Wester Green-ridge alias Grind-ridge, in the parish of Hexham, and in possession of my sonne, Mr. Francis Carnaby, and his tenants. Power of Attorney, 29 April, 1717, to John Aynsley of Hexham, gent., Edward Ward of Morpeth, gent., and Thomas Marr of Morpeth, gent., or either of them, to sign certificate. Enrolled I May, 1717. XXVII. Register of the estate of MARY ERRINGTON OF HEXHAM, WIDOW OF WILLIAM ERRINGTON* OF WALLICKE GRAINGE, GENT., DECEASED, dated 17 April, 1717. Blackaburne, in the parish of Simonburne, let to Henry Hirdman for 53li. IOS. a year, out of which I have only an estate for life, it being settled upon me by way of dower. Power of Attorney, 29 April, 1717, to John Aynsley of Hexham, gent., Edward Ward of Morpeth, gent., and Thomas Marr of Morpeth, gent., or either of them, to sign certificate. Enrolled I May, 1717. XXVIII. -Register of the estate of CUTHBERT LAMBERT OF HEXHAM, GENT., dated 17 April, 1717. One burgage, or stone house, in the Market Street, Hexham, in which I now live. One stable and garth thereto adjoining, in a street called Gyllygate, in my own possession. can be no doubt of the consanguinity, for William Carnaby of Halton, in his will dated 2nd August, 1686, entailed his lands on his brother and his issue male, remainder to Ralph Carnaby of Chollerton, remainder to Richard Carnaby I of Nubbock. Richard Carnaby II, son of the above-named Richard Carnaby I, was buried in the quire of Hexham on the 18th November, 1692, having had issue by his wife Jane, whose register is abstracted in the text, five sons and four daughters. His eldest son was Francis Carnaby of Nubbock. See Register No. LII. Mrs. Jane Carnaby, named in the text, was buried in the quire of Hexham on the 31st of May, 1732, having survived her son, Francis Carnaby of Nubbock. See Register No. LII; cf. pedigree of Carnaby of Nubbock, new History of Northumberland, vol. iv, p. 19; and pedigree of Carnaby of Halton in vol. x of same series, p. 408. * According to the pedigree of Errington of Walwick Grange, given in the Rev. John Hodgson's History of Northumberland, part ii, vol. iii, pp. 413416-which pedigree stands in need of revision-William Errington of Walwick, who died in the month of March, 1713, is stated to have married Mary, daughter of Ralph Bates of Holywell in the chapelry of Earsdon. This statement finds no support in the full and elaborate pedigree of Bates of Holywell in the new History of Northumberland, vol. ix, p. 86. William Errington, son of the above-named William Errington, died in 1701 in his father's lifetime. He married Mary, daughter of Francis Howard of Corby, apparently the lady whose register is abstracted in the text. † According to a carefully drawn up pedigree, preserved in the Bell Collections at Alnwick Castle, Richard Lambert I of Hexham-a Roman Catholic physician, who was buried there 6th May, 1694—was father of two sons, Richard Lambert II and Cuthbert. The latter, a surgeon in Hexham, for some unknown A close in Gylly-gate fields, which close is commonly called Winewellreins, and in my possession. Of all which I have an estate by copy of court-roll. One close in Gylly-gate fields called Windmill-hill. One close in Acomb in the parish of St. John Lees, commonly called Stoneyside. One house in Gylly-gate. Out of which said premises the lord of the manor of Hexham receives 5s. 10ld. yearly. Power of Attorney, 29 April, 1717, to John Aynsley of Hexham, gent., Edward Ward of Morpeth, gent., and Thomas Marr of the same, gent., or either of them, to sign certificate. Enrolled 1 May, 1717. reason was in gaol in 1710, and petitioned Quarter Sessions for relief, alleging that his family were starving. It is evidently he who filed the certificate abstracted in the text. By his first wife, Winifred, daughter of Matthew Leadbitter of