eldest brother to Benjamin Crow of Gilling, died at Kipling after a short illness and was buried at Woodford, in Essex, pursuant to the directions of his will. He left two sons, Christopher and George, and Roger Gale of Scruton, esq. a daughter married to 1749. Nov. 13. Mrs. Liddle, wife of Thomas Liddle, esq., brought to bed of a son at Newton, near Durham.34 1749.35 Nov. 16. Mrs. Lucy Dalston,36 at Acornbank, died aged 70: sister to Mr. James Cook of Stockton, and mother of John Dalston, esq., member for Westmorland. 1749. Nov. 17. Mr. Elliot, a south countryman, who lodged at the Red Lion in Durham, was married at Witton Gilbert to Miss Suky Thomas, combrusher to Mrs. Cowper, the dean's lady.37 1749. Nov. 28. Jenny Adamson, married at Merrington to Mr. Leplas, a surgeon at Bishop Auckland.38 1749. Dec. 5. the Abby church.39 Frank Myddleton married to Miss Grace Smith at Kiplin, born 1755, died 1808. having married Ann Buckle by whom he had issue an only child Sarah, wife of John Delaval Carpenter, fourth Earl of Tyrconnel. Communicated by the Hon. Mrs. Carpenter of Kiplin. 1740. Sept. 4. Will of Christopher Crow, of Woodford, Essex, esq. I give my half of three messuages in White-chapel, being the Red Lyon Inn, etc., to Willey Reveley, of Newby Wisk, esq., and Christopher Crowe, my eldest son, on trust to sell and pay debts. I have preferred my eldest daughter, Catherine, in marriage with Roger Henry Gale, and here give her only £20. To my daughter, Crowe, £4,000. To my son, George Crowe, £3,000 when 21. My daughter, Charlotte Crowe. To Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson, daughter of Mr. George Wilson, of Workington, and now living in Chapple Street, Westminster, £50 per annum. My manor of Ellerton to the Hon. Cecilius Calvert, esq., and Willey Reveley on trust for my son Christopher and his heirs male. Remainder to my son, George Crowe. Remainder to my daughter, Catherine Gale, and her heirs. Remainder to my daughter, Charlotte Crowe. My body to be interred in my vault in the chancel of the parish church of Woodford. Pr. at York, 15th March, 1749-50. Raine, Test. Ebor. 31 3 1745. Sept. 21. Thomas Lyddell, of Newton, within the chapelry of St. Margaret's, Durham, esq., and Margaret Bowes, of the South Bailey, Durham, spinster, married. Registers of St. Mary in the South Bailey, Durham. Last Thursday, the lady of the Hon. Thomas Liddell, of Newton, near Durham, esq., brother to the Right Hon. the Lord Ravensworth, was safely delivered of a son and heir, to the universal joy of that ancient family. Newcastle Courant, 18th Nov., 1749. 1750. April 1. George, son of Thomas Liddel, baptized. Register of St. Nicholas', Durham. 35 Doubtful whether 1749 or 1750.-ED. 36 Cf. pedigree of Dalston of Acorn Bank. Hutchinson, Cumberland, vol. ii.,* p. 447. 37 1749. Nov. 17. Thomas Elyott, of the Witton Gilbert, and Susanna Thomas, of the College, Durham, married. Witton Gilbert Registers. 33 1749. Nov. 28. John Le Pla, of the parish of St. Andrew Auckland, and Jane Adamson of this parish, married. Kirk Merrington Registers. 1752. July 19. 1768. Jan. 25. 39 1749. Dec. 5. Durham, married. Mr. John Le Pla, of Bishop Auckland, was buried. Ibid. Francis Middleton and Grace Smith, both of the College in Mr. Francis Middleton, of the family of Middleton of Offerton, was son of 1749. Dec. 22. Richard Shuttleworth, esq.,40 of Forcet, died at London and his corps was brought down and buried at Forcet about the 3rd or 4th January. 1749. Dec. 27. Chilton Wilson, A.M., formerly of Peter-house in Cambridge, vicar of St. Giles's in Durham, and of Heighington, died and was buried at Houghton.41 1750. Feb. 2. George Parkinson died at Blackwell. 42 1750. Thursday, Feb. 22. Mr. William Wilkinson, eldest son of Anthony Wilkinson, married at Gateshead to Miss Clennell. 