STOCKTON WARD 



EGGLESCLIFFE 



daughters Elizabeth, aged thirteen, and Alice, aged 

 ten ^' ; they probably inherited 4 oxgangs of land in 

 the township, though it is not recorded in the inqui- 

 sition. The wardship of the elder daughter was 

 granted to Christopher Boynton,^' and she was 

 married to Robert Danby by 1437, her sister having 

 been married to William Highfield,-* who died 

 in 1453 holding lands in Stockton in right of 

 his wife.-'' William Hlghfield, son of William and 

 Alice, then twelve years old, was given to the ward- 

 ship of his uncle Robert Danby, chief justice ^' ; proof 

 of age was taken in 1460.-" In 1497 it was found 

 that William Highfield had died in 1488, holding a 

 moiety of the vill of Aislaby by knight's service and 

 lands in Norton and Stockton ; his heir was his son 

 Thomas, aged twenty-four -' at his father's death. In 

 1500, however, after the death of Thomas, the tene- 

 ment was called a third part of the moiety of the vill, 

 held jointly with his wife.'" William, the son and 

 heir, in 1 521 left a daughter Agnes, one year old, to 

 succeed to the same estate." Her wardship was given 

 to Robert and George Brandling in 1522,'^ and they 

 no doubt married her to a 

 kinsman. In 1 542 a third 

 part of a moiety of the manor 

 of Aislaby was settled on Anne 

 wife of Robert Brandling for 

 life with remainder in succes- 

 sion to Matthew Baxter and 

 Agnes his wife and their issue, 

 to John Highfield and Richard 

 Highfield and their issue, and 

 final remainder to the heirs 

 of Agnes. '■^ It was probably 

 released by the holders of the 

 reversion to the Brandling 

 family. In 1567 Sir Robert 



Brandling died seised of it, leaving a nephew and 

 heir William.''' William Brandling died in 1575, 

 holding a third part of the vill of Aislaby of the 

 Bishop of Durham, and other estates. His heir 

 was a son Robert, aged nine months.'^ Robert son 

 and heir of Robert Brandling had in 1597-8 livery 

 of the lands of his late father in Norton, Aislaby, and 



Brandling, Gules a 

 cross paty iL'ith a scallop 

 in tht quarter all argent. 



Stockton."* The estate was sold by Robert in 161 1 

 to Thomas Punshon,'' who died in 161 5, leaving a 

 son and heir Thomas.'^ Thomas sold certain closes to 

 Anthony Fewler of Hartburn in 161 5 and a further 

 1 80 acres in 1 6 1 8.'' Thomas son and heir of Anthony 

 Fewler died in 1673 leaving daughters and co-heirs, 

 of whom Margaret married Ralph Holmes in 1677.'^^ 



Margery wife of Edward Thompson and her hus- 

 band conveyed land here and in other places to 

 Thomas Blakiston in 1535.'^'' The Blakistons held 

 land (1559) in Aislaby and a fishery in the Tees of 

 Robert Conyers ■"' ; the property was sold in 1 606 to 

 Humphrey Rippon,'" who died in possession in 1617, 

 leaving a son Thomas.''- In 1622 Thomas Rippon 

 and Alice his wife conveyed lands here to Henry 

 Bowes the elder.*^* 



Guisborough Priory had land in the township, 

 given by Guy de Bovencourt about the end of the 

 12th century to the abbey of Eu,*' and transferred to 

 Guisborough in 1262.^* The land was worth [^^ a 

 year about 1540.^' After the Dissolution it was sold 

 by the Crown in I 544 to Henry Storey of Cleve- 

 land and Anne his wife,'"' and to Thomas Lord 

 Wharton.'''' Anne Storey died in 1590 seised of a 

 messuage and 8 oxgangs here, which she and her 

 husband had granted for fifty years after their deaths 

 to their son Christopher Storey.''* The reversionary 

 right passed to their grandson and heir John son of 

 Henry Storey. In 161 7 John Storey, Anne his wife 

 and Christopher Storey conveyed land here to Michael 

 Pemberton the elder, and in 1624 Anne and 

 Christopher Storey and Mary his wife conveyed other 

 property here.''*^ 



The freeholders in Aislaby in 1684 were Michael 

 Pemberton, Edward Trotter, Laurence Sayer, Thomas 

 Bellingham, William Fothergill and Edward Watson.^' 

 In 1740 thechief landowners were Raikes and Ward.*'' 



NEIVSHAM (Neusum, Neuson, xiv cent.) was 

 included in the lordship of Gainford, and a large 

 part of it was held in demesne by the Balliols " 

 and their successors.*- The manor is mentioned 

 in the i6th and 17th-century grants of Barnard 

 Castle.*' In 1316 a grant of /'50 a year from 

 Long Newton and Newsham on Tees was made 



" Dur. Rcc. cl. 3, no. 2, fol. 267 d. 



" Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxxiii, App. 131. 



"Dur. Rcc. cl. 3, R. 36, m. 1 3 ; 

 Visit, of Torks. (Harl. Soc). 



'• Dip. Keeper's Rep. xliv, App. 411. 



^' Dur. Rec. cl. 3, R. 44, m. 25 ; Foss, 

 Judges, iv, 4 26. 



^ Dep. Keeper's Rep. xliv, App. 411. 



"Dur. Rec. cl. 3, file 169, no. 12; 

 Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxxvi, .App. 32, 46. 



™ Dur. Rec, cl. 3, file 169, no. 50. 



" Ibid, file 173, no. 16. 'William had 

 had licence to enter on his father's lands 

 in I 5 1 9-20 {Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxxvi, 

 App. i, 104). 



" Dur. Rec. cl. 3, R. 70, m. 34. 



" Ibid. cl. I 2, no. 1(1). Anne Brand- 

 ling was a daughter of John and Katherinc 

 Place of Low Dinsd.ile (Star Chamb. 

 Proc. Hen. VII, bdle. ;, no. 22). 



'* Dur. Rec. cl. 3, file 191, no. 9. 

 William was the son of Robert's deceased 

 brother Thomas (Chan. Inq. p.m. [Scr. 2 ], 

 clii, 116). 



'' W. and L. Inq. p.m. xx, 34 (i i Apr. 

 21 Elir.). Surtees states that a third part 

 of the manor was sold in 1^63 to Robert 

 Brandling (op. cit. iii, 201). 



^* Dep. Keeper's Rep, xxxvii, App. i, 1 29. 



'" Dur. Rec. cl. 3, R. 96, no. 15 ; 

 Surtees, loc. cit. 



'' Dur. Rec. cl. 3, R. 96, no. 49; file 

 184, no. ;. 



■'^ Ibid. R. 96, no. 49, 51; R. loi, no. 

 14; cl. 12, no. 3 (2). Anthony Fewler 

 and Thomas his son bought land here 

 from Michael Semer and Anne his wife 

 in 1633 (Ibid. no. 4 [3]), and in 1661 

 Thomas Fewler acquired from Thomas 

 Hall, Francis his son and Mary wife of 

 Francis lands here with warranty against 

 the three sons of Robert Jefferson of 

 Elton, deceased, and against Anne Hewitt 

 of Yarm (IbiJ. no. 6 [i]). 



^'a Ibid. cl. 12, no. 4 (3) ; cl. 10, no. 

 14, fol. 98. 



^»1> Ibid. cl. 12, no. 1 (i). 



*" Ibid, file 178, no. 20, 50; file 191, 

 no. 123. 



«1 Ibid. R. 93, ni. 12. 



" Ibid, file 184, no. 80. 



«albid. d. 12, no. 3 (2). 



** Guisboro' Chart. (Surt. See), ii, 321. 

 The donor, who had lands in Herts, was 

 dead in l 204 (Rot. Je Ohlatis el Fin. [ Rec. 

 Com. J, 212). 



227 



** Stowe Chart, s ' t ; a confirmation 

 by Bishop Robert Stichill. There was a 

 further confirmation by Bishop Richard 

 Kellaw in 131 1 [Reg. Palat. Dunelm. 

 [Rolls Ser.], ii, 1 132). 



*^ Guisboro' Chart. (Surt. Soc), ii, 

 p. xxxiv. 



" L. and P. Hers. I'lll, xiz (l), g. 1035 

 (65) ; cf. Dur. Rec. cl. 3, file 192, 

 no. 3. 



*■ L. and P. Hen. I'll I, xix (2), g. 800 (5). 



** Dur. Rec. cl. 3, file 192, no. 21. 



"•■•Ibid. cl. 12, no. 3 (2). 



*^ Surtees, op. cit. iii, 203. 



^ Information from Rev. A. T. Dingle, 



" Reg. Palat. Dunelm. (Rolls Ser.), ii, 

 798-9. The vill was worth /i 5 os. 5 J./, 

 a year, 



" Cal. Intj. p.m. (Edw, II), v, 406, 412. 

 The profits included 40;. %d. rent of assize 

 from free tenants, ,^19 %s. from bondmen, 

 etc. Certain tenements were held by the 

 Abbot of Ricvaulx by the service of 301, 

 I year. 



" E.g. Pat. 4 Edw, 'VI, pt, vii (to the 

 Earl of Warwick) ; 14 Jas. I, pt. x (to 

 Charles Prince of Wales). See the ac- 

 count of Gainford, 



