A HISTORY OF DURHAM 



Hardwick in 1748 to John Burdon," who in 1780 

 conveyed it to William Russell, retaining a life 

 interest. The manor has since belonged to the 

 owners of Brancepeth Castle. 



THE ISLE is first mentioned as ' the island of 

 Bradbury,' which about 1183 Gilbert the chamber- 

 lain was bound to warrant to the bishop, receiving in 

 return the service of Ralph Canute of Bushblades.-" 

 From the 14th century onwards The Isle appears as a 

 separate manor held by the lords of Bradbury, who 

 perhaps had a residence there, for a quarter of a 

 knight's fee.-^ In 1471 the manor was extended at 

 100 acres of arable land, 20 acres of meadow, 100 

 acres of pasture, a water-mill and a dove-cote^'* In 

 1567 John Lord Lumley conveyed The Isle to Sir 

 Thomas Wharton, probably for the purpose of a sale 

 to Sir George Bowes of Streatlam.'- Sir George 

 and his son Sir William in turn held this manor, 

 which was sold by the latter to Cuthbert Buckle.-^ 

 Christopher son of Cuthbert Buckle succeeded his 

 father in 1 594 ; ^^ he conveyed it in 1635 to 

 William Lambton and others, trustees for Thomas 

 Tempest, who settled it in 1642 on himself for life 

 with subsequent provision for 

 the payment of his debts, and 

 remainder to his son John and 

 his issue by Elizabeth Heath.-' 

 John Tempest and William 

 his son and heir conveyed the 

 manor and land here to Wil- 

 liam Bigg in 1680, and four 

 years later it was bought by 

 John Turner of Kirkleatham, 

 Yorks.,-^ who in September of 

 the same year settled it on 

 the marriage of William his 

 younger son with Mary daugh- 

 ter of Sir David Fowlis."* 

 Mary Turner of Stainsby, 

 widow of William, and John 

 her son made a conveyance of the manor in 1706, 

 and in 1709 it formed John's marriage settlement. 

 John Turner died in 1741 leaving as his co-heirs his 

 sisters Catherine wife of Charles Slingsby, Mary, 

 Elizabeth wife of Joseph Storr, clerk, and Anne wife 

 of George Buckley.^*'' The co-heirs sold the manor 

 in February 1 741-2 to John Tempest and The Isle 

 then descended with Old Durh.im until 1823, when 

 the Marquess and Marchioness of Londonderry sold 



C^'lf*^ 



Scott, Earl of 

 Eldon. Argent three 

 lioni^ keadt razed gules 

 Vi'ith an anchor in chief 

 table and a chief iva'vy 

 azure charged with a 

 portcullit or. 



it to John first Lord Eldon.'' The present Earl of 

 Eldon is now the owner. 



The overlords of LJJ'TON (Laton to xv cent.) 

 were the family of Amundevill. The manor was said 

 to be held of Robert de Amundevill in 1348,-* of 

 John Amundevill in 1435 and of hi. heirs in 1499.^' 

 Usually the 'heirs of Mundevil' are said to be over- 

 lords.'*' The tenants in demesne rendered as relief 

 to the Amundevills one barbed arrow." These 

 tenants were probably in the I 3th century the Laytons, 

 lords also of Hetton le Hole. Gilbert de Layton, 

 a knight of the bishopric in 1264, lived at Layton 

 and was succeeded by a son William, lord of Hetton 

 in 1268.'- The manor of Layton appears to have 

 been settled on Cecily widow of a Layton of Hetton 

 who married as her second husband Peter de Bracken- 

 bury. '' She died in or about 1370, when it was 

 inherited by William de Layton, son of her son 

 Thomas.''' William married Isabel, lady of Horden 

 (q.v.) and widow of William de Claxton, and had 

 a daughter and heir Elizabeth, who married Peter 

 Tylliol.'' On the death of Peter in January 1434-5 

 his son Robert Tylliol succeeded.'^ Robert died in 

 the following autumn ; he left two sisters and co- 

 heirs, Isabel wife of John Colville and Margaret wife 

 of Christopher Moresby," who held the manor in 

 moieties.'* Isabel in 1439 left a son and heir 

 William, who seems to have taken the name of 

 Tylliol." He died in 1479, leaving two daughters 

 and co-heirs, Phyllis and Margaret.*" Phyllis mar- 

 ried William Musgrave,'" and Margaret his brother 

 Nicholas Musgrave.*' 



The three shares in which the manor was held in 

 the 1 6th century were loosely called thirds, one ol 

 which belonged to the Moresbys and one to each 

 branch of the Musgraves. Cuthbert Musgrave, son of 

 Phyllis and William, died seised of one third in i 533.'" 

