BROMPTON
Bruntune (xi cent.); Brumton (xii-xiii cent.);
Brunton, Brumpton, Brompton (xiii cent.).
This parish was composed in 1831 of the townships of Brompton, Sawdon, Snainton and Troutsdale, (fn. 1)
of which Sawdon was amalgamated with Brompton
by a Local Government Order coming into operation
in 1886. Its area is 11,361 acres of land, of which
5,182 are arable, 2,832 permanent grass and 816
woodland. (fn. 2) The soil of Oolitic Limestone, gravel
and loam rests on Corallian Beds and Kimmeridge
Clay; alluvium is found by the River Derwent,
which forms the southern boundary of the parish.
Limestone and gravel are worked, the stone from
Troutsdale Moor being of excellent quality. Slate
from Sawdon Moor was ordered to be used for the
repair of Scarborough Castle in 1538. (fn. 3) The chief
crops raised are wheat, barley, oats and turnips. At
the close of the 16th century the joint owners of one
of the manors of Brompton were paying a new rent
for their licence to inclose the wastes of Brompton,
Snainton and Sawdon. (fn. 4) The lords of the same
manor wished in 1757 to inclose Brompton Carr, the
Pitts, the Broates, Sawdondale, the Moor and Troutsdale or Troutsdale Brow, all common or waste
grounds (containing about 2,221 acres) in the manor
of Brompton, (fn. 5) and an award was made for the
inclosure of eight common fields in Brompton and
Sawdon in 1758. (fn. 6)
The old course of the River Derwent, some distance south of the present stream, is the southern
boundary of the parish. The river is crossed by Foul
Bridge, near which is the site of the manor of Foulbridge, once belonging to the Knights of the Temple
and their successors the Knights of St. John of
Jerusalem. (fn. 7)
The height of the parish above the ordnance
datum varies from 75 ft. in the Vale of Pickering to
700 ft. on the moors. The village of Brompton,
though not large, is beautifully situated on the lowest
slopes of the hills and lies along the road from
Scarborough to York, which here widens to form the
High Street. Brompton Green lies on the north
side of this street at the eastern extremity of the
village. In the centre of the village is Castle Hill,
the reputed site of an early fortification (fn. 8) ; it is protected on the west by a large pool. The whole
village is well wooded, and fine grounds are attached
to the High Hall, a stone-built Georgian house,
the residence of Mr. J. W. Coulthurst. The Hall,
which stands north of the church, is probably on the
site of the older capital messuage mentioned in
the spring of 1561–2. (fn. 9) At the south-east corner
of the park is Malpas, (fn. 10) while in a similar position
in the south-west is the Low Hall, an old building
largely remodelled in the 18th century and now used
as a farm-house. This must be the manor-house of
Brompton belonging to the duchy of Lancaster and
mentioned in 1651. (fn. 11) The other houses in Brompton
are of no great antiquity.
At some distance north-east of the village a lane
leads from the main road to Gallows Hill Farm, at the
foot of Gallows Hill (Gallyhill, xvii cent.). Here
Mary Hutchinson lived, and here Wordsworth stayed
before his marriage; the house is still very much as
it was in their time and quite unspoilt. They were
married by the Rev. John Ellis in Brompton Church
on 4 October 1802, in the presence of Thomas,
Joanna and John Hutchinson. As the artist who
has described this district remarks, it is an ideal spot
for a poet's wedding. (fn. 12)
Snainton Village, Brompton
Snainton is an uninteresting village lining the main
Pickering and Scarborough road about 1½ miles west
of Brompton. The church stands by the road, but
the Hall lies down Croft Lane to the south. It is
perhaps on the site of the capital messuage mentioned
in 1558. (fn. 13) Near Stainton station, half a mile to the
south of the village, is Carr House, a modern farm incorporating some portions of 17th-century work and
formerly surrounded by a moat filled in in recent
years. Sawdon, with its park, lies to the north of
Snainton; a capital messuage stood here in 1289. (fn. 14)
The township of Troutsdale is on the moors.
There are now mills at Brompton and Troutsdale.
