T H E WOO D FA M IL Y ATT ,

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H l storlc N otes Ped lgrees . GENEAL u mUAL SOCIETY OF UTAH DE C 1928 / 0 55 4

BY OH N ROBIN SON J .

A u thor of D escriptiv e G u ide to the L au g h a nd N oble M odels of Bu sts a nd Statu ary The D ela wl P apers The L eg end s a nd Traditions of the Coas t P as t Vicars of N ew castle ; Su nderland W0

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Illu s t ra tions .

I NTE D FOR I CIRCU L ATION PR VATE ,

AND 1 FAWCE TT STRE E T S U ND E RL AND . COMPANY, 9 ,

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To THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ATTWOO D AN D M OO R E FAM I LI ES THIS BRIEF ACCOUNT

A N HISTORICAL A N D DISTING UISHED RA CE

IS R E SPECTFULLY DEDICATED . P RE F A C E .

The interest evoked by the origina l appearance in the newspaper press of my brief descriptive notice of the Att

o n the of th t wood Family, occasion e erec ion of a memorial

M r . t o . s brass in Southwick Church , Co . Durham , Mr and it Edward Attwood , of Bishopwearmouth , has led to s issue

. f in a more permanent form To the courtesy o Mr. and

M rs . M r s . Moore , of Oakwood , Beckenham , Kent ( Moore t f being the only daughter and represen ative o Mr. Edward

t for Attwood) , I have been indeb ed much valuable informa

descri tion , which is added as an appendix to the original p

In tive essay of the family history . these valuable historic references the reader will fi nd conclusive evidence that my original estimate of the influence and territorial importance

t a of the family was underra ed r ther than overest imated . I have t o apologise for the want of arrangement in the his toric notes . So voluminous were the documents placed a t t t ffi t t my disposal , ha the di cul y was what o leave out rather t h t t o the in han w a embody in appendix, many of those cluded having only reached me after the book had gone to

Bu t for th press . I make no apologies bringing before e

reader the records of s o remarkable a family . From the far- off days of our pre- Norman history down t o the great

th - Victorian Era of e last half century , the family have ever been conspicuous for their patriotism and ceaseless indus

In t in the try . the Southern Coun ies, Midlands , and in the

t has North of England , the high charac er of the Attwoods a become a s familiar s household words . On the field of

of battle, in the Councils of the nation , in the walks Science ,

of for f and in the marts Commerce, the family upwards o a thousand years have been foremost citizens in our national

a s life and history . While liberal dispensers of charity, t and in the exercise of benevolence , heir names will ever be held in grateful remembrance in the bead- roll of national benefactors of the sick and the poor . Of the present rept e

ntat iv es of its se the family in numerous branches , it needs only to be recorded that they are worthy descendants of noble ancestors . OH J N ROBINSON .

Bela wa l H ou s e,

Su nderla nd ,

October 1 0 . , 9 3 IL L U ST RAT I ONS .

ARMS OF THE ATTWOOD FAMILY MEMORIAL BRASS HATCHMENT BENJAMIN ATTWOOD V M . WOL ERLEY ATTWOOD

- . . c . B ST JOHN ATTWOOD MATHEWS AND . E MATHEWS JOHN MOORE BISHOPWEARMOUTH CHURCH RS M . MOORE ! FRANCES JOHN MOORE, SENIOR HALESOWEN THOMAS ADAMS W o L VE RL E v CHURCH COLUMN To THE THIRTY

BEAUCHAMP MONUMENT, WORCESTER CATHEDRAL

RS . MR . AND M JOHN MOORE ’ - - ST . JOHN S CHURCH , NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE THE BOYNES RS MR . AND M . MATTHIAS ATTWOOD THE L E ASOWE s MANOR HOUSE DULWICH HOUSE S OU THW ICR CHURCH EDWARD ATTWOOD CHESHUNT CHARLES ATTWOOD H HOLYWOOD HOUSE , WOLSING AM THOMAS ATTWOOD PENGELLY HOUSE HAWNE HOUSE AUTOGRAPH OF THOMAS ATTWOOD THOMAS ATTWOOD ' S STATUE PONTRILAS COURT ' MR. MOORE S FAMILY

- RS RS . . . M . RACHEL MARIA MATHEWS , M J B ATTWOOD MATHEWS,

AND MR . WILLIAM MATHEWS ILLUSTRATIONS

' RS L M . WAKEFIE D S COTTAGE RS M . WAKEFIELD, CHARLES M . WAKEFIELD, AND CHARLES AND S MI S A . M . WAKEFIELD BELMONT WOLLASTON HALL ATTWOOD BANK NOTE MAT THIAS ATTWOOD MEMORIAL CROSS To MARY ANNE ATTWOOD WAU D BY LIEUT . CECIL RS WAU DBY W AU DBY . W AU DBY . . MAJOR , M , CECIL , AND LIEUT WM WAU D BY “ MISS FLORENCE MOORE As MADAME FAVART RE V MISS FLORENCE MOORE , . EDWARD MOORE , CHARLES WILLIAM

MOORE, AND ALFRED MOORE

OAKWOOD , WEST FRONT OAKWOOD PARK OAKWOOD ANDERSON PLACE ' ST. NICHOLAS CATHEDRAL PALLION HALL BAINBRIDGE HOLME

RS . M . BROWN , THOMAS A ATTWOOD , J . A . CARLESS ATTWOOD,

AND G . REGINALD ATTWOOD MIss FLORENCE MOORE M . . R. N. MRS . . . MRS JACKSON . CAPT JACKSON , , SMITH, AND ISS F H MOORE A FAMILY PARTY P E D IG RE E S .

THE GAUNT FAMILY.

G RAZE BROOK SUTTON ALIAS DUDLEY ( FROM ).

WILLIAM GANDE .

RACHEL MARIA GAUNT.

G RAZE BR K ATTWOOD FAMILY (FROM OO ).

ATTWOOD FAMILY .

V . ELLIOT, OF WHITEHA EN

V . WOOD , OF WHITEHA EN

MOORE, OF SUNDERLAND .

HUTCHINSON OF SUNDERLAND .

LAMB , OF SUNDERLAND .

m cD OWE L L . , OF SUNDERLAND

OF . HULL, SUNDERLAND P BUCKINGHAM ALACE ,

D 1 0 . ECEMBER I 9TH , 9 3

The Private Secretary is commanded by the King t o

t t t he 1 th n t . t t hank Mr. Robinson for his le er of 7 i s , wi h

t ’ the copy of his volume on The A twood Family , which

t o t t he has be en good enough present o His Majes y .

P BUCKINGHAM ALACE ,

z I S T D 1 0 . ECEMBER , 9 3

Miss Knollys is commanded by the Queen t o thank

for t he Mr. John Robinson copy of his book which he has been kind enough t o send for her acceptance .

A T OO D E O AL A THE T W M M RI B R SS .

K F H ISTO RY OF A RE MAR ABLE AM I LY .

T HERE ha s been erected on the sout h wall of the Nave

t M em o r in Holy Trinity Church , Sou hwick, Sunderland , a Of ial Brass , which recalls the remarkable history a once

- th . . well known family of e Tyne and Wear . Mr and Mrs t Moore , of Beckenham , Kent, have caused to be erec ed this

M . tt emorial to Mr Edward A wood and Elizabeth , his wife , who for nearly half a cent ury were associated wit h South wick , and whose remains rest in the adjoining churchyard . t h t For more than a generation e Ha chment of Mr . n Edward Attwood , has hu g from the walls of the Church in which he wa s a worshipper ; and now filial love has caused a monument of enduring brass t o record the memory f ’ o a father and mother. The inscription reads

E D A O WARD TTW OD , OF BISHOPWEARMOUTH . h 1 t 1 866. Died 9 October , A ged 77 years .

E Z A H I S . LI ABETH TTWOOD , WIDOW h t 1 8 . Died 9 February , 69 A 6 ged 7 years . A N N E LLIOTT, OF WHITEHAVEN . t Of t h Mo her e above .

2 th 1 8 Died 9 December , 44.

Aged 76 years . t . t The Memorial Brass has been execu ed by Messrs Har ,

S o n CO . t a nd t , Peard , , Limi ed , London , is a beau iful ex ’ Of t he a r f ample engraver s t . The family coat o arms is especially well executed . Immediat ely above the Memorial

he t t t . t o Brass hangs Ha chmen of Mr Edward At w od , which

t o o u t the t of the has been cleaned , bring arms and cres t t tt — t t o family wi h heir mo o Arms , a lion rampan wi h d uble

t t n . tail . Cres , a demi swan wi h expa ded wings The

’ ” tt P oss z m t u ia os s e o zd en tu r Mo o , q p , which may be freely “ t ranslat ed : They are able t o acco mplish anyt hi ng because ” they seem t o themselves t o have t he power necessary (self confidence) . The associat ion of the Attwood family wit h t he North

t t n of t h of England is of Special in eres . No e e male mem bers of the name were born in our Northern Count ies yet the family have left an impress upon the hist ory and t rade t t of Durham , Northumberland , and Cumberland , ha will ever be remembered and cherished . There is SO much of the rom ant ic combined wit h the practical in the history of

t t o this remarkable family , that it is wor hy of atten i n and “ The tt admirat ion . name of A wood is as familiar as househ old words to all who know t he histo ry of the Iron

o n t he bu t m and Glass Trades the Tyne and Wear, ore especially t o the student s of North Count ry Radicalism a nd

Chart ism . t a nd Mr . Charles At wood , of Newcastle Gateshead , was the idol of the people in the polit ical and s ocial ~ a git a t io ns of the early part of the ( last century . He t hrew himself energet ically int o the agita t ion which preceded t he Reform

2 - a t t he Bill of 1 83 . He was member Of bo h Birmingham and Nor th of England Po litical Unions . Along with Fife t h and Doubleday , Headlam and Larkin , he led e van in

h Of t . t t e t o Newcas le Ten days af er House Lords , in Oc ber,

1 r t the o the t t o 1 8 3 , ejec ed Ref rm Bill , Nor hern Poli ical Uni n organ ised a meeting of large proportions on t he Town

H M . IN C C , COUNTY DUR A H ATC H MEN T SOUTHWICK HUR H

4 cov ered that he gave upwards of to London

Charities anonymously in Bank of England notes, under varied init ials . t fi The method used by Mr. A twood t o bene t the London Hospitals was t o send his secretary t o the Bank of England

fiv . to bring him e bank notes of each . Mr Att

t ff t the wood hen went to di eren City Banks , and paid to credit of the H ospital he had select ed with the t e t t t it h t ques ha be acknowledged in t e London Tim es . Af er his death t he acknowledgements were found in his privat e desk a t the Office of the Imperial and Continenta l Gas

t t . Associa ion , Of which he was a Direc or The following was his method

WHEN NAME OF CHARITY. ACKNOW AMOUNT . LEDGED .

Lo ndon H ospit al

D O.

DO .

D O .

DO.

DO .

Under init ials P . N . D . the Refuge for Homeless Chil dren g ot th Under initials D . G . e Royal Free Hospital got ’ fi Under initials E . F . S . Boy s In rmary for Children and Women got

Under initials T . R . C . the Royal West Ophthalmic

t ot . et c. . Hospi al g Etc , etc In this way be disbursed the year before his decease J W D BEN AMIN ATT OO .

a d He lived at Dulwich Hill House, n Pengelly House , —a moat ed house a t Cheshunt (once the abode of Richard

the t 2 rd Cromwell , Pro ector) , and died there 3 November,

1 8 80 . 74, aged years t Mr . Edward At wood devoted all his energy to the de

n of the t o t v elopm e t Glass Trade, and helped make his m a n t rade in Sunderland known throughout Europe . A t t of rare abili y , indomi able energy, and unconquerable will ,

t ou t im he was able to in roduce and carry successfully , p rov e m ents in the manufacture of glass with a t ransparency . n hi which it had ot previously possessed . But beyond s

ff his wa s t . business a airs , life that of an educa ed gentleman The science of his profession occupied his leisure ; litera ture and art made his home life happy and cont ented . The

fi of of fth a family of sons , all whom except himself made

ScIences t e a name in the world of politics and social , it is t t t h markable ha he only never en ered t e political arena .

t the The political ac ivity and influence, long and inter t t t es ing services of the Attwood family , consti u e a remark in able chapter English historic houses , and in hereditary

e . 1 2 Parliam ntary service As far back as Edward I I I . ( 3 7 to 1 377) the Attwoods of Wolverley were Knights of t he

of Shire for the County Worcester. Robert sat in three Of ’ III . S Edward Parliaments . The Records Of Worcester give

At Lincoln Robert Attwood . 1 8 th t ' Edward I I I . at Wes minster Robert Attwood . 6th 4 Robert Attwood . th 47 John Attwood . oth t t a s John A wood , Chev lier.

and . t Richard I I John A twood , Chevalier.

2 nd a John Be uchamp , of Holt. From the fi rst of our Parliamentary Hist ory down to Of o th the reign Queen Vict ria, e family have been a ss ocia t ed with the representa tion of the people ; and as an example 6 of the sturdy independence of the family , we have it on

t fi 1 record hat Samuel Attwood , of Wolverley , was ned £ 0 for not taking the Order of Knighthood on the Coronat ion f I o . 1 6 . Charles , in 30 During the last century the family were continually

t for sough as candidates for Parliamenta ry honours . M r. Thomas Attwood was Member Of Parliament for Birm ing

t t o . ham for many years, and a s atue is erected his memory

t t for Matthias , ano her bro her, was Member London , and

t fo r 0 1 8 t then Whi ehaven over 3 years , and in 47 re ired

t o t t . 1 th owing the s ate of his heal h He died 3 November,

1 8 1 M or n in P os t t t 5 , and the g in a leng hy no ice of his deat h “ said Of him — H e was one of the most t emperate and

bu t the t t philosophical , , at sam e ime , one of the mos deter mined and persev ering opponents of the monetary policy ' which the lat e Sir Robert Peel adopt ed in 1 8 1 9 — a policy from which so many and such disast rous fluct uat ions in the

of the t t t available currency coun ry arose , from tha time un il 8 the awful crash of commercial credit in 1 47 . Circum stances now in progress in the remotest parts of the world

erha s dim inis h t may, p p u the interes Of future politicians in of t t the great question a paper subs i ute for gold , as a cir

u la t in t t t t c g medium , but whenever ha subjec is inves igated

f the of . by men o candour and research , speeches Mr Att ff t wood , and the evidence which he gave at di erent imes

f t of t before Committees o bo h Houses Parliamen , will be

t o the t found contain the completest, the ablest, and hones est exposit ion that any one Englishman ha s yet given of

- one the much vexed currency question . Mr. Attwood was h firm of Att of t e Bankers of London , of the Spooner and of the t wood , and the founder some of mos successful Joint wa s st ock Companies . In private life Mr. Attwood eminent for disinterest ed kindness and unost entatious benevolence .

t ha s his t o Mr . A twood left the whole of property his only s on, Mr . Wolverley Attwood , and to him reverts also the

W . M . WOLVERLEY ATT OOD

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a t the of . t In the Museum Mairie Dinan , Bri tany , in

the t Bea u m a noir s on France , is al ar tomb of Joan de , of “ ” t he t t the hero of Comba des Trente , reacherously slain

t his by his steward . He is represen ed in full armour, with fi head bare to indicate the manner of his death . The ef gy of on t his wife is also in complete armour, but the belt hat

t t t he t encircles her wais , like hose worn by Knigh , is sculp

u r d effi ies t t e a wreath of roses . These g were brough from the Bea u m a noir Chapel of the Abbey of Lehon . The Chapel of the Bea u m a noirs was ravaged at the Rev olu t the the ffi t he t ion , lead of co ns sold and bones scat ered . h t When t e family came over with William I . hey sett led

t he in Worcester, where, in Wolverley Court, family for cent uries had t heir seat . In the Wolverley Church are

t t o . numerous monumen s the family One , that ofa Crusader, t t t hough much mu ila ed in the Civil Wars , is the foundation th f of the Legend of Attwood the Crusader. On e coat o arms of t his Crusader is the Fleur de Lys, a proof of his descent

.

t he a et s . W or from C p , Kings of France In Rambles in ” the at cestershire, by Noakes , following romance is rel ed of t his Crusader The Parish of Wolverley has likewise it s o legend , derived fr m the period of the Holy Wars . Wolverley Court belonged to one of the Attwoods who

u t the n went o t as a Crusader. He was aken by Sarace s and s o t t a t kept long in a dungeon ha his lady home , sup

t o t t o posing him be dead , was abou marry again , when

v ow to the t o the Knight, having made a Virgin pres ent a

o t o the of t w large porti n of his lands Church Worces er, as supernaturally liberated from his cell , whisked through the

t old air, and deposi ed near his home , now called Park Att

of t t wood , when , course, he los no ime in forbidding the ’ t the banns . The prisoner s fet ers are still preserved in

t a s fi of Cour , also the sculptured gure the warrior which

l is t o w formerly lay in the o d Church . It interesting kno that at the present day the Dean and Chapter of Worcester 9 are Lords of t he Manor of the former lands of the old

Crusader. 1 2 t t In the reign of Edward I I I . ( 3 7) is men ioned the sea

t of of the Attwoods at Wolverley . On the dea h Sir John ’ II s t n Attwood in Richard . ime , his la ds in Gloucestershire

of passed t o his heir, John Beauchamp , of Holt, the son t t t t his daught er. In Worces er Ca hedral is an al ar omb on

his which are the efiigies of Lord Beauchamp , of Holt, and

of t . wife , daughter the above Sir John At wood Beauchamp

1 88 the t was beheaded in 3 , the year of famous bat le of

the the of Chevy Chase . In Church of Holt are arms ’ t t t William de Bois , Abbo of Evesham , wi h an Abbo s

t V I . mit re . He received his pallium from Pope Clemen , at

of Avignon , France . The arms the De Bois are the same as

f tt t . those o the A woods , as seen in Sou hwick Church Nash , tt of in his History of Worcester, says the A woods Wolverley t were the most ancient family in the county . Some imes f the t they were called rom La in De Bosco , and from the

of h French De Bois . One the family founded t e Chantry of T rim le t p y , and had considerable estates in Kiddermins er,

ordro ke t of Rushock, N y , Worcester , and o her parts the country . Their arms were a lion rampant with a double

a . t t il The Attwoods descended from his ancient family, and o u r North Country branch of the house were direct

the tt s o descendants from pious Sir John A wood , called by

wa Bishop Wakefield . He s a generous friend of the w Church , and endowed the same ith lands in every parish where he had possessions . Bu t the alliances of the Att woods with t he great families of the Kingdom did not cease

of the a ets in the days Plantagenets , the C p of France, or of the Houses Beauchamp and Dudley . The grandfather

I of . Attwood of 1 1 6 M r Edward , Southwick, married , in 7 ,

wa Rachel Maria Gaunt, who s a descendant of Ralph of Gaunt, Lord Alost, Flanders , and a descendant of the fa mily of I O

Old John of Gaunt, time honoured Lancast er .

t the t And only las year Coun ess de Barberino , of Rome, E h . t t e a grand niece also of Mr dward A twood , gave name

to s on V . of Urbano her infant , after Pope U rbano I I I , who ’ wa s t he h a Barberino, and on occasion of t e infant s bap t is m received a special Benediction from the Pope t hrough Cardinal Rampolla since then the lady has been received t h by e Pope . The following translation from the Italian journal L a

D is cu s s ione th 1 0 2 fitt in l , Napoli , of April 5 , 9 , may g y be “ given in the history of the Attwood family — W e a n no u nced recent ly the birt h of a son t o Count Ra fia ello

Ou r t Barberino , our Collaborator, also resident direc or in Rome of the recognised organ of the Catho lic nobility — h t t S t . o rnea t e J , and to Countess Ger rude , by bir h dau

ht er M a cca ra ni g of the Marchese Alli , to whom is given t t the prename of Urbano . This is a his oric name in he

1 62 House of Barberino , as having been assumed in 3 by

M a ffa o t t t de Barberino , of his family , who had hen jus been

a nd the t of proclaimed elected Pope , under s yle Urbano

t o- the VI I I . And day we are pleased to have to publish

t t t t o - record ha the Holy Fa her, whom our high born friend had respectfully and devotedly conveyed the informat ion of t t the t t his happy even , moved by pleasing in ima ion ,

t t the of has sen , hrough medium his Eminence Cardinal

t t t t he Rampolla, with his bes wishes and congra ula ions ,

t t o Special Apos olic Benediction the Count de Barberino,

w- t o t o ne . as well as the noble Spouse , and the born infant ” Hereupon our sincere and sympat hetic congrat ulat ions . Yet not alone in the far distant past of great nat ional t historic even s , or in m odern Political or Society circles , h have the Attwood family won a foremost place . In t e a n na ls of the Vict orian Era their descendants have ever kept th the mott o of the family clean and untarnished . In e

a s walks of Law , in the Church , Soldiers and Naval Heroes ,

the . and as Engineers , family hold an honoured position

the the While in the recreation of mind and body , world is indebt ed t o the family for the inst it utio n of t he world famed

- It . S t . tt t Alpine Club . was Mr John A wood Ma hews who

first organised this famous Club . S t . John and his cousin

h a t t the talked t e subject over a dinner par y at Leasowes ,

of . t tt the hist oric home Mr Ma thias A wood , and then started

r t t he off fo London to interes their friends in subject, the

of result being the format ion of the Alpine Club , which A t . s Mr. Charles E . Mathews was elec ed President Engineers the descendants of the Attwood family hold a

t t . foremos posi ion . It was M r James John Wilkinson , a

- of t t descendant of the well known Durham family ha name ,

of tt who t t and the A woods , made the nor hernmos railway

— t o the in Europe , Gellivara, Lapland , and opened up Gulf

of . t Bothnia These , wi h railways in Spain , and mines

e a s th re , making waterworks to supply Barcelona; and g

t t im works at Vi erbo, I aly , railways in Sweden , were all portant engineering undertakings . Mr . George Attwood is now construct ing the aerial railway to t he silver and cop

in one of t he per mines British Columbia , most remarkable

t e t and interes ing developm n s in the science of engineering. In t hese records of engineering achievements by the pre ' t d escenda IIt s the t sen of ancient A twood family, we may be pardoned if we associat e the blending of Nort h Count ry genius and blood with the old stock . The Wilkinsons ,

Bla kistons , Tempests , and Vanes , are all honoured Nort h Country families who have left a prominent mark in the of pages our history . And if we recall t he romance of history, there is no more remarkable story t han that of the

t t the t heir to the vas esta es of Tempes family . When Sir Harry Vane had disappeared for seven years and was given a s up lost, Mr. Blakiston a s next of kin took possession of t on the esta es , the advice of his solicitors ; he wa s

ff s u m o ered , and refused , the of for the chance of 1 2

’ ’ t t o Sir Harry Vane s ret urn . Sir Harry s re urn Wynyard t as a tramp to his ances ral home , ousted Mr. Blakiston and

- t . was his ruin . His descendan , Miss Blakiston Wilkinson ,

t - t married Mr. St. John At wood Ma hews, and the present

- . t t t a Mrs F . Blakis on A twood Ma hews is a direct descend nt

f T o ld o the ancient families . this day the O family names of t t Blakis on , Tempes , and Vane are kindly remembered in

of the North England , notwithstanding that a former Blaki t s on signed the death warrant of Charles I . The famous

of ibs ide t 1 62 0 mansion G was buil in by Sir Wm . Blaki

t th t the s on . Over e en rance porch are Royal Arms of

I . t t of t the James , and benea h , hose Blakis on , with date , t w 1 2 1 62 0 . as o ne April , John Blakis on , the regicide, of the

of - - 1 6 0 - Members Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne , 4 53 .

t t he These families , with that of ano her branch , Wilkin

of e sons , Durham , are honoured nam s in our North Country

the t history , and blending of the several families with hose

t has o u t of the At woods , whose ancient lineage been briefly in t lined these pages, is wor hy of permanent record to be preserved in the annals of the noble houses of the North

Country . It will thus be seen what a remarkable family history is associated with a name which is written large in the com Th m ercia l and political life of the Nort hern Counties . e d simple bu t beaut iful brass memorial t o Mr. Edward Attwoo and Mrs . Elizabeth Attwood , his widow, in Southwick

of Church , Sunderland , closes the history the family on the

Tyne and Wear .