 His son and heir Mungo" was succeeded in March 

 1 540-1 by his son another Cuthbert,*' who probably 

 sold his lands here to Cuthbert Conyers, seventh son of 

 Sir William Conyers of Sockburn.*^ The share of the 

 other branch of the Musgraves has not been traced, 

 but was probably also bouglit by the Conyers family.*' 

 The remaining third was inherited by Christopher 

 Moresby, son of Margaret and Christopher, in 1460,*' 

 and by his son Christopher in the next year.*' The 

 younger Christopher died seised of a third of the 

 manor in 1 499, leaving a daughter and heir Anne, who 

 married Sir James Pickering. '•* This share must also 



•• Surtcei, op. cit. ili, 34 ; Fordyce, op. 

 cit. ii, 342. 



" y.C.H. Dur. i, 335. 



" Dur. Rec. cl. 3, no. 2, fol. 77 d. ; 

 no. 4, fol. 35. Surtecs suggest! that iti 

 earliest tenants were the family of De 

 Lisle (op. cit. iii, 43), but there is do 

 evidence for this. 



"» Dur. Rec. cl. 3, no. 4, fol. 



35- 



" Dur. Rec.cl. 12, no. i (2) ; R. 156, 

 m. 33. 



" Com. Pleas D. Enr. Trin. 1 1 Chas. I, 

 m. 2 ; Surtees, op. cit. iii, 43. 



"Dur. Rec. cl. 3, R. 96, no. 33; 

 file 192, no. ;i. 



" Dur. Rec. cl. 3, R. 107, 00. 6 d. ; 

 R. 1 08, no. 2 8 ; R. 1 09, no. 56; R. 1 1 7, 

 no. 28 ; Com. Pleas D. Enr. Trin. 1 1 

 Chas. I, m. 2, 9. 



•• Dur. Rec. cl. 3, R. 118, no. 33 j 

 cl, 12, no. 10 (i). 



the 



poss. 



of the Earl of 



»a D. in 

 Eldon. 



'"> Ibid. ; Dur. Rec. cl. 12, no. 26 (2). 



" D. in the poss. of the Earl of 

 Eldon. 



^^ Dur. Rec. cl. 3, no. 2, fol. 32. 



'^ Ibid. no. 2, fol. 276 d. ; file 166, 

 no. 54 ; no. 4, fol. 13, 72. 



'" Ibid. no. 2, fol. 83, 272 d., 291 d. 



•' Ibid. fol. 83. 



*' Hatfield' t Surv. (Surt. Soc), p. xv ; 

 Feodarium Prioratus Dunelm, (Surt. Soc), 

 188 n., 189 n. 



" Dur. Rec. cl. 3, no. 2, fol. 32, 83. 



" Ibid. fol. 83. 



" Ibid. fol. 201 d., 272 d. 



" Dur. Rec. cl. 3, no. 2, fol. 272 d. 



" Ibid. fol. 277. 



*^ De^. Keefer'i Rep. xxxiii, 149. 



'* Dur. Rec. cl. 3, no. 2, fol. 291 d. ; 

 Surtees, op. cit. i, 215, 



*" Dur. Rec. cl. 3, no. 4, fol. 72, 88. 



" Ibid. 



" f'isit. of Torks. (Harl. Soc), 217; 

 Surtees, op. cit. i, 215. 



*' (^isit. of y'orh!. loc. cit. 5 Dur. Rec. 

 cl. 3, file 177, no. 15. 



** Ibid. ; Def. Keeper' 1 Rep., xixyii, 

 App. i, 9. 



*' Dur. Rec. cl. 3, file 178, no. 11. 



*6 yisii. of Torks. (Harl. Soc), 71 ; 

 Foster, op. cit. 83 ; PVilli and Invent. 

 (Surt. Soc), i, 184. 



*^ Nicholas and Margaret Musgrave 

 had a son Thomas [Visit, of Torks. loc. 

 cit.). Gawain Conyers, William Linsey 

 and Thomas Braunsby granted an annuity 

 of j^4 from an estate of 500 acres in 

 Layton to Cuthbert Richardson in 1530 

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



" Ibid. cl. 3, file 166, no. 54. 



"Ibid. no. 51. 



'" Ibid, file 169, no. 46 j P'isit. Turks. 

 (Harl. Soc), 250. 



