CAYTON
Caitune (xi cent.); Kaitun, Kaiton (xii–xviii
cent.).
This parish was in 1831 composed of the townships of Cayton, Deepdale with Killerby and Osgodby.
Deepdale and Killerby are now hamlets in the township of Cayton, which was amalgamated with Osgodby
by order of the Local Government Board in 1886.
The area of the parish is 3,514 acres, of which 1,790
are arable, 1,521 permanent grass and 137 woodland. (fn. 1)
The area of the foreshore is 3,509 acres. The subsoil
varies between Corallian Beds and Kimmeridge Clay,
with Oxford Clay by the coast. The soil is equally
various. The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats.
The height above ordnance datum varies from 100 ft.
to 350 ft. The village of Cayton is built along a
portion of the Filey and Malton road. The church
stands back from the street, which has a 'back lane'
running parallel to it on its eastern side. Killerby
Old Hall lies at some distance along the road southeast of the village; nearly opposite is Killerby Hall,
the residence of Mr. James Cooper; the Grange lies
among the fields to the south-east.
Osgodby is a small hamlet lying a short distance
inland from Cayton Bay. It consists only of a few
farms, two of which divide the buildings of Osgodby
Hall, a former residence of the Wyvills. The existing
house of early 18th-century date is of no great interest,
but adjoining it is the small chapel of St. Leonard, of
which only the north and west walls remain. The
chapel adjoins the house and has a west window
of Renaissance character with a central arched light.
Two blocked window openings also remain in the
north wall and the east end abuts against the house.
Park Hill adjoins the Hall.
The hamlet of High and Middle Deepdale is at
the north-west corner of the parish and just beyond
the boundary. Burton Riggs commemorates the
old hamlet of Burton Dale. (fn. 2) Cayton has a station
on the Hull and Scarborough branch of the North
Eastern railway. There are Wesleyan and Primitive
Methodist chapels at Cayton and a public elementary school was erected in 1877.
Some 12th-century names are Sticwaldbut (fn. 3) or
Stikewalbut, Hallehenge, Langemar, Cangemanstayn,
Ofnames, Foreeng. (fn. 4)
Manors
The 4 carucates of CAYTON held by
Hundegrim and Gospatric as two 'manors'
before the Conquest were in 1086 in the
hands of the king. (fn. 5)
Roger Bigod Earl of Norfolk was overlord of 2 of
the 4 carucates in 1284–5. (fn. 6) The Earls of Albemarle
were mesne lords, John de Eston being returned as
holding the fee in 1284–5 (fn. 7) ; with John de Eston's
quitclaim of the earldom of Albemarle to the Crown (fn. 8)
the overlordship came to an end. William le Latimer
became mesne lord of 20 of the 28 carucates of land
in Thornton, Cayton, Osgodby and other places which
the Earl of Albemarle had formerly held. (fn. 9) He was
returned as joint lord of Cayton and Osgodby in
1316, (fn. 10) and his fee here descended with the manor
of Danby (fn. 11) until 1428 (fn. 12) or later. In 1509, however, although Osgodby (q.v.) was still held of the
honour of Albemarle, Cayton was held directly of the
lords of Pickering Castle. (fn. 13)
In 1365 Thomas de St. Quintin and Alice his
wife were holding lands in Ebberston, (fn. 14) and in 1417
Sir Thomas St. Quintin was lord of at least part of
Cayton (fn. 15) ; his son Anthony died in 1444, (fn. 16) leaving
two sons, Thomas, who died without issue, and Sir
William, lord of this fee in 1449. (fn. 17) Sir William
was followed by a son John (fn. 18) ; he left a son of the
same name, who died in 1509, leaving a son John
St. Quintin, a minor. (fn. 19) William son of this last
John died in 1550, (fn. 20) and in the spring of 1563–4
his son Gabriel St. Quintin (fn. 21) conveyed tenements
in Cayton and Deepdale to Sir Henry Gate of
Seamer. (fn. 22)
Cayton was wrongly coupled with Osgodby (fn. 23) as in
the possession of Roger Wyvill in 1619–21, (fn. 24) for in
1607 the manor was conveyed by Robert Knowesley
(for himself and his heirs) and Anne his wife,
daughter and co-heir of Thomas Pearson, (fn. 25) to Elizabeth Knowesley, widow, (fn. 26) in fee. In the spring of
1620–1 John Dawnay and Elizabeth his wife conveyed it to Ralph Carlyll and Elizabeth his wife and
Jane Knowesley, (fn. 27) perhaps in trust. In 1681 it was
conveyed with Killerby to Ralph Grange by John
Beilby. (fn. 28) Gideon Harvey, junior, conveyed onefourth part of the manors of Cayton and High
Deepdale to William Osbaldeston in 1741. (fn. 29) Early
in 1756–7 Sarah Currer, spinster, conveyed a
similar share to William Osbaldeston. (fn. 30) In 1769
Giles Earle of Beningbrough and Margaret his wife (fn. 31)
conveyed one-fourth part of the manor of Cayton and
grange or lordship of High Deepdale to Joseph Allen
and Thomas Strangwayes, (fn. 32) and in 1769 Johnson
Atkinson and Elizabeth his wife granted one-fourth
part of the manor of Cayton to Edward Clough and
Jonathan Hopwood. (fn. 33) Fountayne Osbaldeston held
a moiety before 1803, (fn. 34) and George Osbaldeston was
concerned with the manor of [High] Deepdale in
1808, (fn. 35) but in 1807 the manor of Cayton belonged
to Miss Judith Hill of Tadcaster Grange, Yorkshire.
