The history and antiquities of the county palatine, of Durham: by William Hutchinson ... [pt.2]

We now enter the parish of CHESTER-LE-STREET, which adjoins to Lanchester towards the west * 1.1.

The reader will revert to the account given of this place in the annals of the bishops † 1.2, where he will find more at large the particulars here briefly recapitulated. Bishop Eardulph, who was the eighteenth prelate of the church of Lindisfarn, fly∣ing with the remains of St Cuthbert before the barbarians who made their sacrile∣gious descent on that island, not settling at Crake, where he sat down for a time, rested at Chester, and there began to build a church about the year 883; and the religious body retained this residence till the year 995, when they rested at Dur∣ham. Tanner says, the See removed hither "had probably a chapter of monks, or rather secular canons attending it."—Chester entertained the same re∣ligious society that existed at Lindisfarn, and they were again translated to Dur∣ham, so it is pretty certain there was no establishment of monks here, but of seculars. Egelric, the fourth bishop of Chester, was induced to take down the humble building of wood which his predecessor erected for his episcopal church,

and raised one more magnificent: Finding great treasures, he conveyed the same out of his bishopric to enrich the monastery of Peterborough, from whence he came: We have already offered conjectures on this treasure-trove, and therefore shall not dwell on it here. On the introduction of canons regular into the cathe∣dral church of Durham, Chester, it is said, was one of the churches appointed to receive the seculars, who, without having committed offence, were removed from the seat of dignity, and no doubt were provided for in the most ample manner.

The church of Chester, divested of its state and authority, became merely a pa∣rochial rectory* 1.3, till the year 1286, when that munificent prelate, Anthony Bek, in holy reverence to the memory of St Cuthbert, and in honour of the place of his rest for upwards of a century, founded here a collegiate church, consisting of a dean, seven prebendaries, five chaplains, three deacons, and other ministers. The account given of this transaction in Stevens's Monasticon, is to the following effect† 1.4.

A suit having long depended between Sire Walter de Clifford, cl. on the one part, and Master Alaine, of Esyngwalde, on the other, the former claiming the rectorship or parsonage of Chester, and the latter alledging that he had for cer∣tain lawful causes been deprived by Robert (de Insula) bishop of Durham and himself by the same bishop substituted in his place, both parties being unwilling to be any further entangled with suits and contentions, yielded up all their rights in the said church into the hands of Anthony (Bek) bishop of Durham, and sub∣mitted it to his ordinance, together with the chapels, lands, fruits, and revenues unto the same belonging. The bishop finding the church sufficiently endowed, and yet ill served, ordained it should for the future be collegiate, and that there should be in it a dean and seven prebendaries, the dean to maintain two chap∣lain's assistants, and other necessary clerks, and to repair the chancel, and find ministers for the chapels of Tanfield and Lamesley; for the defraying of which ex∣pence he assigned him the altarage of the said church and chapels, with other re∣venue, and the fishery on the river Were, together with the rent and court of the tenants of the church in the town of Chester and of Walrige, and the whole do∣minical land of Hervertone. In like manner he regulated the several prebends, and the manner of the canons sitting in their stalls, and all other particulars as in other collegiate churches, and ordered the tenth part of the portion of every non-resident to be given to the residents; and in case there were no residents, then to the use of the church or poor. This ordination was made by the bishop, at Auck∣land, in the third year of his consecration, was confirmed by king Edward I. at Berwick, on the 12th of June, 1292, and by Pope Boniface VIII. at Rome, in the Ides of March, 1296, in the third year of his pontificacy* 2.1.

Under this establishment the church of Chester continued till the dissolution of collegiate churches and chantries, in the first year of Edward VI. when, by virtue of the statute, the deanry, prebends, rectory, and the several rights of that church became vested in the crown. The prebends of the seven portionists, with the vi∣carage or deanry of this church, were taxed in the Lincoln valuation, 20th king Edward I. 1291, at 146l. 13s. 4d. but 20th king Henry VIII. 1534, the deanry and seven prebends were valued at no more than 77l. 12s. 8d. in the whole, viz. the deanry 41l.—Prebend of Lamesley 5l. 16s. 8d.—Pelton 5l. 16s. 8d.—Chester 6l.—Second prebend of Lamesley 10l.—Tanfield 3l. 6s. 8d.—Birtley 3l. 6s. 8d.— And Urpath 2l. 6s. This deanry, with its members, continued in the crown un∣til the 16th year of James I. when, by letters patent under the great seal, dated at Westminster, the 26th of July, he gave and granted to Sir James Ouchterlony, knight, and Richard Gurnard, or Green, citizen and cloth-worker, of London, their heirs and assigns, the deanry, prebends, rectory, and vicarage of the col∣legiate and parish church of Chester; which instrument was inrolled in the high court of chancery: In 1618, by indenture, also inrolled in chancery, they convey∣ed the premisses to William Darling, in see: In 1620, William Darling died, leaving Edward his son and heir: In 1622, Edward Darling, by indenture, also inrolled, conveyed the same in fee to Thomas Liddell, of Ravensholme, in this county, esq In 1626, Liddell conveyed to Jeffery Walker; and in 1629, he con∣veyed the same to Richard Hedworth, esq * 2.2 in whose family it descended in the following succession, to Ralph in 1680, to Ralph his son, in 1683, to John his son, in 1704, who presented William Lamb clerk to the curacy, and John, by his will, dated the 15th of December, 1746, devised the premisses to his two sons-in-law,

Sir Ralph Milbanke, and Sir Richard Hilton, baronets, and their heirs: Sir Richard Hilton died on the 1st of July, 1755.

The church of Chester being reduced to a curacy, is not certified, and Sir Ralph Milbanke and the representatives of Sir Richard Hilton are patrons * 2.3. It is a handsome edifice of stone, covered with lead; the tower from the foundation is square, but when it rises above the roof, takes an octagonal form, and in this part is apparently much more modern; it is finished with a most elegant stone spire, one of the finest in the north of England, being in the whole one hundred and fifty-six feet in height: The accurate plate will save much description. The whole length of this building on the outside is fifty-four paces. The church within is of a regular form, having two side ailes, separated from the nave by five pointed arches supported on pillars, two of which towards the east in each row are light and round, but the third, an odd conceit in the architect, is formed of two cylin∣ders put together, the broad sides facing the nave and ailes: The nave is in length from the foot of the tower thirty paces, and in width, including the ailes, from the north door to the south, fifteen paces: The pulpit is placed against the center pillar in the south row; the sounding board heavy with rude carving. The whole church is decently stalled, and kept clean; the pavement is new; there is a handsome white marble font, and a gallery at the west end: The south aile is lighted with three regular windows of three lights each, under pointed arches; in the eastern one are two coats of arms. The chancel has been altered in modern times, and is only six paces wide by eleven long; the arch which separates it is supported on light brackets, and the stalls are without much ornament. There are four windows to the south, and a large modern-sash to the east.

The north aile, which now is solely appropriated to and filled with a line of tombs of the Lumley family, has anciently been further extended, three arches and two columns appearing in the outside wall, as if some small cloister formerly lay contiguous to the church: The windows discover the alteration, which per∣haps was made when the tombs were placed, for there are three square windows within the old arches, and a window under a pointed arch beyond them. Before

Before we speak of the monuments, it must be noted, that bishop Matthew granted licence in 1594, authorizing John baron of Lumley, to translate hither the re∣mains and monuments of his ancestors, particularly of John Lumley, and Ralph Lumley, from the yard of the cathedral church at Durham, where they were placed near the north door* 2.4.

This solemn arrangement of effigies, this aile of death, cannot be visited with∣out some emotion by those who know the family, descended of an illustrious race of ancestry, or have traced their history and possessions. The genealogical table which attends the description of Lumley castle will save a tedious rehearsal of mo∣numental inscriptions.

The first effigy at the foot or west end of the aile, is by an inscription on the wall, noted to appertain to Liulphus, that unhappy minister of Walcher bishop of Durham, who provoked the massacre at Gateshead church: The figure is cut in stone, but much mutilated, having lost the feet; the right hand is extended, grasp∣ing the sword, as in the action of drawing the weapon; the legs are straight. It will be necessary to note why such different attitudes had acceptance in monumen∣tal effigies. Persons who died in battle on the victorious side, were represented with the helmet on the head, the shield on the lest, and the sword on the dexter side, naked, and with the point upwards. Those who died in battle on the van∣quished side, were represented on their tombs without their coat over their armour, with their feet resting on a dead lion, having their hands joined on their breast, the visor lifted up, and the sword in the sheath. Those who died prisoners were re∣presented without helmet, sword or spur. One who had served a great part of his life in the army, and afterwards became a religious person, was represented up∣wards in the habit of the order he professed, and below in complete armour. A gentleman or knight, who had been killed or vanquished in single combat, was re∣presented in compleat armour, his battle ax out of his arms, lying by him, and his left arm across his right. If he had been victorious, he was represented armed on all points, with his right arm across over the left, and his battle ax in his arms. The son of a general, or governor of a castle or fortified city, if he died when the place was besieged, was pourtrayed in complete armour, with his head resting on an helmet instead of a pillow† 2.5.

The second effigy, Utredus filius Liulphi, cut in stone, his head, shoulders, and arms covered with a coat of mail of chain work, the legs of the same, the right hand grasping the sword hilt in the action of drawing the weapon.

The third, William de Lumley, accoutred the same as the last; a parrot held by the tail in the right hand, the legs crossed, the right foot uppermost, the feet rested on a lion couchant—an elegant figure; the folds of the vest skirts easy and finely disposed. This William was the son of Uchtred, and grandson of Liul∣phus before-mentioned.

The fourth, William Lumley mil. in a suit of armour, his legs crossed, the left leg uppermost, the feet broken off, his right hand drawing the instrument,

his head rested on an helmet; his hair cut at the fore-top, and in stiff curl.

The fifth, William de Lumley mil. son of William, in a suit of armour, his head rested on his helmet, the right hand drawing the sword; the hair like the fourth; the legs straight, and the feet gone.

The sixth, Roger, in a suit of armour, much mutilated, the legs, hand and shield gone, hair curled as the former. This personage married Sybil, daugh∣ter and coheiress of Hugh de Morwic, who had two other daughters, Theophania and Beatrix; and they, in the fourth year of king Edward I. made partition of the knights fees of their inheritance.

The seventh, in a suit of armour, a shield, no sword, his right hand on his breast, his hair curled, his head supported on cushions, the legs straight, and feet rest∣ing on a shield of his coat-armour: This tomb belongs to Robert de Lumley, eldest son of Roger, and father of Marmaduke, whose tomb is next noted.

The eighth, Sir Marmaduke de Lumley, with a curled beard, a cap in up∣right folds and terminating in a point, his head resting on his gauntlets laid across each other, the fingers inwards; his hands elevated on his breast, three parrots scattered on his garments below the girdle; his legs appear to have been placed straight, but are much mutilated: This personage's mother was the eldest daughter of Marmaduke de Thweng, a great baron, lord of Kilton and Thweng, with many other manors in Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Westmoreland; she and her sister Catharine were coheiresses of William, Robert, and Thomas de Thweng their brothers: Sir Marmaduke's eldest son, Robert, was under age at his father's death, and he died during his minority, leaving Ralph his next brother and heir: They derived from their mother the manors of Moressome-Magna, Moressome Parva, Ocketon, Lythum, Merske, Brotton, Hylderwell, Skynner∣green, Lyvertoun, North Cave, Rotese-on-the-Wolds, Lound, Langtose, Sway∣thorpe, Thorp juxta Kilton, Foxholes, Thweng, with the advowson of the church, Kilton castle, Stotevil-fee, and Bulmer-fee, all in the county of York* 2.6.

The ninth effigy, Ralph, first lord of Lumley. This is a remarkable figure, cut in coarse freestone, and was one of those removed from the yard of the cathe∣dral church at Durham, by virtue of the licence before noted: It is dressed in a straight-sleeved jacket or coat of mail, his visor is rib'd down the front, and has two transverse slits for the sight; the breast is covered with the shield bearing three parrots, the sword under the shield unsheathed, the point upwards rested against the face of the visor; the legs are straight, supported on a dog lying at rest. This personage was a knight in the ninth year of king Richard II. and in the retinue of Henry de Percy, earl of Northumberland, in the expedition into Scotland, where he behaved so gallantly, that the king in the year succeeding appointed him governor of Berwick: In the twelfth year of that reign he was taken prisoner by the Scotch: After his release he held Berwick as the earl's deputy for some time: Was sum∣moned to parliament among the barons from the eighth year of king Richard II. till the first of king Henry IV, inclusive, when he was attainted, and had his lands

seized for being a confederate with the earl of Kent and others against that accession, and opposing the disposal of Richard. The associators appeared in arms, and took possession of the town of Cirencester, whilst their troops lay encamped without; but on an insurrection of the inhabitants, the lords were overpowered, and carried prisoners to the king at Oxford, where they suffered immediate execution. It seems lord Lumley was not among the prisoners, for by the record of his for∣feiture and attainder, it is set forth he died in the field of battle: If we give credit to the device on the monument, when he fell he was of the victorious party. His wife Elianor was daughter of John lord Nevill of Raby, and sister of Ralph earl of Westmoreland: In her widowhood, she had in the second year of king Henry IV. an assignment of twenty pounds a year during life out of the customs at Hull, which was confirmed by king Henry V. in the first year of his reign, with the further grant of lands and tenements in Beautrove and Stranton, in the bishopric of Durham, and Holme in Holderness. The eldest son, Thomas, died in the fifth year of king Henry IV. seised of the castle of Lumley Parva, and the manors of Stanley, Stranton, Ricklesden, and Beautrove, in the bishopric, together with divers other large estates in Yorkshire and Northumberland; dying without issue, he left Sir John Lumley, knight, his brother and heir, then twenty years of age. John earl of Somerset had obtained a grant of several manors and estates, which came to the crown under the attainder of Ralph lord Lumley, to the value of three hundred and sixty pounds a year; a great possession in that age * 2.7.

The tenth effigy, Sir John Lumley: A figure resembling the last described, and most probably the second monument removed from the cathedral church-yard.— To this personage king Henry was much attached; in the sixth year of that reign he had livery of all the castles, manors, and lands of which his father was seised at the time of his attainder; and for his services in Scotland he received the honour of knighthood: He also fought bravely in the French war, for which gal∣lant conduct and fidelity to his sovereign, he had full restitution of blood by par∣liament in the thirteenth year of that reign, as well what was attainted by the con∣viction of his father, as Thomas his brother; so it is expressed in the parliament rolls. In the wars of king Henry V. he also signalized himself: Under the con∣duct of Thomas duke of Clarence, the king's brother, he was in the battle of Baugy, in the province of Anjoy, on Easter-eve, 1421, to which the English army was betrayed by one Andrew Forgusa, a Lombard, who was employed by the duke as a spy, and falsely represented the numbers and situation of the enemy: Many of the English lords were averse to the enterprize, and dissuaded the duke from approaching his foes on so slight and suspicious a report; but the General im∣plicitly placing confidence in his emissary, resolved to seek the foe and engage; his troops disdained the idea of deserting danger, and, when too late, found they were attacking four times their numbers; feats of distinguished bravery were dis∣played, and all the efforts of intrepid courage exhibited, but in vain; for in the dreadful carnage of a defeat, there sell the duke, lord Lumley, the earls of Tankerville and Angus, and the lord Ross, together with many of inferior rank:

He left a son and heir, Thomas, whose tomb is not in this arrangement at Chester.

The eleventh effigy, George lord Lumley: This figure, like the rest, is re∣cumbent, dressed in robes, a heavy ruff or roll about his neck, his hands elevated, curled hair and beard: The dress similar to the robes of a peer as now worn. This personage was knighted by king Edward IV. He was sheriff of Northumberland in the second and third years of that reign; an office then not only of great trust and authority, but of vast emolument, for no account was made to the king's ex∣chequer till the third year of king Edward VI. but the issues and profits of the bailiwic were appropriated to the sheriffs proper benefit, with all debts, fines, and amerciaments, emoluments accruing from alienations, intrusions, wards, marriages, reliefs, &c. the intention of which appropriation was to reward their diligence in protecting the borders against the Scots, and for that purpose to keep sufficient guards in pay. But that duty being lessened by the appointment of wardens of the marches, in the third year of king Edward VI. it was enacted, that the sheriffs of Northumberland should thenceforth like others account to the exchequer. In the sixth year of king Edward IV. he, with Sir Robert Folbery, were elected knights of the shire for the county of Northumberland, in the parliament summoned to meet at Westminster, and in the return of the writ are stiled milites gladiis cincti. He was appointed sheriff of Northumberland in the eighth year of that reign, and continued in office four successive years. In the twentieth year he was in the duke of Gloucester's army, at the taking of Berwick, having a great command in that expedition, and in the rolls of the troops is called lord Lumley: He was one that entered Edinburgh at the head of the forces, and with lord Fitz Hugh, the lord Scrope of Massam, and others, was made a knight banneret in Hooton-field, as a testimony of approved gallantry. On the accession of king Henry VII. he attend∣ed the king in his northern progress. In the thirteenth year of king Henry VII. he served in lord Surrey's army, when they raised the siege of Norham castle, where the king of Scots lay in person; and from thence penetrating into Scotland, made a diversion, and destroyed some considerable fortresses in sight of the Scotch army. On the espousals of the princess Margaret of England with James king of Scotland, 1502, he, with his son and their retinue, accompanied by eighty horsemen in their train, apparelled in the family liveries, met the queen at Darlington and at∣tended her to Berwick. He married one of the daughters of Roger Thornton, esq a merchant at Newcastle, by whom he got a large fortune, and among other pos∣sessions the manors of Witton in Northumberland, Ludworth and the Isle, in this county. There happened much litigation touching this lady's fortune, through one Giles Thornton, a natural son of her father; and the contention becoming personal, lord Lumley slew him at Windsor castle ditch. Bishop Sherwood, in the sixth year of his pontificacy, granted a pardon to George lord Lumley, of all fe∣lonies, and restoration of forfeitures* 2.8. His eldest son and heir apparent died in his life time, to whom the following monument was erected.

The twelfth effigy, Sir Thomas Lumley: This figure is in a suit of armour, his hair curled, and head resting on a helmet, the hands elevated, and legs extended: Quarters the royal arms with a bar, having married Elizabeth Plantagenet, a natural

daughter of king Edward IV. by lady Elizabeth Lucy. He appeared on behalf of the clergy and commonalty of the diocese of Durham, in the eleventh year of king Henry VII. when the three estates of the kingdom were summoned to assemble at Westminster on the 27th of October, 1495. He left four sons, Richard, John, George, and Roger* 2.9; the eldest became heir to George lord Lumley, the grand∣father: He also left three daughters, Ann married Ralph lord Ogle, of Bothal; Sibil, who married William baron Hilton of Hilton, in this county; and Elianor, who married — Creswell, of Creswell, in Northumberland.

A mural monument of blue marble, inscribed to Richard lord Lumley, the first earl of Scarborough.

In a circle above, an inscription to George Lumley, son of John, attainted the twenty-ninth of king Henry VIII.

The thirteenth effigy, Richard lord Lumley, in robes, with elevated hands, a ruff or roll about the neck. This personage was the eldest son of Thomas Lumley, as before mentioned, and had summons to parliament among the barons, in the first year of king Henry VIII. He left by Anne his lady, daughter of Sir John Conyers, of Hornby castle, his eldest son John, who succeeded to the family ho∣nours and estates.

The fourteenth and last effigy, John lord Lumley. The figure dressed in robes. This personage, in the fifth year of king Henry VIII. on the Scotch invasion, joined the earl of Surrey with a large force, and was one of the principal commanders of the van guard of the English army at the battle of Flodden Field: It is mentioned by several historians, that this van guard shewed great bravery in the engagement, and were victorious over that body of the enemy commanded by the earls of Crawford and Montross, who both fell in the field. In the following year he was summoned to parliament, and in the year 1520, he was present at the interview the king had with the emperor Charles V. at Canterbury, and that with the king of France near Ardres: He served under the earl of Shrewsbury in the Scotch expe∣ditions; and in the twenty-first of the reign, had summons to that parliament which existed five years by prorogations, and struck the first blow in the dissolution of religious houses: He was in the combination that encouraged the king to the divorce of queen Catharine; and at last fell from his loyalty, and joined the nor∣thern confederates in the pilgrimage of grace, but accepted the terms of the duke of Norfolk's proclamation. His son George fell into other broils, and was one of the partizans of the lord Darcy, was apprehended and committed to the Tower, and soon after suffered death. John the son of George Lumley, at the death of his grandfather, was an infant under age; and in the first year of king Edward VI. on his petition was restored in blood, as son and heir of George, and cousin and heir of John, then late lord Lumley, but sundry parts of the estate were severed from the family, the act of restoration not repealing the attainder of his father.

Another monument of one of the ancestors of this family is noted to us by Mr Grose, which he says he found in an old book of pedigrees in the British Museum; as it is not one in the arrangement before mentioned in remembrance thereof we have given a cut of it. We conceive that this is the monument of Thomas the son and

heir of Sir John Lumley, whose effigy is the tenth in the arrangement, and had been removed from its station in Chester church, for some cause not noted there.

This auncient monument or statuarie, broken and wasted nere the ruynes of the chappell in the first ward within the castel called Barnard's castel, was at the honourable means and motion of John baron Lumley, sent by Sir William Bowes, knight, into this church at Chester, to be placed with his ancestors, April 1594."—The patterne of this I have seen at Barnard castle. S. Garter, 1591.

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We lamented on observing in the church-yard the bason of an old font, thrown out and subject to be defaced and spoiled, instead of being laid up from propha∣nation, and preserved in respect to the donor; it is charged with four arms. Those of Lumley in the first shield, in the second Lumley quartering Thornton's; in the third Thornton's single; in the fourth Lumley quartering Nevill's; whereby it is denoted that this bason was given to the church by George lord Lumley, pro∣bably in the time of king Edward IV.

