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HISTORY

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NORTHUMBERLAND

ISSUED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF

THE NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY HISTORY

COMMITTEE

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY ANDREW REID & COMPANY, LIMITED
LONDON
SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT, & COMPANY LIMITED
1897

J.P.GIBSON PHOTO.

PRUSTED IN AUSTRIA.

HEFENFELTH
Supposed site of Saint Oswald's Battle,

A
History of Northumberland
VOLUME IV
HEXHAMSHIRE: Part II
(HEXHAM, WHITLEY CHAPEL, ALLENDALE, and ST. JOHN LEE)
AND
The Parish of Chollerton
The Chapelry of Kirkheaton
The Parish of Thockrington

By JOHN CRAWFORD HODGSON

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY ANDREW REID & COMPANY, LIMITED
LONDON
SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT, & COMPANY, LIMITED
1897

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE
ANDREW REID & COMPANY, LIMITED, PRINTING COURT BUILDINGS

PREFACE.
The formation of the Northumberland County History Committee and
its object have been so fully explained in the prefaces to preceding volumes
that it is only necessary to state here why the parishes dealt with in the
following pages were selected for treatment, and to discharge the grateful
duty of recording the names of those without whose help it would have been
impossible to accomplish what has been done.
The preceding volume, edited by Mr. A. B. Hinds, in addition to an
account of the origin and general history of the regality, contained a
detailed history of the priory, the church, and the town of Hexham. The
present volume relates the history of the rural townships of Hexham and of
the chapelries which are component parts of Hexhamshire. Their position
in relation to one another and to the town of Hexham will be best understood
by a reference to the accompanying map. To this wide district has been
added the parish of Chollerton, whose rectory was one of the most valuable
possessions of the prior and convent ; the chapelry of Kirkheaton, another
possession of the convent ; and the parish of Thockrington, whose ecclesi
astical status as a prebend in the church of York made it desirable that it
should be associated with the archbishop of York's peculiar jurisdiction of
Hexhamshire. By the death of the Rev. James Raine the Committee have lost one
of their most valued members. Had it not been for the two volumes on
Hexham priory edited by him for the Surtees Society, it would not have
been possible, without much additional labour, to have given a full account
of the convent of Hexham and of its numerous estates. With the greatest
generosity Dr. Raine freely placed at the disposal of the Committee numer
ous notes, abstracts, and transcripts of documents, including a large series
pf wills, the result of many years research amongst the records at York,

VI PREFACE.
The Editor has to acknowledge the assistance he has received in every
way from the Rev. William Greenwell and Mr. Cadwallader J. Bates.
To the former is due the description of the battle of Hefenfelth, and to
the latter the elucidation of the tangled history of the early Swinburnes
at Chollerton, West Swinburn, and East Swinburn. Mr. Bates has also
written the account of the tower of Ninebanks, and has rewritten what
he said in Border Holds of the family of De Insula of Chipchase.
The section dealing with the Roman Wall is by Dr. Thomas Hodgkin,
and that on Watling Street by Mr. R. Oliver Heslop.
The Committee have again to express their obligation to Mr. Edmund
Garwood, who has described the geological features of the parishes of
Chollerton, Kirkheaton, and Thockrington. They are indebted to Mr.
Sheriton Holmes for a revision and extension of what he had originally
written in Archceologia y^liana upon the Roman bridge at Chollerford.
To Mr. W. H. Knowles they are under peculiar obligations, for not only
has he written the architectural descriptions of Cocklaw tower, Chipchase
castle, and Chollerton and Thockrington churches, but he has expended
much labour in the preparation of the excellent drawings by which he has
illustrated the details of these buildings. Mr. Arthur Plummer has also
given the ground plan of Birtley church, and particulars of the building
as it existed before it was restored by him.
The Committee are indebted to Mr. G. G. Baker Cresswell for tran
scripts of the Subsidy Rolls of 1296 and 1336, from the originals in the
Record Office.
Of the numerous plates contained in the volume, some have been pre
sented by the owners of the places represented, and some by others. The
Committee desire to express their thanks to Miss Allgood for the plate
of the old chapel of St. John Lee, reproduced from a drawing made by
her mother, the late Mrs. Allgood ; to Mr. W. C. B. Beaumont, lord of
the manor of Hexham, for a contribution towards the cost of illustrating
the work J to Captain Cuthbert for the plate of Beaufront; to Mr. J, C,

PREFACE. Vll

Straker for the plate of Stagshaw chapel ; to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Taylor
for the plates and blocks which accompany the account of Chipchase ;
to Messrs. T. & G. Allan of Newcastle for the use of the copper plates
from which blocks of Chollerton and Kirkheaton churches have been
prepared, and to Messrs. Andrew Reid & Co., Ltd., for Carmichael's
view of the old house at Beaufront. They are indebted to the Society of
Antiquaries of Newcastle and to Professor Lebour for some blocks, and
to Mr. Scott Bertram for some drawings. The photogravure engravings
and other illustrations have been prepared from photographs taken by
Mr. J. P. Gibson, whose help the Committee desire to acknowledge in
the fullest manner.
The following landowners have permitted very free use to be made of
their muniments of title : The Duke of Northumberland, the Dean and
Chapter of Durham, Sir Edward Blackett, Sir John Haggerston, Captain
Atkinson, Mr. W. C. B. Beaumont, Mr. A. J. Blackett-Ord, Mr. Harold
Cuthbert, Mr. J. B. Clayton, Mr. C. J. F. Fawcett, Miss Hedley,
Mr. H. T. Morton, Miss Murray, Mr. J. G. Riddell, Mr. Thomas Sample,
Mr. J. C. Straker, Mr. Jos. H. Straker, and Mr. Thomas Taylor.
The Clerk of the Peace for Northumberland, Messrs. Clayton & Gibson
as representing the trustees of the Errington estates, Messrs. Dees &
Thompson and Messrs. R. & W. & J. Gibson representing Mr. Beaumont,
Messrs. Leadbitter & Harvey, Messrs. Stanton & Atkinson, Mr. Robt. G.
Bolam of Berwick, Mr. W. Bolam of Newcastle, Mr. T. J. Armstrong,
Messrs. Cooper & Goodger, Mr. Thomas Rowell, and Mr. L. C. Lockhart,
have given access to documents, surveys, and deeds in their possession.
To Mr. L. C. Lockhart, Mr. Thos. Bosworth, Mr. Wm. Brown of
ArnclifFe, Mr. Thomas Taylor, Dr. Arnison, Mr. Geo. Dickinson, Mr. J. P.
Gibson, and Mr. R. C. Hedley, who have read either the whole or some
part of the proofs, the Editor desires to express his personal obligation, not
only for the detection of clerical errors, but for the many valuable emenda
tions and notes they have supplied.

Vlll PREFACE.

The following clergy, incumbents of benefices, etc., have permitted free
access to the registers and parochial records in their official custody : the
Rev. H. A. Betteson of Kirkheaton, the late Rev. C. Bird of Chollerton,
the Rev. P. T. Lee of Birtley, the Rev. R. E. Mason of Allendale, the
Rev. R. Nenci of Great Swinburn, the Rev. F. Pickup of Ninebanks, the
Rev. F. Richardson of Corbridge, the Rev. W. Sisson of Slaley, and the
Rev. C. P. Sherman of St. John Lee.
For full and ready help rendered in constructing the pedigrees, the
Editor is indebted to Mr. H. F. Burke (Somerset Herald), the Rev. E. H.
Adamson, the Rev. Cuthbert Adamson, Mr. H. A. Adamson, Mr. Lawrence
Adamson, the Rev. Johnson Baily, the Rev. Matthew Forster, Mr.
J. T. Howe of the Probate Court in Durham, Mr. Jos. A. Philipson,
Mr. J. G. Riddell, Mrs. George Dalston Shafto, and Mr. Carrick Watson.

CONTENTS.
PAGE.
Preface ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... v
List of Illustrations . . ... ... ... ... ... xi
Addenda et Corrigenda ... ... ... ... ... ... ... xii
Lists of Committee, Guarantors, Donors, and Subscribers... ... xiii
HEXHAM PARISH.
East and West Commons and Hexham Township ... ... ... i
The West Quarter ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 8
Whitley Chapel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 25
The Low Quarter ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 31
The Middle Quarter ... ... ... ... ¦•¦ ... ... 48
The High Quarter ... ... ¦•¦ ¦¦¦ ¦•. •¦• 64
Hexham and Allendale Commons ... ... ... ¦•¦ •¦¦ 71
¦ ALLENDALE PARISH.
Allendale Parish ... ... ... ... .-• ¦¦• ••¦ 74
Allendale Church ... ... •¦ ¦•• ¦• ¦•¦ ¦¦¦ 77
Allendale Town Grieveship ... ... ... ... ••• •¦¦ 88
Catton and Broadside Grieveship ... ... ... •¦. ¦¦¦ 93
Keenley Grieveship ... ... ... ... •¦¦ ¦¦¦ ••• 96
The Park Grieveship ... ... ... ... •¦ ... ... 98
High and Low Forest Grieveships ... ... ... ... 98
West Allendale ... ... ••• ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ •¦• •¦• ••• 109
Ninebanks Tower ... ... ... ¦¦• ••¦ •¦• ••¦ m
West Allen Grieveship ... ... ••• •¦¦ ¦•¦ ••• ¦•¦ "5
THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
The Parish of St. John Lee ... ... ... ... •¦ ••¦ 125
The Church of St. John Lee ... ... ... ¦¦¦ •¦• •¦¦ 127
Acomb Township ... ... ... ... ••• ¦•• ••¦ '35
Anick and Anick Grange Townships ... ... ... ¦¦. ••• 149
Fallowfield Township ... ... ... •¦• •¦• ••• i55
The Roman Wall... ... ... ... ••• •¦• ••• ¦•¦ 160
Wall Township ... •¦• •¦¦ ¦•¦ ¦ ¦ ••• ¦•• i^o
The Roman Bridge ... ••• ¦¦¦ ••• ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦•¦ 164
Cocklaw Township ... ... ••. ••¦ •¦¦ ••¦ ••¦ i75
The Battle of Hefenfelth ... ¦•• ••• ••• ¦¦• ••• 176
Cocklaw Tower ... •¦• ¦¦¦ ¦¦• •¦• ••• ¦•• '80
Sandhoe Township ..- ••• ¦•• ••• ¦•• ••¦ ¦•¦ '98
PoRTGATE Township... ... •.. ¦¦• ••• ••• ••• ^ii
Vol. iv, ^

Watling Street
Bingfield Township
Hallington Township

CONTENTS.

PAGE. 214 220238

CHOLLERTON PARISH.
Chollerton Parish
Geology of Chollerton, Kirkheaton and Thockrington Parishes
Chollerton Township
Chollerton Church ...
Swinburn and Colwell Township
West (or Great) Swinburn ...
Swinburn Castle ...
Colwell
Tone and Cowden
Whiteside Law Township
East (or Little) Swinburn Township
Little Swinburn Tower
Barrasford Township
gunnerton township...
Chipchase Township
Chipchase Tower
Birtley Township
Birtley Church
Buteland and Broomhope Townships

245 246
253261
272 272
279289 296301302
302 310318329
333 351357
363

Kirkheaton Chapelry
Kirkheaton Chapel

KIRKHEATON CHAPELRY.

376
384

THOCKRINGTON PARISH.

Thockrington Parish
Thockrington Township ...
Thockrington Church
Carrycoats Township
SwEETHOPE Township ...
Little Bavington Township

387387 390
403408 411

APPENDICES.

Appendix I.
Appendix II.
Index ...

426427 431

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAGE.
Hefenfelth ... ... ... ... ... ... ... _. frontispiece
Map ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... I
East Window of Whitley Chapel ... ... ... ... ... ... 25
Linnels Bridge ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. ,2
Inscribed Stone of Linnels Bridge ... ... ... ... ... 33
Windows at Dotland Park ... ... ... ... ... ... 40
The Queen's Cave at Dipton ... ... ... ... ... ... 48
The Old Chapel of Allendale ... ... ... ... ... ... 78
Ninebanks Tower in 1826 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 112
Ninebanks Tower ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 114
The Old Chapel of St. John Lee ... ... ... ... ... ... 130
Grave Cover at St. John Lee ... ... ... ... ... ... 130
Socket of Sanctuary Cross ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 13c
The ' Written Rock ' ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 155
Vallum near Portgate ... ... ... ... ... ... ... i6i
Centurial Stone... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 154
Abutment of Roman Bridge ... ... ... ... ... jgc
Plan of Roman Bridge ... . ... ... ... ... . .. jgg
Details of Roman Bridge ... ... ... ... ... ... jgg
Ancient Grave at Chollerford ... ... ... ... ... ... jgn
View of Cocklaw Tower ... ... ... ... ... ... jgj
Entrance Passage in Cocklaw Tower ... ... ... ... ... jgj
Ground Plan and Elevation of Cocklaw Tower... ... ... ... 182
Interior of Cocklaw Tower, showing coloured plaster work ... ... ... 184
Beaufront {circa 1826) ... ... ... ... ... . jgg
Beaufront (1897) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 206
Stagshaw Chapel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 208
Geological Section at Great Bavington ... ... ... ... ... 249
>i ,1 Gunnerton Crag ... ... ... ... ... 250
„ „ Course of North Tyne at Chipchase ... ... ... 251
» I) V „ Wark ... ... ... ... 252
Ground Plan of Chollerton Church ... ... ... ... ... 262
Fonts at Chollerton ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...263 264
Interior of Chollerton Church
Grave Covers at Chollerton ...
View of Chollerton Church in 1826 ... ... ... ... ... 268
Swinburn Standing Stone ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 273
Seventeenth and eighteenth-century buildings at Swinburn Castle ... ... 282, 283
Remains of Colwell Chapel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 290
Little Swinburn Tower in 1828 ... ... ... ... ... ... 30a

264 265

xu LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
Swinburne Seals
Plan of British Village or Gunner Peak
Hut Circle on Gunner Peak ...
The 'Head-house' of Barrasford ...
Chipchase, East Front
Chipchase Tower
Elevation, Section, and Ground Plans of Chipchase Tower
Porch at Chipchase Castle
Mantelpiece at Chipchase Castle
Querns found near Birtley
Cup-marked Stones found near Birtley
Ground Plan of Birtley Church ...
Chancel Arch of Birtley Church
Pre-Conquest Stone at Birtley
Sketch of Birtley Tower
View of Kirkheaton Chapel in 1828
Manor (or Parsonage) House at Kirkheaton
View of Thockrington Church
Ground Plan of Thockrington Church...
Chancel Arch at Thockrington Church
Grave Covers at Thockrington

PAGE.
, 306, 308312
314316
330332334336 338
352353357
358359 361385
386391 392
393394

ADDENDA ET CORRIGENDA.
Page 176, line 19, /or ' Hefenfeld' read 'Hefenfelth.'
Page 193, line 2^, for 'the Fermor family' read 'the Fermor and Smyth families.'
Page 229, Capper pedigree, for ' Horatio,' daughter and co-heiress of James Slade, read ' Horatia.'
Page 251, line 2,0, for ' tropozoidal ' read 'trapezoidal.'
Page 303, line \2,for 'jam' read 'jamb.'
Page 369. Since the pedigree of Widdrington of Buteland was printed off evidence has been
discovered to prove that Henry Widdrington (whose name stands at the top of
the table) was son of Benjamin and grandson of Sir Ephraim Widdrington.
Page 419, Shafto Pedigree :
(a) For 'William Henry Shafto of Little Bavington, son and heir, succeeded to estate on
death of his uncle, Charles Cuthbert Shafto,' etc., read ' William Henry Shafto
of Little Bavington, living in 1897, succeeded to estate on the death of his father
in 1876; married in 1856 Anne Lee, daughter of Francis Valentine Lee of
Boraston, Salop.'
{b) For 'Evelyne Shafto' read ' Mary Evelyn Shafto.'
(c) For ' Sylvester James Green ' read ' Reginald George Grene, second son of George
Grene of Powerstown, Clonmel, married 14th November, 1879.'

HISTORY OF NORTHUMBERLAND.

Issued under the Direction of the Northumberland County History Committee.

COMMITTEE.

The Earl Percy.
The Bishop of London.
Major-General Sir Wm. Grossman, K.C.M.G.
Sir John Evans, K.C.B., F.R.S.
Watson Askew-Robertson, Esq.
Cadwallader J. Bates, Esq., M.A.
Edward Bateson, Esq., B.A.
Robert Blair, Esq., F.S.A.
C. B. P. Bosanquet, Esq.

F. W. Dendy, Esq.
Rev. Wm. Greenwell, M.A., D.C.L., F.R.S., etc
Richard Oliver Heslop, Esq.
Thomas Hodgkin, Esq., D.C.L.
J. Crawford Hodgson, Esq.
John G. Hodgson, Esq.
Richard Welford, Esq., M.A.
E. G. Wheler, Esq.
H. J. Willyams, Esq.

GUARANTORS.

The Duke of Northumberland.
The Duke of Portland.
The Earl Percy.
Lord Hastings.
Sir Arthur Middleton, Bart, Belsay Castle.
Sir James Joicey, Bart., M.P., Longhirst.
Major-General Sir Wm. Grossman, Cheswick.
Sir James Laing, Kt., Etal Manor.
Mark Archer, Esq., Farnacres.
W. Askew-Robertson, Esq., Pallinsburn.
Cadwallader J. Bates, Esq., Langley Castle.
Major A. H. Browne, Callaly Castle.
The late N. G. Clayton, Esq., Chesters.

The late Rev. J. Collingwood Bruce, LL.D.,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
W. D. Cruddas, Esq., M.P., Haughton Castle.
W. F. Henderson, Esq., Moorfieid, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne.
Thos. Hodgkin, Esq., D.C.L., Bamburgh Keep.
J. G. Hodgson, Esq., Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Edward Joicey, Esq., Blenkinsopp.
William Milburn, Esq., Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
John D. Milburn, Esq., Barnhill.
H. T. Morton, Esq., Twizell House, Belford.
Hugh Taylor, Esq., Finchley, London.
Thomas Taylor, Esq., Chipchase Castle.

DONORS.

The Dean and Chapter of Durham.
R. R. Dees, Esq., Wallsend Hall.
Mrs. Bateson, Oxford and Cambridge Mansions,
London.
J. R. Carr-Ellison, Esq., Hedgeley.

George Dunn, Esq., Woolby Hall, Maidenhead.
R. S. Faber, Esq., lo. Primrose Hill Road,
London.
R. LucKLEY, Esq., Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Charles Romanes, Esq., Morningside, Edinburgh.

SUBSCRIBERS.

Adams, W. E., 32, Holly Avenue, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Adamson, H. A., 29, Percy Gardens, Tynemouth.
Adamson, L. W., Eglingham Hall.
Adamson, Reverend C. E., Westoe Vicarage, South Shields.
Adamson, Reverend E. H., St. Alban's Vicarage, Felling.
Affleck, Robert, Bloomfield, Durham Road, Gateshead.
Alecock, H. W., Eden House, Gosforth.
Allan, George, 18, Blackett Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Allan, Thomas, 18, Blackett Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Allen, Edward G., 28, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London.
Allhusen, Mrs., Beadnell Tower.
Allison, Col. J. J., C.B., Beaufort, Roker, Sunderland.
Allison, W., Benton Cottage, Long Benton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Alnwick Reading Room (J. G. Hicks, Librarian), Alnwick.
Ames-Hind, T. H., Coombefishacre House, Newton Abbot.
Ames, Louis E., Linden.
Amherst of Hackney, Lord, Didlington Hall, Brandon, Norfolk.
Anderson, Charles, 3, East Parade, Whitley.
Andrews & Co., Durham.
Angus, William, Limecroft, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Anthony, James, Percy Park, Tynemouth.
Antiquaries, Society of, London,
Antiquaries, Society of, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Archbold, Executors of the late Richard, Bondgate Villa, Alnwick.
Archer, Mark, Farnacres, Ravensworth.
Argyll, The Duke of, Inverary Castle, Argyleshire.
Armstrong, George, The Elms, Gosforth.
Armstrong, Thomas J., 14, Hawthorn Terrace, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Armstrong, W. A., 23, Victoria Terrace, South Shields.
Armstrong, W. J., South Park, Hexham.
Arnison, Executors of the late G. N., 5, Tavistock Place, Sunderland.
Arnison, George, Allendale.
Arnison, W. C, M.D., 4, Fenham Terrace, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Arnison, W. D., M.D., 31, Oxford Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Asher, A., & Co., Berlin.
Asher & Co., Covent Garden, London.
Askew-Robertson, Watson, Pallinsburn.
Astor Library, New York, U.S.A.
Atkinson, C., Wylam.
Atkinson, Capt. T. H. H., Angerton Hall.
Atkinson, T. Henry, Stroma, Monkseaton.
Atkinson-Clark, G. D., Belford Hall.

SUBSCRIBERS. XV
B.
Bailey, G. H., 43, Queen Anne Street, Cavendish Square, London.
Baily, Reverend Canon Johnson, Ryton Rectory.
Balliol College Library, Oxford.
Barlow, Joseph, Northumberland Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Barnes, Mrs., Whitburn.
Barnett, Edward G., Halton Castle.
Barnett, Mrs., Bywell House.
Barnicott & Pearce, Athenaeum Press, Taunton.
Bartlett, J. M., 2, Benwell View, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Bates, Cadwallader J., Langley Castle.
Bates, Capt. Loftus, Moor House Hall, near Warwick, Cumberland.
Bateson, Edward, Cheswick Mall, London.
Bateson, Miss Mary, 74, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge.
Bateson, Mrs. A., 12, Oxford and Cambridge Mansions, London.
Battersea Public Library (per Lawrence Inkster, Librarian), London.
Baumgartner, J. R., M.R.C.S., 10, Eldon Square, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Beaufoy, Mark, 87, South Lambeth Road, London.
Beaumont, W. C. B., M.P., Bywell Hall.
Belk, S. Herbert, Seaton Carew.
Bell, Henry Oswin, 13, Northumberland Terrace, Tynemouth.
Bell, Sir I. Lowthian, Bart., Rounton Grange, Northallerton.
Benson, Executor of the late W. R., Hexham.
Benson, W. J., Allerwash, Fourstones.
Bertram, J. S., Eskdale Terrace, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Bethell, WilHam, Rise Park, Hull.
Bible and Tract Depot, 35, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Bigge, Edward E., Gun Lodge, Kneb worth, Stevenage, Herts.
Bird, H. S., 50, Grey Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Birmingham Library (C. E. Scarce, Librarian), Birmingham.
Blackett, Sir Edward W., Bart., Matfen Hall.
Blackett-Ord, Andrew J., Whitfield Hall.
Blackwell, B. H., 50, Broad Street, Oxford.
Blair, Robert, F.S.A., Harton Lodge, South Shields.
Blindell, W. A., Humshaugh.
Blumer, G. Alder, M.D., State Hospital, Utica, N.Y., U.S.A.
BIyth Mechanics' Institute (per W. R. Nicholson, Librarian), Blyth.
Bolam, R. G., Berwick-on-Tweed.
Bools, WiUiam Edward, 7, Cornhill, London.
Booth, John, Shotley Bridge.
Bosanquet, C. B. P., Rock.
Boston, Athenseum, Boston, Mass., U.S.A.
Boston, Public Library of the City of, Mass., U.S.A.
Bowden, Thomas, 42, Mosley Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Bowdon College Library, U.S.A.

XVI SUBSCRIBERS. ,
Bowes-Lyon, Honourable F., Ridley HaU, Bardon Mill.
Bowes-Wilson, T., Enterpen, Hutton Rudby, Yarm.
Boyd, Executors of the late George Fenwick, Moorhouse, Fencehouses.
Boyd, H. F., ii. King's Bench Walk, London.
Boyd, William, North House, Longbenton.
Boynton, Thomas, Norman House, Bridlington Quay.
Brady, G. S., M.D., Mowbray Villa, Sunderland.
Braithwaite, W., Bank of England, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Brewis, John, Edinburgh.
Brown, Mrs. A. W., c/o J. S. Carleton, Esq., Manor House, Newham-on-Severn.
Brown, R. W.
Brown, Ralph, Benwell Grange.
Brown, Robert, Little Houghton.
Brown, William, Arncliff Hall, Yorkshire.
Browne, A. H., Callaly Castle.
'Browne & Browne, 103, Grey Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Browne, Capt. C. E., Brunton, Chathill.
Browne, Miss, c/o Capt. C. E. Browne, Brunton, Chathill.
Browne, Mrs. Alex., Doxford Hall.
Browne, Sir B. C, Westacres, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Bruce, Sir Gainsford, Yewhurst, Bromley, Kent.
Brumell, Dr. A., Morpeth.
Brumell, Francis, Morpeth.
Brumell, George, Morpeth.
Bulkeley, Reverend H. J., Morpeth Rectory.
Bumpus, J. & E., Limited, Holborn Bars, London.
Burdon, A. E., Hartford House.
Burdon, John G., Enfield, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Burdon, Richard, Heddon House, Wylam-on-Tyne.
Burdon, Rowland, Castle Eden.
Burdon-Sanderson, James, Spindleston.
Burdon-Sanderson, Richard, Waren House, Belford.
Burman, C. Clark, 12, Bondgate Without, Alnwick.
Burnaby, General, Southampton.
Burnett, Miss Eleanor, Hove, Sussex.
Burton, W. S., ig, Claremont Park, Gateshead.
Butler, G. G., Ewart Park.
Butterworth, H., & Co., Law Publishers, 7, Fleet Street, London.

Cackett, J. T., 24, Grainger Street West, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Caldcleugh, John, 4, Church Street, Durham.
Carlisle, Earl of, Naworth Castle.
Carlisle Free Library, TuUie House, Carlisle.

SUBSCRIBERS. XVU

CaiT, Cuthbert E., Low Hedgeley, Glanton.
Carr, Executors of the late Colonel R. E.
Carr, Frederick R., Lympstone, Exeter.
Carr, Reverend Canon H. B., Exmouth.
Carr, Sidney Story, Percy Gardens, Tynemouth.
Carr, R. Storer, 30, Victoria Square, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Carr, Reverend T. W., Barming Rectory, East Farleigh, Kent.
Carr, Reverend W. C, The Grange, Jarrow.
Carr-EUison, Captain J. R., Hedgeley.
Carse, John Thomas, Amble.
Cary-Batten, H., Abbots Leigh, near Bristol.
Carysfort, Earl of, Elton Hall, Peterborough.
Chadwyck-Healey, C. E. H., Q.C., 119, Harley Street, London.
Chapman, Hedley, 147, Park Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Chapman, John, Ealesfield House, Corbridge.
Charlewood, H. C, 42, Grainger Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Charlton, Executors of the late W. Oswald, Hesleyside.
Charlton, Oswin J., Cains College, Cambridge.
Charlton, W. L, Chepstow, Monmouthshire.
Chetham Library, Manchester.
Chichester, The Bishop of, Chichester.
Chrisp, L. C, Hawkhill.
Christ Church Library (per J. Parker & Co.), Oxford.
Church, W. S., M.D., Woodside, Hatfield, Hertfordshire.
Clark, G. P., Talygarn, Llantrisant, County Clare.
Clark, John, 16, Lombard Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Clark, Nathaniel, Beamish Park.
Clayton, Executors of the late N. G., Chesters.
Clements, H. J. B., Killadoon, Cellridge, County Kildare.
Clephan, R. Coltman, Southdene Tower, Saltwell, Gateshead.
Clutterbuck, Thomas, Warkworth.
Cock, Alfred.
Cockerill, S. P., 35, Phillimore Gardens, Kensington, London.
Coltman, Frances J., 9, Atherston Terrace, South Kensington.
Coltman, James, Woodbine Villa, Heaton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Columbia University Library, New York, U.S.A.
Conservative Club, London.
Cooke, H., Benwell Grove, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Cookson, Colonel Fife, Lee Hall.
Cookson, G. J., Garboldisham Manor, Norfolk.
Cookson, John Blencowe, Askham Bryan, York.
Cookson, Norman C, Oakwood, Wylam-upon-Tyne.
Cooper, R. W., Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Corder, Herbert, i, Carlton Terrace, Sunderland.
Corder, James E., Sunderland.
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Corder, Walter S., 4, Rosella Place, North Shields.
Cornell University Library, Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.
Cowen, Executors of the late John A., Blaydon Burn.
Cowen, Joseph, Stella HaU.
Cox, Dr., 10, West View, Bensham.
Cox, W. B., Elmgrove Terrace, Gateshead.
Craig, G. B., Rosehill, Willington-upon-Tyne.
Cranston, Robert, Parkhurst, Upton Road, Watford.
Craster, E. C, Beadnell Hall.
Craster, John, Wellington, Penicuik, Midlothian, N.B.
Craster, R. G., 50, Cannon Street, London, E.G.
Craster, T. W., Craster Tower.
Crawford, Ralph, Collingwood House, Morpeth.
Crawhall, G. E., 38, Eldon Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Crawhall, Miss Josephine, i, Bentinck Villas, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Crawhall, Reverend T. E., Wall-upon-Tyne.
Crawhall, W. J., 7, St. Stephen's Avenue, Bristol.
Creighton, Robert, Morpeth.
Cresswell, G. G. Baker, 87, South Lambeth Road, London.
Cresswell, John, 53, Grosvenor Place, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Cresswell, John, M.D., Rothbury House, Heaton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Cresswell, Miss J. Baker, Preston Tower.
Crewe, Trustees of Lord, Bamburgh.
Crone, Ed. W., KiUingworth.
Cross, William, Dartmouth.
Grossman, Alexander, Cokenach, Royston, Hertfordshire.
Grossman, L. M., Goswick.
Grossman, Major-General Sir W., K.C.M.G., Cheswick House.
Culley, Reverend Matthew, Coupland Castle.
Curie, James, Priorwood, Melrose, N.B.
Cuthbert, Captain Gerald J., Scots Guards.
Cuthbert, Miss, 87, Lansdowne Place, Brighton.
Cruddas, Executors of the late Reverend Canon G., Nether Warden.
Cruddas, W. D., M.P., Haughton Castle. D.
Dale, Tinley, Cleadon Meadows, Cleadon.
Dand, Middleton H., Hauxley Cottage.
Darley, Reverend B., St. Leonards, New TunstaU, Sunderland.
Darlington, The Edward Pease Public Library.
Davidson, John, Belmont House, Haydon Bridge
Davidson, T., 44, Affleck Street, Gateshead.
Davidson, Thomas, 339, High Street, Edinburgh.
Davison, R. S., M.D., Newburn-upon-Tyne.
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De Pledge, Cecil P., Sunderland.
Deighton, BeU & Co., BookseUers, Cambridge.
Delaval (New) Mechanics' Institute, New Delaval.
Dendy, P. W., Eldon House, Jesmond, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Denison, Joseph, 45, Sanderson Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Derby, The Earl of, Knowsley Hall, Lancashire.
Dickinson, John, Park House, Sunderland.
Dickinson, W. B., Healey Hall.
Dixon, D. D., Rothbury.
Dixon, John, 80, Hotspur Street, Heaton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Dixon, J. A., 5, Wellington Street, Gateshead.
Dixon, Reverend Canon R. W., Warkworth Vicarage.
Dixon, William, Whittingham.
Dixon-Brown, Reverend D., Unthank HaU.
Dodd, J. P., I, Newcastle Terrace, Tynemouth.
Dodd, Michael, Tynedale House, Hexham.
Dodd, T. R., Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.
Dodds, G. H., 16, ThornhiU Terrace, Sunderland.
Dodsworth, P. & W., Collingwood Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Donaldson- Selby, G., Camborne House, Bristol.
Donkin, R. S., M.P., Albemarle, Wimbledon Common.
Dowson, John, Thorp Avenue, Morpeth.
Duncan, R., 5, Swan Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Dunn, Archibald, Castle Hill HaU, Wylam-upon-Tyne.
Dunn, George, Woolby HaU, Maidenhead, Berks.
Durham Cathedral Library.
Durham, The Bishop of, Auckland Castle.
Durham University Library. E.
Earnshaw, James, Amble.
Easton, Miss, Nest House, Gateshead.
Edinburgh Public Library.
Edwards, H. S., Byethorne, Corbridge.
Eland, John, 12, New Court, Lincoln's Inn, London.
Elliott, Andrew, 17, Princes Street, Edinburgh.
Ellis, Honble. and Rev. W. C, Bothalhaugh.
Emley, Fred., Ravenshill, Gateshead.
Evans, Sir John, Nash MiUs, Hemel Hempstead.
Ewart, G. R., Kilanea, Kanai, Hawaiian Islands.

Faber, R. S., 10, Primrose HiU Road, London.
Pairbairn, W. A., 33, High West Street, Gateshead-upon-Tyne.
Palkner, J. M., Elswick Works, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Fatherly, J. T., Pilgrim Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

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Fawn, James, & Son, Queen's Road, Bristol.
Fenwick, Arthur, Kirkley Hall.
Fenwick, B., 84, Osborne Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Fenwick, Capt. H. F., 36, Conduit Street, London.
Fenwick, Capt. John, Tudor Lodge, Wimbledon Common.
Fenwick, F., Eshott HaU.
Fenwick, Gerard, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Fenwick, G. A., The Croft, HiUmorton, Rugby.
Fenwick, G. J., Eton Square, London.
Fenwick, G. L., Queen's Park, Chester.
Fenwick, J. C. J., Long Framlington.
Fenwick, J. G., Moorlands, Gosforth.
Fenwick, Mark, Meldon Park.
Fenwick, Mrs. Hugh, Brinkburn Priory.
Fenwick, Walter, The Abbey, Storrington, Sussex.
Ferguson, John, Dene Croft, Jesmond Park East.
Ferguson, John, Duns, N.B.
Finch, Reverend William, The Monks, Chodderley Corbett, Kidderminster.
Finch, Reverend W. R., Chatton Vicarage.
Firth, C. H., Norham Road, Oxford.
Fisher, Mrs. E., Abbotsbury, Newton Abbot, Devon.
Foggin, G. G., Leazes Crescent, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Foley, P., Prestwood, Stourbridge, Worcestershire.
Forster, C. D., 89, Jesmond Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Forster, C. F., 3, Southill, Chester-le-Street.
Forster, G. B., Farnley Hill, Corbridge.
Forster, Mrs. J. Douglas, Lintz Green House.
Forster, J. R., 16, Eslington Terrace, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Forster, Lieut.-Col. J. E., Eastnor, Exmouth.
Forster, Matthew, Bishop Middleham, FerryhiU.
Forster, Reverend Matthew, Hutton Henry, County Durham.
Forster, WiUiam, Houghton HaU, Carlisle.
Foster, A. J., Hindley HaU.
Foster, R., The Quarries, Clifton Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Francis, T. Musgrave, Trinity CoUege, Cambridge.
Francis, WiUiam, 20, Collingwood Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
FrankHn, Reverend Canon, St. Sampson's, Guernsey.
Franklin, W. E., 42, Mosley Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Gateshead Public Library (per H. E. Johnston, Librarian), Gateshead-upon-Tyne.
Gibb, Charles J., M.D., Sandyford Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Gibson, J. P., Fore Street, Hexham.
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Gibson, T. G., Lesbury House.
Gilbert, H. M., 26, Above Bar, Southampton.
Gillespie, James J., 27, Eslington Terrace, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Gillespie, J. R., 112, Manor House Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Gillespie, Thomas, Winton House, Morpeth.
Godman, Mrs., Smeaton Manor, Northallerton.
Gooderham, Rev. A., Chillingham Vicarage.
Goodger, C. W. S., Tynemouth.
Gow, Thomas, West Grange, Cambo.
Grabham, John, Westfield, Gosforth.
Graham, J. C, St. Thomas' Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Grainger, H. Liddell, Ayton Castle, Berwickshire.
Grey, Earl, Howick.
Grey, Sir Edward, Bart, M.P., p-alloden.
Grey, George, Millfield.
Grey, John, Broomhill, Acklington.
Grey, Miss E. C. B., Styford HaU.
Green, R. Y., 11, Lovaine Crescent, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Green, Reverend Charles, Howick Rectory.
Green, Thomas, Wayneriggs, Humshaugh.
Greenwell, G. C, Duffield, near Derby.
Greenwell, Judge F. J., Greenwell Ford, County Durham.
GreenweU, Reverend WiUiam, Durham.
Gregory, John V., 10, Framlington Place, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Grieve, James Elliott, 26, Hill Street, Jarrow.
Guildhall Library (per Charles Welch, Librarian), London.
Gurney, Rev. H. P., Roseworth, Gosforth. H.
Haggerston, E. C, EUingham HaU.
Hall, James, Dilston Castle.
HaU, W. T., Troughend, Woodburn.
Hamilton, The Ven. Archdeacon G. W. Hans, D.D., The CoUege, Durham.
Hamilton, H. B. Hans, i. Brick Court, Temple, London.
Harding, William, HoUyhurst, Darlington.
Hargraves, W. S., Elm House, South Gosforth.
Harrison, John, High Willington-upon-Tyne.
Harrison & Sons, 59, Pall Mall, London.
Harvard University Library, U.S.A.
Harvey, H. C, Fern Dene, Ryton.
Hassell, G. C, 13, Percy Gardens, Tynemouth.
Hastings, Lord, Seaton Delaval.
HasweU, George H., Handsworth, Birmingham.
Hawkesbury, Lord, 2, Carlton House Terrace, London.
Haworth, Reverend J., St. Hild's CoUege, Durham.

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Hebeler, F. P., 13, Waterloo Crescent, Dover.
Hedley, E. A., 8, Osborne VUlas, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Hedley, Miss M. A., Sunniside, Hexham.
Hedley, R. Cecil, Cheviott, Corbridge.
Henderson, C. W. C, The Riding, Hexham.
Henderson, G. E., 16, Framlington Place, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Henderson, W. F., Moorfieid, Claremont, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
HenzeU, Charles W., 6, Northumberland Terrace, Tynemouth.
Heslop, R. Oliver, 16, Eskdale Terrace, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Heywood, John, Deansgate, Manchester.
Hill, James L., Bulford Manor, Amesbury, WUtshire.
Hills & Co., 6, Fawcett Street, Sunderland.
Himsworth, Henry, Broomhouse, Beal.
Hindmarsh, W. T., Alnbank, Alnwick.
Hinds, H., Queen Street, Ramsgate, Kent
Hoare, R. G., Jesmond Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Hodgkin, Thos., D.C.L., The Keep, Bamburgh.
Hodgson, J. Crawford, Warkworth.
Hodgson, J. G., Northern Counties Club, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Hodgson, Miss Anne, Warkworth.
Hodgson, William, Elmcroft, Darlington.
Holmes, Sheriton, Moor View House, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Holmes, William Henry, Wellburn, Jesmond, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Home, Earl of. The Hirsel, Coldstream.
Hopper, Charles, Monk-End Terrace, Croft.
Horsley, Victor, 25, Cavendish Square, London.
Howe, John James, Sherburn Road, Durham.
Huggup, Miss Mary, Ulgham Vicarage.
Huggup, Miss Sarah D., Hauxley Cottage.
Hughes, G. P., Middleton HaU, Wooler.
Hughes of Kimnel, H. R., Kimnel Park, Abergele, North Wales.
Hull Subscription Library (per A. Milner, Librarian), HuU.
Humble, George, Elswick Grange, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Humble, William Joicey, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Hume, Mrs., 4, Ellison Place, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Hunter, Edward, 8, Wentworth Place, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Hunter, Fred C, 75, Portland Place, London.
Hunter, John, Bondgate Without, Alnwick.
Hunter, W. S., Aldwark Manor, Easingwold, Yorkshire.
Hutton, T. G., 3, The Cedars, Sunderland.
Hylton-Foster, H., Tolsworth Hall, Surrey. I.
I 'Anson, W. A., Denton Hall.
Inner Temple Library, London.
Irving, John A., DUston, Corbridge.
Irwin, Charles, Osborne House, Tynemouth.

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Jefferson, Thomas, Free Trade Wharf, Ratcliff, London.
Jobling, Henry, Morpeth.
Johnson, John Robson, Slate Hall, North Sunderland.
Johnson, Reverend A., Healey Vicarage.
Johnson, Reverend John, Hutton Rudby Vicarage, Yarm-on-Tees.
Johnston, G. P., 33, George Street, Edinburgh.
Johnston, W. H., Edinburgh.
Joicey, Edward, Blenldnsopp Hall.
Joicey, Sir James, Bart, M.P., Longhirst Hall.
Joicey, J., Sunningdale Park, Berks.
Joicey, Mrs. E. E., Whinney House, Gateshead-upon-Tyne.
Jones & Evans, 77, Queen Street, London. K.
Kensington, South, Museum (per T. Saltmarsh, Librarian), London.
Kerr, Reverend W. H., Biddlestone, Rothbury.
King, Reverend J. R., Oxford.
King, W. Hartley, Wychbury, Stourbridge.
King's College Library, Cambridge.
Knowles, W. H., Wyncote, East Jesmond, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
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Laing, C. C, 7, Queen's Gate, London.
Laing, James, Etal Manor-house.
Lamb, Executors of the late Richard, Old Lodge, Salisbury.
Lamb, John, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Lamb, W. R., Goldsboro Hall, Knaresborough.
Lambton, Honourable F. W., Fenton.
Lambton, R. E., Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Laws, C. M., South Parade, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
L'awson, Thomas, 1, St. Mary's Terrace, Barras Bridge, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Laycock, J. F., Wiseton, Bawtry.
Leadbitter, Executors of the late Edward, The Spital, Hexham.
Leather, S. F. T., Middleton HaU, Belford.
Leather-CuUey, Arthur H., Fowberry Tower.
Lebour, Prof. G. A., Radcliffe House, Corbridge.
Leyland, C. J., Haggerston Castle.
Liddell, Charles, Sandhoe High House.
Liddell, John, BenweU Hall.
Liddell, Matthew, Cheeseburn Grange.
Lincoln's Inn, The Honourable Society of, London.
Lisle, James, Cambrian House, Park Road, Kimberley, South Africa.
Literary and Philosophical Soe. (per H. Richardson, Librarian), Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Liverpool Free Library (per P. Cowell, Librarian), Liverpool.

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Logan, W., Langley Park, Durham.
London Library (per R. Harrison, Librarian), 14, St. James' Square, London.
London, The Bishop of, Fulham Palace.
Long, Reverend Canon H. F., The Glebe, Bamburgh.
Long, Reverend F., Bamburgh.
Lord, RUey, Highfield HaU, Gosforth.
Lowe, Reverend Canon, Haltwhistle.
Lovaine, Sir Lambton, Bart, Markyate CeU, near Dunstable.
Luckley, R., 9, Nesham Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. M.
MacCabe, Mrs. Charles, Prestonholm, Bonnyrigg, Midlothian.
Macdonald, A. E., Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Mackay, J. & J. S., Herald Office, Morpeth.
Mackey, Matthew, LUy Avenue, Jesmond.
Mackey, Matthew, Jun., Milton Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Macmillan & Bowes, BookseUers, Cambridge.
Main, Alex. J., M.D., Bondgate, Alnwick.
Manchester Free Library (per C. W. Sutton, Librarian), Manchester.
Marjoribanks, Dudley S., The Cedars, Gosforth.
Martin, The Ven. Archdeacon H. J., Eglingham Vicarage.
Marshall, Col. Anthony, Annstead, Chathill. ¦
Marshall, Frank, Claremont House, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Marshall, F. C. R., Crookfar, Newton Mearns, Renfrew.
Marshall, R. Dykes, Castlerigg Manor, Keswick.
Marshall, Thomas, Gateshead-upon-Tyne.
Mason, F. W., Bookseller, Hartlepool.
Mason, Rev. Canon J. M., Whitfield Rectory.
Mather, Philip E., St. George's Terrace, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Matheson, Thomas, 35, Oldgate, Morpeth.
Mathwin, G., Crookhill, Blaydon.
Matthews, R. F., Harehope HaU.
Matthieson, F. C, Hampstead Heath.
Maudlen, J. C, ig, Osborne Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Maudlen, Wm., 7, Salter's Road, Gosforth.
Maughan, Reverend C. C, Prudhoe Vicarage.
Mawson, Swan, & Morgan, Grey Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
McDowaU, Dr., Morpeth.
Medd, Mrs., Crofts, Haslemere, Surrey.
MelviUe, Viscount, MelviUe Castle.
Mercantile Library, New York, U.S.A.
Messent, F. E., Tynemouth.
Middle Temple, The Honourable Society of the (per J. Hutchinson, Librarian).
Middlemas, R., Alnwick.
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Middleton, Henry N., Dissington HaU.
Middleton, Sir A. E., Bart., Belsay Castle.
Milburn, Joseph, Highfield, Marlborough, Wilts.
Milburn, J. D., BarnhUl, Acldington.
MUburn, Wm., 6, Fenham Terrace, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Miller, A. L., 8, Ravensdowne, Berwick.
Milvain, Thomas, East Bolton, Alnwick.
Mitcalfe, J. S., Percy Park, Tynemouth.
Mitchell, Charles, Jesmond Towers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Moffatt, WiUiam, 7, Queen's Gardens, Aberdeen.
Moore, Charles E., 21, Bondgate Within, Alnwick.
Moore, Rev. D., Alnmouth Vicarage.
Morpeth Mechanics' Institute, Morpeth.
Morrison, J. G., 15, Haldane Terrace, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Morrison, Samuel A., 27, Percy Gardens, Tynemouth.
Mortimer, R. G., Hay Carr, near Lancaster.
Morton, H. T., Twizell House, Belf^ord.
Motum, HiU, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. _
Mowbray, Sir John R., Bart., M.P., Warrenes Wood, Mortimer, Berks.
Mulcaster, Mrs. A. M. I., Benwell Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Mulcaster, W. V., Benwell Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Murray, William, M.D., Swinburne Castle.
Murray-Aynsley, Admiral, Hall Court, Botley, Hants.
Muschamp, Mrs. Anna J., Berrington House, near Beal.
Muschamp, W. H., 26, Ovington Square, London.
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Nesbitt, T. T., 12, The Grove, Sunderland.
New University Club Library, London.
New York State Library, Albany, N.Y., U.S.A.
Newall, Mrs. Ferndene, Gateshead.
Newbigen, James L., Greenbat House, Alnwick.
Newcastle Public Library (per Basil Anderton, Librarian).
Newcastle Chapter Library.
Newton, Edward, 25, Grainger Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Newton, Robert, Brookfield, Gosforth.
Nevin, John, Littlemoor, Mirfield, Yorks.
Nevinson, B. G., 3, Tedworth Square, Chelsea, London.
Nicholson, G., 6, Barrington Street, South Shields.
Noble, Sir Andrew, K.C.B., Jesmond Dene House, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Noble, J. H. B., Jesmond Dene House, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
North Eastern Railway Literary Institute, Gateshead.
Northbourne, Lord, 6, Whitehall Gardens, London.
Northumberland, Duke of, Alnwick Castle.
Northumberland, Eleanor, Duchess of, Stanwick Park, Yorkshire.
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Ogle, B. SavUe, Steeple Aston, Oxford.
Ogle, Newton C, Kirkley Hall.
Oliver, Professor Daniel, Kew.
Orde, Captain H. P. S., Shoreston Hall.
Orde, Edwin L., 115, Osborne Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Orde, John E., 11, Bridge Street, Morpeth.
Orde, Mrs., Orde House, Morpeth.
Orde, William, Nunnykirk.
Ormond, R., 24, Grainger Street West, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Oxford and Cambridge Club, London. P.
Park, A. D., Percy Park, Tynemouth.
Park, F., 52, Collingwood Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Parker, Miss Ethel A., The Elms, Gosforth.
Parsons, Honourable C. A., Holeyn Hall.
Pattinson, John, Shipcote House, Gateshead-upon-Tyne.
Patterson, William, 4, Collingwood Terrace, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Paulin, G. L., Leeside, Berwick.
Peabody Institute, Baltimore, U.S.A.
Peacock, James, 47, West Sunniside, Sunderland.
Pease, A., 71, Westgate Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Pease, Howard, Arcot HaU.
Pease, J. B., Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Pease, John W., Pendower, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Pease, Mrs. Edwin, Mowden, Darlington.
Penny, Edward L., D.D., Corzton, Pentillie Road, Plymouth.
Percy, Charles, Alnwick.
Percy, Earl, Alnwick Castle.
Percival, Cecil H. S., Longwitton Hall.
Perry, Reverend J. M., St. Paul's Vicarage, Alnwick.
Peters, J. A., 12, Jesmond Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Phillips, Maberley, F.S.A., 29, Grafton Road, Whitley.
Philipson, G. H., M.D., 7, Eldon Square, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Philipson, Joseph A., 4, Jesmond High Terrace, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Plummer, A. B., Prior's Terrace, Tynemouth.
Porteous, James, Coldstream.
Portland, Duke of, Bothal Castle.
Potts, J., Stanbeck, Workington.
Potts, Joseph, 13, Windsor Terrace, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Procter, Henry, 105, Osborne Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Pumphrey, Thomas, 6, SummerhiU Grove, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Purdie, G. R., Gordon House, Granville Road, St. Albans.
Purvis, Robert, Jun., 63, King Street, South Shields.
Pybus, W. Mark, 85, Osborne Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne,

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Quaritch, Bernard, 15, Piccadilly, London.
Queen's CoUege Library (per E. M. Walker, Librarian), Oxford.
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Ravensworth, Earl of, Ravensworth Castle.
Rayne, Charles G., High House, Morpeth.
ReaveU, G., Baileygate, Alnwick.
Reavelly, T., Kinnersley Castle, Letton, Herefordshire.
Redmayne, R. N., Woodside, Saltwell Lane, Gateshead-upon-Tyne.
Redpath, Robert, Daily Journal Office, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Reed, Colonel C. J., Dringthorpe, Yorks.
Reed, Matthew, Monkseaton.
Reed, Miss A. E., Old Town, Woodburn.
Reed, Reverend G., KiUingworth Vicarage.
Reform Club Library (per C. W. Vincent, Librarian), Pall Mall, London.
Reid, Andrew, & Co., Limited, Printing Court Buildings, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Reid, C. L. S., Claremont Terrace, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Reid, E. O., 15, North Terrace, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Reid, G., Leazes House, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Reid, Sidney, 12, Claremont Place, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Reid, W. B., Cross House, Upper Claremont, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Rewcastle, Cuthbert, 5, Brandling Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Rich, Frank W., Eldon Square, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Richardson, David, The Gables, Elswick Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Richardson, Herbert J., 7, Windsor Terrace, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Richardson, Miss C, The Quarries, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Richardson, Miss Sarah A., Maidencross, Hexham.
Richardson, Mrs. A. A., South Ashfield, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Richardson, Wigham, Wingrove House, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Richmond, Reverend G. E., Vicar of Bywell St. Andrew's.
RiddeU, J. G., FeUon Park.
Riddell, Sir John, Bart., Hepple.
Riddle, Charles, Bournemouth.
Riddle, W. R., Burncroft, Hexham.
Ridley, Edward, 48, Lennox Gardens, London.
Ridley, John M., Walwick HaU.
Ridley, J. P., Bank House, Rothbury.
Ridley, J. T., Bank, Hartlepool.
Ridley, Sir Matthew White, Bart., M.P., Blagdon.
Ridley, T. D., Coatham, Redcar.
Ridout, A. G., Condercum, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Ritson, U. A., Jesmond Gardens, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Robertson, Edward C, Otterburn.
Robertson, James, Dunard, Dowanhill Gardens, Glasgow.

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Robinson, John, 7, Choppington Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Robinson, J. F., Burnopfield.
Robinson, Mrs., Kirkby MaUory Hall, Hinckley, Leicestershire.
Robinson, W. H., Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Robinson, W. H., 20, Osborne Avenue, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Robson, Alfred.
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A
History of Northumberland.

HEXHAM PARISH

EAST AND WEST COMMONS.
T^HOUGH the limits of the regality of Hexham^ have already been laid
down in the previous volume,^ a brief recapitulation may fitly preface the
present chapter. Its constituent parts are as follows : the present parish of
Hexham, as distinguished from the ancient and larger one, comprising the
borough and township of Hexham, with the West Quarter ; the parochial
chapelry of Whitley, containing the Low, the Middle, and the High Quarters
of Hexhamshire ; the parochial chapelry or parish of Allendale, with its
seven grieveships of Allendale Town, Catton and Broadside, Forest (High
and Low), Keenley, Park, and West Allen ; and the parochial chapelry or
parish of St. John Lee, with its ten townships of Acomb, Anick, Anick
Grange, Bingfield, Cocklaw, Fallowfield, Hallington, Portgate, Sandhoe,
and Wall. The last volume was devoted to the general history of the regality, to
the priory, and to the town. The present volume will contain the history
of those rural districts which retain to some extent their ancient dependence
upon the mother church, though some of them are formed into separate
parishes.
' In the regality and manor of Hexham, which includes the whole parish, there are many who hold
their estates by copy of Court Roll, called copyholders ; as often as these are transferred by mortgage or
sale, the seller, in whose possession they are, delivers them to the lord of the manor, or his steward, by
kissing a white rod; after that the bailiff re-delivers them to the buyer or mortgagee by the same
ceremony, paying a small acknowledgment to the lord, Sir Walter Blackett ; but turbary, quarries, and
wood are independent of him. Gentleman's Mag, 1755, pp. 295, 296. '' Vol. iii. p. i.
Vol. IV. I

2 HEXHAM PARISH.
The township of Hexham has an area of 5,135 acres, of which, until
1755, four-fifths remained open and unenclosed. Its northern boundary
marches 'along the wandering ways of Tyne,' but is so narrowly hemmed in
by -that detached portion of the West Quarter, named Coastley, that only a
narrow strip runs up to the junction of the waters of the North and South
Tyne. Some of the farms of the hamlets and farm houses are ancient
holdings, but the greater number are the result of the joining together of
allotments made when the commons were divided. The principal residential
estates are the Beacon, Duke's-house, High Leazes, Okerland, and Sunniside,
and there are also several residences which stand within their own grounds
in the vicinity of the town.
The East Common and the West Common were divided under an Act
of Parliament,^ obtained in 1752, whose preamble recites that Sir Walter
Blackett was lord of the manor, and that the commissioners of Greenwich
hospital held the estates of Langhope, Hackford, Bagraw, and Coastley.
For the purpose of carrying out the Act, the following were appointed
commissioners : Edward Collingwood of Chirton, George Shafto Delaval of
Bavington, William Boutflower of Apperley, Michael Pearson of Newcastle,
esquires ; John Ord of Newcastle, Samuel Marriot of Morpeth, Hugh Boag
of Ravensworth, William Robson of Wallington, and John Brown of
Whitridge, gentlemen. The commissioners were ordered to make a survey
of the commons ; to allot in one plot contiguous to Yarridge, a full sixteenth
part to the lord of the manor for his consent to the division, and to divide
the remainder amongst the owners of free and copyhold lands and houses,
according to a schedule of their true rental and value, for the year ending
31st December, 1752, that is to say :
As to such persons as are intitled to lands only, or to lands and a house or houses usuaUy farmed or
occupied therewith as a farm house or farm houses, then in proportion to the whole real yearly value or
rent of every such farm consisting of land only or land and a farm house thereunto belonging, and
constituting one farm ; and as to such persons as are intitled to a house or houses, or a cottage or
cottages only, without any lands thereunto belonging, then in proportion to one-half of the real yearly value
or rent of such house or houses, cottage or cottages respectively ; and to such persons as are intitled
both to land and a house or houses, cottage or cottages, now farmed, held, or occupied therewith, but
which hath been either heretofore held or occupied separately and distinctly from such land at separate
and distinct rents, or are or is not taken or deemed to be a farm house or farm houses, then in propor
tion to the whole real yearly value or rent of such land, and in proportion to a moiety of the real yearly
value or rent of such house or houses, cottage or cottages respectively, as the same were in the said year
ending 31st December, 1752.
' An Act for enclosing and dividing certain wastes and commons in the manor of Hexham, in the
county of Northumberland. 26 Geo. II.

HEXHAM TOWNSHIP. 3
The award when made and executed was to be enrolled by the clerk
of the peace for Northumberland, and deposited in the office of the
Manor Court of Hexham, the clerk of the manor being bound to furnish
a copy after the rate of twopence a sheet of seventy-two words. Two
parcels of common at Kingshaw Green and Lamb Shield Lane were to be
sold to defray a debt which had been ' incurred by the commoners about
the year 1740 in defending their right of common. The Tyne Green and
Miln Islands were excepted from the division, and were to be used and
enjoyed as heretofore.
The two commons were found to contain 4,150 acres, and the award,
made 3rd May, 1755, gave 204 acres to the lord for his one-sixteenth; set
off various public and occupation roads ; appropriated six parcels, containing
together about 14 acres, for public quarries, viz., Tom Todd's, Oxenrods,
Hackford bank, Lough Brow, Highford, and Glendue quarries ; two public
brickyards at Gallowsbank and Hackford bank ; and, then, divided the
residue in the manner prescribed by the Act, the total rental upon which
the division was based being found to be .1^3,416 gs. 5d.
A mile from the East Gate at the top of the steep Gallowsbank, is
situated Duke's-house in the midst of extensive plantations of oak, beech,
and pine. It was built about 1873 by the late Edward Backhouse, a member
of the well-known family of bankers of Darlington. Mr. Backhouse was
one of the chief citizens of Sunderland, an enthusiastic naturalist, and a
leading minister in the Society of Friends. He was author of a work on
Early Church History, which was published after his death, with some
additions by Mr. Charles Tylor of Brighton. Duke's-house is now the
property and residence of his widow. It retains in the name its associa
tion with the duke of Portland, the heir of the countess of Oxford^ and
of the Ogles. Through the woods is the public footpath to the romantic
Swallowship on the Devil's Water. A notice of this place is reserved
for the history of Corbridge parish, of which it is a remote, almost a
detached, portion.
On the southern slope of the hill, between the Duke's-house woods
' In 1752 the countess of Oxford received in allotments of common, 241 acres, proportioned to her
rental which was returned at .£98 17s. 'In the duke of Portland's woods called the East Common,
near Hexham, grows the upright, deciduous leaved whortle-berry or great bilberry-bush; the round,
glossy, farinaceous, bluish-black fruit is esculent and well tasted. In the same wood is the round leaved
sun dew, Ros solis folio rotunda ' [the Drosera rotundifolio of Linnaeus]. Wallis, Northumberland, vol. i.
pp. 147, 221.

4 HEXHAM PARISH.
and the Devil's Water, is the beautiful estate of Sunniside,^ belonging to
Miss Hedley, whose house is placed among park-hke fields, enriched with
fine oaks and holHes. To the west is the pleasantly situated house of
Okerland, the land belonging to which has been made up by allotments of
common acquired by the Quaker family of Marriot of Morpeth, who, after
making it their home until 1793, sold the estate to Nicholas Ruddock.

RUDDOCK OF OKERLAND AND HEXHAM.

Henev Ruddock of Hexham ;
buried at Sedgefield (i5).

Margaret, daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Lambton
of Hardwick ; married I2th Dec, 1750 (a) ; buried
4th Feb., 1788 (a).

Nicholas Ruddock of Hex
ham, attorney, baptised
27th Dec, 1751 (a);
purchased Okerland in
1793; buried 26th Sept.,
1818, aged 66 (a) ; will
dated ist July, 1818 ;
proved at Canterbury,
18th July, 1820.

Isabel, daughter of John
Nattrass of Dillehead,
parish of Stanhope, and
widow of ... Loraine ;
married 12th June,
1777 (fl) ; died 23rd
May, 1832, aged 86.

MM/ ,
Thomas, buried 3rd
June, 1754 (a).
John, baptised and
buried 1755 (a).
Margaret, buried 19th
Jan., 1757 (rt).
Margaret, baptised
8th June, 1768 (a).

Mark Ruddock of =
Sedgefield, sur
geon ; baptised
15th May, 1763

I

Henry John Ruddock of Sedge
field, surgeon ; died s.p. 4th
Sept., 1868, aged 63.

I
John Ruddock of Oker
land and of Hex
ham, attorney ; born
5th Dec, 1780 ; bap
tised gth Oct., 1781
(a) ; died 6th June,
1857, aged 76; will
dated 14th March,
1855 ; proved al
York, 13th July,
1857.

Nicholas Ruddock =
of Hexham, at
torney; died 3 Ist
Dec, 1839, s.p. ;
will dated 6th
August, 1839 ;
proved at York,
1 8th May, 1840.

: Mary, daughter
of John Plum
mer of Pres
ton ; married
at Tynemouth,
22nd May,
1817 ; buried
1 8th April,
1831, aged
45 («)¦

Charles Rud- -
dock of Man
chester ; died
intestate 20th
May, 1861,
aged 72 ; bur
ied at Lazay,
Isle of Man.

I I
Henry ; buried
5 th March,
1784 id).
Mark, baptised
2 ist Jan.,
1787 (a) ;
buried 6th
Dec, 1791

I I
Isabel ; married
John Barras of
Farnacres, near
Gateshead, 26th
Sept, 1816 (a).
Margaret Rud
dock of Oker
land ; died 6th
April, 1867,
aged 89.

Clarissa Ashton Ruddock ; married Thomas Margaret Ruddock of Bradford-on-Avon ;
Crewdson of Hammersmith. unmarried 1861.
(Parties to sale of Okerland in 1869.)

(a) Hexham Register.

(Ji) Sharp MSS. Pedigrees, vol. ii. p. 87.

At the death of the last representative of the family, Okerland (which
does not derive its name from the oak tree, but from the ochre found here,
and used by the Hexham glovers) was sold in 1869 to the late Admiral
Waddilove of the Beacon.
Adjoining Okerland is the Beacon, formerly known as the Beacon-
house,^ now called Beacon-grange. It was purchased from the Gibsons of
' Sunniside is buUt up of aUotments of common awarded in 1755 to Joseph Toppin of Hexham, sadler ;
Joseph Lazonby of Hexham, gent. ; George Gibson of Westwood, gent. ; Mary, widow of Anthony Sharp
of Hexham, cordwainer ; Robert Salmon of Hexham, dyer ; and George Pickering of Nunwick. After
changing hands more than once Sunniside was purchased in 1848 by Mr. George Hedley, the father of
the present owner. ^ Armstrong's map, 1769.

EAST AND WEST COMMONS. 5
Stonecroft by the Carrs of Eshott, and afterwards sold by them to the
late Rev. W. J. D. Waddilove.^ The High Shield was in 1700,^ and for
long after, the residence of a respectable family named Bell. In 1752
William Bell was rated at ^2^16 for the Wester High Shield, and at £<^
for the Easter High Shield, and received in respect thereof an allotment of
common. The house is noted in Armstrong's map of 1 769 as the residence
of ' Mr. Bell.' An inferior kind of fuller's earth was worked here, and was
exported to Newcastle to be used by skinners and glovers in dressing and
colouring leather.' The High Shield now belongs to Mr. Thomas Welford.
Below is a close, Maiden Cross, of which, in 1729, Joseph Tate died seised,
and for which, in 1755, the churchwardens and overseers claimed an allot
ment of common. Other homesteads are East and West Peterel-field, the
Watch Currock, and, at the extreme west of the township, Glendue. The
latter, which belongs to Mr. Kirsopp of the Spital, still retains its very
ancient name, which has the same meaning as Blackdene, Blaydon, and
Blagdon.* It occurs in a decision on the 21st March, 1535, in a suit
depending between John Ridley of Coastley and the township of Hexham,
touching certain grounds which 'went to the sike called the Glendowe.''
At Hudshaw bank and Causey hill are lands belonging to the governors of
the grammar school, and at Delicate-hall" is a small holding belonging to
the incumbent of Hexham.''
The names of the persons who for their free or copyhold tenements
in Hexham township received allotments in the East and West Commons
will be of interest. Where the place of abode is not attached to the
allottee's name, Hexham must be understood ; fractions of an acre are
omitted, and in those cases in which the plot of ground awarded was less
than an acre, an asterisk is affixed to the name.
Joseph Adderton, Penrith, tobacconist ; * John Alston, weaver ; * Mary Aken, widow, 2 ; Barbara
Allgood, Newcastle, widow, 1 1 ; Lancelot Allgood, Nunwick, esquire, 56 ; Robert Andrews, gentleman,
¦ An account of the Waddilove family is reserved for the parish of Woodhorn, where their principal
estate is situated.
^ Nov. 4, 1700. Inventory of Robert Bell the elder, of High Sheel, glover, deceased. His apparrell
and purse, £^ ; household goods, £^ ; two kine, .£4 ; three . . . £4 ; 2l parcel of hay, .£3 ; debts owing
to the deceased, ;£40 ; total, .£61. The funeral expenses were .£10. Raine, Test. Ebor.
' Wallis, Northumberland, vol. i. p. 42. ¦* Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol. iii. p. 400.
^ Greenwich Hospital Deeds, Coastley, No. 4.
" Wallis, writing in 1769, notices that on the moor edge, near Delicate-hall, there was a plentiful
growth of the procumbent, perennial-leaved whortleberry, Vaccinium uhginosum, 'whose bitter leaves used
in the form of tea are accounted good against rheums and distillations of the head.' Northumberland,
vol. i. p. 147. ' Vol. iii. p. 258.

6 HEXHAM PARISH.
15; Thomas Andrews, clerk, 10; Francis Armstrong, yeoman, 4; WUliam Armstrong, butcher, 7;
William Armstrong, merchant, 3; Elizabeth his wife, for a moiety of freehold, late the property of
WiUiam Ord, gentleman, deceased ;'•= Joseph Atkinson, miUer, 12; George Atkinson, miUer, 9; Henry
Atkinson, Haydon Bridge, husbandman, i ; William Atkinson, miller, 8 ; John Aynsley of Threepwood,
esq., 62.
John Bates, Aydon White house, i ; Mary his wife, 17; Anthony Baxter, Lowless hiU, feltmaker, 3;
Thomas Baxter, hatter, 20; Christopher BeU, tanner, 31 ; Cuthbert BeU, tanner, 3; Elizabeth, widow of
John BeU, butcher, 3; George Bell, yeoman, 5; John BeU, butcher, 2; John, son of WiUiam Bell, glover,
deceased ; * John, son of John Bell, tanner, deceased, i ; Joseph Bell, Ebchester, barber ; '¦= Robert Bell,
skinner and glover, 4; Ann, his wife, for Woodley-field, i; WUUam BeU, High Shield, gentleman, 24;
Joseph Bewick, weaver ; '•= Stephen Bewick, weaver, 6 ; Sir Walter Blackett, bart., for all his lands and
exclusive of his allotment as lord of the manor, 432 ; David and Thomas Brown, Dilston, husband
men, 15; Richard Brown, Newcastle, cooper, 2; John Brown the younger, skinner and glover, 4; Jane
Brough, Newcastle, widow;* Martha Burrell the younger. Broom Park, spinster, i.
Ann Carr, Newcastle, widow, 4; Henry Carr, shoemaker;* John Carr, Knaresbrough, gent., i;
Matthew Carr, shoemaker, 44; Matthew Carr, joiner, 8; WiUiam Carter, wheelwright;* Edward
Charlton, Reedsmouth, esquire, 7; Edward Charlton, mercer, 18; Hugh Charlton, yeoman, 5; Isabel
Charlton, Whitfield, spinster, 4; John Chisholm, cooper, 2; Jane Clark, widow, i; James Clark, New
castle, merchant, 3 ; John Clavering, London, esquire, for Wester Hole-house, 5 ; John Cook, shoemaker,
15; John Cook, mason, i; Joseph Cook, skinner, 2; Jane Cotesworth, Hermitage, widow, 15; John
Craigg, Haydon, gent., for Summerrods, 7 ; Mary Craig, Corbridge, widow, i ; James Craswell, barber,
3 ; Cuthbert Crozier, butcher, i ; William Crozier, butcher, 4 ; George Cuthbertson the elder, Newcastle,
esquire, 75.
John Davison, thatcher, 7 ; James Dinning, carpenter, 3 ; Bartholomew Dixon, Winton hall, West
moreland, gent, 33; Walter Dixon, butcher, 5 ; John Dobson, surgeon, i; Robert Dodd, barber, 16;
Thomas Dodd, shoemaker, i ; WiUiam Dodd, shoemaker, 3; Shafto Downs, gent., 20; Thomas Dowson,
hatter, 3; John, son of John Dryden, skinner and glover, deceased, i.
Richard EUis, gent., 30; Ann EUiot, widow, 2; William Elliot, yeoman;* John English, currier, 14;
John Errington, skinner and glover, i ; Peter Errington, skinner and glover, 7 ; James Ewart, linen-
draper, 30.
George Fairlamb, Hairlaw, yeoman;''' Matthew Fairlamb the younger, skinner and glover, 4;
William Fairweather, weaver, i ; John Fenwick, London, tanner, 3 ; John Fenwick, son of William
Fenwick, deceased, tanner, 77; William Fenwick, tanner, 17; Henry Fenwick, linendraper, 2; John
Forbes, merchant, 9 ; Martha, wife of William Forest, maltster, 16.
Thomas Garland, gardener, 1 1 ; George Gibson of Westwood, husbandman, 46 ; James Gibson of
Great Whittington, gent., 32 ; Joseph Gibson, mason ; * Joshua Gibson, shoemaker, 2 ; Richard Gibson,
currier, i ; Thomas Gibson, Stonecroft, gent., 12 ; William Graham, clerk, 1 1 ; Greenwich hospital
commissioners, for Coastley, Langhope, Baggraw, and Hackford, 276; John Grey, wheelwright, 2;
Hannah his wife, 2.
Michael Harbottle, Anick Grange, husbandman, 10; Margaret, wife of Ralph HeppeU, glazier;* Ann
Heron, widow, i ; IsabeUa Heron, Gateshead, widow, 34 ; Jane, daughter and heiress of Robert Heron,
Newcastle, merchant, deceased, for her lands at Summerrods, 'the Snape,' 94; Jane Heslop, Morpeth,
widow, 3 ; governors of Hexham grammar school for Hudshaw 2 a. i r. 6 p., for almhouse 2 r. 32 p.,
for free school house i a. 3 r. i p. ; Hexham curacy for lands at Delicate-hall and Smelting Sike, 6 ;
Hexham lectureship ; ''' Hexham churchwardens and overseers, i ; Hexham poor-house, i ; William
Hewson, surgeon, 24; Margaret Hope, widow, 2; George Hubbuck, mason, i; Jane and EUzabeth
Hubbuck, spinsters, 3; Thomas Hubbuck the elder, hatter, 6; Thomas Hubbuck the younger, hatter,
3; Thomas Hudson, merchant, 2; Richard Hunter, Chollerton, i6; EUzabeth Hutchinson, widow, i.
Robert Ilderton, gent., 12.
John Jackson, weaver ; * Thomas Jackson, mason, 5 ; Elizabeth Jaques, London, spinster, 9 ; Robert
Jefferson, shoemaker, 5 ; Thomas Jefferson the elder, tanner, for High Barns, etc., 58 ; Thomas

EAST AND WEST COMMONS. 7
Jefferson, surgeon, 27; John Joblin, Broxbushes, husbandman, 12; Ann Johnson, widow 52; Edmund
Johnson, tanner, 15 ; Edward Johnson, skinner and glover, i; John Johnson, tanner, 53; Sarah Johnson,
London, spinster, 2 ; Mary Johnson, widow, a6.
Edward Kell, 2; Thomas Kirkley, mason, 3; Dorothy and Isabel Kirsopp, spinsters, 7; John
Kirsopp, merchant, 8 ; Matthew Kirsopp, tanner, 44 ; Wilkinson Kirsopp, tanner, 74 ; William Kirsopp,
gent., 96.
Matthew Leadbitter of Warden, gent., 2 ; Joseph Lazonby, gent., 17 ; and for moiety of freehold,
late Wm. Ord, deceased, 3 ; Jane, wife of George Leadbitter, tanner, 3 ; John Leadbitter, sadler,
7; John Leadbitter, Wharmley, husbandman, 4 ; Joseph Leadbitter, shoemaker, 3 ; Nicholas Leadbitter,
the Bush, husbandman, 2; WiUiam Leadbitter, Houtley, husbandman, 14; Ann Ledgard, Newcastle,
spinster, 5; Ann Lee, widow, 3; Anthony Lee, Newcastle, tidewaiter, 3; Jane Lee, widow, 3; James
Lee, Newbrough, husbandman, 2 ; Margery Lee, widow, 4; Nicholas Lee, surgeon, 10; Thomas Lee,
joiner, 15 ; George Lee, butcher, 5 ; WiUiam Lee the younger, Acomb, husbandman, 2 ; Lancelot Liddell,
skinner and glover, 18; do. for allotment made to, and purchased from, Elizabeth Leadbitter, 3;
Richard Lishman, joiner, 3 ; Robert Lowes, gent., 81.
Sarah, wife of Thomas March, i; George MarshaU, WaU Town, esquire, 17; Thomas MarshaU,
joiner, 2; John Mason, weaver, 16; Joseph Mason, weaver;* Thomas Mason, weaver, i; John
Maughan, skinner and glover, 29 ; Simon Mewburn, Acomb, gent., 7 ; EUzabeth Midford, widow, 2 ; Sir
Ralph Milbank, Halnaby, for his lands at the Bush, 255 ; Mary, wife of Ambrose Miller, Shinkley, co.
Durham, gent., 12.
Elizabeth Newton, widow, 4; William Newton, for the Birks, i; Thomas Nicholson, Barrasford,
husbandman, 2 ; WiUiam Nixon, shopkeeper, 3.
Margery, wife of William Olivant the younger, butcher ;='' Jane Oliver, widow, 13; WiUiam Oliver,
butcher, i ; Thomas Ord, surgeon, 3 ; Henrietta Cavendish Holies, countess dowager of Oxford and
Mortimer, 241 ; Henry Oxley, husbandman.*
Thomas Parker, Whitesmocks, yeoman, 10; Jane, wife of WiUiam Parker, the Shaw, 2; Matthew
Carr, Abraham Bunting, John Bell, and William Lee for tenement in the possession of the Rev.
Benjamin Peile, 7 ; Thomas Patison, Caton, Lancashire, yeoman ; '^ Katherine Philipson, widow, i ;
George Pickering, Nunwick, gent., 4 ; James Porteus, gardener, 2 ; Dorothy Puncheon, widow, 4.
Margaret, wife of William Raven, tanner (25 -1- S = ) 30; John Ramshaw, barber, 4; Reginald
Redchester, butcher ; "= James Renwick, gardener ; * Robert Renwick, gardener, 5 ; John Rewcastle,
I ; Edward Ridley of Burnhouse, husbandman, i ; Ralph Ridley, Newcastle, merchant, 2 ; William Ridley,
barber, 5; Nicholas Roberts, Hexham abbey, esquire, 14; Ann, widow of Robert Robson, butcher, 6;
Hector Robson, taUor;* Matthew Robson, dyer, i; Matthew Robson, tanner;* Robert Robson,
butcher, 3; Thomas Robson, mason, 17; WiUiam Robson, shoemaker, 2; WiUiam Robson, mercer, 14;
John RoweU, Matfin Moorhouses, husbandman, 3; Philip Rowell, weaver, 2; WiUiam Rowland,
hatter, 2.
Robert Salmon, dyer, 85 ; George Scott, carpenter ;* William, son and heir of Joseph Scott, gardener,
deceased ;* Mary Sharp, widow, 5 ; Thomas Sharp ;* George Shaw, Ingleton, feltmaker ;* Edward
Sleigh, Harper Town, yeoman ;* John Soulsby, Newcastle, merchant, 2 ; WiUiam Spoor, butcher, 7 ; John
Stall, shoemaker ;* WUliam Stawpert, HowshiU, husbandman, 13; Peter Story, gardener, 11 ; Margery
Stokoe, Humshaugh, widow, 4; Michael Stokoe, skinner and glover;* Thomas Stokoe, merchant, 3;
William Stokoe, skinner and glover, i ; Sarah Stokeld, widow, 5 ; Catherine, daughter of William Stubbs,
shoemaker, deceased, 5 ; Barbara Studholme, widow, 2 ; Cuthbert Swinburn the elder, tailor, 6 ; John
Swinburn, clockmaker, 6.
John Tate, tanner, i ; William Tate, Morpeth, shoemaker, 2 ; Edward Taylor, staymaker, i ; John
Taylor, whitesmith, 15; Samuel Teasdale, dyer, 13; George Thompson, Langley castle, husbandman, 4 ;
Ralph Thompson, butcher, i ; William Todd (Land ends), husbandman, 16; Joseph Toppin, sadler, 22;
Dorothy, wife of Robert Trueman, barber, I ; Henry Tulip, Fallowfield, gent., 20; John TurnbuU, black
smith, 2 ; Margaret, wife of John Turner, yeoman, 2; Joshua Turner, innkeeper, 8; Isabel, his wife, 10;
Ann TweddeU, widow, 16; John TweddeU, hatter, 2.

8 HEXHAM PARISH.
WiUiam Usher, Delicate-haU, yeoman, 7.
Robert Vazie, gent, f William Vazie, gent., 5.
Judith, wife of John Wailes, Eachwick, yeoman, 2; Thomas Wailes, 2; Richard Wallas, tanner, 2;
Edward Wilson, shoemaker, 3; Robert Wilson, shoemaker, I ; Ann Winship, widow, 19; WiUiam Wood,
shoemaker, 3; Bridget Woodell, widow, for Orchard Gap, I ; for the Seven Roods, 4 ; Henry Wooler,
wheelwright, 5 ; Mary Wray, widow, i.
Clare Younger, widow;* Robert Younger, shoemaker;* Thomas Younger, shoemaker, i.

THE WEST QUARTER.
The restricted use of the term Hexhamshire to the four townships of
High, Middle, Low, and West Quarter does not seem to date from an
earlier period than that of James I., previous to which the district was
known as Newlands^ and Rowley ward, while the wider term was used
as co-extensive with the regality or liberty. The Rowley burn, which
traverses and drains the district, may account for the second part of the
designation, but no hamlet called Newlands is within its borders.
The survey of 1608 retains both the old and the modern designation,
but does not recognise the present division into ' Quarters.' If the latter
owe their origin to the operation of the Poors Law Act of Charles IL, the
statute must have been adopted and put in force at once, for we find in the
Rate Book of 1663 the entries arranged under the four Quarters.^
The West Quarter, which was separated from the other three townships
in 1764, when they were formed into a separate chapelry, has had, during
this century, a population^ varying from 121 in 1801 to 311 in 1841. It
ranges from 500 to 800 feet above sea-level, and has a rateable value of
;^3)357- The whole area contains 4,483 acres, but nearly one-half is cut
off in four detached portions, viz., Coastley, 1,772 acres; Summerrods,
15 acres; Yarridge, 350 acres; and Hall Shield, 15 acres.
' From ' the forest of Newlands,' the following were the persons appointed to go to Berwick ' in the
tyme of necessite when they be cald upon': George Hurde or his father, John Hurde of the Hones,
Henry Stocoo, Hob. Grene, RoUande Redeshawe, Sande Armstrang, Thom. Armstrang, Thom. Robson
or his son, Richard Swaldale, Willm. Whitehede, Gyb Erington or a man for hym, Thomas RoUande or
his broder, Thomas Erington or a man for hym. State Papers, Henry \TII. vol. v. 681.
" No order of the justices has been found, but the following case which occurs much later may be
analogous : The parish of Bywell St. Peter having so great a number of poor that it was not possible for
two churchwardens and two overseers to do the business of the parish, obtained an order of the justices
at the Midsummer Quarter Sessions of 1719 to divide the parish into four wards, viz., Bywell ward,
Newton ward, New Ridley grieveship, and the Far Quarler, each of which divisions was to return one
churchwarden and one overseer, and to maintain the poor within its own bounds. Sessions Records.
The parish of Ryton in the county of Durham was administered in Quarters in and before 1593, each
division electing one churchwarden.
' The Census Returns are : 1801,121; 1811,267; 1821,243; 1831,248; 1841,311; 1851,262; i86i,
257; 1871,23s; 1881,209; 1891,196.

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The most important place within the West Quarter is the sub-manor
of Coastley, which has Langhope, Bagraw, and Hackford for dependencies.
The hamlet lies below the Langhope dene, on the left bank of the West
Darden burn,^ which, after flowing through Coastley dene, enters the Tyne a
little above West Boat. Coastley possessed three fords over the river, whose
importance is shown in the Order of the Watch in 1552. ' Every ward shall
watch the three fords^ under Cosely their course, one month from time to
time changing at the month's end'; they shall 'be watched nightly by three
men of the inhabitants of Hencottes ward and Cosely, the Westwood-house,
and the SpittelL' Amongst the setters and searchers was John Ridley of
Coastley.' The earliest mention of Coastley is in a charter by which Geoffrey
Plantagenet, archbishop of York,* granted it to Robert Bertram, to be
held in right hereditary, paying for rent 35s. yearly, and rendering the
accustomed services.^ Soon afterwards, in 1236, the prior and convent of
Hexham granted to Adam Bertram, son of Robert Bertram, and his heirs,
the right to have a mill at Coastley or Langhope, together with the right of
moulter on his lands there as well as from the new land which he had obtained
by grant from Archbishop Gray. For this he was to pay a yearly rent of 4
marks of silver to the priory, and one pound of pepper, or 8d. in lieu thereof."
Of the Bertram family who thus came into possession of Coastley,
nothing is known. It is not, however, improbable that Roger Bertram,
mentioned in the inspeximus of 1298 as having given to the priory two
fisheries in the Tyne and a place for drying nets at Dripinttell'^ and Foul,
may have been connected with them. The Subsidy Roll of 1295 for the
regality does not contain the name of any member of the Bertram family,
but there is mention made of Roger de Coceley, who contributed the sum
' In 1552 Darnburneyes was ordered to be watched nightly with two men of the inhabitants of Coseley,
etc. Nicolson, Bofi^r Laze's, p. 172.
^ Two centuries later it was said of the Hexham fords, ' the floods after rains and sudden thaws of
snow sometimes come down so hastily, that they surprize and drown the passenger in an instant, or else,
which sometimes happens, force him to take refuge on an islet, where he is at leisure to lament his situation,
till the danger is over.' Wallis, Northumberland, vol. ii. p. 93. The suspension bridge at the hamlet of
West Boat replaces the .ancient manorial ferry, and makes the fords no longer necessary ; it was erected
in 1826 under the direction of Captain Samuel Brown, R.N.
^ Nicolson, Border Laws, pp. 172, 173. Cf. in the night watches at the fords of the river of Tyne.
Border Survey, 1541. 'At a forde called Crosseley {sic) burne fote ij, at a forde nere thereunto called the
Rakes ij, at the forde called the ov' Warden forde ij, at the forde called nether Warden forde ij.' Hodgson,
Northumberland, pt. iii. vol. ii. p. 240. '' He was archbishop from August 18, 1 191, to December 18, 1212.
^ Greenwich Hospital MSS. Coastley, A. No. 3.
" Ibid. No. 4. The same grant conveys lands in Grotenden and Todderig which Robert the father and
Varedus the grandfather of Adam had held. ' Query, DripensteU. Vol. iii. p. 141.
Vol. IV. 2

lO HEXHAM PARISH.
of iis.^ The family had apparently been settled at Coastley only a short
time previous to this date, though it is possible they were Bertrams who had
assumed the name of their estate. In 1289 there is mention of Robert, son
and heir of Elena de Cosceley. Though the Coastley family evidently took
its name from the place, they cannot, at least under that name, have been in
possession of the manor .for more than 100 years, and during this period
references to them are few. In 1324, Archbishop Melton wrote to his bailiff
saying that John de Cosselay owed him 11 6s. 8d. annual rent for the land he
held in Hexhamshire. The debtor pleaded, however, that he had been in
ward during his minority, and had nothing with which to meet his liabilities.
He therefore asked that he might be allowed to sub-let his land to various
tenants, who would build upon, and cultivate it, so that he might gradually
repay the archbishop out of the rents he would thus receive. The request
was granted.^ The scheme devised by John of Coastley for relieving himself of his
liabilities was not perfectly successful, and in 1331 he was again in difficulties.
Upon this occasion the archbishop remitted to him his arrears of the ferm,
amounting to ;^io 8d., as a concession to his necessities.' On the 22nd of
April, 1337, John of Coastley was succeeded by his son, of the same name.*
The new tenant in 1347 was engaged in a quarrel with the prior of Hexham
about some cattle which he alleged the latter had taken from him. The bailiff
of the regality was ultimately empowered to settle the dispute,^ but no
record of his judgment or of the details of the case has been found. Soon
after, at the beginning of the year 1350, the second John of Coastley died.
The inquisition states that on the day of his death John of Coastley and
Cecily his wife were seised of the manor of Coastley and its appurtenances,
' Vol. iii. p. 33.
^'WUlelmus, etc., Thome de Fetherstanh' ballivo nostro de Hext' salutem, gratiam et benedic-
tionem. Quia Johannes de Cosselay tenetur nobis in annuo redditu cxvjs. et octo denariorum ut creditur,
pro terris quas de nobis tenet infra Ubertatem nostram de Hext', idemque Johannes se asserit fuisse in
custodia hucusque ratione minoris etatis sue, propter quod nichil habet, ut dicit, unde ad prsesens dictum
redditum cum arreragiis nobis solveret ut tenetur, et ideo nobis supplicavit quatinus velimus ipsum
permittere tenentes recipere ut in dictis terris suis edificare valeant ac etiam habitare, ita videlicet quod
quicquid coUigi poterit de dictis terris et tenentibus nobis in partem dicti redditus persolvatur. Nos vero
precibus suis favorabUiter annuentes volumus et tibi injungimus quatinus peticioni prasdicte visis presenti-
bus condescendas ; ita tamen quod quicc|uid preveniat de tenentibus et terris predictis cum pertinenciis
earum nobis pro dicto redditu persolvatur, et quod arreragia computentur et de eisdem nobis plenius
satisfiat. Vale. Datum apud Thorp prope Eboracum iiij Nonas Decembris, anno gratia; m" ccc'"" xxiiij et
pontificatus nostri octavo [2 Dec, 1324].' York Registers, Melton, f. 419 a. ' Ibid. f. 29 a.
' Ibid. 439 a. ' 22 Apr. anno pont 20. A breve clausum de morte antecessoris addressed to the bailiff
of Hexham, John, son of John de Coceleye, to show before Masters Thomas de Lelhom, Adam and John
de Corbrig, and others, that his father at the day of his death was seised of a messuage in Hexham, and
that the said John is his next heir. Approbatum.' ° Ibid. Zouche, f. 295 a.

THE WEST QUARTER. 1 I
together with the mill there, to which Hackford and Langhope owed suit.
The manor was held of the archbishop of York, at a rent of 38s. si^., and
the tenant was bound to appear at the archbishop's court at Hexham every
three weeks. The manor was worth iocs, per annum. They were also seised
of five burgages in Hexham, which they held of the archbishop at a rent of
i6d. a year, and which were worth 2S. yearly. John of Coastley, father of
the John lately dead, and Johanna, his wife, had been enfeoffed of the manor
of Hackford by Robert de Hacforth, and they held it of the archbishop of
York at a rent of £^. a year, but it was then hardly worth so much.^
The second John of Coastley left no son, and was succeeded by his
daughter, Johanna. Provision was made immediately after for John's widow,
Cecily, who was a daughter of Ralph Surtees. She was not satisfied with the
portion assigned to her, and on the 23rd of July, 1350, the baihff was
directed to require her to give up all documents connected with the manor,
and ;2r2o of the goods and chattels of her late husband, which she refused to
surrender. On the 19th of August of the same year^ the baihff ordered her
to give up to John, prior of Hexham, 4 marks rent in Hexham and Green-
ridge, of which she had unlawfully dispossessed Thomas de Appleton, late
prior of Hexham.^
The ultimate fate of Cecily de Coastley* and her daughter, Johanna, is
unknown, but it would seem that after their deaths the manor of Coastley
reverted to the archbishop. A grant was made on the 26th of August, 1385,
by Archbishop Nevil to John de Clavering of all the lands and tenements of
Coastley, Langhope, Hackford, and Bagraw, including Coastley-rawe^ in
Hexham, being the possessions of the late John of Coastley. The lands and
tenements were to be held during the archbishop's life, and the tenant was
to give a rose every year as his rent.*^
' York Registers, Zouche, f. 296 b. ' Ibid, f 296 b.
' Thomas de Appleton died in 1345. It is curious that this grievance should have been revived
so long after his death.
' 2oth May, 1360. William de Kerdale, the prior, and the convent of Hexham demise to Cecily, who
had been the wife of John de Coceley, all the multure of a certain tenement of Langhope and Costeley
of all manner of grain growing there for her life ; the rent for the three first years to be 6s. 8d., and
13s. 4d. yearly afterwards. Greenwich Hospital Deeds, Coastley.
' The street in Hexham now called Fore Street.
° 'Alexander permissione divina archiep. Ebor., etc., noveritis nos dedisse Johanni de Clavering militi
et haeredibus suis, omnia terras et tenementa nostra de Coscele, Langhope, Hackeford, et Bagrawe cum
omnibus illis terris et tenementis cum pert, in Hextildeshame vocatis Coscelerawe infra Ubertatem manerii
de Hextildesham. Quae quidem tenementa aliquando fuerint Johannis de Coscele, et quae quidem terrae
et tenementa in manus nostras devenerint ; habenda ad terminum vitae nostrae, reddendo inde annuatim
unam rosam. Apud Novum Castrum super Tinam, die sabbati proximo post festum Assumpcionis B.M.
1385 (26 Aug.). Confirmata per Capit. Ebor., Sep. x.x", 1388.' Reg. Test. Dec. et Capit. Ebor. f 92 b.

12 HEXHAM PARISH.
When mention of Coastley next occurs in 1397, it is in the hands of
Richard de Scolacliffe' and Alice his wife, the daughter of Ralph Surtees.
It seems certain that the Ralph Surtees who is here mentioned is the same
Ralph Surtees who is named in the inquisition of 1350 as the father of Cecily,
widow to John of Coastley, and that Cecily and Alice de Scolacliffe were
sisters. The new owners of Coastley did not long remain in possession of the
manor. Richard de Scolacliffe seems to have died between 1406 and 1410,
for a charter dated 24th May, 1406, is the last that bears his name in
conjunction with that of his wife Alice,^ and in the charter of June i6th, 1410,
referred to subsequently, Alice de Scolacliffe acts alone. The only issue of
this marriage, a son John, was away' from home, and apparently his family
had long been without news of him, so that they despaired of ever seeing
him again. Consideration of these facts induced Alice de Scolacliffe to make
over all her property to her cousin Nicholas de Ridley of Willimoteswyke
in the parish of Haltwhistle on the i6th of June, 1410. Ridley was to pay
his cousin an annuity of 7 marks of silver, and there was a provision
that if at any time his kinsman John should return from the distant parts to
which he had gone, the whole of the property was to be at once handed
over to him.^ This agreement had been made without the knowledge or
' Greenwich Hospital Deeds, Coastley, A. No. i. The family was connected with the place of the
same name in the county of Durham. ^ Ibid. E. No. i.
' ' Sciant presentes et futuri quod ego AUcia de Scolacliff filia Radulfi Surtes dedi concessi et hac
presenti carta mea indentata confirmaui Nicholao de Reddeley de Wyllimoteswyk consanguineo meo
manerium de Cosley, Hakford, et Langhope cum pert, in Hexhamschyre, necnon sex denarios redditus
exeuntes de burgagio quod Simon Proktor tenet de me in villa de Hextildesham, sex solidos octo denarios
redditus exeuntes de vno burgagio quod Thomas Vlquam tenet de me ibidem, tres solidos iiij denarios
redditus exeuntes de vno burgagio quod Wills. Fox tenet de me ibidem, sex solidos redditus exeuntes de
vno burgagio quod Joh. Vlquam tenet de me ibidem, quinque solidos redditus exeuntes de vno burgagio
quod Joh. Robinson tenet de me ibidem, necnon quinque solidos redditus exeuntes de vno burgagio quod
Joh. Acum tenet de me in eadem villa. Habend. et tenend. predictum manerium, terras et tenementa cum
pert., necnon predictis redditus exeuntes de burgagiis predictis cum pert, suis predicto Nicholao heredibus
et assignatis suis de capitalibus dominis feodi illius, per servicium inde debilum et de iure consuetum
imperpetuum. Et reddendum inde annuatim michi prefatae Aliciae durante tota vita mea vnum annualem
redditum septem marcarum argenti ad festa Sancti Martini in yeme et Pentecostes per equales porciones.
Et si contingat predictum annualem redditum septem marcarum aretro esse in parte vel in toto post
aliquem terminum quo solui debeat per quadraginta dies non solutum, tunc bene liceat predicte Alicie in
predicto manerio terris et tenementis cum suis pert., necnon in predictis redditibus exeuntibus de burgagiis
predictis cum suis pert, reintrare iUa quod pacifice habere et gaudere vt in primo suo statu sine calumpnia
seu purturbacione dicti Nicholai heredum vel assignatorum suorum sive aliorum ipsorum nomine quorum-
cumque, diet, donac. et feoffament. inde fact, in feodo predicto Nicholao vt predictum est in aliquo non
obstante. Insuper predictus Nicholaus vult et concedit quod si Johannes filius et heres dicte Alicie viuerit
et incolumis redierit de partibus remotis quod bene liceat eidem Johanni vel heredibus suis in predicto
manerio et redditibus cum pert, reintrare et habere, non obstante carta predicte Alicie et seisina inde liberata.
Et ego vero predicta Alicia et heredes mei predict, manerium terras et tenementa cum pert, necnon
redditibus predictis exeuntibus de burgagiis predictis cum pert, predicto Nicholao heredibus et assignatis
suis ut predictum est contra omnes gentes warantizabimus acquietabimus et imperpetuum defendemus.

THE WEST QUARTER. 1 3
consent of the archbishop of York, but on the 13th of June, 1411, Ridley
received a pardon from Archbishop Bowett for his transgression, together
with a confirmation of his title to the estate.' John de Scolacliffe never
returned to claim his inheritance, and the Ridleys were left in undisputed
possession of Coastley.
The time during which the Ridleys owned Coastley was uneventful.
In April, 1434, Patrick Laverock and Juliana his wife released to John
Ridley, son of Nicholas Ridley of Willimoteswick, all claims they had
or might have upon the manor of Coastley, Hackford, and Langhope.
JuHana was evidently more concerned in the transaction than her husband,
but it is not clear whether she was acknowledging the repayment of a
mortgage, or whether she had some claim on the estate as the heir of the
missing John de Scolacliffe.^
That there was a considerable population in Coastley at this time is
shown by the muster roll of 1538. Five men, including John and Thomas
Ridley, are there set down as able with both horse and harness ; sixteen men
are able but with neither horse nor harness, and two men are unable, making
a total of twenty-three men in all. These figures will be better appreciated
when it is stated that the same muster roll contains only thirty-three names
under Acomb, and twenty-four under Wall.
CosLE Muster Roll, 1538.'
John Ridle, Thomas Stonson, John Barber, Gerrard Prodin, Thomas Ridlee, able with hors and
harnes. John Stonson, Roland Stokell, Edmund Robson, Anton Deconson, Willm. Stokell, John Colson,
John Nowbyll, Lawrence Redle, Umfray Stokell, Georg Sperk, Georg Sperk, Thomas Welson, John
Welson, Matho Witfeld, Anton Ferrauler, Laure Wilkynson, naither hors nor harnes. Herre Bredword,
Here StokeU, unable.
The inquisition post mortein of the fourth John Ridley of Coastley in
1579 shows that the property had been increased since the time of John of
Coastley in 1350. In addition to Coastley, Hackford, and Coastley mill with
five burgages in Coastley-rawe, Hexham, John Ridley owned Coastleyhope,
divers tenements in Langhope, Bagraw, the Snape, a pasture called the
Fenns near Dotland, two more burgages in Coastley-rawe, a burgage in
In cuius rei testimonium sigilla nostra partibus istarum cartarum indentatarum alternatim sunt appensa.
Hiis testibus, Joh. de Eryngton, Alexandre de Federstanhalgh, Ricardo de Riddeschawe, Thoma Hunter,
Willelmo de Riddeschawe, seniore, Thoma Crane, Thoma Forster, jun., Willelmo Dikson, et alijs. Datum
sextodecimo die mensis Junij, anno Regis Henrici quarti, post conquestum vndecimo.' Greenwich
Hospital Deeds, Coastley, A. No. 9.
' Ibid. A. No. 12. ^ Ibid, A. No. 13, ' Arch. Ael, 410 series, iv. p. 190.

14

HEXHAM PARISH.

St. Mary's Chare, and another in Priestpopple, a parcel of land called
Botestile Leases, lo^ acres of arable land in Priestpopple fields, and half
an acre of land at the Quicksand ford' near the town of Hexham.^

' Now known as Whitstone bridge.

¦ Greenwich Hospital Papers, Coastley, A. No. l6.

RIDLEY OF COASTLEY.
Nicholas Ridley of WiUimoteswick has grant of Coastley, Hack
ford, Langhope, etc., i6th June, 1410.

John Ridley, son of Nicholas de Ridley, has Coastley, etc., re-leased
to him, 4th April, 1434.

John Ridley, 1469 ==

John Ridley of Coastley ; died 11th February, 1508/9 ;=
seised of Coastley and Coastleyhope. Inq.p.m. 1 509.

Ridley ; died before his father =

John Ridley of Coastley, heir to his grandfather ; in 1508/9 =
aged 10 ; in 1538 was 'able with horse and harness' ; died
6th April, 19 Eliz., 1579. Inq. p.m. 4th May, 1579.

John Ridley the elder, son and heir ; = Margaret Jackson ; married 27th June,

aged 55, 19 Eliz. ; bur. 17th
February, 1596/7 id). WiU proved
8th June, 1598.

1585 (a) ; buried i6th October, i;95

Barbara ; married ... Fen
wick of Cocklaw, and
died circa 1598.

John Ridley of Coastley ; admitted as son
and heir to his lather, 9th April, 1598 ;
buried 28th May, 1610 (a).

Margaret. She remarried, 8th
July, 1610, Henry Widdring
ton («) of the parish of Roth
bury, by whom she had issue.

Martin Ridley of Langhope, of which
he had a grant in 1629 from Richard
Carr, buried 23rd April, 1632 (a).
[? 20th October, 1601, Martin Ridley
and Agnes Noble married (a).]

Dorothy Ridley, daughter and heiress ; married Richard Carr ib), seneschal of the court and manor of
Hexham in 1642 ; marriage articles, loth May, 1624 ; admitted as heir in 1630. A/

Evidences to Pedigree of Ridley of Coastley.
l6th Dec, 1532. Indenture made at Hexham whereby Edward, the prior, and the convent of Hexham, and
John Ridley of Coastley, gent,, agreed to an exchange of lands. Ridley granted to the convent a place in Coastley
hope called ' Nobbok,' and obtained in lieu thereof a place in Coslerawe, with 3J acres of land in Hexham fields, 7
acres in the east-field of Prestpofle, called Wyndmylnstob, the corn tithes of Coastley and Coastley-hope,' etc.
In 1568 John Ridley held Costley, Hagkeforth, Bagrawe, Snape, Holehouse, Longeuppe, Vicer-feld, with lands
in Hexham.'' 8th June, 1598. John Ridley of Coastley, gent., renounced executorship of the will of Barbara Fenwick (once
called Barbara Ridley). He shows a deed of gift of her goods.'
loth May, 1624. Articles of agreement between Henry Widdrington of Coastley, esq., on behalf of Dorothy
Ridley, his daughter-in-law, daughter and sole heiress of John Ridley, late of Coastley, gent., and Richard Carr of
Hexham, gent., being articles of settlement before marriage, of Richard Carr and Dorothy Ridley, whereby the

id) Hexham Register.
' Greenwich Hospital Papers^ Coastley, Nos. A. 15-18.

ib) See vol. iii. p. 301.
'¦' Feodarys Book, Ixvi.

' Raine, Testamenta Eboi\

THE WEST QUARTER. 1 5
manor, capital messuage, and demesne lands of Coastley, and the water corn mill, then occupied by the said Henry
Widdrington, and Margaret, his wife, mother of said Dorothy, the hamlet and lands of Costley hope, ' Langupp or
Langehope,' Hackford, ' Baggereye,' the ' Snappe,' and lands in Hexham called Ridley's lands, were brought into
settlement in such way that Margaret, wife of Henry Widdrington, should retain in lieu of her dower or widow-right
a moiety of the demesne lands and of the mansion of Costley, with 'house-boot, hedge-boot, hay-boot, wayne-boot,
plough-boot, and fier-boot,' together with the whole of the Snape.'
October, 1629, Coastley. Ad banc curiam compertum est per homagium quod ante banc curiam quidam
Johannes Ridleye de Coastleye generosus tenuit de dicto domino rege et fuit seisitus sibi et heredibus suis secundum
consuetudinem hujus manerii de et in manerio de Coastleye predicto jacente infra libertates de Hexham cum
omnibus et singulis suis juribus, membris et pertinentciis dicto manerio de Coastleye, aliquo modo spectantibus sive
pertinentibus. Ac de et in diversis parcellis terrae eidem manerio spectantibus vocatis et communiter cognitis per
nomina de Greenshawe-banke, EUerbac-banke, Hawton-hill, Glendue, Glendue-banke, Greenshele, Abbey-hagge,
Coastleye-hagge, Little hoalle pieth. Ac de et in uno molendino aquatico vocato Coastley-millne. Ac de et in
uno tenemento vocato Coastley-hoope cum omnibus et singulis suis juribus, membris, et pertinentiis ut parcellis
manerii de Coastleye predicto aliquo modo spectantibus sive pertinentibus. Ac de et in uno tenemento vocato
Hackfourd jacente infra Ubertatem de Hexham cum omnibus, etc. Ac de et in diversis tenementis jacentibus in
Langhoope cum omnibus, etc. Ac de et in uno tenemento vocato Baggareye jacente, etc. Ac de et in uno tenemento
vocato le Snape jacente, etc. Ac de et in quadam pastura vocata Le Fenns jacente prope Dottland infra, etc. Ac de
et in septem burgagiis sive tenementis jacentibus infra villam de Hexham in quodam vico ibidem vocato Coastley-
rawe cum singulis, etc. Ac de et in uno alio burgagio cum pert, jacente infra villam de Hexham in quodam vico
ibidem vocato St. Marye-chare. Ac de et in alio burgagio cum pert, jac, etc., in vico vocato Prestpopple. Ac de et
in quadam parcella terrae cum pert, jacente infra campis de Hexham vocata Bohtestile-leeses. Ac de et in quadam
clausura terras arrabilis jacente infra Le Halliwelle-deane in campis de Prestpopple continente per eestimationem 2
acras terrae sive plus sive minus. Ac de et in J ac. terrae jacente apud le Quicksande forde prope le dictam villam de
Hexham. Ac quod Dorothia Carr jam uxor Ric. Carr de Coastley generosi est filia et proxima heres prefati Joh.
Ridley quae presens hie in curia petit admitti ad prsemissum cui dictus dominus rex per senescallum suum con
cessit inde seisinam. Habendum, etc., Dorothie Carr, etc., in perpetuum secundum oonsuetudinem manerii.
Reddendo inde annuatim dicto domino regi, etc., vi'' i* ob., etc.^
' Greenwich Hospital Papers, Coastley, A. Nos. 15-18. ^ Hexham Manor Rolls.
The long line of Ridleys came to an end with Dorothy, only child of the
sixth John Ridley of Coastley, who died about 1624. Some time afterwards
John Ridley's widow married Henry Widdrington, and Dorothy Ridley was
married to Richard Carr,' who subsequently became bailiff of the manor in
1642. The Ridley property was settled upon Richard Carr and his wife
with reservations in favour of Dorothy's mother Margaret,^ and in 1630, they
entered upon possession of Coastley and its appurtenances, which they
almost immediately afterwards sold to Sir Francis Radcliffe.'
The manor of Coastley was one of the estates of Sir Edward, son of Sir
Francis Radcliffe, which were sequestered ; it was discharged on the 28th
September, 1650, and 12th January, 1654.* ^^ ^663 Sir Edward Radcliffe
was rated at £2^0 for his lands in Coastley, Westwood, Langupp, part of
' nth February, 1629. An award between Edward Griol and others, tenants of Hexham manor, and
Richard Carr touching the right of common on Greenshaw bank ; the right was awarded to the tenants.
''¦ Greenwich Hospital Papers, Coastley, A. No. 18.
3 nth December, 1630. Conveyance from Richard Carr and Dorothy his wife, and Margaret
Widdrington, widow, formeriy wife of John Ridley, to Sir Francis Radcliffe, of Coastley, etc. Ibid. A.
No. 24. ' 'Royalist Composition Papers, Calendar, part iv. vol. G. 18, pp. 892, 923.

1 6 HEXHAM PARISH.
Hackford, and Baggorap. It has since followed the fortunes of the Radcliffe
estate, and was purchased from the Greenwich hospital commissioners^ by
the late Mr. John Straker.
Though the history of Hackford,^ Bagraw,' Langhope, and the Snape*
is intimately bound up with that of Coastley, Langhope has, to a certain
extent, a history of its own. By a charter executed between the years 121 5
and 1226, Sampson, son of Sampson, released to the archbishop of York
all the rights in Langhope, which he had previously received in exchange
from Archbishop Geoffrey Plantagenet.* Some time later, about 1240,
Adam, son of Adam Bertram, granted Langhope to Robert de Keneley,
together with the right of grinding corn freely at Coastley mill. This
grant was confirmed by Archbishop Gray.* In 1303 Archbishop Corbridge
granted Adam Ruskebasket of Hexham the land of Langhope and
Jackley, paying 50s. rent yearly for the same.' Archbishop Corbridge died
the same year, but his successor, Archbishop Greenfield, confirmed the
grant and reduced the rent to 2s., with a payment of 40s. for entry to the
lands. The grant was made for the joint lives of Adam and his son.^
Their enjoyment of the property must soon have ceased, for in 1307 John
of Coastley was summoned to do homage to the archbishop for Langhope,
which contained 200 acres of land, and for which he was to pay £4 yearly.
He appeared, but his homage was deferred because he was only newly
enfeoffed, and the tenor of his charter was not known.' From this time
the history of Langhope is identical with that of Coastley.
The forest of Westwood is enumerated amongst the possessions of the
priory in 1547,^° and in 1568 the queen held lands there.'' It is named in the
' In 1805 the commissioners received rents from this portion of their estates as follows : Coastley, 412
acres, let for .£261 ; High Wood, 181 acres, .£115 ; High Side, 77 acres, £26 ; Langhope, 247 acres, ^80;
Bagraw, 137 acres, ;i^So ; Hackford, 113 acres, .£61. There were also at Coastley 34 acres of woodland,
and in Langhope 31 acres. ^ There is a place of this name in the High Quarter, of which later.
'¦' There voted for freehold 'lands in Baggraw, in 1722, John Reid of Ulgham, and Stephen Coxon of
Great Tosson, and in 1734 Robert Bi'own of Baggraw, and Thomas Ord of Davy Shield, but probably this
place was near Rothbury.
•" John Tate was rated in 1663 for his lands at the Snape at £12 ; in 1702 it was held by John Tate a
tradesman in Hexham, who also possessed a house in Dumfries (mentioned in his will made in 1697), as
also a share in the lease of the Tyne mills. His son Joseph Tate was baihff of Hexham, and died in 1725
possessed of the Tombshouse in AUendale, and was succeeded by his son a second Joseph Tate ; the latter
died in 1730. There voted for lands at the Snape, in 1734, John Robson of BoothiU mUl; in 1748, Thomas
Reid of Walwick Low hall, and Robert Heron of Newcastle ; in 1774, John Daglish of Hexham, Thomas
Helmsley of West Acomb, and Ralph Spark of Hexham. The latter in 1769 held lands here jure uxoris,
which in 1829 belonged to the heirs of Isaac Spark. The present owner is Mr. J. C. Straker.
' Archbishop Gray's Register, Raine, pp. 275, 276, Surt. Soe. No. 50. ° Ibid. p. 265.
' York Registers, Corbridge, f. 94 a. » Ibid. Greenfield, i. f. 33. = Ibid. ii. f. 224 a.
'" Vol. iii. p. 84. " Feodary's Book, Ixi.

THE WEST QUARTER. 1 7
Crown grant of 1632 to Sir John Fenwick, and forty years later belonged to
Sir Edward Radcliffe ; ' since that time it has always been the property of the
owners of Coastley. The parish register contains numerous entries in the
seventeenth century of the family of Ridley of Westwood.^ In 1805 it is
described as a farm of 151 acres let at a rent of j^2io, and there were also
13 acres of woodland.^
Summerrods, upon the Hextol burn, the second detached portion of
the West Quarter, lies in a dene to which it gives its name. It contains
15 acres, and is only divided by a couple of fields from a part of Coastley.
Sommerroodes was held in 1568 by Robert Lighton,* and in 1631 by George
Stokoe,^ and in 1663 George Algood and George Stokoe were rated at the
large sum of £6 13s. 4d. for Summer Roads. Since then it has frequently
changed hands. At the beginning of the eighteenth century Summerrods
was held or occupied by Roger Craig, who in 1716* devised his farmhold at
Haydon to his nephew, John Craig of Summerrods, and mentioned another
nephew of the same name, son of his late brother, Richard Craig of Dean
Raw. The first named John Craig, also of Summerrods, died in 1721, and
devised his lands in the barony of Langley, held under lease from Sir
Edward Radcliffe, his lands at Light Brikes {sic) and the Leazes, and his
messuage at Haydon, to his son John. In 1774 William Oliver of Chipchase
voted for it, and John Nicholson appears in the Court Rolls of 18 16, and
voted for his freehold there "in 1832. The present owners are Messrs. Henry
and George H. Bell, who purchased it and some adjoining lands from the
Rev. T. H. Stokoe, D.D., who was heir at law of John Stokoe.
The sharp ridge on which Yarridge stands, and from which it takes its
name,' divides the valley of the West Dipton burn from that of the Tyne.
The homestead of High Yarridge, sheltered from the east and west by small
plantations of sycamore, elm, and ash, has in view to the south the moors of
Dotland and Blanchland, and to the north it overlooks the town of Hexham
and the valley of the North Tyne. It is the third of the detached portions
of the West Quarter, and was one of the earliest possessions of Hexham
' Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol. i. p. 315.
' 23rd October, 8 Elizabeth. William Ridley obtained a grant from the Crown of ' Totum
messuagium et tenementum in bosca vocat Westwood in Hexham shier ac herbagium ejusdem bosci,
redd, vij" vj' viij".' Add. MS. B.M. 5510, f. yj. He also held Readswood, Hening-rigge, Tarret, and
the Peels. Survey of the Debateable and Borderlands taken in 1604, pp. 54, iv. Edited by R. P.
Sanderson, 1891. ' Report of Greenwich Hospital Commissioners, 1805.
•* Feodary's Book, Ixvi. * Hexham Court Rolls. ° Raine, Test. Ebor. ' See vol. iii. p. 18.
Vol. IV. 3

1 8 HEXHAM PARISH.
priory, to which it was given by Archbishop Thomas II. in 1 113. In the
Black Book of Hexham the prior and convent are said to hold six husband-
lands at Yarridge, both of arable land and pasture.^ Though it sent its
complement of men to the muster of 1538, none of them was properly
accoutred. Yarath Muster Roll, 1538.
Cuthbert StokoU, George Kell, Willm. Willsen, Edwerd Robson, Davet Robson, Ric. Herryngton,
Thomas Forster, James Forster, NicoUes Little, naither hors nor harnes."
In 1663, lands in Yarrage were rated to Mrs. Mary Fenwick at .:^io ;
but the value of the holding of the other freeholder, James Hasty, is not
inserted. In 1713 it was held under lease, from Sir William Blackett, by
William Bell, and it now belongs to Mr. W. C. B. Beaumont.
The fourth, and most remote detached portion of the West Quarter, is
the Hall Shield, near the head of Ham burn, and situated on the Greenrigg
Moor ; it has an area of only 1 5 acres.
Nubbock, about a mile and a half due south of Langhope, stands on the
summit of the ridge which forms the backbone of the West Quarter, and lies
on the north side of the high road between Hexham and Allendale Town.
Its ancient name was Jakele or Yokesley, and it is referred to in the great
survey of 1608 as Yokesley or Nubbock. In early times it was associated
with Langhope, and in 1303 it was granted, together with Langhope, to
Adam de Ruskebasket. It is uncertain what became of Nubbock after
this date. It is not mentioned as being in the hands of the Coastley family
in the inquisition of 1350. It was ultimately acquired by the Ridley
family, who parted with it to the priory of Hexham in 1532 under the
following circumstances : the prior and convent granted to John Ridley
a place in Coastley-rawe, with 3^ acres of land in the fields of Hexham,
7 acres of land in Priestpopple fields, i acre near the same, and a yearly
rent of 2s. They also granted him all his own tithe corn and the sheaves
of Coastley and Coastleyhope, with the tithe of the mill there (which
tithes he had received by grant from King Henry VIIL, dated i8th April,
1531) for eighty years at a rent of 21s. In exchange, John Ridley granted
the priory ' a place in Coastley hope called Nobbok,' and agreed to dis
charge them of the free rent thereof.' At the dissolution, Nubbock came
into the hands of Sir Reginald Carnaby, the grantee of the priory lands.
' Hexham Priory, Raine, ii. p. 1 1, Surt. Soe. No. 46. ^ Arch. Ael. 4to series, iv. p. 190.
" Greenwich Hospital Deeds, Coastley, A. No. 15.

THE WEST QUARTER.

19

In the survey of 1547 it is mentioned as 'one close with wood called
Yokesley,' at a rent of 20s. a year, and was in the tenure of Cuthbert
Carnaby and Lady Carnaby, executors of Sir Reynold Carnaby.
In the Feodary's Book, in 1568, Nobbigge is entered as belonging to
Cuthbert Carnaby of Halton; but in 1663 Nubbuck was owned by Sir
William Fenwick of Wallington, under whom it was held as leasehold by a
cadet line of its former owners, the Carnabys. There is no evidence to show
the exact connection of either of the families whose descent is given below
with the main line, but that the kinship was not a remote one is shown by the
will of William Carnaby of Halton, who, in 1686, entailed his estate upon his
brother, with remainder to his uncle, Ralph Carnaby of Chollerton, and then
upon Richard Carnaby of Nubbock. It is possible that the Nubbock family
was identical with that of Langley, the unexpired lease of which was sold or
parted with in 1619. The present owner of Nubbock is Mr. J. C. Straker.
CARNABY OF NUBBOCK.*

Richard Carnaby of Nubbock ; will dated 12th Nov.,
1672 (a) ; proved by widow, 12th April, 1675.

Bridget  ; to whom her husband
devised a moiety of Nubbuck.

Richard Carnaby of Nubbock
man in the entail created under will of
William Carnaby of Halton, 2nd August,
1686 (c) ; buried in Hexham quire, l8th
Nov., 1692 id) ; administration granted to
widow, 25th June, 1694 Q).

the remainder = Jane  ; in 1717 regis
tered her estates as a Roman
Gatholic(rf). 3istMay,l732,
Mrs. Joane Carnaby of
Hexham buried in the quire
ia) id).

Margaret.
EUzabeth. Katherine, baptised 13th March,
1645/6 ia).
Ann, baptised Ist June, 1648 (a).
(All named in father's will.)

Francis Carnaby =
of Nubbock in
1 71 7 registered
his estates,
Nubbock and
West Green-
ridge id) ; died
s.t.; buried in
Hexham quire,
20th Oct., 1725
(a) ; adminis
tration granted
ist Dec, 1725,
to widow ii).
I
Carnaby Marley ;
died 1747.

¦¦ Mary ;
bond of
marriage,22ndJune, 1713-

I I
William, buried
in Hexham
quire, 15th
May, 1692
ia).
Ralph ; buried
in Hexham
quire, 14th
June, 1689
ia).

I I I I I
James Carnaby ; died Jane
sp. ... 1725.
Richard Carnaby ;
died s.p. ... 1715.
Mary, or, Margaret ;
professed in France.
Anne ; buried in Hex
ham quire, 6th Feb.,
1698/9 ia).

.1
William Bridget Carnabyof Hexham;
Marley died unmarried ; buried
of Pick- 2nd Jan., 1753 (a) ; by will
tree, dated 29th Dec, 1752,
Chester- proved at York, 26th Sept.,
le-Street; 1753, she devised half of
styled Nubbock to sister Jane
' the Marley, widow, for life,
prince.' then to her daughters Jane,
wife of John Story, and
Ann, wife of John Hutton ;
and named Mary Shafto,
Joseph Cook, and Wm.
Kirsopp, her cousins Q).

Jane ; married John Story of Chester-le-Street ;
whose will, dated 27th June, 1769, proved
same year, mentions lands at Nubbock, Pick-
tree, Chester-le-Street, Pelton, etc. ib).
si/

Anne ; married John
Hutton ot Woodham,
county palatine.

Dorothy ; married
William HeppeU.

id) Hexham Register.
ib) Raine, Test. Ebor.

ic) Proceedings of Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, vol. vi. p. 99, etc.
id) Hexham Roman Catholic Register.

* This pedigree is based on one in the Sharp MSS. in the Cathedral Library at Durham.

20

HEXHAM PARISH.

' 5th Feb., 1604/5, Thomas Usher, jun., and Barbara Carnaby of Nubbuck, spinster, married. 29th Feb., 1651/2,
Margaret Carnaby of Nubbuck buried in church. 28th Jan., 1657/8, Frances Carnaby of Nubbuck buried.' Hexham
Register. ' I2th Nov., 1672. Richard Carnaby ot Nubbocke, parish of Hexham, gentleman. To my sonn Richard
Carnaby the hioyetie of my lands and tenements, called Yoakesley, alias Nubbocke, to him and his heires, paying to
Margarett and Elizabeth Carnabye, my daughters, 20/. each. To my sonn Richard 64/., which he hath received, or
shall receive, for wood which he sould to Mr. George Bacon toward the payment of 100/. to Mr. William Errington
of Wallick Grainge. To my deare wife Bridgett the other moiety of Yoakesley, alias Nubbocke, with all the wood
growing upon it. To my daughters Katherine and Ann Carnaby, each 20/., to be paid after the decease of my wife.
To my daughter Margarett Carnaby 50.?. per annum, to be paid by my sonn Richard. The rest to my wife Bridgitt.
She executrix. Raine, Test. Ebor.

CARNABY OF HEXHAM.
 Carnaby = 

Roger Carnaby of Hex
ham ; will dated 31st
March, proved 1 7th
June, 171 3 (b); buried
in Hexham quire, 7th
April, 1713 (a). 

Mary. John Carnaby =

WiUiam Carnaby of
Great Tosson, bap
tised 20th Feb.,
1675 (0 ; mentioned
in will ot his uncle
Roger Carnaby.

Isabella Carnaby ; named
in will of her uncle
Roger Carnaby.

Richard Carnaby of Great
Tosson ; dead before
date of brother's will ;
buried 21st Sept., 1703
ie).

= Alice Wood of Elyhaugh,
parish of Felton ; mar
ried gth July, 1674
(1?) ; buried 21st Sept.,
1703 («).

Barbara,

Thomas, bap

buried

tised 26th

6th

Oct., 1690

Aug.,

ie).

1719

ie).

Jane, baptised 19th
March, 1693 ie) ;
named in will of
uncle Roger Car
naby.

.Ill
Elizabeth, baptised 1683 ;
died 1685 ie).
Elizabeth, baptised 1697 ;
buried 1705 («).
Alice, baptised 13th June,
1680 ie).

Ralph Carnaby ot Todburn, in Longhorsley parish, in ^ Fortune  ; buried 3rd May,

1682 purchased lands in Rothbury from John Gibson ;
buried 30th April, 1702 («)*•

1702 (0 ic).

Ralph Carnaby of Todburn, in Longhorsley parish ; = Ann Dobson ; married 18th June, 1719 id) ;
died 7th Dec, 1763, aged 68 (aO (<;)• I died 5th Dec, 1762, aged 68 (rf) (<r).

I

Francis Carnaby of Tod
burn, eldest son, was
killed by fallingf down
a coal pit, near the
Chirm, i8th April,
buried 22nd April,
1765, aged 43 id);
unmarried f

Ralph Car
naby ; died
unmarried, 3rd March,
1748, aged
20.

I
James Carnaby of
Todburn ; died
l8th Jan., 1803,
aged 72 (</). Will
dated 30th May,
1799 W-

III.
Ann Hare ; Mary ; died m infancy, buried 7th
died at March, 1726 id).
Shawdon Anne ; died unmarried, 30th Sept.,
Woodhouse, buried 3rd Oct.,l76o,aged 32(1/).
29th Aug., Mary, bom 1735 ; married Lionel
1821, aged Aynsley of the Chirm, and died
74 (<0- 8th Sept., 1784, aged 49 id).

Ralph Carnaby of
Todburn . after
wards of Shawdon
Woodhouse ; died
13th July, 1842,
aged 70 id), s.p.l

John Carnaby of Morpeth,
solicitor ; of which town
he was appointed in 1803
town clerk, the election
being subsequently de
clared void ; died at
Whittingham, 7th Feb.,
1849, aged 70 id), s.p.

I

(a) Hexham Register.
ib) Raine, Test. Ebor.

Barbara ; married William Donkin
of Piainfield, March, 1801 («) ;
died at Shawdon Woodhouse, 4th
Nov., 1837, aged 67 id). Her
only child, Barbara Collin Don
kin, was killed by lightning at
Shawdon Woodhouse, 14th July,
1837, aged 32 years, on the eve
of her marriage.
ic) Bell Collection. ie) Rothbury Register.
id) Longhorsley Register and M.I.

Ann ; married
Thomas Collin
of Sunderland,
solicitor ; died
s.p.

* 4th October, 1682, Ralph Carnaby of the parish of Horsley, presented for not coming to his parish church. At
the sessions 29th April, 1685, Ralph Carnaby of Todburn, yeoman, presented as a papist or non-juror. Sessions Records.
t ' On April 19th, as a farmer and his son were riding from Netherwitton to Long Framlington, they unfortunately
missed their way, and the son rode into an old coal pit, where he and his horse perished.' Newcastle Courant, April, 1765.
X Ralph Carnaby of Todburn was a man of so great stature and bulk that his boot is said to have contained a
measure of corn. Ex. inf. Mr. M. H. Dand.

THE WEST QUARTER. 21
The following will of Roger Carnaby of Hexham, gentleman, dated 31st March, 1713, proves the connection of
the family of Carnaby of Great Tosson in Rothbury and Todburn in Longhorsley with Hexham, though evidence to
aflSUate them to the older stem has not been discovered : ' 31st March, 1713. Roger Carnaby of Hexham, gentleman.
To my deare wife Mary, ;^300, ;^20 of which is due to me by bond from Mr. Francis Carnaby and Mr. Richard
Carnaby, both of Hexham ; also my mortgage on a house called Green Harbour Court, nigh New Gate, in London, etc.
To my nephew William Carnaby of Tossen, and Barbary his wife, /loo. To my niece Isabell Carnaby, daughter of my
brother John Carnaby, 100/. To my sister Mary Carnaby the interest of 100/. due to me on lands belonging to John
Carnaby of CarUsle, plumber, tor her life, and then 50/. of it to the said John Carnabye's children, 20/. to my niece Mary
Carnaby, and 20/. to my niece Jane Carnaby, daughter of my brother Richard Carnaby deceased. To my sister in law
Frances, wife of Thomas Liddell of Hexham, glover, 30/., and 10/. to Francis Beadland, son ot Thomas Beadland of
Haggerston ; and 10/. to my black boy Wandoe, my present man servant. The money due to me upon a South
Sea bill to the children of my cousin Jane Carnaby of Hexham widow, my cousin Elizabeth Lisle, my cousin Mary
Winsellow, daughter of my nephew James Winsellow, and my cousin Barbara Ord, spinster. The rest to my wife.
She executrix.' Raine, Test. Ebor,
The adjoining hamlet, called the Paise, is situated between East Green-
ridge and Nubbock ; and the Stubblick Sike there becomes the West Dipton
burn. Though it contributed eight fully equipped men to the muster of 1538,
it, together with the Hole-house, only furnished two men to that of 1 580.'-
Pays Muster Roll, 1538.^
Robert StokaU, Edwerd Bleklok, Nicoles Bleklok, Nicoles Stokell, Thomas Raw, Thomas Bleklok,
Willm. Bleklok, Christofer Daveson, able with hors and harnes.
In 1596 John Ward had by letters patent a lease of the Paise for
twenty-one years at the rent of los., and conveyed it in moieties to John
Stokoe and Edward Armstrong, who were the tenants in 1608. Though
the Paise was rated to Ann Rowell, widow, at £11 in 1663, the farm-hold of
High Shield Rigge, commonly called the Peas, was sold 29th August, 1670,
by John Fenwick of Wallington to John Heron of the Peas,' who answered
at the Manor Court of 1673. He was buried in Hexham church, 30th June,
1699. Numerous entries occur in the parish register during the seventeenth
century relating to the Herons of this place, but there is not sufficient
material from which to compile a pedigree.
The wiU of John Heron of the Paise, yeoman, dated 4th June, 1699: To my wife, Elizabeth,
£6 los. per annum to be paid by my son, John Heron, out of my farmhold called the Payes, in lieu of her
thirds and widow right ; to my said wife aU my household goods and utensUs of household stuff; to my
daughters, Ann Heron, Bridget Heron, Mary Heron, and Jane Heron, each £'},o. Residue to son, John
Heron, he sole executor. , , , ^
Inventory taken 19th July, 1699. £ =. d.
His apparel and purse, valued and apprized att ... ... ... 6 13 4
In ye fore house : one cupboard, one press cupboard, one table, one
forme, two old chaires, one stoole, one bedstead, with a feather bed
and furniture, valued... ... ¦.• ••• ••• ••• 368
In ye little roome : one bedstead, with a feather bed and furniture, and
an old chest, valued at ... — — ••• ••• i 1° °
' Border Papers, Bain, vol. i. p. 22. ' Arch. Ael. 4to series, vol. iv. p. 190.
3 Documents with Mr. L. C. Lockhart.

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In ye room above ye little roome : One table, one armed chair, one
forme, one livery cupboard
In ye utter roome : two old bedsteads, with chaffe beds, happins, and
two old chests, valued att
Pewter, brass, and iron gear, valued att
Wood vessells and other wooden goods, valued att ...
Linnen and woollen, valued att
Husbandry gear, valued att
Four oxen and two stears, valued att
Ten CO wes and one calfe, valued att
One bull and four hefifers, valued att
Seaven stirkes, valued att
Four draught horses and mares, valued att ...
Fifty ewes and thirty-four lambs, valued att
Fifty other sheep, valued att
Corn sowen and in ye stack garth, valued att
Debts oweing to ye deceased, being desperate
Total ...
Funeral expenses Rests ... ... ... ... ....£128 15 o
John Heron was succeeded by his son of the same name, whose wife,
Margaret, was buried in Hexham church on the 27th June, 1705, and John
Heron of Hexham in 1739 conveyed the same place in mortgage to John
Reed of Chipchase (in trust for Matthew Leadbitter of Nether Warden,
whose was the ^800 advanced).^ It is assumed that they were the parents
of Elizabeth (daughter of John Heron of the Paise), who became the
wife of Matthew Leadbitter of Warden.^ Certain commons belonging to
Nubbock and the Paise were divided under articles of agreement made 2nd
May, 1 78 1, between Sir Thomas Blackett, bart., the lord of the manor of
Hexham, William Cuthbert of Newcastle, the owner of Nubbock, and
Nicholas Leadbitter of Warden, owner of the Paise.' The present owner is
Mr. Thomas F. Leadbitter of London.
Greenridge is situated on the West Dipton burn, about a mile south of
Nubbock. Like Coastley, it was once a place of considerable importance,
for in the survey of 1547 it is called a township, and has a separate heading
like the greater divisions of the shire. The same survey records the fact that
it was burnt by the Scots in the time of Archbishop Bowet, and states that
the property had belonged to the priory of Hexham, and had passed at the
dissolution into the hands of Sir Reginald Carnaby.
' Documents with Mr. L. C. Lockhart.
^ Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol. iii. p. 410. ' Documents with Mr. L. C. Lockhart.

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In spite of the evident importance of the place in the middle of the
sixteenth century, only one earlier reference to Greenridge has yet been
found. On the 7th of February, 1348, Archbishop Zouche granted a writ
to his justices to try a suit between John, prior of Hexham, and John
of Coastley about 4 marks rent in Hexham and Greenridge.^ After the
dissolution its importance declined, and it is referred to as a tenement in the
survey of 1608. At this time also it was divided into two parts, known
respectively as the Easter and Wester Greenridge. East Greenridge came
into the hands of the Thirlwall family soon after the dissolution, and in 1591
Richard Thirlwall paid his fine to enter upon Greenridge, late in the tenure
of John Thirlwall.^ The estate in 1663 belonged to John Thirlwall of
Newbiggin, who was rated for the same at ;^I3 6s. 8d. It was occupied by
a humbler line of Thirlwalls, probably farmers, four generations of whom
are shown in the following pedigree. One of them met his death in a
peculiar way, thus recorded in the parish register: ' 1712/3, 2nd March,
John Thirlwall of East Greenridge, killed by creeping into a fox hole on
Dipton Cleugh, buried.' THIRLWALL OF EAST GREENRIDGE.
George Thirlwall of East Greenridge; buried in Hexham church, 28th May, = Lucy  ; buried 20th Feb.,
1681 (a) ; administration granted 30th June, i58i, to son Peter (/5). 1678/9 (a).

Peter Thirlwall of East Green- = Margaret Rit-
ridge ; baptised 22nd Nov., son ; married
1647 (a); in 1704 was an 31st Jan., 1682
executor to brother's will; (a); buried
administration, 5th ,)an., 1 1th Aug., 1698
i7lo/li,granted to son John (a).
(*)• 
John Thirlwall of East Greenridge; baptised
15th July, 1683 (a); killed by creeping
into a fox hole on Dipton Cleugh, and
buried in Hexham church, 2nd March,
1712/3 (a); administration, 17th June,
1713, granted to his brother George ib).

Richard ; baptised
24th Det., 1649
(a).
Robert; buried in
Hexham church,
30th May, 1680
(a).

John Thirlwall of East = Margaret
Greenridge ; baptised
30th Jan. ,1658/9; died
sp.; buried 21st Feb.,
1703/4 (a) ; will dated
27th Jan., 1703/4 ib).

buried in Hex
ham church,
6th May, 1699

George Thirlwall ; = .
baptised i8th June,
1684 (a) ; in 1704
named in will of
his uncle, John
Thirlwall.

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John ; baptised 27th July, 1690;
buried 23rd Dec, 1691 (a).
Peter; baptised5th July,i684(a);
died in infancy.

John ; baptised 14th Dec,
171 2 (a); buried Jan.,
1714/5 («)•

Peter Thirlwall ; [= ? Mary Stapert ;
baptised 12th married 29th
Jan.,I7I5/6(a). April, 1742 (a).]

Mary ; baptised
29th July, 1705
(a).

(a) Hexham Register.

ib) Raine, Test. Ebor.

The will of John Thirlwall of East Greenridge, who died in 1704, and
the inventory which follows, are interesting, as showing the extent of the
effects of the yeoman farmers of his time :

' Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. ii. p. 2 n.

' Hexham Manor Rolls,

24 HEXHAM PARISH.
In the name of God, Amen. I, John Thirlwall the elder, of Ester Greenridge in the county of
Northumberland, yeoman, this twenty-seventh day of January, 1703, being sick in body, but of sound and
perfect remembrance, praise be therefore to Almighty God, do make, ordaine this my last will and
testament in manner and forme foUowinge : that is to say, first, I will that all my debts and funerall
expences shall be payd and discharged by my executor hereafter named. Item, I give unto Christopher
Thirlwall twenty shiUings. Item, I give unto Margarett Witherington one ewe. Item, I give unto
Elizabeth Carr, one cow, one cubert, one cowell' with all the other vessells standing thereupon, one kirne,
one woollen wheele, one lint wheele, one standing bedd, one chaire, one chest and that which is in it, and
all the bedding except two blancketts, two happings, one bolster, and curtains. I give her one rideing
seat. Item, I give unto John Thirlwall, my brother's son, one maire, with the rest of my household
goods, and my wearing cloathes. Item, I give unto Peter Thirlwall, my brother, one waine, with y° rest
of my husbandry geer, whom I make my executor. Lastly, my will and pleasure is that my oxen and
sheep and kine shall be equally divided among these four, that is to say, my brother Peter and his two
sons, John and George, and Elizabeth Carr. the cropp answering the rent, etc.
A true and perfect inventory of all the goods and chattells of John Thirlewall, late deceased, which he
dyed seised and possessed of, now by us apprized :
Item, horse, purse, and apparell
Item, brass and pewther ...
Item, pott, crooke, and tongs
Item, cupboard, bedd, & other wooden vessell
Item, wheeles and waine 
Item, four kine, one oxe, one steare, one hefFer
Item, fifty-six sheep 
Item, bigg and oates 
Debts, funerall expences, and servants' wages
Easter Greenridge, Cooks-house, and Whinnetly mill were surrendered
on the 20th February, 1752, by Matthew Swinburn and Eleanor, his wife, to
William Charlton of Reedsmouth.^ At the next court Mary Thirlwall, Mrs.
Swinburn's sister, surrendered any interest she might have. The considera
tion money was .^1,558.* At the division of the Hexham and Allendale
common in 1800, Edward Charlton was awarded 167 acres of copyhold land
and 37 stints in respect of his estate of East Greenridge. It now belongs to
Sir John Haggerston.
West Greenridge belonged in 1663 to Sir William Fenwick of Walling
ton, who was rated for it and for Nubbock at ^^40. In 17 17 it belonged to
Francis Carnaby of Nubbock, whose mother, as a Roman Catholic,* in that
year registered an annuity derived therefrom. On the 15th September,
' 'Cowl,' coul, a tub or similar large vessel, etc. New English Diet. ' Raine, Test. Ebor.
' Enrolments with clerk of the peace for Northumberland.
¦¦ Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol. iii. p. 148.
¦''' Acts to oblige papists to register their names and real estates, I George I., cap. 55 and 3 George I.,
cap. 18. These Acts were repealed 31 George III., cap. 32. These registers were filed in the office of the
clerk of the peace in duplicate, in parchment rolls and paper copies of the same ; the latter bear the
original signatures of the parties.

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1742, William Brown of Greenridge, gentleman, devised his farmholds there
to his son Gilbert. The latter voted for the same in 1748 and 1774. ^^
1800 Gilbert Brown of West Greenridge received an allotment of 215 acres
of freehold land and 33 stints in satisfaction of his common rights on the
Hexham and Allendale common. Unlike East Greenridge, which is bare
of wood. West Greenridge is well sheltered with trees ; it now belongs to
Mr. J. C. Straker.^
The history of the Spital and of the coal mines of Stublick, which are
the only two remaining places of importance in the West Quarter, has been
dealt with in the preceding volume.
WHITLEY CHAPEL.
The chapelry of Whitley comprises the three townships of the Low, the
Middle, and the High Quarters of Hexham.
Its present ecclesiastical status dates from
1764, when, through the action of John Sharp,
the energetic archdeacon of Northumberland,
it was severed from the mother church. These
three townships, with that of the West Quarter,
are co-extensive with the district formerly
known as Newlands and Rowley ward.
A chapel, dedicated to St. Helen, is placed
on a gently swelling piece of ground on the
tongue of land above the confluence of the
Rowley burn and Devil's Water. It is a rec
tangular building, with a three-light east win
dow, pronounced by competent authorities
to be of more ancient workmanship than the
chapel itself. The earliest mention of the
name of Whitley is in a charter of Arch
bishop Zouche, dated 28th May, 1350,' and
it occurs there in relation to the mill. No
chapel is mentioned in the Hst of such
places of the date 1310,^ in the time of Archbishop Greenfield; nor do the
Ministers' Accounts of the estates of the dissolved priory for the year ending
' Mr. Straker's Greenridge estate (which includes the farms of Nubbock, the Snape, and Stubblick)
was purchased in 1871 from the late Mr. WiUiam Cuthbert of Beaufront.
2 Hexham Priory, Raine, ii. p. 139. ^ History of Northumberland, vol. iii. 202 n.
Vol. IV. 4

26 HEXHAM PARISH.
Michaelmas, 1536, make any mention of Whitley, though they enumerate
the curates of Hexham, Allendale, St. John Lee, St. Oswald, and Bingfield,
as those to whom the prior had been used to pay stipends.^
In his account of the charities of Tynedale, Ritschell states that :
There had been in old time a little chapel, by the highway side which leads from the head of the shire
to Hexham, where abranch of it turns off to the east to the Steel and Duxfield miUs, dedicated to St. Helen,
commonly called Whitley chapel,'' which had been entirely ruin'd and was rebuilt by subscriptions some
time before the Restauration, to teach school ; and the neighbourhood to meet in upon occasion ; as is set
forth, in the preamble to the said subscriptions, which having no date, the precise time cannot now be
remembered. To the repairing of the chapel Sir Edward Radcliffe gave three trees,
and Sir John Fenwick six trees, out of certain timber in Dotland ; and
George Bacon of Broadwood-hall, in Allendale, gave a wain load of
squared timber out of the wood at Steel-hall. Sir William Fenwick,
on the 1 8th June, 1662, promised to give to the schoolmaster' of Whitley
chapel three pounds a year out of the intack rents, or acre money, of the
Middle and High Quarters.* The building so repaired was used as a school-
house, but not for divine service ; for, in 1694, 'the Quakers from distant parts
meeting at the said Chapel hill, and great numbers out of curiosity resorting
to them, the said chapel was made fit and appropriated to divine service . . .
but . . . being very mean and not sufficient to contain half the people who
resorted thither ... in the year following, 1695, there was an augmentation
made then by subscriptions.'^ In 1704, Ritschell writes: 'The curate of Slealy
at present preaches there every 14 night, but ye people are so very poor y'
their contributions raise little above fy per annum, and thoa {sic) that part
of this shire be above 9 northern miles in length, and there were above 700
souls on that syde, A°95.' Ritschell died in 1724 (?) and devised 40s. a year
to the curate of Whitley. Possibly, as in the case of some other chapels in
the district (as will be shown later), the schoolmaster may have acted as
'reader' until 1742, when the curate-incumbent of Hexham, on the inhabit
ants agreeing to find £\o a year towards his stipend, appointed Thomas
History of Northumberland, vol. iii. p. 202 n.
'^ In 1 568 George Crawhawe held lands in Whit-chepell, Blackehalle, and Whemplee, and John Bassen-
whet in BlackehaU, Whitechepell, and Whetlee. Feodary's Book; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol. iii.
p. Ixviii. Though places, bearing similar names, may be found in the immediate neighbourhood, this
reference may be more justly applied to Whitechapel near Haydon Bridge.
' loth August, 1699. William Rumney, schoolmaster, and Mary Gerard, spinster, married. 6th
March, 1701. Sarah, daughter of WiUiam Rumney of Whitley chapel, schoolmaster, baptised. Hexham
Register. ' Ritschell, Tynedale Charities. ° Ibid.

WHITLEY CHAPEL. 27
Hudson, master of the grammar school, to be sub-curate with charge of
Whitley chapel. The promise of pecuniary support was but indifferently
kept, for, in 1746, Archdeacon Thomas Sharp reports to the archbishop :
Whitley chappel in ye parish of Hexham had been for several years converted into a school, but was
rebuilt by subscription among the inhabitants about 4 years ago. There is a stipend of 50s. left by will,
and since the rebuilding of ye chappel the inhabitants subscribed .£10 a year for ye maintenance of a
curate to officiate there every Sunday in ye morning. Yet Mr. Hudson, the present curate, tells me that
these contributions are so ill paid that he gets not above one 3d. of them at this time. I wish this be not
in some measure his own fault, for I find the people there do not like him, and one of ye principal among
them gave me to understand that if they had a minister to their mind to live among them (for Mr.
Hudson is schoolmaster at Hexham), and might further have the privilege of burying their dead there
and of having other occasional offices perform'd there, instead of being obliged to go to Hexham on all
these occasions, he did make no doubt but they would provide a competent maintenance for such a
minister among themselves. This, indeed, is worth considering, for they are said to be a large congrega
tion. It was suggested, indeed, that ye chappel and chappel yard were never consecrated, for as it had
been used times out of mind as a school-house, where ye curates of Hexham used to perform divine
service once a fortnight in the afternoon, they suppose it to have been originally no more than a school.
But I take this to be their mistake, and apprehend it to have been an ancient chappel to Hexham. And
so I think Mr. Ritschell's paper represents it. I have only to add that Mr. Calverley Blacket has given a
bell to this chappel, but the inhabitants have not as yet hung it up for use.
In 1752 the four churchwardens of Hexhamshire obtained a grant from
the lady of the manor of a piece of common or waste ground, 100 yards long
by 80 yards wide, and in 1759 a petition was addressed to the archbishop of
York that he would consecrate it with the chapel, 'where divine service is
preached every Sunday, which is a great convenience to us, we being a great
distance from Hexham, our parish church, .... some of us being twelve
miles from Hexham, which is very hard upon us, especially in the winter
season, when the days are short, and the roads is bad, we have to come home
in the night, sometime at eleven or twelve o'clock.'^
Another petition, made in 1763, informs the archbishop that the chapel
was rebuilt 'by subscription about twenty years ago .... when it
was entirely taken down and rebuilt,' and that it had an endowment ot
£2 9s. a year, charged on two small estates in the neighbourhood, by the
wills of the Rev. George Ritschell and Robert Dixon of Stonehouse.'
The archbishop demurred to consecrate the chapel, but on the 6th of
July, 1764, he consecrated the new graveyard. Through the exertions and
personal influence of the archdeacon, subscriptions were raised, Sir Walter
Blackett giving .1^500. These subscriptions were increased by a grant from
' Archbishop of York's Papers.
' The 40S. a year devised by Ritschell is charged on South Nunbush, in the parish of Warden ; the 9s.
a year devised by Dixon on a house in Hencoats.

28 HEXHAM PARISH.
Queen Anne's bounty, until the amount reached the sum of ;^i,2oo, out of
which £i,i']o was invested in the purchase of an estate at Mollersteads, to
provide a permanent endowment for the minister, to whom the incumbent
of Hexham relinquished the surplice fees. The presentation was vested in
the lord of the manor. Curates oj Whitley Chapel.
1618. Richard Parker occurs as curate of Hexhamshire, one of his children being buried at Hexham.
1743, Sept. 26th. Thomas Hudson licensed by the archbishop of York. Ordained deacon the day
before. Licensed again June 9th, 1745. Also curate of Blanchland, and master of the grammar school,
Hexham. 1748. Abraham Brown appears at the visitation. He was only licensed by the archbishop on 26th
August, 1765, on the nomination of Sir Walter Blackett; was minister of the chapel for sixty years, and
master of the grammar school, Hexham. He married at Chollerton on the 23rd June, 1747, Alice Dixon,
by whom he left no issue. The wiU of Abraham Brown of MoUersteads, clerk, dated i6th June, 1812,
desires his body to be buried at Whitley chapel, and devises to 'my nephew James Walker, my five godsons
Abraham Bolam of Weardale, lead miner, Mr. Forster of Newcastle, sadler, WUliam Elliot, son of the late
Rev. Henry Elliot of Bamburgh, John, son of John Cook, and William, son of Thomas Armstrong
of Hexham, glover, .£5 a piece. To poor of Whitley chapelry interest on .£100, to schoolmaster of Whitley
chapel interest on ^120, my niece Margaret WiUiamson, widow, my nephew Abraham Walker, and my
late nephew Wm. Walker.' Whitley Chapel Register.
1813, April. John Hewetson licensed by the archbishop on the death of Brown, on the nomination of
John Waite, vicar of Isell, in Cumberland, the patron. He had Richard Close for his sub-curate, and held
the curacy of Birness, in Elsdon.'
1 841. William Sisson of University college, Durham. The present incumbent, also vicar of Slaley.
Inscriptions.
Here rests all that is mortal of the Rev. Abraham Brown upwards of 60 years minister of Whitley
chapel and its first perpetual curate, who died Nov. 8, 1812, aged 92 years. Also of Alice, his wife, who
died Jan. 4, 1780, aged 79 years.
In memory of Thomasine, wife of John Carr of Dotland park, who died January 15, 1793, aged 37 years.
Mary, wife of George Davison of Marley CoatwaUs, died April 25, 1795, aged 67 years.
In memory of John Carr of Dotland park, who died 9 July, 1831, aged 87. And of Thomasine, his
wife, who died 15 January, 1793, aged 36. Also John and George, their sons. John died 20 Oct., 1844,
aged 58. George died 20 June, i858, aged 84. They all died at Dotland park.
In Memory of John Carr of Dotland, who died January 2, 1789, aged 57 years. Also Mary, his wife,
died January 25, 1809, aged 77 years.
The burial place of Thomas and Ann Carr of Dotland. Hannah, their daughter, died May 8, 1829,
aged 21.
In memory of George, son of Thomas Carr of Dotland, who died May 26, 1805, aged 5 years. Also
Hannah, daughter of Thomas Carr, who died June 15, 1806, aged a years.
The burial place of William Curry of Lilswood. Annbell, his daughter, died December 12, 1812,
aged 33 years. The above WiUiam Curry departed this life June 10, 1814, aged 62 years. Also Margaret,
his wife, who died April 25, 1837, aged 85 years. Also Robert, their son, who died at Long-lee, July 5,
1851, aged 54 years. Also Mildred Dodd, their daughter, who died at High Staples, Feb. 4, 1847,
aged 55 years. Also James Dodd, her husband, died 25 February, 1870, aged 80.
In memory of Michael Dodd, Black-hall, who died May 3, 1859, aged 73 years. Also Mary, his wife,
who died at Morton-grange, January 31, 1873, aged 77 years. Also Margaret, their daughter, who died
' Hewetson never ministered at Whitley chapel except on the day of his reading in. Ex. inf. the
Rev. W. Sisson, 1896.

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February 11, 1848, aged 28 years. Also Eleanor, wife of William Dodd of Black-hall, who died AprU 26,
1861, aged 33 years. Also the above WiUiam Dodd of East Benton, who died September i, 1890
aged 66 years.
The burial place of John Featherstone of Black-hall in this county, who died 4 October, 1808, aged
70 years. Also Barbara, relict of the above, died 3 July, 1821, aged 71 years. And of their chUdren,
Margaret, Wharton, Thomas, who died at different periods of time.
John Johnson of White-haU departed this life June 28, 1780, aged 82 years.
The family burial place of John and Mary Johnson of Hamburn-hall, William, their youngest and last
surviving son, born 20 April, 1790 {sic).
Sacred to the memory of John Johnson of Hamburn-hall, who died 20 April, 1834, aged 83 years.
And of Mary, his wife, who died 20 April, 1810, aged 56 years.
Sacred to the memory of Thomas Johnson of White-haU, who died June 16, 1828, aged 70 years. Mary,
his wife, died Sept. 1 1, 1830, aged 74 years. Thomas, their son, died Nov. 5, 1791, aged 5 years. Hannah,
their daughter, died July 20, 1814, aged 29 years. Samuel, their son, died Feb. 22, 1826, aged 37 years.
John, their son, died at Berwick-on-Tweed, Oct. 7, 1830, aged 47 years.
In memory of Thomas Johnson, grocer, who died at Hexham, March 11, 1862, aged 58 years. And
of Hannah, his wife, who died Aug. 11, 1885, aged 77 ye.ars.
In memory of William Johnson of Newcastle-on-Tyne, who died Nov. 12, 1875, aged 86 years.
The stained east window is inscribed : To the glory of God given with .£400 in trust for the poor in
memory of Samuel and Thomasina Johnson, natives of this chapelry, by their son Thomas, who died at
Sea House, Scremerston, Jan. 18, 1894, aged 74 years.'
Sacred to the memory of Robert Stoker of Chapel-house, who died 6th September, 1832, aged 63 years.

My coals are spent, my iron gone.
My nails are drove, my work is done.
My mortal part rests nigh this stone.
My soul to heaven I hope is gone.

My anvil and hammers lies declin'd,
My bellows have quite lost their wind.
My fire's extinct, my forge decay'd.
My vices are in the dust all laid.
In memory of the Rev. W. J. D. Waddilove, M.A., of Beacon-grange, who died October 28, 1859,
aged 74 years. Also of Elizabeth Anne, his wife, who entered into rest March 7, 1874, aged 86 years.
Also in memory of John Alexander, infant son of Admiral and Mrs. C. WaddUove, born Dec. 13, 1883,
died Dec. 25, 1883. Also of Mary Elizabeth, wife of Admiral Waddilove, died at Admiralty house,
Sheemess, Jan. 10, 1888, aged 43. Register, Charities, etc.
The register begins in 1764, the year of severance ; the earlier portion is in the beautiful handwriting
of Abraham Brown.
1765, May 15th. Thomas Wear of parish of Brinkburn and Ann Angus of this chapelry married.
1766, August and September. Mr. Cuthbert Teasdale of parish of Hexham, and Miss Anne
West of this chapelry, banns published, married at Hexham.
1769, June xst. Mr. Joseph Clark of parish of Heddon-on-the-WaU and Miss Hannah Angus of this
chapelry married.
1770, June 2nd. WiUiam Angus and Catherine Angus, both of this chapelry.
1774, November. Mr. Henry Angus of this chapelry and Miss Mary Teasdale of the parish of
Hexham, banns published, married at Hexham.
1777, December 21st. Mr. John Johnson and Miss Mary Bell, both of this chapelry, married.
1782, February 8th. Mr. Thomas Adamson of Spital Shield buried.
1799, April 23rd. Emma, daughter of Mr. William Walker, Quayside, parish of All Saints,
Newcastle, buried.
The charities of Robert Farbridge, Anthony Farbridge, Henry Dixon, Robert Walton, and Robert
Forster have already been given.^
' 20th April, 1818, Samuel Johnson and Thomasine Carr married. Hexham Register,
'' Vol. iii. p. 176.

30 HEXHAM PARISH.
By his wiU dated 20th April, 1715, Robert Dixon directed that .^20 should be placed at interest for the
poor of the High and Middle Quarters, and that .£10 should be paid to the minister of Whitley chapel. If
there was no minister there, the money was to be given to the poor.
By his will dated September 29th, 1726, William Dixon left £40, the interest of which was to be given
yearly to the poor in the High Quarter at Christmas and Easter.
The money derived from the above charities has been invested in a house at Hexham, which in 1830
was let at a yearly rent of .i^i i.
Abraham Brown's legacy was invested by the trustees on a mortgage on Oakpool and Hole Haugh in
Keenley and Catton, which were surrendered on the 12th October, 1825, by John Blair, to the use of
Richard Angus and John Ord, subject to redemption, with interest at 5 per cent. Interest was paid at the
rate of 4^ per cent, in 1830, and one moiety of it is paid to the schoolmaster, who teaches five children
selected by the trustees gratis. The remaining moiety is annually divided among the poor of the three
Quarters which form the chapelry.'
Before attempting any account of the descent of the landed estates, or
of their former owners, it may be desirable to describe certain features
characteristic of and common to the district. The uncultivated heather-clad
uplands, which have never been under the plough, and are generally grazed
as stinted pastures, are designated fells,^ a word chiefly used in the western
and south-western parts of the county, and probably introduced from the
Scandinavian settlements of Cumberland and Liddesdale. These fells are
drained, and divided from one another, by numerous sikes,^ water courses,
and burns. In the beautiful glens and valleys through which these streams
flow, are situated most of the ancient hamlets and estates held in severalty.
The higher fells, generally uninhabited, have here and there a small home-
steady to whose place-name the word shield is frequently attached. Originally,
no doubt, they were huts of turf and wood, and occupied only during the
summer by shepherds pasturing flocks of black-faced sheep. In the Iter
of Wark, they are designated ' scalinga,' and in the Great Survey of the
Borders, in 1542, it is said, ' About the begenyege of Aprill they take the
moste parte of there cattell, and goo with them upe into highe landes, and
there buylde them lodges and sheeles, untill the moneth of August .
and the maner of there goinge furthe to pasture they calle someringe or
shelling.' With the sheel, there was a fold for cattle or sheep, as at Sandhoe
in 1479, where was a ' schep-cott quae vocatus Horme-scheles.' The best
known instances of the use of the word are the towns of North and South
' Further Report of the Charity Commissioners, 1830.
^ ' FeU,' sb. [from Old Norse fiall (Swedish fidll, Danish fjeld), mountain, perhaps: O. Teutonic* /«/^o
m. related by ablaut to''= faliso, O. H. G. felis, mod. G. fels, rock.] i. A hiU, mountain. 2. A wUd
elevated stretch of waste or pasture land ; a moorland ridge, down. Dr. Murray, New English
Dictionary , sub voce.
" ' Sike,' a small riU, the feeder of a burn. R. O. Heslop, Northumberland Words,

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Shields at the mouth of the Tyne, once the huts or sheets of fishermen.
The homesteads throughout the district are invariably built of the native
stone, originally covered with heavy, so-called grey, 'sandstone slates,' or dark
heather thatch, now yielding to blue slates. The farm houses, facing south
ward, generally built of two stories with a to-fall,^ have almost always
plantations to protect them from the west wind, and though these planta
tions have sometimes sycamores in them, they are more usually composed of
ash trees, a custom which may have its origin in the fact that the ash was
extensively used for the construction of carts and agricultural implements
when iron was scarcer than it is now.^ For this reason, the ash was grown
in the hedgerows or about the precincts of the homesteads in other parts of
the county. THE LOW QUARTER.
The Low Quarter, the northernmost of the three divisions of Whitley
chapelry, lies, roughly speaking, between the West Dipton burn and the
Ham burn. The country between these two streams is almost entirely given
up to pasture, and along the West Dipton burn and the Devil's Water,
which forms the eastern boundary of the district, are many scenes of great
beauty. The bed of the West Dipton burn is for the most part broad
and shallow, and it is thickly overhung by trees and bushes, but the
Devil's Water has in many places worked its way through the rock, forming
deep ravines, where the precipitous banks which overhang the stream are
richly clothed with foliage.
The area of the township is 3,651 acres, and its present rateable value
amounts to £2,S^o. Although the smallest of the three Quarters forming
the chapelry, it contains half the total population of the three, and the same
proportion has been maintained throughout the century.^ There is not so
much discrepancy, however, in the rateable value.
' 'To-faU' or 'tee-fall,' a mode of building in the pent-house form. Cf. R. O. Heslop, Northumber
land Words.
'' Ashes made from ash timber were used in domestic bleaching. On the Scottish side of the Border
ash trees were especially valued as providing the six ells long shafts for spears and pikes, and tree
planting about homesteads was ordered by Acts of the Pariiament of Scodand. Cf. Godscroft, History of
House of Douglas.
= The Census Returns are: 1801,404; 1811,428; 1821,446; 1831,544; 1841, 479 5 1851,488; 1861,
454; 1871,422; 1881,367;. 1891,342.

32 HEXHAM PARISH.
The majority of the estates of the Low Quarter lie along the streams
which form its boundaries.
In the north-eastern corner are situated the Linnels mill, Lamb-
shield, Hole-house,^ Birks,^ Houtley,' Fogget,* and Dipton mill. The
Linnels mill and Lamb-shield are intimately associated with Newbiggin ;
indeed the Linnels mill is identical with Newbiggin mill, for, in 1623,
Richard Thirlwall surrenders Newbiggin alias Linnels mill to Francis
Radcliffe, son of the late Sir Francis Radcliffe, bart.^
The Linnels bridge,^ on the line of the ratione tenures'^ road from
Hexham to Slaley and Blanchland, spans the Devil's Water with a single
arch. Enshrined in beautiful scenery, and overhung and surrounded by
foliage, it has replaced a bridge of earlier construction. A stone slab, of
Renaissance character, built into the parapet, gives the exact date of the
earlier structure. The stone had once an inscription on either side ; that on
the outside only is now legible, and reads :
god presarve wmfoira erengton,^
belldete this brege of lvme and stone,
1581.
The figure 8 has become so abraded that it resembles and may be read
as 3. That 1581 is the correct date is supported by the character of the
mouldings of the slab, as interpreted by architectural experts. The present
' The Hole-house, in 1663, owned by Henry Simpson, has become connected with Newbiggin, and is
now owned by Capt. Atkinson.
^ The Birks, which in 1653 was, with Lamb-shield, surrendered to John Thirwall, is now owned by the
representatives of the late Admiral Waddilove.
' Houtley, which in 1765 belonged to Samuel Marriot of Okerland and Morpeth, was in 1793 sold by
his son, Samuel Marriot of Newcastle, for .£3,850 to Jasper Gibson, and now belongs to the representatives
of the late Admiral Waddilove.
¦* Fogget is owned by the daughters of the late Sir Henry Clavering. ° Hexham Manor Rolls.
° Inquisition taken at Lynnell bridge in the Liberty of Hexham, 21 April, 1582, before Cuthbert
Carnaby, esq., Thomas Baytes, surveyor of Northumberland, and others. The jury say that there are
various coal mines and stone quarries on the waste or common of Hexham between the foUowing
boundaries : from the paling of DUston park on the east to Nubbock Dykes on the west, abutting on the
fields of Hexham on the north, and on DevU's Water, Newbiggin fields and Dipton boorne on the south :
and that the said mines and quarries may conveniently be acquired without damage to surrounding
inhabitants : and that a lease of the mines is worth 5s. per annum, and of the quarries I2d. beyond the
stones necessary for buildings for the inhabitants from ancient times taken to their use. Exchequer Special
Commissions, 24 Eliz. Northumberland, No. 1740.
' At common law the parish is prima facie bound to repair all highways lying in it, unless by prescrip
tion it can throw the onus on particular persons by reason of their tenure ; but when this is the case it is
byway of exception to the general rule, i Revised Reports, 443. The burden of repair ratione tenures has
generaUy arisen from unauthorised inclosures. ' If a man incloses his land in a common field ex utraque
parte of an highway he shall be bound to repair by reason of the encroachment tho' he was not liable
before.' Comyns, Digest Tit. Chimen.
' Humphrey Errington occurs in 1582 as supervisor to the will of John Errington of the Linnels.
Raine, Test. Dunelm,

The Linnels Bridge.

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33

structure may perhaps date from 1698, in which year, at the Midsummer Ses
sions held at Hexham, Benedict Errington,^ of the Linnels, and John Heron,
of Todburn (?) Steel, the then owners of the Linnels, were presented by the
grand jury, for having suffered the Linnels
bridge to go out of repair, it having been at
first built by the owner of the Linnels.^
The Lamb-shield consists of a farm,
the homestead of which stands on the
bank overhanging the Devil's Water,
and communicates with Newbiggin by
the Peth, and of the old walk or fulling
mill on that stream. It was in the pos
session of Lancelot Thirlwall in 1582,
and in 1653 was surrendered by Ralph
Widdrington of Colwell (who was pro
bably a trustee) to John Thirlwall
of Newbiggin, with whose de
scendants it remained until the
middle of last century; when, at the
dispersal of the Thirlwall estates, it
was sold for ^^1,400 to Joseph Lambert,
who also purchased the Linnels mill for
^350. From the Lamberts it passed to
their descendants and heirs, the Charl-
tons of Reedsmouth, -by the last' of
whom it was devised to the Haggerstons
of EUingham. Sir John Haggerston,
the present owner of the Lamb-shield, has sold off the Walk mill house, the
Linnels mill, and a few acres of land.
The beautifully-wooded domain of Newbiggin fills the corner formed
by the junction of the West Dipton burn, whose banks the mansion over
hangs, and the Devil's Water. Its woods have long been noted, and Bailey
' 28th March, 1680, Bennet Errington was presented by the parish of Corbridge for non-payment of
church cess, and was excommunicated. At the Michaelmas Sessions, 1684, he and his wife, Margery,
were presented as papists. .Sessions Records. '' Ibid. Bell Collection.
' The Newcastle papers advertised to be sold in July, 1843, the Lamb-shield and fulling mill, the
Linnels bridge corn mill. High Ardley, Cook's-house, East Greenridge, and the Hall Shield parcel of the
estates of Edward Charlton, deceased.

Vol. IV.

34 HEXHAM PARISH.
and Culley, writing at the end of last century, commend the management of
the then owner of the estate, Anthony Surtees, who ' takes his [wood] away
va. patches ; and as the older trees interfere with the younger springs, and
where a thriving healthy oak is in a convenient situation, he lets it stand for
timber ; by this means the young spring is sheltered, and an annual produce
of upwards of _^ioo is obtained from sixty acres of woodland.' ^
The road which runs past Newbiggin is flanked by what are perhaps
the finest quick-thorn hedges in the county, their unbroken walls attaining
the height of i6 feet.
The earliest mention of the place is in a charter, dated May 8th,
1355) by which Archbishop Thoresby granted to Richard de Ask, bailiff',
and Sir Henry de Barton, auditor of Hexham manor, the right to let to
ferm the parks of Allendale Town and Westwood, and the lordship of
the townships of Newbiggin and Thockerington.^ It is noteworthy that
in this document Newbiggin ranks as a township, and is classed with
Thockrington ; it is, however, seldom mentioned in mediaeval times. Its
value was much increased by the possession of a mill, which was owned
by the canons of Hexham, and for this privilege, and for another mill at
Ham-burn, the prior and convent were bound to pay the archbishop of
York a rent of ten marks yearly.' In the survey of 1547 the tenement was
in the hands of Sir Reginald Carnaby, who seems to have appropriated
everything that had any connection with the lately-dissolved priory ; but
later on it passed out of the possession of his family. In 1582, according to
the will of Lancelot Thirlwall, Newbiggin was in the possession of his family,*
the Thirlwalls of Thirlwall, to which Richard Thirlwall, mentioned in 1608,
must therefore have belonged. In the survey of 1608 it appears, like Green
ridge, as divided into two parts, known as East and West Newbiggin, and
was then in the hands of Edward Errington^ and Richard Thirlwall. Richard
Thirlwall was in possession of Newbiggin mill, and he probably held the
more important part of the property. His family remained on the estate
until the earlier part of the eighteenth century.
' Bailey and Culley, Agricultural Survey of Northumberland, 1797, p. io8.
' York Registers, Thoresby, f. 300 a. 'Hexham Priory, Raine, ii. pp. 11, 140.
' Durham Wills and Inventories, Raine, p. 76, Surt. Soe. i.
* 31 Aug., 1697. Will of Ralph Errington of Newbegin, gent. To be decently buried at the discrecion of
my loving wife, Mary Errington. To my dear and loving wife all my gold and plate and my household goods.
My manners, lands, etc., in Northumberland (an annuity of £j2 granted to me by Leonard Thompson
of Yorke, goldsmith, and Cuthbert Ogle of Kirkeley, gent., out of the manor of Kirkeley and their lands

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35

THIRLWALL OF THIRLViTALL AND NEWBIGGIN.
(For earlier generations see Hodgson, Northumbcrlii?id, pt. ii. vol. iii, p. 145.)
Arms : Quarterly, i and 4, sable ; a chevron argent between three boars' heads erased or. 2 and 3, argent ,
gules ; on chief three cinque-foils sable ; a mullet for difference (Errington).
Lancelot Thirlwall of ThirlwaU and Newbiggin ; = Thomasine, daughter of Sir George Heron
wiU dated 27th Dec, 1582 ; proved 1583. of Chipchase (c).

two bars

I

Robert Thirlwall, = Isabella, daughter Richard ThirlwaU = Frances, daugh-

' receiver of Hex
ham ' ; married
1st Dec, 1579
(a) ; died s.p.
before 1608.

of ... Errington
of Corbridge ;
remarried before
1608 George Er
rington of the
Linnells mill.

of ThirlwaU ; in
1608 'receiver of
Hexham ' and
owner of Newbig
gin ; died before
14th Oct., 1628.

ter of Thomas
Carleton of
Carleton in
Cumberland(.).

Ralph Thiri-
wall of the
Over-hall.

I I I
Lancelot.Richard.Robert.

Margaret, daugh
ter of John
Ridley of WaU-
town ic).

Living in
1615.

William Thirl
wall.

Elizabeth, daugh
ter of Thomas
Swinburn of
Capheaton.

John.
Thomas.George.

Robert.
William.

George Thirlwall of = Margaret,
Rothbury and Har- daughter
bottle, when in of
1618 he sold lands Thomas
in Wardrew. Selby.

Elizabeth. Ursula.
Janet.

Mally ; married Roger
Widdrington of Col
well.
[Eleanor] ; married Sir
Ephraim Widdrington
of Ritton.

Francis ThirlwaU.

Major John Thirlwall of Rothbury ; buried
25th Nov., 1663 id) ; administration
granted 26th April, 1664, to John Thirl
wall of Newbiggin, ' germanus,' the
widow renouncing («) ; inventory taken
31st Dec, 1663 («).

Jane Reay ;
bond ot
marriage,
Nov., 1663.

Richard Thirlwall of Newbiggin and Cooks-house in 1641 (li) ; buried =
19th Feb., 1653/4 ia)* (perhaps son of Ralph T. of Over-hall.) |

William ThirlwaU of = 
Rothbury hall ;
living 1661 id). I
I
Mary ; ' died in ye flower of youth,
buried in ye porch of Cartington,'
2ath March, 1660/1 id).

.1

Eleanor  ; = John Thirlwall of Newbiggin,_in 1654 found to = Mary  ;
buried in
Hexham
church,
2lst Jan.,
1699/1700
ia).

1686
joined with
her husband
in surrender
ib).

be son and heir of Richard Thirlwell ; in Ibb3
assessed to county rate for Thirlwall, Newbiggin,
Upper and Lower Ordley, Cooks-house, Ovishill,
and East Greenridge ; in 1664 next of kin and ad
ministrator of Major John Thirlwall of Rothbury ;
buried in Hexham church, 30th Jan., 1699/1700
id); administration granted 22nd March, 1699/1700
to son William.

Frances ; married Gilbert Park of
Wharton. 'Mr. Gylbert Park
of Wharton and Mrs. Frances
Thirlwall of Newbigging mar
ried,' 3rd Feb., 1654/5 («) (<0-
Her grandson Gilbert Park in
April, I777i was ' heir expectant
to ThirlwaU.'

I I
John Thirlwall ; died at Newbig
gin, and was buried in Hexham
church, 27th March, 1654 (a).
John Thirlwall ; died at Newbig
gin, and was buried in Hexham
church, 4th June, 1686 (a).

I

Frances, daughter of Sir ;= William Thirlwall of Newbiggin = Lucy, daughter of

Francis Salkeld of White.
hall, Cumberland. Articles
before marriage 2 Ist Sept.,
1686 ; died at Newbiggin,
and was buried in Hexham
church, 20th Dec. ,1696(3).

and ot Thirlwall ; purchased
Wardrewin 1675 ; livingi702 ;
died . . . ; administration granted
nth Nov., 1710, to John Shafto,
the principal creditor.

Mary Thirlwall, daughter and
co-heiress, living 24th Oct.,
1752, 'but was gone into
Italy or France, whence she
never returned, and, being
never married, became a
nun '; died aged 60.

I

Thomas Warwick
of Warwick, in
Cumberland ; mar
ried there April,
1699 («)•

Eleanor, daughter and co-heiress; married before 1738 Matthew
Swinburn, second son of Sir William Swinburn of Capheaton,
bart. She registered her estates as a Roman Catholic, 3rd
Jan., 1724, and charged Newbiggin with ;f 15 per annum, pay
able to the Benedictine order for the relief of poor Roman
Catholics. She resided at Warwick-hall, and died s.p. at
Cambray, 14th Dec, 1777 (/).

Cecilia; died in
infancy, and
was buried
27th Jan.,
1 701/2 id).

id) Hexham Register.
ib) Court Rolls.

ic) Visitation. («) Raine, Test. Dunelm.
id) Rothbury Register. if) Newcastle papers, loth January, 1778.
* But Oct., 1653, John Thirlwall of Newbiggin, son of Philip Thirlwall of Hexham, surrendered Cooks-house,
Newbiggin, and East Greenridge, to John ThirlwaU, jun., his son and heir. It is also uncertain whether Richard
ThirlwaU,. who died in 1654, was the son of Richard ThirlwaU, who died in 1628, or whether he was identical with
Richard, second son of Ralph Thirlwall.

36

HEXHAM PARISH.

Evidences to the Pedigree of Thirlwall.
1606. George Errington of Linnell mill, and Isable his wife, late wife of
Robert Thirlwall, esq. ; the said Robert held two parts of Newbiggin and the
Birks, Hole-house, East Greenridge, and a whole tenement in Lillswood called
Cooks-house.' June, 1686. Mr. John Thirlwall of Newbiggin, is shot with a pistol in
Hexham-lane near Gaoler's style, by Mr. Richard Hayles, with whom he is
fighting. Mr. Thirlwall was greatly to blame. ^
2ist September, 1686. John Thirlwall of Newbiggin, esq., and Eleanor, his
wife, surrendered two tenements called Easter and Wester Newbiggin, a village
called Easter Greenridge, a tenement called Upper Ardley and Cooks-house, to
Ralph Clavering of Callaly, esq., and Edward Charlton of Hesleyside, esq., in
trust (and in 1724, Edward Charlton ot Hesleyside was found to have died
seised of the said premises, WiUiam Charlton of Hesleyside, esq., being his son
and heir).'
1747- To be sold several copyhold estates in Hexham-shire, Newbiggin, Lamb-shield, Linnel mill, Hunterley,
house. Hole-house, and Throsling-hall, Easter Greenridge, Hall-sheel, Whinnetly, Cooks-house, and Upper Ardley.
With good conveniences on each farm, and a good quantity of oak, ash, and birch wood. Enquire of Mr. Edward
Smith of Capheaton, or Mr. Richard Ellis of Hexham.'
Matthew Swinburn sold Greenridge to William Charlton, esq., for Xii558 ; Newbiggin to Cuthbert Surtees,
esq., for ^1,780 ; Lamb-shield to Mr. Joseph Lambert for ;^i,400 ; and Linnel mill for ;^350 ; total, ^^5,088. From a ¦
note, dated 6th March, 1752, and signed by Matthew Swinburn and Richard EUis.'
1749, l6th May, 23 George II. Matthew Swinburn, and Eleanor his wife, being in need of money, and having
already mortgaged their estate to William Waters of Wallsend, gent., for ;^2,500, borrow a further sum of ;^8i5
from Sarah Ogle of Newcastle, widow. Matthew Swinburn is described as a younger brother of Sir John Swinburn
of Capheaton, bart., deceased, and his wife as one of the daughters and co-heirs of William Thirlwall of Newbiggin,
esq,, deceased, who was eldest son and heir of John Thirlwall, theretofore of Newbiggin, esq. The deed recites an
agreement made 24th June, 1716, between Mary Thirlwall, spinster, eldest daughter and one of the co-heirs of
the said William Thirlwall, by Frances his first wife, John Warwick of Warwick-hall, esq., Lucy Thirlwall the second
wife and widow of William Thirlwall, and Eleanor Swinburn, by the then name Eleanor Thirlwall, the other
daughter and co-heiress of said WiUiam Thirlwall. The purport of the agreement is to convey the interest in certain
estates of Mary Thirlwall, the eldest daughter to Eleanor, the younger daughter in consideration of a gross payment
of ;^8oo, and an annuity of ;^20 per annum.'
1752, 20th Feb. Matthew Swinburn and Eleanor his wife, surrender Easter Greenridge and Cooks-house, and
Whinnetly mill, to William Charlton of Reedsmouth ; and » pew in Hexham church to Cuthbert Surtees of
Ebchester, gent.'
1752, 24th October. May Thirlwall, spinster, one of the daughters and co-heiress of William Thirlwall,
¦ surrenders her reversionary interest in Easter Greenridge to Edward Charlton of Reedsmouth, in the Lamb-shield, the
Linnell mill, etc., to Joseph Lambertof Gateshead, mercer, in Newbiggin to Cuthbert Surtees of Ebchester, in Howtly
the Hole-house, Throsling-hall, Easter and Wester Birks, to William Newton of Burnopfield-head, gent.'
' Hexham Manor Rolls. ^ York Castle Depositions, Raine, p. 188 n. Surt. Soe.
' Newcastle Courant, i8th April, 1747.
¦" Hodgson, Northumberland , pt. ii. vol. iii. p. 148. ' Enrolments with the clerk of the peace.
in Kirkeley, Bendrige, Millburne, Dodington and Brinkeley excepted) to my trusted and well-beloved
friends, Nicholas Thornton of Netherwitton, esq., Robeit DoUman of Pocklington, esq., Michael Anne
of BurghwaUis, esq., and Benony Carr of Hexham, gent., on trust, to pay to my wife jf 100 per ann.; if she
marry before my daughter, Jane Errington, be 21, to have ^60 per ann. To my daughter, Mary Errington,
^100. To my nephew, John Heron of Ingoe, gent, ^100. To my niece, Mary Heron, one of the sisters of
the said John, ;£200. To my nieces, Elizabeth and Anne Heron, sisters of the said John Heron, each ;£ioo.
The rest of my estate to be disposed towards the use of my said daughter, Jane Errington, when 21 ;
but if she marry before then without the good liking and consent of my wife and the major part of my
trustees, they shaU only pay her .£1,500. They shall also pay to my loving sister, Katherine Heron, wife
of George Heron of In^oe, £io per ann. for life. If my daughter, Jane, die before she be of age or be
married, then all to go to my said nephew, John Heron. My trustees executors. Raine, Test. Ebor.
1697, 6th Sept. Ralph Errington of Newbiggin, gent., papist, buried at St. John Lee. Hexham
Register.

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Though there were many branches who carried on the family, the main
line ended in an heiress, Eleanor, daughter of William Thirlwall, by his
second wife, Lucy Warwick. She appears to have lived at Warwick-hall,
in Cumberland, the home of her mother's family, and was residing there
unmarried, when, in 1724, as a Roman Catholic, she registered her landed
estates in Northumberland. In addition to Thirlwall castle and its
dependencies, she registered the estates of Newbiggin, the Lamb-shield,
the Linnels mill, the Birks, the Hole-house, Whinnetley-house, Greenridge,
Cooks-house, Upper Ardley, and Sipton Shield, all in the regality of
Hexham. She married Matthew Swinburne, second son of Sir William
Swinburne of Capheaton, but had no issue, and before 1752 she and her
husband had sold all her Northumbrian estates in parcels.
The accompanying pedigree of this very ancient house, which is not
however complete, is intended to supplement that compiled by the Rev.
John Hodgson, so far as Newbiggin is concerned.
Cuthbert Surtees, the purchaser of Newbiggin, was a member of the wide
spread family of that name, who from an early period was settled in the valley
of the Derwent, in the county of Durham ; dying in 1759, he left an only son,
Anthony, who had attained his majority in 1765, when Cuthbert Surtees of
Medomsley, his late father's brother, surrendered to his use Newbiggin and
lands in Dotland common. As an officer in the Northumberland militia he
distinguished himself in the suppression of the Gordon riots in London in
1780.-^ He died unmarried, when his estates devolved upon the issue of his
only sister, and are now possessed by her descendant, Captain Atkinson.
Lying to the south-west of Newbiggin are two of the most considerable
farms in the Quarter, Dotland park and Dotland. The latter, which belongs
to Mrs. H. A. Campbell and her two sisters, the Miss Claverings, has a well-
built, grey-slated homestead, with a house built more squarely than is usual
in the district, and is sheltered on the west by a plantation of ash and
sycamore. It stands between the seven and eight hundred feet contour-
line, forms a prominent feature in the landscape, and from its elevation
commands a view on the north as far as the Cheviot hills. ^ Some of the
pasture fields have high curved ridges, due to the old system of ploughing by
' Gentleman's Mag. and Annual Register for 1780.
¦•' Dowly Dotland stands on the hill, I Barker-house 's a Uttle below.
Hungry Yareesh looks at it still, | There's mokes i' the cairn at Hamburn ho'.
Heslop, Northumberland Words, sub voce 'Dowly.'

38

HEXHAM PARISH.

WILSON AND ATKINSON OF KINGSWOOD AND NEWBIGGIN.

Matthew Wilson of Keptown, Lanarkshire ; purchased Kingswood nth March, 1709 ie).
William Wilson of Chapel-house; had conveyance of = Jane  ; died at Kingswood ; buried October, 1730

Kingswood 12th June, 1712, and voted for same in
1722; buried 2nd Oct., 1748 ib); will dated 18th
April, 1746 ; proved 8th March, 1749 («).

ib) ? [ist June, 1696, William Wilson of Oakpool
and Jane Vicars of Hindley married (^)].

Leonard Wilson of
Kingswood, son
and heir; buried
28th Feb., 1769
ib) ; will dated
28th Jan., 1769 ;
proved 2nd Mar.,
1770 ic).

Elizabeth Craigy ;
married 13th
May, 1724 W;
living 2 1 St
Mar., 1772 ic).

William ic).
Thomas (c).
Anne ; married
George Thomp
son ic).
Mary ; married
William Whar
ton ic).

Cuthbert Surtees of New
biggin, son of Anthony
Surtees ot Milkwell-
burn ; buried loth
Dec, 1759, aged 52 (fl);
will dated xst Dec,
1759! proved at York
id).*

== Dorothy, daughter
of Walker Sur
tees of Stocks-
field hall; buried
15th Jan., 1757,
aged 49 ia).

Daniel; buried nth Sept., 1750 ib).
Adah ; married Thomas Harle of
Newcastle (c).
Elizabeth ; married George Gibson
of Westwood ic).
Ann. Mary ; married George Pearson.

William Wilson, son and heir ;
in 1762 of Haydon Bridge;
afterwards of Kingswood, for
which he voted in 1774 ^"'^
which he sold 23rd Sept., 1790;
articles before marriage nth
and I2th June, 1762 ic).

Elizabeth, sister
and heiress ;
will dated 7th
Sept., 1808 ;
proved 6th
May,i8o9 (c).

Anthony Surtees of New
biggin, son and heir, a
major in Northumber
land militia ; died un
married 20th July,
1803, aged 60 (a); will
dated i8th Feb., 1803.

Leonard Wilson of
Newbiggin and of
Newcastle, son and
heir ; buried 7th
Dec, 1839; aged
70 ia) ie).

EUzabeth; died 12th July,
1803 ; aged 36 (a).
Jane; died 23rd June, 1826;
aged 57 (a) ; will dated
14th June, 1825 ; proved
31st March, 1827 (c).

Dorothy; buried
gth Sept.,
1840; aged 78
ia).

John Atkinson of Garden house, New
castle ; died at Netherwitton 28th
Dec, 1844 ; aged 75 ; buried at Hex
ham ; wiU dated 3rd March, 1842;
proved 17th May, 1845 (c) («).

Joseph Atkinson, born 15th
June, 1797 ; died 3rd May,
1821 ; buried at St. Andrew's,
Newcastle (c).
William Atkinson of Newcastle,
born 23rd Nov., 1799; died
April, 1832; buried at St.
Andrew's, Newcastle (c).

John Atkinson of New
biggin, born 19th Aug.,
1 80 1 ie) ; heir to uncle
Leonard- Wilson ; died
27th June, 1863 ; aged
62 (c) ; buried in Hex
ham cemetery (c) ; will
dated Ist Jan., 1859;
proved 17th Jan., 1864
ic).

Anne, daughter of
Francis Snowball
of Netherwitton ;
died 28th Feb.,
1863, aged 64 ie) ;
buried in Hex
ham cemetery (c).

Elizabeth Lucy, born 15th Aug., 1803 ;
married ... 1830, at St. Andrew's,
Newcastle, George Hare Philipson
of Newcastle; died ... 1881, and
was buried at Jesmond cemetery
ic). si.
Mary Atkinson, born 21st Aug., 1807 ;
married 12th April, 1842, at St.
John's, Newcastle, Joseph Snow
ball of Seaton Bum (c). sU

Leonard Wilson At- Francis Atkin- John Atkinson = Maud, daughter

kinson of New
biggin, son and
heir, born 24th
June, 1835 ie) ;
captain. King's
Dragoon Guards.

son, born 20th
May, 1838
(«); died 28th
Feb., 1873
ic).

of Bedford,
born August,
1841 (0.

of ... Buckle
of Richmond,
Yorkshire (c).

Joseph Surtees
Atkinson, born
22nd July,
1849 («) ; died
s.p., 28th Feb.,
1873 ic).

Jane Dorothy.
Anne. Elizabeth Mary.
Emma, died in
infancy.

Edward Atkinson.

I I
Two other children.

(3) Hexham Register and M.I.
ib) Allendale Register.

ic) Ex. inf. Mr. Jos. A. Philipson.
id) Raine, Test. Ebor.

(«) Matthew Forster's obituary.

"¦ On the south front of the house at Newbiggin is a sun-dial with the inscription :
S.
C. D.
I75&-

THE LOW QUARTER. 39
oxen. In a field to the south-east of the house are traces of extensive founda
tions marking the site of the ancient hamlet. The present farm has absorbed
several smaller farms, including Dotland Fell-house, whose onstead^ was burnt
down some thirty years ago, and the Wagtail, of which only a wall is stand
ing. The land has formerly been more wooded than it is at present.^
Both estates are held as of the manor of Anick Grange, and were part of
the endowment of Hexham priory from very ancient times, the township of
Dotland having been given to the canons by Archbishop Thurstan.' The
property thus acquired was afterwards largely increased by Archbishop Gray.
In 1226 the archbishop gave the priory 90 acres of land above, and 10 acres
below Dotland, but reserved all essarts,^ or land newly brought into cultiva
tion within Dotland. For these grants he received in exchange the forest of
Akewood, on the north side of the Tyne. He also gave to the priory a mill
on the stream between Dotland and Rowley (? the Ham burn), with moulter
from the men of Eskinseles (? Eshells), and from all the men remaining on
the archbishop's essarts. On the same day (August 4th) Archbishop Gray
granted to the priory 64 acres of land between Dotland park and the essarts
of Tirsterl (? the Steel) ; and on the 31st August, 1229, he gave the priory
60 acres of land between Dotland and Torneley essarts, to buy the ferm of
the mill of Dotland, and also 34 acres of land, for which they were to pay
1 1 s. 4d. a year, or at the rate of 4d. an acre.^
On the 9th of April, 1287, Archbishop Romayne granted the priory 35
acres and i rood of land in Dotland and 2 acres of waste, at a total rent of
I2S. 5d. He also gave them 15 acres 3 roods of waste adjoining the grange
of Dotland, in exchange for 15 acres 3 roods of arable land given by pre
ceding archbishops. The priory at the same time received licence to enclose
the new property." The object of Archbishops Gray and Romayne in these
transactions seems to have been to encourage cultivation in these remote and
waste districts through the agency of the priory. The scheme appears to
have been successful, and at the dissolution, six tenants are recorded as
holding land at Dotland, paying a total rent of 66s. 8d.^
' 'Onstead,' a steading or group of farm buildings consisting of stables, hovels, byres, granary, barn,
milk house, etc. Cf. R. O. Heslop, Northumberland Words.
" The Newcastle Journal of 2Sth February, 1749, advertises to be sold 2,400 oak trees in Dotland.
' Prior Richard, bk. ii. cap. xi. See vol. iii. pp. 130, 139.
* 'Assart ' sb., a piece of forest land converted into arable, by grubbing up the trees and brushwood ;
a clearing in a forest. New Eng. Diet.
» Hexham Priory, Raine, ii. pp. 91-5. ' ibid. pp. 104-6. ' Ibid. p. 162.

40

HEXHAM PARISH.

Dotland park occupied a peculiar position in respect to the priory. It
seems to have been formed about 1355, when Archhishop Thoresby granted a
licence to the prior and convent to enclose their wood called Dotland park
with a higher wall, and make it into a park.^
In 1547 the park was in the possession of
the heirs of Sir Reginald Carnaby. It was
probably a hunting lodge of the prior and
canons of Hexham.^ The present farm
buildings contain some remains of the older
establishment. The most interesting are
three windows of fifteenth-
century work, all of them
blocked up apparently long
since. Two of these win
dows are to be seen on the
outside and one is to be seen
only from the inside of the
house. One of the former,
a single light, is square-
headed, with shields in the
angles at the top bearing the
saltire of Hexham priory ;
the other is a small pointed
light. In the spandrels of the window of two lights, seen from
the inside, is the monogram of Prior Smithson as it appears
on the rood screen in the priory church. The present tenants
state that when a garden was recently formed at the back of
the house large quantities of bones were dug up, but it is not
known whether they were human or animal.
Dotland Muster Roll, 1538.'
Edmund Gren, John Ledall, George Robson, Ric. Cokman, Hew Don, AUexander RowU, Thomas
Homyll, Ric. Don, 'able with hors and harnes.' At the muster of 1580 the eight tenants of Dotland
professed themselves ' unable ' by reason of their small holdings.''
' Hexham Priory, Raine, ii. p. 140. It contained only 27 acres i rood. Cf. ibid. p. 10.
^ Besides their enclosed parks the canons of Hexham had, by an early grant of Edward I., free
warren on several of their estates. The visitation of their house show that they were only too ready to
join in the chase. Cf. Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. i. pp. xix. xxxviii ; and vol. n. pp. xxii. 103, 104.
' Arch. Ael. 4to series, vol. iv. p. 90. ¦* Border Papers, Bain, vol i. p. 22.

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41

At the death of Sir John Forster in 1602, Dotland house and park
descended to his grandson, Sir John Fenwick. WilUam Rowland, Henry
Johnson of Hamburn-hall, James Dodd, John Sanderson, gentleman, and
William Thirlwall, answered for Dotland, at the Manor Court in 1659;
whilst four years later the owners were

Rated at.
£ s. d-
13 6 8

Dotland park' 

Mrs. Mary Fenwick ...

Dotland town 

Mr. WiUiam Rowland ... 

29 0 0

Dotland town head and foot..

Isabel Rowland 

500

Mr. William Sanderson of Healey...

500

The HiU 

James Dodd and Barbara Fairbridge, each 50s...

500

William Thirlwall of Dotland 
400
Dotland, etc 
Thomas Humble at ye HUl 
. 5 6 8
Albany Wade 
300
Mr. Thomas Swinburn 
. 10 10 4
Francis Errington ye town' foot 
,5 0 0
Ann -ThirlwaU
400
£^9 3 8
A numerous and well-to-do family called Rowland were for many years
owners, but there is not sufficient material to construct a pedigree. Thomas
Rowland of Dotland married at Hexham, 30th March, 1626, Margaret
Baxter of Greenridge. William Rowland, postmaster of Hexham, married
Eleanor, daughter of John Taylor, and making his will on the 28th Novem
ber, 1666, devised to his son John (baptised i6th February, 1657/8) two
farms in Dotland, and another farm at the same place to his son Thomas.
The Rowlands continued to hold their lands until the beginning of last
century, for John Ord of Newcastle, making his will on the 30th March,
1726, devised, inter alia, to his son James, 'my lands in Dotland, the Hill,
Fogget, Smelting Sike, Wagtail, and Fenhouse, all in the parish of Hexham,
lately purchased of John Rowland, senior and junior, and William Dodd.'^
The present owners of Dotland are Mrs. H. A. Campbell and her two sisters,
the Miss Claverings,
South of Dotland lie the Smelting Sike, Tenter-house, and Cocker-
letch. The Black-hall, the hamlets of Lee,' Juniper, and Fine-chambers are
clustered together on the banks of the Rowley burn. Below the Dye-house
bridge are the two water corn mills of Black-hall and Fine-chambers, still
' Dotland park was long tenanted by an offshoot of the Carrs of Slaley : George Carr of Dotland park,
farmer, made his will 22nd May, 1769, and was buried at Slaley on the gth August following ; besides
three daughters, Sarah Ord of Dalton, Mary, wife of John Forster at Hartington-hall, and Elizabeth; wife
of Thomas Kirsop of the Cowgate, near Newcastle, he left two sons, George Carr and John Carr, both of
Dotland park ; the latter died at the age of 87, on the 12th July, 1831.
* Raine, Test. Ebor, ' At the Lee are four small farms.
Vol. IV,
42 HEXHAM PARISH.
used for 'batching';^ and at the meeting of the waters of the Rowley burn
and Devil's Water are some cottages called Pethfoot. Many of these names
seem to owe their origin to an industry once carried on here, but now
decayed ; there was also a fulling mill.
The Black-hall, in 1663, was, together with the mill and Steel-hall,
rated at ^^30 to Thomas Sanderson of Healey, in the parish of Bywell St,
Peter. A family of Swinburn had been previously settled there, and in
1 601 administration of the estate of John Swinburn of the Black-hall, was
granted to Gawin Swinburn, the next of kin ; and on the 1 7th February,
1685, John Swinburn of the Black-hall was buried in Hexham church.
Probate of his will and tuition of William and Barbara, two of his children
under age, were granted in the same year to Ann Swinburn, his widow.
Ten years later she was buried beside her husband, and on the 23rd May,
1697, John Swinburn (probably her father-in-law) was also buried at the
patriarchal age of 96, William Swinburn (perhaps son of John, who died in
1685) married at Shotley, on the 8th May, 1698, Sarah Richardson of the
Crooked Oak in that parish, and by her had two daughters, Ann and
Hannah. The Black-hall soon after passed to the Featherstone family,
whose history is sketched in the pedigree on the opposite page.
The Black-hall, a pretty tree-sheltered place, stands high above the
Dye-house, and belongs to and is occupied by Mr, Simon Stobbs.
The hamlet of Juniper, or Ginifer, is subdivided into the Low, the
Middle, and the High Juniper. At Low Juniper is a grass field and a red
brick-fronted house (an unusual sight in this district of stone buildings)
belonging to the vicarage of Slaley. With this hamlet was connected the
Tyneside family of Angus.^
Will of Titus Angus of Juniper-house, dated 13th January, 1706/7 : Whereas at the head court of the
manor of Hexham on 1st October, 1706, I surrendered my messuage called Juniper-house, with the
lands on the north side thereof, containing, by estimation, 4 acres ; also a messuage called Lee Moor
house, with the lands and appurtenances thereto belonging, containing about 3 acres ; also the water
corn mill called the Black-hall corn mill, with a kiln for drying oats and the close belonging thereto ;
also two fulling mills at Black-ball, aforesaid, parcel of the capital messuage called Black-hall ; also
lands called the Birkfield, etc., etc., to John Angus of Rawhouse, etc., in trust. To my daughters Mary
and Hannah, ^30 a piece, and the household goods I got with my first wife ; to my daughter Sarah,
£2,0 ; my son WUliam, ^40 ; residue of estate to son Joseph,' he aUowing my wife Isabel the full third
part thereof, she executrix."
' 'Batching,' grinding in batches as they are sent in by the neighbouring farmers or hinds.
" See Welford, Men of Mark, vol. i. p. 81.
" Joseph Angus of Juniper-house voted for lands there in 1722. Poll Book. * Raine, Test, Ebor,

THE LOW QUARTER.

43

FEATHERSTON OF BLACK-HALL.
John Featherston of Dukesfield voted = Ann, sister of ' Jonathan Smith, esq., of London ' ; executrix to hus-
for Black-ball in 1722 ; will dated l8th band's will, under which she took a life interest in Black-haU and
Dec, 1727; proved 1728 (c) ; buried at its lands ; will dated 24th May, 1732 ; proved 1733 (c).
Slaley, 25th Dec, 1727.

Jonathan Featherston of Black-haU
and of Hexham ; voted for Black-
haU in 1748 ; will dated 22nd
Feb., 1745/6 ; proved 1752 (c).

 'Mrs. Feather- Margaret; married John Hodgson of Durham, and
ston buried 7th had ;^lo per annum under her father's will. Her
Nov., 1740' ia). children, Thomas, Anne, and Mathilda, are named
in her mother's will.

I
John Featherston of Black-haU, heir and sole
devisee of father, baptised 4th June, 1737
(a) ; voted for Black-haU in 1774 ! buried
7th Oct., 1808 ib).

Barbara, daughter and heiress of Thomas Jefferson Jonathan, baptised
of Black-haU; married 6th June, 1764 (o) ; died 26th July, and
at Westgate, Newcastle, and was buried 5th buried 1st Dec,
July, 1821, aged 71 ib). 1738 (a).

Thomas Featherston of
Black-haU ; baptised
26ih October, 1775
(a) ; buried 27th
Jan., 1814, aged 40
ib).

Jonathan Featherston, =1 Janet Dunbar

baptised loth Aug.,
1778 ib) ; in 1818 of
Newbiggin, surgeon ;
in 1826 voted for
Black-haU, was then
of Hexham.

Maria ; buried 21st Feb.,
1810 ib).
id) Hexham Register,

Nicholson.

Barbara Frazer, baptised
14th Sept., 1818 ib).
ib) Whitley Chapel Register.

! I I I I I I I I
John ; buried gth Aug., 1784 ib).
Wharton ; buried 24th Aug., 1787 ib).
Emma, baptised 3rd April, 1766 ib).
Margaret, baptised 1768 ; buried 1780 ib).
Barbara, baptised 20th Sept., 1770 ib).
Ann, baptised 22nd AprU, 1773 ib).
Hannah, baptised 8th April, 1782.
Margaret ; buried loth Sept., 1789 ib).
Lydia ; buried nth July, 1793 ib).

ic) Raine, Test, Ebor,

' To be sold, the copyhold estate of Black-haU, of 168 acres, with mansion, commonright on large common.
Yearly value, ;^5I. Enquire of Mr. Featherston of Hexham, attorney.' Newcastle Courant, 29th July, 1732.
The Dye-house is a hamlet of half a dozen houses and a nonconformist
chapel, concerning which there is at York a petition, dated 25th April, 1749,
from David Fernie, William Shemeld, William Jackson, and Robert
Campion, for the licensing and registration of a dwelling house called
Juniper Dye-house, then belonging to William Angus, as a place of
religious worship for Anabaptists.^ At Fine-chambers bank-top is a newly-
built Methodist chapel.
The hamlet of Ordley, standing on a terrace above the Ordley scars
and Rowley burn, and described in 1663 as 'a large towne,' has dwindled to
a couple of small grey-slated farm houses and a few cottages. There is also
a small school-house, kept up by subscription; the teacher's cottage which
adjoins the school has a moulded doorway, as if it had formerly been a
portion of a more important building. A row of lime trees, some orchards
and closes, in which foundations can be traced, are all the indications that
remain of its better days,
' York Faculty Books.

44

HEXHAM PARISH.

In 15 17, John Stokoe of Nunbush sought sanctuary at Durham, he
having at that place, on the day of the Invention of the Cross, killed Robert
Ordeley.^ In 1547 Ordley-hall is called Urde-hall, and belonged to Thomas
Armstrong, whose descendants William, George, and Charles Armstrong held
it in 1626 in conjunction with Peter Ridley. The Ridley share was owned
in 1637 and 1641 by Matthew Ridley, who died in 1643, leaving William
Ridley of Softley, in Knaresdale, his heir. Matthew Ridley of Ordley
(probably son of William) died in 1668, and Margaret Ridley, his sister,
was his heiress, then aged 15. She married John Carr, who died in 1702,
leaving an only daughter and heiress Ann Carr.
The other moiety of Ordley-hall was held between 1653 ^"d 1692 by
William Yare, in right of his wife, who may have been an Armstrong. His
son, Richard, died in 1721. His will is interesting as it mentions heirlooms
at Ordley, such as might be found in many an old house in Hexhamshire.
They were ' two tables, one great pannell chest, one bedstead, one desk
with writings, and two pairs of barrs.' Richard Yare left two children,
a son and daughter. James the son lived at Ordley until 1769, when he left
his property by will to his nephew (a son of his sister Mary) John, son of
Henry Richardson of Stephen's Lolly, county Durham, yeoman.

nth June, 1702. The inventory of the goods of Elizabeth Heron of Oardley, widow : '^

£
10

d. o

o 15
4 o
3 o
I 10
30 o

Her apparell, purse and money in ye house
In the fore house : one bedstead with bedding and other furniture, two
presses, two chairs, two long stools, three kettles, three panns, five
pewder dishes, two candlesticks, and a parcell of wooden vessells
In ye easier roome : one bedstead and other furniture, one table, one
chair, one chist, one forme, two great chests
Two cowes, one quy, and a calfe
A small crop of rye, oats, and wheat
Corne and hay in ye barne and garth
Debts owing to ye deceased ...
Total 

Funeral expences ...
Rent owing by the deceased

.£44 2 3
' Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol. iii. p. 395.
' 5th June, 1702. Elizabeth Heron of Ourdly, widow, papist, buried. Hexham Register

.£400 2 13 9

50 15 0
6 13 9

THE LOW QUARTER. 45
In 1832, William Brisco of Simonside and John Brisco of South
Shields voted for lands at Ordley. Ordley now belongs to Capt. L. W.
Atkinson of Newbiggin, who is also owner of Nunsbrough, of which
Hutchinson, writing in 1776, speaks thus :
Nunsbrough, where lays the most picturesque, though confined landskip, the whole county of
Northumberland exhibits. We ascended to the brink of the precipice, near 200 feet high, from whence
we looked down upon a sequestered vale, almost insulated by the brook, consisting of a fine level plot of
corn land, of about eight acres, in the exact form of a horse-shoe ; the brook passing over a rugged rocky
bottom, under the shadow of lofty hills, in various broken streams was seen on each hand, foaming from
fall to fall, which gave a beautiful contrast to the deep hue of the groves. From the brook, the hills to
the left arise precipitous, cloathed with a fine hanging wood, then glowing with a full sunshine ; to the
right the steeps laying from the sun, and in the deep shade, were broken, and scattered over in wild
irregularity with brushwood, and here and there a grotesque and knotty tree presented itself impending
from the precipice ; in front, a fine eminence of brown rock lifted its rugged brow and closed the circle,
dividing the waters with a promontory a few yards wide. In the clefts, and on the Uttle levels of the rock,
some shrubs grow ; on its crown stood ripened corn, margined with hedge-row trees, through which a
cottage was discovered ; and by its foot, a winding road soon escaped the eye in intercepting woods, the
rays of light fell happily upon the cliffs, and brightened their colouring. To the right and left, the more
distant brook shewed itself in deep and rocky dells, embowered by lofty oaks. To the left hand, the hill
which surmounts the wood, is topped with a plain of grass ground, on whose brink stands a farmhold,
accessable by a narrow path winding up the steep, from whence the woods make a beautiful curviture :
the distant back-ground is composed of heath lands. On the left, woodlands were seen on the circus
winding on the mazy channel of the brook, here and there intercepted by heathy eminences ; the back
ground very distant, and tinged with a misty azure  This is the finest natural theatre I ever
saw ; the circle is almost geometrically just.'
In the fork between the Rowley burn and the Devil's Water is the
Steel. After the battle of Heavenfield, in 634, King Cadwalla was killed
at a place called Denisesburn.^ This stream for long was identified with the
Erring burn, and the place of Cadwalla's death was located near the chapel
of St. Oswald's ; but the discovery' of a charter made between Thomas de
Whitington and Archbishop Gray, on the 23rd November, 1233, settles the
long disputed matter, and fixes the place of Cadwalla's death at a point
up the Devil's Water.
' Omnibus : Thomas de Whitinton, salutem. Noveritis me concessisse Waltero Ebor. archiepiscopo,
tertiam partem de Hoggesty, quam tenui de dono Ranulphi de Porchet, de qua cartham suam habui.
Pro hac concessione dedit mihi dictus archiepiscopus, in escambium, xx acras terrae de vasto suo in
Ruleystal, inter istas divisas, videUcet, inter Deniseburn et Divelis, incipiendo ex parte orientali super
Divelis, et ascendendo ad magnam viam quae ducit usque ad forestam de Lilleswude. Reddendo inde
annuatim eidem domino archiepiscopo et successoribus suis xl denarios. Hiis testibus, B. priore de
Extold,' etc."
' Hutchinson, Northumberland, vol. i. p. 172.
^ Infandus Brittonum dux .... interemptus est, in loco qui lingua Anglorum Denisesburna, id est
rivus Denisi vocatur.' Beda, Hist. Eccl. lib. iii. cap. i.
' See address by the Rev. W. Greenwell, Trans. Tyneside Nat, CM, 1863-64, vol. v. pp. 13, 14.
¦* Lansdowne MSS. 402, 19. British Museum.

46 HEXHAM PARISH.
Ruleystal is now the Steel, Lilleswude is Lillswood, and a reference to
the map will show that Denisesburn can be no other than Rowley burn. In
the time of Henry III., Gilbert de Slaley granted to the priory of Hexham
pasturage in the Steel for 260 sheep. In 1479 the house of Hexham had
a sheepfold in ' Le Stele,' one acre in extent, and pasturage for 300 sheep.
In 1547 the Steel was held with the Heigh and the Black-hall by John
Swinburn at a rent of 8s. per annum. John Mowbray of the Steel,
gentleman, made his will 15th June, 1605, and devised to his executor his
mortgage ' on the lands I live on, called Easter and Wester Steeles, in
Hexham shire,' his lands in Slaley, and his messuages in Wolsingham, to be
sold to pay debts and legacies.^ No other place was assessed in 1663 than
Steel-hall, which, with the Black-hall, was rated to Thomas Sanderson of
Healey. The Steel is now a hamlet of four grey-slated or heather-thatched
farm houses ; it has long been, and is now, held by the lord of the manor.
At the bottom of the valley of the West Dipton burn, above New
biggin, is the Hole-house, belonging to Capt. Atkinson, and above it,
approached from Dotland by the Guards Lane, is the West Dipton mill,
standing on the high road between Hexham and Whitley, one of the
numerous ancient mills of the regality. In 1583 Eleanor, wife of John
Errington and daughter of John Thirlwall, paid a fine on her admittance
by the lord of the manor as tenant on the Court Rolls of the mill. It is
uncertain who owned the place immediately after this date. In 1699 George
Douglas, who may only have been a tenant, was charged with taking unlawful
moulter at Dipton mill, ' he having taken half a peck out of a bowl of oats
after they were dryed, which, according to the goodness of the corn, would
be sometime ye rVth or Ath part of the whole, whereas by custom he ought
to have but the xsth part.'^
The inn here has been recently rebuilt out of the stones of the adjacent
and now demolished onstead of Nicholas-hall : both places belong to Mr.
Tucker of Gateshead.
A little further up the stream was another mill, and on the height
above may be seen the ruined tower of a windmill ; both were on the
estate of Shield Green, which now belongs to Messrs. Henry and George H,
Bell. On the fell beyond is Oxenrods and Loadman.'
' Raine, Test. Ebor. ' Sessions Records.
' Loadman was sold in 1793 by Samuel Marriot of Newcastle to James Johnson for .£1,135.

THE LOW QUARTER. 47
Higher up the West Dipton burn is a cave, known as the Queen's cave,
associated by local tradition with Margaret of Anjou, the queen of Henry VI,
As usually narrated, the story runs that after the battle of Hexham,^ Queen
Margaret and her son, Edward, fell into the hands of a band of Yorkists,
but while they were disputing over her jewels and other treasure, she
succeeded in persuading an esquire to aid her escape, and the three rode
away unperceived by their captors, who were still engrossed in their quarrel
over the booty. Hard by the scene of this adventure was a wood which was
the resort of freebooters, who were the terror of the surrounding district.
The queen and prince had not proceeded far when they were confronted by
a member of the band. The situation was a critical one, but it was saved by
the courage and presence of mind of Queen Margaret, Calling the man to
her, she told. him that he had been born in a fortunate hour. A chance was
given to him of redeeming by a single act a life of vice and crime. The son
of his king was at his feet for him to save. The unhappy queen besought
him to protect his prince, and endeavour to convey him to a place of safety.
Overcome by Margaret's entreaties and prayers, the bandit agreed to
become the protector of the fugitives, swore he would suffer a thousand
torments ere he would abandon the prince, implored the queen's pardon
for his misdeeds, and vowed he would devote the remainder of his life
to acts of mercy. Convinced of his fidelity, the queen left her son in the
hands of the robber, while she went in search of her husband.^ The cave
on the West Dipton burn is said to be the place where Margaret and Prince
Edward were temporarily lodged by their protector. It is 31 feet long
and 14 feet broad, but scarcely high enough to allow of a person standing
upright. In the middle is a massive pillar of rude masonry which is said
to mark the line of a wall which formerly divided the cave into two parts.'
The chief authority is Chastellain, who says that he had it from the queen
herself, and gives a very circumstantial account of the affair. In the face of
such testimony it is difficult to question the substantial truth of the incident.
Chastellain tells the story immediately after relating a disgraceful
retreat from ' ReL' Based on the identification of this place with Mount
Ryall, now called Rye hill, on the right bank of the Devil's Water, it has
' The 'songe made in Edward the Fourthe hys tyme of ye Battele of Hexhamme anno 1414,' and
printed at Newcastle by M. A. Richardson in 1848 is spurious.
'^ Chastellain, Chroniques des derniers Dues de Bourgoyne in Panth6on Litteraire, iv. pp. 230-2. See
Bates, Border Holds, i. pp. 439-443. ' Wright, Hist, of Hexham, pp. 193, 194.

48 HEXHAM PARISH.
been held that there were two battles of Hexham, one fought in 1463, and
the other on the 4th May, 1464. It has been sufficiently established that,
owing to the movements in the North of the earl of Warwick, Queen
Margaret^ left the country before the latter battle, and that she was abroad
at that time. On the other hand, it is curious that the inquisitio pQst mortem
of the duke of Somerset states that he died on April 3rd, 1463, suggesting
the idea that the clerk had confused the dates of two battles fought about
the same time near the same place. ^ There is also a local tradition that
the Lancastrians were encamped on the left bank of the Devil's Water, now
called the Royal banks.' THE MIDDLE QUARTER.
The Middle Quarter occupies a place midway between the High and
Low Quarters, in regard to area, population, wealth, as well as geographical
position. Its area is 4,203 acres with a rateable value of ,^2,423 at the
present time. The population* at the last census was 198.
The most populous part of the Middle Quarter is the flat land lying
east of the Rowley burn, and between that stream and the Devil's Water.
Here is situated Whitley mill and Mollerstead. Whitley chapel is close
by, with Woodside and Staples to the east of it, and south of these are
clustered Aydon Shields, Mire-house, Rawgreen, and Salmon-field, with
other tenements.
Whitley mill was at one time the principal mill in the shire, and a
valuable possession of its lord. The Black Book enumerates it amongst the
possessions of the priory in the following words : ' Item est ibidem j campus
sub Dotland versus orientem cont. in se Ix acras terrae scaccarii arabilis et
prati, quem tenent pro emendatione molendini de Whitlye,'
On the 19th October, 1534, George Ogle paid his fine to the archbishop,
and was admitted to the water corn mill called Qwhetle mill, in Newlands,
and a parcel of ground called the ' Miln-dam-hawgh,' between the mill and
the mill dam, to hold at the annual rent of 26s. 8d. George Ogle died
thirteen years after; and in October, 1547, his son, Henry Ogle, was
' Near the Queen's cave is the Queen's letch, in which, as the local tradition has it, her horse
stumbled. ^ Bates, Border Holds, pp. 438-444. Bates, History of Northumberland, p. 198.
^ Ex. inf. Captain Atkinson of Newbiggin (1890).
¦" The Census Returns are : 1801,345; 1811,339; 18-31,351; 1831,311; 1841,251; 1851,313; 1861,
255: 1871,243; 1881,263; 1891,198.

The Queen's Cave.

THE MIDDLE QUARTER. , 49
admitted to Whitlemyln, his mother's dower excepted. Henry Ogle, in
1 59 1, surrendered to John Ogle 4 acres in Hexham town haugh, in a place
called ' Botesten Leases, 2 acres at the Garthhead, 2 acres near the mill way
side, I acre near the Common garth, 2 half acres near the Westgate, 2 acres
of meadow called Stotfield-hils, i acre in the Dalles and a water corn mill,
called Whytlee mill, and 2 acres between the mill fleym and the mill, held
at a rent of 46s. 8d.' In 1598 John Ogle surrendered to Frances, his
wife, the mill and ' two closes between the miln fieem and the water called
Rowle burn,' and in 1620 he sold the same to Sir Ralph and Sir John
Delaval.' The tenants, who by their services were bound to grind at the lord's
mill, had for long been in the habit of grinding elsewhere on more favourable
terms. On the 25th January, 1542, Sir Reginald Carnaby writes to the
tenants in the shire :
To my well beloved all the king's tenants of Nubbock, Yarridge, Dotland, Greenridge, the Hill, and
the Hole-house, and the Pais, and to every of them.
In the king's name, 1 command you, and every of you that, concerning the use of mills within this
shire of Hexham, that ye and every of you as ye have done in times past, make suit, and go to either the
mylnes called Tyne mylnes at Hexham, or else to my lord archbishop's mylne of Whitley ; and that if ye
go to any other mylnes but one of these two, so oft as ye or any of yours so doth, to incur in such danger
and loss as hath been accustomed, and also to stand to such order as was set at the last head court,
holden at Hexham, this 20th day last past. R. Carnabie.
The names of these that have gone from the said mylnes : William Carnabie of Nubbock, gent.,
Edmund Robson of Gryndridge, Rowland Lowe of the Pais, yeoman, Edward Armestrong of the same,
John Bellingham of the same.^
In 1 62 1, Sir Ralph Delaval and Sir John Delaval, then owners of
Whitley mill, brought an action against Robert Thirlwall for having a mill
on his estate at Black-hall, and receiving corn to grind to the prejudice of
their rights. It then appeared in evidence that though Whitley was still
the chief mill of the regality, the inhabitants of the shire claimed full liberty
with regard to grinding their corn, and frequently went out of the district to
Blanchland mill, Eastwood mill, and Allendale mill. One of the witnesses
went so far as to say that the copyholders of the liberty might grind where
they would.' Sir Ralph and Sir John Delaval appear to have lost their
action, for Black-hall mill continued to exist, and no restrictions seem to have
been placed upon the building of mills in other parts of the regality, so that
the ancient feudal custom of moulter gradually disappeared. In 1630 Sir
' GreenwichHospitalPapers,'Whit\ey Mill, A. t^ OS. 1-5. 'Vohson, Contributions to Local History, p. 72.
' Exchequer Depositions by Commission, HUary Term, 19 Jas. I. No. 11.
Vol. IV. 7

50 HEXHAM PARISH.
John Delaval surrendered Whitley mill to the use of Sir Edward Radcliffe,
and it remained the property of the Radcliffe family until the Derwentwater
estates escheated to the Crown, and were granted to the Greenwich hospital
commissioners. In 1805, Whitley mill' farm consisted of 32 acres of land,
with ' a dwelling house very much out of repair, a water corn mill, two pairs
of stones, and a kiln for drying oatmeal.' It was let under lease at ;^30 per
annum.^ It is a pleasant place, in a hollow between Dalton and Moller
steads, and now belongs to the Rev. J. F. Johnson. The village of Whitley
consists of a substantially-built school-house and cottage for the teacher,
close by the chapel ; a public house, locally known as 'Click 'em in'; and
a couple of cottages.
East of Whitley mill is Mollersteads, which, at the time of the survey of
1547, held in thirds by John Swinburn, who possessed two tenements, paying
a rent of 8s. io|d., and Richard Werdell, who held one tenement at a rent
of 4s. 5^d. In 1608, 'John Hucheson held certain lande, beinge the one
thirde parte of the Mailer Steedes,' at the yearly rent of 4s., it being worth
£\ 6s. 8d, over and above the rent. In 1663 the town was rated at
£\2 5s. 6d., and was held in proportions, not stated, by Peter Thirlwall,
John Thirlwall, Robert Fairbridge, Robert Dixon, Ann Hutchinson, and
Elizabeth Hutchinson. It may be inferred that the two Hutchinsons held
the same third which Wardell held in 1647, that Fairbridge and Dixon held
another, and the two Thirlwalls the remaining one of the two thirds which
had once belonged to John Swinburn. Robert Dixon, in 1668, and Edward
Dixon, in 1702, held the lands which now belong to their descendant, Mr.
Robert Dixon.'
The first Thirlwall at Mollersteads was Peter, who made his will in
1700, leaving half his lands there to his wife, who was to allow his son, John,
'to fell, cut down, stack, perk, and carry away all the wood and bark,'*
John Thirlwall died in 1730, leaving a son, Peter, who died in 1743. With
Peter's son, John Thirlwall of Woodside, the male representation of the
family died out. He made his will in 1756, being then only seventeen
' At the division of the common in 1800 there was allotted to Greenwich hospital for Whitley mill 24
acres of freehold land and gf stints : to John Johnson for Whitley mill hill 2 acres of freehold and 3 stints
on the stinted pastures. '' Report of Greenwich Hospital Estates, 1805, p. iii.
' To Edward Dixon was awarded in 1800, in respect of his estate at Mollersteads and Earthly Mires,
21 acres of copyhold land and 12^ stints. At the division of the common in 1800 there was awarded to
the Rev. Abraham Brown, in respect of MoUersteads, 26 acres of copyhold land and I7f stints on the
stinted pastures. He also obtained an aUotment of half an acre of freehold land in respect of a smith's
shop. ¦* Raine, Test. Ebor.

THE MIDDLE QUARTER. 5 I
years old,' but weak and sick, and left his property in trust for his mother,
Ann, and then to his cousins, Cuthbert and Ann Teasdale, the children
of his aunt, Elizabeth Teasdale of Dalton. Teasdale Armstrong and his
wife died within a few months of each other in 1758, and six years later
the heirs sold their share of Mollersteads (one-third) for ^^1,070, as an aug
mentation of the living of Whitley.
THIRLWALL OF MOLLERSTEADS.
Peter Thirlwall of MoUersteads ; living 1663 ; buried in ^ Eleanor  ; sole executrix to

Hexham church, aged 94, 20th Dec, 1706 (a) ; will dated
7th Dec, 1700; proved 17th June, 1708 (0).

husband's will [? buried l8th
April, 1722 (a)].

John Thirlwall of MoUersteads, to whom his father bequeathed his = Margaret. Robert. ) All named
best horse or mare, saddle and bridle, and husbandry gear ; buried
14th Dec, 1730 ia) ; administration, 17th Dec, 1731, granted to
his widow ib).

Peter. > in their
Jane. ) father's will.

Peter Thirlwall of Mollersteads, = Ann, daughter of  Hunter of Chollerton ; Thomas ThirlwaU, baptised

baptised 26th Dec, 1716 (a) ;
buried 27lh July, 1743 (a).

married 19th Oct., 1736 (a) ; remarried at 29th July; buried 3rd
Slaley, 14th June, 1753, Teasdale Armstrong Aug., 1719.
of Slaley; wiU dated 18th Dec, 1758 (a).

John ThirlwaU of MoUersteads, baptised 8th February, 1739/40 (a) ; ... ThirlwaU, a son, died
died at the Woodside ; buried 9th Aug., 1756 (a) ; will dated 26th in infancy ; buried 19th
June, 1756 ; proved 4th July, 1757 ib), Aug., 1743 (a).
(a) Hgxham Register. ib) Raine, Test. Ebor.
Lying to the south of Whitley are the High and Low Staples. The
latter stands on a terrace above the Devil's Water, and in 1547 was held by
Thomas Rowland as the Nether Stappleye, and in 1663 by Percival Dixon,
who was rated for it at £2 17s. 6d. In 1805 the Greenwich hospital com
missioners^ owned two small farms here, which together contained 58 acres
of ancient lands and 51 acres allotted on the division of Hexham common:
' 26th June, 1756. Will of John ThirlwaU of Woodside, in Hexhamshire, son of Peter ThirlwaU of
Mollersteads, gent., deceased, of the age of 17, and weak and sick. All to my friends James Yare of
Oardley, gent., and Anthony Hunter of Chollerton, gent., to take care of it during the lives of Teasdale
Armstrong of Woodside, gent., and my dear mother Anne, his wife, formerly Thirlwall, for my mother's
use, and then to my cousins, Cuthbert and Ann Teasdale, children of my aunt Elizabeth Teasdale of
Dalton, in Northumberland. Proved at York, 4th July, 1757. Raine, Test. Ebor.
This will would only pass the personal estate which, before 1837, infants above the age of 14 years
might dispose of by will : this anomaly was done away by Act of Parliament, i Vic. c. 26, s. 7.
i8th December, 1758. Will of Ann Armstrong of Hexhamshire, widow. To be privately buried in
the church of Hexham. To the daughters of my sister, Margaret Hunter, a guinea each. Residue to
my brother, Anthony Hunter, in trust to pay my sister, Elizabeth Teasdale, the interest for life, and then
to pay to my nephews, Cuthbert and Richard Teasdale, her sons, ^5 each, and to her daughters, Ann and
Elizabeth Teasdale, the same. My brother sole executor. Proved 5th December, 1759. Raine, Tesi. Ebor.
^ At the division of the common, in 1800, there was awarded to Thomas Richard and Diana
Beaumont, in respect of their lands in Low Staples, 16 acres of copyhold and 5 J stints. To the
Greenwich hospital commissioners for their farm of North Staples an-d Low Staples, 28 acres and 12
stints, and 22 acres and 7f stints respectively.

52 HEXHAM PARISH.
they produced a rent of ^^70 a year.' Both High and Low Staples now
belong to Mr. W. C. B. Beaumont,
Further up the valley are the Moss-house, the Mire-house, and Raw-
green, and on the higher ground High and Low Holmes, Aydon Shield,
and Salmon-field. The Mire-house in the sixteenth century belonged to a family of Hurde
or Ord, and in 1608 John Ogle held the tenement of Nether Mire-house
of the annual value of 15s. 4d. The Upper Mire-house^ of 46 acres of
ancient enclosure in 1800 received an allotment of 45 acres on the division
of the Hexham and Allendale common. It had been let twelve years
before under lease for ;^54 per annum, and is described as of better quality
than is generally found on the Hexhamshire estate.' It is entitled to 16
stints on the stinted pastures, and now belongs to Mr. W. C. B. Beaumont.
The Rawgreen or Rowgreen in 1547, like the Mire-house and Wood-
side, belonged to George Hurde or Ord. The Nether Rawgreen in 1608
was worth £2, 5s. 4d. a year, and was held by Robert Ward ; in 1663, as the
Nether Rowgreen, it was rated at £'] 8s., Matthew Dinning being tenant.
He is mentioned in the will of his brother William in 1676. It is watered
by the Raw burn and the Devil's Water, and is divided into three small
hamlets, the Rawgreen, the Low Rawgreen, and the High Rawgreen. The
Low Rawgreen, a copyhold farm of 34 acres, to which was allotted in 1800
32 acres of common and 12* stints on the stinted pastures, was with the
wood, containing 33 acres, mostly of natural oak, purchased for ^1,936 by
the Greenwich hospital commissioners in 1791.^ The East, and West Raw
green farms, also belonging to the commissioners, are freehold, and together
contained 113 acres of ancient enclosure, augmented in 1800 by an allotment
of 129 acres from the common lands. They are also entitled to 26 stints on
the stinted pastures.
As there is a place of the same name in Catton grieveship, the Holmes
may not be the Holme from which a rent charge was purchased by Prior
WilUam in 1209.^ It is not mentioned in the Black Book in 1479; but, in
1608, a tenement at the Holmes in Hexhamshire, with the appurtenances, of
' Report of Greenwich Hospital Commissioners, 1805, pp. 1 1 1, 112.
^ James Forster was awarded 13 acres of freehold and 3! stints for Low Mire-house, and Thomas
Stokoe had an aUotment of 5 acres to be held by copy, with 3f stints also in respect of holding at Mire-
house. ' Report of Greenwich Hospital Commissioners, 1805, p. iii. ¦* /iirf. pp. 112, 113.
= Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. i. preface clviii.

THE MIDDLE QUARTER. 53
the yearly value of £2 5s. 4d., was held by James Dixon. The Rate Book
of 1663 mentions the Holmes mill and the Nether Holmes, but gives neither
owner nor rateable value. From 1653 it seems to have been held by the
Ords of Ardley, and to have passed, in 1779, under the will of Elizabeth
Armstrong, the last of the family, to William Scott of Stamfordham. The
High Holmes now belongs to Mr. Dixon Pratt.
The Low Holmes belonged to Greenwich hospital, and in 1800 had an
allotment out of Hexham common of 7 acres, and is entitled to 3I stints in
the undivided commons. It is now owned by Mr. W. C. B. Beaumont.
In conjunction with Rowley, Aydon Shield is regarded as a mesne manor
within the regality.' In 1547 Aydon Shield was held by George Ogle at the
considerable rent of £Af 19s. 8d., and was entered as a freehold in 1608,
being then owned by Edward Radcliffe. Under the alternative name of
Aydon hills it was, in 1663, rated to Sir Edward Radcliffe at the incompre
hensible rent of ^^97 3s. 8d., which exceeds by £/i^ the rent it brought to the
Greenwich hospital commissioners in 1789. In the latter year the estate
contained 149 acres of land of good quality; and in 1800 it obtained an
allotment of 82 acres of the common lands and 33I stints on the stinted
pastures. It now belongs to Mr. W. C. B. Beaumont.
Though Salmon-field was stated in 1805 to be a farm of 122 acres of
ancient lands, with an additional loi acres allotted to it on the enclosure of
Hexham commons, it does not appear by that name in any of the older
records. It was reported to the commissioners that some part of it was good
land, but that of the addition only a very small part had been improved. It
was let at ^^78 per annum. ^
On the ridge between the Ham burn and the clear, but peat-stained,
Rowley burn stands Dalton, which now consists of a farm house, surrounded
by fine sycamores, and a few cottages. Low Dalton is a little to the east,
and is a still smaller hamlet. In 1547 John Swinburn of Barker-house held
a tenement in Dalton' for which he paid a rent of 4s. a year It subsequently
came to the Erringtons, and its further connection with that family will be
seen in the pedigree given under Ardley. Both High and Low Dalton now
belong to Mr. Edward Stobbs.
' Report of Greenwich Hospital Commissioners, 1805, pp. 106, 115.
' Ibid. p. 107. It has also 29! stints on the stinted pastures.
' The Dalton so frequently mentioned in the Black Book is the place of that name near Dissington,
in the parish of Newburn.

54

HEXHAM PARISH.

North of the Ham burn are grouped the five homesteads of Upper
Ardley, Nether Ardley, Ardley Stob, Cooks-house, and Wally Thorn, In
the farm house of Low Ardley is a large and long window, originally of
three lights, but now of two, having a label over it. The Stob has a
decaying homestead, with steep heather-thatched roofs. In 1547 Richard
Readshaw held by copy of Court Roll all the lands of [Nether] Ardley, a
moiety of Turf-house and of White-hall, at a rent of 22s., whilst Robert
Thurbottell held a tenement called Over Ardley at a rent of 17s. id. The
subsequent descent of Nether Ardley is shown in the following pedigree of
Errington and Thirlwall and the evidences appended :
ERRINGTON AND THIRLWALL OF NETHER ARDLEY AND DALTON.
Richard Readshaw of Nether Ardley, 1547 =

Cuthbert Readshaw of Nether Ardley ; died circa
1584 ; seised of Nether Ardley, Ardley Stob,
Moor Close, White-haU, Turf-house (c).

John Thirlwall, pro
bably of the family
of ThirlwaU of Thirl
wall [? buried ist
June, 1582 (a)].

= Dorothy, daughter and co-heiress ;
entered upon Nether Ardley in
1584 ic); died 1617, seised of
half her father's lands (c).

Gerard Errington of Dal
ton ; administration
granted to widow, 20th
May, 1600 ib).

Jane, daughter and co-heir
ess ; married 4th July,
1581 (a) ; in 1587 fined
for Garesheil (c).

Thomas ThirlwaU of
Nether Ardley, son
and heir to mother
in 1617 ; buried 3rd
March, 1624/5 («) 1
died seised of lands
in Nether Ardley,
Moor Close, Ardley
Stob, Dalton, Turf-
house.

I
John Thirlwall of Nether
Ardley, son and heir ;
was of full age in
1625 ; buried 20th
July, 1665 (a) ; will
dated 18th July, 1663
ib) ; proved 1666.

Philip ThirlwaU ot
Hexham, gentle
man, surrendered
Garesheil in i6c6.
[In 1599 Philip
ThirlwaU of Over
Ardley was one
of the original
governors of the
grammar school.]

Elizabeth Row- :
land; married
20th Nov.,
1614 (a) ;
buried 23rd
Nov., 1616
(a).

Susanna  She remar
ried Richard Ord of
Brokenheugh ; bond of
marriage, 28th May,
i656 ; who, in 1683, held
lands in Nether .-^rjley,
jure uxoris.

I
Edward Erring- = Margaret

ton of Dal
ton, heir to
his mother,
1617(c); bur
ied 28th Oct.,
1649 (a).

Humble
married29th July,
1618 (a) ;
buried 8th
Dec, 1667
(a).

I I I I
Thomas.
John. MaUie.
Agnes ;
buried25th
May, 1616(a),

I Uving
( 1600.

Peter. Gerard Errington of Dalton ; buried = Frances Teas

26th Dec, 1651 (a) ; found to
have died seised of one-half of
Nether Ardley, one-half of Ardley
Stob, one-half of Dalton, one-halt
of White-haU, and one-half of
Hole-house and Moor Close.

dale of Sla
ley, widow ;
married loth
Nov., 1638
(a).

