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Heathpool. 



Notices of Heathpool, in the parish of Kirkneivton, 

 Northumberland. By James Hardy. 



The history of Heathpool is almost entirely interwoven with that of its 

 proprietors, and is little more than an enumeration of documents. It is 

 very much involved, and the lines of separation between the possessions 

 of the different land-holders cannot now be ascertained. Originally it 

 belonged to the Barony of Muschampe, but owing to a more than usual 

 proportion of heiresses, and from grants to new or substitutionary 

 incomers, it was at length much broken up. 



1. Robert de Muschampe and his Lineage. 



It is impossible to enter upon the history of the entire Barony, but so 

 far as it relates to the portion of it, to be at present considered, it will be 

 sufficiently understood if I quote with some emendations, the late Mr 

 Dickson's " Pedigree" of the last male who held the entire Barony, which 

 is annexed to his privately printed " Pipe Rolls of Northumberland," 

 Newcastle, 1854, and afterwards in lithograph. The subsequent owners 

 will then be indicated in chronological order. Most of them are mere 

 shadows to us, but among them are also to be found some of the great 

 men of their age. 



" Robert de Muschampe, the last heir male of the Barony of Muschampe 

 left three daughters, and died 34, Henry III., 1249, (Dug. Bar. 557), Pipe 

 Rolls, pp. 24, 44, 100, 109. Relief, 78. 



1. Cecilia, the eldest daughter married the only son of Odonell de 

 Ford, a little before 34, Henry III. She left one child only, Isabella de 

 Ford, who was 15 years old in 1249, and married to Adam de Wigton, who 

 was then aged 13 or 14, she died without children, and on the inquisition 

 at her death in 1254, she held one third of her father's Barony. Her aunt, 

 Isabella de Huntercumbe, was heir to one moiety, and her two cousins 

 Muriella and Maria to the other. 



