A HISTORY OF DURHAM 



of the connexion between the two vills, particularly as the mill of Urpeth 

 (which was at farm) occurs immediately after the Chester entry. The 

 second group is more doubtful. If the Newton in question be the Newtona 

 juxta Dunolmum of Boldon Book and Hatfield's Survey, it would be like 

 Plawsworth, which immediately follows it in both records, an off-shoot of 

 Durham. If, however, it be Newton juxta Boldonam, it would be an 

 off-shoot of Boldon, having no connexion with Plawsworth or Durham. 

 Cleadon and Whitburn are connected both in Boldon Book and Hatfield's 

 Survey ; they have a common demesne and work and render together. 

 V/hickham, Ryton, and Crawcrook follow one another in similar fashion, but 

 Boldon Book places them at some distance from the main group to which 

 they are seen to belong. But the villeins of Whickham did carriage-service 

 between Gateshead and Durham, and Ryton and Crawcrook have the obliga- 

 tion of carting wine in common. Framwellgate, another offshoot of Durham, 

 does not appear in Boldon Book. With this exception, and that of Gateshead, 

 Chester and Plawsworth, where details are lacking, the vills belong to the 

 Boldon type. 



Middleham Group in the Halmote Rolls : — Sedgefield, Cornford, 

 Middleham. 



Vills in the Boldon Book : — Sedgefield and Butterwick ; Middleham 

 and Cornford. 



This group presents no difficulties and requires little comment. It was 

 already a great soke in the tenth century when Bishop Cutheard bought 

 for St. Cuthbert 'Sedgefield and all belonging to it.' ^ Middleham and 

 Cornford, which are surveyed together, follow immediately on the Sedgefield 

 notice in Boldon Book, and although the Butterwick entry stands at some 

 distance, the vill is charged with the service of ploughing at Sedgefield, 

 of which it appears in Hatfield's Survey as a dependent.' 



Stockton Group in the Halmote Rolls : — Carlton, Hartburn, Norton, 

 Hardwick, Preston, and Stockton. 



Vills in Boldon Book : — Hardwick ; Norton ; Stockton, Hartburn, and 

 Preston ; Carlton. 



Both Carlton and Norton seem to have formed part of the patrimony of 

 St. Cuthbert.' In Boldon Book Stockton, Hartburn, and Preston are grouped ; 

 the first two have a demesne in common, and a single pinder serves for all 

 three. Hardwick, on the other hand, stands between Sedgefield and Middle- 

 ham, but as it is in the hands of a tenant its services are not enumerated, 

 so that we cannot tell what connexion it may have had with the present 

 group, nor determine whether it belongs to the Boldon type to which all 

 the rest excepting Carlton conform. 



Darlington Group in the Halmote Rolls : — Cockerton, Whessoe, 

 Haughton, Blackwell, Bondgate-in-Darlington. 



Vills in the Boldon Book : — Darlington, Blackwell, Cockerton, Haugh- 

 ton, Whessoe. 



This grouping goes back to the alleged grant of Styr son of Ulf, at the 

 end of the tenth century.* 



' Sjmeon of Durham (Rolh Scr.), i. 208. ' llatficiri Suit. (Surtccs Soc), 186. 



' Symnn of Durham (Rolls Scr.), i. 215, 220 ; Liber Fita;, 57. 

 * Ibid. i. 2 12. 



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