with  Newcastle,  which  ha  represented  in  parliament  in  the  years 
1427,  1428,  1432,  1434,  and  1441,  and  who  is  generally  supposed  by 
Bourne  and  other  historians  to  have  built  the  beautiful  steeple  of  St. 
Nicholas's  church.  He  died  without  issue  on  1  April,  1474,  and  in 
such  estimation  was  he  held  that  in  1500  the  corporation  assigned  a 
tenement  for  a  priest  to  live  in,  whose  duty  it  was  to  pray  for  the  souls 
of  Robert  Rodes  and  Agnes  his  wife. 

consensu  et  assensu  de  auctoritate  totius  Guildae  suae  tentae  in  Guyhafda  villae 
predictae  die  Lunae  Sextodecimo  die  Januarii  anno  regni  Regis  Henriri  Beptimi 
post  Conquestum  Angliae  Decimo  Octavo  [1502-3,  Jan.  16.  Monday.]  TRADIDEKUNT 
concesserunt  et  ad  feodi  firmam  dimiserunt  prefato  Thomae  QUODDAM  molen- 
dinum  bladosum  aquaticum  vocatum  Barrel's  Mylne  j;ixta  Hospitale  Beatae 
Mariae  Magdalenae  extra  muros  villae  predictae  cum  uno  clauso  cidem  molendino 
adjacente  ex  utraque  parte  liivuli  decurrentis  ad  moleudinum  predictum  cum 
pertinentiis  sicut  jacet  in  latitudine  inter  terrain  pertinentem  Cantariae  Sanctae 
Trinitatis  in  Eeclesia  Sancti  Johannis  in  villa  predicta  et  cluusum  nuper  Agnetis 
Kodes  qu9ndam  Robert!  Whelpyngton  ex  parte  australi  et.  conimunem  viatn 
jacentem  inter  cruces  vocatam  le  Cowerode  ex  parte  boreal!  Kt  extend  it  se  in 
longitudine  a  via  regia  ex  utraque  parte  le  Barrers  Bryge  ex  parte  oriental!  usque 
ad  viam  vocatam  Ir'petallgaytte  aliter  vocatam  Oastelteldway  ex  parte  occidental! 
HABKND.  et  tenend.  molendinum  et  clausum  predicta  cum  pertinentiis  prefato 
Thomae  Penreth  heredibus  et  assigtmtis  suis  imperpetuum  (le  capitalibus  dominis 
feodi  illius  per  servitiis  inde  debitis  et  de  jure  consuetis  llKi)i)ENl)O  inde 
annuatim  prefatis  Maiori  et  Communitati  ac  successoribus  suis  vitfinti  solidos 
legalis  monetae  Angliae  infra  quindecim  dies  prox.  ante  festum  Sancti  Michaelis 
Archangel!  annuatim  super  aumtum  eornputorum  minisfrorum  villae  predictae  de 
exitibus  et  proficuis  ejusdem  villae  Kt rectis heredibus  acassignntis  JohannisOarlell 
armigeri  quatuordecim  solidos  annuatim  KT  si  contingat  pied  c'ain  linnain  viginti 
solidorum  prefatis  Maiori  et  Communitati  infra  predictos  quindecim  (lies  miniine 
solutam  Tune  bene  licebit  eisdem  Maiori  et  Communitati  et  successoribus  suis  in 
molendino  et  clauso  piedictis  cum  pertineutiu  distringerc  et  districtiones  exinde 
captas  detinere  donee  de  eadem  firma  cum  suis  arreragiis  siquae  fuerint  sibi 
plenarie  fuerit  sibi  satisfactum  et  persolutum  ET  si  contingat  predictam  firmam 
viginti  solidorum  aretro  fore  in  parte  vel  in  toto  nonsolutam  i»er  quadraginta  dies 
post  predictum  festum  Sancti  Michaelis  aliquo  anno  nulla  sutticiente  districtione 
in  molendino  et  clauso  predictis  cum  pertinentiis  inventa  Tune  bene  licebir, 
eisdem  Maiori  et  Communitati  ac  successoribus  suis  in  molendino  et  clauso 
predictis  ingredi  et  reintrare  ac  predictum  Thomam  Tenreth  heredes  et  assiynatos 
suos  inde  expellere  et  amovere  et  ilia  in  piistino  statu  suo  rehabere  et  tenere 
impetuum  present!  Indentura  non  obstante  KT  predictus  Thomas  heredes  et 
assigimU  sui  molendinum  predictum  ad  custos  suos  proprios  rep.trabunt  et 
clausum  predictum  includent  ET  predict!  Maior  et  Communitas  et  successores 
sui  molendinum  et  clausum  predicta  cum  pertinentiis  prefato  Thonme  Penreth 
heredihtu  et  assignatis  suis  modo  forma  et  pro  redditu  pred  cto  contra  omiu-s 
gentes  warrantizabunt  iinperpetuum,  IN  cujus  lei  testimonium  parti  liujus 
indenturae  penes  predictum  Thomam  heredes  et  amigiiatOB  suos  remanenti  nos 
l>redicti  Maior  et  Communitas  sigillum  nostrum  commune  dictae  villae  Movi 
(/astri  apposuimus  Alia  vero  parti  ejusdem  indenturae  penes  ipsos  Maiorem  et 
Communitatem  ae  successores  sups  resident!  dictus  Thomas  sigillum  suum 
apposuit.  Dat.  die  et  anno  supradictis. 


172 

One  of  the  crosses  mentioned  in  the  description  of  the  mill  is  in  all 
probability  the  one  which  stood  in  front  of  the  chapel  of  St.  James, 
and  which,  according  to  Bourne,  was  '  destroyed  as  a  piece  of  idolatry 
at  the  time  of  the  great  rebellion  by  the  fanatical  John  Pig,  the  town 
surveyor.'  This  is  the  same  gentleman  who  erected  on  the  north 
side  of  the  Three  Mile  bridge  a  square  stone  pillar  1 2|-  feet  high,  which 
bore  three  sundials,  and  was  covered  with  scraps  of  holy  writ.  He 
was  in  the  habit  of  walking  every  morning  from  his  house  there  and 
back,  and  is  said  to  have  raised  this  column  as  a  token  of  gratitude 
for  the  health  and  pleasure  which  he  received  in  his  daily  promenade, 
and  to  have  inscribed  it  with  moral  lessons  for  the  benefit  of  travellers 
on  the  road.'  The  pillar  was  standing  in  1828,  but  no  longer  exists. 
From  a  note  in  Richardson's  Table  Book  the  situation  of  the  mill 
would  appear  to  have  been  very  picturesque,  it  there  being  described 
as  embosomed  among  lofty  trees  a  few  yards  west  of  Barras  bridge, 
and  having  in  front  a  large  piece  of  water  (which  apparently  would 
occupy  the  present  site  of  Eldon  place).  An  incident  is  also  mentioned 
by  Richardson  *  that  a  child  named  Robard  Fenwick  was  drowned  in 
the  '  Bares  Myldam,  where  he  went  to  swim  on  the  Saboth  day  '  and 
was  buried  24  October,  1662,.  in  St.  Andrew's  church.  The  exact 
site  of  the  mill  is  at  the  corner  of  Eldon  place  and  Percy  street,  and  I 
understand  its  foundations  are  still  to  be  seen  in  the  cellar  of  the  shop 
forming  the  corner.  The  miller's  house  stood  some  40  or  50  yards  to 
the  westward,  and  was  pulled  down  only  21  years  ago.  The  close  or 
mill  field  apparently  extended  from  the  Barras  bridge  to  the  present 
entrance  to  the  castle  leazes,  and  it  is  interesting  to  note  that  the  name 
given  to  the  large  double  house  built  at  the  westernmost  end  of  Eldon 
street  is  '  Millfield  house.'  The  more  modern  description  given  by 
Mackenzie  in  his  History  of  Newcastle  (1827)  is  as  follows: — 'On  a 
small  imminence  opposite  Barras  bridge  stands  St.  James's  place, 
formerly  '  the  Sick  Man's  House.'  Before  the  bridge  was  rebuilt  and 
widened,  Barras  millf ield  contained  a  deep  dell  and  several  bold  hillocks, 
but  the  Bailey  burn  is  now  covered  over,  the  mill  pond  filled  up.  and 
inequalities  levelled,  and  the  whole  constructed  into  gardens  which 
are  attached  to  a  neat  row  of  houses  called  Eldon  place.  Villas  are 
to  be  erected  between  the  east  end  of  the  row  and  the  turnpike  road, 
and  at  the  wTest  end  it  is  contemplated  to  form  a  bold  crescent.  The 
old  mill  is  also  to  be  pulled  down,  and  the  houses  on  the  south  side 
to  be  extended  parallel  with  the  villas.  All  these  buildings  have  been 
prepared  and  partly  executed  by  the  proprietor  of  the  ground,  Mr. 
Cuthbert  Burnup,  whose  persevering  interest  in  improving  this  rugged 
ground  is  truly  meritorious.' 

In  conclusion,  an  evident  error  in  Bourne's  Newcastle  is  proved  by 
this  document.  On  page  153  he  states  'In  the  account  of  the  wards 
of  the  town  mention  occurs  of  the  '  Water  Mill  beside  St.  James'  Kirk.' 
The  Barrows  Mill  belonged  to  the  Black  Friars,  and  in  the  year  1558 
paid  a  rent  to  the  town  of  Newcastle  of  2s.  per  annum.'  Penreth, 
however,  had  the  mill  granted  to  him  in  1502-3,  and  he  and  his  successors 
in  title  held  it  and  the  mill  field  until  it  eventually  came  into  the  hands 
of  the  late  Cuthbert  Burnup,  who  pulled  down  the  mill  and  turned 
the  field  into  a  building  estate,  upon  which  Eldon  place  and  Eldon 
street  are  now  built.' 

Thanks  were  voted  by  acclamation  to  Mr.  Walker  for  his  gift,  and 
for  his  note  on  the  mill,  on  the  motion  of  Mr.  Dendy,  who  said  that 
'  when  the  excavations  were  being  made  about  ten  years  ago  for  the 
new  buildings  at  the  corner  of  Eldon  street  and  Barras  bridge,  tho 
banks  of  the  stream  (the  Pandon  dene  burn),  and  its  course  were  clearly 

*  llist.  I,  236. 


Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Newc.,  3  ser.  iv. 


To  face  page  173 


STONE    AXE    HEAD    (J)    PEOM    DENTON,    CO.    DURHAM. 
(See  opposite  page) 


OLD   CHEST   IN   WORKHOUSE,    DARLINGTON 
(See  page  176) 


173 

visible.  The  John  Carliol,  to  whose  heirs  and  assigns  a  rent  of  14s. 
was  reserved  by  the  deed,  had  died  by  1486.  His  daughter  Johanna 
was  his  heir.  She  married  Christopher  Thirkeld  and  the  Marmaduke 
Thirkeld,  who  afterwards  redeemed  the  rent  charge  was  her  grandson  ' 
(see  Arch.  Ael.,  3  ser.,  vol.  i,  p.  159).  In  the  Northumberland  Assize 
roll  of  1256  the  Pandon  dene  burn  which  flows  under  the  Barras- 
bridge  is  called  the  'rivulum  de  Baronia'  (88  Surt.  Soc.  publ.  p.  82).  j 

EXHIBITED  : — • 

By  Dr.  Burman  (per  Mr.  J.  C.  Hodgson,  F.S.A.)  : — -A  rare  tract  by 
William  Lithgow,  on  the  seventeenth  century  siege  of  Newcastle, 
See  reproduction,  on  page  174,  of  its  title  page.  Dr.  Burman 
remarked  that  Brockett,  in  the  preface  to  the  reprint  issued  by  the 
Newcastle  Typographical  Society  in  1820,  says  it  was  printed  from 
a  unique  copy  lent  by  Sir  Walter  Scott,  but  as  you  will  see  from 
Mr.  Welford's  letter,  Lowndes  mentions  other  original  copies ;  at 
any  rate  the  fact  that  he  has  been  collecting  local  books  for  the 
past  thirty  years,  and  has  not  even  seen  much  less  been  able  to 
secure  a  copy  proves  the  rarity  of  the  tract,  and  may  constitute 
one  good  reason  for  its  exhibition  to  our  society. 
By  Mr.  Edward  Wooler,  F.S.A.  : — A  pre-historic  axe  of  polished 
stone,  7£  ins.  long,  3J  ins.  wide  at  cutting  edge,  and  2f  ins.  at 
narrow  end,  7|  ins.  round  middle,  and  weighs  2  Ibs.  2£  oz., 
recently  found  at  Denton,  about  two  miles  north  of  Piercebridge. 
It  is  shown  on  plate  facing  p.  176.  There  are  extensive  earthworks 
at  Denton. 

COUNTRY    MEETINGS,    ETC. 

The  following  recommendations  of  the  council  were  unanimously 
agreed  to  : — • 

1.  To  subscribe  for  Mr.  James  Curie's  account  of  The  Forto/Newstead, 
about   to  be  published  by  Maclehose  &  Sons,  under  the  auspices  of 
the  Scottish  Society  of  Antiquaries,  if  this  society  be  not  entitled  to 
it  by  way  of  exchange. 

2.  That  the  following  country  meetings  be  held  during  the  season  : — • 
Whole  days: — (i)   Alnwick  castle  and  church;   (n)  Ford,  Etal  and 

Flodden,  starting  from  and  returning  to  Beal,  with  Dr.  Hodgkin 
as  guide;  and  (in)  Croft,  driving  thence  by  Eryholme,  Dinsdale, 
Sockburn,  and  Hurworth,  back  to  Croft  or  Darlington. 
Half  days : — (i)  On  Saturday,  28  May,  leaving  Newcastle  by  the 
1-18  train  for  Gilsland,  to  visit  the  Roman  mile  castle,  and  if 
time  permit,  the  early  church  at  Over  Denton  ;  (n)  At  Cor- 
stopitum  late  in  September;  and  (in)  Whickham,  Friarside,  and 
Hollinside. 

RULES    FOB    NEW    LIBRARY,    ETC. 

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from  the  attendant. 


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ATRUE 

EXPERIMENTAL!. 

AND 

EXACT  RELATION 

UPON 

That  famous  and  renowned  Siege 

NEWCASTLE, 

The  diverfe  confli&s  and  occurrances  fell 

out  there  during  the  time  of  ten  weeks 
and  odde  dayes : 

And  of  that  m  jghtie  and  marvellous  ftorming 

thereof,  with  Power,  Policiej  and 
prudent  plots  of  Warre. 

Together  with  a  fuccind  commentarie  upon  the  Battell 
of  £«?<&»  Hill,  and  that  victorious  battell  of  7>X'or 
Mar  ft  on  M  oore,  never  to  bee  forgotten- 

By  him  who  was  an  eye  witneflc  to  the  ficge  of 
NEWCASTLE, 

WILLIAM     LlTHGOVV. 

EDINBURGH, 
Printed  by  ROBERT    BRYSON.     1645. 

Cum 


PAGE  173). 


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is  also  open  every  Wednesday  until  9  p.m. 

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4. — That  the  librarian  shall  catalogue,  stamp,  and  place  on  the  library 
table  all  transactions  and  other  periodicals  as  they  are  received,  and 
they  shall  remain  there  until  after  the  then  next  monthly  meeting  of  the 
Society.  A  label  shall  be  placed  by  the  librarian  on  each  cover,  stating 
that  such  transaction  or  periodical  is  not  to  circulate. 

5. — The  librarian  shall  supply  the  senior  secretary  at  each  monthly 
meeting  with  a  list  of  the  transactions  and  periodicals  received  during 
the  preceding  month. 

GEORGE    THORP,    LIEUTENANT    R.N. 

The  chairman  read  the  following  note,  for  it  and  for  the  letter  he 
was  thanked  : — • 

'  The  writer  of  the  following  letter,  addressed  to  his  sister-in-law, 
Mrs.  Robert  Thorp  of  Alnwick — preserved  amongst  the  family  papers 
of  the  Rev.  William  Tudor  Thorp  of  Charlton  hall — was  George  Thorp, 
fourth  son  of  the  venerable  Robert  Thorp,  archdeacon  of  Northum- 
berland, successively  vicar  of  Berwick,  rector  of  Gateshead,  and  rector 
of  Ryton.  He  was  born  on  9  September,  1777,  and  entering  the  Royal 
Navy,  became  first  lieutenant  in  1796  of  H.M.  frigate  'Terpsichore,' 
and  was  killed,  with  his  captain  Bowen  and  many  others,  by  grape 
shot  at  the  Mole  Battery,  Santa  Cruz,  Teneriffe,  June,  24,  1797. 

1  Victory '  oft' Genoa,  April  18th,  1795. 
My  Dear  Sister, 

If  you  could  imagine  the  pleasure  I  received  at  the  receipt  of  yours  you 
would  n?ver  nesrlect  any  opportunity  of  writing.  I  shall  regularly  trouble  you 
every  month  with  an  account  of  whatever  happens  here.  Since  my  last,  by  the 
care  and  attention  of  my  good  friends,  I  have  got  into  the  '  Victory  '  on  promotion, 
and  hope  in  a  few  months  to  alter  my  Uniform.  T  am  to  pass  at  our  return 
into  Port.  Capt.  Gray  is  very  attentive,  and  I  could  scarce  feel  more  at  leaving 
Northumberland  than  at  parting  with  Capt.  Hood,  the  whole  of  his  wniduct  has 
been  more  like  that  of  a  father  than  an  Officer.  I  hope  to  have  it  in  my  power 
some  future  day  to  be  one  of  his  Lieuts.  Hall  is  likewise  in  the  '  Victory'  and 
has  passed,  and  I  hope  will  soon  be  promoted.  He  is  very  well,  and  desires  me 
to  remember  him  to  you  and  all  at  Goswick  -  I  must  wish  you  joy  of  your 
heiress^  ;  how  happy  I  think  my  brother  is.  I  should  wish  to  partake  it  with  him  ; 
however  the  \\'ar  will  not  last  long.  I  am  no  Poliiician— the  French  it  is  con- 
jectured will  soon  be  obliged  to  quit  Italy,  so  pray  favor  me  with  your  remarks 
on  it,  which  is  here  considered  of  great  consequence  as  to  Naval  Politics.  Things 

-  The  writer's  maternal  relatives,  the  Alders,  at  that  time  resided  at  Goswick,  in 
Islandshire. 

3  The  heiress  was  Mary,  the  eldest  child  of  the  writer's  brother.  She  afterwards 
married  John  Davidson,  B.D,,  sometime  prebendary  of  Worcester. 


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begin  to  wear  again  their  old  appearance— Toulon  is  blockaded,  there  being 
always  some  Frigates  off  while  the  Admiral  keeps  at  hand  to  protect  them.  The 
French  are  14  Sail  strong,  besides  what  are  at  Cadiz,  where  Admiral  Mann  keeps 
them  blocked.  The  'C'irai,'  the  only  remains  of  Ad  ml.  Hotham's  action  which 
might  have  been  improved  to  a  victory,  was  unfortunately  burnt  at  Fiorinza  by 
accident,  and  two  or  three  I  am  afraid  perished  in  the  Flames.  It  was  a  most 
beautiful  sight,  and  fortunately  she  had  no  powder  on  board.  'L'Aigle'  has 
captured  a  small  Dane  ;  the  share  of  the  inferior  officers  is  so  small  as  scarce  to 
be  worth  mentioning. 

I  hope  my  Uncle  and  Aunt  at  Goswick  are  well  and  my  Cousin  ;  send  them 
my  best  love,  likewise  to  all  at  Kyton.  I  have  only  just  heard  they  have  deserted 
Gateshead.  I  hope  the  situation  is  pleasant.  Give  Charles^  a  great  scolding  as 
if  his  father  had  nothing  to  do  -he  gets  him  to  write  his  letters.  I  should  like  to 
send  a  longer  letter,  but  am  stinted  for  time. 

I  hope  all  I  have  not  enquired  after  are  well.  Give  my  love  to  Aunt  and 
Uncle  Charlton.s 

I  remain,  your  very  aff.  brother,  Geo.  Thorp. 

Capt.  Hood  has  taken  command  of  the  '  Zealous.'  Direct  your  letters  to  the 
'Victory.' 

ROMAN    STATION,    SOUTH    SHIELDS. 

The  Rev.  C.  E.  Adamson  read  the  following  note,  for  which  he 
was  thanked : — 

'  The  discovery  of  a  well  in  this  Roman  camp  has  proved  to  be  a  very 
much  smaller  matter  than  I  anticipated  when  I  mentioned  it  to  Mr. 
Blair,  and  yet  it  is  perhaps  right  that  it  should  be  noted  in  our  Pro- 
ceedings. When  I  was  in  the  station  a  week  or  two  ago,  the  caretaker, 
Mr.  McKeith,  called  my  attention  to  a  well  which  he  had  discovered 
whilst  trimming  the  grass.  The  position  was  just  7|  feet  from  the 
south  east  corner  of  the  '  forum  '  in  a  line  with  the  southern  side, 
close  to  the  remains  of  >a  wall,  which  is  marked  on  the  plan  in  Arch. 
AeL,  x,  250.  It  is  lined  somewhat  roughly  with  squared  stones  to 
the  depth  of  about  one  yard.  The  diameter  is  an  ellipse  of  27  in. 
by  20  in.  The  bottom  is  soft,  but  the  caretaker  said  that  when  he 
emptied  the  well,  he  found  traces  of  a  cement  bo'ttom  and  of  virgin 
clay  beneath.  It  is  a  natural  spring  of  no  very  great  capacity. 
Other  information  about  the  water  supply  to  the  South  Shields 
camp  is  gathered  from  the  inscription  found  in  1893  on  the  site  of  the 
junior  school  in  Baring  Street,  which  states  that  water  was  brought 
into  the  camp  for  use  of  the  soldiers  of  the  fifth  cohort  of  the  Gauls, 
under  the  direction  of  Marius  Valerianus,  propraetor.  The  date  is  of  the 
emperor  Severus  Alexander  222-235  (Arch.  AeL,  xvi.,  157).  Whence 
the  water  was  led  is  a  mystery,  as  the  Lawe  would,  in  those  days,  be 
practically  an  island,  but  our  senior  secretary  has  pointed  out  to 
me  that  in  the  Barhill  camp  on  the  Antonine  Wall  there  is  a  plentiful 
supply  of  water  on  the  very  top  of  a  hill.  In  1896  a  well  was  found 
at  the  foot  of  the  Lawe,  of  which  I  find  no  notice  in  our  Proceedings. 
It  is  described  by  Mr.  G.  B.  Hodgson  in  his  History  of  South  Shields, 
as  consisting  of  a  circular  shaft  lined  with  Roman  bricks  in  an  excellent 
state  of  preservation,  and  yielding  a  regular  flow  of  pure  water.  It 
was  buried  the  next  year  during  some  operations  at  the  Marine  Park.' 

Mr.  J.  P.  Gibson  remarked  that  similar  shallow  wells  had  been  found 
in  other  Roman  camps. 

OLD    OAK    CHESTS    AT    DARLINGTON. 6 

The  following  notes  by  Mr.  Edward  Wooler,  F.S.A.,  of  Darlington, 

were  read,  in  his  absence,  by  Mr.  R.  Blair,  one  of  the  secretaries  : — 

'  I  exhibit  to-night  illustrations  of  three  old  oak  panelled  chests  of 

4  The  writer's  brother,  Charles  Thorp,  afterwards  .archdeacon  of  Durham. 

5  George  Charlton  of  Gateshead,  who  died  4  Dec.,  1801,  aged  79,  married  Eleanor, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Alder  of  Horncliffe. 

c  See  plates  facing  this  page  and  page  118. 


177 

great  interest.  For  some  time  past  I  have  been  making  enquiries  on 
behalf  of  the  Darlington  Corporation  with  a  view  of  recovering 
possession  of  the  ancient  borough  books  of  Darlington,  which  Boldon 
Book  records  was  a  borough  in  1180.  Mr.  Leach,  barrister-at-law 
and  clerk  to  the  Darlington  Union,  casually  mentioned  that  there  were 
three  old  chests  at  the  Darlington  Workhouse  which  might  interest 
me.  I  lost  no  time  in  going  to  the  workhouse  and  there  discovered 
three  oak  chests,  all  of  which  were,  no  doubt,  used  for  the  same  purpose, 
viz.,  keeping  the  borough  records.  One  was  easily  identified,  as  it 
bears  an  inscription  and  a  coat  of  arms.  The  chests  measure  5ft.  lOin. 
by  1ft.  9|in.  by  2ft.  6in.  ;  4ft.  llin.  by  1ft.  llin.  by  2ft.  Gin. ;  5ft.  Sin. 
by  2ft.  by  2ft.  l|in.  On  the  lid  of  one  are  the  arms  of  Eure  with  crest 
of  a  tiger  (?).  The  arms  are  quarterly  Or  and  gules  on  a  bend  sable 
three  escallops  argent ;  on  the  front  of  this  chest  is  carved  '  The  Right 
Worshipful  Ralph  Eure  the  elder,  1573.'  The  question  naturally 
arose,  who  was  this  Ralph  Eure,  and  how  did  the  chest  get  to  the 
workhouse  ?  About  1180  bishop  Pudsey  built  a  manor  house  on  the 
south  side  of  St.  Cuthbert's  church6,  and  in  1806  it  was  purchased  by 
the  borough  of  Darlington  for  the  purpose  of  being  used  as  a  poor- 
house.  In  1870  the  present  workhouse  in  Yarm  Road,  Darlington, 
was  built,  and  the  manor  house  was  sold  for  2000Z.  to  the  late  Mr. 
Richard  Luck,  who  converted  it  into  dwellings,  and  is  now  known  as 
Luck's  Terrace,  and  when  the  workhouse  was  removed,  the  chests 
were  taken  to  the  present  workhouse.  Ralph  Eure  was  bailiff  of 
Darlington  in  1561.  As  I  have  stated,  Darlington  was  then  an  ancient 
borough  and  governed  by  a  bailiff,  and  no  doubt  the  bailiff,  who  was 
appointed  by  the  bishop  of  Durham,  had  his  office  in  the  old  manor 
house.  The  pedigree  of  the  Eures  will  be  found  in  the  third  volume  of 
Hutchinson's  History  of  Durham.' 

Thanks  were  voted  to  Mr.  Wooler  for  his  communication. 

ANGLIAN    NORTHUMBRIA. 

With  the  approval  of  the  chairman  Dr.  Bradshaw  announced  that 
at  the  Armstrong  College  on  Friday,  the  29  April,  a  lecture  would  be 
given  on  the  Anglian  Kingdom  of  Northumbria  by  Prof.  Mawer,  and 
he  invited  members  to  attend. 

f  6  Mr.  Wooler  exhibited  a  photograph  of  this,  from  a  water-colour  drawing  in  his 
.possession. 


MISCELLANEA. 

NEWCASTLE    CASTLE. 

The  following  are  some  extracts  from  the  public  records,  kindly 
sent  by  Dr.  Gee  through  Mr.  Dendy,  relating  to  the  repair  of  the  castle 
of  Newcastle  in  1336,  which  do  not  appear  to  have  been  known  to 
Mr.  Longstaffe,  and  as  they  form  an  interesting  addition  to  his  other- 
wise exhaustive  account  of  the  castle  in  Arch.  Ael.,  2  ser.,  iv,  45, 
they  are  here  printed  :— 

'  Pipe  Roll,  17  Edward  m,  mem.  27.  [Abstract.]  A.D.  1336[7]-1338.— 
Account  of  divers  receipts  and  works  in  the  King's  castle  in  the  town 
of  Newcastle-upon-Tyne,  from  25  February,  10  Edward  in.  [A.D. 
1336-7],  to  7  July,  12  Edward  m.  [A.D.  1338],  by  John  de  Thynden. 

Account  of  John  de  Thyngden,  clerk,  as  well  of  his  receipts  as  of 
divers  works  by  him  done  in  the  King's  castle ;  because  divers 
houses  and  certain  bridges  and  turrets  within  the  said  castle  had 

[Proc.  3  Ser,  iv,  261 


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become  ruinous,  and  were  in  great  need  of  repair,  and  because 
certain  other  houses  there  which  the  king  ought  to  repair  and  amend, 
for  default  of  good  keeping,  had  become  ruined,  the  king  assigned 
the  said  John  surveyor  of  the  works,  for  the  repairing  and  amending 
of  the  said  houses,  bridges  and  turrets,  and  [making]  other  houses  in 
the  place  of  the  houses  ruined.  [Abridged]. 

From  25  February,  10  Edward  in.  [A.D.  1336-7],  to  Michaelmas 
next  following  [A.D.  1337]. — The  accountant  renders  account  for 
timber,  namely,  beams,  '  cheverons,'  '  wyndebemes '  ;  and  other 
necessaries,  as  well  for  repairing  and  mending  the  king's  chamber  as 
for  the  chapel  and  belfry  and  the  kitchen  called  '  Dressorium,'  in  the 
king's  chamber,  19Z.  18s  4cL  In  laths,  boards,  'tign  de  fyr,'  and 
empty  barrels  bought  for  repairs  in  the  said  chamber,  chapel  and 
belfry  and  kitchen,  and  for  making  windows,  doors  and  '  louvres  ' 
for  the  same,  81.  13s.  4d.  ;  and  in  iron  for  ironwork  and  nails  for  making 
the  doors  and  windows  of  the  said  chamber,  chapel  and  kitchen,  and 
lead  bought  for  roofing  the  chapel,  91.  15s.,  and  for  stone,  lime  and 
mortar  and  plaster  bought  for  repairing  and  making  the  walls  of  the 
aforesaid  chamber,  chapel  and  kitchen,  113s.  4cL  For  glass  for  the 
two  great  windows  of  the  aforesaid  chapel,  of  which  the  glass  (verrura) 
was  altogether  wasted  and  destroyed,  66s.'  Qd.  For  the  carriage  of 
the  stones  and  digging  of  the  sand,  with  the  carriage  of  the  same, 
40s.  5d.  For  divers  men,  roofing  the  said  chapel  and  the  chamber 
of  the  queen  called  '  le  Mantell'  ;  the  passage  (interclausi]  between 
the  king's  chamber  and  '  le  Mantell';  and  the  kitchen 'called  'Dres- 
sorium,' with  the  stones  thereof ;  and  the  king's  chamber,  with  lead 
as  well  bought  as  in  store,  and  covering,  pargeting  (perjaccione),  and 
daubing  (dealbacoe)  of  the  said  'Mantell,'  and  the  king's  chamber 
aforesaid,  13Z.  15s.  Qd.,  And  for  the  wages  of  divers  plasterers,  car- 
penters and  plumbers,  to  repair  and  effect  the  defects  of  the  said  chapel 
and  houses,  23L  Us.  lid. 

From  Michaelmas,  10  Edward  in.  [A.D.  1336]  to  the  Michaelmas 
next  following  [A.D.  1337]. — The  same  accountant  renders  account 
for  timber  for  making  and  repairing  the  king's  hall  in  the  castle  afore- 
said, and  covering  the  same  hall  with  empty  casks  beneath  the  lead, 
for  Eastland  boards  for  the  windows,  doors  and  '  louvres  '  of  the  same 
hall,  8Z.  10s.  For  stone  for  the  velsura  in  the  hall  and  for  repairing 
and  amending  other  defects  in  the  same  hall,  and  for  mortar  and 
plaster  for  pargeting  the  same  hall,  32s.  Sd.  And  in  iron  for  making 
the  ironwork,  nails  and  other  necessaries  for  the  same  hall,  and  for 
stagnat  nails  for  the  windows  of  the  said  hall,  103s.  4d.  And  in 
ten  cart  loads  of  lead  for  roofing  the  said  hall,  261.  13s.  4d.,  i.e.,  for 
each  fother,  53s.  4d.  And  in  the  wages  of  divers  masons  and  car- 
penters, making  and  repairing  the  same  hall,  and  for  sawing  the  timber 
for  the  same  hall,  511.  10s.  And  in  the  carting  of  the  aforesaid  timber, 
as  well  by  water  as  by  land,  from  the  wood  called  Chapwel  Wode, 
where  it  was  felled,  to  the  castle  aforesaid,  26s.  Sd.  And  for  a  certain 
plumber  for  founding  (fundando)  lead,  and  covering  the  said  hall  with 
the  same,  together  with  20s.  to  a  certain  plasterer  for  plastering  the 
aforesaid  hall  with  plaster,  111.  13s.  4d. 

From  Michaelmas,  10  Edward  in.  [A.D.  1336]  to  7  July  next  following 
[A.D.  1337]. — The  same  accountant  renders  account  for  timber,  as  wall 
for  repairing  and  making  a  certain  chamber  at  the  head  of  the  hall 
above  the  offices  and  a  certain  turret  beyond  (ultra)  the  outer  gate 
of  the  Castle,  as  for  a  certian  new  chamber  there  for  the  king's  wardrobe, 
231.  6*.  Sd.  And  in  lathes,  boards  and  beams  for  making  the  said 
chamber  and  turret,  101s.  Qd.  And  in  stone  and  mortar  and  plaster 


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for  repairing  the  aforesaid  turret  and  chamber,  and  iron  for  making 
the  ironwork  thereof,  as  well  for  the  aforesaid  chamber  and  turret 
as  for  the  doors  and  windows  of  the  same,  IQl.  3s.  Qd.  And  for  making 
a  certain  chamber  above  the  said  chamber  at  the  head  of  the  hall, 
for  plaster  for  the  same,  and  for  covering  with  slates  the  aforesaid 
chamber,  and  two  other  chambers  above  the  principal  gates  of  the 
keep  (turris],  and  for  pargeting  (perjactand)  with  plaster  of  the  same 
chamber  and  cellar,  11.  And  in  two  casks,  one  bucket,  and  four  masts 
of  fir,  for  making  thereof  two  stairs  (?)• ,  12  flails] (?)8 ,  and  3  iron  shovels, 
3  '  pycois,'  1  large  table,  and  2  small  tables,  bought  for  founding  the 
lead  upon,  16s.  lOd.  And  in  wages  of  the  carpenters,  masons,  plumbers, 
sawyers  and  other  workmen,  for  the  works  and  repairs  of  the  aforesaid 
chambers  and  turrets ;  and  for  gutters  during  the  time  aforesaid, 
4:41.  17s.  And  to  a  certain  smith  for  .  .  .  (?),  bellows  (sufflett), 
hammers,  and  other  utensils  and  necessaries  hired  from  the  same  for 
making  ironwork  for  the  same  works,  6s.  Sd.  Paid  for  10  chaldrons 
of  sea-coal  bought  for  the  said  works,  56s.  Sd.  And  in  fees  of  the  same 
smith  and  his  boy,  for  making  all  the  ironwork,  and  the  nails  for  all 
the  works  aforesaid,  and  for  repairing  the  tools  of  the  masons  and 
other  workmen,  for  470  working  days,  11Z.  15s.,  namely,  to  the  smith 
4d.,  and  his  boy  Id.  a  day.  [Account  of  the  victualling  follows]. 

Foreign  Account.  17  Richard  11.  Roll  H.  [Abstract]. — -A.D. 
1392-1394. — Account  of  Henry  de  Percy,  Earl  of  Northumberland,  of 
the  cost,  etc.,  of  the  repair  of  the  King's  chapel  within  the  castle  of 
Newcastle-upon-Tyne,  and  other  buildings  there,  from  15  May,  15 
Richard  n.  [A.D.  1392]  to  Michaelmas  next  following. 

The  accountant  renders  account  for  lathes,  nails,  stone  called  '  sklact 
gemewes,'  sand,  earth  and  other  necessaries  bought  for  the  works, 
and  carriage  of  the  same  to  the  said  castle,  and  wages  of  the  workmen, 
61.  13s. 

From  1  June,  17  Richard  n.  [A.D.  1394]  to  the  Michaelmas  next 
following. — The  accountant  renders  account  for  expenditure  on  divers 
defects  in  the  bridge  and  gates  of  the  castle  and  on  the  roofs  (tectur  ?) 
of  divers  houses  within  the  said  castle  : — For  timber,  sand  and  gemewes, 
bought  and  provided  for  the  aforesaid  works,  with  the  wages  of  the 
carpenters,  tilers  and  other  labourers.' 


Mr.  J.  C.  Hodgson  has  favoured  the  editor  with  the  following  extract 
from  the  Calendar  of  State'Papers,  Venice,  vol.  xiv,  1615-1617,  p.  550 : — 
'Edinburgh,  1617,  July  16.  Giovanni  Battista  Lionello,  Venetian 
Secretary  in  England,  to  the  Doge  and  Senate  : — •'  With  regard  to  the 
country,!  found  that  England  at  a  distance  of  from  forty  to  fifty  miles 
from  the  frontier,  and  especially  the  county  of  Northumberland,  was 
very  poor,  uncultivated,  and  exceedingly  wretched,  while  for  many 
miles  on  the  other  side  of  the  frontier  I  seemed  to  be  travelling  through 
uninhabited  deserts.  This  proceeds  from  the  sterility  of  the  ground 
and  also  from  the  perpetual  wars  with  which  these  nations  have  savagely 
destroyed  each  other.' 

THE    ROMAN    WALL. 

*  At  Portgate,  half  a  mile  north  west  of  Hexham,  there  are  great 
ruins  of  ancient  buildings,  and  a  square  tower  is  still  standing  and 
converted  into  a  dwelling  house.  .  .  .  From  Halton-Sheels,  for 
two  miles  farther  east,  the  whole  breadth  of  the  wall  is  still  standing, 

7  Scalis.  8  Tribul. 


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and  the  ashler  front  of  the  wall  is  very  discernible  all  the  way  to 
Walltown,  which  stands  8  m.  from  Newcastle,  and  about  half-a-mile 
south  of  the  wall.  From  Walltown  to  Newcastle,  the  wall  runs  over  a 
great  deal  of  high  ground,  and  thro'  variety  of  fine  corn  land  .  .  . 
and  from  the  foot  of  Benwell  hill  to  the  end,  being  about  2  m.,  it 
runs  along  the  high  road  to  Westgate  in  Newcastle.  .  .  . 
A  military  stone  causeway  seems  to  have  run  at  *20  or  30  yards 
distance  from  the  Wall  on  the  south  side,  which  between  Portgate 
and  Carrow,  a  small  village  lying  eastward  of  Seavenshale,  is  but  little 
decayed.'  —  The  Beauties  of  British  Antiquity,  by  John  Collinson, 
{London.  Printed  for  the  author  and  sold  by  T.  Longman,  Pater 
Noster  Row,  MDCCLXXIX),  pp.  129-131. 


The  following  abstracts  are  from  local  deeds  in  Dr.  Burman's 
possession  (continued  from  page  168)  : — 

ST.  OSWALD'S  PARISH,  DURHAM. 

Lease  for  a  year,  of  19  October,  1716,  whereby  Simon  Peacock  of 
Burnhall,  in  the  county  of  Durham,  esq.,  Son  and  Heir  of  Simon 
Peacock  late  of  Burnhall,  his  late  Father  deceased,  granted  to  Posthumus 
Smith  of  the  city  of  Durham,  esq.,  at  a  pepper  corn  rent,  five  several 
closes  commonly  known  by  the  names  of  Middlefeild,  the  Nookfeild, 
Palmers  Closes,  and  the  Moor  ffeild  in  St.  Oswald's  parish  in  the  county 
of  Durham  containing  thirty  acres  or  thereabouts,  and  now  in  the 
occupation  of  Michael  Pickering,  Richard  White,  and  Richard  Reah, 
as  tenants  thereof,  at  the  yearly  rent  o'  thirty  pounds  or  thereabouts. 
Signed  by  Simon  Peacock  and  sealed,  and  attested  by  Wm.  Lee,  Wm. 
Midford.  Ed.  Bunting. 

TENEMENTS    AT    SOWERBY,    NEAR    THIRSK. 

By  indenture  of  7  May,  1752,  between  (1)  Thomas  Mewburn  of 
Blackwell  in  the  county  of  Durham,  gentleman,  and  (2)  John  Mew- 
burn  of  Darlington,  and  John  Denison  of  Hutton  Rudby  in  the  county 
of  York,  gentleman,  It  was  witnessed  in  consideration  of  5s.  paid 
to  him  Thomas  Mewburn  bargained  and  sold  the  messuage  situate  in 
Sowerby  under  Cotcliff  in  the  county  of  York  occupied  by  George 
Walker  and  several  closes  at  the  same  place  known  by  the  names  of 
Winter-Chester,  Summer  Chester,  Winter  Garth,  Summer  Garth, 
Leazes,  Horseclose,  and  Paddock,  also  in  the  occupation  of  George 
Walker,  To  hold  the  same  for  the  term  of  one  year  at  a  pepper-corn 
rent.  Signed  and  sealed  by  Thomas  Mewburn  and  attested. 

GAINFORD. 

Probate  of  the  4  Aug,  1824,  of  the  Will  of  8  March,  1812,  of  Philip 
Raine  of  Gainford,  in  the  County  of  Durham,  Gentleman,  whereby 
he  gave  his  sister  Alice  Raine  all  his  household  Furniture  Plate  and 
Linen  and  Horses  of  every  description,  to  his  Godson  John  Daly  his 
Gold  Watch  and  Guns,  all  the  rest  of  his  real  and  personal  estate  subject 
to  the  payment  of  his  debts  and  funeral  expenses  to  his  Godson  John 
Daly  the  younger  son  of  John  Daly  of  Upper  Thames  Street,  London, 
Ironmonger,  subject  to  the  payment  of  legacies  of  one  hundred  pounds 
apiece  to  his  sister  Alice  Raine  and  his  sister  Elizabeth  Watkins  within 
one  month  after  his  decease,  And  to  the  payment  of  an  annuity  of 
200?.  per  annum  unto  his  said  sisters  Elizabeth  Watkins  and  Alice 
Raine  for  their  joint  lives  and  the  life  of  the  Survivor  and  he  appointed 
John  Daly  the  elder  and  John  Daly  the  younger  joint  Executors. 


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PROCEEDINGS 

OF    THE 

SOCIETY    OF    ANTIQUARIES 

OF   NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. 
3  SER.,  VOL.   IV.  1910.  NO.    21 

The  usual  monthly  meeting  of  the  Society  was  held  in  the  old  library 
at  the  Castle,  on  Wednesday,  the  twenty-fifth  day  of  May,  1910,  at 
seven  o'clock  in  the  evening,  Mr.  J.  Pattison  Gibson,  a  vice-president, 
being  in  the  chair. 

Several  ACCOUNTS,  recommended  to  the  society  for  payment,  were 
ordered  to  be  paid. 

The  following  ORDINARY  MEMBER  was  proposed  and  declared  duly 
elected  :— 

Joseph  Macdonald  Baily  of  94  Osborne-road,  Newcastle. 

The  secretary  (Mr.  R.  Blair)  reported  that  the  following  NEW  BOOKS, 
etc.,  had  been  received  since  the  last  meeting  : — 

Presents,  placed  on  the  table,  for  which  thanks  were  voted : — 

From  the  Colchester  Museum  of  Local  Antiquities  : — Report  of  the 
Museum  and  Muniment  Committee  for  1909. 

From  Mr.  James  Thomson,  of  Shawdon  cottage,  Coatham,  Redcar : — 
Archaeological  Researches  at  Carnac  in  Brittany,  by  James  Miln, 
4to.  cl. 

From   Robert   Blair  :—  Heraldic   Miscellanies,    containing    the    lives 
of  Sir  William  Dugdale  and  Gregory  King,  and  an  exact  copy  of 
the  third  part  of  '  The  Boke  of  St.  Albans,'  demy  4to. 
Exchanges : — • 

From  the  Yorkshire  Archaeological  Society  : — •  Yorkshire  Archaeo- 
logical Journal,  part  80.  and  Catalogue  of  Library,  part  iii. 

From  the  British  Archaeological  Association  : — Journal,   xv,   iii. 

From  the  Rhode  Island  Historical  Society  : — Proceedings  for  1906-07 
and  1907-08. 

From  the  Suffolk  Institute  of  Archaeology  and  Natural  History  : — 
Proceedings,  xm,  iii. 

From  the  Powys-land  Club  -.—  Collections,  Hist,  and  Archl.  relating 
to  Montgomeryshire  and  its  Borders,  xxxv,  iii. 

From  the  Namur  Archaeological  Society: — Annales,  xxvm,  i  and  ii, 
large  8vo.  (part  i  contains  a  very  valuable  and  interesting  account 
of  the  public  fetes  at  Dinant,  including  passion,  morality,  etc.  plays 
of  gilds,  etc.,  which  may  be  consulted  to  advantage  by  those  in- 
terested in  the  subject). 

Purchases  : — Mittheilungen  of  the  Imperial  German  Archaeological 
Institute,  xxiv,  iii;  Notes  and  Queries,  11  ser.,  nos.  18-21;  The 
Parish  Registers  of  Enaland,  by  J.  Charles  Cox  ('Antiquary's  Books') ; 
and  The  Visitation  of  Surrey,  1662-68  (60  Harleian  Society  publ.). 

Proc.  3  Ser.  iv,  27 


182 

DONATIONS    TO    THE    MUSEUM. 

The  following  was  announced,  and  thanks  voted  to  the  donor: — 
From  Mr.  F.  W.  Dendy,  V.P.  :    A  shed  antler  of  a  stag  of  prehistoric 
date,  imperfect,  dredged  out  of  the  Tyne  at  King's  Meadows  island, 
near  Newcastle,   in   1852. 

Mr.  Heslop  (one  of  the  curators)  placed  on  the  table,  for  comparison, 
a  complete  antler,  from  the  same  place,  belonging  to  the  society. 
EXHIBITED  : — 

By  the  Rev.  Canon  Walker,  rector  of  Whalton  : — A  curious  hand- 
mangle,  made  apparently  of  mahogany,  which  had  been  given  to 
him  by  a  native  of  that  village. 

Mr.  Brewis  (one  of  the  curators)  thus  writes: — 'A  hand  mangle  was 
formerly  considered  one  of  the  essential  domestic  objects  for  all  young 
housewives,  and  one  often  given  by  the  bridegroom  to  the  bride, 
carved  with  their  joint  initials,  much  in  the  same  manner  as  a  knitting 
sheath.  The  under  surface  of  these  mangles  is  quite  smooth.  They 
were  used  to  drive  a  roller  over  the  clothes,  before  the  introduction  of 
the  ordinary  flat  iron.  The  backs  of  many  are  carved  in  geometrical 
form,  copied  from  seventeenth  century  Dutch  examples.  There  are 
five  in  the  Edinburgh  University  museum,  and  several  in  Horni- 
man's  museum,  London.  There  is  an  interesting  article  on  Norway 
hand  mangles  in  the  Reliquary,  3  ser.,  x,  page  15.' 
By  Mr.  F.  W.  Dendy  : — A  pair  of  wool  carders. 

[Mr.  Gibson,  the  castle  warden,  remarked  that  he  had  used  similar 
objects.] 

By  the  Rev.  0.  E.  Adamson : — A  bronze  medal,  said  to  have  been 
found  at  Haltwhistle  or  neighbourhood,  similar  to  those  exhibited 
at  a  former  meeting  (see  pages  18  and  80)  by  Mr.  R.  S.  Nisbet 
and  Mr.  C.  H.  Blair,  and  obtained  from  the  same  neighbourhood. 
This  is  of  pope  Paul  n  [1464-1471],  and  bears  the  inscription  on 
obverse.  PAVLVS  VENETVS  PAPA  •  n,  with  the  pope's  head  to  left, 
on  his  shoulders  a  cowl.  On  reverse :  LETITIA  MONASTICA,  a 
female  figure  standing  between  two  children. 

By  Mr.  F.  G.  Simpson  : — A  second  brass  coin  of  Hadrian  in  poor 
condition,  the  reverse  being  illegible,  discovered  by  him  in  the 
Gilsland  mile-castle. 

By  Mr.  G.  H.  Blair  : — (i)  The  matrix  of  the  seal  of  William  de  la 
Lie;  (ii)  a  leaden  bulla;  and  (iii)  two  leaden  seals. 

NEWCASTLE    IN    1515. 

Mr.  R.  O.  Heslop.  a  vice-president,  in  the  absence,  owing  to  the  death 
of  his  sister,  of  Mr.  F.  W.  Dendy,  the  writer,  read  a  very  valuable 
paper  '  On  the  struggle  between  the  Merchant  and  Craft  Gilds  in  1515.' 

Thanks  were  accorded  to  the  writer  by  acclamation,  on  the  motion 
of  Mr.  Heslop,  seconded  by  Mr.  J.  S.  Robson,  and  supported  by  Mr. 
Oliver  and  Mr.  Craster. 

It  was  resolved  to  print  the  paper  in  Archaeologia  Aeliana. 

ARCIIAEOLOGIA    AELIANA    (3   Ser.  Vl). 

Mr.  Flair  (editor)  placed  on  the  table  this  volume,  of  which  all  the 
material  in  hand,  to  the  extent  of  203  pages,  was  in  type,  and  of  which 
125  pages  were  already  printed  off.  He  stated  that  the  index  was 
now  being  prepared.  He  hoped  to  have  the  volume  ready  for  issue 
to  members  by  the  end  of  June. 

JUNE    MEETINGS. 

As  in  previous  years,  it  was  decided  not  to  hold  meetings  of  the 
society  or  of  the  council  in  June. 


183 
MISCELLANEA. 

'PLAN    |    OF    THE     |    TOWN    MOOR,     |     CASTLE     LEAZES,    |    AND     |    NUN'S 

MOOR.'     (See  p.  169.) 


j»lc  of  Cluum 

h i- 3F= 


Mr.  W.  W.  Tomlinson  has  kindly  drawn  the  editor's  notice  to  an  old 
plan  of  the  land  about  the  Barras  mill;  it  acts  as  a  sort  of  frontispiece 
to  some  pamphlets  on  the  town  moor,  etc.,  though  it  does  not  appear 
to  have  any  connexion  with  them.  A  reproduction  of  a  portion  of  the 
plan  is  given  above.  The  pamphlets  are  all  bound  at  the  end  of  The 
Northumberland  and  Newcastle  Monthly  Magazine  for  the  year  IS  12*  vol.  i. 
in  the  library  of  the  Lit.  and  Phil.  Soc.,  Newcastle.  They  consist  of 
(i)  '  Report  of  the  Select  Committee,  appointed  by  the  Incorporated  Com- 
panies of  Newcastle-upon  Tyne,  and  authorized  by  them  to  act,  on  their 
behalf,  in  preparing  a  Bill  to  be  passed  into  an  Act  for  the  Improvement 
of  the  Town  Moor,  Castle  Leazes,  and  Nun's  Moor.  This  is  followed  by 
(ii)  'An  Act  for  confining  to  the  Resident  Freemen  or  Burgesses  and 
Resident  Widows  of  deceased  Freemen  or  Burgesses  of  the  Town  of 
N^ewcastle-upon-  Tyne,  their  full  Right  and  Benefit  to  the  Herbage 
of  the  Town  Moor,  Castle  Leazes,  and  Nun's  Moor,  within  the  Liberties 
of  the  said  Town,  for  Two  Milch  Cows  each,  in  such  Manner  as  has 
been  used  ;  and  for  Improving  the  Herbage  of  the  said  Town  Moor, 


184 

Castle  Leazes,  and  Nun's  Moor  respectively'  [14  Geo.  in.]  ;  and 
then  conies  (iii)  '  A  Bill  to  alter  and  amend  an  Act  passed  in  the  Four- 
teenth year  of  George  the  third. 


'GAMBADOES.' 

At  the  meeting  of  the  society,  on  the  30th  March,  1910  (p.  166), 
Mr.  Phillips  stated  that  he  had  recently  purchased  a  pair  of  '  Gambadoes,' 
large  heavy  postillion  boots  open  down  the  outer  side  with  wooden 
soles.  They  appear  to  have  been  strapped  on  to  the  saddle  and  thus 
formed  a  stirrup.  If  any  member  could  give  any  particulars  regarding 
'  Gambadoes  '  he  would  be  obliged. 

Mr.  Blair  remarked  that  he  remembered  a  book  named  '  Gambado's 
Horsemanship,'  or  something  of  the  kind,  perhaps  the  name  of  the 
boot  had  its  origin  in  the  name  of  the  writer  of  that  book. 


The  following  abstract  is  of  a  local  deed  in  Dr.  Burman's  possession 
(continued  from  page  180): — 

HILTON,    CO.    DURHAM. 

Indenture  of  4  May,  1661,  between  (1)  William  Marley  of  Hunstan- 
worth  in  the  County  of  Durham  gentleman,  and  Jane  his  wife,  and 
(2)  John  Wall  of  the  Wester  Harupp  in  the  Parish  of  Wolsingham, 
yeoman.  Witnesseth  that  in  consideration  of  300Z.  paid  to  them  by 
Wall  they  sold  to  Wall  '  All  that  Messuage  or  Mansion  house  now  or  late 
in  the  possession  of  William  Hall  and  lately  in  the  possession  of  John 
Chambers  the  two  little  Eastmost  garthes  as  they  lye  upon  the  back 
of  the  said  house  from  the  Westside  of  the  Espy  garth  unto  the  WTest 
end  of  the  said  house  the  garthes  being  now  in  the  possession  of  Henry 
Hawdon  one  parcell  of  meadow  ground  called  the  Espy  garth  now  or 
late  in  the  possession  of  one  John  Dent,  one  Close  commonly  called  or 
known  by  the  name  of  the  Westleeside  now  or  late  in  the  possession 
of  Christofer  Robinson  and  others,  and  one  close  of  meadow  called 
by  the  name  of  Hutchinsons  Close  now  or  late  in  the  possession  of  John 
Hutchinson  and  all  houses,  &c.,  which  premisses  are  situate  lying 
and  being  within  the  Mannor,  Towne  feilds  or  Territoryes  of  Hilton 
co.  Durham,  To  hold  the  same  unto  Wall  his  heires  and  assigns 
for  ever,  To  be  holden  of  the  chief  Lord  or  Lords  of  the  ffee  or  ffees 
thereof  by  the  Rentes  dutyes  &  services  therefore  due  and  of  right 
accustomed  without  interruption  of  them  Marley  and  Jane  his  wife 
&  Dame  Elizabeth  Forster  of  Blanchland  in  the  County  of  Northum- 
berland widow,  arid  Wall  was  indemnified  from  the  yearly  rent  of 
550Z.  issuing  out  of  the  '  Manners  of  Bradbury  and  Hilton  and  payable 
to  the  King's  Majesty,'  a  deed  of  15  February  1660  made  between 
Henry  Marley  of  Hilton  in  the  County  of  Durham  Gentleman  of  the 
one  part  and  William  Marley  of  the  other  part  is  covenanted  to  be 
produced ;  and  Marley  appointed  his  '  trusty  &  well  beloued  freinds  ' 
Cuthbert  Marley  and  Henry  Hawdon  yeoman  both  of  Hilton  to  be 
his  Attorneys  to  take  delivery  &  seisin,  &c.  Signed  by  William 
Marley  (seal  gone)  and  attested  by  '  Chr.  Mickleton,  Robt.  Aisley, 
R.  Colthirst,  Anthony  Lodge  Ser,  Christopher  Orde,  Thomas  Wilkin- 
son.' Livery  &  Seisin  in  presence  of  'Henry  Marly,  Rowland  Had- 
docke,  Rowland  Johnson,  William  Hall.  John  Thirkeld  his  mark,  Abr: 
Hilton.* 


Proc.  Soc.  Antlq.  Newc.,  3  ser.  iv. 


To  face  page  185 


THE   NORTH   GATEWAY    FROM    THE   INSIDK. 

The  steps  to  the  rampart  are  shewn  to  the  right  of  it 


THE    '  OVEN,'    NORTH-WEST   CORNER. 

ROMAN    MILECASTLE,    GILSLAND. 
From  photographs  by  the  Rev.  W.  G.  Bird,  Vicar  of  Qilsland- 


185 


PROCEEDINGS 


SOCIETY    OF    ANTIQUARIES 


OF    NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. 


3    SER.,    VOL.    IV.  1910.  NO.     22 

The  first  out-door  meeting  of  the  season  was  held  on  the  afternoon 
of  Saturday,  the  twenty-eighth  day  of  May,  1910,  at 

GILSLAND. 

The  day  was  not  altogether  favourable,  so  far  as  the  weather  was 
concerned,  there  being  a  dull  sky  with  occasional  showers  of  rain,  but 
it  did  not  in  the  least  mar  the  pleasure  of  the  numerous  members  who 
travelled  to  Gilsland  by  the  1-18  p.m.  train  from  Newcastle  to  inspect 
the  remains  of  the  recently  excavated  mile-castle  on  the  west  bank 
of  the  Poltross  burn,  the  boundary  between  the  counties  of  North- 
umberland and  Cumberland,  and  to  visit  the  picturesque  little  church 
at  Over  Denton. 

Amongst  those  present  were  : — Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  W.  and  Master 
Tomlinson,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  Blair,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  R.  Newbiggin, 
Miss  Grogan  (Rome),  Messrs.  J.  P.  Gibson  and  R.  O.  Heslop  (vice- 
presidents  of  the  society),  A.  M.  Oliver,  S.  S.  Carr,  J.  Irving,  P.  Brewis, 
W.  S.  Corder,  H.  H.  E.  Craster,  M.  Mackey,  and  W.  Philipson,  Rev. 
C.  E.  and  Master  Adamson,  Rev.  W.  and  Miss  Welby,  Rev.  E.  J. 
Taylor,  Mr.  Kirwan,  etc..  etc. 

The  party  was  met  at  Gilsland  station  by  Mr.  F.  Gerald  Simpson, 
who  conducted  them  to  the  Roman  mile-castle,  and  pointed  out  the 
chief  objects  of  interest  discovered  by  him.  He  said  there  had  been 
apparently  three  occupations.  The  first  was  probably  in  the  time  of 
Hadrian,  or  about  the  year  120  ;  the  second  perhaps  at  the  time  of 
the  restoration  by  Severus,  A.D.  207  ;  and  there  is  evidence  that  the 
third  occupation  was  somewhere  about  the  end  of  the  third  century. 
The  Romans  were  driven  out  from  time  to  time,  and  the  castle  was 
ruined.  The  excavations  have  been  going  on  for  six  weeks  this  year, 
and  were  actively  in  progress  for  five  weeks  last  year.  That  the  ruins 
were  there  has  been  known  for  many  years,  slight  excavations  having 
been  made  in  1886  by  the  Cumberland  and  Westmorland  Archaeological 
and  Antiquarian  Society.  It  is  the  first  mile-castle  in  which  internal 
buildings  have  been  found.  A  flight  of  steps  to  the  ramparts  and  a  series 
of  ovens  h<i\<>  Ix-cn  unearthed.  Some  of  the  walls  are  in  a  good  state 
of  preservation.  Among  the  articles  discovered  were  fourteen  coins, 
ranging  from  Trajan  to  that  of  Constantine  n,  and  in  addition  a  much 
worn  legionary  denarius  of  Mark  Antony ;  four  of  them  were  of  the  second 
century,  and  eight  of  the  third.  There  are  also  pieces  of  scale  armour  of 
two  sizes,  six  brooches  (fibulae),  of  different  dates,  all  bow-shaped,  pieces 


186 

of  horse-trappings,  various  iron  objects,  including  a  pick-axe,  a  mason's 
hammer,  spearheads,  etc.,  two  intayli  in  red  jasper,  of  late  date,— one  a 
female  figure  holding  a  cornucopia  and  a  rudder,  arid  a  quantity  of  pottery. 
No  inscribed  stones  have  been  found.  The  work  of  excavation  will  be 
finished  in  about  a  fortnight,  and  after  that  the  remains  will  be  covered 
up  again.  The  highest  piece  of  wall  in  the  mile-castle  is  nearly  nine 
feet  high.  The  site  is  about  a  mile  and  a  half  east  of  Birdoswald. 

Under  the  guidance  of  the  vicar  the  company  afterwards  proceeded 
to  the  pretty  little  church  of 

OVER    DENTON, 

a  mile  and  a  half  away,  and  on  the  south  bank  of  the  Irthing,  immedi- 
ately opposite  to  Birdoswald,  from  which  place,  doubtless,  the  stones 
were  brought  to  build  the  quaint  little  edifice. 

The  vicar  (the  Rev.  W.  G.  Bird)  explained  that  the  east,  north,  and 
south  walls  of  the  church  were  the  ancient  parts  of  the  building.  The 
west  end  was  not  ancient,  but  was  built  probably  in  1701.  Two  months 
ago,  he  said,  when  burying  a  person  three  yards  from  the  present  west 
end  of  the  church,  they  came  across  the  foundations  of  the  old  west 
end.  The  date  of  the  church  had  not  been  ascertained,  but  it  was  of 
very  great  antiquity,  and  was  believed  by  some  to  have  been  built  before 
the  Conquest.  He  could  not  tell  them  the  date  absolutely,  but  he 
could  tell  them  that  in  1169,  which  was  very  soon  after  the  Normans 
came  into  Cumberland — 'they  came  in  1154,  temp.  Henry  ir— the  church 
was  ancient.  When  Lanercost  priory  was  founded  in  1 1 09,  the  patronage 
of  the  church  of  Over  Denton  already  existed,  and  its  rich  endowment 
was  conveyed  to  Lanercost.  In  the  deed  of  1169  the  church  was 
called  the  'old  Denton.'  They  could,  he  thought,  have  no  more 
conclusive  proof  of  its  high  antiquity.  The  chancel  arch,  the  south 
doorway,  in  addition  to  the  walls,  appeared  to  be  the  most  ancient.  On 
the  north  side  of  the  nave  was  a  deeply  splayed  round-headed  window 
high  up  in  the  wall.  The  window  on  the  south  side  of  the  chancel 
was  an  Early  English  lancet.  On  the  north  side,  very  near  to  the 
chancel  arch  was  a  curious  niche,  square  in  form  and  of  small  size. 
When  the  church  was  last  renovated,  human  skeletons  were  found 
underneath  the  floor  of  the  chancel.  Bruce  went  up  the  valley  in 
1314,  after  Bannockburn,  and  did  a  lot  of  damage  at  Lanercost  and 
other  places,  and  it  was  supposed  that  the  people  had  been  defending 
the  church  and  were  slain  in  it.  It  seemed  as  though  a  pit  had  been 
roughly  dug  in  the  chancel,  and  the  bodies  thrown  in.  The  old  font 
belonging  to  the  church  was  outside  in  a  garden.  It  had  been  examined 
very  carefully,  and  it  was  believed  that  it  had  been  hollowed  out 
of  a  Roman  pillar.  The  church  was  in  the  diocese  of  Durham  until 
1701.  This  gave  colour  to  the  opinion  of  the  vicar,  that  this  was 
the  place  where  St.  Cuthbert's  body  rested,  and  not  Nether  Denton 
as  is  generally  supposed,  where  the  modern  church,  which  replaced 
an  ancient  one,  bears  the  name  of  St.  Cuthbert,  the  saint  name  of 
Over  Denton  church  being  lost  in  the  mists  of  antiquity. 

Mr.  J.  P.  Gibson  moved  a  vote  of  thanks  to  Mr.  Bird  for  his  interesting 
description.  He  thought,  however,  that  the  church  wras  more  likely 
to  be  an  early  Norman  structure  than  Saxon.  The  walls  were  too 
thick  for  a  Saxon  church.  There  was  an  absence  of  '  long  and  short  ' 
work  at  the  corners,  which  they  would  expect  to  see  if  the  church  had 
been  Saxon.  The  only  thing  which  might  be  Saxon  was  the  south 
door.  He  added  that  he  moved  the  vote  of  thanks  with  great  pleasure, 
although  they  might  differ  as  to  whether  the  church  was  Saxon  or 
Norman. 


Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Newc.,  3  ser.  iv. 


To  face  page  180 


INTERIOR  LOOKING  BAST. 


EXTKBIOR   FKOM   THB   SOUTH-WEST   (OLD    '  VICARAGE  '    TO    EAST) 

OVER   DENTON    CHURCH. 
From  photographs  by  the  Rev.  W.  G.  Bird,  Vicar  of  Gllsland. 


187 

Mr.  Robert  Blair,  in  seconding,  remarked  that  not  only  had  he  given 
especial  attention  to  the  church  but  Roman  antiquaries  were  under  a 
great  obligation  to  the  vicar  for  the  unremitting  care  ha  had  taken 
of  the  interesting  fragment  of  the  Roman  Wall  which  runs  diagonally 
across  his  garden. 

This  was  agreed  to. 

The  vicar  acknowledged  the  vote  of  thanks,  and  said  he  differed  from 
Mr.  Gibson  as  to  the  period  to  which  the  church  belonged,  and  so  did 
his  (the  vicar's)  predecessor,  who  had  made  a  life  study  of  the  building. 

The  inspection  concluded  by  a  perambulation  of  the  exterior  of  the 
church  under  the  vicar's  guidance. 

The  party  returned  to  Gilsland,  where  most  of  them  had  tea  at 
Orchard  House  at  5-15.  They  then  made  their  way  to  the  railway 
station,  which  at  7-13  they  left  for  their  respective  destinations,  after 
a  pleasant  and  instructive  afternoon. 


More  may  be  learned  about  Gilsland  and  Over  Denton  from  a  little 
Guide  by  the  vicar,  recently  published  at  6d. 


MISCELLANEA. 

CORBRIDGE. 

Mr.  J.  Crawford  Hodgson  sends  the  following  local  note  from  the 
Gal.  Pat.  Rolls,  1354-1358,  p.  30:— 

1354,  April  14,  Pardon  to  Thomas  de  Anderstowe,  of  Corbrig, 
Northumberland,  of  the  king's  suit,  for  the  stealing  of  a  pig,  worth  3s., 
whereof  he  is  indicted,  or  appealed,  and  of  any  consequent  outlawry. 

STAINDROP    PATENS. 

The  curate  of  Staindrop  (Mr.  Romans)  has  drawn  thee  ditor's  attention 
to  an  error  in  Proceedings,  2  ser,  iv,  248.  He  states  that  the  year  mark  on 
the  patens  is  courthand  B  for  1639,  and  not  as  there  stated,  courthand 
K  for  1647.  The  former  date  '  would  agree  with  the  history  of  the 
patens,  as  there  is  an  old  register  describing  their  purchase  in  the  time 
of  Nathaniel  Ward,  vicar  from  1635  to  1644,  who  was  killed  at  the 
siege  of  Millom  Castle  in  1644.' 

The  following  abstracts  of  local  deeds  are  from  the  large  collection 
belonging  to  Dr.  Burman  (continued  from  page  184) : — • 

ELWICK,    CO.    DURHAM. 

Indenture  made  8  May,  9  Charles  i  (1638),  whereby  John  Girlington 
of  Amerston,  Simon  Lackenby  of  '  Shaudforth '  and  '  marke  Hall  of 
munckheselden  '  gent,  granted  to  '  Mathewe  Herreson  '  of  Elwick, 
yeoman,  the  cottage  in  Elwick  in  the  occupation  of  William  Herreson, 
father  to  Mathewa,  at  the  ancient  yearly  rent  of  2s.  9d.  and  one  acre 
of  ground  in  Elwick  West  corn  field  adjoining  upon  another  acre  of 
ground  in  the  possession  of  Luke  Swalwell  on  the  East  upon  the  high 
street  leading  to  Broad  myres  on  the  South  and  upon  another  acre  of 
ground  in  the  possession  of  James  Cornar  on  the  West  and  the  parson's 
ground  upon  the  North  and  the  3  pasture  gates  in  '  ye  moore  Close, 
litle  whellow  moore  freire  crooke  Loaninge,  and  Night  close  in  Elwick. 
as  of  his  manor  of  East  Grenwich'  by  fealty  only  in  free  and  common 
soccage  and  not  in  '  capetie '  or  by  knight's  service  at  2.<*.  8d.  rent, 
Signed  and  sealed  (seal  gone)  by  '  John  Girlington,  Simon  Lakenbi,' 
Mark  Hall.'  Among  the  witnesses  are  '  John  Tweddell,  William 
Thomlingson,  clarke,  John  Lakenby,  Henry  Lakenby.' 


188 

SOUTH    SHIELDS. 

Will  of  18  Feb,  1813,  of  William  Pyle  of  South  Shields,  master 
mariner,  by  which  he  left  to  his  wife  Martha  Pyle  his  household  goods, 
furniture,  etc.,  and  a  legacy  or  sum  of  500Z.  and  an  annuity  of  70/. 
while  his  widow;  the  rest  he  gave  to  his  friend  George  Poad  of  the 
Glebe,  near  South  Shields,  shipowner,  in  trust,  20/.  thereout  to  be 
paid  to  his  wife,  and  the  residue  to  his  mother  Isabella  Pyle  for  her 
life,  then  equally  between  his  brothers  and  sisters  if  his  said  wife 
should  marry  or  die  in  the  lifetime  of  his  said  mother,  then  the  whole 
interest  to  be  paid  to  his  said  mother  from  that  time  forth.  And  he 
appointed  George  Poad  sole  executor. 

PELTON,    CO.    DURHAM. 

By  indenture  made  the  27  March,  1060,  William  Hall  of  Pelton, 
in  the  Parrish  of  Chester,  in  the  county  of  Durham,  yeoman,  for  40/. 
granted  to  Thomas  Wheldon  of  Pelton,  yeoman,  the  close  or  parcel 
of  meadow  ground  commonly  called  Stelley  Loaneing  in  Pelton,  in 
the  possession  of  William  Halls  assignes. 


Dr.    Burman    has    also    recently    come    into    the    possession    of    a 

large  number  of  letters  of  local  interest,  written  to  and  by  Mr.  John 

Bell  of  Gateshead.     They  begin  in  1841  and  end  in  1852.     The  following 

are  amongst  them  : — 

1. — 23  August,  1841,  addressed  Mr.  John  Stanton,  Cumberland  Row, 

Newcastle. 

'  Mr.  J.  Y.  Akerman  of  London,  Author  of  several  Numismatic  Works, 
and  who  is  now  busy  with  a  Second  Edition  of  his  '  Coins  of  the  Romans 
'  struck  in,  or  relating  to  Britain,'  and  also  his  Work  on  '  Ancient 
British  Coins,'  thinking  that  the  Cabinets  of  the  lovers  of  Coins  in 
the  North  may  contain  what  would  add  both  Value  and  Interest  to 
his  new  editions,  has  written  to  me  for  assistance,  if  you  should 
happen  to  have  a  Coin,  or  Coins,  of  either  of  the  above  classes,  or  of 
Tradesman's  Tokens  which  were  issued  between  L652  and  1666,  and 
would  either  favour  me  with  a  sight  of  them  for  a  few  moments,  or  with 
impressions  of  them  in  sealing  wax  to  send  to  Mr.  Akerman,  it  would 
both  oblige  him  and  myself.  The  Roman  Coins,  with  the  exception  of 
the  Hadrians  famous  one  with  '  Britannia '  on  the  reverse  have  all  of 
them  the  letters  '  BRIT  '  at  the  end  of  the  legend  on  the  obverse,  and 
to  lead  you  more  readily  to  the  British  Coins.  I  enclose  you  the  im- 
pression of  one  out  of  my  Collection,  which  coin  Mr.  Akerman  has 
Engraved  and  Published  in  the  Number  before  last  of  the  '  Numismatic 
Journal,'  and  of  the  little  old  Tradesman's  Tokens,  you  will  find  them 
noticed  at  page  494,  and  engraved  at  page  385  of  Brand's  '  History  of 
Newcastle,'  vol.  n,  arid  throughout  England,  when  they  were  in  vogue, 
there  were  above  2000  of  them  struck,  but  those  most  particularly 
wanted  in  the  present  moment  are  those  which  were  struck  in  the 
Counties  of  Durham,  Northumberland,  and  other  Northern  Counties, 
of  which  there  would  be  near  one  hundred  in  the  five  Northern  Counties. 
There  will  be  a  new  copy  of  the  Statutes  of  the  Antiquarian  Society 
published  by  the  next  meeting  night.' 
2. — 24  August,  1841.  Mr.  Stanton's  reply: 

'  T  have  not  one  British  Coin  such  as  you  describe.  Of  the  Farthings : 
Arms  of  Bristol,  1662,  CB ;  Arms  of  Tetbury,  1669,  John  Fry,  obv.  a 
hand,  rev.  two  Pipes,  1664;  William  Hutchinson,  Newcastle,  obv.  one  of 
the  Townsgates,  rev.  4  I WH  |  1 669;  Henry  Sneaton ,  obv.  Arms  of  Whitby , 
rev.  his  halfpenny.  The  above  five  are  all  the  coins  of  that  description 
in  my  possession,  and  I  have  no  doubt  they  are  already  in  your  hands,' 


189 


PROCEEDINGS 

OF    THE 

SOCIETY    OF    ANTIQUARIES 

OF    NEWCASTI.E-UPON-TYNE. 
3    SER.,    VOL.    IV.  1910.  NO.    23 


A  summer  mooting  of  the  society  was  held  on  Thursday,  the  sixteenth 
day  of  June,  1910.  at 

ALNWICK. 

Members  and  friends,  to  the  number  of  about  ninety,  assembled  at 
Alnwick  railway  station  at  1.22  p.m.,  on  the  arrival  of  the  12.12 
express  from  Newcastle.  They  were  met  on  the  platform  by  Mr. 
J.  C.  Hodgson,  F.S.A.,  a  vice-president  'of  the  society,  and  Mr.  R. 
Kyle,  the  constable  of  the  castle,  the  guides  during  the  day.  Permission 
to  visit  the  castle,  including  the  state  rooms,  had  been  kindly  given 
by  the  duke  of  Northumberland,  K.G.,  the  president  of  the  society,  a 
favour  infrequently  accorded.  A  pleasant  prelude  to  this  was  a  walk 
through  the  gardens,  the  beauty  of  which  was  enhanced  by  the  bright 
sunshine  of  a  perfect  June  day.  To  many  of  the  members  the  exterior 
of  the  fine  Norman  pile  was  familiar,  though  not  a  few  found  interest 
in  some  of  the  features  which  were  pointed  out  by  the  guides. 

Amongst  those  present  were  Mr.  Parker  Brewis,  Mr.  R.  Oliver  Heslop, 
Mr.  Wyatt,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lishman,  Dr.  Page,  Mr.  H.  Soden  Bird, 
Prof,  and  Mrs.  Duff,  Mr.  and  Miss  Rowell,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  G.  W.  Weddell, 
Mr.  J.  A.  Dotchin  and  the  Misses  Dotchin,  Mr.  J.  B.  Bailes,  of  New- 
castle ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  Blair  of  Harton ;  the  Rev.  A.  W.  Jackson 
and  Mr.  Stanley  Jackson,  of  Hull ;  the  Rev.  and  Mrs.  C.  E.  Adamson 
and  Miss  Adamson,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Drummond,  of  Westoe  ;  Mr.  W.  A. 
Armstrong,  Mrs.  Clarke,  Mr.  T.  Reed  and  Misses  Wilson  and  Reed,  of 
South  Shields ;  the  Rev.  T.  Stephens  and  the  Misses  Stephens,  of  Horsley. 
and  Miss  Mittord,  of  Old  Town,  Redewater ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John 
Oxberry,  of  Gateshead  ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  T.  Dowson,  of  Morpeth  ;  Mr. 
James  Cooke  and  Miss  Cooke,  of  Corbridge  ;  Dr.  Burman  and  Mr.  G.  G. 
B.  Cresswell,  of  Alnwick  ;  the  Rev.  Geo.  Reed  and  Mrs.  Reed  of  Killing- 
worth  ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  W.  Tomlinson  of  Monkseaton  ;  Mrs.  C.  H. 
Blair  of  Gosforth  ;  Miss  Richardson  of  Sunderland  :  Mr.  and  Miss 
Thompson  of  Whickham  ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  T.  Williamson  and  the  Misses 
Williamson  of  North  Shields  ;  Mr.  Thorburn  of  Bishop  Auckland  ;  Miss 
Morrison  of  Valparaiso  ;  Mr.  R.  W.  Vick,  Mr.  Vick,  jun.,  and  Miss  Vick 
of  West  Hartlepool ;  Mr.  J.  T.  Ridley  and  Mr.  Wm.  Turnbull,  of 
Rothbury  ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  G.  W.  Bain  of  Sunderland  ;  Mr.  H.  H.  E. 
Craster  of  All  Souls'  College,  Oxford  ;  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  W.  Gibson 
of  Gateshead. 

(Proc.  3  Ser.  IV  28.] 


190 


It  was  in  the  less  known  interior  of  the  castle  that  the  party  found 
much  to  interest  them.  Beautifully  decorated  and  furnished,  and 
with  the  walls  laden  with  fine  works  of  art,  the  state  rooms 
excited  general'admiration.  In  a  series  of  family  portraits,  is  one  of  the 
late  duke  Algernon,  who  restored  the  castle  some  sixty  years  ago,  and 
another  of  the  present  duke,  painted  by  Poynter,  and  exhibited 
in  the  Royal  Academy  last  year.  A  portrait  of  the  duchess,  by  the 
same  artist,  was  also  noticed  at  the  head  of  the  staircase,  and  there, 
also,  naturally  attracting  much  attention,  were  bronze  busts  of  king- 
Edward  the  Seventh  and  queen  Alexandra,  presented  by  their  Majesties 
to  the  duke  of  Northumberland  on  the  occasion  of  their  visit  to  Alnwick 
in  1906.  Other  objects  of  note  were  two  large  vases,  presented  to  the 
late  Earl  Percy,  when  he  was  Under- Secretary  for  Foreign  Affairs, 
by^.the  ex-Sultan  of  Turkey,  Abdul  Hamid. 


PLAIT  OF  ALNWICK  CASTLE. 


In  the  library  are  more  than  30,000  volumes.  One  of  the  chief 
treasures  is  the  beautifully  illuminated  missal  on  parchment  which 
formerly  belonged  to  Sherborne  abbey  in  Dorset.  It  is  preserved 
in  a  glass  table- case  in  the  library.  Amongst  the  manuscripts  is 
a  volume  of  treatises  in  the  handwriting  of  Sir  Francis  Bacon. 
A  short  halt  was  made  at  the  chapel,  quite  a  modern  structure 
with  walls  lined  with  marble  mosaic,  before  leaving  the  interior  of 
the  castle. 

Outside  Mr.  Hodgson  drew  particular  attention  to  some  shields 
on  the  octagon  towers — a  series,  of  which  there  is  another  example 
in  the  county  in  the  front  of  the  not  far  distant  gatehouse  of  Bothal 
castle.  He  read  some  notes  by  Mr.  0.  H.  Blair,  in  which  the  writer 
said  that  these  shields  were  not  put  up  out  of  '  family  pride  or  to 
represent  phantom  ancestors,'  but  living  men,  and  were  all  actually 
borne  in  the  middle  of  the  fourteenth  century.  Henry  Percy,  the 


Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Netuc.,  3  ser.  iv. 


To  face  page  190 


GENERAL  VIEW   FROM   THE   NORTH. 


THE  BAKBICAN. 

ALNWICK    CASTLE. 
From  photographs  by  Dr.  D.  H.  Stephens  of  North  Shields. 


builder,  was  a  fighter,  a  man  of  war  and  of  affairs,  and  from  his  youth 
employed  almost  continuously  in  fighting  the  Scots  and  in  administer- 
ing the  northern  march.  He  was  scarcely  the  man  to  speculate  in 
genealogical  myths  or  to  seek  to  commemorate  phantom  ancestors, 
These  shields,  therefore,  represent  the  great  commanders  in  Scotland 
and  the  North,  the  lords  and  knights  associated  with  him  in  his  life 
work  on  the  northern  march.' 

The  museums  were  next  visited.  In  them  are  stored  many  Egyptian 
and  Roman  relics,  some  of  the  latter  found  on  the  estate  and  in  the 
neighbourhood.  From  the  battlements  members  enjoyed  the  fine 
view  of  the  Aln  rippling  gently  beneath  the  walls  and  sparkling  in 
the  sunlight,  with  a  back-ground  of  rich  green  trees.  The  Alnwick 
parks  are  reputed  to  comprise  nearly  3,000  acres  and  to  contain  batwaen 
40  and  50  miles  of  carriage  roads  and  drives.  Portions  of  the  park 
are  situated  in  the  townships  of  Denwick,  Bassington,  Bolton,  and 
Shipley,  and  the  park  wall  extends  9  miles. 

On  entering  the  barbican,  members  descended  to  the  drawbridge 
pit,  11  feet  by  10  feet,  discovered  about  two  years  ago  when  some 
repairs  were  being  made  to  the  paved  road  through  the  barbican. 
This  showed  that  the  bridge  had  been  worked  from  below  the  level 
of  the  causeway,  and  not  as  usually  from  above,  by  chains,  levers,  and 
counterpoises.1 

On  25  Sept,  1316,  the  king  commanded  that  the  prior  and  convent 
of  Fame  should  have  yearly  as  before  five  quarters  of  \\heat  from 
Tughiil  and  Swinhoe  manors  appurtenant  to  Alnwick  castle,  then 
in  the  king's  hands.8 

An  account  of  one  of  the  sieges  of  the  castle  is  given  in  Warkworth's 
Chronicle,  where  it  is  said  that  queen  Margaret  and  others  had  kept 
certain  castles  in  Northumberland,  including  Alnwick,  which  thev 
hade  vytaled  and  stuffed  bothe  with  Englischmenne,  Frenschmenne, 
and  Scottesmenne  by  whiche  castelles  thei  hade  the  moste  party  of 
alle  Northumberlond.'  Edward  iv,  and  his  council,  sent  into  the 
south  and  west  country  '  and  hade  of  them  gret  money,  wyth  the 
whiche  menne  made  redy,'  and  besieged  the  same  castles  in  December, 
1461.  The  Scotch  under  '  Sere  Peris  le  Brasylle,  knyght,  of  Fraunce, 
and  the  best  warrer  of  alle  that  tyme,'  came  toward  Alnwick  and  the 
other  castles.  But  they  withdrew  from  fear  and  '  also  thei  came  oute 
of  the  castelle  and  lefte  them  opene  '  and  so  afterwards  king  Edward's 
host  '  enterde  into  alle  the  hole  castelb,  and  kept  it,  and  so  kynge 
Edward  was  possessed  of  alle  Englonde  '  except  Harlech  Castle.3 

On  26  June,  1545,  Hertford  and  others  apprized  Henry  vin  of  the 
death  of  Sir  Cuthbert  Ratclif,  the  constable  of  Alnwick  castle,  and 
learned  steward  of  all  the  king's  lands  in  Northumberland,  formerly 
the  earl  of  Northumberland's.  The  office  included  the  leading  of  the 
men  of  the  lordship.  It  had  been  given  to  Ratclif  when  he  was 
warden,  and  Sir  Robert  Bowes,  their  informant,  desired  the  office. 
The  writers  thought  that  thus  the  same  would  be  well  employed.'* 

According  to  the  certificate  of  the  Chaun tries  of  14  Feb,  2  Edw.  vi, 
of  '  The  Chauntrys  or  Stypendaryes  founde  in  one  chapell  within  the 
Castell  of  Alnwyke  .  .  '  William  Harrysori,  Roger  Bednell  and  Richard 
Rayriolds  were  incumbents,  all  were  well  learned,  of  honest  conversa- 
tion and  qualities.  W"1  Harrison  had  a  pension  of  20.9.  a  year  besides 
his  chantry,  the  others  had  no  other  living.  There  were  no  lands. 

1  See  Arch.  Ael.,  3  ser. ,  v,  p.  286,  for  a  full  account  with  illustrations  of  this  discovery. 

2  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  IV,  142.  3  Camden  8oc.  publ.,  3  ;  see  also  p.  37. 

*  Letters  and  Papers,  For.  and  Dom.,  Hen.  vin,  xxi,  500. 


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The  clear  yearly  value  of  the  chantries  was  14L  13s.  2d.  obol.  The 
plate  weighed  14|oz.  The  goods  were  unpraised.  The  chapel  in  the 
castle  possessed  one  vestment  of  '  tanney  damaske,  with  leves  of 
golde,'  one  vestment  of  white  damask  and  gold  threads,  a  cope  with 
deacon  and  sub-deacon,  a  vestment  of  *  tanney  silke,'  with  deacon  and 
sub-deacon,'  a  vestment  of  old  red  satin,  a  vestment  of  old  changeable 
silk,  a  vestment  with  '  barred  alx '  with  hanging  for  the  altar,  one  vest- 
ment of  silver  thread,  a  '  rardros  '  and  '  vandros  '  for  the  altar,  two 
curtains  of  yellow  sarsnet,  a  '  rardros  '  and  '  vandros '  for  the  altar  of 
'  satten  Bryges,'  a  '  rardros  '  and  '  vandros  '  of  linen  cloth,  two  candle- 
sticks, two  corporas  cases,  three  mass  books,  a  Bible,  '  the  Olde 
Testament  and  the  New  in  parchment,'  two  cruets  and  a  great  chest,  a 
portos  and  a  '  sawter  '  of  parchment.5 

Members  then  walked  to  the  ancient  parish  church  of 

ST.    MICHAEL, 

which  is  pleasantly  situated.  The  graveyard  overlooking  the  vale  of 
the  Aln,  Hulne  park  stretches  far  away  to  the  west,  embosomed  in  it 
being  the  gateway  tow^er  of  Aln  wick  abbey  and  the  ruins  of  Hulne 
priory.  *  The  church  itself,  save  for  its  high  modern  chancel  roof,  is  a 
picturesque  building.  Its  low,  broad  and  massive  tower,  its  embattled 
parapets,  the  buttresses  surmounted  with  crumbling  pinnacles,  which 
break  the  straight  lines  of  its  walls,  and  the  turret,  all  contribute  to  give 

it  a  character  which 
is  striking,  quaint, 
and  unusual.'  There 
are  some  seven  or 
eight  different  ma- 
sons' marks  on  its 
walls.  They  are 
here  given.  A  full 
description  of  the 
church  was  given,  on 
the  occasion  of  a  for- 
mer visit  of  mem- 
bers, by  the  late 
Mr.  F.  R.  Wilson, 
for  this  see  the  Pro- 
ceedings (2  ser.  in, 
73), 6  where  also 
(ibid.  78  and  79)  tha 
ancient  bells,  two  01 
them  bearing  the 
names  of  the  Virgin 
arid  St.  Michael,  re- 
spectively,  and 
communion  plate, 
are  fully  described. 

The  registers  begin  in  1645,  Augt.  with  the  christening  of  Margaret, 
the  daughter  of  William  Atkinson  of  Barnyards.  Among  the  '  persons 
excommunicate  '  in  May  15,  1743,  is  Alexander  Weeland  at  ye  suit 
of  R.  Nesbitt,  for  Defamation.' 

6  Eccl.  Proc.  of  bishop  Barnes  (22  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  Ixxxiii,  xciii. 

6  In  the  same  Proceedings,  Aln  wick  castle,  Alnwick  abbey,  and  Hulne  priory  are  I  I 
fully  described.    See  also  description  of  the  church  by  the  late  Mr.  G.  Skelly  (Proc., 
2  ser.,  VIII,  125). 


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Among  the  tombstones  in  the  churchyard  is  one  '  erected  by  friends 
and  admirers  of  Thomas  Coward,  musician,  the  last  of  the  '  Waits  " 
of  the  Ancient  Borough,  who  died  on  the  0  of  Feb,  1845,  aged  61  years. 

Mute  is  the  Music,  motionless  the  Hand 
That  touch'd  with  Magic  Bow  the  trembling  Strings  ; 
Hut  Memory  hath  enibalrn'd  those  Viol  Tones 
Which  fill'd  the  enraptured  ear  and  charm'd  the  Soul. 

According  to  the  old  taxation  of  1306,  the  rectory  of  Lesbury,  with 
the  chapels  of  Alnwick,  Houghton,  and  Alnmouth,  was  worth  105 
marks,  the  tax  being  35-9. 7  In  bishop  Barnes's  C lav  is  Ecclesiastica 
no  valua  is  given  to  Alnwick,  but  it  is  said  to  be  served  by  a  stipendiary 
priest.8 

According  to  the  chantry  certificate  already  referred  to  there  were 
lands  and  possessions  belonging  to  the  use  and  stipend  of  two  priests, 
the  one  master  of  a  grammar  school,  the  other  of  a  '  synge  scoole 
in  Alnwick,  named  Wm.  Hudson  and  Thomas  Thompson,  each  54 
years  old,  well  learned,  of  honest  conversation  and  qualities,  the 
former  having  a  pension  of  100s.  a  year  besides  his  stipend,  the  latter 
having  no  other  living  but  the  stipend.  They  kept  two  schools,  one 
for  grammar  the  other  for  '  synge.'  There  were  1500  houseling  people 
in  the  parish.  The  clear  yearly  value  of  these  stipendaries  was  8/.  3."?.  4d. 
There  were  neither  plate  nor  goods.8 

At  a  visitation  in  Alnwick  church  on  the  Thursday  after  the  feast  of 
the  Conception  1501,  d.  Thomas  Riddell,  d.  Robert  Harrison,  d.  John 
Hather,  d.  John  Alnewicke,  d.  Wm.  Algude,  d.  Edward  Mackson,  and 
d.  Thomas  Archer  were  present,  as  were  also  Wm.  Nadll,  John  Becke- 
mont,  George  Blackden,  '  parochiani,'  who  said  all  was  well.1 

At  the  time  of  the  chancellor's  visitation  of  29  Jan,  1578,  Cuthbert 
Anderson  was  unlicensed  curate  of  Alnwick  chapel,  John  Stanton, 
parish  clerk,  and  John  Stanton  and  Relph  Gray,  unlicensed  school- 
masters. They  all  appeared  personally.  At  the  visitation  of  30 
July  of  the  same  year  it  was  stated  that  Cuthbert  Anderson,  the 
curate,  performed  '  the  task.' 2 

At  the  church  members  were  met  by  the  Rev.  R.  R.  Mangin,  the 
vicar,  who  conducted  them  round  the  exterior  and  afterwards  into  the 
interior.  The  various  interesting  features  were  pointed  out  by  him. 
The  existing  building  is  chiefly  of  Perpendicular  date  though  there 
are  remains  of  the  original  Norman  church  which  stood  on  the  site 
with  alterations  in  later  periods.  The  chancel  and  nave  are  of  the 
same  width  and  on  the  same  level,  rather  an  unusual  feature.  The 
duke  of  Northumberland,  as  impropriator  keeps  the  chancel  in 
repair.  The  communion  plate  and  registers  were  exhibited  in  the 
vestry  by  the  vicar,  who  concluded  by  pointing  out  a  remarkably  fine 
pre- reformat] on  chest  with  its  front  carved  with  nondescript  animals 
and  scroll  work,  also  the  beadle's  staff  of  black  oak  with  a  silver  head 
having  on  it  the  letters  i  L  below  a  gem  ring,  the  mark  of  John  Lang- 
lands,  a  well-known  eighteenth  century  Newcastle  silversmith.3  They 
ascended  the  narrow  spiral  staircase  of  the  unicpe  turret  on  the  south 
side,  from  which  a  fine  view  of  the  surrounding  country  was  obtained. 
This  turret,  the  vicar  said,  was  '  probably  used  for  a  double 
purpose,  at  one  time  by  a  chantry  priest  and  at  another  by  a  guard. 
There  had  been  a  beacon  on  it,  he  said,  addressing  the  gathering 

7  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  in,  96. 
8  Eccl.  Proc.  of  bishop  Barnes  ("22  Surt,  Soc.  publ.)  b. 

9  Eccl.  Proc.  of  bishop  Barnes,  Ixxxiii. 

1  Ibid.,  xxxii.  2  Ibid.,  38.  76. 

a  See  Arch.  Ael.  (2  ser.,  xv,  303),  for  a  description  of  the  chest  by  Mr.  Hodges. 


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in    the    church,    which    was     connected    with    another     beacon     at 
Heiferlaw,' 

The  vicar  also  drew  attention  to  certain  marks  on  the  buttresses. 
Some  people,  he  observed,  '  attributed  these  to  Cromwell's  troops  hi 
shooting  prisoners  ;  others  took  the  more  prosaic  view  that  they  were 
caused  during  Napoleonic  times  by  townspeople  practising  shooting 
against  the  walls  of  the  church.' 

Much  information  may  be  obtained  about  the  church,  and  the  chantry 
in  it,  from  Tate's  Alnwick  (IT,  pp.  70-72).  Amongst  the  documents  given 
in  that  work  being  the  following,  which  may  bear  upon  the  curious 
tower  at  the  south-east  angle  of  the  structure.  This  may  not  im- 
probably have  had  relation  to  the  chantry  of  St.  Mary  immediately 
below.  Tate  says  that  one  of  the  chaplains  taught  singing,  so  that 
a  room  for  the  song  school  may  have  been  provided  near  to  the  chantry 
chapel  : 

Westminster,  July  6,  1448. — Licence  for  Henry,  earl  of  North- 
umberland, William,  bishop  of  Lincoln,  Henry  Percy,  knight,  lord  of 
Ponynges,  and  John  Lematon,  skilled  in  the  law,  to*  found  a  chantry 
of  two  chaplains  to  celebrate  divine  service  daily  at  the  altar  of  the 
Virgin  Mary  within  the  chapel  of  St.  Michael,  Alnewyk,  in  the  diocese 
of  Durham,  for  the  good  estate  of  the  king  and  founders,  and  all  who 
grant  lands,  rents  and  possessions,  to  maintain  the  chantry  and  chap- 
lains, or  otherwise  assist  the  same,  and  for  their  souls  after  death,  one 
of  the  chaplains  to  teach  poor  boys  in  grammar  without  payment  and 
do  other  works  of  piety,  to  be  called  the  chantry  of  St.  Mary,  Alnewik, 
and  each  chaplain  to  be  perpetual  and  capable  of  suing  and  defending 
in  any  court,  and  of  acquiring  lands,  rents,  reversions,  services  and  other 
possessions.  They  shall  be  nominated  by  the  burgesses  of  Alnewik 
to  the  said  earl  and  his  heirs,  and  presented  by  the  earl  and  his  heirs 
to  the  ordinary  of  the  place,  and  the  founders  shall  make  statutes 
for  the  governance  of  the  chantry.  Licence  also  for  the  chaplains 
to  acquire  in  mortmain  lands  and  rents  to  the  valua  of  40/.  a  year,  not 
held  of  the  king  by  knight  service,  as  well  for  the  exhibition  of  poor 
boys  to  learn  grammar  there  as  to  maintain  the  charges  of  the 
chantry.'* 

'  By  an  Inquisition  ad  quod  Damnum,  39  Hen.  vi,  No.  25  (P.R.O. 
List  and  Indexes,  vol.  No.  22,  p.  759),  also  given  by  Tate,  it  was 
found  it  would  not  be  to  the  king's  loss  for  Henry,  earl  of  North- 
umberland, Thomas  Hunter,  clerk,  and  Emma  Aspion,  widow,  to 
grant  messuages  in  Alnwick,  Warkworth,  and  Ellington  to  the 
chaplains  of  the  chantry  of  St.  Mary,  Alnwick,  retaining  messuages 
in  Alnwick.' 

Members,  after  leaving  the  church,  proceeded  by  way  of  the  charming 
dairy  grounds  to  Abbey  cottage,  where  they  were  most  hospitably 
entertained  to  tea  on  the  lawn  by  Mr.  J.  C.  and  Miss  Hodgson. 

At  the  conclusion  of  the  repast  a  cordial  vote  of  thanks  was  accorded 
to  the  duke  and  duchess,  for  their  permission  to  visit  the  castle,  to  Mr. 
and  Miss  Hodgson  for  their  kind  hospitality  and  attention,  and  to 
Mr.  Kyle,  for  so  pleasantly  acting  as  guide  to  the  castle,  on  the  motion 
of  Mr.  Heslop,  a  vice-president  of  the  society. 

Then  Mr.  Kyle  conducted  the  party  to  the  gateway  tower  of 

ALNWICK    ABBEY, 

and  the  other  slight  remains  of  that  once  important  foundation. 
*  Cal.  Pat.  Rolls,  1446-1452,  p.  170. 


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In  1260  the  abbot  was  witness  to  an  ordinance  relative  to  Felton 
vicarage. 

On  24  July,  1312,  the  king  confirmed  the  grant  by  William  de  Vescy 
for  his  own  soul  and  those  of  his  father,  Eustace  and  mother  Beatrix, 
etc.,  of  Chatton  church  to  the  church  of  St.  Mary  at  Alnwick.  Galfrid, 
chaplain  of  Alnwick,  and  Galfrid,  chaplain  of  Alnwick  castle,  are 
among  the  witnesses. h 

On  3  Oct.,  1313,  the  church  of  Wooler,  with  Fenton,  was  appro- 
priated to  Alnwick  abbey;  and  on  the  9th  the  abbot  and  convent  were 
'  instituted.'  On  the  17th  they  granted  a  yearly  pension  of  four  marks 
to  the  bishop.  In  the  same  year  the  convent  was  assessed  at  40s. 
for  the  fifteenths  granted  by  the  clergy  to  the  king.  As  rector  of 
Lesbury  the  abbot  was  assessed  at  100s.° 

The  abbot  was  parson  of  the  churches  of  Chatton,  Chillingham, 
Fenton,  Shilbottle,  Alnham,  and  Lesbury.7 

On  the  31  July,  1331,  the  abbot  and  convent  obtained  leave  from 
the  bishop  of  Durham  to  present  their  own  monks  for  the  future,  if 
they  had  any  in  deacons'  orders,  to  the  vicarages  of  Shilbottle,  Lesbury 
and  Alnham,  they  having  previously  been  held  by  secular  priests ; 
no  arrangement  was  made  as  to  their  payment,  however. 

On  the  30  Oct,  1335,  several  persons  were  admitted  to  the  first 
tonsure  by  the  bishop  in  the  church  of  the  convent  of  Alnwick.8 

On  10  July,  1340,  the  newly  elected  abbot  John  de  Alnwick,  was 
presented  to  the  bishop  by  the  prior  and  convent  of  Newsom,  co. 
Lincoln.  On  12  Jan,  1341,  licence  was  given  to  the  bishop  at  Durham 
by  the  chapter  of  York,  sede  racante,  to  confer  benediction  in  York 
diocese  on  the  newly  elected  abbot  ;  and  he  professed  obedience  to 
ths  bishop  in  the  church  of  the  Friars  Minors  at  York.1 

Amongst  the  canons  mentioned  in  Kellawe  are  Alan  de  Heppiscotes, 
Henry  de  Baumburgh,  Walter  de  Heppescotes,  Walter  de  Mitford, 
Thomas  de  Staynton,  and  Nicholas  de  Alnwick. 

Henry,  lord  Percy,  among  other  bequests  left,  on  13  Sept,  1349, 
to  the  abbot  of  Alnwick,  10  marks.  Alan  de  Alnewyk,  a  goldsmith, 
settled  in  York  whither  he  had  migrated  from  Alnwick,  where  his 
mother  was  living,  30  Sept,  1374,  the  date  of  his  will,  among  other 
bequests  left  his  mother  10  marks,  payable  by  instalments,  by  the 
hand  of  the  abbot  of  Alnwick.2 

Two  silver  ring  brooches  of  fourteenth  century  date  were  found 
near  the  foundations  of  Alnwick  abbey  bridge  when  demolished 
about  1820.  one  inscribed  IESVS  NAZAR,  the  other  IHFSUS  NA.S 

After  a  short  walk  in  Hulne  park,  many  of  the  members  partook 
of  dinner  at  the  Star  hotel  at  5-30,  a  fitting  ending  to  so  pleasant  a 
day.  They  then  left  for  the  south  at  6-35  p.m. 


In  1338  Geoffrey  Wandesforde  was  granted  lands  in  the   'Percy's 
town  of   Alnwick.'4 

On  25  Feb,  1545,  Lancelot  Carleton  and  Margaret  Heron,  late  wife 
of  John  Heron,  deceased,  were  granted  the  offices  of  common  bake 
houses  with  toll  and  stallage  of  the  markets  and  fairs  within  the  town 

5  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  I,  337  ;   IV,  105.  c  Ibid.,  l,  143-419,  568,  &c. 

7  Ibid.,  II,  873,  899,  925,  943.  8  IbiiL,  III,  165. 

1  Ibid  ,  ill,  324,  326,  327. 

2  Test.  Ebor.,  i  (Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  58,  6(1,  61,  91. 
3  Arch,  Jour.,  XXIV,  82.  4  The  Ancestor,  no.  10,  p.  98. 


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of  Alnwick,  and  of  bowbearership  of  all  the  king's  parks  and  outwoods 
within  the  lordship.6 

In  1587  there  were  several  raids  of  Scots  at  and  near  Alnwick.  At 
a  warden  court  held  at  Alnwick  in  April  of  that  year  '  dyvers  persons 
bothe  Englishe  and  Scots  were  convicted  for  marche  treason  and 
executed  for  the  same.6  Amongst  the  middle-march  bills  of  1588 
were  those  of  Heughe  Forster  of  Edderstoun  and  Adam  Mowe  of 
Roddam  against  Davie  Pringle  of  Over  Chatto,  Wattie  Pringle  of 
Hownam,  Thome  Rotherf orde  of  Neather  Chatto  for  '  reaving  '  1 1  oxen 
at  Alnwick  fair  in  that  year.  There  were  other  '  bills  '  one  by  Wm. 
Graye  of  Alnwick  for  4  '  stotes  and  whics  '  stolen  from  Shilbottle  wood 
on  13  Feb.  1587-8.' 

On  13  March,  1589-90,  the  plague  was  ceasing  at  Newcastle,  but 
was  especially  bad  at  Alnwick,  and  '  men  in  a  marvelous  fear.'  On 
27  Feb,  1594,  Sir  R.  Carey  dined  at  Alnwick  with  the  lord  warden.8 

In  an  undated  letter  of  about  1827  to  Sir  David  Smith,  the  commis- 
sioner, Ralph  March,  the  bailiff,  wrote  'I  am  very  sorry  that  I  can  give 
you  little  information  respecting  the  claim  of  Lesbury  township  to  be 
exempt  from  payment  of  toll  to  Alnwick  market.  All  I  know  is  that 
toll  has  never  been  paid  within  the  memory  of  the  oldest  inhabitant 
of  the  place,  nor  do  I  think  that  it  has  ever  been  demanded  until  within 
these  few  weeks.  The  Lesbury  people  plead  the  custom  of  watching 
the  July  Fair  at  Alnwick  as  an  exemption,  there  is  also  the  sum  of  3*. 
paid  annually  by  the  township  to  His  Grace's  bailiff  at  Alnwick  Castle, 
but  in  what  account  I  know  not,  possibly  as  a  consideration  in  lieu 
of  those  tolls.' 

In  March,  1897,  the  late  Mr.  Geo.  Skelly  reported  to  the  society 
that  workmen,  in  laying  a  sewer  in  Bondgate,  had  discovered  portions 
of  the  town  wall  of  Alnwick. 

o  Letter*  and  Papers,  For.  atid  Dom.,  Henry  vm,  xx,  i,  674. 

6  Cal.  of  Border  Papers,  I,  262,  3J  255. 

7  Ibid.,  361.  8  Ibid..  345,  549. 


MISCELLANEA. 

NEW    BOOKS. 