She was succeeded by her sister Mary, who died
unmarried in 1839 and was followed by her niece
Elizabeth wife of Archibald
Fletcher. On Elizabeth's death
in 1855 the manor was divided
between her two daughters,
Mary wife of Sir John Richardson of Lancrigg in Grasmere
and Margaret wife of John
Davy, M.D., of Lesketh How,
Ambleside. They both sold
their shares in 1861 to Edward
Sedgfield Donner of Scarborough, solicitor, who was
succeeded in 1864 by Edward,
his eldest son, the present
owner, (fn. 36) created a baronet in
1907.
Donner, baronet. Gules a cheveron or with three crosslets sable thereon and two roses argent in the chief.
Rievaulx Abbey in 1428 held 4 carucates in
Cayton and Osgodby of the fee formerly belonging
to the Earl of Albemarle. (fn. 37)
The Saxon tenant Gospatric was followed at Cayton
as at Allerston (q.v.) by his son Ughtred, who gave
2 carucates here to Whitby Abbey in 1087–1109. (fn. 38)
Ughtred and his son Torphin de Allerston confirmed
this grant; land here was also probably obtained
from Durand de Cliff (Cliva). (fn. 39) In 1284–5 the
abbey held 1 carucate of the fee of Bigod. (fn. 40)
Whitby Abbey in 1227 confirmed lands in Cayton
and the grants of the under-tenants to Rievaulx
Abbey, (fn. 41) which acquired the capital messuage and
mill. At the Dissolution the abbey received 105s. 10d.
rent from the capital messuage in the tenure of Robert
Bushell and William Kare and 20s. from Cliff Mill (fn. 42)
(Whitecliff Mill, xii cent.). Tenements in Cayton
were subject to 'Tenmantale' (Themantel) in the
12th century. (fn. 43)
In 1086 12 carucates in BURTON (Bertune,
Bortune, xi cent.) and Deepdale were soke of the
king's 'manor' of Falsgrave. (fn. 44) In 1284–5 complaint
was made that the tallage of Burton Dale had been
withheld since the reign of John. (fn. 45) It was in 1284–5
part of the Percy fee, (fn. 46) and as a member of Topcliffe
(q.v.) came with that manor to the Crown. (fn. 47) It was
apparently the 'appurtenance in Deepdale' granted
with Seamer successively to Sir Thomas Palmer, kt.,
and Sir John Gate, kt., both attainted, and in 1555
it was granted in fee to Sir Henry Gate of Seamer. (fn. 48)
In 1577 it was called the vill of Burton Dale alias
Deepdale, parcel of Seamer (fn. 49) (q.v.).
In 1284–5 DEEPDALE (Depedale, xi-xvii cent.)
was in the fee of Percy, (fn. 50) and the Earls of Northumberland were afterwards mesne lords. (fn. 51)
Byland Abbey. Gules a lion argent with a crozier or bend sinisterwise athwart him.
Durand de Cliff and William de Cayton his son
gave the manor to Byland
Abbey, and before 1170
the monks of Rievaulx quitclaimed to Byland the house
the latter had built at Deepdale. (fn. 52) Henry II and Richard I
confirmed this possession to the
house. (fn. 53) The abbey claimed
free warren in Deepdale and
Cayton outside the forest by
charter of 1246, (fn. 54) and held
the manor or grange of Deepdale until the Dissolution. (fn. 55)
Deepdale was granted in 1557
to Sir Henry Gate, lord of the
adjoining manor of Seamer, (fn. 56)
and afterwards descended with the manor of Seamer (fn. 57)
(q.v.), in which it seems to have merged.
