Manuscript survey and rental for the Baronies of Wark and Wooler and other towns and manors in Northumberland

Item date: 1568
Grant Value: 450
Item cost: 3,850
Item date acquired: 1991
Item institution: Northumberland Archives Service
Town/City: Morpeth
County: Northumberland

Survey made for Sir Thomas Grey (d.1589) when he was in his minority following the death of his father Sir Ralph Grey in 1568. It consists of a formal and detailed description of the domains, boundaries, castles tenants freeholders and rental values of the baronies of Wark and Wooler and other towns in northern Northumberland

Item Provenance
Ownership inscription, dated 1723 of Charles Bennet, Earl of Tankerville