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Jun 29, 2024 · City Alderman and Lewisham merchant Ranald Graham acquired the freehold of the Nunnington estate for £9,500 in 1655, though Thomas Norcliffe's grandson, also called Thomas, did not give up the remainder of his lease until eight years later.
By 1655 the manor had been sold for £9,500 by Humphrey Thayer to Ranald Graham, a merchant of Lewisham. Ranald was succeeded by his nephew Sir Richard Graham of Netherby , who was created Viscount Preston in 1681.
The church was restored in 1672 by Ranald Graham, the lord of the manor. Graham and his wife Susannah built the west tower and the porch. The font is a peculiar design, carved by a local mason during a church restoration in 1672.
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In 1086 NUNNINGTON was extended at 12½ carucates; of these 6 werein the hands of the Count of Mortain, (fn. 11) half a carucate was a royal 'manor' formerlyheld by Gamel, (fn. 12) and the remaining 6 carucatesformed a waste 'manor,' in the possession of RalphPaynel, with soke in Stonegrave, Ness, Holme and'Wichum.' (fn. 13) This manor formed part o...
The church of ALL SAINTSconsistsof a chancel measuring internally 21 ft.by 17 ft., modern north vestry and organchamber, nave 43 ft. 9 in. by 22 ft., west tower10 ft. 7 in. by 10 ft. 9 in., and a modern south porch. From the general resemblance to the church atOswaldkirk it is possible that the nave dates from thelatter part of the 12th century, bu...
The church of All Saints or AllSaints and St. James (fn. 86) at Nunningtonseems to have belonged to the feewhich Turgis de Radeham granted to the Abbotof St. Mary, York. (fn. 87) The advowson of the rectorywas in the hands of the lord of the manor in 1325,and was held of the abbot. It followed the descentof the manor (q.v.) until 1553, since when i...
The hospital and school foundedby Ranald Graham aliasGrahme,1678, is endowed with a buildingused as a girls' school, a schoolmaster's residence, letat £4 a year, a schoolmistress's residence at £2 ayear and a rent-charge of £20 issuing out of land atNunnington lately belonging to Mr. Henry Rutson.By a scheme of the Charity Commissioners dated12 Jun...
Following the Civil War, in 1655, the freehold of the estate was purchased by Ranald Graham whose son, Richard, was created Viscount Preston and Baron Esk in 1681. The estate passed through the female line, eventually coming into the ownership of Sir Bellingham Reginald Graham, seventh baronet, of Norton Conyers (qv) in the early C19.
In 1682 Ranald Graham, lord of the manor, with his wife Susannah, restored and completely refurbished the church which had evidently, like so many others, fallen upon evil days during the Civil War and the Commonwealth period (1649 - 1660).
There are a hospital and school in the village, which were founded and endowed by Ranald Graham, Esq., in 1678. He endowed the joint institution with a rent-charge of £20 out of the manor of Nunnington.
