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HAROLD B. LEE LIBRARY

BRIQHAM YO'jrJG UNIVERSITY

PROVO. UTAH

Date Dec..l928.

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THE

ATTWOOD FAMILY,

WITH

Historic Notes & Pedigrees.

GENEALublUAL SUCItfY
OF UTAH

DEC 1928
By JOHN ROBINSON.

Author of
"Descriptive Guide to the Lough and Noble Models of Busts and
Statuary ;" " The Delaval Papers ;" " The Legends and
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EHICHAM YC'jr»a UNLVERSITY

PROVOrUTAH

TO

THE REPRESENTATIVES
OF THE

ATTWOOD AND MOORE FAMILIES

THIS BRIEF ACCOUNT

OF

AN HISTORICAL AND DISTINGUISHED RACE

IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED.

PREFACE.

The interest evoked by the original appearance in the
newspaper press of my brief descriptive notice of the Att-
wood Family, on the occasion of the erection of a memorial
brass in Southwick Church, Co. Durham, to Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Attwood, of Bishopwearmouth, has led to its issue
in a more permanent form. To the courtesy of Mr. and
Mrs. Moore, of Oakwood, Beckenham, Kent (Mrs. Moore
being the only daughter and representative of Mr. Edward
Attwood), I have been indebted for much valuable informa-
tion, which is added as an appendix to the original descrip-
tive essay of the family history. In these valuable historic
references the reader will find conclusive evidence that my
original estimate of the influence and territorial importance
of the family was underrated rather than overestimated. I
have to apologise for the want of arrangement in the his-
toric notes. So voluminous were the documents placed at
my disposal, that the difficulty was what to leave out rather
than what to embody in the appendix, many of those in-
cluded having only reached me after the book had gone to
press. But I make no apologies for bringing before the
reader the records of so remarkable a family. From the
far-off" days of our pre-Norman history down to the great
Victorian Era of the last half-century, the family have ever
been conspicuous for their patriotism and ceaseless indus-
try. In the Southern Counties, in the Midlands, and in the
North of England, the high character of the Attwoods has

"become as familiar as household words. On the field of
battle, in the Councils of the nation, in the walks of Science,
and in the marts of Commerce, the family for upwards of
a thousand years have been foremost citizens in our national
life and history. While as liberal dispensers of charity,
and in the exercise of benevolence, their names will ever be
held in grateful remembrance in the bead-roll of national
benefactors of the sick and the poor. Of the present repre-
sentatives of the family in its numerous branches, it needs
only to be recorded that they are worthy descendants of
noble ancestors.

JOHN ROBINSON.
Delaval House,

Sunderland,

October, igoj.

ILLUSTRATIONS.

To face page

ARMS OF THE ATTWOOD FAMILY .... Title Page

MEMORIAL BRASS ....... i

HATCHMENT ........ 3

BENJAMIN ATTWOOD ....... 4

M. WOLVERLEY ATTWOOD ...... 7

B. ST. JOHN ATTWOOD-MATHEWS AND C. E. MATHEWS - - H

JOHN MOORE - - - . . . - - 12

BISHOPWEARMOUTH CHURCH - - - - - - 12

MRS. FRANCES MOORE - - - - - - - 13

JOHN MOORE, SENIOR - - - - - - - 14

HALESOWEN ........ 16

THOMAS ADAMS ........ 16

WOLVERLEY CHURCH ....... 20

COLUMN TO THE THIRTY ...... 28

BEAUCHAMP MONUMENT, WORCESTER CATHEDRAL - - - 34

MR. AND MRS. JOHN MOORE ...... 37

ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE - - " 37

THE BOYNES ........ 38

MR. AND MRS. MATTHIAS ATTWOOD ..... 42

THE LEASOWES ........ 44

MANOR HOUSE ......-- 53

DULWICH HOUSE ....... 53

SOUTHWICK CHURCH .--..-. 54

EDWARD ATTWOOD ....... 54

CHESHUNT ........ 64

CHARLES ATTWOOD ....... 70

HOLYWOOD HOUSE, WOLSINGHAM ..... 74

THOMAS ATTWOOD ....... 80

PENGELLY HOUSE ....... 84

HAWNE HOUSE .-....-- 87

AUTOGRAPH OF THOMAS ATTWOOD ..... 89

THOMAS ATTWOOD'S STATUE ...... 90

PONTRILAS COURT ....... 53

MR. MOORE'S FAMILY ....... 94

MRS. RACHEL MARIA MATHEWS, MRS. J. B. ATTWOOD-MATHEWS,

AND MR. WILLIAM MATHEWS .... - 93

95

ILLUSTRATIONS— (Continued).

MRS. WAKEFIEED'S COTTAGE -.-...
MRS. WAKEFIELD, CHARLES M. WAKEFIELD, AND CHARLES AND

MISS A. M. WAKEFIELD ...... 96

BELMONT ........ g6

WOLLASTON HALL ....... 98

ATTWOOD BANK NOTE . . . - - - .I02

MATTHIAS ATTWOOD - . . . . . -103

MEMORIAL CROSS TO MARY ANNE ATTWOOD - - . . 112

LIEUT. CECIL WAUDBV - - . . . - -II4

MAJOR WAUDBY, MRS. WAUDBY, CECIL WAUDBY, AND LIEUT. WM.

WAUDBY . - - - . - - -114

MISS FLORENCE MOORE AS "MADAME FAVART " - - . 1 18

MISS FLORENCE MOORE, REV. EDWARD MOORE, CHARLES WILLIAM

MOORE, AND ALFRED MOORE - - - - - II9

OAKWOOD, WEST FRONT - - . - - . II9

OAKWOOD PARK - - - - . - - I20

OAKWOOD - - . . - - . -121

ANDERSON PLACE - - - . . - .122

ST. NICHOLAS' CATHEDRAL - - . - - . 122

PALLION HALL - - - . . - . .122

BAINBRIDGE HOLME - - . - . . -122

MRS. BROWN, THOMAS A. ATTWOOD, J. A. CARLBSS ATTWOOD,

AND G. REGINALD ATTWOOD - - - - - 1 24

MISS FLORENCE MOORE . - - . - .126

MRS. JACKSON, CAPT. JACKSON, R.N., MRS. SMITH, AND MISS F. H.

MOORE ---.....128

A FAMILY PARTY .-.-.., 128

PEDIGREES.

A THE GAUNT FAMILY.

Al SUTTON ALIAS DUDLEY (FROM GRAZEBROOK).

B WILLIAM GANDE.

C RACHEL MARIA GAUNT.

D ATTWOOD FAMILY (FROM GRAZEBROOK).

E ATTWOOD FAMILY.

F ELLIOT, OF WHITEHAVEN.

G WOOD, OF WHITEHAVEN.

H MOORE, OF SUNDERLAND.

J HUTCHINSON OF SUNDERLAND.

K LAMB, OF SUNDERLAND.

L MCDOWELL, OF SUNDERLAND.

M HULL, OF SUNDERLAND.

" Buckingham Palace,

"December iqth, 1903.

"The Private Secretary is commanded by the King to
"thank Mr. Robinson for his letter of the 17th inst., with
"the copy of his volume on 'The Attwood Family,' which
" he has been good enough to present to His Majesty."

" Buckingham Palace,

"21ST December, 1903.
" Miss Knollys is commanded by the Queen to thank
"Mr. John Robinson for the copy of his book which he
"has been kind enough to send for her acceptance."

THE ATTWOOD MEMORIAL BRASS.

HISTORY OF A REMARKABLE FAMILY.

There has been erected on the south wall of the Nave
in Holy Trinity Church, Southwick, Sunderland, a Memor-
ial Brass, which recalls the remarkable history of a once
well-known family of the Tyne and Wear. Mr. and Mrs.
Moore, of Beckenham, Kent, have caused to be erected this
Memorial to Mr. Edward Attwood and Elizabeth, his wife,
who for nearly half a century were associated with South-
wick, and whose remains rest in the adjoining churchyard.

For more than a generation the Hatchment of Mr.
Edward Attwood, has hung from the walls of the Church
in which he was a worshipper ; and now filial love has
caused a monument of enduring brass to record the memory
of a father and mother. The inscription reads : —

Edward Attwood, of Bishopwearmouth.

Died 19th October, 1866.

Aged 77 years.

Elizabeth Attwood, his Widow.

Died 9th February, 1869.

Aged 76 years.

Ann Elliott, of Whitehaven.

Mother of the above.

Died 29th December, 1844.

Aged 76 years.

The Memorial Brass has been executed by Messrs. Hart,
Son, Peard, & Co., Limited, London, and is a beautiful ex-
ample of the engraver's art. The family coat of arms is
especially well executed. Immediately above the Memorial
Brass hangs the Hatchment of Mr. Edward Attwood, which
has been cleaned, to bring out the arms and crest of the
family with their motto — Arms, a lion rampant with double
tail. Crest, a demi swan with expanded wings. The
Motto, " Possunt quia posse videntur," which may be freely
translated : " They are able to accomplish anything because
they seem to themselves to have the power necessary " (self
confidence).

The association of the Attwood family with the North
of England is of special interest. None of the male mem-
bers of the name were born in our Northern Counties ; yet
the family have left an impress upon the history and trade
of Durham, Northumberland, and Cumberland, that will
ever be remembered and cherished. There is so much of
the romantic combined with the practical in the history of
this remarkable family, that it is worthy of attention and
admiration. The name of Attwood is "as familiar as
household words " to all who know the history of the Iron
and Glass Trades on the Tyne and the Wear, but more
especially to the students of North Country Radicalism and
Chartism.

Mr. Charles Attwood, of Newcastle and Gateshead, was
the idol of the people in the political and social agitations
of the early part of the last century. He threw himself
energetically into the agitation which preceded the Reform
Bill of 1832. He was a member of both the Birmingham
and North of England Political Unions. Along with Fife
and Doubleday, Headlam and Larkin, he led the van in
Newcastle. Ten days after the House of Lords, in October,
183 1, rejected the Reform Bill, the Northern Political Union
organised a meeting of large proportions on the Town

HATCHMENT IN SOUTHWICK CHURCH, COUNTY DURHAM.

Moor. On the morning of the day when the meeting was
held, hundreds of the workmen of the surrounding districts
assembled at the entrance of Mr. Attwood's residence at
Whickham, and on his appearance the horses were unyoked,
and the carriage containing Mr. and Mrs. Attwood was
drawn by his enthusiastic admirers to Newcastle, and after-
wards to the Town Moor, accompanied by 50,000 people.
After the passing of the Reform Bill of 1832, Mr. Charles
Attwood was urged upon to become a candidate at the first
general election for Newcastle. Three days before the
election he allowed himself to be nominated. His nomi-
nation was carried by a large majority, by show of hands,
but at the declaration of the poll. Sir Matthew Ridley had
received 2,105 votes, Mr. Hodgson 1,678, and Mr. Attwood
1,092. At a subsequent banquet to the unsuccessful can-
didate, in the Music Hall, Newcastle, upwards of 400 per-
sons were present, and the enthusiasm was more like that
to a successful candidate than a defeated one. The Chart-
ists had not got all they wanted, but the future was more
hopeful. Mr. Attwood afterwards retired from public life
and died at his beautiful home at Wolsingham, in 1875, in
his 85th year.

Mr. Edward Attwood, the elder brother of Charles,
carried on for a great number of years the Glass Works at
Southwick, Sunderland. He was of a retiring disposition,
and unlike his brother Charles, took little part in public
affairs. He was a successful glass manufacturer, and it is
the tradition of Wearside that he never had a dispute of
any moment with his workpeople. His sympathies were
on the side of the poor and industrious ; he believed in in-
dividual effort rather than political and legislative compul-
sion. Nor did he proclaim to the world his charities and
almsgiving. This same characteristic was exhibited by
Mr. Benjamin Attwood, the younger brother of Edward
and Charles, who died about 28 years ago, when it was dis-

covered that he gave upwards of ;^400,ooo to London
Charities anonymously in ;^i,ooo Bank of England notes,
under varied initials.

The method used by Mr. Attwood to benefit the London
Hospitals was to send his secretary to the Bank of England
to bring him five bank notes of ;^i,ooo each. Mr. Att-
wood then went to different City Banks, and paid to the
credit of the Hospital he had selected ;^i,ooo, with the re-
quest that it be acknowledged in the London Times. After
his death the acknowledgements were found in his private
desk at the office of the Imperial and Continental Gas
Association, of which he was a Director. The following
was his method : —

Date.

Name of Charity.

When
Acknow-
ledged.

Initial
Letters.

Amount.

1869, Augf. 9

London Hospital

Aug-. 17

E. F. H.

;^I,000

1870, May 30

Do.

June 4

E. F. H.

;^I,000

1871, Apl. 26

Do.

Apl. 29

E. F. H.

;£l,000

1872, Feb. 7

Do.

Feb. 12

E. F. H.

;£l,000

1873, Mar. 14

Do.

Mar. 20'

E. F. H.

£x,QOO

1874, Feb. 13

Do.

Feb. 18

E. F. H.

i;i,ooo

Under initials P. N. D. the Refuge for Homeless Chil-
dren got ;^7,ooo.

Under initials D. G. the Royal Free Hospital got;^6,ooo.

Under initials E. F. S. Boy's Infirmary for Children
and Women got ;^6,ooo.

Under initials T. R. C. the Royal West Ophthalmic
Hospital got ;^6,ooo. Etc., etc., etc.

In this way he disbursed the year before his decease
;^84,ooo.

BENJAMIN ATTWOOD.

He lived at Dulwich Hill House, and Pengelly House,
— a moated house at Cheshunt (once the abode of Richard
Cromwell, the Protector), and died there 23rd November,
1874, aged 80 years.

Mr. Edward Attwood devoted all his energy to the de-
velopment of the Glass Trade, and helped to make this
trade in Sunderland known throughout Europe. A man
of rare ability, indomitable energy, and unconquerable will,
he was able to introduce and carry out successfully, im-
provements in the manufacture of glass with a transparency .
which it had not previously possessed. But beyond his
business affairs, his life was that of an educated gentleman.
The science of his profession occupied his leisure ; litera-
ture and art made his home life happy and contented. The
fifth of a family of sons, all of whom except himself made
a name in the world of politics and social sciences, it is re-
markable that he only never entered the political arena.

The political activity and influence, the long and inter-
esting services of the Attwood family, constitute a remark-
able chapter in English historic houses, and in hereditary
Parliamentary service. As far back as Edward HI. (1327
to 1377) the Attwoods of Wolverley were Knights of the
Shire for the County of Worcester. Robert sat in three of
Edward HI.'s Parliaments. The Records of Worcester
give :—

At Lincoln

_ _ _ _

Robert Attwood.

1 8th Edward HI.,

, at Westminster

Robert Attwood.

46th ,, „

,,

Robert Attwood.

47th

,,

John Attwood.

50th

,, John

Attwood, Chevalier.

and Richard H.

,, John

Attwood, Chevalier.

2nd

,, John Beauchamp, of Holt.

From the first of our Parliamentary History down to
the reign of Queen Victoria, the family have been associat-
ed with the representation of the people ; and as an example

of the sturdy independence of the family, we have it on
record that Samuel Attwood, of Wolverley, was fined ;^io
for not taking the Order of Knighthood on the Coronation
of Charles I., in 1630.

During the last century the family were continually
sought for as candidates for Parliamentary honours. Mr.
Thomas Attwood was Member of Parliament for Birming-
ham for many years, and a statue is erected to his memory.
Matthias, another brother, was Member for London, and
then Whitehaven for over 30 years, and in 1847 retired
owing to the state of his health. He died 13th November,
185 1, and the Morning Post in a lengthy notice of his death
said of him : — " He was one of the most temperate and
philosophical, but, at the same time, one of the most deter-
mined and persevering opponents of the monetary policy
which the late Sir Robert Peel adopted in 1819 — a policy
from which so many and such disastrous fluctuations in the
available currency of the country arose, from that time until
the awful crash of commercial credit in 1847. Circum-
stances now in progress in the remotest parts of the world
may, perhaps, diminish the interest of future politicians in
the great question of a paper substitute for gold, as a cir-
culating medium, but whenever that subject is investigated
by men of candour and research, the speeches of Mr. Att-
wood, and the evidence which he gave at different times
before Committees of both Houses of Parliament, will be
found to contain the completest, the ablest, and the honest-
est exposition that any one Englishman has yet given of
the much-vexed currency question. Mr. Attwood was one
of the Bankers of London, of the firm of Spooner and Att-
wood, and the founder of some of the most successful Joint-
stock Companies. In private life Mr. Attwood was eminent
for disinterested kindness and unostentatious benevolence.
Mr. Attwood has left the whole of his property to his only
son, Mr. Wolverley Attwood, and to him reverts also the

M. WOLVERLEY ATTWOOD.

interest of the deceased in the firm of Spooner, Attwood,
and Co."

Mr, Wolverley Attwood was Member for Greenwich,
and in 1841 he unsuccessfully contested Sunderland, on
which occasion the result of the poll was — Lord Howick
750, Mr. Attwood 463. It was at this election that the me-
morable riot took place, when Lord Howick (the late Earl
Grey) was struck with a half brick, and the landlord of the
Reform Tavern, Monkwearmouth, presented a gun at his
Lordship, but fortunately it missed fire. In 1832 Mr.
Charles Attwood, as mentioned above, was a candidate for
Newcastle-upon-Tyne. There are few, if any, of our old
county families that can boast of so long and so unbroken
a line of Parliamentary honours. For upwards of 550
years they were active members in the council chambers of
the nation.

The genealogy of the family is, however, even more in-
teresting than their political experience. By authentic and
clear line of descent, it has been discovered by H. Sidney
Grazebrook, the genealogist, that the Attwoods inherit
some of the proudest blood in the country, and were en-
titled to 100 quarterings on their coat of arms, including a
Dudley and a Plantagenet.

De Bois, afterwards Anglicised into Attwood, were
Knights of Brittany before the Conquest. One of the early
traditions of the family relates to the battle near Ploermel,
where the Attwoods had a castle, which was fought in 1351,
in which an Attwood took part. During the battle Marshal
Beaumanoir, the Breton commander of the garrison of Jos-
selin was wounded. His loss of blood and his long fast
produced a burning thirst, when he asked for water.
Geoffrey de Bois (Attwood) replied " Drink thine own
blood and thy strength will return." A pillar is yet to be
seen on the spot where the battle took place.

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In the Museum at the Mairie of Dinan, Brittany, in
France, is the altar tomb of Joan de Beaumanoir, son of
the hero of the "Combat des Trente," treacherously slain
by his steward. He is represented in full armour, with his
head bare to indicate the manner of his death. The effigy
of his wife is also in complete armour, but on the belt that
encircles her waist, like those worn by the Knight, is sculp-
tured a wreath of roses. These effigies were brought from
the Beaumanoir Chapel of the Abbey of Lehon. The
Chapel of the Beaumanoirs was ravaged at the Revolu-
tion, the lead of the coffins sold and the bones scattered.

When the family came over with William I. they settled
in Worcester, where, in Wolverley Court, the family for
centuries had their seat. In the Wolverley Church are
numerous monuments to the family. One, that of a Crusader,
though much mutilated in the Civil Wars, is the foundation
of the Legend of Attwood the Crusader. On the coat of arms
of this Crusader is the Fleur de Lys, a proof of his descent
from the Capets, Kings of France. In " Rambles in Wor-
cestershire," by Noakes, the following romance is related
of this Crusader : — " The Parish of Wolverley has likewise
its legend, derived from the period of the Holy Wars.
Wolverley Court belonged to one of the Attwoods who
went out as a Crusader. He was taken by the Saracens
and kept so long in a dungeon that his lady at home, sup-
posing him to be dead, was about to marry again, when
the Knight, having made a vow to the Virgin to present a
large portion of his lands to the Church of Worcester, was
supernaturally liberated from his cell, whisked through the
air, and deposited near his old home, now called Park Att-
wood, when, of course, he lost no time in forbidding the
banns. The prisoner's fetters are still preserved in the
Court, as also the sculptured figure of the warrior which
formerly lay in the old Church." It is interesting to know
that at the present day the Dean and Chapter of Worcester

are Lords of the Manor of the former lands of the old
Crusader.

In the reign of Edward III. (1327) is mentioned the seat
of the Attwoods at Wolverley. On the death of Sir John
Attwood in Richard II. 's time, his lands in Gloucestershire
passed to his heir, John Beauchamp, of Holt, the son of
his daughter. In Worcester Cathedral is an altar tomb on
which are the effigies of Lord Beauchamp, of Holt, and his
wife, daughter of the above Sir John Attwood. Beauchamp
was beheaded in 1388, the year of the famous battle of
Chevy Chase. In the Church of Holt are the arms of
William de Bois, Abbot of Evesham, with an Abbot's
mitre. He received his pallium from Pope Clement VI., at
Avignon, France. The arms of the De Bois are the same as
those of the Attwoods, as seen in Southwick Church. Nash,
in his History of Worcester, says the Attwoods of Wolverley
were the most ancient family in the county. Sometimes
they were called from the Latin De Bosco, and from the
French De Bois. One of the family founded the Chantry
of Trimpley, and had considerable estates in Kidderminster,
Rushock, Nordroyke, Worcester, and other parts of the
country. Their arms were a lion rampant with a double
tail. The Attwoods descended from this ancient family,
and our North Country branch of the house were direct
descendants from the pious Sir John Attwood, so called by
Bishop Wakefield. He was a generous friend of the
Church, and endowed the same with lands in every parish
where he had possessions. But the alliances of the Att-
woods with the great families of the Kingdom did not cease
in the days of the Plantagenets, the Capets of France, or
the Houses of Beauchamp and Dudley. The grandfather
of Mr. Edward Attwood, of Southwick, married, in 17 16,
Rachel Maria Gaunt, who was a descendant of Ralph
Gaunt, Lord of Alost, Flanders, and a descendant of the
family of

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*' Old John of Gaunt, time honoured Lancaster."
And only last year the Countess de Barberino, of Rome,
a grand niece also of Mr. Edward Attwood, gave the name
of Urbano to her infant son, after Pope Urbano VIII., who
was a Barberino, and on the occasion of the infant's bap-
tism received a special Benediction from the Pope through
Cardinal Rampolla ; since then the lady has been received
by the Pope.

The following translation from the Italian journal La
Discussione, Napoli, of April 5th, 1902, may fittingly be
given in the history of the Attwood family: — "We an-
nounced recently the birth of a son to Count Raffaello
Barberino, our Collaborator, also our resident director in
Rome of the recognised organ of the Catholic nobility —
St. Jornea, — and to the Countess Gertrude, by birth dau-
ghter of the Marchese Alii Maccarani, to whom is given
the prename of Urbano. This is a historic name in the
House of Barberino, as having been assumed in 1623 by
Maffao de Barberino, of this family, who had then just been
proclaimed and elected Pope, under the style of Urbano
VIII. And to-day we are pleased to have to publish the
record that the Holy Father, to whom our high-born friend
had respectfully and devotedly conveyed the information
of this happy event, moved by the pleasing intimation,
has sent, through the medium of his Eminence Cardinal
Rampolla, with his best wishes and congratulations, the
Special Apostolic Benediction to the Count de Barberino,
as well as to the noble spouse, and to the new-born infant.
Hereupon our sincere and sympathetic congratulations."

Yet not alone in the far distant past of great national
historic events, or in modern Political or Society circles,
have the Attwood family won a foremost place. In the an-
nals of the Victorian Era their descendants have ever kept
the motto of the family clean and untarnished. In the
walks of Law, in the Church, as Soldiers and Naval Heroes,

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and as Engineers, the family hold an honoured position.
While in the recreation of the mind and body, the world is
indebted to the family for the institution of the world famed
Alpine Club. It was Mr. St. John Attwood-Mathews who
first organised this famous Club. St. John and his cousin
talked the subject over at a dinner party at the Leasowes,
the historic home of Mr. Matthias Attwood, and then started
off for London to interest their friends in the subject, the
result being the formation of the Alpine Club, of which
Mr. Charles E. Mathews was elected President. As
Engineers the descendants of the Attwood family hold a
foremost position. It was Mr. James John Wilkinson, a
descendant of the well-known Durham family of that name,
and of the Attwoods, who made the northernmost railway
in Europe, — to Gellivara, Lapland, and opened up the Gulf
of Bothnia. These, with railways in Spain, and mines
there, making waterworks to supply Barcelona, and gas-
works at Viterbo, Italy, railways in Sweden, were all im-
portant engineering undertakings. Mr. George Attwood
is now constructing the aerial railway to the silver and cop-
per mines in British Columbia, one of the most remarkable
and interesting developments in the science of engineering.
In these records of engineering achievements by the pre-
sent descendants of the ancient Attwood family, we may be
pardoned if we associate the blending of North Country
genius and blood with the old stock. The Wilkinsons,
Blakistons, Tempests, and Vanes, are all honoured North
Country families who have left a prominent mark in the
pages of our history. And if we recall the romance of
history, there is no more remarkable story than that of the
heir to the vast estates of the Tempest family. When Sir
Harry Vane had disappeared for seven years and was given
up as lost, Mr. Blakiston as next of kin took possession
of the estates, on the advice of his solicitors ; he was
offered, and refused, the sum of ;^20,ooo for the chance of

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Sir Harry Vane's return. Sir Harry's return to Wynyard
as a tramp to his ancestral home, ousted Mr. Blakiston and
was his ruin. His descendant, Miss Blakiston-Wilkinson,
married Mr. St. John Attwood-Mathews, and the present
Mrs. F. Blakiston Attwood-Mathews is a direct descendant
of the ancient families. To this day the old family names of
Blakiston, Tempest, and Vane are kindly remembered in
the North of England, notwithstanding that a former Blaki-
ston signed the death warrant of Charles I. The famous
mansion of Gibside was built in 1620 by Sir Wm. Blaki-
ston. Over the entrance porch are the Royal Arms of
James I., and beneath, those of Blakiston, with the date,
April 12, 1620. John Blakiston, the regicide, was one of the
Members of Parliament for Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1640-53.
These families, with that of another branch, the Wilkin-
sons, of Durham, are honoured names in our North Country
history, and the blending of the several families with those
of the Attwoods, whose ancient lineage has been briefly out-
lined in these pages, is worthy of permanent record to be
preserved in the annals of the noble houses of the North
Country.

It will thus be seen what a remarkable family history is
associated with a name which is written large in the com-
mercial and political life of the Northern Counties. The
simple but beautiful brass memorial to Mr. Edward Attwood
and Mrs. Elizabeth Attwood, his widow, in Southwick
Church, Sunderland, closes the history of the family on the
Tyne and Wear.

JOHN ROBINSON.

JOHN MOORE.

MRS. FRANCES MOORE.

THE FAMILY OF JOHN MOORE,
OF SUNDERLAND.

MEMORIAL BRASS.

From The Sunderland Echo, September 27, 1902.
*'Mr. John Moore, of Oakwood, Beckenham, Kent, has
caused a large memorial brass to be placed in the old Parish
Church of St. Michael's, Bishopwearmouth. It is fixed on
the east wall of the north Chancel, and bears the following
inscription : —

In Memory of

Thomas Moore, of Bishopwearmouth,

Died 22nd November, 1842,

Aged 79.

John Moore, Son of the above,

Died 25th August, 1853.

Aged 59.

Frances, Wife of the above,

Died 25th March, 1873,

Aged 69.

Thomas Peter,

Died 24th January, 1852,

Aged 26.

William Graham,

Died 31st March, 1861,

Aged 31.

Louisa,

Died 7th January, 1872.

Aged 23.

Sons and daughters of the above John Moore.

The brass is an excellent example of the engraver's art,
and is executed by the well-known firm of Messrs. Hart,
Son, Peard, and Co., London."

MEMOIR OF MR. JOHN MOORE.

From The Gentleman's Magazine, 1853.

Fo. 424, last half year : —

"At Sunderland, in his 6oth year, Mr. John Moore.
Early in life Mr. Moore evinced a desire to make himself
acquainted with local history, manners, and customs, and
took every opportunity of becoming possessed of curious
handbills, pamphlets on local subjects, papers, &c. He
afterwards extended his acquirements by obtaining almost
every publication connected with the Counties of Durham
and Northumberland, more especially the former ; and his
collections relative thereto are perhaps unequalled. He
also possessed several curious MSS. and local pamphlets,
of many of which he might be said to be the sole depository.

Mr. Moore was at all times willing and anxious to ren-
der his collections available to any respectable applicant,
and his urbanity in this respect is only equalled by the ex-
tent of the valuable rarities he had accumulated."

Surtees Society, i860.

WILLS AND INVENTORIES FROM THE REGISTRY AT
DURHAM.

Vol. 2, Fo. 306 : —

[Extract].

" 137. Testamentum, Elizabethae Kirkhouse, Jan. 2,
1586-7.

Elizabeth Kirkhouse, of Church Merington, Durham,
Widow. The residue of all my goodes to Mr. Geo. Lawson,
Esqre., whom I make executor, requiringe him that if
William, Moore, my daughter's sonne, behave himself
honestly and dewtifully in his apprenticeshippe, to give

JOHN MOORE, SENIOR.

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unto him all the goods, &c., that come to him by virtue of
his executorship, and if the said Wm. Moore shall behave
himself disordorly without hope of amendment to the dis-
content of my speciall friend Mr. Geo. Lawson, I will then
that the said goods, &c., be distributed at Mr. Lawson's
discretion amongst the children of Thomas Briskoe, viz. :
Rob., Alice, and Dorothy Briskoe, and Jane Rasyne, Jane
Chilton, and Jane Kirkhouse, my husbandes children."

Note. — This wealthy widow was the second wife of
William Kirkhouse, of Merrington, Co. Durham, whose
Will made Oct. 27, 1570, was proved Mar. 27, 1574.
Surtees Society.

Vol. 2, Fo. 332 : —

Testatnentum George Lawson, Dec. 29, 1587.

''George Lawson, of Little Usworth, Co. Durham,
Esquier. I will that if my brother, *Mr. Wm. Whithed,
can procure at the hands of the deane and chapter of Dur-
ham, the lease of Merington water milne by Mr. Rauf
Bowes his meanes or otherwise, that fWm. More shall
have the same lease, paying out of his porcion such sum
of money as shall be disbursed for the obtaininge of it."

*Son of Thos. Whithed, of Monkwearmouth, Gentle-
man. He was Vice-Admiral of the Co. of Durham.

f See Will of Elizabeth Kirkhouse.

Burnopside Estate and Hall, County of Durham, was
purchased by Mr. John Moore, of Bishopwearmouth, in
1870, and afterwards sold to Mr. Hedley, of Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, Coal Owner.

HISTORIC NOTICES AND PEDIGREE

OF THE

ATTWOOD FAMILY.

The following with the exception of the George Attwood
who married Winnifred Petre, is copied from a paper dated
Wednesday, October 30th, 1834, in the possession of Mrs.
Harold Freeman : —

1. Geo rg-e Attwood, of Claines, see = Winnifred Petre.
inscription of mural tablet, entitled

to the quartering-s of Petre and
Brook.

2. GeorgeAttwood, who came from = Miss Foley, of Lord Foley's family,
Cleobury Mortimer. Married at St. and lived at the bottom of Heywood
Kenelm's, near Haden Cross, in 1678. Hill, near the Stour, and had ;£^io

from the Foley family. Died at
Haden Cross.

3. George Attwood, of Stafford. = Miss Bowater, and lived at Haden

Cross. Attwood came of a g'reat
family. Afterwards Mrs. Herring-,
of Halesowen.

4. George Attwood, of Foxvale. ^

Born at Haden Cross in the year I Angry at being called for short,
1720-21. Died at Hawne in the year j George Wood.
1817 (June). j

5. Matthias Attwood, of Hawne, = Ann Adams, of Cakemore, near
near Halesowen. Born at Foxvale, Halesowen.

1745-46. Married 13 Dec, 1775.

HALESOWEN CHURCHYARD.

"Underneath this tomb are deposited the remains of

MARY ADAMS,

of Cakemore, in this Parish, where she was born in the

MR. THOMAS ADAMS.

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year 1760, and lived unmarried in the same house until the
27th of August, 1 85 1, when she closed, in her 92nd year,
a life of piety and charity ; worthy of the religious race
of which she was the last survivor.
To her Memory,
her relations, grateful for her long and constant affection,
have inscribed this perishable memorial.
In love and reverence
For virtues whose fit record is,
They trust. Eternal in Heaven."
From Aris's Birmingham Gazette, September, 185 1.
**On the 27th August, in her 92nd year, after a few
days illness, deeply lamented, Mary Adams, of Cakemore,
near Halesowen. A consistent professor of Christian Doc-
trine, a practical example of Christian Charity. She passed
the whole of her long and useful life in the house in which
she was born, a blessing to her relations and to the poor of
the neighbourhood."

FROM N ash's "WORCESTERSHIRE."

Claines, Vol. I., Fo. 204: —

"At the same time (year 1484), 2 Richard HI., John
Attwood, Esq., was the principal tenant in Northwick.
The others, being twenty in number, were not of any esti-
mation."

Claines, "Church Arms and Monuments," Vol. I.,
Fo. 209 : —

"Anthony Attwood, Esquire, was buried January the
13th, 1611-12."

Vol. 2., Fo. 19 : —

" In the reign of Henry VI., about the year 1422,
Thomas Gower married Ann, daughter of his guardian,
John Attwood."

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TRIMPLEY.

Vol. 2, Fo. 47 : —

"In the western part of the Parish of Kidderminster
lies the village of Trimpley, a hamlet of this Parish, where
was formerly a chapel, of which nothing now remains.
Here the lords of Abergavenny had anciently great pro-
perty. The next family in degree who were possessed of
lands here, was the Attwoods, for Laurentius de Bosco (in
English, Attwood) was of Trimpley, as by a record with-
out date appears. He seems to have been a person of con-
sequence by his seal and arms : a lion rampant over a
vanquished dragon couchant. From this family (who came
over with William the Conqueror) descended, as multitudes
of evidence witness, Mr. Samuel Attwood, of Wolverley,
heir male of that family ; from which branch sprang the
pious Sir John Attwood, Knt., so called by Bishop Wake-
field (who, about 1375, was Bishop of Worcester). He
founded the Chantry of Trimpley, and endowed the same
with lands in Kidderminster, Wolverley, and Rushoke, 44
Edward HI.

