Six north country diaries - The MAN & Other Families

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1761. May 20. Died at his house at Acton in Middlesex my old
friend and fellow-colleirian, I)oth at Trinity-hall and Linooln's. Inn,
Sir Edward Simpson, i-''' kt.. Dean of the Arches, judge of the prerogative
court of Canterbury and master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He
was eldest son of Francis Simpson, gent., of Fishlake, near Doncaster,
and was member of Parliament for Dover.
1764. June 7. Lady Hilton, widow of Sir Richard, died at
London. 1^*^
1761. June 25. Mr. Morgan, rector of Haughton, died of a
quinsey at Scarborough, after a short confinement.
Omnia sunt hominiim teniU jjcndentia fiJo.
He was inducted to Haughton 10 June, 1761, and was buried there. ^^^
of that place. Mrs. Smitlison resided in her w idowhood in St. Saviour Gate,
York, witli her unmarried sister, Miss Barbara Rexeley. Cf. Stnkeley's Diaries,
vol. i. p. 338.
1762. Sept. 23. Will of Philadelphia Smithson of York, widow. To my
dear son the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Northumberland the money lie owes me
upon bond on condition that he pays Elizabeth Thompson my servant £10 per
annum. I also give him €100 to Ije laid out on something as a rememljrance of
me. To my dear daughter, the Countess of Northumberland, my grandson
Lord Wark worth, and the Hon. Mr. Percy, each £100 to be laid out on something
as a remembrance of me. To my nephew Henry Reveley, son of my
brother George Reveley, £100; and to avoid giving trouble to my dear son
the Earl of Northumberland I give the residue of my personal estate to my
nephew Henry Reveley, esq. of Newby Wisk, paying such sums as I appoint
for mourning. To my sister Crohall (?) for mourning £_'5 ; my niece Mitford £25 ;
my niece Freeman £25 ; ray nephew William Reveley £25. Mr. and Mrs.
Symons each £20. To all the servants mourning. To the poor of St. Saviour
Gate parish £10. To the poor of Ahlborough in Stanwick parish £5. I desire
to be privately buried ; no invitations, no rings given, but as private as possible.
Proved at York, 25th May, 1764. Raine, Test. Ehor.
Sir Edward Simpson, son of Francis Simpson of Fishlake, co. York, gent.,
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was admitted to Lincoln's Inn, June 9, 1719, and was appointed judge of the
Consistory Court and chancellor of the Diocese of London in 1747, Dean of the
Arches and judge of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury in 1758. Cf. Gent.'s
May., 1764, p. 250.
'"^ On the 1st iust., died at Hampstead, near London, Lady Hilton, relict
of Sir Richard Hilton, of Hilton Castle, in the county of Durham, bart., one of
the co-heiresses of John Hed worth of Chester, in that county, esq., and sister
to Lady Milbank. Xeiixantle Courant, 9th June, 1764.
"" This week died at Scarborough the Rev. Mr. Morgan, chaplain to the
Bishop of Durham, a prebendary of that see, and rector of Haughton, in that
county. Neuxastle Conrant, 30th June, 1764.
Charles Morgan was entered at Christ Church, Oxford, 30th June, 1750,
aged 17, as son of Charles Morgan of Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, gent.
B.A. 1754, M.A. 1757 ; was chaplain to Dr. Trevor, Bishop of Durham, who in
1762 gave him tlie ninth stall in Durham Cathedral, whicli he resigned in 1764
for the rectory of Haughton, near Darlingtim. He died at the early age of 32,
and was buried within the porch of Haughton church, where there is a monumental
inscription. Cf. Hutcliinson, Durham, vol. ii. p. 208, vol. iii. p. 180.