Dr.  R.  Brown  of  Chorley,  has  just  published  a  new  edition  of  his 
Concise  Guide  to  Hexham  and  Neighbourhood,  etc.,  sm.  8vo.  rloth, 
published  by  Menzies  &  Co.,  Edinburgh,  at  Gd.  It  is  a  useful  little 
guide  to  the  district  of  the  Roman  Wall  and  the  country  generally 
between  the  Tyne  and  the  Solway,  consisting  of  many  pages  of 
closely  printed  pages  of  letterpress,  and  a  large  number  of  illustrations, 
including  pictures  of  some  of  the  recent  discoveries  at  Corstopit.um. 
There  are  also  two  good  plans.  The  guide  has  been  brought  quite 
up  to  date.  The  frontispiece  is  the  reproduction,  by  permission, 
of  the  north  elevation  of  the  priory  church  from  Mr.  Temple  Moore's 
plan. 

In  the  Antiquaiy  for  July,  p.  269,  Sir  Charles  Robinson  gives  a 
description  of  a  fine  Anglo-Saxon  circular  brooch  of  Northumbrian 
work  of  the  tenth  century  in  his  possession.  The  illustration  accom- 
panying the  letterpress  shews  it  4|  ins.  across. 


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PROCEEDINGS 

OP    THE 


SOCIETY    OF   ANTIQUARIES 


OP    NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNK. 


3    SER.,  'VOL.    IV.  1910.  NO.     24 


The  ordinary  monthly  meeting  of  the  society  was  held  in  the  castle, 
Newcastle,  on  Wednesday,  the  twenty-seventh  day  of  July,  1910, 
at  seven  o'clock  in  the  evening,  Mr.  F.  W.  Dendy,  one  of  the  vice- 
presidents,  being  in  the  chair. 

Several  ACCOUNTS,  recommended  by  the  council  for  payment,  were 
ordered  to  be  paid. 

NEW    MEMBER. 

The  following  ORDINARY  MEMBER  was  proposed  and  declared  duly 
elected  : — 

W.  Sl  Ledger  Crowley,  25  Osborne  Terrace,  Gosforth,  Newcastle. 

NEW    BOOKS,    ETC. 

The  following  books,  etc.,  have  been  received  : — 

PRESENT",  for  which  thanks  were  voted : — 

From   the   publishers,    Andrew   Reid  &    Co.,    Ltd. : — Paris  in   1814, 

or  a  Tour  in  France  after  the  first  fall  of  Napoleon, 
From   Mr.  A.  M.  Oliver  : —  The  Mayoralty  of   Newcastle-upon-  Tyne, 

(overprint   of    a  lecture   delivered   before   the   Municipal    Officers' 

Society. ) 
From   the   Dean   and   Chapter   of    Durham  : — 'Revue    Archeologique, 

new  ser.,  I  to  XLIV  ;    third  ?er.,  I  to  XLI  ;    fourth    ser  ,  i  to  vin, 

92  volumes  in  all  (2  parts  of  3rd  ser.,  xxvm  missing). 
From  Mr.  Thomas  May,  the  writer  : — The   Roman  Pottery  in   York 

Museum,  parts  i  and  ii  (overprints  from  the  Yorkshire  Philosophical 

Society's  publ.) 
From  Robt.   Blair  : — The    Antiquary  for  June,  July,  and   August, 

1910. 

Special  thanks  were  voted  to  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Durham  for 
their  donation. 

Exchanges  ; — 
From  the  Royal  Numismatic  Society  : — Numismatic  Chronicle,  4th 

ser.,  no.  37. 

From  the  Cambridge  Antiquarian  Society  : — Proceedings,  no.  LV. 
From  the  Societe  Archeologique  de  Namur  : — Rapport  for  1908. 
From    the    Royal     Archaeological    Institute  : — The     Archaeological 
Journal,  LXVIJ,  nos._265  and  266.     (No.  265  contains  a  long  and 

[Proc.  3  Ser.   IV,  29] 


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well-illustrated  paper  by  Mr.  W.  H.  Knowles,  F.S.A.,  on  '  The 
Priory  Church  of  St.  Mary  and  St..  Oswin,  Tynemouth.') 

From  the  Cumberland  and  Westmorland  Antiquarian  and  Archaeo- 
logical Society  : — Transactions,  ix  and  x,  new  ser.,  8vo.  cl. 

From  the  Royal  Historical  Society  of  Norway: — -Transactions, 
xxiv,  ii. 

From  the  Cambrian  Archaeological  Association  : —  Archaeologia 
Cambrensis,  sixth  ser.,  x,  iii. 

From  the  '  Historisch  -  Philosophischen  Vereine  zu  Heidelberg  '  : — 
Jahrbiicher,  xvi,  ii. 

From  the  Shropshire  Archaeological  and  Natural  History  Society  : — 
Transactions,  3rd  ser.,  x.,  ii. 

From  the  'Vereins  furThuringischeGeschichteundAltertumskunde': — 
Z*itschrift,  xix,  ii,  and  xx,  i. 

From  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  of  London  : — Archaeologia,  61,  ii., 
(contains  long  and  important  monograph  on  the  evolution  of  the 
bronze  spear  head,  by  the  Rev.  Wm.  Greenwell,  D.C.L.,  etc.,  and 
W.  Parker  Brewis,  F.S.A.) 

Purchases  ; — Plans  of  earthworks,  etc.,  by  the  Rev.  E.  A.  Downman  ; 
these  33  original  drawings  (538-570)  completing  the  county  of  Dorset, 
are  as  follows  : — -Banbury  Hill,  Bussey  Stool  (large),  Bussey  Stool 
(small),  East  Chelborough,  Chidcock  Castle,  Church  Hill,  Coney's 
Castle,  The  Rings  (Corfe  Castle),  Corfe  Castle,  Dungeon  Castle  Hill, 
Flowers  Barrow,  Fontmell  Down,  Knowle  Hill,  Lodge  House  Castle, 
Melbury  Beacon,  Nettlecombe  Tout,  Newton  Castle,  Okeford  Hill, 
Ower  Heath,  Owermayne  Court,  Pilsdon  Pen,  Pimperne  Do 
Pimperne  Long  Barrow.  Round  Pound,  Shaftesbury  Castle  Hill, 
Sherborne  Castle,  Skipton  Hill,  Stourpaine  Manor,  Tarrant  Hinton 
Bushes,  Tarrant  Hinton  Down,  White  Nose,  Woolsbarrow,  Bindon 
Dyke,  introduction  3  sheets,  title,  order  of  place,  and  3  blank 
sheets  ;  The  Pedigree  Register,  ii.,  no.  13  ;  Jahrbuch  of  the  Imperial 
German  Archaeological  Institute,  xxv,  i  ;  Notes  and  Queries, 
11  ser.,  nos.  25-30  ;  and  The  Scottish  Historical  Review,  vn,  no.  4. 

DONATIONS    TO    THE    MUSEUM. 

The  following  were  announced,  and  thanks  voted  to  the  donors  : — 
From  Mr.  Dryden  (per  Messrs.  A.  M.  Oliver  and  P.  Brewis,  F.S.  A.) : — 
A  pre-historic  drinking  cup  found  at  Ilderton  in  June,   1910  (see 
upper  illustration  on  opposite  plate). 

Mr.  Brewis  thus  describes  the  vessel : — '  The  cup  is  eight  inches 
high  and  five-and-a-half  inches  in  diameter  at  the  lip.  It  is  of  the 
form  known  as  a  drinking  cup,  a  name  based  on  Sir  Richard  Colt 
Hoare's  assumption  that  these  vessels  were  intended  to  hold  liquid, 
though  it  is  now  generally  believed  that  they  were  not  actually  used 
for  drinking,  but  for  the  deposit  of  solid  food  for  the  dead.  They  differ, 
however,  from  the  form  usually  known  as  food-vessels  in  that  they  are 
of  thinner  substance  and  of  much  superior  workmanship.  They  arc 
hand-made,  i.e.,  not  turned  on  the  wheel,  and  as  a  class  are  the  earliest 
pottery  found  in  Britain  of  the  bronze  culture.  There  is  a  paper  by 
Mr.  J.  P.  Gibson  in  Archaeologia  Adiana  for  1906  (3rd.  ser.  n.)  on  a 
find  of  drinking  cups  at  Dilston,  but  the  best  known  article  on  the 
matter  is  that  by  the  Hon.  -T.  Abercrombie  in  the  Proceeding*  of  the 
Anthropological  Institute,  xxxii. 

From  Mr.  W.  Wyatt  : — Four  large  photographs  by  himself  of  the 
different  sides  of  the  pre-conquest  cross  standing  in  Gosforth  church- 
yard, Cumberland.  (The  cross  is  described  in  the  Transactions  of 
the  Cumberland  Society,  o.  s.,  vi,  373.) 


Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Newc.,  3  ser.fv. 


To  face  page 


ANCIENT   BRITISH    URN    FROM    ILDERTON,    NORTHUMBERLAND.     (8-ins.  high) 

(See  opposite  page) 
From  a  photograph  by  Mr.  W.  P.  Brewis,  F.8.A. 


OLD    FONT    OF    OVER    DENTON    CHURCH, 
apparently  made  out  of  a  Roman  Altar,  now  in  a  garden  at  Over  Denton. 

(See  page  186) 
From  a  photograph  by  the  Rev.  W.  S.  Bird,  Vicar  of  Over  Denton. 


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EXHIBITED  : — • 

By  Mr.  F.  W.  Dendy,  V.P.  : — Original  counterpart  of  a  grant,  dated 
20  June,  1529,  of  lands  in  Kelsale  and  other  places  in  Suffolk,  by 
Thomas,  third  duke  of  Norfolk,  to  Henry  Percy,  sixth  earl  of 
Northumberland,  and  Henry  Stafford,  son  of  Edward,  duke  of 
Buckingham.  Attached  are  the  signatures  of  the  earl  of  North- 
umberland and  lord  Stafford,  with  two  fine  seals,  one  the  rampant 
lion  of  the  earl  of  Northumberland,  the  other  the  letters  H  S. 
By  Mr.  Edward  Wooler,  of  Darlington  : — A  pre-historic  stone  a:\e 

found  near  Cauldron  Snout,  in  Teesdale. 
The  following  notes  by  Mr.  Wooler  were  read  : — 

I  have  the  pleasure  of  exhibiting  this  evening  a  highly  interesting 
polished  stone  axe  found  by  Mr.  Joseph  Maughan,  of  East  Pastures, 
Skelton,  in  Cleveland,  whilst  fishing  in  the  river  Tees,  on  the  Durham 
side,  about  200  yards  above  where  the  falls  start  out  of  the  Wheel  at 
Cauldron  Snout,  on  the  9  May,  1910.  It  was  found  embedded  in  dark 
coloured  clay,  between  5  and  6  feet  below  the  surface.  The  thick  end 
was  in  the  clay  and  the  pointed  end  was  projecting  out  of  it  about 
three  inches,  at  the  side  of  the  river.  The  axe  has  been  polished  and 
measures  6£in.  long,  2|in.  broad  at  one  end  tapering  to  the  other.  Its 
thickness  in  the  middle  is  1  fin.  and  sharp  at  the  edges  all  round,  and 
weighs  12£  ozs.  So  far  as  I  can  ascertain  no  similar  specimens  have 
been  previously  found  in  England,  although  several  of  a  similar  char- 
acter are  recorded  in  the  Proceedings  of  the  Scottish  Society  of  Anti- 
quaries (See  vol.  IX,  346  ;  x,  600;  xvii,  382,  383,  and  384 ;  xxin,  272  ; 
xxvi,  175  ;  and  xxvin,  322  and  329.  The  most  southerly  limit  re- 
corded previously  of  the  finding  of  a  similar  axe  is  Berwickshire.  The 
axe  is  interesting,  on  account  of  the  material — Jadeite — of  which 
it  is  constructed.  Jade  is  a  name  applied  scientifically  to  a  definite 
mineral  species  known  as  nephrite,  and  the  term  refers  to  the  reputed 
value  of  the  mineral  in  renal  diseases.  True  jade  or  nephrite  is  a  natural 
silica!  e  of  calcium  and  magnesium  which  may  be  regarded  as  a  compact 
or  crypto-crystalline  variety  of  hornblende,  and  may  be  referred  either 
to  actonolite  or  to  tremolite  according  as  its  colour  tends  to  green  or  to 
white.  The  specific  gravity  of  jade  varies  from  2.91  to  3.06.  The 
mineral  is  remarkable  for  its  toughness.  The  colour  of  jade  is  subject 
to  great  diversity — some  varieties  presenting  almost  every  shade  of 
green  while  others  are  yellowish,  grey,  white.  No  jade  has  ever  been 
detected  in  situ  in  Europe.  The  mineral  is  said  to  occur  in  the  drift 
at  Potsdam  near  Berlin,  Corsica  and  Turkey  have  also  been  recorded 
as  jade  localities.  While  true  jade  has  not  hitherto  been  found  in  situ 
in  Europe  it  is  a  very  suggestive  fact  that  neolithic  celts  and  scrapers 
have  been  found  among  the  relics  of  several  of  the  ancient  pile  dwellings 
in  the  lakes  of  Switzerland.  The  principal  localities  have  been  the 
stations  of  Luscherz  and  Schaffis  on  the  lake  of  Bienne,  Meilem  on  the 
lake  of  Zurich,  and  Robenhausen  on  the  lake  of  Pfaffikon,  yet  no  jade 
has  been  discovered  among  the  rocks  of  the  Swiss  Alps  neither  have 
any  chippings  been  found  which  might  lead  us  to  suspect  that  the 
stone  was  worked  in  Switzerland.  As  it  seems  beyond  doubt  that 
the  jade  must  be  a  foreign  material,  it  becomes  an  interesting  question 
to  determine  whether  such  objects  were  obtained  by  barter  or  had 
been  brought  by  the  ancestors  of  the  old  lake  dwellers  from  their  primi- 
tive abode  in  the  east  and  preserved  generation  alter  generation  during 
their  migration  westwards.  Jade  celts  have  been  found  among  the 
relics  of  the  oldest  cities  of  Hissarlik.  A  Jade  celt  engraved  with  a 
Gnostic  formula  in  Greek  characters  is  preserved  in  the  Christy  oollec 
tion. 


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ADDITIONAL,    INSCRIPTIONS    IN    HOLY  CROSS    CHURCH  YARD,  WALLSKND. 

Mr.  William  Richardson  of  Willington,  read  the  following  : — 

For  several  reasons  this  seems  to  be  an  opportune  time  to  supplement 
the  notes  of  Mr.  J.  C.  Hodgson  on  the  '  Epitaphs  of  Wallsend  Old 
Churchyard,'  which  were  read  before  our  Society  on  May  29,  1907, 
and  are  printed  in  Proceedings,  3  ser.,  in,  58.  One  reason  is  that 
at  last,  the  church  and  churchyard  have  been  put  into  proper  order 
by  the  churchwardens  at  the  expense  of  the  overseers,  and  that, 
during  the  excavations  three  most  interesting  stones  have  been 
discovered  in  the  chancel,  and  others  bared,  as  already  mentioned 
by  Mr.  W.  H.  Knovles  in  his  paper  read  in  February  last  (  Arch. 
Aei.,  3  ser.,  vi,  p.  191).  Another  reason  is  that  a  careful  list  of 
'  Grave  stones  in  the  old  Churchyard  (of  Wallsend,)  copied  November 
28,  1813,'  has  come  to  light.  This  list  was  found  in  a  manuscript 
book  preserved  by  the  late  Mr.  Robt.  Richardson  Dees,  one  of 
our  oldest  fellow  members,  and  it  was  kindly  lent  to  me  by  Mr. 
Robt.  Irwin  Dees,  his  nephew.  This  list  gives  tho  inscriptions  of 
fifty  stones  and  two  tablets  ;  of  these,  thirty-four  are  given  in  Mr. 
Hodgson's  list,  wrhich  includes  five  not  given  in  the  record  of  Mr. 
Dees.  Referring  in  the  first  place  to  Mr.  J.  C.  Hodgson's  list,  the 
interesting  stones  of  '  Edward  Henzell,  brod  glasmaker,'  who  died  in 
1721,  and  of  Moses  Henzell,  which  were  reported  missing  (see  foot-notes 
3  and  4)  are  both  there.  They  are  a  little  to  the  east  of  the  church, 
and  the  inscription  on  the  stone  of  Moses  is  quite  plain,  but  that  on 
the  stone  of  Edward,  which  lies  immediately  to  the  north  of  that  of 
Moses,  is  now  barely  decipherable.  As  regards  foot-note  no.  7,  the 
missing  inscription  recording  the  death  of  '  Mrs.  Mary  Pate  '  and 
others,  was  not  on  an  ordinary  stone,  but  on  a  tablet  on  the  west  gable 
of  the  church,  but  in  1829;  John  Bell,  the  well-known  land  surveyor, 
records  that  the  tablet  was  then  '  standing  in  a  dilapidated  state  within 
the  porch.'  The  stone  to  William  Sheppard  (foot-note  no.  9)  is  still 
there,  fresh  and  complete,  to  the  east  of  the  church.  The  stone  to 
'  Thomas  Spours  '  also  overlooked,  is  about  ten  yards  east  of  the  porch. 
The  inscription  is  barely  decipherable,  but  confirms  Mr.  Hodgson's 
correction  concerning  the  date  of  the  death  being  31  March,  1675. 
until  the  excavations,  this  was  the  oldest  stone  to  be  seen.  It  will  thus 
be  noted  that  all  the  stones  mentioned  in  the  list  preserved  by  the 
Rev.  John  Hodgson  are  still  there,  except  the  tablet  to  Pate  and  the 
stones  of  Pelham  and  Thos.  Swan,  of  Wallsend,  although  many  of  them 
are  now  broken  and  incomplete,  or  difficult  to  decipher.  We  can, 
with  the  help  of  Mr.  Dees's  list,  fill  up  several  blank  spaces  which 
Mr.  Hodgson  could  not  make  out,  and  from  the  stones  themselves  make 
one  or  two  corrections. 

HENZELL — Joshua,  the  son  of  Moses  Henzell  was  03,  not  68. 

MANN — Hannah  Mann,  who  died  April  23,  1793,  was  '  aged  77  years.' 

MOFFITT — the  missing  year  is  '  1797  ' — then  followed  '  Deborah 
Moffitt,  died  January  30th,  1803,  aged  70  years.' 

PYE — Aaron  Pye  departed  this  life  22nd  August,  1762,  riot  in  June, 
1793. 

REEDHEAD — (not  Readhead)  Elizabeth  was  aged  53,  then  follows 
'also  the  above  William,  departed  11th  March,  1781,  aged  76.' 

RICHARDSON — Margaret  died  17th  June,  not  14th,  1799, '  aged  58  years.' 

SMITH— Sarah,  died  1789,  not  JI780. 

Before  leaving  the  Rev.  John  Hodgson's  record,  I  may  add  that  the 
Dees  manuscript  has  a  copy  of  the  Bonner  stone,  and  it  gives  the  age 
of  Joseph  as  62,  and  of  Eli/abeth,  his  wife,  as  60  (see  Mr.  Hodgson's 
note  no.  1.)  Returning  to  the  three  very  interesting  stones  discovered 


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in  the  chancel,  which  are  fully  described  in  the  foot  notes  to  Mr.  Knowles's 
paper,  I  may  be  permitted  to  add  something  concerning  the  persons 
mentioned.  The  oldest  of  the  three  memorials  relates  to  '  George 
Raine,  Clarke  and  Cumtime  Minister  of  this  Church,'  and  to  his  wife 
and  daughter. 

This  George  Raine  was  elected  perpetual  curate  of  Wallsend  in 
succession  to  John  Todd,  on  4  October,  1620,  but  his  curacy  was  a 
short  one,  as  he  was  succeeded  on  May  13,  1628,  by  Joseph  Cradock, 
A.B.  As  regards  his  wife's  family,  her  father,  Richard  Stott,  ..was 
one  of  the  merchant^,  adventurers  of  Newcastle,  and  her  mother  w;is 
Eleanor,  daughter  of  Edward  Bertram,  who  also  belonged  to  ^  the 
Newcastle  Guild  of  Merchant  Adventurers.  Prior  to  the  dissolution, 
the  Stotts  were  holding  lands  in  Wallsend  as  tenants  of  the  monastery 
of  Durham,  arid  they  continued  to  do  so  for  many  generations 

The  next  chancel  stone,  in  point  of  age,  commemorates  one  of  the 
oldest  and  most  important  families  in  Wallsend.  The  inscription  is 
quoted  by  Mr.  Knowles,  and,  a*  you  will  remember,  it  is  to  :  '  Richard 
Hindmarsh,  who  dyed  ye  12  day  of  November,  1667.  Elizabeth, 
his  wife,  dyed  ye  6  day  of  January,  1675.  Elizabeth  ye  wife  of  John 
Hindmarsh1  who  departed  this  life  the  16  day  of  Aprill  Anno  D'm, 
1702.  John  Hindmarsh  He  dyed  ye  1st  of  November,  1707,  Aged 
Ninetie  yeeres.  Ritchard  Hindmarsh,  Esq.,  who  departed  this  life 
ye  15  of  Aprill,  Anno  Dni,  1703,  aged  58  years.'  The  Hindmarshes 
had  been  landholders  in  Wallsend  for  at  least  128  years  prior  to  the 
earliest  date  mentioned  on  the  stone,  but,  in  1628  a  '  Richard  Hind- 
marsh,  gent.,  of  Wallsend,'  was  taking  legal  proceedings  against  John 
Butler,  esq.,  arid  others.  This  John  Butler  was  a  neighbour  of  Richard 
Hindmarsh,  and  he,  at  this  time,  was  in  a  bad  way  financially.  Pro- 
ceedings for  outlawry  for  debt,  had  been  taken  against  him  at  the 
suit  of  Thomas  Martinfield,  of  the  castle  of  Newcastle.  He  is  described 
as  '  John  Butler  of  Grey's  Inn,  and  Wallsend,  gent.'  and  a  jury,  after 
due  inquest,  reported  '  on  oath,  that  the  said  John  Butler  was  seised 
1st  May  last,  of  one  tenement  and  appurtenances  at  Wallsend  of  3£.  6s.  8d. 
clear  annual  value,  and  also  two 'stacks  of  hay  standing  on  the  premises, 
value  41.  6*.  8^.  and  nothing  more.'  In  the  absence  of  any  church 
records  we  cannot  say  whether  this  is  the  Richard  mentioned  on  the 
stone,  or  whether  it  was  his  father.  However,  32  years  later,  we  come 
across  both  this  Richard  Hindmarsh,  who  '  dyed  ye  12  day  of  November, 
1667,'  and  his  son  John,  who  died  on  1  November,  1707.  In  a  record 
made  in  12  Charles  IT.,  of  '  Proprietors  of  Lands  in  Wallsend  '  we  find 
that  each  of  them  held  one  farm  and  fine,  to  the  dean  and  chapter  of 
Durham  of  the  value  of  140J.  In  1673-4,  six  years  after  Richard  was 
laid  to  rest  in.  the  chancel,  we  find  that  his  son  had  taken  his  father's 
land  and  increased  his  own  holding,  so  that  he  was  then  by  far  the  largest 
landholder  in  Wallsend.  It  is  somewhat  curious  that  there  is  no 
mention  of  Ann,  the  wife  of  Richard  the  grandson,  on  the  stone,  as 
she  died  in  May,  1682,  20  years  before  the  date  of  the  last  inscription. 
The  third  stone  in  the  chancel  is,  you  will  also  remember,  surmounted 
by  the  family  coat  of  arms,  and  marks  '  The  Burial  Place  of  George 
Hewbanke,  Master  and  Mariner,  and  Elizabeth  his  wife.  She  departed 
this  life  September  ye  24,  1710,  in  the  57  year  of  her  age.  He  had 
issue  by  her,  7  children,  three  where  of  survived  her,  (viz.)  John,  George, 
and  Sarah.'  This  family  lived  in  Cousins  house  (afterwards  Carville 
hall),  and  they  owned  it  and  the  adjoining  estate.  After  John  Cosyn 
died  in  1661,  the  estate,  as  is  probably  known  to  you  all,  became  the 

i  1645,  John  Hindmarsh  of  Walsend  generosus,  et  Elizabeth  Bainbrigge  tie  eadem 
vidua  married  July  IT.—Earsdon  Registers, 


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property  "of  Sir  Wm.  Lawson,  who  sold  it  to  the  Hewbanks.  This  stone 
does  not  mention  the  date  of  the  death  of  George  Hewbanks  senior, 
but  the  Wallsend  church  registers  show  that  it  took  place  in  April, 
1718,  and  he  was  buried  on  April  22nd.  Of  the  surviving  sons  men 
tioned  above,  John  married  one  of  his  neighbours,  Margery  Hindmarsh 
(daughter  of  sRichard  Hindmarsh)  in  the  old  chnrch  on  September 
23,  1703,  and  had  a  large  family.  George  married  Sarah  Hambleton, 
of  Shields,  in  the  same  place  on  January  9,  1709-10,  and  he  died  at 
Cousins  house,  and  was  buried  at  Holy  Cross  on  7th  October,  1720. 

In  addition  to  the  stones  quoted  in  Mr.  Hodgson's  list,  and  those 
mentioned  in  Mr.  Knowles's  paper/  there  are  still  existing,  either  in 
whole,  or  in  part,  the  following  : — 

BELL.— In  memory  of  Thomas  Bell,  mason  of  Howdon  Pans,  who  departed  this 
life  April  9th,  1781,  aged  57  years,  also  John,  his  son,  who  died  in  infancy. 
Henry,  his  son,  died  December  29th,  1795,  aged  26  years.  (Flat  -east  of 
Bonner's.) 

SCOTT.— In  memory  of  Mary,  wife  of  Mark  Scott  of  Wiilington,  who  died 
January  18th,  1806,  aged  62  years.  Mickle  Scott,  died  April  12th,  1793,  aged 
5  years.  Mark  fccott,  Junr.,  died  September  9th.  1793,  aged  17  years. 
Thomas  Scott,  died  November  23rd,  1795,  aged  17  years.  Mark  Scott,  Coal 
Viewer,  died  August  27th,  1808,  in  the  66th  year  of  his  age.  He  lived 
esteemed  and  died  respected.  (A  large  stone  now  on  the  west  side  of  the 
path,  only  top  line  and  4  bottom  lines  now  decipherable.) 

NEWTON.— John  Newton  of  Howdon  Pans,  who  died  17th  April,  1778,  aged  62. 
Elizabeth,  his  wife,  died  April  13th,  1795,  age  88  years.  Barbara,  daughter 
of  John  and  Sarah  Walker,  died  August  18th,  1780,  aged  4  years.  (Upright, 
near  west  railings,  barely  decipherable.) 

KICHARDSON.— The  children  of  Ralph  and  Jane  Kichardson,  of  Winlinton  Key. 
Dorothy  died  the  24  Feby.,  1726.  Jane  died  the  3  May,  1731.  William  died 
the  27  March,  1736.  (Upright,  near  church  door,  partly  decipherable.) 

MANN,— Thomas  Mann  of  Wallsend,  Farmer,  died  June  10th,  1806,  aged  38, 
also  Maria,  his  daughter,  who  died  in  infancy. 

WILSON.— Ann,  wife  of  Joshua  Wilson  of  Wallsend,  carver,  who  died  16ih  May, 
1803.  aged  47.  (Top  of  stone  is  ornamented  with  cherubs,  is  west  of  the 
church.) 

WADDELL.— In  memory  of  James  Waddell,  late  of  Wiilington.  who  departed 
this  life  December  16th,  1808,  aged  55  years.  May  he  rest  in  peace  and  rise 
in  glory.  Also  two  children  who  died  in  infancy.  (Only  two  small  frag- 
ments of  this  remain.) 

There  are  also  two  or  three  pieces  which  I  have  not  identified.     One 

concerning  '  Barbara  the  Wiffe  of ,  May  ye  20  day,  1690,' 

and  one  to  the  memory  of  '  Elizabeth  Gotherie,  who  departed  ye  25 

of  February,  Anno  Dni .' 

Finally,  Mr.  Dees's  manuscript  gives  us  four  inscriptions  of  which 
T  can  find  no  trace  : 

BEWICK — Jonathan    Bewick,    of    Wallsend,    who    died    November 
17th,  1797,  aged  3  years.     Also  of  William  Bewick,  who  died  October 

22nd,    ,  aged  26  years. 

MABSHALL — Ann,  wife  of  James  Marshall,  of  Howdon  Pans,  ship- 
wright, who  died  July  29th,  1790,  aged  30  years.     Also  six  of  their 
children  who  died  in  their  infancy. 
Rons — John  Bous,   Mariner   of  South   Cove  in   Suffolk,   who  died 

January  23rd,  1778,  aged  20. 

The  following  was  on  a  tablet  at  the  east  end  of  the  church  : — To 
the  Memory  |  of  Richard  Bell  |  Master  and  Mariner  |  obit  June  15th, 
1775  |  aged  75  |  Ann,  widow  of  |  Richard  Bell  died  |  January  31st, 
1797  |  Aged  86  years. 

To  sum  up  the  present  position,  when  Mr.  Hodgson's  paper  was 
read,  only  thirty-six  stones  were  recorded  as  existing.  We  can  now 
identify  fifty -two,  though  several  of  these  are  fragmentary,  and  the 
inscriptions  very  incomplete. 

Thanks  were  voted  to  Mr.  Richardson. 


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MEMORIAL    BRASSES    IN    DURHAM    COUNTY. 

Mr.  J.  E.  Hodgkin  of  Darlington,  read  the  following  notes  on  brasses, 
of  which  he  exhibited  rubbings,  in  Middleton-in-Teesdale  and  Long- 
newton  churches  : — 

In  vol.  xv  of  the  2nd  series  of  ArcJiaeologia  Aeliana  there  are  given 
details  of  34  monumental  brasses  still  existing  in  the  county  of  Durham. 
The  descriptions,  many  of  which  are  illustrated  with  reproductions  of 
excellent  rubbings,  are' from  the  pens  of  Messrs,  J.  G.  Waller,  Maberly 
Phillips,  R.  Blair,  and  J.  R.  Boyle.  In  the  course  of  a  series  of  visits 
recently  paid  to  most  of  the  churches  in  the  county,  two  other  brasses 
have  come  to  my  notice,  and  a  note  of  them  should,  I  think,  be  added 
to  the  previous  record  in  order  that  this  may  be  as  far  as  possible 
complete. 

(1)  MIDDLETON-IN-TEESDALE. — A  brass  in  two  pieces  now  mounted 
in  a  small  stone  slab  in  the  north  wall  of  the  chancel,  but  in  the  old 
church — destroyed  1880 — lying  '  within  the  rails  of  the  altar  table  ' 
(Hutchinson,  Durham,  in.  278).     The  lower  plate  is  inscribed  as  follows  : 

IN   PiAM   MEMORiAM    SlMONiS    COMYN 

AR.  REGESTARii  DECANI  ET  CAPiTVLi 

DVNELM  RT  AvDlTORiS  EPlSCOPATVS  DVNEL' 
AVDiTORiS   ETiAM   ARCHiEPisCOPATVS 
EBORACENSiS    TiMOTHEVS    COMYN 
FlLiVS  SVVS  HOC  MONVMENTV'   POSVIT 

QVI  ANNO  1620  13°  DIE  ApRiLis 

ViTAM    CVM   MORTE    COMMVTAVVT 

The  upper  plate  bears  the  arms  of  the  deceased  : — Azure,  a  chevron 
ermine  between  three  garbs  or,  and  the  crest  : — two  arms  couped  at  the 
shoulders,  habited  ermine,  holding  in  the  hands  proper  a  garb  or. 

In  Foster's  Durham  Pedigrees  we  find  that  these  arms  were  granted 
to  Simon  Comyn  at  the  suit  of  his  son  Timothy  by  Richard  St.  George 
at  the  visitation  in  1615.  From  this  it  would  appear  that  though  the 
arms  are  very  similar  to  those  borne  by  the  great  Scottish  family, 
Simon  Comyn  was  of  humble  descent,  or  at  least  could  not  trace  back 
bis  pedigree,  otherwise  it  would  have  been  given  by  his  son  when 
applying  for  the  grant  of  arms.  This  view  is  endorsed  by  Mr.  J. 
Horace  Round,  who  has  closely  investigated  the  pedigree  of  the  Scottish 
house  and  published  his  results  in  The  Ancestor  vol.  x.  Burke  gives 
these  arms  as  borne  by  the  family  of  Comyn  of  Durham  and  Essex. 
The  position  held  by  Comyn  must  have  been  fairly  lucrative  and 
influential.  Lapsley  (County  Palatine  of  Durham,  267)  says  the  first 
mention  of  an  audit  of  the  bishop's  accounts  was  in  1312,  when  three 
persons  were  appointed  to  the  duty,  one  of  whom  Robert  de  Brompton, 
was  also  the  chancellor  and  receiver-general.  In  later  years  as  many 
as  five  auditors  were  appointed,  and  their  remuneration  appears  to 
have  amounted  in  the  fifteenth  century  to  from  SI.  to  107.  in  addition 
to  expenses.  Stubbs  (n  612)  states  that  the  audit  of  the  royal  ex- 
chequer was  '  rather  an  expedient  for  punishment  and  warning  than 
a  scheme  for  enforcing  ministerial  good  behaviour.'  In  later  years 
the  annual  audit  developed  into  more  of  a  function  and  special  prepara- 
tions by  way  of  hospitality  are  noted  in  the  episcopal  records.  Whether 
the  office  of  '  auditor  '  included  any  of  the  duties  and  emoluments 
of  a  chief  justice,  as  is  the  case  to-day  where  '  auditor  '  is  one  of  the 
titles  of  the  judge  of  the  ecclesiastical  court,  might  be  an  interesting 
point  to  investigate.  (See  illustration  facing  page  204.) 

(2)  LONG  NEWTON. — Brass  in  floor  of  the  chapel  on  north  side  of 
chancel  used  as  private  mausoleum  for  the  Vane  family.     The  brass 


204 

is  referred  to  by  Hutchinson,  Durham,  in,  168  ;  Surtees,  Durham, 
m,  216,  and  Boyle,  Guide  to  Durham,  648.  As  several  errors  in  the 
transcription  by  Hutchinson  are  repeated  by  Surtees  it  is  evident  that 
the  latter  had  not  seen  the  brass,  or  did  not  take  the  trouble  to  copy 
it  for  himself.  The  correct  reading  (the  letters  are  plain  capitals  fin. 
high)  is  : — 

HEBE  LIETH  THE  BODY  OF  SK  GEORGE  VANE  INTERRED 
MAY  THE  FIRST  1679  SECOND  SON  OF  Sk  HENERY 
VANE  SOME  TIME  PRINCIPAL!,  SECRETARY  OF  STATE 
TO  KING  CHARLES  THE  FIRST.  HE  MARRIED  ELIZABETH 
THE  HEIRESSE  OF  Sr  LYONELL  MADDISON  OF  NEW 

CASTLE  VPON  TYNE  BY  WHOM  HE  HAD  THIRTEENE 
HOPEFVLL  CHILDREN  VIZ  FOVRE  SONS  AND  NINE  DAVGHTKRS 
HIS  HONOVR  WONNE  ITH  FEILD  LIES  HERE  ITH  DVST 
HIS  HONOVR  GOT  BY  GRACE  SHALL  NEVER  RVST 
THE  FORMER  FADES  THE  LATTER  SHALL  FAILE  NEVER 
FOR  WHY  HE  WAS  SR  GEORGE  ONCE  BVT  ST  GEORGE  KVKli. 

Even  Mr.  Boyle's  transcription  is  wrong  in  three  particulars. 

THE    LAST   RELIC    OF    STOCKTON    CASTLE. 

Mr.  Hodgkin  also  read  the  following  note  : — 

In  the  garden  of  Elton  hall,  near  Stockton,  there  lies  the  only  remain- 
ing relic  of  Stockton  castle,  for  about  three  centuries  a  residence  of 
the  bishops  of  Durham.  It  is  a  sandstone  corbel  about  four  feet  long 
and  fourteen  inches  square.  The  projecting  portion  has  been  carved 
to  represent  two  lions,  the  body  of  one  of  them  being  shown  in  low 
relief  on  the  side  of  the  stone.  Brewster,  in  his  History  of  Stockton, 
1829,  gives  a  wood-cut  of  this  stone  built  into  a  wall  on  a  farm  at 
Hartburn,  whence  it  was  removed  by  the  owner,  the  late  George 
Sutton  of  Elton,  to  its  present  position.  From  what  part  of  the  castle 
the  stone  came  it  is  impossible  to  say,  though  the  work  seems  to  be 
fourteenth  century  in  charater  and  might  be  due  to  bishop  Kellawe 
who  held  the  see  from  1311  to  1316,  and  is  recorded  to  have  '  rebuilt 
the  castle  on  a  beautiful  plan.'  This  is  the  first  actual  record  of  the 
existence  of  the  castle,  though  its  presence  may  be  inferred  from 
earlier  references  to  the  '  Hall  Toft  '  in  Boldon  Book,  and  to  the  stay 
at  Stockton  of  the  bishops  at  various  dates,  and  of  king  John  in  1201 
and  1214.  The  castle  played  a  part  of  some  importance  in  the  civil 
wars,  being  first  held  for  the  king,  then  taken  for  the  parliament  by 
the  earl  of  Callender  and  a  Scots  army  in  1642,  and  finally  dismantled 
in  1647  by  order  of  parliament,  apparently  for  the  sole  purpose  of 
getting  rid  of  an  unwelcome  garrison  of  Scots  who  found  the  quarters 
much  to  their  taste.  In  Brewster's  History  is  an  engraving  of  the  castle 
taken,  from,  an  old  drawing,  the  authenticity  of  which  is  uncertain; 
but  until  the  middle  of  last  century  the  moats  on  two  sides  at  least 
could  be  traced,  and  some  vestiges  of  foundations  also  appear  to  have 
remained.  Now,  all  that  is  left  is  a  memory  of  former  glories  in  the 

names  of  '  Moat '  and  '  Tower  '  streets.     (See  opposite  illustration.) 
Thanks  were  voted  to  Mr.  Hodgkin  for  his  papers. 

THE    LATE    REV.    JOHN    WALKER. 

Mr.  J.  C.  Hodgson,  F.S.A.,  read  an  obituary  notice  of  Mr.  Walker, 
which  is  printed  in  Arch.  AeL,  3  ser.  vi,  273. 

Mr.  Hodgson  was  thanked  for  his  paper. 

The  chairman  moved  that  the  condolence  of  members  be  sent  to 
Mrs.  Walker,  this,  on  being  seconded,  was  carried. 


Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Newc.,  3  ser.  iv. 


To  face  page  204 


Us}  HAM  W.EMORI^M,SIMON1S  CO^dY^ 
Aft.RECES3SRii  DBCANH  ETCAHTVLl 

DVNECW!^VMT  QR1S  EPiSCOPATVS  IMtfi 


VlTAM.CVM  'MoT£ 


BRASS    OP    SIMON    COMYN    IN    MIDDLETON-IN-TEESDALE    CHURCH. 
(See  page  203) 

From  a  rubbing  by  Mr.  J.  E.  Hodgkin  of  Darlington. 


SCULPTURED    STONE    IN    GARDEN    OP    ELTON    HALL,    CO.    DURHAM, 

BROUGHT    FROM    STOCKTON    CASTLE. 

(See  opposite  page) 


From  a  photograph  by  Mr.  J.  E.  Hodgkin. 


205 

TWO    INCUMBENTS    OF    ST.    HILD'S,    SOUTH    SHIELDS. 

The  Very  Rev.  the  dean  of  Lichfield,  read  a  paper  on  the  Rev. 
Thomas  Wandles  and  Patrick  Wait,  two  ministers  of  St.  Hild's 
in  the  middle  of  the  seventeenth  century  [Wandles  was  not,  properly 
speaking ,  contemporary  with  the  Commonwealth .  The  title  on  the  notice 
paper  was  not,  he  said,  therefore  strictly  accurate],  but  before  doing 
so  he  paid  a  warm  tribute  to  the  late  canon  Walker,  whom  he  used  to 
meet  at  convocation.  He  remarked  that  he  was  a  silent  member,  but 
after  leaving  the  meeting  place  he  proved  himself  the  most  congenial  of 
companions.  His  kindliness  and  generosity  were  proverbial.  He  loved 
horticulture  even  more  than  he  did  antiquities,  and  nothing  roused  him 
more  than  to  see  his  favourite  daffodils  picked  and  strewn  about  the  road 
by  careless  holiday-makers.  Not  that  he  objected  to  the  town  dwellers 
carrying  some  floral  mementoes  of  picturesque  Whalton  to  their  homes. 
Indeed,  he  adopted  the  habit  on  holiday  occasions  of  standing  at  the  gates 
of  the  rectory  with  paper  bags  for  the  benefit  of  those  visitors  who  desired 
to  take  flowers — paper  bags  which  they  could  attach  to  their  cycles. 

Thanks  were  voted  to  dean  Savage  by  acclamation,  on  the  motion  of 
the  Rev.  canon  Southwell,  for  his  interesting  paper,  which  will  be 
printed  in  Archaeologia  Aeliana. 

NEOLITHIC    FLINT    IMPLEMENTS    IN    WEARDALE. 

Mr.  W.  M.  Egglestone  of  Stanhope,  in  Weardale,  exhibited  some 
drawings  by  himself  of  flint  objects  discovered  in  Weardale.  The 
following  notes  by  him  were  taken  as  read  : — 

Neolithic  man  who  inhabited  the  northern  counties  of  England,  has 
left  traces  of  his  handiwork  on  the  hills  and  in  the  valleys  of  the  lead 
mining  fields  surrounding  the  Pennine  range  of  mountains.  The 
following  notes  refer  specially  to  a  recent  find  of  flint  implements  on 
the  hills  in  Rookhope,  a  tributary  valley  to  the  dale  of  the  Wear,  a 
find  which  covers  a  few  years  only,  being  from  1905  to  the  present  year 
1910.  Neolithic  flint  flakes  have  been  found  all  along  the  east  coast  line 
of  Durham  and  Northumberland,  furnishing  evidence  that  the  men  of 
the  newer  stone  age  period  knew  the  value  of  fish  as  a  food,  and,  naturally, 
they  ventured  up  the  rivers  to  explore  the  hills  and  valleys.  Weardale 
at  that  early  period  would  be  a  forest  inhabited  by  wild  beasts  of  various 
kinds,  including  the  red  deer,  wild  boar  and  wolf,  and  smaller  animals, 
hence  it  was  necessary  for  those  early  settlers  to  select  less  or  more 
high  situations  on  hills  commanding  a  good  look-out.  The  new  Neo- 
lithic settlement  on  Redburn  common,  an  eminence  1827  feet  above 
sea  level,  commands  on  the  south  the  Rookhope  valley  and  Weardale 
beyond,  and  on  the  west  and  north  the  spring  heads  of  Quickcleugh, 
Beldon,  and  Nookton  burns,  which  form  the  Derwent,  a  tributary  of  the 
Tyne.  The  station  on  Redburn  fell  is  on  the  north  of  the  Weardale 
Lead  Company's  lead  smelting  mills  and  the  first  flint  flakes  were 
found  by  Mr.  T.  M.  Adamson  in  1905-6.  Here  man,  who  did  not  know 
the  use  of  metals,  set  up  his  factory  or  settlement  in  the  midst  of  a 
district  full  of  the  ores  of  lead  and  iron,  and  without  tools  except  those  he 
manufactured  out  of  stone,  bone,  and  wood,  he  had  to  protect  himself 
from  the  attack  of  wild  beasts  of  the  forest  and  defend  his  settlement 
against  raids  from  neighbouring  settlers.  He  made  his  flint*1  flakes 
into  various  domestic  and  war  implements  and  implements  with 
which  to  procure  his  food,  hence  we  find  flint  scrapers  and  knives, 
manufactured  arrow-heads  for  his  bow,  celts  or  stone  battle -axe?=,  and 
flint  heads  for  his  lance  arid  javelin,  and  many  other  useful  article 
and  cutting  implements.  The  following  diagrams  illustrate  specimens 
of  the  Weardale  (Rookhope)  implements. 

[  Proc,  3  Ser.  IV,  30] 


206 


The  Weardale  arrow-head,  as  shown  in  fig.  1,  is  barbed  and  stemmed, 
and  was  found  in  March  of  the  present  year  on  Redburn  fell  by  Mr. 
Adamson  above  mentioned.  It  represents  a  beautiful  specimen  of 
this  kind  of  flint  implement,  as  the  whole  surface  is  very  neatly  chipped, 


Fig.  1. 


FLINT   IMPLEMENTS   PROM    ROOKHOPE,    WEARDALE. 
Arrow-head.  Fig.  2.    Flint-scraper.  Fig.  3.     Spear-point. 


forming  a  true  shape  and  a  fine  point.  In  Sir  John  Evans's  Ancient 
Stone  Implements2,  figure  316,  is  illustrated  a  good  specimen  of  a  long 
tapering  flint  arrow-head  found  in  Reach  Fen,  Cambridge,  and  a 


2  Second  edition,  p.  363. 


207 


208 

similar  specimen  accutely  pointed  and  with  square  ended  barbs  was 
found  on  Lanchester^common,  Durham,  and  is  in  the  museum  of  the 
Society  of  the  Antiquaries  of  Newcastle. 3  The  length  of  the  Weardale 
arrow-head  is  one  inch  six-eighths,  and  the  width  across  the  barbs  fifteen- 
sixteenths,  weight  50  grains.  The  Reach  Fen  arrow-head  is  one  eighth 
of  an  inch  longer,  and  over  the  barbs  one  eighth  of  an  inch  narrower. 
Flint  arrow-heads  have  been  found  at  Newton  Ketton,  co.  Durham,  in 
Yorkshire,  and  other  northern  counties,  and  in  fact  these  relics  of  the 
newer  stone  age  are  found  everywhere  in  the  British  Isles,  but  in  the 
northern  counties  of  England  there  is  no  evidence  of  Paleolithic  or 
cave-men  who  lived  alongside  of  the  mammoth  and  other  extinct 
animals.  In  fig.  3  we  have  a  good  specimen  of  a  lance  or  spear  head 
found  at  the  Redburn  station  in  July,  1909,  by  Mr.  John  Maddison, 
and  which  is  now  in  the  hands  of  the  writer.  Its  length  is  two  inches 
three-eighths,  width  one  inch  three -sixteenths,  weight  100  grains.  The 
inner  edge,  if  it  might  be  so  called,  is  clean  cut  and  very  sharp,  and  shows 
no  secondary  work,  whilst  the  other  has  been  chipped  to  a  sharp  edge 
from  point  to  butt.  Sir  John  Evans  mentions  that  a  simple  form  of 
stone-pointed  spear  or  lance  at  present  in  use  among  savages  consists 
of  a  long  sharp  flake  attached  to  a  shaft.  The  illustration  is  similar 
in  shape  to  a  spear  head  from  the  Admiralty  Islands.  In  fixing  the 
Weardale  spear  point  to  a  wooden  shaft  about  two  thirds  of  the  pointed 
part  would  present  the  naked  flint.  The  colour  of  the  point  is  light 
brown  at  the  pointed  part,  with  dark  coloured  blotches  at  the  butt 
part.  Of  all  the  flint  implements  found  at  this  place  the  arro vv-point, 
fig.  1,  has  retained  its  natural  colour  to  the  greatest  degree.  The 
group  of  flints  shown  in  fig.  4  were  all,  except  no.  2,  found  on  Redburn 
fell  during  these  last  few  years.  They  are  of  various  colours,  some  ashy 
grey,  showing  that  they  have  been  exposed,  some  are  brown.  No.  7 
is  an  arrow  point  showing  portions  of  the  original  surface  of  the  flint. 
No.  8  is  a  finely  tooled  arrow  point  with  a  sharp  edge  all  around.  It 
may  be  mentioned  that  no.  2  was  found  in  Linnkirk  cave,  Stanhope, 
some  years  ago. 

In  fig.  2  is  given  a  specimen  of  a  knife  or  scraper.  The  left  side 
edge  and  point  are  very  sharp,  and  has  no  secondary  work.  The 
narrower  end  appears  to  have  been  made  for  the  purpose  of  fixing  into 
a  <haft  or  handle. 

Mr.  Egglestone  was  thanked  for  his  notes. 


MISCELLANEA. 

Mr.  L.  Upcott  Gill  has  just  published,  at  the  moderate  price  of  10s.  Gd. 
net,  English  Church  Brasses,  a  book  of  xii+  456  pages  8vo.  cloth,  with  237 
illustrations.  It  is  worthy  of  a  place  on  the  antiquary's  shelves  as 
though  incomplete  and  unsatisfactory  in  some  respects,  it  is  the  best 
published  up  to  the  present  time.  The  brasses  have  been  well  repro- 
duced from  careful  rubbings.  They  are,  however,  with  very  few 
exceptions,  all  south  country  examples,  not  one  being  taken  from  either 
Northumberland  or  Durham  ;  though  at  the  same  time  it  must  be  said 
that  compared  with  other  districts  this  north-east  corner  of  England 
has  not  many  brasses  to  show,  but  amongst  them  is  the  fine  Flemish 
example  in  All  Saints'  Church,  Newcastle. 

3  Archaeological  Journal,  vol.  11,  p.  252. 


209 


The  longest  and  "most  important  chapter  is  on  ecclesiastical  vest- 
ments. The  section  dealing  with  skeletons,  shroud  brasses,  'cadavers,' 
and  'chrysoms'  is  of  some  interest.  In  it  the  writer  informs  us  that 


most  of  the  figures  in  winding  sheets  are  in  East  Anglia  and  were  laid 
down^during  the  lifetime  of  thejpersons  represented.  Of/skeletons 
in  shrouds  there"? are^two  examples  in  Sedgefield  church";  the  pieces 
of  brass,1* however ,* are,  and  have  been  for  some*  time,  loose,  and  may 
ere  long  disappear.  A  short  chapter  is  given  on  the  mode  of  making 
brass*rubbings,f  and  another  on  the  best  method  to  keep  the  rubbings  ; 
this  has  been  a  matter  of  trouble  to  most  collectors  owing  to  their 
cumbersomeness.  The  last  chapter  in  the  book  deals  with  the  biblio- 
graphy of  the  subject,  but  the  list  appears  to  be  very  imperfect, 
especially  for  these  two  northern  counties,  as  many  places  where  there 
are  brasses  are  not  even  mentioned  ;  for  instance,  Hexham  in  North- 
umberland, and  Hartlepool,  Lanchester,  and  Ryton,  co.  Durham. 
'  Houghton  le  Skerne  '  is  given  for  '  Haughton  le  Skerne.  ;  the  acco1^  _„ 


210 

of  the  brasses,  moreover,  by  the  late  Mr.  J.  G.  Waller,  the  most  emi- 
nent authority  on  the  study,  in  Archaeologia  Aeliana 
(2  ser.  xv,  pp.  76-89),  has  not  even  been  referred  to, 
yet  Mr.  Suf fling  asserts  that  he  has  studied  '  every 
book,  pamphlet,  engraving,  directory,  periodical, 
and  county  history  that  could  render  me  service.' 
By  the  courtesy  of  the  publisher  an  illustration 
showing  bodies  in  shrouds  from  a  church  in  Norwich 
is  here  given  ;  it  is  additionally  interesting  from 
the  merchant's  mark  below,  a  reversed  4-  Another 
merchant's  mark  from  Aylsham,  also  in  Norfolk,  is 
likewise  given. 


The  following  abstracts  of  local  deeds  are  from  the  large  collection 
belonging  to  Dr.  Burman  (continued  from  page  188): — 

MONKWEARMOUTH. 

By  will  of  11  Feb,  1792,  Thomas  Kidson  of  Monkwearmouth  Shore 
gave  all  his  estate  to  John  Hutchinson  of  Baxter  Wood  on  trust  to 
pay  the  income  to  his  wife,  Mary  Kidson,  for  her  life  for  the  main- 
tenance of  herself  and  their  children,  and  then  divided  amongst  his 
children. 

MARWOOD    PARK,    CO.    DURHAM. 

By  will  of  16  Dec.,  1760,  Thomas  Newby  of  Marwood  park,  co. 
Durham,  left  all  his  personal  estate  to  his  wife  Mary. 

WEST   AUCKLAND. 

21  March,  10  Henry  vm  [1519]. — Indenture  whereby  Sr.  Willyam 
Bulmer,  knyght,  granted  to  Robt.  Symson  of  Henknoll,  all  his  messu- 
ages, &c.,  '  within  the  towen  and  felds  of  West  Aukland,  within  the 
bishopprick  of  Duresme  which  he  purchased  of  Thomas  Popeley  of 
Hertilpole,  son  and  heir  of  Popeley  , 

NEWBIGGING,    CO.    DURHAM. 

Indenture  of  2  July,  32  Eliz.  [1580].  whereby  Cuthbert  Bainbridge  of 
Stotlei  within  the  County  of  Durham  gentleman  granted  to  Peter 
Bainbridge  of  Skalebanke,  in  the  same  Co.,  yeoman,  his  house,  known 
as  Stanegill  heade,  within  the  bounds  of  Newbigging,  within  the  County 
of  Durham,  '  being  of  the  yearly  rent  of  13*.  4eZ.,  late  in  the  occupation 
of  the  said  Cuthbert  Bainbridge,  the  rents  &  services  due  to  the  chief 
lord  only  excepted  &  excepting  '  for  ever  one  barne  or  laithe  wch 
is  buylded  vpon  one  acre  lyinge  one  ye  west  side  of  ye  powe  tree,  and 
he  the  said  Peter  Bainbridge  to  have  all  ye  sayd  aker  from  ye  maire 
stones  up  to  the  high  way  except  certain  ground  of  2  acres  lying  on 
the  side  beyond  teasse  for  3  years  yet  unexpired,  and  also  another  acre 
lying  in  the  bankes  for  three  years  yet  to  come  at  the  expiration  the 
said  Peter  to  enter.  Signed  by  Cuthbert  Bainbridge  (seal),  and  attested 
by  Ambrose  Lancaster,  Tho:  Bainebrige,  Thorn5  Bainbrigge,  lowrance 
(mark)  Bainbrigg,  John  (mark)  Bainbrigge,  and  Richard  Cotesworthe, 
his  mark,  John .  . .  ; 

|.*-i*|^ri  3B~  !  •^H  LANGLEY,    CO.    DURHAM. 

Indenture  of  20  Nov,  1591,  whereby  Richard  Atkins  of  Lincolns  Inn, 
esquire,  and  James  Beard  of  Langley,  in  the  co.  of  Dm.,  gent.,  granted  to 
Thomas  Fettipeace,  the  tenement  commonly  called  or  known  by  the 
name  of  the  blackboy,  in  the  parish  of  St.  Benedict,  Gracechurch,  in 
London. 


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THORPE    BULMER,    CO.    DURHAM. 

Indenture  of  15  April,  20  Jas.  i  [1622]  whereby  Christopher  Lawson 
of  London,  gen.,  conveyed  to  '  ffrannces  Wycliffe,'  of  Preston  upon 
Skerne,  in  the  co.  of  Durham,  and  Beale  his  wife,  Anthony  Middleton  of 
Seaton,  near  Seaham,  in  the  same  co.,  gen.,  and  John  Wycliffe  the 
younger,  of  Thorpe,  in  the  co.  of  York,  gen.,  the  manor  or  Lordshipp 
of  Thorpe  Buhner,  in  the  sd.  co.  of  Dm.  &  all  the  land,  &c.,  in  Thorpe 
Bulmer  &  likewise  all  closes,  messuages,  &c.,  in  '  Sheraton  als  Sharaton 
als  Scharnton  and  Nesbett  als  Nesbeth  '  in  the  co.  of  Durham,  whereof 
William  Lawson,  Rauffe  Lawson,  or  ffrancis  Lawson,  his  sons  are 
tenants,  together  with  all  houses,  &c.,  herryots,  goods  of  felons,  and  men 
put  in  exigent,  wards,  marryages,  reliefes.  escheats,  franchises,'  &c.,  to 
the  use  of  Francis  Lawson  for  the  life  and  afterwards  as  to  one  third  part 
to  use  of  Elizabeth,  wife  of  the  sd.  F.  Lawson,  for  life  &  as  to  the  other  2 
parts  the  same  together  with  the  3rd  part,  on  the  death  of  the  sd. 
Elizth.  to  the  use  of  sd.  Beale,  the  sd.  A.  Middleton  &  Jno.  Wycliffe. 
Signed  by  Ch.  Lawson,  seal  gone  ;  attested  by  John  Calu'ley,  Robt. 
Collingwood,  John  Caluerley,  Geo.  Clerk,  Humfrey  Wharton,  Will"1 
Smyth,  James  Todd,  Jacob  Richardson.  Endorsed:  '  15  April,  1622. 
Christopher  Lawson,  his  conveyance  of  Thorpe  Bulmer  to  Fr.  Wicliffe, 
Mr.  Mydleton  of  Seaton,  and  John  Wicliff,  the  younger,  1622.  With 
a  release  of  errors  from  Christopher  to  Francis  Lawson.' 


Local  letters  in  the  possession  of  Dr.  Burman  (continued  from  page 
188)  :— 
3. — 29  Sept,  1841.     Sir  Cuthbert  Sharp  to  John  Bell  :— 

*1  left  a  Britannia,  for  your  examination,  with  Mr.  Richardson. 
As  it  is  a  rare  coin  I  should  like  to  have  it  well  engraved  if  it  is  to  figure 
in  a  history  of  the  town  bearing  this  inscription.  I  dont  know  the 
intention  of  the  work  nor  the  form,  so  I  can  say  110  more. 

An  immense  quantity  of  coins  have  been  found  at  Hartlepool — • 
Ed.  I,  Alexander,  bishop  Beck's  pennies,  etc.     I  have  got  two.  but  I 
dont  know  who  has  got  the  remainder.' 
4.  &  5.— 30  Sep,  1841.     Bell  to  Sir  C.  Sharp  :— 

'  I  feel  most  particularly  obliged  to  you  for  sending  me  the  Coin  of 
Hadrian,  which  I  have  taken  a  good  impression  of  and  sent  to  Mr. 
Akerman.  I  herewith  return  it  within  to  the  care  of  Mr.  Garbutt, 
who  will  hand  this  to  you — with  which  accept  of  my  best  thanks. 
May  I  ask  you  if  it  is  possible  to  meet  with  an  impression  or  sight  of 
one  of  Fawcett's  Sunderland  Tokens.  I  am  very  anxious  of  getting 
an  impression  of  one,  also  I  would  like,  if  you  would  allow  me  to  have 
an  impression  or  two  from  Roger  Dobson's  Hartlepool  and  Christopher 
Pinkney's  Barnard  Castle  Tokens,  so  as  I  could  make  good  drawings. 
******* 

I  got  twenty-seven  Roman  British  Coins  out  of  the  Cabinet  of  J.  T. 
Brockett  to  send  him  [Akerman],  and  amongst  these  was  a  very  fine 
Hadrian's  Britannia  (different  from  yours) ;  out  of  Mr.  Jos.  Garnett's 
Collection  1  got  one,  but  yours  and  Mr.  Brockett's  will  be  two  gems  to 
him.  I  have  also  sent  him  about  40  ancient  British  Coins  (those  prior  to 
the  Saxon  times)  as  additions  to  the  new  Editions  of  his  Work  on  those 
Coins.  One  of  these,  a  Coin  in  my  collection,  he  has  engraved  in  the 
Numismatic  Journal,  and  to  judge  from  the  plates  which  has  already 
appeared  in  his  numerous  works,  there  is  no  doubt  but  anything 
engraved  in  the  proposed  New  Editions  will  be  done  in  the  first  style 


212 

I  thank  you  for  the  mention  of  the  Coins  found  at  Hartlepool,  on  the 
25  instant.  I  had  a  letter  giving  me  an  account  of  them  saying  that 
there  were  about  300  found,  and  in  the  scramble  one  person  got  80, 
out  of  which  he  sent  three,  viz..  a  Newcastle  penny,  a  Waterford  penny, 
and  another,  also  of  Edmond's  (sic)  pennies,  for  me  to  fix  the  value, 
which  they  should  be,  for  he  had  a  guinea  offered  for  the  80,  before  I  re- 
turned the  three  sent  me  I  shewed  them  to  J.  T.  Brockett,  who  offered 
25s.  for  them,  but  since  then  I  have  heard  nothing  more.  During  this 
year  several  small  parcels  of  Edward  pennies  and  one  large  lot  (the 
latter  about  100)  have  been  sold  to  the  different  Jew  shops  in  New- 
castle, and  were  said  to  be  found  in  Yorkshire,  but  of  this  they  will 
not  tell  the  truth,  a  person  of  the  name  of  Beckington  had  the  pick 
of  the  large  lot  at  sixpence  each,  and  I  suppose  that  he  got  some  very 
fine  ones.  I  got  two,  viz. ,  a  Newcastle  and  a  Durham  Penny  of  Edwards 
at  the  same  price,  but  they,  I  suppose,  were  inferior  to  what  was  picked 
out  by  the  person  above  named.  I  am  most  anxious  to  get  a  complete 
list  with  impressions  on  sealing  wax  of  all  the  old  Tradesman's  Tokens 
of  1660  struck  for  Newcastle  or  for  Towns  in  the  County  of  Durham, 
if  I  could  find  any  one  who  had  one  or  more  to  beg  a  couple  of  im- 
pressions of  each  from,  I  would  like  it  much .  I  got  one  of  Will  Hutchin- 
son,  of  Newcastle,  the  other  day,  which  was  as  far  as  I  can  find  quite 
unknown.  Brockett  and  I  were  thinking  of  lithographing  four  or  five 
plates  of  them,  but  of  the  very  common  ones,  viz.,  William  Wilkinson 
of  Durham  I  have  found  out  from  close  inspection  that  there  must 
have  been  several  dies  of  the  same  design  sunk  for  the  varieties, 
altho'  different  is  some  places  are  so  very  much  alike  in  the  general 
appearance  that  to  a  casual  observer  they  would  appear  the  same 
coin.' 

6.— 1  Oct,  1841.     Sir  C.  Sharp  to  Bell  :— 

'  I  left  the  tokens  with  Mr.  Richardson,  and  he  will,  I'm  sure,  be  very 
glad  to  let  you  do  what  you  want  with  them. 

T  want  to  see  Noble  on  the  Palatine  coins — •&  Mr.  Richardson 
should  give  an  account  of  them — I  understand  Bishop  Becks  pennies 
have  been  found  at  Hartlepool,  &  I  have  a  penny  of  BP  Beaumont. 
I  think  one  might  re-publish  Noble,  what  I  recollect  of  it  is  that  is 
a  brief  account.  Letters  patent  might  be  thereby  noted  and  not  given 
at  length. 

7. — 9  Oct,  1841,  to  Mr.  Stanton: — 

'  When  I  had  the  pleasure  of  meeting  you  in  the  Side,  you  said  that 
you  had  some  convex  or  concave  coins,  as  I  am  going  to  send  a  package 
of  impressions  off  to  Mr.  Akerman  of  London,  would  you  be  so  good 
as  to  suffer  my  son  to  take  an  impression  or  two  from  each.  I  herewith 
send  you  the  new  printed  copy  of  the  Statutes  of  the  Antiquarian 
Society,  which  you  will  put  within  the  part  of  their  Transactions. 
My  son  will  show  you  a  lithograph  from  an  ancient  '  View  of  New- 
castell,'  temp.  Elizabeth,  which  the  Society  has  had  done  for  its  next 
part  of  the  Archaeologia? 


CORRECTIONS  : 

P.  166,  line  27,  for  'false'  read  'mock.'    Mr.  Phillips  presented  two  battledores 

to  the  society. 
P.  180,  for  '  Sowerby  near  Thirsk,'  read  '  Sowerby  in  Kirkby  Sigston  parish,  near 

Northallerton.' 
P.  187,  line  22,  between  'Anderstowe'  and  'of  Corbrifrr,'  add   'hermit,'  a  very 

important  addition. 


213 


PROCEEDINGS 


SOCIETY    OF   ANTIQUARIES 


OF    NEWCASTLE -UPON -TYNE. 


3    SER.,    VOL.    IV. 


1910. 


NO.   25 


A  country  meeting  of  the  society  was  held  on  Friday,  the  fifth  day 
of  August,  1910,  at 

BRANXTON   AND   FORD.* 

Members  assembled  at  Berwick  railway  station  at  11-14,  on  the  arrival 
of  the  9-35  a.m.  express  from  Newcastle.  Most  of  them  ascended  and 
walked  along  the  north  wall,  eastward  from  Scotch-gate,  over  Cowport, 
through  which  access  is  obtained  to  the  Magdalen  fields  lying  to  the 
east  of  the  wall,  and  descended  for  a  glance  at  the  interior  of  the 
seventeenth  century  church.  In  the  churchyard  is  buried  John  Mackay 
Wilson,  the  author  of  Tales  of  the  Borders. 

On  13  Nov.  1560,  in  a  letter  to  Cecil,  Dr.  Robert  Horn,  dean  of 
Durham,  approved  of  the  order  for  divine  service  at  Berwick,  and 
stipends  to  the  ministers,  and  recommended  Mr.  Sanderson  to  be 
curate,  and  Cuthbert  Diconson,  clerk  there ;  and  Adam  Halydaye  to 
be  a  prebendary  at  Durham.2  The  church,  at  the  time  mentioned, 
the  predecessor  of  the  present  one,  is  almost  unique  in  having  been 
erected  in  the  time  of  the  Commonwealth,  and  is  a  fine  building  for 
the  period.  Reference  is  made  to  it  in  an  interesting  account  of  Berwick 
in  the  recently  published  journal  of  John  Aston,3  now  in  the  British 
museum,  under  date  30  May,  1639,  being  the  following.: — 

BABWICK. — Hath  beene  the  ould  partition  wall  betweene  the  two 
kingdomes,  and,  since  the  union,  King  James  cashierd  the  garrison 
and  slighted  the  woorkes,  much  against  the  mindes  of  some  English, 
especially  one,  Captain  \a  space  is  left  here]  who  wrote  a  witty  dis- 
course how  necessary  it  was  to  maintaine  a  garrison  still  there, 
and  did  allmost  prophecy  the  rebellion  of  the  Scotts  in  future  times. 
The  scituation  heereof  is  readily  knowne  by  all  ;  it  stands  on  the 
further  side  Tweede,  and  hath  a  stone  bridge  leading  to  it  of  15 
arches.  The  haven,  at  high  water,  will  receive  a  shipp  of  great 
burdon,  but  'tis  a  towne  of  noe  trade,  because  it  affoords  noe  com- 
modities for  transportation  ;  fishing  is  theire  best,  but  they  wholly 
necglect  it,  except  onely  for  salmon,  which  is  very  plentifull.  The 

i  The  society  visited  Flodden  field,  &c.,  in  1858.  For  accounts  of  other  visits,  see 
Proc.,  2  ser.,  in,  348-351 ;  v,  60-66  ;  and  3  sen,  i,  191-200.  See  also,  for  descriptions  from 
different  points  of  view  of  Branxton  field,  Arch.  Ael.,  2  ser.,  ill,  199,  by  Robert  White 
(p.  231),  followed  by  a  letter  of  the  Rev.  R.  Jones  to  Mr.  White ;  Berwickshire  Field 
Club  Trans.,  iv,  365,  by  the  Rev.  R.  Jones,  vicar  of  Branxton  ;  Arch.  Ael.,  2  ser.,  xvi, 
p.  I,  by  T.  Hodgkin,  D.C.I,.,  &c.  ;  and  Ibid.,  351,  by  the  late  Mr.  Cadwallader  J.  Bates. 
For  Ford  castle,  see  Ibid.,  xiv,  p.  305,  also  by  Mr.  Bates. 

2  Cal.  of  State  Papers,  Dom.  Eliz.,  xiv,  p.  163. 
3  North  Country  Diaries  (118  Surt.  Soc.  pub).),  19. 


[  Proc.  3  Ser,  iv,  31] 


214 

sea  lyes  open  to  them  to  the  east,  and,  flowing  up  two  or  three  miles 
above  their  bridge,  is  a  good  defence  to  that  side  of  the  towne.  The 
building  is  very  meane,  yet  it  hath  good  stoore  of  houses  in  it,  and 
one  poore  chappell  on  the  north  east  side.  It  had  a  fair  church 
in  it  but,  during  the  enmity  betweene  the  two  nations,  it  was  taken 
dowrie,  for  fear  of  battering,  and  this  chappell  built  of  the  materialls 
and  some  part  of  the  walls.  There  was  aunciently  a  castle  on  the 
north  west  side  of  the  towne,  but  King  James  bestowed  it  on  the  earle 
of  Dunbarr,  who  began  to  build  a  stately  house  in  the  very  place 
where  the  auncient  castle  stood,  out  of  its  ruins  and  left  it  unfinished. 
The  seate  serves  properly  for  a  defence  to  the  towne  still,  and  soe 
it  was  now  used,  there  beeing  two  bulwarkes  made  upon  the  side 
walls  by  filling  their  inward  parts  with  earth,  on  the  one  was  three 
iron  peeces  mounted,  on  the  other  two.  The  castle  hath  a  very 
deepe  dry  ditch  about  it  and  a  gate  over  it  leading  into  it  out  of  the 
towne.  The  walls  of  the  towne  were  not  soe  slighted  but  that  with 
small  cost  they  were  now  made  very  strong  and  usefull,  and  received 
to  fitting  purpose  good  store  of  cannon  (and  might  well  have  beeno 
furnished  with  more  if  neede  had  required).  Upon  the  line  comminsr 
from  the  Lord  Dunbarr's  house  was  one  iron  peece.  The  Mary 
Gate  northward  had  two  iron  peeces  over  it,  a  great  chamber  in 
the  mouth  of  it,  and  a  little  distance  from  the  gate  was  a  new  redoubt, 
four  square,  made  with  pallisadoes  round  it,  and  a  continull  watch 
of  musquetiers  lay  in  it.  On  the  same  line  tending  towards  the  east 
was  another  bulwarke  with  three  iron  peeces  planted  on  it.  Further 
eastward  annother  little  bulwarke  with  three  iron  peeces.  On  the 
same  line  eastward  a  watch  tower.  By  it  a  little  bulwarke  new 
raised  with  three  iron  peeces  on  it.  Next  that  a  great  bulwarke 
with  seven  iron  peeces  on  it.  Next  to  that,  allmost  due  east,  seven 
brasse  peeces  whereof  two  were  very  faire  gunns.  Tha  Cow- gate, 
three  small  brasse  peeces  in  the  mouth  of  the  port.  On  the  bul- 
warke by  the  windmill,  on  the  same  line,  seven  iron  peeces.  On 
the  corner  bulwarke,  south  east,  eight  iron  peeces.  The  Shoare-gate 
southward.  The  Bridge-gate  southward.  On  the  great  bulwarke, 
south  west,  neare  the  great  gate  called  New-gate,  seven  iron  peeces. 
Besides  the  walls  that  encompasse  the  towne  there  runns  a  line  within, 
acrosse  from  the  watch  towre  north  east  to  the  New-gate  south 
west,  which  is  very  strong  and  hath  good  batteries  on  it.  The  totall 
of  all  the  cannon  on  the  walls  and  in  the  ports  were,  besides  the 
murdering  peece,  fifty-six. 

The  party  returned  to  the  railway  station  in  time  for  the  12-20  train 
to  Coldstream,  where  they  arrived  at  12-55.  Amongst  those  present 
were : — Mrs.  Richardson  of  Sunderland,  and  her  son ;  the  Rev.  W. 
Brown  of  Durham  ;  Mr.  T.  Matheson  of  Morpeth,  and  his  son  ;  Miss 
Lamb  of  Newton  Cottage  ;  Mr.  R.  C.  Clephan,  V.P.,  and  Mrs.  Clephan, 
and  Mr.  S.  S.  Carr,  of  Tynemouth ;  Dr.  and  Mrs.  C.  U.  and  Miss  Laws, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  S.  Nisbet,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  R.  Newbigin,  and  Messrs. 
J.  Cross  and  John  Weddle,  of  Newcastle  ;  the  Hon.  and  Rev.  W. 
Ellis  of  Bothalhaugh,  and  his  son  ;  the  Rev.  R.  C.  MacLeod  of  Mitford  ; 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  J.  Drummond  of  Westoe  ;  Mrs.  Ashworth  and  Mr.  Blair 
(sec.)  and  Mrs.  Blair,  of  Harton ;  Dr.  Bradshaw  of  Newcastle,  and 
others. 

CORNHILL. 

In  a  list  of  24  May,  1549,  of  the  towns  in  Northumberland  at  which 
the  army  was  placed  for  the  defence  of  the  border,  are  included  100 
horsemen  under  William  Swynho  at  Cornhill,  probably  in  the  castle 


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which  formerly  stood  near  the  bridge.  In  October  following  William 
Swynno  was  at  Coldingham  and  Harbour,  Pelham's  lieutenant,  at 
Cornhill.4 

On  3  Nov.  1594,  the  king  of  Scotland  wrrote  to  Robert  Bowes  that 
James  Douglas,  sometime  of  Spott,  and  Mr.  Thomas  Cransoun,  the 
two  instruments  who  had  been  chiefly  used  in  composing  of  controver- 
sies betwixt  him  and  the  papist  earls  (and  therefore  the  more  to  be 
hated  of  all  good  men)  frequented  openly  in  Wark,  Twysell,  Cornhill,  and 
Brakanhill,  and  he  asked  Bowes  most  effectuously  by  his  good  means 
a  commission  might  be  obtained  for  apprehending  them.5 
jjThe  Rev.  John  Thomlinson  in  his  diary6  refers  to  the  bath  at  Corn- 
hill,  a  sanative  spring  known  as  St.  Helen's  well,  now  almost  forgotten, 
but  in  high  repute  in  the  eighteenth  century.  7 

The  church  at  Cornhill.  dedicated  to  St.  Helen,  is  comparatively 
modern,  occupying  the  site  of  an  ancient  church  which  was  destroyed 
in  1751  when  bishop  Crewe's  trustees  gave  50Z.  to  Henry  Collingwood 
towards  the  cost  of  the  new  building.  Tt  is  a  peculiar  belonging  to 
the  dean  and  chapter  of  Durham,  paying  neither  first  fruits  nor  pro- 
curations to  the  bishop,  and  was  made  a  perpetual  curacy  in  1730, 
having  previously  been  a  chapel  of  ease. 

In  the  confirmation  by  pope  Urban  to  tha  prior  and  convent  of 
Durham,  of  all  their  possessions,  the  chapel  of  Cornehale  with  its  ap- 
purtenances, is  included.  It  is  also  mentioned  in  the  «  Convenit.'8 

At  the  chancellor's  visitation  at  Alnwick  of  29  Jan.  1578,  Thomas 
Savage,  curate  of  Cornell  chapel,  who  had  no  letters  of  orders,  was 
excommunicated  for  non-attendance  ;  George  Hudspeth,  the  un- 
licensed parish  clerk,  was  present.  While  at  the  general  chapter  of 
29  July,  1578,  the  task  was  performed  by  Patrick  Fench,  a  Scotchman, 
the  curate.9 

On  arrival  at  Cornhill,  seats  were  taken  in  the  carriages  that  were 
in  waiting  at  the  railway  station,  and  the  party  was  driven  direct  to 

BRANXTON, 

which  is  about  four  miles  south  of  Cornhill.  The  manor  was  anciently 
owned  by  the  Selby  family,  and  afterwards  by  the  Collingwoods. 

In  1256,  a  certain  woman,  a  weaver,  of  Branxton,  went  from  her 
house  in  the  vill,  and  before  she  returned  the  house  was  burnt  down, 
and  a  boy  two  years  old  was  burnt  with  it.  1  ° 

On  6  Feb.  1344,  William  de  Twysill  obtained  a  licence  in  mortmain 
to  give  for  religious  purposes  a  cottage  and  18^  acres  of  land  in  West 
Upsetlington,  previously  held  by  Richard  de  Brankeston.' 

By  will  of  12  January,  1592-3,  Thomas  Manners  of  Cheswick,  gave 
all  his  lands,  etc.,  at  Branxton  and  elsewhere  to  his  eldest  son  George 
and  the  heirs  of  his  body,  and  failing  them  to  his  son  Henry  and  his 
heirs.  On  17  April,  1593,  James  Carr  '  minister  of  the  worde  of  God 
in  the  parish  of  Alnewicke.'  stated  in  his  will  that  Mr.  Collingwood 

4  Riitland  Papers,  I  (Hist.  MS.  Com.  Rep.),  37,  46. 
•5  Hatfield  Papers  (Hist.  MSS.  Comm.  Rep.),  pt.  v,  18. 
15  Xorth  Country  Diaries  (118  Surt.  Soc.  pub!.),  116  &  n. 

f  The  wells  here  being  of  late  much  frequented  and  used,  occasions  a  resort  hither 
in  the  proper  season.  Percival  Stockdale,  writing  of  Comhill,  of  which  and  Bran x ton 
his  father  was  incumbent  in  1749,  says  'There  was  a  chalybeate  spa  and  a  cold  bath 
near  the  village,  which  were  then  in  high  repute.  For  the  benefit  of  these  waters, 
several  well-educated  people,  especially  from  Newcastle  and  Edinburgh,  annually 
passed  a  part  of  the  summer  at  Cornhill.' — Inedited  Contribution*  to  the  History  of 
Northumberland,  p.  56. 

s  Hist.  Dun.  Scrip,  tres  (Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  Ivij,  Ixxi. 

9  Eccl.  Proc.  of  bishop  Barnes  (22  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  40,  41,  76. 

10  Northumberland  Assize  Rolls  (88  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  107.        '  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  in,  368. 


2ie> 

of  Branxton,  owed  him  20s.  On  27  February,  1565,  John  Selbye, 
'  gentylman  porter  of  Barwycke,'  by  will  devised  to  his  son  John  Selbye 
after  the  death  of  his  mother  '  the  toure  of  Brankstone  with  all  lands,' 
etc.,  in  the  same  town.2 

The  Rev.  Percival  Stockdale,  the  well-known  literary  vicar  of  Les- 
bury,  was  born  in  the  village  in  1733,  his  father  being  at  the  time  vicar. 

Near  the  church  the  party  was  met  by  the  vicar  (Rev.  C.  E.  Hoyle)  and 
by  Mr.  T.  Hodgkin,  D.C.L.,  F.S.A.,  and  Commander  Norman,  R.N., 
the  guides  for  the  day,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  W.  Tomlinsori,  Mr.  W.  Parker 
Brewis,  F.S.A.,  and  others.  They  made  their  way  at  once  to  the  little 
church,  dating  only  from  its  almost  complete  rebuilding  about  1849,  and 
therefore  affording  nothing  of  interest  to  antiquaries  except  the  chancel 
arch.  Mr.  Hodgkin,  Mr.  Ellis,  and  Mr.  MacLeod  made  some  remarks 
upon  this,  the  only  ancient  feature  left  in  the  building.  It  is  massive 
and  pointed,  and  must  have  been  standing  for  centuries  before 
Flodden.  It  rests  on  cushion  capitals  of  late  Norman  date,  with 
what  appears  to  be  strap -work  on  one  of  the  caps  of  the  south  side 
facing  the  nave.  The  foundations  of  the  ancient  fabric  are  still  to  be 
seen  just  above  the  present  surface  along  the  south  side.  It  was 
stated  that  during  the  restoration  of  the  church  a  long  and  wide  trench 
full  of  human  bones  was  discovered  underneath  the  broad  pathway 
immediately  south  of  the  structure.  The  whole  mass  was  removed  and 
deposited  in  the  angle  of  the  wall  of  the  churchyard  close  to  the  gate. 

According  to  the  old  taxation  of  churches  of  1306,  of  one  mark  in 
forty,  the  rectory  of  Brankeston  was  valued  at  16  marks,  the  tax  being 
5s.  4tfk*  While  by  Clavis  Ecclesiasfica*  it  is  given  thus  'vie.  Branxton, 
iijZ.  vjs.  viijd.  [24£.]  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Durham,'  the  yearly  tenths 
being  6s.  8d. 

On  4  non.  [4th]  May,  1217,  the  pope  confirmed  to  the  prior  and 
convent  of  Durham  the  churches  of  Acle,  Brandun,  Brargkiston  and 
Hedyngham,  and  the  liberties,  immunities  and  customs  of  the  church 
of  Durham.5  Walter  de  Kirkham,  on  his  election  in  1249,  confirmed 
the  gifts  of  his  predecessor,  amongst  them  being  the  church  of  Brankis- 
ton  for  the  sustentation  of  two  monks  at  Warkworth.  ° 

On  26  May,  1313,  by  the  king's  writ  touching  the  fifteenths  granted 
to  him  by  the  clergy  the  church  of  Brankeston  is  assessed  for  7s.  \\d. 
On  the  20  July  following  the  amount  is  the  same,  and  in  the  return 
to  the  writ  it  is  said  to  have  been  received. 7  In  the  same  year,  of  the 
tenths  granted  to  the  bishop  by  the  clergy,  the  amount  payable  by  the 
portion  of  the  prior  of  Kirkham  for  Brankeston  is  5^.  for  a  whole  year.8 

On  2  kal.  June  [31  May],  1311,  the  vicar  was  on  an  inquisition  as  to 
the  right  of  presentation  to  the  chapel  of  Tillmouth  (Tyllemowe).9  On 
13  kal.  June  [20  May],  1314,  on  an  inquisition  Roger  de  Milborne,  the 
vicar  was  found  to  be  suffering  from  a  permanent  infirmity  so  that  he 
could  not  serve  the  church,  and  the  cure  of  souls  was  therefore  neglected. 
On  the  19th  June  a  commission  was  issued  to  see  to  the  cure  during  the 
vicar's  infirmity  and  Wm.  de  Espeley  was  appointed.  On  the  27th 
the  vicar  resigned,  and  on  1  Aug.  William  de  Espeley  was  instituted  to 
the  vicarage.  On  7  kal.  Aug.  [26  July]  the  commission  appointed  to 
enquire  into  the  time  when  vacated,  the  patrons, etc.,  made  their  return,  in 

ii  Durham  Wills  and  Ino.,  )l  (Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  218,  225  ;  i,  235. 

3  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  n,  97. 
4  Eccl.  Proc.  of  bishop  />am«.'s(21  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  10.    See  also  Bacon,  Liber  lii-yis.,  127°. 

3  Papal  lie;/.,  n,  47. 

6  Hist.  Dun.  Scrip,  tins  (0  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  p.  42.     See  also  Proc.,  3  ser.,  I,  63. 
7  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  n,  !)39,  960,  9U2.  8  Ibid.,  I,  488 ;  Hint.  Dun.  Scrip.  tr«s,  cviij. 

.  51. 


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BRANXTON  CHURCH,  NORTHUMBERLAND. 

IKTKltlOB,    LOOKING    EAST. 


BONDGATE,    ALNWICK,    FROM    EAST.        (See  page  191) 
(From  a  photograph  by  Miss  Stephens  of  Horsley). 


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which  they'said  the  living  had  been  vacant  from  27  June,  by  resignation, 
that  the  prior  and  convent  of  Durham  were  the  patrons,  that  it  was 
worth  six  marks  yearly,  and  that  the  person  presented  was  sufficiently 
learned,  fit,  and  honest,  and  was  in  holy  orders.10  On  2  non.  [4thJ 
August,  1315,  in  a  return  to  an  inquisition  touching  a  vacancy  in  the 
church  of  Ilderton,  the  vicar  is  named.1  On  11  Dec.  1344,  William 
de  Welkeden  was  instituted  to  the  vicarage  in  the  gift  of  the  prior  and 
convent  of  Durham,  and  was  inducted  into  the  corporeal  possession.2 


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By  the  rental  of  1539,  of  the  bursar  of  Durham,  13s.  4d.  appears  from 
the  vicar  of  Branxtone,  pro  pensione  sua.z  At  the  chancellor's  visitation 
of  29  Jan.  1578,  Roger  Cockesay,  the  vicar,  appeared,  as  did  the  parish 
clerk.  While  at  the  general  chapter  of  29  July,  1578,  the  task  was 
imperfectly  performed  by  Roger  Cockeson,  the  vicar.4 

In  1675  Adam  de  Felbridge  was  vicar.6 

10  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  I,  567,  572,  584,  596.  1  Hid.,  II,  715  2  Hid     m   474 

3  Feoct.  Prior.  Dun.  (58  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  303. 
*  Eccl.  Proc.  of  bishop  Barnes,  40,  77.  s  Proc.,  3  ser.,  in,  118. 


Slfi 

Commander  Norman  then  led  the  party  along  the  Moneylaws  road,  to 
the  supposed  site  of  '  The  Battaill  betwix  the  Kinge  of  Scottes  and  the 
Erie  of  Surrey  in  Brankstone  field,'  as  contemporary  state  papers  describe 
it,  passing  on  the  left  Piper's  hill  where  the  Flodden  memorial  is  to  be 
erected,  but  owing  to  the  growing  barley  the  hill  could  not  be  ascended. 
A  halt  was  made  in  the  field  close  to  the  Oxendean  dean  burn  and 
little  to  the  west  of  Piper's  hill.  In  a  pit  in  this  field  were  buried 
some  hundreds  of  those  killed  in  the  battle  ;  its  exact  site  is  not 
now  known. 6a  This  is  the  supposed  position  of  the  right  wing  of  the 
English  army  on  9  Sept.  1513,  that  is,  the  vanguard  under  admiral 
lord  Howard,  which  made  a  long  circular  march  from  Barmoor  wood 
across  the  Till  by  Twizell  bridge  and  by  Cornhill,  rounding,  in  order 
to  reach  its  station,  the  west  end  of  Branxton  marsh,  long  since  drained, 
and  now  represented  by  the  burn  of  Paulinus  or  Pallinsburn.  (See 
rough  plan,  page  217.) 

In  this  field  Commander  Norman,  by  the  aid  of  a  large-scale  clearly  de- 
signed coloured  plan,  delivered  a  short  lecture  upon  the  salient  features  of 
that  fateful  day,  9  Sept.  1513,  when  the  battle  was  fought,  with  special 
reference  to  Howard's  aforesaid  famous  flank  march,  and  the  passage  of 
the  rearguard  over  the  Till  at  Crookham  while  it  was  taking  place,  all  of 
which  was  very  instructive  to  members.  The  object  was  to  place  the 
English  between  the  Scottish  on  Flodden  hill  and  the  Tweed,  their 
base  ;  and  Surrey  conceived  that  this  might  be  more  expeditiously 
and  effectively  carried  out  by  crossing  the  Till  at  two  points  distant 
from  each  other,  than  by  leading  them  all  together  across  at  the  same 
point.  The  manoeuvre,  owing  to  king  James's  refusal  to  attack  the 
rearguard  at  Sandyford,  was  completely  successful,  but  if  judged  by 
the  canons  of  military  strategy,  it  must  be  completely  condemned. 
It  was  explained  that  the  exact  spot  where  James  fell  could  not  be 
determined,  some  investigators  having  fixed  it  at  the  modern  vicarage, 
others  near  the  southern  base  of  Piper's  hill  ;  but  the  range  of  this 
field,  represented  by  a  line  500  yards  long,  connecting  the  hill  and  the 
vicarage,  almost  certainly  included  the  locality  of  the  finale. 

A  contemporary  account  of  the  battle  of  Flodden  states  that  the 
Scottish  army  '  was  enclosed  in  three  parties,  with  thre  great  mouii- 
taynes  soe  that  ther  was  noe  passage  nor  entre  vnto  hym  but  oon  waye 
wher  was  laied  marvelous  and  great  ordnance  of  gonnes,  that  is  to  wit, 
v  great  curtalles,  ij  great  colveryns,  iiij  sacres,  and  vi  great  serpentynes, 
as  goodly  gonnes  as  have  bene  seen  in  any  realme.  and  besides  ther  wer 
othir  dyvers  small  ordenances.'0  Amongst  the  guns  in  the  Tower  of 
London  are  probably  some  of  these  pieces. 

Mr.  Hodgkin  referred  to  Scott's  Marmion,  and  pointed  out  the  stream 
which  is  said  to  have  run  with  blood  after  the  battle,  the  hill  where 
Marmion  was  refreshed,  and  Sybil's  well,  a  little  below  the  church, 
whence  the  water  was  taken  for  Marmion  to  drink. 

Sir  Marmaduke  Constable  of  Flamborough,  who  made  his  will  on 
1st  May,  1518,  was  joined  with  Sir  Edmund  Howard  in  the  command 
of  the  third  division  at  Flodden  in  1513,  when  he  was  70  years  old.7 
Amongst  other  Yorkshiremen  at  Flodden  were  Thomas  Fitzwilliam 

sa  See  Arch.  Ael.,  2  ser.,  in,  162 ;  also  Northumberland  (Brayley  &  Brilton),  221. 

c  Proceedings  of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  of  Scotland,  vol.  vil,  p.  14G,  quoted  by 
Mr.  It.  C.  Clephan  in  Arch.  Ael.,  2  ser.,  xxv,  51. 

7  He  is  buried  in  Flamborough  church,  and  on  a  brass  there  is  a  long  epitaph  stating 
'  that  he  was  also  at  Banvick  at  the  winnyng  of  the  same,  and  by  king  Edward  cliosyn 
capteyn  there  first  of  any  one  .  .  .  for  as  ye  se  hym  here  he  lieth  under  this  stone.' 
'  At  Brankston  feld,  where  the  kyng  of  Scotteys  was  slayne  .  .  .  but  now  all  ther 
tryumphes  ar  passed  and  set  on  syde  for  all  worldly  joyes  they  will  not  long  endure.'— 
See  Teat.  Ebor.,  v  (79  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  89,  where  the  full  epitaph  is  given. 


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of  Aldwark,  with  his  brother,  who  were  amongst  the  slain.  In  his  will 
of  28  Aug.  1513,  made  therefore  just  before  he  set  out,  he  desired  to  be 
buried  in  the  '  Freers  at  Tykhill,  if  please  Allmighty  God  I  may  come 
home  frome  the  felde  agaynste  the  Scottes.'  John  Hamerton  of  Wiggles- 
worth  stated  in  his  will  (proved  2  Jan,  1515)  that  he  made  it  as  he  was 
about  to  set  out  to  fight  against  the  king  of  Scotland  for  the  defence 
of  England.  This  was  the  war  which  culminated  in  Flodden,  where 
he  may  have  been  killed.  Sir  Thomas  Gower  of  Stittenham  was  also 
killed  on  the  fatal  field.  He  made  his  will  at  the  house  of  the  Austin 
Friars  in  Newcastle,  on  his  way  north  to  the  fight.  Sir  Thomas  Bur- 
tonne,  the  prior,  w^as  one  of  the  witnesses.  Sir  Ninian  Markinfeld 
of  Markinfeld,  and  Sir  William  Bulmer,  were  other  Yorkshiremen 
who  were  present  at  the  fight.8 

Lambert  Barnes,  '  great  uncle  '  of  the  better  known  Ambrose  Barnes 
of  Newcastle,  went  as  a  bowman  under  the  earl  of  Surrey  to  Flodden, 
where  he  was  killed.9 

Henry  Jenkins,  who  died  on  8  Dec.  1670,  as  is  said  on  his  monument 
in  Bolton  churchyard,  North  Yorkshire,  where  he  was  buried,  to  have 
been  169  years  old,  when  a  lad  10  or  12  years  old,  took  a  horse-load 
of  arrows  to  Northallerton  whence  they  were  sent  to  the  English  army 
before  Flodden  fight.1 

Returning  to  the  carriages,  members  were  driven  past  the  vicarage, 
across  Branxton  hill,  along  Branxton  moor,  to  Blinkbonny,  where  Dr. 
Hodgkin  pointed  out  the  site  of  the  Scottish  entrenched  camps  on 
Flodden  hill  (still  fairly  well  preserved),  but  they  could  not  be  visited 
owing  to  lack  of  time,  and  that  of  the  false  Sybil's  well,  placed  there, 
with  entire  disregard  of  historical  and  topographical  accuracy,  by  the 
late  marchioness  of  Waterford. 

Crossing  Ford  bridge,  the  party  was  taken  direct  to 

FORD    CASTLE, 

as  owing  to  the  time  spent  at  Branxton  there  was  no  time  to  go  to 
Etal  castle  which  was  intended. 

Ford  castle,  now  the  property  of  lord  Joicey.  has  been  fully  described 
both  by  Mr.  Bates  in  Archaeologia  Aeliana  (XTV)  and  in  the  Proceedings. 

By  the  courtesy  of  the  owner,  the  so-called  king  James's  room, 
with  the  rest  of  the  interior,  was  open  to  members.2  In  Leland's  time 
'  Ford  castle  in  Glyndale  upon  the  East  Syd  of  Tille.'  was  '  metly 
stronge  but  in  Decay.' 

Dr.  Hodgkin  in  the  absence  of  the  vicar,  through  a  domestic  bereave- 
ment, described  the  structure. 

The  castle  and  the  property  in  the  midst  of  which  it  stands  have 
descended  to  the  Waterfords  through  a  long  line  of  illustrious  ancestors. 
King  Henry  the  first  granted  to  Robert  de  Muscamp  the  lordship  of 
Wooler  with  its  members,  of  which  Ford  was  one.  It  remained  in  this 
family  until  1249-1250,  when,  on  the  death  of  Robert,  it  passed  into  the 
hands  of  Odenel  de  Forde,  who  had  married  Cecilia,  one  of  Robert's  co- 
heiresses. The  family  of  Ford  had  settled  at  Ford  at  an  earlier  period, 
and  one  of  them,  a  descendant  from  Odenel,  having  married  a  Heron, 
the  property  passed  into  the  hands  of  that  stirring  border  family.  Tn 
them  it  remained  until  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  William  Heron  (sheriff 
of  Northumberland  in  1 525),  married  Thomas  Carr  of  Etal ;  on  his  death 
a  dispute  arose  as  to  its  ownership,  it  being  claimed  by  Geo.  Heron 

8  Test.  Ebor.,  v,  45  &  n,  47  &  n,  %232n,  306  &  n. 

9  Ambrose  Barnes  ('M  Surb.  Soc.  publ.),  29. 

J  Stukeley's  Diary,  in  (80  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  341. 

2  Cinerary,  VII,  04. 


of  Chipchase.  An  heiress  carried  the  property  to  Sir  Francis  Blaka, 
whose  daughter  Mary  became  the  wife  of  Edward  DelavaL  the  ancestor 
of  Sir  John  Hussey  Delaval.  Sir  John  was  created  Baron  Delaval  of 
Seaton  Delaval  21  Aug.  1786,  and  died  in  1808. 3  It  passed  by  marriage 
to  the  Waterford  family,  and  the  present  marquis  of  Waterford  sold 
the  property  a  year  or  two  ago  to  lord  Joicey.  The  castle  was 
besieged  several  times  by  the  Scotch,  and  was  captured  before 
Flodden  by  the  Scottish  king  and  burnt.  It  was  again  taken  and  partly 
destroyed  by  the  Scots  in  1549,  one  tower,  however,  holding  out, 
being  ably  defended  by  Thomas  Carr.  On  27  March,  1557,  George 
Heron,  who  claimed  the  manor,  with  a  detachment  from  the  Berwick 
garrison,  seized  the  castle,  and  in  the  affray  which  took  place  '  Robert 
Barrowe,  mayor,  and  Gyles  Heron,  thresorer  of  Barwyke '  were  slain. 
Of  the  ancient  castle  very  little  remains.  The  present  house,  except 
the  tower  at  the  west  end.  in  which  is  the  so-called  king  James's  room, 
was  erected  between  1761  and  1764.  In  front  of  the  mansion  is  a  large 
square  court,  enclosed  by  an  embattled  wall,  having  towers  at  the 
angles,  entrance  is  obtained  by  a  spacious  gateway  in  its  south  side. 
On  the  west  side  of  the  enclosure  is  an  ancient  tower. 

On  20  June,  1648,  in  an  account  of  money  laid  out  by  major  Saunder- 
son  for  intelligence,  is  the  item  '  To  one  to  go  to  A  In  wick  and  from  thence 
to  Ford  castle,  where  the  enemy  first  settled  a  garrison  there,  6,<?.'4 

The  next  place  visited  was  the  village  schoolroom,  where  is  the 
well  known  series  of  cartoons,  representing  famous  children,  by  the 
late  marchioness  of  Waterford.  The  pictures  were  described  by  Dr. 
Hodgkin. 

Owing  to  the  death  of  a  son  of  the  Rev.  H.  M.  Neville,  the  vicar, 
the  church  was  not  visited. 

leaving  the  castle  at  4-50,  after  thanking  Mr.  Gray,  the  bailiff,  for 
his  attention,  the  next  stop  was 

OROOKHAM. 

Oswold  Selbey  of  Crokeham,  was  one  of  the  witnesses  to  the  will  of 
10  Jan.  1585-6,  of  Odnell  Selbey  of  Hulle  parke,  gentleman,'  who  desired 
to  be  buried  in  his  parish  church  of  '  St.  Michaell,  th'archangell,  at 
Alnwicke.'5 

From  a  field  below  the  manse  a  good  view  was  obtained  of  *  The 
Cradles,'  the  ford  across  the  Till  at  Sandyford,  over  which  the  English 
rearguard  passed  to  reach  Branxton. 

Mounting  the  carriages  for  the  last  time,  the  destination  was  the 
Collingwood  Arms  at  Cornhill,  where  tea  awaited  the  by  no  means 
unwilling  company.  On  the  way,  in  a  field  on  Crookham  Westfield 
farm,  the  '  King's  Stone  '  was  pointed  out,  as  well  as  the  fact  that  it 
had  nothing  to  do  with  king  James  or  the  battle,  but  was  an  ancient 
tribal  gathering  stone,  or  '  Standing  Stone '  which  dated  back  centuries 
beyond  Flodden.  It  is  composed  of  cherty  magnesian  limestone  from 
Carham  quarry,  and  may  have  been  either  glacially  or  mechanically 
transported. 

After  tea  members  walked  to  the  railway  station  for  the  train  leaving 
for  Berwick  about  7-8  p.m.,  and  thence  proceeded  to  their  several 
destinations. 

3  Hist.  MS.  Comm.,  llth  Report,  pt.  vii,  p.  58.     In  the  diary  of  Nicholas  I'.rown, 
under  Aug.  1783,  is  this  entry,  'Sir  John  Hussey  Delaval,  bt.,  created  a  peer  of  Ireland, 
by  the  title  of  Lord  Delaval.'—  North  Country  Diaries  (118  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  25. 
4  Cal.  of  State  Papers,  Dom.  Charles  I,  1648-9,  136. 
s  Wills  and  Inv.t  II  (38  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  136. 


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PROCEEDINGS 

OF    THE 


SOCIETY    OF   ANTIQUARIES 


OF    NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. 


3    SER.,    VOL.    IV.  1910.  NO.    26 

The  ordinary  monthly  meeting  of  the  society  was  held  in  the  castle, 
Newcastle,  on  Wednesday,  the  31st  day  of  August,  1910,  at  seven 
o'qlock  in  the  evening,  Prof.  F.  Haverfield,  F.S.A.,  one  of  the  vice- 
presidents,  being  in  the  chair. 

Several  ACCOUNTS,  recommended  by  the  council  for  payment,  were 
ordered  to  be  paid. 

THE    LATE    REV.    JOHN   WALKER. 

A  letter  from  Mrs.  Walker,  thanking  members  for  their  vote  of 
sympathy,  was  read. 

NEW    MEMBER. 

The  following  ORDINARY  MEMBER  was  proposed  and  declared  duly 
elected  : — 

William    Morley    Egglestone,    Stanhope. 

NEW    BOOKS,    ETC. 

The  following  have  been  received  by  the  society  since  last  meeting  : — 

Presents,  for  which  thanks  were  voted  : — 

From  the  author  : —  An  Account  of  Belsay  Castle  in  the  County  of 
Northumberland,    by    Sir    Arthur    E.  Middle  ton,   bt.      Printed    for 
private  circulation.  4to. 
From  Robert  Blair: — The  Antiquary  for  September,   1910. 

Erchanges  : — 

From  the  Royal  Society  of  Sweden  : — Proceedings  for  1909. 
From  the  Societe    d'Emulation    d' Abbeville  • — Bulletin    Trimestriel, 
parts  1  and  2,  1910  :    and  Memoir  es.  xxn. 

Purchases: — The  Parish  Registers  of  Tynemouth,  n  ;  The  Complete 
Peerage,  by  G.  E.  C.,  edited  by  V.  GibbM.  i;  The  Museum  Journal, 
x,  i  ;  Der  Oberrie^mam^ch  Rartir-ch t-  Limes  dcs  Roemerreichcs, 
part  XXXIIT  ;  and  Notes  and  Queries,  11  ser.s  nos.  31  and  35. 

DONATIONS    TO    THE    MUSEUM. 

The  following  were  announced,  and  thanks  voted  to  the  respective 
donors  : — 

From  the  Lord  Ore  we  Trustees  : — Two  Ancient  British  urns  and  a 

skeleton  found  at  Seahouses  in  1905.     The  vessels  are  8 Jin.  and  Sin. 

high,   respectively.     (The  Rev.  W.  Greenwell  has  kindly  promised 

to  favour  the  society  with  a  description  of  them. ) 

[Proc.  3  Ser.^iv,  32] 


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From  Mr.  R.  G.  Barclay  of  Shotley  Bridge  :  —  Four  fragments  of 
grindstones  found  in  the  ruins  of  a  Huguenot  sword  mill  at  Shotley 
Bridge.  They  are  of  four  different  shapes  —  No.  1  is  a  semi-circle,  the 
others  are  quadrants  and  shew  the  edges  cut  for  grinding  the  hollow 
blades  of  the  weapons.  Mr.  Barclay,  in  the  accompanying  letter, 
thought  that  '  they  would  no  doubt  interest  many  visitors  to  the 
castle  who  know  anything  of  the  history  of  the  Derwent  valley.' 
He  very  kindly  promised  to  send  the  objects,  carriage  free,  and  added 
in  his  letter  that  he  would  be  very  pleased  to  show  at  any  time,  to  the 
members  of  the  society,  his  relics  of  the  Huguenot  settlement  in  the 
valley.  Mr.  Barclay's  sketch  sections  are  given  on  the  opposite  page. 

From  Mr.  N.  F.  Gedye,  engineer  to  the  Tyne  Improvement  Com- 
missioners :  —  A  number  of  Roman  coins  dredged  from  the  river 
Tyne,  near  the  Swing  Bridge  at  Newcastle,  but  found  at  the  Trow 
Rocks,  near  South  Shields.  He  remarked,  in  presenting  the  coins, 
that  a  quantity  of  the  material  dredged  from  the  river  had  been 
tipped  on  the  beach  at  the  Trow  Rocks  (see  Proc.,  3  ser,  i.  pp.  94, 
102,  and  118  ;  n.  189  ;  see  also  in.,  193). 

The  following  is  a  list  :  — 


AUGUSTUS  (?) 
VESPASIAN  : 

DOMITIAN  : 


HADRIAN 


ANTON.  PIUS 


2  M.  in  very  bad  condition. 

2  K.  obv.    .    .    .    VESPASIANVS   .    .    .    Laureated  head  to  right. 

rev.  Figure  standing.    Inscription  illegible. 
Den.  obv.    .    .    .    DOMIT  AVG  GERM  p  M  TB  p  v.    Laureated 

head  to  right. 
rev.  .    .    .  cos  xn  CENS  POT  p  p.   Pallas  standing  to  left, 

with  spear. 