The Attwoods also possessed Parke Attwood, of which
mention is made in the legend of Attwood the Crusader,
but not for so long a time as they did Trimpley. There
was a mansion house, which belonged to the same family,
at Kidderminster, beyond the bridge over the Stour, called
Heathy Place, which was purchased by them from the
Heathys."

WICHENFORD.

Vol. 2, Fo. 458 : —

"Several other considerable families have been here,
the Wyards, the De la Taes, Sir Alexander de Treville, and
John de Bosco, or Attwood ; from the latter the Woodhouse
gained its name."

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WOLVERLEY.

Vol. 2, Fo. 470 : —

**The most ancient family in this parish was the Att-
woods, sometimes called from the Latin, De Bosco, and
from the French De Bois. Sir John Attwood is declared
Lord of one part of Trimpley, in a deed without date. One
of this family founded the Chantry of Trimpley, and had
considerable estates in Kidderminster, Rushock, Nordwyke,
Worcester, and other parts of the country ; their arms
were a lion rampant seizing on a conquered dragon. After-
wards they bore a lion queue furchee, or with double tail,
which, as the lion's strength consisted much in his tail, de-
noteth a double force.

His arms are often seen with an Abbot's mitre on the
lion, denoting that one of the family was Abbot of Eve-
sham. He was confirmed by Pope Clement VL, at Avig-
non, about the year 1350.

The heiress of Attwood married Beauchamp, and the
arms were painted in the Church of Holt about the year
1422. In the reign of Henry VL the Attwoods were
escheators of the County, Justices of the Peace, and
Esquires of the better sort. The Attwoods were great
benefactors to the Church of Worcester."

WOLVERLEY CHURCH.

Vol. 2, Fo. 472 : —

Attwood's arms on a flat stone, below.

"Samuel, son of Henry Attwood, Esq. He died Sep-
tember 17th, 1 7 18."

" Holdberrow Atwood, the son of Samuel Atwood,
Gent, and Rebecca his wife, died December 25th, 1708,
aged one year and three months."

Above the steps.

" Depositum Johannis Atwood, armiger de aula Wol-
vertiensi, qui sont subditus rege pernobilis, exlesiare res-

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taurata filius. Obiit Secundus die Januarii, A.D. 1668,
aetatis sme 66. Resurgam."

Near the Reading Desk.
The arms and crest of Attwood.

"Abel Atwood, Gent, and eldest son of Henry Atwood,
Esquire, late of Wolverley Court, being the last heir male
of that elder house. He died Oct. 8, A.D. 1726, aged 66."

Note. — In 1769 the old Church at Wolverley was
pulled down.

Vol. 2, Fo. 470 : —

''Note. — The Manor of Horsley, near Wolverley, was
given by Ralph Stretch de Astroode, 9 Edward H., in the
year 1315, to Richard Hawkeslow, who granted to Walstom
Prior and his Convent, all his lands and tenements in
Horselea and Wolverli."

** The French ' De Bois ' (in English, Wood) came over
with William the Conqueror. They afterwards anglicised
their name. Hence the surname Attwood."

Vol. 2, Fo. 19. Claines Appendix : —
On Mural Monument.

'* Here lieth the body of George Attwood, late of Bever-
ley, of this Parish, Esquire ; who died 17 February, 1732,
aged 80."

Vol. 2, Fo. 58 :—

"Also the body of Winifred his wife, daughter and
heiress of Thomas, 5th son of William, Lord Petre, Baron
of Writtle by Ursula his wife, daughter and heiress of
Richard Brook, of Sapley Hall, in the County of Stafford,
Esquire, who died 14 December, 17 14, aged 77 years."

"Note. — Richard Brook died 17 February, 1707, aged
76 years."

At Teddington, four miles from Tewkesbury, on the
London Road, is a pillar with directions for the several
cross roads, bearing this inscription : —

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" Edmund Attwood of the Vine Tree,
At the first time erected me,
And freely he did this bestow
Strange travellers the way to show.
Repaired by his son's great grandson,
Edmund Attwood of Teddington."

WOLVERLEY CHANTRY.

Vol. 2, Fo. 474 : —

**Jon Boys (Bois), Attwood, habet licentium Celebraidi

divine in Oratorir sus de Wade achu Wolvordle et Trym-

pelye per anno 19 Jan., 1357."

Patrons. Incumbents. Register.

Joh. Attwood, Mil. Willm. Padmore, Cap. Frdk. ff. 29, 6.

10 Febr., 1381.

Willm. Padmore, 7 J. C. f. 43.

Febr., 1385.
Joh. Attwood, armi. Willm. Pranke, Cap. Carp. V. f. 84.

3 Aug., 1450.
Joh. Attwood, de. Jacobus Pyry, Cap. S. Gygl. f. 14. 6.

20 Apr., 1501.
Wolverley, armi.

Vol. 2, Fo. 476 : —

Johannis de Bosco.
Carp, Vol. I, pp. 165-194. Ordinatio Vicarie de Wol-
vardley.

NASH's ** WORCESTERSHIRE."

Vol. 2., Fo. 58 :—

**Cantaria assumptiosies beatie Marie Virge, in Capella
de Trympley, infra Parochiam de Kyderminstre."

Patrons. Incumbents. Register.

Dns. Joh. Atwode. Willm. Padmore, Cap. Frk. f. 29, 6.

10 Feby., 1381.
Mil. Willm. Padmore, lb. f. 43, 6.

7 Feby., 1385.
Joh. Atwode, arm. Willm. Pranke, Cap. Carp. V. f. 84.

3 Aug., 1450.
Joh. Atwode, de. Jacobus Pyry, Cap. S. Gygl. f. 14, 6.

Wolverley, arm. 20 Apr., 1501.

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This Chantry was founded and endowed about the year 1381.
Nash, see pp. 60-61. Lib. all. Fo. 293 : —
*' Confirmatio Cantarie in Capelo de Trympley." (See

name of Johannis Attewode, Militis, &c.)

EVESHAM.

Vol. I, Fo. 400: —

"47 Wm. de Boyse (Bois), a monk of this foundation,
confirmed Abbot by Clement VI. at Avignon. He greatly
augmented the revenues of the House, and obtained leave
from Pope Urban V. for his successors to be consecrated
by whatever Bishops they might choose in England. He
died 13 June, 1367, worn out with illness, and was buried
here by the Bishop of Hereford, under a marble slab before
St. Egwyn's Altar."

CHANTRY OF HARTLEBURY.

Vol. I, Fo. 572 : —

"The fourth window: 4 gules, a lion rampant, queue
furchee, argent. Sir John Attwood."

DE BOSCO (attwood).

Close Roll of ^^th Henry III.

Writs of Summons to Parliament at London.
Amaldo de Bosco.
Welsh Roll of nth Edward I.

Writs of Summons to meet the King at Shrewsbury.
Johi de Bosco.
Close Roll of 2jrd Edward I.

Writs of Summons to Judges, Clerks of Council, &c.
Johi de Bosco.
Close Roll of 2/f.th Edward I.

Writs of Summons to meet at Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Magistro Willielmo de Bosco, quod mittat aliquos de
hominibus apud Novum Castrum cum equis, &c.
Dominus Johannes de Bosco.

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Close Roll of 2^th Edward I.

Writs of Summons to Parliament at Salisbury.
Johes de Bosco Mil (Knight).
Close Roll of Edward II.

Writs of Summons to attend the Coronation.

Hereford, Nicho de Bosco and cons sue (his wife).
Inquisition on the death of Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk,
ist Henry IV,
Taken at Ipswich in the County of Suffolk.
On the oath of Thomas Atte Wode (amongst others).

HOLT.

Vol. I, Fo. 594 : —

" The Beauchamps of Holt derived their pedigree from
Thomas de Beauchamp, Baron of Elmley, by his wife,
Lady Isabella, heiress of the Earldom of Warwick. He
was third son of William de Beauchamp, Baron of Elmley.
From this line sprang Sir Thomas Beauchamp, of Holt,
Knight and Baron of Kidderminster, who is said to be the
first Peer that was created by the King's letters patent.

He had issue by his wife, daughter of Sir John Attwood,
Knight, a son named John Beauchamp, who, after the
death of Sir John Attwood, 15 Richard II., became heir of
his lands in Gloucestershire, but enjoyed no part of the
Worcestershire estate. This marriage between Beauchamp
and Attwood is notified in the window of Holt Church,
where Beauchamp impales Attwood as a match, but doth
not quarter Attwood's arms as his heir.

In this Church appeared also the arms of William de
Boys (Bois), or Attwood, Abbot of Evesham, wearing on
the head of Attwood's lion an Abbot's mitre."

WORCESTER CATHEDRAL.

" On the north side of the Nave in the fourth bay from
the east, is the high tomb with the effigies of Sir John

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Beauchamp, of Holt, in Worcestershire (died 1388) and his
wife, daughter and heiress of Sir John Attwood. The
effigies, which are of alabaster, have been terribly defaced.
The Knight's armour is a good example. The lady's head
rests on a swan with expanded wings, — the crest of the
Beauchamps. The panels of the tomb are filled with
shields of arms."

green's "history of WORCESTER, 1 796."

Vol. I, Fo. 162 : —

Monuments in the Nave and its side Aisles.

"45. Behind the third and fourth pillars from the bel-
fry on the north side of the Nave, is the tomb of Sir John
Beauchamp, of Holt, of this County, on which lies his
effigy in complete polished armour, with that of his lady,
Joan, daughter and heiress of Sir John Attwood. His
figure has a plated swan on a pointed helmet, with (origin-
ally) a corded facing, a gorget on his surcoat gules, a fess
or plated shoe, with large rowel to his spurs, a headless
animal at his feet, under his head a helmet crowned, out of
which issued a swan's head and neck, with the two wings.
The lady's figure has on a loose mantle, her veil flowing
back, a flowered surcoat with close sleeves buttoned at the
wrist, the apron studded. Her head is rested on a swan
and supported by angels, whose heads with the bust of the
swan are broken off. The head-dress is reticulated with a
fillet of flowers round it, the hair plaited behind, the rest
flowing about her shoulders. The arms on the panes of
the tomb are those of the Beauchamps, Earls of Warwick,
but according to Mr. Abingdon's manuscript, the crest
under his head (which is a swan issuing out of a helmet),
the head now broken off, points at the person here repre-
sented to be John, the son of Sir John Beauchamp, of Holt.
He received the honour of Knighthood in Scotland, having
signalised himself in the war with that nation, from the

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hand of Richard the 2nd, being the Esquire of the body to
that monarch, and was the only son of that family so dis-
tinguished. He was created Baron Beauchamp of Kidder-
minster by the same King, A.D. 1388, and was the first
Peer, according to Mr. Seldon, who ever received the
honour of an English Barony by Patent (2 Richard 2nd,
Dry Bar I. Pa. 251 Seldon's 'Titles of Honour'). But he
died not long enjoying his new honour, for the same year
appearing in arms in London, with divers other Lords, for
treasonable purposes, he was attainted in Parliament, and
after confinement in Dover Castle was beheaded on Tower
Hill, in the 58th year of his age, A.D. 1388. This noble-
man in his younger years having received a largesse from
the Priory of Worcester, gratefully requited them when he
became High Steward of the King's household, by pro-
tecting them from the oppression of the King's Officers.
Before his death he gave his money and plate to the Prior
and Monks of Worcester, but the King's Sergeant-at-Arms
demanding it, the whole was conveyed to London. Mr.
Abingdon, who saw the inventory, says it was very mode-
rate. The monks, however, being ancient friends of his
family, received his body into their Cathedral, in which it
was interred, and this tomb erected over his grave.

In him expired the ancient name of Beauchamp of Holt.
The Beauchamps were Barons of Powick.

Leland in his account of the interments in the Cathe-
dral, says : — ' In navis ecclesia Johannes Beauchamp Miles
de familie Comitam Warwici Charr Edward III. et Richard
II. tandem decollatus tempore Henrici IV.' This Beau-
champ was the owner of Holt, a pretty pile about three
moyle by north owt of Worcester on Severne ripn dextra
a moyle above Grimley. At this Holt Kynge Richard the
2nd made attornements."

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Vol. 2, Fo. 14 (Appendix) : —

Worcester Cathedral. Benefactors.

** In the great west window of the nave, behind Titra,
was a Knight inscribed ' Monsieur John Attwood.' "

Vol. 2, Fo. 14. (Appendix, Cathedral) : —

"In the great west window of the Nave below the tran-
some that divided the eight panes are the following figures :
A Knight in complete armour Monsieur Walter de Cookay
opposite another John Beauchampe de Holt. Behind
Cookay a Knight Monsieur Rid Fiton. Behind Fiton was
a Knight inscribed Monsieur John Attwood. The upper
part of the whole window was occupied by coats of arms.

Middle Aisle : In the centre, opposite north entrance,
Sir Jno. Beauchampe, of Holt, father of Jno. Beauchamp,
Baron of Kidderminster, Temp. Richard the 2nd. Sec.
Dn. Thos. Surrey, page 97, and his Ichnography of the
Cathedral, reference No. 45."

NASH's "WORCESTERSHIRE."

Vol. I . Fo. 600 : —

*' Holt. Patron. — Rob. de Bosco (Attwood), Custos.
27 Jan., 1329. Horl. V. i for 19, 6."

Vol. I, Fo. 144 : —

'* Feckenham. Patron. — Fula Harbach ex Concess Jos.
Culpeper de Attwode."

Fo. 360 : —

"Dudley. Free Grammar School endowed with ;;^ 50
per year by Attwood and Risinore, Merchants, London."

Fo. 493 :—

Hagley. Pedigree of Lyttelton.

"About 1298 Thomas Luketon married Lucy, daughter
of John de Bois or Attwood."

Vol. 2. Appendix C. 13 : —

" 1719. Wm. Atwood, Mayor of Worcester."

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Vol. I, Fo. 1 6 : —

" Of the Shire Reeve that is Praefectus Comitatus.
1326. 16 Edward the 3rd.
Names. Seals. Arms.

Idem Comes & Co. Attewode in Wolverley. Gules a lion

Thos. rampant,

de Attewode Sub. double queue

vie. argent.

Vol. 2, Fo. 31 : —
*' Knights of the Shire for the County of Worcester.

Edward the 3rd.
I John de Stone.

Edward the 3rd.
Rob de Howestone.

18 Edward the 3rd.
Robert Attwode.

46 Edward the 3rd.
John Attwode.

47 Edward the 3rd.
John Attwode.

50 Edward the 3rd.
J. Attwode, Chevalier.
2 Richard the 2nd.

Parliament at Lincoln.

Robert Attwode.

Parliament at Westminster.

Robert Attwode.
Parliament at Westminster.

Richd Fyton.
Parliament at Westminster.

John de Burg.
Parliament at Westminster.

Edmund de Brugge.
Parliament at Westminster.

R. Fyton, Chevalier.

Parliament at Westminster.

John Attwode, Chevalier.

Parliament at Norhampton.

John Beauchamp de Holt.

PARLIAMENTARY WRITS AND WRITS OF MILITARY
SUMMONS.

Nash's "Worcestershire." Vol. i: —

"A.D., 1306. Attewode William (Willielmus Attewode)
manncaptor of Johannes Allot, Burgess, returned for Droit-
wich. 34 Edward I., page 177, No. 45.

A.D., 13 1 5. Attewode John (Johannes Attewode) citi-
zen, returned for Worcester, obtains his writ de expends

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for attendance at the Parliament at Westminster in eight
days of St. Hilary, 20 January to Sunday next before the
feast of St. Gregory the Pope, 9 Mar. Tested at West-
minster 9 Mar. 8 Edward the 2nd, Part i, page 150, No. 78.

A.D., 1322, Attewode Johannes, manncaptor of Knights
of the Shire, returned for Worcester 16, 17 Edw. Part i,
pages 277-311, No. 56, 84.

A.D., 1 3 14. Attewode Richard (Ricardus Attewode)
manncaptor of V. Edmundis de Graftone, Knight of Shire,
returned for Worcester 8 Edw. the 2nd. Part i, page 133,
No. 22.

A.D., 1327. Attewode Robert (Robertus Attewode)
Knight of Shire, returned for Worcester, Parliament at
Westminster, by propagation from the Quinerine of St.
Andrews, 14 December, 1326, on the morrow of the Epiph-
any, 7 January, 1327, 20 Edward the 2nd. Part i, page
364, No. 47.

Attewode Robertus obtains his writ de expencis for at-
tendance at the above named Parliament. Tested at West-
minster, 23 February, i Edward the 3rd. Part i, page 365,
No. 49."

"BRITTANY AND ITS BYWAYS," BY MRS. B. PALLISER.

Fo. 206 : —

** Equally distant from Ploermel and Josselyn, at Mi-
voie, in the centre of a star formed by avenues of firs and
cypresses, is an obelisk set up to commemorate the famous
* Combat des Trente,' which took place on this spot in 1351,
and on which are inscribed the names of the thirty who
fought on the French side. It was during that period of
the War of Succession when hostilities were carried on by
the two Jeannes, Marshal Beaumanoir, the Breton com-
mander of the garrison of Josselyn for Jeanne de Penthieire,
gave a challenge to Bembro, as he is called, the English
Captain who held Ploermel for Jeanne de Montfort and the

COLUMN TO THE THIRTY

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infant son, in consequence of an alleged infraction by the
letter of a truce, agreed upon between the Kings of France
and England, in which it was stipulated that the peasants
and those not bearing arms should be unmolested. In spite
of this compact the English soldier devastated the country,
and committed every kind of excess. Jean de Beaumanoir
repaired to Ploermel to remonstrate, and it was agreed to
settle the dispute by a fight between thirty warriors from
each camp. The prophecies of Merlin were consulted and
found to promise victory to the English. The appointed
place of meeting was by a huge oak, the ' Chene de Mi-
Voie,' on a lande or large plain, half way from each town.
The battle began with great fury, at first to the disadvant-
age of the Bretons, when Bembro was killed, which threw
dismay among the English ; but a German who succeeded
in the command, rallied their courage, and the melee be-
came thicker than ever. Beaumanoir was wounded, and
his loss of blood and his long fast produced a burning
thirst, and he asked for water. ' Bois ton sang, Beau-
manoir, ta soif se passera,' was the reply of Geoffrey de
Bois (Attwood), and Beaumanoir, forgetting his thirst and
his wound, continued the fight, the English kept their ranks
close till Guillaume de Montauban broke them by a strata-
gem and threw them into confusion. He mounted his
horse and pretended to fly, then suddenly turned upon the
English with such force that he threw seven down and
broke their ranks.

Grande fut la bataille et longuement dura :

Et le Chappie (camag-e) horrible est deck et del4

La chaleur fut moult g-rande, chacun si tressua (sua) ;

De soeur et de sung la terre rosoga (rougit),

A ce bon Samedi Beaumanoir si jeuna ;

Grand soif eut le baron, k boire demanda ;

Messire Geoffrey du Bois tantot respoiidu a :

' Bois ton sang, Beaumanoir, la soif te passera ;'

Ce jour aurons honneur, chacun si gagneur

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Vaillante renomm^e, ju blime ne sera ! —

Beaumanoir le valiant a done s'evertua,

Tel deuil eut et telle ire que la soif lui passa ;

Et d'un c6t^ et d'autre le chappie commenca :

Morts furent ou blesses, gu^res n'en ^chappa. — Brizeaux.

Sir Robert Knollys, Sir Hugh Calverley Croquart, and
others were made prisoners, and thus ended the Battle of
the Thirty, gained, however, in a most disloyal manner,
Montauban getting the aid of a horse, when the other com-
batants fought on foot. The Breton Knights returned to
Josselin, their helmets decorated with branches of the
broom. ' In every basnet a bright broom flower ;' the
place where the battle was fought, running, according to
the French poem, ' Le long d'une genetaie qui 6tait verte
et belle.'"

"HISTORY OF WEDNESBURY."

Pub. 1864 at Wolverhampton. Record Office, London.
"In the Inquisitio Post Mortem, 8 Edward the 2nd,
No. 34, occurs the name Willielmi Attewode."

JOHN OF GAUNT.

"George Attwood, of Stafford, afterwards of Hawne
House, who married Rachael Maria Gaunt, of Rowley
Regis, a descendant of the family of John of Gaunt, and
who died 19th April, 1807, aged 86, and was interred in
the Attwood vault, south aisle, Halesowen Church, under
seat 104, adjoining second pillar body of Church, used to
take his grandchildren on his knee, and patting them on
the head, would say : ' Now remember, children, that you
are descended from the Attwoods of Cleobury Mortimer,
and who are the same family as the Attwoods of Wolver-
ley Court. Your grandmother is a Gaunt, and connected
with the Lord Foley family.' " This was related to Mr. J.
Moore by Mrs. R. M. Mathews, aged 87. June, 1880.

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KINGS OF FRANCE.

The following information respecting the Attwood
family told to Mr. John Moore by Mr. Charles Attwood,
whilst on a visit at his house at Wolsingham, in December,
1867 :—

In Worcester Cathedral is a monument of Lord and
Lady Beauchamp, of Holt. Lord Beauchamp, who was
beheaded in the year 1388, married the daughter and heir-
ess of Sir John Attwood, whereby a deal of land went into
the Beauchamp family.

The Earl of Bergavenny married Millicent Attwood,
and got Thorp Arnold with her.

Arnold Attwood gave the name of Thorpe Arnold to
the village of that name.

The Attwoods, with the exception of two other families
had, after the Conquest, more land than any other family
in England. They descended from the Capets, Kings of
France, and before the invasion of England by William of
Normandy, in which they, the De Bois (Attwoods) took
part, were a knightly family. The Fleur de Lys is on the
armour of a mutilated effigy in Wolverley Court. A story
or tradition of them was told by the troubadours of a battle
in Brittany, in which 30 Knights on either side took part.
After desperate fighting they were all slain except four, two
on each side. De Bois and Beaumanoir continued the
fight with their antagonists, when Beaumanoir having re-
ceived a severe v/ound, and finding his strength failing
through loss of blood, he cried to De Bois, ** I faint through
thirst." De Bois replied, " Drink thine own blood, Beau-
manoir, and thy strength will return." (See " Brittany
and its Byways," by Mrs. Bury Palliser, pages 206, 207.)

The Attwoods had the strawberry leaves round their
coronet.

The wife of George Attwood, of Hawne, was a descend-
ant of the third son of John of Gaunt.

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In the summer house in the garden of Wolverley Court
is a broken monument of one of the Attwoods with the
Fleur de Lys on his armour. It had been mutilated in the
Church at Wolverley during the Civil Wars. Mr. Charles
Attwood on closely examining the head of this monument
recognised a strong likeness between it and his brother
George. At the same time he saw some chains, which are
mentioned in the tradition of the Crusader Attwood of
Wolverley, who, captured by the Saracens, was thrown
into a dungeon in chains, but owing to his pious life was
miraculously released, and found at Park Attwood near to
Wolverley Court, with the chains by his side.

Another version of the legend is given in *' Notes and
Suggestions for a History of Kidderminster," issued in 1859.

" Among the legendary lore connected with the parish,
is a story, the scene of which is Park Attwood. It is related
that at the time of the Crusades, a member of that ancient
family formerly called De Bosco, Anglice Attwood, was
taken captive by the Saracens, in the Holy Land, and being
laden with chains and cast into prison he seemed to be at
the point of death. A faithful dog was his only attendant.
In this miserable condition he prayed that he might be re-
stored to his native country, and, the story goes, that he
was miraculously conveyed to his ancestral mansion at
Trimpley, his faithful dog with him, and they were found
by an old domestic who had lingered about the deserted
halls. The master still bore his chains, and only arrived
in time to lay his bones in the grave of his forefathers. Of
course, as is usual in such cases, there is monumental evi-
dence of the story in the' chains which are said to be kept
at Wolverley House, and in a sepulchral effigy of a Crus-
ader with a dog at his feet, formerly in Wolverley Church,
but now preserved in a private house in the neighbour-
hood."

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RAMBLES ROUND BIRMINGHAM. No. 48.

From the Birmingham Journal, 26 September, 1863.

" Commonplace as Wolverley looks, for there are no
old houses to make it picturesque, it was the scene of a
grand old legend of the days of Faith. The De Bois, or
Attwood, family, had long flourished here, and a legend
would be useful in attesting its antiquity and fame. The
story goes that an ancient Attwood went as a Crusader to
the Holy Land, that he was taken by the Saracens and kept
in prison many years, that one day feeling anxious about
home affairs, he made a solemn vow, that if ever he re-
turned, Worcester Cathedral should be blessed by several
slices of his fair demesne. A wondrous miracle was worked
by some powers unknown, the rueful knight was bodily
transported to Wolverley Court and laid in a field near his
own house, but happily he was just in time to be at his
wife's second wedding, for she thought him long since dead,
but whether he forbade the banns and stopped the marriage,
or what was his fate afterwards, is enveloped in a legendary
cloud. Let all who are sceptical know that * if the bricks
are not there to testify ' to this day, that Worcester Cathe-
dral acquired and still holds lands at Wolverley Court, and
that although the effigy of the Crusader was crushed for
blasting purposes, his bust and the very chains, which he
wore in prison, are still preserved at Wolverley Court."

In the course of this brief history of the Attwood family,
the various versions of the Legend of the Crusader of Wol-
verley Court in the early part of the twelfth century have
been recorded. It may be of interest to narrate a true ac-
count of as marvellous an escape by another member of
the same family, which took place in the middle of the
nineteenth century. Mr. James Attwood had taken his
passage from Quebec to England in the Steam Packet trad-
ing between the two countries, and had placed his luggage
on board, when he was invited on board H.M.S., a frigate,

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to dine with the captain. The captain was so interested
with Mr. Attwood's conversation that he pressed him to
take passage with him. He consented, but had no time to
reclaim his luggage from the packet boat. A few weeks
after a travelling bag containing his papers and part of his
luggage was washed ashore on the Scilly Islands. The
Packet Boat was lost with all hands, and Mr. Attwood's
life was spared.

WORCESTER CATHEDRAL.

By Thomas D. D., 1736, Fo. 92 : —

" Below the steps between the 5th and 6th pillars on the
north side, is excellently wrought in alabaster a raised
monument, the portraiture of a man, all armed saving his
face and hands, praying, and under his head lying on a
helmet, a swan's head and neck between two wings erect
issuing out of a crown. Beside him lieth his lady, under
her head supported with angels a swan ; on either side are
five panes with escutcheons of arms, &c., &c. These are
the arms of the Beauchamps, Earls of Warwick and Beau-
champ, Barons of Powyke, saving the arms of Pateshall,
being argent a fess sable between three crescent gules,
which Pateshall was the wife of Beauchamp of Powyke.
All which arms, being merely printed, deceive all under-
standing, beholders persuading that this was Beauchamp,
Baron of Powyke, where as his crest under his head being
as ancient as the monument and the same with Sir John
Attwood who lieth buried at Wolverley, doeth most plainly
declare that this was John Beauchamp, son of Sir John
Beauchamp of Holt, who in an office taken after the death
of Sir John Attwood, Knight, 15 Richard H. was found to
be his next heir."

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*' A DESCRIPTION OF LEICESTERSHIRE,"
BY WILLIAM BURTON, 1 622. -

Fo. 271 : —

*' Argent 2 bars and a centre gueulles=Boyes."

Fo. 216 : —

'' Pealling Magna. In the reign of King Henry the
3rd. Ernold de Bois was seized of certain lands here."

Fo. 209 : —

" Norton. In the S. Chancel window.

Arg. 2 barrs, centre gueulles 1 .

Arg. 2 do. do. J

Arg. 2 do. do. I g^.^„

Arg. 2 do. do. J

Fo. 3 :—

''The Castle of Thorpe Ernauld founded by Ernauld
de Bois."

" Barnsby in the Hundred of East Gossett in the reign
of Henry the 3rd, Ernauld de Bois was seized of lands
here, which after came by descent to Wm. la Touch of
Haringworth, Co. Northampton 20 E. 3."

Fo. 34 :—

** Barwell. Arg. 2 barres and a centre gueulles. Bois,
in a S. window, in the N.W. window gueulles a lion ramp-
ant with two toyles [tails] Arg. Mountfort E. L."

Fo. 54 :—

" Brantingby. Arnold de Bois in the time of Henry the
3rd was seized of lands here, which after, by marriage,
came to Touch."

Fo. 74 :—

"CLEIBROKE, OR CLEYBROKE.

John de Bois==

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Emold de Bois. Emma de Bois=Haversham of Haversham, in County

Bucking-ham."

Fo. 290 : —

"Tharneby. Ernold de Bois held lands here of the
Honour of Leicester, which after came to Touch."

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Fo. 287 :—

" Swepston. In the Church three arms — gueulles a fess
between 6 cross crosslets or Beauchamp. Gueulles, a lion
rampant, queue fourchee arg. Attwood."

Fo. 282 : —

*' Swithland. This Manor was the inheritance of Robt.
de Walleis, who bore arg. a lion rampant, queue fourchee.
Gueulles, in the S.E. window, a Hon rampant queue four-
chee argent. Mountfort, Earl of Leicester."

Fo. 284 : —

** Thorpe Ernauld. This Manor was the ancient inher-
itance of Ernold de Bois, or De Bosco, of which house
there were four Ernolds in lineal descent, whereof the town
had this denomination of Ernauld, which four were all
benefactors to the Abbey of Leicester. They bore argent
2 barres and a centre gueulles. They were officers of the
ancient Earls of Leicester and founders of the Abbey of
Biddlesden, in the County of Buckingham, as appeared by
an old manuscript now in the custody of Lord Grey, of
Groby."

Fo. 285 :—

♦'Sir William de Bosco."

Fo. 248 : —

*'Shakstor. In the high N. window. Gueulles, a lion
rampant, queue fourchee, argent. Sir Roger Attwood,
Ickworth, Suffolk, monument in armour."

ANCIENT ROLLS OF ARMS.

Glover's " Roll of the Reign of King Henry the 3rd."
Edited by George J. Armitage, July, 1868. London, John
Russell Smith, 36 Soho Square.

"The copy of an ould rolle of armes in Parchement
and in Blazon made and written in the reign and tyme of
King Henry the 3rd and is in the hands of Mr. Harry of
Leicestershire 1586.

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No. 4. Le Comte de Leister, gouls ung leon rampant
d'argent le queue fourch^e et le Baun-pty endent^e d'argent
et de goules.

No. 72. William de Gaunt baunr. d'argent et d'azur
ung bende de goules.

Millicent Attwood married the Earl of Bergavenny who
got Stoke Ernold through her.

No. 105. Ernold de Boys, argent deux barres et ung
canton goulez.

No. 189. Robert de Gourney, argent deux barres et
ung coutor goulez d'or et ung lion ramp noir et la bor-
rure de goules."

"notes and queries for WORCESTER."

Longman & Co., 1856.

Fines for not taking the Order of Knighthood on the
Coronation of King Charles the ist, 1630 : —

Fo. 311 :—

"Saml. Attwood, of Wolverley, Esqre., ;^io."

Fo. 316 : —

"Jo. Attwood, of Stanton, Esqre., ;^i2."

The following was copied out of Mrs. Angela Wake-
field's book at Churchgate, Cheshunt, by Mr. John Moore,
in March, 1872 : —

"August 21, 1848. About this date died Selina Eliza-
beth Wakefield, daughter of Mrs. Wakefield, at Welling-
ton, New Zealand. Her father was Daniel Wakefield, who
died January 8, 1858, aged 59 years, at Wellington."

"September i, 1835. Daniel Wakefield, Junr., Esqre.,
to Angela, eldest daughter of Thomas Attwood, Esqre.,
M.P. for Harborne, Birmingham."

From the London Times, December 4, 1854 • —

"On the 24th ulto., at St. John's, Newcastle-on-Tyne,
John, the second son of the late John Moore, Esqre., of
Bishop Wearmouth, to Caroline Anne, only daughter of
Edward Attwood, Esq., of the same place."

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"Married at Shenley, Herts, by the Rev. F. J. New-
come, M.A., Rector, Algernon, fourth son of Thomas
Attwood, Esqre., of this town, to Emma, only daughter of
the late John Foulkes, Esq., of Wrexham."

"On the 15th inst., at Clayhill, Enfield, Mrs. Algernon
Attwood, of a son." 16 Dec, 1854.

" On the 28th inst. (30 Aug., 1855), at Barming, Kent,
by the Rev. Henry Demain, Henry Wilson Demain Saun-
ders, second son of Charles Saunders, Esqre., of Kenning-
ton, Surrey, to Rosabelle, second daughter of Thomas
Attwood, Esqre., M.P., of Birmingham."

" 28 May, 1863. At Woodend House, Erdington, the
wife of Thomas Aurelius Attwood, Esqre., of a son (named
Thomas.)"

" Thomas Attwood married first Elizabeth Carless, 13
May, 1806, at Harborne Church, Staffordshire."

" Died at St. Heliers, Jersey, 26 April, aged 55, Eliza-
beth, wife of Thomas Attwood, of this town." Birmingham
Journal, May 2, 1840.

From the Morning Post, July 2, 1845 : —

** At St. John's, Paddington, on Monday, June 30,
Thomas Attwood, Esqre., to Elizabeth, only daughter of
Joseph Grice, of Handsworth Hall, Staffordshire.

N.B. — The second wife of Thomas Attwood, who sur-
vives him, and is now living at the Boynes, near Malvern.
March, 1872."

From the Proceedings of the City Council of London : —

"May 24, 1832. Sir John Key, Lord Mayor. At a
Common Council, at Guildhall, this day resolved : — ' That
the Freedom of the City in a box made of the heart of
British Oak be presented to Thomas Attwood, Esqre., in
testimony of the high estimation in which the citizens of
London hold his distinguished services in the cause of
Parliamentary Reform, and also of the ability displayed by
him in uniting the intelligent and industrious artisans and

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the inhabitants generally of the Midland districts in their
firm but peaceable pursuit of that great national object.
Signed, Woodthorpe.'"

COPIED OUT OF MISS ADAMS S BIBLE

On Tuesday, October 12, 1841. Cakemore.

CARLESS.

Carless, of Birmingham, where =
his family had long been seated.

Carless, of Birmingham ==

Eldest son Joseph Carless, of Cor-
bens Hall.

Ca. Stafford, Esqre. ==

Eldest son Joseph Carless, =Mary
of Corbens Hall. I Knight

Sth son Edward Carless, =Elizabeth
of Bilston. I Tomkys.

Only son William Carless, of=Mary
the Ravenhurst, Harborne, Prat-
Gent, chett.

