Six north country diaries - The MAN & Other Families

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Italians a.nd Spaniards—French lanp:iiage a mixture of the Frank
and Lattin. Italian, of Lattin and Lomliai-d—and Spanish, of Lattin
and Goths and Moors. They read Greek better Mr. Brown says
three accent(s), acute, grave and circumflex, we do not observe any
distinction in these, but produce all accents, therefore it is a dead
language, the use of accents not known. 262a
1718. Aug. 24th. Uncle asked me if that sermon was Bob's,
etc., upon the wisdom and bounty of God in Creation. Uncle of
Wliickham opened the chappell of Winliiagton,263 preached in it at
Jonathan 's request before the bishop knew it ; Dr. Ellison
would not, Dr. Smith hesitated but sent to the bishop. But it was
necessary they should preach before the bishop's answer could be
gott—for they would have a meeting-teacher next Sunday in town,
and the sacrament at which time they would tie by oaths and
covenants, and by that means they would lose perhaps near 200
souls, etc. But when the bishop was known to approve it, tho it
w^as not a consecrated place, Dr. Ellison, etc., was ready to do
any thing, but Jonathan would have my uncle to open the chapisel,
after it was finished.
1718. Aug. 25th. Ml-. Jefl^erson infamous. Such a storv' of him
in Cockermouth as at Holm—attempting to ly with a man's wife, as
with Anthony Watson's^—he threatened to sue him for damages—he
compounded for 80/., payed 30/. down, and gave his note for the 50/.,
signed with two witnesses, delivered and all formalities—^and pretending
to cutt it from the other half sheet—he went to the window
and cutt it, and gave them the other half sheet, upon Avhich was a
note between John a Nokes and I know not Avhat, etc., wrapt it up,
and gave it to the man, and he jiutt it in his pocket.
1718. Aug. 26th. J. Nicholson264 and Curry talking of suing my
father for some tythes—of the Lyers—uncle says he will he upon
him for non-residence, either make him quitt the living, or reside.
Curry impertinent,—so saucy to Mr. Brisco about his executing
the office of a justice that he said he thought, if he executed his
office as he ought, he should tye such saucy fellows as he to good
behaviour.
1718. Aug. 27th. Dr. Forbes—two of 'em, both learned men in
Scotland. So Mackenzie, Burnet'-^^s and Buchanan. 266 Dy Stilling-
-"-" Six lines are here omitted, in which the Diarist notes the use of accents
in certain Greek words.
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The chapel at Winlaton, in the parish of Ryton, was built in 1705,
through the instrumentality of Mr. Jonathan Story, for the use of the numerous
workmen employed at Crowley's iron works at that place. What Dr. Nathaniel
Ellison, vicar of Newcastle, or Dr. John Smith, rector of Bishop Wearmouth,
had to do with the matter does not appear ; the latter had been rector of Gateshead
before being collated to Bishop \Vearmouth.
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Jeremiah Nicholson was vicar of Bromfield, in which parish Blencogo is
situated, from 1717 to 1733.
''" Dr. Gilbert Burnet (1643-1715), bishop of Salisbury.
=" George Buchanan (1506-1582), tutor of James I.