Before the Conquest 2 carucates at KILLERBY
(Chilvertebi, Chilvertesbi, xi cent.; Kilverdebi, xii
cent.; Kilwardby, xiii-xviii cent.) were held by
Blac and Sprot as two 'manors,' which were in 1086
in the hands of William de Percy. (fn. 58) The manor
was still held of William's descendants the Earls of
Northumberland as of the manor of Topcliffe (fn. 59) in
1638. (fn. 60)
Simon de Cresacre or Killerby was under-tenant in
1284–5 (fn. 61) and 1302–3. (fn. 62) John de Killerby paid the
subsidy in 1327, (fn. 63) Thomas de Killerby is mentioned
in 1363 (fn. 64) and was the tenant in 1368. (fn. 65) John de
Killerby is mentioned in 1406, (fn. 66) William de Killerby
in 1417. (fn. 67) In 1445 William Helperby (fn. 68) conveyed
the manor to trustees for the lives of Thomas
Conyers and Alice his wife with reversion to himself. (fn. 69) William Helperby died seised in 1477,
leaving a son and heir Thomas, (fn. 70) whose sisters and
heirs Margaret and Joan and Margaret's husband
Robert Beilby joined with Isabel widow of Thomas
and her second husband Richard Beilby in making a
settlement of both halves of the manor early in
1486–7 on Robert and Margaret Beilby and their
issue. (fn. 71) Thomas Beilby died seised in 1548, having
settled the manor on Richard his grandson. (fn. 72) Richard,
who acquired Micklethwaite Grange in Collingham
parish by his marriage, (fn. 73) died in 1614, leaving a son
and heir Thomas. (fn. 74) Thomas Beilby died in 1637
and his son William (fn. 75) (temporarily a lunatic (fn. 76) ) in
1665. (fn. 77) William's eldest son Richard had died in
1650, his only surviving children being daughters,
and the second son John (fn. 78) succeeded. In 1681 John
conveyed the manors of Micklethwaite, Killerby and
Cayton to Ralph Grange and his heirs and Francis
Langley. (fn. 79) Barbara Balby (? Beilby (fn. 80) ), spinster, conveyed the manor of Killerby to William Gilrey in
1726. (fn. 81) It was then purchased by Henry Bower of
Bridlington, (fn. 82) who died unmarried in 1770, (fn. 83) having
made settlements in 1744 and 1763. (fn. 84) Henry's
nephew, Freeman Bower, who died in 1786, (fn. 85) lived
at Killerby Hall. (fn. 86) The manorial rights have now
become extinct.
Four carucates in OSGODBY (Asgozbi, xi cent.;
Angotby, xii cent.; Osgotby, xiii cent.; Osgarby,
Osgardby, xvi-xviii cent.) were in 1086 soke of the
king's manor of Falsgrave (fn. 87) ; the manor was afterwards partly held of Pickering Castle. (fn. 88) As at Cayton,
land here belonged to the fee of the Earl of Albemarle, (fn. 89) this being held in 1235 under the Earl of
Norfolk. (fn. 90)
Richard son of Osgod de Osgodby, whose capital
messuage here is mentioned, made grants in Osgodby
to Byland Abbey, as did the family of Cayton, (fn. 91) and
in February 1246–7 Henry III confirmed to the
abbey the charters of Henry II and Richard I. (fn. 92) A
jury of 1276 said that the monks held a knight's
fee in Osgodby by grant of Thomas de Meynell, (fn. 93)
but the Meynells do not seem to be otherwise
mentioned. The abbey still had possessions at the
Dissolution, (fn. 94) but must have subenfeoffed the Bards,
whose successors paid the abbey 24s. 1½d. yearly for
their lands in this place. (fn. 95) In 1275 Thomas de
Wyneter of Bridlington and Rose his wife by right
of Rose settled 6 oxgangs of land in Osgodby and
Deepdale on John Bard of Butterwick (fn. 96) in fee, (fn. 97) and
in 1284–5 John Bard held 2 carucates 5 oxgangs
in Osgodby and 1 carucate in Cayton (fn. 98) and in 1308
the manor. (fn. 99) His son William (fn. 100) Bard 'of Osgodby'
died in possession of lands in Osgodby and Cayton in
1349, Robert, a boy of thirteen, son of his dead son
Thomas, being his heir. (fn. 101) Robert Bard was in possession in 1363 (fn. 102) and died seised in 1366, leaving a
son and heir William. (fn. 103) William died holding twothirds of the manor in 1400 and was succeeded by
his son Robert, (fn. 104) whose grandmother Margaret died
seised of her dower third in the following year. (fn. 105)
Robert Bard came of age in 1407. (fn. 106) A Robert Bard
paid the subsidy in 1443–4. (fn. 107)
John Wyvill of Osgodby, son
of the William Wyvill of
Slingsby who died in 1430, in
1460 desired to be buried in
the quire of Cayton chapel
near the body of Robert Bard. (fn. 108)
Another John Wyvill of Osgodby made his will in 1466. (fn. 109)
Robert Wyvill died childless,
seised of the manor, in 1495,
leaving a brother and heir
William. (fn. 110) William died seised
in 1521, leaving a son and heir
John, (fn. 111) who after having settled the remainder in tailmale on his son John became captain of the rebels
at Scarborough (q.v.) in 1537 and was attainted. (fn. 112)
Although Philip and Mary made leases of the site of
the manor, William Wyvill, son of the younger John,
occupied it during his life and died there February
1590–1, leaving a son and heir George. (fn. 113) Two years
later the queen granted the site and capital messuage
to John West. (fn. 114) George Wyvill died in 1597, leaving a brother and heir Roger, (fn. 115) who was in 1611
allowed to purchase the manor of Osgodby as part
payment of £50,000 due to various contractors. (fn. 116)
Roger made a settlement of the manor in 1639. (fn. 117)
He and his son William fought on the king's side in
the Civil War, the former obtaining pardon in spite
of having remained with the Scarborough garrison
some time after Sir Hugh Cholmley's defection. (fn. 118)
He died in 1657, his son William died childless in
1663. (fn. 119) The second son John (fn. 120) succeeded (fn. 121) and
died in 1705. (fn. 122) In 1716 the manor was in the
hands of Sir Marmaduke Wyvill (fn. 123) of Constable Burton, (fn. 124) and it was still descending with Constable
Burton in 1797. (fn. 125) The Earls of Londesborough have
been the owners since at least 1879.
