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ST JAMES CHURCH SHILBOTTLE
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been found, some structure either of wood or stone may have preceded
the small Norman church, probably built by the Tisons, lords of the fee,
and dedicated to St. James,
N which remained until 1884, when, being pronounced
unfit for the requirements of the parishioners, it was removed and a new
structure erected on the site. The Norman church consisted of a nave 56
feet in length by 25 feet in width, with a chancel 32 feet by 22 feet,
with a modern porch and vestry.
N Most of the windows, which were originally round-headed
narrow slits, had been enlarged and fitted with ordinary window sashes.
The roof, which in 1715 was flat and covered with lead,
N had been raised and covered with slates, probably in the
year 1790, and on the western gable was a belfry, which contained two
modern bells. The south doorway, which has a circular arch, with
billet and roll mouldings, and shafts with cushioned capitals, has been
retained in the new structure. The chancel arch (of two square orders
with chamfered label and impost) has been adapted as the arch of the
north transept.
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| JOHANNES. SALKELD. OLIM. VICARIUS. FECIT. ET. POSUIT : SIC. SITUS.
JOSEPHUS. COOK. A. M. REFECIT. A. D. MDCCCXVIII.
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The church of Shilbottle was acquired
by the abbot and convent of Alnwick at an early period ; in the
assessment for the tenth, granted by Pope Nicholas to Edward I. in 1292,
towards the expenses of a crusade, the value of the rectory of
Schiplinbotel is assessed at £12 2s.,
N and in a taxation of the churches within the archdeaconry of
Northumberland, made in 1306, the rectory of Shilbotill is assessed at
£12 2s., the portion of the vicar being £5.
N Five years later the parson of the church of Shuplingbotill
was charged under the king's writ, ` Levari facias,' at £6 1s.,
N and in the following year, under the writ of ` Pluries,' he
was again assessed at the same sum.
N In the Nonae Roll in 1340 for the grant of the ninth sheaf,
the ninth fleece, and the ninth lamb, Shiplinbotel church and vicarage
were assessed at £17 2s.
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The church of Shilbottle continued to be served by secular
priests until the middle of the fourteenth century, when, on the
allegation by the abbot and convent of Alnwick that much litigation and
discord had arisen from the practice, Lewis Beaumont, bishop of Durham,
on the 31st of July, 1331, granted a licence that thenceforth the canons
might present one of themselves to the benefice, not, however, defining
the amount to be paid to the new vicar for his stipend.
N From this time onward to the dissolution of religious houses
the history of the benefice is merged in that of Alnwick abbey. After
the Reformation the advowson remained in the Crown until 1892, when it
was transferred to the duke of Northumberland, who gave the lord
chancellor other advowsons in exchange. |
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MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS.
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| On a brass in the church : In memory
of Samuel Cook, esquire, of Newton-hall, in this parish, who
died A.D. 1796. His sister Jane Cook, spinster. His wife
Elizabeth Barker, who died A.D. 1794. Their children, Samuel
Cook, who died commanding the 8th Hussars at the Cape of
Good Hope, A.D. 1816. Mary Cook, spinster, who died A.D.
1841. The Reverend Joseph Cook of Newton-hall, vicar of
Chatton and Shilbottle, who died A.D. 1844. His wife Sarah
Widdrington of Hauxley, who died A.D. 1840. Their children,
John Widdrington Cook, who died A.D. 1800. The Reverend
Joseph Cook, who died in the Holy Land and was buried near
the Wells of Elim, A.D. 1825. Elizabeth Cook, spinster, who
died A.D. 1820. Samuel Edward Cook, captain in the Royal
Navy, who took the name of Widdrington ; he married Dorothy
Davison of Swarland, and died at Newton-hall, A.D. 1856. And
of Frances Cook, who married Shalcross Jacson of Bebington,
in the county of Chester, and died October 31st, 1876. |
| Erected to the memory of Mary,
daughter of Barbara Hogg of Hazon High-houses, died March
10th, 1792, aged 25 years. Also of Barbara her sister, who
died September 10th, 1792, aged 24 years. Barbara Hogg, died
March 18th, 1834, aged 90. |
| Sacred to the memory of George Hogg
of Hazon High-houses, who died January 26th, 1800, aged 66
years. Margaret his wife, died January 14th, 1824, aged 74
years. George their son, died May 14th, 1806, aged 28 years |
| The burial place of John Hogg of
Hazon High-houses, who died May 1st, 1823, aged 51 years.
