Reference code: GB-0033-CRK
Title: Crayke deeds
Dates of creation: 1667-1708
Extent: 12 items
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Origination: documents relating to the Bishop of Durham's leasehold manor of Crayke, Yorkshire.
Language:
English
In 1667 the manor was settled on Sir Gilbert Gerard (of Fiskerton)'s second wife Dame Mary, a daughter of John Cosin Bishop of Durham, and their two sons: Gilbert, who later took the name of Cosin, and Samuel. The property was subsequently
mortgaged several times and in 1690 Sir Samuel Gerard purchased his brother's interest in this and other properties. The manor was finally conveyed to Dame Mary Thompson, widow of Sir Stephen Thompson of York, in 1697.
Included with the deeds are two documents of which one is a schedule and rental of properties within the manor in 1692 and the other a summary of the jurisdiction and custom of the manor from 1649 to 1708
Purchased from R. Rawley (?) of Hampton, Middlesex in 1932.
Crayke DeedsCRK.1 18 May 19 Charles II (1667)
(1) Rt. Hon. Charles Lord Gerard, Baron of Brandon.
Sir Heneage Finch, Solicitor General.
Miles Stapylton of Durham City, gent.
Thomas Blackiston, gent.
(2) Sir Gilbert Gerard of St. Martin's in the Fields, Bart. and his wife Dame Mary.
Declaration of Trusts in favour of Dame Mary and her two sons by (2): Gilbert Gerard and Samuel Gerard; the premises (manor of Crayke) having been leased by the Bishop of Durham to (1), 12 November 18 Charles II (1666), for a term of 3 lives
at a rent of £51.1.11.
Parchment 1m
Digitised material for Lease, Crayke, by the Bishop of Durham, 12 November 18 Charles II (1666), for a term of 3 lives at a rent of £51.1.11. - CRK/1Macclesfield, Charles Gerard, Earl of, 1618?-1694Nottingham, Heneage Finch, Earl of, 1621-1682Stapylton, Miles, -1685
Blakiston, Thomas
Gerard, Gilbert, Sir, ?1632-1687Crayke (England)Land tenure -- England -- Crayke
Deeds CRK.2 21 January 35 Charles II (1684)
(1) Charles, Earl of Macclesfield, formerly Lord Gerard Baron of Brandon.
Miles Stapylton of the city of Durham, Esq.
Thomas Blackiston of the city of Durham, gent.
(2) Nathaniel Crew, Bishop of Durham.
Surrender by (1) to (2) of lease dated 12 November 18 Charles II (1666) in order that a new lease (manor of Crayke) may be made with a new life inserted in place of Dame Mary Gerard now deceased.
Parchment 1m
Digitised material for Surrender of lease, Crayke, 12 November 18 Charles II (1666) - CRK/2 CRK.3 3 March 1 James II (1685)
(1) Thomas Owen of Gray's Inn, Esq.
Stephen Owen of St. Margaret's Westminster, gent.
(2) Samuel Gerard Esq., one of the sons of Sir Gilbert Gerard.
Release by (1) to (2), subject to the terms of a lease (manor of Crayke) for lives from the Bishop of Durham dated 4 April 1684, on payment of £2,310 in full satisfaction of a mortgage to Thomas Owen.
Parchment 1 m.
Digitised material for Release, Crayke, 4 April 1684, on payment of £2,310 in full satisfaction of a mortgage to Thomas Owen. - CRK/3 CRK.4 8 Apri1 2 James II (1686)
(1) Samuel Gerard Esq., one of the sons of Sir Gilbert Gerard of Brafferton, Yorks. Bart.
(2) John Holworthy of London, merchant.
Lease (manor of Crayke) by (1) to (2) for a month.
Parchment 1 m.
Digitised material for Lease, Crayke. - CRK/4 CRK.5 25 December 2 William and Mary (1690)
(1) Sir Samuel Gerard of Bucksteep, Sussex.
(2) William Freeman of Sandown Castle, Kent, Esq.
George Hadley of East Barnet, Herts. Esq.
(3) William Oldys of London, Doctor of Laws.
Anthony Guydott of Lincoln's Inn, gent.
