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VILLAGES,
HALLS, AND HOUSES,
IN HEXHAMSHIRE,
Shewing the
Quarter in which they are situated, with the Names
of the
Proprietors and the Rental in 1663.
|
Places |
Quar. |
Proprietors in 1663 |
Rental |
|
|
|
|
£ |
s |
d |
|
Ardley,
Ayden Shields or Aydon Hills |
M. |
Sir
Edward Ratcliffe |
97 |
3 |
8 |
|
Bagraw, |
W. |
Sir
Edward Ratcliffe |
|
|
|
|
Barker
House, |
M. |
John Ord
of B. H. |
19 |
13 |
4 |
|
Blackhall, |
L. |
Mr. Tho.
Sanderson |
30 |
0 |
0 |
|
Blackhall
Mill, |
L. |
|
Beacon,
Birks, Blossom Hill, Bracken Hill, Bush Butcher Bank. Chapel Houses, Clay
Walls, Close Gate. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Coastley
cum membris, demesne and Mill, Westwood, Langupp, Hackford a part, and
Braggerap, Bagraw, |
|
Sir Edw.
Ratcliffe |
240 |
0 |
0 |
|
Cocker
Letch, Cocker Shield, |
H. |
John
Bartram |
3 |
19 |
0 |
|
Cooks'
House, |
M. |
John
Thirlwall, Esq. |
12 |
9 |
0 |
|
Crains
Heugh, Cushett, Curry's Field, |
M. |
|
|
|
|
|
Dalton
Townhead and foot, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dotland
Park, |
L. |
Mrs. Mary
Fenwick |
13 |
6 |
8 |
|
---------
Town |
|
Mr. Wm.
Rowland,of Dot. |
29 |
0 |
0 |
|
---------
Townhead |
|
Isabell
Rowland |
5 |
0 |
0 |
|
---------
Foot |
|
Mr. Wm.
Sandson, of Hely |
5 |
0 |
0 |
|
Dotland,
&c. |
|
Tho.
Humble, land at Hill |
4 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
Albany
Wade |
5 |
6 |
8 |
|
|
|
Mr. T.
Swinburne |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
Mr.
Errington, Townfoot |
10 |
10 |
4 |
|
Delicate
Hall, Duke's House. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ead's
Bush, or Bush House, |
H. |
G.
Armstrong |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
Nether
Eshells, |
M. |
Tho. Ogle |
22 |
17 |
6 |
|
Over
Eshells, |
M. |
Sir Wm.
Fenwicke |
18 |
2 |
4 |
|
Eden
Rigs, Garishield, |
H. |
Sir
Edward Ratcliffe |
2 |
17 |
4 |
|
Gnitterhouse, |
M. |
Thomas
Ogle |
|
|
|
|
Greenridge, |
W. |
Sir
William Fenwick |
40 |
0 |
0 |
|
Hexham,4
Wards, with the lands and tithes, |
|
E. of
Newcastle |
427 |
0 |
0 |
|
Hexham
Demesne, |
|
Mrs. Mary
Fenwick |
|
|
|
|
The
Intack, nr. Hexham, |
|
Robert
Oliver |
7 |
0 |
0 |
|
Hackford, |
H. |
Robert
Farbridge |
11 |
9 |
10 |
|
Haddry
Burn, |
H. |
Lady
Forster |
4 |
0 |
0 |
|
Harwood
Sheels, |
H. |
P.