Margaret his wife, died September 5th, 1830, aged 51 years. |
| A grave cover in the chancel of the
old church, now in the churchyard, is to the memory of one
of the family of John Laing of Hazon ; the latter, according
to the register, was buried on the 30th January, 1806, aged
65, but the inscription is no longer legible. |
On a marble grave cover on the
chancel floor : Arms, Ermine a lion rampant ; crest,
a lion passant.
' HIC . JACET . MAGISTER . ROBERTUS . LISLE . QUI . OBIIT .
ANNO . 1697
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. AETAT . . . . CERTA ET . INCERTA . EST . MORS.' |
| On a marble grave cover on the
chancel floor of the old church, but now in the churchyard,
is a Latin and English inscription to the family of Strother
of Newton-on-the-Moor. The first part is illegible, the
second states : Here lyeth Frances Strother, sister of Mr.
Henry Strother of Newton, who departed this life March 25th,
1765, aged 80. Here lyeth Frances Strother, daughter of Mr.
Henry Strother of Newton, who departed this life April 7th,
1770, aged 28. |
| On a tablet in the old church there
was the following inscription ; it has been re-worded and
re-inserted in the present building : To the memory of
Samuel Edward Widdrington of Newton-hall, captain in the
Royal Navy, Knight of the Tower and Sword, Fellow of the
Geological Society. He died at Newton-hall January 6th,
1856. This stone formed part of the Court of the Lions in
the Moorish palace of the Alhambra, whence it was brought in
1829. |
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Churchyard monumental inscriptions (under construction)
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VICARS OF SHILBOTTLE. |
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1228 (circa). Richard, chaplain of
Siplibotle, was one of the witnesses examined in a suit
respecting Cornhill and Ancroft chapels.
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1267 (circa). Sir Ralph, the vicar,
rented 12 acres of land from Robert de Hilton.
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1296 (circa). Thomas, the vicar, was
assessed on £2 8s. for the subsidy of 1296.
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1312 (circa). William Bernardi.
1312/3, 21st March, Bishop Kellawe issued a mandate to his
official to relax the suspension of William Bernardi
perpetual vicar of Shypbotill.
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1372 (circa). John de Morpeth. |
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1372. John de Bedlington, after the death
of John de Morpeth. |
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1437 (circa). John Bamburgh; vicar
of Chatton, 1437-1456. |
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1437. William de Alnewicke, on the
resignation of Bamburgh. |
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1497 (circa). George Bewyke. |
| 1497. Robert Clark, canon of Alnwick,
instituted on the 17th October on the resignation of Bewyke.
He appeared at the archbishop's visitation, held at Alnwick,
1501
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1538. George Wilkinson, instituted 15th
February, 1537/8, after the death of Clark; vicar of Alnham,
1534-1538. |
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1560. Thomas Ogle, obtained presentation by
letters patent, dated 22nd October, 1560,
N and was instituted 20th March, 1560/1, after the
death of Wilkinson. |
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1571. John Ladyman, instituted 11th May,
1571, after the death of Ogle;
N vicar of Lesbury, 1579-1586; vicar of Warkworth,
1598-1610.
N He appeared at the chancellor's visitation, held
at Alnwick, 29th January, 1577/8, and on the 30th July
following is returned as having duly performed his task upon
St. Matthew's gospel.
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1579. Christopher Watson, instituted 7th
July, after the resignation of Ladyman.
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1596. William Hart, after the death of
Watson ; vicar of Mitford, 1575.
N In 1602 he was joint lessee of the Shilbottle
coal mines, and in 1616 John Hart was a
freeholder. |
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1610. Thomas Vicars, instituted 4th August,
1610 ; vicar of Felton, 1616 ;
N was about 50 years of age in 1634.
