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- 16 Nov 1609 (Creation)
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William Robinson (d. 1616), Lord Mayor of York in 1581, acquired estates in and near York (Clifton and Rawcliffe, North Riding) and at Newby (near Topcliffe, North Riding). Sir William Robinson, fourth Bt (d. 1770), of Newby Park, sold the reversion of the Clifton estate to his uncle Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham (d. 1770), a younger son of Sir William Robinson, first Bt (d. 1736). Following the death of the 4th Bt without issue, the 3rd Baron Grantham (1781-1859) succeeded to the remaining unsold estates of the senior Robinson line, including Newby and Dishforth (North Riding) and property in Wensleydale (Askrigg, etc, North Riding). He also inherited Newby Hall (near Ripon, West Riding) and other estates of the Weddell family; and in 1833 succeeded to the Wrest Park estates as second Earl De Grey.
On Lord De Grey's death in 1859 the De Grey estates passed to his elder daughter Ann, Baroness Lucas, who married the 6th Earl Cowper, and the Newby Hall estate to his younger daughter Lady Mary Vyner. Of the Robinson properties, the Askrigg and Clifton estates passed to the Cowper and Vyner families, but the Newby Park estate passed to Lord De Grey's nephew George Robinson, 2nd Earl and 1st Marquess of Ripon (1827-1909).
Frederick Robinson (1782-1859), younger brother of the 2nd Earl De Grey and Prime Minister 1827-8, was created Viscount Goderich in 1827 and Earl of Ripon in 1833. In 1814 he married Sarah, only daughter of the 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire (d. 1816), through whom he succeeded to the Nocton (Lincolnshire) estate inherited by the 3rd Earl from the Ellis family. In 1845, on the death of Elizabeth Lawrence, he further succeeded to the West Riding estates of her grandfather William Aislabie (d. 1781), including Studley Royal, inherited through Aislabie's mother from the Mallory family, and the adjoining Fountains Abbey estate, purchased in 1767.
Following the death of the 2nd Marquess of Ripon in 1923 the Studley Royal and Fountains Abbey estate was acquired by his cousin Clare George Vyner, younger son of Lady Alwyne Compton-Vyner.
Estates in 1883: Yorks NR and WR 14,668 acres, Lincs 7,102 acres, total 21,770 acres worth £29,126 a year.
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Francis Morrice of Westminster, Esq. and Francis Phelips of London, gent., to Thomas Herberte, Alderman of York, a cottage, toft and croft in Etton, in the tenure of John Bell, and another cottage, toft and croft there in the tenure of William Collinson, each worth 8s. p.a. and formerly belonging to the chantry of the Holy Trinity in Etton parish church; Lady Close in Ottringham in the tenure of Christopher Hilyard, worth, 4s p.a. and the pasture for 2 cows called Beastgates in Christopher Hilyard’s tenure, worth 2s 8d p.a., both lately part of the land for the provision of the priest’s stipend in St Mary’s Church, Ottringham; a cottage in Siglesthorne in the tenure of John Estenby, worth 13d p.a. and formerly parcel of the land for the provision of an obit in the parish church of Siglesthorne with Great Hatfield; one acre three roods of arable land in Kilpin in the tenure of William Grave at a rent of 8d per annum, lately belonging to St Mary’s chantry in the parish church of Howden; two acres of land and a pond in Swanland in the tenure of John Wodingham at a rent of 12d p.a. and one acre in Swanland in the tenure of Robert Langrugge at a rent of 12d p.a., all lately part of the land for the maintenance of a light in the parish church of Northferebye; and the Rectory and Church of Clifton, the tithes of corn and hay worth £7. p.a. and of eggs and poultry worth 7s. p.a., formerly belonging to St Mary’s Abbey. All the premises were granted to Francis Morrice and Francis Phelips by Letters Patent dated 25 September 1609, with the reservation of the advowson of Clifton vicarage to the Crown. They were to be held in socage as of the King’s manor of East Greenwich. Conson. Unspecified. Rents as detailed above. Endorsed. Enrolled in the Bench Roll 38 Deeds etc, Michaelmas Term, 7 James (1609). Signed and sealed by Francis Morice and Francis Phelips. (Latin).
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