The Stanton Terriers from 1714 to 1908

The Stanton Terriers are invaluable written inventories that enable researchers to trace the development and then shrinkage of the buildings, church possessions, glebe lands and dues belonging to the Rectory of Stanton on the Wolds. A Terrier, literally from Old French of the 13th century, means rent-toll. We are fortunate that a large number of Terriers written in the 18th, 19^th and 20^th centuries survive and may be examined in the Nottinghamshire Archives.The Stanton Terriers were written by the Rector and consist of detailed inventories of the Rectory with any outbuildings, garden and orchards, together with all the lands and buildings that constitute "The Glebe" and a detailed list of the church furnishings and plate.  It is not clear on whose authority these inventories of church buildings and land were made. The dates of the thirteen known Terriers do not coincide with the dates of appointments of the Stanton clergy themselves, but were often written within a couple of years of the appointment of a new Archbishop.

Twelve Stanton Terriers survived at York and have now been transferred to the Nottingham Archives, where they may be examined by anyone holding the relevant readers ticket.  A terrier of 1825 no longer exists: it was not located at York when the others were transferred to Nottingham.

 Your editor has kindly been given permission by Mark Dorrington, Principal Archivist,  of the Nottinghamshire Archives and the Bishop of Southwell to copy and reproduce here these 13 Terriers.

Please chose a date from the left hand column to read the Terrier: 

Date of Stanton terrier	Incumbent at All Saints	The Most Reverend Father in God	Date of
	The Rev.	Lord Archbishop of York	appointment
1714	Thomas Ouseley M.A.	William Dawes	1714
1726	John Woods M.A.	Lancelot Blackburn	1724
1743	Charles Henchman	Thomas Herring	1743
1748 15th May	Charles Henchman	Matthew Hutton	1747
1759 1st September	Charles Henchman	John Gilbert	1757
1764 24th April	Charles Henchman	Robert Hay Drummond	1761
1770 24th June	Charles Henchman	Robert Hay Drummond	1761
1777	John Davenport	William Markham	1777
1781	John Davenport	William Markham	1777
1786	Joseph Smith	William Markham	1777
1809 29th May	Joseph Smith	Edward Venables Vernon	1807
1817 30th June	Thomas Smith	Edward Venables Vernon	1807
		The Right Reverend Father in God
		Lord Bishop of Southwell
1908 13th July	Henry Pratt Ling M.A.	Sir Edwyn Hoskyns