York Minster Marriages Index

YORK:
York Minster Marriages 1726-7 to 1742

* William Tomlinson, of York, mariner.-Martha, daughter of Robert Hotham, brewer. York. See Nos. 512, 676, 827 and 869.

* John Myers was instituted to the rectory of Langton-upon-Swale, 18 Sept., 1726, and held that living until his death in 1768.

* William, eldest son of Thomas Peirse, esq., of Thimbleby, by Anne, daughter and co-heiress of Sir Wm. Hustler, knt., of Acklam. He left an only child Mary, who married the Revd. Edward Stillingfleet.-His cousin, Dorothy, daughter of Thomas Stillington, esq., of Kelfield, by Dorothy, daughter of Richard Peirse, esq., of Hutton Bonville, father of the above-mentioned Thomas Peirse, esq., of Thimbleby.

* John Fryer died before December, 1758, leaving a widow Isabella (see Nos. 724 and 1069).-Lucy (his second wife), widow of John Langwith, goldsmith, York (son of Oswald Langwith, gent., clerk of the Cathedral vestry), chamberlain in 1712, who died in 1723.

* Henry Tate, of Nun Appleton, yeoman, died in 1736. See No. 999, postea.

* The son of John Vanner, merchant tailor, York, by his first wife. He died intestate, administration being granted to his widow Mary, 20 June, 1734.

* William Dealtry, haberdasher of small wares, died in 1743, leaving four children, William, Elizabeth, John, and Francis. - Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Hotham, brewer, York. See Nos. 512, 676, and 800.

* Son and heir of George Faceby, of Stillington, gent. He appears to have been previously married twice. By his first wife Elizabeth, who died at York, he had two children, William and Elizabeth. His second wife, whom he married about 1720, was Dorothy, sister and co-heiress of Thomas Dawson, of York, gent. She died intestate, his widow Frances administering to her effects in 1743. William Faceby, of Stillington, gent., made his will 13 Feb., 1728-9 [Pro. 29 Dec., 1732], in which he mentions his late wife Dorothy, his brother George Faceby, and appoints his wife Frances sole executrix.- Frances (his third wife), daughter of the Rev. William Stainforth, rector of Simonburne, co. Northumberland, by Frances, daughter of George Prickett, esq., recorder of York (see No. 277, antea). In her will, dated 17 Oct., 1762 [Pro. 2 April, seq.], Frances Faceby, of York, widow, leaves legacies to her brothers, George Stainforth, of London, merchant, and William Stainforth, esq. ; her sisters, Dorothy, wife of Dr. Johnson, of York, Judith, wife of Thomas Barstow, esq., of York, and Tabitha Terrick, wife of the bishop of Peterborough ; her niece, Sophia Stainforth, daughter of her brother George; the two daughters of Mr. George Faceby, late of Stillington, deceased,-and bequeaths £20 "to the poor house-keepers in the town of Stillington."

* Thomas Lowther, of St. John's College, Cambridge, son of -and Ann Lowther. Ordained deacon by the archbishop of York, in the King's chapel, Somerset House, 25 Feb., 1719-20, and priest, at York, 22 May, 1722. On 6 Nov., 1722, he was appointed master of the grammar school at Sherburn. On 10 June, 1724, he was instituted to the vicarage of Kippax. On 9 July, 1728, he was admitted to the curacy of Saxton. In his will, dated at Sherburn, 27 Oct., 1731 [Pro. 11 July, 1732], he bequeaths all his property in the parish of Kippax to his wife Martha for her life, remainder to his daughter Martha.

* Robert Thorley, esq., was appointed a commissioner of the Hull Court of Requests in 1761. He was also one of the original members of the Hull Dock Company. -W. C. B.

* William Dawson, of York, died intestate, administration of his effects being granted to his widow Hannah, 27 Aug., 1731.-Hannah, daughter of Edward Croft, senior, plumber, York, by his second wife (see No. 513, antea). In 1736, she became the second wife of Malby Beckwith, jeweller, York. See No. 1019.

* Eldest son and heir of William Crowle, of Springhead, merchant, chamberlain of Hull in 1688 and 1689. He was M.P. for Hull from 1723 to 1747, was appointed a commissioner of the Victualling Office in 1732, and a commissioner of the Navy in 1740.