2  fa.  obv.  Radiated  head  to  right.  XT«ioAwt»*ift*»«  niaaiKio 
rev.    Female  figure  standing.  Jlnscnptions  illegible. 
Den.  obv.  IMP  OAKS  NERVA  TRAIAN  AVG  GERM.       Laureated 

head. 

rev.  P  M  TR  P  cos  in  P  P-  Figure  standing  with  club  (?) 
and  cloak  (?)  (?  Hercules). 

1  ^3.  obv.    .    .    .    TRAIAN    .    .    .    Head  to  right. 

rev.    Illegible. 

obv.    .    .    .    AVG  GER    .    .    .    Laureated  head  to  right. 

rev.    Figure  standing  to  left,  with  cornucopia  and  rudder  (?). 

2  &.  obv.  HADRIANVS  AVGVSTVS  p  p.    Laureated  head  to  right. 

rev.  COS  ill.  Health  standing  to  right  feeding  a  serpent, 
which  she  is  holding  in  her  arms  (Cohen  369). 

^•}  Same  as  last. 

obv.  Inscription  illegjble.    Laureated  head  to  right. 
rev.   Inscription  illegible.    Figure  standing. 

1  JE.  obv.  ANTONINVS  AVG  Pivs  p  p  TR  p  cos  in.     Head  to 

rev.  DBS  mi.  In  field  s  C.  Health  standing  to  left  feeding 
serpent  coiled  round  an  altar,  and  holding  a  rudder 
on  a  globe  (Cohen  248). 

obv.  as  last. 

rev.  PROVIDENTIAE  DEORVM.  Winged  thunderbolt,  with 
eight  rays  (from  Tyne  bridge). 

2  m.  obv.  ANTONINVS  AVGVSTVS  P  P.    Rayed  head  to  right. 

rev.  Figure  standing  front-faced,  with  outstretched  arms. 
Inscription  illegible. 

1  JE.  obv.    ,    .    .    TONINVS    .    .    .    Laureated  head  to  right. 

rev.  .  .  .  IMP  v  cos  .  .  .  Victory  marching  to  left, 
holding  out  wreath. 

2  * 


M.  AURELIUS 


FAUSTINA  ii  :    1  x.  obv.  FAVSTiNA  AVG  Pii  AVG    .    .    .    Head  to  right,  bust 

draped. 
rev.   PIETAS.     Piety  standing,  holding  cornucopia  :  at  her 

feet  a  little  child,    s  c  in  field. 
VALERIAN  :        Billon  Den.  obv.  IMP  c  P  LTC  VALEKIANVS  AVG.     Bayed  head 

to  right,  bust  draped. 

rev.  FIDES  MILITVM.     Figure  standing  between  two  stand- 
ards, 


223 


SKETCH   SECTIONS   OF   SWORD  GRINDSTONES    FROM    SHOTLEY   BRIDGE, 
by  Mr.  Barclay   (see  page  222). 


224 

VICTORINUS :     3  E.  obv.  Rayed  head  to  right. 

rev.   LAETITIA  AVG.    Figure  standing  to  left,  holding  a  gar- 
land, at  feet  altar. 
Ten  miscellaneous  modern  coins.* 

The  chairman  mentioned  that  a  considerable  number  of  Roman 
coins  had  been  taken  out  of  the  Tyne,  and  suggested  that  Mr.  Blair, 
the  secretary,  should  write  a  monograph  on  them. 

EXHIBITED  : — 

By  Commander  Norman,  R.N.  : — An  illustration  of  the  stone  coffin 

recently  found  in  Berwick. 

The  following  note  by  him  on  the  object  was  read  ;  — 
On  3  August,  1910,  while  cutting  a  drain  in  the  Magdalen  fields, 
Berwick,  200  yards  north  of  the  old  Edwardian  fosse,  a  very  well- 
preserved  but  lidless  specimen  of  a  massive  ancient  stone  sarcophagus 
was  discovered,  lying  nearly  east  and  west,  about  eighteen  inches 
below  the  surface.  It  was  formed  of  a  single  block  of  sandstone, 
probably  of  the  locality,  and  the  niche  for  the  head,  which  was  well 
defined  and  perfect,  as  well  as  the  large  drainage -hole  in  the  centre 
of  the  floor,  show  it  to  be  later  than  A.D.  1100.  The  remarkable 
thing  about  this  coffin  is  its  unusual  size,  90  inches  long  and  30  inches 
broad  at  the  head,  outside  measurement.  The  exact  length  inside 
is  6ft.  8in.,  so  it  was  clearly  made,  considering  all  its  features,  for  some 
'  Longshanks  '  of  distinction.  At  the  head  of  the  coffin  outside  a 
mark  resembling  an  E  was  discernible,  as  well  as  an  I  on  the  opposite 
side.  There  were  no  bones,  only  earth,  inside,  though  there  were  a 
few  in  the  soil  near  at  hand,  and  no  other  marks  whatever.  Later  on, 
before  th<3  sarcophagus  was  removed  to  the  Berwick  museum  (but  not 
before  the  best  parts  of  it  had  been  ruthlessly  chipped  by  ruthless 
relic  hunters),  some  practical  joker,  during  night,  carved  a  large  dupli- 
cation of  the  aforesaid  outside  marks  on  its  floor,  close  to  the  drainage 
hole.  A  supposition  that  Edward  i  might  have  reposed  in  this  coffin 
during  the  year  which  elapsed  between  his  death  at  Burgh-on-Sands 
and  his  final  burial  at  Westminster,  was  started  by  a  correspondent 
of  the  Scotsman,  but  it  was  not  worthy  of  serious  consideration.  Stone 
coffin  lids  and  fragments  of  ecclesiastical  architecture  have  been 
turned  up  from  time  to  time  near  the  same  place,  which  indicate  the 
former  existence  of  a  chapel  or  cemetery  connected  with  the  adjoining 
castle — probably  during  the  Edwardian  era  (1272-1377). 

By  Mr.  W.  H.  Knowles,  F.S.A.  : — Some  drawings  and  lantern  slides 
of  Tynemouth  priory. 

Mr.  Knowles  drew  attention  to  several  structural  features  disclosed 
by  the  repairs  conducted  during  the  last  few  years.  He  remarked 
at  the  outset  that  the  Benedictine  priory  of  Tynemouth  was  one  of 
considerable  importance.  Its  possessions  included  numerous  manors 
and  churches,  its  revenues  were  considerable,  and  it  enjoyed  an  ex- 
tensive liberty  or  franchise.  The  prior  held  his  own  courts  for  the 
administration  of  justice,  appointed  justices  and  coroners,  and  apart 
from  the  maintenance  of  his  own  castle  was  exempt  from  rendering 
military  service,  and  was  further  immune  from  interference  on  the  part 
of  the  king's  officers.  He  exercised  considerable  control  over  the  river 
Tyne  and  its  fisheries,  had  power  to  exact  toll  on  all  imported  mer- 
chandise landed  at  North  Shields,  and  in  the  fifteenth  century  conducted 

*  Several  coins,  from  the  Herd  sand  have  lately  come  into  the  editor's  hands : 
(1)  a  very  fine  denarius  of  Marcus  Aurelius,  reading  on  obv.  AVIIKLIVS  CAKSAU  AVG  PII 
F  cos  with  young  curly  head  to  right,  and  rev.  PI  ETAS  AVG  with  sacrificial  instruments  ; 
(1)  a  London  groat  of  Edward  ill  ;  and  (3)  two  Edinburgh  groats  of  David  II  (V),  one 
with  flat-ended-cross  mint-mark. 


Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Neivc.,  3  ser.iv. 


To  face  page  225 


FROM  YORK. 


FKOM  BBKMKNIUM   (HIGH    ROCHESTER). 

PERFORATED    BRONXE    ORNAMENTS    OF   ROMAN    DATE. 
(See  opposite  page). 


225 

a  large  export  trade  in  fish,  salt,  and  coal.  The  site  was  occupied 
during  Anglian  times,  of  which  period  there  are  several  sculptured 
stones  in  the  Blackgate  museum.  There  were  also  considerable  remains 
of  the  Norman  church  constructed  as  the  result  of  negotiations  between 
the  Norman  earl  Robert  de  Mowbray  and  Paul,  abbot  of  St.  Albans, 
wherein  the  earl  agreed  to  make  suitable  endowment,  and  the  abbot 
consented  to  send  monks  from  St.  Albans  to  Tynemouth.  It  was  to 
be  remarked  that  the  transference  of  the  body  of  the  saintly  king  Oswin 
from  the  Saxon  to  the  Norman  church  was  performed  on  the  day  of 
St.  Oswin's  passion,  20  August,  1110,  exactly  eight  centuries  ago. 
Until  the  winter  of  1904-5  the  visible  extent  of  the  Norman  church 
comprised  fragments  of  the  existing  nave,  central  tower,  and  the  west 
side  of  the  transepts.  The  recovery  of  the  remainder  of  the  plan, 
embracing  the  choir  and  the  eastern  apses  of  the  transepts,  was  the 
result  of  excavations  conducted  under  the  supervision  of  Mr.  Knowles. 
The  plan  revealed  consisted  of  an  apsidal  quire,  with  apse  ambulatory 
and  three  radiating  chapels,  a  central  tower,  north  and  south  transepts, 
with  an  apsidal  chapel  on  the  east  side  of  each  arm,  and  a  nave  with 
aisles.  Mr.  Knowles  also  exhibited  drawings,  showing  a  conjectural 
bay  of  the  Norman  nave,  and  of  the  Early  English  choir,  constructed 
from  fragments  and  debris  on  the  site ;  the  site  of  various  buildings  long 
since  demolished,  including  one  of  the  monastic  precincts  indicating  the 
domestic  and  farm  buildings  and  the  usual  offices,  and  explained  the 
extent  of  the  fourteenth  century  work  incorporated  in  the  gatehouse 
or  castle. 

By  Professor  Haverfield,  F.S.A.  : — A  damaged  bronze  object  of  Roman 
date  from  the  York  museum,  having  an  eagle  in  the  centre,  and 
an  almost  wholly  destroyed  inscription  around ;  it  was  exhibited  in 
connexion  with  the  following  note : — 

Professor  Haverfield  read  a  short  note  on  some  pieces  of  Roman 
pierced  (or  filigree)  bronze  work  bearing  inscriptions,  and  illustrated  it  by 
lantern  slides,  photographs,  arid  an  example  from  the  York  museum, 
lent  for  the  purpose  by  the  authorities  of  that  museum.  He  pointed  out 
that  some  pieces  of  such  work  had  been  found  in  Northumberland — in 
particular,  a  roundel  with  an  eagle  encircled  by  an  inscription  COH  OPTIM' 
MAXIM-  (Lapid.  Sept.  no.  578/p.  303,  Corpus  Inscr.  Lat.  vn,  1290,  see 
lower  object  on  opposite  plate),  found^at  Bremenium,  a  somewhat  differ- 
ently shaped  piece  inscribed  OMNIA  vos  found  last  year  at  Corbridge, 
arid  perhaps  also  a  piece  bearing  the  letters  lovis  found  at  Bremenium — 
though  its  connexion  with  the  other  two  was  doubtful.  To  illustrate 
the  roundel  he  referred  to  a  practically  identical  roundel  found  at 
Silchester,  and  another,  probably  the  same  but  broken,  found  at  York 
(Ephem.  epigr.  vn,  1161).  The  latter  he  exhibited;  it  shews  the  eagle 
plainly,  but  of  the  lettering  retains  only  part  of  the  I  of  Optim  and  the 
first  M  of  Maxim  (see  opposite  plate),  while  as  a  parallel  to  Omnia  vos 
he  cited  examples  from  Yorkshire.  Other  instances  had  been  noted 
abroad.  He  exhibited  photographs  sent  him  by  professor  Bauinspektor 
Jacobi  of  the  Saalburg,  which  shewed  parallels  to  both  the  roundel 
and  the  other  work,  and  referred  to  other  examples,  all  found  on  the 
German  Limes.  The  use  of  the  various  pieces  and  the  meaning  of  the 
inscriptions  were,  he  said,  still  uncertain.  Apparently  the  objects 
were  intended  to  be  sewn  on  leather — possibly  on  leather  belts.  He 
appealed  to  those  connected  with  museums  to  look  carefully  for  further 
specimens,  which  alone  could  clear  up  the  mystery  of  their  purpose. 


CORRECTION  : 

Page  213,  line  9,  for  'In  the  churchyard'  read  'In  Tweedmouth  churchyard.' 


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MISCELLANEA. 

In  the  Associated  Architectural  Societies'  Reports,  vn  (1863),  p.  61, 
from  an  article  by  M.  P.  Moore,  F.S.A.,  entitled  '  The  Family  of  Carre 
of  Sleaford,'  is  the  following  account  of  Hetton,  in  the  time  of  Charles  i, 
from  the  old  Carre  rentals  at  Sleaford.  Mr.  W.  Brown,  F.S.A.,  has 
kindly  sent  the  extract : — • 

'  HETTON,  Northumberland,  is  a  manner,  lyes  about  7  or  8  miles  from 
Scotland ;  the  chiefe  House  is  a  Tower  of  stone,  and  3  stories  high.  Ye  Lord- 
ship is  entire,  without  any  freeholder  in  it.  *  *  In  ye  time  of  yr  grandfather, 
and  in  ye  rayne  of  ye  late  Q.  Elizabeth,  there  were  besides  the  Mannor  House 
6  or  7  messuages,  ye  tenants  whereof  were  bound  continually  to  keep  everie 
man  a  good  nag.  and  upon  everie  outcry  to  be  ready  armed  with  a  jacke.  and  a 
salleit,  and  a  speard,  and  a  short  sword,  and  a  case  of  pisstolls,  to  joyne  with  their 
Countreymen  in  ye  rescuing  of  their  goods,  and  resisting  of  ye  Scotts,  when  they 
made  any  iuroades,  andsometimes,  notwithstanding  all  they  could  doe,  their  goods 
were  driven  into  Scotland  per  force  :  in  which  regard  there  was  reason  ye  tenants 
should  have  their  farms  at  reasonable  rates,  and  then  indeede  ye  whole  rent  of 
Hetton  was  no  more  than  \bl.  per  annum.  But  after  ye  coming  in  of  King  James, 
who  presently  settled  a  firme  peace  in  ye  borders  of  both  his  kingdoms,  there  might 
have  been  a  good  improvement  made,  because  they,  then  lived,  and  still  doe, 
in  as  great  security  as  we  in  Lincolnshire,  which  Mr.  Wm.  Carre  perceiveing. 
hasted  to  Asworbie,  and  made  suite  to  yr  late  worthy  uncle,  Mr.  Kobt.  Carre, 
for  a  new  lease.  *  *  Accordingly  he  holds  all  at  16£.  per  aim. ;  whereof 
he  deducts  20s.  for  ye  bringing  of  ye  rents,  as  in  yr  grandfather's  time ;  and  so 
you  have  but  15£.,  which  is  paid  by  one  Glendower,  a  drover  of  their  countrey, 
that  comes  yearly  into  these  parts.' 

Lord  Bristol  is  the  representative  of  these  Carrs. 


Notes  from  Dr.  Burman's  collection  of  deeds,  etc.  (continued  from 
page  2 11):— 

Bond  of  4  Aug.,  2  Chas.  i  [1626],  to  John  Claxtoii,  eldest  son  and 
heir  apparent  of  John  Claxton  of  Nettlesworth,  co.  Durham,  miles 
to  John  Conyers  of  Horden,  in  co.  Durham  ar.,  for  100Z.  for  perform- 
ance of  covenants  in  a  pair  of  indentures  of  even  date,  made  between 
John  Claxton  &  Jane  his  wife  &  John  Conyers.  Clement  Ogle  and 
Thomas  Claxton  are  amongst  the  attesting  witnesses. 

PELTON,    CO.    DURHAM. 

Deed  of  2  May,  21  Jas.  i  [1623],  by  which  John  Parker  of  Pelton, 
in  the  County  of  Durham,  yeoman  &  Anne  his  wife,  Henry  Brunton 
of  the  town  &  co.  of  Newcastle-upon-Tyne,  joiner,  &  Margaret  his 
wife,  and  Barbara  Sparrowe  of  the  said  town  &  county,  spinster,  granted 
to  Robert  Kirkehowse  of  the  said  town  &  co.,  cordiner,  their  lands, 
messuages  and  tenements,  situate  within  the  Towne  fields,  territories, 
&c.,  of  Pelton  To  hold  to  the  said  Robert  Kirkehouse.  Signed  and 
sealed  (seal  gone)  by  John  Parker,  Ann  his  wife,  Henry  Brunton, 
Margaret  his  wife,  and  Barbara  Sparrowe  ;  seisin  attested  by  Thos. 
Parker,  ffrancis  Ord,  and  others. 

ELWICK,    CO.    DURHAM. 

Indenture  of  9  May,  9  Chas.  i  [1634],  whereby  Mathewe  Herrisori 
of  Elwick  in  the  County  of  Durham,  youngest  son  of  William  Herresori, 
of  Elwick,  yeoman,  granted  to  Herreson  &  Mary  his  wife  a  cottage 
in  Elwick  in  Herreson's  occupation  at  the  ancient  rent  of  2-9.  9d.  and 
an  acre  of  ground  in  Elwick  west  cornfield,  adjoining  upon  another 
acre  of  ground  in  the  possession  of  Lucke  Swalwel  on  the  east,  the 
high  street  leading  to  broad  mires  on  the  south,  and  upon  another 
acre  of  ground  in  the  possession  of  James  Cornar  on  the  west,  and  the 


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parson's  ground  on  the  north,  &  also  three  pasture  gates  in  the  moore 
close  litle  whellowe  moore  '  freere  Crooke  Loaninge  &  night  close  in 
Elwick.  Signed  by  Mathewe  Herrison,  and  sealed  in  the  presence  of 
Nicholas  Hall,  Willm  Sheraton,  John  Corning. 

EVENWOOD,    CO.    DURHAM. 

Indenture  of  1  Aug.,  1634,  whereby  Gorge  Downes  of  Wadley, 
in  the  parish  of  '  Wilton  vpon  Weare,'  gentleman,  and  Ann  his  wife, 
and  Lambton  Downes,  gentleman,  his  son  &  heir  apparent,  granted 
to  William  Key  of  St.  Hellen  Auckland,  yeoman,  a  messuags  on  the 
west  side  of  Evenwood,  occupied  by  Henry  Viccars  &  also  a  close 
known  as  the  Westfeild  in  Evenwood,  occupied  by  the  same  and 
Henry  Threlkeld  &  another  piece  of  land  in  Westfeild  of  about  5  acres, 
also  occupied  by  Henry  Threlkeld  and  others,  '  together  also  with 
eight  pasture  gates  in  one  close  there  called  Evenwood  pasture,'  and 
also  all  that  close  called  '  Stirkfould,'  to  be  holden  of  the  chief  lords 
or  lords  of  the  fee  under  the  rents,  duties,  and  services  there  for  due 
and  accustomed.  Signed  by  '  George  Downes.'  seal  gone  ;  attested  by 
Bryan  Walker,  Isaack  Gilpin,  and  another. 


ALNWICK   MEETING   (page  189). 

The  following  are  additional  notes  relating  to  Alnwick  town,  castle, 
and  abbey  : — 

1398,  non.  Aug. — To  Henry,  earl  of  Northumberland.  Indult 
that  8  members  of  his  household  may,  while  engaged  in  his  service, 
take  the  fruits  of  their  benefices,  not  be  bound  meanwhile  to  reside, 
and  let  the  said  benefices  to  farm  to  clerks  or  laymen  by  periods  of 
3  years.  Concurrent  faculty  to  the  abbot  of  ALnwick.1 

1424,  non.  May. — To  Wm.  de  Alnewyck,  premonstratensian  canon 
of  St.  Mary's,  Alnwick.  Tndult  that  he  may  engage  in  study  in  a  lawful 
faculty  at  a  university  for  7  years,  with  licence  of  his  superior,  and  exer- 
cise all  scholastic  acts  ;  and  that  the  abbot  of  St.  Mary's  shall  be  bound  to 
make  provision  for  his  needs  according  to  the  resources  of  the  monastery  : 
with  grant  to  take  the  fruits  of  a  benefice  wont  to  be  governed  by 
canons  of  St.  Mary's,  whch  he  may  meanwhile  obtain,  as  if  resident  in 
such  benefice.8 

Edward  iv  issued  a  mandate  from  Durham  on  31  Dec,  1462,  to  the 
archbishop  of  York,  ordering  him  to  array  his  clergy  on  Newcastle  moor 
against  the  Scots.  The  Scots  were  about  to  cross  the  border  in  force 
to  raise  the  siege  of  Alnwick  castle,  in  which  the  Lancastrians,  with 
their  French  allies,  were  closely  beleaguered.  A  letter  of  like  import 
to  the  archbishop  was  sent  by  the  earl  of  Warwick.  The  castle  was 
relieved,  the  Yorkists  not  venturing  an  engagement,  in  January  1462-3. 3 

In  May,  1463. — Sir  Ralph  Grey  seized  Alnwick  castle  for  the  Lan- 
castrians. 

A  true  bill  was  found  against  Gilbert  Rowde  of  Alnwick,  clerk,  for 
saying  in  Alnwick  Church  on  ?  Sep,  1660,  '  the  Common  Prayer  booke 
imposed  and  intruded  upon  the  people  is  unlawfull  to  be  used,  and 
it  is  not  owned  by  God,  nor  hath  any  authority  out  of  the  wo»  d  'A  God.' 
He  was  a  Puritan  minister  who  had  charge  of  Alnwick  during  the 
Commonwealth,  and  was  ejected  at  the  Restoration.4 

i  Papal  Letters,  v,  p.  97.  2  Ibid.,  yir,  3C9. 

3  Mem.  of  Hexham  Priory  (44  Suit.  Soc.  publ.),  cvij  and  note. 

J)ep.from  York  Castle  (40  Suit.  Soc.  publ.),  55  &  n. 


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Robert  Lyndesey,  Durham  diocese,  was  ordained  priest  on*  14  June, 
1511,  by  John,  bishop  of  Negroport,  suffragan  to  the  archbishop  of 
York,  to  the  title  of  the  monastery  of  Alnwick,  by  letters  dimissory.5 

In  the  journal  of  John  Aston  he  states0  under  23  May,  1639,  '  being 
Ascension  day,  his  majestie  [Charles  i]  stayed  at  Newcastle  Castle  to 
receive  the  Communion,  and  in  the  afternoone  hee  came  to  Anwick, 
where  the  earle  of  Northumberland  hath  auncient  castle  and  a  great 
royalltie,  but  the  castle  was  two  ruinous  to  receve  the  king  ;  hee 
therefore  lodged  at  the  abbey,  Sir  Francis  Brandlin's,  and  Mr.  Henry 
Percy,  who  supplyed  the  earle's  stead,  lodged  in  the  castle,  and  had  a 
peculiar  command  given  him  (if  I  mistake  not)  of  300  horse  raised  by 
his  brother.'  The  editor  of  the  diary,  Mr.  Crawford  Hodgson,  in  a  note, 
refers  to  a  Journey  through  England  with  the  duke  of  Cumberland's 
army  in  1745  thus:  'After  I  had  fully  surveyed  these  ruins  [Alnwick 
castle]  by  walking  round  the  walls,  I  found  it  was  formerly  the  most 
strong  building  (both  as  to  a  castle  as  well  as  a  palace)  that  I  ever  saw. 
All  around  the  battlements  is  full  of  effigies,  which  the  weather  and 
great  length  of  time  has  now  quite  defaced.  The  grand  port,  or  gate- 
way, as  you  enter,  is  as  strong  as  any  I  have  seen  in  Flanders,  with 
everything  belonging  to  modern  fortification.  In  the  garden  there 
remains  a  most  curious  and  plentiful  fountain  with  many  spouts  (which 
still  yield  water),  and  several  other  old  and  ingenious  contrivances 
amidst. a  great  many  vaulted  walls  now  in  ruins,  as  is  the  chapel.' 

'In  the  church  at  Anwick  I  could  not  but  wonder  that  the  painted 
frame  of  his  majestie's  arms  over  the  quire  doore,  beeing  for  noething 
considerable,  and  having  the  earle  of  Bedford's  armes  on  the  inside,  &c.'7 

Under  date  22  Oct.  17 17.  the  Rev.  John  Thomlinson  writes  in  his  diary: — 
'  Went  to  Alnwick — large  castle  kept  in  good  repair,  an  abbey  near  the 
town,  a  good  handsome  church — -but  a  very  dirty  town.'  On  28  Juty, 
1782,  Nicholas  Brown,  in  his  diary,  records  '  new  furniture  put  into 
the  church  and  chancel,  crimson  velvet  trimmed  with  gold  lace,  pulpit, 
reading  desk,  altar  table  and  the  duke  of  Northumberland's  seats  all 
at  the  expense  of  His  Grace.'8 

BBANXTON,    ETC.,    MEETING   (page  213). 

A  few  additional  notes  follow  : — 

The  sayd  banner  [banner  of  St.  Cuthbert]  was  at  the  wynning  of 
Brankston  feilde,  and  dyd  bring  home  with  it  the  kynge  of  Scottes 
banner,  and  dyvers  other  noble  men's  auncyentes  of  Scots,  and  that 
was  loste  that  day  :  and  did  sett  them  up  at  Sancte  Cuthbert's  Fereture, 
where  they  dyd  stande  and  hynge  unto  the  suppression  of  the  howsa.'9 
After  the  dissolution  the  wife,  Katherine,  of  the  '  devil  deans  '  of  Durham, 
William  Whittinghame  '  did  burne  and  consume  the  same  in  his  fire/1 
;  De  capellano  da  Cornelle,  pro  capella  ibidem,  6*.  Sd.  [tithes].2 

By  '  Le  Convenit  '  an  agreement  made  between  the  prior  and 
bishop  of  Durham,  the  former  had  Cornale  with  all  its  appurtenances 
looking  to  the  mother  church  of  Norham.  [8  kal  Oct.,  2d  Richard 
le  Poor  (1229).]* 

The  prior  of  Durham  complained  that  on  Monday,  after  the  feast 
of  St.  Michael,  in  1305,  the  bishop,  Walter  de  Roubyri  and  others, 
had  seized  the  prior's  corn  in  several  vills,  including  Cornehale,  though 
repeatedly  requested  they  did  not  appear  to  the  charge,  and  precepts 
were  issued  for  their  capture.4 

5  The  York  Pontif.  (61  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  366. 
6  North  Country  Diaries,  13  &  n.  ?  Ibid.,  15  &  n. 

8  Ibid.,  86,  243.  9  Rites  and  HI  on. 

1  Arch.  Ael.,  2  ser.,  II,  62,  65.  2  Feod.,  302.  3  Ibid.,  216. 

*  ftefj.  Pal.  Dun.,  IV,  33,  63, 


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PROCEEDINGS 

OF    THE 

SOCIETY    OF   ANTIQUARIES 

OF   NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. 
3    SER.,    VOL.    IV.  1910.  NO.    27 

A  country  meeting  of  the  society  was  held  on  Saturday,  the  twenty- 
seventh  day  of  August,  1910,  in 

LOWER  TEESDALE. 

About  twenty-seven  members  and  friands  assembled  at  the  north 
end  of  the  Darlington  railway  station  at  eleven  o'clock,  where  a  motor 
char-a-banc  and  a  motor  car  were  in  waiting  for  them.  Amongst  those 
present  were  Mr.  Edward  Wooler  and  Mr.  J.  E.  Hodgkin,  who  had  kindly 
consented  to  guide  the  party  during  the  day  ;  Mr.  R.  H.  Edleston, 
F.S.  A.,  and  Miss  Edleston,  of  Gainford ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  T.  Flagg  and 
the  Rev.  C.  E.  Adamson  (rector-designate  of  Houghton-le-Spring), 
Mrs.  and  Master  Adamson,  of  Westoe  ;  Mr.  S.  F.  Sainty  of  West  Hartle- 
pool ;  Mr.  J.  C.  Hodgson,  F.S. A.,  of  Alnwick  ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph 
Oswald,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  L.  Markham  and  Mrs.  Boucher,  Mr.  Parker 
Brewis,  F.S. A.,  and  Mr.  H.  Soden  Bird,  of  Newcastle  ;  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
John  Oxberry  of  Gateshead  ;  Mr.  H.  W.  Thorburn  of  Bishop  Auckland ; 
Miss  Blair  of  Charlton,  near  Banbury  :  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  Blair 
of  Harton. 

The  Rev.  J.  F.  Hodgson,  D.C.L.,  of  Witton-le-Wear,  who  had 
promised  to  describe  the  churches  visited,  unfortunately  could  not  be 
present  owing  to  the  uncertainty  of  the  weather.  Though  rain  fell 
early  in  the  morning,  the  day  was  very  pleasant  throughout  from 
leaving  Darlington  railway  station  to  returning  to  it.  The  wind, 
however,  at  times  blew  with  great  force. 

Guided  by  Mr.  Hodgkin,  members  proceeded  direct  to  the  interesting 
church  at  the  north  end  of  the  village  of 

CROFT, 

passing  at  Oxenhale,  on  the  east  side  of  the  road,  the  well- 
known  '  hell  kettles,'  four  circular  hollows  in  the  ground  from  three 
to  eight  yards  across,  filled  to  their  brims  with  water,  traditionally 
supposed  to  be  bottomless,  and  to  be  connected  by  an  under- 
ground channel  with  the  Tees.  They  are,  however,  from  fourteen  to 
twenty  feet  deep,  and  are  said  to  have  first  appeared  on  Christmas  day, 
1179.  Many  stories  are  told  of  them.  One  given  by  Leland1  is  that 
'  Mr.  doctor  Bellasis  told  him  that  a  dukke  marked  after  the  fascion 
of  dukkes  or  the  bishopricke  of  Duresme,  was  put  into  one  of  the  pooles 
called  Hoi  Ketelles,  betwixt  Darlington  and  Tesebank.  and  after  was 
found  at  [Croft]  bridge  upon  Tese  thereby,  wher  Gervalx  [Clervaux] 

1  Itinerary.  A  note  on  the  probable  origin  of  these  natural  phenomena  will  be 
found  in  Dr.  Manson's  Zig-zag  Ramblings. 

[Proc.  3  Ser.  iv,  33.  J 


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duellith,  and  that  bo  it  the  people  had  a  certain  conjecture  that  there 
was  specus  subter  betwixt  the  ij  places.'  The  pools,  however,  are  never 
influenced  in  their  levels  by  the  great  floods  which  so  frequently  cause 
the  Tees  to  overflow  its  banks. 

To  reach  the  church,  which  is  at  the  south  end  of  it,  the  strong 
ancient  bridge  of  seven  arches  was  crossed.  When  Lord  Harley 
(afterwards  the  second  earl  of  Oxford)  made  his  journey  to  the  north  of 
England  in  ]  724,  it  was  noted  that  '  the  bridge  had  need  to  be  very  strong, 
for  the  stream  of  the  Tees  is  here  very  rapid,  and  is  subject  to  violent 
and  very  sudden  floods.'3  On  17  Feb.  1753,  there  was  one  of  these 
floods,  the  water  in  the  Tees  'swelled  so  high  that  it  came  into  the 
turnpike  house  at  the  end  of  Croft  bridge  arid  forced  the  gatekeeper 
to  remain  on  the  bridge  all  night  ;  it  also  broke  down  some  cottage 
houses  at  Croft  and  Neasham.'3  By  will  of  20  April,  1559, 
'  George  Reyd,  parson  of  Dinsdaill.'  among  many  other  bequests, 
gave  '  to  the  mendynge  of  that  parte  of  Crofte  Brydge  which 
is  towardes  the  Busshopbrige  xs.'4  By  will  of  18  April,  1570, 
Anthony  Place  of  Dinsdale,  gave  to  the  '  Brigge  at  the  Towne  end  in 
Crofte  '  65.  Sd. ;  attached  to  the  will  is  a  long  inventory  of  his  goods. 6 
In  1571  there  was  a  levy  of  one  penny  in  the  pound  in  Durham  county 
by  order  of  the  justices  for  the  repair  of  the  bridge,  which  came  to 
317.  14d.6  On  23  Sep.  1597,  the  queen,  desiring  the  Scottish  prisoners 
to  be  kept  about  York,  the  archbishop  and  the  council  there,  were  to 
command  the  sheriff  to  be  ready  at  Croft  bridge  with  his  furnished 
men  to  receive  about  twenty  pledges  from  the  sheriff  of  the  bishopric 
*  on  2  Oct.  about  11  hours  in  the  forenoon  '  and  conduct  them  safely 
to  York  to  be  kept  by  the  archbishop  in  safe  custody  till  her  majesty's 
further  pleasure.? 

By  an  undated  charter,  Agnes,  wife  of  Ralph  Prenthut  of  Lumley' 
granted  to  the  monks  of  Finchale  three  roods  of  land  in  Croft  with 
other  land.8 

On  23  Aug,  1644,  a  warrant  was  issued  authorizing  '  Major  Hen. 
Lilburne  and  Capt.  Thos.  Lilburne  to  send  several  parties  of  horse  of 
their  regiment,  to  Croft,  Yaram,  Neesham  and  Piercebrigg,  and  there 
to  stop  and  take  all  goods  and  chattels  of  any  delinquents  or  papists 
which  shall  happen  to  be  driven  or  carried  away  forth  of  this  country 
into  Yorkshire,  and  the  same  to  keep  safely  in  their  custody  until 
order  be  given  for  their  disposal.'5 

The  manor  and  mill  of  Croft  were  given  by  Aleyn,  earl  of  Richmond, 
to  whom  William  the  Conqueror  had  inter  alia  granted  them,  to  Sir, 
Hamond  Clervaux.  They  passed  through  his  descendants  in  the 
direct  line  to  Sir  William  Clervaux  (living  in  the  reign  of  Henry  vm), 
whose  heiress  and  daughter  Elizabeth  married  Christopher  Chaytor, 
by  whose  descendant  the  estates  are  now  held.1 

2  Portland  Papers,  vi  (Hist.  MSS.  Com  Rep.).  99 

3  North  Country  Diaries  (118  Hurt.  Soc.  publ.),  193.     On  2  Dec.  1355,  a  grant  was 
made  to  the  good  men  of  Croft,  of  pontage  for  six  years  to  repair  the  bridge  of  that 
town,  then  in  a  dangerous  state  by  a  great  flooding  of  the  river  —  Cal.  of  Pat.  Roll*, 
1354-56,  p,  329.     The  flood  of  1771  was  20  feet  high,  and  the  greatest  on  record. 
4  Eccl.  Proc.  of  Bishop  Barnes  (22  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  ciij 

s  Wills  and  Inv..  \  (4  .Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  314 

6  Cal.  of  Border  Papers,  II,  220  1  ibid.,  400 

8  The  Priory  of  Finchale  (6  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  113 

»  Royalist  Compositions  (116  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  6 

i  By  will  of  15  Aug  ,  1558,  Robert  Bennett,  priest,  and  prebendary  of  Durham,  gave 
a  silver  spoon,  with  an  acorn  in  the  head,  to  Mr.  Christopher  Chaytor.  This  Chaytor 
was  a  notary  public  in  Durham,  and  the  ancestor  of  the  Chuytors  of  Croft,  by  his  mar- 
riage with  the  heiress  of  dei-vanx.— Wills  and  Inv.,  i(4!iurt.  Soc.  publ.),  173&n  ;  17Gifcn. 

Leland  (Itin.,  iv,  167),  however,  says  that  'The  Baron  of  Hilton married  the  Heyie 

of  Clarevalx  by  Tese  ;  but  she  has  bene  long  married  and  hath  no  children.' 


231 

Croft  Spa,  was,  for  many  j~ears,  in  great  repute  as  a  summer  health 
resort  for  north  country  people.  It  was  equally  so  two  centuries  ago, 
as  in  the  Postman  of  23  July,  1713,  is  a  curious  advertisement,  8  inform- 
us  that  the  waters  cured  all  diseases. 

The  church  (with  others  visited  during  the  day)  situate  at  the  north 
end  of  the  village,  having  already  been  fully  described  in  these  Pro- 
ceedings on  the  occasion  of  the  last  visit,  members  are  referred  to  it.3 
It  is  built  chiefly  of  local  red  sandstone,  and  has  in  the  course  of  centuries 
been  much  altered  and  added  to.  '  The  chief  features  are  the  ex- 
ceptionally fine  early  geometrical  chancel,  and  the  fine  flat  panelled 
ceiling  bearing  the  arms  of  Clervaux.'4  Judging  from  the  remains 
found,  there  must  have  been  some  building  on  the  site  before  the 
Conquest.  Buried  in  the  stately  tomb  in  the  north  aisle  are  the 
remains  of  Richard  Clervaux  of  Croft,  escheator  of  Yorkshire  in  1419, 
who  was  knighted  by  Henry  vn,  and  died  in  1490.5 

Several  of  the  rectors  are  named  in  the  following  extracts  from 
various  sources  :  — 

On  2  non.  [4th]  April,  1248,  a  faculty  was  granted  by  the  pope  to 
the  abbot  of  St.  Mary's,  York,  to  confer  on  any  fit  person  the  church 
of  Croft,  which  the  late  Huguicio,  papal  sub-deacon  and  chaplain, 
obtained  from  the  monastery.0  On  30  July,  1313,  protection  was 
granted  for  one  year  to  Thomas  de  Langeford,  parson  of  the  church 
of  Croft.  On  6  Oct.  1315,  the  rector  is  witness  to  a  grant  of  John 
de  Britannia.  On  25  July,  1316,  he  again  received  protection 
for  one  year.7-  On  the  ides  [10th]  of  November,  1350,  John  de 
Aldfield,  the  rector,  obtained  an  indult  from  the  pope  to  choose  a 
confessor  who  should  give  him,  being  penitent,  plenary  remission  at  the 
hour  of  death.8  On  2  May,  1357,  a  pardon  was  granted  to  John  Go- 
mound  of  Byford,  the  parson,  outlawed  in  Yorkshire,  on  a  plea  of 
Richard  del  Feld,  to  render  an  account  at  the  time  he  was  receiver  ; 
he  surrendered  to  the  Flete  prison.9  Edward  de  Clifton,  rector,  is 
mentioned  in  the  will  of  Thomas  de  Dalby,  archdeacon  of  Richmond, 
of  21  May,  1400.  10  By  his  will  of  1  April,  1429,  '  Robert  Plays  '  of 
Egton,  left  to  the  rector  of  Croft  20s.  for  forgotten  tithes  ;  the  residue 
of  his  estate  he  bequeathed  to  his  wife  Katherine,  who  by  will  of  13 
Dec.  1461,  left  6s.  8d.  to  the  church.1  In  1724  on  the  occasion  of  the 
before  mentioned  visit  of  Lord  Harley  '  a  new  brick  parsonage  house' 
had  been  '  lately  built  by  the  present  incumbent  Mr.  Bell.'2  In 
1748,  Sir  Ralph  Milbank  of  Halnaby,  died  at  London,  aged  60, 
and  was  some  short  time  after  buried  with  much  funeral  pomp 
in  the  family  vault  in  Croft  church,'3  so  recorded  by  Thomas  Gill 
in  his  diary.4  He  also  mentions  the  death,  unmarried,  on  7  April, 
1778,  at  Croft,  of  Francis  Milbank,  the  rector,  after  a  lingering 
illness  ;  he  adds  'he  was  vinosus,  amator,  sic  jama 


2  Copied  in  Dr.  Walker's  Dinsdale  and  Croft  Waters,  104,  a  very  interesting  little 
book,  published  in  1856,  which  has  helped  materially  in  compiling  this  record  of  the 
day's  doings. 

3  2  ser.  IX,  51-70.    See  notes  of  commnnion  plate  and  bells,  p.  53 

4  Rev.  J.  F.  Hodgson  5  Test.  Ebor.,  n,  247 

6  Cal.  of  Papal  Reg.,  i,  254.    See  also  in,  370          ?  Cal.  of  Pat.  Rolls,  1313-17,  7,  360,  543 
s  Cal.  of  Papal  Reg.,  IV.,  370  9  Cal.  »f  Pat.  Rolls,  1354-1358,  530,  531 

io  Test  Ebor.,  in  (45  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  17 
1  Test.  Ebor.,  ir,  9,  lOn  2  Portland  Papers,  VI,  99 

3  The  Millbank  pew  and  chapel  are  in  the  north  aisle.    The  former  is  raised  up  on 
wooden  columns.     In  the  chapel  is  the  fine  fragment  (I7£in.  high,  ll^in.  wide  at  top, 
and  12in.  at  bottom)  of  a  pre-conquest  cross  shaft,  bearing  scroll  work  and  nondescript 
animals. 

i  A'orth  Country  Diaries,  170  &  Ibid.,  228  &  n 


The  following  are  the  names  of  a  few  natives  of  the  village  : — • 

On  28  Oct.  1310,  Adam  le  Tayllour  of  Croft,  was  pardoned  for 
the  death  of  John  atte  Louconton.0  On  8  March,  1315,  dom.  John 
de  Croft,  having  been  appointed  by  the  king,  the  abbey  of  St.  Albans 
being  vacant,  to  the  vicarage  of  Overconesclive,  the  bishop  issued  a 
commission  to  inquire  into  the  right  of  patronage.  On  the  28 
Sept.  following  the  presentation  was  revoked.7  On  11  kal.  Oct. 
[21  Sep.],  1342,  William,  son  of  Peter  de  Ukirby  was  ordained  sub- 
deacon  in  Durham  cathedral  church  to  the  title  of  five  marks  from 
John  Clervaux  of  Croft,  with  letters  dimissory  from  the  chapter 
of  York.*  On  6  kal.  April  [27th  March],  1344,  Wm.  Cort  of  Croft, 
was  ordained  deacon  by  letters  dimissory,  by  John,  bishop  of  Carlisle, 
for  the  bishop  of  Durham,  in  Durham  cathedral  church,  to  the  titlo 
of  five  marks  from  lands  and  tenements  of  Arnold  de  Croft  in  Croft.1* 

After  Mr.  Hodgkin  had  pointed  out  the  chief  objects  of  interest 
about  the  church,  the  cars  were  rejoined  and  the  road  across  Croft 
bridge  taken  to 

HTTRWORTH.1 

The  church  and  churchyard  stand  upon  a  bank  high  above  the  Tees. 
from  which  there  are  fine  views  up  and  down  the  river  and  of  the  country 
beyond  it.  The  structure  is  almost  entirely  modern,  having  been 
built  in  1871,  then  replacing  a  building  of  1831  ;  during  the  work  a 
fragment  of  a  pre-conquest  cross  shaft  with  a  key  pattern,  now  in 
Durham  chapter  library,  was  found.  The  only  ancient  features  appar- 
ently in  the  church  are  the  columns  and  caps,  some  octagonal,  others 
round,  of  the  nave.  There  are  two  medieval  effigies  in  recesses  at 
the  west  end  of  the  nave,  brought  from  the  site  of  Neasham 
nunnery  ;  these  effigies  evoked  much  interest.  The  more  perfect, 
of  sandstone,  is  a  member  of  the  Greystoke  family,  of  about  131(5  ; 
he  bears  a  shield  on  which  is  the  coat  of  arms  on  a  barry  of  eight  three 
chaplets  of  roses.  The  other  effigy,  of  which  the  legs  are  awanting.  is  of 
Frosterley  marble  ;  the  person  represented  bears  a  shield  with  arms 
— three  water  bougets  in  very  high  relief  on  a  fess  (see  illustration  of 
the  head  and  coat  of  arms,  on  opposite  plate)  and  probably  represents  a 
de  Roos ; 2  over  his  head  and  covering  tho  face  is  a  flat-topped  cylindrical 
helmet  with  eye-slits.  This  is  rather  an  unusual  feature,  as  generally 
the  head  rests  on  the  helmet.  In  Whitworth  churchyard  is  an  effigy 
wearing  a  similar  helmet.' 

The  communion  plate  and  bells  are  described  in  these  Proceeding*.'1 

On  8  Jan.  1312,  the  parish  chaplain  was  on  an  inquisition  relating 
to  Grendon  vicarage;  and  on  17  Oct.  1314.  the  vicar  was  on  another 
relative  to  the  chantry  in  Redmarshall  church.5 

John  de  Hurtheworth  was  appointed  in  1344  one  of  the  com- 
missioners for  Sadberge  for  the  array  and  levy  of  armed  men  to  resist 
the  Scottish  invasion,  and  the  sheriff  was  authorized  to  receive  prisoners 
committed  by  him ;  and  in  the  same  year  he  was  again  one  of  the 
commissioners  to  levy  the  amount  assessed  to  pay  the  Scots  during 
the  truce  ° 

6  Cal.  of  Pat.  Rolls,  1307-13,  362. 
7  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  iv,  121,  397, 127  8  Ibid.,  in,  120  o  Ibid.,  m,  154 

1  See  Proceedings,  2  ser.,  IX,  53 

2  Temp.  Henry  in,  Robert  de  Boos  married  Sibilla  de  Valoines,  and  their  daughter 
Joan  married  Robert  Dacre  of  Dacre  castle,  whose  family  were  patrons  of  Neasham 
abbey  / 

3  See  Arch.  Ael.,  2  ser.,  xx,  220,  228  ;  also  plate  XIV. 

*  2  ser.,  Ill,  287. 
5  Rcy.  Pal.  Dun.,  I,  125,  633.  c  Ibid.,  iv,  271,  276 


Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Newr,.,  3  ser.   iv. 


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CROFT   CHURCH,    SHEWING    TOWER   AND    PORCH    FROM    SOUTH. 


HURWORTH    CHURCH,  MIDDLETON    ST.  LAURENCE'S  CHURCH. 

Head,  &c.,  of  Effigy,  shewing  Coat  of  Arms  and  Helmet.  Medieval  Grave  Cover  in  Porch. 


(All  from  photographs  by  Mr   Joseph  Oswald.) 


233 

In  1431  Thomas  Orston,  the  rector,  was  a  witness  to  the  will  of 
Robert  Conyers  of  Sockburn.?  On  28  July,  1528,  the  king  (Hen.  vin) 
thanked  Wolsey  for  the  collation  of  the  prebend  of  Ripoii,  and  desired  him 
to  bestow  the  benefice  of  Hurworth,  in  his  gift,  '  by  reason  of  old  Mr. 
Tailboys,'  which  is  worth  24/.  a  year,  on  Croke,the  duke  of  Richmond's 
schoolmaster,  '  for  it  is  too  small  for  Wilson  or  any  other  of  his  chaplains. 
Croke  has  had  nothing,  and  does  very  good  service.'8 

By  his  will  of  28  Feb.  1583-4,  Richard  Walton  of  Durham  gave  to  his 
wife,  among  other  things,  the  rest  of  the  lease  of  Hurworth  for  ij  years 
next  coming.'  By  will  of  30  Nov,  1586,  Robert  Booth  of  Old  Durham, 
rave  his  brother  Richard  Booth  an  annuity  of  11.  out  of  his  Hur\\orth 
lands,  and  to  his  wife  Katherine  all  these  lands  during  her 
life,  and  then  to  his  brother  Richard.  Nicholas  Hilton,  parson  of 
Hurworth.  was  one  of  the  executors  to  the  will  of  John  Dent  of 
18  Sept,  1592;  Hilton  was  also  vicar  of  Sockburn.  By  his  will  of 
1 8  April,  1 596,  John  Franklin  of  Amerstone  gave  to  the  '  poore  of  the 
parishes  of  Hurworth-uppon-Tease  and  Elwick,  20s.  betwixt  them, 
and  to  his  godson,  John  Lodge  of  Nesham,  3*.  4<i.'8 

On  22  Aug.  1644,  a  warrant  was  issued  by  the  Durham  county 
commissioners  to  the  constables  of  Hurworth  where  Mr.  Thomson  was 
parson,  Dinsdale,  Mr.  John  Bland,  parson,  Middleton  St.  George  and 
Sockburn,  both  held  by  Mr.  Harrison,  to  warn  all  the  inhabitants 
who  pay  any  tithes  to  the  parsons  to  appear  before  the  commissioners 
at  Sadberge  on  23  Aug.  at  8  o'clock  a.m.,  where  they  intended  to  meet 
for  the  disposal  of  the  tithes.  On  the  23rd  it  was  reported  to  the 
parliamentary  commissioners  that  Lawson's  lands  in  Hurworth  then 
late  in  the  occupation  of  Jas.  Lawson,  an  infant,  decesaed,  had 
descended  to  two  co-heirs,  '  [blank]  Braithwaite  in  Westmorland  of 
full  age,  and  [blank]  Jennyson,  son  of  Mr.  Hen.  Jennyson.  The 
mother  of  James  Lawson  had  re -married  Philip  Dolman,  a  papist. 
The  lands  of  Matthew  Elwood  at  Hurworth,  a  papist,  were  worth  50Z. 
a  year.  Robt.  Wormeley  of  Hurworth,  a  papist,  was  seised  of  three 
oxgangs  of  land  in  Hurworth,  part  whereof  was  mortgaged  to  Sir  John 
Litsher  in  Yorkshire  and  part  to  Mr.  Thompson,  rector  of  Hurworth, 
At  tha  same  time  Richard  Graham  and  others  were  named  sequestrators 
to  seize  the  lands  of  Philip  Dolman,  he  being  a  delinquent,  and  of  Sir 
Fran.  Howard,  knight,  in  Hurworth,  Neasham,  or  elsewhere  within  the 
county,  and  also  those  of  Matt.  Elwood,  Robt.  Wormeley,  and  Wm. 
Waitinge,  papists.10  On  28  Feb.  1645,  Dolman's  lands  were  1st  to 
Leonard  Smyth,  and  others,  the  rents  being  151.  10,9. ;  and  the  lands 
of  Richard  Braithwaite,1 1  a  delinquent  and  papist,  and  of  Mr.  Jennyson, 
were  let  to  the  same  for  821.  I5f. 

On  29  Aug.  1650,  Edward  Briscoe,  and  another,  begged  to  compound 
for  Thomas  Braithwaite's1 2  estate  under  an  extent  to  them  for  a  debt 
of  500Z.  On  18  Nov.  1652,  the  estate  appeared  in  the  third  act  for  sale. 
In  1633,  Frances,  wife  of  Richard  Braithwaite,  having  died,  and  her 
moiety  of  the  Lawson  estates  having  passed  to  her  son,  Thomas  Braith- 
waite, he  on  4  March,  1653,  petitioned  to  compound  under  the  provisions 
of  the  Act. l  He  gave  his  estate  as  '  the  moiety  of  Nesham  abbey, 
worth  55L  a  year  ;  a  moiety  of  Hungerhill  with  lands,  etc.,  in  Hurworth 
worth  231.  Ss.  4d.  a  year  ;  a  moiety  of  Lawson's  lands  in  Hurworth 
worth  73Z.  3s.  4d.  a  year ;  and  a  moiety  of  Hindon,  in  Cockfield  parish, 
worth  11.  2s.  yearly.  On  2  August,  1653,  it  was  reported 'to  the  county 

7  Wills  anil  Inv.,  i,  82  8  Cal.  of  State  Pavers,  Hen.  vin,  iv,  ii,  1989 

3  Wills  and  Inv.,  n  (38  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  95,  207,  114n  10  Roy.  Compos.,  4,  6,  34 

11  For  portrait,  etc.,  of  Richard  Braithwaite,  from  an  old  engraving,  see  p.  237 

12  He  was  the  eldest  son  of  Richard  Braithwaite,  the  reputed  author  of  Drunken 
Barnaby.  1  Roy.  Compos.,  xxxiij 


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commissioners  that  though  he  held  in  fee  half  of  Nesham  abbey,  it 
was  out  of  repair,  but  not  fit  to  be  demolished,  and  tho  timber,  stone, 
glass,  iron,  and  lead  were  valued  at  30Z.,  arid  tha  site  with  the  materials 
cleared  off  at  1Z.  5s.  ;  the  repairs  would  cost  100Z.,  the  half  of  the  trees 
about  the  house  were  worth  21.  10s.,  of  land  and  cottages  (59Z.  19s.  5$d., 
and  other  parcels  of  land,  etc.,  in  Hurworth,  90Z.  8s.  id.  a  year.2 

On  16  Feb.  1653,  Wm.  Jenison,  the  owner  of  the  other  moiety  of 
Lawson's  lands,  petitioned  for  a  stay  of  all  proceedings  upon  a  third 
part  of  his  manor  of  Hurworth,  on  which  Chr.  Byerley  pretended  he 
had  a  rent  charge  and  had  made  distresses.  On  29  March  Jenison,  as 
his  mother's  heir,  begged  that  a  due  proportion  might  be  allowed  out 
of  the  sequestered  two-thirds  of  the  estate  towards  payment  of  the 
rent  charge.3  On  9  Nov.  1655,  there  is  a  certificate  of  a  survey  of  the 
estates  of  Jenison  and  Braithwaite,  made  on  10  July,  1651;  the  field 
names  mentioned  in  it  are  very  curious. 

On  13  Nov.  1644,  the  estates  of  Cuthbert  Appleby  at  Hurworth, 
and  of  Philip  Mallory  of  Morton,  clerk,  were  sequestrated  ;  and  on 
28  Feb.  1645,  let  to  John  Simpson  and  others.  In  1649,  the  former 
petitioned  that  as  he  had  been  in  arms  against  the  parliament  in  the 
first  war  and  adhered  to  the  enemy  in  the  last  war  and  had  never 
compounded,  he  desired  to  be  admitted  to  a  reasonable  fine  for  his 
delinquency  ;  he  described  his  estate  as  half  a  farm  in  Hurworth  in 
right  of  his  wife  worth  26Z.  13s.  4c?.  a  year;  the  fine  was  fixed  at  6(7. 
— a  sixth. 

On  4  March,  1 652,  the  county  committee  reported  that  John  Salvin 
of  Hurworth  having  refused  to  take  the  oath  of  abjuration  they  had 
sequestered  two-thirds  of  his  estate.  An  application  was  made  on 
behalf  of  his  children  and  creditors  for  an  allowance  of  a  deed  whereby 
the  messuage,  etc.,  were  demised  for  Baying  debts,  etc.  On  2  Dec. 
the  claim  of  the  trustees  was  allowed,  but  two-thirds  of  56?.  reserved 
to  John  Salvin  were  to  be  sequestered,  and  the  oath  of  abjuration 
tendered  to  such  of  his  children  claiming  benefit  as  were  of  age.  On 
the  same  day  the  sequestration  of  John  Hamilton,  a  Scotchman, 
minister  of  Hurworth,  appointed  in  1645,  was  reported  by  the  county 
committee.'  'He  was  in  arms  with  Charles  Stuart  and  taken  prisoner 
at  Worcester.'4 

In  1674,  1675,  and  1677,  proceedings  were  taken  against  William 
Jenison,  James  Jenison,  Ralph  Watynny  and  Dorothy  his  wife,  and 
others,  discovered  by  the  churchwardens  for  papists,  others  for  neglect- 
ing church,  being  pervorted  quakers,  for  swearing,  etc.* 

Cuthbert  Chambers  was  instituted  to  the  vicarage  in  1712.°  On 
13  Oct.  17^1,  the  rev.  John  Johnson,  a  prebendary  of  Durham,  and 
rector  of  Hurworth,  to  which  he  was  inducted  in  1714,  died,  aged  81. 
A  mural  tablet  to  his  memory  is  in  the  chancel  of  tho  church.7 

The  sums  collected  in  Hurworth  church  for  the  sufferers  in  the 
Great  Plague  of  London  were  in  Sep.  1665,  8s.  8d. ;  Oct,  2s.  Id.  4  bod. ; 
De".  2s.  5d.  3  bod.* 

Bishop  Chandler,  in  the  notes  of  a  visitation,  '  suppos'd  in  1730,' 
gives  100  families  in  Hurworth.  of  which  five  were  papists. 

2  Roy.  Compos.,  130  et  seq.  3  Hid.,  255  *  Ibid.,  22,  34,  231  &  n,  328 

r,  Dean  Qranmtle's  Letters,  II  (47  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  230 

6  Mem.  of  Ripon,  II,  304 

7  North  Country  Diaries,  210  &  n.  His  will  is  given  in  the  footnote.  He  bequeathed 
the  moiety  of  the  advowson  of  Hurworth  to  the  Rev.  John  Sharp,  vicar  of  Hartburn, 
and  another.  His  daughter  Dorothy  was  married  at  Hurworth  on  14  June,  1762.  to 
Mr.  Nicholson,  who  was  her  father's  curate  at  the  time  of  his  death  on  31  Jan.,  1772. 
She  died  at  Hurworth. 

8  Cosin's  Correspondence,  u  (557  Surt.  Soc,  publ.),  322,  324,  328,  329 


235 

Before  rejoining  the  cars  the  monument  of  William  Emerson,  the 
mathematician,  a  native  of  the  village,  was  visited.  It  is  situate  in  the 
churchyard  immediately  west  of  the  church  tower ;  both  in  Hurworth 
and  Neasham  are  many  examples  of  his  skill  in  dialling. 

Just  before  passing  through  the  village  of 

NEASHAM,9 

the  site  of  the  little  monastery  of  eight  Benedictine  nuns,  in  a  level 
grass  field  near  the  river,  now  occupied  by  the  modern  mansion,  was 
pointed  out.  In  addition  to  the  two  effigies  in  Hurworth  church 
(already  referred  to),  the  fine  cross  now  on  the  lawn  at  Middleton  Low 
hall  (seen  later  in  the  day),  and  a  slab  commemorating  one  of  the 
prioresses,  and  other  grave  slabs  in  Haughton  church  removed  from 
Neasham,  there  is  at  Middleton  Low  hall  a  fine  grave  cover,  and  in  the 
wall  of  Neasham  Bank -top  house,  there  is,  or  was,  a  piece  of  sculpture 
representing  the  Crucifixion  with  the  Virgin. 

The  nunnery  was  founded  by  a  Dacre,  baron  of  Greystoke,  and 
its  foundation  was  confirmed  by  a  charter  of  Henry  IT  [1154-1189]. 
Ralph  fitz  Ralph  confirmed  to  the  nuns  his  mother  Emma's  grant 
of  the  site  of  their  house  and  land.  His  son  William  confirmed 
this  charter  and  granted  a  toft  at  Scottun,  he  also  gave  the  nuns 
the  right  to  grind  at  his  manor  mill  without  multure.  Ralph 
fitz  William,  lord  of  Nesham,  gave  them  other  land  in  Nesham,  the 
grant  bearing  a  seal  of  barry  over  all  three  chaplets,  also  a  rent  of  one 
mark  out  of  his  mill  of  Neasham,  and  confirmed  to  the  nuns  their 
right  of  grinding  their  corn  without  multure. 

Temv.  Hugh  Pudsey,  bishop  of  Durham  (1153-1195)  Roger,  son  of 
Roger  de  Coiners  for  his  own  soul  and  that  of  his  wife  Maude  gave 
to  St.  Mary  of  Neasham  seventeen  acres  of  land  at  Bishopton.  The 
bishop  himself  also  gave  to  them  two  acres  of  land.  On  3  id.  [13th] 
May,  1249,  William  de  Clifford  was  instituted  to  the  church  of 
Wessington  by  the  archbishop  of  York,  the  see  of  Durham  being 
vacant  and  in  his  hands,  on  the  presentation  of  the  king  reserving 
to  the  nuns  of  Neasham  and  Newcastle  a  pension  of  ten  marks  each 
assigned  to  them  by  Richard,  formerly  bishop  of  Durham.2 

On  6  June,  1311,  the  bishop  directed  the  dean  of  Darlington  to 
reinstate  Agnes  de  Campioun,  a  nun  of  Neasham,  who  had  been  ejected 
without  reasonable  cause.3  On  27  May,  1313,  and  20  July,  according 
to  the  writs  the  prioress  of  Nesham  owed  to  the  king  25s.  4eL  and  the 
.nuns  17-"?.  9%d.  for  the  fifteenths  granted  to  him  by  the  clergy  in  his 
first  year.  In  the  return  to  one  of  the  writs  it  is  said  that  neither  the 
prioress  nor  nuns  had  any  ecclesiastical  goods.4 

On  27  Oct,  1313,  letters  dimissory  were  granted  to  Robert  called 
'  Laykcr  '  of  Neasham  to  receive  superior  orders  from  any  bishop, 
subject  to  him  showing  a  sufficient  title. 

Ralph,  son  of  William,  baron  of  Graystok,  being  struck  with  g'-eat 
aget,  about  the  foa?t  of  All  Saints  (1  Nov.),  1316,  slept  in  the  Lord  and 
was  buried  at  Neasham,  William,  his  son,  and  his  wife  Katherine,  died 
childless.  The  first  wife  of  the  latter  and  of  Lucy,  daughter  of  Lord 
de  Lucy,  was  buried  at  Neasham.6 

On   15  Oct,   1 345,  licence  was  given  by  the  bishop  of  Durham  to 

9  On  6  Sept.  1296,  the. king  pardoned  Laurence  le  Pistur  of  Barton,  for  the  death  of 
William,  son  of  Thomas  le  Provost  of  Neasham,  and  of  his  outlawry  for  it,  on  account 
of  his  services  in  the  Scotch  war.  —  Cal.  of  Pat.  Rolls,  1293-1301,  197. 

2  Archbishop  Gray's  R«g.  (56  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  105 

3  Reg.  J'al.  Dun.,  i,  33  4  Hid.,  II,  940,  961,  963 

5  jicwm.  Cart.  (66  Suit,  Soc.  publ.),  291,  29 


236 

William  de  Graystoke  to  alienate  parts  of  the  manors  of  Neasham,  etc., 
held  in  civile  of  the  bishop  and  to  Robert,  son  of  Ralph  de  Neville 
and  his  brother  to  take  the  surname  of  Graystoke.6 

Amongst  the  monasteries  visited  by  the  roll  bearers  with  the  Obituary 
Roll  of  priors  William  Ebchester  and  Burnby  [1446-1468J  was  that  of 
the  Blessed  Mary  of  Neasham  of  the  order  of  St.  Bernard.7 

On  25  Feb.  14  Henry  vn  [1499],  the  prioress,  by  letter  of  attorney, 
authorized  John  Wakarfeld  and  John  Borrell  to  receive  possession  of 
certain  land  according  to  the  charter  of  Richard  Conyers,  knight.8 

By  his  will  of  151(f  (proved  9  May,  1511)  John  Clervaux  left  6.9.  Sd. 
to  the  nuns  of  Nesam  to  pray  for  his  soul  and  for  the  souls  of  his  parents 
and  of  all  Christian  souls  for  sixteen  years.9  Richard  Clerke,  of 
Durham  diocese,  was  ordained  priest  on  14  June,  1511,  by  John, 
bishop  of  Negropont,  suffragan  to  the  archbishop  of  York,  to  the  title 
of  the  house  of  nuns  of  Neisham,  by  letters  dimissory.i  By  his  will 
of  5  Sep.  1515,  Thomas  Nawton  of  Eddylthorpe,  bequeathed  to  his 
'  Cosyn  Prioresse  of  Neisham,'  10s.,  and  directed  her  '  to  take  the 
issues  of  Nawton  ana  Nawtondaill  unto  the  time  that  she  have  receyvede 
xx ti  merkes  that  she  &  her  sisters  yerely  pray  for  my  soul!.'2 

In  1540,  Henry  the  eighth  granted  the  dissolved  monastery  to 
James  Lawson  of  Cramlington,  a  Newcastle  merchant  and  mayor  (1529 
and  1540)  who  had  in  1527  obtained  a  lease  of  considerable  property 
at  Nosham  from  his  sister  Joan  I.awson,  the  prioress,  nt  40,9.  rent. 
She  was  the  last  prioress,  and  surrendered  the  housa  to  the  king  on 
29  Dec,  1537,  when  the  monastery,  with  all  its  appurtenances,  etc., 
M  as  granted  for  a  monetary  Consideration  to  her  brother  as  before- 
mentioned  i"  1540.  By  her  v*.ill  of  ?  June,  1557,  she  directed  her  body 
to  be  buried  before  this  high  altar  '  withyn  the  qnyre  of  Hurworth 
church,'  and  she  gave  to  the  altar  a  vestment  of  black  velvet,  and  she 
directed  '  Sir  John  Fawcett,  prest,'  to  pray  and  sing  for  her  soul  '  for 
the  space  of  one  holle  yere  at  Hurworth  church,'  for  which  he  uas  to 
receive  6Z.  13.9.  4d.  She  made  several  small  bequests  to  relatives,  in- 
cluding her  lease  at  Cramlington,  and  to  every  one  of  her  '  god  barnes 
within  Hurworth  parish  xijd.'  Sir  Robert  Clerke,  priest,  is  one  of  the 
attesting  witnesses.  The  estate  descended  in  1644  to  two  co-heiresses, 
one  of  whom,  Frances  Lawson,  married  at  Hurworth  church,  Richard 
Braithwaito  of  Burnishead,  in  Westmorland,3  and  the  other  married 
William  Jenison  as  before  stated  (p.  233).  On  18  Sept.  1644,  Mr.  Braith- 
waite's  and  Mr.  Jenison's  lands  in  Nesam  were  worth  150?.  a  year.4 

By  his  will  (proved  1549)  Ralph  Surtees  of  Middleton  St.  George, 
gave  ]  Os.  to  '  Neessam  abbey  '  and  '  6  puderd  salmon  '  to  his  sister 
Killinghall.  The  date  is  lost,  but  the  will  must  have  been  made  before 
the  dissolution,  though  proved  after. 6 

By  his  will  of  I  May,  1580,  George  Lawson  of  Nesham,  son  of  the 
foregoing  James  Lawson,  gave  his  whole  lease,  etc.,  in  Swaynstcn  to 

6  Reg.  Pal  Dun.,  IV,  340-343 
7  Durh.  Obit.  Rolls  (31  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  32 

8  Ancient  Deeds,  B.  2736,  p.  330 
9  Test.  Ebor.,  v  (79  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  20 

i  The  York  Pontifical  (61  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  366  2  Test.  Ebor.,  V,  67 

3  The  Hurworth  registers  give  '  Mr.  Richard  Braithwayte  and  Mrs.  Frances  Lawson 
married  May  4th,  1617.'  Her  mother  was  a  Conyers  of  Sockburn,  hence  the  reference  to 
that  family  in  her  epitaph.  See  also  page  233.  In  Mr.  Tregaski's  secondhand  book 
catalogue  of  1*2  Sept.,  1910,  is  an  entry  of  a  rare  book  for  sale,  which  Mr.  Tregaski 
ascribes  to  Richard  Beaithwaite,  An  Epitome  of  All  the  Lords  of  the  Kings  of  France. 
From  Pharamond  the  first,  to  the  nmv  most  Christian  King  Lewis  the  thirteenth,  &c.,  &c, 
In  a  note,  the  bookseller  speaks  of  it  as  'a  rare  work  by  the  famous  creator  of  Drunken 


Barnaby,  which  has  not  been  sold  by  auction  in  London  for  many  years.' 
4  Royalist  Compositions,  30  5  Wills  and  Inventories,  I,  1 


133  <fe  n 


237 


his  nephew  Ralph  Lawson,  son  of  Henry  Lawson  of  Neasham,  subject 
to  certain  payments  to  his  sisters  and  nieces.  By  his  will  of  1  March, 
1581-2,  Richard  Hodehone  of  Newcastle,  alderman  and  merchant, 
and  mayor  in  1555,  1566  and  1580,  who  had  married  Isabel,  daughter  of 
this  James  Lawson,  gave  his  brother-in-law,  Henry  Lawson,  an  '  olde 
ryall  for  a  token,'  and  he  made  him  one  of  his  supervisors.  By  will 
of  30  March,  1587,  Margaret  Lamb,  widow  of  Robert  Lamb  of  New- 
castle, merchant,  gave  herj^son-in-law,  Richard  f  Adames,  and  her 


PORTRAIT    OF    RI:    BRAITHWAITE,  from  an  old  engraving  (see  p.  235). 

daughter  Isabel,  a  full  quarter  part  of  the  coal  mines  in  Gatoshead, 
which  her  husband  held  under  a  lease  from  the  queen,  'as  did  belonge 
to  the  chantrie  of  the  Virgin  Marie  in  Gatishede,  and  to  the  monasterie 
of  Nesame.'  By  his  will  of  12  Nov.  1598.  William  Hodshon  of  the 
manor  house,  Lanchester,  left  '  Jane,  Mr.  Henrye  Lawson's  youngest 
daughter,  of  Neasam,  10Z.  to  bye  her  a  nagge.'6 

In  the  seventeenth  century  the  manor  of  Neasham  belonged  to  the 
Dacres,  and  on  the  division  of  the  Dacro  estates  between  the  co-heiresses, 

G  Wills  and  Inv.,  Ii,ft22,  117,  118,  119n,  285 


\  Proc.  3  Ser.  iv,  34] 


238 

Lady  William  Howard  and  Lady  Arundel,  it  fell  to  the  former.  In 
Lord  William  Howard's  petition  to  queen  Elizabeth  in  1595  or  6,  it  then 
being  in  her  hands,  the  rent  of  the  manor  with  its  members  is  given  as 
32Z.  175.  ;  in  1611  it  is  given  as  36Z.  18s.  4<i."  According  to  a  rental  of 
18  Sept,  1644,  the  lands  in  Nesam,  belonging  to  Sir  Francis  Ho\v  ard,  kt., 
brought  in  a  total  of  229Z.  96.  4<7.1  On  28  Feb.  1645,  lands  in  Nesham, 
belonging  to  Sir  F.  Howard,  were  let  to  John  Steavenson,  and  others, 
for  172Z.  2s. 

On  23  Aug.  1647,  William  Waitinge  of  Neesham,  a  papist,  held  lands 
in  Neesham,  as  did  also  Laurence  Sayer  of  Worsall,  worth  20Z.  per 
annum.  2 

On  7  Nov.  1654,  Almond  Bedford,  a  merchant  of  London,  begged 
allowances  for  repairs  on  Neasham  estate,  purchased  from  Thomas 
Braithwaite  and  William  Jenison,3  the  manor  house  and  others  having 
become  ruinous  during  sequestration,  and  Hungerhill  farm-house  burnt. 
On  15  June,  1655,  Rowland  Place,  and  other  trustees  of  William 
Jenison's  will,  begged  discharge  of  estate  from  sequestration.3 

Bishop  Cosin,  or;  his  journey  to  London,  on  which  he  started  12  July, 
1667,  records  that  he  paid  6s.  at  Neasham  '  for  sope  when  the  coach 
first  fired.'4 

On  15  August,  6  Ed.  vi  [1553]  Neasham  mill  was  leased  for  27  years 
to  Anthony  Husband.5 

Then  the  pleasant  road  by  the  side  of  the  Tees,  with  its  overarching 
trees,  was  taken  to 

SOCKBURN,6 

where  there  is  a  comparatively  modern  house  standing  on  a  long 
narrow  piece  of  land,  in  a  fold  of  the  river  and  almost  surrounded  by 
it,  projecting  far  into  North  Yorkshire.  It  is  on  or  near  the  site  of  the 
ancient  manor  house  for  which  Conyers  received  the  licence  to  crenellate. 
It  now  belongs  to  Mr.  Arthur  E.  Blackett,  and  is  at  present  occupied 
by  Mr.  W.  H.  Williamson.  The  manor  was  held  by  the  tenure  of  present- 
ing a  falchion  to  the  bishop  of  Durham  on  his  first  entering  the  bishopric, 
by  the  lord  of  Sockburn  or  his  steward  in  the  middle  of  the  Tees, 
either  at  Neasham  ford  or  on  Croft  bridge,  but  this  has  fallen  into 
disuse  in  these  days  of  express  trains  and  such  like.  The  falchion 
with  which  Conyers  slew  '  the  monstrous,  venemous,  and  poysonous 
wyverori"  ask  or  worm,  which  overthrew  and  devoured  many  people 
in  fight,  and  the  scent  of  the  poyson  was  so  strong  that  no  person 
might  abide  it.'  was  formerly  kept  in  the  house  where  it  was  seen  by 
members  on  the  occasion  of  their  last  visit  on  12  June,  1899. 7  It  is 

7  Lord  William  Howard's  Household  Books,  328,  409,  414 

i  Royalist  Compot.,  30,  where  the  names  of  the  respective  tenants  are  given  with 
their  rents. 

2  Royal.  Compos.,  6,  34,  256 

3  William  Jenison  of  Neasham  abbey,  a  recusant,  sequestrated  but  not  discharged. — 
Roy.  Compos.,  66.  By  his  will,  dated  10  April,  1655,  he  desired  to  be  buried  in  Hur- 
worth  church  amongst  his  ancestors,  and  gave  Rowland  Place,  and  others,  trustees,  all 
his  estates,  etc.,  in  Neasham,  H  in-worth,  etc.  Certain  sums  had  to  be  paid  out  to  his 
four  children,  etc.  'Jhe  value  of  Neasham  abbey,  without  deductions,  was  701.  2s.  6«'., 
Hungerhill  25^.,  Hurworth  77J.  Ws.—Roy.  Compos.,  256 

*  Cosin' s  Corresp.,  n  (55  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  351  5  Ibid.,  380 

6  A  little  book,  A  Sketch  of  the  History  of. .  ..Xockburn,  by  Miss  Bertha  M.  Clegg,  a 
daughter  of  the  vicar,  has  just  been  published  by  William  Stairmand,  of  Darlington,  at 
6d.  per  copy.  It  is  worth  buying  as  a  record.  Miss  Olegg  has  also  published  at  Is.  The 
Socifburn  Book  of  Contributions  ;  in  this  the  inscriptions  on  the  brasses  are  given.  '1  he 
proceeds  of  the  sale  of  both  booklets  are  to  go  towards  the  fund  for  building  a  vicarage, 
which  is  much  needed 

7  SeeProc.,2ser.,ix,  61 


239 


now  at  Matfen,  the  Northumbrian  residence  of  the  lord  of  the  manor.8 
Bishop  Cosin,  on  22  Aug.  1661,  in  a  letter  to  archbishop  Bancroft, 
said  '  the  confluence  and  alacritia,  both  of  the  gentry,  clergie,  and 
other  people  was  very  greate,  and  at  my  first  entrance  through  the 
river  of  Tease  there  was  scarce  any  water  to  be  seene  for  the  multitude 
of  horse  and  men  that  filled  it,  when  the  sword  that  killed  the  dragon 
was  delivered  to  me  with  all  the  formality  of  trumpets  and  gunshots 
and  acclamations  that  might  be  made/2 

The  Early  English  church  of  All  Saints  at  Sockburn,  the  ruins  of 
which  stand  in  a  field  a  little  to  the  south  of  the  hall,  was  abandoned 
in  1838,  and  a  new  church — a  churchwardenesque  parallelogram — was 
built  on  the  opposite  bank  of  the  river  at  Girsby.  Of  the  ancient 
church  there  remain  the  east  end,  with  its  three  lancets,  the  chancel 
arch,  and  south  arcade.  The  fifteenth  century  north  ai.sle,  or  Conyers 
porch  so  name-:!  from  its  being  the  final  resting  place  of  that  family, 
having  on  its  floor  several  commemorative  brasses,1  °  was  restored  and  re- 
roofed  some  ten  years  ago  by  the  late  Sir  Edward  Blackett  At  that  time 
were  removed  to  it  the  fine  late  fourteenth  century  cross-legged  effigy 
of  Sir  John  Conyers,  with  his  feet  resting  on  a  nondescript  animal,1 


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(  From  an  etching  by  the  Rev.  James  Raine.) 

previously  preserved  in  the  entrance  hall  of  the  mansion,  and  some 
twenty-five  pre-Conquest  fragments — cross-shafts,  hog-backed  stones, 
etc. — collected  from  different  parts  of  the  ruins.  The  communion  vessels 

8  For  description  of  the  falchion,  with  plates,  by  Mr.  C.  C.  Hodges,  see  Arch.  Acl., 
2  ser.,  xv,  214.    The  late  Sir  Edward  Blackett  exhibited  the  weapon  at  a  meeting  of  the 
society  on  the  29  April,  1891,  for  which  see  Proc.,  2  ser.,  v,  42 
'Sockburn,  where  Conyers  so  trusty, 
A  huge  serpent  did  dish-up, 
That  had  else  eat  the  bish-up  ; 
But  now  his  old-falchion's  grown  rusty, 

Grown  rusty.' 

Is  an  'old'  rime,  said  to  have  been  invented  by  Surtees,  the  historian. — The  Denham 
Tracts,  i,  84. 

9  Bishop  Cosin's  Corresp.  ll  (55  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  21 

lo  For  a  full  description  of  the  Conyer's  brasses  by  the  late  Mr.  J.  G.  Waller,  F.S.  A., 
see  Arch.  Ael.,  2  ser.,  xv,  89.  See  Proc.,  '2  ser.,  iv,  132.  for  description  of  communion 
plate  and  bells.  For  account  of  last  visit  to  Sockburn,  see  the  Fame  volume. 

i  Leland  (Itin.,  1720  ed.  I,  71),  informs  us  that  '  in  the  Paroche  Chirch  of  Sokbourn 
is  the  Tumbe  of  Sir  John  Coniers  that  married  Elisabeth  Eldest  to  Broitiflcte,  Lord  S. 
John.'  Presumably  the  effigy  now  in  the  restored  north  transept  is  that  referred  to. 


240 

and  belts,  including  a  cup  of  1742  made  by  Isaac  Cookson,  are  described 
in  these  Proc.  (2  ser.,  iv,  132).     One  of  the  bells  is  medieval. 

In  an  arable  field,  west  of  the  ruined  church,  is  the  'grey  stone,' 
under  which  tradition  says  the  Sockburn  worm  was  buried.  It  appears 
to  be  a  water-  or  ice-borne  boulder,  about  three  or  four  feet  across. 

In  779  Higbald  was  consecrated  bishop  of  Linclisfarne  at  '  Socca 
birig.'2  On  \8  kal.  Sept.  [15  Aug.]  796,  immediately  after  the  death  of 
archbishop  Eanbald,  another  Eanbald,  a  priest  of  the  same  church 
(York),  was  elected  archbishop,  Ethelbert  and  Hygbald  and  Badulf,  the 
bishops,  being  present  at  his  ordination  in  the  monastery  called  '  Soch- 
asburg.'  In  797  the  same  Eanbald  accepted  the  pall  from  the  apostolic 
see,  and  was  solemnly  confirmed  archbishop  of  the  Northumbrian 
people  on  6  ides  [8th]  Sept.3 

The  new  church  at  Durham  was  finished  and  dedicated  by  bishop 
Aldhun,  and  St.  Cuthbert's  body  removed  to  it  in  988.  Amongst  gifts 
of  land  to  the  church  were  Bradbury  (Brydbyrig),  Mordun,  Sockburn 
(Socceburg),  and  Girsby  (Grisebi)  with  sac  and  soc.4 

Galfrid  de  Coinneres,  parson  of  Sockburn,  is  one  of  the  witnesses  to 
the  undated  grant  of  the  vill  of  Wudeshend  by  Matthew  de  Lr.mley 
to  Uchtred,  son  of  Uchtred  de  Wudeshende.a 

Roger  Conyers  of  Sockburn,  gave  the  churches  of  Sockburn  and 
Bishopton  to  Sherburn  hospital.  He  it  was  who  made  the  fortalice 
at  Bishopton  in  which  he  defended  himself  against  William  Cumin, 
who  had  usurped  the  bishopric  of  Durham  in  1140.t! 

On  16  kal.  Nov.  [17  Oct.]  1237,  Wm.  de  Bereford  was  instituted  to 
the  church  of  Sockburn  sede  vacante  by  the  archbishop  of  York  on 
the  presentation  of  John  de  Coygners.7 

In  1289  a  final  concord  was  come  to  between  John  de  Coyners  and 
Robert  de  Coyners  concerning  the  manor  of  Gryseby  and  a  carucato 
of  land  with  its  appurtenances  in  Dytmessale,  by  which  Robert  conceded 
to  John  the  manor  of  Fyningham,  in  Suffolk,  with  the  advowson  of  the 
church  there,  John  holding  the  manor  of  Gryseby  and  half  a  carucate  of 
the  said  land,  viz.,  two  bovates  which  Richard,  son  of  Ulf,  held,  and  a 
bovate  which  Richard,  son  of  Reginald  held,  and  a  bovate  which  Hugh 
Middleton  held  ;  and  he  also  quitclaimed  all  rights  he  had  in  the  manor  of 
Sockburn  and  other  places,  and  also  a  carucate  of  land  in  Dytmessalo.5 

On  18  March,  1313,  Rabanus  de  Jar',  the  vicar,  was  named  on  an 
inquisition  relating  to  the  vicarage  of  Aycliffe  which  was  vacant  ;  and 
on  8  Dec.  1315,  he  was  called  upon  to  account  to  the  executors  of  bishop 
Antony  Bek  for  209/.  11s.  and  an  obol,  which  he  held  at  the  time  of 
the  bishop's  death.8 

Dame  Elizabeth  Conyers,  late  wife  of  Sir  John  Conyers  of  Sockburn, 
died  in  1395;  her  will  was  proved  1  May,  1402.-1  By  will  of  18  April, 
1431,  Robert  Conyers  of  Sockburn,  after  directing  his  body  to  be  buried 
in  his  parish  church  of  All  Saints  at  Sockburn,  left  four  pounds  of  wax 
to  be  burnt  about  his  body  on  the  day  of  his  sepulture  ;  to  the  high 
altar,  3«.  4d.  ;  to  the  church  a  cloak  of  silk  to  make  a  vestment,  other 
bequests  of  rings,  etc.  ;  to  the  chaplain  at  his  obsequies  12^.  ;  and  8d. 
to  another  priest.  He  gave  all  the  chattels  in  his  camera  to  his  son 

2  Florence  of  Worcester,  I,  59  ;  Leland  (Coll.  n,  279)  says  the  consecration  took  place 
n801 

8  Sim.  Dun.  (Rolls  ed.),  n,  58  ;  51  Surt.  Soc.  pub!.,  I,  34 
*  Sim.  Dun.  (Rolls  ed.),  I,  82;  51  Surt.  Soc.  publ.,  i,  151 

5  The  Priory  of  Finchale  (6  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  77 
6  The  Priory  of  Hexham,  i  (44  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  143  &  n 

7  Archbishop  Gray's  Register  (56  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  79 

8  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  n,  886  »  Ibid.,  I,  324  ;  n,  1102 

i  Teat.  Ebor.,  l  (4  Suit.  Soc.  publ.),  294 


Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Newc.,  3  ser.  iv. 


To  face  page  240 


EAST  END    AND   CHANCEL  ARCH   FROM   INSIDE. 

(Prom  a  photograph  by  Mr.  J.  E.  Hodgkin.) 


KAST    END   FROM    OUTSIDE. 

(From  a  photograph  by  Mr.  Joseph  Oswald.) 
RUINS   OP   SOCKBURN   CHURCH,    CO.    DURHAM. 


Christopher  (afterwards  Sir  Christopher  of  Sockburn,  who  died  in  1467). 
Thomas  Orston,  rector  of  Hurworth,  was  one  of  the  witnesses.2  By 
will  of  17  Oct.  1476.  Henry  Eure  of  Old  Malton,  bequeathed  a  ring 
for  remembrance  to  William  Conyers  of  Sockburn,  '  to  pray  for  my 
sail/  and  he  appointed  Sir  Christopher  Conyers  of  Sockburn,  his  brother 
in-law,  one  of  his  supervisors.3  On  10  June,  1432,  pope  Eugenius  TV 
granted  a  dispensation  to  Christopher,  son  of  Robert  Conyers,  to  marry 
Margery,  daughter  of  Sir  William  Eure,  as  they  were  related  in  the 
third  degree.  They  were  married  on  2  Feb.  1 433,  by  Thomas  Hebbeden, 
dean  of  Auckland,  in  Witton  castle  chapel.4  By  will  of  22  June,  1483, 
Christopher  Conyers,  rector  of  Rudby,  left  to  the  convent  of  Neseham 
5«.,  and  made  several  bequests  to  the  Conyers  family  of  Sockburn, 
amongst  them  66<s.  8d.  with  a  bed  and  its  furnishings  and  other  things, 
to  Margery  Conysrs  (whose  brass  is  amongst  those  in  Sockburn  church) ; 
to  Christopher  Conyers,  his  godson,  the  son  and  heir  of  William  Conyers, 
6«.  8d.  Mr.  Surtees  of  Dinsdale,  married  the  aunt  of  Christopher  Conyers. 
On  21  Nov.  1487,  a  licence  was  granted  to  Thomas  Braithwaite,  vicar- 
choral  of  the  stall  of  Monkton,  to  marry  Christopher  Conyers  of 
Sockburn,  and  Anne  Markenfield  of  par.  Ripon,  in  the  chapel 
within  the  manor-house  at  Markenfield.5  By  his  will  of  8  April, 
1497,  Sir  Thomas  Markynfeld  gave  to  Thomas  Conyers,  his  grand- 
son, and  son  and  heir  of  Christopher  Conyers,  '  late  deide,'5  10 
marks.  His  mother  was  Ann  Markenfield,  who  married  Christopher 
Conyers  in  1487.  He  also  gave  his  sister  Johan  ten  marks.0 
By  will  of  31  Oct,  1519,  Bryan  Palmes  of  Naburn,  directed  that  his 
wife  (who  was  sister  of  Sir  Thomas  Conyers,  who  owed  him  100  marks) 
should  have  '  all  such  plaite  as  I  hadde  with  hir  and  all  such  stuffe  of 
householde  as  came  from  Sokburne  over  and  above  hir  porcion  of  my 
goodes.'7  By  will  of  13  July,  1566,  Sir  George  Conyers  of  Sockburn 
and  Harperley,  gave  the  profits,  etc.,  of  his  lands  and  tenements  in 
Girsby,  Dinsdale,  Sockburn,  etc.,  and  manors,  etc.,  in  trust  to  descend 
to  his  son  John  Conyers,  subject  to  payments  to  his  daughters.8  By 
his  will  of  8  April,  1579,  Sir  Francis  Trollope,  vicar  of  Sockburn, 
after  directing  his  body  to  be  buried  in  the  quire  of  Sockburn  church, 
gave  '  to  the  making  of  Girsbie  Cawsey  '  so  the  same  be  made  within 
seven  years  after  his  death,  20s.  ;  to  the  [poor]  of  Sockburn  parish,  20*. 
to  be  distributed  the  day  of  his  burial.  He  gave  to  Sockburn  *  the  ij 
toomes  of  the  paraphrasis  of  Erasmus.  And  bothe  the  toomes  of  homelies, 
the  articles  and  [blank]  Jewelles  cachechisme  and  all  the  books  of  posthils  ' 
that  he  had.  He  gave  the  residue  to  Mr.  John  Conyers,  son  and  heir 
of  the  right  worshipful  Mr.  John  Conyers  of  Sockburn,  whom  he  made 
his  executor.9  By  will  of  4  June,  1593,  Thomas  Radcliffe  gave  Tobie 
Mathew,  dean  of  Durham,  '  one  oldo  riall  '  and  he  made  Mr.  John 
Conyers  of  Sockburn,  one  of  his  executors.1 

At  a  general  chapter  held  in  Auckland  St.  Andrew  church  on  28 
Jan.  1579,  Francis  Trowlop,  vicar  of  Sockburn,  was  reported  to  be 
infirm,  as  was  also  Edward  Conyers,  curate  of  Longnewton.2 

On  23  Aug,  1644,  it  was  stated  to  the  County  Committee  that  the 
tithes  of  Sockburn  were  impropriate  to  '  Shirburne  '  Hospital,  the  corn 
tithes  being  leased  to  Dr.  Bathurst,  at  a  rent  of  151.  16s.  8d.,  payable 

•2  Wills  and  Inv.,  I  (2  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  80.    See  page  184  for  will  of  Christopher, 
brother  of  Sir  Guthberb  Conyers  of  Sockburn 

3  Test.  Ebor.,  ill  (45  Surt.  Soc. publ.),  222  *  Ibid.,  225n,  327 

5  Ibid  ,111,  287,  S52  6  Ibid.,  iv  (53  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  125  &  n 

7  Test.  Ebor.,  v  (79  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  108 
?  Willts  and  Inv.,  in  (112  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  34  &  n  9  Ibid.,  I,  426 

i  Wills  and  Inv.,  n  (38  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  239 
2  Eccl.  Proc.  of  Bishop  Barnes  (22  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  95 


242 

to  the  master  and  brethren  at  St.  Cuthbert's  day  in  harvest,  and  St. 
Cuthbert's  day  in  Lent.3 

Collections  were  made  in  the  church  in  1665,  towards  the  sufferers 
from  the  Great  Plague,  in  Aug.  Is.,  Sept.  the  same,  and  on  4  Oct, 
Is.  6d.4 

In  17 11,  at  the  archdeacon's  court,  complaints  were  made  that  the 
church  was  so  ruinous  that  it  was  infested  with  owls,  that  John  Flint 
ground  corn  on  Sundays,  that  R.  Johnson  sowed  sedition  and  profaned 
the  sabbath,  etc.5 

The  cars  were  again  taken,  and  the  party  very  soon  reached 

DINSDAI.E, 

the  residence  for  many  generations  of  the  Surtees  family.  In  the 
approach  to  it,  in  a  field  to  the  north  or  left  hand  side  of  the  road,  were 
noted  numerous  earthworks,  evidence  of  early  occupation,  and  a  little 
to  the  east  of  them,  the  picturesque  manor  house,  surrounded  by  a  deep 
moat,  on  tha  site,  doubtless,  of  a  more  ancient  house,. 

On  reaching  the  virtually  rebuilt  (in  1875)  church  of  St.  John  the 
Baptist,  members  were  kindly  welcomed  by  the  Rev.  E.  H.  Greatorex, 
the  vicar,  and  Mrs.  Greatorex.  After  first  walking  round  the  building, 
which  the  late  professsor  Freeman  insisted  was  the  proper  course,  noting 
on  the  way  the  fragment  about  three  feet  high  of  a  pre-Conquest  cross, 
with  inter-lacings  standing  on  its  square  base  in  its  original  position 
in  the  churchyard  by  the  side  of  the  path,  a  little  to  the  west  of  the  tower, 
and  a  large  stone  coffin,  some  seven  feet  long,  having  on  it  a  cross 
of  simple  and  early  form ;  the  church  was  entered,  when  Mr. 
Hodgkin  described  the  chief  features  of  it.6  Built  into  the  porch 
walls  are  some  fragments  of  pre-Conquest  crosses,  and  on  its  west  side 
a  fine  floriated  grave  cover,  bearing  the  name  of  Goselynus  Surteys. 
In  the  church,  near  the  pulpit,  is  a  hog-backed  stone  set  on  end.  In 
the  south  aisle  there  is  a  double  piscina  with  tref oiled  head,  and  standing 
on  the  floor  beside  it  a  very  rude  early  Norman — or  may  be  earlier — 
font  now  out  of  use.  In  one  of  the  spandrils  of  the  south  aisle  arcade, 
is  the  framed  brass  of  Mary  Wyvill,  a  benefactor  to  the  church  and 
parish.  The  registers,  which  begin  in  1556,  were  very  kindly  placed 
on  the  table  in  the  vestry  by  the  vicar :  they  have  been  printed  by  the 
society  ;  the  entries  of  the  earliest  volume  are  on  paper,  a  very  unusual 
circumstance,  the  injunction  to  have  the  entries  copied  on  parch- 
ment not  having  been  obeyed  as  in  most  other  cases.  The  communion 
plate  was  also  shewn;  amongst  it  is  a  fine  Elizabethan  cup  of  1571, 
with  the  usual  floral  band,  and  a  cover  for  use  as  a  paten.  All  the 
pieces  have  been  before  described  in  these  Proceedings.9  St.  Mary's 
chantry  in  the  church,  temp.  Edward  vi,  was  worth  4s,8 

Before  quitting  the  church  thanks  were  voted  to  Mr.  Greatorex 
for  his  courtesy,  and  then  members  availed  themselves  of  the  kindly 
permission  of  Mr.  Surtees,  its  owner,  to  visit  the  old  manor  house. 
The  numerous  small  objects  discovered  by  the  late  Rev.  Scott  Surtees. 
on  the  site  of  the  gateway  tower  and  in  the  moat  surrounding  the  house 
were  shown.  There  was  noted  the  renaissance  woodwork  in  the  hall  and 
elsewhere,  chiefly  from  Bristol  cathedral,  removed  during  one  of  the  many 

3  Ron,  CoinpoK.  (118  Suvt.  Soc.  publ.),  6 
4  Bishop  Cosin's  Corresp.,  ir,  324,  329 
5  Neashain,  North  Covntry  Sketches,  128 

7  See  also  Proc.,  2  ser.,  IX,  53,  for  a  full  account  of  the  church  by  Dr.  Eastwood  ; 
besides  extracts  relating  to  the  church  and  parish,  to  which  these  that  follow  are  merely 
a  supplement. 

8  2  ser.,  in,  -282  9  Ecd.  Proc.  of  Bishop  Barnes,  6 


243 

'  restorations,'  and  secured  by  the  father  of  Mr.  Scott  Surtees,  who 
was  a  canon  of  Bristol,  and  set  up  at  Dinsdale  ;  amongst  the  fragments 
are  some  fine  Corinthian  columns,  which  were  much  admired,  part,  it 
is  said,  of  the  organ  gallery.  Hutchinson  (Durham  in,  174)  states  that 
'  the  gateway  was  of  late  years  standing,  with  the  arms  of  that  family 
[Surtees J  sculptured  on  the  pediment.'  The  late  Mr.  Scott  Surtees 
excavated  the  site  of  this  gateway,  now  many  years  ago,  but  as  it  was 
under  the  carriage  drive  to  the  house,  the  hole  was  filled  in  again. 
The  building  was  found  to  be  of  fine  ashlar  masonry,  and  apparently 
of  Perpendicular  date.  There  was  a  newel  stairway  in  the  north  east 
corner,  square  in  plan  like  that  in  the  tower  of  Hamburgh  church, 
which  led  to  an  upper  storey. 

Before  leaving  thanks  were  voted  by  acclamation  to  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Surtees  for  allowing  members  the  run  of  the  house,  on  the  motion  of 
the  Rev.  C.  E.  Adamson. 

The  following  are  a  few  extracts  from  various  sources  concerning 
the  parish  church,  rectors,  etc.  . — 

On  ides  [13th]  Nov.  1289,  the  pope  empowered  Master  John  de 
Diteneshale,  an  acolyte  of  Durham  dioceso,  whose  ring  finger  of  the 
left  hand  had  been  shortened  when  a  child  by  the  unskilfulness  of  a 
surgeon  who  operated  on  it  for  a  chilblain,  to  be  ordained  and  hold 
a  benefice,  notwithstanding  this  defect.1 

On  8  Jan.  1312,  Thomas  de  Normanton,  rector  of  Dytensale,  was 
on  an  inquisition  relating  to  Grendon  vicarage.  On  22  Nov.  1426, 
Ranulph  Bird,  prebendary  of  Tockerington,  was  instituted  to  the 
vicarage  of  Dinsdale,  on  the  presentation  of  the  prior  and  convent  of 
Durham  ;  he  exchanged  it  on  25  April,  1431,  for  the  rectory  of  Leathley, 
co.  York,  which  he  held  for  two  years.2  On  17  Oct.  1314,  the  vicar 
was  on  an  inquisition  relative  to  the  chantry  in  Redmarshall  church. 3 

By  will  of  12  April,  1435.  Sir  Thomas  Surtees  of  Dinsdale,  wished  that 
the  rector  should  be  remunerated  for  forgotten  tithes  and  oblations,* 
according  to  the  discretion  of  his  executors.  Thomas,  his  son  and 
heir,  and  Henry  Tailboys  of  Hurworth  were  two  of  them.  By  his 
will  of  12  July,  1513,  Cuthbert  Place,  rector  of  Rudby.  bequeathed 
to  his  e  suster  Marjorie  Surtes '  who  was  the  wife  of  Thomas  Surtees 
of  Dinsdale,  '  the  pressour  the  which  I  dide  lend  hir  on  a  pleige.'6 
By  his  will  oi  20  April,  1559,  George  Reyd,  the  parson,  gave  10s.  to 
be  distributed  amongst  the  poor  of  Hurworth,  Neasham,  Middleton  one 
Row,  and  Middleton  George.  By  his  will  of  14  Feb.  1571-2.  Robert 
Clark  '  parsone  of  Dinsdale,'  gave  '  unto  the  poore  mans  box  of 
Dinsdaill  '  2s-.  He  made  his  '  speciall  frind  '  Mr.  Robert  Place, 
supervisor.6  At  the  visitation  of  4  Feb.  1578,  Thomas  Blaxton,  the 
rector,  and  the  parish  clerk,  and  George  Bell,  the  churchwarden,  were 
excommunicated  for  non-attendance. ' 

'  In  a  survey  of  a  rental  of  tenements,'  etc.,  belonging  to  the  cathedral 
church  of  Durham  in  1580,  there  occurs  the  sum  of  6s.  8d.,  being  a 
'  pension  '  from  the  rectory  of  DinsdrJr-,8 

By  will  of  5  Jan.  1586-7.  John  Blaykiston  of  Blaykiston,  gave  to 
his  son  William,  all  his  manors,  etc..  in  Dinsdale,  Longnewton,  etc., 
subject  to  the  payment  to  his  six  other  children  of  2QL  a  piece.  By  the 

1  Cal.  of  Pap.  Reg.,  n,  205 

2  Test.  Ebor.,  m,  283n  3  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  i,  623 

*  Test.  Ebor.,  n  (30  Suit.  Soc.  publ.),  45  5  Ibid.,  v,  43  &  n 

6  Wills  and  Inv.,  ill,  64 

7  Eccl.  Proc.  ofBitihop  Barnes,  ciij,  62 

8  Durham  Halmote  Rolls  (82  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  213 


244 

will  of  13  Aug.  1590,  of  Thomas  Blakeston,  'layt  par?on  of  Dyttynsall,' 
(he  had  been  appointed  to  it  in  1571)  numerous  sums  are  given,  amongst 
them  to  Mr.  Robert  Place  of  Dynsdale,  M.  6s.  8r7.  "By  will  of  18 
Sept.  1592,  John  Dent  of  Piercebridge,  gave  to  his  daughter-in-law, 
Anne  Dent,  who  was  a  daughter  of  Robert  Place,  his  '  bay  nagge.'1 

On  18  May,  1649,  an  information  was  laid  against  Rowland  Place  of 
Dinsdale,as  being  a  delinquent ;  as  in  1043  he  had  been  a  lieut.  colonel 
in  the  king's  army  under  the  duke  of  Newcastle.  On  23  Sept.  1651, 
Robert  Place  of  Dinsdale  petitioned  for  liberty  to  compound,  he  having 
adhered  unto  and  assisted  the  forces  against  the  parliament,  for  which 
his  estate  of  the  value  of  10Z.  only,  was  liable  to  sequestration  ,  he  was 
fined  1Z.  13s.  4d.  a  sixth.2 

On  13  Feb.  1651,  Thomas  Scroggs  claimed  a  rent  charge  of  121.  on 
Over  Dinsdale  from  James  Ayscough.  On  5  May,  1653.  Scroggs  was 
allowed  his  rent  charge  with  arrears  from  24  Dec,  1649.  On  30  June, 
1653,  Ayscough  was  seised  o''  a  messuage  in  Dinsdale  worth  80Z.  10s. 
yearly,  for  which  a  fine  at  two  sixth?  (349Z  13s.  4rf.)  was  levied,  this 
was  paid  the  next  day,  and  the  estate  discharged.  On  22  Aug.  1653, 
the  manor  of  Middleton-one-Row  having  been  bought  of  the  treason 
trustees  by  Gilbert  Crouch,  was  discharged  from  sequestration.3 

Bishop  Chandler,  in  his  visitation  notes  of  1736,  already  referred  to, 
gives  twenty  families  in  '  R.  Dinsdale,  wth  Middleton  ^hap.';  no  dis 
senters.' 

The  road  to  Neasham  was  then  re  traversed,  and  the  journey  con- 
tinued to 

M1DPLETON-ONE  BOW, 

to  the  modern  church  of  St.  Laurence.  On  the  way  the  cars  were 
stopped  at  a  point  where  the  Roman  road  from  Pounteys  bridge 
crosses  the  modern  road,  whila  some  of  the  party  inspected  the 
ancient  '  street,'  a  slightly  raised  mound  through  a  grass  field,  leading 
northwards  to  the  railway. 

The  only  objects  of  interest  in  the  church  are  a  small  pre-conquest 
sundial  divided  into  nine  parts,  its  gnomon  gone ;    and  two  medieval 
grave  covers,  one  of  them  of  elaborate  design    built  into  the  porch. 
All  three  were,  some  time  ago,  removed  from  the  old  church  of  Mid 
dleton  St.  George. 

f»*  From  the  church  some  of  the  members  went  on  foot  to  Tower-hill,  a 
modern  house  on  the  heights  overlooking  the  Tees,  from  which  there  is  a 
fine  view  of  the  two  reaches,  up  the  river  beyond  Dinsdale,  and  down  past 
Middleton  Low  Hall.  Behind  the  house  is  a  conical  mound,  moated 
all  round,  which,  no  doubt,  is  the  castellaririm  referred  to  in  the  extract 
given  hereafter.  It  is  on  the  east  side  of  the  Roman  road,  leading 
northwards  from  Pounteys  bridge  to  Sadberge. 

The  following  are  a  few  notes  relating  to  Pounteys  bridge  : —  '  • 1 
In  the  time  of  bishop  Hugh  Pudsey  J1153  1197]  Cecilia,  daughter  of 
Gilbert  de  Heworth,  granted  to  the  prior  and  convent  of  Durham 
half  of  the  vill  of  Woodham  with  its  appurtenances  for  the  sustentation 
of  a  chaplain  at  the  bridge  of  Tees  (ad  pontem  Tetiae)  for  the  salvation 
of  her  soul  and  the  souls  of  her  ancestors  and  heirs,  subject  to  half  a 
mark  rent.  The  heirs  of  Thomas  Nesbitt  and  Thomas  Surteys  held 
of  the  prior  of  Durham  in  soccage  certain  lands  next  Pounteys,  as 
appears  by  an  old  rental,  for  which  they  pay  2s.  a  year.  Walter  de 
Cadamo  gave  a  toft  and  croft  and  a  bo</ate  of  land  in  Hertburn  to  the 

1  Wills  and  Inv.,  II,  146,  201,  206  &  n 
2  Roy.  Compos.,  227,  309  3  ibid.,  107 


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fabric  of  the  bridge  of  Pounteys.  as  appears  by  his  charter,  for  v.-hich 
they  were  accustomed  to  pay  a  rent  of  Qs.  8d.  There  appears  in  the 
rental  a  note  that  Thomas  Surteys  paid  for  the  land  next  Pounteys, 
formerly  Thomas  Nesbitt's,  2*.  a  year.  On  Saturday,  after  the  feast 
of  the  Annunciation  [25  March]  15  bishop  Beaumont  [1332-3]  it  was 
found  on  an  inquisition  that  William  Sherewynd  held  a  bovate  of  land 
with  its  appurtenances  in  Herteburne  of  the  grift  of  the  ancestors  of 
Robert  do  Cadamo,  at  a  rent  to  the  fabric  of  Pountey*  (pontis  de 
Teijse)  and  to  its  guard,  of  half  a  mark  a  year;  and  that  William  had 
kept  the  rent  back  for  three  years,  by  which  William,  the  bailiff  of 
Dittensdale,  then  the  custodian  of  the  bridge,  had  suffered  injury 
to  the  extent  of  1(X<?.4  On  12  March,  1345,  the  bishop  granted  leave  to 
Sir  Thomas  Surtays  to  place  in  settlement,  amongst  the  rest,  two  parts 
of  a  bakehouse  (pistrina)  and  Pounteys  mill,  and  land  in  Sadbury,  etc., 
held  of  him  in  capife.^  According  to  the  inventory  of  the  prior  of 
Durham  of  1464  the  heirs  of  Thomas  Surtays  (T  Surteysse)  held  certain 
lands  at  Pountesse  (or  Poyntesse),  for  which  they  had  to  pay  2s.  a 
year,  but  had  not  paid  anything,  and  a  distraint  could  not  be  levied 
for  the  rent,  because  it  was  not  known  where  the  lands  lay.  Richard 
de  Super  Teysam  granted  to  God  and  St.  Cuthbert  all  the  land,  between 
the  way  [the  Roman  street]  which  stretches  from  '  Ponte  Teyse  ' 
towards  Sadberge  and  the  '  castellarium.'6 

In  1305,  died  Mr.  John  Ponteyse,  bishop  of  Winchester.7 

Members  then  were  driven  past  the  ancient  church  of 

MIDDLETON    .ST.    GEORGE, 

direct  to  Middleton  Low  Hall,  the  residence  of  Mr.  A.  J.  Rudd.  No 
halt  was  made  at  the  church,  as  the  chief  objects  of  interest  have,  as 
before  said,  been  removed  to  the  modern  church  of  St.  Laurence. 
There  are,  however,  frequent  references  to  it,  and  the  following  are  a 
few  extracts,  supplemental  to  those  which  have  already  appeared  in 
these  Proceedings,*  in  the  record  of  the  last  visit  of  members,  on 
12  June,  1899,  when  the  late  Rev.  C.  Jackson,  the  then  vicar,  read  a 
very  able  paper  on  the  history  of  the  church,  etc.  It  is  peculiar  in 
being  a  double  rectory.  The  communionyplate  is  described  in  these 
Proceedings  (2  ser.  iv,  136). 

