Reference code: GB-0033-DCD-Cart2
Title: Durham Cathedral Archive: Cartulary II
Dates of creation: ca. 1400
Extent: xxii + 308 f. (medieval foliation 1-318, wants 289-299)
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Origination: Durham Priory
Language:
Latin
Cartulary copies of deeds etc. mainly relating to local property (ie mainly representatives of the Specialia class of deeds):
f.iiir-xxiiv Contents
f.1r-282r Documents concerning property
f.282r-284v Miscellaneous inquisitions and ordinances of chantries
f.285r-293r Amortizement licences of bishops of Durham
f.293r-296v Inquisitions ad Quod Dampnum
f.296v-298v Other documents
f.299r-305v Documents concerning property
f.305r-207v Other documents
Placed in the University's care by the Dean and Chapter of Durham in 1948.
Permission to make any published use of material from the collection must be sought in advance from Durham Cathedral Library (library@durhamcathedral.co.uk). The Library will assist where possible with identifying copyright owners, but
responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material.
A negative microfilm is available at PGFilm 104
R. Surtees,
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham i (1816)
f.ir-93v
Contents and documents concerning property
f.i r
List of bishops of Durham, with dates of consecration, etc., William [of St Calais] - Walter Skirlawe d. 1406. Cf. f.ii
r.
Digitised version f.i v
List of priors of Durham, with dates of election, etc., Aldwin - Robert Walworth res. 1391. Cf. f.ii
v.
Digitised version f.ii r
List of bishops of Durham, in various hands, continuing from f.i
r, Thomas Langley - Tobias Matthew cons. 1595.
Digitised version f.ii v
List of priors and deans of Durham, in various hands, continuing from f.i
v, John of Hemingbrough - Richard Hunt [inst. 1620].
Digitised version f.iii r - xxi v
List of contents of ff.1
r- 280
r below, with additions
Digitised version f.xxii r
Blank, {apart from a note of the date of the Statute of Mortmain}.
Digitised version f.xxii v
Index of places to ff.1
r seq. below, apparently using a sectional numeration.
Digitised version f.1r
Heading: ".A." "Cartuarium >...< {Secundum} de Munimentis specialibus infra dioc. Dunelm".
Digitised version f.1r [1190 x 1208]
Cartulary copy of
1.1.Spec.1. (original does not survive). Grant in free-alms, by Eustace de Vesci, to the brothers of Farne Island, of 7 seams ("summas") of his
wheat of Swinhoe annually, by the measure of his house of Alnwick.
Witnesses: Gilbert, abbot of Alnwick; Robert son of Richard; William de Vesci; Germanus Tisun; Roger de Bosco; Bernardus clerk; Geoffrey chaplain; Ralph chaplain; William Mautalent; William de Lisures; Simon Mauliver;
William son of Ralph; Ivo son of Adam of Carlisle; Walter de Hoton; with many others at Alnwick; Robert de Basinges; William de Turberville.
Dated: [? Alnwick - misplaced in witness-list. 1190 x 1208 - grantor's entry to estates x death of Abbot Gilbert]
HND no. dcxcvi
Digitised version f.3v iii Nones [3] June 1285 (date of original)
Cartulary copy of
1.1.Spec.15 (original does not survive). Bond, by Robert Janitor of Bamburgh Castle, to the prior & convent of Durham and the monks at Farne
Island, to refund 100s. to them within a month, in the event of their losing through defect of warranty the burgage in Bamburgh granted to them in his charter
1.1.Spec.14.
[Witnesses:] Roger of Bothal; John of Greystones; William Gray; and John Scarffe.
Dated: Bamburgh
Digitised version f.4r [approximately 1219 (date of original)]
Cartulary copy of
1.1.Spec.22 (original does not survive) Grant in free-alms, by John son of John Viscount of Stamford, for his and his wife Alice's souls, to the
monks on Farne, of 1 acre of meadow in the meadows of Newton[-by-the-sea], between that of Robert of Hebburn knight and of Simon Barun.
Witnesses: Nicholas chaplain of Stamford; William of Craster; Patrick, then steward; Henry of Roddam; Peter de Strayte.
The grantor has been taken to be John Viscount II, who was dead by 1219; his mother also appears to have been called Alice,
NCH ii,24, 11, 49n.
HND no. dccxiii.
Digitised version f.4r [approximately 1200 (date of original)]
Cartulary copy of
1.1.Spec.23 (original does not survive) Grant, by Walter Corbet, for his and his wife Asa's souls, to the monks of Farne Island, of 12d. a year
from his mill of [Kirk]newton in Glendale.
Witnesses: Antony of Yetholm knight; Robert of Scotton; Adam son of Gilbert; lady Asa; Robert Corbett; Michael of Makerston; Absalom priest of Roxburgh.
Date: approximately 1200? Given his wife's name, the grantor is taken to be the earliest known of his name, rather than his son,
NCH xi,128, 130, 143.
HND no. dccxiv.
Digitised version f.5r-v Date: [ x 1282 - death of grantor]
Cartulary copy of
1.1.Spec.37 (original does not survive). Grant in free-alms, with warranty, by Robert de Neville, lord of Raby, to the monks on Farne Island, of
an annual rent of 20s. from his manor of Raby, giving power to distrain within the liberty of Raby to the prior and convent of Durham.
Witnesses: Gilbert Hansard, Thomas of Herrington, Robert Traynell, Robert de Wibyrs, knights; Geoffrey of Egglescliffe; Thomas de Amundeville; [...] of Hylton; William of Scargill.
HND no. dccxvii.
Digitised version f.5v [Added early 15th century]
Added at foot: {cross-reference to three charters for a tenement on the [castle-]mound in Newcastle -
Cart.I, f.213} .
Digitised version f.6r-v 10 March 2 [Henry IV: 1401]
Cartulary copy of
1.1.Spec.41. (original does not survive) Precept, of [H]enry [IV] king of England, to the mayor and bailiffs of Newcastle-on-Tyne, to pay 13
marks and 10s from the farm of the vill to the monks on Farne Island, a cell of Durham priory, following his confirmation on 20 February last [1.5.Reg.1] of the grant by E[dward III] king of England [1.4.Reg.10.].
Dated: Westminster
Digitised version f.7v 10 Kal January said year [23 December 1275]
Cartulary copy of
1.1.Spec.48 Inspeximus, by Richard [of Claxton], prior, and the convent of Durham, confirming: Inspeximus, by
Robert [of Holy Island], bishop of Durham, original:
4.2.Pont.7., abbreviated.
Dated: Durham
Digitised version f.9v [Added early 15th century]
Added at foot: {cross-reference to two sentences over the payment of tithes [in the parishes of Norham and Holy Island] -
Cart.I, ff.[242r-244r]. } [cf f.30v below]
Digitised version f.11v-12r Vigil of Thomas ap. [20 December] 1284
Cartulary copy of
2.1.Spec.26 (original does not survive) Settlement by chirograph, of the dispute between Roger [? of Methley], prior of Holy Island, and James
son of James of Holburn, over estovers claimed by the prior in James' wood in Holburn for use on the prior's land in that vill: quit-claim, by the prior, to James, of the estovers; and in return, grant in free-alms, with warranty, by James, to the
prior, of a rent of 2s a year from a toft and land once held by Henry Templeman in that vill.
Witnesses: Walter of Huntercombe, Stephen de Muschamps, Henry of Detchant, knights; Walter of Rothbury, then constable of Norham; John of Middleton clerk; William son of William of Hazelrigg; William son of John of
Goswick; Alexander of Cheswick; Richard of [Cheswick].
Dated: Holburn
Digitised version f.16r [Added early 15th century]
Added in space: {
3.1.Spec.72., with note that charter is sealed with a knife}; cf f.16v below.
Digitised version f.22r Octave of Martin [18 November] 1283} [s. xv in.]
Cartulary copy of
3.1.Spec.59. (original does not survive) Added in space: {Inquest, into the dues of the priors of Durham and Holy Island in the manor of
Fenham:
The land of Elwick - 12d. a year to the prior of Durham's exchequer; 30s. a year to "Mensa Sancti Cuthberti de Insula", half at Martinmas and half at Pentecost, to be paid before the ninth hour, i.e. "prandium", in
whole pennies, on pain of being doubled.
The 8 bondsmen of that vill - plough for 1 day with 4 ploughs at wheat-sowing and harrow for 1 day with 4 harrows, almost until vespers, receiving 1 white loaf of lesser weight and 1 servant's loaf with accompaniment
between two, and drink for those ploughing; each reap with 1 man for 3 days at harvest, consecutively or not, at the discretion of the serjeant of Fenham, receiving 3 cobs and 5 herrings between two, and a stone of cheese between twenty as the
bondsmen of Fenham; do suit at the prior's court at Fenwick; repair as necessary the mill-pond from "Ewesenburtre galfridi" to the sluice, and the lade from "Partenecruk" to "Langstadbrig"; each thresh for 1 day in Fenham grange against the prior of
Durham's coming, receiving 3 cobs and 5 herrings or "gibbones" between two; pay 16 hens at Christmas, and 20 eggs each at Easter; uproot 60 turves of "helme" [? bent-grass] in Ross nook and carry it to the boat of "lewele"; pay an entry-fine for
vacant bondlands to the prior of Holy Island; pay subsidy imposed by the prior of Durham on his men according to their means.