* John Mawer, D.D., author, poet, and "the greatest Linguist this Nation ever produced," being " able to speak and write twenty-two languages. " He was admitted to the curacy of Crathorne in 1732, at a stipend of £30 per annum, was afterwards vicar of Middleton Tyas, and died 18 Nov., 1763, aged 60. Several of Dr. Mawer's works were printed by Gent, and are noticed in " A Memoir of the York Press," by Robert Davies, F.S.A.-Hannah, widow of the Rev. John Mawer, D.D., died 22 Dec., 1766, aged 72, and was buried near her husband, in the church of Middleton Tyas.

* Probably a grandson of Barnaby Bawtry, brother of alderman Thomas Bawtry, lord mayor of York in 1670.

* Thomas England, cooper, chamberlain in 1742, died about 1746, leaving a widow Ann.

* Robert, only son of Sir Robert Fagg, bart., of Weston, co. Sussex, by Christian, daughter of Sir Cecil Bishop, bart. He succeeded his father in 1736, and died without issue in 1740.-Sarah, only daughter of William Ward, LL.D., of York. Married, secondly, Roger Talbot, esq., of Wood End, co. York, who died without issue in 1777. She retained the name of her first husband, and was styled Lady Fagg until her death, which occurred in November, 1792.

* Francis, son of --- and Alice Thomlinson, of York (who died in 1720), and brother of Jane, the wife of Edward Jefferson, sheriff in 1716-7.-Hannah, daughter of Robert Hotham, brewer, York.

* Robert Hewett was ordained deacon, by the bishop of Carlisle, 25 Sept., 1715, and priest, by the archbishop of York, 8 June, 1718. He was licensed to the curacy of Fangfoss with Barnby Moor, and collated to the vicarage of Thornton-with-Allerthorpe, 2 Feb., 1729-30.

* Richard Lawson, wine merchant, second son of George Lawson, esq., of Moreby, by Elizabeth, daughter of Marmaduke Bosvill, esq., of Seaton Ross. Baptized at Stillingfleet in 1697; apprenticed to Elias Pawson, wine merchant, York, in 1714; chamberlain in 1734 ; sheriff in 1736-7; lord mayor in 1741 and 1750 ; governor of the Merchants' Company 1746-8; died intestate 17 July, 1760. On 12 Oct., 1737, administration of the effects of Mary Lawson, an infant, deceased intestate, was granted to her father, Richard Lawson, gent. The latter married, secondly, in 1735, Barbara Burton. See No. 1004, postea.

A Register of those Persons that have been Married in the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St Peter's in York since March the 25th, 1731. Timothy Mortimer, clerk of ye Vestry.

(889). 1731, Mar. 28. James Richardson, of the city of York, and Sarah Johnson, of the par. of All Saints in the Pavement. (Lic.)
(890). 1731, Apr. 13. Thomas Wilson & Martha Lund, both of ye par. of Belfray's. (Lic.)
(891). 1731, Apr. 22. Thomas Pape and Anne Birdall, both of the par. of Sherebourn. (Lic.)
(892). 1731, May 7. John Duffeild, of ye par. of St Michael in Spurriergate, & Elizabeth Kitching, of St John's parish. (Lic.)
(893). 1731, June 10. Wm. Noble,* rector of Dinsdale, and Eleanor Milner, of ye city of York. (Lic.)

* William Noble, of Queen's College, Oxford, was ordained priest by the archbishop of York, 25 Sept., 1720. He held the rectories of Dinsdale and Middleton St. George, in the county of Durham, from about 1722 until his death in 1747.

* Philip Kitchon, literate, born about 1697, was ordained deacon, by the bishop of Carlisle, 5 July, 1719, and priest, by the archbishop of York, 20 May, 1722. on 21 July, 1725, he was licensed to the curacies of Acklam and Middlesborough ; on 21 April, 1729, he was instituted to the vicarage of Marton, which he held until his death ; and, on 5 Aug., 1730, he was admitted to the curacy of Nunthorpe. Will dated 8 May, 1742, proved 30 Nov., 1749, by his widow Elizabeth, the sole executrix. -Elizabeth Wetherill, of Stokesley, spinster, was aged 25 years in August, 1731.

* Philip Adams, of Hull, yeoman and ale-draper, died about 1752.-His second wife, Margaret Gibson, spinster, was aged 32 years in 1731.

* Francis Beckwith, shoe-maker. chamberlain in 1741.