There were two chantries in Chester church, but the founders are not known; the one dedicated to St Mary, of the yearly value of 5l. 8s. 10d. to which belong∣ed a tenement in Seaton Carowe* 2.10. Thomas Holyman, incumbent at the time of the dissolution had a pension granted him of 4l. which he received in 1553† 2.11. The other chantry was dedicated to St. George, of the yearly value of 5l. 3s. of which Jeffrey Glenton was priest at the dissolution, and had a pension of 4l. which was also paid him in 1553.

The effigy of a prelate, which Leland speaks of in the body of this church, de∣noting where St Cuthbert lay, was removed, we presume, when the floor was new paved, as no account was to be obtained of the monument when we viewed the church.

The deanry house, the seat of the ancient family of Hedworths, is in a pleasant situation, commanding a fine view of Lumley castle and the adjacent grounds, and is surrounded with excellent meadow grounds ‡ 2.12.

Gunceastre, or Goncaceastre, was the ancient Saxon name of this place, and as Leland says, was derived from the rivulet Cone, which there empties itself into Were. In the Itinerary, vol. i. p. 83, it is said,

There is no bridge memorable on Were beneath Duresme but Chester bridge. Were cummith within a quarter of a mile of the town self of Chester. From Duresme, over Framagate bridge to Chester in the Streate, partly by a little corne ground, but most by montainiouse pasture and some mores and firres. Or I came in Chester I saw scant half a mile of it, Lomeley castel upon a hill, having praty wood about it, and about Chester self is likewise sum woode. The toune of Chester is chiefly one streate, of very meane building in height. Ther is beside a smaul streate or 2 about the chirch collegiate, that hath a dean and prebendaries, but it is a very meane building; and in the body of the chirch is a tumbe, with the image of a byshop, yn token that St Cuthbert ons was buried or remained in his feretre there. At the very ende of the toune I passid over Cone brooke, and there is a fair stone bridge of 3 arches over it. Thens to Gateshed vii miles by montainiouse ground, with pasture, heth, more, and firres; and a litle a this side Gatehead is a great cole pit.

The present town of Chester is about a mile in length, consisting chiefly of one long street, has many good buildings in it, and is commodiously situated for sup∣plying the numerous miners employed in the neighbouring collieries and other works * 2.13.

This is one of the bishop's copyhold manors, and of extensive jurisdiction: It gives name to the ward, and has a coroner: There was a forester here anciently † 2.14. Whilst the servile tenures existed, it experienced no great severity of service, as ap∣pears by the preceding notes from the Boldon Book and Hatfield's Survey; and there was a money payment instituted in lieu of some duties in that early period.

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THE PEDIGREE OF THE NOBLE FAMILY OF LUMLEY, EARL OF SCARBOROUGH. (VOL. 2. PAGE ••98.)

• The Family of LUMLEY is undoubtedly of great Antiquity; and various are the Traditions, touching the original Stem thereof; which, like most others of such long standing, is so ingulphed in Obscurity, that no other Light than Conjecture is now to be had thereof: the most probable (besides the authority of so great men as Camden and Sir William Dugdale) is, that this Family is denominated from LUMLEY on the Banks of the River Wear, near Chester-le-Street, in the county Durham, where being seated, they were thence surnamed, as the manner of those ages was, to stile men from the places where they lived or were born, and by the best Records, &c. are said to be descended from
• Liulph, a nobleman of great note in the time of Edw. the Confessor, and in great credit and esteem with Walcher, Bishop of Durham, which was the cause of his death, as is recorded by Holinshed Chron. vol. II. p. 12 and 13, and who quotes Simeon Dunelmensis.
• Algitha, d. to Aldred, Earl of Northumb. by his wife Adgina, youngest dau. of King Etheldred II. and by her had issue
• Uchtred, who first took the name of Lumley.
• .......
• Sir Will. de Lumley a baron in Durh.
• Judith, dau. ..... Hesilden, of Hesilden.—Seages Bar. MSS.
• Sir William de Lumley, only son.
• Sir Will. de Lumley,
• . ..... d. and coh. of Sir Walter de Audre, of Morton Audre, in co. Durham, Knt.
• Sir Rog. de Lumley, who in the time Hen. III. mar.
• Sibill, one of the daus. and cohs. of Hugh de Morwic, an ancient baron in Northumb. died in 1298.
• Sir Robt. de Lumley, 26th Edw. I. on death of his mother, succeeded to several manors in Northumb. at which time it was certified that he was her son and heir, and of the age of 26 years.
• Lucia, eldest of the 3 daus. and cohs. of Sir Marmaduke de Thewng of Kilton Castle, in co. York, a great baron in those parts.
• Sir Marmaduke Lumley, was prior of St. John of Jerusalem in Ireland, commonly called Killmainham, and who took his mother's arms, which were argent, a fefs gules between 3 parrots vert, each gorged with a plain collar of the 2d, and have ever since continued the paternal arms of this family.
• Margaret, d. and h. of ...... Holland.
• Sir Robt. de Lumley died under age, 12th Dec. 48th Edw. III. as is evident by an inquisition, taken 49th Edw. III. at Gis∣burgh, when it was proved that Ralph de Lumley, was his bro∣ther and heir, and of the age of 13 years.
• Sir Ralph de Lumley, a Knt. in 9th Rich. II. in 16th same reign obtained a licence (Pat. 16 Rich. II. p. 2. m. 22.) to make a castle of his manor house of Lumley.—Had summons to parlia. amongst the barons, from 8th Rich. II. to Hen. IV. inclusive, when he was attainted, and had his lands seized.—Died in bat∣tle, as is evident from a record (Rymer, vol. VIII. p. 529.) whereby all his lands and tenements, goods and chattels, were adjudged in parliament to be forfeited.—Bur. at Duthrm.
• Eleanor, d. John Lord Nevill, of Raby, and sist. of Ralph, 1st Earl of Westmorland.
• Thomas de Lumley, died during his mi∣nority, 31st May, 5th Hen. IV. leav∣ing his brother Sir John Lumley, Knt. his heir.—Esc. 5th Hen. IV. n. 30.
• Sir John de Lumley did homage, 6th Hen. IV. & had livery of all lands, &c. his father, Sir Ra. was seized of at time of his attainder, & was knight∣ed, and by act of parl. 13th Hen. IV. restored in blood.—Killed at bat∣tle of Bangy, in province Anjou, on Easter Eve, 10th Hen. V. 1421.— Bur. at Durham.
• Felicia, dau. Sir Mat. Redman, govr. of Berw.
• Sir Tho. de Lumley, 10th Hen. VI. making proof of his age (claus. 10th Hen. VI. n. 16.) had livery of his lands, and was afterwards knighted, 33d Hen. VI. constituted governor Scarbo∣rough Castle for life.—In 1st Edw. IV. on his petition, the attainder of Ralph Lord Lumley, his grandfather, was reversed, and from that time to 12th Hen. VII. had summons to parlia∣ment arcordingly.—Ob. 1485.
• Margaret, d. Sir Jas. Harrington, brother to Sir William H. Lord Harrington, and Knight of the Garter, in the reign of Hen. V.
• Sir Geo. Lumley, Knt. 2d Edw. IV. when sher. Northb. In 6th Edw. IV. was Knt. shire for that county, and in 8th Edw. IV. was again sheriff.—In 20th Edw. IV. he bore the title of Lord Lumley, and on 22d Aug. that year was made a knight banneret.—Died 23d Hen. VII.— Seagar. Baron. MSS.
• Eliz. d. and coh. of Rog. Thornton, Esq a wealthy mercht. in Newc. upon Tyne, by whom he had lordships of Witton, in co. Northumb. Walworth, and the Isle, in co. Durham.
• Thomas Lumley, Esq died in the life-time of his father, 1487.
• Eliza. Platagenet (nat. dau. King Edw. IV. by Lady Eliz. Lucy) by whom he had issue.
• Rich. Lumley succeeded his grandfather, and had summons to parliament among the barons, 1st Hen. VIII.—Ob. 26th May, 2d Hen. VIII. 1511.
• Anne, d. of Sir John Conyers, of Hornby Castle, in co. York, Knt. Garter (sist. to William Ld. Conyers) by whom he left iss.
• John, Lord Lumley, was 18 years of age at death of his father. In 5th Hen. VIII. was at the battle of Flodden Field.—In 6th Hen. VIII. had summons to parliament, as Lord Lumley. Ob. 36th Hen. VIII.—Bur. at Gisborough, in the abbey.
• Joan d. of Hen. Lord Scroope, of Bolton, by Elizabeth his wife, d. Hen. Percy, 3d Earl of Nor∣thumberland.
• George Lumley, Esq was concerned in an insurrection with the Lord Darcy and others, committed to the Tower, and in June 29th, Hen. VIII. found guilty of high treason, and suffered death in the life-time of his father.
• Jane, 2d dau. and coh. Sir Rich. Knightly, of Fawsley, in co. Northampton, Knt.
• John Lumely, on the death of his grandfather, was in inf. in 1st Edw. VI. restored in blood and a new barony of Lumley, created and li∣mitted, by express words, to the said John in tail male (the ancient barony being merged in the crown by the attainder of his father Geo.) on 29th Sept. 1553, was made knight of the bath.—This nobleman caused monuments to be erected in Chester-le-Street church, to the memory of his ancestors, in order as they suc∣ceeded one another, from Liulph down to his own time (Camb. Brit. by Gibson, vol. II. p. 950.) Obiit 11th April, 1609, bur. at Cheam, in co Surry.—His children dying in his life-time, this new barony expired with him.
• 1st wife, Jane, eldest of the two daughters and coheirs of Henry Fitz Allan, Earl of Arundel.
• Charles,
• Thomas,
• Mary. all died in the life-time of their father.
• 2d wife, Eliz. d. of John, Lord Darcy, of Chick, who surv. her husband without having issue.
• Jane mar. Jeffery Markham, Esq died without issue.
• Barbara mar Humph. Lloyd, of Denbeigh, Esq of whom see an account below.† 2.15
• ‡ 2.16 Anthony Lumley, Esq 2d son, Rich. Lord Lumley, as is evi∣dent by an inquisi. of the court wards, 30th May, 7th Jas. I. as also by the will of the last Lord Lumley.
• .... d. Rich. Gray, of the county of Northumb. Esq
• Roger Lumley, Esq who married
• Anne, d. . ...... Kurtwich, Esq had issue several sons and daugh∣ters, whereof were—
• Rich. Lumley, eld. son and h. was the chief heir male of the family, after the decease of John, Lord Lumley, in 1609, & inherited the great∣est part of the estate of his ancestors, by deed of settle∣ment, and the last will of the said John, Lord Lumley, was knighted 19th July, 1619. On 12th July, 1628, was created Visc. Lumley, of Waterford in Ireland.—Bur. at Cheam.
• Frances, d. Hen. Shelly of Warm∣inghoist in Sussex, Esq
• John Lumley, Esq only son, died in the life-time of his father.—Bur. at St. Martin's, London.
• Mary, d. and one of the coheirs of Sir Hen. Compton, (youngest son of Hen. Ld. Compton, ancestor to the Earl of Northampton.)
• Richard succeeded his grandfather in his Irish honours, and on 3d May, 1681, 33d Charles II. was created Baron Lumley of Lumley Castle, in co. Durh. and to the heirs male of his body, for want of such issue to his brother Henry, and the heirs male of his body. And on 10th April, 1689, created Visc. Lumley, of Lumley Castle, and on 15th April, 1690, Earl of Scarborough — Obiit. 17th Dec. 1721, and was bur. in Chester-le-Street church.
• Frances, only d. and h. of Sir Hen. Jones of Aston, in co. Oxford, by his wife Frances, sist. to Tho. Earl Fauconberg. She died in March 1737.
• Henry, Visc. Lumley died of sm. pox, 24th July 1710, and is bur. at St. Martin's in the Fields, in London.— Memb. for Arundel.
• Richard, Visc. Lumley suc∣ceeded his father as Earl of Scarborough in 1721.—On the 9th June, 1724, elected a Knt. of Gart —Ob unm. 4th Feb. 1739. bur. in St. Geo. chapel, Audley-street, London.
• Thomas Lumley, elected a Knt. Bath, 27th May, 1725, and by virtue of an act of parliament, bore surn. of Saunderson, pur∣suant to the will of James Saunderson, E. of Castle∣ton, who died without iss. 24th May, 1723.—In Feb. 1739, succeeded his bro. as Earl of Scarborough.—Ob. 15th March, 1752.
• Frances, 2d d. of Geo. Hamilton, Earl of Orkney, by whom she left issue.
• Richard Visc. Lumley, in March 1752, succeeded his father as 4th Earl of Scarborough.—On 12th Dec. 1752, he married.—In Oct. 1765, appoint∣ed deputy Earl Marshall of England.—Died .....
• Barbara Saville, sister to Sir Geo. Saville, Bart. member for co. York.—Died 27th Dec. 1772.
• George Augustus Visc. Lumley, born 22d Sept. 1754, the pre∣sent Earl of Scarborough.
• Frances-Barbara-Ludlow, born on 25th Feb. 1756, died young.
• Richard born 3d April, 1757.
• Thomas-Charles.
• John.
• Frederick.
• Mary-Arabella.
• Geo. Lumley, Esq died unmar. Dec. 1732.
• Frances, in June 1753, mar. Pet. Ludlow, Esq or Ardsallagh, in co. Meath, in Ireland, since created Lord Ludlow.
• Anne.
• Harriot died unm. 6th Nov. 1747.
• William, 3d son, was killed in a sea engagement, in the Mediterranean, 9th April, 1709.
• Charles was member in parliament for Chichester.—Ob. 11th Aug. 1727.
• John was a col. in the guards, and mem. for Arundel. Ob. Oct. 1739.
• James, memb. for Chichester, and groom of bedchamber to the late Pr. of Wales. Ob. unm. 14th March, 1766, & bur. at Chester-le-Street.
• Mary mar. Geo. Mon∣tague, 1st E. of Hali∣fax.—Ob. 10th Sept. 1726.
• Barbara mar. Chas. Leigh, of Leighton, in c. Bedford, Esq br. to Th. Lord Leigh of Stoneley, in co. Warw.—Ob. 4th Jan. 1755.
• Anne mar. Frederick Frankland, Esq late memb. for Thirsk.—Ob. without issue▪ Feb. 1739.
• Henrietta died unmarried, 6th Nov. 1747.
• Hen. Lumley, Esq was a general in the army, and gover. of Jersey, mar. twice & died 18th Oct. 1722. Bur. at Sabridgworth, co. Herts.
• 1st Elizabeth, d. of .... Thimbley, of co. Lincoln, Esq by whom she had no issue.
• 2d Anne, d. Sir Wm. Wiseman of Great Can∣field-hall, in Essex, Bart. by his wife Arabella, sist. and h. to Geo. Hewit, Visc. Hewit, of Goran, in prov. Semster in Ire∣land.—Ob. 4th March 1736, leaving issue an on∣ly daughter.
• Frances, who died 13th Oct. 1719, in the 6th year of her age.
• Elizab. m. Rich. Cotton, of Watergate, in co. Sussex. Esq
• Frances,
• Anne, both died unmar.
• Julia mar. 1st, to ...... Germain, Esq by whom she had a daughter, Frances, (mar. 1st to Francis Moore, Esq son and heir of Sir Hen. Moore; and 2dly, to John Shuckburgh, of Barton, in co. Warwick, Esq) and by her 2d husband, Sir Christ. Conyers, Knt. had also an only daugh. named Julia, mar. 1st to Sir Will. Blackett, of Newc. upon Tyne, Bart; 2dly, to Sir Will. Thompson, one of the barons of the Exchequer.
• Other sons, who died young or unmarried.
• Elizabeth mar. Sir Wm. Lang∣ley, of Higham Gobions, in co. Bedford, Bart.—Isabel mar. Rich. Conyers, of Horden, in co. Durham, Knt.
• John, Geo.
• Roger, who left 3 daus. his cohs. viz. Agnes mar. John Lambton, Esq— Isabella, to Rich. Conyers, of Horden.—Marg. to Tho. Trollop, of Thornley, Esq
• Anne mar. Ralph Ld. Ogle, of Bothall.
• Sibil, to Wm. Baron Hilton, of Hilton, in co. Durham.
• Elizabeth, to ..... Creswell, of Nor∣thumb. Esq.
• Roger Lumley,
• ...... d. Sir Rich. Radcliffe, Knt. Garter, by whom he had a son.
• Roger Lumley.
• Ralph Lumley.
• Joan m. Bertram Harbottle, of co. Northumb. Esq
• Margt. m. Bertram Lumley of Ravens∣holm, in co. Durh.
• Eliz. m. Will. Tilliot, Esq
• William de Lumley.
• Marmaduke, he was chan. Camb. 7th Hen. VI. and on 15th April, following 1430, had temporalties of Bishop of Carlisle deliver∣ed him, and next day consecrated bishop,—On 18th Dec. 25th Hen. VI. constituted treasurer of England, was 20 years bishop there, and after translated to Lincoln, 1450, which he scarce enjoyed a year till he died.
• Elizabeth. mar. Adam Tirwhitt of Kettleby, in co. Lincoln.
• Margaret mar. Sir John Clar∣vaux, of Croft, in co. York, Knt.
• Catharine mar. Sir John Chideock, by whom she had two daughs. cohs.
• Matilda m. Sir Hen. Thirkell.
• Eleanor died unmarried.
• Thomas.
• William.
• Isabel married Sir Wm. Ful∣thorpe, Knt.
• William de Lumley.
• Thomas de Lumley.
• Sir Rog. de Lumley, Knt. ancestor to the Lumleys of Harleston and Clipston, in co. Northampton.
• Marmaduke, who was father of John Fitz Marmaduke, Lord of Horden, in co. Durham, 29th Edw. I.
• Matthew de Lumley.
• Osbert, whose d. and heir, Ormonda, was mar. to Robt. de Peshall.
• Adam, had by gift from Will. the Conq. Uldell and Gilcrouse.— Dug. Monast. vol. I. p. 400.
• Odo, had also by a gift from said King Talentre and Castlerigge, with the forest between Gal∣tre and Graecr.—Ibid.

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[figure] view of Lumley Castle

LUMLEY CASTLE

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[figure] view of Lumley Castle

LUMLEY CASTLE 〈◊〉〈◊〉

The chief improvement of this country is attributed to cardinal Langley, who dis∣forested the lands, and licenced their being inclosed and brought into tillage.

As this manor appertained to the bishop, we must naturally conclude there were few free tenants therein: In the fifth year of bishop Hatfield, Will. de Birtley died seised of a messuage and thirty acres of land here, held by homage, fealty, and fif∣teen shillings rent; and Ra. Clerk, in the seventh year of the same prelate, died seised of twenty-six acres of land, held by fealty and ten shillings rent, and sixty acres of wood, by fealty and rendering two arrows; and they are the only free tenants we have met with noted in the ancient records.

Camden apprehended Chester was the Condercum of the Romans: Dr Stukeley, in his Iter-boreale, 1725, says,

The Hermen street is very plain, being a straight line hither when we descend from Gateshead fell: I think Bede mentions this station, as called Concester, which retains part of the Roman name. Great coal works too hereabouts. The first wing of the Astures made this their garrison, as the Notitia tells us, being ad lineam valli; for though it be not upon the wall, it is reasonable to think his expression is not to be strictly taken; it was convenient that some of the forces that guarded the wall should be quartered at some suit∣able distance, that they might have room of country for their maintenance.

No inscriptions or other Roman remains have been discovered here; and the name of Chester-on-the-Street derived from its situation on the Roman way, has hither∣to been all that led the antiquaries to conceive it was of Roman origin. It is pro∣bable, as Dr Stukeley observes, some troops were stationed at a distance from the wall; perhaps they lined the great roads at intervals with small detachments; and this is still more probable, if we admit they knew any thing of pit coal for fuel. But we defer speaking on that till we advance to the banks of Tyne.

For the sake of connection,

LUMLEY CASTLE

is the next place of observation. This castle, one of the seats of lord Scar∣borough, stands on a fine elevated situation, ornamented with beautiful planta∣tions; the lands rise gradually from the channel of the river Were on the south and west sides; and on the north is the rivulet called Lumley beck: The east front of the castle stands immediately on the brink of a very deep valley, full of wood, through which the brook winds towards the Were. The form of this edifice is square, having a projecting tower at each angle, and a court or area in the center: The corners of each tower are guarded with ••u••tresses, crowned with a small turret or observatory; what is singular in the turrets is, that they are oc∣tangular, so that they overhang the face of each square of the base, and are machi∣colated or open for the purpose of annoying assailants by casting down stones, &c. which gives the edifice a singular appearance: The castle is built of a yellow free-stone, which makes it look bright and beautiful at a distance. The chief entrance is at the west front, by a double slight of steps, and a platform, which fills the whole space between the tower; the south front is modern, and brought forward almost parallel with the tower, sixty-five paces in length; the north front is ob∣scured

by offices; and the east front retains its ancient form: There is a gateway in the center of the east front, which projects and is guarded by square turrets at the angles, with observatories as before described; above the gate is a gallery formed in the arch, with apertures to annoy an enemy: Above this gate are six shields of arms boldly cut in stone, with their several crests, cotemporary with the building, and which critically give us the date of it.

The arrangement of the arms is as follows: In the center, and elevated above the rest, are the arms of France and England quarterly, being, as we presume, the arms of king Richard II. as in that reign Sir Ralph Lumley obtained licence from bishop Skirlaw, dated 1389, to castellate his house of Lumley; and the architec∣ture of this front is a grand model of the taste of that age: The act of Richard II. mentioned by Mr Pennant, had been intrusional or merely confirmatory* 2.17. In the center are the arms of Lumley, as adopted from the Thwengs, whose heiress married into this family; on the dexter side the arms of Percy, the crest a lion passant; on the sinister side, Nevill, with the bull's head for the crest; the lowest arms on the dexter side are those of Cowley, crest a ram's head; on the sinister side the arms of Hilton baron Hilton, and Moses's head for the crest. There are three stories of apartments in this front, with mullioned windows guarded with iron: Between the walls and the brink of the precipice, is just space enough for a terrace, which in early times was guarded with a curtain wall: The dell is very deep, the banks are steep, and now filled with large forest trees: The uniformity of the east front, the arrangement of the arms, and the whole appearance of the masonry, testify that this was part of the original structure, and a chief entrance; for should we form our conjecture from the appearance of the center area, we should conclude every front of the castle was similar to this.

