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WHITEHAVEN.
October, 1722, Gustavus Thomson, Esq., of Arkleby Hall, became
the owner of this property, and in that year sold off a portion to
one Christopher Thomson ; perhaps it was part of the dowry of
his wife Joanna, one of the two daughters of the Humphrey
Senhouse already mentioned. Bridget, the other, married John
Christian, at Cross Canonby, May 14th, 17 18. (It was in
recollection of his maternal ancestry, and probably also with
another allusion, for it is said to have been the place of his somewhat
sudden birth, that Lord Chief Justice Law, her grandson,
selected the title of Ellenborough when he was elevated to the
peerage.)
I may be allowed to enlarge a little upon Gustavus Thomson
and his family, for their story has not been told, and is well worth
the telling. Soon after the glorious Restoration, for such jolly
doings would scarcely have taken ijlace in the days of Puritanism,
or else would have been kept more sub rosd, Mr. Porter, of Weary
Hall, in the parish of Bolton, attended the races at York, and was
unfortunate in his betting transactions ; money was wanted to pay
his debts of honour, and then and there he sold his advowsons of
Bolton and Plumbland to Mr. Richard Thompson, of Kilham in
Yorkshire, for ^100 down. It is sad to think that for a few years
Mr. Thompson received no interest on his capital, but in 1686
fortune smiled, for the Rev. Daniel Hechstetter, of the
Hechstetters of Keswick, Rector of Bolton, died ; and in the very
same year the Rev. Joseph Nicolson, father of William Nicolson,
Bishop of Carlisle, was laid beneath the Communion table at
Plumbland. Mr. Richard Thompson was at last in a position to
recoup himself, and well he availed himself of the opportunity.
He presented both rectories to the Rev. Michael Robmson, with
an agreement in the background that he - the patron - was to
receive ?,60 per annum for fourteen years, after which the rector
was to have both livings clear for the rest of his life ; but alas !
for poor Michael, he died in the very terminal year of 1700. Mr.
Richard Thompson was not quite prepared for this stroke of good
luck, for his sons were all laymen, and Gustavus, who was the one
pitched upon to succeed to this ecclesiastical prize, was in the
army ; but there were no penny papers in those days ; a ...
Title:?tab?Publications, Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, Kendal, England, Vol. 5, 1877
Subject:?tab?Cumberland (England) -- Antiquities, Westmorland (England) -- Antiquities
Description:?tab?16
Volume:?tab?5
Publication date:?tab?1877
Publisher:?tab?Kendal, [Eng.]. Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society
Author:?tab?Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Arch?ological Society. cn
Sponsor:?tab?MSN
Tags:?tab?allen_county, americana
Notes:?tab?Large-sized pedigree at end of book was photographed in four sections for better resolution
Contributor:?tab?Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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Abt 1592 - Abt 1686 (~ 94 years)
