10 Anniversary Address. 



of Newetun, in regard to the teinds.^ Bishop Arnold of St. 

 Andrews, about 1159, confirms to Edenham the teinds and 

 ecclesiastical dues of the town, with the chapel of Stichil, with 

 its teinds and dues, and with the chapels of Newtun and 

 Naithanesthirna, with theirs /^^ Amongst the witnesses occurs 

 the signature ' Goce sacirdote de Stichil.' In a Charter of 

 Confirmation to the Church of St. Mary of Kaldestrem, the 

 name of 'G' decanus de Stichel is found amongst the witnesses. 

 Chalmers, in his Caledonia, states erroneously that Ednam had 

 only two dependant chapels in the twelfth century — Newton 

 and Nenthorn.*" 



In a Charter of Confirmation (1153-95) by Henry of Puteacus 

 to the Priory of Finchale, amongst the witnesses is the signature 

 of 'Magistro W. de Stichel." To the Charter of Kilmaurs 

 Church, Milo de Stichele is a witness. King Henry II., in the 

 confirmation of the privileges and estates of the Convent of 

 Durham, which he granted after 1154 and before 1189, 

 enumerates amongst the churches holding of Coldingham (and 

 others of Durham also) that of Edenham, with the Chapel of 

 Stichel and its possessions, especially those in Lothian, according 

 to Edgar's Charter of Confirmation of Thor's foundation of 

 Ednam Church.*^ 



King John confirms the same grant in similar terms in 1204." 

 So does Henry III. on 10th May 1253." In a Charter of 

 Willielm Benett, son of Eobert Benet, dated 1207, Magister 

 Willielmus de Stichil is found as a witness.^^ 



In the ancient ' Taxatio ' of the churches during Alexander 

 II.'s reign, the Ecclesia de Stichil, or Stychill, in the Deanery 

 of the Merse, is rated at 35 marks, that of the Church of 

 Edinham at 55 marks, and that of Hume at 24 marks. In 

 a Charter of the lands of Bolgyne, at this or an earlier 

 date, the signature of Dominus Nicholaus de Stytcheel is 

 given amongst the witnesses.*^ 



*^ Liber de Calchou, p. 82, No. ccccxlvii. 



^^ N. Durham, p. 82, App. ccccli. 



■*** Chartulary of Coldstream Priory by Rogers, p. 46. Vol. iii., p. 190. 



" Register of Archb. Walter Gray (Sartees' Society) p. 6. ' 



*2 Lib. de Calchoa, No. 283, p. 321. 



" Poed., Pr. Dunelm., p. 96. 



** Cal. Sc. Doc, Vol. i., p. 360, No. 1924. 



** Foed., Pr. Dunelm., p. 54. 



*« Liber Carfcarnm Prioratus S. Andreae, p. 18. 



