SURTEES, OF REDWORTH.
From Burke's Commoners Vol II pp 656-659 1836 (see footnote)
Surtees, Robert, esq. of Redworth, in the palatinate of Durham, m. at Chester le Street, 24th October, 1811, Elizabeth, daughter of Isaac Cookson, esq. of Whitehill (see p. 507), and has issue,
ROBERT-LAMBTON, of Trinity College, Cambridge, b. 20th
December, 1812.
Henry-Edward, b. in 1819.
Charles-Freville
Margaret-Caroline.
Mr. Surtees, who succeeded his father in 1803, is in the commission of the peace and a deputy lieutenant for the county palatine of Durham.
Lineage
This family is supposed to be derived from the ancient and knightly, but now extinct, house of Surtees of Dinsdale, on the banks of the Tees, seated there from a period approaching very nearly to the Norman era, but as no records or evidences have yet been discovered attesting the descent, the pedigree1 properly commences with
Edward Surtees, gent, of Broadoak, in the parish of Ovingham, Durham, who died in 1656, leaving by Margaret Coulson, his wife, niece and heir of Mr. Alderman Robert Surtees, of Durham, two sons, viz.
I. George, of Cronywell, in Durham, who died in 1683, and was father of Edward and George, who both d.s.p. and of
Robert whose third son (his two elder, George and Edward, died unmarried),
Robert, was father of
Robert Surtees, esq. of the city of Durham, and of Cronywell, who died 16th May, 1808, aged thirty-seven, leaving by Margaret Robinson, his wife, an only daughter and heiress,
Anne Surtees, m. to Henry Smales, esq. of Durham.
II. Robert, of whom we have to treat.
The younger son,
Robert Surtees, of Ryton, who m. in 165., Catharine, daughter and co-heir of John Hauxley, esq. of Crawcrook, in the palatinate, left, with several daughters, two sons, Hauxley, who married Anne Watson, of Silksworth, and d. in 1719, s.p. and Edward, of whom presently. Robert Surtees, of Ryton, (of whose prudence and probity a very favourable idea has been entertained by his posterity,) devises by his will, dated 10th June, 1700, his copyhold land in Hedgefield and Rytonhaugh to his grandson, Surtees Bowrey; his lands in Medomsley, and his undivided lands in Crawcrook, which himself and John Stevenson, gent, bought of Ralph Carnaby, gent. of Chollerton, and French's Farm, to his son, Edward Surtees ; and half his lands in Crawcrook Fell, Westcrofts, Brondlane, &c. lands in Crawcrook, bought of Thomas Swinburne, esq. of Gray's Inn, lands at Naysfold and Entersteel, in the parish of St. Oswald's, in Hexhamshire, and at Embleton Hall, in the parish of Sedgefield, to trustees for his son, Hauxley Surtees, for life, and, failing his issue, to Edward ; to Hauxley Surtees his copyholds in Wickham ; £100 to his daughter, Ann Surtees ; £60 each to his grand-daughters, Ann and Catherine Newton ; £100 each to his daughters, Isabel (who afterwards married William Watson, of Silksworth, in the county palatine of Durham, the father of William Watson, esq. of Silksworth, who d.s.p. in 1763,) and Catharine ; £20 to the poor of Ryton Quarter; to his nephew, Ralph Ord, the house at Ryton Loaning Head ; personal property to his daughters equally.
His
second but only son to leave issue,
Edward Surtees,
esq. purchased the' estate of Mainsforth, in
Durham, from the Hutton family in 1708. He wedded, 27th
June, 1693, Jane, youngest daughter and co-heir of
George Crosier, esq. of Newbiggen (see family of
Crosier
at foot), and had issue,
I. Robert, his heir.
II. George, of Mainsforth, baptized 18th May, 1698, who, in 1744, purchased for £4400 the manor of Graystones (formerly belonging to the Killiughalls), which, in 1761, he set tled on his nephew Robert (son of his brother, Hauxley Surtees). He died unm. in 1769, leaving also Mainsforth to his nephew Robert.
III. Crosier, of Merrysheals, in Northumberland,
m. Jane, daughter of
Ralph Hodgson, esq. of Alwent, and
had issue,
1. Edward, d. young in 1741.
2. Crosier, of Merrysheals, who married his cousin, Jane Surtees, and continued the male line of the family: of him hereafter.
1. Elizabeth, m. to Richard Sherwood, esq. of Staindrop and Snow Hall.
2. Jane, m. to Joseph Raine, esq. of Batsford, in Gloucestershire.
IV. Hauxley, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, merchant adventurer, who m. Miss Elizabeth Steele, and died in 1753, leaving two sons, viz.
