A rent payable out of lands in Warton in Rothbury parish by Mr. Gilbert Park and Robert Potts, Ili. A rent payable out of East Matfen in the parish of Stamfordham, a customary rent, by John Douglas, esq., and Robert Pearson, gent., Ili. A farm or tenement in the township of Troughen in the parish of Elsden, held by George Potts as tenant at will, 2li. 5s. A rent payable out of Old Town in Elsden parish, a rent of 4li. 10s. payable by Mr. Gabriel Hall, Edward Reed, Michael Reed, Clement Reed, William Reed, John Reed, senr., Edward Hall, and John Hedley, 4li. 10s. Witnesses, George Williamson, James Wivell, Richd. Prendreth, George Reynoldson. Power of Attorney, 12 September, 1717, to Edward Ward of Morpeth, gent., Ford Grey of Alnwick, gent., Lancelott Allgood of Morpeth, gent., and Robert Bulman of Morpeth, gent. Enrolled 13 October, 1717. LXXII.-Register of the estate of WILLIAM HARDWICKE* A white-rent of 13s. 6d. from two or three freeholds in Woodburne, in my own possession. A messuage farm and lands in the parish of Rothbury leased to William Lawson at 76li. 10s. a year. *William Hardwick, whose register is abstracted in the text, was the eldest son of Ralph Hardwick of London, merchant, by his wife Mary, daughter and coheir of Sir Edward Charlton, bart., of Hesleyside and Cartington. By deed dated 13th March, 1702, his grandmother, Dame Mary Charlton, settled on him one third part of Cartington. The surname of his first wife, Mary, has not been ascertained. She was buried at Hexham on the 13th June, 1744, having outlived their son, John Hardwick, who was also buried at Hexham, 2nd January, 1735-6. William Hardwick married secondly Winifred, daughter of John and Winifred Cotes of Alnwick (see Register No. VIII), the articles before his second marriage being dated 4th October, 1746. By this marriage there was no issue. 1757, March 13th. Will of William Hardwick of Hexham, esq. "I give my lands in Cartington, Nether Leam, Cluesfield, Woodburn, Lewisburn, &c., to Sir Walter Blacket of Wallington, bart., and William Fenwick of Bywell, esq., in trust for my cousin, William Hardwick, in the county of York, husbandman, and his heirs, in tail male. Remainder to William Errington of Sandhoe. To my brother-in-law, James Morryson, £50 per annum. wife Winifred £25 per annum over and above the jointure secured to her by her marriage settlement. To Nicholas Lead bitter of Hexham, gent., £100. To John Thompson of the same place, barber, £25. Enrolled at Quarter Sessions, 13th July, 1757. Testator was buried at Hexham, 20th March, 1757. To my By indenture dated 15th October, 1765, William Hardwick, formerly of Terrington, lately of Coulton, and then of Cornbrough, Yorks., gent., cousin, heir-at-law, and devisee of William Hardwick, esq., mortgaged lands at Cartington mill, Woodburn, &c., to William Carr of Étal. Winifred, widow of William Hardwick, returned to Alnwick, where she was buried on the 5th February, 1769, as Mrs. Winifred Hardwick of Bondgate, widow, heretofore Cotes." A mill and farm in the said parish let to said William Lawson at 16li. A messuage and lands in the parish of Corsenside leased to John Davison at 5oli. a year. A messuage and lands in the parish of Bellingham let to George Robson at 25li. a year. Of all which I am seised to me and my heirs in fee simple. Power of Attorney, 12 September, 1717, from William Hardwick of Cartington, gent., to Edward Ward of Morpeth, gent., Ford Gray of Alnwick, gent., Lancelot Allgood of Morpeth, gent., and Robert Bulman of Morpeth, gent. Enrolled 19 October, 1717. LXXIII. Register of the estate of ROBERT COLLINGWOOD* OF BOSCOBELL IN COUNTY Salop, GENT. [No date.] An annual sum of 20li. payable out of the manor house called Eslington-hall, the Myle farm, the town-side, &c. &c., in the township of Eslington, and out of the manors of Whittingham and Thronton. Also an equitable interest in the term of 1,000 years by indentures of 20 Oct., 1677, limited of the said premises. Power of Attorney, 20 July, 1717, to Edward Ward of Morpeth, gent., John Stoddard of Morpeth, gent., and Ford Grey of Alnwick, gent. Enrolled 10 October, 1717. LXXIV. Register of the estate of LANCELOTT ORD† OF WEETWOOD, ESQ., AND MARY, HIS WIFE. [No date.] The manor and capital messuage, lands, &c., of Weetwood, parish of Chatton, now in the possession of Robert Strother, gentleman, and let to him, from year to year, at 70li. a