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Wark Barony Description (1568 - 1589)

 

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Wark Barony Description - Click for bigger imageThis is an extract from a volume containing a formal and detailed description of the domains, boundaries, castles, tenants, free-holders and rental values of Wark manor. This volume appears to have been produced for Sir Thomas Grey of Heaton and Chillingham, died 1589. A pencil note within the volume states 'This survey and Extent was taken in the lifetime of Sir Thomas Grey - who was in his minority in 1568...'. The volume was later acquired by Charles Bennet, created Earl of Tankerville in 1714.