JOH N ROBI NSO N .

F . MRS . RANCES MOORE TH E FA LY OF OH OO E M I J N M R , OF SU DE LA D N R N .

E O AL A M M RI BR SS .

The Su n der la nd E cho t 2 1 0 2 . From , Sep ember 7 , 9 w . ha s M r John Moore, of Oak ood , Beckenham , Kent, caused a large memorial bra ss to be placed in t he old Parish ’

S t . t . It fi Church of Michael s , Bishopwearmou h is xed on

of t he t he the east wall north Chancel , and bears following in s cription

In Memory of T O H MAS MOORE , OF BISHOPWEARMOUTH ,

2 2 nd 1 8 2 Died November, 4 ,

Aged 79 .

S ON TH E JOHN MOORE , OF ABOVE ,

2 th t 1 8 Died 5 Augus , 53 .

Aged 59 .

F T H E RANCES , WIFE OF ABOVE ,

2 th 1 8 Died 5 March , 73 , A ged 69 . T P HOMAS ETER ,

2 th n 1 8 2 Died 4 Ja uary , 5 ,

A 2 ged 6. G WILLIAM RAHAM ,

s t 1 861 Died 3 March , ,

Aged 3 1 . L OUISA ,

th 1 8 2 Died 7 January , 7 .

Aged 2 3 .

the Sons and daughters of above John Moore . I 4

’ t of a The brass is an excellen example the engraver s rt ,

- a nd t t he fi rm of . is execu ed by well known Messrs Hart, ”

S on Co . . , Peard , and , London

MEMOIR OF MR . JOHN MOORE . ’ M a z in 1 8 The en tlem a n s a e . From G g , 53

2 t Fo . 4 4, las half year

6oth . o At Sunderland , in his year, Mr John Mo re .

Early in life Mr . Moore evinced a desire t o make himself t t t acquain ed with local his ory, manners , and cus oms, and t ook every opportunity of becoming possessed of curious

o n &c. handbills , pamphlets local subjects , papers , He afterwards extended his acquirements by obtaining almost every publicat ion connected with the Count ies of D u rha m

N or thu m ber la nd hi and , more especially the former ; and s collections relative thereto are perhaps unequalled . He

. t also possessed several curious MSS and local pamphle s , t t o t h of many of which he migh be said be e sole depository .

a t t Mr . Moore was all times willing and anxious o ren

t t o t der his collec ions available any respec able applicant, and his urbanity in t his respect is only equalled by the ex tent Of the valuable rarities he had accumulated .

t 1 860 . Surtees Socie y , WILLS A N D INVENTORIES FROM TH E REGISTRY AT

DURHAM .

. 2 F0 . 0 6 Vol , 3

!Extract!.

Tes ta m en tu m liz a betha e K irkhou s e . 2 1 37 . E , Jan ,

- 1 586 7 .

K irkhou s e M erin t on Elizabeth , of Church g , Durham ,

Widow . The residue of all my goodes to Mr . Geo . Lawson ,

r irin E r . t e u e s q e , whom I m ake execu or, q g him that if ’ oor e t Willia m M , my daugh er s sonne, behave himself

w ifu ll a rentices hi e t o honest ly and de t y in his pp pp , give

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& c. t to unt o him all the goods , , tha come him by virtue of

‘ his executorship , and if the said Wm . Moore shall behave himself dis ordorly without hope of amendment t o t he dis

! . eo . w I content Of my special friend Mr G La son , will then ’

&c. t t . that t he said goods , , be dis ribu ed at Mr Lawson s

Bris k oe . discret ion amongst the children of Thomas , viz

th Bris koe Ra s ne Rob . , Alice, and Doro y , and Jane y , Jane ” t K irkhou s e hu sba ndes . Chil on , and Jane , my children NOTE — This wealthy widow was the second wife of

Kirkhou se of t . William , Merring on , Co Durham , whose

w . 2 1 . t . 2 1 0 as Will made Oc 7 , 57 , proved Mar 7 , 574

Surt ees Society .

2 F0 . 2 Vol . , 33

n tnm eor e L a ws on . 2 1 8 . Tes ta m e G g , Dec 9 , 5 7

of t . George Lawson , Little Uswor h , Co Durham , E *M W hith s u ier. t t r . . ed q I will tha if my bro her, Wm , can procure a t the hands of the deane and chapter of Dur

the of M erin ton ham , lease g water milne by Mr . Rauf

' W m Bowes his meanes or otherwise, that 1 . More shall

of r i n have the same lease, paying out his po c o such sum ” of for obtainin money as shall be disbursed the ge of it. " S on of . W hithed t Thos , of Monkwearmou h , Gentle

- . . of man He was Vice Admiral of the Co Durham .

' K rk S ee . i hou J Will of Elizabeth se .

Bu rno s ide t t p Es a e and Hall , County, of Durham , was M f . o t purchased by Mr John oore , Bishopwearmou h , in 8 1 0 t r t o . t 7 , and af e wards sold Mr Hedley , of Newcas le

- upon Tyne , Coal Owner. H I STORIC NOT ICES AND P E D IG RE E

OF TH E

ATTWOOD FAM I LY .

T H E following with the exception of the George At twood t t who married Winnifred Pe re , is copied from a paper da ed

t oth 1 8 the of . Wednesday , Oc ober 3 , 34, in possession Mrs Harold Freeman

I e o r e tt o o of e Se e re e t re . . G g A w d , Clain s , Winnif d P

t o f r t e t e t t e inscr ip io n mu al abl , n i l d t o t he quart e rings o f Pe t re and

Bro ok .

' r e At t wo o d who e o o e O o o e 2 . G eo g , cam fr m Miss F l y, f L rd F l y s family,

r rr e a t St e a t the ott o of e o Cle obury M o rt ime . Ma i d . and liv d b m H yw o d ’

e e e r e o 1 6 8 . H ill e t he t o 1 0 K n lm s , n a Had n Cr ss, in 7 , n ar S ur, and had £

t he o e e a t fro m F l y family . Di d

e o Had n Cr ss.

e e t B w t . o t oo of t a ffo . o a e r e a t 3 G rg A w d , S rd Miss , and liv d Hade n

r tt f C oss . A wood came o a gre at

t e . e family . Af rwards Mrs H rring,

f e o e o Hal s w n .

. e o t t f e o o o o e . 4 G rg A w d , F xval

o r a t e o t he e a t e e for o t B n Had n Cr ss in y ar Angry b ing call d sh r ,

- 1 2 0 2 1 . e a t e t he e e o r 7 Di d Hawn in y ar G ge Wo o d . 1 8 1 7 (Jun e ).

. tt Att oo of e of e o e e r 5 Ma hias w d , Hawn , Ann Adams , Cak m r , n a

e e o e . o r a t o e e o e n ar Hal s w n B n F xval , Hal s w n .

- 1 6. e 1 D e c . 1 7454 Marri d 3 , 775.

HALESOWEN CHURCHYARD . Underneat h this t omb are deposited the remains of

MARY ADAMS , of Cakemore, in this Parish , where she was born in the

MR . THOMAS A AD MS .

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TRIM P L E Y .

2 F0 . Vol. , 47 In the western part of t he Parish of Kidderminster

T rim le t t lies the village of p y, a hamle of his Parish , where w of no . was formerly a chapel , which nothing remains Here the lords of Abergavenny had ancient ly great pro t perty . The nex family in degree who were possessed of

the tt for t lands here , was A woods , Lauren ius de Bosco (in

tt of T rim le t English , A wood) was p y, as by a record wi h

t o o u t date appears . He seems have been a person of con sequence by his seal and arms : a lion rampant over a vanquished dragon couchant . From this family (who came

t t he n o t t over wi h William Co quer r) descended , as mul i udes

of t . tt evidence wi ness , Mr Samuel A wood , of Wolverley , heir male of t hat family ; from which branch sprang the K nt t . pious Sir John At wood , , so called by Bishop Wake

fi t 1 t . eld (who , abou 3 75, was Bishop of Worces er) He

the t T rim le t he founded Chan ry of p y, and endowed same

t t r Ru s hoke wi h lands in Kiddermins er , Wolve ley , and , 44

Edward I I I . tt Att The A woods also possessed Parke wood , of which

t of t the men ion is made in the legend A twood Crusader,

n t t t T rim l but o for so long a ime as hey did p ey. There

o o t o t he was a mansi n h use , which belonged same family ,

‘ a t t t he the t Kiddermins er, beyond bridge over S our, called

t o th Heathy Place , which was purchased by hem fr m e

H ea thys .

WICHENFORD . 8 l 2 F0 . V o . , 45 t Several o her considerable families have been here , t he W a rd s the y , De la Taes , Sir Alexander de Treville , and

o o t t o the t th J hn de B sco, or A wood fr m lat er e Woodho use ” gained its name . I 9

WOLVERLEY .

l 2 F . 0 Vo . , 0 47 The most ancient family in this parish wa s the Att i woods, somet mes called from the Latin , De Bosco, and

is from the French De Bois . Sir John Attwood declared

T rim le t . Lord of o ne part of p y, in a deed without da e One of T rim le of this family founded the Chantry p y, and had No rdw ke considerable estates in Kidderminster, Rushock, y ,

t t of Worces er, and other par s the country ; their arms were a lion rampant seizing on a conquered dragon . After

fu rchée or wards they bore a lion queue , with double tail , ’ as his which , the lion s strength consisted much in tail , de n h otet a double force . ’ H is arms are often seen with an Abbot s mitre o n the

t t one of th was of E v lion , deno ing hat e family Abbot e

. fi A v i sham He was con rmed by Pope Clement VI . , at g

the 1 0 . non , about year 3 5

" of The heiress Attwood married Beauchamp , and the arms were painted in the Church of Holt about the year

~ 1 2 2 . rei n of th 4 In the g Henry VI . e Attwoods were escheators of the County, Justices of the Peace, and

Esquires of the better sort . The Attwoods were grea t ” to benefactors the Church of Worcester.

WOLVERLEY CHURCH .

2 F . 2: Vol . , 0 47 ’ on - a Attwood s arms flat stone , below . E Samuel , son of Henry Attwood , sq . He died Sep 1 tember 7th ,

H oldberrOw t of A wood , the son Samuel Atwood ,

2 th 1 8 Gent, and Rebecca his wife , died December 5 , 70 , ” aged one year and three months .

Above the steps . t Deposi um Johannis Atwood , armiger de aula Wol v ert iens i s u bdit u s ernobilis xl i , qui sont rege p , e es a re res 2 0

u t a nu a rII A . D . 1 668 ta u ra ta filiu s . Ob Secundus die J , , ” ae ta tis s u aa 66. Resurgam .

Near t he Reading Desk .

The arms and crest of Attwood . t t t Abel A wood , Gen , and eldes son of Henry Atwood ,

of t t he Esquire , late Wolverley Cour , being last heir male

D 2 6 8 A . . 1 t t . . of ha elder house He died Oct , 7 , aged NOTE — In 1 769 the o ld Church a t Wolverley was pulled down .

2 F0 . 0 Vol . , 47 E — The was NOT . Manor of Horsley , near Wolverley ,

A t r ode t s o . the given by Ralph Stre ch de , 9 Edward I I , in

1 1 t o H a wkes low t o W a lsto m year 3 5, Richard , who granted t t Prior and his Conven , all his lands and enements in ” H r l a lv rl o s e e and W o e i.

The French De Bois (in English , Wood) came over with William t he Conqueror . They afterwards anglicised ” . the t their name Hence surname At wood .

2 F0 . 1 . Vol . , 9 Claines Appendix

On Mural Monument .

of tt Here lieth the body George A wood , late of Bever

of t 1 1 2 ley, his Parish , Esquire ; who died 7 February, 73 , aged

. 2 F 8 0 . Vol , 5

of Also the body Winifred his wife, daught er and

th of heiress of Thomas , 5 son William , Lord Petre , Baron of tt Wri le by Ursula his wife, daughter and heiress of

S a le of ff Richard Brook, of p y Hall , in the County Sta ord , ” 1 1 1 Esquire , who died 4 December, 7 4, aged 77 years . T — O E . 1 1 0 N Richard Brook died 7 February , 7 7 , aged 6 ” 7 years .

t o At Tedding on , four miles fr m Tewkesbury, o n the

London Road , is a pillar with directions for the several cross roads , bearing this inscript ion

2 1

t t o f t he e re e E dmund A w od o Vin T ,

t t he t t e e e t e m e A firs im r c d , And fre e ly he did t his be sto w t t St range t rave lle rs he way o S ho w . ’ e o e t o Re pair d by his s n s gr a grands n , ” tt o o o f e t o Edmund A w d T dding n .

WOLVERLEY CHANTRY .

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t d licent iu m Celebra idi Jon Boys (Bois), A twoo , habet divine in Orat orir s u s de Wade achu W olv ordle et Trym

el e 1 . 1 . p y per anno 9 Jan , 357 R PATRONS . INCUMBENTS . EGISTER.

Willm . o e . Frdk. ff. 2 oh. Att oo . , 6. J w d , Mil Padm r Cap 9 ,

1 0 e . 1 8 F br , 3 1 .

Willm . o re Padm , 7 J . C . f. 43 .

ebr . 1 8 . F , 3 5

e . oh. Att oo m . Willm . . . . 8 . J w d, ar i Prank , Cap Carp V f 4

1 0 . 3 Aug . , 45

ob. tt oo d e . o . 8 . G l. . 1 . 6. J A w d, Jac bus Pyry, Cap yg f 4

2 0 . 1 0 1 . Apr , 5

o e e . W lv rl y, armi

l 2 F 6 Vo . , 0 . 47

Johannis de Bosco .

- Vol. 1 . 1 6 1 . Ordinatio W Carp , , pp 5 94 Vicarie de ol v rdl a ey.

’ “ NASH S WORCESTERSHIRE .

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a nta ria a s s u m tios ies t i I la p , lC bea ie Marie V rge n Capel ” Tr m le in Pa rochia m K d erm in r de y p y, fra de y st e .

P T . . RE A RONS INCUMBENTS GISTER . D w i oh. At d W llm . P o ns . o e. e . Frk.. 2 J adm r , Cap f 9 , 6. Feb 1 0 y. , 1 38 1 .

Willm . o e Ih 6 Padm r , . f. 43 , .

w ob. At ode a rm . Willm . e . a v 8 J , Prank , Cap C rp. . f. 4.

Au l 3 g o , 450 oh w . At od e d e. o P . 8 . G l. . 1 6. J , Jac bus yry , Cap yg f 4, 2 0 1 0 1 Apr. , 5 . 2 2

1 8 1 This Chant ry was founded and endowed about the year 3 .

- 60 6 1 . . . F0 . 2 Nash , see pp . Lib all 93 l Confirm a t io Ca nta rie in Capelo de T rym p ey. (See

of Attewode M ilit is &c. name Johannis , , )

EVESHAM .

l. 1 F . Vo , 0 400

. of 47 Wm de Boyse (Bois), a monk this foundation ,

fi a t . con rmed Abbot by Clement VI . Avignon He greatly t augmented the revenues of the House, and ob ained leave

for to from Pope Urban V . his successors be consecrated by whatever Bishops t hey might choose in England . He

1 1 6 o u t s wa s died 3 June, 3 7 , worn with illne s , and buried

of here by the Bishop Hereford , under a marble Slab before ’ ” - n . St. n y s Altar

CHANTRY OF HARTLEBURY .

. 1 F . 2 Vol , 0 57

: e The fourth window 4 gules , a lion rampant, queu ” fu rchée t , argent. Sir John At wood .

D E BOSCO (ATTWOOD) .

Clos e Roll o th H en I I f 45 ry I .

of a t Writs Summons to Parliament London .

Amaldo de Bosco . Wels h Roll of r 1 th E dwa r d I

of r Writs Summons to meet the King at Shrewsbu y .

Johi de Bosco .

Clos e Roll o a r d E d f 3 wa r d 1 .

of f 81 Writs Summons to Judges , Clerks o Council , 0 .

Johi de Bosco .

Clos e Roll o a th E d r f 4 wa d 1 .

of to a - - Writs Summons meet at Newc stle upon Tyne .

Ma ist ro W illielm o m i a li g de Bosco, quod tta t qu os de hom inibu s 81 apud Novum Castru m cum equis, 0.

Dominus Johannes de Bosco .

2 4

t t 1 88 Beauchamp , of Hol , in Worces ershire (died 3 ) and his

t t . wife, daugh er and heiress of Sir John At wood The efli ies t t . g , which are of alabas er, have been erribly defaced ’ ’ The Knight s armour is a good example . The lady s head — rests o n a swan with expanded wings , the crest of the

the t fi Beauchamps . The panels of omb are lled with shields of arms .

’ “ 1 6. G RE E N s HISTORY OF WORCESTER , 79

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Monuments in the Nave and its side Aisles . t the 45. Behind the third and four h pillars from bel th the t fry on the north side of e Nave, is omb of Sir John f his Beauchamp , o Holt, of this County , on which lies ffi t t his e gy in comple e polished armour, with tha of lady ,

t tt . H is Joan , daugh er and heiress of Sir John A wood fi n t t t gure has a plated swan o a poin ed helme , wi h (origin t ally) a corded facing, a gorget on his surcoa gules, a fess

r o plated shoe , with large rowel to his spurs , a headless

t ou t animal at his feet, under his head a helme crowned , of ’ w the two . which issued a S an s head and neck, with wings ’ fi has t o The lady s gure on a loose man le , her veil fl wing t a t the back, a flowered surcoat wi h close sleeves buttoned

. is wrist, the apron studded Her head rested on a swan

the of and supported by angels , whose heads with bust the

ff - t t swan are broken o . The head dress is re icula ed with a

fi t of it t he t lle flowers round , hair plai ed behind , the rest

of flowing about her shoulders . The arms on the panes

of the tomb are those of the Beauchamps , Earls Warwick , ’ t o . Abin don s t but according Mr g manuscript, the cres f under his head (which is a swan issuing out o a helmet),

re re the head now broken off, points at the person here p t o s on sented be John , the of Sir John Beauchamp, of Holt.

of He received the honour Knighthood in Scotland , having signalised himself in the war with that nat ion,from the 2 5

2 nd of t o hand of Richard the , being the Esquire the body

was t dis that monarch , and the only son of hat family so

t of ting u is hed . He was crea ed Baron Beauchamp Kidder fi the A . D . 1 88 t e minster by same King , 3 , and was h rst

t o . Peer, according Mr Seldon , who ever received the

t 2 2 nd honour of an English Barony by Pa ent ( Richard , ’ ‘ 2 1 t Bu t D ry Bar I . Pa . 5 Seldon s Ti les of he t he died not long enjoying his new honour, for same year t appearing in arms in London , wi h divers other Lords , for t t treasonable purposes , he was a tainted in Parliamen , and after confi nement in Dover Cast le was beheaded o n Tower A 8 8 8 th his . D . 1 . Hill , in the 5 year of age , 3 This noble man in his younger years having received a largesse from t t the Priory of Worcester, gratefully requi ed hem when he ’ t he became High Steward of King s household , by pro ’ in h ffi t ect g them from t e oppression of t he King s O cers . Before his deat h he gave his money and plate to the Prior ’ of t - a t - and Monks Worcester, but the King s Sergean Arms

wa s demanding it, the whole conveyed to London . Mr .

t was Abingdon , who saw the inven ory, says it very mode

. f hi rate The monks , however, being ancient friends o s his t t family, received body in o heir Cathedral , in which it was t t h interred , and this omb erec ed over is grave .

In him expired the ancient name of Beauchamp of Holt.

The Beauchamps were Barons of Powick .

Leland in his account . of the interments in the Cathe dral , says In navis ecclesia Johannes Beauchamp Miles

Com ita m W a rwici t de familie Charr Edward I I I . e Richard ’ . d ecolla tu s I I tandem tempore Henrici IV . This Beau was t t champ the owner of Hol , a pretty pile abou three moyle by north owt of Worcester on S ev erne ripn dextra a moyle above Grimley. At this Holt Kynge Richard the 2 nd a ttorn m made é ents . 2 6

2 F0 . 1 Vol . , 4 (Appendix)

t . Worcester Cat hedral . Benefac ors

th t of t In e grea west window the nave , behind Ti ra , ’ was a Knight inscribed Monsieur John Attwood .

l 2 Vo . F . 1 t 0 . , 4 (Appendix , Ca hedral) In the great west window of the Nave below the tran some that divided the eight panes are the following figures A Knight in complete armour Monsieur Walter de Cooka y opposit e another John Bea u cha m pe de Holt . Behind

ka Coo y a Knight Monsieur Rid Fit on . Behind Fiton was a Knight inscribed Monsieur John Attwood . The upper part of the whole window was occupied by coats of arms .

: th t o t t t Middle Aisle In e cen re , opp si e nor h en rance,

B a n no . e u cha m e t t o . Sir J p , of Hol , fa her of J Beauchamp ,

t . the 2 nd . . Baron of Kiddermins er, Temp Richard Sec D n . Thos . Surrey , page 97 , and his Ichnography of the

Cathedral , reference No .

’ “ NASH S WORCESTERSHIRE . V l o . 1 . F0 . 600 :

- . t . Rob. Holt Pa ron de Bosco (Attwood) , Custos .

2 . 1 2 H orl . 1 . . 1 7 Jan , 3 9 V for 9 , V l o . 1 F0 . 1 , 44

ck h — e en a m . . n F Patron Fula Harbach ex Co cess Jos . A w ” Culpeper de tt ode .

F0 . 360 t Dudley . Free Grammar School endowed wi h £50

tw Ris inore per year by At ood and , Merchants , London . F0 493

. of t Hagley Pedigree Ly telton .

t 1 2 8 L u keton Abou 9 Thomas married Lucy, daughter ” of r John de Bois o Attwood .

Vol. 2 . 1 Appendix C . 3

1 1 . . t of t 7 9 Wm A wood , Mayor Worces er. 2 7

1 . 1 6 Vol . , Fo

Of the Shire Reeve that is Praefectus Comitatus .

1 2 1 6 rd . 3 6. Edward the 3

Names . Seals . Arms . w Att d . Idem Comes Co . e o e in Wolverley Gules a lion

Thos . rampant. de Att ewode Sub . double queue

V . ic. argent

Vol. 2 F0 . 1 , 3

Knights of the Shire for the County of Worcester.

