A HISTORY OF DURHAM 



1603 died seised of 4 J oxgangs 'late of Ingleby.' " 

 He had also bought from Ralph Tailbois in 1567 an 

 estate of 14J oxgangs," probably including the 13 

 oxgangs of which Henry son of Henry Tailbois had 

 died seised in 144.4 "leaving a son John. This junior 

 branch of the Tailbois family held of the lords of 

 Hurworth." William Wormeley left a son Robert, 

 who in 1628 and 1634, with Margaret his wife and 

 William Wormeley his son and heir, mortgaged his 

 estate to Thomas Thompson, rector of Hurworth, 

 and to Sir John Lister respectively. Robert being a 

 papist, his lands were sequestered in I 644." 



Other tenants of land in Hurworth were Christopher 

 Foreman (d. 1621)^' and Richard Thompson (d. 

 1628),'° who held of James Lawson, and Ninian 

 Kirsopp (d. 163 i) who held 4 oxgangs of the heirs 

 of James Lawson and John Ward." John Lister died 

 in 1642 holding I 2 oxgangs in Hurworth, of which 5^ 

 oxgangs were held of the Ingleby Manor," receiving 

 manorial rents from certain houses in the township.'' 



According to Surtees the rector was lord of ' a small 

 copyhold manor ' at the beginning of the 19th cen- 

 tury,"^ but nothing is known of its history. 



Engelais, sister of Emma dc Tees and daughter of 

 Waldef the thegn, gave one ploughland in Hurworth 

 to Neasham Priory on its foundation," and in 1535 

 a rent of 5/. was paid to the bishop for the priory's 

 lands in Hurworth." The house itself received at 

 this time j^4 yearly from their lands here from ' the 

 heirs of Thereby.' '° 



In 1684 the freeholders were Hamond Beaumont, 

 Cuthbert Bore, Thomas Bromley, Francis Buckle, 

 Thomas Bulraan, John Burnett, Anne Byerley, Ninian 

 Gresham, James Hamilton, Michael Harrison, William 

 Jennison, Timothy Kitchingman, Benjamin Lister, 

 Anne Marley, Judith Richardson, George Slaney, 

 Robert Smith, William Walker, and Robert Ward." 

 Pilmore House was owned bj' Gordon Skelly about 

 1820^' and by Robert Surtees of Redworth about 

 1855." 



NEJSHJM (Neshaim, Nesham, Nessham, c. 1 160) 

 was evidently part of the original fee held in 

 thegnage by Waldef the thegn of Hepple. He 

 appears to have given it to his daughter Emma, whose 

 descendants subsequently held it of the lords of Hur- 

 worth."" Emma daughter of Waldef and wife or 

 widow of Ralph deTees founded about 1 1 50 the priory 



of Neasham." Ralph her son, also called Ralph son of 

 Ralph, consented and added to her gift.*' This Ralph 

 also married an Emma, and in 1 198 she as his widow 

 claimed dower in Neasham, Grimthorpe and other 

 places against his son, William son of Ralph.'" This 

 William was also a benefactor of the priory. Sir 

 William Bardulf attesting the charter, which must 

 therefore be earlier than 1206." William son of 

 Ralph died in or before 1 2 1 8 when his heir was 

 given up to the king by Robert de Roos." Ralph son 

 of William paid relief and had livery of his father's 

 lands in Yorkshire and Durham in 1227." William 

 son of Ralph occurs in I 253 " and I 254," and in con- 

 junction with Joan his wife in 1269." Joan was 

 daughter of Thomas son of William dc Greystock, and 

 was thus aunt of John Lord Greystock, who in 1297 

 obtained licence to enfeoff Ralph her son in the 

 manor and barony of Greystock." This Ralph son 

 of William married Margery, widow of Nicholas 

 Corbet and daughter and co-heir of Hugh de Bolebeck, 

 thus greatly increasing his possessions "•'' ; he was 

 a benefactor to Neasham Priory, granting land called 

 Milne-hills between Kent and the nuns' land, and 

 free milling ; Luke Tailbois was a witness to one of 

 his gifts." He took part in the Scottish wars of the 

 time and did other public service, being summoned 

 to Parliament in 1295." He died, well stricken in 

 years, in I 316 holding the 'manor' of Neasham of 

 William Tailbois by a rent of 1 6s. a year, and was 

 buried at Neasham." His son and successor, Robert, 

 then a man of about forty, died before the following 

 April." The family having obtained the Greystock 

 estates now assumed Greystock as a surname and the 

 descent has been traced in the account of ConisclifTe 

 (q.v.). The rent paid for the manor is generally 

 given as 16/., but Sir Walter Tailbois is said in 

 141 7 to have received zoi. for it from Ralph Lord 

 Greystock." In 1436 the service of guarding one- 

 fifth of the gaol of Sadberge was said to be attached 

 to 24 oxgangs held of the bishop." The manor was 

 extended at 10 messuages, 200 additional acres of land, 

 20 acres of meadow, 100 acres of pasture, and a 

 water corn-mill ; the fee included a passage or ferry 

 over the Tees, with its boat, worth 6s. it/, a year, and 

 the advowson of the priory of Neasham." 



