consumed was a very large hall, on the pannels of the wainscoting of which was depicted the various arms and alliances of the family through all its numerous and fartraced descents. The loss has been, in some degree, compensated by the addition which the late proprietors made to those parts which escaped the ravages of the flames. Against the south wall of the chancel, in the parish church of Scrivelsby, is a very handsome marble monument, ornamented with a bust of the Hon. Lewis Dymoke, champion at the coronation of the two first sovereigns of the House of Brunswick. On the north side of the chancel is a marble tablet to the memory of the Hon. John Dymoke, who performed the duties of champion at the

coronation of King GEORGE II. On the floor of the south side of the communion table is a plate of copper, on which is an inscription to the memory of Sir Charles Dymoke, knt. who was champion at the coronation of King JAMES II. At the eastern end of the aisle are two tombs, on one of which is the figure of a knight in chain armour, cross-legged, on the other that of a lady with a lion at her feet. By the side of these is the tomb of Sir Robert Dymoke, who was champion at the coronations of RICHARD III. HENRY VII. and HENRY VIII. On the floor of the aisle is also a stone which once contained a brass figure, with corner shields, and an inscription, all of which are now gone.

This family settled at a remote era at Lithney, in the county of Cornwall, where the monuments of its members are numerous. It afterwards acquired Deverell, in the neighbouring parish of Gwinear; and, subsequently, Trelissick, in the adjoining district of St. Erth.

WILLIAM CAMBORNE, alias PAYNTER, of Deverell, obtained, in 1569, a grant of the armorial ensigns now borne by this family.

He espoused Eleanor Wilton, and was s. by his son,

GEORGE PAYNTER, who m. 29th April, 1565, Anne Anthorne, and was father of

WILLIAM PAYNTER, esq. This gentleman commenced, in the year 1658, the purchase of the present property in the deanery of Buryan for his second son. He m. Mary Keigwin, and had issue,

1. ARTHUR, of Trelissick, whom. Sarah Praed, and was s. by his son,

FRANCIS, who m. his first cousin, Margaret, daughter of Francis Paynter, esq. of Boskenna, and had an only daughter and heiress, MARY, of Trelissick, who espoused John Hearle, esq. and had three daughters (coheiresses), one of whom m. Captain Wallis, the circumnavigator; another, HenryHawkins Tremayne, esq. of Heligan, and was mother of the late member for Cornwall; and the third, Jane,

tal, and had a son, George
Hicks, M.D. of Stable-yard,
St. James's.

Catherine, m. to Capt. Richard
Pidgeon, and d. in 1786.
Susan, d. unmarried, 1781.
Rachael, d. unmarried.

3. Lionel, an eminent merchant, at Rotterdam, who m. Susan, eldest daughter of John Colville, esq. of Whitehouse, in the county of Durham, and sister to Camilla, countess of Tankerville, by whom (who d. 11th January, 1782, at the advanced age of 92) he had issue,

John, who was killed by a fall from his horse.

Charles, sometime of Rotterdam, afterwards of the city of Norwich, who left by his wife, Hannah, daughter of -Brown, two daughters, his co-heirs, viz; Susannah, m.

to Littledale, esq. and the

younger, m. to M. Jackas, of Holland.

4. Thomas, of Allan's Flatts, who
s. to the bulk of his father's pro-
perty, was one of the principal
coal-owners on the river Wear.
Mr. Allan d. universally lament-
ed, in 1740, leaving four daugh-
ters his co-heirs, (who conveyed
the whole of their father's great
wealth to their respective hus-
bands) viz.

Susan, m. to Ralph Jennison,
esq. of Walworth Castle, in
the county of Durham, M.P.
for Northumberland, and
master of the stag hounds to
King GEORGE II.
Margaret, m.to Jenison Shafto,

esq. of Wratting Park, in the county of Cambridge, M.P. for Leominster. Dorothy, m. to James Garland, esq. of Michael Stow Hall, in the county of Essex. Camilla, m. to Robert Shafto, esq. of Benwell, in the county of Northumberland. II. George (sixth son), b. in 1663, who settled at Darlington, as a general merchant, and making a large fortune

by government contracts, built Blackwell Grange. He d. in 1743, leaving (with a daughter, Hannah, who m. Farrow Eden, esq. of Darlington, and d. in 1778) an only surviving son,

GEORGE, of Blackwell Grange, who espoused, in 1717, Thomasine, daughter and co-heiress of Arthur Prescott, esq. of Blackwell, in the county of Durham, and d. 31st July, 1753, leaving three daughters, his co-heirs, viz.

