94* Amhle and Hauxley. By J. C. Hodgson. 



any individual proprietory right. But if a freeholder or under- 

 tenant of either township, carted such stones or ware to any 

 holding he might possess, outside of the townships, e.g. to 

 Togston, the proprietory rights of the freeholder, whose 

 foreshore was thus invaded, were acknowledged by payment 

 for value of such stones or ware, or at the least by a 

 payment in acknowledgement. 



Part I. — Hauxley. 



The Township of Auxley, with the lands and tenements of tenants at 

 will there, worth yearly £17 7s. 7d. ; the fines of assize of bread and ale 

 payable by the tenants there, worth 6s. yearly ; the pannage of swine 

 upon " swine banks," worth lOd. yearly ; 60 salt fish coming from three 

 fishing cobles (that is to say of every coble 20 fishes) after the rate of 

 4d. a fish, worth 20s. per annum ; the whole, amounting to £20 7s. 5d., 

 were, 25th September, 4 Charles I. [1629] granted to Edward Ditchfield 

 of London, and other persons, in fee farm, at a yearly rent of the 

 like amount.^0 



The grantees immediately sold to Sir Wm. Hewitt, Knight, 

 but would seem to have reserved the minerals. In 1630 Sir 

 Wm. Hewitt and his eldest son Thomas, conveyed their 

 purchase in parcels, seemingly to the ancient copyholders. 



;n 1663 the proprietors were— 









Robert Widdrington, 



esq. 



rated 



at £40 



William Kirton 







24 



Mr Nicholas Lewen 







20 



William Carr 







13 



John Clark 







13 



John Hudson 







10 



Robert Hall 







11 



Annual value of whole township £131 

 20 Gibson, i., p. 243. 