Edward the 3 rd . Parliament at Lincoln .

1 A ttwode . John de Stone . Robert

rd t . Edward the 3 . Parliamen at Westminster

H Attwode. Rob de owest one . Robert

1 8 r t . Edward the 3 d . Parliamen at Westminster

A ttw Richd F ton . Robert ode . y

6 r . 4 Edward the 3 d . Parliament at Westminster

Att od John w e . John de Burg .

r a t t . 47 Edward the 3 d . Parliament Wes minster A John t twode . Edmund de Brugge .

0 r . 5 Edward the 3 d . Parliament at Westminster w . Att ode t on . J , Chevalier. R . Fy , Chevalier

2 2 nd . Richard the . Parliament at Westminster

Attwode . John , Chevalier

r a m Parliament at No h pt on.

John Beauchamp de Holt.

PARLIAMENTARY WRITS A N D WRITS OF MILITARY O SUMM NS . ’ “ ”

. 1 , Nash s Worcestershire Vol . 1 A 306. tt ewode William (W illielm u s Attewode) m a nnca t or o for t p f Johannes Allot, Burgess , returned Droi W . . 1 ich 34 Edward I page 77 , No . 45.

A . D . 1 1 . Att w d , 3 5 e o e John (Johannes Att ewode) citi zen for a hi x , returned Worcester, obt ins s writ de e pencis 2 8 for attendance a t the Parliament a t West minster in eight

2 0 t days of S t . Hilary, January to Sunday nex before the

the . t a t t feast of S t . Gregory Pope , 9 Mar Tes ed Wes

8 2 nd 1 1 0 . 8 . minst er 9 Mar . Edward the , Part , page 5 , No 7 A t wode m a nnca t or A D . 1 2 2 . te . , 3 Johannes , p of Knights

t 1 6 1 E dw. 1 of the Shire, returned for Worces er , 7 Part ,

2 . 6 8 . pages 77 No 5 , 4

Attewode Rica rd u s Attewode A D 1 1 . . . , 3 4 Richard ( )

E d m u ndis ra fto ne t m a nnca pt or Of V . de G , Knigh of Shire,

8 w the 2 nd . 1 1 ret urned for Worcest er E d . Part , page 33 ,

No . 2 2 .

A w de Robert u s Attewode . 1 2 tt e o A D . 3 7 . Robert ( )

t f t for Knigh o Shire, re urned Worcester , Parliament at

t t u inerine of . Wes mins er, by propagation from the Q St

1 1 2 6 o n the Andrews , 4 December, 3 , morrow of the Epiph

1 2 2 0 2 nd . 1 any , 7 January, 3 7 , Edward the Part , page

6 . 3 4, No 47 Att ewod e Robertu s obtains his writ de expencis for a t

t a t t tendance at the above named Parliament . Tes ed Wes

t 2 1 rd . 1 6 mins er, 3 February, Edward the 3 Part , page 3 5,

No .

“ A N D ITS BY . B. . BRITTANY BYWAYS , MRS PALLISER Fo 2 06 t Equally dis ant from Ploermel and Josselyn , at Mi

V the of firs oie, in centre of a star formed by avenues and t t t cypresses, is an obelisk s e up o commemora e the famous ’ t t on 1 1 Comba des Trente, which ook place this spot in 35 , and on which are inscribed t he names of the thirty who

t h wa fought on e French side . It s during that period of the War of Succession when host ilit ies were carried on by

Bea u m a noir the two Jeannes, Marshal , the Breton com of P mander the garrison of Josselyn for Jeanne de enthieire,

Bem bro a s is n gave a challenge to , he called , the E glish Captain who held Ploermel for Jeanne de Montfort and the COLU MN T O T H E H T IRTY .

30

te e o ée u a e ne e l Vaillan r n mm , j bl m s ra

' no ir le t d o ne s e v e rt u a Bea u m a vallan a , Te l de uil e u t e t t e lle ir e qu e la so if lu i passa

' ’ E t d un cOt é e t d a u t re le chapple co m m e nca ’ — t e t ou e é e e n e n é . Briz ea u x . M o r s fur n bl ss s, gu r s chappa

a Cro u a rt Sir Robert Knollys , Sir Hugh C lverley q , and t he tt others were made prisoners, and thus ended Ba le of t the Thirty, gained , however, in a mos disloyal manner,

t h of the t Monta uban gett ing e aid a horse, when o her com t ba ta nts fought o n foot . The Breton Knights re urned to t t t Josselin , heir helmets decora ed wi h branches of the t t broom . In every basne a brigh broom flower the h tt t place where t e ba le was fough , running, according to ’ h éneta ie ét t t e French poem , Le long d une g qui ai verte ’ et belle .

“ HISTORY OF WEDNESBURY .

. Recor d ffi . 1 86 a t t e Pub 4 Wolverhamp on O c , London . “ t he In u is it io t t 8 the z u In q Pos Mor em , Edward d , ” W illi lm i At w No . e t e od 34, occurs the name e .

JOHN OF GAUNT . t t ff t George A twood , of S a ord , af erwards of Hawne

i t of House, who married Rachael Mar a Gaun , Rowley h . a t t e of t Regis , descendan of family of John Gaun , and 1 th 1 80 8 6 who died 9 April , 7 , aged , and was interred in the Attwood vault, south aisle, Halesowen Church , under 1 0 t seat 4, adjoining second pillar body of Church , used o t t t ake his grandchildren on his knee, and pa ting hem o n

: t the head , would say Now remember, children , hat you the tt t are descended from A woods of Cleobury Mor imer, a nd who are the same family as the Attwoods of Wolver

t . t t ley Cour Your grandmo her is a Gaun , and connect ed ’ W l th . t the Lord Foley family This was related o Mr . J .

. t 8 . . . 1 88 . Moore by Mrs R M Ma hews, aged 7 June , 0 3 1

KINGS OF FRANCE . The following informat ion respecting the Attwood t family told to M r. John Moore by Mr. Charles A twood , whilst on a visit at his house at Wolsingham , in December , 1 867 : In Worcester Cathedral is a monument of Lord and w of . as Lady Beauchamp , Holt Lord Beauchamp , who

1 88 beheaded in t he year 3 , married the daughter and heir tt ess of Sir John A wood , whereby a deal of land went into the Beauchamp family .

B r a v nn t The Earl of e g e y married Millicent At wood , and g ot Thorp Arnold wit h her . Arnold Attwood gave the name of Thorpe Arnold to the village of t hat name . t of t The Attwoods , wi h the exception two o her families

t the t t t had , af er Conques , more land han any o her family

o Ca ets in England . They descended fr m the p , Kings of f Fra nce , and before the invasion of England by William o t Normandy, in which hey , the De Bois (Attwoods) took part, were a knightly family . The Fleur de Lys is on the t ffi armour of a m utila ed e gy in Wolverley Court. A story o r t radition of them was told by the troubadours of a battle

t 0 in Brit any , in which 3 Knights on either side took part . t t fi t w Af er despera e ghting they were all slain excep four, t o

Bea u m a noir on each side . De Bois and continued the

fi t Bea u m a noir gh with their antagonists , when having re ceiv ed fi t a severe , and nding his s rength failing ‘wound t d t hrough loss of blood , he crie to De Bois , I faint hrough

t t . i ow hirs De Bois replied , Drink th ne n blood , Beau ” “ t t t . tt manoir, and thy s reng h will re urn (See Bri any

it s . 2 06 and Byways , by Mrs Bury Palliser, pages , The Attwoods had the strawberry leaves rou nd t heir coronet .

o of The wife of Ge rge Attwood , Hawne , was a descend a nt of f the third son of John o Gaunt. 3 2

In t he summer house in the garden of Wolverley Court is a broken monument of o ne of the Attwoods with t he t t he Fleur de Lys on his armour . It had been mu ilated in

a . Church t Wolverley during the Civil Wars . Mr Charles Attwood o n closely examining t he head of this monument recognised a st rong likeness between it and his brot her h G eorge . At t e same time he saw some chains , which are mentioned in the t radit ion of the Crusader Attwood of

t the was Wolverley, who , cap ured by Saracens , thrown

t bu t t o i in o a dungeon in chains , owing his p ous life was

a nd tt t o miraculously released , found at Park A wood near

t t t he . Wolverley Cour , wi h chains by his side “ Another version of the legend is given in Notes and ” ' t fo r t t in 1 8 . Sugges ions a His ory of Kiddermins er , issued 59 “ the t t the Among legendary lore connec ed wi h parish ,

t the tt . is a s ory , scene of which is Park A wood It is related t a t t he t of t t hat ime of the Crusades , a member hat ancien

A n lice t family formerly called De Bosco , g A twood , was

t he the taken captive by Saracens , in Holy Land , and being laden wit h chains and cast into prison he seemed to be a t

t . tt the poin of death A faithful dog was his only a endant. In this miserable condition he prayed that he might be re t o t t t stored his na ive coun ry, and , the story goes , hat he was miraculously conveyed t o his ancestral mansion a t

T rim le t d o p y, fai hful g with him , and they were found ‘his by an o ld domest ic who had lingered about the deserted

. t t halls The mas er s ill bore his chains , and only arrived

t t he in ime to lay his bones in grave of his forefat hers . Of course , as is usual in such cases , there is monumental evi dence of t he story in t he ' chains which are said to be kept r ffi at Wolverley House , and in a sepulch al e gy of a Crus t d o a t t ader wi h a g his fee , formerly in Wolverley Church , bu t now preserved in a private house in t he neighbour ’ hoodfi 33

No . 8 . RAMBLES ROUND BIRMING HAM . 4

n ha m ou rna l 2 6 1 86 . From the Birm i g j , September, 3 “ for Commonplace a s Wolverley looks , there are no

wa s of old houses to make it picturesque, it the scene a

a of . or grand old legend of the d ys Faith The De Bois,

Attwood , fa mily, had long flourished here, and a legend would be useful in attesting its antiquity and fame . The story goes that an ancient Attwood went as a Crusader to

was the Holy Land , that he taken by the Saracens and kept one in prison many years , that day feeling anxious about re home affairs , he made a solemn vow, that if ever he e turned , Worcester Cathedral should be bl ssed by several wa s s lices of his fair demesne . A wondrous miracle worked was by some powers unknown , the rueful knight bodily t ransport ed to Wolverley Court and laid in a field near his

bu t his own house, happily he was just in time to be at ’ wife s second wedding, for she thought him long since dead ,

the but whether he forbade banns and stopped the marriage ,

his rw is or what was fate afte ards , enveloped in a legendary ‘ who th cloud . Let all are sceptical know that if e bricks n t to are o there testify to this day , that Worcester Cathe dral acquired and still holds lands at Wolverley Court, and that although the effi gy of the Crusader was crushed for

t his the r blas ing purposes , bust and ve y chains , which he ” wore in prison , are still preserved at Wolverley Court . I n the course of this brief history of the Attwood family, the various versions of the Legend of the Crusader of W ol verley Court in the early part of the twelfth century have I t been recorded . t may be of interest to narra e a true a c count of as marvellous an esca pe by another member of t f th the same family , which ook place in the middle o e

a nineteenth century . M r. James Attwood had t ken his passage from Quebec to England in the Stea m Packet trad his ing between the two countries , and had placed luggage o n o was b ard , when he invited on board a frigate , D 34

h t t t to dine with t e cap ain . The captain was so in eres ed ’ tt o t wit h Mr . A wo d s conversation tha he pressed him to

t bu t t take passage with him . He consen ed , had no ime to reclaim his luggage from the packet boat . A few weeks after a t ravelling bag containing his papers and part of his luggage was washed ashore o n t he Scilly Islands . The ’

t t t t . tt Packe Boa was los wi h all hands , and Mr A wood s life was spared .

WORCESTER CATHEDRAL .

6 F0 . 2 D . 1 By Thomas D . , 73 , 9 Below the steps between the sth and 6t h pillars on the t t t north Side, is excellen ly wrough in alabas er a raised

t he t t his monument, por rai ure of a man , all armed saving face and hands , praying, and under his head lying on a ’ t t two helme , a swan s head and neck be ween wings erect

ou t . t issuing of a crown Beside him lie h his lady , under her head supported wit h angels a swan o n either side are f & fiv e t o c . &c . panes wi h escutcheons arms , , These are

of th of the arms e Beauchamps , Earls Warwick and Beau

P ow ke t he of P a t es ha ll champ , Barons of y , saving arms ,

t t t nt * being argen a fess sable be ween hree cresce gules ,

P a t sha ll the of f P w k which e was wife Beauchamp o o y e .

‘ n t n All which arms , bei g merely prin ed , deceive all u der t t t t s anding, beholders persuading ha his was Beauchamp ,

of P ow ke t n Baron y , where as his cres u der his head being as ancient as t he monument and the same with Sir John t d t At wood who lieth burie at Wolverley , doe h most plainly t t a declare hat his was John Be uchamp , son of Sir John

of t ffi t Beauchamp Hol , who in an o ce aken after the death

tt t 1 of Sir John A wood , Knigh , 5Richard I I . was found to ” be his next heir.

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2 8 F0 . 7

— u eu lles f Swepst on . In the Church three arms g a ess

u eu lles between 6 cross crosslets or Beauchamp . G , a lion

w . é . rampant, queue fourch e arg Att ood

F0 2 8 2

t t . Swithland . This Manor was the inheri ance of Rob

é . W a ll i . t de e s , who bore arg a lion rampan , queue fourch e

ll S E . G u eu es , in the window, a lion rampant queue four ”

t t of t . chee argent . Moun for , Earl Leices er

F 2 8 0 . 4

t Thorpe E rna u ld . This Manor was the ancient inhe

f E rnold of ita nce o de Bois , or De Bosco , which house

E rnolds t there were four in lineal descen , whereof the town

of E rna u ld had this denomination , which four were all benefactors to the Abbey of Leicester. They bore argent

u ll s ffi th 2 barres and a cent re g eu e . They were o cers of e ancient Earls of Leicest er and founders of the Abbey of

Biddlesd en the t of n , in Coun y Bucki gham , as appeared by

old of of an manuscript now in the custody Lord Grey,

Groby .

F 2 8 0 . 5

Sir William de Bosco .

2 8 Fo . 4

S ha kst or. the . . In high N window C uculles , a lion

é . rampant, queue fourch e , argent Sir Roger Attwood , t ff Ickwor h , Su olk , monument in armour.

ANCIENT ROLLS OF ARMS . ’ r Glover s Roll of the Reign of King Henry the 3 d .

t . 1 868 . L Edi ed by George J Armitage , July, ondon , John 6 Russell Smith , 3 Soho Square . “ The copy of an ould rolle of armes in P a rchem ent and in Blazon made and written in the reign -and tym e of the rd is of King Henry 3 and in the hands Mr. Harry of t 1 86 Leices ershire 5 .

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ou ls No . 4. Le Comte de Leister, g ung leon rampant ’ ’ le - é d a rgerit le queue fourchée et Baun pty endent e d argent et de goules . ’ ’ ba u nr. et 2 . No . 7 William de Gaunt d argent d azur ung bende de goules . Millicent Attwood married the Earl of Berga v enny who got St oke E rnold t hrough her. E rn ld et 1 . o No . 0 5 de Boys, argent deux barres ung canton gou lez . t 8 . G e No . 1 9 Robert de ourney , argent deux barres ’ ung cou tor gou lez d or et ung lion ramp noir et la bor ” ru re de goules .

“ NOTES A N D QUERIES FOR WORCESTER . 8 81 o . 1 6. Longman C , 5 Fines for not taking the Order of Knighthood on the f I 1 6 0 Coronation o King Charles the st, 3

1 1 Fo . 3

t of E s re. Saml . At wood , Wolverley, q , 1 6 Fo . 3 “ o . of a E s re . 1 2 . J Attwood , St nton , q , £

The following was copied out of M rs . Angela Wake

’ ' fi ld hu rch at hu nt . e s book at C g e, Ches , by M r John Moore ,

1 8 2 in March , 7

2 1 1 8 8 . z August , 4 About this date died Selina Eli a

fi t of M rs . fi beth Wake eld , daugh er Wake eld , at Welling w ton . as fi wh , New Zealand Her father Daniel Wake eld , o

8 1 8 8 died January , 5 , aged 59 years , at Wellington . “ 1 1 8 . fi E r . September , 35 Daniel Wake eld , Junr . , sq e ,

to t of E s re. Angela, eldest daugh er Thomas Attwood , q ,

M P . . for Harborne , Birmingham .

Tim es 1 8 From the London , December 4, 54 ’ - - 2 th . . u On the 4 ulto , at St John s, Newcastle o Tyne,

s o n of E r s e. f John , the second the late John Moore , q , o

B W ea rm ou th ishop , to Caroline Anne , only daughter of ” t E s . h Edward At wood , q , of t e same place . 38

‘

a t the . . . Married Shenley, Herts, by Rev F J New

C . . t ome, M A , Rector , Algernon , four h son of Thomas

E s re . of t o t of Attwood , q , this town , Emma, only daugh er ”

t ou lkes . . the la e John F , Esq of Wrexham

Mr . 1 th t . E nfield s On the s ins , at Clayhill , , Algernon ”

t of s on . 1 6 . 1 8 . A twood , a Dec , 54

2 8th t 0 . On the ins . ( 3 Aug , at Barming, Kent,

the . by Rev Henry Demain , Henry Wilson Demain Saun

E r s on s e . of ders , second of Charles Saunders , q , Kenning t o n t o t of , Surrey, Rosabelle, second daugh er Thomas f M . P . o E s re . . Attwood , q , , Birmingham “ 2 8 1 86 . At May , 3 Woodend House, Erdington , the

E r of t s e . of s on wife Thomas Aurelius At wood , q , a (named

ttw fi I Thomas A ood married rst Elizabeth Carless , 3

8 a t f 1 06 . May, , Harborne Church , Staf ordshire

a t . 2 6 A ril a . ed Died St Heliers , Jersey, p , g 55, Eliza ” f t f t t Bir m i o o . n h beth , wife Thomas A twood , his own g a m

ou r na l 2 1 8 0 . j , May , 4

t he M orn i P os t 2 1 8 From ng , July , 45 ’

S t . t on At John s , Padding on , Monday , June 30 ,

tt E s re . t f Thomas A wood , q , to Elizabe h , only daughter o f t f s o . Jo eph Grice , Handswor h Hall , Staf ordshire — N B. tt . The second wife of Thomas A wood , who sur

a t . vives him , and is now living the Boynes , near Malvern

March , From the Proce edings of the City Council of London “ 2 1 8 2 . . May 4, 3 Sir John Key , Lord Mayor At a

a t Common Council , Guildhall , this day resolved That the Freedom of the City in a box made of the heart of

t E s re. Brit ish Oak be presen ed to Thomas Attwood , q , in test imony of the high est imat ion in which the cit izens of London hold his dist inguished services in the cause of ’ t Parliament ary Reform , and also of the abili y displayed by him in unit ing the intelligent and industrious art isans and

39 the inhabit ants generally Of the M idland dist ricts in t heir

t t . firm but peaceable pursuit of that great na ional objec

Signed ,

’ COPIED OU T OF MISS ADAMS S BIBLE

1 2 1 8 1 . . On Tuesday , October , 4 Cakemore

FRA . CARLESS . TCHET

t he t of . of P ra c , Mary dau Randal

t h M inc ha l e t . t e Nan wic , , G n , sis r

e of Ric hd . M incha l Che st r. Sir , Baro n and Viscount M incha l in England , Ea r l Marshal in Ire e of e e Carl ss , Birmingham , wh r la nd . his family had lo ng be e n se ate d . I P ra t che t e e t s on 0 Richard , ld s , e of i i . Carl ss , B rm ngham Nant wich

t s n e e of Cor Elde s o J os ph Carl ss, be ns Hall . heire ss

Sa rah Hit ch o c ck . E e t s o n o e e ld s J s ph Carl ss , Mary rbe ns of Co Hall . Knight

z e t e Eli ab h Carl ss,

t h s o n w P ra t chet . . of . e s Ed ard dau J Carl ss,

Co rbe ns G t . f t . T o m k s . o Bils on I y Hall ,

E dw r = = Rev . a d Anna Maria Th o mas Eli z abe t h

e . of Rev t t e e . Carl ss , dau A woo d . Fr Ann r o e Ma k N bl man . R e c t o r o f

e t . A. S . of 81. Barming, K n , F L. E .

2 1 68 . Thomas Adams , born 4 January , 5 Married ,

2 2 1 1 t f May , 7 3 , Hannah , daugh er o William John Pear

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s on . 1 68 2 t Born Oct . 9 , , depar ed this life , November ye 4, 1 753 40

They have t hese children following

1 . 1 1 f George, born 3 Aug , 7 5. Departed t his li e Sept.

4, 1 784

1 1 1 6. Mary, born 9 December, 7 Departed this life Oct . 6 I . 735

s 8 1 1 8- 1 Thoma , born January, 7 9 . Departed this life 1 1 8 8 May 3 , 79 , age d 0 .

1 2 1 Andrew, born 5April , 7 . Departed t his life April 2 2 1 , 750 .

wa s 1 1 Thomas Adams married April ye 9 , 75 , to Mary, of the daughter Enoch and Elizabeth Read , born Jan . ye

2 1 1 6- 1 2 1 8 0 , 7 7 , and died January , 7 9 , aged

wa 1 This s written in the year 794 by the Rev . Mark

- . ou t f Noble, F . A S . Copied o the above named Bible on ” T 1 8 . fi hursday, August, 45 Signed , Angela Wake eld .

’ of . Bank British North America, 7 St Helen s Place ,

2 6 1 8 . t London , April , 55 A le ter signed by the Chairman ,

t t o Sir A . Pellet Green , expressive of s ympa hy of t the family the la e George de Bosco Attwood , who died

t of . suddenly, whilst reading the minu es the previous Court was Mr. Attwood took part in the formation of the Bank, on of t 2 1 18 6 e the original Commit ee, and on November, 3 , ” wa s appointed Secretary .

“ COPIED FROM A BIBLE ’ In my Aunt Carless possession . It originally belonged to w M . as rs Ann Carless , who found dead in bed on the morn

f 1 Tenna ll ing o the 30 September, 79 7 , at Hall , Harborne , and wa s buried at Edgbast on . fi Signed , A . Wake eld , 2 1 8 Barming, August 3 , 45. 41

’ An account of my children s ages .

2 6 1 1 . Samuel Carless , born ye February , 7 5

1 1 1 6. Richard 4 March , 7

1 1 1 8 . Joseph 4 April , 7

1 t 1 1 . Benjamin 3 Augus , 7 9 1 2 0 Robert 1 5February , 7 dyed July ye

2 1 1 2 2 . June, 7

1 2 . 4 August, 7 4

- 2 1 2 6. 4 March , 7 5

1 2 . 1 8 December, 7 7

1 2 8 . 6 March , 7

2 t 1 0 . 6 Oc ober, 73

2 1 2 2 December, 73 dyed January

ye 5. Major Ca rless succoured King Charles the z u d after his

wa of a t or . s defeat at Worces ter, near Boscobel He one this family . Ca r The Carless family possess a seal , given to Major ” less by the King .