Many accounts and prints have been published of this beautiful place, which strikes the eye of the traveller on the great northern road; the most excellent of the prints was by Hearne and Byrne: We will in the first place select from the various publications such matter as appears most worthy attention, and then pro∣ceed with our view. All that Camden says of it is,

that it is enclosed with a park.

In Russell and Owen's England Displayed, it is described to contain

a great number of spacious apartments, some antique and others modern: The paintings are valuable, many of them representing the ancestors of that noble family, for some centuries past, in the habits of the time. The park, besides the pleasantness of the situation, has another and still more valuable circum∣stance to recommend it, that of being full of veins of coal; this, together with a navigable river, by which the coals are carried down to Sunderland, render Lumley park an inexhaustable mine of treasure to the family.

In one of the monthly magazines we are informed by a paper signed Edward Barras,

that the park is walled round with hewn stone, had formerly deer, but after it was re∣duced and the pales removed, they sickened and died." And he adds, "there are several dates upon different parts of the castle; one was pointed out to me, on the inner side of one of the eastern turrets, where the letters I. L. 1550 appear, though almost defaced.

Much repair has been given to the inner walls of the area; and on one of the eastern towers are two long strings of es∣cutcheons cut in stone, and placed in the building, nine in each row, with the arms of Lumley in the center at the bottom, and in two small shields at the top, a fleur∣de-lis on the dexter side, and a rose on the sinister: In those strings the Lumley arms are impaled, with the several families wherewith they intermarried.

There is a tradition at Chester, that about a century ago, the remains of an old chapel stood about three hundred yards to the north-west of the castle, with several vaults and subterraneous passages: A hill called Chapel hill, is well known, but no one about the castle could give any information touching the buildings.

From the platform at the entrance into the hall you command a beautiful pros∣pect. At the foot of the avenue which leads up to the castle, is a fine bason of water, with a salmon lock, and fishermen's cottage; over which, on the opposite rising grounds, you view the town of Chester, the deanry house, and church, at a pleasing distance: The more extended landscape comprehends the great northern road, animated with passengers, the house of Flalts, (formerly belonging to the Allans * 3.1) the village of Pelton, and other striking objects; and the back scene con∣sists of broken and irregular grounds, every where scattered over with cottages. A cultivated scene fills the view to the left: In a variety of situations you see the winding streams of the Were: On the one hand the town of Great Lumley, on the other Walridge, and the hermitage, with many hamlets in the vale; whilst the distant landscape is terminated by Plawsworth, and the plantations above Newton∣hall.

The hall is a proportionable room, twenty paces in lenth. Here is an arrange∣ment of portraits at full length of the chief personages of the noble family of Lumley, together with a tablet, and in an oval, bordered with arms, the follow∣ing inscription * 4.2.

LIVLPHVS Nobilis Generosus{que} Minister Ex Anglosaxonu' Genere Vir clarissi∣mus qui late per Angliam Possessiones multas Haereditario jure possidebat cum te'pore Regis Guili∣elmi primi Co'quisitoris Angliae Norma'ni ubi{que} saeviret, et Quia Cuthbertu' Dunolmensem Antistitem inter Divos Relatum, multum dilexerat, cum suis ad Dunolmum se co'tulit, Et ibidem Walchero Episcopo adeo devenit charus et acceptabilis, Ut abs{que} illius consilio nihil consulte fieri videretur: Multorum dehinc Odium sibi conflavit, donec a Gilberto quodam aliis{que} sceleratis dicti Episcopi Ministris crudeliter tandem occideretur in cujus necis Vindictam Northumbr. Walcherum Presulem innocentem apud Gates∣hed trucidarunt anno MLXXX. Ex Aldgitha co'juge Northumbroru' Comitis Aldredi filia Liulphus filium suscepit Uctredum, Patrem Gulielmi de Lumley ejus nominis primi, a cujus loci Dominio sui pos∣teri cognomina sunt sortiti, Gulielmum istum Uctredi filium Dunolmensis Episcopus Hugo eisdem erui immunitatibus volvit, Quibus caeteri sui Barones in Episcopatu gaudebunt, et secundi Henrici Regis cartam inde obtinuit: Tanti beneficii non immemor Gulielmus, villam suam de Dictona in Alvertonschira eodem Episc∣opo et Successoribus suis liberaliter contulit. A primo Gulielmo Oritur secundus, a secundo tertius qui ex filia Gualteri Dau∣dre Equitis Rogerum filium procreavit, maritum Sibellae coh∣aeredis inclyti Baronis Hugonis de Morwyco Inde natus Rober∣tus, qui ex Lucia Sorore et Haerede Thomae Baronis de Thwenge, Marmaducum filium genuit, Paternorum armorum desertorem pri∣mum, sibi suis{que} retentis maternae stemmatis insignibus. Procreat∣is ex Margreta Holand conjuge sua, Radulphum Equitem strennum, Quem Rex Richardus secundus anno regiminis octavo ad Baronis Regni dignitatem evexerat: Ducta{que} Aleonora primi Comitis Westmariae sorore Johannem tulit Qui ex Felicia Uxore, Thomam sus∣cepit, cui Margarete conjunx filia Jacobi Harington Equitis, Georgium Enixa est, Maritum Elizabethae haeredis Rogeri Thornton Ar∣miger, inde Pater efficitur illius Thomae. Qui ex magni Regis Edovardi quarti filia naturali, Richardum susceperat. Is an∣nam ducens sororem Gulielmi Baronis Coigners, Johan∣nem reliquit haeredem, sponsum Joannae filiae Henrici Le Scr∣oope de Bolton Baronis eximii, avum Johannis ultimi Baronis de Lumley hoc Conditorio in certam spem suturae resurre∣ctionis repositi: Quem illi Georgius filius, ex Jana Cohaere∣de Richardi Knightley Equitis, unicum reliquerat Nepo∣te mac haeredem: Bino conjugio saelix ultimus hic Johannes suit, Janae scilicet Arundeliae Comitis Henri∣ci filiae aetate maximae et cohaerede: Necnon et Eliza∣bethae filiae Johannis Baronis Darey, Foeminae non Solum Prosapia et antiquo stemmate Nobiles Sed quod magis laudandum, virtutibus Pudici∣tia, verecundia, et amore conjugali Nobi∣lissimae. Ex illarum prima nati silii duo, Carolus et Thomas, filia{que} unica Maria, haud din superstites Sed in ipsa infantia mestis∣simis satis sublati‡ 4.3.

The pictures are placed in the following order. 1. Liulphus. 2. Uchtred. 3. Gulielmus, who married Hesleden. 4. Sir William de Lumley. 5. William de Lumley, who married Daudre. 6. Sir Robert de Lumley, who married Lucy Thwenge. 7. Sir Marmaduke Lumley, who married Margaret Holland. 8. Sir Ralph de Lumley, the first baron in his parliament robes. 9. Sir John de Lum∣ley, who married Felicia Redman. 10. King Richard II. sitting in a chair of state, lord Lumley in his robes kneeling, above the figure R. R. II. An' D'no 1385, A^o Reg. 8. 11. Sir Thomas Lumley, who married Margaret, daughter of Sir James Harrington: He received knighthood as a reward for his military prowess, and was employed by government in several momentous negociations: In the twenty-eighth, twenty-ninth, and thirty-first years of king Henry VI. was guarrantee for the king of England in the Scotch treaties: In the thirty-third year of that reign was made governor of Scarborough castle for life; a most distinguished trust: Was entrusted in many other appointments of government. It appears he was equally a favourite with king Edward IV. for in the first year of that reign he obtained a re∣versal of his grandfather's attainder; had summons to parliament for the remainder of his life, and was employed in various confidential matters by his sovereign, par∣ticularly in the negociations with king James of Scotland, touching his marriage. 12. George lord Lumley, who married Elizabeth Thornton. 13. Sir Thomas Lumley, who married Elizabeth, natural daughter of king Edward IV. 14. John de Lumley, who married Joan, daughter of Henry lord Scrope. 15. Richard de Lumley, who married Ann, daughter of Sir John Conyers. 16. George Lumley, who married Jane, daughter of Sir Richard Knightley. 17. Elizabeth, daughter of John lord Darcy of Chiche, and second wife of Sir John Lumley, who was restored in blood the first of king Edward VI. and had the ancient barony revived.

The great dining-room is in the south-west tower, elegantly stuccoed, with a vaulted roof; on one side it commands a view of the adjacent meadows, the sloping banks of the river Were, highly cultivated; with a fine canal, formed by a curva∣ture of the stream: at the end windows, a prospect down the avenue, with Chester and the chief objects described from the platform.

The little dining-room has several fine portraits. John lord Lumley, 1563, a three quarter piece; a pleasing picture: There are other two portraits of this personage in the music-room, one dated 1588, the other 1591. This John was the son and heir of George Lumley, who suffered death as before mentioned, and grandson and heir of John lord Lumley. In the sixth year of king Edward VI. he was restored in blood, and that he and the heirs male of his body should hold and bear the name, dignity, state, and pre-eminence of a baron of this realm, &c. On the 29th of September, 1553, he was made one of the knights of the bath, and attended with his lady at the coronation of queen Mary, he among the barons, and she one of the six ladies who sat in the chariot of state, dressed in crimson velvet, &c. He was one of the two lords who introduced the first Russian ambassador to audience: Was in employ in the first years of queen Elizabeth, but being suspected of intrigue in the affairs of the queen of Scots, was taken into custody with his father-in-law, the carl of Arundel, in the twelfth year of that reign, and was a great favourite with

the earl, as appears by his will. He afterwards came into great confidence with the queen, and was one of the lords commissioned to sit in trial of the unhappy victim of Elizabeth's jealousies, and with a firmness some historians have spoken of with expressions of surprize, delivered his opinion that the sentence was justly pronounced against the queen of Scots. In the forty-fourth year of the queen he was one of the peers who sat on the trial of Robert D'Evereux, earl of Essex. On the accession of king James he experienced many testimonies of royal confidence: Camden made most honourable mention of him:

He was a person of entire vir∣tue, integrity, and innocence; and in his old age a complete pattern of true no∣bility. He had so great a veneration for the memory of his ancestors, that he caused monuments to be erected for them in the collegiate church of Chester in the Street, in order as they succeeded one another, from Liulphus down to his own time, which he had either picked out of the demolished monasteries or made new.

By his will he devised his estates, particularly the castle and manor of Lumley, to Richard Lumley, eldest son and heir apparent of Roger Lumley, esq son of Anthony, brother to John lord Lumley his grandfather. He married Jane, the eldest of the two daughters of Henry Fitz-Allan, earl of Arundel, and by her had three children, who died in infancy; and to his second wife married Elizabeth, daughter of John lord Darcy of Chiche, who survived him, and by whom he had no issue: He died on the 11th of April, 1609, and was buried in the church at Cheam. The ancient barony of Lumley expired at his death.

The portrait of Garcia Sarmienta Cuna is next; a full length, in armour, a ruff, red stockings, white shoes, a white cross on his breast, a spear in his hand. Out of a window a view of the sea. He was captain of the guard to Philip II* 4.4.

Ferdinand duke of Mar, 1557, in rich armour.

A full length of the duke of Monmouth, with a sweet countenance and long hair.

Jane Fitz-Alan, the first wife of John lord Lumley, in black robes, a small ruff, with gloves in her hand: This is a beautiful portrait; her dress is gracefully orna∣mented with strings of jewels. She was a lady of uncommon learning, having translated from the Greek into Latin some of the orations of Isocrates, and the Iphi∣genia of Euripides into English. She compliments her father highly in a dedica∣tion to him, prefixed to one of the orations, which begins Cicero, Pater honoratissime, illustris, &c. She died before her father, as appears by his will † 4.5.

In the music-room: Thomas Ratcliff, carl of Sussex: A full length, in white ar∣mour, and gold brocade breeches, young and handsome, a staff in his right hand, his left re••ing on a sword: His helmet with an enormous plume placed on a table: This motto amando & sidendo traopo, son ruinato. This nobleman was a figuring character in the reigns of Mary and Elizabeth, frequently employed in embassies, in both reigns deputy of Ireland, and in the first an active persecutor of the Protestants: He conformed outwardly to the religion of his new mistress, was appointed by her president of the north, and commanded against and sup∣pressed the rebellion of the earls of Northumberland and Westmoreland, notwith∣standing

he secretly approved the opinions they armed in favour of. He was the spirited rival of Leicester; but the death of Sussex left the event of their dispute undetermined* 4.6.

A fine portrait in a purple robe, inscribed Duke of Suffolk, 1593. Who this picture represents is uncertain,—the last duke, Henry Grey, was beheaded 1553.

Viglius, president of the council in the low countries, 1560. A three quarter piece, in a black gown furred in front, a black cap, sitting in a chair: A fine old face.

A fine portrait of one of the Lumleys; but what personage is not known.

A three quarter length of a man in a scarlet robe, over the left shoulder a white mantle, a scarlet cap tied in the middle, and open behind, a narrow white ruff, and a collar of the fleece; the scarlet robe is furred with white, on which are se∣veral times repeated the words Ah! amprins au ra jay! Oh, had I undertaken it!"

Over the chimney, the duke of Buckingham.

A half length of Robert earl of Salisbury, minister in the last years of queen Elizabeth, and first of king James I. dressed in black, a bell on the table, and a letter directed to him by all his titles, round the neck a green ribband, with the George: Above his head Sero sed serio.

Sir William Peter, or Petre, a native of Devonshire, fellow of All-Souls Col∣lege, and afterwards secretary of state to four sovereigns, Henry VIII. Edward VI. Mary, and Elizabeth. His prudence in maintaining his post in reigns of such dif∣ferent tempers is evident; but in that of Mary he attended only to politics, of Elizabeth to religion † 4.7.

Queen Mary and queen Elizabeth; of a severe countenance.

Dudley earl of Leicester, in a three quarter piece, dated 1587, with the collar of the garter, and staff in his right hand.

Andrew Doria, a three quarter length, the great Genoese admiral and patriot. He is dressed in black, in a cap, a long beard, a collar with the fleece pendant, a truncheon in his hand, and a dagger in his girdle: View of ships through a window.

John lord Lumley, 1588, aet. 54. A full length, in rich armour. Another in his robes, with a glove and handkerchief in one hand, a little black scull-cap and white beard, dated 1591. The latter portrait, Mr Pennant says, he believes was the performance of Richard Stevens, an able statuary, painter, and medalist, men∣tioned by Mr Walpole ‡ 4.8: He further adds,

This illustrious nobleman restored the monuments that are in the neighbouring church, was a patron of learning and great collector of books, assisted by his brother in law Humphrey Lhuyd, the famous antiquary. The books were afterwards purchased by king James I. and proved the foundation of the royal library. Mr Granger says, they are a very valuable part of the British Museum.

The drawing-room, elegantly furnished with crimson damask. A picture of king Charles II. on horseback.

In a dressing-room, over the fire place, Zebedeus Jacobus Major, Salome, Christo coevus.

A group of four, a fine picture, supposed by Holbein.

In the lodging-rooms, &c. &c. John lord Russel; a fine portrait.

A portrait of a lady, in a singular dress of black and gold, with a red and gold petticoat, dated 1560. Mr Pennant's account of this picture is,

This is called Elizabeth, third wife of Edward earl of Lincoln, the fair Geraldine, celebrated so highly by the earl of Surry; but so ill favoured in this picture, that I must give it to his first wife Elizabeth Blount: Geraldine was the young wife of his old age. Her portrait at Woburn represents her an object worthy the pen of the amorous Surry.

Sir John Petre; a very fine portrait.

Ambrose earl of Warwick, son of the great Dudley duke of Northumberland: His dress a bonnet, furred cloak, small ruff, and pendant George. This peer fol∣lowed the fortunes of his father, but was received to mercy, and restored in blood; was created earl of Warwick by queen Elizabeth, and proved a gallant and faithful subject: He died in 1589, and lies under an elegant brass tomb in the chapel at Warwick.

The earl of Surry; whom Mr Pennant stiles,

the gallant, accomplished, poeti∣cal earl of Surry; in black, with a sword and dagger, the date 1545. The or∣nament, says Mr Walpole, of a boistrous, yet not unpolished court; a victim to a jealous tyrant and to family discord. The articles alledged against him, and his conviction, are the shame of the times.

King Edward VI. a full length.

Ralph Lumley, 1567; a small full length portrait.

Sir Thomas More, a half length, dressed in that plainness of apparel which he used, when the dignity of office was laid aside; in a furred robe, with a coarse capuchin cap. He was the most virtuous and the greatest character of his time; and by a circumstance that might humiliate human nature, fell a victim for a reli∣gious adherence to his own opinion, after being a violent persecutor of others for firmness to the dictates of their own conscience: To such inconsistencies are the best of mankind liable * 4.9.

William Cecil, lord high treasurer of England, a half length, in black, collar of the garter.

A good half length of Mr Thomas Wyndham, drowned on the coast of Guinea, aged 42, M. D. L. a robust figure in green, with a red sash, and a gun in his hand.

The earl of Essex in a full length, dressed in black, covered with white em∣broidery. Mr Pennant, speaking of this picture, says,

the brave, impetuous, presuming Robert earl of Essex: A romantic nobleman, of parts without discre∣tion,

who fell a sacrifice to his own passions, and a vain dependance for safety on those of an aged queen, doting with unreasonable love, and a criminal credulity in the insinuation of his foes.

In a low room, Sir Nich. Carew, master of the horse to king Henry VIII. There is great spirit in his countenance; a white feather in his hat, his head bound round with a gold stuff handkerchief. He was beheaded in 1539, as lord Herbert says * 4.10, for being of council with the marquis of Exeter, a favourer of the dreaded cardinal Pole, then in exile. During the time of his confinement in the Tower he imbibed the sentiments of the reformers, and died avowing their faith † 4.11.

The last earl of Arundel, a three quarter piece: His valour distinguished him in the reign of king Henry VIII. when he ran with his squadron close under the walls of Bulogne, and soon reduced it. In the following reign he opposed the misused powers of the unhappy protector, Somerset, and yet declined connection with the great Northumberland. He supported the just rights of queen Mary; was imprisoned by the former, but on the Revolution was employed to arrest the abject fallen duke: He was closely attached to his royal mistress by principles of religion: In his declining years he aimed at being husband to queen Elizabeth. Had her ma∣jesty deigned to put herself under the power of man, she never would have given the preference to age. On his disappointment he went abroad, and on his return first introduced into England the use of coaches ‡ 4.12.

The first earl of Bedford, engraved among the illustrious heads.

Killigrew, gentleman of the bedchamber to king Charles II. in a red fash, with his dog: A man of wit and humour, and on that account a great favourite with the king.

A three quarter length, unknown, dated 1596, aged 43, dressed in a striped jacket blue and white, black cloak and breeches, white ruff, gloves on, collar of the garter, and a high crowned hat.

Paracelsus, thus described by Mr Pennant,

A half length of the famous ec∣centric physician and chymist of the fifteenth century, Philip Theophrastus Para∣celsus Bombast de Hohenheim; on the picture is added also the title Aureolus. The cures he wrought were so very surprising in that age, that he was supposed to have recourse to supernatural aid; and probably, to give greater authority to his practice, he might insinuate that he joined the arts medical and magical. He is represented as a very handsome man, bald, in a close black gown, with both hands on a great sword, on whose hilt is inscribed the word Azot. This was the name of his familiar spirit, that he kept imprisoned in the pummel, to consult on emergent occasions. Butler humourously describes this circum∣stance:

"Bombastus kept a devil's bird "Shut in the pummel of his sword, "That taught him all the cunning pranks "Of past or future mountebanks ‖ 4.13."

A head of Sir Anthony Brown, a favourite of king Henry VIII. with a bushy beard, bonnet, and order of the garter. He was master of the horse to that prince, and appointed one of the executors of his will; and of the council to his young successor * 4.14.

A half length inscribed Fernandes de Toledo duke of Alva, in rich armour, with his baton, short black hair and beard: A great officer, and fortunate till his reign of cruelty. He boasted, that he had caused, during his command in the Low Countries, eighteen thousand people to perish by the executioner. He visited England in the train of his congenial master Philip II. Mr Pennant speaking of this picture says, he imagines this portrait was painted when the duke was young, for he had seen one sent into England by the late Mr Benjamin Keen, then in the possession of the bishop of Ely, which represented him with a vast flowing white beard † 4.15.

Doctor Stukeley, in his Iter Boreale, in 1725, before mentioned, says,

At Lumley castle is a curious old picture of Chaucer, said to be an original.

We could not find any such portrait, neither is it mentioned by Mr Pennant.

There is a wooden equestrian statue of Liulphus in the house, with his battle-ax in his hand. Mr Pennant tells the following story:

When king James I. in one of his progresses was entertained in this castle, William James, bishop of Dur∣ham, a relation of the house, in order to give his majesty an idea of the im∣portance of the family, wearied him with a long detail of their ancestry, to a period even beyond belief, O mon, says the king, gang na farther, let me digest the knawledge I ha gained; for, by my saul, I did na ken Adam's name was Lumley ‡ 4.16.

The foot walk to Lumley castle from Chester, leads through fine meadows, and by the fish lock: They take about six hundred salmon here in a season.

We must not depart from this beautiful place, without remarking, that on failure of issue in John lord Lumley, Dr Lloyd was competitor with Richard earl of Scarborough, for the barony, which was determined in 1723, in favour of the earl.

GREAT LUMLEY has nothing remarkable but the ruins of an old hall. There was a partition of the Lumley estates in the time of king Henry III. to three co∣heiresses, which might occasion the following circumstances: In the first year of bishop Booth, Margaret, the wife of Christopher Moresby, died seised of a moiety of the wasted manors of East Hall and West Hall, in Great Lumley, consisting of 100 acr. of tillage land, 30 acr. of wood, and 30 acr. of moor, with a moiety of a fishery in the river Were, held of the bishop in capite, by half a knight's fee, leaving Ch. Moresby her son and heir, an infant; and we hear no more of that family there from that period, so that it is probable his moiety reverted to the Lumleys.