* William Gossip, esq., lord of the manor of Thorparch, son of William Gossip, of York, gent., and Susanna, his wife. He was born 6 March, 1704, died 25 March, 1772, and was succeeded by his third son, Wilmer Gossip, esq., at whose decease, without issue, in 1790, the manor passed to his nephew, William Gossip (son of his brother Thomas), who is now represented by his great-nephew Randall-Wilmer-Hatfield, esq., of Thorparch Hall.-Anne, daughter and coheiress of George Wilmer, esq., of Upper Helmsley, (see Minster Burials, No. 188), by Anne, daughter and heiress of Lewis Etherington, esq., of Rillington. She died 9 July, 1780, aged 77, and was buried, near her husband, in the family vault under the north aisle of Thorparch church. (See Nos. 1552 and 1589, postea)

* On 10 Nov., 1733, Robert Fisher administered to the effects of his late wife Catherine, she having died intestate.

* Richard Corney was one of the city chamberlains in 1730.

* A younger son of Thomas Gee, esq., of Bishop Burton, and brother of Ann, wife of Richard Dawson, esq. (see No. 765, antea). On 16 Feb., 1724-5, he had letters dimissory from the archbishop of York, to be ordained deacon by the bishop of London, the curacy of Cherry Burton, to which he was licensed on the 6th of March following, giving him a title. In December, 1726, he received priest's orders, and was instituted to the rectory of Foxholes, on the presentation of Thomas Gee, esq., of Bishop Burton, who also gave him the living of Cherry Burton, to which he was instituted 7 March, 1727-8. On 5 March, 1735-6, administration of the goods of Thomas Gee, rector of Cherry Burton, deceased intestate, was granted to Richard Dawson, esq., the principal creditor.-Mary, youngest daughter of Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, bart., of Constable Burton.

* Probably Mary, widow of John Fretwell, gent., of Bickerton, in the parish of Bilton, who died in 1732, leaving three children, Francis, Mary, and John Fretwell, then minors.

* Thomas Smith, grocer and merchant, the eldest son, I believe, of Samuel Smith, grocer, York, who died in 1732. He was one of the city chamberlains in 1738, and died in 1758, leaving a widow, Mary, and three sons, Thomas, Richard, and James. The eldest son, Thomas Smith, merchant, was lord mayor of York in 1786 and 1793, and his second son, another Thomas Smith, filled the same office in 1813 and 1823.Mary, the mother of alderman Smith, died 28 January, 1784, aged 74.

* Mary, daughter of Michael Barstow, of York, gent., brother of Benjamin Barstow, sheriff in 1729-30, from whom the Barstows of Garrow Hill are descended.

* Jeremiah Rawson, attorney, son and heir of William Rawson, esq., of Bradford, by his second wife Grace, daughter and coheiress of Jeremiah Rossendale, esq. He died in 1767, without surviving issue, and was succeeded by his cousin Benjamin Rawson (son of Brook Rawson, of Manchester, gent., and grandson of the abovementioned William), whose son and heir, Benjamin Rawson, esq., of Bolton-in-le-Moors, co. Lanc., and Nidd Hall, co. York, purchased, in 1795, the manor of Bradford, which is yet held by his daughter, Miss Rawson, of Nidd Hall. -Frances, daughter of Richard Sterne, esq., of Elvington, and great-granddaughter of archbishop Sterne. She resided in the Manor House at Bradford, where she died 26 Oct., 1801, aged 86. " Her character will long be contemplated with respect and gratitude. She was a lineal descendant of archbishop Sterne, and cousin to the celebrated Tristram Shandy; had been 33 years a wife, and near 34 years a widow, and was a constant reader of this magazine from its commencement, of which she has left a complete set." (Gent. Mag., 1801, p. 1059.)

* John Burton, M.D., afterwards of York, the well-known author of the "Monasticon Eboracense," of whom a memoir by Robert Davies, F.S.A., will appear, in the present volume of the Journal of this Society. He was the eldest surviving son of John Burton, of Heath, gent., by Margaret, daughter of the Rev. Mr. Leake, vicar of Kirkthorpe ; died intestate 19 January, 1771, aged 62, and was buried in the church of the Holy Trinity in Micklegate.-Mary, only child of Mr. Samuel Henson, of Wistow, who died in 1716. Her mother, Mary Henson, of York, widow, in her will, dated 26 Aug., 1742, [Pro. 7 Jan., 1743-4], desires "to be buried at as little expense as may be, with decency, in the church of Wistow, in my late dear husband's grave, near the altar table; and, if it can be conveniently done, I would have his coffin taken up and the grave brick't about, and both our coffins lye and remain in the same grave." Mrs. Burton died 28 Feb., 1771, aged 58, and was interred near her husband.

