6£ Rev, R. W. Bosanquet, A.M., on Bock Hall. 



the purchase, made it over to my mother as an addition to 

 her previous marriage settlement. 



PART II. 



We ought now to revert to such historical notices as may be 

 found scattered through local records concerning the inhabi- 

 tants, from time to time, of our old mansion. And in this 

 part of the paper Mr. Tate has relieved me of a great deal of 

 labour by furnishing me with notes relating to our subject, 

 extracted from the "Testa de Neville," the " Inquisitiones 

 post mortem," and other mediaeval sources ; and these notes 

 I will insert without interruption down to " William Lawson, 

 son of Margery and Robert Lawson, who inherited Rock, 

 and who appears in the Heraldic Visitation of 1575." 



NOTES REGARDING ROCK. 



" The earliest notice I find of Rock is in the Testa de Neville, 

 in which it is said that, between 1219 and 1252, 



William de Rok held Rok under William de Vescy, Baron of 

 Alnwick, by service of half a knight's fee of ancient feoffment 

 (that is prior to 1135). (Hist, of Alnwick, Vol. I. p. 73). 



1289. — Thomas de Roche held Rocke under John de Vescy, by 

 service of half a fee and an yearly rent of 6s. 8d. ; it was worth 

 £20 a year, and was assigned (as dower) to Lady Agnes de 

 Vescy. (Inquisition. Hist, of Alnwick, Vol. I. p. 89). 



1314. — Thomas de Rokk held the vill of Rokk by service of 

 half a fee, and by yearly payment of 6s. 8d. for Castle Ward ; it 

 was worth yearly £30. (Inquisition). Roger de Roke and 

 Henry de Swynton were jurors at this Inquisition. 



1346. — Robert de Tughalle held the vill of Roke by service of 

 a quarter of a fee, and by payment for Castle Ward of 6s. 8d. ; 

 the yearly value was 100s. (Inquisition). 



1352. — Robert de Tughalle held Roke as in 1346. (Inquisition). 



1368. — Robert de Tughalle held Rock by service of one fee, and 

 payment for Castle Ward of 13s. 4d. (Inquisition. Hist, of 

 Alnwick, Vol. I. p 139). 



1359. — Bishop Hatfield gave permission to Robert de Tughale 

 to cause divine service to be performed in his Oratories of Rock and 

 Scremerston. Raine's North Durham, p. 236. In 1320 Bishop Beau- 

 mont confirmed to Robert de Tughale a sixth part of the Manor 

 of Scremerston, which he had acquired from Richard de Screm- 

 erston; and in 1355 Henry, son of Henry de Langton, remitted 

 to Robert de Tughale his interest in the lands of Scremerston, 

 which the said Robert had acquired from Henry Langton, his 

 father. In 1386 William de Swynhoe died seized of the whole 

 vill of Scremerston, and as his grandson Robert de Swynhoe is, 