CARLESS ARMS . Sword and Sceptre ; wreat h yellow and red green tree on yellow shield ; three crowns on crimson ba nd . This t family had to do with succouring Charles I I . af er the

t wa s Bat le of Worces ter , when he concealed in the oak tree . “ 2 8 1 2 nd August 7 , 1 5 . On Wednesday , in her 9 year, t after a few days illness , deeply lamen ed , Mary Adams , of f i Cakemore, in Halesowen . A consistent professor o Chr s tian doctrine , an earnest example of Christ ian charity . She passed the whole of her long and useful life in the house s he was in which born , a blessing to her relatives and to

n i Urh d e t oo . 0 the poor g Cakemore, about 5 acres , chiefly ” t water, meadow and pas ure . 42

MEMOIR OF MATTHIAS ATTWOOD . ’ The G entlem a n s M a a z ine 1 8 2 . From g , 5

. 1 2 t Fo 9 , las half year

. 1 1 1 8 2 Nov , 5 . At his residence on Dulwich Hill , in

2 nd M . P . fo r t tt E s r . t his 7 year, Mat hias A wood , q e , la e

t . t f t t t Whi ehaven He was the eldes son o Ma thias A wood ,

E s re . of t q , Halesowen , who realised a large for une by a

of Att monopoly of Swedish iron , and founded the house t woods , Bankers , Birmingham , and in Gracechurch Stree ,

tt o t h t he London . Mr . M . A w od joined e banking business at

t of a t a t commencemen his c ive life , and once entered with ardour int o the financial and polit ical ques t ions of his pro f i n t t ess o . The sen imen s which chiefly occupied his mind and influenced his co nduct were the st rong objecti o ns he conceived and retained against t he resumpt ion of cash pay

ment s . He wrot e pamphlets on t his subject in 1 8 1 0 and

8 1 1 1 t rt . , and his argumen s conve ed Mr Cobbett .

t t o nt 1 8 1 When Mr . Peel was abou i roduce his Bill in 9 ,

~ . tt a t the ts Mr A wood c lled a mee ing of merchan , bankers , and t raders of the City t o pet it ion Parliament against t he

o n t he change , and evening before he was surprised by a visit from the first Sir Robert Peel suspecting at the first moment that he came t o dissuade him from opposit ion t o

bu t t t t o his son , in fac Sir Rober Peel was as earnes ly pposed

n t a t t o the change as Mr . Attwood himself. He o only

t t t the t t co n ended the mee ing , but presen ed pe i ion which

t a ined the n bu t o ne names of every Londo Banker , and

was m o st numerously and influ e nt ia lly signed .

tt t o the t t t t t o Mr . A wood o k earlies oppor unity af er his

pursue his financial conflict within the walls of t he House . At t he General Elect i o n of 1 8 2 0 he procured a seat as one of the Members for the now disfranchised Borough of Calla

in t on t t g , in Cornwall , the represen a ion of which he con t t ested in conjunct ion with Mr . Alderman Thompson agains

‘ rm r its fo e Members , Sir Christopher Robinson and the

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L o n . t t Hon . Edward P . yg The two lat er were re urned by

1 t bu t 68 votes , to 5 polled for heir competitors , on a peti

w . tion Mr . Att ood and Alderman Thompson were seated

tt re- fo r t t In 1 8 2 6 Mr . A wood was elected Calling on af er

8 t . . 1 2 1 a contest in which he polled 9 vo es , M r A Baring , t Ba dna ll . 1 8 0 . t and Mr . 49 In 3 Mr A twood contested wi h Sir Charles W ethera ll the now equally extinct Borough of

8 . Boroughbridge . They polled 3 votes , and Mr Andrew 2 0 1 8 1 Lawson and M r. W . A . Mackinnon each , and in 3

t r - t t the they were bo h e elec ed , without opposi ion , to be last B of representat ives of Boroughbridge . The new orough t re Whit ehaven was ready t o receive M r . At wood he was

ta t 1 8 2 turned wit hout opposition as it s first represen ive in 3 , t 1 8 1 8 and equally so at the subsequent elec ions in 35, 3 7 ,

1 8 1 the t 1 8 t and 4 . At last dissolu ion in 47 he re ired from

Parliament . t t o o ne Mr . A twood was considered by his friends make of his most successful effort s during the debates o n the

of 1 8 0 t Currency in the Session 3 , and his speech on hat occasion is st ill referred to as a clear and able exposit ion of t t the his ory and merits of the ques ion . Besides this lead a t t . t ing objec of his t ention , Mr Attwood took an ac ive part t in the formation and direc ion of many Public Companies ,

t he t among which was Provincial Bank of Ireland , an ins i t u tio n which has exercised a very beneficial influence o n

f of the a fairs the Sist er Kingdom . He also cont ributed t o the establishment of t he General Steam Navigation Com t pany , of which he was for some years Chairman , un il

. t t succeeded by his son , M r Wolverley A twood , la e Mem of t ber Parliamen for Greenwich . He was a Director of the Pelican and Phoenix Assurance Companies , and of the

Imperial and Continental Gas Associat ions . He served t he ’ ffi of o ces the Merchant Taylors Company , in whose charit

a t t t ha able business he all times ook a lively in erest. He s

t t he of t o lef whole his property his only son , M r. Wolver 44

t w his ' of ley At ood , together with share in the Bank

Spooner , Attwoods Co . His body wa s privately int erred in the Cemet ery at Nor

' b t wood , attended y his immediate rela ions and friends , and the only carriages in attendance were those of the Earl of

Lonsdale , Mr. Wilkin , and Mr. Pearse . tt Matthias A wood , the father of the above, had seven

t — I s t sons and hree daughters , George, Banker, at Bir

m in ha 2 nd rd M . P g m ; , Matthias , the above ; 3 , Thomas , .

who t the for Birmingham , has also wri ten largely on sub

ect t he th of f j of Currency ; 4 , James , Russia, and now o th Moss Hill , near Carlisle ; 5 , Edward , of Sunderland ;

6th t - on- T ow , Charles , of Newcas le Tyne , and Law, near th Wolsingham 7 , Benjamin , of Blackfriars , London ;

Mary Ann , unmarried ; Susan , deceased ; and Rachel

Maria, who married Mr . Matthews, Iron Master, now of ”

Th . e Leasowes, near Birmingham

IMPERIAL CONTINENTAL G A S ASSOCIATION . Copy of a Resolution pa ssed at the Meeting of the

of a s Board the Imperial Continental G Association , on the

1 1 8 1 3th November, 5 The Presidents and Directors previously t o com m enc

it on t ing the business of the Board , feel incumbent hem to record their deep regret at the loss they, individually,

t a s t and the Associa ion , a body, have sustained by the dea h of t heir highly respect ed and esteemed President and Chair man , Matthias Attwood , Esquire .

re M r. Attwood in every way entitled himself to be

a t ta wa garded s a friend to his es blishment . He s one of the original Founders of it ; during the period of d epres t sion and adversity which succeeded , he pa iently and per

a to severingly dhered it, and to his counsel , advice, and t i exertions , may in a great degree be at ributed ts s u bse quent prosperity.

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t son . Att To his affectionate and devo ed , M Wolverley ’ t t , , wood , Esquire , the inheri or of his fa her s talents energy " t o ff t s m and attainments , the Board beg o er their sinceres y h he pathy, and their earnest ope that may be supported under the present afflict ing dispensation .

F . M OSES MONTE IORE , Chairman

i Dulwich H ll ,

2 1 8 1 Tuesday , 5November, 5 .

M ont efiore Dear Sir Moses , Allow me to endeavour t o convey t hrough you to the Presidents and Directors of the Imperial Continenta l Gas t of Association , my heartfelt acknowledgemen s the dis tingu is hed tribute paid to the memory of my late lamented of t f t Father, and the kindness and sympa hy mani es ed to t t he 1 th myself, in their resolu ion of 3 November, which you have done me the favour and t he honour to communi cate to me , and which has derived greater value and more impressive meaning by coming t hrough your hands . To the propriet ors of the Imperial Continental Gas As

am to of sociation also , I anxious express my deep sense the ext raordinary worth of the regard and respect shown to my late Father by the adjournment of their Half- yearly

General Meeting . to wa s s o co n And it may be permitted me , who s ta ntly associated with him that almost every thought was

to one of known me, and whom no can suspect imagining myself to be other than a most inadequate successor of such

fi of t t ha a parent, to con rm the justice the eulogy ha s been

t o sa passed upon him , and y that the feelings which have been displayed in so st riking a manner for him who ha s

u s been removed from , have indeed been worthily directed for he possessed not only powers of mind of the highest d f order , guide by a judgment o rare soundness and acut e hi ness , and exerted with an unusual energy ; but s nature 46

t t was mos noble and generous , his disposi ion most amiable

o n and affectionate, and his religi us pri ciples most sincere

of and profound . He was incapable cherishing any u n kindly feelings, while he always regarded his friends and t those wi h whom he was associated , with the warmest cordi t t ality, and was ever most considera e and indulgen to all bu t himself. It is indeed t oo t rue that t o me the loss of such a father is severe and irreparable . t The only consolation t ha can be found here is . in t hose t t the estimonies of es eem for departed , and of sympathy for myself, which have been so freely and so kindly t en

t o dered , and for which it is impossible for me express how t t deeply I am gra eful and how much indeb ed . If in acknowledging the Resolution of a body of gentle men with whom my Father had been s o long and so inti

t t c mately connec ed, and be ween whom , ollectively and t t individually , and himself, here prevailed sen iments and relations so amicable and honourable , I have been induced t fit to say more than would o herwise have been ting, I trust that the occasion may be allowed t o be a suffi cient apology ; for the Imperial Cont inenta l G as Association was an t undertaking which he viewed wi h especial satisfaction , in t whose foundations and conduc he had , with yourself, taken

t the f a most act ive par , and in progress and development o whose operations he constant ly exhibited the st rongest in t erest . And if further excuse be wanting, it may be found in my addressing you , whom I shall always be proud to

a of remember s so particular a friend my late Father, so great ly prized and during so long a period .

Believe me to be,

M ont efior Dear Sir Moses e, t Wi h every respect,

Your most obliged and obedient Servant,

. A M WOLVERLEY TTWOOD .

M ontefiore . Sir Moses , Bart

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o ne of tion truly records , those large public institutions

t wa s t which my Fa her principally instrumen al in founding,

ha s and whose subsequent course and conduct , by the bless t ing of Providence , borne the s rongest and most conclusive practical evidence to the accuracy of the judgment which t t t sugges ed their forma ion , and the abili y , sagacity, and energy which guided t hem during the first periods of their

t a wa i prosperity . Es ablished when ste m navigation s in ts t infancy , and rather indeed a theory than a fact wi h refer t ence to any general system of applica ion , the General St eam Navigat ion Company has done more than any other body t o promot e t he universal employment of the great t its agen , whose development was object, by proving the security and the advantage which its introduction under

t t f It wa proper managemen was calcula ed to af ord . s ever

’ ’ t fi nd most grateful to my Father s feelings , o that those who t o t l succeeded the helm in af er years , never failed to reco lect how much t hey owed t o t he judicious impulse origin

t o ally given , the sound principles primarily laid down , and to the prudent and wise counsels , which to the last indeed were never wanting in any circumstances of difficulty or of

is doubt. And on his own part it always to be remembered that he never claimed for himself exclusive merit or solitary who t praise , but uniformly attributed to those acted wi h

t f r t wa him their full credi o wha ever s accomplished , and delighted to recognise in the number of remarkable men who have been associated in the General St eam Navigation

not the t o the Company, yourself leas n ted amongst them , causes of it s past success and the pledge of its future welfare .

t s a d The present Resolu ion , setti ng a seal , placing a fi fi t t ff t h e solemn and nal con rma ion , by his o ering to e d ad , on all the friendly and flattering t ributes which weres o

t t o is ne the freely endered the living, o Of few and most gratifying sources of consolation that remain to those who 49 have sustained a loss which it would indeed be diffi cult

For t u m fully t o est imate . the powers and capaci y , almost

not rivalled and certainly unsurpassed in public life , were more memorable than those social qualities and virtues , and

f a s those principles o religion , which rendered my Father

as his great ly beloved and much admired in private circle , a s he was appreciated in t he more ext ended spheres of political exertion o r commercial ent erprise . ’ ou of t ln Writing to y , one my Fa her s oldest and most t so c t tima e friends , losely acquain ed with him during the

his whole of the most active period of life, I need make no apology for thus recalling sen t iments and circumstances which will be present almost as vividly to your mind a s to w my o n .

Y ou s o who knew him so long and well , can understand and excuse t he feelings which lead me to dwell on these t remembrances , which are unhappily all tha now remain of o ne of t f the most extraordinary men , in wha ever point o

V t t ha . iew con empla ed , whom this country s seen And in conveying to the Directors of the General St eam

Navigation Company my earnest acknowledgments , you will do me the favour to apologise for my having thus lingered on this mournful subject . I have received the kind expression of their condolences not merely as a cold and c d formal pro ee ing, but in the true spirit in which , I am

was t of sure , it conceived and in ended , friendly and cordial t sympathy for a loss which , bo h personally and collectively , o n as public and private grounds , they regret really and

not so or as . sincerely, though deeply fully , myself

Believe me, my dear Sir, E ver yours very truly,

. A O M WOLVERLEY TTWO D . E s John Wilkin , q . 50

DEATH OF MR . THOMAS AURELIUS ATTWOOD . T From he Birm ingha m P os t . We deeply regret to announce the sudden death of

. t a M r Thomas Aurelius Attwood , which occurred yes erd y

t o th 1 86 a t af erno n , April 7 , 4, his house, Woodend , Erding

t on in th . tt t n , his s4 year Mr . A wood had been sligh ly u

bu t not ffi t well for some time past, su ciently so as o cause

t . t w anxie y to his friends On Thursday nigh , ho ever, he fit t t . was seized wi h a of apoplexy , and hough Dr Wade

and . n tt Mr Elki gton were speedily in a endance , he gradu t t ally sank un il yes erday afternoon , when he died . Mr.

Attwood can scarcely be said to have been a public man . tt As a son of the renowned Thomas A wood , and as a mem

the t t ber of eminen banking house of At wood , Spooner, w Co . as and , he widely known , but he rather shrank from

o r those courted public honours employments . Occasion

t t he t ally he took par in business of the own , and several times spoke with vigour and effect at polit ical meetings ; bu t of late years he abstained almost ent irely from public t t life . He took , however, a strong in eres in the Volunteer

the Rifle Corps , in which he held rank of Major ; and in his own neighbourhood at Erdingt on he made himself bot h popular and useful by his unostentatious kindness t o the

t t he t poor, and especially by assis ing in forma ion of a ’ t wa Working Man s Club . His las appearance in public s t o promote the interests of the Club , of which we believe , he wa s the President . t Although Mr . At wood rarely took any prominent posi t t ion amongst his fellow townsmen , this abs inence was not t in any way due o want of capacity for public life . Very

fi t o few men indeed , were better tted render useful service

. t t t a n to the community He was empha ically a cul iva ed m ,

ind e en a ready and forcible speaker, a bold , logical , and p of t dent thinker, and a man keen percep ion and sound judgment. With those qualities were united a kindly, GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF UTAH

DEC 1928 / e f f y

52 so u l f nowsa t Obliging that I wo d of er myself, I may y tha , having given the proposal that full considerat ionwhich wa s

its t the due , both to impor ance and to gentlemen from whom it t it t t fi nd emana ed , is with deep regret ha I myself con firmed in the doubts which I expressed when it was first

t to t o th communica ed me , and I am compelled decline e

a honour offered in a manner s o flattering . You may be s

t the t sured that I fully apprecia e complimen conveyed , but feel that my health would not permit me t o undert ake my

the t t o share of personal exer ions which would , as it seems

t he t me , be required to place Conserva ives in the best posi

for t S o tion ob aining a successful result . far as I can judge ,

the however, from very full information and explanations which have been kindly given me , there would be good ground for anticipat ing t hat four eligible Candidates would t receive a large , if not prepondera ing proportion of votes ,

a the of o ne or not and th t return two , if more , might be

t ha t I secured . I can only say should be very happy to t give my individual assis ance . t In conclusion , allow me to add hat I am deeply indebted to the Executive Committee of the Conservative Association for the confiden ce and kindness manifested in their Resolu

. for t he tion , and to yourself and Mr Gibbs friendly courtesy you have shown me .

a m I , my dear Sir,

Yours very faithfully ,

‘ . A O Signed , M WOLVERLEY TTWO D .

Thomas Baring, Esq .

The Tim es l th 1 8 6 . , September g , 5

1 . his On Sunday , the 7th inst , at residence, Dulwich

a t Hill , Surrey, fter a short illness , Ma thias Wolverley Att

.E s . wood , q , aged

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. DEATH OF MR . M . WOLVERLEY ATTWOOD

nicle t 2 0th 1 86 . N ewca s tle Chr o , Sep ember , 5 !Communicat ed ! a t Died on Sunday morning, his residence, Dulwich

t . Park , Surrey , Ma thias Wolverley Attwood , Esq He

t t t . wa s the only son of the la e Ma thias A twood , Esq the

' L ondon Ba nker, and who represented Whitehaven in Par tt t d lia m ent for many years , and grandson of Ma hias A twoo , f — a t E s . o q , the Leasowes , near Birmingham Magis rate

- of and Deputy Lieutenant for the County Salop , a descend

t . ant of the Attwoods of Wolverley Cour , Warwickshire a s Mr. Attwood succeeded his father a member of the

81 Co . House of Spooner, Attwood , , until it merged into the

fi rm f C0 . o Barclay, Bevan , He took a prominent part in political life in the Conservat ive interest. He contest

Cit ~ of ed unsuccessfully the y London , Greenwich , and f r hi Sunderland . In the latter town he had o S opponent

now . Lord Howick, Earl Grey He represented Greenwich in Parliament for a short period , but for some years retired

- H w from the arena of political strife through ill health . o t ever, this last General Election he again ook his stand in the Conservative ranks during the contests in the City of . wa s London . He many years Chairman of the General

t wa S eam Navigation Company . He s a nephew of Chas .

t E s . Tow A twood , q of Law Ironworks, and Edward Att E s . m . wood , q , of Sunderland , glass anufacturer He died ” unmarried .

F MR D OO UNERAL OF . EDWAR ATTW D .

Su nder la nd H r l e a d 2 6 . 1 866 From the , Oct , . On Tuesday t he remains of this worthy gentleman m t were quietly interred in the fa ily vault at Sou hwick , the offi cials and workmen only joining the cortege a s it a p roa ched a p the vill g e , and thus evincing for the last time ff t A their respect for their kind , a ectiona e master. Mr. tt 54 wood wa s a descendant of the ancient family of Attwoods of of tt Wolverley Court, Warwickshire , son Ma hias Att

a - f r wood , Magistrate and Deputy Lieutenant o Salop , the

one London Banker, of the founders of the National Pro v incia l o Bank of Ireland , and the General Steam Navigati n H is Company . brothers and nephews took an active part

of . in the great leading political questions the day Thomas ,

of r the Chairman the Birmingham Political Union , afte wards represented that important town in Parliament after

t wa the great ba t le of Reform was won . A monument s w t his . no of erec ed to memory there Charles Attwood ,

wa s the Wolsingham , Chairman of Northern Political

of ou r Union , and many townsmen will still remember the energy and spirit in which he addressed the masses on the

- - t on . Town Moor, Newcas le Tyne Matthias Attwood ,

1 8 2 0 another brother, held a seat in Parliament from for

2 his s o n . t nearly 5years , and , M Wolverley , con ested this

t 1 8 . town with Lord Howick, the presen Earl Grey , in 44 w f t M r . Attwood as o singularly amiable disposi ion , a man f o sound knowledge and humble mind , a good and true ” gentleman . “ Copy of inscription on tombstone in Southwick Church t of yard , near Sunderland , Coun y Durham

In Memory of E A A O DW RD TTWOOD , OF BISH PWEARMOUTH ,

1 th 1 866 Died 9 October , ,

Aged 77 years . E Z A his LI ABETH TTWOOD , widow, th 1 86 Died 9 February, 9 ,

Aged 76 years . A N E e N LLIOT, Mother of the abov , f of Relict o John Elliot, Whitehaven ,

2 th 1 8 Died 9 December, 44,

Aged 76 years .

BOWA RD AT W T OOD .

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the most momentous and eventful in modern hist ory . The First Napoleon was only beginning t o gain himself a name ’ A when Mr. Mathews was a baby in his mother s arms . s a boy he s aw t he destruction of the ancient Empire of t Germany, and no doub as far as a lad could , shared in the fears excited by the prospects of an invasion of England by th Napoleon . As a young man he witnessed e ruin of

t of the . Bonaparte, and the restora ion Bourbons In the prime of manhood he s a w t he elder bra nch of the House of t Bourbon again driven for h from France , and the h younger branch of Orleans placed on the throne . He a d just passed the middle age when he saw the foundations of

t t he the Orleanis power give way , and the nephew of old Napoleon carried on the shoulders of universal suffra ge t o t the Imperial hrone of France . In his old age he saw that its t t t i throne, in urn , oppled over in a empest which ts t occupant had evoked , and tha German Empire , apparently

60 of r ruined years before beyond all hope recove y, rise from its ruins t o be the foremost power in Europe . To the changes which have taken place in England during these

- of t r not three quarters a cen u y , we need refer further at

t o sa t t t he o present, than y ha in prom tion of some of these

Mr . Mathews took an active and prominent part .

t wa s t t o Mr . Ma hews in roduced the iron trade in the

ffi . t m a of o ce of Mr John A twood , a n great enterprise and

t Corn rea v es originali y, who founded the g Iron Works , now the property of the New Brit ish Iron Company . In this

t t m position Mr. Ma hews soon dis inguished hi self, and gave

of of evidence a Spirit enterprise not inferior, and a capa

to . city greatly superior, his employer While yet a young t man he entered into par nership with a Mr. Finch , and t t wi h him he worked the Waterloo Furnaces, Wes Brom ’ t he 1 8 the Corb n s wich , up till year 33 , when he took y Hall n Furnaces and Colliery o a lease from Messrs . Gibbons .

