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I.—Sir Ralph Grey, of Chillingham, where he died=rIsABELL, daur. and co-heir of sir Thomas Grey, of Horton, whose will
Dec. 17, 1565, warden of the West Marches, 6 Ed. VI. | is dated at Ogle Castle, in the adjoining parish of Whalton.
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II.—Jane, daur. ofnrSiR Ralph Grey, of Horton, succeeded to Chillingham on the death of his elder=D0R0THY, daur. of
ffm Arthington, of I brother, sir Thos. Grey; and, 19 July, 1574, had a lease for 21 years, of the im- sir Thos. Mallet, of
Arthiugton,in York- propriation of Stannington ; and, in 1595, another lease of the same property, for Enmore, & wid. of
shire. j the lives of himself, and his sons William and Thomas Grey. sir Thos. Palmer, kt.
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III.—Anne, daur. and co-heiress of sirT'WiLLiAM Grey, of Chillingham ; created a baronet 15tPriscilla Thomas
John Wentworth, of Gosfield, in Essex, | June, 1619 ; lord Grey of Wark, 11 Feb. 1623; died in^ Grey.
baronet. ! 1674; and buried at Epping, in Essex.
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IV.—Ralph Lord Grey, as Ralph Grey, of Harting, in Essex, 3 April, 1658, conveyed to sir E d war d-j- K ath A RIN E, daur. of
"'sir Edward Ford, of
Harting, in Essex, &
widow of Alex. Cole-
pepper, eldest son of
John lord Colepepper.
Ford, for 99 years, the tithes of Stannington, in trust for uses, which were to increase the jointure of
his then wife Katharine, and to make provision for his younger children, with power of revocation.
Sir Edward Ford, on Dec. 14, in the same year, by indorsement, surrendered the above term ; and
next day, Ralph Grey revoked the first deed: but 30 & 31 July, as the hon’ble Ralph Grey, son & heir
apparent of Wm lord Grey, conveyed the said tithes to trustees, for the use of Kath. his wife ; and,
after her death, for his own life ; and then to his younger children Ralph, Charles, and Katharine.
V.—Ford Lord Grey, ere--pMary, fourth daur. of Katharine Grey married Ralph Lord Grey was Charles Grey
ated viscount Glendale, and
earl of Tankerville in 1695 ;
died June 25,1701, when he
filled the office of lord privy
seal.
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Geo. first earl of Berke- Richard Neville, of Billing- governor of Barbadoes died young,
ley ; she married, 2dly, bear; and her marriage set- in 1698.
Rooth, of Epsom, tlement dated 3 & 4 June,
esq., and died Jlay 19, mentions the dowager lady Grey as then possessing
1719. Stannington tithes for life.-r
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VI.—Mary Grey.-tCharles Bennet, 1. Grey Neville, eldest son, died 2. Henry Neville, took the name of Grey;
only child; married
in 1695 ; died May,
31, 1710.
2nd lord Ossulston, without issue ; but, by his will, and, 9 & 10 May, 1739, as Henry Grey, esq. of
and first earl of dated 14 Feb. 1722, left his estate Billingbear, brother and heir of Grey Neville,
Tankerville, died 14 to his brother Henry Grey, esq. for he, and Richard Neville, of Aldworth, son and
March, 1753. his life ; and, if he should die with- heir of Kath. Aldworth, his sister, by Richard
out issue male, to his nephew Ri- Aldworth, deceased, sold their undivided one-
chard Neville Aldworth, on condition of his taking the name of Neville, third part of Stannington tithes to John To wry,
esq. a captain in the navy, who, by will of
March 1, 1757, left his whole estate, and his house at Southampton, to his wife Penelope, for life ; with rem. to his nephews
Henry John Phillips and George Phillips successively ; which George, under the name of George Phillips Towry, 22 and 26
March, 1771, sold his one-third part of the rectory and parsonage of Stannington, and other tithes, to sir M. W. Ridley, bart.
3. Catharine Neville, onlv daughter, married Richard Aldworth, esq.3
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VII.—Charles Bennet,-yl. Camilla, dan
of Edw. Colville,
of White-house,
chapelry of He-
worth. co. Dur.