The 5 cottars - pay 5 hens at Christmas, and 10 eggs each at Easter; clear the mill-pond with the bondsmen.
The predecessors of the sisters [?] now summoned in Elwick - do suit at the prior of Holy Island's court, and if injuring said bondsmen or cottars attached and stand trial in that court.
In the presence of R[ichard of Claxton], prior of Durham
Dated: Fenham}
HND p. 199
Digitised version f.23r 10 Kal February 3 [Gregory IX: 23 January 1230]
Cartulary copy of
3.1.Spec.68 (original does not survive) also known as 2.1.Pap.37 Confirmation, by [G]regory [IX], pope, to the prior and convent of Durham, of
the appropriation to them of the chapels of Cornhill and Ancroft, belonging to their churches of Norham and Holy Island, as conceded by the bishop of Durham [1.4.Pont.4 - the
Convenit ].
Dated: Perugia
Digitised version f.29v 28 January 17 [John: 1216]
Cartulary copy of
4.1.Spec.25. (original does not survive) also known as 3.1.Reg.18 Confirmation, by [J]ohn, king of England, to the prior and monks of Durham, of
the grant to them by Henry of Ord, with the consent of Avicia his wife, of his whole fishery of Pool [in the Tweed], and the homage and service owed to him by Robert of Clifford, as in his charter [4.1.Spec.5].
Witnesses: R[anulf], earl of Chester; W[illiam] de Ferrars, earl [of Derby]; A[mericus], archdeacon of Durham; J[ohn de Lacy], constable of Chester; Roger de Montbegon; G[ilbert] son of Reinfrid; G[erard] de Furneval;
William de Cantilupe; John Russell.
Dated: per manum Mag. R[ichard] Marsh, chancellor Durham
Digitised version f.30v [Added early 15th century]
Added at foot: {cross-reference to a charter for turbary and land called Witherig between Norham and Shoreswood [4.1.Pont.5] - f.82 below}
Digitised version f.30v [Added early 15th century]
{note of omission of [2.1.Spec.9, 2.1.Spec.8]}
Digitised version f.30v [Added early 15th century]
{cross-reference to Cart.I ff.242[r-244r] [cf. f.9v above]}
Digitised version f.32v [Added early 15th/16th century]
Added at foot: {note of omission of[2.3.Pont.12, 4.1.Spec.46, 4.1.Spec.47, 4.1.Spec.48], because annulled by later ordinance}
Digitised version [f.33]
Not now present. [Included copies of 1.2.Spec.1, 2, 3, and 4: see Magnum Repertorium f.53r.]
f.50r [Added early 15th/16th century]
Interlined: {clause from 4.2.Spec.9a}
Digitised version f.52v Luke [18 October] 1343 [s. xv. med.].}
Added in lower margins: {Judgement, settling a dispute between Thomas [of Gateshead], vicar of Ellingham, and his parishioners of South Charlton and North Charlton: all sacraments, purifications and oblations to belong to the mother-church; said
parishioners to attend the mother-church at three principal feasts and Candlemas and for confession in Lent, paying tithes at the vicar's will, to have two parishioners from each vill at the mother-church every Sunday to hear ordinances for the
church and cemetery, to provide all sacramentalia for mass in the chapels of South Charlton and North Charlton.
In the presence of Ralph of Blakeston, official of [the archdeacon of] Northumberland; William of Rock, for the vicar; John of Tughall, Thomas of Beadnell, and Robert of Embleton, for the parishioners
Dated: Ellingham church
NCH ii,309.
Digitised version f.54v [Added 15th/16th century]
Interlined: {cross-reference to original charter for Morwick - in a Gospel-book of the Feretrar} [s. xv in.], {and below f.25[1r]}
Digitised version [f.58-59]
Missing [copy of 4.2.Spec.42 = 2.3.Pont.10 lost: see
Magnum Repertorium ff.56r, 24r]
f.65v [5 December 1249 x 9 August 1260]
Added at foot: Admission and institution, by Walter [Kirkham] bishop of Durham, at the presentation of the prior and convent of Durham, of John of Middleton chaplain, to the vicarage of Bedlington, valued at 45 marks, and comprising the whole
altarage, with the tithes of hay, mills and fisheries of the whole parish, and a toft on which to live, with six cotmen's tofts, 160 acres of arable land, 20 acres of pasture and 2 acres of meadow, and all the corn-tithes of Cambois.
Printed:
English Episcopal Acta 29: Durham 1241-1283, ed P.M. Hoskin (Oxford 2005), p.52.
Digitised version f.67r 15 Kal May 4 [Alexander IV: 17 April 1258]
Cartulary copy of
1.3.Spec.14. (original does not survive) also know as 4.1.Pap.20 Confirmation, by [A]lexander [IV], pope, to the prior and chapter of Durham, of
the assignment by [Nicholas of Farnham], late bishop of Durham, of their church of Bedlington to the work of the fabric of the church of Durham [2.1.Pont.14].
Dated: Viterbo
f.72r [Added early 15th century]
Added in space: {cross-reference to a charter for one messuage 120 acres in Westoe called "Hostillarlande" - f.180[r-v below]}
Digitised version f.72r [Added early 15th century]
Added: {Grant, by Hugh [of le Puiset], bishop of Durham, as 2.3.Spec.47, Cart.IV. f.44v}
Digitised version f.74v [Added early 15th century]
Added at foot: {cross-reference to many omitted charters for {Pipewellgate and} Gateshead - below, at end, f.{310} [now ff.299 -304 below]}
Digitised version f.74v [Added early 15th century]
Added at foot: {cross-reference to one quire for Pipewellgate, Gateshead, etc. - end of Cart.I f.213[-226]}
Digitised version f.75r [Added early 15th century]
Added at foot: {note of omission of many charters for Hebburn}
Digitised version f.75r [Added early 15th century]
Added at foot: {cross-reference for the grant of one fishery and rent of 6s. in Hebburn - f.144[v] below}
Digitised version f.76r [Added early 15th century]
Added in margin: {cross-reference for more in an amortization of John Fordham, Walter Skirlawe and Thomas Langley, [bishops of Durham]; Item [? f] 80 below [?]}
Digitised version f.76r [Added early 15th century]
Added in margin: {cross-reference for the grant of two messuages etc. in Monkton - 144[v] below}
Digitised version f.76v-77r 24 April 5 [Bury: 1338]
Cartulary copy of Mandate, by letters patent, by Richard [of Bury], bishop of Durham, to Thomas Surtees, Nicholas Gategange, Adam of Bowes, and John of Birtley, to hold an inquest in the presence of the prior of Durham and of the sheriff of
Durham, to find whether certain waste belongs to the prior's vill of Upper Heworth or to the bishop's vill of Gateshead, and, if the former, to set its bounds, sending the inquest to the bishop's chancery.
Dated: per manum Nicholas Gategange, bishop's clerk, Durham
Digitised version f.76v-77r 24 April 5 [Bury: 1338]
Cartulary copy of Precept, by Richard [of Bury], bishop of Durham, to the sheriff of Durham, to summon jurors, for the day to be set by Thomas Surtees, Nicholas Gategange, Adam of Bowes and John of Birtley for an inquest to find whether certain
waste belongs to the prior of Durham's vill of Upper Heworth or to the bishop's vill of Gateshead, and to attend himself.
Dated: per manum Nicholas Gategange, bishop's clerk Durham
Digitised version f.76v-77r Thursday after Invention of Cross 5 Bury [7 May 1338]
Cartulary copy of
1.4.Spec.37. (original does not survive) Inquest, into certain waste claimed as belonging to the vill of Upper Heworth by the prior of Durham as
lord of that vill and by the bishop as belonging to his vill of Gateshead: John de Gildford, John of Farnacres, John Bille, Thomas de Scruteville, Robert de Stonland, Roger lord of Newton, John of Biddick, James of Usworth, John Harnyn, Walter of
Hawick, William of Bradley and Gilbert son of Thomas of Hulam, declaring that waste to belong to the vill of Heworth, viz. from "Chilcrosse" north down the causeway to "Egake" and then across to the Mareburn on the east, just as the bounds between
the fields of Gateshead and Heworth.