1. George, who d. t. p.
2. Robert, who had Mainsforth, Graystones, and other property, by gift of his uncle, George Surtees, esq. He married, in 1761, Miss Dorothy Steele, and was father of
Robert Surtees, esq. F.S.A. of Mainsforth, " the historian of Durham," b. in the Bailey, Durham, 1st April, 1779, married, in 1807, to Anne (living at Mainsforth in 1834), daughter of Ralph Robinson, esq. of Middle Herrington, in the county palatine of Durham. He d.c.p. at Mainsforth on the llth, and was buried at Bishop-Middleham on the 14th Feb. 1834, aged fifty-four. Mr. Surtees' chief literary undertaking was his celebrated History of the County Palatine of Durham,—a work of almost unequalled magnificence, truly designated by Dr. Dibdin (in his Bibliographical Decameron) as a " princely folio," and which will always be regarded as a splendid monument of the judgment, taste, and indefatigable industry of its highly-gifted and lamented author. The first volume of this great work appeared in 1816, the second followed in 1820, and the third in 1822. He did not live, however, to complete the fourth and concluding volume, which has been some time in the press. Few have ever enjoyed a larger share of public respect and private affection than this estimable and excellent man. It may be truly said of him, that he was admired, honoured, and beloved by all who had the good fortune to be acquainted with his profound erudition, his elegant and classical mind, his splendid talents as an antiquary, his truly noble character as an English country gentleman, and his native goodness of heart, which was manifested in every action of his life, towards men of all ranks, sects, and opinions. He was a person of the most amiable and virtuous habits, upright in his principles, straightforward in his conduct, generous in his hospitality, unostentatious in his charity, his breast was full of the "milk of human kindness," and he died as he had lived, a devout and exemplary Christian,—"Blameless and pure, and such was his renown."
V. James, captain of dragoons, who d. unm. in 1775.
I. Catherine, m. to Robert Newton, esq. of Hauxwell, Northumberland.
II. Eleanor, baptized 28th July, 1696, m. to Robert Culley, gent, of Denton.
III. Jane, m. to Robert Hutchinson, esq. of Cornforth, in Durham.
Mr. Surtees m. secondly, in 1716, Dorothy, daughter of Thomas Burletson, esq. and widow of Richard Reed, of Stranton, and had two sons and a daughter, who all died issueless. He died in 1744, aged eightyfour, and was succeeded by his eldest son,
Robert Surtees, esq. of Redworth, born at Newbiggin, 12th May, 1694, who espoused, 2nd August, 1744, Dorothy, second daughter of Thomas Lambton,2 esq. of Hardwick, by Dorothy, his wife, daughter of Calverley Bewicke, esq. of Close House, and had, with two sons, Edward and Robert, who died in infancy, two daughters, viz.
Dorothy, m. first, to William Norton, esq. of Coatham Hall Garth, nephew and heir to Sir William Dalston, of Acornbank ; secondly, to the Rev. Richard Bowser, of Bishop Auckland ; and thirdly, to John Whitfield, gent.
Jane, m. to her cousin, Crosier Surtees, esq. of Merrysheales.
Mr. Surtees died 6th March, 1785, aged ninety-one, and was s. by his nephew and son- in-law,
Crosier Surtees, esq. of Merrysheales, in Northumberland, who then became also " of Redworth, in Durham." By his wife, Jane Surtees, he had, to survive infancy, three sons and four daughters, namely,
I. Robert, his heir.
II. George.
III. James.
I. Jane, m. to George Charles Mensforth, esq. an officer in the army.
II. Dorothy, m. to John Thomas Christopher, esq.
III. Lambton, m. to William Williams, esq. of Durham.
IV. Phillis, m. to William Horne, esq. of London.
Mr. Surtees died 21st December, 1803, and was s. by his eldest son, the present Robert Surtees, esq. of Redworth.
Arms—Erm. on a canton gu. an orle arg.: quartering Crosier, Lambton, Lumley, Lumley (ancient), Audre, Morewic, Thwenge, Darell, Brus, Arches, Fitz-Roger, Lancaster, Fitzwilliam, Holland, Thornton, Wanton, and Freville.
Crest—Out of a five-leaved coronet or, a plume of three feathers arg.
Motto—Malo mori quam foedari.
Estates—In the counties of Durham and Northumberland.
Seat—Redworth House, in the palatinate.
Family of Crosier.
" The Crosiers," says Surtees, in his History of Durham, " were a numerous clan, inhabiting the debateable land on the middle march, but belonged, perhaps, rather to Cumberland than Liddesdale. They occur in the roll of border clans returned to the Scottish parliament in 1587.