Wyvill. Gules fretty vair with a chief or.
Church
The chapel of ST. JOHN BAPTIST
is a small building consisting of quire
32 ft. 4 in. by 12 ft. 1 in. with north
chapel, a nave 36 ft. 6 in. by 16 ft. 4 in. with north
aisle 11 ft. wide and south porch, and western tower.
The quire is of late 12th or early 13th-century
date with a 15th-century chancel arch. All the
windows are modern restorations, but there is a
trefoil-headed piscina in the south wall and in the
same wall externally an arched recess for an outside
tomb. On the north side of the quire is a wide
semicircular arch springing at about 3 ft. only above
the floor and opening into a small chapel, of which
the piscina remains in the eastern abutment. The
axis of the quire deviates somewhat to the south of
that of the nave. A modern vestry adjoins the north
chapel on the east. The nave retains its original
12th-century walls, but has been lengthened towards
the west in the 15th century. The north aisle of
two bays (extending westwards only as far as the
original 12th-century church) has a slightly pointed
arcade resting on a cylindrical pier and responds with
cushion capitals. The arches have been altered and
perhaps rebuilt and the western respond lacks its abacus.
The windows are all modern and the only other ancient
feature is the south door, a 12th-century arch, recessed
in three orders enriched with cheveron ornament and
two side shafts to each jamb. The font has a plain
bowl of the 12th century resting on a modern base.
The only monument of interest is a slab on the
floor of the quire with a brass inscription, much
worn, to Robert — 1452 (?) with three evangelistic symbols still remaining. Set in the same slab
is an inscription (with coat of arms) to John Wyvill
of Osgodby, 1705. The communion table of oak
(now grained) is of the 17th century.
The tower, a 15th-century work, is three stages high
with two-light belfry windows and an embattled parapet
with pinnacles at the angles. The woodwork of the
doorway from the nave bears the names of the churchwardens and the date 1678. The three bells are all
modern, one being dated 1892 and the others 1897.
Belonging to this chapel is an Elizabethan silver
cup and cover, the former inscribed, 'This Challice
made anew when Wm Redhead and Michael Coates
were Churchwardens, 1696.' It bears the mark of
Thomas Symson of York.
The registers begin in 1588.
Advowson
The chapel of Cayton is a dependency of the church of Seamer (q.v.),
with which it has always descended.
The living is a chapelry.
As stated above, the ruins of the old chapel of
St. Leonard are still to be seen at Osgodby. John
Bard had licence in 1308 to have an oratory here, (fn. 126)
no doubt the chantry leased to Edward Downing and
Roger Rant in 1590 (fn. 127) and afterwards granted to
Francis Morice and others as 'parcel of the chantry
of Osgodby in the church of Cayton.' (fn. 128) A rent of
£5 19s. 1¾d. from the 'late chantry in the chapel'
was conveyed by George Gosfright and Frances his
wife to William Nashe in 1655. (fn. 129)
Charities
In 1697 Elisha Trott, by his will
dated 11 August, charged two closes
of land in Cayton called The Rooks
with the payment of 20s. a year to the poor. The
charity was mentioned in the table of benefactions and
was formerly received and distributed by the overseers.
In 1878 John Jackson, by his will proved at York
28 November, left £500, the interest to be distributed by the vicar and churchwardens yearly at
Christmas among the aged poor. The legacy was
invested in £508 18s. 1d. consols with the official
trustees. In 1906 the dividend, amounting to
£12 14s. 4d., was distributed in sums varying from
10s. to 17s. 6d. among fifteen poor persons.