Over Dinsdell wthin the same parish-Anthony Allan, Constable of the same, John Conyers16, gent., Richard Chapman, Robte. ward, Thomas ward, George Smythe, Richard nicholson, John Simpson, John Smart, George Smart, George wrangham (14) sie. The names of those who refuse to take the protestaconRoberte Butler, 17 gent., George Hodgson, sen., George Hodgson, jun., Popish recusants (4). Witnesses hereof Clerke, Willm. Harrison; Churchwardens, William wrangham, John Crawforth; Constables, William boyes, Anthony Allen. STRANTON.* (Written upon a double sheet of foolscap). (P.D.20.). Stranton parish-Mr. Clement Fulthorpels, Mr. Anthony Dodsworth 19, Robert Johnson, William Dodshon, John Williamson, George Harrison, Robert Johnson, John Chapman, Simon Emerson, Thomas Thompson, Raph Smyth, Richard White, Anthony Bailes, John Wardd, Expofor Chilton, George Johnson, Anthony Wren, Willm. Smyth, Michaell Walker, John Dodshon, John Richardson, Willm. Thompson, Lawrence Emerson, Richard Thompson, Anthony Johnson, Cuthbert Dawson, John Dodshon, Robert Browne, Robert Robson, John Smyth, John Thompson, John Walles, Willm. Stevenson, Richard Atkin, Thomas Whitingham, Henry Tweddell, Thomas Dodshon, John Browne, Nicholas Browne (39), Raph Smyth, John Smyth, Expofore White, John Jackson, Expofor Emerson, Thomas Brasse, Richard Greceson, William Grecson, Simon Harrison, Willm. Harrison, William Merriman, Francis Harrison, Owin Oliver, John Atkin, Richard Wardd, Nicholas Swething, Henry Midleton, Willm. Stelling, Expofore Smyth, John Slater, Heugh Calvart, George Robinson, Leonard Fairbarne, Simon Harrison, Willm. Robeson, Edward Robeson, Robeson, Raph Savadge, Raph Savadge, William Fenwick, Expofore Thompson, Henry Moore, Raph 16 1637, Nov. 5, Alice, wife of John Conyers of Dinsdell, gent., departed to the merci of God the second of November, 1637, and was buried. Regs. 17 See pedigree of Butler, Surtees, Durham, iii, 49. 18 For a pedigree of Fulthorpe of Fulthorpe, see Surtees, Durham, vol. iii, p. 126. 19 For pedigrees of Dodsworth of Stranton see Surtees, Durham, vol. iii, p. 127, also new History of Northumberland, vol. v., p. 413. * For an account of the parish of Stranton, see Surtees, Durham, vol. iii, p. 121. Kearston, John Stoute, Raph Craw, William Oliver, Anthony Browne, Willm. Gowlling, James Wilson, Anthony Foreman, John Martin (39), Robert Harrison, Anthony Harrison, David Walker, Uswin Bulmer, John Ellerton, Thomas Bone (? Bond), William Atkin, John Smyth, John Walker, Willm. Parkin, Thomas Raw, Richard Johnson, Richard Corker, Thomas Bailes, George Ratcliffe, Willm. Redhead, John Jackson, John Litlephaire, Richard Denham, Francis Thompson, William Jackson, Thomas Burden, Nicholas Kearston, Thomas Foster, Willm. Jackson, John Mainesforth, William Midleton, James White, Edward Bee, Thomas Johnson, John Dakers, Robert Bownser, Thomas Litlephare, George Craw, Volintine Martin, Richard Jackson, Robert Story, Henry Calvert, John Bussey, Robert Lackenbey, Nicholas Close (41), Thomas Bailes, Thomas Kell, George Emerson, William Walles, Parcevell Hart, William Burden, Nicholas Fogett, John Browne, Expofore Smyth, Robert Johnson, Thomas Redhead, Robert Starr, George Tinmouth, Willm. Atkin, Richard Hawell, John Midleton, George Stephenson, Roger Widdison, John Steele, Robert Cully, John Gibson, John Harrison, Robert Foster, Expofore Kearston, Edward Renton, Robert Litlephare, Willm. Smith, Nicholas Dodshon, Jeromie Cooke, Raph Smith, James Renton, Henry Thompson, Robert Chilton, William Thompson, Thomas Mainor, Michaell Fell, Thomas Bulmer, Thomas Nicholson, Robert Emerson, Richard Brantingham, Thomas Widdison (42*), Raph Smith. Stranton Die Lune, February 28, 1641. These whose names are within written being all the men who are aboue eighteen yeares of age Inhabiteing within this our parish of Stranton in the Counties of Durham (for there is not one man who refused) haue frely and willingly taken the protestation accordingly as it is enioyned in the presence sight and hearing of us as wittnesses of this truth of this certificate who haue subscribed our names and putt to or Markes the day and yeare above written. Minister of the word of God, clerk, John Allen20, Churchwardens, Willyam Widdison, Richard Johnson; Owerseers, Thomas Browne, Thomas Johnson; Constables, Willyam Widdison, Nicholas Johnson, and William Chilton (7). None Refused. *"160" struck out. The "42" apparently includes the last man. 20 John Allan was presented to the vicarage in 1607, see Surtees, iii, p. 125. PROTESTATIONS OF NORTHUMBERLAND. HOUSE OF LORDS. NORTHUMBERLAND. (Classified as Protestations, bundle xxxix., Northumberland, Morpeth Ward, Nos. 1-2 F.Y. The bundle contains two records only, one for the town of Berwick and the other for the town of Morpeth.) BERWICK.* (The record for the town of Berwick is written upon five large quarto sheets, the names being arranged in three parallel columns throughout.) (F.Y.