Men of mark 'twixt Tyne and Tweed . ocuringthe release of the captive. To him Bertram, in 1269, conveyedGreat Ealand, Mordefen, and other property in Northumberland,and his descendants continued to have an interest in the castle andestates of Mitford for several generations. Thus, with alienations and redemptions, Roger Bertram foundhimself in the prime of life a comparatively poor man. He survivedhis captivity nine years, and then departed, leaving his son Rogerheir to a good name and an impoverished fortune. With this son,who died in 1312, leaving an only daughter, the Bertrams of Mitfordin
Men of mark 'twixt Tyne and Tweed . ocuringthe release of the captive. To him Bertram, in 1269, conveyedGreat Ealand, Mordefen, and other property in Northumberland,and his descendants continued to have an interest in the castle andestates of Mitford for several generations. Thus, with alienations and redemptions, Roger Bertram foundhimself in the prime of life a comparatively poor man. He survivedhis captivity nine years, and then departed, leaving his son Rogerheir to a good name and an impoverished fortune. With this son,who died in 1312, leaving an only daughter, the Bertrams of Mitfordin the direct line became extinct. ^botnae :i6cvvich, WOOD-KXGRAVER. Materials for a memoir of Thomas Bewick are so abundant that itis difficult to compress them into a narrative proportionate to the THOMAS BEWICK. 265 rest of this series. The best source of information on the subject isthe volume written by the great engraver himself, in which he tellsin his own way, and in the form of an autobiography, the story of hislife and THOMAS )JEW1CK. Thomas Bewick was born on the 12th of August, 1753, at Cherry-burn, a house on the south side of the Tyne, near the village of 265 THOMAS BEWICK. Eltringham, and about twelve miles west of Newcastle. His grand-father, after whom he was named, farmed the lands of PainshawField and Birches Nook, near Bywell, and rented a small colliery onMickley Bank or Common. His grandmother was Agnes Arthur,daughter of a laird of that name at Kirkheaton, at which place hisfather, John Bewick, was born in 1715. His mother was Jane,daughter of Thomas Wilson, parish clerk of Ainstable in Cumber-land, and at the time of her marriage, in 1752, she was housekeeperto the Rev. Christopher Gregson, curate of Ovingham and school-master. John Bewick carried on the little colliery at Mickley, andfixed his abode at Cherryburn, where all his children were was the eldest of a family of eight, three boys and five girls,seven of whom grew up to maturity.
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