Before Thomas Surtees, Nicholas Gategange, Adam of Bowes, and John of Birtley, justices of Richard of Bury bishop of Durham
Dated: Gateshead moor
Printed:
FPD 110-111n: inquest, from Cart.IV f.51r
Digitised version f.79v
Cartulary copy of
1.4.Spec.40. (original does not survive) Bounds between Heworth and Follingsby and between Boldon and Follingsby
Inquest, at "Bolburnhede" [? near Springwell] by Heworth as far as the fields of Follingsby: twelve jurors declaring the prior [of Durham]'s men of Heworth to have pastured their cattle since the time of Richard Marsh, bishop of Durham, and taken
heath and turves since before then, on the whole moor, from "Bolburnhede" spring east down the stream to the fields of Follingsby, and from that spring north along a syke running out of the marsh under Blacklaw to Wreken Dike, and then east down
Wreken Dike to White Mare [Pool].
Other bounds specified in a charter: from "Bolleburn" spring to "Suburn", to Northburn, {east along the stream to "Hayrope", north to "Harecarr" to the bounds of Hedworth
added below }, to Blacklaw, to Wreken Dike, to
"Bolleburn" spring.
Bounds between Boldon and Follingsby: from Eaststrother to "Restulle", to Blacklaw, to the marsh of "Wrachenndhegge".
Printed:
FPD 10n; cf. also Reg.I, f.i.69-70r which is dated [5 June 1265 or 2 June 1278].
Digitised version f.80r [Added early 15th century]
Added in margin: {cross-reference to more for Monkton - 144[v below]}
Digitised version f.80r [Added early 15th century]
Added at foot: {note of omission of [1.5.Spec.30.]}
Digitised version f.81r [Date: 1274 x 1283 - Guichard de Charron steward to Bishop Robert of Holy Island]
Cartulary copy of
2.4.Spec.31. (original does not survive) Quit-claim, with warranty, by Ralph son of Roger Milde of Hedworth, to the prior and convent of Durham,
of the whole moor belonging to the vill of Hedworth, saving a right way with his cattle to the common pasture beyond that moor, and turves and heath for his family under the supervision of the prior of Durham's overseer.
Witnesses: Guichard de Charron, then steward of Durham; Thomas of Herrington; John of Farnacres; William de Yeland.
Printed:
FPD 115-116n.
Digitised version f.81r-v [Date: 1274 x 1283 - Guichard de Charron steward to Bishop Robert of Holy
Island]
Cartulary copy of
2.4.Spec.32. (original does not survive) Quit-claim, with warranty, by John son of Patrick of Hedworth, to the prior and convent of Durham, of
the moor and pasture of Hedworth, beginning in the south at "Rodedike", west to "Bradeblakelawe", north down to the middle of "Grenespot", east to "Toddesholes", and back to "Roddedike".
Witnesses: Guichard de Charron, then steward of Durham, Thomas of Herrington, William of Layton, knights.
Printed:
FPD 116n.
Digitised version f.81v [Date: 1274 x 1283 - Guichard de Charron steward to Bishop Robert of Holy Island]
Cartulary copy of
2.4.Spec.33. (original does not survive) Quit-claim, by Peter son of Simon of Hedworth, to the prior and convent of Durham, of the whole moor
belonging to the vill of Hedworth, saving a right way with his cattle to the common pasture beyond that moor, and turves and heath for his family under the supervision of the prior of Durham's overseer.
Witnesses: Guichard de Charron, then steward of Durham; Thomas of Herrington; John of Farnacres.
Digitised version f.82r [Added early 15th century]
Added at foot: {note of omission of copy of inquest on the mode of receipt of the chaplain of Hylton's portion}
Digitised version f.82v 1 October 1313
Cartulary copy of
3.4.Spec.3. (original does not survive) Grant by chirograph, by Geoffrey [Burdon], prior of Durham, parson of Monk Wearmouth, and the convent of
Durham, with the licence of Richard [Kellaw], bishop of Durham, to Robert of Hylton, future lords of the vill of Hylton, their wives and children, of the right to burial in the chapel or cemetery of Hylton, saving the rights of the parish church of
Monk Wearmouth to mortuaries, oblations, lights and all other funeral dues; grant, by Robert, to the prior and convent, of freedom to collect their tithes of corn and hay from the vill of Hylton, "Rysom" and Newton, and to carry them by the roads so
used by the lord of Hylton and his tenants, to a plot of land given by Robert to the prior and convent for their tithes at the western way out of the vill [f. 83r below].
Witnesses: Philip de la Ley, Walter of Washington, Thomas of Whitworth, Odard Heron, Richard of Rothbury, knights; John of Allenshiel; Robert of Lambton.
Dated: Durham
Digitised version f.83r 1 October 1313
Cartulary copy of
3.4.Spec.4. (original does not survive) Grant in free alms by chirograph, with warranty, by Robert of Hylton, to Geoffrey [Burdon], prior, and the
convent of Durham, of a plot of land from his demesne of Hilton at the western way out of the vill on the north, 6 perches long and 4½ perches wide, for their tithes of corn and hay.
Witnesses: Philip de la Ley, Walter of Washington, Thomas of Whitworth, Odard Heron, Richard of Rothbury, knights.
Dated: Durham
Digitised version f.87v [Added early 15th century]
Added in space: {note of omission of various charters for Simonside and Preston}; {cross-reference - end of Cart.I f[f.229v-]230[v]}
Digitised version f.87v-88r [Added 15th/16th century]
Added in space: {note of omission of assise for lands in Hedworth and Southwick}; {cross-reference - end of Reg.I.[ii] f[f.88v-]89[r]} [s. xv in.]. {cross- reference for others - Reg.I.[i ff.] 33, 34, 35, 55[v], 72[v]}
Digitised version f.93r [Added early 15th century]
Added at foot: {cross-reference for the grant of Robert of Usworth - f.144[v] below}
Digitised version f.93v [Added early 15th century]
Added at foot: {note of omission of various charters for Edmundbyers}; {cross-reference - end of Cart.I f[f.226v-]228[r]}
Digitised version
f.94r-201v. Documents concerning property f.95r [Added early 15th century]
Added in margin: {note of omission of [1.2.Reg.9.]}; {cross-reference to Cart.III. ff.214[v-215v]}
Digitised version f.97v [Added early 15th century]
Language: {in French, same as next folio [98r-v below]} [s. xv/xvi].
Added at foot: {cross-reference for [1.6.Spec.31] - end of Cart.<I>I f.230[r-v]}
Digitised version f.98r [Added mid 15th century]
Added at foot: {Memorandum that although Lord Neville had received in advance the sums set out in the indenture [1.6.Spec.31], the prior and convent [of Durham] have none of the properties named except the manor of Healey, worth £4, services
apart, according to a sheriff's inquest, and messuages, land and meadow in Ferryhill and East Merrington, worth 30s., services apart, the other properties named remaining with Lord Neville, with the advance payments not refunded}
Digitised version f.98r [Added mid 15th century]
{sch. Latin translation of 1.6.Spec.31.}
Digitised version f.98v [Added early 15th century]
Added at foot:
1.6.Spec.33. (original does not survive) {Extract from pleas of the halmote court at Lanchester, Tuesday after Translation of Thomas m. 5 Walter
[Skirlawe: 8 July 1393], before Ralph Eure steward.
John of Hemingbrough, prior of Durham, sought 2 acres of exchequer land called "Bysshopclose", near Healey, once held by John of Stirling and then in the hands of Robert Wallworth prior of Durham, for the ancient farm to the lord and sheriff,
pledges: Gilbert de Hoton, John Galon, Hugh of Corbridge - 18d. The same sought 3 rods of exchequer land of new waste within "Bysshopclose", for 3d. a year, pledges: John Galon, Hugh of Corbridge, Gilbert de Hoton - 6d.
Digitised version f.99r [Added early 15th century]
Added in margin: {note of many charters for Iveston being in the sacrist's keeping}
Digitised version f.99v
Cartulary copy of
2.6.Spec.13., omitting last 17 witnesses.
f.99v [Date: 1195 x ? 1208 - Philip of Poitou bishop and not apparently dead]
Cartulary copy of
2.6.Spec.14. (original does not survive) Grant in free alms, by Richard [recte Roger] of Cavil, for one bezant or 2s. a year at the Durham
exchequer, to the house of St Mary of Yearhaugh and the brothers there, of 24 acres of land in the parish of Wolsingham, to the east beyond the Wear between the land of Adam chaplain and the land of Robert Scot, granted to him by Philip [of Poitou]
bishop of Durham [1.2.Pont.12].
Witnesses: Robert son of Meldred; Geoffrey son of Geoffrey; Roger d'Audre.
Digitised version f.100r [Date: ca. 1200 - Reginald Ganaunt sheriff 1195 x 1196 (PFin 23-24), temp. Bp Poitou (2.2.Finc.32)]
Cartulary copy of
2.6.Spec.17. (original does not survive) Grant in free-alms, by William of Lintz, with the consent of Geoffrey, his son and heir, to [the house
of] St Mary of Yearhaugh, of 7 acres of land with 1 toft in the vill of Lintz.
Witnesses: Reginald Ganaunt, sheriff [of Durham]; Geoffrey son of Richard; Geoffrey his son; Robert son of Meldred.
