library keeper there. Moreover upon the building of the Bishopp's Courts Exchequer and Chancery, and towards the erecting of two Sessions Houses at Durham he gave a thousand pounds. He likewise gave to the Cathedrall at Durham a faire carved Lectern and Litany Deske, with a large scallop-patten, silver and gilt, for the use of the communicants there, which cost xlvi. Also the Colledge of dissolved Prebends at Auckland, purchased by Sir Arthur Haselrigg and by him forfeited to the King, which his Majestie thereupon gave to his Lordshipp in Fee, he hath given to his Successors for ever, the value thereof being cccxxli. For re-edifying the East End of the Chapell at Peterhouse in Cambridge....... And books to the Publique Library of that Colledge to the value of In founding of eight Scholars places in the same To the reliefe of the distressed loyall party in England cccxxli. m. mmd. d. dccc. 1 li. .... vi. To the poore people of the country coming to his funerall.... To the poore prisoners detained for debt in the goales of Durham, Yorke, Peterborough, Cambridge, and Norwich ........ To the poore people within the precincts of the To the poore of Durham, Auckland, Darlington, To the poore in parishes of Chester in the Street, To the rebuilding of St. Paul's Cathedrall in London, See Grammar School, p. 282 ante. XX. 1. XX. XXX. X. C. in memory of Dr. John Overall sometime Bishopp Towards the new building of a Chapell at Emanuell To the Children of Mr. John Heyward late Prebendary ... CC. 1. XX. C. C. To some of his domestique servants C marks a piece; to some lli; and to the rest halfe a year's wages over and above their last quarters pay. He took to wife Frances, daughter of Marmaduke Blakeston, son of Sir William Blackston of Blackston in Com'. Palat. Dunelm. Knt. by whom he had issue John his only son, and four daughters, viz.: Mary wife of Sir Gilbert Gerard of Fiskerton in Com'. Linc. Bart. 2. Elizabeth, first marryed to Henry Hutton, a younger son to Sir Richard Hutton of Goldesborough in Com' Ebor. Knt. one of Justices of the Court of Common Pleas; next to Sir Thomas Burton of Brampton in Com'. Westmorl. Knt. and lastly to Samuell Davison of Wingate-grange in Com'. Palat. Dunelm. son to Sir Alexander Davison late of Blakeston in the same County Palat. Knt. 3. Frances, marryed to Charles Gerard, brother to Sir Gilbert Gerard, Bart. before mentioned: and fourthly, Anne, wife of Dennis Greenvile (a younger son to Sir Beville Greenvile of Kilkhampton in Com'. Cornwl. Knt. brother to John, Earle of Bathe) now Archdeacon of Durham, rector of Easington and Elwyke in Com'. Palt. Dunelm, and Chaplain in ordinary to King Charles the Second. No. III. NOTE A. At the time Domesday Book was written, there were few persons who were not deprived by the Conqueror of their possessions, or at least compelled to redeem them of the king, as no ecclesiastic or layman, no noble or plebeian, could possess any land but by his introduction. Thus all the principal manors in the kingdom, except those which the king had reserved for himself, were held of him by tenants in capite. At the time of the survey many towns and villages had been destroyed by the angry king; most were afterwards re-built, but many never rose from their ashes, and we know nothing of them save that they are recorded in the survey. Domesday affords a very interesting description of the state of property to which the conquest had led. It appears from it that the tenants-in-chief of the crown did not amount to 700 in England, almost all were Normans. Of the sub-tenants, however, of whom, it is generally supposed, the record contains but a partial enumeration, a great proportion were undoubtedly Saxons. The king himself was the greatest landed proprietor, possessing no fewer than 1,432 manors in different parts of the kingdom, and many of the Norman chieftans obtained enormous grants from the crown.