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1636, 12th July. Will of Thomas Vicars of
Shilbotle, clerk. To be interred in Shilbotle chancell. I
give to the churchwardens £3, charging them to bestow it on
a chalice of pure silver with a cover. Towards the raising
of pillars and bridge of stone in that burne where an
ancient pillar stands yet, faire to be seene, in the waie
between Shilbotle and Alnwick, chargeing my executor not to
deliver the said little some before he doth fully understand
they goe in hand with the worke, and can give him a list of
the names of the receivers, contributertre, treasurers, or
of the officers, in writing, 30s. Towards the raising stone
pillars and bridge over Newton burne, within the parish of
Shilbotle, with the like caution, 30s. To the churchwardens
of Staindropp to be laid out for a fine silver chalice with
a cover, or without if they like better, £5.
N To my eldest sister's sons and daughter, John,
Robert, Francis, Richard, and Ann Simpson, £40 apiece; to my
onely and dearest sister (? Hutchinson) all my estate and
also my medow closes which her husband farmeth of me. Debts
due to me: Mr. John Salkeld of Rock, £450; Mr. Wm. Salkeld
of Preston, £110 ; Mr. Ralph Lisle of Hason, gent., £10 and
ten grotes, etc. Proved 1636.
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1636. John Falder, instituted 17th August,
N probably a son of Thomas Falder of Alnwick,
clerk; was 28 years of age in 1634.
N `He was turned out in 1648, and very ill-used
after his sequestration, being robb'd abroad and plundered
at home. He was likewise forbid to keep school or to use the
Common Prayer in a private congregation in his own house.
His wife could never recover the fifths ; but instead of it
was reviled and abused. He lived to repossess his living in
1660, and was a man of good learning and an unblamable
life.'
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1648-1660. . . . . vicar during the
Commonwealth. |
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1660. John Falder restored; vicar of
Lesbury, 1666-1673.
N Archdeacon Basire wrote, 1669, October 17th :
`He has no gown, but a cloke ; he reads whining ; chancel
and church full of heaps of rubbish, his library under the
communion table.'
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1673. William Fenwick, M.A., instituted
22nd November, 1673, after the death of Falder ;
N vicar of Lesbury, 1673-1688 ; died 20th
September, 1688.
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1688. James Forster, after the death of
Fenwick ; curate of Alnwick, 1687-1692 ; vicar of Lesbury,
1688-1712 ;
N buried 27th August, 1712.
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1712. Edward Shanks, after the death of
Forster; vicar of Lesbury, 1712-1725 ; buried 17th January,
1724/5.
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1725. William Pye, instituted 2nd April,
1725 ;
N buried 10th August, 1726.
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1726. John Barton, instituted 7th October,
1726.
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1738. John Skelly, instituted 22nd June,
1738 ;
N sometime tutor in the family of Alexander,
second duke of Gordon, whose daughter Lady Betty Gordon he
married ; afterwards vicar of Stockton. |
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1742. John Salkeld, instituted July, 1742,
on the resignation of Skelly.
N Curate of Elvet, 1736.
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1781, 15th December. Will of John Salkeld,
vicar of Shilbottle. I give to my son William Salkeld my
freehold house in or near Warkworth commonly called the
Butts, and to my daughter Frances Errington my freehold
house in or near Alnwick commonly called the Butts. My wife
residuary legatee and executrix. Proved 1786.
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1787. . . . . Cockeram.
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1788. George Bowe, instituted 26th June ;
N inducted 29th July, 1788 ; sometime chaplain
60th Foot,
N afterwards curate at Warkworth ; he married
Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. John Skelly and Lady Betty
his wife, and died at Shilbottle, 21st April, 1803.
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1803. Joseph Cook, M.A., Christ college,
Cambridge ; instituted 21st June, 1803.
N Of Newton-hall; also vicar of Chatton ; died
24th May, 1844. |
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1844. William Yorick Smythies of Trinity
college, Oxford ; matriculated 10th December, 1835; B.A.