43 1750. March. In the night between Sunday, the 4th, and Monday, the 5th of March, 1749-50, died of a cold of three days' continuance Thomas (sic) Randolph, one of the minor canons, and Ralph Middleton, clerk, vicar of Bossall, by his marriage with Frances, daughter of Sir George Wheler, prebendary of the second stall in Durham Cathedral. He was of Willington, and dying, s.p., was buried at Durham Cathedral on the 1st August, 1771. Miss Grace Smith was the eldest daughter of Posthumous Smith, commissary general and Official of the Archdeacon of Durham, of the family of Smith of Burnhall: she was buried at Durham Cathedral on the 22nd March, 1772. 101749. Dec. 22. Richard Shuttleworth, of Gawthorp hall, esq., member for Lancashire, which county he represented in eleven Parliaments. Gent,'s Mag., 1749, p. 571. Pedigrees of the influential family of Shuttleworth of Gawthorp, Lancashire, and of Forcett, North Riding of Yorkshire, may be found in Whitaker's History of Whalley, and Harrison's History of Yorkshire, but they are not free from difficulties. Richard Shuttleworth I. was father of Richard Shuttleworth II., who was born at Old Durham on the 13th October, 1666, and was baptized at St. Oswald's on the 17th of the same month. He matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford, on the 10th November, 1682, aged 16. He was probably father of Richard Shuttleworth III., who, as 'son of Richard Shuttleworth of Gilling,' matriculated at Christ's College, Oxford, on the 14th March, 1725/6, aged 17. As stated in the text, he died on the 22nd December, 1749, having made his will in the previous month. 1749. Nov. 18. Will of Richard Shuttleworth, of Gawthorp, esq. To my daughter-in-law, Mary Shuttleworth, and my daughters, Frances Tempest and Elizabeth Crew, £100 each for mourning; and to my son, William Shuttleworth, £100. To my son William, £100 per annum over and above the £200 settled on him. Residue to my son, James Shuttleworth: he executor. Proved at York, 13th Feb., 1749-50. Raine, Test. Ebor. "1749. Dec. 30. The Rev. Chilton Wilson, of Newbottle, buried. Houghton-le-Spring Registers. He was of Peterhouse, Cambridge, B.A. 1721, M.A. 1725, incumbent of St. Giles', Durham, 1739-1749, vicar of Heighington 1727-1749. 42 The family of Parkinson, or Perkinson, held property in Blackwell, near Darlington, for some generations. Cf. Longstaffe, Darlington, pp. 115-116. 43 Last Thursday morning, William Wilkinson, esq., son of Anthony Wilkinson, esq., one of the Justices of the Peace for the county of Durham, was married by the Rev. Mr. Lamb, at Gateshead, to Miss Clennell, eldest daughter of the late Thomas Clennell, esq.; a beautiful young lady of fine accomplishments, and a fortune of £15,000. After the ceremony the young couple set out for London. Newcastle Courant, 24th Feb., 1750. Miss Philadelphia Clennell was born at West Boldon, and was baptized 26th July, 1725 (Boldon Registers). From this match proceed the Wilkinsons of Clennell. formerly usher of the Grammar School in Durham, and was buried the Thursday following.44 About this time Rev. James Worsley, A.M., was presented by William Wharton, esq., to the vicarage of Gilling, in the room of Benjamin Crow, deceased. 1750. March (?) 18 [should be June 18]. Matthew White, esq., of Blagdon in Northumberland, died and was buried in All Saints church in Newcastle.45 And about the 13th of this month died Edward Colvile, esq., at Whitehouse, aged 105. He had formerly been a butcher and was father of the countess of Tankervill. 46 1750. April 8. Dr. Deering, dean of Rippon, died. He was in the house at Feversham and in ye room in which King James the Second was found and brought thither by the rabble, and perhaps was the person of all that company who lived the longest. Dr. Deering was chaplain to Archbishop Sharp and christned the lady (a daughter of the archbishop's) whom he afterwards married. 47 1750. April 10. The bishop's lady died at London near 80.48 1750. April 16. George Mowbray, esq., [died] at Wolsingham, near 90.49 "There are two errors in the transcript-his name was not Thomas, but William, who as son of Humphrey Randolph, of Botwnog, Carnarvonshire, was admitted to Christ Church, Oxford, 25th March, 1697, aged 19; B.A. 1705, under master of Durham school 1699. 