TERRINGTON
Teurinton, Teurinctine (xi cent.); Tyverington
(xiii cent.).
The parish of Terrington, with its townships of
Wigganthorpe and Ganthorpe, covers 4,681 acres of
undulating ground which varies in height between
100 ft. and 360 ft. above ordnance datum. The soil
is mixed and the subsoils include Inferior Oolite and
Upper, Middle and Lower Lias. The land is largely
laid down to grass, but 1,123 acres are under cultivation and 287 acres are woodland. (fn. 1)
The Howardian Hills stretch across the north of
the parish, which is all undulating ground, richly
wooded, but never rising to more than 400 ft. above
ordnance datum. The village of Terrington is built
on a ridge; the houses lie for the most part along
both sides of a broad street running east and west
and communicating with Sheriff Hutton, Welburn and
Brandsby.
The church of All Saints lies off the road, east of
the village. The Hall, the residence of Mr. T. J.
Kinnear, was built as a rectory in 1827. (fn. 2) Anketin
Mallory was building a house in Terrington in 1234,
when the king gave him six oaks from the forest of
Galtres. (fn. 3) The capital messuage of the Luttrells here
is mentioned in 1335, when it had a garden and a
park appurtenant to it. (fn. 4)
Goodlands Farm is near the hall, with the rectory
on the opposite side of the road. A survey (fn. 5) taken of
the rectory in 1760 mentions 'one parsonage house,
one dove-house, one orchard, one garden, one large
court before the house, one little garden, and a little
house adjoining beside the gate which goeth into the
town now repaired and converted to a school-house.'
In 1760 a considerable portion of the glebe lands
lay in the common fields, the rector then holding two
'lands called Bank-lands between Thornum Trod and
Lea Hedge,' also two 'lands' in each of the fields
known as Bawdy Hill, Wandills, Tenter lands, Lame
Hill, Flintons, Thrakills, Cottrills, Cross-beck lands,
How Field, Kirk Field, Cotterdales, Middle Broats,
Far-Cross Lands near Mowthorpe Hedge and many
others which can still be identified. (fn. 6) The common
fields were inclosed in 1846–7. (fn. 7)
There is a Wesleyan chapel in this parish.
Wigganthorpe Hall is built on high ground north of
Terrington and stands in a well-wooded park.
Stock Lane, a broad, straight road leading southeast from Terrington village, becomes suddenly narrow,
and is known as Mowthorpe Lane, ending in a footpath.
Mowthorpe, at the extreme south of Terrington
parish, consists of a few scattered farm-houses, known
as Mowthorpe Dale, Haslegate Farm and Oak Wood.
A steep wooded bank called Mowthorpe Hill forms a
semicircle, falling rapidly to the meadows watered by
Bulmer Beck. It was probably on this beck that there
stood a water-mill in 1250 (fn. 8) that was doubtless the
same as the Mowthorpe Mill mentioned in 1288. (fn. 9) In
1303 it was quitclaimed to Giles de Brabant, but is
not again mentioned. (fn. 10)
In this neighbourhood, 'between Mowthorpe and
Stittenham,' there was a marsh, half of which was
conveyed to Sir Anketin Mallory in 1240, as well
as common of pasture and turbary. (fn. 11) Mowthorpe
Dale Wood lies south of the small village of Ganthorpe, which is just on the outskirts of Castle Howard
Park, close to the main road leading from Welburn
to Coneysthorpe. Moor Hill lies north of Ganthorpe,
and still further north a narrow strip of land between
Cum Hag Wood and Terrington Carrs is known as
Ganthorpe Moor; this is covered with a network of
footpaths and has Freers Bank rising behind.
Among place-names 'Spital Close' is mentioned in
1373 (fn. 12) and 1436 (fn. 13) ; it seems probable that Spittle
Gate, named in 1760 near one of the glebe fields, (fn. 14)
is a survival of the same name.
