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Brotherwick. By J. C. Hodgson, Wark worth. 



Immediately adjacent to the Warkworth Station of the 

 North Eastern Railway is the small township of Brotherwick. 

 It is on the left bank of, though not washed by, the river 

 Coquet, and contains 185 acres. There is a quarry, out of 

 which a considerable quantity of excellent freestone has been 

 worked for sale. 



Its population in 1801 was 10 



1811 , 



, 9 



1821 , 



, 10 



1831 , 



, 4 



1881 , 





1891 , 



i 23 



The rectorial or corn tithes, belonged to the bishop of 

 Carlisle as rector of Warkworth, are commuted for £24 12s. 6d., 

 and now paid to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners ; the small 

 tithes, commuted for £4 18s., belong to the vicar of Warkworth. 

 With the exception of the tithe owners and the railway 

 company, the duke of Northumberland is sole owner of the 

 township. 



Unlike most of the neighbouring manors and townships, 

 Brotherwick was held immediately of the King by sergeancy, 

 or the performance by the tenant of specific services. 



In an inquisition taken in 1274, the jury found 'that the 

 manor of Roytherwyk was of the demesne of King Henry 

 [1100-1135] the great-grandfather's father of the lord the 

 king who now is, and the same King Henry gave the manor 

 to Henry de Hanvill for the rental thence to the king of 

 one half mark yearly. '^ 



It is incidentally mentioned in the grant of Sturton Grange 

 to Newminster [1154-1189] and in the grants of William de 

 Hanvil and his son, Galfridus, to the same house. The 

 second of these documents describes the now existing boundary 

 between the townships of Brotherwick and Sturton Grange.^ 



* Omnibus, banc cartam, etc. Willelmus de Hanule, salutem. 

 Noveritis me ob perpetuam pacis custodiam concessisse monachis 



* Hundred Rolls, ii., 17, Hodgson, i., p. 70. 



* Newminster Chartnlary, 197-8-9, 