The mill at Brompton, belonging in 1086 to
Berenger de Toni, (fn. 15) was in 1235 appurtenant to the
Vescys' manor of Brompton. (fn. 16) The corn-mill of
Troutsdale, on Troutsdale Beck, seems to be first
mentioned in 1619–21, (fn. 17) and was held in the 17th
century with the capital messuage by the families
of Isons of Troutsdale, (fn. 18) Theakston and Constable. (fn. 19)
A mill at Snainton belonged to Ingram de Boynton
(Bovington) in 1272 (fn. 20) and there was a water-mill at
Foulbridge in March 1326–7. (fn. 21)
All the townships in this parish were formerly in
the forest of Pickering (q.v.), and it was stated in
1276 that Agnes de Vescy, lady of Brompton, had for
a long time had her wood of Troutsdale [called
Ayclif (fn. 22) ] outside the regard of the forest and held
pleas of vert in her court. (fn. 23) The lord of the manor
of Brompton claimed the right to appoint a woodward for his wood in 1334. (fn. 24) This claim to hold
the wood of Troutsdale outside the regard was disallowed by the justices in 1334. (fn. 25) Sir Henry Brounflete,
a successor of the Vescys, (fn. 26) was granted a free park in
the north part of Troutsdale in 1438. (fn. 27) In 1608
there were said to be only sixty old trees in Troutsdale Wood, held in common by the tenants of
Brompton. (fn. 28)
Some 13th-century names are Halfhundrythes and
Scotgate in Snainton, (fn. 29) Fukedale (fn. 30) in Sawdon; Williams
Cross is mentioned in 1317, (fn. 31) Stonecross in 1651. (fn. 32)
There are stations at Sawdon and Snainton on the
Seamer and Pickering branch of the North Eastern
railway. Brompton and Snainton have Wesleyan
and Primitive Methodist chapels, and a public elementary school at Brompton was erected in 1879.
The classical scholar Francis Wrangham (1769–
1842) married, in 1801, at Brompton, Dorothy
daughter and co-heir of the Rev. Digby Cayley, (fn. 33)
and Arthur Cayley, writer of biographical works, was
son of Arthur, third son of Sir George Cayley of this
place. (fn. 34)
Mowbray. Gules a lion argent.
Bigod. Or a cross gules.
Manors
Three carucates of land in BROMPTON were soke of the king's manor of
Pickering in 1086, when I carucate
6 oxgangs of land formerly held by Ulf as a 'manor'
were also in the king's hands. (fn. 35) In the summary of
the Domesday Survey the king was said to hold
9 carucates of land in Brompton, (fn. 36) but this must have
included Sawdon and Westhorpe. (fn. 37) The holders of
the honour of Pickering (q.v.) have always been overlords of Brompton, and have also had and still have a
manor there. (fn. 38) Gamel held a 'manor,' assessed at
6 carucates before the Conquest; this was in 1086
among the possessions of Berenger de Toni. (fn. 39) Roger
de Mowbray was overlord in the reign of Henry I, (fn. 40)
possibly by grant of his uncle William Daubeney,
one of the heirs of Berenger. (fn. 41) This overlordship
followed the descent of the manor of Thirsk (fn. 42) ; in
the 16th century the manor was held of the Crown
as of Pickering Castle. (fn. 43)
The Mowbray fee in this district was composed of
12 carucates of land which made one knight's fee in
Brompton and Sawdon, while the Bigods had a fee,
mentioned in 1284–5, (fn. 44) of 10 or 8 carucates of land,
making one knight's fee in Snainton, Westhorpe and
Brompton. (fn. 45) Although Adeliz sister of Berenger de
Toni married Roger Bigod, (fn. 46) his heir was the child
of another wife (fn. 47) ; but the Bigods sometimes followed
Berenger. (fn. 48) This fee came to the Mowbrays in
1398. (fn. 49) The two fees formed what was sometimes
called the Vescy 'honour of Brompton.' (fn. 50)
Eustace son of John was tenant of Brompton under
Roger de Mowbray in the reign of Henry I, (fn. 51) and
from him it descended, as did the manor of Malton, (fn. 52)
through the Vescys (fn. 53) to the Aytons. (fn. 54) On the death
of William de Ayton in the 14th century the manor
became divided into moieties; one descended to
the Conyers of Sockburn and was sold in the spring
of 1613–14 by George Conyers to Ralph Lord Eure
with a warranty against the heirs of his father John
and his grandfather George Conyers. (fn. 55) The later
descent of this moiety cannot be traced.