Latimer. Gules a cross paty or.
Manors
In the time of the Confessor Walteif
had held a 'manor' and 3 carucates
6 oxgangs in TERRINGTON and
WIGGANTHORPE; this was afterwards granted
to the Count of Mortain, and in 1086 was soke of
the manor of Sheriff Hutton. (fn. 15) Like that manor it
was probably in the hands of Niel Fossard, for it also
was held of the Mauleys until
1331. (fn. 16) Under them a lordship was held here as there
by the Nevills, which followed
the descent of Sheriff Hutton (fn. 17)
(q.v.).
The tenancy in fee was held
as early as 1202 by the family
of Latimer, (fn. 18) for in that year
Henry le Latimer quitclaimed
to Thomas le Latimer 3 carucates of land here. Thomas
was followed by William,
whose son William held lands
in Terrington in 1260. (fn. 19) William Lord Latimer
was holding 4 carucates in 1316, (fn. 20) and the
manor of Terrington followed the descent of his
manor of Danby (q.v.) until the beginning of
the 16th century. Here, as at Liverton (fn. 21) (q.v.),
the manor was not held in demesne, and in 1427
Terrington was in the hands of Edmund Darrell. It
followed the descent of Sessay (q.v.) until 1752,
when it was purchased by Henry fourth Earl of
Carlisle, from whom it has descended with Castle
Howard. (fn. 22) In 1302 William le Latimer 'the elder'
obtained a grant of a market here on Wednesdays
and of a fair on the vigil, feast and morrow of the
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. (fn. 23)
At the time of the Domesday Survey 1½ carucates
in Terrington were soke of Count Alan's manor of
Foston (fn. 24) (q.v.). Neither of these places, however,
became part of the honour of Richmond, and the
overlordship of Terrington was held in the 14th
century by the Luttrells, (fn. 25) lords of Appleton-leStreet (q.v.).
Before 1229 Anketin Mallory and Sarah his wife
were seised of 11 oxgangs in Terrington, (fn. 26) which
followed the descent of the manor of Wigganthorpe
(q.v.).
In 1086 Berenger de Toni held 2 oxgangs in
Terrington, which passed eventually with the chief
manor to the Mauleys. (fn. 27)
The third Peter de Mauley confirmed 2 oxgangs to
the Prior and convent of Marton, (fn. 28) who in 1333
received a grant of free warren in Terrington. (fn. 29) At
the Dissolution the Marton possessions were valued
at £4 12s. In 1535 these lands were leased by the
prior to John Jackson. (fn. 30) This may be the same
land that had passed by 1562 (fn. 31) to Thomas Jackson
alias Lascelles, who with his wife Margery (fn. 32) appears
to have sold his lands here before his death in
1617. (fn. 33)
There are now several small freehold estates in the
parish.
At the time of the Domesday Survey GANTHORPE
(Gamelthorpe, xi cent.) was in the hands of the king,
who held there a 'manor' and half a carucate, the
former tenant having been Gamel. (fn. 34)
At the same time 2½ carucates in Ganthorpe were
held by the Count of Mortain as soke of his manor
of Sheriff Hutton (fn. 35) (q.v.), the overlordship here as
there being afterwards held by the Mauleys. A
mesne lordship was held here by the lords of Sheriff
Hutton (fn. 36) (q.v.). In 1250 William son of Ralph
held lands in Ganthorpe, (fn. 37) which follow the same
descent as Henderskelfe (q.v.), and now form part
of the Castle Howard estate.
In 1086 the Count of Mortain held 3 carucates in
MOWTHORPE (fn. 38) (Muletorp, xi cent.), apparently
soke of the 'manor' of Terrington and Wigganthorpe.
