A HISTORY OF YORKSHIRE 



The following peculiar jurisdictions were locally within the limits of the archdeaconry. 



(i) The peculiar of the Dean and chapter of York included Aldborough with Dunsforth 

 Chapel, Burton Leonard,"" and Hornby."^ 



(2) The following parishes were in the peculiar jurisdiction of the dignitaries and pre- 

 bendaries of the church of York : Little Ouseburn,"' Precentor of York ; Knaresborough,'" 

 Prebendary of Knaresborough with Bickhill ; Masham with Kirkby Malzcard and its 

 chapelries,"' Prebendary of Masham.'*" 



(3) Middleham '*' was a royal peculiar, exempted from all metropolitan, archiepiscopal, 

 &c., jurisdiction in 1481. 



The Yorkshire deaneries of the archdeaconry were three in number, viz. Boroughbridge, 

 Catterick, and Richmond. It also included a portion of Yorkshire in the deanery of Lonsdale. 



(i) The deanery of Boroughbridge comprised the northern part of the wapentake of 

 Claro, and a portion of the wapentake of Hallikeld. The following churches, excluding 

 peculiars, are mentioned in Pope Nicholas' Taxation : Allerton Mauleverer, Copgrove, 

 Farnham, Goldsborough, Marton with Grafton, Great Ouseburn, Ripley, South Stainley, 

 Staveley, and WhLxley, in Claro ; Cundall and Kirby-on-the-Moor, in Hallikeld Wapentake. 

 To these should be added Hunsingore and Nun Monkton'" in Claro. 



(2) The deanery of Catterick included the wapentakes of Hang East and West, most of 

 the wapentake of Hallikeld, and portions of the wapentakes of Claro and Gilling East. The 

 following churches are mentioned in the Ecclesiastical Taxation: Aysgarth, Coverham, 

 Downholme, Fingall, Grinton,"' Hauxwell, Middleham, Spennithorne, Thornton 

 Steward,"* Wcnsley, East Witton, and West Witton, in Hang West ; Bedale,''" 

 Catterick,"' Kirkby Fleetham, Patrick Brompton,"' Scruton, Thornton Watlass, and Well, 

 in Hang East ; and Burneston, Kirklington, Pickhill,"* Wath,"' and West Tanfield, in 

 Hallikeld.'^" 



(3) The deanery of Richmond included the greater part of the wapentakes of Gilling 

 East and Gilling West, with a small portion of the wapentake of Langbaurgh, The 

 following churches are mentioned in the Ecclesiastical Taxation : Barningham, Bowes, 

 Brignall, Easby, West Gilling, Kirkby Ravensworth, Marrick, Marske, Melsonby, Richmond, 

 Rokeby, Romaldkirk, Stanwick,"' Startforth, and WyclifFe, in Gilling West ; Ainderby 

 Steeple, East Cowton, Croft, Danby Wiske, Kirby Wiske, Langton-on-Swale, Manfield, 

 Middleton Tyas, and Great Smeaton, in Gilling East. To these should be added Cleasby, 

 in Gilling East.'" 



(4) The wapentake of Ewcross formed part of the deanery of Lonsdale. The following 

 churches are mentioned in the Ecclesiastical Taxation : Bentham and Sedbergh, To these 

 should be added Clapham and Thornton in Lonsdale.'^' 



These parishes formed part of the diocese of Ripon after 1836, but were not formed 

 into a separate deanery until 1 848. The deanery of Clapham, then formed, remained in 

 the archdeaconry of Richmond until 1894, when it was united to the archdeaconry of 

 Craven."* 



'" Locally in the deanery of Boroughbridge. "' Locally in the deanery of Catterick. 



'" Locally in the deanery of Boroughbridge. '"Ibid. "' Locally in the deanery of Catterick. 



'" The peculiar court of Masham continued to exist after the dissolution of the prebend. Middlesmoor 

 and Hartwith-with-WinsIey were chapels of Kirkby Malzeard. 



'" Locally in the deanery of Catterick. 



'" Both mentioned in Fakr Eccl. (Rec. Com. v, 255, 256). Pope NicA. Tax. also mentions Hampsthwaite 

 in this deanery (Rec. Com. 307) : see note 46 above. 



'" Melbecks, formerly in this parish, is in Gilling West Wapentake. 



'" Appropriated to the Archdeacon of Richmond, and afterwards to the Bishop of Chester. 



'" Langthorne, part of Bedale, is in Hallikeld Wapentake. 



"' Of the chapels of Catterick, Hipswell is in Hang East Wapentake, Hudswell is in Hang West, and 

 Bolton-upon-Swale is in Gilling East. 



"' Part of Patrick Brompton is in Hang West. 



"« See note 104. '« Ibid. 



'" The following old chapelries may be noted : Askrigg, Hardrow, Hawes, Lunds, and Stallingbusk 

 (Aysgarth), Muker (Grinton), Hunton (Patrick Brompton), Bolton and Redmire (Wcnsley), Lecming 

 (Burneston). 



"' Prebendal church of Ripon. 



'" The church was consecrated in 1329, as a chapel to Stanwick. 



'" Clapham was appropriated to the Archdeacon of Richmond, and afterwards to the Bishop of Chester. 

 Old chapelries are Ingleton, Chapel-le-Dale (Bentham), Dent, Garsdale, and HowgiU (Sedbergh), Burton in 

 Lonsdale (Thornton). 



'" The deanery ccntains four old parishes, and nine new parishes. 



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