Warmley, he had, with other issue, Cuthbert Lambert of Newcastle, M.D., John Lambert of Newcastle, upholsterer, and a daughter Frances, who was married 23rd July, 1729, to her cousin, Joseph Lambert of Gateshead, linen-draper. John Lambert, the upholsterer, by his wife Margaret, daughter of William Bradley, bailiff of Gateshead, had issue a son, John Lambert of Durham, conveyancer, who is stated to have drawn up the pedigree, for many years a clerk of Mr. Christopher Fawcett. Cuthbert Lambert of Pilgrim Street, Newcastle, M.D., born at Hexham 17th March, 1701, eldest son of the above-named Cuthbert and Winifred Lambert, married Julia, or Julian, daughter of Christopher Rutter of Newcastle. He conformed to the Establishment, and dying in the month of September, 1772, was buried near the communion table of St. Andrew's church; having had, with other issue, (1) Christopher Lambert, a captain, 34th regiment, who fell at the taking of Havannah; (2) Jacob Lambert of Newcastle, attorney, and secretary of the Infirmary, who died 2nd Sept., 1792, aged 56, leaving issue; (3) Cuthbert Lambert of H.M. Customs, the hero of Lambert's Leap, who died 13th October, 1770; (1) Winifred, married at St. Andrew's, 29th May, 1757, Christopher Fawcett, recorder of Newcastle; (2) Ann, who was living at Benwell unmarried in 1793. The name of the wife of Richard Lambert II has not been ascertained. He had (perhaps with other issue) two sons, Richard Lambert III and Joseph Lambert of Gateshead, woollen draper, who married his cousin, Frances, daughter of Cuthbert Lambert of Hexham, surgeon, and by her had issue two sons and three daughters. One of the latter, Jane Lambert, was married at Gateshead 28th November, 1759, to Edward Charlton of Redesmouth. Richard Lambert III settled in Newcastle and conformed. The name of his wife has not been ascertained. He was father of Richard Lambert IV, a distinguished surgeon in Newcastle, one of the founders of the Newcastle Infirmary, and, like his father, a Protestant. He married in July, 1752, Julia, daughter of John Ord of Newcastle, attorney, by whom he had with other issue Richard Lambert V of Newcastle and Newbrough, for many years an agent of Lord Ravensworth, who died 26th July, 1835, s.p. XXIX.-Register of the estate of ALEXANDER RUTHERFORD* OF BURRATON, YEOMAN. [No date.] In Burraton, in the parish of Allenton: A messuage, tenement, or farm and curtilage in my possession. One cottage let to Isabel Robson at 6s. a year of which I am seised, to me and my heirs, but they are subject to a judgment or other security for 20li. to a fee-farm rent, or modus of Is. 63d. payable to Thomas Selby, esq. [No Power of Attorney.] Enrolled 1 May, 1717. XXX.-Register of the estate of JOHN GASCOIGNE† OF PARLINGTON IN THE COUNTY OF YORK, ESQ. [No date.] In Harbottle: A capital messuage let to John Jinnison at ili. IOS. a year. In Harbottle, Eardope, and Peeles alias Pooles: A castle, and the scite thereof, with several cottages, a park called Harbottle Park, and several closes, lands, tythes, &c., let by me to Mr. John Alder, for 21 years at the rent of 150li. a year, and 5li. 7s. 6d. as a fine, "paid to Mary my wife att the execution of the said lease." *The Rutherfords were small freeholders at Burradon in Coquetdale. The name of George Rutherford appears on the freeholders' roll of 1638, and that of Andrew Rutherford in the Book of Rates in 1663. Alexander Rutherford of Burradon appears in the poll books of 1710 and 1721, in the latter of which the designation "papist is entered against his name. He was succeeded by his eldest son, John Rutherford, who made his will on the 21st December, 1765. The latter left an only son, Thomas Rutherford, described as of Plainfield-hall, 7th May, 1773, in a conveyance of a small freehold in Harbottle, to James