Six north country diaries - The MAN & Other Families

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1753. July 6. The right Rev. Richard Trevor, lord bishop of
Durham, was received at Farewell-hall by several of the chapter and
gentlemen of the county ; and Dr. Sharp, in the name of the chapter,
congratulated his lordship in a speech, to which he returned a polite
answer and then came to Durham.
1753. July 17. The corporation, i.e., the mayor and aldermen,
of Newcastle dined with the bishop at ye Castle.
1753. July 26. Last night died at his house in Framwellgate,
the Rev. Edward Gregory, A.M., one of the minor canons of the
cathedral. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxon, born at Stowon-the-Wold
in Gloucestershire, where his father was parson, and was
reckoned to sing a base in perfection. i^^
1753. July 27. A concert of musick in the Assembly-room this
day at noon in the week of the races, at which ye bishop of Durham
was i^resent, and a great number of other persons.
1753. Aug. 1. Died at Hackney, near London, of a consumption,
Leonard Hartley, ye youngest of the two sons of my cousin, Leonard
Hartley, of Middleton Tyas, to the extream griefe of his father, being
a hopeful young man.
1753. Oct. 3. This day, in the evening, Richard Wharton, alderman,
carried a letter signed with his name and delivered it at Lady
Eden's house to her footman, which contained a challenge to Sir
Robert Eden to meet and fight Mr. Wharton with sword and pistol
on the Leezes, or any other place Sir Robert should appoint, for an
affront received from Sir Robert, as was pretended. This letter was
intercepted at the instance of George Bowes, esq.,, who knew of Mr.
^Vharton's having quarelled with Sir Robert, and it was delivered
to the Lady Eden, who, as soon as she got it, sent for Mr. Bowes
and gave him ye letter, who put it in his pocket without acquainting
Sir Robert with the contents of it ; and ye next morning Mr. Bowes
acquainted the Justices at the Qviarter Sessions with this affair ; upon
which the letter containing the challenge was produced, and Lady
Eden's footman being sworn in open court, declared he received it
from Mr. Wharton, upon which the Justices, having read the letter,
sent Mr. Mann, the deputy-clerk of the peace, to require Mr. Wharton's
attendance ; and he attending accordingly, the Court told him of his
having delivered tliis challenge, which they could consider no otherwise
than as a breach of the peace, and that he must enter into a
recognisance with suretys to keep the peace. In the afternoon of that
day he came into court and entered into a recognisance of 2,000^.
himselfe, with his brothers Dr. Thomas Wharton and Jonathan
Wharton in 1,000/. each, to appear at the next assises ; and in the
"^ The son of the Rev. Edward Gregory of Wooton-mider-Edge, Gloucestershire,
Edward Gregory matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, 3rd July, 1724,
aged 17 ; he was perpetual curate of St. Margaret's, Durham (1732-1753) and
rector of Whitworth (1746-1753) as well as a minor canon and singing man in
the Cathedral {Neivcast/e Gourant, 4th August, 1753). His wife was buried at
the Cathedral, 11th January, 1732/3, and he was buried at St. Margaret's,
Durham, where there is a monumental inscription to his memory.