* Henry Tate, of Nun Appleton, yeoman, in his will dated 3 June, 1736, [Pro. 14 June, seq.], mentions his wife Isabella, his sister Ellen Leyburn, and his nephews, Francis, William, Henry, John and Richard Leyburn. (See No. 816, antea.)

* Richard Lawson, wine-merchant, York, has been mentioned previously (see No. 885).-Barbara (his second wife), daughter of the Rev. Thomas Burton, vicar of Halifax. She died suddenly 30 May, 1772. The late Andrew S. Lawson, esq., of Aldborough, was their great-grandson.

* Possibly William Coates, afterwards an alderman of York. See No. 1236, postea. (This note is cancelled by the note on No. 1236).

* Probably Mary, daughter of Richard Denton, merchant, York. See No. 418, antea.

* Malby Beckwith, jeweller, York, son of Charles Beckwith, of the same city, jeweller, by Anne Calvert, his wife. Born in Blake-street, 10 Jan., 1701-2; died 2 Nov., 1742, and was buried in the church of St. Maurice. His first wife, Alice, daughter of John Abbey, of York, was interred there in August, 1735. - Hannah (his second wife), widow of William Dawson, of York (see No. 841, antea), and daughter of Edward Croft, senior, plumber, York.

* Richard Turnbull died in 1745, and his widow Elizabeth in 1761. See No. 602, antea.

* Sarah, daughter of Francis Hildyard, bookseller, York.

* Edward Smith, haberdasher of small wares, was one of the city chamberlains in 1741, and sheriff in 1764-5. In 1766 he fined for alderman, and was disfranchised at his own request. He died 16 April, 1799, aged 88, and was buried in the church of St. Saviour.

* In the Marriage License, Quintin A comb is described as a butcher, living in the parish of St. Crux. In 1758 he resided on Ouse-bridge.

* Thomas Nelson was licensed to the curacies of Askham Brian and Healaugh in 1781, and held the rectory of Fingall from 1735 until his death in 1786.-Catherine, eldest daughter of Darcy Preston, esq., town-clerk of York (see No. 635, antea), by his first wife Catherine, daughter of Thomas Thompson, of the same city, gent. She had a marriage portion of £1000.

* John Fryer has been previously mentioned (see Nos. 724 and 813, antea). Isabella Fryer, of York, widow, made her will 5 Dec., 1758 [Pro. 25 March, 1761], appointing her son-in-law (step-son?) Oswald Langwith, rector of Thornton, residuary legatee.

* John Cosins, of Brompton, gent., died in 1742-3, leaving a widow Eleanor, and two children, Ann and William, then minors.

* George Buckley, esq., joint lord of the manor of Thurnscoe, died, intestate, in the suburbs of the city of York, administration being granted to his widow Anne, 27 January, 1766.-Anne, daughter of John Turner, esq., of Stainsby, co. York (by Catherine, daughter of Roger Talbot, esq., of Wood End, in the parish of Thornton-le-street). She died, intestate, at Kippax, in 1771. Of their children, Edward Buckley, the eldest son, was vicar of Kippax from 22 Dec., 1770, until his resignation in 1783; the second son, William-Turner Buckley, esq., of Bond End House, Knaresbrough, died in 1805, unmarried ; Anne became the wife of the Rev. John Fox, rector of Etton, and Catherine married, at Kippax, 28 October, 1773, her cousin, Sir Thomas Turner Slingsby, of Scriven, Bart. (son of Charles Slingsby, esq., of Lofthouse Hill, by Catherine, eldest daughter of the above-mentioned John and Catherine Turner).

* Son and heir of John Bourchier, esq., of Benningbrough (who died in 1736), by Wary, daughter of Roger Bellwood, esq., of York, sergeant-at-law. He was high sheriff of the county in 1749, died at Path. 14 May, 1759, aged 49, and was buried at Newton-upon-Ouse. In a codicil to his will, dated 25 Aug., 1753, he bequeaths to his wife Mildred his "new built house" in Micklegate. His only child Mildred married, 15 May, 1760, Robert Fox Lane, esq., only son of George Fox Lane, esq., of Bramham Park, lord mayor of York in 1757, who was created Baron Lingley in 1762. She died, without issue, at Bristol, 10 Dec., 1760, aged 20, and was interred at Newton. -Mildred, daughter and co-heiress of Richard Roundell, esq., of Hutton Wansley (see No. 325, antea), by his second wife Elizabeth, daughter and co-heiress of John Ramsden, esq., of Norton. "Mildred, daughter of Esquire Roundell," was baptized at St. Martin's, Micklegate. 19 Nov., 1716. She died at York, 12 Dec., 1796, aged 80, and was buried at Newton.

