Mr. J. C. Langlands on Old Bewick. 251 



the land of ArcM Morell, to wit Bewic with all the lands to it apper- 

 taining, and the land of Egulingham which Winnoc the Hunter 

 gave to S. Albans and S. Oswin — in feodofirma and Themeslage, 

 and Sac and Soc Tol and Theam and Infangentheof, in wood and 

 plain and in waste, as Abbot Geoffrey holds it better of the King ; 

 but the said JEdgar shall render for the same lands, to the Monks 

 of Tynemouth, four pounds at the Purification and at the feast of 

 8. Cuthbert — also to the Monks of S. Albans, twenty shillings — 

 or if he be in want of money 7 Oxen, each worth, three shillings." 

 This JEdgar son of Earl CosjDatrick, seems to have joined the 

 king's enemies (Hen. II.) and taken flight into Scotland; where- 

 upon K, Hen. seized upon his possessions as forfeit, but restored 

 them to S. Alban and S. Oswin, as they held them from Queen 

 Matilda. — Ed I. 21. The abbot and prior were summoned to 

 appear and show by what warrant they claim to harbour men, 

 who came with Grith (venientes infra gritheros) and to have a 

 gallows and tumbrils (furcas et tumbrilles) in Tynemouth and 

 Bewyk. The subsidy roll of Ed. I. 24. gives the names of the 

 tenants — value of goods — Summce honorum. 



Thomse Olerici xvs ijd — inde regi xvj. d. ob. 

 Eicardi filii Hyne Johannis filii Adse 



Johannis Littil Adse filii Adee 



Eicardi Bercarii Eicardi filii Adae 



Adse Littil Eicardi Oocheden 



Willielmi Servientis Nichlai Prsepositi 



Hugonis filii gameli Thomse filii Augnetis 



AKcise Hund Alexandri Olerici 



Eicardi filii Walteri 

 Summa hujus villee xvji li. ix s. ij d. (probentur) inde Domini 

 Eegi xxxj s. ixd. ob." 



In 1253, Henry III. on the petition of the monks of Tyne- 

 mouth granted them (Jan. 21,) to hold a market weekly in 

 their manor of Beauwick on Thursday, unless the market 

 should be to the injury of the neighbouring markets. The 

 Tynemouth chartulary contains a taxation of spiritual and 

 temporal goods of the priory, made in 1292, in consequence 

 of a dispute with the assessors of the crown on the former 

 valuation. The manor of Bewick is set out at £30 15s. 6d. 

 1360. — Ed. III. — The prior's mill at Bewick is mentioned, 

 and the prior petitions for the restoration of lands held of 

 him by Adam, son of Nicholas de Lilleburne. 



In the reign of Hen. VIII. came the plunder of the mon- 

 asteries. Tynemouth was the only monastery in Northum- 

 berland which escaped the operation of the act passed in 

 1536 for the suppression of the smaller foundations. The 

 surrender of the greater monasteries was effected without 



