STOCKTON WARD 



ELWICK HALL 



His nephew and heir was George, aged twenty-one, 

 but The Close was left with his other lands to 

 another nephew, Nicholas Freville, who sold the estate 

 on lo August 1637 to Gerard Salvin of Croxdale ™ 

 (q.v.). As Salvin was a Roman Catholic, the estate 

 was sequestered in 1644 and granted to John Raw- 

 linge."' There is no record of Salvin's composition, 

 but the family recovered The Close, and it subse- 

 quently followed the descent of Burntoft until about 

 I 823, when it was sold with Burntoft to the Marquess 

 of Londonderry, whose descendant, the present 

 Marquess, is now owner. 



On his death in March in 1 48 1-2 20 acres of 

 arable and 2 acres of meadow land in Elwick were 

 held of the Earl of Westmorland by Christopher 

 Bamford, who also held a tenement in Burntoft of 

 Robert Claxton. Joan, Christopher's widow, after- 

 wards married William Booth ; his son and heir 

 Robert was a minor at his father's death/- In 1492 

 Robert Bamford granted the reversion of his lands in 

 Elwick and elsewhere to Ralph Booth, Archdeacon of 

 Durham, and Richard Booth, brothers of William 

 Booth, Joan's second husband.'' 



In 1536 William Booth of The Close, another 

 brother, died seised of a messuage and mill in Elwick, 

 held of the Earl of Westmorland ; John Booth, clerk, 

 aged forty, son of Roger son of Robert Booth, was his 

 kinsman and heir.'^ Robert Booth was a brother of 

 William, Ralph, and Richard.'^ The later history 

 of this estate is unknown. 



It seems probable that the manor of NEIVTON 

 HJNZJRD (Hannsard, xiv cent. ; Hannserde, xv 

 cent. ; Hansell, xvi cent. ; Hainsaid, xvii cent.) was 

 acquired with Embleton (q.v.) by Gilbert Hansard 

 from John de Laci, Constable of Chester."^ A later 

 Gilbert Hansard granted it in I 290 to his son Robert, 

 with the vills of Embleton and Swainston, to hold of 

 Sir Henry de Laci, Earl of Lincoln, on condition 

 that Robert paid him an annuity of 71 marks.'" 

 In 1348 Alice Countess of Lincoln, who held the 

 overlordship, died without issue,'* and the tenant, 

 Sir Roger Hansard, was called upon to do homage 

 to the bishop.'' He granted the manor in 135 1 

 for fourteen years to Sir William Dacre.*° In 

 the next year it was found that Sir William had 

 proceeded to acquire without licence the fee simple.*' 

 He died seised of it before 28 September 1361, 

 leaving a brother and heir Ranulf, aged twenty-one."' 

 In 1364 Ranulf Dacre, lord of Gilsland, granted the 

 manor of Newton Hanzard to Katherine de Whitfield 

 for the term of his life.^' She granted her interest in 



it to John Nevill of Raby in 1370,"^ and Ranult 

 Dacre released all his right to John Nevill in the 

 same year.'^ From that time it remained in the 

 possession of the Nevills until the attainder of i 570.*' 

 In I 574 Newton Hanzard was granted to Thomas 

 Calverley and Henry Anderson, who acquired the 

 lands of various rebels.*' In 

 I 578 Henry Anderson released 

 the whole to Thomas Calver- 

 ley, but the latter had some 

 difficulty in obtaining pos- 

 session of the property, as it 

 had been leased by Henry 

 Earl of Westmorland before 

 his attainder, first to Ralph 

 Firbank and afterwards to 

 Christopher Ratcliff.'* Both 

 Calverley and the Crown 

 contested the validity of Rat- 



Calvirley. Sable a 

 icutcheon in an orlc of 

 owls argent. 



clifTs lease in 1584-5 and 



1590,*' but he seems to have proved his title as the 

 Charles RatclifF, associated with him in the dispute, 

 was described as ' of Newton Hansard ' in 1601."' 



John Calverley, aged forty-two, was found on 

 30 October 161 3 to be the son and heir of Thomas 

 Calverley of Littleburne, in Brancepeth parish (q.v.)." 

 On 27 November 1637 John Calverley made provision 

 for his wife and daughters out of his land at Newton 

 Hanzard, and on 1 1 August 1638 John, aged thirty- 

 five, was found to be his son and heir.'^ Newton 

 Hanzard followed the descent of Littleburne, and 

 belonged to Sir Henry Calverley, kt., in 1688.'' 