In  1228  William  Bard  occurs  as  rector,  in  a  matter  between  the 
bishop  and  the  prior  of -Durham.1  On  kal.  Oct.  [17  Sept.],  1240,  the 
church  being  vacant  by  the  death  of  John  de  Midelton,  and  Roland 
Baard  having  presented  Nicholas  Briton  to  one  mediety,  and  Muriel 
and  Alice  Baard  having  presented  William,  the  chaplain,  to  the 
other,  the  archbishop  of  York  decreed  that  Nicholas  should  hold  his 
mediety  as  a  parsonage,  and  William  the  other  as  a  vicarage  bearing 
the  burdens.  At  the  cession  or  death  of  the  latter,  the  vicarage  to  be 
united  to  the  parsonage.  The  archbishop  instituted  both. 2  On  8  Jan. 
1312,  John  de  Cambe,  one  of  the  rectors,  was  on  an  inquisition  relative  to 
the  vicarage  of  Grendon  ,  and  on  2  kal.  May  [30  April],  1313,  he  was 
on  another  relative  to  Aycliffe  church.  On  15  Sept.,  1312,  tine  bishop 
of  Durham  confirmed  the  division  of  the  church  between  William  de 
London,  chaplain,  on  the  presentation  of  Ralph  Bart  to  one  portion, 
and  John  de  Cambe,  priest,  on  "the  presentationVofjJohnMe  Cambe, 

4  Feod.  Prior.  Dun.,  162n.,  47,  89,  47n  •"  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  iv,  313 

c>  Feod.  Prior.  Dun.,  150  &  n  ;  Hint.  Dun.  Scrip,  tres,  ccxcvij 

7  Lelaml,  Coll.,  270  8    <2  sev.,  ix,  65 

<  Feod.  Prior.  Dun.,  249  2  Archbishop  Gray's  Register,  87 


[  Proc.  3  Ser,  iv, 


246 

his  father,  to  the  other  portion.  On  17  Oct.  1314,  the  vicar  of  Middle- 
ton  St.  George  was  on  an  inquisition  relative  to  the  presentation  to 
a  chantry  in  Redmershill  church.3 

The  king,  on  25  May,  1345,  ordered  an  inquisition  to  be  made  as  to 
the  age  of  Rowland,  son  and  heir  of  Ralph  Bart,  who  was  born  at 
Middleton  St.  George  and  baptized  in  the  church  there,  and  to  the 
lands  and  tenements  coming  to  him.  It  was  found  that  he  was  of 
full  age.  and  that  half  of  the  manor  of  Middleton  St.  George  and  half 
of  the  church  pertained  to  him.4  On  pridie  kal.  Feb.  [13  Jan.]  1363, 
Ralph  de  Settrington  was  granted  by  the  pope,  a  benefice  in  the  gift 
of  the  bishop  or  prior  of  Durham,  though  he  had  the  church  of  St. 
George  and  prebend  of  Osmunderley,  value  together  121  5 

At  a  general  chapter  held  in  Heighington  church  on  23  July.  1578, 
the  task  was  utterly  neglected  by  James  Orpyn,  the  rector  ;  he 
was  present  at  that  held  on  28  Jan.  1579,  in  Auckland  St.  Andrew 
church. 6 

On  17  Sep.  1644,  the  half  tithe  of  Middleton  St.  George  and  Middleton 
[one  Row]  was  let  to  Thomas  Killinghall  for  a  year,  at  a  rent  of  101. ' 

In  Middleton  St..  George,  at  the  time  of  bishop  Chandler  s  visitation 
of  1736  there  were  41  families,  inc  aiding  one  a  quaker  ;  there  was  '  no 
return  '  from  Sockburn. 

The  following  are  odd  notes  of  the  Killinghalls,  and  others,  of 
Middleton  St.  George  : — 

Amongst  payments  made  by  the  prior  of  Finchale,  John  de  Tykhill, 
in  1365-6,  was  41.  3s.  4d.  to  Thomas  Kyllynghall  and  other  Oxford 
students.8 

On  30  June,  1520,  Sir  Henry  Thwaites  of  Lund,  bequeathed  to 
'  Ellen  Killyngale,  my  sustour,  xx  nobles.'  Probably  she  was  the  wife 
of  William  Killinghall. 9  By  will  of  16  Sept.,  1558,  Richard  Thadye 
of  Bruntoft,  forgave  John  Killinghall  of  Middleton  St.  George,  all  such 
debts  as  he  owed  him,  and  gave  to  his  children  40,9.  He  gave  to  Marma- 
duke  Surties  of  Middleton- one-Row,  5/.10  On  18  Aug.  1563,  Henry, 
earl  of  Westmorland,  by  his  will,  bequeathed  his  farmhold  called 
Carlebury,  to  Thomas,  son  of  Sir  Henry  Gascoigne,  after  the  expiration 
of  the  lease  for  life  to  John  Kyllinghall  of  Middleton  St.  George.  By 
his  will  of  12  Jan.  1592-3,  Thomas  Manners  of  Cheswick,  gave  40Z.  to 
his  daughter  Isabel,  '  to  be  paid  her  in  1596  '  :  she  became  the  wife  of 
Ralph  Killinghall,  captain  of  Berwick,  the  third  son  of  John  Killing  - 
hall  of  Middleton  St.  George.  By  will  of  15  Feb.  1592-3,  Sir  Henry 
Woddrington  of  Woddrington,  marshal  and  deputy  governor  of  Berwick, 
left  to  the  same  Ralph  Killinghall  '  nay  servant,'  20  marks.  By  his 
will  of  22  Jan.  1597  8.  Richard  Claxton  of  Croxdale,  gave  Mrs.  Anne 
Killinghall  a  gold  ring,  and  Thomas  Wickliffe  '  now  prisoner  in  Sadberg,' 
one  silver  spoon.1  On  2  Aug.  1636,  proceedings  were  taken  against 
Francis  Killinghall  of  Middleton  St.  George,  and  Margery  '  his  pretended 
*ife,'  for  a  clandestine  marriage.  On  10  July,  1638,  proceedings  were 
taken  against  William  Killinghall  and  others,  for  not  repairing  the 
churchyard  walls  of  Middleton  St.  George.2 

Of  the  people  having  lands  in  Middleton  St.  George  who  had  been 
in  arms  against  the  king  and  parliament,  was  Mr.  John  Killinghall. 

3  Reg.  Pal,  Dun.,  I,  125,  324,  II,  1167  ;    I,  633  <  Ibid.,  IV.,  365 

5  Cal.  of  Pap.  Reg.,  400  6  Eccl.  Proc.  of  Bishop  Barnes,  74,  95 

7  Hoy.  Compos.,  20  8  The  Priory  of  Finchale  (6  Hurt.  Soc.  publ. ),  XX 

s>  Teat.  Hbor.,\,  115  10  Wills  a nd  Inv. ,  I,  177 

i  Ibid.,  II,  3  &  n  ;  219  &  n ;  226  &  n  ;  in,  168 
2  Court  of  High  Comm.  at  Durham  (34  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  171,  193 


247 

Others  were  Mr.  James  Ascough,  a  papist,3  Michael  Pudsey  of  Picton, 
and  John  Sadler  and  Katheririe  Mainchforth,  widow,  papists.  Their 
estates  were,  on  23  Aug.  1644.  sequestrated.  On  the  same  date  the 
Iqnds  of  John  Killinghall  of  Middleton  St.  George  were  sequestrated. 
In  1645  he  compounded  with  Sir  Henry  Vane  and  the  County  Com- 
inittee  for  a  fine  of  60Z.  On  2  July,  1646,  he  compounded  again,  he 
having  borne  arms  against  the  parliament,  but  surrendered  in  Nov. 
1645.  He  was  fined  48Z.*  A  warrant  was  issued  on  the  17 
Sept.  to  let  the  lands  of  William  (?)  Killinghall,  Pudsey,  and 
Ascough  at  Middleton  St.  George  and  Middleton  one  Row,  and  to  sell 
the  goods  of  Killinghall  and  Ascough.  On  14  Sept.  1644,  the  Durham 
Parliamentary  Commissioners  issued  a  warrant  to  sell  James  Ascough's 
goods  at  Middleton  and  let  his  lands,  sequestered  to  the  state.  James 
Ayscough's  mother  was  Anne,  youngest  daughter  of  Thomas  Braith- 
waite  of  Neasham  abbey,  an  aunt  was  Alice,  who  married  John  Conyers 
of  Dinsdale.  The  manor  of  Middleton  one  Row  had  been  conveyed  to 
Christopher  and  Alan  Ascough  in  1612.*  On  28  Feb.  1645,  Capt. 
Michael  Pudsey's  farmhold  at  Middleton  St.  George  was  let  to  John 
Wethrell,  sen/and  jun.,  at  100  marks  rent.  On  18  Nov.  1652,  the 
estate  of  Michael  Pudsey  appeared  in  the  third  act  for  sale.  On  24 
Feb.  1653,  he  petitioned  for  leave  to  compound.  He  had  the  mansion 
house  of  Middleton  St.  George,  which,  with  the  lands,  was  valued  at 
119/.  lls.  5rf.  He  desired  an  allowance  of  29Z.  1,9.  a  year  for  5^  years 
for  a  lease  by  the  County  Committee  to  James  Salwyn,  and  a  *  rent 
resolute  '  of  3<<?.  6rf.,  and  an  allowance  of  2QL  issuing  for  ever  to  the 
free  school  of  Tiverton.  It  was  referred  to  the  County  Committee, 
and  on  1  March,  1653,  the  fine  was  fixed  at  656£.  5.s\,  and  on  6  June 
of  the  same  year  the  fine  was  paid  and  the  estate  discharged.6 

About  1674,  Off.  dom.  Francis  Killingal,  George  Hutchinson,  Jane, 
wife  of  Robt.  Seamer,  Thomas  Speed,  and  Mary,  his  wife,  papists, 
Thomas  Bedson,  churchwarden  in  1674,  for  not  appearing,  etc.,  etc.7 

On  arrival  at 

MIDDLETON   LOW    HALT, 

members  were  kindly  met  by  their  fellow  member,  Mr.  A.  J.  Rudd,  whose 
country  house  it  is,  and  his  sisters,  the  Misses  Rudd,  and  invited  to  wel- 
come tea,  which  was  served  in  the  conservatory  and  dining  room.  Of  old, 
the  house  was  the  residence  of  the  Killinghalls,  one  of  whom,  early  in  the 
eighteenth  century  added  to  it  the  present  briek  front.  Tn  Arch. 
Aeliana  (2  ser.,  n,  69-105)  is  a  paper  by  the  late  W.  H.  D.  Longstaffe 
dealing  with  the  tenure  of  Middleton  St.  George  and  an  '  account  of 
the  house  of  Killinghall.' 

The  party  first  examined  the  fine  thirteenth  century  cross  on 
the  lawn,  said  to  be  from  Neasham  abbey,  a  very  fine  medieval 
grave  cover  lying  near  it,  consisting  of  a  floriated  cross  of  eight 
radiations  enclosed  in  a  circle,  having  fleur-de-lis  ends  ;  at  one  side 
of  the  shaft  is  a  sword,  on  which  a  targe  or  roundel  is  superposed,  and 
at  the  other  a  book.  (The  thirteenth  century  cross  is  fully  described  in 
Arch.  Ael,  xvi,  45,  and  Proceedings,  2  ser.,  iv,  131,  and  v,  163).  The  lead 
spouts  of  the  hall,  dated  1721,  bear  the  initials  of  the  Killinghall  who 
refaced  the  house  with  red  brick  ;  there  are  also  at  the  back  of  it  a 
very  fine  lead  spout  and  tank  which  Mr.  Rudd  purchased  on  the  des- 

3  James  Ascoush  was  amongst  th*  royalists  included  in  the  third  measure  of  con- 
fiscation of  18  Nov.  1652.— Roy.  Compos.,  xxxiij,  65 

4  Roy.  Compos.,  260  &  n  3  Ibid.,  7,  19,  35,  10CA  n 

6  Ibid,.  311.     See  also  note  7  Dean  Granville,  u,  236 


248 

truetion  of  the  Friary  at  Yarm,  an  old  house  of  the  Mayes  f airily.8 
The  head  of  the  spout  bears  the  initals  TWM,  on  an  oval  with  two 
figures  as  supporters,  and  below,  the  year  1696  on  another  oval;  at 
intervals  down  the  spout  are  straps  which  fix  it  to  the  wall,  on  each 
strap  is  a  mask  between  two  fleurs-de-lis  ;  on  the  front  of  the  tank 
are  the  initials  A  H  and  the  year  1765  in  an  ornamental  moulding. 
The  fine  octagonal  pigeon-house,  also  of  red  brick,  in  a  field  between 
the  house  and  the  river,  having  between  1500  and  ~000  cells,  was  next 
visited.  It  has  a  curious  ladder  arrangement  for  access  to  the  cells ; 
a  movable  horizontal  bar  projects  from  a  wooden  polo  in  the  centre 
of  the  interior,  and  to  this  the  ladder  is  attached. 

Mr.  Rudd,  on  the  lawn,  read  a  few  notes  relating  to  the  history  of 
the  house,  and  then  tea  was  partaken  of. 

Before  leaving  for  Egglescliffe  the  Rev.  C.  E.  Adamson  moved  that 
the  hearty  thanks  of  members  be  given  to  Mr.  Rudd  and  his  sisters 
for  their  pleasant  hospitality  and  attention.  This  was  carried  by 
acclamation. 

Then  seats  were  resumed,  and  the  road  was  taken  past  first  Trafford 
hill  on  the  left,  and  then  the  quaint  little  hamlet,  on  the  right  hand 
side  of  the  road,  of 

AISLABY, 

where  the  brick  gate  piers  of  the  ancient  manor  house  still  stand. 
Judging  from  appearances,  it  does  not  look  as  if  the  old  prophecy  that 
'  when  Yarm  sinks  and  Egglescliffe  swims,  Aislaby  will  be  a  market 
town,'  would  ever  be  fulfilled.5* 

On  20  Dec.  1313,  the  bishop  of  Durham  confirmed  the  charter  of 
William  de  Aslakeby  to  Robert  de  Manneby,  chaplain,  of  lands 
in  Aslakeby  in  frank  almoign,  for  ecclesiastical  purposes,  freed 
from  all  secular  services,  to  celebrate  divine  service  for  ever  in  the 
chapel  of  the  blessed  Thomas  the  martyr,  within  the  manor  of  William 
de  Aslakeby,  etc.,  for  the  souls  of  William  and  Agnes  his  wife,  the 
bishops  of  Durham,  the  predecessors,  successors,  and  heirs  of  William, 
and  of  all  the  faithful  dead.  William,  011  the  death  of  Robert,  was 
to  appoint  fit  chaplains,  and  he  had  to  repair  the  chapel  and  provide 
the  necessary  books,  vestments,  and  ornaments,  and  wine,  bread, 
candles,  and  clerk  ;  and  he  had  also  to  allow  the  chaplain  to  grind 
his  corn  grown  on  the  land  at  his  mill  without  multure  ;  mortuaries 
and  great  and  small  tithes,  etc.,  were  reserved  to  the  mother  church  ; 
dom.  John  de  Coygners,  Robert  Gower,  kts.,  Nicholas  Surteys,  John 
de  Cambe,  Ralph  Bart,  William,  son  of  Henry  de  Aslakeby,  and  others, 
being  witnesses.1  On  2  non.  April,  1399,  John  de  Asklaby  and  Alice, 
his  wife,  received  an  indult  from  the  pope  for  a  portable  altar :  and  on 
kal.  May,  1401,  William  de  Aslaby,  a  clerk  of  the  diocese  of  Durham, 
received,  in  his  fourteenth  year,  a  dispensation  from  the  pope  to  hold 
any  benefice  with  cure,  even  if  a  parish  church  or  a  perpetual  vicarage, 
or  an  elective  dignity,  major  or  principal,  and  united  respectively, 
personatus,  administration  or  office,  with  or  without  cure,  in  a  metro- 

fi  John  Mayes,  a  Roman  catholic  non-juror,  was  possessed  in  1715  of  the  Friarage, 
now  the  property  of  the  Meynells.  into  whose  possession  it  came  about  the  end  of  the 
eighteenth  century.  Amongst  the  papists  convicted  in  1716  was  '  John  Mayes,  Esq.,  of 
the  Fryeridge  near  Yarme,'  John  Mayes  of  Yarme,  William  Bell  of  Girsby,  and  William 
Neshain  of  Upper  Dinsdale  (Hut.  MSS.  Comm.,  13  Rep.  App.,  vi,  179, 183).  John  Mayes 
of  the  Freerage  near  Yaram,  held  in  1715,  an  estate  in  Egglescliffe,  in  possession  of 
Thomas  Peirson,  worth  216Z.  13s.  annually.  He  and  Christopher  Hey  of  Egglescliff, 
whose  estate  was  worth  -21.  5s.,  are  included  in  Cosin's  List  of  Roman  Catholic  Con- 
jurors and  others,  u-ho  refused  to  take  th&oath  to  George  J  :  (Printed  by  J.  Kobinson,  1745, 
and  reprinted  186:2). 

o  The  Denham  Tracts,  I,  109  1  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  n,  1240 


Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Newc.,  3  ser.  iv. 


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FKONT  OF  HOUSE. 


CULVEU  HOt'SB. 

MIDDLETON    LOW    HALL. 
(From  photographs  by  Mrs.  K.  Blair  of  Harton.) 


249 

politan,  cathedral,  or  collegiate  church,  and  to  resign  it  for  exchange 
or  otherwise  aa  often  as  he  pleased,  and  to  hold  instead  a  similar  or 
dissimilar  benefice. 2 

On  23  Aug.  1644,  the  estate  of  Sir  Francis  Bowes  of  Newcastle, 
including  lands,  etc.,  in  Aseleby  worth  30Z.  a  year,  having  been  seques- 
trated by  parliament,  he  on  30  March,  1646,  petitioned  for  a  favourable 
composition  as  though  '  he  had  resided  in  the  king's  quarters  which  he 
could  not  avoid  by  reason  of  the  enemy  being  in  those  parts,'  yet  he 
had  '  rendered  '  himself  in  Oct.  1644,  to  Sir  William  Armyne,  kt.,  then 
a  parliament  commissioner,  and  had  since  conformed  to  all  ordinances 
of  parliament.  On  11  Dec.  1645,  lands,  etc.,  in  Traft'ord  hill,  then  late 
belonging  to  John  Witham,  a  papist  and  delinquent,  were  let  by  the 
parliament  committee  to  George  Heighington,  at  a  rent  of  140Z.,  51. 
being  allowed  for  repairing  the  west  end  of  the  house,  it  being  ruinous. 
Trafford  hill  was  let  to  the  same  and  others  at  133/.  6s.  Sd.  rent.  To 
the  same  and  to  his  son  Cuthbert,  lands,  etc.,  in  Aislaby,  then  '  late 
belonging  to  Sir  Francis  Bowes,  kt.,'  were  let  at  a  rent  of  2QI.  13#.  4d. 
At  the  same  time  the  property  of  Michael  Pemberton  of  Aislaby,  a 
delinquent,  was  sequestrated,  and  was  not  discharged.3 

On  18  May,  1649,  information  was  laid  against  the  last  named 
that  he  was  a  delinquent.  On  23  June  it  was  reported  that  in  1643 
he  had  been  a  major  under  the  earl  of  Newcastle  ;  he  admitted  the 
facts,  but  as  he  came  within  the  time  limited  by  parliament  he  hoped 
not  to  be  further  questioned.  On  the  same  day  information  was  laid 
against  Christopher  Hall  of  Hartburn  as  a  delinquent,  he  having  in  1642 
sent  a  horse  into  Col.  Errington's  troop.  Then  on  18  March,  1650, 
the  people  owing  money  to  Hall  were  cited  to  appear  before  the  parlia- 
mentary committee,  he  having  made  compacts  with  his  debtors  to  con- 
ceal his  estate.  It  was  suggested  that  Hall's  lands  at  Aislaby  should  be 
seized  by  the  state.  A  commission  was  granted  to  examine  witnesses 
to  discover  Hall's  estate,  to  take  proceedings  against  Oswald  and  others 
who  had  paid  debts  to  Margt.  Pinkney  pretending  them  to  be  hers,  to 
require  Hall  to  produce  his  bonds,  etc.,  and  to  require  certain  people  to 
give  evidence.  On  1  July,  1651,  Lancelot  Pinkney  petitioned  the  parlia- 
mentary committee  that  Margt.  Pinkney  had  a  rent  charge  out  of  certain 
properties,  including  321.  a  year  granted  by  Lawrence  Sayer  out  of  his 
lands  in  Egglescliffe  and  Aislaby  which  she  received  until  the  lands  were 
sequestered  for  Sayor's  delinquency.  The  petition  was  referred  to  the 
County  Committee.  On  24  July,  1653,  Preston  manor  and  lands  in 
Egglescliffe  and  Aislaby  forfeited  by  Sayer  and  bought  of  the  treason 
trustees  by  Gibb  and  others  were  discharged  from  sequestration.4 

The  cars  were  left  at  the  church  gates  at 

EGGLESCLIFFE. 

The  manor  house  remains  and  there  is  on  the  village  green  the  base 
of  the  cross. 

On  11  Jan.  1340,  the  bishop  granted  a  pardon  to  William  de  Westwyk 
of  Middleton-on-Tees,  for  the  death  of  an  unknown  man  in  the  field  of 
Eggiscliff,  011  Thursday,  on  the  feast  of  St.  Mary  Magdalene.5  On  18 
May,  1344,  the  bishop  licensed  the  settlement  of  the  manors  of  Eggis- 
cliff  and  Aslakby  with  appurtenances,  held  of  him  in  capite,  upon  John, 
son  of  William  de  Aslakby,  kt.,  etc.  fn  the  time  of  Charles  T.  the 
manor  was  the  property  of  Captain  John  Garnett,  a  very  prominent 
man,  a  delinquent,  who  sold  it  to  Dr.  Thomas  Wood,  bishop  of  Lich 

2  Cal.  of  Papal  Reg.,  iv,  223,  381  3  Royal.  Compos.,  35,  38,  67 

*  Hoy.  Compos.,  227,  228.     See  also  225  for  more  particulars  of  Hall's  estate. 

s  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  in,  250 ;  iv,  278 


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field,  and  since  then  it  has  often  changed  hands.  By  his  will  of  6 
Feb.  1674,  Captain  Garnett  left  501.  to  the  poor  of  Egglescliffe. 

On  16  Aug.  1644  the  lands  in  '  Eggsuliff  '  owned  by  Mr.  Garnett  were 
seized  and  let  by  the  parliamentary  commissioners  at  a  rent  of  501.  10s. 
The  different  closes  bore  the  names  of  '  the  Quid  Crooke,'  and  '  Well- 
bancks,'  '  Sweatmans,'  '  the  Milne  hall,'  '  Benfield  and  Heyclose,'  '  the 
Old  Crops,'  '  the  Lowfield,'  '  the  Close  end,'  and  '  Shoulder  breakneck.' 
The  water-mill,  windmill,  and  horse-mill  were  also  let  at  Qs.  a  week, 
all  repairs  to  be  allowed  out  of  the  rent,  Mrs.  Garnett  receiving  a  part  of 
her  own  and  brother  and  sister's  annuities.  On  the  18th  they  were 
sequestrated  for  the  part  their  owner  took  in  the  fight  between  Charles 
i.  and  his  parliament.  On  26  Feb.  1645,  his  lands  were  let  to  William 
Garnett  and  another  for  551.  1O.  a  year.  He  was  in  arms  as  an  officer 
in  Scarbro'  castle,  and  having  returned  to  the  county  in  1645  after 
that  castle  had  surrendered  he  conformed  to  the  ordinances  of  parlia- 
ment, but  was  prevented  from  compounding  sooner  by  a  hurt  he  had 
received  at  the  castle.  He  returned  his  estate  as  the  manor  of  Eggles- 
cliife,  worth  90£.  a  year,  and  a  cottage  in  '  Yarrom,'  but  craved  allow- 
ances of  certain  rents  and  annuities.  On  30  March,  1647,  he  was  fined 
a  tenth,  142L  On  4  May,  1649,  he  paid  half  the  fine  and  gave  security 
for  the  lest,  when  the  sequestration  was  suspended.  On  12  Feb. 
1650.  the  fines  were  paid  and  the  estate  discharged.6 

On  23  Aug.  1044,  the  estates  of  other  delinquents,  in  Eggscliff, 
etc.,  were  sequestered,  and  also  two  parts  of  the  estates  of  Wytham 
of  Cliff e,  a  papist,  in  the  same  place.  On  28  Feb  1645,  were  let  to  John 
Taylerson,  the  '  Banks  '  and  '  Banks  close,'  belonging  to  Mr.  Lawrence 
Sayer,  at  a  rent  of  51. 7 

There  are  many  records  of  people  who  hav  e  taken  their  names  from 
the  place  apparently,  among  them  are  the  following  : — • 

On  20  Aug.  1  295,  complaint  was  made  against  John  do  Coygners, 
Robert,  son  of  William  de  Eggesclyve,  and  others,  for  assaulting  a 
servant  of  John  de  Lythgreynes.  On  28  Jan.  1297.  a  safe  conduct 
was  granted  by  the  king  to  John  de  Eggesclyve  and  another,  of  the 
order  of  Preacher?,  going  to  their  general  chapter  at  Venice.8 

On  2  non  [6th]  Oct.  1311,  frater  John  de  Eggesclive  was  the  pope's 
penitentiary. 9 

On  12  June,  1312,  the  bishop  of  Durham  granted  a  toft  and  croft 
and  seventeen  acres  of  land  in  Greenwell,  which  mag.  John  de  Insula 
held,  to  Alexander  de  Eggesclyve  at  a  rent  of  7.9.  IQd.  On  28  Oct. 
1312,  Thomas  de  Eggesclive  was  one  of  the  witnesses  to  a  covenant 
between  the  bishop  and  Sir  Thomas  Gray  ;  and  on  12  June,  1313, 
he  was  witness  to  a  grant  of  waste  lands  in  '  Le  Flaskes,'  to  Sir  William 
de  Auford.1  On  28  Dec.  1315,  John  de  Eure  and  John  le  Coyngnier* 
of  Sokbiirn,  were  amongst  those  complained  against  by  William  de 
Aslagby  for  going  to  his  manor  at  Thymelby.  co.  York,  breaking 
his  doors  and  gates,  throwing  down  his  stone  walls,  and  entering 
his  manor  and  abducting  Cassandra  and  Juliana,  daughters  and 
heiresses  of  John  de  Esrlescliff,  declared  minors,  in  his  custody, 
whose  marriages  belonged  to  him  because  John  de  Eglescliff  held 
his  land  from  him  by  knight's  service  ;  and  carried  away  his  goods 
found  in  the  manor.  a  On  23  Dec.  1335,  William  de  Egglesclyve  was 

f  Roy.  Compos.,  212,  a  biography  of  him  is  given  in  a  note.     He  appears  to  have 
been  of  great  service  to  Mrs.  Kasire  during  her  husband,  the  rector's,  exile. 

7  Royal.  Compos,,  7,  35  8  Cal.  of  Pat.  Rolls,  1292-1301,  163,  231 

»  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  I,  79  1  Ibid.,  n,  1165,  1170,  1216 

a  Cal.  of  Pat.  Rolls,  1313-1317,  425 


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ordained  sub-deacon  in  Durham  cathedral  church,  to  the  title  of  five 
marks  from  William  de  Egglesclyve  in  Slavele  :  and  he  received  letters 
of  orders  from  the  bishop  of  Durham  to  the  same  title.  On  1 3  kal.  May 
[19  April],  1337,  he  was  ordained  priest  at  the  same  place  by  John 
bishop  of  Carlisle,  to  the  same  title.  At  the  same  time  John  de 
Thornton  u~as  ordained  deacon  to  the  same  title. 

On  28  March,  1338,  Thomas  de  Eggillclive  received  the  first  tonsure 
from  Boniface,  bishop  of  Corbania,  in  Durham  cathedral  church.3 
On  4  id.  [10th]  June,  1340,  dom.  Adam  de  Egillisclif,  a  monk  of 
Durham,  was  ordained  an  acolyte  by  John,  bishop  of  Carlisle,  in 
St.  Cuthbert's  church,  Darlington;  in  1341,  sub-deacon  in  Durham 
cathedral  church  by  Boniface,  bishop  of  Corbania  ;  deacon  on  22 
Sept.  1341,  in  the  chapel  of  Stockton  manor;  and  on  23  Dec.  of 
the  same  year,  priest  in  the  chapel  of  Auckland  manor.  On  21 
Dec.  1342,  Richard  de  Egiscliff  was  ordained  an  acolyte  in  the 
last-named  place  by  Richard,  bishop  of  Bisaccia,  as  was  also  William 
de  Aslakby.4  On  1  August,  1344,  the  bishop  issued  a  mandate 
to  his  escheator  not  to  intermeddle  with  certain  messuages  belonging 
to  John  de  Eggisclyve.  In  1344,  William  de  Egglisclyve  was  ap- 
pointed one  of  the  attornies  of  Robert  de  Tughale,  ono  of  the  executors 
of  Thomas  de  Baumburgh,  late  parson  of  Emeldon  church.5  John 
de  Eglescliff  was  bishop  of  Llandaff  about  this  time.6 

After  a  walk  round  the  exterior  of  the  interesting  church  of  St.  Mary, 
members  entered  the  interior,  which  was  briefly  described  by  the  Rev. 
C.  E.  Adamson,  who  was  in  charge  in  the  absence  of  the  rector,  and 
Mr.  J.  E.  Hodgkin,  the  latter  pointing  out  the  many  different  objects 
of  interest.  The  church  has  been  described  in  these  Proceedings'1 
by  the  late  Rev.  Canon  Powell,  the  rector  at  the  time. 

As  both  church  and  churchyard  are  on  a  commanding  height  above 
the  river,  there  are  fine  views  of  Yarm  bridge,  as  Leland  tells  us,  '  of 
stone,  made,  as  I  hard,  by  bishop  Skerlaw.'*1  It  is  of  five  arches, 
and  has  been  widened — long  after  Leland's  time — on  its  east  side.  The 
church  consists  of  chancel,  nave  with  south  aisle,  known  as  the  '  Pem- 
berton  Porch,'  a  south  porch,  and  a  tower  at  the  west  end.  The  south 
doorway  is  Norman,  with  zig-zag  ornaments  on  its  round  arch,  and  with 
nook  shafts  having  cushion  caps  on  which  rude  faces  are  carved  ;  the 
north  wall  and  the  sides  of  the  chancel  arch  appear  to  be  of  the  same 
period.  The  chancel  is  of  Perpendicular  style,  and  has  a  five-light 
east  window.  In  the  chancel  are  sedilia  and  a  priest's  door,  and  some 
seventeenth  century  carved  oak  stalls.  An  oak  screen  divides  the 
chancel  from  the  nave  ;  the  pulpit,  also  of  carved  oak,  of  the  same  date 
as  the  screen,  is  surmounted  by  a  sounding  board.  In  the  south  aisle 
is  a  tomb  recess,  in  which  is  an  effigy  in  chain  mail,  the  figure  holding  a 
shield  bearing  the  arms  of  Aslakby  of  Aislaby.  Above  it  on  a  desk 
attached  to  the  wall,  are  two  chained  books  in  folio,  early  editions  of 
the  Eikon  Basilike,  and  of  bishop  Jewel's  Apology.  The  font  is  Early 
English,  and  has  above  it  an  octagonal  steeple  cover,  probably  Per- 
pendicular, with  rude  crocketing  (it  is  shown  on  the  plate  facing  this 
page).  In  the  porch  is  a  portion  of  a  pre-Conquest  cross  shaft,  and 
built  into  its  west  wall  are  a  rude  representation  of  the  Crucifixion,  and 
some  medieval  grave  covers.  There  is  also  in  the  porch  a  second 
effigy,  much  damaged.  A  mural  tablet  in  the  church  is  of  Francis 
and  Margaret  Hall  of  Longnewton. 

3  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  in,  169,  237,  187,  188,  195  4  Ibid.,  198,  107,  112,  117,  123 

5  Ibid.,  299,  2S3  «  Cal.  of  Pap.  Reg.,  IV,  125,  236 

7  2  ser.,  IV,  141.    See  in,  196,  for  notes  of  bells  and  communion  plate 
8  Itinerary,  i,  71 


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The  following  are  a  few  notes  from  different  sources  relating  to  the 
church,  rectors,  etc.  : — • 

By  the  old  taxation  of  one  mark  in  forty  the  value  of  Egglescliff 
is  stated  to  be  60  marks,  and  the  tax  20s.  ;  while  by  the  new  taxation 
it  is  201.  15s.,  and  the  tenths  41,9.  6d.9  In  the  Valor  Eccl*siaslicus  it 
stands  at  28?.  17s..  the  tenth  being  21.  17s.  S^d.1  In  the  inventory  of  18 
Aug.  6  Ed.  vi,  '  Egesclyve  '  possessed  '  one  challice,  with  a  paten, 
weying  xij  unces,  thre  great  bells,  one  hand  bell,  and  a  sacring  bell.'^ 

In  1085  Gille,  clerk,  of  Eggascliff,  is  one  of  the  attesting  witnesses 
to  the  charter  of  William,  bishop  of  Durham,  granting  the  church  of 
Tynemouth  to  the  prior  and  convent  of  Durham.3  In  1294  Ralph 
de  Hengham  was  parson  of  Ecclesclyve  and  of  thirteen  other  places.4 
In  the  account  of  1311  of  the  tenths  conceded  by  the  clergy  to  the 
bishop  in  his  first  year  40s.  is  down  for  the  rector  of  Egglesclive  for  the 
second  term. 6  In  the  vigils  of  Pentecost,  1311,  the  bishop's  commissary 
directed  the  vicar  of  St.  Oswald's,  Durham,  to  give  notice  that  orders 
would  be  conferred  in  Egglescliff  church.6  In  1313  there  are  letters 
testimonial  that  Walter  de  Bolton  had  received  deacon's  orders  at 
Egglescliffe. 7  On  23  March,  1314,  'the  bishop  accepted  pope 
Benedict's  dispensation  to  Roger  de  Waltham  to  hold  pluralities  ; 
amongst  the  livings  were  the  churches  of  Egglesclive  and  Long- 
newton ;  and  also  letters  of  dispensation  granted  by  his  pre- 
decessor Antony,  bishop  of  Durham.8  In  the  same  year  a  letter  was 
directed  to  the  chancellor  of  Durham  for  taking  certain  persons 
named,  at  the  instance  of  Roger  de  Waltham,  the  rector.8 

On  25  Sep.  1334,  the  estate  of  Simon  de  Sapiti,  the  parson  of  Egges- 
cliff  and  prebendary  of  St.  Chad's,  T  ichf ield,  was  ratified.  On  18  Mar. 
1336,  John  de  Assheby  was  presented  to  the  church  of  Eggescliffe,  in 
the  king's  gift  by  reason  of  the  late  voidance  of  the  see.  On  1  Oct. 
1336,  the  king  ratified  the  estate  of  Ubertinus  de  Zennetis  as  parson 
of  Egglisclif . 1  ° 

On  non.  [7th]  May,  1338,  the  pope  made  a  provision  to  Ubertinus 
de  Zennetis,  rector  of  Egglesclif,  of  the  said  church,  value  201.  15s., 
void  by  the  promotion  of  Master  Simon  Sapiti.  notwithstanding  he 
had  a  canonry  and  prebend  of  Crediton  value  21.  10s.,  which  he  was 
to  resign.10  On  the  3  id.  [13th]  Oct.  1342,  the  pope,  from  Avignon, 
made  provision  of  a  canonry  and  prebend  of  Crediton  for  William 
Clavile  value  6  marks,  void  by  Ubertinus  de  Zannetis  obtaining  the 
church  of  Eglesclive.1 

On  9  Jan.  1370,  William  de  Beverley  appeared  in  the  chapel  of 
Auckland  manor  before  the  bishop  of  Durham  and  others,  amongst 
them  being  Hugh  de  Westwyk,  the  rector  of  Egglescliff,  to  purge 
himself  for  giving  a  mortal  wound.2 

At  an  array  on  St.  Giles's  moor,  near  Durham,  on  24  March,  1401, 
the  rector  attended  with  one  lancer  and  two  archers.8 

By  his  will  of  20  Dec.  1436,  John  Palman,  alia*  Coke,  gave  20d. 
to  the  church  of  Egglescliff;  and  on  14  Jan.  1530,  John  Sayer  of 
Worsall,  left  10s.  to  Egglescliff  kirk.4 

9  Peg.  Pal.  Dun.,  ill,  92,  101 

i  In  Ecd.  Proc.  of  Bishop  Barnes,  4,  it  is  entered  'R.  Egglescliffe  xxviijJ.  xvijs. 
[160Z.1,  Busshope  of  Durham.' 

2  Ecd.  Proc.  of  Bishop  Barnes,  Iv  3  Hist.  Dun.  Scrip,  tres,  xix 

4  Cal.  of  Pat.  Rolls,  1292-1301,  122  5  Hist.  Dun.  Scrip,  tres,  cvij 

6  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  I,  7  7  Ibid..  T,  291  8  ]bid.<  I,  523,  527  o  Ibid.,  II,  680 

'Z.  of  Pat.  Rolls,  1334-1338,  24,  229,  321  n  Cal.  of  Papal  Reg.,  JIT,  543 

Ibid.,  IV,  77.     Ubertinus  was  the  king's  clerk  (lb.,  372)  and  a  pluralist. 

2  Dep.  and  Ecd  Proc.  (21  Surt.  Soc.  pubU,  20 
Hist.  Dun.  Scrip,  tres,  clxxxvj  1  Wills  and  Inv.,  i,  86, 109 


253 


At  the  visitation  of  19  Nov.  1501,  in  the  collegiate  church  of  Dar- 
lington, mag.  West,  the  rector,  did  not  appear,  but  dom.  William 
Ripon,  the  parish  chaplain,  was  present,  as  were  also  William  Make- 
leyne  and  Thomas  Burdon,  '  parochiani.'  who  said  that  the  stalls 
in  the  choir  were  broken  :  the  rector  was  enjoined  to  amend  the 
same  under  a  pain  of  10s.6 

By  his  will  of  1  April,  1502,  William  Astley  [Aslakby  ?]  of  Aslabie, 
desired  to  be  buried  in  the  church  of  the  blessed  Mary  of  Egglecliffe. 
He  gave  to  the  sustentation  of  four  wax  candles  ('iiijor  cereorum') 
within  the  church  xxs.  ;  and  to  the  fabric  of  the  church  of  Long- 
newton,  3.<?.  4^.° 

At  a  synod  in  the  Galilee  of  Durham  cathedral  church,  on  4  Oct. 
1507,  the  rector  was  present.1 

By  will  of  6  May,  1544,  Bartholomew  Page  of  Aislaby,  desired 
his  body  to  be  buried  in  the  churchyard  of  Egglisclife.  He  gave 
to  the  '  blissed  Sacrament'  I2d.  Sir  William  Burdon,  'my  curate,' 
is  one  of  his  executors.8  By  will  of  23  Feb.  1556,  Alexander  Lilburne 
of  Aislaby.  directed  his  body  to  be  buried  '  in  ye  church  yerth  off  ye 
blyssed  V'gyn  Sancte  marie  off  Egysclyffe,'  and  he  gave  to  'poer 
pe°ple  ffor  helth  off  my  soule  &  all  chrysten  Souls,'  3s.  4d.  B5> 
will  of  28  Sept.  1559,  Cuthbert  Oonyers  of  Layton,  a  brother  of  Sir 
Christopher  Conyers  of  Sockburn,  bequeathed  to  Robert  and  George 
Conyers,  'the  ij  twynes.'  and  the  longer,  liver  land  in  Egglescliffe, 
with  an  annuity  of  3£.  6.«.  8c?.9 

By  will  of  18  June,  1564,  James  Garnett  of  Eggisclyffe,  directed 
his  bodv  to  be  buried  in  the  chancel  of  the  parish  church  of  Eggis- 
cliffe.i 

About  1570,  Christopher  Storye  of  Aislej^by,  was  before  the  court 
to  answer  a  charge  of  slandering  Sir  George  Wheatley,  the  curate. 
Robert  Garnett,  one  of  th?  churchwardens,  gave  evidence  as  to  the 
words  used  ;  ha  said  that  the  curate  paid  '  no  heed,  but  taried  still 
in  the  pulpett,  and  redd  and  went  forward  with  his  busynes,  as  he 
used  to  doo  other  holly  daies.'8 

At  the  visitation  of  4  Feb.  1578,  in  Bishop  Middleham  church, 
the  rector,  William  Garnet,  was  reported  to  be  sick.  William 
Teasdaill,  the  unlicensed  curate,  was  present,  as  were  William 
Semer  and  Bartholomew  Aynsley,  churchwardens.  James  Wynter- 
scales,  the  parish  clerk,  was  infirm.  At  the  general  chapter  of  28 
Jan.  1579,  held  in  Auckland  St.  Andrew  church,  Mr.  Robert  Bellamy, 
the  rector,  and  Christopher  Boldon,  the  curate,  were  present.3 

On  8  March,  1579,  office  of  the  judge  against  Thomas  Dent,  Miles 
Garry,  John  Armestronge,  John  Cully,  Henry  Ray,  Henry  Herrison, 
and  Henry  Garry,  who  absented  themselves  from  evening  prayer  on 
Sundays  and  would  not  pay  12c?.  according  to  the  statute.4 

About  1580  there  wa*  a  quarrel  in  the  church  and  churchyard  of 
Eggiscliif,  between  John  Wilkinson  and  John  Jaxson.  The  former 
said  he  willingly  went  quietly  out  of  the  church  at  the  curate's 
bidding.  The  curate  had  declared  the  matter  to  the  churchwardens, 
and  James  Page  went  to  Wilkinson  and  '  bad  hym  go  out  of  the  church, 
and  he  hering  the  curat  refusing  to  do  any  servic,  but  rather  offerd 
to  depart  and  leave  the  parish  without  any  service,  he  Wilkinson, 
then  departyd  out  of  the  church  quietlye.'5 

5  Eccl.  Proc.  of  Bishop  Barnes,  xxx  6  Ibid.,  xxxvij 

1  Hist.  Dun.  Scrip,  ires,  ccccv  8  Wills  and  Inv.,  ill,  2 

0  Ibid.,  i,  151,  185  1  Ibid.,  I,  217 

2  Depos.  and  Eccl.  Proc,,  245,  where  there  is  a  full  account  of  the  case 

3  Eccl  Proc.  of  Bishop  Barnes,  55,  95  *  Ibid.,  115  s  Ibid.,  137,  8 

[Proc.  3  Ser,  IV,  36.] 


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In  1610,  Daniel  Birkhead,  D.D.  was  collated  to  the  rectory  ;  he 
died  in  1624.6 

At  the  time  of  Dr.  Clark's  visitation  in  1.633  '  they  want  the 
kind's  arms  betwixt  the  church  and  the  chancel,  they  want  the 
Book  of  Canons  and  a  poor  man's  box.  The  south  porch  called 
Hindmer's  Porch  is  in  great  decay.  The  churchyard  wall  or  dike 
is  in  decay  ;  to  be  made  of  brick  or  pailed  according  to  the  canon  ; 
it  is  totally  decayed.' 

One  of  the  most  famous  rectors  was  Dr.  Isaac  Basire,  who  held  also 
the  rich  rectory  of  Stanhope.  On  20  Aug.  1644,  a  warrant  was  issued 
by  the  Durham  Parliamentary  Commissioners  to  John  Husband 
of  Sunderland  to  demise,  let,  and  collect  '  all  the  glebe  tithes,  rents, 
for  tithes,  and  arrearages  of  rents  within  the  parish  of  Eggscliff, 
late  belonging  to  Dr.  Easier,  late  parson  there,'  and  also  all  the  lands, 
etc.,  of  Sayer  of  Worsall,  and  of  Col.  John  Errington,  in  Eggscliff,  etc., 
and  to  demise  and  let  the  same  for  the  benefit  of  the  Commonwealth. 
There  were  let  to  Mark  Hall  of  Fishgarth,  the  house,  etc.,  called  Fish- 
garth  in  Eggscliff  par.,  and  the  tithes,  etc.  On  5  Sept.  following, 
the  glebe,  etc.,  of  the  rectory  wsre  let  to  different  persons  for  64Z. 
Is.  Gd ;  the  rector's  goods  and  chattels  were  worth  401.  10s., ;  121.  1 6s. 
being  allowed  out  of  the  estate  by  the  Parliamentary  Commissioners, 
and  46s.  out  of  his  goods  for  the  maintenance  of  th.3  wife  and  children 
of  '  Dr.  Easier,  late  rector.'  The  rest  to  be  paid  to  the  Commissi oners, 
for  the  benefit  of  the  Commonwealth,  Mrs.  Basire  paying  for  the  goods 
bought  of  them. 7  Walker  (Sufferings  of  the  Clergy,  p.  19)  says  '  that  he 
[Basire]  was  born  in  Isle  of  Jersey,'  and  '  in  the  time  of  the  Rebellion  he 
was  Sequestred,  Pu*eevanted,  Plundered,  and  Forced  to  .Fly,  first  to  his 
majesty  at>  Oxford,  afterwards  from  Place  to  Place,  and  at  last  abroad. 
After  .  .  15  Years  Absence,  he  returned  into  England,  .  .  .  and  Died 
at  Durham  in  1 676  .  .  .  He  was  Thrice  shut  up  in  the  Sieges  of  Oxford, 
Carlisle,  and  in  a  Confinement  at  Stockton- Castle.'  At  the  restora- 
tion he  was  replaced  in  the  cure.  On  23  June,  1660,  he  petitioned 
the  House  of  Lords  in  pursuance  of  two  orders  of  that  house,  to  secure 
tithes,  etc.,  of  his  sequestered  livings  in  the  hands  of  the  church- 
wardens. 8 

On  15  July,  1664,  the  bishop  of  Durham  (Cosin)  asked  the  rector 
what  persons  in  his  parish  had  served  as  soldiers  or  officers  against 
the  king  '  under  the  command  of  the  late  parliament,  or  Oliver  and 
his  son.'  and  to  find  out  if  they  continued  in  their  disaffected  state 
and  ill  principles.9 

A  collection  was  made  in  Egglescliffe  church  in  Dec.  1655,  for 
sufferers  from  the  Great  Plague,  when  10s.  4d.  was  received. 

On  10  Oct.  1666,  there  was  collected  for  the  sufferers  in  the  Great 
Fire  of  London,  the  sum  of  13s.  9£d.,  and  the  rector,  Dr.  Basire, 
personally  gave  3Z.10 

About  1673.  officium  domini  against  the  churchwardens  of  Eggles- 
cliffe and  parishioners  '  to  extract  an  order  for  the  repaire  of  the  seats 
to  the  Church  and  the  mending  o*  a  cract  bell.  John  Baker  of 
Maltby  dioc.  York,  for  not  paying  a  legacy  to  the  poor  left  by  Thomas 
Newton  of  Aislaby.'1 

*  Bishop  Cosin' s  Corresp.,  21n 

7  Royalist  Compos.  (Ill  Suit.  Soc.  publ.),  3,  7.    (See  also  p.  212  for  letters  of  Dr. 
Basire,  etc.) 

8  H.  MSS.  Comm.,  7th  Report,  105n  9  Bishop  Cosin's  Corresp.,  II,  108 

10  Bishop  Cosin's  Corresp.,  n,  322,  331.  The  registers  state  that  in  1644,  twenty-one 
people  died  of  the  plague,  and  were  buried  in  the  churchyard,  including:  seven  of  one 
family  named  Hall. 

i  p«an  Oranville's  Letters,  n  (47  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  22£ 


255 

Bishop  Chandler  ^in^his  notes  fsays^that  in   1730  there  were  in 
Egglesclat'fe,  one  quaker  family  and  one  papist  family. 

The  road  was  then  taken  to 

LONGNEWTON. 

A  long  straggling  village  with  a  modern  church,  built  in  1806  and 
1858,  on  the  site  of  an  old  building,  of  which  Hutchinson  (Durham, 
in.,  167)  gives  a  description.  In  the  Vane  chapel,  on  the  north  side  of 
the  chancel,  is  the  brass  of  Sir  George  Vane  (son  of  the  elder  Sir  Henry 
Vane),  who  died  in  1697,  and  is  described  on  it  as  the  father  of  '  thirteene 
hopefull  children  (for  full  inscription  see  these  Proceedings,  p.  204). 
The  marble  figure  of  the  third  marquis  of  Londonderry,  which  was 
formerly  in  the  chapel,  has  been  removed,  in  recent  years,  to  Wynyard. 
The  rectory  to  the  north  of  the  church  is  a  quaint  many  gabled,  many 
roofed  building.  The  communion  plate,  described  in  these  Proceedings 
(2  ser.  in,  288  ;  see  illustration  of  cup  on  p.  289),  includes  an  Elizabethan 
communion  cup  of  1571,  with  the  usual  floral  band  round  its  bowl, 
similar  to  that  at  Egglescliffe,  etc.  To  the  west  of  the  church,  in  a 
field  adjoining  the  road,  is  the  site  of  the  old  manor  house  of  the  Vanes. 

The  following  are  a  few  notes  relating  to  the  village,  its  church,  and 
rectors,  etc.  • — • 

In  1305,  John,  son  of  John  de  Durham,  was  amerced  for  non-prosecu 
tion  of  his  complaint  concerning  common  of  pasture  against  Antony, 
bishop  of  Durham,  Wm.  de  Langneuton,  tannator,  and  others.  On 
the  day  after  the  Purification  (2  Feb.)  1306,  the  vill  of  Long  Newton 
was  seized  by  the  king  from  the  bishop  of  Durham,  as  part  of  the  barony 
and  castle  of  Barnardcastle,  owing  to  the  treason  of  John  de  Baliol. 
It  was  worth  30Z.  3s.  I  Id.2 

In  1311  the  bishop  of  Durham  dated  grants  of  pensions  to  William  de 
Stanes  and  Henry  do  Billington  from  Langneuton.3 

On  28  May,  1316,  the  bishop  was  directed  not  to  proceed  in  taking 
an  assize  of  novel  disseisin  in  a  matter  between  Alan  de  Tesdale  and 
Guido  Bello  Campo  concerning  tenements  in  Langneuton.4 

In  a  return  to  a  writ  of  the  king  of  4  Nov.  1316,  in  connexion  with 
the  forfeiture  of  the  barony  of  Gainford  and  Barnardcastle,  the  vill 
of  Langneuton,  except  the  rent  of  ten  librates  which  had  been  granted 
by  John  de  BalMol  to  Alan  de  Tesedale,  was  worth  30Z.  3s.  lid.  a  year. 
In  1346,  the  executors  of  Richard,  bishop  of  Durham,  petitioned  with 
respect  to  the  late  bishop's  right  of  wardship  in  the  manor  of  Lang- 
neuton, held  by  John  Baliol  by  knight  service.6  On  20  Nov.  1316, 
a  grant  was  made  by  the  king  to  Elizabeth  de  Umframvill,  countess 
of  Angos,  of  50Z.  a  year  out  of  the  services  of  the  towns  of  Lange  Neuton 
and  Newsom  on  Tese,  '  which  were  of  the  demesne  of  Barnardcastle, 
late  of  Guy  de  Bello  Campo,  sometime  earl  of  Warwick,  in  the  king's 
gift  through  his  death,  and  in  the  custody  of  Hugh.'0 

By  will  of  4  Nov.  1580,  Edward  Conyers  of  Long  Newton,  gava  his 
farmhold  there  to  Ralph,  his  son.  On  26  Jan.  1581,  an  inventory  of 
this  Ralph's  goods  is  given.  By  will  of  20  Aug.  1586,  William  Dowth- 
whet  of  Westholme,  near  Winston,  gave  to  his  son  William  all  his  right 
in  the  '  towne  and  feylds  of  Lang  Newton.'  According  to  the  inventory 
of  18  Nov.  1592,  Mistress  Tonstall  of  Long  Newton,  owed  John  Johnson, 
4s.  4rf.  ;  he  appears  to  have  been  a  wealthy  tradesman,  as  most  Durham 
people  seemed  to  have  owed  him  small  sums.  Z 

2  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  iv.,  7  ;  in,  29-31  3  Ibid.,  i,  (il,  62 

<  Ibid.,  in,  1120  5  Ibid.,  II,  798,  799  ;  IV,  263 

6  Cat.  of  Pat.  Rolls,  1313-17,  667  7  Wills  and  Inv.,  \,  428,  430 ;   11,  140,  79,  213 


256 

On  17  Sep.  1644,  Wm.  Gaites,  Richard  Johnston,  and  Ralph  Colling, 
of  Long  Newton,  were  warned  by  warrant  either  to  give  satisfaction  to 
Thomas  Welford  and  Lancelot  Lambe  for  the  trespass  by  them  done  in 
Thomas  Welford's  corn  at  Newbiggin,  or  else  to  appear  before  the 
parliament  commission  at  the  dwelling  house  of  Rowland  Stott  in 
Durham  on  24  Sept.,  to  show  cause  why  it  was  not  done.8 

In  a  book  of  accounts  of  Sir  Daniel  Fleming  of  Rydal  hall,  under 
date  20  Jan.  1680-1,  is  the  entry  '  given  unto  my  nephew  Bowes,  his 
man,  for  triming  of  me  at  Hutton  this  day,  my  neece  Catherine  Fletcher 
being  married  by  young  Mr.  Todd  in  Hutton  church,  unto  Lyonel 
Vane  of  Long  Newton 00  02  00.' 9 

Amongst  the  names  of  natives,  apparently  of  Longnewton,  is  Elias 
de  Longa  Neuton,  chaplain,  who,  on  28  Aug.  1283,  was  presented  to 
the  vicarage  of  Norton  in  the  king's  hands  by  reason  of  the  voidatrce 
of  the  see  of  Durham.10 

The  following  are  records  of  fourteenth  century  ordinations  :  On 
23  Dec.  1335,  Hugh  de  Cirseye  was  ordained  sub-deacon  in  Durham 
cathedral  church  to  the  title  of  five  marks,  from  Walter,  son  of  John 
de  Cu-seye  de  Langeneuton.  On  20  Dec.  1337,  Thomas,  son  of  John 
Clerk  of  Langeneuton,  was  ordained  sub-deacon  in  the  chapel  of  Auck- 
land manor  to  a  title  of  five  marks  from  Peter  Ciry,  and  on  28  March 
following,  deacon  to  the  same  title  (Peter  Cyre/y)  by  Boniface,  bishop 
of  Corbania,  in  Durham  cathedral  church.1 

By  the  '  antiqua  taxa/  the  value  of  the  rectory  is  given  as  33  marks 
and  the  tax  10s.  ;  while  by  the  '  taxatio  nova'  it  is  14Z.,  and  the  tenth, 
28s.  The  portion  of  John  Wawayn,  the  rector,  in  Darlington,  was, 
by  the  old  taxation,  25  marks,  and  the  tax  8s.  4d.2  By  the  Valor  Eccl. 
(Claw's  Ecdes.)  the  value  of  the  rectory  is  given  'as'20Z.  [140?.]'  the 
'  busshop  of  Durham  '  being  patron.3 

Peter  de  Brandon  occurs  as  rector  in  1260. 4  On  3  kal.  July  [29th 
June]  1262,  a  dispensation  was  granted  to  him  by  the  pope  to  hold  an 
additional  benefice,  with  cure  of  souls.  On  2  kal.  April  [31  March] 
1304,  a  similar  dispensation  was  granted  to  Roger  de  Waltham,  the 
rector,  and  on  resigning  either  to  accept  another,  to  be  retained  to- 
gether with  the  canonry  and  prebend  of  Darlington,  which  he  then 
held.  4 

In  1311  and  1313,  in  the  account  of  tenths  conceded  by  the  clergy 
to  the  bishop,  the  rector  of  Langenewton's  contribution  appears  to  be 
40s.  for  the  whole  year.6 

On  8  July,  1311,  the  king  remitted  to  John  de  Jargeaux,  chaplain 
of  queen  Isabella,  and  parson  of  Langeneuton,  payment  of  10s.  in 
which  he  was  indebted  to  him  for  the  tenth  of  his  church  for  three 
years.7  On  non.  [7th]  May,  1313,  the  pope  made  provision  of  a  church 
to  John  de  Jargolio  at  the  queen's  request,  though  he  held  many  churches 
and  canonries  in  England  and  abroad,  including  that  of  Lang  Neuton. 
On  27  May,  1313,  the  contribution  of  the  rector  of  Longneuton  to  the 
fifteenths  granted  to  the  king  by  the  clergy  amounted  to  26s.  8d.  In  one 
return  to  the  writ  20s.  had  been  received,  in  another  return  26s.  8rf. 
was  raised.8  On  23  March,  1314,  the  bishop  of  Durham  accepted  the 
dispensation  of  pope  Benedict  xi  to  Roger  de  Waltham,  the  rector, 

8  Royal.  Comp.,  20  9  JUSS.  of  H.  S.  Le  Fleming  (H.  MSS.  Comm.  Rep.),  395 

10  Cal.  of  Pat.  Rolls,  1281-1292,  74 

1  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  Ill,  169,  191,  196  2  ibid.,  ill,  92, 101 

3  Eccl.  Proc.  of  Bishop  Barnes,  4.  <  Feod.  Prior.  Dun.,  2(JOn 

o  Cal.  of  Pap.  Reg.,  II,  381,  613 

6  Hist.  Dun.  Scrip,  tres,  cvii ;  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  I,  487 
7  Cal  of  Pat.  Rolls,  1307-13,  381  8  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  11,  939,  960,  962,  976,  977x 


25? 

to  hold  another  living  at  the  same  time  as  Longnewton,  and 
he  also  accepted  the  letters  of  dispensation  granted  to  the  recto;*  by 
Antony,  bishop  of  Durham,  his  predecessor.  On  17  Oct.  of  the 
same  year  the  parish  chaplain  was  on  an  inquisition  relative  to  a 
chantry  in  Redmershill  church. a 

On  14  kal.  April  [19th  March]  1317,  a  faculty  was  granted  by  the  pope 
to  Arnald,  cardinal  of  St.  Prisca's,  to  receive  from  John  Albini  de 
Jargolio,  chaplain  and  almoner  to  queen  Isabella,  his  resignation  of 
Langneuton  and  another,  and  to  give  them  to  fit  persons.1 

On  8  id.  [6th]  June,  1318,  provision  was  made  by  the  pope  at  the 
king's  request,  to  Simon  de  Lausellis,  of  the  rectory,  value  20  marks, 
void  by  the  cession  of  John  de  Jargolio  who  held  it  as  a  pluralist  without 
papal  dispensation,  notwithstanding  that  he  had  another  living,  which, 
however,  he  was  to  resign.  On  4  id.  [10th]  Sept.  1320,  another  provision 
was  made  to  the  same  at  the  request  of  queen  Isabella,  whose  clerk  he 
was,  of  a  benefice  value  30  marks,  in  the  gift  of  the  bishop  of  Norwich. 
Papal  provision  had  been  made  for  him  of  Langneuton  rectory,  but 
the  lay  patron  of  that  church  had  vindicated  his  right  in  the  king's 
court  against  it.2 

On  10  kal.  Oct.  [22  Sep.]  1333,  papal  provision  was  made  to  master 
John  Wawayn,  at  the  request  of  queen  Isabella,  whose  clerk  of  the 
wardrobe  he  was,  of  a  canonry  of  Lincoln,  etc.,  notwithstanding  that 
he  was  rector  of  Langneuton,  a  canon  of  Auckland,  etc.^  On  6  kal. 
April  [?7  March]  1344,  mag.  John  Wawayn,  the  rector,  was 
ordained  priest  in  Durham  cathedral  church,  by  John,  bishop  of  Carlisle, 
for  the  bishop  of  Durham.4  On  17  kal.  Aug.  [16  July]  1393.  Thomas 
de  Weston  is  named  as  rector.5 

At  an  array  of  the  clergy  on  St.  Giles's  moor,  near  Durham, 
on  24  March,  1401,  the  rector  of  Longnewton  appeared  with 
'  1  hobbeler  '  and  one  archer.6 

At  a  visitation  in  the  collegiate  church  of  Darlington  on  19  Nov. 
1501,  Mr.  Roger  Laiborne,  the  rector,  dom.  John  Dawson,  parish 
chaplain,  and  dom.  Richard  Bawes,  chaplain  of  the  gild  at  Longnewton, 
were  present,  as  were  also  John  Milner,  John  Dales,  Richard  Mawer, 
and  Richard  Collinson,  '  parochiani,'  who  said  all  was  well. 7- 

At  a  synod  in  the  Galilee  of  Durham  cathedral  church,  on  the  24 
March,  1507,  the  rector  of  Longnewton  was  present.8 

The  will  of  17  July,  L507,  oi  Roger  Leyburn,  bishop  of  Carlisle,  who 
had  been  reotor,  is  given  in  Test.  Ebor.i 

By  his  will  [proved  c.  1566]  Robert  Conyers  of  Cotom  desired  to  be 

9  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  I,  523,  524,  527,  528,  632  1  Cal.  of  Pap.  Reg.,  ill,  114,  150 

2  Cal.  of  Pap.  Reg.,  Hi,  177,  200  3  Ibid.,  ill,  395  4  R«g.  Pal.  Dun.,  in,  151 

5  Cal.  of  Papal  Reg.,  o,  p.  416.  On  kal.  Sept.  [?  Aug.]  1393,  from  Assisi.  A  declara- 
tion to  the  pope  was  made  that  Walter,  bishop  of  Durham,  and  Thomas  Weston,  rector 
of  Langneuton,  were  unaware  of  the  falsity  of  certain  letters  fabricated  under  the  pope's 
name  and  bull,  a  duplicate  of  which  Thomas,  believing  at  the  time  that  they  were  true 
and  valid,  sent  to  the  bishop,  whose  envoy  he  was  to  the  pope,  and  the  original  of 
which  he  afterwards,  upon  finding  them  false,  presented  in  person  to  the  pope.  The 
said  letters,  which  the  pope  has  by  other  letters  declared  false,  were  addresed  to 
Walter,  bishop  of  Durham,  began  l  Romani  pontificis  providentia,'  and  were  dated  at 
Perugia,  5  kal.  Ang.  anno  quarto.  The  pope  therein  exempted  Walter,  bishop  of 
Durham,  and  his  officials,  etc.,  from  the  jurisdiction  and  power,  metropolitan  and 
legative,  of  the  archbishop  of  York,  and  took  them  under  his  protection  and  that  of 
the  apostolic  see,  so  that  the  archbishop  cannot  suspend,  excommunicate,  depone  or  fine 
the  bishop  and  his  said  officials,  etc.,  interdict  their  places,  or  sequestrate  their  fruits, 
make  processes  or  fulminate  any  sentences  against  them,  all  such  being  decreed  null 
beforehand.— Ibid.,  IV  (4  Boniface  ix),  464. 

6  Hist.  Dun.  Scrip,  tres,  clxxxyj 

7  Heel.  Proc.  of  Bishop  Barnes,  xxx  8  Hist.  Dun.  Srip.  tres,  ccccv 

i  iv  (53  Surfc.  Soc.  publ,),  262  &  n 


258 

buried  in  Longnewton  church.  He  gave  the  profits  of  his  lands  in  the 
town  and  fields,  to  his  sons  Edward  and  John,  subjectTto  a  payment 
to  his  uncle.  - 

During  the  rebellion  of  1569  the  altar  stone  appears  to  have  been 
set  up  and  mass  celebrated  in  the  church  of  Longnewton  by  one  Har- 
borne,  a  priest.  In  Depositions  and  Eccl.  Proceedings  there  is  the 
evidence  of  the  different  people  who  had  a  part  in  it.  Many  women 
deposed  that  they  took  '  skepfull  of  sande,'  lime,  etc.,  for  the  building, 
being  commanded  by  Thomas  Colling,  one  of  the  churchwardens,  in 
the  queen's  name  [MaryJ,  and  his  daughter  Barbary.  They  expressed 
regret  for  the  parts  they  took.  Some  used  holy  water  others  neither 
'  holly  wait*  r.'  nor  '  h'>lly  breyd.'  One  witness  deposed  that  the  priest 
"aid  that  the  auditors  wore  '  lowers  [?  lol.  a^ds]  and  hadd  bein  danried 
this  xj  yeres.'  Colling  deposed  that  the  altar  was  set  up  by  himself 
and  Martyn,  the  clerk,  and  that  they  took  down  the  altar  stone  and 
'  bair  yt  out  of  the  church  yarde,  and  threw  the  same  over  the  church 
wall  :  and  they  cast  yt  into  the  said  pytt,  alias  sandhole,  which  is 
covered  on  every  syd,  and  concerning  the  holly  water  fat,  it  was  broke 
many  daies  sence.'3 

About  the  nr  iddle  of  the  sixteenth  century  Agnes  Priorman  of  Dins  - 
dale,  accused  Christopher  Greinburye,  a  servant  to  Mr.  Robert  Piaco, 
who  '  resortyed  to  this  examinate's  compeny  in  hir  frinde's  hous3,  cauld 
Sr  Roland  Clerke,'  of  a  sort  of  breach  of  promise.  He  had  given  her 
tokens.4 

At  the  visitation  of  4  Feb.  1578,  Edward  Banks,  the  rector,  Edward 
Conyers,  the  licensed  curate,  John  Morton,  the  parish  clerk,  and  John 
Meryngton,  John  Hartburne  and  Henry  Harrison,  the  churchwardens, 
appeared.  At  the  general  chapter  of  23  July,  1578,  Edward  Conyers, 
the  curate,  and  Francis  Trowlope,  the  vicar  of  Sockburn,  were  sick 
or  infirm.  Mr.  Robert  Bellamy,  the  rector  of  Eglesclif,  was  not  cited. 
On  28  Jan.  1579,  Mr.  Edward  Banks,  the  rector,  attended.6 

On  13  March,  1579,  the  office  of  the  judge  against  William  Newham, 
churchwarden,  for  refusing  to  '  sett  his  hand  to  the  presentment  of 
faltes  with  his  fellowe  church  wardonc.'  On  the  20th  he  'refused  to 
present  faltes  with  his  fellowe  churchewardone  et  fatebatur  delationem 
that  he  wolde  not  present  his  owne  wief.'  In0  1580,  the  office  of 
the  judge  against  Richard  Tweddell  who  confessed  '  before  the 
eurat  and  the  churchwardens  of  Longnewton  that  there  were 
moe  notorius  and  evill  livers  as  well  as  he  was  in  the  said  towne,  but 
we  requiringe  there  names,  he  would  not  resite  them.'  He  did  not 
appear  and  was  suspended.7 

By  his  will  of  8  Sept.  1583,  John  Tonstall  of  Longnewton,  directed 
his  body  to  be  buried  in  the  chancel  of  Longnewton  '  whar  the  altar 
stode  ;'  he  gave  to  the  poor  of  Longnewton  6s.  8d.,  to  the  poor  of  Hangh- 
ton  6s.  8d.,  to  the  '  mendyng  of  the  cawsey '  in  Longnewton  10s.,  to 
'  Josey,'  his  wife  the  lease  of  his  farm  of  Longnewton  during  bis  son's 
minority,  and  after,  but  if  they  could  not  agree,  then  he  was  to  have 
the  whole  farm  '  savinge  iiij  oxgan  ...  in  Gylbert  fylde.'  To  his 
brother  Ralph  Tonstall,  who  was  rector  of  Croft  and  archdeacon  of 
Northumberland,  the  bringing  up  of  John  Marley.  By  a  codicil  he 
revoked  the  gift  of  the  oxgangs  to  his  widow  and  gave  her  instead  half 
of  his  farm  in  Longnewton  during  her  widowhood.8 

Collections  were  made  in  Longnewton  for  the  sufferers  from  the 
Great  Plague,  in  Aug.  1665,  Is.  6d.  ;  in  Sept.  the  same  ;  011  4  Oct.  7s. ; 

2  Wills  and  Inv.,  in,  35  8  21  Surt.  Soc.  pub!.,  194-197  *  Ibid.,  114 

5  Bed.  Proe.  of  Bishop  Barnes,  56,  75,  95  6  Hid.,  117,  118  '»  Ibid.,  127 

8  Wills  and  Inv-,  it  (38  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  79  : 


259 

in  Doc.  2s.  Wd.  ;  on  3  Jan.  1666,  Is.  ;  and  in  Feb.  1«.  <kf.  While  for 
the  sufferers  from  the  Great  Fire  of  London  the  sum  of  51.  Us.  Qd.  was 
collected  on  10  Oct.  1666. 9 

On  31  July,  1673,  office  of  the  lord  against  John  Jackson  and  Eliz. 
his  wife  for  keeping  two  children  unbaptized,  and  not  coming  to  church  ; 
action  was  also  taken  against  John  Fowler  and  others  for  like  offences. 

The  declaration  of  James  n  was  read  at  Longnewton  in  1688.  In 
most  parishes  the  ministers  refused  to  read  it.1 

Bishop  Chandler,  in  the  notes  of  his  visitation  in  1736,  already 
referred  to,  gives  the  families  in  Longnewton  as  50  :  there  were  no 
dissenters. 

The  road  was  again  taken  and 

SADBERGE 

reached.  It  is  on  the  line  of  the  Roman  road  from  Pounteys  bridge 
(see  p.  245)  and  gives  name  to  a  very  important  wapentake,  and  of  the 
earldom  conferred  by  Richard  T  [1189-1199]  on  Hugh  Pudsey,  bishop 
of  Durham  (whom  Lambarde  styles  'the  joly  byshop'),  with  the  earldom 
of  Northumberland  for  life,  for  some  11000?. 2  When  the  king  girt 
the  bishop  with  the  sword,  it  is  reported  that  he  said  to  his  courtiers 
'  Am  not  I  cunning,  and  my  craftes-master  that  can  make  a  young 
earle  of  an  oulde  bishoppe.'3 

The  wapentake  had  its  own  officers,  but  they  ceased  long  ago, 
except  the  gaoler,  whose  office  continued  till  1862.  The  old  gaol 
having  a  barrel- vaulted  room  on  the  ground  floor,  is  the  corner  house 
on  the  road  leading  out  of  the  village  to  Stockton.  On  the  village  green 
is  a  large  ice-  or  water-borne  granite  boulder,  removed  from  a  field  to 
the  west  of  the  village. 

Henry  IT.  [1154-1189],  by  a  charter  tested  at  Knaresborough,  gave 
to  the  chapel  of  Finchale  in  free  alms  two  bovates  of  land  of  his  demesne 
of  Sadberge,  Hugh,  bishop  of  Durham,  being  amongst  the  witnesses. 6 

Jn  the  time  of  Richard  the  bishop  [Poor  1228-41]  Peter  de  Brus 
was  amerced  50s.  at  Sadberge  for  seizing  a  wrecked  vessel,  as  the  wrecks 
of  the  sea  had  belonged  to  the  bishop,  without  dispute  from  the  time 
they  had  obtained  the  wapentake.  There  was  also  a  question  as  to  the 
disposal  of  another  wreck,  the  bailiff  having  seized  it  for  the  bishop 
as  his  right ;  tha  sheriff  of  Sadberge,  through  the  justices,  desired 
that  some  memorial  should  be  made  out  of  the  vessel,  and  it  was  decided 
to  erect  a  cross  which,  until  that  time,  had  stood  in  the  field  of  Sad- 
berge at  '  Blakelawe  '  on  the  high  road  between  Sadberge  and  Hartle- 
pool,  and  from  a  yard  was  made  a  long  rod  (pertica)  on  which  were 
placed  the  tapers  and  candles  in  Sadberge  church.0 

On  25  Dec.  1234.  John  de  Bayllol,  in  the  king's  presence,  acknow- 
ledged that  he  ought  to  hold  of  the  bishop  five  and  a  quarter  knights' 
fees  with  the  wapentake  of  Sadbergh,  and  the  king  commanded  him 
to  do  homage  to  the  bishop  for  the  same. 2  On  28  June  1250,  a  mandate 
was  issued  to  John  Baillol  touching  four  and  a  quarter  knights'  fees 

^Bishop  Cosin's  Corresp.  ll,  322-329  :  331  -  Dean  Granville,  235, 147 

2  Richard  us  [primus]  rex  vendidit  manerum  de  Sandberg  Hugoni  Episcopo  Dunel- 
niensi  pro  600  marcis.      Vendidit  rex  etiam  Hugoni  comitatum   Northumbriae  pro 
terapore  vitae  suae.— Leland,  Coll.,  l,  290.    The  king  granted  the  manor  of  Sadberge, 
with  the  wapentake  belonging  to  it  and  the  services  of  Peter  Caron  of  a  knight's  fee  of 
Seton  and  Oveton,  and  the  service  of  Thomas  de  Amundevyll  of  the  same  of  Gotham, 
etc.,  and  of  Godfrey  Baard  of  two  parts  of  a  knight's  fee  of  Midelton  [St.  George]  and 
Hertburn,  in  exchange  for  five  knights'  fees  in  Lincolnshire. 

3  The  Denham  Tracts,  i,  46,  76.    A  well-known  bishopric  saw  is  '  Lost  in  a  wood  like 
Geordy  Potter  of  Sadberge.' 

5  The  Priory  of  Finchale,  192  6  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  Ill,  46,  47,  60 

7  Cal.  of  Patent  Kolls,  1232-47,  86 


260 

in  the  wapentake,  which  he  acknowledged  he  held  of  the  bishop,  for 
which  the  king  had  ordered  him  to  do  homage  to  former  bishops  of 
Durham.  He  was  now  ordered  to  do  homage  to  Walter,  bishop  of 
Durham,  so  that  the  king  might  be  no  more  vexed  concerning  it  by 
the  bishop.8 

In  1261  bishop  Booth  made  Henry  Ratclyffe,  his  nephew,  sheriff 
of  Durham  and  Sadberge.9 

In  1302  the  men  of  the  franchise  of  Durham  petitioned  the  king 
against  Antony,  bishop  of  Durham,  when  the  king  ordered  that  no 
man  taken  for  trespass  in  Sadberge  wapentake  should  be  imprisoned 
in  Durham  or  vice  versa.1 

On  21  March,  1303,  the  king  issued  a  commission  to  William  de 
Bereford  and  others  to  go  on  a  general  eyre,  and  to  attend  on  the  morrow 
of  Holy  Trinity  at  Sadbergh.  On  16  March,  1305,  a  mandate  was 
issued  to  the  sheriff  to  cause  proclamation  to  be  made  in  Durham  and 
Sadberge,  etc..  for  all  persons  wishing  to  bring  pleas  against  the  bishop 
or  his  ministers,  to  come  before  his  justices  William  de  Berford  and 
others. 2 

On  19  Oct.  1312.  Adam  de  Bowes  was  appointed  sheriff  of  Durham 
and  Sadberge.  On  the  27th  of  the  same  month  the  bishop  granted  a 
pardon  to  Hugh  le  Muner  of  Gainford,  then  in  Sadberge  gaol,  for  the 
death  of  John  Tunnokesone  in  self  defence  and  not  a  felony  or  by  malice 
aforethought ;  and  also  to  John,  son  of  Peter  de  Ingelton,  for  the  death 
of  John  Wantemylke.  On  22  December  following  the  bishop  issued 
a  mandate  for  taking  John  de  Warayn,  his  '  parochianus,'  in  Sadbiry, 
excommunicated  for  contumacy.3 

On  23  Feb.  1313,  the  king  having  forbidden  all  tournaments,  jousts, 
etc.,  the  bishop  (Kellawe)  wrote  to  John  Waryn,  his  coroner  of  Sad- 
berge, forbidding  a  tournament  at  Darlington  on  the  Monday  and 
Tuesday  before  Ash  Wednesday. 4  On  26  Dec.  1314,  the  bishop  appointed 
Sir  Richard  Marmaduke  to  the  stewardship  of  his  royal  liberties  of 
Durham  and  Sadberge.'  On  29  August,  1315,  he  issued  a  mandate 
to  the  sheriff  of  Sadberge  to  deliver  Robert  de  Ercle  from  Sadberge 
gaol,  where  he  was  detained  for  the  death  of  Robert  le  Suthren.  whom 
he  slew  in  self  defence  as  his  own  life  was  at  stake,  and  not  by  malice 
aforethought,  upon  bail  to  appear  at  the  next  gaol  delivery.5 

On  7  October,  of  the  same  year,  William  de  Sadberg  was  granted 
by  the  bishop  the  custody  and  marriage  of  Thomas  de  Midderig, 
deceased.  On  9  Sept.  1316,  the  custody  of  the  lands  of  Henry,  son  of 
Simon  de  Heighington,  deceased,  and  of  Thomas,  his  son  and  heir, 
was  granted  to  him.6 

In  1334  Richard  de  Bury,  bishop  of  Durham  [  1 333-1 345 J,  petitioned 
the  king  that  in  virtue  of  the  grant  of  the  wapentake  by  Richard  I 
[1189-1199],  he  be  relieved  from  the  yearly  payment,  and  th?  king 
ordered  enquiry  to  be  made.  Referring  to  the  manor  of  Saddbergg  and 
the  5J  knight?'  fees  which  John  Baliol  held  of  the  lands  granted  to  Hugh 
Pudsey,  bishop  of  Durham,  on  18  March,  1337,  a  royal  mandate  was 
issued  to  the  Exchequer  relative  to  the  payment  of  five  marks  forty 
pence  by  the  bishop  of  Durham  for  the  ward  of  the  castle  of  Newcastle. 7 

On  26  Jan.  1344,  the  bishop  appointed  William  de  Blakeston  his 
sheriff  and  escheator  in  Durham  and  Sadberge,  and  William  de  Merton, 
late  sheriff,  was  ordered  to  deliver  up  the  rolls,  etc.8 

8  Ibid.,  1247  58,  69        9  Test.  Ebor.,  in,  282n        1  Reg.  Pat.  Dun.,  Ill,  42,  63,  551,  557 
2  Cal.  o/Pat.  Rolls,  1301-17,  137,  3'24  3  Rec,.  Pal  Dun.,  I,  222;    II,  1171 ;  I,  262 

4  Ibid.,  I,  295,  662  ;   Letters  from  Northern  Registers,  214 

5  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  II,  686-716  6  ibid.,  n,  1292,  1306 

7  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  IV,  180,1209  8  Ibid.,  iv,  345,  346,  347 


261 

In  the  same  year  the  bishop  issued  a  precept  to  the  sheriff  of  Durham 
and  Sadberge  to  receive  prisoners  committed  by  the  several  com- 
missioners who  were  named.  The  wapentake  contributed  towards 
the  amount  to  be  paid  to  the  Scots  upon  a  truce.9 

On  12  March,  1345,  the  bishop  granted  leave  to  Thomas  de  Surtays 
to  place  in  settlement  lands  in  Sadbiry,  etc.1 

On  28  Feb.  1437,  the  king  dire/ted  that  the  grant  by  the  men  of 
Durham  and  Sadberge  of  a  sum  exceeding  what  the  subsidy  would 
have  been,  should  not  be  made  into  a  precedent,  and  that  Thomas, 
bishop  of  Durham  and  his  successors,  should  not  be  troubled  by  reason 
of  it. 2 

The  bursar  of  Durham's  accounts  for  1539  shew  that  3-9.  4d.  was 
received  from  Robert  Apulbye  for  a  bovate  of  land  at  Sadberge.3 
According  to  a  '  Booke  of  Surveighe,'  made  in  1580,  John  Wodsrof 
held  this  bovate,  for  which  he  paid  the  rent  named.  A  lease  of  6  Jan. 
1572  '  in  lottry  per  Decanum  Whittingham  and  sold  by  him  to  Mr. 
Wodroffes  wiffe  et  rec.  6foV4 

On  23  Feb.  1559,  the  queen  appointed  Wm.  Rastell,  justice  of  the 
king's  bench,  Nich.  Powtrell,  Rob.  Meynell,  Gerard  Salwayn,  and 
Nicholas  Wandisford,  justices  itinerant  and  of  assize  in  the  counties 
of  Durham  and  Sadberge,  during  the  vacancy  of  the  see  of  Durham,  and 
she  appointed  Sir  Thomas  Hilton,  Sir  George  Conyers,  Sir  Ralph 
Hedworth,  Robert  Tempest,  Richard  Hebborne  and  Ralph  Dalton, 
justices  for  gaol  delivery.5 

By  will  of  18  May,  1597,  Ralph  Billingham  of  Crook  hall,  gave  to 
John  Waddie,  bailiff  of  Sadberge,  5s.6 

On  23  Aug.  1644,  the  tithes  of  Sadberge  were  let  to  John  Buck 
and  John  Harrison  at  a  rent  of  18?.  by  3Z.  monthly.  In  1645  John 
Buck  of  Sadberge,  compounded  with  Sir  Henry  Vane,  bt.,  and  his 
colleagues,  for  a  fine  of  100Z.  On  21  Nov.  1651,  he  petitioned  parlia- 
ment for  pardon  for  offences  committed  before  the  date  of  compounding, 
which  was  granted.  In  a  list  of  delinquents  of  13  March,  1652,  Robert 
Allen  of  Sadberge,  yeoman,  is  included.2 

The  following  natives  of  Sadberge  were  ordained  in  the  time  of 
bishop  Richard  Kellawe  : — 

On  6  kal.  April  [27  March]  1334,  Thomas  de  Sadbergh  was  ordained 
an  acolyte  by  John,  bishop  of  Carlisle,  in  Durham  cathedral  church. 
On  23  Dec.  1335,  Thomas  de  Saddebery,  a  mendicant  friar,  was  ordained 
sub-deacon  at  the  same  place.  On  21  Dec.  1336,  Thomas  de  Sadberi, 
a  friar  minor  of  Yorkshire,  probably  the  same  man,  received  deacon's 
orders  ;  and  on  20  Dec.  1337,  he  was  ordained  priest  in  the  chapel  of 
Auckland  manor.  On  24  Dec.  1335,  Robert  de  Sadbery  received  the 
first  tonsure  in  the  chapel  of  Durham  castle.  On  11  kal.  Oct.  [21 
Sept.]  1342,  he  was  ordained  an  acolyte  in  Durham  cathedral  church 
by  Richard,  bishop  of  Bisaccia  ;  and  on  the  Saturday  before  Easter, 
1345,  sub-deacon  in  St.  Andrew  Auckland  church,  by  the  same  bishop, 
to  the  title  of  five  marks  from  Gilbert  de  Burdon,  priest.8  On  11  kal. 
Oct.  1342,  William  de  Keteay  was  ordained  priest  by  Richard,  bishop 
of  Bisaccia,  in  Durham  cathedral  church,  to  the  title  of  five  marks 
from  John  Waryn  of  Sadberge.  On  8  id.  [8th]  March,  1343,  a  Thomas 
de  Sadbery  was  ordained  an  acolyte  in  the  same  place  by  the  same. 

9  Reff.  Pal.  Dun.,  IV,  271,  274,  276  i  Ibid.,  IV,  313 

2  Cal.  of  Pat.  Rolls,  1436-1441,  43  3  Feod.  Prior.  Dun.,  318 

4  Durham  Halmote  Rolls,  200 
5  Cal.  of  State  Papers,  Dom.,  Eliz.,  IT,  p.  122 

o  Wills  and  Inv.,  II,  278  '  Royal.  Compos.,  7,  60,  61n,  65 

8  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  ill,  152,  169,  178,  193,  171,  118, 151, 122, 125 

[Proc   3  Ser.,  iv,  37] 


The  modern  church  of  St.  Andrew  is  built  on  a  large  prominent  mound 
on  the  south  side  of  the  village,  surrounded  on  three  sides  by  roads, 
and  on  the  fourth — the  east — by  a  long  depression  in  which  is  a  pond, 
It  replaced  an  ancient  building  which  stood  to  the  south  of  the  present 
church. 

In  tha  list  of  church  goods,  <>  Edu.  v,  there  were  '  in  the  chapell  of 
Sadberyo  one  challice,  weying  ix  unces,  and  two  bells  in  the  stepell 
there.'  The  chalice  has  disappeared,  but  the  bells  remain,  if  the 
medieval  bell,  inscribed  ^itnci.i  ,-fttanit  o\°,9  recovered  a  few  years  ago, 
and  no  v  in  the  church  be  one  of  them. 

On  13  Dec.  1295,  the  king  granted  protection  until  Easter  to  William 
de  Sothnll,  parson  of  the  church  of  Sadberge,  going  beyond  seas  for  the 
king's  service.1 

According  to  the  Clams  EccL  '  Sedburie  annexed  to  Halghton '  was 
without  incumbent,  but  was  served  by  a  stipendary  priest.  At  the 
visitation  of  4  Feb.  1578,  of  '  Sadbury  Capella  '  John  Nicholson,  the 
unlicensed  curate,  appeared,  as  did  also  Edward  Ray,  one  of  the 
churchwardens  ;  Lancelot  Hodgson,  tha  other  churchwarden,  did  not 
attend,  and  was  excommunicated.  At  the  general  chapter  held  on 
23  July  in  the  same  year,  in  Heighington  church,  the  task  was 
performed  by  John  Nicholson,  the  curate  ;  at  that  of  23  Jan.  1579, 
held  in  Auckland  St.  Andrew  church,  it  was  reported  that  the  curacy 
was  vacant.2 

As  there  was  no  time  to  stop  at 

HATJGHTON-LE-RKERNE, 

the  pretty  village  was  passed  with  a  glance  at  the  outside  of  the  inter- 
esting church  which,  until  a  few  years  ago,  was  completely  Norman 
in  plan — a  parallelogram — with  a  tower  at  the  west  end.  The  altera- 
tions in  it  made  by  the  Rev.  T.  Law,  at  the  time  rector,  consisted  chiefly 
in  the  addition  of  two  shallow  so-called  transepts  and  the  cutting  out 
of  a  pointed  arch  in  the  blank  wall  above  the  low  Norman  chancel 
arch. 

The  church,  before  alteration,  has  been  so  well  described  in  these 
Proceedings,3  that  members  need  only  be  referred  to  it.  The  com- 
munion plate  and  b^lls  are  fully  noted  in  the  same  volume  (2  ser.  in;  see 
also  ii.  302)  ;  one  of  the  bells,* of  medieval  date,  has  some  of  the  letters 
of  the  alphabet  on  it  (Proceedings  iv,  55). 

Burden,  near  Haughton,  was  one  of  the  vills  included  in  Henry 
the  first's  charter  to  bishop  Flambard.* 

A  few  notes  relating  to  the  village,  church,  etc..  may  be  of  interest  : — 
By.  will  of  the  day  next  before  the  feast  of  St.  Thomas  the  apostle, 
1343,  Cecilia  Underwood  gave  to  the  bridge  of  Halughton  6s.  8d. 
By  will  of  8  Dec.  1557,  John  Gascoigne  gave  his  lease  of  'Hawghton 
mylne  '  to  William  and  Barberie  Robynson  and  Cecilia  Robynson. 
By  his  will  of  9  Feb.  1592-3,  John  Gibson  of  Newcastle,  merchant, 
gave  to  Hawghton  parish,  where  he  was  born,  10Z.  By  his  will  of 
8  Sept.  1583.  already  referred  to,  John  Tonstall  of  Longnewton, 
gave  to  the  poor  of  Haughton  6s.  8cM 

On  23  Aug.  1644,  a  warrant  was  issued  for  the  arrest  of  Henry 
Russell  of  Burtree  house,  Haughton,  and  his  being  brought  before 
the  parliamentary  commissioners  concerning  his  delinquency.  He 

»  See  Proceedings,  3  ser.,  in,  161,  for  a  fuller  account  of  the  bells 

i  Cal  of  Pat.  Rolls,  1292-1301,  177 

a  Eccl.  Proc.  of  Bishop  Barnes.  3,  55,  57,  74,  96  32  ser.,  IV,  53 

4  feod.  Prior.  Dun.,  146  5  Wills  and  Inv.,  i,  23  ;  II,  79,  2C5n  ;  in,  U 


263 

had  bought  wool  of  the  master  of  Shirburne  since  the  proclamation 
and  restraint  to  the  contrary.*5  Anthony  Pearson,  secretary  to  Sir 
A.  Haselrigg,  valued  land  in  fee  in  Marshall's  close,  in  Haughton 
at  3Z. 

The  following  are  ordinations  of  some  natives  apparently  of  the 
village  in  the  time  of  bishop  Kellawe.  On  23  Dec.  1336,  Robert, 
son  of  Robert  Elys  of  Halghton.  acolyte.  On  6  kal.  April,  ]334, 
John  de  Halughton,  acolyte,  in  Durham  cathedral  church,  by  John, 
bishop  of  Carlisle,  and  sub-deacon,  on  9  kal.  Oct.  [23  Sept.],  1335, 
to  the  title  of  40s.  from  Richard  (?)  Belle ;  on  23  Dec.  following  deacon, 
in  Durham  cathedral  church  to  the  title  of  Ralph  Bell  ;  and  on 
21  Dec.  1336,  non-beneficed  priest,  to  the  same  title  of  five  marks 
from  Ralph  Bell  in  Derlyngton.  On  27  Dec.  1339,  the  first  tonsure 
was  conferred  on  William  de  Halgton,  and  another,  at  Auckland. 
In  1341  John,  son  of  John  Goderic,  was  ordained  sub-deacon  by 
Boniface,  bishop  of  Corbania,  in  Durham  cathedral  church  to  the 
title  of  five  marks  from  John  de  Halghton,  with  which  he  said  he 
was  satisfied;  and  on  14  kal.  Jan.  1343  [20  Dec.  1342]  deacon  by 
Richard,  bishop  of  *  Bisaccia,  in  the  same  place,  to  the  same 
title. ' 

John  de  Halghton  was  dean  of  Darlington  on  14  Feb.  1342.  when 
he  was  witness  to  the  sealing  of  the  resignation  of  Henry  de  Appelby, 
vicar  of  Darlington,  by  reason  of  infirmities  and  old  age.s 

Dom.  Rob.  Edmundson  de  Haughton  was  a  member  of  the  Guild 
of  Corpus  Christi  at  York.8 

THE    CHURCH. 

The  value  according  to  the  old  taxation  was  170  marks,  and  the 
tax  56s.  8d.  ;  while  by  the  new  taxation  it  was  541.  20d.,  and  the 
tenths  108s.  2d.  In*  Clavis  Eccles.  it  is  given  as  *  521.  Gs.  8d.  [300/j ' 
and  the  '  Busshope  of  Durham  '  patron.  * 

Henry  de  Cornhull,  chancellor  of  London,  had  letters  of  presenta- 
tion to  the  church  of  Alketon  (Haughton  ?)  which  was  vacant,  and 
in  the  gift  of  the  king,  by  reason  of  the  see  of  Durham  being  vacant ; 
the  letters  were  directed  to  William  de  Lanum,  archdeacon  or 
Durham,  and  to  the  archbishop  of  York,  and  tested  by  the  king  at 
Westminster  on  5  July,  1227. 3  On  4  March,  1238,  John  de  Ebulo, 
nephew  of  Th:  cardinal  of  St.  Sabina.  petitioned  for  the  church  of 
Haleuton  in  the  king's  gift  by  reason  of  the  voidance  of  the  bishopric 
of  Durham.4 

On  2  kal.  Feb.  [31  Jan.]  1304,  the  pope  confirmed  to  Stephen 
de  Malolacu,  canon  of  Aukeland,  the  fruits  of  his  prebend  being  too 
small  to  support  him,  the  annexation  made  to  it  by  the  bishop  of 
Durham,  with  his  chapter  s  consent,  of  Halveton,  then  void,  the 
collation  of  which  belonged  to  the  bishop. 6 

In  the  account  of  1311  of  the  collectors  of  the  tenths  conceded  by 
the  clergy  to  the  bishop,  the  rector  of  Halython  appears  for  1 13.<?.  4d. 
for  the  «econd  term.0 

In  1311,  dom.  Stephan  de  Manley.  rector  of  Houghton  and  Haugh- 
ton in  Durham  diocese,  and  others  in  York,  was  cited  before  the 
bishop  for  holding  pluralities. 7 

6  Roy.  Compos.,  6 
7  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  in,  173,  152,  163,  170,  183,  238,  108,  135  S  Ibid.,  430 

9  The  Guild  of  the  Corpus  Christi  at  York  (57  Surt.  Soc.  pnbl.),  106 

l  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  in,  91,  100  ~  Eccl.  Proc.  of  Bishop  Barnes,  3 

3  Cal.  of  Pat.  Rolls,  Henry  m,  1225-1232,  131  *  Ibid.,  1282-47,  312 

&  Cal.  of  Pap.  Reg.,  n,  614         6  Hist.  Dun.  Scrip,  tres,  cvij         7  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  l,  66 


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On  8  Jan.  1312,  doni.  John,  parish  chaplain  of  Haughtori,  \vas  on 
an  inquisition  relative  to  Grendon  vicarage.7*  On  28  June,  1312, 
protection  was  granted  by  the  king,  to  Stephen  de  Malo  Lacu,  parson 
of  Houghton[-le-Springj  and  prebendary  of  Auckland,  and  parson 
of  the  church  of  Halughton  [Haughton]  annexed  to  that  pre- 
bend.8 

On  16  Feb.  1313,  an  indulgence  of  40  days  was  granted  for  praying 
for  the  soul  of  Robert  de  Cotum  and  for  the  souls  of  his  parerts, 
whose  bodies  rest  in  Haughton  churchyard.9 

On  8  ides  (6th)  June,  1318,  the  pope  made  provision  for  John 
Guiffart,  at  queen  Isabella's  request  in  whose  service  he  was,  of  a 
canonry  of  Wells  with  reservation  of  a  prebend,  notwithstanding 
that  he  was  rector  of  Halghton.  On  12  kal.  April  [21  March]  1319, 
the  pope  reserved  for  him  a  benefice  of  like  value  in  the  gift  of  the 
archbishop  of  Canterbury,  to  whose  province  his  family  belonged  ; 
on  obtaining  it  he  was  to  resign  Halghton.  He  held  several  canoiiries 
in  addition.10  On  12  Aug.  1319,  protection  was  granted  to  him,  as 
he  was  attending  to  the  business  of  the  queen.1 

On  2  id.  [12th]  June,  1329,  the  pope  ordered  master  Itherius  de 
Concoreto,  papal  nuncio,  to  ascertain  touching  the  church  of  Horthon 
in  Durham  diocese,  lately  void  by  the  papal  provision  made  to  Theo- 
bald de  la  Valle  of  another  church,  and  to  collect  the  fruits  from  its 
voidance,  it  having  been  given  by  the  pope  to  Anibaldus.  cardinal,  etc., 
of  St.  Laurence  in  Lucina.  On  2  id.  [12th]  Dec.  1330,  the  pope  wrote  to 
the  king  requesting  him  to  assist  Anibaldus  in  obtaining  possession 
of  the  church  then  occupied  by  one  called  Marson  or  Marster,  clerk 
of  the  bishop  of  Durham,  who  had  been  cited  to  appear  before  the 
pope.  At  the  same  time  a  mandate  was  sent  to  the  bishop  of  Durham 
to  desist  from  opposing  the  cardinal  in  taking  possession  of  his 
church  and  for  the  citation  of  Marser. 2 

On  11  kal.  Dec.  [19  Nov.]  1349,  the  petition  of  John,  bishop  of 
Worcester,  for  the  church  of  Halgton  on  behalf  of  Ralph  de  Kelleby, 
void  by  the  death  of  John  Giffart,  was  granted  by  the  pope,  it  having 
been  reserved  by  him  in  the  lifetime  of  John  Giffart.2 

On  18  kal.  Feb.  3352,  to  Henry  de  Ingelby,  canon  of  York,  etc., 
and  rector  of  Halghton,  Durham,  and  of  another  place,  were  granted 
a  further  canonry  and  preband  of  Oxton,  etc.4  This  man,  who 
wTas  an  undergraduate,  was  a  great  pluralist.  He  held  Halghton, 
diocese  Durham,  worth  100  marks,  and  several  canonries  in 
York  and  Lincoln.  The  petition  to  the  pope  of  John  Cheyne, 
for  one  of  his  canonries  was  granted  on  3  id.  [llth]  Sept.  1366  ; 
un  3  id  [13th]  of  October,  Ingelby  was  removed  from  some  other 
offices  which  also  were  given  to  Cheyne.5 

At  an  array  on  St.  Giles's  moor,  near  Durham,  on  24  March,  1401, 
the  rector  was  present  with  two  lancers  and  seven  archers.6 
»  By  will  of  17  May,  1401  [proved  on  the  27tl]]?  William  Walleworth, 
rector  of  Halughton,  desired  that  his  body  should  be  buried  in  the 
cathedral  of  the  blessed  Peter  at  York,  before  the  altar  of  St.  Nicholas. 
He  left  as  a  mortuary  to  the  rector  of  his  parish  church  his  best 
vestment,  viz.,  a  toga,  or  armilansam.  at  the  rector's  option.  He 

7a  Reg.  Pal.  Dun.,  I,  124  8  Cal.  of  Pat.  Rolls,  1317-1313,  466 

9  Rey.  Pal.  Dun.,  I,  294  '0  Cat.  of  Pap.  Reg.,  in,  177, 188 

1  Cal.  of  Pat.  Rolls,  1317-1321,  388  2  Cal.  of  Pap.  Reg.  Letters,  n,  491,  499,  500 

3  Ibid.,  Pet.  I,  315  ;  Letters,  iv,  316  *  Ibid.,  4f,7  »  Ibid.,  I,  535,  536 

6  Hist.  Dun.  Scrip,  ires,  clxxxvj 

7  Hutchinson's  Durham,  in,  215,  states  that  he  died  in  1391,  and  that  John  de 
Newton  succeeded  '  1408  p.m.  Walworthe.' 


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left  to  the  more  indigent  poor  of  Halughton,  if  his  goods  were 
sufficient.  20  marks. 9 

George  Radclyffe  was  instituted  to  the  rectory  in  1415  and  resigned 
it  in  1450. 9 

At  a  visitation  in  the  collegiate  church  of  Darlington  on  19  Nov. 
1501,  mag.  Robert  Chamber,  the  rector,  D.  John  Hukervie,  parish 
chaplain.  D.  Henry  Blackwell  and  D.  William  Warkeworthe  were 
present.  William  Nicholson,  William  Prestman,  Thomas  Newton, 
and  John  Hobson,  '  parochiani,'  said  that  the  churchyard  was  not  well 
enclosed,  and  it  was  enjoined  that  it  should  be  sufficiently  walled 
in  before  the  feast  of  the  Purification  under  a  pain  of  6<«.  4d.i 

At  a  synod  in  the  Galilee  of  Durham  cathedral  church  on  4  Oct. 
.1507,  the  rector  was  present.2 

By  his  will  of  12  Nov.  1524.  William  Buhner  of  Skernnyngham 
near  Darlington,  directed  11?.  which  he  owed  to  '  Hawghton  '  church, 
and  100s.  '  to  cure  Lady  gilde  '  to  be  paid  ;  and  he  directed  his 
executors  to  pay  to  Antony  Asshe  his  '  sone  duryng  his  un  age  '  10?.  ; 
he  had  to  have  his  '  damaske  gowne  '  and  in  '  prevying  of  my  gifte 
maide  to  hym  at  my  last  gowyng  towardes  the  Scottes.'3  By  will 
of  21  March,  1533,  John  Sherwode  of  Haughton  directed  his  body 
to  be  buried  in  the  '  qwhere  of  Hawghton,'  and  he  bequeathed  to 
the  high  altar  3s.  4d.  for  forgotten  tithes,  and  to  Sir  Robert  Cotis- 
forthe,  to  y  ray  for  him,  6s.  8d. 

By  his  will  of  2  July,  1567,  Edward  Parkinson  of  Beamont-hill, 
desired  to  be  buried  in  Howghton  (Haughton  where  his  brass  is) 
parish  church  ;  he  gave  6?.  13.<?.  4c?.  to  be  distributed  amongst  the 
poor  of  Howghton  and  other  places  near  ;  he  gave  to  the  '  churche 
works  of  Howghton  churche  '  13s.  4rf.  ;  he  willed  that  his  wife  Anne 
(daughter  of  Sir  Kalph  Hedworth  of  Harraton)  should  have  the 
occupation  of  '  one  tenement  and  farmhould  in  Sadburye,'  and  gave 
to  Sir  George  Conyers,  5s. ,  and  a  like  sum  to  Sir  George  Vane.  There 
are  several  bequests  to  his  brother  John  Killinghall  and  his  wife 
and  children.4 

According  to  the  chantry  certificate  ot  2  Edw.  VT.  1548)  the 
'  Parrishe  of  Haughton  having  of  howselinge  people  aboute  iiijclx. 
A  quyte  rent  oute  of  certayne  lands  in  Heiginton  fur  the  finding 
of  a  light  before  the  image  of  Our  Lady  in  the  said  churche  The 
rest  of  a  quite  rent  of  viiijs.  to  the  fynding  of  the  saide  light  over  and 
besides  viijs.  chargeable  towards  the  reparacion  of  the  church  vjs. 
Stocke,  etc.,  none.  The  stipende  of  a  Preiste  within  the  saide 
churche.  Incumbent  none.  The  yerelie  valewe,  nil.  Stocke,  iiij?. 
Plate,  etc.,  none.  The  obbite  in  the  saide  church  of  Haughton,  the 
yerelie  valewe,  iiijs.  vie?.  ;  reprises,  ij*.  ;  remaynes,  ijs.  vjc?.  Stocke 
etc.,  none.  At  the  time  of  the  inventory  of  church  goods,  etc., 
in  county  Durham,  made  18  Aug.  1552,  Haughton  possessed  '  a 
challice,  weying  viij  unces,  two  bells  in  the  stepell. 6 

At  the  visitation  in  Auckland  St.  Andrew's  church  on  6  Feb.  1578, 
Rich.  Conyers  (name  struck  out),  and  Robert  Slaiter,  the  unlicensed 
curate,  appeared  ;  as  did  Anthony  Conyers,  parish  clerk,  and  Nicholas 
Leathome,  John  Burne,  Richard  Aikericke  and  Edward  Robynson 
the  churchwardens.0  At  the  general  chapter  held  on  28  Jan.  1579, 

8  Test.  Ebor.,  i,  278  9  Mem.  of  Ripon.  IT  (78  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  231 

i  Eccl.  Prvc.  of  Bishop  Barnes,  xxviij  2  Hist.  Dun.  Scrip,  tres,  ccccv 

3  Test.  Ebor.,  v,  189        *  Wills  and  Inv.,  in,  37        5  Eccl.  Proc.  of  Bishop  Barnes,  Ixxiij 

6  Eccl.  Proc.  of  Bishop  Barnes,  60.  The  editor  remarks  (62)  that  Anthony  Conyers  of 
Haughton,  is  a  name  '  savouring  of  gentility,'  and  Edward  Conyers,  curate  of  Lang- 
newton,  and  Francis  Trollop,  vicar  of  ISockburn,  were  names  of  old  descent. 