Digitised version f.100r Martin [11 November] 1217
Cartulary copy of
2.6.Spec.18. (original does not survive) Lease by agreement, with warranty, for 12 years, by John of Derwent and the house of Yearhaugh, for 2
marks in advance and a pair of gloves a year, to Robert son of Elfin, of 6½ acres in the east of their land in the parish of Wolsingham at the way out for "Wideshele".
Witnesses: Guy, parson of Wolsingham; Adam, chaplain; Simon, chaplain; Hervey, messenger.
Digitised version f.101v
Added in lower margin: {note on the location of “Sandepeth”}
Digitised version f.103r
Added in upper margin: {note concerning a claim to common pasture in Bearpark by the grantor of 2.6.Spec.35}
Digitised version f.103r
Added in lower margin: {note concerning a claim to common pasture in Bearpark by the grantor of 2.6.Spec.38}
Digitised version f.105v 5 May [1171 x 1181]
Cartulary copy of
1.1.Pap.27 (original does not survive) Confirmation by Alexander [III], pope, to the prior and brethren of Durham of the place where the monk
Godric is buried [Finchale], with prohibition on anyone moving his body without the assent of the pope or the bishop [of Durham] and at the wish of the prior and brethren.
Dated: Tusculum
Digitised version f.106r-v
Cartulary copy of
3.6.Spec.19. (original does not survive) Surrender by Roger of Kibblesworth, son of Clibert of Ketton, to German, prior, and the monks of Durham,
of lands in the vill of Wolviston which he held of them in drengage, having seized it by violence; grant in exchange by the prior and convent to Roger of the vill of Cocken, for a rent of 2s p.a., the monks having also given him 50 marks in his
great need.
Witnesses: Hugh [of le Puiset], bishop of Durham; Gilbert Hansard; Ralph son of Ralph.
Digitised version f.107v-108r 2 May 1197
Cartulary copy of
1.1.Pap.5 (original does not survive) Confirmation by Celestine [III], pope, to the prior and convent of Durham of lands at Finchale, in Newcastle
[upon Tyne] and in the vills of Wingate, Haswell and “Hessewn”, as given by H[enry] of le Puiset to those serving their church of SS Mary and Godric, and the vill of Hetton, as given by B[ertram of Hetton], knight, to
the monastery.
Dated: Lateran
Digitised version f.111r
Cartulary copy of
1.7.Spec.11. (original does not survive) Quit-claim by William, son of Hugh of Durham to Richard [of ], prior and the convent of Durham, in
“Huesflat” in the vill of Aldin Grange, saving to William a toft and croft to the north of the Browney Bridge and 2 acres of land running northwards from the toft of Lawrence of Broom.
Digitised version f.126v
Added in lower margin: {reference to Cart.I. ff.228v-229v (given as “229”)}
Digitised version f.128r
Added in lower margin: {reference to Reg. (untraced) and 1.8.Spec.35}
Digitised version f.134r
Added in lower margin: {(i) note that other charters concerning [Castle] Eden are held by the communar; (ii) reference to Cart.III f.88r- v}
Digitised version f.135r
Added in lower margin: {reference to: (i) Cart.I. ff.224r-245r (given as “244”); (ii) Reg.I.ii. ff.3v-4r (given as “3”)}
Digitised version f.144v
Cartulary copy of similar to
1.9.Spec.34., but naming the convent as co-recipients with the prior, in the confirmation and
habendum
clauses.
Digitised version f.178v
Cartulary copy of
1.11.Spec.2. (original does not survive) Grant in fee alms by Ranulph of Dinsdale and Beatrix his wife and Richard his son and heir, to St
Cuthbert and Hugh [of le Puiset], bishop of Durham, of the church of Dinsdale, to provide lights around the body of St Cuthbert; Ralph and Richard make this offering at the altar of St Cuthbert (in Durham Cathedral), Beatrix at the altar of St Mary
at the west of the church, called the Galilee [chapel].
Witnesses: G[erman], prior, and the convent of Durham.
Digitised version f.178v-179r
Cartulary copy of
1.11.Spec.6. (original does not survive) Grant in free alms by William Brito, to the church of Dinsdale, of 4 acres in “Brunelange” adjoining the fields of Neasham on the west, for lights before the crucifix in that church.
Witnesses: Richard Surtees; Geoffrey Conyers; Ralph Bande; John of Middleton.
Digitised version f.179v [4 March 1234 x 17 September 1244]
Cartulary copy of
1.11.Spec.11. (original does not survive) Declaration by Thomas [of Melsonby], prior of Durham, to W[alter Gray], archbishop of York, that Ralph
Surtees has renounced his claim to patronage of Dinsdale church; request that the archbishop admit and institute the prior's presentee to the same.
Digitised version f.179v
Added in lower margin: {reference to 1.11.Spec.12 and 1.11.Spec.13}
Digitised version f.182r 1 Mar 1258
Cartulary copy of
4.1.Pap.21 (original does not survive) Confirmation by Alexander [IV], pope, to the prior and convent of Durham, of the appropriation to them by
[Walter of Kirkham], bishop of Durham, of the church of Heighington for the support of the poor and hospitality.
Dated: Viterbo
Digitised version f.186v 20 March 1132
Cartulary copy of
1.11.Spec.46. (original does not survive) Agreement between Algar, prior, and the monks of St Cuthbert, and Dolfin son of Ughtred: grant by the
prior and convent to Dolfin of Staindrop and Staindropshire, for a rent of £4 p.a. in pennies, for the payment of which he must find pledges, but free of all duties except suit of the court of the prior and monks; reciprocal undertaking by Dolfin to
become the liegeman of the prior and monks, saving his fealty to the Kings of England and Scotland and the bishop of Durham.
Witnesses: Robert the archdeacon; Rannulph the archdeacon; William de Calvo Monte; Godfrey, priest of Brancepeth; Renald, priest of “Hocht”; Meldred, priest of St Giles; Roger, clerk of
Bamburgh; Geoffrey Escolland; Roger “de Soson”; Lohering; Walter de Musters (“de Mon”); William son of Rannulph; John Amunderville and Robert and William his sons; Ralph Hacget; Richard
de Bondeville; Ralph of Haswell; Herbert the knight; Robert, the bishop's nephew; Unespac; Clibert; Gilbert Stotesmin(?); Eilaf “de Esuewda”; Elsi of “Carleton”; Ukered of Butterwick;
Alden, priest of Staindrop; Gamel son of Edred; Waltheof of Denton; Arkil son of Arnold; Ulf Walaisima; Baldwin of Pittington; Ligulf “de Wynstowe”; Gamel “de Rementon”; Hugelot of
Wolviston. [Names of some witnesses p[robably misread by the scribe of the cartulary]
Enacted in full chapter
Digitised version f.191v
Added in lower margin: {reference to: (i) f.144r above; (ii) f.82r above}
Digitised version
f.201v-307v. Documents concerning property, inquisitions and licences etc f.201v
Added in lower margin: {reference to Cart.I ff.231r-232v (given as “232”), 245r-v}
Digitised version f.202v-203r 19 Oct 1265
Cartulary copy of
1.12.Spec.3. (original does not survive) Agreement in settlement of a dispute between Hugh [of Darlington], prior, and the convent of Durham, and
Avice, prioress, and the nuns of Nun Monkton, concerning land in Nunstainton, in “Stepelaileys”, through which the prior and convent claim access to “Esteker” marsh, but which the
prioress and convent claim as enclosed meadow; the prioress and nuns agree to provide access over their demesne and the prior and convent renounce all claim to the disputed plot.
Digitised version f.205r-206r 24 July 1392
Cartulary copy of
1.12.Spec.5. (original does not survive) Instrument by Thomas de L'Abbay, notary public, recording that Margaret Fairfax, prioress, and 16
members of the convent of Nun Monkton, in chapter, exhibited an indentured lease dated 26 June 1392 with memorandum (recited, as preceding entry), sealed with an “oblong” seal of red wax with a device of the Blessed
Virgin Mary seated, holding her son on her left arm, with the legend “Ave Maria gracia plena dominus tecum”, which they acknowledge to be their common seal; they stated that their former common seal, made of jet,
which was used for an earlier agreement (i.e. of 1265), was subsequently broken and was replaced by the present one.
Dated: Nun Monkton, chapter house
Digitised version f.206r
Added: (i) at end: {reference to f.213v below}; (ii) in margin: {reference to 1.12.Spec.6}
Digitised version f.209r-v
Cartulary copy of
1.12.Spec.30. (original does not survive) Quit claim with warranty by Walter Butemund to Hugh [of Darlington], prior, and the convent of Durham,
of all his demesne in Barmpton and Skirningham.
Witnesses: Marmaduke son of Geoffrey; added: {Richard Chanceler, steward of the bishop; John Gylet; Walter of Leaventhorpe; Robert of Burnigill; Alexander of Biddick; Jordan of Skirningham; T[homas] of Whitworth; John
of Brafferton; T[ ] of Skirningham; T[ ] of Barmpton; Gilbert of Ketton}.