Thomas Lumley's daughter Elizabeth, married William Tyllyoll; and in the fourth year of bishop Dudley, by an inquisition taken on the death of the same William Tyllyoll de Lumley Magna, arm. it appears he died seised of a moiety of Great Lumley, leaving Phillis, the wife of William Musgrave, and Margaret Tyllyoll, his daughters by his wife Elizabeth, coheiresses.

As in our itinerary we pass through the chapelries of Tanfield and Lamesley distinctly, and apart from the mother church, we will first notice those places men∣tioned in the book of rates, as lying within the separate district of Chester * 4.17: The first of which,

HARRATON,

is situate about a mile below Chester, a seat of John Lambton, esq on the banks of the river Were, whose border abounds in romantic scenery † 4.18. This was anciently the seat and estate of the D'Arcys, who conveyed to the Hedworths, and they re∣mained possessors till the year 1688, when John Hedworth, esq the last heir male of that family died, and left two daughters Dorothy and Elizabeth his coheiresses: Dorothy, the elder, married Ralph Lambton, esq a younger son of the Lambton family of Lambton hall, and Elizabeth married Sir William Williamson, of Monk∣wearmouth, baronet. In 1714, William Lambton, esq purchased lady William∣son's moiety. In the same year a family settlement was made by Ralph Lamb∣ton and his wife, with divers limitations and remainders, by virtue of which the estate has hitherto passed in the family.

URPETH,

by the Boldon Book, appears to have had dringage tenure, wherein, among other duties, we find that of feeding dog and horse, and finding fifteen cords, and two greyhounds for the great chace, carrying a tun of wine, the millstones for Durham mill, attending the court, going on embassies, and making repairs at Chester mill ‡ 4.19.

The first person noted in the records as possessing this manor, is Thomas de Ur∣peth, who held the same of the lord bishop in capite, except five lands of husbandry, and an assart there called the Rydding, which Alexander de Kibblesworth, who married his daughter Idoma, then had; Thomas doing homage and fealty, and ren∣dering sixty shillings yearly at the bishop's exchequer, plowing and harrowing eight acres of the lord's land at Chester, having provisions found by the bishop during such work, preparing three balks of land for seed corn in Autumn, with twenty-four men each, and one with twelve, the bishop providing them, for every three men, a loaf of bread, of the assize of eight to the bushel, a flaggon of beer, and a portion of cheese of half a stone weight; besides the dringage service as stipulated in the Boldon Book* 4.21. In bishop Hatfield's Survey it appears, that Thomas Grey of Heton, then held the manor, and he died seised thereof in the twenty-fifth year of that prelate: It was part of the forfeiture on the attainder of Thomas Grey, and in the eighteenth year of the episcopacy of bishop Nevill, he granted the same to Ralph Grey his nephew. In the seventeenth year of bishop Booth, John Park died seised of this manor, together with the Rydding. By this in∣quisition it appears, that the manor was held per forinsecum serv. paying also twenty shillings rent by the hands of the coroner of Chester ward, carrying a tun of wine, and doing suit at the county. We find John Hedworth, esq in the time of bishop Sever, obtained licence to alien his lands in Urpeth † 4.22.

The first owners we find of PELTON were John de Hadham, and Hugh Burdon, which latter, in the time of bishop Beaumont, held a moiety of the vill of Pelton, of the before mentioned Hugh, by homage and the sixth part of a knight's fee: It afterwards was the estate of the Redhoughs, and was aliened to Robert Whelp∣ington, and became at length the estate of Ralph earl of Westmoreland, of which he died seised in the twentieth year of bishop Langley, and was part of the estates forfeited on the attainder. William Chancellor had some lands here, as appears by a pardon for purchasing without licence, dated 15 July, 1529.

The manor of BIRTLEY, in the seventeenth year of bishop Hatfield, was held of the bishop by Will. de Birtley, who also held the manor of Tribley at twenty shil∣lings rent, and attending the great chace with two greyhounds* 4.23. The Birtleys held a moiety of the manor of Birtley for several generations. It became the estate of the Nevills, who held the vill for some time jointly with Gilbert Elgyne, who married Elizabeth, one of the heiresses of William de Birtley, and was part of the forfeitures on the attainder: Tribley manor became the estate of the Lamb∣tons, in the time of bishop Langley † 4.24.

EDMUNDSLEY ‡ 4.25 gave name to a resident family, and in the sixteenth year of bishop Hatfield, William de Edmansley died seised of the vill, which he held in ca∣pite

by homage, fealty, and ten shillings rent at the bishop's exchequer: By the same bishop's survey, it appears that John Killinghall held the manor. In the thirty-fifth year of the same prelate, we find Rob. de Umframvill, esq died seised of this manor, rendering d••ar. orar. * 4.26 for the same; also forty acres of land there, called the Marle-park, of nineteen shillings and three pence rent. In the first year of bishop Skirlaw, on an inquisition taken on the death of John de Nevill, it was returned that he died seised of this manor, and Ralph earl of Westmoreland alien∣ed the same to John Hoton, some time before the sixth year of bishop Langley, the manor being then estimated at one hundred shillings yearly value.

WALRIDGE was the possession of the Lumleys in distant antiquity. We find a pardon granted for aliening this place without licence, together with divers other estates, by Sir John Lumley, lord Lumley, and Catharine his wife, by fine to George Smith and Thomas Kimraston, dated the 1st of August, 1607 † 4.27.

PLAWSWORTH.

Various proprietors held lands in Plawsworth from distant time: In the eleventh year of bishop Bury, Richard de Kelawe was one, and he also had twenty-pence rent out of the land of Alan de Plawsworth: The possessions of this family came to the Forcers of Harberhouse, by marriage of Johan, the heiress general of the Kelawes, of which John had livery in the first year of bishop Sever ‡ 4.28. In the fifth year of bishop Hatfield, William the son of Alan before named, and John his brother, a bastard, died seised of lands here without heirs, valued at one mark above repri∣sals ‖ 4.29. In the eighth year of the same prelate, John de Wylughby, chiv. died seised of lands here held by fealty, and two shillings and four-pence rent. In the survey it is set forth, that Thomas de Boynton, in right of his wife and others, held the vill of Plawsworth, rendering twenty shillings rent, which, by the Boldon Book it appears, Simon Vitulus paid for the same. One John de Elvet held lands here in the second year of bishop Fordham § 4.30, rendering five shillings and four-pence rent,

and four hens at the office of the master of the forests at the feast of St Martin. The families of Hotons and Claxtons had property here. By an inquisition taken on the death of Margaret, the wife of the above-named Thomas Boynton, in the third year of bishop Langley, it appears that she had an estate in Plawsworth by the feoffment of John, son of Robert Conyers of Ornysby, knight, for her life, with certain limitations in favour of Robert Conyers and Alice his wife, who were then dead, with remainder to William the son of Jordan de Dalden, esq and his heirs male, with remainder to Robert his brother, and remainder to John the son of Edmund Killingwyck, with various other remainders; and by virtue of the re∣mainders over, the estate came to Johan the wife of Tho. de Brounsield, knight, who was the daughter and heiress of the before-named Robert Conyers. On the death of Margaret, it was found that William Bowes, esq was her heir: He died seised of Plawsworth in the first year of bishop Booth* 4.31; and in various succeeding inquisitions it appears as part of the possessions of that family.

LAMBTON was the family seat of the Lambtons before the conquest: It stands on the southern banks of the Were, opposite to Harraton, in a sine cultivated country: The house was taken down by the late William Lambton, esq in order to erect one on a very elegant plan, but he died before any considerable part was proceeded in† 4.32. As there has been no interruption in the possession for so many ages, little historical matter rises on the subject‡ 4.33. At the farm house leading to Lambton, are the remains of a chapel, the stone work of the eastern window yet perfect; and in the front of the house, in a circle, is the figure of a man to the waist in relief, with elevated hands,—the inscription defaced.

The several places named in the settlement of the prebends, not before spoken of, are as follow:

POKERLEY was the estate of the Monbouchers; and on the death of Bertram, in the first year of bishop Skirlaw, was described by the name of the lordship

Pokerly, with divers

lands and tenements there, with their free tenants held of the heirs of the lord of Urpeth, rendering a clove-gilly-flower at the feast of St Cuthbert, in September* 4.34.

PELAWE gave name to a resident family, and in the time of bishop Bury, one John de Birteley held lands there of Richard de Pelawe in capite, by twelve-pence rent and suit of court, and a quarter of beans yearly to the rector of Boldon for the time being† 4.35. The above named Richard held the vill of Pelawe in right of Agnes his wife, in capite, by fealty, rendering three shillings and four-pence rent. They had issue one daughter, Juliana. The Birtleys fell into female issue, and two coheiresses, one of whom married Kellawe, and the other Egleyne. By bishop Hatfield's Survey ‡ 4.36, it appears Pelawe was then the estate of William de Elmeden, who died seised thereof in fee-tail, in the twelfth year of bishop Skirlaw, by virtue of a deed of feoffment. He held by the tenth part of a knight's fee, rendering thirteen shillings and four-pence at the bishop's exchequer yearly‖ 4.37.

There was an hospital and chapel here, dedicated to St Stephen, of which we have little proof, save the records before noted, no remains now appearing. The name of Elmeden expired in female issue; Elizabeth, the daughter and heiress of William Elmeden, esq married William Bulmer, and carried into that family the large possessions of her ancestors § 4.38; part of which Sir Bertram Bulmer and Dionisia his wife, by virtue of a licence, dated the 3d of August, in the eleventh year of bishop Matthew, conveyed to Sir William Gascoin and Sir Nich. Tempest¶ 4.39.

PYKTREE, by bishop Hatfield's Survey, is set forth as the possession of Robert de Kellowe de Lomley* 4.40: The family of Birtley had possessions there in the same pre∣late's time, which they continued to hold for several succeeding generations. William Peyghan had lands here of the grant of Ralph de Lumley, for life, reverting to the right heirs of the Lumley family: He died in bishop Langley's time. A third part of the vill of Pyktree, in the last named prelate's pontificate, with various parcels of land there, were possessed by the Lambtons, and descended with the rest of their extensive estates.

Of STEVESLEY there is nothing memorable.

The manor of NETTLEWORTH† 4.41 belonged to the family of Gategangs, who in the time of bishop Hatfield, held the same by homage, fealty, and payment of twenty-six shillings and eight-pence rent at the bishop's exchequer; it afterwards, in the time of bishop Langley, became the estate of John de Hagthorpe, who settled it on Cath. de Wessington and John her son, and the heirs of his body.

WHITEHILL manor was possessed by persons who took the local name; and in bishop Hatfield's Survey, is noted to be the property of John Mylote, formerly of Roger of the Hall‡ 4.42. There was an uninterrupted possession in the Millots, till their heiress about forty years ago married: In the old inquisition it is thus de∣scribed, In q'o quid. m'io sunt aula una, una cam'a, una coquina, unum orreum, unum sta∣bulum, una ustarin, lxvij acr. t're, & tres clausur. contin. xliiij acr. t're arab. & vj acr. p'ati, &c.

The manor of TWISILS was the estate of the Birtleys at the time of taking bishop Hatfield's Survey, and afterwards came to the possession of the Lumleys* 4.43.

We find nothing memorable of OUSTON alias ULSTAN and HARDEN.

The chapel of LAMESLEY has been rebuilt of late years: It was one of the chapels of ease to Chester, till bishop Bek made this and Tanfield prebendal, in which state they continued till the dissolution † 4.44. In this chapelry are Ravensworth town and Ravensworth castle.

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THE PEDIGREE OF LIDDEL OF RAVENSWORTH, IN THE COUNTY OF DURHAM. (VOL. II. PAGE 417.) The account of this family is very imperfect, and does not go back much above 200 years, though mention is made, that the family were anciently Lords of Liddel Castle, and Barony of Buft.—They have been proprietors of considerable coal-works from the time of their settling in this county.

• The first ancestor we find mentioned, is Thomas de Liddel, who married
• Margaret, d. John de Layburne.
• Thomas Liddel,
• Barbara. d. and coh. of Rich. Strangwayes.
• Francis,
• Anne, d. Wm. de Seagrave.
• Bartram, ob. s. p.
• Barbara, d. Th. Cramlington.
• Thomas Liddel, purchased the manors of Ravensworth, Lamesley, and Righton, of Sir Wm. Gascoigne, in 1607, d. in 1619.
• Margaret, d. John Watson, Esq
• Tho. Liddel. Esq defended the town of Newc. against the Scots, and was created a bart. 2d Nov. 1642. Paid 4000l. to the sequestrators for his estates.
• Isabel, d. Henry Anderson, Esq (by a D. and C. of .... Morland.)
• Sir Tho. Liddel, Knt. ob. vita pa∣tris, 1627.
• Bridget, d. Ed. Wood∣ward, of Lee, near Windsor.
• Sir Thomas Liddel, 2d bart. died in 1697.
• Anne, d. of Sir Hen. Vane of Raby castle, in co. Durham.
• Sir Hen. Liddel, 3d bart, died 1st Sept. 1723.
• Catharine, d. and h. of Sir John Bright, of Badsworth, in co. York, Bart.
• Thomas Liddel, m. at Lanchester, 12th Oct. 1707. Ob. vita patris, 1715.
• Jane. d. Jas. Clavering, of Greencroft. Esq died 7th Sept. 1774, aet. 95.
• Sir Henry Liddle, 4th baronet, member for Morpeth, mar. in April, 1735.—Created Baron Ravensworth, in co. Durham 29th June, 1747.—Died 30th Jan. 1784, when the barony became extinct, but the baronet∣age descended to his nephew.
• Anne, only d. of Sir Peter Delme, Knt. Alderman and Lord Mayor of London.
• Anne, only child, mar. 29th Jan. 1756, to the Duke of Grafton, and after mar. in 1769, to the Earl of Upper Ossory.
• James, Thom. both d. young.
• Thomas Liddel, Esq seated at Newton hall, near Durh. was a post∣humous son.—Mar. Sept. 1745, died 6th March, 1772.
• Margaret (posthumous) d. of Sir Wm. Bowes. Knt. and sist. to Geo. Bowes, Esq late of Gibside.
• A son who died an infant.
• Henry-George Liddel, 5th bart. born 25th Nov. 1749.—Married April 1773.
• ....... d. of ...... Steele, Esq
• Henry, 6th baronet.
• Several younger children.
• Catharine died aet. 12.
• John Liddel, adopted heir to his grandfath. Sir Joh. Bright, assum∣ed that name, and pos∣sessed Badsworth.— Died 6th Oct. 1737.
• Cordelia, d. of ... Clutterbuck of Hides, in co. Essex.
• Thomas Liddel,
• Margaret Norton, neice and heiress to John Lowther of Ackworth, co. York.
• Mary, mar. to Charles, 2d Marquis of Rockingham.
• Stephen, John & Henry, all died s. p.
• Anne, Catha.
• Cordelia, mar Dr. Wintring∣ham.
• Henry died without iss.
• Anne, d. John Clavering of Chopwell, in co. Durham.
• George was member for Berwick, & unmar. died unm. 9th Oct. 174••
• Michael died unmar.
• Eliz. mar. Rob. Elli∣son, of Heb∣burn in co. Durh. Esq
• Thomas died unm.
• Edward died young.
• Robert, ob. 1718.
• Priscilla, d. Wm. Kiffin of Lond. merchant ob. 1669.
• Thomas,
• Mary, d. of ..... Nelthorpe.
• Henry, ob. Aug. 1770.
• A daughter, mar. John Middleton, of Chirk Castle, in c. Denbeigh, Esq
• George died unm.
• Frances mar. Tho. Vane, of Raby cast. Esq and 2dly, to Sir John Bright, Bart.
• Eliz. m. Christ. Stockdale, of Bilton Park, in co. York.
• Isabel died unmar.
• Fran. knighted vita patris.
• Eliz. d. Sir Geo. Tonge of Denton.
• Francis Liddel.
• Will.
• Robt.
• Geo.
• ...... ......
• Henry died unmarried.
• Eliz. mar. Geo. Baker, Esq C. at Law, and afterwards knighted.
• Mary mar. Nich. Cole, Esq of Brancepeth, after created a baronet.
• Isabel mar. ..... Anderson.
• Elizabeth, mar. Wm. Sherwood, of Middle∣sex.
• Alice mar. Gawen Salkeld
• Eleanor mar. Tim. Draper, of Newc. merchant.
• Jane, d. Hen. Mitford, Esq
• Henry,
• Elizabeth, d. Wm. Jenison Esq
• Roger,
• Grace, d. Jas. Clavering, Esq
• Barbara, mar. Sam. Sanderson of Hedleyhope Esq
• Jane, married Robt. Ander∣son.
• Robert, both died s. p.
• Percival,
• Alice, mar. Oswald Carr, Esq
• Barbara died an infant.
• George Liddel,
• Eleanor, d. John Burne.
• George Liddel, ob. s. p.
• ...... d. Robt. Barker, Esq
• ARMS:—Argent, frettee, Gules, on a Chief of the Second, three leopards faces, Or.
• CREST:—On a wreath, a Lion rampant, Sable, crowned, Or.
• THE PEDIGREES OF THE FAMILIES OF CONIERS. (VOL. III. PAGE 148.)
• Sir Christ. Conyers, of Sockburn, Knt.
• Marian, d. Sir Will. Eure, Knt.
• Sir Will. Knt.
• Anne, d of Sir Ralph Bigod, of Settrington, Knt.
• Sir Christopher,
• Anne, d. of .... Markenfield.
• Sir Thomas.
• Sir George.
• Sir John.
• Sir John of Sockborn, Knt. living, 1615.
• George, son and h. Aet. 6, 1615.
• Cuthbert, 2d fil.
• Mary, d. of Tho. Laton, of Saxhoc.
• John ..... of Layton,
• Jane, d. of John Oglethorpe, and wid. of ...... Danby.
• Ralph, of Layton,
• Mary, d. of Sim. Mawe of ••••ande∣sham, Stafford.
• Cuthbert, son and h. Aet. 4, 1615.
• Mary.
• Anne.
• Johannes Conyers, mil.
• Margaretta, fil. et una her. Duo Darcy.
• Johannes dus. Conyers, de Horneby.
• Alicia, fil. et her. Will Nevill, dus. Falconbridge, com Cantij.
• Richardus,
• Eliza, fil. et her. Rob. Claxton, mil. de Horden.
• Ricardus de Horden.
• Christopherus de Horden,
• Eliza, fil. Johis Jackson, de Bedale.
• Ricardus de Horden
• Eliza, fil. Rogeri Lumley.
• Christophorus▪ vixit, 1575
• Eliza, fil. Cuth. Convers de Lay∣to•• ob s. p.
• Anna, fil. Johis Hed∣worth de Harverton.
• Johannes de Horden,
• Francisca, fil. Thomae Garnes, de Ebor.
• Anna.
• Isabella, ux. Ca. Hall. Durh. FLOWER'S VISIT. &c.
• Maria.
• Georgius.
• CONIERS. ....... Coniers.
• Sir John of Sockburn.
• Robert.
• John of Horneby,
• Eliz. d. and coh. of Billeston.
• Sir John of Horne∣by, Knt. of whom is descended Lord Conyers.
• Margery, m. Robt. Wycliffe.
• Elizabeth, m. William Burgh.
• Catharine, m. Conan Aske.—2d, ..... Pudsey.
• Joan, m. Fitz Randolphe.
• Margaret m. Roger Lascells. 2d, .... Pickering.
• Robert, of Hutton.
• Sir Rich. of Cowton.
• Alice, d. of ... Wycliffe.
• Margaret, d. and coh. m. Ra. Danby.
• Eleanor, d. and coh. m. Rob. Lascells of Sowerby.
• Margery, d. and coh. m Sir Ralph Bowes.
• Sir Rog. Ld. of Winyard & Redmarshall, 4th pr. of Seaton, c.
• Sibill, d. of Will. Langton, 1436.
• William,
• Isabel, d. of Ric. Clervaux, of Crofte.
• Robert Claxton, of Haliwell, son of Will, son of Tho. son of Lionel of Claxton, son of Sir Roger,
• Sibil, ob. 1500.
• LISLE. Henry Lisle, of the Isle.
• Sir John,
• Catharine, neice and heir of Sir Henry.
• Aline Langton, burgess of Berw. and Newcastle.
• Henry, Lord of Winyard and Redmarshall.
• Margery, d. of Rog. Fulthorpe.
• Simon,
• Alice, coh. to John, her neph —2dly, to Thomas Elmedon, of Winyard.
• William of Winyard,
• ...... d. of Will. Elmedon.
• Sibill, d. of Will. Langton, 1436.
• John, 1st son ob. s. p.
• Sir Thomas, Knt. 2d son.
• John.
• ........ 2d d.
• ........
• Joan,
• Rich. Haton.
• John.
• Isabel,
• Will. Porter.
• 4 dau.
• John.
• Alane.
• John, ob. s. p. 1442.
• Sir Henry, Lord of Winyard and Redmar∣shall, ann. 1303. ob. s. p.
• CARROWE. Peter Carrowe, Lord of Seaton, car. tem. Ric. I.
• Walter, living 1200, 2d King John.
• John.
• Thomas.
• Walter.
• John, son and heir.

(For the Notes see the other Side.)

[figure] genealogy

The Genealogical Table is illustrated, and great Additions made thereto, by the following Historical Notes, taken from Mr. GYLL'S MSS. who, in the first part of the Collection, remarks, that he took the same and others, from a Manuscript written in the Reign of King Charles I.