Here as at Terrington the overlordship passed eventually to the Luttrells. (fn. 39)
In 1240 Anketin Mallory, lord of Wigganthorpe
(q.v.), and Sarah his wife were holding 3 carucates in
Mowthorpe. (fn. 40)
Following the division of the fee after the death of
their son Nicholas Mallory in about 1275, an arrangement was evidently made by which the demesne land
in Mowthorpe went to their eldest daughter Margery,
wife of Ralph Salvin, (fn. 41) whose son Anketin received a
grant of free warren here in 1309. (fn. 42)
Langton. Gules a cheveron ermine between three lions argent.
Danby. Argent fretty sable and a chief sable with three molets argent therein.
Part may have been settled on a younger branch of
the family of Mallory, for in 1299 William Mallory
held lands in Mowthorpe. (fn. 43) These he quitclaimed
in 1303 to Giles de Brabant and Alice his wife, (fn. 44)
who some two months later granted 7½ oxgangs, &c.,
here to Stephen son of Gilbert de Terrington,
Alice his wife and Stephen's heirs. (fn. 45) Stephen left a
son William de Terrington, parson of Havergate, who
gave this manor to Sir Anketin Salvin and Iseult his
wife. (fn. 46) In 1317 Sir Anketin obtained a release of
all rights in Mowthorpe from John son of Avis de
Burdon and his sisters Nicholaa and Katharine. (fn. 47)
He died in 1351, leaving a son Nicholas Salvin and
a daughter Ellen. (fn. 48) In 1364 Nicholas Salvin granted
the manor with all goods and chattels thereon to
John de Langton, Mayor of York, and son of Nicholas
de Langton of York. (fn. 49) He was followed by a son
John, and he by a son of the same name. (fn. 50) In 1405
John Langton was defendant in a suit brought by
William Terrington, who claimed the manor as
grandson of Ellen daughter of Anketin Salvin. (fn. 51)
Judgement was given in favour of John Langton. (fn. 52)
In 1407 his bondmen and tenants 'leagued together
at the manor and refused their due customs and
services.' (fn. 53) John Langton had a son John, who left
a daughter Agnes, his sole heir. (fn. 54) She married Sir
James Danby and died in 1515, (fn. 55) leaving a son and
heir Sir Christopher Danby of Thorpe Perrow. (fn. 56) In
1618–19 Christopher Danby conveyed the manor
of Mowthorpe to Sir Robert Monson, (fn. 57) the third
surviving son of Sir William Monson, (fn. 58) who in 1635
again conveyed it to Sir William Strickland, Richard
Hutton, James Danby and Brian Middleton. (fn. 59)
In 1649 half the manor was in the hands of
Dorothy Hutton, widow, (fn. 60) and in 1693 Henry
Fairfax and Anne his wife held a half. (fn. 61) Before
1751 it had passed to Mr. Thomas Worsley of
Hovingham (fn. 62) ; it is now part of the Castle Howard
estate.
There are three entries in the Domesday Survey
referring to WIGGANTHORPE (Wichingastorp,
xi cent.; Wykenthorpe, xiii cent.; Wygthorp,
xiv cent.). The 'manor' and a carucate were in
the hands of the king, the former tenant having been
Cnut (fn. 63) ; the Count of Mortain held 1 carucate (fn. 64)
and Berenger de Toni also held another, once
Gamel's. (fn. 65) The overlordship passed eventually to
the Luttrells. (fn. 66)
In the time of Henry III lands in Wigganthorpe
were held by Anketin Mallory, (fn. 67) descending to his
son Nicholas, who died before September 1275
seised of 2 marks rent in Wigganthorpe, his heirs
being his four sisters (fn. 68) —Margery the wife of Ralph
Salvin, Avis the wife of William Burdon, Nicholaa,
who married Nicholas de Oglethorpe, and Sarah the
wife of William de Glinton or Clenton. (fn. 69) Margery
and Ralph Salvin had a son Anketin, who was
enfeoffed of all his mother's lands, (fn. 70) and held in
Wigganthorpe 1½ carucates in 1316. (fn. 71) This portion
followed the descent of the manor of Mowthorpe
(q.v.).