Digitised version f.209v-210r 11 April 1323
Cartulary copy of
1.12.Spec.31. (original does not survive) Indenture of homage performed by William of Skirningham to William of Cowton, prior of Durham, for
lands on the prior's fee in Skirningham and Barmpton, which were allotted in purparty to Malde de Chartenay; undertaking by the prior to defend William of Skirningham against any demands for services in respect of these lands made by William
Tailboys and Malde de Chartenay, unless they can dereign his homage and service at law; grant by the prior that William of Skirningham may make fine for fortnightly suit of the prior's court by the annual under of a pair of gloves worth 3d.
Dated: Durham, in the prior's chamber
Digitised version f.210r
Added in margin: {note that other charters concerning Woodham ar held by the sacrist}
Digitised version f.215v
Added in margin: {reference to ? ; cf.
Repertorium Magnum, entry for 3.12.Spec.5}
Digitised version f.217v
Added in lower margin: {reference to: (i) Reg.I ff.28v-29r (given as '28); (ii) f.284r below}
Digitised version f.228r 8 January 1308
Cartulary copy of
3.13.Spec.34. (original does not survive) Quit claim by Geoffrey son of Peter of Tudhoe, to Richard of Hoton, prior, and the convent of Durham,
of all his rights of common of pasture on the land and approved moor of Spennymoor in the vills of Ferryhill, Kirk Merrington, Middlestone and Westerton, so that the prior and convent may hold their tenements in severalty, saving to the grantor
common rights from after the removal of hay and grain until the feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary (2 Feb.).
Dated: Durham
Digitised version f.228v 14 April 1279
Cartulary copy of
3.13.Spec.35. (original does not survive) Settlement of a dispute between Hugh Gobiun, knight, and R[ichard of Claxton], prior of Durham: grant
by Hugh that he and his men of Tudhoe will cultivate and sow for the use of the prior certain parts of Spennymoor, viz. 20 acres in “Bradescrouc”, 7 acres between “Bradescrouc” and
Meldrit's sheepfold, and 16 acres at the head of Middlestone, saving to Hugh and his men of Tudhoe common of pasture there after the removal of hay and grain; reciprocal grant by the prior that the stream of the eastern fishpond of Spennymoor, which
issues from Hugh's mill at Tudhoe, shall revert to its old channel, and that Hugh and his men may gather marl from the prior's lands for 7 years, provided that they do no damage to crops or meadows.
Digitised version f.228v-229r 7 May 1337
Cartulary copy of
3.13.Spec.36. (original does not survive) Grant with warranty by Roger of York and Cristiana his wife, to John of Morpeth and Alicia his wife,
of a messuage and 30 acres of land in Spennymoor by Merrington, according to the boundaries by which Thomas of Dalton held them formerly by grant of Richard [ ], prior, and the convent of Durham.
Witnesses: William “de Herll”, lord of the manor of Croxdale.
Dated: Spennymoor
Digitised version f.229r
Cartulary copy of
3.13.Spec.41. (original does not survive) Quit claim by Hugh son of Roger of Windlestone, Peter son of Geoffrey of the same place and William
son of Alan of Tudhoe, to Richard [ ], prior of Durham, of cultivated plots in Spennymoor, viz. “Bradecrok”, 7 acres between “Bradecrok” and Meldred's sheepfold, and 16 acres at the
head of Middlestone, to cultivate and sow in severalty, saving to the grantors common of pasture after the removal of hay and grain.
Witnesses: Robert Neville; Guiscard de Cherron.
Digitised version f.229v-230r 13 January 1372
Cartulary copy of
4.13.Spec.3. (original does not survive) Grant with warranty by John of Ogle to John of Lytham, William of Greystones and Hugh of Chilton,
chaplains, and John of Bamburgh, clerk, of Moor House in Spennymoor, which was held formerly by Roger of York and which the donor holds by grant of Robert, son and heir of John of Morpeth.
Witnesses: Ralph Ewre; William of Hett.
Dated: Moor House
Digitised version f.230r 22 March 1373
Cartulary copy of
4.13.Spec.4. (original does not survive) Quit claim by Margaret, widow of John of Ogle, to John of Lytham, William of Greystones and Hugh of
Chilton, chaplains, and John of Bamburgh, clerk, of Moor House in Spennymoor, which was held formerly by Roger of York and which the grantees hold by grant of the land John of Ogle.
Witnesses: William of “Hawyk”
Dated: Hardwick
Digitised version f.230r 7 February 1372
Cartulary copy of
4.13.Spec.9. (original does not survive) Grant in free alms with warranty by William of Greystones and Hugh of Chilton, chaplains, and John of
Bamburgh, clerk, to John of Ogle, of Moor House, in Spennymoor for life, saving to the grantors all coal mines and rights to mine and carry away coal.
Witnesses: Ralph Eure
Dated: Spennymoor
Digitised version f.230v-231r 9 February 1372
Cartulary copy of
4.13.Spec.8. (original does not survive) Remission by John [Fossor], prior, and the convent of Durham, to John of Ogle for life of the rent of
13s.4d p.a. owed for Moor House in Spennymoor; grant by the same to the same for life of 12 acres of land in Spennymoor, in Les Wellings, for the sending of a rose at the Feast of St John the Baptist [24 June].
Dated: Durham
Digitised version f.249v
Added in lower margin: {reference to Cart.I ff.240r-241r (given as “241”)}
Digitised version f.251r
Added: {Grant in free alms by William de Merlay, with the consent of his sons and wife, to the monks of Durham, of Morwick with all its lands, except for a fishery in the River Tyne.
Signa of William de Merlay, Ranulf his son, Godfrey his son, Morel his son, Robert, Answer de Merlay, Godfrey of Clifton.
After the death of William de Merlay his son and heir Ranulf came to Durham and gave and confirmed this land by offering a knife at the shrine of St Cuthbert, 5 September 1129.
Witnesses: [ ], prior of Tynemouth; Remingius; Robert the archdeacon; John Amundeville; William son of Ranulf; Eustace brother in law of Rannulf; Richard Tison; Robert son of Norman; Erius “de Bointan”; Rannulf Blaca; Eilaf, priest of Hexham; Helias, priest of Morpeth; William, priest of Stainton; Gamel of Aycliffe; Meldred of Aycliffe; Roger Conyers; Robert (?) Frebern or brother of Bern; Ralph of
Winchester; Unfreth brother of Robert son of Norman; Edulf of Salwick; Pagan “Dispensator”; Ranulf of Marley; Unspac “Clibn”; John “de Wdrinton”; Ansk'
Amundeville; Gamel son of Edred; Edmund son of Aculf; Meriun of Hedworth}.
(Was inscribed in a gospel book held by the feretrar: see marginal note, and cf. f.54v above)
Digitised version f.257r 29 June 1316
Cartulary copy of
1.16.Spec.2. (original does not survive) Grant with warranty by John, son and heir of John Colt of Durham, and by Idonia his wife, to John Lynd,
cook, of a tenement with garden adjoining, between the tenement of Robert Cronan and that of Nicholas of Myton, in Framwellgate in the Borough of Durham, for payments of 5s. p.a. to the chapel of St James on Elvet Bridge (“the new bridge”) in Durham and 4s. 6d. p.a. to the altar of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Galilee [chapel] in Durham [Cathedral] and 16d. p.a. to John son of John of Durham.
Witnesses: William of Hebburn and John of Sadberge, bailiffs of the [Bishop's] Borough [of Durham]; John son of John; John Bille; John of Aldwood; Hugh of Cocken; Gilbert Shuff; John the clerk.
Given in full court of the Borough
Printed: Camsell p.268.
Digitised version f.257r-v
Cartulary copy of
1.16.Spec.3. (original does not survive) Grant in free alms by Helena of Richmond to God, St Mary and St Cuthbert [i.e. to the church of Durham]
of a rent of 4s. 6d. p.a. from houses in Framwellgate between the house formerly of Burchard the tailor and that of William Cronan, viz. the houses which Osbert of Grindon holds of her in fee; the rent to be collected by the master of the wax of
Durham [priory], for the upkeep of a candle to burn daily in the Galilee [chapel] at the mass of St Mary.
Witnesses: John son of Gilbert; John of Grindon; Hugh of Quarrington; John Bille; Robert of Quarrington; Thomas of Raby.
Printed: Camsell p.268.
Digitised version f.259r 10 July 1308
Cartulary copy of
1.16.Spec.16. (original does not survive) Grant with warranty by Agnes of Morley to John Barber (“le Barbor”) of
Durham, of her share of a burgage with adjoining garden in Crossgate in the Old Borough of Durham, lying between the burgage formerly held by Agnes of Langley, now the grantee's, and that of William Walle, for an annual payment of 1¼d. for landmale
to the Old Borough.
Witnesses: Robert of Hett, bailiff of the Old Borough; Richard of Chilton.
