Newlands Tower (Belford with Middleton)
Licence to crenellate his mansion at Newlands (NU11643242) was granted to John de Middleton on July 22nd 1310. (1)
A tower is listed in 1415. (2)
No trace of a tower survives in or around the present farmstead, which traditionally occupies its site. (3)
Newlands Tower. Little known of its site, size or history. (4)
In 1310 John de Middleton received licence to crenullate his manor house at "Neuland". As he was a kinsman of Gilbert de Middleton, and because in 1319 it was found he had helped the Scots, the castle was confiscated and granted to John de Crombwell. A survey of 1329 notes that the house was called "le Neuland" and it had two carucates of land attached to it, amounting to 200 acres. In 1415 it was mentioned as "the tower of Newland next to Belforth", but it was not included in the list of fortifications in 1541, and was probably destroyed by then. Newlands farm was the site of the tower and the farmhouse reputedly incorporates a few courses of stonework of the tower.
Edward III stayed a few days in the tower in 1329 and granted Sir Thomas de Bamburgh, a clerk in his chancery and Rector of Embleton, permission to live in the tower. He and his family did so for some 80 years and then the place was empty for a time. In 1417 Robert Harbottle of Treston tower was bound by King Henry V to keep Newlands tower, Dunstanburgh Castle and the king's mill at Embleton in good repair. (5)
Listed by Cathcart King and Dodds. (5e, 6a)
A tower is listed in 1415. (2)
No trace of a tower survives in or around the present farmstead, which traditionally occupies its site. (3)
Newlands Tower. Little known of its site, size or history. (4)
In 1310 John de Middleton received licence to crenullate his manor house at "Neuland". As he was a kinsman of Gilbert de Middleton, and because in 1319 it was found he had helped the Scots, the castle was confiscated and granted to John de Crombwell. A survey of 1329 notes that the house was called "le Neuland" and it had two carucates of land attached to it, amounting to 200 acres. In 1415 it was mentioned as "the tower of Newland next to Belforth", but it was not included in the list of fortifications in 1541, and was probably destroyed by then. Newlands farm was the site of the tower and the farmhouse reputedly incorporates a few courses of stonework of the tower.
Edward III stayed a few days in the tower in 1329 and granted Sir Thomas de Bamburgh, a clerk in his chancery and Rector of Embleton, permission to live in the tower. He and his family did so for some 80 years and then the place was empty for a time. In 1417 Robert Harbottle of Treston tower was bound by King Henry V to keep Newlands tower, Dunstanburgh Castle and the king's mill at Embleton in good repair. (5)
Listed by Cathcart King and Dodds. (5e, 6a)
N5131
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1955; J H Ostridge
DESK BASED ASSESSMENT, Adderstone-Mousen A1 road improvements 1999; THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL PRACTICE
DESK BASED ASSESSMENT, London-Edinburgh-Thurso Trunk Road. A1 Adderstone to Belford dualling. Cultural heritage stage 2 assessment 2005; Ed Dennison Archaeological Services Ltd
DESK BASED ASSESSMENT, Adderstone-Mousen A1 road improvements 1999; THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL PRACTICE
DESK BASED ASSESSMENT, London-Edinburgh-Thurso Trunk Road. A1 Adderstone to Belford dualling. Cultural heritage stage 2 assessment 2005; Ed Dennison Archaeological Services Ltd
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