* These lands they again let out to their immediate followers, or allowed to remain in the hands of the old proprietors, under the burden of feudal service. Thus, though the number of tenants-in-chief were comparatively small, there were no fewer than 60,215 knights' fees in England. But many of these were of little value, as the unsettled state of the country had destroyed its fertility; and we have a striking picture of the ravages which had been committed in the Conqueror's reign, in the fact, that the houses in the towns were reduced, on an average, to at least one half of the number existing in the days of Edward the Confessor. NOTE B. The Court Halmot, and Courts Leet and Baron, are held after Easter and Michaelmas, when the usual business is transacted, such as receiving fines and surrenders, admitting copyholders, &c. The following is a list of the stewards of the courts from 3rd Sep., 1545, the earliest date in the extant books. The list of high stewards is incomplete, from the difficulty, if not impossibility, of obtaining their names, since they do not appear in the court rolls after 1614. HIGH STEWArds. 1545 Sir George Conyers, knt. † 1568 Sir George Bowes, knt.§ DEPUTIES. 1568. Thomas Layton. *To Odo, bishop of Bayeux, and earl of Kent, were given 439 manors; to Robert de Moreton, earl of Cornwall, 973; to Alan, earl of Bretagne, 442; to Geoffrey, bishop of Constance, 250; to William Warenne, 298; to Alan, earl of Richmond, 432; &c. + Of Sockburn, co. Durham; born 1510, died 1567. He m. Anne, dau. of sir John Dauney, of Sessay, in Allertonshire. § Of Streatlam, co. Durham, and South Cowton, co. York, the knight marshall so distinguished for his loyalty during the rebellion of 1569. He died in 1580. His sister Margery, mar. Knox the Reformer. * Temporal chancellor of Durham, 1562, and attorney-general of the same county palatine in bishop Pilkington's time. Deputy escheator in bishop Barnes's. † Created lord Grantley, baron of Markenfield, co. York, 9 April, 1782. Of Durham, barrister-at-law, and recorder of Durham, 2nd son of Christopher Fawcett of Lambton, co. Durham; b. in 1676; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Stonhewer, esq., of Durham, by whom he had seven sons and four daughters. Christopher his eldest son was a barrister, and recorder of Newcastle-on-Tyne, whose eldest dau. m. 1780 to Richard Wm. Peirse, esq., of Hutton Bonville; Richard, D.D., vicar of Newcastle-on-Tyne, rector of Gateshead, and prebendary of Durham; John, who assumed the name of Pulteney; Thomas, rector of Green's Norton, co. Northampton; John, William, and Thomas, who died young. Elizabeth m. to Peter Bowlby, LL.D.; Mary, Dorothy, and Elizabeth, died young. || Of Arncliffe, barrister-at-law, son of Timothy Mauleverer, esq.; m. Sarah Pawson, dau. of John Wilberfoss, esq., of Gainsborough, co. Lincoln, (who died 13 July, 1810) he had issue Thomas, John, and Richard, who died young; Jane, m. to Robert Lindsey, esq., of Lavighry, in the co. of Tyrone; Sarah, m. to J. Arthur Worsop, esq., of Alverly Grange, co. York; Anne m. in 1780 to col. Clotworthy Gowan, Bessingly, co. York, by whom he had issue the late Wm. Mauleverer, esq. (see p. 150); Frances, d. in 1827; Mary d. in 1833. も Of Durham, barrister-at-law, and steward of the borough of Durham. ** Of Durham, a barrister, clerk of the peace for Durham 1783. ++ This is the first mention of a "Learned Steward" (20 Oct., 1611) and from this period, with the exception of 10 April, 1614, the Learned Stewards have sat, and the High Stewards are not even mentioned; the latter office was abolished upon the death of the earl of Harewood in 1857. Accept, dear nymph, the tribute of my lays, And Studley just presents her magic charms; Eastward I turn, and view thy awful heights, At once infusing horror and delight: The hills beneath, comparatively low, Exalt their flowery tops to grace thy triumph; • See p. 162. + See P. 164. § W. D. Walker held the court for Mr. Fowle, 2 Oct., 1852, and R. M. Atkinson, 18 April, 1857. |