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tit  the  same  place,  Mr.  John  Barnes,  the  rector,  was  excused. ?  On 
1  Oct.  1580,  office  of  the  judge  against  Robert  Robinson,  who  'oweth 
6s.  8d.  to  the  church,  which  being  demanded  of  him.  'is  not  payed.' 
The  case  was  dismissed.8 

On  25  June,  1635,  proceedings  were  taken  against  Thomas  Thomp- 
son, the  rector,  for  divers  misdemeanours.9 

On  11  July,  1633,  William  Emmerson  was  before  the  Durham 
Court  of  High  Commission  for  a  clandestine  marriage.  He  had  con- 
fessed he  was  married  in  a  barn  of  his  own  at  Haughton  by  a  stranger 
with  whom  he  was  not  acquainted,  and  he  did  not  know  if  the  stranger 
had  any  lawful  ordination  or  not.  He  was  ordered  to  acknowledge 
his  '  offence  publiquelie,  in  his  penitentiall  habit,  in  the  parish  church 
at  Haughtone,  or  att  the  marketu  crosse  of  Durham  on  some  Sundaie 
or  markett  daie  as  alsoe  paie  100Z.  fine  to  his  Majestic.'  In  the  end 
he  was  dismissed  after  paying  costs  of  9Z.1 

The  high  commission  of  1680  included  Lawrence  Hinton,  M.A.. 
rector  of  Halghton.* 

On  16  Sept.  1644,  a  notification  was  given  that  the  parsonages  of 
Eggscliff  and  Haughton  were  sequestered  for  their  delinquencies  by 
virtue  of  the  ordinances  of  Parliament  in  that  respect.  Eleazar 
Duncan,  the  rector,  who  was  installed  prebendary  of  the  fifth  stall  at 
Durham  on  8  Jan.  1627,  had  the  plate  of  Durham  cathedral  church ; 
but  it  was  not  known  to  Isaac  Gilnin  when  he  wrrote  to  the  county 
committee  on  4  Feb.  1653.  where  the  copes  were.  a 

Collections  were  made  in  Haughton  church  in  1665  and  1666,  for 
the  sufferers  from  the  Great  Plague,  in  Aug.  7s.  2d.,  and  in  Sept. 
1665,  the  same;  on  3  Jan.  10s.,  and  in  March,  1666,  3?.* 

On  3  May,  1673,  o//.  dom.  against  Anthony  Robinson  and  Ellinor  his 
wife,  Cuthbert  Hodgshon  and  Margaret  his  wife,  for  not  certifying  their 
penances,Wm. Waistell  for  absence  from  church  ;  on  13  Aug.  1675,Wm. 
Johnson  of  Great  Burdon  for  not  paying  church  dues,  Margaret  Mallum 
for  not  paying  clerk's  dues,  and  others  for  incontinency,  etc. 5 

In    '  R.   Haughton  wth    Sadberg   curacy  '    in   1736,    according   to 
bishop   Chandler's   visitation    '  notes,'    there   were    179   families,    of 
whom  one  was  Presbyterian,  and  five  were  Baptists. 
The  road  was  taken  direct  from  Haughton  to  Darlington  railway 
station,  where  at  7.5  p.m.  most  of  the  party  left  for  the  north  by  express 
train,  well  pleased  with  this,  the  first  experiment  of  motor  cars  for  a 
country  meeting.          

The  following  are  a  few  additional  notes  relating  to  some  of  the 
places  visited  : — 

CROFT. 

On  25  Jan.  1328,  protection  was  granted  to  Master  Thomas  de  Lange- 
ford,  parson  of  Croft,  for  one  year.0  On  26  Nov.  1338,  a  pardon  was 
granted  to  John  Clerevaus  of  Croft,  the  elder,  for  not  having  taken  the 
order  of  knighthood  by  Trinity  7  Edw.  in,  or  by  Ascension  day  9  Edw. 
in,  pursuant  to  the"  king's  proclamations  and  respite  from  the  same  for 
two  years.7  On  26  April,  1344,  the  king  on  a  petition  on  behalf  of 

7  Fridesmonda  Barnes,  the  entry  of  whose  baptism  in  the  Haughton  register  is  thus 
recorded  '  ffridetnonda  barnes  bapt.  fuit  12  Octob:  1582,'  was  one  of  the  children  of 
'  Mri  Joh'is  Rarnessis' ;  and  was  probably  a  niece  of  Fridesrnonda  Barnes,  the  wife  of 
bishop  Barnes,  whose  pathetic  memorial  brass  is  in  Auckland  St.  Andrew's  church. 
Of  others  of  his  children  there  are  also  records  of  baptism,  etc. 

»  Heel.  Proc.  of  Bishop  Barnes,  129  9  Durham  Court  of  High  Comm.,  130n 

i  Ibid.  49  a  Ibid.,  270 

3  Roy.  Compos.,  ll,  42.     See  notice  of  Eleazar  Duncan.  —  Ibid.,  42n 

<  Bishop  Cosiris  Corresp.,  n,  322-329  3  Dean  Granville's  Letters,  II.  229 

6  Cal.  of  Pat.  Aolls,  1327-1330,  225  7  Ibid.    1331-1338,  337 


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master  Richard  de  Retford,  clerk,  who  had,  by  pretext  of  a  provision 
made  to  him  by  pope  Benedict,  been  inducted  into  the  church  of  Croft, 
and  that  by  an  ordinance  of  a  recent  parliament  against  these  provisions 
as  they  were  to  the  prejudice  of  the  king,  the  king  stayed  further  pro- 
ceedings." On  4  Sept.  1346,  a  general  pardon  was  granted  to  Robert, 
son  of  Robert  Ward  of  Croft,  for  good  service  in  Franca,  by  testimony 
of  Aymer  de  Atheles.9  On  15  Nov.  1347,  the  estate  of  master  Richard 
de  Retford,  the  king's  clerk,  in  the  church  of  Croft,  was  ratified,1  On 
9  Aug.  1347,  a  pardon  was  granted  to  John,  son  of  Geoffrey  de  Croft 
super  Tees,  for  the  death  of  Robert  Tasshard.  A  similar  entry  appears 
under  date  23  Aug.8  On  8  Nov.  1351,  the  king  acknowledged  the  loan 
of  10Z.  from  John  Clarevaux  of  Croft  on  These.2  On  14  Dec.  1353,  a 
licence  was  granted  for  the  alienation  of  land  to  St.  Mary's  convent, 
York,  by  John  de  Pockelyngton,  parson  of  Croft.* 

HURWOETH. 

On  28  May,  1322,  William  de  Hortheworth  was.  with  others,  pardoned 
for  the  death  of  John  de  Eure,  knt.6  On  10  May,  1325,  a  presentation 
was  made  to  the  mediety  of  Sadebergh  (in  Yorkshire),  void  by  the 
resignation  of  William  de  Hurworth,  the  rector.6 

On  28  Oct.  1389,  Thomas  de  Hertilpull,  and  another,  were  seised  of 
the  manors  of  Hurthworth,  Thorpe  Thewles,  etc.,  and  other  lands, 
and  had  granted  them  to  Roger  de  Fulthorpe  and  his  wife  Elizabeth. 
Sir  William  de  Fulthorpe  being  their  eldest  son  ;  Roger  had  forfeited 
the  same  to  the  king  who,  on  the  advice  of  his  parliament,  granted  40Z. 
a  year  thereout  to  William  for  the  terms  of  his  father's  life.  On  ]  1 
Dec.  1389,  the  king,  with  the  assent  of  his  great  council  for  1200  marks 
granted  the  manors  of  Hurworth,  etc.,  and  other  manors  in  Yorkshire 
and  Westmorland,  late  Roger  de  Fulthorpe's,  to  William,  on  condition 
that  he  paid  Roger  40?  a  year  for  life. " 

NEASHAM. 

For  papal  bull  of  Adrian  iv,  of  3  Feb.  1157,  relating  to  Neasham,  see 
Arch.  Ael.,  2  ser.,  xvi,  268. 

On  1  Nov.  1318,  Adam  de  Nesham  received  pardon,  with  the  assent  of 
the  York  parliament,  for  his  adherence  to  Thomas,  earl  of  Lancaster. 
On  12  July,  1319,  the  prioress  received  protection  for  one  year.8 
On  12  May,  1330,  the  king  confirmed  in  mortmain  the  restitution 
of  William  de  Clifford,  sometime  parson  of  thq  church  of  Wessyngton, 
to  the  prioress  and  nuns  of  Nesham  of  10  marks  yearly  from  that 
church,  and  of  the  ratification  thereof  by  Robert,  sometime  bishop 
of  Durham,  patron  of  the  church,  and  by  Richard,  sometime  prior  of 
the  convent  of  Durham.9 

In  November,  1545,  Stephen  Wylde,  labourer,  Edm.  Hodshon, 
merchant,  Edward  Pryorman,  labourer,  William  Spicer,  labourer,  and 
John  Claxton,  gentleman,  all  of  Darlington,  and  John  Halle  of  Hurworth 
labourer,  were  pardoned  for  the  murder  of  John  Horton,  whom  Wylde 
killed  with  a  pikestaff  at  Nesham  on  12  Aug.  1545,  the  rest  being 
accessories  after  the  fact. l  ° 

Page  235,  line  3  from  bottom,  for  '  the  latter  and  of,'  read  '  another 
William.'  This  William,  who  was  a  nephew  of  the  William  mentioned 
in  the  preceding  line,  married  firstly  Lucy,  daughter  of  lord  de  Lucy, 

8  Cal.  of  Pat.  Rolls,  1343-1345,  293  9  Ibid.,  1345-1348,  485 

i  Ibid.,  4*3  2  Ibid.,  535,  537  3  Ibid.,  1350-1354,  145 

*  Ibid.,  531  .'  Hid.,  1321-13 >4,  128  6  Ibid.,  1324-1327,  125 

7  Ibid.,  1388-1392,  127,  168  8  Ibid.,  1312-1321,  234,378  9  Ibid.,  1327-1330,  519 

10  Betters  and  Papers,  For.  and  Dom.,  Henry  vni,  xx,  i,  450 


268 

and  secondly  Johanna,  daughter  of  Henry  Fitzhugh  of  Ravenswath, 
North  Yorkshire. 

DINSDALE. 

On  17  Sept."  1343,  Adam  de  Harewold.  parson  of  Dittenshale,  was 
presented  to  the  church  of  Musarder,  in  the  diocese  of  Worcester,  in 
the  king's  gift,  on  an  exchange  of  benefices  with  William:  Brescy. J 

To  a  grant  of  23  Nov.  1388,  by  Ralph  de  Eure,  kt.,  of  Ouer-Detynsall, 
Sir  Richard  Talbot,  parson  of  the  church  of  Detynsall,  was  among  the 
witnesses.  On  28  May,  1523,  lands  in  the  lordship  of  Dinsdale  were 
granted  for  twelve  years  to  Margery  Surteys  of  Dytensall,  widow,  and 
also  the  fishing  in  the  Tees,  paying  therefore  40s.  a  year ;  and  she  had 
to  find  a  man  sufficiently  horsed  and  harnessed  to  do  the  king's  service. 

Sir  George  Reed,  the  rector,  demised  to  Sir  Peter  Harkindall.  clerk, 
and  Rowland  Place  of  Halnaby,  the  church  and  parsonage  of  Dinsdale, 
from  St.  Mark's  day  (25  April),  1529,  for  six  years,  at  11.  6s.  Sd.  rent. 
Reed  had  to  have  a  chamber  over  the  parlor,  and  half  of  the  apples  of 
the  parsonage.  2 

AISLABY. 

On  23  Oct.  1320,  John  de  Aslakby  received  protection  until  Whit- 
suntide for  going  beyond  the  sea. a  On  15  Sep.  1326,  a  licence  was 
granted  to  the  convent  of  Selby  to  retain  in  mortmain,  land  acquired 
by  William  de  Aslagby,  sometime  abbot  of  Selby.4 

EGGLESCLIFF. 

On^20yMay,  1319,  Robert  de  Eggesclive  was  appointed  an  assessor 
and  collector,  in  the  North  Riding,  of  the  eighteenths  granted  to  the 
king  by  the  parliament  of  York  for  the  wars  in  Scotland.5  On  2 
Dec.  1322,  he  was  again  appointed  to  assess  and  collect  the  tenths  and 
sixths  lately  granted  at  York.6  On  18  Aug.  1324,  simple  protection 
for  one  year  was  granted  to  Simon  Sapiti  de  Florencia,  parson  of 
Eglesclif.  On  15  Nov.  following,  protection  was  granted  again,  also 
for  one  year  to  him,  described  as  rector  of  the  church  of  Ekesclyf, 
who  was  not  of  the  power  of  the  king  of  France.7  On  8  Aug.  1328,  the 

§'ant  by  William,  son  of  Thomas  de  Tyndale,  of  two  tofts  and  lands  in 
yuelston,  to  William  de  Eggesclive  and  Joan  his  wife,  for  their  lives, 
at  12*.  yearly  rent,  was  confirmed.8     On  6  Feb.   1350,   the  estate  of 
William  de  Basyngham,  as  parson  of  Eggesclyf  by  the  collation  of  the 
bishop   of  Durham,   was  ratified.9 

LONGNE  WTON 

On  23  Sep.  1318,  Manserus  Marmyoun  was  presented  to  the  church 
of  Langneuton  in  the  king's  gift  owing  to  the  see  of  Durham  being 
vacant;  but  on  the  26th,  a  mandate  was  issued  to' the  bishop  to  stay 
delivery  of  possession  until  the  king  had  been  informed  of  certain 
difficulties  which  had  arisen.10 


MISCELLANEA. 

JESMOND. 

Mr.  F.  W.  Dendy  has  sent  the  following  extract : — 
1415,  Jan.  16. — Ratification  of  the  estate  of  John  Coryngham, 
parson  of  Campsell,  in  Elmete,  in  the  diocese  of  York  and  warden  of 
the  free  chapel  of  St.  Mary  Jessemuth  alias  Jessemond  by  Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne  in  the  diocese  of  Durham,  and  the" free  chapel  of  St.  Thomas 
the  Martyr  on  the  bridge  of  Bedford,  in  the  diocese  of  Lincoln. 1 l 

i  Cal.  of  Pat.  Holls,  1343-1345, 117       2  Burton  Agnes  Deeds,  per  inf.  Mr.  W.  Brown,  F.S.  A. 

3  Cal.  of  Pat.  Polls,  1312-1321,  418  4  Ibid.,  1324-1327,  321 

5  Ibid. ,  1317-1321,  348  6  Ibid.,  1321-1324, 225  7  lbid.,1 324-1327, 19,  49 

P  Jbid.,  1317-1330  9  Ibid.,  1348-1350,  471  W  Hid.,  1317-1321,  216,  217 

11  Jbid.,  1413-1416,  183 


PROCEEDINGS 

OF   THE 


SOCIETY    OF   ANTIQUARIES 


OF   NEWCASTLE-T7PON-TYNE. 


3    SEE.,    VOL.    IV.  1910.  NO.    28 


An  afternoon  meeting  of  the  Society  was  held  on  Thursday,  the 
eighth  day  of  September,  1910,  at 

AYDON  CASTLE  AND  CORSTOPITUM, 

in  conjunction  with  the  Cumberland  and  Westmorland  Antiquarian 
and    Archaeological    Society. 

The  day  was  beautifully  fine,  and  all  that  could  be  desired.  The 
members  of  the  Cumberland  Society  drove  from  Hexham  direct  to  Aydon 
castle,  while  members  of  the  Newcastle  Society  made  their  way  direct 
to  it  from  Corbridge  railway  station.  Amongst  those  present  at  Aydon 
were  Mr.  Nicholas  Temperley  and  Miss  Temperley  of  Gateshead  ; 
Mr.  Thomas  Reed  and  Miss  Reed  of  South  Shields  ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R. 
Blair  of  Harton  ;  Dr.  Laws  of  Newcastle,  Mr.  T.  Matheson  of  Morpeth. 
and  his  son.  At  the  castle  they  were  joined  by  Mr.  W.  H.  Knowlcs 
Mr.  F.  R.  N.  Haswell,  and  Miss  Heslop  and  a  friend.  After  waiting 
about  half-an-hour,  in  which  a  preliminary  survey  was  made,  the 
large  contingent  of  Cumberland  visitors  arrived,  including  prof.  W.  G. 
Collingwood  of  Coniston,  the  editor;  Mr.  T.  H.  Hodgson,  F.S.A.,  the 
president,  and  Mrs  and  Miss  Hodgson,  of  Newby  Grange  ;  Canon  Bower 
of  Carlisle  ;  Mr.  J.  F.  Curwen,  F.S.A.,  one  of  the  secretaries,  and  Mrs. 
Curwen  of  Heversham  ;  Major  and  Mrs.  Ferguson  of  Carlisle  ;  the 
bishop  of  Barrow,  Mr.  H.  G.  Pearson  of  Barrow,  etc.,  etc. 

They  all  assembled  in  the  inner  bailey,  where  Mr.  Knowles  gave  a  full 
and  complete  account  of  the  structure,  illustrating  his  remarks  by 
plans. 

Mr.  Knowles  said  that  the  great  interest  of  the  old  building  centred 
round  two  characteristics,  the  fact  that  it  is  an  almost  perfectly  pre- 
served example  of  a  fortified  manor-house  built  in  the  thirteenth 
century,  and  the  romantic  beauty  and  seclusion  of  its  situation.  The 
main  outline  of  the  plan  was  necessarily  governed  by  the  formation 
of  the  ground  it  occupied.  This  is  an  irregular  pentagon,  which 
has  its  apex  to  the  north,  and  its  base  to  the  south.  The  surface 
of  the  ground  rises  somewhat  to  the  north  of  the  castle,  though  it  is 
practically  level.  There  are  sufficient  indications  to  show  that  a 
fosse  was  formed  along  the  north-western  side  of  the  curtain  in  front 
of  the  entrance  gateway,  the  remaining  sides  being  naturally  defended 
by  the  precipitous  banks  of  the  ravine.  The  earliest  owner  of  Aydon 
of  whom  we  find  any  mention  was  Emma  de  Aydon,  by  birth  an 
Umframville,  the  widow  of  Walter  fitz  Gilbert,  baron  of  Bolam.  Peter 
de  Vaux  became  her  second  husband.  It  can  scarcely  be  doubted 


\'Proc.  3  Set.  iv,  38]J 


270 

that  this  Peter  de  Vallibus  or  Vaux  belonged  to  the  Cumberland  family 
of  the  name,  of  which  Robert  de  Vallibus,  the  founder  of  Lanercost 
priory  in  1169,  was  also  a  member.  In  1307  and^!377  the  building,  or 
house,  is  styled  'Aydon  Halle,  and  in  a  list  of  fortalices  drawn  up  in 
1415  it  is  stated  to  belong  to  Robert  Ramsey  and  Ralph  Grey.  At  a 
much  later  period  it  is  in  possession  of  the  Raymes  family,  and  later  the 
Raymes  and  Carnabys  appear  as  joint  owners.  In  1638  Henry  Raymes 
is  mentioned  as  owner,  and  from  him  the  castle  passed  into  the 
possession  of  Carnaby  of  Halton.  Our  member,  Mr.  Raymes  of 
Stockton,  claims  descent  from  the  family.  Early  in  the  eighteenth 
century  the  castle,  along  with  the  adjacent  tower  of  Halton,  was 
sold,  and  has  descended  to  the  present  owner,  Sir  Hugh  Blackebt,  bt., 
of  Matfen. 

The  party,  headed  by  Mr.  Knowles,  then,  with  kind  permission  of 
Mr.  Rowell,  the  tenant,  made  a  perambulation  from  the  leads  to  the 
basement. 

Mr.  Knowles  and  Mr.  Rowell  having  been  heartily  thanked  for 
their  kindness,  the  carriages  were  taken  past  Halton  castle  to 

CORSTOPITTJM, 

where  they  were  met  and  welcomed  by  Mr.  II.  H.  Forster,  who  has 
superintended  the  excavations  during  the  season,  professor  Haverfield, 
Mr.  Knowles,  and  others. 

Amongst  members  and  friends  present,  in  addition  to  those  who 
were  at  Aydoii  castle,  were  Messrs.  T.  Carrick,  Sclater,  Horsley, 
R.  Oliver  Heslop  (sec),  Jas.  Scott,  Cross,  H.  S.  Bird,  and  Wyatt,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  R.  S.  Nisbett,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  R.  Newbiggin,  Mr.  J.  A.  and 
the  Misses  Dotchin,  Dr.  Baumgartner,  Miss  Harrison,  Dr.  Hardcastle, 
of  Newcastle  ;  Mr.  Cooke  and  Mr.  J.  A.  Irving  of  Corbridge  ;  Miss 
Kiket  of  Vlaardingen  ;  Rev.  T.  and  Miss  Stephens  of  Horsley,  Otter- 
burn  ;  Mr.  J.  W.  Robinson  of  Gateshead  ;  Mrs.  Willans  of  Gosforth  ; 
Mr.  J.  P.  Gibson  of  Hexham  ;  Miss  Ethel  Parker  and  Mrs.  Knowles,  Gos- 
forth ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hugh  McAllum,  Riding  Mill ;  Mr.  Mill  Stephenson, 
F.S,A.,  Silehester  ;  Mr.  Cheesman.  Oxford:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cochran  Carr, 
Shildon  ;  Miss  C.  Blair  of  Roade,  near  Northampton,  and  others. 

Mr.  Forster  acted  as  guide  and  pointed  out  the  most  important 
features  of  the  work,  details  of  which  have  appeared  in  the  press  from 
time  to  time  during  the  operations.  A  few  days  before  the  visit  a 
fine  Roman  altar  was  unearthed.  It  is  inscribed  : — 

IOVI AETERNO 
D  OLICHENO 
ET  CAELESTI 
BRIGANTI AE 
ET  SALVT1 
O.  IVLIVS  AP 
OLINARIS 
>  LEG  VI  IVSDB 

i.e.,  '  To  the  eternal  Jupiter  Dolichenus  and  to  heavenly  Brigantia 
and  to  the  safety  (of  the  emperor),  C.  Julius  Apollinaris,  a  centurion 
of  the  Sixth  Legion  (erected  this).'  The  last  few  letters  are  uncertain. 
The  odd  thing  is  that  the  altar  has  been  used  in  a  second-hand-fashion, 
as  the  name  of  the  original  dedicator  had  been  carefully  cut  out  leaving 
a  deep  grove  on  which  the  name  of  the  new  dedicator  has  been  incised 
in  letters  somewhat  ruder  than  the  original  lettering.  Inscriptions  to 
Jupiter  Dolichenus  are  not  uncommon.  Other  inscriptions  naming 
Brigantia  have  been  found  in  this  part  of  Britain,  such  as  Barrens  and 
South  Shields,  but  the  epithet  '  caelestjs '  is  new.  The  altar,  with  two 


271 

others  not  inscribed,  had  been  used  to  form  part  of  the  kerb  oi  a 
road  supposed  to  have  been  constructed  about  A.D.  360. 

The  temporary  museum  was  next  visited.  The  chief  finds  have 
been  great  quantities  of  pottery,  much  of  it  figured  and  plain  Samian  ; 
a  considerable  number  of  silver  and  bronze  coins,  dating  from  the 
last  twenty  years  of  the  first  century  up  to  the  end  of  the  fourth  century, 
and  including  two  legionary  coins  of  Mark  Antony ;  a  rough  inscription, 
apparently  by  a^soldier,  on  a  wall,  which  reads  LING  ILIO  M.  Other 
sculptures  are  part  of  a  tablet  shewing  the  Deae  Matres,  a  small  winged 
Victory,  and  the  top  of  a  legionary  standard.  A  few  days  before 
the  visit  the  remains  of  a  late  period  hypocaust  were  found. 

At  the  door  of  the  little  museum  was  a  table,  presided  over  by  lady 
friends,  on  which  were  exhibited  for  sale  a  large  quantity  of  literature 
dealing  with  Corstopitum,  including  plaster  casts  of  objects  found,  the 
chief  being  the  relief  of  '  Harry  Lauder  '  for  which  there  was  a  ready 
sale  at  one  shilling  each.  Many  copies  of  the  reports  were  also  sold. 

The  perambulation  having  been  completed. 

Professor  Haverfield,  in  a  short  address,  said  he  thought  they  might 
say,  without  any  undue  comparisons,  without  any  undue  boasting, 
that  this  was  one  of  the  most  productive  Roman  sites  in  the  North  of 
England.  They  had  found  more  Roman  pottery  and  Roman  coins  than 
had  been  found  along  the  whole  course  of  the  Roman  Wall.  They  had 
got  a  site  of  a  very  early  date,  probably  as  early  in  date  as  any  Roman 
site  in  Cumberland  or  Northumberland,  which  was  held  till  the  very 
end  of  the  Roman  dominion.  It  was  a  very  extensive  and  important 
place  for  about  300  years.  Its  character  in  that  time  must  have  varied 
very  considerably.  They  had  traces  in  some  early  pottery  of  what, 
perhaps,  might  be  an  occupation  in  the  time  of  Agricola.  Close  to 
them  were  two  granaries  of  the  most  excellent  masonry,  and  they  were 
beginning  an  experiment  for  the  preservation  of  their  walls,  which, 
through  the  generosity  of  the  landlord,  Captain  Cuthbert,  were  to  be  kept 
open.  Beyond  the  granaries  was  the  fountain,  and  beyond  that  a  large 
building  round  a  quadrangle  nearly  as  large  as  that  of  Christ  Church, 
Oxford.  The  building  was  of  the  finest  masonry  he  had  seen  in  Roman 
Britain.  It  was  probably  built  by  military  men  spending  government 
money.  He  was  certain  no  commercial  man  would  have  put  up  such 
an  edifice.  He  was  inclined  to  think  that  all  the  range  of  buildings  at 
present  opened  belonged  to  a  storehouse  and  Represented  a  base  used 
by  the  Roman  armies  in  the  second  century,  when  they  were  making 
one  of  their  several  expeditions  against  the  Scots.  After  that  there 
came  a  change.  About  210  A.D.  the  Romans  gave  up  the  policy  of 
northern  conquest  and  the  place  seemed  to  have  passed  into  a  civilian 
existence,  no  doubt  interpenetrated  with  military  elements.  The  place 
was  inhabited  till  late  in  the  fourth  century,  as  was  quite  plain  from 
the  various  finds  that  had  been  made,  more  particularly  from  the  gold 
coins  found  two  years  ago,  the  ownership  of  which  was  still  a  moot 
point  between  the  duke  of  Northumberland  and  the  Treasury.  Of  any 
later  occupation  there  was  no  trace,  except  that  they  had  found  two 
or  three  Saxon  burials,  which  belonged  probably  to  the  very  early  period 
of  the  Saxon  occupation.  The  Saxons  took  the  stones  of  this  place 
to  build  the  tower  of  Corbridge  church,  and  also  to  build  Wilfrid's 
church  at  Hexham,  but  they  did  not  occupy  the  site,  nor  had  it  been 
dwelt  upon  since  the  Romans  or  Romanised  Britons  left  it,  and  that 
was  one  of  the  reasons  which  made  it  suitable  for  excavation. 

On  the  motion  of  Mr.  R.  O.  Heslop,  seconded  by  the  Rev.  Canon 
Bower,  a  vote  of  thanks  was  accorded  to  Professor  Haverfield,  Mr. 
Forster,  and  Mr.  Knowles  for  their  services. 


Some  of  the  members,  before  returning  to  the  station,  took  the 
opportunity  of  visiting  the  ancient  church  at  Corbridge 

The  bridge  crossing  the  river  at  Corbridge  was  the  only  one  in  the 
Tyne  not  washed  away  in  the  great  ilood  of  177 J. 

On  the  5  non.  March,  1428,  a  relaxation  during  ten  years  was  granted 
by  the  pope  to  the  faithful,  ot  one  year  and  forty  days  of  enjoined 
penance  to  penitents  who,  on  the  '  principal  feasts  of  the  year,  and  that 
of  the  dedication,  the  octaves  .  .  .  octaves  and  days,'  visit  and  give 
alms  tor  the  repair  and  consecration  of  the  chapel  of  St.  Mary  on  the 
bridge  of  Corbrygge,  to  which  resorted  a  great  multitude  on  account  of 
divers  miracles  wrought  therein  by  the  merits  of  the  virgin,  and  whose 
buildings  were  very  ruinous.1 

In  40  Henry  in  [1255-6J,  a  certain  Henry,  an  unknown  malefactor 
was  taken  on  suspicion  of  theft  and  detained  in  the  prison  of  the 
Templars  at  Corbridge,  from  which  he  escaped.2 

In  1352,  baron  Roger  de  Mortuomari  petitioned  on  behalf  of  John 
de  Corbrigg  for  a  benefice  ^alue  40  marks,  with  cure  of  so^ils,  or  20 
without,  in  the  gift  of  the  bishop,  prior,  and  chapter  of  Durham •,  and 
it  was  granted  at  Avignon  2  id.  Aug.3 

At  the  invention  of  Holy  Cross  A.D.  1374,  Agnes  de  Corwell,  daughter 
and  heir  of  Walter  de  Corwell,  released  to  Alice  de  Corwell,  her  mother, 
all  her  right  in  the  lands  in  Corbryge  which  she  might  inherit  from 
her  said  father,  or  other  of  her  ancestors,  the  witnesses  being  Sir  John 
de  Bromfeld.  then  sheriff  of  Corbrygs,  and  others  (named).* 

On  8  Jan.  1132,  John  Kendale  of  Newcastle,  granted  to  John  Horsley 
half  an  acre  of  land  in  Corbridge,  Adhemar  Herynge  being  witness.* 


MISCELLANEA. 

SEATON  DELAVAL. 

The  following  documents  referring  to  local  matters  may  be  of 
interest : — 

xxx°  Noue'bris,  1615.  Md  that  1  have  received  the  day  &  yeare 
aboue  written  of  Sr  Raiphe  Delavalle  of  [Seatoln  Delevell,  in  the 
Countie  of  Northumberland  knight,  the  some  of  Thirtie  three  poundes 
sixe  shillings  &  eight  pence,  for  the  vse  of  mr.  James  Bellasses  of  O^ton. 
esqr,  And  by  his  appointment  accordinge  to  an  order  made  by  Judge 
Nichols  at  the  Last  Assizes  houlden  at  Newcastle.  In  witnes  whereof 
I  haue  subscribed  my  hand.  Will  Belasys.  In  the  prsence  of  these, 
George  Selbye,  John  Delauale,  Tho:  Thursbye.  [Endorsed  James 
Belasis  and  Willm.  Thursbye— Bonde  acqittaunce  Order  and  By  11  of 
Chardge.J 

New  Ca.  Xber  20a>  1679. 

Receedof  the  Right  Worship  full  Sr  Ra.  DeLaualie  the"| 
sume  of  Nine  Teen  pounds  Ten  shillings  in  full  for  p'sell  I  flQ     lo     0 
of    Goods  dd  to  the  funerall    of    ye    Barbery  DeLauall  | 
I  say  reed.  p.  B.  Durant.  } 

Lond°  Apr11  9:  1723  Recieved  then  of  Franc5  Blake  the  summ  of 
forty  seven  pounds  and  allowed  three  pounds  to  the  land-Tax,  being  in 
full  for  my  Annuity  due  to  me  last  Xmas. 

K.  Howard  of  Norfolke. 

i  Cal.  of  Pap.  Reg.,  vm,  27 

2  Northumberland  Assize  Rolls  (88  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  76 

3  Cal.  of  Pap.  Reg,  Pet.,  I,  233  *  Ancinit  Deeds,  11,  B.  3719  (p.  433) 

5  /l/SS.  of  Lad y  Watcrford  (Hist.  MS.  Comm.  Rep.  App.  vu),  72 


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Newcastle  ye  14tn  of  Sepr  1723 

Recd  then  fo  [?  of  j  Frances  Delavale,  Esqr  ,  the  sume  of  \  ^  ^  d 
five  pounds  in  full  for  a  Lead  Coffien  for  The  Horioraball  j-  ^  Q  ^ 
George  Delaval,  Esqr  p.  John  Dixon.  J 

Newcastle,  19  Nov.  1715.  —  Sr  The  good  news  we  receiv'd  from 
Lancashire  has  made  this  county  begin  to  think  of  a  new  Election.  My 
Freinds  have  advis'd  me  to  declare  my  self  a  Candidate,  which  I  have 
done  with  so  good  success,  that  I  hope  in  a  little  time  to  prevent  any 
opposition  agl  me,  especially  if  I  have  the  Favour  of  your  Interest.  I 
perswade  my  self  your  zeal  to  his  present  Majesty  &  Government 
will  encourage  me,  in  an  undertaking  to  prevent  the  Tories  setting 
up  a  new  Member  in  this  County.  If  I  might  likewise  beg  another 
Favour,  there  is  no  person  I  am  sure  could  speak  to  the  Duke  of  Somer- 
set &  Lord  Tankerville  so  effectually  on  my  behalf  as  yourself.  I 
shall  omitt  no  opportunity  of  gratefully  acknowledging  the  Kindnesses 
done  to  Yr  most  obliged,  humble  servant,  Oley  Douglas.  [Fly 
leaf  torn  off], 

Novr  ye  22d  1715.  Dear  Kinsman,  I  writ  you  in  my  last  intencon, 
about  an  Election,  I  am  sorry  his  Grace  of  Somerset  shows  such  a 
resentment  without  a  just  cause,  but  he  shall  find  that  I  am  so  much 
his  humble  servant,  that  (tho'  I  have  made  a  considerable  interest 
against  Douglas  who  declares  he  stands)  I  will  always  submit  to  his 
Graces  pleasure,  &  advance  any  Interest  he  proposes  as>  I.  have  always 
done,  without  any  request  made  to  do  so  ;  I  shall  set  forward  on 
Thursday,  &  hope  to  be  wth  you  on  Saturday  sevnight,  &  then  shall 
consult  wth  you  what  proper  methods  to  take  in  order  tojiave  one 
of  our  Family  to  oppose  so  scandalous^  a^  pretender^  as_  Douglas 
I  am  Dear  George,  yor 
affec*  Kinsman  &  serv1 
pray  send  y6  Inclosd,  w°h 
I  trouble  you  with  to  save 
postage.  [Addressed  '  To  George  Delavall,  Esqr.,  member  of  Parlia- 
ment, at  his  house  in  Gerard  street,  near  St.  Anns  Church,  London.'] 

Sir,  I  received  yours  of  ye  15th  in  my  return  home  from  Preston, 
as  to  what  you  mention  in  relation  to,  your  nephew,  I  have  no  objection 
to  it  but  one  which  is  whether  he  has  a  fortune  &  makes  a  figure  in 
yr  County  suitable  to  ye  Station  you  propose  to  place  him  in,  I  should 
think  y'  Sr  John  Dalaval  might  be  a  properer  Person  to  represent 
yr  County,  if  this  be  not  thought  an  objection,  I  shall  be  ready  to 
serve  your  nephew  with  my  interest  I  think  care  should  be  taken 
upon  these  occasions  always  to  recommend  such  Persons  as  are  most 
agreable,  &  acceptable  to  ye  gentlemen  of  ye  Country  I  hear  Mr. 
Duglass  is  makeing  interest  for  himself,  I  shall  certainly  be  for  your 
nephew  preferable  to  him.  I  am  Sr,  your  very  obed:  humble  servant, 
Castle  How  :  Nov:  27th.  Carlisle. 

London,  8  :  Dec*  :  1715.  Dear  Brother,  I  came  to  town  last  night 
and  have  spent  this  day  wth  Sr  Jn°  I  find  he  has  still  a  mind  to  stand. 
I  wish  he  had  explained  himself.  I  have  writ  to  ye  D.  of  Somersett 
to-day  to  know  if  heel  give  him  his  interest,  but  I  believe  he  wont, 
so  we  must  wait  the  Duke's  answer.  I  though[t]  certainly  by  his 
letter,  &  more  by  his  coming  to  town  he  had  given  it  over,  he  writes 
to  you,  you  must  do  as  he  desires.  I  left  several  covers  wth  Sr  ffrancis 
Blake  to  enclose  Letters  wch  hee'l  send  to  you  but  I  think  you  must 
not  deliver  any  of  them  til  you  hear  from  me  again,  its  a  sad  thing 
to  have  to  do  wth  people  y*  don't  know  their  own  minds,  for  my  part 


se    so    scanaous    a 
r  fl          /? 

1  U  (fTt^, 

h  £  \Jr 
•  — 


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I  had  rather  he  were  chose  than  my  Neph:,  but  under  these  uncertainty^} 
they  may  both  loose  it.  I  have  not  time  to  answerjjal  the  particulars 
of  your  last  two  Letters,  but  I  wil.  Ld  Hertford  shewed  me  Douglasses 
Letter  wch  has  such  stuff  in  it  as  I  did  not  expect  from  him,  but  Ld 
Hertford  would  not  permit  me  to  say  I  had^seen  it,  more  of  this  another 
time.  He  came  to  me  yesterday  to  tell  me  from  ye  Duke  who  is  at 
Petworth  y*  his  Grace  will  have  his  interest  go  for  my  neph:  yl  was 
the  Dukes  Orders  to  him  when  he  went  out  of  town.  Ld  Hertford 
does  not  know  Loadsman,  and  I  am  sure  would  not  give  any  order 
about  ye  election  &  he  desires  to  declaire  this.  I  have  writ  so  longp 
can  scarce  see.  Ld  Carlisle  is  ready  to  give  his  Interest  to  Sr  Jn°  or 
my  neph:  as  we  car  agree  wth  the  Duke,  Yrs. 


[Addressed  'To  Ed  Delavale,  Esq.,  in  Newcastle  on  Tyno,'  and 
franked  '  Free  G.  Df  lavale.J 

Decr  ye  13th  1715.  Dear  Ned,  The  Duke  of  Somerset  will  not 
give  me  his  Interest,  &  all  his  reason  is,  because  he  writ  formerly  to 
his  agents  to  that  purpose,  but  seems  to  be  sorry  for  it:  He  with 
my  Lord  Carlisle  &  Lord  Tankerville  gives  their  Interests  to  yor  son 
George  is  drawn  into  ye  scrape,  not  very  much  to  his  liking,  but  now 
he  must  go  through  wth  it,  &  you  know  it  will  cost  him  sauce  before 
such  an  Interest  can  be  made,  I  wish  a  good  success.  It  will  be  necessary 
you  acquaint  all  my  Friends  &  beg  from  me  that  they  will  joyn  wth 
the  Lords  Interests.  It  will  be  advisable  you  shou'd  go  to  Shields  & 
declare  this,  &  get  Jack  Ogle  along  wth  you,  your  son  will  be  down 
shortly,  &  then  you  &  he  must  be  diligent,  &  go  about  to  perfect  this 
affair.  By  this  post  ye  Duke  writes  to  Mr.  Cook,  &  Frank  Anderson,  & 
some  others  ;  I  am  afraid  you  will  meet  with  great  difficultys  to  get 
Interests  to  Alnwick,  I  wish  you  good  luck,  &  believe  me,  Dear  Ned, 
to  be  Your  affect  Kinsman  &  servt  John  Delavall. 

Let  me  hear  frequently  from  you  what  progress  you  make.  I 
cannot  yet  write  to  Green,  but  shall  shortly. 

[Addressed  '  To  Edward  Delavall,  Esq.,  at  his  house  nr  Newcastle 
upon  Tyne.'] 


The  following  are  notes  relating  to  Cornhill  (p.  214) : — . 

The  Durham  bursar's  accounts  of  1539  show  that  2?.  was  due  from 
Edward  Gray  for  Cornell  mill  with  the  fishings,  but  that  nothing  had 
been  paid.0 

There  is  reference  to  Cornhill  chapel  in  '  Le  Conveiiit,'  by  which 
the  dispute  between  the  bishop  of  Durham  and  the  prior  and  convent 
were  settled.  This  had  been  preceded  by  litigation  in  which  many 
witnesses  had  been  examined  concerning  the  chapel,  etc.  This  may 
be  seen  in  the  F"od.  Prior.  Dun.,  pp,  216-284. 

6  Fcod.,  304. 


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PROCEEDINGS 

OF   THE 


SOCIETY    OF   ANTIQUARIES 


OF   NEWOASTLE-UPON-TYNE. 


3  SEB.,  VOL.   IV.  1910.  NO.    29 


The  ordinary  monthly  meeting  of  the  society  was  held  in  the  old 
library  at  the  Castle,  Newcastle,  on  Wednesday,  the  twenty-eighth 
day  of  September,  1910,  at  seven  o'clock  in  the  evening.  Mr.  J. 
Crawford  Hodgson,  F.S.A.,  V.P.  (succeeded  by  Mr.  J.  P.  Gibson,  V.P.) 
being  in  the  chair. 

Several  ACCOUNTS,  recommended  by  the  council  for  payment,  were 
ordered  to  be  paid. 

NEW    BOOKS,    ETC. 

It  was  announced  that  the  following  had  been  received  since  the 
previous  meeting  : — 

Present*,  for  which  special  thanks  were  voted  : — 

From  Mr.  Charles  E.  Michael  of  Osborne  Road,  Newcastle  : — (1)  An 
oblong  MS.  book  full  bound,  containing  orders,  appointments,  etc., 
to  the^first  battalion  of  the  Loyal  Newcastle  Associated  Volunteer 
Tnfantry.  The  first  entry,  dated  Newcastle,  8  Feb.  1808,  is  signed 
by  Matthew  White  Ridley,  junr.,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Comm. 
L.N.A.V.T.  '  R.O.  The  regiment  will  assemble,  properly  armed. 
Clothed  and  Accountred  (sic)  in  the  Field  of  Exercise  on  Sunday 
morning  next,  Feb.  14th,  at  8  o'clock.'  (2)  A  bond  of  8  Jan. 
1706,  made  between  '  Thoma  Fletcher  de  Hexham  sutor  ' 
and  '  Tssabell  Fletcher  of  Ovington,  widdow,'  and  Thomas 
Coulter  of  Ovington,  to  perform  covenants,  etc.,  in  an  indenture 
of  release  bearing  even  date  with  it ;  signed  by  Thomas  fletcher, 
and  attested  by  '  George  [x  his  mark]  Simpson,  Robert  Spaine, 
Rich.  Ellis.' 

From  R.  Blair: — The  Antiquary  for  Oct.  1910,  (containing  a  con- 
tinuation of  Mr.  R.  C.  Clephan's  paper  '  On  the  Rise,  Progress  and 

p- Decline  of  the  Keramic  and  Plastic  Arts  of  the  Ancient  Greeks.' 
and  a  paper  by  Mr.  Edward  Wooler  of  Darlington,  on  '  The  Palatinate 
Boroughs  of  Durham'). 

Exchanges  : — 

;    From  the  Canadian  Institute  of  Toronto  : — Transactions,  viir.,  iv. 
From  the  Royal  Numismatic  Society  : — The  Numismatic  Chronicle, 

4  ser.    38. 
•'    From  the  Royal  Irish  Academv  : — Proceedings,  xxvm,  sec.  c,  nos. 

6-11. 

Purchases  : — -Mittheilungen  of  the  Imp.  Germ.  Arch.  Inst.,  xxiv,  iv.  ; 
Notes  and  Queries,  4  ser.  nos.  36-39  ;  Downraan's  MSS.  plans, 
completing  the  ancient  earthworks  in  Norfolk  and  Suffolk  ;  the 


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plans  (571-596)  consist  of  Narborough,  Wormegy  Castle,  Horsfield 
Castle  Hill,  Middleton  Mount,  Beeston  Regis,  Colkirk  Common 
End,  Caister  Castle,  Middleton  Towers,  King's  Lynn  Red  Mount, 
and  Horningtoft  in  Norfolk,  with  introduction  (2  sheets),  order/title, 
and  3  blank  sheets,  and  16  plans  of  camps,  etc.,  in  Suffolk,^with 
introduction,  title,  order,  and  3  blank  sheets;  Six  North  Country 
Diaries  (118  Surt.  Soc.  publ.);  and  The  Pedigree  Register,  n,  14. 

DONATIONS    TO    THE    MUSEUM. 

Thanks  were  voted  for  the  following  : — 

From  Mr.  H.  K.  Bailey  of  Durham : — A  round  stone,  about  one  inch 
in  diameter,  probably  for  use  in  a  catapult.  It  was  found,  in  1907, 
by  Mr.  A.  Goodall  in  his  garden  at  Hardwick-kennels,  Sedgefield, 
co.  Durham. 

EXHIRITED  : — 

By  Mr.  W.  F.  Orwin  : — An  illuminated  MS.  book,  in  folio,  of  time 
of  James  i,  '  The  Genealogies  of  all  the  Kings  of  England  with  all 
their  successors  and  of -spring  shewing  from  whence  every  house 
severally  hath  issued  of  England,  France,  Spaine,  or  otherwise,' 

DURHAM    SEALS. 

Mr.  C.  H.  Blair  then  exhibited  on  the  screen  a  number  of  photographs 
of  local  seals  in  the  treasury  of  the  dean  and  chapter  of  Durham,  and 
in  the  possession  of  the  Rev.  W.  Greenwell  of  Durham.  As  each 
lot  was  shown  on  the  screen  through  the  lantern  he  gave  a  description 
of  them.  The  lantern  was  worked  by  Mr.  Parker  Brewis,  F.S.A. 
The  photographs  from  which  the  slides  were  made  were  taken  by 
Mr.  C.  H.  Blair  to  illustrate  a  catalogue  of  the  seals,  the  notes  having 
been  collected  in  the  course  of  many  years  by  Mr.  Greenwell  ;  the 
catalogue  will  be  printed  by  instalments  in  Archaeologia  Aeliana. 

Thanks  were  voted  to  the  writer  by  acclamation. 

ADMISSION    TO    CASTLE    AND    BLACK    GATE. 

The  following  recommendations  of  the  council  were  unanimously 
adopted,  on  the  motion  of  Mr.  C.  H.  Blair,  seconded  by  Mr.  Brewis : — 

'  Regulations  for  Admission  to  the  Castle  and  Black  Gate  Museum. 

To  Castle.          To  Black  Gate. 

Single  Admissions 6d.  3d. 

Parties  of  three  and  more    ....  4d.  each. 

Societies  who  may  be  holding  sessions  in  Newcastle  can  arrange, 
upon  written  application  being  made  to  the  Secretaries,  to  compound 
for  admission  to  both  Castle  and  Black  Gate  of  their  Members  or 
Delegates  during  any  day  of  their  assembly,  on  production  of  their 
Delegate  or  Membership  cards,  for  the  sum  of  One  Guinea,  or  for 
individual  admissions  at  3d.  each  to  the  Castle  and  the  usual  fee 
at  the  Black  Gate  Museum. 

Public  Elementary  Schools,  by  arrangement,  admitted  for  One 
Penny  each  person  to  the  Castle  and  One  Penny  each  to  the  Black 
Gate.  This  special  rate  is  granted  only  on  condition  that  each 
group  (not  to  exceed  20  in  number)  admitted  is  under  control  and 
guidance  of  an  adult  teacher  or  conductor,  who  shall  be  personally 
responsible  to  the  Society  for  the  orderly  behaviour  of  his  or  her 
charge  and  for  the  safety  of  all  objects  in  the  Castle  and  Museum 
during  the  visit. 

By  Order  of  the  Council  of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  of  New- 
castle-upon  -Tyne. 

28th  September,  1910.' 


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PROCEEDINGS 

OF    THE 


SOCIETY    OF  .ANTIQUARIES 


OF    NEWCASTI.E-UPON-TYNE. 


3    SER.,    VOL.    IV.  1910.  NO.    30 

The  ordinary  monthly  meeting  of  the  society  was  held  in  the  old 
library  at  the  castle,  Newcastle,  on  Wednesday,  the  twenty-sixth  day 
of  October,  1910,  at  seven  o'clock  in  the  evening,  Mr.  R.  Oliver  Heslop, 
F.S.A.,  a  vice-president,  being  in  the  chair. 

Several  ACCOUNTS,  recommended  by  the  Council  for  payment,  were 
ordered  to  be  paid. 

The  following  ORDINARY  MEMBERS  were  proposed  and  declared  duly 
elected  : — 

1.  Garforth  Drury,   Pilgrim  street,   Newcastle. 

2.  Prof.  Howden,  M.A.,  M.D.,  Burdon  terrace,  Newcastle. 

3.  Percy  F.  Ward,  Mosley  street,  Newcastle. 

The  following  NEW  BOOKS,  etc.,  have  been  received  since  the  previous 
meeting  : — 
Presents,  for  which  thanks  were  voted  : — 

From  Mr.  Laurence  Johnston  : — Old  Lore  Miscellany  of  Orkney  and 
Shetland,  in,  ii.  and  iii. 

From  the  '  Section  Numismatique  et  Archeologique  du  Musee  National 
de  Transylvanie': — Le  Limes  Romain  en  Allemagne  par  Arpad  Buday. 

From  R.  Blair  : — The  Antiquary  for  October,  1910,  contains  n  con- 
tinuation of  Mr.  R.  C.  Clephan's  paper  on  Greek  Keramics. 

From  Mr.  John  Oxberry  : — •'  The  Rev.  C.  E.  Adamson,  M.A.,  rector 
of  Hough ton-le- Spring/  reprinted  from  Heslop's  Local  Advertiser, 
Felling,  1910. 

Exchanges  : — 

From  the  Historic  Society  of  Lancashire  and  Cheshire  : — Trans- 
actions, I.XI. 

From  the  Surrey  Archaeological  Society  : — Collections,  xxm,  8vo.  el. 

From  the  Cambrian  Archaeological  Association  : — Journal,  sixth 
series,  x,  iv. 

From  the  Peabody  Museum  of  American  Archaeology  and  Ethnology, 
Harvard  University.  U.S.A.  : — Memoirs,  iv,  3. 

Purchases: — Notes  and  Queries,  11  ser,  nos.  40-44;  Jahrbuch  of  the 
Imperial  German  Archaeological  Institute,  xxv ;  Old  English 
Instruments  of  Music,  their  history  and  character  (Antiquary's 
Books),  by  Francis  W.  Galpin,  M.A.  ;  The  Scottish  Historical 
Review,  vin,  i,  contains  n  review  of  Arch.  Ael.,  3  ser.,  vi,  and  'A 
Sketch  of  the  Life  of  Sir  Cuthbert  Sharp,  with  a  Bibleography '  by 
B.  R.  Hill  (Reprint  from  Sunderland  Antiquarian  Society's 
Proceedings). 

[Proc,  3  Ser,  IV,  39.] 


278 

EXHIBITED  : — By  Mr.  W.  H.  Cullen  :  A  piece  erf  wood  from  a  ship's  bot- 
tom, bored  through  and  through  by  teredos.    Mr.  Cullen  was  thanked. 

TITHE    BARN    (?)    AT    GREAT    SWINBURNE. 

Mr.  B.  Blair  exhibited  a  photograph  of  a  building  at  Great  Swin- 
burne, sent  to  him  by  an  anonymous  correspondent,  said  to  be  the 
tithe  barn,  but  it  appears  to  be  of  comparatively  modern  date. 

ROMAN    BRIDGE    ACROSS    TYNE    AT    NEWCASTLE. 

The  secretary  (Mr.  Blair)  stated  that  large  quantities  of  black  oak 
had  been  sold  to  many  people  as  o*ak  from  the  Roman  bridge  across 
the  Tyne  at  Newcastle,  and  in  reply  to  an  inquiry  of  the  president, 
he  had  written  to  Mr.  Charles  Wawn,  M.I.C.E.,  who  had  charge  of  the 
engineering  department  when  the  present  swing  bridge  was  erected. 
The  following  is  his  reply  : — 

'  I  fear  I  can  give  you  very  little  precise  information  re  the  old  Roman 
piles.  This  was  in  Mr.  Messent's  department.  I  had  nothing  to  do  with 
anything  but  the  ironwork.  Of  course,  I  knew  generally  what  was 
being  done,  but  it  is  a  long  time  ago,  and  I  do  not  remember  very 
much  about  it.  I  believe  the  old  timber  all  cam3  from  the  foundation 
of  one  pier.  This  particular  pier  had  been  built  where  apparently 
there  had  been  a  pier  of  each  of  two  older  bridges,  the  earliest  being 
probably  the  Roman  bridge.  In  each  case  the  foundation  had  been 
surrounded  with  piles  ;  and  the  successive  builders  had  left  the  old 
piles  undisturbed,  and  had  driven  new  ones  outside>  the  innermost 
of  course  being  the  Roman  piles  There  could  not  have  been  much 
of  this  old  timber  altogether  (and  some  of  it  was  rotten)  nor  would 
there  be  any  very  large  pieces,  for  I  believe  the  whole,  or  greater 
part,  of  the  old  foundation  was  simply  dredged  out,  timber  and  all. 
I  do  not  know  what  became  of  what  there  was,  except  that  T  got  two 
or  three  pieces,  intending  to  make  something  as  a  memsnto.  As 
well  as  I  can  remember  they  were  about  3  or  4  ft.  long  and  about 
4  ins.  square ;  but,  being  thoughtlessly  left  out  in  the  sun,  they  split 
and  became  useless.  The  old  piles  were  always  spoken  of  as  oak,  but 
some  timber  experts,  judging  by  the  grain  of  the  wood,  considered 
they  were  something  else,  although  they  did  not  appear  to  be  quite 
clear  what? 

Mr.  R.  Blair  remarked  that  in  the  course  of  dredging  above  the  bridge 
many  large  oaks  had  been  discovered  in  the  bed  of  the  river,  which  had 
been  washed  down  the  stream  in  prehistoric  times,  and  with  them  were 
discovered,  skulls  with  the  very  large  horn  cores  of  th?  bos  primigenius 
and  also  of  the  red  deer,  of  which  he  has  fine  specimens,  another  ox  skull 
being  in  the  Hancock  museum,  given  by  him  to  the  late  Mr.  T.  W.  U- 
Robinson,  who  presented  it  to  the  museum.  Besides  thesB  he  had 
several  fine  bronze  weapons,  swords,  rapiers,  etc..  which  he  obtained  from 
the  same  source.  Most  of  these  went  into  Mr.  GreenwelPs  collection, 
and  are  now  with  that  collection  in  the  British  museum.  These 
ancient  oaks  were  dragged  ashore  and  taken  possession  of  by  different 
people.  The  late  Mr.  Garbutt  of  Dunston  secured  a  large  number, 
which  he  had  sawn  into  planks,  and  properly  stacked  to  dry.  Doubt- 
less these  oaks  are  the  black  oak  which  has  been  sold,  and  I  believe  is 
still  sold,  as  oak  from  the  Tyne  bridge. 

P|Mr.  Blair  further  stated  that  he  had,  some  time  ago,  deposited  a  log 
of  the  real  Roman  oak  obtained  at  the  time  from  Mr.  Wawn,  in  the 
society's  museum.  It  is  of  the  dimensions  stated  in  the  letter,  and  is 
split. 

The  chairman  (Mr.  R.  Oliver  Heslop)  said  : — They  would  be  familiar 
with  objects  alleged  to  have  been  made  from  the  Roman  pil?s  of  the 


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Tyne  bridge.  But  a  reference  to  Dr.  Bruce's  paper  '  The  Three  Bridges' 
(Arch.  Aeliana,  2  ser.  vol.  x,  p.  1).  and  to  the  accompanying  coloured 
plan,  would  show  the  comparatively  small  quantity  of  Roman  timber 
left  in  tha  form  of  piles,  etc..  in  the  pier  that  was  removed.  It  was 
quite  inadequate  to  furnish  material  for  the  number  of  articles  that 
purport  to  have  come  from  this  source.  Most  of  these  were  made 
from  timber  found  in  the  bed  of  the  Tyne,  but  in  the  upper  tidal  reaches. 
After  the  removal  of  the  Clarence  Island  and  the  King's  Meadows  at 
Elswick,  dredging  operations  were  continued  westward.  As  these 
extended,  the  work  of  the  dredgers  was  impeded  by  the  occurrence 
of  numbers  of  large  trees  embedded  a  few  feet  below  the  bottom  of  the 
river.  They  had  sunk  there  water-logged,  and  become  covered  by 
layers  of  river  deposit.  Many  had  possibly  come  down  with  the  river 
spates  of  remote  times,  others  in  later  and  perhaps  not  far  distant 
years.  Chains  were  attached  to  these  obstructions  and  the  trees  were 
weighed  up  by  barges  on  the  rising  tide  and  thus  carried  to  the  shore. 
At  one  time  the  banks  of  the  river  at  Derwenthaugh,  Scotswood  and 
Blaydon  were  lined  in  places  with  the  trunks  of  these  recovered  dere- 
licts. They  were  sold  to  timber  merchants,  and  much  of  the  material 
was  found  useable,  and  sawn  up  when  dry.  Walking-sticks  were  made 
from  it  as  souvenirs,  and  were  said  to  be  of  '  Roman  oak.'  The  horse- 
shoe table  of  their  meeting  room  furnishes  an  example  of  the  use  of  oak 
brought  up  from  the  bed  of  the  river  Tyne.  Their  member,  Mi'.  J.  S. 
Robson,  had  also  worked  up  a  considerable  quantity  of  similar  timber 
for  panelling  rooms.  An  example  of  this  may  be  seen  at  Callaly  castle. 
Mr.  Wawn  was  thanked  for  his  letter. 

A    WEARDALE    DEER- HORN,    ETC. 

Mr.  Blair  (one  of  the  secretaries)  read  the  following  notes  by  Mr. 
W.  M.  Egglestone  of  Stanhope,  on  a  deer's-horn,  etc.  : — • 

*  This  deer-horn  is  interesting  from  an  antiquarian  point  of  view,  as 
well  as  being  of  value  to  the  mineralogist.  It  once  graced  the  head  of 
a  Weardale  stag  and  recalls  to  mind  the  many  deer  parks  of  the  county 
of  Durham,  when,  in  early  days,  the  prince  bishops  sojourned  for  the 
great  hunt  in  Weardale.  Red  deer  has  been  a  common  denizen  of  the 
British  Isles,  generally,  from  a  period  which  goes  back  to  prehistoric 
times  as  relics  of  this  beautiful  animal  have  been  found  in  the  stone-age 
caves,  and  even  in  the  pre-glacial  forest  beds.  This  particular  antler 
was  found  with  some  bones  in  the  year  1902  at  the  bottom  of  a  disused 
mine  shaft  at  Cuthbert's -heights,  near  Westgate,  where  lead  mines 
have  been  worked  up  to  recent  times.  It  must  have  been  many  years 
ago  since  the  animal  fell  down  the  shaft,  or  at  least  the  horn,  for  the 
interior  core  was  found  to  be  filled  in  the  porous  part  with  hundreds, 
if  not  thousands,  of  deep  indigo-blue  coloured  crystals  of  the  mineral 
vivianite.  The  finding  of  the  mineral  was  accidental.  Whilst  the 
antler  was  being  examined  by  the  writer  it  accidentally  fell  off  the  table, 
and  one  of  the  surroyal  or  cup  tines  marked  with  a  +  in  the  illustration 
was  snapped  off,  and  on  examination  it  was  found  that  both  of  the 
fractured  surfaces  had  the  cellular  part  charged  with  numerous  blue 
crystals  of  some  mineral  which  proved  to  be  vivianite.  These  crystals 
were  elongated  or  columnar,  with  a  pearly  lustre,  and  were  sitting  in 
the  amygdaloidal-like  cavities  like  a  hoard  of  little  insects.  The  ex- 
planation is  that  water  holding  iron  in  solution  had  penetrated  the 
outer  shell  of  the  horn  and  had  become  combined  with  the  phosphates 
of  the  core,  and  thus  formed  the  mineral,  the  constituents  of  which 
are  protoxide  of  iron  42.44,  phosphoric  acid  26.30,  and  water  27.28, 
Vivianite  is  found  associated  with  the  ores  of  iron,  tin,  and  copper,  and 


it  occurs  also  in 
beds  of  clay  and 
in  peat,  as  in  the 
peat  swamps  of 
the  Shetland  Is- 
lands,   and    de- 
posits. .  of     this 
mineral  have 
been    found    in 
fossil  teeth, 
bones  and  shells, 
and    associated 
with   the  horns 
of  the   elk  and 
deer,  as  in  the 
Isle  of  Man  . 
Very  fine  crys- 
tals  have   been 
found    at    Huel 
Betsy  mines 
near    Tavistock 
in    Devonshire, 
and  are  usually 
associated  with 
pyrites.     It  oc- 
curs at  St.  Ag- 
nes   in    Corn- 
wall, in  Green - 
Ian  d,  Syria, 
Carinthia,   in 
Canada,  and  in 
various     places 
in  America;  and 
near  Falmouth, 
associated  with 

fold  and  galena, 
t  has  been 
found  in  crys- 
tals in  the  gold 
mines  of  Veres- 
patak  in  Trail 
sylvania.  Baur- 
man  tells  us 
that  in  Silesia 
crystals  of  this 
mineral  were 
found  in  the 
bones  of  a  miner 
who  had  been 
drowned  by  an 
irruption  o  f 
water  several 
years  previously . 
a  circumstance 
wh  ich  shows 
that  the  forma 


Fig.  1. 


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tion  of  this  mineral  in  bones  is  one  not  covering  a  long  period  of  time. 
Tin  has  been  found  in  deer  horns  in  Cornwall,  but  the  incident  above 
related  furnishes  no  guide  as  to  when  the  stag,  or  its  antler,  got  into 
the  Weardale  mine,  as  it  might  remain  charged  with  its  mineral  matter 
for  hundreds  of  years.  The  red  deer  (Cervus  elaphns]  appears  to  have 
disappeared  from  Weardale  in  1647.  In  the  neighbouring  dale  of 
Teesdale  they  existed  to  a  later  date,  as  it  is  on  record  that  400  red 
deer  perished  in  the  snow  in  Teesdale  on  Sept.  14,  1073.  This  animal 
still  exists  in  the  Scottish  Highlands,  north  of  the  Clyde,  and  they  are 
found  on  the  moors  of  Devon  and  Somerset,  and  at  some  places  in 
Ireland.  Looking  back  we  find  that  in  Stanhope  park  there  were  200 
deer  in  1575,  and  300  deer  in  1458,  and  Leland  in  his  Itinerary,  1538, 
tells  us  that  '  there  resorte  many  redde  dere  straglers  to  the  mountains 
of  Weredale.'  At  one  time  this  animal  was  very  common  in  the  north 
of  England.  In  1512  the  forests  of  the  earl  of  Northumberland  con- 
tained 6000  head  of  red,  roe,  and  fallow  deer,  and  in  the  Cheviots 
Leland  tells  us  that  there  were  plenty  of  '  redd  deer  and  roo  bukkes.' 
Earlier  still  when  king  Edward  was  in  Weardale  in  1327  and  encamped 
in  Stanhope  park,  whilst  the  Scots  army  occupied  the  Billing  hills 
on  the  opposite  side  of  the  valley,  the  English  army,  when  in  pursuit 
of  the  Scots,  came  into  contact  with  these  animals.  Froissart,  the 
historian,  tells  us  that  'Whan  they  had  thus  ron  forth  often  tymes 
in  the  day,  the  space  of  harfe  a  myle  together  towards  the  crye,  wenying 
it  had  been  theyr  ennemyes,  they  were  deceived,  for  the  crye  ever 
arose  by  the  reysing  of  hartis,  hyndis  and  other  savage  beastis.  If 
we  go  back  to  the  days  of  '  Boldon  Buke,'1  1183,  we  find  that  in  many 
of  the  parks  and  forests  of  the  county  palatine  of  Durhani,  deer  were 
preserved  to  find  sport  for  the  prince  bishops.  At  this  period  sport 
in  the  parks  and  forests  of  England  was  apparently  the  great  object 
of  life  amongst  the  bishops  and  nobility  of  the  north  as  well  as  in  the 
south,  where  villages  were  destroyed  to  make  room  for  the  coveted 
animals  of  the  chase,  and  when  the  forest-laws  enforced  the  death 
penalty  to  the  slave  who  killed  a  deer.  In  those  days  there  were  deer 
parks  at  Stanhope,  Wolsingham,  Bedburn,  Auckland,  and  several 
other  places  within  the  bounds  of  St,  Cuthbert.  The  tenure  of  land 
in  1183  was  servile,  and  we  find  the  villans  or  serfs  of  the  county 
holding  lands  on  forest  service,  having  to  find  at  the  great  hunt  horses, 
dogs,  cords  to  hem  in  the  deer,  and  oxen  to  carry  the  provisions.  For 
instance,  Ulf  of  Lanchestar  attended  the  lord  at  the  great  hunt  with 
one  greyhound,  so  did  William  the  son  of  Orm,  who  held  Redmarshall, 
and  the  lord  bishop  himself  supplied  15  cords  from  Heighington  hall, 
and  the  tenants  each  one  cord.  Galterus,  who  held  lands  near  Auck- 
land, provided  four  oxen  to  carry  the  bishops  wine,  and  attended  the 
great  hunt.  Many  other  instances  might  be  quoted.  Amongst  other 
duties  of  the  tenants  of  Aucklandshire  they  supplied  at  the  great  hunt,[.the 
bishop's  hall  in  the  forest  with  a  buttery  and  hatch,  a  chamber,  chapel, 
and  they  fenced  around  the  lodges.  Here  in  the  forest  during  the  bishop's 
hunting  expedition  were  provided  a  kitchen  and  larder,  seats  in  the  hall, 
and  kennels  for  the  dogs.  The  Stanhope  serfs  had  to  make  horse 
journeys  for  provisioning  the  forest  camp  and  lodges  at  Wolsingham, 
and  had  to  carry  the  venison  to  Durham  and  Auckland.  Three  turners 
of  Wolsingham  held  seventeen  acres  of  land  of  the  bishop,  and  for  this 
service  had  to  supply  3100  wooden  trenchers  at  the  great  hunt.  Such 
was  the  value  of  deer  in  those  days  that  a  forefoot  of  forest  dogs 
was  removed  to  prevent  them  chasing  the  deer,  but,  owing  to  there 
being  wolves  in  the  forest,  it  was  decreed  that  the  dogs'  pads  in  those 
1  Surt.  Soc.  publ. 


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parts,  and  in  the  cowpastures  of  Weardale,  should  not  be  chopped  off, 
but  the  shepherds  had  to  lead  them  because  of  the  deer,  and  to  protect 
their  cattle  from  wolves.  If  we  look  farther  back  still,  in  an  ancient 
Saxon  poem,  inserted  in  Hicke's  Anglo-Sax.  Grammar,  and  referred  to 
by  Adeling  to  the  Danish-Saxon  period,  which  this  writer  fixes  between 
the  year  780  and  the  time  of  the  Conquest,  we  find  the  following  lines 
011  the  topography  of  Durham  : — 

The  Were  flows  round  it, 

A  river  of  rapid  waves  ; 

And  there  live  in  it, 

Fishes  of  various  kinds, 

Mingling  with  the  floods, 

And  there  grow  great  forests  ; 

There  live  in  the  recesses 

Wild  animals  of  many  sorts  ; 

In  the  deep  vallies 

Deer  innumerable. 

Whilst  relics  of  deer  have  been  found  at  Roman  stations,  we  may  look 
further  back  still,  to  the  prehistoric  period,  known  as  the  Bronze  Age, 
and  the  Heatheryburn  cave  at  Stanhope  is  an  example.  In  this  local 
cave  Dr.  Greenwell4  informs  us  that  a  large  number  of  implements 
made  of  bone,  boar  tusks  and  antlers  of  red  deer  were  discovered. 
Both  straight  and  curved  portions  of  deer-horn  and  beams  and  tines 
wore  found,  some  of  them  perforated  by  three  holes.  Evidently  deer 
were  denizens  of  Weardale  forest  before  the  Christian  era,  but  can 
we  not  look  further  back  into  the  Neolithic  or  Newer  Stone  Age.  On 
page  205  will  be  found  particulars  of  the  finding  of  flint  arrow  heads 
and  flint  flakes,  and  other  stone  age  implements  in  Weardale.  The 
stone  age  men  used  deer  horn  in  which  is  set  their  battle  axes  before 
attaching  them  to  a  shaft.  In  Grimes  Graves  near  Brandon,  Norfolk, 
a  considerable  number  of  antlers  of  this  forest  animal  have  been 
found.  Antlers  have  been  found  beneath  the  peat  beds  on  the  east 
coast  at  Whitburn  near  Sunderland,  at  Jarrow  Slake,  and  also  at 
Hartlepool,  the  borough  arms  of  which  town  perpetuate  the  legend 
that  here  was  the  '  pool  '  where  the  '  harts  '  drank.  Referring  to  a 


Fi«.  2. 

list  of  mammals  found  in  British  river  ^deposits  wo  find  that  of  these 
animals,  several,  such  as  the  stag,  roe-deer,  cave-bear,  urus,  horse, 
hippopotamus,  and  Elephas  antiquus,  occur  in  the  forest-bed  and  are 
thus  proved  to  have  existed  before  the  great  Ice  Ago. 8 

The  above  evidence   shows  that  in  Britain  this  most  beautiful  of 

2  Archaeologict ,  vol.  54. 

3  A  Guide  to  the  Antiquities  of  the  Stone  Age.  British  Museum  pnbl.,  1902.  For  a 
paper  '  On  the  Use  of  the  Deer-Horn  Pick  in  the  Mining  Operations  of  the  Ancients,'  see 
Arch.,  62,  i,  pp.  101-124,  and  Proc.  Soo.  Antiq.  Lvnd.,  2  ser.,  xxni,  i,  p.  101. 


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forest  animals  has  existed  before  the  Ice  Age  down  even  to  the  present 
time,  the  antler  illustrated,  however,  must  date  from  sometime  later 
than  the  introduction  of  lead  mining  into  Weardale. 

Amongst  the  objects  found  in  Grimes  Graves,  which  were  excavated 
by  Mr.  Greenwell  in  1868,  and  which  are  now  in  the  British  Museum, 
were  a  number  of  miners'  picks  made  from  antlers  of  red  deer,  and  the 
chalky  clay  which  still  adheres  to  the  surface  still  retains  the  impression 
of  the  miners'  thumb.  There  is  an  illustration  of  it  at  p.  79  of  the 
British  museum  guide  book  above  mentioned,  and  is  reproduced  on  the 
preceding  page,  by  permission. 

When  Neolithic  man  shaped  his  flint  arrow  heads  and  trimmed  his 
cutting  flint  flakes  and  polished  his  stone  battle  axes,  he  did  not  know 
the  use  of  metals.  A  socketed  axe  found  in  the  Heathery -burn  Bron/e 
Age  cave  was  found  to  contain  an  excessive  amount  of  lead,  and  Mr. 
Greenwell  remarks  :  *  Is  it  possible  that  this  excess  of  lead  may  be  due 
to  the  abundance  of  the  ore  of  that  metal  in  Weardale  ?'  Two  mining 
implements  made  of  oak  have  been  discovered.  The  mall  or  maul 
was  found  in  the  '  Old  Man,'  as  the  old  workings  are  called,  so  recently 
as  August,  1910,  whilst  some  of  the  workmen  belonging  to  the  Weardale 
Steel,  Coal,  and  Coke  Co.  were  working  fluor-spar  at  Crawley  spar 
mine,  near  Stanhope.  This  mine  was  worked  for  spar  at  least  CO 
years  ago.  On  the  10  Sept.  1853,  we  find  that  50  tons  of  flint  spar  was 
sent  from  this  mine  to  Charles  T.  Hammond  of  Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 
The  mall,  Fig.  3,  is  of  one  piece  of  dark  oak,  the  round  handle  is  10| 
inches  long  and  is  1 1  across  next  the  head,  and  tapers  to  1  inch  diameter 
at  the  smaller  end.  The  head  is  13  inches  long  and  about  5£  inches 
wide,  and  4|  inches  thick,  and  the  face  is  hollowed,  evidently  by  use 
in  striking  at  some  other  implement.  It  is  a  two-handed  mall  or 
hammer,  total  length  23£  inches.  The  shovel,  Fig.  4,  is  a  flat  imple- 
ment, made  of  one  piece  of  oak,  and  was  found  in  Wellhope,  Weardale, 
some  35  years  since.  The  total  length  is  3  feet  2J  inches,  width  of 
handle  If  inches,  thickness  f  of  an  inch.  The  head,  which  has  been 
slightly  hollowed  by  burning  is  8  inches  by  9  inches  and  fairly  round, 
but  the  point  of  the  shovel  head  to  the  right  side  is  well  worn,  showing 
that  the  person  using  it  was  right-handed.  It  is  more  than  probable 
that  the  Romans  worked  the  Weardale  mines,  as  they  were  conversant 
with  lead,  and  its  use  for  water-pipes,  etc.  These  people  had  a  station 
at  Binchester,  near  Bishop  Auckland,  and  one  at  Whitley,  near  Alston, 
consequently  they  would  travel  through  the  dale,  and  the  Roman  altar 
at  Stanhope  rectory  shows  that  these  mighty  soldiers  came  into 
Weardale.  In  1870  a  number  of  Roman  coins  were  found  at  West- 
gate  in  Weardale,  and  the  inscriptions  and  dates  on  these  silver  denarii 
covered  a  period  from  A.D.  81  to  A.D.  161.  From  the  fovmdation  of 
the  See  of  Durham  lead  has  been  indispensible  for  religious  houses. 
Eadbert,  ordained  bishop  of  the  Holy  Isle  in  A.D.  688,  had  the  Lindis- 
farne  church  covered  with  plates  of  lead.  In  1135-1154  a  charter  of 
king  Stephen  concerning  the  mines  in  Weardale  is  mentioned  in  the 
Surtees  Society4  publication.  In  1152-1195  king  Stephen  granted 
the  Weardale  mines  to  his  relative  Hugh  Pudsey,  bishop  of  Durham, 
and  Pudsey  gave  to  the  hospital  of  St.  Giles,  Durham,  a  lead  mine  in 
the  Derwent  district  on  the  north  of  Weardale,  to  cover  St.  Mary's 
and  All  Saints  church  and  the  infirmary  of  the  said  hospital,  and  an 
iron  mine  at  Rookhope  in  Weardale  for  making  carts  and  other  needful 
articles.  In  1401  bishop  Walter  granted  to  Roger  Thornton  of  Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne  '  one  myne  of  lead  called  Blakden  the  Easter  and  Wester, 
and  another  lead  myne  called  Aldwode-clough,  and  another  place 

4  Hist.  Dun.  Scrip.  Tret  (9  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  p.  xxxiij. 


284 

called  Harderake '  for  the  term  of  twelve  years. 6  In  1404  the  prior 
and  convent  of  Durham  confirmed  a  lease  of  thi  lead  mines  of  Weardale 
forest  to  Ralph  earl  of  Westmorland.6  In  1595  there  were  divers 
and  sundry  lead  mines  or  grooves  in  Weardale,  and  in  king  Charles 
the  second's  time  we  find  charges  for  ropes,  rolls,  tubs,  corfes,  candles, 


Fig.  4.  .  Fig.  3. 

wood  for  timbering  the  shafts,  for  driving  levels,  sinking  pits,  etc.     If 
Neolithic  man  in  prehistoric  times  was  able  to  sink  shafts  in  the  chalk, 
the  Weardale  miners  would  doubtless  sink  shafts  at  a  very  early  date. 
Mr.  Egglestone  was  thanked  for  his  paper. 

6  Bourne,  History  of  Newcastle,  c  Hist.  Dun.  Scrip,  Tret,  p.  cxcij. 


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to  the  Champions  of  the  Reformation. 

From  R.  Blair  : — -The  Antiquary  for  November,  vol.  vi,  no.  11,  and 
December,  1910,  vol.  vi,  12. 

From  Mr.  R.  Oliver  Heslop,  F.S.A.  : — Fox's  Synopsis  of  the  New- 
castle Museum,  late  the  Allan,  formerly  the  Tunstall  or  Wycliffe 
Museum,  8vo.  (This  is  a  specially  acceptable  present,  as  not  only 
is  there  no  copy  in  the  society's  library,  but  there  is  none  in  the 
library  of  the  Lit.  and  Phil.  Soc.  Many  of  the  antiquarian  objects 
named  in  the  catalogue  are  now  in  the  society's  museum.) 

Special  thanks  were  voted  to  the  London  Society  of  Antiquaries, 
Mr.  Lindsay  and  Mr.  Heslop,  for  their  donations. 

Exchanges  : — 

From  the  Royal  Society  oi  Antiquaries  of  Ireland  : —  Journal,  xi.,  3. 

From  the  Glasgow  Archaeological  Society  : — Transactions,^  new 
series,  vi,  i. 

From  the  Royal  Irish  Academy  : — Proceedings,  xxvin,  sec.  c,  12. 

From  La  Soci^t^  d'Archeologie  de  Bruxelles  : —  Annales,  xxiv,  1  &  2. 

From  L'Acadernie  des  Sciences  et  des  Lettres,  Christiania  : — Pro- 
ceedings, 2. 

[Proc.  3  Ser,  IV,  40.] 


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From  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  of  London  : — (i)  Archaeologia,  62,  i  r 

and  (ii)   Proceedings,   xxm,   i. 
From    the    Royal    Archaeological    Institute  :- — -The     Archaeological 

•Journal,   XL YII  ;     8vo. 
From    the    Bristol    and    Gloucestershire    Archaeological    Society  : — 

Transactions,  xxxn,  ii. 
From  the  British  School  at  Rome  : — Papers,  v,  4to. 

Purchases  : — -The  Registers  of  Seaham,  co.  Durham,  and  The  Registers 
of  Dalton-le-Dale,  co.  Durham  (North,  and  Durh.  Par.  Reg.  Soc.)  ; 
The  Visitation  of  Suffolk,  1664-1668  (61  Harleiari  Soc.  publ.)  ; 
Mittheihingcn  of  the  Imperial  German  Arohaeol.  Institute,  xxv, 
i-iii  ;  The  Registers  of  Halesowen,  co.  Worcester  (68  Parish  Register 
Soc.  publ.;  Notes  and  Queries,  11  ser.  no--.  45-48;  Rev.  E.  A. 
Downman's  original  plans  of  ancient  earthworks,  53  in  number 
(597-649);  they  are  as  follows  :— Introduction,  Title,  Order,  and 
three  blank  sheets,  to  complete  Middlesex  ;  Great  Easton  Mounr, 
Gilstead  Mount,  Colchester  Castlo,  Rickling  Mount,  South  Weald, 
Elmdon  Bury,  Cumber  Hill,  and  Stocks  (Berden),  Chrishall,  Great 
Garnetts,  Rainbow  Lodge.  Beckingham  Mount,  Rowley  Hil1, 
Lexden  Lodge,  Lexden  Dyke,  Moores  Ditch,  Loughton,  and  Intro- 
duction (two  sheets),  Title,  Order,  and  three  blank  sheets,  to  com- 
plete Essex  ;  Rubury,  Sherrington  Castle,  Mere  Castle  Hill,  Win 
Green,  Southleigh  Circle,  Marlborough  Common,  Mere  Down, 
Chaddenarck  Down,  Dounton,  Cow  Down,  Mancomba  Down, 
King's  Play  Enclosure,  Atton  Down,  Robin  Hood  Bower,  Hill 
Deverill,  in  Wiltshire,  and  Introduction,  four  sheets,  Order,  Title 
and  three  blank  sheets  to  complete  Wiltshire  ;  Castle  Gresley, 
Melandra  Castle,  Coney  Grey  Castle,  Croxall  Castle,  Morley  Mount, 
Tafton  Castle  Hill,  Holmesfield  Castle,  Bakewell  Castle,  Ho'lmesfield 
Moat,  and  Wingfield  Manor,  in  Derbyshire,  and  Introduction, 
Order,  Title,  and  three  blank  sheets  to  complete  Derbyshire  ; 
Spindleston  Crag,  Great  Hether,  Dod  Law,  Fair  Hill  (Eastington), 
West  Brislee,  Broomridge  Dean,  The  Kettles,  Ross  Castle,  St. 
Gregory  Hill,  Little  Hether,  and  Kippy  Heugh,  in  Northumberland  ; 
Ephemeris  Epigraphica,  ix,  iii  ;  and  Official  Year  Book  of  Scientific 
and  Learned  Societies  for  1910. 

DONATION    TO    THE    MUSEUM. 

From  the  trustees  of  the  late  J.  R.  D.  Lynn  (per  Mr.  H.  T.  Ruther- 
ford, one  of  them): — An  Ancient  British  urn  and  some  human 
remains  discovered  at  the  Sneep,  near  Bellingham,  several  years  ago, 
and  lent  to  the  society  at  the  time  of  their  discovery  for  exhibition 
in  the  society's  museum,  where  they  have  since  been  (see  Arch.  Ael., 
2  ser,,  xv,  p.  49;  also  illustration  of  it  on  opposite  plate). 
EXHIBITED  : — 

By  Mr.  Maberly  Phillips,  F.S.A.  :-r-(i)  A  hair  powder-puff,  or  'powder 
monkey,'  bellows-shape  (see  illustration  of  it,  half  size,  on  opposite 
plate)  ;  (ii)  an  early  double-barrel  flint-lock  pistol,  and  (iii)  an 
apprentice's  bible  folding  lamp. 

By  Mr.  Henry  Clarke  : — A  double-barrelled  percussion-lock  pistol 
of  about  1830.  The  peculiarity  is  that  the  lock  moves  from"one 
touch  hole  to  the  other. 

Mr.  Phillips  read  the  following  notes  on  the  exhibits  : — 

(1;  'Powder-monkey, 'or  powder-puff. — OnlSOct.  1907, 1  exhibited 

a  '  powder-monkey  '  or  powder-puff,  and  gave  some  account  of  the 

same  (see  illustration  in  Proceedings,  3  ser.,  in,  116).     I  havo  recently 


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THE   HEBER   TOWEB,    NEWCASTLE    November,  1910. 


(From  a  Photograph  by  Mr.  Parker  Brewis.  F.S.A.) 


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been  fortunate  in  obtaining  another  example,  though  of  different 
design.  This  is  made  in  two  sections,  covered  with  soft  leather  or 
kid.  Inside  there  must  be  a  spring,  which  expands  the  two  sections 
when  pressed  together  at  the  base.  The  bone  nozzle  at  the  top 
unscrews  to  admit  of  loose  horse-hair  and  powder  being  put  into  it. 
The  action  is  much  the  same  as  in  a  pair  of  bellows,  the  hair-powder 
being  distributed  over  the  head  through  very  fine  wire  gauze.  It 
stands  eight  inches  and  a  quarter  in  height,  and  is  four  inches  by 
two  inches  at  the  base. 

(2)  Double-barrel  flint-lock  pistol. — It  is  well  known  that  in  modern 
pistols  of  more  than  ono  discharge,  the  same  barrel  is  utilised  for 
each  shot.     In  the  example  here  exhibited,  the  pistol  has  two  barrels, 
but  only  one  hammer  and  priming  pan.     It  is  loaded  from   the 
muzzle,   and  after  the  first  discharge   from   the  upper  touch-hole 
(which  communicates  with  the  upper  barrel),  by  turning  a  pin  at  the 
side  of  the  pistol  another  touch -hole  is  brought  into  use  that  com- 
municates with  the  lower  barrel,  but  the  powdar  pan  requires  to  be 
primed  afresh.     The  maker  is   '  Richards,   London.' 

(3)  Our  member,  Mr.  Henry  Clarke,  exhibited  a  pistol  with  barrels 
arranged  in  the  same  way  for  percussion  cap,  two  nipples  being 
placed  one  in  front  of  the  other,  the  hammer  being  fixed  on  a  small 
revolving  plate  by  which  it  could  be  made  to  fall  upon  either  nipple 
and  cause  the  discharge  of  either  barrel.     The  pistol  was  made  by 
'  Kavanagh,    Dublin.' 

(4)  'Apprentice's  Bible.' — A  small  folding  pocket  lantern,  measuring 
when  closed,  Sin.  by  Sin.  by  fin.,  made  in  tin  japanned.     There  is  a 
handle  to  carry  it  with,  and  when  folded,  it  might  easily  pass  as  a 
bible  or  prayer  book.     When  opened  it  forms  a  useful  little  lantern. 
1  am  told  the  idea  was  that  the  apprentice  could,  after  church  service, 
safely  light  his  master  and  mistress  to  their  home. 

By  Mr.   Parker  Brewis,  F.S.A.  : — A  photograph  taken  by  himself 
of  the  Heber  tower,  Newcastle,  from  a  new  point  of  view  opened 
out  by  the  pulling  down  of  some  old  buildings. 
The  following  letter  of  Mr.  Brewis  was  read  : — • 

'  Taking  advantage  of  the  re-building  of  St.  John's  Church  schools 
in  Bath  Lane,  Newcastle,  the  corporation  have  set  back  the  street 
frontage,  and  compensated  the  schools  by  pulling  down  the  adjoining 
corporation  sheds  for  scavenging  carts,  and  adding  dart  of  the  land 
they  occupied  to  the  school  site.  This  has  exposed  to  view  the 
Heber  tower,  and  allowed  it  to  be  seen  in  a  manner  not  hitherto 
possible  for  many  years.  I  enclose  a  photograph  which  you  may, 
perhaps,  think  fit  to  put  in  the  Proceedings.' 

By  the  Rev.  T.  Stephens  of  Horsley,  Redesdale  : — A  drawing  of  a 

Roman  inscription  in  the  wall  of  a  house  at  Woodburn. 
The  following  explanatory  letter  from  Mr.  Stephens  was  read  : — 

'  I  send  you  a  drawing  herewith  of  a  stone  inscribed  which  was 
noticed  lately  built  into  the  wall  of  a  house  at  Woodburn.  It  does 
not  seem  to  have  been  before  noticed.  The  drawing,  made  by  a 
mason,  probably  does  not  give  the  lettering  correctly.  Doubtless, 

it  is  a  memorial  stone,  and  I  read  it  as  follows  : — D  M 

FIMA  CO  ...  ERANI  vixiT  ANNOS  xvii  s  T  T  L.  The  pious  wish  with 
which  it  concludes  '  sit  tibi  terra  levis,'  occurs  on  another  stone  from 
Risingham.' 

DECEMBER    MEETING. 

The  recommendation  of  the  council  that  as  usual  no  meetings  of 
the  council  or  society  be  held  in  December  was  agreed  to. 


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COINS    FOUND    ON    BEACH    AT    SOUTH    SHIELDS. 

The  secretary  (Mr.  Blair)  reported  that  the  discovery  of  several 
additional  coins  on  the  beach  at  South  Shields  had  come  to  his  know- 
ledge. They  are  a  Roman  denarius  of  Domitiari  (obv.  IMP  CAES  DOMIT 
AVG  GERM  p  M  TR  p  x,  laureated  head  to  right ;  rev.  IMP  xxi  cos  xv  CENS 
p  P  ;  Minerva  to  right,  \\ith  spear  in  right  hand  and  shield  in  left)  ;  two 
pennies  of  Edward  i,  Dublin  and  Canterbury  mints ;  a  penny  of 
Edward  n,  London  mint  ;  two  groats  of  David  of  Scotland,  Edinburgh 
mint ;  three  groats  of  Robert,  Edinburgh  mint  ;  a  groat  of  Mary  I ;  a 
sixpence  of  Elizabeth,  of  1567  ;  and  a  shilling  of  James  i. 

[Since  the  meeting  tbe  following  denarii  have  come  into  the  writer's 
hands  from  the  same  place  (Herd  sand,  South  Shields): — 

HADKIAN    (Coll.   1118)  :    Obv.    IMP    CAESAR    TRAIAN    HADRIANVS    AVG,    draped 

bust  to  right ;   rev.  p  M  TR  p  cos  in,   Equity  standing  to  left,  holding 
balance  and  cornucopia. 

ANTONINUS   PIUS    (Coll.    196)  ;    obv.  ANTONINVS  AVG  PIVS  P  P  TR  P  XV,    laiire- 

ated  head  to  right;  iev.  cos  mi,  Vesta  standing  to  left,  holding simpuluiu 
and  the  palladium. 

M.  AURELIUS  (Coh.  236  &  543);  (1)  obv.  AVRELIVS  CAESAR  AVG  PII  F  cos, 
young  head  bare  to  left ;  rev.  HONOS,  Honour  in  toga,  standing  to  left, 
holding  branch  and  cornucopia.  (2)  obv.  M  ANTONINVS  AVG  TK  P  xxm, 
laureated  head  to  right ;  rev.  SALUTI  AVG  cos  in,  Health  standing  to 
left,  holding  a  sceptre,  and  feeding  a  serpent  twisted  round  an  altar.] 

ANCIENT    DEEDS. 

Mr.  Blair  (one  of  the  secretaries)  read  the  introductory  note  by  Mr. 
W.  Brown,  F.S.A.,  on  some  deeds  relating  to  Northumberland  and 
Durham,  preserved  in  the  Boynton  collection  at  Burton  Agnes. 

Thanks  were  voted  to  Mr.  Brown  for  the  transcripts,  which,  on  the 
motion  of  Mr.  J.  C.  Hodgson,  it  was  decided  to  print  in  Arch.  Aeliana* 

NEWCASTLE    HOUSEHOLDERS    IN    1605. 

Mr.  R.  O.  Heslop  (one  of  the  secretaries),  in  the  absence  of  the  writer, 
read  a  paper  by  Mr.  R.  Welford,  a  vice-president,  dealing  with  the 
hearth  tax,  with  special  reference  to  its  incidence  in  Newcastle. 

Mr.  R.  Oliver  Heslop  proposed  that  their  most  cordial  thanks  be 
given  to  Mr.  Welford  for  his  .  interesting  and  valuable  paper. 
He  called  attention  to  the  word  '  cudbush.'  In  Mr.  Welford's 
quotation  from  the  mayor's  report  on  the  condition  of  the  population 
of  Sandgate  we  had  the  only  known  instance  of  the  use  of  this  term. 
In  all  probability  it  was  a  clerical  error,  and  written  instead  of  '  cud- 
bear '  or  '  cudweed.'  Whatever  it  should  have  been,  some  esculent 
used  for  flavouring  the  hard  fare  of  the  starving  people  was  intended. 
There  was  a  sequel  to  the  hearth -tax.  which  they  would  remember,  that 
might  here  be  recalled  not  inappropriately.  Montague,  as  Chancellor 
of  the  Exchequer  under  Dutch  William,  was  confronted  in  1695  with 
the  problem  of  rehabilitating  the  then  debased  and  clipped  coinage. 
The  Bank  of  England,  then  recently  founded,  undertook  to  advance  the 
large  sum  necessary  for  the  purpose  upon  good  security.  Bad  as  it 
could  be  in  its  incidence,  the  old  hearth-tax  had  yet  been  regarded  by 
financiers  as  a  first-class  security.  It  was,  therefore,  looked  to  as  a 
stroke  of  genius  when  the  chancellor  of  the  period  devised  an  expedient 
by  which  a  tax  on  houses  could  be  imposed,  as  reliable  in  results  as 
hearth  money  had  been,  without  the  intrusion  of  an  assessor  upon  the 
privacy  of  the  home.  The  functionary  charged  with  the  duty  could 
stand  outside  the  house  and  count  its  windows.  The  immediate  and 
eager  adoption  of  the  window  duty  which  followed,  a  tax  on  the  blessed 
daylight  though  it  was,  appeared  a  small  matter  compared  with  the 
execrable  impost  which  had  been  endured  under  the  tax  on  the  hearth. 


Mr.  J.  Crawford  Hodgson,  in  seconding  the  vote  of  thanks  to  Mr. 
Welford,  said  they  were  all  impressed  with  the  important  character 
of  the  paper  to  which  they  had  just  listened.  With  the  concurrence 
of  the  proposer,  he  would  add  to  the  resolution  that  the  paper  be  printed 
in  Archaeologia  Aeliana. 

With  the  addition  the  resolution  was  unanimously  carried. 

OLD    WELL   AT   BYKEK. 

The  following  letter,  addressed  to  the  secretaries,  dated  23  Nov. 
1910,  from  Mr.  A.  B.  Plummer,  F.B.I.B.A.,  referring  to  the  discovery 
of  an  old  well  was  read  : — • 

'  I  am  the  architect  for  the  new  parochial  building^  in  connection 
with  St.  Mark's  parish,  adjoining  th.9  church  and  vicarage,  the  whole 
of  the  buildings  being  th  gift  of  Mr.  W.  D.  Cruddas  to  the  parish.  As 
the  architect,  I  think  it  well  to  report  to  you  that  about  three  weeks 
ago,  whilst  Messrs.  Middlemiss  Bros.,  the  contractors'  workmen  were 
digging  a  drain  trench,  they  broke  into  the  side  of  what  appears  to  be 
an  old  well,  the  depth  of  she  new  drain  trench  was  from  two  to  three 
feet  below  the  presnet  surface.  The  well  had  been  filled  up  previous 
to  the  men  breaking  into  it.  The  intended  drain  has  been  diverted 
around  the  outside  of  the  structure,  which  1  think  has  been  an  old  well. 
There  is  no  detail  or  indication  giving  any  clue  as  to  date.  It  is  about 
to  be  covered  in  and  asphalted  over.  The  centre  of  the  well  measures 
9ft.  Oin.  from  the  south  wall  of  the  chancel  of  the  church,  and  lift.  Gin. 
from  the  north-west  corner  of  the  larger  of  the  two  new  parochial 
buildings.  The  internal  diameter  is  4ft.  Gin.  and  the  walling  around 
is  stone  about  9in.  thick,  built  with  roughly  hammer  dressed  squared 
stones,  each  about  24in.  to  16in.  long,  and  built  in  regular  courses 
about  9in.  high. 

Mr.  Heslop  remarked  that  the  well  was  near  the  site  of  *  Byker 
Folly.'  He  did  not  think  any  picture  of  the  latter  existed.  In  its 
time  it  was  a  feature  in  the  landscape,  and  its  walls  and  battlements 
only  disappeared  when  the  church  was  built,  and  he  remembered  it 
quite  well  in  the  '  fifties.' 

Thanks  were  voted  to  Mr.  Plummer. 


COKKhOIlON  : 


Page  276,  line  10,  Viscount  Boyne  presented  the  small  stone  ball  found  at  Hard- 
wick,  Sedgetiekl,  through  Mr.  Kennet  H.  Bayley. 


MISCELLANEA. 

The  following  are  notes  of  deeds  and  other  documents  in  Dr.  Bur- 
man's  possession  (continued  from  p.  227)  : — • 

ST.    HELEN    AUCKLAND. 

Indenture  of  8  July,  1690,  whereby  John  Hutchinson  of  the  City  of 
Durham,  esq.,  assigned  to  Ralph  Williamson  of  St.  Martins  in  the 
Fields,  esq.,  after  reciting  that  for  1002.  Wm.  Williamson  of  St.  Hellens 
Auckland,  gentleman,  demised  to  Hutchinson  the  house,  garth,  and 
garden  in  St.  Hellan  Auckland,  '  called  by  the  name  of  the  Old  Hall  & 
the  parcells  of  ground  called  the  Oxe  Close,  the  Well-garth,  the  High 
Maine,  and  the  Low  Maine  with  all  Petty-tythes '  in  possession  of  Wm. 


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Williamson  or  Geo.  Dickinson  the  sub-tenant  for  99  years  at  a  Pepper- 
Corn  rent  if  demanded  provided  that  if  the  sum  of  100/.  should  be 
repaid  this  indenture  to  be  void.  Signed  by  Jo.  Hutchinson,  and 
heraldic  seal  of  a  rampant  lion,  with  mantling,  etc.  Attested  by 
Robert  Woodmas,  Jon.  Pease,  Ro.  Logan.  Endorsed  'Mr.  Jo.  Hut- 
chinsons  Assignemt  of  Mr.Wm.  Williamson's  Lease  or  Demise  to  Ralph 
Williamson,  esq.,  for  one  hundred  pounds,  with  a  Receipt  endorsed 
for  the  same. 

BOLAM,    ST.     HELEN    AUCKLAND,    AND    BISHOPTON. 

By  will  of  12  June,  1603,  of  Edward  Elstobb  of  Great  Lumly  in  the  co. 
of  Dm.,  gent.,  'being  sick  in  body,'  &c.,  gave  to  his  sister  Eli?abeth 
Lumley,  wife  of  William  Lumley,  of  Lumly,  gent.  1QO/.,  by  201.  a  year, 
out  of  the  profits,  &c.,  of  his  lands  at  Bolam  &  St.  Ellen  Auckland, 
and  gave  each  of  his  brother-in-law  Wm.  Lumley's  four  daughters 
Margaret,  Mary,  Barbary,  &  Anne,  201.  out  of  the  same  ;  out  of  the 
residue  of  the  rents  he  gave  his  niece  Mary  Wright  101.  He  gave 
Charles  Elstobb,  his  brother  Charles  Elstobb's  third  son,  10Z.  out  of 
his  lands,  he  gave  to  Ralph  Elstobb,  his  brother  Charles's  second  son 
all  his  houses  &  lands  in  Bolam  during  his  life  after  payment  of  legacies. 
He  gave  to  Edward  Elstobb  his  brother  Charles's  youngest  son  all  his 
houses  &  lands  in  St.  Ellen  Auckland  for  his  life  after  discharge  of 
legacies  &  the  residue  of  the  rents  of  Bolam  &  St.  Ellen  Auckland 
if  any  remained  to  his  brother  Charles's  2  younger  sons  Ralph  &  Edward. 
He  gave  to  Richard  Lumley  his  brother-in-law,  Wm.  Lumley's  son, 
201.  out  of  his  personal  estate  and  also  161.  to  Richd.  Lumley,  owing  to 
him  by  William  Atkinson  of  Lumly.  He  gave  to  his  godson  George 
Lumley,  son  of  William  Lumley  the  younger  of  Chester,  51.,  and  to 
his  cousin  Wm.  Lumley's  wife  of  Chester  &  to  her  son  Wm.,  51. ,  equally 
between  them.  He  gave  his  '  cozen  '  Thomas  Wright,  who  married 
his  brother  Charles's  daughter  his  grey  Gelding  which  he  bought  of 
Roger  Harper,  to  John  Elstobb  his  nephew  his  '  brother  Charles's 
eldest  son  his  black  mare,  to  his  sister  Elizabeth  Lumley  his  silver 
bowl  &  six  silver  spoons,  to  his  brother  Charles  Elstobb  &  his  wife 
to  each  of  them  a  twenty  shilling  piece  of  gold  as  a  token  of  his  love 
to  make  either  of  them  a  ring.  The  residue  of  his  estate  he  gave  to 
his  brother-in-law  Wm.  Lumley's  children,  Wm.,  Richard,  Henry, 
Margaret,  Mary,  Barbary  &  Anne  equally  except  that  the  four  daughters 
were  to  have  201.  less  than  the  sons.  He  made  his  brother-in  law  Wm. 
Lumley,  sole  executor.  Witnessed  by  Wm.  Stevenson  &  Geo.  Thomp- 
son. 

By  will  of  15  April,  1666,  of  Charles  Elstobb  of  ffoxton,  co.  Durham, 
gent.,  '  being  sicke  in  body,'  &c.,  and  knowing  that  '  all  flesh  must  yeild 
unto  death,'  &c.,  '  being  penitent  and  sorry  from  the  bottom  of  my  heart 
for  my  sins  past,  most  humbly  desireing  forgivenessg  for  the  same,'  gave 
his  soul  to  Almighty  God,  &c.,  his  body  to  be  buried  where  his  executor 
should  appoint  '  and  now  for  the  settling  of  my  temporall  estate  and 
such  goods,  chattels,  and  debts  as  it  hath  pleased  God  far  above  my 
deserts  to  bestow  upon  me,'  for  payment  of  his  debts  ;  he  bequeathed 
unto  the  poor  of  the  parish  of  Sedge  field  the  sum  of  three  pounds  to 
be  divided  amongst  them  according  to  the  discretion  of  his  executor. 
He  gave  an  annuity  of  501.  to  his  loveing  wife  Mary  '  out  of  his  messu- 
ages, lands,  &c.,  in  Bishoppton  and  little  Stainton  for  her  life,  ho  gave 
to  her  one  bed  &  bedding,  &c.,  and  'her  trunke  of  linnen.'  He  gave 
to  his  two  younger  sons  Ralph  &  Edward  all  his  messuages,  lands.  &c., 
in  Bolam,  and  Saint  Ellin  Auckland,  that  is  to  say  the  lands  &  tenements 
which  were  given  to  them  by  their  uncle  Edward  Elstobb  severally 


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to  either  of  them  for  their  lives  I  give  to  them  the  inheritance  thereof, 
on  condition  that  if  his  eldest  son  John  pay  to  Ralph  300Z.  &  to  Edward 
200Z.  within  two  years  after  his  eldest  son's  marriage,  then  his  said 
son  John  shall  hold  the  lands.  &c.  He  gave  to  his  son  Charles  Elstobb 
an  annuity  of  32Z.  out  of  lands,  &c.,  '  at  Bishopton  &  little  Stainton  pay- 
able quarterly  at  May  day,  Lammas,  Martinmas,  and  Candlemas  or 
within  1 5  days  thereafter  &  until  one  year  after  my  said  son  Charles 
shall  be  made  ffello\\  of  the  Colledge  of  Peter  house  in  Cambridge  or  of 
some  other  colledges  or  untill  he  obtaine  and  gett  some  other  preferment 
of  the  yearly  value  of  fifty  pounds  or  upwards  that  then  he  shall  have 
10Z.  yearly  for  his  life  as  a  token  of  my  love.'  '  Whereas  my  son-in- 
law  Mr.  Thomas  Wright,  is  seised  of  the  office  of  Clerke  or  Prothonotary 
of  the  Court  of  Pleas  att  Durham  by  Patent  for  his  life,  &  by  agreement 
between  him  and  mee,  I  and  my  executors  or  assigns  are  to  have  the 
moyety  of  all  profitts  issuing  out  of  the  same  office  dureing  his  life.' 
he  directed  that  after  his  death  the  moiety  should  go  to  his  son  John. 
And  whereas  he  having  advanced  his  daughter  Mary  the  wife  of  Mr 
Thomas  Wright  &  given  him  a  competent  portion  with  her  he  desired 
his  executor  to  pay  to  them  20s.  a  piece  as  a  remembrance  after  his  death 
'  to  buy  either  of  them  a  gold  ring  withall.'  He  gave  to  his  said  son 
Wright  one  of  his  stoned  horses  or  a  gelding  whether  he  makes  a  choice 
of.  Ho  gave  to  his  '  loveing  f friends  Thomas  Cradock,  esq.,  and 
Christopher  Mickleton,  gent.,  to  either  of  them  twenty  shillings.'  All 
the  rest  of  his  goods,  &c.,  he  gave  to  his  son  John,  whom  he  made  sole 
executor.  Signed  in  the  presence  of  Thomas  Newton,  Robert  Mason, 
Edward  Dauntesey,  Thomas  Wright,  &  Christopher  Mickleton.  There 
was  some  question  on  account  of  the  money  not  having  been  paid 
by  John  at  the  time  limited  so  the  opinion  of  Jo.  Middleton  was 
taken  on  2  April,  1688.  He  said  that  Ralph  &  Edward  had  an  estate 
in  fee. 

