ARCHAEOLOGIA AELIANA
OR
MISCELLANEOUS TRACTS
RELATING TO ANTIQUITY.
PUBLISHED BY THE
SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE.
THIRD SERIES.
VOLUME I.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE :
R. Robinson & Company, Limited, Printers and Publishers.
MCMIV.
AN ACCOUNT OF JESMOND,
BY
FREDERICK WALTER DENDY.
'I summon up remembrance of things past.'
Shakespeare’s Sonnets, Sonnet 30.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE :
R. Robinson & Company, Limited, Printers and Publishers
MCMIV.
CONTENTS.
Page
List of Illustrations vii
Additions and Corrections viii
Preface ix
The Township -
Situation and Extent 1
Streams, Roads, and Footpaths 7
Minerals and Coal Workings 8
Prehistoric Remains 14
The Name of Jesmond 18
The Common Fields 20
The Manor and its Devolution -
The Entire Manor 30
Agnes Emeldon's Third Part 65
Matilda Emeldon's Third Part 78
Jane Emeldon's Third Part 94
Summary of the Manor Title 111
Notes on the Arms of the Lords of Jesmond 113
St. Mary's Chapel 130
Detached Freeholds 148
Modern Developments 169
Modern Ecclesiology 180
Jesmond Dene Park 187
Concluding Remarks 190
Index 194
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LIST OF PLATES
Jesmond Manor House ... Frontispiece
I . - Old Views of the Ouseburn and Mill in Jesmond Dene ... facing 4
II . - Plan of Field Names in Jesmond ... 24
II a . - The Old Mill, Jesmond Dene, in 1820 ... 28
II b . - Jesmond Dene, The Ouseburn Looking South ... 48
III . - Arms of Grenville, Bulmer, Adam of Jesmond and Bruce ... 54
IV .— Arms op Trewick, Plumpton, Strother and Orde ... 66
V . — Arms of Anderson, Coulson, Burdon and Sanderson ... 78
VI . — Arms of Acton, Hilton, Widdrington and Monboucher ... 82
VII, — Arms of Harbottle, Umfreville, Aske and Bowes ... 86
VIII.— Arms of Clavering, Stryvelyn, Clifford and Middleton ... 104
IX . — Arms of Sayer, Hodshon, Mordaunt and Carnaby ... 108
X . — Arms of Ogle, Cavendish, Bentinck and Harley ... 110
XI . — St. Mary's Chapel in 1832 ... 130
XI a— Chancel of St. Mary's Chapel, looking S.E. ... 136
XII .— Bell’s Plan of Jesmond in 1847 ... 176
XIII . — Jesmond Dene : the Ouseburn looking North ... 188
OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS.
Food Vessel found at Villa Reale, now Sandyford Park ... 15
Fragment of Food Vessel found at Crag Hall ... 16
Plan of Prehistoric Graves at Crag Hall ... 16
Stone Axe-head, found near Barras Bridge ... 17
Entrance Gates of Jesmond Manor House ... 70
Doorway of Jesmond Manor House ... 71
Seal of Thomas de Trewick ... 116
Chancel of St. Mary's Chapel looking S,W. ... 141
Plan and Elevations op the Ruins of St. Mary's Chapel ... 144-147
Matthew Bank Farm ... 171
Jesmond Church in 1860 ... 182
St. George's Church, Exterior ... 184
‘’ ‘’ Interior ... 186
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ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS.
Page 14, line 13. The finding of a seam of coal in Jesmond Vale is
mentioned so late as 1854. — Newcastle Chronicle for 11th August,
1854.
Page 52, last line of notes, for '1823' read ' 1283.'
Page 69, line 7. Adelyne Brabant, in the text called erroneously
Adelyne Brahan, was married thrice, first to Thomas Lawson of
Cramlington by whom she had issue, secondly to Roger Anderson
and thirdly to James Cholmondley. — Chancery Suits of the Time of
Charles I. Epitomised in the Ancestor, No 11, p. 169.
Page 72, line 6, for ‘ Bowes' read ‘ Bowlees.'
Page 81, note 1, for ' Henry VIII.' read ‘ Henry VII.'
Page 106 note 9. Add Brenan's House of Percy, vol. i. pp. 230 — 232
Page 108, line 2, for ‘ seventh earl of Ogle ' read ‘ seventh Lord Ogle.
Page 136, line 20, for ‘ Sir Robert Brandling who was knighted on
the field at Musselburgh by the Duke of Somerset' read ‘Sir Robert
Brandling who as mayor of Newcastle was knighted in 1547 by the
duke of Somerset on his return through Newcastle after the battle
of Musselburgh.'
Page 157, line 21, for ‘ Elizabeth' read ‘ Eleanor.'
Page 159, line 11, for 'Richard' read ‘ Ralph.'
Page 172, line 5, for ‘ John Morrison' read ‘ James Morrison.'
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