Peter Thirlwall of Nether Ardley, son and heir ; was aged
13 in 1669 ic); baptised 21st March, 1655/6 (a);
buried 29th June, 1679 (a).
John Thirlwall ; buried in Hexham church, 3rd July,
1663 (a).
Joseph; buried in Hexham church, 15th March, 1665/6
ia).
Mary; married ... Heugh.

Ill I

John Errington, only son and heir ; aged 3 at his father's
death ; died before October, 1659, seised of above
lands, leaving his sisters his co-heiresses, of whom one
only was of full age ic) ; buried 3rd July, 1655 (a).
Elizabeth ; married l8th June, 1663, John Johnson of
Hamburn-hall (a). He is in the Call Roll, 1683 and
1702, as holding [the Errington] lands in Dalion.
Tane*'' f '-'"^ °f these ladies married Richard Ord.

(a) Hexham Register.

ib) Raine, Test, Ebor,

ic) Hexham Manor Rolls.

THE MIDDLE QUARTER. 55
Evidences to Errington and Thirlwall Pedigree.
1568. Thomas Errington of Walwick Grange surrenders Nether Ardley to John Thirlwall, and 22nd
September, 1600, Thomas Errington of Walwick Grange was found to have died seised ot a tenement in Ardley,
one-third of Easter Greenridge, three-fourth parts ot the Linnels mill, to which Edward Errington, his son and heir,
was admitted. Court Rolls.
In i5o8, Jane Errington held a moiety of certain lands in Nether Ardley which was worth £2 13s. lod. a year ;
and John Thirlwall, in right of his wife, held the other moiety ; Edward Errington held the third part of Over
Ardley, with lands in East Greenridge, Newbiggin, etc. Vol. iii. p. 91.
1617. Dorothy Errington, daughter and co-heiress of Cuthbert Readshaw, deceased, was found to have died
seised of lands in Ardley Stob, and Thomas Thirlwall of Nether Ardley was her son and heir, and of full age. 1625.
John Thirlwall of Nether Ardley was found to have died seised of lands in Nether Ardley, Ardley Stob, etc. John
Thirlwall, his son and heir, was of full age. 1646. Edward Errington of Walwick Grange surrendered one-third of
Nether Ardley to William Charlton and William Ridley. 1653. Gerard Errington was found to have died seised of
Ardley, etc., leaving John Errington his son and heir, then three years of age. 1659. John, son of Gerard
Errington, is found to have died seised of lands in Nether Ardley and half of Ardley Stob : Elizabeth, Mary, and
Jane were his sisters and co-heiresses, only one of whom was of full age. Court Rolls.
In 1663 Nether Ordley isic) was rated to Mr. John Thirlwall at £(i i6s., and Over Ordley to John Thirlwall,
esq., at ;^I2 9s. Book of Rates.
1664. John Thirlwall surrenders Nether Ardley to his own use. 1669. John Thirlwall of Nether Ardley is
found to have died seised of moieties of Nether Ardley and Ardley Stob ; Peter Thirlwall, then aged 13 years, is his
son and heir.
1682. John Thirlwall surrenders a moiety ot Nether Ardley and Ardley Stob to John Johnson of Hamburn-
hall. 1685. John Thirlwall surrenders half ot Nether Ardley and Ardley Stob to Richard Ord. 1686. John
Thirlwall surrenders Upper Ardley to Ralph Clavering and . . . Charlton. Court Rolls.
Low Ardley, Ardley Stob, and Wally Thorn now belong to the Rev.
J. F. Johnson. For High Ardley and Cooks-house, Edward Charlton, in
1800, obtained an allotment of common of 117 acres of copyhold land and
251 stints on the stinted pastures. High Ardley now belongs to Sir John
Haggerston. The Barker-house stands on a bank overhanging Ardley dene and the
Ham burn, with three or four fine ash trees near the old grey-slated house.
It was held in 1547 by John Swinburn, at a rent of 8s., and, with Litterage,
Lillswood, and other places, belonged in the seventeenth century to the
family of that Richard Ord, a person of marked and interesting character,
who was the leading member in the Baptist congregation at Hexham when
Mr. Tilham was the pastor. Richard Ord was a son of John Ord^ of Broken
heugh, in the chapelry of Haydon Bridge, and Litterage descended to him
from a long line of ancestors. He made his will in 1676, when his life must
have been in peril, commending his soul in the following pathetic terms to
'Almighty God my Maker, and to Jesus Christ my Redeemer, upon whose
meritorious passion and mercy I do onely relye for a healing medicine for all
' Barker-house was purchased i6th March, 1639, from Thomas Waide of Upper Ardley by John Ord
of ' Swingshecles,' and by him ist January, 1650, was given to his second son, John Ord. Ex. inf. Mr.
L. C. Lockhart.

56 HEXHAM PARISH.
my sores, leaving my motherlesse (and about to be fatherlesse) children unto
the keeping of the Lord.' He confirms a deed of gift, which he had niade in
1662, to his father, John Ord, and other trustees, of all his personal estate to
provide for his six children, Thomas, Richard, Margaret, Barbara, Phoebe,
and Dorcas, of whom Thomas and Margaret were, at the time when his will
was made, dead. He mentions his second wife Susanna, to whom he leaves
an annuity of £8, making her and his daughter Barbara his executors, and his
brother John Ord, and trusty friend John Swinburne, the overseers of his will.
The testator did not die then, as he expected. On the 28th of December,
1696, when he was lying apparently in extremis, the bystanders urged him to
make his will. The sick man replied : ' I have made my will severall years
agoe, and it's lying in my parchment coloured book, signed and sealed.' The
document was brought to the dying man, who said, when he saw it, 'This is
it ; and this is all the will I will make.'
Under the will of Richard Ord's great-nephew, Thomas Ord, a surgeon
in Hexham, Barker-house was given to his wife for life with remainder to
John Ord of Hamburn-hall, son of John Ord, in fee. John Ord in 18 17 sold
it to his father-in-law, James Pigg of Langhope, who, by will dated 4th
September, 1839, gave it and all his real estate to his son, Matthew Pigg,
for life, with remainder to his (the testator's) grandson, James Ord. The
latter, who succeeded in 1850, and resided on his leasehold estate at Chester-
wood, near Haydon Bridge, in October, 1859, contracted to sell Barker-house,
and about the same time to purchase a leasehold estate adjoining Chester-
wood. On the 1 2th May, i860, he conveyed Barker-house and received the
purchase money, and the 15th was fixed for the completion of his purchase at
Chester-wood. On the evening of the 14th he was seized with an apoplectic
fit, and without recovering consciousness died on the following day. He had
made his will in March, 1859, ^^ effect giving his Chester-wood property to
his only son, and leaving Barker-house as a provision for his three daughters.
The sale and purchase above mentioned threw these provisions into con
fusion, and his sudden death left them so. Litigation followed, in which it
was sought unsuccessfully to secure the property purchased at Chester-wood
with the Barker-house proceeds for the testator's daughters.' The Barker-
house now belongs to Mr. John Potts. The Ord pedigree is attempted in
the following table :
' Ex. inf. Mr. L. C. Lockhart; cf. Law Reports 12 ch. div. 22, re Ord, Dickinson v. Dickinson.

THE MIDDLE QUARTER.

S7

ORD OF ARDLEY AND BARKER-HOUSE.
George Ord, held lands in Litterage, StonehOuse, = Margaret Dixon of Hunstanworth ;
and White-haU in 1608. : married 8th July, 1589 (a).

WiUiam Ord, held Litterage in 1628 =

John Ord of the Barker-house and Litterage, held Litterage from 1637 = Barbara.
to 1665 ; party to son's deed of gift in 1662 ; will dated 2nd July,
1664 ib).

. Erriogton, = Richard Ord of Brokenheugh =

sister and co
heiress of
John Erring
ton of Nether
Ardley.

in 1666 and of Ardley ;
buried 1st Jan., 1696/7 (a) ;
will dated 24th August,
1676 ; proved 4th Feb.,
1696/7 Q). By inq. p.m.
was found to have died
seised of half of Lills
wood, Litterage, and the
Holmes.

Susanna, widow of
John Thirl
wall of
Nether
Ardley ;
bond of
marriage28th Mar.,
1666.

John Ord of Barker-house, which he had by deed of —
gift from his father Ist Jan., 1650 ; second son.* ;

Mar
garet

buried 2ndMar., 1 701/2
(a).

John Ord of Dal- :
ton and Barker-
house ; buried
at Haydon, a
dissenter, 25th
March, 1719(a);
will dated 19th
March, 1718/9 ;
proved i7l9(/5).*

: Mary  ; to whom
her husband gave
his lands in Dal-
¦ ton called the
Stillshouse during
the minorities of
his daughters Mar
garet, Rebecca,
and Mary.

John Ord of = Sarah, daughter

Barker-house ;
named in
. father's will ;
will dated 20th
Dec, 1730 ;
proved 1732
ib).

of John John
son of Ham
burn-hall ;
married 25th
April, 1700
(a).

Abraham Ord,
to whom his
father devised
the Hole-
house, dyer ;
buried 17th
Mar., 1756 (a).
John ;

Elizabeth Walker ; mar
ried at Haydon
chapel, 1 6th June,
1698 ; both were
minors (a) ; buried
5th Jan., 1699/1700
id).
buried gth Feb.,

I I

1698/9 (a).

Eleanor ;
ried 7th Aug.,
1707, Thomas
Ridley of the
Motehill, Si-
mondburn(a).
Margaret.Rebecca.Mary.

Thomas Ord
of Barker-
house ; mar
ried in Scot
land, 7th
Feb., 1697,
Mary
Thompson.

Thomas Ord of Barker-house, surgeon ; = Mary  ;
will dated 17th Jan., 1798; proved executrix to
at York, 21st Feb., 1798 ib); s.p.; husband's
buried 22nd Jan., 1798 (a). will.

John, baptised Elizabeth, baptised 7th July, 1706 (a);
18th March, married William Denning and was
1701 (a). living 1730. si,
Margaret, baptised 30th Sept., 1708 (a).

Thomas Ord ; living
1662 ; dead before
1676.

Richard Ord of Ardley ; was living 1662,
and in 1701 was found to be son and
heir to his father ; buried 19th Sept.,
1743 (3) ; wiU dated 5th Aug.; 1738
ib) ; he was then residing in Hexham ;
proved 24th Oct., 1750.

Margaret; married ... Hedley;
1662 ; dead before 1676. ^
Barbara ; living 1662.
Phoebe ; living 1662.
Dorcas ; living 1662.

living

Richard Ord of
Hexham, solici
tor ; buried 1st
Dec, 1732 (a) ;
will dated loth
Oct., 1730 ib) ;
s.i.

Frances ... , widow
of Dr. Dawson ;
married 14th
AprU, 1 72 1 (a) ;
executrix to hus
band's wiU.

John; buried 27th May, 1711 (a).
Mary; married 6th Dec, 1722,
Abraham Teesdale of Dalton (a).
Phoebe ; died in infancy ; buried
25th Feb., 1698/9 (a).
Phoebe, born 21st Dec, 1702 ;
buried in Hexham church, l8th
March, 1719/20 (a).
Barbara ; married Patrick Kelly
of Corbridge.
Sarah; buried 25th Feb., 1698/9 (a).

Elizabeth, execu
trix and resid
uary legatee of
father ; died
s.p./ will dated
3rd AprU, 1770;
proved 1779
ib).

William Arm
strong of
Hexham ;
administration granted to
widow, 22nd
March, 1759

Richard Ord Armstrong ; buried 13th Jan., 1745/6 (a). Mary ; buried 19th Jan., 1745/6 (a).
(a) Hexham Register, ib) Raine, Test, Ebor,

* Query, whether these two John Ords were or were not identical?

Vol. IV.

58 HEXHAM PARISH.
Evidences to Ord Pedigree.
WiU, dated 24th August, 1676, of Richard Ord of Nether Ardley, in the liberty of Hexham :
' Leaving my motherlesse (and about to be fatherlesse) children into ye keeping of ye Lord, and for my
worldly estate that He hath intrusted me with here, I do order as foUoweth : Know ye then that it is not
my purpose to abbrogate or make null, but that I do hereby ratifie and confirme that deed of guift made
in ye year of God (as I remember) 1662, to my father John Ord, and my trusty friends WiUiam Weldon
ye elder of Aden Sheels, Alexander Forster, then of Over EsheUs, and Richard Walton of Peacock-
house, and now in ye custody and possession of ye said WUUam Weldon, of aU my personal estate for
ye raising and providing of portions to my six children, Thomas, Richard, Margaret, Barbary, Phcebe,
and Dorcas.' My son Thomas being now dead, his share to be divided amongst ye rest ; my daughter
Margaret being dead, her share shall be given to her son Anthony Hedley; my son Richard Ord shaU
pay out of my real estate unto my dear wife Susanna, £8 a year for life. Wife and daughter Barbary,
executors ; friends John Swinburn and brother John Ord, supervisors.'
A memorandum, dated 19th January, 1696, is endorsed on the wiU, by which Christopher Dodd of
Mill hill, yeoman; Titus Angus of Juniper-house, and others, testify that on 28th December before,' Mr.
Richard Ord had, in their presence, confirmed his will, saying, ' This is it ; and this is all the will I will
make.' Proved 4th February, 1696/7.'
Will, dated 5th August, 1738, of Richard Ord of Hexham, gent. : My daughter Elizabeth, wife of
William Armstrong, e.\ecutor and residuary legatee; my daughter-in-law Frances Ord of Hexham,
widow, ;£io per annum; my daughter Barbara, wife of Patrick Kelley of Corbridge, ^12 per annum.'
Will, dated loth October, 1730, of Richard Ord of Hexham, gent. : My wife Frances, my dwelling
house in Hexham for life; then to my sister Teasdale, my sister Elizabeth Ord, my nephew Joseph
Lazonby, and my nephew Richard Spain. To my brother Hope, a mourning ring, that I bought in
memory of his mother-in-law, my aunt Davidson. My father Ord. Residue to wife, she executrix.
Proved 22nd September, 1733.'
Will, dated 3rd April, 1770, of Elizabeth Armstrong of Hexham, widow: My lands at Ardley, Ardley
Stobs, the Holmes, etc., and house at Hexham, to Benjamin PeUe of Newcastle, gent., and John Bell
of Hexham, gent., in trust to pay to John Scott of Stannerton, surgeon and apothecary, an annuity of
;£i2. The persons who shall be entitled to the said lands to take the name of Ord, and my trustees to
pay for the Act of Parliament to enable them to do so ; settlement upon Thomas Scott, son of the said
John Scott, and his sons; then WiUiam Scott, second son of John Scott; then Philip, the third son, etc.
To Robert Errington of Upper Ardley, ;£ioo; the chUdren of Richard Errington, deceased, his brother,
;f 100; John Errington, son of John Errington of Crooks-house, deceased, ;^5o, etc. Proved July, 1779.'
WiUiam Ord of Nether Ardley, and son of John Scott, late of Stamfordham, surgeon, was seised of
Nether Ardley and Ardley Stobs in 1792 and 1801.^
Will, dated 24th December, 1824, of WiUiam Ord (formerly Scott) of North Shields, in which he gave
his copyhold lands in the manor of Hexham to his wife Elizabeth for life, with remainder to his two
nieces Barbara Poole and Elizabeth Poole. The testator outlived his wife, and died Sth November, 1832.
Barbara and EUzabeth Poole, at a Manor Court held 20th June, 1835, sought to be admitted, but their
right was opposed by Richard Errington who claimed that the devise by Ord to his nieces could not
operate, and that he was the right heir of Elizabeth Armstrong."
1824. To be sold, the reversion (expectant on the death of a gentleman aged 80) of the copyhold
estates of Nether Ardley, Ardley Stob, Walley Thorn, and the Holmes.'
1836, 17th November. Richard Errington of Nether Ardley was admitted (as heir of Elizabeth
Armstrong) under mandamus from the Court of King's Bench to a tenement at Nether Ardley, the Holmes,
and parcels of ground at Ardley Stob, etc'
1845. To be sold, the desirable country mansion-house of Nether Ardley, late the residence of William
Ord, esq., with 54 acres of land; the farm called the Holmes, of 88 acres ; the farm of Walley Thom, 98
acres; the farm of Ardley Stob, 140 acres.^
' Raine, Test. Ebor. 'Hexham Manor Rolls. ^Law Reports, 1836, Adolphus and EUis, p. 559
¦* Newcastle Courant, i8th August, 1824. * Newcastle papers, iSth April, 1845.

THE MIDDLE QUARTER. 59
Hamburn-hall lies immediately below Ardley, in a wooded hollow on
the south side of the Ham burn. It is an ancient tenement, and is men
tioned in a charter of Archbishop Gray, dated February 14th, 1229, The
archbishop granted to Richard, son of Alexander, 20 acres of land on the
Ham burn, which UudwanUs had surrendered to the archbishop in the pre
sence of W. Brito, W. de Widindon, and G. de Bokland, his justiciars,
together with 14 acres in Stukilhop on Smithicruce, and 6 acres of land in
Alribarne,, at an annual rent of i6s.^ The grantee in this case was no doubt
the Richard, son of Alexander, who was bailiff of the manor in 1236.^ The
grant appears to have been renewed on August 31st of the same year, with
some alterations, namely, 28 acres on the Ham burn and 30 acres at
Alribarne, the- annual rent being 24s.^ On August 23rd, 1235, the grant was
further renewed and enlarged by the archbishop, and comprises Wdewanus's
28 acres on the Ham burn, with '20 acres on the south side of the Ham burn,
and 17 acres upon Smaleleyes, and 7 acres in Bradescroft, together with 3
acres which had been .held by Richard Wittewrith, at a rent of 17s.* In 1298
in an inspeximus of Edward I. it is said :
Tenent etiam duo molendina aquatica, cum suis pertinentiis in Hamburne et Neubiging, et quater-
viginti acras terrae in eisdem villis : cum secta omnium terrarum novarum et assartandarum ad ilia duo
molendina praedicta, ex dono domini Walteri le Gray quondam Eboracencis archiepiscopi."
In 1307 Hamburn was held as a fief by Roger Blunt and Robert de
Heton, and was a tenement of 105 acres. The tenants owed suit and service,
and paid a rent of 20s. a year.'' The mills also occur in a rental about
1328: Estre ce nous tenoms les moUns de Hamburn et de Neubigyng, one la seute que a eux apertiegnent
par feaute et les services de x marcs par an pur touz services : lez queux molins ne valent nul, an commune-
ment xxxb'!' The priory paid a rent of 10 marks yearly to the archbishop for Ham
burn and Newbiggin mills. In an undated roll of the fifteenth century
' ' Omnibus, etc., salutem, noveritis nos concessisse, etc., Ricardo fiUo Alexandri illas viginti acras
terrae super Hamburne quas Uudwanus coram W. Britone, W. de Widindon, et G. de Bokland
justiciariis nostris apud Hextoldesham in manibus nostris resignavit ; et xiiij acras in Stukilhop super
Smithicruce, et sex acras in Alribarne, reddendo inde annuatim sexdecim solidos, etc. Data apud Torp,
xix kal. Februarii, anno terciodecimo.' York Registers, Gray ; Rot, Mag. No. 27.
' Vol. iii. p. 64. " York Registers, Gray ; Rot. Mag. No. 47.
' ' Omnibus, etc., salutem, noveritis nos concessisse, etc., Ricardo filio Alexandri illas xxviij acras
terras super Hameburne quas Wdewanus coram justiciariis nostris resignavit et xx acras terrae ex
australi parte ejusdem Hameburne, et xvij acras super Smaleleyes et vij acras in Bradescroft,' cum iij
acris quas Ricardus Wittewrith tenuit, reddendo inde annuatim xvij', etc. Data apud Otteley, x kal.
Sept., anno xx.' Ibid. No. 86. * Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. ii. p. 109.
York Registers, Greenfield, pt. li. f. 224 a. ' Hexham Priory, vol. ii. pp. 134, 140.

6o HEXHAM PARISH.
William Grene held Hamburn-hall.^ In 1547 Thomas Cranmere held
Hambrig-hall at a rent of 3s. a year; and in 1663 it was rated to Henry
Johnson at £"] 6s. 8d. ; and with his descendant, the Rev. J. F, Johnson,^
it now remains. The estate was enlarged in 1800 by an allotment from
the common of 92 acres of freehold land, and it has i6| stints in the stinted
pastures. As it has been found impossible to obtain any information from
Mr. Johnson, a pedigree, such as his family is entitled to from length of
ownership, cannot be given, but the following wills are given from the York
registry, etc. :
1668, 26th November. WiU of Henry Johnson of Hamburn-hall, yeoman : My daughter, Margaret
Charleton ; my daughter, Jane Armstrong; my grandchildren, Mary and Henry Johnson. Residue to
son, John Johnson, he executor. Proved at York, 26th January, 1669/70.'
1702, 4th July. WiU of James Johnson of Hexham, chapman : To be buried in churchyard, near my
former wife and three chUdren. Wife Isabel, ^6 per annum; daughter Mary, wife of Simon Ingleby,
grocer, of ShincUffe, ^350 for her chUdren; daughter Jane, wife of Joseph Tate of Hexham, gent., £iyi
for her only child now aUve or them she shall have. Codicil, I Sth September, 1712 : To John Tate, son
of Joseph Tate, and my daughter Mary, the rectory and tithes of Corsenside. Passed the seal at York,
24th November, 1712.'
1712, 4th October. WiU of John Johnson of Plamburn-hall, yeoman: To my wife Elizabeth, aU my
estate in Hamburn-hall, Rattenraw, New Close, Miln-house, alias Whitley Miln-house, Moore Close,
and Dalton Town foot, for life; remainder to my son Samuel Johnson, now living at White-haU, for life;
remainder to his son John Johnson; my grandchildren, children of my daughter Sara Ord, deceased,
John, Margaret, and EUzabeth, £\'i; my daughter Mary Carr's children; my sister Mary Teasdale;
John Johnson, my brother's son, living in Allendale. Residue to wife. Proved at York, 17th June,
1713.' 1718/9, 19th February. WiU of EUzabeth Johnson of Hamburn-haU: My son Samuel Johnson, now
living at White-haU; my sister, Mary Teasdale; my daughter, Mary Carr; my daughter Sarah's
children, John and Elizabeth. Residue to my son Samuel, he executor. Proved at York, 25th
September, 17 19.'
1721, 5th September. George Johnson, chapman, dissenter, buried in the church.'
1721, 24th August. WiU of George Johnston of Hexham, mercer: My wife, the use of household
goods, etc., whilst unmarried ; then to my five daughters, Margaret, Rebecca, Mary, Alice, and Hannah ;
son Richard Johnson (a minor), .£450; daughters Margaret, Rebecca, and Mary, each ^200; to Mr.
WiUiam Errington of Apperley, a guinea for a mourning ring. Residue to brother Alexander Johnson of
Newcastle, gent., and Thomas Carr, Richard Heron, and David Johnson of Hexham, gentlemen, in
trust for my eldest son David Johnson. Proved 7th July, 1722.*
1724/5, 6th February. Will of William Johnson of Hexham, merchant : wife Jane, son Robert Johnson,
IS.; son Alexander Johnson, my house in Market Street and .£600; son John Johnson, an annuity of
£6 13s. 4d.; son Herbert Johnson, .£600 ; daughter Jane Parker ; brother Alexander Johnson. To the poor
at the church door when I am buried, £^. Residue to my son David Johnson. Proved 26th July, 1725.'
1728, 22nd July. Mr. David Johnson buried in church.*
' See also Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. ii. pp. 105, 106, 109, 134, 140.
^ The Rev. John Fairbairn Johnson of University college, Durham, some time vicar of Ab-Kettleby
Leicestershire, and afterwards rector of Wasing, near Reading; in 1875 '^^^ returned as owner of 106
acres of land in Northumberland, of the estimated rental of ,^90. His father, Mr. William Johnson
of Newcastle, was at the same time returned as owner of 474 acres, with an estimated rental of £i.')o
Parliamentary Return of Owners of Land, 1893. ' Raine, Test. Ebor, ¦* Hexham Register.

THE MIDDLE QUARTER. 6 I
1728, 17th July. Will of David Johnson, sen., of Hexham, mercer; Lands, etc., under Sir WiUiam
Blackett, in Wall, etc. ; to Mary, my wife, my moiety of the tythe corn of Acombe ; my own mother Jane
Johnson, 50 guineas; wife, ;£loo and household goods; brothers Alexander and Herbert Johnson, and
sister Jane Dawson, each ^20 ; late father William Johnson, brother John Johnson, my cousin Joseph Tate,
daughters Mary and Jane Johnson, my tenement called Shipton Shield, etc. ; mother-in-law Mrs. Jackson,
Mr. Lancelot Allgood, baUiffof Hexham, supervisor. Passed seal at York, ist October, 1728.'
1735. .... Alexander Johnston, mercer, buried.^
1735, l6th September. WUl of Alexander Johnson: To Mary my wife, and my cozen Edward
Winshipp of Corbridge, gent., all my personal estate, in trust; son Thomas Johnson (a minor), daughter
EUzabeth Johnson, brother John Johnson. Passed seal at York, 30th December, 1735.'
1735/61 27th January. Mrs. Johnson, widow of Mr. David, buried.^
1735, 26th December. WiU of Mary Johnson: AU, to Rev. Charles Stoddart, parson, of Chollerton ;
Forster Charlton of Leehall, gent. ; and Thomas Stokoe of Hexham, tailor, in trust for George, Thomas,
Elizabeth, Mary, and Rebecca Johnson, my children. Late husband, David Johnson. Passed seal at
York, 14th April, 1736.'
1736, 15th December. Mr. Herbert Johnson, buried.^
1736, 26th November. Will of Herbert Johnson of Hexham, gent. : Uncle Edward Tate of Hexham,
tanner, all in trust for my nephew David Johnson, son of my brother John Johnson, deceased. Passed
seal at York, 24th March, 1736/7.'
Spital Shield stands on a bleak, exposed site, in the extreme west of
the Middle Quarter, near the head of the Ham burn. In 1663 it had the
alternative name of Spittle-field, and in 1677 was in the possession of Robert
Winter. He mentions in his will three William Winters, his father, his
brother (to whom he gives half of his lands at Spittle-field), and his son, to
whom he gives the other half, and also his wife's lands at Ryton. In 1681
William Winter, the father, took out a grant of tuition to the infant heir,
and made his own will in 1688, by which he gave to his wife, Margaret, for
life, the ' Easter part of Spittle Sheel, as it is now divided between me and
my grandson, William Winter,' with remainder to his son William Winter
of Upper Ardley, yeoman ; he names his two younger sons, John and
George, and his daughter Margaret. The family continued to hold the
estate until after the death of Abraham Winter, whose will was proved in
1762. In 1785 it was in the possession of John Johnson and William
Adamson, the former of whom was, in 1800, awarded 24 acres of freehold,
with 6| stints, and the latter 103 acres and 19I stints in satisfaction of their
common rights. Spital Shield' now belongs to Mrs. Stephenson.
South-west of Hamburn-hall stand the High and Low Eshells, both
owned by Mrs. Henry A. Campbell and her two sisters, the Misses Clavering ;
and below are Winter-house, the Heigh, and Burntridge. High Eshells
' Raine, Test, Ebor, ^ Hexham Register,
¦• In 1826 Thomas Adamson, and in 1832 Thomas and WiUiam Adamson of Spital Shield, voted for
freehold lands there. Poll Book.

62 HEXHAM PARISH.
has a grey and green slated farm house, sheltered in the customary way
with a clump of ash trees. A pasture field near by has the old oxen-
ploughed ridges. The substantial farm house of Low Eshells stands among
well-cared-for grass fields, and is sheltered from the north and west by
neatly 'rigged' heather-thatched barns and shed. In 1547 a tenement at
the Esshe Shells was held by Thomas Gibson at the yearly rent of 12s. 6d. ;
and in 1608 George Ogle held a tenement here and another at Winter-house,
worth £(i 2s, 6d, by the year, whilst Rinyon Forster, Thomas Rowland,
and Matthew Forster held another tenement at the Over Eisheeles, which
was worth £\ 15s. a year.
In 1663 Thomas Ogle of Nether-hishills was rated for that place and
Winter-house at ^^22 17s. 6d., Sir William Fenwick being rated at ;^i8 2S. 4d.
for Overishells and the Heigh.
There is no evidence to connect the family of Forster so long associ
ated with this place with the Forsters of Bamburghshire, though the same
Christian names occur, and it is curious that after leaving Hexhamshire this
line has become settled in Islandshire, near Bamburgh. Matthew Forster
answered at the court in 1626, and William Forster in 1665 ; the latter was
buried on the 9th January, 1671.^
By the award on the division of Hexham common in 1800, Charles John
Clavering was allotted 153 acres of freehold land and 30 stints for High
Eshells, and 116 acres of copyhold land and 27|- stints for Low Eshells.
The Winter-house is a thatched homestead overlooking the Rowley
burn, whose banks are here clothed with well-grown hardwood trees.
The Heigh (pronounced ' Hythe ') is also heather-thatched ; it was in
1547 held with lands in Black-hall and Steel by John Swinburn. It was
granted as part of the estate of Sir John Swinburn, by letters patent,^ dated
6th April, 1604, to Sir Henry Lindley of Hadden, in Kent, knight, and to John
Starkey of the same place, gentleman, his servant, both extensive grantees
of monastic and other lands in the county. It was sold by them on the 26th
February, 1605, to Sir John Fenwick of Wallington, and in 1663, as has been
already mentioned, it belonged to Sir William Fenwick. In 1722 Hercules
' Thomas Lawes of the Eshells, ' a reputed papist,' was carried before a justice of the peace, on the
charge of having been concerned in the late rebellion ; but having the reputation of an honest, quiet, and
peaceable man, he was discharged, and obtained a certificate, dated 23rd October, 1716. Sessions
Records. In the following year, he, as a Roman Catholic, registered his estate, which consisted of a
messuage in Hexham, which he held in right of his wife.
^ Land Revenue Record Office Auditor's Enrolments, vol. xviii. p. 20.

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63

FORSTER OF UPPER ESHELLS AND KENTSTONE.

Robert Forster of EsheUs ; will dated 14th July, 1684 ;
proved at York, 7th Aug., 1685.

Jane  ; sole executrix to
husband's will.

Margaret Baxter ;
firstwife.

Robert Forster of Eshells ;
under age at date of
father's will ; will 26th
Feb., 1735 ; proved
loth March, 1737/8 (<) ;
enrolled at office of
clerk of the peace, 28th
Sept., 1738.

Elizabeth, daughter
of  Winter,
second wife ; mar
ried 22nd Nov.,
1726 ib); she re
married, before
1738, John Ord.

Mark. Matthew = Catherine Simp-
Forster son of the
of Lee ; married
Eshells. 13th May,
1707 (a).

Jane.Ann.

I
Robert Forster,
baptised Oct., 1727
ib); in 1749
of Mickley.

= Sarah Forster of
Mickley.

Thomas, bap
tised 1st Sept.,
1729 ib) ; of
Watch Currock

Joseph, bap
tised 2nd Jan.,
1734 («); of
Yarridge if).
^^

I
William Forster,
baptised 27th
May, 1736 (-5);
of Nafferton
(/)¦

Frances

Mary.

Shafto

Margaret

of

Colwell.

(From whom Forster of Corbridge and White-house, near Gateshead.)

John Forster of Eshells,
eldest son ; was 40 years
of age in 1745 ; died 1st
Nov., 1749 ib) ; will ,
dated 27th Oct., 1749;
proved 1750 («).

Sarah, daughter of William Thomp
son, sister of George Thompson
of Langley castle, and grand-
daugfhter of George Forster of
Cookridge ; buried i6th Oct.,
1748 (a).

I I
Joanna, baptised 3rd
May, 1717 ib).
Frances, baptised 25th
Oct., 1719 ib).

Dorothy, baptised 9th Jan.,
1722 ib) ; married John
Simmons of Kentstone
and died 15th April,
1793-

John Forster,
baptised 1 2th July,
1744 (Jd ;
died in in
fancy.

' William Forster
of Eshells,
which he
spent ; mar
ried twice,
but died s.p.

Matthew Forster = Catherine, daugh-

of Fenwick, in
Islandshire,
baptised 4th
Oct., 1747 (^);
died 17th July,
1818, aged 72

ter ot Robert
Simmons., of
NethertonBurn-foot ;
died 13th
July, 18 1 8,
aged 72 ic).

John, baptised
14th Oct.,
1748. W ;
married . . .
Leyburn,
and farmed
near Hex
ham ( f).

Margaret, baptised 7th June,
1741 (a) ; married ... Carr
' of Dotland park (/).*
Mary, baptised 6th June,
1742 (a) ; married Joseph
Swinburn iJ) *
Jane ; married William
Taylor (/).*

John Forster of Gath- = Sarah, daughter

erwick, baptised at
Haydon Bridge ib),
1 6th April, 1775 ;
died 23rd July,
1843, aged 68 (c).

of John Grey
of Old Hea
ton ; died 8th
Feb., 1854,
aged 78 ic).

Robert Forster of London, -.^
baptised at HaydonBridge,
15th Sept., 1776 ib) ; en
tered at the English col
lege, Rome, and studied
for the priesthood.

.. , daugh- Matthew Forster of Kentstone ;
ter of ... entered at Douay and studied
Robson. for the priesthood ; for 15
months was incarcerated at
Dourlens ; died unmarried
nth June,i834, aged 55 ic).

Ill
Dorothy, born 29th July, 1780 id) ; died unmarried 19th March, 1848 (c).
Mary Jane, born 8th July, 1782 id) ; married W. G. Sharp, captain and pay-master
1st Foot, and died gth March, 1831 (c).
Catherine, born loth June, 1784 id) ; died unmarried July, 1861 ; buried at Wooler.

John Forster = Ann

I

I

I

of Seaton
Sluice ;
died 1871, 74-

Moscrop.

atthew Forster

George

William Forster =

= Mary,

Robert = Jane,

of Kentstone ;

Forster of

of Scremer

daughter

Forster daughter

died unmarried.

Simcoe,

ston ; died

of Michael

of Nor- of 

1881, aged 79.

Canada.

l88l,aged69.

Clark of

ham. ^ Whitehead

vl/

\l

' Kelso.

of Berwick.

Their youngest son, Matthew Forster, now (1897)
Roman Catholic priest at Hutton Henry, co. Durham.

James ; emigrated
to Australia, xp

Patience ; died ... Oct., 1844, aged 44 (c).
Sarah ; died loth Feb., 1854, aged 52 ic).

Dorothy ; died 22nd Jan., i886 ; buried at Wooler.
Ann ; died 15th AprU, 1868 ; buried at Wooler.

(a) Hexham Register.
ib) Hexham Roman Catholic Register.

ic) M.I. Kyloe.
id) Berwick Register.

ie) Raine, Test. Ebor,
if) Bell Collection, Alnwick castle.

' 'It is soinewhat doubtful whether it was not the aunts of these ladies bearing identical names which made these marriaiges,
•for William Taylor and Jane. Forster were married 7th January, 1752. Hexham Roman Catholic Registers.

64 HEXHAM PARISH.
Burleigh of Le Heigh voted for lands there. With Heathery haugh, which
lies in the hollow on the right bank of the Rowley burn, it belonged, in 1800,
to Sir Thomas John Clavering, bart., of Axwell, who was awarded in satis
faction of his common rights appurtenant to both places, 62 acres of copy
hold land and 19 stints on the stinted pastures. It is now owned by Mrs.
Henry A. Campbell and her two sisters, the Misses Clavering.
Between the Whapweasel and the Rowley burns is Burntrig, protected
by a fine belt of pine trees.

THE HIGH QUARTER.
The High Quarter, with an area of 6,539 acres, is^ the largest division
of Hexhamshire, but it is the poorest, most barren, and least populated
of the four, and its present rateable value is only ^^2,104. At the last
census the population was 125.^ The holdings mostly lie in a narrow
strip of country running north and south along the Devil's Water, and are '
backed by bleak' fells on the west. It is quite possible that Lillswood,
which from a high elevation (the moor attached to it being 1,467 feet above
sea-level) commands an extensive and noble view down the valley of the
Devil's Water, is the wood of Lilla, the thane of Eadwin, king of Northum-
bria, who saved his master's life at the expense of his own. A thirteenth-
century charter, previously quoted, speaks of the high road leading to the
'forest of Lilleswude'; and, in 1256, William, son of Ralph de Lillswood,
was done to death by one William de Eslington. On the nth January,
1304, William, son of Katherine, obtained from Archbishop Corbridge a
grant of 60 acres of land in Lilleswode, on the Devil's Water, ' ad reducen-
dum in culturam,' at a rent of 30s. a year.^ In 1547, Henry Ord and George
Armstrong were the owners ; and, in 1608, Gawen Swinburn held one moiety,
the annual value of which was £2 6s.; Edward Armstrong of the Turf-house
held a tenement of the same value, and Elizabeth Liddell held Lillswood
park, which was also worth £2 6s. a year. Gawen Swinburn may have been
of the same family as that which owned the Black-hall. John Swinburn is
the only person rated for Litsewood or Lislewood in 1663, and either by him
or by his descendant a share of Lillswood was, in 1696, sold to John Hill of
' The Census Returns are : 1801,268; 1811,303; 1821,279; 1831,273; 1841,206; 1851,243; 1861,
243 ; 187I) 206 ; 1881, 156 ; 1891, 125. ''¦ York Registers, Corbridge, f. 97 b.; cf. vol. iii. p. 25 n.

THE HIGH QUARTER. 65
Chester-hall, in the county of Durham. Armstrong's portion may have
passed to John Ord of Barker-house, whose name appears in the Call Roll
of 1665 for half of Lillswood. In 1800 there were two freehold and three
copyhold tenants in Lillswood, who obtained allotments in lieu of their
common rights. There were then awarded to Cuthbert Ord, 16 acres of free
hold and 5f stints ; to Thomas Ord, 14 acres of freehold and 6| stints ; to
William Curry, 15 acres of copyhold land and 5I stints; to John Nattrass, 15
acres of copyhold and 4! stints; and to Isaac Harrison, 14 acres of copyhold
land. The present owners are Mr. Joseph Charlton of Capheaton, Mr. Peter
Dixon, and Miss Dodd of Benton.
The place is provided with a Methodist chapel, and has a public element
ary school, with a small endowment, built on a plot of ground surrendered
at the Manor Court in 1828, and enrolled in Chancery, 19th November, 1830.^
Stotsfold, under the name of Stobfolde, belonged in 1 547 to Cuthbert
Hurd or Ord, no doubt an ancestor of the John Ord who held Scottfouldes
in 1608, at which time it was worth £'^ 3s. 4d. a year. In 1637, George
Gibson answered for Stotsfold, and in 1663 Richard Gibson was rated for
the same at ^14. It remained with their descendants until the beginning of
this century, when it was sold by the trustees of Jasper Gibson^ to John
Robson of Allenheads mill ; and his daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Lynn, is the
present owner. It has considerable plantations of larch and spruce.
Turf-house, Litterage, Peacock-house, White-hall, and Hackford, are all
between Stotsfold and the Devil's Water. Turf-house, in 1547, was held
by Richard West at the annual rent of 8d., and in 1608 Edward Armstrong
had a holding there worth 3s. 8d. a year. In 1663 Sir Edward Radcliffe
was the only person rated, and that at £2 17s. 4d. ; and in respect of these
lands, the Greenwich hospital commissioners were, in 1800, awarded 21 acres
of freehold and 8 stints. But there must have been other owners, for to John
Dixon was awarded 13 acres of copyhold and 5I stints, which, with his
ancient lands, he sold for ^1,000 to the commissioners.'
Litterage, in the sixteenth century written Litterigem, and in the begin
ning of the seventeenth Litteredge, was, under the form of Little Ragg, in
1663, rated to John Ord of the Barker-house at £b iis. 6d. Ord's descend-
' Churchwardens' Books, Whitley chapel.
'' To Jasper Gibson, in 1800, was awarded for Stotsfold 148 acres of freehold land and 24! stints on
the stinted pasture in lieu of common right. For pedigree of Gibson of Stone-croft and Hexham, see
Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol. iii. pp. 393-395- ^ Report of Greenwich Hospital Commissioners, 1805.
Vol. IV. 9

66 HEXHAM PARISH.
ants parted with it about the beginning of last century, and after passing
through the hands of the family of Rowell, it was acquired by William Martin,
who, in 1800, received an allotment, in lieu of his common rights, of 31 acres
of copyhold and 5I stints. It now belongs to Mr. Thomas Taylor of Slaley.
Peacock-house, a farm of 72 acres of ancient lands, received an allot
ment in 1800 of 70 acres of freehold and 17I stints.^ It was sold by the
Greenwich hospital commissioners to Mr. Beaumont.
The White-hall, in the middle of the sixteenth century, was held by
Richard West and Richard Readshaw of Ardley ; sixty years after, George
Ord held a tenement here worth ^^3 los. 6d, a year. In 1663 it was rated at
£'^ IGS. lod. to John Ord, Margaret Errington, and Margaret Eggleston of
the White-hall ; their respective interests are not stated. It has been already
noticed, under Hamburn-hall, that the Johnson family was connected with
White-hall during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. In 1800 Thomas
Johnson and Thomas Johnson the younger were respectively awarded for
common rights appurtenant to their lands here, 47 acres and 8| stints, and
50 acres of copyhold land and 9 stints on the stinted pastures. It now
belongs to the Rev. J. F. Johnson.^ A Methodist chapel, built in 1871,
stands by the wayside.
Hackford, on the slope of the Devil's Water and on the left bank of
the Lillswood burn, probably takes its name from the hackwood or birdcherry,
which in March and April, with its white bloom, profusely adorns the banks
of these moorland streams. It seems to have been known as Woodside in
the sixteenth century, when, with the Mill-house and Raw Green, it was held
bv the familv of Ord. Edward Ord, the tenant in 1608, must have died
immediately after, for an inquisition was taken in 161 2 on the death of John
Ord of Wooley, when the jury found that he had died seised of a tenement
called Woodside alias Hackford, and that John Ord was his cousin and
heir.^ Six years later it was surrendered to Thomas Fairbridge, whose
' Report of Greenwich Hospital Commissioners, 1805.
^ In 1748 and 1774, John Johnson of White-haU voted for Hamburn-hall ; in 1826, John Johnson of
Dalton, for Hamburn-hall; in 1832, Thomas Johnson of White-haU and Thomas Johnson of Hexham,
both voted for White-haU; John Johnson of Dalton voted for Hamburn-hall.
' ' October 20th, 1612. Ad banc curiam compertum est per homagium quod ante banc curiam Joh.
Ourd nuper de WoUey defunctus qui de domino tenuit sibi et heredibus suis in perpetuum secundum
consuetudinem hujus manerii, tenementum cum pert, jacens infra Newlande cum Rowley ward, vulgo
vocatum Woodsyde alias Hackford obiit inde seisitus, et quod Joh. Ourd de Wolley predicto est
consanguineus et proximus heres predicti Joh. Ourd. Et est plene etatis. Qui hie in curia petit admitti ad
premissa, cui dictus dominus rex per senescallum suum concessit ei inde seisinam, etc., reddendo inde
annuatim dicto domino regi, etc., ixs. xd. at festa consueta,' etc. Anick Grange Court Rolls.

THE HIGH QUARTER. 67
successor Robert Fairbridge, in 1651 obtained other lands in Hackford, by
surrender from Edward Ward (? Ord) of Evensham, in Oxfordshire, son and
heir of John Ward of Woolylee. Robert Fairbridge only was rated for
Hackford in 1663 at ;^ii 9s. lod. He died in 1678, and by his will desired
' To be buried in Hexham church, and devised to his wife Jane all his insight
gear, except two arkes ; he mentions his son Thomas, his son-in-law Cuthbert
Teasdale, his daughter Joanna Shield and Nicholas her son ; his brother
Anthony Fairbridge. He gives to the poor of the Middle and High
Quarters £10, the use to be paid at Whitley chapel, at All Saints' day, for
ever. Residue to son Robert, the sole executor.'^ The will of Thomas
Fairbridge of Hackford, yeoman, dated 6th April, 1718, after mentioning a
numerous family, charges his estate at Stobby Lee with an annuity. His
eldest son Robert was admitted in 1720 to a tenement called Woodside or
Hackford and five dargs or days' works of meadow in Lillswood. A
copyhold estate at Hackford, worth ;^46 a year, was advertised for sale in
1744,^ and George Blenkinsop's name appears in the rolls for 1763. In
1800 Anthony Leaton was awarded for Stone-house 81 acres, and for Hack
ford and Hackford mill 2 acres of copyhold land, with 33I stints on the
stinted pastures. Hackford now belongs to the Rev. J. W, Napier-
Clavering of Axwell.
East and south of Lillswood are the Park-house, Eadsbush, the Hesley-
well, the Hill-house, Longlee Steel, and Stobby Lee.
Park-house in 1626 was held by John Armstrong in right of his wife:
he was succeeded by his son William Armstrong, whose holding, in 1663,
was rated at £2 14s. a year: he died in 1670, leaving his only son John in
charge of his brother Dominic Armstrong.' John Armstrong died in 1731,
leaving a son Wilham, and two grandsons William and John. In 1769
administration was granted to the estate of William Armstrong of Park-
house to his widow Elizabeth. To John Armstrong, in 1800, was awarded
33 acres of copyhold land and i6| stints in lieu of his common rights. In
1829 the holding was in the hands of Wilham Crawhall, whose descendants
still hold it.
Eadsbush or Eddy's bush may be identified with Edesmedowe held in
1547 by Cuthbert Ogle at a rent of 4s. lod. In 1663 Bush-house or Eads
bush was rated to George Armstrong at £2, ; it subsequently belonged to
' Raine, Test. Ebor. ^ Newcastle Journal, 7th January, 1744. ^ = Raine, Test. Ebor,

68 HEXHAM PARISH.
the Greenwich hospital commissioners, to whom, in 1788, it yielded a rental
of ;^i8. It received an allotment of common in 1800 of 8 acres of freehold
land and 5 stints in the stinted pastures. The present owner is Mr. W. C.
B. Beaumont. Hesley-well in the sixteenth century belonged to a family of Swinburn,
possibly the same which owned a moiety of Lillswood; in 1626 and in 1663,
its owner was George Simpson. In 1800 John Forster obtained an allot
ment from the common of 44 acres of freehold land with lof stints; and in
1826 and 1832 John Bolam of Grousey-house voted for lands in Hesley-well.
It was sold by the devisees of John Bolam to Mr. Wm, Angus of Raw
Green, recently deceased.
The Hill-house, in 1626 and in 1637, was possessed by George Dixon,
and though other surnames intervene, the name of Peter Dixon of Aydon
Shield appears as owner in the Poll Book of 1826. It still remains in his
family. Long Lee, Langlee, or Langley, was held by the Ords in 1547 and
1608, in which latter year William Ord of Langley was buried in Hexham
church. William Armstrong acquired at least part of the estate in 1637,
and his descendants remained until 1683, when they were succeeded by a
branch of the Carr family, who made this place their home for two or three
generations. The following wills are from the registry at York : ^
1710, 27th December. Will of John Carr of Langlee, yeoman: To my son Henry my lands at the
Intack-house ; to my son George Carr the crops, etc., on my estate at Longlee, my daughters, Mary and
Ann, and my wife Mary.
1719, 15th AprU. WiU of George Carr of Longlee, yeoman: The fourth part of Longlee to Samuel
Teasdale of Steel, gentleman, to sell, etc., and pay my sister Elizabeth Carr ;!^4o. Residue to my nephew
John Carr ; my mother Mary executrix.
1744/5, 27th February. Will of George Carr of the Lee, yeoman : I have surrendered half of a tene
ment or village called the Lea in Newlands and Rowley ward to the use of Jane, my wife, for her life ;
then to my eldest son George Carr and his heirs ; my sons Robert and Thomas Carr ; my daughter Mary,
wife of John Golightly ; my daughter Jane, wife of James Yare. Residue to my wife and my son Robert.
In 1 78 1 Thomas Fairbridge of the Hagg, in Allendale, devised his lands
at Langlee to his son Joseph, and mentions his kinsman Thomas Fairbridge
of the same place. In 1800 there was awarded to Joseph Fairbridge 33
acres of copyhold land and ii| stints; and to Elizabeth Carr 41 acres of
copyhold with io4 stints in satisfaction of common rights appurtenant to their
lands in Long Lee.
' Raine, Test, Ebor.

THE HIGH QUARTER. 69
References to the Steel are too indefinite to decide whether they
should be applied to this place or to the places of the same name in the
Middle Quarter and Slaley parish. It was also known as Growfey-field,
and belonged to a family called Jowsey, who sold it to Mr. Robt. Little of
Harwood Shield, to whose son, Mr. George D. Little, it now belongs.^
Though Stobby Lee in 1547 was held by sundry tenants, it was in 1608
held by Edward Dixon, who had succeeded his father, Bartholomew Dixon.
In 1626 it was owned by William Dixon of the Hill-house, and, as Stobley,
was rated in 1663 to Richard Dixon at £(i is. 4d. Part of it was acquired
by Robert Surtees before 1774, and in 1800 he received an allotment of 74
acres of freehold with 1 1 stints in satisfaction of his common rights. The
other owner, John Curry, was awarded 41 acres of freehold and .5I stints.
Stobby Lee is now owned by the Rev. J. W. Napier-Clavering of Axwell.
The fell above Harwood Shield has an elevation of over 1,250 feet
above sea-level, and near the Hally-well moss is the source of the Devil's
Water. In 1586 Nicholas Ridley of Willimoteswick died seised of lands
in Harwood Shield, leaving William Ridley his brother and heir. The
latter died in 1599, and was succeeded by his son of the same name, whose
lands in Harwood Shield in 1608 were worth £2, 12s. a year. At the same
period Ralph Errington held here a tenement worth £2 2s., late in the
occupation of Lancelot Armstrong, which may perhaps be the Harsudle-
house held by William Armstrong in 1547. Sir John Fenwick held lands
here in 1626, and in 1663 Philip Jefferson and Jane Armstrong were rated
for the same at £1 8s. Under order of the Court of Chancery the freehold
estate of Harwood Shield and the Heigh, late belonging to William Burleigh,
gentleman, deceased, were advertised to be sold in 1762 : they were then let
for ;^90 a year, and were to be sold subject to the dower of Mary Burleigh,
widow.' The substantial stone-built homestead stands on the Devil's Water,
here quite a narrow burn, from which the heather-clad moors rise on both
sides. The estate now belongs to the Rev. J. W. Napier-Clavering of
Axwell. The old mansion house of Riddlehamhope is on the southern slope of
the lofty fell, and overhangs the Beldon burn, an affluent of the Derwent.
¦ Ex. inf. Mr. L. C. Lockhart.
'^Newcastle Courant, 13th February, 1762. The wiU of Hercules Burleigh of Allendale Town, dated
29th July, 1743, was proved at York the same year by Catherine Burleigh, his widow, and executrix.
Raine, Test. Ebor.

70 HEXHAM PARISH.
On the 2 1st September, 1338, Edmund Howard, warden of the hospital
of St. Giles of Kepyer, near Durham, did homage to the archbishop for
South Ridlam in the liberty of Hexham, paying 40s. a year.^ The place is
very remote, however, and the tenants were probably unruly and inde
pendent. On November 8th, 1333, the archbishop ordered his bailiff to
arrest Richard TuUy and Gilbert Cambe, tenants at Redelem, who had been
excommunicated and were contumacious.''
Its connection with Kepyer is also recorded in the survey of 1547, when
it is described as ' South Shield alias Ridelamehoppe.' In 1663 it was in the
hands of Robert Bowman, and was rated at ^7 per annum. It now belongs
to the Rev. J. W, Napier-Clavering, and has for some years been rented by
Major Fisher, who here practises and enjoys the gentle art of falconry.
Gairshield, Cockershield, Rowley head, and Westburnhope are grouped
together in the north-west of the Quarter. Gairshield, which must be
distinguished from a place of the same name in Allendale, was one of the
estates of Cuthbert Readshaw, and was divided between his two daughters,
who married into the families of Errington and Thirlwall, In 1587 Jane,
wife of Gerard Errington, fined for half of Gairshield. In 1606 Philip
Thirlwall of Hexham, who must have acquired the other moiety from the
Erringtons, surrendered the property to Edward, son and heir of Francis
Radcliffe of Dilston. In 1663 Garry Sheilds or Gairshield was rated to Sir
Edward Radcliffe at £2 17s. 4d. : its subsequent history is that of the rest
of the Radcliffe estates. In 1 800 it was awarded 48 acres of freehold land
and III stints on the stinted pastures in satisfaction of the common rights.
It stands in a cold, bleak, comfortless situation. The present owner is
Mr. W. C. B. Beaumont.
Cockershield in 1547 was held by Richard West at the rent of I2d. a
year, and under the name of Cooksheele was rated in 1663 to John Bartram
at £1 19s. In 1782 it was devised by the will of James Wood of Byker to
his son Robert ; and to the heirs of James Wood 53 acres of freehold land
and 8^ stints on the stinted pastures were awarded in 1800. John Dixon of
Broad Oak voted for lands here in 1832, and his descendant, Mr. Robert
Dixon of Ebchester, is the present owner.
In connection with Rowley head, it is noteworthy that there was
anciently a place called Rowley in this part of the regality, which, until
' York Registers, Melton, f. 595 a. ' Ibid. f. 434 a.

HEXHAMSHIRE AND ALLENDALE COMMONS. 7 1
lately, was known as the Newlands and Rowley ward. On the" -12th
December, 1332, Archbishop Melton issued a commission to Richard de
Tang, Adam de Corbrigg, and Thomas de Horsleye, to hear and judge
a plea between Roger de Errington, plaintiff, and Henry de Denum,
defendant, concerning the manor of Rowley, which Roger de Errington
claimed as his inheritance, and which Robert de Errington, brother of the
said Roger, was said to have leased for a term of years to John de "Denum. ^
The result of the suit is not recorded, but the fact that there was once a
manor called Rowley is interesting. The later history is the same as that
of Gairshield. It consisted of 132 acres of ancient enclosure, and was
augmented in 1800 by 67 acres of freehold land, and 26I stints on the
stinted pastures, in lieu of common rights. In 1805 it was described as of
indifferent quality, and was then let for ,^76 per annum.^
The Westburnhope mentioned in the inquisitio post mortem of Sir
John Forster in 1602, may be the place of that name in this quarter, for
which, in 1663, Robert Pearson was assessed at £^ a year. In 1800, to
Thomas Richard and Diana Beaumont were awarded 72 acres of freehold
land and 13 stints, in satisfaction of their common rights appurtenant to
Westburn-hope, The present owner, Mr. W. C. B. Beaumont, is their
descendant. The other small farmsteads in the High Quarter are Grouse-house,' near
the source of the Lillswood burn; Hally-well, on the highest part of the fell,
1,500 feet above sea-level; Heathery burn* (on an affluent of the Beldon
burn), which gives its name to the most remote of the three stinted pastures of
the shire ; Westburnhope, in the Black Cleugh near the Rowley burn (which
in that region is called the Linn burn) ; and Broadwell-house, by the road
side, where resides the master of Lillswood school,
HEXHAMSHIRE AND ALLENDALE COMMONS.
The fells and moors (a tract of 42,230 acres), which stretched south
ward of Nubbock, mile after mile, almost to the banks of the Derwent, lay, up
to the end of last century, open and unenclosed, though here and there,
' York Registers, Melton, f. 422 b. ' Greenwich Hospital Commissioners' Report, 1805.
' Archibald Bolam of Gateshead voted in 1832 for freehold land at Grouse-house.
' For Wester-meadows, West Field-nook, and Heathery burn. Lord Crewe's trustees in 1800 received
an aUotment of freehold lands and igf stints on the stinted pastures.

72 HEXHAM PARISH.
sparsely scattered, were homesteads and arable fields of free or copyhold
land held in severalty. The grazing rights belonged, by prescription, to the
tenants of Allendale, the Middle Quarter, the High Quarter, and to the
tenants of West Greenridge and East Greenridge in the West Quarter,
The discontent caused by the inconveniences of the system, manifold and
manifest as they were, found public expression in a meeting held at Allen
dale Town in October, 1791,' at which resolutions were passed, which led
to the appointment of John Fryer of Newcastle, land surveyor, William
Bates of Clarewood, and Thomas Bates of Halton, as agents to procure an
Act of Parliament for the enclosing and division of the common. The Act
was obtained in 1792,^ and the three persons above named were appointed
commissioners to carry it into execution. Their first movement was to
cause the boundaries to be perambulated ; their second, to require those
who had right of common to send in their claims in writing; and their third
step, to receive objections to claims.'
It was not until 31st December, 1800, that the General Award was
formally signed and executed ; it was enrolled at the Easter Sessions held at
Morpeth on the i6th April, 1801. The original award, with five plans on
vellum, showing the several allotments, is deposited at the office of the
bailiff" of the manor of Hexham ; and an enrolled copy is in the office of
the clerk of the peace for Northumberland at the Moot hall.
Some idea may be formed of the arduous duties of the commissioners,
when it is realised that they satisfied over 280 claims with above 650
allotments, and set off public and occupation roads, watering places, and
public quarries. The creation of these numerous small holdings changed
the face of the district ; but there still remained large tracts wholly unsuit
able for dividing in such a manner, which the commissioners reserved, and
established as stinted pastures, on which stints were allotted to owners of
lands in Allendale, and the West, Middle, and High Quarters of Hexham
shire.* The number of stints to which each estate is entitled, is set out in
the schedule attached to the award, and the nature of a stint is defined, thus,
' Bell Collection.
' An Act for dividing and enclosing certain parts of the commons, moor, or tracts of waste land,
called Hexhamshire and Allendale common, etc. 32 Geo. III. c. no.
^Newcastle Chronicle, 3rd August, 21st September, 14th December, 1793. Newcastle papers,
December, 1800. Bell Collection.
' The stints being aUotted to individual owners do not necessarily appertain to these Quarters.

HEXHAMSHIRE AND ALLENDALE COMMONS. 73
a two-year-old horned beast is one stint ; a two-year-old mare or gelding is
two stints; five one-year-old sheep are equal to one stint; eight lambs,
under one year, are equal to one stint; one colt or filly, under one year
old, is one stint ; a young beast, under two years' old, is half a stint.
Provision was made for the appointment of a herd, and for the proper
regulation of the stinted pastures. The pastures belonging to Hexhamshire
are three in number, and though not contained within them are common to
the West, the Middle, and the High Quarter. They are :
The Eshells Moor, of 2,355 acres, watered by the Coalcoats burn, the
WhapweazeP burn, the Lambsrigg Sike, the Sandy Sike, the Langrigg Sike,
and the Shortridge Sike.
The Lillswood Moor of 2,103 acres, with a general elevation of over
1,250 feet, watered by the Embley Sike, the Linn burn, and the Black
Sike ; its surface is broken by numerous fissures, such as the Knights cleugh,
the Backstone cleugh, the Blaeberry cleugh, the Cross cleugh, and the
Rowantree cleugh.
The Heathery burn Moor of 450 acres, at the extreme south of the
shire, with an elevation of 1,250 feet ; with the Green cleugh, the Heathery
burn, and the Beldon burn, an affluent of the river Derwent.
The total number of stints is 935.

' In 1552, the Wepewassel-ford at the High-field-head was to be watched with twomen nightly of the
inhabitants, Ijetween the Chapel and the Peacock-house. Nicolson, Border Laws, p. 172.

Vol. IV, 10

74 ALLENDALE PARISH.

ALLENDALE PARISH,
The parish of Allendale is, strictly speaking, a parochial chapelry of
the ancient parish of Hexham, and is only divided from it by a series
of artificial lines drawn through the old Hexham and Allendale common.
It is bounded on the south by the counties of Durham and Cumberland, and
on the west and north by the parish of Whitfield and the chapelry ot
Haydon Bridge. Its fells and moors, high, bleak, and bare, but rich in
minerals, are broken by many water-worn hollows, the local cleughs, and by
two great parallel valleys, through which flow the two rivers of East and
West Allen. Both of these streams take their rise on the confines of
Northumberland and Durham in the same watershed, whence the Wear and
the South Tyne have their origin. In their course they form many ' beautiful
bays and peninsulas, boundered by rocks and hanging woods, affording a
multitude of little solemn and secluded retreats through which the waters
murmur.' ^ After receiving numerous smaller streams, such as Acton burn,
Crockton burn, Knockshield burn, Mohope burn, Oakey-dean burn, Steel
burn, Sinderhope burn, Swinhope burn, and Whitewalls burn, they unite
below Hindly Wrae and form the Allen, which has cut its way through
narrow and precipitous gorges near Staward, and enters the Tyne at Ridley-
hall. From these two streams is derived the distinctive name of the district,
the termination of the name being common to Tynedale, and many other
parts of Northumberland. The population which, owing to the failure of
the lead trade, has rapidly declined,^ has always been gathered together in
the two valleys. It was so large in the sixteenth century that East Allendale
alone sent to the muster of 1538 sixty-four men,' of whom twenty-seven
were ' able with horse and harness.'
' Hutchinson, Northumberland, vol. i. p in.
^ The Census Returns are : 1801, 3,519; 1811, 3,884; 1821, 4,629; 1831, 5,540; 1841, 5,729; 1851,
6,383 ; 1861, 6,401 ; 1871, 5,397; 1881, 4>030; 1891, 3,009.
^ But the persons, all of East Allendale, appointed to go to Berwick in time of necessity in the time
of Henry VIII. were 24 only. Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. i. p. cviii. preface.

ALLENDALE PARISH. 75
Est Alwent Muster Roll, 1538.'
Hew ScheU, Thomas Bee, John Schell, Cutbert ScheU, Renne ScheU, Hewe Schell, Edwerd Schell,
Anton Schell, Herre Schell, WiUm ScheU, Edwerd ScheU, John Schell, Bertilmay Shell, Matho Schell,
WUlm Schell, Robert ScheU, Lenard ScheU, Herre Schell, Herre Schell, Herre Dawson, Mo. Richertson,
Georg Awden, Thomas Burdus, NicoUes Westwod, John Armstrong, Willm Armstrong, Roland Dawson,
able with hors and harnes. John Proda, Phelop Dawson, Herre Phelopson, Nicoles Bee, WiUm Bee,
John Pateson, Mo. Davison, Bertillmou Pawton, Mo. Pateson, Thomas Bee, Christoser Awden, naither hors
nor harnes. Clemet Robson, John Robynson, Willm Ferals, Huchen Ferals, John West, Christofer
Rodam, Robert Rodam, Cudbert Huchenson, Thomas Huchenson, John Robinson, Cutbert Robinson,
Robert Ferrallen, naither hors nor harnes. John Stokyll, Thomas Armstrong, John Hayll, Willm Elwald,
Thomas Pateson, John Armstrong, Robert Bitelstayn, Roland Smythe, John Knag, Ric. HuU, Ric. Hayll,
Sande Jonson, Roburt Hurd, John Stuert, naither hors nor harnes.
The remarks which have already been made on the status and number
of the tenants in Whitley chapelry apply equally to those in the parish of
Allendale, and the surveys of 1547 and 1608, printed in the preceding
volume, disclose the nature and value of their holdings.
At a muster of the Middle Marches, taken in 1580, forty men of the
regality of Hexham and Hexhamshire^ attended. The warden complained
that six score copyholders, mostly in East and West Allendale, the queen's
tenants, were unfurnished, though bound by their ' copies ' to find horse and
armour, and that they 'tavern there land and give it by will as though they
were freeholders.'' The steward and officers not being able to remedy the
evil without a special commission, the lord treasurer was prayed to issue the
same.* Fifteen years later, twenty-seven of the tenants of ' East Allendale
and the Forest of Allendale ' appeared at the muster taken at Stagshaw bank,
but their horses were- disallowed, and twenty tenants were returned as
absent.' The native population in the seventeenth century was increased
by an immigration of lead miners from Derbyshire. Under the date of
7th February, 1664/5, the following entry occurs in the parish register:
' Hercules Hill, a smelter, and Elizabeth Blande, ye daughter of Thomas
Blande, who all of them came out of Darbyshire, was married.' The
Bacons, who subsequently attained name and position in the county, also
came from that part of England.
' Arch. Ael. 4to series, voL iv. p. 189.
' The district was constantly raided by the Scots. On the 17th February, 1596/7, the commissioners
wrote to Burghley that the people under Buccleuch's charge, EUotts, Armstrongs, Nicksons, etc., 'have of
late years murdered above fifty of the queen's good subjects, many in their own houses, or on their lawful
business in daytime, as six honest Allendale men going to Hexham market cut in pieces. For each of the
last ten years they have spoiled the West and Middle Marches of ;£5,ooo. In short, they are intolerable.'
Calendar of Border Papers, Bain, ii. p. 260.
' Cf. vol. iii. p. 55. ¦' Calendar of Border Papers, Bain, vol. i. p. 22. ' Ibid. vol. ii. p. 73.

76 ALLENDALE PARISH.
At this time the parishioners of Allendale were seized with the witch
panic, and in 1673 called in the professional services of Ann Armstrong, of
Birch-nook, the notorious witch-finder.^ A woman" called Isabel Johnson
was suspected and brought before her, ' and shee, breathing upon the said
Anne, immediately the said Anne did fall downe in a " sound," and laid
three quarters of an houre ; and after her recovery she said, if there were
any witches in England, Isabel Johnson was one.' The result of the
investigation does not appear.
One of the most important duties of the commissioners appointed by the
Act for the division of Hexham and Allendale commons was to define and
set out the boundaries of the parishes of Hexham and Allendale, the result
of which definition is that the latter parish contains 37,468 acres. Of this
large area, over 18,000 acres, being unsuitable for cultivation, remain
unenclosed, and are grazed as stinted pastures, common to the seven
grieveships mentioned below, according to the number of stints awarded
to each proprietor, the total number of stints being 2,500, The com
missioners awarded 1,094 acres, being one-sixteenth, to the lord of the
manor for his consent to the scheme, and made 503 allotments to the 245
proprietors of 306 estates. The parish being thus constituted of so many
small holdings, it is obvious that the account of Allendale cannot be given
in as much detail as has been done in some other parishes,^ nor does it seem
necessary to do more than give a brief account of the grieveships, and to
relate the history of one or two of the statesmen' families as typical of the
others. The grieveships, which are now seven in number, are in almost all
respects similar to the townships of other parishes. They were originally
four, viz.. East Allen, Catton, Keenley, and West Allen, but between 1547
and 1608 'Allenton' or Allendale Town had been divided from East Allen,
and before 1663 the Park and the Forest took the place of East Allen
grieveship.* These six divisions of Allendale Town, viz., the Park, the
' York Castle Depositions, Raine, p. 197, Surt. Soe. Publ.
'' The reader who desires to work out the detailed history of any hamlet or homestead may obtain
much information from the foUowing records : The Survey of 1545 ; the Survey of 1608 ; the Rate Book
of 1663 (Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol. i.) ; the PoU Books of 1722, 1734, 1748, 1774, and 1826 ; and
the scliedule appended to the award made in 1800 under the Act for the division of Hexham and AUendale
commons. The latter, with plans, etc., is deposited at the manor office at Hexham ; a copy of the award
and schedule is deposited with the clerk of the peace for Northumberland at the Moot hall, Newcastle.
' The numerous small freehold and copyhold proprietors, such as are called in Cumberland, statesmen,
had holdings which are still to be identified with the names of present estates.
' Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol. i. p. 310.

ALLENDALE CHURCH, T]
Forest, Catton, Keenley, and West Allen, up to the year 171 1, were jointly
rated for the poor rate, which was paid to three churchwardens, one
warden collecting the cess from two grieveships. In that year the 'four-
and-twenty,' or select vestry of the parish, obtained an order from the
justices that thenceforth each grieveship should support its own poor. This
pressed hardly upon the inhabitants of the Forest, who unsuccessfully
appealed to Quarter Sessions to have the order quashed.^ The Commons
Enclosure commissioners recognised seven grieveships. Broadside being
divided from Catton ; the Ordnance survey has reunited the two, and divides
the Forest into two parts, which it calls the High Forest and the Low
Forest. The West Allen grieveship is divided in like manner, the two
parts having the designations of West Allen High and West Allen Low.

ALLENDALE CHURCH.
The church ot Allendale is beautifully situated on the top of the
precipitous right bank of the East Allen river, and is placed on one side of
the square around which the houses of Allendale Town are grouped.
Though it is probable that a chapel was built at Allendale soon after
the arrival of the Austin canons at Hexham, it is not definitely mentioned
until 1 1 74, when, in the agreement made between the archbishop of York
and the bishop of Durham, in regard to their respective rights in the regality,
it was covenanted that the chapel and graveyard at Allendale should be
vested in the prior of Hexham, and that the bishop might not prevent, nor
the archbishop compel, burial to be made there. In 1294 Archbishop
Romayne cited the prior and convent to show cause why vicars were not
regularly instituted in their livings of Hexham and Allendale,^ From the
survey of 1547 we learn that the chapel of Allendale, like the chapel at
Bingfield and the church at Hexham, was dedicated to St. Mary. At the
dissolution, the tithes of the chapel of Alwentdaill were set down at £\S-
The prior had been used to pay £jif a year to the curate, but this stipend was
doubled by the reservation made in Queen Elizabeth's grant of the
spiritualities of Hexham priory to Sir Christopher Hatton, At the time of
the Oliverian survey, in 1650, this stipend of £8 was still the only endow
ment. In 1704, Ritschell writes :
' Vol. iii. p. II. ^ Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. ii. p. io6.

78

ALLENDALE PARISH.

Allendale, a large and populous parish, containing ye south west part of this county, has two chappies
called East and West Allen chappie, both in repair. The curate of Allendale doth service there once a
month ; he has a salary of £8 per annum, and reserved out of ye said fee farm rents, and some tyths, etc.,
the whole is now between ;£2o and ^^25 per annum, and the present curate is very poor. The Archbishop
of York's Papers.
The view of the old chapel of Allendale, here reproduced from a
drawing^ fortunately preserved, shows almost all that is known of its archi
tectural features. Apparently a building of the fourteenth century, it may
have been built after the visitation ordered by Archbishop Greenfield in

* ^ ^¦^"j-.r^^P^^

Allendale Church.

1310,^ which directed that the chapels in the regality should be repaired. It
comprised a chancel, which, from the number of burials recorded to have
taken place within it, must have been a spacious one, a nave and south aisle
of equal height, the former being lighted by three well-proportioned
Decorated windows on its north side, and its roof covered with lead ; on the
' The drawing, which Is by T. H. Hair, has been obtained from Dr. Arnison, who says that the flat
shown at the back of the old church has gradually sUpped away, and the boundary wall has been brought
further into the churchyard, leaving outside some old trees which properly belong to it.
^ Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. ii. p. I23.n.

ALLENDALE CHURCH. 79
western gable was a double belfry, which contained two small bells. If the
south aisle was added in 1670 after the influx of miners in the middle of the
seventeenth century, it would explain an entry in the register under date 4th
August, 1680, 'John Stephenson of Acton buried in the old church.' The
nave was reached by a flight of six or eight steps, which descended from the
graveyard, and it was separated from the aisle by arches and stone pillars,^
This chapel was taken down in 1807, to be replaced by a building for which,
in 1873, the present church was substituted,^ In the vestry is preserved
an old oil painting of the sacrifice of Isaac, which formerly hung at one side
of the chancel.
Two peculiar customs, apparentlv survivals of an earlier day in the
ecclesiastical state of Allendale, may be mentioned. One related to the
lay officers, and the other to the minister of the chapel. When the chapel
was repaired in 1670, at a cost of £^ lis. 2d., the assessment to raise that
sum was ' made by four neighbours, viz., William Dawson, Thomas Burdas,
W. Currey, and J. Bradwood, dwelling in the Forest, commonly called
proctors, which hath usually been the custom, time out of mind, for the repair
of the said chapel.' ' These proctors were doubtless the officers of the four
original grieveships. The other use is still more interesting. At the Manor
Court in 1662 the 'Allenton Park and Forest jury' were directed to
enquire :
Whether there hath not beene heretofore, and ought now to be, procters for collecting the reader's
wages within the chappelrie of East AUendaile, and whether they should not see the chapell amended, it
being now in great decay, at the costs and charges of the circuit of the chapell.
The jury find : There should be four procters to gathering the reader's wages, and seeing the chapel
in repair. Again, in 1664, the charge to the jury was : You are to enquire how the reader of East Allen chappell
ought to be paid, and by whom, and at what time, and what duty the said reader doth owe to them yt
pays him his chappell wages, and whether he ought not, as well as the reader at Wardaile [Weardale]
chappell and other readers, to deliver his bookes, etc., to the proctors; and whether John Heatherington,'
now supposed reader of ye said chappell, hath not denied parte of his [?duty] which he ought to have done,
in denieing to teach any man's children ; and whether he be not very unfitt to teach the schoUars by reason
yt he is not a good scholar himselfe, and is supposed to be very churHsh.
The jury say : We find by a former verdict that their ought to be chosen every yeare for repairing the
Easter [Allendale] chapell fouer prockters, and that the said prockters with the officer may distrain for
the reader's waidges.
' Ex, inf. Dr. Arnison, 1896. Cf. Dickinson, Allendale and Whitfield, page 61. But the aisle may have
been added at a later date, for Randal says, and Wallis repeats, ' the church is small, consisting of one aile.'
^ The present church retains the tower erected in 1807, and is dedicated to St. Cuthbert.
° Randal, State of the Churches.
' I2th AprU, 1674. John Hedrington, ye reader at Easter-head chappell, was buried in ye church,
Allendale Register,

Bo ALLENDALE PARISH.
By an order issued by Archbishop Parker in 1559, laymen were with the
sanction of the bishop to be admitted in destitute churches to read prayers,
the litany and a homily, but not to preach^ or minister otherwise.^ These
readers were also found on the other side of the Border, and there is a
curious passage in Southey's Colloquies which says such cases survived in the
northern counties ' till the middle of George II. 's reign, when the bishops
came to a resolution that no one should officiate who was not in orders ; but
as there would have been some injustice and some hardship in ejecting the
existing incumbents, they were admitted to deacon's orders without under
going any examination.'' Perpetual Curates of Allendale.
1649. Abraham Dobson of AUendale, clerk, married at Hexham, 3rd July, 1649, Catherine Barker,
widow.' 1662. John Dickeson of Allenton, clerk, was sued by John Coatsforth of HoUing close, for detaineing
one dictionarie to his damage of 21s. Non suit.*
1665. Henry Dacres," married 25th May, 1665, Mary, daughter of Cuthbert Hawdon of Studdon.'
1690. Thomas Wise." '
1 701, R. Cogin, and 1702, James Macubine, who occur in the register, etc., may have been stipendiary
curates. 1706. Robert Patten. He had previously been curate of Penrith. When the rebellion of 171 5 broke
out he set out from Allendale with a party of keelmen to join the insurgents. While crossing Rothbury
common he fell in with a number of Scots on the same errand as himself. These he persuaded to
accompany him. He came up with the rebel forces at Wooler, and was warmly welcomed by General
Forster and Lord Derwentwater, the former appointing him his chaplain on the spot. From Wooler the
Jacobites proceeded to Kelso, where Patten preached, by order of Lord Kenmure, in the great church, from
Deut. xxi. 17, ' the right of the firstborn is his.' On advancing to Penrith, Patten, owing to his knowledge
of the district, was told off with a company of men to intercept the bishop of Carlisle returning to his seat
at Rose castle. This order was subsequently countermanded by Forster, and Patten was sent to
apprehend Johnson, collector of the salt tax, instead. In this he was. unsuccessful, but he succeeded
in capturing several men of the sheriff's posse comitatus. On the march from Penrith to Appleby Patten
narrowly escaped apprehension by the sheriff of the county. During the march of the insurgents upon
' In 1574 and 1578 there were readers of the parish of Stitchel, near Kelso. Hist, of Berwickshire Nat.
Club, vol XV. p. 23.
° This explanation of the institution found at AUendale has been pointed out by the Rev. R. W. Dixon,
who examines the subject in his History of the Church of England, vol. v. cap. xxxii.
' Southey, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society, ii. p. 66. The Oliverian survey mentions
reading ministers at Beltingham chapel and at Lambley, but this may mean no more than a lack of
licences to preach. Arch. Ael. 4to series, iii. pp. 6, 7. ¦¦ Hexham Register.
* Hexham Manor Rolls, 1662. ' Randal, State of the Churches. ' AUendale Register.
* His will dated 2nd December, 1700, is at York : ' My body to be buried in the parish church of AUen
dale ; to the poor of the grieveships of Allendale Town and Catton, ^10; the interest whereof to be
distributed yearly to five poor widows of Catton and five poor widows of Allendale Town ; my sons,
George and Thomas ; to my niece, Jane, wife of Richard Lambert of Catton Lee, my black mare ; to my
godson, Matthew Ridley, son of George Ridley of Beltingham, my bible and book of ' homileyes ' ; to my
clerk, William Hewitson, los. ; residue to my wife, Ann Wise, she executor ; my friend, John Robson of
Nine Banks, supervisor. If the projected school be set up in Allendale within three years it shall have the
;£io devised to the poor. Raine, Test. Ebor. Wise was born at Thornhill in Yorkshire. Mackenzie,
Northumberland, vol. ii. p. 303.

ALLENDALE CHURCH.

8l

Preston, Patten read prayers to the Protestant members of the army at the various halting places, the
resident clergy being unwilling to commit themselves. At the siege of Preston, Patten was employed by
Lord Derwentwater to bring him information of the progress of the attack, which he did until his horse
was shot under him. After the surrender, he saved Forster's life by striking up a pistol which Murray
(one of the Jacobites who protested against the surrender) levelled at him. Patten was among the prisoners,
but, in his own words, 'he saved his life by being an evidence for the king.' Shortly afterwards he
published The History of the late Rebellion, with Original Papers and the Characters of the Principal
Noblemen and Gentlemen Concern'd in it, by the Reverend Mr. Robert Patten, formerly Chaplain to Mr. Forster.
The first two editions were published in 1717, and two more editions were issued in 1745. Patten
figures as ' Creeping Bob ' in Besant's novel of Dorothy Forster.
1720. Nicholas Lowes' voted in 1722 for lands in AUendale.^
1725. James Laing.
1734. John Toppin, ordered priest at Durham castle by William, bishop of Durham, 27th September,
1727; vicar of Alston, 14th February, 1728.^ Licensed by archbishop of York, and admitted to be curate
of AUendale on 4th February, 1734.'' Voted for lands in Allendale in 1748.* Married at Whitfield, 20th
April, 1749, Mrs. Eleanor Lowthian of that parish; buried in churchyard at east end of church 21st
March, 1756.° There is in the church a monument (one of Lough's earlier efforts) to the memory of his
daughter, Ann, wife of Peter Stephenson of Hexham, surgeon.'
1757. Thomas Coulthard appeared at the visitation, but had no licence.' He voted in 1774 for the
perpetual curacy of Allendale. =¦ Buried 17th September, 1779.'°
1780. Hugh Stokoe previously curate of Allenheads presented on the death of Coulthard." Was
buried 6th June, 1783.'*
1783. Joseph Carr, B.D., preferred to the livings of Allendale Town and Allenheads.'' In 1773 he
published a translation of the Dialogues of Lucian."
1806. Christopher Bird, B.A., matriculated at St. Alban's hall, Oxon., 9th June, 1803, aged 24, after
wards vicar of Chollerton.
1822. Thomas Scurr ; in 1826 as of Broadwood-hall, voted for lands in AUendale.'" Sometime
curate of Thockrington and master of Hexham school, died 26th January, 1836.'" Owned and taught a
boarding school for boys at Broadwood-hall.
1836. Joseph Jacques, M.A. ; in 1843 preferred to be vicar of Bywell St. Andrew.
1844. John Rawes.
1853. Titus Emerson, licentiate in theology of Durham university, ordered deacon 185 1, sometime
curate of Shildon, was incumbent for twenty years, and died at Hertford, 17th January, 1873."
1873. Richard Evans Mason of Trinity coUege, Dublin, B.A. 1852, M..^. 1859, LL.D. 1869. Pre
viously perpetual curate of Earsdon. The present incumbent.
' Randal, State of the Churches. ' Poll Book. ' Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol. iii. p. 38.
' Canon Raine, Notes from York Faculty Books, etc. ^ Poll Book, ' Allendale Register.
' Mackenzie, Northumberland, vol. ii. p. 304. ' Canon Raine, Notes from York Faculty Books, etc.
' Poll Book. ^° Allendale Register. ^^ Newcastle Courant, 12th February, 1780.
^''Allendale Register. '^ Gentleman's Magazine, September, 1783.
" At AUcnheads, county of Northumberland, in his 60th year, the Rev. Joseph Carr, B.D., a clergyman
whose unwearied application to his studies was never suffered to interfere with the duties of his profession.
Obscure in his situation in the church, his conduct was uniformly through life unassuming and unambi
tious. Of his various learning, that which chiefly distinguished him was to be derived from the Old and
New Testament. To understand these books in their original language he had long and diligently
laboured, and not without success, having left in the possession of his widow a work (nearly finished) on
sacred geography ; which the writer of this article would willingly undertake to revise and publish, if he
could presume to believe himself competent to the task. Gentleman's Magazine, 1806.
'"¦Poll Book. '' M.I. Allendale. "Ibid.
Vol. IV. II

82 ALLENDALE PARISH.
Visitations, etc.
There remains at York the record of a curious marriage suit, William Wilkinson o. Jenet Hutchinson
alias Pearson, which was heard before the Ecclesiastical Court in 1563.
1563, April 23rd. John Wylsonne, parish Allendale, husbandeman, says that he was presente with the
partyes articulate in a felde of Cuthbert Heslop of the Froste hall, within the parishe of Allendale, which
feilde is distant frome the sayd Frostes hall where the sayd Janet dwelte abowt iiij hundreth fete upon
Sancte Bartholomew day in harvest last paste abowt viij of the clock before none, when the sayd WiUiam
Wilkinson desyred Mathew Whytfelde to handefest theme together. He sayd that he wolde yf they were
boyth contente; and they boyth awnswering sayd, willingly they were contente, and then he willed theme
to joyne their handes together, and so they dyd; and then the sayd William at the recitation of the sayd
Mathew did say, ' I William taykes the Janet to my wedded wyf frome this day forwarde for better for
worse, for richer for porer untill death us two departe, and forsaking all other, tayking me onely unto
the so long as we boyth shall lyve, and thereto I plight the my trouthe,' and then drue handes and lyved
together. [Matthew Whytfeld of .'\.llendale, husbandman, est. 66, confirms this.]
John Stott of AUondale, husbandman, says that he was present with Thomas Pereson and Janet
Hutchenson upon a Sonday abowt a fourtnight affore Sancte James day laste paste in Allenton towne at
the easte ende of Hughe Rewles house abowt xj or xij of the clocke, where he did here the sayd Thomas
say ' Janye, how sayest thow, hayst thou mayd any promes or covenaunt of matrimony to any other man.'
And she awnswering sayd ' Nay ' : and then he further did aske hir yf she coulde be content to love hime
better then any other man, and to forsake all other men for hime and lede hir lyef with hime: and she
awnswering sayd 'Yea by my trouthe I canne fynde in my harte to love you better then any other man and
to forsake al men for you,' and therupon she gave the sayd Thomas hir hande and sayd 'Here I give you
my hande and my fayth and trouthe that I will mary you to be my husbande and will never mary other
man to my husbande whUe we two live onles yt belong of you and not of me.' And he having hir by the
hande sayd 'And here I give yo my hande, my fayth and trouth that I will mary you to my wyf and I will
never mary other woman but you whyle you ar lyvinge'; and then drue handes ; and the sayd Thomas gave
to the sayd Janet a ring and a silke lace which she tooke thankefuUy. He was presente in the churche
of Byrteley upon Satterday next after the latter Ladye day in harveste laste paste abowt x or xj of the
clock before none, where and when he dyd here and se the sayd William and Janett solemnyse matrimony
and did here and se Sir John Dickson, curate of Byrteley, marye them, etc., and dyd here and se the
communyon or commemoracion and all other service accustomed to be done and sayd at solemnizacions
of mariages then and ther done and sayd. [Confirmed by others.]
This letter is appended.
Pleas yt yowr worshupe to be advertysede that Janet Hocheson, now wyf to Thomas Person, hathe
comede to me in wepynge maner, and by hir wordes and sorofuU contynaunce much lamentynge hir owen
doyenges for that she had be for yowr worshupe falsly sworne and said yt muche groged hir consyens ;
and be sowght me for Godes love for my counsell ; and sundry tymes to me said that hir mysbehavor was
so great that she dowtyed the marcye of God. And so fyndyng hir so woue of speret I dyd gyve hir my
counsell in as godly and gentyll exortacion as God gyve me grace so to do at that tyme. And after my
counsell so geven I dyd examyne hir the cause whye she so ungodly dyd, and she answered me and said
she knew not what an otlie was and was tysed by Jhon Stout, who promysed hir a par of sieves of red
sylke ; and Georg Persone promyse hir a band of lynte ; and WiUiam Person dyd promyse hir a brod red
kyrtell of the best sorte at the end of Hew Roules house at AUenton to swer that thar was a contract
mayd be twyxe Thomas Person and the said Janett and thus dyd she consent to. On the Thursday after
she was sytyd to the chapiter to Hexam at the sute of William Wylkynson, and upon the heryng of the
matter I remytted yt over to yowr worshupe for that the matter his be for yow dependynge. I thowght I
could no lese do bod to certefye the hoU truthe under the seale of the office. From Hexam the last of
Septembre, 1563. Yowr worshupes to command,
NycoUes Hyrst, dark.
To his right worshupfuU master doctor Rouhbye, doctor of the lawe, chanceler to the most reverende
father in God Thomas archebysshope of Yorke, and one of the quen's ma""' counsell establyshed in the
North parties gyve this. [Seal defaced and broken.] 1563, February 26th. Suit in favour of Wilkinson
and Hutchinson.

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I579i nth April. Grant from the Crown to Sir Christopher Hatton and others of the tithes of
Alwindale alias Allendale.
Allendale chantry lands appear in the enumeration of Sir John Forster's possessions in the inq. post
mort. January, 1602,' and in the survey of 1608, the chantry lands were held by copy of Court Roll
by Anthony Shield and Margaret Pattison.''
Mary, daughter and coheiress of Sir John Forster of Adderston, married Henry Stapleton and had
from her father the rectory {i.e., the great tithes) of East and West Allen, which they sold to Sir John
Fenwick, ist April, 1616.^
1621. Whereas we find divers imperfection and drifting delayes have bene maid by some collectors
that have gathered up the countries mony, and delayeth the pament of the same ; we therefor lay, on paine,
that Cuthbert RoweU, one of the collectors for the fortnyth fair shal pay in the said forthnicht fair mony
upon the tabell in AUenton church upon the Sunday next after publication of this verdict unto the hands
of the xxiiij, or to whome they shall appoynte, upon paine of xxs for everie xx dayes.*
1639. The chapel house in East Allendale ; Thomas Wilson and three others, the vicars, church
wardens of Allen mentioned.'
1670. A note of charges for the repairs of the chapel of East Allendale. John Brooks, for slating,
£2 ; John Mowbere, for timber, £2 los. ; Thomas Green, for caridg, 6s. ; for nales and lat-prods, 9s. 6|d. ;
for slat pins, is. 9d. ; for lats and caridg, 7s. 8d. ; and the carpenter's wadge, 7s. ; more for caridg of slats,
one hors, 5s. 9d. ; for two bowls of lime, 2s. ; more for getting of foog, is. 6d. Some £6 lis. 2-Jd.*
1689, 28th September. Sir John Fenwick of Wallington conveyed to Sir Wm. Blackett of Newcastle
inter alia the rectory of East Allendale and West AUendale.'
In 171 1 no fewer than twenty-one Quakers of AUendale were convicted for non-payment of tythes,
amounting in all to ;^i2 os. 9d., and had to pay for costs £2 2S. 6d. more. Amongst the persons so con
victed were Joseph Watson, Joshua Watson, and Hugh Watson.'
1723. Office against Jane Shield for offering violence in the church, and thereby disturbing the con
gregation." 1725. Office against James Laing alias Lang, clerk, curate of Allendale, for officiating without a
licence, and for his contempt on refusing to exhibit his orders, and likewyse for clandestine marrying of
Robert Trueman and Margaret Oliver. (He does not appear.'")
1739. Office against Alice Featherstone of the parish of AUendale and Mary Dickenson, for making
a disturbance' in the church in the time of divine service. (Quakers.) Featherstone pleaded she did not
speak till J. Toppin had done. But it being sacrament day he could not for her speaking proceed to that
office. (The admonitions given were little regarded.")
1748. A true terrier and account of all ye glebe lands, houses, edifices, orchards, gardens, tythes,
pensions, salaries, stipendiary payments, offerings, oblations, and all other ecclesiastical dues belonging to
the church of AUendale, within' the pecuUar jurisdiction of Hexham and Hexhamshire and diocese of York,
made by the minister, churchwardens, and other principal inhabitants of the parish of Allendale as
foUoweth :
A parsonage dwelling house, with a stable and barn ; also a dwelling house, or room above stairs, with
a cow house under ye same, given by William Bacon, esq., to the church of Allendale for ever ; a garden
with a little field called parsonage croft adjoining to ye same glebe. Tyth of blade, stalk, seeds, and corn,
yearly growing within the division or constabulary of AUendale Town ; ye tythe hay, of ye Low Mill
tenement ; of the far and near Hope tenement ; of Mr. Joseph Newton's tenement ; of Mr. Ralph
Soulsby's tenement, consisting of several fields, viz., ye town-field, ye croft, ye field adjoining to ye town-
field, ye Knotts and ye pasture ; also ye tythe hay of a field called ye Mbdes Dargue ; of a field caUed
Score-bank field ; ye tythe hay of Mr. Joseph Adamson's croft ; also the tythe of stalk, blade, seeds, and
corn of Catton division or constabulary within ye said parish of Allendale. £2 6s. 8d. payable in two half-
yearly paiments, viz., at Michaelmas and Easter in every year, by ye lay rector, Walter Blackett, esq., or
' Cf. vol. iii. p. 57. '' Ibid. 88. ' Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol. i. p. 256.
* Hexham Manor Rolls. * Ibid. " Hunter MSS, Durham Cathedral Library.
' Document with Mr. L. C. Lockhart. ' Sessions Records.
' Canon Raine, Extracts from Faculty Books, etc., at York. '° Ibid. " Ibid,

84 ALLENDALE PARISH.
his worship's lessees ; one pound of lawful money of Great Britain, payable yearly by ye warden of ye
Cooks' company of London ; ye accustomed fee of a marriage, solemnized by virtue of a Ucence, lis. ; by
publication (if one of the parties live in a different parish), 4s. ; by publication (if both parties live in ye
parish), 2s. If a marriage be solemnized at East Allen chapel [Ulegible] clandestinly, lis.; ye accustomed
fee at ye churching of a woman and registering a baptised child, when ye churching office is performed at
ye church, is. ; when at East or West Allen chapels, 2s. ; and 6d. higher up ye dale ; the burial fee when
ye grave is in the churchyard, 6d. ; when in ye church, 2s. 2d. ; when at East AUen chapel, is. 6d. The
fixing a tombstone in ye graveyard, los. ; examining ye register and giving a copy thereof, 6d.
N.B. — 'Tis alleged and believed yt 40s. or thereabouts was payd yearly sometime ago out of lands in
ye Forest division or Quarter to ye minister of Allendale, as an endowment belonging to East Allen chapel,
and also 40s. or thereabouts was payd yearly out of lands in West Allen division to the minister of Allen
dale, as an endowment belonging to West Allen chapel ; there being two chapels of ease, and having
yearly ye sacrament of ye Lord's Supper immemorially administered in 'em in passion week by ye minister
of AUendale. John Toppin, minister; Mathew Renwick, Francis Shiele, Thomas Fairless, George Green,
churchwardens.' 1754, 4th March. WiU of John Toppin of AUendale Town, clerk: My lands in Allendale Town wiU go
to my heir-at-law ; my copyhold lands at Easter and Wester Garrets and Ousley, Easter Stone-house, and
my close in parish of Ainstable in Cumberland, to my daughter Ann Toppin ; my brother Joseph Toppin
of London, ;£ioo; my brother Jonathan Toppin of Rossgill, ;£ioo; my sister Ann Toppin of Cliburn, ;^5o;
my nephew Joseph Toppin of AUendale Town, .£100; to Mr. Thomas Lancaster my black gown and
cassock, if he's my curate at my death ; to the ministers of Allendale and Alston, each £20, to buy books
of practical and usefuU divinity for the use and instruction of the people of each parish, in their Christian
duties ; and my humble request is, to the reverend and good Archdeacon Sharp,^ that he will direct the
said ministers in the purchasing; hoping that each parish wUl provide a vestry, proper chest or con
venience for the preservation of the said books, to be lent out and taken in again by the ministers, among
such of the people of each parish as are poor, and such as are most remiss and negligent in performing
their bounden dutys to their great God, whom too often to the great sorrow of my heart they have forgot
days out of number. To the trustees of Allendale free school, ^20 ; the yearly interest to be applied
for the augmentation of the English master. Also ^20 to the minister of Allendale, the heir of Ninebanks
and the churchwardens of West Allen, the interest to the minister of Ninebanks chapel to teach a school
at the said chapel, hoping some charitable and more able persons will add to this first benefaction. To
my parish clerk Jacob Robinson, a guinea and one hood cap. Residue to my wife Eleanor Toppin, she
executrix. Proved at York i8th August, 1756.^
1762. Office against Jacob Robison the elder, the parish clerk of Allendale, for presuming to perform
the funeral office over the corps of Jane Emmerson, otherwise Brown, on the 7th December, 1760. (He is
dead.") 1762. Office against Jacob Robison the younger, of Allendale Town, carpenter, for following his trade
occupation as a carpenter, in the parish church of Allendale, for some days after being discharged by the
minister and churchwardens. (He submits and is dismissed.')
1763. Office against John Newton of AUendale Town, for cutting down a tree in the churchyard."
1764. Sir Walter Blackett, bart, now owner of the rest of the tithes within the parish of AUendale
pays the curate the sum of £'i 6s. 8d. only, because it is said there was an agreement made between some
former owner of these tithes and the then curate that the curate should have the tithes of some part of the
parish of Allendale in lieu of the remaining part of the sum of eight pounds a year, which was received
by indenture made the I2tli day of April, in the 21st year of the reign of the late Queen Elizabeth [1579],
purporting a grant of these tithes, among others, to Sir Christopher Hatton, kt., but how or when the
above-mentioned agreement was made with the curate does not appear.'
' Allendale Register. '' Cf. vol. i. p. 70. ' Raine, Test, Ebor,
¦* Canon Raine, Notes from Faculty Books, etc., at York. ' Ibid, " Ibid,
' Report of the commission of the archbishop of York, dated 20th November, 1764. Archbishop of
York's Papers.

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85

1777- Office against John Robinson of Oustley, and Williai^ Robinson of Allendale, miner, for setting
up a tombstone in the churchyard of AUendale for their father, and refusing to pay the fee of ten shillings
for it, as specified in the terrier. Others of the same place presented for neglecting to pay their christening
and churching fees.'
1778. The Rev. Thomas Coulthard was presented for pulling down part of the vicarage house and
not rebuUding it. (The presentment, a maUcious one, dismissed.^)
1779, 29th March. Petition from Jeremiah Green, WiUiam Green, Jacob Robinson, John, Margery,
and EUzabeth Wigham, for a house newly built in Allendale to be set apart for Protestant dissenters."
1793- Office against John Lattimer of Walk miU, parish of Allendale, dyer, for getting drunk, fighting,
and playing at football at. different times in and about the market place in AUendale Town upon Sundays.'
1 84 1. It was resolved to pull down the old parsonage house and to throw its site into the graveyard.'
1842. The benefice of Allendale was included in the rural deanery of Hexham.
1 866. The perpetual curacy of Allendale was declared to be a rectory.''
In a terrier taken in 1891, the property of the curacy is stated as foUows ;
The rectory house.
One field containing i|^ acres, rented at ...
Two fields containing 6*205 acres „
J, » 4'937 „ „
>, 1) 4*464 !, „
Landat Acomb, about 13 „ „
House and garden at Acomb „
Stints on Allendale common, 33^ „
Payments by the Ecclesiastical commissioners
Queen Anne's bounty
Tithe rent charge net, Allendale ...
„ „ Hexham ...
From the register, which begins in 1662, the following entries are taken :
1662, November 13th. Thomas Bee of Taylorburne, buried.
1664, August gth. Thomas Bee, son of Matthew Bee of Taylorburne, buried.
1665, May 25th. Henry Dacres, curate of AUendale, and Mary, daughter of Cuthbert Hawdon of
Studdon, married.
1665, September 24th. Robert Pearson, son of Robert Pearson of Bishopsfield, baptised.
1665/6, March 15th. William Dacres, son of Henry Dacres, minister of AUendale, baptised.
1669, August 26th. John Hawdon of AUendale Town, and Barbary, daughter of Thomas Bee of
Wager-house, married.
1670, March 29th. Christopher Pearson, son of Robert Pearson of Bishopfield, baptised.
1670, April nth. John Hodgson, son of John Hodgson, schoolmaster of Burntongues, baptised.
1670, September 23rd. George Bacon of Broadwood-hall, buried in the quire.
1672, November 23rd. William Mills' son, who was killed ' in ye Heads groves,' buried.
1672, February 23rd. Henry Bland of Newcastle, merchant, and Johanna, daughter of Joseph Bacon
of Broadwood-hall, married.
1672/3, January 15th. Thomas Bee of Broadwood-hall, died at Woey-haU, buried in the quire.
1673, May 26th. Margery, wife of William Swinburn of the Poddy-bank, buried in the church.
1673, July i6th. William Swinburn of Pods-bank, buried in the church.
1674, October 15th. Joseph Bacon of Broadwood-hall, buried in the quire.
1675, March loth. George- Pearson, son of William Pearson of the Spital, died at Coldcotes, and was
buried in the quire.

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Canon Raine, Notes from Faculty Books, etc., zt York. 'Ibid. 'Ibid. * Ibid.
' Churchwardens' Books. "London Gazette, 27th Nov., 1866. Cf. p. 129 n.

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1675/6, March 23rd. Mary, wife of Mr. Henry Dacres, curate of Allendale, buried in the church.
1677, January 6th. Jane Pearson, wife of William Pearson of the Spital, near Hexham, buried in the
quire. 1677, March 24th. Mary Pearson, daughter of Robert Pearson of Bishopsfield, baptised.
1677, June nth. Edward Stout, a grover in Easterheads, who was killed in a grove, buried in the
church. 1677, June nth. Margery, daughter of John Swinburn of the Pod-banke, baptised.
1677, July 13th. William Pearson of Caldcotes, and Ann Maugham, married.
1678, November 7th. Robert Swinburn of the Pods-bank, and Grace Younger married.
1679/80, January. Elizabeth, daughter of John Bacon of New Staward, baptised.
1680, January 2nd. Henry Dacres, curate, and Mrs. Ann {?) Bee of Broadwood-hall, married.
1681, June 24th. WUliam Pearson, who died at the Spital, Hexham, was brought, and buried in quire.
1681, October 14th. Francis Bee of Broadwood-hall, and Margaret Whitfield of Kingswood, married.
168 1, November ist. Francis Bee of Broadwood-hall, buried in the quire.
1692, April 1st. Mrs. Ann Dacres of the Broadwood-haU, buried in the chanceh
1693, September 2nd. Mr. Richard Mowbray, steward to Sir William Blackett in East AUendale,
buried in the church.
1694, December 28th. George Lowes, parish of Haltwhistle, and Ann Hawdon of Broadwood-hall,
married. 1696, September 7th. John Roddam and Barbara Shield, both of Swinup, married.
1696, November 23rd. WiUiam Pearson of the Bishopfield, buried in the church.'
1696, July loth. Matthew Bee, a poor man in West Allen, was buried in the chancel.
1696/7, February 19th. Francis, son of Mr. John Bacon of Staward, buried in the chancel.
1698/9, January 6th. Naomi, daughter of Alexander Williamson of '^ayrake, was buried in the
Quaker burial place.
1702, May 26th. Mr. Christopher Richmond of Hindly Wrae, gent., buried in the chancel.
1705, January 7th. Tailor Thirkeld, son of Tailor Thirkeld of Wooly Burn-foot, baptised.
1708, November 24th. Thomas Muncaster and Mary Robson, married.
1710, May 4th. George Fewster of Bywell St. Peter, and Mary Wilson of Chapel-house, married.
1711, August i6th. WilUam Whitfield of AUendale Town, buried in the church.
1711/2, February 22nd. Mr. Geo. Ornsby, curate to the miners at Allenheads, M.A. St. Mary
Magdalen coUege, Cambridge, buried in the quire.
1712, May 13th. Mr. Arthur Head, schoolmaster of the Head free school, buried in the quire.
1724, November 23rd. Jane, daughter of Mr. Edmund Baxter of Colecleugh, buried in the Low
chapel yard.
1724/5, January 17th. Mr. John Armstrong of Ninebanks, buried in AUendale churchyard.
There is a silver communion cup made in 1738 by Isaac Cookson of
Newcastle, silversmith. Monumental Inscriptions.
Erected by their children, in memory of William Campbell Arnison, who was upwards of 50 years
surgeon in this and the adjoining parishes. Born July nth, 1797 ; died May loth, 1883. And of Jane
Arnison, 52 years his wife, born May 24lh, 1793 ; died April 20th, 1878. Also of Christopher Arnison,
their first born son, born July loth, 1828 ; died January 30th, 1835.
Near the communion table, before the church was rebuilt in 1807, was a flat sepulchral stone
inscribed : Here lyeth interred the body of George Bacon of Broadwood-hall, who was born at Clay
Lorine, in Derbyshire: husband of CessiUy Bacon. He departed this life at Grasse Grooves, the 21st
September, and was buried here the 23rd of the said September, anno domini, 1670. '¦'
' The Pearson entries prove and elucidate the pedigree of Pearson of Spital. Vol iii. p. 313.
- Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol. iii. p. 374.

ALLENDALE CHURCH. 87
To the memory of the Rev. Joseph Carr, B.D., who was upwards of 20 years minister of this parish.
During that period he discharged the duties of his profession with such propriety, and applied himself to
clerical studies, especially to that of the Hebrew language, with such assiduity and success, that as a
respectable scholar and as an useful parish minister, few, perhaps none, left an example more worthy of
imitation. He died April 20th, 1806.
In memory of Margaret Dawson, late the wife of Jacob Dawson of Allenheads, who died the nth
April, 1821, aged 62 years. The above named Jacob Dawson died 24th July, 1827, aged 69 years. This
monument was erected by Abraham Dawson of Newcastle, soUcitor, as a token of regard for his parents.
Erected to the memory of the beloved children of Abraham and Lilley {sic) Dawson of Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, Marcus Thompson, Margaret Lilley, Jane Ann, Elizabeth Isabella, and the last surviving
daughter, Mary Maria Dawson, who died on the 26th of March, 1845, aged 19 years n months and 23
days. In memory of the Rev. Titus Emerson, for 20 years incumbent of this parish, who died January 17th,
1873- Sacred to the memory of the Rev. Thomas Scurr, who died January 26th, 1836, aged 68 years.
Charities.
John Shield of London, citizen and cook, by indenture, dated 5th June, 1617, for ^500 purchased
an annuity of £28 from the Clothworkers' company of London. This he made over in trust to the
Cooks' company, on condition that they should pay or cause to be paid:
(i) 20 shillings to such parson as shall be appointed usual reader in the parish church of East
Allendale (where John Shield was born) and his successors, for two sermons yearly, that is, every half
year, to be made in the parish church of East Allendale for ever.
(2) 10 pounds to the churchwardens and six of the principal inhabitants of the parish of Allendale to
be yearly chosen, to distribute the said 10 pounds among the poor of the parish.
20 shiUings to be equally divided among the churchwardens and six principal inhabitants for their
care and pains therein.
If the churchwardens and principal inhabitants do not distribute the said ten pounds within convenient
time after they have received it, the money shall cease to be paid them, and the masters and governors of
the Cooks' company, London, shaU pay the said ten pounds yearly to the churchwardens and six
principal inhabitants of Alston Moor, to be distributed by them to the poor of the parish of Alston Moor.
In 1720, Ann WUson left los. a year out of the Burntongues to the poor of Keenley grieveship.'
The sum of ;^ii2 los. being the aggregate of many smaUer sums was, in 1887, paid over by the
churchwardens to the ' Official Trustees of Charitable Trusts,' and produces £2 os. 4d. per year.^
The sum of ^200 left by the will of Miss Jane Blackett, dated i8th June, 1831, to the poor of AUendale
Town and Park grieveships. This sum, with ^120 accumulated arrears of interest was, in 1887, paid over
by the churchwardens to the ' Official Trustees of Charitable Trusts,' and now produces ;^8 12s. 4d. a
year. ' Royal Commission on Charities, 1830.
' This sum is all that remains of the foUowing numerous charities recorded by RitscheU, Tynedale
Charities : £20 left by Leonard Shield of Bridge Eale, the yearly use thereof to the poor of Allenton and
Catton grieveships. ^20 left by Nicholas Shield of the Pyatroone, the yearly use thereof to the poor
of AUenton and Catton grieveships. ^20 left by Cuthbert Stout of the Old Town, the yearly use thereof
to the poor of Allenton and Catton grieveships. ^20 left by Nicholas Wilkinson of the West side, the
yearly use thereof to the poor of the whole parish. ^20 left by William Currey of EUersoppe, the yearly
use thereof to the poor of the Park and Forest grieveships. 20 marks left by John Ridley of HoUin green,
the yearly use thereof to the poor of the whole parish. 20 marks left by Hugh Hutchinson of Durham,
the yearly use thereof to the poor of the whole parish. ^10 left by James Broadwood of Hindley hill, the
yearly use thereof to the poor of Keenley grieveship. ^10 left by Leonard WUson of the Oakepool,
the yearly use thereof to the poor of Keenley grieveship. ^10 left time out of mind, the yearly use
thereof to the poor of the whole parish. ^10 left time out of mind, the yearly use thereof to the poor of
the whole parish. £7 left time out of mind, the yearly use thereof to the poor of the whole parish. ^3
left time out of mind, the yearly use thereof to the poor of the whole parish. ^20 left by Henry
Stephenson of the Hagg, the yearly use thereof to the poor of the Park and Forest grieveships. ^10 left

88 ALLENDALE PARISH.
ALLENDALE TOWN GRIEVESHIP.
' The capital town of Allendale, called Allendale Town, is situated on
the banks of East Allen on an eminence and overlooked by others on
both sides of that rapid'' stream. That it was occupied by man in early pre
historic times is shown by the various flint and other stone implements and
weapons found on the fell which rises above the town. Amongst them are
an axe of fine-grained stone, polished and ground to a sharp edge, some
barbed and triangular flint arrow points, scrapers and other flint tools.^ At
the end of last century it was described as ' a neat little town, almost every
other building of which is a pubHc house for the miners,'' at which period
the Friday's market was so frequented ' for the supply of the mining district
to the west-ward,' that ' corn, butchers' meat, and considerable quantities of
potatoes and garden stuff'* were taken there from Hexham.
The closing of the lead mines has had an adverse effect on the prosperity
of the town, though the two half-yearly fairs are still held, the one on the
Friday before May 13th, and the other on the Friday after the 29th October.
Allendale Town is, however, rising in favour as a summer resort,' and
is much appreciated for its pure moorland air. Besides the parish church,
the town has two chapels belonging to the Methodist societies. It was
visited more than once by John Wesley, who, on the 29th August, 1748,
wrote in his J^ournal :
At noon I went to the cross in AUandale Town, where Mr. Topping, with a company of the better
sort, waited for us. I soon found it was but a vain attempt to dispute or reason w ith him. He skipped
so from one point to another that it was not possible to keep up with him. So, after a few minutes, I
removed about an hundred yards and preached in peace to a very large congregation, it being the general
pay day, which is but once in six months.
And again on the 26th May, 1752, he wrote :
In the evening we came to Allendale and found the poor society well nigh shattered to pieces. Slack
ness and offence had eaten them up.
by William Hutchinson of the Greendike, the yearly use thereof to the poor of the whole parish. £\o
left by John Nevin of Sipton-sheele, the yearly use thereof to the poor of the Park and Forest
grieveships. ^28 more left and likely to be lost. ^20 left by John Richardson of the Parkside,
the yearly use(< thereof to the poor of the whole parisli. ^5 left by Hugh Wilson of the Burntongues,
for the use of Keenley. Margaret Fairless, £\o ; Hugh Roddam, /20 ; Edward Robson, ^10 ; WiUiam
Fairless, £\o; WUliam Chester, .£10; Jane l^obson, /'20; Elizabeth Roddam, ;£io; William Hutchinson,
^20; Robert Armstrong, ;£ 10. R\\.'!,<z\i€\.\,Tynidale Charities. Cf. \)\QWn%on, Allendale and Whitfield,pp. 7,8.
' Wallis, Northumberland, vol. ii. p. 35. ' Proc, Soe. Antiq. Neiac. v. p. 228.
' Swinburne, Courts of Europe, vol. ii. p. 105.
' Bailey and Culley, Agricultural Survey of Northumberland, p. 154.
' Wallis, writing in 1769, says, that 'on the brow of the hill at Allendale Town is a chalybeate spring;
the terra martialis or ochreous residuum copious upon the herbage by it.' Northumberland, vol. i. p. 16.

ALLENDALE TOWN GRIEVESHIP. 89
The influence of the revival which followed lasted until after Wesley's
third and final visit in June, 1761. A chapel was built by the society and
registered in 1775,^ and there were in 1884, in the Allendale circuit, eleven
chapels of the Wesleyan Methodist Society, and also eleven chapels belonging
to the Primitive Methodists,''
The single-arch stone bridge which spans the river between the foot of
the Peth and the hamlet of Bridge-end, was built at the expense of the
county in 1825,' on the site of an old bridge known as the Bow-bridge,
At Wooley burn foot, on the opposite side of the river, is the meeting
house of the Society of Friends, erected in 1868, It replaces an earlier
structure built on a plot of ground * surrendered for that purpose by Ralph
Featherstone in 1688. Quakers were at that time numerous in Allendale,
and at the same period they built another meeting house at Limestone Brae,
on the West Allen, which, at the end of last century, was turned into a
dwelling house and the graveyard into a garden.
At Brides hill are the buildings of the endowed and free school of
East Allendale, which owes its origin to the desire felt for a better system
of education and to the efforts made by several benevolent men to remedy
the existing neglect at the end of the seventeenth century. Its principal,
indeed its real founder, was Christopher Wilkinson of Chapel-house, whose
will, dated 27th February, 1700, runs as follows :
Whereas I am deeply sensible of the great want, prejudice, and inconvenience incident to several
children of many poor inhabitants within the parish of AUendale, by neglect of education, partly happening
by their parents', tutors', or own inability to hire schoolmasters, or pay for their children's maintenance and
learning abroad, and being moved with pity and charitable affection to the inhabitants of the said parish of
AUendale, and in hopes that others will be induced to follow my example and promote so charitable a
work ; I give to trustees .£250 to purchase lands in the manor of Hexham, to the use, advantage, and
benefit of a free grammar school for the education of youth, to be set up and settled in such proper and
convenient place on the west side of East Allen Water as my trustees shall approve. I give. ^10 to be
employed towards the erecting and building a bridge over the East Allen Water, at a place called Oak
pool, provided the same be built and finished within three years after my decease.'
Other benefactors were : William Hutchinson of Portgate, who, in
1692, devised a house and garth called Tinker-house (subject to the life
' 1775, 22nd July. Petition from WiUiam Barker, Thomas Waugh, William BeU, John Parker, David
Eveins, Robert Emperington, for a meeting for Methodists in a house built for that purpose in the
parish of Allendale. York Faculty Books.
^ Dickinson, Allendale and Whitfield, pp. 85, 89, 93. ' Newcastle Courant, 26th March, 1825.
' Thomas Jackson of Hunter Gap, in Keenly, in the parish of Allendale, by will da'ted 15th January,
1695, desires his body to be buryed in ye burying place beside ye meeting place att ye Burnfoot in East
AUandale, and gives to his ' poor friends in ye truth, who go under ye name of Quakers in ye parish of
AUandale, £s.' Raine, Test. Ebor. ' Ibid,
Vol. IV. 12

go ALLENDALE PARISH.
interest of his wife) for a free school ; Cecilia Bacon of Catton Lee, widow,
who, in 1696, devised ^^50 for the like purpose ; and Thomas Wise, curate
of Allendale, who, in 1702, gave by will, ;^io to the same good object.
The sums accruing from these benefactions were, in 1704, laid out on
the erection of a school-house and the purchase of a copyhold estate at
Dryside in Broadside. After serving the needs of the district for one
hundred and seventy years, the provisions of Wilkinson's foundation were
deemed inadequate, and a school-board was formed in 1877, which took
over existing schools at Ninebanks, Carrshield, Keenly, Sinderhope, and
Allenheads, and built new ones at Allendale Town, Catton, and St. Peter's
in the Forest. The Brides hill school is now disused, and the appropriation
of its endowment is still under the consideration of its trustees, a body partly
elective and partly co-optative.^
Near Brides hill are Thornley gate, where five roads meet and diverge,
Pods-bank, an ancient holding of a family of Swinburn,^ and the Allen smelt
mill,'
The Allen smelt mill contained, in 1825, two roasting furnaces, five ore hearths, two refining furnaces,
and one reducing furnace. Two flues were subsequently constructed to carry off from the mill the soot
and smoke which had previously proved so detrimental to the health of the workmen and to the surrounding
vegetation. Two tall chimneys had been erected for this purpose near the mill, but they did not meet the
requirements of the case. The first flue originally had its outlet at Cleugh-head, but on the construction
of the second flue both outlets were taken to their present position on the moor, about three miles west of
AUendale Town.*
Amongst the more influential families of East Allendale was that of
Shield, which occupied or owned the two chief mills, the King's mill in
Catton, and the New mill in Allendale, Hugh Shield, who was bailiff or
grieve of East Allendale in 1547,' held a water corn mill there at the rent of
66s. 8d.'' In 1608 Hugh Shield of Wooley held at the same rent the
' It is now regulated by a ' scheme ' formulated by the Charity Commissioners in 1887. ' In the
matter of the Foundations for Schools in the parish of Allendale, etc., founded under the wills of William
Hutchinson and Christopher Wilkinson respectively, afterwards administered as one school.' Ex. inf,
Mr. L. C. Lockhart.
' 27th April, 1699. Will of Robert Swinburne of Podsbanke, parish of Allendale, yeoman. To my
uncle, James Braidwood's children, Thomas and Hannah, ;^20. Uncle William Hawdon's children,
WiUiam and Mary, £^, Uncle William Coatsforth's children, William, Thomas, Robert, Hannah Walton,
and Mary, each 2os. Aunt Elizabeth Younger, aunt Margaret Coatsworth, uncle John Swinburne, 5s.
Uncle James Braidwood sole executor. Raine, Test, Ebor,
' The grieveship also contains the following homesteads : Broadwood-haU, Bulls hill, Coeshole,
Frawler meadows (named after an ancient family of Frawler), Haining, Hope-house, Housty, Keller lands,
Langley, Low miU, Moor-houses, Parkside, Portgate, Stonehall, Riding, Roper-house, Scotch-hall, Spital,
Tombs-house, Wager-house, Wester-house.
'Dickinson, Allendale and Whitfield, p. 39, abridged. ' Vol. iii. p. 71. " Ibid, p. 73.

ALLENDALE TOWN GRIEVESHIP. 9 1
same mill, more specifically described as the King's mill, which was worth
;^I3 6s. 8d.^ He also held another 'water corne mill, latelie erected, called
the New mill, of xxxii yeeres standing or thereaboutes,' at a rent of 5s.^
Jealous of his neighbours, he had turned aside the water course which drove
Catton mill, and so made it useless. The monopoly bred discontent, and in
1664, William Hawdon built a mill at Burn Tongues, and by keeping 'some
times one horse and sometimes two horses, which he uses to fetch the corn
from the inhabitants and carry it back when ground, and thereby he with
draws suit and socken ' from the New mill. In an action brought in the
Court of Exchequer in 1666, by Thomas Shield,' it was alleged that all
the inhabitants of East Allendale grieveship, and all or most of those of
Keenly grieveship, were used to grind at the New mill, and for doing so
paid toll or multure ' for every load, or two bowls, of hard corn, a peck, and
a peck for every three bowls of oats, and grist or unsheeld,' The following
'sketch pedigree, drawn up from the depositions and extended from wills
remaining at York, presents some account of the family :
Hugh Shield,. grievp of East Allendale ; held the King's mill in 1547 ^=

Shield of the King's mill ==

Hugh Shield ; held the King's mill and the New mill in 1608, =
and died about 1636.
Nicholas Shield ; purchased the New miU in 1614 from ==  Richard Shield of Ashen bank.

the Crown grantees ; of Wooley, gentleman, in 1666 ;
was then aged 84.

yeoman ; aged 73 in 1666.

Thomas Shield, to whoni his father conveyed the New mill 3rd May, 1658 ;
was plaintiff in Exchequer suit-in 1666 v. William Hawdon.

Francis Shield of Burnfoot ; will dated 3rd Feb., 1709/10 ; devised
the Shield bank to be managed for his son Hugh at the discretion
of ' Mr. Joh. Bacon, esq.'

Mary  ; to whom her husband
devised the whole of the insight .
or household gear.

Hugh Shield of Burnfoot, to whom his father devised the New mill, = Elizabeth ; mentioned in
the Burnfoot, the Dye-house, the Walk mill. her father's will.

Nicholas Shield ; named in ¦ Francis Shield, youngest son, to whom his grandfather devised the
grandfather's will. Nether mill, alias the King's mill, and Broadwood-hall, the
fuUing mill called Bee's mill on the Bow-bridge.

' Vol. iii. p. 95. ' Ibid. p. 103.
" Exchequer Deposition by Commission, 18 Chas. II. Easter Term, No. n.

92 ALLENDALE PARISH.
Evidences of the Shield Pedigree.
1577. Hugh, son of William Shield, who was seised ot a tenement, caUed Nether Huntrods, was outlawed for
felony, and the same was granted by the queen to Hugh Shield of Wooie.'
1584. Inq. post mortem of WUliam Shield of Huntrods. Hugh Shield was found to be his son and heir.'
1595, nth August. Probate of will of Henry Shield of Broadwood, granted to Elizabeth, his widow, and
Elizabeth RowU, his daughter, the executors.^
1 598, 2 2nd December. Probate of will of Thomas Shield of Over Huntrods granted to Leonard Shield his father
and executor.^ 1664. Francis Shield of Burnfoot, for not going to the bell-house, had taken from him two bibles, one Practice
of Piety, one pair of stockings, two axes, one adz, and four pieces of pewter, by John Richardson, called churchwarden,
who said he was ordered so to do by one Ridley of Willimontswike, called justice, who soon after committed him to
Morpeth gaol, where he was prisoner nine weeks ; the goods worth £\ 12s.
In i665, Cuthbert Dawson ot Studdon, yeoman, aged one hundred years and upwards, deposed 'that he had
known for more than ninety years the water corn mill, which, though known by the name of the New mill, was
reputed to be ancient ; he knew Hugh Shield, the plaintiff's grandfather, and he was in possession of the mill more
than eighty years ago, that the inhabitants in the town of East Allenton and several places about have ground their
corn at the New mill during all the time of his knowledge, paying a peck in every load for toll, they have no cause
to complain, and have been very readily served at the said milne at such times when other mills could not have gone.' "
Nicholas Shield of Wooley, gentleman, aged about eighty-tour years, deposed 'that he had known the New
mill from his infancy, and Hugh Shield, his father, enjoyed it, or part thereof, until his death, which happened about
thirty years ago. He has seen several writings in the name of his great grandfather, which mention that the said
mill was a goeing mill in the time of Henry VIIL, when the exchange was made between Henry VIII. and the arch
bishop of York. That James I., in right of the Crown, was seised of the New mill, and as he has heard and believes,
granted it, by Letters Patent, to Edward Ferrers and Francis PhiUips, under the fee farm rent of 5s. yearly ; they
conveyed it to Mr. Francis Whitfield, of whom this deponent bought it.''
1674, 14th November. Nicholas Shield of Wooley, who died at Hackford, was buried in the quire under the
communion table.*
1674/5, February 2nd. Nicholas, son of Nicholas Shield, who died at Hackford, was baptised at Hackford.*
1675, Sth September. Administration of Nicholas Shield ot Wooley granted to Joan, the widow.^
1692, October loth. Inq. post mortem, John Shield of Hunt-roddes who was found to have died seised of
moiety ot Over Huntrodds, and moiety of Acton, the Higher Stone house, Leonard Shield, his son and heir, was of
full age. Leonard Shield surrendered all, except Over Huntrodds, to the use of his brother, John Shield of Hunt
rodds. The latter died 1699, leaving Leonard, his brother and heir.'
1697, May 8th. Inventory of Frances Shield of the Huntrods, widow. Her purse and apparell, ;^3 ; two
whyes and calves, £<, ; three cowes, £% ; five sheep, £\ 5s. ; household goods, £'^ ; debts owing to deceased,
£l2 17s. 2d. ; total, ;^72 2s. 2d. Debts owing by ye deceased to Leonard Wilson, £1 ; to William Fairless, 14s. ;
her funerall charges and mortuary, £'i los. od. ; total, £7 4s. od. Legacies left : to her son, Leonard, one sheep ; to
John, her son, one sheep.
1722. Nicholas Shield of Allendale Town voted for freehold at Beasmill.
1725, igth April. WiU of Leonard Shield of the Huntrods. To son William ;^30, when 21 ; to son Joseph
;^3o, when 21. My daughter Sarah, my son John, my wife Elizabeth executor. Proved 20th February, 1726/7, by
Elizabeth Shield alias Watson, the widow, and sole executor.^
1731. Inq. post mortem, Leonard Shield of Over Huntrodds. John Shield of the same was found to be son
and heir.' 1732, 6th April. William Shield of High Staward, carpenter, on 4th October, 1710, surrendered Middle SteaU,
in East Allendale, and closes called Girsgarth, Cleugh, etc., to the uses of his will ; and by will dated 13th June, 173O)
he gave same to his nepos John Shield, son of his brother John Shield, who is now admitted.'
1 741. John Shield of Huntrodds, yeoman, and Jane his wife, surrender a moiety of Swinhope Shield to use of
said John and Jane tor life, remainder to Cuthbert Shield, their eldest son.'
1745, 29th August. Francis Shield of Riding hill, yeoman, eldest son and heir of Hugh Shield of Burnfoot,
surrendered Middle Steal, Girsgarth, etc., to use of John Shield of the Steel, yeoman, nephew of William Steel, late
of High Staward, yeoman, deceased, according to his will.'
' Hexham Manor Rolls. " Raine, Test. Ebor,
' Exchequer Depositions by Commission, i8 Charles II. Easter Term, No. 11. * Allendale Register.

CATTON AND BROADSIDE GRIEVESHIP. 93
1746/7, 23rd February. Will of Hugh Shield of Allendale Town, yeoman. My outer fields of the yearly rent
of nine pence and two bodwells. My wife Sarah sole executor ; my brother-in-law, Joseph Roddam ot WooUey ;
Margaret Hopper of Sunderland, widow ; and Jane Loraine, her sister. Proved 2nd July, 1750.'
i77Si 3rd July. Will of John Shield of Nether Wooey, or Wooley, gentleman. Lands under the regality of
Hexham, at Wooly, the Steel, Allendale Town. The Steel, in East Allen, to my brother Hugh Shield for life, then
to kinsmen John Beck of Carlisle, and Jacob Redshaw of Wolsingham, paying ;^ioo to my kinsman Edward Jackson.
Lands at Wooley and Allendale Town to my nieces Osith and Jane Blackett of Durham, spinsters. My sister
Elizabeth Blackett, widow, ;^30 per annum for life. My niece Isabel Draper, widow, £S per annum ; niece Sarah
Stephenson, ;^ioo ; nieces Mary Farmer and Jane Trivett, each j^roo ; residue to nieces Osith and Jane Blackett :
they executors. Proved loth December, 1776.'
I775i ^ist September. Nicholas Shield of Broadwood-haU, yeoman, deceased, did, on i8th April, 1749, surrender
messuages at Broadwood-hall, ground called the Snabb, and the fulling mill called Beer mill, to use ot John Ridley,
formerly of Westside, and late of Wager-house, in East Allendale, to secure ;^loo.'
1780, 2ist December. At a court, Sth December, 1768, John Shield, late of the Steel and then of Wooley,
gentleman, nephew ot William Shield late of High Staward, yeoman, deceased, surrendered Middle Steel and three
closes, Girsgarth, and the' Cleugh, and the Loaning, to uses of his will. He is dead ; and by will dated 3rd July, I775t
and proved at York, he gave the Steel to his brother Hugh for life, and he is admitted.^
1789, aist September. Will cf Hugh Shield of Middle Steel, near AUendale Town, organ builder. I give
Middle Steel to my daughter Mary Carey, apart from Charles Carey her husband. Proved 5th March, 1790, by
Hannah Watson, widow, the sole executrix.'
' Raine, Test, Ebor. ' Hexham Manor Rolls,

CATTON AND BROADSIDE GRIEVESHIP.
That part of the Catton and Broadside grieveship which lies on the
left bank or west side of the East Allen had for a short time a separate
existence under the designation of Broadside. The conjoined districts, with
an area of 2,285 acres, have a sweep gradually up from the river to the
eastern fell, where, at an elevation of 1,700 feet above sea-level, is Catton
beacon.-^ At the foot of the fell is a long straggling street of stone-built
houses, which form the village, of Catton ; it has two nonconformist chapels
and a public elementary school, but shows no evidence of antiquity. 'Catte-
den' was one of the three divisions which contributed to the subsidy of 1295,
the other two being Ninebanks and 'Alwentona'; its quota of 7s. 7|d. was
raised from seven tenants. The priory of Hexham acquired a parcel of land
in 'Cattenden' before 1279, o^ which a barn was subsequently built.^ The
town was raided on the 24th October, 1589, thirty kine and oxen, four horses
and mares, and seventeen persons being carried off, by a band led by
' Upon the moor is a hillock of stones whereon about fourteen years ago stood an upright piece of
timber or pole called Catton beacon, to which was affixed a vessel with fire in it to alarm the country on
any public danger. The alarm was communicated from .it to another beacon on Whitfield fell, visible
both from it and from the mount of Stony Law. Wallis, Northumberland, vol. ii. p. 34.
" Vol. iii. pp. 139, 150.

94 ALLENDALE PARISH.
William Elliot the elder, alias Will of the Steile (? Steel) ; the prisoners
were ransomed at sums ranging from 13s. 4d. to £s each ; the horses at
40S. to £s each; a 'slewe dog' for ;^io {sic) and a sword and a spear
for 20s,^ The Catton grieveship, with the King's mill and the Black bank mill,
was held in 1663 by Robert Coatsworth, George Pearson, William Pearson,
Nicholas Fairlamb, Thomas Wilson, and twenty-three other tenants, who
were rated at ;^I45 per annum. Until 1800 the town fields of Catton lay
open and unenclosed ; they contained 140 acres, and were divided into
thirty-five allotments, among twelve proprietors. Catton Lee was held in
1547 by Cuthbert Hawdon, who in 1586 surrendered Catton water corn mill
and a meadow to his son, Cuthbert, and his son-in-law, John Farbridge, and
Whitehill and Catton Lee, to his son, Richard Hawdon. The latter died
before 1598, when his brother and heir, Cuthbert Hawdon, fined to enter upon
Catton Lee. He was in possession in 1608, but in 1637 the name of Hugh
Wilson appears as owner upon the Call Rolls. At the end of the seventeenth
century it belonged to the Bacons of Staward, and in 1764 was purchased
as an endowment for the parish of St. John Lee,
The most interesting place in the division is Old Town, which is situated
partly on an eminence, partly on a slope, ' the house next the moor is called
Stony Law, from a little craggy mount composed of earth and large masses
of coarse ragstone, streaked with red and white.' ^ Concerning the reputed
Roman origin of Old Town there has been much controversy.
It has been identified with the Alio of the Notitia, and was credited by
Warburton with the possession of a camp, whose portway was seven yards
broad, and with traces of Roman roads in the vicinity,^ The other opinion
is, that the existing mound and ditch are not older than the Middle Ages,*
when a camp was thrown up as a defence against incursions, to which the
district was so much exposed; such as that of 151 5, when the Ewalds of
Thorlieshope, in raiding Allendale, burnt the Old Town and carried off much
cattle and plunder,^
' Border Papers, Bain, i. p. 347. ' Wallis, Northumberland, vol. ii. p. 34.
' Cf. Warburton to Gale, 21st November, 1717. Stukeley's Diaries, Lukis, p. 79. Surtees Soe. Publ.
vol. 80, p. 79.
* In connection with this disputed subject, it may be noted that in the fragment that remains of Staward-
le-Pele, situated about two miles from Old Town, are a number of stones of Roman workmanship,
including an altar. '*. Wallis, Northumberland, vol. ii. p. 48.

CATTON AND BROADSIDE GRIEVESHIP. 95
The Bridge Eale,^ Pyetroon, and Ouseley, were old possessions of a
family of Shield,^ originally of the same stock as the family of that name at
Huntrods, in the Forest grieveship.
In 1605 Leonard Shield of Huntrods surrendered lands at Usley and a tenement at Catton to his son,
Hugh Shield.'
In 1626 Leonard Shield answers for Bridge Eal and Pyetroon.''
In 1668 the Bridge Eale belonged to Leonard Shield, who, in 1683, surrendered lands in Catton Field
to the use of Leonard Wilson of Cooperhaugh.'
1667, 4th May. Will of Nicholas Shield of Pyatt Rune ; to be buried in the queere at Allenton church ;
to brother Leonard a great arke at Pyat Rune, and to each of his five children 20s., to his three sons ^20 ;
to poor of Allenton and Catton grieveship ^20 ; to Nicholas Shield of Catton 20s. ; my brother Cuthbert's
four children ; residue to brothers Hugh and Cuthbert, they executors. Proved June, l658, by Hugh and
Cuthbert Shield, his sons brothers-in-law {sic)."
1695, May 23rd. John Shield of Bridge Eele, and Grace Armstrong of the Hawksteel, married.'
1699, November 26th. Leonard Shield of Brigg Eeles buried in the chancel.'
1698/9, 4th January. WiU of Leonard Shield of the Bridge Eale, to be buried in the church or church
yard of Allendale. I give my holy bible to Leonard Shield of ye Pyatrune, and all the rest of my goods to
Ann, my wife, she executrix. Proved 4th April, 1700. 1699, i6th December, Inventory : His horse,
purse, and apparell, .£12; five kine, ^8; his corne and hay, ;/^3; his household goods, ^5; one large
bible, £1. Rents owing to the deceased, Leonard Shield, sen., of Huntrods, £4 los. ; William Viccars,
jun., of ye parsonage of Whitfield, for a parcel of land called Pryfield, 19s. 6d. ; debt owing by WUliam
Cultherd of Over Bishopsid'e, 7s. 9d. ; total, ^34 17s. 3d. Funeral expenses, £7 is. 2d.''
1707, December 9th. Ann Shield of Bridge Eeles, aged 105, buried in the church.'"
John Shield of the Piatrone in the parish of Allendale, gentleman, possessed of copyhold estate of the
value of near £^0 a year, and of great personal estate, but of a 'base, sordid, and narrow temper,' was
charged by his only son and heir, Leonard Shield, at the Hexham Quarter Sessions, 
1 7 19, with suffering him to go ' naked and uncovered for want of cloaths, even worse than any beggar child
in ye neighbourhood,' and was by the court peremptorily ordered to pay 2s. 6d. a week for the son's
maintenance." Coldcotes is probably the Oldcotes of 1547, at which period it was in
the tenure of William Jolliforth, at a rent of 6s. lod. This surname may
be a form of Coatsworth, for in 1626 John Coatsworth was tenant of Cold
cotes, and persons of that name occur as owners in 1652 and 1702.^^
Bishopfield, held in 1547 and in 1608 by the Bees of Ninebanks, sub
sequently came into the hands of the Pearsons, whose pedigree has been
printed under Hexham Spital, The other farms of Dryside (belonging to
the trustees of Brides hill school) Juniper, Kilnburn, Leeshall, Mount
Pleasant, Round Meadows, and Stone Stile, are either modern places or
unimportant. ' Bridge Eale and Pietroon now belong to Mr. C. W. Harrison, and Ouseley to his brother Mr. J. H.
Harrison. ' The well-known John Shield of Broomhaugh was, and his nephew, Mr. Hugh Shield, Q.C., sometime
M.P. for Cambridge, is, probably descended from this family.
' Hexham Manor Rolls. ^ Ibid. ^ Ibid, "KaxnefTest.Ebor. '' Allendale Register, ^ Ibid,
° Rume, T^st. Ebor, .. ^° Allendale Register. " Sessions Records. " Hexham Manor Rolls,

96 ALLENDALE PARISH.

KEENLEY GRIEVESHIP.
The Keenley grieveship occupies the tract between the East and West
Allen from their confluence southward to the Crockton burn; its present
area is 1,835 acres. Though associated with the East Allen grieveship by
the surveys of 1547 and 1608, it was sometimes connected with West
Allendale, and in 1679 one jury sat for both divisions. As ' Kenley ' grieve
ship it was, in 1663, rated at ;^I36.
In 1552 it was ordered that the watch at the water-meetings^ was to
be kept with four men of the grieveship of Keenley. Matthew Whitfield
and Thomas Wilson were appointed to be setters and searchers,^ Situated
on the fork above where the two rivers meet, is Hindly Wrae, long the
possession of a family of Wilson, which also owned Hindly hill, Holly bush,
Hayleazes, Keenley peth, and Oak pool. To the south-west of Hindly Wrae
is Burnlaw which, in 1608, belonged to Thomas Spark, whose initials, with
the date 1662, are on a door-head of the present house.' The following is
the will of a descendant :
In the name of God, Amen, the 22nd day of July, 1704, according to ye computation of ye church of
England, I, Barbary SparJce of Burnlaw, in the parish of Alindale, and county of Northumberland, spinster,
being of perfect memory and remembrance, praised be God, doe make and ordaine this my last will and
testament, in manner and forme following, vizt. : First, I bequeath my soul into the hands of Almighty God,
my maker, hopeing that through the meritorious death and passion of Jesus Christ, my onelie Saviour and
Redeemer, to receive free pardon and forgiveness of all my sins ; and as for my body, to be buried in
Christian buriall at ye discretion of my executor hereafter mentioned. Imprimis, I give unto my brother
Matthew Spark, one shilling. Item, I give unto my brother Hugh Shield, one shilling. Item, I give unto
my brother Edward Coen, one shiUing. Item, I give unto Hannah Coen, wife to Edward Coen, one
shiUing. Item, I give unto Francis Shield, one shilling. Item, I give unto Joshua Shield, one shilling.
Item, I give unto Rebecca Shield, one manty and one petty-coat, Item, I give unto Mary Shield, one
manty and one petty-coat. Item, I give unto Edward Coen's four children, four pounds equally to be
divided amongst them. I leave five pounds to ye meeting of Alindaile, for ye use of it, to release poor
Friends. Item, I give one pound to the building of ye free school at the Rideing hill in Alindale. Item,
aU the rest of my personall estate, moveable and unmoveable, I give unto my brother Jonathan Sparke,
upon condition that he shall pay all my debts and legacyes, and make him sole executor of this my last
will and testament, etc.''
An account of Allendale would be incomplete without a notice of one
of its most eminent sons. Dr. Thomas Sparke, of the Order of St. Benedict
' On the western side of the united streams, but in the parish of Whitfield, is the site of the once
important smelt mUls of the London Lead Company. The miUs have been so long disused that nothing
remains but some traces of scorice, The name of the cupola mills (so styled from the form of the rever-
beratory furnace) is perpetuated in the Cupola bridge, which here crosses the river, the Cupola banks, etc.
Cf. Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol. iii. p. i lo. Westgarth Forster, Treatise on Section of the Strata, etc.
' Nicolson, Border Laws, p. 167. ' Proc, Soe. Antiq. Newe. vol. vii. p. 270. * Raine, Test. Ebor,

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and suffragan bishop of Berwick. He took his degree of B.D. at Oxford in
1529, and in the year following was appointed prior of Holy Island. After
the dissolution of the house of Holy Island, he was in 1537 consecrated
bishop, and subsequently became a prebendary of Durham, master of
Greatham, and rector of Wolsingham, He died in 1571, and was buried in
front of the holy table in the chapel of Greatham hospital. By will, he left
trinkets and objects of greater value to his colleagues and friends, and sums
of money to the poor of the parishes with which he had in his lifetime been
connected ; amongst the legacies was one 'to the poor in Allendale parish,'^
In the great bank, covered with wood, opposite to Whitfield hall,
nestles a small homestead which bears the peculiar name of Monk, without
doubt the 'Menke,' which was held in 1547 by John Falaker, at the rent of
I2S. 6d, In 1552 the watch at Monkford was ordered to be kept nightly by
two men, John Ferroler being one of the setters and searchers.^ It sub
sequently became part of the estate of the Bees, and in 1669 was held in
moieties by John Eden and William Swinburn ; from them it passed (it is said
as a christening gift) to one of the Whitfields of Whitfield. In 1685 Ulrich
Whitfield requested his eldest son, Matthew, to surrender to the use of his
(testator's) younger son, William, for his filial and child's portion, Hawkup
Lee, eight days' work of meadow in Liggfield, and the Monk bank on
West Allen, or in lieu thereof to pay him ;^8oo. In satisfaction of this
provision the brothers, in 1699, agreed that William Whitfield should accept
of his meat, drink, lodging, and washing, at Whitfield hall, and table there,
that he should have a boy to serve him, grass in summer and hay in winter
for three horses, and should have, in addition, a certain annuity. Matthew
Whitfield sold the Monk wood in 1747 to Mrs. Mary Fairless, who, with the
consent of her third husband, Thomas Armstrong, resold it in 1755 to
WilUam Ord of Whitfield.' It is now the property of Mr. A. J. Blackett-Ord.*
' C/. Raine, North Durham, pp. 127 n, 128 n, 130 n; Welford, Men of Mark; also, see notices of
Sparke's life in Lansdowne MSS. British Museum, 981, 57, f. 97, and 983, 112, f. 283.
* Nicolson, Border Laws, p. 167. ^ Mr. A. J. Blackett-Ord's Title Deeds.
* Amongst the other hamlets and farmholds are Burntongues, Chapel-house, Cleugh bank. Cooks-
house, Gill-house, Hollin green, Hunter gap, Hawksteel, Harlow bower, Winter Eale.

Vol. IV. 13

98 ALLENDALE PARISH.
THE PARK GRIEVESHIP.
Allenton park is mentioned as early as i486, apparently in the same
sense as the Forest ;^ but the Park grieveship seems to have been the remain
ing part of that of East Allen after the Forest grieveship had been cut off
from it. One jury was called in the Manor Court for both.^ It was rated
in 1663 to twenty-one proprietors at ^^136 13s. 4d. : the two principal pro
prietors being William Wallis, whose lands were rated at ^^13 13s. 4d., and
Thomas Shield, who was taxed upon ;^I2 13s. 4d. a year. The Shield family
have already been noticed under the New mill. At the Holmes' was an old
Quaker burial ground. The grieveship has an area of 2,552 acres, including
45 acres in detached portions,*

THE HIGH AND THE LOW FOREST GRIEVESHIPS,
The High and the Low Forest though now regarded as two, were, up to
1800, one grieveship. A reference to the map will show how very narrow
was the long strip, and the need or advantage for making transverse lines of
division. The High Forest contains 3,150 acres, of which half is in detached
pieces; the Low Forest has 1,597 acres, of which 65 acres are detached.
Their designation retains the memory of the forest of AUendale,^ which in
the fourteenth century was applied to the whole district." At the time of
the survey of 1608, the value of the holdings of the grieveships of East
Allendale and the Forest of East Allendale, approached that of Hexham
shire, and was ^154 12s. 3d. per annum.' The grieveships had their own
fulling, or walk mill ; but their corn mill, held by Cuthbert Hawdon, was
' naught worth, by reason the water is turned from yt by Hughe Sheele out
of the ould race.' In 1663 the Forest constabulary was rated at ;^i84.
' Vol. iii. p. 43. ^ Ibid. p. 27.
' To be sold two farms of land in AUendale, one of them called Hindlew-wree, with good and large
mansion house, and the other called the Holmes with good housing. Common right belonging to each
farm ; a good spring of oak, ash, alder, and birch wood. The Holmes is of the yearly value of ;£24, and
has twenty cattle-gates upon Rookhope fell in Weardale. John Bacon, esq., of Staward, and Mrs.
Elizabeth Richmond of Crossgate, near Durham, will treat with purchasers. Newcastle Courant, 12th
October, 1723, and 6th August, 1726.
* Amongst the farmholds are Crowberry hall, the Hagg, the Holly Close, Low Green, Nettle hill,
Peck Riding, Studdon, Steel, Wooley.
' The application of the word forest as in the forest of Cheviot, Rothbury forest, and Earsdon forest
was not a great wood, but had the same meaning as is expressed when a deer forest is spoken of,
" Vol. iii. pp. 37, 72, 73, 74. ' Ibid. pp. 95, 103.

THE HIGH AND THE LOW FOREST GRIEVESHIPS. 99
There are two chapels within the division, that of Allenheads and that
of St. Peter's in the Forest; the latter being now the parish church of the
ecclesiastical district.
St. Peter's, which stands on the tongue of land formed by the junction
of the Swinhope burn and the East Allen, though not mentioned by Randal,
was built before 1724,^ in which year a burial is recorded to have taken place
in the graveyard attached to it. Up to the year 1765,^ it was known as the
Low chapel, to distinguish it from the chapel of Allenheads, at the head of
the dale. It is noticed as St. Peter's chapel in Armstrong's map in 1769,
and was rebuilt in 1826. It has one of the old bells from Allendale church.
Though the register begins in 1807, it was not until 18 18 that a district
comprising the Forest divisions was assigned to it. The benefice of St.
Peter's in the Forest is in the gift of the incumbent of Allendale.
That a chapel existed at Allenheads in the latter part of the seventeenth
century is proved by entries in the parish register of Allendale; such as 21st
April, 1670, John Hill and Jane Robinson married 'at ye Easter-heads
chappell.' Here Nathaniel Burnand, the silenced vicar of Brampton, in
Cumberland, found a refuge, and ' by the favour of Sir William Blackett, was
appointed minister of the chapel which has been built for the conveniency
of the miners, with a salary of ^30 per annum, the mines then prosperous
and rich.'' He was, says Calamy, a son of Nathaniel Burnand, the chief
minister in Durham in the time of the Civil Wars, and bred in Cambridge.
Ejected from the vicarage of Brampton* by the Act of Uniformity he
retired
to the desart places in Austin more, and there took a farm and manag'd it carefully in order to a sub
sistence for his family. At length, Providence favouring Sir William Blacket in his lead mines he fix'd
him there to preach to his miners, with an allowance of ^30 per annum. He had great success among
those ignorant creatures and did much good. But when the mines fail'd, poor Mr. Burnand was again
at a loss ; came up to London, and spent some time with a congregation at Harwich. But age coming
upon him, he at length came to London again, and subsisted upon the charity of well disposed Christians
till death gave him his quietus.^
' 23rd November, 1724, Jane, daughter of Mr. Edmund Baxter of Colecleugh, was buried in theLow
chapel yard. Allendale Register.
' The last entry of a burial at the ' Low chapel ' is on the 15th February, 1765, the first at St. Peter's
chapel on the 25th March in the same year. Ibid.
' Wallis, Northumberland, vol. ii. p. 36.
¦¦ At Allenheads, Burnand would be beyond the limits of The Five Mile Act, ' perhaps the meanest and
most spiteful of all the persecuting edicts that ever received the sanction of an English sovereign.' Cf.
T. Hodgkin, George Fox, 1896, p. 172.
' Calamy, Account, vol. ii. p. 158 ; but Benjamin Burnand of Broadwood-hall was buried in the church
2ist May, 1709. Allendale Register,

lOO ALLENDALE PARISH.
The chapel was rebuilt in 1701 by the stewards and workmen of the
lead mines, Sir William Blackett giving the timber and providing a house
for the minister, whose accustomed duty at that time was to read prayers
at Allenheads every morning at six o'clock, before the miners began their
day's work, to preach on the first Sunday of the month in a chapel at Cald
cleugh, also built by the miners in 1704, to preach on the other Sundays and
to administer the sacraments at Allenheads. His stipend was provided from
' half a day's wage of every workman every month, which, in the time of
peace, when those lead mines did flourish, amounted to between ;^70 and
;^8o a year.-" The chapel was again rebuilt in 1826,^ a few yards to the west
of its former site. The present building preserves an old and massive door
way, with heavy mouldings and the Blackett arms, with the date 1701 over it.
It is a donative in the gift of the lord of the manor. It has a silver paten
made in Newcastle about 1705, and a silver cup presented in 171 9; each
bears the following inscription: 'D.D.G.L. In usum capellse de Allenheads
in comitatse {sic) Northumbrias et dioecese Eboraci 17 19.''
Curates of Allenheads and of St. Peter's in the Forest.
1664-1674. John Hedrington, 'reader,' buried 12th April, 1674.''
 Nathaniel Burnand, previously vicar of Alston.
Circa 171 1. George Ornsby, M.A., St. Mary Magdalen coUege, Cambridge, 'curate to the miners
at Allenheads, was buried in the quire ' of AUendale, 22nd February, 171 1/2.''
1712  Rickerby, clerk, minister of Allenheads chapel, and  Johnson of Allenheads, widow,
were married at Hexham, 27th AprU, 1714."
1722. Francis Grindle of AUenheads, clerk, voted in 1722 for Kirkhaugh rectory.'
 Hugh Stokoe was in 1780 presented to Allendale.
1783-1806. Joseph Carr, B.D., held AUenheads with AUendale.
1827. WiUiam Walton was curate of St. Peter's, and chaplain at AUenheads."
185 1. Constantine O'Donel, B.A., Trinity coUege, Dublin, sometime minister of Kirkheaton.
1879. James Maxfield Lister, M.A., Durham, afterwards curate of Bingfield, during whose incumbency
the parsonage house was built."
1887. William Williams, B.A., previously curate of Carleton, near Selby.
Monumental Inscriptions at St. Peter's.
The burial place of John Crawhall of Peas meadows, who died July 29th, 1771, aged 71 years. Hannah,
his wife, died August i8th, 1762, aged 54 years. George, their son, died July 17th, 1794, aged 52 years.
' Ritschell, Tynedale Charities, p. 17. "^Parsons and White, Durham and Northumberland.
^ Proc. of Newcastle Soe. of Antiq. vol. iv. p. 282. ' Allendale Register. = Ibid.
' Hexham Register. ' Poll Book. " Parsons and White, Durham and Northumberland.
" The benefice was in 1879 endowed out of the Common Fund by the Ecclesiastical commissioners
with ^163 per annum, and a grant of ^^1,500 for a parsonage. London Gazette, 14th November, 1879.

THE HIGH AND THE LOW FOREST GRIEVESHIPS. lOI
Thomas, their son, agent at Allenheads, died August 8th, 1812, aged 64 years. Ann, wife of Thomas
Crawhall, died September i8th, 1822, aged 72 years. Ann, daughter of Thomas and Ann Crawhall, died
November 9th, 1847, aged 65 years.
In memory of John Crawhall of Craig house, who died September 14th, 1832, aged 58 years. Also of
Dorothy, his wife, who died January 30th, 1806, aged 32 years. Also of Albany, their son, who died
February 26th, 1831, aged 33 years. Also of Thomas, their son, who died April 19th, 1831, aged 30 years.
Also of Ann, their daughter, who died August 19th, 1832, aged 33 years. Also of Joseph Crawhall, who
died at Craig house, December 27th, 1843, aged 23 years.
In memory of Thomas Crawhall of Benwell tower, who died September i6th, 1833, aged 54 years.
George Crawhall, third son of Thomas Crawhall of Allenheads, died 6th July, 1852, at White house.
Stanhope, in the county of Durham, in the 72nd year of his age. Joseph Crawhall, sixth son of Thomas
Crawhall, died 27th April, 1853, at Stagshaw Close house, in this county, in the 60th year of his age. This
tablet is erected to the memory of his brothers by Isaac Crawhall of Nun Munckton hall, Yorkshire.
Sacred to the memory of William Crawhall of Stagshaw Close house, in this county, fourth son of
Thomas and Ann Crawhall, who died March 29th, 1849, aged 65 years. He was for thirty-three years
chief lead mining agent at Allenheads. Also of Ann Crawhall, sister of the above, who died at Stagshaw
Close house, November 3rd, 1847, aged 65 years.
Allenheads, the chief place in the grieveship, though 1,400 feet above
sea-level, lies deep in a hollow. Since Hutchinson described its surroundings
as 'barren and mountainous, inhabited only by miners and shepherds; the
scene on every hand is dark and deplorable, the mines only inducing
inhabitants to this desolate spot,' ^ a great change has taken place in the
hamlet, which now contains, besides the now disused buildings for washing
and dressing the lead ore, substantially built offices, cottages, and schools.
Extensive plantations of spruce have been made, both on the hill sides
and in the valley. On the site of the Craig house, as the chief agent's
residence was called, a shooting box was built by Mr. Beaumont in 1845.
Near the village are the entrances to the lead mines ^ which have been
mentoined in the previous volume.' During the years from 1845 to 1865
they produced from 8,000 to 10,000 tons per annum, and the value of their
daily output of lead and silver approximated to ;^500.* The produce of
the Allenheads mines, until 1826, used to be carried over the hills by
pack-horses or 'carrier galloways' to the smelt mills on the Devil's Water
at Dukesfield, in the parish of Slaley.
These pack-horses were kept by farmers in the neighbourhood, often to the number of twenty or thirty.
Mules were also sometimes used. The animals were provided with a sort of angular wooden saddle which
' Hutchinson, Northumberland, vol. i. p. 113.
^ 'Among the lead mines at Allenheads is a medical spring, used with success for scorbutic fasculencies
and the gravel. It is of an atramentous taste, owing to an alkaline cretaceous earth.' Wallis, Northumber
land, vol. i. p. 17.
' Vol. iii. pp. 9, 13, 97. '' Richardson, Memoir of Thomas Sopwith, p. 303.

102 ALLENDALE PARISH.
had raised pieces of wood affixed back and front, with holes in them through which chains were passed, in
order to secure the timber when it was being conveyed to the mines. They also wore leather muzzles to
prevent them from stopping to crop the herbage by the wayside. The driver of the string of galloways
frequently bestrode a donkey kept for that purpose. The same galloway always led the way, and was
called the 'raker.''
It was the custom for the miners to contract or bargain to raise ore at so
much per ton; they were paid 'lent' or subsistence money every month;
seventy years ago it was only a pound a month, though ultimately it was raised
to three. The balances due to the miners were calculated up to the end of
each half-year and paid at the end of the next, at what were called the 'pays.'^
The trade is now ruined,' and the busy prosperity of the place has vanished.
The early gun-firing experiments of the world-famous Armstrong guns
were conducted in this district. On the 25th July, 1856, Thomas Sopwith
writes in his diary : *
I returned to Allenheads, and found the gun experiments in full activity, under the immediate and most
energetic direction of William George Armstrong. Five out of seven of the shells passed through the
target at a thousand yards, and three successive balls passed through very nearly in a vertical line, and
not many yards apart. The arrangements by which the shell is exploded are entirely new contrivances of
Mr. Armstrong's, and appear to me to be most ingenious and effective. Of the latter result we had
abundant demonstration.'
A little to the east of Allenheads, at Shorngate, is the traditional route''
of the precipitous retreat of the Scots from Stanhope park in 1327.'
Before the excellent road' which traverses the whole length of the dale
was constructed, the inhabitants were obliged to depend for fuel upon the
products of the district. The moors supplied peats and the mountain sides
an inferior kind of coal called crow coal,
'Cat fires' were at one time very prevalent in the neighbourhood of Allenheads and Coalcleugh.
'Cats' consisted of clay previously trodden into the proper consistency and then mixed with crow coal and
shaped into balls by the hands, about the size of a large orange. The fires were lighted in the evening by
means of peats placed at the bottom of the grate, the 'cats' being piled up above, and on the following
morning the- whole mass was in a glow and emitted considerable heat."
' Dickinson, Allendale and Whitfield, p. 34.
^ Ibid. p. 36. Cf. Mackenzie, Northumberland, vol. i. pp. 206-7.
' See vol. iii. p. 13. ' Richardson, Memoir of Thomas Sopwith, p. 297. " Ibid. p. 244.
" Wallis, Northumberland, vol. ii. p. 36.
' The retreat is said to have been conducted by the address of the Lord Douglas who, in a dark night,
led the Scottish army over a morass two miles broad, formerly impassable, by the help of flakes made of
branches cut from the wood in the neighbourhood of their last encampment, and which casting before
them into the broken parts of the bog as they advanced through it, they led their horses over these parts.
Ridpath, Border History, p. 284.
' An Act for constructing a turnpike from Alston through Catton, Allendale Town, and Allenheads to
Cowshill in Weardale. 7 Geo. IV. • Dickinson, Allendale and Whitfield, p. 7.

THE HIGH AND THE LOW FOREST GRIEVESHIPS. IO3
The Hayrake, in 1547, was held by Thomas Williamson ; and as his
descendants long continued to hold that estate, and were well known in the
district, their history has been thrown into the following notes :
1601, 4th May. Administration to Thomas Williamson of Tedholme, granted to Margaret, his widow,
to her own use, and that of Thomas, Isabel, and Elizabeth, his children.'
1608. Thomas WiUiamson owned the Hayrake, Blackcleugh, Whiterig, Scotshall, and Tedham."
1662. Thomas Williamson, junior, being called to a court in Allendale and standing up to answer
with his hat on, the constable was called to have him in the stocks, and William Fenwick of Wallington,
called justice, bade fine him five marks, and afterwards caused his mittimus to be written and sent him to
Morpeth gaol, where he lay three months for not finding surety for his good behaviour, though he had not
broken laws nor done violence to any man."
1663. Thomas Williamson was rated at £4 for lands in West Allen.''
1676. Grace Gest, an honest servant to Thomas Williamson of Hayrake, was buried at the Hay
rake in his burying place, ye 3rd day of 2nd month, 1676. She came to dwell with the said Thomas in
1674, at Whitsontide, after the stormy winter,'
1686. Alexander Williamson of the Hayrake, in Allendale, husbandman, was had to prison at Mid
summer Sessions in the year 1686 by a writ of excommunicate capiendo, for non-payment of tithe, though
they took their pleasure of his goods. And after he was in prison one Mathew Dod took his hat from
him, and Robert Tod took his shoes from him for 'garnish' as they call it, and the same would needs have
taken his coat also of him, but some of the rest of the prisoners rose up against them to restrain them ;
and they kept his hat several days, but one of the prisoners pitied him and sent him an old hat to put on;
else he must have gone bare head. And they kept his shoes near twenty-four hours, and he was made to
go in his stocking feet most part of the time. And having no friends nor acquaintance thereabouts, nor
none to look to him, he had neither bedding nor clothes but the bare board to lie on, nor had no liberty
. to get anything, either meat or drink, but once a day he and others were driven to the water side to fill a
runlet with water, but some of the rest of the prisoners pitied him vihen he was likely to starve and gave
him some victuals. All this was allowed by the gaoler because he would not go to his bed which divers
pays ten shillings each week or more for.''
There was a stone in a field at the Hayrake, which bore the following inscription : ' Here lyeth the
body of Thomas WUliamston, who suffered 10 years' imprisonment on truth's account and the non-payment
of tythe, and departed this life i8th day of June, anno domini, 1690."
1699, 31st May. Will of Alexander Williamson of Hayrake. To my four daughters, Ruth, Mary,
Sarah, and Hannah, the sum of ^20, to be paid out of my real estate by my son Thomas Williamson when
he comes to the age of 21 years. To my dear wife, Ann Williamson, and my said four daughters, all my
personal estate, except such heirlooms as did anciently belong to the house. Wife to have tuition of
children ; failing her, I give their tuition to my trusty friends, John Hutchinson of Greendicke, and
Hugh Watson of Studdon. Wife executrix. The will was proved by the widow, 7th December, 1699,
who exhibited- the following inventory of testator's effects : His horse and apparel, £^ ; fifteen kine and
a bull, ^24 ; five heffers, £6 ; thirty-one wethers, /8 ; forty-four hogs and young sheep, £8 ; one old
lame mair, los.; a swine or grice, 5s.; household goods and utensUs for husbandry necessaryes, ^5;
' Raine, Test. Ebor. " Vol. iii. p. 96.
^ Records of Soe. of Friends. Dickinson, Allendale and Whitfield, pp. 75, 79, 80.
¦¦ Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol. i. p. 311.
^Records of Soe. of Friends. Dickinson, Allendale and Whitfield, pp. 75, 79, 80.
" Ibid. ' Proc. Soe. Antiq. Newe. vol. v. pp. 148, 149.

104 ALLENDALE PARISH.
total, ^56 15s. od. His funeral expenses, £^. Debts owing by the deceased to Cuthbert Hutchinson,
£i ; to Michael Nevin, £2 los. ; servants' wages, ;^5 5s. 6d. ; oweing Thomas Hodshon, 5s. ; to Peter
Ritson and Hugh Hutchinson and others, 3s.'
1724, 29th April. Probate of the will of Joseph Williamson of Hayrake granted to Margaret Mowbray,
widow, and to John Heron, the executors.''
At the beginning of the present century Hayrake was owned by John
Liddell, whose daughter, Rebecca Forster, held the property in 1827, and it
is still owned by her descendants, Mrs. Mary Ann Walton and Mrs. Rebecca ,
Jane Turner.'
As amongst the statesmen of Cumberland, so amongst the similar small
freehold and copyhold proprietors scattered through Allendale, the Society
of Friends has from its commencement to the present day had a large number
of adherents. The rise of that religious body in Allendale dates from 1653, when
George Fox visited Hexham. In his diary for that year he speaks of
'glorious meetings' held by him in Northumberland, and proceeds :
Then we passed on to Hexham, where we had a great meeting at the top of a hill. The priest threat
ened that he would come and oppose us, but he came not ; so that all was quiet, and the everlasting day,
and the renowned truth of the everliving God, was sounded over those dark countries, and his Son exalted
over all. . . . We passed away from Hexham peaceably, and came into Gilsland, a country noted for
thieving. The family of Watson* has been selected as a typical example of an
Allendale statesman family, partly because the carefully kept records of the
Society of Friends afford the necessary information about it, and partly for
the opportunity it offers of giving in the evidences appended many curious
details connected with that Society, which, moreover, do much to illustrate
the social life of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
' Raine, Test. Ebor. ' Ibid.
' Amongst the other homesteads in the High and Low Forest are Acton, Broadgates, Coating hill,
Crowberry, Doves pool, Elpha green, Fawside, Garrets hill. Green pits, Huntrods, HuntweU, Hammer
Shield, Know-lawe, Knock Shield, New-fold, Peas-meadows, Pry, Rise green, Ropehaugh, Sipton Shield,
Scotch meadows, Stobbs green, Sinderhope, Snipehouse, Sparty lee, Swinhope Shield, Tedham, and
Whiteridge. '' It would not have been possible to give such a full account of the Watson family had not Mr. Thomas
Carrick Watson placed at the service of the committee, not only his extracts from the records of the
Society of Friends but his own family papers.

THE HIGH AND THE LOW FOREST GRIEVESHIPS.

105

WATSON OF HUNTWELL, RIDING, STUDDEN, TEDHAM, AND NEWCASTLE.
Hugh Watson of the Holmes ; === Jane ...... ; buried at the Holmes,

will dated 23rd May, 1674 ib).

20th Nov., 1675 ia).

IWiUiam = Jane Spark ; mar-
Watson, ried at Wooley,
20th April, 1660
ia).

Anthony Wat
son of Hunt-
well.

Elizabeth, daughter ot
Thomas Nevin ; mar
ried at the Steel, 2gth
Dec, 1663 ; buried at
the Holmes, 7th Aug ,
1679 ia).

Robert Cuthbert
Watson ; Watson ;
living living
1674. 1674.

Wa

vatson :
married RichardStokoe.

Hugh Watson, born
I2th Jan., 1670
(a) ; died 25th
Nov., 1692 (a) ;
buried at the
Holmes.

I
Joshua Watson ot
HuntweU, born loth
July, 1672 ; died
14th June, 1757 ;
buried at Burnfoot
ia).

Ann Rutter ; mar
ried l5tii Oct.,
1697 ia) ; died
14th Nov., 1726/7;
buried at Burn-
toot (a).

Joseph Watson,
born 1 2 th
Sept., 1678
ia) ; died
25th April,
1724 ia).

"Jane, born 17th July, 1663 (a).
Elizabeth, born ... Feb., 1665 ; ',
married Sth March, 1687,'
George Hopper (a).
Ann, born 1666; died 1675 (a).
Sarah, born gthNov., 1675 (a).

Hugh Watson of Raby ; •
bom 23rd Oct., 1702(a);
living 1761 ; 22nd June,
1767, administration of
Hugh Watson of Stain-
drop granted to Hannah,
the widow and sole exe
cutrix ib).

Hannah, dau
ghter of Mi
chael Coats,
and widow of
Jon. Dixon ;
died 25th
May, 1785;
buried at
Staindrop.

I I I
Joshua, born and
died 1704.
Joshua Watson of
Langleydale,bom loth April,
1708 ia). -l
Robert, bom 1 2th
Sept., 1710(a).

Joseph Watson of HuntweU, ¦
born 28th July, 1720;
died at the Riding, 14th
April, 1794 ; buried at
Wooley burn foot ; will •
proved Ist May, 1794, by
Joseph Watson, the son ib).

Esther, daughter ot
... Moor ; married
at Alston, 14th
Sept., 1745 ; died
at , the Riding,
15th June, 1789,
aged 71 (a).

Jacob Watson,
bom 20th
Feb., 1724
ia).

Sarah, dau. of
George and
Elizabeth Hopper ;
marriedher first

I I I I
Elizabeth, born gth Nov.,
1698 (a) ; married 29th
April, 1720, Philip Har-
rop of Fore Shield (a).
Mary, born 23rd Feb.,
1700 (a) ; married 1 6th
April, 1725, Appleby
Bowman (a).
Sarah, born 4th Aug., 1701
(a).
Ann, born 1 714 (a).

Hannah, born 26th March, 1706
(a) ; married, i.8th April, 1729,
Robert Watson.
Phoebe, born 20th July, 1712 ;
married, 28th March, 1734,
George Goundry of Smelthouse.
Ann, born 18th Feb., 1716 (a) ;
married Joseph Allison of
Cotherstone.
Deborah, born gth Nov., 1717 ;
married, 27th April, 1745, John
Applegarth of Staindrop (a).

Anthony =
Watson, of
Tedham, 1737.

Joshua Watson =
of the Riding,
born 12th Aug.,
1746 (a) ; af
terwards of
Wooley burn
foot; died nth
Nov., ¦ 1805,
aged 59 (a).

: Lydia, daugh
ter of ... Alsop
of Broadwood-
hall ; married
6th July, 1769;
died at Bridge-
end, 2nd April,
1810, aged 64.

Jacob Wat
son, born
lOthNov.,1748 (a).

Hannah, Joseph = Rachel

daughter of

Watson
of the

Alsop ;
married

Riding,
born 2 1st

circa

Dec,

May, 1776.

1753-

dau. of
William
Wigham ofCpan-wood ;
married
¦3rd July,
1782 ; died
20th June,
1794-

I
Jacob Wat- -.
son of Hunt-
well, after
wards of
Tedham ;
died 28th
March, 1813, aged
gi ; buried
at Allen
dale (a).

Hannah, daughter of
David BeU of the
Close, Carlisle ;
notice of marriage,
July, 1765 ; died
at Tynemouth ;
buried at New
castle, 13th Sept.,
1808, aged 70 id).

William Watson of Stud- = Elizabeth, daughter of John Rich

den, born 25th
1788 (a) ; died
May, 1856.

Jan., 27th

ardson of Coanwood ; notice of
marriage, ... Oct., 1812 ; died
24th Dec, 1859.

Joseph Watson ot = Mary, daughter of
Studden-park, Joseph Walker of
born 26th Oct., ^ Smaithwaite.
1792 ia).

I

Robert Richardson Watson,
born 13th Feb., 181 3 (a) ;
now of Gosforth.

¦John, born 26th Jan., 1815 ; died 22nd Sept., 1866.
WiUiam, born 14th Sept., 1819(3) ; died 19th May, 1889.
Joseph, born ... , 1825 ; died ..., 1840.

(a) Register of Society of Friends at Allendale.

Q) Raine, Test. Ebor.

Vol. IV.

I I 11
Hannah.
Mary. Elizabeth.
Rachel.

14

io6

ALLENDALE PARISH.

I

Hannah, bom 6th Feb.,
1784 (a) ; died 24th
Aug., 1803 ; buried
at 'Wooley bum foot.
Rachel, born i6th Jan.,
1786 (a).

Rachel, born 5th July,
1790 (a) ; married
i6th Sept., 1812,
Thomas Pattinson
of Alston.

Esther, bom l6th Jan., = Joshua Watson of Newcastle, to which
1786 (a) ; married place he migrated from Allendale
27th Aug., 1806 ; in 1803 ; born i6th Aug., 1772 ;
died 8th June, died at Bensham, nth Feb., 1853 ;
1862. will proved at Durham, 30th May,
1855-

Jacob Watson of Ted
ham, twin with
Joseph ; bom 1st
Sept., 1769 (a) ;
died ... , 1849.

Mary, daughter of
 Johnson of
Kingswood ;
married 5th June,
1806 (a).

Joseph Watson, twin
with Jacob ; died
young.
Anthony, born i6th
Feb., 1781 ; died un
married, ... , 1839.

Hannah, born 27th Aug., 1766 ; died un
married, ... , 1850.
Ann, born 22nd July, 1773 ; married WiUiam
Grey, and died 21st Dec, 1827.
Jane, born 27th April, 1775 ; married John
Hewitson of Newcastle.
Elizabeth; married 22nd August, 1805, Thomas
Tessimond of Kendal.

Eliza- = Joseph
beth Watson

GiU of
Allen dale.

</

of Stud-
den,
born loth
Nov., 1808.

Bessie Jacob.
Robin- Jacob Johnson.
son. Jacob Johnson.
Thomas = Elizabeth
¦^ Dunn.

Ellen ; married John Clemitson.
Hannah ; married Charles F. Jackson of York.
Mary ; married William Wigham of Coanwood.
Ann ; married Jesse Clay.
Margaret ; married Robert Wigham of Hargill house
Coanwood.
Esther ; married John Joseph Roddam of Stanhope.
Elizabeth ; married John 'Walton of Clargill hall.

Joseph Watson of New
castle, bom 4th Sept.,
1807 ; died 14th Dec,
1874 ; will proved at
Durham, 25th Feb.,
1875-

Sarah, daughter of Ro
bert Spence of North
Shields ; married 12th
March, 1835 ; died
15th Aug., 1871.

William Wigham = Mary, daughter ot

Watson of New
castle, born 29th
May, 1809 ; died
30th June, 1847.

David Carrick of
Carlisle ; married
at Carlisle, 26th
May, 1835 ; died
14th Nov., 1891.

Joshua Watson of
Newcastle ; born
i8th May, 1811 ;
died unmarried
2ist July, 1888.

WiUiam Joshua
Watson, died
young.

Thomas Carrick Watson
of Newcastle, born 15th
April, 1840.

4/

Hannah, daughter
of Henry Brady
of Gateshead.

Edward Watson of = Alice, daughter of
Newcastle, born Edward Brady
26th Dec, 1 841. ^ of Barnsley.

Robert Spence Watson = EUzabeth, daugh-
of Newcastle, born ter of Edward
8th June, 1837 ; Richardson ;
LL.D., St. Andrews. married gth
 June, 1863.

Joseph Watson, = Lucy, daughter
born 28th Mar., 1 of WiUiam

1840 ; died
24th June,
1873.

Fenwick.

William Joshua = Frances,
Watson, born I daughter
iithOct.,1841; ^ of Duncan
died 7th Jan., McAUum.

Herbert Watson, born 31st
March, 1852 ; died unmar
ried, 25th March, 1873.
Charles John Watson, born
14th May, 1846 ; died an
infant.

I I I
Lucy ; married Alexander Corder
of Chelmsford.
Esther Mary ; married Henry
Clapham of Newcastle.
Sarah Jane, bom 14th Nov., 1842.

^ I I I I
Emily ; married Henry Richardson of Newcastle.
Helen ; married Joseph John Gurney of Putney.
Sarah Anna, born Ist July, 1849.
Gertrude ; married John 'Wigham Edmundson of
DubUn.

Arnold Spence Watson,
born 6th Dec, 1879.

abel ;

Mabel ; married Hugh
Richardson.
Ruth.

pi, I I
Evelyn.Mary Spence.
Bertha.

(a) Register of Society of Friends at Allendale.

THE HIGH AND THE LOW FOREST GRIEVESHIPS. IO7
Evidences to Watson Pedigree.
In 1538 Nicholas Watson of West Allendale was one of the men ' able with horse and harness,' who assembled
at the muster taken by Sir Reginald Carnaby."
In 1637 Hugh Watson held the Sparty Lee.^
1641. Hugh Watson held a moiety ot Coatenhill, Whiterig, and Sinderhope.''
1660. Thomas Spark, Thomas WiUiamson, Anthony Watson, Robert Watson [and nineteen others], all of
Allendale, were taken by William Errington, papist justice, and other papists, and by them carried to Hexham, and
put into a stinking dungeon, and by the gaoler, there kept several days, who would scarce suffer anything to come to
them ; but walled up the window, where several of them were kept several weeks ; and then carried to Morpeth
gaol, and there continued prisoners till the king's proclamation. They were taken at a meeting at New Shield, being
there met together to worship God, and committed to gaol tor no other cause.^
1663 and 1665. Thomas Watson held Sparty Lee ; Anthony Watson held a moiety of Coatenhill, and Hugh
Watson held HuntweU and lands in Whiterig.'
1674, 23rd May. Will of Hugh Watson, the elder, of the Holmes, yeoman. My sons' children and my
daughters' children, except my grandson, Hugh Watson of Hindley Wray, a ewe and a. lamb ; my wife, Jane ; my
son, Robert Watson, ;^io to put his son Benjamin Watson alias Thirlwall, apprentice ; my grandson, Michael
Stokoe ; residue to five children, Anthony, William, Robert, and Cuthbert Watson and Elizabeth Stokoe ; my
son-in-law, Richard Stokoe, and my son, Cuthbert Watson, executors. Proved by son, Cuthbert, 28th February,
1675/6.'' 1679. The tithe farmers took from Anthony Watson a calf which was his daughters, and they left but one, for
he had but two. All this was done without course of law. i685. They took from his barn at HuntweU six fleeces
of wool, worth 8s.'
1682. Robert Watson of Studden, yeoman, for himself and wife being at meetings, was fined 30s., tor which
was taken from him, the 25th of eighth month, 1682, two oxen worth £(>?
1682. Anthony Watson of HuntweU, yeoman, was fined 5s., for himself, being at a meeting at ye house of
Francis Shield of Burnfoot, ye 29th of seventh month, 1682, and fined 15s. for ye supposed poverty of another Friend,
for being at two meetings, ye one of which meetings, ye said Anthony Watson was not at. For which fines was taken
ye 26th of ye eighth month, 1682, a heifer worth £1 los.'
1682/3, 7th March. Administration of the goods of Cuthbert Watson ot the Heigh, granted to Margaret, his
widow.* 1683. Anthony Watson held HuntweU andlands in Middlehope Green.''
1685, 7th August. Tuition ot Elizabeth, daughter of Hugh Watson of the Holmes, granted to Elizabeth, wife
of Roger Stokoe.*
1694. Anthony Watson of HuntweU, Cuthbert Featherston of Taylor-bourn, John Walton ot Furnace house,
and Thomas Williamson of Hesleywell, 'were comit to prison ye Ist day of ye third month, 1694, and soe continues
prisoners upon an excomunicate capiend writt for ye nonpay"' of tythes ; prosecuted by Thomas Allgood and John
Carr of Hexham, and John Cook ot Newcastle, tyth farmers under William Blacket, baronet, of Newcastle. They
continued prisoners about a year and six months, till freed at the assizes, upon pleading the statute called the Act of
Grace after the death of Queen Mary.''
1703, 2gth of fifth month. Quarterly meeting. Anthony Watson and Archibald Gillespie were desired to
provide a room in Hexham, against the next quarterly meeting for public worship and for the women's meeting.'
1705, 5th April. Administration of Anthony Watson of Swinhope Shiel granted to Joseph Watson the son.*
Inventory of goods ot Anthony Watson of Swinhope Sheel, in the parish ot Allendale, 8th February, 1704/5.
His horse, purse, and apparrell apprized to ;^io ; the household goods, ;^io ; four kine and three heffers, ;^I4 ; a cow
and a heffer, £i ; four maires, ;^8 ; sixty and eight English sheep, ;^I5 ; thirty and four hoggs, £(i ; sixty and six
Scotch sheep, ;^I3 4s. ; the husbandry geer, £l los. ; the hay, £ii ; the apprizall amounts to ;^86 14s. ; owing to
deceased by Thomas Watson and others ;^i6 13s. 6d. ; total, ;^I03 7s. 6d. The funeral expenses, £7 5s.*
' Arch. Ael. 4to series, vol. i. p. 189. '' Hexham Manor Rolls.
' Records of Society of Friends at Allendale Meeting. * Raine, Test. Ebor,

I08 ALLENDALE PARISH.
1717. Eight sheep were taken from Joshua Watson of HuntweU, 'and they took forcibly out of his pocket in
money 5s. 6d.' '
1717. Joshua Watson of HuntweU, James Broadwood of Hindley hiU, and Charles Alsopp of Broadwood-hall,
were each fined 13s. 4d. for refusing to take the oath as jurymen at a head court, and some of their pewter was taken
to satisfy the demand.'
1718. Hugh Watson of Studden was made a trustee of the Friends' meeting house at Limestone Brae in West
Allendale, and also for the meeting house at Wooley burn foot.'
1718, 3rd April. Will of WiUiam Watson of Taylor-burne, parish of Allendale. My daughters, Ann Baxter,
Jane Whitfield, Elizabeth Taylor, and Sarah Tomson. My sister, Elizabeth Stoker. Residue to my son, Hugh
Watson, he executor. Proved 3rd October, 1718.*
1733. Abraham Watson was made one of the trastees for a yard in Alnwick for a burying place for Friends ;
and also for a meeting house, stable, and burial ground at Embleton.'
I757i 2gth June. Will of Hugh Watson of Taylor-burn, proved by Hannah, wife of Joseph Maughan, late
Watson, his daughter, and sole executor.*
1757. Lately died at his house at HuntweU Mr. Joshua Watson, one of the people called Quakers, who lived to
see children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren, to the number of ninety-seven, many of whom attended "his
funeral. And though he had arrived at a good old age, being that of 85 years, his death is greatly regretted, for he
was, and had long been, a very useful man in his neighbourhood, being well skilled both in classical learning and the
laws of his country, which, added to good natural parts, great probity, and a candid disposition, made him frequently
be chosen referee, and often umpire, on matters of difference and disputes among his neighbours. He was from his
youth a great lover and encourager of planting, the fruits of which accompanied him even to his grave, for his corpse
was buried in a coffin made out of a tree of his own raising.'
I75g, 2nd month. Abraham Watson, having married a woman of different religious society, was disowned
though 'he seems sorry for his offence.' In 1770 he applied to be reinstated.'
1761, 7th month. Hugh Watson of Raby subscribed a guinea to the new meeting house at Coanwood.'
1776, 5th month. Jacob Watson and Hannah Alsopp having been married by a priest were disowned ; she was
readmitted in 1782.'
1776, 6th month. Anthony Watson and Joseph Watson report that they waited on Thomas Clavering, and
obtained his consent to have a piece of land on which to build a meeting house at Winnishill.'
1815, 29th April. Will of Joshua Watson ot Blanchland. My brother, Joseph Watson ; to Ackworth school,
;^ioo ; to the intended school near Wigton, ^^loo ; residue to my nephews and nieces, viz., Cuthbert Crozier Watson,
Joseph Watson, Thomas Watson, Ann Watson, Barbara Watson, as long as they shall continue Quakers. Jacob
Watson near Old Town, William Watson of Shedden, and Thomas Wigham of Worrigill house, Haltwhistle, trustees
and executors. Proved at York 13th June, 1815.
1832. Jacob Watson of Allendale Town voted for annuity out of freehold lands at Tedham ; William Watson
of Claremont Place, Gateshead, voted for copyhold lands at Studden ; Joseph Watson of Bensham voted for annuity
out of freehold lands at Tedham ; Joseph Watson of the Riding voted for copyhold lands at Riding."
' Records of Society of Friends at Allendale Meeting. * Raine, Test. Ebor.
"Newcastle Journal, 2nd July, 1757. ^ Poll Book.,

WEST ALLEN GRIEVESHIP. lOg
WEST ALLENDALE.
The road across the moors from Allendale Town, after passing by the
two tall chimneys to which the smoke of the Allendale smelt mills was
conducted by flues, extending a distance of three miles, descends a long
steep bank called the Leadgate bank, and enters the little hamlet of Nine-
banks, which stands on a terrace on the right bank of the West Allen.
The grieveship of West Allen or Ninebanks, in area the largest of the
divisions of Allendale, having an acreage of 4,986 acres, is separated from
the other grieveships by the Hartley, Longwell, Acton, and Dryburn Moors,
which, taken together, form a large proportion of the great Allendale stinted
pasture. The latter contains over 18,000 acres, and is common to all the
townships, according to the number of stints awarded to each holding at the
division of the common in 1800. The Rev. John Hodgson noted in 1826
that ' above Nine banks there is very little haugh land, but the steep banks
of the river, especially on the east side of the stream, are divided into small
enclosures and very small farms of rich grass land, which are let to the miners
at great rents, though many were occupied by the proprietors. The Allen,
very rapid and full of stones, is in winter time a mad mountain torrent.'
Under the designation of 'Nine bankes'^ the grieveship appears in the
Subsidy Roll of 1295, the levy of 29s. old. being paid by seventeen tenants,
among whom were William the grieve, Stephen the forester, and Thomas de
Thirlwall. About the same time the priory of Hexham obtained, either from
Archbishop Gray or Archbishop Gilford, a grant of one rood of land in ' Nine
benk,' which, in 1479, yielded the rent of 4d. West Alwent sent forty-five
armed horsemen to the muster made by Sir Reynold Carnaby.^
West Al'went Muster Roll, 1538.
Steyn Patenson, Herre Pateson, John Tesdeyll, Robert Bowmen, John Stowt, Cudbert Jonson, Robert
Stowt, Robert Jackson, able with hors and harnes. Willam Brown, Christofer Lee, Herre Patenson, John
Hudles, Willm Deconsen, Edwerd Richerdson, Willom Batytson, Ric. Filopson, Christofer Bee, Ric.
Bowman, Anton Robynson, Rauf Stobys, Willam Robynson, Robert Wynter, Willam Radam, Matho
Woding, John Stowt, John Mowr, John Bowman, NicoU Watson, Robert HewU, Willm Wodmus, Clamet
Nicolson, Herre Deconson, John Pateson, Herre Wilynson, Edwerd Withell, Christofer Bee, Thomas Bee,
John Huchenson, Antone Welkeyson, Willm Hucheson, Willm Horslye, Thomas Richartson, John
Huchenson, John Huchenson, John Huchenson, able with hors and harnes.
' There were trials for homicide and robbery at Ninebanks at the Assizes of 1280 and 1293, At the
latter, WiUiam Brown of Bellingham, Roger Fot, Peter of Roxburgh and William, his brother, William
the hunter of Bellingham, John the flesshewere, were found guilty. Gilbert of Keenley and David, son
of Bernard, had made ofif and were outlawed. Assize Roll, 1280. Ibid. 1293. Iter of Wark,
'' Arch. Ael, 410 series, vol. iv. p. 188.

no ALLENDALE PARISH.
About the same time it furnished a contingent of twenty men 'to go
to Berwick in the tyme of necessite.' They were : ' Peter Bee, Thomas
Ogle, Wille Huchonson, Rynzen (Ninian) Whitfelde, John Huchonson,
Heugh Huchonson, Henry Bradewode, Hob. Richardson, Henry Falaller,
Robyn Falaller, Clement Nycolson, Thomas Wylkynson, Roger Wilkynson,
Matho Colyngson, John Bateson (Matho's son), Robyn Dod, Heugh
Winter or his fader, Wylle Burn, John Jakson, Robert Bowman or his
broder.' ^
Fourteen years later the 'two Allendailes' were associated with the
' bounds of Hexhamshire ' in the commission for enclosures in the Middle
Marches.^ In 1547 Christopher Bee, the grieve, accounted for ^^17 7s. 4d. rent of
'Nine-binkes cum West Allan,' of which the copyhold lands in 1608 yielded
to the lord ;^i6 2s. 2d., and were worth, over and above the old rent,
^^84 17s. 8d. The Rate Book of 1663 includes with the grieveship the
rectory (viz., the great tithe) and petty tithes of East and West Allen. Of
the twenty-three proprietors the chief were : Sir William Fenwick, the
impropriator, who was rated at £^ per annum ; Sir Matthew Whitfield at
_^24 ; John Eden, esq., at ;,^ioo; and Mr. William Swinburn at ;^8o. The
total rateable value was ^^296.
There is no mention of a chapel in any of the existing lists of churches
anterior to the reference made by Ritschell in 1713 to 'the two chapels, the
one in East and the other in West Allen, both in repair.' ^ The curate ot
Allendale could only do occasional duty, but was used to administer the
communion at Ninebanks on the Wednesday before Easter. There was no
stipend or gratuity save the surplice fees, which amounted to about 40s. a
year.* There was no burial ground attached to the chapel;^ but marriages
certainly took place," and probably baptisms were administered there.
When Archdeacon John Sharp, in 1763, exerted himself to secure a resident
minister for the grieveship, a new chapel was built half a mile south of the
' State Papers, Henry VIII. vol. v. 68i. ' Nicolson, Border Laws, p. 224.
' Ritschell, Tynedale Charities. * Archbishop of York's Papers.
" In 1826 the Rev. John- Hodgson saw in a field, called the chapel field, on the north-east side of
Hawkhope-lee farm house, some traces of a building with a grass-grown yard, which he was informed was
the old chapel ; but the local tradition is that it stood on the north bank of Dryburn on Whamlands
farm, about three-quarters of a mile north of the hamlet of Ninebanks, and that the stones of the walls
were carted away to build the farm house of Whamlands. Ex. inf, Mr. George Dickinson.
' A llendale Register,

NINEBANKS TOWER. I I I
hamlet on land surrendered for that purpose, and for a graveyard, by the two
landowners, Sir John Eden and John Heron, The new building, dedicated
to St, Mark, was consecrated by the archbishop of York in July, 1764,^
The grieveship of West Allen was assigned to it as a district, and an
independent curacy was founded and endowed. The benefice is in the gift
of the lord of the manor, and the stipend is stated to be ^245 per annum.^
The chapel was rebuilt in 18 13, and again in 1871.
Curates of Ninebanks.
1764. WiUiam Laidman.
1769. Thomas Kirkby.
1772. Nicholas Richardson' voted in 1774 for Ninebanks curacy.'
1813. Robert Messenger, in 1826, voted for freehold landat Ninebanks ;= also, perpetual curate of
Horton. 1843. Jonathan Scurr, St. Bees college, died 23rd October, 1889; had been previously sub-curate to
Messenger. 1889. Henderson Baldwin Mason, B.A., Trinity college, Dublin, died 14th January, 1893.
1893. Frederick Pickup, M.A., scholar of Hatfield hall, Durham, B.A. 1878.
There is a silver cup for the communion, made in 1769 by James
Crawford of Newcastle. The register begins in 1764.
Monumental Inscriptions.
Here lieth interred the body of Matthew Fairless of Ninebanks, who died 24th July, 1793, aged 57
years. Also, the body of Catherine Fairless, his wife, who died 13th April, 1777, aged 38 years. Also,
here lieth interred the bodies of Elizabeth and Mary Fairless, their daughters; Elizabeth died nth April,
1783, and Mary died nth March, 1777, aged 11 months. Also, Matthew Fairless, only son of the above
Matthew and Catherine Fairless, who died 24th April, 1839, aged 65 years; also Mary, his widow, and
daughter of John Goodchild, esq., of PaUion hall, Sunderland, who died 21st November, i860, aged
91 years. In memory of Mary Goodchild, eldest daughter of the above named Matthew and Mary Fairless, who
died at her residence in Jesmond Road, Newcastle, 26th April, 1887, aged 82 years. Also, Elizabeth
Catherine Fairless, youngest daughter of the above, who died at the same place 26th January, 1 891, aged
82 years. The village of Ninebanks now consists of two or three farm houses and
cottages. The only object of interest is
• NINEBANK^ TOWER.
The very picturesque, though very diminutive, tower of Ninebanks is a
mere fragment left standing between two considerable buildings that formerly
stretched to the west and north. A pair of excellent water-colour drawings
of the whole group, sketched from the east and south, are fortunately in the
' Newcastle Courant, 3rd July, 1764. ^ The benefice of West Allen was endowed by the Ecclesiastical
commissioners with £67 a year out of the Common Fund. London Gazette, 3rd May, 1844.
' York Faculty Books, * Ibit^. " Poll Book,

112

ALLENDALE PARISH,

possession of Miss Ridley, close at hand. Roughly speaking, the little tower
seems originally to have been a sort of fore-building attached to a larger
tower or strong house to the west of it, with an upper story added at the
same time as the wheel-stair at its north-west corner.
The east front, facing the road from Whitfield to Nenthead, is only 13
feet 2 inches wide at the external base. It represents four stories, but the
ground has been so raised that the original slit of the basement is now nearly
level with the road ; a square hole for shovelling in coals has been cut

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through the wall above this. On the line of the present first floor a two-
light window, possibly of the early part of the sixteenth century, has been
built up, and the room on this floor is now lit by a little oblong window, the
head of which exhibits two small shields turned upside down. Happily, the
Rev. John Hodgson made a sketch of the arms upon them on his visit to
Ninebanks, 4th September, 1826.' From this it appears, that when in their
natural position, the shield on the left was charged with three escallops,
and that on the right with a chevron between three bees. Sufiicient traces
of the arms are left to corroborate this sketch, but the shears or other emblems

' He at the same time made a pen and ink sketch of the tower and the house attached to it, from
which the above illustration has been reproduced,

NINEBANKS TOWER. II3
to be seen on the right cheek of the window in Hodgson's time have now
disappeared, owing to the wasting nature of the stone. As it held the place
of honour to the left, the escallop coat was, there can be little doubt, that
of Sir Thomas Dacre, the ruler of Hexhamshire, 1515-1526, while the other
seems to have been the conventional one of Bee, azure, a chevron between
three bees volant or ; a Bee very possibly holding the oflace of grieve of
West Allen, under Dacre. The fact of the shields being reversed is, of
course, evidence of the stone not being in its original position.
Externally, the altered character of this miniature tower is further shown
by the plain string-course above being set out as is usually the case im
mediately below the battlements. This string-course rises in a step on
approaching the south-west corner of the tower, from which it may be
inferred that there was always a higher building to the west. The east
window of the superadded story is now filled with pigeons' nests. The
tower finishes in an elaborately moulded cornice, from which two gurgoyles^
project on the south side. With its high-hipped roof it has a singularly
foreign look, much resembling the colombaio of a Lombard farm.
The original entrance to the basement seems to have been on the north
side. A small segment of the arch of the doorway is now all that is to be
seen of it, the ground having risen considerably, as has been said before, and
the turret containing the wheel-stair having been built up against the tower
at about 9 feet from its north-east angle, so as to cover the greater portion of
the arch. A recess, 8 feet 5 inches wide, is left in front of the stair-turret,
between the tower and the modern house that has supplanted the old one to
the north. The door of this latter, with the inscription above it, has been
preserved, and now faces the tower.
The dark and uninviting basement of the tower is now entered by a
breach made at the south end of the west wall, and contains no feature of
interest, A passage, evidently cut through the wall, leads off the wheel-
stair on to the present first floor, a room measuring 9 feet 9 inches west to
east, 8 feet 10 inches north to south. On entering, an early Tudor doorway,
only 4 feet high in the centre and 2 feet wide, is at once visible in the west
wall at the level of the original second floor ; an iron crook and hole for
the bar still remain to show that it was secured from the west side. A
' There were untU recently two other gurgoyles on the eiast side of the tower. Ex. inf. Mr. Geo.
Dickinson. Vol. IV. IS

114 ALLENDALE PARISH.
small window of the same date to the right of it also looks out into the
room, thus clearly proving that the present tower is an addition to the
structure of which these formed part.
The passage and doorway of the uppermost floor are original, and of the
same date as the wheel-stair. There is a fire-place, which has a mantel with
two plain corbels, apparently Jacobean, at the east end of the north wall.
The lower part of the wheel-stair has been blocked up, and access to it is
gained by a hen-ladder. At the first and second floors there remain pairs of
doorways that opened off the stair, right and left, into rooms that have dis
appeared. From the water-colour drawing previously mentioned, we see
that the house to the west had a gable at its south end rising from the cornice
of the tower and terminating in a high chimney.
Taking everything into consideration, it seems safe to conclude that a
larger tower than the present was built at Ninebanks early in the sixteenth
century, and was entered by a small door in its east wall at a considerable
height above the ground ; that the ladder or external stair leading to this
was replaced by some sort of internal stair, to contain which the lower
stories of the existing tower were built ; and that subsequently, perhaps at
the end of Elizabeth's reign, the wheel-stair and uppermost stories were
added, and the internal arrangements of the lower story considerably
changed. A very little excavation would probably explain this, and though
it is but a small and altered fragment, the tower is so quaint as to deserve
careful repair and jealous protection.
In 1570 action was taken by the Crown, in which the manor of Hexham
was then vested, to resist certain encroachments which had been made upon
the feudal rights of the archbishop of York by Mathew Bee, who had, in
West Allendale, opened out a lead mine to the prejudice of the lord,^ Four
years later a commission was issued to enquire under what right Mathew Bee
enjoyed a lease of the tithes of Allendale chapel, it being alleged on behalf
of the Crown that the lease, he pretended from the prior of the dissolved
priory of Hexham, was forged. Ralph Ord of the Holmes stated :
Upon a Munday, beinge the market daye of Hexham abowte fowre yeres nowe past, one Mathewe
Bee came to this examinat, and cauld him vnto him, and sayed Davyd Carnaby would speake with him,
'and thowe must go over to him this present night, and looke, whatsoever he shall promise the, I assure
the, I will see the same fulfild.' Wherevpon, the morrowe after, this examinat went to Davyd Carnabye,
to his owne howse, beinge syttinge by him self sayed, ' thow art welcome, for I must have sent for yowe,
' Vol. iii. p. 10.

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for this ys the matter, my lorde warden, ys like to overthrowe the prockters of AUondell, and thowe and
I must make him help ; and Marcame, Sir George Ratclifs man, and I declared vnto Mathewe Bee that
youe were owinge to my lorde warden, for John Swinborn's debt, a foother of leade, and I feared youe
durst doo nothinge for that leade ; who answered me, that youe should not styck for a foother of lead or
more.' Whervpon the examinat, declared to Davyd Carnabye, that he was owinge Mathewe Bee, a
foother, and John Swyneborne another ; vnto whome Davyd sayed, 'never care youe, I will see all that
descharged ' ; and then said Davyd Carnabye ' saye youe as I saye, that ys, that the said lease was showed
at Delston, in the garden, before Sir Cuthbert Ratclif, then chauncellor, and Sir Reginald Carnaby, knight,
then head steward ; and that the same lease was allowed then to have beine a good lease.' And that this
examinat should have sayed he was with his owne father then at Delstone, with his father's writings, for
business there to be doon ; and there should have seine the same lease showed.'
There were proceedings in the Ecclesiastical court at York, in which
Sir John Forster obtained a decision in his favour on 2nd March, 1576/7.
Sir John Foster, knight, v. Anthony Baxter.
William Heron of Hexham, gen., at. circa xxxvi. He is servant unto Sir John Foster, and beleveth
that the said Sir John is fermor of all the tythes and other ecclesiastical! rightes within the cheppelry of
AUondale, by reason of the demyse of cure soveraigne the queue's mat'°, by her lettres patentes to him
thereof graunted. He hard say that it was ordered that the said Sir John should sue out a nisi prius
(betwene the queue's majestie and Mathew Bee and others, and prosecute the same with efifecte at the next
assises to be houlden in the countye of Northumberlande, that the injunction whereby the saide Matthew
Bee and others ar enjoyned from the possession of the tyethes in Allendale, alias Allenton, should be
dissolved and voyde). Sir John at the last assyses at Newcastle dyd efFectuallie prosequute the said
nisi prius, and procured witnesses to be sworne and examyned before the said justyces and a jurie
impanelled, Sir Cuthbert Collingwood beinge the forman. Afterwardes motion beinge maid for an
arbytrament, he dyd here say, that by consent of both parties the said suyte was put to the arbytrament
of W" Lawson and Rowland, for Sir John Foster, Cuthberte and David Carnabie for Mathewe Bee and
others, and Justice Harper to be the umpere. In Mychaelmas terme last past was two yeres, an injunction
to remove Mathewe Bee, Jenet Sheild, and Thomas Bee from possession of the tythes and other, the
premisses articulate was directed to the sheryfe of Northumbreland and to put in possession the said Sir
John Foster. Accordinge to the which injunction of this examinate sight and knowledge, Nycholas Rydley,
then undersheryfe of Northumbreland, toke upon him the execution of the said injunction, and rode to
Allondall unto the personiage, and thir examinate and dyvers other w"" him, and because the doores were
mayd fast, he caused a stantion in a windowe to be cutt downe, and so one went into the said house and
opened the doores, and the doores beinge opened, the said undersheryfe went into the house and then
and ther delivered possession unto one Raufe Whytfeild, Sir John Foster's atturnay for that purpose. He
this examinate, and Roberte Burnham after the possession so taken, upon a Sondaie or hoUydaie shortlie
after, were presente in the chappell or parishe church of Allendall, wher and when the said Roberte
havinge in his hand the said injunction dyd openlie rede the same to the parishioners ther presente, and
willed them not to pay any tythes to the said Mathew Bee, etc., but onelie to Sir John Foster, as they
would answer the contrarie at ther perills, by reason whereof he sayeth that the said Anthonie Baxter
beinge an inhabytant ther must nedes here of the premisses.
The undersheriff, Nicholas Ridley of WiUemontswick, gen., est. circa 25, says the same.
As there is not sufficient material to construct a pedigree of this almost
forgotten family, the following entries upon the manor rolls, wills, etc., at
York are given as a substitute :
' Exchequer Depositions, 16 and 17 Eliz. Mich. Term, Northumberland, No. 12.

II 6 ALLENDALE PARISH.
1516, May 5th. Matthew Bee, heir of Matthew Bee his uncle (compoter), fines to enter upon the
lands, of which the latter died seised, viz., Ninebanks and its appurtenances, Dryburn, Leckefield, Cross-
house, Ridingfield, Whitestone, Karkenpeth, Harshaw, Whamlands, Eshes, Graystone, Spartywell,
Bateshill, Readborneshield, Rakeshield, Smithlands,.Farneyshield, Wolfcleugh, Bradley, Appletreeshield,
Brigley, Keenleyside gate, Waterhaugh, Cooks-house, and West Monk.'
1 547. Christopher Bee was reeve, or grieve, of Keenley and of Ninebanks.'
1547. Thomas Bee held lands and tenements in Netherswenopshell and Pawpert-nowse.'
1547. Matthew Bee held lands and tenements at the Yeatehouse, Whamlands, Midlescoote, Karken-
pathe, Driburne, Esshes, Nynnebinkes, Harebanke, Spertewell, Bals-hiUe, Fernesyde, Mouphedd,
Grastead, Nynebynks myll, Whoofe and Cliffehill, Overwhitell Shelde, Garesheld, Smelbouris, Ferneshell,
Haypesley, Medley, Heslewell, Tresshell cottage in AUenton, Readburn Shell, and Bishopfild.^
1565. Matthew Bee of Ninebanks opened out lead mines near that place.*
I ')9S> ISth October. Administration of Mary Bee of Ninebanks granted to Matthew and WiUiam Bee,
her sons ; reservation to Margaret Elrington, Janet Pattison, and Agnes Ridley, her daughters, and by
the consent of her sons, to Janet Errington, daughter of John Errington of Hirst.'*
1596, 19th October. Tuition of Matthew, Ann, and Jane Bee, daughters of Matthew Bee of Nine-
banks, granted to Margaret Bee, their mother, and Nicholas Whitfield, esq.'
1596, Sth June. WiU of Matthew Bee of Ninebanks, proved by Margaret, his widow, the sole
executrix. Nicholas Whitefield, esq., and Barth. Bee, gen., witnesses.'
1597, 31st March. Will of Peter Bee of Esshes, parish of Allendale, proved by Barbara Bee, the
widow.' 1597, 13th June. Administration of Clement Bee of the parish of Allendale, granted to William
Thiriwall.' 1599. Ad hanc curiam compertum est per homagium quod Matt. Bee nuper de Nynebencks infra
manerium istud die quo obiit tenuit de dicta domina regina sibi et heredibus suis, secundum consuetudinem
hujus manerii, unum capitale messuagium sive tenementum cum pertinentiis vocatum Neinbynck. Ac
unum molendinum aquaticum cum pert, vocatum Nynebynck mill. Ac tres acras terrae cum pert, eidem
molendino spectantes. Ac unum aliud tenementum cum suis pertinentiis vocatum Leckefield. Ac unum
aliud tenementum cum pert, vocatum le Crossehowse in Leckefield predicto. Ac unum tenementum
cum pert, vocatum Ridingfeild in LeckeffeUd predicto. Ac unum tenementum cum suis pert, vocatum
le Eshes. Ac unum aUud tenementum cum pert, vocatum Spartewell. Ac tmum aliud tenementum
cum pert, vocatum Whamland. Ac unum aliud tenementum cum pert, vocatum Wyndshill. Ac unum
aliud tenementum cum pert, vocatum Keynliesydyate. Ac unam parcellam terrae cum pert, vocatam
Le Waterhaughe. Ac unum aliud tenementum cum pert, vocatum le Grawston. Ac unum aliud
tenementum cum pert, vocatum le Byrkenpeth. Ac unum aliud tenementum cum pert, vocatum
Driebornfeild. Ac unum aUud tenementum cum pert, vocatum Hayrbanke. Ac i tenementum
vocatum Ie Biitshill. Ac i tenementum voc. Farnsyd. Ac i ten. voc. Gyrecotes. Ac i ten. voc.
le Wolffeclewghe. Ac i ten. voc. tertiam partem i tenementi voc. Whitleysheile. Ac i ten. voc.
Whitleyesheillgreane. Ac i ten. voc. Carrsheill. Ac i ten. voc. Smeilebornes. Ac i ten. voc. Farnie-
sheile. Ac i ten. voc. Harseley. Ac 2 tenementa voc. le Broadley quorum unum tenementum.
in occupatione Wm. Lee et alterum in occupatione Rob. PhiUpsoun. Ac i ten. voc. le Appeltrysheile.
Ac I ten. voc. Heisleywell et Hartehaughe. Ac i ten. voc. UppermoUoppe. Ac i ten. etc. voc.
le Whitestone. Ac i ten. voc. Busshoppfield. Ac i ten. voc. le Cakehowses. Quatuor le
Dawarkes terrs voc. le Dales. Ac i biirgagium jacens in Allenton voc. le Tinckelers howse et 3
rodas terrse dicto burgagio pertinentes. Ac i ten. cum pert. voc. Readbornsheile. Ac i ten.
voc. le Raikeshele provet mete eunt. Ac i parcellam terrse herbagii voc. le Westmonke. Ac i
ten. voc. Harshawe jacens in le deanes. Ac i ten. voc. Smithelaunde. Ac i ten. voc. le Nether
Ridengfeld. Ac i burgagium jacens in Hencott, et unam le butt tense jacens prope le Tyngren. Ac i
clausum prati continentem 2 acras prati in campis de Prestpople voc. Beies close. Ac i ten. sive
' Swinburn Papers. Rev. John Hodgson's Collection. '^ Vol. iii. pp. 72, 73, 75, 76, 79, 85.
' Ibid. pp. 73, 86. ¦¦ Ibid. p. 10. ' Raine, Test. Ebor.

WEST ALLEN GRIEVESHIP. 117
burgagium jacens infra villam de Hexham in quodam vico de GeUigate, et i burgagium voc. a Smithie
prope le Bowebrigge medio viUas de Hexham, et obiit nee non duas le Dales prati continentes 8 acras et
4 acras bosci jacentes in WestaUendale. Quodque dictus Mattheus obiit de terris et tenementis predictis
sic inde seisitus citra lUtimam curiam, et quod Matt. Bee generosus etatis trium annorum est suus filius
et heres propinquior ad habendum tenementa et terras predicta cum pert, secundum consuetudinem
predictam. Quiquidem Matt. Bee filius hie in ista eadem curia examinatus venit in propria persona
sua et per Joh. Emmerson gener. tutorem et gardianum suum petit admitti ad premisses. Cui quidem
Matheo dicta domina regina, etc. Redd, inde annuatim eidem domina; regins, etc., vii li., xii s.,
ii d., etc'
i6o8. Matthew Bee held a house in AUwenton and a great number of tenements, Burshopsfild,
Cookeshowses, Hunteroake, Redburnshell, RakkesheU, and OwsledaUes, for which he paid £g i6s. 4d.
per annum, they were worth ^51 os. 8d. over and above.''
1614, I2th October. Inq. post mortem. Matthew Bee was found to have died seised of Ninebanks,
Ninebanks mill, Leckfield, etc. He was son of Matthew Bee. Anne, wife of Robert Eden, and Jane, wife
of Clement Colmore, are his sisters and heirs.'
1626, 28th November. Robert Eden and Dorothy, his wife, surrendered the messuage and tenements
called Nynebencks with Nynebencks mill, with three acres of land, tenements called Leckfield, etc'
1626, 17th October. Ann, wife of Robert Eden, and Jane, wife of WiUiam Swinburn, as heirs of
Matthew Bee, answer for Ninebanks, etc. From 1637 to 1653 Robert Eden and William Swinburn jure
uxoris answer.'
1626, 17th October. Thomas Bee, sen., of Broadwood-haU, answers for lands in AUen.
1626, 17th October. Thomas Bee, jun., of Broadwood-hall, answers for lands at Steel in East Alien.'
1626-1653. Thomas Bee answers for moiety of Taylor-burn and moiety of Woodmas Walls in West
Alien.' 1626-1653. Thomas Bee of Broadwood-hall answers for lands there.'
1638, 2nd October. Christopher Byerley and Jane, his wife, surrendered the chief messuage at
Ninebanks, etc., with mill.'
1653. Inq. post mortem. Jane, wife of William Swinburn of Capheaton, was found to have died
seised of a moiety of Ninebanks, etc'
1659, October. Thomas Bee of Langley castle surrendered Broadwood-hall to George Bacon for twenty-
one years. Thomas Bee of Turners-house surrendered Turners-house to Francis EUerington of EUerington.
Barbary Lee surrendered her dower, or widow right, in Broadwood-haU to Mary Bee, her daughter.'
1663, October. Inq. post mortem. Robert Eden was found to have died seised of a moiety of Nine-
banks, etc., and John Eden is his son and heir.'
1682, loth July. Administration of Francis Bee of Broadwood-hall granted to Barbara, wife of John
Howdon, his sister.*
1716 17th November. Will of Matthew Bee of Heslewell, yeoman. My eldest son, Matthew Bee,
/20 ; my sons, Robert, Thomas, and Charles Bee, each ;£40 ; my father-in-law, Robert Park, and brother,
Thomas Bee, trustees. Residue to wife Margaret; she executrix. Proved ist April, 1718.*
1734, 24th May. Will of Thomas Bee of HeslyweU. My mother, Margaret Nixon, ^3 per annum ;
my nephew, Thomas Nixon of Grass hiU ; my nephew, Matthew Bee, and my niece, Mary Bee. Residue
to my brothers, Matthew and Robert Bee. Proved by Matthew and Robert Bee the brothers, 27th
January, I734/5-''
1741, i6th May. Administration of Matthew Bee of Gateshead granted to Elizabeth, wife of Johp
Robinson, his mother.*
At some time after 1516, the Bees, apparently by licence, built a water
corn mill at Ninebanks, which was the only one in West Allendale. The last
' Hexham Manor Rolls, Sth May, 1599. '' Vol. iii. pp. 87-89, 96-98. ' Hexham Manor Rolls,
* Raine, Test, Ebor,

Il8 ALLENDALE PARISH.
male heir of the Bee family, who, like his fathers, bore the name of Matthew,
was only three years old at his father's death in 1599 ; and died unmarried
at the age of seventeen. The estates, thereupon, devolved upon his two
sisters, Anne, wife of Robert Eden of West Auckland ; and Jane, who
married, first, Clement Colmore, third son of Clement Colmore, chancellor
of the diocese of Durham, by whom she had no issue ; and, secondly, as
her second husband, William Swinburn of Capheaton. As Swinburn's estates
were sequestered for recusancy, his son, also named William, on the 29th
August, 1645, petitioned the commissioners and stated that the lands at
Ninebanks were ' in noe way belonginge to his father, but only and properly
to your petitioner, who is now in his minority and lame of his limbs.'
Enquiry was made, and as the petitioner was found to be heir at law to his
mother, his prayer was granted.^ He was living at Holliwell,^ in the county
of Durham, when, in 1678, he conveyed his moiety of Ninebanks to Edward
Robson. The Eden family, baronets of Bishop Auckland, whose history is too
well known to need recapitulation, retained the core of their moiety until
the end of the eighteenth century, when, on the 23rd November, 1770, Sir
John Eden surrendered to the use of John Heron of Ninebanks, ' all that
ancient building called the tower, with its appurtenances, being part of the
moiety of a messuage, or manor house, at Ninebanks, together with about
5 yards of ground in breadth, and 15 yards in length, more or less, adjoining
and belonging to the said ancient building, and as the same were then in the
possession of Edward Fairless, as tenant thereof,' etc.
Edward Robson, the purchaser of Swinburn's part of the estate, built
himself a house, adjoining the old tower; which, in latter days, was used as an
inn, and was taken down and rebuilt a few years ago. A door-head built
into the new house has the following inscription :
R
16. E • D. 82.
They are the initial letters of the names of Edward and Dorothy Robson.
The history of the Robsons and of the kindred family of Fairless is related
in the following pedigree and evidences :
' Swinburn Papers, vol. ii. p. 26. The Rev. John Hodgson's collection.
' WiUiam Swinburn died about 16S1.

WEST ALLEN GRIEVESHIP.

119

ROBSON AND FAIRLESS OF NINEBANKS.
Edward Robson, to whom Wm. Swinburn in 1678 mortgaged = Dorothy  ; residuary legatee under
his moiety of Ninebanks ; will dated 28th Feb., 1699 (a) ; husband's will ; will dated Sth March,
buried in AUendale quire, 28th April, 1700 ib). 1708/9 (a) ; proved 23rd April, 1711.

Leonard Wilson of Dryside,
surgeon, first husband ;
married 31st Oct., 1698 (A);
buried Oct., 1699 ib) ; will
dated 17th Oct., 1699 ia).

Edith Winter ;
living in
1734-

Ann Wilson of Ninebanks, daughter and
heiress ; baptised 22nd Dec, 1699 ib) ;
died unmarried ; will dated 10th March,
1721 ia); proved l6th May, 1721.

George Robson of Ninebanks, Robert Rob-
second husband ; married son ; men-
21st August, 1701 ib); will tioned in
dated 13th May, 1728 ; father's
proved 1730 id) ; buried will.
2lst Nov., 1729 ib).

John Robson ; men
tioned in mother's
will, but not in
that of father ;
buried 30th Jan.,
1724/5 ib)

Ann ; married William Carr o£ Hexham. 4/
Elizabeth ; married Cuthbert Lambert. 4/
Susanna ; married John Wills ot Durham. vJ/

Cecilia ; married George
Bacon of Broadwood-hall,
and devised a legacy to
Brideshill school (c).

George Robson of Nine-
banks, son and heir,
first husband ; devisee
of sister Ann Wilson ;
baptised 20th Feb.,
1703/4; married 3rd
Jan., 1726/7 {b); buried
3rd Feb., 1733/4 W;
will dated 28th Jan.,
1734 ; proved 31st
Aug., 1734 ia).

Mary Peart of the
parish of Stan
hope ; she mar
ried, thirdly,
Thomas Arm
strong of Cald
cleugh ; articles
before mar
riage, Sth Sept.,
1750 ; was liv
ing 1762.

Matthew Fairless of
Ninebanks, second
husband ; will
dated 20th July,
1745 ; proved
same year ; mar
ried gth Dec, 1735
ib) ; buried 24th
July, 1745 (<*)¦

I I
WiUiam Robson,
baptised l6th
May, 1707 ii) ;
was living 1734.
Edward, baptised
27th June, 1702
ib) ; buried 12 th
May, 1726 ib.)

Elizabeth, baptised
26th April, 1716
ib) ; buried 20th
Jan., 1730/1 ib).
Dorothy, baptised
l6thMay,i707(i5);
married 28th April,
1726, John Far-
bridge ii) ; was
living 1734.

Edward Robson of Nine-
banks, only son and heir ;
baptised 17th Nov., 1727
ib) ; died unmarried and
intestate ; buried 6th Dec,
1736 ii).

Elizabeth Robson, sister = John Heron of Birtley and

and heiress ot Edward
Robson ; baptised 1st
February, 1730/1 ib) ;
articles before marriage,
7th Nov., 1748 id).

Shield-hall ; jure uxoris
of Ninebanks ; was resid
ing in Hexham, in 1789 ;
will dated 26th Aug.,
1805 (rf).

Mary, baptised 5th
Nov., 1732 ib) ;
buried iSth July,
1737 ib~).

Heron of Birtley.

Edward Fairless of -
Bishop Auckland,
afterwards of
Ninebanks ; son
and heir of
Mary Fairless ;
baptised nth
April, 1738 ib);
buried nth Jan.,
I782(^);wiU dated
 ; proved 1st
April, 17S3 ia).

Mary [Har- Matthew Fairless the elder, of = Catherine
rison] ; was Ninebanks ; baptised Ist
party to sur- July, 1739 ib); died 24th
render, 12th July, 1793, aged 57 («) ;
Sept., 1771 ; will dated i5tli July, 1791
buried 22 nd (a) ; purchased a moiety of
AprU, 1780 Ninebanks, nth Nov., 17S9,
ig). from John and Elizabeth
Heron, and mortgaged same
to the Rev. John Thompson
of Netherwarden.

Lee ; mar
ried gth
May, 1771
i£); died
13th Apr.,
1 777, aged
38 years
ie).

Joseph Fairless,
a posthumous
son ; baptised
15th Oct.,
1745 ib); to
whom his
brother Mat
thew left i"6
per annum.

I I I
Margaret, baptised
Sth Aug., 1736
ib) ; married ...
Goodwill. 4^
Mary, baptised
2nd May, 1741
ib) ; married ...
Winter. 4/
Ann, baptised 24th
AprU, 1743 ib).

Matthew Fairless the younger, of Nookton and
of Ninebanks ; baptised 30th Oct., 1757 ib) ;
son and heir of Edward Fairless ; died in
testate ; administration granted gth Dec,
1824, to son William.

Dorothy, daughter of ... Rochester
of the Linolds in the parish of
Corbridge; married at Corbridge,
6th Feb., 1792 ; buried 16th Jan.,
1799 (^)-

Elizabeth, baptised 30th
Nov., 1752 ib); buried
19th Aug., 1753 ib).
Margaret, baptised Ist
Jan., 1755 ib).

William Fairless of Bishopfield, son and =  , sifter of
heir ; baptised at Hunstanworth, 26th William Taylor
Jan., 1793 ; was admited to lands at of Ninebanks ;
Ninebanks, 24th Feb., 1825, and sold died circa 1853.
same to William Lee.

John Fairless.

(a) Raine, Test. Ebor.
ib) Allenaale Register.

ic) Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol. iii. p. 374.
id) Shield-hall Deeds.

I 'I I I I
Mary ; married Daniel BeU.
Ann ; married ... Pickering.
Margaret.
Elizabeth. Sarah.
ie) M.I. Ninebanks.
ig) Ninebanks Register.

I20 ALLENDALE PARISH.

1 II,,.,.,
Matthew Fairless of Bishopwear- = Mary, daughter of John Goodchild ot PaUion ; EUzabeth ; baptised 27th April,

mouth, coal-fitter, etc., and of
Ninebanks ; only son ; baptised
2ist Nov., 1773 ig) ; in 1834 was
residing in Newcastle ; died 24th
April, 1S39, aged 65 years {e).

born I2th Dec, 1768 if); by post-nuptial 1772 ig); died nth April,
settlement, 25th Aug, 1802, her portion of 1783 ig).
;^3,ooo was settled in consideration of mar- Mary; died nth March, 1777,
riage recently solemnized; died 21st Nov., aged n months ie) ig).
i860, aged 91 (f).

Mary Goodchild Fairless of Jes- Jane ; married John Easton Elizabeth Catherine Fairless of Jesmond,
mond, where she died, 25th of Pelaw house, mining where she died, 26th Jan., 1891, aged
April, 1887, aged 82 ie). engineer ; died s.p. 82 years («) ; the last survivor.
ie) M.I. Ninebanks. (/) Surtees, Durham, II. vol. i. p. 240. ig) Ninebanks Register.
Evidences to Robson and Fairless Pedigree.
1698/9, 28th February. Will of Edward Robson of Ninebanks. To my son, Robert Robson, 40s., in full of all
his interest and claim to any ot my personal estate ; son, George Robson, ;^I20, to be paid him at the age of 27
years ; in trust for my daughter, Ann, wife of William Carr of Hexham, ^^50 ; my daughter, Elizabeth Robson, j^ioo ;
my daughter, Susanna, wife of John Wills of Durham, £t, ; to my cousin, Elizabeth, wife of John Atkinson of
Harwood, and to her son, John Cooper, 203. apiece ; to my cousins, John and George Reed, sons of Grace Reed
of Catton Lee, 20s. apiece ; residue, to my dear and loving wife, Dorothy Robson, she executrix. Proved at York Ist
June, 1700, by Dorothy the widow. Inventory taken 4th May, 1700. Imp. . His horse and apparell, ;^I0. Item,
his money, £<i 4s. Item, one pair of oxen, £%. Item, ten cows, ;^25. Item, two heifers, £¦>,. Item, three stirks,
£},. Item, one mare, £1 ics. Item, fifty ewes, with their lambs, ;^l6 13s. 4d. Item, sixteen wethers and two rams,
£i, 8s. Item, twenty-five hoggs, £'^ 12s. 6d. Item, household goods, ;^30. Item, debts owing upon personal and
land security, ;f82l 2s. lod. More debts, for which no security in writing, ;^I4 5s. Total, .^952 15s. Sd. The debts
that the said Edward Robson at time of his death did owe and the expenses of his funeral amount to ^^383 Is. 6d.,
[leaving] £%(>') 14s. 2d. In desperate debts, ;^ii lis.'
l6g9, 17th October. Will of Leonard Wilson of Dryside. To my mother, Ann Wilson, 20s. ; to my brothers,
Matthew and William, my wearing apparel ; to my brother, William Wilson, my horse, ray cane, and sword ; to my
two brothers-in-law, Joseph and William Winter, 20s. apiece ; to Margaret Goulin, 5s. ; residue to my dear and well
beloved wife ; if she die without issue to me, then my part of the lead mines at Wanlocke-head, in Scotland, shall go
to my brother, William Wilson. Wife executrix. Inventory taken 28th February, l69g/i7oo. Imp. . His horse,
purse, and apparel, ;^20. Item, his household stuff, £<,. Debts owing upon bond, imp. . WilHam Winter, ;^300.
Item, John Robson, /14. Item, Leonard Wilson, senior, /loo. Item, Nicholas Whitfield of Churchstile, and Joseph
Wilkinson, ;^io. ;^400. [Deduct] Desptrate debts, imp. : John Bell of Windy side, /2 3s. Item, Rowland Smith of
Ordely, 15s. Item, more small debts, amounting to £%. Item, funeral expenses, £\2. Total, £421 2s. Will
proved at York, 4th April, 1700, by Edith Wilson, the widow and sole executrix'.
1720/1, loth March. Will of Ann Wilson of Ninebanks, spinster. My tenement, called Burntongues, and my
water corn mill at Ridley green, to the use of my mother, Edith, wife of George Robson of Ninebanks, gent., for
lite, and then to my brother, George Robson, the younger, of Ninebanks, paying ;^I50 each to my sisters, Dorothy and
Elizabeth Robson of Ninebanks, and seven guineas to my brother, William Robson ; my cousin, Frances Lambert of
Hexham, spinster, five guineas. Dr. Cuthbert Lambert, a guinea ; to the poor of Keenly grieveship, los. per annum
for ever. Residue to father, George Robson. Proved at York, i6th May, 1721, by Geo. Robson, gent, sole executor.'
1733/-I1 28th January. Will ot George Robson of Ninebanks, gent. My moiety of Ninebanks, Sparty-well close,
eight dargues or days' work in Leckfield, etc, to John Bacon of Newbrough, gent., and my brother-in-law, Joseph
Peart of Newhouse, gent., in trust, to raise ;^200 for my daughter, Elizabeth Robson, when 21, or married, and £\oo
for my daughter, Mary ; the rest to go to my son, Edward Robson. My share of the groves and lead mines, called
Grasshill and Greenhill ; my brother, William Robson ; my mother, Edith Robson ; my sister, Dorothy, wife of John
Fairbridge, gent. Residue to my wife, Mary Robson, she executrix. Proved at York, 31st August, 1734-'
1745, 20th July. Will of Matthew Fairless of Ninebanks, gent. Lands in parish of Allendale to eldest son,
Edward ; my daughters, Margaret, Mary, and Anne ; my second son, Matthew, my lands in parish of Eastwood and
Prittlewell. Proved loth September, 1745.'
1752, nth June. Elizabeth, wife of John Heron of Ninebanks, was admitted to moiety of Ninebanks, a moiety
of Ninebanks water corn mill, also to '8 dargues or days' work in Leakfield,' as sister and heir of Edward Robson,
who was only son of George Robson of Ninebanks.''
' Raine, Test. Ebor. '' Mr. A. J. Blackett-Ord's Title Deeds of Ninebanks,

WEST ALLEN GRIEVESHIP. 121
1770. To be sold the copyhold farms of Ninebanks domain and High Ashes, 147 acres ; Low Ashes and Whem-
lands, 71 acres ; Dryburn, 6 acres ; Birkin Path and Grey Stone, 32 acres ; Under Birk Holt, 14 acres ; Upper Birk-
Holt, II acres ; the smithy, 11 acres ; Mope Head and Nether Mope, 30 acres ; Appletree Shield, 19 acres ; North
Hezley WeU, 35 acres ; South Hezley Well, 22 acres ; Chare Heads, 17 acres ; Bates Hill, 10 acres ; Guire Coats, 17
acres ; Farney Side, 12 acres ; The Nook, 12 acres ; Farney Shield, 10 acres ; Wolf Cleugh, 17 acres ; Whitlyshield
Green, 12 acres ; Carr Shield, 21 acres ; Small Burns, 31 acres.'
Probate ot the will of Edward Fairless ot Ninebanks was granted 1st April, 1783, to Matthew Fairless, the son
and sole executor.^
1789, loth December. John Heron, late of Ninebanks, but then of Hexham, and Elizabeth, his wife, surrendered
to the Rev. John Thompson of Nether Warden a moiety of Ninebanks, etc. There was a proviso for redemption on
the payment by Matthew Fairless of Ninebanks of ;^Soo and interest.'
In 1800 the commissioners awarded 161 acres and 44^ stints to Matthew Fairless in respect of his estate of Nine-
banks, and to Matthew Fairless 112 acres and 24f stints in respect of his estate of Ninebanks and Dryburn.*
' Newcastle Courant, 24th March, 1770. ^ Raine, Test, Ebor. ' Mr. A. J. Blackett-Ord's Title Deeds of Ninebanks.
* Schedule annexed to Award of Commissioners for Division of Hexhamshire and Allendale Commons.
In 18 16, the assignees of the firm of Goodchilds, Jackson, and Co. of
Sunderland, to whom Matthew Fairless had conveyed his lands, advertised
his part of Ninebanks for sale.^ Both parts were eventually purchased by
William Lee, and in 1858 were sold by his son, Mr. Parkin Lee (who
subsequently emigrated to Australia) to Mr. William Ord of Whitfield, from
whom they have descended to Mr. Andrew J. Blackett-Ord of Whitfield.
Besides the Bee family, some other yeomen held lands in West Allen
grieveship, among whom William Bateson, in 1547, held Greenley Cleugh
at a rent of I2d. His descendant, Christopher Bateson, was the owner of
the same place in 1608, and Marmaduke Bateson, who possessed Woodmas
Walls, was probably another descendant. The family remained in possession
of the latter place for several generations, and the name occurs on the Court
Rolls up to the eighteenth century.
The wiU of John Batteson of Woodmas Walls, in the parish of West Allendale, dated Sth December,
1694. To my eldest son, William Batteson, a standing bedd that stands in ye loft. To my son, Mathew
Batteson, a standing bedd that stands in the nooke in ye forehouse. To my eldest daughter, Ann, wife
of John KinUside, the sume of two shiUings and sixpence. All the rest of my goods to my wife, Jane
Batteson, she executrix. My house to my son, William, after my wife's death. Inventory, 9th June,
1698. Imp.: his horse and apparrell and household goods, ^3. Item, seaven kine, £8 15s. Item,
tenn ? ewes and lambs, £2 los. Item, two dinmens,^ 7s. In all, ^14 12s. Item, his funeral expenses, ^4.'
The present owner of Woodmas Walls and Greenley Cleugh is Mr.
Thomas Harrison.
Redheugh belongs to the benefice of Horton. ' Overlynestane braye '
was held, in 1547, by Thomas Woodmas, and ' Netherlynestane braye' by
Hugh Philipson; and, in 1608, William Stout owned the Over 'Limstonbrey,'
and George Philipson 'Neather Limstonbrey.' In 1665 both tenements were
held by Ralph Featherstone. There is said to have been an old lead mine at
' Newcastle Courant, 22nd June, 1S16. ^ 'Dinmonts' : sheep over one year old. ' Raine, Test. Ebor.
Vol. IV, 16

122 x\LLENDALE PARISH.
the place, and in a field a little to the west of the road at Limestone-brae
there still remains a massive socketed base of a wayside cross, roughly tooled.^
The present owners of Limestone-brae are Mr. W. C. B. Beaumont and
Mr. John Swindle.
'Kenlefilde,' in 1547, was held by Roger Keenlyside at the rent of 6s.,
and ' Kindelfyldehil ' by Michael Keenlyside at the rent of 7s. 4d. As
William Keenlyside held Kinleyside hill in 1608, at the rent of 13s. 8d., it
may be inferred that he was possessed of both tenements, which were then
worth £^ over and above the rent. In 1663 William Keenlyside was rated
for lands in West Allen grieveship at £8 a year.
William Keenlyside of Keenlyside hill, on the 14th October, 1701,
surrendered Keenlyside Low hall, the High Shield, and the Pingle to the
use of himself for life, and then to the use of his daughter Mary. Her great-
grandson, John Clark of Allendale Town, gentleman, in 1830 sold his share
of the land to Mr. Ord of Whitfield.
1685, 7th August. WiU of Robert Keenlyside of Hawkup proved by EUzabeth, his widow and sole
executrix ; to whom also was granted tuition of his children, William, Joseph, Robert, Mary, Elizabeth,
and Sarah.''
1699/1700, 19th January. WUl of Gerard Keenlyside of Corry hill. When my son, John Keenlyside,
shall arrive at the age of 21, he shall pay to his brother, WiUiam, £30; to my wife, Ann, and son,
WiUiam, all personal estate, they executors. Proved 3rd October, 1700. Inventory: Horse, purse, and
apparell, £3 ; six cowes and and one bull, ;/^i4 ; three heffers, £4 los. ; one and twenty sheep, £i 14s. ;
household goods, ^3 los. Total, ^30 4s. [from which deduct] the testator's funeraU expenses, £2 los. :
£26 HS.''
1715/6, 19th February. Will of Thomas Keenlyside of Woodheads. John Keenlyside of Chairheads,
and his brother, WiUiam Keenlyside of Swaledale, in Yorkshire ; Jane, their sister ; my nephews. Joke
and Edward Keenlyside of Middlescott ; Ann Keenlyside, widow of my brother, John ; Mary Dixon,
their daughter, and Ann and Elizabeth, their daughters ; John, son of my brother, Ger. Keenlyside,
deceased, and William, his brother. My nephew, John Dawson of Woodhead, executor. Proved 25th
September, 1719.^
1717, 25th April. Nuncupative will of John Keenlyside of Wolfcleugh. My wife ; my son, Joshua ;
my daughters, Elizabeth, Mary, and Sarah. Proved i6th October, 171S, by Mary Keenlyside, the widow,
to whom was granted tuition of Joshua, Elizabeth, Mary, and Sarah, his children.^
1720, 25th June. WiU of Ann Keenlyside of Wooey alias Wooly, widow. My son, Matthew Keenly
side, late deceased ; my nephew, Thomas Hutchinson, executor. Proved i6th May, 1721.''
1726/7, 20th February. Administration of the personal estate of Thomas Keenlyside of Furnace-
house granted to Jane, the widow.^ ,
1746/7, nth February. Will of Edward Keenlyside of Millscott, yeoman. To my daughters, Jane
and Mary Keenlyside, ^20 each ; my daughter, Ann, wife of Robert Hall ; my son-in-law, Matthew
Rowell ; residue to my son, Edward Keenlyside. Proved 22nd March, 1759, by Robt. Hall and Mary
Keenlyside, the executors.'
1757, 27th October. Administration of the personal estate of Robert Keenlyside of the parish of
Allendale granted to Margaret, his widow."
'Proc. of Newcastle Soe. of Antiq. vol. iv. p. 282. ' Raine, Test. Ebor,

WEST ALLEN GRIEVESHIP.

