ANTIQUITIES OF NORTHUMBERLAND. 541 



This villa and other lands were afterwards reftored to the family, 

 and were pglTefled by Sir John de Middleton in the reign of K. Hen- 

 ry V, who was infeoffed in the rnanour and villa of Burnton, near 

 Bambrough, 8cc. conjunctly with his wife Chriftian, as was found 

 by an inquilition after their deaths, loth of the fame reign : by 

 their fon and heir, Sir John de Middleton, then upwards of forty 

 years of age (r) ; and returned among the gentlemen of Northum- 

 berland 



per fervicia <Jebita et confueta in perpetuum, firniliter cum exltibus, et proficuis iiide a tem- 

 ]> mortis praedidi Jobannis de Crombuiell, qualitercunque prseceptis. In cujus, &c. Teile 

 >pud Wtjlmmajl. 12 die JuniL Per ipfum regem et confilium. 



Pat. 34 Ed. III. p. 2. m. -\\. 



(q) Juratores dicunt fuper facrum fuum, viz. Rob'ertus de Clavering , Chr. Rolertus De la 

 val, Chr. Alexander de Creffwell, &c. Quod Johannes de Striveling, Chr. obiit anno 2do re- 

 gis Ruardi II, feifuus communiter feofFatus cum uxore fua de manerio de Burnton, in comit. 

 Ncrthumbr. &c. quod quondam fuit Jobannis de Middleton, Chr. et quod tenetur de dom. 

 comite Narthumbr. per fervic. militare. 



Inquilit. ex bundello efcaetr. Turri Land. n. 49. capta apud Novum Caflrum fuper Ty- 

 nam Die Jovis in craftino S. Michaelis Archangel!, anno 2do regis Ricardi II, coram 

 Gilberts de Curwen, efcaetr. dom. regis in com. Narthumbr. Cwnbr. et Weftmorl. 



(r) Dicunt Juratores fuper facrum fuum, viz. Robertus Lijle, Chr. Johannes de Whitfield, 

 Nicholaus Turpin, Simon de IVeltden, ct Adam de KiUingworth t Quod Cbrtftiana, nuper uxor 

 Johannis de Middleton, militis, defundti, tenuit die quo obiit communiter feoffata, cum pras- 

 difto Jobanne, nuper viro fuo, manerium et villam de Burnton, juxta Bambrwgb in comit. 

 Nortbumbr. et advocationem cantarise capellse didi manerii, et fervicium Roberti Herbvttle, 

 qui Rfbertus tenet in dilo manerio iv mefiuag. et iv terras hufband. eifdem meflliagiis perti- 

 nentes in villa de Preflon, juxta Doxford, pro homagio, fidelitate, et fecla curia di&i mane- 

 rii de Burntcn, de tribus feptimanis in tres feptimas, et per redditus xl'id. per ann. ec per 

 fervicium molenJi omirimodo blada diflis terris crefcentia ad molendinum de Burnton, ac re- 

 parandi et fuftentandi diftum molendinum quoties et quando necefle fuerit, q.uas rata portione 

 didlatum terrarum ficut alii tenentes ibidem tenentur reparare fecundum tenorem certarunx 

 terrarum inde confeftarum : Et fervicium [Fi/Iielmi Heron, de Whltlingbam, qui tenet de 

 difto manerio de Burnton unum tenemcntum in Prejion, et unam terram hufband. cum perti- 



nen. 