Vescy. Gules a cross paty argent.
Ayton. Barry or and azure with a quarter of the arms of VESCY.
Conyers. Azure a sleeve or.
Clifford. Checky or and azure a fesse gules.
Dakyns. Argent a cross between four lions gules.
Pollard. Ermine a cross engrailed sable.
The moiety of Anastasia de Ayton passed to the
Cliffords, Earls of Cumberland, and early in 1561–2
Henry Earl of Cumberland conveyed it with the
manor of West Ayton to George Dakyns and his heirs
and Ralph Pollard, in return for an annual rentcharge of £84. (fn. 56) This moiety became subdivided
between the Dakyns and Pollards.
George Dakyns and George son of Ralph Pollard
of Pollard Hall, Bishop Auckland, (fn. 57) made settlements
of tenements and the water-mills in Brompton and
half the manor of Ayton in 1569, (fn. 58) but part of the
Cumberland lands in Brompton, Sawdon and Snainton sold to Dakyns and Pollard were shortly before
1591 purchased by Edward Hutchinson, lord of the
neighbouring manor of Wykeham. (fn. 59) Sir William
Mallory, kt., and Ursula his wife conveyed tenements in Brompton to Christopher Hutchinson early
in 1578–9, (fn. 60) and in 1619–21 Stephen son and heir
of Edward Hutchinson had the Dakyns' part of the
manor. (fn. 61) This part subsequently descended (fn. 62) with
the manor of Wykeham, (fn. 63) in which it now seems to
be merged.
Leonard son of George Pollard died seised of the
'manor' of Brompton in 1589, leaving a son and
heir Ralph, (fn. 64) who in 1624 with Susan his wife and
Thomas Bosvile and Anne his wife conveyed half the
manors of Brompton and Ayton to John Fairfax and
Richard Marris. (fn. 65) The Pollard estate was perhaps
divided between two co-heirs, for in 1634 John
Farrer and Susan his wife conveyed to William
Cayley a quarter of the manors of Brompton and
Ayton (fn. 66) ; little trace of the remaining quarter has
been found, but it was in the hands of Richard
Langley in 1743. (fn. 67)
Cayley. Quarterly argent and sable a bend gules with three molets argent thereon.
William Cayley was knighted in March 1640–1
and created a baronet in 1661. (fn. 68) He conveyed half the
manors of Brompton and
Ayton to Arthur Cayley and
his heirs in 1656 (fn. 69) and died
in 1681. (fn. 70) His eldest son Sir
William, Mary his wife and
Arthur Cayley made a settlement of these moieties in
1699, (fn. 71) and the moiety descended to the heirs of Sir
William, who died in or before
1708, leaving a son and heir
Arthur. (fn. 72) Sir Arthur died in
1727, and his son Sir George, (fn. 73)
with Richard Langley, the
owner of the other fourth
part, appointed a gamekeeper
for the manor in 1743. (fn. 74) Sir George died in 1791,
his son and heir Thomas in the following year. (fn. 75)
Sir George son of Sir Thomas was in 1857 succeeded
by his son Digby; Sir Digby in 1883 left a son
George Allanson, whose son Sir George Everard
Arthur Cayley, bart., succeeded in 1895 (fn. 76) and is
now owner.