Nicholas Crosier, who wedded Elizabeth, lady of the manor of Newbiggyng, daughter and heiress of Nicholas de Burnynghyll, by Beatrix, his wife, sister and heir of Richard de Bynchestre, was living in 1461, aged fifty-five, for in that year he deposed, on an inquest to prove the age of Christopher Moresby, that he was present in Cockermouth Church, with the rector, when the said Christopher Moresby was baptized on the feast of Thomas a Becket in 1439. He was direct ancestor of
George Crosier, esq. of Newbiggin, baptized llth April, 1615, who m. Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of Thomas Atkinson, esq. of Haghouse, in the chapelry of Crossgate, and had issue,
I. George, his heir,
II. Nicholas, of Sunderland by the Sea in 1666, who m. Barbara, daughter of Richard Anderson, of Sunderland, and by her, who wedded, secondly, Robert Sharpe, of Bridlington, had one son and three daughters,
III. Bryan, b. in 1643, of Bishop Wearmouth, who m. in 1668, Mary Hall, and had issue.
IV. Thomas, born in 1644, of Sunderland, who married tw'ice, and had issue.
The eldest son,
George Crosier,
esq. of Newbiggin, baptized 2nd April, 1637,
married Eleanor, daughter of John Harrison, of
Sunderland, and dying in 1717, left five daughters, his
co-heirs, viz.
I. Eleanor, b. in 1659, m. in 1679, to Richard Smith, gent, of Tunstall, and had
1. Crosier Smith, who d.s.p. in 1695.
2. Richard Smith, of Inverness, in Scotland.
3. Robert Smith, who <I. i. p. in 1695.
1. Eleanor Smith, m. to Joseph Martin, of Durham.
II. Elizabeth, b. in 1662, m. in 1693, Robert Hilton, esq. of Bishop Auckland, and had one son, Cuthbert Hilton, whod.s.p. and three daughters, viz. Eleanor Hilton, m. to Sir William Richardson, bart. ; Jane Hilton, m. to Ellis Veryard, esq. of Boxhill, Wilts ; and Elizabeth Hilton, m. to Thomas Beckwith, esq.
III. Anne, b. in 1665, m. in 1686, John Tewart, esq. of Heighington, and had an only daughter, Eleanor Tewart, wife of Thomas Billings, gent.
IV. Mary, b. in 1667-8, m. in 1693, William Shawe, esq. of Pittington, and had five daughters, who all died without issue, excepting the third, Mary Shawe, wife of Thomas Forster, gent.
V. Jane, b. in 1671, m. as already stated, to Edward Surtees, esq. of Redworth.
1
Another branch of this wide-spreading Durham family was
seated at Ebchester, in the palatiuate, circ. temp.
Queen Elizabeth. Cuthbert Surtees, of Ebchester, by
his will, which is dated 23rd August, 1622,' " desires
burial in the quier of Ebchester Church." His son,
Anthony Surtees, purchased the estate of Milkwell Burn,
in the pnlntinate (which is still in the possession of
his descendant), in 1626. He had issue, Robert, his heir; and Anthony, of
Hollingside, who d.s.p.. Robert, baptized 23rd
September, 1633, married, in 1663, Isabel Newton, and
was father of Anthony Surtees, of Milkwell Burn, whose
eldest son, Robert Surtees, was father of Robert
Surtees, esq. (who died 5th July, 1811, aged
sixty-nine), and grandfather of the present
Anthony Surtees, esq. of Hamsterley Hall, in the county of Durham.
2 The Lambtons of Hardwick were a branch of the great and ancient stock of Lambton of Lambton.
Sir William Lambton, knt. of Lambton, b. in 1589, colonel of a regiment of foot, and captain of a troop of horse, in the service of Charles I. was slain at Marston Moor. He married twice; by his first wife, Jane, third daughter of Sir Nicholas Curwen, knt. of Workington, he left, with other issue, Henry, who succeeded at Lambton, and was direct ancestor of the present John-George, Earl or Durham. Sir William Lambton had, inter alia, by his second wife, Catherine, daughter of Sir Henry Widdrington, knt. of Widdrington, a son,
Sir Thomas Lambton, knt.b. in 1628, colonel of all the horse in the bishoprick, and subsequently, under Cromwell, governor of the Leeward Isles. He m. in 1660, Margaret, daughter of Nicholas Freville, esq. of Hardwick, and by her, who wedded, secondly, Nicholas Conyers, esq. of Borolby, had a son and successor,
Frevile Lambton, esq. devisee of his grandfather, Nicholas Freville, eaq. of Hardwick. He married thrice, and dying in 1731, was s. by his eldest surviving son,
Thomas Lambton, esq. of Hardwick, born in 1691, who m. Dorothy, daughter of Calverlv Bewicke, esq. of Close House, Northumberland, and dying in 1746, left six daughters and co-heirs, viz.
I. Barbara, m. to Robert Ord, esq. of Sandsnigh Sedgefield.
II. Dorothy, m. to Robert Surtees, esq. of Redworth.
III. Thomasin, m. to — Rawling, esq.
IV. Margaret, m. to Henry Ruddock, esq. of Hexham, Northumberland,
V. Philadelphia, m. to Charles Burne, esq. of Sunderland (sse vol. i. p. 41).
VI. Elizabeth, m. to Francis Mascal, esq. of Eppleton, Durham.
Source Note
A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners
of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying Territorial
Possessions or High Official Rank but Uninvested with
Heritable Honours
By John Burke. Esq, Vol II
Published for Henry Colburn by R. Bentley : Bell
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