In an old manuscript which I have seen of the descent of Connyers of Sockbourn, there is written as follow:

Sir John Connyers, Knt. slew the monstrous vermine, and poysonous vermine, or wyverne, or aske or worm, which overthrew and devoured many and sundry people in feight, for that the sent of the poyson thereof was so strong, that no personne might abide it. And by the providence of Almighty God, this John Connyers, Knt. overthrew the said monster, and slew it. But before he made this enterprise, having but one son, he went to the church at Sockburn in compleat armour, and offered up that, his only son, to the Holy Ghost: the place where this great serpent lay, was called Graystane.

And as it is written in the same manuscript, this John lieth buried in Sockbourn, in compleat armour, before the conquest.

Roger Connyers or Cognyers, was Lord of Sockbourn about the time of the Norman conquest, which was An. Dom. 1060.—He was, by William the Conqueror, made constable of Durham Castle, and keeper of all the arms of the soldiers within that castle; which was after past to him, the said Roger, by deed to him and his heirs male for ever, and under the great seal of William de Sancto Carelipho, the then Bishop of Durham.—This Roger had issue Roger, his son and heir, and others.

Roger Connyers or Cognyers, Lord of Sockbourn, son and heir of Roger the first, was also, after his father, constable of Durham castle, and of all the a••ms therein; and he had issue Roger, his son and heir, and others.

Roger Connyers, the third of that name, son and heir of Roger the second, and grandchild to Roger the first, constable of Durham, and lord of Sockbourn, was also himself constable of Durham: this Roger he married the daughter of ...... Aiskby, Esq and had issue Robert and others.—Et Henricus 2d rex Angliae dedit vel confirmarit Rogero de Connyers sive de Cognyers constabulatum de Dunelme.

Robert Connyers, Lord of Sockbourn, son and heir of Roger the third, of the christian name; he married the daughter of Robert Welbury, of Castle Eden, and had Robert and others.

Robert Connyers, son and heir of Roger, and grandchild of Roger, the third of the name, was Lord of Sockbourn, and married the daughter of Layton, Esq and by her had Roger, Galfred, John, and others.—This Galfred, second son of Robert, afterwards had the estate, and was Lord of Sockbourn, either by gift or purchase.

Roger Connyers, son and heir of Robert, the second of the name and family, was Lord of Sockbourn, and married the daughter of Sir Gilbert Han∣sard, Knt. and had issue Robert, the 3d of the christian name and family; he married the daughter ...... and died without issue — Robertus filius et heres Rogeri qui hereditatem suam alienavit Galfrido consanguineo suo et obijt fine prole.

Robert Connyers of Sockbourn, was lord thereof; he was son and heir of Roger, son of Robert, the second of that christian name and family; he mar. ...... the daughter of ...... Umfravill, Esq and died without any issue.—Robertus filius et heres Rogeri: qui hereditatem suam alienavit Galfrido consanguineo suo et obiit sine prole.

Galfred Connyers, second son of Robert Connyers, the second of that christian name, was lord and the owner of Sockbourn, after the death of Robert Connyers, the son and heir of Roger, who died without issue; and the descent of Connyers, in an old manuscript, sets down, that this Galfred bought the lordship of Sockbourn of his cousin Robert, the son of Roger, who died without issue, and so possessed the lordship of Sockbourn, and was lord and owner thereof; and so it seems, as by an antient deed, that Connyers of Sockbourn, was not the chief man of the family.—This Galfred married the daughter of Lilbourn, Esq and had issue John, Thomas, and James.

John Connyers, son and heir of Galfred, was, after his father, Lord of Sockbourn: he married ...... the daughter of Sir Walter Manning, Knt. and had issue John, Galfred, and Humphrey; John and Galfred, the two eldest brothers, both died without issue, so as Humphrey, the youngest son of John, after the death of the two elder brothers, John and Galfred, was lord and owner of Sockbourn, and that whole estate; and in an old descent of the family which I have, he is set down primus miles, istis familiae.

Sir Umsrey Connyers, of Sockbourn, Knt. third son of John, the son of Galfred Connyers, Lord and owner of Sockbourn, after the death of his two elder brothers, John and Galfred, who, both of them died without issue, leaving this Sir Humphrey Connyers, Knt. their brother, heir to them both, and was Lord of Sockbourn, and had the whole estate.—This Humphrey, he married the daughter of Sir John Basset, Knt. and had issue Sir John Connyers of Sockbourn, Knt.

Sir John Connyers of Sockbourn, Knt. son and heir of Sir Humphrey Connyers, Knt. of Sockbourn; he married the daughter of Sir John Fitz J••••ffry. Knt. and had issue R•• Connyers of Sockbourn, Knt his son and heir, who had issue three daughters, his heirs; Jane married to Sir Rob. Bowes, of Dawden and Streatlam, Knt. Elizabeth married to John Cowell, jun. Knt. and Petriwell married to ...... Heron, Esq—This John, per∣ceiving his elder son, Robert, to have no issue male, gave his lordship of Sockbourn to his younger son, Roger, to have the land of Sockbourn to con∣tinue in the family and name of ...... Connyers.

Sir Robert Connyers, Knt. son and heir of John Connyers of Sockbourn, Knt. he married the daughter and heir of Sir John Surtees, Knt. and by her had issue three daughters, his heiresses.—Sir Robert Bowes, Knt. married one of the heirs general of Sir Robert Connyers, who was made knight at the battle of Poictiers, anno 1356.

Roger Connyers, second son of Sir John Connyers of Sockbourn, Knt. and brother and next heir male of Sir Robert Connyers, that died without issue male, was, after the death of Sir Robert, his elder brother, who died before his father, Lord of Sockbourn.—This Roger, the son of John, and brother to Sir Robert, he married the daughter of Sir John Fayes, Knt. of ...... and had issue Galfred that died without issue; and Sir John Connyers, Knt. that married the daughter, and one of the coheirs of Sir William Aiton, Knt. Lord Vescy.

Sir John Connyers of Sockbourn, Knt. second son of Roger; and, after the death of his eldest brother, who died without issue, heir to his father also: he married Elizabeth, the daughter and coheir of Sir William Aiton, Knt. the widow of William Place, Esq and by her he had issue Robert, afterwards Sir Robert Connyers, of Sockbourn, Knt.

Sir Robert Connyers of Sockbourn, Knt. son and heir of John and Elizabeth Aiton, his wife, one of the coheirs of Sir William Aiton, Knt. and Lord Vescy's heir general: also this Robert he married Isabella, one of the heirs of William Peart, Esq (whose other heir) married to Conanus Aske, of Aske, Esq by her he had issue Crister Connyers of Sockbourn, Knt. his son and heir; Robert Connyers, second son; Humphrey Connyers, third son; John Connyers, of Horneby, called Justice John, a lawyer, was 4th son, and others.—William Peart, Esq had issue three daughters, his heirs; Elizabeth, who was married to Conanus Aske, of Aske, Esq Isabella married to Sir Robert Connyers, of Sockbourn; and Margaret who was mar. to—

—Crister Connyers of Sockbourn, son and heir of Sir Rob. Connyers of Sockbourn, Knt. and of his wife Isabella, one of the heirs of Will. Peart, Esq he mar. Marjory, the daughter of Sir William Eure, Knt. and had issue William, his son and heir, and others, both sons and daughters.

William Connyers of Sockbourn, Esq son and heir of Crister; he married the daughter of Sir Ralph Biggot, of Settrington, Knt. and by her had issue Crister, Ralph, George, Robert, Roger, Richard, Cuthbert, and daughters.

Sir Crister Connyers of Sockbourn, Knt. son and heir of William; he married the daughter of ...... Markenfield, of Markenfield, Esq and by her had issue Thomas 1st, Ralph 2d, Richard 3d, Robert 4th, George 5th, and Cuthbert 6th; Anne, Marian, Margaret, and Agnes.

Sir Thomas Connyers of Sockbourn, Knt. son and heir of Crister; he married Margaret, the daughter of Sir Edward Radcliffe of Dilston, Knt. and by her had issue George.

Sir George Connyers of Sockbourn, Knt. son and heir of Thomas; he married to his first wife, ...... the daughter of ...... Eure, Knt. by whom he had no issue; and then he married to his second wife, Anne, the daughter of Sir John Dawney of Seysey, Knt. and by her had issue John.

Sir John Connyers of Sockbourn, Knt. son and heir of George; he married Anne, the daughter of Sir George Bowes of Streatlam, the Knight Marshall, and by her had issue George 1st, John 2d, William 3d, Ralph 4th, Robert 5th, and six daughs. Eleanor mar. to John Stindder; Jane mar. to James Lawson of Sum, and had issue; Elizabeth married to James Riddel of Gateside, Knt. and had issue Sir William Riddel, Knt. his son and heir, Thomas; Anne married to ...... Midford of Hoolam, obiit sine prole; Katherine to Sir William Kennet, Knt. and Mary married to Mr. Foster.

Sir George Connyers of Sockbourn, Knt. son and heir of John; he married Katherine, daughter of Anthony Bulmer of Emdon, Esq and had issue George, who died an infant, William and John who died also young.

William Connyers of Sockbourn, Esq son and heir of Sir George Connyers of Sockbourn, Knt. he married the daughter of George Symonds, and had issue Anne, his daughter and sole heir; married to Francis. Lord Talbot, afterwards Earl of Shrewsbury.

Crister Connyers of Horneby, son and heir of John Connyers of Horneby, vulgarly called Justice John, married Eleanor, the daughter and sole heir of ...... Ryelston, Esq and by her had issue John Connyers, Knt. of the honourable order of the garter, and Lord of Horneby, of whom descended the Lord Connyers as below:

John Connyers of Horneby, fourth son of Sir Robert Connyers of Sockbourn, Knt. which John was commonly called Justice John, a lawyer; he married Margaret, daughter and sole heir of Anthony St Quintaine, and had issue by her Christopher Connyers of Horneby.

Crister Connyers of Horneby, son and heir of John Connyers of Horneby, vulgarly called Justice John.—This Crister, he married Eleanor, daughter and heir of ...... Ryelston, and by her had issue Sir John Connyers, Knt. of the noble order of the garter, his son and heir; Sir Richard Connyers, 3d son of South Couton, Knt. who had issue three daughters, his heirs; Margery married to Sir Ralph Bowes, Knt. Margaret married to Sir Robert Danby of Yafford, Esq Eleanor married to Robert Lassels of Sowerby; Robert Connyers of Hutton Wiffe, 5th son of Crister; Sir Roger Connyers of Winnyard, Knt. 6th son; William Connyers of Maske, 7th son; George Connyers of Danby, 8th son.

Sir John Connyers of Horneby, Knt. of the most noble and honourable order of the garter, son and heir of Crister of Horneby; he married Marjory, one of the daughters and heirs of Philip, Lord Darcy and Mcnell, and by her had issue Sir John Connyers of Horneby, Knt. his son and heir; Rich. Connyers of Horden.—Henry Conyers, William and Crister, of Richard, second son of this Sir John, is descended Sir John Connyers, Knt. Bart. of Horden, in a direct male line.

Sir John Connyers of Horneby, Knt. son and heir of John: he married Alice, one of the daughters and heirs of William Nevill, Lord Falconbridge, and Earl of Kent, and by her had issue William, first Lord Connyers, and others that died without issue.—This John was slain at the battle of Barnet, in the reign of King Edward ......—This John had a daughter named Elizabeth, who was married to Richard, Lord Lumley, and was mother of John Lord Lumley.

William, first Lord Connyers, son and heir of Sir John Connyers of Horneby, and of his wife Alice, and one of the daughters and heirs of William Nevill, Lord Falconbridge, and Earl of Kent; he married Anne, the daughter of Ralph Nevill, third Earl of Westmorland of that family, and he had issue Crister, Lord Connyers, his son and heir, and others that died young without issue.

Crister, Lord Connyers, son and heir of William, the first Lord Connyers; he married Anne, the daughter of William, Lord Dacres, of Gililand, and by her had issue John, Lord Connyers, his son and heir, and two daughters.

John, Lord Connyers, son and heir of Crister, Lord Connyers; he married Mande, the daughter of Henry Clifford, first Earl of Cumberland, and by her he had issue, two sons that died young, and three daughters, his coheirs; Anne who was married to Anthony Kemp, Esq Elizabeth who was married to Thomas Darcey, Esq and was father of Sir Connyers Darcey of Horneby. Knt. and Katherine, third daughter of John, the last Lord Connyers, and one of his coheirs, was married to John Attorton, Esq

Richard Connyers, second son of Sir John Connyers, Knight of the Garter, and Lord of Horneby, and of his wife Marjory, one of the daughters and coheirs of Philip, Lord Darcey and Menell.—This Richard Connyers, he married Elizabeth, one of the daughters and heirs of Sir Robert Claxton, Knt. and had by her the lordship of Horden, and had issue Robert, Richard, and Perceval.

Robert Connyers, son and heir of Richard, and in right of his mother, Lord of Horden; he married Marjory, daughter to Thomas Bamforth, Esq and had issue by her Crister, Esq his son and heir.—John and Ralph, and daughters, Elizabeth, .......

Crister Connyers of Horden, son and heir of Robert; he married Anne, the daughter of Thomas Jackson of Beddall, Esq and by her had issue Richard, George, Nicholas, Ralph, Francis, Marjory, Alice, and Isabella.

Richard Connyers of Horden, Esq son and heir of Crister; he married Isabella, the daughter of Roger Lumley of ...... Esq and by her had issue Thomas, who died without issue.—Crister, his son and heir, who married Anne, the daughter of John Hedworth of Harraton, Esq and had issue Richard, Anne, Elizabeth, and Jane, and John Connyers of Horden, Baronet.—End of the old Manuscript.

Sir Baldwin Connyers, head of the Family died about 50 years ago, leaving his estate to his two only daughters.—The baronetage came to Ralph Connyers, his heir at law, who was a glazier, and from him descended to Blakiston Connyers, his third son and heir. who was in very low estate; for some time a dependant on the house of Bowes, and afterwards was collector of the customs of Newcastle upon Tyne.—He lately died without issue.

[figure] view of Ravensworth Castle

RAVENSWORTH CASTLE

RAVENSWORTH CASTLE,

the seat of the family of Liddells, now of Sir Henry George Liddell, bart. stands on the side of a hill, sloping gradually towards the east; a situation not chosen for strength. Near to it, by the road side, is a stone column, but of what event it is a memorial, history or tradition give no account. The antiquity of this castle leads to conjectures as to the etymology of the name; in many old records it is called Ravens-helm and Ravenswaith, in the old spelling Raffensweath. The Danish standard was called Raffen, and weath is a north country word, now used in Scotland for sorrow. "I should be very weath to do such an act," is a phrase very commonly used in this country. The application we would make is, that Ravensworth castle is of Danish foundation, and had its name from them as Raffens-Helm, or the strong hold of the Danish standard; and that some de∣feat of that people had occasioned the name of Raffens-weath, or Danish woe. All etymologies, where there is such a mixture of languages as in this country, will be subject to much uncertainty, and we offer this only as a vague conjecture. This castle has anciently formed a complete square, with a tower at each corner, con∣nected with a curtain wall: Whether there was any keep or other structure in the center, it is not possible to determine; two of the towers form part of the offices to the present mansion, the other two project to the front. The apartments are small, but neat, without much ornament; the breakfast room and room above it are modern, and face the south, with a bow window; the lower one stuccoed; the upper room elegantly fitted up, and hung with tapestry of Antwerp; at one end of the room the landscape work is strikingly beautiful, in the stile of Pousin: There is a spacious saloon, stair-case, and a good dining-room. The castle is shut in to the north and west by a fine forest of oaks, the nursery of a large breed of herons, and some pheasants: The south aspect consists of rich meadow lands, scattered over with large trees at irregular distances: To the east the vale of Lamesley, beautifully cloathed with wood, is extended to the eye for a mile and a half; immediately opposite, at the greatest distance, Gateshead-fell, wild and shaken, with a multitude of hovels and cottages.

Soon after bishop Flambard came to the See, he granted to Richard his nephew, and his heirs, to hold in fee by homage and the service of half a knight's see,

Ravensworth, Blakiston, and Hetton, now called Eighton * 4.45. Ravensworth castle was a fortress before any records now extant; as there is no licence to embattle and kernellate this house found in the bishop's archives, though of every other castle in the county there is that evidence. It is presumed, that according to the fashion of the times, the owner of Ravensworth assumed a local name: In the twelfth year of bishop Hatfield, we find Tho. Stutville held lands of the lady of Ravenswarth† 4.46; and in the twenty-third year of that prelate, Alex. de Kybbles∣worth held a moiety of the vill of Ravensworth, of Elianora countess of Ravenshelm ‡ 4.47: Here we also have the distinction before noted of Ravenshelm. In the same year, on an inquisition taken on the death of William de Silksworth, it appears he died seised of the manors of Ravenshelm and Lamesley. In the twenty-fifth year of the same prelate, John de Kibblesworth held a moiety of the vill of Ravensworth of Robert de Lumley, by the eighth part of a knight's fee, and a messuage and forty acres in Landheved in Ravensworth, held of the bishop in capite, under thirteen shillings and four-pence rent. In the thirty-fifth year of the same prelate, Robert de Umfrevill, esq was possessed of a messuage only in Ravensworth, which he held of Alan de Ravensworth ‖ 4.48. In the third year of bishop Fordham, Robert de Lom∣ley died seised of the manors of Ravenshelm and Lamesley § 4.49; and in the fifth year of bishop Skirlaw, Elizabeth, his widow, who afterwards married John de Bukham, died possessed in dower of the third part of those manors ¶ 4.50. The branch of Lumleys seated at Ravensworth castle became extinct in Isabell, the daughter and heiress of Bertram Lumley, who married Sir Henry Boynton, whose daughter and heiress Elizabeth married Sir Henry Gascoiyn, who, in the eighth year of bishop Tunstall, had livery of her castle, manors, and estates ** 4.51. In the fifth year of king James I. Sir William Gascoin, by indenture of bargain and sale inrolled, conveyed to Thomas Liddell, esq ancestor of the present Sir Henry, all the castle and manor of Ravenshelm, alias Ravenshell, and the manor of Lamesley; and on the 2d of August, in the sixth year of king James I. Sir William, with dame Barbary his lady, levied a fine of the granted estates, with a description of four thousand acres of furz and heath, and three thousand acres of moor in Ravenshelme, Lamesley, Eighton, Hedley, Over-Eighton, Nether-Eighton, Longacres, Ravensworth, and

Pokerley: In the second year of bishop James, pardon was granted of the above mentioned fine and alienation * 4.52.

Of LAMESLEY there is little distinct from Ravenshelm in the records: The Stutvills and Eures held portions of land there of the Lumleys, but of little con∣sideration in the whole. In the inquisition taken on the death of Thomas Lumley, in the sixteenth year of bishop Booth, this manor, of which he died seised, is de∣scribed to consist of sixty acres of arable land, fifty acres of pasture, ten acres of meadow, and forty acres of wood; and Eighton is described as parcel of the manor. This vale exhibits a new scene for description; busy and black faces, machines loaden with coals rolling on frames, engines, and smoaking furnaces, perpetual agitation, traffic, and business: But of these matters we shall speak at large hereafter † 4.53.

The town of RAVENSWORTH is so mixed with the preceding subject, that no∣thing material remains to be selected from the records to be applied thereto singly; save only that in the inquisitions we find regularly the distinctions of Ravenshelm and Ravenswath.

KIBBLESWORTH gave name to a resident family, and Thomas Stutvill, in the beginning of bishop Hatfield's episcopacy, held a moiety of the vill of Kibbles∣worth, of Alex. de Kibblesworth, by homage, fealty, ward, marriage, and suit of court, estimated at one hundred pounds value above reprisals. Alexander died seised of the chief hall of Kibblesworth vill, with a moiety of the same vill held of the bishop by the tenth part of a knight's fee * 4.54. In the fourth year of bishop Langley, John Stutville died seised of the whole manor, then valued at ten pounds, held by military service and suit at the county court, from five weeks to five weeks. In the fifth year of bishop Booth, Bertram Harbotel died seised of a moiety of the manor† 4.55, leaving Ralph his son and heir. The Mashams had some small property in this manor ‡ 4.56. Kibblesworth became the property of the Skirfields, and Will. Skirfield conveyed the same to John Hedworth, esq and George Lawson, gent. for which alienation by fine, bishop James granted his pardon, dated the 20th of August, in the eighth year of his episcopacy ‖ 4.57. William Bonner, esq was possessed of considerable property at Kibblesworth, and dying in 1759, devised his estates to his daughter's children, one of whom married James Hargrave of Shawdon, in Northumberland, esq the other to Thomas Lewen, of Durham, esq William Hargrave, esq was the issue of the first-named marriage, and there was a daughter of the other marriage, who died without issue.

Of DARNCROOK we find nothing memorable.

The vill of HEDLEY was the estate of the Mundevills, of which family Gilbert de Merley and Agnes his wife held the manor of Hedley, with a moiety of the vill, making suit at the court of Ravenshelm, and paying to William Bultflour and his heirs thirteen shillings and four-pence rent * 4.58. It soon after became parcel of the Gibside estates, of which the Blaxtons were vested in the reign of king James I. as appears by a pardon of alienation in the fourteenth of that king.

FARNACRES is not noticed in the assignment of the prebends, and probably at that time was included in the description of Lamesley or Ravenshelm: In some of the records it is called of the parish of Whickham. It gave name to the resident family in the beginning of bishop Hatfield's episcopacy; but when his survey was taken, Robert Umfrevill held the manor by homage, fealty, and the fourth part of a knight's fee, as also appears by an inquisition taken on his death, in the thirty-fifth year of that prelate, then valued at ten pounds. This family fell into female issue in the time of bishop Langley, as is before noted in Holmside, in the parish of Lanchester. In 1428, Robert Umfrevill obtained licence to found a chantry in the chapel of Farnacres within that manor, which he endowed with the manor; after which, in 1439, the hospital of Frereside was annexed thereto: After the dissolution, Farnacres was annexed by purchase to the Ravensworth estate† 4.59; and

was settled on the marriage of Thomas Liddell, of Newcastle, merchant, to Eliza∣beth, daughter of William Jennison, of the same place, merchant, and described to have been acquired, together with Tanfield and Lamesley, by purchase from Tho. Edams and others, the 13th of November, 1600 * 5.1.

