DIARY.

Memorandum, that I was married the 4th day of March, 1640, to Christian Thursby.3

Lieute.-general Oliver Cromwell came into Barnard Castle upon Tuesday, the 24th day of October, 1648,4 and went to Richmond the next day. There went out of Barnard-castle to meete him and ridd before him into the town, and soe conducted him into his lodgeing and presented him with burnt wine [and] short cake :-Anthony Martindale, Matthew Stodart, Cuthbert Raine, Robert Hutton, Francis Huchinson, William Hutton, Morgan Rowlandson, Thomas Heslop, Samuell Martindaile, George Dayle, John Lively, William Wharton.

Memorandum, that in August, 1648, when the kinge's party marched through Barnard-castle, I htcro Rcpht ffcl vey god adn found cll the acualeers.5

Memorandum, that upon the 25 October, 1648, I was taken by a warrant from George Lilburne and bound over to answer the first jale delivery or assize.

Memorandum, that I was taken the second time, 1648, by George Whitfield, quartermaster to Captain Adam Shipson, upon Saturday evening, the 10th February, 1648/9.

It is to be remembered that the year 1652 was an extraordinarie drie summer and harvest in which yeare the 29 of March was a greatt eclipse of the sunne; I see stars betwixt ten and eleven [o']clocke in the morneing. Itt was soe dry a yeare that att the 28 day of October verey manie wells had little or noe water in them, and people went dry-shod over the Teese, and noe corne to be gott in at the 29th of August about Barnard-castle that yeere.

Tuesday, the 29th of March, 1653. It is to bee remembred that my deare wife, Christian Sanderson, departed this life in Barnard

3 A pedigree of Thursby of Woolhouse, near Barnard Castle, is given in Surtees, Durham, vol. iv. part 1, p. 95.

'On October 14 [1648] Cromwell was at Carlisle. After a short delay he marched into Yorkshire where he took up his quarters at Knottingley.' Gardiner, Civil War, vol. iii. p. 493. He was at Pontefract on the 9th November. Carlyle, Cromwell's Letters, letter lxxiv.

5 I heard Ralph Fel say, God confound all cavaleers. Cf. Mr. F. C. Beazley's paper, Genealogist, vol. xxii. p. 25.

6 • For some notices of Captain George Lilburn, see Surtees, Durham, vol. ii. pp. 21, 178, 179, 388.

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Adam Shipperdson of Monkwearmouth, second son of William Shipperdson of Bishopwearmouth, bore a captain's commission under Cromwell. Cf. Surtees, Durham, vol. i. p. 114.

Castle, in William Wharton's house, and was interred in Barnard Castle church the 31st day, in the pue, or stall, where my father sitts. Mr. George Sanderson preached her funeral sermon.

It is to be remembred that my second wife was called Margarett Webster, daughter to Robertt Webster of Hartenpoole, merchant. Wee were married at Langley Hall at my cossen Gab. Jackson's upon the 15th day of September, 1653, and that night went to Hartenpoole.

Monday, February the 10th, 1667, my deare wife Margaret departed this life at Egleston, and was interred in Egleston chappel in the quire the 13th day. Mr. Timothy Tully preached her funeral sermon; his text was out of Romans viii., 10, which shee named her selfe.

There was above four hundred red deer in Teasdale-forest at Rood-day,10 1673, but the winter following being such a great snow, they were all lost to betweene forty and fifty.

Sunday, the 18 of January, 1673/4, the moon being in the last quarter that night, was cast away upon the coast of Northumberland thirty nine saile of shippes, whereof sixteen did belong to Newcastle and Sheels, and those of their best shippes.

1674. . . If great quantity of rye and other grain had not come in at Newcastle and Stockton, undoubtedly we had had a great famine in Westmorland and Cumberland, Bishoprik, Northumberland, and the North Rideing of Yorkshire. Not many oats were reeped and got in to the barn before St. Luke day, but the most out then, and some barley to sheare after St. Luke's day.

In all the wells about the market place in Barnard Castle at the 17 of October, 1676, there was not water in them sufficient to serve for the steeping of their big for malt. I was at Raby the 16, and the pipes in the castle were dry and did not run any water. On the 17 of September Mr. Robert Branthwait's wife did cast herself of Pendragon castlell and broake her back and some of her limbes, and within two days dyed.

November 12, 1676, being Sunday, Mr. Francis Tunstall's12 house, in a high chamber, over the dineing-room, there being about 23

Mr. George Sanderson was the Commonwealth, or intruding, vicar of Gainford.

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He

Timothy Tullie, M.A., vicar of Middleton-in-Teesdale, 1660-1700. married, 10th December, 1650, Elizabeth Hutton of Streatlam; Proceedings of the Newcastle Society of Antiquaries, vol. viii. p. 222.

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Holy-rood-day, or Exaltation of Holy Cross, is on the 14th of September. "The castle of Pendragon, or Mallerstang, is in the parish of Kirkby Stephen in Westmorland.

