(before the erection of the wharf lately erected thereupon) the high water-mark, to that mark called the low water-mark, of the river of Wear aforesaid, on the south and north, and of a moiety of a certain wharf and other edifices thereupon lately erected or about to be erected, with the appurtenances. To have to the said William Ettrick, and his sequels in right, according to the custom of the court, rendering, &c. And he was thereupon admitted tenant. Mr. Walter Ettrick enjoyed these copyhold premises without interruption from any person. About the year 1704, his sons, Mr. William Ettrick, of Silksworth, and Mr. Anthony Ettrick, of High Barns, were informed that the building of a quay or wharf on part of the said waste ground would benefit the port, and the navigation thereof, and pretending to build a quay on the west end of the copyhold waste, had several conferences thereupon with divers coal fitters, &c., and other inhabitants reputed to be of good understanding, about building the same, who came to the unanimous approbation for promoting the building thereof, and certified the same in writing; and the quay was, during the next year (1705), built by Mr. William Ettrick, containing in length forty-eight yards, or thereabouts. Messrs. William and In 1672, the officers of the Customs at Sunderland consisted of a collector (Walter Ettricke), salary, £50; a surveyor (Thomas Thompson), £30; a boatman for himself and a man to keep a boate, 30; two boatmen for merchandizes, at £15 each£30; a wayter and searcher, £20-total, £160.-From a MS. book [Plut. IV. F. Brit. Mus.] entitled "Establishment of Officers of his Majesty's Customs," compiled by Peter Carew, who states that he received one pound from a bookseller for a copy.-Surtees's Durham, iii., 419. R Anthony Ettrick did, in the year 1710, begin the building of another quay, near the Nab End, under the Coney Warren (near the site of the present pier works and river entrance to Sunderland Dock), and caused keel loads of stone to be laid there, and employed many workmen ; but finding the strong spring tides and high seas running through, frequently overflowed and disordered the work, they desisted, and removed the said stones, and afterwards built another quay therewith, about twenty yards in length, contiguous to the east end of Bowes's Quay, whereupon Mr. Richard Robinson, senior, of Middle Herrington (son of Mr. Ralph Robinson of that place, and brother of Ralph Robinson, Esq., senescal of the court baron of Sunderland-see page 115), and of 31, Church Street, Sunderland, malster, one of the freemen, and a manufacturer of bricks upon the Town Moor, under colour of a copyhold fine or surrender to him made by Elizabeth Haddock, widow of William Haddock the younger, of Barnes, and her son, Nicholas Haddock, in the year 1711, of a parcel of land called Ayre's Quay lying on the south side of the river Wear, and about a mile to the west of Sunderland, laid claim to the said copyhold waste ground. The death of Mr. Richard Robinson, senior, 26th October, 1715 (who, as a freeman brickmaker upon the Town Moor, had rendered himself notorious, and in some degree obnoxious even to his brother freemen, by his pretensions to the soil and freehold thereof), probably settled for a while his claim to the Sunderland copyhold. Some of the freemen and stallingers, however, seem to have kept envious eyes upon these wastes adjoining the Coney Warren, which every year became more valuable, as the quay increased, and the trade of the town and port extended. Whilst building their quay, it appears that Mr. William Ettrick and Sir William Middleton* were much obstructed by some of the members of that self-elected corporation. To such a pitch was this system of annoyance carried in 1729, as occasioned Sir William Middleton and Mr. Ettrick to file a bill against the freemen and stallingers on the equity side of the Court of Exchequer. This had the desired effect, in giving the plaintiffs in the suit quiet possession of their copyhold, and their quay was completed. On the 23rd May, 9 George I., 1723, William Ettrick surrendered to Anthony Ettrick a moiety, in two parts to be divided, of one parcel of waste land, with the appurtenances, lately lying in the parish of Bishopwearmouth, and now lying in the parish of Sunderland-nearthe-Sea, at the east end of the town of Sunderland aforesaid, near the river or water of Wear, on the south part of the same, abutting upon a tenement and a certain parcel of waste land to the same tenement belonging, for * Sir William Middleton, Bart., died at his seat, Belsay Castle, September 28th, 1757. He was a gentleman of the most strict honour and steady attachment to the house of Hanover, which he manifested upon all occasions, with ardour and alacrity; one remarkable instance of which was his attending the Duke of Cumberland in his expedition to Scotland, where he was present at the battle of Culloden. He was one of the oldest members of the House of Commons, having sat in six parliaments, a representative for the county of Northumberland, where his interest was so firmly established that no force of party seemed able to shake it; and, indeed his social heart and many amiable qualities had so endeared him to everybody that, whether named as a companion or a toast, Sir William Middleton was always acceptable.-Sykes's Local Records. Sir William Middleton was only once opposed in his elections merly in the possession of Mary Ridley, widow, on the west part, extending from that mark called the high water-mark, to that mark called the low water-mark, on the south and north parts, and as far as the said water or river extends and runs from west to east. To have to the said Anthony Ettrick, and his sequels in right, according to the custom of the court, rendering, &c. And he was thereupon admitted tenant. On the 15th January, 10 George I., 1724, Anthony Ettrick voluntarily surrendered into the hands of the lord a moiety, the whole in two parts to be divided, of a certain parcel of land, lying lately in the parish of Bishopwearmouth, and then in the parish of Sunderland-nearthe-Sea, between the mark called the high water-mark and the meet called the low water-mark, of the river Wear, on the south part of the same river, abutting upon a tenement or wharf belonging to the same, called for Northumberland, then the entire county, May 8, 1734. Candidates Ralph Jennison, Esq., of Elswick......(returned)....1189 1052 John Bacon, Esq., of Newbrough .... 152 ON THE LATE WELL BELOVED SIR WILLIAM MIDDLETON. -Newcastle Courant, Oct. 15, 1757. * Meaning her ladyship. Bowes's Key, formerly in the tenure of Mary Ridley, widow, on the west part, and a certain rock there called the Nab End on the east part. Defeazanced upon such trusts as the said Anthony Ettrick by any deed or will should direct or appoint. On the same day, a similar surrrender was made by William Ettrick, and upon the same trusts. On the 8th April, 11 George I., 1725, two surrenders were executed by William Ettrick, Esq, (of Silksworth), to Thomas Ogle, gentleman [of the city of Durham, only son and issue of the Rev. Thomas Ogle, curate of Bishopwearmouth, by his wife Anne, fourth daughter of the above-named Walter Ettrick, Esq.,] the first of which was of all that parcel of waste land, with its appurtenances, lying lately in the parish of Bishopwearmouth, and now in the parish of Sunderland-near-the-Sea, at the east end of the town of Sunderland aforesaid, near the river or water of Wear, on the south part of the same river, abutting upon a key or wharf of the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Durham on the west part, upon a messuage or tenement and a certain parcel of waste land to the same belonging lately in the possession of Mary Ridley, widow, on the east part, the whole parcel of land aforesaid containing by estimation in length 24 virgats, extending from that meet called (before the erection of the wharf lately thereupon erected) the high water-mark, to that meet called the low water-mark, of the river Wear aforesaid on the south and north parts, with all wharfs and other edifices of every kind thereupon lately erected or to be erected, with all the appurtenances. The second surrender was of a moiety, the whole in two parts to be divided, of a certain parcel of land lying lately in the parish of Bishop |