The chapel of TANFIELD has lately been rebuilt, and fitted up in a handsome manner; it was formerly dependent on Chester. Bertram Mounboucher is the first possessor we find mentioned in the records of Tanfield, which is thus noted in the inquisition taken on his death, in the first year of bishop Skirlaw:

All the manor of Tanfield, with the hamlet and appurtenances held of Robert de Conyers, knight, and Ellen his wife, by homage, and one penny rent, value five marks:

He also held the manors of Beamish and Cawsey † 5.2. The house of

Cawsey, or as it is called in the old records Caldsit, is situated a little distance from Tanfield: This estate has for some considerable time appertained to the family of Claverings. The Dawsons had property and a mansion-house at Tanfield, now an∣nexed to the Beamish estate. Beamish continued in the family of Monbouchers for several generations; and in the time of bishop Nevill, Elizabeth, baroness of Hilton, formerly the wife of Bertram Monboucher, died possessed of Beamish and Tanfield, which she held for life. In the fifth year of bishop Booth, Bertram Har∣botell died seised * 5.3 of the manors of Beamish and Tanfield, in the latter of which Caweset, Le-Croke, and Le-Leigh are described as members. The manor of Beamish is therein set out to consist of one hundred and sixty acres of land, and forty acres of wood. The Hilton name became extinct in female issue, Dorothy, one of the coheiresses, marrying Morton Davison of Beamish, esq The Davisons also failed in male issue, and the large possessions of that family are come to Sir John Eden, baronet, whose mother was the surviving sister of Morton Davison, esq eldest son of the before named Morton.

BEAMISH-HOUSE is situate in a wooded vale, on the banks of the river Team, and in a deep retirement; the adjacent lands are fertile and well sheltered, but the hills which surround it barren and lofty; yet nature has amply recompensed all outward deformities, by her riches in mines of coal and iron.

Near Tanfield is a great work called Cawsy-Bridge, carried over a deep gill or valley, to obtain a level for the coal waggons to pass, constructed at the expence of the Grand Associators in colliery works in this country, known by the local appellation of the Grand Allies: The span of the arch is one hundred and two feet, which rises in abutments or land piers about nine feet in height, and being semi∣circular, makes the elevation about sixty feet; the level is from thence kept up by forced bankings of earth, in some parts forty feet in height, and one hundred and forty paces in length; much more expensive than mason-work: There is a drift cut through the solid rock, to convey the stream of the rivulet under the bankings. The valley is wooded, wild, and romantic.

TANFIELD LEIGH † 5.4 is mentioned in bishop Hatfield's Survey in such large des∣criptions, that we are induced to believe by that name, the whole of Tanfield was

anciently comprehended: Exclusive of what was at that time the estate of the Monbouchers, John of Birtley, then of Twisills, held eight score acres of land, being six parts in fifteen of that place: It was part of the possessions of Sir Nich. Tempest, who also held Stanley hall. Stanley was the estate of the Birtleys, till Thomas de Birtley, about the eighth year of bishop Skirlaw, who held the manor of Stanlew for life, with certain premisses called the Hag, alias Hall, with a rever∣sion expectant to Richard de Kirkenny, granted the same to Ralph de Lomley, held of the bishop in capite by military service, and subject to the payment of ten pounds yearly, to Catharine the widow of William de Kirkenny for life.

STOKERLEY, CROOK, and FRERESYDE, were the estates of Roger Thornton, and came to the Lumleys by intermarriage with his daughter * 5.5.

The manor of LYNCE, or LINTS, gave a local name to the resident family, whose male issue failing in the fifth year of bishop Hatfield, the estate descended to † 5.6

three coheiresses, daughters of Richard de Lynce* 5.7: It afterwards became the estate of the family of Redhoughs† 5.8, who failing in male issue, this, with their other pos∣sessions, descended to coheiresses in the fifteenth year of bishop Langley, on the death of Thomas de Redhough, son of Thomas, son of Hugh, the daughter and grand daughter of which Hugh succeeded, viz. Mary, the wife of Henry Boteler, and Grinatruda the wife of William Hokley, who was the daughter of Agnes, the daughter of the same Hugh. Mary died without issue, so that the whole vested in Grinatruda, in the twentieth year of the same prelate‡ 5.9. When the family of Hodgson obtained possession, we have no evidence, but after their enjoyment for a considerable number of years, male issue failed in Ralph Hodgson, esq the last proprietor, on whose death the family estate at Lints Green descended to his only daughter now living.

Near Lints Green is a neat little mansion called the Leazes, the seat of William Scafe, esq counsellor at law.

We must not quit this tract without observing, that traces of a Roman way have frequently been discovered on the moor north of Urpeth, in a direction lead∣ing from the north to Chester: Within a mile of Urpeth is a round hill, with a trench, one of those temporary fortifications used on the incursion of the Scots, when they came down in small bands to pillage the country: Such are numerous all over the borders. At Lawsome hill is a most extensive prospect, commanding the Chiviots to the north, Cleveland hills south, Newcastle towards the east, with Lumley castle, Chester, and Durham cathedral on the nearer grounds, the towns of Tanfield and Shield-row, with the mountains at the head of Weredale, on the most distant ground, to the west. The rivulet of Team may truly be called a mechanic stream, as there are not in the north any works to be compared to those its waters supply: It carries ten mills or more, for the working of iron by Crowley's people, making oil, fulling, and grinding corn. Although mining and trade ex∣ercise the attention of so many inhabitants, yet agriculture and country occupations are not neglected: The farmers have introduced an improved breed of sheep, by crossing with the Lincolnshire sort, and feed mutton to twenty-five pounds a quarter; the fell sheep are small and degenerated by want of change: The fell-bred cattle are about twenty-five stone weight at the slaughter; the better breed come to about sixty stone weight: Such are the stocks on the estates adjoining the moors; in the lower lands by the banks of the river, the breeds of cattle are much superior. There are iron mines near Tanfield, which appear to have been wrought in very distant times: The metal lies at a very inconsiderable depth from the surface. If the use of coal be so important as a late pretended discovery seemed to promise, these mines from their situation may hereafter prove of very great importance.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Cestria.

  Cestria cum villanis & dominio sine instauramento, & cum piscarii & molendino de eadem villa reddit xxiiij marcas. Molendinum de Urpath est ad firmam & reddit iiij marcas.

  Pelton & medietas de Piktree quas{que} Gualeramus de Cestria tenet reddit ij marcas.—Boldon Buke.

  Cestr. Liberi Tenentes. Johannes Mylote tenet maner. de Whytehill contin. lvij acr. & iij claus quond'm. Rogeri de Aula ibid redd. per annum ad iiij term. in episcopatu Dunolm. constitut xl s. viij d. cum aliis— Will. de Kellowe tenet maner. de Harebarowes cum pertin. redd. per ann. ij s. &c. cum aliis.

  Terrae domin. Peter Jordinson cum aliis—in toto xx^li.— Et praedicti tenentes tenent inter se xiij acr. terrae vocat Smythland pro quo nihil solv.—Idem tenentes terrar. dominicar. recipiunt de quolibet selfode j opus Autumn. praedict. domin.—Idem tenentes tenent inter se capitale mes. cum gardin j acr. prati infra firm. domin. cum pastur. pertin.

  Terrae bond. Johannes Wilkynson & xij alii, &c.

  Opera bond. Praedicti tenentes bond solebant reddere pro operibus Autumnalibus arur. & heriatus; & hu∣jusmodi ad Fest. S. Martini quolibet anno ut dicunt.

  Et idem tenentes cariabunt d'no & senescallo cariag. consuet. & quadrigabunt j dolium vini, & faciunt opera ad molend. consueta & reddunt pro qualibet bovat ij d ob. pro yaresilver ad sest'm S. Martini tantum.

  Punderus ibid. reddit pro officio suo per annum ccc ova.

  Cotag. Tho. de Pelton cum aliis, &c. praedicti. cotar. solebant solvere inter se annuatim ad firm. cotag. viij d. omnes cotar. supradicti. solv. inter se annuatim ij s. viij d.—Quilibet tenens cotag. praedict. facit quoli∣bet anno iij opera autumnal. & j opus ad mol. item quolibet eorum dat pro yaresilver ad fest'm S. Martini.— S'd ob in omnibus.

  Terrae Scaccarij. xxxvij diversi tenentes, &c. Will's de K—tenet ij molend. aquatica ibid. cum tolnet. cervis. & cum communi surno. quod solebat reddere xx s. p' ann. & dicta molend quae solebant reddere per ann. xxii^li. & modo red. p' ann. ad iiij term. xvj^li. vj s. viij d.

  Idem tenet piscariam aquae de Were ibid. redd. per ann. x^li. xiij s. iiij d.— Hatfield's Survey.

  Within this manor are Ryton, Whitburn, Cleadon, Bowdens, and Chester, all which places attend the bishop's court there. Expensae prandij & equor. subvunter p' prefectum, qui p' consuetudinem est in officio p' duos annos. Habet terras p' expensis, sed quae minime expendent oneri.— Mickleton's MSS.

  Chester in the street. Demises p' epu'm (Wolsey) de Minerio Carboni. epi de Chester & le Blackburn usq. aquam de Tayme. Et stagni de Chester nec non piscal eid. p'tin. Rot. cl.—Stagnum voc. Chester dam. & piscar. inde spectan. dimiss. p' epum (Tunstall) Joh'i Lumley mil. d'no Lumley pro 90 ann. sub. red. 5l.— Rot. cl.

  Fuerunt ibi'm Decanus & 7 Prebendarijs, de Lamesley, 2d de Lamesley, de Pelton, de Chester, de Tanfield, de Birtley, de Urpeth.

  Carta Antonii Dunelm. epi de funda'cone eccl'iae collegiatae ib'm 3 Dugd. Mon. 44.

  De ballivis & collectoribus reddit. epi. ib'm.

  Feod. 40s. 26 Hen. 8. — Anth. Simpson, bal. &c. & custos bosci de Cockburn (f. 13s. 4d.) pro vita.

  (Morton) Laurencius Cooke gen ballivus d'nij Halmot & villae dech. & collector red. & firmar. villae de Ch. Ac custos sive sorestar. o'ium boscor. epi infra Halmot de Chester pro vita.—Geo. Winship, 1662.

  Mickleton's MSS.
• † 1.2

  Vol. i. p. 52.
• * 1.3

  Chester church dedicated to St Mary and St Cuthbert.

  Rectors. Mervinus Preost de —, 1085.—Walerandus Clericus de —, 1155.—Jolanus.— Rober∣tus, 1230.—Walerandus 1245.— Robertus le Bursar. 1258.—Sire Walt. de Clifford, cl. 1280.— Mag'r Alan de Esingwalde, 1280, p. depr. Clifford.—Quinto Idus Nov. A. D. 1286, rectoria mutata in col∣legiat eccl'iam ex decano & vii prebendiis compositam. Pryn. vol. iii. 443.—Randal's MSS.

  Chester parish. That branch which is in Chester ward

  	£.	s.	d.		£.	s.	d.
  Book of rates	28	8	10	Value of lands, &c.	4389	13	5
  The branch in Easington ward	4	2	4		1686	6	0
  Totals	32	11	2		6075	19	5

  Grey's MSS.

  Land tax at 4s. in the pound.				County rates at 6s. 1d.
  	£.	s.	d.	£.	s.	d.
  Chester	61	8	9	2	1	0
  Harraton	49	15	10	2	6	2
  Urpeth	28	0	0	1	5	11½
  Pelton	18	0	1	0	15	0½
  Birtley	18	10	2	0	15	4¾
  Edmondsley	17	4	5½	0	16	8
  Walridge	10	1	8	0	9	4
  Plausworth	14	15	4	0	15	1½
  Great Lumley	69	17	0	3	0	11

  Registred estates. Chester; Mrs Mary Owen, 10l. Mr John Owen dec'd 70l. 10s.—Holmfide; Mr Rog. Meynald, 10l.—Waldridge: Mr John Owen dec'd 16l.—Mann's MSS.

  Bishop's rents. Demesnes 16l. 7s.—Eures 15l. 18s. 2d.—Ball. 23l. 15s. 1d.—Urpeth colliery 1l. 6s. 8d.— Chester colliery 5l.—Chester ferry 1l.—Tanfield colliery 1l.
• † 1.4

  Extract from the foundation of Chester deanry, with the king's inspeximus of the pope's confirmation, and the ordination of bishop Beke, with the king's assent, &c.

  WE do ordain, &c. That the aforesaid church of Chester shall from henceforth become and be a col∣legiate church, and there shall be in the same hereafter one dean and seven prebends, so that the dean be in perpetual sacerdotal order, taking the cure of souls, and keeping continually personal residence there, &c. &c. And to the intent he may better bear and undergo the premisses, we will and firmly ordain, that to the deanry shall be totally assigned and annexed the revenues as well in the church of Chester, as in the chapels aforesaid, (Tanfield and Lamesley) to wit, of mortuaries, wool, lamb, milk, calves, hay, lint, hemp, hens, geese, pigs, and of all minute tithes and personal tithes, together with the rent and court of the te∣nants of the church and the town of Chester, and of Waldridge, and the whole dominical land of Herver∣ton. And we do assign also unto the said deanry the messuages to the said chapelry of Lamesley and Tan∣field belonging with their courts and demesnes. Provided and excepted, that the prebendaries of both these places shall have a certain portion or part of our limitation, wherein they may competently repose their corn. The dean shall also have the fishing in the river of Wear, and the tithe of fishing. Moreover every one of the prebendaries who shall have the three first prebends, shall find of his own cost and charge one vicar chaplain; and touching the other four prebendaries remaining, every prebendary shall have a vicar deacon ministering in the same church in canonical habit, and shall observe the manner of singing ac∣cording to the use of the church of York or Salisbury. And that every one of them shall be weekly obser∣vers of their turns, &c. And that this community may not beget and bring forth discord, but that every one may content himself with his own, we have thought good to distinguish these prebends in this wise, that is to say, that unto the first prebend shall belong the predial tithes universal of Great Lumley, Little Lumley, Lampton, Woodsend, as also the tithes of the coal mines: To the second prebend of Lamesley, Kib∣blesworth, Ravensworth, Darncrook, Hedley, Ladesend, Tugersland, Ravensholme, and Newhouses: To the third of Pelton, Pokerley, Pelaw, Picktree, Tribley, Edmundsley, Stevesley, and Nettlesworth: To the fourth of Chester and Whithall: To the fifth of Tanfield, Lynce, Crook, Tanfield-leigh, Stanley, Stanley-hall, Caldsit, and Steels: To the sixth of Birtley, Harverton-moor, and Harden: To the seventh of Ulston, Urpeth, and Twisle. And for all the residue of the parish of Chester, viz. the predial tithes of Plawsworth and of Wald∣ridge, and of all the wastes within the same parish, that shall hereafter be reduced into tillage, we do as∣sign and allot the same unto the common residence within the parish of Chester, amongst them only equally to be divided who for three months space at least in the year continually or for the most part shall make their personal residence in the same church, &c.—Randal's MSS.

  Vide Prynn's Collection, vol. iii. p. 453.—Mon. Angl. tom. iii. p. ii. p. 44.
• * 2.1

  Chester on the street deanry.—True value 40l.—Reg. Tunstal.

  DEANS.

  • Will. de Marclan, jur. canonici, p. oc. 1311.
  • Wilkin's Concil. vol. ii. p. 397.
  • Mr Roger de Gillyng, officialis Dun. oc. ult. Jun. 1345
  • Joh. de Salthorpe, al's Sculthorp, Newe. vol. i. p. 403
  • Joh. de Kyngeston, cl. 26 Sep. 1354, p. res. Salthorp
  • Joh. de Derby, oc. 4 Jun. 1390.—King's chaplain, preb. of St Steph. 17 Jun. 1370, archd. of Northumb. 3 Dec. 1370, preb. of Driffield, in Y. ch. 28 Jul. 1372, r. Weston-Longuevill, co. N. 1359, pres. by k. which he exchanged for Barum archd. coll. 23 Feb. 1354
  • Tho. de Hexham, 1407.—Receiv. gen. of Eland and Norham shires, Rot. Skirlaw, N^o 38, r. of St Katha∣rine, London, 22 Sep. 1388
  • John de Ashbourn, 1409
  • John de Newton, cl. 1454
  • Joh. Bawdwyn, cl. 1491.— He was admitted soh. in King's Col. Cam. 1453
  • John Balswell, 1501.—R. of Middleton in Teesdale
  • Rob. Chamber, 13 Jun. 1505
  • Tho. Keye, L. L. B. oc. 14 May, 1532.—He was preb. of Shildon, in Auckland col. ch. and resigned 1 Sep. 1533. He resigned this deanry for an annual pension of 24l. during life
  • Rich. Layton, 1 Sep. 1533, p. res. Keye.—He was LL. D. archd. of Buckingham, 1534, r. of Bremton, co. Northump. r. of Sedgefield, 1535, preb. of Kentish∣town, St Paul's, 1523, &c.
  • Will. Warren, 1544, p. m. Layton.—He was the last dean, and had at the dissolution an annual pension of 18l. 9s. which I find was paid him in 1553, but how long after I know not—Willis.

  Randal's MSS.

  Pensions paid in 1553, to Chester College.—Willis's Hist. of Ab. vol. ii. p. 73.

  William Warren, last dean 18l. 9s.—John Marshal, preb. of Wifr••the 2l.—Rich. Atheyr, preb. of Tan∣field 2l.—John Smitherton, preb. of Chester 2l.—Claudius Rent, preb. of Lomeley 4l.—Rich. Cliffe, preb. of Birtley 1l.— Ja. Brackenbury, preb. of Benfield 1l.—Rich. Norman, minister 5l.—Tho. Stone, minister, 4l.— William Parker, minister 2l.—John Hinde, minister 5l.
• * 2.2

  In the ninth year of bishop James, a special livery was granted to Richard Hedworth, son and heir of John Hedworth (inter al's) of the house of the deanry of the collegiate church of Chester with the barns, or∣chards, &c. &c. and the tithes of wool and lamb in the parish of Chester, and in Lamesley and Tanfield, to the said deanry belonging, and the tithes called thrush tithe, in the parish of Chester, Lamesley, and Tanfield. Cursitors Rolls, Rudd's MSS. So that it appears by the various conveyances, from the time the deanry came out of the crown in 1609, there was a private trust therein for the Hedworth family, the above livery being in 1614.
• * 2.3

  CURATES.

  • Geo. Brome, oc. 23 Feb. 1564
  • Geo. Browne, July, 1578
  • Wm Massey, cl. occurs 13 July, 1579
  • Brian Adamson, oc. 7 Feb. 1582
  • Tho. Lyddal, cl. oc. 14 July, 1585
  • Robert Willis, 1616, p. m. Lyddal
  • Rob. Hunter, oc. par. reg. 1631
  • William Hume, A. B. 1673
  • Edm. Browne, 1674
  • Nich. Conyers, 23 Sep. 1685
  • Nath. Chilton, A. B. 1690, p. res. Conyers
  • W. Lambe, A. M. (p. pres. Joh. Hedworth, esq) p. m. Chilton
  • Francis Milbanke, 22 July, 1769, (p. m. Lambe) rector of Croft, p. pres. Sir Ra. Milbanke
  • Lewis Powell, p. m. Milbanke, p. pres. W. Jolliffe, esq representative of Sir R. Hilton
  • John Nelson, cl. 1780, p. m. Powell, p. pres. Sir Ra. Milbanke.

  Tho. Wood, D. D. gave by will 100l. to the poor of this place.

  	Bap.	Mar.	Bur.
  State of population in this parish from 1660 to 1679	1729	133	375
  1760 to 1779	4169	1010	3552
  Increase	2540	877	3177

  Number of burials in the last year 16••.—Computed number of inhabitants 4890.
• * 2.4

  Registr. Modern. Eccles. Dunelm. Mathew, p. 465, d. & ch. lib.
• † 2.5

  Barley's Diction.
• * 2.6

  Esc. 49 king Edw. III. p. 2, 5.
• * 2.7

  Rymer's ••o••d tom. viii. p. 16••.
• * 2.8

  Cursitors Rolls.—Rudd's MSS.
• * 2.9

  From him the Lambtons, Conyers, and Trollops, of this county, are descended.
• * 2.10

  Rot. James 42.
• † 2.11

  Willis.
• ‡ 2.12

  The manor of Chester deanry is a copyhold manor.
• * 2.13

  At Whitehill, or Whitwel, in this neighbourhood, is a blast furnace, which makes iron metal from iron stone dug out of pits in the neighbouring fells. These fells have been very much worked for iron stone (sup∣posed by the Danes, when they were in possession of this kingdom) as appears from the great quantity of scoria or cinder which is found upon the fells and extends many miles westward. The method in those times had been to melt the iron stone with charcoal in a large smithy hearth, called a bloomery, and then in another hearth to melt it down again and reduce it to bar iron for all manner of country uses: And when the wood failed they removed their hearths to where was more plenty, so that evidently they must have blown their bloomery bellows either by hand or with horses, or have known the use of air furnaces, as the most scoria or cinder is found upon the high grounds, where no water could be obtained. About three miles west of Chester is a place called the Old Furnace, where very lately was to be seen the bottom of a furnace hearth, according to the usual method of building them now, but of much smaller dimensions: They had blown the bellows with a water wheel, as appears by the cut of a water race to convey it to the wheel from an upper part of the burne. On the opposite side of the burne is a place called the Allum Well, from the water having a strong aluminous smell and taste. The method of making metal is by putting into a large furnace about thirty-four feet in height, and twelve or thirteen feet wide in the broadest part, but contracted at top and bottom, a certain number of baskets of coal or cinders, to a certain number of boxes of iron stone, calcined for the purpose, and a quantity of lime stone sufficient to slux it; when a sufficient quantity is melt∣ed into the hearth or bason at the bottom of the furnace, it then is tapped with an iron bar, and run off into metal pigs, or large vessels prepared in loam, (a composition of sand, clay, &c.) for different uses, such as brewing vessels, soap pans, engine pumps, cylinders, cannons of all sizes,; and the iron stone and coal used here, are allowed by the best judges at his majesty's warren at Woolwich, to make the strongest and soundest cannons that are proved there.—From the information of Mr Smith, agent to these works.
• † 2.14

  Vide Annals bishop Hatfield.
• † 2.15

  From the above named Barbara and Humphrey Lloyd, descended the Rev. Dr. Lumley Lloyd, of Cheam, in co. Surry, who was Rector of St. Paul's, Covenant-Garden, London, and died in Nov. 1730.—In 1723, he presented a petition to the king, suggesting, that he was heir at law, to Ralph the first Lord Lumley, as son of Henry, son of Henry, son of Henry, son of Barbara, by Humphrey Lloyd above-mentioned, and praying a writ of summons to parliament. The same was referred to the Committee of Privileges, who resolved, that the petitioner had not any right to a writ of summons to parliament.—Humphrey Lloyd was the only son of Robert Lloyd, alias, Rossindale of Denbeigh, Esq and had issue Henry Lloyd, of Cheam in Surry, Esq who, by Mary, daughter of Ro∣bert Prowe of Bromfield, in Essex, Esq had Henry his heir, who married Isabella, daughter of Isham Parkyns, of Bunory, in Nottinghamshire, Esq and had a son, Henry Lloyd of Cheam, Esq who died 3d Dec. 1704, leaving, by Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin Goodwin of Streatlam, Esq one son, the above-mentioned Dr. Robert Lumley-Lloyd.—See Journals Ho. Parl. 23d March, 1723.
• ‡ 2.16

  The male issue being now extinct, we must have recourse back to Anthony Lumley, 2d son of Rich. Lord Lumley.
• * 2.17

  It is said to have been built in the time of Edward I. by Sir Robert de Lumley, and enlarged by his son Sir Marmaduke. Prior to that the family residence was at Lumley, (from whence it took the name) a village a mile south of the castle, where are remains of a very old hall house, that boasts a greater anti∣quity. The former was not properly castellated till the year 1392, when Sir Ralph, the first lord of Lum∣ley, obtained from Richard II. Licentiam castrum suum de Lomley, do novo aedificandum, muro de petra & calce batellare & kernellare et castrum illud sic batellatum & kernellatum tenere, &c.

