issue,
Margaret Vavasor, his
heir, who d. without
issue, about 8th Richard
II.

3. Richard, m. and had two sons,
Mauger and William, who re-
leased to Sir Bernard Brocas,
knt. and Agnes Vavasor, his
wife, all their right and interest
in the manor of Denton; and
shortly afterwards both d. with-
out issue.

II. JOHN, of whom presently.

Sir Malger Vavasor, of Denton and Askwith, was 8. at Askwith by his second son,

SIR JOHN LE VAVASOR, of Askwith, knt. who m. the daughter and heiress of Sir William de Stopham, of Weston, knt. by whom he had issue,

JOHN LE VAVASOR, of Askwith, who lived about the year 1329, and left issue by Alice, his wife,

JOHN LE VAVASOR, of Askwith, who m. Agnes, daughter and heir of - de Benevile, and had issue,

WILLIAM, attorney-general to King Ed-
ward III.
JOHN.

He was s. at Weston by his second son, JOHN VAVASOR, esq. of Weston. This gentleman m. Agnes, or Anne, daughter of Sir William Mauleverer, of Wothersome, knt. (This Agnes, or Anne, did release to John, her son, all her right in the manor of Weston, in 1400, 2nd Henry IV.) They left issue,

JOHN.

Richard.

Thomas.

He was s. by his eldest son,

JOHN VAVASOR, esq. of Weston, who m. Margaret, daughter of Sir Peter Middleton, of Stockeld, knt. by whom he had issue, JOHN.

JOHN VAVASOR, esq. of Weston, who married and had issue,

ven.

Henry, m. Matilda, daughter of
Bunnye, esq. from whom descended
the extinct BARONETS VAVASOUR, of
Coppenthorp, in the county of York.
Isabella, a nun, at Smithwayte.
Agnes, m. John Beckwith, esq. of
Clinte.

William Calverley, knt. of Calverley, by whom he had issue,

Isabel, m. John Haythorp, esq. of
Chester in the Street.

Grace, m. Thomas Sothaby, esq. of
Pocklington.

Frances, m. first, Anthony Fawkes,

esq.; secondly, Peter Bainbridge,

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 III. 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.

O

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 es-

poused John Hearle, esq.
and had three daughters (co-
heiresses), one of whom m.
Captain Wallis, the circum-
navigator; another, Henry-
Hawkins Tremayne, esq. of
Heligan, and was mother of
the late member for Corn-
wall; 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 Rotter-
dam, 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. 11. 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 Wearmouth, 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 Newbottle House, and of Durham, 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 October, 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 September, 1831, to William Hunter Burne, esq. capt. in the Durham militia, grandson 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 William 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.