12 Mr. Francis Tunstall of Scargill and Wycliffe, who was 28 years of age in 1665, married Cecily, daughter of John Constable, Viscount Dunbar; their second son, Cuthbert Tunstall, assumed the name of Constable on succeeding to the estates of his uncle, William, fourth Viscount Dunbar. Cf. Harrison, Yorkshire, p. 301.

persons at devotion, a dormer fell down and hert most of them all. Mrs. Tunstall had her legges broken, and she died on the Satturday sennet at night afterwerds.

March the 22nd, 1678, Christopher Hawden,13 the attorney, and Edmond Bunny, 14 at the smith house, Wakefield, were drinking hard; and in the evening they went into the back side, and how they quarrelled is not knowne, but Hawdon was runne almost thorrow and came (sic) fell down betwixt doors, and lived but about two or three hours, and Bunny had two or three wounds of him in the breast and lived till Monday at night.

October 15, 1680, my daughter, Margartt Milburne, was brought to bed of her first child in Newcastle in son Aubone's house, and was called Henry. Mr. Newton and sonne Aubone, godfathers, and sister Jane Robson, godmother. 15

Friday, the 5th May, 1682, the Glocester friget, wherein the Duke of Yorke was goeing for Scotland, was runne upon Lemonds Sands . . .; there was three persons of quality drowned, and about 130 seamen, and severall of the duke's officers drowned. After the duke was gone out of her, she rouled into 15 fathoms water and presently after sunke downe.1 16

Thursday, July 27, 1682, Mr. Brokell dyed and Mr. Chapman entered July 30th, being Sunday, and preached.17

Parson Roberts died at Rumbald-kirke the 6th September, 1682.

13 There was a family of the name of Hawdon at this period in the city of Durham, some member of which was called Christopher. Cf. Register of Durham Cathedral, ed. White, p. 40. Surtees, Durham, vol. iv. part 2, p. 149. Query, Edmund Bunny of University College, Oxford, and of Newland, in the parish of Wakefield, born circa 1622. Cf. Hunter, Familiae Minorum Gentium, vol. ii. p. 610.

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15 This boy was apprenticed to his godfather and uncle, William Aubone of Newcastle, mercer, on the 1st December, 1696, was admitted free of the Merchants' Company on the 3rd February, 1707, and died circa 1715. Among the other issue of the marriage of Henry Milburn with Margaret Sanderson were Mathias, Samuel, Thomas, Jonathan, Dorothy, afterwards wife of Christopher Mickleton, and Hannah, wife of John Jackson, all of whom, save Thomas, were alive and were mentioned in the will of William Sanderson of Armathwaite Castle, dated 3rd July, 1726. William Milburn, the grandson of Margaret Milburn mentioned in the text (son of Thomas), was of Lincoln's Inn, barrister-at-law and recorder of Carlisle, and succeeded to Armathwaite Castle in 1753, on the death of his great-uncle Robert Sanderson's widow. The Milburn arms are over the door of the castle.

16James sailed on 3rd May [1682] to fetch home his duchess from Scotland in the Gloucester frigate (a 'third rate'). The Gloucester was wrecked on the Yorkshire coast, with great loss of life. James was afterwards accused of having taken particular care of his strong-box, his dogs, and his priests, while Legge with drawn sword kept off the other passengers.' Memoir of James II., Dictionary of National Biography. The Leman sands are south of the Yorkshire coast.

17 John Brockell (of St. John's College, Cambridge, matriculated, 9th May, 1662, aged 18), perpetual curate of Barnard Castle from 1673 until his death. He was succeeded by John Chapman, who was presented to the vicarage of Wycliffe and died in 1703.

Parson Hilton18 was inducted to the said parsonage the . . . of October, being Sunday, and preached; his text the I Corinthians. iv. 1. After, he had a great feast, and many invited. He brought his wife first to Rumbald the 9 of November, 1682; she got a fall, of horseback, after she was over Egleston bridg, going up the banke, and hurt her head. Hee fell sick the next day, at afternoon, and dyed there on Tuesday, being the 14 of November, 1682.

My sonne in law, William Aubone, 19 was elected alderman at Newcastle, Monday, the 11 of June, 1683.

Friday, ye 6 Feb. 1684/5, King Charles the 2nd died at Westminster between 11 and 12 in the forenoone. The duke of Yorke spoke these words following ye same afternoone, 'Now the Crowne is descended upon mee, I doe declare never to alter the government as is now established in Church and State, and I will sacrifice ye last drop of my blood to maintaine ye protestant religion, and, as farr as in mee lyeth, I will follow my late brother's example,' and more

not here sett down.

The same day at 4 in the afternoon he was proclaimed king in London; and att Durham, Wednesday, the 11th of February; and at Auckland, Thursday, the 12th of February; at Darlington, Monday, the 16th February; and at Barnard Castle, ye 18th of February, 1684/5.

My daughter, Katherine Aubony, sailed in the Pink, Friday, the 23rd July, and was nine or ten days at sea.

August 24, 1685, my daughter, Katherine Aubony, then beeing Mrs. Mairis of Newcastle, dyed in London, in the forenoon, in a flux of rume that choaked her in her throat; begun about 10 a clocke, and dyed about 12. She was shamefully neglected by her husband's sister, Besse White (alias Eliott), that wente to London to attend her: she had but the opinion of one surgeon.

