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Heaton Castle

January 01, 1970

Heaton Castle (anciently Heton) in the parish of Cornhill-on-Tweed, Northumberland, England, is a ruined historic castle near the Scottish border.

It is situated in an elevated position above the south bank of the River Till, 4 miles north-east of Coldstream and 9 miles south-west of Berwick-upon-Tweed, and 2 miles south-east of the River Tweed, the historic border with Scotland.. The castle was slighted in 1496 by King James IV of Scotland, but remnants survive as parts of the walls of outbuildings of a farm now known as Castle Heaton.[1]

History edit

The castle was the seat of the de Heton family,[1] which as was usual took its name from its seat. It passed in about 1250 to a branch of the prominent de Grey family, who in 1415 rebuilt it as a quadrangular castle.[1]

James IV of Scotland set miners to work to slight or demolish Heaton Castle on 24 September 1496, and gave his stone masons, led by John Cochrane, a bonus to work through the night. James IV brought the pretender Perkin Warbeck with him into England. They stayed some nights at Ellemford on the Whiteadder Water, and the invasion is known as the "Raid of Ellem". James IV brought his cannon to Heaton, and a horse was killed pulling a gun into position.[2] One record of the invasion mentions the "siege of Heaton", in Latin, "obsidione de Hedtoun".[3]

Description in the 16th century edit

In 1541 Heaton Castle was described in a survey as "ruinous" but a later report identified "a vault that a hundred horses may stand in".[1] By 1550 the ruins had been adapted "to form bases for large bastle type building with stone vault".[1] The only remains surviving are two buttresses against the north-east wall of a stable-block, together with "probable remains of a turret and rampart", and the long barrel vault.[1] In the 1580s attempts at rebuilding and repair were made, but the project failed when the Grey family became involved in a dispute with the Crown concerning funding.

The remaining building with the long vault has some characteristics of a Bastle house, and has been compared to Akeld Bastle.[4]

The Grey family edit

 
Arms of Grey of Heaton and Howick: Gules, a lion rampant a bordure engrailed argent. These arms were adopted in lieu of the ancient arms of Grey borne by all other branches of the family descended from Henry de Grey (1155-1219) of Grays Thurrock, Essex: Barry of six argent and azure
 

The Grey family of Heaton was descended from Hugh de Grey, a younger son of Henry de Grey (1155-1219) of Grays Thurrock in Essex, a courtier of King John, whose ancestry is traceable back to Anchetil de Greye (c.1052 - post-1086), a Norman soldier and follower of William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford one of the great magnates of early Norman England and one of the very few proven companions of William the Conqueror known to have fought at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The descent of the de Grey family of Heaton is as follows:

History of the broader de Grey family edit

The de Grey family was descended from Anchetil de Greye (c.1052 - post-1086), a Norman soldier and follower of William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford, one of the great magnates of early Norman England and one of the very few proven companions of William the Conqueror known to have fought at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Anchetil de Greye is regarded as the ancestor of the noble House of Grey, branches of which held many peerage titles in England, including Baron Grey de Wilton, Baron Grey of Codnor, Baron Grey de Ruthyn, Marquess of Dorset, Duke of Suffolk, and Earl of Stamford. They[clarification needed] married into the royal family.

Descendants of the branch seated at Heaton gained the peerage titles of: Earl of Tankerville (1419, 1695), Baronet Grey of Chillingham, Northumberland (1619); Baron Grey of Werke (1623/4); Viscount Glendale (1695), Baronet Grey of Howick (1746); Baron Grey of Howick (1801); Viscount Howick (1806), Earl Grey (1806) and Baronet Grey of Fallodon (1814). Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, 2nd Viscount Howick (1764-1845), KG, of Howick Hall, Prime Minister, and supposed inventor of the famous tea, was a descendant of the Heaton branch.

Present edit

In 2011 the estate of Castle Heaton (with Shellacres) was offered for sale at an asking price of £11.5 million,[12] a record for recent years in the North East.[13]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Heaton Castle (Castle Heaton) - Northumberland". www.northofthetyne.co.uk.
  2. ^ Thomas Dickson, Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer of Scotland, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1877), pp. cxli-ii, 299–301, 321.
  3. ^ George Burnett, Exchequer Rolls of Scotland: 1497-1501, vol. 11 (Edinburgh, 1888), pp. lx, 141
  4. ^ Clare Howard & Rebecca Pullen, Castle Heaton, Cornhill-on-Tweed: An Investigation of the Vaulted Building and Adjacent Earthworks (English Heritage, 2014), pp. 17, 23.
  5. ^ King, Andy (2005). "Scaling the Ladder: The Rise and Rise of the Grays of Heaton, c.1296-c.1415". In Liddy, Christian D. North-east England in the Later Middle Ages. Woodbridge: Boydell Press. pp. 57–74
  6. ^ King 2005, p. 68.
  7. ^ King 2005, p. 69.
  8. ^ Richardson II 2011, p. 254; Richardson III 2011, pp. 206–7; Pugh 1988, pp. 103, 187, 196; King 2005, p. 68
  9. ^ Pugh 1988, pp. 103, 187, 196
  10. ^ Pugh 1988, pp. 104, 187.
  11. ^ Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999, page: 15, 1222
  12. ^ The (Newcastle) Journal, 1 July 2011
  13. ^