John Moryn, lord of Whenby, was described as of
Brompton in 1334, when he and Denise his wife
settled 34 oxgangs 50 acres of land, a messuage, &c.,
here on themselves and the issue of John, with remainders to John son of John and various other
persons. (fn. 77) Twelve oxgangs of this land were proved
in 1342 to be ancient demesne of the Crown and
therefore not impleadable at common law. (fn. 78) Litigation on this point was followed in 1343 by a quitclaim by John son of John Moryn of all right in
7 oxgangs in Brompton, Snainton and Sawdon to his
overlord, Sir William de Ayton. (fn. 79)
Henry I granted soc and sac, toll and team and
infangentheof, and all waters, mills and fisheries to
Eustace son of John and his heirs in his manor of
Brompton. (fn. 80) William de Vescy in 1284–5 claimed
that his ancestors time out of mind had had their
courts and gallows and amendment of the assize of ale. (fn. 81)
Sir Henry Brounflete claimed view of frankpledge in
1439–40, (fn. 82) and the lord did justice to thieves by
suit (fn. 83) ; Sir Henry Brounflete obtained a confirmation
of all these rights in 1438. (fn. 84) Henry III in 1253
granted to William de Vescy and his heirs a weekly
market on Monday at Brompton and a yearly fair on
the vigil, feast and morrow of All Saints and the five
following days. (fn. 85) The market was suppressed during
the same reign as injurious to the market at Scarborough, (fn. 86) and, although the fair continued, it was
probably in the joint possession of the lords of both
manors of Brompton. The overlord was said to hold
it as an escheat in 1326, (fn. 87) but in 1619–21 and 1651
the picage and toll were leased by the owner of the
honour of Pickering, (fn. 88) and in 1656 and 1754 the
Cayleys had half the fair. (fn. 89) Among public officials
in 1895 were market toll collectors and waywardens. (fn. 90) Agnes de Vescy was said in 1276 to
have lately appropriated warren. (fn. 91) Her successor
Gilbert de Ayton claimed in 1334 the right of hunting hares, foxes, wild cats and badgers within the
Acredikes in Brompton, (fn. 92) and warren afterwards descended with this manor. (fn. 93)
In 1177–81 (fn. 94) and 1189–90 (fn. 95) FOULBRIDGE
(Fuchebruge, xii cent.; Fulkebridge, xii, xvi cent.;
Feukebrigg, xiii–xiv cent.; Foukebrigg, xiv cent.;
Fowbridge, xiv–xvi cent.) was a member of Settrington, but it afterwards passed into the overlordship
of the Percys, Earls of Northumberland, and of the
Mowbrays. (fn. 96) John Lord Mowbray died seised of
the moiety of the manor, which must have escheated
to him, in 1322, and in 1327 the demesne
lands were said to have lain fallow since the Conquest. (fn. 97)
Foulbridge was probably the 'manor of Snainton'
about which Ingram de Boynton and the Knights of
the Temple made an agreement before 1226. (fn. 98) John
de Knapton also granted to that order rent and services in Snainton in the spring of 1240–1. (fn. 99) In
1273 the knights held the manor and the 'empty
windmill' of Foulbridge, (fn. 100) and in 1307 the manor,
windmill and 260 acres in 'waynage.' (fn. 101) A claim
was made by the Earl of Lancaster in 1334 that on
the suppression of this order the manor had escheated
to him, the liberties of the Templars having become
extinguished. Judgement, however, was given for
the Hospitallers, to whom Edward II had confirmed
the Templars' lands in 1324. (fn. 102)
On the ground that he was diverting its revenues
from the hospital, the custody of the manor was
ordered to be taken from Thomas Salkeld in 1359
and given to English members of the order. (fn. 103)
Sir Ralph Eure's 'place' here is mentioned in
1537, (fn. 104) and the manor, late the possession of the Hospitallers and in the tenure of Sir Ralph Eure, was in
1555–6 granted to the Archbishop of York, (fn. 105) but no
later mention of it has been found. The Templars
were said in 1273 and 1307 to give alms to every
pauper who came, for three days weekly, whether by
right or charity the jurors did not know. (fn. 106)
In 1334 the bridge and road of Pul (fn. 107) within the
forest, which were highways for 'carriages, carts, drifts
and packsaddles,' were in decay and broken. It was
proved that the repair of the bridge with the road to
the east was incumbent on the Hospitallers by reason
of their tenements at Foulbridge; the road to the
west was reparable by the nuns of Yedingham. (fn. 108)
The manor of SAWDON (Salden, xii–xiv cent.)
seems to have been a member of Brompton (q.v.),
with which it is coupled in 1284–5. (fn. 109) It belonged to
the Vescys, (fn. 110) and has descended to Sir George Everard
Arthur Cayley, bart.