1. Dorothy, d. unmarried, in 1760.

2. Catherine, d. unmarried, in 1753, and buried with great funeral pomp, in Darlington Church.

3. Anne, who eventually became sole heiress. She d. in October, 1785, and devised all her estates in Durham and Yorkshire to her cousin, and nearest male relation of her name, James Allan, esq. of Darlington. The memory of this lady, who was long distinguished for her benevolence and extensive charities, is so much and deservedly revered at Darlington, that her portrait hangs over the chimney-piece of every respectable parlour in that place.

III. Robert (seventh son), who d. at Antigua, leaving an only daughter and heiress, Elizabeth, who m. — Burke, esq. and had an only daughter and heiress, who espoused John Blake,

esq.

IV. NICHOLAS (eighth son), of whom presently.

v. James (ninth son), d. young. The eighth son of George Allan, of Yarm,

NICHOLAS ALLAN, esq. of Staindrop, in the county of Durham, m. in 1691, Elizabeth, only dau. of William Sober, esq. of Cockerton, county of Durham, (son of Robert Sober, esq. of Nestfield, in the latter shire, which estate descended to the Allans) and had fourteen children, upon the youngest of whom

JAMES ALLAN, esq. of Blackwell Grange, the family estates eventually devolved. This gentleman espoused Elizabeth, daughter of

William Pemberton, esq.* by Elizabeth, daughter of John Killinghall, esq. of Middleton St. George, in the county of Durham, descended from John de Kyllynghall, who d. seised of the manor of Nether Middleton, in 1417, and whose son and heir, John Killynghall, m. Beatrice, daughter of John Clervaux, of Croft, in Yorkshire, esq. representative of that ancient Norman family. Mr. Allan d. in 1790, seised, (besides leaving a large personal property,) for term of life and in fee, of estates at Blackwell Grange, Polam Hill Farm, Dodmires, Darlington, Hill House, Nestfield, &c. in the county of Durham, and of the manors or lordships of Nether Worsall, Appleton-upon-Wiske, and Barton, and estates at Ergholme, and a moiety of the manor of Dalton-upon-Tees, in the North Riding of the county of York, and left issue,

GEORGE, his successor.

James, d. unmarried, 26th September, 1800.

Robert, of Sunniside, in the county of

Durham, lord of the manor of Barton, in the county of York, and of the manor of Ingleton, and of estates at Bishop Wearinouth, Nestfield, &c., Durham. He m. Elizabeth, one of the daughters and co-heiresses of Robert Harrison, a wealthy merchant at Sunderland, and dying 28th March, 1806, possessed of a large personal property, left issue,

1. ROBERT, of Newbottle, in the county of Durham, b. 10th April, 1769, who m. Hannah, third dau. of Wm. Havelock, ship-owner, and sister of William Havelock, esq. late of Ingress Park, Kent, (which he sold to government for upwards of £70,000,) and left at his demise, 27th December, 1813, WILLIAM, who s. to Blackwell

Grange at the demise of his
relative George Allan, esq.
21st July, 1828, and is the

PRESENT REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE FAMILY.

• By this marriage the manor and lordship of Barton, in the county of York, came to the Allans. William Pemberton was great-grandson of John Pemberton, esq. of Aislaby, and his wife, Isabel Grey, grandaughter of Sir Ralph Grey, knt. of Chillingham, ancestor of the present EARL GREY.

Robert-Henry, F.S.A. of New-
bottle House, and of Dur-
ham, the author of a history
of the city of Durham, &c.
b. 22nd January, 1802.
John-Edward, b. 25th June,
1803.

George-Thomas, b. 11th Oc-
tober, 1804.

James, b. 2nd December, 1807.
Elizabeth-Anne, m. 21st May,

1832, to Benjamin Dunn,
esq. of Harworth, in the
county of Durham.
Anne.

