342, ANTIQUITIES OF NORTHUMBERLAND. 



'well of his two brothers, who died without iflue (b). He was 

 fucceeded by his fon, William Crejpwell, Eiq; father of the prefent 

 pofleflbr, William Cre/well, Efq; who hath one fon, John, and 

 feveral daughters. 



Mr. Crejpwell has built a handfome houfe on to the old tower. 

 It {lands at a fmall diftance from the village, which is clofe by 

 the fea, and inhabited chiefly by hardy and induftrious fiflier- 

 men. 



Two miles north from Crejpwell, is 



Widdrington-CaJlle (c), which was the feat of the antient family 

 of the Widdringtons ; of Gerard de Widdrington, I K. Ed-ward I (d) ; 

 of Sir Roger de Widdrington, high fherifF of Northumberland, 36 K. 

 Edward III (e}> to whom John de PleJ/is fold the manour of Plejfis, 

 and the village of Shotton (f) ; of Sir John de Widdrington, his fon 



(b) Ex informat. curiofi admodum viri Henrici Creffwell, de Wind/or, arm. fratris Gutielmi 

 Creffwell, de Creffwell, arm. 



(c) Woodrington. 

 Wodrington. 



Witherington. Lei. Itin. vol. vii. p. 60. Camd. Brit. p. 859. 

 Widdringtorii 



(d) Gerardus de Woodrington tenet Woodrington, cum Drurtdge membro fuo, et medieta- 

 tern faBurroden, per unum feodum veteris feofFamenti, baronia de IVhaltim. 



Efcaet. dejnno i Ed. I. 



(e) Efcaet. de anno 36 Ed. III. 



Johannes de Ple/tto alierravit Rogers de Wodrington manerium de fleffes et villam de Shotton. 



Inquifit. poft Mortem. 



(f) Eft Johannes de Wodringtm filius Ct haeres Rogeri de Wodringttm. 



Inquifit. praedift. de anno 22 Ric. II. 

 Teftibus, Jobanne teWkitlawc fa Hertford, 'For/itr de Sbbtton, et aliis. 



and 