These works a nd . colliery have been in his hands since 57

t t then , excep for a shor time, during which they were worked by the Galvanized Iron Company , under his man

bu t t a gem ent . This Company broke up , all its deb s were

t o t . t paid in full , and after it had ceased exis Mr Ma hews again entered on possession of the works and colliery o n

t he t t tt ra c his own account . No man in dis ric had a be er p t tical acquainta nce than M r . Ma hews with the manufacture

’ - ta fiords hire of pig iron from the South S ores , and no man had more pride in having about his works methods abreast of the latest discoveries and inven t ions . Something less

a o t t the than 1 0 years g , he erec ed an entirely new plan at ’ n a nd it t it o ne Corby s Hall Works , if is not the larges , is wa s of the most modern and most perfect in t he dist rict. It t of not, however, only in the practical de ails iron making that

the t Mr. Mathews excelled he had at same ime a profound and ext ensive acquaintance with everyt hing that related to w of t f . as the iron trade Sou h Sta fordshire He , in fact, a

n t t . t Nestor i the councils of the dis ric No s ep was taken , nothing was done that in any way ordegree affected the in

r ts te es of the trade, without the advice and concurrence of ffi t M r. Mathews being asked . In those di cult ques ions which in recent years have arisen between masters and men

t t . in the iron and coal , as in nearly all o her rades , Mr Mat ’ hews voice wa s invariably raised in favour of moderat ion and conciliation and the respect and est eem with which he

his was regarded by own workpeople , bear ample testimony to the kindliness of the relations which subsisted between

- them . In everything which affected the well being of South t f t S a fordshire Mr. Ma hews took a warm and lively int erest. But perhaps in nothing did he put forward greater efforts than in his att empts to provide t he dist rict with adequate

t . not t railway accommoda ion We need , at his time of day, recall the circumstances of the fierce fight t hat issued in the

of W olv erha m construction the Oxford , Worcester, and p of h ton line railway, which as within the last few years be 58

t of t t It ne come par the Great Wes ern sys em . is only ces t o t sary say t hat Mr . Ma hews was one of the original

rom ot er of for t he t of p m the Company cons ruction the line , and that no o ne exerted himself more t o prevent the suicidal

f t of t folly , the cramping e fec s which on the developmen of the railwaysystem of the district have been felt for years ,

t . . and are even now percep ible With his friend , Mr Brunel ,

the he was in favour of broad gauge on railways , and he took an act ive part in the great cont roversy known as the t h ’ Battle of e Gauges .

wa t s . In poli ics Mr. Mathews a Liberal From the period of the first Reform A ct he t ook a leading part in the

/ counsels of the Liberal Party in S ou th St a ffords hire and in

he a t t one Birmingham , and when resided Edgbas on he , on

or n t the t . chole two occasions , nomi a ed la e Mr Joshua S

fi . th f t wa s eld It was in Sou Staf ordshire , however, tha he t t t best known in connection wi h poli ical contes s , and on one t t h occasion he aspired o represen t e division in Parliament. 1 8 t t In 57 Mr . Ma hews came forward as a Candida e in con

t M r f o . junction wi h . H . W . Foley , Prestwood They had

t . . 0 . issued a joint address t o the elec ors , when Mr W

t the Foster was brought forward by ano her section of party,

t . and M r. Ma hews , waiving his claim on behalf of Mr

t th t . t t Fos er, retired from e con est Some Shor time af er wards he was presented with a service of plat e of the value of 00 of t was £4 , in token the general es eem in which he d of held by his friends a n neighbours , and expressive their appreciation of the feeling which led him to sacrifice his

' own claims in deference to what he deemed the higher call

f o old o public duty . Bef re the last General Election the constit uency of South St affordshire wa s divided into East ’ l la t Mr . t ot and West Staffordshire . Ma hews was in the t t the t ter, and in the con es that took place for sea s he acted nd as Chairman of the Committee for Messrs . Foley a

Foster.

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t hi his life to poli ics , would have marked him out from s t fellows as a Member of Parliamen , and which would have t i t charac er sed his career as an adminis rator, if he had been ffi t called t o o ce . He has left few equals in Sou h Stafford ’ ’

. fitfu l shire After life s fever he sleeps well , and he will be followed t o the grave by t he sorrow of all good men and t true in the district where he was known , whe her they are of t t his own par y or not, for, hough holding his own

fi t it o ne t he Opinions rmly and even enaciously, was of fi nest feat ures in his character t hat he made no enemies w among those who were opposed t o him . His suavity as

t t the almost proverbial , a circums ance amply a tested by fact that he was a gentleman in the noblest sense of the word .

. t t t Mr Ma hews married Miss Maria At wood , daugh er of

. t of the Mr Mat hias Attwood , of the Leasowes , one founders ’ of t t w A twood and Spooner s Bank . By Mrs . Mat he s , who

one s on . still survives him , he had , Mr. Benjamin St John t w Ma he s . The remains of the deceased were buried at the Malvern

t . t th wa Ceme ery, on Wednesday Al hough e funeral s a one e private , a numerous company followed the cort ge .

the the Besides the mourners and friends of deceased , work ’ a t Corb n s n men employed y Hall works , which belo ged to him , were present . The burial service was performed by the Rev . G . Fisk, LL . B . , Vicar. The funeral was con

. . . D a dle of t . ducted by Mr W F y, Birmingham , under aker The following is the order in which the mourning party proceeded t o the grave

Dr . West . Rev . G . Fisk . . n Mr. Saunders . fi Mr. Holcroft. f o Mr . Barrows . Mr. Williams . C

...... Mr C E Mathews e Mr W Mathews h T

t . Mr . Attwood . Mr. St . John Ma hews t Mr. J . Ma hews .

M r. Wright . M r. Madeley . Mr . Barlow . 61

F . DEATH OF MRS . MATHEWS , OF PARK IELD

1 8 8 1 . August, ’ Our last week s obituary recorded the death of Mrs .

P a rkfield . William Mathews, of The event happened t he in when we were a long distance from home , and t elligence in consequence did not reach u s unt il t oo lat e for an earlier notice from our pen . But we feel we should be chargeable wit h neglecting a public duty were we t o pass t over the demise of t his lady without a note . That no e

for shall be brief, we know what would have been her h t t co n wishes o n t e subjec , and fur her, we shall be best s u lt ing the wishes of her surviving family and friends by saying as litt le as is consistent with our sense of t he great the t loss t o the t own and neighbourhood . Upon sancti y ’ ob and privacy of Mrs . Mathews home life we will not

of t trude, but her ac s Of kindly charity to all who came within the scope and sphere of her knowledge we may

t m et speak . Public appeals o n behalf Of all good objec s wit h a generous response from her bu t her chief pleasure — the pleasure and business of life wit h her— was t o fi nd out and minist er t o the needs and pressing necessit ies of “ T the friendless and destitute . o such her gifts were in

t t as t cessan , and upon very many daily hey fell the gen le ’ . t t he t dew from heaven The lat er years , and even la est

of days her life , were spent in thus doing good , not only in

f bu t ou t a fording help and relief, in seeking cases for t n personal visi ation and blessing . The applications to o e with whom charity was a large constituent of her very

s a t t being were very many , but we venture to y ha no one

o t in actual need ever appealed t her in vain . Blessed wi h ’ t he wealth She put it to divinest uses , and life s enjoyment t o her did not consist in what her riches could procure for herself, but what joy and gladness they could enable her to ’ shower upon ot hers. Her memory will live in the heart s purest affections of the very many to whom her minist ering 62 was of a s as an angel mercy, quite as much in the esteem

of and love her only immediate circle of friends . Belonging t o a remarkable race she betook of its varied

. t tt t t of endowments Her fa her, Ma hias A wood , Hawne ,

t of had much force of character her mo her, Ann Adams,

the fi t Cakemore, founded rst Sunday School in Worces er shire her brother Thomas helped not a litt le t o carry the

1 8 2 t Reform Bill of 3 , and represen ed Birmingham in three Parliament s ; her brother Matthias s a t for Whitehaven during 3 2 years ; her nephew Wolverley was the able represent at ive of Greenwich ; her brot her Benjamin wa s a most bount iful st eward of a large fort une ; her brother Charles made important improvement s in the manufacture

nd . 1 2 1 8 2 of glass a steel Born in 79 , she married in 5

— a of William Mathews man no ordinary capability , and at o ne t ime Chairman of the Staffordshire Iron Trade— whom

1 At S he survived 0 years . the age of 90 years she pre

of t t t he served all the vigour her s rong intellec , all warmth f t t o her generous hear , and ook a deep interest in the great

t of th intellect ual and spiritual movemen s e age .

t a t At the funeral , which took place on Sa urday last,

— h t . t e Ceme ery were present her son and daughter, M r and

t . Mrs . B . St. John Ma hews ; her great nephews , M r tt Reginald At twood and Mr . Thomas Carless A wood ;

Mrs . Attwood (The Boynes) ; Mr. Moore ( Oakwood ,

t . . . Beckenham) ; Dr. Gar h Wilkinson ; Mr and Mrs F C .

Mat hews t he Misses Kirshaw ( Malvern) ; Mr. Thomas H .

t Ma cAs kill. Gill ( Lee , London) ; Dr. Wes ; and Miss In d the of the absence of the Rev . F . Ha en Cope, Vicar ” Malvern performed the funeral ceremony .

M RS . . TH E LATE MATHEWS , OF MALVERN

n a D a i P os t 1 1 8 8 1 . From The Birm i g h m ly , August 3 , “ t t t e A c orresponden , whose hand will doub less be

ou r u s the cognised by some of readers , sends following notes

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t . . or some need which shared her pi y Her husband , Wm t 1 8 2 Ma hews , whom she married in 5, was well known in t this t own and neighbourhood as a man of no mean abili y, 1 0 and as an earnest Liberal polit ician . She survived him

t t . t years , as she ou lived her many bro hers Her great leng h f a s o life was a blessing to herself and others , accompanied it was throughout by unabat ed vigour of mind and warmt h

t . of hear , as well as by unwearied energy in well doing She reached her 90 th year wit hout any decay of the intel ’ lect o r of t he affect ions .

DEATH OF MR . BENJAMIN ATTWOOD .

The G r a hic 1 6th 1 8 . From p , January , 75 About t hree weeks since a sensat ional paragraph appeared in most of t he daily papers announcing the death ’ of o ld . tt an Mr A wood , who was declared to have been a ‘ bachelor and the g iver of all t he anonymous ’ I cheques . t was further sta ted that he had given away t t t t in his way, wi hin the last year, ha he

t t of t had died intes a e , leaving a fortune more han a million

t t t was sterling, and tha a housand pound no e found lying

a s . t in his room , if it had been waste paper The tru h of d of the matter, as we are informe by a connection the

. tt of family , is this Mr. Benjamin A wood was a brother t wh Mr. Thomas A twood; o wa s well known 40 years ago a s a leader of the Birmingham Political Union , and one of fi t t the rs members for tha Borough . He was not a bachelor ,

the t t but a widower, and for une which he has lef is believed t o b t its be much less than the a ove named sum , hough t exact amoun is not yet known . After making a competent wn t t o . tt a for une by his indus ry, Mr A wood some time go t t inheri ed enormous wealth from a nephew, the la e Mr. t M t P . Mat hias Wolverley A twood , . , and he determined to dispose of this accession to his income by giving it partly t o his less prosperou s kinsfolk and partly to charitable asso

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fi fi . Mathews , Mrs . Wake eld (niece) and Miss Wake eld , M r

t . . t . A . Attwood , Mr . R . A twood , Mr L A twood , M r Demain

W a d . t . u b Saunders , Cap ain and Mrs y, Mr Moore and sons, t Dr. Evans , M r. Freeman , Dr . Reynolds , and o her friends t numbering over t hirty . Three priva e carriages followed , belonging to Mr . B . Attwood , Mr . Demain Saunders , and

was t t James Bentley , Esq . It expec ed hat the service would w t the . . bu t as t o be conduc ed by Rev H Demain , he unable t attend o n account of indisposit ion . His place was here

R v the f t th e . . . o th fore aken by e W W Kirby , Vicar e ’

m et a t the t . Parish , who the procession ceme ery gate The beautiful Anglican Burial Service was i m pressively

t t he the read bo h in Church and at the side of sepulchre , by the Vicar of Cheshunt, and at its conclusion a large number of persons who had congregated to wit ness the ’ interment, approached the narrow house , and took a part ing look a t the coffin that enclosed t he mortal remains of o ne who will be missed by a large circle of benevolent in

t it u tio ns as t s , as well by the poor of his neighbourhood . The funeral arrangements were carried ou t by the under taker to the entire sat isfaction of the relatives of the de ceased .

of At the conclusion his sermon on Sunday morning, h the t e of . Vicar said , referring to death Mr Attwood ‘ One word more ; What is the lesson we read from the ? Is not vacant gaps made in this very congregation it , while we have life let us do good t o all men ? One who did much for the poor and dest it ut e and suffering— one who gave largely when he felt deeply— whose left hand knew hi t d id— t not what s righ hand has been aken from u s . Only two Sundays since he was earnest ly listening to the words of the preacher when speaking of the removal of a

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ff t . patient, but su ering Chris ian ( Mrs Knowles) ; and , my

' ‘ t the is t o t o — bre hren , lesson you and me Whatsoever thy

findeth t a ll — d it f r hand to do, do it wi h thy might o , o 67

— do e time is short and the opportunity uncertain it, b cause ’ you love Christ and look for H is appearing . fi M r . We regret to announce that s Wake eld , the niece w k t of f . . d . as o J B Attwoo , Esq , attac ed wi h congestion — — on the lungs the disease that carried off Mr . Attwood 8th Saturday, 2 of last month , and died in Pengelly House

was a s . on Monday last. She buried in the same grave M r ” Attwood on Frida y afternoon last. — “ n. . In Chancery Attwood Moore Capital furniture ,

of O library valuable books , riginal oil paintings , choice old old a engravings, porcelain , English china, t ble and bed t linen , plate, carriages , horses , harness, cows , poul ry, ff of t greenhouse plants , and e ects , the property the la e ” d E s . Benjamin Attwoo , q

DEATH OF MR . CHARLES ATTWOOD .

The N ewcas tle Chronicle 1 1 8 . From , March , 75

As r you recorded last week at some length , two e

e markable men pass d away from amongst u s . They were ea ch characteristic of schools which have nearly disa p

ea red . as b p I am old enough to remember, a oy, Charles wa Attwood as a political agitator. He s then a prominent

and of the . man in public life , a tribune people An over refined intellect took him subsequently into political s pecu la tions which u nfitted him for the more robust labours of i h old polit cal life , and he as bee n with many reformers for e a numb r of years in this particular, but a memory . It is not my place t o go int o Foreign Affairs or Currency Ques

as s u tions, but, we have seen , if a man goes into every pec

e lation in thos particulars , he will hardly march with the

a . I rank and file of ordin ry political agitators , with all North Countrymen who know anything about Charles Att

n ' h wood , most fully recog ise is transcendent ability in very many particulars . But much inferior men to him hav e effected enormous results in what may be ca lled the Condi 68

of t t tion England Question , by adhering pret y s eadily to

t . t he ordinary lines of polit ical agitation . The la e Mr Charles Attwood must have died an enormously wealthy ‘ ’ t not man . Among hings generally known , I may men tion the fact that only a few weeks before his death he in herited from his brother Benjamin— the anonymous donor — property and personality t o the value of over a

t t o million sterling . But in addi ion this vast wealth , Charles must have accumulated ext ensive riches as the managing and senior part ner in the We ardale Iron and

n t o of Coal Compa y , a concern known have been one the t most prosperous in the Nor h for a number of years past . A reliable authority informs me t hat Charles was almost t he last of his name and race . He was the last survivor of t t t seven bro hers , none of whom have lef any issue tha can

t . tt inheri his wealth Thomas A wood , of Birmingham t t Poli ical Union notoriety , had several daugh ers , the last

v sur ivor of whom died only a few weeks ago . Benjamin w t of as never married , and his weal h , in the absence any

a s the will , came naturally to Charles next of kin ; while

Charles himself has never had any children . The great

u his b lk of wealth will , it is believed , have been left by will is 6th to his widow, who now in the 7 year of her age and the nearest relations aft er her are well known ironmasters

ff the of is in Sta ordshire of name Mathews . There a mou rnful interest in recording the fact t hat his late brother Benjamin had been down a t Wolsingham spending a few

of weeks with Charles in the autumn last year, and they had arranged for another meeting in the Spring to consult t fi toge her about some nancial projects . Benjamin ca ught hi v a cold in London , and died immediately after s isit to

a Wolsingh m , and now the only surviving brother, after a " three weeks inheritance of the distinction of being a ‘ m illiona ire has t o ~ his , been called account. Mr . Joseph

Love, the other North Country worthy, who died las t

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- a - st dence, Holywood House, about half mile di ant from the ’ - Church , at half past eleven o clock in the following order ' ffi P . Carriage containing Rev . G . Wilkinson (who o ciated),

. . i . D u berle . Rev E Brownr gg, and Rev . C y ’ The late Mr. Attwood s private carriage . The Hearse — M r . . First mourning coach . . B St John Mathews , Dudley ,

of . . nephew the deceased ; Mr . S W Ware, another

nephew ; Mr. John Moore and Mr . Edward Moore, of

Sunderland .

— M r n . . o Seco d mourning coach John Rogers n , Croxdale

Hall ; M r . T . H . Bates ; M r. J . P . Dolphin ; Mr . H . M P h r c e on . Barras and Mr. George s

t the r s — M r Third mourning coach , con aining pall bea er .

W . Johnson , Manager, Tudhoe Colliery ; Mr . T . Alli

s on . . , Guisborough ; M r T Crawhall , Stanhope ; M r.

D . Thomson , Manager, Tow Law ; Mr . W . Shaw, Man ’ of s ager Stanner s Close Steel Work , Wolsingham ; t Mr . V . Hodgson , Wes gate, Weardale . — M h r. Fourth mourning coac W . Elliott ; M r. J . H .

Wraith ; Dr . Canney ; Dr. Hood . — M r W Fifth mourning coach . . . Hutchinson ; Mr. J . Crone ;

. t Mr. W . H . Franklin M r R . Morrell Mr . C . Ki chen . — r . Sixth mou ning coach . The female servants of deceased

The t of . . of priva e carriages Mr J Rogerson , Croxdale Hall , H a r erl Durham ; the Rev . G . P . Wilkinson , p ey Park ;

M r. Cuthbert Bainbridge, Wolsingham ; Mr. T . H .

t . . . S t oba rt . Ba es, Wolsingham ; Mr H S , Whitton Tower ’ The workmen from Stanner s Close St eel Works and in

habita nts of Wolsingham .

Every outward Sign of respect was paid to the de~

wa . Th ceased Work s entirely suspended in the village . e ’ Stanner s Close Steel Works were idle and smokeless . Along the line of route nearly every window blind was

r of n d awn down , and memories the deceased were o the ATTW C HARLES OO D .

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ham , but he lived so long in the village and took so keen

f the t an interest in the social life o parish , hat I forbear excluding him from our list of worthies . He was born in

2 th 1 1 . t a village in Shropshire, on May 4 , 79 His fa her t t t was an ironmas er in that coun y, and had eviden ly given his son a splendid literary and commercial educat ion .

Charles Attwood came, when a young man , to Gates

t t he t head , and was connected wi h soap and glass indus ries

as carried on in that t own . Neither a glass or soap manu I w his facturer was he su cces sful . t as while he managed

1 8 2 t t t glass works in the year 7 , ha Charles A twood came to

Whickham Park . While he lived at Whickham , he was a t keen sportsman and breeder of race horses . He ob ained a

of number Arabian horses , and hoped by crossing them with English race horses to obta in a breed superior to the

. t English His horses were rained by Charles Peck , at the of on training establishment Lord Durham , Waldridge

Fell . But he was as unsuccessful as a breeder of horses , a s a s N ot f w n he was a glassmaker. one o his horses ever o a race, and only a few secured second places . An amusing incident in connection with one of his horses occurred while it wa s crossing the Tyne in a boat to the races on the ’ t t t h King s Meadows . Charles At wood had presen ed e

Nellis t a t . horse to Peter , the schoolmaster Whickham t t it Peter had en ered the horse for a race, and was aking to

it of the course to start, when jumped out the boat into the its river, taking rider along with it for several hundred yards before the horse could be landed the race was over . t Mr . At wood took a deep interest in the old Mechanics t Institute in Whickham . He delivered several lec ures in t he of the t ne of Village School , in aid Institu e, o which on ’ t Rober Burns, being greatly admired by the workmen of C tt ’ ff the neighbourhood . But it was harles A wood s e orts on Tyneside to obtain polit ical reform that made him

wa t famous . He s a member of bo h the Birmingham and 73

the North of England Polit ical Unions . He exercised a

of potent influence over the workmen Whickham , Swalwell , ‘ ’ a s and Winlaton . These men were known Crowley s ’ t Crew, and they acted as bodyguard to At wood at the political meet ings which he attended in the Nort h .

th 1 8 1 the On Friday , October 7 , 3 , House of Lords threw out the Reform Bill , and on Monday , in the

of following week, the friends the Northern Union as

t o t t the sembled on the Town Moor, ake into considera ion measures necessary to be adopted in consequence of the ’ House of Lords having reject ed the Reform Bill . The t friends of Reform attended in mul itudes , accompanied with bands of music and flying banners . When M r . and t Mrs . At wood came to the end of the carriage drive at

Whickham Park on the day of the meeting, they were met t t he by the workmen of Whickham and Swalwell , who ook horses out of the carriage and drew t he st urdy reformer to the t t mee ing on the Moor, hundreds of s aunch adherents

on t the cheering him the rou e . One of men who helped to draw the carriage o n that occasion is st ill living at Whick~

t he ham , having reached ripe age of 90 years . Of t t At the end October, ano her County demonstra ion wa s held at Durham , at which M r . Charles John Clavering, of r Axwell Pa k, presided . Again the workmen of t he neighbourhood marched wit h Charles Attwood to the w meet ing . It as rumoured that the workmen of t he Mar of quis Londonderry would attend , and by noisy int erruption t th e . t o dis urb proceedings In order counteract this , ‘ ’ ’ Crowley s Crew, with John English ( Lang Jack) as t — their leader, armed wi h oak saplings bett er known a s — peel grains marched to the meeting during the grey of

the the morning, and surrounded platform . True enough , the brawlers began t o show their disapproval of t he words of th ’ ’ e . t speakers Attwood shou ed for Crowley s Crew, ‘ ’ and the men responded by using their peel grains so 74

ff t fi e ectively that the pi men were driven from the eld , and Att the meet ing proceeded without further int errupt ion . wood ’s guards were afterwards supplied with bread and

e t t cheese , and b ef and beer ; after hey had refreshed hem

t t t w t o . selves , hey re urned wi h Att ood Whickham

1 1 8 2 wa s On May 5, 3 , the famous meeting at the Spital t held , when Charles Larkin delivered an eloquen and

t . importan speech , in which he warned William IV to

the X VI . recollect fate of Louis , and Queen Adelaide that of Marie Antoinette . Few speeches delivered in this

t s o . tt coun ry produced great a sensation Charles A wood , in a few words , rebuked the physical force language his th t indulged in by friend Larkin , but e sympa hies of the At th t multitude were evident ly with Larkin . e Parliamen t ary Elec ions which followed these memorable meetings , Charles Attwood was a Candidat e for Newcastle ; but the

f h . close o t e poll showed t hat Sir M . W Ridley had

t . received votes ; Mr. Hodgson vo es and M r f i t t . o es ec At wood vo es The friends Attwood , and p

in the ally the workmen neighbourhood of Whickham , were bitterly disappoint ed a t the result of the election . t Public feeling ran high . The Methodists r efused to vo e for t t Attwood , and , af er the elec ion , they published and dist ributed a pamphlet assigning their reasons for eit her abstaining from voting or for vot ing for his opponents . The Radicals of Whickham and Swalwell collected all the t fi nd t pamphlets hey could , and burn them near the chapel at Swalwell a s t he Methodists went to worship on the

Sunday .

his After defeat at the Newcastle election , Attwood did not

s o his appear frequently at public meetings , but gave atten

t of tion o the breeding horses at Whickham . Fortune at t last smiled on him . He devoted his at ention to the iron

of t f trade, obtained a lease the i rons one in the manor o

Stanhope and Wolsingham , and became manager to the

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1 8 Weardale Iron and Coal Company . In 35he removed his from Whickham t o Wolsingham . Under direction the e ironworks of Tow Law, Tudhoe, and Stanhope wer his erected . Prosperity attended all labours , and he became a wealthy man . Kind hearted and generous , he W ol wa s highly esteemed by his workmen . He died at

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WILLIAM BOURN , Whickham .

