ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY 



The deaneries of the archdeaconry of Cleveland were three in number, viz. Bulmer, Cleveland, 

 and Ryedale. 



(i) The deanery of Bulmer comprised the wapentake of Bulmer, with the exception 

 of the immediate suburbs of York ; and parts of the wapentakes of Birdforth and Allerton- 

 shire ;^^^ the wapentake of Ouse and Derwent in the East Riding, with exceptions already 

 noted ; and Acaster Selby in the Ainsty of York, being part of the parish of Stillingfleet. 

 The following churches, excluding peculiars, are mentioned in the Ecclesiastical Taxation : 

 Bossall,^^^Brafferton,"'Brandsby, Bulmer, Crambe, Dalby, Easingwold, Foston, Huntington, 

 Myton-upon-Swale, Newton-upon-Ouse, Over Helmsley, Overton, Sheriff Hutton, Sutton- 

 on-the- Forest, Terrington, Thormanby, Whenby, and Wigginton,^^^ in Bulmer Wapentake ; 

 Coxwold with Over Silton chapelry, Feliskirk, Kirby Knowle, South Kilvington,^^' South 

 Otterington, and Thirsk, in Birdforth ; Sessay,in Allertonshire ; and Dunnington, Elvington, 

 Stillingfleet, and Wheldrake, in Ouse and Derwent. To these should be added Marton- 

 on-the-Forest, in Bulmer ; TopcliflFe, in Birdforth ;^^^ and Thorganby, in Ouse and 

 Derwent.i^' 



(2) The deanery of Cleveland embraced the liberty of Langbaurgh, the greater part of 

 the liberty of Whitby Strand and wapentake of Allertonshire, and a portion of the wapen- 

 take of Birdforth. The following churches, exclusive of peculiars, are mentioned in 

 Pope Nicholas^ Taxation : Great Ayton, Crathorne, Danby, Easington, Guisborough, 

 Hinderwell, Rudby, Ingleby ArncliiFe, Ingleby Greenhow, Kildale, Kirkby in Cleveland, 

 Kirkleatham, Kirk Leavington, Lofthouse, Lythe with its chapels,^^^ Marske, Marton, 

 Middlesbrough,^^' Ormsby, Skelton, Stainton, and Stokesley, in Langbaurgh ; Fylingdales, 

 Sneaton, and Whitby with Eskdale chapel, in Whitby Strand ; Hawnby and Welbury, in 

 Birdforth. To these should be added Carlton-in-Cleveland and Yarm, in Langbaurgh .^^^ 



(3) The deanery of Ryedale embraced the wapentake of Ryedale, the greater part of 

 the wapentake of Pickering Lythe, and a portion of the wapentake of Birdforth. The following 

 churches excluding peculiars, are mentioned in Pope Nicholas' Taxation : Appleton-le- 

 Street, Barton-le-Street,"^ Great Edston, East Gilling, Helmsley, Hovingham,^'^ Kirkby 

 Moorside, Kirkdalc, Lastingham, Old Malton, Normanby, Nunnington, Oswaldkirk, 

 Scawton, Slingsby, and Stonegrave, in Ryedale ; Brompton, Hutton Bushell, Kirby 

 Misperton, Levisham, Middleton, Sinnington,"' Thornton Dale, and Wykeham, in 

 Pickering Lythe. 



The archdeaconry of Richmond included, within the limits of modern Yorkshire, the wapen- 

 takes of Gilling East and West, Hang East and West, the wapentake of Hallikeld, now 

 in the North Riding ; and, in the West Riding, the wapentake of Ewcross and the 

 northern part of that of Claro. The extraordinary privileges of the Archdeacon of Richmond 

 are enumerated in an agreement made in 1331 between the archdeacon and Archbishop Melton : 

 they included the custody of vacant benefices, power of sequestration, examination and confirmation 

 of elections to benefices, institution and induction of incumbents, examination and presentation of 

 candidates for orders, and other privileges which, so far as the other archdeaconries were concerned, 

 resided with the archbishop.''* In 1541 the archdeaconry became part of the new diocese of 

 Chester. Its Yorkshire portion was detached in 1836 to form the archdeaconry of Richmond in 

 the diocese of Ripon. In 1894 the archdeaconry was subdivided : the new archdeaconry of 

 Ripon took its southern portion, while the parishes in Ewcross Wapentake were transferred to the 

 archdeaconry of Craven. 



"' Allertonshire was divided into the peculiar jurisdictions of the Bishop and convent of Durham. 



"' Part of this parish is in Birdforth Wapentake. "^ Part of this parish is in Hallikeld Wapentake. 



12J Wigginton had not yet become a member of the treasurer's peculiar. 



"^ Omelington (sic) : a later note has Kinelergton {sic). 



"^ Dishforth and Marton-le-Moor, chapelries of Topcliife, are in Hallikeld Wapentake. 



"' TopclifFe is mentioned in Fa/or Eccl. (Rec. Com. v, loi). It was appropriated to the fabric of the 

 church of York, and seems therefore to have been within the jurisdiction of the dean and chapter. 



'^' viz. Egton, and possibly Ugthorpe. 



™ Middlesbrough was a cell of Whitby Abbey, situated locally in the parish of West Acklam, formerly a 

 chapelry of Stainton. West Acklam is probably meant here : but at the time of the Vahr Eccl. (Rec. Com. 

 V, 80) the church was still regarded as a chapel. 



"" These churches, however, were probably chapels, Carlton of Hutton Rudby, Yarm of Kirk 

 Leavington. See Lawton,op. cit. pp. 477, 510. Pope Nich. Tax. (Rec. Com. 335) also includes the castle 

 church of Whorlton among the churches of the deanery. 



"' Coneysthorpe, in this parish, is in Bulmer Wapentake. 



'" Scackleton, in this parish, is in Bulmer Wapentake. 



'" Little Edston, in this parish, is in Ryedale Wapentake. "* Hist. Ch. Vork (Rolls Ser.), iii, 248 seq. 



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