Bond  of  22  June,  1685,  of  Edward  Elstob  of  Brafferton  co.  Durham, 
gent.,  to  Robert  Lyn,  of  Blackwell,  co.  Dm.  gen.,  in  30Z  &  warrant  of 
Attorney  to  confess  a  judgment  for  15Z.  &  int. 

GREAT    HARWELL,    CO.    DURHAM,    ETC. 

Indenture  of  8  April,  17  Chas.  n  [1665]  whereby  William  Bellasis  of 
Owton,  in  the  co.  of  Dm.,  esq.,  granted  to  Charles  Bellasis,  of  Owlston, 
in  the  co.  of  York,  gent.,  after  reciting  that  Sir  William  Bellasis  of 
Moretoiij  knight,  father  of  Charles,  and  grandfather  of  William,  was 
seised  of  the  manor  of  ffishley,  in  the  co.  of  Norfolk,  did  devise  the  same 
by  will  for  the  advancement  amongst  other  things  of  his  younger 
children  he  gave  40Z.  to  Charles  out  of  his  said  manor,  &  after  the  death 
of  Sir  Wm.  the  said  manor  descended  to  Sir  Richard  Bellasis,  son  &  heir 
of  Sir  Wm.  &  afterwards  by  certain  articles  of  agreement  between  him  & 
the  younger  children,  it  was  agreed  that  the  manor  should  be  released 
from  the  40Z.  a  year  &  that  the  charges  should  be  paid  out  of  the  manor 
of  Great  Haswell,  in  the  co.  of  Dm.,  then  in  Sir  Richard's  possession, 
but  to  this  Charles  never  set  his  seal,  although  named  therein  being 
far  remote  at  the  time,  but  has  ever  since  received  the  40Z.  it  was 
covenanted  by  William,  son  &  heir  of  the  said  Sir  Richard  with  Charles 
that  he  Wm.  would  pay  Charles  40Z.  a  year  for  7  years  &  that  then 
Wm.  on  request  made  to  him  by  Charles  should  '  doole,  abbutt,  &  sett 
ouf  by  meetes  &  boundes '  to  Charles  such  part  of  the  land  of  the  said 
manor  of  Great  Haswell  as  should  be  agreed  upon  between  them  to 
be  a  sufficient  estate  of  inheritancy  of  40?.  a  year.  Signed  by  Will. 
Belasis,  seal  gone  ;  the  witnesses  are  Ralph  Cole,  John  Jeff  ray  son, 
Rich.  Neile,  and  William  Philipson. 


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DURHAM  (FRAMWELLGATE). 

Indenture  of  25  April,  22  Chas.  n,  [1670],  between  Mathew  Craggs 
of  the  City  of  Durham,  Draper,  Taylor,  &c.,  Anthony  Walker  of  ffram- 
welgate,  Tanner,  and  Mary  Walker  of  fframwelgata,  sminster  (sic), 
stating  that  Mr.  Craggs,  Anthony  Walker  and  Mary  Walker  were 
seised  in  their  demesne  of  fee  in  common  &  undivided  of  the  burgage 
in  fframwelgate  &  to  end  this  by  a  division.  Mary  Walker  to  have 
all  that  portion  occupied  by  Jane  Walker,  widow,  and  parcel  of  the  garth 
on  the  back  side  of  it  set  out  by  '  certaine  markes  &  dowles '  &  the 
other  two-third  parts  in  severalty  by  Craggs  &  Anthy.  Walker.  Signed 
by  Mary  Walker,  seal  gone,  &  attested  by  Thomas  Hutchinson,  Henery 
Nelson,  Richd.  Hutchinson,  junr.,  Thomas  Hutchinson,  junr.,  and 
Michael  Lainge.  Endorsement  of  seisin  of  Mary  Walker  and  attesta- 
tion of  same. 

DURHAM  (SILVER  STREET). 

Lease  for  a  year  made  the  15  August,  5  Wm.  and  Mary  [1693J, 
whereby  Richard  Snowball  of  the  City  of  Durham,  blacksmith,  John 
Snowball  of  the  same,  blacksmith,  son  and  .heir  apparent,  Richard 
Snowball  and  Mary  Bows  of  the  North  Bailey,  Durham,  spinster, 
granted  to  John  Wily  of  Durham,  chapman,  for  5s.,  the  burgage  with  the 
appurtenances  '  Seituate  lying  and  being  in  the  City  of  Durham  in  a 
Street  there  called  Silver  Street  near  the  east  end  of  a  bridge  there 
comonly  called  Framwelgate  bridge,  a^d  all  that  Smiths  Shopp  & 
back=ide  '  then  late  in  the  occupation  of  Richard  Snowball.  Signed 
by  the  Hutchinsons  and  Mary  Bows  ;  sealed  and  attested  by  John 
Wilkinson,  Clemt.  Ladler,  Robt.  Roper,  Tho.  Bowes,  and  Anthoney 
Linn. 

WITTON-LE-WEAR. 

Indenture  of  26  Nov.  1  James  n,  [1685J  whereby  John  Markendaile  of 
Old  Parke  in  the  parish  of  Wolsingham.  co.  Durham,  gent.,  in  considera- 
tion of  130Z.,  granted  to  Abraham  Hilton  of  Hilton  co.  Dm.,  gentleman, 
the  '  messuage,  tenement,  or  ffarmehold  situate  betwixt  the  Towne  of 
Witton  on  the  Weare  and  a  close  called  Batehill  adjoineing  upon 
Witton  f forge  '  &  a  parcel  of  ground  '  adjoining  upon  Witton  Moore 
called  the  Intacke  '  situate  in  ^Witton  formerly  occupied  by  Richard 
Vasey  &  late  in  possession  of  Thomas  Vasey  &  Jennett  Vasey,  widow, 
and  a  house  &  a  garth  at  the  low  end  of  Witton  adjoining  on  the  old 
churchyard  on  the  East,  and  all  the  messuages,  &c.,  formerly  in  the 
possession  of  Richard  Vasey,  but  now  or  late  in  the  possession  of 
Thomas  Vasey  &  Jennett  Vasey,  known  by  the  name  of  Vasey's 
ffarme  and  the  tithes  of  hay,  lamb,  wool,  calf,  oblations,  obventions, 
&  all  other  tithes  (except  tithes  of  corn).  Proviso  for  repayment. 
Signed  by  John  Markendaile,  seal  gone.  Witnesses,  W.  Mowbray, 
John  Blackett,  Thomas  Moses,  and  Sam.  Wall. 

REDMARSHAL,    ETC. 

Bond  of  11  May,  1690,  of  Timothy  Wright  of  Redmarshall,  gent., 
to  Anne  Simpson  of  Newcastle-upon-Tyne,  widow,  to  observe  Coven- 
ants, &c..  in  a  release  of  even  date  made  between  Timothy  Wright  & 
Margaret  his  wife  &  An^e  Simpson  Signed  T.  Wright,  and  sealed, 
Tims.  Williamson,  Tho.  Newby,  Reynold  Anderson  &  Anthony  Mid- 
ford  being  witnesseH. 

STAINDROP. 

By  indenture  of  17  May,  1647,  William  Harding  of  Staindrop  in 
to  co.  of  Dm.,  yeoman,  granted  to  Robert  Watterman  of  the  same, 
yeoman,  the  moiety  of  a  close  or  parcel  of  ground  situate  in  'Stain- 


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thropp,  called  by  ye  name  of  Chattwell,  }>arcel  of  one  tenement  or 
Oxegang  of  land  in  Stainthropp  in  the  occupation  of  William  Harding 
abutting  upon  a  brook  called  Sudburne  on  the  S.  and  another 
brook  called  Willy  beck  in  the  N.  as  they  were  conveyed  to  him  and 
Elizabeth  Lawson  daughter  of  John  Lawson,  deed.,  by  William  Burges 
and  Thomas  Singleton,  of  London,  gent.,  to  be  holden  of  the  king 
in  fee  farm  as  of  the  manor  of  East  Greenwich  by  fealty  only  in  free 
and  common  soecage'  paying  to  the  king  or  to  his  bailiff  the  yearly  rent 
of  2s.  §d.  Signed  by  William  Harding  and  sealed,  but  seal  gone,  the 
witnesses  being  Peter  Smart,  Christo:  Darnton,  John  Simpson.  Memo, 
endorsed  that  possession  given. 

ELWICK. 

By  indenture  of  30  Nov.  24  Chas.  i  [1648],  Thomas  Wilkinson  of 
Elwick,  co.  Durham,  yeoman,  for  15/.,  granted  to  William  Flett  of 
Elwick  yeoman,  all  that  parcel  of  ground  in  Elwick  '  caled  Elwick 
moure  '  in  the  occupation  of  Flett  at  the  ancient  yearly  rent  of  2s. 
containing  6  acres,  bounded  on  the  N.  upon  a  parcel  of  ground  called 
'  Easte  mourton  moore  '  &  on  the  W.  on  another  parcel  of  ground 
belonging  to  James  Watson  of  Elwick  called  the  '  more  close  '  & 
on  the  S.  on  another  parcel  of  ground  called  '  Sheraton  Grange  moure  ' 
to  be  held  in  all  respects  as  the  king  by  his  '  letters  patent 
sealed  with  the  Greate  Seale  of  England  the  seale  of  the  Dutchie 
of  Lancaster  and  the  seale  of  the  countye  palatine  of  Lancaster  ' 
granted  the  same  on  the  20  Sep.  to  Edward  Ditchfiold,  John  Highlord, 
Humphrey  Clarke  &  '  ffrancies  mosso  '  and  as  they  granted  the  same 
to  John  Girlington,  Simond  Lackenby,  and  Marke  Hall  &  as  they 
granted  them  to  Thomas  Wilkinson,  to  be  held  of  the  king  of 
his  manor  of  Greenwich  '  by  fealty  only  in  '  fre  and  commond  socage, 
and  not  in  capite  nor  by  knight  saruis  '  paying  to  Thomas  Wilkinson  the 
yearly  rent  of  2s.  being  part  &  parcel  of  the  yearly  rent  of  111.  6s.  & 
'  twopence  half  a  penne  farthinge,  by  the  said  letters  pattens'  reserved. 
Signed  by  Wilkinson  and  attested.  Seal  gone. 

EVENWOOD. 

Indenture  of  1  June,  1651,  whereby  Lambton  Downes  of  Evenwood, 
co.  Dm.,  &  Brian  Downes  his  son  &  'heire  apparant,'  gent.,  Granted 
to  William  Kay  of  the  same,  yeoman.  '  a  house  &  garth  called  by  the 
name  of  Kirtleyes  house  &  garth  in  Evenwood  &  a  parcel  of  ground 
called  Kirtleyes  Close  &  2  pasture  gates  in  the  corn  pastures  &  2 
foggages  or  Fogg  gates  in  the  westerfield  at  Evenwood  all  in  possession 
of  Wm.  Kay  &  sometime  in  possession  of  Henry  Vicars,  the  rent  & 
services  due  or  payable  to  the  chief  lord  of  the  fee  being  'only  excepted  & 
forepri?ed.'  Signed  by  Lambton  Downes  and  Bryan  Downes  (seals 
gone) '  and  attested  by  William  Kay  junior,  George  Kay.  his  mark. 
Note  of  seisin  on  back. 

Indenture  of  17  Jan.  '  in  the  yeare  of  our  Lord  God  according  to  ye 
accompt  used  in  England,'  1652,  whereby  Bryan  Downes  of  Evenwood, 
co.  Durham,  gent.,  granted  to  William  Kay,  the  elder,  of  the  same, 
yeoman,  for  34Z.,  his  meadow  close  or  parcel  of  ground  known 
as  the  West  Leazes  &  containing  8  acres  in  Evenwood  abutting  on 
the  '  new  ground  '  on  the  N.,  the  west  field  on  the  S.  '  parke  meadowes ' 
on  the  W.  &  the  '  well  garth  '  on  the  E.  in  the  occupation  of  W.  Kay. 
For  further  assurance,  Downes  was  not  to  be  compelled  to  travel 
farther  'than  the  citie  of  Durham.' 

BEAMISH. 
On  23  April,   1659,  Francis  Wray  of  Beamish,  in  the  co.  of  Dm., 


[Proc.  3  Ser.,   IV,  41] 


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miller,  for  divers  good  considerations  quit  claimed  unto  Richard  Stote  of 
Lincolns  Inn  in  the  County  of  Middlesex,  all  manner  of  actions,  &c., 
'  from  the  begining  of  the  world  vntill  the  day  of  the  date  '  thereof. 
Signed  and  sealed  by  Wray,  and  attested,  Edw.  Collingwood  being 
among  the  witnesses.  An  endorsement  of  14  April,  1690,  that  it  was 
shown  to  Mr.  Edward  Collingwood  witness  in  the  suit  in  the  Court  of 
Chancery  at  Westminster,  between  Thomas  Haggerston,  bt.,  &  Ralph 
Jenni^on,  mil. 


The  following  are  a  few  notes  relating  to  the  manor  and  church  of 
Ford  (see  p.  219),  gathered  from  different  sources  :  — 

THE    CHURCH. 

In  1413  Anthony  de  St.  Quintiri,  rector  of  Ford,  took  action  against 
John  Maners  and  John  de  Fenwyk  of  Gunnerton,  for  18  marks  debt.1 
On  25  May,  1438,  Robt.  Chestre  was  presented  to  the  church  of  Forde, 
void  by  the  resignation  of  Robt.  Loker,  chaplain,  rector  of  the  same.* 
In  1506  action  was  taken  against  William  Heron  by  Thomas  Dacre  de 
Dacre  respecting  the  right  to  the  presentation  to  the  church  of  Ford. 
William  Heron  being  seised  of  the  manor  of  Ford  and  of  the  advowson 
presented  George  Heron,  temp.  Henry  vu.  and  afterwards  by  deed  of 
13  April,  1504,  gave  the  advowson  to  Thomas  Dacre.3 

Sir  Cuthbert  Ogle,  '  parson  of  the  church  of  Forde,'  had  the  inherit- 
ance of  the  eastern  tower  of  the  town  of  West  Lilburn.  He  '  purchased 
the  township  of  Downham  when  it  lay  waste  by  occasion  of  war,  and 
hath  builded  thereon  a  new  tower,'  not  fully  completed  in  1542,  at 
which  time  he  was  also  engaged  in  '  reedifying  the  little  tower  which 
was  the  mansion  of  the  parsonage  of  Ford.'  * 

On  11  July,  1597,  Wm.  Selby,  M.A.,  and  preacher,  was  presented  to 
the  parsonage  of  Ford,  in  the  queen's  gift,  because  the  lands  of  the  late 
Wm.  Carr  held  in  capite  were  in  her  hands.5 

THE    MANOR,    ETC. 

Temp.  Edward  T  [1272-1306],  Robert  Heron,  parson  of  Ford,  gave 
the  manor  of  Ford  to  Sir  William  Heron,  kt.  In  1340,  action  was 
taken  by  William,  son  of  Roger  Heron  and  his  wife  Isabella,  against 
William  Middleton,  parson  of  the  church  of  Ford,  concerning  the 
manor  of  Ford.6  In  1351,  William  Heron  and  Isabella  his  wife, 
Roger  Heron  his  brother,  Roger  Heron  his  son,  John  Heron,  Walter 
Heron,  Thomas  Heron,  Robert  Heron,  Andrew  Heron,  son  of  William, 
and  others,  took  action  against  John  Lilleburn  respecting  tenements  in 
Ford,  Crookham,  and  othar  places.  In  1437,  action  was  taken  against 
Edmund  Selby  of  Ford  and  John  Colenwode  of  Etall  for  1  6  marks  debt. 
On  23  June,  1533,  a  grant  was  made  by  William  Heron,  of  Forde, 
knight,  to  Henry  Browne  of  Berwick-upon-Tweed,  for  life,  of  5  marks 
annuity,  from  lands  in  Forde,  in  the  tenure  of  Thomas  Burrell  and 
Robert  White,  and  in  T  wissill,  in  the  occcpation  of  John  Magyrson 
and  Robert  Roull.7 

'  The  crafty  device  and  subtile  way  cenceyved  by  John  Heron  of 
Chypches,  otherwise  callyd  Litle  John  Heron,  to  have  the  inhabitantea  of 
Tyndall  and  Hexhamshyr  to  breyke  in  1536  ;  .  .  .  howe  by  his  devyse 

l  De  Banqtio  Rolls  (Arch.  Ael.,  3  ser.,  vi,  70). 
2  Cal.  of  Patent  Rolls.  Henry  vi,  1436-41,  p.  259. 

3  De  Banquo  Rolls  (Arch.  Ad.,  3  ser  ,  VI,  84) 

4  Border  Suroei/,  33  Henry  viii.  quoted  in  •  Horsley's  Northumberland.'—  Jnedited 
Contributions  to  the.  History  of  Northumberland,  51. 


,      . 

5  Cal.  of  State  Papers,  Dom.,  1395-1597. 

De  Banquo  Rolls  (Arch.  Ael.,3  ser.,  VI,  49,  51,  53,  76). 

7  Cat.  of  Ancient  Deeds,  v,  434. 


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his  brother-in-lawe  John  Lumley,  .  .  .  brought  a  lettre  from  the 
commons  to  Sir  Ingram  Percy  at  Alnewyke,  by  reason  wherof  all  theyme 
that  were  sworne  in  Northumbreland  toke  there  othe  ;  and  that  he 
kepyth  the  castell  of  Forde  by  strong  hande  ;  and  howe  he  hath  dayly 
accompanied  with  theyme  whiche  was  cheyf  spoylers  of  the  pore  in- 
habitanntes  of  Northumbreland,  the  hole  country  can  testyfie.'8 


THE    DELAVALS. 

The  following  are  one  or  two  Delaval  letters,  etc.  (continued  from 
p.  274)  :— 

4  London,  14  Dec:,  1715:  My  Lord,  I  am  this  moment  come  from 
th  D.  of  Somerset  wth  whom  I  have  used  all  the  arguments  I  could 
think  of  to  induce  him  to  give  his  Interest  to  Sr  Jn°  Delavall,  but 
his  Grace  is  r.ot  to  be  movpid  it's  certain  Sr  Jn°  (as  your  Lordship 
is  pleased  to  observe)  might  be  chose  wlh  more  ease  than  my  Neph: 
or  any  other  Gentleman.  I  have  showed  his  grace  your  LPS  Letter, 
wch  is  more  in  Sr  Jn's  favr  than  any  thing  I  can  say,  and  for  wch 
Sr  Jn°  thinks  hims3lf  infinitely  obliged  to  your  Lp.  and  desires  you 
wil  be  pleased  to  accept  of  his  most  humble  thanks.  He  thinks  himself 
stil  very  much  obliged  that  your  Lp.  is  pleased  to  give  your  countenance 
after  him,  to  his  nearest  relation,  and  one  (in  respect  to  the  services 
he  intends  him  he  esteems  as  his  son.  Sr  Jn°  will  desire  his  friends 
by  this  Post,  to  give  their  Votes  to  his  Kinsman,  Mr.  ffranc8  Delavall 
the  son  of  Mr.  Delavall  of  Dinnington,  my  Brother,  the  Duke  wil 
write  to  all  his  Bayliifs  and  servants  this  day,  and  I  beg  your  LP* 
wil  be  pleased  to  give  your  orders  as  soon  as  possible.  My  Ld  Tanker- 
vil  wil  also  write  this  day  to  his  people.  If  it  be  not  too  much  trouble. 
I  desire  your  Lps  wil  to  signifie  your  intentions  as  to  the  Election  to 
my  Brother,  he  lives  in  Newcastle  at  present.  I  take  leave  to  promise 
your  Lp.  that  no  expence  [&]  no  pains  shall  be  spared  to  procure 
my  Neph:  the  Honr  you  intend  him,  nor  shall  there  be  any  defect  as 
to  his  Qualification,  and  I  hope  &  believe — yt  when  your  Lps.  hava 
declared  your  Pleasure,  Mr.  Douglass  won't  think  fitt  to  spend  his 
money  on  so  little  prospect  of  success.  [Endorsed  '  To  I.d  Carlisle. ' 
Evidently  a  copy  retained  for  use  as  it  is  not  signed.] 

The  following  document,  penes  Rev.  G.W.  Jackson,  vicar  of  Delaval: — 

'  To  the  Right  Honourable  Lord  Delaval. 

'  Tho  petition  of  the  underwritten  Inhabitants  of  Seaton  Sluice 
humbly  sheweth :  That  your  Lordship's  petitioners  have  long  wanted 
a  proper  person  to  Instruct  their  Children  in  useful  Learning,  and  by 
long  experience  find  that  the  Revd  Mr.  Blythe's9  abilities  are  not 
properly  adapted  for  that  purpose  ;  Classical  knowledge  being  in  no 
way  essential  to  a  common  line  of  life.  It  is  reading  English  with 
propriety,  Writing,  and  Accompts,  etc..  your  Lordships  petitioners 
wish  their  Children  to  be  Instructed  in.  They  therefore  humbly 
request  your  Lordship  will  out  of  compassion  to  a  rising  generation 
permit  Joseph  1'anson  (a  person  they  believe  well  Qualified  to  teach) 
to  open  School  at  Seaton  Sluice,  and  that  such  further  encouragement 
may  be  given  as  your  Lordship  may  think  proper.  Your  Lordship 
Condescending  to  this  petition  will  be  deemed  a  lasting  Obligation, 
and  will  cause  your  petitioners  a*  in  duty  bound  to  ever  pray,  etc.,  etc. 
Seaton  Sluice,  August  8th  1789.'  [Then  follow  the  signatures  of 
.30  inhabitants  of  Seaton  Sluice]. 

s  Priori/  of  Hexham,  \  (44  Surt.  Soc.  publ.),  clxv. 

9  For  a  note  on  the  Rev.  John  Blythe,   see  the  iVew  History  of  Northumberland, 
•vol.  IX,  p.  365  note. 


BRASS    RAILWAY   TICKET, 

in  Blackgate  museum,  Newcastle,  of  Newcastle  and  North  Shields  Railway. 
(  See  also  page  118. ) 


INDEX. 


A. 

Abydos,  pre-historic  glass  from,  42 

Adames,  Richard ,  devise  to,  237 

Adamson,  Rev.  0.  E.,  on  discovery  of  a  well  in 

South  Shields  Roman  camp.  176  :  rector  of 

Hougton-le- Spring,  276;    Horatio  Alfred, 

death  of,  8  ;  John,  his  library  burnt,  49 
Adrian  iv,  pope,  bull  of,  relating  to  Neasham, 

267 
Agricola,  remains  at  Colec-hester  said  to  be  of 

time  of,  97 
Aikericke,  Richard,  churchwarden  of  Haugh- 

ton,  265 
Ailmouth,  58 
Airey,  Joseph,  &  Co.,  of  Bill  Quay,  glass  and 

bottle  makers,  98 
Aislaby,  248  et  seq.,  268  ;   an  'old  saw '  about 

248  :   manor,  licence  for  settlement  of,  249  ; 
chapel  of  St.  Thomas  the  Martyr  in,  248  : 
brick   gate-piers   of  manor  house  at,  248  ; 
grant  of  lands  in,  248  :  lands  of  Sir  F.  Bowes 
at.  sequestrated.  249  ;  of  Christopher  Hall  in, 

249  (see  also  Asklaby) 
Aisley,  Robert,  attests  deed,  184 
Aitchison,  Stephen  H.,  elected,  285 
Albinf  de  Jargolio,  John,  see  Jargeaux 
Alcock,  mag.  Simon,  prebendary  of  Stanwick, 

70 

AMeburghe.  Sir  Ives  de,  22,  23  ;  John  de,  22  ; 
Robert  de,  22 

Alder,  Eleanor,  daughter  of  Thomas,  of  Horn- 
cliff'e,  176n 

Aldfield,  John  de,  obtained  an  indult  from 
pope,  231 

Aidhun,  bishop,  grant  of  Piercebridge,  76 ; 
dedicated  new  church  at  Durham,  240 

Aldwode  clough,  lead  mine  at,  283 

Algude,  d.  William,  193 

Aliand,  William,  sanctuary  sought  for  murder 
of,  72 

Aliens,  letter  respecting,  108 

Allen,  Anthony,  of  Ravensworth,  76  ;  John, 
bond  of,  81  ;  Robert,  of  Sadberge,  a  delin- 
quent, 261 

Alnham,  abbot  of  Alnwick.  rector  of,  195  ; 
permission  to  present  monks  to,  195 

Alnmouth,  see  Ailmouth 

Alnwick,  country  meeting  at,  173,  189,  227  ;  '  a 
dirty  town,'  228  ;  Charles  I  at,  228 ;  lodged  at 
the  abbey,  228  ;  Carey  dined  at,  with  lord 
Warden,  196  ;  a  visitation  at,  215  ;  portions 
of  town  wall  of,  discovered.  196  ;  grant  of 
lands,  &c.,  in,  194  ;  Geoffrey  Wandesforde 
land  granted  to,  in,  195 ;  James  Carr.  minister 
at,  215  ;  market,  exemption  from  toll  in,  196  ; 
fair,  reiving  by  Scots  at,  196  :  grant  of  toll, 
&c. ,  of  markets  and  fairs  in,  195  :  watching 
July  fair  at,  196  ;  Ualfrid,  chaplain  of,  195  ; 
raid  of  Scots  on,  195  ;  warden  court  at,  195  ; 
'  synge  scoole,'  193 

Alnwick  lordship,  grant  of  office  of  bowbear- 
ship  and  parks,  &c.,  in  195 

Alnwick,  abbey  cottage,  194 

Alnwick  abbey,  128  ;  purchased,  161  ;  visit  to, 
194:  grant  to,  by  William  de  Vesey,  195: 
churches  of  Wpoler,  &c.,  granted  to,  195  5 
admissions  to  first  tonsure  at,  195 ;  gift  to, 
195  ;  medieval  ring  brooches  found  near,  195  ; 
abbots  of,  159,  195,  227  ;  John  de  Alnwick, 

[Proc,  Soc.  Antiq.,  Newc.,  3Ser.,  iv.  | 


195  :  newly-elected  abbot,  195  ;  benediction 
conferred  on,  193  ;  his  obedience  to  bishop, 
195 ;  canons :  Nicholas  de  Alnwick,  195 ; 
William  de  Alnewyck,  indult  to,  227  ;  be- 
quests to  abbot,  195 

Alnwick  castle,  garrison  in,  24  ;  sieges  of,  191, 
227  ;  relieved.  227  ;  'very  ruinous,'  122  :  and 
chapel  in  ruins,  191,  238 :  priests  of,  191  ; 
books,  vestments,  &c  ,  belonging  to,  192 : 
valuation,  193  :  served  by  a  stipendiary  priest, 
193  ;  Galfrid,  chaplain  of,  195  ;  castle  visited, 
189  :  plan  of  castle,  190 ;  portraits  in.  190  ;  il- 
luminated missal,  &c.,  in,  190  ;  MS.  of  Sir  F. 
Bacon  in,  190 :  chapel  in,  190  ;  shields  on  oc- 
tagon towers,  190  ;  museum  in,  190  ;  park  of. 
191 ;  the  barbican,  191 ;  manors  of  Tuggal 
and  Swinhoe  appurtenant  to,  191 ;  constable 
of,  191 

Alnwick  chapel,  unlicensed  curate  of.  193; 
parish  clerk  and  schoolmasters,  193 

Alnwick,  church  of  St.  Michael  the  Archangel. 
220,  227  ;  note  of,  192  ;  masons'  marks  in, 

192  ;   bells  and  communion  plate,  192,  193  ; 
registers,  192,  193  ;   epitaph  in  churchyard. 
193;    'taxations' of,  193  ;   chantries  in,  193  ; 
visitations,  193  :   rev.  R.  R.  Mauirin  on,  193  ; 
pre-reformation  chest,   193 ;    beadle's  staff, 

193  ;    royal  arms  in,  228  ;   earl  of  Bedford's 
arms  in,  228  i    St.  Mary's  chantry  in,  194  ; 
founding  of,  194  ;  lands.  &c..  granted  to,  194 

A  Inwick  [Alnewyk],  Alan  de,  a  York  goldsmith, 
bequest  of,  195  ;  [Alnewicke]  d.  John,  193  : 
Nicholas  de.  195 ;  William  de,  canon  of 
Alnwick,  indult  to,  227 

Alston  moor,  key,  &c  ,  found  in  a  quarry  on, 
presented,  34 

Altar  slab,  set1  up  at  Longnewton,  258  ;  an- 
cient, at  Brinkburn  priory,  110 

Altone,  Sir  John  de,  22 

Alvey,  vicar  of  Newcastle,  flight  of,  from  New- 
burn,  58n 

Amphora,  presented,  34 

Amundevyll,  Thomas  de,  held  knights'  fees  in 
Cotum,  259n 

Ancient  British  earthworks,  &c.,  plans  of,  34  et 
seq.  (see  also  under  Earthworks) 

Ancient  deeds,  transcripts  of,  288 

Anderson.  Alice,  of  Walbottle,  will  of,  61  ; 
bequests,  61 ;  Cuthbert,  unlicensed  curate  of 
Alnwick  chapel.  193;  'task'  performed  by. 
193;  Ellen,  of  Kirkby  hill,  76;  Francis,  of 
Bradley,  and  others,  grant  by,  148  ;  Reynold, 
292  ;  William,  mayor  of  Newcastle,  18 

Anderstowe,  Thomas  de,  hermit  of  Corbrig, 
pardon  to,  187 

Angel,  bequest  of  an  old,  56 

Anglian  :  Northumberland,  a  lecture  on,  177  ; 
circular  brooch,  an,  196  ;  cross  fragments  at 
Dinsdale,  242  ;  Egglescliffe  church,  251 ;  in 
Forcett  church,  72  ;  discovered  at  Greatham. 
church,  &C..30;  in  Rothbury  church,  112 
Stanwick  church,  66  ;  coped  grave  covers, 
Melsonb)  church,  76  ;  sundial  at  Middleton 
bt.  Laurence,  244 

Anglo-Saxon,  see  Anglian 

Angus,  the  earl  of,  21 ;  Robert,  second  earl  of, 
89 

Anibaluus,  cardinal  of  6t.  Laurence  in  Lucina 
Haughton  granted  by  pope  to,  264 

Animals,  origin  of  worship  of,  87 


298 


INDEX  :     ANT — BAL 


Anthony,  Henry,  of  Newcastle,  notary  public, 

and  another,  conveyance  to,  25 
Antonine  Wall,  country  meeting  on  the,  &c., 

8 

Antony,  bishop  of  Durham.  255 ;  dispensations 
granted  by,  252,  267  (see  also  under  Bek, 
Durham) 

Apolinaris,  C.  Julius,  dedicator  of  altar,  270 
Appleby  [ Appelby,  ApulbyeJ,  Cuthbert,  of  Hur- 
worth,  estates  of,  sequestrated  by  parliament, 
234  :  in  arms  for  king,  234  ;   Ernest,  elected, 
1 ;  Sir  Edmund  de,  21, 23 ;  Sir  Esmonde,  25 ; 
Henry  de,  vicar  of  Darlington,  263  ;  John 
de,  21  ;  Robert,  land  of,  at  Sadberge,  261 
Appleby  cross,  gift  of  land  at,  to  Stan  wick,  67 
Apprentice's  bible,  a  folding  lamp,  exhibited, 
286,  287 

Aquileia.  Laurence  de  Toppeclive,  canon  of, 
&c.,  67 

Avaunes,  Wydo  de,  held  Hidwyne,  52 

Arbury,  Cambridgeshire,  plan  of  earthworks 
at,  24 

Archer,  Thomas,  27  ;  d.  Thomas,  193 

Archur,  William,  22 

Arkendale,  see  Harkindall 

Armel,  Richard,  92 

Armorial  seal  of  Lisle,  99 

Armorials  of  Northumberland,  the,  C.  H.  Blair 
on,  102 

Arms  and  armour,  R.  C.  Clephan's  collection 
of,  106 

Arms  on  Man  field  church  tower.  65  ;  royal,  in 
Alnwick  church,  228  ;  of  Badlesmere,  90  ;  of 
Basset,  on  a  seal.  &c.,  114  ;  of  earl  of  Bedford, 
228  ;  of  Clare,  89  ;  of  Comyn,  203 ;  Simon 
Comyn,  203  ;  Cooke,  112  ;  Dacre,  235  ;  Eure, 
on  old  chest,  177  ;  Fitzgerald,  90 ;  Greystoke, 
232  ;  Lawson  of  Brunton,  150 ;  Melsambi,  75; 
de  Roos,  232  ;  Robinson,  at  Cleasby  vicarage, 
65  ;  Umfrevilles,  112  ;  on  seals,  89  ;  Witton 
of  Yorkshire,  150 

Armstrong,  John,  of  Egglesclifle,  253 

Armyne,  Sir  William,  parliament  commis- 
sioner, 249 

Arnald,  cardinal  of  St.  Prisca's,  257 

Array  of  clergy  on  St.  Giles's  moor.  257,  284 

Arrow-heads,  flint,  206-208 

Arundel,  the  countess  of,  52,  238 ;  Thomas, 
archbishop  of  Canterbury,  72 

Ascough,  Christopher,  129 ;  and  Alan,  Mid- 
dleton-one-Row  manor  conveyed  to,  247 ; 
James,  a  papist,  in  arms  against  the  parlia- 
ment, 247 ;  estates  confiscated,  247 ;  his 
goods  to  be  sold,  247  ;  his  mother,  247  (see 
also  Aiskew,  Askew.  Ayscough) 

Ashmoleau  museum  library  elected,  157 

Askewr,  Adam,  of  Newcastle,  doctor  of  physic, 
108 ;  his  [house  in  Westgate  road,  108  (see 
also  Ascough,  Ayscough) 

Aslakby  [Aslaby,  Aslagby,  Aslakeby]  of  Ais- 
laby,  effigies  of,  251 ,  John  de,  protection 
for,  268 ;  and  Alice,  his  wife,  received  indult 
from  pope  for  a  portable  altar,  248 ;  John, 
son  of  Sir  William  de,  settlement  on,  249  ; 
William  de.  ordained,  251  ;  grant  by,  248  ; 
chapel  of  Thomas  the  Martyr  in  manor  of, 
248  ;  and  Agnes  his  wife,  248  :  William,  son 
of  Henry  de,  witness  to  a  grant,  248;  William, 
a  clerk,  received  a  papal  dispensation,  248 ; 
of  Aislaby,  will  of.  253 :  William  de,  abbot  of 
Selby,  268  ;  and  his  manor  of  Thymelby, 
250  (see  also  Aislaby) 

Aspion,  Emma,  widow,  grant  by,  194 

Asshe,  Anthony,  265 

Assheburne,  Henry  de,  21 ;  Robert  de,  21 


Assheby,  John  de,  presented  to  Egglescliffe 
church,  252 

Astley,  see  Aslakby 

Aston,  John,  exrracts  from  .journal  of,  213, 
228 

Atheles,  Aymer  de,  267 

Athingflete,  William  de,  21 

Atkins,  Richard,  of  Lincoln's  inn,  and  another, 
grant  by,  210 

Atkinson,  Francis,  of  Richmond,  cordiner, 
grant  by.  128  ;  Henry.  145  ;  Margaret,  daught- 
er of  William,  of  Barnyards,  baptized,  92; 
Richard,  '  parochianus '  of  Ryton,  62;  Wil- 
liam, of  Brackenhill,  co.  Durham,  joiner, 
grant  to,  145 ;  of  Lumley,  290 

Atton  down,  Wilts,  plan  of  earthworks,  286 

Auckland  manor  chapel,  ordinations  in,  58, 
251,  256,  263 

Auckland  St.  Andrew,  church  of,  6  :  gift  for 
light  in,  6  ;  brass  of  Fridesmonda  Barnes  in, 
2S6n  ;  visitation  in.  265  ;  general  chapters  in, 
241,  246,  253,  262  ;  ordinations  in,  256,  261  ; 
dean  of,  Thomas  Hebbeden,  241  ;  grant  of  a 
canonry  of,  58  ;  prebend  of  Eldon  in,  66  ; 
canons  and  prebendaries  of :  Stephen  de 
Malolacu,  263,  264  ;  John  Wawayn,  257 

Auckland,  West,  grant  of  messuages  at,  210 

Auford,  Sir  William,  grant  of  lands  to,  250- 

Awbrey,  John,  and  another,  grants  to,  6; 
grant  of  chantry  lands,  &c.,  to,  72 

Axes,  pre-historic,  stone,  exhibited,  199 ;  and 
bronze,  158 

Ayclifl'e  church,  216  ;  inquisitions  relative  to, 
240,  245 

Aydon  castle,  visit  to,  269  ;  Cumberland  Society 
at,  269  ;  Mr.  Knowles  on,  269  ;  owners  of, 
269  ;  *  Aydon  halle,'  270 

Aydon,  Emma  de,  269 

Aynsley,  Bartholomew,  churchwarden  of  Eg- 
glesclitte,  253 

Ayscough.  James,  owned  houses  in  Dinsdale, 
244 

B. 

Baard,  Godfrey,  held  part  of  knight's  fee  in 
Middleton  St.  George,  &c.,  259n ;  Muriel 
and  Alice,  presented  to  moiety  of  Middleton 
church,  245  ;  Roland,  presented  to  Middleton 
church,  245  (see  also  Bard,  Bart) 
Babington,  Gilbert  de,  21 ;  Robert,  of  New- 
castle, gent.,  25 

Bacchus,  Sunday  at  Ryton  consecrated  to,  63 
Backhouse,  see  Bacchus,  Bakhous,  Bakhows 
Bacon,  Sir  Francis,  tracts  in  writing  of,  190 
Badlesmere  [Badelesmerc],  lord,  90;  Bartholo- 
mew de,  executed  for  high  treason,  90 ;  arms 
of,  90 

Badulf,  bishop,  240 
Bailiflgate,  Newcastle,  36 
Baily,  Rev.  J.,  rector  of  Ryton,  his  resignation, 
55 ;   notes  of  Ryton   church,    55 :  J.  Mac- 
donald,  elected,  181 

Bainbridgel  Bainbrigg,  Bainbrigge,Bainebrige], 
Cuthbert,  of  Shotley,  grant  by,  210 ;  Eliza- 
beth, of  Wallsend,  201n  ;  John,  attests  a 
deed,  210;  Laurence,  attests  a  deed,  210; 
Peter,  of  Skalebanke,  grant  to,  210 ;  Thomas, 
attests  a  deed,  210 

Baker,  John,  of  Maltby,  action  against,  254 
Bakewell  castle,  Derbyshire,  plan  of,  286 
Bakhows  [Bakhous],  Thomas,  prebendary  of 

Stanwick,  60,  70 

Baliol  [Bayllol],  John  de,  treason  of,  255 ; 
knights'  fees,  &c.,  of,  259,  260 


INDEX  :      BAL — BER 


299 


Balland's  castle,  Somerset,  plan  of  earthworks 

at,  34 

Bam  burgh  castle,  constable  of,  24  ;   church, 
133  :  newel  stairway  in  tower  of,  243  (see  also 
Baumburgh) 
Banbury  hill,  Dorset,  198 
Banks,  Edward,  rector  of  Longnewton,  258* 
Barber-surgeons'  bleeding  bowls  exhibited,  7, 

18 

Barber,  Hugh  de,  21 

Barbour,  Pelham's  lieutenant  at  Cornhill,  215 
Barclay,  11.  G.,  presents  grindstones  used  by 

Shotley  bridge  sword-makers,  222 
Barcle,  John  de,  92 

Bard,  William,  rector  of  Middleton  St.  George, 
and  prior  of  Durham,  a  matter  between,  245 
(see  also  Baard,  Bart) 
Barhill  Koman  fort  on  Antonine  Wall,  well 

in,  176  :  album  of  views  of,  presented,  17 
Barker,  John,  of  All  Saints,  Newcastle,  pen- 
ance of,  15  ;   of  Newlands,  82  ;    Robert,  of 
Hesselden,  gift  to  church.  7 
Barnard, lord,  124 

Barnardcastle,  Pinkney's  seventeenth  century 

token  of,  21)  ;    grant  of  house  in  Newgate, 

155  ;   grant  of  rig  in  Galgate,  155 :    barony, 

forfeiture  of,  255  ;  Longnewton  part  of,  255 

Barnehou,  William  de,  gift  of  land,  &c.,  to 

Stan  wick,  67 

Barnes,  Richard,  bisbop  of  Durham,  266n ; 
Fridesmonda,  wife  of  bishop,  brass  of,  266n  ; 
John,  rector  of  Haughton,  266  ;  children  of, 
266;  Joseph,  will  of,  47n  ;  Lambert,  'great 
uncle'  of  Ambrose,  a  bowman,  killed  at 
Plodden,  219 
Barras  bridge,  Newcastle,  different  spellings 

of,  37  ;    '  Barrers  bridge,'  170 
Barrowby,  John,  chaplain  of  Kirkby  Ravens- 
worth,  commission  to  absolve,  74 
Barrowe,  Robert,  mayor  of  Berwick,  killed  at 

Ford  castle,  220 
Barry,  John,  22 

Bart,  Ralph,  presented  to  Middleton  St.  George 
church,  245'-   witness  to  a  grant,  248  ;   Row- 
land, son  and  heir  of  Ralph,  inguis.  p.m, 
246  (see  also  Baard,  Bard) 
Bartlett,  James,  of  Whitechapel  foundry,  bell 

made  by,  112 

Barwicke,  Henry,  of  Forcett,  76 
Baryngtone,  Thomas  de,  21 
Basire,  Isaac,  rector  of  Egglescliffe,  &c.,  254  ; 
tithes,  £c.,  of,  let  by  parliament,  254  ;   born 
in   Jersey,   254 :    value  of   his   goods  and 
chattels,  254  ;   allowance  for  maintenance  of 
wife  and  children,  254 ;   his  contribution  to 
sufferers  from  the  Great  Fire  of  London,  254  ; 
death  of,  254 

Basset,  Sir  William,  a  seal  of,  exhibited,  114 
Bastenthwaites,  Adam  de,  22 
Basyngham,  William  de,  parson  of  Eggesclyf, 

268 

Bataille,  Robert,  21 
Batehill,  Weardale,  292 
Bates,  arms  of,  on  slab  in  Heddon  churchyard, 

52 
Bateson,  Edward,  notes  of  family  of  Bradford. 

129 

Bathealton  castle  hill,  Somerset,  plan  of  earth- 
works at,  34 
Bathurst,  Dr.,  corn  tithes  of  Sockburn  leased 

to,  241 

Battledores  presented.  166 
Batty,  Francis,  sen.,  Newcastle  silversmith.  7 
Baumburgh,  Henry  de,  canon  of  Alnwick,  195  ; 
Thomas  de,  parson  of  Emeldon,  251 


Bawes,  dom.  Richard,  chaplain  of  Longnewton 
gild,  at  visitation,  257 

Bayley,  Kennett  Cham  plain,  elected,  113 

Beadle's  staff,  Alnwick  church,  193 

Beadnell,  of  Lemington,  159  ;  George,  160 ;  of 
Lemington,  161 ;  John,  159  ;  justice  of  peace 
for  Northumberland,  145  :  [Bednell]  lloger, 
incumbent  in  chapel  of  Alnwick  castle,  191 

Beamish,  293 

Beard,  James,  of  Laneley,  co.  Durham,  and 
another,  grant  by,  210 

Beaumont,  bishop  of  Durham,  a  penny  of,  212 

Becke,  James,  vicar  of  Heddon,  56  (see  also 
Bek) 

Beckingham  mount,  Essex,  plan  of,  286 

Bedford,  John  Coryngham,  warden  of  chapel 
of  St.  Thomas  the  Martyr,  on  bridge  of,  268 

Bedford,  arms  of  earl  of,  in  Alnwick  church, 
228 

Bedford,  Almond,  a  merchant  of  London, 
purchased  Neasham  estate.  238 

Bedlington  church,  commissions  relating  to. 
56,  59 

Bedson,  Thomas,  churchwarden  of  Middleton 
St.  George,  proceedings  against,  247 

Beeston  Regis,  Norfolk,  plan  of  earthworks  at. 
276 

Bek,  Anthony,  prebendary  of  Stanwick,  68 ; 
bishop  of  Durham,  &c.,  70,  240 ;  petition 
against,  260  ;  mass  for,  62  ;  executors  of,  240  ; 
coins  of,  found,  211  (see  also  Anthony) 

Bekerynge,  Thomas  de,  21 

Belford,  122 

Bell  [Belle],  Mr  ,  rector  of  Croft,  231 ;  George, 
churchwarden  of  Dinsdale,  243  ;  Henry,  of 
Newcastle,  and  others,  presented  to  con- 
sistory court,  28  ;  Humfraye,  27  ;  John,  of 
Newcastle,  letters  of,  102,  123.  124,  188,  211 ; 
Mark,  of  Beuton,  148  :  Ralph.  263  :  Richard, 
263  ;  master  and  mariner,  of  Wallsend,  tomb- 
stone of,  202 ;  Thomas,  115  ;  and  family, 
tombstone  of,  202  ;  William,  of  Girsby,  a 
papist,  248n 
Bellamy,  Robert,  rector  of  Egglescliffe,  253; 

Bellasis  [Belasyse,  Bellasses,  Bellasyse].  Dr., 
229  ;  Sir  H.,  144  ;   letter  of,  from  Brancepeth 
castle,  124  ;  Charles,  of  Owton,  291  ;  James, 
of   Owton,   esq.,  272;    Margaret,   daughter 
and  heiress  of  Richard,  79*  ;    letter  to,  79 ; 
Richard,  of  Lincoln's  inn,  lease  by,  46  ;   Sir 
Richard,  281 ;    William,  of  Owton,  291 ;   Sir 
William,  of  Moreton,  291 
Bello  campo,  Guy  de,  earl  of  Warwick,  255 
Bells,  church,  231,  232  ;   Alnwick,  192  :   Brink- 
burn,  111 ;  Framlington,  112  ;   Haughton-le- 
Skerne,  262,  265  ;   Newbuin,  53  ;    tiothbury, 
112  ;   Sadberge,  262  :    Sockburn,  240 
Belsars   hill.  Cambridgeshire,    plan  of  earth- 
works at,  34 

Belsay  castle,  account  of,  by  Sir  Arthur  Mid- 
dleton, 221 

Beltone,  Henry  de,  22  ;  John  de,  21 
Benedict,  pope,  267  ;  dispensations  of,  to  hold 

pluralities,  &c.,  252,  256 
Benle,  William,  21,  22 
Bennett,   Robert,    priest  and  prebendary   of 

Durham,  bequest  by,  230n 
Benryng,  John,  a  canon  of  Ripon,  &c.,  66 
Bentele,  Henry  de,  21 
Benton  Magna,  grant  of  manor  of,  148 
Bentone,  Sir  Adam  de,  22  ;   John  de,  21 
Benwell,  Roman  camp,  50  ;  hill,  180 
Berdley,  Stephen,  ordination  of,  64  :   curate  of 
Ryton,  64 


300 


INDEX:    BER— BOW 


Bereford,  William  de,  instituted  to  Sockburn 

church,  240  ;   and  others,  appointed  justices 

on  eyre,  26C  ;  [Berford]  Waldef  de,  6? 
Berkshire,    plans   of   ancient   earthworks  in, 

114 

Bertele,  Christopher,  56 
Bertram,  Itleanor,  daughter  of  Edward,  201 
Berwick,  122  ;   bridge,  122,  213  ;  salmon  cheap 

at,  122  ;    a  stone  coffin  found  at,  224  ;   upper 

stone  of  a  quern  found  near,  150 
Berwick,  defences,  &c  ,  of,  122  ;  in  seventeenth 

century,  213  ;    castle,  214  ;   gates,  213,  214 ; 

guns  on   walls  of,  214  ;   a  walk  along  the 

walls,  213 
Berwick,  mayor  and  treasurer  of,  killed  at  Ford 

castle,  220 
Berwick,  Ralph   Killinghall   captain  of,  246 ; 

John  Selbye,  gentleman  porter  of,  216  ;  Sir 

Henry  Woddrington,  marshal,  &c.,  of,  246 
Berwick  church,  divine  service  at,  approved, 

213 ;  a  sitting  in,  133 ;  R.  Thorp,  vicar  of,  175  ; 

curate  of  213  ;  clerk,  213 
Berynges,  William  de,  21 
Beteley,  Norwich  diocese,  rectors  :  Walter  de 

Oleby,  62  ;  Nicholas  de  Gategang.  62 
Betson,  Richard,  '  parochianus '  of  Eyton.  62 
Beverley.  William  de,  252 
Bewick,  Mr.,  of  Close-house,  near  Newcastle, 

122  :   Miss,  played  on  spinet,  122  ;   Bartram. 

of  Newcastle,  82  :  Jonathan,  of  \\  allsend, 

tombstone  of.  202 
Bewryng,  see  Henry  tig 
Bilburgbe,  Adam  de,  21 
Billinuham,  Ralph,  of. Crook-hall,  will  of,  261 ; 

bequest  by.  261 

Billingham,   post-Restoration  font-cover,  128 
Billington,    Henry   de,,  pension   granted    to, 

Billy  Row,  near  Brancepeth,  field  names,  146  ; 

grant  of  house,  &c.,  at,  146 
Bird,  Ranulph,  prebendary  of  Tockerington, 

instituted   to  Dins  dale  vicarage,  243  :   Rev. 

W.  G.,  on  Over-Denton  church,  186 
Birkhead,  Daniel,  D.D.,  rector  of  Egglescliffe, 

254  ;   death  of,  254 

Birrens,  Roman  altar  to  Brigantia  from,  270 
Birrenswark,  site   of    battle  of   Brunanburh, 

144 
Bisaccia,  Richard,  bishop  of,  ordinations  by, 

58,  52,  251,  261,  263 
Bishop  Middlelmm,  land  at,  168  ;   impropriate 

rectory  of,  168  ;  church,  visitation,  253 
Bishops  palace.  Somerset,  plan  of  earthworks 

at,  34 
Bishopton,  grant  of  land  at,  to  Neasham  nuns, 

235  ;  church  given  to  Sherburn  hospital.  240  ; 

devise  of  lands,  &c.,  in,  290 
Blackburne,  Robert,  of  Caponwrae,  75  (see  also 

Blakeburn) 

Blacketts  own  Aydon  and  Halton,  270 
BlacUett,  Sir  Edward,  exhibited  Conyers  fal- 
chion, 239n  ;   Sir  Hugh,  bt.,  of  Matfen,  270  ; 

Sir  W.,  144  ;   John,  attests  a  deed,  292  :   Sir 

Walter,  M.P.,  a  letter  of,  15 
Blackgate,  Newcastle,  condition  of  masonry 

of,  10  ;  regulations  for  library  in,  167 
Blackloke,  John,  curate  of  Newburn,  60 
JUackwell,  doin.  Henry,  265 
Blagdon,  Robert,  of  Newcastle,   and  others, 

presented  to  consistory  court,  2b 
Blair.  C.  H.,  on  the  armorials  of  Northumber- 
land, 102;   on  Durham  seals,  276;    on  the 

seals  of  Eleanor  and  Margaret  Umfreviile, 

89 ;  R.,  presented  two  bronze  'yetlings'  frem 

Tyne,  2 


Blake,  Francis,  272  ;  Sir  Francis,  owned  Ford, 
220 

Blakeburn,  Richard  de,  21  :    Robert  de,  22 

Blakeshale,  Simon  de,  21 

Blakden,  the  Easter  and  Wester,  lead  minea 
at,  28? 

Jilakey,  John,  of  Gateshead,  and  others,  pro- 
ceedings against.  28;  Joseph,  and  others,  pro- 
ceedings against  28  :  William,  of  Newcastle, 
and  others,  presented  to  consistory  court,  28 

Blakiston  [Blakeston,  Blaykiston],  John,  of 
Newcastle,  and  others,  presented  to  consis- 
tory court,  28  ;  John,  of  Blaykiston.  devise 
by,  243  ;  Ralph,  rector  of  Ryton,  64  ;  buried 
there,  64 ;  Thomas,  parson  of  Dinsdale,  will 
of,  244  ;  bequests  by,  244 ;  Sir  Thomas,  of 
Blakstone,  and  others,  grant  by,  145  ;  Wil- 
liam de,  bishop's  sheriff1  and  escheator,  260- 
(see  also  Blaxton) 

Blakney,  major-general,  14 

Blanchland  monastery,  beast  gates.  &c.,  of,  6  ;. 
patronage  of  Hecldon  given  to,  52  ;  W  illiam 
de  Neuburne,  a  canon  of,  58 

Bland,  John,  parson  of  Dinsdale,  tithes  not  to- 
be  paid  to,  233 

Blaxton,  Thomas,  rector  of  Dihsdale,  excom- 
municated, 243  (see  also  Blakiston) 

Bledily  (?).  Cuthbert,  of  Gateshead,  and  others, 
proceedings  against,  28 

Bleeding  bowls  exhibited,  silver,  7  ;  pewter,  1& 

Blinkbonny.  219 

Blythe,  Rev.  John,  295  &  note 

Bockenfield  moor,  volunteers  on,  160 

Bockland,  Galfrid  de,  a  prebendary  of  Stan- 
wick,  70 

Bolam,  &c.,  country  meeting  at,  8 

Bolam,  Walter  fitz  Gilbert,  baron  of,  269 

Bolam,  &c.,  co.  Durham,  lands  in,  290 

Bolbek  [Bolbec].  Hugh  de,  held  Heddon,  &c.T 
52  ;  Walter  de,  gave  Heddon  patronage  ta 
Blanchland,  52 

Boldon,  Christopher,  curate  of  Egglescliffe, 
253 

Bollesdone,  Nicholas  de,  22 

Bolton,  Walter  dc,  ordained  in  Egglescliffe 
church,  252  (see  also  Boultone) 

Bolton  Wood-hall,  160 

Boniface,  bishop  of  Corbania,  ordinations  by, 
251,  256,  263 

Bonner,  Joseph  and  Elizabeth,  tombstone  of, 
200 

Bonyngton,  Nicholas,  unlicensed  curate  of 
Heddon,  56 

Booth,  bishop  of  Durham,  sheriff  of  Sadberge 
appointed  by,  260  ;  Richard,  bequest  to,  233  ; 
Robert,  of  Old  Durham,  bequests  by,  233  : 
wife  Katherine,  233 

Borcovicus,  see  Housesteads 

Bordley,  see  Berdley 

Borrell,  John,  236 

Bos  primigenius  from  Tyne,  278 

Boseuille,  Robert,  21 

Botecombe,  Sir  Thomas.  21 

Boteland,  Robert  de,  21 

Boteller,  Andrew,  22  ;   John,  22 

Bothamsall  castle  hill,  Nottinghamshire,  plan 
of  earthworks  at,  34! 

Botheby,  John,  rector  of  Ryton,  granted  a, 
dispensation,  61 

Boulder,  granite,  on  Sadberge  green,  259 

Boultone,  John  de,  21 

Bourghdone,  Sir  John  de,  22 

Bowen,  captain  H.M.S.  'Terpsichore,'  killed 
at  Tenerift'e,  175 ;  George,  of  Newcastle, 
cooper,  will  of,  61 


INDEX  :     BOW— BUN 


301 


Bowes,  Adam  de,  sheriff  of  Durham,  ice.,  260  ; 
Sir  Francis,  of  Newcastle,  lands  of,  in 
Aislaby,  sequestrated  by  pdiliament.  249; 
Robert.  a  letter  of  king  to,  215  ;  Sir  Robert, 
applied  for  constableship  of  Alnwick  castle, 
191  ;  Thomas,  attests  a  deed,29g;  Sir  Wil- 
liam, 58  ;  [Bows]  Mary,  of  Durham,  spinster, 


grant  by.  292 
Bmvett,  Henry,  arc 
Bowman,    John,    of    Stanhope,    tailor,    and 


archdeacon  of  Richmond,  75 


others,  grant  by.  147 

ISoyne,  Viscount,  presented  small  stone  ball 
found  at  Hard  wick,  276,  239 

Boynton  deeds  relating  to  Northumberland 
and  Durham,  288 

Boyntone,  John  de,  21 

Brackenbury,  see  Brakenbury 

Bradbury  given  to  Durham,  240  ;  manor  of, 
184  ;  a  chapel  in  decay  at,  &c.,  6 

Bradford  [Brad  forth,  Bructeforde]  of  Bradford, 
Northumberland,  notes  relating  to  family, 
129;  Baithplomew,  131*,  132*  ;  Cuthbert,  of 
London,  fishmonger,  129  ;  Dorotby,  132  ; 
George,  132";  Jasper,  of  Newcastle,  dyer, 
130  ;  Thomas  de,  21  ;  Thomas,  133  ;  of  Ber- 
wick, 132*  ;  Tobias,  181*,  132* 

Hiaitbwaite's  lands,  a  survey  of,  234 

Braithwaite,  Richard  ('Drunken  Barnahy'1, 
of  Bumishead,  Westmorland,  marriage  of, 
236n  ;  portrait  of,  237  ;  and  wife.  Frances, 
236  ;  moiety  of  Lawson  lands  descended  to, 
233;  lands  of,  in  Hurworth,  let  by  parlia- 
ment, 233;  death  of  wife,  233;  Thomas, 
vicar  choral  of  York,  licence  to,  241  ;  of 
Neasham  abbe}',  238  ;  estate  of.  in  Hurworth 
taken  possession  of  by  parliament,  233  ; 
petitioned  to  compound.  233  ;  Anne,  young- 
est daughter  of,  247  (see  also  Braythwaytt) 

Brakehead,  brake-close  at,  81 

Brakenbury,  Richard,  82  ;  land  sold  to,  at 
Gainford,  Ace.,  81 

Brakanhill,  215 

Brancepeth,  Cosin's  work  at,  125 

Brand.  John,  'cobbled'  in  Back  row,  New- 
castle, 49 

Brandesby,  John  Deen,  rector  of,  exchange  by, 
67 

Brandling.  Charles,  161  ;  Sir  Francis,  of  Aln- 
wick abbey,  228  ;  Robert,  161  ;  of  Felling, 
tithes  sold  to.  161  ;  purchased  Alnwick 
abbey.  161 

Brandon,  Peter  de,  rector  of  Longnewton,  256  ; 
dispensation  to,  256 

Brandon,  Suffolk,  deers'  antlers  found  in 
Grimes  graves,  282  ;  the  flint  pits  at,  26 

Brandon,  Northumberland,  church  of,  216 

IJiankeston.  U'lchard  de,  215 

'  Rrankston  feld,'  so  called  on  Sir  Marmaduke 
Constable's  epitaph,  218n;  ['  Branxtonfeilde'] 
banner  of  St.  Cuthbert  at,  228 

Branxton,  &c.,  meeting  at,  213  :  devise  of 
tower  of,  216  ;  owners  of,  215  ;  l^use  at, 
burnt,  2  15  ;  church  confirmed  to  prior,  &c., 
of  Durham  by  pope,  216  ;  vicars  of.  216,  217  ; 
commission  concerning  vicar  of,  59  ;  valua- 
tions of,  216  ;  Mr.  Kllis,  and  others,  on,  216  ; 
human  bones  found  near,  216 

Brasses,  review  of  book  on,  208  ;  memorial,  in 
Durham  co..  203;  in  jKirkby  Ravensworth 
church  (matrix  of),  74  ;  in  Forcett  church,  72  ; 
in  Longnewton  church,  255;  in  Sockburn 
church,  239  ;  in  Stanwick  church,  67 

•  Brasylle.  Sere  Peris  le,'  knight  of  France, 
commanded  Scotch  at  siege  of  Alnwick 
castle,  191 


[f'roc.  Soc.  Antiy.,  Newc.,  3Ser.,  IV,] 


Bray,  William,  21 

Braytwaytt,  Thomas,  gift  to  Stanwick  prebend, 
69  (see  also  Biaithwaite) 

Bremen  ium,  a  perforated  bronze  object  of 
Roman  date  from,  225 

Brewis,  W.  Parker,  on  a  pre-historic  drinking 
cup.  198  ;  note  on  Heber  tower,  Newcastle, 
287 

Bridge-gate,  Berwick.  214 

Brigantia,  Roman  altar  to,  discovered,  270 

Brinkburn,  early  remains  at,  109  ;  priory.  134  ; 
meeting  at.  109,  152  ;  D.  D.  Dixon  on,  109  ; 
altar  slab,  &c.,  110  ;  a  '  squint '  at,  110  ;  tomb 
of  a  prior  of,  110  ;  princess  Margaret  at,  110  ; 
grants  of  land  to.  111 ;  prior  of,  grant  by,  134 

Briscoe,  Edward.  233 

Brislee,  West,  Northumberland,  plan  of  earth- 
works, 286 

Bristol  cathedral  church,  renaissance  wood- 
work from,  242 

Britannia.  John  de,  grant  of.  231 

British  camps,  &c.,  plans  of,  275  (see  also 
earthworks,  camp*) 

Briton,  Nicholas,  presented  to  moiety  of  Mid- 
dle ton  chuich,  245 

k  Broad  mires,'  226 

Brocher,  Adam,  22 

Brokeafeld,  Thomas  de,  22 

Bromfield,  Sir  John  de,  sheriff  of  Corbridge, 
272 

Bromflete,  lord  S*  John,  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of,  239n 

Bromley,  Mr  speaker,  144 

Brompton  Regis,  Somerset,  plan  of  earthworks 
at,  34 

Bronze  axe,  from  Hexham,  exhibited.  158 ; 
weapons,  &c.,  from  Tyne,  278;  sale  tff  Rev. 
W.  Green  wells  collection  of,  2 

Brooch,  an  Anglo-Saxon  circular,  195 

Broom,  co.  Durham,  devise  of  house  at,  164 

Broomridge  dean,  Northumberland,  plan  of 
earthworks.  286 

Broundon,  mag.  Richard,  vicar  of  Heddon,  56 

Brown  [Browne],  George,  of  Lamidon,  60 ; 
Henry,  of  Berwick,  grant  to,  of  annuity, 294  ; 
Prof.  J.  Baldwin,  hon.  member,  17;  Nicholas, 
diary  of.  228  ;  Dr.  R.,  his  Guide  (,<>  Hexhain. 
&c.,  196;  William,  transcripts  of  ancient 
deeds  by,  288 

Browndykes  camp,  96 

Brunanburh,  site  of  battle  of,  144 

Bruune,  Bernard,  22 

Bran  ton,  Henry,  of  Newcastle,  joiner,  and 
Margaret,  his  wife,  and  others,  grant  by,  225 

Brus,  Peter  de,  amerced  for  seizing  a  wreck, 
259 

Brydges,  James,  marquis  of  Carnarvon,  arms 
of  &c.,  19 

Buck,  John,  compounded,  261 ;  petitioned  par- 
liament. 261 ;  and  another,  tithes  of  Sadberge 
let  to.  261 

Builly,  Jordan  de.  21 

Buhner,  Anthony  and  William,  sons  of  Ber- 
tram, of  Tursdalc,  christened,  63n  ;  Bertram, 
and  Isabella  Tempest,  marriage  of,  63n  ;  son 
of,  63n  ;  Ellinor.  servant  to  lady  Tempest, 
death  of,  63n  :  William,  grant  b>,  210  ;  his 
going  towards  the  Scots,  265  ;  ot  Skerning- 
ham,  will  of,  265;  bequests,  265  ;  Sir  William. 
at  Flodden.  219 

Bunney,  Francis,  rector  of  Ryton.  H5,  62,  63*  ; 
letter  of,  respecting  profanation  of  Sabbath, 
63;  Henry,  burial  of,  63n  ;  Matthew,  burial 
of,  63n  ;  Restwold  soldier  of  Barwick,  burial 
of,  63n 


II. 


302 


INDEX:    BUN  — CHA 


Bunting,  Edward,  180 

Burdon,  near  Haughton,  grant  of  vill  of,  262 

Burdon,  Gilbert  de,  priest,  261 ;  Thomas, 
•  parochianus '  of  Darlington,  253  ;  Sir  Wil- 
liam, curate  of  Egglesclitie,  253 

Burdus,  John,  164 

Burgess,  William,  293 

Burgh.  Elizabeth  de,  seal  of,  90 

Burghdone,  Sir  John  de,  24 

Burghley,  lord,  a  letter  to,  58 

Burials  in  woollen,  54 

Burman.  Dr.,  old  deeds  belonging  to,  155,  168, 
180, 187,  210,  226,  279  ;  a  collection  of  local 
letters  belonging  to,  188,  211 ;  exhibited  a 
rare  tract,  173 

Burn  [Burne],  James,  of  Newcastle,  and  others, 
presented  to  consistory  court,  28 ;  John, 
churchwarden  of  Haughton,  265 

Burnby,  prior  of  Durham,  obituary  roll  of,  236 

Buniup,  Cuthbert,  172 

Burrell,  John,  of  Hipswell,  129  :  Thomas,  of 
Ford,  294 

Burrgh  preen  chantry,  Cambridgeshire,  plan 
of  earthworks  at,  34 

Burrington  ham,  Somerset,  plan  of  earthworks 
at,  34 

Burton,  130;  Sir  Thomas,  prior  of  Austin  friars, 
Newcastle,  2W  :  William,  132 

Burton  Agnes,  deeds  at,  relating  to  Northum- 
berland and  Durham,  288 

Bury  castle,  Somerset.,  plan  of  earthworks  at,  34 

Bury,  Richard  de,  bishop  of  Durham,  petitioned 
the  king  for  relief  from  rent,  260 

Bush,  Peter,  of  Newcastle,  and  others,  pre- 
sented to  consistory  court,  28 

Bussies,  Jordan  de,  21 

Bussey  stool,  Dorset,  198 

Buterley,  Stephen  de,  21 

Butler,  John,  of  Gray's  Inn,  and  Wallsend,  201 

Byerley,  Christopher.  234 

Byermoor  colliery,  pleadings  about,  23 

Byker,  discovery  of  old  well  at,  288 ;  A.  B. 
Plummer  on, 289  ;  Dent's  banks  at,  26  ;  '  the 
Folly  '  at,  39,  288 

Byron e,  Ralph,  21 

Bywell,  churches  of,  burnt,  32  ;  church,  pro- 
perty of  chantry  of  St.  John  in,  82;  St. 
Andrew,  right  of  presentation  to  vicarage, 
59  ;  inquisition  touching  right  of  presenta- 
tion t<>,  56 

C. 

Oabery,  Thomas  de,  v.  Robert  de  Hy  pies  well, 
66 

Cadamo,  Walter  de.  gift  of  toft,  &c.,  to  Poun- 
teys  bridge,  244 

Caervoran,  a  Roman  mile-castle  near,  167 

Caister  castle,  Norfolk,  plan  of  earthworks  at, 
276 

Caistron,  land  at,  59 

Calendar  of  State  Papers,  Venetian,  local  ex- 
tract from,  179 

Calverley,  John,  attests  a  deed,  211 

Cambe,  John  de,  priest,  presented  to  Middle- 
ton  St,  George  church,  245  ;  on  inquisition, 
245 :  witness  to  a  grant,  248 

Cambridge  castle,  plan  of  earthworks  at,  34 

Cameiros  in  Rhodes,  Greek  glass  from,  44 

Campioun,  Agnes  de,  a  nun  of  Neasham,  to 
be  reinstated,  235 

Campsell  in  Elmete,  John  Coryngham,  parson 
of,  &c.,  268 

Canterbury,  archbishops  of :  Thomas  Arundel, 
72  ;  Matthew  Hutton,  74 


Capstick,  Thomas,  vicar  of  Newburn,  59 

Cardoille,  Henry  de,  22 

Carey,  Sir  R.,  (lined  at  Alnwick  with  the  lord 

warden,  196 

Carlebury,  devise  of  farmhold  of,  246 
Carlell,  John,  of  Newcastle,  170 
Carleton,  Stanwick,  grant  of  lands  in,  72 
Carleton,  Lancelot,  and  another,  tolls,  &c.,  of 

markets  and  fairs  in  Alnwick,  £c.,  granted 

to.  195 
Carliol,  Johanna,  daughter  of  John,  marriage 

of,  173  ;   John,  173  ;   his  daughter.  173 
Carlisle,   Henry   i   gave  Newburn   to,  53,  59  ; 

bishops  of  :   John,  ordinations  by,  232,  251, 

257,  261  ;   Robert,  112  ;  Roger  Ley  burn,  will 

of,  257  ;   Nicholson,  112 
Carlisle,  earl  of,  letters  to,  273,  295 
Carl  ton,  grant  of  land  in,  6  (see  also  Carleton) 
Carnabys  owned  'Aydon  halle,'  270 
Carnaby,  David,  134 
Caron,  Peter,  held  knight's  fee  of  Seton  and 

Oveton  in  Sadberge,  259n 
Carre  of  Sleaford,  the  family  of,  226 
Carr  [Car],  George,  merchant  and  mayor  of 

Newcastle,  170,  171  ;   James,  minister  of  Aln- 

wick. will  of,  215  ;    Robert,  of  Etal,  married 

Elizabeth  Heron,  219  ;    Leonard,  merchant 

and  alderman  of  Newcastle,  house  of,  148  ; 

Thomas,  defended  Ford  castle,  220  ;  William, 

lands  of,  in  queen's  hands,  294 
Carrawburgh,  phallic  object  at,  95 
Carrick,  John,  48 
Carwites,  Gilbert  de,  22 
Cassiodorus,  «loss  of,  69 
Casteleare,  Thomas  de,  21 
Castle  camps,  Cambridgeshire,  plan  of  earth- 

works at,  34 
Castle  Gresley,  Derbyshire,  plan  of  earthworks 

at,  286 

Cateryk,  Robert,  chaplain,  69 
Cathericks,  brass  recording,  67 
Catherick,  Anthony,  of  Stanwick,  lease  by,  144  ; 

of  Piercebridge,  70  ;    Mr.,  of  Pierccbridge, 

gave  brass  to  Stanwick,  67 
Catterick,  Roman  station  at,  70 
Cauldron-snout,  Upper  Teesdale,  a  pie-historic 

stone-axe  from,  199  :    E.  Wooler  on,   [99 
Cauntone,  Henry  de,  21  ;    Sir  John  de,  kt.,  of 

the  king's  household,  22,  23 
'Cavals,'  bequest  of,  156 
Cave,  Dr.,  parson  of  Kyton,  &c..  64  ;  Thomas 

de,  prebendary  of  Stanwick,  70 
Cawood,  William,  left  a  psalter  to  the  church 

of  Ripon,  69 
Cay,  John,  of  North  Charlton  and  Newcastle, 

host-man,  46n  :   Grace  VVoolf  married,  46n 
'  Cayeschalis  '  CO,  inquisition  taken  at,  92 
Cecil,  a  letter  to,  respecting  Berwick,  213 
Centaur,  an  object  representing  a,  18 


Cestre,  William  de,  21  (see  also  Chestrc) 

ncellor  of  London,  papal 
dispensation  to,  45 


Chace,  Thomas,  chan 


Chaddenarck  down  hills,  plan  of  earthworks, 

286 

Chained  books  in  Eggtesclitt'e  church,  251 
Chambers  [Chamber],  Cuthbert,  vicar  of  Hui- 

worth,  234;   John,  of  Hilton,  co.  Durham, 

184  ;   Robert,  rector  of  Haughton,  265';    Wil- 

liam, of  Benton,  148 
Champion,  Richard,  92 

Chancellors'  visitations,  62  (see  also  Visitations) 
("handler,  bishop,  notes  of  a  visitation,  59,  61, 

111,  244,  246.  255,  259 

Chantry  certificate,  191  ;    lands,  grant  of,  72 
Chapters,  general,   241,  246,  253,  258,  262,  265 


INDEX  :      CHA — COL 


303 


Char,  Henry  du,  22 

Charles  I  received  communion  at  Newcastle, 

£c.,  228;   n,  a  bodle  of,  presented,  127 
Charlton.  George,  of  Gateshead.  176  &  n  ;   and 

wife   Eleanor,   176n  ;    Thomas,  gift   of   old 

deeds.  99 
Charnley,  William,  of  Newcastle,  bookseller, 

a  bill  of,  104 
Chaste),  Henry  du,  22 
Chatton  church,  grant  of,  to  Alnwick  abbey, 

195 
(1  lay  tor,  Christopher,  230  ;   bequest  to,  23Cn  ; 

Elizabeth,    wife   of,    230 ;     Christopher,    of 

Button  Henry,  81 
Chelborough.  East,  Dorset,  198 
*Chelsey  colledge,'  122 
Chesman,  Ann,  of  Alnwick,  marriage  of.  160 ; 

Cuthbert,  160;    buried,  160;    will  of,   160; 

Elizabeth,  160  ;  John,  160  ;  marriage  of,  160  ; 

of   Hulne  abbey,  grant  to,  160  ;    of  Long- 

houghton,  buried,  160 
Chests,  oak,  Alnwick  church  (pre- reformation), 

193  ;  at  Darlington  workhouse,  175  ;  at  Man- 
field  church,  65 
Chesters.  plan  of,  135  ;  acrarium  at,  135  ;  prae- 

toriuni,  plan  of,  137  ;    Mrs.  T.  H.  Hodgson 

on,  134  :   description  of,  138  ;  sections  and 

details,  139,  140  ;   museum  and  camp,  visit 

to,  94 
Chest  re,  Robert,  presented  to  Ford  church,  294 

(see  also  Cestre) 
Cheviot  hills,  122 
Chewgreen,  ruins  of  church  at,  162 ;  C.  C. 

Hodges  on,  162 
Cheyne,  John,  petition  of,  to  pope  for  a  canonry, 

£c.,  264 

Chicken,  John,  parish  clerk  of  Newburn,  61 
Chidcock  castle,  Dorset,,  198 
Chillingham,    abbot   of    Alnwick,    rector   of, 

195 
Chimney  tax,  the,  288  ;   in  Newcastle,  288 

*  C/irai,'  a  French  warship,  burnt,  176 
Chiveley,  Edmund  de,  rector  of  Kyton,  62 
Chokeshale,  Renaud  de,  21 
Cholmondley,  brig. -gen.,  14 

<  /hrishall,  Essex,  plan  of,  286 

Church,  proceedings  for  absence  from,  253, 
259,  266 

Church  hill,  Dorset,  193 

Churchyard  cross,  Manfield,  65 

Cilurnum,  see  Chesters 

Cirseye,  Hugh  de,  ordained,  256  ;  Walter,  son 
of  John  de.  of  Langeneuton,  256 

Ciry,  Peter,  256 

Clague,  T.  Maltby,  presented  local  lantern- 
slides,  41 

Clandestine  marriage,  absolution  for  a,  74 

Clare,  earls  of  Hertford.  &c.,  arms  of,  89: 
Thomas,  89  ;  Sir  Thomas,  arms  of,  89 

Clark  [Clarke],  Dr.,  visitation  of  Egglescliffe, 
254  ;  George,  of  Newcastle,  and  others,  pre- 
sented to  consistory  court,  28  ;  Henry,  ex- 
hibited double-barrelled  pistol,  286;  Hum- 
phrey, and  others,  293;  grant  to,  146:  John,  of 
Bebside,  162  ;  death  of,  162  ;  Ralph,  of  North 
Shields,  tithes  conveyed  to,  160 ;  Robert, 
parson  of  Dinsdale,  bequest  by,  243 ;  Sir 
Roland,  258  ;  Thomas,  son  of  John,  of  Lang- 
neuton,  ordained  (see  also  Clerk) 

*  Classes '  of  United  Provinces,  126 
Clavering  [Claverying],  Sir  Thomas,  61 ;   iM.P. 

for  Shaftesbury,  &c.,  32  :  an  account  against, 
104  ;   Sir  Henry  de,  21 

Clavile,  William,  canon  and  prebend  of  Credi- 
ton,  252 


Claxton,  John,  gentleman,  and  others,  of 
Darlington,  pardoned  for  murder,  267  t  son 
of  John,  of  Nettlesworth,  co.  Durham,  bond 
of,  226  ;  Jane,  his  wife,  226  ;  Richard,  of 
Croxdale,  bequest  to,  246  ;  Thomas,  witness 
to  a  bond.  226 

Clayton,  Luke,  of  Gateshead,  and  others,  pro- 
ceedings against,  28 

Cleasby,  grant  of  lands  in,  72  ;  old  vicarage 
at.  65 ;  arms  on,  65 ;  bishop  Robinson,  a 
native  of,  65 

Cleseby,  Thomas,  lord  of  Marske,  75 

Clegg,  A  Sketch  of. Sockburn,  238n 

Cleggett.  li'obert,  of  Newcastle,  and  others, 
presented  at  consistory  court,  28 

Cleopatra's  needle,  a  model  of,  34 

Clephan,  R.  C.,  note  by,  127n  ;  collection  of 
armour,  £c.,  visit  to,  152  ;  on  the  arts  and 
crafts  of  the  Egyptians.  83;  on  ancieut 
pottery,  163 ;  exhibited  cameos,  166 

Clere,  mag.  John,  prebendary  of  Stan  wick,  69, 
70 :  death  ( '  migravit  ex  hoc  saeculo ' )  of,  69  ; 
rector  of  Melsonby,  instituted,  76 

Clergy,  array  of,  on  St.  Giles's  moor,  257,  264 ; 
on  Newcastle  moor,  against  Scots,  227  (see 
also  Array) 

Clerk  [Clerke],  George,  attests  a  deed,  241 : 
Nicholas,  parson  of  Spofforth,  58  ;  Richard, 
ordained  priest,  236  (.see  also  Clark) 

Clervaux  [Clerevaus],  arms  of,  on  ceiling  of 
Croft  church,  231 ;  SirHamond,  Croft  manor 
granted  to,  230;  John,  bequest  to  nuns  of 
Neasham,  236  ;  John,  the  elder,  pardon  of, 
266 ;  John,  of  Croft,  232  ;  loan  by,  to  king, 
267  ;  Richard,  of  Croft,  escheator  of  York- 
shire, tomb  of.  231  ;  Sir  William,  230  ;  his 
daughter  Elizabeth,  230 

Clifford.  Robert  de,  89  ;  William  de,  instituted 
to  Wessington  church,  225,  267  (see  also 
Clyfford) 

Clifton,  Edward  de,  rector  of  Croft,  231 

Cloptone,  Alexander  de,  22 

Close  rolls,  145 

Clyfford,  marriage  of  Katherine,  daughter  of 
Sir  Roger,  52  (see  also  Clifford) 

Coal  mining  in  early  eighteenth  century,  46 

'  Coasters '  exhibited,  166 

Coatham  Mundeville,  grant  of  land  in,  6 

Coatsworth,  Michael,  of  Newcastle,  hoastman, 
139  (see  also  Cotesworthe,  Cotisfurthe) 

Cockesay  (or  Cockeson),  Roger,  vicar  of  Branx- 
ton,  217 

Coenred,  a  moneyer  of  Vigmund,  159 

Coigners,  see  Conyers 

Coiners,  see  Conyers 

Coins  found  at  Hurtlepool,  211 ;  found  on  South 
Shields  sands,  124,  224,  287  ;•  (toman,  dis- 
covered at  Gilsland,  185  ;  found  near  South 
Shields,  224  &  n  ;  found  at  Westgate,  283 

Coke,  John,  churchwarden  of  Newburn,  61 

Cokfeld,  Edmund  de,  21 

Colby.  John,  vicar  of  Newburn,  dispensation 
to,  60 

Colchester  castle,  Essex,  plan  of,  286 

Coldingham,  William  Swinhoe  stationed  at,  215 

Coldred.  Kent,  plan  of  earthworks  at,  34 

Colechester,  visit  to,  97  ;  discoveries  at,  97  ; 
early  remains  at,  97  ;  granaries  at,  98  (see 
also  Corstopitnm,  Corbridge) 

Cole,  Benjamin,  a  book  engraved  by,  28 ; 
Ralph,  witness  to  a  grant,  291 

Colenwode,  John,  of  Etal,  action  against,  fur 
debt,  294 

Colkirk  common  end,  Norfolk,  plan  of  earth- 
works at,  276 


304 


INDEX:    COL— COT 


Collections  for  Great  Plague,  &c.,  258,  259  (see 
also  Great  I'lague.  London) 

Colling,  Ralph,  and  others,  of  Langneuton. 
trespass  by,  256  ;  Thomas,  churchwarden  of 
Langneuton,  258 :  daughter  Mary,  258  (see 
also  Colyn) 

Collingwood  family,  owners  of  Branxton,  215  : 
Edward,  witness  to  a  deed,  294  ;  George,  of 
Eppleden,  and  another,  conveyance  to,  25  ; 
Henry,  215  ;  Robert,  attests  a  deed,  211 :  pro- 
fessor W.  G.,  on  pre-conquest  sculptures  of 
York,  1  (see  also  Colenwode) 

Collinson,  Richard,  '  parochianus '  of  Long- 
newton,  257 

Colson,  Richard,  constable  of  Ryton,  63 

Colthirst,  R..  attests  a  deed,  184 

Colyn,  Robert,  of  Stanwick,  69 

Communion  cup,  a,  of  Newcastle  make,  80  ; 
plate,  Alnwick  church,  192  ;  Durham  cathe- 
dral church,  266  :  Framlington,  112  ;  Haugh- 
ton-le-Skerne,  262,  265  :  Heddon,  52  ;  Long- 
newton,  255  ;  Newburu,  52;  Rothbury.  112  ; 
Kyton,  62;  Sadberge,  262;  Sockburn,  239, 
240  ;  Staindrop,  187  t  tokens,  55 

Comyn,  arms  of,  203 :  Richard,  203  ;  Simon, 
memorial  brass  of,  203 ;  arms  of.  203  (see 
also  Cumin) 

Concoreto,  Itherius.  papal  nuncio,  264 

Coney's  castle,  Dorset,  198 

Coney  Grey  castle,  Derbyshire,  plan  of,  266 

Constable,  Sir  Marmaduke,  of  Flamborough, 
at  Flodden.  218 :  buried  in  Flamborough 
church.  218n  ;  epitaph  in,  218n 

'  Convemt,  Le,'  228 

Conyers  falchion,  the,  238 

Conyers  [Coniers,  Coiners,  Coinneres,  Coigners, 
Coyjmere,  Coyners,  Coyngniers,  Conuers], 
family,  bequests  to,  241 ;  Anthony,  parish 
clerk  of  Haughton,  265  &  n  ;  Christopher,  of 
Sockburn,  licence  to  marry,  241 :  son  of 
Robert,  dispensation  to  marry,  241  ;  rector 
of  Rudby,  241 ;  Sir  Christopher,  253  :  Cuth- 
bert,  of  Lay  ton,  will  of,  253 ;  bequests  by, 
253;  Edward,  curate  of  Longnewton,  241, 
258,  265n  ;  will  of,  255  :  bequest  to,  258 ; 
dame  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Sir  John,  death  of, 

240  :    her  will,  240  ;   Galfrid  de,  parson  of 
Sockburn,  240;    Geoffrey  de,  22;    George, 
bequest  to,  253  ;   Sir  George,  bequest  to,'265  ; 
a  justice  for  gaol  delivery,  261 ;   of  Sockburn 
and  Harperley,  will  of,  241 ;   John  de,  240  ; 
a  concord  between  him  and  Robert  de  Coy- 
ners, 240 ;    complaint  against,  250 ;    <iom. 
John  de,  witness  to  a  grant,  248  ;   John,  be- 
quest to,  258  ;   of  Dinsdale,  Alice,  wife  of, 
247  ;    of  Horden,  co.  Durham,  bond  to,  226  ; 
John,  son  of  John,  of  Sockburn,  241  ;  John, 
son  of  Sir  George,  241 ;    'Sir  John,  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Bromflete,   lord   Sl 
John,  239n  ;  tomb  of,  in  Sockburn  church, 
239n  ;    John  le,  of  S<  ckburn,  and  another, 
complaint  against,  250  ;  Margery,  bequest  to, 

241  :    his  brass   in    Sockburn  church,   241 ; 
Ralph,  22  ;    Richard,  265  ;    Sir  Richard,  236  ; 
Robert,  bequest  to,  255  ;   Robert  de,  a  final 
concord  between  him  and  John  de  Coyners, 
240  ;    Robert,  of  Cotum,  will  of.  257  ;   devise 
l>y,  25b  ;    of  Sockburn,  will  of,  233,  240  ;   be- 
quests by,  240  :  son  Christopher,  241  ;  Roger, 
of  Sockburn,  grants  by.  240;    Roger,  son  of 
Roger  de,  and  Maude  his  wife,  gave  land  to 
Neasliam  nuns,  235  ;  Thomas,  letter  of,  144  ; 
son  of  Christopher,  bequest  to.  241 ;    'Tom,' 
124  ;   Sir  Thomas,  241  ;    William,  of  Sock 
bum,  bequest  to,  241 


'  Congreves,'  42n 

Coniscliffe  churchyard,  a  Roman  coin  said  to- 
have  been  foun  I  in,  30 

Constantino  the  great,  coins  of,  discovered,  18, 
30 

Conuers.  see  Conyers 

Con  way,  lord,  his  forces,  £4 

Conway  and  Kilulta,  viscount,  letter  of,  58 

Cook[Cookel,  Alexander,  rector  of  Rothbury, 
arms  of,  112;  Henry,  of  Newcastle,  and 
others,  presented  to  consistory  court,  28  ; 
James,  of  Kirk  by  hill,  sought  sanctuary,  73 

Cookson,  Isaac,  a  communion  cup  made  by. 
240  ;  John,  and  Co.,  of  South  Shields,  glass- 
and  bottle  makers,  98 

Cooling  castle,  Kent,  plan  of  earthworks  at,  34 

Cooper,  Ralph,  of  Benton,  148 

Copeland.  Jane,  of  Newcastle,  widow,  25  ; 
John,  of  Newcastle,  25 

Copes  of  Durham  cathedral  church,  2^6 

Copsi,  earl,  besieged  at  Newhurn,  53  ;  and 
murdered,  53 

Corbania,  Boniface,  bishop  of,  ordinations  by, 
251,  256,  263 

Corbridjie,  56 ;  a  quasi-borougb,  54  ;  an  in- 
teresting book  relating  to.  101  :  prison  of 
Templars  at,  272  ;  vicar's  pele  at.  98  :  repair 
of,  153;  Waddqw  leazes  at,  38;  grants  of 
lands  at,  272  ;  Sir  John  de  Hrornn'eld,  sheriff 
of,  272  ;  bridge,  272  ;  chapel  of  St.  Mary  mi. 
272 ;  a  place  of  pilgrimage  272  :  pardon  to 
Thomas  de  Anderstowe,  hermit  of.  187  . 
church,  visit  to.  98 :  tower  of.  of  Roman 
stones,  271  ;  arch,  of  Roman  stones,  98  ; 
commission  relating  to,  59  (see  also  Cole- 
chester.  Cor  stop  itum) 

Corbrigg,  John  de,  petition  for  a  benefice  for. 
272 

Corbyan,  Gullard  de,  21 

Corfe  castle,  Dorset,  198 

Cornar,  James,  226 ;   of  Elwick,  187 

Cornfurthe,  John,  vicar  of  Newburn.  61 

Cornhill,  214  ;  notes  respecting,  274  ;  prior  of 
Durham's  corn  in.  seized,  228  ;  horsemen  at, 
214  ;  sanative  spring  at,  215  &  n  ;  castle  of, 
274  ;  chapel,  214  ;  visitation  of,  215  ;  chap- 
lain of,  228  ;  appendent  to  Norham  church. 
228  ;  confirmed  to  Durham  monastery,  215  ;. 
curates  of,  215 ;  church  dedicated  to  St. 
Helen,  modern.  215  ;  bishop  Crewe's  trustees 
and,  215  ;  Henry  Collingwood  and,  215 
Cornhull.  Henry  de.  chancellor  of  London, 

presented  to  Haughton  church,  263 
Corning,  John,  witnesses  a  deed,  227 
Corstopit-um.  country  meeting  at.  8,  176,  270  ; 
Mr.  Forsterand  professor  Hayerfield  on,  270  : 
excavations  at,  8.  143,  152  ;  discoveries  at.  9  ; 
Roman  gold  coins  found,  9,  12,  271 ;   new 
Roman  inscriptions  from,  101 ;  Roman  abar, 
&c,  discovered  at,  270;    pottery  and  coins 
discovered  at.  271  (see  also  Colechester,  Uor- 

CorV,'  William,  of  Croft,  ordained  deacon,  232 
Corwell.  Agnes  de,  daughter  of  Walter,  release 

by,  272  :   Alice  de,  release  to.  272 
Coryngham,  John,  warden  of  Jesmond  chapel, 

Cosin,  John.  201  ;   bishop  of  Durham,  64,  254  ; 

letter  of,  239  ;   bis  journey  to  London,  238  ; 

secretary  of.  57  ;   his  woodwork  at  Branee- 

peth  church,  125 

Cotes,  John  tie.  22  ;    William  de,  22 
Cotesworthe,  Richard,  attests,  a  deed,  210  (sec 

also  Coatsworth) 
Cotisfurthe,  Sir  Robert,  bequest  to,  265 


INDEX:    COT — DAW 


305 


Cotton,  Sir  Robert,  letter  of,  102 ;  Roman 
inscriptions  presented  to,  58 

Cotum,  Robert  de,  indulgence  for  praying  for 
-soul  of.  264 

Coiyngham,  John,  rector  of  Kirk  by  Ravens- 
worth,  75 

Coudene.  William  de,  21 

Council  &c.,  for  1909,  election  of,  13  ;  for  1910, 
154  ;  reports  of,  for  1908,  7  ;  for  1909,  151 

Coune.  John,  de,  21 

Country  meetings,  8,  34,  65,  152,  173 

Coutone,  Thomas  de,  21 

Coward,  Thomas,  last  of  Alnwick  'waits.' 
tombstone  of,  193 

Cow-down,  Wilts,  plan  of  earthworks,  286 

Cowgate,  Berwick,  213,  214 

Coyngniers,  see  Conyers 

Cradock,  Edward,  bequest  to,  290  ;  Joseph,  per- 
petual curate  of  Wallsend,  201;  Sir  Joseph,  70 

Craggs,  Matthew,  of  Durham,  draper,  &c. , 
grant  by,  292 

Craiston  (?).  John,  129 

Crakhall,  mag.  John  de,  prebendary  of  Stan- 
wick,  68*,  70 

•  Crainbleton,'  Mr.,  a  Newcastle  merchant,  122 

Cramlineton,  bequest  of  lease  of,  236 

Cras,  Sir  Walter,  21 

Craster,  H,  H.  E..  his  abstract  of  viscount 
Ridley's  deeds,  25 

Crauncestre,  Ed  in  on  d  de,  21 

Crausoun,  Mr.  Thomas,  215 

Crediton,  canons  and  prebends  of  :    Ubertinus 
de  Zennetis,  252  ;    William  Clavile,  252 
Creeing-trough,'  an  inscribed,  129 

Crewe  trustees,  215  ;  Ancient  British  urns  pre- 
sented by,  221 

Crimean  war,  flint-locks  used  in  the,  26 

Croft,  notes  relating  to,  266  :  pardon  to  John 
Clereyaus  of,  266  ;  natives  of,  232  ;  grant  of 
land  in,  230  ;  grant  to  men  of,  230n  ;  goods, 
&c.,  of  delinquents  to  be  stopped  at,  230  ; 
Clervaux  and  Chaytor  of,  230  &  n 

Croft  bridge,  230  ;  bequests  for  repairs  to,  230  ; 
levy  for  repairs,  230 ;  floods  at,  230  &  n  ; 
Scotch  prisoners  at,  230;  grant  of  manor 
and  mill  of,  230 

Croft  church,  'chief  features,'  231:  roof  with 
arms'  of  Clervaux,  231  :  Clervaux  tomb  in, 
231 ;  bequest  to  rector,  231 ;  Milbank  pew 
in,  231  &  n  ;  pre-conquest  cross  shaft.  231n  : 
communion  plate  and  bells,  232  ;  rect6rs,  231, 
258, t266,  267 ;  protection  to  Thomas  de  Lange- 
ford,  parson  of,  268 

Croft  spa,  231 

Croft  [Crofte],  Arnold  de,  232  ;  Sir  James,  kt., 
6  :  domi.  John  de,  appointed  to  vicarage  of 
Overconesclive  but  revoked,  232  ;  John,  son 
of  Geoffrey  de,  pardon  to,  267  ;  William, 
clerk,  72 

Croke,  the  duke  of  Richmond's  schoolmaster, 
request  for  Croft  for,  233 

'  Crokyt-spechynes,  Ics,'  a  meadow  at  New- 
burn,  57 

Cromwell  [Crombewell,  Cromwelle,  Cromb- 
welle].  Sir  John  de,  20,  21,  24  ;  warden  of 
the  march,  21,  22  (see  also  Crumwelle) 

Crookham,  rearguard  of  English  before  Fiodden 
crossed  Till  at  Sandyford  near,  218,  220 ; 
&c.,  action  concerning  tenements  in,  294  ; 
west  field,  '  king's  stone  '  in,  220 

Crosses,  Anglian,  Stanwick,  66 ;  sanctuary, 
near  Hexham,  94 ;  thiiteenth  century,  at 
Middleton  Low  hall,  247  ;  village,  Ravens- 
worth,  Yorkshire,  73;  at  'Blakelawe'  near 
Sadberge,  259  ;  churchyard,  Manfield,  65 


[Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.,  JWu'C.,  3Ser.,  iv.l 


Cross.  James,  elected,  117 

Crouch,  Gilbert,  purchased  sequestered  estate, 

244 

Crowley,  W.  St.  Leger,  elected,  197 
Croxall  castle.  Derbyshire,  plan  of,  2b6 
Crucifixion,  a  sculptured  stone  representing,  30 
Crumwelle,  Sir  Ralph  de,  21 ;   Sir  Richard  de, 

31  (see  also  Cromwell) 
'Crumwell,'  a  fishery  on  the  Tyne,  62 
Cully.  John,  of  Egglesclift'e,  253 
Culver  den.  William,  an  early  bell  founder,  53 ; 

rebus  of,  53 

Culwenne,  Nicholas  de,  22 
Cumber  hill  camp,  plan  of,  286 
Cumberland,  duke  of,  238 
Cumberland  and   Westmorland   Antiquarian 

and  Archaeological  Society  at  Aydon  castle, 

&CM  269 

Cumin,   William,  usurped  bishopric  of  Dur- 
ham, 2'40  (see  also  Comyn) 
Cup-marked  stones  presented,  2 
Cuthbart,  Robert,  of  Ravensworth,  co.  Durham, 

130 
Cyrezy,  Peter,  256 

D. 