* William Nicholson, of Cawood, fishmonger, was one of the chamberlains of York in 1743.

* John Froggat, gentleman. died at Halifax in 1750, leaving a widow Susannah, and three children, William, Susannah, and Ann. It was probably the latter who married Thomas Lightfoot, apothecary. Crowle, and was mother of Anne, wife of the Rev. George Bethell, M.A., Provost of Eton College, whose son is the present William Froggat Bethell, esq., of Rise.-Susannah, youngest daughter of James Stovin, esq., of Crowle, co. Line., brother of George Stovin, who was married at York Minster in 1717. See No. 500 antea, to which the following note ought to have been appended. --George Stovin, esq., the antiquary, of whom Mr. Hunter gives some account in his History of South Yorkshire, vol. i., p. 181.

* Matthew Spence, innholder, was living without Micklegate-bar in 1758.

* Middleton in Pickering-Lythe.

* A breeches-maker in Skeldergate.

* In his will, dated 3 March, 1749-50 [Pro. 10 Oct., 1751], William Fenton, of Leeds, cloth-worker, mentions his wife Elizabeth, his sons Read and John Fenton, then minors, and his brother-in-law Mr. Richard Read, of Lincolnshire.

* Thomas Perritt was one of the city chamberlains in 1753. He appears to have married, secondly, in 1748, at Hampsthwaite, Grace Perritt, of the parish of Holy Trinity, York. On 13 Dec., 1759, administration of the goods of Thomas Perritt, late of the Bedern, gent., who died intestate, was granted to Edward Wallis, Nicholas Suger, and John Tasker, guardians of Ann and Dorothy Perritt, daughters of the said deceased.

* For some account of Thomas Pulleyn and Mary, his wife,-see " The Register of Burials," No. 232.

* Thomas Gilbank, coal-merchant, chamberlain in 1761, and sheriff in 1785-6, died 5 Dec., 1794, aged 84, and was buried at St Olave's, near his wife Sarah, who died 6 July, 1793, aged 81.

* William Baker, cheesemonger, was appointed cook to the corporation, 29 Jany., 1738-9, and filled the office of sheriff in 1753-4. He died 27th January, 1765, aged 65, and was buried at St. Martin's, Coney-street.-Ann Foster (his 2nd wife), widow of -- Foster, died 14 June, 1774, aged 69, and was buried near her husband.

* Thomas Barfe, of Hurst Courtney, widower, aged 30, years and upwards, married, secondly, in 1742-3, Ann Leech, of Temple Hurst, spinster, aged 24.-See No. 1271, postea.

* John Cole, or Coale, of New Malton, innholder, by will dated 11 June, 1741 [Pro. 27 Jan., 1742-3], bequeaths all to his wife Mary.

* Eldest son of the Rev. Theophilus Garencieres, vicar of Scarbrough and Snainton (by Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Best, esq., of Emswell, co. York, and great-grand-son, it is probable, of Theophilus Garencieres, a French physician, who died in London in 1680. Apprenticed in 1729 to William Dobson, alderman and apothecary, York, whose daughter Elizabeth became his wife in April, 1738, and was buried at St. Martin's, Coney-street, 9 Sept., 1739. He served the office of chamberlain in 1753, that of sheriff in 1771-2, and died at New Malton, 17 January, 1784, aged 69. His only son Theophilus Davye Garencieres was lord mayor of York in 1796.-Elizabeth (his second wife), daughter of Mr. Brooke, by Anne, eldest daughter of William Davye, esq., of Fockerby, co. York. She died in 1742.

* William Hotham, haberdasher of hats (youngest son of Robert Hotham, brewer, York), chambelain in 1745, died 1st May, 1760, aged 50, and was interred in the church of St. Dennis.--Jane, youngest daughter of Francis Goulton, of Highthorne, near Husthwaite, gent. She died 25 April, 1600, aged 82, and was buried near her husband. Their son, William Hotham, esq., lord mayor of York in 1802 and 1819, succecded to Highthorne, in 1815, on the death of his cousin Christopher Goulton, esq.

