A HISTORY OF DURHAM 



in 1726." Anne, only surviving sister of the last- 

 named John, married Humphrey March, and, after 

 cutting an entail in 1732, she in or about 1746 

 joined with her only son John March" in selling 

 the Foxton estate of the Elstobs to Carlton Carr of 

 Haughton le Skerne.^** C.irlton Carr left it to his wife 

 Elizabeth for her life with remainder to his nephew 

 Robert Bates. ^' Elizabeth purchased the reversion,"** 

 and with her second husband William Alexander, 

 M.D., sold Foxton at some date between 179.^^' and 

 1823 '- to William Russell of Brancep>th. It has since 

 descended with Brancepcth (qv.), Viscount Boyne 

 being the present owner. 



In 1609 it was found that Ralph Elstob, third son 

 of Ralph and Elizabeth Elstob," had died seised of 

 two messuages, two husband lands and 1 1 5 acres of 

 land, meadow and pasture in Foxton, perhaps the 

 ancient holding of the Poles. His grandson and heir 

 George was outlawed for the murder of Robert 

 Robinson, and these lands were in January 1609-10 

 bought by Robert Laverocke.*^^ In 161 8 Robert 

 Liverocke died, leaving them to Robert Elstob, his 

 daughter's son,^' with contingent remainders to his 

 brother and sister, R.ilph and Mary Elstob. Robert 

 and Anne Elstob in 1637 sold two messuages and 

 land here to William Power and Thomas his son and 

 heir.^^" 



The Templars had a holding in Foxton which 

 possibly originated in a grant made by Adam de 



Thr Knights Tkm- 

 PI.AR9, Argent a crois 

 gulei and a chief sable. 



The K.NIGHTS Ho^ri- 



TALLJ-RS. GliUi a Crost 



6 T gent. 



Elstob in 1304.'"'" In 1312 it was in the king's hands 

 owing to the dissolution of the order. ^" It afterwards 

 passed to the Knights Hospitallers, and seems to have 

 been attached to the preceptory of Chibburn in Widd- 

 rington, Northumberland. John Watkinson held 

 a messuage and 3 acres here of the Master of the 

 hospital of Chibburn in 1391."* At the Dissolution, 

 however, the Foxton lands were attached to the 



preceptory of Mount St. John. They were leased 

 by Edward Vl to Richard Smith, and by Elizabeth to 

 John Baptist Chastillion in 1561, and to Ralph 

 Westhrope in 1577.*'' In i 590 they were granted with 

 the manor of Hardwick (q.v.) to George Freville, who 

 died in 161 9 seised of a messuage. So acres of land, 

 50 of meadow and 200 of pasture in Foxton.'" His 

 nephew Nicholas " conveyed land here and in other 

 places, including Shotton, to Sir John Calverley, Gerard 

 Salvin and John Calverley, gent.'^ It is probable that 

 the Foxton lands followed the descent of Shotton, and 

 so came ultimately to William Russell of Brancepeth ; 

 Viscount Hoyne now owns the whole of Foxton. 



HARDHICK (Herdewyk, xii cent.) was held of 

 the bishop in 1183 by a free tenant William for a 

 rent of 10/.'' This was perhaps the William de 

 Hardwick who gave 5 acres and a toft and croft in the 

 western part of his vill of Hardwick to the priory of 

 Durham."^ This holding was granted by Prior 

 Thomas de Melsamby (123 3-44) to John de Hardwick 

 and his heirs to hold at a yearly rent.'' John was 

 probably lord of Hardwick at that date. His successor 

 seems to have been Peter de Hardwick, whose son 

 Peter made an agreement with the almoner of Durham 

 in 1267 with regard to the almoner's access to his 

 tillage ground over a plot ' betwixt Wulriging and 

 Herdwyk marsh.''* Peter was still living in 1291. 