123

1759, 25th June. Probate of the wUl of WiUiam Keenlyside of Fostersteads granted to WilUam
Keenlyside, the sole executor.'
1765, 2Sth September. Administration of the personal estate of Reginald Keenlyside of Graswell
granted to Ann, his widow.'
1767, 23rd April. WiU of WiUiam Keenlyside of Keenlyside, yeoman; my sons, Joseph and WiUiam
Keenlyside of Graswell. Proved nth August, 1767, by George and John Green, the executors.'
Caldcleugh,^ as its name imports, is a cleugh or ravine near the source
of the West Allen. ^ It is about three miles south-west of Allenheads, and
stands at the remarkable elevation of 1,600 to 1,700 feet above sea-level.^
A chapel was built here in 1704,' to be 'nigh the lead mines,' but was turned
into a school-house, when a new^ chapel-of-ease was built at Carr Shield in
1822. The benefice, though distinct from Ninebanks ecclesiastically, is now
held by the incumbent of that parish.'^
CALDCLEUGH OF CALDCLEUGH AND DURHAM.*

Caldcleugh

I

Robert Caldcleugh of Corbridge ; adrajnistration =
granted at Durham, 24th Nov., 1610, to brother
William, to the use of Robert, John, James,
Lionel, Margaret, and Jane [the children].

Robert.
John.

I I
James.Lionel.

I
William Caldcleugh of
Corbridge ; will proved
at Durham, 20th Nov.,
1630.

I I
Margaret.
Jane.

Mary ... ; admin
istratrix to hus
band's will.

William Cald
cleugh ; was
under age in
1630.

Thomas Cald
cleugh ; was
underage in
1630.

Peter Caldcleugh of Newcastle ;
was under age in 1630 ;
skinner and glover, formerly
of Corbridge ; administration
granted at Durham, 20th
May, 1636, to widow.

Elizabeth ... ; administratrix
to husband's estate ; died
at Alnwick ; administra
tion granted l6th July,
1650, to sons William,
Ralph, and Peter.

I I
Robert Caldclough of New- William Cald-
castle, yeoman ; a minor at cleugh ;
date of father's death ; died living in
unmarried ; administration 1650.
granted 12th Feb., 1648, to
brother Ralph.

Ralph Caldcleugh of
Newcastle, yeoman ;
administrator to his
brother Robert's es
tate ; living in 1650.

I
Peter Cald
cleugh ;
living in
1650.

t' ' '
Jane.Elizabeth. Mary.

Jane ; under
age in
1630.
Margaret ;
under age
in 1630.

Minors at date
of father's
death.

Ralph Caldcleugh of Crossgate, Durham ; buried = Barbara ; buried 15th July,
21st June, 1728 ia). : 1728 (a).

Peter Caldcleugh of Crossgate ; buried in south aisle
of Crossgate church, 29th April, 1743 (a).

Isabel Parkin ; married 13th Feb., 1703/4
(a) ; buried 7th March, 1738/9 (a).

* This pedigree is constructed from documents in the possession of Mr. John Caldcleugh of Durham, and upon
a table drawn up, in 1877, by Mr. E. A. White from the parish register of St. Margaret, Crossgate, Durham.
(a) Crossgate Register.
' Raine, Test. Ebor. ' Often spelled Coldcleugh and Coalcleugh.
' Amongst the other homesteads are Appletree Shield, Blackcleugh, BateshiU, Broadlee, Chareheads,
Corryhill, Dryburn, Farneyshield, Hesleywell, High Green, Mohopehead, SpartyweU, Turnershield,
Taylor burn. Wall nook, Whamlands, Whitleyshield, and Wolfcleugh.
* Nat. Hist. Trans, (new series) vol. 2, p. 94. ^ Ritschell, Tynedale Charities.
" Ex. inf. Rev. F. Pickup, Nov., 1896.

124

ALLENDALE PARISH.

Peter, baptised zoth
Feb., 1704/5 («)•
John, baptised 20th
Jan., 1706/7 (a).
James, baptised 2nd
Oct., 1708 (a) ;
buried in the south
aisle of Crossgate
church,! 5 th April,
1709 (a).

Jane [Hum
ble] ; bur
ied 25 th
July, 1745
(a).

= Thomas Caldcleugh
of Crossgate,
baptised nth
May, 1712 (a);
buried 1 2th
Mar., 1793 W-

Isabel Andrew
of the parish
of Branspeth;
married 28th
May, 1757
(a) ; buried
4th Dec,
1785 (.")¦

James Caldcleugh,
baptised i8th
April, 1716 (a);
enlisted in 2nd
Life Guards ;
died 2nd July,
1739-

Isabella, baptised
22nd Feb., 1709/10.
Anne, baptised 22nd
March, 1 71 3/4 (.")>
buried in south
aisle of Crossgate
church, 30th May,
1715 W-

Thomas Caldcleugh of Crossgate, ^ Margaret Hazard of the parish of Three daughters.

baptised gth Nov., 1739 (a) ;
buried 13th Dec, 1775 (a).

St. Nicholas, Durham ; married
there 5th Nov., 1768.

I

Thomas Caldcleugh ; buried 12th Sept., 1771 (a).

Peter Caldcleugh of Cross-
gate, baptised 4th March,
1759 (a) ; died circa 5th
July, 1800.

Mary Binks of the
parish of St.
Nicholas, Dur
ham.

I I
John Lambton Caldcleugh, baptised
17th Jan., 1762 (a); buried 15th
March, 1772 (a).
William Lambton Caldcleugh, bap
tised 25th Sept., 1768 (a).

I
Jane, baptised iSth March,
1764 (a) ; married 12th
Feb., 1785, Robert Hud
son of Crossgate, (a).

John Caldcleugh of = Jane, daughter of James Mary Davi-
Crossgate, baptised ^"""le °^ Durham (son son ; bur-
15th Jan., 1792 ot Thomas Young, ied 17th
(a) ; admitted free who married Mary, April,
of Drapers' and daughter of James 1831,
Taylors' company, Ilderton and Jane aged 36.
Durham, 2nd Dec, Sanderson his wife) ;
1813 ; buried gth married at St. Nicho-
March, 1825, aged las', Durham, 7th
34 (a).  April, 1821.

James Cald- John Caldcleugh of Durham, surgeon
cleugh. dentist ; baptised ... at St. Nicholas'.
 4^ 

Peter Caldcleugh of = Elizabeth,
Crossgate, afterwards daugh-
of New Elvet, bap- ter of
tised 6th Jan., 1794 James
(a) ; admitted free of Young
Drapers' and Taylors' of Dur-
company of Durham, ham.
2nd May, 1814;
buried 27th May,
1873 (a).

,. I II I
Simon Caldcleugh,
died in infancy
w-
Christopher Cald
cleugh, baptised
27th Jan., 1799
(a).
Two daughters ;
died in infancy.

Frances, baptised at St. Nicholas',
Durham, l8th March, 1838.

John, baptised at St. Nicholas',
Durham, 6th Aug., 1814 ;
died in infancy (a).
James, baptised 7th Mar., 1S28 ;
died in infancy (a)

I

Petei of

Caldcleugh
New Elvet;
baptised 3rd
June, 1820 (a).

Simon Caldcleugh ot
Haverstock hill, Lon
don, surgeon ; bap
tised 25th Nov.,
1822 ; buried ...

Jane, baptised gth Feb., 181S ; married
at New St. Pancras, London, William
Greenwell of Durham, and was buried
at St. John's cemetery, Margate, loth
Feb., 1871. .J,

John Coldcleugh of West Allen ; administration granted at Durham, 3rd March, 1609, to Margaret, the widow, to
her own use and that of John, Thomas, William, Margaret, and Elizabeth, the children.
William Caldcleugh of Coalcleugh, yeoman ; will dated 13th May, 1614 ; proved at Durham, and administration
granted to Elizabeth, the widow, to the use of George, John, Thomas, William, Jane, Mary, Agnes, and Eliza
beth [the children].
James Cartclough isic) of West Allen ; administration granted at Durham, 3rd April, 1616, to Alice, the widow, to
her own use and that of William, Thomas, Charles, Margaret, and Elizabeth [the children].
Thomas Caldcleugh of Coalcleugh ; will dated l6th Aug., 1617 ; proved at Durham and administration granted
to Elizabeth, the widow, to her own use and that of George, William, Thomas, James, John, and Margaret, the
children.
William Caldclough of Keenley ; will dated 20th March, 1623, administration granted at Durham, to his brother
John to the use of William, Ralph, Richard, Thomas, John, Peter, and Mary [the children].
Peter Caldclough of Coalcleugh ; administration granted at Durham, 12th July, 1624, to Margaret, his widow, to
her own use and that ot Peter, John, William, Thomas, and Jane [the children].

(a) Crossgate Register.

THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE. 1 25

THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
The parish includes the townships of West Acomb, Anick, Anick
Grange, Bingfield, Cocklaw, Fallowfield, Hallington, Portgate, Sandhoe,
and Wall : of this group, Hallington forms a projecting portion to the north
east. The eastern boundary skirts the town fields of Corbridge, following the
line of Watling Street, and crosses the pasture lands northward without any
apparent line of demarcation ; but on the other sides the limit of the parish
is marked by conspicuous natural features, which extend along the Erring burn
from near its source to the junction of the stream with the North Tyne, and
from thence follows the course of that river to its junction with the South
Tyne, and so eastwards along the north bank of the united rivers back again
to the township of Corbridge. The three streams, which form the northern,
western, and southern boundaries of the parish respectively, enclose what
may be described as a great headland, possessing very distinctive and
notable characteristics. The river margins usually present a breadth of
rich alluvial haughs, those which face to the south lying within the
hundred feet of the Ordnance contour-line. From these flat haughlands
the ground rises with more or less abruptness, at one place having a
terrace-like slope, and at another a bold escarpment, rising to a height of
about five hundred feet. Above this the upland ground extends over an
area of about nine square miles, rising at the highest point to more than
eight hundred feet above sea level. This great shoulder is unbroken by any
depression or valley, except where on its south-western face the village of
Acomb is situated. At its highest part it is intersected by the lines of the
Roman Wall and the 'vallum,' which at one place cross it at a height of
eight hundred and sixty feet above the SQa. Just beyond this, the church
of St. Oswald, associated with the battle of Hefenfield, stands out upon the
verge of the abrupt western descent.
On the tract of ground, between the moorland at Stagshaw bank and the
fell at Fallowfield, are placed a succession of isolated farmsteads, where
patches of tillage and wide expanses of bleak pastures alternate with strag-.
gling plantations of wind-blown pines and silver birches, whilst on the
broken ground between, the heather and whin assert themselves as the
natural habitants of the soil. The wildest aspect is realised on Fallowfield
fell, where from an escarpment of which the ' written rock ' forms the face.

126 THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
extends a wide expanse of heather, suggesting a sense of remoteness, which
the call of the lapwing and the cry of the curlew intensify and enhance.
In few places are we surrounded by such objects of interest as are here
to be seen in camp and fosse and inscription, where Briton and Roman and
Angle are all represented, and successive phases of our country's history are
vividly set before us. The natural features of the scene are on every side
remarkable. Northward are the eminences of Moot Law and Grundstone
Law, beyond which appear the more distant and sharply-defined hills of
Simonside, while the great chain of Cheviot closes the view. To the west
the ground north of the Wall dips precipitously to the Erring burn, across
which the Watling Street runs in a straight line. At the foot of the descent
lies the tower of Cocklaw, whilst beyond are Swinburne castle and the
Gunnar-peak, with the tower of Chipchase rising beyond in the valley of
the North Tyne. Westward and south-westward are the ridges of the Great
Whin Sill, and, far away, in the adjoining county of Cumberland, the spurs
and summit of the Pennine range of Cross Fell. Southward, again, range
upon range of moorland stretch in succession from Kilhope to Consett.
The transition from the wild uplands to the rich valleys beneath is like the
passage from a high latitude to the luxuriance of a more temperate clime.
Thus, on the western side, where the village of Wall is backed by a rocky
steep, a descent into the valley of the North Tyne abruptly reveals a view
of the scene below, where Walwick Chesters and the domain lands about
it present a striking contrast to the moorland above. The southern face of
the parish looks towards the Tyne, now become a wide river by the union
of its two branches. On the crest at the upper end is seen the spire of the
parish church, piercing through the foliage around it, whilst the chapel at
Stagshaw indicates its eastward extent. Between these points the scenery is
most characteristic of this northern river. The valley here extends to a
width of about three miles from side to side, and on its right bank lie the
picturesquely-situated town of Hexham and the ruins of Dilston castle.
The parish of St. John Lee occupies the left bank, and presents an
alternation of richly wooded slopes, sunny pastures, and bleak uplands.
Numerous remains of terraced lands suggest that the southern aspect of
the bank has attracted the cultivator from remote times, and its present
appearance justifies the impression of its fertility. The mansion houses
of Stagshaw, Sandhoe, Beaufront, the Hermitage, and the Riding, which
stud its face, are all surrounded by extensive woodlands, in which many

ST. JOHN LEE CHURCH. 127
fine specimens of various trees are to be found, whilst scattered farmsteads
and the clustering village of Anick add interest to the scene.
Though the church of St. John Lee gives its name to a parochial
chapelry or parish of 16,129 acres, it does not give one to either hamlet
or township, and is itself situated in the township of Acomb.
The church, which, in a straight line, is about a mile due north of
Hexham priory, is remarkable more for the beauty of its site and for its
traditional connection with St. John of Beverley than for the structure of
the building. It stands on the crest of a steep hill, its graveyard extending
to the very verge of the wooded bank, which breaks off abruptly, falling
away to the grass fields below. Its most striking feature is the ispire [which,
rising above the trees in which its base is hidden, is seen for miles and
gives the church its chief importance. It seems very probable that this is
the spot, described at different times as the Eagle's Nest, ' mons aquilae,' and
Hernshou, where stood the hermitage, surrounded by a brushwood hedge
and a ditch, the chosen resort of St. John of Beverley at the seasons when
he was minded to withdraw from Hexham priory for more undisturbed
opportunity of meditation and prayer.^
Here or at Warden was probably the scene of the cure of the dumb and
unhealthy youth whom St. John of Beverley received and kept for a week
within the precincts of Erneshow, and then in a single day taught him first
to say the word ' Yes,' then the letters of the alphabet, syllables, words, and
sentences, and by the help of his physician cured him of his bodily infirmity.^
On account of this and other miracles people, both hale and sick, were used
in after years to resort to the place on the eve and day of St. John Baptist.^
In the Acts of King Stephen it is related that when King David of Scotland
was quartered at Corbridge in 1138, two of his soldiers attempted to break in
the door of the oratory or yard of St. Michael, and suffered the penalty of
their insolence, for both went mad : the one dashed his brains out against a
stone, and the other drowned himself.*
' The Venerable Bede, taking down the description from the lips of Berethun, who had been St. John's
deacon, gives a description of the place : ' Est mansio qusedam secretior, nemore raro et vallo circumdata,
non longe ab Hagustaldensi ecclesia, id est, unius ferme mUliarii et dimidii spatio inter fluente Tino amne
separata, habens coemeterium Sancti Michaelis Archangeli, in qua vir Dei saepius, ubi opportunitas
adrideba't temporis, et maxime in Quadragesima, manere cum paucis, atque orationibus ac lectione quietus
operam dare consueverat' Beda, Hist. Eccl. lib. v. cap. 2. Warden also claims to possess the hermitage
of St. John, and her advocates identify 'mons aquila;' with Warden hill, and the 'coemeterium' of
St. Michael with Warden church, which is dedicated to the saint. See Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii.
vol. iii. p. 404 n. ' Beda, Hist. Eccl. lib. v. cap. 2.
' Prior Richard's Chronicle, vol. i. p. 17. Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. i. ' Ibid. pp. 17, 18, 79, 80.

128 THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
A Story recorded in the Patent Rolls tells how Thomas Elliott of
Keepwick, a convicted felon, was hanged at Hexham in 1310, but as his
name was enrolled among the brethren of the hospital of St. John of
Jerusalem, his body was cared for by the Order, and carried to the grave
yard of St. John 'de Leye' for burial, where, to the awe of the bystanders,
the dead man revived and lived to receive the royal pardon.^
The place was described in 13 10 as 'Capella beati Johannis de Lega.'^
This has been held to prove its dedication to St. John of Beverley, but the
following document, taken from the Certificates of the English Parentage
and Birth of Certain Persons who have been charged with being Scots,
shows clearly that the dedication of the church was to St. John Baptist : ^
For asmych as it is right meretorie as medeful lo witenesse ye trewth, be it knawen to all maner of men
to whom this present writyng commys, that Robert Elwalde, ye son of John Elwalde, is a trewe Ynglish
man gottyn of his fadre aforsaid, and born of his modre with in the paryssh of Saynt John Baptist within
Hexhamshire, whose godfadre was John Elwalde of the said parysh, and John Robson of the Langlee,
Janet Elwalde, godmodre, of Hakefurth, within the said shire, and was christinyt in the founte of the said
parish of Saynt John Baptist ; wherfore we, the prior of Hexham, Sir Thomas Laveroke, chaplan and
parish prest of the said parich, and WiUiam Smyth, parish .clerke of the same, Thomlyn of Eryngton of
Falefelde, Gerarde of Eryngton of Walwyk graunge, Alex. Armstrang of Croslee, Thomlyn Armstrang of
Bewfrount, Robert of Eryngton of Whittyngton, Robert of Chester, gentilmen [and others], besekes you
by the way of charitie to repute and lialde the said Robert Elwalde as for a trwe Ynglish man, as it afore-
rehersed, and as for the more trewe certificate to be made to you, we the forsaid prior, gentilmen, and
yeomen afore rehersed hath setto our scales. Gevyn at Hexham the 27th day of August the yere of the
reigne of Kyng Edward the IV. the 19th (1479).''
With wise forethought. Archbishop Greenfield sought to establish
endowed vicarages in the chapelries of Hexhamshire, but he found the
' ' Rex omnibus ballivis et fidelibus suis ad quos, etc., salutem. Sciatis quod cum Thomas EUot de
Kepewyk juxta Hextildesham nuper coram Johanne de Vans et sociis suis justiciariis ad gaolam de
Hextildesham infra Ubertatem Archiep. Ebor. de Hextildesham deliberandam assignatis pro quibusdam
feloniis inde coram eisdem justiciariis convictus fuit suspensus et post suspensionem illam a furca t-inquam
mortuus depositus extitisset et corpus ejus ad cimitoerium ecclesiae Sancti Johannis de Leye pro eo quod
nomen ipsius Johannis in rotulo fratrum hospitalis Sancti Johannis Jerusalem in Anglia inventum fuit,
juxta privilegium eisdem fratribus concessum ad sepeliendum delatum, idemque Thomas ibidem vivus
repertus fuisset et post modum ea occasione regnum Anglie abjurasset sicut ex testimoniio accepimus
fidedigno. Nos caritatis intuitu et ob specialem devocionem quam ad beatum Thomam gloriosum Christi
martirem cujus translacionis die inde sumus requisiti pro eodem gerimus et habemus, volentes praefato
Thomae gratiam facere specialem, pardonavimus ei abjuracionem predictam et quicquid ad nos ulterius
pertinet in hac parte et firmam pacem nostram ei inde concedimus. In cujus rei testimonium, etc.
Datum ut supra (Westm. viii die Julii) per ipsum regem.' Rot. Pat. 4 Edw. II. p. i, m. 26.
^ Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. ii. p. 123.'
^ St. John Baptist was always a popular saint in the north of England, possibly because his day
and its eve coincided with Midsummer day, and absorbed some of the traditions of the older religion.
' At Midsurnmer after sunset the lads and lasses resorted to the woods to beat each other with
branches of rowan tree. From the use of the rowan the custom must ha\'e been of northern origin ; the
Scandinavians believe this tree to have magical power, and in their ships have a stick of it. On the eve
of Midsummer day, fires were lighted in every township .... In the end of last and beginning of
this century aU the country was in a blaze.' W. Woodman, 'Old Social Customs of Morpeth.' Hist.
of Berw. Nat. Club, vol. xiv. p. 129. 'English Miscdlinies, Raine, p. 37; Surt. Soe. vol. 85.

ST. JOHN LEE CHURCH. 1 29
grip of the prior and convent too strong to be relaxed. They rephed to his
requisition by producing a bull from Pope Alexander IV. sanctioning the
then existing state of things.^ All that could be done the archbishop did,
and that was to order the keeper of the spiritualities of Hexham to visit the
chapels of St. John Lee, St. Oswald, and Bingfield, with that at Allendale
and the church of St. Mary at He.xham, and to compel the parishioners to
amend and supply the roofs, books, vestments, and ornaments which were
defective or wanting.''
The full consequences of the selfish policy of the canons became
apparent at the dissolution, when it was found that the curate of St. John
Lee had no beneficial interest in the tithes, but only a stipend of £4. from the
prior. This annual payment at the time of Queen Elizabeth's grant of
the tithes in 1579 to Sir Christopher Hatton, was increased to £6 13s. 46.^
At the time of the Oliverian survey the stipend was £14. 13s. 4d.,* and
upon this pittance the curate depended until an augmentation was obtained
in 1750^ from Queen Anne's bounty.'
The benefice is in the gift of Mr. W. C. B. Beaumont, the. lord of the
manor, and is stated to be of the gross value of ^325 per annum.^
' Archbishop Greenfield's Register. Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. ii. pp. 121, 123. ^ Ibid. p. 123 n
' Exch. Min. Acct. 27-28 Hen. VIII. No. loi, m. 5. Aug. Off. Misc. Bks. vol. 281 ; BaUiiPs Accounts,
p. 156. ^ Arch. Ael. 410 series, voh Ui. p. 8. ^ Archbishop of York's Papers.
" The late Rev. Mr. Stokoe purchased for the church of St. John Lee by means of Queen Anne's
bounty an estate at Catton-lee, near Allendale, for which he gave .£600, and was esteemed so great a
purchase that before he wrote to the trustees of that bounty he was offered .£200 for his bargain which he
generously refused, and treated the proposal with contempt. The estate now lets for forty guineas per
annum, and by his other improvements has increased the living to ^100 a year, which was only ^30 when
he got in. Newcastle Courant, ist March, 1766.
' In 1866 the benefice was declared a rectory. London Gazette, 20th November, 1866. In the District
Church Tithes Act, 1865 (28 and 29 Vic. c. 42), which was an Act passed to extend the then existing
powers of annexing tithes to district churches, there occurs the following enactment (sec. 9) : ' Where
tithes of any kind or amount belong to or shall to the satisfaction of the Ecclesiastical commissioners
be transferred to the incumbent of the church of any parish, chapelry, or district, provided such tithes
arise within such parish, chapelry, or district, or where any annuity shall be granted by the Ecclesiastical
commissioners to any incumbent in consideration of tithes arising within the limits of his district, and
now or at any time in the possession of the said Ecclesiastical commissioners, it shall be lawful for
the said Ecclesiastical commissioners, by instrument under their common seal, to declare that such
church shall be and be deemed to be either a rectory or vicarage as they may, under the circumstances
of each case, think proper, and such instrument shall be published in the London Gazette, and take
effect from the time of publication.'
Under the provisions of the section just quoted, many churches were declared to be ' rectories,' and
the incumbents are styled 'rectors.' Instances of this have been noted in the cases of Allendale and
Hexham. Three years later, however, the 31st and 32nd Vic. c. 117, intituled 'An Act to amend the District
Church Tithes Act, 1865, and to secure uniformity of designation amongst incumbents in certain cases,'
was passed. It is a short Act of two sections, the first of which simply repeals section 9 of the Act of
1865 above quoted, and the second enacts that the incumbents of certain parishes who are not rectors
shall be styled vicars. This later Act is intended to put an end to the confusion created by the repealed
section, under which incumbents could be styled rectors, although they were not rectors.
Vol. IV. 17

I30

THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.

A plan,^ drawn to scale in 1788, of the allocation of the prescriptive
seats shows the chapel to have had a total length of 88 feet, of which exactly
one-half in length had a width of 24 feet, and the other half I7|- feet. The
eastern part of the narrower portion, 20 feet in length, is marked ' chancel,'
and seems to have been entered through a narrow opening ; it has also a
south door. The nave had a south entrance porch. The part called on the
plan the ' chancel ' appears to have been added to the older chancel, and
the latter being pewed to provide additional sitting accommodation, or it
may have been an Early Norman church, with an arrangement which some
times occurs, having a sort of ante-chancel divided from the part eastward
by an arch. The present church was practically rebuilt in 1886, though its
most striking feature, the spire, was left untouched.

The most interesting ancient object connected with the church is a
grave cover, 7 feet 6 inches in length and 3 feet 8 inches in breadth, with
matrices which may once have contained brasses. It bears the following
inscription : ' Hie jacet dominus Johannes de Eryngtoune et Elena uxor
ipsius orate pro eis.' It may be compared with a similar one at Thock
rington, which is evidently from the same chisel. In the porch are some
fragments of other grave covers, one of which bears a cross and sword
rudely cut, and near the parsonage house is a stone pronounced by some
to be a Roman altar, and by others to be the support of a seventeenth-
century sun-dial ; the inscription is too much worn to be deciphered.

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" Reared on the summit of the hill,
A simple Church, devoid of skill,
Whose humble Pile in nought was v:
Except a brighdy guilded Fane
Which gUttered in the sunny beam,
A star amid the embow'ring green ;

And many a humble Tomb was there,
And many a Maid, I ween, as fair
Her plighted troth had given.
As when in city's courtly pride
The gorgeous fair one glittering hied
To pledge her vows to Heaven. "

ST. JOHN LEE CHURCH. I3I
Curates of St. John Lee.
131 1. John del Clay, presbyter, vicar of the chapel of the blessed John de Lega,' perhaps a kinsman of
William del Clay, prior of Hexham (1282).
1479 (before). Dominus Peter de Gunnerton ; he held the kyrkland or glebe of Saint John Lee, which
contained 8 acres, and for his stipend had 13s. 4d.^
1479. Sir Thomas Laveroke, chaplain and parish priest.
1496. Sir Robert Whitgwam, chaplain and parish priest.'
1593 (before). Edward Dixon, curate of St. John Lee, was buried 24th November, 1593.'
1603. John Maughan appointed.^ In 1608 the curate of St. John Lee was a customary tenant in
Acomb, and paid yearly 4s.
1633. George Forest."
1650. WUliam Lister. His wife was Agnes, only daughter and heiress of Cuthbert Leadbitter of
Warden, and widow of Robert Wynn of Hexham. William and Agnes Lister sold lands in Warden in
1625 to Nicholas Leadbitter.' 'Note yt Mr. WilUam Lister, minister of St. John Lees, in these distracted
times did both marry and baptize all that made their application to him, for which he was sometimes
threatned by souldiers, and had once a cockt pistoU held to his breast, etc., so yt its no wonder yt ye
registers for these times are so imperfect, and, besides, they are extreamly confused.' Hexham Register,
circa 1653.
1679 (before). George Todd, pastor of this parish, buried in the church 5th March, 1679/80.^
1680 {circa). Leonard Bentham, who died 25th May, 1720, after having been minister over forty years."
1720. Edward Tweedale was ordered deacon at Rosecastle, 30th May, 1718, by William, bishop of
Carlisle. 1734 {circa). Alexander Stokoe,'" licensed and admitted curate, 4th February, 1734 ; was also master
of Hexham grammar school; he died at an advanced age,'' and was buried 22nd February, 1766."^ '"
1766. Bryan Leek,''' M.A., 46 years curate'' of this parish, buried 21st August, 1812, aged 76.'"
' Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. ii. p. 124. '^ Ibid. p. 6. ' English Misc. Raine, p. 48. Surtees Soe.
' Hexham Register. " Auditors' Enrolments Land Revenue, vol. xiii. p. 162, Record Office.
" Randal, State of the Churches. ' liodgson,Northumberland, pt. ii. vol. iii. p. 409. ' St. John Let Register.
" 1720, 2nd May. WUl of Leonard Bentham of St. John Lees, clerk ; my eldest son, Cornelius, I have
done so much for him, I leave him to the consideration of his mother ; to my daughter, Isabel Bentham,
.if 50 ; to my younger son, William, ^30, and my books ; my daughter, Anne ; my wife, Anne, executrix.
Proved at York, 6th July, 1720. Raine, Test. Ebor.
1770, Sth June. Will of Cornelius Bentham of Chester-le-Street, gent. My lands at Chester-le-Street
to my wife, Phillis, for life, then to my nephew, William Bentham, son of my brother, William Bentham
of Blackburn, in Lancashire; remainder to my nephew, Cornelius Dobson of Acomb, son of my late sister,
Ann Dobson, deceased ; remainder to his brother, John ; remainder to Cornelius Farbridge, son of my
sister, Isabel Farbridge; remainder to my niece, Anne, wife of Thomas Hall of Acomb. My lands at
Acomb to Benjamin March of Durham, tallow chandler, and George Charlton of Gateshead, merchant,
in trust for my brother, William Bentham, for life, then to my nephew, William Bentham. To my brother,
WiUiam Bentham, ;£i,ooo ; to my niece, Phillis Harbottle, ^400 ; to her brother, WilUam, and sister,
Barbara Harbottle, ^20 a piece. To my nephew, William Dobson of Acomb, butcher, son of my sister,
Anne, ^100 ; to my nephew, Cornelius Farbridge of Durham, hatter, ^250 ; to my nephew, Cornelius
Dobson, .i^Soo; his brothers, John and Leonard Dobson. To my brother, William Bentham, my
horse, silver spurs, watch, and instruments of surgery. Proved at York, 19th March, 1773. Ibid.
1773, 2nd November. Will of William Bentham of Acomb, gent. My lands at Crookend, near
Kendal, and Cowbrand (?) near Blackburn, in Lancaster, to my cousin, William Robson of Hexham,
mercer, in trust for my son, William Bentham, he executor. Proved at York, December, 1774. Ibid.
'"Randal, State of the Churches. " Newcastle Courant, 22nd February, 1766.
'" St. John Lee Register.
" He married at St. John's church, Newcastle, June, 1756, 'Mrs. Wilkinson of this town, a widow lady
with a fortune oi £2,000.' Newcastle Courant, 6th June, 1756.
" Randal, State of the Churches. " Anthony Hedley was sub-curate 1806-1809.
" St. John Lee Register.

132 THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
1815. Charles Lee,' M.A., was curate for 47 years, and for 37 years lecturer of Hexham, died 13th
March, 1862, aged 72.
1862. William Postleth waite Rigge, B.A., afterwards vicar of Flookburgh, Cumberland, died 4th
December, i8g6, aged 75.
1875. Thomas Faulkener of King's college, London, incumbent 14 years, died 4th August, 1890,
aged 67.
1890. Christian Paul Sherman, formerly chaplain at Damascus.
Monumental Inscriptions.
In memory of ... EUzabeth, wife of Robert Launcelot Allgood of Nunwick, esq. [who died] September
7th, 1864. Also of Ann, wife of Stamp Brooksbank [who died] January 15th, 1853, daughters of John
Hunter of the Hermitage and Medomsley, esq.
Subtus conduntur reliquiae viri reverendi Leonardi Bentham hujusce ecclesiae per annos plusquam
quadraginta pastoris. Obiit anno MDCCXX, Mai die XXV. Accessit Gulielmus Bentham Leonardi filius
natu minor. Anno MDCCLXXIV et aetatis suae LXXll.
Mary Cuthbert, born January 15th, 1821, died AprU 24th, 1894.
In hoc tumulo conduntur cineres Johannis Cotesworth de Hermitage, armigeri, et Janae uxoris ejus.
IUa obiit 12'^'° die JuHi, 1703. lUe ex hac vita decessit 20™° die Januarii, 1725. Memoriae sacrum
Annae Cotesworth, Edwardi Heslop Cotesworth de Hermitage, generosi, dilectissimae conjugis, foeminae
praestantissimae, egregiis animi et corporis dotibus instructae et ornatae, quae vitae hujus finem implevit
22"'' die Martii, 1738/9.
Here Ueth the body of Robert Dawson of Wall, gent., who died the 27th of March, 1729, and also his
wife, Mary, who died the 12th of April, 1754 (?). Also his son, Robert, Who died November the 24th,
1728. And also John Dawson, esq., another son of the above Robert Dawson, who departed this life
the I2th April, 1769, aged 42 years, who died lamented by aU who knew him. Also Frances, wife of John
Dawson, esq., who died on the 8th day of May, 1806, aged 41 years. Also John Dawson, esq., husband
to the above Frances, who died on the 15th day of March, 1807, aged 51 years, and was the last of the
Dawsons of Brunton.
In memory of John Donkin of Sandhoe, who departed this life on the 20th January, 1800, aged
73 years. In memory of Jane, wife of John Donkin of Sandhoe, who departed this Ufe on the 17th of
November, 1792, aged 57 years. Here lieth the body of WiUiam Donkin of Sandhoe, who died 7th of
March, 1844, aged 86. Also of Catherine, his wife, who died 14th August, 1822, aged 67 years.
In memory of Ann, Jane, and Mary Donkin, daughters of the late John and Jane Donkin; they were
natives of Sandhoe in this parish, where they lived and died greatly beloved and respected. Jane
departed this life AprU loth, 1849, aged 83 years; Mary died September 23rd, 1854, aged 83 years; Ann
died June 20th, 1858, aged 94 years.
Sacred to the memory of the Rev. Thomas Faulkener, rector of this parish for 14 years, who
departed this life August 4th, 1890, aged 67.
In memoria Richardi fiUi Caspar et Franciscae Gibson de Riding, qui tenerrima aetate diem obiit 3°
nonae Mail, 181 1. Et Georgii et Annae ejusdem Gaspari et Franciscae liberorum, qui etiam acerbo
funere correpti vita funeti sunt mense Novembris anno domini 1816. Necnon ipsius Gaspari Gibson
horum omnium patris, qui mortuus est in calendis Martis a.d. 1818, aetatis 51.^
Sacred to the memory of WiUiam Harbottle of Anick Grange, who died on the 6th day of August
i8og, aged 78 years, and was interred within this church. And of Ann, wife of the above named William
Harbottle, who died on the 30th day of April, 181 1, aged 68 years. In memory of John Harbottle of
Anick Grange, who died March i6th, 1853, aged 71 years. Also of Mary Harbottle, relict of the above
who died at Hudshaw house, Hexham, October 6th, 1872, aged 84 years.
' Charles Lee (born 12th June, 1789) was son of Richard Lee of Leeds, merchant, and married in 1825
Mary Louisa, daughter of Thomas Ikin of Leventhorpe-house. He owed his preferment to St. John Lee
to the marriage of his brother, William Lee, with Sophia Wentworth, one of the natural daughters of Sir
Thomas (Wentworth) Blackett of Bretton. There is a pedigree of the family in Dr. Hunter's Familiae
Minorum Gentium. ^ This inscription is somewhat illegible.

ST. JOHN LEE CHURCH. 133
In memory of Ann, daughter of Brian Leeke, master of arts, perpetual curate of the parish. She
departed this life the i6th day of February, 1801, aged near 21. The Rev. Brian Leeke died August i8th,
1812, aged 76 years, 46 of which he was curate of this parish. Ann, his wife, died April 5th, 1827, aged 84
years. Mary, their eldest daughter, died November 14th, 1857, aged 79 years. Frances died June 3rd,
1870, aged 88 years.
In memory of the Rev. Charles Lee, M.A., during 47 years perpetual curate of this parish and 37
years lecturer of Hexham church, who died March 13th, 1862, aged 73.
Sacred to the memory of Simon Mewburn, esq., of Acomb, who departed this life September 17th,
1834, aged 86 years. Also Elizabeth, his wife, who died June 22nd, 1801, aged 28 years.
To the memory of Simon Mewburn, who died 5th October, 1 872, aged 73, and Margaret, his wife, who died
31st July, 1867, aged 64; also Simon Mewburn, their eldest son, who died 27th February, 1852, aged 19.
To the memory of Robert Stokoe of Hexham, who died 29th June, 1882, aged 85 ; PrisciUa, his wife,
who died 13th September, 1868, aged 67 ; John Stokoe, who died i6th February, 1889, aged 84 ; and
Juliana, his wife, who died 15th January, 1864, aged 49.
M.S. Henry Tulip of FaUowfield, ob. 19th November, 1744, aet. 79, leaving issue, Thomas, Henry,
WiUiam, John, and Mary. Thomas Tulip, his son, ob. 8th August, 1746, aet. 24. Isabel TuUp, relict
of H. Tulip, ob. 17th September, 1769, aet. 73, and were interred in this church.
M.S. WiUiam Tulip of Fallowfield, ob. 3rd June, 1779, "'i- 53) ^t Bristol Hot WeUs ; and was interred
in Clifton church. Elizabeth Tulip, his daughter, ob. 26th November, 1786, aet. 31. Anne Tulip, relict
of W. Tulip, ob. 3rd May, 1794, aet. 70, and were interred near this place.
Sarah, daughter of Edward Tweddle of St. John Lee, clerk, buried 5th April, 1726.
Here lieth the body of Jane, the beloved wife ot George M. D. Waddilove of Woodhorn, in this county,
esq., she died at Brunton house, 23rd January, 1865, aged 31 years. Also Helen Elizabeth Waddilove,
daughter of the above, who died at Beacon-grange, on the 6th September, 1866, aged i year 8 months.
In loving memory of George Marmaduke Darley Waddilove of Woodhorn, in this county, late major
in the Bengal army, who died at Brunton house, 6th March, 1887, aged 63 years.
The following notices are selected from the parish register, which begins in 1664:
1666, 8th July. Francis Oliver of Woodhead house, and Elizabeth Errington of Beerfront {sic), married.
1669, 13th AprU. Henry Cresswell and Ann Holmes, married.
1671, June 24th. John Whitfield of Whitfield, and Ellinor Lookup of WaU, married.
1672/3, 19th March. William, son of Mr. Thomas Sanderson, buried.
1673, ^^^ May. Ralph Lampton and Mary Hill of Fallowfield, married.
1676, 15th June. John Blackoe of Lead works, and Ann Congleton of Cockley, married.
1676, 30th March. Nicholas Blackett of Fallowfield, buried.
1676/7, 9th January. William, son of John Blackett, gent, of Fallowfield hall, baptised.
1679, 3rd July. Ralph Haggerston of Fallowfield, buried.
1679, i°th July- John Hawdon of parish of Haltwhistle, and Mary Fenwick of parish of Whelpington,
married. 1681, 2nd August. Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Samuel Wilson of Bingfield, baptised.
1681, 13th September. Robert Soulby of Anick Grange, and Martha WeakUfife of Middleton, married.
1688, December. Grace Todd, widow of George Todd, senior, formerly pastor of this parish, buried.
1689, loth October. Mary, daughter of Thomas Mayor of Fallowfield hall, buried in the church.
1706, nth November. John Dagleas and Margaret Sureties of Acomb, married.
1709/10, 20th February. Frances, daughter of William Bacon of Hermitage, baptised.
1716, I2th AprU. William Harbottle of Anick Grange, buried.
1 7 1 6, 2 1 St October. Thomas Alder of Bedlington, and Margaret Wilkinson of Hallington mill, married.
1716/7, 1st February. Elizabeth, illegitimate daughter of John Shafto, officer of excise at Hartlepool,
and Alice Stote of Hedworth, co. Durham, baptised.
1718/9, I2th February. Nicholas, son of John Lampton of FaUowfield, baptised.
1724, 31st May. Sarah, daughter of Edward Tweddale, clerk, of St. John Lee, baptised.
1728/9, 24th March. Elizabeth Cartington, Woodhead, buried.

134 THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
1730, 28th July. Henry Carr of Slaley, and Elizabeth Atkinson of Hill head, married.
1732/3, 17th January. Mr. Robert Dent and Mrs. Ann Carnaby, married.
1733, 25th October. Mr. Robert Fenwick of Woodhead, buried.
1738, 8th June. Mary, daughter of Mr. George Coulson of Brunton, baptised.
1754, 3rd January. Barbara, wife of Mr. Michael Harbottle of Anick Grange, buried.
1758, 2ist March. John Witherington of the Chesters, buried.
1760, 6tb January. Elizabeth Kirsop of Houghton, aged 106, buried.
1761, 23rd February. Mr. Robert Lorran of Beaufront Woodhead, buried.
1768, 15th October. Michael Harbottle of Anick Grange, buried.
1769, i6th April. Mr. John Dawson of Brunton, buried.
1773) 29th June. Mark Carr and Mary Hedley, both of St. John Lee, married.
1774, 28th May. Mr. WiUiam Bentham, Acomb, buried.
1777, 2 1 St April. Brian Leek, parish of St. John Lee, clerk, and Ann Hemsley, parish of Hexham, married.
1791, i8th October. George Coats, chapelry of Haydon, and Mary Potts of this parish, married.
1791, 29th December. Archer Lee of parish of South Shields, and Deborah Cook, chapelry of Bing
field, married.
1794, 6th March. Mr. Robert Bullock of the Woodhead, aged 85, buried.
i8o5, nth May. Frances, wife of John Dawson, esq., of Brunton house, buried.
1807, i8th March. John Dawson, esq., of Brunton house, buried.
1808, 14th August. Edward, son of the Rev. Anthony Hedley, assistant curate of this parish, buried.
1812, gth August. Eleanor, daughter of Thomas Samuel Dees, born at Greencarts, parish of Simon-
burn, baptised.
1829, 1st July. Matthew Carr, parish of St. Nicholas, Newcastle, and Phoebe Dawson Lambton of
this parish, married.
1832, 7th June. Joseph Brooksbank, esq., and Susanna James, both of this parish, married.
Charities, Visitations, etc.
Thomas Errington of Bingfield hall, gent., by will dated 20th November, 1677, devised .j^io a year to
a free school to be paid out of his lands at Bingfield East Quarter, and ^5 a year to the poor of the parish
of St. John Lee to be paid out of Bingfield.'
Ursula Mountney of Stonecroft, widow, by wUl dated i6th July, 1680, devised inter alia 20s. a year to
the poor of St. John Lee to be paid out of her lands at Stonecroft and Nunbush in the parish of Warden.'
1720, Aprih Office against John Coatsworth and Margaret Carr, widow, for antenuptial fornication;
they were married by Mr. Lyant, vicar of Ovingham, by licence from Durham as of parish of Ovingham,
though both of Hexham.
1720, April. Office against Robert Grey and Susanna Errington for the like. Grey proves that he
was married by Mr. Edward Tweedale, curate of Corsenside and Thockrington, in a private room at
Woodheads, parish of St. John Lee, at four in the afternoon without banns or licence.
1721. Ofl5ce against William Bentham and Phillis Harbottle, married without banns or licence.
1725. Office against Edward Tweedale, St. John Lee, clerk, for being several times drunk. Received
church reproof. Was suspended 3rd July, 1728.^
175 1. Office against Nicholas Rovvell and Thomas Hutchinson, churchwardens of St. John Lee for
1749, for neglecting to exhibit a copy of their parish register. They appeared with Mr. Alexander Stokoe
their minister and owned their neglect which it is not in their power (as>they now say) to recover, their
register having been stolen out of their church about the latter end of last March.*
1764. Robert Andrews by will gave ^10 to the poor of Bingfield, and ^20 to the poor of Anick and
Sandhoe, the interest is paid yearly out of land surrendered for that purpose, 17th June, 1772, by Slaughter
Clarke and Honour his wife.
27th October, 1792. Confirmation to John Hunter, esq., and his family of a seat inside the great isle
in the church of St. John Lee, late belonging to Mr. Jasper Gibson and others.'
' This charity is said to be lost, and is not mentioned in the Charity Commissioners' Report of 1830.
' Ritschell, Tynedale Charities. ' Canon Raine, Notes of York Faculty Books, etc. * Ibid. " Ibid,

ACOMB TOWNSHIP.

135

ACOMB TOWNSHIP.
The township of Acomb, ^ now generally described as West Acomb, to
distinguish it from another township bearing the same name, in the parish of
Bywell St. Peter, has an area of 2,879 acres. Its population, which has
greatly fluctuated during this century, was at the last census returned at
900.^ It has a broad base upon the North Tyne and Tyne rivers, and
narrows as it ascends in a north-easterly direction towards the Roman Wall.
In this higher part is
Acomb fell,^ with an
elevation at Hang
man's hill* of 775 feet
above sea-level ; the
other higher parts are
at the Hemmel, the
Fern hill, Carr hill,
and Silver hill. To the
right and left of the
fell flow the Birkey
burn and the Red
burn. On the high
way between Hexham
and Wall is the Lady
Cross bank, where the socket of an ancient cross, believed to be one of the
sanctuary crosses of Hexham, though not in situ,'is now placed.^
The village of Acomb is situated at the foot of the fell, and consists
of a single street running east and west, with roads leading off from the
' Acomb, pronounced in the immediate locality Yekam, and elsewhere in the district Ak'am.
'^ The Census Returns are : 1801,532; 1811,529; 1821,533; 1831,523; 1841,571; 1851,635; 1861,
800; 1871,951; 1881,1,056; 1 89 1, goo.
^ On Acomb fell, near Hexham, is a brown argillaceous earth, with a yellowish cast. It is harsh to
the touch, tough and ductile. Thrown into water, it makes an ebullition, with a slight noise, and after
sometime moulders to a powder, a little gritty. It effervesces with aqua fortis. In the fire it acquires a
dull reddish brown. It was lately used in making a fine black earthenware by a person well skiUed in
the figuline art from Staffordshire. WalUs, Northumberland, vol. i. p. 43.
* Not far south-west from St. Oswald's chapel is a curious hill called Hanging Shaws, with several
gradations of artificial terraces on its sides. Gentleman's Mag. 1832, pt. i. pp. 581, 582.
" Cf. Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. i. p. 61 n.

13^ THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
centre of the village to north and south. It has on its south side the old
heavily-built house of the Mewburns, and until recently was largely occupied
by coal and lead miners.
At the end of the thirteenth century the town of Acomb was of small
value, for to the subsidy of 1295 ten tenants contributed about ten shillings
only;^ and in 1331 the archbishop was induced, on account of the prevailing
scarcity, to remit the arrears of the ferm of John de Coastley. The latter
may have farmed the demesne lands, for in 1351 Acomb is not enumerated
among the possessions of his son of the same name.^
The prior and convent had a tithe grange and a garden, containing a
rood, for which, in 1479, Peter de Gunnerton paid a rent of 12s. They also
possessed the tithes which, in 1536, were worth £2 13s. 4d.'
The Town of Acum Muster Roll, 1538."
Edward Kell, Wyllam Armstrong, John Armstrong, WiUm Cliekyn, WUlm Lee, Edward Byrk,
Gilbert Pateson, John Spayn,' John Chekyng, able with hors and harnes. NicoUes Armstrong, Robert
Spayn, John Dayll, Ric. Armstronge, Christofer Smythe, Ric. Lee, Matho Lee, Ric. Chekyn, Thomas
Armstrong, Richard Armstrong, Robert Spayn, John Lee, Willm Smythe, Robert Chekeyn, John Spayn,
Willm Spayn. naither hors nor harnes. Richard Helinyly, Geo. Helmyslay, John Helmyslay, AUex
Armstrong, Ric. Lee, Robert Armstrong, John Marchall, Ric. Pateson, harnesyd and no hors.
The survey of 1547 gives details of the conditions of ownership of the
husband lands, which in number were apparently 28|^, besides which there
were coatlands or cottages ; the rent of the copyholders in all amounted
to ;^20 14s. 3|d. There were 30 acres of demesne lands at Widehaugh,
then held by Lady Carnaby at a rent of 30s., but formerly belonging to
the prior of Hexham ; the herbage of the wood called Akewood yielded
£2, 14s. 8d., and the mill, held by William Armstrong, 3s. 4d., making
a total rent from the vill and township of ;^26 2s. 3^d. John Chicken
was the grieve."
The survey of 1608 contains some details unnoticed in, or differing
from, the preceding one, for the division is now termed a grieveship, and the
tenants are classed under the three heads of copyholders, customary tenants,
and leaseholders. Both the moieties of Bucliife, Hallington, etc., are included
in the rental. '^
' Their names are given in vol. iii. p. 33. ¦' Cf. p. 10 \_sub Coastley].
^ Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. ii. p. 167. ' Arch. Ael. 4to series, vol. iv. p. 188.
= John Armstranng, John Spane, Richard Leyghe, George Helmesley, Willm Armstrang, PerceveUe's
son, RoUand Armstranng, Thomas Leyghe, Flob Cheken, and Roger Robson, were the nine men of Acom
appointed to go to Berwick in tyme of necessite (in the reign of Henry VIIL). Hexham Priory, Raine,
vol. i. p. cix. preface. " Vol. iii. pp. 68, 69. ' Ibid. pp. 100-102.

ACOMB TOWNSHIP. 1 37
Situated as it was on the north side of the Tyne, Acomb was more
exposed to the forays of the Scots than Hexham ; it was ravaged in 1315,^
and about 1467 the village was burnt by a marauding party, to the loss of the
archbishop, who retaliated by excommunicating the offenders. The sentence
was proclaimed in the churches and chapels within the jurisdiction of the
prior on Sundays and festivals during the celebration of the mass when the
congregations were largest.^ From the following petition" addressed in 1626
to Charles I., it is evident that eighty years previously, or about the year
1546, Acomb,* as well as the hamlet of Wall, had again suffered from the
same enemy :
To the king's most excellent majestie :
The humbell peticon of the loyall subjects the coppiholders and customary tenants of inheritance
within the two townes of Wall and Acomb, parcell of the manner of Hexham, in the counti of Northumber
land, according to the customes of the same manner.
Humbly sheweth unto your gratious majestie : That tyme whereof the memory of man is not to the
contrary, the most of all the laundes and tenements within the said manner were aunciently the possessions
of the archbushopric of Yorke, untill about ye 36tli yeare of King Henry VIII. ; that the same laundes and
possessiones came to the Crowne by exchange, since which tyme, as also before, the same laundes and
possessiones weare alwayes holden, and that ar and ought to be holden, by the tenants thereof as coppihold
and customary landes, by copy of Court Roll, to them there heires and assigns for ever, according to the
custome of the said manner of Hexham, and soe have bene alwayes by your subjects and all there
ancestors, paying therefor yearely to your majestie and your predecessors the rent accustomed, and doing
there suite and services at the courte of the said manner. The title of which landes being heretofore
questioned by ye officer of your majestie's most royall father of blessed memory, was [on] view and
perusall of auncient surveys, remaining of records in your majestie's Court of Exchequer and other there
evidences, approved and so hath continewed ever sine, and your subjects' ancestors, and predecessors
have accordingly payed the [fines and] done theire services according to the antient custome of this
manner. All which notwithstanding, some persons knowing the poverty and distress of your poor
subjects dwelling far remote in the northern parts, and that the old copyes of Court Rolls whereby they
did hold theire copy-hold estates, weare either burned by cunning when ye said two townes weare burned
about 80 yeares since, or stolne by theives who herryed theire bowses, and that they had few or no old
evidences to showe towching theire auncient estates, have upon untrue suggestions, and for theire owne
private gaine to oppresse your subjects by extreame compositions and multiplicity of suits, obteyned a
lease from your late gratious father, in November before his majestie's death, of so many of the said
customary tennements and lands in Wall as amounteth in yearely rent to 8'' i8' 5", and of so many
customary tenements and lands in Acam as amounteth in yearely rent to 19'' 8' 9", for the tearme of three
lives in the name of one Richard Isaacke, when there was no lord there, and without the permission of
your orators, and without any consideracon at all to your said gratious father, other then the reservation
of the said auncient yearlie rente, which alwayes have bene payed by your subjects' ancestors, and are now
yearely payed by your orators, and the said pretended lease is neither inroUed before your majestie's
auditor, nor any rent so much as tendred to your majestie's receiver upon the same, and the said Richard
Isaacke hath, by his assignes, now comenced suit against some of your majestie's subjects in your highnes
Court of Exchequer Chamber, upon the said lease, which suite your subjects are inable to defend in regard
of their remote habitations and miserable poverty.
' Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. i. preface xci. '^ Ibid. vol. ii. p. 153.
'" Hexham Manor Rolls, 17th October, 1626.
¦" In 1552, four men of the inhabitants of Acomb were appointed to keep the night watch at Choller
ford ; the setters and searchers were Wm. Armstrong and John Spain. Nicolson, Border Laws, p. 170.
Vol. IV. 18

138

THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.

May it therefore please your most gratious riiajestie (the premisses considered), and for that your
majesties revenue is more certaine and comodious by the copy-hold estates, which the ancesters of your
majestie's subjects ever held, tiU the clerkes of your majestie's courts there by negligence and ignorance
discontynued, and omitted the same by which your subjects are to pay fines of all admittances, surrenders
and leases, according to the custome of the said mannor, as theire auncestors formerly did then by the said
pretended lease, whereby no more is to be payed for 3 lyves then the auncient rent now and alwayes
heretofore payed by your subjects and there auncestors, and that your subjects doe humbly desire to be
restored to there former copy-hold estates by copy of Court Roll, (which wUl bring to your majestie, your
heires and successors great yearely benefitt and profitt), to referr the examination and determination of
your subjects' estates, and the title of the said Richard Isaacke and his assignes concerning the said
lands in Wall and Acam, to your majestie's high treasurer of England, and to direct that such order as
his lordship shall make therein may be ratified and confirmed by decree of your majestie's said Court of
Exchequer Chamber, for the perpetuaU contynuance and success thereof whereunto your poore subjects,
being in number with there wyves and children 300 persons, do humbly submitt themselves. And they
shall daly pray, as there bounden dutyes, for your majestie's most happy raigne long to continue.
Tenants in Wall.
Geo. KeU Matt. Kell Ric. Ley
Edw. Dawson Ric. Ley, jun. Wm. Robson injur, uxor.
Robt. Robson Edw. Kell Alice Simpson
Robt. Robson, jun. Wm. Dawson Tho. Kell
Robt. Kell Lancelott Storoe Nich. Trumbell

Wm. Ley, sen.
Jo. Spaine, infant
Jo. Charlton, jun. jur. ux.
Cuthb. Smyth, infant
Robt. Chicken
Tho. Hutchinson
Rob. Hutchinson
Tho. Smyth
Matt. Armstrong
Ric. Ley, sen.

[? Tenants in Acomb.]
Jas. Chicken, infant
Jo. Armstrong
Ric. Ley, jun.
Tho. Ley
And. Armstrong, infant
Wm. Ley, sen.
Jo. Hemsley
Wm. Heslopp
Jo. Chicken
Jarrard Armstrong

Robt. Armstrong, sen.
Robt: Armstrong, jun.
Rowland Rey (? Ley)
Wm. Kell
Geo. Pearson
Robt. Pearson
Nich. Armstrong
Wm. Ley, jun.
Arthur Ley
Edw. Ridley

great controversy arose
and the copyholders of

In the middle of the seventeenth century,
between the freeholders of Anick who claimed
Acomb who demurred to their claim, the right of eatage, intercommon, or
rake, not only upon Acomb fell, but upon the infields of Acomb. A suit
was begun in the Court of Chancery, and ultimately both complainants and
defendants agreed to abide by the award of John Ord of Barker-house, gent.,
John Hudspeth of Anick Grange, gent., George Allgood of Hexham, and
George Gibson of Westboat-house, yeomen. The award of the arbitrators,
with the assent of William Fenwick of Hexham abbey, esq., the umpire, was
made on the ist March, 1655/6, and confirmed to the tenants of the town
of Anick intercommon on Acomb fell, and ordered that they should not
herd any of their cattle upon the parcels of ground called Bishop's Leazes,
Matthews-house, and Hackman Clewe, or upon ' any part or parcel of the

ACOMB TOWNSHIP. 1 39
said moore or fell of Acomb which hath formerhe been enclosed, or which
the said John Armstrong the elder, and the above mentioned defendants, or
anie other of the inhabitants of the said towne of Acomb can prove hath
been in rigg and reine belonging to the said towne of Acomb.'^
In 1663 the proprietors of lands in Acomb township were :
Christian Armstrong, widow, Acomb mill, who was rented at £2 5s. od ; John Armstrong, £(1 ; John
Armstrong, junior, £4 los. ; John Armstrong, £(i ; Ann Armstrong, ^i los. ; Richard Armstrong,
.^i los. ; John Chariton, £4 los. ; Dorothy Canot, i8s. ; AUce Chicken, ^5s. 8s. ; John Chicken, £i\
Sir WiUiam Fenwick, tithe; Thomas Heron, ^i los. ; Thomas Hemless, tithe, £(3 15s. ; Robert Hogg,
7s. 6d. ; Archibald Hobkirk, ^4 los. ; Mrs. Katherine Heslop for Heslop's land, ^55; Thomas Kell,
£7 los. ; John KeU, £2 15s. ; George Lee, 12s. ; John Lee, £5 ; Thomas Lee, £(i ; Nicholas Lee,
£i> ; Rowland Lee, i6s. ; John Lambert, i8s. ; Robert Pearson, ^8 2S. ; John Smith, £(i 15s. ; Richard
Spaine, £2 8d. ; George Spain, 15s. Total, .£148 19s. 6d.
It will be noticed that many of these surnames are the same as those
which occur in the petition of 1626 previously quoted.
The following will is that of one of these proprietors, or perhaps that of
his son of the same name :
Will of John Charleton of Acomb, yeoman, dated 28th January, 1694/5. To my eldest sonn John
Charleton, two oxen and two horses with long waine and short waine, with plough and plough irons, with
husbandry gear thereunto belonging, to enter upon at the age of one and twenty years, with the ground
sown and covered. Item, I give to my second sonn, WiUiam Charleton, one long waine and one short
waine, with plough and plough irons and husbandry gear thereunto belonging, to enter upon as soon as he
accomplishes ye age of one and twenty years. Item, I give unto my third sonn George Charleton, one
dwellinghouse and one barne adjoining thereunto, with one yard or backside with two butts of
meadow ground at ye end thereof now in ye possession of John Cresswell for ye said George Charleton,
etc. Item, I give out of that moyety or farmhold which my son William Charleton was fyn'd in or which
may befall his share on this late division of lands according to his proportion what rents as may accrew
over and above ye sesses, taxes, or what may be expended on suits of law or otherwise to be equally distri
buted betweene my son George Charleton and my youngest son Thomas Charleton by my executrix. To
my daughters Margaret and Ann Charleton, ^30 apiece. To my son John Charleton, one beddstead with ye
bedding belonging and one cupboard, both standing in ye forehouse chamber, together with fowerteen
furr deals. To my son Thomas, £\o. Rest of my goods to my loving wife Ann Charleton ; she
executrix.'' Thirty years later the lord of the manor and the tenants of Acomb, who
were seised in fee simple or by copy of Court Roll of certain lands within the
townfields lying common and undivided, dispersed and intermixed, agreed
' The complainants in the Chancery suit were John Charlton, Thomas Hutchinson, Robert Smith,
Edward Errington, Nicholas Fairlamb, and other the freeholders of Anick, and the defendants were John
Armstrong the elder of Acomb, WiUiam Lee the elder alias 'Blyth Nook,' John Armstrong »Hfls Matthew,
John Archbold Hobkirk, John Charlton, Richard Armstrong, Thomas Kell, William Smith, Thomas
Hemsley, Nicolas Lee, James Chicken, John Kell, WiUiam Lee the younger, and other the copyhold
tenants of the town of Acomb. From a copy in the Bell Collection transcribed from the original award,
which, in 1835, was in the possession of Mr. Robert Leadbitter of Newcastle, solicitor.
^ Raine, r«si. Ebor.

140 THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
to divide the same, and appointed Arthur Shafto of Bingfield, gent., Hugh
Rowell of Sandhoe, Christopher Lee and John Lumley of Wall, yeomen,
commissioners for that purpose.^
The out-field known as Acomb fell or moor, containing 1,260 acres,
upon which the township of Anick had intercommon or grazing rights,
remained unenclosed until 1779, when it was divided under an Act of Parlia
ment.^ The lay tithe owners, viz., Henry Errington of Sandhoe, who held
three-fourth parts, and Isabel and Frances Bacon of Newbrough, spinsters,
who held the remaining one-fourth of the rectorial or corn tithes, and Sir
Thomas Blackett, who possessed a modus of 19s. 4d. in lieu of the hay
tithes and all other vicarial tithes, consented to take lands in satisfaction of
their right, and most of the copyholders availed themselves of the offer.
The commissioners appointed to carry the Act into execution made their
award 9th April, 1779, by which, after reserving the sporting rights and
minerals (except the lead mines which belonged to Sir Edward Blackett) to
Sir Thomas Blackett, the lord of the manor, they set out various public
roads, covering about 44 acres, and two public freestone quarries, containing
about 1 1 acres, and allotted 45 acres, being one-sixteenth, to the lord for his
consent to the division, and 339 acres to Henry Errington, 50 acres to Isabel
and Frances Bacon, and 103 acres to Sir Thomas Blackett, in lieu of their
respective tithes and modus. The remainder was divided into the following
acreages, fractions being omitted :
The Rev. Thos. Coulter for lands which he held as curate of Allendale, 4 acres ; John Armstrong,
I ; WiUiam Armstrong, 13 ; Isabel and Frances Bacon of Newbrough, spinsters, for their lands called
Chairhead, 36 ; the devisees of Cornelius Bentham, 26 ; the Rev. Brian Leek for land which he held as
curate of St. Mary, Bingfield, 5 ; Sir Thomas Blackett, 10 ; Matthew Carr, 10 ; Rev. Ralph Carr and
' The award was made in 1694, and the following tenants were party to the divison. (Where no place-
name follows the surname the place of abode was Acomb) : John Armstrong the elder, glover ; John
Armstrong the younger of Ninebanks, an infant under the tuition of Edward Robson of Ninebanks,
yeoman ; Symond Armstrong, yeoman ; Jane Charlton, widow ; John Charlton the elder ; John Charlton
the younger, yeoman ; John Coatsworth of South Shields, gent.; William Dawson of Wall, yeoman ;
Joseph Dodd of Rye hill, yeoman ; Francis Elliot of Whitehill, yeoman ; Edward Fletcher of Ovington,
yeoman ; Robert Gyll, yeoman ; John Helmsley, yeoman ; George KeU, yeoman ; John Lambert,
yeoman, as infant under the tuition of Margaret Lambert, widow ; William Lee of the Croft in Acomb,
yeoman ; WilUam Lee of Smeethaires in Acomb, yeoman ; William Lee, blacksmith ; William Lee of
Hexham, joiner ; John Lee, yeoman ; Thomas Lee, yeoman ; George Nicholson, yeoman ; Robert
Nicholson, yeoman ; Thomas Pattinson, yeoman ; Robert Pearson of Errington, yeoman ; Mrs. Ann
Pratt of Acomb mill, widow ; William Smith, yeoman ; John Spain, yeoman ; John Surties, yeoman ;
Robert Thompson, yeoman ; and Elizabeth Walker of Newcastle, widow. Bell Collection.
' An Act for dividing and inclosing a certain common moor or tract of waste land called Acomb
Common within the regality or manor of Hexham. 18 George III. The award was enrolled at the
Quarter Sessions held at Hexham, 14th July, 1779. The enrolment is with the clerk of the peace at the
Moot hall.

ACOMB TOWNSHIP. I4I
Mary his wife, i ; George Charlton, 14 ; WilUam Charlton, i ; John Dagleas, shovel maker, i ; John
Dagleas, glover, 3 ; Thomas Dagleas, i ; John Dobson, I ; WiUiam Dobson, i ; Joseph Dunn, 41 ; John
Errington, esq., 11 ; Henry Errington, esq., 100; Jasper Gibson, 48; Thomas Gibson, i; Thomas
Hemsley, i; Peter Hewitson, i; Thomas Kirsop, 6; John Kitchen, 5; Thomas Lee, 17; WiUiam
Lee, 7 ; Simon Mewburn the elder, esq., 182 ; Simon Mewburn the younger, 2 ; George Mowbray, esq.,
16 ; Edward Nicholson, 7 ; Thomas Nicholson, 9 ; Michael Pearson, esq., 29 ; John Ridley, 16 ; Thomas
Ridley, 8 ; Robert Salmon, 5 ; Christopher Soulsby, esq., 17 ; John Stephenson, i ; William Stokoe,
1 ; John Surties ; Isabel and Mary Thompson, spinsters, i ; Robert Walker.
Amongst the families who have for many generations been land owners
in Acomb are the Lees and Armstrongs. The latter family is now repre
sented by Mr. W. R. Mewburn, whose pedigree is here given. The
following wills, etc., afford some details of the former family :
1596, 8th June. Administration of John Lee of Acomb granted to Thomasine, wife of John Kell,
late his wife ; reservation to William and Mabel Lee his children.
1667, 8th October. Will of Thomasine Lee, widow, late wife of Thomas Lee of Acomb. To be
buried at St. John Lee. My son Thomas Lee, my daughter Ann Lee ; my father Archibald Hobkirk
executor. Proved June, 166R.
1685, ^itU AprU. Administration of EUenor Lee of Acomb granted to Cuthbert Lee her husband.
1693, 19th July. Administration of John Lee of Acomb granted to William Lee his son.
1694, 25th June. Probate of the will of WiUiam Lee of Acomb granted to WiUiam Lee his son.
1704, 1st August. Administration of Christopher Lee of WaU granted to George Lee his brother ;
William Lee, the father, renouncing.
1704, nth August. Will of Thomas Lee of Acomb, yeoman. To my loving wife Alice Lee the
rents of all my lands in Acomb till my eldest son John Lee be 21. My lands in Acomb in a place called
Jackfield, etc., to my second son, William Lee ; the water corn mill near Acomb and the Kirke close to
my third son Henry Lee. To my daughter, Ann Lee, ^60. Residue to wife ; she executor. Proved
21 November, 1704.
1760, i6th April. Probate of the will of John Lee of Acomb granted to Allison his widow and sole
executrix.' 1764. To be sold several houses, closes of land, and a very convenient and well fitted up pottery for
all sorts of brown, black, and tortoise shell ware, situate within twenty yards of the village of Acomb, etc.,
lately belonging to Mr. WiUiam Lee, but now to Mr. John Lee, his son. Newcastle Courant, 17th
October, 1764.
The mill of Acomb is described in 1226 as being on or near the
Kirkeburn,^ a rivulet which, a hundred years later, is called the Birkeburne.
On land lying beyond it the prior and convent had common of pasture to
which they were desirous to obtain a more convenient access than what they
already had, and which ultimately they succeeded in obtaining.' In 1547
William Armstrong held the mill at a rent of 3s. 4d., and in 1663 Christian
Armstrong, widow, was rated for the same at £2 5s. Mrs. Ann Pratt of
Acomb mill, widow, was party to the division of the townfields in 1694, and
in 1699 John Errington surrendered Kirkburn mill and Kirk close to John
Lee.*
' Raine, Test. Ebor. ^ Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. ii. p. 92.
3 Ibid. vol. ii. pp. 92, 135, 136. * Hexham Manor Rolls.

142

THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.

MEWBURN OF ACOMB.

Simon Armstrong of Acomb ; will dated 25th = Ann Hobkirk of Acomb; married
March, 1728 ; proved same year (c). I 1st Jan., 1683 (a).

James Mewburn of
Seaton Delaval in
1728 ; in 1734
voted for lands in
Wylam.

Jane, daughter and heiress of Simon Armstrong
of Acomb ; born July, 1684 ; as a widow
resided at Southwick, co. Durham, but died
at Acomb ; administration granted to son
Simon, loth Oct., 1737 (c).

John, baptised 2nd
Feb., 1786/7 (a);
died in father's
lifetime.

Ann ; buried
6th March,
1688/9 ia).

Simon Mewburn ; succeeded to Acomb un
der grandfather's will ; tuition granted
to father, 12th July, 1728 ic) ; in 1748
voted for Portgate in Allendale ; buried
15th April, 1784 (a) ; wiU dated Sept.,
1780 ; proved 1784 (c).

Mary, daughter of
Henry Tulip of
FaUowfield ; bur
ied 4th Oct.,
1779 ia).

. Armstrong ;
living 1728.

Jill
Dorothy.
Ann.
Jane.Frances.
Hannah.

All mentioned
in grandfather's will, 1728.

Simon Mewburn
of Acomb, son
and heir ; died
17th Sept.,
1834, aged 86
ia).

Elizabeth, daughter of
... Davison ; mar
ried nth August,
1798 ia) ; died 22nd
June, 1801, aged
28 ia) ib).

I
William Mewburn,
baptised 8th
Sept., 1757 ia) ;
buried 4th July,
1792 ia).

Henry Mewburn, born Sept.,
175° ! of Newcastle, sur
geon ; married Dorothy,
daughter of Thomas
Mewburn otStandground;
living 1780. ^

Tulip Mewburn, bap
tised 17th AprU,
1755(a). His wife
Catherine was
buried 25th Feb.,
181 1 (a).

James Mewburn, baptised 30th May, 1743 (a) ; buried
14th Sept., 1761 (a).
James Mewburn, baptised 25th Nov., 1762 ; of Trinity
college, Cambridge ; ordered deacon 15th Oct., 1786,
and licensed to curacy of St. Oswald and Bingfield ;
died at Acomb, and buried 21st March, 1807, aged
45 (.")¦

I I I I
Thomas ; buried 3rd Feb., 1752 (3).
Thomas ; buried 3rd Dec, 1753 {a).
Thomas; buried 15th Aug., 1754
ia).
Thomas, baptised loth June, 1756
ia).

Mary ; buried 8th
Oct., 1752 ia).
Mary, baptised 28th
Dec, 1758 i") ;
buried 15th Dec,
1759 («).

Simon Mewburn of Acomb, baptised
15th Aug., 1799 (o) ; died 5th
Oct., 1872, aged 73 ib).

Margaret, daughter of Henry Richmond of Hums
haugh ; married at Simondburn, 20th Oct., 1830
id) ; died 3i5t July, 1867, aged 64 ib).

Isabel, baptised 5th Feb.,
and buried 24th April,
1801 ia).

Simon Henry Mewburn,
eldest son, baptised
lOth Jan., 1833 ia) ;
buried 3rd March,
1852, aged 19 ia).

I
William Richmond Mew- = Elizabeth Fanny,

burn of Acomb, bap
tised 17th Nov., 1834
ia); married 24th May,
1870.

daughter of
Joseph T. Savory
ot Wendover,
Bucks.

James, baptised l8th June, 1836 (a).
George Francis, baptised 9th Aug., 1838 (a); died
24th Dec, 1893.
John Clayton, baptised 25th Sept., 1840 (a).
Henry Richmond, baptised 12th March, 1843 (a).
Septimus, baptised 2nd May, died 4th May,
1844 (a).
Octavius Robert, baptised 12th Jan., 1847 (a).

William Claud; born 24th, died
30th March, 1871.

Simon William Richmond Mewburn,
born 9th Sept., 1884.

Dorothea Margaret Richmond,
born 23rd Oct., 1882.

In 1747/8 WilUam Mewburn of Seaton lodge voted for lands at Wylam, and Simon Mewburn ot Acomb voted
for Portgate in Allendale. Poll Book.

ia) St. John Lee Register.
ib) M.I. St. John Lee.

(c) Raine, Test. Ebor.
id) Newcastle Courant, 23rd Oct., 1830.

1713, 20th April. Will of Thomas Ridley of Acombe mill, miller. My estate of Acombe mill, alias
Birckburn, alias Kirkburne mill, to Richard Ridley, my son, my wife Anne, and my daughter Catherine
Ridley. Residue to son Richard ; he executor. Proved 15th February, 1719/20.

ACOMB TOWNSHIP. I43
I757> 31st July. WiU of Richard Ridley' of Acum miU, miller. To my eldest daughter, Ann, £1^.
My eldest son, Thomas ; my son, John ; my daughter, Elizabeth ; my wife, Jane. My brother, WiUiam
Armstrong of Elrington. My lands and mill at Acomb. Proved 15th December, 1757.
1782, 8th February. Will of Thomas Ridley of Anicke. My sister, Elizabeth Ridley, ;^8 per annum.
My daughter, Ann Scott, .£300. My daughter, Sarah Winship, ^100. My truthful friends, Mr. Robert
BuUock of Beaufront Woodhead, gent, and Mr. James White of Lambshield fuUing mill, trustees, to
whom I leave each a guinea, far too small, but my poor girls have been unfortunate. As to the old
household trumps, give them to Sarah. Probate of will of Thomas Ridley, formerly of Anick, but dying
at Beaufront Woodhead, granted to Ann, wife of John Scott, his daughter, i6th June, 1789.^
At the top of the steep bank leading from the north end of the bridge
over the Tyne are the two farms of East and West Oakwood, which have
been recently sold by the persons who derive their title under the will of
Henry Errington of Sandhoe, or by purchase from such persons, to Miss
Allgood and Mr. C. W. C. Henderson of the Riding. They represent the
mediaeval Ackewoode, a place the name of which first occurs in Prior
Richard's Chronicle, where it is described as ' Unum agrum inter Acuudam
et Tinam fluvium.'^ In 1226 the prior and convent made over their rights in
their wood of Acwde or Akwod to the archbishop in exchange for lands lying
between it and Anick, with other lands at Dotland, Eshells, etc.* When in
1232 Archbishop Gray demised his Hexham demesne lands to the priory for
a term of fifteen years, pasturage for sixteen oxen in Akewood was included
in the lease, ^ and in 1301 Archbishop Corbridge granted them the use of his
quarry at Akewood to repair the mill dam at Hexham.^ In 1547 the herbage
or grazing of Ackewoode was held by three tenants : John Marshall who paid
a ferm of 14s. 8d. for two parcels. Lady Carnaby 20s. for that parcel late in
the tenure of the prior, and the tenants or town of Acomb a rent of 40s. for
the remainder.'^ The principal residence in the township is the Hermitage, which stands
on a green haugh between the Tyne and the foot of the hill upon which the
church is situated. Though some part of the house is of an earlier period
the present building as a whole dates from the beginning of last century,
when the south front was erected by one of the Coatsworth family. It is
surrounded by well grown forest trees.
The designation Hermitage carries us back to the days when St. John
of Beverley sojourned near the spot, but the first definite mention of the
place under its present name is in a lease for ninety-two years, granted 2nd
' In 1722 and 1748 Richard Ridley, and in 1774 Thomas Ridley, of Acomb miU, polled for freehold
lands there. Poll Book.
' Raine, Test. Ebor. ' Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. i. p. 58. " Ibid. vol. ii. pp. gi-94.
" Ibid. vol. ii. p. g6. " Ibid. vol. ii. p. 107. ' Ibid. vol. iii. p. 6g.

144 THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
March, 1496, by the archbishop of York to Nicholas Belyngham, of a
tenement called Armytage, with two closes in the forest of Akewood.^
'Tharmitag' was in the hands of the Crown in 1568,^ but was subse
quently granted by Letters Patent to Christopher Carnaby, and it was in
1608 the residence of Thomas Carnaby, who was said to hold ' the Hermitage
and two closes, beinge parcell of the Akewood, by vertue of a lease not shown
us,'^ these were evidently the same premises which were leased to Bellingham
in 1496. The family continued to hold the estate until the Civil War, for on
the 13th April, 1653, John Carnaby,' of the Hermitage, begs of the com
mittee for compounding cases confirmation of a lease of the said lands
granted him by the county committee for four years at ;^48 los., the estate
not being in the last Act for sale.^
Immediately afterwards the Hermitage was acquired by a South Shields
family of the name of Heslop, members of which appear to have resided
there simultaneously^ with some of the former owners. William Heslop of
the Hermitage was buried in Hexham church on the 15th April, 1648, and
George Heslop, his son and heir, was admitted of Gray's Inn on the 6th
November, 165 1. In 1663 Mrs. Katherine Heslop was rated at ^^^30 8s. for the
Hermitage and the mill, at ^55 for lands in Acomb, and at ^^15 for Hexham
Westboat. The following document records all that is known of the family :
1689, 8th July. WUl of Edward Heslop of South Shields. ' The thoughts of my chainge being often
upon my spirit, and how soone or in what manner God will have me to put of my tabernacle I know not,
but am expecting a sumons to that work, and least my worldly affaires should then trouble me I thought
good to put them in order before hand, being very confident I shall have noe cause to make alteracon or
chainge of anything-I have ordered or sett down in this writeinge.' To my cousin, Elizabeth, wife of
Michael Cotesworth of South Shields, my moiety of the two pans now in the possession of the said Michael;
remainder to her eldest son, John Cotesworth. To the said John Cotesworth one eighth part of the ship
' Fortune,' whereof he is now master. To Caleb, WiUiam, Charles, and Michael, sons of Michael and
Elizabeth Cotesworth, all other parts of ships whereof I am owner. To Elizabeth Cotesworth, daughter
of the said Michael, 'a cabbinet covered with read leather, which is in my great trunck in my closet, with
all that is in the said box or cabbinet.' To Edward Cotesworth of London, apothecary, son of the said
Michael, 'ye little trunck in my closet, with aU yt is in ye sd trunck.'
' Reg. Confirm, et Appr. Dec. et Cap. Ebor. f. 354. ^ Feodary's Book, Ixi. ' Cf. vol. iii. pp. 95, 100.
' 165 1, nth March. WUliam, son of John Carnaby of the Hermitage, baptised: Test. Mr. WUliam
Fenwick of Wallington, Mr. Ralph Carnaby of Halton, and Madam Grace Fenwick. Hexham Register.
* Royalist Composition Papers, vol. G 72, p. 661.
" In 1625 Sir John Fenwick of Wallington, in consideration of ^66 13s. 4d., conveyed to Cuthbert
Heslop of Hexham, cordwainer, two closes of land near the East Boat house, and adjoining the
'Armitage.' He was of Carter Lonning house, and left three daughters and co-heiresses, Edith, wife of
Crane Liddell; Dorothy, wife of John Heslop of the East Boat house; and Mary, wife of WiUiam
Atkinson of Washington ; who had dealings with the place in 1718. Schedule of Deeds in the possession
of Mr. Joseph H. Straker.
1651, 25th March. William, son of George Bewick, tailor, baptised: Test. Madam Fenwick of
Wallington, George Heslop of Hermitage, and I)orothy, wife of Cuthbert Heron of Chipchase. Hexham
Register, ' Proc. of Newcastle Soe, of Antiq, vol. vi. p. 142.

ACOMB TOWNSHIP.

145

COTESWORTH OF THE HERMITAGE.*

Michael Cotesworth of Newcastle, hostman ;
24th June, 1670, purchased lease of salt pans at
South Shields.

Elizabeth  ; cousin and heir of Edward
Heslop ic) ; in 1682 with her husband
was presented as a recusant.

Margaret, daugh- :
ter of Hugh
Wilkinson of
South Shields ;
baptised 5th
Aug., 1672 ib) ;
married loth
Feb., 1694 ib).

¦¦ John Cotesworthf of the ¦
Hermitage ; in. 1689
master of the ship
' Fortune ' ; voted for
Carrycoats in 1722,
and was high sheriff
of Northumberland in
1724 ; buried 23rd
Jan., 1725/5 (a) ; will
dated 8th Sept., 1725.

; Ann, daughter of
Matthew Jeffer
son of New
castle and Bing
field, and widow
of William
Shafto of Carry
coats ; living a
widow in 1726.

Hannah, daugh- :
ter of William
Rartisay, alder
man of New
castle ; mar
ried at St.
John's, New
castle, 9th May,
1699 ih).

¦ William Cotesworth
ot London, after
wards of Gates
head park and
of Bellister ; will
dated 7th May,
1722 ; proved
1727.

I I

: Hannah Watson ;
she re
married Dr. Mawer
(^), vicar
of Mid
dletonTyas.J

Jane; married 28th June, 1745 if), Henry Bloom,
and was buried 6th Oct., 1751 (/)• He was buried
19th May, 1752 if).
Elizabeth ; married 8th August, 1734) Christopher
Legge if). She remarried at Durham, Jan., 1744,
James Smithson of Monkwearmouth (i).

Ill
Robert Cotesworth of Gateshead A daughter,
park ; will dated 1st March, sub-governess
1727/8; proved 1729. in Royal
Ann, or Hannah ; married Henry nursery ih).
Ellison of Hebburn.
Elizabeth; married Henry Thomas
Carr.

I I
Caleb. Edward Cotesworthof London,
apothecary.

Charles Cotesworth ==
of ! Eggleburn,'
county Durham ;
dead before 1722
ie).

Michael Cotesworth.

Catherine  of
Newcastle ; widow
20th Aug., 1729,
when she made
her will ih).

IIII
Elizabeth ; married 3rd Dec, 1690,
John Emmerson Q).
A child baptised 4th June, 1659 ib).
A child buried nth Feb., 1667/8 ib).
Sarah ; buried 6th Nov., 1674 (i).

Charles.

John.

I I
Other issue.

Edward Heslop Cotesworth :
of the Hermitage ; as son
and heir was in 1726
admitted to East Boat
Rake ig) ; died s.p. ;
buried 6th Dec, 1741
(a) ; will dated 14th
Nov.,1741 ; provedi742
ie).

Ann Newton
of Hexham
Spital ; mar
ried 19th
Nov., 1729
(a) ; died
22nd Mar.,
1738/9 id).

I I
Michael Cotesworth of the Hermitage; heir ^= Jane  ; John ;

to brother.
' Now Cotesworth in his hermitage at rest,
Pronounces himself and our free island blest,
No wooden shoes are heard, no galley oar
Is seen upon our hospitable shore. '§
He resided more than thirty years in the
East Indies, where he was governor of one
of the E.I. Company's settlements, and was
well versed in Eastern languages. Died ot
gout in the stomach, 28th Nov., 1754 (/) ;
win dated loth June, 1754 ; proved 1755.

devisee un
der hus
band's will
of his real
estate.

buried gth April,
1698 (a).

id) M.I. St. John Lee.
ie) Raine, Test. Ebor.
if) Hexham Register.
ig) Hexham Manor Rolls.

ih) Sharp MSS. Pedigrees, vol. iii.
Durham Chapter Library,
if) Newcastle Journal, gth Dec, 1754.
ik) Newcastle Courant, 14th Jan., 1744.

(a) Register of St. John Lee. id) M.I. St. John Lee. ih) Sharp MSS. Pedigrees, vol. iii. p. 433.
ib) Register of St. Hilda^ South
Shields.
ic) Proceedings of Newe. Soe. of
Antiq. vi. p. 142.
'* The pedigrees of the families of Cotesworth and Jurin of the Hermitage are imperfect, tor they have not been
collated with the Abstract of Title.
+ John Cotesworth may have been married more than twice, for Jane, wife of John Cotesworth of the Hermitage,
was buried 15th July, 1703. St. John Lee Register.
\ 1765, December 19th. Died at Gainford, Mrs. Mawer, relict of Dr. Mawer, vicar of Middleton Tyas, where
she was buried on the 22nd. She was formerly the (supposed) wife of Wm. Cotesworth, esq., of Gateshead, who left
her an annuity of ;^loo for her life. Gyll's Diary.
§ ' Cheviot,' a Poetical Fragment, by R. W. The reference is ot course to the stock toast to the memory ot
the glorious William of Orange ' who delivered us from Popery and brass farthings and wooden shoes.' The wooden
shoes being the French sahots.

VOL. IV.

19

146 THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
1670, 24th June. Michael Coatsworth of Newcastle, hostman, purchased from Isaac Johnson and
Margaret, his wife, a dean and chapter lease of salt pans in South Shields.
1689, 15th September. John Coatsworth of South Shields, master and mariner (son of Michael
Coatsworth), acquired from John March of Newcastle, clerk, a dean and chapter lease at South Shields,
which he acknowledged to be purchased for his father, and with the latter's money.
29th May, 2nd Wm. and Mary, 1690. Indenture between Michael Coatsworth of South Shields, gent,
and Edward Heslopp of South Shields, gent, (after reciting that Heslop on the May ... inst., by letters of
attorney, surrendered according to the custom of the manor of Hexham all his parcels of copyhold land
and estates within the said manor and regality of Hexham to the said Michael Coatsworth and his heirs),
witnesseth and the said Michael Coatsworth doth hereby testify and declare that the said surrender was
taken in his name upon the special trusts and confidences hereafter mentioned: (ist). The said Edward
Heslop to have the rents, issues, etc., for life ; then (2nd) Michael Coatsworth and Elizabeth, his wife, and
the longer Uver of them to receive and enjoy the same, and at their death (3rd) John, Caleb, William,
Edward, Charles, and Michael Coatsworth and their heirs male, by priority of birth, respectively to
receive the same, and also the charter (land) and freehold land conveyed by the said Edward Heslop to
Thos. Liddell of Ravensworth castle by indenture of lease and release 26th and 27th inst. The said
copyhold land and premises are to be limited to them, the said John, Caleb, etc., etc., and their respective
heirs male in the terms of the said indenture, and not otherwise. And upon the further trust that if the
said Edward Heslop so recover of the sickness wherein he is now languishing, the said Michael Coats
worth, his heirs, etc., should re-surrender the said copyhold lands, etc., or stand seised of them to such
use person and estate as the said Edward Heslop should by deed or will in writing signed by three
witnesses appoint. (Signed) Edw. Heslop. Witnesses : Robt. Heslop, Cuthbert Stokoe, Peter Astell.'
1722, May 7th. Will of William Cotesworth of Gateshead park, esq. To be buried in Gateshead
church if I dye at my dwelling house in Gateshead. If I dye at or near London to be buried in Covent
Garden chapell near my late friend Henry Liddell, esq., and the management of my funerall to be at the
discretion of my dear son, Robert Cotesworth, and my friend Charles Sanderson of London, gent. All my
manners, salt pans, etc., to my brother-in-law, Robert Cptesworth of Unthank, esq.,^ my nephews Charles
and John Cotesworth, sons of my late brother, Charles Cotesworth of Eggleburn, co. Durham, gent.,
deceased, and William Dent of Swalwell, staithsman (?), in trust to pay debts, etc. : to carry on my salt
works, collieries, etc., with the advice of George Liddell of Ravensworth castle, esq., George Grey of
Newcastle, esq., Ralph Featherstonehaugh, and John Airey of Newcastle, gents., until my eldest son be
24, paying him ^200 per annum, and my daughters, Elizabeth and Hannah, ^100 each per annum for
maintenance. My daughters to have ^3,000 each. The chUdren of my brother-in-law, Robert Sutton,
by Anne, his wife, ^loo each. My sister-in-law, Elizabeth, wife of Robert Cotesworth, ^200. My
nephew, Charles Cotesworth, ;£ioo, and his brothers and sisters .£150 each. To the poor of the parish of
Gateshead, ;^so.
Codicil I2th September, 1726. To Hannah (formerly Hannah Watson), now my affectionate wife,
and to whom I owe my life, .£100 per annum for life and ;^i,5oo. Proved 26th February, 1726/7, by
Robert Cotesworth, the son.^
1725, 8th September. Will of John Cotesworth of the Hermitage, esq. A moiety of my lands at
Bingfield to my daughter, Jane Cotesworth, the other moiety to my daughter, Elizabeth Cotesworth. My
daughter Jane and my son Edward Heslop Cotesworth executors. Proved 17th March, 1725/6.'
1727/8, 1st March. Will of Robert Cotesworth of Gateshead park, esq. To my servant Thomas
Sisson ;£ioo. All to my two sisters of the whole blood by my late mother Hannah, deceased, daughter
of WilUam Ramsay, esq., late alderman of Newcastle, also deceased. They executors. Proved 27th
May, 1729."
1741, 14th November. Will of Edward Heslop Cotesworth of the Hermitage, gent. To Elizabeth
Morton of the Hermitage, spinster, ^30 per annum for life. My lands to my brother, Michael
' Document in the collection of Mr. Richard Welford.
'' 1694/5, 22nd January. Robert Cotesworth and Elizabeth Ramsay, sp. mar. St. Nicholas' Register,
Newcastle. 1723, October 5th. Robert Cotesworth, esq., from Unthank, buried. Haltwhistle Registir.
' Raine, Test. Ebor. " Ibid. " Ibid.

ACOMB TOWNSHIP. I47
Cotesworth and his heirs. My late dear wife. To Margaret Greenwell, widow, daughter of Cuthbert
Cotesworth of South Shields, gent., ^10. Elizabeth Morton executor. Proved 15th February, 1741.'
1754, loth June. WiU of Michael Cotesworth of the Hermitage, gent. To my wife Jane my house
in Market Street, Hexham, the tillage caUed Boat-house, Chambers close, a ferry boat and boat-rake
called Hexham East Boat-rake from the Water Meetings to the Prior Thorns, etc., also Tombs-house,
St. Helens, in East AUendale. She executrix. Proved 17th November, 1755.''
1767, 14th October. Probate of will of WiUiam Coatsworth of Tombs-house, in the parish of
Allendale, granted to Ann, the widow and sole executrix.''
The next owner of the Hermitage was a distinguished son of a dis
tinguished father.
James Jurin, son and heir of Dr. James Jurin, fellow of Trinity coUege in Cambridge, 17 11, and
afterwards an eminent physician in London, well known and esteemed in the learned world for his
curious experiments and indefatigable pains in promoting natural knowledge. He was editor of
Varenius's Geography, published in two octavo volumes in London in 171 1, and author of many learned
dissertations in the Philosophical Transactions. He was fellow of the College of Physicians and of the
Royal Society, also their secretary on the resignation of Dr. Halley, 172 1, and their president some
months before his death. Physician of Guy's Hospital, governor of St. Thomas's, and styled by
Voltaire, in the Journal de Sfavans, ' the famous Jurin.' He died a2nd March, 1749/50, in the 66th year
of his age* James Jurin, the son, was educated at the same college, and was elected
a fellow of the Royal Society in 1756. In September of the following year
he married Mary, daughter of John Simpson, alderman of Newcastle, and
two months later, Benjamin Peile, the learned nonconformist minister at
Hexham, wrote to him on the Roman inscriptions at Caervoran, as follows :
With the four volumes of Amelia," for which I thank you, I do myself the honour to send you
enclosed the inscriptions I spoke of. I send the letters themselves that I may have no mistakes to
answer for in transcribing them. They are, some of them, a little ragged ; but that, I hope, you will
excuse on account of the family they belong to. My correspondent in the west is no antiquarian, but I
believe very exact in copying ; and as I desired him to send me none but those that are lately
discovered, I presume these are all of such. That one marked''' I saw myself soon after it was found
and built up into a wall." As to Mr. Walton,' to whom I only act as caterer, I take a liberty in sending
his letters, which he knows nothing of. But, sir, I can put confidence in you; and I am, sir, with most
respectful compUments to Mrs. Jurin and family, etc'
He died at his house at Hackney on the 3rd July, 1762, 'after a
lingering illness, which he bore with uncommon fortitude.''* Shortly after-
' Raine, Test. Ebor. ' Ibid. ' Ibid.
* Wallis, Northumberland, vol. ii. p. 109. For Jurin's dissertations see Philosophical Transactions, Nos.
355i 356' 358- 359, 361, 362, 363, 369, 373, 379, 470, and 472, which treat upon the following subjects :
De PotentiA Cordis ; on the Causes of Distinct and Indistinct Vision ; on the Momentum of Running
Waters ; on Moving Bodies ; the Works of the Learned (1739) ; a Letter containing a comparison between
the Mortality of the Natural SmaU Pox, and that given by Inoculation, 8vo, Lond. 1723 ; an Abstract of
the Case of James Jurin, M.D., written by himself, as relates to his Lixivium for the Stone and Gravel,
8vo, London, 1752. Cf. Nat. Die. of Biography ; Adamson, Scholars of Newcastle Grammar School.
" Henry Fielding's then recently published novel.
" ' In the end of a house at Causey, west from Codly gate.'
' Vicar of Corbridge, and a great coUector of Roman antiquities. Cf. Arch, Ael, xvii. p. 258 n.
8 Stukeley's Diaries, Lukis, vol. iii. p. 136. Surtees Soe. « Newcastle Courant, July, 1762.

148 THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
wards an advertisement appeared in the local newspapers that his will could
not, after the most diligent search, be found. Any person who might have
the said will in his possession, or could give any account as witness or other
wise, was desired to communicate with Sir Edward Blackett or John
Simpson, esq.^
The front of the Hermitage, says Wallis, ' was built by the late Mr. Coatsworth, of white freestone
and hewn work ; the back part and the offices by Mr. Jurin, to whom the whole place is indebted for its
present genteel appearance. To the east of the house is a small but neat garden, sheltered by a clump
of tall forest trees. Before it is a grass lawn adorned with small clumps of young trees, and extending
to a terraced road by the margin of the trout streams of the river Tyne. To the north-west is a small
pendant copse, or natural grove, through which is a terrace walk, and at the top of it a seat to rest on.
Here the melody and harmony of the birds, the whistling winds through the trees, the voice of falUng
waters, and the sight of the town of Hexham, and of that venerable dome, the church of St. Andrew,
form a most beautiful scene."'
JURIN OF THE HERMITAGE.
John Juein of London, citizen and dyer («) =

James Jurin, baptised 15th Dec, 1684 ; was admitted to Christ's hospital, April, 1692 ; =
of Trinity college, Cambridge, 1702 ; B.A., 1705 ; fellow of Trinity, 1706 ; M.D.,
1716 ie) ; master of Newcastle grammar school, 1710-15 ; in 1712 edited Varenius's
Geography ; fellow of and secretary to Royal Society, and president of College of
Physicians ; died at his house, Lincoln's Inn Fields, 22nd March, 1749/50, leaving a
considerable legacy to Christ's hospital, where he had been educated (c) ; buried at
St. James', Gaelic hill if).

I I I .1 I. .
James Jurin of Trinity coUege, Cambridge, M.A., and = Marv, daughter of John Frances ; married William Cotton
' ' ~ - ~ ¦ Simpson of Newcastle, of Edgeware.
alderman [? remarried Mary (or Margaret) ; married ...
3rd Aug., 1773, the Ann ; unmarried 1770.
Rev. Ralph Carr ot Catherine ; married William Shep-
the chapelry of St. herd.
John, Newcastle] (a). Jane ; unmarried I770-

of the Hermitage ; fellow of the Royal Society.
In 1762 answered at Hexham court tor Fine
Chambers mill id). Died at Hackney, 3rd July,
1762. The Newcastle Courant of 4th Sept., 1762,
contains an advertisement for his missing will.
I2th Oct., 1762, administration granted to widow
ib).

Sisters and co-heiresses of James

James Jurin ; buried 14th April, 1760 (a). Jurin.
(a) St. John Lee Register. ic) Brand, A''«rocajrf«, vol. i.p. 95. («) Dictionary of National Biography.
ib) Raine, Test. Ebor. id) Hexham Court Rolls. if) Munk, Royal Coll. of Physicians,-wo\.u.'p. 58.
A pedigree of the family of Hunter of Medomsley, which succeeded
James Jurin's heirs as owners of the Hermitage, may be found in Surtees's
Durham.^ John Hunter of the Hermitage, who was high sheriff in 1805,
died in 1821, leaving two daughters and co-heiresses, Ann, wife of Stamp
Brooksbank,* major 3rd West Riding militia, and Elizabeth, wife of Robert
Lancelot Allgood of Nunwick. Miss Allgood, the daughter of the latter,
is now owner of, and resides at, the Hermitage.
' Newcastle Courant, 4th September, 1762. ' Wallis, Northumberland, vol. ii. p. no.
" Surtees, Durham, vol. u. p. 289.
* For particulars of the Brooksbank family, see Dr. Hunter's Families Minorum Gentium. The
pedigree of the AUgoods falls, naturaUy, under Nunwick.

ANICK AND ANICK GRANGE TOWNSHIPS. 1 49

ANICK AND ANICK GRANGE.
The first mentiori of Anick^ as a distinct manor within the regality of
Hexham is in the inspeximus of 1298, which records the benefaction of Arch
bishop Thomas II. in 1113,^ and the ancient estates of the prior and convent
seem to have been held as of that manor.' The Black Book mentions lands
at Wyrthkeryne near Thirlwall, Whytlaw near Whitfield, and Nesbit near
Stamfordham,* as answering at the court of Anick, and an abstract of title
to land at Hexham begins with the admittance of the tenant in 1504 at the
court of the manor of Anick Grange.' At the dissolution, the priory lands
were granted to Sir Reginald Carnaby, who demised Anick Grange to
Margaret Carnaby, who was succeeded by her son David ; but in 1568
they were recovered by Queen Elizabeth as part of the Crown estates."
As has already been stated, in consequence of the exchange effected in
1545 between Henry VIII. and Archbishop Holgate, the Crown acquired
the regality as well as the lands of the dissolved priory, and since then,
though separate courts have been held, both manors have been possessed
by the same lord.
The following townships are members of the manor : Anick, Anick
Grange, Bingfield, Kirkheaton, East Matfen, Sandhoe, Warden, and part of
Barrasford.^ There are also lands and tenements at Birtley, Chollerton,
Dalton, Dotland, Eachwick, Gunnerton, Heugh, Kearsley, Kirknewton,
West Matfen, Newcastle, Prior-house, Prudhoe, Stocksfield, Wall, and
Yarridge, besides many houses in Hexham.* These houses received allot
ments at the division of Hexham common in respect of their common right,
and the allotments are accounted to be, and are, within the manor of Anick
Grange. The townships of Anick and Anick Grange' lie on the south-east side
of Acomb, the former consisting of a narrow strip, nearly two miles in
' Anick is pronounced ' A — nick ' (the a sounded as in bay) ; it is never ' An — ick.'
'^Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. ii. pp. 107-117. ^ Cf. vol. iii. p. 57.
¦¦ Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. ii. pp. 18, 19, 53.
" Abstract of Title of Hexham Priory lands belonging to the late Sir Walter Trevelyan.
" Exchequer Special Commissions, 10 Eliz. Northumberland, No. 171 1.
' Dickson, Wards of Northumberland. " Anick Grange Manor Rolls.
' The townships of Anick, Anick Grange, and Sandhoe, were amalgamated by order of the Local
Government Board. London Gazette, 25th March, 1887. The combined township is named Sandhoe.

150 THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
length, of the higher ground abutting on the river Tyne, while the latter
comprises the fertile haugh land alongside the river, further lengthened by a
bend of the Tyne. Anick has an area of 457 acres, and in 188 1, the last time
a separate census was taken, it had a population of 153.^ Anick Grange has
an area of 556 acres,^ and at the same period had a population of 61.
When the fundamental change took place which converted Hexham into
a collegiate or conventual church, Eilaf, the secular priest, who had been
provost and had removed to Durham, was allowed to retain for his support a
considerable part of the lands with which the church of Hexham was then
endowed ; amongst them were lands in Anick.'
After the grant by Archbishop Thomas II. in 11 13,* the next mention
of Anick is in 1290, when Nicholas de Yetham, Hugh de Hauwyke, and
Robert de Boceland, acting under a commission from Archbishop Romayne,
were arbitrators in a suit brought by Henry del Syde against Robert del
Syde and Agnes his wife, for a messuage, 22 acres of land, and 2 acres of
meadow in Aynewike. Not long after this, in 1321, Sir John de Vaux and
William de Shafthow were appointed commissioners to adjudicate in a
dispute between the prior of Hexham and Thomas del Syde, the prior
having claimed a messuage and 24 acres of land in Aynewyk,' which Thomas
asserted to be his.
Amongst the Ancient Petitions is one, without date, addressed to the
chancellor by the prior and convent of Hexham, who assert that they have
received the manor of Aynewyk within the franchise of Hexham adjoining
the town of Corbridge, but that ' disputes have arisen between them and
the people of Corbrigge about a piece of ground called Trepenoke, parcel
of the said manor of Aynewyk : they pray that a commission of perambu
lation may be granted them, addressed to Will, de Aldburgh, Herry de
Barton, clerk, Rog. de Fulthorp, Elys de Thoresby, John de Mitford, and
John de Halydene.'"
' The Census Returns for Anick are : 1801, 161 ; 181 1, 169 ; 1821, 166 ; 1831, 163 ; 1841, 146 ; 1851,
148; 1861,137; 1871,123; 1881,153. The Census Returns for Anick Grange are : 1801,30; 1811,35;
1821, 43 ; 1831, 36 ; 1841, 40 ; 1851, 40 ; 1861, 48 ; 1871, 55 ; 1881, 61. Since the date of this last return
the census of Anick and Anick Grange has been included in that of Sandhoe.
• Anick has a water area of 6 acres, and Anick Grange a water area of 50 acres included in the
recorded acreage.
* ' Supradictus vero presbyter, junior Aeillavus, curam parochiae cum maxima parte beneficiorum, et
unam carrucatam terrae, cum quibusdam mansis in ipsa villa de Hestaldasham, et sex bovatas terrae in
Aeilnewic, scilicet dotem ipsius ecclesiae, cum magna pace et honore de ipsis canonicis longo tempore
tenuit.' Prior Richard, book ii. cap. viii. ; Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. i. p. 54.
¦' Vol. iii. 139. ' York Registers, Romanus, f. 93. Melton, f 409 a. "Ancient Petitions, No. 14845.

ANICK AND ANICK GRANGE TOWNSHIPS. I5I
When Thomas Ferrour retired from the office of prior in 1457, he
obtained from the convent as his pension their lands in Anick, in addition to
the 'aldechawmbre' and other rooms near the infirmary of the priory, with
food and dress for himself, his companion, and two servants.^
The canons themselves held in demesne and farmed Anick Grange, and
the Black Book fully describes their possessions in 1479.^
There were, in 1479, twelve husbandlands, each of 16 acres of arable
and meadow land, and nineteen cottagers, each of whom had a portion of
land with his cottage, most of them having less than five, though one had
nine acres.
The tenants were bound to repair the walls of the mill (which was held
by Richard Forster of Acomb at a rent of ^^3 13s. 4d.), and when necessary
to work one day with a man at the mill pond.'
In the survey of the estates of Hexham priory made at the dissolution
(of which survey Mr. Beaumont possesses a transcript), the surveyor says:
Anewyke VillaT-V. Thomas Spayne holdithe a tenement there with edifices, 2 acres medoo in
Est-myres, 13 acres land arrable in the feldis, with comon in Gotland moore, and rentes by yere 17s. lod.
William Huchynson holdith i tenement ther with edifices, 11 acres land arrable, and comon of pasture
in Gotland moore and rentes by yere 15s. 2d. John Smythe holdithe a tenement there with edifices, 14
acres land arrable and comon, by yere i6s. 2d. WiUiam Greene holdith a tenement there with edifices,
2 acres medoo and 15 acres land arrable, with comon there, by yere i8s. 3d. Robert Sowerby holdith a
tenement there, wythe edifices, 2 acres medoo, and 13 acres land arrable, withe comon, and rentes by yere,
etc., 15s. 2d. John Thomson holdithe a tenement ther callyd Belles leez, conteyning 6 acres land arrable,
and rentes by yere, etc., los. Roger Robinson holdith a tenement therwyth edifices, 2 acres medoo, and
18 acres land arrable in the feldis, and rentes by yer, with comon, 27s. John Sowreby holdithe a tene
ment there withe edifices, i acre medow, and 1 5 acres land arrable in the 3 feldes, with comon ther, and
' Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. i. preface, cxxxv. ; appendix, xcix.
^ ' Item, tenent grangiam de Aynwyk, in qua sunt diversae domus aedificatae et pomaria et columbaria.
Item, tenent j barcariam, cum j gardino clause cum muro, cont. ij acras, ex orientali parte grangiae.
Item, tenent in eadem grangia j gardinum clausum cum muro versus orient., et cont. j acr. Item, tenent
in eadem ccxviij acr. et dim. terrae dominicae in cultura, et 1 ace prati dominici jacentes in diversis locis,
unde viij aciae expenduntur ad opus grangiae, et xlij expenduntur in ab(b)athia de Hexham. Item,
tenent ibidem xl acr. terrae dominicae, quae includuntur cum le Medhop. Item, tenent xxx acr. terrae
in territorio de Corbryg, quae vocantur le bisschopprek, et junguntur cukurae de Aynwyk. Unde
summa Integra tam de terris dominicis quam de pratis ccclxiij acrae et dim. : quae quidem acrae specifi-
cantur per parcellas et metas et suas divisas.' Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. ii. p. 3.
In the Corbridge town fields there were 24 acres known as the Bishop's Rig, which were a detached
portion of St. John Lee parish ; a fraction belonged to Anick township, and the remainder to Sandhoe.
' ' Item, sunt ibidem xij terrae husbandorum, quarum quaelibet cont. xvj acras terrae arabilis et prati ;
et quaelibet terrarum praedictarum operabitur per j diem cum j homine in stagno molendini, cum necesse
fuerit ; et faciei le hege-yard ubique ; et dabit j gallum et j gallinam ad festum Natalis Domini ; et
carriabit molares molendini de Aynwyk; et faciei parietes dicti molendini, suis propriis expensis; et
cooperiet molendinum propriis expensis coopertura doniini. Et quaelibet terra husband, arabit cum
aratro suo per j diem, quolibet anno cum requisitus fuerit, in solo grangiae praedictae  Et
sunt ibidem xix cotagia, et quodlibet cotagium faciet servitium et opera ad molendinum praedictum,
sicut terrae husband, praedictae.' He.xham Priory, Raine, vol. ii. p. 4.

152 THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
rentythe by yere, 15s. 3d. John Spayne holdith a tenement there with edifices, 2 acres medoo, and 18
acres land arrable, with comon, and rentes by yere, etc., 27s. Thomas Sowreby holdith a tenement there,
withe 6 acres land arrable and comon of pasture there, by yere, etc., us. 4d. Summa, ^8 13s. id.'
In 16 1 5 a suit was heard in the Court of Exchequer concerning an
agreement touching their holdings made between the tenants of Anick,
represented by Richard Smith, Edward Errington, John Hucheson, and
William Smith on the one part, and Hugh Lee and Christopher Holford
(who died during the suit) on the other part. The following depositions^
were taken at Hexham on the 1 6th April :
Edward Armstrong of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, tailor, aged about 34 years, says that Christopher Holford
and the defendant were seised of the inheritance or fee farm of all the tenements and farmholds in
Anewicke, and the plaintiffs and rest of the inhabitants of the town bargained with them for inheriting
each the inheritance or fee farm of his own tenement ; it is credibly reported that the tenants paid them
;{"48o for their tenements. He heard Holford and the defendant say to the plaintififs when they sealed
their conveyances, that there were two other tenements in Anicke called Bells Leises and Shepperds-lands
not compounded for, and they refused to finish the assurances of the other tenements unless the plaintiffs
and other tenants bought of them these also, which they utterly refused to do.
It was agreed between the plaintiffs and Holford and the defendant, that the plaintififs should enter into
a bond to pay them ;^40 for the said two tenements if it fell out that they had good estate therein and
power to sell them.
Holford and the defendant, by indenture of bargain and sale, conveyed their tenements to the plaintififs
and the other tenants, and also the said Bells Leises and Shepperds-lands ; the tenants then or soon after
paid all the money for their said tenements, with which they were well satisfied.
At the time of sealing the bond for ;£40, Holford and the defendant promised, that if it fell out that
they had not power to sell Bells Leises and Shepperds-lands, the said bond should be cancelled. The
witness heard them say, that if the said two tenements had been formerly granted to others, they would
get off the contractor, who had promised them, land in some other place of equal valiie.
The witness knows no grounds called Bells Leases in Anicke; but he knows grounds called Balls
Leases in Sandhoe, and the Shepperds-lands in Anick, he hath heard by copy of record now shown to
him, was granted formerly to Sir John Foster, knight, deceased, by Queen Elizabeth, and now is, and for
seven years past has been, in possession of Sir John Fenwicke, knight.
In 1663 Anick Grange was rated to Sir William Fenwick at £()o, and
he also held the tithes of Anick. Anick was held by seven proprietors, who
were assessed as follows : William Errington, esq., ;^i6 ; Thomas Hutchin
son, £c) ; Thomas Charlton, £'j ; Edward Errington, £() ; Nicholas Fairlamb,
£6 ; Sampson Hutchinson, £4 ; Robert Smith, £8. The history of the
yeoman family of Errington has been thrown into the following pedigree of
Errington of Anick :
' Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. ii. pp. 161, 162.
''Exchequer Depositions by Commission, 14 Jas. I. Easter Term, Northumberland, No. 19.

ANICK AND ANICK GRANGE TOWNSHIPS.

153

ERRINGTON OF ANICK.

, Errington =^

Edward Errington of Anick; in 1663 was assessed for = Jane  ; buried 13th June, 1679

lands in Anick ; buried 26thOct., 1676(a); adminis
tration 20th Dec, 1676, granted to widow ib)

ia) ; wiU dated Ist May, 1678 ;
proved 1679 ib).

I >
Edward Errington of Anick ;
buried 23rd Aug., 1675
(a) ; administration 5th
May, 1676, granted to
father to the use of his
two sons ib).

John Errington of
Anick ; baptised
gth April, 1665
(a) [?buried 22nd
May, 1709 (a)].

John Errington of Anick ;
overseer to Jane Erring-
ton's wiU, 1678.
Ann ; executrix to mother's will and tutrix
to children of brother Edward.
Jane, baptised 21st April, 1667 (a).
Agnes, baptised 27th Feb., 1669/70 (a).
IsabeUa ; buried 23rd July, 1675 (a).

J I I

John ; buried 5th Dec, i6gi (a).
Elizabeth ; buried 25th June, 1680 (a).
Margaret ; buried gth May, 1708 (a).

John, baptised 11th
April, 1671/2.

John Errington of Anick, = Margaret Weldon ; bond of marriage at

afterwardsbaptised .

of Carraw ;
1672/3 (a).

York, 2gth Nov., i6g5 ib) [? buried
17th Nov., 1732 (a)].

Thomas, baptised 11th
Jan., 1673/4 («)¦

Edward Errington, baptised
14th June, 1705 (a) [? ad
ministration 31st Jan.,
1740/1, granted to ...Wel
don, principal creditor].

Mary ..., who remarried
William Hudspeth of
Fawcett hill, where will
is dated 6th May, 1756
ib).

Barbara, baptised 31st Jan., i6g6/7 (a).
F.lizabeth, baptised 2nd Nov., i6gg (a).
Elizabeth, baptised 14th June, 1705 (a).
Margaret, baptised 29th April, and buried gth May, 1708 (a).
Margaret, baptised 2gth Sept., buried 5th Oct., i7og (a).

John Errington, named in stepfather's will in 1756.
(a) St. John Lee Register.

ib) Raine, Test. Ebor,

1595, loth March. Administration of the personal estate of Robert Errington of Sandhoe granted
to Margaret, wife of Edward Errington of Anick, his sister, for the use of his children.
1676, 5th May. Administration of the personal estate of Edward Errington of Anwick, parish of St.
John Lee, granted to Edward Errington, his father, to the use of John and Thomas Errington, children
of the deceased.
1676, 20th December. Administration of the personal estate of Edward Errington, sen., of Anwick,
granted to Jane, his widow.
1678, 1st May. WiU of Jaine Errington of Annicke. To my sonne John Errington, three kine called
Sense, Luckey, and Coppye. All my other goods to my daughter Anne Errington, whome I make sole
executrix, and to have the tuition of my late sonne Edward Errington's two children, viz., John and Thomas,
and to have all the land for bringing them upp till they come to lawfuU age ; and I desire Mr. John
Errington of Beaufront, and my brother John Errington of Annicke, to be supervisors to my said two
grandchilder, and see that they be honestly brought up and that none shall wrong them, and to assist my
daughter Anne that she be not wronged. Jane Errington, widdow [her marke and seale].
1679, 25th June. Probate of the will of Jane Errington, widow, of Anick Grange, granted to Anne
Errington, her daughter, and sole executrix, with tuition of John and Thomas Errington, sons of Edward
Errington of Anick, minors, to her their sister {sic: query aunt).
1679, 17th July. WiU of Thomas Errington of Annicke, yeoman. Sonne, Henry Wilson. My houses,
leases, landes, etc., to my sonne Thomas Errington; he executor. Proved 8th January, 1679/80.
1718, 29th July. WUl of Michael Weldon of Anick,' gent. My brother, Mr. Lancelot Weldon of
Linnells, a guinea; to my sister Catherine's daughter, which lives near Weardale chappeU, a guinea; my
sister Barbara, a guiriea ; my sister Margaret, wife of John Errington of Carraw, a guinea ; Weldon, son
of Nicholas RoweU of Sandhoe, my sister Mary's son, a guinea. My brother, Mr. WiUiam Weldon of
Thornyburn, parish of BeUingham, executor. Proved 28th November, 1718.^

1718, 26th September.

Michael Weldon of Thorneburn, buried.
'' Raine, Test. Ebor.

St. John Lee Register.

Vol. IV.

154 THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
1762. To be sold, a freehold estate in the parish of St. John Lee, of the yearly value of ^"22, and a
valuable coal mine within a large parcel of good ground commonly called Anick common ; and also the
corn tithes yearly arising within the township of Anick aforesaid, of the yearly rent of £8 : all which
premises lately belonged to Mr. Edward Errington, dec''.'
Anick Grange belongs to Mr. W. C. B. Beaumont, and was, from the
beginning of last to the middle of this century, farmed by a respectable
family named Harbottle, one of whom left Tyneside at the beginning of this
century for Remenham on the Thames, and afterwards went to Russia as
agent to Prince Demidov.^ Harbottle's Island is in the riyer Tyne opposite-
Anick Grange.
1712, 20th June. Will of William Harbottle of Anicke Grange. To my eldest son, William Harbottle,
;f20o; to my son Michael Harbottle, and daughter Elizabeth, each ;fioo when 21; to my daughter Phillis,
;f 100. I am executor of my sister Elizabeth Henderson of Newcastle, deceased, who was executor of
George Henderson of Newcastle, merchant and alderman. My wife, Elizabeth, executrix. Proved 15th
March, 1 716/7.
1740, 9th April. Will of Ann Harbottle of Newcastle, widow of William Harbottle, merchant. My
husband left the residue of his estate to his six children, George, William, Michael, Elizabeth, Ann, and
John Harbottle, of whom George Harbottle is since dead. My brother George Henderson of Newcastle,
merchant, deceased. To my nephew, William Charlton, ;£ioo; my sister Mary, wife of John Potts of
Hexham, gent. ; my nieces Anne and Mary Kelley. My brother Michael Harbottle of Anick Grainge,
gent., and my nephew WUliam Charlton, executors. Proved 2nd June.
1765, 6th March. WiU of Michael Harbottle of Hexham, gent. My copyhold land in Hexham, etc.,
to George Chariton of Gateshead, merchant, and Michael Charlton of Bromley, Northumberland, gent.,
in trust to pay to my daughters Barbara and PhiUis Harbottle, ;£300 a piece; residue to my son William
Harbottle; he executor. Proved 24th April, 1769.
1791. Died in the island of Jamaica, in May last, Mr. WiUiam Harbottle, son of Mr. Harbottle of the
Grainge, near Hexham, universaUy regretted for his amiable disposition.'
Besides the farmstead of Anick Grange there are in the townships two
hamlets, Anick and Hexham Bridge-end, where are the extensive buildings
originally erected for Donkin and Elstob's brewery, and now used as dye-
works. At the beginning of last century Anick, owing, doubtless, to the
influence of the Erringtons of Beaufront, was a refuge for Jacobites. In
1 715 the names of George Angas, John Armstrong, John Errington, Edward
Forest, Robert Smith, George Wilson, and Sarah Widdrington, widow, all
inhabitants of Anick, are entered in the list of non-jurors,* and after the
suppression of the rebellion many of the inhabitants were bound over by
recognisances.^ There is a national school, which replaces one said to have been built by
John Errington of Beaufront, and which was supported by him from 1793 to
the time of his death in 1828.
' Newcastle Courant, loth April, 1762. ' Bates, Thomas Bates and the Kirklevington Shorthorns, p. 79.
' Newcastle Advertiser, 30th July, 1791. * Sessions Records. " Cf. vol. iii. 61.

FALLOWFIELD TOWNSHIP.

155

FALLOWFIELD TOWNSHIP.
The township of Fallowfield comprises one compact estate of 667 acres
belonging to Mr. John Bertram Clayton, and has a population of 31.^ The
north-eastern and eastern portion is the heather-clad moorland called Fallow
field fell. Here the Little Limestone^ reaches its greatest measured thickness,
viz., 18 feet, and there are numerous remains of old coal workings. A lead
mine, reputed for its produce, was formerly worked, and was known as ' the
old man ' by the miners, who always spoke of its wealth with enthusiasm.
After being drowned out it was reopened about the middle of last century,
and when Wallis wrote, in 1769, a 'fire engine ' had been erected, and the
mine gave employment to about 80 men.^ The valuable mineral witherite
(carbonate of baryta) is now obtained from this mine, and both lead and coal
are still worked on the fell.
The hamlet of Fallowfield stands near the edge of the moor ; large and
weir grown sycamore and horse-chestnut trees enrich the grounds and closes
of the old mansion,* which stands on a natural terrace and commands an
extensive view of the fells on the south of the Tyne.

On a long ridge of hard sandstone rock, running through Fallowfield fell
in a direction nearly north and south, and fronting the east, is the celebrated
'written rock,' bearing on its face in deeply cut letters the inscription
PETRA FLAVi(i) CARANTiNi, perhaps cut by Flavins Carantinus himself, who,
' The Census Returns are: 1801,94; 1811, . . .; 1821,93; 1831,70; 1841,74; 1851,50; 1861, 43; 1871,
36; 1881, 46; 1891, 31. ^ Cf. vol. iii. p. 6. " WaUis, Northumberland, vol. i. p. 121.
' The paneUing of one of its rooms is said to have been brought from Dilston.

156 THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
it is conjectured, may have been a foreman of the gang of men engaged in
quarrying stone for the building of the Roman Wall.^
The contribution of Fallowfield to the subsidy of 1295 was lis. 8fd.,
paid by four tenants.^ One moiety of the hamlet belonged to Sir John
Vaux, whose inq. post mort. was taken in 1322. At the same period the
proprietors of the other moiety were Richard de Langton, clerk, and John
de Fallowfield, who sat as a juror in the enquiry into the state of St. Giles's
hospital at Hexham in 1320, when it was stated that a rent charge, which
the hospital possessed out of Fallowfield, had not been paid, because the
place lay waste.'
The registers of the archbishops of York contain numerous entries
belonging to the end of the thirteenth and beginning of the fourteenth
centuries, referring to ownerships and succession in the township, and
which give some insight into the life and character of this early period.
A writ of disseisin, dated at Witton, 28th October, 1287, addressed to the bailiff of Hexham,
orders that whereas it is alleged that Adam Frount of Falufeld and H. de A. unlawfully dispossessed
Ysabella, that was wife of Richard Stiward, of her free tenement in Falufeld after the crossing over of
Henry, father of King Edward, into Gascony, that the matter be heard by a jury, presided over by J. de
Erington and Robert de Boceland, the archbishop's justices.'
A writ, dated 8th June, 1300, directs the bailiff of Hexham to give to Robert de Cestre and
Dionisia his wife, of Falughfeld, a messuage and twenty-four acres of land in Falughfeld, of which
Alice, wife of Robert fitz Richard de Falughfeld, died seised, if it can be proved before John de VaUibus
and Nicholas de Yetham, the archbishop's justices, that the said Dionisia is the heir. John fitz Richard
de Falughfeld defendant.*
A mandamus, dated 13th November, 1302, to the baiUff of Hexham, on behalf of Anthony de
Erington, orders that whereas it is alleged that Salamon de Valle had unlawfully overstocked his
common pasture in Falufeld, the bailiff be directed to make admeasurement of the pasture, and see
justice done."
20th February, 1339, Richard de Vans complains that Nicholas de Langeton, Robert Aldecrawe,
William de Brungelflet, Richard Clerk of Falghfeld, John de Falghfeld, son of the same Richard, John
Maugh, and Alan de Sandon, had unlawfully dispossessed him of his free tenement in Falughfeld. The
bailiff" is instructed to have the matter heard and decided before Thomas de Lelom, Adam and John
de Corbigg, or two of them.'
An inquisition taken at Hexham on Monday before the Purification (January 31, 1322/3), before
Thomas de Fetherstohhalgh, bailiff of the liberty, includes in the list of jurymen the name of Richard
de Faloufield. In a finding as to lands and tenements held by Sir John de Vaux at the time of his
decease, there is included a moiety of the hamlet of Falowfield, which he held of the archbishop in
drengage, and by paying ten shillings per annum, and for carrying a hawk twopence.' At the same
' Arch. Ael. vol. i. 4to series, p. 126; Bruce, Roman Wall, 1867, p. 141. ^ Vol. iii. p. 32.
' Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. ii. pp. 130, 131 ; cf. vol. iii. p. 310.
* York Registers, Romanus, 93 a. " Ibid. Corbridge, 75 a. " Ibid. Corbridge, 93 b.
' Ibid. Melton, 439 a. ° ' Pro uno niso portando ij''.'

FALLOWFIELD TOWNSHIP. 157
inquisition the jury also find that Richard de Langton, clerk, died, seised of two messuages and forty-one
acres in Faloufeld, worth thirty shiUings per annum, and that he paid ten shiUings, and also elevenpence
for hawk bearing, and for ploughage twenty-one pence, and for cutting corn threepence halfpenny, and
for work at Acum pond one penny and three farthings. He also did suit of court at the court of
Hexham every three weeks. The jury find that his brother, Nicholas, is next heir and that he is of full
age.' It is certified that on the third of the ides of February (February ii) in 1322/3, at Cawode, Nicholas,
son of William de Langton, brother and heir of the deceased Richard de Langton, clerk, did homage to
the archbishop and swore fealty for the moiety of the manor of Falghfeld and other lands and tenements
and rents which he claimed to hold of him within the liberty of Hexham, and did suit of court at the
archbishop's court of Hexham.^
By a deed, dated at Cawode, February 11, 16 Edw. II. (1323), Nicholas de Langton above mentioned
grants to the archbishop of York, William de Melton, the moiety of the manor of Falghfeld, with its
appurtenances and all lands .and tenements, with the services appertaining.^
The forms Falu and Falou occur in three of the documents given
above. In three others it is Falgh, and in a fourth Falugh. The word fallow
occurs with the spelling of 'faugh' in a seventeenth-century document,* and
fallow is still generally pronounced 'faff' in Northumberland.
The contingent furnished by Fallowfield to the muster of 1538- was a
large one for its acreage, but out of the total number of forty-three men
fifteen had neither horse nor harness.
Fellaw-feld Muster Roll, 1538.=
Herre Henderson, Willm Henderson, Robert Chester, Christofer Heron, Edwerd Newbigin, Roland
Lee,° Roland Watson, Edwerd Kirsop, Ric. Watson, Andro Watsen, Thomas Watson, John Bell, Robert
Byrd ; naither hors nor harnes. Willm Stowt, Georg RowU, Herre RowU, James Clos, Lawrens Hawde,
Georg Heslop, Herre RowU, Arthur Spark, Anton RowU, Here Rodfurthe, Robert Richartson, Christofer
Stowt, George Awdon, Ric. Witfeld, John Spark ; able with hors and harnes. John Daweson, Willm
Herreson, Herre Laws, Clemet Heslope, Thomas Hewetson, Thomas Stobatt, Cwthbert Hewden, Robert
Phelopson, James RowU ; naither hors nor harnes. Georg RowU, Edward Rowell, John Richardson,
Thomas Stawt, Willm BeU, Archo. Bassenwhet ; able with hors and harnes.
The survey of 1547 records the amount of rent payable by Nicholas
Errington for the lands formerly held by John Fallowfield;^ and in 1608
' York Registers, Melton, 417 a. ^ Ibid. 595 a. " Ibid. 414 a.
' 'George Albin for puttinge his beasts into the faugh, contrary the payne of i2d.' W. Woodman,
Ulgham: its Story, p. 13. " Arch. Ael. 4to series, vol. iv. p. 191.
" The following wills, etc., of Lee of FaUowfield, remain at York :
1595, 22 April. Probate of the will of Roland Lee of Fallowfield granted to Elizabeth, the widow,
with reservation to Thomas Lee, his son.
1595, 22 April. Probate of the will of William Lee of Fallowfield granted to Thomas Lee, the
executor, with reservation to William, Nicholas and Katharine, children and co-executors of deceased.
1596, 19 October. Administration of the personal estate of Margaret Lee of Fallowfield granted to
Thomas Lee, her brother.
1773, 2 April. Probate of the will of Mary Lee of the Planetrees, parish of St. John Lee, widow,
granted to Gerard Dobson, her grandson and sole executor. Raine, Test. Ebor.
- Vol. iii. p. 81.

158 THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
Nicholas Errington held the whole township in socage, paying yearly
£\ 2s. 9d.^ Three years later in a petition to the king he stated that he
had been forcibly dispossessed of the lead mines by Sir John Fenwick, who
alleged that they belonged to the Crown.^
In 1642, for a payment of j^200 and a rent charge of ^2^20 a year,
Henry Errington granted West Errington and Fallowfield to Richard
Carnaby ; the lands were sequestered in 1649 for Errington's dehnquency,
and Carnaby's petition was in 1652 disclaimed. But as William Errington,
esq., was rated in 1663 at £\^ for his lands in Fallowfield, the estate
forfeited by Henry Errington may have been only a life one.' Subse
quently, however, but before 171 7, the Erringtons sold the estate, which
was then or later acquired by the Blacketts of Matfen, and it was exchanged
in 1892 by Sir Edward Blackett for Bog-house and High-house near Matfen
belonging to the late Mr. Nathaniel George Clayton.
The estate was farmed for several generations by a now extinct family
which in an earlier day was called Tuddep, Twiddupp,* and latterly Tulip,
for some time owners of Brunton and Walwick.
' Vol. iii. p. 87. ^ State Papers, Dom. Jas. I. vol. Ixiv. Nos. 45, 46.
' Royalist Composition Papers, vol. G 72, p. 666.
* The late Mr. John Clayton asserted that this family originally came from Tweedside. Ex. inf.
Mr. Thomas Rowell, 1897.

FALLOWFIELD TOWNSHIP.

159

TULIP OF FALLOWFIELD.
Thomas Tulip of Fallowfield in 1664 [? afterwards of Wall ; if so, he =
was buried gth Nov., 1690 (a) ; and administration was granted
23rd July, 1691, to Ursula, the widow (c)].

Henry Tulip of Fallowfield, baptised 16th Dec, 1666 (a) ;
1737, mentioned in will of sister-in-law, Ann Hunter of
Hexham, widow ; buried 19th Nov., 1744, aged 78 (//) ;
wiU dated 18th AprU, 1743 ; proved 1744/5 (c)-

I I

Thomas ; died in infancy ; buried at Hexham, 15th Sept., 1714.
Ursula, baptised 16th July, 1716 (a) ; buried 4th April, 1717 (a).
Jane ; buried i6th Feb., 1718/9 (a).

Isabella Wilkinson of
Little Swinburn ; mar
ried 30th May, 1721
(a) ; died intestate at
Acomb (/), 17th Sept.,
1769, aged 75 ib).

II . ,
Jane, baptised
13th Nov.,
1664 (a).
Ann, baptised
14th Feb.,
1668/9 («)¦

Thomas Tulip, son
and heir, baptised
17th July, 1723(a);
to whom his father
devised lands at
Hexham, Sandhoe,
etc. ; died 8th Aug.,
1746, aged 24 ib),
s.p. intestate if).

Henry Tulip of Wal
wick ;'* died 3rd
Dec, 1800, aged
76 (a) ; will
dated 10th May,
1784 ; proved
6th Jun^, 1801,
by Henry Tulip
the nephew and
executor ic).

William Tulip of Fallowfield,
baptised 7th March, 1727/8
(a) ; to whom his father
devised his farm of White
side law ; died at Bristol
hot-springs, 3rd June, I77g,
aged 53 ; buried in Clifton
church ib) ; will dated 6th
January, I77g (c) ; proved
1780.

Ann, dau. of Thomas
and Abigail Mew
burn of Monkend,
near Croft, co. Pal
atine ; married
1752 (/); died 8th
May, I7g4, aged
70 (a) ib) ; will
dated ... ; proved
24thAprU,i7g5(c).

Henry Tulip of Fallowfield and Brun
ton, born 23rd Sept., 1758 (a) ; in
I7gotook lands in South Cowton
under will of aunt Elizabeth Mew
burn ; in 1800 was heir to uncle
Henry TuHp of Walwick; will dated
30th Sept., i82g (/).

Bridget, eldest daughter,
born 8th April, 1808
(a) ; died at Doncaster,
29th May, 1819, aged
II years ; buried at
Warden id).

Bridget, daughter of
George Atkinson ot
Temple Sowerby,
Westmorland ;
marriage settle
ment 4th May,
1804.

Ann, baptised 12th May,
1753 («) ; married 24th
Feb., 1772, Thomas
Kirsopp of Hexham
(a) ; mentioned in will
of aunt Elizabeth
Mewburn in i7go. ^

John ;
named

Mary ;
married

in

Simon

father's

Mew

will;

burn of

died

Acomb.

under

4/

age s.p.

Elizabeth ; to whom

• her

father be-

queathed ;^i,ooo;
died 26th Nov.,

1786,
ib).

aged 31

Mary, daughter and co
heiress, baptised 2gth
April, 1814 ; mar
ried at Warden, 5th
May, 1840 («); articles
before marriage 4th
May, 1840; died 13th
April, i860 if).

Thomas Butler, second son of
Sir Thomas Butler, bart., of
Ballin Temple, co. Carlow,
by his wife Frances, daugh
ter of John Graham Clark
of Newcastle.

Jane Eliza, daughter and co
heiress, baptised 1 5th Aug.,
1815 ia) ; marjied 30th
Oct., 1832, WiUiam Rice
Markham of Morland,
Westmorland, clerk (a) ;
died s.p. 29th Nov., 1838

Henry Thomas Butler of Walwick and Brunton, only
surviving child of marriage ; born Ist May, 1842 ;
lieut.-col. 13th Hussars ; died unmarried l6th Dec,
l83l ; wiU dated 18th Aug., 1877 if).

ia) St, John Lee Register,
ib) M.I. St. John Lee.

(c) Raine, Test. Ebor.
id) M.I. Warden.

ie) Tyne Mercury.
if) Mr. J. B. Clayton's Title Deeds.

* ' Mr. Henry Tulip of Fallowfield purchased Walwick of ... Dixon of Newcastle, attorney, who had purchased
of the Rev. Cuthbert Wilson of St. Nicholas', Newcastle. Henry Tulip's father acquired a fortune by farming under
Sir Edward Blackett of Hexham abbey, at FaUowfield, etc. His son [? nephew] commenced captain and gentleman
of the Northumberland Militia. He was a good tempered, inoffensive man, but rather vain, and was nicknamed the
count. He was a good whist player, which made him a welcome guest at Bywell.' R. Spearman, Notes.

l6o THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.

THE TOWNSHIP OF WALL.
The township of Wall is in shape not unlike an hour glass, the top
towards the east and the base resting upon the North Tyne ; it has an area
of 1699 acres,^ and at the last census had a population of 422.^
The higher part of the township is occupied by uplands, called Wall
fell, with the hamlet of Coldlaw and the farm house of Greenfield. Below
the neck (about 600 feet in width), which connects the upper and lower parts
of the township, is the farm house of Planetrees which stands in the ditch of
the Vallum. From this place the military road goes on to Chollerford
bridge by way of Brunton bank, while another road, by a sharp descent,
leads to the village of Wall. All the land in the township, with the
exception of some recent enfranchisements, is held by copy of Court Roll of
the manor of Hexham.
The portion of the Roman Wall included in the parish of St. John Lee
is about four and a half miles in length, and runs chiefly in the direction
from east to west-north-west.
Immediately after passing Watling Street, the Roman Wall, as repre
sented by the military road (which is for the most part constructed upon its
foundations), is continued over the height known as Stagshaw bank, and
proceeds upon a high ridge of country,' overlooking the Tyne valley on the
south and the low lands of the Erring burn on the north, until it reaches
Brunton bank, where it makes a steep and rapid descent into the valley of
the North Tyne. At Brunton house the lines of the Wall and General
Wade's military road diverge, the latter turning sharply off to the north
west in order to ease the gradient by a zigzag course, while the Wall takes
the straight course, which brings it to the North Tyne at the point where
the abutment and pier of the Roman bridge still remain.
Of the Wall itself nothing is left at this part of its course, except a
piece at Planetrees field* and the 'turret' and wall adjoining it in the
grounds of Brunton house, both of which are described later on. Though
' Including 32 acres of water area.
¦^ The Census Returns are : 1801,356; 1811,499; 1821,465; 1831,495; 1841,437; 1851,474; 1861,
484; 1871,479; 1881,398; 1891,422.
' At the highest point in the Stanley plantation the Wall is 873 feet above the level of the sea.
¦* About 50 yards east of the twentieth milestone. Maclauchlan, Survey of the Roman Wall, p. 25.

THE ROMAN WALL.

l6l

no other part of the Wall is now standing in the parish of St. John Lee,
the stones which composed it are still to be seen at several points em
bedded in the military road, and its fosse yet remains and forms the north
boundary, making its general direction and relation to that road to be easily
distinguished. Though the Wall has almost entirely disappeared, the aggers and fosse
of the Vallum are plainly visible along the greater part of this section,

Vallum near Portgate.
and form most interesting and even picturesque objects, especially in
autumn, when the different colours of the heather and the fern mark
out the lines of the mounds and ditch. At this point it has been cut
through sandstone.
In the following often-quoted passage, William Hutton of Birmingham
(who in the first year of the present century journeyed on foot along the
Roman Wall) describes his sensations on visiting this part of it :

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1 62 THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
I now travel over a large common, still upon the Wall, with its trench nearly complete; but what was
my surprise when I beheld 30 yards on my left, the united works of Agricola and Hadrian, almost perfect.'
I climbed over a stone wall to examine the wonder, measured the whole in every direction, surveyed them
with surprise, with delight, was fascinated, and unable to proceed ; forgot I was upon a wild common, a
stranger, and the evening approaching.
Further on we learn from Hutton what was a century ago the condition
of that part of the Wall, of which we have now only the mere fragment
standing, as before described, in Planetrees field :
At the twentieth milestone I should have seen a piece of Severus's wall 7^ feet high and 224 yards
long, a sight not to be found in the whole line ; but the proprietor, Henry Tulip, esq., is now taking it
down to erect a farm house with the materials. Ninety-five yards are already destroyed, and the stones
fit for building removed. Then we come to 13 yards, which are standing and overgrown on the top with
brambles. The next 40 yards were just demolished, and the stones, of all sizes from i pound to 2 cwt., lying in
one continued heap, none removed ; the next 40 yards are standing 7 feet high.
Then foUows the last division, consisting of 36 yards, which is sacrificed by the mattock, the largest
stones selected and the small left. The facing stones remain on both sides. This grand exhibition must
be seen no more. How little we value what is daily under the eye.
Here was a fine opportunity for measuring. The foundation was, in fact, below the surface of the
ground and consisted of two courses of stones, each 6 inches thick, extending to the width of 65 feet. The
second course set off 3 inches on each side, which reduced the foundation to 6 feet, and the third 3 inches
of a side more, reducing the wall to 5^ feet, its real thickness here.
The foundation is laid in the native earth, the bed is cemented with mortar. The soil being after
wards thrown up on each side of the Wall 2 feet high caused the foundation to be 3 feet deep.
I desired the servant, with whom I conversed, to give my compUments to Mr. Tulip and request him
to desist, or he woiUd wound the whole body of antiquaries. As he was putting an end to the most noble
monument of antiquity in the whole island, they would feel every stroke. If the Wall was of no estima
tion he must have a mean opinion of me, who would travel 600 miles to see it ; and if it was he could
never merit my thanks for destroying it. Should he reply ' The property is mine and I have a right to
direct it as I please,' it is an argument I can regret but not refute.
Apparently the fortunate accident of Hutton's presence and seasonable
intervention preserved the fragment of the Wall in Planetrees field (which
appears to be the last 36 yards described by him) from destruction.
In the grounds of Brunton house, about half a mile to the west of Plane-
trees field, has long been visible a piece of the Wall 7 feet high, and showing
nine courses of facing stones. The southern face of the Wall was supposed to
be gone, but excavations made by Mr. John Clayton, about 1883, brought to
light a remarkably fine specimen of one of those military sentry-boxes which
antiquaries have chosen to call turrets, and of which apparently there were
originally three to every Roman mile. This turret (to quote Dr. Bruce's
description) 'is a small quadrangular building, enclosing a space of 12 feet
' Following the opinion of most previous antiquaries, Hutton believed that the southward agger of the
Vallum, the fosse, and the 'marginal mound,' were the work of Agricola; the rest of the Vallum he
attributed to Hadrian ; the stone wall and its fosse to Severus.

THE ROMAN WALL. 1 63
9 inches by ii feet 9 inches. It has a doorway nearly 4 feet wide. The
turret is recessed into the great wall about 4 feet. The wall which forms
the north wall of the turret is standing eleven courses high, giving an
elevation of 8|- feet. The side walls of the turret are 2 feet 9 inches thick.
The south wall of the turret is nearly 4 feet high.'^ There is also now
uncovered a fine piece of the south side of the wall to the west of the turret.
What makes the discovery of this turret the more important for the
visitor who is exploring this section of the Roman Wall is, that of the
next larger places of encampment, the mile-castles, he will find no good
specimens here to examine. There must have been five originally; the
first about 50 yards west of the 17th mile-stone from Newcastle ; the second
about 90 yards east of the 18th mile-stone ; the third about 220 yards east
of the 19th mile-stone; the fourth near Planetrees farm; and the fifth in
the fields below Brunton house, about midway between the road and the
river.^ The distances between them are very regular, being in all cases
about 75- furlongs (i,595 yards). 'If it were not that this regular distance
had been calculated on,' says MacLauchlan, 'our researches for the mile-
castles would often have been useless.' The traces of most of these five
mile-castles have long been very faint, and are every day growing fainter.
A little south of the Wall, close to the western side of Watling Street,
there is a 'temporary camp,' about 40 yards square. Another,' of larger
dimensions, connected with the south agger of the Vallum, is to be found
about a quarter of a mile west of Watling Street in the field in front of Port-
gate farm house.
The construction of the military road, so disastrous to the Wall itself,
has fortunately left its fosse intact, and its course, from Portgate westwards
to St. Osw^alds, is of more than usual interest. It is particularly observable
as the ground descends towards the west, where the fosse appears of its full
original depth and width, and its outlines remain as sharp as if it were a
work of comparatively recent construction.
The material from the excavation has been deposited on the north side,
' Bruce, Handbook to the Roman Wall (1882), p. 67.
^ The allocations of these mile-castles are taken from MacLauchlan's Survey of the Roman Wall,
pp. 23-25.
^ To this last camp, not noticed in MacLauchlan's Survey nor to be found in the Ordnance map, atten
tion was first directed by Mr. George Neilson of Glasgow in his monograph. Per Lineam Valli (p. 36)
He ascribes both these camps to Roman soldiers engaged in quarrying stones for the Wall, and draws
(from the position of the latter camp) important conclusions as to the relative ages of Vallum and Murus,
and the strategical object for which the former was constructed.

i>CKEClM

164 THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
where traces yet remain, which appear to show the manner in which the
debris has been disposed of at different portions of the work. The 'written
rock' on Fallowfield fell (already mentioned on page 155) indicates one of
the sources whence the wall builders may have obtained material ; and the
line of outcrop, presenting a bold escarpment to the north of Whittington
fell, appears to have been similarly quarried at an early period. The first
of these sources of supply, it may be noted, is to the south, and the second
is to the north of the barrier.
— — — In a farm house at St. Oswalds hill head, a
¦^ 1—1 ("^ 4^ /fn ! centurial stone has been built into the front of
¦' ' the house, where it appears in an inverted posi
tion, indicating the work of caecilius clemens.
The Wall, after passing down from Brunton
house, is traceable across the fields to the bank
of the North Tyne, where remains of a castellum
and an abutment of heavy masonry have been unearthed. The military way
which accompanied it crossed the North Tyne river by means of a bridge^
of four spans, having an abutment at each end and three piers.^ The spans
were 35 feet 6 inches wide. The piers have each a face length of 21 feet
6 inches, with a breadth of 16 feet, and are angled on the ends facing the
current to form starlings or cut-waters. The eastern abutment has the same
face length as the piers, but the western one has been extended some dis
tance further at its northern end. The abutments had long and massive
wing-walls extending up and down stream to protect them from the scour
of the water, and to give platform area for defensive works. That on the
south side of the east abutment had, at a later date, been considerably
extended by stones obtained from an earlier bridge on the same site.
Owing to the gradual shifting of the river course towards the west, the
eastern abutment and the pier nearest to it had become deeply buried in the
river bank, and it was not until the year i860, upon suggestions by the late
Mr. William Coulson of Corbridge, that excavations were made, and the
remains of the abutment revealed to view. The western abutment founda
tions now lie in the river bed, adjacent to the western bank of the river.
' The late Dr. Bruce thought that the stone for building the bridge was obtained from the Black
Pasture quarry, near Brunton bank. Wallet Book, p. 75.
"^ This account of the Roman bridge, originally written and now revised by Mr. Sheriton Holmes, is
reprinted from Arch. Ael. voh xvi. p. 328, by permission of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle.

THE ROMAN BRIDGE. 1 65
The westward movement of the course of the river had been going on
at an earlier time, and, in part at least, to this cause the erection of this
bridge was probably due ; for there are the remains of a former bridge, also
of Roman construction, upon the same site, one water pier of which had
been built in and enclosed in the eastern abutment of the later one.^ The
earlier bridge had been much less in width than that which superseded it, the
piers being only 9 feet 4 inches long by 10 feet 4 inches broad, but they

Abutment of Roman Bridge.
were furnished with starlings both up and down stream, instead of at the
upper end only, an arrangement which the later builders might have copied
with advantage, for the danger of scouring by the regurgitation of the water
against the flat-ended piers must have been great.
As the earlier piers were utiUsed, and by additions to them constituted
the later ones, the spans of the later bridge were, owing to the gi-eater

' See plan of bridge, where the earlier bridge works are indicated by a red tint.

1 66 THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
breadth of the piers, necessarily shorter than those of the earlier bridge,
the relative lengths being 35 feet 6 inches in the later bridge and 41 feet
2 inches in the earlier.
The water pier built into the later abutment must have had at least one
span of its bridge to the eastward of it, and as the pier or abutment
accompanying it occupied a position directly beneath where the Roman
Wall is now placed, it becomes almost certain that this bridge existed
before the Wall was built. The only alternative is, as has been suggested,
that when the later bridge was built the Wall had been lengthened to
bring it up to the castellum. This, however, is negatived by the results of
an examination of the face of the Wall for a distance of 60 feet from the
castellum, which revealed a uniform face of similar masonry and unbroken
coursed work, dipping uniformly towards the abutment, which had sunk
down considerably below its original level on account of the percolation of
water underneath it.
It seems to be beyond doubt that both the bridges had flat timber
roadways, no arch-stones having been found ; nor would the height of the
abutment platforms have allowed for the rise of arches and yet permit of
sufficient waterway beneath them. In further proof of this, several stones,
grooved across for the insertion of timbers upon which to rest the longi
tudinal beams carrying the roadway, have been found.
The workmanship and appliances had altered considerably in the interval
between the dates of the two structures, and the quality of the workmanship
had retrograded in many respects in the later work, the fitting and snecking
of the ashlar stones being decidedly inferior ; and w^hilst in the earlier
masonry the stones are fastened together by dovetailed cramps, the stones
of the later bridge are unsystematically and rudely cramped together by long
iron rods run in grooves near the face of the work with T-ended branches
inwards. In one respect there had been an advance in mechanical appliances,
for instead of the stones having to be set with the pinch (the holes for which
are seen on the upper beds of the stones of the imbedded pier) the later
artificers had the use of the crane and lewis, holes for the latter being found
in all the large stones of the later work, whereas in the former they are
invariably absent.
The late Mr. John Clayton^ records that during the excavation of the
' Arch. Ael. vol. vi. p. 84.

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PLAN
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OVER THE
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SECTION SHEWING HEIGHT AUD
SCARCEMEMTS OF WING WALL AT A

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The parts tinted SIENNA sfumtheposituyris of'thepiers of the fornwr hri/iffe^
which.- arembuUt^ irt those of th&laier one-; also tft^ suppo.^ed posiiMn of
t/ie two fi^arPrr abutments.

SCALE OF FEET.
Hht^NHl ' i  '  ' ^^^

THE ROMAN BRIDGE. 167
abutment a number of coins were found ; the earliest in date being a silver
coin of the Gens Cassia, or family of Caius Cassius, the assassin of Julius
Caesar. Amongst the coins was another silver coin, in excellent preservation,
of Julia Domna, the second wife of the Emperor Severus. Besides these
there were several coins of brass of the Emperor Hadrian, Diocletian, the
Constantine family, and of the usurper Tetricus, and other articles including
mill-stones, Samian ware bearing the pottery mark ' doccivs,' and an altar
without any inscription.
Amongst the debris of the bridge abutment there are certain peculiar
shaped stones which have evidently been designed for some special use.
One of them is a monolithic pillar, 9 feet i inch in length, having a rec
tangular base 2 feet 2 inches long, i foot 11 inches broad, and 2 feet 2 inches
high ; above this the angles are rounded off, until at the top the pillar assumes
a circular form with a diameter of i foot 7 inches. The shaft of this column
is 6 feet 6| inches long, and concentrically on its upper end there is a curved
conical boss, 4^ inches deep, with a scarcement all round it of 5 inches on
the pillar top. On the longer face of the base the stone has been cut away
to a depth of 5 inches, so as to leave projecting a face moulding, and as
the shape of this moulding is similar to that upon other stones which have
apparently formed an ornamental string course along the face of the
abutment, its original position is determined as having been on the face of
the abutment and in line with the string course. As another evidence of the
position of the pillar stone, there remains one of the stones which had formed
the parapet hollowed out to fit up against it. There are also portions of a
similar column which had been broken up. The upper end of it is now on
the abutment amongst the ruins, and what appears to be a portion of the
shaft, about 4 feet long, with a dowel hole cut in a similar manner to that in
the entire column, is now placed in an angle of the building on the west side
of the river. ^
A third stone demands particular attention. It is in the form of a barrel
or the nave of a cart wheel without the axle hole through it. This stone is 2^
feet long, with a diameter of i foot 7 inches at its centre, and i foot i j inches
at its ends. Radiating from the centre are eight recesses cut to a depth of 4^
«
' Where Watling Street crossed the Rede the bed of the river is paved with large stones ; and
when a part of the north bank was washed away by a flood a few years ago, two pillars were discovered,
which it is supposed might have stood at the entrance to a bridge. Stephen Oliver, Rambles in Northum
berland, 1835.

1 68 THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
inches, which, at the face of the stone, form openings i inch wide by 3 inches
long. The lower sides of these holes are cut deeper as they recede from
the face, being half an inch deeper at the inner end than at the face, thus
forming a tapered or half-dovetailed hole, similar to the lewis holes in
the abutment stones. The weight of this stone is about 5j cwt., and its
most probable use was that to serve as a balance-weight applied either over
a pulley or at the end of a lever. A reference to the detailed drawings of
this stone will show how admirably it is adapted to being slung, for, if in the
holes there were placed half-dovetailed studs tapering from 2^ to 3 inches,
they would fall down half an inch from the upper side of the hole, and admit
of a flat slip of that thickness being driven in above them, thus securely
fastening them in position. The studs being then left projecting beyond
the face of the stone would form attachments for the ropes or rods used in
slinging it. A very similar arrangement to this existed until lately at the
smaller collieries in the northern counties, when the water was drawn from
the pit in tubs by means of a ' whimsey ' worked by a horse. To balance
the water-tub they had another filled with stone, through which, midway in
its height, pieces of wood were placed at equal angles, and the projections
formed attachment studs in the same manner as those in the balance stone.
This stone has, apparently, an intimate connection with the pillar stones, and
all three taken together may be considered as a permanent frame and balance
for the lifting of some heavy structure.
The conical boss on the top of the pillar seems designed to secure a
beam placed across the top of the two pillars, which would have cups cut in
it to fit the stone bosses.^
Following a devious course along the whole length of the east abutment
and its wings is a covered passage, which might have been intended to
aff'ord additional water-way in times of flood. From its position, however,
and the manner in which it cuts diagonally through the castellum, it is
evidently a much later work than the bridge. Its sides are generally formed
of the lewis-holed stones of the later bridge, and the covers, which are very
large slabs of stone, might have originally formed the flagging of the abut
ment platform.
' What exact purpose this mechanical arrangement was designed to serve remains an unsolved
problem, though in the paper read by Mr. Sheriton Holmes before the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, in 1893, a suggestion is put forward that it may have afforded a means of raising a portion of
the bridge platform so as to break communication along it : turning it, in fact, into a drawbridge. Arch,
Ael. vol. xvi. p. 328.

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THE TOWNSHIP OF WALL.

169

A much later bridge, known as Chollerford bridge, had become ruinous,
when Bishop Skirlaw of Durham, in 1333 granted an indulgence^ to all who
should by labour or money contribute to its repair. The result of this effort^
probably led to the building of the stone bridge of four arches, which was
presented by the Grand Jury at the Northumberland Midsummer Sessions of
1 71 8, 'to be fallen downe and out of repaire, and that the same lyes upon
the King's High Street or way leading from Carlisle to Newcastle, and is
very necessary and convenient to the said county, and that the ford which
lyes nigh the said bridge is very dangerous, almost att all times to be ridd.'^
It was again broken down by a flood on nth December, 1733.*
This bridge was carried away by the great flood of 1771, and replaced
by the present bridge, which was opened for trafiic 21st April, i77S)^ ^^^
stands about half a mile north-east of the Roman bridge, the gradient of
the military road being
eased by a detour from
the direct line followed
by the Roman works,
thus carrying the road
farther to the north.
At the east end of
Chollerford bridge, in
the stationmaster's gar
den, is an ancient grave
which was opened in
1868 : there was a cist
4 feet 6 inches long,
2 feet 4 inches broad,
and 2 feet 9 inches
deep ; the top stone was about 6 feet long by 5 feet 9 inches in breadth.
There were found in it the bones of a leg and arm, and a flint implement ; the
latter is figured in the Proceedings of the Newcastle Society of Antiquaries.*
> A translation of the indulgence is printed in Mackenzie's Northumberland, vol. ii. p. 242.
"^ If we could be satisfied that the baUad, 'Jock o' the' Side,' were genuine, it might be inferred that in
his time {circa 1569) there was not a bridge at ChoUerford.
' But when they cam' to ChoUerford, " I wat weel no," quo the gude auld man ; _
There they met with an auld man ; " I hae bided here threty years and thrie.
Says- " Honest man, will the water ride ? And I ne'er yet saw the Tyne sae big,
TeU us in haste, if that ye can." Nor running ance sae like a sea." '
Scott, Border Minstrelsy.
•' Warden Register. ' Richardson, Table Book, ° Vol. ii. pp. 170, 171.

Ancient Grave near Chollerford Bridge.

' Sessions Records.
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23

170 THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
In the thirteenth century the prior and convent of Hexham obtained a
grant of a rood of land in Wall from archbishops Gray and Gilford for the
purpose of building themselves a tithe barn,^ and the vill paid towards the
subsidy of 1295 the sum of 21s. 4^6.., which was shared by thirteen tenants,
headed by Sampson of Wall or Del Welle.^ Like Acomb, it suflfered
severely from the Scottish inroads of 1 3 1 5 and 1 546. The names upon the
Muster Roll of 1538 are Errington, Dawson, Kell, Robson, Wilson, and
others, still common in the district.Wall Muster Roll, 1538.'
Edwerd Eryngton, Ric. Wilson, Edward Wilson, Robert Trumbyll, Thomas Kersope, Thomas
Robson, Edwerd Spayn, Robert Store, Alexander Dawson, RoUand KeU, Thomas Pateson, John Gibson,
RoUand Kell, Robert Robynson, James Kell, Edwerd KeU, Edward Watson, able with horse and harnes.
Thomas Dawson, Rog. Unstayn, Thomas KeU, Thomas Kell, Thomas Dawson, WiUm Stere, Rog.
Robson, neither hors nor harnes.*
In 1547 the rents of the twenty-six copyholders amounted to ^^14
7s. 6d., and ranged from 2s. 8d., paid by Rowland Kell for the quarter of a
husbandland, to 26s. 3d. William Kell held the water corn mill, for which
he paid a rent of los., and 4s. lod. was received from four tenants of
' Treasury lands.' ° The watch was ordered in 1552, 'from the foot of Erren
to the miln of Chollerton, to be watched nightly with four men of the inhab
itants of the town of Wall.' The setters and searchers of the watch were
James Bell and Sander Dawson.* The survey of 1608 discloses a more
complex system of tenure than that made sixty years before, for the copy
hold rents, which amounted to ^^6 14s. 7d., are entered under a diflFerent
head from those of the customary tenants, which brought in ^^8 18s. 5d.
With the latter are classed 'the Checquer rentes,' which, doubtless, were
derived from the Treasury lands of the former survey. Some names appear
in both lists, and an attempt is made to discriminate between tenants of the
same surname by mentioning their respective abodes, as Edward Kell of the
Hill and Edward Kell of the Chair, George Kell of the Chairhead and
George Kell of the Hall-pool ; the latter held the mill, which was worth £^
a year over and above the old rent of los.'' The condition of the township
' Vol. iii. pp. 139, 150. ' Ibid. p. 33. ' Arch. Ael. 4to series, vol. iv. p. 188.
¦* The nine men of Wall appointed about the same period to go to Berwick 'in the tyme of
necessite when they be calld upon,' were Alexr. Kell the younger, Edward Erington, George Kell,
Percevell Kell, Roger Yeldarde, Willm. Dawson, Jared Dawson, yonger, Richard Kyrsopp, or a man for
hym, James Kell, Edward's son. State Paper time of Henry VIII. Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. i. p.
cix. preface.
" Vol. iii. pp. 67, 68. ^ Nicolson, Border Laws, p. 171. ' Vol. iii. p. 99.

THE TOWNSHIP OF WALL. I7I
in the time of Charles I. has already been related under Acomb, where are
given the names of the tenants of Wall in the year 1626. The proprietors in
1663, with the rateable value of their respective holdings, were : John
Dawson, ^^22 los. ; William Dawson, _2^'io ; William Dobson of West Row,
£'i 6s. 8d. ; Edward Kell of Stare, ;^I2 los. ; George Kell of Hall-pool,
;^22 los. ; Thomas Kell of Greenhead, ^^17 los. ; Edward Kell of West
Row, £1 los. ; Matthew Kell, £'] los. ; Thomas Lamb, £1 5s. ; William
Lee, £"] los. ; John Lookup, £^ ; William Robson and the tenements late
Edward Kell, ^^17 los. ; Simon Simpson, £2 los. ; Mark Story, £^. Sir
William Fenwick owned the tithes.
On the 1 2th October, 1747, the tenants of Wall, who were seised of
messuages, farmholds, or lands copyhold of the manor of Hexham, entered
into an agreement with Major Allgood of Brandon, gent., as the surviving
trustee of the will of Sir William Blackett of Wallington, the lord of the
manor and regality of Hexham, and with each other, for the enclosure and
division of the out-field of the township, called Wall fell. The minerals
were reserved to the lord, and it was agreed that one-sixteenth of the lands
to be divided should be allotted to him for his consent ; and that the
remainder should be divided by the proportions of the ancient yearly rents,
payable to the lord of the manor by the respective parties, who were :
George Cuthbertson, Newcastle ; Thomas Daglease, Hexham ; Edward Dawson, Haltwhistle ; John
Dawson, Brunton ; Edward Kell, Raw-house ; Joshua Kell, Wall ; George Lee, Hexham ; Simon
Mewburn, Acomb; John Morpeth, Newton; John Nicholson, StobbUee ; Michael Pearson of Newcastle;
John Robson, Blackbogg ; William Shafto, Humshaugh; John Stobart, Wall ; Henry Tulip, Fallowfield ;
Patrick Dawson of Newcastle, as guardian of Jane, infant daughter of David Johnson of Hexham, the
elder, deceased ; Thomas Stokoe of Hexham, as guardian of George Johnson, son and heir of David
Johnson, the younger of Hexham, deceased; George HoUoway of London, and Mary his wife, John
Wild of Scouts house, Durham, and Elizabeth his wife.'
In 1722 the following polled for freeholds in Wall: Robert Kell of
Willimoteswick, George Lee of Dilston, Edward Kell, George Kell, and
Robert Dawson of Wall ; John Armstrong voted for Wall mill ; in 1 748
John Dawson of Brunton voted for tithes in Wall, Edward Kell of Cockle-
head and George Lee of Hexham voted for freeholds, and in 1774 Edward
Kell of Standing Stone voted for tithes in Wall.
' 1748, March 31st. Award of Alexander Brown of Doxford, esq., and Thomas Reed of Aydon, gent.,
reciting amongst other certain articles of agreement bearing date 12th October, 1747, for the division and
partition of the waste, moor or common called Wall fell, by the said Alexander Brown and Thomas
Reed. Mr. J. B. Clayton's Title Deeds.

172 THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
The following wills from the registry at York^ are of members of the
yeoman family of Kell, which still clings tenaciously to the township of
Wall, being represented by Mr. T. E. Kell, a solicitor in Wetherby in
Yorkshire, and Mr. Edward Rowell of Walbottle, who succeeded to the
estate of the late Joshua Kell of Greenfield :
1593, 2nd July. Probate of will of WiUiam KeU of WaU granted to Richard Kell of Newcastle, an
executor. Reservation to ' Effam,' the widow, and Robert KeU, the son, the other executors.
1595, 22nd AprU. Probate of will of Robert Kell of Errington granted to William Kell, the son and
sole executor.
1595, nth August. Administration of Reginald Kell of Wall, granted to Isabel, the widow. Reser
vation to George, Thomas,' Edward, Margaret, Thomasine, and Elizabeth KeU, his children, minors.
1601/2, Sth February. Administration of Edward Kell of Chairehead, chapelry of St. Oswalds,
granted to Isabel KeU, his daughter, a minor, and Robert Dawson of WaU, her grandfather, made tutor.
1601/2, 8th February. Administration of Edward Kell, son of Roland Kell, chapelry of St. Oswalds,
granted to Janet, his widow, to her own use, and that of Roland, Nicholas and George KeU, her sons,
minors. 1601/2, Sth February. Administration of Thomas Kell of Acomb granted to Edward and Elizabeth,
his children. 1601/2, Sth February. Probate of the will of William Kell of Wall granted to Mabel and Isabel
Kell, his daughters and executors ; George Kell of Hall-pool made tutor of Edward Kell, son of
deceased, and George Kell of Newcastle made tutor of Mabel, and John Kell of Humshaugh made tutor
of Isabel Kell, all minors.
1602, 3rd May. Administration of Alexander Kell of Wall granted to Thomasine and Isabel Kell,
his sisters. 1602, 3rd May. Administration of Nicholas Kell of chapelry of St. Oswalds granted to George
Kell of Hall-pool and George Bell of Kepick mill.
1674/5, 19th March. Will of Thomas KeU of Acomb; my sons, George and John, my daughter, Jane,
residue to wife Grace ; son George, executor. Proved Sth September, 1675.
1680, 29th March. Will of Edward Kell of Wall, yeoman ; to be buried at St. John Ley. To my
second son, George Kell, the half of my corn tithe in Wall, which I bought of Sir John Fenwick ; the
other half to my youngest son, Robert Kell. To my eldest son, Edward Kell, all my lands in Wall when
twenty-one. My sister, Margaret Hutchinson, widow, my sister, Jane Errington's daughter, Mary
Errington. Residue to my wife, Elizabeth, she executrix. Proved 3rd July, 1680.
1685/6, 2oth February. Will of Barbara Kell of WaU. My eldest daughter, Anne Byers, widow, my
grandchild, Barbara Newburne, and Sarah Newburne, her sister; Joseph Dod, who married my grand
child ; my daughter, Mabel Brown.
1689/90, 15th February. Tuition of Edward, son of Edward Kell of Wall, granted to Anne Byers,
widow, and also administration of Edward Kell.
1701, loth June. WiU of Samuel Kell of WaU, yeoman. To my brother, Benjamin KeU, 20s., to the
licensed meeting house at Hexham 5s. a year for four years. My copyhold lands at Wall to son,
WiUiam ; my son, John Kell, sole executor. Proved 26th June, 1704.
1710, 24th October. Edward KeU of Wester Row was found to have died seised of three messuages
in WaU, with the lands belonging, and also of 106 acres lying in the Highfield of WaU. His son, Edward
Kell the younger, was found to be next heir, and was admitted.*
1719, 26th June. WiU of George Kell of Hexham, glazier. My son George KeU, my daughter
Elizabeth Robson, my wife Isabel, executrix. Proved 19th October, 1719.
1721, 25th April. WiUiam Dodd of Aydon castle, and Agnes his wife, surrendered the water corn
mill of Wall, etc., to the use of Edward Kell the younger of WaU.*
' Raine, Test, Ebor. * Mr. J. B. Clayton's Title. Deeds,

THE TOWNSHIP OF WALL. 173
1722, 27th August. Will of Matthew Kell of Hexham, gent. My wife Ann ; my son John Kell of
Hexham ; my son James KeU ; my daughter Katherine, mfe of George Rowland; my daughter EUzabeth,
wife of George Turner. Proved 26th August, 1726.
1722, i6th October. Administration of Edward KeU of WaU to Jane, wife of John Armstrong, his reUct.
1723, 28th December. WiU of Edward Kell of WaU, yeoman. I have surrendered a tenement in
WaU of 70 acres, yearly rent 15s. 9d.; my wife Hannah; my son Edward; the reversion of my house in
Western raw, called Newhouse, my daughter Sarah, wife of Thomas Rowell, my son Joshua Kell ; wife,
Hannah, sole executrix. Proved ist May, 1724.
1737, 26th April. Edward KeU the younger of WaU was found to have died seised of three messuages
in Wall, with the lands belonging thereto, of 90 acres in Wall High field, Wall mill, etc. Edward KeU
of Wall, his son and next heir, was admitted.'
1741, 14th April. John Heron of WaU surrendered to the use of Edward KeU, then of Corbridge,
eldest son and heir of Edward KeU the younger, late of Wall, deceased, a close in Wall townfields called
Hanging Shaw bank.'
1741, 14th April. Edward KeU of Corbridge, and Elizabeth his wife, and Jane Armstrong, mother of
the said Edward, surrender to the use of John Morpeth of Corbridge (in trust) a messuage, lands known
as Mantle garth, and Kiln garth, and Wall mill.'
1758, 4th February. Probate of the will of Anne KeU of Hexham granted to Mary, wife of Matthew
Kell, her daughter and sole executor.
1765, 14th November. Edward KeU was admitted to 56 acres of land, formerly parcel of Wall fell,
and aUotted to him in right of his estate in Wall upon a division of the said Wall fell.'
1773, 1st December. Probate of the wUl of Thomas Kell of Wall granted to Elizabeth Kell, his
widow, and Robert Patterson, the executors.
1782, 29th July. Probate of the will of Robert Kell of Wall fell granted to Joshua Kell, his son and
sole executor. The pleasant grounds^ of Brunton house ^ command fine views of the
valley of the North Tyne ; and through the garden, from the fosse of the
Wall, flows a small rill, which coats the pebbles of its bed* with an ochreous
deposit. The Brunton estate has partly been made up of allotments of Wall
fell, which was divided amongst the copyholders in 1748. It was long the
property and residence of the family of Dawson, whose surname occurs in
the lists of tenants of Wall from 1538 downward.
' Mr. J. B. Clayton's Title Deeds.
* They contain, resting against the ruins of the Wall, being the northern side of the turret which has
been already described, an altar, which is figured in Dr. Bruce's Roman Wall.
' East of Brunton is Coldlaw, which is probably the Codden where a coal mine was worked as early as
1499, in which year Archbishop Neville granted a ninety-nine years' lease to Gilbert Errington^ esq., at the
rent of los. 4d. a year. In the Ecclesiastical Court at York there was a suit in 1590, Sir Joh. Forster v.
Nicholas Errington of Errington, in which Robert Gibson of Hexham, yeoman, deposed that 'Gilbert
Errington for the last five years hath occupyed a colepilt called Coddayne cole pitt, and he hath sene the
said Gilberte's servantes gett coles. The workmen have gotten ten chalder of coles in one day.' John
Gibson of Hexham, aet. 60, deposed the same. ' This examinate 24 yeres ago and more, being then servante
to Ladie Carnabye, who was fermar of the tiethes of Hexhamshire, went to Coddain cole pitt and in the name
of his said ladie and mistris received 24 chawders of coles for tieth yerely.' John Errington of Errington,
gent., aged circa 64, deposed 'that for 16 yeres Gilbert Errington has occupied a cole pit at Fallowfield.
Eastfield is a place caUed the New Ryfte and not elsewhere, about a quarter of a mile off is a place caUed
Codd deane, in which place as it may appear by the view thereof there have been coal pitts sunk, but he
never new any men work them. The articulate Nicholas Errington married this examinate's wife's
daughter, and ever since his marriage saving since Whitsontide last, the said Nicholas and his wife have
dwelt in this examinate's house, and his kine have depastured on this examinate's farmhold.' Agnes
Errington, wife of Nicholas Errington, deposed that her husband and Nicholas had six kine and no more.
* Wallis, Northumberland, vol. i. p. 48.

174 THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
DAWSON OF BRUNTON.
William Dawson ; rated tor lands in Wall in 1663 =
Michael, baptised William Dawson of Brunton house, baptised 13th = Ann  ; to whom her husband

1665 id). October, 1667 (a) ; will dated gth May, 1715 ;
proved i6th May, 1716.

gave his third part of the tithes
of WaU.

Robert Dawson of Brunton and WaU ; = Mary ... ; executrix Michael Dawson ; will Edward Dawson ; named^ in
will dated 26th March, 1729 ; proved

26th June, 1729 ; died 27th March,
1729 ib).

to her husband's dated Sth April, wills of father and brother
will; died 12th 1727; proved 7th Michael, in 1728, of West-
April, 1754 (?) ib). June, 1728. minster (/).

Barbara Hall ; = John Dawson of Brunton, son and heir ; = Ann Smith of Bramp- Robert; died Ann Dawson ; to

married 1752;
will dated
17th Feb.,
1753 O')-

matriculated at Queen's coUege, Oxon., ton, Cumberland; 24th Nov., whom her father
17th March, 1746, aged 19 («) ; ad- married in London, 1728 (i5). gave ' the house
mitted at Gray's Inn, 1744 (/) ; buried Aug., 1766 ic); re- at the Cross ' for
i6th AprU, 1769 id) ih); wiU proved nounced administra- life and /i, 000.
14th Sept., 1769 ig), aged 42. tion to husband's will.

John Dawson of Brunton house, baptised 28th Oct., = Frances, daughter of WilUam Smith of Haughton
1753(a); entered at Gray's Inn, 16th June, 1768 ; castle iJ); died Sth May, 1806, aged 41 (a)
died iSth March, 1807, aged 51 (a) ib) ; will dated ib) id).
31st Jan., 1807.
(a) St. John Lee Register. ie) Forster, Alumni Oxonienses.
ib) M.I. St. John Lee. if) Forster, Admissions to Grafs Inn.
if) Newcastle Courant, 1 6th Aug., 1766. ig) Raine, Test. Ebor.
id) Gent's Mag. 1806. ih) Gent's Mag. 1769.
if) Rev. John Hodgson's Collection.
1670, 22nd Aug. John Fenwick of Wallington, the Crown grantee, conveyed the corn tithes of Wall
to John Dawson of Wall, WiUiam Lee of Wall, and Edward Kell of Wall, who, 6th June, 1672, released to
each other, so that each might hold one-third in severalty.
1673 ^"d 1675. John Dawson and Eleanor his wife conveyed one-third of the corn tithes of Wall to
William Dawson of WaU, yeoman.
1715, 9th May. Will of WilUam Dawson of Brunton house. To be buried in the churchyard of St.
John Lee. To my wife Anne for life, one-third of the corn tithe of Wall, which is letten to tennants for
^15 per annum. To my two sons, Robert and Michael Dawson, all moneys as shall become due or paid
by the court of London upon the account of an estate at Ovingham that formerly belonged to John Addison,
esq. To my son, Michael Dawson, £1^0 ; he executor. Proved i6th May, 1716.'
1729, 26th March. Will of Robert Dawson of Wall, gent. To my son John, a farm called Brunton
in Chollerford field, and Hall-poole farm there, and the Nine-acre and William Lee close and three houses
in Wall, and the third part of my corn tithe in Wall. To my daughter Ann Dawson, ^1,000 and the house
atrthe. Cross for her life. If my wife has another child, it to have, if a male, the said corn tithe and the
house in Newcastle joining the Castle Stairs, and the two shops. Residue to my wife Mary; she executrix.
Proved 26th June, 1729.'
1769, 14th September. Probate of wiU of John Dawson of Brunton, in the chapelry of St. Oswald's,
esquire, granted to Christopher Reed, esq., with tuition of John Dawson, the son : Ann Dawson, the widow,
renouncing.' 9th May, 1806, died at Brunton, near Chollerton, Mrs. Dawson .... she introduced the Jennerian
vaccination into her neighbourhood, and once a week had many cart loads of applicants for that improved
mode of inoculation. Gent's Mag. May, 1806. ' Raine, Test. Ebor.

COCKLAW TOWNSHIP. 1 75
In 1795 John Dawson of Brunton^ for :^6,75o sold his moiety of the
corn tithes of Wall and his copyhold estate of Brunton, Spaniel-hall alias
Low Brunton, and the farm of Hallpool, to Matthew Culley of Wark,
and George Culley of Pallinsburn Eastfield. Two years later the Culleys
sold to their kinsman, Thomas Bates of Hulton, who, in 1806, for ;^I3,400
sold the same to Henry Tulip of Fallowfield. In 1876 Mr. Tulip's grandson,
Lieut.-Colonel Butler,^ sold it, with all his other lands in Wall, to Mr. John
Clayton, to whose grand-nephew, Mr. J. B. Clayton, nearly the whole of the
township now belongs. TOWNSHIP OF COCKLAW.
The township of Cocklaw contains 3,764 acres,^ and at the taking of the
last census had a population of 154, wholly agricultural.* Its area, which is
larger than any other township in the parish, comprises the ground which
slopes northward to the Erring burn, from the ridge along which the Roman
Wall is carried.
The military road, constructed by General Wade after the rebellion of
1745, ruris westward on the site of the Roman Wall to the descent into the
North Tyne valley, where the gradient causes a deviation. The chapel of
St. Oswald-on-the WalP stands on a commanding site a little to the north of
the Wall, where the plain terminates by abrupt descents on the north and
west. Its spacious graveyard is used for burials to the south and east of the
church ; whilst on the north, or, as it is here called, the ' backside ' of the
church, there was a building used to stable the horses and ponies of the
congregation. The building forms one of the sides of the enclosure, which
is planted with a row of sycamore trees, and the site commands an extensive
view, with Hallington on the north-east, and Chipchase, Simonburn, Haugh
ton, and the valley of the North Tyne on the north-west, with far stretches
ot moors and crags in the distance.
' Mr. Dawson, under certain conditions, reserved to himself the mansion of Brunton under a lease
for a term of years.
^ In 1873 Major H. T. Butler of Elvaston Place, S.W., was returned as owner of 1,437 acres in
Northumberland, with a gross estimated rental of ^2,623. Parliamentary Return of Owners of Land.
' Including 5 acres of water area.
* The Census Returns are : 1801, 183 ; 1811, 197; 1831, 199 ; 1831, 188 ; 1841, 172 ; 1851, 183 ; 1861, 200;
1871, 192 ; 1881, 180 ; 1891, 154.
" In 1879 an ecclesiastical district, comprising the townships of Bingfield, Cocklaw, Fallowfield, Hal
lington, Portgate, and Wall, with the two chapels of St. Mary, Bingfield, and St. Oswald, was formed out
of St. John Lee. London Gazette, 31st October, 1879.

176 THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
The present church of St. Oswald is a simple structure, rectangular in
plan, and entirely destitute of architectural features. Its situation, remote
even from the scattered farmsteads of the district, tended to its neglect.
In 1 3 10 it was seemingly out of repair, for it is included in the list of those
churches which Archbishop Greenfield ordered to be visited, so that the
parishioners should be compelled to amend what might be amiss.^ It was
either rebuilt or largely repaired about 1737,^ a date which appears on a sun
dial. At this reconstruction such features as it then possessed of an archi
tectural character were swept away, for nothing now remains but the bare
structure of the eighteenth century.^ Less than twenty years ago this, too,
presented a miserable appearance ; the window shutters had been blown
away, the window glass broken, and the roof left in a leaky condition. The
internal fittings, originally of the baldest description, corresponded in their
general aspect of discomfort and decay with the neglect of the exterior of
the edifice ; the pews were mere boxes of deal, and the floor was spread with
straw to enable the sparse worshippers to sit in some degree of comfort
through the service. All this has now been changed, and the church has
again been recently repaired. The Battle of Hefenfeld.
The church occupies a site remarkable in the history of Northumber
land, for it was here that King Oswald set up, before the coming battle, the
emblem of that faith, in the reception of which, by his country, he was to be
one of the chief instruments, and in the vital principles of which, as his after
life witnessed, he was a genuine and consistent believer. Northumbria had
' Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. ii. p. 123 ; Surt. Soe. No. 46.
^ 1736, September. Office against Ralph Davison, chapel warden of St. Oswald's chapel. 'The
chappel being ruinous, and much out of repair,' ordered to repair before ist September next. Canon
Raine, Notes from Faculty Books at York.
' Names of persons claiming pews, and seats in pews, in St. Oswald's chapel, 13th March, 1794 :
Pew No. I. John Dixon of Mantle hiU; widow Gibson of Greencroft mill, for Wall mill; Henry Tulip
of Walwick, esq., for Bank-head; and Robert Pearson, esq., for Black Pasture. II. Robert Pearson, esq.,
for his ancient lands, and Messrs. Watson for Dunkirk West farm (each party objects to the other's claim).
III. John Dawson, esq., and H. Tulip, esq., of Fallowfield, for Folstern-house. IV. Simon Mewburn,
esq., and Mr. Robson. V. John Stobart of Wall, Edward Charlton of Hexham, and Mr. Gibbons.
VI. Henry Tulip, esq., of Fallowfield, and Edward Kell of WaU, in right of Edward Ramsay's farm.
VII. John Dawson, esq., Messrs. Watson for Greenhead, and old Edward Kell of WaU. VIII. Henry
Errington, esq., for Portgate. IX. Sir Edward Blackett, bart., and Henry Tulip, esq., Walwick. X. Sir
Edward Blackett, bart. XI. Edward KeU, Wall, and Joshua KeU, WaU fell. XII. Henry Errington,
esq., for Portgate, and Christopher Soulsby, esq., for Fences. XIII. Henry Tulip, esq., of Walwick, for
Edward Forster's farm at Wall, and Hill-head farm. XIV. Henry Tulip, esq., of Fallowfield, for Kiln-
house farm and Wilkinson's farm, Wall. XV. John Dawson, esq., for Brunton. XVI. Sir Edward
'Blackett, bart., for Fallowfield, and Henry Tulip, esq., for George Ramsay's farm at Wall. XVII. and
XVIII. John Errington, esq., for Cocklaw and Cocklaw HiU-head. XIX. Ib. for Errington Red-house.
XX. Ib. for Errington. XXI. Ib. for Keepwick. XXII. Ib. for Errington and Errington HiU-head.
XXIII. Ib. for Keepwick mill and Portgate leazes. Mr. J. B. Clayton's Papers.

THE BATTLE OF HEFENFELTH. 1 77
before then become, at least to some extent, Christian, through the influence
of King Edwin and the missionary zeal and preaching of Paulinus ; but it had
returned to a belief in its former gods when, at Haethfelth^ in the year 633,
Edwin was defeated and slain in a battle against Penda, king of Mercia, a
steadfast adherent of the old Teutonic faith, and Cadwalla, nominally a
Christian, the ruler over a part of Britain as yet unconquered by the English.^
Bernicia, released from the rule of Edwin by his death, had become again a
separate kingdom under Eanfrid, son of Ethelfrid, its former king. He had
been with his brothers for many years in exile among the Scots, and had
there been educated in that branch of the Christian church with which the
saintly apostle from Ireland, Columba, is identified. Eanfrid, who had
relapsed into paganism, was, after scarcely a year's reign, slain in 634 by
Cadwalla, when Bernicia fell under the tyranny and savage control of the
British chief. His rule was not to last long, for the year had not expired
when Oswald, a younger son of Ethelfrid, became the leader of the men of
Northumberland in their rising against the alien oppressor, and when they
threw off his yoke.
The battle which resulted in the defeat and death of Cadwalla took place,
according to Beda,' at a place before then called Hefenfelth, which he inter
prets, the heavenly plain.* Oswald's force was small, but, as Beda says, strong
in the faith of Christ ; strong, too, we may not doubt, in hatred of a hostile
and oppressive race. Cadwalla was in command of a large and, as he thought,
irresistible army. Oswald encamped his men on ground strongly defended
by nature on one side, and situated to the north of the Roman Wall, which
(then standing) afforded a protection against Cadwalla advancing from the
south, probably along Watling Street. Of the details of the battle we know
nothing. How it ebbed and flowed, how the small body of men, fired with
patriotic and religious ardour, withstood the assault of the larger one, flushed
with previous victories and maddened with the desire for vengeance on a
people who had driven out their fellow-countrymen, no one has recorded ;
but Beda tells us something of the events which took place immediately
before the fight, and most moving and inspiriting they are. The spot
¦ Possibly Hatfield, to the north-east of Doncaster, in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
' He is called by Nennius ' Catgublaun,' and described as king of Guenedota (Gwynedd), probably
North Wales, including territory further north. Historia Britonum, sec. 64, ed. Stevenson (English
Historical Society), p. 54.
' Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum, lib. iii. cap. i, ed. Plummer, pp. 128, 129.
< ' Caelestis Campus.' Nennius calls the battle Catscaul ; that is, cat is gwawl, the fight within the
WaU ; a very descriptive name for the battlefield. Hist. Britonim, ed. Stevenson, p. 54.
Vol. IV. 23

178 THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
where Oswald had camped commands a prospect over a wide and far-
stretching land of hill and valley, an outlook dear to all Northumbrian
hearts ; an epitome, indeed, of that larger country which makes up Northum
berland. To his little army it was home, with all the ties which braced
their nerves and inflamed their courage to sweep away the invader and
oppressor from the land. But another, it may have been an even stronger,
impulse, which on many a field has led to victory, was added : the strength
that flows from a fervour begot by faith. Before daybreak Oswald^ himself
holding the wood, while it was being fixed in the hole prepared for it, ordered
the cross, the sacred standard under which they were to fight, to be set up.
Kneeling at its foot, he said : 'Let us all bow the knee, and together pray
the Almighty God, living and true, that He will in His mercy save us from
the proud and savag.e enemy, as He knows that we have undertaken a just
war for the salvation of our nation.' The fight began, as Beda's words seem
to imply, by the attack of Oswald's troops ; the battle went against Cadwalla,
his army was broken, and himself flying southward from the field was slain
at Denisesburne, now Rowley Water, a tributary of the Devil's Water, about
seven miles distant from the site of the cross of victory.
The issue of the battle had an influence which extended beyond the
kingdom of Bernicia. In its far-reaching consequences it may rank among
the events which have had a deep, moving, and lasting effect upon the fortunes
of England itself. After the death of Cadwalla and the complete rout of his
army, which appears to have inflicted a crushing blow upon what at one time
seemed to be the almost overwhelming force of the Celtic power, there was
no more aggressive action on the part of the British tribes against the English.
It cannot be doubted that in the end the Britons would have succumbed to
the more powerful and persistent race which had, like themselves at an
earlier time, invaded the island from over sea. But that event might have
been delayed, and the course of England's progress have been altered, had
Cadwalla been the victor at Hefenfelth. However much the kindred tribes
of Angle, Saxon, and Jute were divided by many and diverse conflicting
interests, this was, after Cadwalla's death, to be fought out among them-
' Adamnan, in his Life of St. Columba, relates that he was told by Abbot Failbhe, his predecessor, on <,.
the information of Abbot Seghine, who heard it from the mouth of Oswald himself, that on the eve of the
battle St. Columba appeared to him, and, addressing him in the words of the Lord to Joshua before the
crossing of Jordan, ' Be strong and of a good courage, I will be with thee,' added that he would be
victorious in the coining fight, and that Cadwalla would be delivered into his hands. Vita S, Columba,
ed. Reeves, p. 15 ; ed. Fowler, p. 12.

THE BATTLE OF HEFENFELTH. 1 79
selves, without the interference of any alien opponent, and they were to be
at last welded, with the exception of a small Celtic country in the west, into
a nation one in spirit as in language, from the Frith of Forth to the shore of
the southern sea.
But the battle had another result. The seating of Oswald on the
throne of Bernicia, the prize of his victory, was a vital element in the
Christianising of Northumbria. Brought up among the Celtic monks of
lona, he naturally turned to that place for aid in spreading the faith he had
adopted among his people. Thus the gospel was taught through that part of
England, not from Gaul or Italy, but from the church as it existed in Ireland,
which had retained or adopted some forms of ritual and order that separated
it from other members of the western church. They were differences of slight
importance, but which became magnified in proportion to their smallness,
until they tended to rend the church in two. The Celtic pre-eminency
thus seated in Northumbria lasted but a short time, and after the Synod at
Whitby in 664, when King Oswy gave way to the pressure from the Latin
side in the controversy, Northumbria accepted the forms and usages of the
rest of the western patriarchate, and Bishop Colman and his fellows returned
to lona. But the influence of their teaching remained, and some phases of
religious thought and practice, which originated in the mission of Aidan
and the Scottish monks of lona, have left their traces in Northumbrian
Christianity, itself one of the main issues of Oswald's kingship and of the
battle which placed him on his throne.
The churchyard is separated from the military road by a level field,
and in the middle of this field, and outside the graveyard, there stood a
Roman altar, in the focus of which was cut a square hole for a cross
shaft. It had been adapted to form the base of a cross, and had occupied
the site in the field from a remote period. Traditionally it was said to
have marked the position of Oswald's extemporised cross on the battle
field. When the land was brought under tillage the altar was removed
to the grounds of Brunton house, where it now stands, and its site was
ploughed over. A special sanctity was from the first attached to St. Oswald's
cross. ^ 'Hither also,' says Beda, 'the brothers of the church of Hagulstad,
' St. Oswald's day is kept on 5th August, and the collect is : ' Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui hujus
diei jocundam laetitiam in sancti servi tui (Oswaldi passione consecrasti ; da cordibus nostris tui amoris
caritatisque augmentum ; ut cujus in terris sancti sanguinis effusionem celebramus, illius in caelo coUata
patrocinia mentibus sentiamus.' York Missal, Henderson, p. 75 ; Surtees Society, vol. 60.

l8o THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
which is not far from thence, repair yearly on the day before that on which
King Oswald was afterwards slain, to watch there for the health of his soul,
and having sung many psalms, to offer for him in the morning the sacrifice of
the holy oblation ; and since that good custom has spread, they have lately
built and consecrated a church there, which has attached additional sanctity
and honour to that place : and this with good reason, for it appears that there
was no sign of the Christian faith, no church, no altar erected, throughout all
the nation of the Bernicians before that new commander of the army,
prompted by the devotion of his faith, set up the cross as he was going to
give battle to his barbarous enemy.' ^ Beda relates 'one of the many
miracles that have been wrought at this cross.'
Certain lands adjacent to the chapel belonged to the prior and convent,
and were, in 1479, held by Robert of Dissington, their chaplain.^
Not far distant was the hermitage in which John the hermit was living
when Simon de Meynell sought and obtained a licence from Archbishop
Corbridge to associate himself with him in his retirement.'
Cocklaw Tower.
The tower of Cocklaw occupies the centre of a slightly elevated posi
tion, the ground falling away from it on either side. There are indications
of the former existence of a moat, and of buildings, including (possibly) the
barmkyn, an enclosure into which the cattle were driven when danger was
apprehended.* The plan is an oblong. The masonry throughout is of an excellent
description, the walls on both the exterior and interior faces being formed
of squared stones laid in even courses. The dimensions on the exterior are
50 feet 6 inches from north to south, and 34 feet 8 inches from east to west.
The height, from the entrance door sill to the moulding below the parapet, is
40 feet 3 inches. The elevation is divided, at about one-fourth of its height,
into two stages by a splayed offset. The wall surfaces are unbroken, save by
' Beda, Hist, Eccl, lib. iii. cap. 2.
' ' Item tenent terram adjacentem ecclesiae Sancti Oswaldi vocatam Kirk-land, et est gleba dictae
ecclesiae ; et continet per aest. iii acras terrae arabilis. Et dominus Robertus de Dissington celebrans
ibidem, r. p. ann. pro dictis iii acris viiid.' Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. ii. p. 6.
' ' Monstravit nobis Simon de Meynill later praesentium, quod inter ipsum, qui contemplando afifectat
Domino famulari, et fratrem Johannem heremitam apud Sanctum Osewaldum juxta Hextildesham con-
corditer est consensum, quod simul viventes ibidem heremiticam vitam ducant.' Ibid. vol. i. app. xxxii.
' This account of Cocklaw tower, originally written and now revised by Mr. W. H. Knowles, is
reprinted from Trans. Archil, and Archcel. Soe. of Durham and Northumberland, vol. iv. p. 309, by the per
mission of that society.

COCKLAW TOWER.

l8l

two double-light windows on the first floor and two doorways (one on the
ground floor and the other on the first floor) with pointed heads. There
have been machicolations immediately over the entrance doorway, which is
placed on the ground level. A portion of a turret remains at the south-west
corner, at the parapet level : this would almost certainly be balanced by one
terminating the staircase at the north-east corner.

Cocklaw Tower.

The main area of the interior is occupied by one large room in the
basement, and by one room on each of the two floors above. At the south
end is a series of small chambers four stories high. (See section DD.)
The principal entrance is on the basement or ground level, at the south
side of the tower. The outer doorway is a plain one, with an obtusely
pointed arch formed by two stones ; the opening is 3 feet 10 inches wide, and
the door was secured by a stout falling bar. This doorway opens into an

l82

THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.

entrance passage 4 feet 7i inches wide, having a pointed vault considerably
higher than the door-heads. At the north end of the passage another
pointed door, identical in form with the outer one, leads into the basement,
which measures 31 feet 2 inches in length and 20 feet 10 inches in width; it
is covered by a slightly segmental barrel vault, the crown of which is 12 feet
1 1 inches above the
door sill. All the
light which reached
this vault came from
a single loop at the
north end. The walls
on three sides are 7
feet thick. On the
left of the vestibule is
a vaulted chamber 8
feet by 5 feet, the
only access to which
was by a trap door in
the floor of the room
above it (see section
DD). It was not pro
vided with a window,
and was probably used
as a prison. The pre
sent opening between
it and the entrance pas
sage has been broken
through in modern
times. On the right of
the entrance passage
is a doorway opening
upon a newel-staircase,
which gives access to the upper floors and the battlements. The staircase
is 6 feet 3 inches in diameter, and is lighted by one loop-hole on the east
side and by two on the south, each placed opposite to doorways, in order
to light them.

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The first floor contained the chief apartment, which is entered by a
pointed doorway opening from the staircase ; it is 31 feet 3 inches in length,
22 feet in width, and 14 feet high. The side walls are 6 feet thick. It is lit
by four windows, two of which are small ones with square heads, one having
a stepped sill (see section CC). Two larger and double-light windows are
placed opposite each other in the east and west walls, set in lofty full-cen
tered recesses with side seats (see section E). The lights are divided by a
broad chamfered and rebated mullion, and have on the exterior pointed
trefoil heads worked in one stone. The openings are constructed for
shutters and iron bars. In the west wall are the remains of a fire-place which
had a hood, now broken away; the square-shaped flue can still- be traced
ascending by the side of the fire-place on the second floor. In the west wall,
close to the north end, is a door opening into a latrine, which is lighted by a
loop on its west side, the drain being in the thickness of the wall. In the
east wall is a doorway, pointed on the exterior and flat within, placed 17 feet
above the ground on the outside. There are five holes in the exterior
masonry : two at the sill level of the door, and three above the head. These
were, no doubt, intended either for the purpose of attaching fastenings for a
ladder, which could be drawn up, or to support a platform, or other communi
cation with the adjacent walls or buildings. A pointed doorway in the south
wall opens into a chamber 15 feet 6 inches long and 6 feet 2 inches wide,
which is lighted by a loop in the south wall. In the floor is the trap door
before mentioned, which afforded access to the dungeon below. The plaster
on the walls of this chamber is decorated in colours, with a design probably
of the sixteenth century, now too much decayed to be made out, but very
clearly shown in a drawing made by Mr. Archer.^
A square-headed doorway opens from the staircase, midway between the
level of the first and second floors, into a chamber 15 feet 6 inches long
and 5 feet 7 inches wide, which is lit by a loop in the south wall (it is marked
A on the second floor plan, and on the section DD). The height of this
room is shown by the corbels, which carried the floor above.
The second floor, which has been supported by sixteen corbels rounded
on the underside, was 31 feet 3 inches long and 22 feet 6 inches wide, and
was entered by a pointed doorway 3 feet wide. It was lit by two small
' This water-colour drawing is one of a series of views of the principal castles and towers in the
county, executed about 1862 for the fourth duke of Northumberland, and preserved in a portfoUo at
Alnwick castle.

184 THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
square-headed windows. There are the remains of a fire-place in the west
wall, as shown on the plan. A square-headed doorway in the south wall
gives access to a chamber marked B on plan and section. It is the same
size as the chamber marked A. There are some remains of wall-plaster at
the north end of the first and second floors.
The staircase is continued to the roof level. There are no parapet walls
now existing, but on the dressed masonry of the west side of the turret is
worked a weather moulding, which indicates the pitch of the roof (see sec
tion CC) ; on two sides of this turret is a cornice, so much decayed that the
exact section is uncertain. It may be inferred that the staircase itself ter
minated in a similar turret. The machicolations placed between the turrets,
and commanding the entrance door, which is immediately beneath, were
supported by four corbels of three projections, placed 18 inches apart. ^
CoKLAW Muster Roll, 1538.'
WiUm Henderson, Thomas Henderson, able with hors and harnes ; Georg Henderson, Thomas
Brown, Robert Person, Ric. Person, Thomas Person, Lyonell Person, Robert Henderson, Andro Sorby,'
John Sorby, George Sorby, Lyonell Eryngton, Thomas Eryngton, Ric. Eryngton, WiUm Kell, RoUand
Kyrsope, AUex. Elwald, John Newbegyn, George Kersope, John Newbigin, Georg Newbigin, able with
hors and harnes.
In the north-east corner of the township, about three-quarters of a mile
from Watling Street and the same distance from the Erring burn, on a grassy
knoll, approached by a road from the east and west and sheltered on the
north by a clump of sycamores, is the homestead* now known as Errington
or West Errington, but formerly described as Errington hall, and in Captain
Armstrong's map of 1769 called a castle. It is now a substantial stone-built
house facing south. Its plain front presents a quaint appearance, with a
formal line of six narrow windows on the upper floor and corresponding
apertures on the ground floor, enriched by effective mouldings. Farm
offices are attached. From this, their ancient home, the family of Errington
took their name, and it seems to be more appropriate to give the pedigree
and history of the family here than under their later and more imposing seat
of Beaufront. Robert de Errington and Ralph de Errington occur about 1228;^ and
the record has been preserved of a sale of two families of neifs [nativi) by
' Cocklaw has been purchased lately by Mr. J. B. Clayton from the owners of the Errington estates.
2 Arch. Ael. 4to series, vol. iv. p. 189. ' Possibly the earlier form of Soulsby.
* Errington and Errington Red-house farms contain 1,164 acres, which produce ^1,286 a year; Errington
Hillhead farm, of 425 acres, is of the annual value of ;^28o. Newcastle Journal, 18th July, 1896.
' Lansdowne MS. ccccii. 16 b; Archbishop Gray's Register, Raine, Surtees Soe. vol. 56, p. 228 n.

Interior of Cocklaw Tower, showing coloured plaster work.

COCKLAW TOWNSHIP. 1 85
Robert de Errington to Archbishop Gray, in consideration of twenty pounds
of silver.^ Both Upper and Lower Errington occur in the Subsidy Roll of
1295; but the particulars relating to the former place are defective, and
the latter is grouped with Fallowfield.^ In the following year Robert de
Errington and John de Vaux were appointed by Archbishop Romayne to be
commissioners, to array his tenants within the regality of Hexham against
the anticipated inroad of the Scots. These preparations did not turn aside
the men of Galloway, who ravaged' Northumberland and Hexhamshire,
burning with fire the priory of Hexham, and in the school two hundred
boys.* The 'vill' of Errington was also burnt, and devastated by the Scots,
in the time of Archbishop Bowet (1408-1423).°
The four men who appeared at the muster of 1538 all bore the name
of Errington ; and about the same period Gilbert Errington and five
men of Errington were appointed to go, if called upon, to Berwick 'in the
tyme of necessite."' Erryngton Muster Roll, 1538.'
Thomas Eryngton, Matho Heryngton, Roger Heryngton, Christofer Heryngton, able with hors and
harnes. In 1547 Nicholas Errington held freehold lands at Errington and
Cocklaw at a rent of 24s. 8|d.;^ and Gilbert Errington held lands in Errington
by copy of Court Roll, paying yearly £'] 6s. 8d.,^ and twenty-one years later
the heirs of Nicholas Errington held Cocklaw, Errington, Fallowfield, Keep
wick, Wharmley hall, Stonecroft, Prior house. Hill house, Nakedale, etc."
Many pieces of evidence seem to show that the family of Errington was
not only one of the oldest, but also one of the most important in Hexhamshire.
Their association with the lords of the regality and with the prior of Hexham
has been already noticed. On 14th June, 1328, there was a mandate from
Archbishop Melton to the baihflf of Hexham to take an inquisition on the
death of Robert de Eryngton who held a tenement in capite." This Robert
had given to John de Eryngton and Alina his wife (doubtless the couple to
' ' Omnibus, etc. Robertus de Erington salutem. Noverit universitas vestra me vendidisse venerabili
domino et patri in Christo carissimo, W. Dei gratia Ebor. archiepiscopo, etc. Robertum de Farinside et
Thomam fratrem ejus, cum omni sequela eorum, natives meos, quos dirtationavi in curia dicti domini
archiepiscopi apud Hextild' per breve de nativo, anno consecrationis ejusdem vicesimo, die Lunae proxima
post octabas S. Martini in hyeme (21st November, 1234). Pro hac autem venditione dedit mihi dominus
archiepiscopus xx libras argenti eodem die.' Lansdowne MS. ccccii. 17 a; Archbishop Gray's Register,
Surtees Soe. vol. 56, p. 282.
^ Vol. iii. p. 32. ^ In the raid made upon Northumberland in 1138, by Edgar, son of Cospatric,
earl of Dunbar, and his cousins Robert and Uctred, sons of Meldred, the lands at Errington belonging to
the canons of Hexham were plundered. Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. i. preface Ixx. and p. 95.
' Ibid. vol. i. p. Ixxx. preface. " Vol. iii. p. 66. " Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. i. preface cix.
' Arch. Ael. 410 series, vol. iv. p. 191. ' Vol. iii. p. 82. " Ibid. p. 66.
'" Feodary's Book; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol. iii. p. Ixvi. " York Registers, Melton, 425 a.
Vol, IV. ' 24

1 86 THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
whose memory the monument at St. John Lee is dedicated) a moiety of the
manor of Errington, which, owing to the deaths of their sons, Thomas
Anthony and William, without issue, had in 1351 come into the possession
of Isabella, wife of William de Redeshagh or Redshaw, daughter [or wife]
of the aforesaid William. William and Isabella Redshaw's right was dis
puted, but at length acknowledged by John of Acomb, clerk; the agreement
arrived at was acknowledged before the archbishop's justices.^ William de
Errington was high sheriflf of Northumberland in 1373. Before 1387 John
Errington married Elizabeth, a daughter of John de Vaux of Beaufront, and he
is named in the entail of Beukley and Portgate, which estates ultimately came
to his descendants.^ In the sixteenth century, through the marriage of Gilbert
Errington and Dorothy, daughter of David Carnaby of Beaufront, that estate
was acquired which subsequently became the chief residence of the family.
From the second marriage of Gilbert Errington and Grace, daughter of
Gawen Rutherford of Rudchester, descended the Erringtons of Keepwick,
etc. In the great Civil War, Henry Errington suflfered for his loyalty to
the king by the forfeiture of his estates ; but Beaufront house, Acomb mill,
the manor and estate of Fallowfield, the township of East Errington, Keep
wick, etc., were purchased on his behalf from the treason trustees.^
In 1606 the heiresses of John Carnaby held copyhold lands in East
Errington, Keepwick, and Keepwick mill, at a rent of ;^i4 14s., which were
worth £S3 6s. 8d. over and above the rent.* The subsequent history of these
places is related in the Errington pedigree and the evidences appended to it.
John Errington, commonly called the chief of Beaufront, who was de
scribed by Ambrose Barnes as ' a person of great parts, great breeding, and of
a magnificent soul,' was in 1686 admitted to the freedom of the Hoastmen's
and Merchant Adventurers' companies of Newcastle (he being a considerable
trader in lead) by mandate of James II. He died, unmarried, in December,
1 7 13, when he was succeeded by his brother William, also a member of the
Merchants' company, who, by great prudence, guided the family fortunes
through the critical times of the rebellion of 1715, which involved in ruin
the neighbouring families of Radcliffe and Shafto. He did not go out,^
but allowed his younger brother Thomas (ultimately his successor), a man
' York Registers, Melton, 440 b. " Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol. ii. p. 234.
' Royalist Composition Papers, Cal. iv. vol. G 10, 18, 30, 72, 83, 84, 98, 157. ' Vol. iii. p. 102.
' Though Henry Johnson, writing to Henry Liddell from Newcastle on the 9th October, 1715, says
'the chief of Beaufront' was with the company which proclaimed the Pretender at Rothbury. Diary of
Lady Mary Cowper, Cowper, p. 186.

COCKLAW TOWNSHIP.

187

of arms, to join Lord Derwentwater. Thomas Errington, who 'had for
merly been an ofl&cer in the French service, where he had got the reputation
of a good soldier,' was appointed to the command of Lord Widdrington's
or the second troop of the forces : ' he was taken prisoner at Preston, and
put upon his trial, when he pleaded guilty, was committed to Newgate,^ but
subsequently pardoned. He was possessed of estates in Hallington and
Little Whittington, which are now worth ^^1,400 a year, but then produced
^^305 los. ; rents from certain leasehold lands brought up his income to
_^320 13s. 6^d. All his property was forfeited to the Crown ; but his wife's
portion of ;^2,ooo had been, by her marriage settlement, secured on Hallington
to herself and her younger children ; and numerous creditors and mortgagees
presented claims which amounted to ^3,749.'
Thomas Errington died in 1748, and was succeeded by his grandson,
John Errington, whose traditional position as the chief of Beaufront and
many whimsical qualities endeared him to his neighbours and still preserve
his memory. His patriotic efforts to rebuild Hexham bridge, and the great
loss which he suflfered by its destruction, have already been related. He was
provincial grand master of the Freemasons in 1776. His portrait, engraved
from a miniature by Cosway, was published in 1798. Henry Swinburn,
writing on the 4th September, 1779, says: 'I dined at Beaufront with Mr.
Errington, who is as cracked as ever man was. I wonder he is still allowed
to be at large and to see company. He has the mania of fancying he has
been created duke of Hexham. He has erected a pillar in his grounds, with
the ducal arms, supporters, and coronet, on Stagshaw Bank ; a most public
station, as it is the rendezvous of an annual fair. A foreign title is his idea,
for a foreign crown is over his door.'*
Subsequently, having written to the king requiring a confirmation of his
title to be duke of Hexham, a commission of lunacy was taken out against
him, when Lords Sefton, Sidney, Berkley, and Stourton gave evidence. He
was one of the witnesses^ to the ceremony performed (in contravention of
the Royal Marriage Act) on the 21st December, 1785, by which his niece,
Mrs. Fitzherbert, became the morganatic wife of George, Prince of Wales,
afterwards King George IV- After being a lunatic under the commission
for many years, he died unmarried and intestate on the 28th June, 1827, the
last male heir in a direct line of this very ancient family.
^ Patten, History of the Rebellion, p. 4S. 'Ibid. p. 116. ^ Forfeited Estates Papers, K. ''Swinburr,
Courts of Modern Europe, vol. i. p. 289. ^ Dictionary of National Biography, sub. Mrs. Fitzherbert.

i88

THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.

ERRINGTON OF ERRINGTON AND BEAUFRONT.
Arms : Argent, two bars and in chief three escallops azure. Visitation.
Gilbert Errington of Errington, Uving 1504 =
Nicholas Errington ot Errington, high sheriff =p
of Northumberland, 1515-16 (f).
Gilbert Errington of Errington, = Jane, daughter of Sir Nicholas Ridley,
Uving 1509. I knight.

Gilbert Errington of
Errington, son and
heir, living 1528.

John Errington =  , daughter of Thomas.
John Brandling. Hugh.

Nicholas Errington of ^ Anne, daughter of Sir Reginald Carnaby
Errington held Cock- of Halton, knight.
law in 1547; died s.p.
before 1568.

Barbara ; married Nicholas Carnaby
and died s.p.

Dorothy, daughter ot = Gilbert Errington of Er- = Grace, daughter of

David Carnaby of
Beaufront ; first
wife.

rington, son and heir ;
purchased lands at
Beaufront in 1585.

Gawen Ruther
ford ; 2nd wife.

IIII
Nicholas.
John. Hugh.
Thomas.

Jane ; married John
Ridley, second
son of Sir Hugh
Ridley.

Michael [or Nicholas (c)]
Errington.
Richard.
Lancelot.

¦ "Er-

Ralph Errington ; in 1643 of Keepwick. \U
Gawen.
William Errington of Benwell ; married, first, Isabel, daughter
of George Heron, and, second, Elizabeth Hatton ; named
in will of Dorothy Errington in 1643. ^

John Errington of Er- = Dorothy, daughter of Edward

rington and Wharm
ley, afterwards of
Beaufront, son and
heir; living 1615,
dead before 1626.

Widdrington ot Great Swin
burn ; deyisee of daughter
Dorothy in 1643 ; willdated
Newcastle, 13th Sept.,
1 6+3 («)¦

I
Thomas Errington[ ? of Four-
stones],

Nicholas Errington of Keep
wick, aged circa 40, 5 th
July, 1599; with son
Thomas named in will
ot Dorothy Errington in
1643. si/

I I
Jane ; married John
Hall of Otterburn ;
living 1643.
Mary ; married Wil
liam Stockell of
Thornton.

Henry Errington
of Errington and
Beaufront, son
and heir ; was
aged 15 in 1615 ;
a delinquent in
i65o[?buried30th
Dec.,i695(a)(<r)].

EUzabeth, William Errington ; was apprenticed
daughter of on St. John Baptist day, 1618, to a
Sir George member of the Skinners' company
Selby of of London i£) ; died before 1643,
Whitehouse having devised his lands at Stone-
ic). croft, Nunbush, Grotington, Port-
gate, Whittington, and Plankey to
his sister Dorothy.

III..
Jane ; married Thomas Rutherford.
¦J/
Dorothy ; heiress to her brother William ;
willdated  1643 (h).
Ursula Errington of Wharnley, parish
of Warden ; will dated 23rd Dec, 1625;
' to be buried in churchyard of St. John
Lee' (k).

John Errington
of Beaufront,
son and heir
[? buried 25th
Oct.,l664(a)].

Agnes, daughter of Edward = WiUiam Errington of Erring-

Errington ; married at
Hexham, 7th May, 1655,
their banns having been
published in Hexham
market place id).

ton ; surrendered Beau
front in 1678 to son John ;
died in father's lifetime
and buried 12th June,
1691 id).

Dorothy  ;
buried Nov.,
1678 (a).

Elizabeth ; named
in will of Ralph
Errington of
Ponteland in
1663.

id) St. John Lee Register. (<;) Howard and Vincent Collections at Heralds' college.
ig) Misc. Gen. et Herald. 3rd series, vol. i. part 10, p. 104. («) Raine, Test. Dunelm.
id) Hexham Register. ip) Arch. Ael. vol. vi. p. 100.

COCKLAW TOWNSHIP.

189

I

John Errington of Errington and of Beaufront, son and heir ;
' a person of great parts, great breeding, and of a magnificent
soul, John Errington, esq., commonly called the chief of Beau
front' ik) ; 1686, was admitted free of the Hoastman's company
of Newcastle by mandate of King James II, ih) ; died unmarried
19th Dec, buried 29th Dec, 1713 (a) ; administration 20th
Feb., 1718/9, granted to his brother WiUiam {d).

WiUiam Errington of Erring- =  , daughter
ton; buried 22nd Feb,, of .., Girling-
1725/6 id) ; administra- ton of Thur-
tion 3rd July, 17^7, land castle,
granted to Joshua Douglas, Lancashire
a creditor (flf). (c).

Thomas Errington of Sandhoe ; in 1686
was admitted free of Hoastman's com
pany of Newcastle by mandate of King
James II, ih) ; died 30th May, 1748,
' the chief of that family ' Q), aged 88
(2) ; will dated 31st Aug., 1741 ; proved
1 75 1 W-

Mary, daughter of John
Douglas of Newcastle
and Halton (c) ; set
tlement before mar
riage, 2lst and 23nd
Nov., 1700 ; marriage
portion ;^2,ooo.

II III
Edward (c) Dorothy [Perpetua, a nun
[? buried at Bruges in 1737].
27th July, A second daughter, married
i699{<i)]. ,.. Hamilton, of Ire-
Henry ic). land {c).
A third daughter, married
 w-

I
John Errington of Beau
front, son and heir ; was
aged 10 years in 1718 ;
marriage settlement 17th
Oct., 1734 ; died in
father's lifetime ; buried
7th Feb., 1740/1 ia) ;
will dated 25th June,
1737 (O ; proved 1741,

Maria, daughter of James
Levery of London and
widow of Joseph Griffin of
Bick marsh, Warwickshire,
She remarried for her
third husband Thomas
Molyneux of Croxteth,
Lancashire, son of Wil
liam, Viscount Molineux ;
died in London, 14th
Aug,, 1795, aged 86,

I
William Errington of Sandhoe ;
was aged 9 years in 1718 ;
died in his chariot at Hexham,
25th Feb,, 1766 (/) ib); wiU
dated 3rd Aug,, 1765 id) ;
proved 1766 ; devised real
estate to nephew Henry Er
rington ; unmarried ; buried
at St. John Lee (a).

Alice, born 24th Feb,,
1702 id) ; married
5th Feb., 1729/30,
John Fenwick of
Bywell id), and
was buried at By-
well, 22nd Nov.,
1731 (0'

Ann ; was aged 14 years in 1718 ; married Taylor White of
Lincoln's Inn, son of Thomas White of Tuxford, Notts ic).
Mary ; was aged 13 years in 1718 ; married Thomas Bradford
of Durham, M.D. ; articles before marriage, 8th Feb., 1747/8
id) ; died at Beaufront, March, 1749 (»z).

John Errington,
died in infancy
and was buried
at Bath Eas
ton ic).

I
John Errington of Erring
ton, ' the chief of Beau
front,' died intestate
28th June and buried
i5th July, 1827, aged
89 ia), but had been
lunatic for many years
before death ; s.fi.

Henry Errington of Sandhoe and of :=: Maria, daughter of Thomas
Redrice, Hants, ; married by special HiU of Tern, Salop,
licence, Aug., 1769 (c) ; marriage set- ' " " - -¦ - •
tlement, 4th Aug., 1769 ; died s.fi. at
Stable Yard, St. James', Westminster,
aged 81, and was buried 24th Dec,
1819, at Paddington it) ; will dated
13th Jan., 1814 (/) ; proved, Prerogative
Court, Canterbury, 14th Jan., 1820.

and widow of Sir Brian
Broughton, bart. (c) ;
sister to Noel, Lord
Berwick ; died Sth Jan.,
1813.

Mary Ann ; married Walter Smyth of
Brambridge, Hants., brother to Sir
Edward Smyth of Esh (c), vU

Frances; married firstly, 13th Sept, 1759, WUliam Middleton
of Stokeld ; and secondly, William Fermor of Tusmore,
Oxon,, by whom she left issue (c), -J/

(a) St. John Lee Register.
ib) Gentleman' s Magazine, 1748,
(c) Howard and Vincent Collec
tions at Heralds' college.

id) Raine, Test, Ebor,
if) Newcastle Journal, 1st Mar., 1766.
ih) Brand, Newcastle, vol. ii. p. 299,
if) Newcastle Courant, 28th May, 1748.

(i) Memoir .of Ambrose Barnes, p. 164.
(/) Abstract of Title, with Messrs.
Clayton & Gibson.
(m) Newcastle Courant, 4th Mar., 1749,

EvmENCES OF Errington Pedigree.
1595, loth March. Commission to Mr. William Assheton, vicar of Bywell Andrew, to commit the
administration of the personal estate of Robert Errington of Sandhoe to Margaret Errington, wife of
Edward Errington of Anicke, sister Of deceased, to the use of Thomas, Elizabeth, and Anne Errington,
chUdren of deceased, minors.

190 THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
1597) ISth March. Administration of the personal estate of Robert Errington of Sandhoe granted to
Thomas Errington of Anick, to the use of Thomas Errington, son of deceased, and he is made his tutor.
1600, 20th May. Administration of the personal estate of Roger Errington of Sando granted to
Marian Errington his widow, to her own use and that of Edward, Richard, EUen, and Ann Errington,
children of deceased.'
1602, 3rd May. Administration of the personal estate of John Errington of the chapelry of St. Oswald
granted to Anne Errington, his widow.'
1604. John Errington of Errington, gent., and Edward Errington of the same place, gent,, were
charged with having, on the 29th March, on Matfen Moor, feloniously robbed Mark Harrison of
Morpeth, chapman, of certain Unen cloth and other articles.''
1626. Henry Errington of Bufront, esq,, surrenders the vill of East Errington and Errington hall,
which belonged to John Errington, his father, to the use of Sir WiUiam Lambton, co, Durham, to
secure .£300.^
1629. Henry Errington of Bufront, esq., surrenders the capital messuage called Lee Kirk hall, etc.,
and a messuage in Kepwick now in occupation of Nicholas Errington, gent, to the use of the said Nicholas,
to secure ^160.'
1643. Will of Dorothy Errington of Newcastle, second daughter of John Errington of Beaufront, esq.
Dorothy Errington, my mother; WiUiam Errington, my brother deceased ; my cousin David; my brother-
in-law Thomas Rutherford, gent., my sister Jane Rutherford, his wife, and my nephew WiUiam Rutherford,
her son ; my cousin Barbara Shafto ; my uncle Nicholas Errington of Keepwick and his son Thomas ; my
aunt Jane Hall of Otterburn; my aunt Katherine Widdrington; my cousin Ursula Mountney, and her
sister, Katherine Widdrington; my cousin Henry Widdrington of St, Anthony's; my brother Henry
Errington ; Thomas Errington, eldest son of Thomas Errington of Fourstones, '
1643, 13th September. Will of Dorothy Errington of Newcastle, widow, late wife of John Errington,
late of Beaufront, esq. To my nephew John Widdrington of Newcastle, gent, and his heirs, my lands in
Stonecroft, Nunbusse, Grotington, Portgate, Whittington, Naicht Eele alias Plankey, in the county of
Northumberland, left to me by Dorothy Errington, my daughter lately deceased, which she had by the
will of William Errington, esq,, my son. My daughter Dorothy left a legacy to David Errington, gent.
The said John Widdrington to pay to the Rt Hon. WiUiam Lord Widdrington of Widdrington two twente
and two shilling peeces of gould to make him a signett ringe, which I desire his honour will be pleased to
wear for my sake. To my daughter Jane, wife of Thomas Rotherford, gent,, ^40 ; to William Rotherford,
her son; to Katherine Widdrington, my sister, sometime wife to Benjamin Widdrington; my cousin
Henry Widdrington of St Anthoines, gent,, and his daughter; my cousin Ursula Mounteney, wife of
Arnold Mounteney; my brother-in-law Ralph Errington of Keepwick, gent., and Dorothy his daughter ; my
brother-in-law William Errington, gen.; my sister-in-law Jane HaU of Otterburn, late wife of John Hall of
Otterburn, esq., deceased; my cousin David Errington; my cousin Thomas Errington, son of Nicholas
Errington, gent. ; my cousin Henry Mallorie, son of Robert Mallorie, gent,, deceased, late of Studley,
CO. York; my cousin Barbara Shafto (my faithful servant), ^3 per annum ; Isabel Shafto, her mother;
the four children of Thomas Errington, late of Fourstones, deceased. Proved at Durham in 1644.''
1650. Henry Errington, son of John Errington of Byfront or Beaufront, being adjudged a delinquent,
petitioned for and obtained an allowance of i/jth of his estate for his wife and children. The Royalist
Composition Papers show that considerable sums had been raised on the estates by granting annuities,
e.g., Richard Knight of Dunstan-in-the-West, London, in 1616, purchased an annuity out of the manor
of West Errington ; in 1642, Richard Carnaby was granted an annuity out of West Errington and
FaUowfield.' 1653, i8th January. Henry Errington, TJiomas and George BeU, Nicholas Fenwick, and George
Chatter, complain that, being tenants of the sequestered estate of Henry Errington at Beaufront, Grot
ington, etc., William Cox and other bailiffs of Hexham manor have distrained them for old arrears of fee
' Raine, Test, Ebor. ^ Bell Collection, Alnwick castle. ' Hexham Manor Rolls,
¦" Raine, Test, Dunelm, " Royalist Composition Papers, Cal. part iv. vol. G 84, p. 1013 ; Ibid, 10, p. 203.

COCKLAW TOWNSHIP. 191
farm rents due before they took the farms, compeUed them to pay, and spoiled their cattle, so that by
threats of new distresses many are ready to leave their farms ; they beg restoration of the moneys, or
allowances thereof in their rents.'
In 1663, WiUiam Errington, esq,, was rated : for Beaufront, ^35 ; Fallowfield, ^15 ; Keepwick, ^35 ;
Cocklaw, £so; Errington, ^100; Grotington, ^20 (or .£26); Anick, ;f 16 ; aU in the parish of St, John
Lee, and for Haining and Harlaw in the parish of Simondburn,''
1674/5, i6th January. Will of Ann Errington of Heslewood, HuU. My sister Bacon, my son Errington,
my son-in-law John Errington of Durham, esq., my brother Mr. Chr. Bacon of Hexham. Proved 1678.^
1683. Henry Lambton of Lambton, co. Durham, esq., makes John Carr of Hexham, his deputy, to
surrender the vill of East Errington and Errington hall to the use of Edward Radcliffe of Dilston, esq.,
and Benoni Carr of Hexham, gent.'
1684, 20th September. Administration of John Errington, esq., of Durham, granted to Anne his widow.^
1686, 26th April. James II. to the mayor and to the governors of the Hoastman's company and
Merchants' company, Newcastle: 'Trusty and well-beloved we greete you well. Whereas it hath beene
represented unto us that John Errington and Thomas Errington of Beaufront, in our county of Northum
berland, gentlemen, are considerable dealers in leade in that our towne and county of Newcastle, wee have
thought fitt hereby to require you to make them freemen, free hoastmen, and free merchants of our said
towne and county of Newcastle, any constitution, custome, or order to the contrary in anywise notwith
standing, with which wee are gratiously pleased to dispence on th'eir behalf. And for soe doeing this shall
be your warrant And soe we bidd you farewell.' John and Thomas Errington were admitted 25th June,
1686. 1695, 2ist January. Will of WiUiam Errington of Hexham, yeoman. To my wife Margaret Errington
all my leasehold houses and grounds at Fourstones ; my three children Ann, Elizabeth, and Margaret
Errington ; my loving brother Richard Lambert to give counsel and advice to my said wife. Proved 25th
June, 1696,
1700, 17th July. John Errington of Beaufront, with John Rowell of Hexham, presented by the Grand
Jury for enclosing part of the common where the fair was formerly accustomed to be kept at Stag
shaw Bank."
1702, 18th June, Administration of Elizabeth Errington of Beaufront granted to Gilbert Errington,
gent, her son,'
At the Sessions, held at Morpeth, nth January, 1709, John Errington, esq,, of Beaufront proposed, at
his own charges, to make the Tyne navigable from Newburn to Hexham if an Act of ParUament. could be
obtained,' The estates forfeited by Thomas Errington for taking part in the rebeUion of 1715 were : HaUington,
1,200 acres, Little Whittington, Portgate Leazes, a leasehold colliery at Fourstones, and a leasehold farm
at Spites {sic) in the parish of Warden, Besides the trustees of his marriage settlement, who claimed for
and obtained his wife's marriage portion of ^2,000, which was secured to her children upon Hallington, the
following creditors, in December, 1717, entered claims : Thomas Errington of Capheaton, £11^; Andrew
Wise of Newcastle, merchant, .£100; Charles Smithson of Newcastle, gent,, 1^300 ; EUzabeth Huddleston
of Newcastle, widow, ;f 300 ; WiUiam Mitford of Newcastle, master and mariner, ^200 ; William Wilkinson
of HaUington, yeoman, £50 ; Thomas Teasdale of Steel haU, gent,, ;f 100 ; Ralph Soulsby of Anick Grange,
gent, /"50; Thomas Robson of Low Shield Green, in Chollerton, yeoman, £1^0; and subsequently Ann
Marshall of York, spinster, ;f4oo ; Dame Barbara Villiers, ;{^i,8oo ; and Valentine Errington, PhiUp"
Dixon, Thomas Howey, and Jane Hamilton, for servants' wages amounting to £34 9s, od,"
1 717, 20th April, William Errington of Beaufront, as a Roman CathoUc, registered the following-
estates : a capital messuage caUed Beaufront, Beaufront HiU head, rent £39; West Errington alias
' Royalist Composition Papers, Cal, part iv. vol. G 84, p. 1010.
2 Book of Rates; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol. i. ' Raine, Test. Ebor. ' Hexham Manor Rolls,
' Newcastle Merchant Adventurers, F, W. Dendy, p. 231, Surtees Soe. vol, 93.
" Northumberland Sessions Records, ' Ibid.
" Forfeited Estates Papers, E 17, Nos. 17, 698, 863, 905, 914, 923, 967, 979, 1,326.

192 THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
Cocklaw, ^160; Cocklaw Walk mill, ^11; East Errington, ^100; East Errington Red-house, ;/; 100; East
Errington haU-house, £2,0; Beukley copyhold, .£100; Keepwick, £122 17s. 6d,; Keepwick corn mill, ^25;
Grotington, £70; Anick Red-house, cottage, and coUiery, ^55; HoUing-haU, ^50; Haining in Simond
burn, ^65 ; Corbridge tithes, ^269 ; Kirkley Thorn, ^125 ; Beanridge in Kirkley, ^27 ; Kirkley mill, /12,'
1720, 5th April, Administration of Edward Errington, gen., of Corbridge, granted to Margaret, wife
of John Robson, gen., and Frances Errington, spinster, and Jane, wife of Thomas Loraine, gen., her
sisters.'' 1725, 15th December. WiU of Frances Errington, of the parish of St Andrew, Hoborn, spinster. To
be buried in the churchyard of St. Pancras, in the same vault where my father was buried. All my lands,
manors, and real estate to Stephen Barnes of Gray's Inn, esq,, and Nicholas Hall of Furnival's Inn, gent,,
in trust to pay my cousin Elizabeth Fenwick, who now lives with me, ;£'20 per annum, and ^20 per annum
also to my cousin Frances Errington, who also lives with me, and ;^8o per annum to my mother, Everille
Errington, out of my houses, co, Middlesex, during my term. My manor, etc, co. York, to be conveyed
to the use of my cousin John Errington, son of Gilbert Errington, co. Northumberland, gent, and grandson
of Benjamin Errington, late of Berwick hill, in Northumberland, esq., for life, and to his heirs. My interest
in Blythe Nooke, co. Northumberland. My cousin Lancelot Errington of Newcastle and his wife £10
each. To the nephews and half nephews of George Errington, esq,, my late father, a guinea each. To
John Mayre of Gray's Inn, gen,, my father's law books. Proved 3rd November, 1740.°
1725/6, 8th February. Will of John Errington of Hexham, skinner and glover. My house in Priest
popple to second son John Errington ; my wife ; my daughter Isabel Errington, a minor; residue to eldest
son Peter Errington ; my brother Michael Errington executor. Proved 20th February, 1726/7."
1737, 25th June. WiU of John Errington of Beaufront, esq. Not more than ^30 to be spent on my
funeral. To my aunt, Perpetua Errington, at Bruges, ^20 ; to my sister Mary Errington, ;^2o ; to Mrs,
Rose Leverey, ;f2o ; to Francis Prujeon, esq,, and Ann, his wife, ;^io each; the rest to Thomas Swinburn
of Capheaton, gent, John Hilton of Hilton, esq,, William Stourton of Gray's Inn, esq,, and Edward Webbe
of Gray's Inn, esq,, in trust to pay debts, etc, ; then for children ; failing them, to go to my brother William
Errington, if I have no son living till 21, My father Thomas Errington not to be required to account
with me for the personal estate of my late uncle, WilUam Errington, esq,, to whom I was executor. To
Mr, John Howard, who now lives with me, ;£ioo. My wife Maria and trustees to be executors. Proved
31st August, 1741.°
1741, 31st August Will of Thomas Errington of Sandhoe, esq. To my son William Errington, £Soo
and my lands, coUieries, etc, at Fourstones ; to my daughter Mary Errington, ;f 20 ; the marriage settle
ment of my son John Errington, Proved nth January, 1750/1,''
1756, 9th June, WiU of Valentine Errington of Fourstones, My nephew and niece, Robert and
Margaret Harrison, my nephew Thomas Errington, my nephew Leadbitter, ^"5 each ; wife ^10 per annum,
John Knott (?) to receive and pay to William Errington, esq,, the coUiery account Will of Valentine
Errington of Fourstones proved loth April, 1758, by John Knott, sole executor.''
1765, 3rd August. Will of WiUiam Errington of Sandhoe, esq. To my nephew Henry Errington,
younger son of my late brother John Errington, esq., deceased, all my lands and personal estate ; to the
eldest daughter of my said brother, £100; to his younger daughter, /"50; to my niece Soulsby, wife of
Ralph Soulsby, esq,, £so, and to her two daughters ;f2o. 'I recommend my executor to continue the
working of the mines, collieries, and smelting mill, which I now do, and recommend him to continue
John Donkin in the management of the same,' To the poor of the parish of St. John Ley, £io; to Mr,
Berry of Beaufront, ;fio for the poor; to the Rev, Mr, Stokoe of St, John Ley, a full suit of mourning.
My nephew Henry executor. Proved 24th March, 1766,''
At the Quarter Sessions, held at Hexham, 16th July, 1766, a claim was entered by Mary, wife of Ralph
Soulsby of Hallington, to the estates of the late William Errington of Sandhoe, and by him bequeathed
to his nephew Henry Errington (youngest son of his late brother, John Errington, esq,, deceased). The
petitioner aUeged the devisee's legal disqualification to the succession on the ground of his being a papist,
and that she Mary, wife of Ralph Soulsby, was the next of the said William Errington's kin who was
', Register with clerk of the peace. ¦ Raine, Test. Ebor.

