Six north country diaries - The MAN & Other Families

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17 IS. May 11. Sir James Claveriufr, baronet, died at liis seat
called Wlute-lu)use in the 7.')r(l year of his aire and was Ijuried at
Lanehester the Mund;^y (wr) following;:, May IG. He left three sons,
but \va.s iiie/iirahlis^ (ircr.*^
1748. Thursday, May 19. William Uacon, esq., of Newton Cap,
near Bishop Auekland, died.^
1748. Sept. Tliomas Davison, esq., Blakiston, died in the Xortli
Bailey in Durham, in the house of his sister, Atkinson, and was liuried
at Norton. He left two sons, Thomas and William a clerjryman.i"
1740. March 27. Easter Monday. Died Mrs. Davison, wife of Mr.
Edward Davison, tlie butcher, and mother of Mr. Roliert Davison,
curate of Croxdale and minor canon. ^^
About a week liefore died at Hemsley, Mrs. Ann Keed, the sister
of Tommy Keed. the apothecary.
1749. April 6. Miss Dolly Lascells was married at AVitton Gilbert
by Abraham Gre^rory to Mr. Jolm Fenwick. the younger son of the
late John Fenwick of Bywell, esq. 12
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head of the second, or Protestant line, of this vei'y ancient fiunilj-.
'Last Thursday' morning died, much lamented, Sir James Clavering, bart.
at White-house, near tliis place, in the 73rd year of his age. He is succeeded
in his title and estate by his eldest son, now Sir Thomas Clavering, bart.'
Newcastle Courant, 14th May, 1748.
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On Monday evening the corpse of Sir James Clavering, bart., was interred
with great solemnity in the family vault at Lanc[h]ester. His pall was
supported by tlie following gentlemen, viz.. Sir Hedworth Williamson, bart.,
William Fenwick, Matthew Ridley, Morton Davison, William Bonner, William
Bigge, John Simpson and Gawen Aynsley, esquires.' ///('/., •21st May, 1748.
' 'On Monday the corpse of William Bacon, esq., of Newton Cap (who died
Friday the 20th) was interred at South Church, near St. Andrew Auckland, in
the county of Durham, with great funeral pomp." Xeircnst/e Couraut, 28 May,
1748. His will dated 14 December, 1743, was proved at York on the IHth
November, 1748. Raine, 7'e.s7. Ehor.
By his marriage with Margaret, daughter and, in her issue, heir of Thomas
Forster of Adderston, the large estates of that family were bought into the
family of Bacon, whicli had already attained great wealth bj- working the lead
mines of Allendale. Cf. new History of NorUnimherland, vol. vi. p. 235.
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Mr. Thomas Davison of Blakiston, in the parish of Norton, was the eldest
son of John Davison, of that place, by his marriage with Mary, only daughter
and heir of Sir Richard Musgrave of Eden Hall, bart. He died on the 9th
September, 1 748, aged 6(5. There is a monumental inscription to his memory in
Norton church. His son and heir, Thomas Davison, was the issue of his first
marriage, while William Davison, afterwards rector of Scruton, Yorkshire, was
the offspring of the second wife. His sister, mentioned in the text, was
Margaret, wife of William Hart Atkinson, sometime mayor of Stockton.
Cj. Surtees, Durham, vol. iii. p. 166.
" Robert Davison, son of Edward Davison, of Durham, was admitted to
Lincoln College, Oxford, 26th February, 172S/9, aged 16; B.A., 1732; M.A.,
1735.
1749. 6 April. John Fenwick, of Bywell St. Andrew, and Dorothy
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Lascelles, of >t. Mary, North Baile\-, married. Wilton (ri/hert /iV;/(n^ /••.•.
She was the daugliter of William Lascelles, gent., of Mount (irace, by Alice
Woodmass his wife, and was baptized at St. Mary le Bow, Durham, 22nd