Deane Thomas Musgrave20 dyed about ye 26th March, 1686, and Sr. Joseph Cradock21 dyed Sunday forenoone, being Easter-day, ye 4th April, 1686.

18 Alexander Hilton, son of Lancelot Hilton, was curate of Denton, 16741682. Cf. Longstaffe, Darlington, p. xxxix, and also Hilton pedigree, No. VI.

19 William Aubone, son of Thomas Aubone of Newcastle, master and mariner, apprenticed 25th April, 1655, to George Dobson of Newcastle, mercer, admitted free of Merchants Company, 16th Aug. 1665; alderman of Newcastle, 1683; mayor, 1684; died 29th September, 1700. Among the names of his successive apprentices entered in the books of the Company of Merchant Adventurers, were (his nephew) William Aubone, 1688, and his wife's nephews, Henry Milburn, 1696, and William Milburn, 1700.

20 Dr. Thomas Musgrave of Queen's College, Oxford, fifth son of Sir Philip Musgrave of Edenhall, bart., rector of Whitburn, 1675-1686; prebendary of the third stall in Durham Cathedral, 1675-1686; dean of Carlisle, 1684-1686; died, 28th March, 1686, aged 46, and was buried in the north aisle of Durham Cathedral, where there is a monument to his memory.

21 Sir Joseph Cradock, knight, commissary of the archdeaconry of Richmond, father of Dean Musgrave's second wife, was buried at Richmond on the 16th (?) April, 1686, aged 81.

1686, July 29, I went that day to the assizes at Durham with Sir William Bowes22 in his coach. And I went Saturday the last of July to Newcastle, and stayed till Monday; dined at Justice Carr's and came and layed at Streateham castle all night, and got home the next day.

Jan. 13, 1686/7, being Thursday, my sonne William was marryed at Galthropp hall23 with cosen John Tempest's daughter, Mis. Dorithy, and came to me at Barnard Castle the 5th of February following.

May the 2nd, 1687, my grandchild, Christopher Sanderson, 24 sett forwards for Oxford betwixt 9 and 10 in the morning. His father went along with him, and for a servant Pinkeney junior, and returned the 14th of June.

July 27, 1687. Sir Richard Shuttleworth died at Gawthtrp in the smale-pox on Wednesday morning.25

22 For a pedigree of Bowes of Streatlam see Surtees, Durham, vol. iv. part 1, p. 107.

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Gawthorp in Whalley was the seat of Sir Richard Shuttleworth, whose wife was also a daughter of John Tempest of Old Durham.

After his first wife's death, William Sanderson married Elizabeth, daughter of William Howard of Corby, but had no issue by either marriage. About the year 1712, he purchased Armathwaite Castle in Cumberland, and at his death was seised of property at Whorlton, Aldborough, etc. His will, dated 3rd July, 1726, with a codicil added 14th May, 1727, was proved at York on the 1st March, 1728/9. After making provision for his wife and others, he gives his real estate at Armathwaite in Cumberland, Aldborough, Yorks, the manor of Whorlton and lands of Whorley-hill near Barnard Castle, to his brother Robert with successive remainders over to his nephews Milburn. He gives the residue to Dame Catherine Shuttleworth in token of grateful remembrance and affection.

Lady Catherine Shuttleworth made her will on the 19th Aug., 1727, and gave all her personal estate in trust for Mathias Milburn of Armathwaite, gent., and William Milburn, son of Thomas Milburn deceased. The will was proved at York, 1st March, 1728/9.

24 Christopher Sanderson, son of Cuthbert Sanderson of Eggleston. esq., of Queen's College, Oxford, matriculated 12th May, 1687, aged 15. Foster, Alumni Oxonienses.

Cuthbert Sanderson of Eggleston, died 1st April, 1690, and on the 10th of the same month an inventory of his personal estate was taken, amounting to £114 12s. 4d., chiefly of farming stock; and administration of his goods was granted at Durham in May of the same year to Frances Sanderson, the widow. She was buried in the chancel of the old chapel of Eggleston, near the communion table, and the following epitaph can still be read.

HERE LYES FRANCES SANDERSON RELICT TO CVTH: SANDERSON ESQ. WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 27 OF AP. 1695 ÆTATIS SVÆ 44 VXOR CASTA PARENS FELIX | MATRONA PVD... | SARA VIRO MVNDO MARTHA | MARIA DEO |

TWO CHRISTIANS VNDER THIS ARE LAYD THE ONE STILL LIVES | THE OTHERS DEAD CHRISTIAN SANDER SON BORNE 25 IAN | 1678 DIED THE 21 OF. 1685

25 Sir Richard Shuttleworth, married, July 28th, 1684, Margaret, daughter of John Tempest of Old Durham (Kirkmerrington Register) and was therefore a brother-in-law of the Diarist's son William.

Whitaker, History of Whalley, p. 340, notes a popular story which had lingered to his time, apparently of Sir Richard Shuttleworth's father, that the ages of himself, his lady and oldest child did not exceed thirty-one years.'