14th Century
The village name was spelt SUTTON SUB DEREWENT in 1300
Another part of the parish was apparently known by the name Cathwaite. References to it as an appurtenance of Sutton manor occur in the 14th century;
The village name was spelt SUTTON ON DEREWYNT in 1305
The manor-house was probably mentioned, as 'Le Maners' in The Park, in 1309. It was certainly recorded in 1368. In 1309 The Park was again mentioned, and 'Farneforth' was described as a laund, or woodland clearing. The reclamation of new land is also indicated by 46½a. in the Riddings in South field, and other land lay in North and East fields. Hall Riddings survives as the modern name of closes south-east of the village
In 1314 Aubrey, daughter of Robert de Percy, was granted an oratory in the manor house.
After the death of Peter de Percy in 1315 the manor was held successively by his father Robert and Robert's wife Beatrice. By 1336, however, Peter's surviving heir Eustacia had come of age and held it with her husband Walter of Heslerton. After Walter's death in 1349 and during the minority of his son, another Walter, the manor was in the possession of Thomas Ughtred, Martin of Skerne, and Walter de Cotes until Eustacia, an idiot, died. The younger Walter died in 1367, and in 1394 livery of the manor was granted to Ralph Neville, earl of Westmorland (d. 1425), cousin and heir of Walter's widow Euphemia.
The Beck, on the southern parish boundary, was said in 1323 to flow through Cathwaite
circa 1325 the Church’s central tower fell or was taken down and the Church was substantially rebuilt. The nave was extended one bay to the west, the aisle walls rebuilt, and the porch added. There has been found in the church a mutilated carved panel of St. George and the dragon, perhaps made at this time.
In 1332 Walter of Heslerton was alleged to have obstructed the passage of boats by raising two weirs in the Derwent at Sutton.
A confirmation in 1336 of earlier grants to the priory referred to the toft which the canons had dug and built in their wood.
A water-mill on Blackfoss beck was mentioned in 1336
A stone panel found in the chancel of Sutton church, shows on one side St. George and the Dragon; George slaying the Dragon. It also shows Princess CLEODOLINDA kneeling at the right hand corner. The carving is dated to about 1340.
The abbey alienated the advowson (of Sutton Church) to John Mowbray in 1367
The church was worth £13 6s. 8d. in 1367.
There was a windmill at Sutton in 1368.
The road from York is carried over the Derwent by a bridge mentioned as early as 1396. The bridge may have replaced a ferry recorded in 1368.
The manor of Sutton included 323 a. of arable and 62 a. of meadow in demesne in 1368. Free rents were of little value, but tenants-at-will paid nearly £13 and cottagers over £2, and there were seven grassmen in Cathwaite. The total value of the manor, £35, also included a small wood called the park, a pasture in Cathwaite called 'Sonetwylwes', and a fishery.
The road crossed the Woodhouse or Foss bridge recorded in 1370.
There were 94 poll-tax payers at Sutton in 1377.
The over-lordship of the second estate later (after the 12th Century) passed to the Mauley family and was still mentioned in 1384.
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