STOCKTON WARD 



STAINTON 



passed under his will to Elizabeth Ward and Anne 

 Garthvvaite, who afterwards took the name of Ward. 

 By their wills of 1823 and 1825, Anne and Elizabeth 

 left their shares of the estate to trustees, who sold 

 them in 1828 to John Lord Eldon.^' 



A tenement and land in Stainton belonged to 

 Hexham Priory. After the Dissolution they were 

 Icised in 1600 to Thom.is, Anthony and Richard 

 Dobbyn for their lives, and in 1602 a lease in rever- 

 sion was granted to Margaret daughter of Roland 

 Seymour, Matthew and Robert Seymour. This 

 property passed to the Rickaby family and followed 

 the descent of the second moiety of the manor of 

 Stainton."* 



The church of JLL SJINTS was 

 CHURCH entirely rebuilt in 1876 in the style of 

 the 14th century. It consists of a chan- 

 cel with north vestry and organ chamber, nave, south 

 porch and west tower with spire."- 

 The site is an ancient one and pre- 

 Conquest fragments with interlaced 

 patterns, probably part of a cross sh.ift, 

 have been found. '^ They are now in 

 the rectory garden together with other 

 fragments of the former church, which 

 is said to have been of 12th-century 

 date with later windows inserted.''^ 

 The piscina bowl, however, which lies 

 in the churchyard is of 13th-century 

 date, and the old stone font, still in the 

 church, is of late 1 2th-centuri' date. 

 It consists of a plain bowl on a moulded 

 stem and b.ise. In the churchyard are 

 also the base of a gable cross and pnrt 

 of a coped tcgulatcd grave cover. 



Built into the north wall of the 

 tower inside are nine fragments of 

 mediaeval grave covers, the greater 

 number showing portions of crosses, 

 and several 17th and 18th-century in- 

 scribed stones from the chancel of the 

 old church are also preserved.'' 



The font in use is modern. All the 

 fittings are of the same date as the 

 building, which is of stone with slated 

 roofs. A new oak reredos was erected 



There are also a plated chalice, flagon and paten, and 

 a pewter flagon. 



The registers begin in I 561. 



In the churchyard is the base of a cross, and an 

 early prick open of iron was found in 1900." 



The church of Stainton, with an 

 JDFOU'SON endowment of 2 oxgangs of land, was 

 granted by Guy de Balliol in the late 

 I I th or early I 2th century to the Abbot of St. Mary's, 

 York.^* The grant was confirmed by various members 

 of the Balliol family "' and by Roger Bertram, grandson 

 of Guy, whose confirmation was made between i 149 

 and I I 52.'"' The church has remained rectorial, the 

 Abbots of St. Mary, who presented till the Dissolu- 

 tion, receiving a pension from it of i 3/. 412'.' Since 

 1539 the advowson has been in the Crown. - 



In a survey made under Elizabeth it was stated that 

 certain lands in Stainton were supposed to have 





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The tower contains one bell, which 

 is without date or inscription. The 

 old church had a i ;th-century double 

 bellcote over the west gable. 



The plate consists of a chalice of 

 1596 with the maker's mark CB tied, 

 and a paten, the d.ite letter of which is illegible but 

 bearing the Britannia mark and the inscription, ' Ex 

 dono Jacobi Platts Rectoris Anno Domini 1705.''* 



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Stainton Church from the South-east 



belonged to a chapel which came into the hands of 

 Edward VI at the dissolution of chantries. ^ The 

 surveyors were of opinion that this must be a mistake, 



31 D. f>enes the Earl of Etdon. 



3'a Aug. Off. Panic, of Leases, file 36, 

 nos. 27, 47 ; D. penet the Earl of 

 Eldon. 



'^ The internal dimensions are : chancel 

 13 ft. 6 in. by iztt., nave 3+ ft. 6 in. by 

 1 7 ft. 6 in., porch 8 ft. 6 in. by 7 ft., tower 

 6 ft. square. The architect was Mr. J. B. 

 Pritchelt of Darlington. 



^ The Reliq. viii, 81-2. Two portions 

 were in the wall of the old church, and 

 three more were found at the time of the 

 demolition. 



^^ Proc. Soc, Antiq. Ne'WcastU^ x, I 12. 

 It consisted of chancel and nave 

 only. 



^■' On the north wall of the tower are 

 three slabs of 17th-century dale to mem- 

 bers of the family of Scurfield of Elstob, 

 one bearing their arms. On the south 

 wall arc stones to three former rectors : 

 ( 1 ) Thomas Carre, * that faithful and 

 laborious servant of Jesus Christ and late 

 minister of the gospel at this place' 

 (d. 1655) ; (2) James Platts (d. 1708) ; 

 and (3) Thomas Nicholson (d. 1749}. 



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The old font Is described and figured in 

 Trans, Dur. Arch. Sac. vi, 238. 



*• Proc. Sac. Antij. Ncivcaitlc, iv, 25. 

 For chalice sec also Arch. Acl. xvi, 256 

 (illustration 254). 



" Proc. Soc. Antiij. Newcaitle, x, 1 1 3. 



'' Stowc Chart. 509. 



" Ibid. 



'*' Walbran, op. cit. Pedigree of 

 Balliol. 



' f'alor Eccl. (Rcc. Com.), t, 317. 



» Inst. Bks. (P.R.O.). 



' .irch. Act. (New Ser.), iii, 92. 