AN IMPORTANT PATENT FOR TH E MANUFACTURE OF STEEL . The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council on Satur

a t t t day , heard pe i ion in the matter of Let ers Patent granted

of Tow the to Charles Attwood , Law Iron Works , in County ‘ f s o Durham , ironmaster, for the invention of Improvement in the production or manufacture of st eel and iron of a ’ Steely quality .

t . C. . . . a t Mr . As on , Q , and Mr W N L wson , ins ructed by o n of the t t M r. J . Henry Johnson , appeared behalf pe i ioner,

. on and Mr. Bowen and Mr Dicey watched the proceedings behalf of the Crown .

M r. Aston , Q . C. , in opening the case, referred at some A t t ta t t . tt length to the pe i ion , which s ted ha Mr Charles

e wood had died r cently , and had been succeeded in the rights of the patent by M r. John Rogerson , of Croxdale a Hall , ne r Durham , and M r. William Godden and M r.

of his r . . Att James Wilson Holme , London , executo s M r

of t t wood previously to the grant the Le ters Paten , after n t co siderable personal application and cost, invented cer ain i o n 1 th mprovements in the manufacture of steel , and the s 1 862 May , , Mr. Attwood wa s grant ed the privilege and a uthority of using the invention within the United King d om of , the Channel Islands , and Isle Man for a term of 1 4 years . Mr. Attwood also obtained Letters Pat ent for

t of the same invention in the Uni ed States America , dated

1 1 8 2 of 1 h 5th May , 7 ; in the Empire France , dated st No 76 v em ber 1 862 t 2 1 st , ; in the Empire of Belgium , da ed No v em b r 1 862 t he t th e , ; and in Kingdom of Sweden , da ed 4

1 86 . tt t t March , 3 The Le ers Pa en in France and Sweden t had expired or had been abandoned , while hose in Belgium th t and America were still in force . Before e inven ion of t t ’ n th Mr . At wood , s eel was made by a process know as e

t t t t t o cemen a ion process , ha is say , bars and malleable iron

t t o t m were embedded in charcoal , and submit ed a high e

era t u re t p in a closed chamber for a leng hened period , until t he malleable iron had absorbed a sufficient quant ity of car

t o t t t bon conver it in o wha was commonly known as steel . t f The invent ion by Mr. At wood dif ered from the cementa

t t of t tion process , in tha ins ead requiring a cos ly process,

of d t and one consi erable duration , s eel of any desired qual it t y could be produced in a few hours by one opera ion ,

ff t t bu t thereby e ecting not only grea economy of ime, an

s enormous saving of expense, and by uch improved pro cess steel could be obtained from the furnace in large quan

t o o of tities , and so as produce an ingot r casting any

not desired size , which could be obtained by the former

wa 1 862 . s process . Previously to Mr Attwood an iron

t of master, and carried on the manufac ure iron at Tow Law

the t and Tudhoe, near Durham . When he obtained Let ers Patent he erected works at T ow Law a t considerable ex t pense and great personal trouble, but hey resulted in no fi t 1 86 . pro t, and were afterwards disman led in 3 In the fol

M r t W ol in lowing year . A twood erected new works at s g

r ham , and laid down plant for the purpose of car ying on

1 8 2 the manufacture . From that year until 7 he sold a con s idera ble of t his b amount steel manufac ured by process , u t in consequence of the great expense which had beenin

in t he the t curred developing invention , resul was a con

s idera ble . 1 8 2 the loss In 7 , however, result had been more

the favourable, and from that time until present the business t fi had resul ed in a pro t each year. Mr . Attwood died on

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t t t The witness s ated also tha al hough Mr. Bessemer

ou t fi t 1 8 no took his rst pa ent in 55, he made way at all

1 86 until 4, and then only after considerable outlay and t t expense . The grea value and feat ure in the inven ion was

t he t of the t t in quali y ma erials selec ed , and the manner in which t hey were used . ’ of of . John Rogerson , one the executors Mr Attwood s

' t t t t 0 0 will , s a ed ha 5 tons of steel rails had been supplied ’ tt t o the from Mr. A wood s works railway companies during

of t he t . At t t t he working paten one ime , several ons of

t t o the rails , as specimens , were presen ed North Western , t t t Grea Wes ern , London , Cha ham and Dover, North

bu t London , and North Eastern Companies, no orders had

t the f since been received from hem , with exception o the t t the t latt er Company, in whose dis ric works were si uated . ’ Thirty t ons of shot were made for Her Majesty s service the th on one occasion , but Palliser chilled shot came on e

. d the scene , and stopped future orders A epression in

u red t trade had occ , which caused a diminu ion in supply to customers between the years 1 8 74and 1 8 75; but the demands t of t rade had since and were at presen increasing, and he believed the steel t rade would in future show a greater ’ of tt demand . The great advantage A wood s steel over ’ t its t Bessemer s s eel was uniformi y , the engineers being able t o depend upon its quality . At the present the only ’ ’ st eel rails laid down were made by Bessemer s and Attwood s

t t o processes . The rustees would be glad grant licenses . “ —In t of In the Privy Council . the mat er the Petition of John Rogerson , William Godden , and James Wilson t th Holme , for a Prolonga ion Of e term of the Letters Pat ent granted to Charles Attwood for the inve ntion of I m provements in the product ion or manufacture of Steel ’ t t 1 of and Iron of a Steely quali y , bearing da e the 5th day

1 862 t t t t th May , , No ice is hereby given ha heir Lordships , e

m tt of Judicial Com i ee the Privy Council , have appointed 79

’ 1 2 h 1 8 6 - Friday , the t day of May , 7 , at half past ten o clock

m t . a . . , for hearing the mat er of the above Petition ’ H N J . ENRY JOH SON , 47 Lincoln s Inn Fields,

Solicitor for the Petitioners .

Sir Henry Keating delivered judgment on behalf of t their Lordships , stating that they considered the inven ion t was of a meritorious nature, hat owing to the peculiar characterof the t rade the pat entee and his representatives had not been reimbursed for the great expenditure of time and money which had been necessary, and that if a further extension wa s granted to the executors the invent ion would be further known in the trade . Their Lordships would therefore recommend to Her Majesty a further extension of ” fi v e years .

R M IN IS CE N CE s — n BIRMINGHAM E . Seco d Series .

MR . . P . THOMAS ATTWOOD , M

Bir m in ha m D a il M a il 1 1 8 From the g y , December 7th , 79 . of During the agitation for the Repeal the Corn Laws, e w the foremost plac in Liberal politics , which had been on

r for r by Birmingham in the st uggle Parliamenta y Reform ,

was o M . t c nceded to anchester Led by Cobden and Brigh , the great Lancashire City obtained for commerce a victory as great as Birmingham had secured when s he led the t a tack upon rotten boroughs and territorial influence . In recent years Birmingham ha s again ta ken her place in the

of to t van Liberalism , and secured the right s rike the key f h i note o political action . S e s once more looked up to a s

is n leader, and followed willi gly by the Liberals in all parts of The n f the Kingdom . so s and successors o the men who battled 50 years ago are the recognised foremost in the of onward march freedom now . They have greater political power and influence than the men of . any other town or t K ci y in the ingdom . What Birmingham men think and 8 0

eel s a . e f , their able representatives y Their Senior Mem b r

t the t speaks wi h weigh , the authority, and the power which a re his by right of marvellous abilit ies and high chara cter ; t their Junior Member, wi h scarcely inferior eloquence , speaks with the freshness and impulsiveness which belong t o t t t of a more you hful mind , yet with a ma uri y wisdom , a of t t grasp intellect, a mas ery of de ail , and a wonderful

' capacity of elucidat ion which place him a m ong the fore h most of t e rising stat esmen of his day . t f t fi 0 Amongst hose who ou gh the good ght 5 years ago , t t h Thomas A twood , a Birmingham man , was e head and

T o th t ha chief. e generation t ha s arisen since the Reform

is na m e —a Bill was won , Thomas Attwood but a name , fi t S signi can , indeed , of high power and prowess , but till a

wa wa na m e . s s only Who he , what he , and what he did ,

I Shall endeavour in the course of this paper to Show . ’ he like the t What was , sta ue which adorns Birmingham s principal street can t ell ; but in that stat ue t here is a s a d

one ta t . t error in impor nt par icular The ailor, who made

t is t a s the clo hes Mr. Attwood represen ed wearing, told t t t t t me , wi hin his presen mon h of December, hat the ‘ Sculptor ha s made a great mistake ; he ha s represented

- « Mr . Attwood att ired in a double breasted waistcoat ; but

' s ir ? ha s o n would you believe it, he buttoned the waistcoat the wrong side I

wa s n Thomas Attwood the s o of Matt hias Attwood , E w s . of of . as q , Hawn House , in the County Salop He

6th 1 8 . his born October , 7 3 He received preliminary ’ t e hi education in h neighbourhood of s father s residence, and completed his scholastic ca reer at the Grammar School of Wolverhampton . Soon after attaining his majority he ’

e . b came a partner in Messrs Spooner s Bank, which there ‘ ’ ’ a s after became known Spooner and Attwood s . He at the same time became a resident in the town with which his n wa s t s o ame af erwards to become indissolubly connected .

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1 2 1 80 6 2 On Monday, May th , , he , being then not quite 3 years of age , married , at Harborne Church , the daughter ’ of of Mr . Carless , a wealthy resident that village the lady s

t who wa s t of W oolsta nton f bro her, Rec or , Staf ordshire, being the offi ciating clergyman . The young couple took c S a rkbrook up their residence at the Lar hes, p , but soon I 1 afterwards removed to No . in the Crescent, the house so long occupied afterwards by M r. George R . Collis . The Crescent at that time wa s not the woe-be- gone place it ha s

was of since become . It planned on the model the famous

d . Crescent at Bath , but the plan was never fully carrie out

It then was completely outside the town ; indeed , I have T U fill who frequently heard the late M r . homas p , had

’ r his own sa hi bought a house there fo occupation , y that s

a wa s s o a r in the wife objected to go there to live, bec use it f cou n try !

r After some twelve o fourteen years M r. Attwood ‘ ’ t o t removed The Grove, a pleasan residence on the sout hern Slope of the hill upon which stands the picturesque

of Church Harborne , and here he continued to reside during t the remaining period of his poli ical activity. The house , ha s within the last three or four years, been almost entirely

u pulled down and reb ilt, and is now the residence of M r. f ’ Alderman Kenrick . The dining room o Mr. Attwood s

sk - day, a spacious apartment, beneath whose y lighted roof of ha s many a Council War been held , and whose walls t have echoed the voices of Burdett, Cartwrigh , Hume , i w Cobbett, Hunt, and other reforming pioneers , s no a

- is billiard room , and almost the only remaining portion ’ of as t the house it exis ed in M r. Attwood s days . ‘ The older inhabitants of Harborne still speak of The ’ ’ a s Attwood s the best people that ever lived in the village . old i Their coachman , William Newey , s never tired of telling of their acts of kindliness to their poorer ‘many M ‘ ’ neighbours . rs . Attwood wa s the good angel of the G 8 2

— t . t place the Lady Boun iful Every day , win er and

t he o t summer, at h ur when her children and servan s dined , came troops of messengers t o the hospitable doors of The t t t t o t Grove , and none wen away wi hou carrying heir sick o r aged friends dishes— designed and manufact ured pur

osel t t nt t o — filled t t p y, with hree compar me s each wi h bes t t of t cu s of the mea , ample supplies vege ables , and huge t slices of delicious pudding , all carefully covered wi h clean

t o it . napkins , and tied in flannel keep hot The coachman

t t fo r Att tells how he has of en seen a join prepared Mrs . ’ t t t o t he th wood s children , s ripped almos bone to supply e h h wants of t e poor and t e needy outside . t M r . At wood seems to have been an especial favourit e

of in the village . The old women the place still speak t fi en husiastically of his handsome face and noble gure , and of t his cordial , cour eous , and friendly manner . One old ‘ a t It lady actually bo s s of having been kissed by him .

hea v in d a t o r was g y , you see , sir, and me and hree fower ’ hea v e w a - moor thought we d him as he as walking t o t own . t So we s ood round a corner, and when he come up we all

a - t o hea v e bu t got round him and was going him , he said , ’ t hea v e bu t t No, my good women , don me, take his ’ half sovereign and g et yourselves a good cup 0 tea with ’ ’ . the one it, and then he kissed us all round I m only ’ s ir of . left now, , all the lot as was there ’ ttw t he 1 8 1 I Mr. A ood s public career commenced in year ,

2 8 was t when , although only years of age , he elec ed High

f t o t o t Baili f, a posi ion somewhat anal gous hat of Mayor in

I t wo n t he present day . n that capaci y he appears to have h t t t e respect and es eem of all classes of his fellow ci izens . In the following year he dist inguished himself by his ’ t t o ta the exer ions ob in the Repeal of Orders in Council , which had suspended British trade with the United Stat es . In that year he headed a deputation of merchants and who t V manufacturers , went to London o urge their iews

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as t wa s wa s short extract will Show that, young he hen , he a formidable antagonist : Bu t some of these gentlemen

wa u s . f t s tell , Mr High Baili f, hat their monopoly granted

in er etu it . by Queen Elizabeth p p y Sir, there is no power i in England that can grant a monopoly in perpetu ty . The

t e power that creates can always des roy . Let it b a mono poly in perpet uity let their Chart er be as immeasurable a s their own desires let it occupy three- fifths of t ime as well

of t he t t it as space, yet shall Bri ish Parliament des roy . t to t t But, Sir, Queen Elizabeth had no more righ gran heir ld monopoly than I have . She s o them their monopoly a nd

t m o nO olieS t a hundred o her most infamous p , which , if hey n t t h t had o been des royed y Parliamen , would have destroy

or a s . t t it ed their country, , Mr Hume mos jus ly expresses , ’ would have re ndered England a desert . o In 1 8 1 5Mr . Attwo d commenced writing on the subject of the Currency , addressing two remarkable letters to the t then Prime Minister, Lord Liverpool . In these le ters he proved himself to be a thorough master of this most in

t rica e . fiv e t t t subject For and wen y years afterwards , he

o published something annually upon this topic . He p posed with great zeal and ability the passing of the Measure ’ 1 8 1 t of 9 called Peel s Bill , and fore old the disasters which

1 2 - followed in 8 56. In the furtherance of his opinions on t this question , he sough and obtained conferences with the t t members of Successive Adminis ra ions , but his views were never adopted in practice . It wa s a consequence of his failure t o persuade the G o v ernm ents of the time t o adopt his t heories on the Currency

t t d t o the Ques ion , tha his min became directed necessity of

t of t V a horough reform Parliamen , and with a iew to the attain ment of this object he suggested a Political Union ’ It between the Lower and Middle Classes of the People .

of of was at a meeting the inhabitants Birmingham , held

2 th 1 8 0 . t t t 5 January , 3 , that Mr At wood gave a detailed s a e

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of a t fi revolut ion . The Corporation London a magni cent

t the of wa s recep ion voted him freedom that city , and he ’ the of t hailed as saviour his coun ry . The day he returned to Birmingham after the victory was secured was o ne which will never be forgott en by t hose w t to t ho wit nessed it . From Small Hea h New S reet the

the hou s s t o roadway was lined , e ps covered , and the t windows crowded wi h human beings amounting to scores ,

of t t if not hundreds housands , all jubilan , and all desirous of welcoming home the great and peaceful vict or. The

the t o scene was fully described in article formerly alluded , t and I will only now add one touching inciden , which Shall

th of - of be told in e words an eye witness . Speaking the

the progress of procession , he says The greatest pressure was at the corner of High Street

t t . wa s r and New S ree So great, indeed , this pressu e that

i I the pole of the carr age n which Mr . Attwood was riding was broken , the harness torn in pieces , and the carriage itself almost demolished . The horses were obliged to be

the ca r r ied t removed , and people actually the vehicle owards

C th . Att the Hen and hickens . As it passed e Bank M r t wood reveren ly uncovered , and bowed to an aged couple who were seen at an upper window of t hat establishment . When it became known that these venerable persons were

S hr . tt w o the parents of Mr A ood , who had come from p shire to wit ness t he recept ion given to their distinguished so n wa s a , every head uncovered in an inst nt, and such a

shout was raised as moved the aged couple to tears , com ’ t t o t ff . pelling hem re ire . It was a most a ecting scene tt t o It is well known that Mr . A wood was returned Par

lia m ent a s one of the first representat ives of Birmingham .

He remained Member for the town for about seven years . t His grea est admirers , however, must admit that his Parlia Th mentary career wa s comparatively a failure . e great ’ popular leader did not make a good legislator . The man s

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I ho Signing the situat ion which I hold . pe you find ffi t will a more e cient representative han I have been .

t a a I Shall retire from your service wi h uncont min ted hands, and I Shall carry with me to the grave the gratifying reflection that I have done everything in my power to assist

of a nd in the great work restoring liberty; prosperity , ’ glory to my country .

fiv e He continued , however, to represent the town , some

t r years af er this, wea ying the House by perpetually forcing upon the unwilling ears of its Members his peculiar H i views upon t he Currency Question . s last prominent a ct was ta t in 1 8 f in the House the presen ion June, 39 , o the

t t m illiOn monster Char ist Petition , con aining a and a f f quarter o signatures . In December o that year he re t t signed and retired altoge her in o private life . Shortly before the resignation of h is seat in Parliament he had removed with his family to Jersey . While living w th there he lost his excellent wife . She as buried in e

h e island . Returning to England married a Miss Grice, of Handsworth Hall , and resided for some years at a large

H ea thfield t . house in the Road , Handswor h From there h n hi he removed t o t e eighbourhood of Coventry, but s

t fi of he heal h failing, he again , for the bene t t hydropathic 6th treatment, removed to Malvern , where , on the of March ,

wa th 1 8 6 2 . s e 5 , he died , being 7 years of age He buried in

f t - o n— pleasant churchyard o Hanley , near Up on Severn , of — his th . . Incu m which parish relative, e Rev Mr Grice now ’ — w t t of a s . ben Miss Ryland s Church , at Barford the Rec or A plain alta r t omb of red Aberdeen granite covers his re mains , the only inscription upon which records in old English characters his name and the dates of his birth and

. M r is s death The second s . Attwood , I believe, still re id ’ H is ing in the neighbourhood of her husband s tomb . old tt wh and faithful personal a endant, William Hen ry Cutler, o was t he t of hi is with him during busiest par s career, now

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STATUE OF THOMAS ATTWOOD ERECTED AT BIRMINGHAM . ’ “ ” t F0 . 2 Cornish s Guide hrough Birmingham , 5 The inhabitants of Birmingham could not let the ’ t he f memory of Father o the Polit ical Union die . In the national st ruggle for t he Reform Bill Thomas Attwood took

t t t t he the most prominen par and , in fac , in organizing fi Political Union rst made political opinion felt . When he

6th 1 8 6 ta m et res olv died on the March 5 , the inhabi nts and

t t of t ed to perpe ua e the memory a good man , a long ried

t t t his friend and faithful represen ative , by erec ing a Sta ue to t t memory . The work was en rus ed to Mr . John Thomas , S t t ff culp or of London , who produced in marble a mos e ect

wa h ive a nd admirable St atue . It s erected at t e junction of ’ Stephen s Place wit h the New Street and was inaugurated h o n 6t 1 8 . t the June, 59 The cos was about

1 86 . From Birmingham Paper, August 3 , 5 A pa rt of the estat es belonging to the lat e firm of

tt 81 Co . t . A woods , Spooner, , were sold by auc ion by Messrs

81. t o n Fallows Smi h , Tuesday , Wednesday, and Thursday t a in las week . Several farms and pieces of land ne r Cradley ,

& the fi t two t a t c . Halesowen , , were disposed of on rs nigh s

t he t fo r t he remarkably good prices , competi ion some of lots I f being very Spirited . On Thursday night 3 lots were o fer

. t t of ed a t the Hen and Chickens Hotel Of hese , hree were t t of unusual impor ance, Middleton Hall Farm , consis ing

1 8 t was 9 acres , the greater part being excellen pasture land ,

All a t o bought by Mr . A . b for the Freehold Land S ciety for The whole of the lot o n the M iddleton Hall

a fi ne t t of 1 Est te realised The Colmers , a es a e 45 a it cres , with a family mansion upon , capital covers and

t o Tho ner as r t trou streams , was s ld to Mr. g , epresen ing the Birmingha m Financial Company for The

its its Leasowes , remarkable for classical associations , and

f . picturesque beauty , was also o fered The estate, which O ’ TH MAS ATTWOOD S STATUE .

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This purchase raises the value of the Hawne esta te between and

t 1 1 8 2 t By an agreement da ed 0 June, 5, John At wood of Corn rea v es fi to t o g , rst cousin Thomas , agreed to sell John

Taylor, James Henry Shears, and Robert Small , the Corn greaves Estates , Dudley Wood , etc . , etc . , for A ” law suit arose ou t of this purchase .

Birmingham ,

1 1 8 2 4th November, 7 . ’ The King s Bench has refused a new t ria l ' to the British

Co . t ff Iron , consequen ly the verdict at Sta ord stands good , and the Company is legally saddled with a payment of a

of t rent a year o John Attwood , over and above ” the m oney they have paid him .

1 8 . December, 34 t th This mon h witnessed the close of e famous, costly,

of v . and interminable suit Small Attwood , which resulted ’ t s o in Attwood s favour. Mr . A twood was delighted with this result that he purchas ed the finest brougham and pair of horses that he could procure in London and sent

a s his a them a present to Sir Thomas Wilde, le ding counsel , to whom he had already paid the enormous fee of Six ‘ ’ thousand guineas . The horses were named Small and ’ t Attwood . The total weight of the papers connec ed with w ” the trial as Six tons .

Ma 2 th On Princess Victoria attaining her majority, y 4 ,

’ 1 8 S cholefield 37 , Thomas Attwood and Joshua presented

to H er Addresses Royal Highness and the Duchess of Kent. l On Mr . Attwood reading the Address both Her Roya f ff Highness and the Duchess o Kent were greatly a ected . s was t o The Duches of Kent unable repress her emotion ,

9 3 and expressed her high grat ification at the sentiments of gratitude and respect towards herself conta ined in the fi Address , and at nding that her anxious labours in forming the character of her royal daughter were s o highly ’ appreciated by all classes of Her Majesty s subjects .

LIST OF SHERIFFS NOMINATED . The following are the names of those who were nomi ’ na t ed for Sheriffs in the Queen s Bench Division of the High Court of Justice yesterday

- - H F n a m in S t . ERE ORDSHIRE . Be j John Attwood Mat

f E s . H o hews , o Pontrilas Court, Hereford , q ; Herbert

E s . worth Wood , of Whitehouse, Peterchurch , q Harold

ff of . Charles Mo att, Goodrich Court, Ross , Esq

- ATTWOOD MATHEWS .

Change of Surname .

