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EVENWOOD. John Haunsard, lord of Evenwood, eldest son of Gilbert Haunsard , grants to Thomas Haunsard of Toftes and Joan his wife, the whole of the land with messuages, &c., which the aforesaid Gilbert his father had granted to them for the term of their lives, paying annually three arrows for all service. And they may grind the third part of the whole of their corn growing in the aforesaid tenements in his mill of Evenwode. Also he grants pannage for 10 pigs in his woods of Evenwode. Dated the Monday on the feast of St. Peter 'in cathedra,' 1293.

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.] .