3 2<5 ANTIQUITIES OF NORTHUMBERLAND. 



Ble/ed Lord, Walter de Swhibwvc held forty acres of land within 

 the manourof Mitford, 51 K. Ed-ward III (n}. 



Near the villa, on a hill, is 



The Spit ali which was antiently an hofpital, called, Mitford- 

 hofpital ; founded and endowed with lands for one chaplain, in 

 honour of St. Leonard, by Sir William Bertram, Baron of Mitford, the 

 founder of Brenkburn-Priory. It was found by an inquifition, 

 47 K. Edward III, that the lands belonging to it were in poiFeffion 

 of the abbot of Neiv-minjler (o) ; but they were reftored, i K. 

 Edwardll, by that king, who appointed John teWendhugs, junr. 

 to be chaplain of it (p). 



At a fmall diflance from Mitford, is the villa of 



(n) Dicunt juratores fuper facrum, quod Walter de Swtnhswt tenuit in manerio de Afitford 

 xl acras terrae per fervicium cuftodiendi pontem auftralem de Mitfard, vocat. Foufebrigg, in 

 vigilia et die AJcenfcionis. Efcaet. dc anno 51 Ed. III. n. 20. 



(o) Dicunt juratores fuper facrum, quod Dominus de Mitford, qui de dom. rcge tenuit in 

 capite manerium de Mitford, dedit et conceflit diverfas terras et pertinentes ibidem ad inve- 

 niendum unum capellanum divina celebraturum in capella ibidem ; invenitur quod abftrahitur 

 prolongo tempore. Etdicuntquod Abbas de Nova Monajtcrlo occupat terram et pratuin, et 

 valent per annum xx s. &c. 



Inquifit. capta apud Corbrige coram IViUlelmi de Errington, efcaet. dom. regis in com. 

 Nertbumbr. 25 die Jun. 47 Ed. III. Ex bundcllo efcaetr. Turri Lind. n. 84. 



(p) Rex dedit et conceflit dilefto clerico fuo jfohanni de Wtndbugs^ juniori, cuftodiam hof- 

 pitalis de Mitford, quod ad regem pertinet ratione cuftodis; terrje et hered. David, de Stra- 

 bolgy., nupcr comitis Atholl, defundti, qui de dom. rege Edvnrdo, nuper rege Anglla tenuit in 

 capite, habendam ad totam vitam ipfius Johannis, cum fuis juribus, et pertinentibus qui- 

 bufcunque. In cujus rei teftimonium has literas noftras fieri feci per patentes ; tefte rege 

 Ricardo fecundo apud caftrum fuum de Wyndefore^ xi die Augufti, anno regni noftro primo. 

 Septembre, de private figillo. 



Pat. I Ric. II. n. 20. 



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