STOCKTON WARD 



SEDGEFIELD 



the representatives of Lucy and Alice are said to be 

 held by a rent of p. \d. each,"' a fact which probably 

 accounts for their being sometimes called thirds 

 instead of moieties of the manor.*'* 



Lucy wife of John de Woodh.im is said to have had a 

 son Robert who granted her land here and in Oldacres 

 to John Elstob.*" John Watkinson of Elstob died 

 seised of half these manors before September I 39 1, 

 his kinsman and heir being John Elstob, probably of the 

 family of Elstob of Foxton.''" In 1404 John Elstob, 

 rector of Woodeaton in Oxfordshire, released to 

 Thomas Cramlington and his grandson Thomas 

 Burton all right to land here held by the elder 

 Thomas.'-" Thomas Cramlington was dead in 

 1408, when a 'third' of the manor of Hardwick 

 appears among his possessions.'- His heir was his 

 daughter Alice wife of Robert de Burton,''^ who 

 probably sold her lands here to the owners of the 

 second moiety of the manor, since the whole was in 

 the hands of William Hoton in 1441.'^ 



Alice the second daughter of William de Hardwick 

 married John de Shotton,"* but it seems probable that 

 her interest w.>s conveyed to another family bearing 

 the name of Hardwick. As early as 1308 Richard 

 son of John de Hardwick and Isabel his wife had 

 obtained from Richard son of Robert de Hardwick 

 a release of all claim to land held by Robert at his 

 death, and also of all claim to the land held by 

 Castilia widow of John de Hardwick in dower.'*" 

 Richard de Hardwick died in or about I 341, when 

 John his son and heir was but eighteen months 

 old.'"' John de Hardwick was a free tenant here 

 about I 384 "' and died in or about \ 396 seised of one 

 mes5uage, two tofts, 100 acres of land and meadow 

 and a toft and 3 acres called Harpor Place in Hard- 

 wick, all held by a free rent of 3;. ^df' His heir 

 was his daughter Agnes, wife of Gilbert de Hoton,"" 

 whose heir at his death about 1400 was a son John.^' 

 Agnes's second husband was John de Killinghall, 

 who was holding in her right at his death about 

 1416.""* John de Hoton must have died without 

 issue, for William son of Gilbert de Hoton succeeded 

 to his father's lands ' and was in possession of the 

 manor of Hardwick in 1441.^ William executed a 

 settlement of the manor, except the great chamber, the 

 chapel and certain lands and buildings, on his wife Alice 

 for life, with remainder to his daughter Isabel and her 

 issue, Thomas Hoton, chaplain, his brother, William 

 Hardwick of London and others. ■* William Hoton 



was dead in 1449.'' Alice lived till February i 500-1, 

 when the manor descended according to the settle- 

 ment to John Hebborne, son of her daughter Isabel.' 

 The part reserved by William Hoton for himself was 

 naturally also inherited by the Hcbhornes.' John 

 Hebborne was succeeded by his son Richard,^ who 

 died in March 1559-60, leaving a son and heir 

 Anthony," attainted in 1570.' The manor was then 

 farmed by Henry Lawsun."^ In March 1573-4 

 George Freville obtained a lease of it for twenty-one 

 years," and after a subsequent lease for life he received 

 in 1590 a grant of the reversion. '- 



George Freville died childless in 1 6 19, leaving his 

 lands to his younger nephew Nicholas." In 1645 



Hoton. Gules a 

 cheveron betii'een three 

 trefoils argent. 



Hebrorne. Argent 

 three Jirepots table. 



Freville. Gules three 

 crescents ermine. 



Nicholas compounded for his Hardwick estate.'^ He 

 died in 1674,'* leaving three daughters and co-heirs, 

 Elizabeth, Mary, and Margaret widow of Thomas 

 Lambton. Freville Lambton, son of Margaret, had 

 Hardwick by the will of his grandfather.'" He and 

 his mother, then the widow of Nicholas Conyers of 

 Biddick Waterville, made a settlement of the manor 

 in 1687.!'^ His son and heir Thomas had six 

 daughters and co-heirs, Barbara, Dorothy, Thom.isina, 

 Philadelphia, Margaret and Elizabeth.'" They sold 



*' Dur. Rcc. cl. 3, no. 2, fol. 1 1 5 d., 

 126, 133. 



«» Ibid. fol. 165, 177 d. 



*^ Surtees, op. cit. iii, 47. 



»" Dur. Rec. cl. 3, no. 2, fol. 1 1 5 d. ; 

 R. 33, m. 10. The Fulthorpe family 

 had an interest in this moiety, the nature 

 of which is uncertain. Roger Fulihorpc 

 was returned as tenant of the manor 

 with John de Hardwick about 1 3 ^4 

 (Hui/eU's Sitrnj. [Surt. Soc], i86), and 

 his son William in 1413 (Eccl. Comm. 

 Rec. 188879). It may perhaps be sug- 

 gested that Roger de Fulthorpe was the 

 second husband of Lucy de Woodham, 

 and that William appears as tenant 

 through a mistake Cf. Oldacres, wlicre 

 William de Fulthorpe was in possession 

 of the whole manor by 1413. 



" Dur. Rec. cl. 3, R. 33, m. 32 d. 

 Thomas was the son of Alice daughter of 

 Thomas de Cramlington. 



•' Dur. Rec. cl. 3, no. 2, fol. 165. 



" Ibid. " Sec below. 



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



'^1 Egerton Chart. 547. In the same 

 year Robert son of Hugh de Hardwick 

 granted a toft in Hardwick to John son 

 of Adam de Ecg (ibid. no. 530). 



"-''> Dur. Rcc. cl. 3, no. 2, fol. 22. 

 Isabel, Richard's mother, was still alive. 



"•^ H^it/eU's Sur-v. (Surt. Soc), 186. 

 The second tenant is here given as Roger 

 de Fulihorp, who was more probably the 

 tenant of Oldatrcs (ij-v.) at that date. 



'■" Dur. Rec. cl. 3, no. 2, fol. 126. 



'* Ibid. She described tlie John de 

 Hardwick of the 13th century as her 

 'antecessor' (Surtccs, op. cit. Iii, 33 n.). 



5'-' Dur. Rcc. cl. 3, no. 2, fol. 133. 



'™ Ibid. fol. 177 d. 



' Ibid. fol. 272. 



' Ibid, fol, 314. It is here said to be 

 held by a rent of 101. 



' Dur. Rec. cl. 3, R. 50, m. 3 d. 



' Ibid, file 164, no. 88. He died in 

 1445, if the inscription in the church is 

 copied correctly by Hutchinson (op. cit. 

 iii, 56) ; cf. Surlccs, op. cit. iii, 27. 



» Dur. Rcc. cl. 3, file 169, no. 51. 



'• Ibid. no. 53. 



" Foster, op. cit. 159. 



» Dur. Rec. cl. 3, no. 6, fol. 54. 



' Exch. K..R. Misc. Bks. xxx»iii, fol. 

 228. 



'" Ibid. : Add. Chart. 39954 ("S)- 



" Pat. 16 EliE. pt. xi, m. 7. 



'• Ibid. 32 Eliz. pt. X, m. 20. 



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



'• Rec. Com. for Camp. (Surt. Soc), 61, 

 210. 



'■" Surtees, op. cit. iii, 36. 



" Ibid. 



'■ Ibid. ; Dur. Rec cl. 3, R. 118, no. 



45- 



'» Surtees, loc. cit. 



