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- 24 May 1593 (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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Queen Elizabeth to Edward Yorke, Kt. Includes messuage, cottage and lands in Clifton, in the tenure of Edward Wrighte, formerly belonging to the chantry at the altar of St Saviour and St Anne in the metropolitan church of York, and part of the land and property leased to Milian Wrighte and Richard Wrighte by letters Patent, 22 July 1579, for 21 years at £4 p.a. rent. Also includes a messuage, garden and close in Bowthom in the suburbs of York, in the tenure of William Hill at 20s p.a. rent; a tenement, garden and 5 crofts in Clifton, part of the manor of Clifton, in the tenure of Rowland Tindall at 69s 1d p.a. rent. The aforesaid premises in Bowthome and Clifton, lately belonging to St Mary’s Abbey, were leased to Philip Turner and John Stevenson by Letters Patent, 5 May 1581, for 21 years at the several rents of 20s and 69s 1d p.a. A cottage, garden and 2 aces of land in Clifton in the tenure of James Ustache at an annual rent of 13s 4d, 2 hens and 20 eggs; 3 acres of arable land in Clifton in the tenure of John Boste at an annual rent of 6s.; 2 acres and a rood of land in Clifton in the tenure of Mrs Diatson at an annual rent of 5s; a cottage and 4 acres of land in Clifton in the tenure of Robert Makeblythe of an annual rent of 8s 11d, 2 hens, 20 eggs; a messuage, cottage and land in Clifton and an acre of land there, formerly in the tenure of John Cartwrite, and lately of John Herberte, of the yearly rent of 44s 9½d; all part of the manor of Clifton, formerly belonging to St Mary’s Abbey, and leased by Letters Patent, 26 June 1577, to Dorothy Welles for 21 years at the several annual rents of 13s 4d, 2 hens and 20 eggs, 6s 5d, (sic) 8s 11d, 2 hens and 20 eggs and 44s 9½d. In addition, relates to a cottage and garden in Clifton, formerly in the tenure of Mrs Ashley and now of Robert Wighte (sic), of an annual rent of 5s 6d, 2 hens and 20 eggs, and leased by Letters Patent, 28 Jan 1579, to Robert Wrighte for 21 years at an annual rent of 5s 6d, 2 hens and 20 eggs. Rents as in description of property. Paper, 17 sheets partially torn, (1st missing). Copy undated. Mid 17 century. (Latin).
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