Given in full court of the Old Borough of Crossgate
Printed: Camsell p.83.
Digitised version f.261r
Cartulary copy of
1.16.Spec.23. (original does not survive) Grant with warranty by Elyas Butcher (Carnifex), son of Simon Butcher of Durham, to William called
Paytenyne, of a croft containing 3 acres of land, lying at the exit from Crossgate beside the land of John son of Gilbert, in return of a sum of money paid to Elyas in his great need and for annual rents of a pair of gloves or 1d. to Elyas and 12d.
to the prior of Durham.
Witnesses: Henry of Hornby and William son of Hugh, bailiffs of the Old Borough; John son of Gilbert; Robert of Quarrington.
Printed: Camsell p.104.
Digitised version f.261r 11 June 1343
Cartulary copy of
1.16.Spec.29. (original does not survive) Grant with warranty by Emma and Isabella, daughters and heiresses of John Barber (Barbour) of Durham,
to Adam Cowherd (Cowhird) of Bearpark, of 2 burgages in Crossgate in the Old Borough, purchased previously by John Barber from Agnes of Morley and Matilda of Langley, in return for a sum of money paid by Adam to Emma and Isabella in their great need
and for an annual sender of 1lb of wax for a candle to burn before the great cross in the church of St Lawrence, Pittington.
Witnesses: Adam Bett, bailiff of the Old Borough; John of Barnard Castle; William of Chilton; Gilbert of Dukesfield.
Given in the court of the Old Borough of Durham
Printed: Camsell p.84.
Digitised version f.263r 24 May 1316
Cartulary copy of
1.16.Spec.45. (original does not survive) Quit claim by Peter son of John Dragon to Richard of Hilton, of a messuage, solar and cellar, with
curtilage, which Johanna daughter of Peter Dragon held formerly, in the South Bailey, Durham, and of a rent of 12d. p.a. from the house which William of Ludworth held of Johanna in the same place.
Witnesses: Thomas of Fishburn; Thomas of Greystones; Ralph of “Warscrop”.
Dated: Durham
Printed: Camsell p.508
Digitised version f.263r 29 September 1314
Cartulary copy of
1.16.Spec.46. or 1.16.Spec.50 (original does not survive) Grant with warranty by Johanna daughter of Peter Dragon to Richard of Hilton, of a
solar with cellar in the South Bailey, Durham, with free entry and exit through her house and land there.
Witnesses: Thomas of Greystones; John of Brandon; John of Allenshiel.
Dated: Durham
Printed: Camsell p.508.
Digitised version f.263r-v 3 December 1314
Cartulary copy of
1.16.Spec.50. or 1.16.Spec.46 (original does not survive) Grant with warranty by Johanna daughter of Peter Dragon to Richard of Hilton, of a
messuage, solar and cellar, with curtilage, in the South Bailey, Durham, together with a rent of 12d. p.a. from a house which William of Ludworth holds of her in the same place.
Witnesses: Henry, rector of the church of St Mary in the South Bailey; Thomas of Greystones; John Bett.
Dated: Durham
Printed: Camsell p.508.
Digitised version f.263v 11 November 1314
Cartulary copy of
1.16.Spec.47. (original does not survive) Grant by Johanna daughter and heiress of Peter Dragon of Durham to Richard Hilton, of a messuage,
solar and cellar, with curtilage, in the South Bailey, Durham, together with a rent of 12d. p.a. from a house there which William of Ludworth helds of her, for 30 years, in return for a certain sum of money.
Witnesses: Thomas of Greystones; John Bett; William Dodde; Cuthbert son of Alan; Adam Bett; Adam Ripon.
Printed: Camsell p.508.
Digitised version f.263v-264r 4 January 1323
Cartulary copy of
1.16.Spec.48. (original does not survive) Quit claim by Johanna Dragon to Richard of Hilton of the messuage in the South Bailey, Durham, which
he holds by her grant.
Witnesses: Thomas of Greystones; Adam Bett; John Wolviston; William of Sadberge; Geoffrey Leder.
Dated: Durham
Printed: Camsell p.509.
Digitised version f.264r 10 May 1321
Cartulary copy of
1.16.Spec.51. (original does not survive) Quit claim by Isabella of Burdon, widow of Peter Page of Durham, to Richard Hilton, of a plot of land
between the house of Thomas Fishburn and the solar belonging to Richard, in the South Bailey, Durham, formerly held by Peter Dragon, of which one third now pertains to Isabella by right of dower after the death of her husband.
Dated: Durham
Printed: Camsell p.509.
Digitised version f.264v 23 December 1314
Cartulary copy of
1.16.Spec.53. (original does not survive) Grant with warranty by Peter Page to Richard of Hilton, of a plot in the South Bailey, Durham, between
the tenement of Hugh Brytoun and that formerly held by the late Peter Dragon, which the donor holds by grant of Johanna daughter of Peter Dragon.
Witnesses: William of Hornby; William of Ludworth; Thomas of Greystones.
Dated: Durham
Printed: Camsell p.508.
Digitised version f.265r-v
Cartulary copy of
1.16.Spec.56. (original does not survive) Appointment by Robert of Hilton, knight, of Geoffrey of Egglescliffe as his attorney to deliver to the
hostillar of Durham seisin of land in the Bailey, Durham, which Robert has given to the prior and convent of Durham in free alms.
Printed: Camsell p.565.
Digitised version f.265v
Cartulary copy of
1.16.Spec.57. (original does not survive) Grant by Ralph son of Roger to Roger of Ferryhill, of land in Durham which Edmund his father held of
Ralph, for a rent of 14d. p.a.
Witnesses: Germanus, prior [of Durham]; Hil[ary] and Geoffrey, monks; Richard de Parco; Simund the doorkeeper; Walter the steward; William his brother; Roger of Wolviston; Walter his brother.
Printed: Camsell p.561.
Digitised version f.265v
Cartulary copy of
1.16.Spec.58. (original does not survive) Grant with warranty by Thomas of Fishburn, senior, to Roger of York and Christiana his wife, of a
messuage in the South Bailey, Durham, together with 20d. p.a. which Richard of Hilton owes for a messuage there which he holds of the donor, for an annual rent of a grain of cloves at Christmas.
Witnesses: Richard of Rothbury; Henry, parson of the church of St Mary in the South Bailey; John of Durham, clerk; Adam Bett; Richard of Hilton; Ralph “de Warsop”; Ralph of Whitwell;
John of Howden, clerk.
Printed: Camsell p.510.
Digitised version f.266v
Cartulary copy of
1.16.Spec.62. (original does not survive) Grant with warranty by Nicholas son of Alexander of Kelloe to Robert of Sessinghope, of land in the
South Bailey, Durham, which the donor will inherit on the death of his father, lying between the land of Roger of Lumley and that formerly held by Roger of Eppleton, for a rent of 10s. p.a., saving to the donor the right to 40 days' lodging in time
of war.
Witnesses: Roger of Lumley; Thomas of Herrington; Peter of Thoresby.
Printed: Camsell pp.509- 10.
Digitised version f.269r 3 September 1333
Grant by Adam of Heppscott, chaplain, to Nicholas Miller (Molendinarius) of Medomsley and Margaret his wife, of a messuage in the South Bailey, Durham, with all his goods moveable and immoveable.
Dated: Durham
Printed: Camsell p.497.
Digitised version f.274v 1 May 1349
Cartulary copy of
3.16.Spec.26. (original does not survive) Quit claim by John of Hart, junior, to Alexander of Thurgarton and Anatilla his wife, of a solar with
cellar lying between the tenement of John of Barnard Castle and that of Emma of Hart, the grantor's mother, which the grantees hold by her grant.
Witnesses: Adam Bett, bailiff of the Old Borough, Durham; John of Barnard Castle; John Goldsmith (Goldesmyth); Adam Mason (Mayson); Robert Jakes.
Dated: Old Borough, Durham
Camsell p.711.
Digitised version f.274v
Cartulary copy of
3.16.Spec.27., added at end: {note that this purparty and another to the south of it render 12d p.a. to the almoner}
Digitised version f.282r 11 September 1404
Added in space: {Licence by John [Hemingborough], prior, and the convent of Durham, to Richard of Elvet and J[ohn] of Elvet, clerks, and Gilbert of Elvet, to give a messuage in Old Elvet, next to the cemetery of St Oswald's church, now inhabited
by Thomas of Blencow, and two adjacent messuages in New Elvet, held of the prior and convent, to W[ ] of Fishburn, chaplain and his successors, keepers of the chantry of SS John the Baptist and John the Evangelist recently founded by the grantors in
the said church.
