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field and 1 acre at the western part of the Salters' letch near the 

 moor (c. vi.) William, son of Henry of Butliston, gives two 

 acres of land next that of Hugh of Brotherwyk, and Ralph the 

 son of Edmund. He also gives that acre of arable land called 

 Fletys in the Buston field next the ground of William the smith 

 and the Tyot ground ; he likewise confirms the grants of Henry 

 his father, and Hugh his grandfather, and the agreement of the 

 said Hugh as to multure (ex.) In the 5th Newrainster Charter, 

 a reference will be found to a grant to the Canons of Alnwick by 

 Hugh the son of Gregory. No mention of this is made in the 

 Alnwick Chartulary as given by Tate, but from Clarkson's Survey 

 we know that Alnwick Abbey had possessions in Nether Buston — 

 which will be noticed later. 



In the Brinkbura Chartulary are three Charters which probably 

 relate to this township. 2 Hugh, the son of Gregory de Butlesden 

 (the benefactor of Newminster) "gives a rent charge of 6d., 

 which William, son of William de Butlesden, assigned to me and 

 m)' heirs out of 1 acres of land in Nether Butlesden." William 

 de Botlesden gives for the lights, a rent charge of 18d. to be 

 received from Hemy ' Palmerius ' and his heirs out of a burgage 

 in Warkworth. Stephen de Gilling ' clericus ' and Agnes his 

 wife give 18d. out of a burgage in Warkworth formerly belong- 

 ing to William de Budlesdon. 



In these Charters we have traces of two families : Gregory de 

 Butliston and his son Hugh (living in the time of Robert de 

 Ros) the grandson, Henry son of Hugh, and the great-grandson, 

 William son of Henry ; they were probably the tenants or 

 owners of one moiety. Edmund de Butliston, his son, Edmund 

 son of Edmund, and Ralph the son of Edmund, were perhaps the 

 owners of the other moiety. The}' paid yearly a fixed sum to 

 the lord who had no demesne lands. Under these two, the 

 under tenants held individually particular houses — built near 

 ' the bottle ' or hall or manor house — closes and gardens, with a 

 common pasture or moor and the open field cultivated on the 

 runrig system. They were able to alienate their closes and 

 enclosures to the monks — probably on their death beds — for 



1 Hugh of Brotherwyk was probably Hugo de Hamville, who held 

 Brotherwyc, in capite of the King, " pro austnrcum dni Begia custodiend," 

 by the service of keeping the King's falcons. — Testa de Nevill, p. 388. J.H. 



- Arch. Ml., Brinkbnrn Chartular}-, Index, and Canon Greenwell's MS. 

 notes of the Abstract. 

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