In 1289 (fn. 72) Nicholas de Oglethorpe and Nicholaa
his wife quitclaimed their part of Wigganthorpe and
Terrington to Nicholas de Stapleton, (fn. 73) lord of Stapleton and one of the judges of Edward I (fn. 74) ; Nicholas was
also enfeoffed of the lands belonging to the youngest
sister Sarah de Glinton. (fn. 75) Avis de Burdon granted
her portion to William Latimer, whose son William
granted it to Miles de Stapleton. (fn. 76) He was thus
holding three parts of the lands once of Anketin
Mallory, and received a grant of free warren in his
demesne lands here in 1304. (fn. 77)
Metham. Quarterly azure and argent with a fleur de lis or in the quarter.
This land followed the descent of Stapleton, but was
retained by the family after
the sale of that manor in
1585. (fn. 78) Jordan Metham was
living here in 1615, when his
son Jordan was baptized. (fn. 79)
Sir Jordan Metham, kt., died
in 1642 and was buried in the
quire of the parish church. (fn. 80)
He was apparently succeeded
by his son George, (fn. 81) who in
1654 (fn. 82) conveyed the manor
to Stephen Watson and John
Micklethwaite. In 1663–4 (fn. 83) Jordan Metham was
assessed for a subsidy, and his wife Margaret was fined
for recusancy in the same year. After this the family
ceased to hold lands in Terrington, their place evidently being taken by the Geldarts. John Geldart
was living in Terrington
in 1663, (fn. 84) six of his children
being christened in the
parish church, where he
himself was buried in
1677. (fn. 85) His eldest son
John, baptized in 1665, (fn. 86)
may have died early, for
the estate appears to have
come into the hands of
Robert Geldart his
brother, (fn. 87) who was holding the manor of Wigganthorpe with Joseph Geldart
in 1701. (fn. 88) The family
probably retained its property here as at Whenby
(q.v.) for a considerable
part of the 18th century.
It afterwards passed, apparently by purchase, to
William Garforth, the
owner in 1857. His son and successor William
Francis Garforth died in 1869 and was followed by
his son Mr. William Henry Garforth. The estate
was sold in 1890 to the Hon. William Henry Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, the present owner. (fn. 89)
Church
The church of ALL SAINTS consists
of a chancel 36 ft. by 13¾ ft. with north
chapel and vestry, nave 38¾ ft. by
18 ft. with north aisle making the total width 30¾ ft.,
west tower 12 ft. square, south chapel and south
porch. The total length is 90 ft., all measurements
being internal.
The earliest remaining work in the church is the
western portion of the south nave wall, which may
be pre-Conquest and cannot be later than the 11th
century. Late in the 12th century the nave was
mostly rebuilt with the addition of an aisle on the
north side, but there are no indications of the form
or size of the early quire. In the 14th century a
chapel was built on the south side of the nave and
the chancel arch rebuilt. The chancel was reconstructed in the following century with the addition
of a large chapel on the north side, and at about the
same time the west tower was built, though the
tower arch may be somewhat earlier. During this
century also a clearstory was added to the nave and
windows inserted in the aisle. At some time after
the Reformation the south nave chapel was pulled
down and its arch built up. The formation of a
vestry at the east end of the north chapel is also a
later alteration. In 1870 the church was completely
restored and the modern alterations include the erection
of a south porch and nave aisle on the site of the
earlier chapel and the complete reroofing of the
structure.
Plan of Terrington Church
The chancel is of 15th-century date and has a
three-light east window with modern tracery. The
north wall is also largely modern, the two arches
opening into the chapel replacing a single arch of
earlier date at the 1870 restoration. The south wall
has two windows of three lights and one of two lights
with square heads and a priest's door, all of 15thcentury date. The chancel arch is pointed and apparently of 14th-century date, but is much restored and
springs from semi-octagonal responds with moulded
capitals. The north chapel, of the same width as the
nave aisle, from which it opens by a 15th-century
arch, is of the same date as the chancel and is lit
by two two-light windows in the north wall. The
east end has been walled off to form a vestry with a
two-light window in the east wall. The two buttresses, one at either end of the north wall, are both
original.