Digitised version f.282v 4 February 1292
Added in space (unidentified: copies, all later than this: 2.14.Spec.38, dupl; Loc.X:26}): {Grant, by Richard de Hoton, prior, and the convent of Durham to T[homas] of Herrington, knight, in return for his grant in free alms of the manor of
Houghall, of confraternity for life, prayers by the monks at his death as for one of their number, and provision of two chaplains to celebrate masses for his soul in the chapels of Herrington and Harraton respectively, also two monks to celebrate
likewise in Durham Cathedral at the altars of St John the Evangelist beneath the great cross (?) and St Cuthbert in the chapel of the nine altars (“in fronte ecclesie”) respectively; in the event of a cessation of
these services for three or six months respectively the matter is to be referred to the jurisdiction of the official of the bishop of Durham or the official of the archdeacon of Durham or of Northumberland, who may compel performance on pain of 20s.
to be paid to the bishop's almoner, one mark to be paid to each official, 20s. each to the sheriffs of Durham and Sadberge and £20 in aid to the Holy Land until the arrears of celebrations shall have been fulfilled doubly (?); Thomas may during his
lifetime appoint the chaplain serving at Herrington; the manor of Houghall must be retained in perpetuity for the upkeep of these services; Thomas will be remembered daily in masses celebrated in the chapel of the Nine Altars.
Dated: Durham
Digitised version f.283r 19 February 1367
Bond of the prior and convent of Durham to Ralph Neville, lord of Raby, to repay £200 at the feasts of St Michael (29 September 1367) and the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary (2 February 1368) next following.
Dated: Durham
Digitised version f.283r-v 6 May 1378
Defeasance by John Neville, lord of Raby, that, although the prior and convent of Durham are bound to repay to him £400, the repayment of 400 marks of that sum shall be suspended for so long as they provide a chaplain to celebrate mass at the
Jesus altar (“the altar of the great cross”) in Durham Cathedral for the souls of Ralph Neville, his father, and Alasia, his mother, and their children, and that when the prior and convent confirm the foundation of
such a chantry by a written instrument they will be exonerated totally from repayment of the 400 marks.
Dated: Brancepeth
Digitised version f.284v 12 September 1331}
Added (unidentified): {Licence of Louis [Beaumont], bishop of Durham, to the prior and convent of Durham, to give to Roger of Esh 3 bovates of land in Esh, to hold of the bishop; likewise to Roger of Esh to give to the prior and convent a
messuage and a rent of 15s. p.a. in Durham, not held of the bishop in chief, the Statute of Mortmain notwithstanding.
Dated: Stanhope
Digitised version f.284v
Added
1.11.Spec.14. (original does not survive): {[Extract from] pleas of the wapentake of Sadberge, Saturday after the feast of the Annunciation ... year of
Louis [Beaumont], bishop of Durham (1318 x 1333). It is shown by inquest that William Sherewynd holds 1 bovate in Hartburn by grant and feoffment of Robert of Caen, his ancestor, for a rent of ½ mark p.a. to the fabric of Pounteys Bridge and its
custodian, and that William has been withholding this rent from William the reeve of Dinsdale, the custodian, for 3 years, to the damage of the fabric, valued at 10s. Decided that the bailiff shall distrain on William Sherewynd etc., and that
Sherewynd shall attend the next court to show cause why the money should not be levied from his land.}
Digitised version f.288r-289r 28 April {1378}
Cartulary copy of
3.9.Pont.13. (original does not survive) Licence by Thomas [Hatfield], bishop of Durham, to the prior and convent of Durham, to acquire in
mortmain lands to a value of £20 p.a., as granted by Richard of Bury, late bishop of Durham, and further lands to a value of £40 p.a., and since an inquisition
ad quod damnum has revealed that this will not harm the
bishop, permitting John of Bamburgh, clerk, to give to the prior and convent certain lands, viz:
Wolviston: a messuage, 152 acres of land and 7 acres of meadow, formerly John of Wolviston's; a messuage, 65½ acres of land and 3 acres of
meadow, formerly Richard of Aske's; a messuage and 30 acres of land, formerly Robert Masham's; a messuage and 30 acres of land, formerly of Thomas son of Mariora and Mariora his wife; a rent of 26s 8d, formerly Walter of Lumley's; a messuage, 67
acres of land and 1½ acres of meadow, being ⅓ of a plot called “le Orchard”, formerly Geoffrey Hunter's
Billingham: a messuage and 30 acres of land, formerly Adam Gilling's; a messuage and 18 acres of land, formerly John of Skipwith's; 4 tofts and 5 score acres of land, formerly Roger of Butterwick's; ⅓ of a messuage, 22 acres of land, 1 acre
and 1 rod of meadow, formerly Geoffrey Hunter's; a cottage, 3 acres of land and 1 ½ rods of meadow, formerly William Fynch's
Great Burdon: 2 messuages, 45 acres of land and 3 acres of meadow, formerly Thomas Tours's
Aycliffe: ⅓ of a messuage and 8 acres of land, formerly also of the aforesaid Thomas
Ferryhill: a messuage and 20 acres of land formerly of Hugh son of Hawis; a messuage and 8 acres formerly John son of Simon's
Monk Hesleden: a messuage and 15 acres of land, formerly William Hunter's
Edmundbyers: 12 acres of land formerly Adam Curtays's; a messuage and 8 acres of land formerly of William “del Reddyng” and Margaret his wife
Durham: 10 acres and 1 rod of land, formerly William Alman's
Hett: a messuage and 1 bovate of land, formerly John of Hett's; a messuage and 40 acres of land formerly held by John son of Isabella of Hett
Hebburn: a rent of 6s., formerly William Sire's
Spennymoor: a messuage and 40 acres of land called Moor House, formerly John Ogle's
Aldin Grange: the manor of Relley and 10 acres of land, formerly Richard of Barnard Castle's
Elvet, Durham: a messuage and 4 cottages, formerly also Richard's
Aldin Grange: a messuage and 80 acres of land, formerly Roger Cowherd's (Cowhird)
Old Borough, Durham: a garden and 3 acres of meadow, formerly Richard of Barnard Castle's
Hebburn: a messuage and 40 acres of land, formerly William Lardener's
Durham: 3 messuages and a croft, formerly Simon Alman's
Wolviston: 2 messuages, 50 acres of land and 2 acres of meadow, formerly of Richard of Wolviston, chaplain
whereby the grant of £20 will be satisfied in full and that of £40 in part, the lands being worth in all £29 12s 4d p.a.
Durham, by the hand of William of Embleton, chancellor.
Printed: Camsell p.704.
Digitised version f.296v-297v 12 July 1384
{Instrument by John of Hackthorpe, notary public, recording proceedings in the consistory court, held in the Galilee [chapel], Durham, before Master Thomas of Greatham, official of the bishop of Durham, 12 July 1384:
Robert of Lanchester, monk, proctor of the prior and convent of Durham, and John Lewyn, proctor of the inhabitants of New Elvet, Sidegate, Milburngate, Allergate, Framwellgate, South Street and Crossgate, and all the parishoners of St Oswald by
Durham, appeared and exhibited the following:
Settlement of a dispute between the prior and convent of Durham, appropriators of the church of St Oswald, and John Leg, executor of the testament of Alice, his late wife, a parishioner, concerning a horse to be given as a mortuary according to
long established custom, and further between the prior and convent and John Leg with John Lewyn, William of Sheraton, William of Hull, Henry of Sherburn, John Barker (Barkear), Walter of Cocken, Thomas Herte, John Reed, Richard Smyth, John Milner
(Milnere) of Elvet, Richard Webster (Webstere), William of Newburgh, John Raper, Thomas of Pittington, John Heryngear, Richard Gloofar, John Barker (Barkear), William of Burn, William son of Cuthbert, Gilbert Wright (Wryghte), John Gloofar, John of
Cawood, Edward Tailor (Taillour), John Chaloner, John Sparrowright (Sparowewryghte), Richard Maniour, William of Preston, wright, John Shorte, William of Chilton, John of Plumpton, Lawrence Postel, John Proctor (Proktour), Peter Dryng, John of
Bellasis, Walter Barker (Barkear) and the rest of the parishioners of St Oswald's, concerning the custom of live mortuaries and concerning sentences pronounced by Master William of Farnham, official of the bishop of Durham, against John of Sadberge,
executor of the testament of Johanna, his late wife, against Agnes, widow and executor of John Goldsmith (Goldesmyth) and against William of Corbridge, executor of the testament of Johanna, his late wife, against all of which appeals were made to
the court of York; agreement reached after arbitration, as follows: at the death of any man of the parish, married or single, or of any single woman of the parish, his or her beast or best beast shall be claimed by the prior and convent; at the
death of a married woman of the parish whose husband survives her, their best beast shall be claimed; the inhabitants of Framwellgate are expected unless they have beasts elsewhere within the parish also; further agreement that inhabitants of South
Street, Crossgate, Allergate, Milburngate, Framwellgate and Sidegate may hear divine service in the chapel of St Margaret, dependent on St Oswald, excepting burials and marriages which must take place at St Oswald's.
