RELIGIOUS HOUSES 



Richard de Barnard Castle, occ. 1369 a 

 John de Newthorpe of Pontefract, occ. 1377** 

 William de Walworth, coll. 3 September, 



1377, p. r. J. Newthorpe 1 * 

 Hugh de Westwick, occ. 1388" 

 John Burgess, occ. 1395," H'S** 

 Thomas Lyes, coll. 17 May, 1415, p.m. 



Burgess " 



Thomas Hebbedon, coll. 29 December, 1431* 

 William Doncaster, coll. 30 June, 1435, p.m. 



T. Hebbedon " 

 Robert Thwaites * 

 Bartholomew Radcliffe, occ. 1 466 M 

 John Kelyng, occ. 1476 ** 

 John Newcourt M 

 William Sherwall, or Sherwood, occ. 1485,** 



1498" 

 William Thomeson, coll. 21 July, 1498, 



p. m. Sherwall* 8 



Thomas Patenson, coll. 1 5 1 1 , p. m. Thomeson" 

 William Strangeways, coll. December, 1520, 



p. m. Patenson * 



Robert Hyndmer, coll. 1541, p.m. Strange- 

 ways ; 4l dean at the dissolution 41 



33. THE COLLEGE OF NORTON 



The date of the foundation of the college at 

 Norton is unknown. 1 The earliest authentic 

 mention of it occurs in the Patent Rolls of 

 1227, when, the see of Durham being vacant, 

 the king presented to prebends in Norton Col- 

 legiate Church.* At and after that date it con- 

 sisted of eight prebends, and so continued until 

 the dissolution. In 1291 these prebends were 

 valued at ^6 per annum, but the total value in 

 1534 was 4 6s. Sd. each, or ^34 13*. 4^. the 

 whole;' and in 1548 the total yearly value is 

 given as 48.* The stipends arose from part of 

 the tithe corn of Norton parish.* The succes- 

 sive vicars of Norton appear to have acted as 

 heads of the college, but did not bear the title 

 of dean. 



" Hutchinson, Hut. Dur. iii, 334. 

 "Dur. Epis. Reg. Hatfield, fol. 188. 



* Ibid. * Hutchinson, Hilt. Dur. iii, 334. 



* Ibid. " Dur. Epis. Reg. Langley, fol. 70 J. 

 Ibid. " Ibid. fol. 1 82 d. " Ibid. fol. 2 1 9 </. 

 " Hutchinson, Hist. Dur. iii, 334. " Ibid. 



M Ibid. Ibid. * Ibid. 



v Dur. Epis. Reg. Fox, fol. 19. " Ibid 



" Hutchinson, ut supra. 



40 Ibid. 41 Ibid. 



" Chant. Cert. Surt. Soc. Publ.\o\. 22, App.vi.p. Ixv. 



1 Surtccs, Hiit. Dur. iii, 1 54. It is said that some 

 of the ejected seculars from Durham were placed here 

 by Bishop William (Leland, CM. i, 332, 385), bui 

 Tanner doubts this statement, as there is no mention 

 of the college till 1227. 



' Pat. n and 12 Hen. III. 



' Surt. ut supra. 



4 Chant. Cert. Surt. Soc. Publ. vol. 22, App. vi, 

 p. Ixiz. ' Surt. Hist. Dur. iii, 154. 



34. THE COLLEGE OF LANCHESTER 



The church of Lanchester was rectorial till 

 the year 1283, when Bishop Bek erected it into 

 a collegiate church consisting of a dean and seven 

 prebendaries. To the dean were allotted the 

 altarage of the church and its three chapels, and 

 the messuages belonging to the chapels, saving 

 only such room as the prebendaries should re- 

 quire for the storage and sale of their corn. 

 The fee-farms belonging to the rectory were 

 divided amongst the prebendaries. 



The dean had the cure of souls in the parish, 

 and was responsible for the repair of the chancel, 

 and the supply of two chaplains. He was also 

 bound to provide ministers for the chapels, and 

 to take special care that mattins was sung daily 

 for the parishioners to attend before going to 

 their day's work. Each of the first three pre- 

 bendaries had to provide at his own charge one 

 vicar chaplain, and the remaining prebendaries 

 each one chaplain in holy orders (i.e. a deacon). 

 Strict rules were made for the conduct of these 

 vicars both in and out of church. 1 



In the Taxation of Pope Nicholas, 1291, the 

 revenues of the college were rated at ^90 i T,s. \d. ; 

 at the dissolution, 49 31. 4^.;* and in the 

 survey returns of 1548, ,73 IQJ.* 



About the year 1378 Bishop Hatfield found 

 fault with the canons of Lanchester for not 

 paying the salaries of their vicars, 4 but his ad- 

 monitions on the subject produced no lasting 

 effect. In the time of Bishop Langley the dean 

 was non-resident ; * the church, chapels, and 

 houses of the college were in a ruinous con- 

 dition ; the vicars' places were vacant, and their 

 salaries went into the pockets of the canons.* 



At the dissolution small pensions were re- 

 served for the curates of Lanchester and the 

 three chapels ; the rest of the collegiate posses- 

 sions were scattered under crown grants. 7 



DEANS OF LANCHESTER 



John de Craven, app. 1283* 

 William de Marclan, occ. 1311* 

 William de Whickham (Quykham), occ. 

 1313-1710 



Richard de Kilvington, coll. 1339" 

 John de Newbiggin, occ. 19 June, 1350 u 



1 Surt. Hiit. Dur. ii, 309, 310. ' Ibid. 311. 



1 Chant. Cert. Surt. Soc. Publ. vol. 22, App. vi, 

 p. Ixxiii. 



4 Dur. Epis. Reg. Hatfield, fol. 142*. 



Ibid. Langley, fol. 284^. 



Ibid. fols. 100 a 1 ., 160 J. ; see Surt. Hiit. Dur. 

 ii, App. 



1 Surt. Hiit. Dur. ii, 311. A list is there given 

 of pensions paid in 1553 to surviving members of 

 the College. ' Surt. Hist. Dur. ii, 311. 



Ibid. ' Pat. 7-10 Edw. II. 

 " Reg. Palat. Dun. (Rolls Ser.), iii, 2. 



" Surt. ut supra i see Reg. Palat. Dun. iii, 234. 



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