lyne, hemp and lamb, and all other tiths whatever growing thereon; settled at my marriage by my late father, Sir Thomas Haggerston, bart., by deed quadrupartite dated Jan. 17, 1693, upon trustees for the use of me for life, and, after my death, to my wife as part of her jointure, and after her death to my first son in tail, with divers remainders-which estate is let to Henry Ord, gent., at 120li. by lease for 15 years from Pentecost, 1711, out of which I am to allow 40s. payable yearly to vicar of Chatton, as a modus for said tithes; Ili. 6s. 8d. to an almshouse in Bristol; 8s. 5d. and “four bodwells called Earls-rent to the Duke and Duchess of Somerset, and allow to the tenant, coals worth about 5li. a year or upwards. I am in possession of a messuage or farm called Langleyford in Kirknewton parish, also settled at my marriage by said indenture to similar uses, and let to John Davison and Robert Davison by lease for 21 years from Pentecost, 1702, at 8oli. a year. Also of sundry tenements in the parish of Allington and of the places called the Nun-Closes in Farnham, and the great and small tithes of Farnham, and a cottage, which were purchased by my late father of Dame Mary Charlton, deceased, and settled on trustees at my marriage for my life, the lands let to James Robson at 50li. a year, and the tithes let to William Potts at Ioli. Also I enjoy the rents of a farm called Dunsdale alias Dunsden in the parish of Kirknewton for my life, by said indenture of settlement: Patrick Murray and Charles Carr, gent., tenants, by a lease for 7 years from Pentecost, 1711, at the rent, 33li. Also I am in the receipt of the profits of the farm I hold of Sam'shouse in the parish of Long Lowick, by said indenture for life, let to Prideaux Selby, gent., by a lease for 7 years from Pentecost, 1711, at 20li. a year. Also of the profits of all the township or village of Ellingham and the water corn mill, of which I am seised in fee simple, part of which, viz. the south side, is let to John Neile and Elizabeth Crawford, widow and administratrix of James Crawford, by lease for 21 years from Pentecost, 1716, at 8oli. a year; the water corn mill let to John Yunes at 15li. a year, and the rest of Ellingham called the North-side in my own hands or occupation is reckoned worth 195li. a year. Also I have the fee simple of farm and farmhold of Chathill, being reckoned one moiety of the township of Preston in the parish of Ellingham, let to Robert Robson and William Young as executors of George Young, deceased, by lease for 7 years from Pentecost, 1715, at 7oli. a year. to his third son, Edward Haggerston. He dying, without issue, in 1804, gave Ellingham and Chathill to his nephew, Thomas Haggerston, ancestor of Sir John Haggerston, ninth baronet, the present owner. The highland properties in the parish of Kirknewton, Heslerigg, &c., have long been alienated. cf. Welford, Royalist Compositions, pp. 221-224. For pedigree of Haggerston see Raine, North Durham, p. 224; and new History of Northumberland, vol. ii, p. 263. Also of the fee simple of a farmhold called Tynely, let to the above named John Neile and Elizabeth Crawford by lease for 21 years from Pentecost, 1716, at 40li. a year. Also I am in the receipt of a rent-charge of 11li. a year out of lands at Branxton in the parish of Branxton, by grant of the said Sir Thomas Haggerston to John Clavering, esq., and Edward Horsley Widdrington, esq., as trustees, to my use for my life. Also the rents and profits of lands and the corn tiths in Branxton as mortgagee by assignment of said Sir Thomas Haggerston to Gerard Salvin and Charles Selby as trustees for 1,000 years, dated 17 Jan., 1693, that I should receive the interest for life of 1,100li., for which sum the said land and tithes in Branxton were mortgaged to said Sir Thomas Haggerston, and which are now let to James Burnss at 105li.; and the said sum of 1,100li., when paid, to be laid out in the purchase of freehold lands to use of me for life; out of which said tithes I pay to the vicar of Branxton 20li. a year, and to Sir Francis Blake and Widow Carr of Crookham Ili. 16s. 8d. quit rent. I am also in possession of two