PRATCHET.

Pratchet, of

Nautwich,

Chester.

Mary dau. of Randal
Minchal, Gent., sister
of SirRichd. Minchal,
Baron and Viscount
Minchal in England,
Earl Marshal in Ire-
land.

Richard Pratchet, eldest son, of=f
Nautwich. I

Eldest son, Richard = Elizabeth Tal

Pratchet, of Otter-
ton, Salop, Gent.

bot, an heiress

Eldest son Richard=Sarah Hitch

Pratchet, of Hodness,
Salop, Gent.

cock.

2nd son Thomas = Elizabeth Carless,

Pratchet.

dau. of J. Carless,
Corbens Hall, Gt.

Rev. Edward=Anna Maria, Thomas =Elizabeth Joseph = Mary Sarah.
Carless, dau. of Rev. Attwood. Free- Ann.

d.s.p.s. Mark Noble man.

Rector of

Harming, Kent, F.A.S. of L. & E.

"Thomas Adams, born 24 January, 1685. Married,
22 May, 1713, Hannah, daughter of William John Pear-
son. Born Oct. 9, 1682, departed this life, November ye 4,
1753-

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They have these children following : —

George, born 13 Aug., 17 15. Departed this life Sept.
4, 1784.

Mary, born 19 December, 1716. Departed this life Oct.
6, 1735.

Thomas, born 8 January, 17 18-19. Departed this life
May 13, 1798, aged 80.

Andrew, born 5 April, 1721. Departed this life April
22, 1750.

Thomas Adams was married April ye 9, 1751, to Mary,
the daughter of Enoch and Elizabeth Read, born Jan. ye
20, 1716-7, and died January 12, 1789, aged 71."

"This was written in the year 1794 by the Rev. Mark
Noble, F.A.S. Copied out of the above-named Bible on
Thursday, August, 1845. Signed, Angela Wakefield."

" Bank of British North America, 7 St. Helen's Place,
London, 26 April, 1855. A letter signed by the Chairman,
Sir A. Pellet Green, K.C.H., expressive of sympathy to
the family of the late George de Bosco Attwood, who died
suddenly, whilst reading the minutes of the previous Court.
Mr. Attwood took part in the formation of the Bank, was
one of the original Committee, and on 21 November, 1836,
was appointed Secretary."

"COPIED FROM A BIBLE

In my Aunt Carless' possession. It originally belonged to
Mrs. Ann Carless, who was found dead in bed on the morn-
ing of the 30 September, 1797, at Tennall Hall, Harborne,
and was buried at Edgbaston.

Signed, A. Wakefield,

Barming, August 23, 1845.

Richard

Joseph
Benjamin

Robert

Elizabeth

Mary-

Edward

Martha

Ann

Thomas

Ralph

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An account of my children's ages.
Samuel Carless, born ye 26 February, 17 15.
,, 14 March, 17 16.

,, 14 April, 1718.

„ 31 August, 17 19.

,, 15 February, 1720 ; dyed July ye

22, 1728.
„ 21 June, 1722.

„ 4 August, 1724.

,, 24 March, 1725-6.

,, 18 December, 1727.

,, 6 March, 1728.

,, 26 October, 1730.

,, 22 December, 1732; dyed January

yes-
Major Carless succoured King Charles the 2nd after his
defeat at Worcester, at or near Boscobel. He was one of
this family.

The Carless family possess a seal, given to Major Car-
less by the King."

CARLESS ARMS.

Sword and Sceptre ; wreath yellow and red ; green tree
on yellow shield ; three crowns on crimson band. This
family had to do with succouring Charles II. after the
Battle of Worcester, when he was concealed in the oak
tree.

"August 27, 1851. On Wednesday, in her 92nd year,
after a few days illness, deeply lamented, Mary Adams, of
Cakemore, in Halesowen. A consistent professor of Chris-
tian doctrine, an earnest example of Christian charity. She
passed the whole of her long and useful life in the house
in which she was born, a blessing to her relatives and to
the poor neighbourhood. Cakemore, about 50 acres, chiefly
water, meadow and pasture. "

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MEMOIR OF MATTHIAS ATTWOOD.

From The Gentleman' s Magazine, 1852.

Fo. 192, last half year : —

"Nov. II, 1852. At his residence on Dulwich Hill, in
his 72nd year, Matthias Attwood, Esqre., late M.P. for
Whitehaven. He was the eldest son of Matthias Attwood,
Esqre., of Halesowen, who realised a large fortune by a
monopoly of Swedish iron, and founded the house of Att-
woods, Bankers, Birmingham, and in Gracechurch Street,
London. Mr. M. Attwood joined the banking business at the
commencement of his active life, and at once entered with
ardour into the financial and political questions of his pro-
fession. The sentiments which chiefly occupied his mind
and influenced his conduct were the strong objections he
conceived and retained against the resumption of cash pay-
ments. He wrote pamphlets on this subject in 1810 and
181 1, and his arguments converted Mr. Cobbett.

When Mr. Peel was about to introduce his Bill in 1819,
Mr. Attwood called a meeting of the merchants, bankers,
and traders of the City to petition Parliament against the
change, and on the evening before he was surprised by a
visit from the first Sir Robert Peel ; suspecting at the first
moment that he came to dissuade him from opposition to
his son, but in fact Sir Robert Peel was as earnestly opposed
to the change as Mr. Attwood himself. He not only at-
tended the meeting, but presented the petition which con-
tained the names of every London Banker but one, and
was most numerously and influentially signed.

Mr. Attwood took the earliest opportunity after this to
pursue his financial conflict within the walls of the House.
At the General Election of 1820 he procured a seat as one
of the Members for the now disfranchised Borough of Call-
ington, in Cornwall, the representation of which he con-
tested in conjunction with Mr. Alderman Thompson against
its former Members, Sir Christopher Robinson and the

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Hon. Edward P. Lygon. The two latter were returned by
68 votes, to 51 polled for their competitors, but on a peti-
tion Mr. Attwood and Alderman Thompson were seated.

In 1826 Mr. Attwood was re-elected for Callington after
a contest in which he polled 98 votes, Mr. A. Baring 121,
and Mr. Badnall 49. In 1830 Mr, Attwood contested with
Sir Charles Wetherall the now equally extinct Borough of
Boroughbridge. They polled 38 votes, and Mr. Andrew
Lawson and Mr. W. A. Mackinnon each 20, and in 183 1
they were both re-elected, without opposition, to be the last
representatives of Boroughbridge. The new Borough of
Whitehaven was ready to receive Mr. Attwood ; he was re-
turned without opposition as its first representative in 1832,
and equally so at the subsequent elections in 1835, 1837,
and 1 84 1. At the last dissolution in 1847 he retired from
Parliament.

Mr. Attwood was considered by his friends to make one
of his most successful efforts during the debates on the
Currency in the Session of 1830, and his speech on that
occasion is still referred to as a clear and able exposition of
the history and merits of the question. Besides this lead-
ing object of his attention, Mr. Attwood took an active part
in the formation and direction of many Public Companies,
among which was the Provincial Bank of Ireland, an insti-
tution which has exercised a very beneficial influence on
the affairs of the Sister Kingdom. He also contributed to
the establishment of the General Steam Navigation Com-
pany, of which he was for some years Chairman, until
succeeded by his son, Mr. Wolverley Attwood, late Mem-
ber of Parliament for Greenwich. He was a Director of
the Pelican and Phoenix Assurance Companies, and of the
Imperial and Continental Gas Associations. He served the
offices of the Merchant Taylors' Company, in whose charit-
able business he at all times took a lively interest. He has
left the whole of his property to his only son, Mr. Wolver-

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ley Attwood, together with his share in the Bank of
Spooner, Attwoods & Co.

His body was privately interred in the Cemetery at Nor-
wood, attended by his immediate relations and friends, and
the only carriages in attendance were those of the Earl of
Lonsdale, Mr. Wilkin, and Mr. Pearse.

Matthias Attwood, the father of the above, had seven
sons and three daughters — ist, George, Banker, at Bir-
mingham ; 2nd, Matthias, the above; 3rd, Thomas, M.P.
for Birmingham, who has also written largely on the sub-
ject of the Currency ; 4th, James, of Russia, and now of
Moss Hill, near Carlisle ; 5th, Edward, of Sunderland ;
6th, Charles, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, and Tow Law, near
Wolsingham ; 7th, Benjamin, of Blackfriars, London ;
Mary Ann, unmarried ; Susan, deceased ; and Rachel
Maria, who married Mr. Matthews, Iron Master, now of
The Leasowes, near Birmingham."

IMPERIAL CONTINENTAL GAS ASSOCIATION.

Copy of a Resolution passed at the Meeting of the
Board of the Imperial Continental Gas Association, on the
13th November, 185 1 : —

"The Presidents and Directors previously to commenc-
ing the business of the Board, feel it incumbent on them
to record their deep regret at the loss they, individually,
and the Association, as a body, have sustained by the death
of their highly respected and esteemed President and Chair-
man, Matthias Attwood, Esquire.

Mr. Attwood in every way entitled himself to be re-
garded as a friend to this establishment. He was one of
the original Founders of it ; during the period of depres-
sion and adversity which succeeded, he patiently and per-
severingly adhered to it, and to his counsel, advice, and
exertions, may in a great degree be attributed its subse-
quent prosperity.

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To his affectionate and devoted son, M. Wolverley Att-
wood, Esquire, the inheritor of his father's talents, energy,
and attainments, the Board beg to offer their sincerest sym-
pathy, and their earnest hope that he may be supported
under the present afflicting dispensation.

Moses Montefiore, Chairman."

"Dulwich Hill,
Tuesday, 25 November, 1851.
Dear Sir Moses Montefiore,

Allow me to endeavour to convey through you to the
Presidents and Directors of the Imperial Continental Gas
Association, my heartfelt acknowledgements of the dis-
tinguished tribute paid to the memory of my late lamented
Father, and of the kindness and sympathy manifested to
myself, in their resolution of the 13th November, which
you have done me the favour and the honour to communi-
cate to me, and which has derived greater value and more
impressive meaning by coming through your hands.

To the proprietors of the Imperial Continental Gas As-
sociation also, I am anxious to express my deep sense of
the extraordinary worth of the regard and respect shown to
my late Father by the adjournment of their Half-yearly
General Meeting.

And it may be permitted to me, who was so con-
stantly associated with him that almost every thought was
known to me, and whom no one can suspect of imagining
myself to be other than a most inadequate successor of such
a parent, to confirm the justice of the eulogy that has been
passed upon him, and to say that the feelings which have
been displayed in so striking a manner for him who has
been removed from us, have indeed been worthily directed ;
for he possessed not only powers of mind of the highest
order, guided by a judgment of rare soundness and acute-
ness, and exerted with an unusual energy ; but his nature

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was most noble and generous, his disposition most amiable
and affectionate, and his religious principles most sincere
and profound. He was incapable of cherishing any un-
kindly feelings, while he always regarded his friends and
those with whom he was associated, with the warmest cordi-
ality, and was ever most considerate and indulgent to all
but himself.

It is indeed too true that to me the loss of such a father is
severe and irreparable.

The only consolation that can be found here is in those
testimonies of esteem for the departed, and of sympathy
for myself, which have been so freely and so kindly ten-
dered, and for which it is impossible for me to express how
deeply I am grateful and how much indebted.

If in acknowledging the Resolution of a body of gentle-
men with whom my Father had been so long and so inti-
mately connected, and between whom, collectively and
individually, and himself, there prevailed sentiments and
relations so amicable and honourable, I have been induced
to say more than would otherwise have been fitting, I trust
that the occasion may be allowed to be a sufficient apology;
for the Imperial Continental Gas Association was an
undertaking which he viewed with especial satisfaction, in
whose foundations and conduct he had, with yourself, taken
a most active part, and in the progress and development of
whose operations he constantly exhibited the strongest in-
terest. And if further excuse be wanting, it may be found
in my addressing you, whom I shall always be proud to
remember as so particular a friend of my late Father, so
greatly prized and during so long a period.
Believe me to be.

Dear Sir Moses Montefiore,

With every respect,

Your most obliged and obedient Servant,

M. WOLVERLEY AtTWOOD.

Sir Moses Montefiore, Bart."

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GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.

Copy of a Resolution passed at the Meeting of the
Board of Directors of the General Steam Navigation Com-
pany, on Thursday, the 20th November, 1851 : —

" Resolved — That the Directors learn with the deepest
regret of the death of their worthy and esteemed Banker,
Mr. Matthias Attwood, the Founder of the General Steam
Navigation Company, and one of its most active and
efficient supporters ; and who, by his great and discrim-
inating ability, his urbanity and kindly manners, had justly
entitled himself to the esteem and respect of all who had
the honour of his acquaintance.

The Directors further desire to record their grateful
sense of his valuable and effective services (more especially
during the time he was a Director of the Company), and
the interest he never ceased to exert in the promotion of its
success ; and while lamenting the loss the Company sus-
tains, they have at the same time to express their sincere
condolence with the family of the deceased in their bereave-
ment.

John Wilkin, Deputy Chairman."

"Dulwich Hill,
Saturday, 29 November, 1851.
My dear Sir,

Will you allow me to request you to express to the Di-
rectors of the General Steam Navigation Company, my
deep sense of the respect shown to the memory of my late
lamented Father by their Resolution of the 20th November,
which you have so kindly communicated to me.

From the Directors of the General Steam Navigation
Company this honourable testimony has indeed peculiar
and most just significance, and will always be regarded by
me with particular value and melancholy satisfaction. The
General Steam Navigation Company was, as the Resolu-

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tion truly records, one of those large public institutions
which my Father was principally instrumental in founding,
and whose subsequent course and conduct has, by the bless-
ing of Providence, borne the strongest and most conclusive
practical evidence to the accuracy of the judgment which
suggested their formation, and the ability, sagacity, and
energy which guided them during the first periods of their
prosperity. Established when steam navigation was in its
infancy, and rather indeed a theory than a fact with refer-
ence to any general system of application, the General
Steam Navigation Company has done more than any other
body to promote the universal employment of the great
agent, whose development was its object, by proving the
security and the advantage which its introduction under
proper management was calculated to afford. It was ever
most grateful to my Father's feelings, to find that those who
succeeded to the helm in after years, never failed to recol-
lect how much they owed to the judicious impulse origin-
ally given, to the sound principles primarily laid down, and
to the prudent and wise counsels, which to the last indeed
were never wanting in any circumstances of difficulty or of
doubt. And on his own part it is always to be remembered
that he never claimed for himself exclusive merit or solitary
praise, but uniformly attributed to those who acted with
him their full credit for whatever was accomplished, and
delighted to recognise in the number of remarkable men
who have been associated in the General Steam Navigation
Company, yourself not the least noted amongst them, the
causes of its past success and the pledge of its future
welfare.

The present Resolution, setting a sad seal, placing a
solemn and final confirmation, by this offering to the dead,
on all the friendly and flattering tributes which were so
freely tendered to the living, is one of the few and most
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have sustained a loss which it would indeed be difficult
fully to estimate. For the powers and capacity, almost un-
rivalled and certainly unsurpassed in public life, were not
more memorable than those social qualities and virtues, and
those principles of religion, which rendered my Father as
greatly beloved and as much admired in his private circle,
as he was appreciated in the more extended spheres of
political exertion or commercial enterprise.

Writing to you, one of my Father's oldest and most in-
timate friends, so closely acquainted with him during the
whole of the most active period of his life, I need make no
apology for thus recalling sentiments and circumstances
which will be present almost as vividly to your mind as to
my own.

You who knew him so long and so well, can understand
and excuse the feelings which lead me to dwell on these
remembrances, which are unhappily all that now remain of
one of the most extraordinary men, in whatever point of
view contemplated, whom this country has seen.

And in conveying to the Directors of the General Steam
Navigation Company my earnest acknowledgments, you
will do me the favour to apologise for my having thus
lingered on this mournful subject. I have received the kind
expression of their condolences not merely as a cold and
formal proceeding, but in the true spirit in which, I am
sure, it was conceived and intended, of friendly and cordial
sympathy for a loss which, both personally and collectively,
on public and private grounds, they regret as really and
sincerely, though not so deeply or fully, as myself.
Believe me, my dear Sir,
Ever yours very truly,

M. WOLVERLEY AtTWOOD.

John Wilkin, Esq."

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DEATH OF MR. THOMAS AURELIUS ATTWOOD.

From The Birmingham Post.

" We deeply regret to announce the sudden death of
Mr. Thomas Aurelius Attwood, which occurred yesterday-
afternoon, April 7th, 1864, at his house, Woodend, Erding-
ton, in his 54th year. Mr. Attwood had been slightly un-
well for some time past, but not sufficiently so as to cause
anxiety to his friends. On Thursday night, however, he
was seized with a fit of apoplexy, and though Dr. Wade
and Mr. Elkington were speedily in attendance, he gradu-
ally sank until yesterday afternoon, when he died. Mr.
Attwood can scarcely be said to have been a public man.
As a son of the renowned Thomas Attwood, and as a mem-
ber of the eminent banking house of Attwood, Spooner,
and Co., he was widely known, but he rather shrank from
those courted public honours or employments. Occasion-
ally he took part in the business of the town, and several
times spoke with vigour and effect at political meetings ;
but of late years he abstained almost entirely from public
life. He took, however, a strong interest in the Volunteer
Rifle Corps, in which he held the rank of Major ; and in
his own neighbourhood at Erdington he made himself both
popular and useful by his unostentatious kindness to the
poor, and especially by assisting in the formation of a
Working Man's Club. His last appearance in public was
to promote the interests of the Club, of which we believe,
he was the President.

Although Mr. Attwood rarely took any prominent posi-
tion amongst his fellow townsmen, this abstinence was not
in any way due to want of capacity for public life. Very
few men indeed, were better fitted to render useful service
to the community. He was emphatically a cultivated man,
a ready and forcible speaker, a bold, logical, and indepen-
dent thinker, and a man of keen perception and sound
judgment. With those qualities were united a kindly,

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genial disposition, and a shrewd, quiet, thoughtful humour,
which really endeared him greatly to a large circle of friends,
by whom his death will long be severely felt.

As a mark of respect to Mr, Attwood's memory, the
Volunteers, assembled for drill at Bingley Hall last even-
ing, were dismissed from parade as soon as the melancholy
event became known."

MR. M. WOLVERLEY ATTWOOD.

Copy of a Resolution passed at a Meeting of the Execu-
tive Committee of the City of London Conservative Regis-
tration Association, on Saturday, nth June, 1864 : —

''That the Committee having taken into consideration
the importance of being prepared to contest the Represent-
ation of the City of London at the ensuing election, con-
siders that his long connection with the City of London,
the high respect with which he is held by his fellow-citizens,
and his former services to the Conservative cause, would
render M. Wolverley Attwood, Esqre., a Candidate emin-
ently acceptable to the Conservative electors, and that
Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P., and H. H. Gibbs, Esq., are
requested to communicate this resolution to him.

Coleridge J. Kennard."

" 27 Gracechurch Street,

Saturday, 25th June, 1864.
My dear Sir,

I called yesterday afternoon, but unfortunately you had
just left. Mr. Kennard mentioned to me that you did not
like to speak to Alderman Copeland concerning the repre-
sentation of the City without first communicating with me.
I wished to thank you for this handsome reserve, and to
say that so far as my opinion went. Alderman Copeland
would seem to me in many respects a desirable Candidate.

As regards myself, and the request made to me in terms

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so obliging that I would offer myself, I may now say that,
having given the proposal that full consideration which was
due, both to its importance and to the gentlemen from whom
it emanated, it is with deep regret that I find myself con-
firmed in the doubts which I expressed when it was first
communicated to me, and I am compelled to decline the
honour offered in a manner so flattering. You may be as-
sured that I fully appreciate the compliment conveyed, but
feel that my health would not permit me to undertake my
share of the personal exertions which would, as it seems to
me, be required to place the Conservatives in the best posi-
tion for obtaining a successful result. So far as I can judge,
however, from the very full information and explanations
which have been kindly given me, there would be good
ground for anticipating that four eligible Candidates would
receive a large, if not preponderating proportion of votes,
and that the return of one or two, if not more, might be
secured. I can only say that I should be very happy to
give my individual assistance.

In conclusion, allow me to add that I am deeply indebted
to the Executive Committee of the Conservative Association
for the confidence and kindness manifested in their Resolu-
tion, and to yourself and Mr. Gibbs for the friendly courtesy
you have shown me.

I am, my dear Sir,

Yours very faithfully,
Signed, M. Wolverley Attwood.
Thomas Baring, Esq."

The Times, September 19th, 1865.
*'On Sunday, the 17th inst., at his residence, Dulwich
Hill, Surrey, after a short illness, Matthias Wolverley Att-
wood, Esq., aged 57."

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DEATH OF MR. M. WOLVERLEY ATTWOOD.

Newcastle Chronicle, September 20th, 1865.
[Communicated. ]
" Died on Sunday morning, at his residence, Dulwich
Park, Surrey, Matthias Wolverley Attwood, Esq. He
was the only son of the late Matthias Attwood, Esq., the
London Banker, and who represented Whitehaven in Par-
liament for many years, and grandson of Matthias Attwood,
Esq., of the Leasowes, near Birmingham — a Magistrate
and Deputy-Lieutenant for the County of Salop, a descend-
ant of the Attwoods of Wolverley Court, Warwickshire.
Mr. Attwood succeeded his father as a member of the
House of Spooner, Attwood, & Co., until it merged into the
firm of Barclay, Bevan, & Co. He took a prominent part
in political life in the Conservative interest. He contest-
ed unsuccessfully the City of London, Greenwich, and
Sunderland. In the latter town he had for his opponent
Lord Howick, now Earl Grey. He represented Greenwich
in Parliament for a short period, but for some years retired
from the arena of political strife through ill-health. How-
ever, this last General Election he again took his stand in
the Conservative ranks during the contests in the City of
London. He was many years Chairman of the General
Steam Navigation Company. He was a nephew of Chas.
Attwood, Esq., of Tow Law Ironworks, and Edward Att-
wood, Esq., of Sunderland, glass manufacturer. He died
unmarried."

FUNERAL OF MR. EDWARD ATTWOOD.

From the Sunderland Herald, 26 Oct., 1866.
"On Tuesday the remains of this worthy gentleman
were quietly interred in the family vault at Southwick, the
officials and workmen only joining the cortege as it ap-
proached the village, and thus evincing for the last time
their respect for their kind, affectionate master. Mr. Att-

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wood was a descendant of the ancient family of Attwoods
of Wolverley Court, Warwickshire, son of Matthias Att-
wood, a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for Salop, the
London Banker, one of the founders of the National Pro-
vincial Bank of Ireland, and the General Steam Navigation
Company. His brothers and nephews took an active part
in the great leading political questions of the day. Thomas,
the Chairman of the Birmingham Political Union, after-
wards represented that important town in Parliament after
the great battle of Reform was won. A monument was
erected to his memory there. Charles Attwood, now of
Wolsingham, was Chairman of the Northern Political
Union, and many of our townsmen will still remember the
energy and spirit in which he addressed the masses on the
Town Moor, Newcastle - on - Tyne. Matthias Attwood,
another brother, held a seat in Parliament from 1820 for
nearly 25 years, and his son, M. Wolverley, contested this
town with Lord Howick, the present Earl Grey, in 1844.
Mr. Attwood was of singularly amiable disposition, a man
of sound knowledge and humble mind, a good and true
gentleman."

"Copy of inscription on tombstone in Southwick Church-
yard, near Sunderland, County of Durham : —

In Memory of

Edward Attwood, of Bishopwearmouth,

Died 19th October, 1866,

Aged 77 years.

Elizabeth Attwood, his widow,

Died 9th February, 1869,

Aged 76 years.

Ann Elliot, Mother of the above.

Relict of John Elliot, of Whitehaven,

Died 29th December, 1844,

Aged 76 years.

EDWARD ATTWOOD.

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The tombstone is a few paces opposite the west door of
the Church, is of granite, and placed over a vault and en-
closed with iron railings."

DEATH OF MR. WILLIAM MATHEWS.

County Express, September 9th, 187 1.

" It is our painful duty to announce to-day the death of
a gentleman who will be greatly missed in South Stafford-
shire, one whose name for long years has been a household
word with many in the Parish of Kingswinford, where his
works are situated, and where, perhaps, he was better
known than anywhere else, — we refer to Mr. William
Mathews, The fact must still be fresh in the minds of our
readers, that on Thursday evening, at the dinner given by
the Ironmasters of South Staffordshire to the Members of
the Iron and Steel Institute, in the Exchange Assembly
Room, Mr. Mathews was suddenly seized with paralysis.
He was borne from the hall in an unconscious state, and
was taken to the house of his brother, Mr. Jeremiah Mat-
hews, at Edgbaston, where, on Saturday morning, at six
o'clock he breathed his last. From the time of his seizure
to his death he never rallied for a moment, never moved
hand or foot, or gave the slightest indication of conscious-
ness. His sudden death will be a sad blow to all those who
knew him intimately, for although he had passed the allot-
ted period of three score years and ten he was still hale and
hearty, and to all appearance his * eye was not dim nor his
natural force abated.' Even up to the hour of the dinner
on Thursday he had been in the enjoyment of as good
health as he has had for years, and on the morning of that
very day some friends congratulated him on the fact of his
being in such excellent spirits.

Mr. Mathews was born in the village of Hagley, Wor-
cestershire, in the year 1796; he was consequently in his
75th year. His life thus extended over a period perhaps

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the most momentous and eventful in modern history. The
First Napoleon was only beginning to gain himself a name
when Mr. Mathews was a baby in his mother's arms. As
a boy he saw the destruction of the ancient Empire of
Germany, and no doubt as far as a lad could, shared in the
fears excited by the prospects of an invasion of England by
Napoleon. As a young man he witnessed the ruin of
Bonaparte, and the restoration of the Bourbons. In the
prime of manhood he saw the elder branch of the House
of Bourbon again driven forth from France, and the
younger branch of Orleans placed on the throne. He had
just passed the middle age when he saw the foundations of
the Orleanist power give way, and the nephew of the old
Napoleon carried on the shoulders of universal suffrage to
the Imperial throne of France. In his old age he saw that
throne, in its turn, toppled over in a tempest which its
occupant had evoked, and that German Empire, apparently
ruined 60 years before beyond all hope of recovery, rise
from its ruins to be the foremost power in Europe. To the
changes which have taken place in England during these
three-quarters of a centur)'-, we need not refer further at
present, than to say that in the promo<-ion of some of these
Mr. Mathews took an active and prominent part.

Mr. Mathews was introduced to the iron trade in the
office of Mr. John Attwood, a man of great enterprise and
originality, who founded the Corngreaves Iron Works, now
the property of the New British Iron Company. In this
position Mr. Mathews soon distinguished himself, and gave
evidence of a spirit of enterprise not inferior, and a capa-
city greatly superior, to his employer. While yet a young
man he entered into partnership with a Mr. Finch, and
with him he worked the Waterloo Furnaces, West Brom-
wich, up till the year 1833, when he took the Corby n's Hall
Furnaces and Colliery on a lease from Messrs. Gibbons.
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then, except for a short time, during which they were
worked by the Galvanized Iron Company, under his man-
agement. This Company broke up, but all its debts were
paid in full, and after it had ceased to exist Mr. Mathews
again entered on possession of the works and colliery on
his own account. No man in the district had a better prac-
tical acquaintance than Mr. Mathews with the manufacture
of pig-iron from the South Staffordshire ores, and no man
had more pride in having about his works methods abreast
of the latest discoveries and inventions. Something less
than ID years ago, he erected an entirely new plant at the
Corbyn's Hall Works, and if it is not the largest, it is one
of the most modern and most perfect in the district. It was
not, however, only in the practical details of iron making that
Mr. Mathews excelled ; he had at the same time a profound
and extensive acquaintance with everything that related to
the iron trade of South Staffordshire. He was, in fact, a
Nestor in the councils of the district. No step was taken,
nothing was done that in any way or degree affected the in-
terests of the trade, without the advice and concurrence of
Mr. Mathews being asked. In those difficult questions
which in recent years have arisen between masters and men
in the iron and coal, as in nearly all other trades, Mr. Mat-
hews' voice was invariably raised in favour of moderation
and conciliation ; and the respect and esteem with which he
was regarded by his own workpeople, bear ample testimony
to the kindliness of the relations which subsisted between
them. In everything which affected the well-being of South
Staffordshire Mr. Mathews took a warm and lively interest.
But perhaps in nothing did he put forward greater efforts
than in his attempts to provide the district with adequate
railway accommodation. We need not, at this time of day,
recall the circumstances of the fierce fight that issued in the
construction of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhamp-
ton line of railway, which has within the last few years be-

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come part of the Great Western system. It is only neces-
sary to say that Mr. Mathews was one of the original
promoters of the Company for the construction of the line,
and that no one exerted himself more to prevent the suicidal
folly, the cramping effects of which on the development of
the railway system of the district have been felt for years,
and are even now perceptible. With his friend, Mr. Brunei,
he was in favour of the broad gauge on railways, and he
took an active part in the great controversy known as the
* Battle of the Gauges. '

In politics Mr. Mathews was a Liberal. From the
period of the first Reform Act he took a leading part in the
counsels of the Liberal Party in South Staffordshire and in
Birmingham, and when he resided at Edgbaston he, on one
or two occasions, nominated the late Mr. Joshua Schole-
field. It was in South Staffordshire, however, that he was
best known in connection with political contests, and on one
occasion he aspired to represent the division in Parliament.
In 1857 Mr. Mathews came forward as a Candidate in con-
junction with Mr. H. W. Foley, of Prestwood. They had
issued a joint address to the electors, when Mr. W. O.
Foster was brought forward by another section of the party,
and Mr. Mathews, waiving his claim on behalf of Mr.
Foster, retired from the contest. Some short time after-
wards he was presented with a service of plate of the value
of ;^400, in token of the general esteem in which he was
held by his friends and neighbours, and expressive of their
appreciation of the feeling which led him to sacrifice his
own claims in deference to what he deemed the higher call
of public duty. Before the last General Election the old
constituency of South Staffordshire was divided into East
and West Staffordshire. Mr. Mathews' lot was in the lat-
ter, and in the contest that took place for the seats he acted
as Chairman of the Committee for Messrs. Foley and
Foster.

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Mr. Mathews had not the advantage of a university-
education, but he was nevertheless a man of wide reading
and varied acquirements. A Fellow of the Geological
Society, he was an intimate friend of Sir Roderick Murchi-
son, as well as of nearly all the leading geologists of the
day. But in addition to his scientific acquirements and his
knowledge of literature, Mr. Mathews was possessed of
that which neither literature nor science can give — a pro-
found knowledge of men and great aptitude for affairs. He
sat on the Committee for enquiring into the operations of
Trades Unions, and he was solicited to become a member
of the Committee for investigating the coal resources of
Great Britain, but declined on account of his advanced age.
The advancement of education was always a matter which
engaged the warmest sympathies of Mr. Mathews, and one
of the last public acts of his life was the promotion of a
School Board for the Parish of Kingswinford. At one time
he held the office of High Bailiff of King Edward's Gram-
mar School in this town. Amongst other public engage-
ments, the Administration of Justice in the local Courts for
many years occupied a portion of his time and attention, he
being a Deputy-Lieutenant for Staffordshire, and a Magis-
trate for Worcestershire. As a public speaker Mr. Mathews
was not effective in the oratorical sense, but his power of
clear and succinct statement, his plain and unadorned
style, and his sound sense and wide range of thought, en-
livened with occasional flashes of humour, never failed to
render him acceptable to an intelligent audience. No man
was more popular where he was known, and his popularity
was not of that ephemeral sort which is the offspring of
clap-trap, more or less artful, but was based on respect for
a clear head, a sound judgment, and a large and sagacious
intellect. It was the last quality — the quality of sagacity
— that so pre-eminently distinguished Mr. Mathews, which,
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his life to politics, would have marked him out from his
fellows as a Member of Parliament, and which would have
characterised his career as an administrator, if he had been
called to office. He has left few equals in South Stafford-
shire. * After life's fitful fever he sleeps well,' and he will
be followed to the grave by the sorrow of all good men and
true in the district where he was known, whether they are
of his own party or not, for, though holding his own
opinions firmly and even tenaciously, it was one of the
finest features in his character that he made no enemies
among those who were opposed to him. His suavity was
almost proverbial, a circumstance amply attested by the fact
that he was a gentleman in the noblest sense of the word.

Mr. Mathews married Miss Maria Attwood, daughter of
Mr. Matthias Attwood, of the Leasowes, one of the founders
of Attwood and Spooner's Bank. By Mrs. Matthews, who
still survives him, he had one son, Mr. Benjamin St. John
Mathews.

The remains of the deceased were buried at the Malvern
Cemetery, on Wednesday. Although the funeral was a
private one, a numerous company followed the cortege.
Besides the mourners and friends of the deceased, the work-
men employed at Corbyn's Hall works, which belonged to
him, were present. The burial service was performed by
the Rev. G. Fisk, LL.B., Vicar. The funeral was con-
ducted by Mr. W. F. Dadley, of Birmingham, undertaker.
The following is the order in which the mourning party
proceeded to the grave : —

Dr. West. Rev. G. Fisk.

Mr. Saunders. .S Mr. Holcroft.

Mr. Barrows. o Mr. Williams.

Mr. C. E. Mathews. , Mr. W. Mathews.

H
Mr. Attwood. Mr. St. John Mathews.

Mr. J. Mathews.

Mr. Wright. Mr. Madeley. Mr. Barlow."

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DEATH OF MRS. MATHEWS, OF PARKFIELD.