1839 ; afterwards vicar of Buckland. |
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1849. J. B. Roberts of Christ Ch. college,
Cambridge ; B.A. 1816; M.A. 1819. |
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1880. Joseph Golightly of University
college, Durham ; B.A. 1874 ; M.A. 1877. |
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EXTRACTS FROM SHILBOTTLE REGISTER. |
| 1697, May 30th. Roger, son of Cuthbert Buston of
Wood-house, baptised. |
| 1698/9, Jan. 26th. Eleanor, wife of Mr. Daniel Selby of
Shilbottle, buried. |
| 1699, April 16th. Mary, daughter of Cuthbert Buston of
Wood-house, farmer, baptised. |
| 1699/1700, Jan. 13th. Robert Lisle of Hauxley, formerly
of Long Framlington, gent., buried. |
| 1700, Sept. 1st. Clement Forster of Alndike, gent., and Mary Barker of
Guyzance, married. |
| 1701, April 13th. John, son of Cuthbert Buston of Wood-house, baptised. |
| 1701, Dec. 21st. Mary, wife of John Manners of Newton Moor-house (sic)
(query, New Moor-house), buried. |
| 1703, Dec. 16th. Joseph Ritson, minister, of Alnwick, and Mary Cook of
Warkworth, married. |
| 1706, May 16th. John Annett and Dorothy Wilkinson, both of Hartlaw,
married. |
| 1707, August 2nd. William, son of Mr. George Selby of Shilbottle,
baptised. |
| 1707/8, Feb. 19th. Mr. Daniel Selby of Shilbottle, buried. |
| 1708, August 29th. Richard, son of Mr. John Collingwood, late of Duddah,
in the parish of Norham, baptised. |
| 1713, July 9th. Mr. Mark Ogle of Pont Island parish, and Mrs. Elizabeth
Manners of Acton, in Felton parish, married. |
| 1714/5, Feb. 12th. Francis, son of Nicholas Forster of Hartlaw, gent.,
baptised. |
| 1716, August 5th. Thomas, son of Francis Warrick of Shilbottle,
baptised. |
| 1719, May 19th. Cuthbert Buston of Wood-house, buried. |
| 1719, June 25th. John Appleby of Warkworth parish, and
Margaret Buston of Whittle, married. |
| 1719, October 12th. Mr. Edward Archbold of Alnwick parish, and Mrs.
Dorothy Lisle of Newton, married. |
| 1720, May 22nd. John, son of Mr. Thomas Pallister of Shilbottle,
baptised. |
| 1722, June 3rd. Thomas, son of Mr. Thomas Pallister of Shilbottle,
baptised. |
| 1729, July 20th. Isabel, wife of Daniel Cameron of Shilbottle, buried. |
| 1729, July 20th. David, son of Daniel Cameron of Shilbottle, baptised. |
| 1729, July 17th. Thomas Wilson of Hadston, parish of Warkworth, and
Sarah Falder of this parish, married. |
| 1730, June 25th. Cuthbert Turner of Woodhorn parish, and
Jane Buston of this parish, married. |
| 1733, Sept. 15th. Thomas Wardle of the parish of
Framlington, and Mary Strother of this parish, married. |
| 1734, April 5th. Robert Dand of Shilbottle, householder,
buried. |
| 1743, April 30th. Mr. John Mills of Whittingham parish,
and Mrs. Margaret Henderson of this parish, married. |
| 1750, Nov. 16th. John Buston of Wood-house, buried. |
| 1751, May 18th. Roger Buston and Mary Gibson, both of
this parish, married. |
| 1752, April 3rd. Henry Tomlin of Guyzance, and Sarah
Embleton of Warkworth, married. |
| 1752, May 23rd. John Laing and Sarah Nicholson, both of
Hazon, married. |
| 1754, May 29th. Miss Dorothy Proctor of Hartlaw, buried. |
| 1764, Dec. 8th. Robert, son of Mr. Laing of Hazon,
baptised. |
| 1765, May 29th. Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. George
Forster of Wood-house, baptised. |
| 1766, May 9th. John, son of John Laing of Hazon, farmer,
baptised. |
| 1771, March 7th. Henry Thomas Davison, son of Mr. Tomlin
of Barnhill, baptised. |
| 1774, May 24th. Ralph, son of Mr. George and Elizabeth
Forster of Wood-house, farmer, baptised. |
| 1787, May 5th. John William, son of John Bacon Forster,
esq., and Sarah, his wife, of Hartlaw, baptised. |
| 1796, Sept. 3rd. Edward, son of the Rev. William
Beverstock and Elizabeth, his wife (late Cook), baptised. |
| 1802, Oct. 28th. Maria Alicia, third daughter of George
William Leeds
N of Low Newton, esq., a native of St. Margaret,
Westminster, by his wife Maria Sanderson, a native of
Morpeth, baptised. |
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MISCELLANEA. |
| 1577-1587. The value of the vicarage of Shilbottle was
£4 14s. 8d.