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2. Susannah Col- 3. Rosamond Col- 4. Jane Colville Richard Neville
vii.le, who, in ville, wife of Ro- marr. lstly, Chas. Aldworth, esq.,
1775, was wife of ger Pearson, of Clerk, of Grey’s an only son, in
Richard Allan, Titlington, which Inn, Lond., who, 1739, joined his
a merchant in Rot- Rosamond’s devi- by will, Dec. 20,
ham, as one of the terdam, when they sees, Bryan Bur- 1731, left to his
devisees of her had a son Charles rell, esq. of Broom- wife Jane, for ever,
sister Jane Fen- Allan, also a mer- Park, and her two all “ the lands,
wick, had a share chant there, and a daurs. Rosamond tithes, &(v” lately
of the one-third daur. Sarah Rodger, & Sarah, of Gian- purchased of Chas.
of Stannington a widow, both of ton, as residuary earl of Tanker-
tithes purchased whom joined with legatees and ex’ces ville. This conveyance was dated in
by Charles Clerk, their mother in the to their mother’s 1731, and included one-third of the
the first husband conveyance of that will, made the 3rd tithes of Stannington ; but the deed
uncle Henry Grey
in the sale of his
undivided one-
third of Stanning-
ton tithes to Capt.
Towry.
second earl of Tankerville,
had three brothers, John,
Henry, and Grey, all of
whom died young; also
three sisters, viz. Brid-
get, countess of Lyming-
ton and Portsmouth; the
lady Annabei.la, wife of
lord William Paulet; and
Mary, wife of Wm Wil-
mer, none of whom seem
to have had any interest
in these tithes. This earl
of Tankerville, 9 and 10
Aug. 1731, conveyed to
Chas. Clerk, the husband
of Jane, his wife’s sister,
one-third of the tithes of
Stannington; which one-
third the devisees of the
said Jane conveyed, in
1775, to Matt. Ridley, of
Blagdon, esq. ; and, 30 &
31 Oct. 1734, this same
earl, together with Henry
Grey, son of his great-
aunt Cath , wife of Rich.
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of Howick, sold one other third part of the same tithes to Matthew White, esq. of Blagdon, maternal ancestor of sir HI. W. |
Ridley, the present proprietor of the whole of them. Henry Grey, of Howick, was eldest son of John Grey, and brother!
of Mary Grey, who married Towry. I
of the said Jane. year.
This Camilla,
coimtess of T. and her son George,
and daur. Camilla, were parties to
the deed of 1775. She was, after
her marriage, a lady of the bed-
chamber to queen Caroline, and af-
terwards to the princess Augusta,
who married the duke of Bruns-
wick. She died Oct. 8, 1775, at the
great age of 105. ,
party to the deed being lost, lord Tankerville confirmed
of \'l'7b.=fD the title to them, by lease and release,
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married, 2ndly, Robert Fenwick, esq. of Lemmington, (lit;
settlement to which marriage is dated 14 & 15 June, 1739 ;
and, by her will, which is dated 26 March, 1746, she left
her one-third of the tithes of Stannington, in trust, to her
husband, for life; and, after his death, to her sisters, the
countess of Tankerville, Susannah Allan, and Rosamond
Pearson, in equal shares; which they, or their devisees,
sold to Matt. Ridley, esq. of Blagdon, June 2, 1775, whose
family thus became possessed of the whole of these tithes.
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VIII.—Charles=Alicia, third George Bennet Camilla Bennet marr. 1. Rosamond Pearson, wife of George Dick,
Bennet, 3rd earl daugh. of sir was one of the Jan. 11, 1754, Gilbert of Mid-Calder, Edinburgh,
of Tankerville. John Astlev, third partv to the Fane Flemming, who, 2 Jane Pearson, wife of George Potts, of
of Pates-hall, deed of 1775, and in the deed of 1775, is Lowlin, parish of Holy Island,
cou. Stafford, is there described described as of South 3. Susannah Pearson married John Sam-
baronet. as of the parish Audley-street, parish of ple, of Rock-moor House.
of Saint James’s, St James’s, Westminster. 4. Sarah Pearson, who, with her sisters
Westminster. and their husbands, were the fourth party to
the deed of 1775. She died at Glanton, Dec,
3, 1809, aged 87, and left the principal part of her wealth to her grreat niece, wife of the rev. Wm B. Moises, vicar of Felton.