August, 1 88 1.
"Our last week's obituary recorded the death of Mrs.
William Mathews, of Parkfield. The event happened
when we were a long distance from home, and the in-
telligence in consequence did not reach us until too late for
an earlier notice from our pen. But we feel we should be
chargeable with neglecting a public duty were we to pass
over the demise of this lady without a note. That note
shall be brief, for we know what would have been her
wishes on the subject, and further, we shall be best con-
sulting the wishes of her surviving family and friends by
saying as little as is consistent with our sense of the great
loss to the town and neighbourhood. Upon the sanctity
and privacy of Mrs. Mathews' home life we will not ob-
trude, but of her acts of kindly charity to all who came
within the scope and sphere of her knowledge we may
speak. Public appeals on behalf of all good objects met
with a generous response from her ; but her chief pleasure
— the pleasure and business of life with her — was to find
out and minister to the needs and pressing necessities of
the friendless and destitute. To such her gifts were in-
cessant, and upon very many daily they fell as the * gentle
dew from heaven.' The latter years, and even the latest
days of her life, were spent in thus doing good, not only in
affording help and relief, but in seeking out cases for
personal visitation and blessing. The applications to one
with whom charity was a large constituent of her very
being were very many, but we venture to say that no one
in actual need ever appealed to her in vain. Blessed with
wealth she put it to the divinest uses, and life's enjoyment
to her did not consist in what her riches could procure for
herself, but what joy and gladness they could enable her to
shower upon others. Her memory will live in the heart's
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was as an angel of mercy, quite as much as in the esteem
and love of her only immediate circle of friends.

Belonging to a remarkable race she betook of its varied
endowments. Her father, Matthias Attwood, of Hawne,
had much force of character ; her mother, Ann Adams, of
Cakemore, founded the first Sunday School in Worcester-
shire ; her brother Thomas helped not a little to carry the
Reform Bill of 1832, and represented Birmingham in three
Parliaments ; her brother Matthias sat for Whitehaven
during 32 years ; her nephew Wolverley was the able
representative of Greenwich ; her brother Benjamin was a
most bountiful steward of a large fortune ; her brother
Charles made important improvements in the manufacture
of glass and steel. Born in 1792, she married in 1825
William Mathews — a man of no ordinary capability, and at
one time Chairman of the Staffordshire Iron Trade — whom
she survived 10 years. At the age of 90 years she pre-
served all the vigour of her strong intellect, all the warmth
of her generous heart, and took a deep interest in the great
intellectual and spiritual movements of the age.

At the funeral, which took place on Saturday last, at
the Cemetery were present — her son and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. B. St. John Mathews ; her great nephews, Mr.
Reginald Attwood and Mr. Thomas Carless Attwood ;
Mrs. Attwood (The Boynes); Mr. Moore (Oakwood,
Beckenham) ; Dr. Garth Wilkinson ; Mr. and Mrs. F. C.
Mathews ; the Misses Kirshaw ( Malvern); Mr. Thomas H.
Gill (Lee, London) ; Dr. West; and Miss MacAskill. In
the absence of the Rev. F. Haden Cope, the Vicar of
Malvern performed the funeral ceremony."

THE LATE MRS. MATHEWS, OF MALVERN.

From The Birmingham Daily Post, August 31, 1881.

**A correspondent, whose hand will doubtless be re-
cognised by some of our readers, sends us the following
notes : —

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* It may not be unmeet to render brief homage to the
memory of this excellent lady, who has passed away in her
90th year — a lady long and variously connected with Bir-
mingham, and in herself very admirable and remarkable.
Born in 1792, Rachel Maria, the ninth child of Matthias Att-
wood, of Hawne, and Anne Adams, of Cakemore, was largely
endowed with the vigour of intellect and warmth of heart
conspicuous in others of her family. Sister of Thomas
Attwood, she possessed in no scanty measure the enthusi-
asm and eloquence which made her brother a tribune of the
people, and the hero of the Reform Bill of 1832. It is dif-
ficult to exaggerate the fulness, the greatness, and the ten-
derness of her nature. Her sympathy with the needy, the
weak, the forlorn, the oppressed, and the bereaved, was
deep, intense, and practical. Her beneficence was wide,
manifold, and unwearied. She not only gave bountifully
to the poor, but was ever devising plans for their improve-
ment and benefit. Her benevolence embraced dumb crea-
tures, in whose welfare she took a tender interest and at
whose wrongs she felt lively indignation. Mrs. Mathews
was no mere Lady Bountiful, no commonplace philanthro-
pist. There was originality, subtilty, and inventiveness in
her beneficence. The strength and vivacity of her intellect
did not fall beneath the warmth and largeness of her affec-
tion. Born in 1792, a few months before the fall of the old
French Monarchy, and dying in 1881, in the eleventh year
of the third French Republic, she did not live apart from
the great events of the time, but looked upon them with
deep and lively interest. The chief intellectual and spiritual
movements of the age had no small attraction for her power-
ful mind and her deeply Christian heart. She brought to
their consideration and discussion an ardour and an elo-
quence most impressive. Her great colloquial powers were
the servants of her unwearied benevolence, and were ever
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or some need which shared her pity. Her husband, Wm.
Mathews, whom she married in 1825, was well known in
this town and neighbourhood as a man of no mean ability,
and as an earnest Liberal politician. She survived him 10
years, as she outlived her many brothers. Her great length
of life was a blessing to herself and others, accompanied as
it was throughout by unabated vigour of mind and warmth
of heart, as well as by unwearied energy in well doing.
She reached her 90th year without any decay of the intel-
lect or of the affections.' "

DEATH OF MR. BENJAMIN ATTWOOD.

From The Graphic, i6th January, 1875.
"About three weeks since a sensational paragraph
appeared in most of the daily papers announcing the death
of ' an old Mr. Attwood,' who was declared to have been a
bachelor and * the giver of all the anonymous ;^i,ooo
cheques.' It was further stated that he had given away
;^350,ooo in this way, ;^45,ooo within the last year, that he
had died intestate, leaving a fortune of more than a million
sterling, and that a thousand pound note was found lying
in his room, as if it had been waste paper. The truth of
the matter, as we are informed by a connection of the
family, is this. Mr. Benjamin Attwood was a brother of
Mr. Thomas Attwood, who was well known 40 years ago
as a leader of the Birmingham Political Union, and one of
the first members for that Borough. He was not a bachelor,
but a widower, and the fortune which he has left is believed
to be much less than the above named sum, though its
exact amount is not yet known. After making a competent
fortune by his own industry, Mr. Attwood some time ago
inherited enormous wealth from a nephew, the late Mr.
Matthias Wolverley Attwood, M.P., and he determined to
dispose of this accession to his income by giving it partly
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ciations. He would often call at a hospital or other
benevolent institution and leave ;^i,ooo, asking simply for
an acknowledgment in The Times, and never allowing his
name to be published. In this way he distributed a larger
sum than that mentioned in the original rumour. It would
be wrong to regard him, Mr. Attwood, as an eccentric man.
His life was quiet, gentlemanlike, and unassuming, with
no special pecularities, and his only motive for secret alms-
giving was the desire to do good in an unobtrusive manner.
He was one of those truly charitable men who loved to do
good without letting his left hand know what his right
hand did, and he would probably have been better pleased
had his secret been kept after his death, as it was during
his life. 'But,' as properly observed by the Pall Mall
Gazette, ' as his good deeds have been dragged out from
the obscurity in which he himself sought to hide them, it is
well that there should be some truer and worthier record of
him than that which has been copied from one paper to
another throughout the whole length and breadth of
England.' At the time of his death he was a director of
the Imperial Continental Gas Association, and was a
member of several learned societies. "

FUNERAL OF MR. BENJAMIN ATTWOOD.

Waltham, Dec. 5, 1874.
"The funeral of the late Benjamin Attwood, Esq.,
whose death at Pengelly House, Churchgate, Cheshunt,
was chronicled in our last issue, took place in the Cheshunt
cemetery, on the 27th ult., the mournful procession being
formed at about noon of that day. The remains of the de-
ceased, enclosed in a patent metallic coffin, supplied by Mr.
James Bunch, builder and undertaker, of Cheshunt, were
borne on a four-horse hearse with plumes of velvet, and
were followed by six two-horse mourning coaches, contain-
ing : Mr. H. Attwood, Mr. Mathews (nephew) and Mrs.

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Mathews, Mrs. Wakefield (niece) and Miss Wakefield, Mr.
A. Attwood, Mr. R. Attwood, Mr. L. Attwood, Mr. Demain
Saunders, Captain and Mrs. Waudby, Mr. Moore and sons,
Dr. Evans, Mr. Freeman, Dr. Reynolds, and other friends
numbering over thirty. Three private carriages followed,
belonging to Mr. B. Attwood, Mr. Demain Saunders, and
James Bentley, Esq. It was expected that the service would
be conducted by the Rev. H. Demain, but he was unable to
attend on account of indisposition. His place was there-
fore taken by the Rev. W. W. Kirby, the Vicar of the
Parish, who met the procession at the cemetery gate.

The beautiful Anglican Burial Service was impressively
read both in the Church and at the side of the sepulchre,
by the Vicar of Cheshunt, and at its conclusion a large
number of persons who had congregated to witness the
interment, approached the ' narrow house,' and took a part-
ing look at the coffin that enclosed the mortal remains of
one who will be missed by a large circle of benevolent in-
stitutions, as well as by the poor of this neighbourhood.

The funeral arrangements were carried out by the under-
taker to the entire satisfaction of the relatives of the de-
ceased.

At the conclusion of his sermon on Sunday morning,
the Vicar said, referring to the death of Mr. Attwood —
* One word more ; What is the lesson we read from the
vacant gaps made in this very congregation? Is it not,
while we have life let us do good to all men ? One who
did much for the poor and destitute and suffering — one who
gave largely when he felt deeply — whose left hand knew
not what his right hand did — has been taken from us.
Only two Sundays since he was earnestly listening to the
words of the preacher when speaking of the removal of a
patient, but suffering Christian (Mrs. Knowles); and, my
brethren, the lesson is to you and to me — ' Whatsoever thy
hand findeth to do, do it with all thy might' — do it, for

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time is short and the opportunity uncertain — do it, because
you love Christ and look for His appearing.'

We regret to announce that Mrs. Wakefield, the niece
of J. B. Attwood, Esq., was attacked with congestion of
the lungs — the disease that carried off Mr. Attwood — on
Saturday, 28th of last month, and died in Pengelly House
on Monday last. She was buried in the same grave as Mr.
Attwood on Friday afternoon last."

In Chancery — "Attwood v. Moore. Capital furniture,
library of valuable books, original oil paintings, choice old
engravings, porcelain, old English china, table and bed
linen, plate, carriages, horses, harness, cows, poultry,
greenhouse plants, and effects, the property of the late
Benjamin Attwood, Esq."

DEATH OF MR. CHARLES ATTWOOD.

From The Newcastle Chronicle, March i, 1875.
"As you recorded last week at some length, two re-
markable men passed away from amongst us. They were
each characteristic of schools which have nearly disap-
peared. I am old enough to remember, as a boy, Charles
Attwood as a political agitator. He was then a prominent
man in public life, and a tribune of the people. An over-
refined intellect took him subsequently into political specu-
lations which unfitted him for the more robust labours of
political life, and he has been with many old reformers for
a number of years in this particular, but a memory. It is
not my place to go into Foreign Affairs or Currency Ques-
tions, but, as we have seen, if a man goes into every specu-
lation in those particulars, he will hardly march with the
rank and file of ordinary political agitators. I, with all
North Countrymen who know anything about Charles Att-
wood, most fully recognise his transcendent ability in very
many particulars. But much inferior men to him have
effected enormous results in what may be called the Condi-

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tion of England Question, by adhering pretty steadily to
the ordinary lines of political agitation. The late Mr.
Charles Attwood must have died an enormously wealthy
man. Among 'things not generally known,' I may men-
tion the fact that only a few weeks before his death he in-
herited from his brother Benjamin — the anonymous ;^i, coo
donor — property and personality to the value of over a
million sterling. But in addition to this vast wealth,
Charles must have accumulated extensive riches as the
managing and senior partner in the Weardale Iron and
Coal Company, a concern known to have been one of the
most prosperous in the North for a number of years past.
A reliable authority informs me that Charles was almost the
last of his name and race. He was the last survivor of
seven brothers, none of whom have left any issue that can
inherit his wealth. Thomas Attwood, of Birmingham
Political Union notoriety, had several daughters, the last
survivor of whom died only a few weeks ago. Benjamin
was never married, and his wealth, in the absence of any
will, came naturally to Charles as the next of kin ; while
Charles himself has never had any children. The great
bulk of his wealth will, it is believed, have been left by will
to his widow, who is now in the 76th year of her age ; and
the nearest relations after her are well known ironmasters
in Staffordshire of the name of Mathews. There is a
mournful interest in recording the fact that his late brother
Benjamin had been down at Wolsingham spending a few
weeks with Charles in the autumn of last year, and they
had arranged for another meeting in the spring to consult
together about some financial projects. Benjamin caught
a cold in London, and died immediately after his visit to
Wolsingham, and now the only surviving brother, after a
three weeks' inheritance of the distinction of being a
millionaire, has been called to his account. Mr. Joseph
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week, achieved a very high position in connection with our
industrial operations, and in acquiring enormous wealth.
Mr. Love, I believe, like Mr. Charles Attwood, commenced
his public life as an agitator, for he was an active man in
his class during the great agitation amongst the miners in
1832. He, however, had keen trade instincts, and a
wonderful sagacity in comprehending what was coming.
He resembled the late Mr. Joseph Pease in that respect.

I am credibly informed that an examination of the
books of the late Mr. Benjamin Attwood shows that he has
given away anonymously ;^ 1,000 cheques to the value of
;^475,ooo, so that the ;^35o,ooo which he was said to have
distributed in this way was considerably under the mark.
From the same source I learn that Mr. Attwood gave
away to his poor relations and dependents no less a sum
than ;^40o,ooo. It was one of his greatest pleasures to
hunt up all who could claim any sort of relationship, even
to the remotest degree, and make them comfortable for life.
It has been said that the deceased gentleman made his
money in the glass trade. This, however, is also a
mistake. A great deal of his wealth was inherited ; and he
acquired a great deal more from his connection with the
General Steam Navigation Company — of which he was one
of the founders — the Imperial Continental Gas Company,
and other prosperous concerns."

FUNERAL OF MR. CHARLES ATTWOOD.

From The Durham Chronicle, Friday, March 5, 1875.

" The remains of the late Mr. Charles Attwood, of Wol-
singham, were interred in the family vault, Wolsingham,
on Wednesday. Although it was thought desirable, and
known to be in accordance with the last wishes of the de-
ceased, that the funeral should be, as far as possible, of a
private character, a large number of people joined in the
funeral procession, which left the deceased gentleman's resi-

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dence, Holywood House, about half-a-mile distant from the
Church, at half-past eleven o'clock in the following order: —
Carriage containing Rev. G. P. Wilkinson (who officiated).
Rev. E. Brownrigg, and Rev. C. Duberley.
The late Mr. Attwood's private carriage.
The Hearse.
First mourning coach. — Mr. B. St. John Mathews, Dudley,
nephew of the deceased ; Mr. S. W. Ware, another
nephew ; Mr. John Moore and Mr. Edward Moore, of
Sunderland.
Second mourning coach. — Mr. John Rogerson, Croxdale
Hall ; Mr. T. H. Bates ; Mr. J. P. Dolphin ; Mr. H.
Barras ; and Mr. George McPherson.
Third mourning coach, containing the pall bearers. — Mr.
W. Johnson, Manager, Tudhoe Colliery ; Mr. T. Alli-
son, Guisborough ; Mr. T. Crawhall, Stanhope ; Mr.
D. Thomson, Manager, Tow Law; Mr. W. Shaw, Man-
ager of Stanner's Close Steel Works, Wolsingham ;
Mr. V. Hodgson, Westgate, Weardale.
Fourth mourning coach. — Mr. W. Elliott ; Mr. J. H.

Wraith ; Dr. Canney ; Dr. Hood.
Fifth mourning coach. — Mr. W. Hutchinson; Mr. J. Crone;
Mr. W. H. Franklin ; Mr. R. Morrell ; Mr. C. Kitchen.
Sixth mourning coach. — The female servants of deceased.
The private carriages of Mr. J. Rogerson, of Croxdale Hall,
Durham ; the Rev. G. P. Wilkinson, Harperley Park ;
Mr. Cuthbert Bainbridge, Wolsingham ; Mr. T. H.
Bates, Wolsingham ; Mr. H. S. Stobart, Whitton Tower.
The workmen from Stanner's Close Steel Works and in-
habitants of Wolsingham.

Every outward sign of respect was paid to the de-
ceased. Work was entirely suspended in the village. The
Stanner's Close Steel Works were idle and smokeless.
Along the line of route nearly every window blind was
drawn down, and memories of the deceased were on the

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lips of every villager. A heavy and blinding shower of
snow commenced to fall just as the procession reached the
churchyard, but it was only of short duration. A large
and devout congregation filled the handsome little Church
while the Rev. G. P. Wilkinson, of Harperley, assisted by
the Rev. C. Duberley and the Rev. E. Brown rigg, of Wol-
singham, recited the Funeral Service. After the Service
had finished, four old servants of the deceased took up the
* coffin and carried it to the grave, which is near to the bound-
ary wall of the churchyard, and underneath an umbrageous
chestnut tree. When the coffin had been deposited in its
last resting-place, two old female servants of the family
strewed it with exotics and everlasting flowers. The crowd,
which waited patiently and bareheaded in the constant pour
of snow and sleet till the Service was over, took a last look
at the plain black covered coffin, which bore the simple in-
scription : —

Charles Attwood,

Died February 24th, 1875,

Aged 84 years.

Most of the property left by the deceased, which was
recently swelled by the addition of a million sterling from
the late Mr. Benjamin Attwood, will go to the widow, who
is 76 years of age. The Messrs. Shields, of this City, were
the undertakers, and very ably managed the details."

WORTHIES OF THE PARISH OF WHICKHAM.
CHARLES ATTWOOD.

From The Newcastle Weekly Chronicle, August, 1899.
''Few people of to-day remember the stirring political
events of 1831-32. One of the best known men connected
with the Reform Movement on Tyneside was Charles
Attwood, who was regarded as the tribune of the people of
the North. Charles Attwood was not a native of Whick-

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ham, but he lived so long in the village and took so keen
an interest in the social life of the parish, that I forbear
excluding him from our list of worthies. He was born in
a village in Shropshire, on May 24th, 1791. His father
was an ironmaster in that county, and had evidently given
his son a splendid literary and commercial education.

Charles Attwood came, when a young man, to Gates-
head, and was connected with the soap and glass industries
carried on in that town. Neither as a glass or soap manu-
facturer was he successful. It was while he managed his
glass works in the year 1827, that Charles Attwood came to
Whickham Park. While he lived at Whickham, he was a
keen sportsman and breeder of race horses. He obtained a
number of Arabian horses, and hoped by crossing them
with English race horses to obtain a breed superior to the
English. His horses were trained by Charles Peck, at the
training establishment of Lord Durham, on Waldridge
Fell. But he was as unsuccessful as a breeder of horses,
as he was as a glassmaker. Not one of his horses ever won
a race, and only a few secured second places. An amusing
incident in connection with one of his horses occurred while
it was crossing the Tyne in a boat to the races on the
King's Meadows. Charles Attwood had presented the
horse to Peter Nellist, the schoolmaster at Whickham.
Peter had entered the horse for a race, and was taking it to
the course to start, when it jumped out of the boat into the
river, taking its rider along with it for several hundred
yards ; before the horse could be landed the race was over.

Mr. Attwood took a deep interest in the old Mechanics
Institute in Whickham. He delivered several lectures in
the Village School, in aid of the Institute, one of which on
* Robert Burns,' being greatly admired by the workmen of
the neighbourhood. But it was Charles Attwood's efforts
on Tyneside to obtain political reform that made him
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the North of England Political Unions. He exercised a
potent influence over the workmen of Whickham, Swalwell,
and Winlaton. These men were known as ' Crowley's
Crew,' and they acted as bodyguard to Attwood at the
political meetings which he attended in the North.

On Friday, October 7th, 1831, the House of Lords
threw out the Reform Bill, and on Monday, in the
following week, the friends of the Northern Union as-
sembled on the Town Moor, ' to take into consideration the
measures necessary to be adopted in consequence of the
House of Lords having rejected the Reform Bill.' The
friends of Reform attended in multitudes, accompanied
with bands of music and flying banners. When Mr. and
Mrs. Attwood came to the end of the carriage drive at
Whickham Park on the day of the meeting, they were met
by the workmen of Whickham and Swalwell, who took the
horses out of the carriage and drew the sturdy reformer to
the meeting on the Moor, hundreds of staunch adherents
cheering him on the route. One of the men who helped to
draw the carriage on that occasion is still living at Whick-
ham, having reached the ripe age of 90 years.

At the end of October, another County demonstration
was held at Durham, at which Mr. Charles John Clavering,
of Axwell Park, presided. Again the workmen of the
neighbourhood marched with Charles Attwood to the
meeting. It was rumoured that the workmen of the Mar-
quis of Londonderry would attend, and by noisy interruption
disturb the proceedings. In order to counteract this,
'Crowley's Crew,' with John English (Lang Jack) as
their leader, armed with oak saplings — better known as
' peel grains ' — marched to the meeting during the grey of
the morning, and surrounded the platform. True enough,
the brawlers began to show their disapproval of the words
of the speakers. Attwood shouted for ' Crowley's Crew,'
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effectively that the pitmen were driven from the field, and
the meeting proceeded without further interruption. Att-
wood's guards were afterwards supplied with bread and
cheese, and beef and beer ; after they had refreshed them-
selves, they returned with Attwood to Whickham.

On May 15, 1832, the famous meeting at the Spital was
held, when Charles Larkin delivered an eloquent and
important speech, in which he warned William IV. to
recollect the fate of Louis XVI., and Queen Adelaide that
of Marie Antoinette. Few speeches delivered in this
country produced so great a sensation. Charles Attwood,
in a few words, rebuked the physical force language
indulged in by his friend Larkin, but the sympathies of the
multitude were evidently with Larkin. At the Parliament-
ary Elections which followed these memorable meetings,
Charles Attwood was a Candidate for Newcastle ; but the
close of the poll showed that Sir M. W. Ridley had
received 2,105 votes ; Mr. Hodgson 1,678 votes ; and Mr.
Attwood 1,092 votes. The friends of Attwood, and especi-
ally the workmen in the neighbourhood of Whickham,
were bitterly disappointed at the result of the election.
Public feeling ran high. The Methodists refused to vote
for Attwood, and, after the election, they published and
distributed a pamphlet assigning their reasons for either
abstaining from voting or for voting for his opponents.
The Radicals of Whickham and Swalwell collected all the
pamphlets they could find, and burnt them near the chapel
at Swalwell as the Methodists went to worship on the
Sunday.

After his defeat at the Newcastle election, Attwood did not
appear so frequently at public meetings, but gave his atten-
tion to the breeding of horses at Whickham. Fortune at
last smiled on him. He devoted his attention to the iron
trade, obtained a lease of the ironstone in the manor of
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Weardale Iron and Coal Company. In 1835 he removed
from Whickham to Wolsingham. Under his direction the
ironworks of Tow Law, Tudhoe, and Stanhope were
erected. Prosperity attended all his labours, and he
became a wealthy man. Kind hearted and generous, he
was highly esteemed by his workmen. He died at Wol-
singham on February 25, 1875.

William Bourn, Whickham."

AN IMPORTANT PATENT FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF STEEL.

"The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council on Satur-
day, heard a petition in the matter of Letters Patent granted
to Charles Attwood, of Tow Law Iron Works, in the County
of Durham, ironmaster, for the invention of 'Improvements
in the production or manufacture of steel and iron of a
steely quality.'

Mr. Aston, Q.C., and Mr. W. N. Lawson, instructed by
Mr. J. Henry Johnson, appeared on behalf of the petitioner,
and Mr. Bowen and Mr. Dicey watched the proceedings on
behalf of the Crown.

Mr. Aston, Q.C., in opening the case, referred at some
length to the petition, which stated that Mr. Charles Att-
wood had died recently, and had been succeeded in the
rights of the patent by Mr. John Rogerson, of Croxdale
Hall, near Durham, and Mr. William Godden and Mr.
James Wilson Holme, of London, his executors. Mr. Att-
wood previously to the grant of the Letters Patent, after
considerable personal application and cost, invented certain
improvements in the manufacture of steel, and on the 15th
May, 1862, Mr. Attwood was granted the privilege and
authority of using the invention within the United King-
dom, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man for a term of
14 years. Mr. Attwood also obtained Letters Patent for
the same invention in the United States of America, dated
15th May, 1872 ; in the Empire of France, dated 15th No-

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vember, 1862; in the Empire of Belgium, dated 21st No-
vember, 1862 ; and in the Kingdom of Sweden, dated 4th
March, 1863. The Letters Patent in France and Sweden
had expired or had been abandoned, while those in Belgium
and America were still in force. Before the invention of
Mr. Attwood, steel was made by a process known as the
cementation process, that is to say, bars and malleable iron
were embedded in charcoal, and submitted to a high tem-
perature in a closed chamber for a lengthened period, until
the malleable iron had absorbed a sufficient quantity of car-
bon to convert it into what was commonly known as steel.
The invention by Mr. Attwood differed from the cementa-
tion process, in that instead of requiring a costly process,
and one of considerable duration, steel of any desired qual-
ity could be produced in a few hours by one operation,
thereby effecting not only great economy of time, but an
enormous saving of expense, and by such improved pro-
cess steel could be obtained from the furnace in large quan-
tities, and so as to produce an ingot or casting of any
desired size, which could not be obtained by the former
process. Previously to 1862 Mr. Attwood was an iron-
master, and carried on the manufacture of iron at Tow Law
and Tudhoe, near Durham. When he obtained the Letters
Patent he erected works at Tow Law at considerable ex-
pense and great personal trouble, but they resulted in no
profit, and were afterwards dismantled in 1863. In the fol-
lowing year Mr. Attwood erected new works at Wolsing-
ham, and laid down plant for the purpose of carrying on
the manufacture. From that year until 1872 he sold a con-
siderable amount of steel manufactured by his process, but
in consequence of the great expense which had been in-
curred in developing the invention, the result was a con-
siderable loss. In 1872, however, the result had been more
favourable, and from that time until the present the business
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the 24th of February, 1875, leaving a will by which the
Trustees were requested to carry on his steel works at Wol-
singham, and to extend and develop the same, and to invest
in the works any further part of the estate at their discretion.
It was alleged that Mr. Attwood, instead of receiving re-
muneration for his expense and labour, had sustained
considerable loss by the invention, and at the present
time, when the patent was about to expire, it was only be-
ginning to reap a fair reward and reimbursement commen-
surate with the great public value and importance of the
invention.

William Baker, Associate of the Royal School of Mines,
London, and of the Chemical and Metallurgical Laboratory,
Sheffield, was called to give evidence on behalf of the
petitioner. He stated that whereas it formerly took three
weeks or a month to manufacture any quantity of steel, it
at present only occupied a certain number of hours. By
the old process one ton of coal was required for puddling
the iron, and three tons of coke, which was equal to six tons
of coal, for the conversion into steel, whereas by Attwood's
invention only one process was equal for the whole
conversion from iron into steel, and was effected by a
consumption of only 13 cwt. of coal. Attwood's process
was a much more simple operation, and was of such a
nature that the metal could be watched during the various
stages. It was a process which besides being effective, was
safe and compared favourably with the Bessemer process,
in which there was great loss.

Mr. Montague Smith asked how it was that Mr.
Bessemer had made so much profit that he had not thought
himself justified in asking for a prolongation.

Mr. Aston reminded their lordships that Mr. Bessemer's
non-appearance might be accounted for by the fact that he
had taken out a series of patents.

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The witness stated also that although Mr. Bessemer
took out his first patent in 1855, he made no way at all
until 1864, and then only after considerable outlay and
expense. The great value and feature in the invention was
in the quality of the materials selected, and the manner in
which they were used.

John Rogerson, one of the executors of Mr. Attwood's
will, stated that 500 tons of steel rails had been supplied
from Mr. Attwood's works to the railway companies during
the working of the patent. At one time, several tons of
rails, as specimens, were presented to the North Western,
Great Western, London, Chatham and Dover, North
London, and North Eastern Companies, but no orders had
since been received from them, with the exception of the
latter Company, in whose district the works were situated.
Thirty tons of shot were made for Her Majesty's service
on one occasion, but the Palliser chilled shot came on the
scene, and stopped future orders. A depression in the
trade had occured, which caused a diminution in supply to
customers between the years 1874 and 1875 ; but the demands
of trade had since and were at present increasing, and he
believed the steel trade would in future show a greater
demand. The great advantage of Attwood's steel over
Bessemer's steel was its uniformity, the engineers being
able to depend upon its quality. At the present the only
steel rails laid down were made by Bessemer's and Attwood's
processes. The trustees would be glad to grant licenses."

" In the Privy Council. — In the matter of the Petition
of John Rogerson, William Godden, and James Wilson
Holme, for a Prolongation of the term of the Letters
Patent granted to Charles Attwood for the invention of
* Improvements in the production or manufacture of Steel
and Iron of a Steely quality,' bearing date the 15th day of
May, 1862, Notice is hereby given that their Lordships, the
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Friday, the 12th day of May, 1876, at half-past ten o'clock
a.m., for hearing the matter of the above Petition.

J. Henry Johnson, 47 Lincoln's Inn Fields,

Solicitor for the Petitioners."

"Sir Henry Keating delivered judgment on behalf of
their Lordships, stating that they considered the invention
was of a meritorious nature, that owing to the peculiar
character of the trade the patentee and his representatives
had not been reimbursed for the great expenditure of time
and money which had been necessary, and that if a further
extension was granted to the executors the invention would
be further known in the trade. Their Lordships would
therefore recommend to Her Majesty a further extension of
five years."

BIRMINGHAM REMINISCENCES. — Second Series.

MR. THOMAS ATTWOOD, M.P.

From the Birmingham Daily Mail, December 17th, 1879.
" During the agitation for the Repeal of the Corn Laws,
the foremost place in Liberal politics, which had been won
by Birmingham in the struggle for Parliamentary Reform,
was conceded to Manchester. Led by Cobden and Bright,
the great Lancashire City obtained for commerce a victory
as great as Birmingham had secured when she led the
attack upon rotten boroughs and territorial influence. In
recent years Birmingham has again taken her place in the
van of Liberalism, and secured the right to strike the key-
note of political action. She is once more looked up to as
leader, and is followed willingly by the Liberals in all parts
of the Kingdom. The sons and successors of the men
who battled 50 years ago are the recognised foremost in the
onward march of freedom now. They have greater political
power and influence than the men of any other town or
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feel, their able representatives say. Their Senior Member
speaks with the weight, the authority, and the power which
are his by right of marvellous abilities and high character ;
their Junior Member, with scarcely inferior eloquence,
speaks with the freshness and impulsiveness which belong
to a more youthful mind, yet with a maturity of wisdom, a
grasp of intellect, a mastery of detail, and a wonderful
capacity of elucidation which place him among the fore-
most of the rising statesmen of his day.

Amongst those who fought the good fight 50 years ago,
Thomas Attwood, a Birmingham man, was the head and
chief. To the generation that has arisen since the Reform
Bill was won, Thomas Attwood is but a name — a name,
significant, indeed, of high power and prowess, but still a
name only. Who he was, what he was, and what he did,
I shall endeavour in the course of this paper to show.
What he was like, the statue which adorns Birmingham's
principal street can tell ; but in that statue there is a sad
error in one important particular. The tailor, who made
the clothes Mr. Attwood is represented as wearing, told
me, within this present month of December, that the
* sculptor has made a great mistake ; he has represented
Mr. Attwood attired in a double-breasted waistcoat ; but
would you believe it, sir? he has buttoned the waistcoat on
the wrong side ! '

Thomas Attwood was the son of Matthias Attwood,
Esq., of Hawn House, in the County of Salop. He was
born October 6th, 1783. He received his preliminary
education in the neighbourhood of his father's residence,
and completed his scholastic career at the Grammar School
of Wolverhampton. Soon after attaining his majority he
became a partner in Messrs. Spooner's Bank, which there-
after became known as 'Spooner and Attwood 's.' He at
the same time became a resident in the town with which his
name was afterwards to become so indissolubly connected.

THOMAS ATTWOOn.

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On Monday, May 12th, 1806, he, being then not quite 23
years of age, married, at Harborne Church, the daughter
of Mr. Carless, a wealthy resident of that village ; the lady's
brother, who was Rector of Woolstanton, Staffordshire,
being the officiating clergyman. The young couple took
up their residence at the Larches, Sparkbrook, but soon
afterwards removed to No. 1 1 in the Crescent, the house so
long occupied afterwards by Mr. George R. Collis. The
Crescent at that time was not the woe-be-gone place it has
since become. It was planned on the model of the famous
Crescent at Bath, but the plan was never fully carried out.
It then was completely outside the town ; indeed, I have
frequently heard the late Mr. Thomas Upfill, who had
bought a house there for his own occupation, say that his
wife objected to go there to live, because it was jo far in the
country!

After some twelve or fourteen years Mr. Attwood
removed to 'The Grove,' a pleasant residence on the
southern slope of the hill upop which stands the picturesque
Church of Harborne, and here he continued to reside during
the remaining period of his political activity. The house,
within the last three or four years, has been almost entirely
pulled down and rebuilt, and is now the residence of Mr.
Alderman Kenrick. The dining room of Mr. Attwood's
day, a spacious apartment, beneath whose sky-lighted roof
many a Council of War has been held, and whose walls
have echoed the voices of Burdett, Cartwright, Hume,
Cobbett, Hunt, and other reforming pioneers, is now a
billiard-room, and is almost the only remaining portion
of the house as it existed in Mr. Attwood's days.

The older inhabitants of Harborne still speak of * The
Attwood's ' as the best people that ever lived in the village.
Their old coachman, William Newey, is never tired of
telling of their many acts of kindliness to their poorer
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place — the Lady Bountiful. Every day, winter and
summer, at the hour when her children and servants dined,
came troops of messengers to the hospitable doors of The
Grove, and none went away without carrying to their sick
or aged friends dishes — designed and manufactured pur-
posely, with three compartments to each — filled with best
cuts of the meat, ample supplies of vegetables, and huge
slices of delicious pudding, all carefully covered with clean
napkins, and tied in flannel to keep it hot. The coachman
tells how he has often seen a joint prepared for Mrs. Att-
wood's children, stripped almost to the bone to supply the
wants of the poor and the needy outside.

Mr. Attwood seems to have been an especial favourite
in the village. The old women of the place still speak
enthusiastically of his handsome face and noble figure, and
of his cordial, courteous, and friendly manner. One old
lady actually boasts of having been kissed by him. * It
was heaving day, you see, sir, and me and three or fower
moor thought we'd heave him as he was a-walking to town.
So we stood round a corner, and when he come up we all
got round him and was a-going to heave him, but he said,
" " 'No, my good women, don't heave me, but take this
half sovereign and get yourselves a good cup o' tea with
it,' " " and then he kissed us all round. I'm the only one
left now, sir, of all the lot as was there.'