 It was sold in 1 704 by Charles Turner of Kirk- 

 leatham and Margaret his wife to John Smith, D.D., 

 prebendary of Durham." On his death, in I 71 5, 

 he was succeeded by his son George Smith of Burnhall 

 (q.v.), who took orders in the non-juring church and 

 became titular Bishop of Durham.'^ The manor 

 remained in the Smith family until the beginning 

 of the 19th century, and about 1820 was sold to the 

 Thelussons.'' It was bought before 1857 by the 

 Marchioness of Londonderry, and is the property of 

 the present Marquess." 



The largest estate in the parish of Elwick Hall is 

 STOTFOLD (Stotfald, xiv cent. ; Stotfeld, xv cent. ; 

 Stokfold, xvii cent.), now divided into High, Middle 

 and Low Stotfold, and Stotfold Moor. At the begin- 

 ning of the I 3th century Robert de Amundeville was 

 lord of the vill.^'* Ralf de .Amundeville, who granted 

 to Kepier Hospital a thrave of corn from every carucate 

 in his vill of Stotfold was probably Robert's successor.'* 



^^ Surtees, op. cit. iii, 89 ; Dur. Rcc. 

 cl. 3, R, loS, no. 72, 74. Nicholas 

 Freville and Mary his wi!e conveyed lands 

 here in 1615 to Sir John Calverley, kt., 

 with whom Gerard Salvin was then 

 associated (ibid. cl. 12, no. ; [i])- 



*' Rec. Com. for Comp.(Surt.Soc.\l 3, 34. 



" Dur. Rec. cl. 3, file 167, no. 5, 21 ; 

 R. 63, m. 1. 



"■' Ibid. R. 63, m. I ; cf. Foster, op. 

 cit. 3 I ; Surtees, Dur. iv (2), 91. William 

 Booth had married Joan the widow of 

 Christopher Bamford who held this land 

 for life in dower (Dur. Rec. cl. 3, R. 

 63, m. i). 



'' Dur. Rec. cl. 3, file 177, no. 34. 



'•• Foster, loc. cit. 



** Gilbert had a confirmatory grant 

 from King John of ' all the Elmedens.' 



Newton was perhaps included {Cal. Ror. 

 Chjrt. 1199-1216 [Rec. Com.], 23). 



^' Reg. Palat. Dunelm. (Rolls Ser.), ii, 

 1237. 



'^ Dur. Rec. cl. 3, no. 2, fol. 66 ; 

 G.E.C. Peerage, v, 92. 



•^ Dur. Rec. cl. 3, no. 12, fol. 32 d. 



■« Add. Chart. 28644. 



■■' Dur. Rec. cl. 3, R. 119, no. 10. 



« Ibid. no. 2, fol. 66. 



*^ Madox, Form. Angl. I20. 



*' Ibid. 229. 



'^ Aug. Off. Misc. Bks. 39, no. 224. 



** See Brancepeth. 



" Pat. 17 Eliz. pt. xi, m. I ; Surtees, 

 op. cit, iii, 88 ; Exch. Dcp. Spec. Com. 

 Hil. 27 Eliz. no. 16. 



« Exch. K.R. Misc. Bks. xxxvii, fol. 

 3i2d ; Exch. Dep. Hil. 27 Eliz. no. 16. 



" Exch. Dep. Spec. Com. Hil. 27 Eliz. 

 nos. 7 and 16 ; Hil. 28 Eliz. no. 20 ; 

 East. 32 Eliz. no. 11 . 



* Dur. Rec. cl. 3, R. 92, m. 29 d. 



^' Ibid, file 183, no. 42 ; Chan. Inq. 

 p.m. (Ser. 2), cccxlvii, 34. 



»' Dur. Rec. cl. 3, file 188, no. 1 11. 



" List of Dur. Freeholders, 1681-S 

 Spearman MS. D. and C. Lib. Dur. 



^' Dur. Rec. cl. 3, R. 119, no. 10. A 

 tine was levied in March 1702—3 (ibid. 

 cL 12, no. 16 [3]). 



^' Surtees, op. cit. iii, 88 ; Hutchinson, 

 Dur, ii, 331 n. ; North Country Diaries 

 (Surt. Soc), 200 n. ; Diet. Nat. Sicg. 



^ Surtees, loc. cit. 



" Fordycc, op. cit. ii, 317. 



'"• Egerton Chart. 513. 



" Mem. of St, Giles (Surt. Soc), J02. 



