LOWES OF
HALTWHISTLE
A
pedigree in Hodgson’s History of Northumberland shows Susan, wife of John
Maughan, as a daughter of William Lowes, a county keeper, and mentions a will
of William dated 23 October 1732, which I have not found.[1]
However, the will
of John Lowes of Whitshields in Haltwhistle, written in 1709, names “my
Daughter Susan Maughan”. John is shown as a brother of William Lowes in the
pedigree in Hodgson’s History but William was evidently John’s son.
John’s will nominates his son William and the latter’s son John as executors,
with the associated bond giving their residences in December 1710 as Ridley
Hall and Whitshields respectively.[2] A
letter of November 1710 from Edward Blackett addressed to “Mr Wm Lowes
Counterey Keeper at Ridley Hall” refers to the tenancy of Whitshields and
states “you cannot Certainely Imagine that I will let whitsheals farme for the
same rent I lett itt to your father for I had much rather have your sonne for
my tenant then any other”.[3]
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LOWES
JOHN
LOWES of Whitshields, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, yeoman, was buried on 3
November 1709 at Beltingham.[4]
Children
of John Lowes:[5]
i WILLIAM
LOWES of Ridley Hall, Haltwhistle, county keeper,[6] d
27 May 1735, bur 30 May 1735, Haltwhistle.[7]
ii SUSAN
LOWES, bur 3 May 1728, Haydon Bridge;[8] m 12
Jul 1696, Haydon Bridge, JOHN MAUGHAN[9]
(see here).
iii GEORGE
LOWES of Bellister and Grandy’s Knowe, Haltwhistle, bur 23 Jul 1738,
Beltingham;[10]
m MARGARET.[11]
[2] Durham University, DPRI/1/1710/L7, DPRI/3/1710/B182/1-2.
[4] Haltwhistle parish register abstracts; Northumberland Burials (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[5] Durham University, DPRI/1/1710/L7, DPRI/3/1710/B182/1-2.
[6] See Joanna Bath, “County Keeping, Corruption, and the Courts in the Early-Eighteenth-Century Borders: the Feud of William Charlton and William Lowes”, Northern History, 40.1(2003):113-27.
[10] Whitfield parish register abstracts; Durham University, DPR/I/1/1740/L6/1-2. There was a George Lowes of Wooes or Woolhouse in Haltwhistle whose will was proved in 1720. However, the George who was a son of John of Whitshields was left the tenement Grandy’s Knowe in his father’s will and therefore appears to have been the George Lowes of Grandy’s Knowe whose will was written in 1738. Additionally, the latter George’s son Nicholas seems to have been a first cousin of Edward Lowes, with Edward being a son of William Lowes, the county keeper. Edward was evidently also the brother-in-law of Nicholas, having married the latter’s sister Margaret (see the will of William Lowes, Durham University, DPR/I/1/1770/L8/1).
[11] The record of the baptism of George’s daughter Elizabeth on 19 Aug 1697 at Haltwhistle names the mother as Margaret: Northumberland Baptisms (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).