Mr. Attwood's public career commenced in the year i8i i,
when, although only 28 years of age, he was elected High
Bailiff, a position somewhat analogous to that of Mayor in
the present day. In that capacity he appears to have won
the respect and esteem of all classes of his fellow citizens.
In the following year he distinguished himself by his
exertions to obtain the Repeal of the ' Orders in Council,'
which had suspended British trade with the United States.
In that year he headed a deputation of merchants and
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upon the House of Commons. Mr. Attwood was examined
by a Committee of the House, and in the course of his
examination, which extended over several days, he so clearly
and forcibly demonstrated the impolicy of the measures as
to be mainly instrumental in obtaining their repeal. His
efforts, however, although successful, were too late to
prevent a collision ; the declaration of war and the notice
that the obnoxious orders were withdrawn crossing each
other in mid-ocean. So highly were his exertions in this
cause appreciated in Birmingham, that a meeting was held
in June, i8i2, at which it was resolved, ' That a subscrip-
tion be entered into to defray the expense of a piece of plate
to be presented to him as an expression of gratitude.' The
subscriptions were limited to sixpence each, and resulted in
the collection of ;^300. Mr. Samuel Lines was entrusted
with the task of designing a massive silver cup, a task
which he satisfactorily accomplished. A fresh difficulty,
however, occurred. At that time there was no modeller in
the town capable of carrying out the design. Mr. Lines
himself, although no modeller, undertook and successfully
completed the task, and the cup, a superb work of art, was
presented to Mr. Attwood at Beardsworth's Repository,
amid the plaudits of thousands of those who, by Mr.
Attwood's means, had been relieved of the incubus that
had well-nigh crushed the life out of them.

He was not long idle. His next work was to endeavour
to prevent the renewal of the Charter of the East India
Company, one of the most iniquitous monopolies that ever
disgraced English policy. He was not successful in his
efforts, but the new Charter was deprived of many of the
objectionable features of its predecessor. I have before me
as I write, a report of a speech he made on this subject,
January 8th, 1813, at the Royal Hotel, in Temple Row.
His speech was a masterpiece of reasoning, clear and con-
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short extract will show that, young as he then was, he was
a formidable antagonist: — 'But some of these gentlemen
tell us, Mr. High Bailiff, that their monopoly was granted
by Queen Elizabeth in perpetuity. Sir, there is no power
in England that can grant a monopoly in perpetuity. The
power that creates can always destroy. Let it he a mono-
poly in perpetuity ; let their Charter be as immeasurable as
their own desires ; let it occupy three-fifths of time as well
as of space, yet shall the British Parliament destroy it.
But, Sir, Queen Elizabeth had no more right to grant their
monopoly than I have. She sold them their monopoly and
a hundred other most infamous monopolies, which, if they
had not been destroyed by Parliament, would have destroy-
ed their country, or, as Mr. Hume most justly expresses it,
would have rendered England a desert.'

In 1815 Mr. Attwood commenced writing on the subject
of the Currency, addressing two remarkable letters to the
then Prime Minister, Lord Liverpool. In these letters he
proved himself to be a thorough master of this most in-
tricate subject. For five and twenty years afterwards, he
published something annually upon this topic. He op-
posed with great zeal and ability the passing of the Measure
of 1819 called Peel's Bill, and foretold the disasters which
followed in 1825-6. In the furtherance of his opinions on
this question, he sought and obtained conferences with the
members of successive Administrations, but his views were
never adopted in practice.

It was a consequence of his failure to persuade the Go-
vernments of the time to adopt his theories on the Currency
Question, that his mind became directed to the necessity of
a thorough reform of Parliament, and with a view to the
attainment of this object he suggested a ' Political Union
between the Lower and Middle Classes of the People.' It
was at a meeting of the inhabitants of Birmingham, held
25th January, 1830, that Mr. Attwood gave a detailed state-

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ment of the views and objects of the proposed Institution,
and before the meeting broke up the famous * Political
Union ' was an accomplished fact.

Having only a few months ago described very fully in
these columns 'The Struggle for Reform in 1832,' it is not
necessary for me to go over that ground again at any length.
It will suffice to say that in 183 1, Earl Grey being Premier,
the Ministers brought in a Bill for Reforming the House
of Commons, the second reading of which was passed by
a majority of one. Seeing how hopeless it was to attempt
to carry a large and comprehensive measure with parties so
equally balanced. Earl Grey dissolved Parliament and ap-
pealed to the people. More than 100 of those who had
opposed the Bill lost their seats, and the new House gave
the Ministry a position of enormous strength. A fresh Bill
was adopted in the Commons by a majority of 136, but the
House of Lords threw it out.

The whole country was roused. Riots at Nottingham,
Bristol, and other places caused great destruction of
property. Attwood, at the head of 150,000 followers on
Newhall Hill, counselled 'Peace, Law, and Order.' The
people adopted his advice. Another Bill was brought in
and carried through the Commons by a majority of 162, the
votes in its favour being two to one. The Lords again
defeated the Measure, and Lord Grey resigned. The King
sent for the Duke of Wellington, but he could find no one
rash enough to join him. The King was compelled to
recall Grey. Meanwhile Birmingham was awake ! Such
an assemblage, as had never before crowded the heights of
Newhall Hill, met ; met sorrowfully, but determinedly.
Attwood was equal to the occasion. He went to London,
and in a few days the Tory party succumbed, hid itself, and
allowed the Bill to pass without further opposition. It was
universally allowed that to Attwood alone was the merit
due of having saved the country from the throes of a

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revolution. The Corporation of London at a magnificent
reception voted him the freedom of that city, and he was
hailed as the 'saviour of his country.'

The day he returned to Birmingham after the victory
was secured was one which will never be forgotten by those
who witnessed it. From Small Heath to New Street the
roadway was lined, the house-tops covered, and the
windows crowded with human beings amounting to scores,
if not hundreds of thousands, all jubilant, and all desirous
of welcoming home the great and peaceful victor. The
scene was fully described in the article formerly alluded to,
and I will only now add one touching incident, which shall
be told in the words of an eye-witness. Speaking of the
progress of the procession, he says : —

* The greatest pressure was at the corner of High Street
and New Street. So great, indeed, was this pressure that
the pole of the carriage in which Mr. Attwood was riding
was broken, the harness torn in pieces, and the carriage
itself almost demolished. The horses were obliged to be
removed, and the people actually carried the vehicle towards
the Hen and Chickens. As it passed the Bank Mr. Att-
wood reverently uncovered, and bowed to an aged couple
who were seen at an upper window of that establishment.
When it became known that these venerable persons were
the parents of Mr. Attwood, who had come from Shrop-
shire to witness the reception given to their distinguished
son, every head was uncovered in an instant, and such a
shout was raised as moved the aged couple to tears, com-
pelling them to retire. It was a most affecting scene.'

It is well known that Mr. Attwood was returned to Par-
liament as one of the first representatives of Birmingham.
He remained Member for the town for about seven years.
His greatest admirers, however, must admit that his Parlia-
mentary career was comparatively a failure. The great
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life-work was done before he entered the House of Com-
mons, and he made no 'headway' there. He was quite
conscious of it himself, and wished to resign after about
two years' experience of the House of Commons. In a
speech delivered at Beardsworth, September 15th, 1834, he
tacitly admitted his failure, and mentioned his wish to re-
tire in the following terms: — ' When I entered Parliament
I expected to meet bands of patriots animated with the same
interests as the people ; feeling for their wrongs and oppres-
sions, and determined to redress and relieve them. I almost
regretted that I had had a hand in the Reform when I saw
troops of sychophants and timeservers, who seemed only
anxious to regard their own selfish interests, and to destroy
the very system of Liberty and Reform from which they
themselves had drawn their existence. These, gentlemen,
you may well believe, were not very partial to me. They
looked upon me as one cow looks upon another cow's calf,
as a stranger out of my place — a mere Birmingham trades-
man, very disagreeable in their eyes. You must not be
surprised that I received this treatment. The House of
Commons is divided into two great parties — Whig and
Tory. To the first I had been mainly instrumental in as-
sisting to do a favour too great for proud men ever to for-
give ; to the latter I had been mainly instrumental in doing
an injury which interested men never could forgive. I was
obnoxious to them as a tradesman; I was obnoxious to them
as a forward leader in political matters ; and I was obnoxious
to both parties, above all things, as having for 20 years de-
nounced and exposed the frightful errors and crimes which
they were committing. . . . You all know that I entered
Parliament with reluctance. I thought it my duty to obey
your orders, and I have done so. For two years I have
incessantly dinned the truth into the ears of the House of
Commons, and I now think that I should do wrong if I did
not inform you that I entertain serious thoughts of re-

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signing the situation which I hold. ... I hope you
will find a more efficient representative than I have been.
I shall retire from your service with uncontaminated hands,
and I shall carry with me to the grave the gratifying
reflection that I have done everything in my power to assist
in the great work of restoring liberty, prosperity, and
glory to my country.'

He continued, however, to represent the town, some five
years after this, wearying the House by perpetually
forcing upon the unwilling ears of its Members his peculiar
views upon the Currency Question. His last prominent
act in the House was the presentation in June, 1839, of the
monster Chartist Petition, containing a million and a
quarter of signatures. In December of that year he re-
signed and retired altogether into private life.

Shortly before the resignation of his seat in Parliament
he had removed with his family to Jersey. While living
there he lost his excellent wife. She was buried in the
island. Returning to England he married a Miss Grice,
of Handsworth Hall, and resided for some years at a large
house in the Heathfield Road, Handsworth. From there
he removed to the neighbourhood of Coventry, but his
health failing, he again, for the benefit of the hydropathic
treatment, removed to Malvern, where, on the 6th of March,
1856, he died, being 72 years of age. He was buried in the
pleasant churchyard of Hanley, near Upton-on-Severn, of
which parish his relative, the Rev. Mr. Grice — now Incum-
bent of Miss Ryland's Church, at Barford — was the Rector.
A plain altar tomb of red Aberdeen granite covers his re-
mains, the only inscription upon which records in old
English characters his name and the dates of his birth and
death. The second Mrs. Attwood, I believe, is still resid-
ing in the neighbourhood of her husband's tomb. His old
and faithful personal attendant, William Henry Cutler, who
was with him during the busiest part of his career, is now

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the landlord of the Sportsman Tavern, in Tindal Street,
Ladywood, and he possesses a relic of his honoured master
of which he is very proud. It is the old-fashioned easy
chair which formerly stood in Mr. Attwood's dining room,
the cosy seat in which the late agitator was wont to take his
ease after the exhausting labours of a day of Reform agita-
tion. S. D. R."

INSCRIPTION ON TOMB, ST. CLEMENT's, JERSEY.

December 13th, 1863.

ELIZABETH,

The Beloved Wife of Thomas Attwood, of Birmingham,

Died in this Parish,

Sunday morning, 26th April, 1848,

Aged 55.

Also the above named

THOMAS ATTWOOD,

First M.P. for the Borough of Birmingham,

Died at Great Malvern, 6th March, 1856,

Aged 72 ;

Was buried at Hanley Castle, Worcester.

LETTER OF INTRODUCTION FROM LAFAYETTE TO
MR. THOMAS ATTWOOD.

** La Grange,

14th July , 1833.
Permit me, my dear Sir, to present to you Theophile
Zakrewski, who has been formally introduced to me by one
of his most respectable countrymen.

He is obliged to leave France, and I hope he will find
some support on your side of the Channel.

Most truly and affectionately yours,

Lafayette."

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STATUE OF THOMAS ATTWOOD ERECTED AT BIRMINGHAM.

Cornish's ''Guide through Birmingham," Fo. 25: —
**The inhabitants of Birmingham could not let the
memory of the * Father of the Political Union' die. In the
national struggle for the Reform Bill Thomas Attwood took
the most prominent part and, in fact, in organizing the
Political Union first made political opinion felt. When he
died on the 6th March 1856, the inhabitants met and resolv-
ed to perpetuate the memory of a good man, a long tried
friend and faithful representative, by erecting a Statue to his
memory. The work was entrusted to Mr. John Thomas,
Sculptor of London, who produced in marble a most effect-
ive and admirable Statue. It was erected at the junction of
Stephen's Place with the New Street and was inaugurated
on the 6th June, 1859. The cost was about ;^ 1,000."

From Birmingham Paper, August 3, 1865.
*'A part of the estates belonging to the late firm of
Attwoods, Spooner, & Co., were sold by auction by Messrs.
Fallows & Smith, on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
in last week. Several farms and pieces of land near Cradley,
Halesowen, &c., were disposed of on the first two nights at
remarkably good prices, the competition for some of the lots
being very spirited. On Thursday night 13 lots were offer-
ed at the Hen and Chickens Hotel. Of these, three were of
unusual importance, Middleton Hall Farm, consisting of
198 acres, the greater part being excellent pasture land, was
bought by Mr. A. Allbat for the Freehold Land Society for
;^ 1 6, 000. The whole of the lot on the Middleton Hall
Estate realised ;^25,78o. The Colmers, a fine estate of 451
acres, with a family mansion upon it, capital covers and
trout streams, was sold to Mr. Thogner, as representing
the Birmingham Financial Company for ;^23,ooo. The
Leasowes, remarkable for its classical associations, and its
picturesque beauty, was also offered. The estate, which

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consists of 148 acres, is charmingly wooded, has a fine man-
sion upon it, and is supposed to be rich in minerals, was
sold to Mr. B. Gibbons for ;^i7,ooo. It is a somewhat
remarkable fact, that every lot submitted in the three days
was sold."

** EXTRACTS FROM THE LIFE OF THOMAS ATTWOOD,"

By C. W. Wakefield.
Published by Harrison & Sons, 1885.
" Matthias, the father of Thomas Attwood, was a man of
considerable ability and much force of character. He was
generally reputed to be a hard and stern man, but was cap-
able of inspiring much affection in many of his dependants,
as several touching anecdotes preserved by his son Charles,
show. He was a Steel Manufacturer, and also engaged in
the nail trade, and other industries. In 1791, in conjunction
with Isaac Spooner, he established the well known firm of
Attwood, Spooner, & Co., Bankers. He was the owner of
Hawne, The Leasowes, and various other considerable
estates, a Deputy-Lieutenant and Magistrate for the Count-
ies of Salop, Stafford, Worcester, and Warwick. Hawne
House, his birthplace, is a rambling, dilapidated old house,
situated on a steep hill overlooking the valley of the Stour,
and just a mile from the town of Halesowen. In former
times it must have been a picturesque and desirable
residence, but it has shared the fate of many other old
mansions near the Black Country. A wing was added by
the Patchetts about 1700, and another by Mr. Attwood-
Mathews about 1790."

EXTRACT FROM MR. THOMAS ATTWOOD's LETTER.

" Birmingham,

2nd September, 1825.
It turns out to be true that John Attwood has sold his
works for a large sum, certainly not less than ;^5oo,ooo.

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This purchase raises the value of the Hawne estate between
;^300,ooo and ;^40o,ooo."

*' By an agreement dated lo June, 1825, John Attwood
of Corngreaves, first cousin to Thomas, agreed to sell to John
Taylor, James Henry Shears, and Robert Small, the Corn-
greaves Estates, Dudley Wood, etc., etc., for ;^6oo,ooo. A
law suit arose out of this purchase."

" Birmingham,

14th November, 1827.
The King's Bench has refused a new trial to the British
Iron Co., consequently the verdict at Stafford stands good,
and the Company is legally saddled with a payment of a
rent of ;^ 16,000 a year to John Attwood, over and above
the money they have paid him."

" December, 1834.
This month witnessed the close of the famous, costly,
and interminable suit of Small v. Attwood, which resulted
in Attwood's favour. Mr. Attwood was so delighted with
this result that he purchased the finest brougham and
pair of horses that he could procure in London and sent
them as a present to Sir Thomas Wilde, his leading counsel,
to whom he had already paid the enormous fee of six
thousand guineas. The horses were named ' Small ' and
* Attwood.' The total weight of the papers connected with
the trial was six tons."

** On Princess Victoria attaining her majority. May 24th,
1837, Thomas Attwood and Joshua Scholefield presented
Addresses to Her Royal Highness and the Duchess of Kent.
On Mr. Attwood reading the Address both Her Royal
Highness and the Duchess of Kent were greatly affected.
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and expressed her high gratification at the sentiments of
gratitude and respect towards herself contained in the
Address, and at finding that her anxious labours in forming
the character of her royal daughter were so highly
appreciated by all classes of Her Majesty's subjects."

LIST OF SHERIFFS NOMINATED.

** The following are the names of those who were nomi-
nated for Sheriffs in the Queen's Bench Division of the
High Court of Justice yesterday : —

Herefordshire. — Benjamin St. John Attwood-Mat-
hews, of Pontrilas Court, Hereford, Esq. ; Herbert Ho-
worth Wood, of Whitehouse, Peterchurch, Esq. ; Harold
Charles Mojffatt, of Goodrich Court, Ross, Esq."

attwood-mathews.
Change of Surname.

•* I, the undersigned, Benjamin St. John Attwood-Mat-
hews, of Pontrilas, in the County of Hereford, do hereby
give notice, that by a deed poll, bearing date the 22nd day
of August, 1881, and since enrolled in the High Court of
Justice, Chancery Division, I have assumed and adopted
the surname of Attwood in addition to my previous family
surname of Mathews, and that at all times hereafter, in all
deeds, documents, and writings, and in all dealings, tran-
sactions, and correspondence, and for all purposes and on
all occasions whatsoever, I shall henceforth use the surname
of Attwood-Mathews instead of the surname of Mathews
alone, and in future my proper address will be by the sur-
name of Attwood-Mathews accordingly.

Dated this 24th day of August, 1881.

B. ST. JOHN ATTWOOD-MATHEWS.

Witness. Walter H. Steward, Gentleman, Pontrilas."

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MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.

Attwood, John, s. Thomas, Chadsley, Co. Worcester, gent,
Magdalen Hall, Matric. March 9, 1725, April 6, aged
16, B.A. February 13, 1729, 30, as Atwood.

Attwood, John, s. John, of Cleobury, Salop, Cler. Worcester
Coll., Matric. June 22, 1752, aged 18, B.A. 1756, as
Atwood.

Attwood, George, s. Mathew, of Rowley Regis, Co. Staf-
ford, Arm. University Coll., Matric. April 2,1794, aged
16, B.A. 1798, M.A. May 22, 1802.

Attwood, Thomas Arthur Carless, o. s. Thomas Aurelius,
of Erdington, Co. Warwick, Arm. Pembroke Coll.,
Matric. January 25, 1883, aged 19, B.A. 1886, of the
Inner Temple, 1884.

Attwood, James Harrington, o. s, James Alexander, of
Shottery, Co. Warwick, Christ Church, Matric. June
9» 1843, aged 19.

Moore, Alfred, 5th s. John, of Bishopwearmouth, Co. Dur-
ham, Arm. Exeter Coll., Matric. October 18, 1883,
aged 19, B.A. 1887.

Moore, Edward, M.A. Christ Coll., Cambridge, 1879.

Moore, Charles William, B.A. Christ Coll., Cambridge,
1884.

From The Morning Post, July 21, 1846.
" We regret to announce the sudden death of Mr. Dan.
Wakefield, the well-known Queen's Council, who was
found dead in his shower-bath at an early hour yesterday
morning. Mr. Wakefield was in perfect health on Satur-
day, and was to have replied in a cause at Vice Chancellor's
Court yesterday."

From The Morning Post, July 23, 1846.
"Mr. Wakefield was called to the Bar in 1807, by the
Honble. Soc. of Lincoln's Inn, of which he was a Bencher,

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and although since that period he had had considerable
practice, it is to be regretted that he died in embarrassed
circumstances, a result which may be ascribed to his bene-
volent disposition. He has on many occasions been known
to refuse money and return fees for holding briefs on ascer-
taining that his clients were in distress. He was the son
of the eminent Mrs. Priscilla Wakefield, the original pro-
moter of Savings Banks, a lady who, it may be added, was
aunt to the lamented Mrs. Fry."

September 24, 1846 : —

"At Wellington, New Zealand, by the Rev. R. Cole,
M.A., Edward William Stafford, Esqre., eldest son of
Berkley Buckingham Stafford, Esqre., of Mayre Con.
South, to Emily Charlotte, only daughter of Colonel Wm.
Wakefield, and granddaughter of Sir John Shelley Sidney,
Bart., of Penhurst, Kent."

"G. A. (George Attwood) died April 9, 1807, aged 86."

** R. M. A. (Rachel Maria Attwood) died March 3, 1798,
aged 82."

" Susan (Attwood) died September 27, 1819." Extract-
ed from the coffins by Thomas Attwood at Aaron Attwood's
funeral, 18 June, 1822, Halesowen (family vault).

" Edward Gibbon Wakefield, the founder of the Wel-
lington Settlement, and the author of the system of dealing
with waste lands for the purpose of promoting colonization,
died at his residence, Wellington, New Zealand, on the i6th
May, aged 66 years."

COLONEL W. WAKEFIELD.

Neva Zealand Gazette, Vol. i. No. 17. Wellington,
September 21, 1848.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington, 20 September,
1848.

" His Excellency the Governor-in-Chief has been pleased
to direct it to be notified that in consequence of the lamented

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decease of the late Colonel Wm. Wakefield, Principal
Agent of the New Zealand Company, the public offices will
be closed on Friday next, in order to afford all officers, who
may wish to pay a tribute of respect to his memory, an
opportunity of doing so, by attending the funeral.
By His Excellency's Command,

Alfred Domett, Colonial Secretary."

DEATH OF MR. C. M. WAKEFIELD, J. P.

*'The Bench that originally grouped round the late
Mr. F. H. Deane as Chairman becomes sadly depleted by
death in late years. One of its oldest members passed
away on Sunday night in the person of Mr. Charles Marcus
Wakefield, of Belmont. He had been gradually failing
for the past two years, yet the illness even at the last was
not such as to absolutely incapacitate him ; he kept his
diary — a forty seven years' record (it was begun at 17) up
to the day of his death, and during the final weeks of his
necessary stay in doors, his student habits — for he was a
life long student — stood him in good stead ; his favourite
authors, home, classical or foreign, Italian or Spanish, as
the case might be, were constant and dearly-loved com-
panions.

It would seem that his fatal ailment — paralysis — was
caught years ago from shipwreck and exposure off Cape
Horn, and that it had lain dormant all that time.

Mr. Wakefield, who sprang from an old Westmoreland
family dwelling near the Scottish Border, was the son of
Mr. Daniel Bell Wakefield, Barrister-at-Law, Judge of the
Supreme Court of New Zealand, and this explains that in-
timate acquaintance with and fondness for that southern
island which were characteristics of his, well known to the
people of Uxbridge neighbourhood. It must be clearly in
the memory of many how on one occasion he responded to
a request to give a lecture, and choosing New Zealand as

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his subject, discoursed from a wealth of fact and with a
copiousness of language which suggested that, as far as his
command of the topic went, he had merely opened a
window rather than poured himself out upon it.

And certainly, if anyone had a family right of connection
with New Zealand, it was the deceased gentlemen. The
famous Edward Gibbon Wakefield, who died 40 years ago
yesterday (i6th May), at Wellington, N.Z., and whose
memory remains, as regards the Antipodes, as one of the
makers of our Colonial history, was his uncle, and Capt.
Arthur Wakefield, R.N., killed in the Wairau massacre.
Mr. Daniel Wakefield's only son was, however, trained as
a youth in England ; his early life being spent with
Thomas Attwood, then M.P. for Birmingham, and the
founder of Political Unions. The name Attwood and the
association of Birmingham do not represent the later
political aspect of Mr. C. M. Wakefield's life, nor did the
late respected gentleman himself ever strive to conceal that
he had left, so far as party ties were concerned, his first
political moorings. With him as with such a number of
others. Home Rule became a final testing point, and the
Empire idea claimed its own in this Wakefield of Colonial
instinct and travelled mind. Not that he was ever, so far
as we can see or gather, an aggressive politician on any
side. His bent was towards the quietness of Nature,
towards the library and the study ; though, of course there
was the sense of duty there to impel him to perform every
task his position as a citizen and as a country gentleman
imposed upon him. So we find him taking office in the
local Conservative Association — he was latterly its chairman
— and also accepting in 1885 a seat upon the Middlesex
Bench of Magistrates. In this latter capacity his great
kindness of nature showed itself at the cost of personal
inconvenience in a way upon which we refrain from
commenting at length because we believe his own retiring

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disposition would have preferred that it should be left, even
if recorded at all, to the barest possible mention.

As to his pursuits as a scholar, we may say that Mr.
Wakefield was very fond of history and science, especially
national history. He spent a great deal of his time in
collecting insects in New Zealand, where after training in
England, he had joined his parents ; and he was a fellow
of the Linnaean and Entomological and other societies.

Locally, he was an Honorary Member of the M.U.
Oddfellows, and of the Ancient Order of Foresters ; he
was likewise an Honorary Member of the Fire Brigade.

Mr. Wakefield married Miss Annette Sophia, fourth
daughter of Mr. W. B. Collis, D.L., of Wollaston Hall,
Stourbridge, and there are four children — two sons and two
daughters. "

FUNERAL OF MR. C. M. WAKEFIELD, J. P.

"On Thursday, at three o'clock, was the day and time
appointed for the funeral, and towards that hour a half-
muffled peal was rung on St. Andrew's bells by the ringers.
The cortege left Belmont about 2*45, proceeding by way of
Belmont Road and the High Street, Uxbridge, to St.
Andrew's Church, where it was met by the Rev. H. G.
Bird, Vicar, and the Rev F. Jones, Curate. Preparatory to
its entrance to the Church, Mr. J. English had played
Chopin's * Funeral March ' to a large congregation. The
first portion of the Service opened with the singing of the
hymn 'Now the labourer's task is o'er,' the choir leading.
The Rev. F. Jones impressively read the lesson, and this
portion of the Service was brought to a close by the singing
of the hymn ' For ever with the Lord,' followed by Mr.
English playing the ' Dead March ' in Saul. The coffin was
then conveyed to a glass hearse, and followed by two mourn-
ing and several private carriages, the procession wended its
way to the Hillingdon Cemetery, where the interment was

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made in the new portion of the burial ground. The Rev.
H. G. Bird, Vicar of St. Andrew's, conducted the latter
part of the Service. The mourners were the widow, Mrs.
Wakefield, Mr. E. Wakefield, Mr. C. Wakefield, (sons),
Mr. and Mrs. Freeman, Mr. T. Attwood, Miss Josephine
and Mr. Oliver Wakefield, Capt. Torlesse, R.N., Mr.
Cozens, Capt. and Mrs. Grice-Hutchinson ; and Mr. and
Mrs. Daley and other employees of the household. There
were also present either at the Church or graveside,
amongst others, the Rev. T. W. James, Vicar of St.
Margaret's, Uxbridge ; the Rev. J. Godding, Rector of
Hayes; the Rev. H. Francis, Vicar of Yiewsley; the Rev.
C. E. M. Read, Curate of St. Margaret's, Uxbridge, the
Rev. W. Leveson, Curate of St. John's, Uxbridge Moor ;
Mr. R. E. Master; Mr. C. F. De Salis ; Mr. H. W.
Woodbridge ; Mr. C. Woodbridge ; Mr. Brownscombe,
representing the Police ; Mr. W. A. Bird, Vice-Chairman
of the Uxbridge Division, Conservative Association, and
Mr. T. A. Prosser, representing the Uxbridge Habitation
of the Primrose League ; Mr B. T. Gales, representing the
Fire Brigade (of which the deceased was an Honorary
Member); Messrs. H. Gales, W. Cowdrey and Blay, on
behalf of the Uxbridge Oddfellows ; Mr. C. E. King,
representing the Foresters, of both which Societies the
deceased had been an Honorary Member; Mrs. H. G. Bird,
the Misses Rayner, Miss Randoll Smith, Dr. Davidson,
Mr. J. Coles, Mr. A. Button, Mr. Wingfield, Mr. H. H.
Hutson, Mr. H. Lanaway, Mrs. J. Nicholls, Mr. E.
Nicholls, Mr. J. Pewsey, Mr. J. Brown, Mr. Craxford,
Mr. Maddock, and Mr. H. Briant ; Miss Dow, and a large
number of children from St. Andrew's Schools.

The coffin, which was of polished oak with brass
furniture was lowered into a grave that had been tastefully
adorned with marsh marigold, ivy, and white cow parsley,
the work of Mr. Daley, gardener at Belmont, the inscription
plate on the coffin reading : —

lOO
CHARLES MARCUS WAKEFIELD,

Died nth May, 1902,
Aged 64 years.

The floral contributions were : —

In kind remembrance, from E. Gibbs.

From his loving sister, Alice May Freeman.

With deep sympathy, Mr. William Cochrane, (New-
castle-upon-Tyne).

With deep regret and most sincere sympathy, from Mr.
and Mrs. A. C. F. Attwood.

With kind remembrance. Dr. Davidson.

With sincere sympathy, Mr. and Mrs. J. Moore,
Beckenham.

In memory, from Captain and Mrs. Grice-Hutchinson,
The Boynes.

In ever loving memory of a good master, from all the
servants at Belmont.

In affectionate memory of a most kind friend, Mrs.
W. A. Bewes and family, Denham.

From Cecil Cochrane.

With deepest sympathy, from Miss Randoll Smith and
Miss H. Randoll Smith.

With much sympathy and kind remembrance, from the
Members of the Uxbridge Habitation of the Primrose
League, T. A. Prosser, Hon. Sec.

With Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Collis' loving sympathy.

From his affectionate nieces, Mary and Edith Freeman.

With sincere sympathy, from the Rev. and Mrs.
C. E. M. Read.

With love and much sympathy, from Mrs. Hugh K.
McAllum, Riding Mill-on-Tyne.

There also were other wreaths.

Mr. J. Brown, on behalf of Messrs. Carrick and Coles,
of Uxbridge, personally supervised the funeral arrange-
ments."

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"At the Petty Sessions, on Monday, Mr. C. F. De
Salis, who presided, said : ' Before the business of the
Court begins to-day, I should like on behalf of the Bench
to make a statement of the great regret that we feel in the
loss of one of our members, Mr. Wakefield. He had been
a member of this Bench for 17 years, having been appointed
in 1885, and during all that time he has always done his
utmost to assist the carrying on of justice here. Not only
to the Bench has he been of great use, but to the town at
large, and I know he will be greatly missed. Although in
failing health for the last few months his death occurred
most suddenly last night. All the members of the Bench,
and I am sure, the Police of Uxbridge, regret his loss and
sympathize deeply with his family in their bereavement.'"

ATTWOOD AND DUDLEY PEDIGREE.

"Middleton Villa, Grove Park,
Chiswick,

October 26, 1877.
My dear Sir,

I have great pleasure in forwarding the enclosed, which
you need not return. I have a quantity of extracts from
the Wolverley Registers, and I believe they comprise all
the Attwoods, but am not sure. They were extracted by
the Rev. John Hodgson (now Rector of Kinver) who, I
believe, is descended from the old Wolverley family. I
have picked out all the Attwoods from my extracts, but I
should mention that the said extracts are copied from a copy
(made by a friend) of Mr. Hodgson's notes, and therefore
I cannot vouch for their entire accuracy. Many years ago
I met Mr. Hodgson, and I understood from him that he
had investigated the Attwood pedigree, so that he may pos-
sibly be in a position to supply you with some valuable in-
formation. The enclosed scrap of pedigree may perhaps
interest you. I wish very much to ascertain the baptismal

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names of the Mr. Attwood who married Eleanor Dudley,
and of her son, the father of Edward. I can guarantee the
accuracy of the pedigree. The Dudley Parish Registers
would, no doubt, afford me great assistance, and some day
I must try and get them searched. I always fancied that
the Attwoods of the Leasowes, &c., &c., belonged to this
family, and if they descend from the match with Dudley,
they inherit some of the proudest blood of this country,
and a shield of about loo quarterings including Plantage-
nets. Believe me to be,

Yours truly,
J. Moore, Esq." H. Sydney Grazebrook.

H. S. Grazebrook is of the Inner Temple, Barrister,
and author of ** Heraldry of Worcestershire," &c.

Thomas Sutton, alias Dudley, of Ansills=f
Hall, near Dudley, descended from Geof-
frey Dudley, Esq., son of Edward, Lord
Dudley, K.G.

Thomas, of Ansills Hall-
D. 1684.

Eleanor, fourth dau., mar. before=Attwood, of

1677, living- a widow at Dudley,
1724. D. in 1726.

Dudley.

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John Dudley, d. Sep., 1723, intestate. His estate went to the=Attwood.
descendants of his five aunts as his co-heirs at law.

Edward A., Elizabeth=Samuel Hannah, =Elisha Elizabeth = ist James

of Dudley, Mercy. Green- mar. Jan. West- Jones, 2nd

born about way. 1727-8. wood. Jos. Jones,

1705. of Dudley.

'* Arms. — G. a lion rampant double quev^e, vert.

II X, John Dudley, Knight, son of Edmond Dudley,
and Elizabeth, his wife, sister and heir to John Grey, Vis-
count Lisle, was first created Baron of Malpas, in Cheshire,
and Admiral of England, 34 Henry VHI., and Viscount
Lisle, the 12th of March, 34 Henry VHL, the same year
Arthur Plantagenet died, 1542 ; and in the first year of
Edward the Vlth he was created Earl of Warwick ; and
the 9th of October, in the fifth year of the said King's

MATTHIAS ATTWOOD.

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reign, he was created Duke of Northumberland." See
''Tit. Northumberland."

"Arms. — O. a lion rampant, double quevee, vert.

1551. 16 X. John Dudley (son of Edmund Dudley, in-
famous under Henry VII.), Earl of Warwick, Lord Ad-
miral, Duke of Northumberland ; beheaded by Queen
Mary. He was father of Guilford Dudley, who married
the Lady Jane Grey. He married Jane, daughter and
heiress of Sir Edward Guilford, Knight, Arms : O. a Sal-
tier, between four martlets, S. with a canton of Granada,
which is, Ar. a pomegranate in pale, slipped proper."

