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Area, 5,070 acres. Holderness wapentake, N.D. -Population, 771 *1; Church-room, 350; Net value, £1,190. An ancient Rectory, formerly of the patronage of the Collegiate Church of Beverley, after the Dissolution it was granted to the Eyres, then reverted to the Crown, and was granted to the Whartons, who presented till 1726, when it came to the family of Pennymans, Baronets.Present patron, the Rev. G. Sampson.
Torre gives a catalogue of the Rectors.
Valued in Pope Nicholas's taxation at £13. 16s. 8d.; in the King's books at £16. 13s. 1½d. per annum ; Synodals and Procurations, £1. 10s.; Sacrist of Beverley, £3. 6s. 8d.; Provost of do. 40s.; and in the Parliamentary Survey, vol. xvii. page 283, it is stated : " Clear value £75. 3s. per annum, including four oxgangs."
An Inclosure Act was passed 31st Geo. III.
Jurisdiction. - In the Diocese of York. -Vide Beverley.
The glebe house is fit for residence. It was rebuilt under a faculty dated 20th July 1816.
The Register Books commence in 1628.
Parochial Charities. -No return.
Post town: Beverley.
References:
Torre's MS. (Peculiars), page 249. Abp. Sharp's MS., vol. ii. page 171.
Notes:
*1 Viz. Hempholme, 102; and Leven, 669.