Six north country diaries - The MAN & Other Families

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1752. Dec. 8. The Rev. Mr. John Shari3,i"5 yicar of Hartburn,
in Northiiniljeiiand, came to his father's in the College with his Ijride,
one of the daughters of the late Dr. Deering, dean of Ripon.
1752. Sept. (sic) 28th. In the night between the 28th and 29th
died at .Sedbuiy, Henry Darcy, esq.^^^ Buried at Gilling, Wednesday,
November [sic) 1.
1752. Dec. 20. This day I got a fall from my horse on Habressi^^'^
moor by his turning very quickly round to screen his head from a
pelting shower of hail, but, thank God, I got little or no hurt. For
which and all other His mercies sif nomen Dnmini henedictum. Amen.
1753. Jan. 1. Died of a disorder from the palsey, William Pye,i°''
esq., register to the dean and chapter of Durham and auditor to the
bishop. (He was succeeded in his office of register by Mr. Peter
Bowlby, a young man about 23 years of age, who had been Mr. Pye's
clerk, and carried the election against Braems Wheeler, a proctor.)
1753. Jan. 24. My old acquaintance, William Peirse,^^'^ esq., of
Hutton Bonville in Yorkshire, died this day and left one daughter.
His second brother, Richard, succeeded to the estate.
1753. Jan. 26. This day William Maud, a quaker of Sunderland,
and a man of very good credit and fortune, went to Shields and came
from thence on his way homeAvards, but has not yet been heard of,
although the horse he rode on was found that evening, but without
his master : 'tis supposed Mr. Maud was robbed and murdered and
his body privately disposed of.
1753. Feb. 15. Died at Croft the Rev. 'Mr. George Neale, rector
of that ]:)arish and vicar of Barningham. The wound on his face
occasioned by cutting off the cancer was liealed almost entirely, but
he fell into a decay which carried him off.^"^
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Last week was married at Rippon in Yorkshire the Rev. ]\lr. John Sharp,
son of the Rev. Dr. Sharp, vicar of Hartburn in Northumberland, to Miss
Dcaring, daiighter of the late Dr. Bearing, dean of Kippon, etc. Neuxastlt
Courant, 16th December, 1752.
Henry Darcy of Colburne-on-Swale inherited Sedbury from his cousin
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James Darcy of Sedbury. Of. Harrison, Yorkshire, p. 119.
Habress = Harbour-house, near Durham.
""1758. Jan. 4. Mr. WilUam Pye biiried. Durham f'athedral llegiftters.
1728. April 15. Mary, wife of William Pye, register to the Chapter, buried.
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