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.)
ALLERTON (Hospital of St. James at). Philip, bp. of Durham, grants to the hospital of St. James, near Alverton, in frankalmoigne, all his half of the mills of Houhton, Reningt⟨on⟩ and Trolleforde, after the death of master Peter the Goldsmith who holds them for his life, subject to his paying one mark yearly to the Hospital. [c. 1200.] .