1749. May 8. The Rev. Mr. Randolph, A. B., rector of this parish for above 44 years, buried. Registers of St. Mary le Bow, Durham. 45 Last Monday night, after a tedious indisposition, Matthew White, esq., of Blagdon, in Northumberland, many years in the commission of the peace for that county, etc. Newcastle Courant, 23rd June, 1750. He married at All Saints, Newcastle, 21st July, 1719, Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of John Johnson, of Bebside, by whom he had issue. He built the house at Blagdon, now the seat of his descendant and representative, Viscount Ridley. 46 On Wednesday last, died in the 105th year of his age, very much lamented, Edward Colvil of White-house, esq., father to the Right Hon. the Countess of Tankerville. Newcastle Courant, 16th June, 1750. With other children, who died in childhood, he had issue five daughters, viz.: Susanna, wife of Lionel Allan, of Rotterdam; Anne, wife of William Hanby, of Newcastle; Rosamond, wife of Roger Pearson, of Titlington; Camilla, wife of the second earl of Tankerville; and Jane, wife first of Charles Clark, of Newcastle, and secondly of Robert Fenwick, of Lemington; and also a son, John Colville, of West Boldon, afterwards of White-house: Thursday, at his seat, the White-house, near this town, John Colville, esq., brother to the late countess of Tankerville.' Newcastle Courant, 3 Nov., 1781. The latter was married, but left no issue. *Heneage Dering (1665-1750), dean of Ripon, archdeacon of the East Riding of Yorkshire, prebendary of Fridaythorpe, in the cathedral of York, and rector of Skyrningham. Gent.'s Mag., 1750, p. 188. He married 9th June, 1712, Anne, daughter of Dr. Sharp, archbishop of York. An account of the flight of James II. may be found in Macaulay's History of England, vol. ii., p. 564. This was Barbara, the wife of Dr. Chandler, bishop of Durham, and daughter of Sir Humphrey Briggs. 49 1750. April. Mr. George Mowbray, buried. Wolsingham Registers. 1750. May 5. Mr. Humphrey Hutchinson of Cornforth [died] of a suppression of urine and lethargy.50 1750. May 15. Miss Molly Hendry of York married at York to Captain Arnot, a Scotch gentleman. He had a former wife then living. 1750. May 29. John Smith, a young phisition, eldest son of John Smith of Burn-hall, editor of Bede, married at Elvet church to the eldest daughter of Nicholas Shuttleworth, esq.51 (Who in her widowhood eloped with Captain Ferguson, 1757). 1750. June 4. Mr. William Davison, the youngest son of the late Thomas Davison of Blakiston by Mrs. Turner, was married to Miss Kitty Vane, eldest daughter of George Vane, esq., of Long Newton. (Afterwards vicar of Scruton, Yorkshire.)52 The wooden screen set up last winter at the inside of the north door of the cathedral was removed for the summer. The great octangular tower new pointed on all sides, with what was done to it last summer. The organ in the cathedral was new painted this summer. 1750. June 13. Jack Challoner died at Gisborough.52a. 1750. July 2. Mrs. Crowl, daughter of John Middleton, formerly of Barforth, com. Ebor, and wife of George Crowle of Hull, a commander in the Navy, died of a feaver caught in a new house at Leatherhead in Surry.53 gentleman of a very fair character, who never had the headache, nor complained of sickness till about four days before his death. Newcastle Journal, 21st April, 1750. He was father to Teasdale Mowbray, mentioned p. 219 post. Cf. new Hist. of Northumberland, vol. vi. p. 364. 50 1750. May 6. Mr. Humphrey Hutchinson, of Cornforth, buried. Bishop Middleham Registers. 51 1750. May 29. Dr. John Smith and Miss Ann Shuttleworth married. Register of St. Öswald's, Durham. The daughter of Nicholas Shuttleworth by his marriage with Elizabeth March; she was born 10th August, and baptized at St. Oswald's on the 8th September, 1730. A pedigree of Smith, of Burnhall, may be found in Surtees' Durham, vol. iv. p. 98. 