A HISTORY OF DURHAM 



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Nicholas,*' on whom his cousin Henry Chaytor 

 settled Croft and the family lands in Yorkshire.'" 

 Nicholas himself made a settlement of Butterby 

 in 1630" and died in February 1 665-6,''- leaving 

 as his heir a son William.'^ William was created 

 a baronet in i67i,''' but he got into serious 

 financial difficulties before 

 1695, when he obtained an 

 Act of Parliament enabling 

 him to sell his lands in 

 Yorkshire and Durham for 

 the payment of his debts 

 and for providing for his 

 younger children.'^ Under 

 this Act, Butterby was sold 

 in or about 1697'" to 

 Thomas and Humphrey 

 Doubleday as joint pur- 

 chasers. Thomas made his 

 home at Jarrow," but Humphrey settled at 

 Butterby, and here his children were born.'* 

 Martin, eldest surviving son of Humphrey, died 

 unmarried" and by his will proved in 1775 

 devised Butterby and his other lands to his 

 mother.^ She directed that the manor should 

 be sold after her death, and before 1787 it had 

 been bought by — Ward of Sedgefield.- 



Before 1834 Butterby was bought by Mr. 

 W'illiam Thomas Salvin of Croxdale' and from 

 that date it has followed the descent of the chief 

 Salvin estate. 



The origin of the modern CROOK HALL 

 must be sought in the early manor of STDGJTE 

 (Suuedegate xiv cent.), of which it seems to 

 have formed a part. 



Gilbert de Aikes granted his land of Sydegate 

 to Aimery son of Aimery the Archdeacon of 

 Durham at some date before 121 j.* Richard 

 and Aimery, sons of Aimery de Sydgate, seem to 

 have conveyed a carucate of land here to Mar- 

 maduke son of Geoffrey later in the same cen- 



*' Dur. Rcc. cl. 3, ptfl. 186, no. 33 ; 103, no. 33 ; 

 Headlam, op. cit. 78. 



'o F.C.H. Torks, N.R. i, 165. 



'1 Dur. Rec. cl. 3, no. 7, fol. 103. 



'- Dugdalc, Fisit. of Torks (Surt. See), 302. 



" G.E.C. Baronetage, iv, 49. 



»* Ibid. 



»5 Private Act, 6 and 7 Will. Ill, cap. 18. 



" Surtees, op. cit. 112 ; Dur. Rec. cl. 2, bdle. 95. 



" Ibid. 



'* Headlam, op. cit. 206, 207. 



" Ibid. ; Surtees, loc. cit. 

 1 Ibid. ; Hutchinson, Dur. ii, 327. 

 - Hutchinson, loc. cit. 

 3 Mackenzie and Ross, Dur. ii, 440. 

 * Surtees, Dur. iv (2), 137, quoting Spearman's 

 Abstract of the Early Endences of Crook HaD, pre- 

 served in the Bishop's library. Aimery de Talboys, 

 nephew of Bishop Philip de Poitou, was archdeacon 

 in 1198 and 1214 (Hutchinson, Dur. ii, 280). 



tury,* but nothing more is known of the history 

 of the holding until the 14th century. A 

 settlement of the manor was made by Peter 

 del Crokc and Alice his wife ;" Peter seems to 

 have died before 1343, when Alice del Croke 

 and Richard her son entered into recognizances 

 for debts due to the Bishop and to Roger de 

 Blakiston,' whom Richard had wronged in some 

 way.* Richard was hving in September 1346,' 

 but died within the next three years leaving 

 daughters and co-heirs.^" One moiety of the 

 manor of Sydgate was granted to Gilbert de 

 Elwick by William de Kirkby and Isabel his 

 wife, all right therein being quitclaimed by 

 Alice, daughter and one of the heirs of Richard.^ 

 Agnes, another daughter, married William de 

 Coxhoe,*- and it seems probable that Joan, wife 

 of the valiant squire John de Copeland, was 

 yet a fourth daughter. 



William de Kirkby conveyed one moiety of 

 the manor to Sir Thomas Gray, kt., and in 1360 

 Gray enfeoffed John de Copeland.*^ Copeland 

 had received a handsome royal pension and 

 other rewards for his service in capturing the 

 King of Scots at the Battle of Neville's Cross and 

 was apparently in the royal service, being after- 

 wards constable of Roxburgh Castle.^* Possibly 

 in view of his recent appointment as Keeper 

 of Berwick'^ and of the fact that he and his wife 

 were childless^^ John de Copeland in 1360 

 conveyed this moiety of the manor of Sydgate 

 to William de Coxhoe in return for a rent 

 charge." 



William de Coxhoe was succeeded by John his 

 son, who in 1372 granted his moiety of the manor 

 to Alan de Billingham and Agnes his wife.*' 

 Alan was living in January 1 390-1,*' but he 

 died before 1397.^" William de Billingham his 



5 Ibid. 6 Ibid. 



' Dur. Rec. cl. 3, no. 29, m. 13 d., 19. 



* R(g. Palat. Dun. (Rolls Ser.), iii, 420. 



' Dur. Rec. cl. 3, no. 30, m. 2. 



10 Ibid. m. 5 d. " Ibid. 



^ Ibid. no. 1 2, fol. 43 d. 



*' Surtees, Dur. iv (2), 137; cf. Dep. Keeper's 

 Rep. xxxii, 279. 



" Froissart's Chron. (ed. Johnes), i, 344. Cal. Pat. 

 1340-50, p. 487; 1350-4, p. 212; 1354-8, p. 222; 

 1 361-4, p. 417, 427, 437; see also 1364-7, p. 200, 217 ; 

 Feet of F. North. Mich. 39 Edw. Ill ; Exch. Accts. 

 bdle. 28, no. 4 ; Exch. Accts. Various, bdle. 482, 

 no. 27; New Hist, of Northbd. ii, 243 n.; Chan. Inq. 

 p. ra. 49 Edw. Ill (ist nos.), no. 29; Anct. Pet. 

 file 41, no. 2016. 



15 Exch. Accts. bdle 28, no. 4; Cal. Pat. 1361-4, 

 p. 160. He was murdered on 20 Dec. 1363. 



1* Chan. Inq. p. m. 49 Edw. Ill (ist nos.), no. 29 ; 

 De Banco R. 51 Edw. Ill, m. i8 ; New Hist, of 

 Northbd. iii, 243. 



1' Surtees, loc. cit. ** Ibid. 



" Dur. Rec. cl. 3, no. 13, fol. 21. 



20 Ibid. fol. 226b. 



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