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| 1601, October 15th. Office against Sir John Forster,
knight, `that the quire is in decaie through his default.'
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| 1610, May 19th. Grant to Francis Morrice and Francis
Philipps (in trust) of the corn tithes of the vill of
Shilbottle, parcel of the rectory of Shilbottle, late in the
occupation of Percival and Hugh Gallon, of the yearly value
of 53s. 4d. ; of the corn tithes of four tenements in the
west end of Shilbottle, late in the occupation of John
Gallon, of the yearly value of 10s., late parcell of the
possessions of the late monastery of Alnwick.
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| In 1634 there were proceedings in the Court of High
Commission at Durham against Robert Brandling of Alnwick
abbey, the proprietor of the greater part of the corn tithes
of the township of Shilbottle who had quarrelled with the
vicar of Shilbottle. Witnesses deposed that, `on a Sondaie
the forenoone, aboute foure yeares agoe, Brandling came into
Shilbotle church and imediately after praiers were done fell
into some anger and rage in and against Mr. Vicars, and
called him "scabt, scounderell, priest, or fellow," with
many other threatenings and disgraceful speeches. In harvest
tyme, about three yeares gone in harvest last, Mr. Brandling
came into the corne feildes at Shilbottle with one William
Brandling, Georg Bowmaker, and a Scottish man called
William. And when as Mr. Vicars endeavoured to have hindred
them to have taken away his tieth beare or barley, Mr.
Brandling and Bowmaker lay bandes upon him and pulled him
from his horse to the ground. Bowmaker held him and Mr.
Brandling loosed one of his owne garterins and attempted to
have bounde him, but was prevented in regard some company
came to give assistance, and soe Mr. Vicars escaped.'
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| 1663. The living was in the gift of the Crown, and the
vicar's stipend £20 a year. The impropriators were Mr.
Charles Brandling, Mr. W. Selby of Beal, Mr. Ratcliffe of
Spindleston, Mr. Leonard Thornton, and Mr. George Lisle.
Glebe anciently belonging to the church was in the
possession of Mr. William Selby. The church in good
condition. There were no schools, and neither papists nor
sectaries.
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| 1665, August. The parish of Shilbottle, in three
collections, raised and contributed 4s. 9d. to the relief of
the sufferers from the great plague of London.
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| 1666, October 10. On the day of the general fast, ordered by
royal proclamation, 9s. 5½d. was
collected at Shilbottle for the sufferers by the great fire
of London.
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| 1751. Henry Strother, by will dated 30th November, 1751,
gave to certain trustees £250 in trust to pay the interest
of £100 to the vicar of Shilbottle for the time being ; the
interest on £100 to the schoolmaster of Newton-on-the-Moor,
and the interest on £50 to the schoolmaster of Shilbottle.
Frances Strother, spinster, by will dated 5th March, 1765,
gave the interest of £50 for the poor of the parish of
Shilbottle, and the interest of £50 to the schoolmaster of
Newton-on-the-Moor.
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| 1764, February 2. Counsel's opinion that the vicars of
Shilbottle were entitled to the tithe hay on the allotments
of common recently divided by the freeholders by agreement.
Of the 24 farms of the township 20 had been accustomed to
pay 2d. a farm as a modus, and the other 4 paid tyth hay in
kind.
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| 1790. `An assessment of 50s. per farm through the parish of
Shilbottle to raise £145 for the repair of the church.'
Freeholders : The duke of Northumberland (at Shilbottle 22
farms, at Wood-house 4 farms), 26 farms, £65 ; William Bacon
Forster, esq., 12 farms, £30 ; Samuel Cook, esq., 6 farms,
£15; John Clutterbuck, esq., 5 farms, £12 10s. ; Mr.
