Middleton in Teesdale Elizabethan Pew list 1595
Middleton in Teesdale, Co Durham – AN ELIZABETHAN PEW LIST
The following pew list for the church at Middleton in Tessdale was compiled in 1595 and gives the names of people living in Upper Teesdale at that date. It has been divided into four sections, one for each of the four townships making up the parish, and as well as showing the area from which they came, it gives an indication of the social status of the individuals concerned – the lower the pew number the higher the status.
The source is Vol I Issue No 12 (1869) of ‘The Lord Fitzhugh and His Neighbour, Lord Baliol’, or the Parish Magazine for Laithkirk, covering both sides of the Tees’, printed by R W Atkinson, Market Place, Barnard Castle. Price 2d.
We are indebted to Major L M Kenyon-Fuller of Winston, Darlington for his transcription work.
‘The order of the seats in the church as thought most convenient on 3 June 1595’.
Seats for Middleton: from the pulpit to the south window
1 BAINBRIDGE Mr Cuthbert. 10 seats. And to pay for 3 next the pulpit, indifferently, among all the four bounds.
2 WATSON Mr Mariam
2 MAYNARD John, Edmund & Leonard
3 WILSON Edmund – 2 seats
3 PEAKE Robert
3 BAINBRIGG Edmund
4 BEST Thomas
4 BAINBRIGG Anthony snr
4 MAYNARD John & Michael
5 ALLISON Cuthbert, William, Leonard & Catherine
6 GIBSON John & Roger
6 WATSON Cuthbert
6 GIBSON Roger
7 BAINBRIGG Peter & Ralph
7 JOHNSON John & Richard
8 BAINBRIGG George
8 RAINE William
8 COLPITTS James & Roger
9 RUTTER John & John
9 LIND Cuthbert
9 BAINBRIGG James
10 BAINBRIGG Henry & Thomas
10 MAYNARD Cuthbert
10 GIBSON John
11 FIELDHOUSE John
11 NATRASS Ralph
11 TINKLER Bartholomew
11 GIBSON William
12 BAINBRIGG Anthony & William
12 PARKINSON Giles
12 WILSON John
13 BAINBRIGG John & John
13 LIND Cuthbert
13 TURNER Christopher
14 WILSON Edmund
14 BAINBRIGG Thomas & James
14 GIBSON Cuthbert
15 COLPITTS James
15 PEAKE Ralph
15 BAINBRIGG Peter
15 LIND Cuthbert
The rest in common.
Seats for Egglestone
1 ARROWSMITH Anthony. 6 seats
- RIDLEY Henry
- RICHARDSON Henry
- HODGSON John
2 WHARTON William
2 DOWSON William
2 RAINE Richard
3 COATSWORTH John
3 PINKNEY John
3 RAINE Cuthbert
3 MIRES John
3 ADDISON John
3 HODGSON William
4 BAYLES George
4 HODGSON Martin
4 HEADLAM George
4 HEADLAM Nicholas
4 DOWSON Roger
4 CROSTON Nicholas
5 HODGSON Thomas
5 GIBSON Thomas
5 NUBE John
5 HODGSON John jnr
5 LOANSDALE Richard
5 PINKNEY John
6 PILKINTON Joseph
7 WALKER Thomas
8 KIPLING John
8 HARRISON Widow
8 MYERS Widow
8 BAINBRIGG Cuthbert
8 CATESBY Thomas
9 SIMPSON John
9 GASTALL John
9 ARROWSMITH William
9 GIBSON John
10 PARKIN William
10 ADDISON Christopher
10 RIDLEY William
10 WALKER John
11 VARLEY Nicholas
11 STEPHENSON William
12 NICHOLSON John
12 COATSWORTH William
12 BLAND John
12 ROBINSON Christopher
12 PATTISON Richard
13 Seats in the alley common to all Common. To them above the pillar because they are strait.
To the cottagers: –
14 HARRISON John
14 NICHOLSON Widow
14 PINKNEY Cuthbert
14 JOHNSON Henry
14 NICHOLSON William
14 DAWSON Widow
14 HODGSON William
14 FRANKLAND Thomas
14 RAINE William
14 HEADLAM Henry
Seats for Forest
- BAINBRIGG Mr Thomas & wife of Vallance Lodge
- BAINBRIGG Mr Guy & his mother
- BAINBRIGG Mr Thomas & his wife of Brighouse
2 The same three men
3 The children of the same three men
4 HORN John
4 BAINBRIGG Henry of Seave Hill
4 BAINBRIGG Henry of Birkbush
4 BAINBRIGG Guy of Harwood
5 ELANDS John
5 APPLEBY Widow
6 BAINBRIGG Ralph of Dirtpit
6 KEARTON Matthew
6 ALLISON Christopher of Wat Carr
6 ALLASON John of Wat Carr
6 ELANDE Robert
6 NUBY Edmund
6 PATTISON John
7 PERKIN Widow
7 VIPOND John
7 RAINE Michael
7 WALTON John & John
7 HORN Peter & Edmund
8 VIPOND Anthony
8 STEPHENSON John
8 HORN John
8 WATSON William
9 RACE Anthony & George
9 WATSON Simon
9 BAINBRIGG Jeffrey
10 LEE Thomas
10 WALTON Anthony & Richard
10 RACE George
11 ROBINSON Cuthbert
11 KEARTON John
11 EMMERSON Michael
11 BAINBRIGG Matthew
12 BAINBRIGG Anthony
12 ATKINSON Richard
12 FRIERS Peter
12 SHIELD Henry
13 ROBSON John
13 BAINBRIGG Anthony of Hegg Pot
13 BAINBRIGG Widow of Bates Bank
14 WALTON John
14 WALTON Anthony of Bowes Close
14 HORN Elizabeth
14 ELANDS Christopher
14 BAINBRIGG William of Briber Hill
Rows 13 & 14 behind the alley
Seats for Newbiggin
1 BAINBRIGG William
2 BAINBRIGG Mr Roger
3 PRESTON Christopher
3 CASTLE Francis
4 BAINBRIGG Cuthbert for Low House & Reveling
5 RACE Lawrence
5 BAINBRIGG Jennet
6 BAINBRIGG Lawrence & Michael
7 NATTRASS Cuthbert
7 ALLASON Robert
8 PEAKE James
8 BAINBRIGG Peter
9 PARKINSON John
9 LOANSDALE Ralph
10 GIBSON John
10 ROWNTHWAITE Henry
11 BAINBRIDGE Mr Cuthbert
11 ALLASON Christopher
12 ALLASON John of West End
12 ALLASON Christopher of Woodside
13 ALLASON Cuthbert & Robert
14 ALLASON John of East End
14 RACE John
15 BAINBRIGG John
15 ALLASON James
16 ALLASON John of Field Head
17 NUBY Widow
17 RACE Thomas
18 RACE Edward & Edward
18 NUBY John
17 & 18 also a seat in either of the last two
Church Wardens when the church was seated
BAINBRIGG Guy
NUBY Roger
ROBINSON Matthew
DOWSON Roger