Lease (manor of Crayke) for a month by (1) and (2) to (3).
Parchment 1 m.
Digitised material for Lease, Crayke. - CRK/5 CRK.6 5 February 1691/92
Schedule (manor of Crayke) of messuages, cottages, undersettles (subtenancies), houses and shares (in the new acreage of the Park); with names of owners and occupiers and rental.
Cover made from part of lease of Shaws Closes in Crayke, for 3 (?) lives, by the Bishop of Durham to Sir Samuel Gerard of Bucksteep, Sussex, at a rent of 18 shillings, 25 June 2 William and Mary (1690)
Paper, with parchment cover 9ff.
Digitised material for Schedule of messuages, cottages, undersettles, houses and shares with names of owners and occupiers and rental, Crayke. - CRK/6 CRK.7 26 December 2 William and Mary (1690)
(1) Sir Samuel Gerard of Bucksteep, Sussex, Kt.
William Freeman of Sandown Castle, Kent, Esq.
George Hadley of East Barnet, Herts. Esq.
(2) Sir Gilbert Gerard Cossine of Brafferton, Yorks. Bart.
William Oldys of London, Doctor of Laws.
Anthony Guydott of Lincoln's Inn, gent.
(3) Samuel Bulteele of London, merchant.
Thomas Gibson of London, gent.
Release by (1) to William Oldys and Anthony Guydott, subject to an annuity of £300 for life payable to Sir Gilbert Gerard Cossine, on payment of £1,200 by (3) to William Freeman and George Hadley; the said sum of £1,200 being part of £12,000
agreed to be lent by (3) to Sir Samuel Gerard for the purchase of Sir Gilbert Gerard Cossine's interest in the manors of Gateshead and Whickham, lands in Chilton and Newsham, the manor of Brafferton, lands in Dunsforth, Yorks., as well as the manor
of Crayke.
Parchment 3 mm.
Digitised material for Release, Crayke - CRK/7 CRK.8. and CRK/9 17 July 9 William III (1697)
Manor of Crayke and Shaws Closes.
(1) Sir Gilbert Gerard Cossine of Gray's Inn, Bart.
(2) Dame Elizabeth Gerard, widow of Sir Samuel Gerard of Bucksteep.
William Fenwick of Gray's Inn, Esq.
Robert Fairbeard of Gray's Inn, Esq.
(4) Marmaduke Prickett of Gray's Inn, Esq. acting for Dame Mary Thompson, widow of Sir Stephen Thompson of the city of York, Kt.
Articles of Agreement relating to the conveyance of the premises by (1), (2) and (3) to Dame Mary Thompson for £3,250.
2 copies, 1m. each.
Digitised material for Manor of Crayke and Shaws Closes Articles of Agreement (2 copies). - CRK/8-9 CRK.10 4 August 9 William III (1697)
(1) John Jacob;
Edward Downes;
querents
(2) Sir Gilbert Gerard Cossine;
Peter Rycant Esq. and his wife Charlotte;
deforciants.
Right Hand Indenture of Fine for the conveyance by (2) to (1) of the manor of Crayke with 10 messuages, 20 cottages, 2 dovecotes, 10 barns, 300 acres of land, 300 acres of meadow, 300 acres of pasture, 300 acres of moorland and common of
pasture, for 240 marks.
Parchment 1 m.
Digitised material for Right Hand Indenture of Fine, manor of Crayke. - CRK/10 CRK.11 2 September 9 William III (1697)
Manor of Crayke and Shaws Closes.
(1) Sir Gilbert Gerard Cossine of Gray's Inn, Bart.
(2) Dame Elizabeth Gerard, widow of Sir Samuel Gerard of Bucksteep, Sussex, Kt.
(3) William Fenwick of Gray's Inn, Esq.
Robert Fairbeard of Gray's Inn, Esq.
(4) Dame Mary Thompson, widow of Sir Stephen Thompson of York, Kt.
Release by (3) at the request of (1) and (2) to (4) for £3,250.
Parchment 1 m.
Digitised material for Manor of Crayke and Shaws Closes. Release. - CRK/11