 and 1299.'*^ John son of Peter de Hardwick 

 was in prison at Beverley in 1313," and Peter 

 de Hardwick and his son William were jurors in 

 a suit concerning land in Scdgefield in the following 

 year.'* It seems probable, therefore, that the John 

 de Hardwick from whom William de Hardwick 

 acquired the manor of Oldacres (q.v.) in the first half 

 of the 14th century was William's brother. In 1315 

 Roger de Butterwick was pardoned for acquiring the 

 lands of William de Hardwick in Hardwick without 

 licence.'' It appears from the inquisition held in I 343 

 on the death of William that Roger had acquired a life 

 interest in the manor.**" He enfeoffed of it Adam 

 Kalinghird, chaplain, who conveyed it to Iseult de 

 Hardwick, mother oi William.*' On the death of 

 Roger before December 1343 the manor passed to 

 Lucy and Alice, twin daughters and heirs of William de 

 Hardwick.*- Johnde Woodham (Wodom), husband of 

 Lucy, had liver)' in that month of his wife's moiety.*' 

 In the inquisition taken on the death of Roger de 

 Butterwick the free rent of the manor is given as 

 6/. %d.^^ though in the writ of seisin it is given as 

 lo.f.,** the rent in Boldon Book.*^ This conlusion is 

 perpetuated in later inquisitions, where the shares of 



»' Foster, loc. cit. 



" Ibid. ; Dur. Rcc. cl. 3, R. 121, m. 8. 



'* Surtees, op. cit. iii, 47 n. 



" Ibid. 



«» Ibid. 



^' Hutchlnsnn, op. cit. iii, 72. 



*' Surtees, loc. cit. 



*^ Foster, loc. cit. 



" Dur. Rec cl. 3, R. 9+, m. 31 ; file 

 1S4, no. 93. 



" Ibid. R. ioi,m. 35 ; file 184, no. 93. 



"a Ibid. cl. 12, no. 5 (i). 



''Surtees, op. cit. iii, 46. In 1315 

 John de Amundcvill released to Patrick 

 de Kelloe and Cecily his wife all claim 

 to the land which had belonged to the 

 Templars (Egerton Chart. 550). 



" Keg. Palat. Dunelm. (Rolls Scr.), ii, 

 »57. 



<" Dur. Rec. cl. 3, no. 2, fol. 1 1 5 d. A 

 (ju.irter of the manor was said to be held 

 of the Prior of St. John of Jerusalem in 

 1400 (ibid. fol. 133 d.). 



'» Aug. Off. Enr. of Leases, 3 Eliz. 

 R. 19, no. 8 ; 2o Eliz. R. i, no. 4. 



■" Pat. 32 Eliz. pt. X, m. 22 ; Dur. 

 Rec. cl. 3, file 189, no. 25 ; cf. Lani. MS. 

 902, fol. 1 1; 3 d. 



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



'' Ibid. R. 108, no. 72 J cl. 12, no. 5 (i). 

 The quitclaim was to ihe heirs of Sir 

 John Calverley. 



" r.CH. Dur. i, 3 30. 



" Surtees, op. cit. iii, 33. 



'' Ibid. n. 



'' Ibid. Sec above in description for 

 grants to the almoner near Hardwick. 



''» D. in po«s. of Canon Greenwcll, 



Blc. DI, no. 27 ; Dur. Rec. cl. 3, R. 36, 

 m. 3. 



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

 489. 



"Ibid. 5n. 



"Ibid, ii, 733. 



«" Dur. Rec. cl. 3, no. 2, fol. 23 d. 

 Roger de Butterwick is here called Roger 

 de Hardwyk. 



*' Ibid. fol. 57. The name of the 

 manor dealt with does not appear in the 

 inquisition, but it seems certain that it 

 was Hardwick. 



«' Ibid. fol. 23 d., 57. 



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

 306 ; Dur. Rec. cl. 3, R. 29, m. igd, 



'* Dur. Rec. cl. 3, no. 2, fol. 57. 



"Ibid. R. 29, m. i9d. 



** See above. 