Eustace de Vescy granted to Robert de Percy of
Carnaby 3 carucates of land in Sawdon, (fn. 111) but no further
mention of the Percys in Sawdon has been found.
William de Mesnehermer in 1242 held 3 carucates of
land in Sawdon of Aline de Bolom and Alice wife
of James de Cauz, who held under William de Vescy. (fn. 112)
In 1086 SNAINTON (Snechintune, xi–xiii cent.;
Snayton, Sneynton, xiii–xv cent.) was in the hands of
the king, Berenger de Toni and William de Percy,
who held 3½, 5, and 1½ carucates respectively. (fn. 113)
The Crown was still returned as joint tenant in
1316, (fn. 114) but its lands here subsequently merged in the
honour of Pickering. Edmund Earl of Lancaster
held 2½ carucates in 1284–5, (fn. 115) and the manor, which
has descended with the honour of Pickering, (fn. 116) is
now the property of the duchy of Lancaster. Various
settlements of the manor, probably by lessees under
the honour of Pickering, were made during the 16th
and 17th centuries. (fn. 117)
The Boyntons of Boynton, lords of Acklam, (fn. 118) held
tenements in Snainton, (fn. 119) and perhaps the manor of
Foulbridge. (fn. 120) Thomas de Boynton obtained a grant
of free warren in 1365, (fn. 121) and in 1565 Thomas
Boynton, Frances his wife, John Norton and Ann his
wife conveyed the 'manor' to Robert Pursglove,
clerk. (fn. 122)
Ignald de Furneaux held 5 carucates as half a
knight's fee; he married the daughter of Gilbert
de Ayton and was murdered for ill-treatment of her
by her brother William. They had two daughters,
of whom Agatha married Drew de Harum, the other
Richard de Percy. Drew and Agatha had a son
William and a daughter who married Albert the
clerk of Scarborough; the daughter received half a
carucate of land in Snainton which her son Robert
sold to William Prior of Malton, a sale confirmed by
the grandfather and Drew. (fn. 123) Drew de Harum
released all his fees, customs and services in Snainton
to Agnes de Vescy in 1316. (fn. 124)
The Percy lands continued to be held of that
family and followed the descent of their manor of
Topcliffe, (fn. 125) with which they were granted to the
Archbishop of York in February 1542–3. (fn. 126) Francis
Selowe, of an old Snainton family, (fn. 127) held the capital
messuage of the Earl of Northumberland as of his
manor of Topcliffe (fn. 128) in 1558. (fn. 129)
Thomas de Ingleby obtained a grant of free warren
here in 1365. (fn. 130)
A 'manor' and 2 carucates in TROUTSDALE
(Truzstal, xi cent.) were held by Archil before the
Conquest, when they came into the king's possession, (fn. 131)
and became a member of the honour of Pickering. (fn. 132)
Troutsdale is now in the possession of the duchy of
Lancaster.
WESTHORPE was occasionally coupled with
Brompton (q.v.), and in the last mention found
(1334) was said to be a vill in Brompton of the
fee of Mowbray. (fn. 133) A family of Westhorpe, how
ever, held tenements sometimes called the 'manor of
Brompton' until the 16th century. (fn. 134)
Churches
The church of ALL SAINTS
consists of a chancel 28 ft. 9 in. by
19 ft., with north chapel, making
the total width 37 ft. 3 in., nave 42 ft. 3 in. by
19 ft. 3 in., with north and south aisles (total width
50 ft. 6 in.), west tower and south porch. The
total length of the church is 85 ft. 6 in., all the
measurements being internal. A church existed on
this site before the 12th century, and fragments
of this date are built into the present structure,
but the earliest work remaining in situ is of the
14th century. To this date belong the tower and
spire and the west end of the north aisle, but the
rest of the church was completely rebuilt in the
following century, when a vice was added to the
earlier tower. The church was extensively restored
in 1878, all the roofs being renewed, and a south
porch was added in 1895.
