508 Low Buston. By J. C. Hodgson. 



the Scottish army and died in 1317. His son William relin- 

 quished his claims on Wark, for lands belonging to the Crown in 

 the south of England. In 1345, Wm. de Monte Acuto, Earl of 

 Salisbury, was possessed of Wark Castle, Boteleston, etc , and 

 in 1363 Richard de Botilstoun is mentioned as possessing 

 " Botilstone, Brothirwik, Werkon Twede, Over liotilstone," with 

 their lands and tenements. In 1367, Mary, daughter and heir 

 of John Orby, and afterwards wife of John de Eos, was baptised at 

 Warkworth Church.— Arch. ML, vol. iv., p. 328. 



The Newminster and Brinkburn Chartularies have preserved 

 for us particulars of many gifts or benefactions of land in this 

 township to their respective houses. They may be referred to 

 the 13th and 14th centuries. Eleven of the Newminster charters 

 relate to Low Buston. Bobert, son-in-law of Hulward of But- 

 liston, gives of his land in the Buston field, 1 acre at the northern 

 part of the Bradmedowe (c.iiij.) Margery, daughter of Robert 

 of Butliston, gives 1 acre in the ville of Suthbutliston (c.j ) An 

 agreement is made at the Court of Bobert de Bos, to determine 

 the dispute between the monks and the Buston tenants, as to 

 grinding at the Grange Mill. Edmund, son of Edmund de 

 Botiliston — evidently a chief-tenant — agrees that he and his heirs 

 will pay to the Monks 18s. a year, for which he shall be free of 

 multure, and shall grind his corn next after the batch in the 

 hopper. The same Edmund gives of his land in the Buston 

 field, 1 acre called Saltrig next to the ground given by Hugh, 

 son of Gregory, to the Canons of Alnwick (c. v.) Robert de Ros 

 confirms the agreement (c. xi.) Hugh, the son of Gregory of 

 Butliston gives in the field of Butliston of Robert de Ros, 1 acre 

 called the Bradacre next the Greneletch (c.iij.) The 9th Charter 

 shows us that the ancient dispute as to multure and grinding had 

 been revived, and Hugh, son of Gregory of Bittliston, declares 

 that " from old time even before Everard de Ros gave Sturton to 

 the monks, that his predecessors and their men had been used to 

 grind at the Mill of Sturton, the Lord of the ville being free of 

 multure, and his men paying the ' tercium decimum ' toil that 

 false information had been given to the monks that he and his men 

 did not confine themselves to their mill {i.e. that of the monk's), 

 and he agrees that he will bring his corn to grind on the old terms. 

 Henry, son of Hugh de Butliston, gives two acres in the Buston 

 field, viz : 1 acre called Heyrigidacre (high-ridged-acre — ploughed 

 with gathered ridges for the moisture to run off) near the Billing 



