The Knights Templar in Northumberland

Northumberland and Co. Durham: January to November 1308

Robert de Standon: Northumberland and County Durham: TNA E 358/18 rot. 6 dorse

[In the Exchequer rolls, this account follows the account for Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, first four months. Robert de Standon accounts for the Templars' estates in Northumberland, 11 January 1308–29 September 1308, and from 29 September 1308 to 16 November 1308, when he handed the property to Guychard de Charrons. The estates included the property around Thornton but also some rents from land close to the Anglo-Scottish border. These accounts also include some rents from properties in County Durham. The inventory of 'dead stock' produced at the end of Robert's tenure of the estate includes a reference to chests which held the Templars' charters and other documents. These documents are now lost, but the account confirms that the Templars did keep their records and tried to preserve them safely.]

Compot[us] Rob[er]ti de Fandon nup[er] vic' Com' Norhumbr'; de ex[itibus] t[er]rar[um] et ten[ementiis] Mag[ist]ri +fr[atr]um Milicie templi in Angl[ia] in ead[em] Com' Norhumbr' a die M[er]cur' P[ro]xi[m]o
post festu[m] Eph[iphan]ie d[omi]ni vidz xj die Januar' anno regni E[dwardi] fil' E[dwardi] p[ri]mo quo die Rex t[er]ras + ten[ementa] p[re]d[ic]ta ex certis causis seisiri fecit in manu[m] sua[m] usq[ue] festu[m] s[anc]ti Mich[ael]is
p[ro]x' seq[ue]ns. Et ab eode[m] festo s[anc]ti Mich[ael]is usq[ue] diem d[omi]nicam p[ro]x' post festu[m] s[anc]ti Martini videl[ice]t xvj diem Novembr' anno regni d[ic]ti R[egis E fil' Regis E s[e]c[un]do anteq[u]\a/m lib[er]avit
t[er]ras + ten[ementa] p[re]d[ic]ta Guychardo de Charrons' tu[n]c vic' Norhumbr' custodiend' q[u]\a/mdiu Regi plac[er]et ad respondend' Regi de exitib[us] inde +c' p[er] bre[ve] Regis + indent[uram] int[er] eos f[ac]tam +c'

{Account of Robert de Fandon, recently sheriff of the county of Northumberland, of the revenues from the lands and tenancies of the master and brothers of the knighthood of the Temple in England in the same County of Northumberland, from the Wednesday next after Ephiphany, that is 11 January 1308, on which day King Edward II had the aforesaid lands and tenancies taken into his hands for certain reasons, until the Michaelmas following; and from the same Michaelmas until the Sunday next after St Martin's day, that is 16 November 1308, before he handed the aforesaid lands and tenancies to Guychard of Charron then sheriff of Northumberland to guard for as long as it pleases the king and to answer to the king for the revenues etc. from them, in accordance with the king's writ and the indenture made between them.}

11 January 1308–28 September 1308

Tres ultime p[ar]tes anni primi scil[icet] ab xj die Januarij usq[ue] festum s[anc]ti Mich[ae]lis

\Norhu[m]br' Maner[ium] de Thornton' cu[m] membris// Idem reddit comp[otum] de Lxiij s iiij d de redd[ito] ass[is'] div[er]sor[um] tenentu[m] div[er]sa ten[ementa] de p[re]d[ic]tis Mag[ist]ro + fr[atr]ib[us] de Maner[io] de Thornton + div[er]sis villis adiacentib[us] sp[ec]tantib[us] ad idem ma-

{Northumberland: manor of Thornton with its dependances. The same renders account for 63 s 4 d of rents of assise from various tenants of various tenancies of the aforesaid Master and brothers of the Manor of Thornton and various adjacent villages dependent on the same manor}

-ner[ium] videl[ice]t Wocton', Mitford, Morpath, Neubig\g/ing + WerkesWorth' ad t[erm]i[n]os Pasch' + s[anc]ti Mich[ael]is sic[ut] cont[inetur] in R[otul]\o/ de p[ar]tic[u]lis que[m] lib[eravit] in Th[esaur]o + in extenta de p[re]d[ic]to Man[er]io f[ac]ta p[er] Ada[m]
De Eglefeld + ad s[ca]cc\a/[riu]m retornat'. Et de xj li xiiij s x d ob[ol'] de redditu ass' lib[er]e tene[n]tiu[m] + custumarior[um] in villis de Heylee, Corbrigg' TrepWode novi Castri sup[er] Tynam

{that is Wharlton? Morpath, Mitford, Newbiggin and Warkworth, that is at Easter and Michaelmas, as is contained in the particulars of account which he sent to the Treasurey and the extent of the aforesaid Manor made by Adam of Eglefield and returned to the Exchequer. And for £11, 14 s 10½ d of rents of assise from the free and customary tenants in the villages of Healey, Corbridge, Threepwood, Newcastle upon Tyne}