The manor descended to the Dacres and Howards" 

 and incurred forfeiture and sale under the Common- 



'< Dur. Rcc. cl. 3, file 182, no. 9. 



^'' Ibid. ; cl. 12, no. I (2). 



'^ Ibid, file 164, no. 70. 



"Ibid, file 164, no. 70; file 182, 

 no. 9. 



" Dur. Rec. cl. 12, no. 4 (2), 4 (5) ; 

 Royalist Comp. P. Dur. and Norlhumb. 

 (Surt. Soc), 6. 



-' Dur. Rec. cl. 3, file 189, no. 84. 

 William, aged thirty-two, was his son and 

 heir. In 1600 Christopher had acquired 

 their interest in a third of a messuage 

 and some 85 acres of arable, meadow, 

 pasture and moorland from John Pepper 

 and Agnes his wife, who held for the life 

 of Agnes (Dur. Rec. cl. 12, no. 2 [i]). 



'» Ibid, file 186, no. 3. Thomas, aged 

 thirty-seven, was his son and heir. 



" Ibid. no. 66. Richard, aged forty- 

 two, was his son and heir. 



" Ibid, file 188, no. 143a. 



'' Inform, of the rector, the Rev. A. T. 

 Faber ; Surtees, op. cit. iii, 253. 



^^a Surtees, op. cit. iii, 267. 



^ Ibid. 253. This may have been 

 HungerhiU; see below. 



'^ Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), v, 310. 



'« Harl. R. D 36. 



'^ Surtees, loc. cit. '^ Ibid. 



'' Fordyce, op. cit. i, ;oi. 



''» Dur. Rec. cl. 3, file 164, no. 65 ; file 

 169, no. 58. 



'" Aug. Off. Misc. Bks. 1, fol. 38, 

 printed Arch. Ad. (New Ser.), xvi, 268 

 et seq. ; P'.C.H. Dur. ii, 106; Surtees, 

 op. cit. iii, 258. Ralph was lord of Grim- 

 thorpe in Great Givendale, E. York». 



*' Surtees, loc. cit. 



" Rat. Cur. Rtg. (Rcc. Com.), i, 145. 



" Surtees, loc. cit. 



*' Exccrpia e Rot. Fin. (Rec. Com.), 

 i, 17. 



" Ibid. 154 ; cf. loi. 



«« Cat. Ckart. R. i, 415. 



*" Cal. Inq. p.m. Hrn. Ill, 83. 



<* Excerpta e Rot. Fin. (Rec. Com.), ii, 

 494. William is here called the son of 

 Ralph de Grimthorpe. 



290 



<' G.E.C. Complete Teerage, iv, 114; 

 Cal. Pat. 1292-1301, pp. 303, 304. John 

 held the manor by grant of Ralph until 

 his death in c. 1305-6 (cf. Nfwminuer 

 Chariul. (Surt. Soc), 286). 



"a Ca/. Fine R. 1272-1307, p. 158; 

 Netvminster Chaitul, (Surt. Soc), 287-8. 



^'* Surtees, loc. cit. 



^' G.E.C. Complete Peerage, iv, 115 j 

 Cal. Pat. 1281-92, p. 273 ; 1293-130I, 

 pp. 303, 312, 315, 387, 437.875 i Cal. 

 Cloie, 1296-1302, p. 40; Cal. Fine R. 

 1281-92, p. 273; 1307-19, p. 212; 

 Ciron. EJ10. I and Ed-w. 11 (Rolls Ser.), 

 i, 123. 



" Cal. Inq. p.m. (Edw. II), vi, 24 ; 

 Ne'zuminster Chartul. (Surt. Soc), 291. 



^^ Cal. Inq. p.m. (Edw. II), vi, 32; 

 Cal. Fine R, 1307-19, 323, 329. 



" Dur. Rec cl. 3, no. 2, fol. 181 d. 



» Ibid. fol. 280 d. "Ibid. 



*^ Dep, Keeper^ Rep. xliv, 399, 400, 

 359, &c. ; xxxvii, 109 ; Dur. Rec. cl. 12, 

 no. 4 (3). 