rent-charges or annuities of 6li. a year each out of lands in Farnham, from said Sir Thomas Haggerston, to trustees for my use for my life. The payments out of said estate are as follows: to John Neil and Elizabeth Crawford for coals for lime, 6li.; to Robert Robson and William Young for the same, 2li.; for setting out a light horse, 40s.; a steward, and for riding charges, Ioli.; Cow-sess and Rogue Money. I owe to different persons 5,500li., secured on said estates by mortgage, &c., and I owe on bonds 400li. Power of Attorney, 12 April, 1717, to Edward Ward of Morpeth, gent., Lancelot Allgood of Morpeth, gent., or one of them, to sign certificate. Enrolled 2 May, 1717. XLII. Register of the estate of the HONBLE. HENRY WIDDRINGTON," ESQ., ONE OF THE YOUNGER brothers of the RT. HONBLE. WILLIAM, LORD WIDDRINGTON, BARON OF BLANKNEY, DECEASED. [No date.] An annuity of 100li. payable out of the manor or lordship of Widdrington, secured by virtue of a term of years limited to the *Henry Widdrington was third son of William, second Lord Widdrington of Blankney in Lincolnshire, and of Widdrington Castle, by his marriage with Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Sir Peregrine Bertie of Eveden, Lincolnshire. He had another rent-charge of £100 per annum payable out of his brother's lands in Lincolnshire. He was of the Society of Jesus, and chaplain at Callaly, where he died 16th November, 1729. Estcourt and Payne, English Catholic Nonjurors, p. 165. Mr. Henry Widdrington of Callaly' was buried at Whittingham on the 19th November, 1729. His brother, William, third Lord Widdrington, whose marriage settlement is cited, married Alathea, daughter and heir of Charles, Viscount Fairfax of the kingdom of Ireland. cf. Welford, Royalist Compositions, pp. 378-382. Honble. Edward Widdrington and Ralph Widdrington, esqs., Sir Christopher Nevil, kt., and James Moyser, esq., by indenture dated 27 April, 1677, being the marriage settlement of the said William, Lord Widdrington, my brother. Power of Attorney, 20 March, 1716-7, to Edward Ward of Morpeth, gent., and Lancelot Allgood of Morpeth, gent., or one of them, to sign certificate. Enrolled 2 May, 1717. XLIII. Register of the estate of the HONBLE. ELIZABETH WIDDRINGTON* OF HORSLEY, WIDOW. [No date.] A rent-charge of 400li. a year out of the manors, &c., of Felton and Bokenfield, secured by indenture quadrupartite made 24 June, 3 James II [1687], made between the Honble. Edward Widdrington, esq., and Edward Horsley Widdrington, his son and heir apparent, and me the said Elizabeth, of the Ist part; Caryll, Lord Molyneux, of the 2nd part; William, Lord Widdrington, and Richard Townley, esq., of the 3rd part; the Honble. William Molyneux, esq., and the Honble. Ralph Widdrington, of the 4th part; which said rent-charge is all the real estate belonging to me in Northumberland. Power of Attorney, 20 February, 1716–7, to John Ord and Ralph Fetherston, both of Newcastle, gents, or either of them, to sign certificate. Enrolled 2 May, 1717. XLIV.-Register of the estates of JOHN COLLINGWOOD OF ESLINGTON, ESQ. [No date.] Manor of Eslington, and mansion house there in my own possession. * Edward Horsley Widdrington of Horsley and Felton, son of the Hon. Edward Widdrington, by his marriage with Dorothy, widow and devisee of Robert Lisle of Felton, also daughter of Sir Thomas Horsley of Horsley, married Elizabeth, daughter of Caryl, third Viscount Molyneux in the peerage of Ireland, the lady whose register is abstracted in the text. She died on the 12th June, 1730, and was buried in the church of St. Paul, Covent Garden, on the north side of the middle aisle close to the pews No. 10 and 11.' cf. pedigree of Widdrington of Felton, new History of Northumberland, vol. vii, p. 263. †The register abstracted in the text is a surprising document, for it records an attempt to set up an alleged settlement of the Collingwood family estates, and to prove that they were so strictly entailed that George Collingwood, the rebel, could forfeit no more than a life estate. John Collingwood was third son of George Collingwood of Eslington by his marriage with Agnes, daughter and coheir of