Dacre  lands,  division  of  the,  52  ;  family,  owned 
manor  of  Neasham,  237  ;  patrons  of  Neas- 
ham  nunnery,  232n  ;  baron  of  Greystoke, 
founded  Neasham  nunnery,  235  ;  Robert,  of 
Dacre  castle,  232n:  wife  Joan,  232n;  Thomas, 
de  Dacre,  action  by,  294 

Dakyns,  Dr.  John,  founded  Kirkby  Ravens- 
Avorth  grammar  school,  74 

Dal  by,  Thomas  de,  archdeacon  of  Richmond, 
will  of,  231 

Daldene,  Sir  Jordan,  21 ;  [Dalden]  William  de, 
witness  to  a  charter,  125 

Dales,  John,  '  parochianus '  of  Longnewton, 
257 

Dallyvell,  Raphe,  lease  to,  133 

Dalton,  John,  held  a  fishery,  58  ;  Roger,  of 
Newcastle,  and  others,  presented  to  con- 
sistory court,  28 ;  [DaltoneJ  John  de,  21  ; 
William  de,  22 

Daly,  John,  son  of  John,  of  Upper  Thames 
street,  London,  ironmonger,  bequest  to,  180 

Danney,  John,  21 

Dardanelles,  a  pass  through  the,  exhibited,  34 

Darengtones,  James  [Jak'],  22 

Darlington  [DarnetonJ,  men  of,  pardoned  for 
murder,  267 ;  a  tournament  in,  forbidden 
by  bishop,  260  ;  a  burgage,  &c.,  in,  81 ;  pre- 
mises in  Northgate,  148  ;  old  oak  chests  in 
workhouse  at,  176  ;  Ralph  Eure,  bailiff  of, 
177  ;  St.  Cuthbert's  collegiate  church  at,  a 
portion  in,  256  ;  ordinations  in,  251  ;  visita- 
tions in,  253,  257,  265  ;  deans  of,  235  :  John 
de  Halghton,  263  ;  Robert  Symson,  69  ;  tuag. 
West,  rector  of,  253  ;  dom.  William  Ripon, 
parish  chaplain,  253 ;  Henry  de  Appelby, 
vicar  of,  263 ;  '  hell  kettles '  near,  229  (see 
also  Derlington) 

Darn-crook,  Newcastle,  37 

Darnetou,  see  Darlington 

Darnton,  Christo.,  witness  to  a  deed,  293 

Darreys,  Robert,  24 

Dauntesey,  Edward,  290 

David,  king  of  Scotland,  and  Neville's  cross,  54 

Davidson,  of  Alnwlck,  battledores  printed  by, 
166  ;  Thomas,  elected,  17  ;  John,  B.D.,  pre- 
bendary of  Worcester,  175 

Dawson,  John,  parish  chaplain  of  Longnewton, 
257 


III 


306 


INDEX:    DEA  — DUN 


Dean  [DeenJ,  dom.  John,  prebendary  of  Stan- 

^  wick,  68,  70  ;  dispensation  to,  68  ;  llichard, 
prebendary  of  Stanwick,  69,  70 

Declaration  of  James  II,  259 

Deeds,  enrolment  of,  145  ;  local,  belonging  to 
Dr.  Barman,  210,  211  (see  also  under  Burman) 

Deer,  red,  disappearance  from  VVeardale,  281  : 
horns  of,  from  Tyne.  278  ;  from  Weardale, 
279  ;  found  in  Grimes  graves,  282  ;  in  Jarrow 
slake,  at  Whitburn,  and  Hartlepool,  282  ; 
used  as  picks,  282 

Dees,  Kobert  Richardson, death  of,  8  ;  obituary 
notice  of,  30  ;  a  manuscript  of,  200 

Defoe.  Daniel,  note  of  payments  to,  123  :  letter 
of,  102 

Delaval  letters,  &c.,  272,  295 

Delaval  [Delaval],  DeLauall,  DeLaualle,  De- 
lauale,  Delavaille]  family,  of  Dissington, 
burial  vault  of,  53  ;  Barbery,  funeral  of,  272  ; 
Edward,  a  letter  to,  273  ;  of  Dissington,  gave 
communion  plate  to  Newburn,  53 ;  Sir 
Francis,  295 ;  George,  letter  of,  273 ;  hon. 
George,  receipt  for  a  lead  coffin  for,  273 ; 
John,  272  ;  Sir  John,  kt,  60,  295  ;  letters  of, 
273,  274 :  Sir  John  Hussey,  created  baron 
Delaval,  220  &  n  ;  Sir  Raiphe,  of  Seaton 
Delaval,  272  ;  admiral  Sir  Ralph,  53  ;  lord,  a 
petition  to,  295  ;  Mr.,  of  Dinnington,  295 
(see  also  Dally  veil,  Vale,  Valle) 

Delinquents,  261 ;   to  be  kept  in  custody,  230 

Dendy,  F.  W.,  on  enrolments  of  records,  &c., 
168 ;  on  the  struggle  between  the  merchant 
and  kcraft  gilds  of  Newcastle  in  1515,  182 

Denison,  John,  of  Hutton  Kudby,  and  another, 
conveyance  of  tenements  to,  180 

Dennum,  William,  son  of  William,  grants  to, 
133*  :  Sir  William,  grant  by  Isabell.  wife  of, 
133 

Dent,  John,  will  of,  233 ;  of  Hilton,  co.  Dur- 
ham, 184  ;  of  Piercebridge,  bequest  to,  244  ; 
will  of,  76  ;  gifts  under,  76  ;  Mary,  relict  of 
Henry,  26;  Michael,  the  younger,  of  Rich- 
mond, broke  into  Kirkby  Kavens\\  orth 
church,  75  ;  Robert,  son  and  heir  of  Henry, 
Avardship  9f,  26  ;  Thomas,  of  Egglesclitte, 
253 ;  William,  gifts  to,  76 ;  and  another, 
bankrupts,  80 

Denton,  near  Darlington,  a  stone  axe  from, 
173  ;  medieval  grave-covers  at  church,  90 

Denton,  Northumberland,  messuages  at,  81, 
82 ;  John  Wesley's  adventure  at,  50 :  hall 
and  Mrs.  Montague,  51 

Derby,  Nicholas  de,  22 

Derbyshire,  plans  of  earthworks,  &c.v  in,  286 

Derlington,  Gilbert  de,  vicar  of  Newburn,  59 
(see  also  Darlington) 

Despaigne,  Doimngton  [sic],  22 

Despense,  Nicholas  de  la,  21 ;  Richard  de  la, 
21 

Detynsall,  see  Dinsdale 

*  Devil's  causeway,'  109 

Diconson,  Cuthbert,  clerk  at  Berwick,  213 

Dickinson,  Frederick  Thompson,  elected,  33 ; 
George,  of  St.  Helen  Auckland,  289 

Dilston,  pre-historic  drinking  cups  from,  198  ; 

S-ant  of  lands  in,  268  (see  also  Dyuelston, 
yuelstone) 

Dinsdale  [Dittensdale,  Dytmessale,  Ditenes- 
hale,  Dytensale],  notes  relating  to,  268 ;  grant 
of  lordship  of,  268  ;  devise  of  manor  of,  243  ; 
lands  in.  240,  241 :  William,  the  bailiff  of, 
245 ;  custodian  of  Pounteys  bridge,  245 ; 
residence  of  Surtees  family,  242  ;  pre-historic 
earthworks  at,  242  ;  manor  house  at,  242 ; 
objects  discovered  in  moat,  &c.,  at,  242; 


woodwork  from  Bristol  cathedral  church  at, 
242  ;  gateway  of,  243  ;  newel  stairway  in,  243  ; 
church  and  parsonage,  demise  of,  268,;  church 
at,  242  ;  pre-conquest  crosses,  &c.,  at,  242  ; 
stone  coffin  at,  242  ;  ancient  disused  font  at. 
242  ;  parsons  (rectors)  of,  230,  233,  243,  244, 
268  ;  a  benefactor  to,  242;  Wyvill  brass  in. 
242 ;  register  on  paper,  242  ;  communion 
plate,  242  ;  vicar  of,  on  inquisition,  243  ;  Rev. 
E.  H.  Greatorex,  vicar,  242  ;  churchwarden 
of,  243  ;  St.  Mary's  chantry  in.  242  ;  visita- 
tion of,  244 

Dinsdale-Over.  see  Over-Dinsdale 

Dispensation,  pope's,  to  hold  pluralities,  252 

Ditchfield,  Edward,  and  others,  293 ;  John,  and 
others,  grant  to,  146 

Diteneshale,  master  John  de,  an  acolyte,  243 
(see  also  Dinsdale) 

Djttenshale,  see  Dinsdale 

Dixon,  D.  D. ,  on  Brinkburn  priory,  &c.,  109  : 
Dav.,  attests  a  deed,  155 

Dobson,  Annas,  148  ;  Lawrence,  of  Cockerton. 
tanner,  bond  of,  148  ;  Roger,  of  Hartlepool, 
seventeenth  century  token  of,  211 

Dockry,  Thomas,  minister  at  Newburn,  61 

Dodgeson,  Anthony,  parish  clerk  of  Ryton,  62 

Dodlaw,  Northumberland,  plan  of  earthworks 
at.  286 

Dogs  lamed  to  prevent  chasing  deer,  281 

Dog  loup  stairs,  Newcastle,  38 

Dolebury,  Somerset,  plan  of  earthworks  at,  84 

Dolman,  Philip,  a  papist  and  delinquent,  lands 
of,  in  Hurworth,  seized,  233  ;  his  lands  let. 
233 

Donington  castle,  Leicestershire,  plan  of  earth- 
works at,  34 

Dorset,  original  plans  of  earthworks,  &c.,  in, 
198 

Douglas,  James,  of  Spott,  215  ;  Oley,  a  letter 
of,  273 

Doune,  lord,  144 

Dounton,  Wilts,  plan  of  earthworks,  286 

Uouthwhet,  William,  of  Westholme,  will  of, 
255  ;  bequest  by,  255 

'  Dovecotte-close,'  Newburn,  61 

Dover  castle,  Kent,  plan  of  earthworks  at,  34 

Down  end,  Somerset,  plan  of  earthworks  at,  34 

Downes,  Ann  and  Margery,  of  Evenwood. 
grant  to.  147  ;  Bryan,  of  Evenwood,  grants 
by,  147  ;  George,  of  Wadley,  and  Ann,  his 
wife,  grant  by.  227  ;  Lambton,  grants  by,  227  : 
of  Evenwood,  147,  293 

Downham,  township  of,  purchased,  294  ;  '  new 
tower'  built  at,  294 

Downman,  Rev.  E.  A.,  his  plans  of  British 
camps,  &c.,  34, 113,  150,  198.  285 

Dowson,  Thomas,  of  Newcastle,  and  others, 
presented  to  consistory  court,  28 

'  Drunken  Barnaby,'  233  &  n,  236  &  n 

Drury,  Garforth,  elected,  277 

Dryburnside,  VVeardale,  grant  of  lands,  &c., 
at,  147  ;  field  names  in,  147 

Dryden,  Mr.,  presented  pre-historic  drinking- 
cup,  198 

'  Drypintille,'  a  fishery  at  Newburn,  57 

Dugdale,  William,  Norroy  king  of  arms,  150 

Duling,  John,  vicar  of  Newburn,  £9 

Dullyngham,  Martin  de,  22 

Dun,  Christopher,  churchwarden  of  Ryton,  62 

Dunoar,  earl  of,  Berwick  castle  bestowed  on, 
214 

Duncan,  Eleazar,  rector  of  Haughton  and  pre- 
bendary of  Durham,  266  ;  had  communion 
plate  of  cathedral,  266 

Dungeon  castle  hill,  Dorset,  198 


INDEX  I     DUN — EGG 


307 


*  Dunsele,'  grant  of  land  for  mass  priest  in 
church  of,  6 

Dunstan.  130*  ;  demesnes,  130 

Dunstan burgh,  castle  of,  130,  131 

Dunstany,  Clement  de,  22 

Durant,  B ,  272 

Duresme,  William  de,  21 

Durham,  grant  by  men  of,  to  king,  261  ; 
election  at,'144  ;  pennies  of  Edwards.of,  212  ; 
seventeenth  century  token  of,  212  ;  houses, 
&c.,  in  South  baily,  81  ;  old  deeds  relating 
to,  289.;  grants  of  premises  in,  292  ;  in  Fram- 
wellgate  and  Silver  street,  292  ;  city  and 
cathedral  in  1705.  114  ;  consistory  court,  27, 
28  ;  high  commission  court,  proceedings  at, 
56;  bridge,  Richard  fitz  Marmaduke  killed 
on,  89 

•Duiham  bishops,  grant  by,  250  ;  right  of  ward- 
ship of,  255J;  tenths  granted  by  clergy  to,  59  : 
and  Sir  Thomas  Gray,  250 ;  seneschal  and 
chancellor  of,  125 

Durham,  bishops :  Richard  Barnes,  266  ;  Beau- 
mont. 212  ;  Anthony  Bek,  68,  70,  240, 252, 255, 
257, 260  ;  Booth,  260  ;  Richard  de  Bury,  260  ; 
Edward  Chandler,  59,  255,  259,  266  ;  John 
(Josin,  238,  254  (see  also  Cosin) ;  Flambard, 
262  ;  Thomas  Hatfield,  charter  of.  125,  126  ; 
Richard  le  Poor,  259  ;  Hugh  Pudsey,  244,  283  ; 
Richard,  255;  Robert,  267  ;  Walter  Skirlaw, 
251,  257n,  260  ;  Thomas,  261 ;  William,  252  ; 
William  (suffragan),  gravestone  of,  110; 
archdeacon  of,  William  de  Lanum,  263  ; 
prothonotary  of,  Thomas  Wright,  290 

Durham,  prior  of,  matter  between  him,  and 
another,  245  ;  and  convent  of,  243 ;  accounts 
of  bursar  of,  261 ;  churches  confirmed  to,  by 
pope,  216  ;  grant  to,  244  ;  confirmed  a  lease 
of  lead  mines,  284  ;  grant  of  Tynemouth  to, 
252 :  Gornhill  chapel  confirmed  to,  215 ; 
resignation  of  prior  Robert  de  Walworth,  62; 
lands  of  dissolved  monastery  of,  7 

Durham,  dean  and  chapter  of.  215 ;  deans  : 
Dr.  Robert  Horn.  213 :  Tobias  Matthew, 
62,  241 ;  Whittingham,  261 ;  prebendaries  : 
Robert  Bennett,  230  ;  Eleazar  Duncan.  266  ; 
Adam  Halydaye,  213  ;  John  Johnson,  234 

Durham  cathedral  church,  completion  of,  240  ; 
St.  Cuthbert's  body  removed  to,  240  ;  survey 
of  tenements  belonging  to,  243  ;  sanctuary 
sought  at.  60,  72,  73;  synods  in  galilee  of, 
56.  60,  253.  257,  265  ;  ordinations  in,  58,  232, 
251,  256,  257,  261,  263  ;  communion  plate  and 
copes  of,  266 

Durham  churches  :  St.  Mary-le-Bow.  Cosin's 
work  at,  128  ;  St.  Nicholas's,  general  chapter 
in,  62:  land  belonging  to  chantries  in,  81  ; 
St.  Oswald's,  vicar  of,  252  ;  parish,  closes  in, 
180 

Durham  castle  chapel,  ordinations  in,  261 

Durham,  an  array  on  St.  Giles's  moor,  near, 
252  (see  also  Array) ;  gift  to  St.  Giles's  hos- 
pital, near,  283 

Durham  franchise,  petition  of  men  of,  against 
bishop,  260  :  steward  appointed  to  liberties 
of,  260 

Durham  count};,  copies  of  parish  registers  in, 
157 ;  memorial  brasses  in,  203  ;  commis- 
sioners' warrants  issued  by,  233  ct  scq.  ;  old 
documents  relating  to,  80,  81 ;  levy  in,  for 
repair  of  Croft  bridge,  230  ;  justices  of  assize 
for  261 ;  Sir  Thomas  Clavenng  M.P.  for,  32  ; 
bishop's  sherifts  :  William  de  Blakiston,  260  ; 
Adam  de  Bowes.  260  ;  William  de  Merton, 
260  ;  Henry  Ratclitfe,  260  ;  grants  of  chapels, 
&c..  in,  6 


Durham  seals,  a  catalogue  of,  276 

'  Durham,  Palatinate  boroughs  of,'  E.  Wooler 
on  the,  275 

Durham.  Northumberland  and,  old  deeds  re- 
lating to,  154,  288 

Durham.  John,  son  of  John  de,  255 

Dykes,  Cuthbert,  and  water-engine  in  Sand- 
gate,  Newcastle,  39 

Dynardeby,  Robert  de,  21 

Dytmessale,  see  Dinsdale 

Dyuelestone,  Dungalle  de,  21 

Dyuelston,  see  Dilston 

E. 

Eadbert,  bishop  of  Lindisfarne,  283 

Eanbald,  archbishop  of  York,  240 ;  accepted 
pall,  240 

Earsdon  and  Horton,  history  of,  153 

Earthworks,  ancient,  plans  of.  34,  113, 198,  286  ; 
in  Northumberland,  150 ;  at  Dinsdale,  242 

Easby  abbey,  abbot  of,  to  find  a  chaplain  for 
chapel  at  Melsonby,  76 

Easington,  see  Esington 

Eastland  boards  for  Newcastle  castle,  178 

Eastwood,  Dr.,  on  Dinsdale  church,  242 

Ebchester,  prior  William  de,  of  Durham, 
obituary  roll  of,  236 

Ebulo,  John  de,  petitioned  for  church  of 
Haughton,  263 

Ecclesiastical  proceedings  after  the  Restora- 
tion, 27 

Eden.  Sir  Robert,  124 

'  Edenborough,  A  Journey  to,'  114 

Edleston,  Miss,  gift  by,  81 

Edlingham  vicarage,  commission  concerning, 
59 

Edmundson,  dom.  Robert,  de  Haughton,  263 

Edward  I,  coins  of,  found,  211 

Effigies  in  Egglescliffe  church,  251 ;  Hurworth 
church,  232  ;  Melsonby  church,  75  ;  Ryton 
church,  55;  Stanwick  church,  66  ;  Whitworth 
churchyard,  232  ;  at  Wynyard,  255 

Egglesclift'e  [Ecclesclyve,  Eggescliff,  Eggscliff, 
Eggisclif,  Eggesclyve,  Eggiscliff,  Egesclyve, 
Eggascliff,  Ekesclyfj,  268  ;  bequests  to  poor 
of,  250.  254;  field  names  in,  250;  estate  of 
John  Mayes  in,  248  ;  Fishgarth  let  by  parlia- 
ment, 254  ;  manor  house,  249  ;  remains  of 
village  cross,  249  ;  the  field  of,  249  ;  licence 
for  settlement  of  manor  of,  &c.,  249 ; 
owners,  249  ;  St.  Mary's  church,  251 ;  'Pem- 
berton  porch'  in,  251;  '  Hindmer's  porch,' 
254  ;  ancient  oak  screen,  &c,,  251  •  pulpit 
with  sounding  board,  251  ;  carved  oak  stalls, 
251 ;  tomb  recess,  251  ;  effigies,  .251 ;  chained 
books,  251  ;  plate  and  bells,  25k! ;  Elizabethan 
communion  cup,  255  ;  font,  251 ;  pre-conquest 
cross-shaft.  30,  251 ;  sculpture  of  crucifixion, 
251  ;  medieval  grave-covers,  25  ;  memorial 
tablet.,  251;  orders  conferred  in,  252  ;  bequests 
to,  252,  253  ;  valuations  of,  252  &  n  ;  tithes 
let  by  parliament,  254  ;  a  quarrel  in,  and  in 
churchyard,  253  ;  collections  in,  for  sufferers 
from  Great  Plague  and  from  Great  Fire  of 
London,  254  ;  deaths  from  plague,  25 4 n  ; 
bishop  Chandler's  visitation.  255  ;  the  par- 
sonage of,  sequestered  by  parliament,  2-36  ; 
rectors,  251-254,  258,  268  ;  churchwardens, 
253;  action  against,  254  ;  parish  clerk,  253 

Eggilliscliff  [Eglescliff,  Eggesclive,  Egiscliff, 
Eggesclyve,  Eggiscliff,  Eggilclive],  Adam  de, 
a  monk,  ordained,  251 ;  Alexander  de,  grant 
to,  250  ;  John  de,  messuages  belonging  to, 
251  ;  the  pope's  penitentiary,  250  ;  safe  con- 


308 


INDEX  I      EGG — FEN 


duct  granted  to,  250  ;  abduction  of  Cassandra 
and  Juliana,  daughters  of,  by,  250  ;  bishop  of 
Llandaff,  251 ;  Richard  de,  ordained,  251  ; 
Robert,  son  of  William  de,  complaint  against, 
250  ;  Kobert  de,  appointed  assessor  in  North 
Biding,  268  ;  Thomas  de,  received  first  ton- 
sure, 251  ;  witness  to  a  covenant.  250  ;  Wil- 
liam, his  land  in  Slavele.  251  ;  William  de, 
251 ;  and  Joan,  his  wife,  grant  to,  268 ; 
William  de,  ordained  sub-deacon,  250 

Egglestone,  William  Morley,  elected,  221 ;  on 
neolithic  flint  implements  in  Weardale,  205  ; 
on  deers'  horns  and  mining  implements 
found  in  Weardale,  279 

Eggieston,  grant  of  lands  at,  6  ;  the  chapel 
of,  6 

Egmanton  mount,  Nottinghamshire,  plan  of 
earthworks  at,  34 

Egypt,  a  two-handled  jar  from,  presented.  34  ; 
models  of  Pompey's  pillar,  £c.,  presented,  34 

Egyptian  antiquities  exhibited.  42,  83  ;  E.  C. 
Clephan  on,  83  et  scq.,  105  ;  and  Roman  an- 
tiquities at  Alnwick  castle,  190 

'  Eikon  Basilike,'  a  chained  book,  251 

Ekesclift'.  268  (see  also  Egglescliffe) 

Eldon,  prebend  of,  66 

Eldone,  Nicholas  de,  22  ;   William  de,  22 

Elizabeth,  queen,  vicar  of  Newcastle  temp., 
212 

Elizabeth,  laJy,  of  Ravens  worth,  will  of,  73 

Elizabethan  communion  cup  at  Dinsdale,  242  ; 
at  Longnewton,  255 

Ellington,  &c.,  grant  of  lands  at,  to  St.  Mary's 
chantry  in,  194 

Elliott,  James,  elected,  113 ;  Joseph,  a  New- 
castle printer,  32 

Elmdon  Bury,  Essex,  plan  of,  286 

Elstobb.  Charles.  289  ;  of  Foxton,  290  :  bequest 
to  wife  Mary,  290  ;  Edward,  289  :  of  Great 
Lumley,  will  of.  289  ;  bequests,  289  ;  of  Braf- 
ferton,  bond  of,  290  ;  John,  289,  290  ;  iialph, 
289 

Elswick  colliery,  46  ct  seq.  ;   accounts,  77 

Eltham  castle,  Kent,  plan  of  earthworks  at, 

Elton  hall,  corbel  in  garden  at,  204 

El  wick,  co.  Durham,  bequest  to  poor  of,  233  ; 

cottage  at,  146  ;  grants  of  land,  226,  293  ;  west 

cornfield,  146  ;   deed  relating  to  houses,  £c., 

in,  187  ;  field  names,  146,  293 
Elwood,    Matthew,    of   Hurwoith.    a   papist, 

value  of  lands  of,  233 
Elys,  Robert,  son  of  Robert,  of  Haughton, 

ordained,  263 

Embletoir,  130*  (see  also  Emeldon) 
Emborough,  Somerset,  plan  of  earthworks  at, 

34 

'Emma,'  a  ship,  of  Newcastle,  124 
Emeldon,  Thomas  de  Baumburgh,  parson  of, 

251 
Emmerson  [Emerson],   William,  proceedings 

against   for   a   clandestine   marriage,    266 ; 

Thomas,  the  mathematician,  monument  of, 

235 

Enefelde,  John  de,  22 
Enfield,  Middlesex,  plan  of  earthworks  at,  34 
'England,  the  genealogies  of  the  kings  of,' 

276 

English  Church  Brasses,  review  of,  208 
English  coins  found  on  beach  at  South  Shields, 

287 

Enrolment  of  deeds,  145 
Epitaph,  Wallsend  old  church,  163 
Eppleby,  grant  of  lands  in,  72 
Erasmus,  gift  of  paraphrasis  of,  241 


Ercle,  Robert  de,  mandate  for  delivery  from 
Sadberge  gaol,  267 

Ergail,  Alan  de,  22 

'  Ermytchbank.'  in  Inglewood  forest,  92 

Erring  ton,  Anthony,  house  at  Denton  of,  82  ; 
col.  John,  commanded  troop  of  horse.  249  ;. 
lands  of,  in  Eggscliff  let  by  parliament^  254  i 
George,  of  Denton,  will  of,  61  ;  Robert,  will 
of,  61  ;  bequests,  61 

Esington,  St.  Mary's  church  at,  63 

Eslington,  Northumberland,  early  owners  of, 
26 

Eslingtone,  Robert,  22  :   Sir  Robert  de,  22 

Espeley,  William  de,  vicar  of  Branxton,  216 

Essex,  plans  of  earthworks,  &c.,  in,  286 

Esshe,  Thomas  de.  21 

Estimate  of  the  Manners  and  Principles  of 
the  Times,  104n 

Etal  castle,  repair  of,  153 

Etone,  William  de,  21 

Ethelbert,  bishop,  240 

Etterick,  Walter,  of  Sunderland,  147 

Eugenius  iv,  pope,  a  dispensation  granted  by, 
241 

Eure,  crest  and  arms  on  old  chest,  177  ;  Henry, 
of  Old  Malton,  bequest  by.  241 :  John  de,  kt. , 
pardon  for  death  of,  267  ;  and  another,  com- 
plaint against,  250;  Margery,  daughter  of 
Sir  William,  dispensation  to,  to  marry,  241  ; 
married  in  Witton  castle  chapel,  241 ;  Ralph 
de,  kt.,  of  Ouer-Detynsall,  grant  by,  268; 
Ralph,  the  elder,  his  name  on  an  old  chest. 
177  ;  bailiff  of  Darlington.  177 

Evenwood.  co.  Durham,  grants  of  land,  &c.. 
at,  6,  147,  155,  227,  293  ;  west  leazes  at,  147  ; 
chapel  of  St.  Hugh  at,  in  decay.  6  ;  field 
names,  293  ;  hall,  grant  of,  147 

Eversea,  brigadier-general,  14 

Everston,  William,  of  Gateshead,  proceedings 
against,  27 

Ever  tower,  Newcastle,  11 

Ewbank,  Richard,  his  house  in  Gateshead,  27 

F, 

Faile,  Paul,  98n 

Fair  hill,  Northumberland,  plan  of  earthworks, 

286 
Fairless,   John,    of    Newcastle,    joiner,    and 

others,   proceedings  against,   28 ;    Thomas, 

elected,  17 
Falchion,  the  Conyers,  238  ;   exhibited,  239n  ;. 

description  of,  239n 
Fallowtiald,  co.  Durham,  grant  of  houses  at, 

155 
Fame,  prior  and  convent  of,  to  have  wheat 

from  Tuggal,  &c.,  191 
Fauestone.  Robert  de,  21 
Fauley,  Geoffrey  de,  21 
Fawcett.Chnstopher,  of  Newcastle,  and  others, 

bankruptcy  commissioners,  99n  ;   John,  of 

Darlington,  148  ;  Sir  John,  priest,  236;  Kath- 

erine,  grant  by,  6 
Fawdon.  Henry,  61 

Featherstonhaugh,  see  Fetherstonhaugh 
Felbridge.  Adam  de,  vicar  of  Branxton,  217 
Felton  vicarage,  ordinance  relative  to,  195 
Feld,  Richard  del.  a  plea  of,  231 
Fench,  Patrick,  a  Scotchman,  curate  of  Corn 

hill,  215 

Fenham,  Robert  de,  22 
Fenkle  street,  Newcastle,  38 
Fenny  castle,  Somerset,  plan  of  earthworks  at 

34 
Fenton  chapel  granted  to  Alnwick  abbey,  195- 


INDEX:    FEN— GAI 


309 


Fenwick  i  Fenwyk],  Cuthbert,  of  Heddon,  be- 
fore Durham  consistory  court,  57  ;  Edward, 
a  recusant,  64  ;  Gerard,  will  of,  56  ;  John  de, 
of  Gunnerton,  and  another,  action  against, 
294  ;  John,  of  Newcastle,  and  others,  pre- 
sented to  consistory  court,  28  ;  Luke,  of 
Ki.st  Shipley,  co.  Durham,  and  Ann,  bis 
wife,  and  others,  grant  by,  145  ;  Margery, 
bequest  for  repair  of  Heddon  church,  56  ; 
Nicholas,  26  ;  Thomas,  of  Kippington,  shep- 
herd of,  134  :  parson  of  Meldon,  134 

FerryclifT  house,  Kirkmerriupflon,  grant  of,  7 

Ferryhill,  grant  of  cottage,  &c. ,  at,  6 

Fetherston,  Cuthbert.  and  others,  proceedings 
against,  27  ;  Ralph,  letter  of,  79  ;  his  accounts 
of  Elswick  colliery,  77 

Fetherstonhaugh,  Albany,  of  Barehaugh,  bond 
of,  27 

Fettipeace,  Thomas,  grant  to,  210 

Fibulae,  discovered  in  Gilsland  mile-castle, 
185 

Field  names,  57, 146,  147, 155,  180,  184,  187,  188, 
227,  234,  250,  289,  293 

Finohale,  grant  of  land  in  Croft  to  monks  of, 
230  :  grants  of  lands  to  chapel  of,  259  ;  cure 
at  tomb  of  St.  Godric  at,  73 

Fishburn  chapel,  land  for  a  mass  priest  at,  6  ; 
-;i  ant  of  a  chapel  in  decay  at.  &c.,  6 

Fisheries  in  the  Tyne,  62  ;  at  Newborn,  57,  55  ; 
in  Tees,  grant  of  a.  268 

Fishley,  Norfolk,  devise  of  manor  of.  281 

Fitzgerald,  arms  of,  90  ;  Maurice  fitz  Maurice, 
daughter  Juliana,  90 

Fitz-Herbert,  Henry.  21 

Fitzhughs,  owners  of  Ravensworth  castle,  York- 
shire, 73  ;  Elizabeth,  late  wife  of  lord,  73  ; 
Henry,  of  Ravensworth,  Yorkshire,  Johanna, 
daughter  of,  267  ;  Richard,  kt.,  inquis.  p.m., 
73  ;  George,  son  and  heir,  73  ;  William,  lord 
of  Ravensworth,  indult  obtained  by,  from 
pope,  73 

Fitz  John,  Eustace,  lord  of  Alnwick,  159 

Fitz-Richard,  Peter,  22 

Fitzwilliam,  Thomas,  of  Aldwark,  killed  at 
Flodden,  219  ;  will  of,  219 

Flambard,    bishop   of    Durham,    charter    to, 

,    262 
Flaske,  le,'  grant  of  land  in,  258 

Fleming,  brig.-gen.,  14  :  Sir  Daniel,  a  book  of 
accounts  of,  256  ;  [Flemynge]  John,  21 

Flemish  alms  dishes  of  brass.  53,  55 

Fletcher,  Catherine,  marriage  of,  256 

Flett,  William,  of  Elwick,  co.  Durham,  yeo- 
man, grant  to,  293 

Flint  implements,  neolithic,  in  Weardale,  205  ; 
knapping.  &c.,  26;  flint-lock  pistols,  26;  a 
double-barrelled,  exhibited,  286;  'flint  and 
steel,'  42n 

Flint,  John,  complaints  against,  242 

Flodden,  &c.,  country  meeting  at,  173 ;  hill, 
Scottish  entrenched  camp  on,  219  ;  field,  218  : 
plan  of,  217  ;  Piper's  hill,  218  ;  the  '  pit,'  218 1 
a  contemporary  account  of.  218  ;  ordnance 
at,  218;  'Sybil's  well,'  218;  false  Sybil's 
well.  219  ;  Scott's  Marmion  and,  215  ;  York- 
shiremen  at,  218,  219;  Lambert  Barnes  at. 
219  ;  Henry  Jenkins  at,  219  :  mariners  called 
the  '  black-guard '  at.  80  (see  also  Branxton 
field) 

Flowers  barrow,  Dorset.  198 

Fonts  :  at  Dinsdale  (early),  242  ;  Egglesclifte 
church,  251 ;  St.  John's  church,  Newcastle, 
127  ;  covers  :  Billingham  church,  128  ;  New- 
castle St.  John's  church,  127  :  Ufford,  128 

Fontmell  down,  Dorset,  198 


[P/-oc.  Soc,  Antiq.  Neuv.,  3Ser.,  TV.] 


Forcett,  meeting  at,  152;  bronze  spear-head 
found  at,  72;  church,  notes  on,  72;  value 
of,  72  ;  brass  in,  72  ;  Anglian  fragments  in, 
72  ;  medieval  grave-covers,  72  ;  vicars,  72  ; 
bequest  for  lights  in,  72  (see  also  Forsett) 

Forsete,  Adeliza  de,  cured  at  St.  Godric's 
shrine,  73 

Ford,  &c.,  country  meeting  at,  173,  213  ;  grant 
of  annuity  from  lands  in,  294  ;  action  con- 
cerning tenements  in.  294  ;  manor,  grant  of, 
294 ;  William  Heron  seised  of,  294 :  and 
church  of,  notes  relating  to,  294  ;  vectors.  294  ; 
pain  tings  in  school-room  at,  220  ;  castle,  C.  J. 
Bates  on,  219  ;  Leland's  description  of,  219  ; 
owners  of,  219 ;  '  king  James's  room,'  219, 
220  ;  besieged  and  captured  by  Scots,  220  ; 
defended  by  Thomas  Carr,  220  ;  mayor  and 
treasurer  of  Berwick  killed  at,  220  ;  in  hands 
of  'little  John  Heron ,'295;  little  tower  at, 
reedified,  294 

Forde,  Odinel  de,  Ford  in  possession  of,  219 

Forster,  dame  Elizabeth,  of  Blanch  land.  184  ; 
Heughe,  of  '  Edderstoun,'  march  bills  of,  196  ; 
Matthew,  of  Newcastle,  saddler,  25  ;  Robert 
Henry,  on  excavations  at  Corstopitum,  143, 
273  ;  '  honest  Tom,'  144  (see  also  Foster) 

Forsyth,  Mary,  and  others,  tithes  conveyed 
to,  160 

Forth,  the,  Newcastle,  36,  50 

Foster,  Allan,  of  Gateshead.  and  another, 
action  against,  27  ;  Raynold,  134  ;  Robert, 
churchwarden  of  Newburn,  60  (see  also 
Forster) 

Fostone,  Oliver  de,  21 

Fowler,  John,  proceedings  against.  259 

Fox's  Sijnopsis  of  the  Newcastle  Museum  pre- 
sented, 285 

Framlington,  William  de,  111  (see  also  Long 
Framlington) 

.France,  Edmund,  133 

Franke,  Leonard,  of  Kneaton,  75 

Frankland,  Sir  Thomas,  letter  of,  102 

Franklin  [Francklin],  Christopher.  70 ;  John, 
of  Amerstone,  bequest  to  poor  of  Hurworth, 

Fraunceys  [Fraunceis],  Sir  William,  kt.,  22  ; 

of  the* king's  household.  23 
Freemasons,    a    book    of    1757.    relating    to 

the,  18 
French  prisoners,  model  of  ship  made  by,  144  ; 

revolution,  refugees  from  the,  51 
'Frenchmen's  row,'  near  Throckley,  51 
Friction  matches,  42 
Friarside,  &c.,  proposed  visit  to,  173 
Frisell,  Michael,  curate  of  Newburn,  61 ;  Wil- 
liam, 22 
Friuille  [Fryuille],  Sir  Baldwin  de,  21 ;  John 

de,  21 
Frosterley,  a  chapel  in  decay  and  lands  at.  6  ; 

marble  efligy  in  Hurwortb  church,  232 
Fulthorpe,  Roger  de,  and  wife  Elizabeth,  grant 

of  lands  to,  267  ;   Sir  William  de,  267 
Furbur,  Alexander,  a  burgess  of  Newcastle,  31 
'Furniture  lifts'  exhibited,  ]66 
'  Fuyle,'  a  fishery  at  Newburn,  57 
Fyningham,  Suffolk,  manor  of,  240  ;  advowson 

of  church,  240 

G 

Gainford,  land  in  and  about,  81  etseq.  ;  barony, 
forfeiture  of,  2555  church,  land  of  Mary 
chantry  in,  81 

Gaites,  William,  and  others,  of  Longnewton, 
trespass  by,  256 


IV 


310 


INDEX  :      GAL — GBE 


Galfrid,  chaplain  of  Alnwick,  195 ;  and  of 
AInwick  castle,  195 

Galiley.  Henry  de,  21 ;  John  de,  21 ;  [Gallilie] 
William,  of  Elwick,  148 

Galon,  Hugh,  21,  24 

*  Gambadoes,  M.  Phillips  on,  184 

Gardner,  Cuthbert,  house  at  Berwick,  132 ; 
'Jarmain,'  132 

Garnett.  James,  of  Egpisclytfe,  will  of,  63,  253  ; 
bequests,  63;  captain  John,  a  delinquent, 
owned  Egglesclitie  manor,  249  ;  his  lands 
let  by  parliament,  2;0;  bequest  to  poor 
of  Egglescllffe,  250 ;  an  officer  under  king, 
250  ;  compounded,  his  fines  paid,  and  estate 
discharged,  250 ;  Robert,  churchwarden  of 
Egglesclift'e,  253 ;  William,  lands  let  to.  by 
parliament,  250  ;  William,  rector  of  Eggles- 
clifl'e,  253  ;  rector  of  Kyton.  62  ;  bequest  to, 
63 

Garry,  Henry,  of  Egglesclifi'e,  253  :  Miles,  of 
Egglesclifte,  253 

Garth,  Elizabeth,  of  Headlam,  grant  to,  155  : 
William,  attests  a  deed,  155 

Gascoigne,  John,  gift  of  lease,  262  ;  Thomas, 
of  Ravens  worth,  co.  Durham,  130"  ;  son  of 
Sir  Henry,  devise  to,  246 


mines  in,  237 ;  municipal  penalties,  108 ; 
mayor  and  town  clerk  of,  108  :  freemasons' 
lodge  at,  19 ;  chapel  of  the  blessed  Edmund 
at,  56;  rectors:  William  Lamb,  161;  Rev. 
Leonard  Shafto,  47n  ;  K.  Thorp,  175 

Gaul,  glassworks  in,  43 

Gedye,  N.  F.,  presented  Roman  coins  from 
Tyne.  222 

'Genealogies  of  the  Kings  of  England,'  &c., 
exhibited.  276 

Getheved,  Henry,  vicar  of  Stanwick,  68 

Gibbins,  Thomas,  and  others,  proceedings 
against,  27 

Gibson,  Henry,  98  ;  John,  of  Newcastle,  mer- 
chant, bequest  to  Haughton,  262 ;  John 
Pattison,  on  Over  Denton  church,  186 ;  (and 
F.  G.  Simpson)  on  excavations  on  Roman 
Wall,  114,  115;  Robert,  of  Burnigill,  co. 
Durham,  grant  to,  lob  ;  William,  of  Newcas- 
tle, and  others,  bankruptcy  commissioners, 
9  811 

Gitfard  [Giffart,  Guiftart],  John,  rector  of 
Haughton.  &c.,  264  :  protection  granted  to, 
264  ;  death  of,  264 

Gill,  Thomas,  diary  of,  231 

Gille,  clerk  of  Eggascliff,  262 

Gilpin,  Isaac,  attests  a  deed,  227 

Gilsland,  visit  to,  152. 173, 185 ;  '  king's  stables,' 
a  lloman  mile-castle,  153;  F.  G.  Simpson 
•  >n,  185  ;  coins,  &c.,  discovered  in,  185  ;  a 
lloman  coin  found  at,  182  ;  Roman  Wall  at, 
demolition  of  portion  of,  116 ;  in  vicarage 
garden,  113 

Gilstead  mount,  Essex,  earthworks  at,  286 

Girlington,  John,  of  Ammerston,  146  ;  and 
others,  293  ;  grant  by,  187 

Girsby  given  to  Durham,  240  ;  manor  of,  240  ; 
lands  in,  241 ;  causeway,  bequest  for  making, 
241 ;  modern  church  at,  239 

Givendale,  prebend  of.  in  Kipon,  68 

Glasgow,  &c  ,  meeting  at,  8  ;  Archaeological 
society,  presented  Transactions,  149  ;  visit 
to  the  Roman  Wall,  93 

Glass,  ancient  Egyptian,  exhibited,  42 

Glass-making  on  the  Tyne,  restriction  of  out- 
put, 98 


Glenton,  John,  155  ;  wil  of,  56  ;  [Glento.ie] 
Sir  Gefl'eraye,  vicar  of  Heddon,  56 

Gloucestre,  Walter  de,  21 

Glover,  Cornelius,  a  Heddon  dissenting  minis- 
ter, 57 

Goderic,  John,  son  of  John,  ordained,  263 

Golard,  Bertram!  de,  21  ;  of  Gascony,  24  ; 
knight  banneret,  23 

Goldesburgh,  Robert  de,  21 

Goldesburg,  co.  York,  John  Botheby,  rector  <.f. 
&c.,  61 

Gomound,  John,  of  Byford.  parson  of  Croft, 
outlawed  and  pardoned,  231 

Gosforth,  trespass  at,  69  ;  Haddrick's  mill  at, 
145 :  old  deeds  relating  to,  at,  99 ;  South, 
land  in,  56 

Gosforth  church  yard,  Cumberland.,  pre-con- 
quest  cross  in,  193 

Gotherie,  Elizabeth,  tombstone  of,  202 

Gower,  Sir  Robert,  witness  to  a  grant,  248  ;  Sir 
Thomas,  of  Stittenham,  killed  at  Flodden, 
219  ;  will  of,  219 

Graham,  Richard,  and  others,  sequestrators  of 
lands  in  Hut  worth,  233 

Gras,  Sir  Walter  le,  knight  of  the  king's  house- 
hold, 23 

Gray  [Grave],  captain,  175  ;  Cuthbert,  a  mer- 
chant of  Newcastle.  58  ;  Ralph,  schoolmaster 
at  Alnwick,  193  ;  Sir  Raphe,  of  Chillingham, 
petition  of,  130, 131  ;  Sir  Thomas,  covenant 
between  bishop  of  Durham  and.  250 ;  Wil- 
liam, of  Alnwick,  march  bill  of,  for  reiving, 
196 

Graystoke,  see  Greystoke 

Great  Easton  mount,  Essex,  earthworks,  285  : 
Garnetts,  Essex,  plan  of,  286 

Great  Haswell,  co.  Durham,  grant  of  houses 
at.  155 

Greatham  church,  discoveries  at,  30  ;   font  of, 


30  (see  also  Gretham) 
thead, 

129 


Great 


Christopher,  grant  to.  128  ;   Henry, 


Great  Heather,  Northumberland,  plan  of  earth- 
works, 286 

Greatorex,  Rev.  E.  H.,  vicar  of  Dinsdale,  242 

Great  Plague,  collections  for  sufferers  from, 
242.  254,  258,  266 

Greek  glass,  44 

Green,  Mr.,  of  Bigmarket,  Newcastle,  122 

Greener,  J.  T.,  on  Wallsend  old  church,  162 

Greemvell,  grant  of  land  in.  250 

Greemvell,  Rev.  W.,  gift  of  Roman  inscrip- 
tions. &c.,  2;  peesented  Roman  sculptured 
stone,  28 ;  on  Stanwick  church,  66 ;  exca- 
vated Grimes  graves,  &c.,  283  (see  also 
Grin  well) 

'  Greenwich,'  H.M.  ship,  108 

Gremburye,  Christopher,  accusation  against, 
258 

Grendon  vicarage,  inquisition  concerning,  232. 
264 

Grenhalgh,  William  de,  21 
•  Gretham,  Thomas  de,  rector  of  Ryton,  62  (see 
also  Greatham) 

Grey,  — ,  161  ;  earl,  bought  Longhoughton 
tithes,  161, 162  ;  de  Rotherfield.&c.,  lady,  76  : 
Ralph,  and  another,  'Aydon  halle '  owned  by, 
270  ;  Sir  Ralph,  seized  Alnwick  castle,  227  ; 
Robert  de,  22  i  Sir  Robert  de,  22 

Greystoke,  effigy  of  a,  in  Hurworth  church,  232 ; 
arms  of.  on,  232  ;  Ralph,  son  of  William, 
baron  of,  death  of,  235  ;  William  de,  licence 
to.  to  alienate  parts  of  Neasham  manor,  &c., 
236 ;  first  wife,  Lucy,  267 ;  second  wife, 
Johanna,  268 


INDEX  :      GUI — HAU 


311 


•Grimesditch,  John,  and  another,  grant  to, 
160 

Grimes  graves,  objects  found  in,  283 

Grindon  [Grendon],  an  inquisition  relating  to 
vicarage  of,  243,  245  (see  also  Grendon) 

•Grindstones  used  by  Shotley  bridge  sword- 
makers,  222 

Grimvell,  John,  of  St.  Sepulchres,  London, 
and  others,  grant  by,  147  ;  Lancelot,  and 
others,  proceedings  against,  27  ;  Peter,  of 
Wolsingham,  yeoman,  147 

Grotinrae,  brigadier-general,  14 

•  Grunes-grene,'  Newburn,  57 

•Gun.  a  flint-lock,  exhibited,  26 

H 

Haddock,  Henry,  166  ;   [Haddocke]  Rowland, 

m 

Haddrick's  mill,  Gosforth,  old  deeds  relating 
to,  99  ;  Mr  Dendy  on  grant  of,  145 

Hadham,  John  de,  21 

Hadow,  principal  W.  H.,  elected,  117 

Hadrian,  coins  of,  101,  112,  211 ;  from  South 
Shields,  83:  found  at  Gilslaud  mile-castle, 
182 

Haggerston,  Thomas,  bt.,  v.  Robert  Jennison. 
and  others,  148,  294 

Haggie,  Robert  Hood,  death  of,  7 

Hales.  Henry  de,  21 

Halghton,  John  de,  dean  of  Darlington,  263; 
William  de,  ordained,  263  (see  also  Halugh- 
ton,  Haughton) 

Halingseles,  John  de,  22 

Hall  [Halle]  family,  deaths  of,  from  plague, 
254n  ;  Alexander,  of  Newcastle,  and  others, 
presented  to  consistory  court,  28  ;  Francis 
and  Margaret,  of  Longnewton,  mural  tablet 
of,  251 ;  Christopher,  of  Hartburn,  a  delin- 
quent, proceedings  against,  by  parliament, 
249;  John,  of  Hurworth,  labourer,  and 
others,  pardoned  for  murder,  267  ;  John,  of 
Newcastle,  and  others,  presented  to  con- 
sistory court,  28  ;  Mark,  of  Fishgarth,  house, 
&c.,  let  to,  by  parliament,  254  ;  and  others, 
293 ;  of  Monkhesleden,  146  ;  and  others,  grant 
by,  187  ;  Nicholas,  witnesses  a  deed,  227  ; 
William,  164  ;  of  Hilton,  co.  Durham,  184  ; 
of  Pelton,  co.  Durham,  grant  by,  188 ;  of 
Thropple.  133 

Hall  and  Elliott,  Newcastle  printers,  32 

Halnaby,  Catherine,  of  Halnaby,  a  clandestine 
marriage  between  Robert  Place  and,  74  ;  Sir 
John,  75 

^Halton-sheels,'  on  the  Roman  Wall,  179 

Haltwhistle,  a  papal  medal  found  at,  182 ; 
churchyard,  a  quaint  inscription  in,  80;  ex- 
tract from  registers  of,  80 

Haltwhistle-burn  camp,  excavations  at  9,  96  ; 
head,  a  Roman  water-mill  at,  167  ;  coins  and 
pottery  found  at,  167 

Halughton,  John  de,  ordained,  263  (see  also 
Halghton,  Haughton) 

Halydaye,  Adam,  recommended  as  a  prebend- 
ary of  Durham,  213 

Hambleton,  Sarah,  of  North  Shields,  202 

Hamerton,  John,  of  Wigglesworth,  219  :  will 
of,  219 

Hamilton,  general  Hans,  letter  of,  144  ;  John, 
a  Scotchman,  minister  of  Hurworth,  in  arms 
for  king  Charles,  and  taken  prisoner,  234 

Hammond,  Samuel,  M.A.,  master  of  St.  Mary 
Magdalene  hospital,  Newcastle,  lease  by, 
26 

Handbill,  a,  presented,  41 


Handley,  Mr.,  commissioner  deputy  of  North- 
umberland, 133 

Hand-mangle,  a  curious,  exhibited,  182  ;  P. 
Brewis  on.  182 

Handyside,  lieutenant-general,  13 

Hanginshaw,  William,  churchwarden  of  New- 
burn,  61 

Harborne,  a  priest,  at  Longnewton.  258 

Harbottie.  see  Herbottle 

Harding.  William,  of  Staindrop,  grant  by,  292 

Hardrake.  a  lead-mine  called,  284 

Hardwick  kennels,  near  Sedgefield,  a  catapult 
stone  (?)  found  at,  276 

Harewold,  Adam  de,  parson  of  Dittenshale, 
&c.,  268 

Harkindall,  sir  Peter,  clerk,  demise  to,  268 

Harle,  Thomas,  of  Bellesses,  shepherd,  134 

Harley,  lord,  his  visit  to  north  of  England, 
230  ;  Robert,  102.  123,  124,  144  ;  congratula- 
tions to,  as  head  of  new  ministry.  124 

Harop,  James,  of  Benton,  148 

Harper,  Robert,  289 

Harris,  Benjamin,  bond  of,  82 

Harrison,  parson  of  Middleton  St.  George  and 
Sockburn,  tithes  not  to  be  paid  to,  233 ; 
Henry,  churchwarden  of  Longnewton,  258  ; 
John,  and  another,  tithes  of  Sadberge  let  to, 
261 ;  of  Kirkby  hill,  76 :  Matthew,  of  El  wick, 
grant  to,  146,  187  ;  Ralph,  of  Friarside,  will 
of,  64  ;  d.  Robert,  193  ;  Thomas,  and  Eliza- 
beth, his  wife,  and  others,  grant  by,  147 : 
[Harryson]  William,  incumbent  of  chapel  in 
Alnwick  castle,  191 ;  his  pension,  191  (see  also 
Herison,  Herrison) 

Hart.  co.  Durham,  houses,  &c.,  at,  156 

Hartburn,  co.  Uurham,  part  of  knight's  fee  in, 
259n  ;  rent  of  land  in,  for  fabric  of  Pounteys 
bridge,  244,  245 

Hartburn,  Northumberland,  Rev.  John  Sharp, 
vicar  of,  234 

Hartburne,  John,  churchwarden  of  Longnew- 
ton, 258 

Hartford,  coal-mining  at,  29 ;  West,  coal 
royalty  purchased,  29 

Hartlepool,  deers'  horns  found  at,  282 ;  coins 
of  Edward  I.  &c.,  found  at,  211 ;  seventeenth 
century  token  of,  211 

Hanvodde,  Anthony,  of  Barnardcastle,  155 

Haswell,  Great,  manor  of,  291 

Hatfield,  Thomas,  bishop  of  Durham,  great 
seal  of,  126  ;  a  charter  of,  123 

Hather,  d.  John,  193 

Hatherwick,  Thomas,  parish  clerk  of  South 
Gosforth,  100  ;  William,  of  South  Gosforth, 
miller,  conveyance  to,  99 

Haughton-le-Skerne  [Alketon,  Halughton, 
Hawghton,  Halgton,  Haleuton,  Halghton, 
Halveton,  Halython,  Horthon],  262 ;  be- 
quests to  poor  of,  262,  265  :  Marshall's  close 
in,  263  ;  bridge,  bequest  to,  262  ;  mill,  gift  of 
lease  9f,  262  ;  church,  description  of,  262 ; 
alterations  in,  262  ;  communion  plate  and 
bells,  262,  265:  part  of  alphabet  on  bell, 
262  ;  bequests  to,  265  ;  grave-slabs  in.  from 
Neasham,  235 ;  houseling  people  in,  265 ; 
'  our  ladye  gilde '  in,  265  ;  a  light  before  our 
lady's  image  in,  265 ;  obit,  in,  265  ;  inventory 
of,  265 ;  valuations  of,  263  ;  parsonage  of, 
sequestered  by  parliament,  266  ;  collections 
in,  for  sufferers  from  Great  Plague,  266; 
bishop  Chandler's  notes  of  visitation  of,  266  ; 
rector  at  array  of  clergy,  264 ;  rectors.  262-266  ; 
parish  chaplains,  264,  265;  curate,  265; 
churchwardens  of,  265  ;  '  parochiani,'  265 
(see  also  Halghton,  Halughton) 


312 


INDEX  :      HAV — HID 


Haverfield,  professor  F. ,  on  perforated  bronze 
objects  of  Roman  date,  225 ;  on  Corstopitum, 
271 

Hawdon,  Henry,  of  Hilton,  co.  Durham,  184 

Hawyke,  Walter  de,  21 

Hawkes,  G..  mayor  of  Gateshead,  108 

Hearth  tax,  its  incidence  in  Newcastle.  288 

Hearon,  Alexander,  133,  134  ;  of  Meldon,  133  : 
Thomas,  grant  to,  133  :  Sir  William,  lord  of 
Ford,  grant  by,  133  (see  also  Heron) 

Heatheryburn  cave,  discoveries  in,  282  ;  objects 
found  in,  283 

Heber,  see  Herber 

Hebbeden,  Thomas,  dean  of  Auckland,  241 

Hebborne,  Richard,  a  justice  for  gaol  delivery, 
261 

Hebbum,  lordship  of,  6 

Heddon,  John,  of  Gateshead,  and  others,  pro- 
ceedings against,  28 

Heddon-on-the-Wall,  meeting  at,  34,  49,  152  ; 
gifts  to  poor  of,  56  ;  part  of  manor  of  Bolbek, 
52  ;  manor  belonged  to  wife  of  lord  William 
Howard,  52  ;  Hugh  de  Bolbek  held,  52  ;  other 
owners  of,  52  ;  Roman  Wall,  &c.,  near,  52  ; 
a  dissenting  minister  of,  57  ;  church  of  St. 
Andrew,  52  ;  communion  plate,  52  ;  font,  52 1 
valuations  of,  55,  56  ;  bishop  Chandler's  visita- 
tion notes,  56 ;  vicars,  52,  56,  57  ;  Thomas 
de  Stoketon,  56  ;  impropnator  and  vicar  of, 
present  at  synod,  55  ;  curates.  56  ;  William 
Wilson,  52  ;  parish  clerk,  56  (see  also  Hed- 


wyn,  Hedone,  Hidwyn) 
Hedd( 


Ion  law.  52 

Hedley.  Thomas,  curate  of  Ryton,  62 

Hedone,  Thomas  de,  24 

k  Hedwyn  est,'  52 

Hedingham,  church  of,  216 

Hedworth,  sir  Ralph,  of  Harraton,  a  justice 
for  gaol  delivery,  261;  Anne,  daughter  of, 
265 

Heighington,  lands  in,  265;  hall,  281  ;  church, 
general  chapters  in,  246,  262 

Heighington,  George,  lands  let  by  parliament 
to,  249  ;  Simon  de,  deceased,  grant  of  custody 
of  hinds  of,  and  of  Henry,  his  son,  260 

Heighley,  Henry,  of  Newcastle,  and  others, 
presented  to  consistory  court,  28 

1  Hell  kettles,'  near  Darlington,  229  ;  Leland's 
note  on,  229 

Henah  hill,  near  Stanwiclc,  entrenched  circle 
on,  71 

Henderson,  Frances,  married  George  Stephen- 
son,  54  &  n  ;  William,  curate  of  Framlington, 
111 

Hengham,  Ralph  de,  parson  of  Ecclesclyve,  a 
great  pluralist,  252 

Henkno),  Walter  de.  21 

Henney,  dom.  Richard  de,  prebendary  of  Stan- 
wick,  68,  70 

Henry  n  confirmed^  grant  of  Neasham,  235; 
grant  by,  of  land  .in  Sadberge,  259  ;  in  con- 
firmed grant  of  Newburn  to  Carlisle,  59; 
penny  of,  found  on  South  Shields  sands.  124 

Henzell,  Edward,  '  brod  glasmaker,'  tombstone 
of,  200  ;  Isabella,  tithes  conveyed  to,  160 ; 
James,  and  other,  defendants  in  a  chancery 
suit,  26  ;  John,  son  of  Joseph,  grant  to,  160  ; 
Joshua,  tombstone  of,  200  ;  Moses,  200  ;  of 
the  west  glass-house,  Newcastle,  160 

Heppale,  Brian  de,  21 

Heppiscotes,  Alan  de,  canon  of  Alnwick,  195; 
Walter  de,  canon  of  Alnwick,  195 

Herber  tower,  Newcastle,  11,  286  ;  P.  Brewis, 
on,  287 

Herbotle,  William  de,  22 


Herd  sand,  South  Shields,  coins  from  the.  103' 
(see  also  under  Shields,  South) 

Hereford,  Henry  de  Neuton,  canon,  <kc.,  of,  75 

Herkay,  Hugh,  of  Estlayton,  death  of,  73 

Herle,  Robert  de,  43  ;  Walter,  22  ;  William  de, 
22 

Heron  [Herone]  family  owned  Ford.  219 ; 
Andrew,  son  of  William,  294  ;  George,  pre- 
sented to  church  of  Ford,  294  ;  seized  Ford 
castle,  220  ;  of  Cbipchase,  claimed  Ford,  219  ; 
Gyles,  treasurer  of  Berwick,  killed  at  Ford 
castle,  220 ;  John,  and  others,  action  of,  294.; 
of  Chypches,  otherwise  '  Litle  John  Heron'/ 
294 ;  Margaret,  late  wife  of  John,  and 
another,  Alnwick  markets  and  fairs,  tolls, 
&c.,  granted  to,  195  ;  Robert,  294  ;  parson  of 
Ford,  grant  by,  294 ;  Roger,  and  others, 
action  by,  294  ;  sir  Roger,  21 ;  Thomas,  294  : 
Walter,  294  ;  William,  sheriff  of  Northum- 
berland. 219  ;  Elizabeth,  daughter  of,  219 
seised  of  Ford  manor,  action  against,  294 
son  of  Roger,  and  Isabella,  his  wife,  actions 
by,  respecting  Ford,  294  ;  sir  William,  Ford 
manor  given  to,  294  ;  grant  by,  291  (see  alsa 
Hearon,  Herynge) 

Herrison  [Herison],  Henry,  of  Egglesclifte,  153 ; 
Mathewe,  of  Elwick,  co.  Durham,  son  of 
William,  grant  by,  226  ;  Thomas,  will  of,  156  ; 
wife,  156  ;  William.  156  ;  last  abbot  of  Aln- 
wick, 159 ;  vicar  of  Lesbury,  159  (see  also 
Harrison) 

Hertford,  lord,  144 

Hertilpull,  Thomas  de;  grant  by,  267 

Herynge,  Adhemar,  272 

Heselrigge,  Roger,  of  Hole  John,  Stanhope,, 
lease  by,  25 :  William  de,  22 

Hesleden,  grant  of  lands,  &e.,  in,  7  ;  image  of 
blessed  Mary  in  church  of,  7  bis 

Heslop,  R.  Oliver,  on  the  street  nomenclature 
of  Newcastle,  35;  on  the  Newcastle  town 
walls,  £c  .  16  ;  note  on  hearth  tax  in  New- 
castle, 288  ;  presented  old  railway  ticket,  118  ; 
Fox's  Synopsis  of  the  Newcastle  Museum, 
285 

Hetcheter,  Daniel,  vicar  of  Newburn,  ejected, 
61 

Hether,  Great  and  Little,  plan  of  earthworks, 
286 

Heton,  account  of,  temp.  Charles  I,  226 

Hewbanku,  George,  of  Cosin's  house,  Wallsend, 
master  and  mariner,  and  Elizabeth,  his  wife, 
tombstone  of.  201 

Hewitson,  Lawrence,  of  Darlington,  148 

Hewler.  Roger,  80 

Heworth,  grant  of  '  Katherine's  close'  at,  6 
grant  of  '  le  Priest  close '  at,  6 

Heworth,  Cecilia,  daughter  of  Gilbert  de,  grant 
by,  244 

Hexham,  harrying  of,  54 ;  base  of  sanctuary 
cross  at,  94  ;  pre-historic  bronze  axe  found 
at  Spital  at,  158  :  a  styca  of  Vigmund  found 
at,  159 ;  priory  church,  grave-cover  at,  1 ; 
discoveries  at,  11;  of  apse  of  Wilfrid's  church, 
12  ;  crypt,  &c.,  at,  97  ;  Roman  inscriptions, 
&c. ,  at,  97,  271 ;  lands  of  dissolved  monastery 
of,  7  ;  canons  of,  fisheries  of,  57 ;  Shaftoe 
leazes  at,  38 

Hexham,  a  Concise  Guide  to,  &c.,  published, 
196 

Hexhamshyr,  inhabitants  of,  294 

Hey,  Christopher,  of  Egglescliff,  a  Roman, 
catholic  non-juror,  248n 

'Heyheved'  in  Inglewood  forest,  92 

Hickes,  Robert,  131 

Hidwyne,  John  de,  received  first  tonsure,  56. 


INDEX  :      HIE — HUK 


313 


Hieroglyphic  writing,  85 

Higbald,  240 ;  consecrated  bishop  of  Lindis- 
farne,  240 

Highlord,  John,  and  others,  grants  to,  146, 
293 

High  Rochester,  see  Bremen  ium.  225 

Hill  Deverill,  Wilts,  plan  of  earthworks,  286 

Hills,  Isabel,  15 

Hilton,  manor  of,  184  ;  the  baron  of,  married 
heiress  of  Clervaux,  230n  ;  near  Darlington, 
deed  relating  to  houses,  £c.,  at,  184 

Hilton,  Abraham,  184;  attests  a  deed,  155; 
of  Hilton, grant  to,  292  ;  Nicholas,  parson  of 
Hurworth  and  Sockburn.  233  ;  Robert  de,  21 ; 
\\  itness  to  a  grant.  125  ;  sir  Thomas,  a  justice 
for  gaol  delivery,  261;  \\illiam,  of  New- 
castle, and  others,  presented  to  consistory 
court,  28  (see  also  Hylton) 

Hlnckes,  Edward,  of  NeAvburn,  58 

Hindmaich  [Hindmarsh],  Elizabeth,  George 
Stephenson's  second  wife,  54  ;  George,  202  ; 
John,  of  Walisend,  201  &  n  ;  Luke,  of  Aln- 
wick, 161  ;  will  of,  161 ;  Margery,  202 ; 
Richard  and  Elizabeth,  &c.,  tombstone  of. 
201 :  William,  of  Alnwick,  tanner,  I61n  ; 
AV.  T.,  of  Alnwick,  161 

'Hindmer's  porch,'  Egglesclifte  church,  in 
decay,  254 

Hindon  in  Oockfield,  233 

Hinton,  Laurence,  rector  of  Haughton,  266 

Hobson,  James,  vicar  of  Heddon,  56  ;  John, 
'  parochiani '  of  Haughton-le-Skerne,  265 

Hodges,  C.  C.,  on  grave-covers,  1 ;  on  dis- 
coveries at  Chew-green,  162 

Hodgkin,  Jonathan  Edward,  elected,  117  ;  on 
brass  in  Longnewton  'church,  204,  255  ;  on 
corbel  from  Stockton  castle,  205 

Hodgson  [Hodgshon,  Hodshone],  Cuthbert,  and 
Margaret,  his  wife,  proceedings  against;  266  ; 
Edm.,  merchant,  and  others,  of  Darlington, 
pardoned  for  murder,  267  ;  George,  of  New- 
castle, gent.,  lease  to,  26;  J.  Crawford,  on 
the  early  owners  of  Eslington.  26  ;  on  the 
rectorial  tithes  of  Longhoughton,  159  ;  Rev. 
J.  F.,  229;  on  Manfield,  Stanwick,  &c. , 
churches,  65  et  seq.  ;  on  Forcett  church,  &c., 
72 ;  Lancelot,  churchwarden  of  Sadberge, 
262 ;  Reuben,  elected,  33 ;  Richard,  mer- 
chant, mayor,  &c.,  of  Newcastle,  will  of, 237  ; 
bequests  of,  237;  his  wife,  Isabel,  237; 
William,  of  Durham,  81  ;  of  Lanchester 
manor  house,  bequest  to,  237 

Hog-backed  stone,  66 

Hogg,  William,  and  others,  proceedings 
against,  28 

Holden.  Isaac,  discovered  lucifer  matches,  42 

Holmculfcrum,  abbot  and  convent  of,  92  ;  sir 
John  of  Newcastle,  took  monk's  dress  at,  31 

Holme,  Thomas  de,  22 

Holmesfield  castle  and  moat,  Derbyshire,  plans 
of,  286 

Holy  Island,  country  meeting  at,  8  ;  when  no 
passage  to,  122  ;  a  small  copper  coin  of 
Charles  n  discovered  at,  127 

Hood,  captain,  175 

Hopper,  Christopher,  of  Heddon,  57 

Horn,  Dr.  Robert,  dean  of  Durham,  letter  of, 
respecting  Berwick,  213 

Hornclif,  Robert  de,  21,  24 

Horningtoft,  Norfolk,  plan  of  earthworks  at, 
276 

Horsfield  castle  hill,  Norfolk,  plan  of  earth- 
works at,  276 

Horse-trappings.  &c.,  pre-historic,  found  nt 
Stanwick,  71  &  n 


L/Voc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Neivc.,  3  Ser. 


Korsley  [Horsle],  Cuthbert,  60  :  John  de,  21 ; 
grant  to,  272  ;  sir  Richard  de,  22  ;  Robert 
de,  21 ;  sir  Roger  de,  constable  of  Bamburgh 
castle,  24 

Horsley,  enquiry  concerning,  59 

Hortheworth,  William  de,  pardoned  for  death 
of  John  de  Eure,  kt.,  267  (see  also  Hurworth) 

Horton,  Earsdon,  &c.,  history  of.  153 

Horton,  John,  pardon  for  murder  of,  at  Neas- 
ham,  267 

Hotham,  admiral,  his  action,  176  ;    sir  C.,  144 

Hoton,  Cumberland,  vill  of,  92 

Hoton  Wardeslay,  church  of,  74 

Hoton,  Thomas  de,  92  (see  also  Hutton, 
Houtone) 

Houghton-le-Spring,  Stephen  de  Manley,  rec- 
tor, 263,  264 

Koughton  mill,  co.  Durham,  grunt  of,  6 

'  Houghton  in  Lee  skle,'  grant  of  lands  at,  6 

Houtone,  Nicholas  de,  22  (see  also  Hoton, 
Hutton) 

Housesteads  Roman  camp,  visit  to,  95  ;  F.  G. 
Simpson  on  excavations  at,  96  ;  discoveries 
near,  152 

Howard,  major-general,  14  ;  Charles,  of  the 
Close,  Lichfield,  168,  238  ;  sir  Francis,  lands 
of,  in  Hurworth,  £c.,  seized,  233;  K.,  of 
Norfolk,  annuity  of,  272  :  lord  William,  arms 
of,  52 ;  goods  for,  58  ;  Roman  inscriptions 
presented  by,  58  ;  petition  of,  to  queen,  238  ; 
lady  William,  52.  238 

Howburne,  Stephen  de,  21 

Howden,  professor,  elected,  277 

Howorth,  Alice,  anchorite  in  Richmond.  72  ; 
petition  of,  72 

Huchonson,  dom.  John,  vicav  of  Stanwick,  69 
(see  also  Hutchinson) 

Hudson,  William,  schoolmaster  at  Alnwick, 
193 

Hudspeth,  George,  parish  clerk  of  Cornhill,  215 

Huget,  Gars'  Arn'  de,  21 

Huguicio,  papal  sub-deacon,  &c.,  231 

Hukervie,  d.  John,  parish  chaplain  of  Haugh- 
ton, 265 

Humble,  Ralph,  75 

Humfraville,  sir  Robert  de,  earl  of  Angus, 
warden  of  the  march,  22  (see  also  Umfram- 
ville) 

Hungerhill,  233  ;    farmhouse  burnt,  238 

Hunter,  Cuthbert,  and  others,  proceedings 
against,  27  ;  Thomas,  clerk,  194 

Huntridge,  Edmund,  160,  161 ;  JMaigaret,  161  ; 
Roger,  of  Abberwick.  and  another,  grant  to, 
160  ;  and  wife,  Elizabeth,  grant  by,  160 

Huntyngfeld,  Adam  de,  21 

Hunwike,  Henry,  22 

Hurworth,  notes  relating  to,  297  ;  bequest  of 
lease  of,  233  ;  grant  of  manor  of,  267  ;  con- 
templated sale  of  manor  of,  by  parliament, 
234  ;  devise  of  Janus  in,  233  ;  bequests  to 
poor  of,  233,  243  ;  warrant  to  constable  of, 
232  ;  natives  of,  232  et  scq.  ;  lands  in,  233 

Hurworth,  church,  prominent  position  of  232  • 
chiefly  modern,  232;  effigies  in,  232;  pre- 
conquest  remains,  232;  communion  plate 
and  bells,  232  ;  bequest  of  half  of  advowson 
of,  234n  ;  bishop  Chandler's  visitation  notes 
234  ;  families  in,  234  ;  collections  in.  for 
Great  Plague,  234  ;  body  of  Joan  Lawson, 
prioress  of  Neasham,  buried  in,  236  ;  tomb- 
stone of  William  Emerson  in  churchyard, 
23b  ;  registers,  extract  from,  236n  ;  benefice, 
request  by  king  concerning,  233  ;  Thomson 
parson  of,  233  ;  John  Hamilton,  minister  of, 
234  ;  vicars,  &c.,  of,  232,  234,  241 


314 


INDEX:    HUR — KAV 


Hurworth,  William  de,  rector  of  Sedbergh, 
Yorkshire,  resignation  of,  267  <see  also 
Hortheworth) 

Hurtheworth,  John  de,  commissioner  of  array, 
&c.,  232 

Husband,  Anthony,  Neasham  mill  leased  to, 
238;  John,  of  Sunderland,  tithes,  &c  ,  let 
to,  by  parliament,  254 

Husk,  major-general,  14 

Hustler,  sir  William,  144 

Hutchinson,  George,  and  others,  proceedings 
against,  247  ;  John,  tombstone  of,  in  Ryton 
churchyard,  55  ;  of  Baxter  wood,  210  ;  of 
Durham,  grant  by,  289  ;  Richard,  jun.,  292  ; 
Thomas,  292  ;  Thomas,  jun.,  292  :  William, 
of  Newcastle,  and  others,  presented  to  con- 
sistory court,  28  :  of  Newcastle,  seventeenth 
century  token  of,  212  (see  also  Huchonson) 

Button  hall,  ancient  brass  found  at,  67 

Hutton  Henry,  co.  Durham,  lands  at,  81  ; 
grant  of  land  at.  7 

Hutton  Rudby,  see  lludby 

Hutton,  Mr.,  priest  at  Stella,  61  ;  Charles, 
taught  in  Back  row,  Newcastle,  49;  Matthew, 
archbishop  of  York,  £c..  educated  at  Kirkby 
Ravensworth  grammar  school,  74  (see  also 
Hoton,  Houtone) 

Hydwyn  West,  Robert  de,  held  West-hydwyn, 

Hydwyn,  William,  22 

Hylton,  George,  27  ;   Thomas,  27 

Hypleswell,  Robert  de,  Thomas  Cabery  v.,  66 


I'anson,  Joseph,  295 

Ilderton,    a    pre-liistoric    drinking-cup    from, 

presented,  198 
Ilderton  church,  inquisition  concerning,  217  ; 

vicarage,  enquiry  concerning,  59 
Ilethorne,  a  '  dale  '  of  land  at.  81 
Inchoffray    Charters,  &c,,  relating  to  Abbey 

of,  285 
Ingelby,  Henry  de,  rector  of  Haughton,  curate 

of  York,  &c.,  a  pluralist,  264 
Ingelton,  son  of  Peter  de,  pardon  to,   for  a 

death,  260 

Inglewood,  forest  of,  91,  92 
Inquisitions,  church,  243 
Inscribed  Roman  perforated  bronze  objects, 

225 

Inscription,  Roman,  at  Woodburn,  287 
Insula,  mag.  John  de,  held  land  in  Greenwell. 

250  (see  also  Isle,  Lisle) 
Interdict,  indult  for  mass  in  memorial  chapels 

in  time  of,  73 

Iron  mine  at  Rookhope.  283 
Irwin,  Charles,  elected,  113 
Isaacson,  John,  108 
Isabella,  queen,  264  ;   chaplain  and  almoner 

to,  256,  257  ;   clerk  to,  257 
Isle,  Robert  del,  21  ;   sir  Robert  del,  »-(gee 

also  Insula,  Lisle) 
Islington,  Dr.  Cave,  vicar  of,  64 


Jackson,   John,  of   Richmond,  currier,   129  ; 
John,  and  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  proceedings 
against,  259  ;  Robert,  132  ;  of  Dalton  Pisrcy, 
yeoman,  grant  by,  145  (see  also  Jaxson) 
Jade,  objects  of,  199  ;  celt,  an  engraved,  199 
James  n,   declaration   of,  259 ;    iv,  king  of 
Scotland,  killed  at  Flodden,  218 


James.  William,  a  Durham  prebendary  and 
rector  of  Ryton,  63;  ejected,  64 

Jar',  Rabanus  de,  vicar  of  Sockburn,  on  an 
inquisitson,  240 

Jargeaux  [Jargolio,  John  Albini  de],  parson 
of  Longnewton.  &c.,  256;  papal  provision 
for,  256  ;  a  pluralist,  256  :  his  resignation  of 
Longnewton,  257 

Jarrow  slake,  deers'  horns  found  in,  282 

'  Javel  group,'  Newcastle,  38 

Jaxson,  John,  and  another,  quarrel  between, 
at  Egglescliffe,  253 

Jertrayson,  Edward,  curate  of  Ryton.  62" ; 
John,  witness  to  a  grant,  291 

Jett'erson,  John,  of  Newcastle,  and  others, 
presented  to  con.sistory  court,  28 

Jenison  [Jennison],  Mr.,  lands  of,  in  Hurworth 
let  by  parliament,  233  ;  a  survey  of,  234  ; 
Henry,  moiety  of  Lawson's  lands  in  Hur- 
worth descended  to,  233  ;  James,  proceedings 
against,  234  ;  Ralph,  and  others,  sir  Thomas 
Haggerston,  bt.,  v,  148,  294;  proceedings 
against,  234  ;  and  parliamentary  commis- 
sioners, 234;  William,  236, 238:  of  Neasham 
abbey,  a  recusant,  238u  ;  will  of,  238n  ; 
devises,  &c.,.  by,  238n 

Jenkins,  Henry,  buried  at  Bolton.  North  York- 
shire, 219  ;  took  arrows  to  Northallerton  for 
Flodden,  219 

Jenkin,  Henry  Archibald,  elected,  149 

Jersey,  Dr.  Basire  born  in,  254 

Jervaulx  nionastery,  a  burgage  belonging  to, 
in  Darlington.  81 

Jesmond,  lease  of  lands  in,  25  ;  St.  Mary's 
chapel,  35,  268  ;  alms  for  repair  of.  46  ;  John 
Coryngham,  warden  of,  &c.,  268  ;  dispensa- 
tion to  Thomas  Chace  concerning  chapel 
of,  45 

'  Jesus  Nazarenus,'  medieval  brooches  in- 
scribed, 195 

Jewel's  Apology,  a  chained  book,  251 

Joblyn,  Edward,  churchwarden  of  Ryton,  62 

John,  bishop  of  Carlisle,  ordinations  by,  257, 
261,  263 ;  parish  chaplain  of  Haughton. 
264 

Johnson  [Johnston],  George,  of  London,  and 
another,  grant  to,  160 ;  James,  of  Darlington, 
yeoman,  bond  to,  148  ;  John,  of  Darlington. 
255  ;  rector  of  Buf  worth,  &c.,  234  :  a  tablet 
in  church  to  his  memory,  234  ;  daughter 
Dorothy.  234n  ;  R.,  242  ;  Richard,  and  others, 
of  Longnewton,  trespass  by,  256  ;  William, 
of  Great  Burdon,  proceedings  against,  266 

Joicey,  lord,  purchased  Ford  estate,  219,  220 

Jopliiig,  John,  of  Newcastle,  and  others,  pre- 
sented to  consistory  court,  28 

Jordan  castle,  Nottinghamshire,  plan  of  earth- 
works at,  34 

Jousts,  £c.,  forbidden  by  king,  260 

Jowsey  [Jowsie],  James,  of  Newcastle,  black- 
smith, and  Jane,  his  wife,  sale  of  premises 
to,  25  ;  Jane,  of  Newcastle,  widow,  will  of, 
25;  bequests,  25;  John,  25;  Matthew,  of 
Newcastle,  yeoman,  25* 

Joynby,  Robert  de,  21 

Julius  Apolinaris,  C.,  dedication  of  altar. 
270 

Jupiter  Dolichenus,  Roman  altar  to,  276 

K 

Katrick,  William,  of  Stanwick,   one  of  lady 

Fitzhugh's  executors,  73 
'  Kavanagh,    Dublin,'   double-barrelled  pistol 

made  bv,  286 


INDEX  :      KAY — LAW 


315 


Kay  [Kaye],  sir  Arthur,  144  ;  George,  witness 
to  a  deed,  293  ;  William,  the  elder,  of  Even- 
wood,  grant  to,  147  ;  William,  of  Evenwood, 
yeoman,  grant  to,  293  ;  witness  to  a  deed.  293  ; 
the  younger,  giant  by,  155  (see  also  Key) 

Kell,  William,  town  clerk  of  Gateshead,  108 

Kellawe,  bishop  of  Durham,  forbade  a  tourna- 
ment in  Darlington,  260 

Kelleby,  JKalph  dei  petition  to  pope  for  Haugh- 
ton  for,  254 

Kelloe  church,  St.  Helen's  cross  in,  30 

Kelly,  John  de,  21 

Kelsale,  &c  ,  in  Suffolk,  grant  of  lands  in,  199 

Kelsay.  William  de,  ordained,  261 

Keltic  design,  an  ornament  of,  from  Corbridge, 
101 

Ken  dale,  John,  of  Newcastle,  grant  by,  272 

Kepier  hospital  of  St.  Giles,  masters  of,  Hugh 
de  Monte  Alto  and  John  de  London,  62 ; 
a  mass  at.  for  bishop  Bek,  62  :  grant  of  free 
warren  to,  125 

Kettles,  the,  Northumberland,  plan  of  earth- 
works, 286 

Key,  William,  of  St.  Helen  Auckland,  grant 
to,  227 

Kidson,  Thomas,  of  Monkwearmouth  shore, 
will  of,  210;  Mary,  wife  of,  210 

Kiliinghall  [Kiilyngale,  Killinghill,  Killingale, 
Kyllinghall],  of  Middleton  St.  George,  &c., 
246  et  seq.  :  Anne,  a  bequest  to,  246  ;  Ellen, 
bequest  to,  246  ;  Francis,  and  Margery,  his 
'pretended'  wife,  proceedings  against.  246; 
and  others,  proceedings  against,  247  ;  John, 
lease  to,  246  ;  of  Middieton  St.  George,  debts 
of,  forgiven,  246  ;  in  arms  against  the  parlia- 
ment, 246  ;  estates  confiscated,  247  ;  com- 
pounded, 247  ;  John,  and  his  wife,  bequests 
to,  265;  Ralph,  captain  of  Berwick  (son  of 
John),  wife  Isabel,  246  ;  Thomas,  litbes  let 
to,  246 ;  William,  and  others,  proceedings 
against.  246 

King  Alfred's  fort,  Somerset,  plan  of  earth- 
works at,  272 

King,  James,  of  the  Salt  Meadows  bottle  house, 
98 

King's  Lynn  Redmount,  Norfolk,  plan  of 
earthworks  at,  286 

King's  play  enclosure,  Wilts,  plan  of  earth- 
works, 286 

'  Kings  stables,'  Gilsland,  excavations  at  the, 
114,  115  ;  objects  found,  116 

*  King's  stone '  at  Crookham,  220 

Kingston,  see  Kyngeston 

Kippy  heugh,  Northumberland,  plan  of  earth- 
Avorks,  236 

Kirkby,  Alan  de,  92 

Kirkby  Ravens  worth,  meeting  at,  152  ;  church 
of  St.  Peter  and  St.  Felix  at,  74  ;  note  on,  74  ; 
value  of,  74  ;  old  bench  ends  in,  74  ;  matrix 
of  brass  in,  74  ;  gift  for  repair  of,  75  ;  broken 
into,  75;  rectors,  74,  75;  grammar  school, 
74  :  statutes  of,  74  ;  founder  of,  74  ;  hospital, 
74  (see  also  Rave  us  worth) 

Kirkby  Ravensworth,  Henry  de,  73 

Kirkby  Stephen,  &c.,  country  meeting  at,  8 

Kirkham,  payment  by  prior  of,  for  Branxton, 
216 

Kirkham,  Walter  de,  216 

Kirkharle,  late  fifteenth  century  font  at,  127 

Kirkehowse,  Robert,  of  Newcastle,  cordiner, 
grant  to,  226 

Kirkmerrington,  land  of  'le  ladie  guilde' 
at,  6 

Kirknewton,  William  Lamb,  vicar  of,  161 

Kirtleys  close,  Evenwood,  293 


Kitchin,  Roger,  of  Benton,  148 
Kleninges,  Thomas  de,  22 
Knighthood,  fine  for  not  taking  order  of,  266 
Knowles,  W.  H.,  on  Tynemouth  priory,  224 
Knowle  hill,  Dorset,  198 
Kyngeston,    John    de,    bishop   of   Durham's 
chancellor,  125 


Lackenby  [Lakenby],  Henry,  187  ;  John,  187; 
Simon,  of  Shadforth,  146  ;  and  others,  293  ; 
grant  by.  187 

Ladler,  Clement,  attests  a  deed,  292 

Laib9rne,  Roger,  rector  of  Longnewton,  at 
visitation,  257 

'  L'Aigle,"  ship,  176 

Lainge,  Michael,  292 

Lamb  [Lam be],  J.  Everard,  elected,  169  ;  John, 
of  West  Herrington,  co.  Durham,  161  ; 
captain  John,  of  Gate.shead,  161 ;  Lancelot, 
of  Newbiggin,  co.  Durham,  256  ;  Margaret, 
widow  of  Robert,  of  Newcastle,  merchant, 
will  of.  237  ;  bequests  by,  237  :  her  daughter 
Isabel,  237;  William,  rector  of  Gateshead, 
161 ;  vicar  of  Kirknewton,  161 

Lambarde,  259 

Lambton,  Mr.,  124  ;    '  honest  William,'  144 

Lammas  lands,  Newcastle,  38 

Lampson,  John,  of  Newcastle,  and  others, 
presented  to  consistory  court,  28 

Lancaster,  Ambrose,  attests  a  deed,  210 

Lancaster,  Thomas,  earl  of,  pardon  for  adher- 
ence to,  267 

Lanchester,  Roman  inscribed  stones,  &c., 
presented,  2  et  scq.  ;  Roman  sculptured  stone 
from.  28  ;  common,  flint  arrow-head  found 
on,  20b 

Lanercost  priory,  founding  of.  186  :  by  Robert 
de  Vallibus,  270  ;  Robert  Bruce  at,  186 

Lanerdake,  Bernard  de,  21 

Langeford,  Thomas  de,  parson  of  Croft,  pro- 
tection to.  231,  266  ;  witnesses  a  grant,  231 

Langley,  co.  Durham,  premises  at,  163 

Langetone,  David  de,  24  ;    Hugh  de,  21 

Langlands,  John,  a  Newcastle  silversmith,  101, 
193 

Langneuton,  William  de,  255 

'  Langschawe,  le,'  Newburn,  58 

Lanum,  William  de,  archdeacon  of  Durham, 
263 

Larynge,  Augustine  [Aug1]  de,  21 

Laton,  John,  rector  of  Melsonby,  death  of,  76  ; 
Thomas,  of  Westlaton,  and  others,  grant  by, 
145 

Lausellis,  Simon  de,  clerk  to  queen  Isabella, 
257  ;  provision  of  Langneuton  rectory  for, 
257 

Lavintone,  sir  Nicholas  de.  21 

Law,  T.,  rector  of  Haughton-le-Skerne,  262 

Lawes,  Richard,  of  Kibblesworth,  130 

Lawson,  lands  in  Hurworth,  descent  of,  233  ; 
Edward,  of  Bran  ton,  the  'insignia'  of,  150; 
Christopher,  of  London,  grant  by,  211 ; 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John,  293  ;  Frances, 
236 ;  Francis,  211 ;  George,  of  Neasham, 
bequest!  by,  236 :  Henry,  of  Neasham, 
237  ;  Isabel,  daughter  of  James.  237  ;  James, 
lands  of,  in  Hurworth,  233  ;  of  Cramliugton, 
grant  of  Neasbam  nunnery  to.  236  ;  Jane, 
daughter  of  Henry,  bequest  to,  237  ;  Joan, 
prioress  of  Neasham,  bequests  by.  236 ; 
Ralph,  211,  237  ;  Richard..  150  ;  'Willford,' 
of  Brunton,  Northumberland,  150  ;  William, 
211 ;  Sir  William,  202 


316 


INDEX  :      LAY — LYN 


'  Layker,'  Robert  called,  of  Neasham,  ordained, 
235 

Lead,  283 ;  mines,  283 ;  granted  to  Roger 
Thornton,  283 

Leaden  pans  used  in  salt  making.  122 

Lease  and  .Release,  origin  of,  145 

Leath,  Thomas,  of  Forcett,  76 

Leathley  rectory,  exchange  of,  243 

Leathome,  Nicholas,  churchwarden  of  Haugh- 
ton,  265 

Leazes,  the,  Newcastle,  38 

Ledgard,  Joseph,  46  &  n  ;  admitted  freeman, 
46n  ;  and  partners,  79*  ;  Thomas,  mayor  of 
Newcastle,  46n 

Lee.  William,  180 

Leghtone.  Philip  de,  21 

Leg.  vi,  a  centurion  of,  270 

Leland's  Itinerary  quoted.  73  &  n 

Lemman,  John,  of  Benton,  148 

Lematon,  John,  194 

Lesbury  people  claimed  exemption  from  toll 
in  Alnwick  market,  196 ;  church.  Lqng- 
houghton  appurtenant  to,  159 ;  William 
Herrison,  vicar  of,  159  ;  rectory,  valuation  of, 
193  ;  abbot  of  Alnwick,  rector  of,  195  ;  Perci- 
val  Stockdale,  vicar  of,  215n,  216 

Leslie,  Alexander,  crossed  Tyne  at  Newburn, 
54 

Letters,  local,  belonging  to  Dr.  Burman,  188, 
211 

Leverton,  North,  prebend  of,  in  Southwell,  72 

Leybourne  castle,  Kent,  plan  of  earthworks 
at,  34 

Leyburn.  Roger,  rector  of  Longnewton  and 
bishop  of  Carlisle,  257  (see  also  Laiburne) 

Leycestre,  22  ;   John  de,  23 

Liberius,  pope,  medal  of,  18 

Library,  contemplated  removal  of.  from  castle, 
report  on,  88  ;  promised  subscriptions  to- 
wards, 88  ;  removal  fund,  subscriptions  to, 
101,  129,  151 ;  rules  and  regulations  for  the, 
173 

Lichfield,  St.  Chad's,  Simon  de  Sapiti  pre- 
bendary of,  &c.,  252;  the  dean  of,  on  two 
incumbents  of  St.  Hi  Id's,  South  Shields,  205 ; 
Dr.  Thomas  Wood,  bishop  of,  249 

Liddell,  sir  Henry,  102,  103 

Lie.  William  de  la,  matrix  of  seal  of,  182 

Lilburn,  ruins  of  church  at,  162 ;  Cuthbert 
Ogle,  parson  cf  Ford,  had  tower  of,  294 

Lilburne  [Lilleburne,  Lileburne],  Alexander, 
of  Aislaby,  will  of,  253  ;  major  Henry,  230  ; 
John,  action  against,  concerning  tenements 
in  Ford,  &c.,  294  :  sir  John  de,  22,24  ;  Ralph 
de,  22  ;  captain  Thomas,  230 

Limes,  perforated  bronze  objects  from  the 
German,  225 

.Limestone  bank,  fosses  of  Wall  and  Vallum 
on,  95 

Lincoln,  William,  bishop  of,  licence  to,  194  ; 
John  Wawayn,  a  canon  of,  257 

Lindisfarne,  Eadbert,  bishop  of,  283  ;  conse- 
cration of  Higbald,  bishop  of,  240 

Linn,  Anthony,  attests  a  deed,  292  (see  also 
Lynn) 

Lionello,  Giovanni  Battista,  Venetian  secretary 

.  in  England,  description  of  Northumberland 
by,  179 

Lisle,  armorial  seal  of,  99  ;   pedigree  of,  100  ; 

.  sir  Humphrey,  conveyance  by,  99  ;  grant 
by.  145  ;  sir  John  de,  22  (see  also  Insula, 
Isle) 

Litsher,  sir  John,  233 

Lithgow,  William,  his  siege  of  Newcastle,  a 
rare  tract,  exhibited,  173 


Littelbure,  sir  Humfrey  de,  kt.,  of  the  king's 
household,  23  (see  also  Lyttelburne) 

Little  Hether,  Northumberland,  plan  of  earth- 
works, 286 

Llandafr,  John  de  Eglesclift',  bishop  of,  251 

Llansilin  church,  near  Oswestry.  a  communion 
cup  at,  of  Newcastle  mnke,  80 

Local  muniments,  20 

Lodge,  Anthony,  sen.,  attests  a  deed,  184; 
John,  of  Neasham,  bequest  to,  233 

Lodge  house  castle,  Dorset,  198 

Logan,  Robert,  289 

Loker,  Robert,  rector  of  Ford,  resignation  of, 
294 

London,  'bataile  to  be  fought  there/  58; 
Thomas  Chace,  chancellor  of,  dispensation 
to,  45  ;  '  the  black  boy '  in  St.  Benedict, 
Gracechurch  street,  grant  of,  210  ;  collections 
for  sufferers  from  the  Great  Fire  of,  254,  259 

London,  John  de,  master  of  Kepier  hospital, 
62 ;  William  de,  chaplain,  appointed  to 
mediety  of  Middleton  St.  George,  245 

Londonderry,  effigy  of  third  marquis  of,  255 

Longframlington,  visit  to,  111.  152;  church 
of,  111  ;  Oliverian  inquisition,  111 ;  bishop 
Chandler's  notes  of,  111  ;  communion  plate 
and  bells,  112 

Longhoughton,  rectorial  tithes  of,  J.  C.  Hodg- 
son on,  159  ;  gift  to  poor  of,  161 

Longa  Neuton,  Elias  de,  presented  to  Norton 
vicarage,  256 

Longnewton,  note  respecting,  255,  268  :  yill, 
part  of  Barnardcastle  barony,  seized  by  king, 
255  ;  rent  of,  255  ;  pensions  out  of,  255  ; 
grant  by  king  out  of,  255  ;  bishop's  right  of 
wardship  in,  255  ;  devise  of  manor  of,  243  ; 
old  manor  house  at.  255 ;  natives  of,  256  ; 
bequest  to  poor  of,  258  ;  to  repair  causeway 
at,  258  ;  '  Gylbeit  field  '  at,  258  ;  collections 
in,  for  sufferers  from  Great  Plague,  258  ;  for 
Great  Fire  of  London,  259;  church,  265; 
Vane  chapel,  255;  brass  in,  205,  204,  255; 
bequest  to,  253 ;  communion  plate,  255 ; 
rectory,  255 ;  papal  provisions,  257  ;  valua- 
tion of,  256  :  rector  of.  at  array  of  clergy,  257  ; 
at  synod,  257  ;  at  visitation,  257  ;  contribu- 
tions to  tenths  and  fifteenths,  256  ;  rectors, 
256,  258,  268  ;  chaplains,  on  an  inquisition, 
257  ;  at  visitation,  257  ;  curates,  258,  265n  ; 
parish  clerk,  258;  churchwardens,  258;  bishop 
Chandler's  visitation  note,  259  ;  proceedings 
at,  relating  to  1569  rebellion,  258  ;  setting  up 
of  altar  stone  at,  258  (see  also  Langneuton) 

Longstaffe,  W.  H.  D.,  his  transcript  of  an  old 
deed,  170n 

Lonsdale,  William,  161 

Loraine,  Thomas,  of  Ben  ton,  148 

Louconton,  John  atte,  death  of,  232 

Loudham,  21 ;   sir  John  de,  23 

Loughton,  Essex,  plan  of  earthworks,  286 

Lovell  Oeyncourt,  &c.,  lady  Alicia,  76 

Lowes,  John,  160  ;  Ralph  Clark,  of  Newcastle, 
161 

'  Lowside  window '  at  Melsonby,  76 

Lowys,  Robert,  21 

Lucifer  matches  discovered,  42 

Lucy,  Lucy,  daughter  of  lord  de.  235,  267 

Lumley,  lord,  gift  for  mass  priest,  6  ;  Anne, 
290  ;  Barbary,  290  ;  Elizabeth.  290  ;  wife  of 
William,  of  Lumley,  bequests  to,  290  ;  John, 
295;  Margaret,  290:  Maiy,  290;  Matthew 
de,  grant  by,  240  ;  Richard,  290 

Lyam,  William  de,  22 

Lyghtone.  John  de,  22 

Lyndesey,  Robert,  ordained  priest,  228 


INDEX :      LYN — MKL 


317 


Lynet,  John.  21 

Lynn  [Lyn],  J.  R.  D.,  trustees  of  the  late, 
'presented  urn,  #c.,  286;  Robert,  of  Black- 
well,  bond  to,  291  (see  also  Linn) 

Lythgreynes,  John  de,  a  servant  of,  assaulted, 
250 

Lyttelburne,  sir  Humphrey  de,  21  (see  also 
'Littelbure) 

M 

INI.,  T.W.,  initials  on  head  of  spout,  248 

Mackson,  d.  Edward,  193 

McQueen,  William  Brewis,  elected,  157 

Maddison,  Elizabeth,  heiress  of  Sir  Lionel,  204 

Madoke  [Madoc,  Maddoke],  (Janan  ap,  62; 
Lewlyn  ap.  22  ;  Mereduke  ap,  22,  23 

Magyrson,  John,  of  Twissill.  294 

Manmud  n,  a  '  pass'  of,  exhibited,  34  (see  also 
Turkish) 

Mainchforth,  Katherine,  a  papist,  247  ;  estates 
confiscated,  247 

Makeleyne,  William,  '  parochianus '  of  Darl- 
ington, 253 

Makepeace,  Robert,  a  Newcastle  silversmith, 
112 

Mall,  a  wooden,  found  in  an  old  mine,  283 

Mallory,  Philip,  of  Morton,  clerk,  estates  of,  in 
Hurworth,  sequestrated  by  parliament,  234 

Malhun,  Margaret,  proceedings  against,  266 

Malolacu,  Stephen  de.  canon  of  Auckland  and 
rector  of  Haughton,  263  ;  protection  to,  264 

Manchester,  The  Roman  fort  at,  117 

Mancombe  down,  Wilts,  plan  of  earthworks 
at,  286 

Manerd,  Gilbert,  chaplain,  69 

Manfeld,  Robert  de,  a  prebendary  of  Auck- 
land, 66 

Manfield,  Yorkshire,  meeting  at,  152 :  pro- 
ceedings relating  to  a  tenement  in,  66  ;  All 
Saints  church,  valuation  of,  66  ;  note  on, 
65  ;  medieval  grave-covers,  65  ;  churchyard 
cross,  65  ;  arms  on  tower,  68  ;  seventeenth 
century  wooden  chest,  65  ;  vicar  of,  74 

Manifen,  John,  22 

Mann,  admiral,  176  ;  Hannah,  tombstone  of, 
200  ;  Thomas,  of  Wallsend,  tombstone  of. 
202 

Manneby,  Robert  de,  chaplain,  grant  of  lands 
to,  248 

4  Manners,  morals,  &c.,'  a  hand-bill  presented, 
41 

Manners  [Maners],  John,  and  another,  action 
against,  294  ;  Thomas,  of  Cheswick,  will  of, 
215  ;  gift  to  eldest  son  George,  215  ;  bequest 
to  daughter  Isabel,  246 

Manorial  chapels,  indult  for  mass  in,  73 

Mangon's  Zlg-zug  Rarnblings.  229n 

Mar,  Edmund  de  la,  22 

Marcellus,  pope,  medal  of,  18 

March,  wardens  of  the,  20  ;  horsemen,  &c.,  of, 
20 

March,  Ralph,  duke  of  Northumberland's 
bailiff,  letter  of,  respecting  Alnwick  market, 
196 

Margtie,  VVilliam  de,  rector  of  Ryton,  62 

Markendaile,  John,  of  Old  Parke,Wolsingham, 
grant  by,  292 

Markenfield  manor,  licence  to  marry  in  chapel 

of,  241 

Markenfeld  [Markynfeld],  Anne,  licence  to 
marry,  241 ;  Johan,  bequest  to,  241 ;  sir 
Ninian,  of  Markenfeld,  at  Flodden,  219  ; 
sir  Thomas,  will  of,  241 :  bequests  by,  241 

Marlborough  common,  Wilts,  plan  of,  286 


\_Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Newc.,  3  Ser. 


