History of Newcastle and Gateshead . the kings rent for the same ; to sonRobert, 3s. 4d., yearly rent from a house at the head of the same chare,held by Thomas Kay, beer brewer, under lease from his father, JohnGray, deceased, and the reversion of the same. Another house inthat chare to be sold for payment of his debts, first of all payingGarrett Cock, the occupier, 60/. mortgage, George Nicholson, 35/. 4s.,and his mother, Margaret Wigham, 22/. His two keels to be sold,and the money, with any surplus from the sale of Cocks house, to goto his three daughters, Agnes, Sarah, and Dorothy. Residue
History of Newcastle and Gateshead . the kings rent for the same ; to sonRobert, 3s. 4d., yearly rent from a house at the head of the same chare,held by Thomas Kay, beer brewer, under lease from his father, JohnGray, deceased, and the reversion of the same. Another house inthat chare to be sold for payment of his debts, first of all payingGarrett Cock, the occupier, 60/. mortgage, George Nicholson, 35/. 4s.,and his mother, Margaret Wigham, 22/. His two keels to be sold,and the money, with any surplus from the sale of Cocks house, to goto his three daughters, Agnes, Sarah, and Dorothy. Residue to hiswife, the sole executrix. Witnesses—Richard Rowmaine, FrancisGray, George Nicholson, notary.—On October 26th, John Gray,butcher, bequeathed to his mother, Isabella, wife of Richard Reavely,22s.; gave his sister and servant, Isabel Gray, two wheyes ; his son,John Gray, 60/. at lawful age, and if he died earlier, then his wifeMargaret to have 20/., his sister Isabel 20/., and his brothers, Francisand Thomas Gray, 10/. Head of Hornsbys Chare, Newcastle, in 1843. i623.] SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. 249 1623. 20 and 21 James of Durham—Richard Neile. Mayor and Sheriffs of Newcastle till Michael mas :—? Sir George Selby, Mayor, Robert Ledger and WilliamJackson, Sheriffs. JIajor aud Sheriffs elected at Michaelmas :— Mayor—Henry Maddison. Arms : As in 1605, but without any crescent. Sheriffs—Henry Bowes and William Jackson. Arms of Bowes : Argent or ermine, three bows in pale gules, stringed sable. S in the previous year, the sheriff died before completinghis term of office, and again WilHam Jackson steppedin and performed the duties till the day of was remarkably busy among prominent men inNewcastle. Besides the sheriff, the town lost in suc-cession—most of them in the month of April—Timothy Draper,the kings customer, who had married three local wives, one of thema Liddell of Ravensworth ; Robert Selby; alderman Henry Chapman;Cuthbert Gray
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