The P re- Reformation Churches of Berwickshire. 133 



HUTTON AND FISHWICK. 



' Fishewic ' or 'Fyschewike' was one of the Berwickshire 

 manors conveyed to the monks of St Cuthbert, Durham, by 

 King Edgar, between 1098 and 1107, and it is mentioned iu a 

 charter of confirmation granted by David I. in favour of the s une 

 monks iu 1126, In the Papal Taxation Roll, drawn up in the 

 reign of Edward I., the vicarage of Fichewyke is valued at 

 £6 1.3s. 4d. It was rated in the old taxatio at 30 merks."^" 



' Huton ' is named in the doubtful charter by King Edgar, 

 to which reference has already been made. Its cliurch was 

 dedicated by David de Bernham, Bishop of St Andrews, on 6th 

 April 1243. "Thomas, parsona de Huton," and "Robert de 

 Paxton, prior Hospitalis St Johannis Jerisolm, apud Huton," 

 were among the clergy of the county who took the oath of 

 allegiance to Edward I. in 1296. It is called Hotone, in the 

 Papal Taxation. The parishes w^re united in 1614. 



The existing Pakish Church of Hutton was built about 1840, 

 and re[)laced an older structure erected in 17ri5. No portion of 

 the ])re-Reformation church remains ;f nor has the Hospital left 

 any traces, but it is believed to have stood near the modern 

 mansion of Spital House. In one of the old Retours it is called 

 Huttonspittle.| 



The ruins of the ancient Church of Fishwick, beautifully 

 situated on the west bank of the River Tweed, nearly opposite 

 the village of Horncliffe.were removed about the year 1833, when 

 a mortuary chapel was erected on their site by the proprietor of 

 Broad meadows. From the brief description given of them in 

 the New Statistical Account of the parish, it would appear that 

 the cliurch had been ''a very plain building, long and narrow, 

 and of small dimensions." 



LADYKIRK 



Comprises the ancient parishes of Upsetlington and Horndean. 

 They were united at the Reformation, and the votive Church of 



* Coldingham Letters etc., Appendix p. ex. — Surtees Society; Registrum 

 Prioratus Sancti Andree. 



t The burial-vault to the west of the church appears to be a 17th 

 century erection. 



X Retours, Berwickshire, No. 413. 



