STOCKTON WARD 



STOCKTON ON TEES 



of his lands in Preston upon Tees and elsewhere, by 

 which they came into the hands of William Hutton of 

 Hardvvick.-'J After an inquisition made in 1435 William 

 son of Gilbert Hutton of Hardwick was allowed to 

 grant certain lands in Sedgefield to the altar of 

 St. Katherine in the parish church there, because he 

 would still continue to hold two messuages and 1 1 

 oxgangs of land in Preston upon Tees ; these were 

 held of the bishop by a rent of 1 9/. and suit of court.-' 

 In 1459-60 the feoffees of William Hutton deceased 

 confirmed to his daughter Isabel his lands in Preston 

 and elsewhere, with various remainders.-- This estate 

 was acquired by the Sayer family, as appears from the 

 inquisition of John Sayer in 1496. 



John Randolph was in 1361 recorded to have held 

 nine messuages and 9 oxgangs of land in Preston by 

 homage and suit of court ; also another oxgang, which 

 had come into the bishop's hands by virtue of an in- 

 quisition made in the time of Bishop Lewis (d. 1333), 

 and for which he paid 6s. %d. rent. The heirs were 

 daughters : Margaret wife of William de Hett, Joan 

 wife of William de Elmeden, Agnes wife of John 

 Fossour, and Alice, all over sixteen years old.'' 



The inheritance of John Randolph can be traced 

 for some time, though it appears to be omitted in 

 Hatfield's Survey.-* William de Hett died in or 

 before 1388 holding a messuage and 30 acres in 

 Preston by knights' service and suit of court. His 

 son Thomas, aged thirty, succeeded,-^ and in 1390 

 was found to have held i oxgang of land in Preston 

 upon Tecs, as of the manor of Hett, by knight's ser- 

 vice. Thomas had had two sisters : Elizabeth, who 

 had been wife of Nicholas de H.iwkeswell and had 

 left a son and heir Robert, aged fourteen, and Alice 

 wife of William de Blakiston.-*^ Robert de Hawkes- 

 well died on 10 August 1404 holding two messuages 

 and z^ oxgangs of land by knight's service.-' He left 

 a son John, who died i March 1419-20 holding the 

 same estate ; his heir was Joan widow- of Nicholas 

 Gower, aged forty, she being daughter of Alice sister 

 of John's grandmother Elizabeth.-' Some other 

 Gowers occur in the records in addition to the lords 

 of Elton, -^ but the Preston lands descended, like Hett 

 in Merrington parish and Haliwell, to Nicholas 

 Gower, who died in 1496 or 1497 holding 2J ox- 

 gangs of land by knight's service and suit of court,'" 

 and to Thomas Gower (1561)." 



The Elmeden part of the Hett lands in Preston 

 descended in a succession of William Elmedcns until 

 the 1 6th century, when an heiress Elizabeth married 

 William Bulmer.'- Thomas Elmeden before 1403 

 sold 6 oxgangs in Preston to William Hutton." 



In 1360 Ranulf de Preston held a messuage and 

 10 oxgangs of land of the bishop by the eighth part of 

 a knight's fee ; his heir was a daughter Alice, aged 

 fifteen.'^ Cecily the widow of Ranulf held a third 

 part in dower down to 1381, when Alice was wife of 

 Robert de Eden.'* Robert Eden died in or before 

 141 3 holding by knight's service three messuages and 

 10 oxgangs of land in Preston ; his son and heir 

 Thomas was of full age.'^ Thomas Eden, who died 

 in 1437, held the same estate by the twentieth part of a 

 knight's fee ; his son William, aged thirty, succeeded.'' 

 He in turn was in February 1475-6 succeeded by a 

 son Thomas, aged thirty."* Thomas died about 

 1479-80," and his widow Isabel had dower. ^'^ The 

 next step is not clear, for about the same time the 

 wardship and marriage of Thomas son and heir of 

 William Eden, who had held land in Preston, were 

 granted to John Halyman ■" ; but another William 

 Eden succeeded, who, at his death in 1509, left a 

 son and heir William, under 

 age.''- This may be the 

 William Eden of Durham who 

 stands at the head of the re- 

 corded pedigree of the family.^' 

 The inquisitions do not show- 

 that he had any land in Pres- 

 ton." It seems probable, how-- 

 ever, that this estate descended 

 in his family, and was finally 

 inherited by Sir John Eden, 

 purchaser of the manor in 



1722. 



