The Manors of Gribthorpe
Gribthorpe was not a manor in its own right at the time of the Domesday survey, but was soke of two other manors. Gilbert Tyson held the manor of Wressle, whose soke included 2 carucates in Gribthorpe, and Ralph de Mortimer held the manor of Newsolme (in Wressle) which included in its soke 2 carucates in Gribthorpe. Despite the small size of Gribthorpe, it appears that both the Domesday portions eventually became manors. The lordship of Gribthorpe, part of the manor of Wressell under the Percys and the Earls of Egremont, was one; while the manor of Brind and Gribthorpe (later to become separated) under the Dukes of Norfolk was another
Lordship of Gribthorpe in the manor of Wressell
Gribthorpe is listed in Kirkby's Inquest as being part of the Mowbray fee, and held by Clementia de Vesci. However, before 1359 the manor had passed into the hands of Henry de Percy and it was appropriated to the Priory of Drax.
In 1755, A Plan of the Lordship of Gribthorpe in the Manor of Wressell belonging to The Earl of Egremont was revised by J. Crow from an Old Plan drawn in 1613, and in 1819 Leonard Eland of Wressell, was appointed gamekeeper for the Manor of Gribthorpe.
The lordship of Gribthorpe (under the Earls of Egremont) remained a parcel of the manor of Wressell into the 19th century. However, by 1840, he manor of Gribthorpe shows up in a directory of 1840 as being owned by Col. George Wyndham, lord of the manor. The manor consisted of three farms, and the farmers were George & John Eland, and Wm. Penrose. In the 1846 directory, the ownership was the same, and the farmers were now John and Thomas Ealand, and Wm. Penrose. Col. Wyndham was still the lord of the manor in 1857, but in the 1892 directory the manor was then held by Lord Leconfield.
Manor of Brind with Gribthorpe
Gribthorpe is also listed in Kirkby's Inquest as soke of the manor of Newsolme and was in the Mortemer fee, held by John de Vesci.
In the late thirteenth century John Mowbray acquired a group of Vescy manors based on Newsholme, including the manors of Thornton, Gribthorpe and Brind with appurtenances in Loftsome, Wressle, Bubwith and Holme upon Spalding Moor. They were held in dower by Clemence, widow of the bastard William's legitimate brother John (d.s.p. 1295). In 1335 John de Mowbray's son and heir, John (II), agreed to lease those manors from Clemence at £92 a year for her life, and at her death in 1343 it was said that she had a yearly farm of £92 for her life from the manors and that Mowbray held them in fee. In 1397, Thomas Mowbray was created Duke of Norfolk, and in 1440, the Valor of the lands of Katherine duchess of Norfolk in Yorkshire, included the manors of Kirkby Malzeard, Thirsk, Hovingham, Newsholme, Brind, Thornton and Gribthorpe. In 1475, John duke of Norfolk, sent instructions to his stewards, under-stewards, receivers, bailiffs and other ministers and tenants of and within the manors of Kirkby Malzeard, Burton-in-Lonsdale, Thornton, Newsholme, Brind and Gribthorpe.
It is unclear how this manor further descended and more research needs to be done.
Manorial Documents
Most of the known manorial documents for Gribthorpe are held at Petworth House Archives, and may be seen only through the West Sussex Record Office, in Chichester. However, some of the material relating to Gribthorpe and Wressle may be seen on microfilm at the East Riding Record Office in Beverley, but do check with that Record Office if they have the material on film.
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Survey
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17thc.
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Petworth House Archives
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PHA/1448
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Estate
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1613
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Petworth House Archives
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PHA/3424 [MF8]
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Estate MapA Plan of the Lordship of Gribthorpe in the Manr. of Wressell belonging to The Earl of Egremont revised in 1755 by J. Crow from an Old Plan drawn in the year 1613. 16 in. to 1 m.