Dated: Durham 11 July
1384
Appointment, by Robert [Walworth], prior, and the convent of Durham, of Robert of Blacklaw, subprior, B. Theol., and Robert of Lanchester, monks, and Master John of Stainton, senior, and Master John of Hackthorpe, junior, as proctors to settle
the disputes between the prior and convent and John Leg and the inhabitants of Sidegate, Framwellgate, Milburngate, Crossgate, Allergate, South Street and New Elvet.
In Chapter 17 June 1384
Instrument by William of Langley, notary public, recording the appointment by William of Sheraton (etc, as above) and all the parishioners of St Oswald's, of Nicholas of Easingwold, John Lewyn, Walter Lewyn and Thomas “del Abbay” as proctors in the same cases. Present as witnesses: Robert of Seaton, Walter of Middleton and William of Kelloe, chaplains, Thomas of Easingwold, Henry of
Burn, William of Coatham, John of Appleby, John Cryns, John of Ripon and John Skapeaway.
Dated: In the chapel of St Andrew on Elvet Bridge (“the new bridge”), Durham 6 May-15 June 1384
Present as witnesses: Master Robert of Ashburn, Master Ralph Stell and Master John of Cocken, advocates of the court of Durham, John of Barningham, notary, scribe of the bishop's official, Master William Alman and
Master John of Hackthorpe, junior, proctors of the court.
Notarial subscriptions of John of Hackthorpe, William of Lumley and John of Barningham.}
Digitised version f.298r
Plea by the prior and convent of Durham for the restitution of the tithes due to them within the parish of St Oswald, of which the boundaries are: from where the “Blakeburn” runs into the River Wear, up the
“Blakeburn” westwards to the bishop's pond by Kimblesworth, then up to the head of the “Blakeburn” to “Yvesmosse” in the park at Bearpark, then
northwards down the syke running from “Yvesmosse” to the river Browney, and upstream along the Browney to the holy well in Middlewood, then from where that spring runs into the river Deerness and along the Deerness to
the Wear, upstream along the Wear to where the stream between the fields of Sunderland [Bridge] and Tudhoe enters it, and thence round the lands of the lord of Sunderland [Bridge] to the stream at Croxdale, and round the entire fields of Croxdale
and Shincliffe as far as the stream between the fields of Whitwell Grange and Shincliffe, and along that stream down to the march between Sherburn and Old Durham and through the march to “Gillesbrig” at the head of
Gilesgate. Within these boundaries the prior and convent claim to have been seised of tithes from the lands of John Bill, Roger Carpenter, Agnes Still and Peter of Bolton, assarted on “le Spitell” and around the
crossroads and by the Browney bridge, until they were despoiled thereof twenty years ago, and from all other assarts within these boundaries, of which they were in peaceful possession until the death of Richard of Hoton, prior, but have since been
despoiled.
Inquisitors from the parish of St Oswald: Alan Hall (de Aula), Hugh Carter (Carectarius), Gilbert Baker (del Pistrina), Gilbert Bourhard, chaplain, John Goze, Gilbert of Chilton, Richard of Chilton, Gilbert Schorif,
Ralph Warde of Lumley, Henry of Lumley, Elyas of Cocken, William son of Walter of Plawsworth, John of the same place, William of Newton, Adam Frese, John of Morton.
Digitised version f.298r
Rents due annually to the bishop [of Durham]'s forester for woodsilver from the Barony of Aldin Grange:
From the bursar of Durham for the manors of Aldin Grange and Relley 3½d
From the prior of Finchale for lands in Baxterwood 2d
From the almoner of Durham for lands in East Relley 2d
From Peter Cawood for Hunterhouse 2d
From Richard Cowherd (Cowhird) for the manor of Broom 2d
From John Fossour ½d
Digitised version f.298v
Extract in Latin described as "In quodam libro vocato Brito,
De Legibus Anglicanis, libro iij
o capitulo de Communa pastura", but in fact matching Bracton (RS 70,iii pp. 486-88); Britton's tract was in French.
Digitised version f.298v
Memorandum concerning lands in the Barony of Elvet held by the hostillar of Durham, 1313, as enumerated in the presence of Ralph of Cronkley, Ralph son of Adam of Shincliffe and other dwellers in the vill:
in “Langfleet”, below the wood, with a small butt towards Houghall, 19 acres, 19 acres and 3 rods;
in “Brereflat”, 19 acres and 1 rod;
in “Le Brigflat”, 5½ acres;
in the quadrant next to Skaltock mill on the south, ½ acre and ½ rod;
in “Smethehalowe”, next to the mill, 19 acres;
in the quadrant next to “Dederyhe”, 1½ acres;
in the piece surrounding the hall (“in quadem pecia iuxta Aulam in circuitu”), 10½ acres;
in the quadrant next to the church, 7½ acres and ½ rod;
in “le Wellehewtes”, 6½ acres;
in “Scharerli”, 15 acres;
in “le Alleres”, 6 acres;
Total: 111 acres and 1 rod
Digitised version f.301v-302r 22 October 1348
Cartulary copy of unnumbered document listed in margin of Repertorium Magnum, 2.3.Spec. Grant with warranty by Roger of Heworth, of Pipewellgate, and Sibilla his wife, to William Syre of Pipewellgate, of a tenement in Pipewellgate in Gateshead,
lying lengthwise between the tenement formerly held by Roger Mascillon and that formerly held by Alexander Quaryour, and between the high road of Pipewellgate at one end and the “Grundebbe” of the River Tyne at the
other, for a rent of 18 silver pennies p.a., with right to the grantors to distrain in the event of arrears.
Witnesses: Alan Gategang, lord of Pipewellgate; William son of Euola; Roger Rede; John Kerrok; Roger son of Matthew.
Dated: Pipewellgate
Digitised version f.302r-v 26 June 1341
Cartulary copy of
2.3.Spec.24. (original does not survive) Will, by John Cragg of Newcastle upon Tyne, bequeathing his body for burial in the new chancel of the
church of All Saints, [Newcastle upon Tyne]; for wax to be burned around his corpse, 6s.; to St Nicholas's church for unpaid tithes and oblations, 6s.; to the fabric of the church of All Saints, 20s.; to the chaplains attending his funeral, 3s.; to
all orders of friars in the town of Newcastle, 13s. 4d. equally shared; for distribution of bread to the poor, 20s.; for a suitable chaplain celebrating for his soul at the church of All Saints for 2 years, 10 marks; to a man going to St James [of
Compostella], 5 marks; to Margery his sister, 20s.; to the parochial chaplain of All Saints, 3s. 4d.; to the clerk of that church, 12d.; to buy cloth for blankets and shoes to be distributed to the poor, 20s.; to William, his boy servant, 20s. and a
“rabiat” (?rabbit-fur) livery; for calling together his neighbours on the day of his funeral, 53s 4d; for his executors' expenses, 14s.; to William his son, £10, and after the death of Idonea, the testator's wife, the
messuage on which the testator lives; to Idonea his wife, so long as she remains unmarried, his best maple wood goblet which, if she remarries, shall go to William, likewise his best bronze pot; to Hugh his son, £10; to Hugh and his heirs after the
death of Idonea, the messuage in Pilgrim Street given to the testator by Gilbert of Dolphenby, likewise the plot Pilgrim Street given to the testator by William Scott; the residue of his goods to go to Idonea and to his children.
Executors: Walter of Pinchbeck, Gilbert of Dolphenby, Idonea, the testator's wife and John Chandler (Chaundeler).
Dated: Newcastle upon Tyne
Digitised version f.306v
Memorandum on the bounds of the parish of Witton Gilbert, almost exactly as Alm.Sm.Cart. p.36, 210 and 229., but breaking off at Middlewood.
Digitised version f.307r-v
Evidence of the prior concerning toll of the ferry at Sunderland which should be paid to the prior, but is unjustly usurped by the bishop.
1. The vill or borough of Sunderland is part of the vill of Wearmouth; the foundation charter of the borough, issued by Hugh [of le Puiset, bishop of Durham] does not mention the ferry toll.
2. The survey of 1183, called Boldon Book, mentions no ferry toll under Wearmouth.
3. The account of Nicholas Gategang, receiver of the Durham exchequer, for 1337-8, mentions no toll under Wearmouth.
4. The demise of 1348 by Thomas Hatfield, bishop of Durham, to Richard Hedworth and others of the borough of Sunderland, mentions no ferry toll.
5. The account of William of Embleton, receiver of the Durham exchequer, for 1383-4, mentions no toll under Sunderland: the rolls of the Halmote Court should be consulted.
6. The account of William of Embleton, receiver of the Durham exchequer, for 1385-6, mentions no ferry toll under Sunderland.
7. The account of William of Embleton, constable and receiver of the Durham exchequer, for 1385-6, refers to a new rental for the bishop's exchequer: this should be consulted to see whether it refers to a ferry
toll.
Digitised version f.307v
Extracts from B.L. Cotton MS Otho [B.IX] [? seventeenth century]
Digitised version f.308r
Note concerning production of this volume in the Exchequer in the case of James Miller Clark v Thomas Jackson and others, 11 October 1824.
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