The chancel has a restored three-light east window
and two three-light traceried windows in the south
wall. An arcade of two bays and 15th-century date
separates the chancel from the north chapel, which is
conterminous with it. The pointed chancel arch is
also 15th-century work. Built into the east wall of
the north chapel, externally, are two carved stone
female figures, one seated and probably representing
the Virgin. The nave, which is of unusual width,
is three bays long with 15th-century arcades of
pointed arches resting on octagonal piers with
moulded capitals and bases. The south aisle has a
two-light 15th-century window at the east end and
two large traceried windows of three lights and
similar date in the south wall. The south doorway retains its original oak door, with good traceried
panels, and is inclosed under a modern porch with
embattled parapet.
The north aisle is of the same date as the south and
is lighted by small square-headed two-light windows.
These are set high in the wall owing to a considerable rise in the ground on which the church stands.
This aisle is continuous with the north chapel and
has a two-light west window of 14th-century date,
similar to those in the bell-chamber. The line of
the earlier nave roof is visible on the east face of the
tower. Set in the east wall of the south aisle, as
brackets, are portions of two 12th-century capitals.
The west tower is three stages high and dates from
the 14th century. The ground stage has the springers
for a stone vault, but this was apparently never completed. The stages are divided externally by moulded
string-courses and the angles are supported by diagonal
buttresses terminating in gablets at the base of the
spire. The second stage is lighted by simple loops and
the bell-chamber by a two-light pointed 14th-century
window in each face with external hood. The
octagonal broach spire is set immediately upon the
tower without a parapet and is devoid of lights.
Externally the nave and quire, except the north
aisle, are finished in ashlar with gabled buttresses.
The nave has an embattled parapet, but that to the
chancel is plain, and the main roof is externally continuous.
The tower contains three bells; the tenor inscribed 'Jesus be our speed 1621,' the second 'In
honorem Dei vox mea sona (vi ?) t,' the third 'Deum
cōle.'
The moulded circular font dates from the 14th
century. The church contains a few monuments of
interest. On the north wall of the north aisle is
an incised stone inscribed 'I.W. 1580, E.W. 1541,
Here lieth James Westrop who in wars to his greit
charges sarved oin kyng and tow quenes with du
obediens and died with owt recumpens.' It bears
the arms of Thweng of Cornbrough impaling Lepton
of Kepwick. (fn. 135) In the north chapel is a brass inscription to Elizabeth wife of Arthur Cayley of Brompton,
who died in 1688, and on the south wall of the quire
is a mural monument to Sir William Cayley, bart.,
who died in 1681.
The plate consists of a York cup of 1685, by Robert
Williamson, a second cup inscribed 'Brompton Communion plate anno 1703,' a paten (London, 1729)
inscribed 'Brompton Church 1729,' a modern cup
(1893) and almsdish and a plated flagon given in
1851. There are also a pewter paten and two plates
of the same material.
The registers are as follows: (i) mixed entries
1584 to 1649 and baptisms 1653 (the years 1601
to 1608 are missing); (ii) mixed entries 1653 to
1678; (iii) mixed entries 1678 to 1729; (iv) mixed
entries 1730 to 1812, marriages to 1754 only; (v)
marriages 1754 to 1810; (vi) marriages 1810 to
1813.
The present chapel of ST. STEPHEN at Snainton
stands on the north side of the street and is a debased
rectangular building erected in 1835. It has recently
been decorated internally with an elaborate colour
scheme and an effective fumed oak screen has been
erected to form a chancel. The plain circular font
probably dates from the 12th century. The chapel
destroyed in 1835 was a small 12th-century building
consisting of an aisleless nave and quire, the former
being roofed with stone slabs. On the western gable
was a bellcote for two bells and the south door was a
remarkably rich example of late 12th-century work.