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1755
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Petworth House Archives
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PHA/3439 [MF8]
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Estate MapA map of Wressell and properties in Loftsome, Newsham, Brind, Burnby, Gribthorpe, Cliffe, Cowick, Snaith, Pollington, Goole, Asselby and Newbald. Field-names; names of adjacent lands or lordships. Table of tenants' names with distinctive letters and page references to a field-book. This map was once very fine.
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1767
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Petworth House Archives
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PHA/3462 [MF8]
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Estate MapA Plan of the Lordship of Gribthorpe; in the Manor of Wressell Belonging to the Rt Honble. George Earl of Egremont. Revised & Corrected from an Old Plan drawn in Year, 1613, by Thos. Browne Esqr. & James Crow. 16 in. to 1 m.
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c. 1767
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Petworth House Archives
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PHA/3455 [MF8]
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Estate Map
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1821
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Petworth House Archives
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PHA/3487
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Appointment of Gamekeeper
Leonard Eland of Wressell
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1819
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Petworth House Archives
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PHA/110
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Leases
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1757-1760
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Petworth House Archives
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PHA/1185
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Court RecordsManor of Wressle 1831-1869 (comprehending Loftsome, Newsholme, Gribthorpe and Brind) including blank form of notice of holding court; draft, jury verdict, list of residents, jury lists, court book and court roll.
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1831-1869
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ERRO
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DDEL
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Wressle Manorial Documents which may contain Gribthorpe material
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Court roll
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1474-1477
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Petworth House Archives
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PHA 7184
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Court roll
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1504-1505
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Petworth House Archives
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PHA 7185
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Court rolls, with other manors
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1522-1525
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Alnwick Castle
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X.11.6 Box 5
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court roll
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1535-1536
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Petworth House Archives
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PHA 7186
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court rolls, with other manors
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1540-1541
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Alnwick Castle
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X.11.6 Box 5
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Court rolls
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1561-1568
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Petworth House Archives
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PHA 7187-7191
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Survey, with other manors
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1577
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Petworth House Archives
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PHA 1417
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Court rolls
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1585-1621
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Petworth House Archives
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PHA 7192-7202
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Court roll, with other manors
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1596-1599
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Petworth House Archives
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PHA 6944
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Court rolls, with other manors
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1597-1599
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Alnwick Castle
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X.11.6 Box 5
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Court rolls, with other manors
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1600-1601
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Alnwick Castle
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X.11.6 Box 5
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Map
Shows field names and acreages, with other manors
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c.1619
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Petworth House Archives
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PHA 3427
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Map
In 1613 survey book, with other manors.
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1624
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Petworth House Archives
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PHA 3072
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Court roll
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1616-1621
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Petworth House Archives
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PHA 7203
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Court roll, with other manors
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1636-1640
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Petworth House Archives
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PHA 6952
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Court roll, with other manors
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1641-1645
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Petworth House Archives
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PHA 6913
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Court roll, with other manors
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1645-1649
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Petworth House Archives
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PHA 6956
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Court roll, with other manors
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1648
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Petworth House Archives
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PHA 6969
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Court rolls
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1657-1660
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Petworth House Archives
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PHA 7204-7207
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Court roll, with other manors
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1660-1661
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Petworth House Archives
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PHA 6960
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Court rolls, with other manors
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1662-1670
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Petworth House Archives
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PHA 6961-6967
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Perambulation, with other manors
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1677
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Petworth House Archives
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PHA 1016
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Estreats
Bound in a file with other records but not in chronological order, with other manors
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1720-1724
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Petworth House Archives
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PHA 1017
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Call book
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1765-1830
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Enquiries to Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle
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Y.9/16
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Verdicts and court papers
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1782-1847
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Enquiries to Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle
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Y.8/12
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Map
Revision of 1610 and 1767 maps, shows field names and names of adjacent properties including table of tenants names
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1803
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Petworth House Archives
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PHA 3482
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Court book (appointments of manorial officials only) and Call rolls
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1831-1850
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Enquiries to Cumbria Record Office, Carlisle
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Y.9/17
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Court book with Call roll
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1857-1869
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East Riding of Yorkshire Archives
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DDEL/23/5
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