Six north country diaries - The MAN & Other Families

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178G. Aug. o. Hev. Mr. Joseph Cook, eldest son of Samuel
Cook of Newton-in-the-Moor, married at Morpeth, to Miss Brown, only
daughter of the late Mr Edward Brown of Broomhill, in the parish of
Warkworth.^
1786. Aug. 15. Married at Whittinghani, Mr. James Elder,
merchant in Alnwick, to Miss Bolton, daugliter of Mr. George Bolton,
Blackpool, living at the Mountain, near Whittingham.**
1786. Aug. 18. Died at Morpeth, Mrs. Kent, formerly keeper
of the gaol there, sister to Mr. John Story, Alnwick, aged 62.
1786. Aug. Upon the resignation of Earl Taukerville as General
Postmaster, Lord Clarendon is ai)i)oiiited.
1786. Aug. 19. Doctor Cullen, i)hisician, from Edinburgh, visiting
Mr. Cook of Togston, and Mr. Wilson, White Swan, being sick.
1786. Aug. 20. A Form of Prayer read in church for the king's
' ' safe deliverance from the late attempt upon his life.
1786. Aug. 22. Mrs. Gibson set forward for South Sunderland,
after n visit of five months and three weeks.
1786. Aug. 23. Charles Grey, esq., desired a play, to wit,
Beau's Stratagem Avith a farce Poor ' Soldier ; ' he attended with a
great company of gentlemen.
1786. Aug. 26. Alnwick races advertized to be the 27th, 28th
and 29th days of September next—three fifty pounds.
1786. Aug. 30. Died at Barnhill, near Warkworth, Mr. Heniy
Tomling, farmer, of a disorder in the throat, aged 71.^1
1786. Aug. Lord Thurloe gone to Buxton Wells for the recovery
of his health, being very gouty.
An account of the death of the king of Prussia—but not certain.
1786. Aug. Died, the Rev. Mr. Johnson, vicar of Norton and
prebendary of Lincoln. ^^
Mrs. Cook subsequently assumed the name of Widdrington under the will
of her kinsman, John Widdrington of Hauxley. f'/. pedigree of Cook of
Newton, new History of North mnbtrland, vol. v. p. 453 ;
pedigree of Brown of
Broomhill, ibid., p. 405 ; and Widdrington of Hauxley, ihid., p. 306.
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1786. Aug. 16. James Elder of Alnwick and Jane Bolton of this parish,
married.
Whittimjhnm lieiji'^ter'^.
' Mrs. Kent was Dorothy, daughter of John Storej^ of Harehope and Learchild,
and was baptized at P]gUngham, 27 February, 17'23,4. Her husl)and,
George Kent, was the master of the county gaol at Morpeth. ('/. pedigree of
Storey of Learchild, new Hi-