Thomas Strother, 4 farms, £10; Francis Johnson, esq., 2
farms £5 ; George Selby, esq., 2 farms, £5 ; John Garrett (¼),
George Hunter (¼), Thomas Pallister (¼), church lands (¼),
1 farm, £2 10s. Total, 58 farms, £145. |
| 1790. `Assessment of 14s. per farm on the 58 farms to raise
£40 12s. to repair the chancel.' Mrs. Ilderton, 20 farms,
£14.; the vicar and George Selby, esq., 9 farms, £6 6s.; W.
B. Forster, esq., 12 farms, £8 8s. ; Sam. Cook and Thos. Strother, esqres, 12 farms, £8 8s.; Mr. Marmaduke Grey, 5
farms, £3 10s. Total, 58 farms, £40 12s.
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| 1826, May 31. Shilbottle is a vicarage worth about £220. The
impropriation is in various hands, viz., Mr. Cook of
Newton-hall, Mr. Bacon, Lieut. Selby, R.N., Mr. Sanderson
Ilderton, etc. The chancel is, however, repaired by the
parishioners, who have a church fund arising from the rent
of lands called `lord's lands': it produces at present £24
15s. per annum. They have two services with one sermon on
Sundays, and sacrament four times in the year. The
population is 870, but the church contains only 188 without
any free sittings ; there are no Catholics, and very few
dissenters. The church is in excellent order, but wants
painting; and I called on them to endeavour to meet their
increasing population with proportionate church room, and at
all events not to suffer the churchyard fence to
deteriorate. The parsonage is small but good, and has as
appurtenances a cottage, a barn, and a stable ; there are 18
acres of glebe well ascertained and well fenced. The
register begins in original in 1724, and as a copy of an
older one in 1684. The tombstones of Lisle and Strother in
the church are handsome, and a simple monument in the
churchyard is erected by the vicar and parishioners to the
memory of a young neighbour who fell in the island of
Martinique in the 7th Fusiliers ; the inscription is the
adjutant's letter, and a very touching letter it is.' |
| 1868. Mr. Hugh Taylor of Earsdon; commissioner to the duke
of Northumberland, who died on the 30th August, 1868, by his
will gave £1,000 to the vicar and churchwardens of
Shilbottle, the interest of which was to be distributed
amongst the poor yearly at Christmas.' The same benefactor,
in his lifetime, by deed conveyed to trustees parcel of the
great tithes of Birtley, in the parish of Chollerton,
commuted for £29 4s. 9d. per annum, in trust for Shilbottle
school. |
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SHILBOTTLE TOWER |
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Above: Shilbottle Tower from a 19c Sketch by W.H.
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THE TOWER |
As has already been mentioned, the tower of
Schilbotyl occurs in the list of fortalices existing in the year 1415.
It was in the lord's own hands in 1525 by the default of Charles Watson,
the late tenant, who had paid a rent of 12d. a year for it, and a
similar entry occurs in the Bailiffs' Accounts for the year ending
Michaelmas, 1532. It is not known at what period it was given to the
benefice, but it has for a long time past formed a part of the vicarage
house. The latter is a modern structure, in which a portion of the
medieval tower has been incorporated and occupies its south-east angle.
This fragment of old work is only about 21 feet 9 inches by 17 feet 4
inches on plan, and is about 20 feet in height. It consists of a vaulted
chamber measuring 15 feet 4 inches by 10 feet 2 inches, entered on the
west side by a four-centred archway, and was lighted by two narrow
square-headed windows, one on the south side still in use, and the other
on the north side now built up ; near to each of these windows is a
small cupboard recess. The vaulted ceiling is also four-centred, and is
shown on the accompanying sketch. There is no visible access to the
upper floors,
N which may have been approached by an external door
having a movable wooden stair. The walls of the tower have a batter on
all sides, and exceed the height of the basement level ; they have been
modernised and raised, apparently in 1863, by Mr. Roberts, then vicar.
The modern portions of the house so effectively enclose the tower that
it is not possible to say whether it stood alone or formed part of a
larger structure as its small size seems to suggest.
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