COCKLAW TOWNSHIP. 193
Protestant. The estates claimed were East and West Oakwood, and Portgate, in the parish of St. John
Lee, l..ittle Whittington, in the parish of Corbridge, The Lee, in the parish of Bywell St, Andrew, etc'
In 1794 Mr, Errington advertised to be let the foUowing farms: Beaufront HiUhead, 130 acres;
Fawcett HiU, 44 acres; Grotington West farm, 266 acres; Cocklaw fuUing mill and land, 17 acres; and
again, in 1819, he advertised to let the following farms: Hallington South farm, 248 acres ; Hallington
North farm, 216 acres; HaUington Newhouse East farm, 248 acres, and West farm, 207 acres;
Errington East farm, 291 acres, and West farm, 297 acres; Red-house, 561 acres; Keepwick, 453 acres ;
Grotington, 491 acres; Errington Hillhead, 424 acres; Cocklaw West farm, 212 acres, and East farm, 217
acres; HiUhead, 258 acres; Beaufront Hillhead, 122 acres,"
On the death of John Errington of Beaufront his real estate descended
to his heirs-at-law, the two infant daughters and co-heiresses of Walter
Smyth of Brambridge (the eldest son of John Errington's eldest sister)
and William Fermor of Tusmore (eldest son of the younger sister).^ His
younger brother, Henry Errington of Sandhoe, had died eight years pre
viously, and by will dated 13th January, 18 14, had devised a large sum of
money to trustees for the purchase of lands to be settled in the same
manner as his own real estate.* The latter the testator devised first to his
nephew, Richard Fermor (who predeceased him), with remainder to his own
great-great-nephew, Rowland Stanley (second son of Sir Thomas Stanley
of Hooton in Cheshire), with a shifting remainder in case of the heir
succeeding to the Stanley estates. With the approbation of the court the
trustees of the will purchased, with the personalty, several of the farms^
which descended to and were sold by the heirs-at-law of John Errington.
At the death of Sir John Stanley Errington, without issue, in 1893, these
estates reverted to the Fermor family, several of whose members had at
diflFerent times sold their reversionary interest. These rights were so
disposed of that one-eighth share was ultimately acquired by Sir John
Swinburne, one-quarter by Mr. John Straker, one-quarter by Mr. John
Clayton, and a quarter which had not been sold descended to Sir F.
Harvey-Bathurst, and one-eighth to Messrs. Bevile and Edward Ramsay.
The following tables will show the descents of the co-heirs :
' Northumberland Sessions Records. ° Newcastle newspapers.
' Abstract of title with Messrs. Clayton & Gibson.
* The freehold estates devised by Henry Errington's will, dated 13th January, 1814, were : Stephenson's
farm, 74 acres; Brewery field, lo acres; Sands closes, 17 acres; the Boat house east close and Bridge-
end field, Bridge-end island, 3 acres; High Balk, 165 acres; Little Whittington out-ground, 61 acres;
Little Whittington south farm, 172 acres ; Portgate, 304 acres ; Sandhoe Low hall, 50 acres : Anick, 69
acres; East Oakwood, 211 acres; West Oakwood, 165 acres; F6rn hill, 338 acres; Fences, 52 acres;
Portgate East field, 18 acres, etc. ; in all, 1,705 acres, and the three quarters of Acomb corn tithes.
' The freehold estates, purchased by the trustees of his will, were: The HaUington farms, j, 300 acres;
Keepwick mill and ground, 48 acres ; Grotington and Hezeldean, 938 acres ; Little Whittington, 389 acres ;
Haining, 3,450 acres ; East and West Cocklaw, Cocklaw HiUhead, and fulling miU, 704 acres ; part of
Sandhoe Low hall, 13 acres. The copyhold estates purchased were : East and West Errington, and
Errington Red-house, i,i68 acres; Beuckly, 411 acres; Keepwick, 445 acres.
Vol. IV. 25

194

THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.

STANLEY-ERRINGTON OF SANDHOE.
William Smyth of Brambridge, Southamptonshire, = Mary Anne, daughter of John Errington of Errington
" ~ ' and Beaufront; married nth Sept., 1755, at Wal
ton, CO. Lancaster ; buried 2nd Feb., 1807, at
St, Peter and St, Paul, Bath.

second son of Sir John Smyth of Esh, co. Durham,
third baronet; died 14th Jan., 17'"

Walter Smyth of Brambridge, = Louisa Sobieski,

son and heir, born 4th Oct,,
1757 ; heir-at-law to one
moiety of the Errington
estates ; died 14th and
buried 2 Ist Nov,, 1822,
aged 65, at Twiford,
Hants,, s.p.m.

daughter of
Thomas Boy
cott of Rudge,
Salop; married
at St, Mary-
le-bone, 16th
March, 1807,

John Smyth.
Charles Smyth, an officer
in the Swedish service,
to whom Henry Er
rington devised an
annuity of ;^400.
Henry ; had an annuity
of ;^200 from Henry
Errington.
Edward,

Mary Anne, born 26th July, 1756 ;
married (firstly) 1st July, 1775,
Edward Weld of Lulworth ;
(secondly) Thomas Fitzherbert
of Norbury, Derbyshire ; and
(thirdly) morganatically, ^^t
Dec, 1785, George, Prince of
Wales, afterwards King George
IV, She died at Brighton, 29th
March, 1837,

Sir Frederick H.
Harvey Bathurst,
third baronet, of
Clarendon park,
Wilts. ; born 6th
June, 1807 ; died
29th Oct, 1881,

I
Louise Mary, daughter and co
heiress, born loth June, 1809;
articles before marriage, 12th
Jan,, 1832 ; married at St.
George's, Hanover Square,
London, 14th May, 1832 ;
died 30th Dec, 1840, aged 31 ;
buried at Egham, Surrey.

George Augustus = Charlotte Georgina Hariett, daughter

Craven, second
son of first earl
of Craven, born
15th Dec, 18 10;
died 26th July,
1836.

and co-heiress, born 26th July, 1814 ;
articles before marriage, 20th Nov.,
1833 ; married 23rd Dec, 1833 ;
post-nuptial settlement, 21st and
22nd April, 1S36. she married
(secondly), in 1845, the due de la
Force, and died intestate, nth Dec,
1867 ; administration granted out of
Prerogative Court, loth March, 1868.

Sir Frederick Thomas A, Harvey Bathurst, = Ada, daughter of

fourth baronet, born 13th March, 1833
baptised at St, George's, Hanover Square,
1 2th April, following; eldest son and
heir-at-law to mother ; lieut,-col. Grena
dier Guards.

Sir John Rib-
ton, bart,; mar
ried ... , 1869.

I I
William George Craven, bom 6th May, 1835 ;
in 1875 of Longstock, Hants.
Walter Arthur Keppel Craven, born .,, Mar,,
1836, sl^

Frederick W, Harvey Bathurst, son and heir, born nth Feb., 1870.
Frances Smyth ; married by special licence, 3rd Aug.,
1785 ; died at Hooton, Cheshire, 20th June, 1836,

Other issue.

Sir Carnaby Haggerslon of Haggerston, fifth
baronet ; died 3rd Dec, 1831, aged 75.

Sir Thomas Stanley Massey Stanley of Hooton, Cheshire, ninth
baronet ; died ,,, August, 1841 ; will dated 24th Feb., 1841 ;
proved at Chester, 9th Dec, 1841,

Mary, only surviving child and heiress ;
married .,. Jan., 1805 ; died 20th Aug,,
1857.

Sir Thomas WiUiam
Stanley of Hooton,
tenth baronet ;
died unmarried in
Paris, 29th June,
1863, aged 56.

Sir Rowland Stanley ; by royal licence in 1820 assumed = Julia Susanna, daughter of Sir

the name of Errington ; of Sandhoe, eleventh baronet,
born 4th April, 1809 ; succeeded to the estate of his great-
great uncle Henry Errington, whose name he assumed ;
died sp.m., 31st March, 1875 ; will dated 25th Feb,, 1875 ;
proved at Principal Registry, 23rd April, 1875.

John Macdonald, K,C.B.
colonel 67th regiment and
lieut. -general ; articles be
fore marriage, 4th Jan., 1839;
died 6th Aug., 1859 ; buried
at Homburg.

Sir John Stanley, twelfth and =
last baronet, assumed in
1877 by royal licence the
additional name of Erring
ton ; born 1810; died at
Cannes, 19th Mar,, 1893, f,/.

/^

: Maria Teresa de Tallyrand Perigord, daugh- Charles Stanley, Maria Frances ;
ter of the baron de Tallyrand ; took a fourth son ; married Sir
jointure of ;^i,ooo a year, charged on the died unmar- Richard Wil-
Errington estate by deed poll dated 31st ried, 15th liams Bulke-
March, 1875, Sept,, 1834. leyi baronet.

Claudine Stanley Errington ; died
unmarried 15th July, 1864; ad
ministration granted out of
Principal Registry, 14th July,
1875.

Ethel Stanley Errington, daughter and
co-heiress ; married Evelyn Baring,
major Royal Artillery, afterwards
Lord Cromer ; articles before mar
riage, 26th June, 1876.

Venetia Stanley Errington ; married
John Savile Viscount PoUington,
only son of the earl of Mex-
borough ; articles before mar
riage, 23rd April, 1867.

COCKLAW TOWNSHIP. 1 95

FERMOR OF TUSMORE.

William Middleton of Stokeld ; = Frances, daughter of John Errington
married Ist Sept., 1759 ! died of Errington and Beaufront; died at
s.p. circa 1763, Brompton, London, 25th June,l787,

William Fermou of Tusmore, Oxfordshire ;
married at St, George's, Hanover Square, i6th
May, 1766 ; died 1st July, 1806, aged 68.

William Fermor of Tusmore, son and heir ; heir-at- James Fermor, Richard Fermor, third Barbara. I . jj ^j^j
law to one moiety of the Errington estates ; died second son, son; devisee and Henrietta. V j^j
17th Nov., 1828 ; residing at Boulogne when he to whom his heir by will of Louisa. )
made his will, dated Sth July, 1823, by which he uncleHenry Henry Errington
gave all his real and personal estate in trust for Errington of Sandhoe, but
his adopted daughter, Maria Whitehead ; proved devised an died unmarried in
in Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 30th Dec, annuity of 1816 in the testa-
1828, and established by decree of court, 7th ;^2C0ayear. tor's lifetime.

July, 1830.

Maria Whitehead, adopted daughter and heiress of William = John Turner Ramsay ; in 1833

Fermor ; was aged about ... years in 1823, and was married
before 17th Nov., 1828 ; died loth Feb,, 1855,

residing at Boulogne-sur-Mer ;
died loth Nov,, 1840,

William Fermor RamSay, eldest Bevile Ramsay ; in 1875 of Croughton Philippa Maria ; married William Wemyss
son ; in 1858 of Croughton, park, Northamptonshire. Methven Dewar; articles before marriage,
Northamptonshire. Norman Ramsay ; died in infancy, 22nd 13th Feb., 1852; died s.p.; will dated
John Dryden Ramsay ; died in May, 1855. 6th July, 1852 ; proved at Prerogative
infancy, 27th Oct, 1846. Edward Ramsay ; in 1875 of Croughton, Court of Canterbury, 2nd July, 1853.
(A copious account of the family of Fermor of Tusmore may be found in the Gentleman s Magazine, 1827,
pp. 114, 580,)
Between Cocklaw and Errington is Keepwick, now a single homestead,
though in a grass field to the east of the farm steading may be traced
foundations of ancient buildings.^
The canons of Hexham during the thirteenth century obtained a grant
of a rood of land in Kepwyk and subsequently built a tithe barn.^ Robert,
the son of Gamell, was the most considerable of the five tenants of the vill,
who together contributed to the subsidy of 1295 the sum of ten shillings
and a half-penny.' It was one of the places burnt by the Scots* in a raid
just before the beginning of the fifteenth century.^ Its rental in 1536 was
£b 13s.,'' and two years later it furnished eleven fully armed men to the
muster. ' The farm was tenanted by a junior branch of the family of its ovifners. On or about 2oth May, 1672,
'Margrett Errington of Kepwicke, widow, in the chapelry of St Oswould,' made her nuncupative will : 'AU
the debts that I have oweing to mee I give unto my daughter Catherine Errington of Keepwicke, widdow,
except £^, which I give to my sonne Fredricke Errington, and I make him my executor ; all which words
were spoaken in the hearing of Mr. John Errington, and Nicholas Errington, and other wittnesses.'
Probate granted, 20th September, 1673, to Frederick Errington, the son. Raine, Test. Ebor.
1634, 30th May. Thomas Errington, son of Nicholas Errington of Kepeck, gent,, apprenticed to
Henry Dawson. 1669, ist August John Errington, son of Henry Errington of Keepick, apprenticed
to Thomas Errington. Books of Merchant Adventurers' Company, Newcastle.
' Vol. iii. pp. 139, 150; and Hexham Priory, vol. ii. p. 12. ' Vol. iii. p. 32. ' Ibid. p. 54.
' The earl of Douglas was forced by the plague, which was raging in the north of England, to return
sooner than he intended from an inroad he had made in the summer flf 1420 into the English borders.
Ridpath, Border History, p. 386. " Vol. iii. p. 55.

196 THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
Kypwyk Muster Roll, 1538.'
Roger Rewcastell,^ John RewcasteU, Jerard Newbigyn, Gilberd Newbigyn, Jerard Yong, John
Newbigyn, Jerard Robson, Thomas Newbegyn, Roger Newbegyn, Mylles Rowcastell, Roland Welkynson,
able with hors and harnes.
The place did not quickly recover from the Scottish inroad, for in 1547
Gilbert Errington, who held by copy of Court Roll, claimed and received an
allowance in the amount of rent payable by him.^ Kepwicke, in 1608, was
grouped with East Errington, and held by Isabel Fenwick and Agnes Carnaby,
the two daughters and co-heiresses of John Carnaby, at the rent of £14 14s.*
Keepweeke was rated, in 1663, at £2,5 to William Errington, esq., and has
since been comprised in the Errington estates. It is now a farm of 493 acres,
of the annual value of ^421.
On Keepwick fell, and not far from the Wall, is the small farmstead
of Hazeldean, which, in 1547, as a freehold called Heselden, was held by
Thomas Errington, paying a rent of I5s.^ The survey of 1608 states that
Thomas Errington, of the Hirst," and John Errington held certain copyhold
lands with the appurtenances, at the above named rent, which were worth
£2 los. over and above. Their possession was disputed by Ralph Errington,
son of Thomas Errington, gentleman, deceased.' Subsequently it was absorbed
in the Errington estate. Its chief interest is the fact that Sir Walter Scott
seems to have taken it to be the home of the hero of the ballad ' Jock of
Hazeldean,' of which the first and only ancient stanza runs :
Why weep ye by the tide, ladie ; why weep ye by the tide ?
I'll wed ye to my youngest son, and ye sail be his bride :
And ye sail be his bride, ladie, sae comely to be seen ;
But aye she loot the tears down fa' for Jock o' Hazeldean.'
Hazeldean may perhaps be identified with Knitelhesel, which, with the
two Grotingtons, lying immediately to the east of it, was given to the prior
and convent, in 1 1 13, by Archbishop Thurston.^ A new house had been built
at the greater Grotington^ on account of which the rent before 1479 had been
raised from £2 to £2 los.^" But in 1536" the former sum was returned as
' Arch, Ael. 4to series, vol. iv. p. 189.
^ In 1552, 'The watch of Erreyn-brigges (was) to be watched with two men nightly of the inhabitants
of Kepwerk and Erington. Setters and searchers, Robert Ratchester and John BeU, and to search to the
Gorburn-foot.' Nicolson, Border Laws, p, 171. * Vol. iii. p. 70. ' Ibid, p. 102.
'^ Vol. iii. p. 82. " In the parish of Woodhorn. ' Vol. iii. p. 102.
' Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. ii. p. 109.
" The canons, in 1479, ' tenent Grotyngton, quae includitur infra has divisas ; videlicet, inter rivulum
de Pont ex parte austraU; et le Dere-strete [i.e., Watling Street] ex parte orienlati; le lonyng dictae
BocUve et lez Graystanes, jacentes inter praedictum Grotyngton et Codlaw-more ex parte boriali; et
quoddam fossatum antiquum inter praedictum Grotynton et praedictam moram ex parte occidentali.'
Ibid. pp. 7, 9, 10. '" Ibid. pp. 9, 10. " Vol. iii. p. 158.

COCKLAW TOWNSHIP. 197
the rental, as it was at the dissolution, when the wife of Thomas Harrington^
held a tenement at Grottington with lo acres of meadow in the Moor-flat,
3 acres of arable land and common of pasture in Dounes-moore.^
It is now a farm of 513 acres, chiefly pasture land, which, with a saw
mill, is of the annual value of ^^350.
The hamlet of Beukley or Bewclay stands on an outcrop of limestone to
the east of Watling Street, high, exposed, and bare.
The earlier form of the name is Boclive, under which designation it was
granted about 1250 by Adam Bertram, son of Adam Bertram, to Archbishop
Gray. Amongst the attesting witnesses are John of Upper Errington, and
John of Lower Errington.' In the Subsidy Roll of 1295 it is called Bokeley
or Bokelef, it had then nine tenants whose payments amounted to 17s. 7d.,
though the vill is credited with 19s. lod.* Bucliflfe was amongst the estates
entailed by John de Vaux of Beaufront in 1387 upon his son Thomas de
Vaux with remainder to Elizabeth, wife of John Errington, a daughter of the
same John de Vaux.^
In 1536 the tithes of Bokley were worth los. a year," and eleven years
later Sir John Widdrington held freehold lands in Buckcliflfe, paying a rent
of 32s. 3d. a year in two equal payments at Martinmas and Pentecost, accord
ing to the custom of the manor of Hexham.'' George Errington and John
Errington held lands in Bukele or Bukeley in 1568,^ and in 1663 Mr. Richard
Errington was rated at ;^79 for Bukley and Todridge, and at £so for Port-
gate. It is now a single farm of 411 acres, mostly under grass, and has long
formed part of the Errington estates. It is of the annual value of ^^346.
' Probably a clerical error for Errington. . " Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. ii, p. 163.
^ 'Omnibus, etc. Adam Bertram, filius Adae Bertram, salutem. Noverit me resignasse domino Waltero
de Gray Ebor. archiepiscopo villam de Boclive, sicut Adam Bertram, pater mens, dictam vUlam de dicto
archiepiscopo tenuit Pro hac autem resignatione dictus archiepiscopus mihi dedit per manus domini
Petri de VaUibus, militis sui, quater viginti marcas argenti et unum palefridum sorum, ad debita mea
acquietanda versus Christianos et Judeos.' Lansdowne MSS. ccccii. 18 a.; Archbishop Gray's Register,
Raine, p. 284. * Vol. iii. p. 32. ° Hodgson, Northumberland,,pt. ii. vol. ii. p. 234.
" Vol. iii. p. 159. ' /6ji. p. Si. ' Feodary's Book, ]xvi.

igS THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
SANDHOE TOWNSHIP.
The township of Sandhoe lies between the Roman Wall and the river
Tyne, and occupies the south-east corner of the parish. It has an area of
1,629 acres, including four detached portions, which contain 35 acres, 55
acres, 22 acres, and 12 acres respectively.^ In 1881 the population was 216,
and in 1891, with the associated townships of Anick and Anick Grange,^ it
had a population of 439.* Besides the residential houses of Beaufront, Sand
hoe, and Stagshaw Close house, it contains the small hamlet of Sandhoe,
the farmsteads of Beaufront Hill-head, Beaufront Wood-head, Fawcet-hills,
Black-hill, Holly-hall, and Mount Pleasant.
The principal residence in the township is that which attracts the eye of
every traveller who journeys by rail from Newcastle to Carlisle. It stands
on the site of the ancient tower of Beaufront, which occurs in the list of
castles and fortalices made in 141 5,* and the place' is styled a manor in
1 547.* After it became the chief residence of the Errington family, a large
and many-windowed barrack-like mansion arose, of which the Rev. John
Hodgson, writing above eighty years ago, says : ' Few places make a finer
appearance, or enjoy a larger and better cultivated prospect than this.
From the south side of the Tyne it exhibits a long and handsome front,
surrounded with fine pleasure-grounds, and from its walks are seen towns,
towers, and hamlets, and the winding stream of Tyne, sometimes hidden
under its banks and at others boldly crossing the meadows in broad and
silver-looking reaches.' ' In the collection of prints belonging to the New
castle Society of Antiquaries is a ' Plan of Beaufront Demesne,' drawn by
Coulson, and engraved by Beilby and Bewick, for John Errington,* about
' The township has a water area of 12 acres. ^ The three townships of Sandhoe, Anick, and Anick
Grange were united by order of the Local Government Board. London Gazette, 25th March, 1887.
"The Census Returns are: 1801, 198; 1811, 199; 1821, 180; 1831,240; 1841,273; 1851,280; i86r,
266 ; 1871, 280 ; 1881, 216 ; 1891, 439, * Bates, Border Holds, voh i, p. 18.
' In 1479 the canons of Hexham had certain lands in Anick ' sub parco de Beuanfront.' Hexham Priory,
Raine, vol. ii. p. 3. ° Vol. iii. p. 83. ' Hodgson, Description of Northumberland, 1810, p. 158.
° The Erringtons had a domestic chapel at Beaufront Wood-head, of which the register of baptisms,
in the custody of the Roman CathoUc priest at Hexham, begins in 1774 ; it contains the foUowing entries:
1784, 28th May. Jane, daughter of \
'^ll' '^w^""^^- 1??°""^ ^' k" °! f Thomas and Winefred Haggerston, baptised.
1788, 7th June. Edward Robert, son of I && > t-
1791, 29th .May. WiUiam Charles, son of '
1793, nth November. EUzabeth, daughter of Jasper and Frances Gibson, baptised.
1795, 2nd October. Elizabeth, daughter of John and Margaret Gibson, of the parish of Hexham,
baptised.
1795) 3^^ December. Mr. James Gibson, died at Stagshaw house.

Froin,PlJXe izipossession> qfI£&s-.J's e^dr & Co.. Ztd,.

OLD BEAUFRONT.

SANDHOE TOWNSHIP. 199
1797, which was prepared to show how injurious to him would be the canal
proposed at that time to run from Carlisle to Newcastle, towards which he
offered the strongest opposition. There is also a view of the house from the
south-west, showing that it was of two stories, though part of it had a base
ment ; the roof was either flat or low pitched, and the pediment was adorned
with life-sized figures, doubtless the figures in stone of Ceres, Minerva, and
other mythological personages, which still remain about the present house.
In the letterpress attached to the plan, Mr. Errington states that he had
expended upwards of ;^20,ooo upon the fruit walls, hot houses, plantations,
and gardens. The present house of Beaufront was built by Mr. William
Cuthbert in 1841, from designs by Dobson of Newcastle, in the domestic
castellated style.^
There can be no doubt that the Northumberland family of de VaUibus
or Vaux, which ultimately became settled at Beaufront, as its principal posses
sion, was a branch of the great Cumberland house of which Robert de
VaUibus, the founder of Lanercost priory in 1169, was a prominent member.
From this parent stock important branches were settled in Norfolk and
other parts of England, as well as in Northumberland. Peter de Vallibus
appears to have been the first of the name who settled in the county, having
obtained property there through his marriage in 1208 with Emma,^ the
widow of Walter fitz Gilbert of Bolam. Emma had agreed,^ in 1207,
with King John, for 200 marks and two palfreys, that she should not be
forced to marry against her will,* and it was characteristic of that king's
financial policy that he took five palfreys from Peter de Vallibus for leave
to marry Emma if she consented.' In 1225 Peter de Vallibus had a grant
from Walter Gray, archbishop of York, of a piece of land out of his waste,
lying between Anick and Sandhoe.*^ To the same Peter the archbishop in
the following year, 1226, granted a lease for six years of the minerals of
Hexham,' and in the year 1230 he obtained from the same archbishop the
wardship and marriage of the heir of William de Sweethope.* In 1252 he
' In one of the rooms is a chimney piece of fine white marble, with delicately carved festoons of
flowers, which, with the turret bell with the date 1768, and the clock tower bell with the date 1694,
belonged to the seventeenth-century house, of which the only portions retained are what are now the
kitchens, with the rooms over them.
^ This lady, generally styled Emma de Ayden, was an Umframville. Fine Rolls, 9 John, m. i ; Cal.
Doc. relating to Scotland, Bain, vol. i. pp. 70, 71.
' Robert de Vallibus made himself responsible in Cumberland for Emma's debt. Hodgson, Northum
berland, pt. in. vol in, p. 107; c/. Pipe Roll, 15 John, m, 13, Cumberland.
* Hodgson, Northumberland, pt iii. vol. iii. p. 98. ' Ibid. p. loi.
« Archbishop Gray's Register, Raine, p. 221 ; Surt. Soe. ' Ibid. p. 227. " Ibid. p. 237.

200 THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
and his wife^ had an agreement with Newminster abbey concerning a third
part of Newton of the dower of Emma as widow of Walter de Bolam.^
On Emma's death Peter became owner for life of Aydon, Brunton, and
Little Whittington.^
The debt incurred to the king in 1208 was only finally extinguished
in 1256, in which year* Peter appears to have died, when his widow, Agnes,
paid for a brief. '^
At Michaelmas, 1256, Agnes, widow of Sir Peter de Vallibus, knight,
being then at Aydon, quit-claimed to Peter de Vallibus, rector of the church
of Crathorne," who was a son of Sir Peter, all rights she had in houses in
South Street, in the parish of St. Margaret, Durham, which her husband had
sold to Sir Hugh de Stanbrige,''^ and which he had obtained by grant from
William de London, clerk.*
Sir John de Vaux, who was the first justice itinerant in Northumberland
in 1279,' and who had commissions from the archbishop of York from 1306 to
1 32 1 for gaol delivery at Hexham, as well as other commissions,^" did homage
at Hexham in 1307 to Archbishop Greenfield for the manor of Beaufront,
which contained 100 acres of arable land, pasture, and meadow, and for 48
acres of arable land, and for i acre of meadow in Bingfield. ^^ This homage
he renewed at Thorp, November 20th, 1318, to Archbishop Melton.^^ He
was dead in 1322, when on Monday next before the feast of the Purifi
cation, an inquest on his death was held at Hexham. He was found to have
been seised of the manor of Beaufront of the value of 5 marks, of the manor
of Bokeley of the value of 20 marks, as well as of various other property in
land and houses. His heir was his grandson, John, aged nine years, the son
of his son John.^^ The custody and marriage of John de Vaux was sold in
1325 to Robert Oliver for 50 marks."
'Tn 1219 Emma de Ayden, who was one of the king's wards .... was married to Peter de Vaux,
her lands being of the value of ^10. Hodgson, Northumberland, part iii. vol. i. p. 227.
^ Newminster Chartulary, Fowler, pp. 179, 180 ; Surt Soe.
^ Testa de Nevill; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt iii. vol. i. p. 229 (1219) ; p. 215 (1240).
¦* Hodgson, Northumberland, pt iii. vol. iii. p. 233. ° Ibid. p. 236.
" 1233-1238. Peter de Vaux, rector of Crathorne, provided a lamp to burn for ever before the tomb
of St Godric at Finchale. Surtees Soe. vol. 6, p. 26. He was canon of York 1281-1292. Hexham
Priory, Raine, vol. ii. p. 91.
' Durham Treasury, 6'° 5*" Elemos,, No. 2. " Ibid. No. r. ° Ibid, Nos. 3 and 5.
'" Assize Rolls, p. 223 ; Surt, Soe.
" York Registers, Greenfield, 34 a, 41 a, 47 a, 54 a, 40 b ; Melton, 405 b, 408 b, 409 b ; Ibid. Greenfield,
pars. ii. 224 a. " Ibid. Melton, 595 a. " Ibid. MeUon, 487 a. " Ibid. 566 a.

SANDHOE TOWNSHIP. 20I
There are preserved in the Treasury at Durham some thirteenth and
fourteenth-century charters which relate to Whittonstal, where the Vaux
family held land, in one of which Sir John de Vaux is described as 'dominus
de bello fronte.' An abstract of some of these is printed below, together with
others connected with Beaufront, which belong to the Rev. Wm. Greenwell.
Wydo Darrens grants to John de VaUibus all lands, etc., he has in the vill of Qwyttonstal cum minera
carbonum which Esolda, his mother, held. Testes, Dni. Rob. de Balliolo tunc vicecomes Northumbriee,
Johannes de Swyneburn milites, Johannes de Hawylton fib Dni, WiU. de Hawilton, Johannes de Insula,
Ric. Tyson, Symon de Waskerley, Peter de Ponteland. Seal armorial of Darrayns. Misc, Chart.
No, 6918.
An appointment by Rich. II. to certain persons to enquire into a grave complaint of Thomas Menne-
uille that John Vans, Alan Vans, John de Erynton, Will. Cowyke, Rich, de Acumbe, Thos. Bakester,
WiU. Wryght, Gilb. Cole, Hugo Mauntill, John Howeton, John Spendloue, Walt Henryson, John de
Malteby, John Coke de Hexham, John Hunter, John Farndale, John Hunter de Corbrigge, Gilb, Hannay,
William Sclater, Thos, de Cowyke, Will, Thomson, Rich. Whiteheued, Will, Coke, Radulph Jones seruant
Vans, Will, Shiphird de Sandhowe, Thomas Denyas de Acumbe, John de Rawe de Brunle, Thom. de
Hewardla, Rich, de Acumbe, and Rob. Hynmerssh, and others, malefactors and breakers of our peace had
broken the houses and fences of the said Thomas Menneville at Whittonstall and Fairhill, and had carried
off 30 horses, 20 heifers, 100 oxen, 100 cows, of the value of £200, and goods and chattels of the value of
^100, and had assaulted, beaten, and wounded his men and servants, and had done other damage, etc, to
the amount of ^1,000, Dated at Durham, August 21st, 9 Ric, II. (1385). Misc. Chart. No. 6964,
Cest endenture fait entre Roger de Wideryngtone dun parte et Johan le fitz Adam de MeneuiUe
daltre parte tesmoyn que les partiz auantditz sont acordez en cest maner que les ditz Roger et Johan
et lour heirs pursewront trois rentes charges grantez au dit Johan ses heirs et ses assignez par Adam de
Vans de ces terres et tenementz en le conte de Northehumbreland et Hexamschir et mettront lour
custages owelment cest assauoir lun lunmoyte et lautre lautremoyte tancome la sewyt finablement
soit parfoume et apres la recouerer ent fait les custages mys par les deux serront leuez del entier et
rebaillez a les deux qount mys les custages tancome eux soient pleynment paiez de leur mises mys et le
remenant de les arrerages serra parte en deux troys, cest assauoir vn tierce partie serra done a Johan le
fitz Adam de Vans et Barnabe sa femme vn altre tierce partie serra done a Adam de Vans et Alice sa
femme, la tierce tierce partie demoura a Roger et Johan de MeneuiUe pur lour trauail mys et auxint
le dit Johan le fitz Adam de MeneuiUe graunt pur luy et pur ses heirs que les troys rentes charges
cest assauoir vn de xxx liuers vn altre de trent liuers le tierce de cessant liuers a luy et ses heirs
grauntez soient baillez a Johan le fitz Adam de Vaus et Barnabe sa femme quant iis serront de age,
et apres la recouerer fait pur lour profit ent faire issint que les terres recouerez ne les terres en lour
meyns esteantz del heritage le dit Adam apres eel recouerer par les trois faites auant nomez ne soient
chargez, et le dit Johan fitz Adam de MeneuiUe graunt pur luy et pur ses heirs quil ne fra reles (= release)
ne altre chose en enentisement de les troys rentes charges, pendant la sewyt sanse assent Roger de
Wideryngton, et en cas que le dit Johan de MeneuiUe deuie deuant ceo que laccion de les trois rentes
charges soient pleynment perfourne lauant dit Johan de MeneuiUe volt pur ses heirs que ses heirs que
pour le temps que serra auenir pursewent en autiel fourme come il mesme voldra auoir pursewe sil
fust en pleyn vie et oltre de tenir les couenantz solunk ceo quil mesmes deueroit auoir tenew sil vst
vesque et solunqz ceo quil est charge per cest endenture, Et en cas que il ou ses heirs faiUont dens
couenantz auant ditz en partie on en tote, il graunt pur luy et pur ses heirs que apres ceo que defalt en
luy soit troue ou en ses heirs si ceo ne soit par necligence quils soient tenuz et obligez a Roger de
Wideryngton et a ses heirs en quarant liuers desterlinges, et lauant dit Roger graunt pur luy et
pur ses heirs quen cas quil ou ses heirs faillont en ascuns des couenantz auant dits de quels il est lye par
cest endenture, que apres ceo que defalt en luy soit troue ou en ses heirs que adonqzs Ie dit Roger et ses
heirs soient tenuz et obligez au dit Johan le fitz Adam de MeneuiUe et ses heirs en quarant liuers de
sterlinges, Et en cas que le dit Johan fitz Adam de MeneuiUe on ses heirs recoueront par les trois faites
Vol. IV, 26

202 THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
des rentes charges auant nomez ou par ascun de eux, quil les relesont a Johan le fitz Adam de
Vaux et Barnabe sa femme tut le droit quil ad a demander rent en les terres et tenementz des
queux Us sount enfeffez et que furunt en ancien temps del heritage le dit Adam de Vaus quant a
ceo faire serront covenablement requis issint que ceux tenementz demurauntz en lour meyn par vertu
del recouerer ne soient apres chargez par le recouerer ne par les charges auant faites mais soient auxi
clers deuers Ie dit Johan fitz Adam de MeneuiUe et ses heirs come iis furunt deuant les rentes charges
au dit Johan fitz Adam de MeneuiUe et ses heirs grauntez eiant regard a les charges auant nomez. En
tesmoynance de quel chose les partiz auant ditz entre changeablement ont mys lour seals. Done a la
vUe del Neuf chastell sur Tyne en la fest de Seint Thomas Lapostell (December 21st) Lan du grace
miUe tres cenz sincquant setisme. Endorsed, Scriptum inter R, de Wydrington et J. MeneuiUe.
Another deed. Adam de Vaus and Alice, his wife, to Roger de Woderington, and William, son of
John de MeneuiUe, land in Beaufront, BocUffe, etc, to enfeoff John, son of Adam and Alice and Barnaba,
daughter of Roger. Dated at Newcastle, the eve of the feast of St. Lucy (December 13th) mUe tres centz
czinquant seeisme. Witnesses : Rich, de Aske, baiUff of Hexham, Gilb, de Vaus, Adam, son of Rich, de
Faloufeld, Rob. de Eryngton, Rob. Spenzr of Bingfield, Seals of Widdrington and Menville attached,
John, son of Adam de Vaus, gives power of attorney to William de MeneuiUe to receive the fine of
all tenements with their appurtenances which Adam his father gave him by deed in the vill of Falghfeld
[FaUowfield], Dated at Falghfeld, the Vigil of the Purification of B,M. (February ist), 1349/50. Seal,
cross patonce, not on a shield. Misc, Chart. No. 5879.
VAUX OF BEAUFRONT.
Emma de Aydon, otherwise Um- = Sir Peter de Vaux ; married in 1208 ; perhaps = Agnes ; a widow
framville, widow of Walter Fitz a brother of William de Vaux whose name is in 1256.
Gilbert de Bolam. entered in the Liber Vitce of Durham if).
Sir John de Vaux, justice itinerant, 1279 («) ; was living =
1318, and dead before 1322, I
John de Vaux ; dead before 1322 =  Alice; married in 1 304 William e Swinburn (rf).

John de Vaux, aged 9 years in 1322 = Katherine.
Adam de Vaux ; living 1356 ; dead before 1362 = Alicia ; living 1356 (c).
Barnaba, daughter of Roger de Wid- = John de Vaux, 'dominus de bello fronte'; in = Maria; Hving 1362 and

drington ; marriage settlement, 1386 had letters of protection from Richard II.,
1356 ib) ; died s.p. so long as he was employed in the castle of
Brest under Sir John Roche.

1372 ia).

Thomas de Vaux = Margaret, daughter of Sir Elizabeth, daughter and heiress ; married John de Errington,
Robert de Insula. both of whom were living in 1396. ^
(3) Deed made at Denton, 20th May, 1372. Rev, John id) Swinburn Charter. Rev. John Hodgson's CoUec-
Hodgson's Collection, ' L.' tion, ' T.'
ib) Egerton Charters, No. 539. (c) Northumberland Assize Roll, Page, p. 223; Surtees Soe.
(c) Durham Treasury. if) Liber Vitm, p. in ; Surtees Soe.
At the dissolution of the monasteries Edward Hirst and William Lee
held Beaufront by lease from the prior and convent of Hexham.^ Their
rights were acquired by David Carnaby, after whose death a commission was
issued in 1587 to enquire into the nature of his holding.
' Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. ii, p. 163, In Horsley's time it was pronounced Beevram.

SANDHOE TOWNSHIP. 2O3
Edward Hirst of Hexham, smith, aged 80, deposed that he was the grantee of the lease, which was
granted to him seven or eight years before the suppression, by Edward Jay, the last prior of Hexham
(who was his godfather), for thirty-one years ; that he sold his interest to David Carnaby in consideration
of 'four nobles worth of land in Hexham in fee farm for ever, but he only got land worth i8s. by year'
and £b in money ; and that the annual value (of both moieties) was £2 13s. 4d,'
Besides Beaufront, David Carnaby in 1568 held Beaumont, Portgate,
lands at He.xham, etc.,^ and in 1584 a jury found that John Carnaby, son of
David Carnaby, deceased, had died, seised of lands in the town of Errington
and Keepwick and Keepwick mill, and that Isabella and Agnes Carnaby
were his daughters and co-heiresses. Two years later there was an inq.
post mortem of Christopher Carnaby, who was found to have died, seised of
cottages in Acomb. Isabella and Agnes, daughters of John Carnaby, were
his heirs.' Their wardship gave rise to much quarrelling, and a long
matrimonial suit ensued in the Ecclesiastical Court at York as to whether
Isabella Carnaby was wife of Matthew Fenwick or of Roger Read.
Matthew Fenwick v. Isabella Carnabie alias Read in causa matrimonioe.
1597, 24th November. Roger Fennick of BitchfeUd, parish of Stamfordham, gen,, at. circa 36, saith
that on a Tuesday so now as he remembreth a fourtnight or theraboutes after Whitsuntide last was two
yeres the articulate Matthewe Fennick, being brother on the father's side to this examinate, and beying
then at this examinate's house at BitchfeUd, ride togither with this examinate and some six other persons-
to Mr, Middleton his house at Belsey, where the articulate Isabell Carnabie then lay, and then one of the
said Matthew Fennick his companie, with consent and privitie of the said Mr. Middleton, being unckle
to the said Isabell, toke the said Isabell behind him and cared her to Whelpinton church, in which
church they the said Matthew and Isabell, about six or seaven of the clock in the morenyng of the same
day were mailed togither by the ministerie of Reginald Fennick, vicar or minister of Whelpinton afore
said, in such manner and forme as is articulate, viz., after morenyng praier, first said, the said Matthew
holding the said Isabell by the hand, as the manner is, said unto hir after the recitall of the said minister,
thus, 'Here I, Matthew, take the, Issabell, to my wedded wife,' and so furth, as conteyned in the Book of
Common Praier ; at which marriage was usid the ring and all other ceremonies usid at other marriages
and required by the said Book of Common Praier, of this examinate's sight and hearing, being then and ther
present together with Jo. Horseley, Tho, Bewick, Stephen Redhead, William Braiddie, George Ogle, and
some two or three mo' persons whose names he now remembreth not. After the said marriage so
solemnized, they the said Matthew and Issabell, with ther companie, went home with this examinate to his
house at BitchfeUd and ther dyned and lay together that night and for the space of seaven nights next
after. The said Isabell Carnabie did remayne at Errington within the jurisdiction of this court, but now
is taken away he knoweth not whither.
He hath hard the father of the said Roger Read and diverse others of his frendes, as also the said
Roger himself, say that the said Roger Read is not yet fourteane yers of age. He hath hard that the
said Roger Read and Isabell Carnabie alias Read are maried together.
Thomas Bewick of Belsey, cet. circa 20, servant to Mr. Middleton, deposes the same. He says that
Roger Fennick, Jo. Horseley, Stephen Redhead, Jo. Ogle, Oswald Fennick, William Braddie, and others
were at the church, ' He knoweth Roger Read verie well, and it seemeth to him that the said Roger is
not 14, no, nor 13 yeres of age,'
' Exchequer Special Commissions, No. 1747, Northumberland, 30 Eliz.
" Feodary's Book, Ixvi. ^ Hexham Manor Rolls.

204 THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
John Horseley of Milburne Grange, at. circa 26, also deposes to the marriage. The said Mr.
Middleton, his unckle, sent his kinsman, one John Ogle, to give the said IssabeU in marriage to the said
Matthew. After the mariage they went to BitchfeUd to Roger Fennick's house, and ther lay aU that
night together in one bed of this examinate's sight They also Uved together as man and wife at
Houghton, in the said Matthew Fennick father's house, about half a yere after the said marriage,
Henry Read, parish of St John Lee, at. circa 50, sayeth that Roger Read at Christmas next or
therabouts shalbe fourtene yeres old and no more. This examinate being his unckle, viz., his father's
brother, doth verie well remember the birth of the said Roger.
Henry Reade, of the parish of St. John Lee, at. circa 50, was pryvye that about three yeares agoe
Edwarde Reade, this examinate's brother, father to the same Roger, dyd go about to make a maryage
betweene his sayd sonne and Isabell Carnaby, whose mother his sayd brother had maryed, and in a
workeday in Lente last past was two yeares, about eighte or nyne aclocke before noone, this examinate
was present in the chappeU of Saynt Oswolde's, where and when he sawe the articulate Roger Reade and
Isabell Carnaby maryed together by the mynistery of one George Powrye, clerke, then serving the cure
att the same chappell of St. Oswolde's. After the maryage they came to Errington hall to the house of
the said Edwarde Reade, where the same nyghte they did go to bedde together as man and wyfe.
Edward Reade of Kepecke, parish of St. John Lee, gen,, cet. circa 40, says that Roger Reade and
Isabell Carnabie alias Reade beinge bothe at Errington hall, bad dyvers tymes talke and communicion
of matrimonie to be had betwene theme, and after soom talke of that matter they concluded to be
handfeste together, and the said Roger tacking her by the hand said, ' Here, I taike the to my wife,' with
soom other woordes, etc. The said Roger and Isabell were maried together in the chapell of Sainte
Oswoul(^'s, etc, 'He knows not where the said Isabell nowe remains, [Other witnesses depose to the
marriage,] 1599, 5th July, Nicholas Errington of Kepick, at. circa 40, says that 'Isabell Carnabie alias Read,
and Agnes, her sister, were daughters and heires of John Carnabie of Befront, deceased about twelve yeres
since or more, and that they, as co-heires to ther father, claime the tithes of Errington, and lands and
tenements in Kepick, Errington, and Beamont, amounting to the yerelie value of fourtie markes de claro ;
howbeit, he saith, the said Isabell and Agnes are not in quiet possession of the premisses, for that one
John Errington of Wharmeley maketh claime to the same tithes and landes and tenements, and now ther
is sute commenced for ther rightes and title in the premises ; and furder saith that the said Isabell and
Agnes, as heres to ther said father, have certaine tenements and lands in Acome and Hexham which they
enjoy quietlie and receave rent for them, but of what yerelie value they be he knoweth not, but he thinketh
about fourtie shillinges by yere, or scarce so much ; and furder sayth that the said Matthew Fenwick,
whose father and brethren this examinate did verie well know, is a younger brother, viz., the third or fourth
begotten sonne of his father, and that he hath nether landes nor any goodes, except a horse, that this
examinate, being his neybor, knoweth of; and he saith that Roger Fenwick, articulate, is naturall brother
to the said Matthew, and that John Horseley is of new {sic) kynred, as this examinate thinketh, to the said
Matthew and his dear frend, and an utter ennymy to Edward Read, father of the said Roger, as is also
the said Roger Fennick, which enmitie did first grow at or about the tyme of the marriage of Matthew
Fennick and Isabell Carnabie, and hath ever since continued, since which tyme ther have bene great
quarrells betwixt them about possession of Errington hall and the tithe of Errington.
John Errington of Errington, in the chapelry of St. Oswald's, at. 70, deposes to the same effect He
says that the two daughters, since their father's death, have not enjoyed his lands, etc., in Kepick,
Errington, and Beamont house (worth £20 per annum), but that John Errington of Swinburne claims
them. They have 40s. land in Corbeck {sic) and a house in Hexham, and some land in Acome not worth
more than 20s. per annum.
On the 15th May, 1602, the court pronounced sentence in favour of
the marriage with Fenwick, and Roger Read was condemned in costs. In
1608, Isabel Carnaby alias Fenwick and Agnes Carnaby, her sister,
daughters and heirs of John Carnaby, held the villages of East Errington and

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SANDHOE TOWNSHIP. 205
Keepwick with Keepwick mill ; and a tenement in Acomb was held by
Matthew Fenwick in right of Isabel his wife, and Agnes Carnaby her sister.
But the succession of John Carnaby's two daughters to their grandfather's
lands was disputed by, or shared with, Nicholas Carnaby of Rudchester, son
and heir of Mark Carnaby of Anick Grange, who, 30th May, 28 Elizabeth
(1587), in consideration of a certain sum of money, conveyed the capital
messuage of 'Befron,' with Beaumont house in the parish of Chollerton, to
Gilbert Errington of Wharmley,^ who thus became of Beaufront, which his
descendants to the sixth generation subsequently made their chief seat. At
the death of John Errington, the last male heir of the family, in 1827, as
already related, his estates descended to his heirs-at-law, who, in 1836, sold
Beaufront to Mr. William Cuthbert of Redheugh, near Newcastle, whose
great-grandson, Mr. James Harold Cuthbert, is the present owner.^
A little to the east of Beaufront on a terrace commanding a noble view
of the valleys of the Tyne and Devil's Water is the mansion house of
Sandhoe, of which it was formerly an appanage, possessed or occupied by a
younger son of the Errington family. It was the property and northern
home of Henry Errington, who died in 18 19, and passed under his will to
Rowland Stanley, afterwards Sir Rowland Errington, and became, after the
sale of Beaufront, the capital mansion of the Errington estates; it now, since
the death of Sir John Stanley Errington, belongs to the heirs of Henry
Errington's estates and their assigns.^
The vill of Sandhow was one of the earliest benefactions to the priory
of Hexham, having been granted to the house by Archbishop Thomas II. in
1 1 13.* It was returned with the payment of 17s. 7fd. to the subsidy of 1295,
but the contributions of the several tenants amount to £1 6s. 3|-d., the largest
sum being 12s. 6|d., paid by the widow Hawysia.* In the fifteenth century
it is stated that there were 13 husband lands of 24 acres each, and 12
cottagers, each of whom had a house and an acre of land or less." Full
' Capheaton Deeds. The Rev. John Hodgson MSS,
^ Mr, Cuthbert purchased an undivided moiety of the manor and freehold estate of Beaufront, 2nd
December, 1835, from the trustees of the will of WiUiam Fermor ; an undivided fourth part, 24th August,
1836, from the trustees of the marriage settlement of Sir F, H. Hervey Bathurst and Dame Louisa Mary,
his wife ; and the remaining fourth, 8tli September, 1836, from the trustees of the marriage settlement of the
Hon, Mrs, Geo. Augustus Craven, Mr. J, H, Cuthbert's Title deeds. In 1873 William Cuthbert of Beaufront
was returned as owner of 1,682 acres of land in Northumberland, with an estimated rental of ;f 3,202. Parlia
mentary Return of Owners of Land. ' Cf. supra, p. 193. ' Vol. iii, p. 139, ^ Ibid. p. 33.
^ ' Sunt ibidem xiii terrae husband, quarum quaelibet cont. xxiiii acras terrae arabilis et prati. Et
quaelibet terra faciet opera et consuefudines ad molendinum de Aynwyk, ut tenentes ejusdem villae ; et
quaelibet terra husband, dabit j gallum et gallinam domino ad festum Natalis Domini.' Hexham Priory,
Raine, vol. ii. pp. xix. 5.

2o6

THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.

CUTHBERT OF BEAUFRONT.

James Cuthbert of Marton-in-Cleveland =

Henry Cuthbert, baptised 3rd
July, 1690 ia).
John Guthbert of Eston, near
Middlesbrough, baptised 3rd
Dec, 1692, si/
James Cuthbert, baptised 28th
April, 1695 ia).

I
WiUiam Cuthbert of New
castle, baptised gth
Feb., 1696 ia) ; mar
ried at St. Nicholas',
Newcastle, 6th June,
1736.

= Jane, daughter of ... Walker,
of Sprouston, near Kelso,
and widow of ,,, Wheel
wright ; born 5th Dec,
1697 ; died 1757,

Thomas Cuthbert of
Plymouth, baptised
10th Mar,, 1697 ia).
Dorothy, baptised 23rd
Feb., 1698 ia).

William Cuthbert of Newcastle, born 21st July, 1737 ib) ; purchased = Ann, daughter of John Hodgson of Els-
Greenridge and Nubbock, and died 13th Aug,, 1781 ; will dated wick; married 2nd
30th Dec, 1779 ; proved ... Oct, 1781 (rf). died 2lst Dec, 1834.

October, 1776 ;

William Cuthbert of Newcastle and Beau- = Ann, daughter of Robert Shafto Hedley
front, born i6th Dec, 1778; died 31st of Long Benton ; married 1812 ; died
Jan., 1853 ; buried at St, John Lee (c), 4th Oct,, 1828, aged 35.

Jane ; died unmarried, 1856.
Mary Ann; died at Benwell, 9th
June, 1848, aged about 70,
unmarried («).

William Cuthbert of
Beaufront, born 7th
Aug,, 1813 ; high
sheriff of Northum
berland, i860; died
29th Nov,, 1879 ;
buried at St, John
Lee ic).

Mary, daughter of
Isaac Cookson
of Meldon ;
married at Mel
don, i6th Jung,
1840; died 24th
April, 1893 ic).

„ I I
Robert, born 2nd
March, 1821 ;
died s.p. near
York, 13th July,
1888.
George, born 1824;
died s.p. at New
York, U,S,A,,
28th Dec, 1851,

I
John Rawlin-
son Cuth
bert, born
1826 ; cap
tain loth
Hussars,

I I
Marie Elizabeth ; married
Theo- 26th July, 1836,
dosia, Richard Burn of
daugh- Orton hall, West-
ter of morland,
W, Kier- Jane Anne;
man, ried i6th
1839 ic), WilUam
Isaac Cookson of
Benwell.

mar-
July,

William Cuthbert of
Beaufront, born
19th March, 1848;
died s.p., 3rd Dec,
1880,

Eleanor Lockhart, daughter
of lieut.-col, F. Bull of
New Park, co, Kilkenny;
married at Ovingham,
30th AprU, 1878; died
26th Nov., 1880.

Sidney Cuthbert of = Frances Yates,

Beaufront, born 19th
Feb., 1851 ; died
at Melsetter, Natal,
South Africa, 9th
June, 1882.

daughter of
C, Griffin ;
married 28th
AprU, 1874,

Richard, born
13th April,
1856.

Claude Arthur
Cuthbert,born 14th
June, i860.

¦i^

J .111111
Annie Beatrice, Gerald James Annie ; married 2cth Oct, iS6o (c). Major-general F.
daughter of Cuthbert, born Green Wilkinson.
James Rankin 12th Sept, Mary Constance ; married 6th Sept, i860 (<;), Sir Alfred
of Bryngwyn, 1861, captain Slade, bart,, of Maunsel house, Somersetshire.
Herefordshire, Scots Guards, Fanny Isabella ; married at St, Paul's, Knightsbridge, 15th
M,P,; married Julyi 1869, Henry Percy Anderson of the Foreign Office.
I2th January, Emily ; married 20th Oct, 1868 (c), Arthur Arbuthnot of
1887. Woodford house, Northamptonshire.
Alice Burn.
Mary Sara.

James Harold Cuthbert of Beaufront,
born at Melsetter, Natal, 21st July,
1876 ; 2nd lieut, Scots Guards.

Sidney William, born
at Melsetter, 29th
April, 1882.

I I I
Lily Ethelwyn Noel.
Gladys Mary,
Dorothy.

(3) Marton Register,
ib) St, Nicholas' Register, Newcastle.

ic) St. John Lee Register,
id) Raine, Test. Ebor,

ie) Matthew Forster's Obituary.

SANDHOE TOWNSHIP. 207
particulars of the tenants and of the nature of their holdings in 1479 are
given in the Black Book of Hexham, where it is stated that Sir Peter de
Gunnerton, chaplain of the church of St. John Lee, held 8 acres of glebe,
called kirk-land.^
In an undated survey made at the dissolution is the following record :
Sandhow. John Errington holdith a tenement there, with edifices, i cloose containing i acre in the
Law Inges, 4 acres medoo ; and in the Toune-feldis 24 acre land arrable, with comon there, and renttes by
yere, etc., 26s. 8d. Richard Hudchonson holdith a tenement there, with i cloose containing i acre in the
Law Inges, 4 acre medoo ; and in the Toune-feldis 24 acres land arrable, with comon ther, and rentes by
yere, etc., 26s. 8d. Robert Buteland holdith a tenement there, 1 cloose containing i rode in the Law
Inges, 3 acres medoo, 18 acres land arrable, and comon there, etc, 20s, Robert Sowreby holdithe a
tenement there, i litle cloose ; and in the Law Inges 3 acre ; in the Toune-feldis 18 acre, and comon
there by yere, etc, 20s, John Stevynson holdithe a tenement ther, with bithe {sic) 6 acres land arrable ;
and 2 acres in ye Law Inges, with comon there, and rentes by yere, etc, 13s, 4d. Summa, £^ 6s. 8d.^
The value of the township in 1536 was £s 6s. 8d., and two years after
wards it sent seventeen fully equipped men to attend the muster.
Sando Muster Roll, 1538.'
Cutbert Eryngton, Robert Solby, John Stevynson, Robert Bowtland, Ric. Huchenson, able with hors
and harnes. John Spayn, John Solby, John Solby, Roger Robson, Robert Solby, WiUm Gren, John
Smythe, Thomas Spayn, Willm Lee, Thomas Eryngton, able with hors and harnes. Patrike Yonger,
Thomas- Yonger, able with hors and harnes.
Stagshaw Close house, about a mile east of Sandhoe, is approached from
Watling Street by a fine avenue of tall, well-grown lime trees. In a field
near by the plough in 1822 unearthed a prehistoric grave, probably of the
Bronze period, described at the time as ' about 4 feet deep, 3 feet long,
and 2^ feet wide, cut in the native rock. This rude tomb enclosed a small
antique urn composed of clay and sand, uncovered and coarsely ornamented ;
it contained a few ordinary sized teeth in perfect preservation, the mouldered
remains of a skull, a small heart-shaped amulet of a grey slaty stone, per
forated for suspension, and a tongue-shaped piece of flint.'^
With the remainder of the township of Sandhoe, Stagshaw Close was
a possession of the prior and convent of Hexham.
Under a commission dated 12th February, 1567/8, directed to Nicholas
Ridley, George Heron of Chipchase, Robert Middleton of Belsay, and
Thomas Bates, esquires, commanding them to enquire concerning lands
belonging to the dissolved monastery of Hexham supposed to be concealed,
an inquisition was taken at Dilston, when the jury said :
' Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. ii. p. 6. '' Ibid, vol, ii. p. i6i.
¦" Arch. Ael. 4to series, vol. iv, p. 191. ' Newcastle Courant, 23rd March, 1822,

208 THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
That a parcel of ground caUed Stagsa Close adjoining to Sandho feelds was parcel of said possessions ;
now occupied by one Cuthbert Carnabye of Halton, esq., who saith he hath it by the grant of one Clare
Forster, widow of Reginald Forster of Capheaton, esq., deceased, by virtue of a lease made to the said
Reginald, and that Sir Reginald Carnabye, knt., deceased, William Carnabye, and the said Cuthbert
Carnabye have occupied the same ever since the dissolution, and it is claimed by the said leasers ; and
said Cuthbert saith that he payeth to said Clare ^lo per annum,'
Stagshaw Close is enumerated amongst the estates which, at the death of
Sir John Forster in 1602, descended to his grandson Sir John Fenwick, and
in 1663 it was rated to Sir William Fenwick at £^. It was one of the
places purchased from Sir John Fenwick in 1689^ by Sir William Blackett,
who on the 22nd December, 1691, transferred it to Thomas Gibson of Stone
croft in exchange for his interest in Donkin Rigg in the parish of Hartburn
and £2^. Gibson's widow, Ann Pudsay, was residing at Stagshaw Close house
in 1724, when, as a Roman Catholic, she registered an annuity out of Stone
croft. Their son, George Gibson, who was found guilty of high treason and
imprisoned for taking part in the rebellion of 171 5, died in the following
year of the spotted fever, and was buried in St. Giles' churchyard, London.
Stagshaw Close house, having been included in his marriage settlement, was
either restored to or secured by his family.' His great-grandson George
Gibson sold Stagshaw Close house about 181 7 to the Rev. John Thompson,
vicar of Warden,* whose son, the Rev. Francis Thompson, sometime vicar of
Carham, made it his home. After passing through the hands of the Crawhall
family it was purchased from the trustees of Robert Hawthorn in 1868 by
Mr. John Straker. Mr. Straker was son of Mr. Joseph Straker of North
Shields, and grandson of George Straker of Walker, master and mariner.
The latter by trading between the Tyne and Baltic during the second half of
last century had been induced to settle as a shipowner and wood exporter in
the great timber port of Memel, though he ultimately returned to England
and died in 1806. A biography of his son, George Straker, 'a strong minded
Novocastrian' and public spirited Tynesider, may be found in Mr. Richard
Welford's Men of Mark. Another son was Mr. Joseph Straker, who, with
his son John and Mr. Joseph Love of Durham, founded the well-known firm
of Strakers & Love, colliery owners. Mr. John Straker,'' in 1885, built
' Exchequer Special Commissions, No. 171 1, Northumberland, 10 EUzabeth.
'' Hodgson, Northumberland, pt, ii, vol, i, p, 259. " Ibid, vol, iii, pp. 393-395.
¦* John Thompson was vicar of Warden for forty-three years, and died I2tb December, 1826, aged 88.
' In 1873 John Straker of Stagshaw house was returned as owner of 1,870 acres with an estimated
rental of ^2,086. Parliamentary Return of Owners of Land.

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SANDHOE TOWNSHIP. 209
the domestic chapel dedicated to St. Aidan, which stands a little to the
north-west of Stagshaw Close house, now the residence of his widow.
Abov.e Stagshaw Close house is the moor where the great muster
was taken on 24th November, 1595,^ and where annually on the 4th July, is
held the Stagshaw Bank fair,^ which, before the days of railways, was one of
the largest cattle and sheep fairs in the north of England, upwards of 100,000
head of the latter being frequently shown on such occasions at the end of
last century.' Blackfaced sheep were brought from the south-west and west
of Scotland,* and great numbers of cattle, horses, and swine were exposed
for sale. The fair day was a gala or festival for all ranks and classes in
the district. It was visited in 1825 by the Rev. John Hodgson and the
Rev. James Raine, the latter of whom writes as follows :
Upon reaching Stagshaw Bank, a large open tract of ground, not far from Corbridge, inclining swiftly
from the Roman Wall to the Tyne, we found ourselves in the midst of a great annual fair held on this
declivity, chiefly for cattle, but in truth for goods of all kinds, ' things,' as an old inventory at Durham
has it, 'moveable 'or moving themselves.'^ At this place, which is a solitary field, at a distance from any
population, there are great well-known periodical gatherings of buyers and sellers from the whole north
of England, on the western or eastern coast; and the southern counties of Scotland send forth in
abundance their men and goods to buy, sell, or be sold.
In a large pasture upon the slope of a hill, with a wide prospect, extending down the valley of the
Tyne as far as Gateshead Fell, and in every other direction except on the north, having an almost
unlimited view of a spreading tract of country, there were gathered together, without the slightest attempt
at the order which is of necessity observed in markets and fairs held within the walls of a town, horses
and cattle, and sheep and swine, and in short every thing which is bred or of use in farming operations,
with thousands of other things, which it would be no easy task to enumerate ; and then there were people
of all ages, from all quarters, and in all kinds of costume; the Scotchman in his kilt, and the Yorkshire-
man in his smock-frock ; and every variety of booth or hut for refreshment or dissipation. That we had
stumbled on a fair of Roman origin may not, I think, be doubted. The situation of Stagshaw Bank is an
extremely convenient one for gathering together at stated periods of the year the produce of this the
eastern side of the island; and as long as the Romans were in possession of Britain, and there was an
immense population along the line of the Wall from sea to sea, the natives would find a ready market for
the produce of their fields and farmyards. The Wall, which runs at the distance of a mile northwards,
would be a protection to the sellers of cattle and wares in that direction ; and from the south they had
nothing to fear."
' The commissioners of array were Richard Goodrick for Yorkshire, William Fenwicke for Northum
berland, John Featherstonhaugh for the bishopric, who reported ' that all those viewed were generally well
armed with furniture as light horse, and very few defects in armour.' There were 37 light horse allowed to be
furnished, 270 horses were disallowed, and 190 were returned as absent. Border Papers, Bain, vol. ii. p. 73.
' The fair is called the Midsummer fair (to distinguish it from the similar Whitsun fair), and it was
probably originally held about Midsummer day, the feast of St. John Baptist. Cf. Hodgson, Northumber
land, pt. iii. vol. i. p. 159. ^ Cf. Bailey and CuUey, Agricultural Survey, 17<)7, p. 152.
¦* In the early part of the century, Mr. John Moore Bates, of Aydon White house, bought a GaeUc
grammar in order to acquire enough of the language to converse with the Highland drovers at Stagshaw
Bank, who could speak hardly any English.
' ' Inventarium omnium bonorum mobUium et immobUium seseque moventium.' Here at Stagshaw there
was nothing immovable save the ground. " Raine, Memoir of Rev. John Hodgson, vol. ii. pp. 60, 61.
Vol. IV. 27

2IO THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
The fair is formally opened and proclaimed by the bailiff of the duke
of Northumberland as lord of the manor of Corbridge,^ who welcomes at the
'Angel' inn at Corbridge the officials and those who intend to accompany
him to 'ride the fair.' Preceded by the constables carrying halbert and
staff, and followed by the piper playing on the Northumberland small-pipes
the familiar air, ' Chevy Chase,' the company march to the market cross,
where is made the first proclamation, and thence to the fair ground, so that
the riding the fair may begin at noon. The procession takes the low or east
side of the horse fair (which is held on both sides of Watling Street), and
when the west side of Watling Street is reached, a halt is called and the
following proclamation is read :
These are in Her Majesty's name and in the name of the Most Noble ALGERNON GEORGE
duke and earl of Northumberland, Earl Percy, earl of Beverley in the county of York, Baron Warkworth
of Warkworth castle in the county of Northumberland, Lord Lovaine, baron of Alnwick in the said
county of Northumberland, a baronet and one of the Lords of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy
Council, Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the county of Northumberland and of the city and
county of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, lord of this manor and fair, and the rights and privileges of the same,
to strictly charge and command all manner of persons coming and resorting thereunto, weU and decently to
behave themselves in word and deed, and that they and everyone of them do preserve and keep Her Majesty's
peace without offering any violence, making any riot, rout, or unlawful assembly or drawing any weapon,
or shedding any blood during the continuance of this present fair, and that they nor any of them do use
any unlawful buying or selling, or commit any misdemeanour whatsoever which may disquiet Her
Majesty's peace and the civil government of this present fair, upon pain of such penalties and punishments
as shall be inflicted upon them by the governor or officer of the said fair or manor, and that as well the
buyer, seller, or exchanger shall repair to the clerks of the tolls and in their books record their names and
surnames, together with the colour, marks, and ages of every horse, colt, gelding, mare, or filly, or any
other sort of cattle, upon pain of forfeiting the same as shall be neglected to be tolled, and all other
goods, merchandise, liquor, and so forth as do not pay their toll and stallage are under the same for
feiture. And it is further commanded that all manner of persons whatsoever, buying, selling or
exchanging between party and party within the said manor and fair, do quietly and peaceably pay their
toll and stallage due and accustomed to be paid, and if there should happen any controversy in the buying,
selling, or exchanging between party and party within the said fair and manor, they may repair to the
officer of the said fair, where they shall have justice in and by the Court of Pie Powder, according to the
equity of their cause. And lastly know all men that this fair is to continue for and during the space of
eight days next after this proclamation is read, and hereof all manner of persons- as well foreigners
as aUens and those of Her Majesty's subjects are required to take notice, as they and every one of them
do tender their duty towards Her Majesty, and will avoid such penalties and punishments as are limited
for the punishment of offenders. GoD save the Queen, and the lord of this manor and fair.
The procession moves forward to the bridge, the wall of which on
either side above the keystones is touched with the halbert and staff borne
by the constables, it then proceeds along the north side of the fair ground to
the Sandy Lane, where the boundary walls are touched by the constables in
' The circumstances under which the lord of the manor of Corbridge comes to hold his fair in another
manor and within the regality cannot be described here, but must be deferred for the account of Corbridge.

PORTGATE TOWNSHIP. 211
like manner. Moving from thence along the western boundary to Sandhoe
gate, where it takes to the fields (for part of the ancient fair ground has
been enclosed and planted), the procession goes down the south side of
the plantation until it comes to a cottage, the doorstep of which it crosses,
and thence passing over the open ground to where it began. On reaching
this, the starting and finishing point, the riders with their horses form in
a circle, when punch is handed round, and the health of the lord of the
fair is drunk.
In 1663, besides the owners of Beaufront and Stagshaw Close house,
there were six proprietors in Sandhoe who were rated as follows : Mr. John
Weldon, ;^I2 ; Lawrence Hutchinson, ^12 ; Nicholas Soulby, £<:) ; Elizabeth
Stephenson, £^ ; George Armstrong, £i\ ; and Robert Reed, £a^. Some of
these parcels are represented by the estate between Sandhoe house and
Stagshaw Close house, belonging to Mr. Livingston Clarke of Hexham
house ; others have doubtless been absorbed in the other estates described.
PORTGATE TOWNSHIP.
The township of Portgate,^ which is divided by the Wall into two nearly
equal parts, has an area of 663 acres, and at the last census had a population
of 57.^ Its name has been derived from the Porta, by way of which Watling
Street was carried through the Wall, a derivation, however, which has no
claim to be adopted. The hamlet stands high, and much of the land is poor.
At the Northumberland Assizes, in 1278, there "was a case heard
respecting common of pasture in Porthete, to which William de Middleton
and Walter, archbishop of York, were parties.^
In the return made in 1320, to the order of Archbishop Melton, to
enquire into the state of St. Giles' hospital at Hexham, it is stated that the
' MacLauchlan in his Survey of the Watling Street says : ' At Portgate the Roman Wall crosses the
WatUng Street, the turnpike road being on the WaU and its ditch on the north of the road. The Roman
ditch and rampart are paraUel to the WaU at this place, and about 80 yards on the south side of it. It
may be proper to notice here that the township of Portgate extends a considerable distance on each side
of the meeting of Watling Street with the Roman Wall, and it seems possible that the name originally
applied to the cross-road, as port an entrance and gate the northern word for a way or road, for it is
presumed that the buildings now called Portgate are much subsequent to the naming of the township.'
Dr. Hunter, Mr. .Smith, and others take notice of some remains at Portgate, or near it. And in the
new edition of Camden it is observed that 'there is at Portgate a square old tower still standing and
great ruins of old buildings.' But this tower has nothing in it that is Roman, being of the same form with
a multitude of others that are in the north, and of a much later date ; and the ruins are not (that I know
of) at Portgate, but at Halton. Horsley, Britannia Romana, p. 142.
* The Census Returns are: 1801, 29; i8ii, 29; 1821, 33; 1831, 29; 1841, 18; 1851, 32; i86i,"74;
1871, 77; 1881, 72;. 1891, 57. ^ Northumberland Assize Rolls, Page, p. 241 ; Surtees Soe. No. 88.

212 THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
hospital had possessed certain property at Porteyate, as well as at Hexham
and Falufeld, the gift of different benefactors, but from it (though formerly
worth IIS. 2d. a year) they received nothing, as it was all waste. ^
On the 1st January, 1335/6, an order was issued from Archbishop Melton
to Thomas de Lelom, the bailiff of Hexham, to enjoin Gilbert and Henry de
Vaus to show before the justices why they had forcibly carried away the crop
{bladd) of Thomas del Shawes of Porteyate, of the value of ;^io,^ and on
the 4th October, 1348, in a breve pat. ass. nov. diss, to Nevill,' there is the
record of a suit brought by Thomas del Shawe of Portyet against Adam de
Vauls, lord of Beaufront, Henry de Vauls, and Robert del Coten of Acomb,
concerning a free tenement in Portyet.*
On the marriage of Thomas de Vaux of Beaufront with Margery,
daughter of Robert de Lisle, in 1387, a moiety of the hamlet of Portgate,
with the whole vill of Bucklif, was, by his father, John de Vaux, settled
upon him, with remainder to his sister, Elizabeth, wife of John Errington.
Both of these places were, in 1452, in the possession of Margery, widow of
William de Mitford, who in that year gave seisin of them to Gerard de
Widdrington.' In 1547, lands in Portgate and Portgate Leazes were held by
Odinel Carnaby at the annual rent of lis. 8d., William Carnaby at 2s. 4d.,
and Robert Errington" at 12s. lod.^
On the 1 2th October, 1560, Odnell Carnaby made feoffment with
livery of seisin of Portgate to his younger son, George Carnaby.^ On the
3rd April, 1594, administration of the personal estate of Roger Carnaby of
Portgate was granted to his sister Mary, wife of Francis Blenkinsop f and
in 1606 there was a suit in which William Carnaby was plaintiff and Lancelot
Carnaby defendant. Twelve years later William Carnaby and Magdalen his
wife settled the estate to their own use for life, with remainder to Thomas
Middleton. They were both hving in 1629, but in 1631 William Carnaby,
who was then in Bradford in the county of Northumberland, joined with
Middleton in conveying the estate to William Radcliffe, who three years later
conveyed it to Sir Edward Radcliffe.^" The latter, in 1654, with the consent
' Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. ii, p. 131. '' York Registers, Melton, 437 a. '¦ Cf. vol. iii. p. 39 n.
'' York Registers, Zouche, 296 a. ° Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii, vol. ii. p, 234.
° J^597i 31st March. Administration of John Errington of Portgate granted to Helen, his widow.
Raine, Test. Ebor. ' Vol, iii. p. 81, ' Raine, Test. Ebor.
" The remainders over were to Nicholas Carnaby, elder brother of George, to Roger Carnaby brother
of Nicholas, to Tristram Carnaby (whose connection is not recited), to Reginald brother of Tristram, and
to Robert Carnaby brother of the first said Odnell Carnaby. Schedule of Portgate Deeds with Mr. John H.
Straker, "• Abstract of Title to Portgate in the Rev. John Hodgson's Collection.

PORTGATE TOWNSHIP.

213

of Francis Radcliffe, his son and heir apparent, conveyed Portgate to Richard
Errington of Beukley, who was rated for it in 1663 at ^50. All that is
known of this branch of the Errington family and of the Widdringtons,
who succeeded them, is shown in the following pedigree :

ERRINGTON OF PORTGATE AND WIDDRINGTON OF COLT PARK.

Richard Errington of Beukley, Todridge, and Portgate
nth July, 1670 ib) ; buried 15th July, 1670 (a).

will dated =

Edward Errington
of Beukley ;
died circa 1721 ;
possessor of
tithes at Hay
don Bridge, etc.

I
Gilbert Errington of Portgate, which
he took under his father's will ;
buried 31st Dec, 1725 (a) ; will
dated 29th Dec, 1725 ; enrolled
4th June, 1726 ic) ; proved at
York, 29th July, 1726.

Catherine = William Widdring
ton of Colt park
and ot Throp-
ton ; buried at
Netherwitton, 2nd
June, 1720 id).

Mary ; married John
Blackett ot Wylam,
whose grandson,
John Blackett, in
1739 brought an
action to recover a
moiety of Portgate
ic). ^^

Edward Widdring'ton of Colt park and Ritton White-house, heir and devisee = Mary ... ; buried
of his uncle Gilbert Errington of Portgate ; as a Roman Catholic regis- at Netherwit-
tered his estates in 1715 ; party to son's marriage settlement, when he ton, 25th June,
conveyed estate to his son in consideration of an annuity of ;^8o per 1712' id).
annum ; died May, 1749 ; buried at Netherwitton id).

Henrj' Widdrington ;
named in grand
father's wiU, 1670.

Henry Widdrington of
Portgate and Colt
park ; buried in
Hexham quire, 14th
Jan., 1727/8 ; admin
istration granted to
widow, 1st Oct., 1729,
and again 7th Feb.,
1786, to his nephew
Robert Potts.

Margaret, daughter of
Major Allgood, rec
tor of Simondburn ;
bond of marriage,
2nd July, 1726 ;
marriage settlement
dated 21st June and
enrolled 5th Oct.,
1726; died at New
castle, 7th Dec,
1777, aged 85,*

WiUiam, baptised
1710 ; buried 1720
id).
Robert, born 1698 ;
buried 1698/9 id).
Richard, born 1700 ;
buried 1701 id).
Edward ; died in in
fancy ; buried at
Netherwitton,

Elizabeth, = John Cuthbertson of Aln-

baptised 23rd
June, I703XO-

wick ; married at Aln
wick, Sth June, 1729 («),

Mary = Thomas Potts
of Warton,
parish of
Rothbury.

Robert Potts, only surviving son, who, 7th Feb., 1786, took out letters of administration
to personal estate of uncle Henry Widdrington. Resided in London for some years, but
died at or near Rothbury, and was buried there. ^

I I

Henry Cuthbertson ot Felling Shore and = Catherine, daughter
of Newcastle, who at the death in 1777 ' " ¦
of Margaret, widow of Henry Wid
drington, brought an action of eject
ment, which failed, to recover some of
his uncle's estates, etc. ; died at Ryton,
Dec, 1804 if).

of Robert Sur
tees of Croney-
well ; married at
St, Nicholas',
Newca.stle, 25 th
Dec, 1766.

I
William Cuth
bertson of Fel
ling Shore and
ot Newcastle ;
died 13th Dec,
18 14, aged 81,

Elizabeth Cuthbertson, only child ; married Barnabas Fenwick
of Bedlington and of Ryton Woodside, and died 17th July,
1837, aged 62. 4'

Mary ; married George Rochester
of North Charlton, and died
there, June, 1799, aged 74.
Dorothy ; married WiUiam Whin-
field, clerk, vicar of Branxton
and perpetual curate of Cornhill,
and died at Cornhill, 12th May,
1771. -i/
Another daughter; went to America.

(a) St John Lee Register.
ib) Raine, Test. Ebor.
ic) Abstract of Title to Portgate, Rev. John
Hodgson's CoUection.
* Mrs. Widdrington's portrait is at Nunwick ; she is said to have been married in Chipchase chapel in July, 1726.

id) Netherwitton Register,
ie) Alnwick Register.
if) Newcastle newspapers, 29th December,
1804.

214 THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
Evidences.
1670, nth July. WiU of Richard Errington of Beuckley. To my eldest son Edward Errington, my mortgage of
Beuckley and all my reall estate, except what shalbe expected isic). To my second sonne Gilbert Errington, my land
at Portgate. To my daughter Mary Errington, in lieu of her portion all my interest and mortgaged lands in
Hexhamshire, etc. To my daughter Catherine Widdrington, ;f 10, Grandchildren Edward and Henry Widdrington
each ;f 10. To my grand-daughter Widdrington, .if 10. To my wife, beside her thirds, £-,. John Thornton of
Netherwitton, esq,, and Henry Thornton of Witton Sheeles, gent,, executors, and that for the proper rite isic) of my
Sonne Edward, my daughters Widdrington and Mary Errington, Proved 16th December, 1670, by the two executors.'
Gilbert Errington of the Portgate complained at the Midsummer Sessions, 1703, against Bartholomew Anderson
and Lancelot Weldon for their proportion of certain cesses charged on the lands in the township of Portgate.
Against the order Mr, Thomas Errington and Lancelot Weldon appealed at the following Sessions (Michaelmas,
1703), but it being alleged that Gilbert Errington was then ill, proceedings were stayed untU the following Sessions,'
1723, A farm ot land at Portgate, ^75 per ann,, now in possession of Mr, Gilbert Errington, adjoining Stag
shaw Bank, with good houses, barn, byre, etc., to be let. Enquire of Mr, Gilbert Errington in Hexham, or Mr. John
Errington, free-porter, Newcastle.'
1725, 29th December. Will of Gilbert Errington of Portgate in Northumberland, gent. My estate called
Portgate, Totridge, and tyths ot Haydon Bridge, late the estate of Edward Errington, to my nephew Edward
Widdrington ot Coltparke, gen,; he executor. My household goods to my maid Bridget WeddeU. Probate of will
of Gilbert Errington ot Hexham, granted 29th July, 1726, to Edward Widdrington the nephew and sole executor,'
I774i May, The 12th inst,, died at Cornhill, universaUy lamented by all who knew her, Mrs, Whinfield, wife
of Mr. Whinfield, vicar of that place, daughter of Mr, John Cuthbertson, late of Alnwick, and grand-daughter of
Edward Widdrington of Colt park, esq., about two days after she was delivered of her tenth child. An affectionate
wife, a tender parent, and a sincere Christian ; a little before her death, which she found was gradually coming upon
her, she desired to see all her eight children, advised those that were old enough to understand her not to cry for her
but to pay a greater attention in their lives to virtue and religion than to either riches or honour, recommended them
in a short prayer to the Almighty who had wonderfuUy protected and delivered her, and took leave of them one after
another without a tear,*
1799, June. At North Charlton, aged 74, Mrs. Rochester, widow of the late Mr, George Rochester of that
place, and grand-daughter of the late Edward Widdrington of Colt park, esq,°
' Raine, Test. Ebor. '' Sessions Records. ' Newcastle Courant, 7th September, 1723,
* Raine, Test. Ebor. ' Newcastle Journal, i8th May, 1774. ° Newcastle papers, June, 1799.
Henry Widdrington married Margaret, daughter of Major Allgood,
rector of Simondburn, and settled his lands upon her in such a manner that
at his death intestate she became entitled to them absolutely. She died at
an advanced age in Newcastle in 1777, whereupon Henry Cuthbertson, a
nephew of her late husband, brought an action of ejectment, but failed to
recover the various estates of his uncle. At the present time Portgate
belongs to the same ownership as the Errington estates.^

WATLING STREET.
The name Portgate is so closely identified with Watling Street that
it may be fitting at this point to describe the section of the Roman road
which traverses some of the townships treated in this volume.
' Cf, supra, p. 193.

WATLING STREET. 215
The word 'gate,' used in its northern sense of a way, or road,^ is familiar
in Carelgate, Stanegate, and Portgate. Carelgate is 'Carlisle road,' Stane-
gate is 'stone road,' or 'paved road'; and, whether by coincidence or as an
actual survival of the term, Portgate represents the title ' Iter ad portum,'
or road to the port of embarkation, which occurs as the heading of the main
road in the Antonine Itinerary of Britain. In the reverse direction, and
looked at from its base, the great highway was regarded as the strata via
leading to the confines in the country of the Otalinoi, and was called the
Watling Street from an early period.^
Portgate and Watling Street, as two titles for one and the same high
way, correspond with the common practice in road nomenclature, where
the same road may be either 'the London road' or 'the great North road,'
according to the direction north or south in which it is regarded.
In the British iters the first one is treated as a branch uniting with the
second iter at Cataracto (Catterick Bridge), and running with it as far as
Eburacum (York). Thence the through route is taken up by the second
iter and carried on ' ad portum Ritupis ' (Richborough, in Kent).
The first stage in iter i. is that from High Rochester (Bremenium) to
Corbridge (Corstopitum) ; and it is entered thus : ' A Bremenio Corstopitum
m.p.m. XX.' [millia plus minus viginti].' Of this distance nearly one-half lies
between Broomhope and Sandhoe, passing through the intervening townships
treated of in the present volume ; and an equal portion lies between the
terminus at Bremenium and the point at which the road enters the township
of Broomhope. From High Rochester to the river Rede the course of the
road measures 8\ miles, and on the left bank of the river at Risingham the
prima statio (Habitancum) is passed at a distance of 8 miles 5 furlongs. A
rapid ascent from the river valley of 2I miles leads past the Swine Hills
camp, and, at a point a little south of Four Laws, the Watling Street reaches
the district with which we are now concerned.
' 'Gate,' a street (Scand.), common in the north ; it also means 'a way.' Icelandic gata, Swedish gata,
a way, path, street, lane. Skeat, Concise English Dictionary, 1887, sub voce 'Gate' (2).
'' 'It is just possible that the Otalinoi, whose name has often been misspelt Otadinoi, may have given
this name to the Watling Street, the road which led to and through their country.' C, J, Bates, History of
Northumberland, 1895, p. 14. Similarly, Icknield Way 'would be the highway of the Icen, or Iceni, the
people into whose country this trackway direcily led,' Edwin Guest, Origines Celtica, vol, ii. 1883,
p, 228. Compare the suggested derivation Erming Street. ' Earminga Street, the street of the Farmings
or fenmen.' Guest, Ibid. p. 233, Deor Street, which was one of the names of Watling Street, is in like
manner conjectured to be 'Deur(Deira) Street,' Hexham Priory, Raine, vol, ii. p. xxiii.; Surtees Soe. vol. 46.
' That is to say, 20 Roman miles, more or less. This distance would be equal to a little over 18^
English miles ; but the actual distance, according to MacLauchlan, is 23 miles and 5 furlongs.

2l6 THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
Here, for if miles of its course, it forms a township boundary, first as
the eastern boundary of Broomhope and then of Great Swinburne detached.
It crosses Green Rigg at an elevation of about 950 feet above sea-level. A
cylindrical stone, dug out of the roadside here, has been set up on the hill
above Waterfalls farm, and is known as ' the Derwentwater monument,' in
commemoration of the meeting which took place on Green Rigg on the 6th
October, 17 15. The stone, which is without inscription, appears to be a
Roman milestone, and is said to be 6 feet 9 inches long by about 15 inches
in diameter. Its base is fixed in the ground, the present visible height of
the column being 4 feet 9 inches.^ Just beyond this, the road bends a little
eastwards, and from thence takes an undeviating south-eastern course. A
' drove,' or ' drift,' road of ancient date has been traced from Wark ford, by
Birtley, and south of Tone hall across Watling Street ; and some facts in
support of its Roman origin have been adduced.'
About 350 yards from Tone inn, to the north-west, is a small camp
placed on a prominent hill, and a similar camp occurs a little to the south
of it, near Cowden.' These so-called ' exploratory camps ' may have been
occupied by Roman scouts (exploratores), but they are probably of an
earlier time. Passing Colt Crag, the road continues to descend towards
the Swin burn, and at 550 yards on the east, and, a little further on, at
the same distance on the west of the road, are twin camps, of rectangular
form, enclosing areas of about half an acre each. ' They have been levelled
so completely, that it is difficult to make out their forms precisely ; but
enough remains to lead to the presumption that they are of Roman con
struction.'* Further to the west is a group of pre-historic camps on
Camp Hill, Rever Crag, and Pity Me. The Roman road ran straight south
to the Swin burn and, swerving eastwards at the crossing, entered a pass of
some intricacy ; ' for the rocks project so much on each side that advantage
must often have been taken of their recesses in times of warfare.'^ On the
south side of the burn, and at a distance of 90 yards on the right hand, is the
conical Ox Hill, which appears to have been fortified ; and 700 yards to the
east is Blue Crag camp, and its supporting camp on Green Crag. Blue Crag
appears to have been very strongly fortified, and in its enclosures tw^elve
hut-circles of about 25 to 30 feet diameter are visible. These camps all
' MacLauchlan, Survey of the Watling Street, p. 26.
^ Rome HaU, 'Roman way across Wark's Ford,' Arch. Ael. vol. vii, p. 19.
^ MacLauchlan, Survey of the Watling Street, p. 26. * Ibid. p. 25. '' Ibid. p. 24.

WATLING STREET, 217
'bear evidence of British rather than of Roman construction.'^ They are
an outlying portion of similar remains of an early period which are scattered
yet more thickly to the west and north-west of this line.
The modern road has made a detour to effect an easier passage across
the stream with a saving of the approaching gradients, but the two ways
become presently joined again, and are so continued down to the Erring
burn, where Bingfield township is entered, the stream being crossed below
the 300 feet contour-line of the Ordnance map. The elevation has thus
fallen about 650 feet in a course of 7 miles. But from this point to
Beukley the rise is a rapid one, grading upwards about 500 feet in the
next i^ miles. On reaching the 700 feet contour-line, beyond the road
to Beukley farm, Watling Street bends southward. To the north-east is
the prominent eminence of Grundstone Law, with lines of fortification on
its summit. Just below, and on the east side of it, runs the Devil's
Causey, known in local legend as Cobb's Causey, from the name of one
of the group of 'Yetuns,' or mythic giants, popularly supposed to have
haunted these parts. This causeway is the eastern branch of Watling
Street, which diverges north-eastward across the country, traversing it in
the direction of the Tweed. The exact point of junction of this branch
road is involved in some difficulty. Mr. MacLauchlan traces its direction
from a point, 'where tradition and evidence satisfy any reasonable enquiry,'
leading thence from ' the bottom, south of Ryal, at the junction of the
parishes of Stamfordham and St. John Lee, where it has the name of
Cobb Causeway,' by Roses Bower, to the bend just south of Beukley,
where he surmises that it joined the main road.^
The course of the main road up to this point, after forming for a short
distance the eastern boundary of Gunnerton, then divides that township from
Little Swinburn, and traverses Great Swinburn, Chollerton, Bingfield, and
Cocklaw, which it skirts on the east. It there enters and crosses the town
ship of Portgate.
Looking back from this elevation, across the great catch-basin drained
by the Swin and the Erring burns, the road is in full view as it slopes down
in its long incline to the Erring burn. Its arrow-like course, and its dis
regard of gradients, is a marked characteristic. It throws, too, some light
upon the Roman conquest and occupation of these parts. Summit after
> Rome Hall, Arch, Ael. vol. vii. p. 7. ^ MacLauchlan, Survey of the Watling Street, pp. i, 2.
Vol. IV. 28

2l8 THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
summit presents the remains of British camps and earthworks. The valley
below ' has been very extensively occupied in pre-historic times, as is clearly
shown by the existence of numerous camps, hut-circles, terraces, and burial-
mounds. The older histories and the recollection of people still living tell
of circles of stones which have now disappeared.'^ These remains are
especially apparent on the west side of Watling Street. Near Birtley there
are seven such pre-historic camps, varying from i acre to 3 acres in area.
At Gunnerton the basaltic escarpment is occupied by three large camps,^
whilst the line of road itself is flanked on either side by the similar remains
just noticed. The significant fact has been pointed out that the pretorian
gates at Habitancum and Bremenium are on the south sides of these
stations;^ and the walls of Bremenium, especially those on the south and
west, the two sides which face towards this centre of population, are of
unusual thickness.*
Watling Street, on reaching the line of the Roman Wall and the
Vallum, crosses them, not at right angles, but obliquely. All trace of
the gateway by which it entered the Wall was probably destroyed in
the construction of General Wade's ' military road,' which occupies the
site of the murus. Although there was a mile-castle upon the Wall itself
only a furlong to the east of the point of intersection, there was a special
structure where the road crossed the Wall, thus described as it appeared
early in the last century : ' At Watling Street gate there has been a square
castellum half within the Wall and half without, in which respect it differs
from the other castella. And the part without is more visible and distinct
than that which is within." The Watling Street gate was therefore a
special feature, distinct in character from the ordinary mile-castle. From
a consideration of this pecuharity it has been surmised that Watling Street
was made before the building of the Wall ; * this was the opinion of Hutton,
who 'had no doubt ' that Watling Street was made first.' From the crossing
point the comparatively level surface to the north and south shows the
road well in view for a considerable distance in each direction. The lines
of the Vallum are crossed at a distance of 50 yards south of the Wall,
and are well defined. Just beyond, the road dips down to cross a sike, and
' Greenwell, British Barrows, 1877, P- 435- " Rome HaU, Arch. Ael. vol. vii. p. 3, etc.
' Bates, History of Northumberland, 1895, p, 17, ¦ Bruce, Arch. Ael. new series, vol. i. p. 70.
" Horsley, Britannia Romana, 1732, bk. i. ch. 9, p, 142. " Bates, History of Northtimberland, 1895, p. 17.
' Hutton, History of the Roman Wall, 1813, p. 156.

WATLING STREET. 219
then ascends sharply on the south bank of the stream. The crest above is
carefully guarded by a well-defined camp of rectangular form (see p. 163),
lying close alongside the road on its west side, and having an area of about
an acre and a quarter. It is enclosed by a double agger, rounded at the
corners, with an appearance of entrances on the east and north sides. The
position is not more than a quarter of a mile south of the Wall and the
defile, of which it is the defence, is a comparatively shallow one. The camp
is significant of the disturbed conditions which existed in Roman times,
and of the extreme precautions against a possible ambuscade.
After passing the sike, the road continues due south across Stagshaw
common, where it forms for some distance the eastern boundary of Sandhoe
township. Thence begins a rapid descent to Corstopitum. As far as the
lodge at Stagshaw house it is on the actual site of the existing road, but from
that point the modern road has swerved a little eastward to ease the declivity,
and Watling Street itself lies just within the park wall as far as its south-east
angle, where the road enters the township of Corbridge.
The fact which most strikes a traveller passing over Watling Street is its
permanence ; for, except at the few slight points of deviation just described,
the road now in use is the actual Roman road itself. With such an example
in view it seems remarkable that until the year 1751 no other 'made
road ' existed in the district.-' Up to that date communication eastward and
westward was effected by mere trackways.' In this respect little or no
advance appears to have been made since the first Anglian colonists found
Watling Street ready-made. Be this as it may, the road which had carried
legate and emperor bore the new invaders to their 'hams' and their 'tons.'
It formed a route for the armies of the Scots, as again it served the cattle
lifter returning from his raid, and, yet later, the peaceful cattle seller from
his fair ; and to-day the wheels of the farmer's cart pass over the very road
bed laid by the levies of Agricola.
'¦ General Wade's survey for the 'mUitary road' was made in 1749; and the road itself was begun near
the West gate, Newcasde, on the Sth July, 1751.
' ' From Newcastle, his lordship's rout lay to Carlisle. . . . And because the hideous road along by
the Tyne, for the many and sharp turnings, and perpetual precipices, was for a coach, not sustained by
main force, impassable, his lordship was forced to take horse, and to ride most part of the way to Hexham.'
Roger North, Life of the Right Hon. Francis North, Baron of Guilford, second edition, 1808, p. 271.

220 THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.

BINGFIELD TOWNSHIP.
The township of Bingfield is situated on the east side of Watling Street,
and contains 2,081 acres, with a population of 70 at the last census.'
In addition to the hamlet of Bingfield' it comprises the residence called New
Bingfield, the farmsteads of East Side, East Quarter, Bingfield Comb,
Toddridge, and Grundstone Law.^
Grundstone Law, which probably takes its name from some large stone or stones, fixed in the earth
and rising above the surface, is situated about three miles north of the Roman Wall, and one mile and
a half east of Watling Street. On the top of a hill, which slopes rapidly to the north and east, occurs
one of those fortified places which are so common in the district, and which were probably the strong
holds of the British tribes. This camp is surrounded by a mound and ditch, and is oval in form. On
the south side of it, within a few yards distance from the mound, there is a barrow, probably a
sepulchral monument of the Bronze Age. It is circular, about 40 feet in diameter and 4 feet in height.
It had been originally surrounded, at the base, by a circle of large whin boulders, so many of which are
scattered over the neighbouring ground. These stones are now, with the exception of two of them,
removed from their first position, and are lying, some at a little distance from the barrow down the slope
of the hill, whilst others have been used to form the wall of the field in which the camp is placed. The
barrow is formed of stones and earth, and on opening it, when the level of the original surface of the
ground was reached, an oblong cist was discovered, hollowed out of the limestone rock, and in part
lined with sandstone slabs. The cist, which lay east and west, was 6 feet in length, 2 feet 9 inches in
width, and 2 feet 3 inches in depth. On the north side was one lining stone of sandstone, which did not
occupy the whole of the side ; on the west side also was one stone, similarly placed ; on the south were
four stones, whilst the east end was formed of the limestone rock alone. It was covered with four large
sandstone slabs, each about 8 feet in length and 8 inches in thickness. Within this cist were found the
remains of two bodies. The more complete one was lying on its left side, with the legs doubled up, the
head being at the east end of the cist. The bones of the second body, which were few in number, were
lying irregularly in the cist ; one of them, the radius, a bone of the fore arm, was standing against the
south side of the cist. Nearly all the articular surfaces of the more robustly formed and more complete
skeleton, particularly of those of the left side, have suffered a change, whereby the motions of the joints
must have been for some time before death impeded to a considerable extent ; within and around some
joints small exostoses have been formed, and the spaces for muscular attachment have been rendered
somewhat indistinct. On the articular surfaces there are seen raised borders, that on the humerus
being half an inch in breadth, which have evidently restricted the movements to the enclosed central
part of the surface. From this state of the bones it seems fair to infer that, for some time before
death, either from some grievous bodily hurt or invasion of disease, the movements of the person
must have been restricted to a considerable extent and executed painfully.'
The south-west extension of Grundstone Law is a tract of poor pasture
laild called Duns Moor ; and' rising opposite to it on the north-east is the
' The Census Returns are : 1801, 91 ; 1811, 109 ; 1821, iii ; 1831, 98 ; 1841, iii ; 1851, 125 ; 1861,
93 ; 1871, 105 ; 1881, 65 ; 1891, 70.
'' Often called Old Bingfield. ' Often written Grindstone Law.
¦' Abridged from Notes on Tumulus at Grundstone Law, by Rev. Wm. Greenwell and D. Embleton,
M.D. Trans. Tyneside Nat. Club, vol, vi, p. 34, The tumulus was examined 14th June, i860.

BINGFIELD TOWNSHIP.

221

Moot Law, in Stamfordham parish, the valley between being watered by an
affluent of the Erring burn.^
Before the Reformation the status of the chapel of St. Mary at Bingfield
was analogous to that of St. Oswald-on-the-Wall and St. John Lee, with
which it was associated in the order made in 13 lo by Archbishop Greenfield.'
At the dissolution Hexham priory possessed ' the offerings and tithes within
the chapel of Our Lady in Bingfield,' which were worth £21 6s. 8d. a year ;
but the prior paid a stipend of £a^ a year to the chaplain.^ Subsequently St.
John Lee rose to the rank of a parish, and the chapelries of St. Oswald-on-
the-Wall and Bingfield became subordinate to it* until 1879° when, as has
already been stated, they were severed by an Order in Council and together
constituted into one ecclesiastical parish. There is no graveyard. The
chapel had fallen out of repair and was ruinous before 1736, when John Kell,
the chapel warden, was proceeded against at York."
The following account of the assessment made for that purpose is
valuable, as showing, the extent of the parochial chapelry as well as the
allocation of ownership of the farms within it :

1737, 26th October. An assessment for the rebuilding of Bingfield chapel

of 12"

in the

pound :

The Rental as given

to the

The Rental.
Commissioners of the
Land Tax,
Grottington
.£100
.£100
£s
0 0
Buckley
140
140
7
0 0
Totherish {sic) ...
50
54
2
10 0
Grinston Law
39
40
I
19 0
Bingfield Comb ...
124
126
6
4 0
Bingfield haU ...
55
55
2
15 0
Mrs. Mary VarneU
35
—
I
15 0
Story's land
25
24
I
5 0
Mr. Brumell
35
—
I
IS 0
Mr. Thomas Andrew
40
—
2
0 0
Mr. John Milbank
100
—
5
0 0
East Quarter
75
86
3
15 0
HaUington mill ...
22
20
I
2 0
' The Black Book of Hexham mentions, in 1479, the Haliwell flat, lying between the vill of Bingfield
and Todridge. Near the burn, but destroyed by draining operations about ninety years ago, was the
spring caUed Hell's Caldron, Arch. Ael. vol. v, p, 106,
" Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. ii. p. 123.
' Ibid. pp. 167-169; cf. Arch. Ael. vol. iv. pp. 9, 10.
¦¦ 1734, 4th February. Alexander Stokoe was licensed and admitted to the curacy of St. John Lee,
and on the 24th February of same year was admitted to St. Oswald's and St. Mary Bingfield. York
Faculty Boohs, * London Gazette, 31st October, 1879.
"Canon Raine, Notes from York Faculty Books, etc.
' From Mr. C. J. F. Fawcett's Title Deeds.
222

THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.

The Rental.

Hallington demesne'
HaUington Town
HaUington Newhouses
Bingfield demesne*
Bingfield corn tithes

£&o 185125

The Rental as given to the
Commissioners of the
Land Tax,
/lOO 200 140
225 47

.£1,230
'" Bingfield demesne, I think, consists of these particulars : '
Mrs, VarneU
Mr. BrumeU
Mr. Thomas Andrew '
Mr, Milbank

.£1,357

^400 9 5 o
650

.£61 10 o

£^35 3540
100

Underassessed to the chapel

210 15

.£225

The rectorial or great tithes of the township of Bingfield, which
belonged to Hexham and had passed from the Crown grantees to Sir John
Fenwick, were sold by him in 1628 to the Mercers' company of London, and
form part of the endowment of the lectureship of Hexham. They were
commuted in 1839, under the Tithe Commutation Act, for rent charges,
which amounted to ;^i5o los. per annum; at the same time the small tithes
accruing from portions of Bingfield were merged, and the remainder com
muted for rent charges amounting to ^^^27 14s. 6d. payable to Robert
Capper, esq. The landowners then were :

Landowner.

WiUiam Henry Clarke, esq.

Robert Capper, esq.

Joseph Hepple
John Longridge
Ann Tweddel

Tenant,
. Robert Robson
\ John Hepple ...
i WiUiam Coulson
Joseph Hepple
James Jewitt ...
( Richard Robson
¦ I George Dobson

Estate.
(Todridge 
. < Bingfield West farm
(. Bingfield North farm
(•Bingfield 
' I Bingfield Comb
, Grindstone Law
. Bingfield East Side
. Bingfield East Side
Bingfield East Quarter
. Law House...

Acreage. 309 193
100 92
458 277 125 156
287 46
2,047'

' 1763, 15th April, Licence to Ralph Soulsby, esq,, to erect a seat in the chapel of St. Mary Bingfield,
and erect a pew against the north wall, to open on the aisle leading to the communion table on the south
side, opposite to the reading desk, about 5 feet square. York Faculty Books.
^ This is an exact transcript of the original document.
' From a statement dated 30th August, 1839, of the apportionment of tithes of Bingfield chapelry.
Mr. C. J. F. Fawcett's Title Deeds,

BINGFIELD TOWNSHIP. 223
A school-house was built upon land conveyed 9th and loth August,
1 77 1, by Mary Vernol to trustees for that purpose. It is endowed with a
rent charge of ;^io a year for teaching ten boys and girls free. Bye-laws for
its regulation were made by the Education Department in 1881.^
The first mention of Bingfield is in a thirteenth-century deed of sale of
certain niefs [nativi) by Roger the son of Pagan of Bingfield, with the
consent of his wife Margaret, to Archbishop Gray.' This transaction pro
bably took place before 1229, in which year Archbishop Gray granted the
wardship and marriage of the lands and heir of Roger de Bingefeld to one
of his servants named Henry Wall on.' About the end of the thirteenth
century Alice, widow of Roger de Bingefeld, brought an action against John
de Vallibus concerning a tenement in Byngefeld, to determine which John of
Upper Errington and Robert de Boceland received a Commission of Assize
from Archbishop Romayne.*
In the beginning of the fourteenth century,^ Robert, son of Adam de
Bingfield is found in possession of the manor. A writ of new disseisin was
addressed by Archbishop Greenfield, 13th October, 1310, to Sir John de
Vaux, Roger de Thornton, and William de Swethop, at the instance of John
de Todholerig and Mathilda, his wife.* This appears to have been a friendly
suit, and Mathilda obtained possession of the manor, and after the death of
her husband is styled by its name. After the death of Robert de Bingfield,
Emma, his widow, had married Adam de Daneby, and they claimed the
manor for Emma's life, alleging it to have been so demised by Robert,
though he had allowed Mathilda to enter into possession.' In 1320 Sir John
de Vaux, William de Denom, and Warin de Swethop were appointed justices
to hear and settle this action, but they do not appear to have done so, as Sir
John de Halton, John Travers (Archbishop Melton's steward), Thomas de
' London Gazette, 17th May, 1881.
^ 'Omnibus, etc. Rogerus filius Pagani de Bingefeud salutem. Noveritis me, de assensu et voluntate
Margaretae uxoris meae, vendisse , . . venerabili patri Waltero Ebor. archiepiscopo et successoribus suis
. . . Siricham quondam uxorem Waldevi, Ricardum, Uhtredum, Johannem et Waldevum, fiUos ejus, natives
meos, cum catellis et omnibus sequelis eorum : pro qua venditione dedit mihi duas marcas argenti. Et
hoc fideUter et firmiter observandum tactis sacrosanctis (Evangeliis), tam ego Rogerus quam dicta
Margareta, uxor mea, juravimus. Insuper etiam subjecimus nos jurisdictioni prioris de Extild', qui pro
tempore fuerit, ut, si necesse sit, nos ad hoc possit per sententias excommunicationis et interdict!
compellere. Renunciamus appellationi, privUegio fori, et omni juris remedio, tam canonici quam civUis.
Testibus,' etc. Lansdowne MSS. ccccii. 17 a, b, British Museum.
^Archbishop Gray's Register, Raine, p. 234; Surtees Soe. No. 56. ' York Registers, Romanus, 91 b.
* 2ist July, 1303. Simon of Bingfield was one of the jury in an inquisition taken respecting the manor
of Otterburn. Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol. ii. p. 108.
» York Registers, Greenfield, part 11, 49 b. ' Ibid, Melton, 405 a.

224 ''THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
Fetherstonhalgh, and William de Schafthowe were appointed for the like
purpose in the following year.^ Other justices were named in 1324 to hear
the disputes between Richard de Acton, burgess of Newcastle (who appears
to have acquired his claim from Mathilda) and Adam de Daneby and his
wife;' and finally on 6th December, 1327, Acton did homage at Newcastle
to Archbishop Melton for the lands and tenements he claimed in Bingfield.
He was to do suit at the court at Hexham each year, at Michaelmas,
Epiphany, and Easter, and to pay 8s. 2d. twice in the year, at Martinmas and
Whitsuntide. A day was fixed for his informing the archbishop (ad certi-
ficandum dominum) if he should be called on to pay more (si in pluri
teneatur) before the following Whitsuntide in consequence of his oath ;
and he was to pay half a mark as the chancellor's fee." A Commission of
Assize was issued 20th March, 1331, for another suit between Richard de
Acton,* plaintiff, and Hugh de Ranyngton and Joan, his wife, defendants.^
From the Actons, Bingfield seems to have passed, by marriage, to the
Widdringtons, and on May 25th, 1367, by a deed executed at Warkworth,
Roger de Widdrington appointed Thomas Ullesby and Edmund de Hesel-
rigg his attorneys to deliver seisin of the manor of Bingfield, together with
that of Denton, to his son, John,* and Catherine, daughter of William de
Acton, his wife.'^ Henry de Bingfield was deputy or under sheriflf in 1386.*
At an early period of its existence the priory of Hexham had obtained a
grant of a moiety of Bingfield from a person named Germund. The original
charter was destroyed with the other muniments of the house by the Scots,
and the donation is only known from the inspeximus of 1296. The prior
and convent also possessed a rent of 6 marks a year out of the other moiety
granted in 1289 by Robert de Skipton.®
That part of the Subsidy Roll of 1295 which relates to Bingfield is
mutilated, but it shows that the payments made by thirteen tenants exceeded
I4s.^° There is in the Treasury at Durham a deed made 2nd October, 1448,
between Roger Widdrington, esq., and Robert of Claxton, esq., concerning
' York Registers, MeUon, 409 b. ^ Ibid. Melton, 417 a, " Ibid. Melton, 595 a.
¦¦ Richard Acton, who married Maud or Mathilda, daughter of Richard Embleton (sometime mayor of
Newcastle), was mayor of Newcastle 1334, 1335, and M.P. 1371. Welford, Newcastle and Gateshead,
vol. i. pp. 81, 83, 85, 179. " York Registers, Melton, 431 b.
" The Widdrington pedigree as given in the Heralds' Visitation begins with Sir John Widdrington, who
married Catherine, daughter of Sir William Acton. ' Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol. ii. p. 252.
* Arch. Ael. vol. vi. p. 103. " Vol. iii. p. 139. "" Ibid. p. 32.

BINGFIELD TOWNSHIP. 225
lands and tenements ' whilk of late time were Adam Wasche ' [Vaux] in the
county of Northumberland and Hexhamshire, whereby it is agreed 'that
Roger shall have to himself and his heirs for ever the townfields in Cowpen,
certain lands in Heton beside ye Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Shotton, North
Horsley, and Bingfield.'^
The survey of 1479 gives full details of the lands in Bingfield belonging
to the prior and convent, where, together with the manor and grange, they
possessed a chapel with various houses and 237 acres of arable land in
demesne, lands scattered about in divers places and fields called Crawlaw,
near the Erring bridge, Essewell-meadow, near Sandilands, the Linburn-flat,
the Cotis-flat, the Cote-hill, the Cote-letch, Warin-law-side, Langthombes-flat,
the Hollchester-bank, Cam-meadow, and Cammis-law. There were twelve
husband lands (each of 24 acres) with rents varying from iis. 3d. to 17s. 3d.
There were also twelve cottagers, and John Oxhird held the mill at a rent
of los. Amongst the place-names it is interesting to recognise at least three
which are retained to the present day, the Grene-came, Donnis-more, and
Gryndstan-law.' Of the large number of fifty men furnished by Bingfield to the muster
of 1538 only eight were fully equipped with horse and harness.
BYNcrELD Muster Roll, 1538.'
NecoUes Eryngton, Thomas Eryngton, able with horse and harnes ; Edward Eryngton, Christofer
Eryngton, Thomas Raunde, Thomas Knag, Edward Henderson, John Eryngton, Robert Robartson,
Jarrad Robynson, WiUm Denyng, Gilbert Burdus, Robert Butland, WiUm Brown, Robert Wod, Robert
Robson, Rog. Word, Anto. Wod, Thomas Store, Jerrad Trumbyll, NicoUes Cuper, Ric. Melburn, Thomas
Robinson, Andro Robinson, Willm Robson, John Younger, LioU Whit, Georg Yonger, Robert Yonger,
AUexander KeU, naither hors nor harnes ; John KeU, RoUand KeU, Robert KeU, Thomas Kell, John
Haliday, George Haliday, able with horse and harnes ; George Dod, Robert Trubyll, Edwerd Hedle,
Edward Hedle, NicoUes Daveson, Robert Robinson, John Erryngton, Willm Car, Ric. Nicolson, John
Dennyng, Thomas Welson, naither hors nor harnes ; John Hew, Jerrard Henderson, Raufe Crafurtl,-;,
naither hors nor harnes.
From the survey taken of the possessions of the priory in 1536 we learr
that their lands and tenements in Bingfield were let to Henry Errington by
lease and yielded £"] a year.* The survey taken in 1547 does not notice
the priory lands, but only those of two freeholders, viz., John Widdrington,
who paid a rent of 4s., and Thomas Errington of Bingfield, who paid 8s. id.
a year for lands which formerly belonged to Roger Ash, and before that to
Cuthbert Shafto and Swinburn's heirs. The reason for the omission appears
' Dur. Treas. Miscell. Charters, No. 502. ^ Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. ii. pp. 6-10.
' Arch. Ael. 4to series, vol. iv. p. 189. " Vol. iii. p. 158 ; Arch. Ael. vol. iv. p. 8.
Vol. IV. 29

226 THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
in the finding of the jury in an inquisition taken at Dilston under a com
mission dated 12th February, 1567/8, to enquire concerning lands belonging
to the late dissolved monastery of Hexham supposed to be concealed, and
addressed to Nicholas Ridley, esq., and other?. The jury say that :
One George Swynborne did give to the said monastery forty shillings lande by yere within the towne-
feeldes of Bingefeelde called Swynebornes landes for ever. And that his son Roger Swyneborne came to
Hexham as his attornye and dyd surrender the same in open corte with other certen land also called
Swynebornes landes, and given by the said George lyenge within the towne and feeldes of Hexham, and
said Roger by sufferance of the prior at time of the suppression entered said lands in Bingefeelde and
received the rents thereof one term ; and after they stayed in the hands of Thomas Errington of
Bingefeelde, how long they know not ; and now the heirs of said Swynborne do receive said rents.'
The only Bingfield tenant mentioned in the survey of 1608 is Thomas
Story, who held a freehold at the yearly rent of 8s.'
The lands possessed by Hexham priory in Bingfield remained in the
hands of the Crown from the dissolution until 5th March, 8 James I., when
they were granted by letters patent to George and Thomas Whitmore, the
Crown trustees, who on the following day sold to Sir John Fenwick ' a
capital messuage at Bingfield in Hexhamshire, 90 acres of demesne lands,
four tenements in Bingfield- with the arable and meadow lands belonging
thereto, and common of pasture in the fields ofLongmore and Downes-more,
to be held of the Crown as of the manor of East Greenwich.'^
On the 15th August, 161 5, Sir John Fenwick sold all the lands granted
to him by the Crown to John Errington of Bingfield, son and heir of Ralph
Errington, late of Bingfield, deceased, and he, on the 30th June, 1621,
conveyed the same to his brother, Ralph Errington (to whom he was
indebted for considerable sums of money), in consideration of an annuity
of ;^30 a year, payable to him and to Isabel, his then wife. He reserved a
life interest in the coal pits.* John Errington was also possessed of lands
at Bingfield, formerly in the tenure of Nicholas Errington of Bingfield.
As is shown in the pedigree, the Erringtons of Bingfield were identical
with that branch of the family for many generations settled in Beukley.
Lord Eure writing to Lord Burghley on i8th February, 1595/6, says : ' Mr.
Ralph Errington of Bingfield is removed to Richmondshire, his house '^ (is)
possessed with a hinde which weakens the queen's service.'"
' Exchequer Special Commissions, No. 171 1, Northumberland, 10 Eliz. " Vol. iii. p. 87.
' Mr. C. J. F. Fawcett's Title Deeds. * Ibid. Gilbert Errington of Ponteland was party to the deed.
^ The old manor house of the Erringtons (used as a farm house) was still standing when the Rev.
John Hodgson visited Bingfield, 27th June, 1837; it bore the features of two centuries, and had a
remarkable chimney. " Border Papers, Bain, vol. ii. p. 106.

BINGFIELD TOWNSHIP.

227

ERRINGTON OF BINGFIELD.
Thomas Errington of Beukley (a) =
Thomas Errington, son and heir, surrendered =
Beukley, 28th April, 1528 (a).

Nicholas Errington of =
Bingfield, son and
heir (3).

Thomas and Gerard ; mentioned
in surrender ot 1528 ; and in
1606 said to have died about
40 years before (a).

John Errington ; named in sur
render ot 1528 ; and in 1606
said to have died about 40
years before (a).

Thomas Errington of the Hurst, in the parish of Woodhorn, son and heir ; unsuccessfully = Barbara ... ; execu
claimed in 1607 the moiety ot Beukley and lands in Hesleden :
church ; will dated nth Dec, 1626 ; proved loth Dec, 1628 («),

buried in Woodhorn

trix to husband's
will.

I
John Errington of the
Hurst, baptised
22nd Nov., 1605
ib) ; buried 26th
Nov,, 1645 ib).

^,. . . ^111 III I I I I I
Elizabeth ; George, baptised Gerard («), Katherine («),
buried 30th Nov., Ralph («). Isabella, baptised 6th March, 1609 (^).
22nd Jan., 1606 ib). Thomas («). Barbara, baptised 2nd Oct., 161 1 ib).
1642/3 ib). Cuthbert («), Dorothy, baptised 20th Oct., 1617 ib).
George ie). Elizabeth («),

WiUiam Errington of the Hurst,
baptised 30th Jan., 1637/8 ib) ;
in 1663 rated for the Hurst ;
dead before 1665.

Thomas, baptised 1 7th
May, buried 26th
May, 1642 ib).

Dorothy, baptised gth Feb,, 1639/40 ib) ;
married i8th Dec, 1662, Gerard Ridley
ib) ; in 1665 described as sister and heir
of William Errington (/). \U

Thomas Errington ot Bingfield, son and heir (a) ; in 1552 named =
in will of father-in-law, Gawen Rutherford.

[? daughter ot Gawen Rutherford
of Rudchester.]

Ralph Errington of Bingfield, son and heir ; in 1607
claimed and obtained a moiety of Beukley and
lands in Hesleden ; died before 1616 id).

[? Dorothy, daughter of Reginald Forster
of Capheaton, brother of Sir John
Forster of Bamburgh id)."]

John Errington of Bingfield, son and heir ; was admitted = Isabel, daughter of Ralph Errington,

to certain lands in Bingfield, 15th Aug., 13 James I.,
which he, 30th June, 19 James I., surrendered to brother
Ralph id). Inq. post mortem 1633 {a).

Robert Clennel
of Clennel,

of Bingfield in
1628 ; ot New
castle in 1637,*

= Barbara , , , ; living
a widow in 1659
at Longridge.

Mary [ ? Shafto] ; buried
at Chollerton, 5th
April, 1668.

Thomas Errington of Bingfield ; = Frances Howard ; bondof marriage, Feb., 1669/70 (c) ; mar-
died 24th Nov,, buried 29th ried, secondly, Samuel Wilson, of Bingfield,/a« K.wm, to
Nov., 1677, at Chollerton ; will whom she had a daughter Elizabeth, baptised at St, John
dated 20th Nov., 1677 ic), Lee, 2nd Aug,, 1681. Frances Wilson was buried at AU
Saints', Newcastle, ist March', 1704/5.

Dorothy, daughter and heiress ; bond of marriage, = James Howard, lord ot the manor of Redesdale (descended from
April,'i665 ; buried at Ford, i6th June, 1705. Lord WiUiam Howard ot Naworth) ; high sheriff, 1684.
Mary ; died 14th
July, 1669 ; buried
at Chollerton.

Charles Howard of Bingfield and Redesdale, born at = Eleanor, daughter and co-heiress of Sir
Bingfield ; baptised at Chollerton, 1st July, 1669 ; ^  '" '°'-'-- "' '"  -¦ '^-¦~" ¦
married at Ford, 8th Dec, 1687, and was buried
there 22nd Sept,, 1706 ; sold Bingfield in 1705,

Francis Blake of Coggs and Twizell ;
was living at Ford a widow in 1712,
and was then aged 45.

Charles Francis Howard of Redesdale,, baptised
at Ford, 8th Dec, 1696 ; will dated 1st Nov.,
1735 ; proved 1737 ic), 4^

I I

Dorothy ; married at Ford, nth
Feb., 1706/7, to Sir Warren
Crosby of Ireland, bart.

* Ralph Er/ington of Bingfield probably married twice, for in 1637 his wife is called ElUnor (a).
ia) Hexham Manor Rolls. ic) Raine, Test, Ebor. («) Raine, Test. Dunelm.
ib) Woodhorn Register. id) Vol, i. pp, 160, 231, (/) Woodhorn Papers, Woodman CoUection,

228 THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
The place to which Errington had removed was Cleasby,^ and in 1607
he successfully contested the possession of Hesleden with his kinsman
Thomas Errington of the Hirst, in the parish of Woodhorn.^ Thomas
Errington of Bingfield' died in 1677, and was buried in Chollerton church,
under a stone which retains a Latin inscription to his memory.
1677, 20th November. The will of Thomas Errington of Bingfield. To be buried in the church of
Chollerton, To Charles Howard my estate in Ridsdaile, to witt all the lands on the south side of Reed-
water tiU .£1,300 be paid with the dammages now eight yeares by past, and all the rest of Ridsdaile with
use and dammage for .1^700, six yeares and upwards, aUso with ^60 in suitt for procureing an execution
against the premisses ; my will is to make it all to the said Charles and his heires, and failling him and
his heires, to Dorothy Howard, wife to James Howard, esq, and her heires lawfully begotten, and faUing
her and her heires to James Howard and his heires for ever. To my wife Frances Errington my whole
estaite, houses and lands of Bingfield and the Kame house, and the lands therunto belonging, together
with the Fell hous, and the halfe of my personall estait, and the pety tithes beUonging unto me, for her
Ufe ; then my lands of Bingfield, the Kame house, and Grindston Law to the said Charles Howard ;
then to Dorothy Howard and her heires ; then to John Shafftoe of Gunnerton and his heires. To Arthur
Shafftoe of Fouston my lands called the East Quarter, paying ^5 per annum to his mother Margery
Hearon during her life, ^3 per annum to Thomas Errington of Bingfield, and £z per annum to Matthew
Errington, and £\o per annum to my wife for charratable uses for the present, afterwards to be given for
the keeping of a free scouUe for ever. The other half of my personall estaite to my wife. It is my will
that when the said Charles Howard my grandson, or Dorothy my daughter, or their heires come to enjoy
the estate of Bingfield, to redeme and purchaes my said lands called the East Quarter, yeilding and
paying to the said Arther Shaftoe his heires, or the said John Shafftoe his heires, the full valine. Lastly,
it is my will that my wife or Charles my grandsonne, or Dorothy my daughter, or Arthur or John
Shafftoe, when they come to injoy my estaite of Bingfield, shall pay yearly £^ to the poore of the parish
of St. John Lee. So I rest this 20th of November, 1677. Proved at York by Frances the widow, 27th
December, 1677.
As will be seen from his will he gave the greater part of his lands to his
wife for life, with remainder to his daughter (who had married the represent
ative of the thriftless Howards of Overacres, lords of Redesdale), and to her
son Charles Howard. Errington's young widow married Samuel Wilson,
and bore him at least one child before she parted from him to reside in
Newcastle. The Howards, as the Rev. John Hodgson describes them, were in a
chronic state of difficulty, and always borrowing from money lenders.* In
1692 James and Charles Howard mortgaged their reversionary rights to
Francis Radcliffe, esq., and in 1702 there was an exchange between John
Aynsley and Charles Howard, in which Aynsley gave certain petty tithes and
;^I30, and took lands on the fell side and lands called Story's lands adjoin
ing Grundstone Law, formerly belonging to John Story ; these lands Aynsley
' Exchequer Depositions, 37 EUzabeth, Northumberland, No, 27, ^ Vol. iii. p. 102.
^ Mr. C. J. F. Fawcett's Title Deeds. ' Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii, vol. i.' pp, 79-81.

BINGFIELD TOWNSHIP.

229

in 1706 sold to John Douglas of Newcastle. Three years later, on the 6th
February, 1705/6, Charles Howard and his mortgagees sold, for the sum of
;^3,ooo, his maternal inheritance at Bingfield to Charles Waite (of the Inner
Temple, London). Charles Waite had married Alice, one of the daughters
of John Douglas of Newcastle, and by articles before marriage, dated 29th
December, 1699, covenanted to purchase lands in Northumberland to the
value of ^150 per annum, and to settle the same on his intended wife and
her issue. Douglas covenanted to purchase lands of the value of _^6o a year
for the same purpose ; and the contract was completed by the purchase of
these several estates in Bingfield.'

ORD AND CAPPER OF BINGFIELD.
Ann Preston, = John Ord, under sheriff of Newcastle, 1685; pur- =;= Ann, daughter and co-heiress
first wife. chased Fenham, Newminster, and Hunstanworth ; | of Michael Hutchinson of

v>

died 1721 ; wiU dated 30th March, 1720 ib).

Ord of Whitfield.

Leeds, Her sister Alice
married John Douglas ib).

Ralph Ord, Robert Ord of Bingfield; M,P,
eldest son; for Morpeth, 1741, 1747,
died un- I754) appointed lord chief
married baron of Scotland in 1755 ;
ib). died 1778 (a) ; will dated
I2th Feb., 1778 ib).

Mary, daughter of
Sir John Darnell,
knight ; married
Oct,, 1727 ; died
Sept, 1749 ib).

James Ord,

I I
Henry Alice ; married Abraham
Ord, Dixon of Belford,
^ 25th Aug., 1720, at
St, Edmund's chapel,
Gateshead.

John Ord, F.R.S,, ot Lincoln's Inn = Eleanor, daughter Mary Ord, =

and Bingfield ; a master in
Chancery, sometime M.P, tor
Hastings, and chairman of
Committee of Ways and Means
of House of Commons ; died
6th June, 1814; buried at Ful
ham s.p. ; will dated 9th June,
1810 ; proved at London, 22nd
July, 1814 ib).

of John" Simp
son of Newcastle
and Bradley ;
articles before
marriage dated
19th and 20th
Aug,, 1762 ib).

co-heiress of her
brother ;
married 1759-

Richard Capper of Ba!-
Uol coUege, Oxon. ;
matriculated 14th
June, 1748, aged 17;
called to the Bar
1752 ; bencher of
Lincoln's Inn, 1776;
died 2nd Sept,, 1800,

Ull
... Ord ; married
John Mackenzie
of Dolphintown.
,., Ord ; married
A. Macdonald of
Taunton, M.D.
... Ord ; died un
married.

Robert Capper, F.R.S,, F,S,A., of Bingfield, Hunstanworth, and
Cheltenham, born 1767; died 22nd April, 1851 ; will dated 31st
Oct., 1848 ; proved at London, i8th May, 1851 ib).

Mary Ann, daughter of Richard Jenkinson of
Twickenham ; buried at Swinden, 3rd Sept,,
1861 ib).

Ann, daughter of Isaac
Saunders, rector of
St, Andrew Ward
robe.

Daniel Capper, clerk in orders, ot Bingfield and Hunstan- = Horatio, daughter and co-heiress

worth, born 28th Oct., 1804, only son ; incumbent of
Huntley, Gloucestershire ; sold his estate at Prudhoe
in 1862.

Robert, born 1837 ;
died 1847.

Richard Harcourt Capper ot Christ college, Oxon., matricu
lated 5th May, l85o, aged 18, of Newbiggin hous", near
Blanchland, born 25th June, 1841,-

of James Slade, admiral R.N.;
married l6th July, 1840 ib).

Julia, daughter and co-heiress
of Henry Forde of Sand-
bach, Cheshire.

I

Robert Harcourt Ord Capper, born 1862.
(a) Cf. Gentleman's Magazine, 1778, p. 94, {b) Mr. C. J, F. Fawcett's Title Deeds.
Mr. C. J. F. Fawcett's Title Deeds and Exchequer Depositions, 1 1 Anne, Northumberland, No. 8.

230 THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
The only issue of the marriage was a son, John Waite, who was of age
in 1722, when he raised _;^i,6oo by mortgage on his Bingfield estate to
Robert Ord, subject to which mortgage on the i8th March, 1723, the estate
was conveyed to the trustees of the settlement made on his marriage with
Alice, daughter of Sir Andrew Hume of Kimmergham, one of the lords
of Session of Scotland, to secure her marriage portion of £'joo.^
John Waite (who was deputy governor of Pendennis castle, and died
3rd July, 1749), with his wife and the trustees of their marriage settlement,
on the 9th June, 1733, conveyed his estate at Bingfield to Robert Ord of
Lincoln's Inn,' whose only son, John Ord, and grandson, Robert Capper,
successively enjoyed it. Mr. Daniel Capper, only son of Robert Capper,
in 1863 sold his Bingfield estate, consisting of a farm at Bingfield, 211
acres, Bingfield Comb,^ 235 acres,* and Grundstone Law, 277 acres, to
Mr. John Fawcett of Durham, uncle to the present owner, Mr. C. J. F.
Fawcett.^ Though the purchase of the East Quarter at its full value from Arthur
Shaftoe was enjoined by the will of Thomas Errington upon his grandson,
it is apparent that the latter was never able (even if desirous) to do so. It
was acquired, probably by purchase, by John Aynsley of Hexham, and by
his will, dated 5th January, 1748/9, was given with estates at Threapwood,
High Laws, etc., to his son John Aynsley, with remainder to the testator's
grandson Francis Tweddell, afterwards of Threapwood. The latter by will,
dated 14th March, 1805, gave his estates in trust for his two surviving sons,
Francis and Robert, from whose representatives it was purchased about
1854 by Mr. George Stephenson, whose nephew, Mr. George T. Stephenson,
is the present owner. It contains 280 acres.
In 1663 the town, mill, and demesne lands of Bingfield were rated at
;^2I3 6s. 8d., and held by the following proprietors : Mr. William Charlton
of Spittle, ;^90 ; Mr. Thomas Errington of Bingfield, ^^90 ; another Mr.
' Mr. C. J. F. Fawcett's Title Deeds, ¦ Ibid,
" The following quatrain is believed to be a fragment of the seventeenth-century ballad, ' Show me the
way to Wallington ' : Dear billy Sam, show me the way to Wallington ;
I have a grey mare o' my ain, she ne'er gies owre a-gallopin ;
Down by Bingfield Kame, and in by the banks o' Hallington,
Through by Bavington Syke — and that's the way to Wallington.
Hardy, Denham Tracts, Folk-Lore Soe. vol. i. p. 237.
" Mr. C. J. F. Fawcett's Title Deeds.
¦' A pedigree of the family of Fawcett of Durham is printed in Surtees' Durham, vol, ii. p. 60.

BINGFIELD TOWNSHIP. 23 I
Thomas Errington of Bingfield, :^20; John Storey, ^13 6s. 8d.; Mr. Thomas
Errington also possessed part of the petty tithes, which were rated at £^.
The lands held by William Charlton in 1663 were of equal value to
those of Thomas Errington, whose descent has been traced, and may have
comprised one moiety of the lands granted by the Crown to Sir John
Fenwick in 161 1, for in 1628 Ralph Errington of Bingfield and Barbara
his wife mortgaged certain lands at Bingfield to Sir William Fenwick
of Wallington and Robert Anderson of Newcastle, esq. In 1637 Ralph
Errington, then of Newcastle, with the mortgagees conveyed his estate to
Ralph Widdrington of Bingfield.'
In 1640 Ralph Widdrington,^ then of Colwell, made a settlement of
his lands at Bingfield north side, and the water corn mill, ' with custom
of grit from the inhabitants of the township of Bingfield,' upon his eldest
son Henry, with remainder to his other sons in tail, then to William
Widdrington (brother of Ralph), with remainder to Thomas, William, and
John, first, second, and third sons of Henry Widdrington, whose relation
ship is not stated. The trustees of the settlement were Roger Pearson of
Blackheddon and George Ramsay.^
The Widdrington lands in Bingfield (which were of greater extent than
the moiety of the lands conveyed in 161 1 by Sir John Fenwick, and included
the mill) were, with an estate at Colwell, confiscated for the delinquency of
Ralph Widdrington, 'late of Colwell.' They were sold in 1653 for the sum
of ;^98o, by the commissioners of Forfeited Estates, to John Rushworth of
Lincoln's Inn and Gilbert Crouch, who, in the following year, conveyed to
Henry Widdrington of Blackheddon, who acted, apparently, in trust for,
or on behalf of, William Charlton, then of Capheaton.* The latter was a
scion of the Hesleyside family, who, by marrying his cousin Elizabeth,
daughter and co-heiress of Sir Edward Charlton, and by buying out the
rights of her sisters in their father's estates, himself became of Hesleyside,
and was the ancestor of the present owner.
Probably to enable him to buy out the interest of his wife's sisters
in their father's lands, William Charlton raised ;^i,500 by mortgaging his
' The Rev. John Hodgson's CoUection.
^ Ralph Widdrington of Bingfield married Elizabeth, daughter and co-heiress of John Swinburn of
Blackheddon, who was living in 1591. Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol. i. p. 232.
" Mr. C. J. F. Fawcett's Title Deeds, and the Rev. John Hodgson's CoUection.
" Mr. C. J. F. Fawcett's Title Deeds.

232 THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
estate at Bingfield to Sir Francis Radcliffe of Dilston, and in 1682 he sold
the fee simple to Joseph Atkinson of Newcastle. The lands conveyed are
described as a capital messuage in Bingfield, with certain lands extending
'eastward along a stone wall to the Lymeburne,' and soe upp Wallow '-banck
and from Wallow-banck northwards in a direct line to Errion-burne along
all the marshe, which doth divide the severale lands of Sare^ and Swinburne
newly set out from the demesne lands aforesaid, and from thence westward
down Errion-water to Errion bridge, and from thence southwards up Crawlye
to Bingfield churchway, and from thence again eastwards to the said house '
of Bingfield aforesaid.* The same year Atkinson conveyed the land to
Matthew Jefferson and Timothy Robson of Newcastle, merchants and
aldermen.^ Timothy Robson's only daughter and heiress, Mary, married John
Milbank of Thorp Perrow in Yorkshire, and was succeeded by her son, also
named John Milbank, who married his kinswoman, Dorothy, daughter of
Sir Mark Milbank of Halnaby. Mark,* son of John and Dorothy Milbank,
by will dated 23rd July, 1775, devised all his real and personal estate to his
three sisters, of whom Jane, the last survivor, by will dated 20th June, 1791,
gave her real estate to William Melville, whom she enjoined to assume
the name of Milbank. William (Melville) Milbank in 1796, in considera
tion of £j,ooo, conveyed his estate called Bingfield Red-houses (or East
Bingfield) to Joseph Hepple of Ryall and Thomas Mason of Fenwick South
Shield, who, in the following year, agreed upon a partition. Mason, in 1799,
by will gave his moiety to his sister Ann, wife of William Longridge,'' whose
daughter, Elizabeth Weatherley (acting by her trustee), in 1841, sold it to
William Annandale of Shotley Bridge, and his son, Alexander Bowie
Annandale of the Orange Free State, in 1888, sold it to Mr John Coppin.
' The Linburn is mentioned in 1479. Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. ii. p, 7,
^ Or Wallon ; cf. supra p. 223.
' There was a suit in Trinity term, 3 Elizabeth, between John Coniers and others, plaintiffs, and
John Sayer and Dorothy, his wife, defendants, concerning manors in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and lands
in Bynekefeld and Gesmond in Northumberland.
¦* The Rev, John Hodgson's CoUection.
" In 1684 and 1686 Jefferson and Robson entered intoagreements, whose purport does not appear,
with Arthur Shafto of Bingfield and John Shafto his son and heir, and in 1700 and 1708 into another
agreement with Sir Robert Shafto, sergeant-at-Iaw, and Mark Shafto, his son and heir. Mr. C. J. F.
Fawcett's Title Deeds.
" In 1774 Mark Milbank of Barningham voted for Bingfield. Poll Book.
' WilUam Longridge was of Newburn and Newcastle, and a member of the family well-known in the
north of England as the proprietors of the Bedlington iron works.

BINGFIELD TOWNSHIP.

233

LONGRIDGE OF NEWBURN AND BINGFIELD.*

Michael Longridge of Newburn ; buried at Newburn,
loth March, 1716 ; wiU dated 4th March, 1716,

EUzabeth .,, ; executrix
to her husband.

Michael Longridge of Newburn, eldest surviving son, baptised = Catherine, daughter of John Bowrey of Pytoni
at Newburn, 29th July, 1688 ; free of the Bakers' and ~ '
Brewers' company, Newcastle, 1708 ; died nth June, 1726 ;
buried at Ryton ; will dated 30th May, 1726,

Other
CO. Durham ;" married at St, Andrew's, New- issue,
castle, 29th Aug,, 1710, She remarried
John Wallace of Newburn,

Robert Longridge ot Newburn, only surviving
child, baptised at Ryton, 14th Aug,, 1716 ;
died... ; will dated 13th Feb., 1768 ; proved
1769.

Dorothy, daughter of WiUiam Kelly of Whorlton, and
sister and co-heiress of John Kelly of Whorlton Moor ;
married at Newburn, 30th Dec, 1737, and was buried
there, 3rd Sept,, 1764.

Michael ; died in infancy, 1744, Deborah ,.. ,
William, born 1743 ; died in in- first wife ;
fancy. buried at
Robert Longridge of Newburn ; Newburn,
heir to mother ; was execu- 3rd May,
tor to will of nephew William 177I-
Longridge in 18 15.

William Longridge = Ann, sister and heiress

of Newcastle,
baptised at New
burn, 30th Sept.,
1750; living 27th
Feb,, 1815,

of Thomas Mason
of Fenwick South
Shield and of
Bingfield ; will
dated 23rd Sept,,
1830,

IN.
Deborah, bap
tised 1740,
Catherine, bap
tised 1741,
Elizabeth ; Uv
ing 1768.

Robert Longridge of New
castle and of Painshaw,
Mason Longridge of Fen
wick South Shield.

I
WiUiam Longridge
of Newcastle ; will
dated 27th Feb.,
1815 ; proved at
Durham, 31st Jan,,
1816,

John Longridge of Bingfield and
of North Shields, By will
dated 6th Aug,, 1832, he gave
his lands at Bingfield to his
sister Elizabeth Weatherley
and her children ; proved at
Durham, 25th Feb,, 1839.

Dorothy ; married
Thomas Teasdale
of Gateshead.
Elizabeth ; married
Robert Weather
ley of N ewcastle.

* This pedigree is based on one printed in Genealogical Notes of the Families of Longridge, Fletcher, and Hawks,
collected by Mr, R, E. C, Waters of the Inner Temple, and printed for private circulation. The additions are from
the Bingfield deeds, etc.

The other moiety of Milbank's land, which was purchased by Joseph
Hepple (who was a member of the family of Hepple of Blackheddon), was,
by his will dated 13th July, 18 16, given to his grandson Joseph, eldest son of
his deceased son, William Hepple, and his (the testator's) second son,
Edward Hepple.^ The latter had only one child, who, in 1836, sold her
share to her cousin Joseph (in the conveyance she is described as Elizabeth
Nicholson Caroline, widow of John Netherton O'Brian Hall of Jarrow,
clerk), who thus became possessed of the whole of the lands purchased by
his grandfather. He died unmarried, and was succeeded by his brother
John, whose only child, Miss Elizabeth Hepple, in 1868, sold the estate called
Bingfield East Side to Mr. Henry Wilkinson, who, in 1876, sold it to Mr.
John Coppin, in whom the two portions, comprising 280 acres, parted by the

In 1826 Edward Hepple of Bingfield voted for freehold lands there.

Vol. IV.

30

234

THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.

division effected by Hepple and Mason in 1797 became re-united. Mr.
Coppin, who resided at Bingfield for many years, died in 1891, and devised
his estate, of about 280 acres, to his nephew, Mr. Joseph H. Straker, the
present owner.-'

COPPIN OF BINGFIELD.*
Edmund Coppin of North Shields, born = Ann, daughter of WiUiam Mar of Morpeth^; baptised at
at Saxmundham, Suffolk, circa 1690;
drowned in 1730.

Morpeth, 23rd Jan., 1699 (a) ; buried at Christ church,
Tynemouth, 28th Dec, 1767 ib).

William Coppin of North Shields, = Isabella Wilkinson of ... ; mar

baptised at Morpeth, 6th Aug.,
1726 ia) ; died at Shields, gth
Nov,, 1788 id) ; interred at Christ
church, Tynemouth Q).

ried 22nd May, 1752 (a) {b) ;
died igth Sept., 1798, aged 67
ia) ; buried at Christ church,
Tynemouth (i4).

Edmund Coppin, baptised
at Morpeth, Sth April,
1728 (a) ; died unmar
ried at Shields, 29th
July, 1782 ia).

Frances ;
married ... Hunter.

WiUiam Coppin of North Shields, master and ^ Elizabeth Monkhouse

mariner, born 17th June, 1757 (a) ; died at
Shields, 15th January, 1803 (a) ; buried at
Christ church, Tynemouth.

married 26th
1779 ib).

May,

Edmund Coppin of North Shields, born
gth April, 1769 (3) ; died unmarried,
28th April, 1835 W ; buried at Christ
church, Tynemouth Q).

William Coppin of Blyth, bap- = Mary, daughter of John Bar-

tised 18th July, 1782 ib) ;
admitted free of Newcastle,
1801 ; appointed comptroller
of H.M, Customs, Blyth, in
April, 1818 ; died 26th July,
1866, aged 84 ic).

ber by his wife Alice,
daughter of Prideaux
Selby of Middleton, near
Belford ; died 4th Feb.,
1862, aged 86 (c).

IIII I
Edmund, born and buried 1783 ib). Isabella ;
John, baptised 1786 (3) ; buried 1787(15). married
Thomas Coppin, born 1784 ; buried 
1787 ib). Bird.
Thomas Monkhouse Coppin, baptised
4th Nov,, 1787 (/i).

William Coppin of = Isabella, daughter of Edward Davis of

Blyth, only son ;
married at Hor
ton, May, 1842.

Blyth, who was son of Thomas Davis
of Morpeth, a half-pay officer, by his
wife, Isabella Brown ot Broomhill.

Alice ; married Ralph Moffitt,
and died at Kirkliston, 1867,
aged 60 ; buried at Ratho,
near Edinburgh ; s.p.

Mary Barber ; died
gth Oct., 1828,
aged 17 ic).

"I

Edward Davis Coppin, only son ; died 4th Sept., 1862,
aged 18 ic).

John Coppin ot North Shields,
born 13th April, 1773 («)
died 5th May, 1827 (a)
buried at Christ church
Tynemouth.

= Mary, only child ot George
Hassal of Sunderland ; mar
ried at Wallsend, 22 nd Sept,,
1814; buried at Christ church,
Tynemouth,

Frances, born 2nd Mar,, 1768 ; Isabella, bap-
married at Tynemouth, 3rd tised 3 ist
Mar,, 1791, George Kerr Oct., 1780
ib), and died 28th Dec, ib).
1798(a).

John Coppin of Trinity college, Cambridge, M,A., and of
Bingfield, born at North Shields, 15th Jan,, 1821 ; entered
at Lincoln's Inn, 26th Jan,, 1842 ; caUed to the Bar, 1846 ;
died 1st Nov,, 1891, aged 70 ; buried at Halton ; will
dated 1st Nov,, 1891.

Elizabeth, born 14th Oct.,
1815 ; died unmarried
15th Feb., 1835 ; buried
at Christ church, Tyne
mouth.

Isabella ; married at
Tynemouth, 4th Nov.,
1846, John Straker of
Stagshaw Close house
(*), sU

(a) Family Bible. ib) Tynemouth Register. ic) Horton Registers and M.I.
* BeUeved to be descended from and to represent Coppin of Market Cell, Herts, Cf. Clutterbuck, Hertfbrdshir,
and Herald's Visitation of Herts., 1634.

' The particulars of the transmission of this estate and the succession of its owners are taken from
Mr. Jos, H. Straker's Title Deeds.

BINGFIELD TOWNSHIP.

235

ANDREWS AND CLARKE OF HEXHAM HOUSE AND BINGFIELD.

Andrews =

Thomas Andrews, M.A.,
clerk in orders, lec
turer of Hexham,
1717-57; buried 18th
July, 1757, aged 80
(a) ; will dated nth
July, 1753 ; proved
4th Feb., 1758 ib).

^ I I
Gerard Andrews ;
living 1753
ib).
Lawrence An
drews ; buried
2ist July,
1741 ib).

Robert Andrews ot
Hexham ; died
28th Dec, 1764,
aged 82 (a) ;
will dated 28th
March, 1764 ;
proved 29th
Jan., 1765 ib).

Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas
Rawlinson of London,
knight and alderman ; ar
ticles before marriage, 3rd
June, 1731 ; died 31st July,
buried 4th August, 1769,
aged 75 (3) ; will dated
27th April, 1767 ; proved
1769 ib).

Sarah ; married
(as his first wife)
Captain Henry
Bloome of Hex
ham ; buried
i6th July, 1737
(a).

Sloughter Clarke, B.A., clerk in orders ;
lecturer of Hexham, 1766-1801 ; died
22nd April, 1820, aged 79 (3) ; ad
ministration granted at Prerogative
Court, 24th Oct,, 1820.

Honour, daughter and co-heiress,
baptised 3rd Nov,, 1732 (a) ;
articles before marriage, 29th and
30th April, 1768 ; married 7th
May, 1768 (3) ; died gth March,
1805, aged 72 (a) ; will dated
2nd Nov., 1793.

I
Ann, daughter and co-heiress, bap
tised 6th March, 1734/5 i"} '< mar
ried in Scotland, Thomas Newton
of Hawkwell, and died s.p. 12th
July, 1769, aged 32 (s), Thomas
Newton's will is dated 26th Mar.,
1771 ; proved 1773 ib).

Robert Clarke, M,A., clerk in orders, only son and heir ; baptised = Martha, daughter of Charles Shafto ot Hexham

5th May, 1771 (3) ; lecturer of Hexham, 1801-24 ! died in Lon
don, and buried 2nd May, 1824, aged 52 (a),
I

died at Walwick hall, and buried 15th Dec, 18 14,
aged 28 (a).

William Henry Clarke of Hexham house and =: Ann, daughter of Rev, John Fen

Bingfield, son and heir; born i8th Dec, 1810;
baptised nth July, 18 11 (a) ; died loth
Aug,, 1877.

ton ; articles before marriage,
27th and 28th May, 1834,

I I
Martha Clarke ot Newbiggin hall,
near Carlisle ; living i8g7.
Honoria ; died 5th Dec, 1882.

Clement Henry Clarke of University coUege, Oxon, ;
matriculated 29th May, 1857, aged 19 ; died s.p.
ia) Hexham Register and M.I.

Livingston Clarke ot Hexham house and Bingfield ;
Uving 1897 at West Quarter, near Falkirk,
ib) Raine, Test. Ebor.

1716, Bowes, son of Gerard Andrew, gen. commissary or muster-master, baptised about the latter
end of October, 1715, and received 3rd May, 1716. Witnesses, Dr. Bowes of Durham, Madam Jane
Bowes, his sister, and Mrs. Mary Shafto of Spittle.'
Gerard, another son, born 26th and baptised 28th April, 1719. Witnesses, Captain Giles Peacock, Mr.
Giles Dawson, and Mrs. Ann Challoner.''
1764, 28th March. . Will of Robert Andrews of Hexham. To the parish of Hexham, £^0 ; the interest
to the poor, at the disposal of the minister. I give ;f20 towards some decoration in Hexham church. To
that part of the parish of St, John called Aneck and Sandhoe, ;f2o; the interest to the sick poor, at the
disposal of the minister, and ^10 also to the sick poor of Bingfield chapelry. The residue to my wife, to
be divided at her decease between my two daughters Honour and Ann, provided they marry with their
mother's consent; otherwise, that which doth not, shall forfeit out of her moiety ;f 1,000, which her mother
shall dispose of. Anne, my wife, sole executrix. I request my body may be interred in my vault in
Hexham churchyard, in the north side of my late brother Thomas Andrews, and laid as he was. Proved
29th January, 1765.^
1808. 'Lately the Rev. R. Clark of Hexham to Miss Martha Shafto, daughter of the late Charles
Shafto, esq., of that place, with a fortune of ^70,000.' ! 11*

' Hexham Register,

2 Ibid,

'• Raine, Test. Ebor.

' Gent's Mag. December, 1808.

236 THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
The Other moiety of William Charlton's estate, which was purchased in
1682 by Matthew Jefferson,^ was, by his will dated i6th October, 1685, given
to his son, John Jefferson, with remainder to the testator's daughters, three
of whom ultimately succeeded as co-heiresses, viz., Ann, who married, first,
William Shafto of Carrycoats, and, secondly, John Cotesworth of the
Hermitage; Elizabeth, who married Mr. Brumell;^ and Mary, who married
Mr. Vernol. Mrs. Cotesworth's share came to her^ two daughters, Jane,
wife of Henry Bloome* of Hexham, and Elizabeth, wife first of Christopher
Legge and then of James Smithson.^ These two ladies on the nth October,
1735, with their kinswomen, Mrs. Brumell and Mary and Elizabeth Vernol,
entered into articles of agreement with John Milbank to stand the award
of Major Allgood, Joseph Ledgard, and Edward Wilson for the division of
Bingfield demesne. These shares, ultimately acquired by bequest and pur
chase by the Andrews family, are now comprised in West Bingfield, and
belong to Mr. Livingston Clarke of Hexham house.
It is apparent from the Black Book of Hexham that Todridge ^ is the
other or Little Grotington granted in 11 13 to the prior and convent of Hex
ham by Archbishop Thomas H. On the 21st July, 1648, Thomas Pye of
Morpeth, and Jane, his wife, gave feoffment and livery of seisin of Todridge
to Richard Errington of Beukley, gent. The consideration paid by Richard
Errington'' was ;i^i50, and he was rated in 1663 at j^79 for Todridge and
' Matthew Jefferson, alderman, and sometime mayor of Newcastle, died ist March, 1687, and was
buried at St, Nicholas', John, his son, died 4th March, 1700/1. Welford, St. Nicholas, p. 140.
2 1774. John Brumell of Newcastle voted for Bingfield. Poll Book.
' It is not clear whether Mrs. Bloome and Mrs. Legge were not Cotesworth's daughters by a former
marriage. ¦' 1752, 29th January. Will of Henry Bloome of Hexham, ,gent. ;£l,ooo in East India stock to my
nephew, the Rev. Mr, Hemington, to perform my will, to sell ; my aunt Rebecca Lekee, widow of Jlobert
Lekee of London, apothecary, ;f20 per annum; Hannah, wife of Thomas Oliver, officer of Excise, ;^io
per annum for life ; my niece, Mary Hemmington, daughter of Mr, John Hemmington, ^500 ; to Honor
and Ann Andrews, daughters of Mr. Robert Andrews of Hexham, ^50 each ; to Ann, Charles, Martha,
Matthew, and John Shafto, children of Mr. Charles Shafto, late of Carry Coats, deceased, ^200 each;
the Rev. Mr. Benjamin Peel of Hexham, .£10; the Rev. Mr. WiUiam Warton of Slealey, ,£10; my
brother-in-law, Mr. John Hemmington, and my sister Mary, his wife, £10 each ; to Honor Andrews, my
two silver candlesticks and snuffers and snuff dish ; to Ann Andrews, my four silver spoons, marked on
their boles S,A,; to poor householders, ^80; to my nephew, WUUam Hemington, my messuage and
farmhold caUed Bingfield demesne, and my messuages in London and the residue, he executor. Proved
nth June, 1752, Raine, Test. Ebor.
* In 1748 John Smithson of Monkwearmouth voted for freehold lands in Bingfield,
" 'Et est ibidem quaedam portio terrae arabilis jacens inter Grotyngton et territorium villae de Byng-
felde, ex antiquo vocata Litil Grotington, modo vocata Todrige, . . . videlicet inter Ie Blake-dyke ex
parte orientali; et sic, descendendo per lez Oppots et Todryge-burn, ad Ie Halywell ex parte boriali; et
exinde, ex parte occidentali, ascendendo versus orientem, per le Grenelech ex parte australi, inter terri
torium de Boclyve et Todryge-feld usque .ad le Blak-dyk prius nominatum.' Hexham Priory, Raine,
vol. ii. pp. 7, 9. ' Mr. Livingston Clarke's Title Deeds,

BINGFIELD TOWNSHIP. 237
Beukley. Todridge was one of the estates included in the settlement made in
1726 upon the marriage of his grandson, Henry Widdrington with Margaret,
daughter of Major Allgood.^ In 1739 John Blackett of Wylam, grandson of
Mary, daughter of Richard Errington, brought an action to recover a moiety
of his great-grandfather's estates, but compromised his claim for the payment
of _2<^i,05o by Mrs. Margaret Widdrington, who in 1743 sold Todridge to
Robert Andrews of Hexham.^ It now belongs to Mr. Livingston Clarke,
whose estate here and at West Bingfield contains 699 acres.
As has been already noticed, Thomas Story was entered on the Muster
Roll of 1538 as having appeared unfurnished with either horse or harness.
One of the same name was a freeholder in Bingfield in 1608, and in 1663
John Story was proprietor of about a sixteenth part of the township, which
was sold about the end of the century, for in a deed of the 3rd July, 1702,
made between Charles Howard and John Aynsley, the lands formerly
belonging to John Story are mentioned. But though this family disappeared
from Bingfield, it took root in Ireland, where Joseph Story, son of John
Story of Bingfield, and born there in 1679, became successively chaplain to
the Irish House of Commons, bishop of Killaloe and of Kilmore and
Ardagh. He is at the present time represented by Major Story of Bingfield,
Crossdoney, county Cavan.
It is probable that Story's land is partly represented by the small estate
of 46 acres, called in 1839 Law house, and now Bingfield lodge, which, after
remaining for some generations with the Aynsleys and Tweddells, was pur
chased in 1853 by Mr. Thomas Scott of Bingfield, and now belongs to his son
Mr. George Scott.
Thomas Errington of Kearsley was a party to the deed of the 22nd
June, 1648, by which Ralph Widdrington of Colwell conveyed lands in
Bingfield, and it may be surmised that he was the second man of that name
mentioned in the Book of Rates of 1663 as holding lands worth _^20 a year.
At the sessions held at Morpeth on the 13th April, 1681, Thomas Errington
of Bingfield,^ yeoman, was indicted for assaulting WilUam Errington, and
Jane Errington was bound over to appear at the following sessions to answer
' Mr. Livingston Clarke's Title Deeds. ^ Ibid.
' 1685, 19th April. Edward, son of Thomas Errington of Bingfied, baptised,
1689, loth March, Thomas Errington of Bingfield buried, St. John Lee Register.
1698, 26th March. Thomas Potts of Wearmouth Salt p.Tns, son and heir of Frances Potts, who
was sister and co-heiress of Thomas Errington, late of Bingfield, for .£210 released to John Aynsley aU
his rights in certain lands in Bingfield. Mr. C. J. F. Fawcett's Title Deeds,

238 THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
a similar charge brought against her ; her sureties were Thomas Errington
of Bingfield and Edward Reed of Ryal, yeoman. The cause which led to
the indictment is related in the following information :^
1681, 7th February, The information of Arthur Shafto of Bingfield East Quarter, gentleman. WiUiam
Errington of Wallicke Grange, gentleman, having broken his legg, and not being recovered thereof, he
setting in a chaire at his house at Wallicke Grange aforesaid reading a bond from Thomas Errington
of Bingfield, gent., to the informer, one Jane Errington, wife of the said Thomas Errington, sitting by the
said William Errington, the said Jane Errington snatching at the said bond, and missing it, did in a violent
manner lay hold on the said William and pulled him oute of his chaire, whereon he then satt, and
violently threw him downe upon the ground with his legg (which was broken) under him, which this
informer verily believes hath made the said WiUiam Errington's broken legg almost in as bad a condicon
as when it was first broken; and further, that the said William Errington is now lying in a very weake
condicon by means of the saide fall,^

HALLINGTON TOWNSHIP.
The township of Hallington is the most remote portion of the parish of
St. John Lee, and is almost severed from it by the parishes of Chollerton and
Stamfordham, which abut upon it at Bingfield, of which chapelry it forms a
part. It has an area of 1,712 acres^ and a population at the last census of 76.*
Here, to quote the words of Leland, 'there is a fame that Oswald won the
batelle at Halydene a two myles est from St. Oswald's Asche, and that
Haliden is it that Bede caulith Havenfeld.'
Traces of early settlement are to be seen in a series of British graves on
an outcrop of basalt half a mile to the north of the homestead of Cheviot.
Within the mounds have been found a fragment of a whetstone of schist, ' a
cup-marked' stone bearing traces of fire, a fine (but small) mortarium of
freestone, and a portion of the upper stone of a quern. All of these objects
are in the possession of Mr. R. C. Hedley at Cheviot. On the same farm, in
a small clump of trees, is an unexplored barrow. Two Roman altars,
bearing the usual sacrificial instruments sculptured in relief, but without
inscription, a Roman monumental slab, and a mediaeval grave cover with
a floriated cross, are preserved in the grounds of Hallington hall.'
1 Sessions Records. ' Document in the possession of Mr. Joseph H. Straker.
= According to the Ordnance Survey Book of Reference, printed in 1863, this includes 16 acres of public
roads and a water area of 10 acres ; but these proportions have been materially affected by the operations
of the Newcastle and Gateshead Water company,
•• The Census Returns are; 1801, 182 ; 18 11, 144; 1821, 129; 1831, 120; 1841, 105; 1851, 106; i86r, 109;
1871, 128; 1881, 99; 1891, 76. ''Ex. inf. Mr. R. C. Hedley.

HALLINGTON TOWNSHIP. 239
In the early part of the thirteenth century an exchange of lands took
place between Archbishop Gray and William, son of William Waukin of
Haliden, by which the latter released to the archbishop all his right in the
pasture of Hallington called le frid, and received in lieu thereof 13^ acres
in the waste before Sweethope Law,^ and in 1248 there is a confirmation of
the gift of William Waukelin, clerk, of his lands in the vill of Halidene to
his ward (alumnus) William Waukelin.^ About the same period the prior
and convent obtained a grant from Archbishop Gray or Archbishop Giflford
of a rood of land in Haliden, upon which they subsequently erected a tithe
barn.' The Subsidy Roll of 1295 is unfortunately damaged and imperfect at
the part where the return from Hallington should be entered.''
There are some notices in the York registers relating to Hallington early
in the fourteenth century. On the 26th July, 1301, Archbishop Corbridge
addressed to the bailiffs of Hexham a Breve de recto to right William de
Mynsterton and Margery, his wife, John de Babington and Alice, his wife, and
Elen, sister of the said Alice, concerning lands at Haliden, of which Robert
de Naflfreton of Haliden had unjustly deprived them.° On the 17th October,
1 301, a similar brief was issued to right the same parties in a messuage,
30 acres of arable land and 2 acres of meadow in Hallydene, of which Adam
le Farbur of Newcastle and Maria, his wife, had unjustly deprived them."
On the 2nd December, 1301, a mandate was issued to Sir John de Vauzht and
Robert de Eryngton to hear a claim for dower made by Mariota, wife of
Adam le Fourbour, out of the same lands in Haliden which once belonged
to John, son of William Walkelyn.' In April, 1322, a commission was
issued to the archbishop's justices, John de Wanton and Adam de Corbrig,
to determine a suit in the court of Hexham, brought by Symon de Babyngton
and Isabella, his wife, against Robert de Boceland and Ellen, his wife, con
cerning a messuage, 40 acres of land and appurtenants in Haliden.* On
the 2nd April, 1328, a mandate was issued to Thomas Fox, Warin de
Swethop, and Thomas de Lelom to determine a suit brought by Robert de
Mosegrave and John, son of William of Kirkeherle, and Cicely, his wife,
concerning a messuage, 2 tofts, 69 acres of arable land, and 8 acres of
meadow, with appurtenances, in Haliden.^ On the i8th February, 133 1/2, a
' Lansdowne MSS. ccccii. 17 b; British Museum, ^ Archbishop Gray's Register, Raine, p. 258.
" Cf. vol. iii. pp, 139, 150. * Ibid. p. 31. " York Registers, Corbridge, 90 b.
" Ibid. Corbridge, g2. ^ Ibid. Corbridge, g2h. " Ibid, Melton, 411 b. "J&zd. 424 b.

240 THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
mandate addressed to William de Wirkesworth the receiver at Hexham
ordered that the tenants of Haliden should not be pressed for time for their
rent (^13 los. ifd.).^ In 1495 the archbishop granted a lease of forty years
from the 13th December of that year to John Heron of Chipchase, esq., of
his vill [villatam] of Halyden at the rent of £'] 13s. 4d.^
In 1536 the archbishop derived a rental of £j 3s. i|-d. from Haliden,'
and two years later the vill sent seventeen fully equipped men to the
muster, of whom ten bore the surname of Younger.
Halydayn Muster Roll, 1538.'
WiUm. Yonger, Roger Yonger, Jerrard Yonger, Anton Yonger, Willm. Yonger, Robert Yonger, Thomas
KeU, Robert Nicolson, John Yonger, John Yonger, Phelope Yonger, Thomas Page, WiUam Raynnyl, John
Yonger, Christofer Stawper, Robert Wite, John Riddle, able with hors and harnes.
In 1 547 a very full account of Hallington, in which the person who drew
up the survey (after recording that John Widdrington,^ the farmer of the same,
accounted for 3s. i^d., received from Gerard Ilderton for rent of the ' Exche
quer lands') proceeds to say that on 13th December, 1538, Edward, arch
bishop of York, leased to Richard Bellacis, esq., and his assigns, the manor of
Hallidene for sixty years, from the feast of St. Michael last past, at a rent of
£7 13s. 4d. to be paid at the two terms of Whitsuntide and Martinmas. The
rents of the manor or township were reserved to the archbishop and his
successors, as also were all woods and underwoods, but Bellacis was to be
permitted to take sufficient timber for the repair of the manor house and
sherdings of trees for mending the hedges. Bellacis agreed to collect the
reserved rents of the manor, and to render a proper account of them ; for
this the archbishop was to allow him the fee of 13s. 4d. a year ; all necessary
repairs were to be done at the cost of the farmer. For the farm of the
water mill," formerly in the tenure of John Heron, esq., Widdrington did
not account, as this was included in Bellacis' lease of the manor. The total
sum due was_^i7 i6s. 5d., and was disposed of in the following manner:
13s. 4d. was deducted for the fee as above, and 2s. allowed for the clerk of
' York Registers, Melton, 431 a. ^ Ibid. Confirm, et approb, D. et Cap. Ebor. '' Vol. iii, p. 55.
' Arch. Ael. 4to series, vol. iv, p, 190,
' Will, dated 4th February, 1570, of John Widdrington of Temple Helay : 'I doo give and bequethe
unto James Widdrington, my sone . , , all my hoill intereste, tytle, and terme of yeares yet to come, in
my leasse of the manerr and tounshipe of HaUiden, which I have delivered into my said sone James'
hands.' Durham Wills, Raine, p. 321 ; Surtees Soe. No. 2.
" 1552, The water of Tyne, beginning at the water meetings at Ereynfoot, and up Ereyn to Haledon-
mylne: the watch at the Narrow-rake [is] to be kept nightly with two men of the inhabitants of Sando,
Hawyke-grange [Anick Grange], Bothoke, Kothons, Thornes, and the Bromhaugh. Nicolson, Border
Laws, p. 170,

HALLINGTON TOWNSHIP. 24 1
the auditor for writing the account (which was an allowance similar to that
made to the auditor of the king's duchy of Lancaster), which two sums, added
to £"] IS. i^d. paid by Widdrington to Sir Robert Bowes, the king's receiver,
made up the amount.^
The lease granted to Bellacis expired in December, 1598, when a lease
of the 'townshippe of Hallendon with the appurtenances' for twenty-one
years was granted to William Selby, gentleman, at the same rent of
£'] 13s. 4d., though the annual value is entered in the survey of 1608 as
being ;^24 more.^
It has not been ascertained when the lands were granted out by the
Crown, but in 1663 Hallington and Hallington mill were held by Mr.
Thomas Way, who was rated for them at £'^2P, They were sold in 1677 by
Richard and Thomas Way to Philip Bickerstaff,' the clerk of the Poultry.
The amount of consideration money does not appear, but Bickerstaff left
_^i,093 los. on mortgage, which was, two years later, transferred to George
Hascard, D.D., in trust for Mary, countess dowager of Exeter ; and in 1695
the fee simple of the estate was conveyed by Bickerstaff to Peter Potts, who
had previously acquired the mortgage. Four years later Potts sold the
estate to Thomas Errington, and by his marriage settlement, dated 21st and
22nd November, 1700, the manor and lordship of Hallington, with the water
corn mill, were conveyed to trustees to secure the marriage portion of his
intended wife, Mary, daughter of John Douglas of Newcastle. But Philip
Bickerstaff, perhaps to raise a portion of the purchase money, had by deed
staple (acknowledged before the chief justice of Common Pleas on the
14th December, 1687) secured a deferred annuity (to commence on her
widowhood) of ;^ioo a year to Dame Martha, wife of Sir Edward Villiers.*
When Thomas Errington's estates were forfeited in 1715 his creditors,
as well as Dame Martha Villiers and the trustees for his wife and children,
entered their claim as has been already related in the account of the Errington
family. His estates were surveyed for the trustees of the Forfeited Estates,
and the manor, lordship, mill, and lands of Hallington were stated to yield a
' Vol, in. pp. 69, 70, '' Ibid. p. 102,
" PhUip Bickerstaff was elected M,P, for Berwick in 1686, and for Northumberland in 1688 and 1694.
He married, 24th October, 1675, Ja-ne, widow of John Clark of Chirton (he was the auditor of the Percy
estates, and obtained for himself the gift of the materials of Warkworth castle wherewith to build his
house at Chirton). Mrs. Bickerstaff was buried at Tynemouth, 31st May, 1694, H, A, Adamson, Old
Land Marks, No, iii,
' Sir Edward Villiers was knighted at Whitehall, 7th April, 1680, and died 24th June, 1689,
Vol. IV. 31

242 THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
rental of ^^235 a year. William Wilkinson paid ^^127 los. a year for Hal
lington town and 800 acres of land ; James Yarrow and others paid ;^88 a
year for Hallington Newhouses and its lands ; George Wilson paid ;^20 a
year for the mill and the lands attached to it. Of the latter, the surveyor
says, 'Hallington mill, in the month of June, 1716, did fall to the ground,
the axell tree, coggwheel, and other materials rushed down altogether, and
the under milstone broke in four pieces, on which the tenant, George
Wilkinson, in repairing the same, hath disbursed these sums following : Paid
Robt. Robson for wood, £8 9s. 6d.; for two milstones, £10; iron and hoops,
for the axell tree, £1 2s. 6d.; nales, 12s.; tarr and paper, 4s. 9d.; rossell,
2s. 5d. ; Anthony and William Wilkinson, milwrights, for their work
and labour, £7 3s. lod.; total, ;^27 15s.' (The rent of mill and land was
;^20.)^ The tenants held their lands by parole from year to year, and the
fee farm rent of £7 13s. 4d. was (as it still is) paid to Colston's almshouses
in Bristol. Arrangements were made to secure Hallington to the Errington
family, and it descended lineally to John Errington, who died in 1828, and
by his heirs at law, was sold to the trustees of the settled estates of Henry
Errington.^ The heirs and assignees of the estates are now (1897) offering
the Hallington farms for sale.'
Hallington mains or demesne was, in 1663, rated to Mr. Richard Wilson*
^t ;^30 a year. In 1730 it was acquired by the family of Soulsby, long
settled at Chollerton, Anick Grange, and in or near Hexham. Wallis
writing in 1769 says Ralph Soulsby's house 'is a neat modern structure of
white freestone .... before it is a grass area extending to the brink
of a deep gill, wherein is a small stream which falls a little below into
Erring burn.'^
The history of the family is shown in the following pedigree ; '

' Forfeited Estates Papers, E 13. Some of the field names in 1717 were Whitefield, HiU Law, and
Weatherly Meed. '' Cf. supra, p. 193.
' The acreage and rentals of the Hallington farms, belonging to the Errington estates, are as follows :
Newhouses, 453 acres, ;,f402; High farm, 337 acres, ;,r23i ; South farm, 243 acres, >f'26i ; MUl farm, 62
acres, ^62; North farm, 205 acres, ^198. Attached to the estate is a perpetual rent charge of ^100,
payable by the Newcastle and Gateshead Water company. Newcastle Journal, June, 1896,
' 1694, 8th November, Administration of the personal estate of Richard WUson of HaUington was
granted to Richard Wilson, the father, Raine, Test, Ebor.
" Wallis, Northumberland, voh ii, p. 114,

HALLINGTON TOWNSHIP.

243

SOULSBY OF HALLINGTON

Ralph Soulsby of ChoUerton ; buried 12th Dec,
administration to widow, gth May, 1726 ig).

1725(1^) ; = Ann ,,, ; buried 21st June, 1727 ib) ; administration
I to Christopher, her son, 7th March, 1727/8 ig).

Christopher Soulsby ot ChoUerton ; will
dated loth Sept,, 1733 ; gives Carraw to
eldest son Ralph with great silver punch
bowl and great silver tankard ; to second
son Christopher his farm at Gunnerton
and ;^8oo ; to son John house at Hexham
and ;^8oo ; proved at York, 1734/5 (.g)-

Martha, daughter of Archibald Reed ot
Bellingham and sister of John Reed
of Chipchase ; married 23rd Nov,,
1721 ib) ; marriage settlement, i6th
Nov,, 1721 ; died at Stamfordham,
25th Nov,, 1779, aged 87 id) ; buried
at Chipchase, 28th Nov,, 1779 ib) (c).

Dorothy ; married i6th Sept.,
1707 ib) [? John] Kelly of
Whorlton, upon whose issue
the estates were settled in
1721, in default of issue to
the marriage of Christopher
Soulsby,

Ralph Soulsby of Hal
lington, baptised 17th
Nov,, 1723 ib) ; ad
ministration granted
at York, 28th Jan,,
1771, to Mary, his
widow, and on 3rd
Oct., 1774, to Alice,
his daughter, wife of
Thomas Heath ig) ;
buried 28th July,
1769 {e).

Mary, daughter of John Fenwick
of Stanton and half-sister ot
William Fenwick of Bywell ;
born at Stanton ; baptised
20th Sept., 1 73 1 ; marriage
settlement, 18th and 19th
Sept., 175 1, under which she
took a jointure of ;^200 per
annum, charged on Carraw
and Reed's Close ; died at Mor
peth ; buried 19th Sept,, 1771
(«) ; administration granted at
York, 2gth Aug, 1772, to
WiUiam Fenwick (g).*

I
Christopher Soulsby of Sand
hill, Newcastle, baptised
16th Feb,, 1726 ib) ; heir
to his uncle John Reed of
Chipchase, and assumed
the name of Reed ; mar
ried Sarah, eldest daugh
ter of Francis Blake of
Twizel ; will dated 28th
Dec, 1779 ig). ^^
From whom the Reeds
of Chipchase.

John Soulsby of New
castle, mercer, bap
tised 15th Sept.,
1729 (,i) ; died
3rd Nov,, buried
at Chipchase 7th
Nov,, I7g3 ii),
aged 64 ib) ic) ;
will dated 28th Dec,
1779 ; proved at
York, 1793 ig).

Ann, baptised 27th June, 1725 ib) ; married at Gateshead,
28th May, 1753, Richard Bateman.
Martha, baptised 26th Sept., 1731 ib) ; named in father's will.

Christopher Soulsby of HaUing
ton, only son, was aged 17 in
1772 ; attained the age of 21
in 1775 ; sheriff of Newcastle,
1783 ; died 22nd Jan,, 1814 ;
buried 2gth Jan., 1814, aged
59 («).

JuUa Elizabeth, daughter ot John
Hudson of Bessingby, Yorkshire,
and niece to Sir John Trevelyan,
bart. ; marriage settlement, 17th
and i8th Jan,, 1783 ; married at
Netherwitton, 20th Jan., 1783 ;
died at Bessingby, near Bridling
ton, 13th May, 1829 id).

Alice ; was aged 19 in 1772 ; married 22nd
Sept., 1772, Thomas Heath, one of the
common council of Newcastle, and ot the
Hawkwell family. ^1.
Mary, born at Stanton .,, ; was aged 14 in
1772 ; married Christopher Wilkinson of
Newcastle, and. died in Northumberland
Street, Newcastle, May, 1829 id). \1/

Christopher Thomas Soulsby of Hallington, baptised 14th July, 1794 ;
in 1814 advertised tor sale Hallington demesne and Carraw ; living
loth April, 1834, late of HaUington and then of Bessingby (/).

Walter Raleigh Soulsby, twin with Chris
topher ; baptised I4tb July, 1794 («) ;
in 1813 lieut. 2nd Dragoon Guards,

1692, 22nd Sept, Probate of will of Christopher Soiilsby of Hexham, granted to Robert Soulsby, the sole
executor ig). 1697/8, 9th Feb, Dorothy, widow of Christopher Soulsby, buried at St, John Lee (a),
' Basil Harrington Soulsby, only son ot Christopher Percy Soulsby of Bessingby, New Zealand ; ot Corpus
Christi coUege, Oxon, ; matriculated 19th Oct,, 1883, aged 18 ; B,A. 18S7.' Forster, Alumni Oxonienses.

ia) Hexham Register.
ib) Chollerton Register.
ic) M,I. Chipchase chapel.

* Cf. page 192.
id) Local papers,
ie) St, John Lee Register.

if) Chestsrhope Abstract.
ig) Raine, Test, Ebor,

Soulsby's estate was advertised to be sold by auction in 1825, and was
then described as the hall and a farm of 330 acres. It was purchased by
Leonard Wilson of Newcastle and Newbiggin, and was sold in 1862 by his

244 THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN LEE.
nephew, Mr. John Atkinson, to the late Mrs. Catherine Anne Trevelyan.^
It now belongs to her only child, Mrs. Florence Trevelyan Cacciola of
Hallington, Taormina, in Sicily, whose Hallington estate^ consists of the hall
and the farm called Cheviot.'
The most characteristic feature of Hallington is that which strikes the
eye of the wayfarer on the Watling Street when he reaches Beukley, and,
looking northward over the wide valley of the Erring burn, sees at a distance
of three or four miles a thin blue line. This line marks the Hallington
reservoirs of the Newcastle and Gateshead Water Company (constructed
under an Act of Parliament obtained in 1868); that at East Hallington has
a surface area of 131 acres, and when full will contain 686 millions of gallons.
By another Act obtained in 1877 another reservoir was constructed at West
Hallington (but within the township of Colwell) to contain 722 millions of
gallons. These two reservoirs are connected by a tunnel and open aqueduct,
about two and a half miles in length, with other reservoirs of the company at
Coltcrag and Little Swinburn.*
' In the Parliamentary Return of Owners of Land of 1873 (the new Doomsday book) Mrs, S, Trevelyan
of Hallington is entered as owner of 745 acres of land,~with a rental of ^971, and Catherine A. Trevelyan
of Hallington of 227 acres, with a rental of ,£317, The two entries refer to the same person, viz,, Mrs,
Spencer Trevelyan,
^ About half of the area occupied by the Water company's reservoir at East Hallington was purchased
from Mrs. Trevelyan.
' The conveyance to Leonard Wilson is dated ist and 2nd November, 1825, and the consider.ation was
;,fii,200. Mr, Wilson's will is dated 15th July, 1837, and was proved at York, 27th December, 1839, by
iris nephew, Mr. John Atkinson. The latter sold a portion of land in 1859 to the Whittle Dean Water
company for water courses, and, 2nd August, 1862, conveyed the estate to Mrs, Catherine Ann Trevelyan
of Longwitton hall, widow, in consideration of ;f 10,400, Hallington Title Deeds, communicated by Mr.
Jos. A. Philipson.
* A great variety of birds frequent the reservoirs : redshanks, the common sandpiper, the snipe, and
the coot breed regularly ; the common tern and the Sandwich tern sometimes. Several hundreds of
black-headed gulls breed upon the island in the East HaUington reservoir ; and ducks come in great
number, such as the mallard, the teal, the golden eye, the widgeon, the sheldrake, the pochard, the
gadwall, and also the common gull and the black-backed gull. Goosanders, grey-lag and been-geese,
and Bewick's swans, come as visitors. Herons are common ; and there are to be, or have been, seen, the
cormorant, pintail duck, great northern diver, the common and bartailed godwit, the little and the eared
grebe, whimbrels and dunlins, the ringed plover, and the little stint, R, C. Hedley, Trans. Tyneside Nat.
Club, vol. xvi, p. 398.

CHOLLERTON PARISH. 245

CHOLLERTON PARISH.
The parish of Chollerton has an area of over 21,000 acres, with a
greatest length of nine miles from Hindhaugh on the Rede to the hamlet of
Chollerton, and a greatest breadth of six and a half miles from Little Swin
burn to Gold Island. Its western and north-western boundaries are well
defined by the rivers of North Tyne and Rede ; on the east it is bounded by
the parishes of Corsenside, Thockrington, and St. John Lee, and on the south
by the Erring burn, which divided the ancient regality of Hexham from the
rest of the county of Northumberland, and the peculiar jurisdiction of the
archbishop of York from the diocese of Durham.
Watling Street, for a length of seven miles, either divides or marches
with the parish. Of the townships included in it Gunnerton and East
Swinburn formed an enclave of the great Baliol barony. West Swinburn
and Colwell belonged to the barony of Hadston, while Barrasford, Chip
chase, Birtley, and Chollerton itself were members of the Umframvill barony
of Prudhoe called into being by Henry I. These are now grouped into the
ten modern townships of Chollerton, Barrasford, Great Swinburn and
Colwell, Little Swinburn, Whiteside Law, Gunnerton, Chipchase, Birtley,
Buteland, and Broomhope. The inter-dependence of the inhabitants is
shown in the orders of the Watches upon the West Marches made in 1552.
The Order of the Watch from Erreyn-foot to the Marches of RyddysdaiU, as the Waters of Tyne
and Reyd goe^.
First : The inhabitants of Chollerton to watch at the Baweford, with two men in the watch ; and
George Heron of Chollerton and Anthony Wodman to be setters and searchers of the watch.
The inhabitants of Barresforth, with six men forth of ChoUerton, to watch at three places; that is
to say, at Barresfordrakes, the Strandes, Chepchesmylne, with two men at every place ; and
Edward Heron of Barresforth, Davy Taylour, John Denand, and William Robson to be setters and
searchers of the watch.
The inhabitants of Gonerton, with three men forth of Barresforth, to watch at three places; that
is to say, the water against Gofton-burne-foote and Warkesbriggende, the Goleforderackes, and the
Lyndnyrford, with two men at every place; Anthony Nicholson,, baylif of Gonerton, George Nycholson,
Pate Nycholson, and James Dod to be setters and searchers of the watch.
The inhabitants of the lordship of Chepches, and two men forth of Gomerton and Bertley, to watch
at three places; that is to say, at the Mylneford, Prest-Hobburne-mouth, and the Long Rackes at
Brokeshaugh in Cowntes-park, with two men at every place; and George Heron of Chepches, or his
deputy William Ledell, baylif of Chepches, Edward Marshall and John Marshall to be setters and
searchers of the watch.

246 CHOLLERTON PARISH.
The inhabitants of the lordship of Bertley, with Butland and Redsmouthe, to watch at three
places; that is to say, at Reddesford and the Rakes beneath the Brokehaughe to the Hatcleugh and
the Newke-mylne, with two men at every place; and Roger Heron of Bertley, John Robson baylif of
Bertley, Gerard Mylburne and William Robson of Edsmothe to be setters and searchers of this
watch. Overseers of this watch: George Heron, keeper of Tyndall, and Rauff Wetheringtone.i
Unlike the parishes described in the earlier part of the volume, in which
the land was largely, and is still, held by copy of Court Roll, Chollerton
parish is wholly freehold.
GEOLOGY OF CHOLLERTON, KIRKHEATON, AND
THOCKRINGTON.
From the regality of Hexham attention may now be directed to the
parishes immediately to the north, viz., Chollerton, Thockrington, and (the
chapelry of) Kirkheaton, whose physical features are very similar to those of
North Hexhamshire. The surface, on the whole, is undulating, becoming
wilder and more elevated as we approach the northern boundary, which just
touches the 1,000 foot contour near Fourlaws. All the country, however,
north of a line joining Birtley and Thockrington stands at an elevation of
over 700 feet.
The whole of the surface drainage from the parishes of Chollerton and
Thockrington finds its way into the North Tyne between Redesmouth and
Chollerford, with the exception of a square mile of country situated in
the extreme north-east corner, drained by the Wansbeck, which rises in
Sweethope lough, and runs for a mile along the northern boundary of
Thockrington. The northern and eastern boundaries of the district run
practically along the watershed. The North Tyne, which marks the western
boundary, has excavated its valley directly across the outcrop of the beds,
forming a true ' dip valley.' In consequence of their relatively high dip the
outcrop of the beds, as they enter this valley, curves down stream in a
conspicuous manner, the fall of the river between Redesmouth and Choller
ford, a distance of nearly ten miles, being barely 100 feet. Many of the
tributary streams draining the district under notice, on the other hand,
occupy pronounced ' strike' valleys, and run between the escarpments formed
by the outcrop of the harder beds : we are, in fact, on the edge of the
parishes of Wark and Simonburn, where the formation of strike valleys and
escarpments can be studied almost better than anywhere else in the county.^
' Nicolson, Border Laws, pp. 175, 176. ^ App. i. 5 and 8.

GEOLOGY. 247
One of the most conspicuous of these streams is the Erring burn, forming the
southern and south-eastern boundary. This stream occupies a depression in
the softer beds underlying the Five-yard Limestone, and can be seen bending
round to the north as it is traced to its source near Hallington, conforming
exactly to the alteration in the strike of the beds. The Swinburn, Gunnerton,
and Holywell burns also flow in well marked 'strike ' valleys.
Turning to the rocks on which the parishes of Chollerton and Thock
rington are situated, we find that they are the direct continuation, geologically
speaking, of the lower Carboniferous strata of Hexhamshire, which lie
immediately to the south.
In traversing these parishes in a north-westerly direction we meet with
lower and lower members of the 'Bernician' series cropping out successively
at the surface. This term is used for the beds of the district as a compromise
between Tate's twofold division, adopted in describing the beds in the
Bamburgh and Dunstanburgh area, and the southern appellation of Moun
tain Limestone, since neither of these nomenclatures is strictly applicable ;
and it is believed that it was during his survey of this ground that Prof.
Lebour was first driven to adopt this term for the grouping of the lower
Carboniferous beds in Northumberland.^
The greater portion of the beds would appear to belong to Tate's
'Calcareous' group, the base of which he places at the Dun Limestone,
which he defines as the ' the lowest limestone of any value ' in the series.
The limestones, however, in the district under consideration are most
inconstant, thickening and thinning as they are traced northwards, whilst
many additional ones here make their appearance. Tate's definition, there
fore, is obviously artificial, and of no practical value in this portion of the
county. Shortly before reaching Chollerton from the south, we pass over the
outcrop of the Five-yard Limestone, and after this any attempt to correlate
the limestones with equivalent beds elsewhere becomes very hazardous. It
is probable, however, that the limestone on which Colwell is built, and
which is found in contact with the Whin near Swinburn castle, is the
continuation of the Scar Limestone of the district to the west.
The lowest beds encountered are those associated with the Redesdale
ironstone shale and its overlying limestone, which is correlated with Tate's
' Vol, i, app, i. 25.

248 CHOLLERTON PARISH.
' Dun ' Limestone by Hugh Miller, and adopted as the base of his Calcare
ous division.^ Between this and the Five-yard Limestone upwards of a
dozen outcrops of limestone can be traced in these parishes. The most
important of these are the Redesdale limestone and that immediately over
lying it. The outcrops of both these beds run from near Chipchase castle
northwards, bending afterwards north-east to Hartside and Greenrigg on the
northern boundary of Thockrington parish. The Redesdale limestone forms
a very fossiliferous bed, separated from the ironstone shale beneath it by a
few feet of sandstone. Though classed with the Calcareous and Carbonaceous
divisions respectively, there is, according to Prof. Lebour, no palasontological
break between the two.^
The limestone running through Colwell is also continuous throughout
the district, whilst between these, several thinner, but well marked, beds occur.
The highest of these (the first limestone beneath the Whin) is associated
with an underlying ironstone shale, which runs parallel to the outcrop of the
Whin from Sweethope to Watling Street, north of Swinburn mill. This
limestone must be situated somewhere near the horizon of the Tyne Bottom
Limestone. The bed, near Swinburn castle, contains the interesting fossil
Saccammina, once considered by Prof. Lebour to be characteristic of the
Four-fathom Limestone in Northumberland, but since found to be universally
distributed.^ The associated ironstone, however, unlike that of Redesdale,
is not of great commercial importance. The latter was worked until a few
years ago by the firm of Sir William Armstrong & Co.* These mines were
situated in the parish of Corsenside to the north. Old outcrop workings can,
however, be observed between Pithills and Holywell burn.
Another bed of economic importance, consisting of a coarse, massive
grit, underlies the third limestone in order below the Whin ; it is largely
quarried for building stone at Pity-me, near Gunnerton, and at places farther
north along its line of strike.
The most important coal bed in the district is undoubtedly the Gunner
ton and Fourlaws seam. The outcrop of this bed runs from the west corner
of Sweethope lough in a south-westerly direction towards Chipchase castle.
It is cut off at both ends by faults. This seam, in places, attains a thickness
of 2 feet 6 inches, and is still mined at Gunnerton. The present pit, situated
on the second (L) of Chollerton on the 6 inch map of Northumberland,
' Vol. i. app. i. 35. = App. i, 3. ' Ibid < Ibid.

GEOLOGY.

249

intersects the seam at a depth of 20 fathoms, and the coal which crops out
near Gunnerton represents a bed which occurs considerably higher in the
series. The old colliery at Cowden (now disused) reached the coal at a
depth of 16 fathoms. The present Gunnerton colliery is situated on Mallow
burn,^ the position of the old shaft being a quarter of a mile farther to the
north. In the extra-parochial districts of Kirkheaton, the coal now worked is
the well-known seam which occurs immediately below the Little Limestone,^
the same bed which crops out on the Roman road to the west of the Fallow
field vein. It is here about 20 inches thick. The present colliery, situated
on Tongues hill, reaches the seam by means of a 12 fathom shaft, and at
Boghill pit the shaft is sunk through the beds overlying the Little Limestone.
Old open workings can also be traced near Fairshaw and Boghall.

&j\.L

Section at Great Bavington.
(After Prof. Lebour.)
B I, Western Whin Sill, B 2, Eastern Whin Sill. L L, Limestone of the Northumberland Carboniferous
Limestone Series (Bernician),
The only igneous rock represented in the two parishes under notice is
the Whin Sill, which crops out in the North Tyne at Coldwell, and runs
almost uninterruptedly to Sweethope in the north-east corner of Thockrington
parish, where it thins out. In the east, however, a second intrusion occurs,
running north and south from Great Bavington.^ This easterly outcrop
scarcely enters the parish. A small spread, however, occurs at Homilton,
near Bavington, just at the point where the parish boundary touches the
road. A mile farther south this intrusion, completely dies out at the surface.*
On the whole, the outcrop of the Whin conforms remarkably to the
strike of the Carboniferous rocks. In places, however, it can be observed
running up into the beds, notably on Gunnerton crags, where a good section
is seen near the lime-kiln, exhibiting the intrusive character of the Whin

1 The pit shaft is about three quarters of a mUe east of the stream.
2 Vol. iii. app. i. 14. ' Vol. i. app. i. 20. * Vol. i. app. i. 5, p. 207, and 19, p. 207,
Vol, IV. 1!:

250 CHOLLERTON PARISH.
and affording also a good example of pyrometamorphism. Here the lime
stone has been recrystallized into a saccharoidal condition and the shale into
hornstone. From Little Swinburn northwards the Whin appears to lie between the
shales and sandstones underlying the Scar Limestone. Another inlier is seen
crossing the North Tyne below Haughton castle, and a small patch is also
exposed in the road about half a mile north of Chollerton village. In Kirk
heaton we find a Basalt dyke running nearly east and west through the north
of this area, occupying a line of fault ; and a small intrusion also occurs
along the same dislocation further to the north-east at Sandybreas, where
we find traces of old trials for lead.

G.A.L.
Section at Gunnerton Crag. B, Whin SiU, L, Limestone,
Evidences of glacial action in the district are not wanting, though well-
preserved scratches on solid rock are rare. Near Hallington High farm
strias can be observed pointing a little north of east ; others occur on the
surface of the Whin above Peasland plantation, Great Swinburn, and also
below Swinburn mill. In both of these localities the ice appears to have
travelled from the west-north-west. Much of the country, especially the
valleys, is covered with drift ; thus, in sinking to the coal in Kirkheaton,
the shaft passed through 27 feet of stony clay overlain by sands and gravel.
At Gunnerton fell this covering reaches a total thickness of 42 feet.^
The faults traversing the district are neither numerous nor important.
In the extreme north-west corner of Thockrington, however, we have
two converging faults, which meet just outside the northern boundary on
Watling Street. They appear to be connected with the numerous disloca
tions in the Redesdale district farther to the north. They run roughly east
and west, and being nearly coincident with the strike of the beds, they repeat
a considerable thickness of the strata, bringing in again on their north
side the Fourlaws coal and Redesdale limestone with its underlving
ironstone shale. ^^See app. ii.

GEOLOGY.

251

A continuation of these united faults appears to run eastward through
the depressed alluvial-covered area to the north of Greenrigg, through
Sweethope lough, and away out of the parish to the north-east, along
Farneyrigg burn. It is this fault which cuts off the outcrop of the Gunnerton
and Fourlaws coal-seam, and shifts it a mile and a half to the west. Since
the dip of the beds here only averages some 5 degs., the throw of this fault
must exceed 600 feet. A few minor faults also occur in the neighbourhood
of the Whin Sill outcrop. The most important of these, economically
speaking, is that which cuts off the outcrop of the ironstone shale on
its southern side, where that bed touches the bend of Watling Street,

close to the point
where the road
crosses the
Dry burn.

Alluvial deposits occur in the
valley of the North Tyne, especially
to the north of its junction with the
Hauxty burn, where two complete
horse-shoe shaped deposits of this
material indicate the former meand
ering propensities of the river. As
pointed out by Hugh Miller, the
river flows partly on rock partly on
glacial deposits. In the annexed
diagram of the bend near Chipchase
the river flows upon softer glacial
deposits (on the left) with some
covering of alluvium, and the upper
part of the loop (with the slight
bend above it) may be regarded as
relatively shifting. The shifting curve is endeavouring to worm itself past
the persistent one, along the line of a buried pre-glacial channel occupied
by till. The limb of the stream above the gorge has probably worked
within its tropozoidal strip of alluvium soinewhat like the limb of a piston.
At present this movement is taking the form of a slow progress to the
right on the post of a gentle curve above the double loop, which, exhausting
itself at the gorge, may temporarily straighten the upper half of it, until
such time as the limb of the piston may come down again along the bank
upon the left.^

Part of the North Tyne,
near Chipchase, illus
trating THE relation
OF THE River to its
pre-Glacial Course.
1,2, Terraces ; A, Gravel banks :
B, Recent addition to I.
(After Hugh Miller.)

' App, i, 9.

252

CHOLLERTON PARISH.

Another river valley in the district, now partially filled up with drift, is
the Dry burn. During the formation of a new reservoir for the Newcastle
water supply at Colt crag, the pre-glacial ravine of this stream was exca
vated to a depth of 26 feet below the level of the modern stream. The
stiff till that had occupied it was full of boulders, many of them having the
characteristic smooth lobe-shape. These boulders were lying as if hustled-in
in the passing, and their axes and striae were disposed at random. This old
ravine lay at right angles to the line of ice movement.^
Patches of peat are scattered over
the northern portion of the parish, as at
Bogshield, Folly Moss, Hartside, and
round Sweethope lough. It is interest
ing to note that this latter depression,
which is still occupied by a tarn, like
those of Greenlee and Broomlee farther
west, is situated on a line of fault.
In writing of these Northumberland
lakes, Hugh Miller placed them in the
category of typical glacially eroded
tarns.^ As they occupy strike valleys,
and are contained on at least one side
by alluvium, and moreover lie in the
Part of the North Tyne, near Wark, illus- track of streams, it may be equally
trating the growth and destruction of , . .
River Terraces. probable that they are dammed by drift.
A, Curve, shifting down stream ; B, Haugh form- Tyr^ Marr^ has rPCPntlv shown that the
ing behind it; C, Sand-bank (1865) now (1883) '-^^''- ^'''^^^'^ ^l^b recenuy bllOWn Uldl UlC
being added to B;D Tributary streamlet now gnglish lakcS are in UO CaSC true rOck
broken in upon at that point; i, 2, lerraces below o
A; 1', Lower Terrace replacing them and 2', pro- basiuS, and Ulltil prOof is forthcoming
bable selvage of 2. The other figures denote typical ' rr o
points of elevation above river in feet. I II, Sketch ^q ^-J^g Contrary, it SCCmS mOrC iu kccp-
sections ; Gra., Gravel ; B,C1,, Boulder Clay. ¦' ' '¦
Horizontal scale— 3 inches = I mile, ing with the facts to assume a similar
(After Hugh MiUer,) sccpticism with regard to the glacial
origin of the Northumbrian lakes by direct excavation. In the case of
Sweethope, there is, however, no conclusive evidence that this lough occupies
a true rock basin ; on the contrary, it lies on the main line of drainage of the
river Wansbeck, which issues from it to the east, and enters it on the west
under the name of the Curtis burn.

Se^.iion.1

' App, i, II.

'¦ App. i. 6.

' Proc. Geol, Assoc. May, 1896.

CHOLLERTON TOWNSHIP. 253

CHOLLERTON TOWNSHIP.

Chollerton township is a compact oblong tract of comparatively level
land occupying the south-west corner or nook of the parish. It has a
southern exposure towards the Erring burn,- and comprises an area of 1,557
acres ;^ its population in 1871, when the last separate census was taken,
was 138.^ A barrow, situated about a mile east of Chollerton, was opened in 1866.
It was 36 feet in diameter and 3 feet high, and was made up of earth and
stones. It contained on the south side, not far from the edge of the mound,
a deposit of the burnt bones of an adult, placed under a flat stone upon the
surface level. Not far from this deposit was a cinerary urn, containing the
burnt bones of a young person. The urn, which was placed upright on
the surface level, was much decayed. The overhanging rim was ornamented
with alternate series of twisted thong impressions of vertical and horizontal
lines. At the centre was a cist placed on the original surface, formed of
seven side stones and two covers. In shape it was irregularly oblong,
3 feet 10 inches long, 2 feet 4 inches wide, and 2^ feet deep. Nothing was
left of the bones of the body originally deposited in it, that, apparently, of a
full grown person, except portions of the larger and more solid bones. The
mound contained nothing in the shape of implements, etc., except a flint
flake, which showed signs of having been used.'*
The townships of Chollerton, Barrasford, Chipchase, and Birtley are all
manors within, or members of, the barony of Prudhoe, and as such were
held by the family of Umframvill from the reign of Henry I. Odinel de
Umframvill (died 1182), grandson of Robert With-the-Beard, the first lord
of Redesdale after the Conquest, granted the church of Chollerton, with its
chapels of Birteley, Chipchesse, Gonewarton, Est Swyneborne, Little Heton,
and Colewelle, to the prior and convent of Hexham, together with eight
oxgangs of land in the vill of Chollerton, which formed part of the endow-
1 Including public roads, 20 acres; North British railway, 8 acres; and water, nearly 12 acres.
2 The Census Returns are: 1801 and 1811, no return; 1821, 149; 1831, 187; 1841, 155; 1851, 157;
1861, 161 ; 1871, 138. In 1881 the Census Returns for the parish of Chollerton (exclusive of the chapelry
of Birtley) was i,3io and in 1891, 1,097.
' Greenwell, British Barrows, p. 436.

254 CHOLLERTON PARISH.
ment of the church, and 5 acres to the north of it called the Michelcroft.
His grandson, Gilbert de Umframvill (died 1245), granted the hamlet of
Beamont to the same house.-^
The manor of Chollerton appears to have been in 1240 in the immediate
possession of Gilbert de Umframvill as lord of the barony of Prudhoe.^
Shortly afterwards it became the property of his younger brother, Robert,
whose sons, Gilbert and Richard, held it successively. Richard de Umfram
vill resigned it to his cousin, Gilbert, earl of Angus, in a full court of the
barony held at Inghoe,^ receiving in exchange lands and rents of the value
of £10 in Whelpington.* Earl Gilbert granted Chollerton to William de
Swinburne in the presence of John de Lazysingby, prior of Hexham (died
1269), and others.^ The common rights of the men of Chollerton in
Chesterhope and Buteland were included, as were also those they had
enjoyed in the wood of Birtley, whenever Birtley (then with the exception of
the capital messuage and park, held in dower by the widow of Robert de
Umframvill) should revert to Gilbert or his heirs. An annual payment of
6d. was to cover all feudal services; I2d. was to be paid for forfeitures, and
the same sum for reliefs."
William de Swinburne, the new lord of Chollerton, was the youngest of
the three surviving sons of John de West Swinburne. '^ He appears for the
first time in 1251 as having lent three marks of silver to Reginald Prath,
a necessitous knight of Tyndale.* - Five years later Prath bound himself to
put William de Swinburne in possession of his estates at Haughton and in
the Huntland, and of six marcates in Knaresdale.^ Swinburne accordingly
received a third of the manor of Haughton, all Prath's lands in the Huntland,
and the whole manor of Williamston.^" These were confirmed to him by
' Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. ii. p. i ii. ^ Testa de Nevill; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol. i. p. 206.
^ Swinburne Charters ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol. ii. p. 12.
* Rotuli Hundredorum ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol. i, p. 107.
5 Richard of York was elected prior of Hexham in succession to John de Lazysingby in 1269, Hexham
Priory, Raine, vol. i. app. xxii. etc. The error of supposing Lazysingby to have continued as prior till
1271 (vol. iii. Hexhamshire, pt. i. p. 164, etc.) seems due to a confusion in the abstract given in
Dodsworth MSS. xiv. fo. 56, of this grant of Chollerton by Gilbert de Umframvill with the confirmation
of it by Richard de Umframvill in that year.
° Swinburne Charters ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol. ii, p, 12,
' See under West Swinburn,
' Swinburne Charters ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol. i. p. 8. ° Ibid.
" I%id. p. 5. This charter and two others which are necessarUy posterior to Prath's obligation to
give possession, dated 1256, were assigned by Hodgson to the shrievalty of Hugh de Bolbec,
1236-1245, on account of his name appearing at the head of the attestations; but had he been
sheriff, the words 'tunc vicecomite' would have almost certainly followed his name.

CHOLLERTON TOWNSHIP. 255
Alexander III. of Scotland at Stirling in 1257.^ Already in April, 1259,
William de Swdnburne was acting as treasurer to Alexander's young
queen, Margaret. During the four ensuing years he disbursed the sum of
;^598 los. 4d. for his royal mistress in the purchase of cloth, furs, napkins,
towels, linen, cloth of gold and aresta, cambrics, wax, spices, oblations,
jewels, and other petty expenses.^ It was probably these duties at the
Scottish court that involved him in a serious dispute with Gilbert de
Colecester, a London tailor, living in the parish of St. Benet de Gers-
chereche (Gracechurch). The tailor in the end made a most abject
submission.^ Swinburne, who had been appointed rector of Fordun in Kincardineshire,
farmed the altar dues of his church for three years from 1260, to a chaplain
named David, at forty marks annually. David was to serve the church with
two chaplains, and the necessary clerks, bearing all charges connected with
it, except papal imposts, and was to find Swinburne fuel, litter, hay, and a
stone of cheese for 8d.* It cannot have been long after this that Swinburne
resigned his ecclesiastical preferment, and took to himself a wife.' In 1269,
the same year that he acquired Chollerton, Queen Margaret sent him as
her bailiff into Cumberland." In consequence perhaps of a letter the queen
wrote to Walter de Merton, her father's chancellor, in his behalf,' Swin
burne obtained a confirmation of his grant of Chollerton from Henry III.,
29th March, 1269.^ Froni her brother Edmund he received Ottercaps and
Snaridelf.^ William de Swynburne had become possessed of the manor of Staworth
(Staward pele). On 14th January, 1272, he wrote from Haughton to Henry
III. to say that he was prevented by great infirmity from attending his court
in Hilary term with reference to a perambulation to be made between the
manor of Langley in the county of Northumberland and that of Staworth in
the liberty of Tyndale. He gave his consent to the perambulation provided
one-half of the jury were taken from the liberty.^"
1 Swinburne Charters; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol. L pp. 13, 13. A second confirmation
in the same terms, in 1267, was probably obtained, owing to the violent changes in the Scottish
government in the interval. ^ Ibid, pt, iu, vol. ii. p. 20. ^ Ibid. p. 23.
* Ibid. p. 21. The date, 1270, given in the heading there seems a misprint.
5 Assize Rolls, 21 Ed. I. ' Swinburne Charters ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt, iii, vol. ii. p. 21,
' Royal Letters, No, 851, Cal. of Documents rei. to Scotland, vol. i. No, 2260.
' Swinburne Charters ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol. ii. p. 13,
* Hodgson, Northumberland, pt, U, vol, i, pp, 105, 106,
'» Collins, Proc. in Bar. pp. 22, 23 ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol. iii. p. 20.

256 CHOLLERTON PARISH.
Notwithstanding the royal protection which he obtained from Henry III.,
and a further confirmation of his title to Chollerton from Richard de
Umframvill at Hexham, 26th July, 1271,^ Swinburne was not allowed to
remain in unquestioned enjoyment of the manor. Before 1274, Eva, the
widow of Robert de Umframvill, the former owner, had married William
de Percy, and now claimed the third part of 490 acres in Chollerton as her
dower. After four years' delay Gilbert, earl of Angus, came forward to
bear witness that Eva's claim to dower hjid already been satisfied in the
manor of Birtley.^ A greater danger threatened Swinburne in 1278 :
Richard de Umframvill had gone out of his mind, and his friends raised
the point as to whether he was sane at the time of his renunciation of
Birtley and Chollerton in favour of his cousin and overlord. Earl Gilbert.
The earl, however, was able to prove that Richard had appeared in person
to levy a fine of these manors before the justices itinerant. Edward I.
and his council decided in favour of Richard's ability to renounce, holding
that it was to be presumed that the justices would not have allowed any
person under age or an idiot to transact business in court. They laid down
the rule that it was a thing unaccustomed to bring the discretion of the
justices before a jury (inusitatum est quod discretio justiciariorum inquiratur
per patriarp).^ One of the first things Swinburne did at Chollerton was to ensure better
communication with the property he had already acquired at Haughton, by
establishing a ferry boat on the North Tyne. He entered into an agree
ment with Ranulph de Halvton (Haughton), the owner of Selburhalv, on
the west bank of the river, to buy and keep at their joint cost a boat to
ply between that place and his own land at Scothalv on the east bank.
Each of them was to have a right of way to the boat for himself and his
men through Chollerton and Haughton respectively.*
Swinburne granted to Master William de Wanker, the vicar of Chollerton,
a piece of ground 8 feet wide and 30 feet long on the south side of the vicar
age for the purpose of constructing ' a chamber for the priests' use ' (camera
^ Dodsworth MSS. xiv. fo, 56 ; see footnote 8 on previous page.
^ De Banco Rolls, 3-3 Ed. I. Michas, m, 6; 6-7 Ed, I, Michas. m. 38.
' Abbrev. Placit. 7-8 Ed. I. rot. 21 in dorso, p, 197; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol. ii. p. 14.
^ Swinburne Charters ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol. i. p. i. The agreement which has been
assigned to the time of Henry II. is of that of Henry III. : there was no William de Swinburn in the
time of Henry II., at any rate in possession of ChoUerton.

CHOLLERTON TOWNSHIP. 257
ad opus sacerdotum). He conceded this 'for the good of his soul and
the souls of his ancestors,' in consideration of a special memorial of himself
and his wife and their children every Sunday in Chollerton church, and at
the rent of one penny payable at Michaelmas. He also gave Wanker person
ally (not as vicar) common rights for three mares and two cows in the pasture
where the men of Chollerton kept their cattle ; in return he was to receive
twelve hens every Christmas.-'
Alexander III. appointed William de Swinburne his bailiff in Tynedale,
but at his consort's request freed him from all involuntary services of the kind
in 1273,^ ^^ exemption that Swinburne had already enjoyed in England since
1268, through Queen Margaret's influence with her father.^ On the same day
Alexander bestowed on him Haughton Strother with the adjacent demesnes
'in free forest with vert and venison.'* Swinburne's house at Haughton is
styled simply a 'camera' in the curious instrument by which, in 1278, John
de Insula became his liegeman ' against all in the world save his own over
lords,' for the yearly sum of 20s.'
Alan de Swinburne, brother of William and rector of Whitfield since
1264," had bought the manor of Great Heton (Capheaton) from Thomas
de Fenwick in 1274.' Wishing to settle this on his brother William and his
heirs while retaining his own life-interest, he enfeoffed his brother in it in
1284, and, under the name of an exchange, was enfeoffed himself in the manor
of Chollerton as security. The intention was that after a year's possession
had ratified the entail of Capheaton each should resume possession of
his own manor ; a transaction which they ultimately carried out.* William
de Swinburne was still living in July, 1285, when he came to a final agree
ment with John Comyn of Badenoch as to his shiels of Greenley, and a half
of the adjacent lake of Wigglesmere.'' Indeed he does not seem to have died
till 1289, when Anthony Bek, bishop of Durham, received orders, as ' custos '
of the king's lands in Tyndale, to take possession of those of William de
' Swinburne Charters; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt, iii. vol. ii. p. 19. The date, 1426, given in the
Latin heading, is manifestly wrong. The witnesses would all have been 150 years old, or more, in
that year. ^ Ibid. p. 23.
^ Patent Roll, 52 Henry III. m, 4 ; Cal. of Documents rei. to Scotland, vol, i. p, 496.
* Swinburne Charters ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt, iii, vol, i. p. 16. * Ibid, vol, ii. p. 38.
" Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol. iii, p. 109.
¦ Swinburne Charters ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol. ii. pp. 1-3,
° Assize Roll, 21 Ed. I. Alan do Swinburne's receipt for 100 marks from Sir WiUiam, by the hand
of the latter's wife Margaret, 1282-83, is sealed with a rude antique set within an inscription, Swin
burne Charters, i, 9 ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii, vol, i. p. 313 n,
° Swinburne Charters; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol. i, p, 19.
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Swinburne, deceased.^ Sir William's widow, Margery, married Thomas de
Lucy, and in 1293 unsuccessfully claimed dower in Capheaton in addition to
that which she had in Chollerton.^
CoLDEN, Chollerton Subsidy Roll, 1296.
Summa bonorum Willelmi Lamb
,, Roberti de Snaudon ,,,
,, Adae de Husband
,, Thomae Turpyn
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Sholurton Subsidy RoU, 1336: Patricus de BeUo Monte, 2S. 2d.; WUlelmus Homel, is. id.; Thomas
Houete, is. 2d. ; Walterus Molendinarius, 2S. sd, ; Adam filius GUberti, 3S. 6d, ; WiUelmus de Bleumonte,
3s. Summa, 12s. 4d.
In 1479, in addition to Beaumont, which yielded a rent of £2 13s. 4d.,
the convent of Hexham held in Chollerton a husbandland, containing
29 acres and 3 roods, which, with two cottage lands, containing about
4 acres, was let to Hugh Colstone for 28s. a year, and another husbandland
of 30 acres and 3 roods for which Alan Hoghird paid 30s. a year.^
Chollerton Muster Roll, 1538.'
John Usshor, Davide Wood, Michell Forestandhaw, John Colson, Wyllm Colson, able with hors
and harnes. Robert Pawtson, Henry Wilson, Thomas Colson, Thomas Fenwyk, Christofer Jakson,
Robert Robson, John Hynd, Rauff BeU, George Nicolson, Archbald Yildert, Andro Logam, James
Foster, Robert Colson, neither hors nor harnes. Gerard Bell, Robert Nicholson, Gerard Patyson,
Osvifyn Eryngton, Robert Wodeman, able with hors and harnes. Willm Wodeman, Thomas Wodeman,
Robert Tomson, Henry Woodman, naither hors nor harnes.
In 1534 Edward Jay, prior, and the convent of Hexham, granted their
pastures of Beaumont house to David Carnaby ; this, together with Beau
front, was, in 1586, conveyed by Nicholas Carnaby of Rouchester, son and
heir of Mark Carnaby, late of Anick Grange, to Gilbert Errington of
' Originalia, 17 Ed. I.; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. voL ii. p. 287,
'' Assize Roll, 31 Ed. I. On 14th August, 1332, Alexander, son and heir of Sir WiUiam de Swinburne
gave at Chollerton 121 acres of land and 30 acres of pasture there to Brian de Thornhill, rector of
Bydale, and a great entail of the Swinburne estates was executed there on Trinity Sunday (7th June),
1349, in the presence of Sir John de Stryvelan, Sir William de Felton, and Sir John de Lisle of Wode-
burne, knights, and John de Clifford the Sheriff. See Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol, i, p. 314 n,
* Hexham Priory, Raine, vol, ii, pp, 30-32. * Arch. Ael. 4to series, vol, iv, p. 176.
CHOLLERTON TOWNSHIP. 259
Wharmley.^ In 1622 Henry Errington of Beaufront conveyed 'Beamont
house or Beamont field' to William Swinburne of Capheaton,^ who already
held the greater part of the township by descent from William Swinburn, to
whom the manor was granted 350 years before. In 1663 Sir John Swinburne
was rated at ^^140 for his lands in Chollerton, and from him is lineally
descended its present owner, Sir John Swinburne of Capheaton, bart.
In the survey of July, 1536, it is stated that the prior and convent held
a tenement with appurtenances in Chollerton, which was rented by the vicar
of Chollerton for 40s. or 45s. a year.' Under the description of ' a tenement
in Chollerton and the arable lands said to have been sometime in the
occupation of the vicar of the parish church of Chollerton by particular
thereof said to be of the value of 40s., and sometime parcel of the dissolved
monastery of Hexham,' it was, in 1622, for the sum of ;^I20, conveyed by Sir
John Fenwick of Wallington to his servant George Heron, then of Kearsley,
'to be holden in fee farm for ever.'* Three years later Heron sold it for
;^i6o to Richard Wilson of Haughton castle 'in as full a manner as King
James by letters patent, dated 7th October, in the seventh year of his reign,
had granted the same, inter alia, to George Salter and John W . . . .'
In 1642 Roger Wilson of Hexham, son of Richard Wilson of Haughton, for
;^2oo conveyed it to Cuthbert Heron of Chipchase." Heron was not rated
in 1663, but Roger Chalto was rated at ^^13 for lands in Chollerton.
In the second half of the seventeenth century Chollerton was farmed by
a cadet of the ancient family of Carnaby, whose will, remaining in the
registry at Durham, makes his landlord. Sir John Swinburne, one of his
executors, and affords some genealogical information hitherto unknown.
The inventory filed by the executors discloses the contents of a well-
plenished farm house of the period, as well as the nature and value of the
farm stock. Will of Ralph Carnaby of Chollerton, gentleman. Dated i6th March, 1693.
To the poor people, £\o, to be distributed at my burial among every poor man and woman of the
parish of Chollerton. To my nephew, John Carnaby of Halton, esq., ^5, To my niece, Jane Carnaby,
sister of the said John, ^5, and a bond or specialty of ^^25 entered to me by Sir Robert Fenwick of Bywell,
knight, deceased. To my nephew, WiUiam Fenwick of West Matfen, gentleman, £2^,. To my nephews,
Ambrose Fenwick of West Matfen, ^5, and to Ralph Fenwick of the same place, ^30, and my new suit
of clothes. To my niece, Dorothy Kempe, wife of Francis Kempe of London, ^5, To my niece, Mrs.
Catherine Dunn of the Brigghouse, near BeUingham, widow, ^5, To my niece, Mrs, Mary Fenwick of
' The Rev. John Hodgson MSS. Capheaton Deeds (Y), pp. 330-333. '^ Ibid.
' Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. U, p. 166; cf. vol. iU. p. 158.
¦* The Rev. John Hodgson MSS. Capheaton Deeds (Y), pp. 230-233. ^ Ibid. « Ibid,

26o CHOLLERTON PARISH.
West Matfen, spinster, ^lo. To Mr. John Bury of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, one of the sons of Mr. Matthew
Bury, ^30. To Mr. James Bury of Newcastle-on-Tyne, ^25 ; to Mrs. Ann Bury of Newcastle-on-Tyne,
spinster, /30, children of the said Matthew. To Mrs. Barbary Simpson of Corbridge, daughter of Mr.
Henry Simpson, late of Corbridge, gent,, deceased, ^5. To Mrs. Anne Thornton, wife of Nicholas
Thornton of Netherwitton, esq,, 20s,, to buy a mourning ring. To the Honourable Francis Radcliflfe, esq.,
20S., to buy a mourning ring. To the Honourable Thomas Radcliffe, esq,, 20s,, to buy a mourning ring.
To the Honourable William Radcliffe, esq., 20s,, to buy a mourning ring. To the Honourable Lady Mary
Ratcliffe of Dilston, 20s,, to buy a mourning ring. To Mrs. Catharine Swinburne of Capheaton, spinster,
daughter of the Right Worshipful Sir John Swinburne, baronet, 20s., to buy a mourning ring. To Mr.
Edward Swinburne of Capheaton, one of the sons of the said Sir John, 20s,, to buy a mourning ring. To
my lady, Isabell Swinburne, wife of the said Sir John, 20s,, to buy a mourning ring, and direct that the
said Isabella shall divide all my household goods and stuff between herself and my loving wife, Mary
Carnaby, To Simon Wilkinson of Chollerton, yeoman, 20s, To WiUiam Kell of ChoUerton, yeoman, 20s.
To Jane Dacre, my servant, ^5, To the rest of my servants, 5s, each. To my servant, Henry Armstrong,
my black mare at Chipchase with Sir Charles Heron, bart. To Mrs. Troth Swinburne of Capheaton, one of
the daughters of Sir John Swinburne, the best bedd. To Mrs. Mary Swinburne of Capheaton, another
daughter of the said John Swinburne, the seeing glass in the browne chamber where my late deceased
daughter lay. To Anne Carnaby, daughter of Mr, Richard Carnaby, late of Nubbock, deceased, £^. To
Mr. James Swinburne of Capheaton, son of the said Sir John Swinburne, the sum of .^400, now in the
hands of the said Sir John Swinburne. To my loving wife, Mary Carnaby, all and everything which I
have not already bequeathed together with the sum of ^800 which is due to me at Michaelmas from Robert
Sureties of Ryton in the county of Durham, gentleman, and John Steavenson of Byerside, in the said
county of Durham, gent. I devise unto my said wife, and unto her heirs, all my estate and title and
interest in the messuages and lands in Crawcrook, in the said county of Durham, conveyed to me by the
said Robert Sureties and John Steavenson for the said security of ^800. I appoint my loving wife, Mary
Carnaby, and my well-beloved and worthy friend the said Sir John Swinburne of Capheaton, baronet,
executors. Proved 1694,
An inventory of the goods and chattels of Mr. Ralph Carnaby, late of Chollerton, in the
county of Northumberland, gentleman, deceased.
In the hall, one long table, valued at ^i 15s. ; in the out-rooms, another table, 5s, ; in the dairy,
bowles, a chirnn, chesfatt and suchlike, £'^ los. Potts, panns, and little things as trenshare, ;^i ; three
ketteUs and a fish pann, £2 14s. Fowerteen pewter dishes, most of them little ones, 3 douzen of plates,
2 pair of candlesticks, 2 pair of brass candlesticks, with snuffers and snuffe pans for both, one dish cover,
one cuUinder, i douzen of petty panns, a little ring for sallett, 2 brass rings, 30 glasses, jugs and cups.
with a latting pudding pan, a big earthen pot, all at £s. One fine new tick for a bed, £2 ; one webb of
unbleached cloth, £1 6s. ; 17 yards of unbleached harden, 14s, 6d. ; 9 spindle of yarne, £1 2s. ; 2 spitts
and a pann, 6s. The linning ; 8 paire and one sheet, most of them thinn, £2 15s; seaven paire of a
courser sort, more worn, £1 i8s. ; nine paire and one of course sheets, ^i i8s. ; nine paire of good
pillowbers, one paire more, very cours, ^i 2s. ; one window curtain of course cloth, and clother {sic) for
another, 8s. ; 13 table cloths of linning, dyper and huggaback, and one more, £2 5s. ; 9 douzen and a half
of Unning dyper and huggaback napkins, with fewer dyper towels, £2 iSs. Two barrells, 3s,, one new-
booke, 6s. ; one old green bed, los, ; a browne bed and bedstead, £2 los, ; three feather beds, 3
paire of piUows, 2 bowlesters, one peice of course ticking for a bowlster, £4 los, ; five paire of blanketts,
^i 155, ; 2 pieces of wooling cloath for blanketts, los. ; 2 ruggs, 4 coverlitts or happins, 3 more all very
bad, .^i 2s. A prospect glass, a runner to cut paste, and a sause pann, 5s. ; 2 coverlitts, and two paire of
more blankets, ^i. There was one broune bedd and bedstead, fether bedd, bowlster and piUows,
blanketts, rugg, and one looking glass, which was left Mrs, Troath Swinburne by Mr, Carnaby's will, and
which the said Troath Swinburne had, the same were vallued at £4 5s. There was chaires, virginalls,
trunks, with Mr. Carnaby's cloathes in them, severall boxes, chists and cupbert of drawers, 2 iron boxes,
and a dish, a warmeing pann, the fether bedd, bowlster, and pillows, bedstead, curtaines, and table (and
the kitchen racks) that was in Mr. Carnaby's chamber, and other fether bedds with blanketts, and one
looking glass, that Mr. Bury had and disposed of, £  s. The particulars of plate : On?, little silver

THE PARISH CHURCH. 26 1
tankard valued at ^^3 ; one silver tumbler, 15s. ; tenn silver spoons, ;f3 ; a little teapott of silver, 15s. ;
one silver salt, £2. These particular peices of plate Mr. Bury had and received the same to his owne
use without allowing my Lady Swinburne, the other legatee, her moyety or share thereof. The beasts
and other catteU at ChoUerton upon the lands at Mr. Carnaby's death valued : 23 draught oxen at ^3 15s.
per beast, ^86 5s. ; 17 fat oxen at £7 per beast, .£119 ; 28 milk cowes, £1 per beast, ^84 ; 10 steers
^t .£5 per beast, £^0; 12 steers and quies at ^i 5s, per beast (these were two years old), ^15 ; 12
steers and quyes more at £\ 15s per beast, £2\ ; 16 one year old stirks at 15s, per beast, .£12; r
bull at £•>,; one bull segg at ,£4, 15 scoie of ewes at £7 los, per score, ^112 los. ; 6 score
of hogge at £4 per score, ^24 ; 1 1 score of wethers and seven dinments at £7 per score, ^79 9s.
The swine : one sowe at 14s, ; 3 piggs at 8s, ; 2 hoggs at ^3 ; 2 braunes at ^i 2s, The horses : 4
maires at £2 each, ^8; 3 old work horses at los, each, ^i los, ; the husband geare valued at ^11 9s. 4d.
The corne in the garth valued to ^70 ; the cropp upon the ground at ^20 ; reedy money in the house.
An account of what bonds Mr. Carnaby left for moneys due to him and which are all desparate and not
worth one farthing :
Sir Robert Fenwick's bond for £2^ ; it was left to Mrs, Jane Carnaby and given to her ; Mr, Robert
Fenwick's bond of ^20 ; one bond of Thomas Gray for ;£3 is. ; abend of Nicholas Romy, ^3 6s.; abondfor
30S, a year till £7 be paid by Thomas Hedley, £7 ; WiUiam Robson's bond for £2 i6s, ; Richard
Carnaby's bond for £2 ; James Graham's bond for £4 13s, ; Nicholas Hodshon and John Forbus, there
bond for £¦}, 6s. 8d., but with Mr, Carnaby's owne band is writt, there is only behind ^l ; WilUam
Routledge, his bond for £\ 9s. ; Nicholas Robson and Nicholas Robson, there bond for ^3 i6s. ; Roger
Chatoe and Henry Chatoe's bond for ^5 5s.; John Herrison and Edward Herrison, bond for ^3 13s.;
Archabald Harp and Edward Champley's bond for ^4, but most of it is paid; Robert Hedley and Thomas
Hedley's bond for ^8 los. ; paid of this £\ ; remaines due £7 los, ; George Chicken and George Chicken,
bond for ^5 ; but Mr. Carnaby hath writt on the bond all is paid but ^i los.
An account of what sumes of money came to the hands of, and was received by Sir John Swinburne as
executor to Mr. Carnaby, and due to him as such, over and besides the severall particulars of the
personal estate above menconed :
John Carnaby, esq,, his bond for ;^3o ; one bond of the Honourable Thomas Radcliffe, for principall
money and interest, all of which money he paid and Sir John received, ^159 ; received upon bond of
Henry Lowes and WiUiam Foster, £2, 12s. ; received upon a bond of Richard Cooke, £j, 8s. ; received
of John Tomson for 20 bowles of bigg sold by Mr. Carnaby, £\ i los. ; received of John Tomson for 20
bowells of rye sold by Mr. Carnaby, £12 ; of John Tomson for 6 score and tenn sheep sold by Mr.
Carnaby, ^59 5s. ; received of Lawson upon bond, ^6.
With the exception of about 6 acres of glebe belonging to the vicar the
whole township belongs to Sir John Swinburne. It is divided into the East,
West, and Middle farms, and the farm of Beaumont house, but under the
old system of rating was reputed to comprise eight ancient farms.
The Parish Church.
The parish church stands in the nook formed by the confluence of the
Erring burn, with the North Tyne at the extreme south-west of the parish,
on a site from which the ground falls to the south, and commands a view
of Cocklaw tower, and in the distance of St. Oswald's chapel, Keepwick
fell, and the line of the Wall. The grant of the church of Chollerton
made b^ 04inel de Umframvill to the prior and convent of Hexham

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included 8 oxgangs of land in the vill of Chollerton, which had formed
part of the old endowment of the church, and a 5 acre field to the north
of it, called the Michel-croft, as appears in the inspeximus of 1298.^ The
deed of gift and the ordination of the vicarage are not now extant.
Although the church presents a picturesque object among its surround
ings, with a background of lofty trees, ^ it does not exhibit on the exterior any
indication that the building is of more than ordinary interest. As seen from
the road, it is entirely modern, the oldest portion being the tower, and this
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The plan comprises a chancel, a nave with north and south aisles, a
detached western tower, and a south porch. The nave is 41 feet long, and
measures 16 feet between the arcade piers.
Though there are no remains of that period left, a pre-Conquest church
may have occupied the site. The earliest evidences of a stone building are
some arch stones of the Norman period. Although the Norman church and
its supposed predecessor (which may have been a wooden one) have disap
peared, a close examination of the walls shows that the present building is an
enlargement and reconstruction of an older one. The west wall still retains
some portions of the Norman work in situ, including the quoins at the south-

1 Inspeximus of 1298 ; Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. ii. p. iii.
2 Ash, elm, and plane trees, planted in the churchyard. Chollerton Register, ist March, 1828,

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263

west angle of the nave, which are visible from the ground to the roof level,
and at the north-west angle, to the extent of 3 feet above the ground level.
The first addition to the Norman church was the extension towards the
south by means of an aisle, which was separated from the nave by an arcade
of four bays. The arches have two plain chamfered orders, with no hood
moulding ; they rest on cylindrical shafts i foot
7 inches in diameter and 8 feet high, having
square capitals and moulded bases on square
plinths. The proportions of this arcade are
striking, and there is a characteristic rudeness
about the whole which at once arrests atten
tion. This arises from the fact that the isolated
columns, as well as the respond shafts at the
two ends of the arcade, are monoliths, and are
clearly of different workmanship from the other
portions. There can be no doubt that they are
of Roman origin, and may be columns trans
ferred from a Roman building at the neigh
bouring station of Cilurnum.
It is interesting to note a similar re-use of
Roman material in the north arcade of Lan-
chester church in the county of Durham, where
is a closely adjoining Roman station, and where
the shafts are uniform in number, size, and shape
with those at Chollerton. On the north side of
Canterbury cathedral there are standing two
columns which did service in, and have been
removed from, the early church of Reculver in
Kent, which was also a Roman station. Built
into the porch walls of the church are some small capitals of Transitional
character, and the sunk ornamental panel (marked V) shown among the
sketches of the sepulchral remains.
The north arcade was added about a century later than the southern
one. The arches are of two chamfered orders, resting on octagonal shafts
or columns with moulded capitals and bases, the latter standing on square
plinths. The responds are semi-octagonal in plan. The whole of the

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mouldings have been chiselled over in modern days, and their shape much
obliterated. Writing in 1769, Wallis,
the historian, informs us the tow^er had
been recently erected.^ Its extent is
shown by the projecting angle quoins
and the string course of classical
character. The chancel was rebuilt
at the same time. The present ter
mination to the tower was added in
1873, when the chancel was shortened
by 3 feet, the wall of the north aisle
rebuilt, the south aisle reduced from
15 feet to 9 feet 6 inches in width,
and the windows on the south side
of the chancel inserted.
Chollerton can boast the posses
sion of three fonts. The one in use
is probably contemporary with the
south arcade ; it has a wooden cover
of seventeenth-century work, of a
somewhat ornamental character. Another, which is now in the churchyard,
has been formed out of
a massive Roman altar, " A7^1X75^«-?f-^r-^1!^f?^TT-T'rT'
on which the sacrificial
instruments are still left,
though the letters i.o.m.,
visible a few years ago,
have disappeared.^ The
third is a shallow oct
agonal bowl, which be
longed to the old chapel
of Gunnerton. A por
tion of the cross of a
gable (IV.) is built into
the north chancel wall.

^ Northumberland, vol. ii, p,
form the basin of the font.

90.

' The altar has been inverted and the base hoUowed out to

Interior of Chollerton Church (fro.m the South-West).

THE PARISH CHURCH.

265

Grave-covers and Monumental Inscriptions.
The sepulchral memorials^ form an interesting series and afford varied
examples of the ordinary monuments in use in country churchyards during
the Middle Ages. They may be divided into the following classes: flat grave-
covers forming portions of

the floor of the churches ;
grave-covers which were
laid over graves in the
churchyard ; and small
standing crosses which
were placed at the heads
of the graves. To the first
of these types belong the
stones in the floor of the
chancel (VIL, VIIL, and
X.). Of the second, an
example exists in the
churchyard ; it bears a
cross patee and a pair of
shears. Of the third, are
the fragments marked II.
and IV.
The small grave-cover
marked I. on the sketch is
that of a child ; it has a
sunk cross patee within a
circle, and two other sunk
panels, interspersed with
punctures. II. and IV.
are head crosses. VI. is
a small slab, or a portion
of a larger one with incised

shears, indicating a female. VII. is a fragment of a large limestone slab ; the
only portion of the design now discernible upon it is the ogee base which
' As usual, the number of burials within the church is very great. In digging a grave in 181 5 an
immense quantity of human bones were exposed ; Mr. William Bates, who at that time farmed the
whole of Chollerton, told Sir David Smith that he counted upwards of forty skuUs.

Vol. IV.