* The eccentric author of Tristram Shandy, whose " Life," admirably written by Mr. Fitzgerald, was published in 1864. He was the eldest son of Lieutenant Roger Sterne (a younger son of Simon Sterne, esq., of Elvington, by Mary, daughter and heiress of Roger Jacques, esq.), and great-grandson of Richard Sterne, archbishop of York. Born at Clonmel, in Ireland, 24 Nov., 1713; died at his lodgings in Bond street, London, 18 March, 1768; and was interred "in the new burying-ground near Tyburn." His body is said to have been dug up by resurrection men, and sent to Cambridge, "his old university," where it was "anatomised." At the time of his decease Mr. Sterne was a canon of York, and held the livings of Sutton-on-the-Forest, Stillington, and Coxwold.-Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. Robert Lumley, rector of Bedale, by Lydia, widow of Thomas Kirke, esq., of Cookridge (see No. 392, antea). She died at Angouleme about the year 1772, leaving an only child Lydia, who married a Mr. de Medalle, and is supposed to have perished in the French revolution of 1790.

* John Murgatroyd, of St. Peter's college, Cambridge, was ordained deacon, by the archbishop of York, 22 Dec., 1723, and priest, by the bishop of Ely, 24 Sept., 1727. On 21 June, 17,32, he was admitted to the curacy of St. John's, Leeds, which he held until his death on 5 Aug., 1708.-Hannah Mancklin (his 2nd wife) brought her husband a marriage portion of £1900. Shortly after his decease she removed to York, where she died in the parish of St. Martin's, Coney-street. In her will, dated 8 May, 1769 [Pro. 15 Jan., 1781], she desires to " be buried in St. John's church at Leeds, as near the body of my late husband as may be." Her next of kin was her cousin Benjamin Mancklin, of Beverley, gent.

* William Coates, glover, chamberlain in 1744, sheriff in 1750-1, and lord mayor in 1753, died 24 Nov., 1758, aged 62, and was buried at St. Mary's, Bishophill Senior, Nov. 26th. His widow Christiana re-married 2nd December, 1759, Edward Wallis, esq., M.D., lord mayor of York in 1771, and died at Alne in .June, 1781.-Cancel the note to No. 1013, antea. The William Coates there mentioned was dead in June, 1740.

* He is described in the Marriage License as Richard Kirkby, of Sledmire, gent., aged above 27 years, his intended wife being then 22 years old. His parentage is not known to me, neither have I discovered the date of his death, or any will or administration belonging to him. A few notices of the family from which he probably sprang may, however, prove acceptable. Mark Kirkby, merchant, Hull, lord of the manors of Eske and lions (who died in 1718, aged 80), had, by Jane Richardson, his wife, three sons, Richard, Christopher, and Mark, and three daughters, Dinah, wife of Richard Mann, of York, gent., Isabella, wife of Leonard Collins, gent., and Mary, who married Richard Sykes, merchant, Hull, and died in 1714, leaving, with other issue, two sons, Richard, who succeeded to Sledmere on the death of his uncle, Mark Kirkby, was high sheriff of the county in 1752, and died without issue in 1761, and Mark, in holy orders, who was created a baronet in 1783, and was great-grandfather of the present Sir Tatton Sykes, of Sledmere, Bart. Of the sons of the first-mentioned Mark Kirkby, Richard, the eldest, lord of the manor of Eske, was living in 1724; Christopher, the second son, was a merchant in Hull, and died about 1733; the third son, Mark Kirkby, esq., of Sledmere, was high sheriff in 1737, and died at Beverley, intestate, and without issue, administration being granted 3rd Oct., 1748, to Isabella Collins, widow, his sister and only next of kin.

* 8 July, 1742. Edward Robinson, of the par. of St. John, Beverley, clerk, bachelor, aged 24, and Sarah Tomlin, of the par. of St. Mary, spinster, aged 27. (Marr. Lic.) In 1755, Edward Robinson, M.A., was instituted to the rectory of Winstead.

* See the Register of Burials in York Minster (Nos. 227, 246) for some account of the Rev. Joseph Bridges and Mary his wife. She was the daughter of Richard Yoward, of York, gent.

* William Fenton, of Rothwell, gent., was born about 1720.