Marley  [Marly],  Cuthbert,  184;  Henry,  of 
Hilton,  co.  Durham,  184;  John,  258;  Wil- 
liam, of  Durham,  81 ;  of  Hunstanworth.  co. 
Durham,  and  Jane,  his  wife,  grant  by,  184 

Marmaduke,  Richard  fit/,  killed  on  Durham 
bridge,  89 :  arms  of,  89  ;  sir  Richard,  ap- 
pointed steward  of  Durham  and  Sadberge,  260 

Marmyoun,  Manserus,  rector  of  Langneuton, 
268 

Marriage,  a  clandestine,  266 

Marshall,  Ann,  wife  of  James,  of  Howdon 
pans,  tombstone  of,  202 ;  Bartholomew,  of 
Billy-raw,  co.  Durham,  yeoman,  grant  to,  146 

Marson,  or  iMarster,  in  possession  of  Haughton, 
264 

Martin,  John,  of  New  Elvet,  co.  Durham, 
grant  by,  155  ;  William,  'the  natural  philoso- 
pher,' letter  of,  107 

Martinfield,  Thomas,  of  the  Castle,  Newcastle, 
201 

Mar  wood  park,  co.  Durham,  210 

Marygate.  Berwick,  214 

Mascall,  Richard,  46 

Mason,  Robert,  290 

Masons'  marks,  Alnwick  church,  192 

Matches,  friction,  42 

Matthew,  James,  of  Newcastle,  and  others, 
presented  to  consistory  court,  28  ;  Robert, 
clerk,  27  ;  [Mathew]  Tobias  [Toby,  Tobie], 
dean  of  Durham,  proceedings  before,  62  ; 
gift  to,  241  ;  bishop  of  Durham,  letter  of,  58 

Mauburne,  Thomas,  21 

Mauduit,  Roger,  seal  of  Alianore,  wife  of,  89  ; 
arms  of,  89 

Mauleverer,  sir  Halnath,  74 

Mauley,  Stephen  de,  rector  of  Haughton,  &c., 
263 

Maundevill  [Maundeuil],  Eadmund  de,  70 ; 
prebendary  of  Stanwick,  68 

Maunsell,  John,  vicar  of  Forcett,  72 

Mawer.  prof.  Allen,  elected,  113  ;  a  lecture  by, 
on  Ancient  Northumbria,  117;  Richard, 
'parochianus'  of  Longnewton,  257 

Mayes  family,  house  of,  at  Yarm,  248  ;  John, 
of  the  f  riarage,  Yarm,  a  Roman  catholic  non- 
juror,  218n  ;  estate  of,  in  Egglesclifi'e,  248 

Maynard,  T.,  letters  of,  respecting  Elswick 
colliery,  46,  47 

Maysham,  William  de,  21 

Mecheson,  Richard,  of  Ravensworth,  co.  Dur- 
ham, 130 

Medals,  of  the  Newcastle  Armed  Association, 
exhibited,  18  ;  papal,  exhibited,  18  (see  also 
under  Papal] 

Medieval :  bells,  Haughton-le-Skerne  (alpha- 
bet), 262;  Newburn,  53;  Sadberge,  262; 
Stanwick,  67  ;  grave-covers  :  Denton,  near 
Darlington,  90  :  at  Dinsdale  (inscribed),  242  ; 
Egglesclitte,  251 ;  Manfield,  65  ;  Melsonby, 
76  ;  Middleton  Low  Hall,  247  ;  Middleton- 
one-Row,  244  ;  Stanwick,  66  :  inscribed  ring 
brooches,  195 

Melandra  castle,  Derbyshire,  plan  of,  286 

Melbury  beacon,  Dorset.  198 

Meldon,  commission  relative  to  church  of,  56, 
59  ;  Fenwicke,  parson  of,  134 

Melsambi,  arms  of,  75  ;  Henry  de,  mass  for 
soul  of,  76 

Melsonby,  Yorkshire,  meeting  at,  152  ;  manor 
of,  75  ;  church,  Kev.  J.  F.  Hodgson  on,  75; 
value  of,  76  ;  effigy  in,  75  ;  pre-conquest 
coped  grave-covers  in,  76  ;  "  lowside '  window, 
76  :  chapel  of  Holy  Trinity  in  churchyard 
of,  76  ;  rectors.  76 ;  inquisition  relative  to 
patronage  of,  76  (see  also  Melsambi) 


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INDEX  :      MEL — NEAL 


Meltham,  Edmund,  of  Melsonbie,  75 ;  William, 
and  Ann  his  wife.  75 

Mennevill.  William  de,  of  Horden,  will  of,  63 

Merchants'  marks,  1 

Mere  castle  hill,  Wilts,  plan  of,  286 

Mere  down,  Wilts,  plan  of  earthworks,  286 

Meriman,  Arthur,  churchwarden  of  Ryton,  62 

Merrington,  bishop  Cosin's  work  ;it.  128 

Merton,  William  de,  bishop's  sheriff,  260 

Meryngton.  John,  churchwarden  of  Long- 
new  ton,  258 

Messenger,  Oliver,  sanctuary  sought  for  death 
of,  73 

Mewburn,  John,  of  Darlington,  and  another, 
conveyance  of  tenements  to,  180  ;  Thomas, 
of  Blackwell,  co.  Durham,  grant  of  tene- 
ments by,  180 

Meynell,  family  held  friarage  at  Yarm,  248ri  ; 
Robert,  justice  of  assize,  261 

Mickleton,  Christopher,  attests  a  deed,  184  :  a 
bequest  to,  290 

Midderigg,  Thomas  de,  grant  of  custody  and 
marriage  (  f  Thomas,  son  of,  260 

Middleton,  land  in,  6  ;  -in-Teesdale  church,  a 
brass  in,  203  ;  Low  Hall,  visit  to,  247  ;  built 
by  Killinghalls,  247  ;  thirteenth  century  cross 
at,  235.  247  :  medieval  grave-cover,  247  ;  in- 
scribed lead  spouts  at,  247  ;  spout  and  tank 
from  Yarm,  247  ;  mount,  Norfolk,  plan  of 
earthworks  at,  276 ;  -one-Row,  bequest  to 
poor  of,  243 ;  tithes  of,  let,  246 ;  purchase 
of  manor  of,  244  ;  conveyed,  247  ;  St.  Lau- 
rence's church,  244  ;  pre-conquest  sundial, 
&c.,  244  ;  tower  hill,  near,  244  ;  a  moated 
conical  mound  at,  244  ;  St.  George,  bequest 
to  poor  of,  243  ;  part  of  knight's  fee  in,  259n  ; 
manor  of,  246  :  tithes  of,  let,  246  ;  church, 
Rev.  C.  Jackson  on,  245 ;  a  double  rectory, 
245  ;  communion  plate,  245 ;  pre-conquest 
sundial,  &c.,  from,  244;  churchyard  wall 
needed  repair,  246 ;  rectors,  226,  233,  245  ; 
Towers,  Norfolk,  plan  of  earthworks  at,  276 

Middleton  iMidelton,  Middelton,  Midleton], 
Anthony,  of  Beaton,  near  Seaham,  211 ; 
Hugh,  land  held  by,  240  ;  John  de,  death  of, 
245  ;  a  priest,  rector  of  Kirkby  Rayensworth, 
dispensation  of,  74  :  a  papal  chaplain,  74  ;  pre- 
bendary of  Stan  wick,  68*,  70;  Mat.,  attests 
a  deed,  155 ;  William,  parson  of  Ford,  action 
against,  294  (see  also  Mydleton) 

Midford,  Anthony,  292  ;  William,  180  (see  also 
Mitford) 

Milbank,  Francis,  rector  of  Croft,  death  of, 
231 ;  sir  Ralph,  of  Halnaby,  death  and  burial 
9f,  231 

Milburn  hall,  Northumberland,  an  old  book 
found  at,  19 

Milburn  [Milborne],  sir  Charles  S.,  bt.,  elected, 
1 ;  L.  J.,  elected,  1 ;  Roger  de,  vicar  of 
Branxton,  infirm,  216 

Miller,  Robert  Norman  Appleby,  elected,  29 

Mifiom  castle,  siege  of,  in  1644,  187 

Milner,  John,  '  parochianus '  of  Longneuton, 
257 

Mining  tools  from  Weardale,  283 ;  operations 
of  ancients,  use  of  deer  horn  picks  in,  282n 

Mitford  castle,  charge  of,  20 

Mitford,  Cuthbert,  134;  of  Mitford,  133: 
Robert,  bailiff  of  Durham  consistory  court, 
57  ;  Walter  de,  canon  of  Alnwick,  195  (see 
also  Midford) 

Moat,  the,  Middlesex,  plan  of  earthworks  at,  34 

Modie,  John,-of  Newcastle,  blacksmith  25  (see 
also  Moody) 

Moffitt,  Deborah,  tombstone  of,  200 


Moises,  Rev.  Hugh,  master  of  Newcastle  gram- 
mar school,  50 

Moncaster,  Robert,  gift  by,  7 

Mondellis,  George  de,  of  Milan,  prebendary  of 
Givendale,  68 

Monk  Heselden,  lands  in,  81 ;  church,  lands 
for  lights,  &c.,  in,  81 

Monkton  stall  in  York  minister,  241 

Monkwearmouth  shore,  deed  relating  to  pro- 
perty at,  210 

Montague,  Mrs.  Elizabeth,  and  her  benefac- 
tions, 50 

Monte  Alto,  Hugh  de,  master  of  Kepier 
hospital,  62 

Montgomery,  Philip  de,  22 

Moody,  George,  of  Newcastle,  locksmith,  25  ; 
John,  of  Newcastle,  locksmith,  25 ;  and 
Ann,  his  wife,  25 ;  William,  25  (see  also 
Modie) 

Moore,  sir  Francis,  145 

Moores  ditch,  Essex,  plan  of,  286 

Mordant,  brigadier-genera!,  14 

Morden  given  to  Durham,  240 

Morden  tower,  Newcastle,  11 ;  meeting  place 
of  Pewterers  company,  166 

Morgan,  Arthur,  155  ;  John,  attests  a  deed, 
155;  Pierpont,  purchase  by,  of  Mr.  Green- 
well's  pre-historic  bronzes,  2 

Morley  mount,  Derbyshire,  plan  of,  286 

Morpeth  church,  inquisition  relating  to,  56,  59 

Morton,  Janet.  132 ;  John,  parish  clerk  of 
Longnewton,  258  :  Matthew,  132, 133 ;  mag. 
Richard,  prebendary  of  Stanwick,  70 ;  Wil- 
liam, 132 

Mortuary,  bequest  of  a,  264 

Mortuomari,  baron  Roger  de,  petition  of,  to 
pope,  272 

Moseden,  134 

Moses,  Thomas,  attests  a  deed,  292 

Mosse,  Francis,  and  others,  grant  to,  146 

Mounceux,  Robert,  22 

Mowbray,  William,  attests  a  deed,  292 

Mowe,  Adam,  of  Roddam,  middle  march 
'bills'  of,  196 

Muner,  Hugh  le,  of  Gainford,  pardon  to,  for 
a  death,  260 

Mundeuille,  sir  Richard  de,  21 

Muniments,  local,  20 

Murray,  Messrs..  of  Longhoughton  low  stead, 
tithes  conveyed  to,  161  ;  James,  161 

Musarder,  co.  Worcester,  Adam  de  Harewold 
presented  to.  268 

Muscarap,  Cecilia  de,  219 ;  Robert  de.  Ford 
granted  to,  219 

Musgrave,  Edward,  of  Barhaughe,  bond  of,  27  ; 
Humfray,  and  another,  conveyance  by,  27 ; 
Richard,  of  Barrahaugh,  conveyance  to,  27  ; 
of  Kirkhaugh,  and  another,  bond  to,  27 

Muster  rolls,  sixteenth  century,  date  of,  168n 

Mydleton,  John,  of  Askham,  Westmorland, 
grant  to,  155 

N 

Nadll,  William,  a  'parochianus'  of  Alnwick, 

193 

Narborough,  Norfolk,  plan  of  earthworks,  276 
Nassau,  count,  a  Dutch  general,  14 
Nawton,  Thomas,  of  Eddylthorpe,  bequest  to 

prioress  of  Neasham,  236 
Nawton  and  Nawtondale,  rents  of,  236 
Nazareth,  Ausizan  de,  21 
Neal,  Stanton,  of  Alnwick,  161 ;   baptism  of, 

161  n  ;   his  gift  to  poor  of  Longhoughton,  161 ; 

William,  161n 


INDEX  :     NEAS — NEW 


319 


.Neasham,  230  ;  notes  relating  to,  267  :  a  murder 
at,  267  ;  bequest  19  poor  of,  233,  236  ;  value 
of  Laws9n  lands  in,  236  :  burials  at,  255  ; 
Benedictine  nunnery  of,  233,  235  :  a  bull  of 
pope  Adrian  iv  relating  to,  267  ;  founded  by 
a  Dacre,  baron  of  Grey  stoke,  235  :  confirmed 
by  Henry  II,  235  ;  out  of  repair,  234  ;  effigies, 
<&c.,  from,  in  Hurworth  church.  232,  235; 
Dacres  patrons  of,  232n  ;  prioress  and  nuns 
of,  grant  of  land  in  Bishopton,  &c.,  to,  235  ; 
sums  owing  to  king  by,  235  ;  reinstatement 
of  a  nun,  235  ;  coal  mines  belonging  to,  237  ; 
protection  to  prioress  for  a  year,  267  ;  bequest 
to,  241 ;  yearly  rent  due  to,  267  ;  grant  of 
right  to  grind  corn  without  multure,  235  ; 
Joan  Lawson,  prioress,  236  ;  will  of,  236  ; 
grant  by  Henry  VJii,  236  :  manor  owned  by 
Dacres,  237  ;  rentals  of,  334  ;  mill  leased,  238 
(see  also  Nesham) 

Negropont,  John,  bishop  of,  ordination  by, 
236 

Neile,  Richard,  witness  to  a  grant,  291 

Neilson,  George,  on  site  of  battle  of  Brunan- 
burh,  144 

Nelson,  Henry,  292  ;  James,  of  Ryton,  minis- 
ter, will  of,  63  ;  Ralph,  death  of.  7 

Neolithic  flint  implements  in  Weardale,  205 

Nero,  denarius  of,  found  on  South  Shields 
sands,  124 

Nesbitt,  Thomas,  heirs  of,  held  land  at  Poun- 
teys,  244 

Nesham,  Adam  de,  pardon  19,  267  ;  William, 
of  Upper  Dinsdale,  a  papist,  248  (see  also 
Neasham) 

Nettlecombe  Tout,  Dorset,  198 

Neville  [Nevill,  Neuille],  Nicholas  de,  21; 
Ralph,  de,  lord  of  Raby,  witness  to  a  charter, 
125  ;  Robert.  89  ;  son  of  Ralph,  licence  to, 
to  take  name  of  Greystoke,  236 

Neville's  cross.  54 

Newbigging,  co.  Durham,  grant  of  house  at, 
210 

.Newburn  [Newborne,  Newborn,  Neuburne], 
Ambrose  de,  granted  a  canonry  of  Auckland, 
58  ;  Thomas  de,  on  a  commission.  59  ;  fratcr 
William  de,  a  canon  of  Blanchland,  ordained, 
58 

Newburn,  meeting  at,  34,  49,  52 ;  a  quasi- 
borough,  54  ;  battle  of,  53  :  large  wooden 
wheels  from  Tyne  at,  53  ;  flight  of  parsons 
after,  58n,  64  ;  bequest  to  poor  of,  61 ;  famous 
for  apple  trees,  58  &  n  ;  fisheries  at,  57,  58  ; 
Sunday  lands  at,  57  ;  old  pele  in  steelworks, 
54  :  Roman  inscription  from,  54  ;  parish,  a 
free  chapel  in,  60 ;  goods  of,  60 

.Newburn,  St.  Michael's  church,  set  fire  to,  53  : 
given  to  Carlisle,  53,  57  ;  description  of,  53  : 
communion  plate.  53  ;  font,  53  ;  bells,  53  ; 
registers,  52  ;  cannon  placed  on  tower  of,  63  ; 
bequest  for  repair  of,  60 :  valuation  of,  59 ; 
tenths  granted  by  rector  of,  59  ;  inventory  of 
vestments  in,  60  ;  writs  of  plttries,  Ace.,  re- 
lating to,  59 ;  vicars  of,  53,  57,  59,  60,  61 ; 
curate,  61 ;  Adam,  chaplain  of,  59  ;  church- 
wardens, 90 

Newbury,  William  Twiss,  minister  of,  126 

Newby.  Francis,  of  Richmond,  currier,  129  ; 
Thomas,  292  ;  of  Marwood  park,  will  of, 
210  ;  wife  Mary,  210 

NEWCASTLE,  oak  from  Roman  bridge  across 
Tyne  at,  278 ;  PLANS,  &c.,  view  of,  temp. 
Elizabeth,  212  ;  Oliver's  ma])  of,  added  to  by 
William  Boyd,  17,  153  ;  plan  of  town  moor, 
&c.,  183;  act  relating  to  town  moor,  &c., 
183 


NEWCASTLE,  siege  of,  \Villiam  Lithgow's  de- 
scription of,  173 ;  facsimile  of  title  page  of 
tract,  174  ;  '  the  struggle  between  the  mer- 
chant and  craft  gilds  in  1515,'  182 ;  dialect  of, 
51 ;  lease  of  lands  in,  25  ;  keeper  of  the 
victuals  at,  20  ;  a  penance  in  1665,  15  :  plague 
ceased  at,  196  ;  no  driving  Scots  out  of,  58  ; 
moor,  array  of  clergy  against  Scots  on,  227  ; 
account  of  army  near,  in  1745,  13 ;  Armed 
Association  of.  a  medal  of  the.  exhibited,  18  ; 
Associated  Volunteer  Infantry,  Loyal,  an 
order  book  of,  presented,  275;  pennies  of 
Edwards,  212  ;  seventeenth  century  token 
of,  212  ;  fire  office,  accounts  of  the,  103 ; 
householders  in,  in  1665,  288  ;  hearth  tax  in, 
228 ;  a  tradesman's  account  of,  104  ;  slater's 
work  in,  in  1740,  108 

MAYORS  AND  CORPORATION  :  moot  hall,  docu- 
ments preserved  in  the,  168  ;  mayors:  Wil- 
liam Anderson,  18  ;  George  Car,  170;  Richard 
Kodshone,  237  ;  Thomas  Ledgard,  46n  ;  sir 
Peter  Riddell,  166 

COMPANIES  :  goldsmiths,  a  letter  to  the,  15 ; 
u  silver  tankard  of.  exhibited,  101  ;  a  com- 
munion cup  of,  80 ;  silversmiths :  John 
Langlands,  112, 193  ;  Kobert  Makepeace,  112  ; 
pewterers,  arms  of,  165  ;  their  ancient  meet- 
ing house,  166 

STREETS,  &c. :  street  nomenclature,  35 ;  suit 
concerning  old  glasshouse  on  east  ballast 
shore.  26  :  deed  relating  to  the  Barras  mill, 
169  ;  glasshouse  at  the  Close-gate,  98n  ;  '  the 
sick  man's  house,'  172  ;  '  the  Spital  feld,'  50  ; 
premises  in  Close,  26  ;  land  in  Gallowgate, 
82  ;  Back  row,  49 ;  sales  of  tenement  in 
Pilgrim  street,  25*  ;  "Two  ball  lonnin,'  50  ; 
'  le  Cowe  rode,;  170 ;  '  Castle  field  way,'  170  ; 
'  Spetall  gayte,'  170 ;  Stepney  pottery,  87 

CASTLE  :  extracts  from  the  public  records  re- 
lating to,  177  :  Charles  I  to  receive  com- 
munion at,  228  ;  repair  of  king's  chapel  in, 
179  ;  payment  by  bishop  of  Durham  to  ward 
of,  260  ;  reception  of  Glasgow  antiquaries  in 
the,  93  ;  and  Blaekgate,  price  for  admission 
to,  276  ;  remains  of  walls  and  towers  of,  11  ; 
R.  O.  Heslop  on  the,  16  ;  Heber  tower,  287 

CHURCHES,  &e.  :  All  Saints,  39  ;  font  of,  127  ; 
churchwardens  of,  27,  28  ;  a  penance  in,  15  ; 
Rev.  Leonard  Shaftoe,  morning  lecturer,  &c., 
47n ;  St.  Ann's  churchyard,  monumental 
inscriptions  in,  82  ;  St.  John's,  117  ;  font, 
128  ;  font  cover,  127  ;  Rev.  J.  F.  Hodgson 
on,  128 ;  Trinity  chantry  in,  170,  171 ;  St. 
Nicholas's,  general  chapters  in,  61  ;  church- 
warden of,  28 ;  property  of  chantry  of  St. 
John  in,  .82;  font,  127;  font  cover,  128; 
Alvey,  vicar  of,  58n  ;  St.  James's  chapel, 
cross  in  front  of,  172 ;  Austin  friars,  sir 
Thomas  Gower's  will  made  at,  219;  the 
prior  a  witness,  219  ;  St.  Mary  Magdalene 
hospital,  26,  170  ;  registers  of  Ballast  Hills 
burial  ground,  150 

GRAMMAR  SCHOOL  :  Hugh  Moises,  master  of, 
50 

Newcastle  Literary  and  Philosophical  society, 
elected  members.  113 

Newcastle  public  library,  purchase  of  old  deeds 
by,  154 

(See  also  Byker,  Elswick,  Jesmond) 

Newcastle  Museum,  Fox's  Synopsis  of  the, 
285 

Newcastle  and  Carlisle  railway,  opening  of, 
118  ;  old  tickets,  118  ;  a  collection  of  pam- 
phlets, 118 

Newcastle  Journal,  104n 


320 


INDEX  :      NEW — PATE 


Newcastle,  duke  of,  124;  sir  John  of,  took 
monk's  dress,  31 

Newcomer,  Mr.,  144 

New-gate,  Berwick,  214 

Newham,  William,  churchwarden  of  Long- 
newton,  proceedings  against,  258 

Newlands,  tenement  at,  82 

Newminster  abbey  and  rector  of  Eothbury, 
dispute  between,  59 

Newsom  on  Tees,  grant  by  king  out  of,  255 

Newsom,  co.  Lincoln,  prior  and  convent  of, 
195 

Newton  castle,  Dorset,  198 

Newton  Ketton,  flint  arrow-heads  found  at, 
208 

Newton  [Neuton],  Henry  de,  rector  of  Kirkby 
Ravensworth,  a  dispensation  to,  75  ;  John 
de,  rector  of  Haughton,  264  ;  John  and  Eliza- 
beth, of  Howdon  pans,  tombstone  of,  2C2 ; 
Thomas,  290  ;  of  Aislaby.  bequest  to  poor  of 
Egglesclitte,  254 ;  '  parochianus'  of  Haughton- 
le-Skerne,  265 

Nicolson  (bishop  of  Carlisle),  diaries  of.  extract 
from,  112;  John,  unlicensed  curate  of  Sad- 
bury,  262  ;  William,  of  Forcett,  sought  sanc- 
tuary, 72;  'parochianus'  of  Haughton-le- 
Skerne.  265 

Norfolk,  Thomas,  third  duke  of,  grant  by,  199 

Norfolk,  plans  of  earthworks  in,  275 

Norham,  church  of,  Cornhill  chapel  ai pendant 
to,  228 

Norman,  commander,  on  Flodden  fight,  218  ; 
on  a  stone  coffin  found  at  Berwick.  224 

Normanton,  Thomas  de,  rector  of  Dytensale, 
on  an  inquisition,  243 

Norreys,  Roger,  22  ;   Thomas,  21 

Northallerton,  possessions  of  dissolved  monas- 
tery of  St.  James  at,  6 

Northumberland,  armorials  of,  102 ;  descrip- 
tion of,  by  a  Venetian,  179  ;  plans  of  ancient 
earthworks  in,  150,  286 ;  volunteers,  the 
time  of  the,  122  ;  letters  respecting  a  parlia- 
mentary election  in,  273  ;  document  relating 
to.  81  ;  garrisons  in,  20 ;  commissioner  de- 

Ruty  of,  133  ;  justices  of  peace  for.  145  ;  a 
erald's  visitation  of,  at  Oxford,  83  ;  arch- 
deacons of  :  R.  Thorp,  175  ;  Ralph  Tonstall, 
258  :  and  Durham,  old  deeds  relating  to,  154 
et  scq.,  288 

Northumberland,  Henry,  earl  of  [1398J,  77  ; 
licence  to,  194 ;  and  Henry,  his  son,  58 : 
indult  to,  227  ;  Thomas,  earl  of,  159  ;  duke 
of,  purchased  Longhoughton  tithes,  161 

Northumberland,  Anglian,  a  lecture  on.  177 

Northumberian  workmanship  on  Anglo-Saxon 
circular  brooch  of,  196 

Northumbrians,  earls  of,  grant  of  Piercebridge, 
&c.,  to,  76 

North  Wales,  plans  of  ancient  earthworks  in, 
114 

Norton  vicarage,  Elias  de  Longa  Neuton  pre- 
sented to,  256 

Norton  Fitzwarren,  Somerset,  plan  of  earth- 
works at.  34 

Nortqne,  Symon  de,  21 

Norwich,  Walter  de,  treasurer  of  England,  91 

O 

Oak  from  Roman  bridge  across  the  Tyne  at 

Newcastle..  278 
Obituary  notice   of   the  Rev.  John   Walker, 

204 

Obituary  rolls,  236 
Officers,  election  of,  for  1908, 13  ;  for  1909,  15 


Ogle,  Clement,  witness  to  a  bond,  226  ;  sir 
Cuthbert,  parson  of  Ford.  294;  purchased 
Downham,294;  Thomas,  133  ;  William,  of 
Newcastle,  and  others,  presented  to  con- 
sistory court,  28 

Oglethorpe.  major-general,  14 

Okeford  hill,  Dorset,  19b 

Oldbury.  Somerset,  plan  of  earthworks  at,  34 

Oleby,  Walter  de,  rector  of  Ryton,  &c.,  62 

Oliver,  Robert,  22 

Oliverian  survey  of  churches,  111 

Orde  [OrdJ,  Christopher,  attests  a  deed,  184  ; 
Francis,  226;  Helen,  of  Sturton  grange, 
marriage  of,  160  ;  John..  27  ;  Peter  d',  21 

Order  book  of  Loyal  Newcastle  Volunteers, 
presented,  275 

Ordinations,  236,  256,  257,  263 

Ornsby,  Rev.  Geoige,  58 

Orpyn,  James,  rector  of  Middleton  St.  George, 
246 

Orston.  Thomas,  rector  of  Hurworth,  233,  241 

Osmunderley,  prebend  of,  246 

Osulf  besieged  earl  Copsi  at  Newburn,  53 

Over  Dinsdale,  rent  charge  in,  244  (see  also 
Dinsdale) 

Over  Coniscliffe,  dom.  John  de  Croft  presented 
to  vicarage  of,  232;  revoked,  232 

Over  Denton  church,  visit  to,  186  ;  the  Rev. 
W.  G.  Bird,  &c.,  on,  186  ;  parsonage  of.  186  ;. 
old  fi.nt  of,  186  ;  bell.  &c..  116 

Ouertone,  Richard  de,  21 

Oveton,  &c.,  knight's  fee  of,  259n 

Ower  heath,  Dorset,  198 

Owermaye,  Dorset,  198 

Oxenhale,  near  Croft,  '  hell  kettles '  at,  229 

Oxford,  sieges  of,  254 

Oxford,  lady,  her  journey  to  north  of  England, 
70 

Oxley,  Isabel,  wife  of  William,  of  Heddon, 
before  Durham  consistory  court,  57 


Page,  Bartholomew,  of  Aislaby,  will  of,  253  ; 

bequests  by,  253  ;   James,  253 
Painter  heugh,  Newcastle,  39 
Palman,  alias  Coke,  bequest  to  Egglesclifie 

church,  252 
Palmes,  Bryan,  of  Naburn,  will  of,  241  ;    be- 


quests by,  241 
Pandon,  vill  of,  39 


Papal  :  dispensations,  241, 252 ;  faculty,  a,  257  ;. 

letters,  false,  275n  ;   medals.  80 ;   found  at 

Haltwhistle,  exhibited,  18,  182  ;    provisions, 

256,  257,  264 

Papists,  &c.,  proceedings  against,  234  ;    '  pre- 
sented'  to  Durham   consistory  court,   28; 

to   ue  kept  in  custody,  230;    'earls,'  215; 

recusants,  action  against,  27 
Parcking,  William,  of  Kirkby  hill,  76 
Parish  registers,  co.  Durham, copies  of,  157 
Park,  lord,  73 
Parker,  John,  of  Pelton,  and  Anne,  his  wife, 

and  others,  grant  by.  226  ;   Thomas,  226 
Parkinson,  Edward,  of  Beamont  hill,  will  of, 

265  ;   brass  of,  265  ;   bequests,  265  ;   his  wife, 

Anne,  265 
Parliament,  people  in  arms  against  the,  246 

ct  seq. 
Parliamentary  commissioners,  tithes,  &c,,  let 

by.  255 
Parrs,  owners  of  Ravens  worth  castle,  iYork- 

shire,  73  Wt^jt  E«;  D  ., .. 

'  Pasture  gates,'  227  C35T"? 

Pate,  Mrs.  Mary,  tombstone  of,  200 


INDEX:    PAT— PRE 


321 


Pathie,  Titus,  of  Newcastle,  and  others,  pre- 
sented to  consistory  court,  28 

Pattison,  John,  of  the  Castle-yard,  Newcastle, 
and  others,  proceedings  against,  28  ;  Richard, 
of  Darlington,  148  ;  Thomas,  of  Newcastle, 
and  others,  presented  to  consistory  court,  28 

Pattowe,  Adam  de,  rector  of  Kirkby  Ravens- 
worth,  <kc.,  74 

Patymer,  John  de,  21 

Paul  n,  pope,  a  medal  of,  182 

Peacock,  Simon,  of  Burnhall,  co.  Durham,  son 
of  Simon,  180 

Pearcebrigge,  grant  of  '  lez  shepe  gaites'  on 
moor  of,  6 ;  chantry  of,  6 

Pearson,  Anthony,  secretary  to  sir  Arthur 
Haselrigg,  263  ;  Robert,  of  Melsonby,  76  ; 
Thomas,  of  Melsonby,  76  (see  also  Pierson, 
Peirson) 

Pease,  Jon.,  290;  John,  and  another,  bank- 
rupts, 80 

Pedigrees:  of  Eures,|177 ;  Lawson,  of  Brunton, 
150n;  Lisles,  100;  Widdrington,83;  Witton, 
of  Yorkshire,  150  &  n 

Peirson,  Thomas,  248 

Pele,  an  ancient,  at  Newburn,  54 

Pelton,  co.  Durham,  grants  of  land  at,  188, 
226 

Pemberton,  Michael,  of  Aislaby,  a  delinquent, 
major  in  king's  army,  249  ;  lands  of,  let  by 
parliament,  249 

Penitentiary,  the  pope's,  250 

Pendragon  castle,  &c.,  country  meeting  at,  8 

Penretb,  Thomas,  grant  to,  170 

Percy,  earl,  death  of,  151, 157  ;  sir  Henry,  '  lord 
of  Ponynges,'  194  ;  Henry,  lord,  his  bequest 
to  abbot  of  Alnwick,  195  ;  Henry,  earl  of 
Northumberland,  and  Eleanor,  his  wife,  58  ; 
Henry,  sixth  earl  of  Northumberland,  and 
another,  grant  to,  199 ;  seal  of,  199  ;  Mr. 
Henry,  238  ;  sir  Ingram,  295 

'  Petelbra,'  92 

Pewterers'  company,  Newcastle,  arms  of,  165 

Phallic  objects,  at  Chesters,  13bn ;  at  Pro- 
colitia,  95 

Philipson,  William,  witness  to  a  grant,  291 

Phillips,  John,  107  ;  Maberly,  on  the  Brandon 
flint  pits,  &c.,  26;  notes  on  'false  feet,' 
Scotch  snuff  mulls,  &c.,  166 ;  exhibited 
powder  puff  &c.,  286;  notes  by,  286 

Picks,  deer-horn,  use  of,  in  mining,  282 

Pickering,  Michael,  180 

Piercebridge,  230 ;  meeting  at,  152 ;  Roman 
station  at,  70,  76  ;  grant  of,  to  three  earls  of 
Northumbria,  76 ;  bridge  at,  76 ;  Baliol's 
chapel  at,  76  (see  also  Pearcebridge) 

Pierson,  H.  T.,  exhibited  object  from  Brown 
Cleehill,  Salop,  2  ;  Henry,  of  Benton,  148  ; 
Nicholas,  of  Benton,  148 

Pig,  John,  town  surveyor  of  Newcastle,  172  ; 
his  pillar,  172 

Pigeon-house  at  Middleton  Low  hall,  248 ; 
curious  arrangement  for  reaching  cells,  248 

Pilsdon  pen,  Dorset,  198 

Pimperne  Long  barrow,  &c.,  198 

Pinkney,  Lancelot,  petitioned  parliament,  249  ; 
Margaret,  243 

Pirninge,  Robert,  and  another,  gift  by,  7 

Pistol,  double-barrelled  flint-lock,  exhibited, 
286 

Pistur,  Laurence  le,  of  Barton,  pardon  of, 
235n 

Place,  Anthony,  of  Dinsdale,  bequest  to  Croft 
bridge,  230  ;  Cuthbert,  rector  of  Rudby,  be- 
quests by,  243  ;  Robert,  243,258;  of  Dinsdale, 
bequest  to,  244  ;  petition  to  compound,  244  ; 


[Froc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Neivc.,  3  Ser.  IV.] 


of  Egton,  bequests  of,  231 ;  wife  Katherine 
231 ;  bequest  of.  231 ;  and  Catherine  Halnaby 
a  clandestine  ^marriage  between,  74  ;  Row- 
land, 238  ;  a  delinquent,  244 ;  an  officer  in 
king's  army,  244  ;  of  Halnaby,  and  another, 
demise  to,  268 

Plague,  the  Great,  234  ;  collections  for  sufferers 
from,  at  Haughton  church,  266 ;  at  Ryton 
church,  64 

Plague  at  Alnwick,  196  ;  ceased  at  Newcastle, 
196 ;  deaths  from,  at  Egglesclifl'e,  254n  ; 
deaths  from,  at  Ryton,  &c. ,  63n 

Plummer,  A.  B.,  on  the  discovery  of  an  old 
well  at  Byker,  288 

Plummer  tower.  Newcastle,  11 

Plumpton  park,  petition  for  herbage  of,  91, 
92 

Pluralities,  the  pope's  dispensation  to  hold,  252 

Pluries,  &c.,  writs  of,  59 

Poad,  George,  of  South  Shields,  188 

Pockelyngton,  John  de,  parson  of  Croft,  grant 
of  land  by,  267 

Pollexfen,  Henry,  vicar  of  Stanwick  St.  John, 
66  ;  described  church,  66 

Poltross-burn,  excavation  of  a  mile-castle  at 
the,  114 

Pompey's  pillar,  a  model  of,  34 

Poncyn,  William,  21 

Ponteyse,  John,  bishop  of  Winchester,  death 
of,  245 

Pope's  penitentiary,  the,  250 

Popeley,  Thomas,  of  Hartlepool,  210 

Portechat,  Thomas  de,  22 

Portgate  on  the  Roman  Wall,  179 

Portland  papers,  local  extracts  from  the,  102, 
123,  144 

Poteman,  William,  " plenum  capitulum  faciens  > 
of  Ripon,  69 

Potters'  wheel,  the  antiquity  of  the,  88 

'Potter,  Geordy,  of  Sadberge,'  259n 

Pottery,  ancient,  R.  C.  Clephan  on,  163 

Potts,  Jarrett,  of  Newcastle,  cordwainer,  and 
Anne,  his  wife,  and  another,  sale  by,  25 ; 
Thomas,  of  Newcastle,  miller,  and  others, 
sale  of  premises  by,  25 

Pounteys  [Pountesse,  Poyntesse,  Ponteyse] 
bridge,  notes  concerning,  244  ;  Roman  road 
from,  northwards,  244.  259 ;  William,  the 
bailiff  of  Dinsdale,  custodian  of,  245  ;  grant 
for  a  chaplain  at,  244  ;  gift  of  land  to,  245  ; 
hill,  245  (see  also  Ponteyse) 

Powder-puff,  or  'powder-monkey,  &c.,  ex- 
hibited, 286  ;  notes  on,  286 

Powell,  Rev.  canon,  rector  of  Egglescliffe,  251 

Powtrell,  Nicholas,  justice  of  assize,  261 

Pozzi,  John  Baptist,  and  others,  makers  of 
papal  medals,  80 

Preachers,  order  of,  250 

Pre-conquest  remains  :  Croft,  231  ;  Hurworth, 
232  ;  Sockburn  church,  239  (see  also  Anglian) 

Pre-historic  :  earthworks  at  Dinsdale,  242  ;  at 
Stanwick,  70  ;  drinking-cup,  from  Ilderton, 
198  ;  Mr.  Brewis  on,  198 ;  stone  axes  ex- 
hibited, 173  ;  from  Cauldron  snout,  199 

Prenthut,  Agnes,  wife  of  Ralph,  of  Lumley, 
grant  of  land  in  Croft,  230 

Pre-reformation  bells  ;  Egglescliffe,  252;  New- 
burn  church,  53  ;  Sadberge,  262 

Prestman,  William,  '  parochianus '  of  Haugh- 
ton-le-Skerne,  265 

Preston,  manor,  &c.,  of,  forfeited  to  parlia- 
ment, 249 

Preston,  Ambrose,  of  Newcastle,  and  others, 
presented  to  consistory  court,  28  ;  [Prestone] 
John  de,  22 


VII 


322 


INDEX  :    PHI — me 


Pringle,  Davie,  of  Over  <Jhatto,  and  others, 
bill  against,  for  reiving,  196  ;  Kev.  (1.  D., 
vicar  of  Heddon-on-tbe-Wall,  52  ;  John,  of 
Newcastle,  and  others,  presented  to  con- 
sistoiy  court,  28  :  Wattie,  of  Hownam,  and 
others,  inarch  bill  against,  for  reiving,  196 

Printer,  a  patient  local,  31 

Prionnan,  Agnes,  of  Dinsdale,  258  (see  also 
Pryorinan) 

Proceedings,  ecclesiastical,  after  the  restora- 
tion, 27 

Procoiitia,  see  Carrawburgh 

Procter,  Giles,  clerk,  proceedings  against,  for 
quarrelling.  62 

Provisions,  papal,  ordinance  of  parliament 
against,  267  (see  also  Papal) 

Provost  [Prouofctl  Keym',  22  ;  Thomas  le,  of 
Neasham,  death  of,  235n 

Prudhoe  castle,  charge  of,  20 

Pryorman,  Edward,  labourer,  and  others,  of 
Darlington,  pardoned  for  murder,  267  (see 
also  Priorman) 

Psalter,  gift  of  a,  to  Ripon  church,  69 

Ptolemaic  glass,  44 

Pudsay  [Pudsey],  Emma,  wife  of  sir  Ralph, 
lord  of  Barforth,  brass  of,  67  ;  Hugh,  bishop 
of  Durham,  244  ;  '  the  joly  byshop,'  259  ; 
grant  of  iSadberge  to,  259 ;  gave  land  to 
Neasham  nuns,  235 ;  gift  to  St.  Giles's 
hospital,  283  ;  captain  Michael,  of  Picton, 
a  papist,  in  arms  against  the  parliament, 
247 ;  estates  confiscated,  247  ;  his  farmhold 
at  Middleton  St.  George  let  by  parliament, 
247 

Pudseyan  fonts  in  Durham  churches,  30 

Pulley,  John,  of  Hipswell,  129 

Punchardon,  Nicholas  de,  21 

Puriton,  Somerset,  plan  of  earthworks  at,  34 

Pye,  Aaron,  tombstone  of,  200  ;   Tim.,  164 

*  Pyket  staff,'  a,  73 

Pyle,  William,  of  South  Shields,  will  of,  188 ; 
wife  Martha,  188 

Q 

Qualemoor,  bequest  of  'cavals'  at,  156 
Queen's   sconce,    Newark,    Nottinghamshire, 

plan  of  earthworks  at,  34 
Quern,  upper  stone  of  a,  presented,  150 
Qwytechester,  chapel  of  'del  Clos'  near,  59 

R 

Rabbit  skins,  utilization  of,  26 

Radcliffe,  see  Ratcliffe 

Radley,  William,  of  the  Barnes,  co.  Durham, 
98n 

Raid  of  Scots  into  Northumberland,  195 

Railways,  early  tracts  relating  to,  exhibited, 
127n  ;  old  tickets  presented,  118,  127  ;  old 
time-tables,  &c.,  of,  a  collection  of,  118 

Raimes,  banner  presented,  2  ;  Frederick,  gift 
of  banner  to  castle,  2 ;  on  correct  date  of 
sixteenth  century  muster  roll,  168n;  on  local 
muniments,  20  (see  also  llaymes,  Reymes) 

Rainbow  lodge,  Essex,  plan  of,  286 

Raine,  George,  clerk,  and  minister  of  Wallsend, 
tombstone  of,  201  ;  Philip,  of  Gainford,  will 
of,  180 ;  bequests  under,  180 ;  sister  Alice, 
180 

Rainton  mill,  co.  Durham,  grant  of,  6 

Ralph  fitz  Ralph  confirmed  grant  to  nuns  of 
Neasham,  235  ;  son  of  Kobert,  held  Heddon 
manor,  &c.,  52;  Ralph,  son  of  William,  held 
Heddon  manor,  &c.,  52  ;  married  Katherine 


de  Clyflbrd.  52  ;  fitz  William,  lord  of  Neas- 
ham, gave  land  to  Neasham  nuns,  235  ;  his 
seal  on  grant,  235 

Ramsey,  Robert,  and  another,  owned  '  Aydon 
halle,'  270 

Rand[Rande],  dom.  Thomas,  vicar  of  Stan  wi<;k, 
69;  alias  Grenehode.  '  praetensus  vicarius  ' 
of  Stanwick,  69 

Rastell,  William,  justice  itinerant,  261 

Ratcliffe  [R.a(lclift'e]i  su'  Outhbert,  constable  of 
Alnwick  castle,  death  of,  191  ;  George,  rector 
of  Haughton,  265  ;  Henry,  sheriff  of  Sad- 
berge,  260  ;  John,  and  another,  grants  to,  6  ; 
grant  of  chantry  lands,  ike.,  to,  72  :  Thomas, 
bequest  by,  2H 

Ravensworth,  Yorkshire,  village. green,  73;  vil- 
lage cross.  73  ;  castle,  scanty  remains  of,  73  ; 
owners  of,  73 ;  inscription  on  tower,  73 ; 
Leland's  description  of,  73  (see  also  Kirkby 
Baveus  worth) 

Kawe,  John,  chaplain,  69 

Rav,  Edward,  churchwarden  of  Sadberge,  262  ; 
Henry,  of  Egglesclitfe,  253 

Raymes,  family  in  possession  of  Aydon  halle, 
270  ;  Henry.  270  ;  Robert,  of  Shortflat,  133 
(see  also  Raimes) 

Raynolds.  Richard,  incumbent  of  chapel  in 
Alnwick  castle,  191 

Readshaw,  John,  and  others,  proceedings 
against,  27;  William,  and  others,  proceedings 
against,  27 

Reah.  Richard.  180 

Rebellion  of  1569,  258  ;    of  1745,  12 

Recusants,  proceedings  against,  64  ;  Yorkshire, 
76 

Redburn  common,  neolithic  settlement  on, 
205 

Redmarshall,  292  ;  held  by  William,  son  of 
Orm,  281  ;  church,  grant  of  land  for  lights 
in,  6  ;  inquisitions  concerning,  243  ;  chantry 
in,  232,  257 

Redmayne,  R.  N..  elected,  157  ;  Richard,  of 
Thornton,  75 

Reed  iReede],  George,  of  Newcastle,  25;  sir 
George,  rector  of  Dinsdale,  demise  by,  268  ; 
John,  of  West  Heddon,  before  Durham  con- 
sistory court,  57  :  Thomas,  of  Heddon,  57 
(see  also  Keyd) 

Reedhead,  William  and  Elizabeth,  tombstone 
of,  200 

Registers,  of  Newcastle  Ballast  Hill  burial 
ground,  151  ;  of  Ryton,  55  ;  of  Stanwick,  67 

Reports,  annual,  7,  151 

Restoration,  ecclesiastical  ptoceedings  after 
the,  27 

Retford,  Richard  de,  clerk,  inducted  into  Croft 
church,  267 

Reverley,  Robert,  of  Gateshead,  and  others, 
proceedings  against,  28 

Rey.  William,  of  Newcastle,  scrivener,  and 
others,  proceedings  against,  27 

Keyd,  George,  parson  of  Dinsdale,  bequests 
by,  243  ;  to  Croft  bridge,  230  (see  also  Reed, 
&c.) 

Reymes,  Robert  de,  petition  of,  91 ;  his  pro- 
perty destroyed  by  the  tscots,  91 ;  petition 
granted,  91  ;  [Keyhes],  Robert  de,  21 

Riall,  old,  gift  of,  241 

Richard  i,  grant  of  Sadberge  by,  259  &  n  ; 
bishop  of  Bisaccia,  ordinations  by,  251,  261, 
263  ;  bishop  of  Durham,  petition  of  executors 
of,  255  ;  son  of  Reginald,  land  held  by,  240  : 
son  of  Ulf,  land  held  by,  240 

'  Richards,  London,'  flint-lock  pistol  made  by, 
287 


INDEX  I     RIG — HYP 


323 


Richardson,  Gilbert  H..  elected,  41 ;  Jacob, 
attests  a  deed,  211 ;  John.  108  ;  Margaret, 
tombstone  of,  200  ;  Moses  Aaron,  certificate 
of  membership  of,  83  ;  Ralph  and  Jane,  of 
Wiilington  Quay,  tombstone  of,  202 ;  Robert, 
ol'Ravensworth,  76  ;  William,  on  inscriptions 
in  Holy  cross  churchyard,  Wallsend,  200 

Richeson.  Nicholas,  attainted  of  high  treason, 
6 

Richmond,  Aleyn,  earl  of,  grant  of  Croft 
manor,  &c.,  to  and  by,  230 

Richmond,  Yorkshire,  grant  of  house  in  Bailie 
at,  128 ;  rent  paid  to  the  alderman  of,  129  ; 
anchorites  in,  72;  castle.  Roald,  constable 
of,  66 

Richmond,  intrusions  of  archdeacon  of,  69  ; 
archdeacons  of  :  Henry  Bowett,  75  ;  Thomas 
de  Dalby,  231 

Richmond,  John  of,  8  ;  [Richemund]  Richard 
de,  21 

Rickling  mount,  Essex,  plan  of,  286 

Riddel  1,  sir  Peter,  ballast  quay  of,  36  ;  mayor 
of  Newcastle,  166  :  Thomas,  108  :  (/.Thomas, 
193  ;  William,  and  another,  action  against, 
27  ;  William,  of  Gateshead,  and  others,  pro- 
ceedings against,  28 

Eidley,  alderman,  144;  viscount,  abstract  of 
deeds  belonging  to,  25  ;  Matthew,  &  Co., 
bottle  makers,  of  St.  Lawrence,  98 

Righ,  Richard,  of  Newcastle,  and  others,  pre- 
sented to  consistory  court,  28 

Rimington,  see  Rymington 

Ring  brooches,  medieval,  found  near  Alnwick 
abbey,  195 

Rings,  gold,  bequest  of,  245 

Ripon  minster,  contribution  to  fabric  9f,  69  ; 
gift  of  a  psalter  to,  69  ;  chapter,  a  citation 
from,  69  ;  collation  to  prebend  of,  233  ;  John 
Benryng,  a  canon  of,  66  :  Stanwick  granted 


to,  66  (see  also  Rypon) 
Ripon,    doin. 


William,    parish    chaplain    of 

Darlington,  253 
Rivehowe,  see  River-Green 
River-Green,  near  Meldon,  notes  of,  133 
Road  castle,  Somerset,  plan  of  earthworks  at, 

34 

Roald,  constable  of  Richmond  castle,  66 
Robert,  son  of  Ralph,  died  seised  of  Heddon. 

&c.,  52 
Robin  Hood  tower,  Wilts,  plan  of  earthworks, 

286 
Robinson   [Robynson],    bishop,    a   native   of 

Cleasby,  65 :    arms  of,   65  ;    Anthony,  and 

Ellinor,  his  wife,  proceedings  against,  266  ; 

Christopher,   of  Hilton,  co.   Durham,  184; 

Edward,   churchwarden  of  Haughton,  265  ; 

Giles,  vicar  of  Newburn,  proceedings  against 

for  non-residence,  60  ;   John,  churchwarden 

of    Ryton,    62 ;    proceedings    against,    62 ; 

Richard  Atkinson,  elected,  99  ;  Robert,  266  ; 

of     Haughton,    proceedings    against,    266; 

William,  Barbara,  and  Cecilia,  bequest  to, 

262 
Robson,  Archibald,  and  others,  27  :   John  S., 

presented  table,  158  ;   T.,  publisher  of  Neio- 

castle  Journal,  104n 
Rochester,    William,    of    Newcastle,    slater, 

108 
Roddam,    John,    of    Little    Houghton,   159 ; 

admiral  Robert,  letter  of.  108 
Rodes,  Agnes,  wife  of  Robert,  of  Newcastle, 

170 ;     Robert,    built    St.    Nicholas's    spire, 

171 ;   and  Agnes,  priest  to  pray  for  souls  of. 

Rogers,  Mr.,  48 


Rollos  deprived  of  manor  of  Stanwick,  66 

Roman  :  altar  discovered  at  Corstopitum,  270  ; 
altar  and  coins  found  at  Westgate,  in  Wear- 
dale,  283  ;  antiquities  at  Alnwick  castle,  190  : 
bridges  at  Chollerford,  abutment  of,  94 ; 
across  Tyne  at  Newcastle,  oak  from,  278  ; 
camps,  70  ;  Borcovicus,  95  ;  Cilurnurn.  94  : 
Procotitia,  95  ;  coins,  letter  concerning,  188  ; 
from  Tyne.  222  ;  found  at  Gilsland,  116  ; 
found  on  South  Shields  sands,  83,  124,  287  : 
of  Constantine,  exhibited,  18  ;  expeditions 
against  the  Scots,  271  :  inscriptions,  58 ; 
from  Newburn,  54  ;  presented,  2  et  seq.  ;  at 
Woodburn,  237  ;  crypt  at  Hexham,  97  ;  new,- 
from  Corbridge,  101 ;  mile-castle,  gateway 
of  a,  br*  near  Caervoran,  167  ;  at  Gilsland, 
173  :  road  from  Pounteys  bridge  northward, 
244.  259  :  sculptured  stone  from  Lanchester, 
28 ;  water  mill  at  Haltwhistle-burn-head, 
167 

Roman  Wall,  meetings  on  the,  20,  34,  93,  152  ; 
notes  on  the,  179  ;  discoveries  on  the  line 
of  the,  F.  G.  Simpson  on,  167  ;  at  Walbottle 
dene,  50  ;  at  Heddon,  51 :  visit  of  Glasgow 
antiquaries  to  the,  93 ;  excavations  at  the 
Poltross  burn.  114,  115 

1,'oman  British  coins,  211 

Rome,  William,  of  Forcett,  sought  sanctuary, 
72 

Rookhope,  Weardale,  flint  implements  from, 
205  ;  an  iron  mine  at,  283 

Rons,  de,  effigv  of  a,  232 ;  arms  on,  232 ; 
Robert  de,  Sibilla,  wife  of,  232n  ;  daughter 
Joan,  232n 

Roper,  Robert,  attests  a  deed,  292 

Rose  castle,  Cumberland,  112 

Ross  castle,  Northumberland,  plan  of  earth- 
works, 286 

Rothbury,  visit  to.  152  ;  church,  visit  to,  112  ; 
rebuilt  in  1850,  112  ;  font  and  font-stem,  112  ; 
rector  of,  lord  of  NVhitton,  112  ;  dispute  be- 
tween, and  Newminster,  59  ;  rectors  of,  112 
(see  also  Roubyri) 

Rotberford,  John  de,  22;  [Rotherforde],  Thome, 
of  Nether  Chatto,  and  others,  march  bill 
against  for  reiving,  196 

Roubyri,  Walter  de,  seized  prior  of  Durham's 
corn,  228 

Roucestre,  John  de,  21 

Roull,  Robert,  of  Twissill,  294  (see  also  Rowell) 

Round  pound.  Dorset,  198 

Rons,  John,  of  South  Cove.  Suffolk,  tombstone 
of,  202 

Routhe,  sir  Amand  [Amandus],  de,  21 

Rowde,  Gilbert,  puritan  minister  of  Alnwick, 
227 

Roweli,  Edward,  of  Benton.  148  (see  also  Roull) 

Rowlandson,  Thomas,  jun.,  of  Barnardcastle, 
and  wife,  grant  by,  155 

Rowley  hill,  Essex,  plan  of,  286 

Rubury,  Wilts,  plan  of,  286 

Rudby,  Christopher  Conyers,  rector  of,  241 

Budd,  A.  J.,  gift  of  charter  of  bishop  Hath'eld, 
125  ;  entertained  members  at  Low  Middleton 
hall,  247 

Rudson.  Francis,  glass  maker,  bankruptcy  of, 
98n 

Rules,  &c.,  for  the  library,  173 

Russel,  Adam,  22  ;  [Russell]  Henry,  of  Burtree 
house,  Haughton,  warrant  for  arrest  of, 
26ii 

Ryelle,  Robert  de,  22 

Rymington,  Thomas  de,  22 

Rypon,  Robert  de,  prebendary  of  Stanwick, 
70 


324 


INDEX:    KYT— sco 


By  ton.  country  meeting  at,  49, 152  :  constable 
of,  63 :  proceedings  against  people  of,  64  ; 
deaths  from  plague  at,  63n  :  bequest  to  poor 
of,  64  ;  ancient  road  to,  54  ;  a  '  hopping '  nt, 
on  Sunday,  63  ;  church,  Frosterley  marble 
figure  in,  55  ;  '  low-side '  window  at,  55  ; 
communion  tokens  used  at,  55  ;  commu- 
nion plate,  55,  62  ;  bells,  55,  62  ;  tombstone 
in  churchyard,  55  ;  registers,  55,  62  ;  brasses, 
&c,,  55n  ;  bequests  to,  63 ;  valuations  of,  61 : 
collections  at,  for  plague  in,  64  ;  parsonage 
sequestered  for  delinquency,  63  :  flight  of 
parson  of,  64  ;  letter  of  rector  respecting  pro- 
fanation of  sabbath,  63;  rectors,  55,  61-64, 
175  ;  curate  of,  62  ;  parish  clerk,  62  ;  '  paro- 
chiani '  of,  62  ;  churchwardens,  62 

By  ton,  William  de,  ordained  acolyte,  &c.,  62 


Sabbath,  'profanation  of  the,'  242 

Sacheverell,  Dr.,  chaplain,  144 

Sadberge  [Sadbiry,  Sadburie,  Saddebergg],  a 
'  saw '  about,  259n  ;  on  Koman  road.  259  ; 
justices  of  assize,  &c.,  for,  261 ;  general  eyre 
at,  260  ;  grunt  by  men  of,  to  king,  261 ;  lands 
in,  261  ;  settlement  of,  245  ;  grants  of,  7, 
259;  tithes  of,  let  by  parliament,  261 ;  granite 
boulder  on  green,  259 ;  cross  set  up  on  *  Blake- 
lawe  '  near,  259  ;  gaol  at,  259 ;  prisoners  in, 
260.  261  ;  natives  9f,  261 ;  earldom  of,  259  ; 
manor  of,  and  knight's  fee  of  John  Baliol, 
260  ;  wapentake  of,  259,  260  ;  knights'  fees 
in,  held  by  John  Bayllol,  259  ;  given  to 
Pudsey,  bishop  of  Durham,  259  ;  wrecks  in, 
259;  contribution  of,  to  the  Scots,  261; 
officers.  259;  bishops' sheriffs  :  259;  William 
de  Blakeston,  260;  Adam  de  Bowes,  260; 
William  de  Merton,  260:  Henry  Batcliffe, 
260  ;  bailiff  of,  John  Waddie.  261 ;  steward 
of  liberties  of,  260 ;  chapel  at,  7  ;  curacy, 
bishop  Chandler's  note  of  visitation,  266; 
church,  site  of,  262 ;  goods,  temp.  Edward  vi, 
252;  ancient  bells,  262;  'parson,'  curates, 
£c.,  262  :  churchwardens,  262 

Sadbery  [Saddebery,  Sadberi,  Sadberg,  Sad- 
biry],  Bobert  de,  received  first  tonsure,  261 ; 
Thomas  de,  ordained,  261,  262  :  a  mendicant 
friar,  ordained,  261 ;  a  friar  minor  of  York- 
shire, ordained,  261 ;  William  de,  grant  by 
bishop  to,  260 

Sadler,  John,  a  papist,  in  arms  against  the 
parliament,  247  ;  estates  confiscated,  248 ; 
sir  Balph,  grant  of  Stanwick  prebend  to,  66, 
69 

Sadlyngtone.  John  de,  22 

St.  Cuthbert's  body  removed  to  Durham,  240  ; 
banner  at  Flodden,  228 

St.  Cuthbert's  heights,  VVeardale,  stag's  horn 
found  in  a  mine  shaft  at,  279 

St.  Francis,  a  cure  by.  31 

St.  Giles  moor,  near  Durham,  an  array  of 
clergy  on,  62,  264 

St.  Gregory  hill,  Northumberland,  plan  of 
earthworks,  286 

St.  Helen's  cross  at  Kelloe,  30 

St.  Helen  Auckland,  lands.  &c.,  in,  289; 
assignment  of  old  hall,  &c.,  at,  289 

St.  James's  day,  proceedings  for  keeping  shop 
open  on,  28 

St.  John  of  Jerusalem,  lands  of,  in  England, 

St.  Laurence  in  Lucina,  cardinal  of,  264 

St.  Peter's  quay,  originally  sir  Peter's  quay,  36 

St.  Prisca's,  Arnald.  cardinal  of,  257 


St.  Quiritin,  Anthony  de,  rector  of  Ford,  294 

St.  Sabina,  Th:  cardinal  of,  263 

Saint,  Thomas,  a  Newcastle  printer,  32 

Sakkara,  pyramid  of,  42 

Sale,  Peter  Beym  de  la,  21 

Salkeld,  John,  160 ;   Rowland,  clerk,  15 

Sallyport  tower,  Newcastle,  11 

Salmon  cheap  at  Berwick,  122 

Saltwood  castle,  Kent,  plan  of  earthworks  at,. 
34 

Salt  works  at  Shields,  description  of,  122 

Salvin  [Salwyn,  Salwayn],  Gerard,  justice  of 
assize,  261 ;  John,  lease  to,  247  ;  John,  of 
Hurworth,  estates  of,  sequestered  by  parlia- 
ment, 234 

Sancto  Claro,  John  de,  rector  of  Kirkby 
Biwensworth,  £c..  induction  of.  74 

Sancroft,  archbishop,  a  letter  to,  239 

Sanctuary  at  Durham  cathedral  church,  60  r 
cross  base  near  Hexham,  94 

Sandale,  John  de,  chancellor  of  England,  91 

Sanderson,  Mr.,  recommended  as  curate  of 
Berwick,  213  ;  Charles,  15  :  Richard  Burden, 
death  of,  151;  William  John,  elected,  149 
(see  also  Saunderson) 

Sandilands,  Henry,  of  Newcastle,  cordwainer, 

Sandwich,  Kent,  plan  of  earthworks  at,  34 

Sandyford,  near  Crookham,  rearguard  of 
English  army  crossed  at,  220 

Sangor,  Mrs.,  79 

Sapiti,  Simon,  de  Florencia,  parson  of  Egles- 
clif,  252  ;  protection  for,  268 

Sapy,  Bobert  de,  inquisition  taken  before,  52 

Sarum,  sir  John  de,  22 ;  Thomas  de,  22 ; 
William  de,  21,  22 

Saunder,  William,  'parochianus'  of  Byton,  62 

Saunderson,  major,  220 

Savage,  Very  Bev.  H.  E.  (see  LichfieldU 
Thomas,  curate  of  Cornhill,  215 

Sauignake,  Gaillard  de,  22 

Say,  Ealph  de.  21 

Sayer,  of  Worsall,  lands  of,  let  by  parliament^ 
254  ;  John,  of  Worsall,  bequest  to  Eggles- 
cliffe  church,  252  ;  Lawrence,  lands  of,  in 
Egglescliff'e,  &c  ,  249  ;  let  by  parliament,  250  ; 
of  Worsall,  238 

Scale-armour,  Boman,  found  at  Gilsland,  116, 
185 

Scales,  small  brass,  presented,  158 

Scarbro'  castle,  surrender  of,  to  parliament, 
250 

Scaterynge,  James  [Jak'j  de,  21 

Scorer,  G.  S.,  elected,  1 

Scotch  snuff  mulls  exhibited,  166 

Scotland,  dissatisfaction  in,  concerning  union. 
123  ;  collections  towards  Mars  in,  268 

Scots,  expedition  of  Bomans  against  the,  271  ; 
array  of  clergy  against,  227  ;  raid  of,  on 
Alnwick,  195  ;  damaged  Stanwick  prebend, 
68 ;  destroyed  property  of  Bobert  de  Beymes, 
91 ;  Sadberge  wapentake  paid  towards  con- 
tribution to  the,  261 ;  '  no  driving  of,'  out  of 
Newcastle,  58 ;  amoum  to  be  paid  to,  for 
truce,  232  ;  pardon  for  services  in  the  war 
against,  235  (see  also  Scottish) 

Scott  [Scot],  John,  21 ;  Mark,  and  wife,  of 
Wellington,  £c.,  tombstone  of.  202;  sir 
Nicholas,  21 :  Bichard,  of  Newcastle,  grant 
to,  133  ;  Stephen,  of  Newburn,  ordained,  58 

Scottish  invasion,  resistance  to  the,  232  ; 
entrenched  camps  on  Flodden  hill,  219; 
prisoners  at  Croft,  230  ;  coins  found  at  Hart- 
lepool,  211 ;  at  Soutli  Shields,  287  (see  also 
Scotland,  Scots) 


INDEX  I      SCO — SMI 


325 


Scottun,  grant  to  Neasham  nuns  of  a  toft  at, 
235 

Scruggs,  Thomas,  244 

'  Scutehouse,'  Brancepeth,  grant  of,  6 

Sea-houses,  Northumberland,  Ancient  British 
urns  found  at,  221 

Seals,  Durham,  2?6  :  of  rampant  lion,  290  :  of 
sir  William  Basset,  114  ;  armorial,  of  Lisle, 
99 

Seall,  Christopher,  prebendary  of  Stanwick,  69, 
70  ;  contributed  to  repair  of  Ripon  minster, 
69- 

Seamer,  Jane,  wife  of  Robert,  proceedings 
against,  247 

Seaton  Carew,  chapelry  of  St.  Cyprian  on  '  le 
Sandes'  at,  6  :  grant  of  land  at,  6  (see  also 
Seton) 

Seaton  Sluice,  petition  for  a  schoolmaster  at, 
295 

Sedbergh,  Yorkshire,  William  de  Hurworth, 
rector  of.  267 

Sedbergh,  Thomas  de,  ordained,  261 

Sedgefield,  bequest  to  poor  of,  290 

Sedgewick,  John,  of  Dryburnside,  Weardale, 
147 

Seggefeld,  doin.  John  de.  prebendary  of  Stan- 
wick,  70 

Selby  [Selbye,  Selbey]  family,  owners  of  Branx- 
ton,  215  ;  Edmund,  of  Ford,  action  against, 
for  debt,  294  ;  George,  272;  William,  parson 
of  Ford,  294 :  Henry,  and  wife,  recusants,  64  ; 
John,  devise  to,  216  ;  John,  '  gentylman 
porter  of  Barwycke,'  will  of,  216  :  Odinel,  of 
'  Hull  parke,'  will  of,  220  ;  Oswold,  220  ; 
Thomas,  a  recusant,  64 

Selby.  William  de  Aslagby.  abbot  of,  268; 
convent  of,  licence  to,  to  hold  land,  268 

Semer,  William,  churchwarden  of  Egglesclifi'e, 
253 

Sengeltone,  William  de,  22 

Senouse,  dom.  Thomas,  vicar  of  Newburn,  60 

Serfs,  Stanhope,  281 

Seton,  knight's  fee  of,  259 

Seton,  dom.  William,  prebendary  of  Stanwick, 
70 

Settrington,  Ralph  de,  parson  of  St.  George's 
church,  &c.,  246 

Shaftesbury  castle  hill,  Dorset,  198 

Shaftesbury,  sir  Thomas  Clavering,  M.P.  for, 
32 

Shafto  [Shaftowe],  Mrs.  123;  Arthur,  132; 
sir  Arthur,  vicar  of  Stamforciham,  56  ;  Kev, 
Leonard,  morning  lecturer  at  All  Saints,  &c., 
47  &  n ;  Jane,  of  Newcastle,  and  others, 
presented  to  consistory  court,  28 

Sharbertone,  Richard  de,  22 

Sharp,  sir  Cuthbert,  letters  of,  211,  212  ;  John, 
of  Pandon,  roper,  and  others,  proceedings 
against,  27  ;  John,  vicar  of  Hartburn,  be- 
quest to.  234 

Sharperton,  see  Sharbertone 

Shefteld,  Robert  de,  21 

Sheppard,  Thomas,  of  New  England,  '  preacht 
at  Heddon,'  57  ;  William,  155  ;  tombstone 
of,  200 

Sheraton,  co.  Durham,  grants  of  land,  &c.,  at, 
7,  211 ;  '  Our  Ladies'  lands '  at,  81 

Sheraton,  Christopher,  attests  a  will,  156 ; 
Jane,  attests  a  will,  156 ;  Robert,  attests  a 
will,  156  ;  William,  witnesses  a  deed,  227 

Sherborne  abbey.  Dorset,  service  book  formerly 
belonging  to,  190 

Sherburn  hospital,  churches  given  to,  240,  241 ; 
master  of,  263 

Sherewynd,  William,  held  land  in  Hartburn,  245 


[Proc.  Soc.  Antiq.  Newc.,  3  Ser.  1V.1 


Sherrington  castle,  Wilts,  plan  of,  286 

Sherwode,  John,  of  Haughton,  will  of,  265  ; 
bequests,  265 

Shield,  William,  his  Rudiments  of  Thorough 
Bass  for  Young  Harmonists,  285 

Shields,  North,  a  cottage  at,  82 

Shields,  South,  a  Roman  altar  naming  Brigan- 
tia,  from,  270  ;  discovery  of  a  well  in  Roman 
station  at,  176 :  inscription  recording  bringing 
of  water  to,  176;  Roman  coins,  &c.,  from 
beach  at,  83.  103,  124.  224  &  n,  287;  letters 
from,  to  be  sent  by  Durham  bag.  102 ;  de- 
scription of  salt  works  at,  122 ;  two  incum- 
bents of  St.  Hild's,  2C5 

Shilbottle,  abbot  of  Alnwick  rector  of,  195 ; 
permission  to  present  monks  to,  195  ;  wood, 
cattle  stolen  from.  196 

Shingleton,  Kent,  plan  of  earthworks  at,  34 

Ships:  'C'irai,'  176:  'Emma,"  of  Newcastle, 
124;  'L'Aigle,'  176;  'Terpsichore,'  175; 
'Victory,'  175 

Shipley,  Northumberland,  130" 

Shirfelde,  Richard  de.  21 

Shittelyngton,  Alan  de,  bishop  of  Durham's 
seneschal,  witness  to  a  charter,  125 

Shore-gate,  Berwick,  214 

Short,  Job,  of  Forcett,  76 

Shotley  bridge  sword-makers,  grindstones  used 
by,  222,  223 

Shovel,  a  wooden,  found  in  an  old  mine,  283 

Shuttle  worth,  Mr.,  of  Forcett,  70  ;  Ann,  brass 
of,  in  Forcett  church,  72 

Sidgate,  Newcastle,  37 

Silver  spoon  with  acorn  head,  a  bequest  of  a, 
230n 

Silvertop,  William,  and  wife,  recusants,  64 

Simpson,  Ambrose,  of  Ravensworth,  co.  York, 
grant  to,  147 ;  Anne,  of  Newcastle,  widow, 
292  ;  F.  Gerald,  on  Gilsland  mile-castle,  185  ; 
John,  witness  to  a  deed,  293  ;  J.  P.  Gibson 
and,  excavations  near  the  Poltross-burn,  114  ; 
Isaac,  of  Newcastle,  25  ;  John,  234  ;  Mary, 
administration  of  goods  of,  80  (see  also 
Symson) 

Singleton,  Thomas,  of  London,  293  (see  also 
Sengletone) 

Sipson  Green,  Middlesex,  plan  of  earthworks 
at,  34 

Sisson,  William,  and  another,  gifts  by,  to 
Hesleden  church,  7 

'  Skarthwaytrig,'  92 

Skipton  hill,  Dorset,  198 

Skirlaw,  bishop,  built  Yarm  bridge,  251 

Slaiter,  Robert,  unlicensed  curate  of  Haughton, 
265 

Slaley  [Slavele],  William  de  Egglesclyve's  lands 
in.  251 

Slaters'  work  in  Newcastle  in  1740,  108 

Slinger,  Henry,  of  Newcastle,  and  others,  pre- 
sented to  consistory  court,  28 

Sloan,  Alexander,  of  Kelso,  slater,  108 

Smart,  Peter,  witness  to  a  deed,  293 ;  prebend- 
ary of  Durham,  his  'furious  and  causelesse 
proceedings,'  63 

Smith  [Smyth],  sir  David,  commissioner  to 
duke  of  Northumberland,  letter  to,  respecting 
toll  at  Alnwick  market,  196;  a  MS.  book 
formerly  belonging  to,  lol ;  George,  of 
Ravenswoi-th,  76 ;  Leonard,  land  in  Hur- 
worth let  to,  233  ;  Posthumus,  of  Durham, 
grant  to,  180  ;  Ralph,  of  Newburn,  sought 
sanctuary  at  Durham,  60  ;  Samuel,  of  York, 
bell  made  by,  112  ;  Sarah,  tombstone  of,  200  ; 
Wilfrid  Reay,  elected,  149  ;  William,  attest* 
a  deed,  211 


VIII 


INDEX  :      SMI  — STO 


Smithson,  Anthony,  burial  of,  67n  ;  sir  Hugh, 
bought  Stanwick,  70  &  n  ;  monument  of,  67  ; 
funeral  helmet,  &c.,  of ,  67  ;  sir  Jerome,  of 
Stanwick,  70  ;  burial  of,  67n  ;  Leonard,  lease 
to,  144 

Snawdon,  Tobias,  46 

Sneep,  the,  near  Bellingham,  an  Ancient 
British  urn,  &c.,  from,  286 

Sneyd,  Ann,  of  Licbfield,  marriage  articles  of, 
168;  Elizabeth,  168 

Snowball,  John,  of  Durham,  blacksmith,  grant 
by,  292;  Richard,  of  Durham,  blacksmith, 
grant  by,  292 

Snowdon,  see  Snawdon 

Snuff'  mulls  exhibited,  166 

Sock  burn  [Soccabirig,  Sochasburg],  country 
meeting  at,  173  ;  '  the  grey  stone '  at,  240  ; 
given  to  Durham,  240  ;  bishops  consecrated 
at,  240  :  lauds  in,  241 ;  bequest  to  poor  of, 
241 ;  manor  held  by  tenure  of  presenting  a 
sword  to  bishop  of  Durham,  238  ;  the  tradi- 
tional '  worm'  of,  238,  240  ;  verse  relating  to, 
238n  ;  house  occupied  by  Mr.  W.  H.  William- 
son, 238  ;  All  Saints  church,  note  of,  339  ; 
given  to  Sherburn  hospital,  240.  211 ;  be- 
quests to  chaplain,  &c.,  240  ;  Conyers  porch, 
239 ;  effigy,  brasses,  pre-conquest  stones, 
&c.,  in,  239  ;  tomb  in,  239n  ;  Leland's  note 
of,  239n  ;  lease  of  corn  tithes  of,  241  ;  bequest 
of  books  to,  211 ;  church  ruinous,  242 ;  com- 
munion plate  and  bells,  239,  240 ;  rectors  : 
Galfrid  de  Coinneres,  240  ;  William  be  Here- 
ford, 240  ;  Harrison,  233 ;  vicars  :  Nicholas 
Hilton,  233  ;  Francis  Trollop,  241,  258,  265n 

Somerset,  duke  of,  references  to  the,  144.  273, 
274,  295 

Someruille,  sir  Adam  de,  21,  23,  25 

Sothull,  William  de,  parson  of  Sadberge,  pro- 
tection for,  252 

Soulsby,  Matthew,  of  Newcastle,  and  others, 
presented  to  consistory  court,  28 

South  Bedburn,  Weardale,  grant  of  lands  at, 
145 

Southleigh  circle,  Wilts,  plan  of,  286 

South  Shields,  see  Shields,  South 

South  weald,  Essex,  plan  of,  286 

Southwell,  prebend  of  North  Leyerton  in,  72 

Sovereigns,  &c.,  scales  for  weighing,  presented, 
158 

Sowlby,  John,  vicar  of  Gilling  and  Forcett, 
dispensation  to,  72 

Sowerby  under  Cotcliffe,  tenements  at,  180 

Sowersby,  Mr.,  rector  of  Ryton,  64 

Sparrowe,  Barbara,  of  Newcastle,. spinster,  and 
others,  grant  by,  226 

Spear-head,  evolution  of  the  bronze,  198 

Spearman,  marriage  articles,  168 ;  George,  of 
Bishop  Middleham,  agreement  for  marriage, 
168  ;  Robert,  of  Oldakers,  co.  Durham,  168 

Speed,  Thomas,  and  Mary,  his  wife,  papists, 
proceedings  against,  247 

Spence,  Philip,  elected,  1 

Spencer,  J,  W.,  death  of,  7 

Sperlying,  Stephen,  21 

Spicer,  William,  labourer,  and  others,  of  Darl- 
ington, pardon  for  murder,  267 

Spindleston  crag,  Northumberland,  plan  of 
earthworks,  286 

Spinet,  a,  122 

4  Spoon '  of  a  font,  127 

Sp9or,  Joseph,  and  Ann,  his  wife,  and  another, 
tithes  conveyed  to,  160 ;  [Spours]  Thomas, 
tombstone  of,  200 

Staddon  hill,  Somerset,  plan  of  earthworks  at, 
34 


Stafford,  Henry,  and  another,  grant  to,  199 
seal  of,  199 

Staindrop  [StainthroppJ,  Ohatwell  in,  292; 
grant  of  land  in,  292 ;  church,  communion 
plates,  silver  marks  on,  187 ;  Nathaniel 
Ward,  vicar,  187 

Stainsby,  Margery,  80 

Stainton,  Little,  devise  of  lands  in,  290 

Stainton,  Thomas  de,  canon  of  Alnwick,  195 

Stamford,  manor  of,  130 

Stamfordham,  sir  Arthur  Shaftowe,  vicar,  56 

Standish,  John,  and  another,  grant  to,  160 

Stanegate,  the,  9,  96 

Stanes,  William  de,  pension  granted  to,  255 

Staney,  Adam  de,  22 ;  groom  of  the  house- 
hold, 24  ;  Henry  de,  22 ;  Walter  de,  22 

Stanhope,  serfs  of,  281 ;  Linnkirk  cave  at,  208  ; 
Isaac  Basire,  rector  of,  254 

'Stani  pul.'  a  fishery  on  Tyne,  62 

Stanley,  Henry,  of  London,  and  another, 
grant  to,  159 

Stanton  [Stantone],  Mr.,  letter  to,  212 ;  sir 
Henry  de,  22  ;  John ,  parish  clerk  of  Alnwick 
chapel,  193 ;  and  schoolmaster,  193 ;  of 
Newcastle,  letters  to  and  from,  188 

Stanweg,  Eudo  de,  67 

Stanwick,  Yorkshire,  a  country  meeting  at,  34, 
152  ;  pre-historic  earthworks,  Mr.  E.  Wooler 
on,  70  ;  horse-trappings,  &c.,  found  at,  71  &n  ; 
manor  of,  66  ;  lease  of  land  at,  144  ;  bought 
by  sir  H.  Smithson,  70 ;  visited  by  lady 
Oxford,  70 ;  prebend  of,  inquiry  into  defects, 
&c.,  of,  67  ;  granted  to  sir  Ralph  Sadler,  69 ; 
prebends  of,  68-70  ;  prebend,  damages  to,  by 
Scots,  67  ;  canon  of,  contributions  to  repair 
of  Ripon  minster,  69  ;  St.  John's  church, 
pre-conquest  remains,  66  ;  given  to  Easby 
abbey,  66 ;  given  to  Ripon,  66 ;  Anglian 
stones,  66,  67  ;  medieval  grave-covers,  66 ; 
effigies  in,  66 ;  brasses,  67 ;  tomb  in,  67  ; 
registers,  67  ;  ornaments,  &c.,  of,  defective, 
69  ;  a  visitation  of,  69  :  valuation  of,  67 ; 
rectors,  66,  67  ;  vicars,  66,  69  ;  chaplain,  67 

Stapylton,  Miles,  secretary  to  bishop  Cosin, 
57 

Staunton,  grant  of  lands  in,  7 

Staunton.  sir  Henry  de,  knight  of  the  king's 
household,  23 

Steavenson,  John,  of  Neasham,  238  (see  also 
Stephenson) 

Steele,  Thomas,  15 

Stella,  a  mass  house  at  lord  Widdrington's  at, 
61 

Stephens,  Rev.  T.,  described  Roman  inscription 
at  Woodburn,  287 

Stephenson,  George,  marriages  of,  54  &  n  ; 
John,  27;  Robert,  a  letter  of,  14  (see  also 
Steavenson,  £c.) 

Stepney  pottery,  Newcastle,  87 

Stevenson,  William,  290 

Stibium-pot,  a,  44 

Stobbert,  Margaret,  of  Newcastle,  widow,  26 

Stockbndge,  Newcastle,  39 

Stockdale,  Rev.  Percival,  bprn  at  Branxton, 
216  ;  on  springs  at  Cornhill,  215n 

Stocks,  Essex,  plan  of,  286 

Stockton,  letter  dated  at,  123;  freemasons' 
lodge  at,  19  ;  castle,  Dr.  Basire  confined  in, 
254  ;  a  corbel,  last  relic  of,  204  ;  ordinations 
in  chapel  of,  251  (see  also  Stoketon) 

Stoker,  Mr.,  schoolmaster  at  Newburn,  59 

Stoketon,  Thomas  de,  vicar  of  Heddon,  on 
inquisitions,  56 

Stokoe,  Christopher,  of  Newcastle,  skinner 
and  glover,  25 


INDEX  I      STO — THE 


327 


Stone  axe,  pre-historic,  £c.,  presented,  158; 
coffin  found  at  Berwick,  224 

'Storton'  [Stocton],  grants  of  land  in,  7  bis 

Story,  Anthony,  the  younger,  of  Newbottle, 
161 ;  [Storye]  Christopher,  of  Aisleybey, 
charged  with  slander,  253 

Stote  [Stott],  Richard,  of  Lincoln's  inn,  grant 
to,  148,  294  ;  of  Newcastle,  merchant  ad- 
venturer, 201 ;  Rowland,  of  Durham,  parlia- 
ment commission  in  house  of,  256 

Stourpaine  manor,  Dorset,  198 

Styca,  a,  found  at  Hexham,  15§ 

Styford,  manor  of,  52 

Styuetone,  Hugh  de,  21 

Suffolk,  plans  of  earthworks  in,  275 

Sunday  lands  at  Newburn,  57 

Sunday  at  Ryton  '  consecrated  to  Bacchus,'  63 

Sunderland,  freemasons'  lodge  at,  19 

Sunderland  Tokens,  Fawcett's,  211 

Sundial,  Anglian,  244 

Super  Teysam,  Richard  de,  grant  by,  245 

Surgery,  proceedings  for  practising,  without  a 
licence,  27 

-Suttees  [Surties,  Surteys,  Surtays,  Sorteysse, 
Supra  Teysam]  family,  242;  Mr.,  of  Dins- 
dale,  241 ;  '  Goselynus,'  on  medieval  grave- 
cover  at  Dinsdale,  242  ;  Margery,  of  Dy ten- 
sail,  widow,  grant  to,  268;  Marmaduke,  of 
Middleton  -  one  -  Row,  bequest  to,  246  : 
Nicholas,  witness  to  a  grant,  248  ;  Ralph,  or 
Middleton  St.  George,  will  of,  236  ;  bequests 
by,  236  ;  Rev.  S.  F.,  his  discoveries  at  Dins- 
dale,  242 ;  Thomas  de,  permission  to  settle 
lands,  26 ;  Thomas,  rent  for  land  near 
Ppunteys,  245  ;  of  Dinsdale,  243  ;  Majorie, 
his  wife,  243  ;  heirs  of,  243  ;  held  land  near 
Pounteys,  244 ;  sir  Thomas,  lands,  &c., 
settled  by,  245 ;  of  Dinsdale,  will  of,  243 

'Surveighe,  a  Booke  of,'  261 

Suthren,  Robert  le,  death  of.  260 

Sutton,  George,  of  Elton,  204  ;  Jane,  of  Gates- 
head,  bond  to,  27  ;  Thomas,  27 

Swainson,  Thomas,  the  elder,  of  Stockton,  80  ; 
William,  of  Thorp  Thewles,  80  ;  [Swainston] 
Gabriel,  164 

twalwell,  Luke,  226  ;   of  Elwick,  187 
wan,  colonel  Henry,  death  of,  7  ;   Thomas, 
tombstone  of,  200 ;   Victor,  elected,  99 
Swanscombe,  Kent,  plan  of  earthworks  at,  34 
Swartzenberg,  lieutenant-general,  14 
Swayn  [Sweyn],  dotn.  Roger,  prebendary  of 

Stanwick,  68,  70 
Sweyn's  camp,'  Kent,  plan  of  earthworks  at, 

34 

Swinburne,  Great,  tithe  barn  at,  278 
Swinburne.Gawyn.of  'Chesboroughegraundge,' 
gift  to  poor  of  Heddon,  56 ;    Thomas,  of 
Barmpton,  70 ;  Thomas  Murray,  elected,  1 ; 
[Swyneburne]  sir  William  de,  23 
Swinhoe,  &c.,  wheat  from,  for  prior  and  con- 
vent of  Fame,  191 
Swirle,  the,  Newcastle,  39 
Sword,  a  basket-hilted,  exhibited,  34 
Swynho,  William,  horsemen  under,  at  Corn- 
hill,  214  ;   at  Coldingham,  215 
Swynner-burn,  the,  27 

Symson,  Robert,  of  Henknoll,  grant  to,  210  ; 
dorn.  Robert,  dean  of  '  Darneton,'  69  ;   pre- 
bend of  Stanwick,  69,  70  ;  resignation  of,  69 
Synod  in  galilee  of  Durham  cathedral  church, 
253,  257,  265 


Tafton  castle  hill,  Derbyshire,  plan  of,  286 


'Tailboys  [Tailbos],  old  Mr.,'  of  Croft,  233: 
Henry,  of  Hurworth,  243  ;  William,  of  Qwas- 
ton,  sought  sanctuary,  73 

Talbot,  sir  Richard,  parson  of  Detynsall,  268 

Tankard,  a  silver,  exhibited,  101 

Tankerville,  lord,  references  to,  273,  274,  295 

Tarrant  Hinton  Bushes,  &c.,  Dorset,  198 

Tasshard.  Robert,  pardon  for  death  of,  267 

Taylerson,  John,  lands  let  to,  by  parliament, 
250 

Taylor  [Tayllour,  Taylour,  Tailor],  Adam  le, 
of  Croft,  pardon  of,  232 ;  George,  parish 
clerk  of  Heddon,  56  ;  Joseph,  of  the  Inner 
Temple,  114  ;  Thomas,  curate  of  Heddon,  56, 
57  ;  William,  of  Dunsheugh,  161n  ;  church- 
warden of  Newburn,  60 

Tees,  grant  of  a  fishing  in,  268 

Teesdale,  Lower,  country  meeting  in,  229 

Teesdale  [Tesedale,  Teasdaill],  Alan  de,  lands 
granted  to,  in  Langneuton,  255  ;  John,  of 
Stanwick,  69 ;  Thomas,  rector  of  St.  Crux, 
York,  commission  to,  74 ;  William,  un- 
licensed curate  of  Egglescliffe,  253  (see  also 
Thesdale) 

Tempest,  John,  of  the  Isle,  burial  of,  73  ;  sir 
Nicholas,  of  Flatworth,  148  ;  of  Newcastle, 
kt.,  assignment  of  dower  by.  25  ;  Robert,  a 
justice  for  gaol  delivery,  261 ;  a  recusant,  64 

Templars,  prison  of,  at  Corbridge,  272 

Teneriffe,  lieutenant  R.  Thorp,  and  others, 
killed  at.  175 

'Tenth  Medowes,'  Newburn,  61 

'Terpsichore,'  H.M.S.,  175 

Thadye,  Richard,  of  Bruntoft,  246 

Thesdale,  Richard  de,  22 

Thirkeld,  Christopher,  and  wife  Johanna,  173  : 
John,  184  ;  Marmaduke,  173 

Thirston,  lands  in,  granted  to  Brinkburn,  111 

Thirlewalle,  John  de,  24 

Thomas,  bishop  of  Durham,  261 

Thomas,  John,  and  others,  presented  to  con- 
sistory court,  28  ;  sir  Thomas,  and  his  wife, 
recusants,  64 

Thomlinson,  John,  of  Rothbury,  112 ;  his 
name  on  bell,  112 ;  diary  of,  228  ;  extract 
from,  215  ;  [Thomlingson]  William, '  clarke,' 
187 

Thompson  [Thomson],  parson  of  Hurworth, 
tithes  not  to  be  paid  to,  233  ;  Arthur,  of 
Newcastle,  son  of  Gilbert,  25 ;  daughter  of, 
25  :  Francis,  of  Newcastle,  and  others,  pre- 
sented to  consistory  court,  28  ;  George,  290  ; 
Henry,  gent.,  proceedings  against,  for  keep- 
ing sbop  open  on  St.  James's  day,  28  ;  Isaac, 
founder  of  Neiocastle  Journal,  104n  ;  John, 
of  Newcastle,  and  others,  presented  to  con- 
sistory court.  28  ;  churchwarden  of  Newburn, 
61 ;  of  Melsonby,  76  ;  Thomas,  schoolmaster 
at  Alnwick,  193 ;  rector  of  Haughton,  pro- 
ceedings against,  266  ;  William,  of  Benton, 
148  (see  also  Tomson) 

Thorneby,  Richard  de,  petitioned  for  Wigton 
church,  59 

Thornton  [Thorntone],  Henry  de,  22 :  John  de, 
ordained  deacon,  251 ;  Roger,  grant  of  lead- 
mines  to,  283 

Thorpe  Bulmer,  manor,  &c.,  of,  211 ;  grant  of 
land,  &c.,  in,  211 ;  Thewles,  grant  of,  267 

Thorp  [Thorpe],  Anthony,  82  ;  premises  sold 
to,  82 ;  Charles,  archdeacon  of  Durham, 
176  £  n  ;  George,  lieutenant  R.N.,  letter  of, 
175 ;  Robert,  archdeacon  of  Northumberland, 
175  ;  Robert,  of  Alnwick,  letter  addressed  to, 
175 ;  Rev.  W.  T. ,  of  Charlton  hall,  175 

Threlkeld,  Henry,  227 


328 


INDEX  :      THB— VIC 


Three-mile-bridge,  near  Newcastle,  'Pig's  pil- 
lar' at,  172 

Thursby,  George,  of  Newcastle,  and  others, 
presented  to  consistory  court,  28  ;  Thomas, 

Thwaites,  sir  Henry,  of  Lund,  bequests  by,  246 
Thymelby  manor,  co.  York,  250 
Thyngden,  John  de,  clerk,  177 
Tickets,  old  Newcastle  and  Carlisle  railway, 

presented,  118 
Tickhill,  friars  of,  219 
Til,  Bernard  du,  22 

Tiljmouth,  inquisition  as  to  right  of  presenta- 
tion to  chapel  of,  216 
Tithe  Iambs,  134 

Tittery,  Daniel,  plaintiff  in  a  chancery  suit,  26 
Tiverton,  rent  for  free  school  of,  247 
Tizack,  William,  and  another,  defendants  in  a 

suit,  26  (see  also  Tyzack) 
Tockerington,  Kanulph  Bird,  prebendary  of, 

243 
Todd,  Aubony/and  others,  proceedings  against, 

27 ;    Florence   Emily,    gift   to  society,   83 : 

James,  attests  a  deed.  211 ;   John,  perpetual 

curate  of  Wallsend,  201 
Tombstone  inscriptions,  quaint,  55,  80 
Tompson,  John,  house  at  Denton  of,  81 
Tonstall,  Mrs.,  of  Longnewton,  255  ;   John,  of 

Langneuton,  will  of,  258  ;  bequests  by,  258, 

268;    his  wife,  'Josey,'258;    Ralph,  rector 

of  Croft.  &c.,  bequest  to,  258 
Topclive  [Toppeclive],  Laurence  de,  prebendary 

arid  rector  of  Stanwick,  &c.,  66,  67,  68,  70 
Tossan,  John  de,  21 
Toulon  blockaded,  176 
Tournaments,  &c.,  forbidden  by  king,  260 
Trafibrd  hill,  co.  Durham,  let  by  parliament, 

249 
Trajan,  denarius  of,  found  on  South  Shields 

sands.  124 

Treasurer's  reports,  &c.,  12,  153 
Trewitt,  lands  at,  granted  to  Brinkburn,  111 
Trollop  [Trowlope],  Francis,  vicar  of  Sockburn, 

241,  258,  265n  ;    bequests  by,  241 
Trotter,  Ralph,  Braems  Wheeler  v.,  156 
Trow  rocks,  near  South  Shields,  Roman  coins 

found  at,  222  (see  also  Shields,  South) 
Trumble,  Thomas,  of  Newcastle,  and  others, 

presented  to  consistory  court,  28 
Tuggal,  prior  and  convent  of  Fame  to  have 

wheat  from,  191  ;   old  church,  162 
Tughale,  Robert  de,  executor  of  Thomas  de 

Baum  burgh,  251 

Tunnokesone,  John,  pardon  for  death  of,  260 
Tunstall,  see  Tonstall 

Turkish  pass  for  a  ship,  exhibited,  34  ;  pre- 
sented to  society,  124  (see  also  under  Mah- 

moud) 

Tuthill  stairs,  Newcastle,  39 
Tweddell,  John,  187  ;  Richard,  of  Longnewton, 

proceedings  against,  258 ;  Robert,  and  others, 

proceedings  against,  25 ;  cf  Monkhesleden, 

tombstone  of,  80  ;  entry  of  burial  in  register, 

80 
Tweedmouth  churchyard,  J.  Mackay  Wilson 

buried  in,  213,  225n 

Twis.s,  William,  minister  of  Newbury,  126 
Turteuille,  Robert,  21 

Twizel  [Twissill].  215  ;  annuity  for  lands  in,  294 
Twysill,  William  de,  215 
Twynham,  Walter  de,  21 ;   sir  Walter  de,  21 
Tympernon,  William,  21 
Tyndale,  inhabitants  of,  294 
Tyndale,  grant  by  William,  son  of  Thomas 

de   268  ;   William  de,  21 


Tyne  river,  deer's  horn  from  the,  presented* 
182  ;  Roman  coins  found  in,  222  ;  oak  from 
Roman  bridge  across,  at  Newcastle,  278 ; 
R.  ().  Heslop  on ,  278 ;  Roman  inscribed  stones 
found  in,  97  ;  bronze  'yetlings'  dredged  out 
of  the,  2  ;  commission  respecting  fishery, 
&c.,  on,  62  ;  glass-making  on  the,  98  ;  bridge 
across,  at  Newburn,  54  ;  south,  documente 
relating  to  property  in,  presented,  29 

Tynemouth,  meeting  at,  105 ;  priory  church, 
198  :  discoveries  in,  11, 153  ;  repairs  at,  11 ; 
grant  of,  to  Durham,  252  ;  cottage,  &c.,  be- 
longing to,  82 ;  W.  H.  Knowles  on,  224  ; 
4  abby '  and  castle,  122 

Tyrawley,  lieutenant-general,  13 

Tyzack,  William,  of  the  West  glass-house, 
Newcastle,  marriage  of,  160  (see  also  Tizack) 

U 

Uflbrd  font-cover,  128 

Ughtred,  sir  Thomas,  21 

Ukirby,  William,  son  of  Peter  de.  ordained, 
232 

Ulf  of  Lan Chester,  281 

Umbrella,  an  old,  presented,  101 

Umfreville  [Umfravil,  Umframville],  arms  of, 
112 ;  Elizabeth  de,  countess  of  Angos,  grantto, 
by  king,  256  ;  seals  of  Eleanor  and  Margaret, 
89  ;  Gilbert,  89  ;  arms  of  ,90 ;  Margaret,  seal  of, 
89  ;  sir  H.  de,  24  ;  Robert  de,  earl  of  Angus, 
keeper  of  king's  forests  beyond  Trent,  91, 92  ; 
Robert,  second  earl  of  Angus,  89  ;  sir  Robert t 
earl  of  Angus,  20  (see  also  Hornfravyl) 

Underwood,  Cecilia,  will  of,  262  ;  bequests  by, 
262 

Union,  dissatisfaction  in  Scotland  concerning 
123 

United  Provinces,  address  to  '  classes '  of,  126 

Upsetlington,  West,  land  in,  215 

Urban,  pope,  confirmed  Cornhill  to  Durham 
monastery,  215 

Urns,  Ancient  British,  presented,  221 

Urswicke,  Thomas,  kt.,  58 

Usher,  William,  of  Elwick,  146 

Vsword,  John  de,  21 


Vale  [Valle],  sir  Robert  de  la,  21 ;  Theobald 
de  la,  papal  provision  for,  264  ;  Walter  de  laf 
21  (see  also  Delaval) 

Vallibus,  Robert  de,  founder  of  Lanercost,  270 
(see  also  Vaux) 

Valoines,  Sibilla  de,  marriage  of,  232n 

Van  Lawe,  major-general,  14 

Vandlebury,  Cambridgeshire,  plan  of  earth- 
works at,  34 

Vane  family,  203  ;  sir  George,  bequest  to,  265  ; 
brass  of,  255  ;  sir  Henry,  bt.,  247,  261 ;  the 
elder,  255 ;  secretary  of  state  to  Charles  i, 
204 ;  Lyonel,  of  Longnewton,  married  in 
Hutton  church,  256 

Vasey's  farm,  W  eardale,  292 

Vasey,  Jennett  292;  Richard,  292;  Thomas, 
292 

Vaux,  Peter  de,  Emma,  wife  of,  269  (see  also 
Vallibus) 

Venice,  general  chapter  of  order  of  preachers 
at,  250 

Verdon,  John,  of  London,  130 

'  Vert  and  venary,'  92 

Vescy.  Eustace  de,  and  Beatrix,  his  wife,  195  ; 
William  de,  grant  by,  195 

Viccars,  Henry,  227 


INDEX  :      VIC — WHS 


329 


'Victory,'  H.M.S.,  oft'  Genoa,  letter  from,  175 

Vigmuno,  a  stvca  of,  found  at  Hexham,  159 

Vilers,  Payn  de,  21 

Villet,  major-general,  14 

Vinere,  Lambert,  21 

Virgin,  church  bell  bearing  name  of.  262 

Visitations,  215,  217,  243,  244.  253,  258,  259,  265  ; 

iu  Darlington  church,  257  ;    of  Egglescliffe, 

Dr.  Clarke's,  254;    in  Stanwick  church,  69: 

notes,  bishop  Chandler's,  268 
Visitation  of  Northumberland,  a  herald's,  83 
Vivianite  found  in  a  deer's  horn,  279  ;    the 

mineral  is  so  found  in  many  places,  280 

W 

W  adder,  Roger,  22 

\Vaddell,  James,  of  Willington,  tombstone  of, 
202 

Waddie,  John,  bailiff  of  Sadberge,  bequest  to, 
261 

Wade,  general,  his  army  near  Newcastle  in  1745, 
13 

Waistell,  William,  proceedings  against,  266 

Wait,  Patrick,  a  seventeenth  century  incum- 
bent of  St.  Hild's,  South  Shields,  205 

Waitinge,  William,  of  Neasham,  a  papist,  238  ; 
lands  of,  seized,  233 

Wakarfeld,  John,  236 

Wake,  John,  of  Stanwick,  70 

Walbottle  dene,  gateway  of  Roman  mile-castle 
near,  51 ;  remains  of  Wall,  in  descending  to, 
51 

Wales,  North,  see  North  Wales 

Walker,  Dinsdaie  and  Croft  Waters,  231 ; 
Sujffcrings  of  the  Clergy.  254  ;  Anthony,  of 
Durham,  tanner,  grant  by,  292  ;  of  Newcastle, 
house  carpenter,  26  ;  Bryan,  attests  A  deed. 
227  ;  George,  of  Sowerby,  co.  York,  180 ; 
John,  26,  56  ;  of  Stockton,  friction  matches 
made  by,  42  ;  Kev.  John,  on  a  book  of  1757 
relating  to  the  freemasons,  18  ;  death  of,  221 ; 
obituary  notice  of,  204  ;  anecdote  of,  205  ; 
John  and  Sarah,  tombstone  of,  202 ;  J.  D., 
on  the  Barras  mill,  .Newcastle,  169  ;  and 
Plumbers'  company,  165  ;  Mary,  of  Durham, 
292 ;  Kobert,  and  others,  proceedings  against, 
27 

Wall.  John,  of  the  Wester  Harupp,  Wolsing- 
ham,  grant  to,  184  ;  Samuel,  attests  a  deed, 
292 

Waller,  J.  G..  and  Conyers  brasses,  239n 

Wallis  LWalles],  Hewghe,  27;  Thomas,  of 
Williamston,  and  another,  conveyance  by, 
27  ;  William,  churchwarden  of  Newburn,  60 

Wallsend,  ruins  of  Holy  Cross  church,  162  ; 
W.  H.  Knowles  ana  J.  T.  Greener  on,  162  ; 
repair  of,  153  ;  inscriptions  in  churchyard, 
200  ;  ministers  of,  George  Raine,  201 ;  John. 
Todd,  201 ;  Joseph  Cradock,  201 

Walltown,  180 

Walter,  bishop  of  Durham,  homage  to,  260 ; 
exempted  from  archbishop  of  York's  juris- 
diction, 257n 

Waltham,  Koger  de,  dispensation  to,  to  hold 
pluralities,  252  ;  rector  of  Longnewton,  a 
dispensation  to,  256,  257 

Walton,  Richard,  of  Durham,  bequest  by,  233 

Walworth,  Robert  de,  prior  of  Durham,  resigna- 
tion of,  62  ;  [Walleworth]  William,  will  of, 
264  :  bequest  of,  264 

Wamlisforde,  Geoffrey,  granted  lands  in  Aln- 
wick,  195  ;  Nicholas,  justice  of  assize,  261 

Wandles,  Thomas,  a  seventeenth  century  in- 
cumbent of  St.  Hild's,  South  Shields,  205 


[Prof,  Soc   Antiq.  Xeivc.,  3  .Ser.  IV.] 


Wantemylke,  John,  pardon  for  death  of ,  260 

Warayn,  John  de,  bishop's  '  parochianus '  in 
Sadbury,  excommunicated,  260  (see  also 
Waryn) 

Ward,  George,  82  :  of  St.  Botolph,  London, 
bond  of,  81 ;  John,  of  Newcastle,  and  others, 
presented  to  consistory  court,  28  ;  Nathaniel, 
vicar  of  Staindrop,  killed  at  Millom  castle, 
187  ;  Percy  F..  elected,  277  ;  Robert,  son  of 
Robert,  of  Croft,  pardon  to,  267 

Wardship,  bishop  of  Durham's  right  of,  in 
LangneutON,  255 

Wark-on-Tweed,  215 

Warkworth,  grant  of  lands,  &c.,  at.  194  ;  castle, 
58  ;  garrison  of,  24*  ;  church  of  Branxton  for 
sustentation  of  two  monks  at,  216 

Warkeworthe,  d.  William,  265 

Wai-thill,  land  at,  59 

Warwick.  Guy.  earl  of,  255 

Waryn,  John,  of  Sadberge,  261,  262  (see  also 
Warayn,  WaAvayn) 

Washington,  William  de  Clifford,  instituted  to 
church  of,  235  (see  also  Wessyngton) 

Waterford,  family  owned  Ford,  220 ;  mar- 
chioness of,  and  Ford,  220  ;  paintings  by,  in 
Ford  schoolroom,  220 

Waterloo,  flint-lock  guns  at  battle  of,  26 

Wathe,  Denis  [Denys,  Dionisius]  de,  21 

Watkins,  Elizabeth,  bequest  to,  180 

Watson,  Thomas,  'parochianus'  of  Ryton, 
62 

AVatterman,  Robert,  of  Staindrop,  grant  to, 
292 

Watynny,  Ralph,  and  wife  Dorothy,  proceed- 
ings against,  234 

Wawayn,  John,  rector  of  Longnewton,  256  ; 
master  John,  papal  provision  of  Longnewton 
for,  257 ;  ordained  priest,  257  (see  also 
Warayn.  Waryn) 

Wawn,  Charles,  elected,  285  ;  on  oak  from 
Roman  bridge  across  Tyne,  278 

Wax  candles,  bequest  of,  253 

Wayles,  Ralph,  churchwarden  of  Newburn,  61 

Weardale,  disappearance  of  red  deer  from, 
281 ;  king  Edward  in,  281 ;  deer's  horn,  &c., 
from,  279  ;  neolithic  flint  implements  in, 
205  :  charter  concerning  lead  mines  in,  283  ; 
wooden  shovel,  &c.,  found  in  old  mine  in. 
285  :  forest,  lease  of  lead  mines  in,  284 

Webster,  William,  56 

Wedgwood  cameos,  exhibited,  ]66 

Weeland,  Alexander,  excommunicated  for 
defamation,  192 

Weld,  John,  rector  of  Ryton,  64 

Weldon,  Henry,  of  Newcastle,  merchant,  lease 
to,  25 

Welford,  If,,  exhibited  a  Turkish  pass,  34  : 
presents  old  railway  ticket,  118  ;  MSS.  from 
his  collection,  108  ;  obituary  notice  of  R.  R. 
Dees,  30 ;  on  Newcastle  householders  in 
1665,  288 ;  Thomas,  of  Newbig^in,  co.  Dur- 
ham, 256 
I  Welkedelle,  John,  21 

Welkeden,  William  de,  vicar  of  Branxton,  217 

Welle,  Robert  of.  89 

Wellow,  Notts,  plan  of  earthworks  at,  34 

Wells,  Somerset,  earthworks  at,  34 ;  John 
Guiffart,  canon  of,  &c.,  264 

Wensleydale,  a  bronze  object  said  to  have  been 
found  in,  18 

Wentworth,  lieutenant-general,  13 

Werblingtone,  Richard  de,  21 ;   Stephen  de,  21 

Wesley,  Rev.  Francis  Gwynne,  elected,  165 ; 
John,  his  adventure  at  Denton,  50 

Wessington,  William  de  Clifford  parson  of,  267 


IX 


330 


INDEX:    WES — wou 


Wessyngton,  William  de.  witness  to  n  charter, 
125 

West,  mag  ,  rector  of  Darlington,  253  ;  John, 
of  Newcastle,  ami  others,  presented  to  con- 
sistory court,  28 

Westgate,  Weaulale,  Roman  altar  and  coins 
found  in,  283 

Westmorland,  Henry,  earl  of,  will  of,  246 ; 
Ralph,  earl  of,  lease  of  lead  mines  to,  284 

Westoe,  the  chapel  of,  6;  grant  of  'le  ladie 
landes'  at,  6 

W estop  [Westone].  sir  John  de,  22  :  of  the 
king's  household.  23  ;  Roger  de,  22  ;  Thomas 
de,  22  ;  rector  of  Longnewton.  257  &  n 

Westwyk,  Hugh  de,  rector  of  Egglescliffe,  252  : 
[Westwyck]  William  de,  of  Middleton,  a 
pardon  to,  249 

Wethrell,  John,  sen.  and  jun.,  farmhold  at 
Middleton  St.  George  let  to,  247 

Wetwang,  Francis,  of  Newcastle,  and  others 
presented  to  consistory  court,  28  ;  Peter  de 
prebendary  of  Stanwiek,  70 

Whalton,  Adam,  son  of  William  of,  grant  by, 
233 

Whalton,  £c.,  country  meeting  at,  8 

Wharton,  Humfrey,  attests  a  deed,  241 ;  sir 
M.,  144  ;  Philip,  of  Darlington,  148 

Wharton  hall,  &c.,  country  meeting  at,  8 

Wheeler,  Braems,  v.  Ralph  Trotter,  156 

Wheldon,  Thomas,  of  Pelton,  co.  Durham, 
grant  to,  188 

WnelpingtOD,  Rohert,  of  Newcastle,  170 

Whickham,  &c.,  proposed  visit  to,  173  ;  flight 
of  parson  of,  64 

Whitlmrn,  deer's  horns  found  on  coast  at,  282 

Whitchester,  inquisition  relating  to  chapel 
'  del  Clos '  near,  56  isee  also  Qwyteehester) 

White,  'Mrs.',  of  Newcastle,  and  her  sister, 
122 ;  Matthew,  25 ;  sir  Matthew,  &  Co., 
of  Dock  bottle  house,  98 ;  Richard,  180 ; 
Robert,  of  Ford,  294 

White  Nose,  Dorset,  198 

Whitehouse,  Francis,  administration  by,  80 

Whitfield,  John,  of  Randeholm,  Cumberland, 
gent  ,-and  another,  bond  to,  27  ;  Ralph,  27*  ; 
Rauffe,  27 

Whittingham.  William,  the  •' devil's  dean'  of 
Du.ham,  228,  261 

Whitton  tower,  visit  to,  112 ;  date  of  its 
erection,  112;  the  parsonage  of  Rothbuiy, 
112 ;  coat  of  arms  on,  112  ;  Alexander  Cooke, 
rector,  112 

Whitmor,  William,  of  London,  130 

Whitworth  churchyard,  effigy  in,  232 

Whyhton,  William,  of  Darlington,  81 

Wicklifte,  Thomas,  'a  prisoner  in  Sadberge,' 
a  bequest  to,  246 

Widdrington  of  Cheeseburn  grange,  a  pedigree 
of,  83;  sir  Henry,  of  Biack  Heddon,  con- 
veyed messuage,  160;  John,  of  Newcastle, 
and  others,  bankruptcy  commissioners,  98n  ; 
William,  lord,  commanded  volunteers,  160 
(see  also  Wodrington) 

Wigton  church,  death  of  Gilbert  de  Wigton, 
vicar,  59  ;  Richard  de  Thorneby,  vicar  of 
Newburn,  petitioned  for,  59 

Wigton,  Gilbert  de,  vicar  of  Wigton,  59 

Wilkinson,  Henry,  of  Gateshead,  98n  ;  John, 
attests  a  deed,  292  ;  a  Newcastle  silversmith, 
cup  at  Hyton  by,  55  ;  John,  and  another, 
quarrel  between  at  Egglescliffe,  253 ;  Robert, 
of  Newcastle,  and  others,  presented  to  con- 
sistory court,  28  ;  Thomas,  attests  a  deed, 
184;  of  Elwick,  grant  by,  293  ;  William,  of 
Durham,  seventeenth  century  token  of,  212 


Willans,  Mrs.  F.,  elected,  29 

William,  the  bailiff  of  Dinsdale,  245;  the 
chaplain  [of  Dinsdale  ?],  245 

AVilliam  fitz  Ralph  confirmed  grant  to  Neas- 
hani,  235 

Williams,  John,  &  Co.,  of  Close  gate,  New- 
castle, glass  bottle  makers,  98  (V  n 

Williamson,  Ralph,  of  St  Martins  in  the 
Fields,  assignment  to,  289  ;  Timothy,  232  : 
AVilliam,  of  St.  Helens  Auckland,  289 
Wilson,  professor,  buried  in  Tweedmouth 
churchyard,  225n ;  Ann,  wife  of  Joshua, 
tombstone  of, 202  ;  Henry,  curate  of  Heddon, 
56  ;  William,  curate  of  Heddon,  proceedings 
against,  52,  56 

Wilton,  sir  Thomas,  60 

Wiltshire,  plans  of  earthworks  in,  286 

Wily,  John,  of  Durham,  chapman,  grant  to, 
292 

Winchester,  death  of  John  Ponteyse.  bishop 
of,  245 

Windleston,  grant  of  land  at,  6 

Window  glass,  Roman,  found  at  Gilsland, 
116 

Windsor,  Dr.  Cave,  canon  of,  64 

Wingfield  manor,  Derbyshire,  plan  of  earth- 
works, 286 

Win  green,  Wilts,  plan  of,  286 

Winlaton,  deaths  from  plague  in,  63n 

Wircestre,  John  de,  22 

Wish,  Robert,  of  Newcastle,  and  others,  pre- 
sented to  consistory  court,  28 

Witham,  John,  of  Clitt'e,  and  others,  grant  by, 
145  ;  a  papist  and  delinquent,  lands  of,  let, 
249  (see  also  Wytham) 

Witton,  grant  of  'Le  Abbott's  Closes'  in,  6  ; 
castle  chapel,  a  marriage  in,  241 ;  forge, 
Weardale.  292 

Witton-le-Wear,  grant  of  premises  in.  292 

Witton,  of  Wesc  Apland,  long  parchment  rolls 
of  arms  and  pedigree  of,  150  ;  John,  of  New- 
castle, and  others,  presented  to  consistory 
court,  28  ;  Richard,  150  (see  also  Wyttone) 

Woddrington,  sir  Henry,  of  Woddrington, 
marshal,  &c.,  of  Berwick,  bequest  by,  246 
(see  also  Widdrington) 

Wodeburne,  Thomas  de,  21 

Woderof,  John,  held  land  in  Sadberge,  261 

Wolf,  major-general,  14 

Wolsey.  cardinal,  233 

Wolsingham,  land  held  in,  281 

Wood,  Dr.  Thomas,  bishop  of  Lichfield,  owned' 
Egglescliffe  manor,  249 

Woodburn,  a  Roman  funereal  inscription  at, 
287 

Wooden  shovel,  &c.,  found  in  old  lead  mine,, 
283 

Woodham,  grant  of  land  at,  244 

Woodmas,  Robert,  289 

Wool  carders,  a  pair  of,  presented,  182 

Woollen,  burials  in.  54 

Wooler,  grant  of  lordship  of,  219  ;  church,  with 
Fenton,  granted  to  Almyiek  abbey,  195 

Wooler,  Edward,  on  Stan  wick  entrenchments, 
70 ;  exhibited  Roman  coin,  18  ;  exhibited 
stone  axe  found  near  Den  ton,  co.  Durham, 
173  ;  on  old  oak  chests  at  Darlington  work- 
house, 176  ;  on  a  pre-historic  stone  axe  found 
near  Cauldron  Snout,  199 

Woolf,  Henry,  of  South  Shields,  salt  maker, 
&c.,  lease  to,  46  ;  a  quaker,  46n  ;  daughter, 
46n  ;  will  of,  46n  (see  also  Wolf) 

Woolsbarrow,  Dorset,  198 

Worcester,  tight  of,  234  ;  John,  bishop  of, 
petitioned  pope  for  Haughton,  264 


INDEX  I       WOli — ZEN 


331 


Worle  Bury,  Somerset,  plan  of  earthworks  at, 
34 

Wormegy  castle,  Norfolk,  plan  of  earthworks 
at,  276 

Wormeley,  Robert,  of  Hurworth,  a  papist.'land 
of,  233 

Wray  [Wraye],  Francis,  of  Beamish,  293 ; 
miller,  and  others,  grant  by,  148  ;  Thomas, 
of  Beamish,  and  others,  grant  by,  148 

Wrecks  in  Sadberge  wapentake,  259 

Wren,  Charles,  attests  a  deed,  147  ;  [Wrenne] 
Lyndley,  of  Binchester,  and  wife  Barbary. 
grant  by,  146 

Wright,  John,  164  ;  Mary,  290  ;  Peter,  164  ; 
Richard,  164  ;  of  Langley,  co.  Durham,  will 
of,  162':  bequests.  162 ;  Syth,  wife  of  Richard, 
164  ;  Thomas,  164  ;  prebendary  of  Durham, 
290;  Timothy,  of  Redmarshall,  and  Mar- 
garet his  wife,  292 

Wright  and  Spearman,  coal  owners,  29 

AVrightson,  Mr.,  144 

'  Writle,  Mrs.,'  of  Newcastle,  122 

'  Wudeshend,'  grant  of  vill  of,  240  ;  Uchtred, 
son  of  Uchtred  de,  grant  to,  240 

Wychard,  Robert,  21 

Wychenore,  Henry  de.  21 

Wydiffe,  Francis,  of  Preston-upon-Skerne,  and 
'  Beale '  his  wife,  grant  to,  211 ;  John,  the 
younger,  of  Thorpe,  co.  York,  211 ;  [Wyclyf] 
Robert  de>  rector  of  Kirkby  Ravensworth, 
,,'ift  to  church,  75  (see  also  Wicklitfe) 
rylde,  Stephen,  of  Darlington,  and  others, 
pardoned  for  murder,  267 

Wynnam,  John,  rector  of  Ryton,  62 

Wynterscales,  James,  parish  clerk  of  Eggles- 
cliffe,  253 

Wynyard,  effigy  of  third  marquis  of  London- 
derry at,  255  ;  removed  from  Longnewton, 
255 

'  Wyses  Pul.'  a  fishery  in  the  Tyne,  62 

Wythams  of  Clifi'e,  estates  of,  sequestered  by 
parliament,  250  (see  also  Witham) 


wl 


Wyttone,  Michael  de,  22 
Wyville,  Mary,  brass  of,  242 


Yarin,  230  :  lead  spouts  from  friary  at,  248  ; 
bridge,  251  ;  Leland's  note  of,  251 

York,  a  perforated  bronze  object  of  Roman 
date  from,  225  :  pre-conquest  sculptures  of,  1 ; 
Scottish  prisoners  to  be  kept  at,  230  ;  guild  of 
Corpus  Ohristi  at,  263 ;  mount  of  St.  John 
the  baptist,  property  of  preceptory  of,  82 

York  minster,  altar  of  St.  Nicholas  in,  264  ; 
Monkton  stall  in,  241 ;  St.  Mary's  abbey, 
grant  of  land  to,  267  ;  in  king's  hands,  75  ; 
petition  of,  respecting  Yorkshire  churches, 
72  ;  lands  belonging  to,  72  ;  faculty  to  abbot 
of,  231 

York,  Henry  delngelby  canon  of,  &c.,  264 

York,  archbishop  of,  Walter,  bishop  of  Dur- 
ham, exempted  by  pope  from  jurisdiction 
of,  257n  ;  Matthew  Hutton,  archbishop  of, 
74  ;  John,  bishop  of  Negropont,  suffragan  to 
archbishop  of,  228 ;  churches :  St.  Crux, 
Thomas  Teesdale,  rector  of,  74  ;  church  of 
the  Friars  minor  at,  195 

Yorkshire,  North,  old  deeds  relating  to,  144 ; 
grave  covers,  1 ;  recusants,  76 ;  Richard 
Clervaux,  escheator  of,  231 ;  North  Riding, 
assessors,  &c.,  appointed  in,  268;  North, 
country  meeting  in,  65 

Younge,  Robert,  27 

Yvo,  chaplain  of  Stanwick,  67 


'Zugmantel,  Kastell,'  Germany,  report  on  dis- 
coveries at,  158 

Zannetis,  see  Zennetis 

Zennetis,  Ubertinus  de,  the  king's  clerk,  a 
pluralist,  252n  ;  parson  of  Egglesclifte,  252  ; 
canon  and  prebend  of  Crediton,  252 


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