Sources edit

  • King, Andy (2005). "Scaling the Ladder: The Rise and Rise of the Grays of Heaton, c.1296-c.1415". In Liddy, Christian D. (ed.). North-east England in the Later Middle Ages. Woodbridge: Boydell Press. pp. 57–74.
  • Pugh, T.B. (1988). Henry V and the Southampton Plot of 1415. Alan Sutton. ISBN 0-86299-541-8
  • Richardson, Douglas (2011). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Vol. II (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)ISBN 1449966381
  • Richardson, Douglas (2011). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Vol. III (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

Further reading edit

External links edit

  • Image of tower [1]

55°40′14″N 2°09′30″W / 55.67067°N 2.15838°W / 55.67067; -2.15838

January 01, 1970
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Heaton Castle anciently Heton in the parish of Cornhill on Tweed Northumberland England is a ruined historic castle near the Scottish border It is situated in an elevated position above the south bank of the River Till 4 miles north east of Coldstream and 9 miles south west of Berwick upon Tweed and 2 miles south east of the River Tweed the historic border with Scotland The castle was slighted in 1496 by King James IV of Scotland but remnants survive as parts of the walls of outbuildings of a farm now known as Castle Heaton 1 Contents 1 History 1 1 Description in the 16th century 2 The Grey family 2 1 History of the broader de Grey family 3 Present 4 References 5 Sources 6 Further reading 7 External linksHistory editThe castle was the seat of the de Heton family 1 which as was usual took its name from its seat It passed in about 1250 to a branch of the prominent de Grey family who in 1415 rebuilt it as a quadrangular castle 1 James IV of Scotland set miners to work to slight or demolish Heaton Castle on 24 September 1496 and gave his stone masons led by John Cochrane a bonus to work through the night James IV brought the pretender Perkin Warbeck with him into England They stayed some nights at Ellemford on the Whiteadder Water and the invasion is known as the Raid of Ellem James IV brought his cannon to Heaton and a horse was killed pulling a gun into position 2 One record of the invasion mentions the siege of Heaton in Latin obsidione de Hedtoun 3 Description in the 16th century edit In 1541 Heaton Castle was described in a survey as ruinous but a later report identified a vault that a hundred horses may stand in 1 By 1550 the ruins had been adapted to form bases for large bastle type building with stone vault 1 The only remains surviving are two buttresses against the north east wall of a stable block together with probable remains of a turret and rampart and the long barrel vault 1 In the 1580s attempts at rebuilding and repair were made but the project failed when the Grey family became involved in a dispute with the Crown concerning funding The remaining building with the long vault has some characteristics of a Bastle house and has been compared to Akeld Bastle 4 The Grey family edit nbsp Arms of Grey of Heaton and Howick Gules a lion rampant a bordure engrailed argent These arms were adopted in lieu of the ancient arms of Grey borne by all other branches of the family descended from Henry de Grey 1155 1219 of Grays Thurrock Essex Barry of six argent and azure nbsp The Grey family of Heaton was descended from Hugh de Grey a younger son of Henry de Grey 1155 1219 of Grays Thurrock in Essex a courtier of King John whose ancestry is traceable back to Anchetil de Greye c 1052 post 1086 a Norman soldier and follower of William FitzOsbern 1st Earl of Hereford one of the great magnates of early Norman England and one of the very few proven companions of William the Conqueror known to have fought at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 The descent of the de Grey family of Heaton is as follows Sir Thomas Grey d 1344 3rd in descent from Hugh de Grey was an eminent soldier in the Anglo Scottish wars in the reigns of Edward I and Edward II He married Agnes de Bayles Sir Thomas Grey d 1369 son The Chronicler who wrote the English chronicle the Scalacronica He married Margaret de Presson 5 the daughter and heiress of William de Presson 6 of Presson near Carham in Northumberland Sir Thomas Grey 1359 1400 of Heaton and of Chillingham Castle who married Joan de Mowbray d 1410 sister of Thomas de Mowbray 1st Duke of Norfolk 7 and daughter of John de Mowbray 4th Baron Mowbray d 1368 by his wife and Elizabeth de Segrave daughter and heiress of John de Segrave 4th Baron Segrave by his wife Margaret of Brotherton c 1320 1399 suo jure Countess of Norfolk in 1397 created Duchess of Norfolk for life the daughter and eventual sole heiress of Thomas of Brotherton eldest son of King Edward I of England by his second marriage In 1338 she succeeded to the