- i . I , the undersigned , Benjam n St John Attwood Mat

of do hews , of Pontrilas , in the County Hereford , hereby

t he 2 2 nd give notice , that by a deed poll , bearing date day

f 1 8 8 1 o August, , and Since enrolled in the High Court of

Justice, Chancery Division , I have assumed and adopted the surname of Attwood in addition to my previous family f surname o Mathews, and that at all times hereafter, in all deeds , documents , and writings, and in all dealings , tran sact ions , and correspondence , and for all purposes and o n

t t u s e all occasions wha soever, I Shall hencefor h the surname of Attwood- Mathews instead of the surname of Mathews alone , and in future my proper address will be by the s u r

of t - name At wood Mathews accordingly .

2 th 1 88 1 . Dated this 4 day of August,

- B. ST. O JOHN ATTWO D MATHEWS . ” Witness . Walter H . Steward , G entleman , Pontrilas . 94

TH E X MEMBERS OF UNIVERSITY OF O FORD .

. Cha d l s e . Attwood , John , S Thomas , y, Co Worcester, gent,

. 1 2 6 Magdalen Hall , Matric March 9 , 7 5, April , aged

1 6 B. A . 1 1 2 0 , February 3 , 7 9 , 3 , as Atwood .

t . A twood , John , s John , of Cleobury, Salop, Cler. Worcester

. . 2 2 1 2 8 1 B. A . 1 6 Coll , Matric June , 75 , aged , 75 , as

Atwood .

tt . A wood , George, s Mathew, of Rowley Regis , Co . S ta f

. t ford , Arm Universi y Coll . , Matric . April aged

1 6 B. A . 1 8 . . 2 2 1 8 2 , 79 , M A May , 0 .

o . . Attwood , Thomas Arthur Carless , s Thomas Aurelius ,

. . l of Erdington , Co Warwick , Arm Pembroke Col . ,

. 2 1 88 1 B . A . 1 8 Matric January 5, 3 , aged 9 , 86, of the

1 88 . Inner Temple, 4

t . 3 . n At wood , James Harrington , o James Alexa der, of

t . Shot ery , Co Warwick, Christ Church , Matric . June I S I 9 . 4S. aged 9

' th hn f S . o o Co . Moore , Alfred , s , J , Bishopwearmouth , Dur

. . t . t 1 8 1 88 ham , Arm Exeter Coll , Ma ric Oc ober , 3 ,

1 B. A . 1 8 8 . aged 9 , 7

. . . 1 8 . Moore, Edward , M A Christ Coll , Cambridge, 79 B A o . . . M ore , Charles William , Christ Coll , Cambridge,

1 8 8 4.

T M r n he o in P os t 2 1 1 8 6. From g , July 4

We regret to announce the sudden death of Mr . Dan . ’ fi the - who was Wake eld , well known Queen s Council , found dead in his Shower- bath at an early hour yesterday

fi wa o n morning. Mr. Wake eld s in perfect health Satur ’ wa s day, and to have replied in a cause at Vice Chancellor s ” Court yesterday.

Th M r nin P os t 1 8 6. From e o g , July 2 3 , 4 fi 1 80 Mr. Wake eld was called to the Bar in 7 , by the ’ f wa H nbl . o s o e. Soc of Lincoln s Inn , which he a Bencher,

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e . fi decease of the late Colon l Wm Wake eld , Principal of t he ffi Agent New Zealand Company , the public o ces will

t t o ff ffi be closed on Friday nex , in order a ord all o cers , who m a t o of t o his y wish pay a tribute respect memory, an

t of s o . Oppor unity doing , by attending the funeral ‘ ’ H is By Excellency s Command ,

A D r LFRED OMETT, Colonial Secreta y .

M R . C . . P . DEATH OF M WAKEFIELD , J . The Bench that originally grouped round the late

D a s Mr . F . H . eane Chairman becomes sadly depleted by

of its death in late years . One oldest members passed away on Sunday night in the person of M r; Charles Marcus

fi . Wake eld , of Belmont He had been gradually failing for the was past two years, yet the illness even at the last not such a s to absolutely incapacitat e him ; he kept his ’ diary— a forty seven years record (it wa s begun at 1 7) up t o his fi f hi the day of death , and during the nal weeks o s

his — he was necessary stay in doors , student habits for a life long student— stood him in good stead ; his favourite a as uthors , home, classical or foreign , Italian or Spanish ,

- com the case might be, were constant and dearly loved , panions . — It would seem that his fatal a ilm ent fi pa ra lyS iS wa s caught years ago from shipwreck and exposure off Cape

t it t . Horn , and tha had lain dormant all that ime 3 fi old Mr. Wake eld , who sprang from an Westmoreland

t wa s s on of family dwelling near the Sco tish Border, the

B fi t -a t- of Mr . Daniel ell Wake eld , Barris er Law, Judge the

of in Supreme Court New Zealand , and this explains that timat e acquaintance with and fondness for that southern island which were . characteristics of his , well known to the It people of Uxbridge neighbourhood . must be clearly in the memory of many how on one occasion he responded to t as a request to give a lec ure , and choosing New Zealand

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t disposi ion would have preferred that it Should be left, even

t o t he t m if recorded at all , bares possible ention .

t o o As his pursuits as a sch lar , we may say that Mr . fi t Wake eld was very fond of his ory and science , especially national history . He Spent a great deal of his t ime in t t collec ing insects in New Zealand , where af er training in t England , he had joined his paren s ; and he was a fellow

f the ae o t t o Linn an and Entom logical and o her socie ies .

the Locally , he was an Honorary Member of M . U .

of the t of t Oddfellows , and Ancien Order Fores ers ; he wa s o of likewise an Hon rary Member the Fire Brigade .

. fi tt Mr Wake eld married Miss Anne e Sophia , fourth

t . . . . . of VVoll t o n daugh er of M r W B Collis , D L , as Hall , t — w S ourbridge, and there are four children t o sons and two daughters .

. C . . P . FUNERAL OF MR M WAKEFIELD , J . ’ a t t 0 o t he On Thursday , hree cl ck , was day and time t t t a appointed for the funeral , and owards ha hour half ’

th . m u ffi ed peal was rung on St . Andrew s bells by e ringers The cortege left Belmont about proceeding by way of

the t t o S t . Belmont Road and High S reet, Uxbridge , ’

w it w h . . . Andre s Church , where as met by t e Rev H G

. t . t o Bird , Vicar, and the Rev F Jones , Cura e Preparatory

its r . . ent ance to the Church , M r J English had played ’ ’ Chopin s Funeral March t o a large congregat ion . The first port ion of t he Service opened with the Singing of the ’ ’ ’ Now the . hymn labourer s task is o er, the choir leading

the t The Rev . F . Jones impressively read lesson , and his portion of the Service was brought t o a close by t he Singing ‘ ’ t the . of the hymn For ever wi h Lord , followed by M r ‘ ffi wa English playing the Dead March in Sa u l . The co n s

s t hen conveyed to a gla s hearse , and followed by two mourn

t the o its ing and several priva e carriages , pr cession wended

' t t was way t o the Hillingdon Ceme ery , where the intermen

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CHARLES MARCUS WAKEFIELD ,

1 1 th 1 2 Died May , 90 , 6 Aged 4 years .

The floral contributions were

In kind remembrance , from E . Gibbs .

o Fr m his loving sister , Alice May Freeman .

t e t Wi h d ep sympa hy, Mr . William Cochrane , (New

- - cast le upon Tyne) .

With deep regret and most Sincere sympathy, from Mr.

t . and Mrs . A . C . F . At wood t Wi h kind remembrance, Dr . Davidson . t Wi h Sincere sympathy , Mr. and Mrs . J . Moore ,

Beckenham .

t M r - s . In memory , from Cap ain and Grice Hutchinson ,

The Boynes .

In ever loving memory of a good master, from all the servants a t Belmon t . f t t o t . In affec iona e memory a mos kind friend , Mrs

W . A . Bewes and family, Denham .

From Cecil Cochrane . t t t Wi h deepes sympa hy , from Miss Randoll Smith and

t . Miss H . Randoll Smi h t t the Wi h much sympa hy and kind remembrance , from Members of the Uxbridge Habitat ion of t he Primrose

League , T . A . Prosser , Hon . Sec . ’

t . With M r. and Mrs . W . B . Collis loving sympa hy F f t t . From his af ec ionate nieces , Mary and Edi h reeman

t r t e . . Wi h since e sympathy, from h Rev and Mrs

C . E . M . Read .

M r . t s . Wi h love and much sympathy , from H u gh K

- - M cA llu m i o n . , Riding M ll Tyne

o There also were ther wreat hs .

. . o n . r Mr J Brown , behalf of Messrs Car ick and Coles , f n of Uxbridge , personally supervised the uneral arra ge t men s . 1 0 1

“ o n . . . At the Petty Sessions , Monday , M r C F De ‘ : of the Salis, who presided , said Before the business

- the Court begins to day , I Should like on behalf of Bench t o make a stat ement of t he great regret t hat we feel in the

n . fi . loss of o e of our members , Mr Wake eld He had been

of for 1 t a member this Bench 7 years , having been appoin ed

1 8 t his in 8 5, and during all tha time he has always done N ut most to assist the carrying on of just ice here . ot only

bu t t o the t t o the Bench has he been of great use, own at

t . large , and I know he will be grea ly missed Although in failing health for the last few months his death occurred

the most suddenly last night . All the members of Bench , t and I am Sure , the Police of Uxbridge , regre his loss and t ’ sympathize deeply with his family in heir bereavement .

O A N D ATTWO D DUDLEY PEDIGREE .

M iddleton Villa , Grove Park ,

Chiswick,

2 1 8 . October 6, 77

My dear Sir,

I have great pleasure in forwarding the enclosed , which

you need not ret urn . I have a quant ity of ext racts from e t the Wolverl y Regis ers , and I believe they comprise all

not . the Attwoods, but am sure They were extracted by

. t of I the Rev John Hodgson (now Rec or Kinver) who , the old believe, is descended from Wolverley family . I

ou t t t s I have picked all the A twoods from my ex ract , but Should mention that the said extracts are copied from a copy ’ (made by a friend) of Mr . Hodgson s notes , and therefore

I cannot vouch for their entire accuracy . Many years ago

I met Mr. Hodgson , and I understood from him that he t had investigated the A twood pedigree , so that he may pos s ibly be in a position t o supply you with some valuable in formation . The enclosed scrap of pedigree may perhaps

interest you . I wish very much to ascertain the baptismal 1 0 2

. t names of the M r At wood who married Eleanor Dudley , an d of t he of her son , father Edward . I can guarantee the of t he accuracy pedigree . The Dudley Parish Regist ers no would , doubt, afford me great assistance , and some day t t I mus try and get hem searched . I always fancied that t h t e &c . &c . the A twoods of Leasowes , , , belonged t o t his

the t family , and if they descend from match wi h Dudley, of t t they inherit some the proudes blood of this coun ry , and a Shield of about 1 00 quarterings including Plantage nets . Believe me to be ,

Yours truly ,

. . S . G RAZE BROOK . J Moore , Esq H YDNEY

. . G ra zebrook of the H S is Inner Temple, Barrister, t f o s t & . and au hor of Heraldry Worce ershire , c

o tt o a lias e o f Ans ills Th mas Su n , Dudl y, e e e e e o e o Hall, n ar Dudl y , d sc nd d fr m G f

re e . s on o f o f y Dudl y, Esq , Edward , L rd

e K . G . Dudl y,

e o o t . . e o re t t o o of El an r, f ur h dau , mar b f A w d , 1 6 o a t e e 77 , living a wid w Dudl y, Dudl y .

1 2 . . 1 2 6 7 4 D in 7 .

t t w 2 t e t t e . e t e e t o t ood . 3 , in s a His s a w n - nt s as his co h e irs a t law .

w li = a m u l E liza be t h=I s t e A . E z a be t h S e Ed ard , Jam s of e e . re e m a r . a n. e t o e 2 nd Dudl y, M rcy G n J W s J n s , - t 1 2 8 oo . os . one s b o rn abou way . 7 7 . w d J J , o f e 1 70 5. Dudl y .

— A rm u ev ée . S . G . a lion rampant double q , vert

1 1 . s on x John Dudley , Knight, of Edmond Dudley, t t t o and Elizabe h , his wife, Sis er and heir John Grey , Vis t fi t t of coun Lisle, was rs crea ed Baron Malpas , in Cheshire,

V . and Admiral of England , 34 Henry I I I , and Viscount

1 2 th V . the Lisle, the of March , 34 Henry I I I , same year t 1 2 the fi of Arthur Plantagene died , 54 ; and in rst year Edward the V Ith he was creat ed Earl of Warwick ; and ’ f the fi t the the 9th o October, in f h year of said King s

' ‘ MATTHIAS A I T WOO D .

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Ca llin ton . t 1 8 2 6 g General Elec ion ,

A . Baring Matthias Attwood

Mr. Badwell 1 830 tt t 8 Ma hias At wood 3 votes . Sir Charles Weat herall 38

2 Andr. Lawson 0

2 W . A . Mackinnon 0

Borou hbr id e 1 8 1 . . t . g g , 3 Mr At wood and Sir C Weather

t e- t all were elected without opposi ion , and were the last representatives of this

Const it uency .

Whiteha v en . 1 8 2 General Election , December, 3

2 Matt hias Attwood (C) returned 09 votes . Isaac L ittleda le (L) defeated 1 75 W i h teha v en . t 1 8 General Elec ion , January, 35

Matthias Attwood (C) returned . Whit eha v en . t 1 8 General Elec ion , July and August, 37

Matthias Attwood (C) returned . Whit eha v en . 2 1 8 1 General Election , July , 4

Matt hias Attwood (C) ret urned . N B — 1 8 . . . Retired from Parliament in 47 Was in Parlia

ment 2 4 years .

PLACES REPRESENTED IN PARLIAMENT BY

MR . THOMAS ATTWOOD .

Birm in ha m . t 1 8 2 g General Elec ion , December, 3

Thomas Attwood (L) returned . l fi l Joshua S cho e e d (L) ret urned .

Birm in ha m . t 1 8 g General Elec ion , January, 35

Thomas Attwood (L) returned 1 780 votes .

S chol field 1 Josh . e (L) returned 660 Richard Spooner (C) defeated 9 1 5 1 0 5

1 8 . 3 Birm ingha m . General Election , July and Aug , 7

Thomas Attwood (L) ret urned 2 1 45votes .

holefie'ld 2 1 1 Josh . S c (L) returned 4

1 6 A . G . Stapleton (C) defeated 54

Thomas Attwood accepted the Chiltern Hundreds in 1 840 .

MR . CHARLES ATTWOOD .

- - D ecr. 1 8 2 N ewca stle u pon Ty ne. General Election , , 3 Sir Mat thew White Ridley returned John Hodgson returned Charles Attwood defeated

PLACES REPRESENTED IN PARLIAMENT BY

MR . MATTHIAS WOLVERLEY ATTWOOD .

wich t 1 8 een . G r General Elec ion , January , 35

t 1 8 2 John Angerstein (L) re urned 6 votes .

Ed . Geo . Barnard (L) ret urned 1 1 0 2 tt M . W . A wood (C) defeated .

G reenwich. t 1 8 General Elec ion , July and August, 37

- M . . 1 86 W Attwood (C) returned 3 votes .

Ed . Geo . Barnard (L) returned 1 1 94

C t . . R . N ap Chas Napier . (L) defeat ed

L ondon . 1 8 General Election , June 30 , 41 6 John Masterman (C) returned 339 votes . George Lyall (C) returned 62 90

Sir M . Wood (L) returned 62 1 5 n Lord J o . Russell (L) returned 62 1 1

M . W . Attwood (C) defeat ed 62 0 2 Joseph Pattison (L) defeat ed 60 70

Wm . Crawford (L) defeated 6065 John Pirie (C) defeated 60 1 7 1 06

K ins a le . e t 6 1 8 1 G neral Elec ion , July , 4

Wm . Hy . Wat son (L) returned

. tt M W . A wood (C) defeated

Su nder la nd . t t 1 8 1 General Elec ion , Sep ember, 4

. t Visct Howick (L) re urned 706 vot es .

. t M W . At wood (C) defeated 462

D E o co GEORGE B s ATTWOOD (Son of Thomas) .

Wa ls a ll. 1 8 2 General Election , December , 3

Chas . Smit h Foster (C)

returned 304 votes . George De Bosco Attwood (L) defeat ed

TH E ATTWOODS OF LONDON . ’ “ ” t . 2 F . 1 E Walford s Grea er London Vol . , 0 04

t S ta nd rst ea d The family of A twood , by whom e Court wa s t . . built, had long been seated in hat Parish Mr Levi s on- fi ne t t o ta nderst ea d Gower says In a of land rela ing S ,

1 . fi nd of 9 Edward I I I , I the name Peter Attwood ; and in

t he Coulsdon , the adjoining Parish , same name occurs in 6 t t Edward I I . , when Pe er At wood and John and Roger th t De Bosco (or of e wood), are re urned as owing lands in h t t that Paris . Their name is s ill re ained in Wood Place

a t S ta nders t ea d in Coulston . Over the house Court is a t h t t shield with e arms of A wood , a lion rampant between ’ ’ t t t . three acorns , surmoun ed by heir cres , a woodman s axe

It fin the . is a e mansion of red brick , close to Church

t h of . It belongs to e reign Charles I I , as appears from the date in t he south front . A few years ago a secret chamber t ’ (or pries s hole, as they are popularly called) was dis covered behind the chimney in the great hall .

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1 of 744. John Watkin , Kidderminster, and Mary Attwood ,

by banns .

BURIALS . of t Jane, wife An hony Atwood , was chested and t buried under he great stone before the pulpit .

IZou ld of t , wife An hony Atwood , once called the W ll owb . Lady y y, buried in the Chancel

R l - - a d e in . . Thom s y y, Gent . , father law to Mr Sam

Atwood .

of . Jane, wife Sam Atwood .

Anthony Atwood .

Thos Atwood , Gent .

Elizabeth Atwood .

John Atwood , Gentleman .

Mist ress Elinor Atwood .

John Atwood , Esq .

Henry Atwood , Esq .

s . of . . . Holborough , M r Sam and Rebecca Atwood

Mr. Sam . Atwood .

Mrs . Mary Atwood , widow of the Court .

t t . Abel At wood , Gen

Mrs . Rebecca Attwood .

FROM TH E PARISH REGISTERS OF WOLVERLEY .

ha ndwrittin ra z ebrook In the g of Henry Sydney G , and sent

M r . by him to . - J . Moore

BAPTISMS .

“

E s . his . John , s . of Anthony Attwood , q and Jane wife

Anthony , S . of Samuel and Jane Attwood .

r . . Ma y, d of same

John , S . of Mr. Sam . Atwood.

5. . E s . Francis , of Sam Atwood , q

of . . Sara, d . Sam and Jane Atwood I OQ

s . . Thomas , of same

of . . Mary, d . Fras Atwood

t . of . An hony, S John Atwood , Gent

t . of . Elizabe h , d same

. of . D ora t e . Elizabeth , d Thos and y Atwood

. of t . . Mary , d John A wood , Gent and Mary

of t t . Sam . s . Abel A wood , Gen

s . of . Abel , the same

A t t . of . Ann , d . Mr bel A wood , Gen leman

s . of . S a m . . Holborough , Mr and Rebecca Attwood

Mary Ann) , d . of same .

Sara, d . of Sam . and Rebecca Attwood .

E liz a b. . of . , d same

Grace , d . of same .

MARRIAGES .

o D b ta tt M s t ress e D ora t e . Mr . J hn e y and y y Atwood

t . . t Tho . Waring, Gen , and Mrs Eliz . A wood . hin n Randle S t o and Sarah Atwood . k S t e in t . . t John p , Gen , and M rs Judi h Atwood .

E s . t C! Edmond Russell , q of S rensham , and Mary , .

of rt John Attwood , of Wolverley Cou , Esq . l . Cha d e . Sam Lowe , of g y (Chaddesley , Co

t of . and Ann At wood , Wolverley

of K idd erm . t John Watkin , , and Mary At wood , by

banns .

BURIALS .

1 8 . of t 57 Jane , wife Anthony A wood , Esq . , was chested

t the and buried under the great s one before pulpit . i" 1 88 . Izou ld of t 5 , wife Anthony A wood , Esq . , once called

W llowb the Lady y y , burd . in the Chancel . ‘ of Isolda was the daughter of Bulkeley , Hants . ,

I to as . 2 nd she was married st Sir J Willoughby , to Jas .

rdl 1 8 Baskerville of Kyre , and 3 y (in 50 ) to Anthony ” t At wood . 1 1 0

- - R dle t . in to Thomas y y, Gen , father law Mr . Sam .

Atwoode .

. of Jane , w Sam . Atwood . t t An hony A wood .

. t d Thos A woo , Gent .

E z li a b. Atwood . t John Atwood , Gen leman . t Mistress Elinor A wood . t John A wood , Esq . H em tt . y A wood , Esq

s . of . . Holborough , Mr Sam and Rebecca Attwood .

. tt . Mr Sam . A wood

. tt the Mrs Mary A wood , widow , of Court .

t . Abel Attwood , Gen M t . rs . Rebecca A twood

— A Memorandum . Seal of Attwood, who

t he t t t possessed Hawne Es a e, exhibits hese bearing . Gules,

t t not t . a lion rampan argen ( double ailed) Crest, a lion ‘ ’ t . tt e s u t V . rampant, double ailed Mo o , Viv re incere There ’ t t 2 was an impalemen of (I hink) bars on a canton , a lion s ’ o r wolf s head . Nash says the crest of the Att woods of Wolverley wa s ’ t t t the a swan s head in a ducal corone , but ha is Beauchamp

t t on t . cres , and Nash is a poor au hority heraldic ma ters ’ The marriage of Beauchamp with Attwood s daughter is t o my mind not pr ov en . See my observations thereon in “ ” “ t h . 0 e Heraldry of Worcestershire, p 4 , under Beau ” champ .

S RAZE BROOK . H . IDNEY G

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t Esta tes of Matthias A twood (Continued).

In addit io n t o t he abo ve a Le ase hold Prope rty in Broad St

e . e o e t t oo Birmingham , was assign d by Mr G rg A w d , in

I S Ma y, S4 R P A . . . ’ t e t o m e 1 86 t t e the t ot Mr. Ma h ws Valua i n , ad in April, 4, s a s al quant itie s t o be o 1 4 ’ t e e o o e 1 8 t t e Mr. Ma h ws Surv y B k mad in 54, s a s the t o ta l quant it i e s t o be 0 0 To which add land purchase d in 1 856 o f Lord Lyt t let o n ’ Lands purchase d in 1 862 of Cott re ll s Trust e e s

t t t he t e Co De duc sold o S ourbridg Railway .

Z I I 3 3 I 33

TOTAL

ot e o e o e e e T al Purchas M ni s in C nv yanc s, including Min s ’ . t e t o 1 86 e e of e Mr Ma h ws Valua i n in 4, xclusiv Min s

Leaving fo r Mine s 0 o

The Tim es t 1 1 86 . , Sep ember 9 , 5

the 1 t . a t On Sunday , 7th ins , his residence, Dulwich t Att Hill , Surrey , af er a Short illness , Matthias Wolverley wood , Esq . , aged

The Tim es t 0 1 866. , Oc ober 3 ,

1 th . a t On the 9 inst , Sunderland , Edward Attwood , E ” sq . deeply regretted .

t he 8th . On Feb Eleanor, widow of Joseph Attwood ,

‘ ’ S ndike t - - at y Villa, Ken s Bank , Grange over Sands , Lan

a hire t f H m fra E c s o o s . , fourth daugh er the late Francis y, q , of t f 2 Hyde House, Kinner, S af ordshire , aged 9 years . 2 0 1 8 November , 75.