John Fleming of Rydal, and brother of William Collingwood, party to the settlement of 20th October, 1677. Although John Collingwood's statement was duly enrolled at Quarter Sessions, the estate was included in the Act of Parliament entituled An Act for Vesting the Forfeited Estates in Great Britain and Ireland in Trustees, to be sold for the Use of the Public, and by the Commissioners appointed under the Act, was offered for sale at Essex House, London, on 13th February, 1718-9. At the auction sale, or subsequently, the property was purchased by Sir Henry Liddell Gilbert Park, gent., a messuage or farmhold in Eslington at the yearly rent of 26li. George Morrison, a messuage or farm at Eslington, 253li. 13s. 6d. Cuthbert Blacklock, messuage, &c., in Eslington, 3li. 15s. John Howes, messuage, farmhold, etc., 44/i. Andrew Dixon, messuage, farmhold, &c., 43li. Gawyn Hopper, messuage, &c., 39li. 10s. Henry Todd, messuage, &c., gli. 5s. Cottages in the Town of Whittingham. John Hann, rent, 5s. William Collingwood, 3li. Thomas Hudson, 20s. Thomas Hall, 10s. Thomas Walker, 10s. of Ravensworth, bart., and on the 28th May, 1719, a precept was issued to the sheriff to put him in possession. The "Particular of the Estate," containing interesting details of the rentals, etc., is printed in Dixon, Whittingham Vale, pp. 97-99. An entry in the Whittingham Registers of the burial on 28th March, 1716, of John, son of John Collingwood of Eslington, suggests that John Collingwood of the text may have been married. cf. Welford, Royalist Compositions, pp. 168-170. Margaret Moffit, 3s. 4d. Edward Anderson, 5s. In all which premises I have an estate for life, remainder to my first and every other son, in taile. Also an annuity or rent-charge of 20li. out of the lands, &c., of my late father, George Collingwood, esq., of Eslington, and William Collingwood, esq., my late brother, eldest son and heir of the said George Collingwood [and others], by indenture of 20 October, 1677. Quit-rents due to me out of lands in Glanton: Gawen Hopper, 5s. 4d.; Edward Anderson, 8s.; Joseph Mills, 3s. 9d.; James Hadkin, 12s. 7d. Power of Attorney, 30 April, 1717, to Edward Ward of Morpeth, gent., and Lancelot Allgood of Morpeth, gent., or either of them, to sign certificate. Enrolled 2 May, 1717. XLV. Register of the estate of EDWARD RIDDELL* OF SWINBURNE CASTLE, ESQ. [No date.] The manor or lordship of Great Swinburne, the mansion and appurtenances in my own possession. The East-farm of the said lordship let to John Robson, Matthew Rutter, Robert Hutchison, and Matthew Forster, by me, under the yearly reserved rent of 95li., and one goose and one hen, the lessees being obliged every year to lead 20 waine loads of coals to the manor-house of Swinburne for my use. No fine taken for the lease. The Low-farm of Swinburne let to Ralph Davison, John Robson, and Hugh Waugh at 131li. rent. Swinburn water corn-miln let to John Brown at 20li. a year. Coldwell-demesne, the hamlet of Caldwell, &c., held by Jasper Hall, gent., and the north pasture, part of Swinburne demesne, * Edward Riddell of Swinburn Castle was grandson of Sir Thomas Riddell the younger of Fenham, sometime Recorder of Newcastle, a Royalist, whose estates appear in the first Act for Sale, 16th July, 1651. His father, Thomas Riddell of Fenham, 20th August, 1678, took a conveyance from William, Lord Widdrington, of the Castle and manor of Great Swinburn, with lands at Colwell, Colt Crag, Kaley Quarter, etc. Edward Riddell was six years of age when his father, 24th August, 1666, entered his pedigree in Dugdale's Visitation of Northumberland. By articles dated 25th April, 1693, on his marriage with Dorothy, daughter of Robert Dalton of Thurnham in Lancashire, Swinburn was limited to him and his issue male, but charged with several annuities. It is probable that on his marriage he took up his residence at Swinburn, and that Fenham was sold after his father's death in 1704, to John Ord of Newcastle, attorney. Edward Riddell was buried at Chollerton 22nd March, 1722. cf. pedigree of Riddell, new History of Northumberland, vol. iv, p. 284; and Welford, Royalist Compositions, pp. 319–322. |