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chapelry had no property of its own — and the services were 

 performed by stipendiary priests appointed, controlled, and paid 

 by the convent of Holy Island. The stipend of the priest of 

 Kyloe was, in 1385, £2 13s 4d yearly. After the dissolution of 

 monasteries, their possessions were seized by the king ; but 

 when the possessions of the monastery of Holy Island were 

 leased in 1579 to Sir William Reed, £10 annually were re- 

 served as a stipend for the curate of Kyloe. Since that time 

 the stipend has been augmented at various periods and from 

 different sources, and very recently by the grant of a certain 

 portion of the tithes, till it now amounts to about £300 a-year. 



The old Norman church continued to be used for religious 

 services till 1792, when it was so ruinous that it was entirely 

 taken down ; we learn, however, that it had a nave fifty-five 

 feet long and fifteen feet broad, a north aisle, and a chancel 

 twenty-nine feet long. With its one aisle it resembled the 

 church at Edlingham, and some other churches belonging to 

 the same- Norman period. A new church, erected on its site 

 in 1792, was a plain structure almost devoid of ecclesiastical 

 features, and with a low tower, which, standing on high 

 ground, was a landmark for seamen. Within the last few 

 years it has heen considerably altered and improved under 

 the able direction of Mr. F. R. Wilson ; the oblong house 

 windows having been replaced by others of the pointed style a 

 with geometrical tracery ; a new chancel has been built, and 

 the interior has been very neatly renovated. The low tower 

 remains unchanged, but requires alteration to harmonise with 

 the modern improvements. 



The superior lord of Kyloe was the Bishop of Durham ; 

 and in 1272 the Vill, along with Berrington and Low Lynn 

 was held of the Bishop on " thaynage and payment of nine 

 marks yearly by Eustace de Kilei ;" subsequently Emeric de 

 Hauldon and Sir John de Kynmouth held it, in right 

 of their wives, Isabella and Mary, probably heiresses of the 

 Kilei family ; but becoming rebels, and assisting Robert 

 Bruce in his depredations on the English border, their pro- 

 perty was forfeited and granted, in 1327, to Sir Robert 