Lands in Preston upon Tees 



were granted to Thomas de 



Claxton in or before 1384, 



when John de Nevill, lord of Raby, confirmed the 



same.-*" 



The court rolls sho\v demises of part of the episcopal 



demesne to Richard Osberne in 1416 and 1 42 1 and 



to William Osberne, chaplain, in 1444- Littleness, 



Sundemess and other parcels in the field of Preston 



were included. The rent declined from £i6 a year 



to^2l.« 



In the 1 7th century families named Lambert *' of 



Stockton and Wilde ^* of Ketton had land in the 



township. 



The church of ST. THOMAS is a 



CHURCHES building of red brick with stone 

 dressings erected in 1710-lz ^' in 



the plain classic style of the day. It consists of a 



chancel 45 ft. by 22 ft., nave of six bays 105 ft. 6 in. 



by 22 ft., with north and south aisles each 17 ft. wide, 



Eden. Gules a 

 cbeveron argent between 

 three sheaves or ailb 

 three scallops satle on 

 the cheveron. 



'" Dep. Keeper's Rep. xiiiii, App. 132, 

 191, 201, 203. Cf. Shotton io Sedge- 

 field parish. 



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

 land is the share of John de Seton in 

 1403, augmented by the widow's third. 



" Dtp. Keeper's Rfp. xxxv, App. 1 26. 



-' Dur. Rec. cl. 3, no. 2, fol. 66. 



•* The principal tenant besides John 

 de Carew mentioned in the survey was 

 William Baron, who paid a rent of 101. 

 (Hatfield's Surf. [Surt. Soc ], 193). 

 Nothing more is heard of his holding. 



'^ Dur. Rec cl. 3, no. 2, fol. 156. 



« Ibid. fol. 146 d. 



" Ibid. fol. 206. 



-' Ibid. fol. I90d. ; Dep. Keeper's Rep. 

 xxxiii, App. 116, 1S6. 



" Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxxiii, App. 1 46 ; 

 xixvi, App. 7, 4, 103. 



*' Dur. Rec. cl. 3, file 169, no. 6. 



" Dep. Keeper's Rep. xliv, App. 405. 

 There is a short pedigree in Ord, Hist. 

 artii .intiq. of Cle-vetdndf 5o5" 



" Dep. Keeper's Rep. xlv, App. 1 89 ; 

 xliv, 377-Si. See also ibid, xxxiv, App. 

 202, 222, 229, 245. 



" Dur. Rec. cl. 3, R. 33, m. 28. 



" Ibid. no. 2, lol. 63 d. 



'^ Ibid. fol. io6. 



'' Ibid. fol. 169. 



^' Ibid. fol. 2«6. 



'" Ibid. no. 4, fol. 63. 



" Dfp. Keeper's Rep. iixv, App. 147. 



•" Ibid. 148. 



" Dur. Rec. cl. 3, R. 54, m. 10. 



361 



William seems to have been brother and 

 heir of Thomas. 



" Ibid. no. 3, fol. 4 ; Dep. Keeper's 

 Rep. xxxvi, App. 105. 



" Foster, Dur. I'isit. Fed. ill. 



" For the f.inuly see the account of 

 Windlestone in Auckland. 



*^ Add. Chart. 34944. 



<« Dur. Rec. cl. 3, no. 14, pp. 766, 

 120; ; no. 1;, p. 263. 



*'" Dep. Keeper's Rep. xliv, .\ff. 459. 

 See Stockton. 



•" Ibid. 539, 1:41. 



" Foundation stone laid 5 June 1710 ; 

 consecrated 21 Aug. 171 2. The dimen- 

 sions given above are all internal. The 

 tower is 15 ft. square and the width 

 across nave and aisles 60 It. 



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