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BLACKWOOD. Stockton, 20th Septemher. 8th Edw. I. (1280). Con¬ 
firmation, under seal, of a grant of Robert, Bishop of Durham, to Emericus de 
Eyvill of 20 acres of waste land in the Moor of Blackwode; and of another 
grant to him, by the same Bishop, of 120 acres of waste on the same Moor, at 
two rents per annum, of 20s. each. Seal hrohen. Thomas Barstow, of 
Gar row Hill, 1829J. 
BOLTON IN BOLLAND. Grant from Richard de Goldisburgh, son of 
Richard de Goldisburgh, to John, son of Richard, of Bolton in Boulande, of his 
right ‘ in tota medietate Ilaym de Bolton,’ and also, ‘ omnia appryamenta et 
omnes inclusas suas infra Viliam de Boulton et extra, facta x Kal. August, 1280.’ 
Seal gone. [y. R.). 
BROTTON, 23rd March. 23rd Henry VIII. (1532). Acquittance, under 
hand and seal, from Sir Chr. Conyers, Lord Conyers, to Alice, widow of Chr. 
Conyers, late of Brotton, for the sum of £100, and the delivery of a Lease of 
the Manor of Brotton made to the said Chr. [Air. E. Strickland). 
BRUNTOFT, CO. DURHAM. Brountoft, 24th September. 22nd Edw. IV. 
(1482). Grant from Sir Robert Claxton, Knt., to John Randson, son and heir 
of Thomas R., late of Brountoft, of a messuage, 80 acres of arable land, and 7 
of meadow in Brountoft, which he had of the gift of Thomas Randson, son and 
heir of Thomas Randson, late of B. Seal gone. [Air. E. Strickland). 
-Brountoft, 4th October. 22nd of Edw. IV. (1482). Release from 
Sir Robert Claxton, Knt., to John Randson, as above, of the aforesaid property. 
Seal defaced. [Air. E. Strickland). 
BURTON IN LONSDALE. Grant from Simon de Grepinges, of Hoton 
Wandeslay, to John Thomlynesson, of Newton, par Whit .... co. Lancastre, of 
a toft, 160 acres of land, etc., in Burtoun in Lonesdale. Scec xv. Seal gone. 
COATHAM, w. DURHAM. Cotome juxta Lang Newton, die Merc, 
p. f. S. Joh., ante portam Latinam, 41st Edw. III. (1367). Grant from 
William de Dynstanes, clerk, Robert de Midelham, clerk, and John de Banburgh, 
clerk, to Sir Robert Coigniers, Knt., of all the lands, etc., of Thomas, son of 
Goceline Dayvell, in Cotome juxta Lang Newton. One Seal remains. [Air. E. 
Strickland). 
EASBY, NEAR RICHMOND. The Epitaph of Richard Swale, of Easby, 
gentleman, who died in 1578, wiitten on a single sheet of paper in Hebrew, 
Greek, Latin, and English. It was found in the church of Easby, behind a 
panel which had slipped from its place. (The Rev. fohn Tho7npson, Vicar of 
Easby, i86i). 
ETTON. 30th March, 1629, Grant from Richard Johnson, of Bishop 
Burton, or South Burton, gentleman, the eldest son and heir of Thomas Johnson, 
late of Bishop Burton, gentleman, deceased ; Elizabeth Johnson, late wife of the 
said Thomas, and Robert Johnson, youngest son of the said Thomas, to 
Christopher Oxstaby, of Etton, yeoman, in conson of the sum of £175, of 
a messuage in Etton called James House, and four crofts and one close, then 
called James Crofts and Ckss. Seals gone. [Air. Ellis, York Herald Office, 1866.) 
