Men of mark 'twixt Tyne and Tweed . V ffi Ml^M ?liiWIb.,. ST. HELEN- S AUCKLAND HALL. services on the Borders. Benwell Tower was, in any case, theresidence of Cuthbert Carr about the time of his marriage. His wifehad inherited a house in Middle Street, Newcastle, and other pro-perty, at the death of her father, so that the young couple startedlife together in prosperous circumstances. From the union thus auspiciously effected came two sons, Johnand James, and two daughters. John died unmarried, and Jamessucceeded to the estates in Benwell and Newcastle. He marriedElizabeth Staupert, or Stawper


Men of mark 'twixt Tyne and Tweed . V ffi Ml^M ?liiWIb.,. ST. HELEN- S AUCKLAND HALL. services on the Borders. Benwell Tower was, in any case, theresidence of Cuthbert Carr about the time of his marriage. His wifehad inherited a house in Middle Street, Newcastle, and other pro-perty, at the death of her father, so that the young couple startedlife together in prosperous circumstances. From the union thus auspiciously effected came two sons, Johnand James, and two daughters. John died unmarried, and Jamessucceeded to the estates in Benwell and Newcastle. He marriedElizabeth Staupert, or Stawpert, a name well known in Northumber-land at that time, but to what family or place she belonged has notbeen ascertained. Some time about the beginning of the seventeenthcentury the younger brother James, who carried on the business of a CUTBBERT CARR. 471 merchant in Newcastle, sold the property at Benwell and purchasedthe beautiful estate of St. Helens Auckland, in the adjoining the fertile lands of St. Helens he erected the fine, many-gable


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