Ï.) Barwick-upon-Tweed. The names of all such as willingly & freely were sworne in Barwk. aforesaide Upon the protestacon, required by the hoble. Court of Parliamt. Anno Dni., 1641. Maior, John Sleigh1, Raph Selby2, kt., Aldrmen, 1John Sleigh, son of Martin Sleigh, was baptized 8 March, 1595/6, and named after his grandfather, John Sleigh, mayor of Berwick in 1590. He married, 25 Sept., 1618, Cecily Fenwick by whom he had issue. He was mayor 1636, 1641, 1642, 1643, 1644, 1645 and 1655. He was buried 21 April, 1665, having made a death-bed will on the 17th of that month. 2 Sir Ralph Selby, knight, brother and heir of Sir William Selby of Ightham Moat, Kent, and second son of Sir John Selby of Twizell, sometime M.P. for, and gentleman porter of, Berwick; knighted mayor, 1631; buried, 12 March, 1646/7. By his wife, Barbara, daughter of Robert Roddam of Roddam, he left, with other issue, Ralph Selby of Twizell. Cf. Raine, North Durham, p. 315. *For an account of the borough and parish of Berwick-on-Tweed, see John Scott, History of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Robert Jackson3, kt., William Grigson4, John Saltonstall5; Ministers, Gilbert Durie, William Harrison'; Benjamine Clerke, Thomas Temple, Steven Jackson10, James Dickinson, Robert Trumble, Thomas Trumble, James Hesloop, James Bell, Georg Harrison, sen., Georg Harrison, jun., Clement Shell, Gilbert Tompson, Georg Park, Thomas Carston, Raph Morton, Richard Nickholson, Willm. Browne, Thomas Campbell, John Burrell, Willm. Nealson11, Ro. Carvill, Martin Garnett, John Selby, John Jackson, eldr., Robert Reede, Marke Fenwick, John Stevenson, John Sym, Robert Scott, William yeatman, Robert Robson, John Ingram, John Shell, John 3 Sir Robert Jackson, son of Robert Jackson, mayor of Berwick in 1576, he was admitted to the freedom of the borough by patrimony in 1595; knighted, 13 May, 1617; mayor, 1605, 1608, 1626, 1627, 1640; M.P. for Berwick, 1620, 1623, 1625, 1626 and 1628. He married, 30 Jany., 1609/10, Margaret White, by whom he had a daughter and heiress, Mary, successively wife of Sir Pelham Carey and of George Paylor of Nunmonkton. Sir Robert Jackson, who died seised of property at Fenham in Islandshire and at Holborn in Northumberland, was buried 29 Jany., 1645/6. William Grigson should be Gregson, mayor 1632, of a local family still possessed of property in north Northumberland. 5 John Saltonstall, mayor 1637, buried 23 May, 1646. By his will dated 20 April, 1646, after mentioning his wife Jane, her son, George Milner, and her daughter, Ann Milner, he gave his lands in Lincolnshire, his messuages at Berwick, his tithes at Tuggle, Ancroft Mill and Allerdean to his daughters Elizabeth, wife of Patrick Ramsay, and Grace, then unmarried, but afterwards wife of Thomas Hughes, an officer in the army. 6 Gilbert Durie presented to the vicarage of Berwick in 1613; he was chaplain in ordinary of James I.; he subsequently deserted his benefice, and occurs in the guild book in 1645 as of Ellingham, clerk.' By his wife, Joyce Hilles, whom he married 19 May, 1607, he had a numerous issue. Cf. Scott, Berwick, pp. 354, 356, 364. 'William Harrison, appointed lecturer of Berwick in 1641, resigned that office, circa 1643. Cf. Scott, Berwick, p. 356. Benjamin Clerke was removed from the mayoralty by Sir Arthur Heselrigg, 19 Sept., 1648. He again served in 1660 and 1661. Cf. Scott, Berwick, p. 210. 10 Thomas Temple married, 28 Feb., 1627/8, Isabel, daughter of Hugh Gregson, alderman of Berwick, by whom he had a numerous issue. Stephen Jackson, a kinsman of the above-named Sir Robert Jackson, described as alderman, 25 Sept., 1661, when he took a conveyance of Berwick Castle. (Cf. Hist of Berwick Club, vol. xix, p. 350). Mayor, 1653 and 1654. His will dated 23 Sept., 1669, was proved the same year. His son, Stephen Jackson, mayor 1690 and 1691, made his will 15 Dec., 1705. lbid.. 11 Members of opulent Berwick trading families. Marshall, Willm. Cuttie, Willyam Rosden12, (43), Mark 12 William Rosden, son of Simon Rosden by Margaret Swinburn his wife, was baptized 16 March, 1589/90. In 1629 he took a lease of the rectory from the Dean and Chapter of Durham for 21 years at the rent of £10 p.a., of course paying a fine. In 1640 he took a conveyance from William Moor; and in the following year took as apprentice Henry, son of George Ord. Almost every name on the list could be identified from the Burgess Roll and Parish Registers. 13 May be Worth' but the capital is not like the writer's usual 'W's.' 14 James Sibbet. The Sibbet family for several generations possessed land in Ancroft and Allerdean. 15 Roger Burnett whose descendants for long remained freemen of Berwick. 16 William Moore whose family was possessed of a very lucrative fishery in the Tweed and became very wealthy. "James Caterall was mayor 1673 and 1674. |