34

266 CHOLLERTON PARISH.
supports the stem of a cross, overlaid by a shield on which a single cinquefoil
may perhaps be traced. VIII. is a good example of an early thirteenth-cen
tury grave-cover. The arms and base of the cross have beautiful floriated ter
minations, the arms of the cross are also filled with semi-circles with floriated
ends. The shears on the dexter side indicate that the person represented
was a female. X. is a double grave-cover, rectangular in shape, belonging
to the thirteenth century. The stem of each cross springs from a trefoiled
base and terminates in a head formed of portions of four circles conjoined.
Both crosses are overlaid by a shield charged with armorial bearings. That
on the dexter cross has an impaled coat, the dexter side of which is quarterly,
but so much worn that it is difficult to describe the exact charge.^ The
sinister side shows only a single cinquefoil in chief. Above the shield is
a book with a strap. The shield on the sinister cross is charged with three
cinquefoils^ only. By its side is placed a long sword. In addition to
these there is built up in the porch a fragment of an important thirteenth-
century slab. It has a Norman-French inscription round its margin, which
reads ci git dame elizabet de . . . . | prier pvr sa aulme.
A seventeenth-century slab, now secured to the east wall of the south
aisle, bears the following inscription : hic jacet henricvs widri | nton de
colwell OBITVS I XII AVGVSTI 1633 ET CLARA | VXOR EJVS ORATE PRO EIS.
Below this is an incised Latin cross. At the west end of the south aisle
is another limestone slab, also secured to the wall, having the following
inscription : hic jacet tho : erring | ton nvper de bing | field gener : qvi
OBI I it 24 NOVEMBR anno I dom: 1677 ^T MARIA VX | OR EJVS QVAE OBIIT 3O
I APR 1668 & MARIA HOWARD | FILIA : JACOBI : HOWARD | ARMIGERI GENERI :
THO ] ERRINGTON : QVAE : OBI | IT 14'° JVLII 1 669.
In memory of the Rev. John Hixon Arrowsmith, vicar of Kirkharle, and late curate of Chollerton,
who died Nov. 12, 1865, aged 39 years.
In mem. Christophori Bird ex agro Westmor. viri moribus ac pietate insignis hanc tabulam dicat
fiUus C.B. hujus paroechiae vicarius ob' A,D, 1814 ann. 86 nat. Hanc Margarettae Bird effigiem virtutis
eximiae monumentum ponit fiUus C.B. grati animi causa vixit ann. 84 decessit A.D. 1823.
In memory of Christopher Bird, 46 years vicar of this parish, born in Dec, 1778, died 11 May, 1867.
Anne, wife of Christopher Bird, born 4 Feb., 1778, died 19 May, 1853, obdormivit in pace.
Anne Jane, daughter of Christopher Bird, nat. 12 August, 1811, dormivit in Christe, 4 Feb., 1866.
' A drawing made over sixty years ago, preserved in Sir David Smith's coUection, describes the
charge to have been the arms of Widdrington : quarterly, a bend. In that case the impaled coat has
not been dimidiated, and cannot be Swinburne of Capheaton, as at first seems probable.
^ Possibly for Swinburne of Capheaton, but there is no indication of the field being divided
per fess.

THE PARISH CHURCH. 267
In memory of the Rev, Oswald Head, 34 years vicar of this parish, who died 20 Dec, 1820, aged
64 years. Also of Ann his wife, who died at Neston, in Cheshire, 21 March, 1841, aged 74 years.
Sacred to the memory of Margaret, wife of John Hornby of Blackburn, esq,, and daughter of
Christopher Bird, vicar of this parish. She died at Torquay, after a long and painful illness borne with
pious and cheerful resignation, October 3, 1853, aetat 39. Her remains are laid in a vault in the church
yard of Tor-mohun, Devon.
Lavinia Louisa Inman, obiit Maiae 34, 1856, ann. nat, 35 in deum pia in omnes benevola sic amore
requiescam hoc monumentum ponit maritus Rev, T, Inman.
Here lies the body of Stephen Kitchen, who died October ye 13, 1747, aged 47 years; and Elizabeth
bis wife, died Feb. 11, 1756.
Here lieth the body of Edward Taylor, who departed this life July 11, 1786, aged 78 years. -
Vicars of Chollerton.
Before 1289. William de Wauker.'
1316. William, vicar of Cholverton.^
1361. John de Skardeburgh, vicar of ChoUerton.'
1373. John de Ebor, vicar of Chollerton, was party to a deed dated at Denton, 20th May, 1373,
relating to Beaufront, Bingfield, Beukley, etc.''
1380. Waltre de Chambre.'^
 John Ellison," =
1495, 2nd June. Robert Stehinson, after the resignation of EUison." °
1496, 3nd March. Henry Leshman, after the death of Stehinson." '
1498, 3oth July, John Westmorland, after the resignation of Leshman,' He appeared at the arch
bishop's Visitation in 1501.' In the dissolution period survey, it is noted that the vicar of Chollerton
held a tenement, with appurtenances there, at the rent of 45s.' •
1556, nth February. Arthur Shafto was presented by the queen," ° He was also vicar of
.Stamfordham, and did not appear at the Visitation of 1578, and was excused. His curate, Thomas
Woodcock, appeared, but could produce no licence."
1584. John Dobson, after the death of Shafto,^
1585, i3tb November. John Wood, after the resignation of Dobson." '^
1 610, Alexander Wooddell, after the resignation of Wood, '
1650, John Wigham.
1663, 13th January. Robert Adamson, M.A,, was presented by Sir William Fenwick ;" buried in the
church, 37th January, 1688/9."
1689. John Bland ; he was residing in Morpeth in 1722, when he voted for freehold in Chollerton,
and died i5tb October, 1733.''
1733. Charles Stoddart, M,A,, inducted 20th November, 1733;" also vicar of Brampton in Cum
berland ; buried i6th June, 1790.'^
1790. Oswald Head, died 20th December, 1820,"
1821. Christopher Bird, instituted 26th January, 1821," son of Christopher Bird of Morland, in
Westmorland, of St, Alban's hall, O.xon.; matriculated 9th June, 1803, aged 24; M.A. 1806 ; rector of
High Hoyland, 1806; perpetual curate of AUendale, vicar of Warden, 1827.^^
' Hodgson, Northumberland, pt, iii, vol, ii, p, 19, where the date (1426) is erroneously given.
' Inquisition touching the vicarage of Edlingham; Bishop Kellawe's Register, Hardy, vol. ii. p, 820,
Rolls Series. ^ Hodgson, Northumberland, pt, iii, vol, ii, p, 18, ' Rev, John Hodgson MSS, (L), 263,
' Randal, State of the Churches. " Rev, John Hodgson MSS, ; Bishop of Durham's Register.
' Ecc. Proc. of Bp. Barnes, Raine, xxxii. Surtees Soe. ° Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. ii. p. 166.
" Ecc, Proc. of Bp. Barnes, Raine, p. 30.
'" Chollerton Register. 1703, 13th May, John Bland, clerk, vicar of Chollerton, and Isabella Fenwick
of West Harle, widow, ma/ried. Kirkwhelpington Register. " Chollerton Register.
'^ Mr. Christopher Bird purchased the advowson of the church from Mr. Beaumont.

268

CHOLLERTON PARISH.

it: 11 1 >U IL )L E K T ni K C H Uli C II o
F'thhtlieil j. (tit: lB33t,y}fJlH^;i.mJbm:rk.

1867. Christopher Bird the younger, instituted loth July, of Trinity college, Cambridge; B.A. 1838;
sometime vicar of High Hoyland, Yorkshire ; honorary canon of Newcastle; died 29th December, 1896,
aged 80.
1897. Wilfrid Bird Hornby of Brasenose college, Oxon,, matriculated gth June, 1870, aged 19;
B,A, 1875; M.A. 1878; sometime bishop of Nyasaland,
Though the present dedication is ascribed to St. Giles,^ the scanty
evidence which we possess points to St. Michael as the patron saint of the
church. It is so entered in Archdeacon Sharp's minutes of his visitations,
the belief is strengthened
by the designation of the
adjoining field which (as
has already been stated) is
named Michel-croft, and
may have been originally
St. Michael's Croft. The
church possesses a silver
communion cup, of New
castle make, with the in
scription: 'Chollirton Vicradge R. A[dainsonJ Vic^^- r.d : t.n : h.a : r.r :
Churchwardens, 1687'; a silver paten, inscribed 'The gift of Anne Bird to
Chollerton church, 1842 '; and a flagon, also of silver, given in 1885 by the Rev.
Christopher Bird. The illustration shows the church as it appeared in 1828.
Registers,
The following entries are selected from the regislers, which begin in 1651 : '
1648, 14th August. Robert Adamson and Margaret, his wife, married.
1673, nth September. Elizabeth, daughter of Mr, James and Mary Fenwick of Berkle, baptised,
1675, 2oth July. Cuthbert, son of James and Mary Fenwick of Berkle, baptised.
1681, 14th June. Mr. WiUiam Ruthven (?) and Esther, daughter of Mr. Robert Adamson, vicar of
Chollerton, married.
1687, 5th January. Stephen, son of Mr. Hallaburton of Wall houses, baptised,
1688, 4th October, Hennaritennery {sic), daughter of Sir John Heron of Chipchase, baptised.
1691, 13th September. Mrs. Berry, sister of Mr. Carnaby of Chollerton, buried.
1693, 2ist September. Edward Robson of Whiteside Law and Margery, daughter of Edward
Shafto of East Quarter, married,
1693, 2ist November, Mr. Robert Fenwick and Mrs. Hannah Heron, married.
1694/5, 2nd February. Ralph Carnaby and his wife of Chollerton was buried.
1695, 23rd April. Mr. Skilton's brother of Great Swinburn, buried.
1696/7, 4th January. Mr. Ramsha of Countess park, buried,
1696/7, 28th February, Sissely, mother of Mr. Cuthbert Heron of Carrihouse, buried.
' This appears in Ecton's Thesaurus, 1742, etc, but may have arisen from a confusion with the
chapel of St. Giles at Charletun (North Charlton). Cf, vol. u. p. 292.
^ With a few entries earlier in date relating to his own family which have been copied in by Vicar
Adamson.

THE PARISH CHURCH. 269
1698/9, ist March. Mr, Denton of Great Swinburn, buried,
1699, 2nd September. Richard, son of Mr, Mairs of Chipchase, baptised.
1701, 12th February. Thomas, son of Mr. Jasper HaU of Colwell Mains, baptised.
1711, 19th June. Mr. John Wears and Mrs. Catherine Charlton of WUliamswick, married.
1722, 24th August. Elizabeth Shafto with Mrs. Weldon of Gunnerton, buried.
1724, 6th August. EUzabeth, daughter of Mr, Thomas Hall of Colwell Mains, baptised.
1734, 28th October, Mrs, Close living at Chipchase, buried,
1734, 30th October, The Rev, Mr, Jackson and Mrs. Jane Bland, married.
1734, 13th December. Mr. Lorain living at the Park house, buried.
1736, 12th August. Mr, George Coulson and Mrs. Mary Dawson, married.
1738/9, 22nd February. Lancelot Allgood, esq,, and Miss Jane AUgood, married.
1740/1 1st January, Mr. Cuthbert Watson and Mrs, Margaret Bates, married,
1744, 13th October, Mr, WilUam Charlton and Mrs, Margaret Lamb, married.
1744/5, 12th January, Mr, Benjamin Sorsby and Miss Elizabeth Fenwick, married.
1748, 12th May, The Rev. Mr, John Clark, curate of Chollerton, buried,
1767, 13th December. Cuthbert Bates of Great Swinburn, buried.
1774, 19th October, The Rev, Mr, Orton of Bingfield, buried.
1782, 15th May, The Rev, Mr. Dixon, papist priest, of Tone, buried in the church,
1783, 3rd August, Eliza Harriet, daughter of John Grover, esq., and Mrs, Elizabeth, his wife, of
Walwick Grange, baptised. Visitations, etc,
1536, In the survey of the possessions of Hexham priory, taken in July of that year, the corn tithes
of ChoUerton were worth ;i^i _6s, 8d., of Barresford, ^i 13s. 4d., of Chipchase, ' Stewden,' and Birtley,
£4 6s, 8d,, of Gunnerton, £2, and of Colwell, £2.^
1552. The inventorie of all the churches within Northumberland, maid the xvii daie of Auguste, in
the vi year of the reigne of oure Severing Lorde Kinge E. the vi before the Lorde Ogle, Sir Thomas
Graye, knight, Cuthbert Horsleye and Robert Horslie, esquires. Chollerton : Towe belles, one challes
of tene, one vestment, towe alter clothes, ii towelles, one crose of ten, one pare of sensours of latten, one
sakring bell.''
1578, 30th June, The bishop 'in his dyninge chamber at Awkelande,' called before him Arthur
Shafto to exhibit his qualification, dispensation, or other documents, for holding the two livings of
Stamfordham and Chollerton. Shafto exhibited a dispensation from ¦ Cardinal Pole, the pope's nuncio,
during the reign of Queen Mary, dated 31st August, 1556, which the bishop refused to admit, and declared
Stamfordham vacant. Nevertheless, he died in possession of both livings. His will, dated 30th January,
15&1/2, and the inventory of his goods at Stamfordham are printed in the appendix to the Ecclesiastical
Proceedings of Bishop Barnes. He desires to be buried in the chancel of Stamfordham, and gives lands
and legacies to John and Robert Shafto, sons of Jane Jobson ; though he had conformed to the reformed
religion and married, he hesitated to call his wife by his own name,''
1579, I2th AprU, John Forster purchased from Sir Christopher Hatton all the tithes, etc., late
belonging to the priory of Hexham.''
1580-1581. In a suit in the Court of Exchequer, in whichSir John Forster was plaintiff and Thomas
Swinburne and others defendants, answers were returned to the following interrogatories : ' Whether and
in what sort has Thomas Swinburne, or any other occupier of the lands, tithes, fruits, commodities, and
increase of all corn and grain yearly renewing and coming within Chollerton, time out of mind paid, set
forth, or severed in kind the tithe of the corn in Chollerton? Has Thomas Swinburn or any of his
ancestors ever made any recompense for the same tithes to the plaintiff, being her Majesty's tenant thereof
for the time being, or to any other person ? When were the said tithes so set out and severed in kind ?
1 Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. n. p. 168,
= Ecc. Proc. of Bp. Barnes, Raine, app, I,; Surtees Soe. vol, 22, " Ibid, pp, 71, 72, cxv. cxvii.
" Cf. vol iii. p. 57-

270 CHOLLERTON PARISH.
To what person or persons did he or they so pay the same tithes in kind or make recompense for the
same ? What quantity of the said grounds does the said defendant occupy for which he sets forth no
tithes in kind?'
WiUiam Storie of the WaU-town, yeoman, aged about 80, deposed ' that he was a servant of the
prior of Hexham, and did gather and leade the tithe corn of ChoUerton to one Bell's garthe in Chollerton,
being the prior's house, and that the same was paid in kind for four years together to the prior's use.'
Richard Radcliffe of Hexham, gent, aged 66, deposed that 'about 28 years past the Lady Carnabie,
being then farmer to the Queen's Majesty to the premises, she sent this examinate to Chollerton, and
there commanded him to gather the tithe corn of ChoUerton, He did so, and covered and set up the
same in George Heron's garth of Chollerton to the use of the Lady Carnabie,'
John Pawteson of Hexham, yeoman, aged above 80, deposed ' being a servant to prior Jaie, he went
with the said prior (about sixteen years before the house was suppressed) to Chollerton, and there the prior
did take the tenth sheaf from the rest and bring it to Hexham.''
The tithes of Chollerton, with the rest of Sir John Forster's Hexham estate, descended at his death to
his grandson, Sir John Fenwick, who in 1628 sold the tithes of Little Swinburn, ColweU, etc., and in 1631
of ChoUerton and Barrasford to the Mercers' company of London, to form part of the endowment of the
lectureships of Hexham and Berwick,"
In 1633 George Forest of Bingfield, clerk, was charged with marrying persons clandestinely, and
acknowledged the oifence, but alleged 'that he did solemnize the said marriage ignorantly, and at the
intreatey of Mr, Wooddell, vicar of Chollertoun,' He was discharged, and letters missive given against
Mr, WoodeU,^
1650, The Oliverian Survey says 'that the parish of Chollerton is a viccaridge worth fortye pounds
per annum, and the present incumbent, Mr, John Wigham, a preaching mynister. That the corne tithes
of the said parish are parcell of the late monasterie of Hexham belonging to Sir John Fenwicke, knight
and baronett : and that there are foure chappells belonging unto the said parish, vizt., Chippchase,
Gunnerton, CoUwell, and Birtley chappellryes, all within less than three myles distant from the said parish
church, saving Birtley, which is foure myles distant ; soe it is fitt and convenient that Gunnerton and
Chippchase chappellryes, with Wortshaugh,' Carrycoats, Whitehouse,' Collimagge,° and Towen' be taken
from their severall parrishes and annexed to Birtley, which may fittly be made a parish of itselfe for the
ease of the said places,"
1663. Chollerton. It is well supplied at present. It was vacant about half a year after his majestie
came in. The impropriator, Sir WiUiam Fenwick. The impropriation valued at ^160 per annum. But
most of it sold to the Mercers of London and paid to the lecturer at Hexham, and [the vicar] hath hardly
competent maintenance. The vicaridge worth but ;f4o per annum."
1665. The chancel was repaired by Sir William Fenwick, the impropriator and patron of the living.
1735. The vicar of Chollerton is entitled to all vicarial tithes in the parish of Chollerton ; but in the
chapelry of Birtley tithe calves have not been paid in the memory of man. The sum of ^2 4s. iid. is
paid for all tithes and Easter offerings (except reek penny and communicants) for the whole estate of
Chipchase, but there is a doubt about the validity of this ; vide Mr. Bland's receipt, A modus of i6s, is paid for
aU tithes of Beaumont house, and the hay tithe of ChoUerton (excepting a part called Alexander meadows).
A modus of 2d, a farm is paid throughout the parish of ChoUerton (except as above) for hay and lint. But
the present vicar has recovered the hay tithe in kind in all the improved commons.'" In the chapelry of
Birtley are 40 farms, 20 pay hay penny and 20 pay nothing, yet the hay tithe has never been drawn from
the ingrounds of these 20 farms as far as the present incumbent could ever learn, but he has recovered the
hay tithe of all the outgrounds which could be proved to belong to, or to have been taken from, the
' Exchequer Depositions by Commission, 23 and 24 Eliz., Northumberland, No. 19.
' Cf. vol. iii. p. 167. ' Acts of High Com. Durham, Longstaffe, p. 50. Surt. Soe. No. 34.
* Warkshaugh, ' Carrycoats Whitehouse in Throckrington, " Query, Coltcrag or Comogan.
' Tone. ' Arch. Ael. 4to series, vol. iii, p, 7,
" ' The Ecclesiastical State of Northumberland,' Arch. Ael. vol, xvii, p. 260.
'" ' N.B. Gunnerton fell was not then divided ' is written in the margin.

THE PARISH CHURCH.

271

common. It was alleged by the duke of Somerset's agents that the grounds called the glebe' were given
in lieu of the hay tithe of the ingrounds of these 20 farms .... The vicar had a right to the pastur
age of five stints, winter and summer, in the township of Chollerton, which were exchanged for a piece of
ground ; vide the deed.'
1758. The vicar had formerly the right of five stints on the town field, which the present vicar, with
Bishop Chandler's consent, exchanged for a close containing 9 acres on the estate of Sir John Swinburne.'
In 1744 the chancel being in such 'a ruinous condition' that it would cost ^150 to rebuild, and the
lecturers of Hexham and Berwick, who enjoyed the great tithes of Barrasford, Cluollerton, ColweU, and
Swinburn, and others who possessed fractions of the rectorial tithes, having disclaimed their liabiUty to
repair, the bishop was prayed to sequester the tithes, and a suit was commenced at the Ecclesiastical
Court of Durham. The lecturer of Hexham alleged that Colwell was a distinct parish (like Kirkheaton), or
a free chapel ; and though he could not disprove that the small tithes were paid to the vicar of Chollerton,
he alleged that he enjoyed them by sufferance for performing burials, marriages, and christenings, ' for
the inhabitants of Little Swinburn and Colwell ; the people of Colwell, on the destruction of their own
chapel by the Scots army, may also have resorted to the parish church of Chollerton as most convenient
unto themselves and submitted to repair the nave,' The disclaiming tithe owners contended that the
tithes they possessed had been sold by Sir John Fenwick without exceptions, and that his successor in
title, who was also patron of the living, was the only person liable to repair the chancel over which
(through his vicar and nominee) he had exercised his right of controh* Ultimately, the co-owners of the
great tithes (by mutual agreement if not by order of the court) undertook the obligation which the law
imposed upon them, for the following entry remains in the parish register ;
1762, The chancel was repaired (and part rebuilt) at ye joint expense of ye following gentlemen,
each contributing in proportion in value of the corn tithe they were possessed off in ye parish of Chollerton,
which yt year was calculated and adjudged as foUows, viz. :

S"' Walter Blackett 
S' Lancelott Allgood 
Christ" Reed, esq"^ 
Tho" RiddeU, esq-- 
The Rev. Mr. Totton (lecturer of Hexham)
The Rev. Mr, Wolfal (lecturer of Berwick)
Allen Hodgson, esq' 
I attest ye above as true.

Value of
ye tithes. £
45 16

54
244048
20

Chas,

Shares for repairing
ye chancell.
£ s. d.

10 12

Si

3 15

6i

12 14

Hi

5 13

3f

9 8

loi

II 6

7i

4 15

5

Stoddart, vicar of ChoUerton,'

In 1826 the chancel was repaired at the cost of the impropriators of the corn tithes 'they contributing
according to the number of acres subject to such tythe that were in tillage the year before without reference
to the quality of the land. By this proceeding a dispute of several years' standing between the parishioners
and the impropriators as to the liability of the latter to uphold the chancel was finally settled.'
Names of the impropriators.
The Rev, C. Lee, lecturer of Hexham
The Rev. Wm. Proctor, lecturer of Berwick
The Rev. Christ. Bird, for Gunnerton estate
Ralph Riddell, esq., of Great Swinburn ...
John Reed, esq,, Chipchase .,,
Robert Lancelot Allgood, esq,, Nunwick .,.
Thomas Kerr, esq,, Tone hall 

Birtley glebe, '' Chollerton Register.
¦¦ Documents with Mr. L. C. Lockhart.

Sums contributed

Acres.

£ s. d.

597

20 6 II

500

17 10 10

29s

10 I I

244

863

232

7 18 I

88

2 19 II

42

I 8 7

1,998

68 2 0"

' Archdeacon Robinson,

Visitation.

Chollerton Register.

" Ibid.

272 CHOLLERTON PARISH.
Archdeacon Singleton visited the church, loth September, 1828, and notes in his minute book that it
was ' in very tolerable condition, although it is much to be desired that it should be new pewed throughout
and that it should be ceiled. Archdeacon Sharp congratulated himself on the introduction of Venetian and
sash windows into the church. The impropriation is held under the Mercers' company by the lecturers
of Hexham and Berwick, their nominees. Mr. Bird has also a share for his private property at Gunnerton,
Mr, Ker for Tone, Mr, Allgood for Chipchase, and Mr, Riddell for Swinburn and ColweU, The vicar claims
and enjoys all vicarial tithes (with the exception of agistment, which he has never clairned) throughout the
new enclosures, the ancient lands in many cases pleading a modus. There are about four acres of glebe,
caUed Micklecroft. Mr. Bird values his benefice at ^400 per annum . . , , (Mr, Bird holds) Warden,
with its chapelries of Heydon and Newbrough, he has the spiritual charge of an immense tract of rich
country stretching from Bavington to Beltingham. If he preach habituaUy as well as he preached ^t my
last visitation at Newcastle, it wiU be weU for the neighbourhood.'

GREAT SWINBURN AND COLWELL.
The combined township of Great Swinburn and Colwell comprises 3,760
acres to which a modern poor law arrangement has added a detached portion,
containing other 1,813 acres, making in all 5,573 acres. The population
in 1 87 1, when the last separate census return was made, was 492. Since that
year the return has been included in that of Chollerton parish.^
It will be convenient to deal with the two portions separately. The first
and larger portion contains the castle and hamlet of West or Great Swin
burn, the village of Colwell, and the homesteads of Liddell-hall, Fawcett,
Edge-house, Well-house, Quarry-house, Colwell fell, and Swinburn hermitage.
It abuts upon the North Tyne, and is watered by the Erring and Small burns,
the Coal or Col burn, and the Swin burn.
Remaining from a prehistoric age there is in the park of Swinburn a
remarkable stone pillar, a peulvan or menhir, known as Swinburn ' standing
stone.' It is 11 feet in height, 3^^ feet in breadth, and about 2 feet in thick
ness, spreading out at the top like an open fan or human hand, and deeply
furrowed by the falling rain of ages. Near by are three or four sepulchral
mounds or barrows, in one of which were found five cist-vaens, and a very
fine series of culture terraces.^ '
West Swinburn, or as it was afterwards called Great Swinburn, formed
with Colwell the westernmost of the three widely separated parcels of the
ancient barony of the ' Wirecesters,' and their successors, the Herons. The
caput of this small barony, created by Henry I.,^ was at Hadston, near
^ The Census Returns are: 1801, 407; 1811,387; 1821,403; 1831,441; 1841,393; 1851,393; 1861,
373; 1871, 492. "^ Rome HaU, Arch. Ael. voL vii. p. 11; vol. x, p, 18,
" Inq. de tenementis et feodis, circ, 1212; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt, iii, vol. i, p, 234,

WEST (or great), swinburn.

273

Warkworth ; its remaining members were Chirton and Flatford, near North
Shields, and Little Benton, near Newcastle. It was formed certainly after
the enclave of Gunnerton and East Swinburn had been included in the great
Baliol barony by William Rufus, and probably before the incorporation of
Chollerton and Barrasford in the Umframvill barony of Prudhoe by Henry I.

Standing Stone at Geeat Swinburn.
Whv West Swinburn and Colwell were attached to Hadston is a
mystery, nor do we know why the barony itself was conferred on a family that
took its name from the city of Worcester. During the Norman Conquest
Urse d'Abetot, the fierce sheriff of Worcestershire, was much mixed up with
Odo of Bayeux and Geoffrey of Coutances, two alien bishops, who both bore
secular rule in Northumberland.^ Aschatinus de Wirecestre^ witnessed a
charter of Bishop Flambard (died 11 28) relating to Islandshire and Norham-
' Freeman, Norman Conquest, vol. iv. p. 173; De Injusta Vexatione Willelmi I. sec. 9; Symeon of
Durham, Rolls series, i. p. 179.
^ Asketil de Wygornia and Ralph his son gave Trimdon and Langdale to Guisbro' priory before 11 82,
Guisbro' Chartulary, Brown, vol. i. p. 17 ; Surtees Soe.

Vol. IV.

35

274 CHOLLERTON PARISH.
shire.^ All we really do know is that Ralph de Wirecester (or de Wigornia)^
appeared as the owner of the Hadston barony in 1162.^ Six years later he
informed Henry II. that one of his own surname, Pagan de Wirecester, holds
of him for a quarter of the service of a knight's fee* what must have been the
manor of West Swinburn. On Pagan's death, his son William did not obtain
possession of his father's lands without encountering in 11 84 the opposition
of Ralph's heir, Jordan Hairun.' As William de Wyrcestre he witnessed a
charter by which, possibly in the court baron, Ralph of Gunwarton, with the
assent of Peter, his son, gave to Godfrey of Swinburne and his heirs all his
land of Swinburn.^ About the same time Ralph of Gunwarton conceded to
Godfrey of Swyneburne and his heirs common pasture and fuel in the moor
and moss of Gunwarton for his house of Swyneburne which he held of the
fee of Wyrcestre.'
In 1240 West Swinburn was held of William Heron by John de
Wircester.^ He bestowed on the priory of Hexham, during the reign of
Henry III., an acre of land in the field of West Swinburn,^ and the homage
of the lords of that manor, and the service of three shillings for the chantry
of the chapel there." It is not impossible that this John de Wircester was
one and the same person with the John de Swyneburn who held the manor
of West Swinburn in 1257."
On the 17th April, 1278, it seems that Nicholas, son of John de West
' Raine, North Durham, p. 74 n. ^ Pipe Roll, 14 Henry 1 1., etc. ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii,
vol. iii. p. 12, etc, " Pipe Roll, 8 Henry IL, etc. ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. in. vol. iii. p. 299, etc.
¦* ' Paganus de Wirecester (debet mihi facere) aliam quartam partem servitii similiter de novo fefamento.'
Liber Niger Scaccarii ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol, iii, p, 304,
^ ' Willelmus filius Pagani reddit compotum de j marca pro recto de terra patris sui versus Jordanum
Hairun.' Pipe Roll, 30 Henry 1 1.; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt, iii, vol. iii. p. 37,
" ' Ego Rad, de Gunewarton assensu Petri filii mei dedi Godfrido de Swinburne et heredibus totam
terram meam de Swinburne per has divisas scilicet, etc. Test. : Jordano de Harrun, W. de Wyrecestre,
Gervasio de Bentone, Ada de Swinebume,' etc. Dodsworth MSS. vol. xiv. p. 95. Godfrey's lands
descended through his son Alan, and his grandson Alan, to his great-grandson Richard, son of Alan of
West Swinburn.
' ' Omnibus praesentibus, etc, ego Radulfus de Gunwarton, etc, noveritis me concessisse, dedisse, etc,
Godefrido de Swyneburne et heredibus suis de me et heredibus meis communem pasturam et fualium in
mora et petario de Gunwarton ad domum suam de Swyneburne quam tenet de feodo de Wyrcestre, etc, Et
ego dictus Radulfus et heredes dicto Godefrido et heredibus suis warrantizabimus,' etc. Assize Roll, 34 Ed. I.
''Johannes de Wirecester tenet de eodem Willelmo (Herun) Swinburne per quartam partem unius
feodi de veteri feoffamento.' Testa de Nevill; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol. i. p. 203, The Liber
Niger states that the fee was of new feoffment.
" ' Tenent etiam unam acram terrae in campo de West Swyneburne in liberam et perpetuam elemosinam
de dono Johannis de Wernecestre et inde habuerunt cartam et tenuerunt e tempore regis Henrici patris
domini regis nunc' Rot. Cart. 27 Edward 1 ; Hexham Priory-, Raine, vol. ii. p, 116,
'" ' Habent etiam homagium heredum Nicholai de West Swyneburn et servicium trium solidorum per
annum pro cantaria capellae de West Swyneburne ex concessione Johannis de Wircestre, etc' Ibid.
" Inq. p.m. (Willelmi Herun) 42 Henry III. No. 24.

WEST (or great) SWINBURN. 275
Swyneburne, founded a chantry at the altar of the Blessed Virgin Mary in
the chapel of the Blessed Virgin Mary of West Swinburn. Among other
things he gave 17^ acres that Robert, his brother, had held in that 'town'
to Walter of Blanchland, the chantry chaplain. The deed was attested by
Nicholas' own seal, and that of his brother, Wilham.^ There were, we
learn elsewhere, three brothers, sons of John de West Swynburne, Nicholas,
Alan, and William. The two latter had been 'parsons in Scotland,' and
had acquired different properties ; then William resigned his Churches
and married.^ Alan was rector of Whitfield, in the Scottish franchise of
Tyndale ; William had been rector of Fordun in Kincardineshire, and
treasurer to Queen Margaret of Scotland. Among the other estates he
acquired were Chollerton and Capheaton, which have ever since remained
in his family.*
Nicholas de Swynburne did not long survive the foundation of his
chantry. On the 19th September, 1279, his daughters, Christiana and
Juliana, with their respective husbands, Thomas de Fisseburn and Gilbert
de Middleton, and their unmarried sister, Avicia, confirmed the endowment
at West Swinburn, and Alice, his widow, expressly renounced any right of
dower she might have in the lands assigned.* Fisseburn and the other heirs
further ordered their tenants William, son of Lawrence, Richard, son of
Alan, Alan Quardelin, and Roger, son of Alice, to do fealty every year to
' ' Nicholaus filius Johannis de West Swyneburne fundebat cantar. ad altare Beatae Mariae Virginis in
capella Beatae Mariae Virginis in West Swyneburne. Et dedit {inter alia) Waltero de Albalanda capellano
cantariae predictae 17 acras. et dimid. quas Robertus frater mens quondam tenuit in eadem villa. Carta
sigillata cum sigillo dicti Nicholai et sigillo Willelmi fratis sui. Test. : dno Waltero de Swethop milite,
Johanne de Gunwarton, Johanne de Swynburne, Johanne de Erington superiori, Nicholao de Yeteham,
Johanne de Erington inferiori. Dat. 15 Kal, Maij, 1278.' Lansdowne MS. ^26, {. 133 ; Hodgson, Northum
berland, pt. ii, vol. i. p. 213 n.
^ ' Fuerunt tres fratres, videlicet Nicholaus ante-natus et praedicti Alanus et Willelmus, etc, qui quidem
Alanus et WiUelmus fuerunt personae in Scocia et perquisiverunt diversa tenementa in partibus istis, etc. ;
praedictus Willelmus postea resignavit ecclesias suas et duxit uxorem,' etc. Assize Roll, 21 Ed. I.
" For a sketch of the life of this Sir WUUam of Swinburne see under ChoUerton.
* 'Omnibus hoc scriptum visuris vel audituris Thomas de Fisseburn et Cristiana uxor ejus, Gilbertus de
Middleton et Juliana uxor ejus et Avicia soror praedictarum Cristianae et Julianae salutem. Donacionem
et concessionem terrarum, tenementorum et reddituum quam Nicholaus de Swinburne fecit domino Waltero
capellano, ad sustentacionem suam et successorum suorum pro divinis celebrandis in capella Beatae Mariae
de West Swynburn, pro nobis et heredibus nostris concedimus in perpetuum in omnibus sicut carta
cyrographata dicti Nicholai penes dictum Walterum et successores sues remanens plenius . . . . et
testatur, Et ad instanciam nostram domina AUcia quae fuit uxor dicti Nicholai de Swineburn praedictam
donacionem confirmando et accessionem (?) suam quam nomine dotis habuit vel habere poterit a . . . am
partem terrarum petendo dicto capellano et successoribus suis remanit quietum clamavit et se exclusit
inperpetuum. In cujus, etc. Data apud West Swyneburne die Martis proxima post exaltacionem sanctae
crucis anno domino m.cc.lxx nono. Hiis testibus : dominis Willelmo de Swyneburne, Waltero de
Swethope, Roberto de Insula domino de Chippeches, militibus, Alano de Swyneburne, Nicholao de
Yetham, Willelmo de Roucheclyve et aliis.' (Seals wanting,) Swinburne MSS. vol, i, p, 18 ; Hodgson,
Northumberland, pt, iii, vol, ii. p, 29 ; cf. Dodsworth MSS. xiv, 57,

276

CHOLLERTON PARISH,

Walter of Blanchland and his successors in the chaplaincy, who were
entrusted with the custody of the foundation charter. At their request the
widowed 'Lady Alice' set her seal to this mandate. A postscript bade
Nicholas, son of Helias de Grimeshowe, do fealty to the chaplains.^

SWINBURNE OF WEST SWINBURN.

Pagan de Wirecester, lord of West Swinburn, 1168.
Liber Niger.
. . I
William de Wyrcestre.
John de Wirecester ; held West Swinburn, 1240.
Testa de Nevill.

John de Swyneburn, lord of West Swinburn, 1257.
Inq. p.m. 42 Henry III. 24.

Robert ;

Nicholas, son of =

= Alicia ;

Alan, rector of

Sir William de Swinburne ; lends

apparent

John de West

living

Whitfield, 1264;

three marks to Reginald Pratt,

ly dead

Swynburne ;

in

purchased Cap

1251 ; confirmed in one-third

before

founded chan

1279.

heaton, 1274 ;

of Haughton, etc,, 1257 ; trea

1378.

try there, 1278;

still alive in

surer to Margaret of Scotland,

died before 1279.

1293.

1259 ; rector of Fordun, 1260 ;
acquired Chollerton, 1269 ;
died circa 1289,

Christiana ; = Thomas de Fisseburne ;

married be
fore 1279.

had free warren in
West and East Swin
burn and Cglwell,
1292 ; senior, 1 329.

.1
Juliana ; married (firstly), before
1279, Gilbert de Middleton ;
(secondly) before 1306, Aymer
de Rotherford ; as his widow,
'Juliana de Morilegh,' granted her
lands to her son John de Middle-
ton at West Swinburn, 1310.

Thomas de Fisseburn Ie Jouen, 1312.

Godfrey de Swinburne ; for whose house at West Swinburn
Ralph de Gunnerton granted all his land in Swinburn
and common of pasture and fuel on Gunnerton Moor.
Alan de West Swyneburn.
Alan, son of Alan de West Swyn- == Hodierna ; widow,
burne, 1274. Assize Roll. 1284. De Banco
 I Roll.
Richard, son of Alan ot West Swinburn and great grand
son of Godfrey de Swinburne, 1306, Assize Roll, 34
Edward I.

married Thomas
de Lucy
before 1293.

Alexander de Swinburne;
granted Capheaton,
then held for life by
his uncle Alan, to his
son William. Hodg
son, Northumberland,
part ii. vol. i. p. 231 ;
part iii. vol. ii. p. 7.
A/
Swinburne of
Capheaton.

I
Avicia ;
married,
after 1279,
John Swayn.

Sylian de Fisseburn Nouayn, 1312. Hodgson,
Northumberland, part iii. vol. ii, p. 7,

Sir John de Fyssheburn ; gives WUliam and Mary Acton his manor of West Swinburn, 1340,
Cuthbert de Fyschebourne ; quit-claims all his rights in West Swinburn to Roger de Woderington, 1368,
A partition of the manor between Nicholas de Swynburne's three
heiresses was arranged in 1281. On Trinity Sunday, Robert, son of John of
Swynburn, and Walter, son of Eustace, did homage to Thomas and Christiana
de Fysseburne ; Roger, son of Alice and William, son of William of Swyn-
^ ' Omnibus, etc. Thomas de Fisseburne et Cristiana uxor ejus, Gilbertus de Midiltone et JuUana uxor
ejus, et Avicia soror praedictarum, etc, Noveritis nos praecepisse Willelmo filio Laurencii, Ricardo filio
Alani, WUlelmo filio Ricardi, Alano Quardelinis, Rogero filio Aliciae facere fidelilitatem domino Waltero
de Albalanda capellano et eius successoribus in capella de Westsuyneburne celebraturis ad fideUter
reddendum annuum redditum dictis capellae et capellanis qui pro tempore fuerint per manus eorundem
assignat, . . . Carta domini Nicholai de Suiyneburne penes praedictos capellanos remanente. In
cuius, etc. Et ad nostram instanciam domina Alicia quondam sponsa praedicti domini Nicholai huic
scripto sigillum suum apposuit Praeterea praeceptum est Nicholao filio Heliae de Grimeshowe facere
fidelitatem praedicto domino Waltero et eius successoribus sicut et alii in isto scripto praenominati.'
(Seals wanting.) Swinburne MSS. vol. i. p. i8 ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol. ii. p. 30.

WEST (or great) SWINBURN.

277

burne, to Gilbert and Juliana de Middleton ; and Richard, son of Alan and
William, son of Lawrence, to Avicia de Swynburne, in the form contained
in a deed that was delivered to the safe keeping of Nicholas de Yetham.^
Thomas de Fishburn obtained a grant of free warren in his demesne
lands in West Swinburn, East Swinburn, and Colwell from Edward I. at
Berwick, 30th June, 1292. No one was to enter them for the purpose of
hunting, or to take any game from them except by Fishburn's leave, under
pain of forfeiting;^ 10 to the king.^ He was able to produce this at the great
inquisition de quo warranto in the following year. It was found that he had
made reasonable use of the right, and that he and his predecessors in title
had possessed the power of seeing that the beer sold on their property was
justly measured, though the penalties with which they enforced this were
restricted to the imposition of small fines. ^
By the time of the collection of the eleventh granted by the barons and
knights of the shires in the parliament of 1295 towards the conquest of
Scotland, Nicholas de Swynburne's second daughter, having lost her husband
in 1291, was known as 'the Lady Juliana'; her sister, Avicia, had married
John Swayn,* possibly the same as John de Faloudon.

West Swyneburne Subsidy Roll, 1296.
£ s. d.

Summa bonorum Thomae de Fisseburne ,.,
Walteri capellani
Alani Poste
Dominae Julianae 
Nicholai filii Eliae
WUIelmi filii Baldwyni ...
Johannis de Faloudon
Ricardi filii Alani .,,
Adae filii Matildae
Willelmi de Rowley
Summa tota hujus viUae, ^23 5s, 8d,

5

10 0

I

0 10

2

16 10

2

10 0

I

210

0

II 0

4

4 2

2

14 0

I

10 8

I

5 4

unde regi

s,
10 I
5
4 2 I
7
4 2
2

d, o
lof 2
6* I
o 8|
II 9i
3i

Reddit unde domino regi, 42s, 4-|d,

' The Lady Juliana ' took for her second husband Aymer de Rotherford.
She was again a widow in 1310, when, passing Michaelmas at West Swin-

^ 'Die Trinitatis, anno graciae 1281, Robertus filius Johannis de Swynburne et Walterus fiUus Eustachii
fecerunt homagium Thomae de Fysseburneet Christianae uxori ejus ; et Rogerus filius AUciae et WiUelmus
filius WiUelmi de Swynburne fecerunt homagium Aviciae sorori Christianae et Julianae de tenementis suis in
West Swynburne, in forma contenta in quodam scripto tradito in custodiam Nicholai de Yetham per
assensum omnium parcennariorum praedictorum ad custodiendura ad commodum omnium parcennari-
orum.' Lansdowne MSS. 326, f, 150 a ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt, iii, vol. ii. p. 356.
'' Cal. Rot. Chart. 20 Ed, I, pt. i. No, 23 ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii, vol, ii, p. 393,
^ Placita de Quo Warranto, Northumberland, rot, 7 ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt, iii. vol, i, p. 167.
'^Abbrev. Placit. 33 and 34 Ed. I, rot, 32 ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt, iii, vol. ii, p. 349.

278 CHOLLERTON PARISH.
burn, she granted all her lands there to her son, John de Middleton.^ The
next year, at Martinmas, John regranted them to his mother for her life.
Subsequently joining in his brother Gilbert's rebellion against Edward II. ,
he was drawn and hung. He left no heir of his body.^ His mother con
tinued to hold her third of West Swinburn till ist May, 1320, when, by the
style of ' Juliana de Morilegh,' no doubt from residing at Moralee on the
South Tyne, she sold her interest to William Thorald of Newcastle. The
transaction attracted the notice of the authorities, and although this third
of West Swinburn, owing to the Scottish ravages, was said to be worthless,
notwithstanding that in time of peace it had been valued at £(i 13s. 4d. a
year, it was seized in the king's name as an escheat consequent on the
treason of John de Middleton.'
Thomas de Fishburn had been accused by Roger Mauduit of taking
from him Richard Middleton and four others whom he had made prisoners
as they were burning and pillaging during a Scottish raid on Redpeth, near
Haltwhistle, in 1317. Fishburn sold Middleton to the king for j^^ioo, and
let the others go their way.* By 1329 Thomas de Fishburne, senior, appears
to have become possessed of the whole manor of West Swinburn. On 14th
August he confirmed and gave to Sir Hugh, son of Alexander de Swinburne,
chaplain, the messuage and lands which William of Blanchland, chaplain,
lately deceased, held in West Swinburn, by the gift of Sir Nicholas, late
lord of West Swinburn, for the purposes of a certain chantry in the chapel
of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the town of West Swinburn, on condition of
his praying for the souls of Nicholas and Thomas.*
' ' Sciant praesentes et futuri quod ego Juliana quondam uxor Aymari de Rotherford dedi, concessi et
praesenti carta mea confirmavi Johanni de Middelton filio meo omnes terras illas et tenementa quae et quas
habeo vel habui in villa de West Swynburn, habend, et tenend. dicto Johanni et heredibus suis de corpore
suo legitime procreatis, de capitalibus dominis feodi, per servicia inde debita et consueta, cum omnibus
libertatibus, pertinentiis et aisiamentis, videlicet in molendinis, in pasturis, in moris, in mariscis, in boscis,
et in planis, dictis terris seu tenementis ubicumque pertinentibus, ita libere, quiete, bene, et in pace sicut
antecessores mei unquam habuerunt vel habere potuerunt, Et si contingat quod praedictus Johannes sine
herede de corpore suo, etc, forte decesserit, quod absit, volo quod praedictae terrae et tenementa michi et
heredibus meis vel meis assignatis absque ullo impedimento revertantur, Et ego vero Juliana praedicta
et heredes mei omnes praedictas terras et tenementa cum suis pertinentiis ut plene supradictum est, prae
dicto Johanni et heredibus suis de se legalie procreatis contra omnes gentes et in omnibus warantizabimus
et defendemus. In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti cartae sigUIum meum apposui, Hiis testibus:
dominis Joh, de Swynburn, Ada et Roberto de eodem militibus, Nich, de Gunwarton, Ada de Yetham,
Ricardo filio Alani de West Swynburn, Joh, de Faloudon, et aliis. Datum apud Swynburn West die
Sancti Michaelis Arch, anno Domini M°CCC°x°.' Inq. ad q.d. 17 Ed. II. No. 73.
^ ' Et idem Johannes post modum pro felonia quam commisit adherendo Scotis inimicis et rebeUibus
domini regis tractus fuit et suspensus et obiit sine herede de corpore suo procreato.' Inq. ad q.d. 17 Ed,
II, No, 73, ^ Ibid. * Cal. Doc. relating to Scotland; Bates, Northumberland, p. 157.
* ' Thomas de Fisheburne, senior, confirmavit et dedit domino Hugoni filio Alexandri de Swynburne
capellano unum mesuagium cum omnibus terris, etc., quae WiUelmus de Blanchland capellanus nuper

WEST (or great) SWINBURN. 279
The next year Edward III. granted to William de Acton of Newcastle
I toft and 3 acres in West Swinburn that had belonged to ' the traitor John
de Middleton,' for ten years at an annual rent of 20s.^ In the Subsidy Roll
of 1335 William de Acton pays los. as the sole occupant of the place. On
the marriage of his son, William, with Mary, daughter of Robert de Mus
grave of Newcastle, the latter, 29th November, 1339, settled on them and
their issue all his lands and tenements in West Swinburn and East Swinburn,
with common of pasture in Gunnerton.^ The 6th of March following Sir
John de Fyssheburn gave to William and Mary Acton his manor of West
Swinburn.' They, in their turn, levied a fine to Roger de Widdrington of
the manor of West Swinburn with its appurtenances in East Swinburn ;* and
finally,. 8th December, 1368, Cuthbert de Fyschebourne quit-claimed to
Widdrington all his right in the lands of Sir John, his father, in West Swin
burn and East Swinburn.^ William de Nessefeld, the escheator, had taken
into the king's hand certain lands of Widdrington's in West Swinburn,
alleging them to have been the property of Richard, son of Alan, and that
Richard had been implicated with Gilbert de Middleton. Edward III.,
however, restored them with other lands to Widdrington in 1358, on account
of his good services.^ West Swinburn remained with Widdrington's heirs
till 1695, and since 1777 it is again the property of his descendants.
The first mention of the castle of Great Swinburn is the licence granted
by Edward HI., i6th March, 1346, to Roger de Widdrington, to crenellate
' mansum suum de West Swynborn."' Roger Widdrington in 1343 had
acquired certain lands from Gilbert de Colwell ; he was high sheriff of
defunctus nuper tenuit et habuit in West Swyneburne, de dono domini Nicholai nuper domini de West
Swyneburne pro quadam cantaria, etc, pro aniniabus dicti domini Nicholai nuper domini de West
Swynbourn et dicti Thomae de Fishburne, etc. Dat, apud Gyseburn in vigilia Assumpcionis Beatae
Mariae, 1329, Test.: Johanne de Vaux, Willelmo de Tindale.' Lansdowne MSS. 326, fo. 1336; Dods
worth MSS. xiv. p, 48 ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt, ii, vol, i. p. 214 n.
' Originalia, 4-5 Ed, III, rot. 2 ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt, iii. voh ii, p, 307.
2 Swinburne MSS. vol, ii. p, 16 ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt, iii, vol, ii. p. 32.
' ' Johannes de Fyssheburne miles dedit WiUelmo filio Willelmi de Acton et Mariae uxori ejus manerium
suum de West Swynburne, Test,: Dno, Roberto Darrayns tunc vie Northumbriae, 14 Ed, III,, 6 Mar,'
Dodsworth MSS. xiv, 95,
¦•'Escript a Noefchastell sur Tyne le Judy en le fest seint Michell I'arkangell I'an di grace 1345.'
Seal, 's, will'i fil • will 'l • de • acton,' a cross between four lions passant gardant, Dodsworth
MSS. xiv. 101-108 ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii, vol. ii, p, 252.
= 'Ego Cuthbertus de Fyschebourne filius et heres Johannis de Fyschebourne militis dedi et quietum
clamavi Rogero de Woderington domino de Woderington et heredibus suis totum jus quod habeo in
omnibus terris quae fuerunt Johannis patris mei in West Swynbuine et Est Swynburne. Dat. in festo
concepcionis Beatae Mariae Virginis, 1368. Test,: W, Heron, Joh, Heron, Rogero Heron, Johanne de
Woderington militibus,' Dodsworth MSS. xiv. 956 ; Lansdowne lilSS. 326, f, 156 ; Hodgson, Northumber
land, pt. ii. vol. ii. p. 234. « Cart. Rid. p. 87; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol. i. p. 361 n,
' Pat, Roll, 20 Edw. III. pt. i. m. 5 ; Bates, Border Holds, vol. i. p. 10.

28o CHOLLERTON PARISH.
Northumberland, 1 361- 1369, and warden of the Middle Marches, 1369-
1371.^ In the list of fortalices drawn up in 1415, the castle is entered as
being in the possession of Sir John Widdrington ^ (Roger Widdrington's son
and successor), who having attained the patriarchal age of 100 years died,
1443, seised of the manor and vill of West Swynburn, the manor and vill of
Colwell, and of lands in Little Swinburn and Gunnerton.^ Mention is made
of the wall surrounding the castle [muri circumdantis castrum) in I479-*
In the Great Survey of the Borders made by Sir Robert Bowes and Sir
Ralph Ellerker in 1 541, it is said: 'At Mykle Swynburne hath bene a great
towre of the inherytaunce of Sr. John Wetherington, knight, but all the
rooflfes and floores thereof bene decayed, and nothinge standinge but the
walls.' ^ Fourteen years later. Sir John Widdrington, by indenture, dated
23rd July, 1555, gave the castle and town of Swinburn to his second son,
Edward Widdrington, who died there, and to whose goods administration
was granted at Durham, 6th March, 1577.'' Edward Widdrington's eldest
son, Henry Widdrington, in 1592, succeeded his uncle, Sir Henry Wid
drington, but as the widow of the latter (who remarried the famous Sir
Robert Carey) held Widdrington castle in dower, he continued to reside at
Swinburn.' This Henry Widdrington was on ill terms with Lord Eure, the warden
of the Middle Marches, and though he was knighted in 1597, 'disdainfully
refused to live on his March,' and withdrew himself, making a declaration of
the causes which moved him thereto.^ He was arrested and sent to the
bishop of Durham to be tried, and in him he found a friend, as he already
had one in his kinsman. Sir Robert Carey, whose deputy he was.^
On the 30th November, 1596, Lord Eure, writing to Lord Burghley,
complains of ' the disobedience of the race of Woddringtons openly shown
by slanders on myself as the queen's oflacer, and their open bravadoes causes
me to run a more quick course to punishment than I had determined, for on
my first entry, finding great spirit in Henry Woddrington, I hoped to win
him by imployments, love, and favors which turned to harm, he thinking
his desert far surpassed them, contemning what I did, as the late earl of
Huntingdon and Sir William Bowes, now living, know ; their pride is so
high that now Roger, his brother, hath submitted himself prisoner to Sir
^ Hodgson, Northumberland, pt, ii, vol. ii, pp, 233, 234. ^ Bates, Border Holds, vol. i. p, 15.
' Hodgson, Northumberland, pt, ii, vol, ii, p, 334. ^ Hexham Priory, Raine, vol, ii, p, 35.
5 Bates, Border Holds, vol. i. p. 47. " Raine, Test. Dunelm. ' Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii.
vol. ii. pp. 236, 237. ' Border Papers, Bain, vol. ii. pp. 479, 596. " Ibid. 184.

WEST (or great) SWINBURN. 28 1
Robert Kerr, and gone to Scotland without my leave, against my command,
to her majesty's dishonour.'^
Roger Widdrington had little choice in the matter of submitting himself
prisoner, for on the night of Friday, 27th August, 1596, Sir Robert Kerr of
Cessford (who only three days before had, by deputy, made a ' fayer showe '
at the day of truce kept at Cocklaw, on the Border, where business had
been done) broke into Swinburn castle and ' sownding his trumpett upon
the topp of the house, when he had taken his pleasure, went his way '
with one James Young, alias James of the Coave, a prisoner in hold
there. The latter had been committed to the keeping of Widdrington
by Ralph Selby of the East Marches, without the knowledge or leave of
Eure, the warden of the Middle Marches. 'This, with a private quarrel
between him {i.e., Widdrington) and Kerr begun in Sir John Forster's time,
is the alleged cause of Sir Robert's .... contemptuous and insolent
acte.' In this assault, Kerr had taken prisoner and released on parole
Roger Widdrington (Henry's brother) 'tying him to his enteric by promise
of his hande.' ^ To save his life, Ralph Widdrington, the youngest brother,
' lept out of his chamber windowe, being three stories highe, upon a pave
ment, where he was almost bruzed to death and hardlie escaped.'^ The ill
blood between Henry Widdrington and Kerr culminated in 1599 in a
challenge from the latter to meet him on ' Fryday morning next, being the
7th of September, God willing, att the Hayr Craggs in the March betwen
England and Scotland by eight howers in the morning, with a short
sword and a whyniard, with a steel bonet and plate sieves, without any
more weapons offensive or defensive.'*
On the 17th October, 1605, Sir Henry Widdrington made a settlement
of the manor and demesne of Swinburn upon his issue male, but before he
made his will on the 12th September, 1623, he granted to his daughters a ten
years' lease of Swinburn, Tone, and Colwell. °
The tower which witnessed the stirring, episode narrated is traditionally
said to have stood on the lawn, but it is more probable that its actual site is
occupied by a portion of the west wing of the present house. If this be so, it
would be attached to the long, narrow building, erected about 1600, which
stands on the edge of the dene through which runs the Swin burn. This
building is two storeys high, and its east front has a series of nine windows
1 Border Papers, Bain, vol. ii. p, 226. ^ ibid. pp. 184, 187. ^Ibid. p. 480. ^ Ibid, p. 622.
" Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol, ii. p. 254.
VOL, IV. 36

282

CHOLLERTON PARISH.

on the upper floor, the original chamfered jambs, head, and label moulding
of which still remain, but the mullions have given place to wooden sashes.
On the ground floor
the windows are all
modernised. A door
probably occupied a
central position on
this front. On the
west side of the build
ing, the windows had
originally mullions
and transoms ; they
have suflfered much
alteration. The mas
sive chimney stacks
with their numer
ous splayed offsets,
shown in the sketch,
form a picturesque
group. An outer door
on the ground floor
opens into a room,
once a brew house,
and over it was a
room which, until 1841, was used as a domestic chapel; the latter was
reached by a flight of stone steps, and access obtained through the opening,
now a window. Another wing at right angles to the last is now used as
offices:^ on one of the door-heads is the date 1728, and the initials R-
' . T. M.
for Thomas and Mary Riddell. 1728.
The old castle of Swinburn was pulled down by Thomas RiddelP (who
married the only daughter and heiress of Ralph Widdrington of Felton), and
in its place he built the house, of which Hutchinson, writing in 1776, says :
' See illustration on opposite page.
^ The family tradition is that the central part of the present house was built in the time of Queen
Anne by Thomas Riddell, yet the following statement, made by WaUis, who wrote in 1769, must be
regarded as decisive: 'Mr. RiddeU, the present possessor of Swinburn castle, married the daughter and
sole heir of the late Horsley Widdrington of Felton, esq. His seat at Swinburn is of his own erection,
out of the ruins of the old castle, after a very neat design.' Northumberland, vol. ii. p. 66. The wings
were added in 1771. Ex. inf. Mrs. J. G, Riddell. Lying in the garden is an old sun-dial, on which cm
be read the date, i686, and the word Deflectimus,

west (or great) SWINBURN.

283

The modern seat of Mr. Riddell which arose from the ruins of Swinburn castle, an elegant stone
building, covered with woods . . . commands an extensive view, but it is over an open and ill-fenced
tract. He is making rapid progress in the cure of this defect, and multitudes of quick fences and planta
tions are arising, which in a few years will extinguish the disagreeable traces of that hostility and
devastation which before the union marked this country with the melancholy memorials of warfare ; and
in their place give to the eye all the charms of rural opulence.'
The house has an extensive prospect to the south, and is sheltered from
the north-east, north, and north-west by plantations and woods of beech, elm,
and other hard wood timber.

The ancient chantry chapel of the Blessed Virgin seems to have stood
at the west end of the village on the south side of the road, opposite to
the north-east corner of the curtain wall of the castle. It was probably
destroyed during the Scottish wars, though a messuage on its site continued
to be held, by homage and fealty, of the prior and convent of Hexham. The
heir of Roger Widdrington had it in 1479 at a rent of 3s. paid in kind. It
had been formerly held by Adam Scibald.^
At the north-east end of the hamlet is a Roman Cathohc chapel, erected
in 1 841 by the late Mr. Thomas RiddeU.'
' Northumberland, vol. i. p, 178, ' Hexham Priory, Raine, vol, ii. p. 35.
' The following are the names of the successive chaplains : The Revs. Nicholas Saunderson, S.J.,
1773 (who died at Alnwick in 1790, aged 60) ; Jas. Higginson, 1828 ; Peter AUanson, 0,S,B,, 1828-1875
(died at Swinburn, and was buried at Ampleforth); Glassbrook, 1875-1876; Hergeroether, 1876-1882; the
Rev, Raphael Nenci, D,D., the present chaplain, has in his official charge the Capheaton register of
baptisms, 1774-1785, and the Swinburn register, which begins in 1828. The chapel is registered for
marriages. Cf. London Gazette, 23rd February, 1883,

284 CHOLLERTON PARISH.
RIDDELL OF SWINBURN CASTLE AND FELTON PARK.
Arms : Argent, u fesse between three garbs azure.
Crest : A demi-lion erminois, holding a garb azure. Visitation,

Thomas Riddell of Newcastle ;
mayor 1510, 1521, 1526 ; died
... ; buried in St, Nicholas'.

= Eleanor, daughter of Ralph Claxton
of Wynyard ; remarried Edward
Swinburn, who was mayor of
Newcastle in 1528.

Peter RiddeU of Newcastle, merchant adventurer ; will
dated 5th November, 1558 ig) ; 'to be buried in St.
Nicholas' church where his father lay with solemn
air and dirge'; mentions sister Shaftoe's children ;
enrolled at Durham by grandson William (son of
Peter), loth Jan., 1618.

Dorothy, daughter of John
Brandling.

Anne, daughter
and heiress
of William
Lawson of
Newcastle.

WiUiam Riddell ot Newcastle, son and heir,
merchant adventurer ; mayor of Newcas
tle, 1582, 1590, 1595 ; will dated 27th
Aug., 1600 im) ; buried 31st Aug,, 1600
irri). ' I geve to William Ryddell an old
ryall for a token, and I pi ay him help
my children withe his counsell, as my
trust is in him,' Will of Alderman Ric,
Hodgson, 1 581.

Barbara, daughter ot Bertram
Anderson of Newcastle, mer
chant and alderman, ' To
Barbara RiddeU ray stand
inge gilded cuppe with the
cover, having the picter of
PauII on the said cover,'
Will of Barbara Tomlinson,
1577; died nth Nov,, 1627;
buried in St, Nicholas'.

Thomas Riddell ;
apparently edu
cated for the
priesthood ;
died s.p.

Swin- New-

Peter RiddeU of Newcastle. ' I doe geve unto Peter Ryd- = Eleanor, daughter
dell one angeli for a token, and to his sister Eleoner I
Lawes an angeli for a token, for ther father's sake and
other ther ancestors, by whom I have beene preferred in
ray youthe.' Will of Alderman Richard Hodgson, 1581.
Buried in St. Nicholas', 22nd June, 1606.

of John
burn of
castle.

Eleanor ; married Henry
Lawes.
Catherine ; married An
thony Lawes.
Elizabeth ; living 1558.
Mary ; living 1558.

Henry Riddell,
baptised nth
July, 1574 ;
will dated 4th
Nov., 1597.

Isabel, daughter of ...
Atkinson of New
castle, merchant and
alderman ; married
19th December, 1603 ;
buriedin St. Nicholas',
I2th Oct., 1614 im).

I
Sir Peter Riddell, knight, baptised Sth Jan.,
1575/5 irri) ; admitted to Hoastman's
company, 1602 («) ; knighted 4th May,
1617 ie) ; mayor of Newcastle, 1619,
1635 ; M.P. for Newcastle, 1624, 1626,
1628, 1640; died 14th April, 1641; buried
in St, George's porch in St. Nicholas'.*

Mary, daughter of Thomas
Surtees of Middleton ig) ;
married 6th Feb,, 1615/6 ;
buried, in St, George's
porch in St, Nicholas',
15th May, 1660 ig).

William Riddell of Queen's coUege, Oxon. ; matriculated
nth Oct., 1622, aged 16 (/),

George, baptised gth Oct,, 1580; Uving 1627,
John, baptised 6th June, 1585 irn).
Robert, baptised and buried 1582 (»j).
Michael, baptised 30th Sept., 1583 ; buried
17th Sept., 1613 ini).

I
William RiddeU,
baptised 28th
March, 1578/9,
¦ir

Robert RiddeU, = Jane, daughter of
baptised 15th .,, Cole; married
Nov., 1590; ^ 4th Sept., 1621;
buried nth buried i6thSept.,
April, 1635. 1651 ini).

Alice, baptised
nth March,
1587/8 im);
married Rob
ert Delaval,

Sir Thomas RiddeU ot Gateshead house, knight, son and heir ; admitted = Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John

to Hoastman's company, 1602 («) ; knighted 1603 ; mayor of New
castle, 1604, 1616 ; M,P, for Newcastle, 1620, 1628 ; died 30th March,
1650, aged 82 ; buried ist April, in St, Nicholas' ig).

Conyers of Sockburn, knight;
buried 3rd Jan,, 1631/2 irn).

Sir WilUam RiddeU of Gateshead, son and heir ; of University college, Oxon, ; = Katherine, daughter of Sir Henry Wid-
matriculated 2nd Dec, 1614 ; 6f Lincoln's Inn, 1623 (/) ; knighted 17th drington of Widdrington ; buried in
July, 1633 ; buried 21st Jan,, 1654/5, in St. Nicholas', Newcastle. St. Nicholas', 21st Aug., 1658 im).

ie) Welford, Newcastle and Gateshead. ig) Welford, Monuments of St. Nicholas.
if) Foster, Alumni Oxonienses. ini) Surtees, Durham, vol, ii, pp. 128, 129
* An armorial panel remains in the south transept of St, Nicholas' church.

WEST (or great) SWINBURN.

285

Isabel, daughter and co- =: William Riddell of Gates- = Margaret

heir ot Robert Wyld
of Hunton hall, co.
Ebor. ; articles before
marriage 27th Nov.,
1660 (j); buried 12th
July, 1663.

head ; buried in St,
Nicholas', 28th Dec,
1698 ; will dated

April, 1697 im).

30th

buried 5th
Oct., 1677
im).

Thomas, living 1660 is).
Henry, living 1678 is).
Robert, Uving 1678 {s).
Katherine, living 1678 {s),
Jane, living 1710 {s).
Margaret, living 1710 {s).

Jane, born Nov, 1 661 {s) ; married Mark
Riddell, sixth son of Thomas Riddell
of Fenham ; living 1697,

I
William Riddell of Gates
head ; buried 20th Mar,,
1710/11, sp. im).

Catherine, baptised 7th Oct,,
1666 ; wiU dated 26th Oct,,
1750 ; proved 1751,

Sir Thomas Riddell of Fenham, recorder of Newcastle, = Barbara, daughter of Sir Alex-
' - - - - ander Davison of Blakiston
and Newcastle, and widow
of Ralph Calverley ig) ;
buried in St, Nicholas', 15th
July, 1673 im).

governor of Tynemouth castle, and colonel of a regi
ment of Foot in the service of Charles I. ; knighted
1639 ; married 13th April, 1629 ; died at Antwerp in
April, 1652, and was buried in the church of St. Jaques
there ; administration 27th May, 1661.

Peter Riddell of Queen's
college, Oxon. ; matri
culated 19th May, 1620,
aged 17 ; a student of
Lincoln's Inn, 1623

George Riddell of Queen's :
college, Oxon. ; matri
culated 22nd Oct., 1628,
aged 19 ; B.A., 1628 ;
B.CL,, 1630; D.CL.,
1635 (/) ; judge-advo
cate in the army of
WiUiam, marquis of
Newcastle ; died at the
siege of Hull, Sept,,
1643-

Jane, daugh- Robert Riddell, = Magdalen
ter and baptised 17th ... ; a
co-heiress Mar., 1612 ; on French
of Dr. 28th Dec, 1629, lady,
Eysdale, was bound ap-
chancellor prentice for
of York, seven years to
Thomas Man of
Durham, drap
er im) ; living
1660,

Ephraim, Anne; marriedSir John Clav-
baptised ering of Callaly.
I ith Elizabeth ; buried 7th March,
Dec, 1606/7 im) ; died unmar-
1615 ried.
im). Margaret; married Sir Francis
Radcliffe of Coastley,
Eleanor, baptised 8th May,
1610 im) ; died unmarried.
Jane ; married John Forcer of
Harbour house, co. Durham.

Thomas RiddeU, M.D., born before 1660 is), of St. An- = ... , sister of
drew, Holborn ; will dated 29th Nov., 1714 ; proved Charles
at Prerogative court, Canterbury, 6th Aug., 1715 (0). Tancred.
William RiddeU, "only surviving child ;
died shortly after father.

George Riddell ;
living 1714,

I
Margaret,

Thomas Riddell of Fenham and of ¦
Swinburn castle, son' and heir,
baptised 17th June, 1632 im) ;
educated at the English college,
Rome, and at Paris ; was 32 years
of age when he entered his pedi
gree at the Herald's Visitation of
1666; buried in St, Nicholas', 26th
Mar,, 1704 1 administration granted
23rd June, 1704 ip).

II II I I I I
Mary, daugh- Ralph, baptised Barbara, baptised 15th Nov., 1630 im).
ter of Ed- 1636; buried Ann, baptised 21st June, 1632 («)_; mar-
ward Grey 1637 im). ried Francis Tunstal of Ovington,
of Bitch- Alexander, bap- co, Ebor,
field and tised 28th Elizabeth, baptised 25th Sept., 1634 im) ;
Little Dec, 1636 married Ralph Wilson of Hartlepool,
Harle, im). co. Durham,
Margaret, baptised 6th April, 1639 im) ;
a nun an Pontoise ; living l656,
Jane, baptised 4th June, 1641 im).
Eleanor, baptised Sth July, 1643 (m).

Thomas Riddell, son and Edward Riddell of Fenham =:

heir ; was 10 years of
age in l656 ; died
before 1693,
William Riddell ; was
aged 8 years in 1 665 ;
dead before 169J,

and of Swinburn castle ;
was 6 years of age in
i665 ; buried 22nd March,
1722 ia) ; administration
19th Aug,, 1731 ip).

Dorothy, daughter of Robert
Dalton of Thurnham, Lan
cashire ; articles before
marriage, dated 25th
April, 1693 ; buried 25th
Jan,, 1720/1 ia).

Alexander ; buried at St,
Andrew's, 12th May,
1663 im).
John ; buried at St, An
drew's, 26th Sept,,
1672 im).

ia) Chollerton Register. im) Surtees, Durham, vol, ii, pp, 128, 129.
if) Foster, Alumni Oxonienses. {o) Mr, J, G, Riddell's Title Deeds.
is) Welford, Monuments of St. Nicholas. ip) Sharp, Test. Dunelm.
is) Case, prepared for counsel, relating to Gateshead colliery, circa 1700 ; original with Mr, Richard Welford,

286

CHOLLERTON PARISH.

I
Mark RiddeU of Hunton,
Ebor. jure uxoris, aged
I year in i656 ; was sent
abroad to be educated,
for which offence his fa
ther was presented loth
June, i6Si {b) ; died
at Morpeth ; will dated
7th Oct,, 1721 ; proved
13th March, 1731 ip).

Jane, daughter Thomas RiddeU; Margaret RiddeU of Newcastle; aged 5 years in
of William Uving 1709. 1666 ; will dated 6th Nov,, 1732 ip).
RiddeU of William Riddell Elizabeth ; aged 10 months in August, 1666 ; mar-
Gateshead ; of Swinburn ; ried William Shafto of Little Bavington,
married be- buried 20th Anne RiddeU of Fenham ; buried in south alley of
foreistMay, Oct., 1735 («); St, Andrew's church, Sth Oct,, 1702 ; will dated
1695 is) ; wiU dated 5th 29th Dec, 1700 ip).
sole execu- March, 1727 Mary Riddell of Newcastle ; will dated 14th Nov.
trix to bus- (0). 1747 ; proved 1750 (/),
band's will.

Edward Riddell of Newcastle, son and heir ; living 1 72 1. An attorney in =
Newcasde, who in 1723 was tried for kUIing Captain Lilburn in a duel
in the Nuns' garden. Buried in St. Nicholas', 13th March, 1723/4.

Heron.

Thomas Riddell of Newcastle, only son ; living 1765 ; ? [died at his
house in Newgate Street, 18th May, 1777] if).

Thomas RiddeU of = Mary, daughter of

Swinburn castle, son
and heir ; buried
loth March, 1754
id) ; will dated 4th
Dec, 1753-; proved
27th March, 1754.

Wi lliam Widdring
ton of Cheeseburn
Grange ; bond of
marriage, 5th June,
1726 ; buried loth
April, 1751 id).

Robert Riddell ; in 1715
professed at the Bene
dictine monastery ot
Lambspring, in West
phalia ; administration
granted 3rd April, 1760,
to Ralph Riddell, the
nephew (»),

Edward ; buried 4th Feb,,
1698/9, in the south
alley of St, Andrew's
church, Newcastle,
Edward RiddeU ; in 1719
professed at Lambspring;
administration granted
3rd April, 1760.

Elizabeth.Dorothy ;
adminis
tration 5th Sept.,
1735-
Barbara im).

Thomas Riddell
of Swinburn
castle, son and
heir, baptised
7th Dec, 1727
id) ; will dated
29th March,
178(9) (?) ;
proved 1789.

Elizabeth Margaret,
daughter ar'd heiress
ot Edward Horsley
Widdrington of
Longhorsley and
Felton ; mar. settle
ment, 14th Aug.,
1760(0); diedatFel-
loe, 4th April, 1798.

Ralph Riddell of Cheese
burn Grange. vl/
(From whom Riddell of
Cheeseburn Grange.)
Edward Riddell of Swin
burn ; buried 4th AprU,
1766 (a) ; will dated
29th March, 1766 (/).

I I I I I
Ann.
EUzabeth ; buried Ist July, 1737 (o).
Dorothy ; sole executrix to brother Edward,
Mary, baptised 9th June, 1728 (o) ; married
James Maxwell ot Kirkconnel ; died 23rd
Dec, 1805, aged 81 ; buried at New
Abbey.
Barbara ; married ... Nelson of Fairhurst.

Thomas Horsley Widdring
ton Riddell of Swinburn
castle and Felton, born
4th Oct., 1762 ia) ; died
24th Nov., 1798 ; buried
at ChoUerton ; will dated
24th Sept., 1798 (0).

= Margaret, daughter ot
William Salvin of
Croxdale ; articles
before marriage
14th April, 1790
(0) ; married 19th
April, 1790.

Edward Horslej' Widdring
ton Riddell of Horsley
and Felton, born 23rd
June, 1766 id) ; married
20th June, 1792 ; died
s.p. 26th Jan., 1793, at
.Stella,

= Isabella, daughter of William
Salvin ; remarried at St.
Martin's, York, gth May,
1S03, Ralph RiddeU of
Cheeseburn Grange,

Thomas, only child ; died in
father's lifetime.

Ralph RiddeU of Horsley and
Felton, born gth Nov,, 1770
(fl) ; succeeded to Swinburn
castle at death of brother
Thomas ; died gth March,
1833.

Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Blount
of Maple Durham ; articles before
marriage, 22nd July, 1801 (0) ;
married 23rd July, 1 801 ; died
at Leamington, 6th July, 1S49,
aged 71.

I I I I I
Dorothy ; buried loth Feb,, 1765 (a).
Juliana, born igth June, i76g (a) ; died 1812,
Anne Catherine, born 24th Nov., 1 771 (a) ;
married at Felton, 25th Nov,, I7g2, Sir
Walter Blount of Sodington.
Mary, born 27th July, 1761 (a) ; died un
married, loth March, 1S33.
Elizabeth, born 5th July, 1762 (a) ; married
John Clifton of Lytham ; articles before
marriage, dated 14th Nov., 1785 (0),

id) Chollerton Register. {o) Mr, J. G. Riddell's Title Deeds,
ih) Surtees Soe. vol. 40, p. ... (/) Sharp, Test. Dunelm.
im) Surtees, Durham, vol. ii. pp. 128, I2g. ir) Newcastle Chionicle, May, 1777.
is) Case, prepared for counsel, relating to Gateshead colliery, circa 1700; original with Mr. Richard Welford.

WEST (or great) SWINBURN.

287

Mary, daughter of
William Throck
morton ; married at
Coughton court,
Alcester, 15th Oct.,
1827 ; died at Paris,
4th June, 1 843; bur,
at Montmorency,

Thomas RiddeU of Swin
burn castle and Fel
ton ; born I Sth May,
1S02 ; died 5th AprU,
1870 ; buried in the
chapel he had founded
at Felton,

^ Laura Ann, daughter of Sir
Thomas de Trafford,
bart, ; married at Roman
Catholic chapel, Barton-
on-Irwell, 4th Sept,,
1845 ; died at Birkdale,
l6th May, 1S77,

Edward Wid
drington Rid
deU; born 4th
Sept,, 1803 ;
died 30th
Oct,, 1870,

Catherine, daugh
ter of Thomas
Stapleton of
Carlton ; mar
ried 1st July,
1830; died 27th
April, 1872.

Laura Elizabeth, born 14th Aug,,
died 23rd May, 1858,

William RiddeU, born 5th
Feb,, 1S07 ; in 1843 ap
pointed vicar apostolic of
Northern District, and in
1844 consecrated bishop
of Largo in partibus in-
fidelium; died 2nd Nov.,
1S47, at Newcastle,

Henry Mathias RiddeU, barris- =
ter-at-law, born 24th Feb.,
1815; died nth March, I8g5, '^'
Charles Francis RiddeU of =
Hexham, born Ist Oct,,
1817; died 15th Sept,, 1887; ^
buried at Roman Catholic
chapel, Hexham,

Mary T., daughter of
Richard Gillowof Leigh-
ton hall. Corn forth,
Mary Catherine, daughter
of Michael Blount of
Maple Durham; died at
Hexham, 12th June,
188S,

EUzaAnn; died 27th Nov.,
1878, aged 73 ; buried at
Roman Catholic chapel,
Hexham,
Christiana,Louisa ; died at the Eng
lish convent, Paris, Aug,,
1824,
Juliana Frances ; died in
infancy, •

Thomas William Charles Rid
deU of Swinburn castle and
Felton; born 14th Oct., 1S28 ;
died at Barcelona, 24th May,
1867, s.p.m.

= Lady Henrietta
Plunket, daugh
ter of Arthur,
ninth earl of
Fingal,

Mary Sapelier ; = John Gifford Rid-
married, 1S54; dell of Swin
dled .r./, 1865. burn castle and
Felton, born
loth Jan,, 1830,

= Victoria Henrietta,
daughter ot Peter
Purcell of Halvers-
town ; married 20th
Sept., 1 866,

Mary Riddell, only child, married, 30th
June, 1896, Edmund Stonor of Ascot,

Walter, born 17th July, 1831 ; died ,,, , 1S61.
Robert, born 24th Aug,, 1832 ; died 15th Sept.,
1873-
Edward, born ... Jan., 1836 ; died ,.. Jan,, 1851,

III
Frances Mary ; married  Jan., 1866, John Joseph
O'Shaughnessy.
Teresa Elizabeth, a nun ; died in 1890.
Gertrude Mary ; married firstly John Errington and secondly
Colonel Langley, and died nth Dec, 18S6,

Cuthbert David = Mary, daughter of Lord Robert
Gifford Riddell, Montague ; married at the Ora-
son and heir, tory, Brompton, August, l8g5 ;
died 14th June, 1897,

..II Ml
Thomas. Laura.
Edward. Mary; died 4th March, 1895.
Norah.

Note, The following pedigree was registered by the Heralds at St. George's Visitation of Durham in 1615 :
Dukentinus de Riddell =

Walter.

I

Patricius de RiddeU

Walter de Riddell =

William RiddeU; died 4 Edward III. =
Isabella ; married Allan Clavering.
Constance; married John Kingston,
Joan; married Gerard Widdrington.

Hugh Riddell (or Thomas in soma) =

Thomas Riddell =
Thomas Riddell ; made his will 1338, 32 Edward III.

Thomas RiddeU ==
John Riddell; sheriff of Newcastle, 1478

daughter and co-heiress of .
Northumberland.

I

Thomas RiddeU ; mayor of Newcastle = Eleanor, daughter of Ralph Claxton of Wynyard.

Peter RiddeU j died s.p.
Cf. * The RiddeU BhUs,' Bates, Arch^ A^l. vol, xii, p, 200 n, Welford, Newcastle and Qalefhead, vol. iii. pp. 377, 378,

288 CHOLLERTON PARISH.
Evidences to Riddell Pedigree.
In 1649, Sir Thomas Riddell, sen,, and Sir WiUiam Riddell, his son, petitioned to be allowed to compound for
their estates. Sir Thomas was fined (at one-sixth) ^^408, and in the following year his wife. Dame Barbara Riddell
'begs an order (which was granted) for one-fifth of her husband's sequestrated estate, being reduced to great want and
misery for lack thereof.'
1651, 20th December, Declaration of Thomas Riddell on entering the English college at Rome : ' My name is
Thomas RiddeU, I am son of Thomas Riddell of Durham, where I was born. As a boy I lived at home, but in my
youth among various uncles in the country, and the last three years I spent at Antwerp. My father (like both my
grandfathers) is a knight, with a rental ot some ;^i,ooo a year. I have no brother, but four sisters, of whom my three
youngest are still Protestants. I have studied in various places in England, and for the last two years in the college
of the Society of Jesus, at Antwerp, I was a Protestant until my 15th year ; then, crossing over to my father, who
had a little before been converted to the faith in Belgium, I was instructed by him. My father wished me to seek
admission to this seminary for the sake of my education,' Thomas Riddell left Rome for Paris, 7th April, 1654,
Foley, Records of the English Province S.J. vol, v, p, 659.
1653, Sth Sept, Sir WiUiam Riddell begs the benefit of the Act of Pardon, as not being sequestrated before
1st Dec, 1651, and having taken the engagement,
WilUam RiddeU of Gateshead, eldest son of Sir WiUiam RiddeU, obtained with his wife Isabel, daughter and
co-heir of Robert Wyld of Hunton, the estates of Ketton and Chilton ; but, after her early death (being involved in
money transactions with the Milbanks, to whom he owed considerable sums) he obtained the assent of his mother-
in-law, Mrs, Wyld, to sell these estates. The following letter, from Mr. Richard Welford's Collection, addressed to
Mrs. Wyld by Ralph Clavering of Callaley, discloses the negotiation :
Madam, Callaley, August 28th, 1663.
This comes not to renew your grief for that unfortunate revolution which happened lately at Gateshead, but to
congratulate the satisfaction you receive in the fruition of the pretty little pledge God Almighty hath given you instead
of your daughter. For her must the common care now be, though her father and you be principally concerned therein ;
yet give me leave, as not disinterested in her, to offer my advice. I perceive that ;^5,ooo was discourst of to be her
fortune out of the father's"estate in case Ketton or Chilton were by him disposed of, which, if both sold, would to a
farthing yield but ^'7,200, so that ;^2,200 would only remain to him. Out of the many arguments that might be used
on his behalf I shall propound this only : that he hath paid, and is to pay to yourself, ;^500 ; to Mr, Tankerd, ;^300 ;
to pious uses, ;^300 ; to Atkinson, ;^200 ; to your daughter Barbary's funeral, .i^l50, as I remember, which, in all, is
;^I,450. To this add the i"200 yearly rent to Mrs. Bulmer, and the £10 rent to the other old gentlewoman, which, if
reckoned but at four years' value for their lives, would amount to ;^840. There are, besides, some arrears due to Mrs.
Buhner's children ; all which, added together with the /5,ooo now demanded, would make him much a loser by his
match, his only benefit being that the child's present maintenance will not amount to the interest of the ;^5,ooo. I
am confidently assured 'tis not your design to make him worse than you found him. Again, I remember you told me
at Gateshead all happiness did not consist in the greatest fortunes. I intend not to trouble your repose with over
grown letters, verily believing, upon consideration of the whole matter, your serious thoughts will conclude ;^3,ooo
enough for her to have, and him to give, and in all things else there will be no hesitation. Let this, I pray, present
you and my wife's best service and assurance that my best wishes and ready assistance shall never be wanting to you
and your sweet little one, as becomes hers, and, madam, your most affectionate kinsman and servant, Ra. Clavering.'
1717, 26th April. Register of the estate of Edward Riddell of Swinburn castle, esq. . The manor of Great
Swinburn, mansion and appurtenances in my own possession. The East farm of the said lordship let to 4 tenants
by me under the yearly reserved rent of ;^95 and I goose and I hen, and lessees obliged every year to lead 20 waine
loads of coals to the raanor house of Swinburn for my use. No fine taken for the lease. The Low farm of Swinburn
let to 3 tenants at ;^I30 rent. Water corn mill, let at ;^20 a year, Coldwell demesne, held by Jasper Hall, gent.,
and the North pasture, part of Swinburn demesne, part of the hamlet of Coldwell at the yearly reserved rent of
£220 for 32 years, commencing May, 1717, No fine taken for lease. The Well houses, let to 3 tenants on lease
commencing May, 1717, at ^130 a year. No fine taken for lease, Coltcraig, in the parish of Chollerton, leased for
9 years from May, 1715, for 3 past years /50 and the remaining £iii, a year. No fine paid for lease. The coal mines
opened and unopened in the manor of Fenham, leased by me to Mr, Bowman, merchant, and John Hebdon, since
deceased, for 21 years, commencing Nov, 20th, 1714, reserving the annual rent of j^200, which is after the rate of
13s. 4d. per ten for 300 tens of ship coals, and for every ten over 300 13s, 4d,, and for every tenn of pann coals yearly
rent of los, a tenn. The said John Hebdon, by indenture 26th Feb., 1714, at my request assigned to Jasper Hall in
trust for me one moiety of the said coal mines. The said colliery is unwrought, and no reserve rents paid. In all
the said premises I have an estate only for life.
' Case, prepared for counselj^relating to Gateshead colliery, circa 1700; original with Mr, Richard Welford.

COLWELL. 289
Incumbrances on said estate : The said lands, etc, (the coal mines excepted), are subjected to a forfeited mort
gage, mortgagee in possession, on which is due for principal and interest ;^2,g45. My sisters' portions ;^875,
annuities ;^7o, coal mines to ray sisters' fortunes charged with ;^l,ooo and annuities of ;^8o. The lands and coal
mines also charged with ;^i,5oo, a portion for my daughter ; and they are also charged with ;^3,ooo, £iA77 is, lod,
Gerry Wear holds the farmhold called Crookden, in the parish of Kirkwhelpington, under me at ;^30 a year,
in which last-mentioned premises I have an estate of gg years it WiUiam Fenwick, gent., soe long lives.^
1717, 26th April. Register of the estate of WiUiam RiddeU of Swinburn castle : An annuity of £^0,
secured by indenture in five parts, dated 25th April, i6g3, made between Thomas Riddell, esq,, of Swinburn
castle and others, declaring the uses of a Common Recovery of all the castle, raanor, etc, of Swinburn, the lordship
of Coldwell, and the Well houses with the tenements called Colt Crag and Kelly Quarter, whereby it is declared that
I, the said William Riddell, should yearly after the death ot my father, the said Thomas RiddeU, have the annuity of
£^0 during my life out of the said land,
1717/8, 20th Feb, Register of the estate of George Riddell of London, gent, : A rent charge of ;^20, granted
by his late father, Thomas Riddell, 25th April, i6g3, by the same instrument.'
1 Register of Roman Catholic Estates with clerk of the peace.
COLWELL.
The hamlet of Colwell^ is about a mile to the east of Great Swmburn,
and consists of two lines of houses running east and west, which stand on
natural terraces facing each other. On the northern terrace stood the chapel
of Colwell, which, as a dependent of Chollerton, was given to the prior and
convent of Hexham, by Odinel de Umframvill ; its site was excavated in 1887,
by Mr. R. C. Hedley, who has given a careful description of the result in the
Proceedings of the Newcastle Society of Antiquaries.^ The chapel consists
of a nave and chancel, the former measuring in the inside 17 feet, and the
latter 13 feet 6 inches. The walls were from 2 feet 9 inches to 3 feet 3
inches thick, and remained at some points to the height of three courses
above a chamfered base course, which ran round the structure and was
stepped on the north and south nave walls at their east end. The base
course was returned into a door opening. Several arch stones were dis
covered, some with a roll moulding worked on one angle, and some with a
roll moulding on two angles, portions doubtless of the chancel arch. There
were also some widely splayed window jamb stones, together with fragments
of grey roofing slates, and a quantity of charred wood and fragments of
mediaeval pottery.'
In 1479 the prior and convent possessed a tithe barn, which stood to
' There are several barrows in front of the farm house to the south-west of ColweU, and the district is
rich in prehistoric remains. Three quarters of a mile north of the hamlet, on the Blue Crag is an
entrenchment ; a quarter of a mile further north is another entrenchment almost rectangular in form ;
on the Ox-hiU is a camp with a single rampart, and at the foot of the hill immediately to the north-west
of Blue Crag are the remains of a prehistoric viUage without any defensive work.
^ Proc. of Newcastle Soe. of Antiq. vol, iv, p. 102.
^ A fragment, pronounced to be a portion of an early thirteenth-century cross found at Colwell, is in
the possession of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle,
Vol, IV. 37

290

CHOLLERTON PARISH.

the north-east of the chapel of Colwell, and was then waste.^ In a survey
taken in 1536, the corn tithes of Colwell, worth 40s. a year, were leased to
Sir John Widdrington, by an instrument which did not bear the convent
seal.^ The ornaments of the chapel in 1552 were 'one challes of tene and
one vestment of whyt satten,'^ and thirty years later it was destitute, having
neither curate nor chapel wardens.* Colwell chapel is one of the four
mentioned in 1650 as being within the parish of Chollerton, and one hundred

Remains of Colwell Chapel,

and twenty years later, under the designation of Swinburn chapel, it was
reported as in decay.^ In papers connected with a suit in the Ecclesiastical
Court of Durham about 1744, when some of the owners of the great tithes
of the parish of Chollerton disclaimed their liability to repair the chancel of
the parish church, the lecturer of Hexham, who possessed the tithes of Col
well, professed that Colwell was a free or parochial chapel, and that though
no service was performed there (for it had been destroyed by the Scots
' Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. ii. p. 35. « /^^^^ p_ jgg_ q^_ ^^-^^ jjj ^^ ^^^
' Eccles. Proc. of Bp. Barnes, Raine (App.) 1, ; Surt. Soe. vol. 22. ^ Ibid. pp. 99, 100.
° Randal, State of the Churches.

COLWELL.

291

army) its roofless walls remained, and that he was ready (if cleared of all
liability towards Chollerton) to repair the chancel of the chapel.^
In 1240 Colwell was held of the Heron barony by Gilbert de Umfram
vill at a socage rent of 40s. ;" and its possession enabled the Umframvills to
join their detached manor of Chollerton with the rest of the barony of
Prudhoe. It was afterwards reckoned to be the tenth part of a knight's fee.^
At the Assizes of 1256 a presentment was made that an unknown man had
been found in the fields of Colwell torn to pieces by dogs. No suspicion
attached to Reginald, the shepherd of Colwell, who was first to discover
the remains, but as the townships of Colwell, Swinburn, Chollerton, and
Barrasford did not come in proper numbers to the inquest, they were fined.*
In 1288 John de Burgo and Christian his wife received 16 acres of land in
Colwell from John Swynburn,^ and in 1293 Walter de Cambhou (sheriff
1278) and Isabel his wife settled 4 messuages, 24 bovates of land, and 44s. of
rent, with half of the mill, on their issue severally. For these lands Walter
de Cambhou had in 1277 a grant of free warren,'' and in 1345 they were
claimed by Isabel's grand-daughter Emma, the wife of Robert of Coventry.'

Collewell Subsidy

Roll,

1296. £ s. d.

s. d.

Summa bonorum Walteri fiUi JuUanae 

I 16 0

unde regi

3 3J-

,, Willelmi de Choluerton

3 17 10

»

7 I

„ Simonis filii WiUelmi 

I 16 4
3J
3 3I
Willelmi fiUi Walteri 
2 17 6
5>
5 2i
„ bercatoris Alani 
264
))
4 2i
„ N icholai filii WUIelmi 
... 276
»
4 3i
„ Rogeri fiUi Matildae 
2 II 2
)J
4 7l
„ Johannis Durand 
...
I 13 0
J)
3 0
Willelmi de Filton 
0 12 0
»
I Ii
„ Johannis de Swyneburne
...
3 17 0
)?
7 0
„ Adae filii Johannis 
2 12 0
)J
4 8i
„ Symonis fiUi Johannis
...
2 18 4
)>
5 3i
„ Adae de Swyneburne 
370
3>
6 I
„ Ricardi Spynke 
0 15 6
»J
I 5
„ Hugonis de Tocrinton
2 18 4
»
S 3i
„ Nicholai fiUi Rogeri 
2 18 4
J)
S 3i
„ Adae Tod 
148
J)
2 3
„ GameUi filii Roberti 
270
J)
4 3i
„ Henrici filii Nicholai 
0 14 0
»
I 3i
„ Nicholai de Yetham 
12 8 0
3»
22 6i
Summa hujus villae, £SS lys- lod
Unde regi, ^5 is. 7W
' Documents with Mr. L. C, Lockhart. ' Testa de Nevill; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol. i. p. 203.
' Hodgson, Northumberland, pt, iii, vol, i. p. 65, ¦* Assize Rolls, p. 95 ; Surtees Soe.
* Originalia, 16 Ed. I, No. 15 ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol, ii. p. 286.
" Cal. Rot. Chart.; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol. ii. p. 392.
' Placita Rolls ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol. ii. p. 356.
292 CHOLLERTON PARISH.
Caldwell, ;/; s. d. _ s. d.
Summa bonorum Thomae de CaldweU  i 14 2 unde regi 3 li
„ Willelmi filii Gerardi  120 „ 20
Summa hujus villae, 56s. 2d. Unde domino regi, 5s. ijd.
Early in the fourteenth century the manor was held by Nicholas de
Yetham ; he was succeeded by his son Adam who, under the designation of
Adam de Colwell, in 1317 conveyed it to Robert de Chalert the chaplain.^
Sir Adam de Swynburn held at his death in 1318 the fourth part of the
vill of Colwell from Sir Roger Heron at 6d. a year, but it was all lying waste. ^
Two messuages, 120 acres of land and 6 acres of meadow in Colwell, were
in the hands of the king in 1323 by the forfeiture of Henry de Swynburn,
son of Sir Adam de Swynburn. A petition to the king from Peter Grapier
of Newcastle alleged that these lands were held from him by the rent of four
marks and four shillings, and under a writ dated i6th March, 1323/4, an
inquisition was taken at Morpeth before Roger Heron and Richard de
Emeldon to enquire into the matter. The jury, whose names were John
Gray of Denum, William de Sharplaw, Simon de Waskerley, Hugh de
Mynstoracres, William de Croxston, John de Houghton, Anthony de Eryng
ton, William de Midelton, Thomas de Wotton, Richard de Oggle, Henry de
Akedon, and Nicholas de Houghton, found that the lands in question were
held by feoffment made by Ormo Grapier, the grandfather of Peter, to John
de Swynburn, father of Sir Adam, that the latter had obtained from Peter
a release of the reserved rent, and that the property in time of peace was
worth six marks, but was then worthless because waste.'
In 1324 Robert de Umframvill and Lucy his wife held in Colwell a
messuage and a carucate of land,* and in 1327 there were six bondagers,
each of whom held a messuage and 24 acres of land as he had held from
Sir Adam Swynburn.^ These lands, estimated to be of the annual value
of £^ 8s., were assigned on the partition of Sir Adam's property to his
grandson Gerard de Widdrington. Colwell Subsidy Roll, 1336,
Ricardus clericus, is, lod, ; Johannes filius Simonis, 2S, id,; Robertus de Herll, 3s, 4d,; Ricardus de
Catden, 3s, 8d, ; Robertus Dun, is, 8d, ; Willelmus Wychsleshe, 5s, 6^d, Summa, i8s, ijd,
' ' Sciant praesentes et futuri quod ego Adam de Colewell, filius Nicholai de Yetham, dedi domino
Roberto de Chalert capellano, totum manerium meum de Colewell cum pertinentiis, Testibus : domino
Ada de Swynburne, tunc vicecomite Northumbriae, domino Roberto de Swynburne, domino Roberto de
Insula, mUitibus : Thoma de Belshow, etc. Dat. Colewell pridie calend, Junii anno dom, 1317; anno
Ed, II, II.' Lansdowne MSS. 326, fol, 149 b ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt, iii, vol. ii, p, 356,
^ Hodgson, Northumberland, pt, ii, vol. ii, p. 251, ' Inq. ad quod damnum, 17 Ed. II. No. 98,
'^ Escheats; 18 Edw, II, , No, 78; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol. i. p. 64.
'" Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol. i. p. 66.

COLWELL. 293
In 1336 Alina de Colwell and her sister Idonea received possession of
the manor of Colwell by an action brought against William Wyghtflessh in
the King's court at Newcastle.^ And on 28th December, 1343, Gilbert de
Colwell gave a power of attorney to Roger Widdrington of Denton to put
Roger Widdrington, brother of Sir Gerard, in possession of all his lands and
tenements in the vill of Colwell.^
At the end of the fourteenth century Sir John de Middleton and Christian
his wife held a tenement and 24 acres of land in ColweU.'
There is no separate Muster Roll for Great Swinburn in 1538, but its
contingent may or may not be included in that of Colwell, which sent 1 1 men,
fully equipped, and 8 who had neither horse nor harness.
Colwell Muster Roll, 1538. ¦•
Gerarde Yonger, Cuthbert Nicolson, Perce. Reid, Ric. Wodman, John Wailes, John Caruthers, Willm
Caruthers, Thomas Robson, John Person, WiUm Long, David Chastowe, able with hors and harnes.
Georg Yong, Thomas Robson, Thomas Hutley, Robert Nathres, Thomas Person, Willm Caruthers,
Thomas Murton, Thomas Robson, naither hors nor harnes.
The prior and convent of Hexham held, by grant of Walter Corbet
in the reign of Henry HI., common pasture in Colwell for 32 oxen, 10 cows,
and 240 sheep, which privilege, before 1479, had become altered to pastur
age for 30 oxen, 10 cows, i bull, and 400 sheep ; they also possessed in
Colwell a tithe barn and a garden, and enjoyed a right of way to their
estate at Bingfield, with which their grazing rights seem to have been leased.
After the dissolution, there was quarrelling and litigation between the Crown
lessees of Bingfield and the lord and tenants of the manor of Colwell con
cerning a tract of land called Errean, asserted to be a third of the township
of Colwell, which the tenants claimed had always been held in severalty and
cropped. It had formerly been staflF-herded, and it was subsequently divided
from Colwell Moor by a ditch and hedge, and from the fields of Bingfield
by the river, water or small brook called Errean. Thomas Errington,
the farmer of Bingfield, had with a number of his people, about 1564,
entered Errean, pulled down and destroyed part of the hedges of one
Richard Hartborne who was tenant to Sir John Widdrington, lord of the
manor of Colwell, for which offence he and they were sued before the
queen's commission at York, and committed to the castle.
1 Originalia, lo Ed. III. No. 48; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt, iii, vol, ii, p. 315.
' Hodgson, Northumberland, pt, ii, vol, ii, p, 233,
' Escheats, 20 Ric. II. No. 37; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol. ii, p. 260,
* Arch. Ael. 4to series, vol. iv. p. 177.

294

CHOLLERTON PARISH.

There was another suit heard in the Court of Exchequer in I594, iii
which many witnesses deposed to the above facts, and though they did not
altogether deny the right of common on Colwell Moor, they asserted that the
Bingfield cattle and sheep had always been driven off Errean, and from time
to time impounded in the town fold of Colwell, or 'in a pasture field called a
barnekin in the town of Swinburn,' and for loosing their cattle thence their
owners had to pay a penny parcage.^
The old house or hall at the west end of the village may have been the
home of that cadet line of Widdrington which for some generations resided
at and owned part of Colwell. What is known of them is shown in the
following pedigree and evidences :
WIDDRINGTON OF COLWELL.

Roger Widdrington of Colwell ; = Mally, daughter of Lancelot Thirlwall

administration granted 20th Dec,
1597-

of ThirlwaU and Newbiggin,
sister of George Thirlwall,*

ind

Henry Widdrington of Col- =
well ; will dated I2th
July, 1632 ia).

I III
Robert Widdrington of West Harle; died 1632, = Ann  Agnes.
aged 46, and buried in the quire of Whelpington, Margaret.
where there is an inscription to his memory ib). Margery.
Will dated 29th April, 1632 (a).

John Widdrington of Hepple and West Harle, = Eleanor.
son and heir ; buried at Rothbury ; will dated
l6th Oct,, 1662 (a).

Henry.Francis.
WiUiam.

Eleanor, daughter and co-heiress.
Ann, daughter and co-heiress.
Mary, daughter and co-heiress ; married William Potts.

Roger Widdrington of Colwell ;
died at Cartington ; will
dated 27th Aug., 1633 (a).

Ralph Widdrington of Bingfield ;
a delinquent, whose estates were
forfeited and sold by the Trea
son Trustees; admitted to Gray's
Inn l6th March, i64o/l,§

Mary.

William, Mary ; married Ralph
Wilson,
Dorothy.
Ann.

ia) Raine, Test. Ebor.

ib) Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii, vol. i, p, 200.

* To the childe that my dowghter Mallye Woodthrington is withall, if it be a man childe a wether, or 6s. 8d. to
buy hym a fole \vithall ; if it be a dowghter a yow and a lambe. Will of Lancelot ThirlwaU of ThirlwaU, 27th
December, 1582, Durham Wills, Greenwell, p, 75, Surtees Soc, No, 38.
§ A Ralph Widdrington of Bingfield married EUzabeth, daughter and coheiress of John Swinburne (died circa
1623) of Black Heddon ; another of whose daughters, Mary Swinburne, married Henrj", brother of Thomas
Widdrington of Cheeseburn Grange. Hodgson, Northumberland, part ii, vol. i. p, 232.

' The parties to the suit were Ralph Errington, plaintiff, and Henry and Benjamin Widdrington,
defendants. Among the witnesses who deposed were : Edward Reed of Errington, aged 40 ; Thomas
Fenwick of ChoUerton, aged 80 ; Thomas Chatter of Newton hall, aged 60 ; Henry Hedley of Colwell,
aged 60; John Usher of Barrasford, aged 70; George Nicholson, Ralph Atchinson, Archibald Marshall,
John Carother, Thomas Robinson, aU of Colwell, Exchequer Depositions, 27 EUzabeth, Northumberland,
No. II,

COLWELL. 295
Evidences to Widdrington Pedigree,
1597. The inventory of the goods and chatties of Roger Wodrington, deceased, late of Colwell, in the
parish of ChoUerton, prized by Ralph Atchesone, William Merry, and James Reed and Edward Carrothers,
the 1 6th of February, 1596/7: Imprimis, corne in the garth att Colewell, ^16; item, corne in the garth att
Swynbourne, £2 ; item, corn in the garth att Ryall, £\o ; item, two horses and three meares and one foole,
.£10; item, xvj oxen, ^10135. 4d.; item, viij kye, ^6 ; item, six stirkes, ^i ; item, iij score sheep, ^5 ; item,
household stufTe and his owne appareU, ^8; item, corne sowen before his death, ^10; item, husbandry
furniture, ^i ; total, ;f79 13s. 4d.
1 597, 20th December. Administration of the goods of Roger Widdrington, late of Colwell, granted to
Richard Thirlwall and Lewis Widdrington, next in blood, to the use of Henry, Robert, Agnes, Margaret,
and Margery Widdrington, his children.
1599, ,2nd September. The declaration of Richard Thirlwall and Lewis Widdrington, gents., tutors
of Henry, Robert, Agnes, Margaret, and Margery Widdrington, children of Roger Widdrington, late of
Colwell. 1632, 29th April. Nuncupative will of Robert Widdrington of West Harle, parish of Kirkwhelpington,
gent. To my wife Anne, ^300 ; to my daughter Mary, ^200 ; to my three younger sons Henry, Francis,
and William Widdrington, each .£100, to be raised of my lands in Todrige, Baresford, and Carycoats.
My brother Henry Widdrington, and my uncle George Thirlwall ; my lands in West Harle to my son and
heir apparent John Widdrington. Inventory, dated nth and 12th May, 1632, taken by George Thirlwall
of Rothbury and ... Ratcliffe of Thropton, gents.
1632, I2th July. Will of Henry Widdrington of CoUwell, gent. To be buried in the parish church of
Chollerton. To my two younger sons Ralph and William, ^100 each ; to my daughter Mary, wife of
Ralph WUson, ^100; to my two daughters Dorothy and Ann Widdrington, ^100 each, to be raised out of
my lands in Bingfield. Roger Widdrington of Cartington, esq,, Thomas Widdrington of Gray's Inn, gent,,
and George Thirlwall of Rothbury, gent,, my brother Robert Widdrington, and Roger Widdrington, my
son and heir apparent, executors. Pr, 1632,
1633, 27th August. Will of Roger Widdrington of Colwell, gent. To be buried in the parish church
of Chollerton. None of my father's legacies paid, except ^100 to my sister Wilson ; to be paid by my
executors. My brother Ralph Widdrington executor ; Roger Widdrington of Cartington, esq,, Thomas
Widdrington of Gray's Inn, and George Thirlwall of Rothbury, gent,, supervisors, (The testator died at
Cartington. His sisters Dorothy and Ann, and his brother WiUiam, are mentioned in the inventory.)
Pr. 1634.
1653, 15th March. W, Skynner, W, Robison, and others, the surviving trustees appointed for the sale
of forfeited estates, sell to John Rushworth of Lincoln's Inn, and Gilbert Crouch, for ^980 9s. gd., a
messuage in Bingfield late in the occupation of Rowland Widdrington.
Also, the demesne lands of CoUwell, lying entire, boundered with Great Swinburn ground south-west
and west. Little Swinburn ground on the north, and Colwell town and town field on the east and south,
consisting of a messuage or house called CoUwell hall, with a stable, a byar, a barn, a fould garth, a stack
yard, a dove coate,' and one garth of arable land called the orchard, consisting of, by estimation, 2 acres
more or less, together with 58 acres of meadow ground and 145 acres of pasture ground, now or late in
the tenancy of the said Rowland Widdrington, of the yearly value of ^35; and also all houses, outhouses,
etc., belonging or in anywise appertaining or known to be part of the same, which said messuage with the
appurtenances, in the particulars thereof, are mentioned to have been parcel of the possessions of Ralph
Widdrington, late of CoUwell, gent, one of the persons in the said additional Act named, whose estate
hath been, and is, hereby declared and adjudged to be justly forfeited by him for his treason against the
parliament and people of England.
^ A curious stone-built pigeon-house still remains behind the old mansion-house. The latter contains
a carved fireplace.

296 CHOLLERTON PARISH.
Rushworth and Crouch acted on behalf of Henry Widdrington of Blackheddon, to whom, 19th Sept.,
1654, they reconveyed the estates described above.
1674, 20th July, Will of Edward Widdrington of Blackheddon, esq. Whereas I am possessed by
lease from the earl of Northumberland of 2 pts, in 3 p"- to be devided of certaine lands in the high lands
in Tindall called Woofe Keilder Stoupe, White Kielder, Keilder Hay, and other names, for 2i years yet in
being, I give the same to my dear wife Elianer Widdrington ; also ;f 400, now in the hands of my brother
William Widdrington, esq. Whereas my brother Ralph Widdrington is now possessed of a third part of
the aforesaid lease, he to hold it dureing the whole terine yet to come. My loveing freind Allen Swinburn,
esq,, executor in trust for my wife. My will is, that ;!^20 be given to the poore of the parishes of Stannerton,
Hugh, Bitchfield, and Owston, and ^30 to the poore, at the discretion of my executor, Raine, Test. Ebor.
Henry Widdrington must have sold his lands in Colwell to Lord
Widdrington, who alone was rated for them in 1663, and by deed dated 20th
August, 1678, William, Lord Widdrington, conveyed Colwell and the castle
and manor of Swinburn and Colt Crag^ to Thomas Riddell of Fenham, to
whose descendant, Mr. J. G. Riddell, these estates now belong.

TONE AND COWDEN.
The estates of Tone, Cowden, and Colt Crag (the detached portion of
the township of Great Swinburn and Colwell) form an irregularly shaped
tract of land, comprising 1,813 acres, lying on both sides of Watling Street,
and separated from the other portion of the township by about the width of
a mile, the township of Little Swinburn intervening.
This tract represents very largely,^ if not wholly, estates which before
the dissolution of the monasteries, belonged to the abbot and convent of New
minster and to the prior and convent of Hexham. Tone, then called Tolland,
was granted to Newminster by Odinel de Umframvill (died 1182), who also
bestowed Filton on that house. Odinel in his charter describes his gift of
Tolland as contained within the boundary, 'as Derestrete runs between Filton
and Tolland as far as Waterfal, and from Waterfal by Slade, which goes from
the north side of the moss, and thence as the proper boundary exists, which I
have perambulated for them, on the west of the Carrs, and as it turns to the
head of the land of Tolland towards the south, and thence by the boundaries
between Tolland and the land of the canons (of Hexham) up to the before-
mentioned Derestrete.' For this the Cistercians were to pay annually four
marcs ; this grant was subsequently confirmed by Odinel's sons, Robert and
Richard, and Richard's sons, Richard and Gilbert.'
' Mr, J. G. Riddell's Title Deeds. '' In the Subsidy RoU of 1296, Golden is associated with Chol
lerton, cf. supra, p. 258. ' Newminster Chartulary, Fowler, pp. 62-63 ; Surt, Soc,

TONE AND COWDEN. 297
After the dissolution of the monasteries^ the grange of Tolland' fell into
the hands of the Widdringtons, and not unnaturally may have been con
sidered thenceforth as attached to the township of Great Swinburn, wherein
lay their larger and residental estate. Under the form of Towlands it is
mentioned in the inquisition taken on the death of Sir Henry Widdrington
in 1592,^ and it was one of the places which his nephew, Sir Henry Wid
drington, leased for a term of years as a maintenance for his daughters.* As
Tone house it was rated to William, Lord Widdrington, in 1663, and was
doubtless sold under the terms of his will made in 1673, which ordered to be
sold all his estates which could be sold.' The purchaser was Allan Swin
burne, who was the tenth child of William Swinburne of Capheaton, by his
marriage with Jane, daughter and co-heiress of Matthew Bee of Ninebanks.''
He was dead before 2nd September, 1693, when Frances Swinburne, his
widow, Philip Hodgson and Mary, his wife, who was the only daughter and
heiress of the said Allan Swinburne, covenanted to levy a fine of ' all that
grange or farm hold called by the name of Towlands alias Tone house,
theretofore in the tenure of Ralph Widdrington, esq."
Allan Hodgson and his sisters were ardent Jacobites, and were steeped
in the plots of which the district of the North Tyne was a hotbed. One of
the sisters is said to have disguised herself as a gingerbread wench to follow
the duke of Cumberland's army in order to gain intelligence for the rebels.
Allan Hodgson himself was committed to Morpeth gaol (it is said at the
instance of some of his more cautious friends), and was in confinement there
in August, 1746. He died at Morpeth, unmarried and intestate, in 1772.
One of his sisters had married, but died without issue in her brother's life
time. Another had formed a connexion, said to have had the sanction of the
rites of marriage in the Roman Catholic chapel of Stella, with Delaval
Shafto of the Little Bavington family, who, sometime a salt officer in Elsdon,
subsequently farmed on the Tone estate, and in a fit of despondency shot
himself in the woods there.
'In 1568 Tonande was in the Crown, Feodary's Book, lo Eliz,; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. in.
vol. iii. p. Ixi,
' A fee farm rent of ^6 13s, 4d,, issuing out of a tenement in Filton alias Cary-coats, and Tolland alias
Tone, was in 1696 part of the endowment of the Colston almshouses in Bristol. Abstract of Title of Tone
with Mr. R. G. Bolam.
' Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol. ii. p, 236, ¦* Ibid. p. 254, ° Ibid. p. 238,
° Ibid, pt, ii, vol. i. p. 333 ; cf. vol, iii, p, 1 18, ' Abstract of Title of Tone with Mr, R, G, Bolam.
VOL. IV. 38

298

CHOLLERTON PARISH.

HODGSON OF TONE.*
Richard Hodgson of Newcastle, merchant and alderman ; =^ Isabella, daughter of James Lawson

mayor of Newcastle, 1555, 1566, 1580; wiU dated Ist
March, 1581 ; buried at Jarrow, 31st Dec, 1585.

of Newcastle,

Robert Hodgson of
Hebburn, son and
heir.

I

Ann, daughter of Rich- Other Lancelot Hodgson, second
ard Langley ; second issue, son ; sometime of Brandon,
wife, CO, IDurham ; afterwards of
Bywell,

Mary, daughter and heiress
of WilUam Lee of Bran
don ; living a widow,
loth Oct., 1627,

John Hodgson of Jesmond, == Ann .,, ; will dated i6th
son and heir. April, 1686,

^ I I
Other issue.

I
William Hodgson
of Winlaton ;
third son.

Margaret, daughter of Sir
Thomas Haggerston ; wife
first of William Hodgson,
and second of Lancelot
Hodgson ; died l8th Aug,,
1663 ia).

I
Lancelot Hodgson of
Winlaton ; free of
Merchants' com
pany, Newcastle ;
died 14th May,
1677 id).

Adelin, daughter of
James Cholmley ;
second wife ; died
l6th March, 1672/3
ia).

Other issue.

Jane, daughter of ...
Forcer of Harbour
house ; by marriage
settlement, dated igth
Dec, 1685, had a
portion ot ;^i,300 ;
died s.p.

= Philip Hodgson of Winla
ton in 1685 ; of city of
Durham, l6g4; admitted
free of Merchants' com
pany, 1700 ; buried in
St. Nicholas', nth Mar.,
1730/1.

Anne, daughter of Allan
and Frances Swin
burne of Tone; articles
before marriage, 25th
Feb., 1693 ; post-nup
tial settlement, gth
January, 1693/4.

Albert Hodgson of
parish of St. John,
Newcastle ; pre
sented as a papist,
1684 ; believed to
have died s.p.

= Elizabeth.

Allan Hodgson of Tone, son and heir ; died unmarried and intestate at
Morpeth, 13th Dec, buried in St. Nicholas', 17th Dec, 1772 ; seised of the
grange of Tone and of lands in the parishes of Whalton, Hartburn, and
Whitfield ; administration granted 30th June, i773i to sisters Mary,
Frances, and Margaret.

Helena ; married Robert Carnegie ' of
Ballinday in Cockermouth '; raar-
riage settleraent dated 28th March,
1752 ; died s.p. before 1772.

Mary Hodgson ; said to have been married privately
in 1743, at the Roman Catholic chapel at Stella, to
Delaval Shafto, next brother ot George Shafto Delaval
of Little Bavington, Administration granted 15th
Dec, 1781, to Margaret Hodgson, her only sister if).

Frances Hodgson ; died
unmarried at Tone, 4th
March, 1781 ib) ; ad
ministration granted
15th Dec, 17B1, to
sister Margaret (c).

Margaret Hodgson of Tone ; died
at Tone unmarried, 2nd Nov,,
1783 ; wiU dated 24th Oct.,
1783 ; proved June, 1784, and
enrolled at Quarter Sessions
at Morpeth, 14th Jan., 1784 ;
the last survivor.

Allan Shafto, alias Macdonald, born circa I745i the aUeged son of marriage or connexion.;
in 1784 claimed but failed to prove himself to be heir-at-law to Margaret Hodgson ; in
1789 of Little Bavington ; emigrated to West Indies.
ia) M.I. St. Nicholas', Newcastle.
ib) Newcastle Courant, loth March, 1781.
ic) Raine, Test. Ebor.
* A pedigree of Hodgson of Hebburn is printed in Surtees' Durham, vol. ii. p. 77 ; cf. ibid, vol, ii. p. 319;
Hodgson of Manor-house, Lanchester,

On the death, in 1783, of Margaret Hodgson, the last survivor of the
family, the estates were claimed by Allan Shafto alias Macdonald, who
(born circa 1745) had been brought up by Allan Hodgson and his sisters as
their adopted son.
He brought actions (but he failed to obtain verdicts) against William

TONE AND COWDEN. 299
Sanderson (who took the estates under Margaret Hodgson's will)^ at the
Northumberland Assizes of 1784 and 1785. He contended he was the
legitimate son of the union of Mary Hodgson and Delaval Shafto, and as
such was nephew and heir-at-law to Allan and to Frances Hodgson. The
other side contended that he was really the son of Macdonald of Kinloch
Moidart, who was executed at Carlisle in 1746, and some of whose children
had been adopted by fellow-Jacobites. It was further alleged that Margaret
Hodgson was drunk when her will was made by Mr. Harvey of Newcastle
(who was solicitor to Sanderson), but Dr. Charles Brown, a physician in
Newcastle, and others, testified that, however much she might have been
influenced by flattery, this charge was not true. The estates were also
claimed by Mrs. Mary Teresa Eyre of Hassop, who was asserted to be, and
probably was, the real heir-at-law.
William Sanderson, who succeeded to the estate, was the eldest son of
William Sanderson of Healey, in the parish of Bywell St. Peter, to which
estate he also succeeded on his father's death. He assumed the name of
Hodgson,^ but falling into difficulties, conveyed, 26th and 27th June, 1812,
Tone and Healey to Edward Charlton of Sandhoe and William Witham of
Durham, in trust for his creditors. His wife had a jointure of ^^200 a year
charged on Tone, which she was enjoying at the venerable age of 95 in 1846.
Hodgson's trustees, in 18 16, sold Tone to Thomas Kerr, a solicitor in
Alnwick, who subsequently made it his residence, and by will, dated 15th
January, 1830, gave it (with Cowden and Greenrigg, also in the parish of
Chollerton ; Coldtown, Chesterhope, High-house, in Corsenside ; Ritton
White-house and Rough-lees, in Netherwitton, and Boggle hole, in Bel
lingham) to his nephew, Anthony Gregson of Low-linn. In the following
year Gregson entailed his estates upon Mr. Henry Knight, son of the
Rev. Thomas Knight, rector of Ford, in tail male, but the trustees in
' 1783, 24th October. WiU of Margaret Hodgson of Tone, spinster. To AUan Macdonald of Bavington,
gent., .£20 a year; to Ralph Sanderson of Tone, gent, ^lo a year; Clementina, wife of WiUiam Sanderson
of Heley, esq,, to have my gold watch for her life, and after her decease Frances Margaret Hodgson
Macdonald to have it; to the said Frances Margaret Hodgson Macdonald, ^400 when 21 ; all my trinkets
to be divided equally between her and her sister Mary Macdonald. 1 give the residue of my personal
estate, and all my freehold estate, to William Sanderson the younger of Heley, gent,, and his heirs male,
he and they to assume the name of Hodgson; remainder to the youngest son of Henry Swinburne of
Hamsterly, esq. Enrolled with clerk of the peace, 14th January, 1784,
^ The Rev, John Hodgson writes in his note book, August, 1814, of Tone hall: 'Sanderson Uved about
a year at it after he changed his name to Hodgson ; then his father came and lived there till about the
time of his death; it has since been inhabited by tenants, and now mostly by pitmen. It is a large
mansion with offices on the north . . , and is much enclosed in wood, which flourishes well enough
around the house; but in places behind to the north is stunted, though it has been planted on crests of
earth, but is peat moss. The colliery at Tone employs about eight people,'

3O0 CHOLLERTON PARISH,
1840 obtained an Act of Parliament to enable them to sell or exchange the
settled lands. Under the powers so given, the Tone and Cowden estates
were, in 1864, sold to Mr. J. G. Abbot for ;^30,ioo, who three years later
resold them to Mr. Hugh Taylor of Chipchase, their present owner.
Colden or Cowden was granted by Richard de Umframvill to the prior
and convent of Hexham, who also obtained, from Ralph de Gunnerton
common pasture on Gunnerton Moor for 300 cattle belonging to Colden.-'
In 1479 the vill was let to Alan del Strother at the rent of ;^3 6s. 8d.^
The land the convent held in severalty was comprised within these
boundaries : Beginning at the east side of Trow hill, the line passed by way
of an old ditch at the Trow burn, and thence by that burn towards the west
as far as the Ley-acre-dyke, and thence towards the south by the Standing
Stones between the moor of Birtley and the new field of Colden as far as the
Lange syke ; towards the east as far as Colden burn and thence by way of an
ancient dyke between the moor of Gunnerton and the said Colden as far as
a little sike on the north side of a certain little hill called Colden Kyrk, as far
as the Derestrete, and thence by the Derestrete towards the north as far
as the before-named Trow hill.^
The history of Cowden after the dissolution is unknown : it is not
mentioned in the Book of Rates of 1663, but in 1697 it was amongst the
estates given by the will of Sir Mark Milbank of Halnaby, with whose
descendants it remained until 1787, when it was sold by Ralph Milbank to
John Reed, a woollen draper in Newcastle, for ^^2,400. Reed's eldest son,
William Reed, married Ann, daughter of William Hay of Lesbury, and by
the marriage settlement, dated 26th and 27th December, 1799, Cowden was
conveyed to trustees to secure her marriage portion of ^2,000, but subse
quently was conveyed to trustees for the benefit of William Reed's creditors.
The trustees in 1809 sold it to William Collingwood of Alnwick, scrivener,
dealer, and chapman, who two years later became bankrupt, whereupon
Cowden was purchased for ^5,040 by Thomas Kerr, then of Alnwick, after
wards of Tone. Since that period it has formed part of the Tone estates,
and now belongs to Mr. Hugh Taylor.
At the southern extremity of this part of the township is a curious rock
called Colden or Cowden Kirk ; the water-course close by and the hill were
called Trow burn and Trow hill respectively.
' Hexham Priory, Raine, vol, ii, p, iii. ' ^ Ibid. p. 34, ' Ibid. p. 34,

WHITESIDE LAW TOWNSHIP. 3'^^
At Cowden, about 650 yards on the west side of Watling Street, there
is a small camp placed within a plantation. Its name is preserved in Camp
hill, but ' it is so ploughed down as to be nearly invisible ; it is partly
within the plantation and partly without, that within being much the more
perfect ; it is nearly rectangular.' ^ There is a similar camp also within a
plantation about 350 yards north-west of Tone inn.
The Hodgsons were a Roman Catholic family, and maintained a chap
lain at Tone; after 1812 the mission was removed to Bellingham, where are
preserved a vestment and other relics removed from Tone.
Colt Crag, under the name of Coulter Crag, is mentioned in the
inquisition taken, 21st October, 1592, after the death of Sir Henry
Widdrington.^ Colt Crag was one of the farms conveyed with Swinburn
in 1678 by Lord Widdrington to Thomas Riddell.^ It is a moorland farm
belonging to Mr. J. G. Riddell, and includes a large reservoir of 206 acres
belonging to the Newcastle and Gateshead Water company, which contains
1,070,000,000 gallons of water.*

WHITESIDE LAW TOWNSHIP.
The township of Whiteside Law, comprising 87 acres, is so insignificant
that no separate census returns are made. It may have been originally a
farm in Great Swinburn or Colwell, and have owed its status as a township
to the operation of the Poor Law Act of Charles II.
In 1654 William Milburn was infeoffed of Whiteside Law by William
Widdrington, and in 1663 he was rated for the same at ^13. He was then
residing in Newcastle, where he made his will, loth June, 1692, by which he
gave Whiteside Law to Margaret, his wife, for life, and then to his two
daughters, Ann and Dorothy. He gave a legacy of £s to his brother,
Ambrose Milburn. After passing through various hands it was purchased
in 1 77 1 by Thomas Riddell of Swinburn, from whom it has descended to
Mr. J. G. Riddell of Swinburn and Felton.^
' MacLauchlan, Survey of Watling Street, p. 26. " Hodgson, Northumberland, pt, ii. vol. ii, p. 236.
3 Mr, J, G, Riddell's Title Deeds. * Trans. Tyneside Nat. Club, vol, xvi. p. 401.
*= Mr, J. G. Riddell's Title Deeds.

302 CHOLLERTON PARISH.
EAST (OR LITTLE) SWINBURN TOWNSHIP.
The township of Little or East Swinburn^ comprises 1,236 acres,
divided by the stream which, taking its rise on Carrycoats Moor, is known,
near its source, as the Dry burn, and lower down as the Swin burn. It is
impounded by the Newcastle and Gateshead Water company, whose reser
voir at Little Swinburn has an area of 15 acres, and contains 34,000,000
gallons.^ To the east of Watling Street, on the Folly farm, are to be seen
the remains of a camp, within which has been found a fragment of an upper
millstone of granite.
The hamlet of Little Swinburn stands upon the limestone and is
sheltered by higher ground on all sides except the south-east, where it has
a wide and wild prospect over the Tepper Moor to the heights of Whit
field and Allendale, and even as far as Cross fell. It now consists of a farm
house, built in 1808 by Sir William Loraine, the usual outbuildings, and a
few cottages, but near the tower are foundations of buildings, and to the
south of it is an ancient fish pond.
Little Swinburn Tower.
The tower can only be seen when close at hand, the broken nature of
the ground preventing a more distant view. Its general appearance recalls
the towers of Tosson and Hepple, near Rothbury, which it also resembles in
its construction and dimensions.
The tower is not mentioned in the list of strongholds made for Henry V.
in 1415, but if it did not then exist, it must have been erected within a short
time after. In the Border survey of 1541 it is stated that 'at lytle Swyneburne
is a lytle towre of the inheritance of Thomas Mydleton of Belso, esqui',
decayed in the roofes.'^
Of the structure there is less now standing than when Mr. Edward Swin
burne made the drawing for the Rev. John Hodgson's history, here reproduced.
The ruin has been robbed of so many of its stones that barely sufficient
remains to enable its original form to be determined. The stones still left at
the south-west corner show the exterior to have been faced with good squared
' The population of Little Swinburn and Whiteside Law in 1811 was 219; in 1821, 149. Since that
time the census returns have been included in those of Chollerton,
^ Trans. Tyneside Nat. Club, vol, xvi, p. 401,
' Bates, Border Holds, vol. i. p. 47.

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EAST (or little) SWINBURN TOWNSHIP. 3O3
Stones in courses of large size at the ground level and diminishing in height
towards the top. There are also portions of a chamfered course about 12
feet above the ground level.
The building measures on the exterior 40 feet from north to south, and
27 feet from east to west, the walls being about 5 feet thick. The doorway
was on the ground level in the east wall at its north end. It opened into a
vaulted passage, from which a straight stair ascended in the thickness of the
north wall. On the left of the passage or entrance lobby was the opening
into the vaulted chamber, which formed the basement ; the loop for ventila
tion was probably at the south end. The straight staircase, also vaulted, led
to the first floor, where there are indications of a fire-place in the west wall.
The south jam band springing stone of the rear arch of an opening remains
in situ. There are also traces of a fire-place above the first floor level,
showing that the tower comprised at least three floors. The gabled weather
ing on the west wall indicates the pitch of the roof of a later addition.
The chapel of East Swinburn was included in the grant of the church of
Chollerton to the prior and convent of Hexham. It was dedicated to All
Saints and had a graveyard attached to it.^ At the west end of this, towards
the north, was a tithe barn and a garden granted to the convent by Hugh
de Baliol.^ This site, 80 feet long and 80 feet wide, was let in 1479 for
one penny to Jordan of Barousford.'
Ulfchill de Swyneburne,* the earliest known resident proprietor at East
Swinburn, must have been a man of considerable standing, although he held
his lands of the lords of Gunnerton, who, in their turn, were feudal tenants
of the Baliols. His name occupies the sixth place among the twenty-
nine witnesses to the famous judgment that Odinel de Umframvill delivered
in favour of Bertram de Widdrington in the chief court of the barony of
Whalton, in the latter part of the twelfth century.^ Ralph of Gunwarton
confirmed a donation of 33 acres from 'his man' Ulfchill's son, Adam, to
Robert, son of Richard of Colwell.^ Subsequently, in the presence of the
' Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. ii. p. 35. ^ Ibid. p. 117 ; cf. vol, ni. p. 142. " Ibid. p. 35.
¦" In the Liber Vita, p, 48, is the entry : 'Ulfkil filius Suhain et Sungiua uxor ejus,' This Suhain may
have given his name to Swinburn, = Hodgson, Northumberland, pt, ii, vol, ii, pp, 224, 230, 248.
* ' Sciant omnes quod ego Radulfus de Gunewarton consensu heredum meorum dedi et confirmavi
donacionem Adae fiUi UlkiUi de Swinburne hominis mei quam fecit et contulit Roberto filio Ricardi de
Colewell pro homagio et servicio suo, scilicet de xxxiii acris terrte in Swineburn, Test, : Gilb. capellano,
Pet. fil. et bered, praefati Radulfi, Ada de Graham, W, de Hawelton, T, fil, Rob, de Divelston, Gervasio
de Bentone, Eustac. fil, eius, W. et Laurent, fratribus eius de Stanton, W. de Wircester, Alano de Swin
burne, Rad. fib Ric. de Colewell,' Dodsworth MSS. xiv, 95,

304 CHOLLERTON PARISH.
prior of Hexham, Adam de Swyneburn renounced to his lord, Ralph of Gun
warton and his heirs, all the land formerly under cultivation in the fields of
Swyneburn, and embraced by a line drawn ' from the west side of Swinerigh
to the Holleche, and continued down to the nearest valley; thence to the
"siket,"^ and so to the Swyne burn, and by the Swyne burn to Dere-
street,' together with common of pasture and peat. In consideration of this
Adam de Swyneburn received the remainder of East Swinburn in perpetuity
at a rent of 30s., and subject to the feudal services attached to the third part
of a two knights' fee.^
The lands acquired by Ralph of Gunwarton appear to be the same as
those he granted to Richard Fossor for a pound of pepper annually ; the
bounder, however, is more explicit : ' From the water which is called the
Swyn burne by the bounds of Geoffrey of Swynburn ascending to the nearest
moor, and the whole of that moor which is called Heiside as that moor and
Geoffrey's land march as far westward up the "siket" next to Derestreet, and
by the "siket" eastwards between the two moors up to Stelden at the head
of Swynerig ; and thence as the ploughed land and the moor march to the
head of the Holleche ; thence by the road which is called Petemoswey
to the head of Riggesbanc, and along the " siket " there downwards to the
water called the Swyn burne, and down this water again to the bounds of
Geoffrey before mentioned.' To common of pasture in the whole pasture
of East Swinburn and all its rights to peat, there was added the privilege of
making a mill in any place selected within the bounder.^ Richard Fossor,
in his turn, made over this grant to the monks of Newminster, for the good
of his soul and of the soul of Ralph of Gunwarton.* In his confirmation,
Ralph's son and heir, Peter of Gunwarton, made the grant to Newminster
absolute for the good of his soul and those of his wife, his ancestors,
and his heirs. He added the right of common pasture in Gunwarton, as
well as in East Swinburn, for 4 broken-in horses, 10 oxen, and 30 cows and
400 ewes with their calves and lambs till weaned. Due note was made of this
addition in the confirmation obtained from the over lord, Hugh de Baliol.'
Under the general name of Stelden (which perhaps comprised most of
the township of East Swinburn to the west of the Swin burn) the abbot and
convent of Newminster, with the common consent of their chapter, granted
' ' Sicket' (diminutive of syke), a smaU riU ; ' as burns are the tributaries of rivers, so, in turn, are sykes
the tributaries of burns.' Cf. Heslop, Northumberland Words.
'' Newminster Chartulary, pp. 70, 71. " Ibid.,p. 70. ' Ibid. p. 71, ' Ibid, p, 72.

EAST (or little) SWINBURN TOWNSHIP. 305
a lease of these lands and privileges to the prior and convent of Hexham in
perpetuity at a rent of 33s. 4d.^ Prior John de Lazenby (who died 1269) and
the convent of Hexham on their part, with the common counsel of their
convent, granted the whole of their land of Stelden to John, son of Richard
of East Swinburn, together with a messuage formerly held of them by
Richard Fossor and a toft and croft sometime held by Samson of Swynburn,
at the annual rents of 40s. and I2d., but with a reservation of their own
sheep-fold at Stelden and their pasture on Gunwarton Moor, together with
free passage for the sheep. ^ By default of the prior of Hexham in paying
the stipulated rent, the abbot of Newminster re-entered on Stelden and let
it ' as his own right and justice demanded.' John de Midleton, lord of East
Swinburn held, in 1479, the whole of what had been originally granted to
John, the son of Richard, at 40s. a year.' In 1567 Roger Widdrington
received a grant of lands at Stelden from the Crown.*
As in the case of the Swinburnes of West Swinburn the sudden rise to
wealth and influence of the Swinburnes of East Swinburn is a remarkable
fact in the local history of the latter part of the thirteenth century. John,
the son of Richard of East Swinburn and probably the great-grandson of
Ulfchill, was no doubt the same John de Swinburne who granted lands in
Stamfordham to Walter de Foderingeye, the principal and the scholars of the
house of Balliol, in Oxford, in about 1270.' He became possessed, possibly
' Newminster Chartulary, p. 73,
' 'Sciant praesentes et futuri quod ego Johannes prior et conventus Augustaldensis, communi consilio
conventus nostri, dedimus Johanni filio Ricardi de Swyneburne orientali, pro homagio et servicio suo
totam terram nostram, cum capitali mesuagio, quam Ricardus Fossator de nobis quondam tenuit : et
totam terram nostram, cum tofto et crofto, quam Sampson de Swyneburne de nobis aliquando tenuit in
eadem villa : et totam terram nostram de Sleldene cum pert., excepta bercaria nostra de Steldene, et
pastura nostra in mora de Gunewarton, sicut carta abbatis de Novo Monasterio, quam inde habemus
testatur, cum libero introitu et exitu ad oves nostras ad praedictam bercariam commorantes. Reddendo
annuatim xls. et xiid. Faciendo forinsecum servicium, quantum ad praedictas terras pertinet. Hiis
testibus : dominis Hugone de Bolebeck, Roberto de Insula, Thoma de OggU, Thoma de Fennewyke,
militibus; Johanne de Swyneburne occidentali, Waltero de Suetehope, WiUelmo de Colewelle, et aliis.'
Capheaton Charter from Hodgson MS.; Hexham Priory, Raine, vol, ii, pp, 100, loi.
' Hexham Priory, Raine, vol, ii, p, 31;.
¦' 9 July, 1567. Lease for 50 years from the Crown to Roger Widdrington, of Stelden with the appurten
ances in the vill of East Swinburn, late belonging to the monastery of Hexham, with two parcels of land,
also within East Swinburn, lately belonging to the monastery of Newminster, the one called Hatherie park,
lying on the south side of the burn, and the other called Prior's cleugh, lying on the north part of the same
burn, within a ring fence {leringe dykes). Rent 5s. a year. Land Revenue Records Office, 2 B, foUo 54.
5 Balliol College Deeds, 'E,' 4, 5, 6. Hist. MSS. Comm. Appendix; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol. ii.
p. 231. The seal of de Swyneburne shows on a shield the arms,-o« a cross five garbs and the legend 's, lOHls
DE SWYNEBVRNE,' A similar seal (here reproduced) with the legend's. lOHlS de swi . , . .'is
preserved in the Treasury, Durham, 1"'° 1'"°" Spec. No. 66, on a deed dated 5th February, 1312, relating
to property in Pilgrim Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne: ' Johannes de Swinburne mUes .... Dno Adae
de ColeweU capelano .... mesuagium cum edificiis et pert, in villa Novicastri super Tynam in
vico peregrinorum .... inter terram quondam Thomae de Silkesworth ex parte una et terram Dni
Adae de Denton militis ex parte alt. quod . , , , emi de Rogero de Kingeston burgensi dictae villae.'
Vol. IV. . 39

3o6 CHOLLERTON PARISH.
by marriage, of the manor of Bewcastle, in Cumberland. In this and East
Swinburn he had a grant of free warren, 14th May, 1277.^ The next year he
was sheriff of Cumberland. In 1294 he was assessor and collector in North
umberland of the tenths granted by parliament. As one of the commissioners
appointed in 1300 to summon the knights of Northumberland to meet the
king for the purpose of performing military service against Scotland, he was
commanded in October, 1309, to repair with his two sons, Adam and Robert
de Swinburne, to their respective estates on the Borders near Carlisle, and
there to continue and attend to the defence of the Marches.^ Richard de
Kell aw, bishop of Durham, granted on 14th November,
1313, an indulgence of forty days for the souls of
Sir John de Swinburn, knight, and Avicia,' his consort,
whose bodies lay buried in the parish church of
Chollerton.* The manor of Gunnerton which they had
acquired passed to Robert, who seems to have been their
younger son ; thus their elder son, Adam, came to hold
the ancestral estate of East Swinburn of his younger
brother by the service of I4d. for the ward of Newcastle.*
Sir Adam bore the whole coat gules three boars' heads argent : in the case
of Robert and his descendants cadency was marked by a field crusily,^
Sir Adam de Swinburn had received the manor of Simondburn in
marriage with Idonea, the sister of Henry de Graham. This was confirmed
to him and his wife at Wark in 1291.' Identifying himself with Scottish
interests he led the hordes of Athol and Menteith to the destruction of
Hexham in 1296.^ The subsidy roll of that year shows the flourishing state
of his father's village of East Swinburn, which, mainly through his instru
mentality, was so soon to be reduced with the rest of Northumberland to
the state of a blackened desert.
' Cal. Rot, Chart. 5 Ed. I. pars un. num, 16; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt, ii, vol, ii. p. 231 ; pt, iii,
vol, ii, p. 392. ' Rot. Scoc. vol. i. pp. 40-164 ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol. ii. p. 250.
' Richard Syward gave to John Swyneburne and Avicia, his wife, all his lands in Espley-wood and
Ravenisburne in North Tindale. Hodgson, Northumberland, pt, ii, vol, ii. p, 250,
* ' Memorandum quod xiiii die Nov. anno dni miUesimo cccxiii apud Kypier concessit dominus xl dies
indulgentiae pro animabus domini Johannis de Swynburn militis et Aviciae consortis suae, quorum corpora
in ecclesia parochiali de ChoUerton suae diocesis requiescant humata, et pro animabus omnium fidelium.'
KeUawe's Register, fo. 138; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol. ii. p. 15. "
^ 'De manerio de Est Swynburne. Et tenuit dictum manerium de domino Roberto de Swynburne
domino de Gunwarton per servicium 14 denar. ad wardam Novi Castri.' Inspeximus, temp, Ed. VI. of
Inq.p.m. 12 Ed. II! No. 28; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol. ii. pp. 250, 251.
" Roll, circa a.d. 1308-1314 ; Queen's college, Oxford, MS, 158; Papworth, Ordinary, p. 925.
' Jlodgson, Northumberland, pt, ii. vol, ii. pp. 232, 250. * Bates, Northumberland, p. 149.

EAST (or little) SWINBURN TOWNSHIP.

307

£s. d.

s, d.

I 13 0 unde regi 3 0

I 19 4

3 7

I II 8
2 loJ
0 17 2 „
I 6^
0 17 2 „
I 6^
134
2 Ii
130
2 I
0 18 8 „
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0 19 0 „
I 9
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3 3i
I 13 4
3 oi
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0 II 10 „
I I
4 II 0 „
8 4i
Unde
regi, 38s, 6id.
Swyneburne Est Subsidy Roll, 1296.
Summa bonorum Alani filii Alani
Walteri praepositi
Johannis filii Walteri
Alani de Gunwarton...
Willelmi Smalheye
Ranulphi Bleschet
Alexandri filii Radulphi
Rogeri de Colewell
Johannis filii Alani
Adae Feyrheud
Ricardi fabris
Ricardi sissoris
WUIelmi filii Alani
Ricardi de Mora
Johannis de Swyneburne
Summa hujus villae, ^21 2s. 8d.
For his treason. Sir Adam was imprisoned in the castle of Berwick
till May, 1297, when Edward I. directed the constable to be guided by
the advice of Hugh de Cressingham as to the propriety of setting him
at liberty. In August, 1300, he received at Drumbogh, in Scotland, from
Edward I., £2 6s. 8d. for his summer's wages, 4 marks for his summer
robe, and ;^t2 for his own wages and those of his three esquires for forty-
eight days. He was sheriff of Northumberland in 13 15, when the posse
comitatus was ordered to march with him under the command of Henry de
Beaumont, the king's cousin, in order to punish certain aggressions of the
Scots. ^ The truth of the story that he was arrested by Edward II. in 131 7
for speaking his mind too freely on the misrule and ruin of the Border, and
that it was this arrest that led his cousin, Gilbert de Middleton, to kidnap
the bishop elect of Durham on the ist of September of that year and then
launch into open rebellion,^ may be questioned when we find Sir Adam taking
100 silver marks from the - collectors of Peter's pence at Durham on the
6th of December, as part payment of 1,000 marks due to him for the custody
of the palatinate.^ This shows that he was at large at the time and looks
like a piece of black-mailing similar to the levy of 200 marks, extorted
by Middleton from the temporal chancellor in the previous October.* The
' Rot, Scoc, vol. i. pp. 40-164 ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol. ii, p. 250.
^ ' Par caus qe le roy auoit fait arester Adam de Swynburne a qy il estoit cosyn, qi ly auoit parle trop
rudement de lestat dez marchies.' Scalacronica, Maitland Club ed. p. 144.
* Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol. i, p. 214 n. * Ibid, p. 360.
3o8 Chollerton parish.
seal on Sir Adam's receipt to the collectors gives a shield charged with the
coat borne by his father on a cross, five garbs ;^ on each side of the shield
as well as above it is a boar's head couped.^ At the time of
his death in 131 8 Sir Adam's son, Henry, was just of age.^
Robert de Sapy, the escheator, was ordered to take all the
property of the late Sir Adam into the king's hands,* and it
appears to have been confiscated.^ Henry also incurred for
feiture;" in 1323-1324 he presented a petition praying for the restitution of
some of his lands.'
After the deposition of Edward 11.,^ the estates seem to have been
restored to Sir Adam's surviving daughter, Barnaba, and his two grandsons,
Gerard de Widdrington and William Heron. Barnaba received the
stamm-gut at East Swinburn, together with Bewcastle and other lands.^
She became wife of Sir John de Strivelyn of Belsay. The Scottish wars
had reduced East Swinburn to a mere sheep walk.'" Barnaba de Strivelyn
appears to have had a daughter named Christian, who, marrying Sir John
de Middleton in about 1371, carried East Swinbjirn into that family."
At his death, which took place during his wife's lifetime in 1396, Sir John
de Middleton was himself seised in fee of the manor and mill of East Swin
burn, together with the pasture called Steldenleys, all which he held of the
lord of Gunwarton.^^
' This coat is blazoned in Glover's Ordinary ; arg. on a cross gu. five garbs or.
^ Misc. Chart. No, 4'^%\,Durham Treasury. Surtees Seals, pi. x. The legend is 's. ade DE SWINEBVRNE.'
" Inq. p.m. 12 Ed. II. No. 28; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol. ii. p. 251 n.
' Originalia, 12 Ed. II, ro. 3; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol. ii. p. 296.
^ 'Asserendo dictum Adam .... Scotis inimicis dni Edwardi quondam regis Anglia aui et dni
Edwardi nuper regis patris nostrorum, ac Gilberto de Middleton proditori eiusdem patris nostri contra
ipsum patrem adhesisse, et cum ipsis inimicis de guerra equitasse incendia et alia mala quam plurima
perpetrando.' Cart. Ridl. p. 87; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol. i, p, 361 n.
^ Inq. ad quod damn. 17 Ed, II, No, 28, ' Inq. p.m. 17 Ed, II, No, 98,
s A second Inq.p.m. 20 Ed, II, No, 48, was taken at Newcastle, gth January, 1327, in answer to a
writ dated at Kenilworth on the 12th of December previous. The revolution in the government had
been completed, in the middle of November, by the king's capture, Hodgson, Northumberland, pt, ii.
vol, ii, p, 251.
° Originalia, i Ed. Ill, ro, 28 ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol. ii. p. 302. The reason for this
may be that she was treated as heir to her full brother, Henry, in preference to their half sisters. Christian
and Elizabeth. At East Swinburn the manor house had been worth 2s. a year in time of peace, but it
had been destroyed by the Scots and its site was wordiless. Formerly there had been 160 acres in
demesne, each worth 6d, in peace and now 30 let at 6d, an acre, the rest waste ; there were also 20 acres
of meadow worth in peace 6d, See Inq. p.m. 20 Ed, II, No, 48,
'"Swynburn Est Subsidy Roll, 1336, Johannes de Strivelyn, 13s, 4d, ; Nicholaus bercarius,
IS, 4d, ; Willelmus Merlyrigge, lod, ; Henricus bercarius, lod, ; Johannes de Rupon (?), gd. Summa,
17s. id. " Hodgson, Northumberland, pt, ii, vol, i, pp, 354, 356, " Ibid. p. 363,

EAST (or little) SWINBURN TOWNSHIP.

309

SWINBURNE OF EAST
SWINBURN.
Arms ; Gules three boars' heads argent, entered as
borne by Adam de Swynburne in MS. L, 14,
College of Arms (a,D, 1240-1245), and in MS.
158, Queen's college, Oxford (A.D, 1308-1314) ;¦
but Sir John de Swyneburne and his son Sir
Adam used argent on a cross gules five garbs
or given as SwiNBURN in Glover's Ordinary,
though probably derived through an heiress,
and possibly connected with the garbs ot the
Comyns of Tynedale, Round this Sir Adam on
his seal placed three boars' heads as accessories.
His brother Robert, in Essex, retained the coat
of his paternal ancestors differenced with crosses
crosslet ; to these Thomas de Swyneburn of
East Mersey added a label.
Ulfchill de Swyneburne attested Odinel de Umframvill's (died 1182) judgment at Whalton.
Adam de Swyneburne, 'filius UlkiUi,' renounced all claims to Filton, 1236, Newminster Cartulary ;
M.S. ' L. 14,' CoUege of Arms (1240-1245) ; received a grant of East Swinburn from Ralph
de Gunwarton.
Richard de Swyneburne, 'filius Adae,' joined in his father's renunciation of Filton, 1236 ; juror, Inq.p.m.
I Otwel de Insula, 1255,
John de Swjmeburne, 'filius Ricardi de Swyneburne orientali'; granted lands to Balliol coUege circa = Avicia,
1270 ; had free warren, 1277 ; sheriff of Cumberland, 1277 ; acquired Gunnerton, 1296 ; to repair to
the Borders with his sons Adam and Robert, 1309 ; sold house in Newcastle, 1312 (seal in Treasury at
Durham) ; indulgence for the souls 'dni Johannis de Swynburn militis et Avicie consortis sue,' 1313,

(l) Margery,
by whom
came the
manor of
Lanertonin Gils-
land.

Adam de Swyneburne ; led Scots
to Hexham, 1296 ; in prison at
Berwick, 1297 ; sheriff of North
umberland, 1315, 1317 ) partici
pated in Middleton's rebeUion,
1317 (seal in Treasury at Dur
ham) ; died 1318.

(2) Idonea, Robert de Swinburne ; succeeded to
daughter of Gunnerton ; received a grant of
Henry de Knaresdale for his services in Scot-
Graham, by land, 3rd May, 1315 ; purchased
whom came Little Horkesley, Essex, 1324;
the manor of Inq.p.m. 1326. I
Simunburn. |
Thomas de Swinburne, born 1287,

J .
Christian

John de
Widdring
ton,

I
Elizabeth

Gerard de Widdrington,
born 1302 ; received
Lanerton, Haughton,
etc, 1327.

Roger Heron
of Ford.

Barnaba, born 1292 ;
received Bewcastle,
East Swinburn, etc.,
1327; living 1363.
Harl. MS. 294, No.
520,

= Sir John de
^ Strivelyn,

Henryde Swin
burne, bom
1296; living
1323.

Roger, WUliam Heron, born
•i/ 1304; received
Simunburn, Espley-
wood, etc, 1327.
A/

Little Swinburn remained in the possession of the family of Middleton
for many generations, and in 1663 it was rated to William Middleton, esq.,
at j^6o. But at the close of the seventeenth century it was sold to Edward
Swinburn of Capheaton, who having gone out in 171 5 was taken and com
mitted to prison, where he died of the spotted fever, 6th December, 171 6,
and was buried at St. Giles', London. His estates in Northumberland,

3IO CHOLLERTON PARISH.
comprising Little Swinburn, East, West, and New Deanham, were sold
by public auction by the commissioners of Forfeited Estates, 9th June, 1719,
for ;2^6,8oo to John Wicker of Horsham, Sussex, esq., who acted for, and
immediately conveyed the same to. Sir William Loraine of Kirkharle.^
Little Swinburn remained with the Loraine family until 1826, when it was
purchased from Sir William Loraine by Mr. Ralph Riddell of Swinburn
castle, to whose descendant, Mr. J. G. Riddell, it now belongs.
The small estate of Short Knowes, containing 34 acres, formerly belong
ing to Mr. John Shanks, is now the property of the Newcastle and Gateshead
Water company.^ BARRASFORD TOWNSHIP.
The township of Barrasford, comprising 1,440 acres, ^ is somewhat
wedge-shaped in form, the wider end (like the townships of Chollerton and
West Swinburn) abutting upon the North Tyne. On the south-east it is
divided from Great Swinburn by the Swin burn, the narrower end extending
to Watling Street (or rather to the line where that road is deflected to ease
the descent to the Swin burn), and its north-western boundary is defined by
a line drawn along the crags which run up between it and Gunnerton. At
Reaver Crag, where picturesque grey cliffs of columnar basalt 60 to 80 feet
in perpendicular height look toward the north, the abrupt face of the crags
has been smoothened by the erosive action of glaciers moving in a south-east
direction. This is quite apparent from the traces left of striations and
grinding or poHshing on the rock surfaces. In the words of a survey made
in the time of Elizabeth :
The bounder of Barresforth begynneth at the water of Tyne on the north syde of the foot of Swinburne
burne, and so up Tyne west to the foot of a green sike that stynteth on the said water of Tyne, soe
directly east up that sike to an old dike drawing northwarde, and so on the High Street and over a
hedge directly north-east, and up the east side of a brode rigg to the Mayden knowes, and soe directly
north-east on Mayden knowes to the west side of the cragg, and soe north-east by a hedge to the
Gunnor heugh, and soe by another hedge to the west end of PhUlcupp hill, and soe north by the west
syde of Phillcup stack to a carne of stones called Imdbays doore, and soe north-east by the Toddle
cragg to Dynerlaw foard, and soe east downe a sike to Cottwall burne, up the north syde of that burne
to Coatewall foarde.

' Forfeited Estates Papers, S, 114.
In 1873 Isaac Baty of Short Km
ary Return of Owners of Land.
Including 19 acres of water, 11 acres of public roads, and 5 acres of railway.

^ In 1873 Isaac Baty of Short Knowes owned 34 acres of land of the estimated rental of £17. Parlia
mentary Return of Owners of Land.

BARRASFORD TOWNSHIP. 3II
In 1 87 1, the last occasion on which a separate census return was made,
the population of the township was 233,' made up chiefly by dwellers on the
haugh lands in the valley of the North Tyne, where the village and mill of
Barrasford and the homesteads of Chiselly-hall, Catheugh, Ellwood-house,
and Reaver-hill are placed.
Of the pre-historic inhabitants numerous traces have been found, and
some remains of places of abode and of burial are still left. On an escarp
ment above the Barrasford burn a cairn was excavated in making the cutting
near the railway station.^ It proved to be the place of sepulture of an Angle,
and amongst the articles it contained were an iron shield boss and six
circular disks of silver, one of which had covered the top of the central and
projecting part of the boss, the others having served as ornaments on the
flatter part, and possibly had been used to cover the heads of the rivets
which attached the boss to the wooden and leather-covered shield ; a broad
two-edged sword and a knife (of both of which only fragments were left),
all having been associated with the Anglian interment. A British urn was
found at a lower level, indicating that the mound had originally been
thrown up over a Briton, and long afterwards, as frequently happened,
been made use of for a later interment.^ In a close near the Barrasford
school, occupying the level space almost in the centre of a kind of natural
amphitheatre, there stood (in an enclosed portion) until lately a block of
native basalt about 6 feet in length, which a few years ago had two or
three companions ; beneath the stone, fragments of bones and charcoal
were found.* On the Catheugh farm a large cairn of the British period
formerly existed, in which were several cists and urns.* On the high ground
north-west of Reaver Crag house, and about half a mile from Watling
Street, are the remains of a camp, of which Sir David Smith about seventy
years ago wrote that it was ' 60 paces from north to south, and 80 paces
from east to west ; the base of the agger is about 6 paces, the old fence to
the westward may (as some think) have been part of the original work, but
the better conjecture is that it was not ; the ditch of the camp is plainest to
be traced on the north and west sides.' At the whinstone quarry were
' The Census Returns are : 1801,169; 1811,181; 1821,193; 1831,232; 1841,209; 1851,228; 1861,
215 ; 1 87 1, 233. Subsequently the returns have been included in those of Chollerton parish.
'^ Cf. Arch. Ael. vol. vii, p, 14,
' The articles found are now in the duke of Northumberland's museum at Alnwick castle, and are
described in the catalogue of that museum prepared by Dr. Bruce.
¦* Rome HaU, Arch, Ael. vol, vii, p. 11, and vol. x. p. 17, = Ibid. vol. x. p. 17.

312 CHOLLERTON PARISH.
found in 1886 a perforated stone axe hammer and a denarius of Hadrian.
The hammer is ']\ inches long, 3^ inches broad at the well-preserve^i cutting
edge, 3i inches at the middle, and 3I inches at the hammer end.^
But the most remarkable remains are those on Gunner Peak, which
have been described by Mr. Rome Hall in the following passage :^
This ancient town or viUage is in form nearly quadrangular, and is of the comparatively small area
of over half an acre. Relatively, however, to the whole extent of the ramparted and well-defended
inclosure of the great peak, which is cut off by natural crags and artificial walls from the rest of the range,
it may be said to resemble the Norman keep of a medieeval castle, with its surrounding outworks and
curtain walls.
The rampart or external walls are built in the usual manner, of unhewn, unmortared stones, mingled
with much earth ; particularly in the central space between the outside courses. Upon the massive rampart
walls would probably be fixed a stockade or strong palisade of trunks of felled trees and beams ; some
relics of which, it is supposed, were lately found in excavations at Carlisle, the ancient British Carluel, the
Roman Luguvallium,
From sections cut into the southern rampart wall, which is the strongest, the width was ascertained to
average about 13 feet. At present the wall stands only 3 to 4 feet 6 inches high, defined on each side by
a line of large boulders of the native basalt, blocks of freestone brought from a considerable distance, and
of Umestone found in situ. The whin fault is, in this part of the range, protruded between the limestone
strata, Avhich appear both below the great crag and above it. Hence the upper Umestone bed, creeping up
the basalt rock-slope nearly to the summit, forms the floor or basis both of the camp and its dwellings.
From an outburst of the whin, a salient mark and natural defence on the north-east, at the very edge of
the Gunnar Heugh, (the deep precipitous ravine, 'nick,' or 'gap,' already referred to, which cleaves the
igneous range at this point, and at a right angle to it), the eastern rampart runs downwards upon the
sloping brow of the fissure, and necessarily in a straight line, for about 54 yards towards the south. Then
it turns with slightly rounded corner (as at each angle of the camp), past the chief entrance, for about
40 yards in a westerly direction, with a bend inwards. Here the wall runs up the gently sloping ground
towards the north for 56 yards, again nearly at a right angle to the line of the south rampart, but making
a more decided curve at the junction with the latter. The remaining side on the north, being not far from
the impregnable precipice of the great crag itself, has been less massively constructed than the others ;
and the wall passes here nearly due east for about 50 yards, running into the natural barrier of the basalt
outcrop, from which it started on the edge of the Gunner Heugh,
Some traces of alterations and additions to the southern rampart were discovered, as if it had been
thrown down during an enemies' assault, and then afterwards strengthened when the wall and stockade
were re-formed. At its foundation on the inner side, 10 yards from the entrance to the town at the
south-east angle, we came upon two portions of antlers of red deer {Cervus Elephas), the cores having
been broken off when partially sawn or cut round, showing two or three incisions upon one of them.
Also teeth and thigh and other bones of red deer, with the right astragalus (between the heel and
shin-bone) of a human foot. Within the section made in the external wall at this point, towards the
outside, from one to three feet below the sward, amongst the stones, which were often much reddened by
the action of fire, were found more animal bones, among which were two finger-bones [phalanges) of a
human hand ; with a smaU sling- stone of basalt, two chips of coarse red Roman ware of the amphora
' Rome Hall, Arch. Ael. vol, xii, p, 118,
^ This account of Gunner Peak camp was written by the late Rev, G, Rome Hall, and is reprinted
and the plates reproduced from Arch. Ael. vol. x, pp. 20-23, by permission of the Newcastle Society of
Antiquaries.

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BARRASFORD TOWNSHIP. 313
kind, a small bone spoon-like implement, probably the upper portion of a stylus for writing, and part of a
link of an iron chain, which, though lying near, has rather a modern appearance.
In another section made at the south-west angle — where two stages of wall-building were apparent—
about 2 feet 6 inches below the present summit of the partly demolished wall, a small disk, a rounded
oval, of Roman Whitchurch ware, came to light, together with a smooth water-worn pebble, its fellow in
size and shape, perhaps used in Romano-British times to while away the lingering hours in some game
like our draughts or ' chequers.' This may lead to the supposition that the ancient town had certainly
been occupied, and its walls to some extent repaired and strengthened, if not rebuilt, during the Roman
period. At the north side of this section a first waU was found, 5 feet 6 inches in thickness, of massive,
so-called Cyclopean masonry. At the south a second wall, 2 feet in breadth, of similar character ; and
intermediate the material was chiefly a rich loamy soU ; about 8 inches in depth of the limestone rock-
foundation being quite disintegrated and mouldered away. The building stones at the corner, externally,
were very large and carefuUy placed.
The trench here was made 3 feet 6 inches in average width; and though the rampart itself, as
originally constructed, seemed to have been about 13 feet broad, the uppermost courses of unhewn stone,
thrown down at the last fatal assault and capture of the town, spread out southward to a considerable
distance. From the highest point of the wall, as at present existing, it slopes down for 25 feet near the
angle, and more rapidly than it does farther to the east. Seven yards from this trench eastward, and for
about 23 feet, the rampart has been lowered beneath the usual level about 18 inches, and the materials
cast down southwards, spreading out and projecting still further upon the green sward.
A third section was cut in the low western rampart, but only one or two bones appeared. Since the
plan of the camp was made, very recently, a fourth trench was excavated in the face of the eastern
rampart-wall, 6 feet to the south of the north-east corner of the courtyard of the principal circular
dwelling. The thickness at this point, where the wall forms a breastwork upon the brow of the great
fissure or ravine, is 3J yards, and the present height varies from 20 to 28 inches. It is evident that here
it would be an easy task to hurl the most massive stones down the steep declivity, where they are still to
be seen partly covered by the luxuriant growth of bracken. Large blocks of the native whin and lime
stone have been used in constructing the wall, carefully set in line both on the internal and external face.
Some of the whinstones were much reddened by fire, as if by the general conflagration which may have
destroyed the wooden stockade with the inclosed dwellings, all, except their bases, being made of similar
perishable materials. We found no sandstone blocks built in here. A number of bones and teeth of
animals were lying on the surface of the rock, and amongst the stones and soil.
The entrance or gateway of the ancient town has been in the south waU near the south-east angle, the
access flanked on one side by the ravine. The width may have been 7 or 8 feet, but it is ill-defined
amidst the crumbling debris.
The enclosure contains well defined traces of several hut circles, one of
which is shown in the illustration on the next page.
The earliest mention of Barrasford is in the Testa de Nevill in 1240,^ at
which time it was in the possession of Gilbert de Umframvill and it occurs in
Assize Rolls for 1255, when Edmund of Errington was tried for wounding in
the wood of Akwode the widow Agnes of Barewesford. Adam, the provost
or bailiff of Barewesford, is named in the record of the proceedings.^ An
' Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol. i. p. 206.
'Northumberland Assize Rolls, Page, p. 87; Surt. Soc.
Vol. IV. 40

3H

CHOLLERTON PARISH.

original member of the barony of Prudhoe, Barrasford has consistently
followed the descent and fortunes of that fee, though it very narrowly escaped
being added to the great inheritance of the de Merlays, having been granted
by Richard de Umframvill, with his daughter Margery, to Roger de Merlay
in free marriage. On her death, without heir of her body, the manor
of Barrasford reverted to her nephew, Gilbert de Umframvill, who in 1291
was found to be entitled to it under the terms of the grant made by his
grandfather.^

Hut Circle on Gunner Peak,
In the latter part of the thirteenth century it suffered severely in Border
warfare, for when the inquisition was taken in 1289, after the death of Gilbert
de Umframvill, the jury say that the site of the manor house was worth
nothing, because it had been burnt by the Scots; 120 acres of demesne
land worth 12s. an acre in time of peace were also worthless ; the eighteen
' Inquisition, 20 Edw. I. No. 35.

BARRASFORD TOWNSHIP.

315

bondage holdings, each containing a toft and 20 acres, worth 13s. 4d. in time
of peace ; the six cottage holdings, the water corn mill in time of peace
worth 18 marks, and the brewery rent of 13s. 4d. were for the same reason
of little value.-' Seven years afterwards the eighteen tenants, of whom
Ralph, the bailiff, was the chief, paid _^3 3s. 8|d. as their quota to the
subsidy. Baruysford Subsidy Roll, 1296.''

£ s. d.
s, d.
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unde regi
3 2i
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222
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In addition to the lands held by these tenants, the prior and convent of
Hexham held certain lands by a then recent grant (time of Edw. I.) of
Margery de Umframvill; in 1298 these were described as comprising 2 tofts
and 30 acres of land with appurtenances;' before 1479 the convent had
acquired a tithe grange with half an acre of land.^
Before the year 1307, Robert Umframvill, earl of Angus, obtained
(with a grant of free warren of his lands at Barrasford and in Lincolnshire) a
licence to hold at Barrasford a market on every Wednesday and a fair at
Martinmas.^ There is no entry upon the Muster Roll of 1538, but at the muster of
' Inq. p.m. i8 Edw. I. No. 78.
" Barousford Subsidy Roll, 1336. WiUelmus filius Alexandri, 4s. 4d.; Jordanus, is. 8d.; WiUelmus
Scotus, 3s. lod.; Alexander praepositus, 4s. ; Adam cocus, 3s.; Adam fiUus David, 3s. 6d. Summa, 20s. 4d.
Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. ii. p. 1 1 1. * Ibid. p. 33.
' Cal, Rot, Chart, p. 137; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol. i. p. 28.
3'6

CHOLLERTON PARISH.

the Middle Marches taken on the Moot-law by Sir John Forster on 26th
May, 1580, only two horsemen properly furnished appeared from 'Barros-
forthe,' the other seventeen tenants said ""they sit on holdings of ten shillings
apiece, and cannot keep horse and armour.'^ A survey made about 1586
mentions the names of 21 tenants, who amongst them held (in proportions
varying from a quarter of a husbandland, held by John Usher, to three
husbandlands held by Roger Heron) 19I husbandlands, 17 messuages,

The 'Head House' of Barrasford."
6 cottages, 7 gardens, 20 crofts, i close, and 2 tofts, each had 'sufficient
common of pasture.' The 'head house' was held by John Heron; the
brewsters paid a brew farm rent; and the water corn mill 'with soken and
moulter thereunto belonging, with a cottage and close,' was held by Roger
Heron at a rent of 26s. 8d.'
' Cal. Border Papers, Bain, vol. i. p. 20.
'' The iUustration is reproduced from a drawing by Mr. Archer in the coUection of the duke of
Northumberland. ' The Duke of Northumberland's MSS,

BARRASFORD TOWNSHIP.

317

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Rent.
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Edward Mylner
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John Shipley
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David Coulston
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In 1608 the mill and its appurtenances was granted on a twenty-one
years' lease to Benjamin Widdrington at the rent of £t:[.
The Rate Book of 1663 is imperfect as far as it relates to Barrasford, for
only the earl of Northumberland is returned in the list of proprietors, and no
rentals are given. Down to the year 171 7 the townfields were undivided,
and the fell or outfield was held in common. On the 14th May, 1716,
William Charlton of Hesleyside, Thomas Nicholson, Charles Shipley,
Thomas Miller, Henry Dunn, Robert Dening, John Smith, John Cant, John
Coulson, George Cant, George Usher, William Dunn, Francis Wilkinson,
George Bennet, and Robert Elliot, all leaseholders under the duke and
duchess of Somerset, with the said Robert Elliot as a freeholder, entered
into articles for the division of the township. Jasper Hall of Colwell,
Edward Dawson of Wall, and George Usher of Humshaugh, the com
missioners appointed, made their award on the 21st May, 171 7, when they
3l8 CHOLLERTON PARISH.
gave 21 acres in the townfield and 33 acres of fell land to Robert Elliot^ as a
freeholder, and divided 487 acres in the townfields and 736 acres of fell land
in varying proportions amongst the leaseholders.^
In a survey made in 1727 it is said : 'The town of Barresford is lately
divided, and also the common or moor. It lyes on the north syde of Tyne.
The tenants have lymestone in every part of their feilds, and coalls within
ij myles. They have improved their tenements from six pounds to sixteen
pounds each tenement. Their rents are reckoned one pound and ten shillings
per farm ; but, in case the rent of a cottage mak up a quarter of a farm, it
pays rent accordingly. . . . The towne of Barresford, being a demesne, pays
yearely nineteen wood (sic) hennes alias rent henns, to the farmer of his
lordship's demesne of Prudhoe castle during his lordship's pleasure.' But
the surveyor accounts for nineteen and one-fourth husbandlands, besides the
mill, as belonging to the Percy estates.*
The township now belongs to the duke of Northumberland, to Mr. J. G.
Riddell, and to Colonel Hornby, who succeeded to Ellwood-house as heir-
at-law to the late Rev. Christopher Bird.
GUNNERTON TOWNSHIP.
The township of Gunnerton is an irregular parallelogram in shape, whose
west side impinging upon the North Tyne is divided from Chipchase by the
Mallow burn. On the north-west it is bounded by Birtley and Cowden, on
the north-east by Watling Street, and on the south-east by Barrasford. In
the words of an eighteenth-century surveyor :
The boundary begins at Mollowfoot, and then west up an earthen fence or hedge to MoUow burn, and
then up the said burn north-west, and takes an earthen fence or hedge, which turns north of the burn with
some windings and turnings, and then turns west again to the Lang-ford; from thence north up a sike to
Routchester hedge, and then east of the said hedge, which, near the top of the hill, turns north or north-
' In 1772 Robert Elliot of Haughton casde, in 1748 Robert Elliot of Haughton Strother, and in 1826
Robert EUiot of Barrasford, voted for freehold lands in Barrasford. In 1832 William Hays (?Kay) of
Barrasford voted for freehold lands at Ellwood-house. ' Sir David Smith's CoUections.
' In 1727 the husbandlands were held by John Smith, i ; Thomas Miller, i ; Thomas Nicholson, i ;
ib. I ; William Charlton, esq,, 3 ; ib. 1 ; ib. 1 ; ib. i ; John Coulson, i ; Robert Dynand, i ; Henry
Dunn, I ; Frances Wilkinson, ^ ; George Cant, ^ ; George Bennet, i ; Thomas Miller, ^ ; WiUiam Dunn,
I ; Charles Shipley, J ; ib. ij ; Robert EUiot (late Mark Alewood), i ; John Cant, 1 ; Isabel Usher, |,
Total, 19J, Duke of Northumberland's MSS.
Under the old system of rating, Barrasford township was reckoned to comprise 23 ancient farms.
In 1838 the following moduses were payable, and paid, to the vicar of ChoUerton by the duke of
Northumberland for his lands in Barrasford township: Chishill-ways, 5^ farms, lo^d. ; Gunner-well, 2
farms, 4d, ; Reever hill, 7^ farms, is. z^d. ; Catheugh, 3 farms, 6d. ; Barrasford mill and land, 2 farms, 4d.
Total, 3s. 3d.

GUNNERTON TOWNSHIP. 3f9
east, to the north-east corner of the said hedge or fence ; from thence cross the Coal-burn, so eastward up
an old cast, then cross the Chesters to a great flat stone on the south-west side of the Nevell-rigg ; from
thence in a direct line north-east to an old ford in Nevell sike ; then down the sike to Cowden-burn head,
so down the said burn, and then turns east up a dean to Cowden-close head ; from thence along a cast to
Cowden-kirk or cragg, and then eastward along the north side of the said cragg to the east end thereof; then
turns south down a swang to Watling Street, and continues still southward along the Street to ye Broad-
ford bounder; from thence, directed by several hedges or fences, to Mollowfoot, where the bounder began.'
The township comprises 2,649 acres, and in 1871, when its last separate
census return was made, it had, with Chipchase, a population of 475.^
Like Barrasford, this township is rich in pre-historic remains. Above
the junction of the Coal burn with the Gunnerton burn there is placed on an
elevated headland or platform a large mound, the original purpose of which
it is difficult to determine, but it appears to have more of a defensive than a
sepulchral character. It is a large ' conical mound of earth, about 30 feet
high and 100 yards in circuit at the base, with a fosse of great breadth and
depth surrounding it. Another fosse or ditch of equal height, with a high
rampart of earth on each side, passes, as it were, to isolate and defend the
approach of the great mound, diagonally across the level space to the north
between the ravines.'*
Gunnerton Money hill, as this place is named, was opened in 1865, and
the only object discovered was a fragment of a mediaeval drinking vessel
which, though found several feet below the surface, was doubtless a relic
of former explorers. Nothing was met with to identify it as a place of
sepulture. Higher up the fell at Camp hill or Pity Me (an estate belonging to Mr.
J. G. Riddell), about a mile and a half west of Watling Street, are four
camps which MacLauchlan suggests may have formed part of the defences of
Great Swinburn.
The most southerly of these is elliptical, the diameters of which are about 43 and 50 yards. It had
but one entrance apparently, opposite which, on the outside, is a ring of stones, which probably had been
a tumulus. On the north of this, between the houses at Camp hill, is another conforming somewhat to the
ground, and in the shape of an irregular pentagon approaching, in its mutilated form, to a semicircle.
The area is about an acre, and the entrance seems to have been on the south side. On the south-west of
this, in much lower ground, part on the farm of Rever Crag and part on that of Camp hill, is another
similar in form to that last mentioned, with an area of about the same extent. Still further north than any
of these, about 450 yards north of the North-house at Camp hill, is an entrenchment quite unlike any of
the others, approaching a square in form, and containing about three quarters of an acre. Within the area
' Gunnerton boundary riding, 4th October, 1722, From copy at WaUington; the Rev, John Hodgson's
Collection, ^ The Census Returns for Gunnerton and Chipchase are : 1801,370; 1811,375; 1821,409; 1831,422;
1841, 372; 1851, 373; 1861, 417; 1871, 475. Since that time the return has been included in that of
Chollerton parish. ' It is described by the Rev. G. Rome HaU, Arch. Ael. vol. vii. p, iz.

320

CHOLLERTON PARISH.

are lines of division, and one circular compartment, as if it had been an entrenched residence rather than
a regular camp. These camps are so placed on the high lands looking towards the west that they seem
as if they had been made by different people, at different times, as a part of the defences at Swinburn and
Gunnerton.' As has been already related, Gunnerton and its dependent, East Swin
burn, formed a part of the great barony of Balliol, created by William
Rufus, and under this barony local lords, taking their name from the place,
held their lands. The first of the Gunnertons of whom definite information
exists was Ralph, a munificent benefactor of the priory of Hexham, to which
he granted pasturage in Gunnerton, lands at Chesterhope and a moiety of
Dalton.^ His son Peter granted to the abbot and convent of Newminster a
charter of confirmation of lands given them by Richard Fossor.^ The name
of Peter's son seems to have been Robert, probably he who married
Christian, sister of William Heron, who is recorded to have been mother of
John de Gunnerton and grandmother of his daughter Anabel, wife of Thomas
de Tyndale. In 1279 Sir John de Gunnerton, knight, was coroner of the district
south of the Coquet,* but was dead before 1296, when the name of Nicholas
de Gunnerton his son and successor stands at the head of the Subsidy
Roll of that year. GuNEVi'ARTON Subsidy Roll, 1296.
Summa bonorum Nicholai de Gunewarton
Johannis filii Walteri
Johannis filii Rogeri...
Willelmi fiUi Johannis
Agnetis uxoris Walteri
Mathildis de Bellomonte 
Ricardi capellani 
Thomae filii Margaretae ...
Johannis Scrache
WiUelmi patris Adami ... 
Alani Keppecrawe ,,,
Adae Ie sergaunt
Johnnis filii viduae ... ... 
Roberti Sergaunt 
Thomae del Syde
Willelmi Theules
Summa buius viUae, ^25 lis. 8Jd. Unde domino regi, 46s. 6id.
' MacLauchlan, Survey of Watling Street, p. 25. On the ground at the top of Gunnerton Crag a
ground stone axe was found, now in the coUection of Dr. Sturge of Nice.
'^ Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. ii, pp, 1 11, 112, ^ Newminster Chartulary, Fowler, p. 72.
¦" Northumberland Assize Roll, p. 372.

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GUNNERTON TOWNSHIP. 321
But the legitimacy of Nicholas being disputed by his uncle, Peter, there
was litigation about the estates, and an investigation was ordered by the
bishop of Durham. The following abstracts show the nature of the enquiry :
September 26th, 1297. Peter de Gunwarton claims the manor of Gunwarton, with appurtenances,
except 100 acres of land in the same manor, and says a certain John, his ancestor (he was brother) was
seised of the said manor, etc., except the said 100 acres, and that it descended to him, the said Peter,
because John died without heir of his body, and because he was his brother and heir. And Nicholas said
he was son and heir of John by his wife legitimately begotten, and is in seisin of the said tenements. 'And
Peter says Nicholas is a bastard. And for that it concerns ecclesiastical law, the bishop of Durham is
ordered to enquire into it. And Peter complains that the bishop is unwilling to certify. The bishop is
ordered to act, afterwards the king commands his clerk, William Gerberd, to forward, if he has in his
possession, the record and process of the plea before the king's justices, Hugh de Cressingham and
others at Newcastle.'
Adam de Charleton claimed of Nicholas de Gunwarton 4 messuages, i carucate, and 16 acres of land
with appurtenances in Gunwarton, and of William de Essinton S messuages, i carucate, and 8 acres of
land, and 3 acres and a half of meadow, with appurtenances in Gunwarton, and said that a certain Aycusa,
his ancestor, was seised of the said tenements in her demesne, as of fee and right, in the time of Richard,
consanguineus of the present king. And that from Aycusa the right descended to a certain Hugh, her son
and heir, and from Hugh to William, his son and heir, and from William to Alexander, his son and heir,
and from Alexander, who had no heir of his body, to Adam, his brother, and from Adam to John, his son
and heir, and from John, who had no heir of his body, to Richard, his brother, and from Richard, who
had no son of his body, to Adam, his brother, the plaintiff. And Nicholas denies the seisin of Aycusa, and
puts himself on the great assize. And certain jurors, specified, say that Aycusa was not seised, and that
Nicholas shall hold the land. The same decision was given in the case of William de Essinton.''
' ' Petrus de Gunwarton petit versus Nicholum de Gunwarton manerium de Gunwarton cum pertinentiis,
exceptis centum acris terrae in eodem manerio, ut jus, etc., per breve de recto patens. Et unde dicit quod
quidam Johannes antecessor suus fuit in seisina de prasdicto manerio cum pertinentiis, exceptis centum
acris terrae in eodem manerio, ut de feodo et jure tempore pacis, tempore domini regis nunc, capiendo inde
explecia ad valenciam, etc. Et de ipso Johanne, quia obiit sine herede de se, descendit jus, etc., isti Petro,
qui nunc petit ut fratri et hereedi ; et quod tale sit jus suum offert, etc.
Et Nicholaus venit et defendit jus suum, etc, et dicit quod ipse est filius et heres praedicti Johannis de
uxore sua legitime procreatus, et est in seisina de predictis tenementis. Et ex quo praedictus Petrus in
narrando facit omissionem de ipso, petit judicium de accione, etc. Et Petrus dicit quod predictus Nicholaus
bastardus est. Et quia bujusroodi causae cognicio ad forum special ecclesiasticum, mandatum est episcopo
Dunelm, quod convocatis coram eo convocandis rei veritatem super hoc diligenter inquirat, Et quid inde
inquisierat scire facere justiciariis hic perlitteras suas patentes, Postea venit prsdictus Petrus etqueritur
quod praedictus episcopus non vult certificare, etc, ; ideo mandatum est praedicto episcopo quod certificet
justiciariis apud Eboracum vel coram, etc, scire facere justiciariis itinerantibus ibidem a die Sancti
Johannis Baptistae in tres septimanas, etc, Postea mandavit dominus rex breve suum in baec verba.
Rex dilecto clerico suo Willelmo Gerberd, salutem. Quia quibusdam de causis venire fecimus coram
nobis recordum et processum loquelae, qute fuit coram Hugone de Cressingham et sociis suis justiciariis
nostris ultimo itinerantibus apud Novum Castrum super Tinam per breve nostrum de recto inter Petrum
de Gunwarton petentem et Nicholaum de Gunewarton tenentem de manerio de Gunewarton cum pertinentiis,
exceptis centum acris terrae in eodem manerio, et sine brevi praedicto quod est in custodia vestra ut dicitur
in recordo et processu praadictis procedere non possumus ad justiciam partibus faciendam, vobis manda
mus quod breve praedictum si in custodia vestra existat sub sigillo vestro nobis sine dilatione mittatis
et hoc breve. Teste Edwardo filio nostro apud Sanctum Paulum London, xxvj die Sept. anno regni regis
vicesimo quinto.' Assize Roll, 21 Ed, I,
^ 'Adam de Charleton petit versus Nicholaum de Gunwardton quatuor mesuagia, unam carucatam et
sexdecim acras terrae cum pertinentiis in Gunwardton ut jus suum, per breve de recto patens, etc., et versus
Willelmum de Essinden quinque mesuagia, unam carucatam et octo acras terrae et tres acras prati et
dimidiam cum pertinentiis in Gunwardton ut jus suum, per aliud breve de recto patens, etc. Et unde
dicit quod quasdam Aycusa antecessor sua fuit seisita de predictis tenementis in dominico suo ut de feodo et
jure, tempore pacis tempore domini Ricardi regis consanguinei domini regis nunc, capiendo inde explecia
Vol. IV. 41

322 CHOLLERTON PARISH.
In 1305 Richard, son of Alan de Swyneburn, complained that Nicholas de Gunwarton, John Hunter,
and Thomas Hare had unjustly disseised him of common of pasture in a thousand and five hundred acres
of moor and pasture in Gunwarton for all his beasts of Swyneburne. The two last defendants, by their
baiUff, John de Essendene, disclaimed any right and denied having disseised him. Nicholas, by his baiUff,
John de Essendene, said that he holds nothing in the said tenements put in view unless in common
with John de Swyneburne, who is not named in the writ, Richard said that the aforesaid tenements
were in seisin of Ralph de Gunwarton, who enfeoffed thereof a certain Geoffrey de Swyneburne, the
great-grandfather of the said Richard, and his heirs, and produced a charter of Ralph de Gunwarton,
granting to Geoffrey de Swyneburn common pasture and fuel in the moor and peat moss of Gunwarton
for his house of Swyneburn, which he holds of the fee of Wyrcestre, etc. And that as heir of the said
Godefrid, he has entered upon and been seised of the same. The jurors find that the persons named have
disseised Richard, and that he should recover his seisin and have taxed costs. Costs 10 marks.'
ad valenciam, etc, Et de ipsa Aycusa descendit jus, etc, cuidam Hugoni ut filio et heredi, Et de ipso
Hugone descendit jus, etc., cuidam Willelmo ut fiUo et heredi. Et de ipso WiUelmo descendit jus, etc.,
cuidam Alexandre ut fiUo et heredi, Et de ipso Alexandre, quia obiit sine herede de se, descendit jus, etc,
cuidam Adae ut fratri et heredi. Et de ipso Ada descendit jus, etc., cuidam Johanni ut filio et heredi. Et
de ipso Johanne quia obiit sine, etc., descendit jus, etc., cuidam Ricardo ut fratri et heredi, Et de ipso
Ricardo quia obiit sine, etc., descendit jus, etc., isti Adas qui nunc petit ut fratri et heredi, etc, Et quod
tale sit jus suum offert, etc. Et Nicholaus de Gunwardton venit et defendit jus suum quando, etc., et
seisinam praedictas Aycusae antecessoris, etc., de tenementis versus eum petitis ut de feodo et jure et totum,
etc. Et ponit se super magnam assisam domini regis et petit rectum fieri utrum ipse majus jus habeat
tenendi praedicta quatuor mesuagia, unam carucatam et sexdecim acras terrae cum pertinentiis sicut tenet,
an prsdictus Adam de Charleton habendi ea sicut exigit, etc., et offert domino regi dimidiam marcam pro
habenda mencione de tempore, etc., et recipitur, etc. Et Walterus le Escot, Johannes de Hertweyton,
WiUelmus de Framlington, et Johannes de Ogghill, quatuor milites, summoniti ad eUgendum sexdecim
milites de se et aliis, venerunt et elegerunt istos, scilicet : Robertum de la Val, Hugonem de la Val, Will.
de Haulton, Walterum de Burudon, Joh, de Kirkeby, Rob. de Biddeslesdon, Rob. de Maneriis, David, de
Couplaund, Job. de Roseles, Franconem le Tyeys, Gerardum de Woderington, Lucam Taylleboys, Joh, de
Oghil, Walterum le Scot, Will, de Framlyngton et Stephanum de Muschamp. Qui dicunt super sacra-
mentum suum quod predicta Aycusa antecessor, etc., non fuit seisita de praedictis tenementis tempore
praedicti regis Ricardi, et ideo consideratum est quod praedictus Nicholaus -teneat praedicta tenementa sibi
et heredibus suis quieta de praedicto Ada et heredibus suis imperpetuum. Et Adam in misericordia, etc,
Et Willelmus de Essindon de tenementis versus eum petitis vocat ad warrantum Radulfum de Essin
den, qui modo venit per summonicionem, et ei warantizat . Et defendit jus suum quando, etc Et seisinam
praedictae Aycusae antecessoris, etc., de praedictis tenementis ut de feodo et jure, etc., et totum, etc. Et
ponit se m magnam assisam domini regis, et petit recognicionem fieri utrum ipse majus jus habeat tenendi
praedicta quinque messuagia, unam carucatam et octa acras terrae et tres acras prati et dimidiam cum
pertinentiis in Gunwarton per warrantiam suam sicut tenet, an praedictus Adam de Charleton habendi
ea sicut exigit, etc. Et offert domino regi dimidiam marcam pro habenda mencione de tempore, etc. et
recipitur. Et WUlelmus Herun, Johannes de Swyneburne, WiUelmus de Halghton et Johannes de
Kirkeby quatuor milites summoniti ad elegendum sexdecim milites de se et aUis ad rec, etc., venerunt et
elegerunt istos, scilicet : Will, de Haulton, Hugonem de la Val, Rob. de la Val, Gerard de Woderington,
Walterum Ie Scot, Stephanum de Mouschauns, Nicholaum Punchardun, Walterum Burdoun, David de
Couplaund, Rob, de Maneriis, Rob, de Bedelesden, Hen, de Dychent, Joh, de Kirkeby, Lucam Taylleboys,
Rob, de Glantington et WiU, de Framlington ; qui dicunt super sacramentum suum quod praedicta Aycusa
antecessor, etc, de cujus seisina, etc., non fuit seisita de praedictis tenementis tempore praedicti regis
Ricardi et ideo cons,est quod praedictus Radulfus teneat praedicta tenementa per warantiam suam sibi et
heredibus suis quieta de prffidicto Ada et heredibus suis imperpetuum, Et Adam in misericordia,' etc.
Assize Roll,2i Edw, I,
' 'Assisa venit recognitura si Nicholaus de Gunwarton, Joh, Huntere et Thomas Hare injuste, etc.,
disseisiverunt Ricardum filium Alani de Swyneburne post primam, etc, Et unde queritur quod disseisive-
runt eum de communa pasturae suae in Gunwarton ad communiandum cum omnimodis averiis in mille et
quinque centis acris morae et pastuiae ad omnia averia sua de Swyneburne omni tempore anni, etc, Et
Joh, et Thom, per Joh, de Essendene ballivum suum veniunt et dicunt quod ipsi nichil tenent nee
clamant nee aliquam injuriam seu disseisinam inde fecerunt, et de hoc ponunt se super assisam, etc.
Et Nicholaus per Job. de Essendene, ballivum suum, venit et dicit quod nichil tenet in praedictis tene
mentis positis in visu nisi in communi cum Joh, de Swyneburne qui non nominatur in brevi, et petit
judicium de brevi ; et si convincatur, etc, tunc dicit quod nullam injuriam seu disseisinam inde fecit et
de hoc ponit se super assisam, etc, Et Ricardus dicit quod predicta tenementa fuerunt in seisina Radulfi

GUNNERTON TOWNSHIP. S^S
Enquiries were made in 1308 as to whether John de Schefeld and Peter de Gunwarton have unjustly
disseised Nicholas de Gunwarton of his free tenement in Gunwarton. John did not appear, and could
not be found. Peter pleaded that the assize had been unjustly brought against him because he had
previously brought an assize in the king's court, before H. de Cressingham and other justices in eyre, when
he had claimed against Nicholas the manor of Gunwarton with appurtenances, except 100 acres of land.
At which action Nicholas claimed the said manor as son and heir of John, brother of Peter, but it was
decided upon the certificate of the bishop of Durham that he was a bastard. Whereupon Peter recovered
seisin against Nicholas as well as the land now claimed as of the manor, to wit, everything that Nicholas
held on the day of the issuing of the writ in the action.'
Perhaps in consequence of these disputes Gunnerton was sold to Sir
John and Avicia de Swinburne, who took a conveyance from Nicholas and a
quittance from Peter de Gunnerton.^ The latter came to an untimely end,
de Gunwarton qui de eisdem feoffavit quemdam Godefridum de Swyneburne et heredes suos proavum
suum cujus heres ipse est. Et profert quoddam scriptum sub nomine ipsius Radulfi in haec verba :
Omnibus praesentibus, etc., ego Radulfus de Gunwarton, etc, noveritis me concessisse, dedisse, etc.,
Godefrido de Swyneburne et heredibus suis de me et heredibus meis communem pasturam et fualium in
mora et petario de Gunwarton ad domum suam de Swyneburne, quam tenet de feodo de Wyrcestre, etc.
Et dictus Radulfus et heredes dicto Godefrido et heredibus suis warrantizabimus, etc, Et sicut heres dicti
Godefridi dicta tentementa intravit et fuit seisitus de eisdem ut de libero tenemento suo, quousque
prffidictus Nicholaus et alii ipsum disseisiverunt, etc., et de hoc ponit se super assisam. Et praedictus
Nicholaus simUiter, etc. Ideo capiatur assisa, Juratores dicunt super sacramentum suum quod praedictus
Ricardus est solus tenens de praedictis tenementis positis in visu, et quod prsedicti Nicholaus, Johannes, et
Thomas disseisiverunt praedictum Ricardum [de] praedictis tenementis positis in visu sicut queritur. Ideo
consideratum est quod praedictus Ricardus recuperet inde seisinam suam per visum recognitorum et
dampna sua quae taxantur per eosdem ad decem marcas, Et pradicti Nicholaus, Job., Thom, in
misericordia, etc,
Dampna x marcas unde xls capti, Et dimidiam marcam mar (marescallo ?), Et xxs Simoni de
Wakefeld Subvicecomiti.' Assize Roll, 34 Edw. I.
' 'Assisa venit recogn, si Johannes de Schefeld et Petrus de Gunwarton injuste, etc, disseisiverunt
Nicholaum de Gunwarton de libero tenemento suo in Gunwarton post primam, etc., et unde queritur quod
disseis, eum de centum acris terras cum pertinentus, etc, Et Petrus venit, Et Johannes non venit nee
fuit attachiatus quia non fuit inventus, ideo capiatur assisa versus eum per defaltam, Et praedictus Petrus
respondet tanquam tenens et dicit quod praedictus Nicholaus injuste tulit assisam istam versus eum,
quia dicit quod idem Petrus alias in curia domini regis coram H, de Cressingham et sociis suis justiciariis
itinerantibus in comitatu isto petiit manerium de Gunwarton cum pertinentiis, exceptis centum acris
terrae, versus eundem Nicholaum per breve de recto de seisina Johannis de Gunwarton fratris ipsius Petri
tanquam heres ejus propinquior, eo quod idem Johannes obiit sine herede de se exeunte ; ad quod breve
prffidictus Nicholaus dixit quod ipse fuit filius et heres praedicti Johannis, de quo nuUam fecit mencionem in
narracione sua et petiit inde judicium, etc, Et pradictus Petrus objecit eidem Nicholao quod ipse fuit
bastardus, etc. Et prasfatus Nicholaus dixit quod ipse fuit filius et heres praedicti Johannis legittimus, et
hoc paratus fuit verificare ubi, etc. Et praedictus Petrus dixit ut prius quod idem Nicholaus bastardus fuit
et hoc paratus fuit verificare ubi, etc, Et super hoc breve domini regis directum fuit episcopo Dunelm, ad
certificandum justiciariis domini regis utrum praedictus Nicholaus fuit bastardus nee ne. Et praedictus
episcopus per breve suum mandavit justiciariis domini regis apud Westmonasterium quod praedictus
Nicholaus fuit bastardus ob quod idem Petrus recuperavit seisinam suam' versus eum, tam de prsdictis
centum acris terrae de quibus modo se queritur disseisin, quam de prasdicto manerio, scilicet quicquid
idem Nicholaus tenuit die impetracionis brevis sui,' Assize Roll, 2 Edw, II, This was a successful
plea of an estoppel.
'' 'Ego Nich. de Gunwarton fiUus et her. dni Joh. de Gunwarton dedi dno. Joh. de Swynburn et
Aviciae uxori ejus totam terram cum bosco et wasto in Gunwarton ad includend. cum molend. de Gunwarton.
Test.: Dnis Hug. Gobyon, Joh. de Camhow, Joh. de Herteweyton militbus.
Ego Petrus fil, Roberti quondam dni de Gunwarton quietum clam, dno Joh. de Swynburn et Aviciae
uxori ejus mess, cum tota terra quam habent ex dono Adae filii Will, Wyke in Gunwarton. Test, : Robt. de
Insula dno de Chipches.' Dodsworth MSS. xiv. 99 b, 21 Edw. I. It will be observed that the date here
given is earUer than the proceedings before the courts.

324 CHOLLERTON PARISH.
for in 13 10 an enquiry was ordered about his murderers.^ Both Sir John
Swinburne and his wife were dead before 13 13, and Gunnerton passed to their
younger son Robert (possibly owing to Adam the elder having been in open
rebellion about the time of its purchase in 1296), with the curious result, as
has been already pointed out, that the younger was overlord to his eldest
brother. In the inquisition taken in 1325, after the death of Robert de
Swinburne, it was found that he died seised of the manor of Gunnerton, held
of the barony of Bywell by the service of a third part of a knight's fee and
by suit of court. The chief messuage was worthless, because it had been
burnt by the Scots. Of the 100 acres of demesne land, which in time of
peace were worth 8d. an acre, 40 acres had been held by Robert, the rest lying
waste : the sixteen bondagers each held a toft and 20 acres of land, in time
of peace worth 13s. 4d. a year, but all lay waste, except 44 acres, which
they held at the lord's will at the rent of 22s. The six cottagers each
held a toft and half an acre of land, worth i2d. in time of peace. ^ Robert
de Swinburn had acquired, the year before, the manor of Little Horkesley in
Essex. Gunwarton Subsidy Roll, 1336.
GUbertus de Werke, is, 9d, ; Willelmus de Whitlawe, 4s, 6cl, ; Adam Wolfe, 2s. id, ; Robertus
Maynaw, 2s, 4d, ; Willelmus Dun, 3s, ; Ricardus de Marwod, lod. ; Johannes Gray, gd. ; Stephanus
de MoUawe, 2s, Summa, 17s. 4d,
Thomas de Swinburne of East Mersey in Essex, lord of Gunnerton and
Knaresdale, in 1392 gave a power of attorney to Sir William de Swinburne
of Capheaton, knight, and others to receive his rents in Northumberland and
Tindale ; the shield of the seal is charged with a label three boars' heads
and four crosses crosslet.^
' Rot. Pat. 13 June, 3 Edw, II. m, 4, 'Rex omnibus ball, et fid, suis ad quos, etc., salutem. Sciatis quod
pro bono servicio quod WiUs de Gun. in partibus ScocIk nobis impendit perdonavimus eidem Willo et
Sigredae uxori ejus sectam pacis nostrae quae ad nos pertinet per mortem Pet, de G. assensu, missione et
mandato mortis praedictae ac receptamento latronum unde iudicati seu reclamati sunt et eciam utlagariam
si qua in ipsis accionibus fuerint promulgata et firmam pacem nostram eis inde concedimus. Ista tamen
quod stent recto in curia nostra si quis per eos loqui voluerit de morte praedicta. In cujus rei test,'
Rot. Pat. 4 Ed, II, p. I, m, 10. '^ Inq. p.m. 20 March, 19 Edw. II. No. 81.
" Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii, vol, i, p, 232, There is a magnificent brass at Little Horkesley
with the eflSgies of two knights surrounded by the inscription : ' -t- ley • gist • mons' Robert Swynborne •
Seigneour • de Horkesley ¦ Petite ¦ Qe ¦ morust • le • iour ¦ de ¦ Seinte • Feye • lan • du • grace
• Mill, ecc Quat' vintz • untzieme • De • qy • alme  amen -|-  gist. • mons' • Thoms ¦
Swynborne ¦ fitz • au • dit ¦ mons' • Robt • s' ¦ de Hammys ¦ mair ¦ de Burdeux • 't ¦ Capitaigne ¦
de ¦ Fronsak • Qe ¦ morust ¦ en ¦ la • veile • .de • Seint ¦ laurence • lan • du • g'ce • Mill • cccc
xij. Del. alme • de • qy • dieu eyt ¦ pitee • 't • mercye. Amen • Amen,' On the shafts of the
canopies the Swinburne arms, tliree boars' heads between ten crosses crosslet, are twice repeated, and one
shield is now blank. It is remarkable that the three other coats, paly wavy of six, an escutcheon between eight
martlets, and a fess between two chevrons, were borne by the names of Mauduit, Vaux, and Lisle respectively.
See Papworth, pp, 686, 739, 1018.

GUNNERTON TOWNSHIP. 325
GUNNERTON OF GUNNERTON.
Ralph de Gunnebton granted pasturage in Gunnerton, lands at Chesterhope and Dalton = Eva, daughter of Alan

to Hexham priory, and gave all his land in Swinburn to Godfrey de Swinburn. He was
great-great-grandfather to the Nicholas de Gunnerton ot 12c '

de Eggiescliffe.

Peter de Gunnerton, son and heir of Ralph de Gunnerton, =  Thomas de Gunnerton.
confirmed a grant ot lands to Newminster abbey.

Robert de Gunnerton, = Christian, sister of Roger Heron, She was called Dame Christian

' sometime lord of
Gunnerton' ia).

de Gunnerton, and was mother of John de Gunnerton, and
grandmother of Anabel, wite ot Thomas de Tyndale,

I I
Sir John de Gunnerton, in 1268, recovered a carucate of Peter de Gunnerton, in 1296, quit-
land in Gunnerton from John de Quintelly (? Whinetley) claimed to John and Anicia de
and Oreng his wife, and in 1279 was coroner for the Swinburn all his right in Gun-
district south ot Coquet (i5), nerton. Was murdered circa 1 3 10,

Nicholas de Gunnerton, son and heir, whose legitimacy was disputed by Analjel, daughter of John = Thomas de
his uncle Peter. Was rated tor his lands in Gunnerton in 1296, and de Gunnerton, ~
in the same year sold them to John and Avicia de Swinburn.

Tyndale,

William de Tyndale = Lucy de Reymes, daughter of Robert de Reymes of Shortflat,
^ by his wife Mathilda de Wortley (c).
(a) Robert was grandson of Ralph de Gunnerton ; but it is not {b) Northumberland Assize Rolls, pp, 158, 372, 415.
clear whether he was the son or the nephew of Peter, {c) Surtees, Durham, vol, i, p, 34,
Evidences to Gunnerton Pedigree,'
About 12 10. Eva de Gunwarton .... Thomae de Gunwarton filio meo medietatem tocius terrae meae quam
habui in territorio de Frostely et in Pekefeld {-p^r. Stanhope). Testibus : Dno Ada de Yeland, senescallo Epi
Dunelm., Robt. de Yeland, etc. Seal round, l| in, diam. ^ SIGILL EVE ¦ DE . GVNEWARTV, Durham Treasury,
jcia jmiie^ Finchale, No, 56.^
Early 13th century. Petrus filius Radulfi de Gunewarton . . . WiUelmo Britoni consanguineo meo totam
terram de Eggelescliue (Durham) et de Lurlehou quam Alanus d-e Eggelescliue avus mens tenuit. Testibus : Hugone
de Baillol, Rog. Bertram, Rob, de Brus, Wydone de Fontibus, Joh, de Amundeuilla, Radulfo de Gunewarton, Ric,
de Super Tesiam, Rad,, de Super Tesiam, Will, de Thorneton, Radulfo Baard, Waltero de Cadarao, etc. Seal
round, i^ in. diam. Fleur-de-lys, 4* siGiLL PETRI DE GVNEWARTVN, Ibil. Misc. Chart. No. 5144.
Dec. 18, 1296. Nich. fil. dni Johis de Gunwarton , , . inspexi cartam Radi atavi mei dni de Gunwarton in haec
verba. Nov. me Rad, de Gunwarton assensu Petri filii mei dedisse Godfredo de Swynburne et hered. totam terram
meam in Swynburne per suas divisas. Test. -. Joh, de Kirkeby tunc vicecomite Northumbriae, Robt. de Insula de
Chipches mil. Datum apud G. die Martis prox, ante festum beati Thomae Apli, 1296. Dodsworth MS. xiv. 95 b, p, 96.
Mons. William Heroun aiel Mons. Roger Heroune avoit un sore que avoit a nome Dame Crestian de Gonwarton,
de Crestian vient Mons. John de Gonwarton son fitz, de Mons. John vient Anable de Tyndale sa fiel, de Anable vient
Mons. Will™ de Tyndale son fitz, qe est en le quart degree. De Mons, William Heroune avantdit vient Mons. Will™
Heroun son fitz, Ie pere Dame Isabell de Borteley, de Dame Isabel de Borteley vient Malde de Reymes sa fiel, de
Malde de Reymes vient Dame Luce de Tyndale sa fiel, que est ore en le quiente degre, issint furrount William de
Tyndale et Luce sa femme marriez, Durham Treasury, Misc. Chart. No, 5262.
William, son of Thomas de Tyndale, grants the manor of Kirkehaulghe, which Anabella his mother held for life
'de hereditate mea,' to return to him, as heir after Anabella's death, with remainder to Thomas his son, then to
Robert his (Thomas's) brother, then to William Robert's brother, then to John William's brother, ultimate remainder
to revert to William and his heirs. Witnesses: Robert de Insula de Chipches, William de Swynburne, knts.,
Hugo de Walys, Will, de Whitelawe, Will, de Hautewisel, Will, de Elrington, John de Hautewisel, John son of Alan
de Kirkehaulghe. Arms : Fess, charged with 3 garbs. S WILLE. Ibid. No. 5261.
' At the Newcastle Assizes, 53 Hen. Ill,, there was a suit relating to a messuage at Corbridge which had
belonged to Gilbert de Gunwerton deceased, of his two sons, Ralph was then dead, and Robert was living. Assize
Roll, p, 139 ; Surtees Soc,
^ Eva de Gunnerton's seal has a floriated device. Besides the moiety of Frosterley and Pekefeld she gave three
tofts and three crofts in the vill of Frosterley and a moiety ot her part of the mill of Frosterley.

326 CHOLLERTON PARISH.
The same year Sir Thomas Swinburn enfeoffed John de Eston, vicar
of Ponteland, John de Kellingdon, John de Kirklv, and Sampson Harding, in
the manor and lands of Gunnerton, and in the following year under the style
of 'Thomas de Comarch, knight, brother of Robert de Swinburn,' released all
rights he had in the estate so conveyed to the same persons,^ who had pur
chased in trust for John de Fenwick, to whom in 1429 William Harding, son
of Sampson Harding, the last surviving trustee, released all rights in the
manor and vill of Gunnerton.^ In 1410 John Lisle of Tynedale, having
incurred the greater excommunication for an assault at Gunnerton upon
John de Kendale, a friar minor, obtained absolution.^ The list of fortalices
taken in 1541 says that 'at Gonnerton is a toure and a stone house of
th'inherytance of S'' John Fenwyke, knighte, in good repac'ons.'*
The chapel of Gunnerton was one of the six depending upon Chollerton
when the church was granted by Odinel de Umframvill to the prior and
convent of Hexham.^ It has long since disappeared and its very site is
doubtful, but the octagonal font in Chollerton churchyard is said to be that
once belonging to Gunnerton chapel.' Near the chapel was a tithe barn,
which, with two bovates and 12 acres of land with the appurtenances, the prior
and convent held by grants made, previous to 1298, by Ralph de Gunnerton
and Thurkill de Cadeiou.' By a grant from the former they also acquired
common of pasture on Gunnerton Moor for 300 cattle kept at their shelling
at Cowden.^ The abbot and convent of Newminster also had in Gunnerton
grazing for horses, oxen, cows, and sheep, granted by Peter de Gunnerton
and confirmed by Hugh de Baliol,'' concerning which there were bargainings
made with the sister house of Hexham.^" The Black Book of Hexham
' Hodgson, Northumberland, pt, iii. vol. ii, p. 83, - Schedule of Gunnerton deeds belonging to
the late Sir W, C. Trevelyan and Dodsworth MSS. xiv. f, 39, Ixii, f. 856,
^ 1409, Commissio ad absolvendum a sentencia excommunicacionis,
Henricus, etc, Jurium ac privilegiorum ordinis Fratrum Minorum provinciae Angliae a sede
Aposlolica indultorum conservator a(b) eadem sede specialiter deputatus, religioso viro fratri Roberto
Welles gardiano custodiae Novi Castri-super-Tynam, ejusdem ordinis, salutem, et mandatis Apostolicis
firmiter obedire, ad absolvendum in forma juris Johannem Lyle de Tyndale a sentencia excommuni
cacionis majoris quam se asserit dampnabiliter incurrisse pro eo quod ideln Johannes in fratrem Johannem
Kendale dicti ordinis apud \illam de Gonwarton nostrae discesios manus injecerat violentas, necnon ad
injungendum eidein Johanni Lyle attentis dictae violenciae circumstanciis, poenitentiam salutarem, et
faciendum quae in praemissis fuerint oportuna, quatenus ad nos attinet, vobis vices nostras com-
mittimus cum cohercionis canonicae potestate. Data in prioratu Sancti Oswaldi, xv die Junii, et nostrae
translacionis secundo, York Registers, Bowet, pars, i, 293 b; Raine, Transcript, p. 287.
' Bates, Border Holds, vol. i, p, 47, ' Hexham Priory, Raine, vol, ii. p. in.
' In a cottage garden at Gunnerton there is a thirteenth-century gable cross with some other worked
stones. In 1553 the chapel at Gonerton possessed 'one challes of tene, one vestment, one albe, ij alter-
clothes, one lytill beU,' Ecc. Proc. of Bp. Barnes, Raine, app, i, (50); Surtees Soc. There is near the
burn, 'in a picturesque fern-clad and moss-mantled hoUow,' a spring called the Lady's well or Margaret's
well. Arch. Ael. vol. viii. p. 65. ' Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. ii. p, 112, ^ Ibid. p. iii,
" Newminster Chartulary, Fowler, p, 72. '" Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. ii. p. 100.

GUNNERTON TOWNSHIP. 327
relates that in 1479 the property of the priory in Gunnerton consisted of a
building at the west end of the vill, a chapel, a garden, and a tithe barn,
with 36^ acres of land distributed in divers plots, named, or lying near to,
the Prior-flat, Wyndilandes, Sandilandes, Schirrwel-strandes (which abutted
on the river Tyne), the Millside, the Schol-brades, Fulfurd-syde, Gibbis-more,
Michels-bank, Sclate-ford, Harden-way, and Mullar wood.^ At the dis
solution the priory lands at Gunnerton were stated to be let to two tenants,
William Cook and John Cook, who each held a tenement, i acre of meadow
and 4 acres of arable land, with common right, the rent of each being 6s. 8d.^
At the same time the corn tithes were worth 40s. ^
In the middle of the sixteenth century Gunnerton was in the possession
of Sir Roger Fenwick of Wallington, and descended to his son Sir William
Fenwick (who had his hvery from the Court of Wards, 19th May^ 1571), and
it was included in the settlement, made ist August, 1579, upon his marriage
with Grace, daughter and co-heiress of Sir John Forster. Gunnerton
remained with the descendants of this marriage until 1689, when, with the
regality of Hexham and other estates, Gunnerton, Gunnerton colliery,
Gunnerton corn mill, and Gunnerton corn tithes were conveyed by Sir John
Fenwick to Sir William Blackett.*
But beside the estate which belonged to the Fenwicks of Wallington
there was another estate in Gunnerton which belonged to the Fenwicks of
Kenton. This family, which has already been incidentally mentioned under
Rock, disappeared from the roll of landowners at the beginning of last
century, and it is not known whether it has now any male representative.
In the year 1689 Gunnerton fell was, the scene of a very, mysterious
murder, of which the victim was William Brearcliffe or Braidclyffe, a York
shire gentleman belonging to the parish of Brotherton. The following depo
sition^ was made at the inquest which sat at Gunnerton on the i ith May :
Edward Shaftoe of Gunnerton, gent, saith that hee, goeing out into Gunnerton moores a gunning,
very early yesterday morning, upon the breake of day, at a place called Stonegapps in Gunnerton moores,
hee see two gray maires, both sadled and bridled, and the one of their bridles tyed to the other's
sturrup-iron. And, seeing none near the said maires, hee brought them to the common pinfold of
Gunnerton and putt them therein. After which hee called of his brother, William Shaftoe, and told
him they would goe and see if they could see the owners of the said maires. And, rideing on the said
moore to a place called Whitley Knoake, being further on the moore and higher then ordinary, they
hollowed there to know if any would answere them. And, goeing northward on the said hill, they heard
a voice of a man crying out ' Help, for Christ Jesus' sake ! ' and wished hee had but a man to speake to
him before he dyed. Whereupon this informant and his brother goes northward to a burne side, and
hee spoake over the burne and asked him what the matter was, and what hee wanted. Who replyed
^ Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. ii. p. 33. ' Ibid. p. 166. ' Ibid. p. 16S. ' Hodgson, Northumberland
pt. ii. vol. i, pp. 255, 256, 259, * York Castle Depositions, Raine, p. 294 ; Surt, Soc, No, 40,

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CHOLLERTON PARISH.

hee wanted nothing but a man to speake to him before hee dyed, for he was a dyeing man. And this
informer askeing him how, or by whome, he said there was a rogue had shott and murdered him. This
informant asked him if he knew him that did soe ; and he said. Yes, he knew him well enough. And
askeing him what they called him, he answered ' Rodger.' This informant asked him if he knew his
surname ; he said noe, he did not, but one Mr, Errington of the Linnells knew him well enough, and
could give a better account of him than hee, hee being once the said Mr. Errington's servant. And this
informant and his brother rode through the burne, and went to the place where he was lyeing waltering in
his owne blood. This informant said, 'Sir, what's the matter with you?' and he said he was shott and
murdered by a rogue. This informant asked him if the rogue had gott any money from him, and he said
he had gott two guinneas, one silver watch, one crowne peice of silver, three or four shiUings, his crivitt
and sleeves. This informant askeing him if he had not a hatt, hee said noe, he had not a hatt, but he
had a velvett capp, which the rogue was gone with. This informant asked him if he had noe spurrs, and
he said, ' Oh dear, is he gone with my spurrs too ?' And findeing a part of a pistoU stock, this informant
said, 'Sir, here's a peice of a pistoU stocke'; and he, 'Oh dear, hee had two pistoUs,' And this
informant, searching among the bather, found the stock and lock of the other pistoU, and asked him how
the rogue came by the pistoUs ; who replyed, ' Mr, Errington lent him them before they came away,'
And this informant asked how he came to be soe farr out of the way, and he said they were goeing up to
the high-lands to see the rogue's mother. And the maires were both his owne, and he lent the rogue one
to ride one, and now bee's gone with them both. The rogue pretended himselfe to be sleepy and weary,
and had a desire that they should light and rest themselves a litle, and when they came and lay downe,
the deceased lyeing on his beUy with his head upon his arme, never feareing anything, the said Roger
shott him in at his back betwixt his shoulders. And after he had shott him he feU upon, beating and
cutting of his head in severaU places with the pistoUs. And he prayed him for Christ Jesus' sake not to
beat or cutt his head with the pistoUs, and he would quitt him all that he had in the world freely, but the
rogue said he would not ; of which shott and wounds the said deceased dyed,'
Up to the year 1741 Gunnerton continued to be held on the ancient
system of undivided infield or townfields and a common pasture in the outfield
or fell, cultivated by tenants who resided in the village in houses, to which
barns, garths, closes, and crofts were attached. The Act of Parliament^
obtained to divide the township recites that the common fields were esti
mated to contain 1,300 acres, and the fell or outground 1,000 acres. The
profitable and manurable land within the manor consisted of 20j tenements,
called farmholds, of which Walter Blackett, esq. (who was lord of the
manor), held 11 ; Samuel Burroughs, esq., 8 ; Ralph Soulsby, esq., i ; and
Stephen Kitching, yeoman, j. The commissioners appointed to carry the
Act into execution, after allotting 41 acres (xVth part of the outfield) to
' Sir David Smith has preserved a tradition current in Tynedale in his day which evidently relates to
this tragedy: ' On Gunnerton grounds, at a place called the Holy well, which is an "iron spaw," a Scotch
gentleman and his servant, who were travelling, sat down to refresh themselves (this was before the land
was enclosed). The man shot his master, and was hung in chains on some rising ground not far from the
spot. The stob of the gibbet was to be seen several years ago, and the place of execution is still called
"Roger's hill," that being the servant's name ; this about 150 years ago.' Roger's hill, between Camp hUl
and Gunnerton fell homestead, is within the 600 feet contour-line,
^ An Act for enclosing and dividing the common fields, common pastures, and waste grounds lying
within the manor and township of Gunnerton, 13 Geo. II, The commissioners appointed to carry out
the Act were William Cuthbert of Newcastle, Edward Collingwood of Newcastle, Thomas Clennell of
Newcastle, William Potter of Newcastle, .Alexander Brown of Doxford, and Richard Peek of Newbigin,
Matthew Ridley of Newcastle, Wm, Carr of Etal, Wm, Carr of Eshot, Thos, Wood of Fallodon, John
Wood of Preston, Thomas Forster of Lucker, and Major AUgood of Brandon ; the award, dated igth
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the lord of the manor for his consent, and having allowed lo acres for pubhc
roads, awarded to Walter Blackett 1,302 acres, and also the mill and mill
garth, certain houses and closes called Master Blackett's close. Usher's close,
the Haugh, part of the Town Green, etc., comprising 32 acres, that part of
Gunnerton fell called Cowden Kirk and Broad Lee, containing 50 acres, and
the northern part of New Law, containing 15 acres. They awarded to
Samuel Burroughs 1,060 acres and certain houses and lands comprising
26 acres. They awarded to Ralph Soulsby 63 acres in the Low Field, with
certain houses and closes formerly belonging to Christopher Soulsby and
containing 10 acres. To Stephen Kitching they gave a house, garth, and
allotment, containing 5 roods and 28 perches. In all, 2,630 acres.
The Blackett estate descended to Mr. T. W. Beaumont, who in 1825
sold the manor of, and all his lands in, Gunnerton to the Rev. Christopher
Bird, vicar of Chollerton, for ^Ti 8,500. He was succeeded by his son of the
same name, to whose nephew. Colonel Hornby, the estate now belongs.
It has not been found possible to trace the descent of the other estates
with exactness. The six undivided farms, which in 1732 belonged to a Mr.
Robert Lilburn,^ were doubtless the lands which had formerly belonged to
the Fenwicks of Kenton, and which in 1741 belonged to Samuel Burroughs,
and now to Mr. J. G. Riddell. The farm, which in 1741 belonged to Ralph
Soulsby, may have been a portion of the lands which were sold before 1823
by his descendant, Mr. Reed of Chipchase, to Mr. John Smith of Wester hall
for about ;^4,ooo, and resold by his heirs in 1862 to Mr. Bird for :^3,8oo.
CHIPCHASE TOWNSHIP.
The township of Chipchase forms a triangle, the base of which rests upon
the North Tyne. It is divided from Gunnerton on the east by the Mallow
burn, and on the north it is bounded by the township of Birtley. It comprises
an area of 1,603 acres,^ the population of which was, until 1871, reckoned in
the census return for Gunnerton, and has since that time been included in
that of Chollerton.
' To be let six undivided fanns at Gunnerton in the parish of Chollerton, belonging to Mr, Robt,
Lilburn. Enquire of Mr. Stephen Watson of North Seaton, or Mr. Wm. Rutter, jun., attorney-at-law in
Newcastle. Newcastle Courant, 9th December, 1732.
' Including 21 acres of roads, 17 acres of railway, and 39 acres of water. An allotment made on a
division of Birtley common to the owner of Chipchase, containing 89 acres, and situated near Gold
Island was, up to 1887, accounted to be a detached portion of Chipchase township. It was then, by
order of the Local Government Board, annexed to Birtley, Of this 89 acres, 3 acres were occupied by
the railway, and there were 10 acres of water area.'
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330 CHOLLERTON PARISH.
In the freestone quarry near Chipchase Park-house, in 1868, were found,
embedded 18 inches below the surface, two bronze spear heads of the plain
leaf-shaped type, the first of which is 7! inches in length, if inches across
the widest part, the socket having a diameter of li inches; the other is
7 inches in length, 2 inches in the greatest breadth, with a socket | inch in
diameter; both have holes for the rivet which secured them to the spear
shaft.^ Near the same place and about the same time were found two
socketed and looped bronze axes, placed in a crevice of the rock.^
In the thirteenth century Chipchase was held under the Umframvills,
together with Whittle near Ovingham, as the third part of a knight's fee of
the old feoffment, by Peter de Insula (or Peter de Lisle), ^ the younger
brother of Otwel,* the ancestor of the Lisles of Woodburn, and a grandson of
Otwel de Insula, who held Matfen and other Bolbec manors in the beginning
of the reign of Henry 11.^ Richard de Umframvill, who died in 1226,
gave the vill of Ray to Peter and his wife Margery, who possibly was an Um
framvill.^ The privilege of a perpetual chantry in the chapel of Chipchase
on every other day of the week was granted to Peter and his son Robert
and their heirs by the prior and convent of Hexham, apparently on the occa
sion of a visit paid to prior Bernard by Simon, abbot of Newminster in 1243.''
The chaplain was to be provided for at the expense of the mother church of
Chollerton, the rights of which were to be protected according to the usual
practice of the archdeaconry. Every requisite for the service, except the
chaplain and the clerk, was to be found by the two de Insulas and their heirs.®
At the Assizes of 1256 a certain Richard of Chippeches was tried for the
murder of Gilbert, the smith of Barewesford and for the theft of oxen.
Although Richard protested his innocence on all and every count, two juries,
taken from the south and the north of the Coquet respectively, brought in a
' G, Rome Hall, Arch. Ael, vol. vii. p. 2og. ' Ibid. vol. xii. p. 264. The spear heads and axes are in
the collection of the Rev, William Greenwell, Durham. ^ Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol. i. pp.
206, 227. ¦* ' Otwelus de Insula et Petrus frater eius.' Finchale Priory, p. 82 ; Surt. Soc.
= Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol. i. pp. 172-174.
° Abb. Plac. 226; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol. i, p. 196 n.
' Cf. Newminster Chartulary, Fowler, p. 68.
' ' Nos B. prior et conventus Haugustaldensis concessimus dno Petro de Insula et Roberto filio eius et
heredibus suis licensiam habere perpetuam cantariam in capella de Chipches quolibet altero die in septimana
per unum capellanum sumptibus matris ecclesiae de Cholverton • Salvis in omnibus iure et indempnitate
eiusdem matris ecclesiae secundum usum et consuetudinem archidiaconatus • Praedicti vero Petrus et
Robertus et eorum heredes omnia necessaria ad administracionem dictae capellae competentia sufficienter
in omnibus et per omnia providebunt et inuenient, exceptis capellano tantumodo et clerico • Test. : Dno
S. abbate de novo Monasterio . Magistro H. de Stanbrig rectore ecclesiae de Stanfordham • Magistro
Abel rectore ecclesiae de Symondburn ¦ Dno Othuelo de Insula • Willo vicario de Biwell ¦ Willo de Sco
Johanne • Symone de Hext' • Willo Capon de Hayden capellanis • Willo de Gunwarton clerico et aliis,'
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verdict of guilty, which was confirmed by the oath of the townships nearest
the scene of the crimes. Consequently Richard was hanged.^ Either before
or after this incident Peter de Insula granted to Richard's son Waldef and his
son Robert all that had been his brother Edulf's and all that had been
Huloc's in the vill of Chipches, together with 14 acres of land for the annual
acknowledgment of some spurs, or, in default of them, six shillings;^ As the
right bank of the Tyne at Chipchase was in Scottish territory, Peter de Insula
had to obtain a licence from Alexander III., i8th July, 1261, for strengthen
ing his mill dam.*
Peter's son and successor, Robert de Insula, gave a house and an acre of
land at Chipches to Hexham priory before 1272.* He obtained an acre and
three roods in his own park from Robert de Wales, ^ to whom Jane, daughter
of Adam of Teket, had conveyed all her land in Chipches in Peter de Insula's
time.^ To his cousin and namesake, Robert de Lisle of Woodburn, and his
tenants there, he gave the right of taking as much marl as they chose from
his manor of Ray.'^ On his death, this cousin appears to have been appointed
the guardian of his son and heir, another Robert, by Gilbert de Umframvill,
but was charged by his ward in 1284 with having wasted his inheritance
at Chipches, lands, houses, and men, as well as woods, parks, and gardens,
by sale and depletion.® As regards Ray, a similar charge was actually
' Northumberland Assize Rolls, Page, p. 115.
^ ' Ego Petrus de Insula dedi Waldef filio Ricardi de Chipches pro homagio et servicio suo et heredi
suo Roberto filio suo et heredibus de dicto Roberto exeuntibus totum quod fuit Edulfi fratris sui et
toturti quod fuit Huloci (? Hulonci) in villa de Chipches et xiiij acras terrae in teritorio euisdem villae,
etc. Redd' quaedam calcaria aut sex denarios annuatim ad festum Sci Chudberti in Septembr.
Test. : Otuelo de Insula • GUeberto filio Araldi • Roberto de Insula • Petro de Gunnewarton • Hugone
de Herle • Roberto de Insula • Roberto de Newham • Rogero de Bedale et multis aliis.' Lansdowne
MS. 326, fol. 46 b.
' 'Alexander Rex Scotie licentiam dedit Petro de Insula firmare stagnum molendini sui de Chipches.
Dat. I Julij anno regni nri 11™°.' Lansdowne MS. 326, fol. 53; Dodsworth MS. xlix. 86. That the king
was Alexander III. seems settled by Dodsworth's marginal note, ' Fuit rex a 33 Hen. 3 ad 13 Ed. i.'
* ' Tenent etiam unam domum et unam acram terrae, cum pertinentiis, in villa de Chipches, in liberam,
puram et perpetuam elemosinam, de dono Roberti de Insula ; et inde habuerunt cartam.' Inspeximus,
1298 ; Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. ii. p, 112.
' ' Robertus de Wales quietum clamavit Roberto de Insula dno suo i acram et 3 rodas terrae quae
fuerunt in parco Roberti de Insula in villa de Chipches. Teste dno.' Lansdowne M.S. 326.
' ' Johanna filia Adae de Teket dedit in viduatate sua dno Roberto Walays et heredibus, etc, • totam
terram quae fuit in villa de Chippeches. Testibus : Dno Petro de Insula qui tunc erat dnus feodi. Dno
Roberto de Insula • Dno Nicholao de Veteri Ponte ¦ Ricardo de Boteland • Johanne de Swinburn •
WiUelmo de ColeweUe • Nicholao de Swinburn et alijs.' Ibid. 326, fol. 53 b; Dodsworth MS. xlix. 8 b.
' ' Ego Robertus de Insula de Chipchesse dedi Roberto de Insula de Wodeburne cognato meo pro se
et hominibus suis de Wodeburne tenentibus marla in mora mea de Ray,' etc. Harl. MS, 2101, fol. 245 ;
Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol, i. p, 168 n,
' ' Robertus de Insula de Chipches per attornatum suum optulit se iiij'" die versus Robertum de
Insula de Wodebum de placito quare fecit vastum, vendicionem et exilium de terris, domibus, hominibus,
boscis, vivariis et gardinis, quae habuit in custodia de hereditate praedicti Roberti de Insula de Chipches
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proved in a suit at law. In the course of this it was found that Gilbert
de Umframvill had no claim for wardship or marriage on any of the
plaintiff's ancestors.-' Chipches SuBsmy Roll, 1296.
Summa bonorum Roberti de Insula
„ Roberti filii Nutricis,,,
„ Adae filii Thomae 
„ Emmae viduae 
,, Walteri Surmayn
„ Thomae filU Margaretae 
„ Evae viduae ...
„ Roberti fiUi Rogeri 
„ Walteri fiUi viduae 
„ Willelmi filii viduae ...
„ WiUelmi fiUi Alani 
„ Thomae Franckes (?) 
Summa hujus villae, ^23 os. 8d. Unde regi, 41s. lofd.
Chipchese Subsidy Roll, 1336. Robertus del Isle, los. ; Robertus Joly, is, 8d. ; Walterus Shiphead,
2s. 4d. ; Johannes Talyour, is. 2d. Summa, 15s. 2d.
A John de Insula now succeeded, since Robert, heir of John de Insula,
contributed 13s. 4d. for Chipchase and Whitchester to the Lay Subsidy Roll
of 1346.^ On 22nd February, 1347, this Robert de Insula gave his son
Nicholas a messuage and 30 acres of arable and meadow land there for life,
free of multure at his mill,^ and on the eve of Lady day in the following year
he quit-claimed all his rights in the 30 acres to Roger del Spens, to whom
Nicholas had granted them.* Then on Tuesday, 9th September, 1348, he
sold his right as guardian of Cecily, daughter of his son John de Insula,^
on whom he had entailed the reversion of the manor of Chipchase, including
the giving her in marriage, to Sir William Heron of Ford, on condition that
her husband should be one of the latter's three sons, William, John, or Walter.^
' Abbr. Plac. pp. 218, 226; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol. i. p. 197 n.
' Exchequer Lay Subsidy Roll, ^f,^.
' ' Ego Robertus de Insula de Chipches miles dedi Nicholao filio meo mesuagium et xxx acras terrae
et prati cum pertinentiis in Chipches • Habendum ad totam vitam ipsius Nicholai • Et ut quietus sit de
multura ad molendinum meum de Chipches, etc • Test • Michaele de Esshenden • WiUelmo filio Gilberti
de Babington • Willelmo filio Ricardi de Babington • Thoma Fossure ¦ Hugone de Whelpington •
Roberto le Walays et aliis multis • Dat. apud Chepches die Jovis in festo Sci. Petri in cathedra anno M"
ecc" xlvj".' Lansdowne MS. 326, fol. 46 a ; Dodsworth MS. xUx, 3,
¦* ' Ego Robertus de Insula de Chipchesse miles dedi et quietum clamavi Rogero del Spens et
heredibus • etc • totum jus quod habeo in 30 acris terrae • etc ¦ in Chipchesse quod idem Rogerus habet
ex dono Nicholai filij mei in dicta villa • Test ¦ Johanne de Insula fiUo meo ¦ Michaele de Essynden ¦
Willelmo filio Gilberti de Babington • WiUelmo filio Ricardi de Babington • Datum in vigilia annuncia
cionis Beatae Mariae • Anno 22 Ed, III,' Lansdowne MS. 326, fol. 53; Dodsworth MS. xlix. 8 b.
' This can hardly be the ' John Lyle de Tyndale' who laid violent hands on John de Kendale, a friar
minor at Gunnerton, whose absolution from excommunication was sanctioned by Archbishop Bowet in
1410. Cf. supra, p. 326.
° ' Cest endenture faite a Chipchesse le mardi prochein apres la Nativite de Notre Dame lan de grace
1348 entre Mons' Robert de Lisle de Chipches dune parte et Mons' WiUiam Heroun seigneur de Ford
dautre parte tesmoigne que le dit Mons' Robert a vente et done au dit Mons' William la garde et le

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Whether Cecily exercised any choice in the matter or not, it was Walter
Heron, the youngest of the three, who obtained her hand. On the i ith of
October Sir Robert de Insula formally conveyed all his rights in Chipchase,
with Rowchester, etc., to Sir Wilham Heron.^
DE INSULA (LISLE) OF CHIPCHASE.
Willelmus de Insula. Hodgson, Northumberland, pt, ii. vol, i, p. 167 n.
Otwelus de Insula ; ii58.
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Robert de Insula ; married = ... , daughter of Richard Canville Willelmus de Otwell. Henry.
before 1188, I of South Gosforth, Insula, Richard.

Otwel de Insula ; 'et Petrus frater eius.' Peter de Insula ; founded chantry = Margery  ; to whom and her
"' ' " ' - _ . . _. . - husband Richard de Umframvill

Finchale Priory, p. 82. Died 1250. at Chipchase, 1243.

granted Ray before 1226.

Robert de Insula of Woodburn ; 'cognatus' Nicholas de Robert de Insula __ Margery  ; living as his
of Robert de Insula of Chipchase ; born Insula. of Chipchase. I widow in 1269. Norihum-
1222; died i./. 1 300. I 1 berland Assize Rolls, ^.i%o.
Sir John de Insula of Woodburn, ' Magister Peter Sir Robert de Insula of Chipchase, 1279.
si/ de Insula ' * Hartshorne, Iter of Wark, p. xvi.

John de Insula. ' Robertus heres Johannis de Insula.' Lay Subsidy, 1346. ==
John de Insula = Nicholas de Insula ; to whom in 1347 his father gave a
I messuage and lands in Chipchase.
Cecily de Insula, heiress of her grandfather ; = Walter, son of Sir WilUam Heron,
Sept., 1348. J, of Ford
* Magister Peter de Insula obtained a grant from Archbishop Greenfield, 19th June, 1311, of four or five fat
bucks to be taken in the park of Cawood by his brother ' Johannes de Insula,' knight, or others in his name, as also
three oaks for firewood. York Registers, Greenfield, pars, i, 54 a ; Raine, Transcript, p. 149. See also vol. iii. p. 24 n
of this work.
Chipchase Tower.
Chipchase castle is situated on the left bank of the North Tyne, on
a site which slopes gently towards the river, from the opposite bank of
which one of the best of the distant views of the house is to be obtained.
Seen from this bank, the ancient tower rises boldly above the manor house
of later date, against a background of well-grown and lofty beeches, the
mariage Cecile la file Johan de Lisle de Chippeches a quel Cecille le dit Mons' Robert ad taille la rever
sion de manoir de Chipches oue les appurtenances a marier a un de trois fitz Ie dit Mons' WilUam, cest
assavoir a William, Johan ou a Wauter, si dieu les dirent (?) vivre tonque la dit Cecile et un des ditz fitz veint
del age quils purront conisante de la dit Cicilie devant sa morte. Don. a Chippechess,' etc. Lansdowne MS.
326, fol. S3 b.
' 'Ego Robertus de Insula de Chippeches chevaler remisi Willelmo Heroun domino de Forde militi
totum ius quod habui in manerio de Chippeches cum Rowchestre, etc • Testibus ¦ Gerardo de Woderyng-
ton • Willelmo de Swynburne ¦ Willelmo de Tyndale • militibus • Rogero de Wodryngton ¦ Roberto de
Raymes • Willelmo de Babyngton • Alano de Belingham ¦ Rogero del Spens et aliis • Dat. apud
Chippeches die sabbati prox. post festum beati Dionysii anno Domini m'ccCxlviij''.' Ibid. 326, fol. 46.
(The Rowchester referred to was Rowchester, in Birtley still held by John Heron of Chipchase in 1586.
See Stockdale's survey of Birtley, The seal of Robert de Lisle was attached to this charter, Dodsworth
MS. 43, 3.

