An AccouxT of the GENEALOGY, AND OTHER MEMOIRS Concerning the FAlULY of L O R A I N E, OF KIRKHARLE-TOWER IN THE County of NORTHUMBERLAND;
WITH R E M A R K s upon fome others, (obiter) .Anno Dom. 1788.
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MDCCXL. IIIPIUNTED BT K, A. RICHARDSON, JN GREY STREET, NEWCASTLE. KDCCCXLIX.
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,v ILL I .A.~I LORAINE, ESQUIRE,
OF N~"'CASTLE-UPO:S-TYNE,
A LL~EAL DESCE..~DANT OF THE ANTIENT _UiD
HONOURABLE FAMILY OF WHICH THE
PRES&"'T TRACT G1'-ES AN OLD GEl\~ALOGICAL ACCOUNT,
IS DEDICATED BY THE EDITOR.
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~ c> a. IR. at J0e\llrastle, , tbiS 3(ul~e, mbrrr~lbiij. l AN ACCOUNT OF THE
GENEALOGY, and other Memoirs,
CONCERNING
The Family of LORA/1.VE, of Kirkharle• Tower, in the County of 1.Vorthumberland; with REMARKS upon some others, (obiter) Anno Dom. 1738.
Obert, the first of this Family in Eng land, came an Officer in the Army of JVilliam, the Conquerer, who, for his Service in that Expedition, and after in the sixth \ ...ear of the Reign of his Son William II. against !JIalcolra King of Seo-ts~ (a va liant Prince) whom the English Rebels in the North join,d in his Excurtion into Northumberland, 10
whereby many Estates in that County and Duraam were forfeited to the Crown, was rewarded with several Hides of Land in U.fferton, East, Muldle and West Harrington; with free Fishings in Aqua de Were, to him and his Heirs for ever, to be holden in Knights Service : Where he settled himself and Family, and whose Descendants intermarried with some of the ancient and chief Families of the Gentry in that County. He was ( as well as a Soldier) a considerable Scholar for that age; as recorded in Baker's Chronicle, amongst the Men of Note in that Reign, for epitomizing the Chronicle of :JIaria nus Scot'US. He liv~ in the said County of Durham till the Reign of Henry V. about which Time there was one William def-Strother, presum'd of the Natives and ancient Inhabitants of the County of Northumberland, who was a ),fan of great Power and Posse~ions, and had his chief Seat and Mansion-house at Kirkharle Tower in the said County, distant fourteen miles from N eu:~le-upon-T!ln,e; situate upon the Bank, and over-looking a spacious Lake ; surrounded with Tim ber and Under-wood; interspersed with Apertures, Lawns and Savanas; cloathed with the finest Herb age: . \Vhich Willia1n Del-Strother died without lssue- m~e, leaving only three Daughters, m. Jooo1W1,Q, 11
Alicia, and Maria, to whom all his Estate descend ed; who, out of their Piety and Devotion, at their joint Expence, repair"d the Church of Kirkharle, then under a Decay; standing from their Father"s House about a Furlong : Which JoM11/n,a, eldest Daughetr and Co-heir of the said Strother, William Loraine, Heir of this Fa mily, married, having then a considerable Estate in the County of Durkam : By ,vhom he had Issue Sons and Daughters. Alicia, the second Daughter and Co-heir, married one John Nickolson in the County of NorthurnlMrwnd. Jokn FenuJiclc, 0£ F8'11,wu;lc-Tower in N orthuml>er l,a,nd, married Maria, the third Daughter and Co-heir 0£ the said Strother; who with their three Wives, enjoy'd all the said Estate, in common and undivided, till the said Nicholson, with his wife and Son, relea.sed all their Right and Title to the Father"s Estate to Loraine and Fenwick; in consideration of having for their Share thereof the Manor of Bahingt<>n, alias Ba'Dingt
heritance, Coal-mines; others consisting oi Chattels, Eccles~tical Leases, &c. Being in their respectiv~ Generations generally l\len of Learning, Virtue and Sobrietv.- EDWARD succeeded, who m3rrie finding defa.e''d, and broken down, erected a, new one in its· Place, engraven with the same Aceount. This unfortllll8,te Gentleman about the fourteenth of Henry VIII. married Margaret Daughter of Rd>erl BOUJeS of the Bishoprick of Durham,, Esq; and had Is.sue Sons and Daughters. WILiAM succeeded, and married Agnes, a Daugh ter of Sir William, Waters of the County of Y orl, Knight ; who became a Widow, and married Jol,,11, Li,sle of Acton in Nortk-uml>erland, Esq; By which Agnes, the said William had Issue one Son and two Da~~rs, Tlwmm, Ursilla and Doro{h!J ; which Dor tl,,y married T1wmas Ogle of Kirlcley in Nortl,,um!Jer land, Esq;. THOMAS came in by Descent, and married Tlwm asin, eldest Daughter of Tlwrnas Walter 0£ Wl,,itwell in the County of Duraam, Gentleman ; and died the fifteenth of Jacohi Regis, leaving two Sons, Thomas and William, Infants: Whose Widow married John Hylton in the County of Durkam, Esq;. THOMAS succeeded, and married EUzalJeth, "\iVi. dow and Relict of Tlunnas Bewick of Olose-lwuse in NorthumlJerland, Esq; By whom he had Issue only one Son, called T/wr1UJ,S. The said Thomas the Father, out of his Piety, find ing the slated Roof of the Quire of Kirkharle Church fallen into Decay, took it down, and timber"d it a-new 15 with Iris/,,~ and eover"d it with Lead; all at his own charge: And some Time after prevail"d with the Parishoners to take down the slated Roof of the Chure~ and timber" d it with Oak, and cover' d the same with Lead also. He was likewise SQ great a Lover or Learning (though then the sole male Heir of his Family) that he continued with that learned Gentleman, Mr. Mede of And within the Verge and Boundery of N Sword also, on the Sinister, engraven, with hand some Flourishes on the Top of each Staff: '\\'... hich Dr. Hunter, Herald at Arms, supposes to have been Knights-Templars of the Ord,er of St. Joan of Jerus alem. Given under his Hand. I have subjoin"d the Coat or Arms oCthe Family, with the Crest and Motto blazon'd; by which it ap pears to have been obtained by some Action in the Field or Battle, for which there is the Authority of Tradition in the Family, and what is implied in the Crest and Motto themselves.