Johanna-Mary.
Mary-Emma.

Caroline-Jane, m. 28th Sep-
tember, 1831, to William
Hunter Burne, esq. capt. in
the Durham militia, grand-
son of Charles Burne, esq.
by Philadelphia, daughter
and co-heiress of Thomas
Lambton, esq. of Hardwick,
in the county of Durham,
great grandson of Sir Wil-
liam Lambton, of Lambton,
knt. slain at Marston Moor,
(ancestor of the present Lord
Durham).

2. JOHN, of Blackwell, in the county

of Durham, M.A. a justice of the peace for that shire, as well as for the North Riding of the county of York. This gentleman, who is lord of the manor of Barton, in Yorkshire, and owner of estates at Blackwell, Nestfield, &c. in the County Palatine, was b. 29th August, 1778.

3. Elizabeth, m. to John Maling, esq. of Hylton, in the county of Durham, and d. in 1810.

4. Anne, d. unmarried in 1807. 5. Mary, m. 13th June, 1802, to John-Henry Johnson, esq. a captain in the north York militia.

several learned and valuable publications of his own, which were printed at his private press, at Blackwell Grange, Mr. Allan generously assisted, and was the patron and original promoter of Mr. Hutchinson's History of Durham. He m. 18th September, 1766, Anne, only daughter and heiress of James Colling Nicholson, esq. of Scruton, in the county of York, and had issue,

GEORGE, his successor.

James, b. 27th February, 1772, a capt. in the 29th regiment of foot, d. of the yellow fever, in the island of Grenada, 28th May, 1795.

Anne, m. to John Wright, esq. of Boltonon-Swale, in the county of York, and d. in 1797, leaving two sons and two daughters.

Elizabeth, m. in November, 1791, to Seymour Hodgson, esq. of Richmond, in the county of York.

Hannah, d. young.

Dorothy, d. unmarried, 18th September, 1821.

Mr. Allan d. 18th May, 1800, and was s. his elder son,

by

GEORGE ALLAN, esq. of Blackwell Grange, M.A., F.S.A., a gentleman, not more distinguished for his literary talents than for an elegant, accomplished, and generous mind. In 1813, upon the retirement of Mr. Ralph Lambton, Mr. Allan, after a long and severe contest, was elected a representative in parliament for the city of Durham.* He m. Prudence, daughter of William Williams, esq. but had no issue. Mr. Allan, who was a justice of the peace and deputy of the county of Durham, d. at St. Omer, in France, 21st July, 1828, and leaving no issue, the

family estates devolved, as stated above, upon his relative, WILLIAM ALLAN, esq. now of Blackwell Grange.

Arms-QUARTERLY of eight.

ALLAN Sa. a cross potent quarter pierced or, charged with four guttes de sang, in chief two lions' heads erased of the second, all within a bordure ingrailed erminois. PEMBERTON-Ar. a chevron ermine between three griffins' heads couped sa. HINDMARSH-Gu. in a marsh, a hind lodged ppr.

KILLINGHALL-Gu. a bend raguly arg. between three garbs or.

HERDEWYK-Or a maunch sa. between three martlets gu.

LAMBTON-Sa. a fess between three lambs passant arg. a trefoil gu. on the fess, for cadency.

DODSWORTH-Ar. a chevron sa. charged with three bezants or, between three bugle-horns, stringed of the second. Crest-A demi-lion rampant arg. ducally crowned gu. holding in the dexter paw a cross potent or, and supporting with the sinister paw a rudder of the second.

Motto-Fortiter gerit crucem.

Estates The manors or lordships of Nether Worsall, otherwise Low Worsall, of Appleton-upon-Wiske; estates at Eryholme, and a moiety of the manor or lordship of Dalton-upon-Tees, in the North Riding of the county of York. At Blackwell Grange, Polam Hill Farm, Dodmires, Darlington, Hill House, &c. in the county Palatine. All these possessions, excepting the manor or lordship of Appleton-upon-Wiske, purchased by Miss Ann Allan, were acquired by George Allan, esq. who was b. in 1663.

Seat-Blackwell Grange, in the county of

Durham.