  Pennant's Tour in Scotland, pt ii. p. 319.

  The bishop's licence for re-edifying and embattling.

  Rot. A A. Skirlaw, ep. Dunelm. in dorso, N^o 37.

  Walterus Dei gratia Dunelm. Episcopus. Omnibus Ballivis et Fide∣libus suis Salutem. Sciatis quod de gratia nostra speciali concessimus & licentiam dedimus pro nobis est successoribus nostris quantum in nobis est dilecto nobis Radulpho de Lomley Milit. quod ipse Castrum suum de Lomley de novo aedificandum infra nostram regiam libertatem Dunolm. muro de Petra et Calce batellare et kernellare et Castrum illud sic batel atum et kernellatum te∣nere possit sibi et heredibus suis imperpetuum sine vec'cone vel impedimento nostri vel successorum nostro∣rum Justic. Escaetor Vicecomitu aut aliorum Ballivorum seu Ministrorum nostrorum quorumcunque. In cujus rei testimonium has literas nostras fieri fecimus Patentes. Dat. per manus Hugonis de Westwyk Cancellarii nostri x die Novemb. anno Pontificatus nostri secundo.
• * 3.1

  The following tablet is at this day to be seen in many of the houses at Chester.

  On Sunday the 21st day of December, 1741, died at his house at Flatts, THOMAS ALLAN, esq ; one of the principal coal owners on the river Were. He was a gentleman whose integrity and worth placed him in the highest estimation, and whose good nature and generosity endeared him to all his acquaintance. He was earnest in promoting the good of his country, and particularly that great support of it, its trade; in the cause of which he embarked his fortune, and applied a most laudable industry; manifesting in his affairs an uncommon elegance and propriety; and as his life was adorned with every virtue that dignifies human nature, so his death is universally a most melancholy occasion of sorrow.
• † 4.1

  He left a son, Thomas, who died unmarried, and four daughters, who became coheirs to their brother, viz. Susannah married Ra. Jenison, esq of Walworth, and died without issue; Margaret married Jenison Shasto, esq and died without issue; Dorothy married Ja. Garland, esq of Michael-Stowhall, in Essex (now living); Camilla married Robert Shasto, esq of Benwell, died the 14th of July, 1782, leaving an only child, a daughter, married to — Adair, esq.
• * 4.2

  Exactly similar to one in the church of Chester.
• ‡ 4.3

  We may suppose this tablet was shewn to king James, and occasioned the shrewd remark hereafter mentioned, but by the letters we think it has been painted since this time.
• * 4.4

  Pennant, 325.
• † 4.5

  Vide Ballard's British Ladies, 16.—Pennant, 322.
• * 4.6

  Pennant, 324.
• † 4.7

  Dugd. Baron. 11, 388.—Prine's Worthies of Devon. 498.—Pennant, 32••.
• ‡ 4.8

  An••ed. Paint. 1, 161.
• * 4.9

  Pennant, 320.
• * 4.10

  Hist. king Henry VIII.
• † 4.11

  Pennant, 324.
• ‡ 4.12

  Pennant, 323.
• ‖ 4.13

  Hudibras, p. ii. c. 3.
• * 4.14

  Pennant, 322.
• † 4.15

  Pennant, 325.
• ‡ 4.16

  Grant al. Ra. de Nevil, chr. d'nus de Raby del ward'p de Robert fitz de Marmaduke de Lumley, chiv. de••unct. 22d bishop Bury.

  A general pardon to Ra. Lumley, and restitution of lands, 1 bishop Fox.

  A pardon of intrusion to Richard Lumley, son of Thomas, who was son of George lord Lumley and Eliza∣beth his wife, sister and heir of Roger Thornton. Bishop Bainbrig.

  A recovery against Sir John Lumley, lord Lumley, for the manors of the Isle, Bradbury, Bolam, Sheraton, Seaton Carew, Ludworth, Lumley, Morton, Hesleden and Hawthorn, 15 bishop Tunstall.

  Cursitors Rolls.—Rudd's MSS.
• * 4.17

  MSS. Tanner, 185, temp. Car. 1. The information of Richard Grame, giving a strange discovery of a murder, 1631, at Willington mill, committed by Sharpe and Walker, never printed. The fullest account of the fact is to be found in the preface to Dr Glanville's Saducism. Triumphatus.
• † 4.18

  Whitehall, August 22, 1660. His majesty was pleased to confer the honour of knighthood on lieutenant-colonel John Jackson, of Harraton, in the county of Durham, as a present mark of his royal favour, for his loyal services and sufferings in the wars.—Parl. Intel. p. 566.

  There was an ancient chapel at Harraton, but no evidence relative to it has come to our knowledge.

  The Birtley family held 2 mess. and 28 acr. of land in the vill of Morhouse, held of the manor of Herverton, by a pound of pepper, and other lands by a rose. Inq. p. m. Isabellae, ux. Joh. de Birtle, 3^o Skirlaw, and Inq. p. m. Joh. de Birtley, 25 Hatfield.

  Wm de Chestre also possessed lands in les Morehouses, held of Rob. Darcy. Inq. p. m. 8 bishop Langley.

  [For Lumley and Hedworth's pedigrees,—see the adjoining leaf]
• ‡ 4.19

  Urpath.

  Urpath reddit lxs. pro firma per iiij term. & arat & herciat viij acras apud Cestre, & facit iij porcationes in autumno unamquam{que} porcationem cum xxiiij hominibus; & quartam porcationem cum xij hominibus.
• ¶ 4.20

  Porea.

  Terra porrecta sive projecta, quod ea seges frumentum p••r••icit. Varr. R. R. 1. 29. Quae est inter duos sulcos, elata terra, dicitur porea. Varro de Lingua Latina & Re Rustica.

  In some expositions it is said to consist of a measure of land, containing 130 feet in length and 30 in breadth.

  Drengus pascit canem & equum, & vadit in magna caza cum ij leporarijs & xv cordis, & quadrigat tonellum unum vini & molam molendini apud Dunolm. & sequitur placita, & vadit in legationibus, & reparat medic∣tatem stagni & molendini & domus ejusdem de Cestr. cum hominibus de Cestria.—Boldon Buke.

  Urpath.

  Thomas Grey de Heton tenet dom. de Urpath cum molend'o aquat. & j assart. ibid. per servic. forin. redd. viij^••.—reddit pro operibus xx bond. tenentibus terr. domini de Cestr. ad fest. S. Martini xxs. & car∣riabit quolibet anno j ton. vini, & debet sect. ad com. Dunolm.

  Will's Talbot tenet xvij acr. terrae sca••carij quond'm Batini del Ridding, red. jxs. xid.

  Isabella de Britley tenet cum capellanis Cantariae de Brigford & Roberto de Kellowd de Lomley villam de 〈◊〉〈◊〉 per servic. forin. & redd. per ann. ad se••ce. Dunelm. xiijs. iiijd.

  Will's de Elmden tenet villam de Pellowe, per servic. forin. red. per ann. xiijs. iiijd.

  Rob••rtus de Scoula••d tenet v acr. terrae apud Pelton, per servic. ut supra, red. ij s. viij d.

  Johannes de Karrowe & haeredes Alex de Kibleworth tenet j mes. & xxvi acr. terrae quond'm Gilberti 〈◊〉〈◊〉 juxta Shedne••lawe per cart. & servic. forin. redd. per ann. x s.

  Will. de Stele cepit ad opus husbandor. de Urpath xj acr. iij rod. & dimid. terrae vocat. Wodyngdon quoad. Ricardi de Ulleston & sol••b't reddere per ann. viij s. iiij d. modo vs.—Hatfield's Survey.

  Newfeld. Ricardus de Urpath tenet. mult. par. terrae juxta Pelton 2l. 7s. 6d.—Ibid.

  Inq. p. m. Tho. Grey, 25 bishop Hatfield, cor. W. de Menevylle, vic.
• * 4.21

  Inq. p. m. an. 20 Hatfield, in plena co. Dun. in cathedra.
• † 4.22

  Cursito••s Rolls.—Rudd's MSS.
• * 4.23

  Birtleia & Tribleia.

  Birtleia & Tribleia reddunt xxs. & vadunt in magna caza cum ii leporariis.—Boldon Buke.

  Vide Kyblesworth, Hatfield's Survey.

  Inq. p. m. W. de Birteley, cor. W. de Claxton, esc.
• † 4.24

  Inq. p. m. Will. Lambton, 28 bishop Langley. Q'q p'de'us W. L. ten. d. quo ob. in d'nico suo ut de f'o con'm cum Rob'to L. juniore & Rog'o de Bothe, &c. Man' de Tribley cum p'tin in co p'd'co ex dono & seoff'o Joh'is Arowesmith, &c. &c. p' c'tam suam eisd. jur. in evid. ost. cujus dat. est apud Tribley deci'o die Febr. an reg. Henr. sexti p't conq. Anglie sexto, &c.

  [figure] genealogy

  PEDIGREE OF BIRTLEY OF BIRTLEY. Penson's Collection, Harleian MSS. No. 1052.

  • William de Birtley, lord of the manor of Birtley, 30 king Henry VI.
  • Robert Hall of Birtley
  • Ralph Hall of Beamish and Birtley
  • —Nevill
  • John Hall of Birtley
  • Agnes d. of J. Twynburn of Lynsford.
  • Elizabeth m. T. Hutchinson of Moorside
  • Agnes m. Leo. Elmerard, of Evenwood
  • Robert
  • John of Byrtley 1575
  • Isabella d. & h. of Wm Ward of Cawside
  • Ralph
  • Christopher
  • John heir to Cawside and Birtley, 1615.
  • Jane d. of Chr. Maire of Hedworth
  • John eldest son an idiot
  • Thomas aet. 13, 1615
  • Michael
  • Isabell
  • Elizabeth
  • Eleanor
  • Robert
  • Dorothy
  • Mathew
  • Jane
  • Isabella
  • Wm Stubbs was seised of the manor of Cawside, 8th k. Hen. IV.
  • Alice
  • Isabel, m. Blackburn.
  • — daugh. & heir.
  • John Warde.
  • John Ward
  • Margaret d. & h. of Sim. Walker∣ley of Walkerley, 9 k. Hen. VII.
  • Wm Ward of Cawside
  • Elizabeth d. of Swinburn of Englingham
  • Isabella d. & h. of Wm Ward of Cawside
  • Marg. ob. s. p.

  So far Harleian MSS.
• ‡ 4.25

  Edmunsley.

  Edmunsley reddit xxijd.—Boldon Buke.

  Edmunsley.

  Sacrista Dunolm. tenet iiij acr. quond'm Johannis Maidstone vocat. Holleys & red. vjs. viijd.

  Johan's Killinghall tenet maner. de Edmansle contin. c acr. terrae & redd. xs.—Not. De praedicto Sacrista pro xx acr. terrae de vasto d'ni apud Sacristonhough de novo appruat. per cartam d'ni Thomae episcopi dat. v^o die Aug. A. D. 1435, ad terminum xxiiij annorum, reddendo per annum iiijs.

  Terrae Scaccarii. D'nus de Nevill tenet xxviij acr. terrae & dim. rod. quond'm Johannis Edmansle prout contin. in antiqu. rentali in vij parcell. & redd. per ann. xxijs.

  Idem Johannis Edmansle tenet iiij acr. terrae juxta Conkesburn vocat. Edmundleclogh red. ijs.—j mes. & xxxvj acr. per cartam quond'm Godrici de Newson vocat. Whitlay xijd. parcell. de vasto appruat. red. per ann. iijs.—Hatfield's Survey.
• * 4.26

  Ora was a Saxon coin, about the value of sixpence, reserved in payment in many old deeds.

  Inq p. m. 15 bishop Langley, cor. R. de Eure, esc. Man. de Edmansley, cu. p't. q'd ten. de d••o ep. in soc. redd'o si. & succ. suis ij oras p' an. ut patet p' cartam d'ni Hugon. nup' epi Dun. ostens. p' o'mi al. s'o.
• † 4.27

  Rudd's MSS.

  Walrig.

  Johannes Melote & Will's Lawson tenent ibid. iij acr. terrae & dimid. quond'm Ric. Walrig. ijs. jd.— Will's Osburne tenet vij acr. & dim. terrae & x pertic. quond'm Ricardi Osburne red. vs. ijd.

  Decanus Cestr. tenet j acr. & dimid rod. terrae quond'm Rogeri Gilling & red. xijd.

  Tenentes villae Cestr. tenent tertiam part. j rod. & redd. per ann. iiijd.—tenent inter se dimid. acr. terrae quond'm Roberti Clerici & redd. vjd.—Hatfield's Survey.
• ‡ 4.28

  Plausword.

  Plausword quam Simon Vitulus tenet xxs. & quadrigat vinum cum viij bobus, & vadit in magna caza cum leporarijs.—Boldon Buke.

  Liberi tenentes. Thomas de Boynton tenet de jure uxoris suae cum aliis villam de Plawsworth per cartam & forin. servic. & redd. per ann. ad quatuor terminos usuales xxs.—Et quadrig. vinum cum viij bobus, & va∣dunt in magn. chas. cum ij leporariis.

  Terrae Scaccarii. Johannes Aleynson & ix alij tenentes tenent vj mes. j tost & divers. parcell. acrar. terrae, & xj parcell terrae vast. & reddit. non solut.—Hatfield's Survey.

  Inq. p. m R. de Kelawe, 11 bishop Bury, cor. Will. de Mordon, esc.—Cursitors Rolls, Rudd's MSS.
• ‖ 4.29

  Inq. p. m. apud Dun. cor. Will. de Mordon, vic.
• § 4.30

  Inq. p. m. 2 bishop Fordham, cor. R. de Laton, mil. esc.
• * 4.31

  Inq. p. m. W. Bowes, mil. 1 bishop Booth, cor. G. Midilton, arm. esc.
• † 4.32

  There is an expressive portrait of him here, by Sir Josh. Reynolds; the hands have totally lost their colour.
• ‡ 4.33

  Bury, 37^o Pont.

  Pardon p' alienacon. p' Willielmum de Lambton de manerio de Lambton & licentia concedendi d'c'm ma∣nerium ad usum d'ci Will'i & Aliciae ux. ejus p' vita. Rem. Rob'to filio suo in feodo talliat.—R. Will'o al. filio in feodo talliat.—R. Thomae al. filio in feodo talliat.—R. Joh'i al. filio in feodo talliat.—R. Rad'o al. filio in feodo talliat.—R. haeredib's d'ci Will'i p'ris.—Cursitors Rol's.—Rudd's MSS.

  Thomas Lambton son and heir of William Lambton, livery 9 bishop Fox.

  John Lambton son and heir of Thomas Lambton, livery 4 cardinal Wolsey.

  William Lambton brother and heir of Sir Marmaduke, livery 8 bishop Tunstall.

  Ralph Lambton son and heir of Robert, livery 7 bishop Barnes.

  Margaret wife of William Lambton, daughter and heiress of John Barnes, livery 1 bishop James.—Ibid.

  Sciant p'sentes & futuri q'd ego Willielm. fil. Rob'ti de Lambton, d'nus ejusd. ville remisi relaxavi & om∣nino de me et hered. meis in perpetuum quietum clamavi Thome f. Gilb'ti de Lambeton totum jus & clame∣um q'd habui habeo vel aliquo modo habere pot'o in sanguine ejusd. Tho. causa nativitat. aut ejus sequelis legitime procreatis ita q'd nee ego predictus Will. nec hered. mei nec aliquis al. no'ie n'ro aliquid jus vel cla∣meum in predicto Tho. aut in liberis suis legitime procreatis bonis aut catallis exigere vel vendicare quoq'o modo pot'imus in futuris sed ab omni acc'oe juris simul exclusi imperp'm per presentes sigillo meo sigillatas.

  Test. &c. Datum apud Lambton die dominica in vigil. S. Jacobi ap'li A^o D'ni 1373.

  Rot. B. Hatfield, sch. 9. N^o 5. in dorso.
• * 4.34

  Inq. p. m. Bertram Monboucher, 1 bishop Skirlaw, cor. W. de Bowes, esc.

  Pokerleia.

  Pokerleia reddit ij s.—Boldon Buke.

  Vide Kyblesworth, Hatfield's Survey, Bertram, Monboucher, Terrae scaccarij.
• † 4.35

  Unum quart'ium fabarum.
• ‡ 4.36

  Vide Urpeth.
• ‖ 4.37

  Joh'es fil. Rob. de Pelawe ven. in canc. Dun 7^o d. Apr. & cognovit scriptum subsequens esse factum saum, &c.—Rot. B. Hatfield, sch. 8. N^o 7. in dorso.

  Omnibus, &c. Joh'es fil. Rob'ti de Pelawe s. in d'no. Noveritis me concessisse, &c. Will'o de Elmedon seniori & Johanne u••'i ejus & Tho. de Elmedon he'dib's & assign. suis totum jus & clameum▪ &c. in manerio de Pelawe cum serviciis liberor. tenentium & advocac'oe capelle S'ci Stephani infra p'dem manerium, &c. Et ego & he'des mei, &c. warrantizabimus, &c. Dat. in canc. viid. Apr. 1381.

  P'd••'m man'ium de Pelawe tenetur de d'no E. in capite p' servic. militare & non in so••. ut apparet p' pl'i∣tum sup' unum scire ••ac. sc. sup' petic'oe Hen. de Pelawe quondam d'ni de Pelawe monstrat. Lodovico du∣dum Dun. epo. a'o p. sui primo sup' collac'oe hospitalis de Pelawe, &c. Et id. Will's dicebat tam p' d'no epo. quam se ipso q'd advoca'co ejusd. hospitalis ad p'd'm d'n'm ep'um pertinet, &c.—Rot. Rowthall.

  Rob'tus dei gra &c. Noverit, &c. q'd nos tradidimus, &c. Will'o fil. & h'di Will'i Elmedon mil. ma∣nerium n'rum de Pelawe cum suis pertin. una cum advoc. capelle sive hosp. S'cti Stephani ibid. q'd quidem man'ium nup' h'uimus inter alia ex dono & feoff'o Will'i Bowes, &c. he'nd. & tened. man'ium & advoca∣co'em p'd'cam cum suis p'tin. p'fato Will'o sil. Will'i Elmeden & he'dib's de corp'e suo, de nob. & suc. n'ri•• epis. Dun. p' s'vic vice'siae p'tis feodi unius milit. &c.—Rot. M. Nevill, 6. p' breve de pr. sigillo.
• § 4.38

  Cursitors Rolls, temp. bishop Rowthall.—Rudd's MSS.
• ¶ 4.39

  Ibid. temp. bishop Mathews.

  Chapel or hospital of St Stephen.—Masters.

  • Will. de Littel prest, col. by R. de Stichehill, 1260.
  • Rich. de Fair prest, col. by R. de Insula, 1274.
  • Hugh de Drisseld, col. by Rich. de Kellawe, 1311.
  • Will. Marckam, cap. col. by L. de Beaumont, 1st of his pont.
  • Will. Lamb, cap. oc. Oct. 4, 1450.

  Randal's MSS.
• * 4.40

  Vide Urpeth.
• † 4.41

  [figure] genealogy

  PEDIGREE OF THE FAMILY OF HAGTHORPS OF NETTLEWORTH.

  • John Hagthorpe de Nettleworth, younger son of Hagthorpe of Holdernesse
  • John
  • William
  • Ann d. of Claxton of Old Park
  • John
  • Elizabeth d. of John Lewen of Newcastle
  • Robert
  • Margaret d. of Menvill of Sledwish
  • Jeronimus ob. s. p.
  • John
  • Isabell d. of John Vavasour of Weston
  • Eliz. wife of Rob. Smith
  • Grace
  • Ann
  • Thomas
  • Robert a priest
  • Rowland
  • George
  • Philip
  • Dorothy
  • Margery
  • Margaret
  • Rowland, ob. s. p.

