Six north country diaries - The MAN & Other Families

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account between him and K. Potts of Waiion and his son, and he is
satisfied that very near all the money due to uncle is in their hands
but durst not well discover it till uncle urged him by blaming and
declaiming against him.
1718. May 7th. R. Grey has gott the money his Avife lent without
witness or ought, only the last two guineas— by a justitias.-^^^ He beats
his wife sometimes—and has been sm-ly with her a long time till now.
1718. May 8th. Mr. Graham tm-ned of—Mrs. Fanny Parke tells
him she never gave him any encouragement, nor he had none but
what her freinds gave him—Hugh Parke supposed. Mr. Graham has
lent him some money.
1718. May 9th. A report that Mrs Mitford was married to Mr.
Bales—Mrs. Isabel Little said if she had but married a sober man,
she would not have cared—he knew (she said) of their going to
the last, which was taken out of our parish, contrary to what he
affirmed to us—he said they were going to fetch her, she dissuaded
him, and wondered he would be seen in such a thing—he was in a
passion, etc.
1718. May 10. Uncle sent to Mr. Rooke to lay hold on Colonel
Gledhill's agent for his money—the land which he has for security
being not worth the money lent—he had plate first, but his wife
desired him to take the land and give her the plate.
1718. May 11th. According to the Book of Rates^os people very
unequally sessed—An ancient rent being ten shillings perhaps in
Warton and that part of the paHsh, and may be not ten groats in
the Forest. When uncle, etc., talked of altering the Book of Rates
and sessing according to the pound, the Foresters said the duke^o^
would be angiy, etc. He said he cared not—they had an Act of
Parliament for it.
1718. May 12th. The rector, by a commission from the archdeacon,
may dispose of the seats in the church as he pleases. The
rector and church-wardens only essential to the government of
parish affairs.
Henry, had dealings with the property on the 19th December, 17"23, and by
deed dated 5th November, 1736, conveyed it to Edward Gallon of Alnwick.
Thomas Potts of Warton (perhaps another son of Robert) married Mary,
daughter of Edward Widdrington of Colt Park and Portgate, and sister and
coheir of Henry Widdrington of those places. Cf. new History of Xorthumherland,
vol. iv. p. 213.
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Justiciex is a writ directed to the sheriff for the despatch of justice \n some
special cause, of which he cannot by his ordinary power hold plea in his County
Court. . . . Kitchin, fol. 74, says, that by this writ of Jii.itirie'< the sheriff
may hold plea of a great sum, whereas, of his ordinary authoritj', he can hold
no pleas but of sums under 4()s. Cowel's Interpreti-r.
"* The Book of Rates of 1663 is printed in the Rev. John Hodgson's History
of Xort/nimher/ntiil, c/. Part III. vol. i. p. '243. The Foresters were the inhabitants
of the township of Rothbury Forest.
Percies.
°* The ' proud ' Duke of Somerset, who liad married the heiress of the