Tyne and Wear HER(370): Clowcroft village - Details
370
Sunderland
Clowcroft village
Clowcroft
NZ35NE NZ35SE
Domestic
Settlement
Deserted Settlement
Medieval
C14
Documentary Evidence
In 1323 Robert, lord of Hylton, granted the chantry of St. Mary in the chapel of Hylton to his clerk, Robert de Chillingham. Among its endowments were 4.5 acres in the vill of Clowcroft. In 1361 Clowcroft, Grindon and Ford were held by Alexander Hilton for 1 knight's fee, and in 1431 Robert Conyers held the the manor from Sir William Hilton. In c. 1447 the manor was held by Sir William Bowes whose family continued to hold it from the Hiltons through the 16th century. The last known reference to Clowcroft is 1608. There is no precise clue to its location, but it is likely to have been south of the River Wear.
37206
56977
NZ3720656977
<< HER 370 >> Prior's Kitchen Durham, Durham Dean and Chapter MSS, 1323, Misc. Cart, 6224, Reg. I ff. 40r-41r
R. Surtees, 1820, History of...Durham, Vol. II, p. 31
W Hutchinson, 1787, History of...Durham, Vol. II, pp. 683-4
R. Surtees, 1816, History of...Durham, Vol. I, p. 241