Description of Special Collection

Collection Level Description: Crayke Deeds

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Collection name: Crayke Deeds

Collection code: GB 033 CRK

Date range: 1667-1708

Extent: 12 items

Language: English

Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections

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Contents:
Property transactions relating to the bishop of Durham's manor of Crayke, especially concerning the Gerard family (Barony of Brandon, Suffolk and subsequently Earls of Macclesfield). Includes schedule and rental of properties within the manor in 1692 and summary of the jurisdiction and custom of the manor and abstract of presentments from 1649 to 1708.
About the creator:
The manor and estate of Crayke (sometimes Crake or Craike) in Yorkshire was in the possession of the Bishops of Durham until the 19th century, but in 1827 Bishop Van Mildert obtained an Act of Parliament (Priv. Act. 7 and 8 Geo. IV, c. 42) enabling him to sell it. Crayke belonged to the diocese of Durham until 1837, whereafter it became part of the diocese of York. It was part of the Palatinate and County of Durham until 1844, after which it became part of Yorkshire.
Arrangement:
Approximate chronological order.
Provenance:
Purchased from R. Rawley (?), 1932.
Access:
Some of these documents are manorial records.Open for consultation.
Usage:
Permission to make any published use of material from the collection must be sought in advance from the Sub-Librarian, Special Collections (e-mail PG.Library@durham.ac.uk) and, where appropriate, from the copyright owner. The Library will assist where possible with identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material.
Catalogues:
Online catalogue, available at http://endure.dur.ac.uk:8080/fedora/objects/UkDhU:EADCatalogue.0178/datastreams/XTF/content
Related collections held at Durham:
Durham Bishopric Estates Church Commission Deposit

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Index terms

Gerard family.
Crayke (England)
Deed collections and solicitors' accumulations.
Land tenure -- England -- Yorkshire.
Manors -- England -- Yorkshire.

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Date last modified: 15 November 2008