At Claines, on a mural tablet.
" Here lieth the body of George Attwood, late of Bever-
ley, in this Parish, Esqre., who died 17th February, 1722,
aged 80. Also the body of Winifred, his wife, daughter
and heiress of Thomas, 5th son of William, Lord Petre,
Baron of Writtle, by Ursula, his wife, daughter and heir-
ess of Richard Brook, of Lapley Hall, in the County of
Stafford, Esqre., who died 17 Feb., 1707, aged 76."

PLACES REPRESENTED IN PARLIAMENT BY
MR. MATTHIAS ATTWOOD.

Fowey. April 3, 1819. Gentleman's Magazine: "Mem-
ber returned to serve in Parliament, April
3, 1 8 19, Matthias Attwood, Esq., and
Vallefort, dec."

Callington, Cornwall. General Election 1820 : —

Sir C. Robinson - - - 68 votes.
Hon. E. P. Lygon - - 68 ,,
Matthias Attwood - - 51 ,,
Alderman Thompson - - 51 ,,

On Petition Mr. Attwood and Alderman Thompson were

seated.

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votes.

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49

n

38

votes.

38

>>

20

n

20

>>

Callington. General Election, 1826: —

A. Baring _ - _ .
Matthias Attwood
Mr. Bad well

Boroughhridge, 1830 : —

Matthias Attwood

Sir Charles Weatherall

Andr. Lawson

W. A. Mackinnon - -

Boroughbridge, 1831. Mr. Attwood and Sir C. Weather-
all were re-elected without opposition,
and were the last representatives of this
Constituency.

Whitehaven. General Election, December, 1832 : —

Matthias Attwood (C) returned 209 votes.
Isaac Littledale (L) defeated 175 ,,

Whitehaven. General Election, January, 1835 : —
Matthias Attwood (C) returned.

Whitehaven. General Election, July and August, 1837 : —
Matthias Attwood (C) returned.

Whitehaven. General Election, July 2, 1841 : —
Matthias Attwood (C) returned.

N.B. — Retired from Parliament in 1847. Was in Parlia-
ment 24 years.

PLACES REPRESENTED IN PARLIAMENT BY
MR. THOMAS ATTWOOD.

Birmingham. General Election, December, 1832 : —
Thomas Attwood (L) returned.
Joshua Scholefield (L) returned.

Birmingham. General Election, January, 1835 : —

Thomas Attwood (L) returned 1780 votes.
Josh. Scholefield (L) returned 1660 ,,
Richard Spooner (C) defeated 915 ,,

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Birmingham. General Election, July and Aug., 1837 :—
Thomas Attwood (L) returned 2145 votes.
Josh. Scholefield (L) returned 21 14 ,,
A. G. Stapleton (C) defeated 1546 ,,

Thomas Attwood accepted the Chiltern Hundreds in 1840.

MR. CHARLES ATTWOOD.

Newcastle-upon-Tyne. General Election, Deer., 1832: —
Sir Matthew White Ridley

returned - - - - 2 1 1 2 votes.
John Hodgson returned - 1686 ,,
Charles Attwood defeated - 1392 ,,

PLACES REPRESENTED IN PARLIAMENT BY
MR. MATTHIAS WOLVERLEY ATTWOOD.

Greenwich. General Election, January, 1835 : —

John Angerstein (L) returned 1826 votes.
Ed. Geo. Barnard (L) returned 1 102 ,,
M. W. Attwood (C) defeated.

Greenwich. General Election, July and August, 1837 : —
M. W. Attwood (C) returned 1386 votes.
Ed. Geo. Barnard (L) returned 1194 ,,
Capt. Chas. Napier R.N. (L)

defeated - - - - 1158 ,,

London. General Election, June 30, 1841 : —

John Masterman (C) returned 6339 votes.

George Lyall (C) returned - 6290 ,,

Sir M. Wood (L) returned - 6215 ,,

Lord Jno. Russell (L) returned 621 1 ,,

M. W. Attwood (C) defeated 6202 ,,

Joseph Pattison (L) defeated 6070 ,,

Wm. Crawford (L) defeated 6065 ,,

John Pirie (C) defeated - 6017 ,,

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Kinsale. General Election, July 6, 1841 : —
Wm. Hy. Watson (L)

returned - - - - 98 votes.
M. W. Attwood (C) defeated- 79 ,,

Sunderland. General Election, September, 1841 : —

Visct. Howick (L) returned - 706 votes.
M. W. Attwood (C) defeated 462 ,,

GEORGE DE Bosco ATTWOOD (Son of Thomas).

Walsall. General Election, December, 1832 : —
Chas. Smith Foster (C)

returned - - - - 304 votes.
George De Bosco Attwood

(L) defeated - - - 231 ,,

THE ATTWOODS OF LONDON.

E. Walford's "Greater London." Vol. 2, Fo. 104: —
"The family of Attwood, by whom Standerstead Court
was built, had long been seated in that Parish. Mr. Levi-
son-Gower says : ' In a fine of land relating to Standerstead,
19 Edward III., I find the name of Peter Attwood ; and in
Coulsdon, the adjoining Parish, the same name occurs in
6 Edward II., when Peter Attwood and John and Roger
De Bosco (or of the wood), are returned as owing lands in
that Parish. Their name is still retained in Wood Place
in Coulston. Over the house at Standerstead Court is a
shield with the arms of Attwood, a lion rampant between
three acorns, surmounted by their crest, a woodman's axe.'
It is a fine mansion of red brick, close to the Church.
It belongs to the reign of Charles 11. , as appears from the
date in the south front. A few years ago a secret chamber
(or priest's hole, as they are popularly called) was dis-
covered behind the chimney in the great hall.

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There is a tradition that Queen Elizabeth once slept
here, and one of the bedrooms is called the * Queen's room,'
but this tradition is doubtful."

FROM THE PARISH REGISTERS OF WOLVERLEY.
BAPTISMS.

1 567. John, s. of Anthony Attwood, Esq. , and Jane his wife.

1580. Anthony, s. of Samuel and Jane Attwood.

1584. Mary, d. of same.

1586. John, s. of Mr. Sam. Attwood.

1591. Francis, s. of Sam. Attwood, Esq.

1593. Jane, d. of Sam. and Jane Attwood.

1596. Thomas, s. of same.

1616. Mary, d. of Fras. Attwood.

1630. Anthony, s. of John Attwood, Gent.

1632. Elizabeth, d. of same.

1638. Elizabeth, d. of Thos. and Doratye Attwood.

1642. Mary, d. of John Atwood, Gent., and Mary.

1685. Sam., s. of Abel Atwood, Gent.

1686. Abel, s. of same.

1689. Ann, d. of Mr. Abel Atwood, Gentleman, and
Rebecca.

1707. Holborough, s. of Mr. Sam. Atwood.

1708. Mary (Qy. Anne), d. of same.
1 7 14. Elizabeth, d. of same.

1 7 16. Grace, d. of same.

MARRIAGES.

1579. Mr. John Debytatt and Mystresse Doratye Atwood.
1610. Thomas Waring, Gent, and Mrs. Eliz. Atwood.
1614. Randle Shinton and Sarah Atwood.
1625. John Stepkin, Gent., and Mrs. Judith Atwood.
1659. Edmund Russell, Esq., of Streatham, and Mary, d.

of John Attwood, of Wolverley Court, Esq.
1738. Sam. Lowe, of Chadyly (Chadderley, Co. Worcester),

and Ann Attwood, of Wolverley.

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1744. John Watkin, of Kidderminster, and Mary Attwood,
by banns.

BURIALS.

1578. Jane, wife of Anthony Atwood, was chested and
buried under the great stone before the pulpit.

1588. Izould, wife of Anthony Atwood, once called the
Lady Wyllowby, buried in the Chancel.

1592. Thomas Rydley, Gent., father-in-law to Mr. Sam.
Atwood.

1633. Jane, wife of Sam. Atwood.

1637. Anthony Atwood.

1638. Thos Atwood, Gent.
1640. Elizabeth Atwood.

1659. John Atwood, Gentleman.

1659. Mistress Elinor Atwood.

1668. John Atwood, Esq.

1695. Henry Atwood, Esq.

1708. Holborough, s. of Mr. Sam. and Rebecca Atwood.

1 7 18. Mr. Sam. Atwood.

1720. Mrs. Mary Atwood, widow of the Court.

1726. Abel Attwood, Gent.

1734. Mrs. Rebecca Attwood.

FROM THE PARISH REGISTERS OF WOLVERLEY.

In the handwritting of Henry Sydney Grazebrook, and sent
by him to Mr. J. Moore.

BAPTISMS.

1567. John,s. of Anthony Attwood, Esq., and Jane his wife.

1580. Anthony, s. of Samuel and Jane Attwood.

1584. Mary, d. of same.

1586. John, s. of Mr. Sam. Atwood.

1591. Francis, s. of Sam. Atwood, Esq.

1593* Sara, d. of Sam. and Jane Atwood.

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1596. Thomas, s. of same.

1616. Mary, d. of Fras. Atwood.

1630. Anthony, s. of John Atwood, Gent.

1632. Elizabeth, d. of same.

1638. EHzabeth, d. of Thos. and Doratye Atwood.

1642. Mary, d. of John Atwood, Gent., and Mary.

1685. Sam., s. of Abel Atwood, Gent.

1686. Abel, s. of the same.

1689. Ann, d. of Mr. Abel Atwood, Gentleman.

1707. Holborough, s. of Mr. Sam. and Rebecca Attwood.

1708. Mary (? Ann), d. of same.

17 1 2. Sara, d. of Sam. and Rebecca Attwood.
1 7 14. Elizab., d. of same.
1 7 16. Grace, d. of same.

MARRIAGES.

1579. Mr. John Debytatt and Mystresse Doratye Atwood.
1610. Tho. Waring, Gent., and Mrs. Eliz. Atwood.
1614. Randle Shinton and Sarah Atwood.
1625. John Stepkin, Gent., and Mrs. Judith Atwood.
1659. Edmond Russell, Esq., of Strensham, and Mary, d.

of John Attwood, of Wolverley Court, Esq.
1738. Sam. Lowe, of Chadgley (Chaddesley, Co. Wore),

and Ann Attwood, of Wolverley.
1744. John Watkin, of Kidderm., and Mary Attwood, by

banns.

BURIALS.

1578. Jane, wife of Anthony Atwood, Esq., was chested
and buried under the great stone before the pulpit.

1588. *Izould, wife of Anthony Atwood, Esq., once called
the Lady Wyllowby, burd. in the Chancel.

*Isolda was the daughter of . . . Bulkeley, of Hants.,
she was married ist to Sir Jas. Willoughby, 2nd to Jas.
Baskerville of Kyre, and 3rdly (in 1580) to Anthony
Attwood."

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1592. Thomas Rydley, Gent., father-in-law to Mr. Sam.

Atwoode.
1633. Jane, w. of Sam. Atwood.

1637. Anthony Atwood.

1638. Thos. Atwood, Gent.
1640. Elizab. Atwood.

1659. John Atwood, Gentleman.

1659. Mistress Elinor Atwood.

1668. John Atwood, Esq.

1695. Hemy Attwood, Esq.

1708. Holborough, s. of Mr. Sam. and Rebecca Attwood.

17 18. Mr. Sam. Attwood.

1720. Mrs. Mary Attwood, widow, of the Court.

1726. Abel Attwood, Gent.

1734. Mrs. Rebecca Attwood.

Memorandum. — A Seal of . . . Attwood, who
possessed the Hawne Estate, exhibits these bearing. Gules,
a lion rampant argent {not double tailed). Crest, a lion
rampant, double tailed. Motto, 'Vivere sut vincere.' There
was an impalement of (I think) 2 bars on a canton, a lion's
or wolf's head.

Nash says the crest of the Attwoods of Wolverley was
a swan's head in a ducal coronet, but that is the Beauchamp
crest, and Nash is a poor authority on heraldic matters.

The marriage of Beauchamp with Attwood's daughter
is to my mind not proven. See my observations thereon in
the "Heraldry of Worcestershire," p. 40, under ** Beau-
champ."

H. Sidney Grazebrook.

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Estates formerly belonging to

THE LATE MATTHIAS ATTWOOD, ESQ.,

of Hawne and the Leasowes, near Birmingham.

Estates Conveyed in May, 1854, and Purchase Monies
inserted in the Conveyances.

NAME OF ESTATE.

Colmers Estate —

Sum for which Conveyed

Subject to a Mortgage since paid off

PURCHASE MONIES.

£

16,000
10,000

s. d.

Middleton Hall Estate ------

Lands purchased of the Worcester Canal Co. - - -

Hirst Mill, &c. Copyhold of the Manor of Kings Norton -
Hawne Estate, including Mines - - - - -

Leasowes Estate -------

Lands purchased by Mr. George Attwood of Lord Lyttleton,

in 1844, now part of Leasowes Estate - - .

Tadpoles, Halesowen -_.---
Detached Lands at Cradley - . . . -

Enfranchised Lands at Cradley - - - - -

Comgreaves Steel Furnaces, &c. . - . -

Leashold part of Comgreaves Steel Furnaces, &c.
Messuage and Land, Hasbury . - - - -

Lodge, Forge, and Lands, Cradley . . . .

Belle Vale Forge, &c., Leasehold - . . -

Lands in Whitley Fields, Halesowen . - - -

Copyhold at Lutley, held of the Manor of the Deanery of

Wolverhampton ------

Hayes Estate — Sum for which Conveyed - 4,000 o o

Subject to a Mortgage since

paid off ... 6,000 o o

Leasehold, Halesowen, held under Dudley Canal Co.

Lands Purchased since 1854.

Purchased of Lord Lyttleton in 1856, containing
6a. 3r. 32p., now part of the Leasowes Estate 1,050 o o

Lands at Kings Norton purchased of Cotter-
ill's Trustees in 1862, containing 47a. 3r. 3p.,
now part of Middleton Hall Estate - - 4,125 o o

s. d.

26,000
18,000

4.500

1,500

74,000

20,000

1,000
1,000
1.350
3.500
300

50

1.350

2,500

300

450

1,500

10,000
5

5. 17s

;^ 1 72,480 O O

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Estates of Matthias Attwood (Continued).

In addition to the above a Leasehold Property in Broad St.,
Birmingham, was assigned by Mr. George Attwood, in
May, 1854 ....--- £2>°°° ° °

A. R. P. A. R. P.

Mr. Mathews' Valuation, made in April, 1864, states the total
quantities to be- - - - - - - 1.324 o 14

Mr. Mathews' Survey Book made in 1854, states
the total quantities to be - - - 1,273 o o

To which add land purchased in 1856 of Lord

Lyttleton - - - - - 62 32

Lands purchased in 1862 of Cottrell's Trustees 47 3 3

1,328 O II
Deduct sold to the Stourbridge Railway Co. - 4 i 30

1.323 I 33

- 1.323

I 33

£

s. d.

- 172,430

0 0

- 107,300

0 0

Total

Total Purchase Monies in Conveyances, including Mines
Mr. Mathews' Valuation in 1864, exclusive of Mines -

Leaving for Mines - - . . . ;^6s,i8o o o

The Times, September 19, 1865.
"On Sunday, the 17th inst., at his residence, Dulwich
Hill, Surrey, after a short illness, Matthias Wolverley Att-
wood, Esq., aged 57."

The Times, October 30, 1866.
'* On the 19th inst., at Sunderland, Edward Attwood,
Esq., deeply regretted."

"On the 8th Feb., Eleanor, widow of Joseph Attwood,
at Syndike Villa, Kent's Bank, Grange-over-Sands, Lan-
cashire, fourth daughter of the late Francis Homfray, Esq.,
of Hyde House, Kinner, Staffordshire, aged 92 years.
November 20, 1875.

*' Mrs. Harold Freeman, of Cheshunt, at Twickenham,
of a son."

MEMORIAL CROSS TO MARY ANNE ATT WOOD.

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New Zealand Paper, 1875.

" At Fendalltown, the wife of Chas. M. Wakefield of
a daughter."

1877.

"April loth, at St. Mary Magdalene, Paddington, Mr.
Chas. A. Barnes, of Solesbridge, Rickmansworth, Herts,
to Rowena F. M., daughter of the late Mr. G. De Bosco
Attwood, Glenthorne, Twickenham."

"On the 1 2th Sept., at the Manor House, Abbots
Langley, Watford, the wife of Harold Freeman, Esq.,
of a daughter."

" Nov. 2nd, at Tanet House, Llanyblodwell, Shrop-
shire, Agnes, the beloved wife of Alfred Homfray, Esq.,
second daughter of the late George De Bosco Attwood."

1878.
** On the 13th March, Rowena, the dearly loved wife of
Charles A. Barnes, Solesbridge, Rickmansworth."

The Times, 1871.
" On the 19th February, at Ore, near Hastings, Maria
Attwood, second daughter of the late James Attwood, Esq.,
of Corngreaves House, Staffordshire, aged 88."

1872.
** On the 30th July last, Mary Anne, the eldest daughter
of the late Matthias Attwood, Esq., of Hawne, in the 91st
year of her age."

The Times, April 27, 1873.
"On the 22nd inst., at Boughton Street, Sunderland,
aged 86 years, Sarah Waterhouse, for over 50 years the
nurse and faithful friend in the families of the late Edward
Attwood, of Sunderland, and John Moore, of Oakwood,
Beckenham, Kent."

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The Times, 1874.
**On the 1 2th March, at Cheshunt, Maria, widow of the
late Edward Brown, of Addingham Vicarage, Cumberland,
aged 55 years."

1874.
**At Pengelly House, Cheshunt, Herts, on November
23rd, Benjamin Attwood, Esq., aged 80 years."
The Times, December 3, 1874.
** On the 30th November, at Pengelly House, Cheshunt,
Herts, Angela, widow of Daniel Bell Wakefield, of Wel-
lington, New Zealand, Barrister-at-Law, elder daughter
and last surviving child of Thomas Attwood, formerly
M.P. for Birmingham, aged 62,"

The Tim,es. 1875.
"On the 24th February, at his residence, Holy wood
House, Wolsingham, Durham, Charles Attwood, Esq.,
aged 84."

The Tim,es, April 9, 1875.
•*On the 7th inst., at St. James's, Piccadilly, by the
Rev. W. R. P. Waudby, Rector of Stoke Albany, North-
amptonshire, and the Rev. H. Demain, M. A., Oxon,
Sidney James Waudby, Captain Bombay Staff Corps, to
Mary Alice, daughter of the late E. A. Attwood, Esq."
The Times. 1874.
"On the 19th Deer., at Holy Trinity Church, Bourne-
mouth, by the Rev. H. Demain, M. A., of Hertford,
Harold, elder son of Edward Augustus Freeman, of Somer-
leaze. Wells, Somerset, to Alice Mary, only surviving
daughter of Daniel Bell Wakefield, late of Wellington,
New Zealand."

The Times, July 5, 1878.
"On the 4th inst., at St. Leonard 's-on-Sea, Emma,
widow of the late Algernon Attwood, and only daughter of
the late John Foulkes, of Elwy House, Wrexham."

LIEUT. CKCIL WAUDBV,

"5

"On the 28th December, at the British Consulate,

Nice, Marshall Fowler Stapylton, eldest son of Marshall

Fowler, Esq., of Preston Hall, County Durham, to Alice

Edith, eldest daughter of the late Algernon Attwood, Esq."

The Times. 1878.

"On the 28th December, by special licence, at the
British Embassy, Paris, by the Rev. Dr. Forbes, William
Barber, youngest son of the late Rev. W. Barber, Chap-
lain of St. John's, Mentone, and Vicar of Teynham, Kent,
to Mary, youngest daughter of the late Algernon Attwood,
Esq."

The Times, February 15, 1879.

"On the 8th February, Eleanor, widow of Joseph
Attwood, at Syndike Villa, Kent's Bank, Grange-over-
Sands, Lancashire, fourth daughter of the late Francis
Homfray, Esq., of Hyde House, Kinver, Staffordshire,
aged 92 years."

"On the i6th April, 1880, killed, while defending the
Dubrai Post, between Candahar and Quettah, against an
overwhelming force, Sidney James Waudby, Major 19th
Bombay N.L, son of the Rev. W. R. P. Waudby, Rector
of Stoke Albany, Market Harborough, in his 40th year."
The Times, August 18, 1880.

"On the 13th inst., at Glenthorne, St. Margaret's,
Twickenham, Evelyn Thomas, eldest son of the late George
De Bosco Attwood, and grandson of the late Thomas
Attwood, formerly M.P. for Birmingham."
The Times, August 12, 1881.

" On the 9th August, Rachel Maria Mathews, widow of
William Mathews, of Parkfield, Malvern, and last survivor
of the children of Matthias Attwood, of Hawne."
The Times, September 20, 1881.

"On the 13th inst., at Mentone, South France,
Gertrude Dorothea, daughter of the late Algernon and
Emma Attwood, aged 23."

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The Times, September 20, 1881.
"On the 15th inst., at Mentone, South France, the
wife of Marshall Stapylton, of a son."

The Times, December, 1881.
" On the i6th inst., at Chillon, Switzerland, Alice Edith,
the adored wife of Marshall Stapylton, aged 24."
The Tim,es, August 7, 1884.
**On the 6th August, 1884, at the Manor House,
Abbot's Langley, Herts, Eleanor Constance, the dearly
beloved child of Harold and Alice Mary Freeman, aged
five years and ten months."

The Tim.es, August 10, 1888.
"On the 8th inst., at Glenthorne, St. Margaret's,
Twickenham, the wife of G. R. Attwood, of a daughter."

"On the i2th inst., at Harlington, Middlesex, the wife
of Charles William Shackle, a son."

July, 1892.
"A marriage has been arranged between Mr. T. A.
Carless Attwood, of Malvern Wells, only child of the late
Mr. T. A. Attwood, of Woodend House, Warwickshire,
and of Lincoln's Inn, and the Hon. Hilda Evelyn Pomeroy,
only daughter of Viscount Harberton."
October, 1892.

" On the 5th inst., at St. Jude's Church, South Kensing-
ton, by the Rev. Prebendary Eardley-Wilmot, vicar,
Thomas Arthur Carless Attwood, of Malvern Wells, only
child of the late T. Aurelius Attwood, Esq., of Woodend
House, Warwickshire, and of Lincoln's Inn, to the
Hon. Hilda Evelyn Pomeroy, only daughter of Viscount
Harberton."

The Times, October 8, 1892.

"On the 6th inst., at Hillside, Springfield Road, St.
Leonards-on-Sea, James Harrington Attwood, in his 73rd
year."

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SILVER WEDDING.

The Times, December 19, 1899.
" On the 19th December, 1874, at Holy Trinity Church,
Bournemouth, by the Rev. H. Demain, of Hertford, M.A.,
Harold, elder son of Edward Augustus Freeman, of
Sommerleaze, Wells, Somerset, to Alice Mary, only
surviving daughter of Daniel Bell Wakefield, late of
Wellington, New Zealand."

EXTRACTS FROM AN OLD FAMILY BIBLE.

" William Ayles and Ann Wright were married Jan. ye
21, 1 741, in Trinity Church, Whitehaven, by the Rev. W.
Brisean.

1743. July 6, born, John Ayles. Died July 25, 1792.

Betty, their daughter, was born May 17, 1745.

William, born April 21, 1747. Died in America.

Thomas, born March 19, 1748. Died March 17, 1749.

Robert, born December 7, 1750. Died in America.

Delivered of a dead child, January 12, 1753.

Sally, born August 4, 1754. N.S.

Sally, died March 29, 1756.

William, died November 29, 1756.

William Wood and Betty Ayles were married October
loth, 1767, in Trinity Church, by one Rev. Mr. Sirall.

Ann, their daughter, was born December 18, 1768.

She was delivered of a dead child Sept. 20th, 1770.

Ann Ayles, died November 28, 1794, aged 81 years.

MEMORANDUM OF THE FAMILY OF WILLIAM AND BETTY

WOOD.

William Wood, perished in the ship * Sampson ' which
was driven upon the rocks, bound to Quebec, May 19, 1783.

Betty Wood, died October 23, 1827, aged 82 years.

John Elliot and Ann Wood were married June 26, 1761,
in Trinity Church, by the Rev. W. Church.

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John Elliot was born April 24, 1764. Died March 19,
1806.

Elizabeth, their daughter, born April 19, 1792.

John, their son, born January 24, 1793.

William, their son, born March 2, 1795. Died at Bat-
tersea, April 4, 1826, aged 31.

John Elliot died March 19, 1806.

Ann Elliot died at Sunderland, December 29, 1844."

INSCRIPTION ON BRASS TABLET IN BISHOPWEARMOUTH.

In Memory of

Thomas Moore, Died 22 November, 1842,

Aged 79.

John Moore, Son of the above,

Died 25 August, 1853,

Aged 59.

Frances, Wife of the above, died 25 March, 1872,

Aged 69,

Thomas Peter,

Died 24 January, 1852, aged 26.

William Graham,
Died 31 March, 1861, aged 31.

Louisa,

Died 7 January, 1872, Aged 28.

Sons and Daughters of the above John Moore.

burials in the MOORE VAULT, GILL CEMETERY,
BISHOPWEARMOUTH.

John Moore, of Bishopwearmouth, died August 25,
i853) aged 59.

Frances, wife of the above, died March 25, 1873,
aged 69.

William Graham, son, died March 31, 1861, aged 31.

Louisa, daughter, died January 7, 1872, aged 28.

Margaret, daughter of Thomas Moore, of Bishopwear-
mouth, died December 20, 1870, aged 78.

MISS FLORENCE MOORE AS "MADAME FAVART.

M'5= FLORENCE MOORE

R^:' EDWARD MOORE

M" CHA^ W^ MOORE

M" ALFRED MOORE

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EXTRACTS FROM BISHOPWEARMOUTH PARISH REGISTER.
BAPTISMS.

1576. July 30. Anna More, of Sunderland.

1578. July 18. John More, of Sunderland.

1579. Oct. 25. Robert More, of Sunderland.

MARRIAGES.

1577-8. Nov. 23. John More and Katherin Tomson.
1601. June 16. Richarde Huntley and Jane Moore,
of Ryop.

1581. July 4. John Goodchilde and Mary More.

THE ** TIMES" AND MR. JOHN MOORE's OAKWOOD
RESIDENCE.

In the foregoing pages repeated reference has been made
to the ancient mansions of the Attwood family, and the
Illustrations we have been fortunate in securing, will give
evidence of the artistic taste of their owners. The accom-
panying engravings of Oakwood, the beautiful residence of
Mr. and Mrs. Moore, will enable my readers to judge of
the continuity of a love of the beautiful, combined with the
higher ideas of usefulness and liberality. In the history of
the numerous stately homes of England, it is always point-
ed out with just pride, that such a mansion was honoured
by a visit from Royalty. The following account of a Coro-
nation gathering at Oakwood, taken from The Times of July
25th, 1902, will show that Oakwood has been honoured by
the selection of its beautiful grounds as a fitting place to
entertain the guests of Queen Alexandra, on the occasion
of the Coronation of King Edward VII. and his Queen.

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THE CORONATION.

*' One hundred and thirty girls connected with the Wal-
worth Branch of the Metropolitan Association for Befriend-
ing Young Servants, were entertained to the Queen's tea
at Shortlands, yesterday. They were met at the Railway
Station by the Hayes Brass Band, which played them up
to the beautiful grounds of Oakwood, which had been
kindly lent for the occasion by Mr. J. Moore, the owner.
After strolling about the woods and park they sat down at
tables under trees, and had the tea which was the main
object of their visit. The following message was read from
the Queen : — * The Queen sends her best wishes to all her
guests at tea, and hopes they are enjoying themselves.
Her Majesty feels sure that they will be pleased to hear
that the King is progressing satisfactorily.' Then, on be-
half of the girls, the following telegram was sent to her
Majesty :— ' One hundred and thirty M. A. B. Y. S. girls
offer most respectful and grateful thanks to her Majesty for
her tea and entertainment at Shortlands. They rejoice to
hear of the King's recovery. They assure her of their
loyal devotion, and will remember her gracious thought of
them for as long as they live.' After tea the girls engaged
in sports, races, swinging, and dancing. Subsequently
they assembled on the terrace and were entertained with
patriotic songs, by ladies and gentlemen of Shortlands.
Among those who assisted were Miss Julia Miers (Secretary
of the Branch) ; the Rev. H. F. Wolley, Vicar of Short-
lands : and the Rev. E. Moore."

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PEDIGREE OF MOORE, GOODCHILD, AND
ANDERSON.

John Goodchild, of Ryhope,=Mary Moore, of Burdon, mar. 4 July, 1581.

purchased Pallion, 14 Eliza
beth, 1572

Re-married Geo. Shipperdson, of Ryhope,

29 July* 1588.

John=. . . Joana==William Shipperdson, of Murton and Bainbridge
I Holme, Bishopwearraouth.

John=. . . Adam, of Monkwearmouth and==Barbara, dau. of Robert

Barnes, afterwards of New-
castle-upon-Tyne.

Anderson, of Newcastle-
upon-Tyne.

Has issue, of whom the Pemberton Family
are a branch.

The above brief pedigree, taken from Surtees' ''Dur-
ham," is an interesting record of alliances with some of
the oldest families in the Palatinate of Durham. The
Shipperdson's held lands by Copy of Court Roll in Bishop-
wearmouth in the time of Edward III. — 1327 ; while the
Goodchilds and Moores have held honourable place and
power from the time of Edward IV. It is therefore fitting
that in the last pages of these brief historic notes, reference
should be made to the continuity of remarkable events in
the present branches of the representatives of the family.
It will be seen from the above pedigree that the Moore
family are of the main branch of the three well-known
families in Bishopwearmouth Ancient Parish, to which
were allied the Andersons, of Monkwearmouth and New-
castle-upon-Tyne. In the preceding pages many interest-
ing episodes in the Attwood family have been recorded.
The "Combat des Trente" has carried the imagination
back to the pre-Norman period in our national history,
then follows the history and romance of the "Attwood
Crusader," to be equalled in interest by the devotion of
another branch of the family to the cause of the Stuarts,

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and the memorable escape of Charles II. in the Boscobel
Oak, held in sacred remembrance on *' Royal Oak Day."
Yet as we follow the services to King and Country, as
found in the annals of the last branches of the historic
family, they rival in interest any previous record. The
alliance of the Goodchild and Moore families in the i6th
century, led up to that of the Shipperdsons and Andersons,
also the Pembertons and Laurences, each of whom have
contributed eventful episodes in the pages of history and
romance, which give a touch of poetic beauty to our
national and North Country literature. When Charles I.
was taken prisoner at Oxford, he was sent on to Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, to be near the borders of Scotland while nego-
tiations were being carried out for the sale of the King to
the Parliamentary Commissioners. Charles and his family
resided in Newcastle for lo months, and were housed in the
most stately mansion within the walls of the town — Ander-
son House, the historic residence of Robert Anderson, who
had married a grand-daughter of John Goodchild and Mary
Moore. Here the fallen Monarch was allowed every
facility for comfort and pleasure, the chief source of an-
noyance being the sermons that were preached at him by
usurping Covenanter preachers who occupied St. Nicholas
Church pulpit during these troubled times — who never let
an opportunity pass for making political allusions in their
sermons. On one occa^on a Scotch minister, after his dis-
course, gave out the opening lines of the 52nd Psalm : —

"Why dost thou, tyrant, boast abroad,
Thy wicked works to praise ?"

This pointed allusion to the fallen Monarch was too much
for the King. His Majesty thereupon rose from his seat
and called upon the people to sing the 56th Psalm, as more
appropriate : —

ST. NICHOLAS CATHEDRAL.

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" Have mercy, Lord, on me, I pray.
For man would me devour."

The sympathy of the congregation was with the King, and
they sang with evident zeal the song of supplication.

The last alliance to be noticed in the history of Bishop-
wearmouth ancient families, was that with the daughter of
Rector John Laurence, the well-known scholar and natural-
ist. There is a popular tradition that the appointment of
Rector Laurence, in 1 721, to the most important Rectory
in the North of England, was not a popular one, he being
a perfect stranger, and also a prominent supporter of the
Hanoverian succession, while the north was favourable to
the Jacobite movement. On the first Sunday of the new
Rector occupying the pulpit, the three squires of the Parish
rose from their seats, and walked side by side out of the
Church, as a protest against the appointment of an utter
stranger to the Rectorship. The subsequent events proved,
however, that the three squires did not object to the com-
pany of the Rector's three daughters, for each was married
to a daughter of Rector Laurence. John Goodchild, of
Pallion, married Elizabeth, and John Pemberton married
Penelope, thus reuniting the two houses which had sprung
from John Goodchild and Mary Moore in 1581.

REGISTERED AT HERALDS' COLLEGE.

Thomas Arthur Carless Attwood, Gentleman, M.A.
(Oxon). Born May 27th, 1863, being the only child of
the late Thomas Aurelius Attwood, of Birmingham, Bar-
rister-at-Law, by his wife Mary, eldest daughter of Joseph
Smallwood, of Castle Bromwich ; succeeded on the death
(1901) of his cousin, George Reginald Attwood, of Glaslyn
Court, to the male representation of the family of Att-
wood, late of Hawne House, Corngreaves Hall, and The
Leasowes, near Halesowen, County Worcester. Livery

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claret and silver. Armorial bearings : quarterly i and 4,
gules, a cross indented, in the ist and 4th quarters a lion
rampant argent, and in the 2nd and 3rd a swan close, also
argent, beaked or ; 2 per pale argent and gules, a chevron
vair between three quartre-foils, in the centre chief point a
fleur de lys all countercharged (for Adams, of Cakemore
House, County Worcester) ; 3 or, on a mount, in base an
oak tree proper, over all a fess gules, thereon three cinque-
foils of the field, in the dexter canton two annulets inter-
laced in pale sable (for Carless of Birmingham) ; and
impaling the arms of Pomeroy, namely or, a lion rampant
gules, armed and tongued azure, holding between the fore-
paws an apple proper. Mantling, gules and argent. Crest,
on a wreath of the colours, in front of an oak tree proper,
a demi swan with wings expanded argent. Motto : ^' Pos-
sunt quia posse videntur." Married, October 5th, 1892,
Hon. Hilda Evelyn, only surviving daughter of Rt. Hon.
James Spencer Pomeroy, sixth Viscount Harberton.