334 CHOLLERTON PARISH.
cultivated surroundings and rich pastures of the foreground forming a striking
contrast to the bleak and barren environment of many of our Northumbrian
castles. The tower of Chipchase is one of the most imposing and best pre
served in Northumberland. It is unusually well built, and affords an excel
lent example of the work executed in the middle of the fourteenth century.
Though possibly later in date than the neighbouring tower of Cocklaw, which
is illustrated and described elsewhere in the present volume, both its design
and domestic arrangements show it to have belonged to a family of much
more importance and wealth than the Erringtons, and it may be regarded
as a typical example of the larger towers as distinguished from the castles
properly so called.
Except for the projection on the east side, in which is placed the
entrance and staircase and some small chambers above, the plan is oblong,
measuring externally 5 1 feet 6 inches from north to south, by 34 feet in width
at the north end. It is 50 feet in height to the parapet walk, and 10 feet more
to the top of the angle or watch turrets. On the exterior the appearance is
one of great strength. Two splayed offsets divide the height, one at 3 feet
and the other at 23 feet above the present ground level. A very boldly
corbelled and machicolated battlement crowns the walls, and there is an
overhanging angle turret at each of the four angles, which is in its turn
similarly machicolated at its summit. The window openings generally are
small and square-headed, and are rebated for shutters or wooden window
frames. On the east side is a trefoil-headed window, which has a hood
moulding with a carved finial. Three other windows, two in the east
elevation and one in the west, were of two lights transomed at half their
height. That on the west side is visible ; it shows the head worked in one
stone. The design on the exterior is finished square, having ogee Hghts, the
spandril being slightly sunk.
The interior of the tower is divided into four stages. The basement is
vaulted, and the upper floors were of timber, supported on corbels. The
main area of each floor formed a single apartment ; and, in addition, there are
a number of smaller rooms, well lighted, and conveniently arranged in the
thickness of the walls.
The entrance doorway, which has a pointed segmental head, is on the
east side, at the basement level ; the jambs and head are of two orders,
divided by a portcullis groove. The ancient wooden grille, which was worked

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from the portcullis room immediately above, is embedded in the wall, in the
position indicated on the drawing of the east elevation. The entrance is
further strengthened by a door, which was secured by two stout draw bars,
the holes for which are in the south jamb.
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a semi-domed lamp niche on its south side, leads, by means of a square-
headed door, into a vaulted basement 34 feet long by 15 feet 8 inches wide,
and 12 feet 6 inches high. In the crown of the vault, at the north end, is a
trap door ; but there are no windows. The walls at the basement level are
9 feet thick.
Ascending the staircase, and before the first floor level is reached, a
chamfered and rebated square-headed door gives access to a room 7 feet 8
inches by 5 feet 8 inches. It contains a locker with a semi-domed ceiling,
and the entrance to the portcullis room. The occupant of this chamber had
a view of those entering the tower, and controlled the portcullis. The
apartment was, in fact, a superior guard room, and is lighted by a small loop.
On either side of the loop there is a dished semi-circular hole, 7 inches
diameter, passing through the thickness of the wall and sloping towards the
exterior. The object of these holes is not quite clear, as they are hidden
from view on the exterior. They were probably for off"ensive purposes, or
for staying or working the portcullis, the upper portion of which is to be
seen in this apartment.
The first floor room measures 35 feet 9 inches by 17 feet 8 inches, and is
about 9 feet 6 inches high. It must have been a somewhat dismal apartment,
being lighted by two loops only, one on the south and the other on the east
side. In its west wall there is a small fire-place with a projecting hood, and
in the north-west angle a locker, faced with a stone, which looks like a later
insertion. In it is worked a double pointed opening having a filleted roll
moulding on its outer edge. The walls at this level are 8 feet thick.
Continuing up the staircase a square-headed chamfered and rebated
doorway enters directly into the lower hall, which occupies the second floor.
It is 36 feet 3 inches long by 17 feet 8 inches wide, and about 11 feet 6
inches high. It is lighted by two windows let into deep square recesses, that
on the south being a small one with chamfered and rebated square head, sill,

336 CHOLLERTON PARISH.
and jambs, and that on the east, a large one of two lights with pointed heads
and a square transom ; it is blocked up by the adjoining building. In the
west wall is a large fire-place with a projecting hood carried on chamfered
corbels. There are two square lockers, one on the east and the other on the
west side. On the east side of this important room, which for convenience
may be called the lower hall, is a chapel, and at the south-east corner a
private room, both of very good workmanship. The recess of the east
window is 8 feet by 4 feet 9 inches, and forms an ample lobby from which
the chapel is entered by a square-headed door. The chapel is in shape
like the letter L. Below the east window is the altar slab, and adjoining it
on the south side the piscina, the basin of which is broken. On each side of
the window is a bracket intended for a figure. The wall between the lower
hall and the chapel is pierced by a window opening 3 feet 6 inches wide.
It is set askew, thereby permitting the occupants of the hall to see the altar
and the officiating priest. There is also a loop on the north side of the
oratory. The private room at the south-west angle is 7 feet 9 inches by 7
feet 6 inches. It is entered by a doorway i foot 6 inches wide, and is lighted
by two small windows, and has a fire-place with some fragments of decorated
plaster on the walls. At the north-west angle is a mural chamber, L-shaped,
as shown on plan. It has two loops, one on the north and the other on the
west side. Opening off" the recess of the south window is a passage termi
nating in a projecting garde-robe, carried on two chamfered corbels of two
projections, and covered with a sloping stone roof.
The third floor is occupied by the upper hall, which measures 40 feet by
20 feet, and is about 15 feet high to the top of the stone cornice. It is
altogether the best and most cheerful apartment in the tower. It is well
lighted by four windows, that on the west side is of two lights with square
transoms and pointed heads ; the one on the east side is unfortunately
built up ; it has seats in the recess, and probably resembled the window in
the west wall. The north and south windows are alike 12 inches wide, with
rebated and chamfered square heads, sill, and jambs, the latter on the inside
being widely splayed. That at the south end yet retains the crooks on which
the shutters were hung. The fire-place is similar to that in the room below,
but the hood is carried on two chamfered corbels. At the north end two
doorways, chamfered and rebated, open into L-shaped mural chambers ; that
at the north-east angle was probably a sleeping apartment, whilst that at

The Porch, Chipchase Castle.

CHIPCHASE TOWER. 337
the north-west has a projecting garde-robe. Each is lighted by a loop. The
kitchen occupies the south-east corner, it has a large fire-place with a hood
carried on corbels, and at one side a sink, the drain from which passes
through the south wall and delivers by a stunted gargoyle into the open.
The window is on the east side. The mural chamber in the south-west
angle has a locker and window. Each of the openings to the two chambers
at the south end is without the chamfered and rebated jambs which are pro
vided for the door openings elsewhere. From this it may be reasonably
inferred that a screen once existed across the south end of the upper hall ;
this explanation is further strengthened by the existence of two corbels at
this end, which do not appear at the north end. The corbels on the side
walls bore the struts which supported the roof.
The staircase terminates at the top in a square turret with sloping
stone roof. The battlements are very eff'ective ; the four angle turrets, each
containing a watch or shelter chamber, are circular on the outside and square
within. They are oversailed below, and have open machicolated battle-
mented parapets, carried on corbels of three projections, identical with those
of the rampart walk. The top of two of these turrets is accessible by stone
steps. They possess no internal feature, except that at the north-west angle,
which has a double checked doorway, are a very small loop or spy hole and a
small garde-robe. There is also a shallow recess near the floor in the west
wall, and there are holes for a beam or seat in the north and south walls.
The height of the parapets is marked on the turrets.
The walling both on the exterior and interior faces is of exceptionally
good ashlar in courses. The ceilings of the various recesses and wall
chambers are of large flags, carried by two, and sometimes by three, over-
sailing chamfered courses. Some of the windows on the interior jambs are
shouldered, and all the doors and windows are of excellent masonry. The
floors of the upper and lower hall were of timber, carried on corbels of two
projections, rounded on the underside.
' The manor house, built by Cuthbert Heron, to the south-east of the
tower in 1621, is the finest example of the architecture of its time in
Northumberland. The front has two short wings and a square porch with
semi-octagonal windows on the floors above it. Above the entrance is a
shield, charged with the Heron coat of three herons, and the crest of a heron
under an oak tree. In the pedestals of the side shafts are two panels, the
Vol. IV. 43

338 CHOLLERTON PARISH.
one representing a bird, of which it can only be said that it is not a heron,
with a palisade or faggot behind it, the other an ostrich-like heron in front
of oak branches. On the highest pinnacle of the porch turret is seated a
stone bear that seems to have once held a staff or some such object in its
clasped paws. The cornices, both of the original wings and of the semi
circular windows thrown out from them at a later date, are surmounted by
similar beasts holding the shields of various northern families. The propor
tion of bears among them is so large that the motto, " Bewar the bar," is all
that is wanting to make us believe that we are at the Tully-Veolan of
Waver/ey. Many of the shields are so weather-worn that their charges are
lost. Among those which can be made out are the chevron and indented
chief of Thornton, held by a lion, the six annulets of Musgrave and the hurts
and bars of Carnaby, both supported by bears, and a shield with three birds,
very unlike herons, supported by a bull.
The windows of the comparatively narrow wing between the front part
of the manor house and the old tower looked at one time into the small court
yard in the centre of the building. They were first converted into sash
windows and then ultimately built up. The present windows all face the
Tyne, and in order to add to the symmetry of this, the south-west, front, six
false sash windows were inserted in the wall of the tower with neo-classical
string courses at each floor level. The lower courses of masonry round the
central courtyard have the appearance of mediaeval work, as though they
might possibly be the remains of an earlier manor house. '^
The alterations made by the Reeds about the year 1784 greatly altered
the appearance of the house. At that time all the windows in the east front,
except the semi-octagonal window over the porch shown in the illustration,
were converted into sash windows.^ At the same period the fine room now
used as the library was reconstructed by throwing rooms on the first and
second floors into one : it contains the oak mantelpiece, of which the upper
portion is carved in high relief, as shown in the illustration.
Chipchase tower is first mentioned, as far as is known, in the list of
14 1 5, when it was in the possession of Alexander Heron. On the 6th of
June, 1428, he assigned the manor, tower, and town of Chipchase to Sir
' Bates, Border Holds, vol. i. p. 413,
' In the basement of the south-west front there remains one small window which shows what the
original windows were,

Mantelpiece in the Library of Chipchase Castle.

CHIPCHASE TOWNSHIP. 339
John Bertram and Sir John Widdrington upon trust. In 1541 Chipchase
is described as a 'fair tower and a manor of stonework joined thereunto of
the inheritance of John Heron of the same, esquire, kept in good reparations.'
This shows that there was a manor house in addition to the tower before
that erected in the reign of James I.^
In 1522 Sir Robert Bowes and Sir Ralph Ellerker, in their survey,
report on the office and duties of the keeper of Tyndale, and add :
And the most convenyent house for the said keeper of Tyndale and the said garryson with hym (as we
thynke) were Chypchase and Symondburne the which house of Chypchase ys in measurable good state
and reparacion for the same at this presente. And Symondburne ys a greatt and strongly buylded towre,
etc  For the better strength of both the said houses we thinke yt much necessary that there
were a brydge made over the said ryver of North Tyne even under the towre of Chypchase that the
inhabytantes upon both the sydes of that ryver might assemble by that waie to serve or releyve the said
keeper of Tyndall as his need shall requyre, althoughe the water were a-floudd and passed rydinge, and
the bridge to be upon the nighte cheyned or otherwye shutte up for stoppinge the passage of suche theves
or Scottes as would attempte to passe over yt , , , Chypchase which standeth so nere to Symond
burne that the one of them may both heare and see when a fraye or busynes ys about the other, and by
such a bridge as ys afore devysed the one of them mighte ever releyfe the other as nede should requyre,^
The pedigree of the Herons is not free from difficulties, especially
before the year 1600, at which period several cadet lines existed both in the
immediate neighbourhood and in other parts of the county. A younger son
of the house, George Heron, was killed at Marston Moor fighting on the
king's side, and after the Restoration his eldest brother, Cuthbert Heron,
was made a baronet, the patent being dated 20th November, 1662. The
Rate Book of the following year enumerates his wide estates, or rather those
which lay within the county. Besides the rectory of Corbridge, which he
held by lease from the dean and chapter of Carlisle, and the tithes of Birtley,
Chipchase, and Newbrough, he held freehold lands at West Whelpington,
Ray, and Blackball, in the parish of Kirkwhelpington ; Barnsteads, Barn-
house, Gofton, Hall Barns, Hall hill, Mortley, Nunwick, Overtown,
Puncher-shaw, Sharpley, Simondburn castle, Sewingshields, Tepper Moor,
Warkshaugh, and Chipchase, for which he was rated at above ;^420 a year.
The estates were probably encumbered, and all the outlying portions were
sold before 1718, when the castle and estate of Chipchase were conveyed to
Robert Allgood, who already held them to secure a mortgage.'
' Bates, Border Holds, vol, i. pp. 47, 415, ' Hodgson, Northumberland, pt, iii, vol, ii. p. 235, 237.
" By lease and release dated 4th and 5th August, 1718, Sir WiUiam Loraine, bart,, and Sharrock
Heron, esq,, of the first part, George Huxley, esq., and Henrietta IMaria, his wife, of the second part, Sir
Henry Heron, bart,, son and heir of Sir Charles Heron, deceased, who was brother of Sir John Heron,
with Datne Catherine Heron, mother and guardian of the said Sir Henry, of the third part, conveyed
Chipchase to Robert Allgood and NeviU Ridley, esq,, of the fourth part. Mr. Hugh Taylor's Title Deeds.

34°

CHOLLERTON PARISH.

HERON OF CHIPCHASE.
Arms : Gules 3 herons argent. Crest : On a wreath a heron close proper. Kimber,
Baronetage. A heron under an oak tree, sculptured on porch at Chipchase.
Walter Heron, youngest son of Sir William = Cecily, daughter of John de Insula,
Heron of Ford, in 1360 had grant of Pig- and heiress of Sir Robert de Insula
don from his father. of Chipchase, Sept., 1348.
Roger Heron, 1394/5, ^s'^ 'he vill of Pigdon to Sir Ralph Eure,
Alexander Heron dominus de Chipchase in 1408 had grant of lands in Pigdon ; was
ot Chipchase tower in 1415 (0), and 6th Jan,, 1428, conveyed Chipchase to Sir John
Bertram and Sir John Widdrington in trust (c),
John Heron ot Chipchase, esq., 20th May, 1443, had seisin of lands in Holy Island,
Harbottle, Dissington, and Corbridge from Gerard Heron of Chipchase, gentleman,
acting as attorney of William Harbottle, He married Isabella, daughter of Robert,
first Lord Ogle, and was dead before 2nd January, 1477/8,'*
John Heron ot Chipchase, 1477, had grant of lands in Mollowe from Sir Roger Heron of Ford, son of Sir John Heron.
John Heron of Chipchase, Ist Sept., X491, had dispensation to marry Joan Ridley; was high sheriff of Northumberland
in 1494.
Sir John Heron of Chipchase; 2nd Mar,, 1516, had grant from Giles Musgrave and Roger Heron ofthe manors = Margaret,
of Chipchase, Whelpington, Ray, etc, which they had with John Heron of Chollerton and Norman Heron, daughter
now dead (in 1505), remainder to male heirs of Gerard Heron of Errington, remainder to WiUiam Heron of Sir
of Ford, remainder to right heirs of John Heron of Chipchase, CaUed ' little John Heron,' who, in 1536 {h), Edward
'conceyved crafty devyse and subtile way' to have the inhabitants of Tynedale and Hexhamshire 'to Musgrave,
breyke '; was appointed keeper of Tynedale and Redesdale in 1540 («), and used his own house of Chipchase
'tor the order and conservation of Tyndale' in).

L

John Heron, son and heir, who in 1537 was ordered to
be taken as a pledge for his father, and to be brought
' with a hode on his hedde, and so secretely kepte by
the waye that no man shold knowe hym unto his
delyveraunce ' ifi). In 1533 had grant of Carryhouse
from earl of Northumberland,

I
Sir George Heron of Chipchase, knight ; = Marion, daugh-
13th July, 1550, had grant of Birtley ter of George
and Barrasford from John, earl of Swinburn of
Warwick ; died loth Nov,, 33 Eliz,, EdUngham
1591. if).

Giles Heron, treasurer of Berwick ; killed
on Sunday, 28th March, 1557, in a feud
between the Herons and Carrs.

I . I

Ursula ; married Roger Fenwick of Bitchfield if) and
Prestwich (a).
Thomasine ; married Lancelot Thirlwall ot Thirlwall if),
 ; married Cuthbert Charlton, nephew of Edward
I Charhon (/).
Elizabeth ; contracted to William Carr of Ford, and
died before marriage.

John Heron, son and = Margery, daughter and co-heiress of Sir Thomas

heir ; will dated 5th
Dec, 1590 ; proved
19th June, 1591,

Gray of Horton ; will dated 3rd Nov., 1612 ;
proved 19th March, 1613/4 ; adm, 29th Mar.,
1613, by son John Heron of Overtoun,
parish of Simondburn if).

Isabel ; married John
Fenwick of Walker,
His will is dated
loth Oct,, 1580
(/)¦

I
Agnes ; married
,., Charlton,

George Heron, son and heir ;
inq. p.m. 22nd Jan., 35 Eliz. ; was
found to have died seised of
manor of Simondburn, and died
s.p. ig); administration 22nd
Jan., 1591/2 to brother John if).

Cuthbert Heron ; was dead before
l8th Feb., 1595/6, when 'his
child, an infant in minority, and
the widow, his mother, married
to Mr. Henry Bowes who lies
in the bishopric ' im).

Anne, daughter of Francis Anderson of
Newcastle, who remarried Henry Bowes
of Newcastle, Durham Visitation.

id) Hodgson, Northumberland, pt, ii, vol, i. p, 255.
ic) Lansdowne MS, 326 ; Bates, Border Holds, vol, i. p. 414,
if) Durham Wills, vol. ii. Surtees Soc,
ig) Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii, vol, i, p. 197.
ih) Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. i, p, cxI,
ij) State-Papers, Henry VIII, vol, v, p. 203.

ik) Ibid, vol, v, p, 102,
(/) Hexham Priory, Raine, vol, i, p, cxlii,
ini) Border Papers, Bain, vol, ii. p. 107,
(k) Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii, vol, ii. p, 226,
(0) Ibid, pt, iii, vol, i, p, 29.

* Cf. will ot Isabella Ogle, lady of Ogle, dated at Chipchase, 2nd Jan , 1477/8 : She gives her lands in Lanca
shire to her two grandsons, John Heron of Chipchase, esq,, and his half-brother, Robert Widdrington, esq,, the two
sons of her daughter Isabella, Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol. i. p. 391.

CHIPCHASE TOWNSHIP.

341

I I I I J
Dorothy ; married  Rames ; a.
widow in 1612 (/), 4/
Isabella ; married Michael Weldon
GO- 4-
Barbary ; married WiUiam Ridley(/).
Margery (/),
Margaret ; married Thomas Salkeld(/).

John Heron of Chipchase ;
will dated 2nd June,
l5l8 ; proved 19th Jan,,
1618/9 I names his
brother [query, brother-
in-lawj Cuthbert Heron
(/)¦

=- EUza beth.

Reginald Heron ;
soledeviseeunder his
mother's
wiU(/).

Cuthbert Heron of Kirkheaton.
Thomas Heron of ' Heatherington ' ; 1st June,
1623, was apprenticed to Henry Scott of
the Merchant Adventurers' company.

John Heron of Barrasford.
Ralph Heron of Park-end.
George. Dorothy.

Wi

illiam Heron ; un
der age 1590 (/),
Walter Heron of Rou
chester ; under age
in 1590 ; Uving
1613 (/).

Anthony (/),

Anne, daughter of = Cuthbert Heron of Chip- = Dorothy, daughter of Sir WiUiam Fenwick

Cuthbert Carnaby
of Halton ib) ;
and had a son
Cuthbert Heron
living 1629 ib).

chase ; to whom his
grandfather gave ;^6o
if) ; rebuilt the manor
house of Chipchase in
1621 ; highsheri£f,i625.

of WaUington ib). She married secondly
at St. Nicholas', Durham, i8th Feb.,
1655, Thomas Carnaby of Durham ib),
and was buried in St. Mary's the less,
in the South Bailey, 21st Dec, 1684.

, I I
John Heron ; to whom
his grandfather gave
;^io a year to keep
him at school {/).
Dorothy ; married John
Swinburn of Caphea-
ton ig). 

I
John Heron, son and
heir, of Christ Church
college, Oxon. ; ma
triculated 22nd June,
1632, aged 18 ; ad
mitted to Gray's
Inn, 29th Nov.,
1634 ; died s.p.

Elizabeth, daugh
ter of Sir Rich
ard Graham of
Netherby; bur
ied in Simond
burn chancel,
3rd Feb,, 1683
(0.

Sir Cuthbert Heron of :
Chipchase ; created a
baronet, 20th Nov,,
1662 ; made a recovery
of Chipchase, Hilary
term, 1675 is) ; inven
tory, 1688 [buried 27th
May, 1688 (0],

Elizabeth, daughter of Faith Frotheringham,
married at All Saints', Newcastle, 23rd
Nov,, 1684 ; was residing in Newcastle
a widow, i8th Oct,, 1694, and was buried
at AU Saints', 17th Nov,, 1697 ; will
dated 6th Aug,, 1695 ; proved 1697 («),

George Heron of Christ Church college, Oxon, ; matriculated
22nd June, 1632 ; admitted to Gray's Inn, 29th Nov., 1634,
aged 16 ; killed, fighting on the king's side, at Marston
Moor, 

Dorothy ; married John Swin
burne of Capheaton ib).
Frances ; married Nicholas Er
rington of Ponteland (/}).

IsabeUa ; married William Errington of BenweU,

Cuthbert Heron of Chipchase Park
house, son and heir ; baptised at
St, Mary's the less, Durham, loth
March, 1656 ; of Queen's college,
Oxon, ; matriculated 2nd August,
1669, aged 17 ; died in father's
lifetime ; buried in Simondburn
chancel, 28th Dec, 1684 it).

Elizabeth, daughter and
co-heiress of Sir John
Mailory of Studley,
CO, Ebor,, knight ;
[? buried at St. Mary's
the less, Durham,
10th Feb., 1697].*

!
Sir John Heron of
Chipchase, second
baronet ; will
dated 12th Mar.,
1692/3 ; wife sole
executrix ; proved
21st Mar., 1692.

Ann , daughter of John Heron
of Brampton, co, Hunting
ton ; died 29th Oct,, 1713,
aged 45 ; buried in Bath
abbey ; joined with her
husband in a deed to lead
to the uses of a recovery,
2nd and 3rd Aug,,i689(;)),

IIII
Cuthbert, baptised 7th Sept,, 1680 (a) ; buried
in Simondburn chancel, 3rd April, 1681 (/),
Cuthbert, baptised 31st Oct,, 1686 (a) ; died
young ; buried at Simondburn, 27th May,
1688 it).
John ; buried 29th April, 1683, in Simondburn
chancel Q).
George ; buried 5th March, 1684, in Simond
burn chancel it).

Elizabeth, daughter and heiress,
baptised 13th March, 1679
ia) ; married Ralph Jenison
of Walworth, and was living
in 1693,
Mary, baptised 2cth March,
1683 id) ; died young.

Henrietta Maria, daughter and
heiress, baptised 4th Oct, 1688
(a) ; married George Huxley
of London ; both were party
to lease and release made 4th
and 5th Aug,, 1718 (/).
Elizabeth, baptised 15th April,
1686 (fl) ; buried at Simond
burn, 5th June, 1686 (/),

* In 1656 there was a curious case of witchcraft in which two women were charged with bewitching Elizabeth, daughter

of Sir John MaUory of Studley, who was then aged about 14.
ia) Chollerton Register,
ib) Herald's Visitation of Northumberland, 1 655,
ie) F, W. Dendy, Arch. Ael. vol, xviii, pp, 250, 251
if) Durham Wills, vol. ii. Surtees Soc,

Depositions from York Castle, Raine, p, 75, Surtees Soc,
ig) Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol. i. pp. 231, 232.
if) St. Oswald's Register, Durham.
is) Mr. Hugh Taylor's Title Deeds.
it) Simondburn Register.

342

CHOLLERTON PARISH.

C D

Sir Charles Heron of = Catherine, daughter of

Chipchase, 3rd bar
onet ; died before
4th Aug,, 1718 ip) ;
buried in London.

Sir William Poulteney,
knight ; as guardian
to her son was party
to lease and release,
4th and 5 th Aug,,
1718 ip).

Dorothy. Mary.
Elizabeth ; married ... Fenwick of
Stanton [but ' 21st Nov,, 1693,
Mr. Robert Fenwick and Mrs.
Hannah Heron married ' (a)].

II
Catherine ; married ...
Smith of Southamp
ton.
Henrietta Maria, baptised
13th Aug., 1670 ia) ;
living nth May, 1694,

Sir Henry Heron ot Chipchase,
fourth baronet ; lieutenant Life
Guards ; buried at Acton, Mid
dlesex, 26th Feb,, 1748/9.

Elizabeth, daughter of
, , , Coventry ; married
before 1727 (/) ; died
circa 1734-

Catherine ; married , , , Panton of
Banff, Scotland,
Two daughters ; died young.

Cuthbert Heron of Durham, only surviving child of marriage ;
in 1703 was of full age and residing at Chester-le-Street («) ;
buried at St. Oswald's, Durham, 14th Nov., 1731 ip).

Katherine, daughter of Richard Middleton of Offerton,
CO, Durham ; articles before marriage, 20th and 21st
Oct,, 1715 ie) ; buried 30th Sept, 1738 ip).

I

I

Cuthbert Heron,

Richard

Margaret, dau, of =

son and heir.

Heron,

Rev, [?RaIph]

baptised 4th

baptised

Finlay of

Nov,, 1716

4th Jan.,

Carrickfergus,

ip) ; died

1717/8

Ireland; mar

unmarried ;

ip) ; died

ried at Car

buried 13th

unmarried.

rickfergus,

Dec, 1740

1737.

1749 ; buried

ipy

at Ballinrobe,
1753-

Mary Heron, daughter and heiress,
bom 2nd Oct, 1750 ; died ist
June, 1804 if).

Sir Thomas Heron, third son, = Elizabeth,
and fifth and last baronet, daughter
baptised 17th Jan., 1722/3 of
(;*) ; in 1745 an ensign in Alexander
General Handyside's regi- Arbuthnot
ment of Foot ie); assumed ofFortree,
the name of Middleton ie) ; Scotland ;
deed 27th May, 1801 ; married
will dated ... ; proved 8th ...August,
June, 1801, 1758,

Captain Robert Barron of Alnwick ; married at
Bishop Middleham,  , 1768; buried at
Alnwick, 27th Oct,, 1789.

I I
Catherine, baptised 19th
Jan,, 1718/9 ip) ; bur
ied loth May, 1722
Elizabeth, baptised l6th
Nov,, 1720 ip) ; Uv
ing at Offerton in
1745, and unmarried
ie) ; married Benjn.
Raine of Durham ;
died 31st March, 1789,
in her 69th year (/-),
[She left an only
child, a daughter, liv
ing in 1813.]

Catherine Hannah, baptised at Alnwick, l8th June, 1769.
Mary, baptised at Alnwick, 28th July, 1775 ; married George
Lynn of Southwick house, Northamptonshire,
Elizabeth, born at Gainford, 1777 ; died young.

(a) Chollerton Register.
id) Proc. Soc. of Antiq. vol. vi. p. 65.
ie) F, W, Dendy, Arch. .4el. vol. xvUi, pp. 250, 251.

ip) Si. Oswald's Register, Durham.
if) M.I. St. Oswald, Durham.
ir) M,I, Houghton-le-Spring.

Evidences to Heron Pedigree.
John Heron of Chipches, junior, and John Heron his son, take the manor of Birtlej', Northumberland, at the
court at Newburn.
Indenture made at Chipchesse, Sept, 8, 1348, between Mr, (Sir) Robert de Lisle of Chipches and Sir William
Heroun, lord of Ford, Sir Robert sells and gives to Sir WiUiam the wardship and the marriage of Cecily, daughter
of John de Lisle of Chippeches, upon whom, the said Cecily, Sir Robert has entailed the reversion of the manor of
Chipches to marry her to one of the three sons of Sir William : i.e., to William, John, or Walter, Lansdowne MSS.
326, fol, 53 b.
Sir William Heron, lord of Ford, gives his son Andrew the vill of West Whelpington, with remainder to
Roger Heron, son of Walter Heron of Chipchase, remainder to Thomas Heron, then to Robert Heron, then to
Walter Heron, then to John Heron, then to Sir Roger Heron, knt.
Sir WiUiam Heron and his sons Roger and William hold land in grieveship of Wark, Tyndale, August I, 1348.
Ibid. 326, fol, 52 n.
Alicia, wife of Stephen de MoUawe, and William MoUawe, her son, quit-claim to Sir WilUam Heron, knt, all
right they have in the manor of MoUawe, 1357.

CHIPCHASE TOWNSHIP. 343
1360. Sir William Heron, knt,, who held the manor of Pykeden for his life, with remainder to his son Walter,
in that year granted it to Walter, Lansdowne MSS. 326, fol. 46 a.
John Heron, son of Sir William Heron, has land in Thornton, 1377.
Roger Heron lets to Sir Ralph Hure his viU ot Pekdon (Pigdon), 1394-95.
John Heron of Thornton quit-claims land in Corbridge, 1407, Ibid. 46 b,
Alexander Heron, dominus de Chipchesse, was, in 1408, a grantee of his lands in Pykden (Pigdon).
John Heron, son of William Heron, senr., marries EUzabeth, daughter of Sir WilUam Heron, by papal dispen
sation, July 11, 1438,
Gerard Heron of Chipchase, gent,, has power of attorney from WiUiam Harbotell to give seisin to John Heron
of Chipchase, esq,, May 20, 1443,
WiUiam Harbottle gives power of attorney to Gerard Heron of Chipchase, gentleman, to give seisin to John
Heron of Chipchase, esq,, of all his lands in the vills of Halyeland, Hirbotel, Dissington, and Corbrigg, May 20, 1443.
Ibid. 326, 54 a.
Sir WilHam Heron, knt, lord of Ford, grants to Andrew Heron his son, his vUI of West Whelpington to him
and his heirs male, remainder to Roger Heron, son of Walter Heron of Chipches, and his heirs male, remainder to
Thomas Heron and heirs male, remainder to Robert Heron and heirs male, remainder to Walter Heron and heirs male
of his body, remainder to John Heron and heirs male, remainder to Roger Heron, knt,, remainder to right heirs of
Sir William the donor. Ibid. 326, fol. 52 a.
John Bertram and John Widdrington, knts,, give power of attorney to John Horsley and John Carlee to give
seisin of Chipches and Whittill, which they have, by grant of Alexander Heron, esq., 8 Hen, VI. Grant from Alexander
Heron to Bertram and Widdrington of manor, tower, and vill of Chipches and mill, June 6, 4 Hen. VI., 1428.
Sir Roger Heron, lord of Ford, son of Sir John Heron, grants to John Heron of Chipches, esq., his land in
Mollowe, near Chipchase, 1477. (In 1357 Sir William Heron had Mollowe.)
Sir Roger Heron, knt,, lord of Forde, son of Sir John Heron, knt,, grants to John Heron of Chipches, esq,, all
claim he has in the land called MoUawe, near Chipches. July 6, 17 Edw. IV,, 1477. Ibid. 326, fol, 52 a.
John Heron of Chipches, junior, and John Heron, his son, took the manor of Birtley at the court at Newburn,
Dispensation for John Heron and Joan Ridley to marry within third and fourth degree, Sept. I, 1491. Ibid. 326.
John Heron of Chipchase has grant from Giles Musgrave and Roger Heron of the manors of Chipchase,
Whelpington, Peldon, Whitwel, and Ray, which they had with John Heron of Chollerton and Norman Heron, both
now dead (in 1505-6), remainder to male heirs of Gerard Heron, late of Eryngton, remainder to William Heron of
Ford, remainder to right heirs of John Heron of Chipchase. March 2, 1516,
Egidius (Giles) Musgrave and Roger Heron grant to John Heron of Chipchesse their manor of Chipches, 900
acres of land, with appurtenances in Chipches, Whelpington, Ray, Peldon, and Whithyll, in Northumberland, all
which they have lately had with John Heron of ChoUerton and Norman Heron, lately dead, Hilary term, 21 Hen,
VII, Before Rad. Frowike, knt,, and others, justices on bench, they have recovered against the aforesaid John Heron
of Chipchess 'per breve de ingress,,' to hold to the said John Heron of Chipchesse and his heirs male ; remainder to
the heir male (masculo) of Gerard Heron, late of Eryngton, remainder to William Heron of Ford and his heirs male,
remainder to right heirs of the aforesaid John Heron of Chipchess. March 2, 7 Hen, VIIL, (1516). //>id. 326.
John Heron, senior, of Chipchase, and John Heron, junior, of Chipchase, have pardon, December, 5 Henry V.
Sir John Heron of Chipches lets to RogerHeronof Corbrigg, gent, land in Corbridge. August 6, 1529. Ibid. 326.
1536. John Heron of Chipchase intrigues with the canons of Hexham. See the adventure connected with the
dissolution of Hexham priory. Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. i, p. cxl. ; Surtees Soc,
1550, 13th July, George Heron of Chipchase has a grant of Birtley and Barrasford from John, earl of Warwick
(created duke of Northumberland, nth Oct,, 1551),
October II, 18 Eliz., 1576, John Heron of Chipches, esq,, grants to Cuthbert Heron, gent., his son and heir,
his castle and manor of Ford. Lansdowne MS. 326.
1586. John Heron of Chipchase, esq,, held in the manor of Birtley certain lands called Rowchester, by fealty
and suit of court to Prudhoe and a rent of I2d. Stockdale's Survey.
Inq. p.m. 22nd January, 35 Eliz. Geo. Heron was found to have died seised of manor of Simonburn, and
appurtenances in Hawarnes, Overton, Sharplowe, Prestop, Ravensworth, Mortley, Gofton, held of the queen in cap. as
one-third part of a knight's> fee. Also the manor of Shitlington, Snabdaughe, and Childen, and appurtenances in
Epplerwoodhope, Hetherington, and Harle, Well Cragge, held of the queen's manor of Wark by the service of one-
tenth part of a knight's fee. Also the manor or castle of Sewingshiele castle, and appurtenances held of the queen's
manor of Wark by the twentieth part of a kniglit's fee. Also Pigdon in Mitford at the tenth part of a knight's fee ;
he died loth September, 33 Eliz, Cuthbert was his cousin and heir, aged 8 years. Rev. John Hodgson's
Collection (K, 625,)

344 CHOLLERTON PARISH.
3rd November, 1612, Will of Margery Hearon of Chipchase, widow of John Heron, esq. All my goods to
Reynold Hearon-my son. Anthony Heron his son my grandchild ;^ioo. Inventory 29th March, 1613, by John
Heron of Overtown in the parish of Simondburn, her son.
2nd June, 1618. WiU of John Heron of Chipchase, gent, all my land at Kirkheaton to my son Cuthbert,
except a house called Black hall, which I give to my wife Elizabeth Heron. AU my lands at Heatherington to my son
Thomas Heron. To my son, John Heron, a tenement in Barrasford. To my son, Ralph Heron, my third part of
Park-end. All my goods to my son, George, and my daughter, Dorothy Heron, the executors. My son, Cuthberi
Heron, my brother, Cuthbert, my daughter, Dorothy, to my sister at Chipchase. My brother, Cuthbert Heron, John
Heron of Birtley hall, Tristram Fenwick of Kenton, supervisors. Proved 19th January, 1618/9.
19th February, 1651. Cuthbert Heron of Chipchase begs examination by the county committee of his title to
lands in Bolam, bought of Sir WilUam Selby, and lands in Bywell bought of John and Ann Hodgson, lately
sequestered as belonging to WilUam Fenwick,'
1651. Cuthbert Heron of Chipchase, sen,, was indebted to Rebecca Salvin for /500 and/40 a year interest for
twelve years,"
I2th March, 1692/3, Will of Sir John Heron of Chipchase, bart, AU my lands of the late dissolved monastery
of St, James in the parish of Dutton, Northampton, to my wife Anne Hearon and her heirs, she to sell my tithes in
Corbridge held by lease of the dean and chapter of Carlisle to pay my debts. She sole executor. Proved 21st
March, 1692.
The following table is taken from Le Neve's Pedigrees of Knights :^
Sir John Heron of Chipchase, knight = 

I
Thomas Heron of Newcastle, =  , daughter of Sir William Shafto, knight,
merchant. sometime mayor of Newcastle.

I
Robert Heron of Newcastle = .,, , daughter of ,,, Anderson of Newcastle, merchant.

Richard [or Robert] Heron of == Jane, sister of ... Bindlosse, John Heron of  in Yorkshire =

in Lincolnshire,

_ _,  _- ,..  , J  — „. ,  ... — ..,„......
sergeant-at-law, 4-
Heron of Godmanchester, Hunts,

Anne, daughter of David Vincent = Sir Edward Heron of Cressy, Langtoft, and Stam- ^ Dorothy, daughter of Anthony

of Bemake, Northampton.

ford, Lincolnshire ; knight and sergeant-at-law;
baron of the Exchequer.

Maxey of Bradwell, Essex,

Sir Edward Heron of Langtoft ; knight of = Anne, daughter of Sir Henry James Heron = Ann, daughter of Sir
the Bath at coronation of King James I, ; t, , . ¦
living 1648,  Lord Cobham.

Brook, and sister and co- John Hatcher, knight
heiress of Sir John Brook

Edward Heron ; was 26 years of age == ,., , daughter of Henry Smith alias Nevill of Holt,
in 1636. Leicestershire.

Sir Henry Heron of Cressy, knight of the Bath, 1660 ; '— Dorothy, second daughter of Sir James Long of Draycote Cerne
third son, but heir, Wilts,, baronet.

Henry Heron of Cressy, son and heir ; unmarried, 1696 ; = Abigail, daughter and heiress of Sir William Heveningham of
1:..:  . r^.. .._:.. _u — T^T^.t.n. ,»„, Ketteringham, Norfolk, knight, by Barbara, his wife, daugh
ter of George Villiers, Viscount Grandison.

living at Ketteringham, Norfolk, 1701,

 Heron, daughter and heiress ; married in 1717  Frampton,
an officer in the army.
' Foifeited Estates Papers, Calendar, pt, iv, p. 2488. " Ibid, p, 3162.
' MarshaU, pp, 26, 291, Harleian Soc, 1873,

CHIPCHASE TOWNSHIP.

345

After the sale of Chipchase the family continued to survive in the male
line until 1780, when it died out with Sir Thoinas Heron-Middleton, who
had assumed the name of his mother's family, and resided at Bowlby, in the
North Riding of Yorkshire. The baronetcy was claimed by Mr. Cuthbert
Heron of South Shields, who was certainly not legitimately descended from
the first baronet, though he may have been from a more remote ancestor.
Being well known on Tyneside, he was generally received and addressed
under the style of a baronet ; as much of his pedigree as is known is given
in the following table :
Thomas Heron of Heron's hill, Corbridge ; buried there, 29th Aug., 1723 =? EUzabeth Hudspeth,

Thomas Heron of Newcastle, = Jane Brown of the parish
butcher ; baptised at Cor- r ... „ ¦ .
bridge, nth Sept, 1692 ;
died 3rd Oct., 1757 ; will
dated 24th Oct, 1754,

of AU Saints, New
castle; married secondly
William Mewburn of
Newcastle, vU

Ann, baptised
at Corbridge,
nth Sept,
1692.

Ralph Heron of Hexham ;
' died owing to fatigue
during contested elec
tion when Delaval was
a candidate,' viz,, 1774,

Ralph Heron of Hex
ham, afterwards of
Clavering Place, New
castle, attorney ; born
in Westgate Street,
Newcastle ; bailiff of
Hexham, 1765-1801 ;
died 13th April, l8oi,
aged 64 ; buried in
St Nicholas', New
castle.

Ann, daughter of
George Cuthbert
son, town clerk
of Newcastle and
clerk of the peace
for Northumber
land ; born 21st
Nov., 1738 ; mar
ried at Gretna
Green ; died 4th
Feb,, 1793; buried
in St Nicholas',

I
William ;
diedon his
passage
to India.

Lancelot Heron ;
was residing at
Alston when he
voted at New
castle election of
1780; afterwards
of Morpeth; died
29th Jan,, 1813.

... ; dau, of
,,, Graham
of ' Beak-
enwhaite '
isic), CO.
Cumber
land.

Frances Scurfield,

Mary.Frances ; living
unmarried, 1819,
Sarah ; married
.,, Taylor of
Leith, boat-
builder. 4/

Frances Heron, only daughter,
born circa 1785 ; died ,,, 1868,
at Emsworth, Hants.

George Heron ;
lieut. 52nd
Regiment ;
baptised at St.
John's, New
castle, 27th
Sept, 1763;
died in India
13th June,
1789, s.p.

Ralph Heron ;
. born 29th
Jan., 1765 ;
killed in the
Spital, New
castle, by a
fall from a
balloon, 19th
Sept, 1786,
s.p.

I
Walter Heron of
Newcastle, soli
citor; born 16th
Jan., 1770 ie) ;
died unmarried,
5th July, 1811.

I
Charles Heron,
born 28th Feb.,
1 77 1 («) ; blown
up by explosion of
gunpowder on the
East India ship
' Caledonia,' 29tli
July,. 1803, s.p.

Other children died. in infancy.

I I I. I
Ann, baptised 2Cth June, 1768 («) ;
died in Newcastle, 25th May, 1824 («),
Frances, baptised 3rd July, 1772 («) ;
died Sth March, 1852 ; buried in
St. Nicholas'.
Maria, baptised 28th April, 1773 ;
buried 29th April, 1774 (e).
Charlotte, born 30th May, 1774 ; died
nth Jan,, 1859 (,;).

I

' Sir ' Cuthbert Heron of South Shields, butcher, afterwards of Gallowgate, = Ann, daughter of Edward Carlin of South

Newcastle, only child ; born in Gallowgate, l8th Dec, 1754 ; was living at
South Shields when he voted for Newcastle at election of 1777 ; died :'
Gallowgate, 26th May, 1825, aged 71 (c).

Shields ; married there i5th March,
1777 ib) ; died 27th Nov., 1812, aged
5o ; buried at South Shields (a).

' Sir ' Thomas Heron
of Newcastle, only
son and heir ; born
24th April, 1781 ;
died 28th Oct,
1830, aged 49 (<r).

Jane, born 5th March, 1778 ; married nth March, 1801,
Joseph Rennoldson, and died 20th Feb., 1818, 4/
Ann, baptised 5th July, 1783 ; died at Gallowgate, 12th
June, 1859, aged 76 ; buried at South Shields,

Margaret, baptised 28th June,
1863, aged 75 ic).

; died 2nd June,

Elizabeth ; died at South Shields, 4lh
Nov., 1813, aged 24 id).
Sarah, born 6th June, 1792 ; married
at Jarrow, 19th Nov,, i8n, James
Laing, and died at Gateshead, 14th
Dec, i865. xl/

ia) M.I. South Shields.
ib) Newcastle Chronicle, March,
1777.
Vol. IV.

(c) M, Forster's obituary,
(d) Newcastle Chronicle, Nov.,
1813.

(«) Hexham Register,
Cf, Hodgson, Northumberland,
pt ii. vol. in. p. 535, 44

.346 CHOLLERTON PARISH.
Thomas Heron, writing to Mr. Petyt, of 80, Broad Street, London,
under date 27th November, 18 19, concerning the proving of his father's
claim to the baronetcy, says :
My father always considered that Thomas Heron of Heron's hUl was an elder brother of Cuthbert
Heron of Durham, father of the late Sir Thomas, and from the strong likeness between the latter and my
father must have been a near connexion. .Sir Thomas was an officer in a foot regiment when he assumed
the title and afterwards retired from the army. At his death Mary Baron, his only child, sent by his desire
with her compliments the original patent, and also said would give up any other papers relative to the
family, but being indisposed went to the south, and never saw her afterwards"; her only living issue is
Mary, wife of Major Lynn of Oundle, Northamptonshire, with whom we still occasionally correspond. I
take the Uberty of sending you a copy of the patent ; the original is in Latin, and was deciphered a few
years back. I also send some letters for your perusal on family affairs ; one was from Mr. Lancelot Heron
of Morpeth, who was always angry at my father for not getting himself righted, but he felt so confident in
his mind that the title was in his possession, and undisputed by any rival, that he neglected to pay the
heralds' fees, and was of course put out of the Red Book. He has been addressed as a baronet by many of
the first people ofthe land (when chairman of the shipping interest of the port of Tyne), also received
thanks for his miUtary services, and bore his majesty's commission as a captain of a volunteer corps raised
partly at his own expense in 1797, and also as that of lieut-colonel in 1803 until the end ofthe war. He
has voted for the county of York as a baronet, also signed the writ for the county of Northumberland, and
acted as a grand juryman for the same county,
Robert Allgood, the purchaser of Chipchase from Sir Henry Heron,
was not welcomed by the tenants of the estate, who may have grown
licentious during the prolonged and habitual non-residence of the later
Herons ; the nature of the reception of the new landlord is indicated in the
following letter written by him to Thomas Ord, the clerk ofthe peace, dated
January 12th, 1718 :
Notwithstanding all the manors and demesnes 1 have, and my purchase deedds make mencion of
severall, yett cannot I gett a dish of wild fowl for myselfe or friend by reason of soe many gunerrs and
poachers. Now pray, sir, may I not have an order of sessions to seize the guns of unquallified persons
within my manor and demesne of Chipchas estate being not onely mortgaged to me for a round sum of
money, but by my articles of purchase and a decree in chancery stands as a coUatery security to mee.
Nay, as the Chipchase tenantry affirm, and as you may see by the Court Rolls answers to the court of
Symondbui-n . I pray thenn, may not I seize thegunS of the Chipchase tenants as well as other
unqualified persons in the neighbourhood. But this I shall not venture to doe without a particular order,
which if you please to procure for me (as I doubt not but you may) I shaU most willingly pay for it, and
thankfully owne the favour among the rest done.
Besides this grievance I have another to complaine of, viz,, of some of the neighbours' hounds which
run day and night, and I suppose by the owners sett into my grounds where they trample bothe the
summer and winter corne miserablely. Now pray what must I doe in this case ? May 1 order the hounds
to be shott or hamstrung ? I once more desire you'll please to doe mee all the service you can in what I
write aboute and informe the bearer right as to whatt he wantts to know , , , ,
Now, sir, if what I write about cannot be handsomely and cleverly done at ye publick sessions, I pray
lett it be done at a private sessions when you have more leisure.'
The Allgoods did not long retain the estate. It was conveyed on
1 6th August, 1734, to John Reed, the history of whose family is embodied
in the following pedigree : ' Sessions Records.

CHIPCHASE TOWNSHIP.

347

REED AND SOULSBY OF CHIPCHASE.

Archibald Reed of Bellingham ; purchased Chesterhope in i6
died 1729, aged 85 years ; wUI dated 20th March, 1724/5.
By frugal acts of industry he rose,
Preserved his virtue and provok'd no foes ;
But dy'd lamented as he liv'd belov'd,
For all his actions just and generous prov'd ;
Always subservient to a poor man's suit,
His gains were sweetened with a good repute.
Unenvy'd he his fortune fairly left ;
And mourned his country of such worth bereft, (a)

= Sarah, daughter of
WiUiam and sister
of George Ridley
of Yethouse in the
parish of Simond
burn.

John Reed of Chipchase, which estate he purchased in 1734 from
George Allgood ; died in London, 20th March, I754i aged 54,
and was buried in the chapel which he had built at Chipchase,
4th April, 1754 id) ie) ; will dated 15th June, 1753 ; proved at
Prerogative Court of Canterbury,

Mary, daughter of Gawin Aynsley of Little Harle,
baptised 20th August, 1717 ; married at Kirk
whelpington, 8th Sept,, 1740 if); died 9th Oct.,
1747, aged 30, and was buried in Chipchase
chapel ib) ie).

Martha Reed ; articles before marriage, i5th __ Christopher Soulsby of New-

Nov., 1721 ; married 23rd Nov., 1721 («) ;
died at Stamfordham, 25th Nov., 1779,
aged 89 ih) ; buried in Chipchase chapel,
28th Nov,, 1779 ie).

castle and ChoUertop ; will
dated loth Sept., 1733 ;
proved 1735.

Hannah ; married Francis Mascall of Ep-
pleton ; articles before marriage, 7th
Jan., 1733 ; mentioned in brother's will ;
died .,,; buried 4th July, 1754,

Christopher Soulsby of Newcastle, second son ; suc
ceeded to Chipchase under his uncle's will, and as
sumed the name of Reed ; baptised l5th Feb,, 1726
ie) ; high sheriff of Northumberland, 1764 ; died 5th
Nov,, 1770, aged 48 (c) ; wiU dated 1st Nov,, 1770.'*

Sarah, daughter of Sir. Francis Blake of
Twizel, bart, ; articles before marriage,
Sth and 9th April, 1757 ; married at
Norham, 25th April of same year, ' an
agreeable young lady with a fortune of
;f 10,000' ig) ; died Sth Nov,, 1771,
. aged 38 ic).

(For other issue
see page 243,)

John Reed of Chipchase, ^ Mary, daughter Francis Reed, ^ Mary Ann, Archibald Reed of New- = Mary Ann,

son and heir, baptised
13th Dec, 1759 ie) ;
lieut.-col, Northumber
land militia. Becom
ing involved in the
failure of Blake, Reed,
& Co,'s bank, he in
1823 conveyed Chip
chase and other estates
to trustees to the use
of his creditors. After
wards was distributer
of stamps for New
castle and district, and
died at Felton vicar
age, 2oth Feb,, 1842 ;
buried at Bell's Close,
Newburn,

of Henry Nevil
of Kingston-on-
HuU ; articles
before marriage,
3rd Dec, 1789 ;
married loth
Dec, 1789; died
in London, 3rd
April, 1808, aged
37 iO-

clerk m or
ders, rector
of Haselbury
Bryan, Dor
setshire; born
30th Nov.,
1762 ie) ;
died 6th
April, 1821,

daughter of
AnthonyStory of
Newbottle ;
married 1st
Oct, 1803 ;
died i6th
July, 1863;
buriedat Hums
haugh,

daughter
of Arthur
Maister
of HuU ;
married 29th Oct,
1801,

Christopher, Francis.
Archibald WilUam,

AU died young
and unmarried.

castle, baptised 9th
February, 1766 («) ;
resided at Whorl
ton ; was six times
mayor of Newcastle —
1800, i8o5, 1819,
1826, 1830, 1831 ;
died in Newcastle,
13th Dec,,- 1842;.
buried in Jesmond
cemetery.
Mary Anne ; died unmarried.
Isabella ; married John Gregson of Murton, county
Durham, barrister-at-Iaw.
Sarah ; living at Tynemouth, unmarried, in 1897.
Sophia; died unmarried, 19th Nov., 1888 ; buried at
Humshaugh.

Ill
Christopher, baptised 18th Oct.,
1760 ie) ; died 1st June, 1768,
aged 8 ic).
Thomas, baptised 4th Oct., 1763
co-
Ralph, baptised 7th Aug,, 1761
ie) ; died 25th May, 1776, aged
15 ic).

Isabella, baptised 24th May, 1758 («) ; died at Felton
vicarage, 28th Feb., 1842 ; buried at Bell's Close,
Newburn.
Martha, baptised 7th March, 1767 {e) ; married 2nd
Oct., 1790, James Allgood of Nunwick, and died
19th Dec, 1802.
Sarah, baptised 15th Nov., 1 768 («) ; married Thomas
[Fenwick] Clennel, and died nth Aug., 1859.

* ' I give to the corpulent Kit Reed my lecture upon Ginger-bread.' Will of a certain Northern Vicar
(of which the second edition was published in 1765).
(a) M.I. Bellinf^ham. (c) M.I. Chipchase. (/) Kirkwhelpington Register.
ib) Hodgson, Northumberland, {d) Newcastle Magazine, 1754. C?) Newcastle Courant, 30th April, 1757.
pt, ii, vol. i. p, 210. («) Chollerton Register. ifi) Newcastle Advertiser, 4th Dec, 1779,

348

CHOLLERTON PARISH.

Christopher Reed, son = Anne,
and heir, born 17th daugh-
Oct, 1797 ; of Exe- ter of
ter college, Oxon. ; John
matriculated 9th CoIIing-
May, 1815 ; B,A,, wood of
1828; M.A., 1829; Chirton
of Middle Temple, and
called to the Bar, niece to
1824; afterwards Lord
clerk in orders ; Colling-
vicar of Tynemouth wood.
1830-1868; died at
Kingston, Surrey,
21st July, 1868,*

I I
Henry Reed, born
25th Dec, 1794;
succeeded his
father as distri
buter of stamps;
died at Harbottle
castle 14th July,
1866,
Francis Reed, born
31st July, 1800 ;
died 26th Feb,,
1875, unmarried.

John Reed, Archibald Mary Nevil, baptised 27th
born 6th Reed, Jan,, 1791 («) ; married
Feb,, 1803 ; captain Robert Lancelot Allgood
clerk in R,N. ; of Nunwick, and died 2nd
holy died un- Sept,, i8i5 (c).
orders; married; Sarah Isabella, baptised 22nd
vicar of buried April, 1792 («) ; died 28th
Newburn at Bell's Dec, 1874,
and lecturer Close. Martha Soulsby, born i5th
ofSt.Nicho- Oct., 1793 («); died 5th
las'; died Oct., 1875.
4th Sept., Ann Eliza, baptised 15th
1884 ;un- May, 1804; died 23rd
married. May, 1882,

Other
child
ren ;
died
in in
fancy.

Arthur Reed, of New
castle, died un
married, 4th Jan,,
1883,

John Reed of
Newcastle,

I IN
Alicia, daughter Archibald Esther, born 1804 ; died
of John Flint; Reed, of 1867.
married 5th Newcastle, Helen.
April, 1858. died 29th Mary Anne; married Major-
Dec, 1855. General Robert Brett.

John Thomas Reed, = Josephina, daughter of

born 4th March,
1864 ; married Sth
Oct., 1888.

Rev. Geo. McArthur
of Edinburgh.

Richard Ellison, born 1862 ;
died 18S3.
Arthur Henry Gawin, born
18S6 ; died 1888,

11 II
Edith Jane.
Mary Helen.
Agnes IsabeUa.
Alice Gertrude Nevill.

Arthur NevUle Reed, born ,,. June, 1892,
(c) M.I. Chipchase.

John Percival Reed, bom ,,. Aug., 1894,
ie) Chollerton Register.

* Mr. Christopher Reed's high sense of honour induced him to join his father in breaking the entail of Chip
chase so that the estate might be sold to pay the creditors, conduct which was greatly extolled.
Mr. John Reed, who was a principal partner in the Newcastle banking
house of Blake, Reed, & Co., which suspended payment in 1821, on 14th
March, 1823, conveyed his estates to trustees for the use of his creditors,
and receiving very general sympathy in his misfortune, he was afterwards
appointed distributer of stamps for Newcastle and district, in possession of
which office he died in 1842. The trustees, in 1826, conveyed Chipchase
to Mrs. Anne Grey and others in trust for Mr. Richard W. Grey, then
in his minority, whose patrimonial estate of Backworth had, under an
Act of Parliament, been sold to the duke of Northumberland. In 1862
Mr. R. W. Grey sold the estate to Mr. Hugh Taylor.^
The ancient chapel of Chipchase is said to have stood near to the
castle ; it was one of those depending upon Chollerton when that church was
given by Odinel de Umframvill to Hexham. Peter de Insula, and his son
Robert, obtained a concession from Bernard, the prior and the convent of
Hexham, to have a chantry within the chapel of Chipchase.' The prior and
' For an account of the Taylor family see Welford, Men of Mark, vol, iii.
^ Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. i. preface, clviii.

CHIPCHASE TOWNSHIP. 349
convent in 1479 had at Chipchase a tithe barn and a rood of land for the
gathering and housing of their corn tithes, which in 1536 were let to John
Widdrington at a rent of £2.
The following entry [circa 1723) in the minute book of Archdeacon
Thomas Sharp refers to the older chapel :
Chipchase in the parish of Chollerton. Here is a little chapel in which the sacraments have been
formerly administered, and where at present there is service performed four times in the year. It hath
neither books, vessels, or vestments belonging to it. There is a bell lying in the chapel, but it hath never
been fitted and hung up. The chapel halh never been either plaistered or floored. But how far the
archdeacon hath jurisdiction here is a question, therefore nothing was ordered upon the view of the
defects. Just within the park gates and about 100 yards east of the castle stands
the present chapel, erected during the first half of the last century. It
is a simple parallelogram without external feature, save a bell cot at the
west end, below which is the entrance door. There is no division of nave
and chancel, nor in the interior is there anything to arrest attention except an
octagonal pulpit, with fluted pilasters on the angles, and a canopy above
it, placed near the south wall.
There are tablets and monumental inscriptions to members of the Reed
family, some of whom lie in a vault beneath ; and to the wife and son of the
present owner :
To the memory of those whose names are inscribed and whose bodies are interred in this chapel, this
monument was erected by their affectionate relative, John Reed of Chipchase castle.
Anne Eliza, daughter of John and Mary Reed, died i6th September, 1801, aged 5 years and 4 months.
Mary Reed, died 6th October, 1747, aged 50.
John Reed, died 20th March, 1754, aged 54.
Martha Soulsby, died 25th November, 1779, aged 87.
John Soulsby, died 3rd November, 1793, aged 64.
Martha, daughter of Chris' and Sarah Reed, died 3rd November, 1764, an infant.
Christopher, son of Chris'' and Sarah Reed, died ist June, 1768, aged 8.
Chris' Reed, died 6th November, 1770, aged 48.
Sarah Reed, died 6th November, 1771, aged 38.
Ralph, son of Chris' and Sarah Reed, died 25th May, 1776, aged 15.
John, son of John and Mary Reed, died yih September, 1795, an infant
Sacred to the memory of Mary, wife of John Reed, esq., who died in London on the 3rd April, 1808,
aged 37, and was interred in this chapel on the 30th day of the same month. She was a most affectionate
wife, the tenderest of mothers, .nnd a truly pious and charitable Christian. As a testimony of his great
esteem, and strong affection which she so justly merited from him, this monument was erected by her
afflicted husband.
Sacred to the memory of Mary Nevill Allgood, whose remains are here deposited, eldest daughter of
John and Mary Reed of Chipchase castle, and first wife of Robert Lancelot Allgood of Nunwick, who
departed this life on the 2nd September, 18 16, As a mark of his unceasing affection and regard, and to
commemorate her truly amiable and virtuous life, this monument was erected by her affectionate father,
May 8th, 1824,

350 CHOLLERTON PARISH.
In memory of Henry John, the dearly loved child of Sidney and Isa, Streatfield ; born 25th May,
died 6th July, 1869,
To the dearly loved memory of Mary, wife of Hugh Taylor of Chipchase castle, who died in
London, in January, 1852, aged 36 years, and was interred at Kensal Green cemetery.
Also of Hugh John, eldest son of the above, who died in London, December, 1861, in the fourteenth
year of his age. He was a youth of great promise and his early death was deeply lamented.
Also of Percy, youngest son of the above, who died from an accident at sea on the 6th March, 1878,
aged 26 years.
There are several homesteads in the township, all of which belong to the
estate ; some of them bear ancient and picturesque names, such as Comogan,
Close-house (near which is the site of the ancient hamlet of Chipchase),
Combyheugh, Chipchase-Strother, Bla.ck-hill, Parkhouse, Ruchester, Short-
moor, and Threepit-hill (preserving the memory of some ancient boundary
dispute with the township of Birtley) (Mallow), Burn-mouth, and the Pace
gate, where the highway enters Birtley.

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BIRTLEY TOWNSHIP.
The township of Birtley has an area of 3,694 acres, ^ and at the last
census the chapelry had a population of 387,^ Like many of the other town
ships in Chollerton parish it abuts upon the North Tyne on the west ; on the
south it is bounded by Chipchase arid Gunnerton, on the east bv Great
Swinburn and Colwell, and on the north by Buteland and Broomhope ; or
in the words of an Elizabethan survey : ^
The bounder of Birtley beginneth at the water of Tyne at a place called the Haugh-head hole, and
soe proceeded! up the north-east side of the said water to a march dike called the Reeds-mouth kilne, and
soe up that march dike to the Cowper Lee lynn, joyning upon Presthoepe burne, and then up the south
syde of the said burne to the Reedskarthe, and from thence directly north to three march stones standing
in Dere Street, which is the bounder betwixt Redesdale and Northumberland, and so from the said march
stones directly downe the west side of Deare Street to the Fawne Lawe, to a march dike there standing,
and soe downe the north side of the said dike to Toane myre, and so from Toane myre down a march dike
called Lager dike to the Cowstand, and from the Cowstande at the Trow burne downe the west side of that
burne to a march dike at the Lowsye Law stenting on Cowdon burne, and so down the west side of
Cowdon burne to a march stone at the south-east end of Nessfeldridge, and from the said stone down
Cowdon burne to Byrtley foard, and so directly north-west to the Pudding well, and from thence directly
west to Mare well ; and from the Mare well downe the north side of the Cragg burne to a cragg called
John a Wood's bowre ; and from thence up the Bessetts north-west to the AUery burne, and so down the
north side of the AUery burne to the march dike at the Pace yate, and soe down the east side of that
march dike to the water at the Haugh-head hole where it begann.
The township of Birtley possesses many and varied pre-historic remains,
such as camps and barrows, ironstone workings, and marks of terrace cultiva
tion. The Birtley Shield-dene camp stands on the verge of a precipitous
ravine, and is surrounded by a massive rampart strengthened by a broad fosse
on the west and north ; it is in form nearly square, but with rounded corners,
and contains three distinct hut-circles. A hollow way, evidently artificial,
leads down to the Carryhouse camp. The latter, which is circular in form,
has an area of about an acre, and contains a number of hut-circles, chiefly
grouped against the western side ; in the centre is a cist, which' contained an
urn, now lost. The boundary wall between the Birtley Shield and High
Carryhouse farm bisects this camp. The camp at Birtley West farm is on a
rounded eminence called 'The Good Wife Hot': it has been rectangular in
form, but its outline is now indistinct. These three camps are not placed on
very elevated situations. Ac High Shield-green is an ancient fortified work
called the ' Night folds,' placed on an escarpment nearly 900 feet above the
' Including 45 acres of public roads, ig acres of railway, and 28 acres of water,
^ The Census Returns are: 1801, 351; 1811, 376; 1821, 393; 1831, 447; 1841, 327; 1S51, 428;
1861, 404; 1871, 451; 1881, 393; 1891, 387, ^ The Duke of Northumberland's MSS,

352

CHOLLERTON PARISH.

sea-level ; within it are traces of four or five hut-circles and the foundations
of two inner parallel walls. A mile to the north-west, on the brow of a
rounded hill with abrupt declivities to the north, west, and south, is the Male
Knock camp.^ It is elliptical in form, and comprises an area of an acre
and a half; on the east, where alone it could be assailed, it has a broad deep
fosse and a massive double rampart. It contains at least six hut-circles and
a four-sided oblong dwelling.^

Querns found near Birtley.'
On the Pitland hills is a group of three barrows, which were opened in
1885. In the first were found two cists, in the larger of which was the
whole of a skeleton (except the small bones of the hands and feet), with a
brachycephalic skull. The second cist contained a hammer-stone, and an urn
of the food-vessel type, 5 1 inches in height, 6 inches in diameter at the rim,
6h inches at the shoulder, and 2i inches at the bottom. It is ornamented on
the inside of the rim and on the upper part of the outside with herring-bone
' The Male Knock is a waterfall on Birtley Shield farm made by a burn falling over a perpendicular
rock. '' Rome Hall. Arch. Ael. vol, vii, pp, 4-6. '¦' The collection of querns shown in the
iUustration was made by and belonged to the late Rev, G, R, HaU, F.S.A,

BIRTLEY TOWNSHIP.

353

ornament, and has a series of punctured dots over the rest of the surface. In
the second cist were also found fragments of stone reddened by fire, and pieces
of charcoal. Inside the barrow, but outside the cists, were found a cinerary
urn (unfortunately destroyed soon after), ornamented with lozenge-shaped
scorings, and containing the cremated bones of a child ; the barrow also con
tained a portion of an upper millstone, and no less than seventeen stones
bearing incised cup markings.^ In the second barrow was found a large

Cup-marked Stones found near Birtley.
cinerary urn of coarse dark pottery, iih inches in height, lo inches in
diameter at the mouth, 1 1 inches at the shoulder, and 61 inches at the bottom,
which fell to pieces on being removed. Near it was an ' incense cup ' of
dark grey pottery, 3 inches in diameter and li inches in height. In the
third barrow were found the remains of an unburnt body.
At the Low Shield Green is a barrow about 60 feet in diameter from
east to west, and 54 feet from north to south. When opened in 1884 it was
found to contain two urns, one of thick coarse pottery, 9^ inches high, 10
' The coUection of cup-marked stones shown in the illustration was made by and belonged to the late
Rev. G. R, Hall, F.S.A.

Vol. IV,

45

354 CHOLLERTON PARISH.
inches in diameter at the top, and 6i inches at the bottom, ornamented upon
the upper portion of the outside by scorings, made with a notched stick.
The second urn (which was unfortunately crushed) is lo inches in height
and 7^ inches in diameter at the top and 5^ inches at the bottom.^
Fine examples of terrace cultivation are to be seen between the Carry-
house and West farm camps, and at Birtley Shields. At the latter place is a
series of six or seven terraces, from 6 to 10 feet high, and varying from 18 feet
to 27 feet in breadth.^
Deposits of ironstone, slag, and scoriae, have been found at Warks
haugh, in Birtley wood. Cinder Kiln hill,' and near the West farm camps.'*
About a mile from Birtley village, in the dene of the Holywell burn,
near the Knock Male waterfall and the Devil's stone, is a chalybeate spring
issuing from the face of a sandstone cliff, which is said to have been, and
doubtless was of old time, a holy as well as a medicinal well.^
The manor of Birtley, like that of Barrasford, a member of the barony of
Umframvill, has consistently followed the descent of the castle of Prudhoe.
In the time of Edward I. it was in the possession of Gilbert de Umframvill,
earl of Angus, who, on several occasions, was called upon to defend actions
or resist claims brought against him by various persons. In 1277 there was
an action concerning three messuages and 8 acres of land in Birtley, brought
against Richard, son of Richard de Boteland, by David, son of ' Gilbert fitz
le ken petit' (sic), in which the defendant produced a charter of feoffment
granted by Gilbert de Umframvill.'' In 1282 the manor of Birtley with all
its appurtenances, except 60 acres, was claimed by Richard de Umframvill,
and two years later Ingeram de Umframvill brought two actions. By the
first, he claimed a messuage, 6 acres of meadow, and 400 acres of wood, in
Birtley; and by the second, twenty-two tofts, a mill, 266 acres of land, and
13 acres of meadow, in Birtley, of the rent of 20s. and a pound of pepper.'
Birteley Sub.sii
Summa bonorum Ricardi Pastoris 
Willelmi KetU 
„ Johannis filii Ricardi 
,, WiUelmi capellani
„ Adae Prestman 
„ Ricardi praepositi 
' Rome Hall, Arcli. Ael. vol. xii. pp, 248-260, Both urns are figured in Archceologia Aeliana.
'' Arch. Ael. vol. vU. p. 8. ' Ibid. vol. vi. p. 149. ' Ibid. vol. vii. p. lo. ' Ibid, vol, viii, p, 68.
" De Banco Rolls, 5-6 Edw. I. m. 10 ; 6 Edw, I, m. 55 ; Rot. Pat. 8 Edw. I, m, 11.
' De Banco Rolls, 12-13 Edw. 1. m, 46,

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Summa bonorum Waldevi filii Thomae 
„ Adae de Barueford 
„ Walteri fiUi Radulphi 
„ Nicholai filii Aldun 
Summa hujus villae, ;!^i3 19s. 5d.
In 1 302 Gilbert de Umframvill, to make better provision for his widow,
obtained a special Ucence from the king (who, at the instance of Queen
Margaret, wished to do him a favour) to grant his manors of Birtley and
Otterburn, with lands in Harlaw, held of the king in chief, to William de
Faunes, so that William might re-enfeoff Gilbert, and Ehzabeth his wife,
without impediment.^ In the enumeration of the estates of which Gilbert de
Umframvill died seised, as set out in the inquisition post mortem taken in
1307, it is stated that he held 'the manor of Birtley, in which is a certain
chief messuage worth 2S. a year ; 74 acres of arable land, worth I2d. an acre ;
a park, a league about, in which are wild beasts, with an agistment of pasture,
worth 2S. ; another wood, worth los. in agistment; rents of freeholders ofthe
value of 19s. 6d. ; ten bondages, each containing i6 acres, and worth los.
each, and two worth 13s. 4d. each; ten cottages, each of which was worth
1 2d. ; a water corn mill, worth 20s.' The estates were held of the king by
the service of two and a half knights' fees, and suit of court at Newcastle.
Robert de Umframvill was found to be son and next heir, and was over
thirty years of age.'
In 1473-4 Cuthbert Newton, bailiff of Prudhoe, accounts for 20s. 4d.
received for the free farm of Birtley from William Herryson the 'praepositus'
there.* In the order of the watch made in 1552 :
The inhabitants of the lordship of Bertley, with Butland and Redsmouth, [are] to watch at these
places : that is to say, at Reddesford and the Rakes beneath the Brokehaughe, to the Hatcleugh and the
Newke-mylne, with two men at every place, and Roger Heron of Bertley, John Robson, bailiff of Bertley,
Gerard Mylburne and William Robson of Edsmothe [are] to be setters and searchers of this watch ;
overseers of this watch, George Heron, keeper of Tyndall, and Rauff Wetheringtone,"
At the muster'of the Middle Marches taken by Sir John Forster on the
Moot-law, 26th May, 1580, two men only appeared from ' Byrtkeleye,' other
nine tenants alleging that ' they sit on holdings of ten shillings apiece and
cannot keep horse and armour.'"
' On the Subsidy Roll in 1336 for Birtleye are : Benedictus de Birtleye, 3s. 4d. ; Willelmus Carpen-
tarius, 2s. 4d. ; Ricardus fiUus Walteri, 2s. 6d. ; Patricius faber, is. ; Johannes Talyour, 3s. 6d. ; Rogerus
de Faloufald, is. ; Ricardus Fraunclayn, 3s. 4d, ; Johannes faber, 3s, 7d, Summa, 20s, 7d.
'^ Rot. Pat, 31 Edw. I. m. 15. ' Inq. p.m. 1 Edw. II, No. 48, " Bailiffs' Accounts; The Duke
of Northumberland's MSS, = Nicolson, Border Laws, p. 176. ' Cal, Border Papers, Bain, vol, i. p, 20,

356 CHOLLERTON PARISH.
In 1586, when the survey^ was made from which the 'bounder' of the
township is quoted, the free tenants in Birtley were William Robson, who
held by homage, fealty, and suit of court at Prudhoe, paying the yearly rent
of i6d. ; John Lee, who held a tenement, late belonging to the monastery
of Hexham, by the like service and paying a rent of 4d. ; John Heron of
Chipchase, esq., held certain lands called Rowchester by the like service,
paying a rent of I2d.
The tenants of the demesne lands were the late wife of Roger Shafto,
who held the capital messuage called Birtley-hall with all the ' demeyne
there at the rent of 32s.'; Thomas Harbottle, who held a 'parcel of demeyne
ground called Caryhowse^ with a mansion house well builded thereon, at the
rent of £^ and i6d.'; William Fenwick of Bitchfield, who held 'certain
parcells of arrable land, meadow, and pasture called Broomyhaugh, Fleake-
braye, and the Great Hurst, as they lye between Blynd-burne and Warkes-
haugh dike ' ; Edmund Robson, who held the herbage of the Countess park ;
and another Robson, who held a messuage, two husbandlands, and a croft
called Birtley Shields. Edmund Robson held the water corn mill ' standing
upon the water of Tyne with the soke and moulter thereunto belonging.'

Tenants at Will,
Reginald Milbourne ,.,
John Robson, senior ,,,

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Humphrey Milbourne,.,
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Cuthbert Robson
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Edmund Robson held at the will of the lord a tenement called the Packefoot alias the Heugh, an
improvement of meadow and pasture called the Black bogg, and another improvement called Asse hurst,
' Stockdale's Survey ; The Duke of Northumberland's MSS.
' 8th March, 24 Henry VIIL (1532/3), Indenture between Henry, earl of Northumberland, of the one
part and John Heron of Chipchase, esq,, son and heir of Sir John Heron, knight, of the other part,
A lease from the earl of ' certain parcells and platts of ground and land called Caryhowses adjoyning to
the said carle's forrest of Birtley wood on the north part, with the Milne-hoIme and Dummerigg, together
with another parcell of ground and land called Warkeshaugh bank, with the tenement of the Broomy
haugh adjoining to the said forrest of Birtley wood on the south' ; to hold for life at the yearly rent of 6s.
Against Carry-house in the margin of the survey there is written 'These are demised to John Heron in
1606, for 21 years, at the rent of ^20 per .Tnnum,'
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357

The township lay open and undivided up to the middle of last century,
when the common, about the year 1750, was divided amongst the earl of
Northumberland's tenants. Inter-common rights, which had been enjoyed
by John Reed of Chipchase and Lancelot Allgood, were satisfied by
apportionments made in 1741 of 205 acres to the former and 70 acres to the
latter, the memory of which transaction is preserved in the two detached
portions of Chipchase and Wark townships shown on the Ordnance maps.
Nearly the whole of the township now belongs to Earl Percy (as heir to
the dukedom) and the outlying homesteads are the Heugh, High and Low
Shield Green, Pitland hill. High and Low Carry-house, Birtley Shield,
Catreen, and Dinley hill. Birtley Church.
The village of Birtley, vyhich stands on an elevated situation on the
south side of the township, contains twenty-six cottages and a school-house.
At the south end, at an elevation of over 600 feet above sea-level, placed on
a site which commands a wide prospect to the south and west, is the
parochial chapel, now the parish church.

Arthur B. Plujimee.

Ja C-ct

The chapel of Birtley was one of six depending upon Chollerton when
that church was granted by Odinel de Umframvill to Hexham priory. Nor
was it the only benefaction in Birtley made to the house by that family ; a
toft and 7 acres of land having been granted by Richard de Umframvill.^
The estate held by Hexham priory in 1479 comprised a tenement and garden
at the south end ofthe village, with a croft which, lying between the lands of
' Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. ii. p. in,

358

CHOLLERTON PARISH,

William Lightfoot and Andrew Lee, abutted upon Dunley [Dinley] on the
south, and contained 6 acres ; the rent was 5s.^ The survey of 1536 says that
the property consisted of a tenement, i acre of meadow, 3 acres of arable
land, with common of pasture in Birtley Moor let to Thoinas Lee at 3s. 4d. a
year, but worth 5s. lod.^ The corn tithes of Chipchase, 'Stewden,' and Birtley
at the same time were held by John Heron by lease at the rent of £\ 6s. 8d.'
The discovery by the Rev. G. Rome Hall of a sepulchral stone of
certainly pre-Conquest date shows that there was a church there at that time.
It may have been of
wood, and there are
no remains of any
building previous to
the twelfth century
now remaining. Of a
church of that period
there appear to be
some portions of
walling still left, but
there is little in the
shape of doorways,
windows, or mould
ings, which can be
referred to so early a
date, with the excep
tion of the chancel
arch, the chancel
doorway, and perhaps
the north door of the
nave. It had been
much altered in the
last century, and in
1884 a complete 're
storation ' took place,
which has to a large
extent made the church a modern building. The ancient sepulchral stone is
a small slab of close-grained freestone, which measures 9f inches by 71 inches,
' Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. ii, p, 34. ''¦ Ibid. p. -165, " Ibid, p, 168,

Chancel Akch,

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359

and is 3 inches to 3^ inches in thickness. It has upon it a Latin cross
with the letters O.R.P.E., which may stand for the words Orate pro
Edmund, or some other name beginning with the letter E.
Monumental Inscriptions.
This tablet is set up by his friends in loving
memory of the Rev. George Rome Hall, F,S,A,
He was minister of this parish for 35 years. He
built the vicarage, enlarged the school, and
restored the church. He was buried on his 6oth
birthday, May 6th, 1895, and rests from his
labours in God's keeping until he shall wake
unto the perfect day.
To perpetuate the memory and record the
worth of the Rev. Robert Lowther during 56
years' incumbent of the chapelry of Birtley this
monument is erected at the expense of his
friends and parishioners. He died the 4th day
of August, 1853, aged 79 years.
In memory of Frances, wife of the Rev. R,
Lowther, who died at Birtley hall, November
22nd, 1866, aged 86, Also their chUdren, Ann
Eliza, died November nth, 1835 ; Robert, died
October 29th, 1832 ; Jane Margaret Frances,
died April nth, 1863,
In memory of Thomas Robson of Countess
park, and Mary, his wife, this window was dedi
cated by their sons, Anthony and William, and
their daughter, Mary, a,d, 1884,
In memory of Jane White Wray, formei ly of
this parish, and afterwards of Chester Terrace,
Regent's Park, London, the tower and spire of this
church were erected by her husband a,d, 1883. Registers, etc.
The register begins in 1728. In the parish chest is a piece of oak (once part of a pew), which bears
the initials of some of the Herons of Birtley hall, etc. 1607, I, H,; 1609, D,H,; 1611, F,H. ; 1619, E,H,
In 1553 there belonged to Byrtly chapel 'one challes of tenne, one vestment of whyt fushen, one alb,
ij alterclothes, one bell.' '
1610, 17th December, Office against the chapel wardens. They want a surplesse and a book of
canons, a table of ye ten commandments, a seat for the minister, a cloth and cushion for the pulpitt, a
linnen cloth for the communion table, and a covering for the same, a chist and box for the poor, and a
register book in parchment. Office against Cuthbert Heron of Chipchase, Their church is ruynouse
and the chancel lying downe in his default,^
Circa 1723, It lay in ruins for many years, as appears by the old books at Durham, in which 'tis
mentioned as a ruined chapel. But it was at length coarsly rebuilt for present use, S' Harry Heron
repaired ye chancel when I visited, and his steward was Mr. Gibson of Aclif, near Darlington, in bishop-
rick, but ye Chipchase estate is since bought by Mr, Algood, who is, I suppose, to maintain this chancell.
S' Cuthbert Heron or his father left ;{'40 per annum to the vicar of Chollerton for performing divine
service and preaching Christmas Day, Good Fryday, first Sunday after Midsummer, and first Sunday
after Michaelmas, which is now done.'

Pre-Conquest Stone,

' Ecc. Proc. of Bishop Barnes, Raine, app. 1, ; Surtees Soc.
^ Act. Cur, Consist. Dunelm, at Bishop Auckland.

' A rchdeacon's Minutes, Bishop Auckland,

360 CHOLLERTON PARISH.
The communion cup made in Newcastle by Isaac Cookson bears the foUowing inscription: 'Birkley
Chalice, given by Mrs. Reed of Chipchase, 1743.'
Up to 1765. the curates were appointed by and served under the vicar of ChoUerton, but in that year
there was a severance and the patronage of the benefice was assigned to the duke of Northumberland,
lord of the manor, who had made a benefaction to the living.
In 1765, 1767, etc., the benefice obtained grants from Queen Anne's bounty amounting to ^600, to which
sum the duke of Northumberland and Sir W, Blackett each added ;£2oo ; Ibis ^1,000 was laid out in
1771 in the purchase of a farm of 41 acres of land at Thropton, in the parish of Rothbury, which was sold
in 1872 for ^3,000. In 1807 another grant by Queen Anne's bounty of /'200 was laid out in the purchase
of a close of land in Birtley, Later grants were made in 1873 from the Ecclesiastical commissioners of
an annual sum of £^2 13s. 4d. to meet a benefaction (by the patron ofthe living) of the parsonage house
and 4 acres of land, and in 1886 from Queen Anne's bounty of ,£400 to meet a benefaction of ,£500.
There are now 15 acres of glebe in Birtley, Curates of Birtley,'
1563, Sir John Dickson, curate of Birtley.''
1578 and 1579. The curacy of Birtley was vacant,' and in 1582 the chapel had neither curate nor
churchwardens.' 1606, Edward Porter,'
1610, Mark Greenwell."
175 1, Sth October, John Brunton, licensed,"
1754. Thomas Wolf, licensed,"
1766, 6th August, H. Wastell, licensech''
1769, 25th August. James Johnson, licensed," Drowned when fishing on the North Tyne, 15th
August, 1770."
1770, 19th September, Richard Harrison, licensed. He was a native of Kirkbampton, Cumberland,
and was ordered deacon 1766 and priest 1768 at Auckland ; he was also curate of Elsden ; and died 19th
May, 1805, aged 60.
1780-1785, John Atkinson.-'
1 785-1788. Isaac Fearon,"=
1789-1790, James Mewburn.*
1790, 24th August. Oswald Head, licensed."
1791. Thomas Thompson.*
1792. William Barnes,* ' He lives and teaches a small school about a mile from chapel.'"
1794-1796. Joseph Smith.
1805, 24th July. Robert Lowther, licensed." He had been sub-curate from 1796.
1853. WiUiam Heron Wilson, son of William Wilson of South Shields, of Corpus Christi college,
Oxon,, matriculated 21st October, 1841 ; B.A,, 1849 ; died 27th September, 1870.
1858-1859. J. C. Edwards, M.A.*
i860, G, M, Tandy, B,A,*
1860-1895, George Rome Plall, F,S.A,, a native of Milton, in the parish of Brampton, Cumberland.
Educated at St, Bees; ordered deacon 1858 and priest 1859 in the diocese of York. Author of many
archceological papers printed in Arch. Ael. etc.
1895. Percy Thomas Lee, Hertford college, O.xon,, matriculated 1882; B,A,, 1885; M,A,, 1889;
ordained deacon 1886 and priest 1887, by the bishop of Newcastle. Admitted to benefice of Birtley, 6th
October, 1895.
' Except where otherwise quoted, this list is taken from the parish register.
" Supra, p. 82, " Ecc. Proc, of Bishop Barnes, pp, 72, 93 ; Surt. Soc. ¦¦ Ibid. p. 99.
" Randal, State of the Churches,
" Durham Register at Bishop Auckland.
' The names marked with an asterisk are probably those of stipendiary curates.

BIRTLEY TOWNSHIP.

361

The mention of the chief messuage in 1307 is the earliest notice of
Birtley hall, whose ruined walls remain in the vicarage garden and against
which the parsonage is built. ^ It does not occur in the list of
castles and fortalices of 141 5, nor yet in the Great Border //////////'''///
Survey made by Bowes and Ellerker in 1541, and the present MJr y ' — ^
building may not be of an earlier date than 161 1, which //////f\ '
date, with the letters J. H., remains on a stone built

into the wall. It was long inhabited, and was probably — '/^J/fl'l//

aa-.^ .(C^c^i.

'l<3yi*

built by a cadet line of the family of Heron of Chipchase, whose descent
is shown in the following pedigree :
HERON OF BIRTLEY HALL.'*
George Heron of Birtley ; purchased Shield hall, 30th May, 1611,
from John Eldred and George Whitmore (c),
:= John Heron of Birtley hall ; in 1618 was supervisor of the will of John Heron =
of Chipchase («) ; will dated loth Dec, 1647 ; proved 1650 ; ' to be buried
in Birtley quire near my two wives and predecessors and five children,'

George Heron of Birt- :
ley hall, son and
heir, bailiff of Birt
ley ; will dated gth
Oct., 1669 ; buried
in Birtley quire.

,, ; to whom her
husband gave a
life interest in
his lands at
Hexham and
Netherwarden.

John Heron ot Shield = Cecilia,

hall, in the parish of
Slaley, second son ;
was living at date
of son George's will
[ ? born 1607] ; buried
Sth Aug., 1686 ia).

living 1652 id).

Elizabeth ; married Thomas Raine
and living in Hexham in 1673
id) ; administration to estate of
Thomas Raine granted at York,
7th Oct., 1685. vl^
Margery ; married , , . Pawstone, vb
Katherine ; married Mark Ogle of
Kirkley. \1/
 ; married  Scott, xl/

William Heron of Birtley, base son ; servant and legatee of his uncle
George Heron ; in 1698 gave evidence as to bounder of Birtley, and
was then aged about 70, and had for 50 or 60 years been present at
every bounder riding by the direction of his uncle George Heron,
who was baiUff of Birtley. a
* 20th Oct., 1591, John Heron of Birtley and Alice Farddonn married, St. Nicholas' Register, Newcastle. In 1618 John
Heron of Birtley hall was supervisor of the will of John Heron of Chipchase. Durham Wills, Greenwell, vol, ii. p. 201.
(a) Chollerton Register. (c) Shield Hall Title Deeds. id) Hexham Register,
ie) Durham Wills, Greenwell, p. 201 n ; Surtees Soc, No. 38.
' The sketch of the ground plan and north-east elevation of the tower is from Sir David Smith's
collection; 'at (i) a stone in the waU, I.H. or I.L., 161 1; at (2) a stone in the wall, i, i, o, 7; at (3)
the comer stones are broken away.'

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46

362

CHOLLERTON PARISH.

George Heron of Birtley hall, '
son and heir ; named in grand
father's will ; was residing at
Shield hall in 1669 ; bond of
marriage, i6th Nov,, 1670; will
dated 5th AprU, 1672 ; proved
1673 ; buried in Birtley quire.

Mary Wilson ot Walwick ;
married secondly James
Fenwick ot Stanton ;
bond of marriage, ,,,
Oct., 1672,

Cuthbert Heron of = EUzabeth Shafto ; mar-

Anne Heron, daughter and heiress,
baptised 27th Dec, 1671 (a).

Birtley hall, second
son ; buried near
his wife in Birtley
quire, 1 8th May,
1733 ('i) ; wiU dated
20th July, 1731 ;
proved 1733,

John

ried 12th Aug,, 1680
ia) [in bond of mar
riage dated 2nd July,
1680, called Isabel
Shafto] ; buried i6th
May, 171 1 ia).

I I
John.Daugh ters.

Heron of Shield haU,
son and heir ; baptised 13th
Aug., 1681 ia); '1708/9,
March 10, Mr. John Heron
of Birtley hall and his wife
married' (a) ; in 1739 was
residing at Wall when he
conveyed Shield hall to
his son.

Phillis Guy ; George Ralph Heron of Dinley hill, third
married at Heron, son ; baptised 27th Aug., 1685
Corbridge, second (fl) ; will dated 8th Feb., 1755,
30th March, son; bap- proved 1762, gives real and
I709;hadher tised i Sth personal estate to nephew
dower out of July, 1683 CnthberS Heron Clifton, and
Shield hall ; (a), to his two sisters, Hannah and
was living IsabeUa Clifton,
1739-

Elizabeth, bap
tised 26tli Aug,,
1689 ia).
Esther, baptised
25th Feb., 1697
(a) ; married
.,. Clifton be
fore 1731. vl/

John Heron of Shield hall ; of
full age 28th July, 1739 ; then
only son ; of Ninebanks ;
jure uxoris ; of Wall in 1 748 ;
of Lee hall in 1774; of Hex
ham when he made his will,
31st May, 1805 ; proved at
York, 2 1st March, 1806,

Elizabeth, daughter and heiress
of George Robson of Nine-
banks ; baptised 1st Feb,,
1730; articles before mar
riage, 7th Nov,, 174S ic).

Cuthbert, bap
tised 7th
July, 1714
ia).

I

Phillis ialias Esther), baptised
Ist Aug., 1711 (a) ; married
5th Dec, 1734, WiUiam
Shafto ib), son of Edward
Shafto of Bavington.

John Robson
Heron, son
and heir ;
of full age
1771 ; died
s.p.

Cuthbert Heron, baptised 29th May, 1751 (/) ; — Catherine, daughter of ,., Wardle and widow of

to whom his father gave the Shield hall and
Rye hill; buried 3rd June, 1812 {d)

Smith of Wester hall near Humshaugh, by
whom she had issue, one son Ralph Smith.

I I

Elizabeth Heron, daughter and co-heiress ; baptised 6th Oct., 1802 (a) ; married John
Mason of London ; died ,,, ; buried in Bishopwearmouth. 4/
Mary Ann Heron, daughter and co-heiress, baptised 27th Dec, 1806 id) ; married
Jonathan Scurr, vicar of Ninebanks, and died 15th July, 1885. 4-

George Heron, R.N., baptised
17th May, 1753 (/); to
whom his father gave an
annuity of ;^26 a year.
Edward Heron, baptised 12th
Oct., 1754 (/).
Matthew Heron, baptised 31st
March, 1756 (/).

Betsy, baptised 4th Feb., 1760 (/); bur- PhUIis Heron, = Allan Shafto ^a/zaj Mac-
ied 17th Aug., 1761 (/).
Elizabeth, baptised at Ninebanks, 24th
Aug., 1769 ; married WilUam Good,
to whom her father gave an annuity of
;^l6 a year.
Mary ; married ... Wilthew ; dead before
date of father's will, in. which he names
her only child EUzabeth Mary,

I

baptised 1 3th
May, 1757
if)-

I

donald) of Tone, after
wards of Gold Island ;
after unsuccessfully claim
ing the Tone estates emi
grated to Jamaica.

John Shafto ; in iSoj residing in Jamaica.
Frances; married George Carr of Hexham,
brewer. \1/
Mary Shafto ; living 1805,

(a) Chollerton Register. ib) Birtley Register. fc) Shield Hall Title Deeds.
id) Hexham Register, if) Allendale Register,

BUTELAND AND BROOMHOPE TOWNSHIPS. 363
BUTELAND AND BROOMHOPE TOWNSHIPS.^
The townships of Buteland and Broomhope^ have on the west and north
west a well-defined boundary in the North Tyne and Rede, on the north-east
they are bounded by the parish of Corsenside, and on the south are divided
from Birtley by the Heugh burn.
Like the neighbouring townships, this district is rich in pre-historic
remains, possessing at least three camps situated respectively on the low
ground near the North Tyne, at Countess park on the high and exposed
ground at Buteland, and at Broomhope near the valley through which the
Steel burn finds its way to join the Rede. In this valley there is, on a lime
stone escarpment, a series of terraces of uncertain date but which are
believed to have been connected with a special mode of cultivation. ' Near
the Steel farm house are innumerable delves, or rounded shallow pits,
stretching for several hundred yards above the terrace lines where a great
mound or hill of iron scoriag occurs. The native iron is found in nodules
near the surface ; and so rich is it in quality, that the site appears to have
been worked in all ages." Thirty years ago the mine was worked for the
Elswick works by the firm of Sir William Armstrong & Co., who abandoned
it owing to the more readily obtainable ores of Spain.
The Countess park camp, near the margin of the North Tyne, has an
area of about three acres.
The ground slopes gently upwards towards Buteland house on the north, which is the only weak side.
Here the ramparts are obliterated, but the ditch can be easily traced, determining the camp to be
irregularly rectangular in form, with rounded corners. The rampart walls are of massive blocks of free
stone, unhewn and generally water-worn, with larger ' binding stones ' at intervals for additional strength.
The fosse is between 3 and 4 yards wide, beyond which, on the south-west, there appears to have been a
second outer rampart. This would protect a narrow outlet, as it seems to be, from the camp towards the
level space which is now an open glade in the woods. An enclosure, nearly circular, of the extraordinary
diameter of 46 feet, occupies the centre of the fortress. A kind of guard-chamber fronts the door-way at
the eastern side, from which may also be traced the foundations of walls, nearly parallel, that proceed in
the fashion of an avenue towards the chief entrance of the caer. This entrance is in the east, the usual
position. Adjoining this great central circle is a smaller one opening out of it, having the wall in common
on the west side. Four or five hut-circles or 'old buildings,' as the woodman terms them, are visible in other
directions ; a cluster of two, one on each side of the south-western adit, being in excellent preservation.
In their dimensions these are typical hut-circles ofthe district, varying in diameter from 17 to 27 feet.'
1 Buteland comprises 1,848 acres (including 17 acres of roads, 16 acres of North British raUway, and 27
acres of water) and Broomhope i ,348 acres (including 5 acres of water). For the modus paid to the vicar of
Chollerton in lieu of tithes of hay and lint, Buteland was computed to contain 8 ancient farms : Countess
park, I ; Redesmouth, l ; Broomhope, 5 ; Hindhaugh, 2 ; Calf Close, i ; Steel, 2,
" The Census Returns are : 1801, Buteland and Broomhope, 139 ; 181 1, Buteland, 73 ; Broomhope, 56 ;
1821, Buteland and Broomhope, 87 ; 1841, Buteland and Broomhope, 145, In 1831, 1851, and onwards, the
Census Return is included in that of Birtley chapelry. ' Rome HaU, Arch. Ael. vol. vii. p. 9. * Ibid. p. 4.

364 CHOLLERTON PARISH.
The Buteland camp covers about an acre and a half, and is in form an irregular rectangle with corners
rounded off. The rampart is of massive freestone blocks, and is surrounded by a wide fosse. , An
additional defence, unique in the district, but not unusual in other parts of Northumberland, has been
affiDrded by a second massive rampart projected like the arch of an ellipse on the eastern, the weakest side.'
There is little documentary evidence from which to construct an account
of the history of Buteland and Broomhope. In 1244 Richard de Boteland^
held Broomhope (of the manor of Umframvill) by a twelfth part of a knight's
fee.^ At the Northumberland Assizes of 1256 there was an enquiry whether
Richard de Botland, and Robert his son, and Richard Knight, Stephen
Draper, and Walter Curtejambe, had unjustly disseised Robert de Insula of
his common of pasture in Blocland, which belonged to his free tenement in
Broomhope ;* and in 1291, Gilbert de Umframvill, at the Midsummer Assizes,
claimed that his liberty of pleading by his justices, etc., extended to Broom
hope and Stele.^ Five years later the Subsidy Roll shows the rateable value
of Buteland to have been £B i6s. gd. at that time.
Botland Subsidy Roll, 1296.
Summa bonorum Petri fiUi Gilberti 
„ Johannis fiUi Steffani ,.,
„ Johannis de Wardelaw
„ Roberti de eadem
„ Thomae de Ray 
„ Alexandri del Gren 
„ Johannis Frere
Summa hujus villae, ^8 i6s. gd. Unde regi, i6s. id.
Broomhope was one ofthe estates of which John de Lisle of Woodburn
died seised,* and in 1367 Robert de Lisle of Woodburn being at Newton
hall gave to his son Robert de Lisle and his wife Mary his lands in Kirk
harle and Broomhope.'' In an inquisition taken in 1395 it was found that
Sir John de Felton and Elizabeth, his wife, died seised of the manor of
South Boteland, as well as of Edlingham, Matfen, Nafferton, and a place
in Redesdale called 'the Stele' ;^ seven years later their son John died,
' Rome Hall, Arch. Ael. vol. vn. p. 5.
" In 1285 Richard de Boteland was witness in a deed made between the prioress of Lambley and the
prior of Hexham, and he was one of the jurors in the inquisition upon whose verdict the Great Charter of
Inspeximus was granted to Hexham priory in 1296. Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. ii. pp. 97, 108.
' Dugdale, Baronetage, vol. i. p. 505 ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol. i. 20 n.
* Assize Roll, Page, p. 34 ; Surt. Soc.
* Abbr. Placit. 227 ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol. i. 24 n.
" Lansdowne MS. 326, fo. 96, No. 11 ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol. i. p. 169 n.
' Harleian MS. 2101, fo. 245 ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol. i, 169 n.
^ Inq. p.m. 19 Ric. II. No. 26 ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt, iii. vol. ii. p. 260.

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BUTELAND AND BROOMHOPE TOWNSHIPS. 365
seised of two parts of South Boteland, the Steel, and Edlingham, etc.^
Sir Humphrey Lisle being at Broomhope, 30th April, 1440, gave the
hamlet called Bromhope, with lands in Buteland and Redesmouth, to
William Reed of Troughend,^ and in or before the following year Johanna,
countess of Westmorland, died seised of lands in Buteland and Bywell.'
In 1473-4 Cuthbert Newton, bailiff of the manor of Prudhoe, accounts
for 6s. 8d. due from the lands and tenements in Buteland lately in the pos
session of John Felton, but then of Edward Hastings, which was returned
as an allowance for making the hedge of the Royerde {^factura heye del
Royerde)^ At an inquisition taken at Rothbury, 17th November, 15 16, it
was found that Sir Humphrey Lisle had died seised of Buteland and Redes
mouth, as well as of the manor of Felton ; ^ and the Feodary's Book records
that in 1568 W. Heron held lands in Buteland.* The free tenants who
answered for lands at Buteland in the court of Prudhoe in 1586 were
Edward Shafto, the heirs of Robert Ord, and the heirs of John Fylton ;
at the same time John Robson held a cottage at Easter Buteland as tenant
at will." At the beginning of the seventeenth century, Buteland became the
property and seat of a cadet line of the Widdrington family, whose estate
was built up by purchases from several proprietors. On 3rd May, 1608,
Benjamin Widdrington, esq., of Little Swinburn, purchased from William
Shafto of Bavington four farmholds in Buteland; on 15th August, 1623,
being then of Buteland, he purchased Hindhaugh, Broomhope,^ Longlee,
Felling Close, and the Steel (with Stidley hill in Corsenside) from Percival
Reed of Troughend, gent. He was succeeded by Henry Widdrington, who
2pth September, 1625, purchased from Roger Widdrington of Cartington,
esq., two farms or messuages in Buteland, together with a rent of 8 groats
from two tenements then in the tenure of Benjamin Widdrington, late
payable and belonging to the lords of Tecket. He also purchased, 14th
February, 1637, from Robert Ord of Birkes, co. Durham, esq., two other
' Inq. p.m. 4 Hen. IV. No. 31 ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol. ii. pp. 263, 264.
^ Lansdowne MS. 326, fo. 98 ; Rev. John Hodgson's MSS, (P 51), (T 9).
' Inq, p.m, 19 Hen. VI. No, 42 ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol. ii. p. 273.
—~ ^ Bailiffs' Accounts ; The Duke of Northumberland's MSS^.
' Harleian MS. 2101 ; Cole's Escheats in Harleian MS. 759, p. 74 ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol, i.
p. 170. " Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol, iii. p. Ixvii.
' Stockdale's Survey ; The Duke of Northumberland's MSS,
' In 1552 the ' Hyndehaugh ford' was ordered to be watched with the inhabitants of ' Bromhope,' and
the ' Steyll ' with two men nightly. The Order of the Watch ; Nicolson, Border Laws, p. 179.

366 CHOLLERTON PARISH.
messuages or farms in Buteland called Lee Orchard and White Walls (or
Water.) ^ The Widdringtons also possessed Broomhope mill.
In 1663 Henry Widdrington of Buteland was rated for the two Bute-
lands (North and South) at £100, for the Steel at ^20, and for Hindhaugh,
Broomhope, Calf's Close, and Felling, at ^^40; he died before 1668, leaving
two daughters and co-heiresses, Mary and Dorothy, of whom Mary became
wife of Francis Sutton, and on 7th January, 1669, sold to Sir Francis Rad
cliffe her moiety of her father's estates. This, on the forfeiture of the
Radcliffe estates in 171 5, became the property of Greenwich hospital.
The date of the division of the estates between the purchaser and Henry
Widdrington's other co-heiress has not been ascertained ; but the hospital
moiety consisted of the homestead of Buteland, which stands ' on very high
ground, exposed to every wind that blows': a farm of over 600 acres of land,
mostly of inferior quality (save on the south side, where good crops of corn
and turnips have been grown), and 100/130 parts ofthe stinted pasture called
Buteland fell. The commissioners, about the end of the last or beginning of
this century, purchased from the trustees of William Lowes, for ^500, Broom
hope mill, with the 5 acres of land attached. The mill was ill-constructed
and in bad repair, but appurtenant to it were 4/130 stints on the common.
In this way, on the division ofthe common in 1806, the commissioners were
entitled to 104/130 stints, or four-fifths of the whole, and were awarded
685 acres out of the 783 which it was found to contain. The commissioners
also possessed, in Parkgate, Toddle bank, and Pasture woods, over 30 acres
of woodland, partly of oak, ash, and birch, of natural growth, and oak, elm,
ash, larch, fir, and poplar, planted in vacancies, in 1784 and 1796. The
estate was held subject to a viscountal rent of 3s. 4d., a castle ward rent of
13s. 8d., and a cornage rent of 8d., payable to the duke of Northumberland,
and a modus of 8d., at the rate of id. per ancient farm, payable to the vicar
of Chollerton for tithe of hay and lint.^ The estate, which comprised
1,327 acres, was sold by the commissioners in 1833 to Mr. Wm. Spencer,
who three years later resold it to Mr. Cuthbert Dunn. Mr. Dunn bequeathed
it to his four sons, three of whom sold or conveyed their shares to their
brother George, whose representative sold the estate last year to Mr. John
Henderson of Allendale Town for ;j^i 8,000.'
' Greenwich Hospital Papers ; Derwentwater MSS. vol. i, ; Buteland Deeds.
'' Report of Greenwich Hospital Commissioners, 1805. " Newcastle Chronicle, 19th November, 1896.

BUTELAND AND BROOMHOPE TOWNSHIPS. 367
Dorothy, the other daughter, and co-heiress of Henry Widdrington,
married a gentleman of her own name, and her moiety ofthe paternal estates
included the homesteads of Broomhope, Steel, Hindhaugh, etc., with the
wide and bleak fells adjacent to them. These places, under the operation of
the Poor Law Act of Charles II. , became a separate township. Up to 1700
it lay unenclosed, and undivided by any hedge or fence from the moors and
fells of Chesterhope, Buteland, and Birtley, so ' that the cattle belonging to
the several hamlets or villages of the same names and adjacent used to feed
on the several moors or fells promiscuously without impounding or herding.'
At that time a person called Heyford, who had taken a long lease of Broom
hope, succeeded in getting the boundaries of the fells or moors of Broomhope,
Hindhaugh, and Calf Close set out, and with the Steel they were reputed to
be, or to contain, twelve messuages. The occupiers had been used to pay
moduses to the Herons of Chipchase as impropriators of Birtley chapelry.
After that family sold their estates to the Allgoods (who resold to Reed) a
demand was made upon the tenant of Broomhope for tithes of the lands
recently enclosed from the waste or moor ; the tenants resisted, and a suit
was brought by John Reed in the Court of Exchequer in 1743.^ Evidence
was produced that the tenements called the Steel, Broomhope, Hindhaugh,
and Calf Close, had attached to them certain fells or moors known by the
names of Steel fell, Broomhope fell, and Hindhaugh or Calf Close fell, from
which intacks had been made from time to time, on which corn had been
grown and reaped ; that the cattle of Felling and Langley (which belonged
to the owner of Broomhope) depastured on Broomhope fell ; that Hindhaugh,
Steel, and Broomhope, in 1695, belonged, as her own right, to Dorothy, wife
of Mr. William Widdrington, and had continued in the same family ever
since; that Calf Close was formerly the estate of Mr. Grey, and at that time
of George or Joseph Sprunton.^ The following abstracts from the deposi
tions are of some interest :
John Davison of Leppen hall, yeoman, aged 80 years, deposed : That he knew Sir John Heron and Sir
Charles Heron, who are both dead, but does not remember the time of their deaths. They and their
ancestors were reputed to be owners of the tithes of the chapelry of Birtley, they and also Sir Cuthbert
Heron named in the proceedings lived mostly in London or elsewhere greatly distant from Northumber-
' Exchequer Depositions, 17 Geo. I. Trinity Term, Northumberland, No. 2.
" In 1683 James Howard of Redesdale hall and Dorothy, his wife, in consideration of £'^,2 los. con
veyed Calf Close to John Clennel of Middleton hall, gent., in trust for Mark Grey of the Rawfoot : Grey
conveyed to Lyonel Moor in 1717, and he in 1724 to Joseph Sprunton. Miss Murray's Title Deeds.
Joseph Sprunton polled for Calf Close in 1734 and 1748. Poll Book.

368 CHOLLERTON PARISH.
land, and entrusted the inspection and management of their estates to agents or stewards. He believes there
may be 12 messuages in Steel, Broomhope, FeUing, and Hindhaugh, and that Broomhope, Hindhaugh,
and Calf Close fells were separated about 1700 by Mr. Heyford, farmer, of Broomhope.
George Hetherington of Risingham, yeoman, aged 80, deposed : About ten years ago he was baUifif of
the manor of Redesdale for about three years under Charles Howard, esq., then lord of the manor. He
has known the manor for about sixty years, and Broomhope fell, Hindhaugh fell, Steel fell, and Calf Close
fell are in the said manor. About sixty years ago, according to his remembrance, coals were wrought from
a place in Broomhope Moor, called Steel Cleugh by Lancelot Davison, and his wife and son, and he
believes it was done by direction of the said Charles Howard, who was then lord of the manor ; there
being an overcharge of water where the colliery was wrought, Davison was obliged to lay aside his design
for working the same.
Robert Charlton of Tone Pit houses, yeoman, aged about 35, deposed : He has known the manor of
Redesdale for twenty years ; when he first knew it Charles Howard, esq., lately deceased, was lord ofthe
manor, and continued to his death about seven years ago. Broomhope fell, Hindhaugh fell. Steel fell,
and Calf Close fell are in the said manor. About sixteen years ago Mr. Francis Wood agreed with the said
Charles Howard (as this deponent was told by his father now deceased, who was Wood's agent) for sinking
for coals in Steel fell, and on a fell contiguous to Steel fell, and in the same manor, called Chesterhope fell.
Wood met with no interruption from the farmers of the Steel, but on the contrary they once bought their
coals at his pits, but left off doing so because they disapproved of the measure by which they were sold.
Wood left off working the colliery because it was not so good as he had expected, and was not a profitable
undertaking. This deponent can the better depose therein, for he was banksman to Wood, and kept an
account of the coals wrought and sold.
John Robson deposed ; That Broomhope now belongs to John Hewitt of Morpeth, gent., to whom it
was devised by Michael Widdrington, late of Morpeth, gent., deceased. That there are several ancient
furrows or tillage both in the inground and outground (at Broomhope) which this deponent never saw in
tillage, and does not believe that any one living has seen them so,
George Reed deposed : That he knew Michael Widdrington, lately deceased, and also John Hewitt,
the present owner of the Steel.
William Charlton of Low Stead, yeoman, aged about 48, deposed : That in 1714 his father William
Charlton, deceased, became tenant or farmer of all tithes of corn or grain in the chapelry of Birtley,
except the grounds called Willshurst {sic) under Cuthbert Wilson of Walwick, then steward or agent for
George Hauksley (Huxley) and Henrietta Maria, his wife, and so continued in possession ofthe tithes for
seven years. On entering as farmer of the tithes, he and the deponent, his son, made diligent enquiry
what lands in the said chapelry were liable to pay the said tithes, and were informed by Humphrey
MUburn, Cuthbert Heron, Reginald Milburn, all of Birtley, and by several others now deceased, that the
tenants of the Steel, Broomhope, Hindhaugh, and Calf Close were not liable for their said farms or
tenements nor chargeable therewith ; accordingly he never demanded the same.
Thomas Reed of Aydon, gentleman, aged about 68 years, deposed : The Steel fell and Broomhope fell
were open to certain moors or wastes belonging to neighbouring townships or hamlets called Craig or
Chesterhope; this caused several suits between the owners of the said townships and Mr. Robert Widdring
ton, deceased, the former owner of the Steel and Broomhope, ending in a compromise. The deponent
produced a deed ' for settling the boundaries between the Steel and Craig and Chesterhope, prepared and
executed by the said Robert Widdrington as owner of the Steel, and by this deponent, one John Forster and
one John Reed as owners of land in the Craig and Chesterhope. He believes that Hindhaugh, Steel, Broom
hope, and the Felling were not always the estate of the same persons, nor always belonged to the
Widdringtons, but that Steel, Broomhope, and Felling belonged to the deponent's grandfather,^ but how
the Widdringtons became entitled thereto he knows not. He does not believe that Calf Close ever
belonged to the Widdringtons, or to the owner of Hindhaugh, Steel, and Broomhope, but that it formerly
belonged to one Grey, then to one Moor, and now to one Joseph Sprunton.
' Deed dated 23rd November, 1716. ' Reed's grandfather may have been leaseholder but not owner.

BUTELAND AND BROOMHOPE TOWNSHIPS.

369

WIDDRINGTON OF BUTELAND AND BROOMHOPE.
Henry Widdrington of Buteland, said to be second son of Sir Ralph = ? (Ann, daughter of Roger
Widdrington ib) ; living 1663 ; dead before 1668. j Lawson of Heaton),

Mary, daughter = Francis Sutton ; joined with
and co-heiress. wife, 16th June, 1668, in
sale of her moiety of Bute-
land to John Taylor.

Dorothy, daughter and = William Widdrington of Buteland, jure

co-heiress ; Uving a
widow, 31st Aug.,
1702 (a).

uxoris ; mentioned in will of uncle John
Widdrington of Stonecroft, 4th June,
1664 Q) ; living 18th May, 1687 (a).

Henry Widdrington of
Buteland, son and heir,
party to release dated
18th May, 1687(a); slain
by William Charlton,
2 1st Feb,, 1709/10, and
buried at Bellingham,

Elizabeth ,,., survived
her husband, and pro
secuted his murderer,
21st Feb., 1709/10(0?).

I 1
Robert Widdrington of BuUer's Green, second Edward ; buried
son, was of fuU age before i Sth May, 1687 (a); at Kirkwhelp-
in 1710 brother and heir of Henry Widdring- ington, gth
ton (a) ; wiU dated loth Feb., 1731 ; devised June, 1692(1;),
his lands at Broomhope, Steel, Hindhaugh,
etc, to his brother Michael (a).

Michael Widdrington of BuUer's Green ;
will dated l6th July, 1741 ; devised his
lands at Broomhope, Steel, Hindhaugh,
etc, to his nephew John Hewitt (a).

Ann = .., Hewitt.

Margaret ; wife of James
Robinson of Whitley ;
named in will of bro
ther Michael.

Bourne.

I

John Hewitt of BuUer's Green ; nephew,
devisee, and executor of Michael
Widdrington ; sold Broomhope, Steel,
Hindhaugh, etc, 26th and 27th Mar.,
1744, to WiUiam Lowes of New
castle. ¦ (a) Miss Murray's Title Deeds.
ib) Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol, ii. p, 237

Elizabeth Hewitt ; to whom her
uncle Michael Widdrington left
his house in BuUer's Green
and ;^30 a year out of his other
real estate.

IIII
Widdrington Bourne, '
J ohn Bourne, born circa 1
July, 1726.
Joseph. '
Dorothy.

All mentioned
in the will
of their uncle
Michael Wid
drington.

, ic) Kirkwhelpington Register.
id) E. Charlton, Arch. Ael. vol. vi. 30 n.

Michael Widdrington left his estates to his nephew John Hewitt of
Morpeth, who, 26th and 27th March, 1744,^ conveyed them to William
Lowes of Newcastle and Ridley-hall. Under the provisions of the will
(dated 27th December, 1795) of John Lowes, the Ridley-hall and Broom
hope estates ultimately devolved upon his kinsman John Davidson of Ridley-
hall, at whose death the Steel and Whitfield went to his widow, Mrs. Susan
Hussey Elizabeth Davidson, and Broomhope, Calf Close, and Hindhaugh, to
his cousins, the Misses Davidson and their sister, Mrs. Richard C. Askew.
Mrs. Davidson left her share, comprising about 840 acres, to her kinsman,
the earl of Strathmore, who in 1888 sold it to the firm of Sir William Arm
strong & Co. The Misses Davidson gave their share, consisting of about 480
acres, comprising Broomhope, Calf Close, and Hindhaugh, to Lord James
Murray, the father of the present owner. Miss Murray of Otterburn.
At the Steel farm house, which lies deep in the valley of the Broomhope
burn, on a door head are the letters and figures " ", the initials of
Michael Widdrington a former owner. Near by is the place used for
testing the Armstrong guns. ' Miss Murray's Title Deeds.
Vol. IV. 47

370 CHOLLERTON PARISH.
High upon the fell on the right bank of the burn stand the homesteads
of Broomhope and Calf Close, the latter consisting only of one cottage and
some heather-thatched sheds, whilst Hindhaugh lies on the sunny and
sheltered haugh land on the south side of the Rede.
In a nook formed by the junction of the Heugh burn with the North
Tyne at the south-west corner of Buteland is an estate of 290 acres, ^
belonging to the duke of Northumberland, known as the Countess park. As
it had neither stintage upon, nor portion of, Buteland fell or common lands,
it is probable that it was originally a fraction, detached in a manner now
unknown, from the township of Birtley. It probably represents the ancient
' park, a league about,' in which in 1307 were ' wild beasts.'^
A survey made in 1727 speaks ofthe demesne called Countess park,
where 'the heirs of William Ramsay^ of Newcastle, goldsmith, hold the
herbage (sometime in the occupation of Sir John Fenwick to keep roe deer)
containing 177 acres, full of ramble wood, with sufiicient common of
pasture.' At Redesmouth, near the spot where the Rede flows into the North
Tyne, is a house and estate which for many generations belonged to a cadet
line of the clan or ' grayne ' of Charlton, distinguished as the Charltons of
the Bower. John Charlton of the Bower was one of the headsmen who in
1559 answered the summons of Sir John Forster to appear at Chipchase to
enter into bonds with him to keep the peace. Later he was a thorn in the
side of Lord Eure, the lord warden, who in his answer (made to Lord
Burghley, 8th June, 1597) to certain accusations presented by the gentlemen
jurors in 1596 to the queen's commissioners, describes 'John Charleton of
the Bower ' as a great thief in his garrison at Hexham 'now fled again " for
theif," and we hear credibly again returned and tolerated in the Marches.'
He further reports :
John Charletoune, kinsman and foUower to Edward Charletoune, laird of Hesleside, who is a secret
follower of Mr. Fenwick of WaUington, was charged with March treasons in Tindale in Sir John Forster's
time, and after long imprisonment by me, brought to the bar both at a warden court and the gaol delivery,
where Henry Woodrington and William Fenwick of WaUington were jurors, and being acquitted both
' It comprises 238 acres of woods and a farm of 52 acres, " Cf. supra, p. 355,
" WUliam Ramsay, senior, of Newcastle, goldsmith and alderman, was admitted to his freedom in
1656, He married a daughter of William Robinson, goldsmith ; and dying in 1698, was buried at AU
Saints, Newcastle. The William Ramsay mentioned in the text was probably his son, who was second
husband of EUzabeth, widow of WiUiam Fenwick of Stanton, and daughter of Robert Ellison of Hebburn.
He seems to have been residing at Brinkburn, 2nd October, 1701, and therefore could not be the ' Mr.
Ramsha of Countess park,' who was buried at Chollerton, 4th January, 1696/7. Hodgson, Northumber
land, pt, ii. vol, ii, pp, 113, 114 ; Arch. Ael. vol, xvi, pp, 260, 400, etc.

BUTELAND AND BROOMHOPE TOWNSHIPS. 37 1
times, I took good bonds for his behaviour, and sent him to serve in Tindale in the queen's pay. My
reasons were : he married in Sir John's time a daughter of Anthons Edwards (Armstrong) living at
Williava on the West March, a great thief and maintainer of many others about him, and has married his
daughters in ' the waters of Tyne,' Charleton himself had divers ' lewed ' and evil persons of name as
followers, and lived in a ' waist place distant from greate plenishing,' where he might with the Scots
greatly hurt his neighbours, but if honest, do good service. Thus I thought 'to tye him to the queen' by
the pay, but ' the fellowe returned to his former follie,' was taken by me, escaped by the gaoler's
negligence, and joined his father-in-law and the Scottish Armstrongs. But his father-in-law making
means to me for his return, and that he would keep quiet, having secretly satisfied the parties offended, I
chose, rather than drive him to join the Scot, to let him return home, he being neither indicted of murder
or burglary, nor a notorious thief, as they report.'
At the Newcastle Assizes of 1626, John and Thomas Charlton, the two
sons of Ellen Charlton of the Bower, were tried for sheep stealing f and two
years later the former, 'a fugitive and notorious theife,' was charged with
stealing three cattle at Lesbury, a mare and sheep at Little Swinburn, and
also oxen belonging to Nicholas Errington of Keepwick. In 1629, having
been taken in the exercise of their profession of cattle lifting, they were
sentenced to death ; and though their mother petitioned and succeeded in
obtaining the royal pardon, the sentence was carried into execution before
the pardon was received.'
There can be little doubt that William Charlton of the Bower, who
purchased that estate 14th March, 1648, from Sir John Delaval of Dissing
ton,* was a near kinsman of the lady, who had interest sufl&ciently powerful
to gain the king's ear. He was possessed of considerable landed estates,
being rated, in 1663, for the Bower, the Eales, Upper and Nether Blakelaw,
and Redesmouth ;** and on 2nd July, 1664, he purchased from Theophilus,
earl of Suffolk, for the sum of ;^44i is. 8d., the estates of BeUingham mill.
Holt (?) Close, Whitchester, Dally castle, and a tenement in Wark.*^ By his
will, dated at the Bower, 17th December, 1668, after commending his 'soul
unto Almighty God, my Saviour and Redeemer in and by the merit of Jesus
Christ,' in whom he trusted and believed assuredly to be saved, he gave his
lands to his eldest son George, then under age, bequeathing him to the care
' Border Papers, Bain, vol. ii. p. 339, " Arch. Ael. 410 series, voh i. p. 158.
" Sadler, State Papers, i. 613. Charlton, Memorials of North Tyndale, pp, 79-85,
* Sir John Delaval had purchased the Bower, 20th November, 1635, from Theophilus, earl of Suffolk; it
was then held by Edward Charlton by lease, dated 3rd May, 1627, at the rent of 20s. a year. Sir John
Haggerston's Title Deeds.
= It is not known when the Charltons became possessed of Redesmouth, but John Charlton of Redes-.
mouth is mentioned in Hexham Court Book of 1607, and there was formerly a monumental inscription
within, and now outside of, the church of Bellingham, a portion of which was deciphered by the Rev.
John Hodgson :
CHARL I TON ¦ OF REA | DSMOUTH | WAS BURIED I THE • 22 FA | ANNO ¦ DNI | 1 628 | M,C.
« Sir John Haggerston's Title Deeds.

372 CHOLLERTON PARISH.
of Humphrey Mitford of Mitford, esq. He names two younger sons and four
daughters, and gives small legacies to his brother-(in-law) Matthew Robson,
his brother-(in-law) Richard Gibson, Mrs. Agnes Doflfinby, Miss Ann,
Mr. Thoinas, and Mr. Major Allgood, and forty shillings a year to William
Charlton ofthe 'Heug,' and Mary, his wife.^
In the beginning of the following century the hot blood of the race
again brought the head of this family within the meshes of the law. The
following document tells its own story :
The information of WiUiam Laidley of Emlip, touching the murther of Mr. Henry Witherington, late
of Bellingham, February 28th, 1709/10, saith that on Tuesday, 21st February instant, this informant was
travelling upon the highway leading from Bellingham to Reedswood, that in a wood called Reedwood
Scroggs, near the highway, he heard a noise at some small distance, and saw a man running from a place
where some men's cloaths were lying in the said wood towards Reedswood, who had either a hat and a
periwig in his hand, or a periwig only, and so came to a place where a man was lying, and took him in his
anns. This informant did not see the man who was lying on the ground till the other man took him up
and asked him where he was wounded, but this informant did not hear the man who was lying on the
ground return any answer. Whereupon this informant asked what was the matter, but the said man
leaving the hat and periwig with him who was lying on the ground went back to the same place from
whence he brought the hat and periwig, and brought a coat, and asked the other if he would have on his
coat, but this informant did not hear any answer given. Then the man who brought the hat, coat, etc.,
called this informant to come near, and this informant leaving his mare with his brother went towards
them with what speed he could, and when this informant came there did see the man who was lying on
the ground was Mr, Henry Witherington, but did not know then who was the other, but he had blood on
his face, and he saw him take up a long sword ^ which was lying near the said Henry Witherington, and
put it into the scabbard, and gird it about him, and asked this informant who it was with him, and desired
this informant to send him to the Doddheaps to tell the people who were at a horse race there, and
desired this informant to take up the man, meaning the said Henry Witherington, and put him on his
coat, but this informant after having seen the said Henry Witherington being dead, as he thought, told the
other he was dead, upon which the said man did run to his horse, which was tyed to a tree as this
informant remembers, and this informant went likewise to his own mare, by which time the other was
mounted, and come a little past the place where the said Witherington was lying, and looking back spake
to this informant, and desired him to go to the man and help him on with his coat, or rather help him up
and put on his coat. And this informant did run to the said Henry Witherington again, and having seen
him told the man it was too late, for he was dead, this deponent believing him to be so. Whereupon the
man rode away towards Reedswood, but this informant did run to his mare, and rode towards a place
called Doddheaps, where was a great company of men, and shouted to them, and immediately they came
and went to the place where the said Henry Witherington was lying not quite dead, but could not live
long, as this informant thought, and after the company came this informant saw a wound upon the left
breast ofthe said Henry Witherington, And it was said by some of the company to be done by one
William Charlton of Reedsmouth, in the said county, gent. And this informant, having never seen the
said WiUiam Charlton that he knew him in his life, but once before that time, after having recollected
his memory, did believe it to be the said WiUiam Charlton he had seen a little before with the said Henry
Witherington as aforesaid. And since that time one William Dodd of Cariteth told this informant that
the said William Charlton did confess to this said Dodd he was the man this informant came to as above.'
' Sir John Haggerston's Title Deeds.
" In Sir John Haggerston's possession is a sword which came from Redesmouth house, and is
traditionally said to have been that by which ' Bowrie ' slew Widdrington.
" The Rev. John Hodgson's Collection.

BUTELAND AND BROOMHOPE TOWNSHIPS. 373
Bowrie fled and found shelter at Wharmley, under the roof of Nicholas
Leadbitter, and again the royal prerogative was invoked, when he was more
fortunate than his collateral ancestors, for the pardon granted by Queen
Anne under the great seal did not arrive too late. The life thus preserved
was adventured, in 171 5, at Preston,^ and he was resolved to strike a blow for
the Stuarts in 1745 ; but, as it is said, with the connivance of his friends, he
was laid in gaol, and so kept out of mischief He was living and at liberty,
17th July, 1750, when in a Jacobite letter he is called 'our generous and
worthy friend, Bowrie,' but was dead before 3rd October, 1752. He was
succeeded in his estates by his nephew Edward Charlton ; his natural
daughters, who had been brought up by his sister-in-law, lived to an
advanced age in Hexham, staunch Jacobites to the last.
Bowrie's brother, Edward Charlton, a physician in Hexham, was also
concerned in the rebellion, and was apprehended, being also charged with
threatening to shoot certain individuals who had been bound over to give
evidence. At the Easter Sessions of 17 19 the following expenses were
allowed to the bailiff : ' The expenses I was at about making search after
Doctor Charlton imprimis at Hexham, 2s. ; more at ye adjournement at
Newcastell, 5s. ; more another time after ye doctor and others, 3s.'
In 1723 William Charlton of Redesmouth registered a capital messuage
called Redesmouth, Whitchester, Bellingham mill, the lordship of Belling
ham, a fulling mill at Redesmouth, the Bower, Dallicastle, Crem mills,
Crag, Upper Blacklaw, Coldcoats, Nether Blacklaw, Conheath, Belhngham
demesne, etc., subject to the dower of Mary Charlton, his mother.
Several members of the Charlton family were educated at Douay.
Dr. Charlton's grandson, Edward Charlton, left the college early in 1783
and went to Paris to ' spatiate ' or enter on the world before returning to
the parental roof in November of the same year. The following account
of the moneys furnished or paid by the house for his expenses has been
preserved at Downside :
' The standard of insurrection was raised at Greenrig on the 6th October, 1715. On the ist ofthe
same month Edward Charlton evidently knowing that both his sons were steeped in the plot conveyed his
estates of Redesmouth, the Bower, Dally castle, Whitchester, Upper and Nether Blakelaw, Caldcoats,
-etc, to Ralph BrandUng of Newham, and others, in trust for his infant grandchild, Edward Francis, the
new born son of Doctor Edward Charlton of Walwick Grange, The settlement is very fuU, and reserves
to the grantor a power of revocation, in exercise of which, on the 29th of the same month he executed a
short deed revoking the disposition made by the settlement, and appointed that the estates should be held
in trust for WiUiam Charlton, his eldest son and heir. Sir John Haggerston's Title Deeds,

374 CHOLLERTON PARISH.
1783, November. To a coach for Mr, Chariton, is, 6d, ; to ye carriage of his trunk, is,; to Mr,
Charlton in cash, £6 6s, ; to letters at sundry times, 5s, ; to dinner on his arrival, 7s, ; to dinner on
Monday, 6s. 6d. ; to lodgings, etc., at Jacques, 8s. ; to journey to Kelordan (to do his devoir to his mother
then staying there), £2 is, 6d. ; to a handglass for Mrs, Charlton, i6s, ; to a doz, of handerchiefs and
making for Mrs, Charlton, £4 is, 6d. ; to 6 pair of stockings, £1 5s,; to his place to Newcastle, £^ lis,;
to a pair of boots, ^i 8s. ; to a pair of spurs, 7s, 6d, ; to a pair of buckles, £1 6s, ; to a pair of straps for
trunks, 4s. 6d, ; to lodgings at No, 20, 15s, ; to a pair of slippers, 7s, 6d. ; to hairdresser at Jacques, 2s, 6d, ;
to a pair of shoes, 7s, ; to ye tailor's bUl, £iS ; to a razor case, etc, for a present for Mons' L'Abbe, £1 is.
In 1785 Edward Charlton of Redesmouth registered the mansion house,
mill, etc., at Redesmouth, Coastley, East Greenridge, Hall Shield, Whinnet-
ley. Upper Ardley, Cookshouse, lands in Corsenside, etc.-*
In 1805 the Redesmouth estate received an allotment of 98 acres in
satisfaction of its right to 26/130 stints on Buteland common. On the death
of ' the humane and hospitable ' Mr. Edward Charlton, the last male heir of
this ancient family, in 1841 the estate under the provisions of his will passed
to his nephew. Sir Edward Haggerston, bart., of EUingham, and now belongs
to Sir John Haggerston, bart.
Near Redesmouth house was a fulling mill, concerning which, at the
Quarter Sessions held at Morpeth in January, 1698, a petition was presented
from Edward Nichols of Redesmouth, fuller and dyer, asking for a certificate
so that he might obtain a ' brief to collect the charitable benevolence of
all well disposing Christians.' He says :
' Your petitioner for this several yeares last past has followed the said trade of fuller and dyer very
laboriously, and lived in good credit and repute amongst his neighbours till by the providence of God
upon the nth November last past about twelve o'clock in the night broke forth a sudden and most violent
fire in the work house of your said petitioner, which in a little time consumed all the said house, etc'
Forty of his neighbours supported the petition with their signatures, amongst whom were John Bland,
minister of Chollerton and Birtley ; Edward Charlton of Hesleyside ; Henry Widdrington and Robert
Widdrington, both of Buteland ; John Robson of Pikestone ; John Shafto,'
At the beginning of the eighteenth century a bridge over the Rede was
erected at Redesmouth ' for the preservation of people's lives and for benefit
to trade, particularly to the town of Hexham,' but before it was finished a
flood in 1715 carried away the arch, the replacement of which increased the
total cost of the bridge to ;^243 los.^
' Register of Roman Catholic Estates. '' Sessions Kirnrds. " Ibid.

BUTELAND AND BROOMHOPE TOWNSHIPS.

375

CHARLTON OF THE BOWER AND OF REDESMOUTH.
William Charlton of the Bower and of Redesmouth ; will dated =
17th Dec, i658 ; proved at Durham, 16th Nov., 1670 (a).

George Charlton of the
Bower and of Redes
mouth, son and heir ;
under age 17th Dec,
1668 ia) ; died s.p.

Edward Charlton of = Mary

the Bower and of
Redesmouth, sec
ond son ; living
2gth Oct., 1715.

registeredher dower,
1723.

I IIII
Cuthbert Charl- Elinor, eldest daughter.
ton, third son ; Ann.
named in Catherine [? married ... Hayles of
father's will, Newcastle ; if so, her will is
dated 20th April, 1743 ig)~\.
Bridget. (All named in father's wiU.)

William Charlton of Redesmouth,
son and heir, generaUy known as
' Bowrie ' ; purchased Brighouse
in Corsenside, 20th July, 1736,
from Henry Rawling ; will
dated nth Aug., 1750; proved

3rd Oct., 1752 ia).*

f

Margaret Charlton i to each of
Mary Charlton ) whom their
father gave ;^i,ooo ; resided in
Hexham, and continued ardent
Jacobites to old age.

I
Edward Charlton ot •.
Hexham, M.D, ;
bond of marriage,
24th March, 1714/3 ;
buried at Hexham,
17th Aug,, 1744
ih) ii) ; will dated
1st Aug., 1744 ;
proved at York, 28th
Feb., 1744/5 d)-

Elizabeth, Bridget ; married WiUiam Smith.
widow of Anne ; married John Edraestone,
Edward Elizabeth ; buried 18th Feb,, 1688 {h).
Errington Elizabeth ; married 14th July, 1729, Ralph
of Leadbitter (j). \U
Walwick Margaret ; married Philip Jefferson.
Grange.f (AU named in their brother William
Charlton's will in 1750-)
^^•¦y- I Uving 1st Oct., 1715.
Frances ; ( ° 1 < j

Edward Charlton of Redes- ;
mouth, baptised 2nd
May, 1 7 1 5 (16) ; educated
at Douay, admitted, 1 732
(/) ; nephew, heir, and
devisee of William Charl
ton ; died 22nd April,
1764; wiU dated 19th
April, 1764; proved at
York, 22nd Jan., 1765 (a).

Jane, daughter of Joseph Lam- Robert Charl-
bert of Gateshead, mercer; ton, baptised
born at Gateshead, 28th 24th Oct.,
Dec, 1732 ig) ; settlement 1716 (i) ;
before marriage, 22nd and died in in-
23rd Oct, 1759 ia) ; died fancy.
23rd Feb,, 1793 ; buried at
Bellingham ic)'; will dated
at Sandhoe, 25th April,
1792 ia).

William Charlton,
baptised 6th May,
l72o(()); executor
to will ot brother
Edward ; died and
was buried at Bath
in 1776.

Thomas, son of
Edward Charl
ton and Eliza
beth Haugh
ton, his wife ;
baptised 15th
Feb,, 1721 (;),

Robert Charlton, bap
tised 1st Nov,, 1722
ib), educated at Douay
and left that college
4th May, 1741 (/).

Elizabeth [daugh
ter and heiress
of ... Macclesfield
of Chesterton in
Derbyshire (c)].

I
John Charlton, sub-
prior of Douay ;
admitted 1732 ;
professed 1736 ;
died 1783 (/).

IIII
Elizabeth, baptised 4th June, 1717 ib) ;
died in infancy,
Elizabeth, baptised 4th June, 1718 ib).X
Mary, baptised 29th May, 1719 (i5),|
Ann ; died 21st Nov,, 1757, aged 30 (c).

William, born Edward Charlton of Redesmouth,
17th Sept,, born 15th Jan,, 1764 (c) ; edu-
1760; buried cated at Douay, admitted 1780
at Gateshead, (/) ; resided for many years at
,,, Feb,, 1761 Sandhoe ; died 31st May, 1841,
ic). s.p. ; buried at Roman Catholic
cemetery, Hexham ; will dated
at Sandhoe, 4th Feb,, 1839 (rt).

= Ann Mary, daugh
ter of Nicholas
Leadbitter of
Warden ; mar
ried at Warden
and Hexham,
... Feb., 1830,

Winifred, born nth
Dec, 1761 ; mar
ried 29th July,
1783, Thomas Hag
gerston ; settle
ment before mar
riage, 28th July,
1783 ia). vU

Jane, born 26th
Nov,, 1762 ; mar
ried.,, July, 1797,
George Gibson of
Stagshaw Close-
house ; died s.p.

ia) Sir John Haggerston's Title Deeds. ig) Raine, Test. Ebor.
ib) Warden Register. ih) Hexham Register,
if) Bell Collection. (i) Hexham Roman Catholic Register.
if) Communicated- by the Benedictines ot Downside to Mr, Wm. L, Charlton of the Reenes in a letter in 1888.
* Amongst the family pictures at EUingham are portraits in oil, believed to be those of William Charlton
(Bowrie), of his brother Dr, Edward Charlton of He.\ham, and of Jane, widow of Edward Charlton of Redesmouth.
There are also portraits in oil of the last Mr. Edward Charlton of Redesmouth and of his wife.
J Her parentage is not undisputed ; the Rev, John Hodgson calls her daughter of William Haig of Kirk in
Lancashire. Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol. iii. p. 415, Another authority says she was daughter of WiUiam
Dalton of Thornham in Lancashire ; and the Hexham Roman Catholic register, recording the baptism of her son
Thomas, calls her Elizabeth Haughton,
J One of these ladies married Hodgson of Lintz ; the other, Reavely of London.

376 THE CHAPELRY OF KIRKHEATON.

THE CHAPELRY OF KIRKHEATON.
The extra-parochial township of Kirkheaton is oblong in shape with
a greatest length of three miles and a quarter from east to west and a
breadth from north to south of a little over a mile. It comprises 2,060
acres of partly arable but mostly pasture land, which is divided from the
parish of Kirkwhelpington on the north by the river Blyth (here a very small
rivulet taking its rise on the fell near Black hill), and bounded by Bolam on
the east, Stamfordham on the south, St. John Lee on the west and Thock
rington on the north-west. The eastern portion of the township is traversed
obliquely by the site of the ancient road called the Devil's causeway, on
either side of which are signs and remains of old coal workings. The popu
lation at the last census was 133,^ grouped in the hamlet or village of Kirk
heaton and in the outlying homesteads of Blackhill, Bog-hall, Brandy-hall,
Fairshaw, Mount Hooley, and Toft-hall.
The earliest notices of Kirkheaton are obtained from the Subsidy Roll
of 1296 and the inspeximus of the possessions of Hexham priory in 1298.
The latter records that the prior and convent held the chapel of Little
Heton, together with the other chapels dependent upon Chollerton, by
grant from Odinel de Umframvill, and the manor of Little Heton and Cald-
strother with its appurtenances. The priory also had the homage of John
de Cambhou for his lands in those places by the grant of Alina de Bolam,
James de Caus, and Alicia his wife.^ These two ladies (of whom Alina
subsequently became the wife of John de Caus) were the daughters and
co-heiresses of Emma de Umframvill (generally called Emma de Aydon)
by her first marriage with Walter de Bolam.^
The association of the manor (or as it was more generally termed the
hamlet) of Caldstrother with Kirkheaton continued until the beginning of the
sixteenth century, after which period, so far as is known, the name dropped
out of use. The places have separate returns upon the Subsidy Roll of
1296.
^The Census Returns are: 1801, 149; 1811, 153; 1821, 140; 1831, 182; 1841, 164; 1851, 153; 1861,
161 ; 1871, 154; 1881, 170; 1891, 133,
^ Hexham Priory, Raine, vol, ii, pp, iii, ii6. ^ Supra, p. 202.

THE CHAPELRY OF KIRKHEATON.

377

KvRKE Heton Subsidy Roll,

1296,'

£ s.

d.

s.

d.

Summa bonorum Roberti clerici

0 16
0
unde regi
I
5i
Gilberti de Walhou ...
0 11
0
a
I
0
Willelmi filii Milonis
I 6
0
»
2
Ah
WiUelmi Russel
0 13
0
a
I
4
Adae de Aula 
I II
0
j>
2
9f
Adae filii Reginaldi .,,
I 13
0
J)
3
0
Agnetis uxoris Milonis
I 14
0
JJ
3
I
Willelmi filii Adae
2 4
6
)3
4
oi
Thomae filii Adae
I 16
0
ii
3
3i
Henrici praepositi
2 12
8
5)
4
9h
Johannis de Eschewike
2 6
0
))
4
2i
Petri fabri 
I 3
0
))
2
I
Ricardi fiUi Hugonis ...
2 5
0
J)
4
I
Hugonis fiUi Adae
31 13
6
JJ
3
oh
Gilberti de Goued'
2 14
4
JJ
4
I4
Summa hujus vUlae, ;£24
19s, od, Unde regi
, 4SS- 4
id.
Caldestrver Subsidy Roll,
1296.
£ s.
d.
s.
d.
Summa bonorum
Roberti molendinarii ,,,
0 16
0
unde regi
I
5i
))
Davidis de Mainwel ...
3 0
2
JJ
5
5i
51
Johannis de Caldstroyer
.,,
0 12
0
JJ
I
li
))
Ricardi Twystreg'
2 3
4
JJ
3
I of
»?
Thomae fiUi WiUelmi...
0 14
0
JJ
I
3i
Adae fiUi WiUelmi ...
3 4
6
„
5
I of
Summa hujus villae, ^10 los, od
Unde domino regi, 19s, ijd.
On the 29th April, 13 14, the prior and convent obtained a licence from
Edward II. to acquire from John de Cambhou the moiety of the manor of
Little Heaton,^ having evidently bought out the rights reserved to that pro
prietor in the grant from the de Bolams. And on the 12th February, 1323,
they again obtained a licence from the king to acquire from William Hecson
2 tofts and 9 acres, from Gilbert de Babynton i toft and 9 acres, and from
Robert, son of Hugh de Cambhowe, 2 tofts, 10 acres and 8 acres of land, all
in Kirkheaton.' Before the date of the inspeximus the family of Middleton held lands at
Caldstrother, for in the inquisition taken in 1290, after the death of Gilbert
de Middleton, it was found that he had died seised of lands there as well as
at Swinburn and at Hartley,* and in 131 8 Edward II. granted to Thomas de
Heton the manor of Breredon, the vill of Hartley, and a toft with 10
' KiRCHETON Subsidy Roll, 1336. Robertus Edson, 6s. ; Johannes Sernan (?), 4s. ; Simon Bernard,
6s. 8d. ; Adam filius Christianae, 4s. 6d. ; Johannes taillour, 3s. 4d, ; Willelmus filius Christianae, 5s. ;
Adam de Halyden, 3s. ; Johannes punder, 3s. 2d. ; Johannes fiUus Christianae, 6s. 8d. Summa, 42s. 4d.
^ Cal. Rot. Pat. 7 Edw. II. m. 14; Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. ii, p, 129.
" Cal. Rot. Pat, 16 Edw. II. m. 4; Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. ii. p. 132.
¦* Inq. p.m. ic) Edw. I. No. 5 ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol, i, p. 50.
Vol, IV. 48
378 THE CHAPELRY OF KIRKHEATON.
acres of land in Chuldstrothre, which had belonged to Gilbert Middleton
the rebel ; ^ this grant was confirmed fifteen years later by Edward III.^
In 131 8 John de Middleton was possessor of lands in West Heaton and
Caldstrother ; ' he had been implicated in the rebellion of his kinsman
Gilbert, and in 1333 John de Crumbwell, constable of the Tower of London
(who for his services of presiding officer at the trials for treason of the two
Middletons had obtained a considerable portion of their estates),^ was found
to have died seised of lands in Caldstrother.^ In 1373 Sir John Strivelyn of
Belsay (who in 1335 had obtained a grant from Edward III. of all the lands
which had belonged to John Middleton the rebel") by the following deeds'
entailed certain lands in Caldstrother, 'which is a hamlet of Kirkheaton.'
Johannes de Striuelyn dominus de Belsow et Jacobus {sic) uxor mea . . . Johanni de Farinlawe
omnia terras et tenementa nostra quae quondam fuerunt Thomae de Becheburne in villa de Bradford et
in Caldstrothire quod est hamelettum de Kyrkhetone . . . Hiis testibus ; Domino Alano Hepscotes tunc
vicario ecclesiae de Bolome, Johanne de Walyngtone, Thoma de Trewyk, Roberto Hedewyne, Patricio
de Midiltone, Domino Willilmo de Multone, etc. Datum apud Belsowe die veneris prox. post festum
Assumpcionis B.M., anno domini M.CCC. Ixxiij. One seal present. On a shield three covered cups
between seven cross crosslets.' Crest : tieo horns enclosing a covered cup. s ¦ lOHlS de STREVELYN.
Johannes de Farinlawe , . . Johanni de Striuelyn et Jacobo uxori eius omnia terras et tenem,, quae
habui de dono et feoffamento praed, Johannis et Jacobi in Caldstrother quod est hamelettum de Kyrk-
heton , , , ad terminum vitae eorundem et alterius eorum diucius viventis. Remainder to Thomas de
Becheburne, and failing issue of Thomas then to his right heirs. Same date and witnesses. Seal gone.
Sir John de Strivelyn died without issue on the 15th August, 1378, and
the inquest^ after his death found him enfeoff"ed, conjointly with his second
wife (who was Jane, third daughter of Richard de Emeldon), of Belsay and
many other estates, amongst which were 2 messuages and 8 acres of land in
Caldstrother, and i messuage and 24 acres of land in Kirkheaton.^" Part of
the estates, under an entail created in 1371, reverted to the family of their
ancient owners in the person of Sir John de Middleton, who died 9th August,
1396," seised conjointly with Christiana, his wife', of Belsay, a tenement and
^ Cal. Rot. Pat, 12 Edw. II, m, 27; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol, ii, pp, 365, 367.
^ Cal. Rot. Pat. 7 Edw. III. m, 22; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii, vol. ii. pp. 367, 368; cf. Hodgson,
Northumberland, pt. ii. vol. i. p. 354.
3 Cal. Inq. ad quod damnum, 12 Edw. II, No. 121 ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol. ii. p. 398.
"¦ Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol. i, p. 356.
^ Inq.p.m. 7 Edw. III. No. 79; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol. i. p. 70.
" Hodgson, Northumberland, pt, ii. vol. i, p, 356, ' Deeds belonging to the Rev. W. Greenwell.
° The arms of Strivelyn ; cf. Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol. i. p. 353.
" Inq. p.m. 2 Ric, II. No. 49 ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol. ii. p. 250. Cf. pt. ii. vol. i. p. 357.
'» On ist February, 1377, Jordan, son of Agnes de Kirkheton, had a grant of lands in Hetherslaw from
Sir WiUiam Heron, knight. There was a remainder to Odinel and Lionel, other sons of Agnes de Kirk
heton. The Rev. John Hodgson's Collection.
" Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol. i. pp. 354, 363.

THE CHAPELRY OF KIRKHEATON. ^ 379
24 acres of land in Kirkheaton worth 6s. 8d. a year, lOO acres of land in the
field of Caldstrother worth los. a year, and a tenement with common of
pasture in Thockrington, etc.^ Kirkheaton and Caldstrother are again
mentioned in the inquest taken in 142 1 after the death of Christiana, widow
of Sir John de Middleton.^
Amongst the many estates found, by an inquest taken in 141 1, to have
been in the possession of Elizabeth, wife of John Fenwick, were the manor
of Fenwick and lands in Caldstrother ; * and lands in Kirkheaton were included
in the entail made in 1443 by Sir William Swinburne.*
When the survey of the possessions of the priory, contained in the Black
Book of Hexham, was made in 1479, there were at Kirkheaton and Cald
strother seven tenants who held of the prior, by homage and suit of court,
thirty-three who held husbandlands, and eight cottagers. The first class is
headed by the name of Sir John de Strivelyn (who had been dead a hundred
years) ; the others were Thomas Horsley, John Kemp, John de Marlaye,
Thomas de Becheburne, John of Dalton, and Sir Thomas Ilderton, knight.
Each of the husbandlands comprised 34 acres, save that of Richard Atkin
son, which was 25 acres. The cottagers each had from 3 to 7 acres of
land; one had as much as 13 acres, but it lay waste; originally, every
cottager had 7 acres.*
On the 20th March, 1505-6, Sir Thomas Ilderton of Ilderton, knight, son
and heir of Thomas Ilderton, lately deceased, granted to Thomas Shafitow,
gentleman, ' a messuage or tenement called Twessege, etc., lying between Great
Heton (Capheaton) and Kirkheaton, and also all those lands, etc., in the vill
territory, and fields of Caldstroder, as they all descended to me by hereditary
right from my father, Thomas Ilderton.' He appoints William Musgrave the
younger and George Anderson of Kirkheaton, yeoman, his attorneys. He
appends 'sigillum meum ad arma,' three water bougets, and as his 'seal is
unknown to many, the seal of office of the mayoralty of Newcastle is also
affixed."'
' Inq. p.m, 20 Ric. II. No. 37; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt, iii, vol, ii, pp, 260, 261, and pt, ii. vol. i. p. 354.
'¦' Inq. p.m. 9 Hen, V. No. 54 ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt, iii, vol, ii, p. 268.
^ Inq. p.m. 13 Hen. IV. No. 20 ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol ii. p. 267.
' Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol. i. p. 232. ' Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. ii. pp, 36, 37.
" A deed belonging to the Rev. William Greenwell. The witnesses were Sir Humfrid Lysle, knight,
sheriff of Northumberland, Robert Anesley, Robert Ilderton, Robert Johnson, chaplain. The seal
armorial is of Thomas Ilderton, but earlier than 1506, possibly of Sir Thomas Ilderton's grandfather.

380 THE CHAPELRY OF KIRKHEATON.
Three out of the five fully-armed men of Kirkheaton who attended the
muster of 1538 bore the surname of Musgrave,^ and were probably kinsmen
or connections of the gentle family of that name, which, in the 15th century,
owned the neighbouring estate of Ryal.^
Kirkheton Muster Roll, 1538.^
Wyllm Musgrofe, John Musgrofe, Rychard Musgrofe, Roberd Tomson, John Downe, able with horse
and harnes. John Trumble, Robert Johnson, Rog, Potts, Thomas Redmayn, Thomas Robson, John
Robson, Wyllm Nycolson, Lancelott Barron, Wyllm Mawer, Matho Howbourn, naither with horse nor
harnes. In 1 55 1 William Swinburne of Capheaton died seised of lands in Little
Heaton, held in socage ofthe manor of Hexham.* On the ist August, 1546,
Sir Roger Fenwick of Wallington, in consideration of the sum of jf 108,
conveyed to Christopher Mitford of Newcastle all his lands in the fields of
Old and New Heaton,^ and in 1568 John Mitford held Seghill, Branton, half
of Heaton, Ryal, Kearsley, with lands in Ingo, etc.* At the same period the
lands of the suppressed monastery of Hexham (which, at the dissolution, were
worth ;^7 a year) were in the Crown.'
On the 2nd October, 1605, the coal mines within the parish of Kirk
heaton, late belonging to the dissolved monastery of Hexham, were {inter
alia) granted by James I. to John Halsey and Robert Morgan, who, on the
22nd February, 1605/6, in consideration of a certain sum of money, conveyed
the same (by deed of bargain and sale enrolled in Chancery) to Sir John
Fenwick, knight. The royalty thus obtained was, under the description of
Kirkheaton colliery, conveyed in 1689 by Sir John Fenwick of Wallington,
together with his other estates, to Sir William Blackett.^
In 1663 the lands of the township were held by Mr. Matthew Heron,
who was rated for six-sevenths, and by John Atkinson, who was rated for
one-seventh : the latter may have been descended from the Richard
Atkinson, who is stated, by the Black Book of Hexham, to have held one
husbandland in 1479."
' At the dissolution of the monasteries, WiUiam Musgrave held of the convent in Kirkheaton eight
tenements, 15 acres of meadow called Law Inges, and 45 acres of land, with common of pasture on
Hyndes fell, for all of which he paid a rent of ^14 6s, 8d. Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. ii. p. 163.
^ William Fenwick of Fenwick married Joan, daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Musgrave of Ryal.
He died before 3rd July, 1485, leaving her a widow with a son and heir, John Fenwick of Fenwick,
Wallingtbn, and Ryal. Hodgson, Northumberland, pt, ii, vol, i, p, 255,
^ Arch. Ael. 4to series, vol, iv, p, 174. ** Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol. i, p, 217 n,
° Ibid. p. 255. ° Feodary's Book ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt, iii, voh iii, p, Ixvi. ' Ibid. p. Ixi.
* Ibid, pt. ii. vol. i. p. 259. ' Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. ii. p, 36.

THE CHAPELRY OF KIRKHEATON.

381

ATKINSON OF KIRKHEATON.*
= John Atkinson of Kirkheaton ; was assessed = Ellinor .,, ; to whom was granted,

for lands there in 1663 ; will dated 7th June,
1679 ; proved 30th June, 1681 (a).

30th June, 1681, tuition of her
seven children.

I
William Atkinson of Kirk
heaton ; to whom his
father gave ;^lo, having
already provided for
him ; will dated 16th
Nov., 1720 ; proved
26th July, 1725 ia).

Ursula ;
execu
trix to
her hus
band'swiU.

Mabel ; mar
ried William
Arthur ;
named in
her father's
wiU.

Jacob Atkinson otKirk- = Jane ;
heaton and of West execu-
Belsay, eldest son of trix to
second marriage ; her bus-
will dated 22nd July, band's
1724 ; proved 26th will.
Feb., 1725/6 ia).

Joseph Atkinson,
eldest son.

I I
William. Matthew,

Oswin.

Mary.

All named in their father's will.

IIII
Joseph. Thomas,Luke ; liv
ing 1739-
Allen ; liv
ing 1739.

Isabel,Rebecca.

I

Ruth . . . ; Uving
a widow, aged
about 40, in
Hexham in
1739 (.i),

William ; named in
father's will (a).
Jacob Atkinson of
West Belsay; liv
ing 1732 ic).

II IHI
Frances. ] Named Elizabeth. 1 AU
Mary; mar- I in their Margaret, (living
ried Gilbert | father's Jane. j 1724
Trumble. ) will (a), Barbara. J ic).

John Atkinson of Kirk
heaton ; sold his
lands there, ist Nov,,
1732 ; afterwards of
Hexham and died
in 1736 ib).
ia) Raine, Test. Ebor. ib) Exchequer Depositions, 13 Geo, II, Northumberland, No, 17. (c) Miss Hedley's Title Deeds.
* In 1722 Luke Atkinson of Whitehouse and Jacob Atkinson of Belsay voted tor freehold lands in Kirkheaton,
and in 1734 and 1748 Luke Atkinson of Acomb voted for lands in the same place. Poll Book.
The township remained undivided until 1722, when, by lease and release
dated 13th and 14th July the three sisters and co-heiresses of Bertram Stote,
who were entitled to the six-sevenths part of the township, conveyed to Jacob
Atkinson of West Belsay alias Knottery Heughe, in satisfaction of his
seventh part, the parcels of ground known as Fawcett, Whitfield, Blakelaw,
Hinds fell, and Back Croft, comprising by estimation 279 acres, together
with certain dwelling houses, etc., in the town of Kirkheaton.^
Jacob Atkinson's son, John Atkinson, after mortgaging, finally in 1732
sold his estates at Kirkheaton for the sum of £i,'joo to Lancelot Allgood of
the Riding, but the purchaser's title was contested after Atkinson's death by
Joshua Douglas of Newcastle, who, as a creditor of the vendor, in 1738
began a suit in the Court of Exchequer against Hester Allgood, widow, Mary
and Hester Allgood, spinsters, and Ruth, widow of John Atkinson.^ In a
partition made between the two co-heiresses in 1764 the Kirkheaton estate
fell to Esther Allgood, who in that year married William Hunter of
Hexham, Mrs. Hunter, by will dated 29th October, 1793, gave her lands
to her four children, Allgood, William, Isaac, and Mary Hunter. The
estate ultimately vested in the last mentioned, who was the survivor,
and under her will dated 23rd April, 1825, it passed to her cousin, George
Bainbridge of the Riding. The latter, iii 1828, sold his Kirkheaton estate
' Miss Hedley's Title Deeds, 'Exchequer Depositions, 13 George II, Northumberland, No. 17.

382 THE Chapelry of kirkheaton.
to Messrs. John, George, and Thomas Hedley of Fenwick,^ and it now
belongs to Mr. George Hedley's daughter, Miss Hedley of Sunniside.^
The lands at Kirkheaton, which were rated to Matthew Heron in 1663,
were purchased by Sir Richard Stote of Newcastle, and at his death in 1682
descended to his only surviving son, Bertram Stote. The latter died in 1707,
leaving as co-heiresses three sisters, Margaret, Frances, and Dorothy, then
unmarried, in whom his lands vested. The last survivor of these ladies was
Dorothy, widow of the' Hon. Dixie Windsor, who died intestate and without
issue 26th December, 1756, whereupon possession of her estates was taken
by Sir Robert Bewick of Close-house and John Craster of Craster, who
claimed, as descendants of her great-great-grandfather, Cuthbert Bewick of
Newcastle, to be the heirs-at-law. Their rights were immediately challenged
by the Crown^ and by Sir Walter Blackett respectively, and subsequently
their possession was contested by Stote Manby of Louth, in Lincolnshire,
who claimed to be, and probably was, a great-grandson of Dorothy Windsor's
uncle, Cuthbert Stote, rector of Tollerton, Nottinghamshire, whose daughter
had eloped with a servant or tradesman named William Manby. He brought
an action of ejectment at the Northumberland Assizes in 1781,* and obtained
a verdict, but being threatened with an appeal to the High Courts, and being
a poor man, compromised his claim, and accepted a sum of money with a
perpetual rent charge of j^300 a year.
Stote Manby's grandson, William Stote Manby, being dissatisfied with
the arrangement, attempted to revive the claim, and at the Northumberland
Spring Assizes of 1855 brought an action, but he failed to recover any portion
of what had long been called the Bewick and Craster estates.^ His suit was
pleaded by Samuel Warren, who had a few years before published his novel of
Ten Thousand a Year., of which the plot and some of the adventures of the
hero, Tittlebat Titmouse, bore such resemblance to the suit and circum
stances of William Stote Manby as to induce the widespread belief that the
story was founded on the case.
' AUgood, William, and Mary Hunter, in 1798, mortgaged the estate to John and Joseph Hedley of
Whitchester, who were uncles ofthe purchasers of 1828. ^ Miss Hedley's Title Deeds,
' There were proceedings in the Court of Exchequer, 1757- 1760, Stote v. the earl of Northumberland;
and Craster v. Sir William Blackett, bart,, and Lord Carlisle, which related to the estates of Mrs.
Windsor, which were claimed by Viscount Windsor and Mr. Craster as next of kin. Portions of the
estate as escheats were claimed by the earl of Carlisle, as lord of the manor of Long Benton, by Sir
WiUiam Blackett, as lord ofthe manor of Anick Grange, and by the earl of Northumberland.
* Cf. Newcastle Chronicle, August, 1781 ; Newcastle Monthly Chronicle, January, 1889, p. 30.
5 The estates comprised Kirkheaton, 1,759 acres; Long Benton, 1,056 acres; Willington, 296 acres;
Jesmond, 89 acres, with an aUotment of KiUingworth Moor.

THE CHAPELRY OF KIRKHEATON.

383

Arms ¦:

STOTE OF STOTE'S HALL AND OF KIRKHEATON.
Quarterly. 1 and 4, gules ; a lion rampant erminois. 2 and 'i, or; anorleaz.; a mullet pierced of the last.
Crest : A demi-lion erminois, charged with a crescent, holding a mullet pierced. Visitation.
Richard Stote ot Newcastle, merchant ia) =
 I
Robert Stote of Newcastle, merchant (a) =

Isabel, daughter and heir of Robert
Atkinson, alderman ot Newcastle, first
wife ; buried 2nd August, 1587 if).

Richard Stote of Newcastle, = Eleanor, daughter and heiress of

merchant ;
1615 ib).

died 5th Feb,,

Edward Bertram of Newcastle,
merchant, second wife ; buried
17th April, 1598 ib).

Robert Stote, baptised = ,,,
8th May, 1586 ig).
Robert Stote, baptised = ,,,
18th June, 1649 ig).
Richard Stote of Claremont,
baptised loth Mar., 1684 ;
died ... Nov., T-Hrig).

Edward Stote of Newcastle,
merchant, baptised 5'h
June, 1597 ib) ; a cap
tain of Foot in service
of Charles I. ; buried in
St. Nicholas', 21st Dec,
1648 ib); administration
granted to widow, 4th
Jan., 1648/9 ig).

Sir Richard Stote of Lincoln's
Inn and of Jesmond,
knight and sergeant-at-
law ; baptised I2th April,
1621 ib) ; died 25th and
buried 28th Dec, 1682 ib) ;
administration granted to
widow, gth Feb,, 1683,

Margaret, daughter of
Henry Holmes * of
Newcastle, mer
chant ; married at
St, John's, New
castle, 24th Jan,,
1653/4 ib). She
married secondly
Henry Easier, from
whom she soon
separated (c).

Jane, daughter of Cuthbert
Bewick ot Newcastle, mer
chant ; baptised 27th Jan.,
1600 ig) ; married 14th April,
l5l8 if); resided on the
Tuthill Stairs, Newcastle,
but afterwards at Tollerton
with her son Cuthbert ; bur
ied 1st Dec, 1663 id).

I I I
Bertram, born 1591 ;
buried 1692 Q).
Richard, born 1595 ;
buried 1596 ib).
Margaret, baptised
2nd Nov., 1590
ib).

Cuthbert Stote, rector
of Tollerton, Notts.
(sometime curate of
St. Nicholas', New
castle) ; buried at
Tollerton, loth Jan,,
1669/70 ic) ; ad
ministration grant
ed to widow, 17th
March, 1669,

:^ Ann ... Robert Stote, a lieutenant of
Horse under Charles I, ;
baptised l2thMay,l625(i5),
Edward ia).
Nicholas (a),
Barbara ; married Nicholas
Hodgson of Whickham {a).
Ann ; married William
Commerdale of New
castle, merchant (a).
Other children died young.

III.. ,
Richard, baptised nth
Dec, 1663 ; buried
7th March, 1669 ig).
Henry, baptised loth
May, 1666 ; died in
father's lifetime.
Edward ih) ; died in
father's lifetime.

I I I
Bertram Stote of Newcastle, son and heir, bap- Jane ;
tised 8th Feb., 1674/5 ; admitted to Merchant Mary;
Adventurers' company, 3rd Jan,, 1700 ig), died in
and Hoastman's, 4th Jan,, 1700/1 ; sue- father's'
ceeded to Whitchester in 1706 under the lifetime
will of his uncle Henry Holmes ; died un- ih).
married; buried 22nd July, 1707 ib) (c) ;
wiU dated Sth July, 1707 (c).

Margaret, sister and co-heiress,
baptised 27th April, 1668
ig); married 29th Oct,,
1709 ic), John Tonge, rec
tor of Brancepeth, from whom
she separated ; died s.p. and
intestate; buried gth Feb.,
1734 (0-

Frances, sister and co-heiress, baptised 27th Aug.,
1671 ; married ,,, July, 1712, WUliam Shippen
(the Jacobite) ot St, Clement Dane's, London ;
died a widow, s.p., intestate ; buried 2nd Sept,,
1747-

Dorothy, sister and co-heiress, baptised 19th Jan,, 1672/3 ; married
20th Oct, 1743, Dixie Windsor of Lamaby, Kent, third son of
Thomas, first earl ot Plymouth. She resided and died at
Upper Brook Street, London, and died there a widow s.p. and
intestate, aged 85 ; buried at Gamlingale, 3rd Jan., 1757.

Richard, baptised 12th Mar., 1660/1 ;
buried 2nd Mar., 1660 ib).
Cuthbert, baptised 2 gth Aug., buried
30th Aug., 1667 id).
Cuthbert, baptised 14th, buried
15th Sept., 1668 id).

A child ; buried 28th Dec, 1661 ib).
Margaret, baptised gth, buried loth Sept., 1662 ib).
Jane, baptised 13th Sept., buried 1st Dec, 1663 id).
Mary, baptised 3 Ist Jan., buried 4th Feb,, 1669/70(1/),
Ann, baptised 30th Nov,, 1664 id) ; married William
Manby (see next table).

Jane, baptised igth Nov.,
1665 id) ; married first
ly ... Curtis, secondly
... Oliver, and thirdly
. . . Atkinson ; died s.p. ;
buried at Scarborough .

ig) Sharp MSS. Pedigrees, vol. ii.
(h) Case, submitted for counsel's opinion, 17th June,
1761. Rev. John Hodgson's Collection.

id) Herald's Visitation.
ib) St. Nicholas' Register and M.I.
if) Pedigree in Bell Collection.
id) Tollerton Register, quoted in («).
* 1671, igth and 20th February, Sir Richard Stote and Henry Holmes bad lease and release of the manor and
estate of Whitchester from Thomas Lord Windsor, who had obtained it in marriage with Ursula, daughter and
co-heiress of Sir Thomas Widdrington. Abstract of Title, Bowes' MSS,

384

THE CHAPELRY OF KIRKHEATON.

William Manby of Louth,
a miller or baker.

STOTE MANBY OF LOUTH.
Ann, daughter and ultimately sole heir of the Rev, Cuthbert
Stote, rector ot Tollerton ; baptised 30th Nov,, 1664 (c) ;
said to have eloped from school at the age of 18, and to have
been married at Caistor ; buried igth May, 1741 («).

William Cook ic):

Stote Manby of =
Keddington,
baptised at
Caistor, and
Mar,, 1682 (/) ;
buried at Louth,
12th AprU,
1731 (0.

Mary Frow John, baptised at Louth, igth Dec, 1688 ; buried there, i6th
of Kedding- July, 1693 (c).
ton, widow. John, baptised at Louth, igth July, 1693 ; buried there, i6th
April, 1694 ic).
Richard, baptised at Louth, 8th Feb,, 1694 (c) ; died unmarried (c).
Michael, baptised at Louth, 13th Sept., 1694 ; buried there, 4th
Sept,, 1697 ic),
Michael, baptised at Keddington, 24th May, 1698 ; buried there,
4th June, 1698 ic).
William, baptised at Keddington, loth Oct,, 1699 ; buried at
Waltham,

Susanna ; buried
at Louth, 22nd
May, 1694 ic).
Ann, baptised at
Keddington,
28th Jan. ,1700;
buried there,
22nd March,
1700,

Milenar =
Pigg;
married 2 1st
May, 1741,

Stote Manby of Louth, baptised at Keddington, loth June, 1717 = Rachel  ;
ic); brought an action ot ejectment at the Northumberland named in her
Assizes of 1782 to recover the estates ot Mrs, Dorothy Windsor ; husband's
buried at Louth, 31st Aug,, 1790 (c) ; wiU dated 6th July, 1785 ; wiU ; buried
letters of administration with will annexed granted at the at Louth,
PecuUar Court of Louth to Mary Boswell and Elizabeth Feb,, 1789
Vinter, the daughters, ie).

Ann, baptised
at Kedding
ton, 3rd June,
1707; died in
infancy («),

WiUiam Manby of
Louth, son and
heir, baptised 21st
June, 1747 ; bur
ied 2ist Feb,,
1809 ic) ; will
dated 6th Feb.
1808 ie).

Elizabeth Brockle-
bank ; married
4th Feb,, 1790
ic) ; named in
husband's will.

Andrew Manby = Catherine
of Louth ;  ;
dead before living a
1783 («), widow
 in 1783,

,1

William Stote Manby, only child ;
infant aged 3 years in 1783 («),

Elizabeth ; married firstly Charles Vint
ner of Louth, and secondly Thomas
Spavold of Louth ie). \U
Ann ; married William Croft of Leg-
bourne in Lincolnshire, a weaver ;
living 1800 («).
Mary ; married William Boswell of
Louth ; living 1800 («).

Richard Stote Man
by ; baptised 14th
July,l798; buried
6th April, 1820
ic) ; unmarried.

WiUiam Stote Manby of Louth ; baptised . . . ,
1805 ; brought an action at the Northumber
land Assizes, 1855, to recover the real estate
of Mrs. Dorothy Windsor.

= Frances MUls,

ic) Pedigree in Bell Collection.
ie) Miss Hedley's Title Deeds.

if) Newcastle Assizes, Manby v. Craster.
Journal, 3rd March, 1855.

Mildred Stote.
Frances Stote.
Mary Ann.

Newcastle

The Chapel.
Probably through its connection with the priory of Hexham, Kirkheaton
seems to have early lost its connection with the parish of Chollerton, of which
it was originally a detached chapelry ; and since the Reformation it has been
regarded as extra-parochial. Its tithes,^ out of which the ministers should
have been supported, remained in the Crown until 19th November, 1632,
when, at the request of Sir John Heydon, knight, keeper of the ordnance,

' 9th May, 1568. The tithes of Kirkheaton were granted (leased) to John Errington by Queen
Elizabeth. Rec. Aud. Land Revenue Office, iii. p. 177.

THE CHAPELRY OF KIRKHEATON.

385

ammunition, and other stores, they were granted under the great seal by
Charles I. to Charles Harbord, Philip Eden, and others.^ They were
acquired by the Stote family, whose successors, Messrs. Bewick and Craster,
in 1 84 1, sold the tithes arising from their portion of the chapelry to Messrs.
John, George, and Thomas Hedley. After the passing of the Tithes Com
mutation Act, the owners of the respective estates merged the tithes in
their lands.^
It is not known whether the ancient chapeP remained until the eighteenth
century, but, in answer to a query. Archdeacon Sharp writes that he never
could learn what the ecclesiastical status of Kirkheaton was, 'neither the bishop
nor I have anything to do there,
nor is it in our books.'* In i753
a new building was erected on the
old site by Mrs. Dorothy Windsor,
and the only objects which can
claim to be of an earlier date are
four grotesque heads at the angles
of the nave, under the water table.
The benefice is a donative in the
gift of the Bewick family, and the
chapel possesses a plated paten or
plate, on which are engraved the crests of Craster and Bewick, and the
inscription, 'Kirkheaton chapel,' and also a silver communion cup made in
London in 1774. The illustration shows the chapel as it appeared in 1828.

Ji lavn In I ^u/ruiffi

ruhlitlud Tfbr'IS2S0yVIl>ay'.'^cn Mt,«-cI-
JJetrScuTp

Monumental Inscriptions.
Sacred to the memory of the Rev. Humphrey Brown, sen,, of Kirkheaton, his wife, four daughters,
and one grand-daughter, who were buried here on the dates and in the order following, viz, , The Rev.
Humphrey Brown, sen., for many years minister of this church and of Thockrington, died May 5th, 1815,
aged 79 years. Hannah Brown died AprU 28th, 1822, aged 28 years. Isabella, wife of the Rev, H,
Brown, sen,, died May i8th, 1824, aged 67 years, Jane Brown died December i8th, 1845, aged 45 years.
Sarah Shafto, daughter ofthe Rev, Humphrey Brown, jun,, died May 6th, 1856, aged 12 years. Isabella
Brown died August i5lh, 1859, aged 63 years. The Rev. Humphrey Brown, jun., also for several years
incumbent of this church and of Thockrington, died December 20th, i860, aged 70 years. EUzabeth
Brown died 7th July, 1871, aged 79 years.
' Miss Hedley's Title Deeds. '¦' Ibid.
Mn 1553 the following goods belonged to ' Churche Hetton : one chaUes of tenne, one vestment, one
albe, ij alterclothes, one bell.' Proceedings of Bishop Barnes, etc. Raine, appendix iv, p. 1.
^ Hodgson-Hinde, Inedited Contributions to the History of Northumberland, p. 64,
Vol, IV. 49

386

THE CHAPELRY OF KIRKHEATON.

Chaplains.
1770, Humphrey Brown, senior, signs Register Book, 22nd April, 1770; also curate of Thockrington,
1815. Humphrey Brown, junior ; also curate of Thockrington, died 20th December, i860.
1862, James Irwin,
1865. T. Harris, sometime chaplain of Rigo and dean of Honolulu.
1869 {circa). Christopher Taylor, B.A.
Joseph Bennett, M.A., also incumbent of Thockrington, died i6th February, 1878, aged 74 years.
1878. Constantine O'Donel, also incumbent of Thockrington, buried Sth January, 1890, aged 69.
1890. H. A. Bettison, also incumbent of Thockrington.

The Manor House of Kirkheaton.
At the present time a farm at Kirkheaton, made up of smaller farms or
parcels called Black hill, Fawcett, Hinds fell, and Backcroft, comprising
about 300 acres, belongs to Miss Hedley ; and the trustees of the will of
the late Mr. Calverley Bewick of Close house own the remainder of the
township, together with the seventeenth-century manor house of the Herons,
now occupied as a parsonage house by the chaplain.'
' Besides the chapel of the Church of England there is a small Wesleyan Methodist chapel.

THOCKRINGTON TOWNSHIP. 387

THOCKRINGTON PARISH.
The parish of Thockrington, which has Watling Street on the west, the
parishes of Corsenside and Kirkharle on the north, the parishes of Kirk
harle and Kirkwhelpington on the east, and the chapelry and parishes of
Kirkheaton, St. John Lee, and Chollerton on the south, has a greatest
length of about four miles from north to south and a greatest breadth of
about two and a half miles from east to west. It is divided into the four
townships of Thockrington, Carrycoats, Sweethope, and Little Bavington,
and consists almost wholly of grazing and pasture lands.
THOCKRINGTON TOWNSHIP.
The township of Thockrington, containing 2,451 acres/ at the last
census had a population of 35,^ grouped in the homesteads of Thockrington,
North Heugh, Hetchester, Quarry house, and Cragend, but it was once
much more populous.
Near Quarry house, on Limestone Rigg, is a pre-historic camp roughly
six-sided in shape, with complete double ramparts and traces of a third. Its
inner defence has a circumference of 28 ii feet, and within it are remains
of hut-circles. About 60 yards from the north-east corner of the entrench
ment there is an unusual adjunct in an avenue consisting of two parallel rows
of stones, which, beginning on the brow of the limestone escarpment, may be
traced eastward for a distance of 300 yards ; a paved and walled well exists
near the camp.' Near Hetchester, at an elevation of 700 feet above
sea-level, are the remains of another camp.
An early possession of the Umframvills, the vill and church of Thock
rington, was, in the thirteenth century, acquired from Richard de Umframvill
by the church of York, as compensation for his having violated the liberty
and peace of the priory of Hexham, and for having inflicted injury upon the
archbishop's land. The deed of gift is addressed to the brethren of the
' Comprising 17 acres of public roads.
^The Census Returns are: 1801,51; 1811,39; 1821,48; 1831, 71; 1841, 42; 1851, 36; 1861,47;
1871,57; 1881,57: 1891,35-
' R. C. Hedley, Arch. Ael, vol, xii, p. 156, where there is a plan.

388 THOCKRINGTON PARISH.
hospital of St. John of Jerusalem and others, free tenants in Thockrington.
By another deed, also addressed to the Hospitallers and other free tenants,
Malcolm, son of Waldeve, at the request of his lord the aforesaid Richard
de Umframvill, quit-claimed to the archbishop all his right in the vill, and in
testimony attached to it the seal of Adam de Maxton. The archbishop at
once assigned the church as an endowment of a prebend in his cathedral,
then held by Lawrence de St. Nicholas, sub-deacon and canon of York ; and
that no dispute might afterwards arise, he obtained a confirmation from
Richard de Marisco, bishop of Durham, a resignation of the benefice from
Richard de Aubeny, the last rector of the parish, and, finally, on 9th June,
1226, a papal licence from Honorius II. '
This appropriation of the church, unique in the ecclesiastical annals of
the county, after continuing 625 years, only ended on the death of Sir Robert
Affleck in 1851, the last prebendary of Thockrington who enjoyed the emolu
ments of the prebend. Prebendaries of Thockrington,^
Lawrence de St. Nicholas held the prebend in Thomas Greenwood, March ist, 1415-16, vicar of
1226. Kendal. WiU dated April 20th, 1421 ; died
William Peircy resigned it in 1295. May 2nd, 1421 ; buried in York minster.'
John de Warrena, Jan. 2nd, 1295-96. WilUam Peleson, March ist, 1416-17.
Walter de Wodehouse, Sept, ist, 1347, Stephen Wilton, Oct. 17th, 1434.
Edmund de Morteyn, Nov, 21st, 1347. Richard Tone, Nov. gth, 1441.
Richard de Retford, May ist, 1364. Thomas Tanfield, Jan, 31st, 1448/9, rector of
John de Irford, June 20th, 1369, Gateshead, WiU dated Jan, 2nd, 1474/5,"
John de Brydd, his appointment was ratified by Thomas Gouge, April 22nd, 1451,
the king, June 27th, 1380. Robert Morton, April 30th, 1462. He became
Robert de Dalton, his appointment was ratified archdeacon of York and of Worcester.
by the king, April i8th, 1382. Thomas Toly, June 26th, 1467.
Thomas de Dalby, Feb, 28th, 1389-90, He was Henry GiUovv, June 24th, 1476, rector of Hough-
also archdeacon of Richmond.^ Will dated ton-le-Spring, Will dated Feb. Sth, 1482/3.'
May i6tb, 1400; died May 19th, 1400; buried Ralph Bird, June nth, 1479. Willdated March
in the nave of York minster,'' 25th, 1483; buried in York minster in the
Robert de Wolveden, May 22nd, 1400, WiU chapelof the Blessed Virgin and Holy Angels,'"
dated Sept. 4th, 1432,= John Hert, April 22nd, 1483, precentor of York and
Robert de Oxton, March 2ist, 1400/1, vicarof St, Martin's, Coney Street. Willdated
WiUiamCawood,Sept.6th,i4o8,rectorofWarton. Oct, 21st, 1495 ; buried in York minster."
WiIldatedFeb,3rd;provedMarch23rd,i4i9,'' Christopher Urswick, May 17th, 1487.
Richard Colhome, Oct, 14th, 1414, WUliam Apilton, Oct, 29th, 1493.
' Archbishop Gray's Register, Raine, pp, 146-148, 155. Surt, Soc,
2 Le Neve, Fasti. Oxford, 1854, vol, iii. pp. 217, 218,
' 1389, i8th February, Thomas de Dalby exchanged his stall of Welton at Lincoln for the prebend of
Thockrington. York Wills, Raine, vol, iii, p, 9 n ; Surt, Soc,
' Ibid, vol, i, p, 261-264. '^ Ibid. vol. iii. p. 91 ; Surt. Soc,
" Ibid. vol. i, p, 395, ' Ibid. vol. iii. p. 61 n. ' Ibid, vol, iii, p. 214 n, " Ibid, vol, iii, p. 281,
'" Ibid. vol. iii. p. 282, " Ibid. vol. iv. p. 113 n.

THOCKRINGTON TOWNSHIP.

389

George Meriton, May 5th, 1617. He was also
dean of York.
John Scot, Jan. 31st, 1624. He became dean of
York,=
Gilbert Ironside, Oct, 13th, 1660. He was after
wards bishop of Bristol."
Richard Sykes, Oct, 7th, 1662.
Elias Micklethwaite, April 28th, 1670.
Elias Micklethwaite, junior, Feb. 28th, 1680/1.'
WiUiam Elsley, July 31st, 1721.*
John Witton, Aug. 30th, 1740, on the death of
William Elsley."
Sir William Lowther, bart,, Oct, 16th, 1754, on
the death of John Witton,"
Bernard Foord, Oct. ist, 1788, on the death of
Sir WUliam Lowther, bart.
Sir Robert Affleck, barb, May 8th, 1803, on
the death of Bernard Foord, died May 7th,
1851."

WUliam Sheffield, June 21st, 1494, son of Sir
Robert Sheffield of Lincolnshire. He became
dean of York ; buried in York minster.
WiU dated Oct. 25th, 1496.'
John Curwen, Jan, 23rd, 1496-7,
Nicholas Myles, Aug. 23rd, 1510.
William Bourbank, May 13th, 1524,
WiUiam Mooke or Mike, April 12th, 1531 ; rector
of Welboum, Lincolnshire, where he died on
May 30th, 1545, and is buried in the chancel,^
WiUiam Robinson, April 20th, 1545."
Anthony Blake, collated circa 1 562 or 1 563.
Christopher Ashbourne, Aug. 27th, 1570.
James Crosthwait, April ist, 1573.
Henry Wright, July 5th, 1 580.
Henry Ridley, April nth, 1583.
Thomas Burton, Oct. 3rd, 1587.
John Thornburgh or Thorneborough, March
17th, 1589. He was also dean of York, and
afterwards bishop of Worcester,'
For the moiety granted to the king by the clergy in 131 2 in return to the
writ Levari facias, Thockrington contributed 34s. id.,^^ and for the subsidy
of a ninth and fifteenth granted in 1340 it was assessed at £10 4s. 2d." The
following document shows how the prebendaries farmed their estates :
' York Wills, Raine, vol, iv. p. 118 n. ^ Ibid. vol. v. p. 242 n.
^WilliamRobinson graduated B.A. March 12th, 1 540/1 ; M.A. May 8th, 1543. "PoiXer, Alumni Oxonienses.
* John Thornborowe, son of Giles Thornborowe of Salisbury, Magdalen college, Oxon., matriculated
1571, aged 20, B.A. 1573, M.A, 1575, B,D, 1582. Chaplain to Queen Elizabeth, bishop of Limerick 1593,
of Bristol 1603-1617, of Worcester 1617 to his death in 1641. Ibid.
" John Scott of Queen's college, Oxon., B.A, 1614, M,A. 1618, vicarof St, Lawrence, Appleby, 1623. Ibid.
' Son of Gilbert Ironside, rector of Winterbourne, Steepleton, Dorset. Educated at Steepleton and
Wadham college, Oxon. Matriculated November 14th, 1650, B,A. 1653, M.A, 1655, fellow 1656, bishop
of Bristol 1689, of Hereford 1691 until his death Aug, 27th, 1701, aged 69. Ibid.
' Elias Micklethwaite, son of Elias Micklethwaite, clerk, was baptised at Marston, March i6th, 1651/2,
of Sidney Sussex college, Cambridge, B.A, 1673, M,A, 1676, incorporated Oxon. July nth, 1676, vicar of
Terrington, Yorks., 1682, Will dated July 12th, 1720 ; proved March 29th, 1721. Ibid.
' WiUiam Elsley, B.A, from St, John coUege, Cambridge, 1692, M,A. 1698, incorporated Oxon. July
13th, 1703, rector of Ryther, Yorks., 1704. Ibid.
' John Witton of Lupset, son of Richard Witton of Lupset, by his wife, Elizabeth, daughter and heiress
of Wilfred Lawson of Brunton; baptised at Wakefield, 17th December, 1691 ; was fellow of Trinity
college, Cambridge; and died at Birthwaite, ist September, 1754. Dugdale's Visitation; Clay, p. 107;
cf. vol. ii. p. 96.
'» Sir WiUiam Lowther of Trinity college, Cambridge, B.A, 1730, M,A. 1734, incorporated Oxon. 1734,
created a baronet Aug. 22nd, 1764, rector of S willington, and vicar of Welton, Yorks. ; died June 15th,
1788. Foster, Alumni Oxonienses,
" Sir Robert AfUeck, fourth baronet, of Christ college, Oxon. Matriculated June 26th, 1783, aged r8,
B.A. 1787, M.A. 1790. Ibid. "Bishop Kellawe's Register, vol, i, p. 281.
"Exchequer Lay Subsidy, 14 Edw, III, (1340). Assessment ofthe ninth and the fifteenth. 'Ecclesia
de Thokeryngton. De ix" garbarurru vellerum et agnorum de parochia ecclesiae de Thokeryngton taxata
ad x'' iiii' ii'' et commissa Thomae Fossoure, Ricardo Butland, WiUielmo Tayt, Johanni de Swethop,
WiUielmo filio Willielmi de Babynton et totae parochiae ad respondendum domino regi de summa
quae est x" iiii' ii"".' Nonarum Inquisitiones ; Hodgson, Northinnberland, pt, iii. vol, iii. p. xxxviii.

390 THOCKRINGTON PARISH.
This indenture maid in the fest of Saynt Marce th' evaungelist, the yere of our Lord God a thousand
fyve hundreth and fyve yeres, betwix Mr. John Curwen, clerk, prebendary of the prebend of Tokeryngton,
in the counte of Northumberland for tyme beyng, in that one party, and Sir Thomas Cartyngton, Sir
Thomas Man, Sir Robert Barresford, prestes, Cuthbert Shaftow, Alexander Shaftow, and WiUiam
Shaftow, gentilmen, on that oder party, witnessyth that the said Mr. John Curwen hayth graunted and
to ferme lattyn unto the said Sir Thomas, etc., the prebend of Thokeryngton aforesaid, with all maner
alterage, profectes, oblacions, tythes, proventes, ryghtes. and commoditiez, excepte jurisdiccioni spirituall ;
to have and hold unto th' end and terme of xxv yers, payng yerely to the said Mr. John Curwen, his
successors and assignez, evere yere xliiii' in the cathedrall church of Yorke.'
And the said Sir Thomas, etc., shall fynd an able prest on ther proper costes and expenses, continually
duryng the said terme to celebrate divine service in the chirch of Thokeryngton, and to ministre sacra-
mentezs and sacramentallz in the same, and also to discharge the said Mr. John Curwen and his
successors of all charges and the reparacions belongyng to ye chauncell of ye church of Tokeryngton,
housez and all other beyldinges ther. And the said Sir Thomas, etc., promises and byndes theym by
thes presentes in xx" within sex yeres, on yer proper costes and expenses to beyld a sufficient stone hous
in Thokeryngton for the defence of the preste and ye fermer and ther guddes ther for the tyme beyng,
aganest the Scottes and other adversaries ; the said stone house sufficiently to be beldid upon the acres
which is the prebendaris owne grounde without the church yerd ; which so belded the said fermers shall
sufficiently repereth and uphold of ther proper costes and expenses the same duryng the terme of ther
yeres as concernyng this dimission, and so leve it sufficiently repared and upholdyn. .^.Iso the said Mr.
John Curwen promisez and grauntez that after the said sufficient stone house be belded and sufficiently
repared, and the yeres of this indenture expired, the said Sir Thomas, etc, and ther assignez to have the
said prebend to farme afore any other person or persons paynge als mych as any oder man will pay, all
fraud and collusion set aparte, the consent of the said chapiter at that tyme had, Aiwa provided if it
fortune, as God defend, that in any of ye yeres comprised in this indenture or to come, as is aforesaid, it
shall happyn to be land of ware betwix England and Scotland, that then the said Mr. John Curwen woU
and grauntes that yere or yeres which shall so fortune to be wer shall not be reputed ne counted in ye
nombr of ye said xxv"' yeres hot as in this graunte and dimision subducte and allway ye yeres in this
indentor expressed or to come as is aforesaid to be reputed and takyn as in land of pease. And if that
happyn, the said xliiij" to be uncontente or not paid in the hole or any parte thereof be the space of
xxi dais throgh the faute and negligence of the said fermors, that then it shall be lefull to the said Mr.
John Curwen to re-enter to ye said prebend and to distrene all maner of such gudes as there may be
fonde, and them so streined, to have, occupy, and reteine withoute redamacion or agane standyng. And
thefaU (?) ye said Sir Thomas, etc, be holdyn and bounde be ther wrytyng obligatory in Ix" of lawfuU
money of England ; beryng dat viii day of Aprill, the yere of the reagne of Kyng Henry ye vii"' x.x"'.
Confirmed by Chapter, April 8lh, 1505.-
Thockrington Church.
Thockrington church is built upon the crest of a bold spur of the Great
Whin sill, and from its exposed and commanding position forms a land mark
for miles around The view is extensive and varied, embracing the distant
Cumbrian and Border hills, the vales of the North Tyne and Erring burn,
Hallington. reservoirs, and the course of the Roman Wall from Hunnum to
Borcovicus.
' In the eighteenth century the rent of the prebend was to be paid by the farmer half-yearly at
Michaelmas and Lady day, on the tomb in York cathedral called Foxey or Haxby's tomb. Lease of tithes
dated 25th March, 1785, from Sir WiUiam Lowther, prebendary of Thockrington, to Gawen Aynsley of
Little Harle. Mr, H. T, Morton's Title Deeds, ' Act. Dec, et Cap, Ebor. 1^04-1^42, ^b.

thockrington church.

391

The church is one of the oldest in the county, and possesses like
Warkworth, Heddon, Seaton Delaval, Old Bewick, and Kirk Newton, the
infrequent feature of a vaulted chancel. The earliest remaining features are
the chancel, the west wall of the nave, and a few courses of masonry on the
exterior face of the north wall of the nave, all of which appear to have been
executed in the first half of the twelfth century.

Thockrington Church (from the South-east),
With the exception of the chancel, the fabric has been subject to
several 'restorations.' These have completely destroyed the character of
the masonry, and as there are no distinctive architectural features, it is
diflacult to suggest the precise date of the work which followed that of
the Norman period. The first change seems to have been the contrac
tion of the chancel by the removal of its eastern part, where it probably
had an apsidal termination. This removal was possibly caused by the failure
of its foundations through the nature ofthe ground, which falls rapidly to the
east. A wall was then built on the east side of the arch which opened into
the apse, and in it was inserted a small pointed light. At a later period were

392

THOCKRINGTON PARISH.

added the sturdy buttresses at the east end, and a similarly massive buttress
in the centre of the west gable. There can be little doubt that the west
buttress, which has a considerable projection and is in a very unusual posi
tion, was a matter of structural necessity. It may possibly cover a Norman
window.

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The double bell-cot which surmounts the west gable has the appearance
of being ' made up' with ancient masonry. Wallis, the historian (1769), speaks
of a then recent restoration which, judging from the character of the south
door, seems to have included the rebuilding of the north and south walls of
the nave. They are of superior masonry and only 2 feet thick, whereas those
built during the twelfth century are 3 feet 6 inches in thickness. Further
alterations were made in 1864, when the vestry was erected; and in 1873,
when new windows were inserted in the nave, and a south porch was added.
The two original Norman windows in the chancel, one on the north and the
other on the south side, have round heads worked from a single stone on the
exterior; they have widely splayed jambs and heads internally. A built-up
priest's door is visible on the south side of the chancel.

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The chancel has a slightly segmental vaulted ceiling, which is pierced
by the internal splay of the heads of the two original windows. The vault
springs from a string course, Avhich is chamfered on the under side. The
chancel arch is of one course of voussoirs with plain angles and sofiit ; it
springs from a plain impost chamfered on the under side, which is continued
as a string along the east wall of the nave, as is shown on the sketch. There
is another arch similar to that just
described at the extreme east end ;
it measures 2 feet 8 inches on the
sofiit, and also springs from an impost
similar to that of the chancel arch
already described, though it is a foot
lower. This impost is returned on
the north side along the east wall,
but on the south side it abuts against
it. This arch, like those at Heddon
and Seaton Delaval, is probably a
sanctuary arch.^ The font, a bowl
standing on a circular shaft, is ancient,
but it has been so much chiselled
over that it is impossible to assign a
precise date. There is no trace of a
piscina or aumbry, nor are there any '"=
arch stones or capitals of earlier
work on the site.
In the churchyard near the east end of the church there are lying some
broken fragments of a limestone matrix of a brass of the thirteenth century.
The casements are for two busts ; and there is an inscription in Lombardic
characters round the edge of the slab, and which reads : ' [Hic jajcet
Vilelmus Fossour et Ma[rga]reta uxor ipsiu[s' orate pro eis].' From this
William Fossour probably descended John Fossour, prior of Durham,
1342-1374. A second slab has a bugle (a forester's badge) and a sword
incised upon it. In the interior of the church there is a much mutilated
eflfigy of a lady, whose head rests on a single cushion. She wears a wimple,
and a curious head-dress carried across the forehead and down the sides of
' There is a low chamber above the vaulting,

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the face: all, however, are much damaged. The tight sleeves of a close-fitting
gown are distinguishable, and over all is worn a long mantle fastened across
the breast with a cord, the ends of which are pendent ; the left hand clasps
the mantle cord at the breast, and the right hand passes across the body and
holds the mantle, which is slightly gathered up on the left side. The feet
are broken off. The effigy is probably of fourteenth-century date. There is
also a very good inonumental slab, having a cross the head of which is formed
by four circles strapped together ; on the dexter side is a book, and on the
sinister a sword in high relief.

Se:pulchr.alMemorial5 TMOCKI^INGTON wHtowLw Dcu,
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The socketted base of the churchyard cross still remains, and another
stone, on either side of which is carved a leg of some monster, is lying in the
churchyard. Monumental Inscriptions.
.... also the remains of George Shafto Delaval of Bavington hall, esq., who died on the nth day
of January, 1782. Also Eleanor Louisa, daughter of the said Sir Cuthbert Shafto, who died on the nth
day of August, 1803. And also the said Sir Cuthbert Shafto, who died on the 26th day of November,
1812, aged 76 years. Also WUliam Shafto, brother of the said Sir Cuthbert Shafto, who died on the
22nd day of April, 1833, aged 81 years.'

' The top of this grave cover and epitaph is concealed by the step at the communion rails.

THOCKRINGTON CHURCH. 395'
In memory of James Delaval Shafto of Bavington, son of Robert Ingram Shafto, who died August
I2th, 1857, aged 28 years.
Charles Cuthbert Shafto, died December 22nd, 1866, aged 71 years. Sarah George, daughter of the
late William G. Shafto, died AprU 24th, 1876, aged 46 years.
Here lyeth the body of the Rev, Mr, John Crozier, minister of the Presbyterian dissenting congre
gation at Bavington , , , , , died 175..., aged 66.
Erected to the memory of the Rev. Alexander Trotter, A.M., the faithful and beloved pastor of the
Presbyterian congregation of Great Bavington for 28 years. He departed this life on the 14th of August,
1852, aged 70 years. Registers, etc.
The register is a transcript made in 1820 from the original by Thomas Scurr, the curate ; it begins in
17 1 5 and includes entries of Kirkheaton chapelry,
1715, November 22nd. Robert, son of Robert Hepple of Litrie Bavington, baptised,
172,.., February 13th. Robert, son of WiUiam Heron of Thockrington, baptised,
1730/1, March 14th, Christopher, son of Christopher Reed of Carrycoats White house, baptised,
173.,., January 30th, Parcival, son of George Hedley of Hawick, parish of Kirkharle, baptised.
1744, November 7th. Robert Coatsworth and Ann Kirsop, both of this parish, married.
1745, October 17th, Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Coatsworth of Thockrington, baptised.
1746, April loth. Martha, wife of William Heron of Sweethope, buried.
1746, November 6th. Mr. Charles Shafto of Newcastle, formerly of Carrycoats, buried.
1747, October 27th. Esther, wife of Robert Hepple of Thockrington, buried.
1749, August 15th. Mrs. Mary Shafto, a widow, of Hexham, buried.
1750, April 22nd. WiUiam, son of Cuthbert Elrington of this town, baptised.
1750, November 5th, John Reed of this parish and Jane Partis ofthe parish of Chollerton, married.
1764, October 21st. Christopher Reed of Waterfalls, buried,
1766, November 26th. EUzabeth, daughter of Mr. Swainston and Elizabeth Brown of Little
Bavington, baptized.
1770, May 13th, Mrs, Theodosia Ingram of Humshaugh, widow, buried,
1770, November 12th. David Ramsay of the parish of Chollerton and Elizabeth Riddell of this
chapelry, married,
1770, December 13th. Hannah, daughter of the Rev. Mr. Brown and Ma . . . , his wife, of Little
Bavington, baptised.
1771, August 3rd. Cuthbert Elrington of Parkhouse, buried,
1772, October 4th. Rachel Reed of Carrycoats White house, widow, buried.
1774, March 14th. Captain Matthew Shafto of Hexham, buried.
1779, February loth. Robert Coatsworth of Homilton, buried.
1784, May 25th. Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. AUen Shafto, and PhiUis, his wife, of Swinburn,
buried.
1788, September nth. Ann Coatsworth, widow, of West Harle, buried.
1789, April 15th, James Bewick of Blackheddon, widower, buried,
1790, September 27th, Humphrey, son of Rev, Mr. Brown and Isabella, his wife, baptised,
1802, January 12th. Rev, James Rutherford, minister of Great Bavington, buried,
1805, January 12th, Mrs. Isabel Scott, wife of Mr. Robert Scott of Hedchester, buried.
1806, May 17th. Mrs, Margaret Rutherford, sister of the late Rev. Mr, Rutherford, minister of the
dissenting meeting house at Great Bavington, buried.
1808, August 1 8th, John Reed of Humshaugh, brother of the late Christopher Reed of Thockrington,
buried,
1815, May 5th, Rev, Humphrey Brown of Kirkheaton, aged 79, buried.
1838, September 15th. Violet Ridley of Sweethope miU, aged loi years, buried.
1842, December 9th, Humphrey Brown of Kirkheaton, clergyman, and Jemima Shafto of Bavington
hall, widow, daughter of John Stannard, farmer, married.

396 THOCKRINGTON PARISH.
Visitations,
The Oliverian Survey made in 1650 says : That the parish of Thockerington is a rectorye holden of
the late dean and chapter of Yorke, and farmed by William Shaftoe, esq,, att the rent of five pounds six
shiUmgs and eight pence per annum, and the place vacant, and noe minister to supply the cure.'
1720, April. Office against Robert Grey and Susanna Errington for antenuptial fornication. Grey
proves that he was married by Mr. Edward Tweedale, curate of Corsenside and Thockrington, in a private
room at Woodheads, parish of St. John Lee, at four in the afternoon without banns or licence.
1725. Office against WiUiam Clark of the chapelry of Kirkheaton and Elizabeth Oliver of Hexham
for fornication. They brought a witness to prove themselves married in. the parish of Thockrington by
Mr. James Laing without banns or licence in a public house,"
Archdeacon Sharpe says of Thockrington : It is part of the archbishop of York's diocese in Northum
berland, but with this difference from that part of it called Hexhamshire, that it is a prebendal peculiar of
his grace's diocese, within Northumberland, He governs the parishes in Hexhamshire by a commissary,
having jurisdiction in that peculiar. But the prebendary of Thockrington hath all the ordinary jurisdiction
at Thockrington ; grants Ucences matrimonial, holds courts of visitation and excommunication, probates
of wills, and grants administration ; yet he and his church and parish are subject to a diocesan, not a
provincial, visitation from the archbishop, as the other prebendal peculiars in Yorkshire are, of which there
are many," 1762. Value of curacy (of Thockrington) Gawen Aynsley, esq., who has the tythes (by lease) pays the
curate yearly ^13 6s, 8d,, George Delaval, esq,, to whom the principal part of the parish belongs, about
seven years ago gave .£200 to the church which got ye queen's bounty and a lot, in all ^600, which with
;£6o borrowed made a purchase of a freehold estate now let to a good tenant at the yearly rent of ^20 ;
surpUce fees about ^i los,, £2S i6s, 8d,; deduct interest on jJ6o, £2 i6s.4
Ministers,
The following is a very imperfect list of ministers, of whom the earlier ones officiated for the absentee
prebendaries, and the later ones were perpetual curates of the parish :
1660 {circa)  'Taylor: he forebore preaching for several years after being ejected, but at length
being under trouble of mind he returned again to his work.' *
1718. Edward Tweddle : as minister he joined with the 24 of the parish in a petition to Quarter
Sessions held at Midsummer, 1718, respecting the settlement of a pauper in which it is recited that there
were but '37 farms' in the whole parish, and most of the inhabitants were farmers." He was also curate
of St, John Lee and of Corsenside,
1770-1815, Humphrey Brown ; also chaplain at Kirkheaton ; he voted in 1774 for Thockrington glebe.
1815-1822. Thomas Scurr, St. Bees college; afterwards vicar of Ninebanks,-
1828-1834. James Urwin; also chaplain at Kirkheaton,
1834-1860, Humphrey Brown (the son); also chaplain at Kirkheaton.
1861-1863. J. Urwin,
1864-1866, W, T, Shields,
1 869- 1 874, Christopher Taylor ; also chaplain at Kirkheaton,
1875-1878, Joseph Bennet, M,A, ; also chaplain at Kirkheaton ; died i6th February, 1878, aged 74,
1878-1887, Constantine O'Donel of Trinity college, Dublin, B.A, 1848, incumbent of St. Peter's in the
Forest 1851-1871 ; also chaplain at Kirkheaton ; died January, 1890,
1890, H. A. Bettison, curate of Otterburn 1879-1890; also chaplain at Kirkheaton.
' Arch. Ael. 410 series, vol, iii, p. 7. '' Canon Raine's Extracts from York Faculty Book.
' Inedited Contributions to the History of Northumberland, Hodgson-Hinde, p. 64.
•* Note by Archdeacon Sharpe ; Canon Raine's interleaved copy of Randal's State of the Churches.
' Calamy, Account, vol, ii, p. 513. ° Sessions Records,

THOCKRINGTON TOWNSHIP. 397
On the death, in 1851, of Sir Robert Affleck, the prebend of Thock
rington was suspended, and the emoluments passed to the Ecclesiastical
commissioners. Mr. Brown, the curate of Thockrington, petitioned for a
grant of the tithes of the prebend as an augmentation of his cure of which the
gross income was about ^60 and the net income little more than £so. Mr.
Brown was then 63 years of age, and though the prayer of his petition was
eventually granted he did not survive to obtain any benefit, for it was not
until 1865 that the tithe rent charge of £i3'\ 9s. 8d., formerly belonging to
the prebend, was granted as an endowment for the curacy.^
Though the church was granted fo the prebend, Archbishop Gray
reserved to himself and his successors the vill and manor, which, in 1232, he
let on a twelve years' lease at a yearly rent of 12 marks to John Fossator.
Out of the lease was excepted the great meadow and the tallage of the men
of the archbishop, and provision was made that in case of war or defect of
the archbishop, Fossor should be entitled to compensation ' by the judgment
of just and lawful men ' ; he was also to receive a reasonable fine in case any
of the men of the place annoyed, or injured him ; he bound himself to make
the allotted suit and to defend himself before the king's justices, sheriff", and
bailiffs, to observe the conditions of the lease, and to be subject to the prior
of Hexham without appeal, under sentence of excommunication and interdict.^
Having arranged the difficulties within the manor, the archbishop
addressed himself to the rectification of its boundaries by making an agree
ment with the abbot and convent of Newminster for the delimitation of the
frontier line between Thockrington and Sweethope which belonged to the
church of York, and the grange of Filaton which belonged to Newminster,
about which disputes^ had arisen, 'it not being known how much ofthe
moor which lay between these places belongs to the vills and what to
the grange.' ' That peace shall be maintained in the future the following
boundaries set out by honest and faithful men are to be observed ' :
These boundaries begin at Rikempldepol, ascending to Rucsceleshou, and dividing the summit of the
said Rucsceleshou towards the west as far as to the Score, and so by the Score as far as Bruneside ; and
so from Bruneside descending in a straight Une as far as Merleche, on the west side of Upper
¦ London Gazette, December lotb, 1865. Though the benefice was in 1866 declared to be a rectory
{cf. London Gazette, November 20th, 1866), it is conceived that its legal status is that of a perpetual
curacy endowed with rectorial tithes. Cf. supra, p. 129 n.
'Archbishop Gray's Register, Raine, pp. 146-148; Surt. Soc, No. 56.
^ There was a suit at the Assizes of 1269, in which the abbot .and convent were charged with unjustly
disseising Robert, son of Elias of Thockrington, of his common of pasture. Northumberland Assize Roll,
Page, p. 150 ; Surt. Soc-

398 THOCKRINGTON PARISH.
Heseleside. The whole moor lying between these places and the vills of Thokerington and Swethop
belong to the same viUs and are to remain so for ever, so that the abbot and convent shaU have no
right or common in the said moor. The whole of the moor lying between the said boundaries and the
aforesaid grange are to belong and remain to the said grange for ever. Witnesses : Dominus William,
archdeacon of Richmond ; Peter de Fikolden, succentor of York ; Masters Roger de Schiftling, canon of
Beveriey ; Richard de Lincoln, canon of Suwill (Southwell) ; John, then prior of Hextildesham ; Hugo
de Bolbek, John de Hawlton, Peter de VaUibus, Robert de Camhou, Robert de Riperiis, then senescaU
of my lord of York ; Richard de Boyvill, senescaU of the lord of the hospital [of St, John of Jerusalem].'
This agreement was confirmed by a charter to which John Fossor and
Robert, son of Elias, and John his brother, were parties.^ In 1269, Arch
bishop Gifford, being at Alwinton (Allendale) at Martinmas, granted a lease of
the manor of Thokerington, with its appurtenances, except the great meadow
of Hameldon, for six years to Walter de Swethope, at the rent of 20 marks.^
In 1274, Wilham of Thokerington, chaplain, having purchased from divers
persons lands of the fee of the archbishop in the vill of Thokerington, viz.,
from Robert, son of Elyas, 17 acres and a toft; of Sir Walter de Swethope,
6 acres and a toft; of Stephen de Chales, 3 acres; of Mathilda, Alicia, and
Gunnania, daughters of the said Stephen, 10 acres; obtained from the arch
bishop a confirmation, for which he paid the sum of £^.^ This same Robert,
son of Elias, was also defendant in an action brought at the Assizes of 1279
by Emma, widow of John Clerk (clericus) of Newcastle, to recover the third
part of a messuage and 26 acres of land, etc., in Thockrington, which she
claimed for her dower. She also brought actions against William de Thock
rington and John de Swinburn to recover other lands.^
Several small suits relating to Thockrington are entered in the De
Banco Rolls in the early part of the reign of Edward I. Agnes, the widow
of Thomas Hydega, claimed her dower of one-third in three messuages and
two marcates held by John le Clerck of Newcastle.^ The prior of the
Hospitallers in England sought to establish his right to common of pasture
against Walter de Swetehope and the abbot of Newminster; and^ Thomas de
' Archbishop Gray's Register, Raine, p, 290; Surt. Soc. No, 56.
' Newminster Chartulary, Fowler, p. 66 ; Surt. Soc.
^ York Registers, Gifford, 108 ; Raine, Transcript, p. 103. '^Ibid. Gifford, 117 ; Raine, Transcript, p. 105,
' Northumberland Assize Roll, Page, 7 Edw, I. p. 229; Surt. Soc.
" 'Agnes quae fuit uxor Thomae Hydega per altorn, suum optulit se iiij die versus Johannem le Clerck
de Novo Castro sup, Tynam de placito terciae paitis trium mes, et duarum marcatarum redd, cum pert, in
Thokerington quam clamat in dotem, etc, Et ipse non venit. Et habuit diem per esson. suum ad hunc
diem Judicium Praedicta tercia pars capitur in manum dni regis. Et dies, etc. Et ipsi summ. quod sint
a die Sci. Trinitatis in xv dies,' etc. De Banco Rolls, 3 Edw. I. Easter, m. 33,
' ' lidem (Gwychard de Charron et WiU. de Norburth) con. ad assisam novae disseisinae cap. quam
Prior Hosp. Sci. Johannis Jerus. in Anglia arr. versus Walterum de Swethop et abbatem de Novo Monas
terio de communa pasturae in Thocrynton.' De Banco Rolls, 3 Edw. I. m, 18,

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Faulkner had a similar contention with Roger, abbot of Newminster, and
others.^ A messuage with 33 acres of arable and 6 acres of meadow, then in
the possession of Richard de La Leye and Isolda his wife, was claimed by
Richard, son of Adam of Little Bavington and Alicia his wife.^
Thokerington Subsidy Roll, 1296.^
Summa bonorum Ricardi Bui
„ Alani filii Thomae
„ Symonis filii Thomae.
„ Willelmi de Haliden
„ Adae filii Steffani
„ Willelmi de Goseford .
„ Nicholai de Yetham
„ Johannis clerici
„ Willelmi Werst
„ Thomae Faukynneuer'
,, Isoldae viduae ...
„ Thomae Cautelad
„ Johannis de Redisdal .
„ Rogeri del Law
„ Johannis filii Thomae.
„ Willemi de Law
„ Andreae molendinarii.
„ Eliae de Errington
Summa hujus villae, ^41 5s. gd.
In 1368 Archbishop Thoresby, being at Thorp, granted a lease of the
manor to Roger Widdrington by the following instrument :
This indenture, made between the most reverend father m Christ, the lord. Lord John, etc., on the
one part, and Roger de Wytheryngton on the other, witnesses, that the same reverend father has granted
and to farm let to the same Roger, his manor, of Thokeryngton, with all its~appurtenances, for the term
of ten years next following, saving to the same reverend father, homages, wards, reliefs from his tenants
there. Rendering thence yearly ^8 sterling. And it is to be known that the aforesaid Roger, at his own
proper costs, shall make one new water mill within two years next following, and the said reverend
father shall find timber for the said mill, and shall release to the said Roger £4. Dated at Thorp,
April 24th, 1368.'
The family of Fossor, which was settled in the parish of Thockrington
at an early period, became of some standing in that part of the county,
and was afterwards seated, towards the end of the fourteenth century, in the
' ' lidem con. ad ass. novae disseisinae cap. quam Thomas le Faukener arr. versus Rogerum abbatem
de Novo Monasterio et alios de communa pasturae in Thocrinton.' De Banco Rolls, 8 Edw, I, m. 6,
' ' lidem con, ad ass. mortis antecessoris cap. quam Ricardus fiUus Adae de parva Babinton et
Alicia uxor ejus arr. versus Ricardum de la Leye et Isoldam uxorem ejus de uno mes. 30 et 3 acr. terrae
et 6 acr. prati cum pert, in Thokerington,' Ibid. 14 Edw. I, m, 3.
' Thokryngton Subsidy Roll, 1336 : Andreas Bull, 4s. 6d, ; Johannes filius Willelmi, 3s, 5d. ; Johannes
Paslay, 3s. id,; WUlelmus Tayt, 3s.; Johannes filius Nicholai, 35. 4d. ; Adam Wyndswift, 4s. lod, ;
Johannes Morgan, 3s, 6d, ; Robertus de Musgrave, 4s, 4d, Summa, 30s.
' Lease ofthe manor of Tocherington. York Registers, Thoresby, 305, b ; Raine, Transcript, p. 263,

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county of Durham. The Durham branch of the family remained there, in
the rank of the smaller gentry, and in possession of a moderate estate,
principally acquired through marriage, until near the end of the eighteenth
century. The name Fossour or Fossor, which ultimately resolved itself into
Forcer, originated in 'fossator,' a ditcher, an occupation which it would
scarcely be thought would have resulted in producing landed property of
considerable extent. It may be paralleled by what occurred in the neigh
bouring county of Durham, where the family of Blakiston, which became
wealthy proprietors and of knightly rank, commenced with a cow-herd.
The earliest person of the name who has been recorded was Ricardus
fossator, who had a grant of land in Swinburn early in the thirteenth century,
from Radulf de Gunwarton, and confirmed by the lord of the barony, Hugo
de Baillol. This he afterwards made over to Newminster abbey. Johannes
fossator, who occurs as a party to an agreement between Archbishop Gray
and the monks of Newminster about the boundaries of Thockrington and
Filton, towards the middle of the same century, may have been a son of
Richard. William Fossor, whose relationship to the preceding persons is
unknown, gave to his son Roger, about 1280, a parcel of land, called Coppis-
grene in the vill of Thockrington. The deed of gift is -recited and the grant
confirmed by Thomas Fossor, the son and heir of William, in a charter which
has the same witnesses as those to his father's deed, showing that both must
have been executed at the same time. A daughter of this Thomas, named
Agnes, was married in 1342 to Adam, son of William de Acton, the wealthy
Newcastle merchant, who made a settlement of five marcs yearly upon them
out of land at Newbiggin in the parish of Woodhorn. This Thomas Fossor
was probably the same man who in 1333 was appointed one of his com
missioners by John de Warenna, canon of York and prebendary and rector
of Thockrington. John Fossor, possibly a brother of Thomas, became prior
of Durham in 1341, and held that office until his death in 1374, having been-
one ofthe most eminent men who occupied the prior's chair. Another John
Fossor, who may have been a nephew of the prior, and through whom he
may have settled in the county of Durham, became possessed of land there in
1370, when Thoinas de Coxside, who calls him 'consanguineus,' granted him
a moiety of his lands in Seton and Seham. He died in 1379, when custody
of his lands was granted by Bishop Hatfield to John de Popham during the
minority of his son. This son, also named John, married Johanna, daughter

THOCKRINGTON TOWNSHIP. 4OI
and heiress of William de Kellawe of Herbarowes, by which marriage he
obtained an estate there and another at Kellawe, from which place his wife's
family had taken its name. Their descendants remained in possession of
these and other smaller properties until the death, without issue, of Basil
Forcer in 1782.
Universis Christi fidelibus . . . Thomas Fossure de Thokeringtone filius et heres WiUelmi Fossure de
Thokeringtone . . , Noveritimio, vestra quod cum praedictus Willelmus pater meus dedisset , , . Rogero
Fossure fratri meo totum illud toftum cum gardino quod vocatur Coppisgrene et viginti acras terrae arabilis
et tres acras prati in villa et campo de Thokeringtone (William Fossor's charter recited and particulars of
land stated, viz.) ij acram super le Battys inter terram Symonis filii Thomae , . . et terram Andreae BuUe
. , , . i acram apud le Poteside inter terram Adae de Kirkelande -. . . . et terram Johannis praepositi . . .
i acram apud Whiteside juxta terram Nicholai de Yetham, 4 acram super le Ernyshope juxta terram Johannis
filii praepositi, 4 acram apud Lay tehalle juxta terram Magistri de Chibburne, i rodam apud Botirlaw juxta
terram Nicholai de Yeteham, i rodam apud Milkewelside juxta terram Johannis de Redesdale, i rodam
apud Thristilflate juxta terram Nich. de Yetham, J acram apud Ie Milnedame juxta terram ejusdem
Nicholai, ^ acram terrae juxta communem moram, i acram apud Hutirlawe juxta terram praedicti Nicholai,
4 acram apud Homyldonheudis juxta terram Nicholai memorati, -J acram super Homyldonendis ex parte
boriali, et i rodam in le northbanke de Homildon, i rodam in le estbanke de Homyldon, et i^ acram apud
Holden juxta terram Johannis filii praepositi, i rodam apud Longdyke juxta terram ejusdem Johannis, 4
acram apud Helleknowle, i rodam sub HelleknowU et i acram super Opynlawe, 4 acram apud le toftis
juxta terram Johannis filii praepositi, i acram juxta crucem versus Swethope, i acram apud Hundcastelle
abuttantem super le Crokidrodis, i acram apud Bellislaw, i rodam apud Sippewelside juxta terram
Willelmi Dellau, et i acram ibidem et i aliam acram ibidem abuttantem super Blaclau, et 4 acram apud
Manichestirs sub le Cambe, et 4 acram ibidem et i rodam sub le Westbothe juxta terram Symonis filii
Ranulphi, i aliam rodam ibidem, 4 acram abuttantem super Cromfiate, 4 acram apud Moreflate, et i acram
prati apud Manychestirs, 4 acram prati in Feldirleche, -j acram prati apud Holden, et i acram prati apud
Blaclau. To hold for life rendering yearly 5s, Witnesses : Sir Robert de Insula miles, William de
Swepthope, Walter de Hauwyke, Gilbert de Babyngton, John de Esschynden, Hugh de Whelpington.
Thomas Fossor confirms the grant. The same witnesses as to his father's deed,
Noverint universi per praesentes quod ego Johannes de Warenna canonicus ecclesiae Beati Petri Ebor,,
rector ac praebendarius ecclesiae de Thokrington, Dunelm, diocesceoss in omnibus negociis motis seu
movendis me et ecclesiam meam praedictam qualitercumque tangentibus coram quibuscumque judicibus
ordinariis delegatis et eorum commissariis contra quoscumque adversaries meos quibuscumque diebus et
locis quociens me abesse vel adesse contigerit, dilectos michi in Christo dominum Adam de ColweU
capellanum et Thomam Fossor de Thokrington meos veros et legitimos procuratores conjunctim et
divisim , , , , facio et constituo per praesentes , , , , Datum apud Ebor. xiii Kal. Aprilis anno dni
M.CCC tricesimo tercio.
Pateat universis per presentes quod ego Robertus de Ogle remisi . , . Johanni filio et heredi Thomae
Fossour omnimodas actiones tam debiti quam compoti . . , Ita quod nee ego, etc. In cujus rei testi
monium .... sigillum, etc. Datum apud Ogle die lunae prox, ante/estum Sancti Michaelis Archangeli
anno dni millesimo ecc sexagesimo.
Round seal, J inch diameter, shield, arms, fess between 3 crescents, a helmet on sinister point of shield,
out of which issues a tree S -1- roberti . de -i- oggle +
Sciant praesentes .... Willelmus de Actone (called senior in another deed) de Novo Castro super
Tynam , . . Adae de Actone et Agneti filiae Thomae Fossour de Thokeryngtone v marcatas annul
redditus exeuntes de tota ilia terra mea cum aedificiis et pertinentiis suis in Neubigging juxta Wod-
horne, quae est inter terram Johannis de Wangforde , . . . et mesuagium Johannis Short . . . . et de toto
illo tenemento meo cum pert, in eadem viUa, quod est inter rivulum in medio villae . . . . et vicum qui
vocatur le Marketstede . . . . et de una acra terrae arabilis . , , , in quatuor silionibus, ac eciam de
omnibus aliis terris et tenementis meis cum pert, in eadem villa. To Adam and Agnes and the heirs of their
Vol. IV. 51

402 THOCKRINGTON PARISH.
bodies begotten for ever. Power to distrain. In case of their death without issue the rent to cease.
Testes. : Dns WiUelmus de Felton, tunc vicecomes Northumbriae ; Robertus de Cressewelle, Robertus de
Seton, Johannes de Seton, Johannes de Wangeford, Symon Mauger. At Newbiggen, Sunday in vigil of
St. Martin in winter, 1342. Seal, a cross between four Uons rampant.
Another deed to the same effect dated Martinmas, 1342, Witnesses ; Robert de Setone, John de
Setone, John de Killyngwood, Symon Mauger, John de Wangford,'
In 1396 it was found that John and Christiana de Middleton had held a
tenement with common of pasture in Thockrington.^ In 1425 John de
Strother of Wallington died seised of lands in Thockrington, Bavington, and
Sweethope,^ and in 1483 Roger Thornton died seised of lands in Thock
rington and Little Bavington.*
Of the lands held in Thockrington by the Hospitallers, to which allusion
was made in the conveyance of the church and vill at the beginning of the
thirteenth century, no notices have been found, either in the report made in
1338 by the prior, Phihp de Thame, to Elyas de Villa Nova, the grand
master of the order, or in the records ; but m a survey made after the dissolu
tion, it is stated that the order possessed twenty shillings a year from, or out
of, lands and Tenements in Thockrington, Little Bavington, and Ryal, then
held under a lease granted by the prior to Edward Shafto.^
Neither the circumstances nor the period of the conveyance of the
manor from the archbishop to the Shafto family are known, but the following
lease, granted in 15 18 by Cardinal Wolsey, when archbishop of York, shows
that it had not then been alienated :
29th September, 9 Hen, VIII, Lease from Cardinal Wolsey to Cuthbert Shaftow of Hexham of the
manor of Tokerington with the demayne landdis thar unto pertenyng with the appertenauncez lieng within
the regalitie of Hexham for the terme of 99 yeres, yelding yerely fyve poundes sterling. Provided alway
that if it happ to be werr betwixt the realmez of Yngland and Scotland, and be reason tharof the said
manour with the demayn landdes or the most part of thame to lye then waist, and all the tyme of the
said werr the said Cuthbert, and his assignes to pay fowr pounddes sterling yerely. Confirmed by the
Dean and Chapter, 6th December, 15 18,
Fifty years later Thockrington was one of the estates held by John
Shafto;^ and William Shafto, esq., who was rated at ;^i40, is the sole pro
prietor entered in the rate book of 1663.'
' Deeds belonging to the Rev. WiUiam Greenwell, Nos, i, 2, and 3.
^ Inq. p.m. 20 Ric, IL No. 37 ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii, vol, ii. p. 261,
¦• Inq, p.m. 3 Hen. VI, No, 15 ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. voi. U. 270.
* Inq.p.m. i Ric, III, No. 27 ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol. ii. p. 279,
= Arch. Ael. vol, xvii, p. 278. « Feodary's Book, p. Ixvi. ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt, iii. vol, in,
'Thockrington sent nine horsemen to the muster taken upon the Moot-law, 26th May, 1580, Cal.
Border Papers, Bain, vol. i, p, 21, Amongst the bills filed at Jedbergh, Sth June, 1601, for offences against
Border law was one of WiUiam Hall of Middle Knowes, upon Thomas Forster of Thockrington and John
Armstrong of Chollerton, sworn by the laird of Fernyherst's servant, to 3 oxen, a dagger, ' blewe bonnett,'
and plough bridle to 3s. {sic) sterUng, Ibid, vol, ii, p, 754,

CARRYCOATS TOWNSHIP. 403
In a survey, made in 1716, of the estates forfeited to the Crown by
William Shafto of Little Bavington, Thockrington is described as being then
in three divisions, of which the north side,^ comprising four houses, barns,
stack yards, and lands, with pasturage for 154 steers, was let at a rent of
;j^io5 los. to four tenants, viz., Joseph and William English, John Lawson,
and William Harle ; the east side, comprising six houses, barns, stack yards,
and lands, with pasturage for 60 steers, was let at ^^84 a year to six tenants
named George Atkinson, George Harle, Mary Buge, Jesse Steel, David and
Roger Barker ; the west side, comprising four houses, barns, stack yards, and
lands, with pasturage for 60 steers, was let at ^83 a year to four tenants
named John Brown, William Bewick, Thomas Bird, and William Maughan.
There was also a close called the Lord's mead, which was let to John Brown
at £^ a year. The gross rental amounted to £2^7, out of which a quit rent
of £^ I OS. was payable to the Crown.^ Ever since that time Thockrington
has continued to form a portion of the Shafto estates, and now comprises the
hamlet of Thockrington,' which consists of one farm house with its buildings
and two cottages, with the outlying homesteads of Hetchester, Quarry-house,
and North Heugh. In the north-east angle of the township, near Plashetts,
lead ore has formerly been wrought.*
CARRYCOATS TOWNSHIP.
Immediately to the east of Watling Street, on rocky ground surrounded
by sycamore and other trees, is the small hamlet of Carrycoats, which gives
its name to a township of 1,721 acres comprised in one estate.^ At the last
census it had a population of 37.^
' The fields in the north side were named Park mead bogg. Night fold meadow, Mill flat, Dodrige,
Blackhill, Huckstall, Delphs meadow, Pools wash, etc. ; those in the east side KellhUI, Whitfield, Stane-
ford lands, Greenwell bogg, etc ' Forfeited Estates Papers, S, 28.
^ To the north of the farm house are the ruins of a bastle house, vv'bich has a pointed doorway and
channels in the thickness of the walls for the door bolts. There have^ been several enclosures (now
marked by grass-grown mounds) still known as ' the night folds,' in which it is said the cattle continued
to be folded every night up to the middle of the eighteenth century,
'' 17th February, 1735/6, Lease from George Delaval, esq,, to John Lee of Calf gapp, William Cragg
of Hunt-rodds, WiUiam Armstrong of Sinderhope, and others, to work for lead ore at Northheugh cragg
in the north side of Thockrington ; every seventh bing of lead to be delivered to the lessor. Original with
Mrs, George Dalston Shafto. In 1828 the lead mine here was wrought by Messrs, Milner and Feather
ston, who did not find it productive. Parsons and White, Northumberland and Durham.
= The estate is divided into the following farms : Whiteside, 480 acres ; Whitehouse, 850 acres ;
Waterfalls, 500 acres ; Craigback, 100 acres,
° The Census Returns are : i8oi, 46 ; 1811, 51 ; 1821, 50 ; 1831, 42 ; 1841, 51 ; 1851, 45 ; 1861 41 ;
1871, 61 ; 1881, 58; 1891, 37.

4^4 THOCKRINGTON PARISH.
It represents the chief portion of a manor and estate of Filton, granted
by Odinell de Umframvill to the abbot and convent of Newminster, a gift
confirmed by other members of the same family. It was contained within
these boundaries : ' on the north, from Scalingford, and thence by the long
moss as far as Richildpul, and then on the east by a leche to Todholes,
and thence to Dryburn, and as Dryburn goes to the boundaries of Swyne
burn, and turns back as far as Derestrete and back to Scalingford.' They
also got by the same charter one portion out of the field of Thockrington for
common pasture up to Smaleburn, and as Smaleburn issues from the moss
and flows to Dryburn ; a peat moss for fuel, and the right of making a mill
pond there if so they required. For this the monks were to pay to him and
his heirs a rent of three marcs of silver, at two terms, 20s. at the feast of St.
Cuthbert in Lent, and 20s. at the same saint's feast in September.^ Though
the name of Carricot only appears in one of the several charters in the New
minster chartulary which relate to Filton, it has in the course of time
supplanted that under which the estate was given and held, and Filton is
now only named when applied to the rounded tree-crested hill which rises
to the height of 940 feet above sea-level standing east from Tone. It was,
however, still in use in 1828 when Greenwood's map of the county was
published, where the wide moor which stretches north-east of Carrycoats is
called Filton Moor.
In the great survey of the Borders, made in 1522 by Sir Robert Bowes
and Sir Ralph Ellerker, it is said :
There ys also within the said wast grounds an other pasture called Fylton More which ys of the kynge's
majestie's inherytaunce of thaugmentacions of his grace's crowne as parcell of the said late suppressed
monastery of Newemynster, and is arented to twenty nobles by yere ; the soyll or grounde of that pasture
is good and comodious consyderinge the highe and wylde country where yt lyeth. And yt is devyded into
four partes or fermeholdes, every one of them at ^i 13s.- 4d. by yere, whereof twoo partes be in thandes
and occupacion of one Cuthbert Shaftoo, gent., and upon eyther of those partes the said Cuthbertes
Shaftoo's father buylded a stone house, thone of which houses ys called Carrycottes, and thother the
Whyte house in Fylton More beinge occupied at this present onely with herdes.
And an other quarter of the same pasture of Fylton More the tenour of John Heron, havynge as yet
none habytacion thereof, but occupyed wyth herdes in somerynge of cattail and gettinge of haye of the
same, and in wynter lyeth waste, Albeyt the said John Heron ys mynded (as he sayth) to buylde a stone
house upon his said parte at a place called Towland as his power may extend thereunto.
And the fourth parte or quarter of the said Fylton More ys in the tenor of one Rauffe Wetheryngton,-
' Newminster Chartulary, Fowler, pp, 63, 63 ; Surt, Soc.
^ 9 July, 1 567, Lease from the Crown to Roger Widdrington for 50 years of a parcel of land with the
tenement called KyUie Quarter, containing by estimation a fourth part of FUton Moor, etc, then in the
tenure of the said Roger Widdrington, and lately belonging to the monastery of Newminster, There
was a reservation to the Crown of great timber and underwood, mines and quarries, but the grantee was
to have ' sufficient house boote, heidge boote, feire boote, plouglie boote, and carte boote.' Widdrington
was within six years to build a substantial house of stone and timber, commonly called a bastle house,

CARRYCOATS TOWNSHIP. 405
gent., and occupyed in sumerynge for pasture in forme aforesaid without any inhabytacion or housynge
there upon save a sheall house for his herde in somer. And in winter yt lyeth waste.'
The vill does not appear in the Muster Roll of 1538, but in the list of
fortalices made in 1541 the two bastle houses built by 'Cuthbert Shafto's
father,' are thus described :
At Fylton More is a bastell house called the Whyte house of the kinge's majestie's inheritance, parcell
of the augmentacion of his grace's crowne belonginge to the late suppressed monastery of Neweminster, in
measurable good repacions. At Carre Cottes in the said Fylton More is an other bastel house, of the same
inherytance, in measurable good repacions,'^
As in many other cases the leaseholders seem to have enfranchised the
lands held under lease. The portion held by the Widdrington family was
the subject of a conveyance dated 31st August, 1654, from Henry Widdring
ton of Blackheddon to Francis Widdrington of West Harle and to William
Widdrington, brother of Francis.' Filton Quarter alias White-house, and
apparently Carrycoats as well, were at the date of the deed in the possession
of Ann Widdrington, widow. On the iith November, 1661, William and
Francis Widdrington conveyed Carrycoats and White-house to Charles Shafto
of Kirkheaton, with whose descendants, direct and collateral, the estate
remained for two centuries.* On the death of Mrs. Johnson, in 1837, Carry
coats, under the entail created by her will, came successively to William
Gascoign Shafto and his only daughter, Mrs. George. The latter, under the
belief that the entail was still subsisting, made an informal will attested by
two witnesses in the following words : Grosvenor house, Leamington, May 25th, 1874,
I, Sarah George, do bequeath to Augustus King George all that 1 have power over, namely, plate,
linen, china, pictures, jeweUery, and lace, the half of all valued to be given to Herbert George, son of
Frederick George, The servants in the house who have been a year with me to receive ^10 and
clothing divided among them, also all kitchen utensUs, (Signed) Sarah George.
Mr. George Dalston Shafto took possession of the real estate, but his
succession was disputed by Mr. Augustus King George and Mr. H. George,
the legatees named in the will, and proceedings were commenced in the Court
of Chancery. Ultimately a compromise was agreed upon as the result of
which the estate was sold for ^41,500 to Miss Todd of Newbrough, and the
proceeds divided between the claimants. Miss Todd, by will dated 14th April,
1 88 1, bequeathed Carrycoats to the present owner, Mr. Thomas Sample.
with aU edifices proper for its defence, and he was to provide a horse, with war accoutrements, to serve in
the northern parts when required. The rent was 33s, 4d,, and at the expiration of the lease a new lease
would be granted by Letters Patent to Roger Widdrington's eldest son. Land Revenue Records Office,
2 B fol. 54, ' Hodgson, Northumberland, pi, iii, vol. ii, p, 227,
^ Bates, Border Holds, vol, i, p, 46, ^ Mr, Thomas Sample's Title Deeds. ' Ibid,

4o6

THOCKRINGTON PARISH.