Kilpatrick. † Sir John Gascoigne of Parlington, fifth baronet, born circa 1662, married at Saxton, 23rd December, 1689, Mary, daughter and sole heir of Roger Widdrington of Harbottle (by his wife Catherine, who married secondly Gervase Hamond), and with or through her obtained a handsome property in Northumberland. It has hitherto been believed that Lady Gascoigne's father, Roger Widdrington, was the son of Sir Edward Widdrington of Cartington, knt. This is not so. Sir Edward Widdrington's son Roger died in his lifetime, and in order to perpetuate the name he married one of his three daughters, Catherine, to a young kinsman bearing the name of his dead son. As stated above, Catherine, widow of Roger Widdrington, married secondly, in the year 1673, Gervase Hamond of Scarthingwell, and died 30th December, 1697. By indentures dated respectively 21st and 22nd December, 1687, made between Sir Thomas Gascoigne, bart., and John Gascoigne of the first part, Sir Miles Stapleton, knt., G[ervase] Hamond, and Mary Widdrington, sp., of the other part, the Harbottle estate was brought into settlement. On the 20th October, 1691, John Gascoigne and Mary his wife had dealings with the property. Sir John Gascoigne, who succeeded his brother as fifth baronet in 1718, died at Bath 16th June, 1723, and was buried at Barwick near his wife, Dame Mary Gascoigne, who was buried 5th March, 1721-2. Their son, Sir Edward Gascoigne, sixth baronet, sold Harbottle 7th June, 1731, to Luke Clennell. cf. pedigree of Gascoigne of Parlington, in that invaluable repository of Yorkshire genealogy, Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire with Additions, vol. iii, p. 97, by Mr. J. W. Clay, F.S.A., 3 vols., 1899 to 1917. In Burradon in the parish of Allenton : A messuage let to George Willson at roli.; another let to Thomas Wilson for roli.; another let to Thomas Potts for 5li.; another let to John Wilson for Ioli. In Allenton Hough: A close, &c., let to Alexander Brown for 17s. 4d.; another let to Mary Wilkinson for 9s. All which are, by settlement, limited to the use of me the said John Gascoigne and Mary my wife, for our lives, and the life of the survivor; remainder to the heirs of my body on said Mary, remainder to my right heirs, with power in me and my said wife, during our joint lives, by deed signed by us, before two or more credible witnesses to revoke any the estates beforementioned; which said premises, or part of them, are subject to a modus of 10s. payable to Sir Reginald Graham, Bart., in lieu of all tythe arising out of Eardhope, a freerent or quit-rent of 10s. 10d. out of Harbottle Castle to the lord of the manor of Ridsdale, of 2s. out of Eardhope to said lord of the manor of Ridsdale, of 12li. out of Harbottle Castle and Peeles to Thomas Selby, esq., and 2s. 71⁄2d. out of Burradon to said Thomas Selby. Power of Attorney, 12 April, 1717, to John Ainesley of Hexham, gent., John Hankin of Newcastle, gent., and Robert Wilson of Morpeth, gent., or either of them, to sign certificate. Enrolled I May, 1717. XXXI. Register of the estate of MARY STAPYLTON, WIDOW OF NICHOLAS STAPYLTON,* LATE OF CARLTON, YORKS., ESQ. [No date.] The manor of Barwick-on-the-Hill in the parish of Pont Iland, in my possession. A messuage, lands, &c., let by Sir Miles Stapylton, baronet, deceased, to James Charlton, by lease dated Dec. 1, 1698, for 21 years, at 55li. *Nicholas Errington of Ponteland, the representative of an ancient house, fined for his delinquency in 1647, entered his pedigree 25th August, 1666, in Dugdale's Visitation of Northumberland. By his first wife, Margaret, daughter of Roger Widdrington [of Cartington], he had, with other issue, an eldest son, Mark Errington, whose age in 1663 was given as 32. The latter married Anne, daughter (and in her issue heir) of Gilbert Stapleton