A HISTORY OF DURHAM 



clerk, or in default forfeit five marks to the 

 dean/ 



I" 1535* ^"fl 1 548}^ the revenues of the 

 college were valued at ^^53 6^. 1 1^. It was 

 dissolved in 1550, and the whole of the lands 

 and tithes vested in the crown, except a small 

 stipend reserved for an officiating minister.'" 



Vicars of Darlington " 



Robert de Royston, occ. 1309 

 Richard de Hadington, occ. 1344 

 William de Welton, coll. 1354, p.m. Had- 

 ington 

 Robert de Hunmanby, occ. 1 36 1 

 William Hoton, occ. 1398 

 William Hesel, occ. 141 1 

 Stephen Austell, occ. 27 March, 1 41 6 

 Richard Wycton, coll. 1428, p.r. Austell 

 Richard Bicheburn, occ. 1436 

 Richard Wytton, first dean 



Deans of Darlington 



Richard Wytton, nominated 1439 



Roland Hardgyll, occ. 1 45 I 



Robert Symeson, occ. 14 August, 1466 



Ralph Lepton, coll. 9 November, 1497, p. m. 



R. Symeson '^ 

 Cuthbert Marshall, occ. 1548," dean at the 



dissolution 



32. THE COLLEGE OF AUCKLAND 

 ST. ANDREW 



It is not known who founded the Collegiate 

 Church of Auckland, but it was in existence as 

 early as 1226, when the king presented Alan 

 Poynnant to a prebend therein.' Having fallen 

 somewhat into decay, it was reconstituted and 

 endowed in 1292 by Bishop Bek, who erected a 

 new chapel and other buildings for the canons,^ 

 and bestowed tithes to the amount of j^io per 

 annum for a new prebend. He provided for the 

 constant residence of the dean, and ordained that 

 the prebendaries should provide vicars ; priests in 

 the case of the five senior canons, deacons for the 

 next four, and sub-deacons for the remaining two 

 or three.^ Divine service was to be celebrated 



' Surt. Hist. Dur. iii, 362. 'Ibid. 



' Chant. Cert. Surt. Sec. Pui/.yol. 22, App. vi, p. Ixx. 



'° Surt. Hist. Dur. iii, 362. 



" The following list is taken from Surt. Hist. Dur. 

 iii, 362, except where otherwise st.ited. 



" Dur. Epis. Reg. Fox, fol. 1 5 J. 



" Chant. Cert. Surt. Soc. Pui/. vol. 22, App. vi, 

 p. Ixx. 



' Pat. 10 Hen. Ill, m. i. Bishop William is said to 

 have placed at Auckland some of the ejected seculars 

 from Durham. 



' Leland, I tin. (2nd ed.), i, 71. 



' There appear to have been eleven or twelve pre- 

 bendaries besides the dean ; JrcA. Aeliana (New Ser.), 

 XX, 131. 



after the use of York or of Sarum, with high 

 mass daily, and daily mattins for the benefit of 

 the parishioners.* 



In I3i4the then dean obtained a licenceof non- 

 residence on account of the disturbed state of the 

 country, owing to the war with Scotland.^ In 

 1428 the values of the prebends having altered 

 considerably, and the vicars' stipends being in- 

 sufficient, Bishop Langley re-arranged the prebends, 

 dividing some and uniting others in order to 

 equalize their values ; provided for the necessary 

 increase in the salaries ; and issued a fresh set of 

 rules for the conduct of the canons and their 

 vicars.^ He also (143 1—2) ordered that the 

 houses, cloisters, &c., of the college should be 

 repaired.' 



There is in existence a curious inventory, 

 made in 1499, of the household goods belonging 

 to the deanery of Auckland, which were handed 

 on from one dean to another ; the list includes a 

 considerable collection of books.' In 1500 or 

 1 501 the dean had licence for himself and his 

 successors to acquire lands of the value of ;^20 

 per annum in augmentation of the sustenance of 

 the choristers.^ 



In the Taxation of 129 1, the revenues of the 

 college were given as ^^249 1 31. 4^. ; in 1534 

 AS £i-jg 13J. Si:/.;'" and in 1548 as;^i7i loj. 4^'." 

 The chantry certificate (1548) states that the 

 establishment then consisted of a dean and ten 

 prebendaries, and that the dean had the cure of 

 souls in the parish as vicar. '^ When the college 

 was dissolved, the church was left as a mere 

 curacy, very meanly provided for. The last dean 

 had a pension granted him of ;^S0, which was 

 paid in 1553.'^ 



Deans of Auckland 



Robert de Alberwyk, occ. 5 March, 1293-4'* 



Thomas de Cliffiard, occ. 1314,'^ 1316"* 



John de Insula " 



Hamon de Belers, occ. 1340 '* 



John de Houton, coll. 1340, p.r. H. de Belers '' 



John Mauduyt, coll. 1343, by exch. with 



J. Houton •<• 

 William Westlee, occ. 1350^' 

 John Kingston, occ. 1362"" 



* Hutchinson, Hist. Dur. iii, 332-3. 



' Reg. Palat. Dun. (Rolls Sen), i, 619. 



' Dur. Epis. Reg. Langley, fol. 148. 



' Ibid. fol. \%(>d. ' Ibid. Fox, fol. 26 d. 



' Rot. 2 Fox, A. m. 28. 



'° Tanner, 'Notit. Mon. 



" Chant. Cert. Surt. Soc. Puhl.\o\. 22, App. vi, p. Ixv. 



" Ibid. '' Hutchinson, Hist. Dur. iii, 335. 



" Pat. 10 Edw. II, pt. I, m. 10. 



" Reg. Pakt. Dun. (Rolls Ser.), i, 6:9. 



'•^ Pat. 10 Edw. II, pt. 1, m. 10. 



" Hutchinson, Hist. Dur. iii, 334. 



'* Reg. Pakt. Dun. (Rolls Ser.), iii, 320. 



"Ibid. 321. ^Mbid. 463. 



*' Hutchinson, Hist. Dur. iii, 334. -- Ibid. 



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