Earldom of Norfolk and the office of Earl Marshal His second son was John Grey 1st Earl of Tankerville 8 9 1384 1421 KG Sir Thomas Grey 1384 1415 son one of the three conspirators in the Southampton Plot against King Henry V in 1415 In about 1408 he married Alice Neville a daughter of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmorland by his first wife Margaret de Stafford d 1396 a daughter of Hugh de Stafford 2nd Earl of Stafford Sir Thomas Grey 1404 1426 who in 1412 at eight years of age was betrothed to Isabel then three years of age only daughter of Richard of Conisburgh 3rd Earl of Cambridge 10 and Anne Mortimer they had one son 11 At about this time the family abandoned Heaton and moved to its other estate at Howick in Northumberland His descendants gained peerage titles including Baronet Grey of Chillingham Northumberland 1619 Baron Grey of Werke 1623 4 Baronet Grey of Howick 1746 Baron Grey of Howick 1801 Viscount Howick 1806 Earl Gret 1806 His most notable descendant was Charles Grey 2nd Earl Grey 2nd Viscount Howick 1764 1845 KG of Howick Hall Prime Minister and supposed inventor of the famous tea History of the broader de Grey family edit The de Grey family was descended from Anchetil de Greye c 1052 post 1086 a Norman soldier and follower of William FitzOsbern 1st Earl of Hereford one of the great magnates of early Norman England and one of the very few proven companions of William the Conqueror known to have fought at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 Anchetil de Greye is regarded as the ancestor of the noble House of Grey branches of which held many peerage titles in England including Baron Grey de Wilton Baron Grey of Codnor Baron Grey de Ruthyn Marquess of Dorset Duke of Suffolk and Earl of Stamford They clarification needed married into the royal family Descendants of the branch seated at Heaton gained the peerage titles of Earl of Tankerville 1419 1695 Baronet Grey of Chillingham Northumberland 1619 Baron Grey of Werke 1623 4 Viscount Glendale 1695 Baronet Grey of Howick 1746 Baron Grey of Howick 1801 Viscount Howick 1806 Earl Grey 1806 and Baronet Grey of Fallodon 1814 Charles Grey 2nd Earl Grey 2nd Viscount Howick 1764 1845 KG of Howick Hall Prime Minister and supposed inventor of the famous tea was a descendant of the Heaton branch Present editIn 2011 the estate of Castle Heaton with Shellacres was offered for sale at an asking price of 11 5 million 12 a record for recent years in the North East 13 References edit a b c d e f Heaton Castle Castle Heaton Northumberland www northofthetyne co uk Thomas Dickson Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer of Scotland vol 1 Edinburgh 1877 pp cxli ii 299 301 321 George Burnett Exchequer Rolls of Scotland 1497 1501 vol 11 Edinburgh 1888 pp lx 141 Clare Howard amp Rebecca Pullen Castle Heaton Cornhill on Tweed An Investigation of the Vaulted Building and Adjacent Earthworks English Heritage 2014 pp 17 23 King Andy 2005 Scaling the Ladder The Rise and Rise of the Grays of Heaton c 1296 c 1415 In Liddy Christian D North east England in the Later Middle Ages Woodbridge Boydell Press pp 57 74 King 2005 p 68 King 2005 p 69 Richardson II 2011 p 254 Richardson III 2011 pp 206 7 Pugh 1988 pp 103 187 196 King 2005 p 68 Pugh 1988 pp 103 187 196 Pugh 1988 pp 104 187 Burke s Peerage amp Baronetage 106th Edition Charles Mosley Editor in Chief 1999 page 15 1222 The Newcastle Journal 1 July 2011 The Journal 1 July 2011Sources editKing Andy 2005 Scaling the Ladder The Rise and Rise of the Grays of Heaton c 1296 c 1415 In Liddy Christian D ed North east England in the Later Middle Ages Woodbridge Boydell Press pp 57 74 Pugh T B 1988 Henry V and the Southampton Plot of 1415 Alan Sutton ISBN 0 86299 541 8 Richardson Douglas 2011 Magna Carta Ancestry A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families ed Kimball G Everingham Vol II 2nd ed Salt Lake City a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link ISBN 1449966381 Richardson Douglas 2011 Magna Carta Ancestry A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families ed Kimball G Everingham Vol III 2nd ed Salt Lake City a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link Further reading editHistoric England Remains of Heaton Castle circa 30 yards north west of farmhouse 1304159 National Heritage List for England http www keystothepast info article 10339 Site Details PRN N2338 Clare Howard amp Rebecca Pullen Castle Heaton Cornhill on Tweed An Investigation of the Vaulted Building and Adjacent Earthworks English Heritage 2014 External links editImage of tower 1 55 40 14 N 2 09 30 W 55 67067 N 2 15838 W 55 67067 2 15838 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Heaton Castle amp oldid 1223717990, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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