A HISTORY OF DURHAM 



In the first half of the 13th century Simon de 

 Burntoft occurs.''" Philip son of Robert de Burntoft 

 was lord of Burntoft in 1 268 ; he enfcoftcd William 

 de Cumba in 36 acres of arable land here and sold 

 the manor to John son of Peter de Hartlepool.'" 



William son of John son of Peter de Hartlepool, 

 otherwise called William Clement, was lord of Burn- 

 toft in 1313.^- John lord of Burntoft occurs in 

 1333-4, '352 and 1353 and that of Walter, son of 

 John de Burntoft, in 1354.'''' In 1368 Thomas Has- 

 well and John Andrew granted the manor to Thomas 

 Coke and John de Binchester.'''' This was probably a 

 conveyance in trust. Thomas Coke and John de 

 Binchester seem to have transferred the manor to 

 William Lambard and Robert Coupcr, chaplain, who 

 settled it in or before 1380 on William Claxton and 

 Isabel his wife.''* In 1380 Cecily and Agnes, 

 daughters and heirs of Thomas de Burntoft, released 

 to William Lambard, Thomas de Hartlepool, and 

 Robert Couper, chaplain, all claim to lands, rents, 

 and services held by their father in Burntoft.'"^ 



In 1400 the manor of Burntoft was held by the 

 lady of Horden, i.e., Isabel widow of William de 

 Claxton.''" It followed the descent of Claxton (q.v.) 

 till 1483, when it was assigned to Margaret wife of 

 William Embleton, one of the daughters and heirs of 

 Robert Claxton.''* In 1505 the manor descended to 

 Elizabeth only child ofWilliam 

 and Margaret, afterwards the 

 wife of Sir William Bulmer.''^ 

 It remained in the family of 

 Bulmer until 1605.'*''' 



In 1605 Sir Bertram Bul- 

 mer of Tursdale sold Burntoft 

 to John Featherstonhalgh of 

 Stanhope" (q.v.). On the 

 death of John in December 

 1 6 1 9 it was found that Ralph, 

 aged forty-six, was his son and 

 heir." Burntoft was settled 

 upon the marriage of Ralph's 



eldest son John to Alice daughter of Isabel Mann. 

 After the marriage had taken place Ralph repented of 

 his settlement, and on 22 March 1633-4 the Council 

 of the North reported to the Privy Council that he 

 had fled to Scotland to avoid the performance of it.*^ 

 On 22 September 1638 it was found that John, aged 

 thirty-seven, was the son and heir of Ralph Feather- 

 stonhalgh." 



The Featherstonhalghs were Royalists, and in 1644 

 Burntoft was sequestered and leased out in small por- 

 tions.'^ John and Ralph, his younger brother, com- 



Bulmer. Cttln 

 b:Uety anJ a lion or. 



pounded in 1 649." Gerard Salvin of Croxdale (q.v.) 

 had already some interest in the property,'' and in 

 1652 the whole was sold to him by John Feather- 

 stonhalgh. '^ As the Salvins were Roman Catholics, 



W^ 



Featherstonhalgh. 

 GuUt a cbeveron het^vcen 

 three feathtri argent. 



Salvin. Argent a 

 chiej table ivith t'wo 

 molets or therein. 



their lands were held by trustees.^" They sold High 

 Burntoft shortly before 1823"' to the Marquess of 

 Londonderry, and it is the property of the present 

 Marquess. 



Middle Burntoft is now held by the Dean and 

 Chapter of Durham, and Low Burntoft belongs to 

 Alderman Butterwick of Hartlepool. 



Land here forfeited by Roger de Fulthorpe was 

 restored by the Crown to his son William Fulthorpe 

 in 1389, and remained in his family.*'^ It was ior- 

 feited after the Rising of the Earls by John Swin- 

 burn, as one of the heirs of the Fulthorpes in right 

 of his wife, and was granted in 1574 to Thomas 

 Calverley"^ and Henry Anderson. From this time 

 the history probably followed that of the C.ilverley 

 estate in Newton Hansard (q.v.). 



