140 Sturton Grdnrje. fey J. C. Hodgson. 



Mr Hodgson Binde* says "that the holders of the Baronies 

 " paid to the King the assessments for which they were liable, 

 "and indemnified themselves by exacting payments from their 

 "subtenants, generally making a large profit." Danegeld was 

 that impost levied in the seaboard counties from Anglo-Saxon 

 days, at first to bribe the dreaded Danes to leave the coast and 

 afterwards for general purposes. The Homageld or cornage or 

 Noutgeld was the tribute of horned cattle originally paid in kind 

 afterwards commuted for a money payment. Utware was 

 probably that service by which Beanley was held in the reign of 

 King John when Earl Patric was to be ' Inborg and Hutborg,' 

 or in later spelling ' Inborwe and Utborwe,' between England 



and Scotland Mr Hinde holds that the words mean 



in-bearer and out-bearer, the bearer of communications between 

 the two kingdoms. 



Other charters are a confirmation similarly worded from 

 Everard de Eos' son Robert : a license from William de Hanvil 

 " to the monks to erect a fence between the Grange of Stratton 

 " and the Ville of Brotherwyk : a grant from Galfridus de 

 " Hanvil of about an acre and a half below Langdyke, which 

 " goes by the Royal Road (via Regia) Kideford to the moor of 

 " Warkworth." The ancient road thus dignified with designa- 

 tion of royal, may still be traced in part. It skirted Brother- 

 wick township, and crossed Warkworth Moor in a narrow deep- 

 cut track, to the disused Pauper- Ford below Morvvick. " Another 

 "is a grant by the convent of Herefordlees about the year 1250 

 "to Robert son of Roger with reservation of common." In 

 this no consideration is named; Herefordlees was probably a 

 portion of the moor which until late years belonged to the 

 burgesses of Warkworth. Then comes "a License from Hugh 

 " de Morwick for a milldam in the plain of Stratton below 

 " Wyteleys." The remains of this dam may be seen crossing the 

 Coquet at Walkmill. "A license from Nicholas de Aketon 

 " (Acton) to win seacoal in my wood of Midilwode for the forge 

 " at Sturton Grange. An Agreement made with Alexander de 

 "Hilton before the justices itinerant at Newcastle in 1240 

 " defines the boundaries between the Grange, Sipilbottle and 

 " Gysnes. Also an agreement between the convent and Robert 

 " de Hilton as to the making of a fence between the Grange and 

 " Shilbottle." 



* Hodgson Ilinde, North., pp. 252, 258, 2G0, 263. 