52 1750. June 3. The rev. Mr. Davison and Miss Catherine Vane married. Long Newton Registers. She had been baptized at the same church on the 2nd Nov., 1725. Mr. Thomas Davison, of Blakiston, for his second wife, married Theophila, daughter of Charles Turner, of Kirkleatham. Their son William, baptized 7th Feb., 1722 3, was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford; matriculated 18th July, 1741; B.A. 1745; M.A. 1748; took orders, and became rector of Scruton, in Yorkshire, 1750. 52 At this part of the diary there is some uncertainty whether the year is 1749 or 1750. Ed. Jack Challoner was probably the eighth son of William Challoner of Guisborough. Cf. Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, ed. Clay, vol. ii. p. 233. 53 1706. July 18. Mary, daughter of John Middleton, of Barford, baptized. Forcett Registers. 1728 9. Jan. 27. George Crowle, of Kingston-upon-Hull, and Mary 1750. July 8. Bend. Rain's house in Durham robbed of near 3007. (as was suspected) by a maid servant and one Ashton, a barber, her sweetheart, quaere. 54 1750. July 9. Mrs. Bland, of Hurworth, brought to bed of a son.55 1750. July 20. This morning, about four o'clock, died at his seat at Long Newton, George Vane, esq., a worthy man, and was buried there on Tuesday, 25th.56 1750. July 24. This day the news came by the post of ye death of Dr. Edward Chandler, lord bishop of Durham, on Friday, 20th instant, at his house in Grosvenor square, London, aged . . . Very rich. (140,0007.)57 1750. July 24. The stonework of the spire of Darlington church, which was about six yards in length, at the very summit was greatly shattered by lightning, and several stones fell down, and ye rest of ye spire below ye stonework was split and chasms made in it, that 'tis thought, it must be taken down. The whole of the spire above the Middleton, spinster, of the Bedern, York, married at York Minster. Yorkshire 1750. July 2. Wife of George Crowle, esq., of the Navy Office. Gent.'s Mag., 1750. p. 332. George Crowle represented Kingston-upon-Hull in four Parliaments, 1722, 1727, 1734 and 1741; successively filled the offices of Commissioner to the Victualling Office, Commissioner of the Navy, Commissioner of the Excise, and was consul at Lisbon, where he died in 1754. Gent.'s Mag., 1754, pp. 340, 484. Cf. Walbran's Gainford, pp. 37, 109. 5 1720. May 1. Bend[lowes], the posthumous son of Bend Rain, of Houghwell, yeoman, baptized. Registers of St. Oswald's, Durham. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Cuthbert Heron, of Durham, and sister of Sir Thomas Heron, fifth and last baronet, of the Chipchase family. She was buried in the chancel of Houghton-le-Spring, under a stone with the following inscription: Here lies interred the body of Elizabeth Raine, widow, daughter of Cuthbert Heron, of Chipchase, in Northumberland, esq., by his wife, Katherine, daughter of Richard Myddleton, of Offerton, esq. she died on the 31st day of March, 1789, in the 69th year of her age.' 55 Mrs. Bland was daughter and co-heir of Cuthbert Routh (p. 173 supra). Her son, James Bland, died on the 4th July, 1769. Cf. Hutchinson, Durham, vol. iii., p. 154. 56 Last Saturday, aged 67, George Vane, of Longnewton, Co. Pal. He is succeeded on his estate by his eldest son, Lionel, etc. Newcastle Courant, 28th July, 1750. 1750. July 25. George Vane, esq., buried. Mem. John Wetherell came from Lionel Vane to ask leave of me yt his father might be buried within the rails of the communion table, James Douglas.' Long Newton Registers. His monument in the church of Long Newton states that he married Ann Machon, of Durham, by whom he had 4 sons and 4 daughters. He died July 21st, 1750, in the 65th year of his age.' Dr. Chandler, Bishop of Lichfield, an Irishman, was translated to the see of Durham on the death of Bishop Talbot and was confirmed on the 21st November, 1730. He was author of a work on the Defence of Christianity from the Prophecies of the Old Testament, &c. He was buried at Farnham Royal, Bucks. Cf. Gent.'s Mag. 1750, p. 332. |