On the moors which stretch between Carrycoats hall and the hill on the
northern boundary of the township called Green crag, the Swin or Dry
burn takes its rise. At a place called the Water-falls,^ now represented by a
single cottage, was enacted the opening scene of that ill-concerted drama,
around which generous and romantic sentiment still loves to linger ; there at
the top of the hill on 6th October, 1715, Tom Forster of Adderstone, with a
small troop of Jacobites, awaited by appointment the arrival of the chivalrous
earl of Derwentwater, when the standard was unfurled which was to lead
the one commander to an honourable death on the scaffold and the other to
an inglorious exile. SHAFTO OF CARRYCOATS.
William Shafto of Little Bavington ; was aged = Frances, daughter of Thomas Dalston,
90 years in 1666, I I
Edward Shafto of = Margaret, daugh-

I
Charles Shafto of Kirkheaton, fifth son ;
nth Nov,, 1661, had feoffment of Carry
coats from WiUiam Widdrington of
West Harle (a) ; administration 24th
March, 1696/7, granted to widow ie).

Isabel, daugh
ter of John
Addison of
Ovingham,

I I I
Other issue.

Little Bavington,
son and heir ;
died in 1640,

ter of Edward
Errington,

WiUiam Shafto
of Carrycoats,
son and heir ;
administration, 23rd April,
1724 («).

Ann, daughter of Matthew Jefferson of Ralph
Newcastle, merchant and alderman ; Shafto ;
articles before marriage, Sth Nov., died
1699 ; marriage portion, ;^l,ooo (a) ; before
married secondly John Cotesworth 1699 («),
of the Hermitage,

John Shafto,

Esther; living
at Hexham,
24th Sept.,
1696,

I I I I I
Five daugh
ters ; living
unmarried
in i693(«).

Charles Shafto of Carrycoats, only child of marriage (a) ; 3rd Oct,, 1742, 'being in
difficulties and very infirm, and not likely to live long under his present disorder,
and having a large family of children not well provided for, conveyed Carrycoats
to eldest son William ', ; 'he was often not compos mentis, but in his intervals he
was as sensible as any man ' (a) ; died at Newcastle ; buried at Thockrington,
6th Nov., 1746,

Margaret Charlton of Lee hall
(c) ; married and had children
before 2ist Feb., 1725 (a) ;
post-nuptial settlement dated
2nd Aug,, 1729 (a).

WiUiam Shafto of
Carrycoats, son
and heir, baptised
15th Oct,, 1721
(d) ; died Sth
Oct,, 1794 («) ;
buried 13th Oct.,
1794 id) ; will
proved 28th Dec,
179;-

Mary, daughter
of ... Stokoe ot
Humshaugh ;
married at Si
mondburn, ..,,
1760; buried
17th Oct,,
17S5 id).

I
ForsterShafto,baptised26th Sept,,
1723 id).

Elizabeth = Charles Siiafto ot Hexham, = Martha, daughter of
Marmaduke Theak-
ston of St. Martin's,
near Richmond ;
married at Easb)',
nth Nov,, 1784(1:),

; died
13th
May, 1776 ic).

attorney; baptised 22nd
April, 1728 id) ; died
24th Feb,, 1S06, aged 77
if) ; buried at Hexham ;
wiU dated 18th Feb.,
1795 ; proved Sept., 1808,

Martha, only child of second marriage ; settle- = Robert Clark of

ment before marriage, 20th Jan,, iSiS («) ;
married 23rd April, 180S (c). Clark of Hexham house and Bingfield,

Hexham, clerk
in orders.

Matthew ib), baptised ... ; died at Hexham ; buried 14th March, 1774 W-
John ib), baptised Sth March, 1737 id) ; living 1752 («).
Ann ib), baptised 21st April, 1726 (rf) ; was living 1752 (e).
Martlia ib), baptised 20th April, 173... id) ; was Uving 1752 («).

(a) Mr. Thomas Sample's Title Deeds. ib) Henry Bloome's ^7/(1752), supra, p.
id) Thockrington Register. («) Raine, Test.

336,

ic) Raine MSS,

Cf. Bates, Northumberland, p. 2j8.

CARRYCOATS TOWNSHIP.

407

I

WiUiam Shafto,
eldest son, some
time of Anick,
afterwards of
Humshaugh ;
died unmarried
and intestate (a),
27th Oct, 1827
ia), aged 65
id) ; non compos
mentis ic).

^111George, baptised 27th
Oct,, 1764(0; died
in infancy,
John, baptised 12th
Sept, 1765 id);
buried 25th Oct,
17S0 id).
Richard, baptised
17th Oct, 1767(0;
buried loth Oct.,
1785 id).

George Delaval
Shafto of Carry
coats, second son
and heir under
his father's will ;
died in the
Langstaii-s pris
on, Hexham ig),
27th Mar,, 1S07
(a), aged 44(1:);
bur, 29th Mar.,
1S07 id).

Mary, only child
of Charles
Shafto ot
Hexham,
attorney,by his first
marriage ;
died 22nd
July, 1805
(c) ; buried
27th July,
180S (d).

Margery, baptised Sth
Sept,, 1763 ib) ;
died 5th April,
1837, aged 75 id) ;
will dated 6th June,
1836 ; proved at
York, 7th April,
1837 ; gave all her
real estate to her
kinsman, William
Gascoign Shafto
ia).

= James Johnson,
sometime of
Newcastle,attorney, af
terwards of
Anick ; died
in wife's life
time ; buried
29th Dec,
1825, aged 66
id).

Elizabeth Mary Shafto, only child and heiress, born 26th May, = Isaac Spark of St. John's
1796(a); by order of the court a settlement dated loth Aug,, college, Cambridge, and
1815, was made after her marriage ; died 27th March, 1819 ; of Summerrods, Hexham ;
will dated 16th March, 1817, and proved at York, 15th April, married at Springfield,
1819, gave real estate in trust for her uncle WilHam Shafto 22nd Aug,, 1814(c) ; died
and her aunt Margery Johnson as tenants in common (3), s.p., 15th Sept, 1816.

William Shafto
Johnson, only
child ; died at
Carrycoats, aged
46 ; buried 5th
Feb, 1835 id).

Margaret, baptised 29th Aug., 1771 (aT) ;
buried 29th June id).

died unmarried, 25th June, 1S12 (c) ;

John Shafto of Little Bavington, son and heir ; was aged
25 years in 1666 ; administration 21st Aug,, 1710 («).

Frances, daughter of Edward Fenwick of Stanton ;
married at Rothbury, July, 1660,

Other

Edward Shafto of Hexham Spital, born Feb,, = Mary, daughter ot George and sister of Admiral
1666; will dated 23rd April, 1724 («), George Delaval (? buried 15th Aug., 1749) (rf).

Esther ialias Phillis), = WiUiam Shafto ot Humshaugh ; to = EUzabeth Coxon, second wife ; bond Other issue,
daughter of John whom his father gave houses at High-
Heron of Birtley house and Edge's Green ie) ; died
haU, ^ 22nd May, 1762 (/),
Sir Cuthbert Shafto of Little Bavington,

of marriage, 26th Feb., 1750 ; died
at Newcastle ; buried i6th Aug,,
1799 id) ; ' had three children and
no more ' (a).

WiUiam Shafto of Hexham, baptised at =
Simondburn, i6lh April, 1752 (a) ;
died at Hexham, 23rd April, buried
28th April, 1S33, aged 82 id).

I I

Mary, baptised at Simondburn, 2nd Aug,, 1753 (a) ; married
James Stack of Newcastle, merchant, and was buried at
Tynemouth, Sth Nov., 1832, aged 79, s.p. (a).
Elizabeth ; died in infancy.

.1

William Gascoign Shafto ot Hexham, only child, succeeded to Carrycoats in 1837,
under will of his kinswoman, Margery Johnson ; died 4th July, buried loth
July, 1846, aged 56 id) ; by will dated 16th June, 1S46, proved at York 29th
Aug., 1846, entailed Carrycoats upon daughter Sarah, remainder to kinsman
James Shafto, son of Robert Ingram Shafto, remainder to right heirs.

Sarah Wicks of the parish of St, Mary,
Lambeth ; married there, 15th Aug,,
1825 (3) ; buried at St John's,
Thanet, 14th Jan,, 1865 (a).

William Shafto, only son ;
died at the Leazes, and
was buried at Hexham,
17th Sept, 1828, aged
9 months (a).

Sarah Shafto, daughter and heiress, baptised at
Hexham, gth Sept,, 1829 ; died at Carrycoats,
24th April, 1876 (3) ; wiU dated 25th May,
1874 ; administration, with will annexed,
granted 27th July, 1876 (3).

John Newberry George, banister-at law,
ot Leamington ; married at Haugh-
ton-Ie-Skerne, 26th April, 1853 (3) ;
died at Llandudno, 29th May, 1S73,
aged 57 (a).

(3) Mr. Thomas Sample's Title Deeds.
ib) Henry Bloome's I'Kz7/(l752), supra, p,
(0 Rame MSS.
id) Thockrington Register.

ie) Raine, Test,
236, if) Gentleman' s Magazine, 1762.
ig) Raine, Life of Rev. John Hodgson, vol, i. p, 150,

4o8 THOCKRINGTON PARISH.

SWEETHOPE TOWNSHIP.
The township of Sweethope, comprising 1,024 acres of hill and pasture
land, at the last census had a population of only eight persons.^ It is separated
from Carrycoats on the west, Thockrington on the south, and West Harle on
the east by artificial lines, but its northern boundary, which is also that of
the parish of Thockrington, is well defined by the river Wansbeck, which
enters and issues from Sweethope lough. This lake, which covers an area
of 180 acres, was formed at the cost of £']^o?'
On the eastern boundary of the township between Sweethope crag and
Plashetts are the remains of a camp, and on the margin at the west end of the
lough was found by Sir Walter C. Trevelyan's gamekeeper, a cinerary urn,
of which only the overhanging rim has been preserved.^ The vessel had
been of a large size, probably not less than 16 inches high, and the rim,
which is ornamented, is 3 inches deep.*
In the thirteenth century Sweethope was held as of the manor of
Thockrington at the fourth part of a knight's fee, by a family which took its
name from the place.^ Of this family the earliest member of whom anything
isinown is William, who was dead before 30th May, 1231, when Archbishop
Gray granted the custody of the lands and the marriage of his heir to Sir
Peter de Vaux." The heir was probably that Walter de Sweethope to whom
Henry III. at the instance of his daughter Margaret, queen of Scotland, on
the loth April, 1268, granted freedom for life from service at Assizes, juries,
etc., and from the duties of coroner, escheator, forester, verdurer, agistator,
or bailiff. '^ In 1271 he was concerned in an abduction case, for on the 22nd
August of that year he captured on Milburn Moor, Dionisia, daughter of John
de Witton and the well-to-do widow of Gilbert de Ba of Bitchfield ; he
carried her to Roxburgh and vainly endeavoured to make her marry his son.®
'The Census Returns are: 1801,27; 181 1, 32; 1821, 25; 1831, 18; 1841,9; 1851,10; 1861, 11 ;
1871, 12; 1881, 8; 1891, 8,
'^ Ex. inf. Mr. Thomas Gow. " It is now in the British Museum.
^ In April, 1842, in leveUing the ^ground for the newly built farm house at Sweethope, there was
discovered, about 4 feet below the surface, a cist, 3 feet in length, 22 inches in breadth, and 17 inches
in height, which contained the fragments of a scull and the thigli bones of a fully grown person, At
the same time, a few yards to the south, was found an iron spear, 13 inches in length, from the point to
the shoulder measuring 8 inches. Letter from Mr. Arthur Trevelyan to the Rev, John Hodgson.
= York Registers, Gifford, 8 b. " Kirby's Inquests, Skaife, p. 387 ; Surt, Soc.
' Cal. Doc. Rei. Scotland, Bain, vol, i, p, 489.
» Assize Roll, 7 Edw. I. Page ; SurL Soc. pp, 350, 369 ; cf. Bates, History of Northumberland, p. 145.

SWEETHOPE TOWNSHIP. 409
On 3rd July, 1275, Archbishop Gifford being then at Shirburn issued a
commission making Sir Walter de Sweethope, knight, and Robert de Bote
land his justices to dehver Hexham gaol.' In 1296 William de Sweethope
possessed about five-sevenths of the vill, and in 1303 he (or another of the
same name) did homage for his lands in Sweethope.^
SwETTOPPE Subsidy Roll, 1296. £ s.
Summa bonorum Thomae Morgan  o i8
„ Batis  o 12
„ WUIelmi Noticii  o 12
„ WiUelmi de Swetoppe  4 19
Summa hujus villae, £7 2s, Unde domino regi, 12s, iid.
In 1 30 1 William de Sweethope was joined with Nicholas de Yetham in
a commission of gaol delivery issued by Archbishop Corbridge,^ and in 13 18
Warin de Sweethope was appointed bailiff' of Hexham.*
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in Sweethope, and did homage in 1303, John, J 1279 id).
Walter de Sweethope ; in 1351, with his wife, quit-claimed to Robert, son and heir of = Johanna, Warin de Sweethope,
Robert de Friseby, all their rights in certain lands and the water corn mill in Brad- : of Bitchfield clerk ¦
ford, near Hexham, which Robert, son of Robert de Halywell, formerly had by ; living 1334.
grant of Robert de Friseby, the father (c), :

William de Sweethope ; by rebeUion, forfeited Walter de Sweethope, clerk ; was ordered deacon
his lands to the Crown before 135S. 17th Dec, 1334; vicar of Middleham, 1342.
(3) Swinburne Charters; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol, ii, p, 13. ib) York Registers, Gifford, 108 ;
Raine, Transcript, p. 103, (c) Lansdowne MSS. 326, 122 ; Raine, Transcript, p, 390, (cT) Assize Rolls,
Edw, I. Page, pp. 350, 369 ; Surtees Soc,
Pateat vniuersis, etc., quod ego Willelmus de Edmansley teneor et per praesens scriptum firmiter obligatus sum
WiUelmo de Swethop in xx libris xvj sol, et viij den, sterl, causa matrimonii contrahendi cum Johanna filia mea,
solvendis eidem Willelmo de Swethop vel suo certo attornato hoc scriptum deferenti apud Edmansley terminis sub-
Ecriptis, viz., ad festum Nat, S. Johannis Bapt, prox, futurum quinquagenta solidos et ad fest, S. Cuthberti in Marcio
tunc prox. sequens quinq. sol, et ad fest, S. Cuthberti in Septembri ex tunc prox. sequens quinq, sol. et ad fest.
S, Cuthberti in Marcio ex tunc prox, sequens xxxiij sol, et iiij den, et ad fest. S, Cuthberti in Sept, ex tunc prox,
sequens xxxiij sol, et iiij den. Ad quas quidem soluciones diebus et loco supra dictis bene fideliter ut praemittitur
faciendas obhgo me heredes et executores meos et omnia bona mea mobilia et inmobilia ubicumque fuerint inventa.
In cujus rei test, praesenti scripti meo sigillum meum apposui. Datum apud Edmansley die dominico prox, post
fest, Epiphaniae anno dni millesimo ecc™", quadragesimo octavo, [Seal gone,]'*
* Deed in the possession ot the Rev, William Greenwell,
At the ordination held at Corbridge, 17th December, 1334, by Richard
Kellawe, bishop of Durham, Walter de Sweethope was ordered deacon on a
' York Registers, Gifford, 121 b, ^ Kirby's Inquest, Skaife, p, 387 n. ; Surt, Soc, ; cf. supra, p. 223.
' York Registers, Corbridge, 78 b. ' Vol, iii, p, 65,
Vol, IV. 52

410 THOCKRINGTON PARISH.
title given by Warin de Sweethope of Bitchfield;^ eight years later he was
instituted vicar of Middleham.^ About the same time another of the family
took holy orders, for in 1341 WilHam de Sweethope was ordained acolyte by
Boniface, bishop of Corbania, who was acting for the bishop of Durham.^
The last entry in the records concerning the family is in 1358, when
Edward III. granted to John Darrayns in fee all the lands in Sweethope and
Crookden which were William de Sweethope's who had been in rebellion.*
In 1359 the manor of Sweethope was in the possession of Alan de Strother
of Lyham, and in 1424 it was still in the possession of his descendants, the
Strothers of Wallington,^ from whom it passed in marriage to the Fenwicks.
In 1522 it was ordered that the night watch against thieves should be
kept by two men between Thockrington and Sweethope," and in the list of
fortaHces made in 1541, it is recorded that 'At Swetehope is an other bastell
house of th'inherytance of S" John Fenwyke, knight, in good reparacions."
The estate was assessed at ^^50 to Sir William Fenwick in 1663, and was in
1689 conveyed with his other estates by Sir John Fenwick to Sir William
Blackett,** whose grandson. Sir Walter (Calverley) Blackett, gave it by will
to his nephew. Sir John Trevelyan (died 1846).' Sir John's grandson, the
late Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan, bart., who died in 1879, left it to
the Rev. Wm. Pitt Trevelyan with remainder to his eldest son, the Rev.
WilHam Bouverie Trevelyan, who in 1891 sold it, with the adjoining estate
of Hawick, to the present owner, Mr. Henry Thoinas Morton of Twizel
house, near Belford.'"
At the east end of the lake is a cattle shed with one or two ash or
sycamore trees, near which stood a small water corn mill, washed away in a
flood caused by the heavy rainfall of June, 1770."
' Bishop Kellawe's Register, vol. iii. pp. 156, 163, 194. ' Ibid, vol, iii. p. 438. ' Ibid. vol. iii. p. 106.
' Cal, Rot. Pat. 32 Edw, HI, mem, 19; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt, iii. vol. ii. p. 374,
^ Inq. p.m. 4 Ric, II, No, 52; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol. ii. pp. 241, 252; Inq. p.m.
3 Hen. VI. No. 15 ; ibid. p. 270.
" Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol. ii. p. 240.
The passages from Thokrington to Swetopp to be watched with twelve [? two] men nightly of the
inhabitors of Fenwicke, Estmatfen, Ryell, Euggo, Kyrslorye, Church Hetton, and Wallrigge; setters and
searchers, Oswold Wetherington, Symond Shaftoo, Persevall Shaftoo, and Persevall Pasto [? Shafto],
From Swetopp to Hawicke to be watched with four men nightly of the inhabitors of Swetopp,
Hawicke, Church-harle, and Mykle Bavyngton ; Matthew Loreyn and George Shaftoo to be setters and
searchers ofthe watch. Overseers of these two watches, Robert Loreyn and Randolf Fenwyke. Orders
of the Watches, 6 Edw, VI, Nicolson, Border Laws, p. 185.
' Bates, Border Holds, vol. i, p, 46.
° Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii, vol, i. p. 259. " Cf. Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. ii. vol. i. p. 260.
" The estate is subject to a tithe rent charge of ^13 i8s, lod,, which now belongs, and is paid to the
incumbent of Thockrington, " Newcastle papers ; Richardson's Table Book, 28th June, 1770.

LITTLE BAVINGTON TOWNSHIP. 4II

LITTLE BAVINGTON TOWNSHIP.
The township of Little Bavington comprises 1,815' acres, all in grass,
broken by belts of trees, and some larger plantations, near Bavington hall.
On some of the higher points there remain the ' follies ' or sham ruins erected
in the last century. In the park is a sheet of water called Bavington Carr,
covering about 6 acres. At the last census the population was 47,^ residing
in the hall and small hamlet of Little Bavington, and in the outlying farms
of Bavington Hill-head, Steel -rigg. Cock-law walls, and Moss-barns.
Little Bavington" was, as well as Great Bavington, a manor of the
Umframvill barony of Prudhoe, but as early as the reign of Henry I. three-
quarters of it had been granted to feudal tenants. In 1235 ^ moiety was
held by Robert Bataill by the service of half a knight's fee, and a quarter by
Bernard de Babington somewhat strangely as the fifth of a fee.^ At a time
characterised at the end of the thirteenth century as being then beyond the
memory of man, Gilbert de Wircestre had given to the priory of Hexham
two tofts in Little Bavington, with 3^ acres and common of pasture for 15
cattle, 60 sheep, and 2 horses. The same house also held there a toft and
6 acres as a benefaction from Stephen Bataille.* At the Assizes of 1269,
Thomas de Fenwyk complained that the men of Little Bavington had
encroached on his manor of Great Heton (Capheaton). According to him
the correct boundary between the two manors was ' on the south part of
Blakemers, as the old dyke stretched between the tillage land and the moor
to the west of Serivenshead, and then northwards to the Scruelderburn.'
This claim meant taking 40 acres from Robert Bataylle, 14 from Thomas de
Byticum, 10 from Stephen de Parva Babinton, and 14 from Adam, son of
Bernard. The case was, however, withdrawn on the defendants agreeing to
pay Fenwick 4 marks, three of which he had to give to the Crown for a
licence legalising the arrangement.^
' Including 23 acres of public roads.
2 The Census Returns are : 1801,58; 1811,36; 1821,78; 1831,72; 1841,91; 1851,82; 1861,67;
1871, 72,; 1881, 72; 1891,47-
" ' Feoda de Humfravill .... Robertus BataiUe dim, feodum. Bernardus de Babington quin-
tam partem.' Bolebec's Return for the aid of 1235 in Hodgson, Northumberland, pt, iii, vol, i, p, 227.
' Robertus Batayll tenet medietatem de Parva Babington per dim. feodum de veteri feoffemento. Bernar
dus de Babington tenet quartam partem ejusdem per quintam partem unius feodi de veteri feoffamento.'
Testa de Nevill, ibid. pt. iii. vol. i. p. 207.
¦• Inspeximus of Edward I. in Hexham Priory, Raine, vol, ii, p. 112.
* Northumberland Assize Rolls, pp, 185, 186, Surt. Soc. Publ,

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Like so many other small villages in Northumberland, Little Bavington
had its chapel and its chaplain. Richard, who was chaplain in 1293, com
plained at the Assizes of that year that a sheep had been stolen from him.^
He seems to have been succeeded by Edmund, whose name appears upon
the Subsidy Roll of 1296. Parva Bavington Subsidy Roll, 1296.
Summa bonorum WUIelmi Mastun
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Alexandri de Babington
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Thomae molendinarii
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Summa hujus viUae, ^^17 is. 8d.
In 1 300 William Batayl de Babyngton and Richard, son of Adam de
Babyngton (the owners probably of the moiety and the quarter of the manor),
together with William de Schaftowe and Isabel his wife, Gilbert,^ son of
Stephen de Babyngton, Adam, son of Stephen de Throkerington and Alice
his wife, Margaret, widow of Robert Batayl de Babyngton, and Robert de
Pele, chaplain, took proceedings against William, son of William de Kyrke-
herle, and others, respecting certain tenements in Little Bavington.*
This mention of William de Schaftowe seems the first known connection
between Little Bavington and the ancient family deriving its name from the
hamlet of Shafto in the parish of Hartburn, with whom- it was destined to be
so long associated. Already in 1240-45 Robert de Shaftowe bore the arms
gules, on a bend argent three mullets azure. Gilbert and John Shaftowe
witnessed the charter by which the Swinburnes acquired Capheaton in 1274.
Wilham de Schaftowe had married Isabel, the eldest daughter of William
Bataill de Babington. Her father granted certain tenements at Little
Bavington and a rent charge of 26s. on the mill, then held by Thomas the
miller, and his other lands to his brother Richard, and her uncle settled
' Assize Rolls, 21 Edw. I,
^ Gilbert de Babington held in 1320 no acres and 4 messuages in Little Bavington ofthe barony of
Prudhoe by service of 4s. a year ; the usual value was 6s. 8d, Inq. ad quod damn. 14 Edw, II. No, 188.
» Rot. Pat. 28 Edw, I, m, 8,
LITTLE BAVINGTON TOWNSHIP. 4I3
these on her husband and herself and their issue, with remainder to her own
heirs. On William Bataill's death, Isabel and her sisters Mathilda and
Jane succeeded to his property, and after her husband's death Isabel demised
a portion of her share, consisting of 3 tofts, 20 acres, and one-third 01 the
mill to Thomas de Shaftowe and Katherine his wife, and the remaining 20
acres to Agnes, daughter of William de Shaftowe, probably her stepdaughter.
In course of time the shares of the other sisters devolved respectively on
Robert Galon of Newcastle and Mary his wife, and on Robert de Throck-
lawe and Margaret his wife, and Mary and Idonea, daughters of William de
Echewyk. At the Assizes of 1335 Isabel de Schafthowe produced the charters
from her father and uncle, and demanded restitution of the tenements and
rent charge, according to the provision of the settlement. Robert Galon
and his wife did not appear ; their bailiff, John de Herle, was consequently
attached by John Bruntyng and his son Wilham, and judgment was given
against them by default. As Thomas de Shaftowe acted as attorney for
Isabel, the suit would appear to be collusive so far as the third in which he
was interested was concerned.' Babbyngton Parva Subsidy Roll, 1336.
Gilbertus de Babbyngton, 5s. ; WiUelmus de Babbyngton, 3s. 4d. ; Johannes Hird, 2s. 9d, ; Johannes
de Herll, 5s,; Robertus filius Elye, 5s.; Johannes molendinarius, 2s, 3d, Summa, 23s, 4d,
The original document (from which the following imperfect translation^
was made in 1777) has not been found :
Be it known as well to the present as those to come that we, Odnell Schaftowe and John Battell,
gentlemen, have given, granted, and by this our present charter affirmed, unto Thomas Schaftowe, son
and heir of the said OdneU, and Matilda daughter of the said John, all those our lands and tenements,
rents and fines, with their appurtenances, which we have thereupon in heritage in the vill and territories
of Little Bavyngton, with the inclosures as lying and separately divided ; to wit, as the Ox-close (or Pasture)
descends , . . '^ to the king's way which is called Morpeth Way, and so that way eastwards to a
little dry ditch which is called the . . . syke, which is the boundary of Great Bavyngton and Kirk-
herth {sic), and from thence southwards and by right boundary marks to Brockkwell or ... , and so
descending by Sweleton even to the foot of the Little Law, and from thence turning . . and by south
even to and at ... , and so by the Middle Wood and foot of Blak-Iawe, and from thence by right
boundary marks and dry ditches even and as the water falls of that part to the . , , of Karrys, and
so by equal boundary marks northwards of . . . Law to Groudfords, and the old stand there for
their cattle, and from thence even to the said divisions. To have and to hold aU the aforesaid lands and
tenements, rents and fines, with all their appurtenances abovesaid, unto the said Thomas and Matilda
his wife, and to the heirs of the bodies of the said Thomas and Matilda lawfuUy issuing, of the chief lord
' Assize Rolls, 9 Edw. III. ^ In the possession of Mrs, George Dalston Shafto,
' Gaps in the translation.

414 THOCKRINGTON PARISH.
of the fee . . . to be paid at the feast of St. Cuthbert in autumn, and suit of court of Prodhowe twice
in a year without any other suits or exactions or fines whatsoever. And lastly, vie the said Odnell and
John and our heirs, all the said lands and tenements, rents and fines, with their appurtenances in
Babyngton, together with the inclosures aforesaid, to the said Thomas and Matilda and the heirs of their
bodies lawfully begotten as aforesaid, against all nations with warrant and for ever defend. In witness
whereof to this our present writing we have affixed our seals of arms in the presence of Sir John Fenwyk,
then sheriff of Northumberland, Sir Robert of Fawdon, knights ; Warren of Swethope ; John Gray of
Denome ; Thomas of Hell (? Harle) ; John of Peryth, vicar of Whelpyngton ; John of Heddon, vicar of
Collerton (Chollerton) ; and others. Dated at Bavyngton aforesaid on Monday next after the feast of the
Holy Trinity in the thirteenth year of the reign of King Edward the Third after the Conquest (1339),
In 1346 the Bataill moiety of Little Bavington was held by William de
Schaftow, Robert de Throclaw, Alan del More, and John de Cambow ;
the Babington portion (now called a moiety, though still only rated as the
fifth of a knight's fee) by William, son of William de Babyngton. A tower
at Babington, held by Robert Langwath, occurs in the list of Border fortalices
of 14 1 5. By 1427 Thomas, son and heir of Thomas Shaftowe, owned half
the Bataill moiety.
The property of Hexham priory at Little Bavington is particularised
in 1479 as consisting of 2 tofts (those, no doubt, given by Gilbert de
Wircestre), built at the west end of the village on the north side, and occu
pying the estimated area of an acre, and of i toft (probably that given by
Stephen Bataille) lying waste, with a garden at the east end of the village
on the north side ; together with 3 acres at the Toftes, ^ acre at the Hony-
landes, i acre at the Harewell, i|- acres at the Chestres near Gibbiskilne,
i|- acres at Gosecroft, 2 acres at Godilawe, and a rood at the Morilandes,
making up the total of 9^ acres recorded in the inspeximus of Edward I.
This was then all rented by William de Schafthow of Babyngton as tenant
at will, paying annually 2S. to the almoner of the priory.' In 1485 William
and Edward Shafto, together with John Cartington, granted a windmill in
Meresfen to the abbot and convent of Newminster, and appointed George
Shafto to give possession.' Litil Bavyngton Muster Roll, 1538."
Cuthbert Schafto, John Schafto, Gerg Schafto, John Mure, Wyllim Dennand, Paul Wailes, Oswald
Tweddale, Andro Fostor, Georg Johnson, Robert Dennand, able with hors and harnes. John Nicolson,
Thomas Rams', Andro Watson, John Carutheors, Quintyn Johnson, David Harle, Thomas Newson,
George Man, George Tweddale, Ric. Newsn', RoUand Brown, John Atcheson, John Newton, WiUm
Nichelson, Georg Michelson, Ric. Aydene, George Michelson, Ric, Michalson, John Vsher, David Elwod,
WiUm Wodman, Thomas Forestanchawe, neither hors nor harnes,
' Hexham Priory, Raine, vol. ii. p. 37. '^ Newminster Chartulary, Fowler, p. 257 ; Surt. Soc,
' Arch. Ael. vol. iv. (quarto series) p. 177.

LITTLE BAVINGTON TOWNSHIP. 415
In the first half of the sixteenth century Mark Shafto,' a younger son of
Edward Shafto of Little Bavington, became a wealthy and influential citizen
of Newcastle, of which he was mayor in 1548. He founded a line which
soon overtopped the main stem in importance and is now represented by the
family of Shafto of Whitworth, in the county of Durham. In the reign of
Queen Elizabeth, John Shafto (nephew of Mark and grandson of Edward) in
addition to Little Bavington, held West Harle, HalHngton Mains, and the
third part of Brenckley, with lands in Thockrington, Great Bavington,
Buteland, Kirkheaton, and Benwell.^ The will of his younger son William,
who appears to have farmed the tithes of Ponteland, remains in the Registry
of York.
1599, 14th July. Will of William Shaftoe of Litle Bavington, To be buried in the church of Thockring
ton within the chancel, I put my cosin, Mr. Henrie Woodrington, in trust for my nephewes the sonnes of
my brother Edwarde, late of Bavington, for my lands in Pontiland. To my daughter Margerie Ix shepe,
and I bestowe hir in mariage upone Edward, son of Reynolde Shaftoe of Thockeryngton, In considera
tion of the saide marriage, I bestowe the landes in Mikle Bavington, which was Reynold Shaftoe's father's,
with the consent of my sister Margerie Shaftoe, To my nephewe, John Errington, a graye meare, and
;£i5, which Thomas Crawston, a Scottish man, is owing me, for a baye stoned. horse. To my nephewes
John and Thomas Errington, my tythes in Ponteland parishe. To the said John Errington certaine bills
in my trunke concerninge Marke Ogle. My cosin, Mr, Robert Wooderington, my sister Agnes Robinsone.
(Proved Sept. 20th, 1602, by Marke Day, rector of Bothal).^
William Shafto (who in 1666 had reached the patriarchal age of 90)
ranged himself on the side of the Commonwealth during the Civil Wars,
and in 1650 was appointed one of the commissioners in the enquiry con
cerning ecclesiastical livings in Northumberland, generally quoted as the
Oliverian Survey.* In 1663 he was rated at ^160 a year for Little Bavington,
and at _^8o a year for lands in Great Bavington. His third son, John Shafto,
vicar of Warden, was the founder of Haydon Bridge school. His grandson
and successor, John Shafto, is said to have gone abroad at the Restoration
and to have remained until the general pardon : this action and a frown,
which was habitual to him, have been handed down in the following verse :
There's honest John of Bavington,
A man of good account.
Went over seas, came back again,
And scowled as he was wont
' His will is printed ih Durham Wills, Greenwell, vol, ii, p, 223 ; Surt. Soc. ; and a pedigree of his
descendants in Surtees, Durham, vol. ii. p, 220,
'' Feodary's Book ; Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol, iii. p. Ixvi.
' Cf. Durham Wills, Greenwell, vol. ii. p. 249 ; Surt, Soc.
^ Hodgson, Northumberland, pt. iii. vol. iii, pp, \. and liv.

41 6 THOCKRINGTON PARISH.
'Honest John's' son, William Shafto, was admitted to Gray's Inn in 1682;
he turned Jacobite and took his only son with him into the rising of 1715-
They are noticed in Patten's History of the Rebellion:
WilUam Shafto of Bavington, formerly a justice of the peace for the county of Northumberland, has
a plentiful estate there ; he was brought in to the Rebellion through the instigation of his lady and Mr,
John Shafto, who was shot at Preston, He was once a papist, but returned to the Church of England,
He is a gentleman of easy temper, and so too easily prevailed with to join in the RebeUion, I shall add
a story of him, when in Newgate with Mr, John HaU, who was afterwards executed, which has something
diverting in it. He says seriously to Mr, Hall, ' Cousin Jack, I am thinking on what is told us that God
will visit the sins of the fathers unto the third and fourth generation, 1 am of opinion that it is so with
us ; for your grandfather and mine got most of their estates as sequestrators,' and now we must lose them
again for being rebels.' ^
The estates forfeited to the Crown by the attainder of William Shafto
in 1 7 15 were in the October ofthe following year surveyed by Henry Gibbs
the ofl&cial of the commissioners and trustees of forfeited estates, and com
prised Little Bavington with a rental of ,^317 a year. Great Bavington with
a rental of ;^I20, and Thockrington with a rental of ^277 ; but they were
subject to various claims and charges, amongst which were a mortgage of
;^2,ooo, made 16  to Mr Howard of Lambspring, in Germany, and ^^300
borrowed on 31st May, 171 5, from Henry Collingwood of Westerheugh,
near Brinkburn. During the sequestration Edward Shafto of Hexham
Spittal, next brother of William Shafto (and brother-in-law of Admiral
George Delaval, who subsequently purchased the estates), sent in a proposal
to the commissioners to rent the house, gardens, part of the demesne land,
and the fourth part of the town of Little Bavington. He alleged ' that the
house and gardens are much out of repair, and will require a considerable
expense to put them into repair and keep them so.' He off"ered to pay a
rent of ;^io5 a year 'provided I can be forthwith lett into the possession
thereof, to the end I may take care of the repairs (before the house and
gardens run away any further to ruin) and not loose this year's profits of the
land for want of cultivation.'
' 1652, 7th Sept. Order ofthe commissioners for sequestrations : that WiUiam Shafto be one of the
commissioners for Northumberland. Royalist Composition Papers, vol. G. 29, p, 60.
' Patten, Hist, of Rebellion, p. 113.

LITTLE BAVINGTON TOWNSHIP. 417

SHAFTO OF LITTLE BAVINGTON.*
Arms : Gules, on a bend argent three mullets az. Roll, 1240-45,
Visitation, 1666.
Robert de Shaftowe, 1240-45.
WiUiam de Schafthowe of Little = Isabel, daughter of William Bataill
Bavington, 1300, de Babinton.
Odnell Schafthowe; in 1339 settled his lands at Little Bavington on his son
Thomas Schaftowe.
Thomas Schaftowe = Matilda, daughter and heiress of John Battell ; married
circa 1 3 39,
Thomas Schaftow =
I
Thomas Schaftow of Little Bavington, son and heir, 1427.

William Shafto (a) in 1479 held lands in Little Bavington ;
in 1485 granted the mill of Meresfen to Newminster abbey.
Newminster Chartulary, pp. 257, 258, 259.

 daughter and heiress
of .,, Bavington of Little
Bavington (3).

James Shafto (a)

. daughter of
, Fenwick id).

I I
Ralph Shafto (o),
Gilbert Shafto (a).

Edward Shafto (a) of Little = Elizabeth, daughter of

Bavington; in 14B5 joined
his father in a grant to
Newminster abbey.

Thomas Swinburn of
Nafferton (a).

Isabel,
daughter of Roger
Bertramof Brenk-
ley ia).

Cuthbert Shafto = ,
of Little Bav
ington, son
and heir.

Alexan- = Ann, daughter
der. of Thomas
Fenwick of
Little Harle.

Mark Shafto.
From whom Shafto
of Benwell and
Whitworth ir).

J I'
Kenyan.Ralph.

William ¦
Shafto.

,. Fen
wick,

Simon =
Shafto.

. . , daughter
of Ralph
Widdrington if).

Randolph =
Shafto.

,, daughter
of ,,, Car
naby of
Halton.

Leonard, or
Edwardir).

I
Henry Shafto was :
apprenticed to
Mark Shafto, 1 ith
Nov., 1526 io).

Elizabeth, sister of
WiUiamSelby.

Margaret ; married ,,, Baxter of Corbridge.
Jane ; married Thomas Fenwick of Little Harle.

Isabel ; married John Bradford of Bradford.
Anne ; married John Ogle of Ogle castle.

John Shafto of Little = Anne, daughter of

Bavington,and heir ; a com
missioner for en
closures upon the
Middle Marches in
1552 in).

Sir William El
lerker of Wid
drington.

Ill I I I .1 I
George, Agnes ; married firstly Thomas Carnaby and secondly Martin
Ambrose, Turpin,
Edward. Barbara ; married George Errington (of the Denton family).
Fortune ; married Thomas Errington.
Grace ; married Cuthbert Musgrave.
Mally ; married Roger Heron of Birtley,

John Shafto of
Little Baving
ton, son and
heir ; died
s.p.

Edward Shafto of Little Bav
ington ; administration
granted to widow, 25th
Mar,, 1593, aU his children
being then under age (c) ;
inventory, 28th Sept., 1593.

= Margery, daughter of Sir
George Heron of
Chipchase.

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Luke, William Shafto = Eleanor.
of Little Bav-
ington ; will ^
dated 6th
Oct., 1599
ic).

1 I I
ane.
Mary,
Dorothy,
Grace.

id) Heralds' Visitation.
if) Raine, Test.
in) Nicolson, Border Laws, p. 223.

id) Books of Merchant Adventurers'
Company of Newcastle.
if) Surtees, Durham, vol. iii. p, 294,

* A pedigree which purports to show thirteen generations of the ancestors of William Shafto who married the
heiress of Little Bavington, transcribed from a MS. in the library of Miss Currer of Eshtonhall, in Craven, was printed
by the Rev. John Hodgson in Arch, Ael. quarto series, vol. ii. p. 415.

Vql. IV,

53

4i8

THOCKRINGTON PARISH.

I

WUliam Shafto of Little Bavington ; aged =
90 years in 1666 ; a sequestrator under
Cromwell and a captain in the army of
the Commonwealth; in 1663 was rated
of Little Bavington, Thockrington, and
for a moiety of Great Bavington ; will
dated 14th Jan,, 1657.

Frances, daughter of Thomas
Dalston of
, , . , in Cum
berland,

Thomas = Anne,

Shafto of
Thock
rington.

daughter of
Henry Heron.

Marmaduke Shafto ; in 1607
was apprenticed
to a member of
the Skinners'
company, Lon
don.

I I II I , ,^
Grace ; married Guy
Aynsley of Shafto,
Isabella. Ann, Barbara. Fortune,

Edward :
Shafto,
son and
heir ;
died in
father's lifetimein 1640
ia).

Margaret, daughter of Edward
Errington,

I

George Shafto of Bav- = Margaret, daugh- John Shafto, clerk in orders; vicar := Margaret

ington ; entered
pedigree at the Visi
tation of 1666 ia) ;
afterwards of Little
Harle.

ter of Robert
Goodgin
of Skipton in
Craven,

of Warden, 1643-1697 ; the foun
der of Haydon Bridge school ;
died at Carrycoats ; will dated
30th May, 1693 ; proved 9th
Jan., 1695/6 ic).

Errington.

Edward Shafto, only son ; was aged 18 in 1666,
Mary ; living unmarried in 1666,
Frances ; married Roger Preston of Skipton.
Margaret, j
Ann, > Living unmarried in 1666.
Katherine, )

Daniel Shafto of Hexham, only surviving
child ; buried Sth Nov,, 171 8 ih) ;
will dated 31st Oct,, 1718 (c).

Dalston Shafto ;
was rated for
lands in Shafto
in 1663,

Charles Shafto,
^'
From whom Shafto
of Carrycoats,

,J I I I I I
Mary ; married Cuthbert Fenwick of Great Bavington.
Catherine ; married John Heron of Chipchase.
Frances ; married J ohn Aynsley.
Jane ; married Ephraim Cresswell.
Margery ; married John Darlington of Tanfield.
Grace ; married Cuthbert Ramsay of Beukley.

Frances, daughter ot Edward Fenwick = John Shafto of Little Bavington, son and heir ; was
' - , . . T, ., , aged 25 in 1666; died January, 1709 ; administration
granted to his son WiUiam, 21st Aug,, 1710 ib).

of Stanton ; married at Rothbury,
July, 1660 ; died Aug., 1704,
r

= Ann Bates, widow ;
bond of marriage,
Sth Nov., 1707

William Shaftoe of
Little Bavington,
son and heir ; aged
3 years in 1666 ;
admitted to Gray's
Inn, 27th May,
16S2 ; attainted for
joining the rebel
Uon in 1 715 ; died
abroad before 17th
March, 1719,
I

Elizabeth, dau.
of Thomas Rid
deU ot Swin
burn ; settle
ment before
marriage, 25th
Jan., 1695 ;
resided and
died in New
castle, Nov.,
1747 (0-

I
Edward Shafto ; some
time of Hexham
Spital; born ,., Feb,,
1665/6 (said to have
married firstly a
daughter ot ,., Hors
ley of -Horsley, who
died s.p^) ; will dated
23rd April, 1724;
proved 1725 (c).

John Shafto of Hexham, son and heir, was in the service of the
duke of Brunswick- Wolfenbuttel as a page ; was attainted with
his father in 1715 ; died at Hexham 27th, and was buried there
29th June, 1773 ih) ii) ; wiU dated 27th Oct,, 1772 (c).

Mary, daughter
of George
Delaval of
Dissington
and sister of
Admiral George
Delaval of
Little Bav
ington ; bond
of marriage,
21st Feb,,
1700 ic) ;
executrix to
husband'swiU.

John Shafto ;
apprenticedto Thomas
Hutchinson,1st Kvt%.,
1685 io).

,,, Shafto ; married
Jesse Jenkinson.
The will of their
son Jesse Jenkin
son of Hexham,
dated 4th Jan.,
1748/9, was
proved at York,
Sth Sept,, 1750,
by her cousin and
executor, George
Delaval (c).

John, born at Halton ; baptised at Cor
bridge, 20th Jan., 1701/2 ; living 1719.
George Shafto, born at Halton ; bap
tised at Corbridge, 28th Jan,, 1702/3 ;
succeeded to the Little Bavington
estate under the will of his uncle
Admiral George Delaval, whose name
he assumed ; high sheriff, 1740 ;
M.P,, 1757-1774 ; buried 13th Jan,,
1782 ib) ;wUl dated gth Dec, 1772 ;
proved ,,,

Robert Shafto of =

Jane .,,

Hexham ; suc

wiU

ceeded to Lit

dated

tle Bavington

19th

at death of

Mar,,

his brother

178S.

George Dela

val ; bur, Sth

Jan., 1788 (/5);

wiU dated 12th

May, 1785.
Delaval Shafto, coUector of
salt dues at Elsdon ; said
to have married at Stella
before 1743, Mary,
daughter of Phiilip Hodg
son of Tone,
Jesse Shafto, born at Lamb
Shiel, near Hexham ;
baptised 30th Aug,, 1711
ih) ; a captain in the
army ; died s.p.
Edward Shafto,
baptised loth
Aug., 1713 ;
buried 17th
Sept,, 1715
ih).
id) Heralds' Visitation.
ib) Thockrington Register.
if) Raine, Test. Ebor.
ih) Hexham, Register.
ii) Newcastle Courant, 3rd July, 1773,
(/) Newcastle Courant, 14th Noy,, 1747
(0) Books of Merchant Adventurers'
Company of Newcastle,
LITTLE BAVINGTON TOWNSHIP.

419

Phillis, alias Esther, daughter of John
Heron of Birtley hall ; settlement
before marriage, 21st Nov., 1734 !
married at Birtley chapel, 5th
Dec, 1734 ; died ,.,, 1736 id).

William Shafto of Humshaugh, and ot High ^= EUzabeth Coxon, second wife ; bond
house and Edge Green in Haltwhistle ; of marriage, 26th Feb., 175° !
died 22nd May, 1762 ie). I buried i6th Aug,, 1799 ib).

•Xt
(See pedigree of Shafto of Carrycoats.)

I

Sarah, daughter of ,,. Ingram = Sir Cuthbert Shafto of Little Bavington, son and heir, born at = Mary, daughter of

of Beverley ; married at St.
John's, York, 31st May,
1764 ; died at Humshaugh ;
buried 4th April, 1775 ib).

Birtley hall, and baptised at Birtley, 4th Sept., 1736 id) ; a
captain ' in 75th Regiment ; succeeded to Little Bavington in
17S5 , at death of his uncle Robert Shafto ; knighted gth Dec,
1795 ; high sheriff, 1795 ; died 26th Nov., buried 6th Dec, 1S12,
aged 76 if)) ; will dated 4th Nov., 1S12, proved at York, 1S13.

William Swin
burn of Hexham;
died at Hexham,
15th June, 1840,
aged 86,

WiUiam Henry :
Shafto of Ply
mouth, born
27th Sept,,
1786 ; baptised
iSth June, 1789
ib) ; lieut, 16th
Foot ; a capt.
in the Renfrew
shire Militia ;
died circa 1876.

•Mary Cuthbert, baptised and buried 1789 if).
Nield. Cuthbert, baptised 1791 ; buried I7g5
ib).
Alexander, baptised and buried 1793 {b).
Francis ; buried 17th Jan,, 1785 ib).
Henry ; died an infant, 23rd .Fuly, 17S6,
at Aykley Heads, near Durham.
.,, Shafto; lieutenant Sussex Militia;
died at Hull, 22nd Oct., 1807,

 ; = WiUiam Henry Shafto of Little Bavington,
daughter son and heir; succeeded to estate on death
and heir- of his uncle Charles Cuthbert Shafto ; living
ess of ... 1897 ; has had issue two daughters only.

Charles Cuthbert Shaf
to of Morpeth, bap
tised I2th July,
1797 ib) ; an officer
in Northumberland
Militia ; succeeded
to Little Bavington
in 1857 under the
will of his nephew
James Delaval Shaf
to ; buried 28th
Dec, 1866, aged 71
ib).

Evelyne Shafto ; died
unmarried.

Ada Shafto ; married Sylvester
James Green ; living 1897,

Charlotte, bap, ... ; bur.
igth Dec, 1787 ib).
Eleanor Louisa, born
28th Aug., 1787 ; bur,
22nd Aug., 1803 if).
Caroline Mathilda, bap,
14th Nov., 178S ib) ;
died 23rd Feb,, 1876,
Isabella Eliza, baptised
2 1st Oct,, l7go ib);
married 17th June,
1815, WiUiam Clayton
of Langcliffe, and died
at York.
Isabella, baptised 12th
July, I7g7 ib).
Sarah Hussey ; married
iSth May, Rev. Henry
Prowse Jones.

George Dalston Shafto of Little Bavington, son and heir, born
at Sandhoe; baptised at Corbridge,^ 5th Dec, 1766; had
two sons only, who both died in his lifetime id) ; buried
igth June, 1S26, aged 5g ib).

Anne, or Hester, daughter of William Charlton of Lee
hall and of Alnwick ; eloped from Alnwick, and
was married in Edinburgh, 30th Nov., 17S5 ik);
buried 26th March, 1816, aged 49 ib).

George John Shafto, son and heir ; died 3rd June, 1795, aged 7, and was buried at Alnwick.
William Henry Shafto ; buried at Alnwick, 24th Aug,, 1791 id).

Delaval Shafto of Mor
peth, baptised nth
Feb,, 1768 im) ; a ,
deaf mute ; buried
gth Dec, 1824, aged
56 ifi), unmarried.

I
Robert Ingram Shafto of Bishopwearmouth, solicitor,
baptised 3rd Dec, 1770 im) ; succeeded to Little
Bavington on death of brother George Dalston
Shaffo in 1826 ; died 13th AprU, iS48,aged 78 ib),
and was buried in the chancel of Thockrington ;
had issue two sons only (rf).

Ann, daughter of John Brown of Hex
ham ; married 26th June, 1827 (/5) ;
as a widow resided at Hallywell
dean, Hexham, She remarried
William Charlton of Hexham and
Greenwich, and died circa 1S70.

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James Delaval Shafto of Little Bavington, son and heir ; a lieutenant in the Royal Horse Guards ;
drowned when bathing in river Thames at Windsor, 12th Aug,, 1857 ; buried 19th Aug,, 1857,
aged 28 il)) ; wiU dated Sth Aug,, 1851 ; proved at York, 1857,
Robert ; buried 16th Jan,, 1831, aged 5 months ib).

Ann Warner of Framlingham,
Suffolk ; married there 19th
Mar,, 1802 id) ; buried at
Parhara, Suffolk, igth Mar.,
iSig, aged 40 id). /

John Shafto of Broadwater, Framlingham, Suffolk ; = Jemima Stannard of Woodbridge,

baptised 16th April, 1772 im) ; a captain in the
Suffolk Militia ; died at Framlingham, icth
April, and buried at Parham, Suffolk, 18th April,
1839, aged 67 id).

Suffolk ; married there, 28th
Nov., 1823 id). She remarried
Rev. Humphrey Browp, of
Kirkheaton.

ib) Thockrington Register.
id) Mr, Thomas Sample's Title Deeds.

ie) Gentleman's Magazine, 1762.
ik) Newcastle Magazine, Dec, 1785.

im) Chollerton Register.

420

THOCKRINGTON PARISH.

George Dalston Shafto ot Delaval lodge, Lexden, near
Colchester, eldest son ; born 2nd and baptised at
Framlingham, 30th March, 1S24 (</) ; succeeded to
Carrycoats on the death of Sarah George ; died 2nd
Jan., 1897 ig), s.p. Will dated 22nd July, 1895 ;
proved at Ipswich, 13th Feb,, 1897.

Julia Anne, daughter of
William O. Clay of
Colchester ; married
1S61 ; sole executor
and devisee of hus
band's will.

John Cuthbert Shafto,
of FramUngham, so
licitor, second son ;
died unmarried, ...
June, 1886,

Elizabeth, daughter of Hugh
Hodgson of Primrose hill,
near Winston ; married at
Winston, 23rd Nov,, 1801 ;
buried there 13th March,
1804, aged 24,

Edward Shafto of Dur
ham, brewer ; died
30th June, 1834,
aged 61 ; buried at
St, Giles', Durham.

I

Jane, only daughter of marriage ; baptised at Winston,
17th Oct,, 1S02 ; married at Winston, 2nd April, 1S29,
WiUiam W. Brockett of Rokeby grange, Yorks, ^

Eliza, daughter of George
Crathorne of London,
banker; married 15th
July, 1805 ; buried at
Jesmond cemetery,
Newcastle.

Harriet, baptised at St. John
Lee, 3rd May, 1765.
Mary, baptised 2lst July, 1769
im) ; married Rev. Rowland
Ingram, B.D., master of
Giggleswick school.

Robert Ingram Shafto of = Sarah, daughter of

Durham, soUcitor ; born
14th Oct,, 1809 ; bap
tised 3rd April, lSio(«);
died a widower s.p., isth
May, 18S1 ; buried at St,
Margaret's, Durham,

Anthony Tilley and
widow of George
Appleby of Dur
ham ; married nth
Oct,, 1842 (a).

John Delaval Shafto of Bar
nard Castle, born 4th Aug.,
1812 ; baptised l8th Oct,
1S14 (a) ; died Feb,, 1S74 ;
had issue two sons and two
daughters ; buried at Toot
ing cemetery.

Anne, daughter of Robert
Scholding ; married
31st Dec, 1840 (a) ;
buried at Tooting cem
etery.

Eliza Brad- =
worth of
Richmond ;
died 23rd
April, 1 866,
aged 55 (a).

Edward Shafto of = Anne Catherine, daugh-

South Street, Dur-
ham, wine mer
chant ; bap. 6th
July, 1S14 ia) ;
bur. at St, Cuth
bert's, Durham,
Srst May, 1885,
aged 71,

ter of Hilkiah Bedford
Hall of Durham (of the
weU-known non-juring
family) ; married at St,
Cuthbert's, Durham,
3rd Oct., 1S67, and
was buried there, 7th
Jan., 1878, aged 57,

Edward Shafto,
Baptised 28th
Jan., 1840 ;
died 2nd
Feb, 1S52,
aged. 1 2 (a).

I

Edward Granville Shafto of = Elizabeth,

Bishop Auckland, only
surviving child ; baptised
at St. Cuthbert's, Dur
ham, loth Feb., 1869,

George Dal
ston Shafto,
born 23rd
May, l8l8 ;
bap, 3rd
June, 1818
(a) ? [mar
ried Louisa
Lucy Mil
ler],
daughter of

Thomas Sutton of Bishop
Auckland ; married at
St, Cuthbert's, Darling
ton, 6th June, 1S91.

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George Ingram Shafto, born 4th May, 1892.
Thomas Edward Shafto, born 20th Aug., l8g4.
Ann Catherine Shafto, born Ist Dec, 1896,

I I I I I I I I
Mary, born 3rd June, 1806 ; baptised"
3rd April, 1810 (a) ; married ,,,
Kirkley of Barnard Castle, 4/
Harriet, born 14th March, 1808 ; bap.
3rd April, 1810 (a) ; died unmarried.
Sarah, baptised 23rd Dec, 1815 (a) ;
married Rev. F, Bewsher, vicar of
Birtley, co. Durham. -i.
Frances, baptised 2gth Feb., 1S20 (a) ;
married N, G. Barthropp of Hache-
ston, Suffolk ; died at Itton rectory,
near Chepstow, nth Feb,, iSg7,
aged76(/). 4.
Louisa Emma, baptised 28th Dec, 1821
(a) ; unmarried.
Amelia, baptised 31st Oct., 1S23 (a) ;
married . . . Gray of Newcastle.
Caroline ; married ,.. Shafto of Suffolk.
Mathilda ; married firstly ... Blackett
and secondly Professor Agassiz of
Harvard, U.S,A.

Delaval Shafto, liv
ing in lSg7 at
Wandsworth ;
unmarried.

Nathaniel Shafto, twin with
brother; Uving, 1897, at
Wandsworth ; has one
daughter.

Ada,

I I
Louisa Ann, born at
Barnard Castle,
Another daughter ;
died young.

(a) St, Oswald's Registers, Durham,
id) Mr. Thomas Sample's Title Deeds,

if) Newcastle Journal, iSth Feb,, 1897,
ig) Times, 7th Jan,, 1897,

im) Chollerton Register.

LITTLE BAVINGTON TOWNSHIP. 421
Evidences to Shafto Pedigree.
1593, 25th March. Administration of the goods of Edward Shafto of Bavington granted to Margery, his wife,
WiUiam, Thomas, Marmaduke, Grace, Isabella, Anne, Barbara, and Fortune, his children, being under age. Raine,
Test. Dunelm. 1597, nth April. Inq. p.m., Edward Shafto, esq.; taken at a knight's court of the earl of Northumberland,
held at Ovingham. He was found to have died seised of the capital messuage or tower and of the manor of Little
Bavington : 200 acres of arable land, lOO acres of meadow, and , , , acres of pasture, being the demense lands and
of 9 tenements in Little Bavington; three messuages or husband lands in Great Bavington, and certain lands and
tenements in Buteland, late John Felton's, AU which manors, lands, etc., were held of the earl of Northumberland
by knight service, etc, William Shafto was found to be son and the next heir. The Duke of Northumberland's MSS.
1641/2, loth February, 15 Score of sheep to the value of ;^loo, belonging to WilUam Swinburn of Nafferton,
were sequestered by Mr, William Shafto for the Scottish army, and were afterwards taken off the ground by Mr,
Edward Shafto and Mr, Cuthbert Fenwick, Hodgson, Northumberland, pt, ii, vol. i, p, 2ig n.
Though Edward Shafto, eldest son of William Shafto of Bavington, is recorded by the Heralds' Visitation to
have died in 1640, the following document remaining amongst the family papers makes that date doubtful :
' To Edw. Shaftoe, esquire, captain of ye Trayned band-horse. By virtue of an ordinance of parliament, authorizing
mee, Algernoune, earle of Northumberland, to bee lieutenant of the county of Northumberland, I doe hereby nominate
and appoint you, Edward Shaftoe, esquire, to bee captaine of that troope of the Trayne band-horse within the said
county of Northumberland, and doe give further warrant hereby unto you to assemble, muster, exercise, and leade
the said troope att all such times and to all such places as by warrant from mee, or in my absence from my deputy
lieutenants, or anyone of them, you shalbe from time to time in that behalfe directed. Willing and commanding
all inferior officers and souldiers of the said troope to bee attending, ayding, and assisting unto you for the better
furtheraunce of this service by the said ordinance required. Given under my hand and seale at armes this 6 Sept.,
1645. Noverint Northumberland.' From the original in the possession of Mrs, George Dalston Shafto,
1652, 14th October. Lancelot Errington of Aydon castle, and John Shafto, clerk, and Margaret his wife, beg
an order to the county committee to examine their title to a rent charge of j^io on lands in Wharmley, granted to
them for ^f 100, by Henry Errington, in 1647, before his dielinquency. Royalist Composition Papers, vol. G, p, 35g.
1693, 30th May. John Shaftoe of Nether Warden, clerk. To the chapeVy of Haydon, ;^20 per ann. to be paid
out of my lands at Mousin, for the use of the grammar school ;^I0, and for the poor ;^I0, Also ;^20 per ann. out of
my mortgages on the lands of Sir John Heron, bart., lately deed,, in the same order, ^10 per ann, as an augmenta
tion to the parish church of Slaly, I appoint Mr, Archdeacon (&) Mr, John RoweU executors for all the said money for
charitable uses. John Bacon of Staward, esq., John Atkinson of Haydon Bridge, and Nic. Maughan of Tedcastle,
yeomen, trustees of the money for the school and poor of Haydon, Nephew Mr, Ralph Shaftoe of Carrycoates ;^8oo.
Nephew Mr, John Shafto, son of my brother Mr. Chas. Shafto of Carrycoates ;^200, To my brother Chas. Shafto's
five unmarried daus. ;^8oo. John Atkinson of Haydon Bridge, my clerk and servant, ;^400 to distribute among his
three children, John, Mary, & Margaret. Son Daniel Shafto my lands at Mousin, ^^120 to my loving brothers Mr.
Chas. Shafto of Carrycoats, & John Shafto of Bavington, esq,, they executors. To Anne, daughter of Wm, Errington,
of Bradley, etc, ;^ioo. Codicil, 1692/3, 12th January; to my nephew Wm, Shaftoe of Carrycoats, sen,, ;^5oo,
1695, 25th January. Settlement made on the marriage of William Shafto with 'Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas
Riddell, whereby the estates were limited to the issue male of the intended marriage ; remainder to Edward Shafto,
next brother of the said WiUiam Shafto ; remainder to John Shafto, third brother of the said WiUiam ; remainder to
Edward Shafto, son of George Shafto, late ot Little Harle, gentleman ; remainder to Daniel Shafto, son of John.
Shafto, clerk ; remainder to Charles Shafto of Carrycoats, «tc. Forfeited Estates Papers, S, 17.
1700, 22nd September. Edward Shafto, shopkeeper, buried. Hexham Register. The inventory of his effects,
made 23rd September, has been preserved, and is given as a curiosity : His purse and apparrell, £2 ; two sett ot
shopp boxes with goods, £\ ; six sett of boxes with goods, £\ ; nine runletts with brandy, £2 ; oyle and sope, 12s. ;
a box with merchant goods, 5s. ; oyles, electuaries, and waters, ^5 is. ; morter, plaisters, and threed, 10s. 6d. ;
bookes, los. ; two cliests with pipes and hopps, los. ; three bedsteads with furniture, £2 ; six chaires and three
tables, los,'; a cupboard and drayers, 15s. ; brasse and pewter, £1 is. 6d, ; iron utensils, 6s, Sd. ; a. chest, trunck,
and other utensills, 12s. lod. The sum total, ;^2i 14s. 6d., from which are deducted for funeral expenses, £2 2s. 6d.
Desperate debts amont to £%, Raine, Test. Ebor.

422 THOCKRINGTON PARISH.
To William Swinburne, esq,, att Capheaton : These. Sr. It haveing pleased God to take to himselfe the soule
of my dear wife, these are to desire your company and lady's at Little Bavington on Sunday next by tenn of the
clock, and thence to accompany her corps to the place of interment, which will oblidge your sorrowfuU friend,
Jo". Shaftoe. Little Bavington, August 31st, 1704. From original at Capheaton ; Rev. John Hodgson's Collection.
At the Midsummer Sessions of 1711, held at Hexham, James Ogle presented the following petition to the
bench : ' That your petitioner was hired servant to William Shafto, now of Bavington, esq., for one year, which long
since expired, at the yearly wages of three pounds per annum, to be paid in money, and the said Mr. William
Shafto, by agreement at the time of your petitioner's hiring, was to give him a livery, or the value ot it in money,
which he has not done, which livery, with lining and making and the like, could not be less than thirty shilUngs ;
and your petitioner further saith that during the said year's service with the said Mr, Shafto, he lent and laid out
for the said Mr, Shafto one and thirty shillings and six pence, AU which said sums, amounting in the whole to
£(^ IS, 6d,, are now in arrear and unpaid, save one mare which your petitioner had of the said Mr. Shafto, valued by
him at ^3 5s., in part of payment,' etc, [Mr. Shafto was ordered to pay, or a warrant would be issued.] Sessions
Records. In 1718 the high constable ofthe north-east division of Tindale ward certified that he could not find in his
division any person concerned in the late rebeUion ; but that John Shafto, son of William Shafto, late of Bavington,
had been at Swinburn, but upon diligent search could not be found. On the iSth of April, in the following year, the
same constable reported that he had apprehended John Shafto and Thomas Riddell of Swinburn, and had carried
them before ' Justice Dalivel.' Sessions Records.
1719/20, February 16th. Will of John Shafto of Hexham, gent. To my son, Charles, my garden in Hexham
and my close near CarUsle, To my wife, Elizabeth, my household goods and close in Hexham called Whitesmocks,
My son, Edward Shafto ; my sons minors. To my wife, the use of my pew in the new gallery for life, Raine, Test.
Ebor. 1724, April 23rd. Will of Edward Shafto of Little Bavington, gent. To my son, George Shafto alias Delaval.
;^lo. To my sons, Robert, Delaval, and Jesse Shafto, my lands, etc., at Low-house and the Lang-sike, in the parish
of Haltwhistle. To my son, William Shafto, my houses, etc., called High-house and Edges-green, in the parish of
Haltwhistle. Residue to my wife, Mary, she executor. Raine, Test. Ebor.
1772, 27th October, Will of John Shafto of Hexham, esq. To my cousin, Thomas RiddeU of Swinburn
castle, esq,, £(, 5s. for a mourning ring. To my godson, Thomas Maxwell, son of Thomas Maxwell, late of Kirk
connel in North Britain, esq., deceased, ;^5o. To my godson, Robert Charlton of London, druggist, £10. To my
cousins, William and Mary Shafto, children of my cousin William Shafto, late of Humshaugh, gent,, deceased, ;^50
each when 21 or married ; and I desire my cousin, Ralph Riddell of Cheeseburn Grange, esq,, to pay interest at 4
per cent,, if they die the ;^ioc to go to the said Ralph Riddell, Mary Maxwell, relict of James Maxwell, esq.,
Dorothy RiddeU of Swinburn castle, spinster, and Barbara, wife of James Nelson of Fairhurst, esq. To my said
cousin, Dorothy RiddeU, ;^400, To the said Ralph Riddell and my friend WiUiam Kirsopp of Hexham, gent., ;^130;
To the said Ralph RiddeU, ;^100, To my cousin, Thomas RiddeU, esq,, my silver tankard. To my friend, WiUiam
Fenwick of Bywell, esq,, my silver salver, on which is engraved the arms of the Nevels and Fenwicks, To my friend,
Thomas Jefferson, surgeon, my large silver tobacco box. To my friend, William Kirsopp of Hexham, my small
silver tobacco box. The rest of my plate to my cousins, Ralph Riddell, Mary Maxwell, Dorothy Riddell, and
Barbara Nelson, Mourning rings to be given at my funeral to my friends and acquaintances, WiUiam Fenwick,
WiUiam Kirsopp, Thomas Jefferson, and Mr. John Gibson of Great Whittington. Residue to my cousins, Mary
Maxwell and Porothy Riddell, they executors. Proved 28th September, 1773. Raine, Test. Ebor.
1772, gth Dec, Will of George Delaval of Bavington, esq. All my real estates to Sir John Hussey Delaval
of Seaton, bart,, in trust for the use of my brother, Robert Shafto, during his life ; then to my nephew, Cuthbert
Shafto, for life ; then to George Dalston Shafto, eldest son of my said nephew, Cuthbert Shafto, in tail male ; then
to Delaval Shafto, second son of my nephew, Cuthbert Shafto, in tail male ; then to Robert Shafto, third son of my
nephew, Cuthbert Shafto, in tail male ; then to John Shafto, fourth son of said Cuthbert Shafto, in tail male ; then
to my nephew, WiUiam Shafto, in tail male ; then to Sir John Hussey Delaval. The widow of my late brother,
WilUam Shafto. To my niece, the sister of the said WiUiam Shafto, ;^2oo. Residue to my nephew, Cuthbert
Shafto, he executor. Trustees, Chr. Fawcett of Durham, esq,, and Mat, Waters of .WaUsend, esq. (Provision
against forfeiture of the estates,) Raine, Test. Ebor.

LITTLE BAVINGTON TOWNSHIP. 423
1775, istAugust, Will of William Shafto ot ColweU, Northumberland, husbandman. Tomywife, Elizabeth, /50
per annum. My sons, Thomas and William, my daughter, Mary, widow of William Taylor, and William and Cuthbert
Taylor, her sons. My daughters Elizabeth Nicholson and Frances Foster. To my daughter, Ann Shafto, /70, My
grandson, William Shafto, of Ladywell farm, /500, Residue to my sons, Thomas and William, they executors.
Proved 4th April, 1776. Raine, Test. Ebor.
1785, 12th May. WiU of Robert Shafto ot Bavington. All to my dearly beloved wife, Jane Shafto ; she and
William Barkley of Middle Temple, London, executors,
178S, 19th March, Will of Jane Shafto of Hexham, widow of Robert Shafto, formerly of Bavington and lately
of Hexham, esquire. My plate, Unen, furniture, and wearing apparel to my good friend Elizabeth, wife of Nicholas
Lee of Hexham, surgeon, for her own use absolutely. The residue of my estate to my grand-children the sons and
daughters ot my late daughter Elizabeth Robson, deceased. The said Elizabeth Lee sole executor. Proved loth
November, 1788. Raine, Test. Ebor.
Rental ot Mr. Cuthbert Shafto's estates for half-year ending May-day, 1794. Thockrington West-side, ^^130,
and Thockrington East-side, ;^95 ; Laird's closes, .:^lo los, ; Quarry -house, ;^73 15s, ; Nore-heugh, ;^io7 los. ; Hed
chester, ;^57 10s.; Kempwell, ;^27 los, ; Great Bavington, ;^90 ; Ladywell, ;^5 2 los, ; HiU-head, /75 ; Steel-ridge,
^"62 los, ; Cocklaywalls, /75 ; Barns, ;^35 ; Mount, ^35 ; Humbleton, ;^75 ; Mill-closes, ^"5. Total, ;^i,oo6 15s.
1S51, gth July. By indenture ot this date James Delaval Shafto of Little Bavington barred the entail ofthe
estates. 1851, Sth August. Will of James Delaval Shafto ot Bavington. To George Dalston -Shafto, eldest son, and to
John Cuthbert Shafto, second son of my late uncle, John Shafto, deceased, ;^5o a year apiece. To Robert Ingram
Shafto, eldest son, and to each of the other sons of my late uncle, Edward Shafto, deceased, ;^30 a year apiece, charged
on lands in parishes of Thockrington and Kirkwhelpington. Ann Shafto, widow of my late father, Robert Ingram
Shafto, enjoys annuity of ;^300 a year. I give all my manors and lands within the townships of Great and Little
Bavington and Thockrington in trust to the use of my uncle, Charles Cuthbert Shafto of Morpeth ; remainder to my
uncle, William Henry Shafto of Plymouth ; remainder to William Henry Shafto, son of my said uncle, William
Henry Shafto, in tail male ; remainder to my cousin, the above-named George Dalston Shafto ; remainder to his
brother, the above-named John Cuthbert Shafto ; remainder to my cousin, Robert Ingram Shafto, and the second,
third, and fourth sons of my uncle, Edward Shafto, deceased, in tail male ; remainder to our right heirs. Trustees,
my uncle, Charles Cuthbert Shafto of Morpeth, and William Snowball of Sunderland, gent. WiU proved at York,
19th September, 1857, and at London, 28th September, 1857. Effects sworn under .;^45o.
In the Parliamentary Return of Owners of Land, made in 1S73, the estates of Mr, William Henry Shafto of
Little Bavington are stated to comprise 4,640 acres, with an estimated rental of ;^3,425,
The estates were put up for sale by auction^ at Essex house in London,
on Thursday, 17th March, 1719/20, and were purchased on behalf of George
Delaval, esq., of Seaton Delaval, to whom they were conveyed by indenture
dated 20th July, 1720. The premises were sold ' during a continuance of an
estate in tail male, vested in John Shafto, the son of William Shafto, with a
reversion in fee expectant on the death of Edward Shafto, and of John
Shafto, his son ; and on failure of issue male of the said John, subject as to
the manors of Thockrington and Great Bavington to a rent charge of ^150
per annum, tax free, payable to Elizabeth Shafto, widow of the said William,
in lieu of her jointure.' The consideration money was ;^4,945 17s. id.^
' Bavington hall, etc., and 932 acres of land were let for £\c)o a year; Bavington HiU-head, with 232
acres, was let for ^54; Steel Rigg farm, with 179 acres, at ^63, Bavington miU at £\o, etc,
^ Forfeited Estates Papers, S, 20 ; S, 23 ; S, 25 ; S, 2?.

424 THOCKRINGTON PARISH.
The purchaser. Admiral George Delaval, was a man of more than local
celebrity ; a younger son of George Delaval of Dissington, and Margaret
his wife, daughter of Edward Grey of Bitchfield, he entered the Royal Navy,
of which his kinsman. Admiral Sir Ralph Delaval, was then a distinguished
officer. He was employed in embassies to Portugal and Morocco, and
amassed such great wealth as to purchase from his impoverished kinsman,
Sir John Delaval, the ancient estates of the family, and to commence
to build, . from the design of Sir John Vanbrugh, the stately mansion
of Seaton Delaval. He did not live long to enjoy the Little Bavington
estates, for he died in consequence of a fall from his horse, June 22nd,
1723.^ Dying unmarried, he gave Seaton Delaval to his nephew, Francis
Blake Delaval, son of his elder brother, Edward Delaval of Dissington,
and Little Bavington to George Shafto, a son of his sister Mary, wife of
the Edward Shafto already mentioned. George Shafto was enjoined to,
and did assume the name of Delaval. He was one of the representatives
of the county in the last parliament of George H. and the first and second
parliaments of George HL
The present house at Little Bavington was probably built or begun by
Admiral Delaval. It is sheltered from the west, north, and east by planta
tions, and has before it an undulating park ; it is a structure three stories
in height, with, entrance doors in the centre of both north and south
elevations, which have massive quoins and voussoirs below a moulded
pediment. On either side of the door are three windows, and on the first
and second floor seven windows above those below, all with a moulded stone
architrave. The wall is covered with stucco. The main structure is oblong
in plan, and has a wing projecting from the north-east corner. In the angle
thus formed between the main building and the wing a low brick building of
two stories is enclosed, which appears to be of an earlier period. The house
contains nothing of interest save some carved chimney-pieces, and some
family portraits and hunting pieces by unknown artists. The finest of the
portraits is that of a gentleman of the time of Elizabeth or James I. ; his
right hand rests upon an astronomical instrument and his left hand upon the
hilt of his sword ; a shield bearing the Shafto arms is in the upper left hand
corner. The original of another portrait is said to have been Captain John
Shafto, shot at Preston. There are full or three-quarter length portraits of
' Rev. E. H. Adamson, Arch. Ael. vol. xii. p. 223.

LITTLE BAVINGTON TOWNSHIP.

425

Admiral George Delaval, of his niece (?), Lady Milbank, and her husband.
Sir Ralph Milbank. Other portraits represent Mr. George Delaval (died
1782), Mr. Robert Ingram Shafto, third son of Sir Cuthbert Shafto,
Mr. James Delaval Shafto, who was drowned in 1857, and silhouettes of
Mr. William Shafto of Humshaugh and Mr. Delaval Shafto, respectively
the half brother and second son of Sir Cuthbert Shafto.
Two other members of the family were out in the rebellion of 17 15,
viz., Edward Shafto, described as ' an old grey-headed gentleman,' and his
son. Captain John Shafto. It is believed that this Edward Shafto may be
identified with Edward, son of George Shafto of Bavington, who entered the
family pedigree at the Heralds' Visitation of 1 666 : if this be so he was, in
1 71 5, sixty-seven years of age. His descendants are shown in the following
table.

Edward Shafto, 'an old grey-headed gentleman,'
was out in the '15 and became 'evidence for the
king at Liverpool and London ' (a).

John Shafto, a captain on half pay, was out in the =  (? daughter of Sir William Fenwick

'15 ; 'would have saved his Ufe by impeaching
odiers but was too far from the court to have
his mind known ' ; was shot at Preston-(a).*

of Wallington, and sister of Sir John
Fenwick).

John Shafto of High Farneylaw, died at Rothley = Mary, daughter of ,,, Joycey of Netherwitton

in the parish of Hartburn, where he was
probably born if) ; married at Netherwitton,
6th May, 1730.

and widow of
parish ot Bothal.

English of Earsdon in the

John Shafto, baptised
4th January, 1732 ;
died, unmarried, at
Close house ; buried
at Hartburn.

Lancelot Shafto, born
at Farneylaw, 1st
December, 1735, and
baptised at Hart
burn ; died young.

Isabella = James Sinclair;
emigrated to
America in
1 800.

Margaret, = Thomas

baptised
at Hart
burn, 2 Ist
May, 1739.

Thompson,ofWalling-ton Saugh
house.

Forster Sinclair, emigrated to United States in I79g. -i/
Jane, married at Thockrington to Robert Watson, and
settled in the province of New York. A/
Margaret, married at Thockrington Thomas Lowery of
Crookden, and settled in the province of New York, si/
Isabell, married ,,, Wood of Warksburn, and settled in
the province of New York. -^

Shafto Thompson of West = Eleanor,

Harle, joiner, where he
was residing 28th Octo
ber, 1827 ; died at Elf-
hills, near Wallington,
iSth April, 1S33 (c).

daughter of Andrew
Pearson.

Thomas Thompson of South Shields, died 7th
January, 1842, aged 4S id).

id) Patten, History ofthe Rebellion, p. 114.
iff) 10th March, l6g4, John, son of Mr, John Shafto of Rothley, bap. Hartburn Register.
(c) Local paper ; Richardson, Table Book, vol, iv, p. 147. {d) Ibid. vol. v. p. 342.
* The Register of Walton-le-dale (the parish church adjoining the bridge of Preston) has been searched for a
record of Captain Shafto's burial, but the only notice found is the following : '1715. One captain and three other
soldiers of His Majesty's forces buried the same day the rebels surrendered Preston and yielded themselves prisoners
of war, November 14th.'

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426

APPENDIX I.

APPENDIX I.

REFERENCES TO GEOLOGICAL PAPERS {Continued from Vol, III,).

I. Tate (George)
and Rupert Jones
2. Lebour (Prof. G, A.)
3. Do.
4. Brady (H. B.) ...
5. Miller (Hugh) ...
6. Do.
7. Lebour (Prof, G. A.)
8. Miller (Hugh) ...

9-

Do.

10. Vine

II. MiUer (Hugh)

Description of Entomostraca, etc. (Beyrichia Tatei, Brunton). Proc.
Berw. Nat. Club, vol, 5, p. 88
The Geology of Redesdale Ironstone District. Trans. North of
England Inst. Engineers
Range of Saccammina Carteri. Geol. Ma^. vol. xiii, p, 135 
Monograph of Carboniferous Entomostraca. Palceontological Soc.
Northumberland Escarpments, Geol. Mag. voh xiii, p, 23 ...
Glacial Origin of Lake Basins. Geol. Mag. vol. xiii. pp. 286 and 451
On the Terms Bernician and Tuedian. Geol. Mag. vol. xiv. p. 19...
Tynedale Escarpments. Trans. Nat, Hist. Northd. and Durham,
vol. vii. ... ... ... 
River Terracing (North Tyne near Chipchase and Wark). Roy.
Phys, Soc, Edin. pp. 277 and 386 
Entomostraca and Foraminifera from Northern Shales (Redesdale
Ironstone) 
On Boulder Glaciation. Roy. Phys. Soc. Edin 

1863 187318761876 187618761877 1880 1883

1885

APPENDIX II.

427

APPENDIX II.
SECTIONS IN PITS IN THE PARISHES OF CHOLLERTON AND THOCKRINGTON AND
THE EXTRA-PAROCHIAL DISTRICT OF KIRKHEATON.*

(i) No. 581.— COWDEN,
TOWNSHIP OF GREAT SWINBURN AND COLWELL, NORTHUMBERLAND.
Sheet 77 of Ordnance Map.
Account ofthe boring at Cowden, in two places, for Sir Ralph Milbank, ist hole, to the north-east, about
300 yards from Herd's House, 1776.

Fs. Ft, In, Fs. Ft. In,

SoU 

0

I

0

Stony clay ...

2

5

6

Blue metal, with water

.3

3

6

Strong blue limestone

0

3

6

White marl 
0
I
0
Strong blue limestone, with
water 
0
4
0
Ft, In,
Coal  1 0
Grey metal  0 s
Coal  0 9
Black, stone mixed
with clay  i 2
0
3
4
8 3 10
Carried forward
8 3 10
Brought forward
Blue metal ...
Grey metal stone
Grey post
Grey metal stone
White post ...
In whin
Fs, Ft, In, Fs, Ft, In.
8 3 10
Total
IS
(2) No, 583.— COWDEN.
TOWNSHIP OF GREAT SWINBURN AND COLWELL, NORTHUMBERLAND.
Sheet 77 of Ordnance Map. Lat, 55° 6' 22''. Long. 2° 8' 18".
Section of Strata at Cowden Colliery, near Wark, Northumberland. Approximate surface level 795 feet
above sea (Ordnance datum).
Fs, Ft, In, Fs, Ft. In.
Blue metal 
... 2
0
6
Freestone beds
... 2
4
6
Blue metal 
,,. 4
I
6
Limestone 
... 0
2
8
Fire clay 
... 0
I
0
Freestone 
- 3
I
0
Carried forward
... 12
S
2
,
Fs,
Ft.
In, Fs. Ft, In,
Brought forward
,. 12
s
2
Metal 
.. ]
4
0
Grey freestone
.. 0
0
9
Metal 
.. 0
4
6
Coal 
.. 0
2
8
15 S I
Total
IS S 1+
* Extracted from Borings and Sinkings
f Approximate sea-level 700 feet below this.
428

APPENDIX II.

(3) No. 996.— GUNNERTON FELL.
TOWNSHIP OF GUNNERTON, NORTHUMBERLAND.
Sheet 77 of Ordnance Map.
Boring on Gunnerton FeU to the north ofthe Dyke, by order of Mr. Richard Peck, 1734,
Fs, Ft, In, Fs, Ft, In.

SoU and sandy clay, with

smaU sipings of water ...

7

0

6

Grey sandy stone 

0

I

6

Black grey metal 

I

3

0

Blue grey stone of a lime

stone nature, with water...
0
2
ID
White post 
0
3
0
Open white post, mixed with
whin 
0
2
0
White post girdles, with grey
partings 
2
2
0
Carried forward
Fs.
Ft.
In. Fs. Ft, In.
, Brought forward ...
12
2
ID
Coal, with water (the water
fell 3 fathoms in the bore
hole) 
0
0
3
Grey metal, with small scares
of coal 
0
I
8
White post 
0
2
6
B lack grey metal 
0
2
4
Coal 
0
2
2
Black grey thill 
0
0
3
— 14 0 0
Total
14
(4) No. 1,243.— KIRKHEATON.
TOWNSHIP OF KIRKHEATON, NORTHUMBERLAND.
Sheet 78 of Ordnance Map. Lat. 55° 5' 49". Long. 1° 56' 15".
First place bored at Kirkheaton estate, about 50 yards to the west of Bog HaU, 1763. Approximate
surface level 595 feet above sea (Ordnance datum).
Fs. Ft. In. Fs. Ft. In.
Soil and yellow clay
0
5
0
Gravel and sand, with water
0
3
6
Blue stony clay 
2
5
0
Grey metal, with scares of
coal 
0
0
6
Grey metal stone 
0
S
6
Brown and grey seamy post
3
S
0
Grey poSt,' with metal partings
0
4
0
Blue grey metal 
0
I
8
Ft. In.
Coal, foul  0 3
Coal, foul, scared with
grey metal ... 0 11
Black grey metal.
mixed with coal ... 0 5
Coal, with scares ... 0 3
Ft. In, Fs, Ft, In. Fs, Ft. In
Carried forward ... iio 5 4 2 4 2 o Total
* Approximate sea-level 518^ feet below this,
Brought forward ... i 10
S
4
2
420
Black grey metal.
scared with coal ... 0 2
Coal  2 0
0
4
0
622
Soft grey seamy stone
0
I
2
Grey post, with water
0
2
0
Strong white post, mixed
with whin and water
0
2
0
Whin or strong limestone ...
0
I
0
Grey post 
0
2
0
Whin 
0
0
7
In grey post girdles, with
metal partings 
0
3
8
205
12 4 7*
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(5) No. 1,247.— KIRKHEATON.
TOWNSHIP OF KIRKHEATON, NORTHUMBERLAND,
Sheet 78 of Ordnance Map. Lat. 55° 6' 8". Long, i" 56' 42".
Fifth place at Blythside, about 100 yards east from the ford. Approximate surface level 560 feet above
sea (Ordnance datum).
Ft, In, Fs. Ft. In.

Fs.
Soil and gravelly clay ... o 4
Sand and gravel, with water o o
Stony clay  3 2
Brown post stone ,.. .,. o i
Stony clay  o 4
Whin tumbler  o i
Stony clay  o o
Grey metal stone  040
Brown and grey post, with
metal partings and water 340
Carried forward ... 4 2 o 5 i 10

Brought forward
Grey metal stone ...
White and grey post, with
strong girdles, seamy part
ings, and water ...
Black grey metal stone
In strong white and grey
post 

Total

Fs.

Ft,

In,

Fs,

Ft,

In,

4

2

0

5

I

10

0

5

0

3

I

0

I
5
8
0
2
6
10
4
2
16
(6) No, 1,249.— KIRKHEATON.
TOWNSHIP OF KIRKHEATON, NORTHUMBERLAND.
Sheet 78 of Ordnance Map.
Account of the Strata sunk through at Kirkheaton Colliery, Northumberland. Approximate
level 60 feet above sea (Ordnance datum).
OutsetSoil and clay
Blue metal ...
Limestone, with
and water...
Dark metal stone
Coal, splint at top
Carried forward
Fs, Ft, In. Fs, Ft, In.
partings
o I
I
3 I
o
Brought forward ...
Dark thill stone 
Very strong white post, with
pebbles 
Stone and coal Ft. In,
Coal, kiln ... ... o 10
Coal, fine  i 8
Total
Fs. Ft, In.
surface Fs. Ft, In,
8 o I
7
4
605
14 o 6
'¦^- Approximate sea-level 464 feet below this.
430

APPENDIX ir.

(7) No. 1,295.— LITTLE BAVINGTON.
TOWNSHIP OF LITTLE BAVINGTON, NORTHUMBERLAND,
Sheet 78 of Ordnance Map. Lat. 55° 6' 25". Long. 2° o' 24".
Account of Strata bored through in a Quarry, near Bavington Hall, Little Bavington, by William Coulson,
1873. Approximate surface level 690 feet above sea (Ordnance datum).

Fs.

Ft,

In,

Made ground 

0

3

I

Coal, soft 

0

0

4

Light grey shale 

0

4

10

Co«/, with water 

0

0

4

Dark grey shale 

0

2

10

Light grey shale 

0

4

8

Blue limestone, with water...

0

2

7

Strong grey shale 

I

3

0

Dark grey shale 

I

0

0

Grey post and ironstone

girdles, with water
2
0
3
Strong dark shale 
2
4
0
Coal 
0
0
6
Grey shale and post girdles
0
3
7
Dark shale and post girdles
0
3
4
Whin stone or Umestone ...
0
I
3
Carried forward
I
2
2
Fs, Ft. In.
5 10
Brought forward
White post, with ironstone
balls 
Grey shale, with post girdles
Hard grey post, with water
Mild white post
Dark grey shale 
Mild grey post
Dark grey shale, with iron
stone girdles
Hard grey limestone
Dark grey shale 
Grey post, with shale partings
Dark grey shale 
Into hard blue limestone ...
Total
Fs. Ft.
I 2
o z
o
o
o 2
2
O
O 3
2
3
In,
10 S
8
3
6
3
o
II 2
o
o
Fs. Ft. In.
10 2 5
31 5
* Approximate sea-level 499 feet below this.
INDEX.

431

INDEX.
In references to female names the surname in parentheses is that of the husband's family.
The names in the pedigree tables are not indexed in detail.
The point at which the history proper of a township or grieveship commences is indicated by the use of small capitals.

A,
Abbey hagg, tenement in West Quarter, 15,
Abbot, J. G. (1864), purchases Tone and Cowden
estates, 300.
Abel (1243)1 rector of Simonburn, witness, 330 n.
Ackewoode, Acwde, Akewood, Akwod, See Oakwood,
Ackworth, bequest to school, 108,
Acomb, or West Acomb, in parish of St, John Lee, i,
125; contribution to muster, 13, 136, 136 n; posi
tion and acreage, 135; TOWNSHIP, 135; census
returns, 135 n; pronunciation of name, 135 n;
ravaged by Scots, 137 ; petition by tenants, 137-8 ;
disputes as to right of common, 138 ; proprietors in
1663, 139; the fell or moor, 140; mill at, 141;
farms of, 143 ; details ofthe Hermitage, 143-8,
Acomb, Richard de (1385), charge against, 201.
— John (1410), tenant, 12 n.
Acton, Adam de (1342), marriage, 400; grant of land
to, 400-1.
— (Widdrington), Catherine (1367), marriage, 224 n.
— inee Musgrave), Mary (1340), acquires West Swin
burn manor, 276, 279.
— ine'e Embleton), Maud (1324), marriage, 224 n,
— Richard de (1324), suit by, 224 ; marriage, 224 n,
¦ — William de (1339), gifts to son, 279 ; (1340), acquires
West Swinburn manor, 276, 279 ; marriage, 279 ;
seal of, 279 n.
Acton burn, tributary of the AUen, 74,
Acton homestead, in Forest grieveship, 104 n,
Acton Moor, position of, 109,
Adam, bailiff of Barrasford, 313 ; son of Bernard
(1269), defendant in suit, 411,
Adamnan's Life of St. Columba quoted, 178 n.
Adamson (? Ruthven), Esther (168 1), marriage, 268.
— Joseph (1748), his holding in Allendale, 83.
— Robert, M.A. (1662), vicar of Chollerton, 267-8 ;
marriage, 268.
— Thomas (1782), burial, 29; (1826), freeholder in
Spital Shield, 61 n.
— William (1785), possessions in Spital Shield, 61.
Adderton, Joseph (1752), tenant, 5.
Addison (Shafto), Isabel, 406.
— John (1715), estate in Ovingham, 174.
AfSeck, Sir Robert (d. 1851), last prebendary of
Thockrington, 388-9 ; death, 388, 397.
Agassiz, Professor, of Harvard, marriage, 420.
Agricola, work attributed to, 162, 162 n.
Airey, John (1722), named in wiU, 146.
Alston, John (1752), tenant, 5.
Akedon, Henry de (1323), serves on jury, 292.
Aken, Mary (1752), tenant, 5.
Akewood, forest of, 39 ; rental, 136.
Albin, George (1650), fined, 157 n,
Alburgh, W. de, 150.
Aldecraw, Robert (1303), suit against, 156.
Alder, Thomas (i7»6), marriage, 133.
Alexander III. (1259), king of Scotland, 255 ; his
connection with Tynedale, 257 ; license for Chip
chase mill-dam, 331 n.

Alexander IV,, Pope, bull as to chapels, 129.
Alexander, Richard son of (1229), lands, 59,
AUo, identified with Old Town, 94.
AUanson, Rev. Peter, O.S.B. (d. 1875), Roman
Catholic chaplain at Swinburn, 283 n.
Allen, river, tributaries and course, 74, 109.
Allen smelt mill, particulars of, 90.
Allen, West, or Ninebanks, in Allendale parish, i, 76-7 ;
chapel of, 78, iio-ii ; great tithes sold to Sir John
Fenwick, 83 ; chapel dues, 84; GRIEVESHIP of,
109 ; topographical notes, 109 ; muster roll, 109 ;
associated with 'bounds of Hexhamshire,' no;
principal proprietors, no ; assigned to Ninebanks
chapel, in; benefice endowed, inn; enquiry as
to tithes, 114-5 ; holdings ot yeoman famihes, 121 ;
minor estates, 121-2. See also Ninebanks.
Allendale parish, grieveships comprised in, i, 76 ;
boundaries, 74, 76 ; topographical features, 74 ;
significance of name, 74 ; population, 74 n ; status
ot tenants, 75 ; Scottish raids, 75 n ; witch panic,
76 ; divisions and sub-divisions, 76-7 ; acreage, 76 ;
viewed from Little Swinburn, 302.
AUendale, East, muster of tenants, 74-5 ; one of the
original grieveships, 76-7.
Allendale church, position of, 77 ; early history, 77 ;
dedicated to St. Mary, 77 ; endowment, 77 ;
Ritschell's notes on, 78 ; illustration, 78 ; archi
tectural details, 78-9 ; the modern structure, 79 ;
peculiar customs in connection with, 79 ; now dedi
cated to St. Cuthbert, 79 n ; manor court enquiry
concerning, 79 ; perpetual curates of, 80-1 ; visita
tions, 82-5 ; great tithes sold to Sir John Fenwick,
83 ; chapel dues, 84 ; registers, 85-6 ; silver com
munion cup, 86 ; monumental inscriptions, 86-7 ;
charities, 87 ; endowments, 8g ; commission as to
tithes, 114-5.
AUendale common, divided by Act of Parliament, 52,
72 ; nature of division, 72-3,
Allendale mill, restrictions as to its use, 49,
Allendale Town, or 'AUenton,' i ; park of, 34; divisions
of, 76-7 ; bequests to poor of, 80 n, 87, 87 n, 95 ;
GRIEVESHIP situation, 88 ; pre-historic evidences,
88 ; chalybeate spring at, 88 n ; Methodist chapels
at, 88-g ; half-yearly fairs at, 88 ; bridge at, 89 ;
Quakeis' meeting house at, 89; educational endow
ments, 90 ; turnpike, 102 n,
Allenheads, school at, 90 ; altitude of, loi ; lead
mining industry, loi, 101 11, 102 ; gun-testing
range at, 102 ; turnpike, 102 n.
Allenheads chapel, 99-100 ; rebuilt, 100 ; curates of, 100.
' AUenton,' See Allendale Town,
AUgood, Miss Ann (1668), bequest to, 372.
— Barbara (1752), tenant, 5.
— inee Hunter), Elizabeth (d. 1864), monumental
inscription, 1 32 ; parentage, 148.
— (Hunter), Esther (1738), suit against, 381 ; marriage,
381 ; provisions of will, 381.
— George (1655), acts as arbitrator, 138 ; possessions
(1663), 17.
— James (1790) of Nunwick, marriage, 347.

432

INDEX.

Allgood, Jane (1738/9), marriage, 269,
¦ — Lancelot (1738/9), tenant, 5 ; supervisor of will, 61 ;
marriage, 269 ; value of his corn tithes, 271 ; inter
common rights in Birtley, 357; estates, 381.
— Major (1747), agreement with WaU tenants, 171 ;
acts as arbitrator, 236, 328 n,
— (Widdrington), Margaret (d, 1777), marriage, 213,
237; portrait at Nunwick, 213 n; marriage settle
ment, 214, 237; death, 214,
— Mary (1738), suit against, 381.
— Qiee Reed), Mary Neville (d, 1816), epitaph, 349,
¦ — Miss (1897), of the Hermitage, estates of, 143, 148.
— Robert (171 8), acquires Chipchase, 339 ; letter to
the clerk of the peace, 346.
— Robert Lancelot (1826) of Nunwick, 14S; value of
his corn tithes, 271-2 ; marriage, 348.
— Thomas (1668), bequest, 372 ; (1694), tithe farmer,
107,
Allison, Joseph (1716), marriage, 105.
Alribarne, tenement, value of, 59.
Alsop (Watson), Hannah (1776), marriage, 105, 108,
— (Watson), Lydia (d, 1810), marriage,' 105,
Alsopp, Charles (1717), fined, 108,
Alston, turnpike from, 102 n,
Alston Moor, bequests to poor of, 87.
Alwentdaill, Alwentona, See Allendale,
Amundeuilla, John de (1220), witness, 325.
Anabaptist chapel at Dye-house, 43.
Anderson (Heron), Anne, twice married, 340.
— (RiddeU), Barbara (d. 1627), marriage, 284,
— Bartholomew (1703), action against, 214,
— George (1505), acts under power of attorney, 379,
— Henry Percy (1869), marriage, 206.
— Robert (1628), mortgagee, 231.
Andrew (Caldcleugh), Isabel (d. 1785), marriage,
124,
— Thomas (1737), assessed, 221-2.
Andrews, Ann (1752), bequest to, 236 n,
— Bower (1716), baptism, 235,
— Gerard (1719), baptism, 235,
— Robert (d, 1764), tenant, 5 ; bequests to poor, 134,
235 ; will of, 235 ; purchases Todridge, 237,
— Thomas (1752), tenant, 6,
Andrews of Hexham and Bingfield, family of, gene
alogy of, 235 ; estates of, 236.
'Angel,' the, inn at Corbridge, 210,
Angus, Gilbert, earl of (1250), acquires manor of
Chollerton, 254, 256.
— Robert Umframvill, earl of (1307), obtains licence.
for market and fair, 315,
Angus (Wear), Ann, marriage, 29,
— Catherine (1770), marriage, 29,
— George (1715), entered as non-juror, 154,
— Hannah (1706), bequest to, 42 ; (Clark), (1769),
marriage, 29.
— Henry (1774), marriage, 29,
— Isabel (1706), executrix, 42,
— John (1707), trustee, 42,
— Joseph (1722), bequest to, 42 ; holdings of, 42 n,
— Mary (1706), bequest to, 42.
— Richard (1825), mortgagee, 30.
¦ — Sarah (1706), bequest to, 42,
— Titus (1707), abstract of will, 42 ; witness, 58,
— WiUiam (1706), bequest, 42; in Juniper, 43;
(1770), marriage, 29 ; (1896), purchases Hesley
well, 68.
Anick, in parish of St, John Lee, i, 125; bequest to
poor of, 134, 235; disputes as to commons, 138;
hamlet of, 154; TOWNSHIP, 149; early history.

149-52 ; amalgamated for census with Sandhoe,
149 n, 150 Ii, 198; area and census returns, 150;
survey, 151-2; proprietors in 1663, 152; a refuge
for Jacobites, 154; rateable value, 191 ; Red-house
farm, 192,
Anick Grange, in parish of St, John Lee, i, 125
a distinct manor, 149 ; position of, 149-50 ; amalga
mated for census with Sandhoe, 149 n, 150 n, 198
area and census returns, 150 ; present owner, 154,
Annandale, Alex, Bowie (1888), of Bingfield, 232.
— William (1841), purchases estate in Bingfield, 232,
Anne, Michael (1697), bequest to, 36 n,
Apilton, W, (1493), prebendary of Thockrington, 388
Appleby, rebel forces at, 80,
Applegarth, John (1745), marriage, 105,
Appleton, Thomas de (d. 1345), prior of Hexham, 11,
Appletree Shield, in Ninebanks, 116, 121, 123 n.
Arbuthnot, Arthur, (1868), marriage, 206,
— (Heron), EUzabeth (1758), marriage 342.
Archdeacon, Mr, (1693), executor, 421.
Archer, Mr,, drawings by, 183, 183 n, 316,
Architecture : descriptions of Whitley chapel, 25 ;
Linnels bridge, 32 ; Dotland park, 40 ; AUendale
chapel, 78; Ninebanks tower, 112 ; St. John Lee
chapel, 130 ; Roman bridge, 164 ; Cocklaw tower,
180; Chollerton church, 262; Great Swinburn,
282 ; Little Swinburn tower, 303 ; Chipchase :
tower, 333 ; manor house, 337 ; chapel, 349,
Birtley church, 357 ; Thockrington church, 391.
Ardley, Low, farm in Middle Quarter, 54 ; owner, 55,
Ardley Stob, 54 ; owners, 55; in dispute, 58,
Armstrong, Alexander (1479), party to petition, 128 ;
('538)1 ^ trooper, 136,
— Andrew (1500), a trooper, 8 n; (1626), tenant in
Acomb, 138,
— Ann (1663), tenant in Acomb, 139 ; (1673), a witch-
finder, 76 ; inee Hunter), marriage, 51 ; will, 51 n.
— Charles (1626), possessions of, 44.
— Christian (1663), owner of Acomb mill, 139, 141.
— Dominic (1670), guardian, 67.
— Edward (1542), order of court against, 49 ; (1608),
holdings of, 21, 64-5 ; (1615), of Newcastle, witness,
152,
— Elizabeth (1752), tenant, 6 ; (1769), administratrix,
67 ; inee Ord) (1770), wills the Holmes, 53.
— Francis (1752), tenant, 6.
— George (1547), of LiUswood, 64 ; of Eadsbush, 67 ;
(1626), possessions of, 44; (1663), proprietor in
Sandhoe, 211.
— Gerald (1626), tenant in Acomb, 138,
— (Shield), Grace (1695), marriage, 95.
— Henry (1693), bequest to, 260.
— Jane (1626), holding in Harwood Shield, 69 ; inee
Johnson) (1668), bequest to, 60 ; (1722), adminis
tratrix, 173 ; (Mewburn), (1736), marriage, 142.
— John (1538), a trooper, 75, 136, 136, n ; (1601), of
ChoUerton, action "against, 402 n; (1626), tenant
in Acomb, 138-9 ; (1694), of Ninebanks, tenant in
Acomb, 140 n ; (1715), ot Anick, entered as non
juror, 154; (1722), tenant of WaU mill, 171;
(d. 1725), of Ninebanks, burial, 86 ; (d. 1731), of
Park-house, death, 67 ; (1779), tenant in Acomb,
140 ; (1800), of Park-house, copyholder, 67,
— Lancelot (1608), holding of, 69,
— Mary (d, 1745/6), parentage, 57 ; inuper Fairless)
(1747), third marriage, 97.
— Matthew (1626), tenant in Acomb, 138.
— Nicholas (1538), a trooper, 136; (1626), tenant in
Acomb, 138.

INDEX.

433

Armstrong, Richard (1538), a trooper, 136; (1663),
tenant in Acomb, 139 ; Ord (d. 1746), parentage, 57.
— Robert (1538), a trooper, 136; (1626), tenant in
Acomb, 138 ; charitable bequest by, 88 n.
— Rowland (1537), a trooper, 137 n.
— Simon (d. 1728), tenant, 140 n ; marriage, 142.
— Teasdale (d. 1758), marriage and death, 51.
— Thomas (1479), °f Beaufront, party to petition, 128 ;
(1500), a trooper, 8 n, 75, 136; (1547), owner of
Ordley hall, 44 ; (1750), marriage, 119; (1755), seUs
the Monk wood, 97,
— William (1538), a trooper, 75, 136, 136 n,; (1547),
holding of, 69 ; holds Acomb mill, 136, 141 ; setter
and searcher, 137 n,; (1626), possessions of, 44;
(d, 1670), estate of, 67-8 ; (1752), tenant, 6 ; (1757),
of Elrington, named in will, 143 ; (d. 1759), of
Hexham, marriage, 57; (1768), of Park-house, ad
ministration, 67; (1779), tenant in Acomb, 140;
(1812), bequest to, 28.
— Sir WiUiam, & Co,, mines and lands, 248, 363, 369,
Armstrong guns, testing ranges, 102, 369,
'Armytage.' See Hermitage,
Arnison, Christopher (d. 1835), epitaph, 86.
— Jane (d. 1878), monumental inscription, 86,
— William Campbell (d. 1883), surgeon, epitaph, 86,
Arrowsmith, Rev. John Hixon (d. 1865), vicar of Kirk
harle, monumental inscription, 266,
Ash, Roger (1540), freeholder in Bingfield, 225.
Ashbourne, C, (1570), prebendary of Thockrington, 389,
Ashes, Low, copyhold farm, acreage, 121,
Aske, Richard de (1355), baiUff, 34; a witness, 202,
Askew inee Davidson), Mrs., lands at Broomhope, 369.
'Assan,' the term explained, 39 n,
Asse-hurst, tenement in Birtley, 356,
Assheton, Wm, (1595), vicar of Bywell St, Andrew, 189,
Astell, Peter (1690), witness to indenture, 146.
Atcheson, Ralph (1597), appraiser, 295,
Atchinson, Ralph (1595), witness, 294 n.
Atkinson of Kingswood and Newbiggin, pedigree, 38,
Atkinson of Kirkheaton, family of, genealogy, 381,
Atkinson (Tulip), Bridget (1804), marriage, 159,
— EUzabeth (1689), bequest to, 120; (Carr) (1730),
marriage, 134.
— George (1716), tenantin Thockrington, 403 ; (1752),
of Hexham, 6,
— Henry (1752), tenant, 6.
— (Stote), Isabel (d. 1587), marriage, 383.
— (RiddeU), Isabel (d. 1614), marriage, 284.
— Jacob (1725), estates conveyed to, 381,
— John (1663), holdings of, 380; (1693), of Haydon
Bridge, trustee, 421 ; (d, 1736), sells estates, 381 ;
(1780), curate of Birtley, 360 ; (1862), seUs estates
at Hallington, 244,
— John Cooper (1689), bequest to, 120,
— Joseph (1682), sells estate, 232 ; (1752), tenant, 6,
— Captain Leonard (1897), estates of, 37, 45-6.
— Luke (1722), freeholder in Kirkheaton, 381,
— Margaret (1693), bequest to, 421.
— Mary (1693), bequest to, 421,
— Richard (1479), tenant, 379-80,
— Ruth (1738), suit against, 381,
— William (1752), tenant, 6.
Aubeny, Richard de (1220), rector of Thockrington, 3S8,
Awden, Christopher (1538), a trooper, 75,
— George (1538), a trooper, 75, 157,
Aydon, Emma de (1207), King's ward, twice married,
199, 200 n, 376 ; death, 200,
Aydon, acquired by Peter de Vaux, 200,
Aydon Shield, 48, 52 ; Aydon hills, 53,

Aynsley of Hexham, family of, estates of, 237.
Aynsley, Gawen (1785), leases of tithes, 390 n, 396.
— Guy, marriage, 418.
— John (1702), exchanges possessions, 228,237; (1748)1
of Hexham, provisions of will, 230 ; (1752), tenant,
6 ; marriage, 418.
— Lionel, marriage, 20.
— (Reed), Mary (d, 1747), marriage, 347,
— Robert (1505), witness, 379 n,
B,
Ba inee de Witton), Dionisia de (1271), abducted, 408,
Baard, Ralph (1210), witness, 325,
Babington, Babynton, See Bavington,
Backcroft, farm at Kirkheaton, 386.
Backhouse, Edward (1873), biographical notes, 3.
Backstone Cleugh, fissure, 73.
Bacon of Staward, family of, 75, 94.
Bacon, Cecilia (1696), educational benefaction, 90.
— EUzabeth (1680), baptism, 86.
— Frances (b. 1709), baptism, 133 ; (1779), tithe
owner, 140.
— Francis (d. (1697), burial, 86,
— George (d, 1670), benefactions, 26; epitaph, 86;
marriage, 119; mortgagee, 117.
— Isabel (1779), tithe owner, 140.
— (Bland), Johanna (1672), marriage, 85.
— John (1726), of Staward, 98 n ; trustee, 421 ; (1733),
of Newbrough, trustee, 120.
— Joseph (d, 1674), burial, 85,
— William (1748), gift to Allendale church, 83,
Bage, Mary (1716), tenant in Thockrington, 403,
Bagraw, estate of, 2 ; dependency of Coastley, 9 ;
successive owners, 11, 13, 14-16; tenure, 11.
Bainbridge, George (1825), succeeds to estate in Kirk
heaton, 381,
Baldwyn, WiUiam (1296), pays subsidy, 277.
Balliol, Hugh de (1220), grants to Hexham priory,
303 ; witness, 325 ; confirms grant to Newminster,
326.
— Robert de (1356), sheriff, witness, 201.
Balliol barony, members, 245, 273, 304, 320, 400 ; ten
ants of, 303.
Balls Leazes, tenement in Sandhoe, 152.
Baptists, congregation at Hexham, 55,
Barber (Dobson), Catherine (1649), marriage, 80.
— David (1716), tenant in .Thockrington, 403.
— John (1538), a trooper, 13,
— (Coppin), Mary (d, 1862), marriage, 234,
— Roger (1716), tenant in Thockrington, 403,
— WiUiam (1775), petition by, 89 n.
Barker-house, homestead, 55 ; held by Ord family, 55-6,
Barkley, WilUam (1785), executor, 423.
Barnes, Stephen (1725), trustee, 192.
— WiUiam (1792), curate of Birtley, 360,
Barnhouse, the Heron estates in, 339,
Barns, near Bavington, rental, 423,
Barnsteads, the Heron estates in, 339,
Barras, John (18 16), marriage, 4,
Barrasford, Adam de (1296), pays subsidy, 355,
— Agnes de (1255), assaulted, 313.
— Jordan de (1479), tenant, 303,
— Sir Robert (1505), party to deed, 390,
Barrasford, certain lands in manor of Anick Grange,
149 ; in parish of Chollerton, 245 ; part of Umfram
vill barony, 245, 253, 314 ; corn tithes, 269, 270-1 ;
TOWNSHIP, 310; acreage, 310; survey temp. Eliz,,
quoted, 310 ; census returns, 311 n ; camp and pre-

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INDEX.

historic remains, 311 -2; description and iUustration
of Gunner Peak camp, 312-3; early history, 313;
hut circles (illustration), 314; Scottish ravages,
314; subsidy rolls, 315, 315 n; priory lands, 315;
market and fair granted, 315; list of tenants, 317;
present owners, 318.
Barron, Lancelot (1538), a trooper, 380.
— inee Heron), Mary (d, 1804), genealogical notes, 346,
— Captain Robert (d, 1789), marriage, 342,
Barrows, examples of, 253, 272-3, 289 n, 351-3. See
cists and pre-historic remains,
Barthropp, N, G, (i86o), marriage, 420,
Barton, Sir Henry de (1355), auditor of Hexham
manor, 34, 150.
Bartram, John (1663), possession of, 70,
Barun, Adam (1296), pays subsidy, 315.
Basier inee Holmes), Margaret, twice married, 383,
Bassenwhet, Archibald (1538), a trooper, 157.
— John (1568), holdings of, 26 n.
Bastle-houses. See Towers.
Bataill (Shafto), Isabel, history, 412, 417 ; inheritance,
413-
— Jane (1320), her inheritance, 413.
— John (1339), conveyance by, 413-4.
— Margaret (1300), party to suit, 412,
— (Shafto), Matilda, inheritance, 413 ; marriage, 417.
— Richard (1320), grants of land to, 412,
— Robert (1235), suit against, 411.
— Stephen, benefactions to Hexham priory, 411, 414,
— WiUiam de (1300), suit by, 412 ; death, 413.
' Batching,' the term explained, 42 n.
Bateman, Richard (1753), marriage, 243,
Bates (Shafto), Ann (1707), marriage, 418,
— Cuthbert (d, 1767), burial, 269,
— John (1752), ot Aydon, 6,
— John Moore (1800), studies in Gaelic, 209 n,
— (Watson), Margaret (1740), marriage, 269,
— Mary (1752), wife of J, M, Bates, 6.
— Thomas (1582), survey of Northumberland, 32 n, 207 ;
(1806), of Halton, commissioner in division of
Hexham common, 72; estates in Wall, 175,
— William (1791), commissioner in division of Hexham
common, 72 ; (1815), farms Chollerton, 265 n,
Bateshill, appurtenance of Ninebanks, acreage, 121,
Bateson (Keenleyside), Ann, bequest to, 121,
— Christopher (1608), of Greenley Cleugh, 121.
— Jane (1694), executrix, 121.
— John (1538), trooper, no; (d, o'rea 1698), will of, 121.
— Marmaduke (i6o8), of Woodmas WaUs, 121,
— Matthew (1694), bequest to, 121,
— William (1538), a trooper, 109 ; (1547), holdings in
West Allen, 121 ; (1694), bequest to, 121.
Bathurst, Sir Fred. H. (d. 1 88 1), marriage, etc., 1 94, 205 n.
— Sir F. T. H, (1893), estates, 193 ; marriage, 194
Baty, Isaac (1873), lands at Short Knowes, 310 n,
Bavington, Alexander de (1296), pays subsidy, 412,
— Alice de (1301), party to suits, 239, 399.
— Bernard de (1235), holdings of, 411,
— Gilbert de (1323), holdings of, 377 ; witness, 401 ;
pays subsidy, 412 ; party to suit, 412,
— Isabella de (1322), party to suit, 239,
— John de (1301), possessions in dispute, 239,
— Richard de (1296), suits, 399, 412,
— Simon de (1322), suit by, 239,
— Stephen de (1269), defendant in suit, 411.
— WilUam de (1347), witness, 332 n, 333 n ; pays
subsidy, 413 ; lands in Little Bavington, 414,
Bavington, Little, in Thockrington parish, 387 ; acre
age and population, 411, 411 n; outlying farms.

411; a member of Umframvill barony, 411;
Hexham priory lands, 411, 414; subsidy roll,
412-3; the tower, 414; connection with Shafto
family, 412-25 ; chapel at, 412; forfeited to the
crown, 416 ; purchased by Admiral Delaval, 423 ;
description of mansion house, 424,
Bavington Carr, position of, 411,
Bavington, Great, geology, 249 ; rental, 416, 423,
Bavington HiU-head, farmstead, 411, 423 n,
Bavington mill, rental, 423 n,
Baxter inee Watson), Ann, bequest to, 108,
— Anthony (1576), ecclesiastical court suit, 115,
— Anthony (1752), tenant, 6.
— Jane (d, 1724), burial, 86, 99 n.
— (Forest) Margaret, marriage, 63.
— (Rowland) Margaret, marriage, 41,
^- Thomas (1385), charge against, 201; (1752), tenant, 6,
Bayeux, Odo de (1066), an aUen bishop, 273.
Beacon, in Hexham township, 2 ; known as Beacon-
house and Beacon Grange, 4 ; successive owners, 4-5.
Beadland, Francis (1713), bequest to, 21,
Beanridge, estate of, registered, 192; rental, 192,
Beaufront, plates, 198, 209 ; tower, 198 ; early history,
198-205 ; styled a manor, 198, 200 ; abstracts from
charters, 202; old pronunciation of name, 202 n.
Beaufront HiU-head, registered, 191 ; acreage, 193,
Beaufront Wood-head, 198 ; domestic chapel, 198 n,
Beaumont, Diana (1800), holdings of, 51 n, 71,
— Matilda (1296), pays subsidy, 320.
— Mr, (1845), possessions in Allenheads, loi,
— Patrick de (1336), pays subsidy, 258.
— Thomas Richard (1800), freeholder, 71.
— T, W, (1825), sells Gunnerton manor, 329.
— W. C, B. (1897), possessions of, 18, 52-3, 66, 68,
70-1, 122, 129, 154,
Beaumont house, a farm of Chollerton, 258, 259, 261,
Beck, John (1776), bequest to, 93,
Bedale, Roger de (1256), witness, 331 n,
Bede, the Venerable, his description of Eagle's Nest,
127 n ; battle of Hefenfelth, 177-8 ; the story of
St. Oswald's cross, 179-80,
Bee, of Ninebanks, family of|'possessions of, 95, 97 ;
arms of, 113 ; wills and evidences in lieu of pedigree,
116-7; devolution of estates of, 118,
— (Eden), Ann, 116 ; inherits brother's estates, 117-8 ;
marriage, 118 ; (Dacres), (1680), marriage, etc., 86.
— (Hawdon), Barbary (1669), marriage, etc, 85, 117.
— Christopher (153S), a trooper, 109 ; (1547), grieve
of Keenley, no, 116,
— Francis (d. 1681), marriage and death, 86.
— Jane (1614), tuition of, 116 ; marriages, 117-8,297 ;
inherits brother's estates, 117.
— Matthew (d. 1599), suits about lead mines, 114, 116 ;
and tithes, 114-5; estates, 116; death, 118; (d.
1696), burial, 86.
— Nicholas (1538), a trooper, 75.
— Peter (1538), a trooper, no.
— Thomas (1538), a trooper, 75, 109 ; (1576), injunc
tion against, 115 ; (d, 1662), burial, 85 ; lands, 117 ;
(d, 1664), burial, 85; lands, 117; (d, 1673),
burial, 85,
— William (1538), a trooper, 75,
Beechburn, Thomas de (1373), holdings of, 378-9.
Beer mill, in AUendale, 93,
Beies close, in Allendale, 116,
Bek, Anthony (1310-16), bishop of Durham, 257,
Beldon burn, affluent of the Derwent, 6g, 73,
BeU, Ann (1732), tenant, 6,
— Christopher (1752), tenant, 6.

INDEX.

435

BeU, Cuthbert (1752), of Hexham, 6.
— Daniel icirca i8oo), marriage, 119.
— Elizabeth (1752), of Hexham, 6,
— George (1602), executor, 172 ; (1653), tenant, 190;
(1752), tenant, 6 ; (1S97), estates of, 17, 46,
— Gerard (1538), a trooper, 258,
— (Watson), Hannah (d, 1808), marriage, 105,
— Henry (1897), estates of, 17, 46,
— James (1552), setter and searcher, 170,
^ John (1296), pays subsidy, 315 ; (1538), a trooper,
'57 > ('55^)i setter and searcher, 196 n ; (1699), of
VVindy side, 120; (1752), tenant of Hexham, 6;
(1770), trustee, 58,
— Joseph (1752), of Ebchester, 6,
— (Johnson), Mary, marriage and epitaph, 29.
— Ralph (1538), a trooper, 258,
— Robert (d, 1700), inventory of goods of, 5 n ; (1752),
tenant, 6,
— Thomas (1653), tenant, 190,
— William (1538), a trooper, 157 ; (1713), holds lease
of Yarridge, 18; (1752), of High Shield, 5, 6;
'Q^775)i petition by, 89-n.
Bellacis, Richard (1538), acquires Hallington, 240.
Bellingham, John (1542), order of court against, 49.
— • Nicholas (1496), acquires the Hermitage, 144.
— William, of (1298), tried for robbery, 109 n.
Bellingham demesne, registered, 373.
BeUingham mill, 371 ; registered, 373,
Bellomonte. See Beaumont.
Bells Leazes, tenement, in dispute, 152,
Belshow, Thomas de (1317), witness to deed, 292 n,
Bennet, George (1716), tenant in Barrasford, 317, 318 n.
— ¦ Joseph, jun. (1875), curate of Thockington, 396,
— Thomas (1586), tenant in Barrasford, 317.
Bentham (Dobson), Anne (1720), bequest to, 131 n.
— Cornelius (1720), will of, 131 n.
— (Farbridge), Isabel (1720), named in will, 131 n.
— Leonard (d. 1720), minister of St. John Lee, 131 ;
will of, 131 n ; monumental inscription, 132.
— PhiUis (1770), bequest to, 131 n,
— William (d, 1774), will, 131 n ; burial, 134,
Benton, Little, part of Wirecester barony, 273,
Benton, Eustace de (1200), witness, 303 n,
— Gervais de (1184), witness, 274 n, 303 u.
Bendrige, estate of, 36 n. See Beanridge,
Bercarius, Henry (1336), pays subsidy, 308.
— Nicholas (1336), pays subsidy, 308.
Berethun, deacon to St. John of Beverley, 127 n.
Berkley, Lord (1780), 187.
Bernard, prior of Hexham (1243), 33°i 348-
— Simon (1336), pays subsidy, 377 n.
Bernicia, kingdom of, ruled by Cadwalla, 178 ;
Oswald's kingship, 179.
Berry, Matthew, of Newcastle, and his children, 260.
— Mrs. (d, 1691), sister to Mr, Carnaby, burial, 268,
Bertram, Adam (1236), rights in Coastley mill, 9, 16 ;
grants to Archbishop Gray, 197,
— (Stote), Eleanor, (d, 159S), marriage, 383.
— (Shafto), Isabel, marriage, 417,
— Sir John (1428), a trustee for Chipchase, 338-9 ; gives
power of attorney, 343,
— Robert (1212), acquires Coastley, 9,
— Roger (1298), gifts to priory, 9 ; witness, 325,
— Varedus, holdings of, 9 n,
Bertram, family of, possessions of, 9-10,
Bettison, H, A, (1890), chaplain of Kirkheaton, 386 ;
incumbent of Thockrington, 396,
Beuckley, freehold estate, in 1608 associated with
Acomb, 136; entail of, 186,212; registered, 192;

rental, etc., 192, 197, 221 ; acreage, 193 n ; early
history, 197; absorbed in Errington estates, 197;
course of Roman road to, 217.
Beufrere, Alan (1296), pays subsidy, 315.
— William (1296), pays subsidy, 315.
Bewcastle, acquired by John de Swinburn, 306,
Bewclay, BocUve, Bokley, BuckUf, Buckliffe, Bucliffe,
Buckell, Bukeley. See Beuckley.
Bewick, Calverley (1896), trustees of lands, 386.
— Cuthbert, descendants of, 382,
— George (1651), baptism, 144 n,
— James (d, 1789), burial, 395,
— (Stote), Jane (1663), marriage, 383,
— Joseph (1752), tenant, 6,
— Sir Ilobert (1756), obtains estate in Kirkheaton, 382.
— Stephen (1752), tenant, 6.
— Thomas (1597), witness, 203.
— William (1716), tenant in Thockrington, 403.
Bewick, family of, estates of, 382, 385, 386.
Bewsher, Rev. F., Birtley (Durham), marriage, 420.
Bickerstaff inuper Clark), Jane (d. 1694), second
marriage, 241 n.
— PhiUp (1677), purchases Hallington and Hallington
mill, 241 ; biographical notes, 241 n.
Biddleston, Robert de (1297), juror, 322 u.
Bindlosse (Heron), Jane, marriage, 344.
Bingfield, Alice de (1290), suit by, 223,
— Emma de (1310), second marriage, 223.
— Robert de (1301), in possession of Bingfield, 223.
— Roger de (1229), alluded to, 223.
— Simon de (1303), juror, 223 n.
Bingfield, in parish of St. John Lee, i, 125; bequest
to poor of, 134 ; a member of Anick grange manor,
149; Roman road to, 217; acreage andpopu^
lation, 220 ; TOWNSHIP, 220 ; principal residence
and farmsteads, 220 ; chapel of St. Mary, 221 ; great
tithes, 222 ; school-house, 223 ; early history, 223 ;
moiety held by Hexham priory, 224-6 ; contribution
to subsidy, 224; surveys, 225; muster roll, 215;
old manor house, 226 n ; connection of Errington
family with, 226-8, 230-1 ; proprietors, 222, 230-1,
234; the Widdrington lands, 231 ; Story's lands, 237.
Bingfield Comb, farmstead in Bingfield township, 220 ;
assessment, 221 ; acreage, 222, 230; owner, 230.
Bingfield East Quarter, 221-2, 230,
Bingfield East Side, 222, 232,
Bingfield hall, assessment of, 221.
Bingfield lodge, otherwise Law house, 237.
Bingfield North and West farms, 222; owners, 236.
Binics (Caldcleugh), Mar}', marriage, 124,
Birch-nook (1673), home of a witch-finder, 76.
Bird, Anne (d. 1852), monumental inscription, 266.
— Anne Jane (d, 1866), monumental inscription, 266.
— Christopher, of Westmorland (d. 1814), epitaph, 266;
Rev, Christopher (d, 1867), perpetual curate of
AUendale, 81 ; epitaph, 266 ; vicar ot High Hoy
land and Chollerton, 267 ; purchases advowson of
Chollerton, 267 n; value of his corn tithes, 271;
value of his benefice, 272 ; purchases Gunnerton,
329 ; Rev, Christopher, the younger (d, 1896),
vicar of ChoUerton and High Hoyland, death, 268.
— inee Coppin), IsabeUa, marriage, 234,
— Margaret (d, 1822), monumental inscription, 266.
— Ralph (1483), prebendary of Throckrington, 388,
— Robert (1538), a trooper, 157,
— Thomas (1716), tenant in Throckrington, 403,
Birds to be found at HaUington, 244 n,
Birk, Edward (1538), a trooper, 136.
Birkeburn, associated with Kirkeburn, 135, 141, 143.

436

INDEX.

Birkfield, tenement, 42.
Birkin Path, in AUendale, acreage, 116, 121.
Birks, in Low Quarter, 32 ; owners, 32 n, 36, 37,
Birks, East and West, estates of, 36,
Birtley, Benedict de (1336), pays subsidy, 355 n.
— Dame Isabel de, genealogical evidences, 325,
Birtley, certain lands within manor of Anick grange,
149 ; course ot a ' drove ' road through, 216 ; pre
historic camps at, 218 ; in parish of ChoUerton,
245 ; a member of Umframvill barony, 245, 253, 354 ;
disposal of common rights, 254 ; granted to Herons,
343 ; TOWNSHIP, 351 ; position and acreage, 351 ;
extract from Elizabethan survey, 351 ; pre-historic
remains, illustrations, 351-4; subsidy roll, 354-5;
contribution to muster, 355 ; list of tenants, 356 ;
common rights, 357 ; holy well, 354.
Birtley chapel, a dependent of Chollerton, 357;
granted to Hexham priory, 253, 357-9; tithes, 269,
339, 358 ; structure, 358 ; the chancel arch (iUus
tration), 358 ; pre-Conquest sepulchral stone
(iUustration), 358-9 ; monumental inscriptions, 359 ;
registers, 359-61; list of curates, 360; patronage
assigned to duke of Northumberland, 360,
Birtley-hall and demesne, 356 ; iUustration, etc, 361.
Birtley Shield, homestead, 356-7 ; camp at, 351.
Birtley West farm, camp at, 351.
Birtley wood, slag and scoriae, 354,
Bishopfield, in Allendale, owners, 95, 116-7,
Bishop's Leazes, grazing rights in dispute, 138,
Bishop's Rig, parcel of land, 151 u,
Bitelstayn, Robert (1538), a trooper, 75.
Black Bank mill, in Allendale, holders of, 94.
Black bogg, pasture in Birtley, 356.
Black-ball, estate of, 26 n, 46 ; position of, 41-2 ;
passes to Featherstone family, 42 ; present owner, 42,
Black-hill, farmstead in Sandhoe, 198,
Black-hill, homestead in Chipchase, 350.
Black Pasture quarry, near Brunton bank, 164 n.
Black Sike, 73.
Blackcleugh, estate of, 103, 123 n.
Blackdene, 5.
Blackett, Calverley (1746), gift to Whitley chapel, 27.
— Sir Edward (1762), possessions of, 140 ; alluded to
148 ; pew in St. Oswald's, 176 n.
— Sir Edward (1892), exchanges estates, 158.
— inh Shield), Elizabeth (1776), bequest to, 93,
— Jane (d, circa 1831), bequests by and to, 87, 93,
— ¦ John (1739), suit by, 237,
— Nicholas (1676), burial, 133,
— Osith (1776), bequest to, 93,.
— (Lee), Sophia Wentworth, marriage, 132 n.
— Sir Thomas, bart, (1781), lord of Hexham manor,
22 ; tithes held by, 140,
— Sir Walter (1755), lord of manor, i n, 2 ; share of
common, 6 ; benefactions to Whitley, 27-8 ; lay
rector of AUendale, 83-4; benefaction to Birtley
chapel, (1765), 360; claims part of Stote estates,
382,
— Sir Walter Calverley, wills Sweethope estate, 410,
— Walter (1762), corn tithes, 271 ; Gunnerton, 328.
— ¦ William (b, 1676), of Fallowfield, baptism, 133,
— Sir William (1689), leases Yarridge, 18 ; lay rector
of AUendale, 83 ; benefactions, 100 ; purchases Stag
shaw Close and other estates, 208, 327, 380, 410;
alluded to, 99, 171 ; (1760), suit against, 382 n,
Blackett ot Matfen, family estates of, 158.
Blackett estate, descent of, 329.
Blackett-Ord, A. J. (1897), owner ot Ninebanks, etc,
97, 121-

Black-haU, the Heron estate in, 339,
Black-hill, homestead in Kirkheaton, 376, 386,
Blacklock, Edward (1538), a trooper, 21.
— Nicholas (1538), a trooper, 21.
— Thomas (1538), a trooper, 21,
— William (1538), a trooper, 2i,
Blackoe, John (1676), marriage, 133.
Blaeberry Cleugh, fissure, 73.
Blair, John (1825), surrenders estates, 30.
Blake, Anth, (1563), prebendary of Thockrington, 389.
— (Howard), Eleanor (1712), marriage, 227.
— (Reed), Sarah (d, 1771), marriage, 243, 347.
Blake, Reed & Co., suspend payment, 348.
Blakelaw, tenement in Kirkheaton, 381,
Blakiston family, origin of, 400.
Blanchland, Walter of (1278), chantry chaplain of West
Swinburn, 276 ; pays subsidy, 277.
— WilUam of (1330), chaplain at West Swinburn, 278.
Blanchland mill, restrictions as to its use, 49.
Bland (Hill), EUzabeth, marriage, 75.
— Henry (1672), marriage, 85.
— ¦ (Jackson), Jane (1734), marriage, 269.
— John (d. 1733), vicar of Chollerton, 267 ; marriage,
267 n ; party to petition, 374.
Blenkinsop, George (1763), owner of Hackford, 67.
— inee Carnaby), Mary (1594), administers brother's
estate, 212,
Bleschet, Ralph (1296), pays subsidy, 307.
Bleumonte, WiUiam de (1376), pays subsidy, 258.
Bloome, Henry (d. 1752), marriage, 145, 235-6 ; will of,
236 n.
Blount (RiddeU), Elizabeth (d. 1849), marriage, 286,
— (Riddell), Mary Catherine (d, 1888), marriage, 287.
— Sir Walter (1792), marriage, 286.
Blue Crag camp, position of, 216, 289 n.
Blunt, Roger (1307), tenant of Hamburn, 59.
Blyth, the river, source 376.
Boag, Hugh (1752), commissioner in division of
commons, 2,
Boat-house, tenement, 147,
Boat-house east close, freehold estate, acreage, 193 n.
Boceland, Ellen de (1322), suit against, 239.
— Robert de (1290), arbitrator in suit, 150, 156, 223 ;
action against, 239. See Buteland.
Boggle-hole, willed to Anthony Gregson, 299.
Bog-hall, homestead in Kirkheaton, 376.
Boghill pit, geology, 249.
Bogshield, geological features, 252.
Bokland, G, de (1229), witness, 59, See Buteland.
Bolam, Abraham (1812), bequest to, 28,
— (de Caus), Alina de, parentage and marriage, 376.
— Archibald (1822), freeholder, 71 n,
— John (1832), of Grousey-house, 68,
— Walter de, husband of Emma de Aydon, 199, 200,
Bolbeck, Hugh de (1236), sheriff, 254 n; witness to
deed, 305 n, 398.
Boswell inee Manby), Mary (1800), executrix, 384,
— William (1790), marriage, 384.
Botestile Leases, tenement, 14-5,
Botland, Richard de (1272), witness, 331 n; action
against, 354; holds Broomhope, 364,
— Robert (1256), suit against, 364; (1275), a justice,
409,
— See Buteland,
Bourbank, Wm, (1524), prebendary of Thockrington,
389,
Bourne, John (b, circa 1726), parentage, 369,
— Widdrington (1740), parentage, 369,
Boutflower, WiUiam (1752), commissioner, 2,

INDEX.

437

Bow-bridge, at Allendale Town, 89,
Bowbrigg, held by Bee family, 117,
Bower, the, estate of the Charltons, 371, 373.
Bowes inuper Heron), Anne, twice married, 340.
— Dr. (1716), witness to baptism, 235,
— Henry (1596), marriage, 340.
— Jane, (1716), witness to baptism, 235.
— Sir Robert (1540), king's receiver, 241 ; his surveys
quoted, 280, 339, 361, 404-5.
— Sir WiUiam (1596), 280.
Bowett, archbishop of York (141 1), 13, 22,
Bowman, Appleby (1725), marriage, 105.
— John (1538), a trooper, 109.
— Richard (1538), a trooper, 109,
— Robert (1538), a trooper, 109, no; (1663), owner of
Riddlehamhope, 70,
Bowrey (Longridge), Catherine (1710), marriages, 233.
Boycott (Smyth), Louisa (1807), marriage, 194.
Boyvill, Richard de (1232), seneschal, witness, 398.
Bradescroft, tenement in, 59.
Bradford, John, marriage, 417.
Bradford, Thomas, M.D. (1748), marriage, 189.
Bradley, an appurtenance of Ninebanks, 116.
Bradworth (Shafto), Elizabeth (d. 1866), marriage, 420.
Brady (Watson), Alice, marriage, 106.
— (Watson), Hannah, marriage, 106,
— William (1597), witness, 203,
Braidwood, Hannah (1699), bequest to 90 n,
— Henry (1538), a trooper, 13, no,
— J, (1670), proctor of Allendale, 79,
— James (1699), executor, 90 n.
— Thomas (1699), bequest to, 90 n.
BrandUng (Riddell), Dorothy, marriage, 284.
— Ralph (1715), estates conveyed to, 373 n,
Brandy-haU, homestead in Kirkheaton, 376.
Brearcliffe ( ? Braidcliffe), William, murdered on Gun
nerton fell, 327.
Bremenium, iter from, 215 ; pretorian gates at, 218.
Breredon, manor of, granted to Thomas de Heton, 377,
Brett, Major-General Robert, marriage, 348,
Brewery field, freehold estate, acreage, 193 n.
Brides-hill, endowed and free school at, 89, 90 ; posses
sions of school trustees, 95 ; legacy devised to, 119,
Bridge Eale, past and present owners, 95, 95 n.
Bridge-end (AUendale), hamlet of, 89.
Bridge-end field, freehold estate, acreage, 193 u.
Brigley, appurtenance of Ninebanks, 116.
Brinkeley, estate of, 36 n.
Brisco, John (1832), possessions in Ordley, 45,
— William (1832), possessions of, 45,
Brito, W, (1229), witness 59 ; has grant of lands in
Egglescliff, 325.
Broad Lee, acreage, 329.
Broadgate, homestead in Forest grieveship,'io4 n.
Broadlee, estate in West Allen, 123 n.
Broadside, division of Allendale, 1, 77, 93.
Broadwell-house, farmstead, position of, 71.
Broadwood, James (1717), charitable bequest by, 87 n ;
fined, 108. See Braidwood,
Broadwood-hall, homestead in Allendale, 90 n.
Brockett, William (1829), marriage, 420.
Brocklebank (Manby), EUzabeth (1790), 384.
Bronze Period, remains of, at Grindstone Law, 220 ;
at Stagshaw Close-house, 207, See also Prehistoric
remains.
Brook (Heron), Anne, marriage, 344.
Brooksbank inee Hunter), Anne (d. 1853), monumental
inscription, 132; parentage, 148.
— Joseph (1832), marriage, 134.

Brooksbank Stamp (1821), ofthe Hermitage, 148.
Broomhope, section of Watling Street at, 215, 216 ; in
Chollerton parish, 245 ; TOWNSHIP, 363; boundaries,
363 ; acreage and census returns, 363 n ; early
owners, 364 ; held by the Lisles, 364-5 ; the mill,
366 ; other owners, 367, 369,
Broomhope mill, held by the Widdringtons, 366.
Broomyhaugh, tenement in Birtley, 356,
Brough, Jane (1752), tenant, 6,
Brown, Abraham (d, 1812), curate of Whitley chapel,
28 ; benefactions to poor, 30; holdings of, 30 n,
— Alexander (1741), arbitrator, 171 n, 328 n.
— AUce (d. 1780), monumental inscription, 28.
— (Shafto), Ann (d. circa 1870), twice married, 419,
— Dr. Charles (1784), of Newcastle, witness, 299.
— David (1752), tenant, 6.
— Elizabeth (1766), baptism, 395 ; (d, 1871), monu
mental inscription, 385,
— Gilbert (1800), inherits farmholds, 25,
— ¦ Hannah (1770), baptism, 395 ; (d, 1822), monu
mental inscription, 385.
— Rev, Humphrey, sen, (d, 18 15), monumental in
scription, 385 ; chaplain of Kirkheaton, 386 ; burial,
395 ; minister of Thockrington, 396 ; Rev. Hum
phrey, jun, (d. circa 1861), epitaph, 385 ; chaplain
of Kirkheaton, 386 ; baptism, 395 ; marriage, 395 ;
minister of Throckrington, 396-7,
— Isabella (d. 1824), monumental inscription, 385 ;
(d, 1859), monumental inscription, 385,
— Jane (d. 1845), monumental inscription, 385.
— (Heron) Jane, twice married, 345.
— inee Stannard), Jemima (1823), twice married, 419,
— John (1716), tenant in Throckrington, 403 ; (1752),
commissioner in division of commons, 2 ; (1752),
tenant, 6,
— inee Kell), Mabel (1685), named in wiU, 172,
— Richard (1752), tenant, 6,
— Robert (1734), freeholder, 16 n.
— Captain Samuel, R.N. (1826), bridge erected by, 9 n,
— Sarah Shafto (d, 1856), monumental inscription, 385,
— Thomas (1538), trooper, 184 ; (1752), of Hexham, 6.
— William (1293), found guilty of robbery, 109 n ;
(i538),atrooper, 109, 225 ; (1742), possessions of,25.
Bruce, Dr,, Roman Wall, quoted, 162-3, 164 n,
— Robert de (1220), witness, 325,
Brumell inee Jefferson), Elizabeth (1740), marriage, 236.
— John (1774), marriage, 236.
— Mr, (1737), assessed, 221-2,
Brungelflet, WiUiam de (1303), suit against, 156,
Brunton, John (1751), curate of Birtley, 360.
Brunton, acquired by Peter de Vaux, 200.
Brunton house, held by Dawson family, 174 ; remains
of Roman "Wall at, 160, 162-4, '73, '73 n; altar
from Hefenfelth, 179.
Brunton, Low, alias Spaniel-hall, estate of, 175.
Bruntyng, John (1335), involved in suit, 413.
— William (1335), involved in suit, 413,
Brydd, J, de (1380), prebendary of Thockrington, 388.
Buckle (Atkinson), Maud, marriage, 38.
Bull, Adam (1296), pays. subsidy , 315.
— Andrew (1336), pays subsidy, 399 n, ; holding, 401.
— Richard (1296),. pays subsidy, 399,
Bullock, Robert (d, 1794), burial, 134 ; trustee, 143,
Bulls hill, homestead in Allendale, 90 n.
Bunting, Abraham (1752), tenant, 7,
Burdas, Thomas ((1670), proctor of AUendale, 79,
Burdess, Gilbert (1538), trooper, 225,
Burdon, Walter (1297), juror, 322,
Burdus, Thomas (1538), a trooper, 75.

438

INDEX.

Burgo, Christian de (1288), grant of land to, 291.
— John de (1288), grant of land to, 291,
Burleigh, Catherine (1762), executrix, 69 n,
— Hercules (1722), holdings of, 64 ; will proved, 69 n.
— Mary (1762), dower of, 69,
— William (1762), estates sold, 69,
Burn, Richard (1836), marriage, 206,
— William (1538), a trooper, no.
Burn-mouth, homestead in Chipchase, 350,
Burn Tongues, mill at, 91 ; hamlet, 97 n, 120,
Burnand, Benjamin (d. 1709), burial, 99 n,
— Nathaniel, silenced vicar of Brampton, 99-100,
Burnfoot, Quakers meeting house at, 89 n.
Burnlaw, homestead, position of, 96.
Burntridge, estate, position of, 61, 64,
Burradon, Walter de (1297), juror, 322.
Burrell, Martha (1752), of Broom Park, 6,
Burroughs, Samuel (1741), tenant in Gunnerton, 328,
Burton, Thomas (1587), prebendary of Thockrington,
389-
Bush house. See Eadsbush.
Buteland, Robert (1538), holding in Sandhoe, 207 ;
trooper, 225,
Buteland, in the parish of Chollerton, 245 ; disposal of
common rights, 254 ; TOWNSHIP, 363 ; acreage
and census returns, 363 n ; pre-historic remains,
363 ; mine workings, 363 ; camps, 364 ; subsidy
roll, 364 ; lands held by Lisles, 364-5 ; by the
Widdringtons, 365-6 ; passes to Greenwich hospital,
366 ; division of common, 366, 370, 374 ; present
owner, 366 ; North and South, rateable value, 366,
See Boceland and Boteland.
Butler, Lieut.-Col. Henry Thomas (d, 1881), parent
age, 159 ; (1876), sells estates in WaU, 175,
— Thomas (1840), marriage, 159,
Butshill, tenement, 116,
Byerley, Christopher (1638), surrenders estates, 117,
— Jane (1638), surrenders estates, 117,
Byers ine'e Kell), Anne (1689), tutrix, 172.
Byticum, Thomas de (1269), defendant in suit, 411,
C,
Cacciola-Trevelyan, Mrs,, of Taormina (1897), her
estate in Hallington, 244,
Cacden, Richard de (1336), pays subsidy, 292,
Cadamo, Walter de (1210), witness, 325,
Cadeiou, Thurkill de (before 1298), grants to Hexham
priory, 326,
Cadwalla, King (d, 634), slain at Denisesburn, 45, 178 ;
routed at Hefenfelth, 177-8 ; known as Catgub
laun, king of Guenedota, 177 n,
Caecilius Clemens, name on centurial stone, 164,
Cairns. See Barrows,
Caldcleugh of Caldcleugh and Durham, family of,
genealogy, 123-4.
Caldcleugh, chapel, 100, 123 ; altitude, 123,
Caldstrother, John de (1296), pays subsidy, 377.
Caldstrother, held by Hexham priory, 376 ; associated
with Kirkheaton, 376 ; subsidy roll, 377 ; history
and owners, 377-9.
Calf Close, in Broomhope, 366, 370 ; fells, 367-8.
Cambe, Gilbert (1333), excommunicated, 70.
Camboe, Isabel (1293), possessions of, 291.
— John de (1310), witness, 313 ; tenant, 376-7,
— Robertde (1232), witness, 398 ; (1323), holdings, 377,
— Walter de (1293), sheriff, possessions of, 291,
Campbell {nee Clavering), Mrs, H. A, (1S97), estates
of, 37, 41, 61, 64,

Campion, Robert (1749), party to petition, 43.
Camps: Birtley Shield-dene, 351 ; Birtley west farm,
351; Blue crag, 216; Buteland and Broomhope,
363-4 ; Camp hill, 216, 320 ; Carryhouse, 351 ;
Colwell, 289 ; Countess park, 363 ; Cowden, 301 ;
Folly farm, 302 ; Green crag, 216 ; Gunner Peak,
312-3 ; Gunnerton, 218 ; Hetchester, 387 ; High
Shield green, 351 ; Male Knock, 352 ; Old Town,
94; Pity Me (Gunnerton), 216, 320; Portgate, 163,
219 ; Quarry-house (Thockrington), 387 ; Reaver
crag, 216, 311 ; near Sweethope, 408.
Canot, Dorothy (1663), tenant in Acomb, 139.
Cant, George (1716), tenant in Barrasford, 317, 318 n.
— John (1727), tenant in Barrasford, 317, 318 n.
— Thomas (1586), tenant in Barrasford, 317.
Capheaton, manor of, purchased by Allan de Swinburn,
257, 275 ; encroached upon, 411.
Capon, William (1243), chaplain, witness, 330 n.
Capper of Bingfield, family of, genealogy, 229,
Carelgate (Carlisle road), significance of name, 215,
Carey inee Shield), Mary (1790), bequest to, 93.
— Sir Robert (1592), of Widdrington, 280.
Carleton (Thirwall), Frances, marriage, 35.
Carlin (Heron), Ann (d. 1812), marriage, 345,
Carlisle, earl of (1757), suit against, 382 n,
Carnaby of Nubbock, genealogy, 19.
Carnaby of Hexham, Tosson, Todburn, and Shawdon,
genealogy, 20.
Carnaby, Agnes (1608), possessions of, 196, 203-4.
— (Dent), Ann, marriage, 134; (Errington), (1547),
marriage, 188 ; (Heron), (1629), marriage, 341 ;
(1693), bequest to, 260.
— Christopher (d, circa 1583), acquires the Hermitage,
144 ; possessions at death, 203.
— Cuthbert(i547), of Nubbock, 19; (1576), arbitrator,
32 n, 115, 20S,
— David (1574), arbitrator, 115 ; witness, 114- 1; ; in
herits Anick Grange, 149 ; acquires lease of Beau
front, 202 ; possessions at death, 203 ; acquires
pastures of Beaumont house, 258,
— (Errington), Dorothy (1583), marriage, 186, 1S8.
, — Francis (d, 1725), owner of West Greenridge, 24,
— George (1547), his lands in Portgate, 212.
— IsabeUa (1597), involved in matrimonial suit, 203-4,
— Jane (1693), bequest to, 259, 261,
— John (d, circa 1584), possessions at death, 203 ;
(1653), of the Hermitage, 144 ; (1693), of Halton,
bequest, 259 ; bonds, 261,
— Lady (1547), executrix, 19 ; lands, 136, 143,
¦ — Lancelot (1606), defendant in suit, 212,
— Magdalen (1628), party to conveyance, 212,
— Margaret (1535), has grant of Anick Grange, 149,
— Mark (1587), of Anick Grange, 205.
— (Blenkinsop), Mary (1594), administers brother's
estate, 212.
— .Mary (1693), of Chollerton, bequest to, 260,
— Nicholas {circa 1550), marriage, 188; (1602), of
Rudchester, disputes succession, 205 ; remainder
man in entail, 212 n ; acquires Beaumont house and
Beaufront, 258.
— Odnel (1547), lands in Portgate, 212,
— Ralph (1651), of Halton, sponsor, 144 n ; (d. 1694/5),
of ChoUerton, will of, 259 ; inventory of goods of,
260-1 ; burial, 268 ; of Shawdon (d. 1842), his
abnormal stature, 20 n.
— Sir Reginald (1538), estates of, 18, 22, 34, 40, 149 ;
executors ot, 19 ; order to shire tenants, 49 ; directs
muster, 109 ; witness, 115 ; lands in Sandhoe, 208 ;
(1594), named in will, 212 n. - -

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439

Carnaby, Richard (1642), purchases annuity, 158, 190;
('^93), gives bond, 261,
— Roger (1594), of Portgate, estate administered, 212.
— Thomas (1608), residence of, 144 ; (1655), marriage,
341 ; marriage, 417.
— Tristram (1594), named in will, 212 n,
— William (1542) of Nubbock, order of court against,
49 ! ('5^7), lands in Sandhoe, 208 ; (1631), of
Portgate, 212 ; (1651), baptism, 144 n.
Carnaby of Langley, family of, 8 ; identity, 19,
Carnegie, Robert (1752), marriage, 298,
Carpenter, WilUam (1336), pays subsidy, 355 n,
Carr (k/« Robson), Ann (1698), bequest to, 120.
— Ann (1703), heiress, parentage, 44 ; (1710), of
Langley, bequest to, 68 ; (1752), of Newcastle,
tenant, 6; (1800), of Dotland, burial place of, 28.
— ¦ Benony (1697), trustee, 36 n; estates surrendered
to, 191,
— Elizabeth (1703), bequest to, 24; (1719), bequest
to, 68 ; (1800), copyhold tenant, 68,
— George, of Hexham, marriage, 362; (d, 1719), of
Langlee, will of, 68 ; (d. 1745), will of, 68 ;
(d. 1769), burial and descendants, 41 n ; (1770),
parentage, 41 n ; (d. 1805), monumental inscription,
28 ; (d. 1868), monumental inscription, 28.
— Hannah (d. 1806), monumental inscription, 28 ;
(d, 1829), monumental inscription, 28.
— Henry (1710), bequest to, 68 ; (1730), of Slaley,
marriage, 134; (1752), tenant, 6; Henry Thomas
(1700), marriage, 145,
— Jane (1744), bequest to, 68,
— John (1694), prosecution by, 107; deputy in sur
render, 191 ; (d, 1702), marriage, 44 ; (d. 1710),
will of, 68 ; (1752), tenant, 6; (d, 1789), epitaph,
28 ; (d, 1831), epitaph, 28 ; death, 41 n ; (d, 1844),
epitaph, 28.
— Joseph, B,D, (d, 1806), perpetual curate ot Allen
dale, 81 ; epitaph, 87 ; curate of Allenheads, 100,
— Margaret (1720), office against, 134,
¦ — Mark (1773), marriage, 134.
— Mary (1710), bequest to, 68 ; {nee Johnson), (1712),
60 ; (1779), tenant in Acomb, 140 ; (d. 1809),
monumental inscription, 28,
— Matthew (1762), tenant, 6, 7 ; (1779), tenant in
Acomb, 140 ; (1829), of Newcastle, marriage, 134,
— Rev, Ralph (1779), lands, 140 ; marriage, 148,
— Richard (1630), marriage, 14, 15 ; bailiff, 15,
— Robert (1744), bequest to, 58,
— Thomas (1722), trustee, 60 ; (1744), bequest to, 68 ;
(1829), his burial place, 28,
— Thomasine (d, 1793), death, 28.
— (Johnson), Thomasine (1818), marriage, 29 n,
— William (1538), a trooper, 225 ; (1700), of Hexham,
marriage, 119 ; (1741), of Etal, commissioner, 328 n ;
(1741)1 of Eshott, commissioner, 328 n,
Carr of Eshott, family of, purchase Beacon estate, 5.
Carr of Slaley, family of, alluded to, 41 n,
Carr-hill, near Acomb, 135,
Carr Shield, school, 90 ; farm, 116, 121 ; chapel, 123,
Carrick (Watson), Mary (d, 1891), marriage, ic6.
Carruthers, Edward (1597), appraiser, 295,
— John (1538), a trooper, 293 ; (1594), witness, 294 n,
— William (1538), a trooper, 293.
Carrycoats, in Throckrington parish, 387 ; TOWNSHIP,
403 ; acreage and census returns, 403 ; farms, 403 n ;
survey, quoted, 404-5 ; bastle house, 405 ; Wid
drington estate, 405 ; conveyed to Charles Shafto,
405 ; present owner, 405. See also Filton.
Carrycoats Whitehouse, owners, 405,

I Carryhouse, camp at, 351 ; tenement, 356.
Carryhouse, High and Low, homesteads in Birtley, 357,
Cartclough, See Caldcleugh.
Carter, William (1752), tenant, 6,
Cartington, Elizabeth (1729), burial, 133,
— John (1485), party to benefaction, 414,
— Sir Thomas (1505), party to deed, 390,
' Cat-fires,' used at Allenheads, 102.
Cataracto (Catterick Bridge), union of roads at, 215,
Catheugh, farm in Barrasford, 311, 318 n.
Catreen, homestead in Birtley, 357,
Catton, Allendale parish, 1, 76-7 ; bequest to poor of,
80 n, 87 n, 95 ; school at, 90 ; King's mill at, 90-1 ;
GRiiiVESHIP, 93-5 ; beacon at, 93, 93 n ; known as
'Catteden,' 93; raided, 93 ; owners in 1663, 94;
acreage, 94,
Caus, Alicia de, 376,
— James de, marriage, 376,
Causey hill, Hexham, school lands at, 5,
Cautelad, Thomas (1296), pays subsidy, 399.
Cawood, WiUiam (d, 1419), prebendary of Throck
rington, 388,
Census Returns: Acomb, 135 n; Allendale parish, 74 n ;
Anick and Anick Grange, 150 n ; Barrasford, 311 n ;
Bavington (Little) 411 n ; Bingfield, 220 n ; Birtley,
351 n ; Buteland and Broomhope, 363 n ; Carry
coats, 403 ; Chipchase (reference to), 329 n ; Chol
lerton, 253 ; Cocklaw, 175 n ; Fallowfield, 155 n ;
Gunnerton, 3i9n ; HaUington, 238n ; High Quarter,
64 n ; Kirkheaton, 376 n ; Low Quarter, 31 n ;
Middle Quarter, 48 n ; Portgate, 211 n ; Sandhoe,
198 n ; Sweethope, 408 n ; Swinburn (Great) and
Colwell, 272 n ; Swinburn (Little), 302 n ; Throck
rington, 387 n ; Wall, 160 n ; West Quarter, 8 n.
Cestre, Dionisia de (1301), complainant in suit, 156.
— Robert de (1301), complainant in suit 156.
Chalert, Robert de (1317), chaplain, 292.
Chales, Alicia (1274), holding in Thockrington, 398.
— Gunnania (1274), holding in Thockrington, 398.
— Matilda (1274), holding in Thockrington, 398.
— Stephen de (1274), holding in Thockrington, 398,
Challoner, Ann (1719), sponsor, 235.
Chalto, Roger (1663), holdings in Chollerton, 259,
Chalybeate springs, 88 n, 328 n, 354,
Chambers-close, tenement, 147,
Chambre, Walter de (1380), vicar of Chollerton, 267.
Champley, Edward (1693), gives bond, 261.
Chantry : at West Swinburn, 275 ; at Chipchase, 330.
Chantry lands at Allendale, 83.
Chapel-house, farmstead in Keenley, 97 n.
Chareheads, homestead in West Allen, 121, 123 n.
Charities : at Whitley chapel, 30 ; at Allendale, 87 ; St,
John Lee, 134,
Charlton of the Bower and Redesmouth, genealogy
and history, 375,
— estates, 24, 33, 36, 371, 374.
— monumental inscription at Bellingham (1628), 371 n,
Charlton of Hesleyside, family estates, 231,
Charlton, Adam de (1297), lands in Gunnerton, 321,
— Alexander (1297), inheritance of, 321,
— Ann (1694), executrix, 139 ; inee Brown), (d. circa
1870), twice married, 419,
— (Shafto), Anne or Hester (d. 1816), marriage, 419,
— Aycusa (1200), tenements of, 321-2.
— (Wears), Catherine (1711), marriage, 269,
— Cuthbert, marriage, 340,
— Edward (1668), in possession of the Bower, 371 n ;
(d, 1724), trustee, 36 ; (d. 1744), concerned in
rebellion, 373 ; supposed portrait of, 375 n; (1800),

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of Hexham, estates of, 6, 24, 55 ; pew in St.
Oswald's, 176 n ; (d, 1841), of Sandhoe, holds Tone
and Healey in trust, 299 ; portrait of, 375 n ; his
education, 374 ; registers estates, 374.
— Elizabeth (1650), marriage, 231.
— Forster (1735), trustee, 61.
— George (1694), bequest to, 139 ; (1770), of Gates
head, 131 n, 154 ; (1779), tenant in Acomb, 141.
— Hugh (1297), inheritance of, 321 ; (1752) tenant, 6.
— Isabel (1752), of Whitfield, 6.
— Jane (1694), tenant in Acomb, 140 n.
— John (1559), of the Bower, accusations against, 370 ;
tried and executed, 371 ; (1626) tenant in Acomb,
138 ; will of, 139 ; (1694) tenant in Acomb, 140 n,
— Joseph (1897), of Capheaton, estates of, 65.
— inee Johnson), Margaret (1668), bequest to, 60.
— (Shafto), Margaret (1729), marriage, 406.
— Margaret (1694), bequest to, 139.
— Michael (1765), trustee, 154.
— Robert (1743), depositions by, 368 ; (1772) of' Lon
don, bequest to, 422.
— Thomas (1626), executed for sheep stealing, 371 ;
(1663), proprietor in Anick, 152; (1694), bequest
to, 139-
— WiUiam (1297), inheritance of, 321 ; (1646) of
Acomb, estate surrendered to, 55 ; (1648) purchases
the Bower, 371 ; (1656) of Hesleyside (and of
Spital), marriage, 231; estates of, ,231-2, 236;
(1694) of Acomb, bequest to, 139 ; (1716) of
Hesleyside, leaseholder in Barrasford, 317, 318 n ;
(1740) executor, 154 ; (1743) of Low Stead, depo
sitions by, 368; (1744) marriage, 269; (1752)
estates, 24, 36, 373; known as 'Bowrie,' 372-3;
homicide by, 372-3 ; parentage, 373 ; supposed
portrait of, 375 n ; (1779), tenant in Acomb, 141.
Charron, G, de (1275), 398 n,
Chastowe, David (1538), a trooper, 293,
Chatoe, Henry (1693), gives bond, 261.
— Roger (1693), gives bond, 261.
Chatter, George (1653), tenant, 190,
— Thomas (1594), of Newton hall, witness, 294 n,
Chester, Robert of (1479), party to petition, 128.
— WilUam, charitable bequest by, 88 n.
Chester-wood, leasehold estate, 56.
Chesterhope, disposal of common rights, 254 ; willed
to Anthony Gregson, 299 ; priory lands, 320.
Chesterhope fell, coal workings at, 368.
Cheviot ' forest,' application of term, 98 n.
Cheviot, homestead near Hallington, early British re
mains at, 238 ; present owner, 244.
' Cheviot,' poetical fragment, quoted, 145.
Chicken, AUce (1663), tenant in Acomb, 139.
— George (1693), gives bond, 261.
— Hob (1536), a trooper, 136 n.
— James (1655), tenant in Acomb, 138-9.
— • John (1538), a trooper, 136; (1547) grieve, 136;
(1663) tenant in Acomb, 138-9,
— Richard (1538), a trooper, 136.
— Robert (1538), a trooper, 136 ; (1626) tenant in
Acomb, 138,
— WilUam (1538), a trooper, 136.
Childen manor, held by Geo. Heron (1592), 343,
Chilton, estate of, acquired by William Riddell, 288.
Chipchase, Edulf (1220), his holding in Chipchase, 331,
— Huloc (1220), his holding in Chipchase, 331,
— Richard of (1256), tried and hanged for murder,
330-1.
— Robert (1256), grant of land to, 331,
— Waldef (1256), grant of land to, 331.

Chipchase, a member of UmframvUl barony,.245, 253,
330; geological features, 248, 251; TOWNSHIP,
329 ; formation, acreage, and boundaries, 329 ;
discovery of ancient weapons at, 330 ; connec
tion of the Lisles with, 330-3 ; subsidy roU,
332 ; successive owners, 330, 339, 346, 348 ; home
steads, 350 ; the tower, 333-9.
Chipchase castle, viewed from the south, 175, 226;
iUustration, 329 ; description of the tower (six
plates), 329-339 ; manor house, 337-8 ; early history,
338 ; survey quoted, 339.
Chipchase chapel, chantry founded, 330, 340 ; sup
posed site of, 348 ; dependent on ChoUerton, 253,
348 ; the present structure and epitaphs, 349-50 ;
value of corn tithes, 269, 349, 358.
Chipchase Park-house, discovery of spear heads, 330.
Chipchase-Strother, homestead in township, 350.
Chirton, part of Wirecester barony, 273.
Chishill-ways, farm in Barrasford, 318 n.
Chisholm, John (1752), tenant, 6.
Chollerford bridge, probable date, 169; destroyed by
flood, 169 ; the modern structure, 169 ; ancient
grave near (illustration), 169.
Chollerton, WiUiam de (1296), pays subsidy, 291,
Chollerton parish, 245-375 ; course of Watling street,
245 ; townships enumerated, 245 ; geological
features, 246-52.
— certain lands in manor of Anick grange, 149 ;
a member of Umframvill barony, 245, 253 ;
TOWNSHIP, 253 ; area and census returns, 253 ; dis
covery of a barrow at, 253 ; held by the Umfram
vills, 253-4 ; acquired by William de Swinburn,
254-5 ; a terry-boat established, 256 ; subsidy roll,
258 ; muster roll, 258 ; successive owners, 259, 261 ;
farmed by Roger Carnaby, 259-261.
Cholmley (Hodgson), Adelin (1672), marriage, 298.
Choster, Robert (1538), a trooper, 157.
Christianity, its dawn in Northumbria, 176-7, 179.
Cinder Kiln hill, deposits found at, 354.
Cists, discovery of, 253, 272, 311, 351-3, 404 n. See also
Pre-historic remains, 169, 207, 220, 238, 289 n, 311.
Clapham, Henry, marriage, 106.
Clarke of Hexham and Bingfield, genealogy of, 235.
Clark, Clarke, or Clerk : Honour (««V Andrews), (d.
1805), bequest to poor, 134 ; bequest to, 236 n.
— Emma (1279), suit by, 398.
— James (1752), tenant, 6.
— Jane (d, 1694), marriages, 241 n ; (1752), tenant, 6,
— John (1279), lands in Thockrington, 398-9 ; (1670),
auditor of Percy estates, 241 n ; (d, 1748), curate of
Chollerton, burial, 269 ; (1830), sells estates, 122,
— Joseph (1769), marriage, 29,
— Livingston (1897), estates of, 211, 236-7.
— (Forster), Mary, marriage, 63.
— Rev, Robert (d, 1824), marriage, 235, 406.
— Slaughter (1772), bequest to poor, 134.
— William (1725), office against, 396.
— William Henry (1839), lands in Bingfield, 222.
Clavering, Charles John (1800), freeholder, 62,
— Sir Henry, possessions of, 32 n.
— John de (1385), grant of estates to, n ; Sir John
icirca 1620), of Callaly, marriage, 285 ; (1752),
tenant, 5,
— Rev, J. W. Napier- (1897), owner of Hackford, 67 ;
of Stobby Lee, 69 ; of Riddlehamhope, 70.
— Misses, the (1897), possessions ot, 37, 41, 61, 64,
— Ralph (1686), trustee, 36, 55 ; letter quoted, 288,
— Thomas (1776), grants land for chapel, 108.
— Sir Thomas John, bart. (1800), possessions of, 64.

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Claxton (RiddeU), Eleanor (1528), marriages, 284, 287.
— Robert (1448), party to deed, 224.
Clay, Jesse, marriage, 106,
— John del (1311), curate of St, John Lee, 131,
— (Shafto), Julia Anne, marriage, 420.
— WiUiam del (1282), prior of Hexham, 131,
Clayton, John, estates in Wall, 175 ; acquires share of
Errington estates, 193.
— John Bertram (1897), owner of Fallowfield, 155;
possessions in Wall, 175; purchases Cocklaw, 184 n,
— Nathaniel George (1892), estates of, 158.
— William (1815), marriage, 419.
Clemitson, John, marriage, 106.
Clennel (Errington), Isabel (1621), 226 ; marriage, 227,
— John (1683), trustee, 367 n,
— Thomas (Fenwick), marriage, 347.
— Thomas (1741), commissioner, 328 n,
Cleugh, the, in Allendale, 93.
Cleugh bank, farmhold in Keenley, 97 n,
Cliffehill, tenement of Bee family, 116,
Clifford, John de (1332), sheriff, witness, 258 n,
— John (1785), marriage, 286,
Clos, James (1538), a trooper, 157,
Close, Mrs, (1734), burial, 269.
— Richard (1813), sub-curate of Whitley chapel, 28.
Close, in 1664, purchased by Wm, Charlton, 371.
Close-house, See Stagshaw.
Close-house, homestead in Chipchase, 350.
Coal (or Col) burn, course of, 272.
Coal seams : in AUendale, 102 ; at Little Bavington, 450;
at Codden, 173 n, 249 ; at Cowden, 427 ; at Fair
shaw, 249 ; at Fallowfield, 155 ; at Fourlaws, 248,
250-1 ; at Gunnerton, 428; at Kirkheaton, 428-9.
See Geology,
Coanwood, Quakers' meeting house at, 108,
Coasting hill, homestead in Forest grieveship, 104 n,
Coastleyi(H«VSurtees),Cecilia(i35o), lands, etc, 10-12,
— Elena de (1289), heir of, 10.
— Johanna (1330), holdings of, n.
— John (d. 1337), possessions, 10, n, 136 ; (d. 1350),
death, 10; possessions of, 10, 11, 13.
— Robert de (1289), 10,
— Roger de (1295), contribution to subsidy, 9.
Coastley, estate in West Quarter, 2 ; area and general
features, 8, 9 ; early history, 9-16 ; muster roll, 13 ;
mill at, 13, 15-16, 18 ; tithes of, 14, 18 ; registered,
374-
Coastley-rawe, now Fore Street, Hexham, n, 13, 18.
Coastleyhope, tenement, 14; corn tithes, 14, 18.
Coats, George (1791), marriage, 134,
— (Watson), Hannah (d. 1785), marriage, 105.
Cobb's Causey. See Devil's Causeway,
Coceley, Cosceley, Cosely, Cosselay, Costeley. See
Coastley,
Cock-law walls, farmstead, 411, 423,
Cockerletch, estate, position of, 41.
Cockershield, estate of, position of, 70 ; owners, 70,
Cocklaw, in parish of St, John Lee, i, 125; TOWN
SHIP, 175 ; acreage and census returns, 175 ; muster
roll, 184; connection of Errington family with,
184-5; principal homesteads, 184, 195-7; rateable
value, 191 ; mill, 193 ; traversed by Roman road,
217.
Cocklaw tower, description, with illustrations, 180-4 !
present owner, 184 n,
Cocklaw East and West farms, acreage, 193,
Cocklaw Walk-mill, registered, 192 ; acreage, 193,
Cocklaw Hillhead, freehold estate, acreage, 193 n.
Cocus, Adam (1336), pays subsidy, 315 n.

Codden, early coal workings at, 173 n.
Coen, Edward (1704), bequest to, 96.
— Hannah (1704), bequest to, 96.
Coeshole, homestead in Allendale Town, 90 n.
Cogin, R. (1701), curate of Allendale, 80.
Coins, discovery of, 167, 312.
Cokman, Richard (1538), a trooper, 40.
Coldcleugh. See Caldcleugh.
Coldcotes, identified with Oldcotes, 95.
Colden, associated with Chollerton, 254, 296 u.
Coldlaw, 160, 173 n ; early coal-workings, 173 n,
Coldtown, willed to Anthony Gregson, 299,
Coldwell, whin outcrop at, 249.
Cole, Gilbert (1385), charge against, 201.
— (Riddell), Jane (d, 1651), marriage, 284,
Colecester, Gilbert de {circa 12.60), a London taUor, 255.
Colhome, Richard (1414), prebendary of Thockring
ton, 388,
Collin, Thomas, solicitor, marriage, 20.
ColUngwood (Reed), Anne, marriage, 348,
— Sir Cuthbert (1576), foreman of jury, 115.
— Edward (1741), commissioner, 2, 328 n,
— Henry (1715), mortgagee, 416.
— WiUiam of Alnwick (1809), purchases Cowden, 300.
Collinson, Matthew (1538), a trooper, no,
Colman, Bishop, his spread of Christianity, 179,
Colmore, Clement (1614), marriage, 118,
— Clement (1600), chancellor of Durham diocese, 118.
— inee Bee), Jane, inherits brother's estates, 117-8.
Colson, John (1538), a trooper, 258.
— Robert (1538), a trooper, 258.
— Thomas (1538), a trooper, 258.
— WiUiam (1538), a trooper, 258.
— See also Coulson.
Colston's almshouses, Bristol, sources of income, 242,
297 n.
Colt Crag, course of Roman road at, 216 ; large
reservoirs at, 252, 301 ; annexed to Birtley, 270 ;
registered, 289 ; conveyed to Thomas RiddeU, 296 ;
position and acreage, 296 ; known as Coulter Crag,
301 ; present owner, 301.
Colwell, Adam de (1317), conveys Colwell manor, 292,
— Alma de (1336), gains Colwell manor, 293,
— Idonea de (1336), gains Colwell manor, 293.
— Ralph de (1200), witness, 304 n. .
— Richard de, 303.
— Robert de (1240), grant to, 304.
— Roger de (1296), pays subsidy, 307.
— Thomas de (1296), pays subsidy, 292,
— WilUam de (1260), witness to deed, 305 n, 331 u,
Colwell, a member of Hadston barony, 245, 272-3, 291 ;
in parish of Chollerton, 245 ; geological features,
247"8 I value ot corn tithes, 269 ; tithes sold to
Mercer's Company, 270-1 ; TOWNSHIP, 272 ; acreage
and population, 272 ; the village, 272 ; position of,
289 ; priory possessions, 289, 293 ; subsidy roll,
291 ; successive owners, 291-3 ; muster roll, 293 ;
present owner, 296,
Colwell chapel, granted to Hexham priory, 253 ; de
pendency of Chollerton, 289 ; description of, 289 ;
remains of (illustration), 290 ; destroyed by Scots,
290,
ColweU Fell, homestead, 272,
Colwell Moor, right of common in dispute, 293-4,
' Comach,Thos,de,' identified with Thos, deSwinburn, 326.
Combyheugh, homestead in Chipchase township, 350.
Commerdale, WiUiam, marriage, 383.
Commons, East and West, survey and division of, 2 ;
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INDEX.

Comogan, homestead in Chipchase township, 350,
Comyn, John (1285), party to agreement, 257,
Congleton (Blackoe) Ann, marriage, 133.
Constantine, family of, coin of, 167,
Conyers, John (1561), plaintiff in suit, 232 n,.
— (Riddell), EUzabeth (d, 1632), marriage, 284,
Cook (Lee), Deborah, marriage, 134.
— John (1385), charge against, 201 ; (1535), tenant
in Gunnerton, 327; (1694), suit by, 107; (1752),
tenant, 6 ; (18 12), bequest to, 28.
— Joseph (1752), tenant, 6 ; named in^will, 19.
— Richard (1693), gives bond, 261.
— Thomas (1385), charge against, 201.
— William (1385), charge against, 201 ; (1535), tenant
in Gunnerton, 327,
Cooks-house (Allendale), estate of, 97 n, 116-7,
Cooks-house (Low Quarter), owners of, 24, 33 n, 36,
37 ; registered, 37, 375 ; position of, 54.
Cookshelle, See Cockershield,
Cookson, Isaac (1738), silversmith ; communion cups
by, 86, 360.
— ¦ (Cuthbert), Mary (d, 1893), marriage, 206,
— WilUam Isaac (1839), marriage, 206,
Cooper, Nicholas (1538), a trooper, 225,
Copeland, David de (1297), juror, 322 n.
— John de (1297), juror, 322 n.
Coppin, John (d, 1891), purchases estate in Bingfield,
232-3,
Coppin of Bingfield, North Shields, and Blyth, family
of, genealogy, 234,
Coppisgrene, in Throckrington, 400-1,
Corbania, Boniface bishop of (1334), holds ordination,
410,
Corbet, Walter (1250), grants to Hexham priory, 293.
Corbridge, Adam de (1337), a justice, 10 n, 71, 156, 239.
— John (1337), a justice, 10 n, 156.
— Thomas de, archbishop of York (d. 1303), grants of
land by, 16, 64, 143 ; issues brief, 239 ; alluded to,
180 ; issues commission for gaol delivery, 409.
Corbridge, land disputes at, 150; iter to, 215, 219.
See also Watling Street,
Corder, Alexander, marriage, 106,
Corryhill, homestead in West AUen, 123,
Corsenside, ironstone mines in, 248,
Cotenj Robert del (1348), suit against, 212.
Cotesworth of the Hermitage, family of, genealogy,
145 ; evidences, 146-7.
Cotesworth, or Coatsworth, Ann {n^e Jefferson), (1685),
twice married, 236 ; inuper Shafto), twice married,
145, 236, 406; (nee Newton), (d, 1739), epitaph,
132 ; (d. 1788), burial, 395.
— Edward Heslop (d, 1741), epitaph, 132,
— EUzabeth (1725), twice married, 236 ; (1745), bap
tism, 395,
— Hannah Walton (1699), bequest to, 90 n,
— Jane(d. 1703), epitaph, 132 ; burial, 145 ; (Bloome),
(d. 1751), party to agreement, 236 ; (1755), tenant, 6.
— John (1662), suit by, 80 ; tenant of Caldcotes, 95 ;
(1694), of South Shields and Acomb, 140 n ;
(1720), office against, 134; (d. 1725), epitaph, 132;
marriage, 236,
— Margaret (1699), bequest to, 90 n.
— Mary (1699), bequest to, 90 n,
— Robert (1663), possessions of, 94 ; (1699), bequest
to, 90 n ; (d. 1779), marriage and death, 395.
— Thomas (1699), bequest to, 90 n.
— WilUam (1699), bequest to, 90 n.
Cotton, WiUiam, marriage, 148.
Coulson, Christopher (1586), tenant in Barrasford, 317.

Coulson, David (1586), tenant in Barrasford, 317,
— George (1736), marriage, 269.
— Hugh (1479), tenant in Chollerton, 258.
— John (1538), a trooper, 13 ; (1586), tenantin Barras
ford, 317 ; (1727), tenant in Barrasford, 317, 318 n,
— Mary (b. 1738), baptism, 134,
— William (1839), tenant in Bingfield, 222.
¦ — ¦ See also Colson,
Coulthard, Thomas (1757), perpetual curate of AUen
dale, 81 ; indicted, 85 ; holding, 140,
— WiUiam (1699), of Over Bishopside, 95,
Countess park, 356, 370 ; camp, 363,
Coutances, Geoffrey de (1066), an alien bishop, 273,
Coventry (Heron), Elizabeth (d, circa 1734), mar
riage, 342,
— Emma de (1345), territorial claims by, 291,
Cowden, camp at, 216, 301 ; old coUiery at, 249 ;
granted to Hexham priory, 300 ; owners, 300,
Cowden Kirk, a curious rock at, 300.
Cowell, Gilbert de (1343), conveys lands, 292-3.
'Cowl,' coul, term explained, 24 n,
Cowshill, in Weardale, turnpike to, 102 n.
Cox, WiUiam (1653), bailiff, 190,
Coxon (Shafto), EUzabeth (d. I799),marriage, 407, 419.
— Stephen (1722), freeholder in Baggraw, 16 n.
Coxside, Thomas de (1370), grants of land by, 400.
Cragend, homestead in Thockrington, 387,
Craig, John (d, 1721), estates, 17 ; (1752), tenant, 6,
— Richard (1716), of Dean Raw, 17.
— Mary (1752), tenant, 6.
— Roger (1716), possession of, 17.
Craig house, at Allenheads, 101.
Craigback, farm in Carrycotes, acreage, 403 n.
Crane, Thomas (1410), witness, 13 n,
Cranmere, Thomas (1547), holds Hamburn-hall, 60.
Craster, John (1756), claims lands in Kirkheaton, 382,
Craswell, James (1752), tenant, 6,
Crathorne (Shafto), Eliza (1805), marriage, 420,
Craven, George Augustus (d. 1836), marriage, i94,205n.
— Walter Arthur Keppel (1836), parentage, 194.
— William George (1875), parentage, 194.
Crawford, Ralph (1538), a trooper, 225.
Crawhall, family, monumental inscriptions at St.
Peter's in the Forest, loi ; owners of Stagshaw
Close, 208,
— William (1829), in possession of Park -house, 67.
Crawhawe, George (1568), holdings of, 26 n,
Crawston, Thomas (1599), named in will, 415.
Cressingham, Hugh de (1297), a justice, 307, 321, 323 n.
Cresswell, Ephraim, marriage, 418.
— Henry (1669), marriage, 133.
— lohn (1694), holding of, 139.
— Robert de (1342), witness, 402.
Crewe, Lord, trustees of, lands of, 71 n.
Crockton burn, tributary of the Allen, 74, 96.
Croft, WilUam (1790), marriage, 384.
Crookden, the Sweethope estates in, 410.
Crosby, Sir Warren (1706), marriage, 227.
Cross Cleugh, fissure, 73.
Crosses, Allendale, 88 ; Limestone brae, 122 ; Lady Cross
bank, 135 ; St, Oswald's, 179 ; Thockrington, 394,
Cross-house, appurtenance of Ninebanks, 116.
Crosthwait, J, (1573), prebendary of Thockrington, 389.
Crouch, Gilbert (1653), purchases estates, 231, 295-6,
Crow-coal, in Allendale, 102,
Crowberry hall, farmhold in Park grieveship, 98 n,
Crowberry, homestead in Forest grieveship, 104 n.
Croxton, William de (1323), acts on jury, 292.
Crozier, Cuthbert (1752), tenant, 6.

INDEX.

443

Crozier, WiUiam (1752), tenant, 6,
Crumbwell, John de (1333), of Belsay, 378 ; his lands
in Caldstrother, 378,
CuUey, George (1795), estates of, 175.
— Matthew, (1795), estates of, 175,
Cup marked stones at Birtley, iUustration, 353.
Cupola banks and bridge, origin of names, 96 n,
Curejambe (1256), suit against, 364.
Currey, W. (1670), proctor of Allendale, 79 ; legacy, 87 n.
Curry, John (i8oo), freeholder, 69,
— WiUiam (d. 18 14), copyholder in Lillswood, 65 ;
family epitaphs at Whitley chapel, 28.
Curtis burn, 252.
Curwen, John (1497), prebendary of Thockrington,
389 ; party to deed, 390,
Cuthbert of Beaufront, family of, genealogy, 206,
Cuthbert, James Harold (1897), owns Beaufront, 205.
— Mary (d, 1894), monumental inscription, 132.
— WilUam (1741), commissioner, 328 n; (d, 1781),
owner of Nubbock, 22 ; (d. 1853), owner of Beau
front, 199, 206 ; (d. 1879), acreage of estates, 205 n,
Cuthbertson (Heron), Ann (d. 1793), marriage, 345,
— (Whinfield), Dorothy (d. 1774), 213-4.
— (Fenwick), Elizabeth (d. 1837), marriage, 213.
— George (1747), tenant in Wall, 171 ; (1752), of
Newcastle, tenant, 6,
— Henry (d. 1804), marriage, 213 ; law suits, 214,
— John (1729), of Alnwick, marriage, 213,
— (Rochester), Mary (d. 1799), 213-4.
— William (d. 1814), parentage, 213.
D.
D'Abetot, Urse (io66), sheriff of Worcestershire, 273,
Dacre, Jane (1693), bequest to, 260.
— Sir Thomas (1526), arm.s of, at Ninebanks, 112-3,
Dacres, Henry (1665), perpetual curate of Allendale,
80 ; marriages, 85-6.
— ine'e Hawdon), Mary (d, 1675/6), 80, 85-6,
— William (1666), baptism, 85.
Dagleas, John (1706), marriage, 133.
— John (1779), tenant in Acomb, 141,
— Thomas (1747), tenant in WaU, 171.
— Thomas (1779), tenant in Acomb, 141.
DagUsh, John (1774), tenant, 16 n,
Dalby, Thomas de (1390), prebendary of Thockring
ton, 388, 388 n.
Dale, John (1538), a trooper, 136.
Dales, the, tenement, 49, 116,
Dally castle, in BeUingham, 371, 374,
Dalston (Shafto), Frances, marriage, 406, 418,
Dalton (Riddell), Dorothy (d, 1721), marriage, 285,
— (Charlton), EUzabeth, marriage, 373 n,
— John de (1479), tenant, 379,
— Robert de (1382), prebendary of Thockrington,
388,
Dalton, in Stamfordham, moiety granted to Hexham
priory, 320 ; in manor of Anick Grange, 149,
Dalton, High and Low, in Middle Quarter, 53.
Dalton Town-foot, estate of Johnson family, 60.
Daneby, Adam de (13 10), marriage, 223 ; suits, 224,
Darlington, John, of Tanfield, marriage, 418.
Darnell (Ord), Mary (d, 1749), marriage, 229,
Darrayns, Robert (1339), witness, 279 n,
Darrens, Esolda (1356), holding in Whittonstall, 201.
— Wydo (1356), holding in WhittonstaU, 201.
David (1260), a chaplain, 255.
David, king of Scotland, quartered at Corbridge, 127,
Davis (Coppin), Isabella, marriage, 234,

Pavison (Riddell), Barbara (d, 1673), marriage, 285.
— Christopher (1538), a trooper 21,
— (Mewburn), EUzabeth, marriage, 142,
— John (1743), depositions by, 367 ; (1752), tenant, 6 ;
(1795), inherits estates, 369,
— Lancelot (1700), his coal-workings, 368.
— Mary (d. 1795), monumental inscription, 28.
— (Caldcleugh), Mary (1831), marriage, 124,
— Matthew (1538), a trooper, 75.
— ¦ Misses, possessions of, 369.
— Nicholas (1538), a trooper, 225.
— Robert (1736), office against, 176 n.
— Susan Hussey Elizabeth (1795), her inheritance, 369.
Dawson, of Brunton, genealogy, 174; evidences, 174;
epitaphs, 132.
Dawson, of Newcastle and Allendale, epitaphs, 87.
Dawson, Abraham (1821), solicitor, of Newcastle, 87,
— Alexander (1538), a trooper, 170.
— Cuthbert (1666), a centenarian, depositions by, 92,
— Edward (1626), tenant in WaU, 138 ; (1747), of
Haltwhistle, tenant in Wall, 171 ; (1777), of Wall,
commissioner, 317,
— ipostea Ord), Frances (1721), second marriage, 57,
— Gerard, jun. (1538), a trooper, 170 n.
— Giles (1719), witness to baptism, 235.
— Henry (1538), a trooper, 75 ; (1634), alluded to,
195 n,
— Jacob (d, 1827), monumental inscription, 87.
— inee Johnson), Jane, bequest to, 61,
— John (1538), a trooper, 157; (1663), proprietor in
Wall, 171 ; (1719), of Woodhead, executor, 122 ;
(d. 1769), of Brunton, burial, 134 ; tenant in Wall,
171-; will, 174; (d. 1807), burial, 134 ; sells estates,
J75 ; pew in St. Oswald's, 176 n.
— (Coulson), Mary (1736), marriage, 269.
— Patrick (1747), tenant in Wall, 171,
— Philip (1538), a trooper, 75.
— Robert (1601), named as tutor, 172; (1722), free
holder in Wall, 171 ; (d. 1728), monumental in
scription, 132 ; (d, 1729), epitaph, 132 ; will, 174.
— Roland (1538), a trooper, 75.
— Sandor (1552), setter and searcher, 170.
— Thomas (1538), a trooper, 170.
— William (1538), a trooper, 170 n ; (1626), tenant in
Wall, 138 ; (1670), proctor of Allendale, 79 ;
(1694), tenant in Acomb, 140 n ; (d. 1716), will
of, 174,
Day, Mark (1602), rector of Bothal, 415.
Dees, Eleanor (b. 1812), baptism, 134.
Delaval, Francis Blake, succeeds to Seaton Delaval, 424.
— Admiral George (d, 1723), purchases estates, 416,
424 ; death, 424 ; portrait, 425.
— George (Shafto) (d. 1782), commissioner in division
of commons, 2 ; epitaph, 394 ; benefaction to Thock
rington, 396 ; wiU, 422 ; portrait, 425.
— Hugo (1296), juror, 322 n,
— Sir John (1620), purchases and surrenders Whitley
mill, 49-50 ; sells the Bower estate, 371 ; (1719),
sells certain estates, 424,
— Sir John Hussey, bart. (1772), remainder man, 422.
— (Shafto), Mary (d. circa 1749), marriage, 407, 418.
— Sir Ralph (1620), purchases Whitley mill, 49.
— Admiral Sir Ralph, a distinguished officer, 424,
— Robert (1297), juror, 322 n ; (circa 1620), marriage,
284,
Delicate-haU, tenement, 5-6 ; botany, 5 n.
Dellau, William (1280), holding of, 401.
Denaicle, John (1586), tenant in Barrasford, 317.
Denand, John (1552), setter and searcher, 245.

444

INDEX.

Dening, Robert (1716), leaseholder in Barrasford, 317.
Denisesburn, formerly identified with Erring burn, 45 ;
death of Cadwalla at, 45, 17S ; now identified with
Rowley burn, 46, 178.
Denning, John (1538), a trooper, 225,
— WilUam (1538), a trooper, 225 ; (1720), marriage, 57,
Dent, Adam de (1312), holding of, 306 n,
— Robert (1730), marriage, 134.
— WilUam (1722), trustee, 146,
Denton, Mr, (d, 1699), burial, 269.
Denton, obtained by Sir John Widdrington, 224,
Denum, Henry de (1332), suit against, 71.
— William de (1320), justice, 223,
Denyas, Thomas (1385), charge against, 201.
Deor (Deira) Street, derivation of name, 215 n. See
WatUng Street,
Derwentwater, Lord (1715), takes part in rebelUon,
80-1, 187,406 ; commemorated by pillar on Watling
Street, 216,
Derwentwater estates, granted to Greenwich hospital, 50.
Detchant, Henry de (1297), juror, 322 n.
— Robert de (1297), juror, 322 n.
Devil's Causeway, junction with Watling Street, 217 ;
the Kirkheaton section, 376,
Devil's Water, 25, 33, 42, 45, 178 ; source, 69 ; scenery,
31, 64 ; smelt mills near, loi,
Dickenson, Henry (1538), a trooper, 109.
— Mary (1739), office against, 83,
— WiUiam (1538), a trooper, 109.
-Dickinson, Anthony (1538), a trooper, 13,
Dickson, John (1563), curate of Birtley, 82, 360 ;
(1662), curate of Allendale, 80,
Dinley (Dimley), homestead in Birtley, 357-8,
' Dinmonts,' explanation of term, 121.
Dinning, James (1752), tenant, 6.
— Matthew (1663), tenant in Nether Rawgreen, 52.
— William (1676), wiU of, 52,
Dissington, Robert de (1479), holdings of, 180.
Divelston, Robertde (1200), witness, 304 n,
Dixon, Abraham (1720), marriage, 229.
— (Brown), AUce (d, 1780), marriage and death, 28,
— Bartholomew (1600), tenant, 69 ; (1752), tenant, 6.
— Edward (d. 1593), curate of St, John Lee, 131 ;
(1608), tenant of Stobby Lee, 69,
— George (1637), owner of Hill-house, 68.
— inee Coats), Hannah (d. 1785), second marriage, 105.
— Henry, charity, 29,
— James (1608), tenant of the Holmes, 53,
— John (1795), pew in St. Oswald's, 176 n; (1830),
copyhold tenant, 65, 70,
— (Ord), Margaret, marriage, 57,
— inee Keenleyside), Mary, named in will, 122,
— Rev. Mr. (1782), of Tone, burial, 269.
— Peter (1826), of Aydon Shields and Hill-house, 68 ;
(1897), possessions in Lillswood, 65.
— Philip (1717), claims as creditor, 191,
— Richard (1663), rated for Stobby Lee, 69,
— Robert (1663), holdingin Mollersteads, 50 ; (1715),
benefactions to poor, 30 ; (i 763), gift to church, 27 ;
(1897), possessions and ancestry, 50, 70,
— Walter (1752), tenant 6,
— WilUam (141 o), witness, I3n; (1626), in possession
of Stobby Lee, 69 ; (1726), bequest to poor, 30,
Dobson, Abraham (1649), perpetual curate of Allen
dale, 80.
— (Carnaby), Ann (d, 1762), marriage, 30,
— Cornelius (1770), bequest to, 131 n.
— George (1839), tenant in Bingfield, 222.
— Gerard (1773), executor, 157 n.

Dobson, John (1584), vicar of ChoUerton, 267 ; (1752),
tenant, 6 ; (1770), legacy, 131 n ; lands in Acomb,
141 ; (1841), architect, designs Beaufront, 199,
— Leonard (1770), bequest to, 131 n,
— William (1663), proprietor in Wall, 171 ; (177°),
legacy, 131 n; lands in Acomb, 141,
Dodd family epitaphs at Whitley chapel, 28-9,
Dodd, Agnes (1721), party to surrender, 172.
— Christopher (1696), witness to wiU, 58.
— George (1538), trooper, 225.
— James (1552), setter and searcher, 245; (1659),
holdings in Dotland, 41,
— Joseph (1685), named in will, 172 ; (1694), tenant
in Acomb, 140 n.
— Matthew (1686), alluded to, 103,
— Miss (1897), of Benton, possession of, 65.
— Robert (1752), tenant, 6.
— Robin (1538), a trooper, no.
— Thomas (1586), tenant in Barrasford, 317 ; (1752),
tenant, 6.
— William (1709), witness, 372 ; (1721) surrenders Wall
mill, 172 ; (1726), purchases estates, 41 ; (1752),
tenant, 6.
Dodington, estate of, 36 11.
Doffinby, Agnes (1668), bequest to, 372.
DoUman, Robert (1697), bequest to, 36 n.
Don, Hugh (1538), a trooper, 40.
— Richard (1538), a trooper, 40.
Donkin, family of, Sandhoe, epitaphs, 132.
Donkin, Barbara Colin (d. 1837), killed by lightning, 20.
— John (1766), manager of mines, 192.
— WilUam (1801), marriage, 20.
— and Elstob, brewery at Hexham Bridge end, 154.
Donkin Rig, estate in Hartburn, 208,
Donnis-more, tenement in Bingfield, 225.
Dotland, priory lands at, 39 ; mill, 39 ; muster roll,
40 ; past owners, 37, 41 ; order to tenantry, 49 ; a
member of Anick grange, 149,
Dotland Fell-house, farm, destroyed by fire, 39.
Dotland Moor, 17,
Dotland park, a hunting seat of prior of Hexham, 40 ;
architectural details, 40 ; owners, 41 ; order to
tenantry, 49.
Douglas (Waite), Alice (1699), marriage, 229.
— George (1699), indicted, 46,
— John (1706), lands in Bingfield, 229,
— Joshua (1737), disputes estates, 381,
— Lord (1327), in command of Scots, 102 n, 195 n,
— (Errington), Mary (1700), marriage, 189, 241.
Doves pool, homestead in Forest grieveship, 104 n,
Downe, John (1538), a trooper, 380,
Downs, Shafto (1752), tenant, 6.
Dowson, Thomas (1752), tenant, 6.
Draper, Isabel (1776), bequest to, 93.
— Stephen (1256), suit against, 364.
Dripinttell (? DripensteU), 9, 9 n,
Drosera rotundifolio, at Duke's house, 3 n.
Dry burn, geological features, 251-2 ; source, 302, 406 ;
course of, 404. See also Swin burn.
Dryburn farm in West Allen, 109, 116, 121, 123 n ;
probable site of West Allen chapel, 1 10 n.
Dryden, John (1752) tenant, 6.
Dryside, in AUendale, school, 90 ; farms, 95,
Duel between Widdrington and Kerr (1599), 281 ;
between Widdrington and Charlton (1710), 372,
Duke's-house, residential estate near Hexham, 2, 3.
Dukesfield, smelt mills at, loi,
Dummrigg, tenement, 356 n,
Dunn, Catherine (1693), bequest to, 259,

INDEX.

445

Dunn, Cuthbert (1836), purchases estate, 366.
— (Watson), Elizabetli, marriage, 106.
— George (i860), estates conveyed to, 366.
— Henry (1727), tenant in Barrasford, 317, 318 n.
— Joseph (1779), tenant in Acomb, 141.
— Robert (1336), pays subsidy, 292.
— WilUam (1336), pays subsidy, 324; (1727) tenant
in Barrasford, 317, 318 n.
Duns Moor, in Bingfield, tract of pasture land, 220, 225.
Durham, William, bishop of (1721), ordination by, 81.
— John Fossor, prior of (d. 1374), 393, 400.
Dye-house. See Juniper.
Dynand, Robert (1727), tenant in Barrasford, 318 n.

Eachwick, Idonea de (1335), estate demised to, 413.
— John de (1296), pays subsidy, 377.
— Mary de (1335), estates demised to, 413.
Eadsbush (Eddy's bush), position of, 67 ; identified
with Edesmeadow, 6y ;. present owner, 68,
Eadwin, king, 64 ; defeated by Penda, 177.
Eagles Nest, or 'mons aquilas,' identity of, 127,
Eaglescliffe, Alan de-(i20o), his holding, 325,
Eales, the, estate of, 371,
Eanfrid (d, 634), of Bernicia, slain by Cadwalla, 1 77.
East common of Hexham, survey and division of, 2 ;
botanical features, 3 n ; allotment holders, 5-8.
Easton, John icirca 1850), marriage, 120.
Eastwood mill, restricted use of, 49,
Ebor, John de, (1372), vicar of ChoUerton, 267,
Eden inee Bee), Anne, inherits brother's estate, 117-8.
— Dorothy (1626), surrenders Ninebanks estates, 117.
— Sir John (^763), surrenders land for chapel, in;
surrenders Ninebanks tower, 118,
— ^ John (1669), possessions, 97, no; succeeds father, 117,
— Philip (1632), receives grant of tithes, 385,
— Robert (1626), surrenders Ninebanks estates, 117.
Eden of Bishop Auckland, family of, possessions of, 118,
Edesmeadow, identified with Eadsbush, 67,
Edgar, son of Cospatric (1138), raids by, 185 n.
Edge-house, in ChoUerton, 272,
Edmonsley, WilUam de (1300), party to deed, 409.
Edmestone, John (1660), marriage, 375,
Edmund, chaplain of Little Bavington (1296), 412.
Edmundson, John Wigham, marriage, 106,
Edson, Robert (1336), pays subsidy, 377 n.
Edward I, grants to canons of Hexham, 40 n,
— III., confirms territorial grants, 279, 378, 410,
— Prince, tradition concerning, 47,
Edwards, J. C, (1858), curate of Birtley, 360,
Eggleston, Margaret (1663), tenant, 66,
Eilaf, a secular priest, 150, 150 n,
Ellerback bank, tenement, 15.
EUerington, Francis (1659), estates surrendered to, 117.
— inee Bee), Margaret (1595), named in wiU, 116.
— See also Elrington,
Ellerker (Shafto), Anne, marriage, 417,
— Sir Ralph (i 541), survey quoted, 280, 339, 361,404-5.
Elliot, Ann (1752), tenant, 6,
— Francis (1694), tenant in Acomb,
— Robert (1716), tenant in Barrasford, 317-8, 318 n ;
(1748), of Haughton Strother, tenant in Barrasford,
318 n ; (1826), freeholder in Barrasford, 318 n,
— Thomas (1310), hanged at Hexham, 128 ; subject
of a miracle, 128, 128 n.
— WilUam ialias Will of the Steile), (1589), raids
Catton, 94; (1752), tenant, 6 ; (1812), bequest to, 28,

Ellis, Richard (1747), notes by, 36 ; (1752), tenant, 6,
Ellison, Henry (1720), marriage, 145.
— John icirca 1400), vicar of Chollerton, 267,
Ellwood-house, in Chollerton parish, 318,
Elpha-green, homestead in Forest grieveship, 104 n,
Elrington, Cuthbert (d. 1771), burial, 395,
— WiUiam de (1296), witness, 325; (1750), baptism, 395.
— See also EUerington.
Elsley, W. (1721), prebendary of Thockrington, 389,
389n.
Elwald, Alexander (1538), a trooper, 184.
— Janet (1479), 128.
— John (1479), '^8,
— Robert (1479), charged with being a Scot, 128,
— • WiUiam (1538), a trooper, 75,
Embleton (Acton), Maud (1324), marriage, 224 n.
Embley Sike, 73,
Emeldon (Strivelyn), Jane (1378), estates of, 378,
— Richard de (1323), acts on inquisition, 292,
Emerson, Titus (d, 1873), perpetual curate of AUen
dale, 81 ; monumental inscription, 87,
Emmerson, John (1690), marriage, 154.
Emperington, Robert (1775), 89 n.
English, John (1752), tenant, 6,
— Joseph (1716), tenant in Thockrington, 403.
— Mary, twice married, 425,
— William. (1716), tenant in Thockrington, 403,
Erming Street, derivation of name, 215 n.
Erneshow, miracle at, 127. See also St. John Lee.
Erring burn, identified with Denisesburn, 45 ; course
of, 125, 160, 175, 245, 247, 261, 272, 293.
Errington of Anick, genealogy, 153..^ 
Errington of Bingfield, genealogy, 227.
Errington of Errington and Beaufront, genealogy,
188-9 j evidences, 189-193.
Errington ot Keepwick, family of, origin, j86.
Errington of Nether Ardley and Dalton, genealogy, 54 ;
evidences, 54.
Errington of Portgate, genealogy of, 213.
Errington, Sandhoe, genealogy of 194; estates of, 205.
Errington (Errington), Agnes (1655), marriage, 188.
— Ann (1595), a minor, 189; (1600), inheritance of,
190; (1602), administratrix, 190; (d. circa 1678),
will of, 191 ; (1678), of Anick, executrix and tutrix,
153; (1686), of Durham, administratrix, 191;
(1693), of Bradley, bequest to, 421 ; (1695), of
Hexham, named in will, 191.
— Anthony de (1303), concerned in suit, 156 ; dies
without issue, 186 ; acts on jury, 292,
— Barbara (1659), marriage, etc., 227, 231.
— Benedict (1698), indicted, 33.
— Catherine (1673), bequest to, 195 n.
— Christopher (1538'), trooper, 185, 225,
— Cuthbert (1538), a trooper, 207,
— David (1643), named in will, 190,
— Dorothy {nee Redshaw), (d, 1617), lands at death,
55 ; {nee Widdrington), (d, circa 1643), marriage,
188 ; will, 190 ; (1643), will of, 190,
— Edmund (1255), tried for wounding, 313.
— Edward (1538), a trooper, 170, 170 n, 225 ; (1604),
charged with robbery, 190; (1608), of Nether Ardley,
34 ; admitted heir, 55 ; junior (d, 1675), of Anick,
153 ; (d, 1676), party to suit, 139 n ; proprietor in
Anick, 152, 154; (b. 16S5), baptism, 237 n ; icirca
1670), of Portgate, bequest to, 214; (1720), of
Corbridge, 192,
— Elena (or AUna), (1320), monumental slab, 130 ;
acquires moiety of Errington manor, 185-6,
— Elias (1296), pays subsidy, 399,

INDEX.

Errington, Elizabeth (1595), a minor, 189 ; (1659), of
Nether Ardley, co-heiress, 55 ; (Oliver), (i565),
marriage, 133 ; (1695), ot Hexham, named in will,
191; (1702), of Beaufront, 191; {postea Charlton),
(1714), marriage, 375 ; her parentage, 375 n.
— Ellen (1600), inheritance of, 190.
— Everille (1725), of London, annuity to, 192.
— Frances ine'e Howard), (d. 1705), proves husband's
will, 228 ; (1720), of London, administratrix, 192 ;
will, 192 ; (Fermor), (d. 1787), twice married, 195.
— Francis (1663), possessions in Dotland, 41,
— Frederick (1673), of Keepwick, proves will, 195 n.
— George (1568), possessions in Beuckley, 197; (1606),
marriage, 35 ; of Linnel mill, 36 ; of Denton, mar
riage, 417,
— Gerard (1479), °^ Walwick, party to petition, 128 ;
(d. 1651), possessions at death, 55.
— Gilbert (1547), acquires lease of Coldlaw, 173 n ;
lands in Errington, 185; marriage, 186; of Beau
front, 186, 205, 258 ; lands in Keepwick, 196 ;
(1621), party to deed, 226 n ; (1702), of Beaufront,
191; (d, 1725), of Portgate, will, 214; (1500), a
trooper, 8 n,
— Helen (1597), administers husband's estate, 212.
— Henry (1536), tenant in Bingfield, 225 ; (1629), sur
renders estate, 190 ; conveys Beaufront, 259 ; (d,
1695), estates sequestered, 158, 186, 190, 421 ;
(d. 1819), tithe owner, 140-1 ; will, 143 ; pew in St.
Oswald's, 176 n ; executor, 192 ; freehold estate,
193 n ; death, 193, 205 ; residence, 205 ; estates
acquired by his trustees, 242.
— Humphrey (1582), builder of Linnels bridge, 32.
— Isabel (1725), of Hexham, a minor, 192 ; (Thirl
waU), twice married, 35, 36,
— Jane (»eV Redshaw), (1587), marriage, 54 ; holdings,
55 ; ('659)1 °f Nether Ardley, co-heiress, 55 ; (d,
circa 1679), of Anick, marriage and will, 153 ; (1681),
of Bingfield, indicted for assault, 237-8 ; (1697), of
Newbiggin, bequest to, 36 n ; (1595), named in
will, 116.
— J. de (1302), justice, 156.
— John de (1278), witness to deed, 275 n ; (1320),
monumental slab, 130 ; acquires moiety of Erring
ton manor, 185-6 ; (1380), of Portgate, marriage,
186, 202 ; charge against, 201 ; (i4io),of Hexham,
witness, 13 n ; (1538), of Bingfield, trooper, 225 ;
(1568), possessions in Beuckley, 197 ; obtains grant
of Kirkheaton tithes, 384 n ; (1590), of Beaufront,
witness, 173 n; estate administered, 190; claims
tithes, 204; holding in Sandhoe, 207; (1597), of
Swinburn, claims tithes, 204; (1599), bequest of
tithes to, 415 ; (d. circa 1633), possessions in Bing
field, 226 ; (1634), of Keepwick, apprenticed, 195 n ;
(d. 1645), possessions in dispute, 196 ; (d. 1655), a
minor, 55 ; (b. 1671), of Anick, inheritance of, 153 ;
(1673), of Keepwick, witness, 195 n ; (1684), of
Durham, estate administered, 191 ; (1699), sur
renders Kirkburn mill, 141 ; (d. 1713), chief of
Beaufront, 153 ; death, 186 ; admitted as a freeman
of Newcastle, igi ; (d. 1726), will of, 192 ; (d.
1741), will of, 192 ; (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 6 ;
bequest to, 192 i' (1779), tenant in Acomb, 141 ;
(1779), of Cooks-house, bequest to, 58 ; (d. 1827),
school built by, 154; pew in St. Oswald's, 176 n ;
personal notes, 187; last male heir, 193; descent
of his estates, 193, 205, 242 ; {circa 1880), mar
riage, 287.
— Sir John Stanley (d. 1893), dies without issue,
193, 205.

Errington, Lancelot (1652), of Aydon, claims rent
charge, 421 ; (1725), of Newcastle, bequest to,
192.
— Lionel (1538), a trooper, 184.
— (Bathurst), Louise Mary(d, 1840), marriage setde-
ment, 205 n.
— Margaret (1595), administratrix, 153, 189 ; (Shafto),
marriage, 406; (1643), marriage, 418; (1652),
claims rent charge, 421 ; (1663), of Hexham, ten
ant, 66 ; (1672), of Keepwick, nuncupative will,
195 n ; (1696), of Hexham, named in will, 191,
— Margery (1684), presented as a papist, 33 n.
— ine'e Levery), Maria (d. 1795), thrice married, 189.
— Marian (1600), administratrix, 190.
— Mary (1659), co-heiress, 55 ; (d. 1668), monument,
266 ; (Blackett), (1680), of Portgate, bequest to, 214;
(1680), named in will, 172 ; (1697), of Newbiggin,
bequest to, 34 u, 36 n ; (Bradford), (d. 1749), be
quest to, 192,
— (Smyth), Mary Anne (d. 1807), marriage, 194,
— Matthew (1538), a trooper, 185.
— Michael (1726), executor, 192,
— Nicholas (1538), a trooper, 225 ; (1540), holdings
in Bingfield, 226 ; (1547), holdings in Fallowfield,
157 ; socage tenant, 158 ; suit against, 173 n ; free
holder in Errington and Cocklaw, 185 ; (1626), of
Keepwick, witness, 204; his oxen stolen, 371;
(1625), of Beaufront, named in will, 190 ; (1673),
witness, 195 n ; of Ponteland, marriage, 341.
— Oswin (1538), a trooper, 258.
— Perpetua (1737), a nun, 192.
— Peter (1752), tenant, 6 ; bequest to, 192.
— Ralph (1228), early mention, 184-5 I (1594)1 plaintiff
in suit, 294 n ; (1608), tenant in Harwood Shield,
69 ; (d. circa 1616), contests possessions, 196, 228;
removes to Cleasby, 226, 228 ; (1637), estates con
veyed to, 226 ; twice married, 227 n ; mortgages
lands, 231 ; (1643), named in will', 190 ; disputes
possessions, 196 ; (d. i6g6), of Newbiggin, will of,
34 n, 36 n.
— Richard (1538), a trooper, 18, 184; (1600), inherit
ance of, 190; (d. 1670), of Portgate, lands, 197;
Portgate, 213 ; will, 214 ; (1836), disputes will, 58.
— Robert(i228), 184; (1320), appointed commissioner,
185, 239 ; inquisition, 185 ; (1332), lease disputed,
71, 202 ; (1479), party to petition, 128 ; (1547),
holdingin Portgate, 212 ; (1594), of Sandhoe, 153,
189-90 ; (1779), bequest to, 58.
— Roger (1332), suit as to inheritance, 71 ; (1538), a
trooper, 185 ; (1600), estate, 190.
— Sir Rowland Stanley (d. 1875), assumes name of
Errington, 193-4; inherits estates, 205.
— Susanna (1720), office against, 134, 396.
— Thomas (1320), 186 ; (1479), party to petition, 128 ;
(1500), a trooper, S n, 184, 207 ; (1564), of Bing
field, value of his freeholds, 196, 225-6; sued at
York; 293 ; (1597), a minor, 189-90 ; (1597), of
Anick, administers estate, 190 ; (1599), bequest of
tithes to, 415 ; (d. 1600), of Walwick grange, lands,
55 ; (1608), ot the Hirst, copyhold tenant, 196 ;
(1634), ot Keepwick, named in will, 190; appren
ticed, 195 n ; (1648), of Kearsley, party to deed,
237; (d. 1673), inheritance of, 153 ; (d. 1677),
bequests to poor, 134; will of, 228; value of
holding, 230-1 ; monumental slab, 266; (d. 1680),
will of, 153 ; (1680), a minor, 153 ; (d. 1689), in
dicted for assault, 237-8 ; death, 237 n ; (1703), of
Portgate, appeals against order of court, 214 ;
(1717), of Capheaton, claims as creditor, 191 ; (d.

INDEX.

447

1748), sketch of his career, 186-7 ; estates forfeited,
187, 191, 241 ; will, 192; (1756), bequest to, 192.
Errington, Valentine (1717), of Fourstones, claims as
creditor, 191 ; will of, 192.
— WilUam (1300), dies without issue, 186; (1373),
high sheriff, 186; (1650), of BenweU, marriage,
341 ; (1660), a justice, 107 ; (1663), proprietor in
Anick, 152; rateable value of holdings, 158, 191,
196; (1672), of Walwick Grange, 20; (1681),
action for assault upon, 237-8 ; (d, 1696), of Hex
ham, will of, 191 ; (1721), of Apperley, bequest
to, 60; (d, 1726), heir to larother, 186; registers
estates, 191-2 ; (d, 1766), will disputed, 192-3,
Errington (or West' Errington), granted to Richard
Carnaby, 158; homestead, 184; description, 184;
acreage and rental, 184 n, 193 ; Scottish devasta
tions, 185 ; muster roll, 185.
Errington hall, mortg;aged, 190-1,
Errington Hillhead, farm, 184 n, 193 ; East and West
farms, 193 ; Red-house, 184 n,
Errington, Upper and Lower, earliest records, 185,
Escot, Walter de (1297), summons jury, 322 n,
Eshells, High and Low, owners, 61-2.
Eshells Moor, acreage, 73 ; streams through, 73,
Eshes, in West Allen, 116.
Eslington, William de (1256), commits murder, 64.
Esschynden, John de (1280), witness, 401.
Essendene, John de (1305), baiUff, 322 n,
— Michael de (1347), witness, 332 n,
Essington, William de (1297), claims against, 321-2.
Eston, John de (1392), vicar of Ponteland, enfeoffed
of lands in Gunnerton, 326,
Eure, Lord (1595), notes by, 226 ; warden of Middle
Marches, 280, 370,
— Sir Ralph (1394), rents Pigdon, 343.
Evans, David (1775), 89 n.
Ewalds of Thorlieshope, raids by, 94.
Ewart, James (1752), tenant, 6.
Exeter, Mary, dowager countess of (1680), 241,
Eyre, Mary Teresa (1784), claims Tone estates,
299,
Eysdale (Riddell), Jane, marriage, 285,

Faber, John (1336), pays subsidy, 355 n,
— Patrick (1336), pays subsidy, 355 n.
Fabris, Richard (1296), pays subsidy, 307.
Fairbridge, Anthony (1663), named in will, 67,
— Barbara (1663), possessions in Dotland, 41,
— Jane (1678), bequest to, 67,
— Joseph (1800), copyhold tenant, 68.
— Robert (d. 1678), lands, 50, 67 ; death, 67 ; will, 67 ;
(1720), executor, 67.
— Thomas (1618), lands in Hackford, 66-7 ; (d. 171S),
wiU, 67; (178 1), lands, 68.'
— See also Farbridge.
Fairlamb, George (1752), tenant, 6,
— Matthew (1752), tenant, 6,
— Nicholas (1655), party to suit, 139 n ; proprietor in
Anick, 152 ; (1663), holding in Catton, 94,
Fairless of Ninebanks tower, genealogy, 119-20;
monumental inscriptions, in ; evidences, 120-1,
Fairless, Ann (b, 1743), bequest to, 120.
— Edward (d, 1782), tenant of Ninebanks tower, 118;
bequest to, 120 ; will proved, 122,
— Margaret (Goodwill), (1736), bequest to, 120;
charitable bequest by, 88 n.

Fairless, Mary (Winter), (1741), bequest to, 120 ;
(Armstrong), (1747), purchases Monkwood, 97 ;
inh Goodchild), (d, i860), monumental inscription,
in ; marriage, 120,
— Matthew (d, 1745), will of, 120 ; (d, 1793), monu
mental inscription, in ; bequest to, 120; (d.1824),
executor to father's will, 121.
— Thomas (1748), churchwarden of Allendale, 84.
— WiUiam, charitable bequest by, 88 n,
Fairshaw, in Kirkheaton, coal workings, 249 ; home
stead, 376.
Fairweather, William (1752), tenant, 6.
Falaker, John (1547), tenant of Monk, 97,
Falaller, Henry (1538), a trooper, no.
— Robin (1538), a trooper, no.
Falconry, practised at Riddlehamhope, 70.
Fallowdon, John de (1279), 277, 278 n.
Fallowfield, Adam de (1356), witness to deed, 202.
— AUce de (1301), possessions at death, 156.
— John de (1322), lands of, 156, 158 ; suits, 156.
— Richard de (1322), juror, 156,
— Roger de (1336), pays subsidy, 355 n.
Fallowfield, in parish of St, John Lee, 125 ; TOWN
SHIP, 155-9; census returns and acreage, 155;
lead workings, 155; the 'written rock' at, 155,
164; early history, 156; subsidy rolls, 157; suc
cessive owners, 155-8, 186 ; etymology of name, 157.
Farbridge, Anthony, charity, 29. See also vol. iii.
— CorneUus (1770), bequest to, 131 n.
— inee Bentham), Isabel, bequest to, 131 n.
— John (1586), possessions in Catton, 94; (1726),
marriage, 119,
— Robert, charity, 29,
— See also Fairbridge,
Farbur, Adam le (1301), involved in dispute, 239,
— Maria le (1301), party to dispute, 239.
Farddonn (Heron), Alice (1591), marriage, 361.
Farinlawe, John de (1335), holdings of, 378.
Farinside, Robert de (1228), sold as a neif, 185 n.
— Thomas de (1228), sold as a neif, 185 n.
Farmer, Mary (1776), bequest to, 93.
Farndale, John (1381), charge against, 201.
Farney Side, copyhold farm, acreage, 121,
Farneyrigg burn, geological features, 251,
Farneyshield, near Ninebanks, 116, 121, 123 n,
Faulkener, Thomas (d, 1890), incumbent St. John Lee,
132 ; monumental inscription, 132,
Faulkner, Thomas de (1296), claims right to common
pasture, 399.
Faunes, William de (1302), holdings of, 355.
Fawcett, C, J, F, (1897), his estates in Bingfield, 230.
— Christopher (1772), trustee, 422.
— John (1863), purchases estate in Bingfield, 230,
Fawcett, farm in Kirkheaton, 386,
Fawcett, homestead in Great Swinburn, 272.
Fawcett hill, in Sandhoe township, 193, 198.
Fawdon, Sir Robert, knight (1339), witness, 414,
Fawside, homestead in Forest grieveship, 104 n.
Fearon, Isaac (1785), curate of Birtley, 360,
Featherstone of Black-hall, genealogy, 43.
Featherstone, Alice (1739), office against, 83,
— Barbara (d, 1821), monumental inscription, 29.
— Cuthbert (1694), imprisoned, 107,
— John (d. 1808), monumental inscription, 29.
— Margaret, monumental inscription, 29,
— Ralph (1688), surrenders land for Friends' meeting
house, 89 ; estates of, 121,
— Thomas, monumental inscription, 29,
— Wharton, monumental inscription, 29,

448

INDEX.

Featherstonhalgh, Alexander (1410), witness, 13 n,
— Thomas de (1322), bailiff of the liberty, 156 ; acts
as justice, 223-4,
Featherstonhaugh, John (1595), reviews muster, 209 n,
— Ralph (1722), named in will, 146,
FeUing Close, estates of, 365-8.
Felton, Elizabeth de (1395), possessions at death, 364.
— Sir John de (1395), possessions at death, 364.
— John de (d, circa 1402), death, 364 ; lands, 365.
— Sir WilUam de (1332), sheriff, witness, 258 n, 402
Fences, an Errington estate, 193 n.
Fenns, the, near Dotland, tenement, 13, 15,
Fenton (Clarke), Ann (1834), marriage, 235,
Fenwick, Ambrose (1693), bequest to, 259.
— (Shafto), Ann, marriage, 417.
— inee Ridley), Barbara (d, 1598), 14,
— Barnabas (1786), marriage, 213,
— Cuthbert (1640), 421 ; (1675), baptism, 268 ; of
Great Bavington, marriage, 418,
— (Heron), Dorothy (d, 1684), marriage, 341.
— EUzabeth (1411), estates of, 379 ; (1673), baptism,
268 ; (1725), bequest held in trust, 192 ; (Sorsby),
(1744), marriage, 269 ; {nee ElUson), second mar
riage, 370 n.
— (Shafto), Frances (1660), marriage, 407, 418,
— Grace (165 1), sponsor, 144 n,
— Henry (1752), tenant, 6,
— Isabel inee Carnaby), (1608), lands, 196 ; matri
monial suit, 203-4 ; (Bland), (1703), marriage, 267 n,
— Sir John (1339), sheriff, 414; (1541), possessions
of, 410; (1632), grant from Crown, 17, 231 ; bene
faction to Whitley chapel, 26 ; estates, 21, 41, 62
69, 152, 208 ; tithes of East and West Allen, 83
lead mines, 158 ; conveys tithes of Wall, 174
sells lands in Bingfield, 226 ; in Chollerton, 259
tithes of Chollerton, 270-1 ; (1689), inheritance of,
326 ; conveys Gunnerton estates, 327 ; his deer
park, 370 ; conveys Kirkheaton coUiery, 380 ; con
veys Sweethope estate, 410,
— John (1485), of Fenwick, etc., parentage, 380 n;
(1580), of Walker, marriage, 340 ; (1730), of Bywell,
marriage, 189 ; (1752), of London, tenant, 6.
— (Watson), Lucy, marriage, 106,
— Mary (1693), of West Matfen, 259 ; (1663), rated,
18 ; of Dotland park, 41 ; (Hawdon), (1679),
marriage, 133 ; (Soulsby), (d. 1771), marriage, 243,
— Matthew (1597), involved in matrimonial suit,
203-4 ; holding in Acomb, 205,
— Nicholas (1653), tenant, 190.
— Oswald (1597), witness, 203,
— Ralph (1693), of West Matfen, bequest to, 259,
— Randolph (1522), overseer of watch, 410 n,
— Reginald (1S97), vicar of Whelpington, 203,
— Sir Robert (1693), of Bywell, 259 ; gives bond, 261,
— Robert (1693), of Stanton, 261 ; marriage, 268, 347 ;
(d, 1733), of Woodhead, 134.
— Sir Roger (1550), of Wallington, in possession of
Gunnerton, 327 ; conveys estates, 380,
— Roger (1597), of Bitchfield, 203-4 ; marriage, 340,
— Thomas de (1274), sells Capheaton manor, 257 ;
witness to deed, 305 n ; suit by, 411; (1538),
trooper, 258 ; (1594), of ChoUerton, witness, 294 n ;
of Little Harle, marriage, 417.
— Tristram (1618), bequest to, 344,
— Sir William (1571), succeeds to Gunnerton, 327 ;
marriage, 327 ; holdings in Birtley, 356 ; (1663),
lands, 19, 24, 62, no, 139, 152, 208, 231, 410 ; tithes
of Wall, 171 ; donation to Whitley chapel, 26 ;
repairs chancel of Chollerton, 270,

Fenwick, William (d, circa 1485), of Fenwick, marriage,
380 n ; (1595), reviews muster, 209 n ; (1596), juror,
(1655), of Hexham, an umpire, 138 ; (1662), of 370 ;
WaUington, 103 ; sponsor, 144 n ; (1693), of West
Matfen, bequest to, 259 ; (1752), tenant, 6 ; (1772),
of Bywell, bequest to, 422.
Fenwick of Kenton, estates in Gunnerton, 327, 329,
Fenwick of Wallington, estates of, 327,
Ferals, Hugh (1538), a trooper, 75,
— WilUam (1538), a trooper, 75,
Fermor, of Tusmore, pedigree, 195,
Fermor, Richard (d.iSi6), heir of Henry Errington, 193.
— WilUam (d, 1806), 189, 195, 205 n.
Fern hill, freehold estate of, 135, 193 n,
' Fernshield, tenement of Bee family, 116.
Fernside, tenement of Bee family, 116,
Ferrallen, Robert (1538), a trooper, 75,
Fernie, David (1749), party to petition, 43.
Ferrauler, Anthony (1533), a trooper, 13.
Ferrers, Edward (1666), seised of New mill, 92.
Ferroler, John (1552), setter and searcher, 97.
Fewster, George (1710), marriage, 86,
Feyrhend, Adam (1296), pays subsidy, 307,
Fikolden, Peter de (1232), witness, 398,
Filton, William de (1296), pays subsidy, 291.
Filton, manor of, boundaries defined, 397, 400 ; granted
to Newminster, 404 ; bastle house, 405. See also
Carrycoats.
Fine-chambers hamlet, 41 ; meeting house, 43.
Finlay (Heron), Margaret (d. 1753); marriage, 342,
Fishburn inee Swinburn), Christiania de (1279), con
firms endowment, 275 ; marriage, 276,
— Cuthbert (1368), lands in West Swinburn, 276, 278-9.
— Sir John de (i 340), lands at West Swinburn, 276,279,
— Sylian de (13 12), parentage, 276.
— Thomas de (1279), of West Swinburn, 275-8 ; con
firms chantry, 275 ; marriage, 276 ; descendants,
276 ; free warren, 277; (1312) parentage, 276.
Fitzherbert {nee Smyth), Mary Anne (d. 1837), her
morganatic marriage with George IV, 187, 194,
— Thomas (1775), marriage, 194.
Flatford, part of Wirecester barony, 273.
Fleakebraye, tenement in Birtley, 356.
Fletcher, Edward (1694), tenant in Acomb, 140 n.
Flint (Reed), AUcia (1858), marriage, 348.
Foderingeye, Walter de (1270), principal ot Balliol, 305,
Fogget, estate in Low Quarter, 32,
Folly farm, camp at, 302,
Folly moss, geological features, 252.
Fontibus, Wydo de (1220), witness, 325,
Foord, B, (1788), prebendary of Thockrington, 389,
Forbes, John (1693), gives bond, 261 ; (1752) tenant, 6.
Force, Due de la (1845), marriage, 194,
Forcer, Fossour, See Fossor,
Forde (Capper), Julia (i860), marriage, 229,
Fore Street, Hexham, formerly Coastley-rawe, n, 13.
Forest, Edward (1715), entered as non-juror, 154,
— George (1633), curate of St, John Lee, 131, 270.
— ¦ Martha (1752), tenant, 6,
' Forest,' significance of the term, 98, 98 n.
Forest grieveship, in AUendale, i, 76 ; bequest to poor
of, 87 n, 88 n ; value of holdings, 98 ; chapel of St,
Peter, 99-101,
Forestomdhaw, Michael (1538), a trooper, 258,
Forster, Alexander (1676), trustee, 58.
— General (1715), in command of rebels, 80-1, 406,
— (Fenwick), Grace (1579), marriage, 327,
— Clare (1510), grant of land by, 208.
— (Errington ?), Dorothy, marriage, 227.

INDEX.

449

Forster, Frances (1775), named in will, 423,
— James (1538), a trooper, 18, 258 ; (1800), freeholder,
52 u,
— Jane, marriage, 63,
— Sir John (d, 1602), possessions at death, 41, 71, 83,
152, 208, 270; action in ecclesiastical court, 115,
173 n, 269 ; purchases Chollerton tithes, 269 ; takes
muster, 316, 355,
— John (1743), holdings of, 368 ; (1800) freeholder in
Hesley-well, 68.
— Mary (Stapleton), (1616), marriage, 83 ; {nee Carr)
(1769), parentage, 41 n. '
— Matthew (1626), of Eshells, 62.
— Mr. (1812), of Newcastle, bequest to, 28,
— Reginald (1550), holdings in Sandhoe, 208,
— Richard (1479), tenant of Anick mill, 151,
— Rinyon (1608), tenant in Eshells, 62.
— Robert, charity, 29, See also vol, iii,
— Sarah (««V Carr), parentage, 41 n,
— Thomas (1410), witness, 13 n; (1538), a trooper,
i"8 ; (1601), action against, 402 n; (1741), com
missioner, 328 n.
— William (d. 1671), burial, 62 ; (1693) bond, 261.
Forster of EsheUs, Kentstone,' and Corbridge, gene
alogy, 63.
Fossor family of Thockrington, history of, 399-400.
— (Acton), Agnes (1342), marriage, 400 ; grant ot
land to, 400-1.
— Basil (d, 1782), of Herbarowes, 401.
— (Hodgson), Jane (1685), marriage, 298,
— Margaret (before 1300), monumental inscription, 393,
— John (1232), holding in Thockrington, 397 ;, party
to charter, 398, 400; (d. 1374) prior of Durham,
393, 400; (d, 1379) possessions, 400; death, 400 ;
(1400), marriage, 400; obtains estate at Kellawe,
401 ; icirca 1640) marriage, 285.
— Richard (1240), grant of land to, J04-5, 400 ;
grants to Newminster, 304, 320,
— Roger (1280), gift of land to, 400-1,
— Thomas (1300), witness, 332 n ; confirms deed of
gift, 400-1 ; appointed commissioner, 400.
— William icirca 1280), monumental inscription, 393 ;
gift to son, 400-1.
Fot, Robert (1293), found guilty of robbery, 109 n.
Fourlaws, course of Roman road at, 215 ; elevation lof,
246 ; geological features, 248, 250-51.
Fourbour, Mariota le (1301), claims for dower, 239.
Fox, George (1653), visits Hexham and Gilsland, 104.
— Thomas (1328), commissioner in suit, 239,
— William (1410), tenant, 12 n.
Framlington, William de (1297), summons jury, 322 n.
Franches(?), Thomas (1596), pays subsidy, 332.
Franklin, Richard (1336), pays subsidy, 355 n.
Frawler meadows, homestead in Allendale town, 90 n.
Frere, John (1296), pays subsidy, 364,
Frosterley, Gunnerton estate in, 325, 325 n,
Frotheringham (Heron), Elizabeth (d, 1697), 341.
Frount, Adam (1302), suit against, 156.
Frow (Manby), Mary, marriage, 384,
Frowike, Ralph (1505), justice, 343,
Fryer, John (1791), land surveyor, 72,
Fulthorp, Roger de, 150,
Fylton, John, heir of, tenant, 365, See Filton and Felton,

Gairshield (High Quarter), estate, 70,
Gallowsbank, Hexham, public brickyard at, 3.
Galon, Mary (1350), possessions of, 413.

Vol, IV.