Rosamund Carless Attwood, only child and heiress of
the late George Reginald Attwood, Gentleman (died 1901),
by his wife Constance Marion, daughter of Rev. William
Harper Brandreth, M.A., Rector of Standish, Lancashire,
Hon. Canon of Manchester, and Rural Dean of Leyland.
Livery claret and silver. Armorial bearings : on a lozenge,
quarterly i and 4, gules, a cross indented, in the ist and
4th quarters a lion rampant argent, and in the 2nd and 3rd
a swan close, also argent, beaked or ; 2 per pale argent and
gules, a chevron vair between three quatrefoils, in the
centre chief point a fleur de lys all countercharged (for
Adams of Cakemore House, County Worcester) ; 3 or, on
a mount, in base an oak tree proper, over all a fess gules,
thereon three cinquefoils of the field, in the dexter canton
two annulets interlaced in pale sable (for Carless, of
Birmingham).

/^"Oeo.Regij«J/\ld/4ttWood .

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COLONEL CARLESS AND CHARLES II. — THE BOSCOBEL OAK.

The romance of Charles II.'s escape by hiding in the
Boscobel Oak, cannot be omitted from any notice of the
Attwood family. The relationship of the De Boscos, Att-
woods, and Carlesses, have been given in previous pages.
The racy account of the services Colonel Carless rendered
to King Charles on his memorable escape in the oak tree,
as given by The Globe on Royal Oak Day, is worthy of per-
manent record in the history of the Attwood family.

It is a remarkable fact that nearly all the "tracts and
narratives" from which we glean any knowledge of the
King's doings after the Battle of Worcester, are, for the
most part, founded upon the story as told by himself, as re-
corded in Pepys' immortal Diary, "who took down from
the King's own mouth all particulars of his escape." It
was by the advice of the Earl of Derby that Charles sought
refuge in Boscobel House. Here the King intended going
into hiding, but only a few hours after his arrival it was
thought more prudent to take to the woods. The King re-
tired into the deepest part of the neighbouring forest dis-
guised as a woodman. His departure was none too soon,
for he had scarcely quitted the house when a troop of horse
arrived to search for him. It was a rainy night, and his
guide, Richard Penderel, borrowed a blanket, which was
spread for the King under a tree. But now a more vigor-
ous character appears upon the scene. Colonel Carless —
one of the first in the Worcester fight, and the last to leave
it — followed the steps of the King and found him in the
Boscobel Woods; and it was at his instigation that Charles
actually climbed the oak, instead of sheltering on the
sodded ground beneath it. A cushion was obtained, the
Colonel climbed after him, and " humbly desired his
Majesty, who had taken little or no rest the two preceding
nights, to seat himself as easily as he could in the tree, and
rest his head on the Colonel's lap. In this oak they con-

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tinued most part of the day ; and in that position the King
slumbered away some portion of the time."

Here we have a story of such vivid and picturesque
elements, and appealing so directly to human interests, that
it might well have been regarded as an evergreen. A royal
fugitive and his valiant and faithful officer, proved and en-
during loyalty, a fanatical soldiery on the track ; hot haste,
disguise, surprise, and the final hiding in the oak, beneath
which the Roundhead "hummed his surly hymn." The
sequence of the bare facts is so rapid and engrossing, that
even the high-pressure novelist might pant after them in
vain. After the Restoration Colonel Carless was specially
honoured by the King, at whose request he adopted the
more commemorative name of *' Carlos," receiving a grant
of arms which have a most correct oak tree " proper."

A question has arisen as to the identity of the Boscobel
Oak. There is no uncertainty about the fact. The present
flourishing tree is not that which supported and concealed
the weary limbs of Charles II. There is no doubt as to
the fate of the original oak. The Restoration did not take
place until nine years after the hiding in the oak, during
which the incident was known to comparatively few per-
sons. But it was, naturally enough, noised abroad at the
time of the Restoration, and when England was throwing
up its cap for the King, the Royal Oak also became an
object of the wildest popular enthusiasm. It was literally
hacked to pieces by visitors, and was at last blown down by
the storm in 1700. But there had already grown up by its
side a thriving scion ; this sprang up from an acorn from
the King's tree, and others were raised from the original
tree. So that the Royal Oak in Boscobel Woods is the
survival of the historic tree of the 17th century.

THE ATTWOODS IN HISTORY.

Among the numerous historic houses and places asso-
ciated with the history of the Attwood family, few of them
can excel in beauty of situation and historic interest as
Llanvihangel Court, Monmouthshire, the home of Mr.
B. St. John Attwood-Mathews. Llanvihangel Court
was the dower house of the Harley and Oxford family ;
some portions of it are eight hundred years old. Its
traditions are associated with Queen Elizabeth and the
Spanish Armada ; the mounting block by which Elizabeth
mounted her palfry is still preserved. The great beauty of
Llanvihangel is in its splendid avenues, the "Chestnut
Avenue " was planted from chestnuts that came over at the
time of the Armada ; and there are two great jars in the
panelled entrance hall, which contain wine brought from
Spain in the same ships. The house is gabled, and
surrounded by extensive park lands, and commands the most
magnificent landscapes in Monmouthshire ; it is situated
on the " Skerrid Mountain" (Sacred Mountain), where
the Druids performed their sacrifices, and has extensive
views of the Black Mountains. It was from Llanvihangel
Court that Charles I. issued his orders to the Royalist
Army. His coat-of-arms is yet retained over his bed room
door, which is known as " King Charles's Room." It is
interesting to find how interwoven with the great historic
events in our national life has been the patriotism of the
Attwood family. From century to century a De Bois or
an Attwood has ever been foremost in the battles, the
councils, and in the no less glorious peaceful congresses of
the nation. While in the early development of this the

128

iron and steel age, the name of Attwood will ever be
remembered for inventions in the manufacture of iron
and steel. In the history of modern political movements,
no names will be more prominent than those of Thomas
Attwood, of Birmingham, and Charles Attwood, of New-
castle-upon-Tyne. They were the founders of the modern
political Associations. The influence of these gentle-
men at two of the most critical periods in English
monarchial history during the last century has never been
surpassed. When the country was on the verge of civil
war during the trial of Queen Caroline and the introduction
by the Government of a "Bill of Pains and Penalties," Mr.
Charles Attwood's letter to The Times, backed by that
influential newspaper, brought about the withdrawal of the
Bill, and thus secured continuance unbroken the right of
succession to the throne, which is now a matter of no
dispute. So also in the great Reform and Chartist
agitation, the brothers were the idols of the people ; yet
when extreme measures were advocated, both declared they
would be no party to treason or disorder ; ' ' they were loyal
to the Sovereign, loyal to the constitution, and loyal to the
laws." And now after the lapse of half-a-century the
evidence of history confirms the nobility of their lives and
usefulness. Nor is the spirit of the Attwoods degenerated
in the present representatives of the family, as the preceding
pages give evidence. None are more loyal, and their con-
duct has been governed by pure, philanthropic, and
unselfish motives.

INDEX.

INDEX.

PAGE.

PAGE.

Abergavenny . .

18

Attwood-

—and Dudley . . 7, 102

Abing-don, Mr.

. 24, 25

>i

Family . 2, 102, 121, 125

Abbey of Biddlesdon

• 36

Mitre . . . 9

Abbey of Leicester

• 36

V. Moore . . 67

Abbey of Lehon

8

and Small . . 92

Abbot Attwood

9

and Spooner . 50, 60, 90

Abbot of Evesham ,

• 9» 23

Aaron ... 95

Abbot's Mitre .

9

Abel ... 20

Abbot Langley

• "3

Agnes . . .113

Adams's Family i6, 17, 39, 40

62, 124

Ann ... 17

Addingham Vicarage

114

Algernon 38, 114, 115

Admiral Lisle.

102

Angela . . .114

Alexandra, Queen - i

19, 120

Arnold ... 31

Allison, T. . . .

7.70

Anthony . . 17

Alost. Lord .

9

Benjamin 3, 6, 44, 64, 66,

Alpine Club .

II

68, 71, 114, 1x5

America . . .75,

82, 117

Caroline Anne . 37

Armorial Bearings

124

Charles 2,3, 7.31.32,53.

Anderson, Barbara

121

54, 67, 71. 73, 74.

Anderson, Robert . . 12

»I, 122

90, 105, 114

Anderson House .

122

>>

the Crusader . 121

,, Pedigree

121

i>

De Bosco . 113, 115

Angerstein, John .

105

»>

Edward i, 2, 3, 5, 9, 10,

AnsiUs Hall . . . .

102

12, 37, 44. 53,

Antoinette, Marie .

74

54, 112, 113

Apostolic Benediction .

10

,,

Edmund . . 20, 21

Arabian Horses

72

>)

Eleanor . . .115

Arms, Coats of 2, 7, 9, 18, 20,

22, 23,

,,

Elizabeth i, 12, 38, 89,

24, 26, 27, 34,

35. 36,

90,91

37, 41, 102, IC

)3. 124,

i>

Emma . . 114, 115

Assurance Companies .

43

»»

Evelyn Thomas . 115

Ashton, Mr. .

77

))

George 11, 16, 30, 31, 94,

Aston, Mr.

75

95, 103

Astroode, Ralph Stretch de

20

f>

George de Bosco 40, 113,

Attwood — Banking House

6, 7. 8.

115

18, 42, 44, 53, 60, 80

George Reginald 123, 124

PAGE.

PAGE.

Attwood-

-Gertrude Dorothea 115

Attwood — Winifreid

20

>>

Henry . . i9> 20, 65

,, Wolverley 7, 43,

46,

49.

})

Holdberrow . . 19

54

64

J. B. . . 67

Attwode, Jos. Culpeper de

26

i>

James . 113, 116

,, Richard .

28

II

James Harrington 94, ii6

,, Robert

27

28

II

Joan ... 24

,, John

27

II

Johannis . . 19, 21

,, Johannis .

27

28

II

John 5, 17, 21, 26, 37, 56,

,, William .

27

92, 94, 107

,, Willielmus

27

II

John, Sir 9, 18, 22,, 24, 31,

,, Willielmi .

30

34

Attewoode, Johannes

28

II

L., Mr. ... 66

,, Johannis

22

II

Mary Alice . . 114

,, Ricardus

28

II

Mary Ann . . 44

,, Robertas

28

II

Mary Anne . . 113

Atwode, Dns. Joh .

21

II

Mr. and Mrs. A. C. 100

Avignon ....

9

. >9

II

Maria . . 59> 113

Axwell Park .

73

II

Matthias 6, 10, 42, 44, 53,
54, 62, 80, 93, 103,

Ayles Family .

117

104, 105, 115

Badnall, Mr. .

43.

104

II

Matthias Wolverley 6, 7,

Bainbridge, Cuthbert

70

49. 52, 54. 64

Baker, William

77

II

Millicent . • 3i> 37

Bank of England .

4

II

Park . . 8, 18, 32

Bankers 6, 42, 43, 44, 50, 53

80

9>

II

Rachel Maria . 44, 95

Barberino, Count .

10

II

Rebecca . . 19

,, Countess

10

II

Richard . . 28

,, Maffao de

10

II

Robert . . 5, 27, 30

Barber, Rev. W. .

"5

II

Roger, Sir . . 36

William .

"5

II

Rosabella . . 38

Barcelona

II

n

Rosamunde Carless 1 24

Baring, A. . . .

43.

104

II

Rowena F. M. . 113

Thomas, M.P.

5'

52

II

Samuel . 6, 18, 19, 37

Barclay, Bevan, & Co. .

53

II

Susan . . . 44. 95

Barlow, Mr. .

60

II

Thomas 6, 27, 44, 50, 54,

Barnes, Charles A.

"3

64, 68, 79, 80, 94, 104

Barnes, The .

121

,,

Thomas's Letters . 91, 92

Barnsby ....

35

II

Thomas Arthur Carless

Barnard, E. G.

43.

106

94. J23

Barrister-at-Law

103

II

Thomas Aurelius 38, 50,

Barford ....

88

94, 116, 123

Barwell ....

35

II

William. . . 26

Bates, T. H. .

70

PAGE,

PAGE.

Battle of the Gauges

• 58

Bois, de . 7, 9, 19, 20, 21, 2-^, 2q,

,, of Ploermel .

s. 29. 30

31. Z3> 35

„ of the Thirty

S. 29, 30

,, Arnold

• 35, 36

,, of Worcester

• 125

,, Emma

35

Beardsworth .

• 87

,, Ernauld de

35

Beauchamp 5, 9, 19, 23,

25.

31. 34» 36

,, Ernold de .

35

,, Baron .

25

,, Geoffrey de

29

,, Lady Isabella

23

,, John de

• 26, 35

,, Sir John

. 24, 26

Bosco . . . 9, iJ

5, 19, 22, 125

„ John .

9.

23, 26, 27

,, Amaldo de .

22

,, Johannes

25

,, John de

18

,, Thomas de

23

,, Johannes de.

22

,, William de

23

,, Johannis de .

. 21, 22

Beaumanoir . . 7,

8,

28, 29, 31

,, Johes de

23

,, Chapel

8

„ Johi de .

22

Beckenham . .1,

13

, 100, 113

,, Laurentius de

18

Belgium .

. 76

,, Nicho de

23

Belmont .

. 96, 99, 100

,, Rob de .

26

Bembro, Captain .

. 28, 29

,, Willielmo de

22

Benefactors .

26

Boscobel House

125

Bentley, James

66

Oak

41, 125, 126

Bergavenny, Earl ot

• 31. 37

,, Woods .

125

Bessemer Steel

• 77, 78

Bombay .

"5

Beverley .

20, 103

Bonaparte

• 56

Bewes, Mrs. W. A.

100

Bowater, Miss

16

Biddlesdon Abbey .

• 36

Bowes, Rauf .

15

Bingley Hall .

51

Boroughbridge

43, 104

Bird, Rev. H. G. .

99

Bourbons, The

• 56

„ Mr. W. A. .

99

Bournemouth .

114, 117

Birmingham 2, 6, 33, 53, 54, 68, 79,

Bourn, William

75

86, 89,

104

123, 124

Boynes, The .

38, 100

,, Daily Mail

79

Boyse, William de .

22

,, Daily Post

62

Boys, Ernold de

37

,, Gazette, Arts' s

17

,, Jon

21

,, Journal

33

Brandreth, Rev. W. H.

. 124

Bishopwearmouth 1, 13,

94.

118, 121,

Brantingby

35

123

Brass Tablet .

. I, n8

,, Register

. 119

Breton Knights

30

Bishop of Wakefield

. 9. 18

Briant, H. . . .

99

,, of Worcester

18

Bright, John .

79

Black Country, The

91

Briskoe Family

»5

Blakiston

. II, 12

Bristol Riots .

• 85

Bothnia, Gulf of .

II

Brittany ....

. 8, 28

PAGE.

PA

GE.

British Columbia .

II

Chadsley

94

,, Consulate, Nice .

115

Chains, Romance of

32

„ Iron Co.

56

Channel Islands

75

„ Oak ... I

24,

126

Chantry of Trimpley

9

Brizeaux

30

Charles I. . . .

122

Brook, quarterings

16

II. . . 122, I

25.

126

,, Richard

103

Chartists

3

Bromwich, West .

56

,, Petition .

88

Brownscombe, Mr.

99

Charities

4

,64

Brown, Edward

114

Charter of East India Co.

83

„ John .

99

Chatham & Dover Railway

78

Brownrigg, Rev. E.

71

Chemical Laboratory

77

Brugge, Edmund de

27

Chene de Mi-Voie .

29

Brunei, Mr. .

58

Chevy Chase .

9

Buckingham .

35

Cheshire

102

Burdett, Sir Francis

8i

Cheshunt . . .37,

65,

114

Burdon ....

121

Chevalier

5

Burton, William

35

Children, homeless

4

Burg, John de

27

Chillon ....

116

Burns, Robert

72

Chilton, Jane .

IS

Button, Mr. A.

99

Churchgate
Church Merrington

6S

Cakemore

39.

124

City Banks

4

Callington . . 42, 1

03.

104

City of London

51

.53

Cambridge

94

Civil Wars

8,

122

Candahar

115

Claines ....

16,

103

Canney, Dr. ,

70

Clavering, Charles John

73

Cape Horn

96

Cleibrooke

35

Capets ....

8

Cleobury

94

Captive ....

32

Cleobury Mortimer

16

. 30

Cardinal Rampolla

10

Close Rolls .

22

Carless Family 38, 39, 41,

8i,

124

Cochrane, William .

100

,, Colonel

>25

,, Cecil

100

„ Pedigree .

39

Cobbett, William .

42

, 8i

,, and Charles II. .

125

Colonial History .

97

Carlos ....

126

Coles, J

99

Cartwright, Major .

81

Collis, Dr. . . .

98

Castle Bromwich .

123

,, Miss

98,

100

,, Thorpe Ernauld .

35

„ Mrs. W. B. .

100

Cathedral of Worcester

23

Combat des Trente 8, 28,

30.

121

,, of Newcastle-upon

-

Conservative Associations

• 51

.97

Tyne .

122

Cookay, Walter de

26

Catholic Nobility .

10

Copeland, Alderqgian

5»

PAGE.

PAGE.

Corbyn's Hall Works

. 56, 60

Duberley, Rev. C. .

. 70, 71

Corngreaves Iron Work

s . 56

Duchess of Norfolk

23

,, House

92, 113. 123

,, of Kent .

92

Coronation

23, 119, 120

Dudley Family

7, 9, 102

Corn Laws

79

,, Arms .

103

Cornish's Guide

90

,, Edward

102

Cornwall

42, 103

,, Edmund

• 103

Corporation of London

• 51. 53. 86

,, Elleanor

102

Court Rolls

121

,, Elizabeth Merc>

102

Countess de Barberino

10

,, Grammar Schoo

26

,, Gertrude .

10

,, Geoffrey

102

Coventry

88

,, Guildford .

• 103

Covenanters .

122

,, Hannah

102

Cozens, Mr. .

99

,, James Jones

102

Crawford, William .

• 105

,, John .

102

Crawhall, William .

70

,, Lord .

102

Craxford, Mr.

99

,, Parish Register

26, 103

Croquart, Sir Hugh C.

30

,, Pedigree

102

Cromwell, Richard

5

Duke of Northumberland . 103

Crone, J.

70

,, of Wellington

. . 8s

Croxdale Hall

• 70, 75

Dulwich Hill .

5, 42, 45, 52

Crowley's Crew

73

,, House

5

Crusader

8,

9. 18, 32, 33

Durham County 2, 12

. 14. 70. "5

Cutler, W. H.

88

,, Chronicle .

. 69

Cumberland .

. 2, 114

,, Lord .

72

Currency Question 4

3, 67, 84, 88

Earl Grey

7. 54. 85

Daley, Mr. and Mrs.

99

,, of Warwick .

23, 24, 102

Davidson, Dr.

99, 100

East India Company

• 83

Dean and Chapter

8

Edgbaston

• 55. 58

Demain, Rev. H.

66, 114, 117

Edward L

22, 23, 27

Denham, Robert H

114, H5

n. .

20, 23, 28

Denham .

100

„ HL 5, 9, i8, 25

, 27, 28, 121

Deputy Lieutenant

54. 59. 91

IV. .

121

Derby, Earl of

• 125

„ VL .

102

Dicey, Mr.

75

VII. .

119, 120

Discussione, La

10

Elizabeth, Queen .

. 84

Dog-, a faithful

32

Elections . 3, 42,

58, 104, 105

Dolphin, J. P.

70

Effigies ....

8, 23, 32

Domett, Alfred

. 96

Elliott Family

117, 118

Dover Castle .

25

,, Ann

• 1.54

Doubleday Thomas

2

,, Elizabeth .

54. "8

Droitwich

27

,, John .

54. I '7. "8

PAGE.

PAGE.

Elliott, Mrs. W. .

70

Fry, Elizabeth

95

Elmley, Baron

23

Fyton, Richard

27

Elwy House .

114

Elkington, Mr.

so

Gales, B. T. .

99

Engineers

II

„ H. . . .

99

Entomological Society

98

Galvanized Iron Co.

57

Epitaphs i6, 19, 54,

89,

103

118

Gas Companies . 4

3. 44. 65, 69

Erdington

50

Gateshead

. 2, 72

Estates Sold .

90

Gaunt, John 0'

10, 30, 31

Evans, Dr.

66

,, Rachel Maria

• 9. 30

Evesham

9

Ralph .

9

Exeter College

94

,, William de .
Genealogy

37
7

Family Bible .

117

General Elections . 42,

58, 103, 104

Fendalltown

113

Gentleman's Magazine .

14, 42, 103

Fife, Sir John

2

Geological Society .

59

Finch, Mr.

56

German Empire

• S6

First Peer

. 21

i, 25

Gibbs, E. . . .

TOO

Fisk, Rev. G.

60

„ H. H. .

• 51. 53

Flanders

9

,, Mrs. .

100

Fleur de Lys

8,3'

. 32

Gibside Hall ,

12

Foley, Lord

. le

. 30

Gill Cemetery

. 118

„ H. W.

58

Glaslyn Court

. 123

,, Miss

16

Glass . . . .

• 2, 3. 5

Foreign Affair

j .

67

Great Malvern

. 89

Foresters' Societies

98

Glenthorne . . i

13, lis, "6

Foster, W. O.

58

Globe, The . . .

• 125

Foulkes, John

38,

"4

Gloucestershire

• 9, 23

Fowler, Marshall .

"5

Godden, William

75

Foxvale .

16

Godding, Rev. J. .

99

France .

8, <

?. 29. 75

,89

Goodchiid, Elizabeth

• 123

Francis, Rev. H. .

99

„ John . I

19, 121, 123

Feckenham

26

,, Pedigree

121

Freedom of London City

38

Goumey, Robert de

37

Freeman, Alice Mary 100,

114,

116

Gower, Thomas

17

„ Edward A. 66,

114,

117

Graftone, Edmundis de .

28

, Eleanor Constance

116

Grammar Schools .

26, 59, 80

, Frances .

113

Grange-over-Sands

• "5

, Joseph

.

39

Graphic, The .

. 64

, Harold . 16,

1 16,

117

Grazebrook, H. S. .

. 7, 102

, Mary and Edith

.

100

Great Western Railway

• 58, 78

, Mr. and Mrs. 66

99.

117

Green, Sir A. Pellet

40

Frar

iklin, W. F

[. .

70

Green's " Worcester " .

24

Greenwich
Grey, Earl

,, Lady Jane

,, John
Grice-Hutchinson, Capt.

,, Rev.

,, Miss
Grove, The
Gulf of Bothnia
Guilford, Sir Edward
Guisborough .

Haden Cross .

Hagley .

Halesowen . i6, 17, 30

Handsworth Hall .

Hanley Castle

Harberton, Viscount

Harborne

Hartlebury

Hastingfs

Haversham

Hawne House i6, 31

Hayes

Hayes Brass Band
Headlam, T. E.
Heaving- Day
Henry HI.

„ IV.

„ VI.

„ VIII.
Herald's College .
Hereford, Bishop of
Herring, Mrs.
Hartlebury Chantry
Herts

Heywood Hill
High Bailiff .
,, Steward
Hillingdon Cemetery
Historic Houses

PAGE.

• 7. 43. 105

7. 54. 36, 85

103

102

99

88

103
70

16

26, 55

41. 91. 95.

Ill, 123

88

. 89

116, 124

• 37. 81

22

• 113

35

80, 91, 92,

113. 123

99

120

2

82

35. 36

23. 25

17. 19

102

123

22

16

22

113
i6

59. 82
25
98

5

22

Historic Notes
Hodgson, Rev. John

Mr.
Holcroft, Mr.
Holme, James W.
Holt

,, Church .
Holy Trinity Church

,, Land

, , Wars
Holywood House
Home Rule
Homeless Children
Homfray, A. .

,, Francis

Hood, Dr.
Horses .
Hospital Gifts
Hospitality
House of Commons

,, of Lords
Howick, Lord
Hume

Hunt, Orator .
Huntley, Richarde
Hutchinson, W.

5.9

PAGE.

16

lOI

74. 105
60

75
23. 25
19. 23
I, 117

33

70, 114

97
s Hospital 4

113. "5
"5
70

72, 92

4. 64

81, 82

85.87

2. 73

7. 54

8i, 84

81

119

70

83

Capt. and Mrs. Grice

I ck worth .... 36

Imperial Gas Co. . . 4, 44, 65

Indian Charter ... 83

Incumbents . . . . 21

Infirmary for Children & Women 4

Inquisition .... 23

Inner Temple .... 94

Insurance Companies . . 43

Ipswich ..... 23

Ireland, Bank of . . . 43, 54

Iron Trade .... 2

,, Masters • • • . 55

Iron and Steel Institute . . 55

Isle of Man .... 75

Italy II

Italian Journal . . . lo

James, Rev. T. W. . . 99
Jersey ..... 88
Joan de Beaumanoir . . 8

Johnson, W. .... 70
H. J. . . . 75, 79
Joint-Stock Companies . . 6

Jones, Rev. F. ... 98
Josselyn . . . . 7, 28, 30
Justice of the Peace . . 19
Judges 22

Keating, Sir Henry . • 79

Kenelm's, St. .... 16

Kennard, Coleridge J. . . 51

Kenrick, Alderman . . 81

Kent . . . . I, 13, 113

,, Duchess of . . . 92

Kay, Sir John ... 38

Kidderminster 9, 18, 19, 22, 23, 26, 32

King-s of England 5, 12, 17, 25,

"9. '25

,, of France . . 8, 29, 31

,, Letters Patent . . 23

Kingswinford . . . • 55i 59

Kinver loi

Kirby, Rev. W. W. . . 66

Kirkhouse, Elizabethae . . 14, 15

,, Jane ... 15

,, William . . 15

Knights 24

,, of Brittany . . 7

,, of the Shire . 5, 27, 28

Knighthood refused . . 6

Knowles, Mrs. ... 66

Lady Jane Grey . , .103
Ladywood .... 89
Lafayette .... 89
Lanaway H. . . . . 99
Lapland . . . . . 11

AI

PAGE.

73
124
103

81

2. 74
122, 123

o. 75. 76. 92
104

14. 15

75

91, 102

99

90,

Lang Jack
Lancashire . ;
Lapley Hall .
Larches, The .
Larkin, Charles
Laurence, Rev. John
Law

Lawson, Andrew .
,, George
W. N.
Leasowes . 44, 53, 60
Leveson, Rev. W. .
Legend of Crusader
Leicestershire
Leicester, Earl of .
Leister, Le Comte de
Leland

Letters Patent
Liberal Party .
Lieutenants, Deputy . 54
Lines, Samuel
Lincoln .
Lincoln's Inn .

,, ,, Fields

Linnsean Society
Lisle, Viscount
Littledale, Isaac
Little Usworth
Liverpool, Lord
Livery

Llanyblodwell
London 4, 11, 22, 26, 38, 42, 51, 85,

105

„ Road .

,, Hospitals
Londonderry, Marquis of
Lonsdale, Earl of .
Lords of the Admiralty

„ „ „ Manor
Lord Petre .... 103

Louis XVI 74

Love, Joseph .... 68, 69
Loyal Address ... 92

8,32

35

36

37

25

75

58

59.91

83

5. 27

94

79

98

102

104

15
84
123
"3

20

4
73
44
103

PA

GE.

PAGE.

Luketon, Thomas .

26

Military Summons .

27

Lygfon, Hon. E. P.

43.

103

Minchal, Sir Richard

39

Lyttelton

26,

112

,, Lord

,, Earl Marshal .

39
39

Maccarani, Marchese AUi

10

Mines ....

II,

77. 112

Mackinnon, W. A. .

104

Moffatt, Harold Charles

93

Magistro

22

Monk, a .

22

McAUum, Mrs.

100

Montauban, Guillaume de

29

McPherson, George

70

Montefiore, Sir Moses .

45. 46

Maddock, M. .

99

Montfort, Jeanne de

28

Mag-dalen Colleg-e .

94

Monuments . 8, 24, 32

34

. 54. 90

Magistrates .

97

Monkvvearmouth .

7.

15, 121

Malpas, Baron

102

Moore, Alfred

94

Malvern Cemetery .

60

,, Charles William

94

Wells

116

,, Edward

70,

94, 120

Manchester

124

„ ,, Rev. .

120

Manufacture, Steel

75

,76

,, Frances

13, 118

Margaret of Norfolk

23

,, John 13, 14, 30,31

37

62, 70,

Marvellous escape .

33

94, 100, 102, 113,

Master, R. E.

99

II

8, I

19, 120

Masterman, John .

105

,, Louisa

13, 118

Mathews, Attwood-

93

,, Margaret .

. 118

,, Benjamin St. John

60,

62,

,, Mary . 121, 122, 123

70

93

,, Mr. and Mrs. i.

13.

37. 66,

,, Jeremiah

55

100, 119

,, Mr. and Mrs.

65

66

,, Thomas

13, 118

Mrs. R. M. .

30

61

„ Peter .

113, 118

,, Rachel Maria.

63,

"5

,, William

14. 15

,, William 55, 61, 62,

64,

115

,, ,, Graham

13, 118

Mayor of Worcester

26

More, Anna .

119

Mechanics' Institute

72

,, Jane

119

Miers, Miss Julia .

120

,, John

119

Member of Parliament 12, i

03.

104

,, Robert .

119

I

05.

106

Moore Epitaph

118

Memorial Brass

I

13

,, Pedigree

121

Mentone . . . . i

15.

116

Morrell, R. . . .

70

Merrington

15

Morning Post .

6, 94

Water Mill .

15

Motto ....

2, 1-24

Merchant Tailors' Company

43

Murchison, Sir Roderick

59

Merlin ....

29

Murton ....

121

Metallurgical Laboratory

77

Museum at Mairie of Dinan

8

Methodists

74

Middleton Hall Estate

90

PAGE.

PAGE.

Napier, Capt. Charles .

. 105

Oxford . . . '57) 94> 122

Napoli ....

10

Napoleon I. .

• 56

Paddington . . • .113

Nash's "Worcestershire"

• 17, 21

Padmore, William . . . 21

National Provincial Bank

43

Palliser, Mrs. ... 28

Naval Heroes

10

Palatinate of Durham . . 121

Nellist, Peter .

72

Pall Mall Gazette ... 65

Newey, William

81

Pallion .... 121, 123

Newhall Hill, gathering:

• 85

Pallium, The .... 9

New Zealand . . 37, 95,

97. 98,

Pamphlets on the Currency . 42, 84

113. I

14, 117

Parish Registers . 102, 107, 119

Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2, 3,

12, 22,

Paris . . . . .115

37, 74, 100, 105, I

21, 122

Parkfield . , . 61, 115

,, Chronicle . 53

. 67, 71

Parliament, Member of . 12, 27, 28

Nice ....

115

Parliamentary representation 103-6

Nicholls, Mr. and Mrs. .

99

,, services 5, 22, 27, 86

E. . . .

99

„ History . . 5

Noble, Rev. Mark .

39

,, Reform . . 38, 79

Nordroyke

9. 19

Paper Currency ... 6

Norfolk, Duchess of

23

Parke Attwood . . .18, 32

Northampton .

27

Patchett 91

Northumberland, Duke of

103

Pattison, Joseph . . . 105

,, Arms .

103

Patrons . . . . . 21, 26

,, County of .

2, 14

Pearse, Mr. .... 44

Northern Counties .

2, 13

Pease, Joseph ... 69

North of England . . 2

9. 123

Pedigrees . . 16, 39, 102, 121

North Western Railway

78

" Peel grains "... 73

,, Eastern ,,

78

Peel, Sir Robert . . 6, 42, 84

,, London ,,

78

Peer, the first . . . . 23, 25

Northern Political Union 2, 54

67.73

Pembroke College ... 94

Norton . . . . .

35

Pemberton Family . . . 121

Northwick . . . .

17

Penelope Laurence . . 123

Norwood . . . .

44

Pengelly House . 5, 64, 65, 67, 1 14

Nottingham . . . .

85

Penthieire, Jeanne de . . 28
Pepys 125

Oak Tree . . 29, i

22, 125

Petre, Lord . . . 20, 103

Oakwood . . 13, 113, i

19, 120

,, Winnifred . . . 16, 20

Park

120

Petty Sessions . . . loi

Oddfellows . . . .

98

Pewsey, J 99

Orders in Council .

82

Plantagenets . . . 7, 9, 102

Ore

113

Plate, presentation of . . 83

Orleanist . . . .

56

Ploermel ... 7, 28, 29

Ophthalmic Hospital

4

Poem, French ... 29

PAGE.

PAGE.

Political Union 2, 54, 64, 84, 85, 90

Reynolds, Dr.

66

Pope Clement VI. .

9. 19

Richard II

25,34

„ Gregory

.

28

Ill

17

„ Urbano VIII,

10

Rickmans worth

"3

Pomeroy, Rt. Hon. J. S.

121

Riding Mill-on-Tyne

100

,, Hon. Hilda Evelyn

116,

Ridley, Sir Matthew White 3,

74, 105

124

Riot at Sunderland

7

Pontrilas Court

93

Risiiiore and Attwood .

26

Powyke, Baron

34

Robinson, Sir Charles .

103

Pranke, William

21

,, ,, Christopher

42

Pratchet .

39

Rogerson, John

70. 75

Preston Hall .

115

Roll of Arms .

36

Primrose Leag-ue .

100

Rome ....

10

Princess Victoria .

92

Roundhead

126

Prior of Worcester

25

Royal Arms .

12

Public Companies .

43

,, Free Hospital

4

Pyry, Jacobus

21

,, Oak Day , . i
„ Tree .

22, 125
126

Queen Adelaide

74

,, School of Mines .

77

,, Alexandra .

119

,, Hotel, speech at .

83

,, Elizabeth

84

,, Visits .

119

„ Mary .

103

Rowena Barnes

"3

,, Victoria

s. 92

Rowley Regis

30,94

Queen's Council

94

Russell, Lord John .

105

,, Message .

120

Rushock.

9, 19

„ Tea .

120

Ryhope ....

121

Quebec .

33

Quettah .

IIS

Sale of Estates . . 90
Salis, C. F. De

91,92
99, lOI

Race Horses .

72

Salisbury

23

Railways

II

57,78

Sapley Hall .

20

Rampolla, Cardinal

10

Saracens, The

8,32

Rasyne, Jane .

15

Saunders, Charles .

• 38

Rayner, Misses

99

,, Demain .

66

Rector Laurence .

I

22, 123

Henry W. D.

. 38

,, Laurence's daug

iters

123

Savings Bank, the first .

95

Read, Rev. C. E. M .