  Penson's Collections, Harl. MSS. 1052.
• ‡ 4.42

  A. D. 1343. De fidelitate capta Joh'is Othehall. Rot. Bury, sch. xix.

  R. &c. quod Rogerus Othehall tenuit, &c. un. mes. q'd vocatur Whytehall sexaginta & septem acr. t're, &c. q'dq. Joh'es Othehall fil. p'd••i Rogeri est her. ejus, &c. cepimus sidelitat. ipsius Joh'is de mes. &c. & vob. mandamus q'd eid. Joh. de mes. &c. que occ'oe m'tis p'd'ci Rog'i p'ris sui cepistis in manum n'ram, plenam s. he're fac. &c. &c.—Randal's MSS.

  [figure] genealogy

  PEDIGREE OF THE FAMILY OF MILLOTS OF WHITEHILL.

  • Robert Millot
  • Raphe
  • Elianor eldest d. of Sir John Hedworth of Harverton, knight.
  • Robert
  • Jane d. & coheiress of John Pickering of Westmerland, esq
  • Raphe
  • Isabell d. & heiress of Rob. Evers, esq
  • Robert
  • Grace d. of John Wycliffe, esq
  • Eliz. m. Henry Wycliffe of Wycliffe.
  • Ann m. T. Prunchern
  • Thomas living 1615, did hom. 26 Oct. 1581.
  • Jane d. of James Rookby of Morton
  • Raphe
  • Ann d. of Thomas Tempest, esq of Stella
  • Robert
  • Dorothea d. of Wm Wray of Beamish, esq
  • Eliz. 6 years old, 1615
  • Mary
  • Margaret
  • Jane
  • Frances m. Tho. Fenwick
  • Robert
  • John
  • Grace m. Hen. Strangwic
  • Dorothea m. W. Stockdale
  • Jane
  • Johanna m. Rob. Wycliffe
  • Grace ob. infans
  • Katherine
  • Raphe

  By Mr Ra. Hodgson's book of notes, the pedigree of Millots is carried further back, and begins with Thomas, who had issue John, who married the daughter of Robert Chauncellor, esq who had issue Robert, who married the daughter of Sir Gilb. Hansard, knight, of Walworth, who had issue Ralph, who married Mary the daughter of John Seeton, esq and they had issue Robert, Jane, and Margaret; Jane married Thomas Payne, merchant, and Margaret John Trewsdale, gent. Robert married the daughter of John Ch••••er, lord of Houghton-le-Spring, and is the Robert first above mentioned.
• * 4.43

  Twysill.

  Thomas de Birtley tenet. maner. de Twyfill & viij acr. terrae & j rod, in iij parcell. redd. iij s. ij d.

  Hatfield's Survey.
• † 4.44

  	Bap.	Mar.	Bur.
  State of population in Lamesley, from 1762 to 1781 inclusive	1541	344	1147
  Burials in the last year 43.—Computed number of inhabitants 1290. Tanfield, from 1762 to 1781	1822	403	1336

  Burials in the last year 77.—Computed number of inhabitants 2310.

  Lamesley chapelry.—Col. Chester prop.—Hen. lord Ravensworth patron.—In the deanry of Chester, not in charge or certified

  CURATES.

  • Thomas Lang, 1409
  • Joh. James, 1464
  • Sir Will. Johnson, 1565
  • George Eglesfield, 1567
  • Thomas Martin, 1572
  • Edw. Erington, 1587
  • John Blaxton, 1590
  • Tho. Hope, 1606.
  • Ambrose Lowther, 1611
  • Jerem. Williams, 1619
  • John Buckley, A. M. 1636
  • —Wilson, ejected 1660
  • Jac. Harrop, 1677
  • John Aird, 1700
  • John Balguy, A. M. 1711
  • Rob. Wison, cl. 1729, p. resig. Balguy
  • John Wibbersley, A. M. 1751, p. m. Wilson
  • Caleb Dixon, 1782, p. m. Wibbersley

  Randal's MSS.

  Lamesley chapelry.—Book of rates 15l. 17s. 2d—Value of lands 2140l. 13s. 4d.

  The bishop of Durham's collieries at Blackburn demised to Sir Ja. Clavering and Tho. Liddell, esq and their heirs, Oct. 1691, for three lives, rent 40l.—Grey's MSS.

  Land tax at 4s.		County rates at 6s. 8d.
  Lamesley	80	0	0	2	12	6½
  Revensworth	17	9	7	0	16	7½
  Kibblesworth	31	9	4	1	10	0
  Hedley	7	0	0	0	6	4

  Mann's MSS.
• * 4.45

  Vol. i. p. 149.

  Orig. penes Hen. Liddell, bart.—This deed describes the boundaries.—Hen. I. confirm.—These instru∣ments were given in evidence at York assizes, 1716, by Sir Hen. Liddell against lord Crewe, in a boundary cause.—Randal's MSS.

  Lel. Itin. vol. viii. p. 5.

  A byshop of Durham gave, as it apperith by writings, the lordeshipe of Ravensworthe apon a time to a nephew of his. Sins it was one Umfrevill's, then Lomeley, and now Gascoyne. Bointon was owner of the castle no very longe tyme sens.
• † 4.46

  Inq. p. m. cor. Joh. de Byrland. vic. & esc.
• ‡ 4.47

  Inq. p. m. cor. W. de Menevyll, vic.
• ‖ 4.48

  Inq. p. m. cor. Wil. del. Bowes, esc.
• § 4.49

  Inq. p. m. cor. R. de Laton, esc.
• ¶ 4.50

  Inq. p. m. ap. Chestre, cor. chiv. Boynton. esc.
• ** 4.51

  ••tors Rods, Bishop Tunstall.—Rudd's MSS.

  ☞ Lumley's pedigree on the next page.

  [figure] genealogy

  • Willus Lumley mil. ob. 1473
  • Elizabetha
  • Thomas Lumley ar. 1487, 2d Rich. III.
  • Bertramus Lumley An. 2 Rich. III.
  • Marg. fil. Tho. d'ni Lumley
  • Isabella fil. & her. Bertram Lumley
  • Henricus Boynton fil. Chr. de Sudbury mil.
  • Isabella fil. & her.
  • Henricus Gascoyne 2 fil. Will. de Cawthorpe
  • Henricus de Sudbury
  • Richardus A^o 1578.

  Flower's Visitation.
• * 4.52

  Cursitors Rolls, Bishop James.—Rudd's MSS▪

  Sir William Gascoin of Sedbury, was son of Richard Gascoin, esq and grandson of Henry, knight.—Tho. Liddell of Ravensworth, esq was created a baronet in November, 1642.

  By the will of Sir Tho. Liddell, dated the 1st of August, 1661, it is set forth, that he received the sum of six hundred pounds from Sir George Tonge of Denton, in the county of Durham, knt. in consideration of his daughter Eliz. her filial portion at the intermarriage betwixt his son Sir Fran. Liddell, knt. and the said Eliz. Tonge; in consideration of which he granted to Sir Francis the working of one coal pit within the lordship of Ravenshelm, for the term of twenty-one years, beginning immediately after his decease. He gave to his grandchild Eliz. Liddell, all that part and houshold stuff he brought along with him for his own chambre unto Balmborough. To his grand child Mary Liddell, one great gilt bowle and 100l. To his sonne Geo. Liddell his three children 350l. To all the children of Sir Francis Liddell, excepting the said Mary; and to the grand children of his son in law Sir Geo Baker, knt. and to the children of his son in law Sir Nich. Cole, knight and baronet; as also to the children of his daughter: Isabell Anderson, 50l. a piece. And he gave to his son Sir Francis 100l. in satisfaction of 100l. which his brother Cole lately received by virtue of an extent forth of the Redheugh.—Reg. Neile, p. 117.—Randal's MSS.
• † 4.53

  O'ib's videntib's et audientib's literas istas t'm futuris q'm p'sentib's Rob'tus filius Ric'i de Ravenswich sal'm Sciatis me concessisse & in p'rpetuum quiete clamasse Galfrido fil. Galfridi nepoti meo & heredibus suis in seodo & hereditate totum clameum & totum jus q'd habui in villa de Lamesleya cum suis p'tin. et in villa de Horden cum suis p'tin. & in villa de Blakiston cum suis p'tin. et in villa de Hettona cum suis p'tin. et in villa de Silkeswich quae suer. Galfrid. fil. Ric'i p'ris ejusdem Galfridi. Preterea quietum clamavi eidem Galfrido et heredibus suis in p'petuum totum jus q'd habui in villa de Hamildona cum suis p'tin. et in o'ib's al's villis et terris quibus Ric'us pater meus vel Galfridus filius Ric'i vel ego aliquod jus vel heretagium habuimus. Prop∣ter hanc vero quietam clamationem mihi dedit idem Galfridus nepos meus sexginta marcas argenti. Et sciendum est quod idem Galfridus concessit mihi & heredibus meis pro homagio & servitio meo totam villam de Ravensworth cum suis p'tin. excepto vasto q'd in manu sua ad opus suum & ad opus heredum suor. o'io retinet, faciendo inde forinsec. servicium quantum pertinet ad quartam partem feodi unius militis cum fo∣rinseco servicio de Hedley. Hiis testibus Henrico de Nevill, Rob. fil. Meldredi, Jordano Esculand, &c. &c.

  Ibid.
• * 4.54

  Kybblesworth.

  Thomas Trewyk & Alicia de Massham, Ricardus de Cramelyngton & Will's Symson haered. Alex'i de Kybbleworth tenent xl acr. terrae juxta Ladheved per cart. & servic. forin. red. xiiij s. iiij d.

  D'nus de Nevile et Gilbertus Eglyne tenent villam de Britley, & vadunt in magn. chac. cum ij leporar. & redd. per ann. ad iiij terminos xx s.

  Jordanus de Merley tenet maner. de Bromemyngholme & xxjx acr. terrae juxta Tribley quond'm patris sui & redd. per ann. jx s. viij d.

  Robertus Umsravill tenet maner. de Farneacres per servic. forin. & redd. ij s.

  Will's Bultflour tenet j mes. & xxviij acr. terrae per cart. ut supra quond. Rob. Grems. red. xvj s.

  Will's de Bekley tenet j mes. &c acr. terrae vocat. Wyhirst. quond'm Rod'i Bekler, red. xiij s. iiij d.

  Johannes Hog tenet j mes. & xxx acr. terrae vocat. Wyhirst. soleb. reddere per cart. xiij s. v d. modo red. per cart. x s.

  Terrae scaccarij. Johannes del More tenet, &c. Tho. Stafforth, &c.—D'nus Bertramus Monboucher, &c. Ricardus Lawes, &c. Octo alij tenentes tenent iiij plac. & divers. acr. terrae, red. cert. redd. annuatim.

  Robertus de Lomeley tenet j molend. aquat. juxta Ravenswirth, & redd. vj d.

  Omnes tenentes redd. pro stagno j molend. ibid. quolibet anno vj d.

  Hatfield's Survey.

  Inq. p. m. 23 Hatfield, cor. W. de Menevyll, vic.
• † 4.55

  Inq. p. m. &c.
• ‡ 4.56

  Inq. p. m. Aliciae ux. Rob. de Masham, 9th bishop Langley, cor. W. de Claxton, esc.
• ‖ 4.57

  ••••rsitor▪ Rolls.—Rudd's MSS.
• * 4.58

  Inq. p. m. Gil. de Merley. 25 bishop Hatfield, cor. W. de Menevyil, vic.
• † 4.59

  Farneacres.

  Eudo de Lucels tenet in Farnacres j carucat de xxvj acris pro decima parte feodi unius mil.

  Robertus de Joltune tenet terram quae fuit heremitae super Derwentam, & reddit unum bisanciuim, vel ij s.

  Boldon Buke.

  Vide Kybblesworth, Hatfield's Survey.

  Thomas d. gra. &c. Sciatis. &c. concessimus & licentiam dedimus, &c. Rob'to Umfrevile mil. q'd ipse quand. cantariam de uno mag'ro capello & uno alto capello sibi associando divina sig'lis dieb's in capella de Farnacres infra man'ium de Farnacres p' salubri, &c. int' al's p'aiab's oiu'm nobilium principium & militum qui nup' de garteria Sci Georgij de Wyndesore infra regnum Anglie existerunt & existent in futur. &c. Et q'd id. Rob. p't q'm dicta cantaria sic facta fundata & stabilita fuerit dare possit & assignare, &c. man'ium de Fernacres cum p'tin. q'd de nobis tenetur. in capite, hend. & imp'p'm.—Rot. B. Langley, N^o 12, 1428.

  Thomas d. gra. &c. Concessimus q'd cant'ia p'dca cantaria scor. Joh'is Baptiste & Joh'is Evangeliste de Fernacres nuncupetur imp'p'm & q'd magister & sociis suis capelli cant'ie p'dce sint p'sone habiles & capaces ad p'quirend. terr. &c. & q'd possint plitare, &c. 20 die Martij, 1428.—Ibid. N^o 4.

  Thomas, &c. Sciatis q'd cum Joh'es Lyster capellus nup' adquisivit sibi & he'd suis de Rob'to Umfravyll mil. & Isabella ux. ejus man'ium de Fernacres cum p'tin. que de nob. tenentur in capite, & illud ingressus suisset ac idem Joh'es idem man'ium cum p'tin. dedisset & concessisset p'sate Rob'to he'nd sibi & hered's suis &c. Et ulterius concessimus, &c. p'sato Rob. q'd ip'e he'at & teneat man'ium, &c. sibi & he'd. suis de nob. & succ. n'ris p' servicia inde debit & co'sueta imp'p'm nolentes q'd Joh'es, &c. aut Rob. &c. inde inquie∣tentur, &c. 26^o Aug. 1429.—Ibid. N^o 8.

  Licentia Rob'to Umfravile, feoffare Will'm Tart, cl. & Adam Toslon, cl. Rot. B. Langley, N^o 52.

  Irrot. l'rar pat sub sigillo ad causas de unione & annexione hospitalis de Freresyd cantaria de Farnacres, Rot. B. Nevill, indorso N^o 72. Universis, &c. Rob'tus p'missione divina, &c. exhibita nob. nup' p'p'te dictor. filior. mag'ri & socii sui capellor. cant'ie de Farnakers, &c. que t'n on'a dci. mag'r & socius suus atten∣tis decrescentiis & diminucoib's fructuum emolumentor. & p'ventuum h'moi in dict. man'io & suis p'tin. p' innudaco'es aquar. & alia mundi misera infortunia quotidie in deteriora delabent emergentibus non poterunt hiis diebus nec in futur verisiliter debite supp'tare nisi eis de alicujus subvenco'is remedio succurratur. Quor. p'missor. p'textu annexio unio incorp'aco & app'priaco cujus hospitalis de Freresyd jam vacantij m'ar etiam collacois & dioc. eis & cor. cantarie de Farnacres, &c. nob astancium dc'm hosp. de Freresyd cum jur. & p'tin. univ'sis p'dce cant'ie de Farnakers annectimus unimus & incorp'amus, &c. dat. duodecimo die mensis Sept. 1439.

  Collations E. Reg'ro Fox, p. 5. Tunstal, p. 27.

  Copyhold book, m. p. 457.

  Halm. ap. Chestr. xix die Oct. an. transl. Cuthb'ti 17^o.

  Whickham. It. p'nt q'd Rob. Claxton de Farneacres cap'nus adhuc non fecit fossat. suum int. cursum aquae molendini ibid. & t'r d'nii de Ravensworth ad grave nocumentum vicinorum vj d.

  At the dissolution of the chantries A. D. 1547, R. Claxton had an annuity of five pounds allowed, which he received in 1553.

  Conform'aco Henrici Liddell, armiger. E. reg'ro Neile, p. 100, 1627.

  N. B. Fryerside lies on the banks of Derwent, a little above Gibside.

  In 1620, by an inquisition taken on the death of Tho. Liddell, esq alderman of Newcastle, Fernacres is thus described:

  Cantar. Sanctor. Joh'is Evangest. & Joh'is Baptist. vocat. Farnacres chantrie in parochia de Whickham, nuper dissolut. & de tota capitali domo & scitu ejusd. nuper cantar. & de uno molendino aqua'tus & de oib's terris, &c. voc. Grevegarth, Netherfrereside, Priestfield, Greveacres, et Grevehouse, & oib's mess. ter. &c. in villis campis parochiis & hamlet de Whickham, Tanfield, Wardel, Wolsingham, & Lamesley, &c.
• * 5.1

  Inq. p. m. Tho. Liddell, arm. & alderm. 1620, Neile, ep.
• † 5.2

  Tanfield Curacy.—Dedicated to St Margaret.—Hen. Liddell pat.—Not in charge or certified.

  CURATES.

  • John Mason, 1409
  • Will. Hardweke, 1562
  • Rob. Dawson, 1574
  • John Armstrong, 21 Jan. 1580
  • Joh. Wilson, 7 Feb. 1582
  • Joh. Mason, 7 Jul. 1582
  • Hugh David, 11 Jan. 1583
  • Tho. Carter, 1608
  • Joh. Martin, 1673
  • Joh. Aird, 1700
  • Joh. Balguy, A. M. 1711
  • Rob. Wilson, A. M. 1729, p. res. Balguy
  • Joh. Wibbersley, A. M. 1751, p. m. Wilson, pr. lord Ravensworth
  • Caleb Dixon, 1782, p. m. Wibbersley

  Randal's MSS.

  Sub hoc tumulo Sepulta jacent corpora Timothei & Elizabethae Davison Haec conjux clarissima Gulielmi Davison de Beamish arm. Ille filius eorum primo genitus Cujus (heu nimium dilecti) mors immatura Etiam secum rapuit matrem Forma adhuc & aetate llorentem Obiit hic 15 Decemb. An. Dom. 1708, aetat. 6 Illa in consolabilis quotidie moricus Vitam heu miseram Pro beata immortalitate libenter commutavit 20 Decemb. Ann. Dom. 1712, aetat. 40.

  Ra. Harrison of Brian's-lope, in this chapelry, who died in 1697, by his will left to the poor of the chapelry of Tanfield 100l. in money, as a standing stock, to be put out for their use by the most substantial men of that chapelry. Proved 8 April, 1699.

  Tanfield collieries were sold during the usurpation, to Marshall two-thirds, 91l. 16s. Lovett one-third, 17l. 6s. 8d.—Vol. i. p. 513.

  Tanfield.—Book of rates 10l. 4s. 3d.—Value of lands, &c. 1570l.

  Land tax at 4s. a pound.	County rate 6s. 8d.
  Beamish	66	9	6	1	11	0¾
  Lints green	66	17	6	1	17	0½

  Registered estates.—Tanfield, Mr Anth. Meabourne, 3l. 7s.—Lints green, Mr Rich. Hodgson, 173l.— Mr Nich. Blakiston, 52l.—Francis Wray, 7l.— Mrs Mary Hudson, 80l.
• * 5.3

  Inq. p. m. cor. Joh. Athirton, arm. esc.
• † 5.4

  Tamfeldlegh.

  Will's Jonson, tenet. ibid. iv mes. vj partes de Taumfeldlegh contin. xxviij acr. quond'm Johannis de Birt∣ley de Twyfill, & solebat reddere per ann. liij s. iiij d. modo, redd. xl s.

  Bertramus Monboucher tenet. vij partes de Taumfeldlegh sicut contin. in xv parcell. in antiquo rentali & redd. per an. jxs. jxd.—Idem Bertramus tenet villam de Tamfeldlegh xxxvi acr. terrae & red. xxxjx s. x d.

  Hatfield's Survey.
• * 5.5

  Exempl. Inq. p. m. Thornton, 18 Apr. 14 bishop Booth.
• † 5.6

  [figure] genealogy

  PEDIGREE OF SHAFTOE OF TANFIELD-LEIGH.

  • John Shaftoe of Tanfield-Leigh.
  • —daughter of Fenwick of Wallington
  • Gerard of Bavington
  • —daughter of Foster of Edderstone
  • James of Tanfield-Leigh
  • Mary
  • Christ.
  • Rowland
  • James liv. 1615.
  • Eliz. d. of Tho. Milles of Collingham.
  • James son & heir aet. 8, 1615.
  • John
  • Thomas
  • Richard
  • Catherine
  • Elianor m. Blareton
  • Mary m. Tho. Trotter
  • ... Flower's Visit.
  • Jacobus Shafto de fam. de Bavington
  • Will.
  • — fil. Fenwyke
  • Clemens Shaftoe de Anvill. in episcopatu
  • Eliz. fil. Rowl. Rawe
  • Rowlandus de Anvil. a^o 1575
  • Isabella fil. Rob. Raine of Short∣flat, c. Northum.
  • Will. aet. 10 1575
  • Anthony
  • Anne
  • Willielmus de Swalwell An. 1516.
  • Marg. fil. Joh. Bellingham de Crookhall.
  • Arthur
  • Alice fil. J. Gascoyne of Turnmill
  • Timothy fil. & her. Aet. 8, An. 1615.
  • Will.
  • Jane
  • Will.
  • Christ.
  • Charles
  • Barbera m. Ra. Blenkinsop of Birtley.
  • Isabel
  • Marg.
  • Elizabeth m. Nath. Jackson
  • Barbara m. R. Harbottle
  • Isabell m. W. Lawe
  • Anna m. — Harbottle

  Flower's Visit.
• * 5.7

  Inq. p. m. Rob. de Lynce, 5 bishop Hatfield.
• † 5.8

  Inq. p. m. Hugh del. Redhoughs, 3 bp Skirlaw, who died seised of two parts of the manor of Lynths, the third part being in dower, held of the bishop in cap. by knt. serv. suit of court, and 28s. 8d. rent.—Also 6s. 8d. rent out of the lands of Rob. Boutflour, in the vill of Lynths, and 12d. free rent out of the tenements of Henry Kant there.
• ‡ 5.9

  Inq. p. m. Tho. de Redhough, 7 Oct. 15 bishop Langley.—Inq. p. m. Mary Boteler, 15 July, 20 bishop Langley.