Editing Askham Bryan (section)

==History==

The name of the village is derived partly from [[Bryan FitzAlan, Lord FitzAlan|Bryan FitzAlan]], who was granted the lands by the warden of Richmond Castle. Other notable local families to have been titled Lord of the Manor for the village include the Mowbrays, Stapletons, and Greys. The village has sometimes been called East or Great Askham.<ref name=Lewis>{{Cite book|section=Ashurst – Aspull|title=A Topographical Dictionary of England|editor-first=Samuel|editor-last=Lewis|editor-link=Samuel Lewis (publisher)|location=London|year=1848|pages=96–100|via=British History Online|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-dict/england/pp96-100|access-date=22 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ARY/Askhambryan/Askhambryan90.html|title=Name History}}</ref> Harry Croft Esq. was one of the last to be recorded as being Lord of the Manor of Askham Bryan in 1890.

[[File:Water Tower near Askham Bryan - geograph.org.uk - 187994.jpg|thumb|Water Tower on the [[Copmanthorpe]] link road]]

The villages of Askham Bryan and close by Askham Richard were once just one manor around the time of [[Edward the Confessor]] and belonged to [[Edwin, Earl of Mercia]]. When Edwin's lands were confiscated by [[William the Conqueror]], the village was granted to Roger de Mowbray who then passed the manor to his friend, William de Tykhill, a former Warden of Foss Bridge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkarchaeology.co.uk/bridgemasters/glossary.pdf|title=Nobility|accessdate=6 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719154052/http://www.yorkarchaeology.co.uk/bridgemasters/glossary.pdf|archive-date=19 July 2011|url-status = dead}}</ref> It eventually came into the hands of Bryan Fitzalan. During the reign of [[Edward III of England]] (reigned 1327- 1377), the manor passed from the Grey family via marriage to Sir John Deincourt. The last known hereditary Lord of the Manor of Askham Bryan was Sir John Devede in the reign of [[Richard III of England]] (1483–1485).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ARY/Askhambryan/Askhambryan90.html|title=History of Landowners|accessdate=6 November 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/collectiorerume00ducagoog/collectiorerume00ducagoog_djvu.txt|title=History of Landowners|accessdate=6 November 2010}}</ref>