of Carlton near Snaith. Their son, Nicholas Errington, born circa 1660, became, in the year 1707, testamentary heir of his uncle, Sir Miles Stapleton of Carlton, bart. Removing to Yorkshire he assumed the name of Stapleton, but evidently without obtaining the Royal Licence or other sufficient authority, for in legal and other documents he and his immediate descendants are generally described or styled as Stapleton alias Errington. Nicholas Stapleton alias Errington of Carlton and Ponteland married, first, Mary, daughter of Simon Scrope of Danby, the marriage settlement being dated 26th May, 1682. His second wife was Mary, daughter of Thomas Sandys of Worcester-the marriage settlement being made in 1699-the lady whose register is abstracted in the text. He died 7th December, 1716, aged 56, and his widow 26th April, 1735, aged 54. In another court Mrs. Stapleton registered a house in Camblesforth in Yorkshire. cf. Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire with Additions, by J. W. Clay, vol. i, p. 169; and Welford, Royalist Compositions, p. 196. A messuage, lands, &c., let by the same, to John and William Cutter, by lease dated Dec. 1, 1698, for 21 years, 33li. A messuage, lands, &c., let by the same, to John Gowland and William Charlton, by lease dated 2 Aug., 1699, for 21 years, 28li. A messuage, farm, &c., let by Nicholas Errington, lately deceased, to Thomas Charlton, by lease dated 5 Feb., 1700, for 21 years, 5oli. A messuage, farm, &c., let by said Nicholas Errington, esq. (by the name of Nicholas Stapylton), to said Thomas Charlton, by lease dated 27 May, 1712, for 8 years, 1ooli. A moiety of a farm let by said Nicholas Stapylton to Mr. John Ward, by lease dated 24 Jan., 1715, for 6 years, 21li. 15s. The other moiety let, same day, to Edward Charlton, for 6 years, 23li. 15s. A cottage, built on the waste by Mark Buckham, who pays for it yearly, Is. Another cottage, built on waste by William Charlton, who pays for it yearly, IS. Of all which rents, etc., I am in the receipt of the profits for life for my joynture, paying yearly 2s. 6d. to the Honor or Castle of Mitford, and an annuity of 3oli. to George Errington, esq., for life. [No Power of Attorney.] Enrolled 1 May, 1717. XXXII. Register of the estates of NICHOLAS STAPYLTON alias ERRINGTON, ESQ., OF CARLTON, YORKS. [No date.] * In Ponteland town and parish. The manor, etc., of Ponteland. A capital messuage let to Mrs. Mary Errington at 5s. A messuage, farm, &c., called Westhouses, let by Nicholas Errington, esq., deceased, to Matthew and Edward Crow at 9oli. Another messuage, farm, &c., let by said Nicholas Errington under the name of Nicholas Stapylton, to William Potts, jun., and Mark Potts at 33li. Another farm, &c., called East-farm, let by the said Nicholas Errington to John Fatkin at 44li. A farm, &c., called West-farm, let by the said Nicholas Stapylton alias Errington to said John Fatkin at 34li. * Nicholas Stapleton alias Errington of Carlton and Ponteland, was the second but eldest surviving son and heir of Nicholas Stapleton alias Errington by his first wife, Mary, daughter of Simon Scrope of Danby. He married, first, Charlotte, daughter of Ralph Eure of Washingborough, Lincolnshire; secondly, Mabel, daughter of Walter Bagenall of Dunleckny; and thirdly, Winifred, daughter of John White of Dover Street, London; and died at Hammersmith in July, 1750. He was succeeded by his eldest surviving son, Thomas, the offspring of the third marriage, who, in 1773, petitioned for and obtained a Royal Licence to assume the name and arms of Stapleton (see Newcastle Courant, 5th June, 1773). He sold his property at Ponteland circa 1774 to George Silvertop of Minsteracres. After unsuccessfully claiming the barony of Beaumont, he died 25th April, 1821, aged 83, and was buried at Carlton. |