99, 100

Scholefield, Joshua 58, 92, i

04, 105

Records of Worcester

5

Scilly Islands .

34

Reform Measures . 2,

3,58

, 63, 87

School Board

59

„ Bill . . .

58

, 62, 80

Scotland ....

24, 122

Refusing a Knightliood

37

Service of Plate

. 25, 58

Registers . 21, loi,

102, I

07, 108

Servants' Association

I2Q

Revolution in France

8

Shackle, C. W.

. 116

PAGE.

PAGE.

Shakstor

36

Standish ....

124

Shaw, W.

70

Stanhope

70. 74

Shenley .

38

Stanner's Close Steel Works

70

Sheriff .

93

Stapylton, Marshall

IIS, "6

Shipperdson, Adam

121

Statue ....

90

,, George

121

Steel Manufacturer

75

78, 91

„ Joann

a.

121

Steam Navigation Co. 43

47.

49. S3.

John

121

54.69

Shipwreck

33

Steward, Walter H.

93

Shire Reeve .

27

Stobart, H. S.

70

Shortlands

120

Stoke Albany .

114

Shrewsbury .

22

,, Ernold .

37

Shropshire

72,

"3

Stone, John de

27

Silver Wedding

117

Stour ....

. 16, 18

Small V. Attwood

92

Stourbridge .

98, 112

Small Heath .

86

Stourbridge Railway Co.

112

Smallwood, Joseph

123

Stuarts, The .

121

Smith, Misses RandoU

100

Sunderland 5, 7, 12, 13,

S3.

54. 70.

Soldiers .

10

H2, 113

Somerset

114

,, Ecko

13

Somerleaze

114

,, Herald .

53

Southwick

I

3.9. 12

. 53

,, Riot at .

7

Spital, The .

74

Surtees Society

14. 15

Spooner and Attwood

80

,, History of Durham

121

Spooner, Attwood, & Co

6, 7,

44.

Sutton, Lord .

102

5

3, 60, 8c

, 90

,, Thomas

102

,, Isaac

91

Swalwell

73

,, Richard .

104

Sweden ....

76

Squires, the three .

123

Swepston

36

St. Egwyn's Altar .

22

Swithland

• 36

,, Gregory .

28

Switzerland .

116

,, John's Church, Newc

astle-

upon-Tyne

37

Tablet, Brass

2, I

03, 1 18

,, John's Church, Ment

one .

"5

Taes, De la .

18

,, Jornea

10

Tanet House .

• "3

,, Margaret's

"S.

116

Teddington .

20, 21

,, Mary Magdalene

"3

Tempest Family

II

,, Michael's .

13

Tewkesbury .

20

,, Nicholas' Church

122

Tharneby

35

,, Leonard's .

114,

116

Thomas, John

90

Stafford .

16, 91,

103

Thompson, Alderman .

42, 103

„ E. W.

95

,. D. . .

70

Staffordshire .

55.

113

Tomson, Katherin .

. 119

PAGE.

PAGE.

Thorpe Arnold

•

31

Wakefield, Bishop of .

9

,, Ernauld

.

36

,, Alice Mary .

. 114

Times, The 4, 52, 65, 112,

"3. "4.

„ Angela , . 37,

40, 114

"5.

119

,, Captain Arthur

97

Tombstone

54

,, Charles Marcus

96, 97.

Torlesse, Captain .

99

98, 100, 113

Tory Party

85

C. W. .

91

Touch, William la .

35

„ Daniel Bell . 37,

94. 96,

Tower Hill

25

97. 114

Town Moor, Newcastle 2,

3. 54

73

,, Edward Gibbon

97

Tow Law

53. 75

76

,, Josephine

99

Trade Unions

• 57

59

,, Judge .

. 96

Treville, Sir Alexander de

18

Mrs. .

. 66, 67

Trimpley . 9, 16, 18,

19, 21

32

,, Miss

66

,, Chantrey.

22

,, Oliver .

99

Trympley, Capella de .

21

,, Priscilla

95

Troubadours .

31

,, Selina Elizabeth

37

Twickenham , . 113

"5.

116

,, Colonel William

• 95. 96

Tudhoe ....

• 70

75

Waltham

. 65

Tyne . . . .1,

2, 12

72

Walstow Prior
Walworth

20
120

United Kingfdom .

75

War of Succession

28

University of Oxford

94

Ware, S. W. .

70

Urban V.

22

Warwick, Earl of .

. 103

Urbano VIII. .

10

Warwickshire

. 116

Ursula Petre .

20

Waterhouse, Sarah

• "3

Usworth, Little

15

Watford ....

• "3

Upfill, Thomas

81

Waterworks .

II

Uxbridge . . 96, 98, 99,

lOI

Waudby, Captain . 66, i

14. "5

Mrs.

66

Vanes, The

II

Wear ....

I, 2, 12

Vane, Sir Harry

II

Wearside

3

Vice-Admiral Whithed .

15

Weardale Iron Works .

75

Victoria, Princess .

92

Wearmouth

37

„ Queen

5

Weatherall, Sir Charles .

43. 104

Victorian Era .

10

Weight of Law Papers .

92

Virgin, The .

8

Wellington, Duke of

• 85

Viterbo ....

II

Wellington, New Zealand

37. 114.

Volunteers, The

50

West, Dr. . , .

117
60

Wade, Dr. .

50

Westminster .

• 5. 27

Wairau massacre .

97

Westmoreland Family .

. 96

Walleis, Robert de

36

Westwood, Elisha .

102

PAGE.
Whickham . . 3, 71, 72, 74

Whitehaven . 1,6,43, '04. "7

Whithed, Vice-Admiral . . 15
,, William . . . 15
Wright, Ann . . . .117

,, Mr 60

Whitton Tower ... 70
Wickenford . . . . i8
Wilde, Sir Thomas . . 92

Wilkinson, Charles E.

,, Miss Blakiston

Rev. G. P.
,, James John

William I.

,, the Conqueror

,, of Normandy
Williams, Mr.
Wilkin, John .
Winlaton
Wood, Betty .

,, George

,, Herbert H

„ Sir M.

,, William
Woodbridge, H. W
Woodend . . .38,
Woodhouse
Woodthorpe .
Wooley, Rev. H. F

70, 71
II

20, 31
20

31
60

44. 47

73

117

16

93

105

117

99
50, 116
18

39
120

Wollaston Hall . , .
Woolstanton Rectory
Wolsingham . • 3> 31.

Wolverhampton
Wolverley . 5, 6, 8, 19,

,, Court . 8,

,, Church .

,, Register

Worcester, Battle of
Worcester . 5, 8, 9,
Worcester Cathedral 9.

Worcestershire
Working Men's Clubs
Wraith, J. H. . .

Wreck of Steam Packet
Wrexham
Wright Ann .
Writtle, Baron
Wyards ....
Wynyard

Yiewsley

Zakrewski, Theophile .

PAGE.

. 98

81
54, 68, 69,
70, 74, 76
30, 57. 80
20, 21, 27,
30. 31. 32
30, 31. 32.
33. 54
19. 32

lOI

41. 125
57.89
23, 26

33. 34

23. 26

5°

70

33

114

117

20, 103

99
89

19.
19.
31.

PEDIGREE OF THE GAUNT FAMILY.

FROM A MANUSCRIPT IN THE POSSESSION OF THE LATE BENJAMIN ATTWOOD.

Baldwin de Isle=Alice, dau. of Robert, Kiiiff of France, son ot Hugh Capet.
Gisler = Ralph Gaunt, Lord of Alost, Flanders.

I. Baldwin came over with
William the Conqueror.

[Assisted the Barons in the
reign of King John]

I
2. Gilbert"i=Alice.

Walter==Maud, dau. of

Stephen of Brittany.

Robert=

Stephen ==

Gilbert =

A portion of the Manuscript, representing six generations,
lost or mislaid on the death of Benjamin Attwood.

i i

I. Robert de Gaunt. 2. Gilbert. 3. Margaret= William de Kidister. 4. Nicholas. 5. Juliane.

Rodger
William Gaunt =

'"1

John=

Rachel Maria Gaunt==George Attwood, of Hawn House and The Leasowes.

Mathias Attwood, =f Ann Adams of Cakemore House, Halesowen.
D.L., Salop.

1. Georgia, 3. Thomas, M.P.
Univ. Coll., for Birmingham,
Oxon. marr. a Carless,

2. Mathias, M.P. for a descendant of
Whitehaven, 1832 to Colonel Carless,
1847. I whoi succoured
Mathias, Wolverly, Charles H.
M.P. for Greenwich. n=

4. Jas, Henry 5. Edward = Eliz. Elliot, 6. Charles,

Whitehaven. Wolsingham.

I 7. Benjamin.

[■ i 8, MaryAnn.

Caroline Ann —John Moore, 9- Susan.
Bishopwear-
mouth.

10. Rachel Maria=

Angela = Daniel Bell
Wakefield, brother of
Col. Wakefield, who
colonized New Zea-
land.

Alice Mary = Harold,
the son of Professor
E. A. Freeman, Oriel
College, Oxon., and
has issue.

Algernon, 4th son had
issue 5 children.

f

Leweiiyn, isl son —
Mary, = Wm. Barber.
4th da.

Alice Edith, ist dau.,
mar. Marshall Stapyl-
ton, of the Durham
Stapylton and Fowler
families.

Issue, six children.

B.St. John Attwood Mathews =Florence, dau. of Dr. Garth
High Sheriff for Hereford- Wilkinson, related to the
shire, i8go ; he and his Blakistons of the North,
cousin, William Mathews, who were the next heirs to
founded the Alpine Club. the House of Wynyard,

failing Sir Henry Vane; and
kinsmen of John Blaki-
g of ston, who signedthe Death

Warrant of Charles I.

Florence Emma = Marqu
twin with Ger- Alii Macca
trude. I Florence,

Gertrude — Count Barberino, of Rome.

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April, 1807, aged 86, and was bur. in the Attwood vault in the South Aisle of Hi
Hawne House, and adjoining the second pillar of that Aisle in the bod}' of the C

Matthias Gaunt, James, ba

bap. at Ro. Reg. at Ro. Re)

22 May, 1743, d. 16 Sept. 17-

1745. d. 1823.

II II

Frances, bap. 25 John, late M.P. Maria, bap. Catherine, bap. ^Thomas Troward, Ja

July, 1780, d. un- for Harwich, i7Aug., 1783, Sept. 1786, d. Capt. 51st Regt.at ba

mar. 1858. bap. I July, 1781, d. 1871. 1866. Waterloo, d. 1859. d.
d. unmar. 1865.

I \ ^ \ '

James Harrington, born 3 Dec, 1820, Mary, born 20 Mar. 1831, d. unmar, 14 Maria Loui.>

bap. 12 May, 1823, living unmar. 1888. Sept., 1883. mar. 19 Apl

A Daughter George, a Banker,

who d. in in- in Birmingham, b.

fancy. 19 Dec, 1777, d.

1854.

Mary Kinnersley, Matthias, a== Susan Twells, Mary A

of Clough Hall, Banker, in
Staffordshire, d. London, &
1823. M. P. for

Whitehav'n
1832 - 1847.
B. 24 Nov.,
1779.

d. Oct. 184^

b. 14 (
1781, d.
mar. 1?

Georg'iaiia Mary.

Matthias W'olverlej', M.P. for Gieenwich,
1837-41, ^- unmar. 17 Sep., 1865.

George De Bosco, b. ^
15 Mar., 1808, d. 24
Apl., .855.

Mary Medle}', b. 20 Thomas Aurelius, b. ^Mary Smallv

Nov., 1805, d. 3 Sep., 4 Mar., 1810, d. 8 Apl.,
1882. 1864.

4 June, 182c
1 888.

George Reginald. Agnes Mansfield. Rowena Fanny Maria. Rosanioiu!.

Thomas

THE ISSUE AND DESCENDANTS OF RACHEL MARIA GAUNT.

George Attwood, of Foxoak, Rowley Regis, Staffordshire, aflerwaid!. of Hawne, Halesowen, V

April, 1807, aged 86, and was bur. in the Attwood vault in the South Aisle of Halesowen Church, under thi

Hawne House, and adjoining the second pillar of that Aisle in the body of the Church.

rshire, Ibrmerly of Salop. He d. i9=Rachel Maria Gaunt, bap. at Rowley Regis, Staffordshire, 1 Oct. 1716. She d. 1 Mar., ,7qS ,»>.<!
e seat No. 104, and appropriated to I -^ 1 ^

llie AlliviHid Vaull.

iMatthias Gaunt, James, bap.

bap. at Ro. Reg. at Ro. Reg.

22 May, 1743, d. 16 Sept. 17.^4

'745- d- '823.

of Cradley, at Ro. Reg., 7
d. 1835. Sep., 1746, d.

1836.

1

Kran

ces, bap.

1
John

late

M.P.

1
Maria,

bap.

Cather

ne, bap.

-Thoma

Troward,

lair

1
es Alexa

der, =

Inly,

1780, d. L

for

Han

vich.

1 7 Aug.

i7«^.

Sept.

[786, d.

Capt. 5

stRegt.al

bap

10 Feb.

793-

1858.

bap.
d. un

July

1781,
865.

d. 1871.

1866.

Waterl

0, d. 1859.

d. 1

845.

Edden.d. 17
Feb. 1847.

James Harrington, born 3 Dec, t820, Mary, born 20 Mar. 1831, d. un
bap. 12 May, 1823, living unmar. 1888. Sept., 1883.

14 Maria Louisa, born
mar. 19 ApL, 1S70.

Anne Adams, of Isaac, bap. at Ro. =Twic
Cakemore, d. 8 Reg., Nov. 1748,
Oct., 1834. d. in America about

Aaron, bap. at = Harriett Win- Mary, bap. at Nancy, bap. at

Ro. Reg., 21 I wood, d. about Ro. Reg. 19 Ro. Reg. 22

Oct., 1750, d. I 1830. May, 1754, d. Jan., i7i;7, d.

1822. I unmar. about 17^8.
1780.

Nancy=Sainuel Hunt. William, d. abou

I I I

Mary Ann = Anthony West. Rachel Maria. Sarah, d. Ha

. d. Samuel, d.

1*1 I

Elizabeth, d. aboul iSoo. Rdwin, d. in infancy. Joseph = Helen Homfray.

George. Melville,

I III

A Daughter George, a Banker, = Mary Kinnersley, Matthias, a -Susan Twells, Mary Aane, Thomas, late ^ Elizabeth Ci

_.■ . . of Clough Hall, Banker, in d. Oct. 1842. b. 14 del., M.P. for Bir-

Slaft'ordshire, d. London, & 1781, d. un- mingham, b.

1823. M. P. for I mar. i»72. 6 Oct.. :783,

Georgiana Mary.

Whitehav'n |
1832 - 1847.
B. 24 Nov.,

Matthias Wolverley, M.P. for Gn
1837-41, d. unmar. 17 Sep., 1865.

d. 1836.

less, b. 7 Oct., 25 July, 1785, d
I784,d. 26Apl., I4july, 1865,
1844. Eliza-
beth Grice 2nd

Henry, b. = Margaret Willis

■ife.

at Odessa, in Rus^

nufacturer at
Soulhwick, Sun-
derland, h. 22
Feb., 1789, d. ig
Oct., 1866.

Whitehaven, d. Jan.. 1791, d. 24 d. 18 Mar.
9 Feb., 1S69. Feb., 1S75.

D.L., Staffordshire.

Edward. Chaile

Caroline An
living 1903.

George DeBosco, b. = Mary Medley, b. 20 Thomas .\urelius, h. ,- Mary Smallwood, b. Angela, b. r2 Novr., = Daniel Bell Wakefield Edward Marcus, b. 13 Algei
15 Mar., 1808, d. 24 Nov., 1805, d. 3. Sep., 4 M.ar., i8io,d.8 Apl., 4 June, i82o,livi"K '"'-• ''■ 1" Novr., , of New Zealand, d. 8 June, 1816, d. unmar.
."ipl., 1S55. 1882. ■ ' 1864. 1888. 1874. Jan., 1858. 6 Nov., .863.

Ill
George Reginald. Agnes Mauslii-UI. Uowena Fanny Maria. Rosanuui

Th,„na, Arthur Carles!

Selina Elizabeth. Cha

i

:-,')

1

I

Reg:t.

o

grav .
:one af''"^T=Jolin Moore,
ead oF I

unt M_
I theCT
!rs, Hvni.,
wen Cjoll.,

• 1776,1
^Feb.|

c

Herbert
Attwood.

Alfred, Exeter
Coll., Oxon.

Benjamin St. John Mat- = FlorenceBlakestonWil-
thews, D.L. and Hig-h kinson, dau. of Dr. WiU

Sheriff of Hereford
Took the name of Att
wood - Matthews afte
his mother's death.
TrJnty Coll. Cam.

kinson, of the Blakeston
family. Mar. 4 Sept.,
i860, in London.

Mary Alice
Williams.

Charles.

PEDIGREE OF ATTWOOD.

EXTRACT FROM A LETTER FROM GRAZEBROOK.
The Attwoods of Wolverley recorded a Pedigree at the Visitation of Worcestershire in ]624. Another branch of the same family seated at Shirehampton appear at the Gloucestershire Visitation, [621.

In Joy Church. Isle of Thanet, Robert Attwood held half a Knight's Fee.
Nash's "Worcestershire," Vol. 1, page 493, Pedigree of Lyttelton. Thomas
married Lucy, dau. of John de Bois (or Attwood), about 1298.

George Attwood, of Cla

George Allwood, supposed ot Cleobury Mori

Died 17 Feb., i722 = Winifred Petre. Died 17 Feb., 1707, aged 76.

i of Lord Foley's family.

George Attwood, Rowley Regis=f .

Bowater

George Allwood, ol Staffordshire, afterwards of Hawne.=Rachel Maria Gaunt. Died 3 Mar., 1798, aged 82. Buried
Died 19 April, 1807, aged 85. Buried in the Allwood I the AUwood vault, Halesowen Church,
vault, Halesowen Church, south aisle, under seat No. 104.

Died Matthias Gaiult, bap. 1743,

•Matthias Allwood, of Hawne and the Leasowei,^
near Birmingham, J. P., D.L. Died at Hawne,
Halesowen, 24 Nov., 1836, aged 94. Mar. at St.
Kenelm's Church, 13 Dec, 1775.

Gen. Mag., Jan., 1837, page 108. In London,* and
aged 94, Matthias Attwood, Esq., of Hawne, ne»r
Halesowen, for many years Deputy Lieutenant and
Magistrate for the Counties of Salop and Worcester.
Father of Matthias Attwood, Esq., M.P. for White-
haven, and Thomas Attwood, Esq., M.P. for Bir-
mingham. "A mistake.

Ann .Adams
and bur. in
Cakemore i
1851, aged i

Ihe Attwood vault.

Died 28 October, 1834, at Hawn
ams, brother of the above, died
of the above, died at Cakemor

I

Jame

ford.

Corngreaves, ci

Died April, 182

, Stat-=Phoebe Cox, o\' Is;
I Cradley.

John, of Hylands, Essex, Ja
and Park Lane, London.
(See trial Attwood versus
Small, i8ji.)

i Alexandei-=Mary Ann Eden. Frai

Mar)' Catherine-Capl. Tr

Mortimer. Harrington. Mary. Maria.

A dau. d. ir

bur. undei
a grave-
stone at thi
head of hei

George, The Priory,

= M

K

nnersley.

Matthias of Dul-=

^Susannah Twells.

Mary Ai

n.

Thoma

Edgbaslou, Birm-

wich Pk, Surrey,

D. Oct. 30, 1842,

D. 30 July,

nigham, banker.

banker, London.

at Manor House,

1872, at

(see hi

D. 24 May, 1854,

Brn. 1780, d. 1852.

Streathain.

Hawne.

there).

aged 75. Univ. Coll.

M.P. for White-

Born al

Oxon.

haven.

Hale'o»

en

at T

1

Union

Elizabeth J
Carless. n
2nd Miss 1.

.mes Henry = Margaret Willi,
mar. 29 May, widow.
1820, at the
British Em- |

itwood
Hales- Carolin
1819- Anne

Charles =Sarah Ware.
O. 18 Mar.
1886, at Wol-
singham.

Rachel^Willian

Benjamin St. John Mat-:
thews, D.L. and High
Sheriff ol Hereford.
Took the name of All-
wood - Matthews after
his mothers death.
Trinty Coll. Cam.

Flore

ceBlakeslonWil-
, dau. of Dr. Wil-
kinson, of the Blakeston
family. Mar. 4 Sept..
1860, in London.

i

'iolet, d. 1869,

PEDIGREE OF THE FAMILY OF ATTWOOD, LATE OF HJ

VWNE HOUSE AND THE LEASOWES, COUNTY O WORCESTER.

I Dec, 1711. Adm

Married at StKenel

George Attwood, of Hadeii Cross

<; April, 1685. Died about 1767 ;

ied at Rowley Regis. V$df I>

I, by purchase, of Ha\\'iie I
e old south aisle of Halesc

!.= Rachel Maria, d.

Ote i.=Sarah. .
}.u. of Samuel G

)water, of Rowley Regis. Married al Rowley RegUi3 Oct..
L^.''^J.''.A™r.*}:'?;\°^ Roger Gaunt, of Ron ley R«r,^ho

t Rowley Regis, 26 May, 173J.

Bapt. at Rowley Regis, i Oct.,

I May,

James Attwood. of Coni-
grcaves House, nr. Hales-
owen. Bap. at Ro. Reg.
16 Sepr., 1744. Bur. 1
May, i8it, in the Alt-

of . . . . Cox, Mary, bap. at Ro.
near Hales- igWay. I7:;4. D. 1
ijAug., 1835. about .780. Bill
)od vault, St. Halesowen Ctiure
the west door.

John Attwood, bap.

ander=|=Mar>-, dai
od, bap. a I
Halesowen, Feb.

Attwood, bap.

t Kensal Gr^en.

of Maria, bapt. at Catheri

en, Halesowen, 17 at Hah

ck, Aug., 1783. D. 2S Sei>

et. unmar. 19 Feb., Mai

bap

Matthias Attwood, of Hawne=

Ann, dau, of Thor

House and 1 he J^easowcs, co.

Rer,

.0 Ma

'75S-

at RorReg.,7Sep., '1746. D.

spelled Addams, a

J4 Nov.. 1836, and lies buried

Regis, 13 Dec,
Caketnore was sol

Note 4.

■ed at RoMiy R«-gis, 8 ^

1798! I

riedii

e Attv

r Halesowen,
manygener-

Isaac Attwood, bap. at Ro. R^, 6 Nov.
medical man, and emigrated » Amcrii
about 1800. He married I wice,te sccom

I Attw

Frincw.
at Jalesc

25 July.

1, 30 Apl. 1829 Bofilogne - si

inos. Troward, M^, 16 Mar

Captain in the iS^.&isthei

Army(5islRegt. burfed.
at Waterloo). He
d.inLondoniSw

George Attwood, bom Matihia
19 Deer. 1777. M.A. 1779- ^
University Coll. Oxon, 1847.

ley, of Clough 30 <

■■ Attwood, bom 24 Nov. Thomas At

.P.forWhilehaveniSii- 6 Octr., !■

laster of the Merchant Bailiff of J

18S3. Mar. Susanna, iSii.theceli

William Twells, of Bir- moteroflhc

), and by her, who d. Bill, Foundi

j8, 1885, XI. 6$. and i

xvood. F.R.G.S.. J.I
Middlesex, J.l" "
Greenwich 183
17 Sep.. 1865, i

i D.L. 6 Mar., i^sOudon.
- - his seconds Mar,

.845(atSt.Jife.30jun,

nthevBult represented by the Rev, Canon die
"■ ch, Twells, of CO. Leicester. Up

, dau. and Jai

I, he date of the

* T,7. '^"""'O'i- Edward Atlwood, bom Charles /

riL.<ie.rcss 01 ivioss Hdl, Cumber- 22 Feby., 1789. Mar, Holywoot

n earless, land. Born .5 July, Elizabeth, dau! & heir- Wolsing

orne, co. 1785. Mar. at Vienna, ess of lohn FlMott of n„rham

'l""y; f.H.M'J'' '8?». Marsar,; Whi^Jhi^n. by Ih.dl ff >taTo «

■d, of Prescoi House, Olds^

ra. year. Buried In the family vault". M ir:
ve Jan., 1830. xL lo. and lies h„ri^d u„i, ,

of Francis °

John Pidcock, of The Platla, c

f The Hycli

Rachel Maria, bom z6
April. 1791. Mar. at
Hale-sovven.5May,i8i5

Wil

I by whom he

iially coheiress

Sh

& after marriage. She

essa. in Russia. He d.

,rj May, 1806.

MJuly, .865.andishur.

Sur

Halesowen Churchyard

K. J6Apl. .840.

iS,

Jany..

d. 19 Oct. 1666. Sarah Le

■e both buried in He d. a.p.

ickChurchyard, 1875. Shei

Sunderland, having had 1886, and

'y child Car- with her hi

bom I July, WoUingha

at Bishop- Churchyar

NewcaitlL
Nov.. ,854.
, of Bishop-

t Chesbunt, Herl
it was well-knov
j> a philanthropis

Staf-

slroyed. Born 14 Oct.
«78i. D. unmar. 30
July. 1872. and lies

10 William Mathew
J.P. and D.L
ford. Shear

cemetery at Great Mal-
vern, CO. Wor-ster, and
only child,

M.A.,Ti
J.P.cc
id D.L.

B. St. J. Attwood-Mat-
Trin.Coll.,
). Stafford.

in 1887). Videftotc

by the Kinnersleys. of
BinReld Manor, Berks.

Allwood by Deed Poll,
da.ed « .Aug.. ,88..
Living8.p.i8S8, having
mar. Florence Blakis-
ton. dau. ofj. J. Garth
Wilkinson, M. D.. of
London.

i

lexander Mor

imer

James Harrington Attwood, heir

Mary, bom 20 Mar.

M

ria Louisa, i^orn

George de Boseo Attwood, =

Mary. dau.

n the

1831. Bap. at Erd

June, 1829. Uap.
Eidington. 6.

J. P., of W

nCh.

inglon, CO. Warwick

bythe'Rev. j. Darwall. of

1820. Bap. al Halesowen 12 May

D. unmar. 14 Sept.

tni

1). 19 April, 1870.

Deritend Chapel, Binn>ng-

180s. Mai

1823. Matnc. at Chnst's Church,

haiii. Contested Walsall

Parish Chu

Gr

een.

unsuccessfully in 1832, D.

D. 3 Sept.,

34 April, 1855. Buried at

Sussex. 1888.

Illam Medley.

Born ao Nov.
1 Kenumglon

' Buried wS

Tliomas Aurelim Allwood, =
of Lincoln's Inn. Barrisler-
ac-La.v. J. P., M.jor hi
Wamick.liire Rifle Volon-
leers. Born 4 Mar.. 1810.
D. 8 April. 1864. Bur. in a
vault in Halesowen Church-

yard.

ry. dai

of Ic

seph Sn

allwood of Bir-

Edwa

d Marc

OS Att-

Alger

on All-

= Fmm

ai dn

ohn Fou

Angela, born
Margaret's, \

iwich

woodibom 1

Elwy

nndsworth. co.

l.»D.

b.gh.

Bor

ITord.

Born

4 June.

S-. 1853
n the ce
astings,

of RZ^anc

7. Liv

rch. CO. War
ngi8S8.

wick.

Hnye
Nov..

.'aiji™

Burifr

f...

Jul.v.
at 0

878: bur.
e. near H

melcry
county

Roue.

8 Jan., 1858.

ifbu;'!

^

tcry. CO. Hert

. y,j.

: Reginald At
Bom 28 Juni

on, dau. of the Rev.

Agnes Ma

sfield. bom 28 Oct.,

Rowena Fanny Maria, bom 13 May, Rosamond, bom 29

Thomas Arthur Carles* Attwood I

.84^. Ma

. at Isleworlh Alfred

1844. Mar. al St. Mary Magdalen, Oct., 1845. Mar. 27

(only ch.ld), CommleroMb.i Ped,- 1-
grec Born 27 May. i»3. Bap. (v
at Erdington. CO. Warwick. B.X \

.Oxon., 1839), Rett-

Paddmglon. 10 April, 1H77, Charles Aug., 1874, al Ule-

Nov., ■87;, leaving
. at LlanyblodwelH

(i8b6l Pembroke Collie, Oxon. S

ar. at CbildweU, co.

issue. Bu

leaving one daughter. Bur. at Chor- of Hariington. co.

and the Inner Templa Student- I

cl. 1887.

at-Law.

• -RachelEdith, dau. or A!

d I Arthur Alexander al

Corsellis. of Wands- iS

I worth. Born . ylton (of the Fowlers of Pi

5 I Mar. at St. AnnsCh., CO. Durham), d.

I Wandswonb, 34july, Ion, Switzerland,

bom 10 Oc

.. il

«. Mar. Ger

b Consulati

Nil

Ed Dec born

14 July. 1858.

noro

nmar. 1,1 Sep..

chap

-•S. 1855. Henry Wil-
son Domain Saunders
of London, merchant,
p. s.p. i6Aug., ,S67i
bur. at mslon, co.
Suffolk. tVANole;.

Mary, bom 14 Mar., i860. Mar.
at the British Embassy. Paris, z8

tleorat Aitwwul (.«»nd> l..<l on. .umving broil... lo«pb, ivho ,.!« «i.i.,
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was originally spelled "Moor";ibout Ihe

Edward Moore,

I>. 4 Auk.. '8ss, bap. Hi.iho|>we

.rmoutl

Florei

ce Moore, b. 30 May. 1

Church 5 Sep.,

1855, D. R. Falconer, Ciirale.

Regis

bap. a

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iild 7 William IV., c. 86, .AuR.

■. 'S.vl

May,

iS^8, Browning', Cur

Coll., Cambridge.

Regi,

ered 27 July, 1859.

Alfred jMoore, b. 30 Aug., 1864. Re^stered 1
bap. 29 July, 1867. by ihe Rev. B. Maihie, St. Paul's
don, clirisiened 30 June, 1869, at Bisliopweamioulh C
Entered Exeter Coll., Okou.

^utchin.son =

k\vearmo;ith,=j=Mary, d 13 Ann = Harrison.
809, aged 53 I July, 1805,

it Monkweai-

shop-
ler.

ag^ed 46.

Joseph Harrison ==

I
Has issue.

I i i

Alfred == Jane Amelia Charles= Crawford, d.

Kidd, New- No issue. May, 1833,

castle. ag:edi6mos.

Jane Kidd. Alfred. John.

PEDIGREE OF HUTCHINSON, OF SUNDERLAND.

Hutchinson =p

James Hutchinson=

Ann Hutcliinson = Thomas Moore, of Bishopwearmoulh. Mary. Jane —

of London. James, of Shieldb.

William, of Monkwearmouth, yMary, d 13 Anii = Hari
d. 30lh May, 1809, aged 53 [July, 1805, I

years. Interred at Monkwear- | ag'ed 46.
mouth. I

Joseph Hutchinson, of Monkwearmouth, = Anii, d. 4 May, John, of Bishopwearmouth. Shipbuilder, =Sarah Crawford. Mary Aim=John Adamson, of Bithoji-
d. 15 June, 182 1, aged 38 years. I 1817, aged 27 horn about 1785. Inlened at Sunderland 1 wearmouth, Shipbuikler.

yeai-s. Cemetery. Lived at Lechmerc, near No issue.

I Ryhope.

II"" I

Catherine. William. I

Died in infancy.

Ralph = lsabella William = Barbara

John, d. 10 Joseph, drowned Eleanor^ Rohr. Cam

is John, d. at

1
Henry = ElizabetIi

1
Edwin

= Eliz

abeth==La\vson. Alfred=Fjane Amelia Charles=

i
Crawford, d

dead. 1 Retson. 1 Thompson.

July, 1821, at sea, Feb. !2, Ncshitt.

Hunaven-

Turner,

Noiss

ae

(

May, 1S33

1 1

<et. lomos. 1833. Interred |

tura. Mar.

London.

No issue.

No issue. Three children. His

at Palling, CO. No issue.

6, 1853, a:t

wife died and he mar.

Norfolk.

Has issue.

his wife's sister and

has issue.

,

I t

John (dead). [Margaret Anne. Amelia Emily. Josephine (dead). Joseph. Minna Kidd. Agg-ie Frances. Jane Kidd. Alfred. John.

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PEDIGREE OF HULL, OF SUNDERLAND.

Robert Hiill=Marg-aret.

:hard == Margaret .

•d=Jane Cole, of Chester- Peter, born 2i==Sarah McDowell, dau. of William and Frai |

I le-Street. Sept., 1779, d. Datton Mills. Born 21 Dec, 1778, d. 14 nn, d. in

I atDeptford,30 wearmouth Cemetery, 17 Aug-. 1867, in g-ra\fancy.

as issue. April, 1849.

lorn Augf., 1806. D. in William, born Oct., 1809. Peter, of Sunderland, born 10 Dec,
y, Nov. I, 1807. D. Aug., 1813, aet. 4 yrs. Master Mariner, drowned at Quebe Bishop

June, 1846.

Plymouth. Capt. Smith sailed from Plymouth a few days Sarah Ann, d. in Dorothy = J
Pedestrian," for Bombay, and never more heard of. infancy. I k. Jun«

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PEDIGREF nn ur,, ,

Richard ==Margar<

Kobert Hull d ii, u J i 1 s— =■.

Wes, ,„£"•- |:r,''?-l "-'jJohn Lane, of A,, , . 1^ —- -

P-"ca, Hum b„™ ", — ^ i^ Ap^r 8;,''^° "'-'™-'" C.J^Z'^ .ll-' ;nS. I. .'J A^T- Buried ,„ B.shop- _1

1= N ""■ ''"'™ ' Jan., ,8oj. M,._,, .. ih ■- ■ 49. I " / 'lug-, ,S67, grave!ia.W- Peter Oriel.

Prances Hull, bo™ , Jan
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iniScj^ ''■ '" f™""'" Ralph Smilh, mar |
after witi, 1.:., t. _■ .' ■'.

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= R»lph Smilh, „,ar June ,L ' — -^ "'""'

Bombay, a„. „„,, ^ J^ -^l.^-_^rew da,. Sa.ah A„„, ,. ,, o^^^ ^,I1^^„„ „„.,„ No.,

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