year. Of part of which premises situated on the south side of the river Till and called Weetwood-bank and Weetwood-bank-foot, I am seised in fee to me and my heirs for ever. And of the capital messuage * Robert Collingwood, whose register is abstracted in the text, was seven years of age when his father, George Collingwood of Eslington, 30th August, 1666, entered his pedigree in Dugdale's Visitation of Northumberland. He was of the Society of Jesus, and died at Boscobel 24th January, 1740. See Estcourt and Payne, English Catholic Nonjurors, p. 209; see also Registers Nos. XIX, XXXIV. † In 1649 John Ord of Weetwood compounded for his delinquency, his estate comprising the demesne lands of Weetwood and a house at Berwick. By indenture dated 1st February, 1685-6, Lancelot Ord the elder made a settlement of Weetwood on his son, Lancelot Ord the younger, charging it with an annuity for his wife and portions for his daughters, and with the payment of his debts amounting to £1,200. In the event, the property was sold, apparently by the Lancelot Ord whose register is abstracted in the text, to James Dagleish, whose heiress, Rosamond Dagleish, carried it in marriage in 1766 to John Ord, lieutenant R.N., in whose descendants it rests. So far as is known, there is no connection between the older Roman Catholic family and the and the rest of the demesne lying on the north side of the Till, I and the said Mary are seised for our lifes and the life of the longer liver, and after our decease the same is limited to my right heirs for ever. Power of Attorney, 16 August, 1717, to John Aynsley of Hexham, gent., and Edward Ward of Morpeth, gent. Witnesses, Mannock Strickland, Thomas Cholmeley, Robert Pullenger, Edward Twallin.* Enrolled 10 October, 1717. LXXV. Register of the estate of RICHARD Carr† of GateSHEAD, GENT., dated 27 Sep., 1717. Mr. Lancelot Allgood holdeth of me a stone house in Hexham in a place called Battle-hill, let to him by Robert Wilson for one year at 7li. 15s. annual rent, and charged with the sum of 100li. to Mrs. Featherstone, widow. Also Charles Scott holdeth of me a farm in the parish of Simonburne, let to him by Mr. John Carr and Mr. John Heron, my trustees, for 16li. a year. And Andrew Oliver and Robert Stokoe hold of me a farm in Simonburne parish, let to them by Mr. Thomas Carr and Mr. John Heron at 14li. a year, and chargeable with roli. a year to Mrs. Dorothy Shaftoe for a term of years yet to come, which premises I hold in fee simple, &c. Enrolled Oct. 10, 1717. LXXVI.-Register of the estate of JOHN POTTS OF EVERINGHAM IN THE COUNTY OF YORK, GENT. [No date.] I am possessed of an annuity of 50li. charged on the manor of Low Truhit in the parish of Rothbury. present Protestant line. cf. Welford, Royalist Compositions, p. 304; Arch. Æl., 3rd ser., vol. xii, pp. 62–63; and Register No. XCIX. Payne, in his Records of Catholics in 1715, p. 94, states that Lancelot Ord, whom he calls a captain, was taken a prisoner at Preston, but escaped and fled beyond seas, also that he had three brothers, John, Mungo, and Francis. The will of Lancelot Ord, made 4th August, 1734, at Boulogne, is noted in Estcourt and Payne, English Catholic Nonjurors, p. 209. * The names of two of the witnesses to the power of attorney are the same as the witnesses to the signatures of the Ladies Catherine and Elizabeth Radcliffe, raising an inference that Mr. and Mrs. Ord were also residing in Louvain in 1717. † A member of the family of Carr of Hexham, whose descent and history are treated at large in The History of the Family of Carr, 3 vols., folio, 18931899, privately printed. John Potts of Everingham, whose register is abstracted in the text, was probably a son of George Potts of Nether Trewhitt, who, on the 20th November, 1667, took out a licence to marry Eleanor Widdrington. Born circa 1674, John Potts professed at Lambspring in Westphalia, 21st May, 1691. On the completion of his studies he was sent in 1701 on the English Mission in the Northern Province, and stationed successively at Also of an annuity or rent charge of Ioli. payable for my natural life out of the manor of Low Truhit settled upon me by several indentures, and confirmed by an Act of Parliament in the reign of Queen Anne. Power of Attorney, 16 September, 1717, to John Aynsley of Hexham, gent., Peter Potts of Newcastle, gent., and Thomas Potts of Newcastle, gent. Witnesses, Robert Pullenger and Edward Twallin.