The nave has a north arcade of two bays of unequal
size with a deep respond at the west end. The late
12th-century arches are semicircular with two plain
orders, the eastern and wider one being struck from
below the springing line. They rest on a cylindrical
pier and half-round responds with octagonal capitals
of differing design, that to the western respond being
fluted and the other two having a conventional leaf
ornament. The aisle wall is of the same date and is
unbuttressed, but has had three 15th-century windows
inserted, two in the north wall and one at the west
end. In the south nave wall is a wide 14th-century
arch of two orders formerly opening into a chapel
and now into the modern south aisle. It is probable
that this was the chapel of St. Mary the Virgin
founded by Sir Brian Stapleton. West of this arch
the nave wall is of 11th-century date. It is of
very rude construction, with patches of herring-bone
masonry similar to those existing at Bulmer. It
contains one original window, a small deeply-splayed
single light placed high up in the wall (the sill is
8½ ft. above the present floor). The external head
is cut in a triangular-shaped stone carved with knotwork apparently of pre-Conquest date.
The south door piercing the early wall is entirely
modern, as is the adjoining porch. The 15th-century
clearstory is blank on the north side, but is pierced on
the south by two-light windows.
The 15th-century tower is three stages high with
diagonal western buttresses and a vice in the southwest angle. The tower arch may perhaps be somewhat earlier. The three-light west window has been
restored, and below it is a small 15th-century door
having above it a relieving arch of two stones inclined against each other. The font dates from the
15th century and is octagonal, but the other fittings
of the church are modern.
The tower is finished with an embattled parapet
with angle and intermediate pinnacles. It contains
three bells, the tenor mediaeval and inscribed in
Lombardic capitals, '+ ihc orate pro anima Roberti
Prioris anno dni mccccmt.' On the waist is a fylfot
cross and the initials 't.o.' The date is not quite
intelligible. The bell is known traditionally as the
Kirkham bell, but as no Robert held that priory
during the 15th century it is far more probable that
it came from Marton Priory, only a short distance
away, of which Robert Cave was prior about 1450.
The second bell is inscribed 'Jesus be our speed
1623,' and the treble, cast by Dalton of York in
1758, 'Repent in time.'
During the restoration a small mediaeval sanctus
bell was found under the tower and is now kept at
the rectory. It bears no inscription, but has four
stamps, one a cross with the reed and sponge placed
saltirewise behind it, and the others the letter C.
The head has a threefold opening.
The plate includes a cup and cover paten (York,
1662) inscribed 'Tirrinton 1663,' two patens (York,
1662), the gift of Sarah widow of the Rev. Robert
Hitch, Dean of York, 1680, with an impaled coat of
arms, and a large but late plated flagon.
The registers before 1812 have been printed by
the Yorkshire Parish Register Society; they are as
follows: (i) mixed entries 1600 to 1653; (ii) mixed
entries 1653 to 1683; (iii) mixed entries 1682 to
1768, including baptisms at Castle Howard 1746 to
1753; (iv) marriages 1754 to 1812; (v) baptisms and
burials 1768 to 1812.