The families of Seton, Carrow, and Sayer also held 

 lands in Burntoft." 



In the I 5th century part of the Nevill lands in 

 Elwick were formed into the little estate of THE 

 CLOSE. It is first mentioned in 1463-4 among 

 the lands settled on Ralph Earl of Westmorland 

 and Margaret his wife,^' and it remained in the 

 Nevill family until the attainder of the Earl of 

 Westmorland after the Rising of the Earls, when it 

 escheated to the Crown.''" On 26 April 1587 the 

 queen granted The Close to Charles Blenkinsop and 

 John Taylor, who conveyed it to John Watts, Paul 

 Bayning, and Thomas Alabaster.**" A Crown rent of 

 £1^ 6s. id. was reserved, which on 14 March 1626 

 was settled upon Queen Henrietta Maria.*' 



In 1607 Watts, Bayning, and Alabaster granted 

 The Close to Sir George Freville,** who was 

 lound on 12 April 1620 to have died seised of it.'^ 



*' FeoJ. Piior. Dune.'m. 18 n., 135; 

 Arch. Ael. (Ser. 3), vii, 318; Netu 

 Hilt, of North, vi, 104 n., 183 n. 



" Egcrton Chart. 529 ; Arch.Ael. (Scr. 

 3), vii, 318; Surtees, op. cit. iii, 88 n. 



" Arch. All. (Scr. 3), vii, 340 ; viii, 90. 



" Dur. Rec. cl. 3, R. 29, m. id.; 

 Arch. Ael. (Ser. 3), vii, 317, 319 ; Lans. 

 MS. 902, fol. :37b. 



*' Surtees, op. cit. iii, 88 n. 



*' Dur. Rec. cl. 3, no. 2, lol. 201 d. 

 William was dead in March 1380. See 

 Claxton. 



" Ibid. R. 31, in. 14 ; Eg. Chart. 576. 



■"Dur. Rec. cl. 3, no. 2, fol. 133. 

 See Horden, Easington Parish. 



*'Ibid. fol. 201 d., 256 d., file 167, 

 no. 32. 



" Ibid, file 171, no. 2. 



jo-ii Sjj Tur.dale in Kelloc Parish. 



" Dur. Rec. cl. 12, no. 2 (2) ; Surtees, 

 op. cit. iii, 89, 



'■'^ Dur. Rec. cl. 3, file 189, no. 19. 

 John Featherstonhalgh and Alice hia 

 wife conveyed the manor to Anthony 

 Majcton, clerk in 1615 (Ibid. cl. 12, 

 no. 5 [,]). 



'* Cat. S. P. Dom. 1633-4, p. 520. 



^» Dur. Rec cl. 3, file 188, no. 116. 



'" Rec. Com. for Comf. (Surt. Soc), 2, 

 3, 200. 



" Cal. Com. for Comp, i, 204. 



*' Ibid. 



'' Surteei, op. cit. iii, 89. 



«" Com. Pleas Recov. R. Dur. Hil. 25, 

 Geo. II, m. 52. 



238 



^' Surtees, op. cit. iii, 401. 



^•^ Cal. Pal. 1388-92, pp. 127, 168. 

 See Hurworth in Kelloe Pari»h, and 

 Tunstall in Stranton Parish. 



^ Pat. 17 Eliz. pt. xi, m. I. 



*•* See Seaton Carew in Stranton 

 Parish. 



" Dur. Rec. cl. 3, R. 48, m. 19. 



^a Roger Ratcliftwas the tenant, under 

 a lease made in 1550, when the survey 

 was made on behalf of the Crown in 1569 

 (K.R. Misc. Bks. xxxvii, fol. 312 d.). 



^ Pat. 29 Eliz. pt. ii, m. 32 ; Surtees, 

 op. cit. iii, 89. 



" Rymer, Foedera, xviii, 14 Mar. 1626 ; 

 cf. Pat. 4 Chas. I, pt. xxxiii, m. 15. 



"* Surtees, op. cit. iii, 89. 



" Dur. Rec. cl. 3, file 189, no. 25. 