Jefferson, J. Armstrong |
7 |
8 |
0 |
|
Hill
House, |
H. |
Matthew
Dixon |
5 |
10 |
1 |
|
Heslewell, |
H. |
George
Simpson |
5 |
12 |
2 |
|
The Hill, |
L. |
Ja. Dodd,
Barb. Farbridge |
5 |
0 |
0 |
|
Hole
House, |
L. |
Henry
Simpson |
4 |
0 |
0 |
|
Hamburn
Hall, |
M. |
Henry
Johnson |
7 |
6 |
8 |
|
Hayning,
Holm's Mill, Nether Holds Mill, Hallywell, Hathery House, Harleywell, Heigh,
High Shiels, High Wood, Houtley, Juniper. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Litterage, |
H. |
John Ord |
6 |
11 |
6 |
|
Litsewood, |
H. |
John
Swinburne |
3 |
6 |
8 |
|
Langley, |
H. |
John &
Eleanor Armstrong |
9 |
8 |
8 |
|
Loaning
House, |
H. |
John
Hudson |
2 |
16 |
8 |
|
Leases, |
L. |
James
Carr's part |
7 |
9 |
0 |
|
Leases, |
L. |
Jarle
Stokoe, for her part |
9 |
9 |
0 |
|
Langhope,
member of Coastley, |
|
Sir
Edward Ratcliffe |
|
|
|
|
Lamb
Shiel, Linnel's Mill. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mire
House, |
M. |
Peter
Thirlwall |
|
|
|
|
Moller
Steads, |
M. |
Pet. &
John Thirlwall, Rob. Farbridge, Rob. Dixon, Ann& Eliz. Hutchinson |
12 |
5 |
6 |
|
Moorhouse, |
M. |
Philip
Jefferson |
1 |
6 |
5 |
|
Mid
Island Hill, Moorfields. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Newhouse, |
H. |
Mary
Armstrong |
5 |
13 |
4 |
|
Newbiggin, |
L. |
John
Thirlwall, Esq. |
60 |
0 |
0 |
|
Nubbock,
Nunbrough. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ordley (a
large towne) |
L. |
William
Yare |
11 |
6 |
8 |
|
sic in
ms. |
|
John:
Armstrong |
5 |
13 |
4 |
|
|
|
William
Hutchinson |
2 |
16 |
8 |
|
|
|
Matthew
Ridley |
2 |
16 |
9 |
|
Over
Eshells & Heighs |
M. |
Sir
William Fenwicke |
18 |
2 |
4 |
|
Ovishall
or Howshill, |
M. |
Mr.
William Charleton |
6 |
16 |
0 |
|
Ordley
Nether, |
M. |
Mr. John
Thirlwall |
6 |
16 |
0 |
|
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Over, with Cook house, |
M. |
John
Thirlwall, Esq |
12 |
9 |
0 |
|
Oakerlands, Oten Roads, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Park
House, |
H. |
William
Armstrong |
2 |
14 |
0 |
|
Paise, |
W. |
Ann
Rowell, widow |
11 |
0 |
0 |
|
Padpool,
Parker's House, Pateral Field, Peacock House. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ridlamhope, |
H. |
Robert
Bowman |
7 |
0 |
0 |
|
Row
Green, |
M. |
Matthew
Dinning |
7 |
8 |
0 |
|
Rowley
Head, Red House, Renny's Burn, Rising Sun. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stottfolds, |
H. |
Richard
Gibson |
14 |
0 |
0 |
|
Stonehouse, |
H. |
Bartholomew Dixon |
2 |
18 |
0 |
|
Stobley, |
H. |
Richard
Dixon |
6 |
1 |
4 |
|
Staples, |
M |
Parsivill
Dixon |
2 |
17 |
6 |
|
Snape, |
W. |
John Tate
for his land at S. |
12 |
0 |
0 |
|
The
Spittle, |
W. |
Mr.
William Charleton |
40 |
0 |
0 |
|
Summer
Rods, |
W. |
Geo.
Algood, Geo. Stokoe |
6 |
13 |
4 |
|
Salmon
Field, Shaws, Spittle Steel, Steel, Stob-hole, Styles
or
Stills Land, Sunnyside. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Turf-house, |
H. |
Sir
Edward Radcliffe |
2 |
17 |
4 |
|
West
Burnhope, |
H. |
Robert
Pearson |
5 |
0 |
0 |
|
Whitehall, |
H. |
John Ord,
Marg. Errington, Marg. Eggleston of W. |
7 |
10 |
10 |
|
Wally
Thorn, Watch Currock, West Boat, West Wood, Wester Meadows, Westfield Nook,
Whiteley Chapel, Windy Hill, Winter House, Woodley Field. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yarridge, |
W. |
Mary
Fenwick, Jas. Hasty |
10 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
£ |
s |
d |
|
Rental of
Hexham Township in 1663 |
434 |
0 |
0 |
|
……….. the
High Quarter |
120 |
15 |
9 |
|
…………… Low
Quarter |
223 |
15 |
9 |
|
……………
Middle Quarter |
216 |
1 |
11 |
|
……………
West Quarter |
373
|
0 |
0 |
|
Total rental of the Parish |
1367 |
12 |
8 |
(Copied from
History of Hexham by A. B. Wright originally published by W. Davison in Alnwick
in 1823, reprinted in facsimile by Frank Graham, Newcastle 1973)
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