The borough of Scarborough was formed in two stages byNorman lords during the 12th century.A Norman baron,William of Aumale .lord of Holderness, built a castleon Crown land within the Manor of Falsgrave, of whichhe was custodian. King Henry II took the castle fromhim ,compensating him with the manor of Driffield.Either William or King Henry created the old boroughof Scarborough on the high ground west of the castle.The new borough was added west of the old borough.
A variety of early documents mention people whosettled in the borough before 1200. We can think ofthem as the first Scarborians.Some had Scandinavian names like Halfdane and Ketell.A few came from older boroughs and ports. More werefree men from manors in the local countryside, Ruston,Thurstanby,and Filing. Some are known from theiroccupations, millers, cooks and churchmen. Thevintners- wine merchants will certainly have had ships to take out wool and bring wine from Gascony. Other men are known as sons of their fathers. Here are the earliest men of Scarborough, free men who could make and witness documents, and who had a market and some measure of local government in their borough.
Albert ,Reginald Arundel
Roger of Bavent
Walter son of Berger
Simon son of Berger
Thomas son of Simon Berier
John of Beverley
Stephen of Botha
Roger the chaplain
Ralph the chaplain
Adam the clerk
Albert the clerk
possibly Giles de Bello Campo
possibly Richard the cook
Gumer the clerk
Gumar Say
Gamel Dod
Rainald of Fifle
Osbert of Figelinge
Firmin
Hacon
Haldane the reeve
Alan son of Haldane
Roger son of Haldane (& Beatrice)
Adam son of Haldane (& Cecilia of Willerby formerly wife of Adam son of Ytho)
Henry of Haverford
Hugh master of the chapel of St.Thomas
Alan Ingram( & Sybill)
Simon Kemp
Ketell
Robert of Limberge
Henry the miller
possibly William of Moy
Thomas and Richard de New Borough (1175)
Geoffrey son of Odard
Peter
Ralph
Ralph son of William,the constable
Adam of Roston
William Russell,the constable
Gumer Say
William son of Sibyll
Thomas Sesse
Stanard the vintner
Roger the vintner
Roger of Scarborough
Roger of Thurstanby
Warin the reeve
William son of Waltheof and Hugh his brother.
