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Account of Singular Tenures by which many Estates in
this Kingdom are held.
Stockburn-County of Durham.
In the eighth year of the pontificate of Walter Shirlawe,
Bishop of Durham, 1395, Sir John Conyers, knight, died
seised in his demesne, as of fee tail, to him and the heirs
male of his body issuing, of the manor of Stockburne,
with the appurtenances; which same manor was held of
the lord bishop in capite, by the service of shewing to
the lord bishop one f 'awchon (falchion}, which after having
been seen by the bishop was to be restored to him, in lieu
of all other services.
This valuable manor of Stockburne (the seat of the an-
cient family of Conyers, in the bishoprick of Durham)
worth 554Z. a year, was in the year 1771, the estate of
Sir Edward Blackett, and is held of the Bishop of Durham
by the easy service of presenting & falchion to every bishop,
upon his first entrance into his diocese, as an emblem of
his temporal power.
The manor of Stockburne was purchased by the late Sir
William Blackett, baronet, of the grand-daughter of the
last of the family of Conyers, of Stockburne, whose mo-
ther was married into the family of the Earl of Shrews-
bury. The family of Conyers were barons of the palati-
nate, and lords of Stockburne from the Conquest, and
before, till the inheritance was so carried, within a cen-
tury past, by the marriage of the heiress into the family
of the Earl of Shrewsbury, as above-mentioned ; and by
her daughter was sold amongst other estates to Sir Wil-
liam Blackett.
Sir Edward Blackett now represents the person of Sir
John Conyers, who, as tradition says, in the fields of
Stockburne, slew, with this falchion, a monstrous creature,
a dragon,
Account of Singular Tenures by which many Estates in
this Kingdom are held.
Stockburn-County of Durham.
In the eighth year of the pontificate of Walter Shirlawe,
Bishop of Durham, 1395, Sir John Conyers, knight, died
seised in his demesne, as of fee tail, to him and the heirs
male of his body issuing, of the manor of Stockburne,
with the appurtenances; which same manor was held of
the lord bishop in capite, by the service of shewing to
the lord bishop one f 'awchon (falchion}, which after having
been seen by the bishop was to be restored to him, in lieu
of all other services.
This valuable manor of Stockburne (the seat of the an-
cient family of Conyers, in the bishoprick of Durham)
worth 554Z. a year, was in the year 1771, the estate of
Sir Edward Blackett, and is held of the Bishop of Durham
by the easy service of presenting & falchion to every bishop,
upon his first entrance into his diocese, as an emblem of
his temporal power.
The manor of Stockburne was purchased by the late Sir
William Blackett, baronet, of the grand-daughter of the
last of the family of Conyers, of Stockburne, whose mo-
ther was married into the family of the Earl of Shrews-
bury. The family of Conyers were barons of the palati-
nate, and lords of Stockburne from the Conquest, and
before, till the inheritance was so carried, within a cen-
tury past, by the marriage of the heiress into the family
of the Earl of Shrewsbury, as above-mentioned ; and by
her daughter was sold amongst other estates to Sir Wil-
liam Blackett.
Sir Edward Blackett now represents the person of Sir
John Conyers, who, as tradition says, in the fields of
Stockburne, slew, with this falchion, a monstrous creature,
a dragon,