Much of the masonry of this door was preserved and
re-erected in the churchyard wall, next the street, from
which it forms the chief entrance. It is now recessed
in three orders, the middle one being ornamented
with cheverons and the outer with a series of carved
beak heads. A water-colour sketch in the possession
of the present vicar, the Rev. L. F. B. Knight, B.A.,
gives an excellent idea of the old chapel previous to
its destruction. Belonging to this chapel is a silver
cup with the York mark for 1695, maker's mark,
William Busfield, and two modern patens.
Advowson
The church and the priest of
Brompton are associated with Berenger de Toni's lands in 1086, (fn. 136)
and the advowson descended with the manor to
the Vescys. William de Vescy in 1295 granted it
to Malton Priory, (fn. 137) and in 1352 the priory had
licence to appropriate. (fn. 138) Leases were made of the
rectory, late a possession of Malton Priory, with
reservation of the advowson, in 1583, 1585 and
1592, (fn. 139) and in 1608 the rectory, mansion-house
and advowson were granted to Francis Phillips and
Richard More, (fn. 140) presumably on behalf of the Cayleys,
for Edward Cayley presented in 1615, (fn. 141) and from
this time the rectory and advowson have belonged to
this family. (fn. 142) The vicarage was ordained 1 March
1518. (fn. 143)
In 1327 John Moryn (fn. 144) had licence to settle three
messuages, land and £4 yearly rent in Ayton, Hutton
Bushel and Brompton for two chaplains to celebrate
service daily in Brompton Church for his soul and
that of his ancestors. (fn. 145) This was the chantry of
our Lady mentioned in 1547, (fn. 146) and was granted to
Edward Downing and Roger Rant in 1590. (fn. 147)
Robert Gest of Brompton, yeoman, bequeathed in
1528 10s. and a beehive to find a light before the
image of All Saints in the parish church, 3s. 4d. to
the church works, and 12d. to the works of Sawdon
chapel. (fn. 148) The Templars had a chaplain to celebrate
divine service in their manor of Foulbridge. (fn. 149)
John de Snainton, rector of Rudston, had licence
in 1300 to cause mass to be celebrated for the soul
of Isabel Thurnef, his mother, in the manor of his
kinsman William Thurnef at Snainton. (fn. 150)
Charities
In 1813 Mrs. Ann Smith by deed,
dated 20 April (enrolled), conveyed
2 acres at Swine in this parish upon
trust that the rents and profits should be applied on
Christmas Eve equally amongst eight poor men and
women being householders in the hamlet of Swine.
The land is let at £4 a year, which is duly applied
by the vicar and churchwardens, who were in 1888
appointed trustees.
In 1840 Mrs. Margaret Pierson by will, proved
at York 15 January, devised two cottages for the
occupation of two widows, each of whom receives an
annuity of £1 1s., charged by the testatrix on the
same property.
The Wesleyan chapel, founded by deed, 1816, is
regulated by a scheme of the Charity Commissioners,
1870.
In 1851 William Stericker by will, proved at
London 1 October, left £200 to the rector and
churchwardens of Brompton upon trust to be invested
and the income distributed among the poor of the
village of Sawdon. The sum of £204 1s. 7d. consols,
representing the investment of the bequest, was in
1888 transferred to the official trustees.
The Wesleyan chapel at Sawdon, founded by deed
1823, is regulated by a scheme of the Charity Commissioners, 1887.
The Common Right Lands consist of 6 a. 2 r. 33 p.
acquired under an award dated 15 April 1772 (enrolled at Northallerton) made under the Inclosure
Act of 8 George III, and cottages, occupied by poor
widows. The official trustees also hold £24 0s. 9d.
consols arising from the sale in 1892 of land to the
North Eastern Railway Company. The land is let
in allotments, and the cottages are in course of being
put in repair. The income of the trust property
amounts to about £8 a year, which is distributed in
coals.
The new National school was opened in 1892.
For the old National school see under Ebberston.
The Wesleyan chapel, founded by deed 1798, is
regulated by a scheme of the Charity Commissioners,
22 May 1896, whereby the trust estate is held upon
the trusts of the Skircoat (Halifax) model deed of
1832.