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Hewthwaite Hall, Setmurthy
Hewthwaite Hall
civil parish:-   Setmurthy (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY15233283
1Km square:-   NY1532
10Km square:-   NY13

photograph
CEH92.jpg (taken 2015)  courtesy of Ed Hughes
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CEH93.jpg  Date stone, coat of arms, etc above the door:-
"[IOHN SWYNBUN / ESQUIRE &ELSABTH / HIS WYFE DID MAI / COSTE IOF THIS WORK / IN THE DAIS OF THER LYF / ANO DOM 1581 ANO REG 23]" (taken 2015)  courtesy of Ed Hughes
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 46 13) 
placename:-  Hewthwaite Hall
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
evidence:-   old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  Huthwate
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576, published 1579-1645.
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Tower, symbol for a house, hall, tower, etc.  "Huthwate"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) 
placename:-  Huthwate
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Northumbria, Cumberlandia, et Dunelmensis Episcopatus, ie Northumberland, Cumberland and Durham etc, scale about 6.5 miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator, Duisberg, Germany, about 1595.
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"Huthwate"
circle 
item:-  JandMN : 169
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Huthwate
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile Described, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by J Sudbury and George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
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"Huthwate"
circle, tower 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   possibly table of distances:- Simons 1635
placename:-  Huthwate
source data:-   Table of distances, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, with a thumbnail map, scale about 41 miles to 1 inch, by Mathew Simons, published in A Direction for the English Traviller, 1635.
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"Huthwate S.W."
and tabulated distances 
item:-  private collection : 50.11
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Huthwate
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumbria and Westmoria, ie Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646.
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"Huthwate"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Huthwaite
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695-1715.
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"Huthwaite"
Circle. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Huthwate
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.
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"Huthwate"
no symbol 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Heauthwaite Hall
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
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"Heauthwaite Hall"
house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library
evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  Hauthwaite Hall
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
image CY38p557, button  goto source
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page 557-558  "Between Ouse Bridge and Cockermouth, on r. is Hauthwaite Hall, Joshua Lucock, Esq."
item:-  JandMN : 228.2
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evidence:-   old print:- Taylor 1892
placename:-  Huthwaite Hall
item:-  door; coat of arms; date stone (1581)
source data:-   Print, halftone photograph, Doorway, Huthwaite Hall - Hewthwaite Hall, Setmurthy, Cumberland, published for the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, by Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, and by Charles Thurnam and Sons, Carlisle, Cumberland, 1892.
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Inscription '[John Swynburn / Esquire &Elizabeth / his Wyfe did make / cost of this work / in the dais of ther Lyfe / Ano Dmi 1581 Ano Rae 23]'. 
Blazons of the two shields given by Taylor - quarterly 1. and 4. three fleur de lys 1 and 2 2. and 3. three lions passant regardant - inverted, three cinquefoils 1 and 2 
Tipped in opposite p.331 of The Old Manorial Halls of Cumberland and Westmorland, by Michael Waistell Taylor. 
item:-  Armitt Library : A785.75
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evidence:-   old print:- Taylor 1892
placename:-  Huthwaite Hall
item:-  window
source data:-   Print, halftone photograph, Staircase Window, Huthwaite Hall - Hewthwaite Hall, Setmurthy, Cumberland, published for the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, by Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, and by Charles Thurnam and Sons, Carlisle, Cumberland, 1892.
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On p.333 of The Old Manorial Halls of Cumberland and Westmorland, by Michael Waistell Taylor. 
item:-  Armitt Library : A785.76
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evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Hewthwaite Hall
item:-  coat of arms; date stone (1581)
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"HEWTHWAITE HALL / / / SETMURTHY / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 72735 / NY1523832836"

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BNR56.jpg (taken 25.5.2007)  
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BNR57.jpg  Date stone, coat of arms, etc above the door.
(taken 25.5.2007)  
hearsay:-  
 Incribed on a date stone:-
"[Iohn Swynburn esquire &elsabth his wyfe did make coste of this Work in the dais of ther lyfe Ano Do~ 1581 Ano Reg 23]"
Another authority gives it as:-
"[John Swynburn esquire and Elisabeth his wyfe / Did mak coste of this work in the dais of ther lyf / Ano Dom 1581 Ano Reg 23]"
1581 is the 23rd year of Elizabeth I, who came to the throne in 1558. Notice the dragon supporter with royal coat of arms. The coat of arms on the right of the date stone is inverted, and bears three cinquefoils.
notes:-  
 hall and site of supposed tower

Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS:: ISBN 1 873124 23 6; plan
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