* LXXVII. Register of the estates of EDWARD HORSLEY WIDDRINGTON† OF HORSLEY, ESQ. [No date.] A true particular of the manors, lands, &c., of me the said Edward Horsley Widdrington, &c. The manor of Felton, Felton-hall, demesne, and North More, let to John Hudson, Rich. Robeson, and Robt. Robeson, at 101li. A messuage called Moulds-haugh and lands thereto belonging, let to Robt. Robeson and Nich. Hill, 32li. A messuage called Brery Bank and lands thereto belonging, let to Robt. Thompson, 18li. A messuage called Swinscroft and lands thereto belonging, let to John Hudson, IIli. A messuage called West Farm and lands thereto belonging, let to Tho. Telford and Robt. Horn, 15li. A messuage called Fence and lands thereto belonging, let to George Straker, 33li. 10s. A messuage called New Shothaugh and lands thereto belonging, let to John Moreson, 20li. A messuage called Stephen Closes with lands thereto belonging, let to Wm. Robeson, 86li. York and When by, whence he was removed in 1717 to Everingham. There he combined the office of resident chaplain with that of land agent to Sir Marmaduke Constable, whose mother was Mary, daughter of the first Earl of Derwentwater. In 1733 Potts was honoured with the titular distinction of “Cathedral Prior," and was buried at Everingham in June, 1743. In the Downside Review, vol. xxxv, No. 103, published at Downside Abbey near Bath, there is a valuable paper entitled "Dom. John Bede Potts," contributed by Mr. R. C. Wilton, who has had access to the account book and original letters written by Potts (see Register No. LXXXII). * The names of the two witnesses to the signature of John Potts are the same as to the signatures of the Ladies Catherine and Elizabeth Radcliffe and Mr. and Mrs. Ord of Weetwood, suggesting that John Potts was a religious at Louvain at the time he drew up the certificate. † Edward Horsley Widdrington of Long Horsley and Felton, whose register is abstracted in the text, was the only son of Edward (Horsley) Widdrington by his marriage with Elizabeth, daughter of Caryl, third Viscount Molyneux (see Register No. XLIII). He married Mary, daughter of Humphrey Weld of Lulworth, and, dying at Felton on the 12th December, 1762, aged 67, was succeeded by his only child, Elizabeth Margaret, wife of Thomas Riddell of Swinburn. See Registers Nos. XVIII, XLV; and for pedigree of Widdrington of Felton, the new History of Northumberland, vol. vii, p. 263. A water corn mill let to John Chirenton, 26li. 10s. A quit rent out of Side Banks paid by Robert Lisley, 5li. The North More limestone quarry let to Robt. Horn and John Tailford, 5li. Doneson House let to Andrew Robson, Roger Banbrough, and Wm. Robinson at 1li. 18s. Another house, Ili.; smith's shop, Ili.=2li. The borough rent in Felton, Ili. 6s. 8d. A close on the lord's wastes there in the possession of Robt. Dobson, 3d. Felton orchard let to John Thompson, 5li. A house built on the lord's waste and in possession of Thomas Ogle, gent., 2d. Green Huigh rent from the freeholders of Newton-on-the-Moor, 5s. 2d. Green Huigh out of Overgras-stead, 3d. All which lands are the parish and township of Felton in the lordship of Felton. The manor and lordship of Bockenfield, with its rights, &c.: Bockenfield demesnes and the Long-close let to John Hudson, 120li. A tenement called Wintrick, with lands, &c., let to Mabel Forster, 35li. A tenement called Heugh mill, with lands, &c., let to Clement Bell, 26li. A tenement called Bywell, with lands, let to Wm. Tully, John Blackett, Robt. Brown, Thos. Grey, 7oli. A tenement called Burgham, with lands, &c., let to Edw. Gray, Robt. Brown, and Robt. Moore, 45li. High moor and Bywell-field and the North-close, part in Felton and part in Bokenfield, let to Andrew Storey and Thos. Thompson, IIOli. A messuage called Hellm-the-Hill, with lands, &c., in parish of Felton, let to Rich. Thompson, 25li. A messuage called Tods Loaning-end in Bockenfield let to Robt. Moore and Wm. Seelby, 15li. The manor or lordship of Horsley: A tenement called Horsley Birks, with lands, &c., let to Geo. Burne, Widow Burne, and James Wallis, 47li. A tenement called Baxton (sic) Dean, with lands, &c., let to Matt. Swan, sen., Matt. Swan, jun., and John Tully, 46li. Harelaw, Himers-close, and Prodlock's close, let to Jas. Ormley, 5li. 5s. A tenement called Hare Deane, with lands, &c., in possession of Mrs. Widdrington, gli. E |