M rs . of Harold Freeman , Cheshunt, at Twickenham, ” f n o a s o . E L C TO M MORIA ROSS MARY ANNE A W D TT OO .

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The Tim e 8 s 1 . , 74

1 2 th On the March , at Cheshunt, Maria, widow of the of late Edward Brown , Addingham Vicarage, Cumberland , ” aged 55years .

1 8 74.

s t o n At Pengelly Hou e , Cheshunt, Her s , November ” d t 2 r . 8 0 3 , Benjamin A twood , Esq , aged years .

The Tim es 1 8 , December 3 , 74. oth On the 3 November, at Pengelly House , Cheshunt,

t fi of Her s , Angela, widow of Daniel Bell Wake eld , Wel lin t o n t - a t- g , New Zealand , Barris er Law, elder daughter

of and last surviving child Thomas Attwood , formerly

P . for M . Birmingham , aged

The Tim es . 1 8 75.

2 th On the 4 February, at his residence, Holywood

House, Wolsingham , Durham , Charles Attwood , Esq . , aged 84.

The Tim es 1 8 . , April 9 , 75 ’ th . S t . On the 7 inst , at James s , Piccadilly , by the

W a u db f Rev . W . R . P . y, Rector o Stoke Albany, North

n hire t he . . i . A . a m pt o s , and Rev H Dema n , M , Oxon ,

W a u db a f Sidney James y, Captain Bombay St f Corps , to ” Mary Alice, daughter of the late E . A . Attwood , Esq .

The Tim es 1 8 . 74.

1 th D ecr. On the 9 , at Holy Trinity Church , Bourne

i . A . mouth , by the Rev . H . Dema n , M , of Hertford ,

s on of t Harold , elder Edward Augus us Freeman , of Somer l t leaze, Wel s , Somerse , to Alice Mary , only surviving fi of daughter of Daniel Bell Wake eld , late Wellington ,

New Zealand .

T Tim es 1 8 8 . he , July 5, 7 ’ - - h t . S t . on On the 4t ins , at Leonard s Sea, Emma, widow of the late Algernon Attwood , and only daughter of ” e of E lw . the late John Foulk s , y House , Wrexham I U ' . C E C I W BY L E T L AUD .

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The Tim es 2 0 1 88 1 . , September , “ 1 On the 5th inst . , at Mentone, South France, the ” of r s on. wife , Ma shall Stapylton , of a

The Tim es 1 88 1 . , December,

1 6 . z On the th inst , at Chillon , Swit erland , Alice Edith ,

of the adored wife Marshall Stapylton , aged

The Tim es 1 88 , August 7 , 4. “ 6 1 88 On the th August, 4, at the Manor Hou s e, ’ cle r Abbot s Langley, Herts , Eleanor Constance, the a ly of beloved child Harold and Alice Mary Freeman , aged ” five years and ten months .

The Tim es 1 0 1 888 . , August , “ ’ 8 . G lenthorne . re On the th inst , at , , St Marga t s , ” of . . of a Twickenham , the wife G R Attwood , a d ughter .

1 2 th On the inst. , at Harlington , Middlesex, the Wife

of n . Charles William Shackle, a s o

1 8 2 . July, 9

ha s n . A marriage been arranged betwee Mr T . A . of of Ca rless Attwood , Malvern Wells, only child the late

. . o e Mr . T A Attwood , of Wo dend House, Warwickshir , ’ of nd and Lincoln s Inn , a the Hon . Hilda Evelyn Pomeroy, r only daughter of Viscount Harbe ton . 1 8 2 October, 9 . ’ th . n On the 5 inst. , at St Jude s Church , South Kensi g

- a ton, by the Rev . Prebendary Eardley Wilmot, vic r, of Thomas Arthur Carless Attwood , Malvern Wells , only

of e . t E s . d child the lat T Aurelius At wood , q , of Wooden ’ the House, Warwickshire, and of Lincolns Inn , to

a d of Hon . Hild Evelyn P omeroy, only aughter Viscount ” Harbert on . The Tim es , October “ d . 6th . On the inst , at Hillside, Springfiel Road , St

- - e in his rd Leonards on S ea , Jam s Harrington Attwood , 73 ” year. 1 1 7

SILVER WEDDING .

e Tim es 1 1 8 . Th , December 9 , 99

1 8 On the 1 9th December, 74, at Holy Trinity Church ,

r . . . of Bournemouth , by the Rev . H Demain , He tford , M A ,

s on of of Harold , elder Edward Augustus Freeman ,

z t o e S om m erlea e, Wells, Somerset, Alic Mary, only fi surviving daughter of Daniel Bell Wake eld , late of ” Wellington , New Zealand .

EX TRACTS FROM AN OL D FAMILY BIBLE . e William Ayles and Ann Wright were married Jan . y

2 1 1 1 . . , 74 , in Trinity Church , Whitehaven , by the Rev W

Brisea n.

6 . 2 1 2 . 1 743 . July , born , John Ayles Died July 5, 79

Bt wa s 1 1 . e ty , their daughter , born May 7 , 745

2 1 1 . William , born April , 747 . Died in America

1 1 8 1 1 Thomas , born March 9 , 74 . Died March 7 , 749 .

1 0 . . Robert, born December 7 , 75 Died in America

of 1 2 1 Delivered a dead child , January , 753 .

t 1 N . Sally , born Augus 4, 754. . S

2 1 6. Sally, died March 9 , 75

d 2 1 6. William , die November 9 , 75 William Wood and Betty Ayles were married October l th 1 6 o o ne . . ira l , 7 7 , in Trinity Church , by Rev Mr S l.

was 1 8 1 68 Ann , their daughter, born December , 7 . wa s f o 2 oth 1 . She delivered a dead child Sept. , 770

2 8 1 8 1 Ann Ayles, died November , 794, aged years .

MEMORANDUM OF T H E FAMILY OF WILLIAM A N D BETTY

WOOD . e ‘ William Wood , p rished in the Ship Sampson which was 1 1 8 driven upon the rocks , bound to Quebec, May 9 , 7 3 .

B 2 1 8 2 8 2 etty Wood , died October 3 , 7 , aged years .

2 6 1 61 John Elliot and Ann Wood were married June , 7 , in T rinity Church , by the Rev . W . Church . 1 1 8

wa 2 1 s 6 . 1 John Elliot born April 4, 7 4 Died March 9 ,

1 806.

1 1 2 Elizabeth , their daughter, born April 9 , 79 .

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s on 2 1 . John , their , born January 4, 793

s on 2 1 . William , their , born March , 795 Died at Bat

tersea 1 8 2 6 1 . , April 4, , aged 3

1 1 806. John Elliot died March 9 ,

2 1 8 . Ann Elliot died at Sunderland , December 9 , 44

O ON I N INSCRIPTI N BRASS TABLET BISHOPWEARMOUTH . In Memory of

T 2 2 2 HOMAS MOORE , Died November, 1 84 ,

Aged 79 .

JOHN MOORE, on of the above , 2 1 8 Died 5August, 53 ,

Aged 59 .

F of 2 M 1 8 2 RANCES , Wife the above, died 5 arch , 7 ,

Aged 69 . T P HOMAS ETER ,

2 1 8 2 2 6. Died 4 January , 5 , aged G WILLIAM RAHAM ,

1 1 861 1 Died 3 March , , aged 3 . L OUISA ,

1 8 2 2 8 . Died 7 January , 7 , Aged

Sons and Daughters of the above John Moore .

I N H E BURIALS T MOORE VAULT , GILL CEMETERY ,

BISHOPWEARMOUTH. ” of 2 John Moore, Bishopwearmouth , died August 5, 1 8 53 , aged 59 2 1 8 Frances, wife of the above, died March 5, 73 , aged 69 .

n 1 1 861 1 . William Graham , so , died March 3 , , aged 3

1 8 2 2 8 . Louisa, daughter, died January 7 , 7 , aged

of Bisho wea r Margaret, daughter of Thomas Moore, p 8 2 0 1 0 8 . m outh , died December , 7 , aged 7

FAVA RT . M RE MADAM E M ISS FL O RE NC E OO

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EX TRACTS FROM BISHOPWEARMOUTH PARISH REGISTER .

BAPTISMS .

f . 0 . o 1 576. July 3 Anna More, Sunderland

1 8 . . 1 578 . July John M ore , of Sunderland

f . Oct . 2 . o 1 579 . 5 Robert More , Sunderland

MARRIAGES .

- 2 . . 1 577 8 . Nov . 3 John M ore and Katherin Tomson

1 6. 1 60 1 . June Richarde Huntley and Jane Moore ,

- of Ryop .

d hilde . . G oo c 1 58 1 . July 4 John and Mary M ore

“ ’ TH E TIMES A N D MR . JOHN MOORE S OAKWOOD

RESIDENCE .

In the foregoing pages repeated reference has been made

n t he t the to t he a cient mansions of A twood family , and \ t t o t t Illus ra ions we have been f r una e in securing , will give

t a evidence of the art istic ta st e of heir owners . The ccom

of the t panying engravings Oakwood , beau iful residence of

M r . of . s M r and Moore, will enable my readers to judge

t f the t the con inuity o a love of beautiful , combined wi h the higher ideas of usefulness and liberality . In the history of

is the numerous stately homes of England , it always point

ou t t t wa s ed wi h just pride , tha such a mansion honoured by a visit fro m Royalty . The following account of a Coro

a t t The Tim s nation gathering Oakwood , aken from e of July

2 t h 1 0 2 a has e 5 , 9 , will Show th t Oakwood b en honoured by the selection of its beautiful grounds a s a fitting place to

t t of o n en er ain the guests Queen Alexandra, the occasion

of of VII . his the Coronation King Edward and Queen . 1 2 0

TH E CORONATION . One hundred and thirty girls connected with the Wal worth Branch of the Metropolitan Association for Befriend ’ t o ing Young Servants, were entertained the Queen s tea at Shortlands, yesterday . They were met at the Railway

Station by the Hayes Brass Band , which played them up t o the beautiful grounds of Oakwood, which had been kindly lent for the occasion by Mr. J . Moore, the owner. After strolling about the woods and park they sa t down at

s the wa table under trees, and had tea which s the main object of their visit. The following message was read from the Queen The Queen sends her best wishes t o all her

t . guests at tea, and hopes hey are enjoying themselves Her Majesty feels sure that they will be pleased t o hear ’ i . be that the King s progressing satisfactorily Then , on f wa s t half o the girls , the following telegram sen to her

Majesty One hundred and t hirty M . A . B . Y . S . girls offer most respectful and grateful thanks to her Majesty for e t o her tea and entertainment at Short lands . They rejoic ’ of hear of the King s recovery . They assure her their of loyal devotion , and will remember her gracious thought ’ t ea them for as long a s they live . After the girls engaged in sports , races , swinging, and dancing . Subsequently they assembled on the terrace and were entertained with

t t . patriotic songs, by ladies and gen lemen of Shor lands Among those who assisted were Miss Julia Miers (Secretary t of the Branch) ; the Rev . H F . Wolley , Vicar of Shor lands and the Rev . E . Moore .

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and the memorable escape of Charles II . in the Boscobel ” on . Oak , held in sacred remembrance Royal Oak Day

Y et as a we follow the services to King and Country , s found in the annals of the last branches of the historic t family, they rival in in erest any previous record . The alliance of the Goodchild and Moore families in the l 6th

S hi rd n century, led up to that of the ppe s o s and Andersons , also the Pembertons and Laurences , each of whom have cont ributed eventful episodes in the pages of his tory and _ c to ou r roman e, which give a touch of poetic beauty

t . national and North Coun ry literature . When Charles I was wa taken prisoner at Oxford , he s sent on to Newcastle

- upon Tyne, to be near the borders of Scotland while nego tia t ions were being carried ou t for the sale of the King to hi the Parliamentary Commissioners . Charles and s family for 1 0 the resided in Newcastle months , and were housed in most sta tely mansion within the walls of the town— Ander s on the of House, historic residence Robert Anderson , who had married a grand- daughter of John Goodchild and Mary wa s Moore . Here the fallen Monarch allowed every

f the a n facility for com ort and pleasure, chief source of noyance being the sermons that were preached at him by usurping Covenanter preachers who occupied St . Nicholas Church pulpit during these troubled times— who never let an opport unity pass for making political a llu s m ns m their ‘ n i t his sermons . On o e occas on a Scotch minister, af er dis

u t of and course, gave o the opening lines the s Psalm

t t o t t o t o Why dos h u , yran , b as abr ad, Thy wicke d works t o praise

This pointed allusion to the fallen Monarch wa s t oo much H i his s for the King . s Majesty thereupon rose from eat h a s and ca lled upon the people to sing the s6t Psal m , more appropriate

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e e o on m e I Hav m rcy , L rd , , pray,

For man would m e de vour.

t The sympathy of the congregation was wi h the King, and they sang with evident zeal the song of supplicat ion . The last alliance to be noticed in the hist ory of Bishop t wa s t t he t of wea rm ou th ancien families , that wi h daugh er

the - Rector John Laurence , well known scholar and natural

is of ist . There a popular tradition that the appointment

1 2 1 the Rector Laurence, in 7 , to most important Rectory

wa s not one in the North of England , a popular , he being t a perfec stranger, and also a prominent supporter of the

wa s t o Hanoverian succession , while the north favourable

fi of the Jacobite movement. On the rst Sunday the new

t he t of Rector occupying pulpi , the three squires the Parish

t t ou t of rose from heir sea s , and walked side by side the

a s t t th Church , a pro es against e appoin t ment of an utter

t t o the t s ranger Rec orship . The subsequent events proved , h however, that the t ree squires did not object to the com ’ pany of the Rect or s three daught ers,for each was married

of to a daughter Rector Laurence . John Goodchild , of l Pallion , married E izabeth , and John Pemberton married

Penelope , thus reuniting the t wo houses which had sprung

1 8 1 from John Goodchild and Mary Moore in 5 .

G ’ RE ISTERED AT HERALDS COLLEGE .

t Thomas Arthur Carless Attwood , Gen leman , M . A .

. a th 1 86 t h (Oxon) Born May 7 , 3 , being e only child of

w of the late Thomas Aurelius Att ood , Birmingham , Bar

- at- his rister Law, by wife Mary , eldest daughter of Joseph

Smallwood , of Castle Bromwich ; succeeded on the death his t of cousin , George Reginald At wood , of Glaslyn t Cour , to the male representat ion of the family of Att of w , Corn rea v es wood late Ha ne House , g Hall , and The a t Leasowes, ne r Halesowen , County Worces er. Livery 1 2 4

. : 1 claret and silver Armorial bearings quarterly and 4,

I st th gules , a cross indented , in the and 4 quarters a lion

2 nd rd rampant argent, and in the and 3 a swan close, also

' or 2 a argent, beaked ; per pale argent and gules , chevron

- vair between three quartre foils , in the centre chief point a

fleu r l s for of de y all countercharged ( Adams , Cakemore

s or on t House, County Worce ter) ; 3 , a moun , in base an oa k tree proper, over all a fess gules , thereon three cinque of fi th t t foils the eld , in e dexter can on two annulets in er laced ih pale sable (for Carless of Birmingham) ; and impaling the arms of Pomeroy , namely or, a lion rampant gules , armed and tongued azure , holding between the fore paws an apple proper. Mantling, gules and argent . Crest, o n of of a wreath the colours , in front an oak tree proper,

t : P os a demi swan wi h wings expanded argent . Motto ’ ’ ” s z w m t a os s e m dentu r . th 1 8 2 g p Married , October s , 9 ,

. t of Rt . . Hon Hilda Evelyn , only surviving daugh er Hon

t . James Spencer Pomeroy , six h Viscount Harberton

t of Rosamund Carless At wood , only child and heiress t he late George Reginald Attwood , Gentleman (died

a of . by his wife Const nce Marion , daughter Rev William

. t of Harper Brandreth , M A . , Rec or Standish , Lancashire,

Hon . Canon of Manchester, and Rural Dean of Leyland .

on Livery claret and silver. Armorial bearings a lozenge ,

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t 1 I s l. quar erly and 4, gules, a cross indented , in the and

th 2 nd rd 4 quarters a lion rampant argent, and in the and 3

2 a swan close , also argent, beaked or per pale argent and gules , a chevron vair between three quatrefoils, in the centre chief point a fleur de lys all countercharged (for

of or Adams Cakemore House, County Worcester) ; 3 , on

oa k a mount, in base an tree proper, over all a fess gules, t th fi thereon hree cinquefoils of e eld , in the dexter canton of two annulets interlaced in pale sable (for Carless ,

Birmingham) .

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— TH E OAK . COLONEL CARLESS A N D CHARLES II . BOSCOBEL ’ ' I s t he The rom a nce of Charles I . escape by hiding in of Bos cobel Oak, cannot be omitted from any notice the

' of Attwood fa m ily. The relationship the De Boscos, Att

‘ Ca rless es . woods , and , have been given in previous pages The racy acco unt of the services Colonel Carless rendered oa k t to King Charles on his memorable escape in the ree, n is of as given by The G lobe o Royal Oak Day, worthy per manent record in the history of the Attwood family. “ It is a remarkable fact that nearly all t he tracts and ” na rratives from which we glean any knowledge of the

’ for King s doings after the Battle of Worcester, are , the

a s a s re most part, founded upon the story told by himself, ’ “ corded in Pepys immortal Diary, who took down from ’ hi the King s own mouth all part iculars of s escape . It was by the advice of the Earl of Derby that Charles sought refuge in Boscobel House . Here the King intended going his was into hiding, but only a few hours after arrival it thought more prudent to take to the woods . The King re tired into the deepest part of the neighbouring forest dis

wa a . H is s t oo guised s a woodman departure none soon , for he had scarcely quitted the house when a troop of horse was a i t o for . h rr ved search him It a rainy night, and is t w guide, Richard Penderel , borrowed a blanke , which as

Bu t n w s pread for the King under a tree . o a more vigor ou s character appears upon the scene . Colonel Carless one of the fi first in the Worcester ght, and the last t o leave it— followed the steps of the King and found him in the Bos cobel Woods ; and it was at his instigation that Charles a t u oak n a of c ally climbed the , i ste d sheltering on the w so . a s dded g round beneath it A cushion obtained , the

Colonel climbed after him , and humbly desired his wh no Majesty, o had taken little or rest the two preceding

s t o e a s a s night , s at himself easily he could in the tree, and ’ r hi a est s hea d on the Colonel s lap . I n this o k they con 1 2 6 t inned most part of the day and in t hat position the King ” a t t slumbered way some por ion of the ime . Here we have a story of such vivid and picturesque t t elemen s , and appealing so directly to human interests , hat it t v migh well ha e been regarded as an evergreen . A royal t ffi n fugi ive and his valiant and faithful o cer, proved and e

t a t hot during loyal y , fana ical soldiery on the track haste , fi disguise , surprise , and the nal hiding in the oak, beneath “ ” the bu m m ed which Roundhead his surly hymn . The

s sequence of the bare fact is so rapid and engrossing, that even the high -pressure novelist might pant aft er them in vain . After the Restoration Colonel Carless was specially

the honoured by King, at whose request he adopted the ” c a more ommemorative name of C rlos , receiving a grant of arms which have a most correct oak tree proper.

' A question has arisen as to the ident ity of the Boscobel

t . Oak . There is no uncertain y about the fact The present flourishing tree is not that which supported and concealed i t as t o the weary limbs of Charles I I . There s no doub t e t he fat e of the original oak. The Restoration did not ak oa k place until nine years after the hiding in the , during which the incident wa s known to comparat iv ely few per t d a t sons . But it was , na urally enough , noise abroad the i wa s time of the Restorat on , and when England throwing up its cap for the King, the Royal Oak also became an wa s object of the wildest popular enthusiasm . It literally

’ wa s u r hacked to pieces by visitors , and at last blown do n by its the storm in 1 700 . But there had already grown up by side a thriving scion ; this sprang up from an acorn from ’ a n the King s tree , and others were r ised from the origi al Oak is tree . So that the Royal in Boscobel Woods the survival of the historic tree of the i 7th centu ry.

THE ATTWOODS IN H ISTORY

AMONG the numerous historic houses and places asso of cia ted with the history of the Attwood family , few them can excel in beauty of situation and historic interest a s

. Llanvihangel Court, Monmouthshire , the home of M r

- S t . tt . B . John A wood Mathews Llanvihangel Court wa s the dower house of the Harley and Oxford family ; l Its some po rt ions of it are eight hundred years o d . tradit ions a re ass ociated with Queen Eli zabeth and the Spanish Armada ; the mounting block by which Elizabeth mounted her palfry is st ill pres erved . The great beauty of “ t he Llanvihangel is in its splendid avenues , Chestnut ” Avenue was planted from chestnuts that came over a t the t ime of the Armada; an d there are two great jars in the

n r o ta panelled e t ance hall , which c n in wine brought from

the . o s i Spain in same ships The h u e s gabled , and t surrounded by ex ensive park lands, and commands the most

‘ magnificent landscapes in Monmouthshire ; it is situa ted “ ” on t he S kerrid t d Moun ain (Sacre Mountain) , where the t fi h Druids performed heir sacri ces , and as extensive

f h wa n views O t e Black Mounta ins . It s from Llanviha gel hi Court that Charles I . issued s orders to the Royalist

- f- Army . His coat O arms is yet retained over his bed room ’ ” a s It door, which is known King Charles s Room . is interesting to find how interwoven with t he great hist oric events in our national life ha s been the patriot ism of the t t A wood family . From century to century a De Bois or o ha s h an Attwo d ever been foremost in the battles , t e councils , and in the no less glorious peaceful congresses of t he t na ion . While in the early development of this the 1 2 8

t iron and steel age , the name of A twood will ever be remembered for invent ions in the manufacture of iron

. of v t and steel I n the history modern political mo emen s , no names will be more prominent than those of Thomas t New A twood , of Birmingham , and Charles Attwood , of

t - - cas le upon Tyne . They were the founders of the modern t political Associa ions . The influence of t hese gentle men a t two of the most critical periods in English monarchial history during the last century has never been

' surpassed . When the country was o n t he verge of civil war during the trial of Queen Caroline and the int roduction “ ” of of s by the Government a Bill Pains and Penaltie , Mr . ’ The Tim es Charles Attwood s letter to , backed by that

a t of the influential newsp per, brought about the wi hdrawal

the Bill , and thus secured continuance unbroken right of

u to is now of s ccession the throne , which a matter no dispute . So also in the great Reform and Chartist

of agitation , the brothers were the idols the people ; yet e when extrem measures were advocated , both declared they would be no party to treason or disorder “ they were loyal

t o the t t to the Sovereign , loyal cons i ution , and loyal to the

” ‘ a t l - a - nt the laws . And now f er the apse of half ce ury evidence of history confirms the nobility of their lives and usefulness Nor is the spirit of the Attwoods degenerat ed

" in the present representatives of the family,a s t he preceding

e pages give evidence . Non are more loyal , and their con

ha n a nd duct s been gover ed by pure , philanthropic , unselfish motives .

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