Six north country diaries - The MAN & Other Families

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1772. July 8. John Frankland,239 grandson of Mr. Anthony
Frankland of Richmond, maiTied to Miss Brown, at Elvet church,
daughter of the famous high sheriff of Northumberland. She was
gravida facta.
1772. Aug. 17. The first stone of the new bridge at Durham
was laid by Dr. Spencer Cowper, Dean of Durham, attended by
many persons, and, amongst others, by many freemasons.
1772. Nov. 23. Died after innoculation, little Nancy Hartley,
daughter of my nephew, L. Hartley.
1772. Nov. 25. Died at Hartbum in Northvmaberland, the Rev.
Thomas Sharp, B.D., curate of Bamborough, of a fit of the cholick.
He was the second son of Dr. Thomas Sharp, prebendai-^' of
Durham. 240
1773. Nov. 25. Died at his chambers in Grey's Inn, Mr. Thomas
Smith, 2'ii aged 80 years, who had the long contested law suit with
Lord Pomfret about the lead mine in Swaldale, in which he at last
succeeded after three appeals to the House of Lords, and two trials
at law, the last of which was at the bar of the King's Bench, the
beginning of Michaelmas term, 1772. He was a schoolfellow of
mine at Richmond under Mr. William Thompson, but considerably
my senior.
1773. Jan. 15. Died at his house in Newcastle in an advanced
age. Dr. Adam Askew. He fell backwards going upstairs a' few
days before, carried speechless to bed, and continued in this state
Thursday, was married at Durham, Mr. Frankland, of that city, to Miss
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Brown, of Bolton, in Northumberland ; a young lady of the most amiable
accomplishments with a fortune of £200 per annum. Newcastle Courant, 11th
July, 1772.
Mr. John Frankland, of Durham, was son of William Frankland by his
marriage with Winifred, daughter of Sir John Webb, bart., and died on the
27th of April, 1822, aged 85. His monumental inscription at St. Pancras,
London, describes him as of the Polygon, Somers-town, and states that he was
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of the Roman Catliolic religion and a model of real piety and virtue.' By his
marriage with Eleanor, daughter and coheiress of Nicholas Brown, of Bolton
(who was buried at St. Oswald's, Durham, on the 29th August, 1785), he had
(with other) issue two sons, John Frankland, of West P>ranton, major 63rd
regiment, who died at Alnwick on the 21st October, 1833 ; and William, a
twin, baptized with liis brother at St. Oswald's, Durham, on the 15th October,
1774.
Anthony Fi-ankland was a kinsman of the diarist ; cf. p. 120 supra.
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Mr. Sharp's father was also rector of Rothbury, at which place he was
baptized on the 2nd April, 1725, as 'Thomas, son of the Rev. Mr. Thomas
Sharp, archdeacon of Northumberland and rector of Rothbury."
The Xtxrcastle Courant of the 28th November, 1772, in noticing his death
states that he was a person ' in whom were happily united the important
characters of a faithful and pious minister, a sound and learned divine, a sincere
and affectionate friend and a truly charitable and honest man.' He was buried
in St. Nicholas' church, Newcastle, near his late wife.'
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Thomas Smith, second son of Thomas Smith, late of Brignal, co. York,
clerk, was admitted to (jlray's Inn, on the 23rd June, 1718.
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