Galon, Robert (1350), possessions of, 413.
GameU, Robert, son of (1295), tenant in Keepwick,
195,
Gareshield, tenement of Bee family, 116,
Garland, Thomas (1752), tenant, 6,
Garrett-hill, homestead in Forest grieveship, 104 n,
Garryshields, See Gairshield,
'Gate,' application ot the term, 215, 215 n,
Gateshead, bequest to poor of, 146,
Genealogies; Andrews of Hexham, 235; Atkinson of
Newbiggen, 38 ; Atkinson of Kirkheaton, 381 ;
Caldcleughof Caldcleugh and Durham, 123 ; Capper
of Bingfield, 229 ; Carnaby of Nubbock, 1 9 ;
Carnaby of Hexham, 20 ; Charlton of the Bower
and Redesmouth, 375 ; Clarke of Hexham house
and Bingfield, 235; Coppin of Bingfield, 234;
Cotesworth of the Hermitage, 145; Cuthbert of
Beaufront, 206; Dawson of Brunton, 174; Erring
ton of Anick, 153; Errington of Bingfield, 227;
Errington of Nether Ardley and Dalton, 54 ; Erring
ton of Errington and Beaufront, 188 ; Errington
of Sandhoe, 194; Errington of Portgate, 213;
Fairless of Ninebanks, 119; Featherstone of Black
ball, 43 ; Fermor of Tusmore, 195 ; Forster of
Eshells and Kentstone, 63 ; Gunnerton of Gunner
ton, 325 ; Heron of Chipchase, 340 ; Heron of
Cressy, 344 ; Heron of Heron's hill and Newcastle,
345 ; Heron of Birtley hall, 361 ; Hodgson of
Tone, 298 ; Jurin of the Hermitage, 148 ; Lisle (de
Insula), 333 ; Longridge of Newburn and Bingfield,
233 ; Manby, 384; Mewburn of Acomb, 142; Ord
of Ardley and Barker-house, 57 ; Ord of Bingfield,
229 ; Reed of Chipchase, 347 ; Riddell of Swinburn
castle and of Felton, 284 ; Ridley of Coastley, 14;
Robson ot Ninebanks, 119 ; Ruddock of Okerland,
4 ; Shafto of Carrycoats, 406 ; Shafto of Little
Bavington, 417; Shafto of Hartburn, 425 ; Shield
of East Allendale, 91 ; Soulsby of HaUington, 243 ;
Stanley-Errington, 194 ; Stote ot Stote's hall, 383-4 ;
Sweethope of Sweethope, 409 ; Swinburn of East
Swinburn, 309 ; Swinburn of West Swinburn, 276 ;
ThirlwaU ot East Greenridge, 23 ; Thirlwall of
Thirlwall and Newbiggin, 35 ; Thirlwall of MoUer
steads, 51 ; Thirlwall of Nether Ardley and Dalton,
54; Tulip of Fallowfield, 159 ; Vaux of Beaufront,
202; Watson of Allendale and Newcastle, 105;
Widdrington of Buteland and Morpeth, 369 ;
Widdrington of Colt park, 213; Widdrington of
Colwell, 294 ; Wilson and Atkinson of Kingswood
and Newbiggin, 38.
Geology and minerals {see general account of regality
of Hexham, vol. iii, pp, 2-8) : General account
of parishes of ChoUerton,- Kirkheaton, and Thock
rington, 246-52, Appendices, 426-30, Ochre and
fullers earth found near Hexham, 4-5 ; silver ob
tained from lead ore in Allendale, loi ; crow coal
in Allendale, 102 ; witherite worked at Fallowfield,
155; Little Limestone attains greatest thickness at
FaUowfield, 155 ; Five-yard, Redesdale, Dun, and
other limestones, 247, 250, 387 ; saccammina found
near Swinburn castle, 248 ; dip and strike valleys
on North Tyne, 246-7 ; Bernician beds, 247 ;
carboniferous strata, 247 ; Whin sill : at Gunnerton,
249; Coldwell, 249; Bavington, 249; Basalt: at
Kirkheaton, 250; at Barrasford, 310; Redesdale
iron stone worked by Sir William Armstrong & Co,,
248, 363 ; glacial action : at Hallington and Great
Swinburn, 250; at Reaver Crag, 310; drift at
Gunnerton and Kirkheaton, 250 ; till near Colt
57

450

INDEX.

Crag, 252; fault at Thockrington, 250-1 ; peat
near Sweethope, 252 ; tarn at Sweethope, 252 ;
sections in pits at Cowden, 427 ; at Gunnerton,
428 ; at Kirkheaton, 428-9 ; at Little Bavington,
450, See also Lead mines and Coal seams,
George, Augustus King (1874), bequest, 405,
— Herbert (1874), legatee, 405,
— John Newberry (d, 1873), marriage, 407.
— ¦ inee Shafto), Sarah (d, 1876), contested will of, 405.
Gerard (Rumney), Mary, marriage, 26 n,
Gerberd, WilUam (1297), king's clerk, 321,
Gest, Grace (d. 1676), burial at the Haynake, 103,
Gibbs, Henry (1715), surveyor, 416.
Gibson, Ann (d. 1816), monumental inscription, 132,
— Elizabeth (b, 1793), baptism, 198 n ; (b, 1795),
baptism, 198 n,
— George (1637), in possession of Stotsfold, 65 ; (1655),
acts as arbitrator, 138 ; (d. 1725), imprisoned for
high treason, 208 ; (1752), tenant, 4 n, 6 ; marriage,
38 ; (1797), marriage, 375 ; (d. 1816), monumental
inscription, 132 ; 1^1817), sells Stagshaw Close
house, 208,
— James (1752), of Great Whittington, 6 ; (d. 1795),
of Stagshaw house, death, 198 n.
— Jasper (1779), tenant in Acomb, 141 ; (1793), pur
chases Houtley estate, 32 n ; possessions of, 65 n ;
trustees of, 65 ; (d, 1818), monumental inscription,
132 ; his seat in St, John Lee church, 134.
— John (1538), a trooper, 170 ; (1590), of Hexham,
witness, 173 n ; (1772), of Great Whittington,
bequest to, 422.
— Joseph (1752), tenant, 6,
— Joshua (1752), tenant, 6,
— Richard (1663), tenant in Stotsfold, 65 ; (1668),
bequest to, 372; (1752), tenant, 6; (d, 1811),
monumental inscription, 132,
— Robert (1590), of Hexham, witness, 173 n,
— Thomas (1547), tenant, 62 ; (1691), of Stonecroft,
exchanges estates, 208 ; (1752), of Hexham, itenant,
6 ; (1779), tenant in Acomb, 141,
Gibson of Stonecroft, connection with Beacon grange,
4-5-
Gifford, Walter (1295), archbishop of York, grants to
Hexham priory, 109, 170, 239 ; grants lease of
Thockrington manor, 398 ; issues commission for
gaol delivery, 409,
Gilbert the smith, of Barrasford (1256), murdered, 330,
Gill (Watson), Elizabeth, marriage, 106,
Gill-house, farmhold in Keenley, 97 n.
Gillow, Henry (1476), prebendary of Thockrington, 388.
— (RiddeU), Mary T., marriage, 287.
Girsgarth, a close in Allendale so named, 93.
Glantington, Robert de (>I297), juror, 322 n.
Glassbrook, Rev. — (1876), chaplain at Swinburn,
283 n.
Glendue, quarry, 3, 15 ; homestead, 5, 15.
Gobyon, Hugh (1310), witness, 323,
Gofton, Heron estates in, 339,
Gold Island, limit of Chollerton parish, 245,
GoUghtly inee Carr), Mary (1744), bequest to, 68,
Goned, Gilbert de (1296), pays subsidy, 377,
Good, WiUiam (1769), marriage, 362.
Goodchild (Fairless), Mary (d, i860), monumental
inscription, in ; marriage, 120,
Goodchilds, Jackson, & Co,, of Sunderland, 121,
Goodgin (Shafto), Margaret, marriage, 418.
Goodrick, Richard (1595), reviews muster, 209 n.
Gosforth, William de (1296), pays subsidy, 399.
Gouge, Thos. (145 1), prebendary of Thockrington, 388,

Goulin, Margaret (1699), bequest to, 120,
Goundry, George (1734), marriage, 105.
Graham, Adam de (1200), witness, 3 n.
— (Heron), Elizabeth (d. 1683), marriage, 341.
— (Swinburn), Idonea de, marriage, 306, 309.
— James (1693), gives bond, 261.
— WilUam (1752), tenant, 6.
Grapier, Peter (i 323), petitions the king for restoration
of lands in Colwell, 292,
Grasshill, lead mines at, 120,
Grave-covers, etc., St, John Lee, 130; ChoUerton, 265-6 ;
Birtley, 359 ; Thockrington, 393-4-
Gray and Grey, Mrs. Anne (1826), trustee, 348.
— George (1722), named in will, 146.
— Hannah (1752), tenant, 6,
— John (1323), acts on jury, 292; (1336), pays
subsidy, 324; (1339), witness, 414; (175^),
tenant, 6,
— (Delaval),Margaret, 424,
— (Heron), Margery (1612), marriage, 340,
— Mark (1683), estate of, 367, 367 n, 368.
— (Riddell), Mary, marriage, 285.
— Richard W, (1862), sells Chipchase estate, 348.
— Robert (1720), office against, 396.
— (Forster), Sarah (d, 1854), marriage, 63,
— Thomas (1693), gives bond, 261.
— Walter, archbishop of York, grants of land by, 9,
16, 39, 170, 199 ; encourages agriculture, 39 ;
charter of, 45, 59 ; grants to Hexham priory, 109,
143 ; purchases neifs, 185 223 ; acquires Beuckley,
197 ; acquires rights in Hallington, 239 ; rectifies
boundaries of Thockrington, 397 ; grants to Sir
Peter de Vaux, 408.
Graystead, tenement of Bee family, 116.
Graystone, in Allendale, 116,
Great Hurst, tenement in Birtley, 356,
Green, Edmund (1538), a trooper, 40,
— George (1748), churchwarden of Allendale, 84 ;
(1767), executor, 123,
— Hob (1500), a trooper, 8 n,
— Sylvester James, marriage, 419.
— Jeremiah (1779), petition by, 85.
— John (1767), executor, 123.
— William (1450), holds Hamburn-hall, 60; (1535),
tenant in Anick, 151 ; (1538), a. trooper, 207 ;
(1779), party to petition, 85.
Green cleugh, 73.
Green crag, camp on, 216.
Green pits, homestead in Forest grieveship, 104 n.
Greenfield, archbishop of York, 16, 25 ; visitation, 78 ;
in conflict with Hexham priory, 128-9 ; orders
visitation, 129, 176, 221 ; receives homage, 200.
Greenfield, farm, in Wall, 160.
Greenhill, lead-mines at, 120,
Greenley cleugh, estate of, owners, 121,
Greenridge, 22-5 ; dispute as to rent, 11, 23 ; burnt by
the Scots, 22 ; early importance, 22 ; registered,
37 ; order to tenants, 49.
Green-rigg, in Chollerton parish, geological features,
248, 251 ; willed to Anthony Gregson, 299 ; muster
ing place of rebels in 1715, 406,
Greenrigg Moor, in Hexhamshire, 18,
Greenshaw bank, tenement, 15 ; right of common, 1 5 n,
Greenshield, tenement, 15,
GreenweU inee Cotesworth), Margaret (1741), 147.
— Mark (1610), curate of Birtley, 360,
— William (1840), marriage, 124,
Greenwich hospital commissioners estates of, 2, 16,
50-3, 65, 68, 366,

INDEX.

451

Greenwood, Thomas (d, 1421), prebendary of Thock
rington, 388,
Gregson, Anthony, of Low-linn (1830), estates of, 299,
— John, of Murton, marriage, 347,
Gren, Alexander del (1296), pays subsidy, 364.
Grey, See Gray,
'Grieveship,' similar to 'township,' 76,
Griffin inee Levery), Maria (d. 1795), marriage, 189.
Grimeshowe, Nicholas (1279), ^oes fealty, 276,
Grindle, Francis (1722), curate of Allenheads, 100,
Grindstone Law, Grinston Law, See Grundstone Law,
Griol, Edward (1629), tenant of Hexham manor, 15 n.
Grottington, estate of, rateable value, 191, 221 ;^regis-
tered, 192 ; acreage, 193, 193 n.
Grottington West farm, 193 ; priory lands at, 196, 236.
Grouse-house, farmstead, position of, 71.
Grover, Eliza Harriet (1783), baptism, 269,
Growfey-field. See Steel,
Grundstone Law, tumulus at, 220 ; assessment and
acreage, 221, 222, 230 ; belongs to Hexham priory,
1479, 225 ; owner, 230.
Guards Lane, in Hexhamshire, 46,
Gunner Peak, geology, 249, 250 ; account of' British
village, with plan, 312-13,
Gunner-well, farm in Barrasford, 318 n. .
Gunnerton of Gunnerton, genealogy and evidences,
325 ; seals of, 325.
Gunnerton, Alan de (1296), pays subsidy, 307,
— inee Heron), Dame Christian, marriage, 325,
— John de (1278), witness to deed, 275 n.
— Sir John de (1279), coroner 320 ; lands 323,
— ¦ Nicholas de (1310), witness to deed, 278 n ; pays
subsidy, 320; his legitimacy disputed, 321 ; con
sequent enquiry, 321-3 ; conveys Gunnerton, 323.
— Peter de (d, circa 1310), party to conveyance, 274;
grants to Newminster, 304, 320, 326 ; claims and
quit-claims Gunnerton, 321, 323 ; murdered, 323-4,
— Peter de (1479), curate of St, John Lee, 131, 136.
— Ralph de (11 84), concedes land in West Swinburn,
274 ; grants to Hexham priory, 300, 320, 326 ;
possessions of, 303-4, 322 ; the first of his line, 320 ;
grant of land by, 400 ; witness, 325.
— Robert de (1220), parentage and marriage, 320,
— Thomas de (1210), his inheritance, 325,
— • William de (1243), witness, 330 n,
Gunnerton, in ChoUerton parish, 245 ; certain lands in
manor of Anick Grange, 149 ; part of Balliol
barony, 245, 320; coal seam, 248-9, 251, 428;
tithes, 269; TOWNSHIP, 318; extract from survey,
318; acreage and census returns, 319 ; pre-historic
remains, 319; camps, 218, 319-20; subsidy roll,
320 ; stone axe found, 320 n ; manor in dispute,
321-3 ; sold to the Swinburns, 323 ; held by the
Fenwicks, 327 ; mysterious murder at, 327 ; system
of tenure, 328 ; owners, 328-9,
Gunnerton burn, geological features, 247,
Gunnerton chapel, a dependent of Chollerton, 270, 326 ;
granted to Hexham priory, 253, 326 ; gable cross at,
326 n.
Gunnerton Money hill, mediseval pottery found at, 319.
Gurney, Joseph John, marriage, 106.
Guire Coats (orGyrcotes) in Allendale, ii5, 121,
Guy (Heron) Phillis (1739), marriage, 362,
GyU, Robert (1694), tenant of Acomb, 140 n.
H.
Habitancum, course of Roman road at, 215 ; Pretorian
gates at, 218.

Hackford, in High Quarter, position of, 65-6 ; held
by Ord family, 66 ; probable origin of name, 66 ;
known as Woodside, 66 ; present owner, 67,
Hackford, in West Quarter, dependency of Coastley, 9 ;
tenure, n ; owners, n, 13-14, 15 n; conveyed to
Ridley family, 12 n, 13, 15.
Hackford bank quarry, 3,
Hackman Clewe, grazing rights in dispute, 138.
Hadston barony, members of, 245, 273 ; held by
Wircester, 273-4, See also Wircester barony,
Hagg, the, farmhold in Park grieveship, 98 n.
Haggerston, Sir Carnaby (d, 1831), marriage, 194,
— Sir Edward (1841), estates of, 374.
— Edward Robert (b. 1788), baptism, 198 n,
— Jane (b, 1784), baptism, 198 n.
— Sir John (1897), estates of East Greenridge, 24;.
Lamb-Shield, 33 ; High Ardley, 55; Redesmouth,
374-
— Mary (Hodgson), (d, 1663), marriage, 298 ; (d, 1857),
marriage, 194,
— Ralph (d, 1679), burial, 133,
— Thomas (1783), marriage, 375 ; (b, 1785), baptism,
198 n.
— William Charles (b, 1791), baptism, 198 n.
Haggerston of EUingham, family of, estates devised to,
33, 374-
Haig (Charlton) Elizabeth, marriage, 375 n,
Haining, homestead in AUendale, 90 n,
Haining (Cocklaw), estate of, 191-2, 193 n.
Hair, T. H,, drawing of Allendale chapel by, 78 n,
Haliden, Halledon, Halydene, See Hallington,
Hall (»«V Keenlyside), Ann (1746), bequest, 122.
— Anne (1770), bequest to, 131 n,
— (Shafto), Anne Catherine (d, 1878), marriage, 420.
— Elizabeth (1724), baptism, 269.
— George Rome, F.S.A, (d, 1895), 3'^, 358 ; epitaph,
359; incumbent of Birtley, 360.
— {nee Errington), Jane (1643J, named in will, 190.
— Jasper (1717), commissioner, 317,
— John (1643), marriage, 188 ; (circa 1710), executed,
416,
— Nicholas (1725), trustee, 192.
— Robert (1746), executor, 122,
¦ — Thomas (1701), baptism, 269,
— William (1601), action by, 402 n.
Hall-barns, Heron estates in, 339.
Hall hill. Heron estates in, 339,
Hall Shield, estate in West Quarter, 8, 18 ; part of
Charlton estates, 33 n ; sold, 36 n ; registered, 374.
Hallaburton, Stephen (1687), baptism, 268.
Halliday, George (1538), a trooper, 225,
— John (1538), a trooper, 225,
HaUington, Adam de (1336), pays subsidy, 377 n,
— John de, petition to, 150,
— WilUam de (1296), pays subsidy, 399.
HaUington, in parish of St, John Lee, i, 125 ; con
nection with Acomb, 136; Errington estates in,
187; assessment, 222 ; TOWNSHIP, 238 ; prehistoric
j-emains, 238; acreage and census, 238, 238 n;
early history, 238-9; muster roll, 240; manor
leased to Richard Bellacis, 240-1 ; to William
Selby, 241 ; water reservoirs, 244 ; list of birds,
244; Errington, Soulsby, Trevelyan, and other
owners, 241-3; characteristic features, 244; water
works, 244.
Hallington Demesne, Roman altars at, 238 ; description
of house, 242 ; held by John Shafto, 415,
Hallington homesteads and farms, 192, 193, 222,
242 n.

452

INDEX.

HaUington mill, assessment, 221 ; successive holders,
240-2 ; destroyed by a flood in 1716, 242.
Halliwell flat, position of, 221 n.
Hallpool, farm ot, 174-5.
Hally-well, farmstead, altitude of, 71,
Halsey, John (1604), coal mines at Kirkheaton, 380.
Halton, Sir John de (1321), justice, 223.
Haltwhistle, John de, (1296), witness, 325,
— ¦ WiUiam de, (1296), witness, 325,
Ham-burn, course of, 18, 31, 53, 55 ; mill on, 34, 59,
Hamburn-hall, history, 59 ; present owner, 60,
Hamilton, Jane (1717), claims as creditor, 191.
Hammer Shield, homestead in Forest grieveship, 104,
' Handfasting ' in sixteenth century, 82,
Hanging .Shaws, a curious hiU, 135 n ; tenement, 173,
Hangman's hiU, altitude of, 135,
Hannay, Gilbert (1385), charge against, 201.
Hanwyke, Hugh de (1290), arbitrator in suit, 150,
Harbord, Charles (1632), receives grant of tithes, 385.
Harbottle of Anick Grange, family of, notice of, 154.
Harbottle, Ann (d, 1740), will of, 154; (d. 1811),
monumental inscription, 132,
— Barbara (d, 1754), burial, 134; (1770), bequest to,
.131 n, 154.
— Elizabeth (1712), bequest to, 154,
— George (1740), inheritance of, 154.
— John (1740), inheritance of, 154 ; (d, 1853), of Anick
Grange, epitaph, 132,
— • Mary (d, 1872), monumental inscription, 132.
— Michael (1752), tenant, 6.
— (d, 176S), burial, 134; will of, 154,
— (Bentham), PhiUis (1720), marriage, 134,
— Phillis (1770), bequest to, 131 n, 154,
— Thomas (1586), tenantin Birtley, 356.
— WilUam (1438), gives power of attorney, 343 ; (d,
1717), burial, 133 ; will of, 154 ; (d, 1791), bequest
to, 131 n ; death, 154; (d, 1809), monumental
inscription, 132.
Harbottle's Island, position of, 154,
Harding, Sampson (1392), enfeoffed, 326,
— William (1429), releases rights in Gunnerton, 326.
Hare (Carnaby), Ann (d, 1821), marriage, 20,
— Thomas (1305), suit against, 322, 322 n.
Harlaw, estate of, rateable value, 191,
Harle, George (1716), tenant in Thockrington, 403.
— ¦ Thomas, marriage, 38 ; (1339) witness, 414,
— William (1716), tenant in Thockrington, 403.
Harlow Bower, farmhold in Keenley, 97 n.
Harp, Archibald (1693), gives bond, 261.
Harper, Justice {1575), umpire in arbitration, 115,
Harrington (? Errington), Thomas (1536), 197,
Harrison, C, W, (1897), estates of, 95 n.
— Edward (1693), gives bond, 261,
— Isaac (1800), copyhold tenant, 65,
— John (1693), gives bond,. 261.
— J. H, (1897), estates of, 95 n.
— Mark (1604), robbed on Matfen Moor, 190,
— (Fairless), Mary (d, 1780), marriage, 119,
— Richard (d, 1805J, curate of Birtley, 360.
— Robert (1756), bequest to, 192.
¦ — Tbomas (1897), estates of, 121.
— WiUiam(i473),of Birtley, 355 ; (1538) a trooper, 157.
Harrop, Philip (1720), marriage, 105.
Harseley, tenement of Bee family, 116,
Harshaw, appurtenance of Ninebanks, 116,
Harsudle-house, identity, 69,
Hartborne, Richard (1564), tenant, 293,
Hartheugh, tenement of Bee family, 116,
Hartley, granted to Thos, de Heton, 377,

Hartley Moor, position of, 109.
Hartside, geological features, 248, 252.
Harvey, Mr, (1783), of Newcastle, soUcitor, 299,
Harwood Shield, elevation of fell, 69 ; owner, 69,
Hascard, George, D,D. (1680), trustee, 241,
Hassal (Coppin), Mary (1814), marriage, 23+,
Hastings, Edward (1473), tenant in Buteland, 365.
Hasty, James (1663), freeholder in Yarridge, 18.
Hatcher (Heron), Ann, marriage, 344.
Hatfield, Thomas de, bishop of Durham, 400.
Hatfield (Yorkshire), battle at, 177 n.
Hatherie park, position of, 305 n.
Hatton, Sir Christopher (1580), receives grant of
spiritualities of Hexham priory, 77 ; grant of tithes
to, 83-4, 129 ; sells ChoUerton tithes, 269.
— (Errington), Elizabeth (1643), marriage, 188.
Haugh, the, at Gunnerton, acreage, 329.
Haughton (Charlton), Elizabeth (1714), marriage, 375 n.
— Ralph de (1260), owner of Selburhalv, 256.
Haughton Strother, granted to William de Swinburn,
257.
Haulton, WiUiam de (1297), juror, 322 u.
Hauwyke, Walter de (1280), witness, 401,
Hawde, Lawrence (1538), a trooper, 157,
Hawdon (Lowes), Ann (1694), marriage, 86.
— Cuthbert (1538), a trooper, 157; (1547) holdings
of, 94, 98,
— John (1669), of Allendale Town, marriage, 85 ;
(1679) of Haltwhistle, 133,
— (Dacres), Mary (d, 1676), marriage, 80, 85 ; death,
86 ; (1699) bequest to, 90 n,
— Richard (d, 1598), holdings of, 94.
— William (1664), builds mill, 91 ; (1699) bequest to, 90 n.
Hawkhope-Lee (Hawkup), farm at West AUen, 97, non.
Hawksteel, farmhold in Keenley, 97 n.
Hawlton, John de (1356), witness, 201,
— John de {1232), witness, 398,
— William de (1356), witness, 201,
— W, de (1200), witness, 304 n.
Hawthorn, Robert (1868J, trustees of, 208.
Hawton-hill, tenement, 15,
Haxby's tomb, in York minster, the appointed place for
payment of certain rents, 390 n.
Hay (Reed), Ann (1799), marriage, 300,
Haydon Bridge school endowments, 421.
Hayleazes; held by Wilson family, 96.
Hayles (nee Charlton), Catherine (1743), marriage, 375.
— Richard (1686), concerned in a quarrel, 36.
Hayll, John (1538), a trooper, 75.
— Richard (1538), a trooper, 75,
Haypesley, tenement of Bee family, 116,
Hayrake, estate in Forest grieveship, 103 ; present pro
prietors, 104,
Hays (? Kay), William (1832), freeholder in Barrasford,
318 n.
Hazard (Caldcleugh), Margaret, marriage, 124.
Hazeldean (Heselden), 193 n; associated with Sir
Walter Scott's ballad, 196 ; identified with Knitel
hesel, 196 ; rental, 197 ; possession disputed, 228.
Head, Ann (d. 1841), monumental inscription, 267,
— Arthur (d, 1712), schoolmaster, burial, 86,
— Rev, Oswald (d, 1820), vicar of ChoUerton, monu
mental inscription, 267 ; incumbent of Birtley, 360.
Heath, Thomas (1772), marriage, 243.
Heathery burn, farmstead and moor, 71, 73 ; stream, 73,
Heathery haugh, tenement, position of, 64.
Heavenfield, See Hefenfelth,
Hecson, William (1323), holdings of, 377.
Hedchester. See Hetchester.

INDEX.

453

Hedewyne, Robert (1373), witness, 378.
Hedley (Cuthbert), Ann (d, 1828), marriage, 206,
— Anthony (1676), inheritance of, 58; (1806), sub-
curate of St, John Lee, 131 n.
— Edward (1538), trooper, 225 ; (d, 1808), burial, 134,
— • George (184S), of Sunniside, 4 n, 382, 385.
— Henry (1594), witness, 294 n,
— John (1828), estate in Kirkheaton,i;382, 385,
— Joseph (1798), mortgagee, 382 n.
— (Carr), Mary, marriage, 134.
— Miss (1897), estates, 4, 382, 386.
— Percival (1730), baptism, 395,
— R. C. (1897), coUection of antiquities, 238 ; exca
vations at Colwell chapel, 289,
— Robert (1693), gives bond, 261,
— Thomas (1538J, tenant in Birtley, 356 ; (1693), gives
bond, 261 ; (1828), Kirkheaton estate, 382, 385.
Hefenfelth, batde of, scene of, 177, 238 ; Beda's evid
ence, 177-8, 238 ; referred to as 'Catscaul,' 177 n ;
consequences of Cadwalla's defeat and death, 178-9 ;
Adamnan's evidence, 178 n ; alluded to, 45, 125.
Heigh, the, homestead, 46, 61-2 ; owners, 62-4.
Helinly, Richard (1538), a trooper, 136.
Hell's caldron, spring, position of, 221 n.
Helnisley, Thomas (1775), tenant, 16 n.
Hemington, John (1752), bequest to, 236 n.
— Mary (1752), bequest to, 236 n ; (nee Bloome),
('753), bequest to, 236 n.
— Rev, Mr. (1752), bequest, 236 n ; executor, 236. n.
— William (1752), bequest to, 236 n.
Hemmel hill, near Acomb, 135.
Hemsley (Leeke), Ann, marriage, 134.
— George (1538), a trooper, 136, 136 n.
— John (1538), a trooper, 137; (1626), tenant in
Acomb, 138, 140 n.
— Thomas (1663), tenant in Acomb, 139, 139 n ; (1779),
tenant in Acomb, 141.
Henderson, C, W, C. (1897), estates of, 143,
— Edward (1538), trooper, 225.
— Elizabeth (1700), of Newcastle, 154.
— George (1538), trooper, 184; (1700), merchant, 154,
— Gerard (1538), trooper, 225,
— ¦ Henry (1538), a trooper, 157.
— John (1897), of Allendale, purchases Buteland, 366,
— Robert (1538), a trooper, 184,
— ¦ Thomas (1538), a trooper, 18+,
— William (1538), a trooper, 157, 184.
Hening-rigge, tenement, 17 n,
Henryson, Walter (1385), charge against, 201,
Hepple, Edward (1820), inheritance of 233.
— (HaU), Elizabeth (1836), possessions of 233 ; (1868),
sells estate in Bingfield, 233,
— Esther (d, 1747), burial, 395,
— John (1839), tenant in Bingfield, 222; (i 860), suc
ceeds his brother, 233.
— Joseph (1816), estates, 232; will, 233 ; (1820), in
heritance of, 233 ; (1839), land '" Bingfield, 222,
— Margaret (1752), tenant, 6.
— Robert (1715), baptism, 395.
— William, marriage, 19.
Hepscote, Alan (1373), vicar of Bolam, 378.
Heraldry : arms of (?) Acton, 402 ; Bee of Ninebanks,
113; Carnaby, 338; Dacre, 113; Errington of
Errington, 188; Heron of Chipchase, 337, 340;
Ilderton of Ilderton, 379 ; Lisle, 324 n ; Mauduit,
324 n ; Musgrave, 338 ; Sir Robert Ogle, 401 ;
Riddell of Swinburn, 284 ; Shafto of Shafto and
Little Bavington, 412, 417 ; Strivelyn of Belsay,
378 ; Stote of Newcastle and Kirkheaton, 383 ;

Swinburn of East Swinburn, 305 n, 306, 308-10,
324 n ; (?) Swinburn on grave cover at Choller
ton, 266 ; Thirlwall of Thirlwall, 35, 36 ; Thornton,
338 ; Tyndale, 324 ; Vaux, 324 n.
Hergeroether, Rev. (1882), chaplain at Swinburn, 283 n.
Hermitage, the, mansion house of, 126 ; position, name,
history, and description, 143-148.
Hernshou, hermitage at, 127. See also St, John Lee.
Herle, Hugh de (1256), witness, 331 n.
— John de( 1335), bailiff, 413; (1336), pays subsidy, 413,
— Robert de (1336), pays subsidy, 292.
Heron of Chipchase, pedigree, 340-42 ; evidences, 342-
344 ; history of family, 338-346.
Heron of Cressy, pedigree, 344,
Heron of Heron's hill. South Shields, and Newcastle,
pedigree, 345,
Heron of Birtley, pedigree, 361.
Heron, Alexander (1415), in possession of Chipchase
tower, 338, 343 ; conveys Chipchase in trust,
338-9-
— Andrew, acquires West Whelpington, 342-3.
— Anne (1699), bequest to, 21 ; {1752), tenant, 6 ;
(1697), bequest to, 36 n ; Anne (Shafto), marriage,
418,
— Anthony (1612), bequest to, 344,
• — Bridget (1699), bequest to, 21,
— .(nee Poulteney), Catherine, party to deed, 339 n,
— (Gunnerton), Christian, marriage, 320, 325,
— Christopher (153S), a trooper, 157,
— Cuthbert (1596), has grant of Ford, 343 ; (1618), of
Kirkheaton, lands in Bolam, 344; (1621), rebuilds
Chipchase manor house, 337 ; office against, 359 ;
(1714), tenant in Birtley, 368 ; (d, 1731), 346,
— Sir Cuthbert (d, 1688), of Chipchase, acquires
holding in Chollerton, 259 ; created baronet, 339 ;
possessions of, 339 ; estates encumbered, 339,
— 'Sir ' Cuthbert of Newcastle (d, 1825), genealogical
notes, 345-6 ; claims baronetcy, 345,
— Dorothy (1618), bequest to, 344; (1651), sponsor,
144 n.
— Edward (1552), setter and searcher, 245.
— Elizabeth (1438), married by dispensation, 343 ;
(1697), of Ingoe, bequestto, 36n; (1699), ofthe Paise,
bequest to, 21 ; (d. 1702), of Ordley, inventory of
goods, 44 ; (1789), mortgages moiety of Ninebanks,
119, 121; heiress of brother, 120; (Leadbitter),
marriage, 22.
— (Shafto), Esther, alias Phillis, marriage, 407.
— Sir George (d. 1591), obtains grant of Birtley and
Barrasford, 343.
— George (1552), keeper of Tynedale, overseer of
watch, 245-6, 355 ; acts on commission, 207 ;
(1622), of Kearsley, 259 ; (d. 1644), killed at
Marston Moor, 339.
— Gerard (1443), of Chipchase, 343.
— (Fenwick), Hannah (1693), marriage, 268,
— ' Hennaritennery' (1688), baptism, 268,
— Sir Henry (d, 1748/9), conveys Ghipchase, 339 n,
346 ; repairs Birtley chapel, 359,
— Isabel (Errington), (1630), marriage, 188 ; of Gates
head (1752), tenant, 6,
— Jane (postea Mewburn), 345 ; (1699), bequest to,
21 ; (1752), lands in Summerrods, 6,
— Sir John (1529), estates of, 343, 404 ; (d. .1692), wiU
oi, 344-
— John (1368), witness to deed, 279 n ; possessions
of, 342 ; holding in Thornton, 343; (1495), of
Chipchase, acquires lease of Hallington, 240 ;
(•533), of Chipchase, has grant of Carryhouse,

454

INDEX.

356 n; corn tithes, 358; (1586), tenant of the
'Head-house' at Barrasford, 316-7; lands in
Rowchester, 343, 356; (d, circi 1618), will, 344;
(1697), of Ingoe, bequest to, 36 n ; (1698), of
Todburn, indicted, 33 ; (d, 1699), of the Paise,
will, 21 ; inventory, 21-2 ; (1739), of Hexham,
executor, 21, 104; succeeds his father, 22 ; (1741),
of Wall, surrenders holding, 173 ; (1763), of Nine-
banks, surrenders land for chapel, n i ; acquires
Ninebanks tower, 118; marriage, 119 ; surrenders
moiety of Ninebanks, 121; of Chipchase, marriage,
418.
Heron, Katherine, of Ingoe (1697), bequest to, 36 n,
— Margaret, of the Paise (d, 1705), burial, 22,
— (Shafto), Margery (1593), 417, 421 ; (nee Gray),
(d. circa 1613), wiU of, 344 ; (1677), bequest to, 228.
— Martha, of Sweethope (d, 1746), burial, 395,
— Mary (1697), of Ingoe, bequest to, 36 n ; (1699), of
the Paise, named in will, 21.
— Matthew (1663), possessions in Kirkheaton, '380.
— Norman (1516), lands of, 343.
— (Shafto), PhiUis (d, 1736), marriage, 419,
— Ralph (1618), lands at Park end, 344,
— Reginald (1612), bequest to, 344.
— Richard (1721), trustee, 60.
— Robert (1720), of Thockrington, baptism, 395 ;
(1748), tenant, 16 n.
— Sir Roger (13 18), lands of, 292 ; (1477), of Ford, 343,
— Roger (1368), a witness, 279 n ; lets Pigdon, 343 ;
(1552), setter and searcher, 246, 355; tenant in
Barrasford, 316-7; of Birtley, marriage, 417,
— Sharrock (1718), party to deed, 339 n.
— Sissely (Cicily), (d. 1697), burial, 268.
— Thomas (1623), lands in Heatherington, 344 ; (1663),
tenant in Acomb, 139 ; Thomas, of Newcastle
(d. 1830), genealogical notes, 346,
— (Thirlwall), Thomasine, marriage, 35,
— W, (1568), holdings in Buteland, 365.
— Walter (1348), of Ford and Chipchase, marriage,
333-
— Sir WilUam (1348), of Ford, witness, 279 n;
marriage, 332-3 ; rights in Chipchase, 333 ; party
to indenture, 342-3 ; grants of lands by, 378 n,
— WilUam (1240), possessions in West Swinburn, 274 ;
(1297), summons jury, 322 n ; (1327), estates restored
to, 308 ; (1576), of Hexham, depositions by, 115,
Heron of the Paise, notice of family, 21,
Heron barony. See Hadston.
Hert, John (1495), prebendary of Thockrington, 388,
Hertford, Thomas de (1296), pays subsidy, 412.
Hertweyton, Sir John de (1297), 322 n, 323 n.
Heselrigg, Edmund de (1367), 224.
Hesley WeU, in West AUen, tenement, 116, 123 n.
Hesley-well, in High Quarter, 67 ; owners, 68.
Heslop, Clement (1538), a trooper, 157.
— Edward (1689), of South Shields, 144, 146,
— (Cotesworth), Elizabeth, bequest to, 144 ; marriage,
145 ; named in deed, 146,
— George (1538), a trooper, 157; of the Hermitage
(1651), admitted to Gray's Inn, 144,
— Jane (1752), tenant, 6.
— Katherine (1663), lands in Acomb, etc., 139, 144,
— Robert (1690), witness to indenture, 146.
— WiUiam (d. 1648), lands, 138 ; burial, 144.
Hetchester, farm in Thockrington, 387, 423 ; camp, 387.
Hetherington, George (1743), depositions by, 368,
— John (d, 1674), reader at Allenheads chapel, 79n, 100,
Heton, Richard de (1296), pays subsidy, 315,
— Robert de (1307), tenant in Hamburn, 59,

Heton, Thomas de (1318), acquires estates, 377,
Heugh burn, course of, 363, 370.
Heugh, High and Low, homesteads in Birtley, 357.
— North, a homestead in Thockrington, 387, 403, 423,
Heveningham (Heron), Abigail, marriage, 344.
Hew, John (1538), a trooper, 225.
Hewardla, 'Thomas de (1385), charge asainst, 201.
Hewitson, John, of Newcastle (circa 1800), marriage,
106 ; (1813), curate of Whitley Chapel, 28, 28 n,
— Peter (1779), tenant in Acomb, 141,
— Thomas (1538), a trooper, 157,
— William (1700), bequest to, 80 n,
Hewitt family, of Broomhope and Morpeth, 369.
Hewll, Robert (1538), a trooper, 109.
Hewson, William (1752), tenant, 6,
Hexham, battle of, account of, 47, 48.
Hexham bridge-end, hamlet of, 154,
Hexham parish, 1-73 ; history of East and West
Common, 2, 5-8 ; of Hexhamshire and Allendale
Common, 71-73 ; detailed accounts of the four
townships under their respective designations of
Hexham township, 2 ; West Quarter, 8 ; Low
Quarter, 31 ; Middle Quarter, 48 ; High Quarter,
64 ; Scottish ravages, 22, 75 n, 137, 185,
Hexham, priors of: Thomas de Appleton, 11, n n;
Bernard, 330, 348; William Clay, 131; Thomas
Ferrour, (i457), 'S' i Edward Jay, (1534), 14, 203,
258 ; John (1350), n, 23, 150, 398 ; William. de Ker
dale (1360), II n ; John de Lazenby, (d. 1269), 254,
254 n, 305 ; Richard of York, 254 n ; Thomas
Smithson, 40; WilUam (1209), 52.
Hexham priory estates: Acomb, 136; Allendale,
77; Anick, 149-50; Barrasford, 315; Beau
front, 202 ; Bingfield, 224-6 ; Birtley, 357 ; Cald
strother, 376, 379 ; Catton, 93 ; Chipchase, 331,
349; Chollerton, 253-4, ^58-9; Coastley, 9, 14;
ColweU, 289, 293 ; Dotland, 39 ; Greenridge, 22 ;
Gunnerton, 327; Hazeldean, 196; Keepwick, 195 ;
Kirkheaton, 377, 379 ; Langhope, 9 ; Ninebanks,
109 ; Nubbock, 18 ; Oakwood, 143 ; Sandhoe, 205 ;
Stagshaw Close, 207 ; Steel, the, 46 ; Stelden, 305 ;
St. Oswald's, 180; Todridge, 236; Tone and
Cowden, 296, 300; Wall, 170; West Swinburn,
274; Westwood forest, 16,
Hexham township, area and boundaries, 2 ; details of
estates in, 3-8 ; lists of persons who received allot
ments at the division ofthe East and West Common
in 1752, 5-8.
Hext', Simon de (1243), witness, 330 n,
Heydon, Sir John, knight (1632), keeper of the ord
nance, 384,
Heyford, Mr, (1700), takes lease of Broomhope, 367.
Higginson, Rev, J, (1828), chaplain of Swinburn, 283 n.
High Balk, freehold estate, acreage, 193 n.
High Green, estate in West Allen, 123 n.
High Quarter, -a township in Hexham parish, i, 8, 25 ;
gifts to poor, 30, 67 ; area and population, 64 ;
estates, 64-71 ; grazing rights, 72-3.
High Shield, in Hexham township, owners, 5.
High Shield, in Allendale, estate, 122.
High Shield-green, camp, 351.
High Shield fiigg, alias the Paise, 21.
High Side, rental and acreage, 16 n.
High Wood, rental and acreage, 16 n.
Highford, quarry, 3.
HUl, Hercules (1665), marriage, 75,
— John (1696)1 purchases share of Lillswood, 64.
— (Errington), Maria (d. 1813), marriage, 189,
— (Lampton), Mary, marriage, 133,

INDEX.

455

Hill, the, tenement in Middle Quarter, 49,
Hill-head in High Quarter, position of, 67 ; held by
Dixon family, 68.
Hilton, John (1737), bequest to, 192,
Hindhaugh farmstead, northern limit of Chollerton
parish, 245 ; connection with Widdringtons, 365-8 ;
its fells, 367-8 ; present owner, 369.
Hindley hill, in Allendale, owners of, 96.
Hindley Wrae, conflux of streams, 74 ; farms, 96, 98 n,
Hindmarsh, Robert (1385), charge against, 201,
Hinds fell, farm at Kirkheaton, 381, 386,
Hird, John (1336), pays subsidy, 413,
Hirst, Edward (1538), holds lease of Beaufront, 202-3.
Hobkirk (Armstrong), Ann, marriage, 142.
— Archibald (1663), tenant in Acomb, 139; executor,
141.
— John Archibald (1655), defendant, 139 n,
Hodgson of Tone ; genealogy, 298 ; history of family,
297, 301,
Hodgson, Allan (d, 1772), value of tithes, 271 ; an ardent
Jacobite, 297.
— (Cuthbert), Ann (d. 1834), marriage, 206,
— (Shafto), EUzabeth (1804), marriage, 420,
— John (1670), of Burn-tongues, baptism, 85 ; (1699),
amount owing to, 104; (circa 1730), of Durham,
marriage, 43,
— (Shafto), Mary (1743), marriage, 418,
— Nicholas (1693), gives bond, 261 ; of Whickham,
marriage, 383.
Hogg, Robert (1663), tenant in Acomb, 139.
Hoghird, Alan (1479), tenant in Chollerton, 258,
Hole-house, Low Quarter, contingent to muster, 21 ;
owners, 14, 32, 36, 46 ; registered, 37 ; position, 46 ;
order to tenants, 49,
Holford, Christopher (d. 1615), tenant in Anick, 152,
Hollin Green, farmhold in Keenley, 97 n,
HoUoway, George (1747), tenant in Wall, 171,
— Mary (1747), tenant in WaU, 171,
Holly bush, in Allendale, owners of, 96.
Holly Close, farmhold in Park grieveship, 98 n.
Holly-hall, farmstead in Sandhoe, 198,
Holmes (Cresswell), Ann, marriage, 133,
— (Stote), Margaret (1653), twice married, 383.
Holmes, in AUendale, Quaker burial ground, 98,
Holmes, in Middle Quarter, 52 ; mill, 53 ; devised and
sold, 58,
Holywell burn, geological features, 247-8.
Homel, Simon (1296), pays subsidy, 258.
— WiUiam (1336), pays subsidy, 258,
Homilton, near Bavington, geological features, 249 ;
rental in 1794, 423.
Homyll, Thomas (1538), aitrooper, 40.
Honorius IL, Pope (1226), grants licence for prebend
of Thockrington, 388.
Hooley, Mount, a homestead in Kirkheaton, 376.
Hope, Margaret (1752), tenant, 6,
Hope house, in Allendale Town, 83, 90 n.
Hopper, George (1687), marriage, 105,
— Margaret (1750), executrix, 93,
— (Watson), Sarah, marriage, 105.
Hornby, Colonel (1897), estates of, 318, 329.
— (ne'e Bird), Margaret (d, 1853), epitaph, 267,
— Wilfrid Bird (1897), vicar of ChoUerton, 268,
— Cuthbert and Robert (1552), make inventory of
Northumberland churches, 269,
— John (1597), witness, 203-4,
— Thomas de (1332), archbishop's justice, 71 ; (1479),
tenant, 379,
~ William (1538), a trooper, 109.

Hospitallers, member of order (1310) hanged, revivified,
and pardoned, 128; reference to lands in Thock
rington belonging to the preceptory of Chibburn,
401 ; lands in Thockrington, 398, 402.
Houete, Thomas (1296), pays subsidy, 258.
Houghton, John de (1323), serves on jury, 293.
— Nicholas de (1323), serves on jury, 292.
Housty, homestead in Allendale Town, 90 n,
Houtley, Low Quarter, 32 ; owners, 32 n, 36,
Howard of Bingfield and Overacres, history of family,
227-9 ! their improvidence, 228 ; lords of Redes
dale, 368 ; estates, 367 n, 416.
Howard, Edward (1338), tenant of South Riddleham, 70.
— James (1677), marriage, 227; mortgages estates, 228 ;
conveyance by, 367 n,
— Mary (d. 1669), monumental slab, 266.
Howburn, Matthew (1538), trooper, 380.
Howeton, John (1385), office against, zoi.
Howey, Thomas (1717), claims as creditor, 191.
Hubbock, Elizabeth (1752), tenant, 6.
— George (1752), tenant, 6.
— Jane (1752), tenant, 6.
— Thomas (1752), tenant, 6.
Huddleston, EUzabeth (1717), claims as creditor, 191.
Hudles, John (1538), a trooper, 109.
Hudshaw, Hexham school lands at, 5, 6.
Hudson (Soulsby), JuUa EUzabeth (d, 1829), marriage,
243,
— Thomas (1742), curate of Whitley chapel and master
of Hexham school, 28 ; (1752), tenant, 6,
Hudspeth, John (1655), acts as arbitrator, 138,
Hull, Richard (1538), a trooper, 75.
Humble (Caldcleugh), Jane, marriage, 124,
— (Errington), Margaret (d, 1667), marriage, 54.
— Thomas (1663), possessions in Dotland, 41,
Hume (Waite), Alice (1723), marriage, 230.
Hunter, AUgood (1793), lands in Kirkheaton, 381,
382n,
— (Thirlwall), Ann, twice married, 51,
— Anthony (1757), trustee, 51 n.
— (nee Coppin), Frances, marriage, 234,
— Isaac (1793), his inheritance, 381,
— John (1305), suit against, 322, 322 n ; (1385) charge
against, 201; (d. 1821) high sheriff, 148; family
pew in St, John Lee, 134.
— Margaret (1756), bequest to, 51 n.
— Mary (1793), inheritance and estates, 381-2.
— Richard (1752), tenant, 6,
— Thomas (1410), witness to charter, 13 n,
— • WiUiam (1764), marriage, 381 ; (1793) estates, 381,
Hunter of Medomsley, owner of the Hermitage, 148,
Hunter Gap, in Keenley grieveship, 97 n,
Hunterley house, estate, 36,
Hunteroak, in Allendale, 117,
Huntrods, in Forest grieveship, 104 n,
HuntweU, in Forest grieveship, 104 n,
Hurd, Robert (1538), a trooper, 75. See Ord,
Hurst, Nicholas (1563), clerk, 82.
Husband, Adam de (1296), pays subsidy, 258,
Hut circles, examples of, 313, 352, 363, 387; illustra
tion, 314. See also Pre-historic remains.
Hutchinson, Ann (1663), holding, 50; (Ord) (1700)
marriage, 229.
— Cuthbert (1538), a trooper, 75; (1699) amount
owing to, 104,
— EUzabeth (1663), lands, 50; (1752) tenant, 6.
— Hugh (1538), a trooper, no; (1699) amount owing
to, 104 ; charitable bequests, 87 n,
— (alias Pearson), Janet (1563), suit against, 82,

456

INDEX.

Hutchinson, John (1538), a trooper, 109, no; (1608)
holdings in MoUersteads, 50; (1615) tenant in
Anick, 152; (1699) trustee, 103,
— Laurence (1663), proprietor in Sandhoe, 211,
— (ne'e Kell), Margaret (1680), named in will, 172,
— Richard (1538), tenant in Sandhoe, 207.
— Robert (1626), tenant in Acomb, 138,
— Sampson (1663), proprietor in Anick, 152,
— Thomas (1538), a trooper, 75; (1626) tenant in
Acomb, 138, 139 n ; (1663) proprietor in Anick, 152 ;
(1720) executor, 122 ; (1751) office against, 134.
— William (1535), tenement in Anick, 151; (1538)
a trooper, 109-10 ; (1692) bequests, 88 n, 89, 90,
Hutley, Thomas (1538), a trooper, 293,
Hutton, John, marriage, 19.
— William, on Roman Wall, 161-2,
Huxley, George (1718), party to deed, 339 n ; lands of,
368; marriage, 341,
— Henrietta Maria (Heron), ( 1 7 1 8), party to deed, 3 39 n,
Hydega, Agnes (1330), claims dower, 398,
Hynd, John (1538), trooper, 258,
I.
Ikin (Lee), Mary Louisa, marriage, 132 n,
Ilderton, Gerard (1547), holdings in HaUington, 240,
— Robert (1505), witness, 379 n ; (1752) tenant, 6,
— Sir Thomas, knight (1479), lands in Kirkheaton, 379;
armorial seal, 379.
— Thomas (d, circa 1505), lands of, 379,
Ingleby (ne'e Johnson), Mary, bequest to, 60,
Ingram, Rev. Rowland, M,A,, marriage, 420,
— (Shafto), Sarah (d, 1775), marriage, 419,
— Theodosia (d, 1770), burial, 395,
Inman, Lavinia Louisa (1856), epitaph, 267.
Insula, de. See Lisle.
Irford, Rd.de (1369), prebendary of Thockrington, 388.
Ironside, Gilbert (1660), prebendary of Thockrington,
afterwards bishop of Bristol, 389, 389 n.
Isaack, R, (1626), suit by, 137-8.
J.
Jackley. See Nubbock,
Jackson, Charles F,, marriage, 106.
— Christopher (1538), a trooper, 258.
— Edward (1776), bequest to, 93,
— John (1538), a trooper, no ; (1752) tenant, 6,
— (Ridley), Margaret (d, 1595), marriage, 14,
— Rev, — (1734), marriage, 269,
— Robert (1538), a trooper, 109.
— Thomas (1695), will, 89 n ; (1752), tenant, 6.
— WiUiam (1749), party to petition, 43,
Jacques, Rev. Joseph (1836), curate of Allendale, 81.
James (Brooksbank), Susanna, marriage, 134,
Jaques,' Elizabeth (1752), tenant, 6.
Jay, Edward (1538), last prior of Hexham, 203, 258.
Jefferson, Ann (1699), marriages, 145, 236, 406,
— (Featherstone), Barbara (d. 1821), marriage, 43,
— John (d, 1701), estates, 236 ; death, 236 n,
— Matthew (d, 1687) of Newcastle, alderman, estate in
Bingfield, 232, 236 ; his three daughters, Ann, Eliza
beth, and Mary, 236,
— Philip (1663), tenant in Harwood Shield, 69 ; (1730)
marriage, 375,
— Robert (1752), tenant, 6,
— Thomas (1752), surgeon, tenant, 6 ; bequest to, 422,
Jenison, Ralph (1690), marriage, 341,
Jenkinson, Jesse (1749), will proved, 418.
— (Capper), Mary Ann (d, 1861), marriage, 229,

Jewitt, James (1839), tenant in Bingfield, 222,
JobUn, John (1752), tenant, 7,
'Jock o' the Side," ballad, quoted, 169 n,
'Jock of Hazeldean,' ballad, quoted, 196,
John of Heddon, vicar of Chollerton, witness, 414.
John the hermit, abode near St. Oswald's, 180.
John, prior of Hexham, witness, 398.
John, son of EUas (1269), party to deed, 398.
Johnson of Hamburn-hall and Hexham White-haU,
epitaphs, 29; abstracts of will, 60-61; lands, 66.
Johnson, Alexander (d. 1735), will ot, 61.
— Ann (1752), tenant, 7.
— Cuthbert (1538), a trooper, 109.
— David (d. 1728), inheritance, 60 ; will of, 61.
— Edmund (1752), tenant, 7.
— Edward (1752), tenant, 6.
— George (1747), under age, 171.
— Henry (1668), lands in Dotland, 41 ; will, 60.
— Herbert (d, 1736), will of, 61,
— Isaac (1670), sells property, 146,
— Isabel (1673), an alleged witch, 76.
— James (1769), curate of Birtley, drowned in North
Tyne, 360; (1793) purchases Loadman, 46 n ; (d,
1825) marriage, 407.
— Jane (1747), under age, 171.
— John (1702), marriage, 54; will, 60; (1752) tenant,
7; (d, 1780) of White-hall, epitaph, 29; votes for
Hamburn-haU, 66 n ; (1800) of Whitley miU hiU,
50 n, 61; (d. 1834), marriage, 29; epitaph, 29;
lands at White-hall, 66 n.
— Rev, John Fairbairn (1897), lands, 50, 55, 60, 66.
— Margaret (1670), disposes of lease, 146.
— Mary (1752), tenant, 7 ; (Watson) (1806), 106.
— (Rickerby) (1712), marriage, 100.
— Robert (1505), chaplain, witness, 379 n; (1538) a
trooper, 380,
— Samuel (1818), memorial window at Whitley chapel,
29 ; marriage, 29 n.
— Sande (1538), a trooper, 75.
— (Ord), Sarah (1700), marriage, 57; (1752) tenant, 7.
• — Thomas (d, 1828) of White-haU, epitaph, 29 ; lands
in White-hall, 66 n ; (d, 1862) of Hexham, epitaph,
29 ; holding in White-hall, 66 n.
— (ne'e Carr), Thomasina, memorial window at Whitley
chapel, 29 ; marriage, 29 n.
— William (d, 1875), epitaph, 29; lands, 60 n.
Jolliforth, William (1547), identity of surname, 95,
Joly, Robert (1336), pays subsidy, 332.
Jones, Rev. Henry Prowse (1797), marriage, 419,
— Ralph (1385), charge against, 201.
Jowsey, family of, possessions of, 69,
Joycey, Mary, twice married, 425,
Juniper, farm in AUendale, 95,
Juniper, hamlet (Low Quarter), position of, 41 ; sub
divisions, 42 ; Dye-house chapel, 43.
Jurin ofthe Hermitage, family of, genealogy of, 148.
Jurin, James, M.D. (d, 1750), sketch of career, 147;
literary works, 147, K,
Karkenpeth, appurtenance of Ninebanks, 116.
Keenley, Gilbert, of (1293), outlawed, 109 n.
Keenley, in Allendale, i, 76-7 ; bequest to poor of, 87 n,
88 n, 120; school at, 90; GRIEVESHIP, 96; acreage,
96 ; owners, 97 ; hamlets and homesteads of, 97 n,
Keenley peth, in Allendale, owners of, 96.
Keenleyfield, tenement in West AUen, 122,
Keenlyside, John (1715) of Chairheads, named in will,
122 ; (1717) of Wolfcleugh, noncupative will of, 122,

INDEX.

457

Keenlyside, WiUiam (1759) ot Fostersteads, probate
of will, 123,
Keenlyside of Keenlyside. For other names see ab
stracts ot wills, 122-3.
Keenlyside gate, in Allendale, 116.
Keenlyside, in West Allen, 122.
Keepwick, holders of, 185-6 ; rateable value, 191 ; regis
tered, 192; rental and acreage, 192, 193 n, 196;
burnt by the Scots, 195 ; muster roll, 196 ; absorbed
in Errington estates, 196 ; night watch at, 196 n.
Keepwick corn mill, registered, 192.
Kell, Alexander, junior (1538), a trooper, 170 n, 225.
— Edward (1538), a trooper, 136, 170 ; (1626) tenant in
Wall, 138; value of holding, 171; will, 172; (d.
1680) will of, 172; acquires corn tithes, 174; (1740)
admitted heir, 173 ; (1752) tenant, 7, 171.
— George (1538), a trooper, 18, 170 n ; (1626) tenant
in Wall, 138 ; value of holding, 171 ; named in will,
172 ; (1694) tenant in Acomb, 140 n.
— James (1538), a trooper, 170, 170 n.
— John (1538), a trooper, 225 ; (1663) tenantin Acomb,
'39, 13911; named in will, 172; (1736) chapel
warden at Bingfield, 221.
— Joshua (1782), tenant in Wall, 171 ; executor, 173.
— Matthew (1626), tenant in Wall, 138 ; holding, 171.
— Percival (1538), a trooper, 170 n.
— Robert (1538), a trooper, 225 ; (1626) tenantin Wall,
138 ; (1722) freeholder in Wall, 171 ; named in will,
172; will of, 173.
— Roland (1538), a trooper, 170, 225.
— Thomas (1538), a. trooper, 170, 225, 240; (1626)
tenant in Wall, 138 ; value of holding, 171 ; (1663)
tenant in Acomb, 139 ; will of, 172.
— WilUam (1538), a trooper, 184; (1626) tenement in
Acomb, 138 ; (1693) of ChoUerton, bequest to, 260.
KeU of Wall. For other names see wills, 172-3,
Kellawe, Richard de (1313), bishop of Durham, grants
indulgence for the soul of Sir John Swinburn, 306.
Keller lands, homestead in Allendale, 90 n.
Kellingdon, John de (1392), enfeoffed, 326.
KeUy (Longridge), Dorothy (d, 1764), marriage, 233.
— John (1721), of Whorlton, marriage, -243.
— Patrick (1700), of Corbridge, marriage, 57.
Kemp, John (1479), tenant, 379,
— Dorothy (1693), bequest to, 259,
Kempwell, near Thockrington, rental of estate, 423,
Kendale, John de (1410), a friar, assaulted, 326, 332 n.
Keneley, Robert de (1240), acquires Langhope, 16.
Keppercrawe, Alan (1296), pays subsidy, 320,
Kerdale, William de (1360), prior of Hexham, n n,
Kerr, George (1791), marriage, 234.
— Sir Robert (1596), breaks into Swinburn castle, 281.
— Thomas (1816), of Alnwick, value of tithes, 271-2 ;
purchases Tone, 299 ; purchases Cowden, 300.
Ketil, William (1296), pays subsidy, 354.
Kierman (Cuthbert), Marie Theodosia, marriage, 206,
Kilbum, a farm in Allendale, 95.
KiUyngwood, John de (1342), witness, 402.
King's mill, in AUendale, holders of, 90-1, 94,
Kingshaw Green, parcel of Hexham common, 3.
Kingston, Roger de (1312), holding of, 305 n.
Kirby, Tfiomas (1769), curate of Ninebanks, in.
Kirk close, surrendered, 141.
Kirkburn mill, in Acomb, surrendered, 141.
Kirkburn rivulet, known as Birkeburne, 141, 143.
Kirkeby, John de (1296), sheriff, witness, 325.
¦Kirkeland, Adam (1280), holding of, 401.
Kirkely, John de (1297), juror, 322 n,
Kirkharle, Cicely (1328), involved in suit, 239,
Vol. IV.

Kirkharle, WilUam (1328), involved in suit, 239, 412,
Kirkhauigh, John de (1296), witness, 325.
Kirkheaton, Agnes de (1377), holdings of, 378 n.
— Liell (1377), holdings of, 378 n.
— Odinel de (1377), holdings of, 378 n.
Kirkheaton chapel, tithes, 384-5; benefice in gift of
Bewick family, 385 ; building and epitaphs, 385 ;
list of chaplains, 86,
Kirkheaton, chapelry of, physical features, 246, 250; a
member of Anick Grange manor, 149 ; TOWNSHIP,
376; acreage and census returns, 376; earUest men
tion, 376 ; associated with Caldstrother, 376 ; sub
sidy roll, 377 ; tenants in 1479, 379 ; muster roll,
380; account of the Stote family, 380-2; Bewick
and Craster estates, 382 ; the manor house (illustra
tion), 386; farmholds, 386 ; Methodist chapel, 386 n.
Kirkley, John de (1297), juror, 322n; (i392)trustee, 326,
— Thomas (1752), tenant, 7,
Kirkley, estate of, 34 n, 36 n,
Kirkley mill and Kirkley Thorn, rental, 192.
Kirsop (Coatsworth), Ann (1744), marriage, 395,
— or Kirsopp, Dorothy (1752), tenant, 7,
— Edward (i538),^a trooper, 157,
— Elizabeth (d. 1760), burial, 134.
— (ne'e Carr), Elizabeth (1769), parentage, 41 n.
¦ — George (1538), a trooper, 184.
— Isabel (1752), tenant, 7.
— John (1752), tenant, 7,
— Matthew (1752), tenant, 7.
— Mr. (1897), owner of Glendue, 5,
— Richard (1538), a trooper, 170 n,
— Roland (1538), a trooper, 184.
— Thomas (1538), a trooper, 170; (1772) marriage,
1 1;9 ; tenant in Acomb, 141.
— Wilkinson (1752), tenant, 7.
¦ — -William (1752), tenant, 6; named in pedigree, 19 ;
bequest to, 422.
Kitchen, EUzabeth (d, 1756), epitaph, 267,
— John (1779), tenant in Acomb, 141,
— Stephen (d, 1747), epitaph, 267; his tenement in
Gunnerton, 328, 329,
Knag, John (1538), a trooper, 75,
— Thomas (1538), a trooper, 225,
Knight, Henry, of Lowlinn (1831), estates of, 299,
— Richard (1256), suit against, 364; (1616) purchases
annuity out of Errington, 190.
Knights cleugh, on Lillswood moor, 73,
Knitelhesel, See Hazeldean.
Knock Shield, homestead in AUendale, 104 n.
Knock Shield burn, tributary of the Allen, 74,
Knott, John (1756), executor, 192.
Know-lawe, homestead in Allendale, 104 n.
Kyllie Quarter, a division of Filton, 404 n.

Lady Cross bank, remains ot old sanctuary cross at, 135.
Lady's well, or Margaret's well, at Gunnerton, 326 n.
Ladywell, near Bavington, rental of farm, 423,
Laidley, WilUam (1709), witness, 372.
Laidman, WilUam (1764), curate of Ninebanks, in.
Laing, James (1725), curate of AUendale, 81; office
against, 83; witness, 396; (1811) marriage, 345.
Laird's Closes, near Bavington, rental of lands, 423,
Lamb (Charlton), Margaret (1744), marriage, 269.
— Thomas (1663), proprietor in Wall, 171.
— WiUiam (1296), pays subsidy, 258,
Lamb-Shield, a farm in Low Quarter, 32, 33, 36-7.
Lamb Shield Lane, parcel of Hexham common, 3.

58

458

INDEX.

Lambert, Cuthbert (1720), marriage, 119 ; bequest, 120.
— Frances (1720) of Hexham, bequest to, 120.
— Jane (1700), bequest to, 80 n ; (Charlton) (d. 1793),
marriage and death, 375 ; supposed portrait of, 375 n.
— John (1663), tenant in Acomb, 139, 140 n,
— Joseph (1750), purchases estates, 33, 36,
— Richard (1695), named in will, 191,
Lambley, prioress of, party to deed, 364 n,
Lambsrigg sike on Eshells moor, 73,
Lambton, Henry (1683), of Lambton (co, Durham), 191,
— (Ruddock), Margaret (d. 1788), marriage, 4,
— (Carr), Phoebe Dawson (1829), marriage, 134,
— Sir William (1626), mortgagee, 190.
Lampton, Nicholas (1719), baptism, 133.
— Ralph (1673), marriage, 133,
Lancaster, Thomas (1754), bequest to, 84.
Langhope, in West Quarter, 2 ; dependency of Coastley,
9, II ; tenure, n ; held by Ridley family, 12 n, 13-4;
early history and later owners, 15, 16, 18.
Langley (Hodgson), Ann, marriage, 298.
— Colonel (1870), marriage, 287,
Langley (or Langlee), in High Quarter, held by Ord
family, 68,
Langley, in AUendale, 90 n,
Langrigg sike, in Hexhamshire, 73,
Langton, Nicholas de (1303), suit against, 156; heir to
brother, 157,
— Richard de (1322), proprietor in FaUowfield, 156-7.
Langwath, Robert (1415), holds Bavington tower, 414,
Lattimer, John (1793), office against, 85,
Laurent, W. de (1200), witness, 304 n.
Laverock, Patrick (1434), lands in Coastley, etc, 13,
— Sir Thomas (1479), chaplain and parish priest of St,
John Lee, 128, 131,
Law, Roger del(i296), Thockrington, pays subsidy, 399,
— WiUiam de (1296), Thockrington, pays subsidy, 399,
Law-house, in Bingfield, estate of, acreage, 222 ;
identified with Story's lands, 237,
Lawes, Anthony (circa 1530), marriage, 284.
— -Henry (circa 1530), marriage, 284 ; (1538) of Fallow
field, a trooper, 157.
— Thomas (1716), of Eshells, a reputed papist, 62 n,
Lawson (Riddell), Anne, marriage, 284,
— (Hodgson), Isabella, marriage, 298,
— John (1716), tenant in Thockrington, 403.
— WilUam (1576), arbitrator, 115.
Lay readers. See Readers,
Lazenby, Prior John de (d. 1269), 254, 254 n, 305.
Lazonby, Joseph (1730), of Hexham, bequest to, 58;
(1755) holding in Sunniside, 4 n.
Lead mines and mining : influx of miners from Derby
shire into Allendale, 75 ; decay of industry, 74, 88 ;
smelt mills at AUendale Town and Cupola bank,
90, 96 ; output at Allenheads, loo-i ; old method of
carrying ore, 101-2 ; method of paying miners, 102 ;
mines in West Allendale, 114, 121 ; at Caldcleugh,
123; at Fallowfield, 155; at Thockrington, 403.
See also vol. iii.
Leadbitter (Lister), Agnes (1650), 131.
— Ann Mary (Charlton) (1830), marriage, 375.
— Elizabeth (1752), tenant, 7.
— George (1752), tenant, 7.
— John (1752), of Wharmley, tenant, 7,
— Joseph (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 7,
— Matthew (1752), of Warden, tenant, 7 ; marriage, 22,
— Nicholas (1625), purchases lands in Warden, 131 ;
(1752) tenant, 7 ; (1781) owner of the Paise, 22.
— Ralph (1729), marriage, 375.
— Thomas F. (1897), of London, owner ofthe Paise, 22,

Leadbitter, WiUiam (1752), of Houtley, tenant, 7,
Leadgate, in West Allendale, position of, 109.
Leaton, Anthony (1800), holding in Hackford, 67.
Leazes, residential estate in Hexham, 2, 17.
Lebour, Professor (1897), geological evidence, 247-8.
Leckefield, in Ninebanks, 116-7,
Leconfield, Arthur (1586), tenant in Barrasford, 317.
Ledell, William (1552), bailiff of Chipchase, 245,
Ledgard, Ann (1752), of Newcastle, tenant, 7,
— Joseph (1735), acts as arbitrator, 236.
Lee, Andrew (1479), holdings in Birtley, 358,
— Ann (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 7,
— Anthony (1752), of Newcastle, tenant, 7.
— Archer (1791), of South Shields, marriage, 134.
— Arthur (1626), tenant in Acomb, 138.
— Barbary (1659), surrenders dower, 117.
— (Fairless), Catherine (d. 1777), marriage, 119.
— Rev. Charles (d. 1862), incumbent of St. John Lee
and lecturer of Hexham, 132 ; marriage, 132 n ; epi
taph, 133 ; corn tithes in Chollerton, 271,
— Christopher (1538), a trooper, 109 ; (1694) commis
sioner, 140 ; goods administered, 141,
— Elizabeth (1595), proves will, 157 n ; (1788)
executrix of Jane Shafto, 423,
— George (1663), tenant in Acomb, 139; administers
estate, 141 ; (1747) tenant in Wall, 171 ; (1752)
of Hexham, tenant, 7.
— Hugh (1615), tenant in Anick, 152.
— Katherine (1595), of Fallowfield, co-executor, 157 n.
.- — James (1752), of Newbrough, tenant, 7,
— Jane (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 7.
— John (1538), a trooper, 136; (1586) free tenant in
Birtley, 356 ; (i663)proprietor in Acomb, 139, i4on ;
estate administered, 141.
— Margaret (1596), of Fallowfield, estate administered,
157 n,
— Margery (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 7.
— Mary (Hodgson) (1627), marriage, 298 ; (1773) will,
157 n.
— Matthew (1538), of Acomb, a trooper, 136.
— Nicholas (1595), co-executor, 157 n; (1663) tenant
in Acomb, 139, 139 n; (1752) of Hexham, tenant,
7, 4^3-
— Parkin (1858), sells Ninebanks, 121.
— Rev. Percy Thomas (1895), incumbent, Birtley, 360.
— Richard (1538), a trooper, 136; (1626) tenant in
Acomb, 138.
— Rowland (1538) of Fallowfield, trooper, 157; will,
157 n ; (1626) tenant in Acomb, 138 ; holding, 139.
¦ — Thomas (1536), tenement in Birtley, 358 ; (1626)
tenant in Acomb, 138-9 ; executor, 157 n ; (d, 1704)
tenant in Acomb, 140 n; will of, 141; (1752)
of Hexham, tenant, 7,
— William (1538), a trooper, 136, 207 ; holds lease of
Beaufront, 202; (1595) of Fallowfield, will of, I57n;
(1626) proprietor in Wall, 171; in Acomb, 138,
139 n ; (1655) alias ' Blyth Nook,' 139 n ; (1670) of
WaU, corn tithes, 174; (1694) tenant in Acomb,
140 n ; wiU, 141 ; (1752) tenant, 7 ; (1800) purchases
Ninebanks, 121 ; (1830) marriage, 132 n,
Lee of Acomb, For other names see wills, etc., 141.
Lee, See St, John Lee parish.
Lee, in Low Quarter, position of, 41, 42.
Leeke, Rev. Brian (d. 1812), curate of St. John Lee,
131 ; epitaphs of family, 133; marriage, 134; holds
lands as curate of Bingfield, 146.
Leeshall, in Allendale, 95.
Legge, Christopher (1734), marriage, 145, 236.
Lekee, Rebecca (1752), bequest to, 236 n.

INDEX.

459

Lelhom, Thomas de (1337), a justice, ion, 156, 212, 239.
Leshman, Henry (1496), vicar of Chollerton, 267,
Levery (Errington), Maria (d, 1795), thrice married, '89,
— ¦ Rose (1737), bequest to, 192,
Leye, Isold de la (1296), holding in Thockrington, 399 ;
pays subsidy, 399,
— Richard de la (1296), holding in Thockrington, 399.
Leyghe, Thomas (1538), of Acomb, a trooper, 136 n.
Liall, Alan (1296), pays subsidy, 258.
Liddell, Elizabeth (1608), holds LiUswood park, 64.
— E'rances (1713), bequest to, 21.
— George (1722), of Ravensworth castle, 146.
— Henry (1715), alluded to, 186 n; (1720) mentioned
in will, 146.
— John (1538), a trooper, 40; (1800) owner of Hay
rake, 104.
— Lancelot (1752), tenant, 7.
— (Forster), Rebecca (1827), lands at Hayrake, 104.
— Thomas (1690), of Ravensworth, 146.
Liddell-hall, in Chollerton, 272,
Lightfoot, WiUiam (1479), holdings in Birtley, 358.
Lighten, Robert (1568), owner of Summerrods, 17.
Lilburn, Robert (1732), lands in Gunnerton, 329.
Lilla, thane of King Eadwin, 64.
Lillswood, WiUiam de (1256), death of, 64.
Lillswood, forest of, 45 ; identity, 46, 64 ; held by Ord
family, 55 ; early history and later owners, 64-5 ;
Methodist chapel at, 65.
Lillswood Moor, acreage and elevation, 73.
Limestone Brae, Quakers' meeting house, 89, 108 ; lead
mine, 121 ; socket of cross, 122 ; owners, 122.
Limestone Rigg, in Thockrington, camp, 387,
Linburn (Lyneburne), in Bingfield, 232. .
Lincoln, Richard de (1232), canon of Southwell, wit
ness, 398.
Lindley, Sir Henry, kt. (1604), sells Winter-house, 62.
Linn burn, in Hexhamshire, 71, 73.
Linnels bridge, illustration and description of, 32-3.
Linnels mill, in Low Quarter, 32 ; known as Newbiggin
mill, 32 ; owners, 33, 36, 37,
Lishman, Richard (1752), tenant, 7,
Lisle (de Insula) of Chipchase, pedigree, 333 ; history
of family, 330-3,
Lisle of Woodburn, ancestry and origin, 333,
Lisle (Heron), Cecily de (1348), marriage, 332-3, 340 ;
her estates, 342,
— EUzabeth (1713), bequest to, 21.
— Sir Humphrey (1440), possessions of, 365; (1505)
sheriff of Northumberland, witness, 379 n.
— Sir John de (1356), witness, 201, 258; becomes
liegeman to WiUiam Swinburn, 257 ; succeeds to
Chipchase estates, 332 ; possessions at death, 364,
— John de (1410)0! Tynedale, excommunicated and
absolved, 326, 332 n,
— Margaret de (de Vaux), marriage, 202, 212,
— Margery de (nee Umframvill), wife of Peter, 330.
— Nicholas de (1347), his lands in Chipchase, 332,
— Otwel (d, 1250), of Woodburn, 330 ; witness, 331 n,
— Peter de (1243), holds Chipchase, 330; obtains
privilege of chantry, 330, 348; grants of land, 331,
— Robert de (1243), witness to deed, 275 n, 305 n ;
obtains privilege of chantry, 330, 348 ; pays sub
sidy, 332 ; grant to Hexham priory, 331,
— Robert de (1272) of Woodburn, rights in Ray,
331 ; grants to his son, 364,
— Sir Robert de (1348), witness, 292 n, 323 n, 325,
342, 401 ; possessions in Chipchase, 332-3,
Lislewood, Litsewood. See Lillswood.
Lister (nie Leadbitter), Agnes, 131,

Lister, J, M, (1879), vicar of St, Peter's-in-the-Forest,
100,
Litterage, 55 ; old form of name, 65 ; present owner, 66,
Little, George D, (1897), owner of the Steel, 69.
— Nicholas (1538), a trooper, 18.
— Robert (1840), purchases the Steel, 69,
Loadman, in Low Quarter, 46,
Loaning, the, in AUendale, 93,
Logan, Andrew (1538), of Chollerton, a trooper, 258,
Long (Heron), Dorothy, marriage, 344.
— WiUiam (1538), of Colwell, a trooper, 293,
Long Lee, See Langlee.
Longlee, in Buteland and Broomhope, 67, 365,
Longridge of Newburn and Bingfield, genealogy, 233.
Longridge (nee Mason), Ann (1830), estate of, 232 ;
marriage, 233.
— John (1839), landowner in Bingfield, 222,
Longwell Moor, in Allendale, 109,
Lookup (Whitfield), Eleanor, marriage, 133.
— John (1663), proprietor in Wall, 171.
Loraine (nee Nattrass), Isabel, second marriage, 4,
— (nSe Errington), Jane (1720), administratrix, 192;
(1750), executrix, 93,
— Matthew (1522), setter and searcher, 410 n.
— ¦ Robert (1522), overseer of watch, 410 n ; (d, 1761)
of Beaufront, burial, 134.
— Sir WilUam (1719), 310 ;' party to deed, 339 n ;
(1808) proprietor of Little Swinburn, 302, 310.
— Mr. (1734), of Chipchase Park-house, burial, 269.
Loraine, family of, estates of, 310,
Lough, sculptor, monument hy, 81,
Lough Brow, quarry, 3,
Low Chapel, See St, Peter's-in-the-Forest.
Low Green, farmhold in Park grieveship, 98 n.
Low Mill, in Allendale, 83, 90 n.
Low Quarter, township in Hexhamshire, i, 8, 25 ;
census, area, and rateable value, 31 ; estates
enumerated, 32-48,
Low Shield Green, pre-historic remains at, 353,
Lowe, Rowland (1542), order of court against, 49,
Lowery, Thomas, of Crookden, marriage, 425,
Lowes, George (1694), marriage, 86,
— Henry (1693J, gives bond, 261,
- — John (1795), of Ridley-hall, provisions of will, 369.
— Nicholas (1720), curate of AUendale, 81,
— ¦ Robert (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 7,
— ¦ William (1744), of Ridley-hall, proprietor of Broom
hope, 366, 369.
Lowther, Robert (d. 1853), curate of Birtley, 360;
epitaph of family, 359.
— Sir WilUam (d. 1788), prebendary of Thockrington,
389, 389 n ; leases tithes, 390 n,
Lowthian (Toppin), Eleanor (1749), marriage, 81 ;
executrix, 84.
Lucy (««/<¦?• Swinburne), Margery (1293), marriage, 258.
— Thomas de (1293), marriage, 276.
Lumley, John (1694), of Wall, commissioner, 140.
Lyant, Mr. (1720), vicar of Ovingham, 134.
Lynn (nh Robson), Mrs. Dorothy (1897), owner of
Stotsfold, 65,
— George (1795), of Southwick, marriage, 342.
— (nee Baron), Mary, marriage, 342, 346.

M.
Macclesfield (Charlton), Elizabeth, marriage, 375.
Macdonald, A., M.D. (1740), marriage, 229,
— Allan, alias Shafto. See sub Shafto.

460

INDEX.

Macdonald, Frances Margaret Hodgson (1783), bequest
to, 299 n.
— (Stanley - Errington), JuUa Susanna (d. 1859),
marriage, 194,
— Mary (1783), bequest to, 299 n.
Macdonald of Kinloch Moidart (d. 1746), executed at
Carlisle, his chUdren, 299,
MacLauchlan, Henry, survey of Roman WaU, 163,
211 n ; survey of Watling Street, 2i5n, 2i6n, 217;
description of camp at Pity Me, 319-20,
Macubine, James (1702), curate of AUendale, 80,
McAUum (Watson), Frances, marriage, 106,
McArthur (Reed), Josephina, marriage, 34S,
Maiden Cross, near Hexham, tenement, 5,
Mairs, Richard (1699), of Chipchase, baptism, 269,
Maister (Reed), Mary Ann (1801), marriage, 347.
Malcolm, son of Waldeve (1200), quit-claims rights in
Thockrington, 388.
Male Knock, camp at Birtley, 352.
MaUory (Heron), EUzabeth (d. 1697), marriage, 341 ;
bewitched, 341 n,
— Henry (1643), named in will, 190,
Mallow, homestead in Chipchase, 350. See MoUawe,
Mallow burn, 249, 318, 329.
Maltby, John de (1385), charge against, 201.
Man, Sir Thomas (1505), party to deed, 390.
Manby, family of, genealogy, 384 ; attempt to recover
the Stote estates, 382-4,
Maniwel, David de (1296), pays subsidy, 377.
Manners, Robert de (1297), juror, 322 n.
Mantell, Hugo (1385), charge against, 201,
March, Benjamin (1770), bequest to, 131 u,
— John (1689), of Newcastle, clerk, 146.
— Sarah (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 7.
Marches, Middle and West, raided by Scots, 75 n.
Margaret, queen of Scotland, her wardrobe expenses,
(circa 1259), 255 ; appoints William de Swinburne as
her bailiff, 255 ; her influence with Henry III., 408,
Margaret of Anjou, queen, tradition concerning, 47, 48,
Margaret's Well or Lady's well, at Gunnerton, 326 n,
Marisco, Richard de, bishop of Durham, 388,
Markham, William Rice (1832), marriage, 159,
Marley, IVIarlay, or Merla)', John de (1479), 379,
— Roger de, marriage, 314,
— of Picktree and_ Nubbock, connection with' Carnaby
family, 19.
Marr (Coppin), Ann (d, 1767), marriage, 234.
Marriot, Samuel (1752), ot Morpeth, appointed com
missioner, 2 ; of okerland, 4 ; owner of Houtley,
32 n ; of Newcastle (1793), sells Houtley, 32 n ;
sells Loadman, 46 n.
Marshall, Ann (1717) claims as creditor, 191,
— Archibald (1594), witness, 294 n.
— Edward (1552), setter and searcher, 245,
— George (1752), of WaU Town, tenant, 7,
— John (1538), a trooper, 136; (1547) of Oakwood,
tenant, 143 ; (1552) setter and searcher, 245,
— Thomas (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 7,
Martin, WilUam (1800), acquires Litterage, 66,
Marwood, Richard de (1336), pays subsidy, 324.
Mascall, Francis (1733J, of Eppleton, marriage, 347,
Mason (Longridge), Ann (1830), estates of, 232 ;
marriage, 233.
— Rev. H, B, (1889), incumbent of Ninebanks in,
— John (1752), tenant, 7 ; (1830) marriage, 362.
— Joseph (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 7,
— Rev. R. E. (1873), incumbent of Allendale, 81,
— Thomas (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 7 ; (1796) of
Fenwick, lands conveyed to, 232.

Mastern, WilUam (1296), pays subsidy, 412.
Matfen, held by the Lisles, 364.
Matthews-house in Acomb, grazing rights, 138,
Mauduit, Roger (1317), deprived of his prisoners, 278;
arms, 324 n.
Mauger, Siinon (1342), witness, 402
Maugh, John (1339), suit against, 156,
Maugham (Pearson), Ann (1677), marriage, 86.
Maughan, John (1603), curate of St, John Lee, 131 ;
(1752) of Hexham, tenant, 7,
— Nicholas (1693), trustee, 421.
— William (1716), tenant in Thockrington, 403.
Mawer, Dr., vicar of Middleton Tyas, marriage, 145,
— (nde Watson), Hannah (d, 1765), death, 145 n,
— WilUam (1538), of Kirkheaton, a trooper, 380,
Maxey (Heron), Dorothy, marriage, 344,
Maxton, Adam de (thirteenth-century), seal of, 388.
Maxwell, James (circa 1760), marriage, 286,
— Mary (1772), of Kirkconnel, bequest to, 422,
— Thomas (1772), bequest to, 422,
Maynaw, Robt, (1336), of Gunnerton, pays subsidy, 324,
Mayor, Mary (d, 1689), of Fallowfield-hall, burial, 133.
Mayre, John (1725), of Gray's Inn, bequest to, 192.
Medley, tenement of Bee family, 116,
Meldred, Robert, son of (1138), raids by, 185 n.
Melton, WilUam, archbishop of York, 10 ; issues com
missions, 71, 185, 211-2 ; lands in Fallowfield, 157 ;
receives homage, 157, 200, 224.
MelviUe, William (1796), of Thorp Perrow, assumes
name of Milbank, 232.
MeneuiUe, See Meynell,
' Menke,' identified with Monk, 97.
Mercers' company, endowments of lectureships, 222, 270,
Meriton, Geo, (1617), prebendary of Thockrington, 389,
Merlyrigg, WiUiam (1336), pays subsidy, 308.
Merry, William (1597), appraizer, 295,
Merton, Walter de (1269), chancellor, 255,
Messenger, Robert (1813), curate of Ninebanks, in,
Methodist chapels : Allendale, 88, 89, 93 ; Hexham
shire, 43, 65, 66 ; Kirkheaton, 386 n.
Mewburn of Acomb, pedigree, 142 ; epitaphs, 133.
Mewburn (Tulip), Ann (1794), marriage, 159,
— James (1789), stipendiary curate of Birtley, 360,
— (nuper Heron), Jane, marriages, 345,
— Simon (d. 1784), tenant, 7, 141, 171 ; marriage, 159.
— William (circa 1740), of Newcastle, marriage, 345.
Meynell, John de (1356), party to indenture, 201.
— Simon de, associated with John the hermit, 180,
— • Thomas (1385), of Whittonstal, robbed by John
Vaux, 201,
— William de (1356), trustee for Beaufort, 202,
Michelcroft, land in Chollerton, granted to Hexham
priory, 254, 262 ; acreage, 272,
Micklethwaite, Elias (1670), prebendary of Thockring
ton, 389; (1720) prebendary of Thockrington, 389,
389 n-
Middle Quarter, township in Hexhamshire, i, 8, 25 ;
bequests to poor of, 30, 67 ; population and area, 48 ;
details of estates and homesteads, 48-64 ; grazing
rights of tenants, 72-3,
Middlescote, tenement of Bee family, 116,
Middleton, Ghristiana (d, 1421), lands in Colwell, Kirk
heaton, and Belsay, 293, 378-9, 402 ; death, 379,
— (nh Errington), Frances (d, 1787), marriages, 195.
— Gilbert (1279), confirms endowments of Swinburn
chantry, 275 ; marriage, 276 ; lands in Swinburn
and Kirkheaton, 275, 377; (1310) impUcated in
rebeUion, 278-9, 307 ; kidnaps bishop-elect of
Durham, 307.

INDEX.

461

Middleton, John de (1310), of West Swinburn, acquires
lands in West Swinburn, 276, 278 ; hung as a rebel,
278-9 ; possessions, 378 ; (1479) lord of Swinburn,
holdings ot, 305.
— Sir John de(d, 1396), lands in CoIwell,293 ; marriage
and death, 308, 378 ; possessions at death, 378-9, 402,
— (ne'e Swinburn), Juliana de (1279), confirms endow
ment ot Swinburn chantry, 275 ; marriage, 276 ;
described as the Lady JuUana, 277 ; grants Swinburn
to her son, 278.
— (Heron), Katherine (d, 1738), marriage, 342,
— Patrick de (1373), witness, 378,
— Richard (1317), sold to the king, 278,
— Robert (1567), of Belsay, commissioner, 207,
— Thomas (1541), his inheritance, 302 ; (1618) party
to conveyance of Portgate, 212.
— Sir Thomas Heron (1780), last baronet ot Chipchase
family, 345.
— WilUam de (1323), serves on jury, 292 ; (1663) rated
for Little'Swinburn, 309 ; (d, circa 1763) marriage,
189, 195.
Middleton, family of, lands, 275, 309, 377,
Midsummer customs, 128 n,
Mike, W, (d. 1545), prebendary of Thockrington, 389,
Milbank (Milbank), Dorothy, marriage, 232,
— Jane (1791), provisions of will, 232.
— John (i 682 j, of Thorp Perrow, marriage, 232 ; (1735),
lands in Bingfield, 232 ; assessed, 221-2,
— Lady, portrait at Bavington, 425.
— Sir Mark (1680), wills Cowden, 300.
— Mark (1775), provisions of will, 232,
— Sir Ralph (1752), tenant, 7 ; portrait, 425,
— Ralph (1787), sells Cowden estate, 300,
— William (1796), of Thorp Perrow, sells East iBing-
field, 232.
Milburn, Ambrose (1692), legacy to, 301.
— Gerard (1552), setter and searcher, 246, 355.
— Humphrey (1586), tenant in Birtley, 356, 368.
— Reginald (1583), tenant in Birtley, 356, 368.
— • Richard (1538), of Bingfield, a trooper, 225,
— Robert (1586), tenant in Birtley, 356,
— WiUiam (1692), of Newcastle, wills Whiteside Law
to his daughters Ann and Dorothy, 301,
Military road, made by General Wade, i6o, 175,
Mill-house, held by Ord family, 66 ; tenement, 356 n.
Mill Islands, Hexham, common lands, 3,
MUler, Mary (1752), of Shincliff, tenant, 7.
— Thomas (1727), tenant in Barrasford, 317, 31S n.
Mills (Manby), Frances, marriage, 384,
MiUs : Acomb, 136, 141, 186 ; Allendale, 49, 90-1, 93-4,
98; Allenheads, 65 ; Anick, 151; Barrasford, 311,
317, 318 n ; BeUingham, 371, 373 ; Bingfield, 225,
230; Birtley, 356 ; Black-haU, 41-2,49 ; Blanchland,
49 ; Broomhope, 366; Catton, gi, 94; Chipchase,
331 n ; Coastley, 13, 15-6, 18 ; Cocklaw, 193 ; Dipton,
32, 46 ; Dotland, 39 ; Dukesfield, 26 ; Eastwood, 49 ;
Fine Chambers, 41 ; Gunnerton, 323 n, 327 ; Hack
ford, 67 ; Hallington, 221, 240-3, 242 n ; Hamburn,
34, 59 ; Keepwick, 186, 192, 205 ; Kirkburn, 141 ;
Kirkley, 192 ; Linnels, 32-3 ; Newbiggin, 32-4, 59 ;
Ninebanks, 116-7, 120; Redesmouth, 374; Ridley
Green, 120 ; Steel, 26 ; Swinburn, 248, 250 ; Tyne,
16 n; Wall, 171-3 ; Whinnetly, 24; Whitley, 25, 28-9,
Minsteracres, Hughde (1323), serves on jury, 292,
Mire-house, in Middle Quarter, 48, 52 ; owners, 52.
Mitford (or Midford), Christopher (i 551), of Newcasde,
lands in Kirkheaton, 380,
— Elizabeth (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 7,
— Humphrey (1668), of Mitford, made guardian, 372,

Mitford, John, petition, 150; (1568), of SeghiU, estates,
380,
— Margery (1452), widow of Wm, Mitford, lands, 212.
— WilUam (1717), claims as creditor, 191,
Moffitt, Ralph (1855), marriage, 234,
Mohope burn, tributary of the Alien, 74.
Mohopehead, tenement, 116, 123 n ; acreage, 121.
Molendinarius, Andrew (1296), of Thockrington, 399,
— John (1336), of Little Bavington, 413,
— ¦ Robert (1296), of Caldstrother, pays subsidy, 377.
— Thomas de (1296), of Little Bavington, 412.
— . Walter (1336), of Chollerton, 258, '
MoUawe, AUcia de (1347), quit-claims right in MoUawe,
342-
— Stephen de (1336), pays subsidy, 324,
MoUawe, tenement, near Chipchase, 343,
Mollerstead, in Middle Quarter; owners, 50-1,
Molyneux (k«V Levery), Maria (d, 1795), marriages, 189.
— Thomas (1780), marriage, 189,
Monk, a tenement in Allendale, 97.
Monkford, night watch at, 97,
Monkhouse (Coppin), EUzabeth (1779), marriage, 234,
Montague (tiiddell), Mary (d. 1897), marriage, 287.
Mooke, W. (d. 1545), prebendary of Thockrington, 389.
Moor (Watson), Esther (d. 1789), marriage, 105.
— Lionel (1717), conveyance to, 367-8,
— John (1538), a trooper, 109,
Moor houses, in Allendale, 90 n.
Mora, Richard de (1296), pays subsidy, 307,
More, Alan del (1346), lands in Little Bavington, 414,
Morgan, John (1336), pays subsidy, 399 n,
— Robert (1604), coal mines in Kirkheaton, 380,
— • Thomas (1296), pays subsidy, 409,
Morilegh, Juliana de. See Middleton, Juliana de.
Morpeth, John (1747), tenant in Wall, 171 ; surrender
of land to, 173,
Morteyn, E,de (i347),prebendary of Thockrington, 388.
Morton, Elizabeth (1741), annuity, 146 ; executrix, 147.
— Henry Thomas (1897), owner of Sweethope, 410,
— Robert (1462), prebendary of Thockrington, 388,
Moscrop (Forster), Ann, marriage, 63,
Moss-barns, farm in Little Bavington, 411.
Moss-house, in Middle Quarter,, 52,
Mount Pleasant, in Sandhoe, 198.
Mount Pleasant, in Allendale, 95.
Mountney, Ursula (1643), bequests to poor, 134;
named in will of Dorothy Errington, 190.
Mowbray, George (1779), tenant in Acomb, 141,
— ¦ John (1605), provisions of will, 46 ; (1670) repairs
Allendale chapel, 83.
— ¦ Margaret (1724), probate granted to, 104.
— Richard (1693), death, 86,
Multon, William de (1373), witness, 378.
Muncaster, Thomas (1708), marriage, 86,
Murray, Lord James (1840), owner of Broomhope, 369,
— Miss, of Otterburn (1897), owner of Broomhope, 369,
Murton, Thomas (1538), a trooper, 293,
Muschamp, Stephen de (1297), juror, 322 n,
Musgrave, Cuthbert, marriage, 417,
— GUes (1516), connection with Chipchase, 343,
— (Fenwick), Joan, ot Ryal, marriage, 380 n.
— John (1538), of Kirkheaton, a trooper, 380,
— (Heron), Margaret, marriage, 340,
— (Acton), Mary (1339), marriage, 279.
— Richard (1538), a trooper, 380,
— Robertde(i328),suitby, 239; (1336) subsidy, 399 n,
— WilUam (1505), power of attorney granted to, 379 ;
(1538) a trooper, 380,
Musgrave, family, lands in Ryal and Kirkheaton, 380,

462

INDEX.

Muster rolls: Acomb, 136 ; Bingfield, 225 ; ChoUerton,
258; Coastley, 13; Cocklaw, 184; Colwell, 293;
Dotland, 40 ; East AUendale, 75 ; Errington, 185;
Fallowfield, 157; HaUington, 240; Keepwick, 196;
Kirkheaton, 380 ; Paise, 21 ; Sandhoe, 207 ; Wall.
170 ; West Allendale, 109 ; Yarrage, 18.
Myles, Nich. (1510), prebendary of Thockrington, 389.
Mylner, Edward (1586), tenant in Barrasford, 317,
Mynsterton, Margery (1301), party to dispute, 239,
— WiUiam de (1301), his lands in dispute, 239,
N,
Nafferton, Robert de (1301), involved in dispute, 239,
Nakedale (1547), part of Errington estates, 1S5.
Nathres, Robert (1538), of ColweU, a trooper, 293,
Nattrass (Loraine), Isabel (d. 1832), twice married, 4,
Nattress, John (1800), copyholder in Lillswood, 65.
Nelson, Barbara (1772), bequest to, 422.
Nenci, Rev. R. (1897), chaplain at Swinburn, 283 n.
Nessefeld, William de (1334), escheator, 279,
Nether Mope, farm in Allendale, 121,
Nettle hill, farmhold in AUendale, 98 n.
Nevil (Reed), Mary (d, 1808), marriage, 347; epitaph,
349-
Neville, George, archbishop of York (1499), 173 n.
Nevin (Watson), EUzabeth (d. 1679), marriage, 105.
— John, of Sipton Shield, charitable bequest by, 88n.
— Michael (1699), amount owing to, 104,
New-fold, homestead in Allendale, 104 n.
New mill, in Allendale, connected with Shield family,
90-1, 98,
Newbiggin , Edward ( 1 5 3 8), ot FaUowfield, a trooper, 157.
— George (1538), of Cocklaw, a trooper, 184.
— Gerard (1538), ot Keepwick, a trooper, 196.
— Gilbert (1538), a trooper, 196.
— John (1538), a trooper, 184, 196.
— Roger (1538), of Keepwick, a trooper, 196.
— Thomas (1538), of Keepwick, a trooper, 196,
Newbiggin, in Low Quarter, account of, 33, 38 ; early
history, 34 ; productive woods, 33-4 ; pedigree of
Thirlwall, 35 ; ThirlwaU evidences, 36 ; pedigree
of Wilson and Atkinson, 38,
Newbiggin mill, identified with Linnels mill, 32 ;
owners of, 34, 59,
Newburn, Barbara and Sarah (1685), named in will, 172.
Newcastle and Gateshead water company, reservoirs
at Hallington, Swinburn, etc., 244, 252, 302, 310.
Newham, Robert de (1256), witness, 331 n,
Newlands and Rowley ward, notices of, 8, 25, 71.
Newminster, acquires Tone and Filton, 296, 404 ;
lands in Swinburn, 304, 320 ; in Gunnerton, 326 ;
disputes with Archbishop Gray, 397, 400, and with
freeholders, 398-9.
Newton (Cotesworth), Ann (d, 1739), marriage, 145,
— Cuthbert (1473), bailiff of Prudhoe manor, 355, 365,
— Elizabeth (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 7,
— John (1763), of Allendale, office against, 84.
— Joseph (1748), his tenement in AUendale, 83.
— Thomas (1771), marriage, 235.
— WiUiam (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 7 ; lands, 86,
Nicholas-hall, a demolished homestead in Low Quarter,
Nichols, Edward (1698), petitions for a brief, 374,
Nicholson, Anthony (1552), bailiff of Gunnerton, 245.
— Clement (1538), of Allendale, a trooper, 109, no.
— Cuthbert (1538), of Colwell, a trooper, 293,
— Edward (1779), tenant in Acomb, 141,
^- Elizabeth-(i775), named in will, 423.

Nicholson, George (1552), setter and searcher, 245 ;
trooper, 258; (1586) tenant in Barrasford, 517;
(1594) witness, 294 n ; (1694) tenant in Acomb,
140 n.
— (Featherstone), Jane Dunbar, marriage, 43.
— John (1586), tenant in Barrasford, 317; (1747)
tenant in Wall, 171 ; (18 16) freeholder in Sum
merrods, 17,
— Patrick (1552), setter and searcher, 245.
— Richard (1538J, ot Bingfield, a trooper, 225.
— Robert (1538), a trooper, 240, 258 ; (1586) tenant
in Barrasford, 317 ; (1694) tenant in Acomb, 140 n,
— Thomas (1586), tenant in Barrasford, 317; (1716)
tenant, 7 ; leaseholder in Barrasford, 317, 318 n ;
(1779) tenant in Acomb, 141.
— William (1538), a trooper, 380.
Nield (Shafto), Mary, marriage, 419,
'Night-folds,' camp near Birtley, 351,
Ninebanks, subsidy, 93; water corn mill at, 116-7,
See also Allen, West.
Ninebanks chapel, site of old chapel, non, no-i ;
Ust of incumbents, in ; epitaphs, in,
Ninebanks tower, description of, 111-4; photogravure
and pen and ink sketch, 112 ; date of erection, 113-4.
Nixon, Thomas (1734), named in will, 117.
— William (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 7.
Noble (Ridley), Agnes, marriage, 14,
— John (1538), of Coastley, a trooper, 13.
Nook, the, in Allendale, acreage, 121.
North Tyne, crossed by miUtary road, 164 ; the Roman
bridge, 164 ; geological features, 246-52 ; a ferry
boat estabUshed at Haughton (circa 1270), 256.
Northumberland, Algernon George, 6th duke of (1897),
lord of Stagshawbank fair, 210 ; proprietor of Barras
ford, 318 ; of Birtley, 357 ; of Countess Park, 370.
— Algernon, K.G,, loth earl of (1663), proprietor of
Barrasford, 317 ; lord lieutenant, 421.
— Henry, 6th earl of (1533), grants Carryhouse to
John Heron, 356 n,
— Hugh, ist duke of (1766), benefactions to Birtley
chapel, 360,
Northumberland, sheriffs of : Hugh de Bolbeck (1236),
254 n ; Walter de Camboe (1295), 291 ; John de
Kirkely (1296), 325; Hugh de Cressingham (1315),
307; John de Clifford (1332), 258 n ; William de
Felton (1332), 258 n, 402; Sir John Fenwick (i33g),
414; Roger Widdrington (1343), 279; Robert
BaUiol (d. 1356), 201 ; WiUiam de Errington (1373),
186 ; John Heron (1494), 240 ; Sir Humphrey Lisle
(i5°5), 379 °l Cuthbert Heron (1625), 359;
Christopher Reed (d. 1770), 349 ; John Hunter
(d. 1821), 148.
Nubbock, granted to priory of Hexham, 14, 18 ; known
as Jackley and Yokesley, 18, 19; held by Carnabys,
19 ; present owner, 19 ; division of commons,
22 ; order to tenants, 49,
Nunsbrough, in Low Quarter, description of, 45,
0.
Oak-pool, in Allendale, bridge, 89 ; land-owners, 96.
Oakey-dean burn, tributary of the Allen, 74.
Oakwood, East and West, in Acomb, 143, 193, 193 n.
O'Donel, Constantine (d. 1890), curate of Allenheads,
100 ; chaplain of Kirkheaton, 386 ; incumbent of
Thockrington, 396,
Ogle, Cuthbert (1547), holds Eadsbush, 67; (1697) of
Kirkley, grants annuity, 34 n.
— ' George (1597), witness, 203.

INDEX.

463

Ogle,John de (1297), juror, 322 n ; (1597) witness, 204 ;
(i6o8) holds ISJether Mire-house, 52,
— Frances (1598), of WhiUey mill, 49,
— George (d, 1547), tenant of Whidey miU, 48 ; death,
48 ; holding, 53 ; (1608) tenements, 62.
— Henry (1591), of Whitley miU, surrenders lands, 49,
— James (1711), pedtion by, 422,
— Sir John (1297), summons jury, 322 n; (1598)
holding of, 49 ; of Ogle, marriage, 417,
— Mark (1599), named in wUl, 415; of Kirkley,
marriage, 361,
— Richard de (1323), serves on jury, 292.
— Robert de (1342), charter with seal armorial, 401,
— Sarah (1749), of Newcastle, mortgagee, 36.
— Thomas (1260), witness to deed, 305 n ; (1538) a
trooper, no ; (1663) lands on Eshell, 62.
Okerland, estate at Hexham, 2 ; successive owners, 4,
Old Town, in Allendale, probable Roman origin, 94 ;
camp, 94.
Olivant, Margery (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 7,
Oliver, Francis (i666), marriage, 133,
— Hannah (1752), bequest to, 236 n,
— Jane (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 7.
— (Trueman), Margaret (1725), marriage, 83.
— Robert (1325), purchases wardship and marriage ot
John de Vaux, 200.
— William (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 7; (1774)
freeholder in Summerrods, 17,
Ord of Ardley and Barker-house (for names see)
family history, genealogy, and evidences, 56-8 ;
possessions of, 53, 66,
Ord of Bingfield, genealogy, and history, 229, 230,
Ord of Whitfield, family origin, 229.
Ord, Barbara (1713), bequest to, 21,
— Cuthbert (1547), lands in Stotsford, 65; (1800)
lands in Lillswood, 65.
— Edward (1608), tenant of Hackford, 66,
— George (1500), a trooper, 8 n ; (1610) tenant, 66.
— Henry (1547), owner of Lillswood, 64,
— James (1726), inherits Dotland, 41,
— John (1500), a trooper, 8 n ; (1650) deed of gift to,
55 n ; possessions of, 65, 66 ; acts as arbitrator, 138 ;
(1676) of Brokenheugh, purchases estate, 55 n ;
deed of gift confirmed to, 56, 58 ; (1712) bequest to,
60 ; (1726) ot Newcastle, will, 41 ; (1738) marriage,
^3 i ('752) of Newcastle, commissioner, 2; will,
41 ; (1825) mortgagee, 30,
— Ralph ofthe Holmes (1570), deposition, 114.
— Richard (d, 1696-7), of Barker-house, marriage, 54 ;-
lands, 55 ; provisions of will, 55-6, 58,
— Robert (1637), of Birks, sells lands in Buteland, 365.
— Sarah (««V Carr), parentage, 41 n; (k«V Johnson) 60,
— (nuper Thirlwall), Susanna, marriages, 54, ,
— Thomas (1718), clerk of the peace, 346; (1734) free
holder in Bagraw, 16 n ; (d, 1798) surgeon, holding
of, 7 ; (1800) lands in LiUswood, 65,
— WiUiam (1755), purchases Monkwood, 97; (1858)
purchases Ninebanks and Keenlyside, 121-2.
Ordley, Robert (d, 151 7), killed, 44.
Ordley, hamlet and school -house, 43; known as
' Urde,' 44 ; early history and present owners, 44-5,
Ornsbjf, George (d, 1712), curate ot Allenheads, 86 ;
burial, 100,
Orton, Mr. (d, 1774), curate of Bingfield, burial, 269,
O'Shaughnessy, John J. (1866), marriage, 287,
Oswald,' King, at St, Oswald's, 176 ; victory at Hefen-
L-- felth, 177-80.
Ottercaps, granted to William de Swinburn, 255,
Ourand, John (1296), pays subsidy, 291.

Ouseley, a homestead in Allendale, 95.
Owsledale, tenement of Bee family, 117,
Ox Hill camps, 216, 289 n,
Oxenrods, quarry, 3 ; position of, 46.
Oxford and Mortimer, Henrietta Cavendish Holies,
countess of (1752), lands at Hexham, 3 n, 7.
Oxhird, John (1479), tenant of Bingfield mill, 225.
Oxley, Henry (1752J, of Hexham, tenant, 7.
Oxton, Robert (1401), prebendary of Thockrington, 388.
P,
Pace-gate, homestead in Chipchase, 350,
Pagan, of Bingfield (thirteenth century), 223.
Page, Thomas (1538), a trooper, 240.
Paise, the, hamlet, 21 ; muster roll, 21 ; owners, 21-2 ;
commons divided, 22 ; order to tenants, 49.
Park, Gilbert (1654), of Warton, marriage, 35.
— Robert (1716), trustee, 117.
Park grieveship, in AUendale, i, 76 ; bequests to poor
of, 87, 87 n, 88 n ; proprietors of, 98 ; acreage of, 98,
Park-house, in High Quarter, position and owners, 67,
Park-house, homestead in Chipchase, 350.
Parker, Archbishop (1559), order as to 'readers,' 80.
— Jane (nee Johnson), (1724), bequest to, 60; (1752)
of the Shaw, tenant, 7.
— John (1775), petition by, 89 n.
— Richard (1618), curate of Hexhamshire, 28.
— Thomas (1752), of Whitesmocks, tenant, 7,
Parkin (Caldcleugh), Isabel, marriage, 123,
Parkside, homestead in Allendale, 90 n.
Partis (Reed), Jane (1750), marriage, 395.
Paslay, John (1336), of Thockrington, pays subsidy,
399 n-.
Pastor, Richard (1296), of Birtley, pays subsidy, 354.
Patten, Robert (1706), curate of Allendale and chaplain
to Jacobite forces, 80 ; biography, 80-1 ; his coun
terpart in fiction, 81,
Pattinson, Pattison, and Patison, Gerard (1538), of
Chollerton, a trooper, 258.
— Gilbert (1538), of Acomb, a trooper, 136.
— Henry (1538), of West Allendale, a trooper, 109,
— Janet (nee Bee), (1595), named in will, 116.
— John (1538), a trooper, 75, 109 ; (1589) witness, 270.
— Margaret (1608), holds Allendale chantry lands, 83.
— Matthew (1538) of East Allendale, a trooper, 75,
— Richard (1538), of Acomb, a trooper, 136,
— Stephen (1538), of West Allendale, a trooper, 109.
— Thomas (1538), a trooper, 75, 170 ; (1752) of Caton,
Lancashire, tenant, 7; (1694) tenantin Acomb, 140 n.
Pawpert-nowse, tenement of Bee family, 116,
Pawton, Bartholomew (1538), a trooper, 75.
Pawtson, Robert (1538), a trooper, 258.
Peacock, Captain GUes (1719), witness to baptism, 235.
Peacock-house, position, 65 ; acreage and owner, 66,
Pearson, Christopher (1670), of Bishopfield, baptism, 85,
— Jane (d, 1677), of the Spital, death, 86.
— George (1626), tenant in Acomb, 138 ; (1663)
possessions, 94 ; (d. 1675) death, 85 ; (circa 1720)
marriage, 38.
— alias Hutchinson, Janet (1563), marriage suit, 82.
— Lionel (1538), of Cocklaw, a trooper, 184.
— Mary (1677), of Bishopfield, baptism, 86.
— Michael (1752), of Newcastle, commissioner, 2j
tenant in Wall, 171 ; (1779) tenant in Acomb, 141;
— Richard (1538), of Cocklaw, a trooper, 1S4.
— Robert (1538), a trooper, 184; (1626) tenant in
Acomb, 138, 139, i4on; (1663) tenant otWestburn-
hope, 71 ; (1665) baptism, 85.

464

INDEX.

Pearson, Roger (1640), of Blackheddon, trustee, 231.
— Thomas (1538), a trooper, 184, 293 ; (1563),
curious marriage suit, 82.
— WilUam (1538), a trooper, 293 ; (1663) possessions
of, 94 ; (d, 1681) marriage and death, 86,
Pearson, of Hexham Spital and Bishopfield, 95.
Peart, Joseph (1733), trustee, 120,
— (Robson), Mary (1762), marriage, &c,, 119, 120,
Peas-meadow, in Allendale, 104 n,
Peasland plantation, evidence of glacial action, 250,
Peck Riding, in Allendale, 98 n.
Pedigrees. See Genealogies,
Peek, Richard (1741), of Newbiggin, commissioner,
328 n,
Peile, Benjamin (1756), the learned nonconformist
minister of Hexham, lands, 7 ; on Roman inscrip
tions at Caervoran, 147 ; bequests to, 236 n ; (1770)
of Newcastle, trustee, 58,
Pekefeld (parish of Stanhope), named in Gunnerton
charters, 325, 325 n,
Pele, Robert de (1300), chaplain, party to suit, 412,
Peleson, Wm, (1417), prebendary of Thockrington, 388.
Penda, king of Mercia, defeats King Edwin at
Haethfelth, 177,
Percy (nuper Umframvill), Eva de (1274), marriage, 256,
— William de (1274), marriage, 256,
Perigord (Stanley), Maria Teresa de Tallyrand (1875),
marriage, 194,
Peryth, John of (1339), vicar of Kirkwhelpington, 414,
Petrel-field, East and West, homesteads, 5.
Pethfoot, in Low Quarter, 42.
Philipson, George (1608), tenements in West Allen, 121,
— George Hare (1830), marriage, 38,
— Henry (1538), a trooper, 75,
— Hugh (1547), tenement of, 121,
— Katherine (1752), of Hexham, tenant,'7,
— Richard (1538), a trooper, 109,
— Robert (1538), a trooper, 157,
Phillips, Francis (1666) of New MiU, 92.
Pickering, George (1755), of Nunwick, holding of,
4n, 7.
Pickup, Rev. Fred. (1893), curate of Ninebanks, in,
Piercy, WilUam (1295), prebendary of Thockrington, 388,
Pietroon, See Pyetroon.
Pigdon, or Pyke-den, a manor of the Herons, 343,
Pigg, James (1817), owner of Barker-house, 56.
— Matthew (1839), of Barker-house, 56.
— (Manby), Milenar (1741), marriage, 384,
Pingle, the, in Allendale, 122.
Pithills, old outcrop workings near, 248,
Pitland hill, in Birtley, 357.
Pity Me camps, 216, 319 ; quarries, 320.
Planetrees, remains of Roman Wall at, 160, 162.
Plantagenet, Geoffrey, archbishop ot York; 9 ; (d. circa
1212) 9 ; exchanges land, 16.
Plummer (Ruddock), Mary (d. 1831), marriage, 4.
Plunket (RiddeU), Lady Henrietta, marriage, 287.
Pods-bank, in Allendale, 90.
Pole, Cardinal (1556), grants dispensation to Shafto,
vicar of Chollerton, 269.
Ponteland, Peter de (1356J, witness, 201,
Poole, Barbara and Elizabeth (1824), devisees of
William Ord of Ardley, 58,
Porchet, Ralph de (1233), 45,
Porter, Edward (1606), curate of Birtley, 360.
Porteus, James (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 7,
Portgate, in parish of St, John Lee, i, 125 ; section of
Roman Wall at, 161, 211 n ; camp at, 163 ; subject
of law suit, 193 ; township, 211 ; acreage and

census returns, 211 ; tower, 211 n ; derivation of
name, 211, 215; successive owners, 186, 212-14;
part of Errington estates, 214; Leazes, 191, 212;
East Field, acreage, 193 n,
Portgate, in AUendale, 90 n.
Poste, Alan (1296), pays subsidy, 277.
Potter, WilUam (1741), commissioner, 328 n.
Potts, Frances (1698), co-heiress of Thomas Errington,
237 n,
— John (1897), owner of Barker-house, 56,
— Mary (1740), of Hexham, named in will, 154.
— (Coats), Mary (1791), marriage, 134,
— Peter (1680), mortgagee of Hallington estate, 241.
— Robert (1786), of Warton, parentage, 213,
— Roger (1538), a trooper, 380.
— ¦ Thomas (1698), estates in Bingfield, 237 n.
— Thomas of "VVarton (1730), marriage, 213.
Poulteney (Heron), Catherine (1718), marriage, 342.
Powrye, George (1597), clerk, minister at St. Oswald's,
204,
Prath, Reginald (1251), knight, his estates at Haugh
ton, the Huntland, and Knaresdale, 254,
Pratt, Ann (1694), tenant of Acomb mill, 140 n ; party
to division, 141.
— Dixon (1897), owner of High Holmes, 53.
Pre-historic remains : at Allendale, implements and
weapons, 88 ; at ChoUerford bridge, flint imple
ments, 169; at Stagshaw, um, amulet, etc, 207;
Cobb's causey, 217 ; at Hallington, whetstone, etc,
238 ; at Chollerton, urn and flint flake, 253 ; at Great
Swinburn, culture terraces and 'standing stone'
(illustration), 272-3 ; at Barrasford, standing stones,
stone tools, urns, shield boss, and silver disks, etc,
311-2; at Gunner Peak, British village and hut
circles (plans), 313-4; at Gunnerton, a conical
mound of unknown use known as Gunnerton
Money-bills, 319 ; at Chipchase, bronze spear
heads and axes, 330; at Birtley, hut circles, 351 ;
querns (illustration), 352; cup -marked stones
(illustration), 353 ; urns, weapons, etc., 352-3 ;
culture terraces and iron workings, 354; in
Broomhope, culture tenaces and iron workings,
363 ; at Thockrington, hut circle and avenue of
stones, 387 ; at Sweethope, urn, 408, See also
Camps and Roman remains.
Prestman, Adam (1296), pays subsidy, 354,
Preston (Ord), Ann (1685), marriage, 229.
Priestpopple, tenements in, 14, 15, 18, 116,
Prior Thorns, near Hexham, 147.
Prior's cleugh, in Swinburn, 305 n.
Proctors, of Allendale, their ecclesiastical duties, 79 ;
named, 115,
Proctor, Rev, William (1826), lecturer of Berwick, 271.
Proda, John (1538), of East AUendale, a trooper, 75.
Prodin, Gerard (1538), of Coastley, a trooper, 13,
Prujeon, Francis (1737), bequest to, 192,
Pry, in AUendale, 104 n,
Punchardun, Nicholas (1297), juror, 322 n.
Puncheon, Dorothy (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 7.
Punder, John (1336), pays subsidy, 377 n.
Pye, Thomas (1648), of Morpeth, lands in Todridge, 236.
Pyetroon, in AUendale, owners, 95, 95 n.
Q-
Quakers, in AUendale, 83, 89, 96, 104 ; burial ground
at the Holmes, 98 ; meeting houses at Alnwick and
Embleton, 108.
Quardelin, Alan (1279), tenant, 275, 276 n.

INDEX.

465

Quarry-house, homestead in Thockrington, 387, 403,
423.
Quarry-house, homestead in Swinburn, 272.
' Quarters,' the designation of four townships of
Hexham, 8 ; similar instances in the parishes of
Bywell St. Andrew and Ryton, 8.
Queen's cave, near Hexham, tradition, 48 n.
Querns, found near Birtley (illustration), 352. See also
Pre-historic remains.
Quicksand ford, near Hexham, 14, 15,
R,
Radcliffe, Sir Cuthbert, 'chancellor' (1574), witness, 115,
— Edward (1608), lands, 53, 70 ; (1683) 191.
— Sir Edward (1650), estates, 17, 50, 53, 65, 70;
benefactions, 26 ; sells Portgate, 212-3,
— Francis (1623), acquires Linnels mill, 32 ; (1692)
mortgage on Bingfield, 228.
— Sir Francis (1654), purchases Coastley, 15 ; party
to conveyance of Portgate, 213 ; mortgagee of
Bingfield, 232 ; marriage, 285 ; purchases Bute-
land, 366,
— Lady Mary (1693), bequest to, 260,
— Richard (1580), of Hexham, deponent, 270,
— Thomas (1693), bequest to, 260 ; bond, 261,
— William (1631), acquires Portgate, 212; (1693)
bequest to, 260.
Raine, Benjamin (1745), of Durham, marriage, 342.
— Thomas (1673), marriage, 361,
Rakeshield, in Allendale, 116-7.
Ramsay family, share in Errington estates, 193, 195,
Ramsay, Cuthbert, of Beukley, marriage, 418,
— David (1770), marriage, 395,
— (Cotesworth), Elizabeth, marriage, 146.
— George (1640), trustee, 231.
— (Cotesworth), Hannah (1699), marriage, 145.
— WilUam (d. 1698), goldsmith, biographical notes, 370.
Ramshaw, John (1752), tenant, 7 ; Mr. (d. 1697), 268.
Rankin (Cuthbert), Annie Beatrice (1887), 206.
Ranyngton, Hugh de (1331), lands in Bingfield, 224.
Ratchester, Robert (1552), setter and searcher, 196 n.
Ratione tenura roads, the term explained, 32 n.
Rattenraw, in Hexhamshire, 60.
Raunde, Thomas (1538), trooper, 225.
Raven, Margaret (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 7.
Rawe, John de (1385), charge against, 201.
— Thomas (1538), a trooper, 21,
Rawes, John (1844), incumbent of Allendale, 81,
Rawgreen, East and West, High and Low, 48, 52, 66.
Rawlinson (Andrews), Anne (d. 1769), marriage, 235.
Ray, Thomas de (1296), pays subsidy, 364,
Raymes, Robert de (1348), witness, 333 n,
Raynnyl, William (1538), a trooper, 240,
Readburnshield, in Allendale, 116-7,
' Readers,' the ministers of Allendale so styled, 79 ;
explanation and origin of the institution, 80, 80 n ;
how paid, 79,
Reaver Crag, camp, 216 ; glacier action, 310.
Red burn, course of, 135,
Redchester, Reginald (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 7,
Rede, river, crossed by Watling Street, 167 n ; course,
363, 370,
Redesdale, John de (1296), pays subsidy, 399 ; lands in
Thockrington, 401.
Redesmouth house, estate, account of, 370-1, 373-4 ;
(1698) mill burnt, 374 ; bridge, erection of, 374.
Redhead, Stephen (1597J, witness, 203.
Redheugh, in Allendale, 121,

Redmayne, Thomas (1538), a trooper, 380,
Redshaw and Readshaw, Cuthbert (d, 1584), 54, 70.
— (ThirlwaU) Dorothy (d, 1617), marriage, etc, 54, 55,
— Isabella (1351), holds manor of Errington, 186,
— Jacob (1776), of Wolsingham, bequest to, 93,
— (Errington), Jane, marriage, 54; holdings of, 55, 70.
— Richard (1410), witness, 13 n; (1547) 54, 66,
— ¦ Roland (1500), a trooper, 8 n.
— WUliam (1351), lands, 186 ; (1410) witness, 13 n.
Reed of Chipchase, pedigree, 347 ; epitaphs, 349.
Reed, Reid, and Read, Archibald, of BeUingham, the
founder of a family, epitaph, 347,
— Christopher (1731), of Carrycoats, baptism, 395;
(d, 1764) of Waterfalls, burial, 395 ; (d, 1770) of
Chipchase, parentage, 347 ; a tithe holder, 271 ;
epitaph, 349,
— Edward (1594), of Errington, witness, 294 n ; (1597)
of Keepwick, a deponent, 204 ; (1698) bequest to, 120.
— George (1743), depositions by, 368.
— Henry (1597), witness, 204,
— James (1597), appraiser, 295.
— John (1698), of Catton Lee, 120; (1722) lands in
Baggraw, 16 n ; (1750) of Thockrington, marriage,
395 ; (d. 1754) trustee, 22 ; purchases Chipchase,
346 ; epitaph, 349 ; inter-common rights in Birtley,
357 ; suit by, 367 ; (1787) of Newcastle, purchases
Cowden, 300 ; (d, 1808) of Humshaugh, burial, 395 ;
(d, 1842) of Chipchase, corn tithes, 271 ; lands in
Gunnerton, 329 ; assignment to trustees, 348 ;
appointed distributer of stamps, 348,
— (Soulsby), Martha (d, 1779), marriage, 243.
— Percival (1538), a trooper, 293 ; (1623) of Troughend,
sells Broomhope, etc, 365.
— Rachel (d, 1772), burial, 395,
— Robert (1663), proprietor in Sandhoe, 211,
— Roger (1597), of Keepwick, alleged marriage with
Isabella Carnaby, 203-4,
— Thomas (1748), lands at the Snape, 16 n ; award
by, 171 n ; depositions by, 368,
— William (1440), of Troughend, possessions of, 365 ;
(1799), marriage, 300.
Reedwood Scroggs, scene of a tragedy, 372.
Reever hill farm, in Barrasford, 318 n,
Reginald, shepherd of Colwell (1256), 291.
' Rei,' identified with Ryall and Rye hill, 47,
Rennoldson, Joseph (1801), marriage, 345,
Renwick, James (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 7.
— Matthew (1748), of AUendale, 84,
— Robert (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 7,
Reperiis, Robert de (1232), seneschal, witness, 398.
Retford, Rd.de (1364), prebendary of Thockrington, 388.
Rewcastle, James (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 7,
— John (1538), of Keepwick, a trooper, 196,
— Miles (1538), of Keepwick, a trooper, 196.
¦ — Roger (1538), of Keepwick, a trooper, 196.
Reymes (Tyndale), Lucy de, parentage, 325,
Richard (1293), chaplain of Little Bavington, 412.
Richard, son of Alan, of West Swinburn (1279), 275,
276, 277 ; implicated in rebeUion, 279.
Richardson, Edward (1538), a trooper, 109,
— EUzabeth (Watson), (d. 1859) marriage, 105 ;
(Watson) (1863) marriage, 106,
— Henry, of Newcastle, marriage, 106,
— Hob (1538), of AUendale, a trooper, no,
— Hugh, marriage, 106,
— John (1538), a trooper, 157 ; (1664) churchwarden,
92 ; (1769)01 Ordley, 44 ; charitable bequest by, 88 n.
— Matthew (1538), of AUendale, a trooper, 75,
— Nicholas (1772), curate of Ninebanks, in.

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466

INDEX.

Richardson, Robert(i538),of FaUowfield, a trooper, 157,
— (Swinburn), Sarah, marriage, 42.
— Thomas (1538), of Allendale, a trooper, 109,
Richborough, terminus of WatUng Street, 215,
Richmond, Christopher (d, 1702), burial, 86,
— Elizabeth (1726), of Crossgate, Durham, 98 n,
— (Mewburn), Margaret, marriage, 142,
Rickerby, — (1712), minister of AUenheads, 100,
Riddell of Swinburn castle and Felton, pedigree, 284 ;
evidences, 288 ; history of family, 283-9,
Riddell, Dorothy (1772), bequest to, 422,
— (Shafto), Elizabeth (d, 1747), marriage, 418, 421.
— (Ramsay), EUzabeth (1770), marriage, 395.
— John (1538), a trooper, 240,
— J, G, (1897), estates of, 296, 301, 310, 318, 319, 329,
— Mark, of Hunton (1721), issue, 286,
— Ralph (1772), of Cheeseburn 2S6 ; trustee, 422, . ,
— Ralph (1826), corn tithes, 271-2 ; purchases Little
Swinburn, 310,
— Thomas, of Fenham (d, 1704), purchases Swinburn
and Colwell, 296 ; biographical declaration, 288 ;
(d, 1733) a fugitive, 422 ; (d, circa 17S9) tithes, 271 ;
marriage, 282 ; demolishes castle at Swinburn and
erects modern structure, 282 ; estates of, 296, 301 ;
bequest, 422,
— Thomas (1870), builds a chapel at Swinburn, 283.
— WiUiam (d. 1698), of Gateshead, contemporary ac
count of pecuniary circumstances, 288.
Riddlehamhope, account of, 69-70.
Riding, in Allendale, homestead, 90.
Riding, the (St. John Lee), mansion house of, 126,
Ridingfield, in AUendale, 116,
Ridley, of Coastley, an ancient family, pedigree, 14 ;
evidences and history, 12-15,
Ridley of Westwood, family of, 1 7,
Ridley, Anne (1757), bequest to, 143 ; (1719) named
in will, 143.
— Edward (1626), tenant in Acomb, 138; (1752) of
Burn house, tenant, 7,
— Elizabeth (1757), named in will, 143,
— Gerard (1662), of the Hurst, marriage, 227.
— Henry (1583), prebendary of Thockrington, 389,
— Jane (Errington) (1500), marriage, 188; (1757)
named in will, 143.
— (Heron), Joan (149 1 ), married by dispensation, 340, 343.
— John (1535), of Coastley, suit by, 5 ; setter and
searcher, 9; (1550) marriage, 188; (d, 1579) ex
changes lands in Coastley, 14, 18 ; (1757) named
in wUI, 143 ; (1775) mortgagee, 93 ; (1779) tenant
in Acomb, 141 ; charitable bequest by, 87 n.
— Lawrence (1538), of Coastley, a trooper, 13.
— Margaret (postea Widdrington) (1610), marriage
settlement, 15 ; (Thirwall) marriage, 35 ; (Carr)
marriage, 44,
— Matthew, of Ordley and Softley (d, 1643), possessions
of, 44; (d. 1668) death, 44; (1700)) bequest to.
Son ; (1741) commissioner, 328 n,
— NeviU (1718), party to deed, 339 n,
— Nicholas (1410), has grant of Coastley, etc, and
founds a family, 12, 14 ; of WiUimoteswick (d. 1586),
possessions at death, 69; under sheriff, 115 ; acts
as commissioner, 207, 226.
— Peter (1626), of Ordley-hall, possessions of, 44.
— Ralph (1752), of Newcastle, tenant, 7.
— Richard (1713), inherits Acomb mill, 143 ; will, 143.
— (Reed), Sarah, marriage, 347.
— Thomas (1707), of Simonburn, marriage, 57 ;
(d. circa 1719) of Acomb, will of, 143 ; (1779)
tenant in Acomb, 141 ; (1782) of Anick, will of 143.

Ridley, Violet of Sweethope (d. 1838), burial, 395.
— William (1566), has grant of Westwood from the
Crown, 17 n ; of Willimoteswick (d. 1599), lands in
Harwood Shield, 69 ; (circa 1600) marriage, 341 ;
1643) ot Softley, inheritance, 44; (1646) estates
surrendered to, 55 ; (1752) of Hexham, tenant, 7,
Ridley green, water corn'mill at, 120,
Rigge, W, P, (d. 1896), incumbent of St, John Lee, 132.
Rise green, AUendale, 104 n,
Ritschell, Rev, George (d, 1724), account of Whitley
chapel, 26-7 ; of AUendale chapel, 77-8 ; of AUen
dale charities, 87-8 ; of West Allen chapel, no.
Ritson (Thirlwall), Margaret (d. 1698), marriage, 23,
— Peter (1699), amount owing to, 104,
Robert, son of Elias (1269), lands, etc, Thockrington,
397-8,
Roberts, Nicholas (1752), of Hexham abbey, tenant, 7,
Robertson, Robert (1538), a trooper, 225.
Robinson, Agnes (1599), named in will, 415.
— Andrew (1538), of Bingfield, a trooper, 225.
— Anthony (1538), of AUendale, a trooper, 109,
— (Watson), Bessie, marriage, 106,
— Cuthbert (1538), of AUendale, a trooper, 75,
— (nuper Bee), Elizabeth (1741), administratrix, 117.
— Gerard (1538), of Bingfield, a trooper, 225.
— Jacob (1754J, parish , clerk of Allendale, office
against, etc., 84, 85.
— James (circa 1740), marriage, 369,
— John (1410), tenant, 12 n ; (1538) a trooper, 75 ;
(1777), office against, 85,
— Robert (1538), a trooper, 170, 225.
— Roger (1535), tenement in Anick, 151,
— Thomas (1538), a trooper, 225 ; (1538), of Colwell,
witness, 294 n.
— W, (1653), trustee, 295.
— William (1538), a trooper, 169 ; (1545), prebendary
of Thockrington, 389, 3Sgn; (1656) goldsmith, 37on;
(1777) office against, 85,
Robson of Ninebanks tower, pedigree, 119 ; evidences,
120.
Robson, Ann (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 7,
— Clement (1538), of Allendale, a trooper, 75,
— Cuthbert (1586J, tenant in Birtley, 356,
— David (1538), of Yarridge, a trooper, 18,
— ¦ Edmund (1538), of Coastley, a trooper, 13, 18 ;
(1542) of Greenridge, order of court against, 49;
(1586) tenant in Birtley, 356.
— Edward (1693), of Whiteside Law, marriage, 268 ;
(d. 1700) acquires moiety of Ninebanks and adds
house to tower, 118 ; descendants, 119 ; will, 120 ;
holding in Acomb, 140 n ; charitable bequest by,
88 n.
— (nee Kell), EUzabeth (1719), named in will, 172 ;
Heron (1748), marriage, 362.
— Gerard (1538), of Keepwick, a trooper, 196.
— George (1538), of Dotland, a trooper, 40.
— Hector (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 7,
— Humphrey (1586), tenant in Birtley, 356.
— James (1586), tenant in Birtley, 356,
— Jane, charitable bequest by, 88 n.
— John, of Langlee (1479), 128; (1538) a trooper,
380; (155^) bailiff of Birtley, 246, 355; (1586)
tenant in Barrasford, 317; (1586) tenant in East
Buteland, 365; (1586) tenant in Birtley, 356;
(1698) of Pikestone, party to petition, 374 ; of
Ninebanks (1700), supervisor of wiU, Son; (1734)
of BoothUl miU, tenant, 16 n ; (1743) depositions
by, 368; (1747) tenant in Wall, 171; (iSoo) of
Allenheads mill, purchases Stotsfold, 65,

INDEX.

467

Robson (n^e Errington), Margaret (1720), adminis
tratrix, 192.
— (MUbank), Mary (1682), marriage, 232; (Mun
caster), (1708) marriage, 86,
— Matthew (1668), bequest to, 372 ; (1752) of Hexham,
tenant, 7,
— Nicholas (1693), gives bond, 261,
— Richard (1839), tenant in Bingfield, 222,
— Robert (1538), a trooper, 225, 258 ; (1626) lands in
Wall, 138 ; (1716) carpenter, 242 ; (1839) lands in
Bingfield, 222.
— • Roger (1537), a trooper, 136 n, 170, 207.
— Thomas (1538), a trooper, 8 n, 170, 293, 380; of
Low Shield Green (1717), a creditor of Thomas
Errington, 191 ; (1S84) memorial window to, 359,
— Timothy (1682), alderman, estate in Bingfield, 232.
— WiUiam (1538), a trooper, 225 ; (1552) setter and
searcher, 245-6, 355 ; (1586) free tenant in Birtley,
356; (1626) tenant in Wall, 138 ; value of holding,
171; (1693) gives bond, 261 ; (1752) ot Wallington,
commissioner for dividing Hexham common, 2 ;
(1752) of Hexham, 7 ; trustee, 131 n ; (1884) erects
memorial window at Birtley, 359.
Rochester (Fairless), Dorothy (d. 1799), marriage, 119.
— (nee Cuthbertson), Mary (d 1799), marriage, etc.,
213-4,
Roddam, Christopher(i538), of Allendale, a trooper, 75.
— Elizabeth, charitable bequest by, 88 n,
— Hugh, charitable bequest by, 88 n.
— John, of Swinhope (1696), marriage, 86.
— John Joseph, of Stanhope, marriage, 106.
— Joseph (1750), of WooUey, executor, 93.
— Robert (1538), of Allendale, a trooper, 75,
— -William (1538), of Allendale, a trooper, 109.
Rodfurthe, Henry (1538), of Fallowfield, a trooper, 157.
Roger, abbot of Newminster, common rights at Thock
rington, 399,
Roger's hill, in Gunnerton, origin of name, 328 n,
Roger son of Pagan (1220), sells niefs, 223, 223 n,
RoUand, Thomas (1500), a trooper, 8 n.
Roman bridge across North Tyne, 164; the earlier
structure, 165-6; illustration and plans, 165; de
tails of construction, 166-8 ; coins, pottery, etc,
found in excavations, 167,
Roman remains : roads at Catton, 94 ; altar at St. John
Lee, 130; altar at Brunton house, 173 n, 179;
altars and slab at HaUington hall, 238 ; pillars at
Chollerton, 263 ; altar at Chollerton (illustration),
264; centurial stone at St, Oswald's Hillhead, 164;
Samian ware and coins at Chollerford, 167,
Roman Wall, description of the section which crosses
the parish of St, John Lee, 160-164,
Romayne, archbishop (1294), grants of land by, 39;
encouragement to agriculture, 39 ; cites prior and
convent, 77 ; appoints commissions, 150, 223,
Rookhope fell, in Weardale, cattle-gates on, 98 n,
Ropehaugh, a homestead in Allendale, 104 n.
Roper house, a homestead in Allendale, 90 n,
Roseles, John de (1297), juror, 322 n.
Roses Bower, course of Roman road at, 217,
Roucheclyve, William de (1279), witness to deed, 275 n,
Rouhbye, Doctor (1563), chancellor of York, 82.
Round Meadows, a homestead in Allendale, 95.
Routledge, William (1693), gives bond, 261.
Rowantree Cleugh, fissure, 73.
Rowchester, homestead in Chipchase, 333, 343, 350.
RoweU, Alexander (1538), of Dotland, a trooper, 40.
— Ann (1663), rated for the Paise, 21,
— Anthony (1538), of FaUowfield, a trooper, 157,

Rowell, Cuthbert (1621), a negligent rate-collector, 83.
— Edward (1538), a trooper, 157; (1897) lands in
WaU, 172,
— (nh Shield), EUzabeth (1595), executrix, 92,
— George (1538), of FaUowfield, a trooper, 157,
— Henry (1538), of Fallowfield, a trooper, 157.
— Hugh (1694), of Sandhoe, commissioner, 140,
— James (1538), of Fallowfield, a trooper, 157.
— -John (1693), executor, 421; of Hexham (1700),
indicted for enclosing Stagshaw common, 191 ;
(1752) of Matfen, tenant, 7.
— Matthew (1746), bequest to, 122.
— Nicholas (1751J, churchwarden, office against, 134.
— PhiUp (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 7.
— (nee KeU), Sarah (1723), named in will, 173,
— Weldon (1718), of Sandhoe, bequest to, 153,
RoweU, family of Litterage, 66.
Rowland (Errington), Elizabeth (d. 1616), marriage, 54.
— John (d, 1658), inheritance of, 41.
— Isabel (1663), possessions of, 41.
— (nh KeU), Katherine (1722), named in will, 173,
— Thomas (1547), holdings of, 51 ; (1608) tenant, (a, ;
(1626) marriage, 41^
— WiUiam (1659), land in Dotland, 41; (1752)
of Hexham, tenant, 7.
Rowley, William de (1296), pays subsidy, 277,
Rowley burn, an affluent of Devil's water, course of,
8, 25, 42, 45, 53, 62 ; known as Linn burn, 71.
Rowley,, an ancient manor in the High Quarter,
history, 70-1.
Rowley ward, extent and explanation of term, 8, 25, 71,
Roxburgh, Peter of (1293), tried for robbery, 109 n,
— WilUam of (1293), tried for robbery, 109 n.
Royal Banks, near Newbiggin, tradition concerning, 48,
Ruddock of Okerland and Hexham, pedigree, 4.
Ruleystal, identified with the Steel, 46 ; granted to
Hexham priory, 46,
Rumney, Sarah (b, 1701), baptism, 26 n.
— William (1699), schoolmaster, marriage, 26 n,
Rupon, (?) John de (1336), pays subsidy, 308,
Rushebasket, Adam de (1303), acquires Langhope and
Nubbock, 16, 18.
Rushworth, John (1653), of Lincoln's Inn, purchases
lands at Colwell and Bingfield, 231, 295-6,
Russell, William (1296), pays subsidy, 377,
Rutherford, Aymer de (1306), marriage, 276-7.
— (Errington), Grace, marriage, 186, 188,
— Rev, James, minister at Great Bavington (d. 1802),
burial, 395.
— (nee Errington), Jane (1640), bequest to, igo.
•— (nee Swinburn), JuUana (1306), marriages, 276-7,
— Margaret (d, 1806), of Great Bavington, burial, 395.
— Thomas (1640), marriage, 188 ; named in will, 190,
— William (1643), bequest to, 190.
Ruthven (?), William (1681), marriage, 268,
Rutter (Watson), Ann (d, 1726), marriage, 105.
— William, junior (1732), attorney-at-law, 329 n.
S.
Saccamina, fossil found near Swinburn, 248,
St, Columba, vision to St. Oswald, 178 n.
St. Giles' hospital, Hexham, rent charge in Fallowfield,
156 ;¦ in Portgate, 212.
St. Helen's chapel. See Whitley chapel.
St, John Baptist, the original dedication and designa
tion of the church of St. John Lee, 128.
St, John of Beverley, his hermitage in Acomb, 127,
143 ; aUeged to be patron saint of St, John Lee, 128.

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INDEX.

St. John of Jerusalem, knights of, a fourteenth-century
story of one of the brethren, 128 ; property in
Thockrington, 388, 398, 401, 402. See Hospitallers,
St. John Lee, church of, beauty of site, 127 ; identified
with Eagle's Nest and Hernshou, 127 ; the scene of
miracles, 127 ; the explanation of its designation,
128 ; endowment and value of benefice, 94, 129 ;
status of church and benefice, 129 n, 221 ; archi
tectural details ot old building (with illustrations),
130; list of incumbents, 131-2 ; ancient grave
cover (illustration), 130 ; monumental inscriptions,
^3^-3 i parish register, 133-4 i visitations and
charities, 134, 192,
St, John Lee, history of the parish, 125-244 ; enumera
tion of townships, i, 125 ; natural features, 125-7,
St, Mary's Chare (1579), tenements belonging to John
Ridley of Coastley, 14-5,
St, Michael, 'coemeterium' of, identified with Warden
church, 127.
St. Nicholas, Lawrence de (1226), prebendary of
Thockrington, 388.
St, Oswald, his cross erected at battle' of Hefenfelth,
178-9; Beda's evidence, 179-80; and collect for
feast of, 179 n.
St, Oswald-on-the-Wall, church of, position of, 125,
175 ; repairs to, 129, 176; graveyard, 175 ; descrip
tion of present structure, 176 ; subordinate to St.
John Lee, 221.
St. Oswald's HiU-head, centurial stone at, 164.
St. Peter's-in-the-Forest, formerly designated the Low
Chapel, account of, 99 ; Ust of incumbents, 100 ;
epitaphs, loo-i ; endowments of benefice, 100 n ;
school, 90.
Salkeld (Thirlwall), Francis (d. 1696), marriage, 35,
— Thomas (circa 1600), marriage, 341,
Salmon, Robert (1755), of Hexham, holdings of, 4n, 7;
(1779) tenant in Acomb, 141,
Salmon-field, in Middle Quarter, 48, 52, 53.
Salter, George (1610), grantee of lands in Chollerton,
259.
Salvin (Riddell), IsabeUa (1803), twice married, 286,
— (Riddell), Margaret (1798), marriage, 286.
— Rebecca (1641), a creditor, 344,
Sample, Thomas (1897), owner of Carrycoats, 405,
Sampson, son of Sampson (1226), exchanges land, 16 ;
of WaU (1295), tenant, 170.
Sanderson of Healey, family obtains Tone estates, 299.
Sanderson, Charles (1722), named in will, 146.
— John (1659), possessions in Dotland, 41.
— • Thomas (1663), of Healey, estates, 42, 46.
— William (1663), possessions in Dotland, 41; (d,i673)
burial, 133 ; of Tone and Healey (1784), parentage,
299 ; contested succession, 299 ; assumes name of
Hodgson, 299.
Sandhoe, in parish of St, John Lee, history of, i, 125 ;
township, 198, 211 ; bequest to poor of, 134, 235 ;
amalgamated for census with Anick and Anick
Grange, 149 n, 150 n, 198 n ; area and population,
198 ; residential houses — Beaufront, 198 ; Sandhoe
house, 205 ; Stagshaw Close house, 207 ; possessions
of Hexham priory, 205, 207 ; 15th and i6th century
surveys, 30, 207 ; muster roll, 207 ; proprietors in
1663, 211, See also Beaufront and Stagshaw,
Sandhoe Low hall, acreage, 193 n.
Sandon, Adom de (1303), suit against, 156,
Sandy Sike, on Eshells moor, 73,
Sandybraes, trials for lead, 250.
Sapy, Robert de (1318), king's escheator, 308.
Saunders (Capper), Ann (1830), marriage, 229,

Saunderson, Rev. Nicholas (d. 1790), chaplain at
Swinburn, 283 n.
Savory (Mewburn), Elizabeth Fanny, marriage, 142,
Sayer, Dorothy (1561), defendant in suit, 232 n,
— John (1651), defendant in suit, 232 n,
' Scalinga,' or shield; application ot the term, 30,
Scalingford, a boundary of Filton, 404,
Schefeld, John de (1308), suit against, 323, 323 n,
Schell, Anton, Bertilmay, Cuthbert, Edward, Henry,
Hugh, John, Leonard, Matthew, Renne, Robert,
William (1538), troopers, 75,
Schiftling, Roger de (1232), witness, 398,
Scholding (Shafto), Anne (1840), marriage, 420.
Sclater, 'William (1385), charge against, 201,
Scolacliffe (nie Surtees), Alice, parentage, 12,
— John de (1400), the lost heir of Coastley, 12-3,
— Richard de (1397), in possession of Coastley, 12.
Scotch-hall, homestead in Allendale, 90 n, 103.
Scotch meadows, homestead "in Allendale, 104 n.
Scothalv, ferry landing in Chollerton, 256.
Scottish forays : on Greenridge, 22 ; AUendale, 75 n ;
Catton, 93 ; on Acomb, 137 ; on Errington, 185 ; on
Keepwick, 195; on Swinburn and Redpeth, 278 ;
on Barrasford, 314; on Gunnerton, 324; retreat
from Stanhope park through Allendale, 102.
Scott (nee Ridley), Ann, bequest to, 143.
— George (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 7; (1897) owner
of Bingfield lodge, 237.
— Isabel (d, 1805), of Hedchester, burial, 395.
— John (1624), prebendary of Thockrington, 389,
389 n ; (1770) of Stamfordham, surgeon, and his
children, devisees of Elizabeth Armstrong, 58.
— Thomas (1853), purchases Bingfield lodge, 237.
— Walter (1297), juror, 322 n.
— ¦ WilUam (1243), witness, 330 n ; (1336) pays subsidy,
315 n; 409; (1752) of Hexham, tenant, 7; (1779)
of Stamfordham, inherits the Holmes, 53.
Scrache, John (1296), of Gunnerton, pays subsidy, 320.
Scurr, Jonathan (1843), incumbent of Ninebanks, in ;
marriage, 362.
— Thomas (d. 1836), incumbent of Allendale, 81 ;
epitaph, 87 ; curate of Thockrington, 395-6.
Scurfield (Heron), Frances, marriage, 345.
Seals: WilUam de Acton, 279 n, 402 ; Eva de Gunner
ton, 325 ; Peter de Gunnerton, 325 ; Sir Thomas
Ilderton, 379; Robert de Lisle, 333 n ; Robert de
Ogle, 401 ; Sir John Strivelyn, 378 ; Adam de
Swinburn, 308 ; Alan de Swinburn, 257 n ; John
de Swinburn, 305 n, ; Thomas de Swinburn, 324 ;
William de Tyndale, 325,
Selby (Errington), Elizabeth (1630), marriage, 188 ;
(Shafto) marriage, 417,
— (Thirwall), Margaret, marriage, 35,
— WilUam (1598), acquires lease of Hallington, 241,
— Sir William (1650), sells lands in Bolam, 344.
Sernan, John (1336), pays subsidy, 377 n,
Seton, John and Robert de (1342), witnesses, 402,
Sewingshields, the Heron estates in, 339,
Sewingshields castle, held of the manor of Wark, 343.
Shafto of Little Bavington, pedigree, 417 ; arms, 412 ;
origin and history of family, 412-6 ; evidences to
pedigree 421 ; epitaphs, 394 ; portraits, 424.
Shafto of Carrycoats, pedigree, 406 ; epitapfis, 395.
Shafto of parish of Hartburn, pedigree, 425,
Shafto, Allan (b, circa 1745), alias Macdonald, claimant
to Hodgson estates, 298-9 ; marriage, 362.
— Alexander (1505), party to deed, 390.
— (nie Jefferson), Ann (1699), twice married, 145, 236,
406 ; (1752), of Carrycoats, bequest to,_236 n.

INDEX,

469

Shafto, Arthur (1556), vicar of Chollerton and Stam
fordham, 267 ; cited by his bishop, exhibits dispensa
tion, will, etc, 269; (1677) serves on commission,
140 ; bequest to, 228 ; sells estate, 230 ; party to
agreement, 232 n ; witness, 238,
— Barbara (1643), named in will, 190,
— Charles (i 661), of Kirkheaton, purchases Carrycoats,
4°5 ! ("75^) bequest to, 236 n,
— Cuthbert(i5oo), freeholder in Bingfield, 225 ; (1505)
party to deed, 390; (1518) of Hexham, lessee of
Thockrington manor, 402.
— Delaval (circa 1745), commits suicide, 297 ; asserted
marriage, 297-8,
— Edward (1520), holding of, 402 ; (1586) free tenant
in Buteland, 365 ; (1689) depositions by, 327-8 ;
(1715) involved in rebeUion, 425 ; his identity, 425 ;
descendants of, 425,
— (Heron), EUzabeth (d, 1711), marriage, 362 ; (1717)
baptism, 133 ; (d. 1722) burial, 269,
— (Forster), Frances, marriage, 63,
— Isabel (1643), named in will, 190,
— John (1568), estates of, 402, 415 ; (1578) of Stam
fordham, bequest to, 269 ; (1677) of Gunnerton,
bequest to, 228 ; party to agreement, 232 n ; (d,
circa 1693) vicar of Warden, founder of Haydon
Bridge school, 415 ; will of, 421 ; (1698) party to
petition, 374,
— Captain John (circa 1680), shot at Preston, 416,
424-5 ; supposed portrait of, 424 ; genealogy, 425,
— (Robson), Margery (1693), marriage, 268,
— (Clarke), Martha (d. 1814), marriage, 235 ; bequest
to, 236 n.
— (Errington), Mary (d, 1668), marriage, 227 ; (d, 1749)
sponsor, 235; burial, 395; (Shafto) (d, 1805),
marriage, 407,
— Captain iVIatthew (1774), of Hexham, burial, 395.
— Percival (1522), setter and searcher, 410 n,
— Robert (1578), of Stamfordham, bequest to, 269.
— Sir Robert (1700), sergeant-at-law, party to agree
ment, 232 n,
— Simon (1522), setter and searcher, 410 n,
— Thomas (1505), lands in Kirkheaton, 379,
— WiUiam de (1321), justice 150, 224; (1505) party
to deed, 390 ; (1608) of Bavington, tenant in Bute-
land, 365 ; (1663) estate of, 402; (d, circa 1724) of
Carrycoats, marriage, 362 ; (d.ante 1719) marriage,
286, 421 ; attainted for rebellion, 403 ; career, 416 ;
(1734) of Little Bavington, marriage, 362 ; (1747)
tenant in Wall, 171.
Shafto of BenweU, family of the Bavington stock, 417.
Shanks, John, owner of Short Knowes estate, 310,
Sharp, John (1764), archdeacon of Northumberland,
causes Whitley and Ninebanks to be severed, 25,
no.
— Mary (1755), of Hexham, lands of, 4 n, 7.
— Thomas (1752), tenant, 7 ; (1746) archdeacon ot
Northumberland, reports on 'Whitley chapel, 27 ;
on Chipchase chapel, 349 ; on Thockrington, 396.
— Captain W. G., marriage, 63,
Sharplaw, William de (1320), serves on jury, 292.
Shaw, George (1752), of Ingleton, tenant, 7.
— Thomas del (1335), suit by, 212,
Sheffield, W, (1496), prebendary of Thockrington, 389,
Shemeld, William (1749), party to petition, 43,
Shephard, William (1385), charge against, 201 ; mar
riage, 148,
Sherman, Rev. C. P. (1897), vicar of St. John Lee, 132.
Shield of Allendale, pedigree, 91 ; evidences and history
of family, 91-3, 95.

Shield, Anthony (1608), holds Allendale chantry lands,
— (Roddam),Barbara(i696), of Swinhope, marriage, 86.
— Francis (1704), bequest to, 96 ; (1748) churchwarden
of Allendale, 84,
— Jane (1723), of AUendale, office against, 83.
— Janet (1576), injunction against, 115,
— ¦ (nee Fairbridge), Joanna ( 1678), mentioned in will, 67.
— John (1617), of London, bequest to Allendale church,
87 ; of Broomhaugh, ancestry of, 95 n,
— Joshua (1704), of Allendale, bequest to, 96.
— Leonard (d, 1699), of Bridge Eale, charitable bequest
by, 87 ; will of, 95,
— Mary (1704), of Allendale, bequest to, 96.
- Nicholas (d. 1674), charitable bequest by, 87 n.
— Rebecca (1704), of Allendale, bequest to, 96.
• Shield,' appUcation of term, 30,
Shield Green, in Low Quarter, 46,
Shield Green, homestead in Birtley, 357,
Shields, W. T, (1864), incumbent of Thockrington, 396.
Shiphead, Walter (1336), pays subsidy, 332,
Shipley, Charles (1727), tenant in Barrasford, 317, 318 n,
— Edward (1586), tenant in Barrasford, 317,
— John (1586), tenant in Barrasford, 317.
Shippen, WiUiam, the Jacobite (1712), marriage with
one of the Stote heiresses, 383,
Shipton Shield, tenement, 61.
Shitlington (1593), in possession ofthe Herons, 343.
Shorngate, scene of retreat of the Scots, 102,
Short Knowes, estate in Little Swinburn, 310.
Shortmoor, homestead in Chipchase, 350.
Shortridge Sike, on Eshells moor, 73,
' Sike,' ' Sicket,' the term explained, 30 n, 304 u.
Silkesworth, Thomas de (1312), party to deed, 305 n.
Silver hill, a homestead near Acomb, 135,
Simmons (Forster), Catherine (d, 1818), marriage, 63.
— John (1760), of Kent-stone, marriage, 63.
Simon (1243), abbot of Newminster, 330.
Simpson, Alice (1626), tenant in Wall, 138,
— Barbary (1693), bequest to, 259,
— (Forster), Catherine, marriage, 63.
— (Ord), Eleanor (1762), marriage, 229,
— George (1663), owner of Hesley-well, 68.
— Henry (1663), owner of Hole-house, 32 u,
— John (1752), alderman of Newcastle, 147-8,
— (Jurin), Mary (1773), marriage, 147-8.
— Simon (1663), proprietor in Wall, 171,
Sinclair, Forster (1799), parentage, 425,
— James (1800), marriage, 425,
Sinderhope, in Allendale, 74, 104 n ; school at, 90,
Sipton Shield, in Low Quarter, 37.
Sipton Shield, in Allendale, 104 n,
Sisson, WilUam (1727), bequest to, 146 ; (1897) vicar
of Slaley and incumbent of Whitley chapel, 28,
Sissoris, Richard (1296), pays subsidy, 307,
Skardeburgh, John de (1361), vicar of ChoUerton, 267,
Skilton, Mr. (d, 1695), of Great Swinburn, burial, 268,
Skipton, Robert de (1289), acquires moiety of Bing
field, 224,
Skirlaw (1388), Walter, bishop of Durham, 169.
Slade, Sir Alfred, bart. (i860), marriage, 206,
— (Capper), Horatia (1840), marriage, 229,
Slaley, Gilbert de, grants to Hexham priory, 46.
Sleigh, Edward (1752), of Harper Town, tenant, 7.
Smaleburn, tributary or name of the Dryburn, 272, 404,
Smaleleyes, lands in Middle Quarter so called, 59.
Small-burns, farm in Allendale, acreage, 121.
Smallheye, William (1296), pays subsidy, 307,
Smelbouris, tenement of Bee family, 116,

470

INDEX.

SmeltingSike,estateof, church lands, 6; position of, 41,
Smith (Featherstone), Ann (d, 1733), marriage, 43 ;
(Dawson) (1766) marriage, 174,
— Christopher (1538), a trooper, 13',
— Cuthbert (1626), tenant in Acomb, 138,
— Sir David (1815), 265 n ; notes on pre-historic
remains, 311 ; notes by, 328 n.
— Edward(i747), of Capheaton, agent, 36.
— John (1538), a trooper, 207 ; (1663) tenantin Acomb,
139 ; (1727) tenant in Barrasford, 317, 31S n ; (1823J
of Wester hall, purchases farm in Gunnerton, 329.
— Joseph (1794), curate of Birtley, 360.
— Richard (1615), tenant in Anick, 152.
— Robert (1663), party to suit, 139 n ; proprietor in
Anick, 152 ; entered as non-juror, 154.
— Rowland (1538), a trooper, 75 ; (1699) amount
owing by, 120,
— Thomas (1626), tenant in Acomb, 138,
— WiUiam (1479), parish clerk of St, John Lee, 128 ;
(1538) a trooper, 136 ; (1615) tenant in Anick, 152;
(1655J tenant in Acomb, 140 n; (1660) marriage, 375,
Smithlands, in Allendale, 116.
Smithson, Charles (1717), claims as creditor, 191,
— James (1744), marriage, 145, 236.
— prior of Hexham, monogram at Dotland, 40,
Smyth of Esh, short pedigree to show succession in
blood and title to Errington of Beaufront, 194,
— Walter (1750), of Esh, marriage and alliance with
Errington family, 189,
Snape, a tenement in Middle Quarter, 13-6 ; owners, 16 n,
Snaridelf, granted to WilHam de Swinburn, 255,
Snipehouse, homestead in Allendale, 104 n.
Snowball (Atkinson), Anne (d. 1863), marriage, 38.
— Joseph (1842), of Seaton Burn, marriage, 38,
— William (1857), of Sunderland, trustee, 423,
Snowdon, Robert (1296), pays subsidy, 258,
Solby, John and Robert (1538), of Sandhoe, troopers,
207,
Sorby, Andrew, George, John (1538), of Cocklaw,
troopers, 184,
Sorsby, Benjamin (1745), marriage, 269.
Soulsby of HaUington, pedigree, 243 ; epitaphs at
Chipchase, 349. See also Reed of Chipchase,
Soulsby, Andrew (1538), a trooper, 184, 184 n,
— Christopher (b, 1726), assumes name of Reed on
succeeding to Chipchase, 243 ; (1741) lands in
Gunnerton, 329 ; (1779) tenant in Acomb, 141 ;
(1794) pew in St, Oswald's, 176 n,
— John (1538), a trooper, 184, 207 ; (I752) tenant, 7.
— Mary (1766J, claims Errington estates, 192-3,
— Nicholas (1663), proprietor in Sandhoe, 211.
— Ralph (1717), of Anick Grange, claims as creditor,
191 ; pew in St, Mary's, Bingfield, 222 n ; his
estate in HaUington, 242 ; descendants, 243 ; (1741)
his lands in Gunnerton, 328-9 ; (1748) his lands in
Allendale, 83.
¦ — Robert (1681), marriage, 133 ; executor, 243.
Sowerby, John (1535), tenant in Anick, 151.
— Robert (1535), tenant in Anick, 151 ; (1538) tenant
in Sandhoe, 207.
— Thomas (1535), tenant in Anick, 152.
Spain, Edward (1538), a trooper, 170.
— George (1663), tenant in Acomb, 139.
¦ — John (1535), tenant in Anick, 152 ; (1538) a trooper,
136, 136 n, 207 ; setter and searcher, 137 n ; (1626)
tenant in Acomb, 138, 140 n.
— Richard (1663), tenant in Acomb, 139; (1730)
bequest to, 58,
— Robert (1538), of Acomb, a trooper, 136,

Spain, Thomas (1535), tenant in Anick, 151 ; (1538) a
trooper, 207.
— WilUam (1538), of Acomb, a trooper, 137,
Spaniel-hall, alias Low Brunton, estate of, 175.
Spark, Arthur (1538), of Fallowfield, a trooper, 157.
— Barbary (1704), of Burnlaw in AUendale, wiU of, 96.
— (Watson), Jane (1660), marriage, 105.
— George (1538), of Coastley, a trooper, 13,
— Isaac (d. 1816), heirs of, 16 n ; marriage, 407.
— John (1537), of Fallowfield, a trooper, 157,
— Ralph (1774), of Hexham, freeholder, 16 n,
— Thomas, bishop suffragan of Berwick (d, 1571), of
an AUendale family, 96 ; (1608), of Burnlaw, pos
sessions of, 96 ; (1660) imprisoned at Hexham and
Morpeth, 107,
Sparty Lee, a homestead in Allendale, 104 n,
Spartjrwell, a homestead in AUendale, 116, 120, 123 n.
Spavold, Thomas, of Louth, marriage, 384.
Spence (Watson), Sarah (d, 1871), marriage, 106,
Spencer, Robert (1356), of Bingfield, witness, 202.
— WiUiam (1833), purchases Buteland, 366.
Splendlow, John (1358), charge against, 201.
Spens, Roger del (1348), lands in Chipchase, 332 ;
witness, 333 n,
Spink, Richard (1296), pays subsidy, 291,
Spital, homestead in Allendale, 90 n.
Spital Shield, in Middle Quarter, owners, 61.
Spoor, William (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 7,
Springs, medicinal : at Allendale Town, 88 n ; at AUen
heads, loi n ; at Birtley, 354.
Sprunton, George (1724), estate of, 367, 367 n, 368.
Stack, James (1753), of Newcastle, marriage, 407,
Stagshaw-bank, muster at, 75 ; course of Roman WaU
at, 160; annual fair at, 209-11 ; the proclamation
made at the fair, 210,
Stagshaw Close house, residence of Mrs. Straker, 198 ;
position of, 207 '; pre-historic remains at, 207 ; com
mission concerning, 207-8 ; devolution of estate,
208 ; domestic chapel (photogravure), 209,
Stall, John (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 7.
Stanbridge, Sir Hugh de (1250), possessions in Dur
ham, 200 ; (1243) rector of Stamfordham, 330 n.
' Standing stone,' in Swinburn park, description and
illustration of, 272-3,
Stannard (Shafto), Jemima (1823), twice married, 419.
Stanley, Sir Rowland (d, 1875), assumes name of
Errington on succeeeding to the Errington estates,
193-4,
Stanley-Errington, of Sandhoe, genealogy, 194 ; estates
of, 205,
Staples, estate in Middle Quarter, 48, 51, 52,
Stapleton (Riddell), Catherine (d, 1872), marriage, 287.
— Henry (1616), marriage, 83.
Starkey, John (1604), sells Winter-house, 62,
Statesmen, application of the term, 76 n ; instances, 104.
Staward-le-Pele, Roman remains at, 94 n ; acquired
by William de Swinburn, 255.
Stawpert, Christopher (153SJ, a trooper, 240.
— (Thirwall), Mary, marriage, 23,
— William (1752), of HowshiU, tenant, 7,
Steavenson, John (1693), of Byerside, 260.
Steel, Jesse (1716), tenant in Thockrington, 403.
— William (1745), of Staward, yeoman, 92.
Steel, in Broomhope, held by the Lisles, 364-8 ; old
iron workings at, 363 ; fells attached to, 367 ; posi
tion of, 369,
Steel, the, in Allendale, 93, 98 n, 117,
Steel, the, in High Quarter, identity, 69 ; known as
Growfey-field, 69 ; owners, 69,

INDEX.

471

Steel, the, in Low Quarter, identity, 39, 69 ; position of,
45-6 ; formerly Ruleystal, 46,
Steel burn, a tributary of the Alien, 74 ; a tributary of
the Rede, 363.
Steel-rigg, farmstead in Little Bavington, 411, 423 n,
Stehinson, Robert (1495), vicar of ChoUerton, 267,
Stelden, a monastic estate in East Swinburn, 269,
304-5, 358-
Stephen the forester (1295), pays subsidy, 109,
Stephenson, Elizabeth (1663), proprietorin Sandhoe, 211,
— George (1854), estates of, 230; (1897) owner of
Bingfield East Quarter, 230.
— Henry, of the Hagg, charitable bequest by, 87 n,
— John (1538), tenant in Sandhoe, 207 ; (d, 1680) buried
in Allendale chapel, 79 ; (1779) tenant in Acomb,
141.
— Sarah (1776), bequest to, 93,
Stephenson's farm, acreage, 193 n,
Stere, WilUam (1538), a trooper, 170.
Stewart, John (1538), a trooper, 75.
Stiward, Isabella (1302), concerned in suit, 156.
Stobart, Thomas (1538), a trooper, 157,
Stobart, John (1747), tenant in Wall, 171,
Stobbs, Edward (1897), owner of Dalton, 53.
— Ralph (1538), a trooper, 109.
— Simon (1897), owner of Black-haU, 42.
Stobbs-green, in AUendale, 104.
Stobby Lee, known as Stobley, 67, 69 ; owners, 69, -
Stockell, William (1630), of Thornton, marriage, 188.
Stoddart, Rev, Charles (d. 1790), trustee, 61 ; vicar of
Chollerton and Brampton, 267, 271,
Stoke, Richard (1674), executor, 107,
Stokell, Cuthbert (1538), of Yarridge, a trooper, 18.
— Henry (1538), of Coastley, a trooper, 13,
— Humphrey (1538), of Coastley, a trooper, 13,
— John (1538), of Allendale, a trooper, 75,
— Nicholas (1538), of Paise, a trooper, n.
— Robert (1538), of Paise, a trooper, 21.
, — Roland (1538), of Coastley, a trooper, 13.
— Sarah (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 7,
— WilUam (1538), a trooper, 13.
Stoker, Robert (d, 1832), curious epitaph, 29,
Stokoe of Hexham, familyepitaphsat St, John Lee, 133,
Stokoe, Rev. Alexander (d. 1766), curate of St. John
Lee, 129 n, 131 ; marriage, 131 n ; office against,
134; bequest to, 192 ; curate of St, Oswald's, 221,
— (nee Watson), EUzabeth, bequest, 107-8.
— George (1631), owner of Summerrods, 17.
— Henry (sixteenth-century), a trooper, 8 n,
— Hugh (1780), curate of Allendale, 81 ; curate of
Allenheads, 100,
— John (1517), seeks sanctuary at Durham, 44; (1608)
tenant of the Paise, 21,
— Margery (1752), of Humshaugh, tenant, 7.
— (Shaftoe), Mary (d. 1785), marriage, 406.
— Michael (1674), bequest to, 107 ; (1752) tenant, 7,
— Richard (1674), marriage, 105,
— Robert (1690), witness to indenture, 146,
— Thomas (1747), tenant in WaU, 171 ; (1752) of
Hexham, tenant, 7 ; trustee, 61,
— Rev, T, H., D.D., sells Summerrods, 17.'
— WilUam (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 7; (1779)
tenant in Acomb, 141,
Stone-house, an estate of Anthony Leaton's, 67,
Stone Stile, a farm in Allendale, 95,
Stonehall, a farm in AUendale, 90 n,
Stonor, Edward (1896), of Ascot, marriage, 287,
Stonson, John and Thomas (1538), troopers, 13.
Stony Law, a beacon hill in Allendale, 93 n,, 94,

Story (Reed), Mary Ann (d, 1S63), marriage, 347,
— John (1663), proprietor in Bingfield, 228, 231, 237 ;
(d, 1769) marriage, 19.
— Joseph (b, 1679), bishop of Killaloe, 237,
— • Lancelot (1626), tenant in Wall, 138.
— Major (1897), of Crossdoney, co, Cavan, 237,
— Mark (1663), proprietor in Wall, 171,
— Peter (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 7,
— Robert (1538), a trooper, 170,
— Thomas (1538), a trooper, 225, 237 ; (1608) tenant
in Bingfield, 226, 237.
— William (1580), witness, 270.
Stor3r's lands, in Bingfield, history and value, 221, 226,
237,
Stote of Stote's hall and Kirkheaton, pedigrees, 383,
384; brief account of suits for, and devolution of,
the family estates, 382,
Stotsfield, in High Quarter, 65.
Stott, John (1563), witness, 82.
Stourton, WiUiam (1737), of Gray's Inn, bequestto, 192,
Stout, Christopher (1538), of Fallowfield, atrooper, 157,
— Cuthbert, of Old Town, charitable bequest by, 87 n,
— Edward (d. 1677), killed in a 'grove', 86.
— John (1538), of AUendale, a trooper, 109,
— Robert (1538), of Allendale, a trooper, 109,
— Thomas (1538), of Fallowfield, a trooper, 157.
— William (1538), of Fallowfield, a trooper, 157.
Straker of Stagshaw, notices of family, 208 ; estates at
Coastley, etc, 16, 19, 25, 234,
— John, builds Stagshaw chapel, 208,
Strathmore, earl ot (1888), sells the Steel, 369,
Streathfield, H. J. (d. 1869), epitaph at Chipchase, 350.
Strivelyn (Middleton), Christian (1371), marriage, 308.
— Sir John de (d. 1378) of Belsay, witness, 258 n;
receives East Swinburn in marriage, 308-9 ; lands
in Caldstrother, and arms, 278.
Strother, Alan de (1359), of Wallington, holds Sweet
hope, 410 ; (1479), lands in Cowden, 300.
— John de (d. 1425), of Wallington, lands, 402.
Stubblick Sike, in West Quarter, 21.
Stubbs, Catherine (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 7.
Studdon, a farmhold in AUendale, 98 n.
Studholme, Barbara (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 7.
Stukilhop, an old place name in Middle Quarter, 59,
Subsidy rolls of 1-296 and 1336: Barrasford, 315 n-;
Birtley, 354-5, 355 n ; Buteland, 364; Caldstrother,
377 ; Chipchase, 332 ; Chollerton, 258 ; Colden,
258 ; Colwell, 292-3 ; East or Little Swinburn, 308 ;
Gunnerton, 320, 324 ; Kirkheaton, 377, 377 n ;
Little Bavington, 412 ; Ninebanks, 109 ; Sweethope,
409 ; Thockrington, 399 ; West Swinburn, 277,
Suffolk, Theophilus, earl of (1664), sells divers estates
in Tyndale, 371,
Summerrods, near Hexham, area, 8 ; owners, 17,
Sunniside, residential estate near Hexham, 2, 4,
Surmayn,Walter(i296),of Chipchase, pays subsidy, 332,
Surtees (Scolacliffe) Alice de, lands in Coastley, 12.
— Anthony (d, 1803), owner ot Newbiggin, 34.;
parentage, 37-8.
— (Cuthbertson), Catherine (1766), marriage, 213.
— Cuthbert (d. 1759), purchases Newbiggin, 36.7;
family history, 37-8,
— (Dagleas), Margaret, marriage, 133.
— (Surtees), Dorothy (d, 1757), marriage, 38,
— (Wilson), Elizabeth (d, 1809), marriage, 38,
— John (1694), tenant in Acomb, 140 n,
— John (1779), tenant in Acomb, 141.
— (RiddeU), Mary (d, 1660), marriage, 284,
— Ralph (1350), children of, 12 ; identity, 12.

472

INDEX.

Surtees, Robert(i8oo), lands in Stobby Lee, 69 ; (1693),
of Ryton, 260,
Sutton, (Shafto), Elizabeth (1891), marriage, 420,
— Francis (1669), marriage, 366, 369,
— Robert (1722), brother-in-law of W, Cotesworth, 146.
Swainston, Elizabeth (1766), baptism, 395,
Swaldale, Richard (1500), trooper, 8 n,
Swayh, John (1279), marriage, 276 ; his identity, 277,
Sweethope of Sweethope, pedigree, 409,
Sweethope, Walter de (1260), witness, 275 n, 305 n ;
obtains lease of Thockrington manor, 398,
— ¦ Sir Walter de (1268), concerned in abduction, 408 ;
knighted, 409 ; appointed justice, 409,
— Walter de (1342), vicar of Middleham, ordained
deacon, 409 ; instituted vicar of Middleham, 410.
— Warin de (1320), commissioner in suit, 223, 239;
bailiff of Hexham, 409 ; clerk, 410 ; witness, 414.
— WiUiam de (d, circa 1231), first of his Une, 408;
(1303) witness, 401 ; does homage for Sweethope,
409 ; lands forfeited for rebellion, 410 ; commis
sioned for gaol delivery, 409; (1341) ordained
acolyte, 410,
Sweethope, in Thockrington parish, 408-10 ; acreage
and census returns, 408; camp and pre-historic
remains, 408 ; history of ancient owners, 408-10 ;
subsidy roll, 409 ; bastle house 410,
Sweethope crag, camps near, 408,
Sweethope lough, source of Wansbeck at, 246 ;
geological features, 248-9, 251-2.
Swin burn, the, source of, 406,
Swinburne, of West Swinburn, pedigree, 276 ; origin
and history of family, 273, 278,
Swinburne of East Swinburn, pedigree and arms, 309 ;
origin and history of family, 305-9,
Swinburn, of Black hall, in Low Quarter, account of, 42.
Swinburn, Sir Adam de (d. 1318), witness to deed,
278 n; pays subsidy, 291 ; lands at death, 292 ;
ordered for Border defence, 306 ; his seal armorial,
his services, and sketch of career, 306-9
— ¦ Adam de (1236), witness, 274 n ; receives grant ot
lands in East Swinburn, 303-4,
— Alan, son of Godfrey de (before 1274), his in
heritance, 274 n ; a witness, 303 n,
— Alan de (1293), rector of Whitfield, purchases Cap
heaton, 257, 275 ; Alan (1674), executor, 296 ;
purchases Tone, 297.
— Alexander de, of Capheaton (1332), gifts of land by,
258 n ; progenitor of Swinburne of Capheaton, 276.
— Alicia (1279), renounces dower, 275 ; marriage, 276 ;
— (Swayn), Avicia (1279), confirms endowment, 275 ;
receives homage, 277; marriage, 277; (1313J
wife of Sir John Swinburne, buried at Chollerton,
indulgence granted for soul, 306,
— (Hodgson), Anne (1693), marriage, 298.
— (Strivelyn), Barbara (1363), estates restored to, 308,
— (de Fishburn), Christiana de (1279), confirms
endowment, 275 ; marriage, 275, 276.
— Cuthbert, the elder (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 7,
— Edward (d. 1716), of Capheaton, purchases Little
Swinburn, 309 ; his forfeited estates sold, 310,
— Eleanor (nee Claxton) (1528), twice married, 284;
(Riddell) (circa 1580) marriage, 284 ; (nee Thirlwall)
(d, 1777) possessions of, 24; marriage, 35-7; mort
gages and sells estates, 36-7; registered estate of, 37,
— EUzabeth (Shafto), marriage, 417 ; (Widdrington)
(1591) marriage, 231 n ; (Thirlwall) marriage, 35,
— Frances (1693), of Tone, covenants to levy fine, 297.
— Gawen (1601), of Blackball, administers estate as
next of kin, 42 ; his lands in LiUswood, 64,

Swinburn, Godfrey de (circa 1200), lands in East Swin
burn, 304 ; {circa 1200) has grant of lands in West
Swinburn, 274 ; in Gunnerton, 322,
— George (1567), surrenders lands in Bingfield to
Hexham priory, 226.
— Henry de (1323), forfeits estates, 292.
— Sir Hugh (1329), of West Swinburn, 278,
— James (1694), of Capheaton, a legatee, 260,
— (nee Bee), Jane, inherits brother's estates, 117-8.
— John de (1257), holds West Swinburn, 274 ; witness,
275 n, 278 n ; grants of land, 291 ; (1313) grants
lands to Baliol coUege, 305-6 ; his seal armorial,
305 n ; his identity, 305 ; acquires Bewcastle, 306 ;
sheriff of Cumberland, 306 ; ordered for Border
defence, 306 ; indulgence for soul, 306 ; purchases
Gunnerton, 323 ; witness, 331 n ; (1279) suit
against, 398 ; (1356) witness, 201 ; (1547) of Black
ball, possessions of, 46, 50, 53, 55, 62 ; (1591) of
Blackheddon, 231 n; (1650) of Capheaton, mar
riage, 341; (1663) estates of, 259 ; executor, 259-61;
(1663) in possession of Lillswood, 64; (1676) over
seer of will, 56, 58 ; (1697) of Blackball, 42 ; (1699)
of Podsbank, bequest to, 90 n ; (1752) tenant, 7 ;
(1897) estates of, 193, 259.
— Joseph (1772), marriage, 63,
— (de Middleton), Juliana (1279), confirms endow
ment, 275 ; twice married, 276.
— ¦ Margaret (1282), wife of Sir WiUiam, 257 n,
— Margery (d, 1673), burial,85 ; (b. 1677) baptism, 86.;
(postea de Lucy) (1293) second marriage, 258,
— (Heron), of Edlingham, Marion, marriage, 340.
— (Widdrington), Mary (1623), of Blackheddon, mar
riage, 294 11.
— Matthew (1738), of Capheaton, possessions of, 24;
marriage, 35, 37 ; mortgages and sells estates, 36.
— Mary (1693), bequest to, 260 ; (Shafto) (d, 1840)
marriage, 419,
— Nicholas (1278), founds chantry in West Swinburn
chapel, 274-5, ^78 ! witness, 331 n.
— Richard de (1255), 309; (i 310) his inheritance, 274 n;
witness to deed, 278.n ; his lands in dispute, 322.
— Robert de (1278), holdings in West Swinburn, 275 ;
does homage, 276, 277 n ; witness, 278 n ; (d, circa
1326) succeeds to Gunnerton, 306, 324 ; arms, 306 ;
ordered for Border defence, 306 ; lord of Little
Horkesley, 324; monumental brass, 324 n; (1678),
ot Podsbank, marriage, 86 ; will of, 90 n,
— Roger (1567), acts under power of attorney, 226,
— Thomas de (1392), of East Mersey, gives power of
attorney, 324 ; seal of, 324 ; releases his rights in
Gunnerton, 326 ; Thomas (1580) involved in suit,
269; (1663) possessions in Dotland, 41 ; (1737) of
Capheaton, bequest to, 192.
— Troth (1693), of Capheaton, bequest to, 260.
— • Ulfchill de (circa 1182), lands in Little Swinburn,
303, 303 n ; founder of East Swinburn family, 309,
— 'Wilham de (d, 1289), obtains grant of Chollerton,
254 ; treasurer to Queen Margaret of Scotland, 255,
275 ; rector of Fordun, 255, 275 ; estates, 255 ; title
contested, 256 ; establishes ferry boat at Haughton,
256 ; bailiff of Tynedale, 257 ; death, 257 ; witness,
275 n, 325 ; (1304) marriage, 202 ; (1392) of Cap
heaton, receives power of attorney, 324 ; witness,
333 n ; (1443) entail of estates, 379 ; (d, 1551) lands
in Kirkheaton, 380; (1669) lands, 97, no, 117;
estates sequestered, 118 ; acquires Beaumont, 259 ;
(d, 1673) of Pods-bank, burial, 85 ; (1678) marriage,
118 ; conveys moiety of Ninebanks, 118 ; (1698) of
Blackball, marriage, 42.

INDEX.

473

Swinburn castle, licence to crenelate, and early history,
279-80 ; held by the Widdringtons, 280 ; the seven
teenth-century buildings, 281-2 ; modern house, 283,
Swinburn, East or Little, ChoUerton parish, 302-10 ;
geological features, 250 ; tithes sold to Mercers'
company, 270-1 ; a member of the Baliol barony,
273 ; description ot the tower (with illustration),
302 ; acreage, 302 ; remains of camps at, 302 ;
chapel, 303 ; history of East Swinburn family,
303-9 ; lands known as ' Stelden ' leased to Hexham
priory by abbot of Newminster, 304-5 ; Scottish
ravages, 306 ; later owner, 309-10,
Swinburn, West or Great, 272-288 ; a member of Had
ston barony, 245, 272-3 ; evidences of glacial
action, 250 ; pre-historic remains, 272 ; acreage
and population, 272 ; chantry, 275, 278, 283 ;
subsidy roll, 277 ; history of West Swinburn family,
275-8 ; Scottish raids, 278 ; held by William de
Acton, 279 ; acquired by the Widdringtons, 279 ;
taken by Sir Robert Kerr of Cessford, 281 ; Roman
Catholic chapel and chaplains, 283,
Swinburn's lands, at Bingfield, 226,
Swindle, John (1897), owner of Limestone Brae, 122,
Swinhope burn, tributary of the Allen, 74, 99.
Swinhope Shield, in Allendale, 104 n,
Syde, Henry del (1290), claims lands in Anick, 150,
— Robert del (1290), suit against, 150.
— Thomas de (1296), pays subsidy, 320; (1321) of
Anick, contest with prior of Hexham, 150.
Sykes, Rd. (1662), prebendary of Thockrington, 389,
Syward, Richard (1313), lands in Tyndale, 306 n,
T,
Tallyrand-Perigord (Stanley), Maria Theresa de (1875),
marriage, 194,
Tandy, G. M,, Rev. (i860), curate of Birtley, 360.
Tanfield,Thos, (1474), prebendary of Thockrington, 388.
Tang, Richard de (1332), justice, 71.
Tate, Edward (1736), of Hexham, trustee, 61,
— (ne'e Johnson), Jane, of Hexham, bequest, 60.
— John (1663), rated, 16 n; (1712) bequest to, 60;
(1752) of Hexham, tenant, 7,
— Joseph (d. 1725), bailiff of Hexham, 16 n ; (d, 1729)
lands of, 5 ; (172S) bequest to, 61 ; (d, 1730) of
Hexham, death, 16 n,
— William (1336), pays subsidy, 399 n; (1752) of
Morpeth, tenant, 7,
Taylboys, Luke (1297), juror, 322 n.
Taylor, Rev. Christopher (1869), chaplain at Kirk
heaton, 386 ; curate of Thockrington, 396.
— Cuthbert (1795), named in will, 423.
— David (1552), setter and searcher, 245.
— Edward (1752), tenant, 7 ; (d. 1786) epitaph, 267,
— (Rowland), Eleanor, marriage, 41,
• — (ne'e Watson), Elizabeth, bequest to, 108,
— Hugh (1897), of Chipchase, estates of, 300, 348,
— Janet (1586), tenant in Barrasford, 317,
— John (1336), pays subsidy, 332, 355 n, 377 n ; (1752)
of Hexham, tenant, 7.
— (ne'e Shafto), Mary (1775), named in will, 423,
— Percy (d. 1878), epitaph at Chipchase, 350.
— Thomas (1897), of Slaley, owner of Litterage, 66,
— WilUam (1752), marriage, 63, 63 n ; (1775) named
in will, 423.
— Mr. (circa 1660), minister of Thockrington, 396
Taylor-burn, in AUendale, 117, 123 n.
Teasdale, Abraham (1722), of Dalton, marriage, 57,
— Ann (1756), bequest to, 51, 51 n.

Teasdale, Cuthbert (1678), mentioned in will, 67; (1756)
bequest to, 51, 51 n ; (1766) marriage, 29,
— Elizabeth (1756), children of, 51 ; executrix, 51 n.
— (Errington), Frances, of Dalton, marriage, 54.
— John (1538), of Allendale, a trooper, 109.
— (ne'e Johnson), Mary, bequest to, 60 ; (Angus)
marriage, 29 ; (ne'e Ord) bequest to, 58.
— Samuel (1719), bequest to, 68 ; (1752) tenant, 7.
— Thomas (1717), claim as creditor, 191 ; (1800) of
Gateshead, marriage, 233.
Tedham, a homestead in Allendale, 103, 104 n.
Ten Thousand a F,?3r, a romance by S. Warren, founded
on the history of the claimant of Stote estates, 382.
Tenter-house, a homestead in Low Quarter, 41.
Teket, Jane de (1243), convej's land in Chipchase, 331,
Tessimond, Thomas (1805), marriage 106,
Theakston (Shafto), Martha (1784), marriage, 406.
Theules, William (1296), pays subsidy, 320.
Thirkeld, Taylor (1705), Wooley-burn-foot, baptism, 86.
Thirlwall of Thirlwall and Newbiggin, pedigree, 35 ;
evidences, 36 ; history of family, 33-7.
Thirlwall of Nether Ardley and Dalton, pedigree, 54 ;
evidences, 55.
Thirlwall of East Greenridge, pedigree, 23.
Thirlwall of Mollersteads, pedigree, 51,
Thirlwall, Ann (1663), lands in Dotland, 41.
— (Errington), Eleanor (1583), of West Dipton mill, 46.
— George (1632), of Rothbury, named in will, 295.
— John (d, 1686), of Newbiggin, shot in Hexham, 36 ;
(d. 1704) of East Greenridge, will and inventory of
goods, 24; (d. 1713) extraordinary death, 23 ; (d,
1730) of Mollersteads, lands of, 50 ; (d, 1756) last
of Mollersteads family, 50-1,
— Lancelot (1582), owner of Newbiggin, 33-4;
marriage, 340,
— (Widdrington), Mally, of Colwell, marriage, 294,
— Mary (1752), surrenders property, 24 ; co-heiress of
Newbiggin family, becomes a nun, 36 ; party to
deed, 36.
— Peter (b, 1647), of East Greenridge, bequest to, 24 ;
(d. 1679) a minor, 55 ; (d, 1706) of Mollersteads,
provisions of will, 50 ; (d, 17+3) death of, 50,
— Philip (1606), of Hexham, holds Gairshield, 70,
— Richard (1591), succeeds to Greenridge, 23 ; (1597)
executor, 295 ; (1608) of Newbiggin, lands, 34.
, — Robert (d. ante 1608), estates of, 36 ; (1621) of
Blackball, action against, 49,
— (postea Ord), Susanna (1666), marriages, 54, 57.
' — Thomas (1295), pays subsidy, 109; (d. 1625) of
Nether Ardley, his lands, 55,
— William (1597), administers estate, 116; (1659)
answers tor Dotland, 41.
Thockrington, AUce de (1300), party to suit, 412.
— Adam de (1300), party to suit, 412,
— Hugo (1296), pays subsidy at Colwell, 291,
— Margaret de (1250), lands in Thockrington, 413,
— Robertde (1296), suit with abbot of Newminster,
397 n ; (1350) possessions of, 413,
— WiUiam de (1274), chaplain, lands, etc., 398,
Thockrington, parish, 387-425 ; its four townships,
387 ; TOWNSHIP, 387 ; acreage and census returns,
387 ; pre-historic remains, 387 ; vill given to arch
bishop of York by Ric. de Umframvill, 387 ; early
history, 397 ; connection with Fossor family, 399 ;
John Fossor, prior of Durham, 400 ; subsidy roll,
399 ; lease from Cardinal Wolsey to Cuthbert
Shafto, 402 ; manor acquired by Shafto family, 402;
survey of forfeited lands made in 1716, 403 ; its
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474

INDEX.

Thockrington church, assigned as an endowment for
prebend at York, 388 ; list of prebendaries of,
388-9 ; architectural description of church, with
illustrations, 390-3 ; ancient sepulchral monuments,
393-4 ; remains of churchyard cross, 394 ; epitaphs,
and extracts from registers, 394, 395 ; visitations
and Ust of ministers, 396 ; the tithes of suspended
prebend granted to incumbent, 397.
Thomas II. (1113), archbishop of 'York, various grants
to priory, 18, 149-50, 205, 236.
Thompson, Rev. Francis (1817), vicar of Carham, pro
prietor of Stagshaw Close-house, 208,
— George (1752), of Langley-castle, tenant, 7,
— • Isabel (1779), tenant in Acomb, 141,
— John (1535), tenant in Anick, 151 ; (1693) referred
to in will, 261 ; (d, 1826) vicar of Warden, mort
gagee, 119, 121 ; purchases Stagshaw Close, 208,
— Leonard, of York, goldsmith, connection with Kirk
ley, 34 n,
— Mary (Ridley) (1697), marriage, 57 ; (1779) tenant
in Acomb, 141,
— Ralph (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 7,
— Robert (1538), a trooper, 258, 380; (1694) tenant in
Acomb, 140 n,
— (Forster), Sarah (d, 1748), marriage, 63.
— ¦ Shafto (d. 1833), marriage, 425,
— ¦ (nee Watson), Sarah, bequest to, 108.
— Thomas (1791),- curate of Birtley, 360; (d. 1842) of
Wallington marriage, 425,
— WiUiam (1385), charged with raiding, 201,
Thorald, William (1320), purchases lands in Swinburn,
278.
Thoresby, Elys de, a commissioner, 150.
— Archbishop, grants of lands, etc, 34, 40 ; grants
lease of Thockrington, 399,
Thorneborough, John (d, 1641), prebendary of Thock
rington, 389 ; bishop of Limerick, 389 n,
Thornhill, Brian de (1332), rector of Bydale, 258 n,
Thornley gate, in Allendale, 90,
Thornton (nh Simpson), Anne (1693), bequest to, 259,
— Henry (1670), of Wilton Shields, executor, 214,
— John (1670), of Netherwitton, executor, 214,
— Nicholas (1697), of Netherwitton, bequest to, 36 n,
— Roger (13 10), suit against, 223; (d, 1483) lands, 402,
— William de (1228), witness, 325.
Threepit-hill, homestead in Chipchase, 350,
Throckmorton, Mary (Riddell) (1843), marriage, 287.
Throclaw, Robert de (1346), lands in Bavington, 414,
Thurbottell, Robert (1547), lands in Ardley, 54.
Thurston, Archbishop, gives Dotland and Grotington
to Hexham priory, 39, 196,
Tilley (Shafto), Sarah (1842), marriage, 420,
Tinker-house, in AUendale, devised for a free school,
89-90; a possession of the Bee family, 116.
Tirsterl, identified with Steel, 39.
Todd, Adam (1296), of ColweU, pays subsidy, 291.
— George (d, 1680), incumbent of St, John Lee, 131,
— Grace (d. 1688), of St, John Lee, burial, 133.
— Miss (1881), purchases and devises Carrycoats, 405,
— WilUam (1752), Land-ends, tenant, 7.
Todridge, John de (1310), successful suit by, 223,
— Matilda (1310), successful suit by, 223.
Todridge, estate in Bingfield township, 220 ; assess
ment ot, 221 ; acreage, 222 ; granted to Hexham
priory, 236 ; identified with Little Grotington,
236 ; successive owners, 236-7.
Toft-hail, homestead in Kirkheaton, 376.
Tolland, See Tone,
Toly, Thos, (1467), prebendary of Thockrington, 388.

Tom Todd's quarry at Hexham, 3.
Tombs-house, a farmhold in AUendale, 16 n, 90 n, 147,
Tone, Richard (1441), prebendary of Thockrington, 388,
Tone, in Chollerton parish, 296-301 ; granted to New
minster, 296 ; at dissolution acquired by the
Widdringtons, 281, 297 ; history and pedigree of
Hodgson family, 297-9 ; devolution of estate
through families of Swinburn and Hodgson to
present owner, 297-300 ; a Jacobite centre, 297.
Tonge, John (1709), rector of Brancepeth, marriage
with one of the Stote heiresses, 383,
Tongues hill, colliery in Kirkheaton, 249.
Toppin (Stephenson), Ann (1754), monument to, 81 ;
bequest to, 84.
— Ann (1754), Cliburn, bequest to, 84.
— (nie Lowthian) Eleanor (1754), marriage, etc, 81, 84.
— John (1734), curate of Allendale, 81 ; will, 84,
— Joseph (1755), of Hexham, lands of, 4 n, 7,
Towers, castles, and bastle houses : (?) Barrasford (with
illustration), 316; Beaufront (with illustrations), 198;
(?) Birtley (with illustration), 361 ; Carrycoats, 404,
405 ; Chipchase (with illustrations), 333 ; Cocklaw
(with iUustration), 180 ; Filton, 404, 405 ; Gunner
ton, 326 ; Little Bavington, 414 ; Little Swinburn
(with illustration), 302 ; Ninebanks (with illustra
tions), in, 118 ; (?) Portgate, 211 n ; Thockrington,
390, 403 n; West Swinburn (with illustrations), 279,
281,
Travers, John (1321), steward to Archbishop Melton,
223,
Trepenoke, in the manor of Anick, claimed by the
people of Corbridge, 150.
Tresshield cottage, tenement of Bee family, 116.
Trevelyan, Mrs. Catherine Anne (1862), purchases
Hallington demesne, 244, 244 n.
— Sir John (1846), inherits Sweethope estate, 410,
— Sir Walter Calverley (d. 1879), wills Sweethope
estate, 410.
— Rev, 'William Bouverie (1891), sells Sweethope, 410,
— Rev. WiUiam Pitt, inherits Sweethope estate, 410.
Trewyk, Thomas de (1373), witness, 378.
Trivett, Jane (1776), bequestto, 93.
Trotter, Rev. Alex,, minister at Great Bavington
(d. 1852), epitaph, 395.
Trow burn, in Chollerton parish, 300,
Trow hill, position of, 300,
Trubell, Robert (1538), a trooper, 225, 270.
Trueman, Dorothy (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 7,
— Robert (1725), clandestine marriage, 83,
Trumbell, Gerard (1538), a trooper, 225,
— John (1538), a trooper, 380,
— ¦ Nicholas (1626), tenant in Wall, 138.
Tulip ot FaUowfield and Walwick, pedigree, 159 ;
epitaphs, 133.
Tulip, Henry (1752), of Fallowfield, tenant, 7, 171 ;
(d, 1800) purchases Walwick, 159 n ; pulls down
section of Roman Wall, 162 ; (1806) estates in
WaU, 175,
— (Mewburn), Mary (1744), marriage, 133, 142,
TuUy, Richard (1333), excommunicated, 70.
Tunhok, Galfridus (1296), pjiys subsidy, 258,
Tunstal, Francis (1660), of Ovington, Ebor, marriage,
285,
Turf-house, in High Quarter, 54, 65,
TurnbuU, John (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 7,
Turner (nee Kell), Elizabeth (1722), named in will,
173-
— Joshua (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 7,
— Margaret (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 7.

INDEX.

475

Turner, Mrs, Rebecca Jane, lands in Hayrake, 104,
Turners-house, a homestead in Allendale, 117.
Turnershield, homestead in West Allen, 123 n.
Turpin, Martin, marriage, 417,
— Thomas (1296), pays subsidy, 258,
'Turret' of Roman WaU, at Brunton, 160; description,
162-3,
Tweddell of Threepwood, lands in Bingfield, 237,
Tweddell, Ann (1752), tenant, 7 ; (1839) landowner in
Bingfield, 222,
— Edward (1720), curate of St, John Lee, 131 ; office
against, 134; curate of Thockrington, 396,
— Francis (1805), estate in Bingfield, 230,
— John (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 7,
— Robert (1805), estate in Bingfield, 230,
— Sarah (d, 1726), of St, John Lee, baptism and
burial, 133,
Twessege, tenement in or near Kirkheaton, 379,
" Twystreg, Richard (1296), pays subsidy, 377.
Tyeys, Francis de (1297), juror, 322 n.
Tyne green, Hexham, common land, 3,
Tyndale, Anabel de, parentage, 320 ; marriage, 325,
— Thomas de, marriage, 325,
— William de (1310), marriage, 325 ; (1329), witness,
279 n, (1348) 333 "•
T3mdale, family of, owners of Kirkhaugh, 325,
Tyson, Richard (thirteenth-century), witness, 201,

U,
Uctred, son of MUdred (1138), raids, 185 n.
Ulfchill (1182), the earliest known resident proprietor
in East Swinburne, 303-5 ; probable mention in
Liber Vitoe, 303 n ; founder of family, 309.
Ullesby, Thomas (1367), acts as [attorney for Roger
Widdrington, 224.
Umframvill, Emma(de Aydon), 200, 202, 376.
— (postea Percy), Eva de (1274), 256.
— Gilbert de (d. 1245), grants Beaumont to Hexham
priory, 254 ; lord of ChoUerton, 254 ; holds Colwell,
291 ; confirms grant to Newminster, 296 ; holds
Barrasford, 313 ; (1291) succeeds to Barrasford,
314; in possession of Birtley, 354; settlement
of Birtley and Otterburn, 355 ; Umitsof Uberty, 364.
— Ingram de (1284), claims Birtley, 354.
— Lucy (1324), lands in ColweU, 292.
— (de Merlay), Margery, marriage and death, 3 14 ;
grants to Hexham, priory, 315,
— Odinel de (d, 1182), grants ChoUerton church to
Hexham priory, 253, 261, 289, 326, 348, 357, 376 ;
grants to Newminster, 296, 404,
— Richard de (d. 1226), resigns ChoUerton to Earl
Gilbert, 254, 256 ; becomes insane, 256 ; grants to
Hexham priory, 300 ; grants Barrasford as daughter's
marriage portion, 314 ; death, 330 ; surrenders
rights in Thockrington, 387-8 ; (1282) claims Birtley,
354 ; admitted heir, 355,
— Robert ' cum barba,' first lord of Redesdale, 253.
— Robert de (1246), acquires Chollerton manor, 254 ;
confirms grant to Newminster, 296.
— Robert, earl of Angus (1307), 315; (1324) lands
in Colwell, 292.
UmframviUfamily, lords of Redesdale, 253 ; of Prudhoe,
245, 253,273 ; acquire Colwell, 291 ; lords of Barras
ford, 313 ; of Birtley, 354; of Broomhope, 365 ; of
Chollerton, 253-4 ; of Chipchase, 330; of Kirkheaton,
376; of Little Bavington, 411; of Thockrington,
387.

Undwanus (1229), surrenders lands in Middle Quarter,
59-
Unstayn, Roger (1538), a trooper, 170,
UppermoUop, tenement of Bee family, 116,
Urns discovered, at Stagshaw, 207 ; at Chollerton, 253 ;
at Barrasford, 311 ; at Birtley, 352, 353, 354; at
Sweethope, 408,
Urswick, Christopher (1487), prebendary of Thock
rington, 388,
Urwin, James (1828), chaplain at Kirkheaton, 386 ;
curate of Thockrington, 396.
Usher, Isabel (1727), tenant in Barrasford, 318 n.
— George (1716), leaseholder in Barrasford, 317 ;
coirimissioner, 317.
— John (1538), a trooper, 258; (1586) tenant in
Barrasford, 316-7 ; (1594) witness, 294 n,
— Thomas, junior (1605), marriage, 20,
— WilUam (1752), of DeUcate hall, tenant, 8,
Usher's Close, a place name in Gunnerton, 329.
V,
Vaccinium uliginosum, example of, 5 n.
Val, Hugo de la (1297), juror, 322 n,
— Robert de la (1297), juror, 322 n. See also Delaval.
Valle, Salamon de (1302), a landowner in Fallowfield,
suit against, 156.
Vallibus, de, family of. See Vaux.
Vallum, the, course of, 125, 160; St, John Lee section,
160-3 I near Portgate (illustration), 161 ; theories
regarding, 162 n, 163 n ; crossed by Watling Street,
218, See also Roman 'Wall,
Vaux of Beaufront, pedigree, 202 ; thirteenth and
fourteenth-century charters, 201-2 ; history, 199-202,
Vaux, Adam de (1356), named in deed, 201-2, 225 ;
suit against, 212.
— Agnes de (1256), widow of Sir Peter, 200,
— Alan de (1285), charge against, 201.
— AUce (1356), named in deed, 201-2.
— (nie Widdrington), Barbara (1356), named in deed,
201 ; marriage, 202.
— (Errington), Elizabeth de (1380), marriage, 186 ;
estates, 197, 212,
— Gilbert de (1356), witness, 202 ; indicted, 212.
— Henry de (1336), indicted, 212,
— Sir John de (1301), a justice, 239; (1321) com
missioner, 128 n, 150, 185 ; possessions, 156, 200;
does homage for Beaufront, 200 ; suit against, 223 ;
(1387) estates, 197, 212; wardship, 200; styled
'dominus de bello fronte,' 201; gives power of
attorney, 202 ; witness, 279 n.
— Peter de (1238), settles in Northumberland, 199 ;
rector of Crathorne, 200, 200 n ; (d, circa 1256)
marriage, 199-200, 408 ; death, 200 ; witness, 398.
— Richard de (1320), suit by, 156.
— Thomas de (1387), estates entailed to, 197, 212 ;
marriage, 212.
Vauzht, Sir John de (1301), justice, 239,
Vazie, Robert (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 8,
— William (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 8,
Vernol, EUzabeth (1730), of Bingfield, party to agree
ment, 236,
— (nie Jefferson), Mary (1730), marriage, 236,
— Mary (1737), 221-2; conveys land for school-house
at Bingfield, 223,
Viccars, WUUam (1699), of Whitfield, 95.
Villiers, Dame Barbara (1717), claims as creditor, 191,
— Dame Martha (1687), her annuity, 241,
Vincent (Heron), Anne, marriage, 344,

476

INDEX.

Vinter, Charles, of Louth, marriage, 384,
— (nie Manby), Elizabeth, executrix, 384,
Vlquam (? Ulgham), John (1410), tenant, 12 u.
— Thomas (1410), tenant 12 n,
W,
Waddilove of Beacon and Woodhorn, notice of family,
4-5; epitaphs, 29, 133,
Wade, Albany (1663), possessions in Dotland, 41.
— General (1745), military road constructed by, 160,
175, 2i8, 219 n,
— Thomas (1639), sells Barker-house, 55,
Wager-house, homestead in AUendale, 90 n.
Wagtail, the, a homestead in Low Quarter, 39.
Wailes, Judith (1752), of Eachwick, tenant, 8,
— Thomas, (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 8.
Waite, Charles, (1706), of Inner Temple, marriage, 229,
— John (d, 1749), mortgages Bingfield estate, 230;
marriage and death, 230,
Wakefield, Simon de (1297, under-sheriff, 323 n,
Walays, Hugh de (1296), witness, 325,
— Robert de (1347), witness, 332 n,
Wales, Robert de (1272), lands in Chipchase, 331,
Walhou, Gilbert de (1296), pays subsidy, 377.
Walkelyn, John (1300), possessions in Hallington, 239,
Walker, Abraham (1812), bequest to, 28.
— EUzabeth (1694), tenant in Acomb, 140 n ; (Ord)
(d, circa 1699) marriage, 57,
— Emma (d. 1799), of Newcastle, burial, 29,
— James (1812), bequest to, 28.
• — ¦ Jane (Cuthbert) (d. i757),i,of Sprouston, marriage,
206.
— (Watson), Mary, marriage, 105,
— Robert (1779), tenant in Acomb, 141,
— WiUiam (1799), of Quayside, Newcastle, 29,
Wall, in parish of St. John Lee, 160-175 i petition by
tenants, 137-8; Scottish inroads, 137, 170; list of
tenants in 1626, 138; certain lands held of the
manor of Anick Grange, 149 ; lands held by copy
of court roll, 160, 170-1 ; area and population, 160 ;
description of the section of the Roman Wall
which traverses township, 160-164; Roman bridge,
164-8 ; Chollerton bridge, 169 ; ancient grave,
169; muster roll, 170, 170 n; water corn mill
170; proprietors in 1663, 171 ; division of common
lands, 171 ; evidences of the Kell family, 172-3 ;
pedigree of Dawson family, 174 ; present owners,
175-
Wall nook, homestead in West Allen, 123 n.
Wallace (nee Bowrey), Catherine (1710), marriages, 233.
— John (1720), of Newburn, marriage, 233.
Wallas, Richard (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 8.
WaUington, John de (1373), witness, 378.
Wallis, John (1538), a trooper, 293.
— WilUam (1663), lands in Allendale, 98.
Wallon, Henry (1229), has grant of wardship, 223.
Wallon (Wallow) bank, in Bingfield, 232.
Wally Thorn, a farmstead in Middle Quarter, 54, 55, 58.
Walter, son of Eustace (1281), does homage for lands in
Swinburn, 276.
Walton, John (1694), imprisoned, 107 ; (1820) of
Clargill hall, marriage, 106.
— Mrs. Mary Ann, lands at Hayrake, 104.
— (1756), vicar of Corbridge, 147.
— Richard (1676), of Peacock-house, trustee, 58.
— William (1827), curate of St. Peter's-in-the-Forest,
100.
Wangeford, John de (1342), witness, 402.

Wansbeck, source, etc., 246, 252, 408.
Ward, John (1596), tenant of the Paise, 21.
— Robert (1608), lands in Nether Rawgreen, 52.
Wardelaw, John de (1296), pays subsidy, 364.
— Robert de (1296), pays subsidy, 364.
Wardle (Heron), Catherine, marriage, 362,
— • Richard (1547), his tenement in MoUersteads, 50,
Warenna, John de (1280), prebendary of Thockrington,
388, 400-1,
Warkshaugh, annexed to Birtley, 270 ; Heron estates
in, 339 ; deposits of ironstone found at, 354.
Warner (Shafto), Ann (d, 1819), marriage, 419,
Warren, Samuel (1855), pleads in the Stote Manby
trial, 382.
Warton, Rev, William (1752), bequest to, 236 n,
Warwick, John (1716), ot 'Warwick hall, party to deed,
36,
— (Thirlwall), Lucy, marriage, 35, 37; party to deed, 36.
Wasche, Adam. See Vaux.
Waskerley, Simon de (1356), witness, 201.
— William de (1323), serves on jury, 292.
Wastell, H. (1766), curate of Birtley, 360.
Watch Currock, a homestead in Hexham township, 5.
Water-falles, William de (1296), pays subsidy, 258.
Waterfalls, farm in Carrycoats, acreage, 403 n ; standard
of rebeUion unfurled in 171 5, 406.
Waterhaugh, in West Allen, 116.
Waters, Matthew, of Wallsend, (1772), trustee, 422.
— William (1749), of Wallsend, mortgagee, 36.
Watling Street, description of section which crosses the
parishes of St. John Lee and Thockrington, Z14-9.
Watson ot Allendale and Newcastle, pedigree, 105 ;
evidences, 107-9.
Watson, Andrew (1538), of Fallowfield, a trooper, 157.
— Cuthbert (1740), marriage( 269.
— Edward (1538), of Wall, a trooper, 170.
— (Cotesworth), Hannah (d. 1765), marriage, 145 ;
death, 145 n ; (1790) executrix, 93.
— Hugh (1699), of Studdon, trustee, 103; (1711) a
Quaker of Allendale, 83.
— Joseph (1711), a Quaker of AUendale, 83.
— Joshua (i7ii),a Quaker of AUendale, 83 ; fined, 108.
— Richard (1538), of Fallowfield, a trooper, 157.
— Robert, marriage, 425.
— Roland (1538), of Fallowfield, a trooper, 157.
— Thomas (1538), ot Fallowfield, a trooper, 157.
— Thomas Carrick (1897), notes by, 104 n.
Waugh, Thomas (1775), a petitioner to archbishop, 89 n.
Waukelin, William, clerk (1248), lands in HaUington,
239.
Wauker, William de (circa 1289), vicar of Chollerton,
256, 267 ; lands in Chollerton, 257.
Waukin, 'William (1220), lands in Hallington, 239.
Wauton, John de (1322), a justice, 239.
Way, Richard (1677), sells Hallington, 241.
— Thomas (1663), lands in HaUington, 241,
Weakliffe (Soulby), Martha, marriage, 133,
Weapons discovered : at Allendale Town, 88 ; at
Barrasford, 311, 312 ; at Chipchase, 330; at Gun
nerton Crag, 320 n ; at Sweethope, 408 n. See also
pre-historic remains.
Wear, Thos, (1765), of Brinkburn parish, marriage, 29,
Wears, John (1711), marriage, 269.
Weatherley, Elizabeth (1841), trustee, 232 ; lands, 233,
— ¦ Robert (1830), marriage, 233,
Weatherley Meed, a place name in HaUington, 241 n,
Webb, Edward (1737), of Gray's Inn, trustee, 192.
Weld, Edward (1775), of Lulworth, marriage, 194.
Weldon, Barbara (1718), bequest to, 153.

INDEX.

477

Weldon, John (1663), proprietor in Sandhoe, 211.
— Lancelot (1702), bequest to, 153 ; action against, 214.
— (Errington), Margaret (d. 1732), marriage, 153,
— Michael (circa 1600), marriage, 341 ; (d. 1718) will
of, 153 ; death, 153 n,
— William (1676), trustee, 58 ; (1718) executor, 153,
Welford, Thomas (1897), owner of High Shield, 5.
Werke, Gilbert de (1336), pays subsidy, 324.
Werst, WiUiam (1296), pays subsidy, 399.
Wesley, John (1784), his visits to AUendale, 88-9,
West (Teasdale), Anne, of Whitley chapelry, marriage,
29.
— John (1538), a trooper, 75,
— Richard (1547), lands in High Quarter, 65-6, 70,
West Boat, suspension bridge, 9,
West Quarter township, in parish of Hexham, detailed
history of estates, 8-25 ; population and area, 8 ;
rights of common, 72-3.
Westburnhope, in High Quarter, 70-1.
Wester house, homestead in Allendale, 90 n.
Wester-meadow, in High Quarter, 71 n.
Westmoreland, Johanna, countess of (1441), 365,
— John (1498), vicar of ChoUerton, 267,
Westwood, Nicholas (1538), a trooper, 75,
Westwood, forest of, owners, 15, 17, 34.
\Vhapweasel, a burn in Hexhamshire, 64, 73.
Wharmlands, farm in West Allen, non, 116, 121, 123 n.
Whelpington, Hugh de (1280), witness, 401 ; (1347)
witness, 332 n,
Whinfield (nie Cuthbertson), Dorothy (d, 1774),
marriage, 213 ; death, 214.
— William (1740), vicar of Branxton, marriage, 213,
Whinnetly, estate, 36-7, 374,
Whinnetly mill, surrendered, 24,
White, James (1782), of Lambshield, trustee, 143,
— Lionel (1538), ot Bingfield, a trooper, 225,
— Robert (1538), of Hallington, a trooper, 240,
— Taylor (1728J, of Lincoln's Inn, marriage, 189.
White walls, a messuage in Buteland, 366.
WhitehaU, in High Quarter, 54 ; history, 66 ; Metho
dist chapel, 66.
Whitehead (Forster), Jane, of Berwick, marriage, 63.
— (Ramsay), Maria (d. 1855), marriage, 195,
— Richard (1385), charge against, 201,
— William (circa 1500), of Newlands, a trooper, 8 n.
Whitehouse, farm in Carrycoats, acreage, 403 n ;
bastle house, 405,
Whitelawe, WiUiam de (1296), witness, 325 ; pays
subsidy, 324,
Whiteridge, homestead in Allendale, 103, 104 n,
-Whiteside Law, a township, in parish of Chollerton, 301,
Whitesmocks, a tenement in Hexham, 422.
Whitestone, in Allendale, 116,
Whitfield, Francis (1666), of New MiU in Allendale, 92.
— (nee Watson), Jane, bequest to, 108,
— John (1671), of Whitfield, marriage, 133.
— (Bee), Margaret (1681), marriage, 86.
— Matthew (1538), a trooper, 13 ; (1552) setter and
searcher, 96 ; (1563) witness, 82 ; (1663) possessions
in Ninebanks, n o ; ( 1 685 ) of "Whitfield, parentage, 97.
— Nicholas (1596), witness to will, 116; (1699) of
Church-style, amount owing to, 120.
— Ralph (1576), acts as an attorney for Sir 'John
Forster, 115,
— Richard (1538), of Fallowfield, a trooper, 157.
— Rynzen (1538), of Allendale, a trooper, no,
— Ulrich, of Whitfield (1685), possessions of, 97,
— WiUiam, of Whitfield (1685), inheritance of, 97 ;
(d, 1711) of AUendale Town, burial, 86.

Whitfield, in Broomhope, owners of, 369 ; in Kirk
heaton, 381,
Whitgwam, Robert (1496), curate of St, John Lee, 131,
Whitington, Thomas de (1233), grant of Lillswood, 45.
Whitley chapel, account of, 25-28 ; Ust of ministers,
2!! ; monumental inscriptions, 28 ; registers and
charities, 29.
Whitley chapelry, extent, 25 ; characteristic nomen
clature, 30.
Whitley mill, in Middle Quarter, history of, 48-50.
Whitleyshield-green, in Allendale, 116, 121, 123 n,
Whittington, Little, Errington estates in, 187, 191,
193, 193 n ; acquired by Peter de Vaux, 200.
WhittonstaU, 'i^aux possessions at, 201-2.
Whitwalls burn, tributary of the Allen, 74,
Wicks (Shafto), Sarah (d, 1865), marriage, 407,
Widdrington of Colwell, pedigree, 294 ; evidences, 295-6.
Widdrington ot Buteland, Broomhope, and Morpeth,
pedigree, 369,
Widdrington of Colt Park , pedigree, 213; evidences, 214,
Widdrington, Ann (1654), lands in Carrycoats, 405,
— Benjamin (1594), defendant, 294 n ; (1608) of
Little Swinburn, purchases estate, 365,
— (nie Errington), Cath, (d. 1720), named in will, 2I4,
— Clara (1620), of Colwell, monumental slab, 266.
— (Errington), Dorothy (1643), marriage, 188; will, 190;
(1668) of Buteland, co-heiress, 366 ; marriage, 367.
— _Edward (d. circa 1577), inheritance, 280 ; (1674), of
Blackheddon, will, 296.
— (Riddell), EUzabeth Margaret (d. 1798), of Felton,
marriage, 286.
— Sir Ephraim, 01' Ritton, marriage, 35.
— Francis (1632), of West Harle, bequest to, 295 ;
lands in Carrycoats, 405.
— Gerard de (1327), lands, 292 ; estate restored to,
308 ; juror, 322 n ; witness, 333 n ; (1452) lands in
Portgate, 212.
— Henry (1592), inheritance, 280; quarrels with
Lord Eure, 280-1 ; disposition of his estates, 280 ;
duel with Sir Robert Kerr, 281 ; (1596) juror, 370 ;
(1599) trustee, 415 ; (1610) of Rothbury, marriage,
14-5 ; (1625) purchases lands in Buteland, 365-6 ;
(d. 1633) of Colwell, monumental slab, 266; will,
295 ; estates, 296 ; (1640) of Bingfield, estates, 231 ;
(1643) of St. Anthony's, named in will, 190; (1654)
of Blackheddon, estates, 405; (1709) of Buteland,
slain in duel, 372 ; party to petition, 374; (d. 1728)
marriage, 214, 237.
— James (1570), of Hallington, 240 n.
— John (1367), marriage, 224; witness, 279 n;
(d. 1443) of Swinburn Castle, 280; lands, 280;
(1536) farms Chipchase corn tithes, 349 ; (1547)
freeholder in Bingfield, 225 ; lands in HaUington,
240-1 ; will, 240 n ; (1555) of Swinburn castle, 280 ;
tithes of Colwell, 290 ; (1640) estates entailed on,
231; (1643) Newcastle, estates inherited by, 190;
(d. 1738) ofthe Chesters, burial, 134.
— Katherine (1643), wife of Benjamin, 190.
— (Riddell), Katherine (d. 1658), marriage, 284,
— {nuper Ridley), Margaret (1610), marriages, 14, 15 ;
(1704), legatee of John ThirlwaU, 24; (Algood)
(1743), of Portgate, sells Todridge, 237.
— (Sutton), Mary (1668), marriage, 366 ; (RiddeU), (d.
1751), marriage, 286,
— Michael (1720), of Morpeth, estates, 368, 369,
— Oswald (1522), setter and searcher, 410 n,
— Ralph (1522), his tenement in Filton, 404 ; overseer
of watch, 355 ; (1596) his escape from Swinburn
when the castle was captured by Sir Robert Kerr,

478

INDEX.

281 ; (1653) of Colwell and Bingfield, surrenders
property, 33 ; estates confiscated, 231 ; marriage,
231 n, 294 n ; conveys estates, 237; bequest to,
295 ; executor, 295,
Widdrington, Robert (1599), named in will, 415 ; (1716)
of Buteland, lands of, 368 ; party to petition, 374,
— Roger de (1345), his lands in West Swinburn, 279 ;
has licence to crenellate castle, 279 ; sheriff of
Northumberland, 280; possessions of, 293; (1356)
party to deed, 202, 224 ; (1368) acquires lease in
Thockrington, 399 ; (1448), party to deed, 224-5 ',
witness, 333 n ; (1567) grant from Crown to, 305,
404 n ; (1596) captured by Sir Robert Kerr, 280-1 ;
(circa 1610) marriage, 35 ; (1633) °^ Cartington,
295 ; sells lands in Buteland, 365,
— Sarah (1715), of Anick, entered as non-juror, 154,
— Thomas (1632), of Gray's Inn, executor, 295 ; (1640)
estates entailed to, 231 ; (1677) of Bingfield, monu
mental slab, 266,
— William (1640), estates entailed to, 231; (1654)
estates conveyed to, 405 ; (1678) bequest to, 190 ;
conveys estates, 296, 301 ; Tonehouse, 297,
Widehaugh, a place name in Acomb, 136,
Widington, W, de (1229), witness, 59.
Wigglesmere (1285), lake of, 257,
Wigham, EUzabeth (1779), petition by, 85,
— John (1650), vicar of Chollerton, 267, 270,
— (Watson), Rachel (d. 1794), marriage, 105.
— Robert, of Coanwood, marriage, 106.
— Thomas (1815), trustee, 108,
— WiUiam, of Coanwood, marriage, 106,
Wigornia, Ralph de. See sub Wirecester.
WUd, Elizabeth (1747), tenant in WaU, 171,
— John (1747), tenant in Wall, 171.
Wilkinson, Anthony (1538), a trooper, 109 ; (1716)
millwright, repairs HaUington mill, 242.
— Christopher (1700), of Chapel-house, endows schools,
89, 90, 90 n ; will of, 89 ; (1772) of Newcastle, 243,
— Francis (1727), tenant in Barrasford, 317, 318 n,
— Major-General F. Green (i860), marriage, 206,
— George (1715), tenant of Hallington mill, 242,
— Henry (1538), a trooper, 109 ; (1876) purchases
Bingfield East Side, 233.
— (TuUp), Isabella (1769), marriage, 159; (Coppin)
(d, 1798) of North Shields, marriage, 234.
— Joseph (1699), amount owing by, 120.
— Lawrence (1537), of Coastley, a trooper, 13.
— (Alder), Margaret, marriage, 133 ; (Cotesworth) (b.
1672), of South Shields, marriage, 145.
— Nicholas, charitable bequest by, 87 n.
— Roger (1538), of Allendale, a trooper, no,
— Roland (1538), of Keepwich, a trooper, 196,
— Simon (1693), of Chollerton, bequest to, 260,
— Thomas (1538), of AUendale, a trooper, no.
— William (1563), suit by, 82; (1715) tenant of
HaUington, 241 ; (1717) claims as creditor, 191,
WiUiam, the grieve of Ninebanks (1295), pays subsidy,
WilUam, archdeacon of Richmond, witness, 398,
WilUam, son of Lawrence (1279), tenant in Swinburn,
275, 276 n ; does homage, 277,
William, son of Richard (1279), tenant in Swinburn,
276 n.
WiUiam, vicar of Bywell (1243), witness, 330 n,
WiUiam, vicar of Chollerton (1316), 267.
Williams, William (1887), incumbent of Allenheads, 100.
WiUiamson of Hayrake, in Allendale, family, 103-4,
Williamson, Alex, (1686), imprisoned, 103 ; will, 103,
— Margaret (1748), bequest to, 28,

Williamson, Naomi (d, 1699), buried at Hayrake, 86.
— Thomas, junior (d, 1690), fined and imprisoned,
103, 107,
Wills, John (1700), of Durham, marriage, 119,
— (nie Robsori), Susanna, bequest to, 120,
Wilson of Kingswood and Newbiggin, pedigree, 38,
Wilson, Ann (1699), of Ninebanks, bequest to, 120 ;
(1720) charitable bequest by, 87, 120 ; will of, 120.
— Cuthbert (1714), of Walwick, agent for Chipchase
estates, 368 ; (1780) sells Walwick, 159 n,
— (nie Winter), Edith (1734), executrix, 120,
— Edward (1538), a trooper, 170 ; (1735) acts as
arbitrator, 236 ; (1752) of Hexham, tenant, 8.
— George (1715), of Anick, entered as non-juror, 154,
— Henry (1538), trooper, 258; (1679) named in will, 153,
— Hugh (1608), holds Catton Lee, 94; charitable
bequest by, 88 n.
— John (1538), a trooper, 13 ; (1563) witness, 82,
— Leonard (1668), of Cooperhaugh, lands in Catton,
95; (d, 1699) of Dryside, marriage, 119; will of,
120 ; (1825) of Newcastle, purchases HaUington
demesne, 243 ; reference to will, 244 n ; of Oak
pool, charitable bequest by, 87 n,
— (Heron), Mary (1672), marriage, 362; (Fewster)
(1710) marriage, 86 ; (nie Widdrington) bequest to,
295,
— Matthew (1699), bequest to, 120.
— Ralph (1632), marriage, 294 ; of Hartlepool,
marriage, 285.
— Richard (1538), a trooper, 170 ; (1625) of Houghton
castle, buys lands in ChoUerton, 259; (1663)
tenant of HaUington Mains, 242 ; (1694) ad
ministers son's estate, 242 n.
— Robert (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 8,
— Roger (1642), sells lands in Chollerton, 259,
— -Samuel (1680), of Bingfield, marriage, 227-8;
baptism of his daughter, 133,
— Thomas (1538), a trooper, 13, 225; (1552) setter
and searcher, 96 ; (1663) tenant, 94.
— WilUam (1538), a trooper, 18; (1699) bequest to,
120.
— WilUam Heron (d. 1870), incumbent of Birtley, 360.
Wilton, Step. (1434), prebendary of Thockrington, 388,
Windshill, tenement of Bee family, 116,
Windsor, Honourable Dixie (1743), marriage, 383.
— (nie Stote), Dorothy (d, 1757), contested succession
to her estates, 382, 382 n; erects chapel at Kirk
heaton, 385,
Winnis hill, Quakers' meeting-house at, 108,
Winsellow, James (1713), nephew of Roger Carnaby, 21.
Winship, Ann (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 8.
— Edward (1735), of Corbridge, trustee, 61,
— (nie Ridley), Sarah (1782), bequest to, 143,
Winter, Abraham (1762), of Spital Shield, death of, 61,
— Edith (Wilson), of Nine Banks, twice married, 119.
— Elizabeth (Forster), of Eshells, twice married, 63.
— George (1688), of Spital Shield, named in will, 61.
— Hugh (1538), a trooper, no.
— John (1688), of Spital Shield, named in will, Ci,
— Joseph (1699), bequest to, 120,
— Margaret (1688), bequest to, 61.
— Robert (1538), a trooper, 109 ; (1677) lands in Spital
Shield, 61,
— William (1688), provisions of will, 61 ; (1690) of
Upper Ardley, bequest to, 6 1 ; (1694) bequest to, 120,
Winter Eale, farmhold in Allendale, 97 n.
Winter-house, homestead in Middle Quarter, 61, 62,
Wirecester, Aschatinus (1128), witness to charter, 273,
— Gilbert de (1290), gifts to Hexham priory, 411, 414.

INDEX.

479

Wirecester, John de (1240), in possession ot West Swin
burn, 274 ; identified with John de Swinburn, 274 ;
genealogy, 276,
— Pagan de (1168),' holds manor of West Swinburn,
274 ; descendants, 276-
— Ralph de (1162), owner of Hadston barony, 274.
— WilUam de (1184), succession opposed, 274; gene
alogy, 276 ; witness, 303 n.
Wirecester barony. See Hadston barony.
Wirkesworth, WilUam (1331), receiver at Hexham, 240.
Wise, Andrew (1717), of Newcastle, creditor of Thomas
Errington, 191,
— Ann (1700), ot Allendale, executrix, 80 n.
— George (1700), bequest to, 80 n.
— Thomas (1690), curate of Allendale, 80 ; will, 80 n ;
educational benefactions, 90 ; (1700) bequest to.
Son.
Withell, Edward (1538), of West Allen, a trooper, 109.
Wittewrith, Richard (1235), lands in Middle Quarter, 59.
Witton, Denise de (1271), of Bitchfield, abducted, 408,
— John (1740), prebendary of Thockrington, 389, 389 n.
Wodehouse, Walter de (1347), prebendary of Thock
rington, 388,
Woding, Matthew (1538), of West Alien, a trooper, 109,
Wolf, Thomas (1754), curate of Birtley, 360.
Wolfcleugh, in Allendale, 116, 121, 123 n.
WoUe, Adam (1336), of Gunnerton, pays subsidy, 324,
Wolsey, Cardinal (1518), grants lease of Thockrington,
402.
Wolveden, Robert de (1432), prebendary of Thockring
ton, 388.
Wood (Carnaby), AUce (d, 1703), marriage, 20.
— Anthony (1538), of Bingfield, a trooper, 225,
— David (1538), a trooper, 253.
— Francis (1720), sinks for coal on Steel fell, 368,
— James (1782), of Byker, will, 70,
— John (1585), vicar of Chollerton, 267 ; (1741) com
missioner, 32S n,
— Robert (153S), a trooper, 225; (1782) succeeds to
Cockershield estate, 70.
— Roger (1538), of Bingfield, a trooper, 225,
— Thomas (1741), commissioner, 328 n,
— William (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 8.
Woodcock, Thomas (1556), curate of Chollerton, 267.
Wooddell, Alexander (1610), vicar of Chollerton, 267,
270.
— Bridget (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 8.
Woodman, Anthony (1552), setter and searcher, 245.
— Henry (1538), a trooper, 258,
— Richard (1538), a trooper, 293
— Robert (1538), a trooper, 258,
— Thomas (1538), a trooper, 258.
— WiUiam (1538), a trooper, 258,
Woodmas, Thomas (1547), tenements of, 121.
— WilUam (1538), of West Allen, a trooper, 109.
Woodmas Walls, in Allendale, owners, 117, 121.
Woodside, in High Quarter, position of, 66.
Woodside, in Middle Quarter, position of, 48.
Wooler, Henry (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 8,
Wooley burn foot, Quakers' meeting house at, 89, 108,
Wooley, a farmhold in Allendale, 98 n,
Wortley, Matilda, wife of Robert Reymes of Shortflit,
325.
Wotton, Thomas de (1324), serves on jury, 292,
Wray, Jane White (1883), monument at Birtley, 359,
— Mary (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 8.
Wright, Henry (1580), prebendary of Thockrington, 389,
— William (1385), makes raid on Whittonstall, 201,
'Written rock,' the, on FaUowfield feU, 125, 155, 164.

Wychsleshe, WilUam (1336), pays subsidy, 292.
Wyghtflessh, WilUam (1336), lands in Colwell, 293.
Wyld, Mrs. (1663), of Hunton, letter to, 288.
— (RiddeU), Isabel (d. 1663), of Hunton, marriage, 285.
Wyndmylnstob, a place name in Hexham, 14,
Wyndswift, Adam (1336), of Thockrington, pays sub
sidy, 399 n.
Wynn (nie Leadbitter), Agnes, of Hexham, 131,

Yare, James (1762), ot Ordley, wiU, 44 ; trustee, 51 n.
— (nee Carr), Jane (1744), bequest to, 68.
— (Richardson), Mary, 44.
— Richard (d, 1721), of Ordley, death, 44; will, 44,
— William (1690), holds moiety of Ordley, 44,
Yarridge, in West Quarter, area, 8; history, 17, 18 ;
granted to Hexham priory, 17-8 ; muster roll, 18 ;
order to tenants, 49 ; certain lands held of manor
of Anick Grange, 149.
Yarrow, James (1715), tenant in HaUington, 242.
Yates (Guthbert) Francis (1874), marriage, 206,
Yeateshouse, a tenement in Allendale, 116.
Yeland, Adam de (1210), steward to the bishop of
Durham, witness, 325,
Yeldart, Archibald (1538), a trooper, 258,
— Roger (1538), a trooper, 170 n,
Yetham, Adam de (1310), witness to deed, 278 n ;
conveys Colwell, 292.
— Nicholas de 1290), arbitrator in suit, 150 ; justice,
156 ; witness, 275 n ; custodian of deed, 277, 277 n ;
pays subsidy, 291, 399 ; has manor of Colwell, 292 ;
lands in Thockrington, 401 ; commissioner for gaol
delivery, 409.
Yokesley, See Nubbock,
York, archbishops of: Bowett, 13, 23, 185 ; Thomas de
Corbridge, 16, 64, 143, 180, 239, 409 ; Geoffrey
Plantagenet, 9, 16 ; Walter Gifford, 109, 170, 239,
398, 409 ; Walter Gray, 9, 16, 39, 45, 59, 143, 170,
185, 197, 199, 223, 239, 397, 400, 408 ; Greenfield,
16, 25, 78, 128-9, '7^, 2°°, 22', *^3 ; Robert Hol
gate, 149 ; WiUiam Melton, 10, 157, 185, 200, 211-2,
224 ; George Neville, n, 173 n ; Romayne, 39, 150,
185, 223 ; Thomas II, , 18, 149-50, 205, 236 ; John
Thoresby, 34, 40, 399 ; Thurstan, 39, 196 ; Walter,
211; Thomas 'Wolsey, 402; William le Zouche,
23,25.
Young (Caldcleugh), Elizabeth, of Durham, marriage,
124.
— James (1596), alias James ot the Coave, rescued
from Swinburn castle, 281,
— (Caldcleugh), Jane, ot Durham, marriage, 124,
Younger, Anton (1538), of Hallington, a trooper, 240.
— Clare (1752), of Hexham, tenant, 8,
— Elizabeth (1699), bequest to, 90 n,
— George (1538), a trooper, 225, 293.
— Gerard (1538), a trooper, 196, 240, 292,
— (Swinburn), Grace (1678), marriage, 86.
— John (1538), a trooper, 225, 240,
— Patrick (1538), of Sandhoe, a trooper, 207,
— PhiUp (1538), of Hallington, a trooper, 240,
— Robert(i538), atrooper, 225, 240; (1752) a tenant, 8,
— Roger (1538), of Hallington, a trooper, 240,
— Thomas (1538), atrooper, 207; (1752) tenant, 8,
— WUUam (1538), of HaUington, a trooper, 240.
Z.
Zouche, William le (1348), archbishop of York, 23, 25.

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