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Copy Agreem[ent] Award between the inhabitants of Hexham & Mr Ridley of Costly Be it known to all men that Seys or herrys this wryting that wheyr theyr was an traves depending betwext John Redeley of Costly Gentleman of the one p[ar]ty & the townshipe of Hexham of the tother pty as concernynge on certayn ground & Common at goes the Syke called the Glendewe it is agreide by the consent & assent of bothe the sayde p[ar]ties afor the revd. and Father in Gode Edwarde Prior of Hexham Syr Cuthbert Radcliff Knyght Willm Carnaby [space left] Carnaby Knyght Thomas Eryngton of Wharnlee [space left] Carnaby Ballef of Hexham with many other onest persons that the forsayde townshepe of Hexham & the Successors & John redlee & his heirys shall pessabelly [peaceably] together occupi & have an parcell of the forsayde Gronde with the Ap[pur]ten[ances] as it bunds on the west syde of Cosly dike that goes North down to Wharnley felde to the Glendewe with the more [space left] it within the sayde Bunds & with waye for <Careat> [?carriage] from the westwod gayt unto the lee gayt throw the felde up by Cosle <barn doors> & so up Hawton Hewth to cosle gayt bunding on the Townfelt with one other Pcell of Gronde as it lyes est from Grensyde unto Cosleburn without Cosle Gill to the gayte <whose> gayte stands <fornenst> the <medis> off the Ewbysh land of Kyendayll & his Dike farther it is agreed that none of the forsayde townsepepe nor their Successiors shall cut nor destroy wod dyke nor corn in passing or repassing with the Carr[eals] Gode to kepe the [Faltt] & yff there be any falt in ayd the sayd Falter to amend the sayde Falt by the Sight of any onest p[er]suns Also it is agreid yff the sayde John Ridlee or his Farmers Fende any Falters within his Farmalds tayk [rest is missing] [Annotated on cover:] Copy of an old agreement about Hexham Common between the Inhabitants & the owner of Cosley. The Prior of Hexham a party.
ZC 4/1/3. ‘Costly’ is present-day Coastley. This is Airey’s transcript of a much older, undated document. The date used here is the same as that assigned to Airey’s transcript of other deeds found at Capheaton Hall (whcih certainly includede items about Coastley). Airey clearly had great difficulty reading it - his transcript is incomplete, unintelligible in places, and is itself difficult to read. The Abstract of Coastley Title amongst the Greenwich Hospital papers (TNA ADM 79/65 ff 683-4) records a deed between John Reidle and Edward Prior of Hexhyam dated 16 Dec 1532, so the original might be presumed to be of the same date.