Advowson
The church must have been appurtenant to the fee of Count Alan in
Terrington, for it was in the hands
of Anketin Mallory and Sarah his wife in 1246, being
then quitclaimed to them by the Archbishop of York. (fn. 90)
It followed the descent of the manor of Wigganthorpe (q.v.) and in 1331 Nicholas de Stapleton had
three parts of the advowson, (fn. 91) the remaining quarter
being held by Anketin Salvin. The Stapleton portion
followed (fn. 92) the descent of the manor of Wigganthorpe
(q.v.) until 1654, (fn. 93) when George Metham evidently
sold the rectory to John Micklethwaite, reserving to
his heirs the alternate presentation. In 1682 it was
in the gift of a member of the family of Micklethwaite, (fn. 94) probably Elias Micklethwaite, (fn. 95) rector of
Terrington; on his death in 1721 it passed to
William Banes. (fn. 96) In 1734 it was again in the
rector's hands, Leonard Thompson presenting. (fn. 97) The
portion held by Anketin Salvin in 1312 followed the
descent of the manor of Mowthorpe. (fn. 98) By 1625 (fn. 99)
it was all in the hands of Jordan Metham, from
whom it passed to George Metham. (fn. 100)
The chantry of St. Mary in the parish church
was founded by Sir Brian Stapleton to 'execute
divine service in the high quyer.' (fn. 101) The only land
appurtenant was the dwelling-house of the incumbent, but a yearly rent of £4 6s. 8d. was paid 'by
Stapleton' at the Dissolution. (fn. 102) At this date 'two other
prestes,' beside the incumbent, were at the finding of
the parsons there. (fn. 103) The rent from 'Saynct Mary
landes lying in the feldes there' was devoted to the
maintenance of a light in the church. (fn. 104)
There was formerly a chapel at Ganthorpe, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene, dependent on the parish
church of Terrington. (fn. 105) In the reign of Henry VIII
it was described by an inhabitant who had known it
for thirty years as 'thakked with straw all over and
is distant from the parish church of Terington half a
myle.' (fn. 106) He also speaks of four little flats of ground,
four lands lying in the several fields of Ganthorpe,
and three little 'daills' of meadow lying in the Ings
there and a little garth whereon the said chapel
standeth, and also a cottage and garth with appurtenances belonging to said chapel called Mawdeleyne
chapel, the rent of which was 5s. a year. The parson
of Terrington had always taken the profits for saying
two masses in the year, one of St. Mary Magdalene,
and the other on the Tuesday in Cross Days, but to
what use the rent had been put during the last six
years was not known. (fn. 107)
This was, no doubt, the land leased in 1560 (fn. 108) by
Edward Otbye, rector of Terrington, to Francis
Metham, second son of Sir Thomas Metham of
Wigganthorpe. Francis died in 1596 (fn. 109) seised of a
'messuage, tenement or chapel called St. Mary
Magdalene's chapel,' his heir being his daughter
Denise Bulmer, widow. The chapel appears to have
fallen into disuse and is not again mentioned.
Charities
The following charities are administered under a scheme of the
Charity Commissioners dated 4 July
1905, namely:—
The Doles, consisting of certain ancient payments,
the origin of which is unknown, amounting in the
aggregate to £6 1s. 8d., whereof £2 18s. 11d. is
paid out of the Castle Howard estate, £2 by Mr.
G. A. Thompson out of the Chapel Field, 13s. 4d.
by Mr. Robert Goodwill out of cottages at Terrington, 8s. 2d. by Mr. David Ellerby out of a house
and land at Terrington and 1s. 3d. by the rector of
Terrington out of Barn Field;
Poor's money, being £55 secured on bond at £5
per cent., which is also paid out of the Castle Howard
estate;
The Rev. Charles Hall's memorial charity, deed
31 December 1875, £63 16s. 4d. consols;
The Spital Close Arrears charity, deed 5 April
1884, £100 consols.
The sums of stock are held by the official trustees
and the income of the charities, amounting to
£12 18s. 4d., is applicable under the scheme for the
general benefit of the poor in such manner as the
trustees should consider most conducive to the formation of provident habits. In 1906 the income was
augmented by a donation and by the church offertory,
and £17 10s. was distributed amongst seventeen
deserving poor of the parish.
In 1893 Mrs. Marianne Christiana Isabella
Worsley by will left £1,020 consols, the income to
be applicable for the benefit of the school so long as
it should remain a Church of England school.