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WOTTON, ESCOUMB, and STANHOPE. Anthony [Bek], bishop of Durham , grants to Walter de Bermeton a toft and 127 acres of land of the waste in the fields of Wotton, Escoumb, and Stanhope, to hold the same for an annual rent of 62s. 3d. (c. 1290-1300.)

BERMETON, &o. John, son of the King, constable of England, warden of East March towards Scotland in pursuance of a grant by him by letters patent to Thomas Boteler of all his lands, tenements, &c. in the bishopric Durham, in the villages of Bermeton, Bisshopton, Newebyggyng, Little Staynton, and Hedley appoints Sir William Fulthorp, kt., and John Nonwyk, esq., his attorneys to deliver seisin of the same. Dated at the castle of Werkeworth, 14 May, 1 Hen. V.