marble monument with the arms of the Smallwoods' (viz. parted per pale, first a lion rampant, second a fess between two zebras) and the inscription : "Memoriæ sacrum Georgii Smallwood de Vpleatham in agro Ebor. juris periti; qui postquam vitam, pietate in Deum eximia, amore in uxorem singulari, et charitate erga proximum admodum benefica et utili egisset, unica solum filia superstite, decimo tertio die Octobris, summo omnium moerore et luctu vitam cum morte commutavit anno ætatis suæ 52; salutis humanæ 1680. Cujus corpus in antiqua hac ecclesia parochiali sepultum requiescat." The NEW CHURCH is an elegant building in the Norman style, situated north of the road, in the centre of the village. It was built in 1835, at the cost of only 450l. The stone was obtained from a neighbouring quarry, and carried free of expense by the tenants. It contains sittings for 220 persons. Of the 4507. named, the Archbishop of York, patron of the living, subscribed 1007.; the Earl of Zetland 2007.; the ChurchBuilding Society 757.; the remainder raised by rate. The living was augmented in 1786 with 2007.; in 1787 with 2007.; in 1788 with 2007.; and in 1791 with 2007. to meet benefaction of 2007. from Sir Thomas Dundas, Bart. The register-books commence 1654; the first book, ending 1694, partly illegible from damp. Rev. Joseph Wilkinson incumbent, who resides at Redcar. UPLEATHAM HALL, the residence of the Earl of Zetland, is a handsome modern edifice, delightfully situate south-west of the village, and commands a variety of pleasant views towards Skelton and Gisborough. Here the late lamented Duke of 1 SMALLWOOD OF UPLEATHAM. Alan Smallwood of Egton, Cleveland, co. York, a younger branch of the Smallwoods of Staffordshire; d. Dec. 3, 1614. The names of Coulthurst and Smallwood are now, so far as we can ascertain, extinct in Cleveland. A spot is still pointed out, marked by an upright stone, where one of the younger branches of the Smallwood family was killed in a duel; but we have not been able to make out the particulars. The stone named by tradition is near the old church. Robert Coulthurst.* Edmund. Sussex was a frequent guest of the noble proprietor, and expressed in the warmest terms his admiration of its beauty and retirement. We are enabled, through the kind courtesy of the noble Lord Zetland, to present our readers with the Dundas pedigree, formally guaranteed by family charters, deeds, grants, and other authentic documents. We have taken great pains in preparing it for the public eye; and it will be found an invaluable record. PEDIGREE OF DUNDAS OF UPLEATHAM. Gospatric, Earl of Northumbria; who, with Edwin and Morcar (see p. 48), fled into Scotland from the tyranny of William: the Conqueror A.D. 1068. Gospatric, 2d of that name. His name appears as a witness to the foundation-charter of the abbey of Scone, temp. Alex. I. of Scotland, A.D. 1115; also to the charter of the abbey of Holyrood, granted by King David II. A.D. 1128: and ea die quæ vivus et mortuus." Huttred, or Uthred; the undoubted predecessor of the Dundas family, of Dundas, in the county of West Lothian, from whom Thomas, Earl of Zetland, is descended. Helias Dundas of Dundas; who obtained a charter from Waldevus, son of Gospatric his uncle, which is preserved in the charter-chest of the family of Dundas,' supposed to be of the date 1145, Waldeve having died July 12th of that year. Serle Dundas; mentioned in an old manuscript containing the history of "curious transactions in the reign of King William the Lyon." This мs. was in the hands of the late Alexander Bailey, Esq., of Castlecary, a very learned antiquary. Helias de Dundas, 2d of the name, mentioned in an enrolment of court 1229, temp. Alex. II., held by Roger de Moubray. Also witness to a charter of Alex. II., and to a charter granted by Philip de Moubray to the abbey of Dunfermline. Rodolphus, or Radulphus; witness to a charter of Alex. II. to the monastery of Kelso, dated May 26, 1240; also various charters granted by Alex. III. Saer de Dundas; flourished in the reign of Edward I. of England. · Hugo de Dundas, as mentioned by the learned antiquary Nisbitt. This Hugo de Dundas was succeeded, according to some authors, by George de Dundas, slain at the battle of Duplin 1332; but according to others, by Rodolphus de Dundas, 2d of that name; who is mentioned in a charter granted by David II. to the Laird of Maclean.= J James de Dundas; had a fierce dispute with the abbot of Dunfermline, in the course of which he was excommunicated, but afterwards absolved by a curious instrument entered upon record, in the year 1342. John de Dundas; who, upon his father's resignation, obtained from David II. a charter of the barony and lands of Fingask,in the county of Perth, dated Feb. 18, 1364. Elizabeth, dr. of Sir Alex. Livingstone of Callendar. (1st wife.) James de Dundas; who obtained, in addition, Dec. 13, 1397, from William, Lord Seton, a James de Dundas; who, with Duncan Dundas his brother, being engaged in the broils of the period, was imprisoned in Dunbarton Castle, where he died without issue in 1451. רד Archibald. Alexander; mentioned. TT Christian Stewart, Thomas; died s. p. Elizabeth; mar. Philip Moubray of Christian; mar. Sir John Sandilands [Turn over. 1 The charter is as follows::-" Waldevus filius Cospatricii omnibus probis hominibus suis, et omnibus amicis suis tam futuris quam presentibus, salutem. Sciatis me dedisse et concessisse et hac carta mea confirmasse, Heliæ filio Hutredi Dundas pro servitio dimidii militis, illum et heredes, suos tenendum de me et heredibus meis in feudo et hereditate, in moris, in aquis, in stagnis, in molendinis, in pratis, in pasturis cum omnibus rectis divisis et pertinentiis concedo itaque. Quare volo et precipio ut iste predictus Helias istam terram habeat et teneat tam quiete et tam libere, et tam honorifice, ut ullus miles de barone tenet liberius et quietius et honorificentius in tota terra regis Scotiæ, his testibus Johanne filio Orm; Waldevo filio Baldewin; Roberto de sancto Michaele; Helia de Hadestandena; Willielmo de Coupland; Wilhelmo de Helebet; Alano dapifero Gerhardo milite Johanne de Graggin." Margaret, dr. of George Sir John Dundas of Fingask; who succeeded his father A.D. 1624, knighted at Dunfermline by Charles I. 1633, and spent his estate of Fingask in the service of that unfortunate monarch. John Dundas; who succeeded his father in 1670; died about 1724. Magdalen Allardyce, dr. of Thomas, son of Allardyce of Allardyce. Thomas Dundas; who acquired a considerable estate in the county of Stirling, and got a charter, under the great seal, erecting his lands into a barony, called the barony of Fingask, in the year 1730; died 1762. Thomas Dundas of Fingask, M.P. for the stewartry of Orkney and Zetland; mar. 1st, Ann Graham, dr. of the Hon. James Graham, Judge of the High Court of Admiralty of Scotland, by whom he had no issue. He mar. 2dly, Lady Janet Maitland, dr. of Charles, Earl of Lauderdale, by Elizabeth, dr. of James, Earl of Findlater, by whom he had issue, who carry on the line of the family of Fingask. Thomas; born 16th Feb. 1741, and on the 21st Sept. succeeded his father in his title and estates of Upleatham and Aske in the county of York, Castlecary and Kerse in Stirlingshire, N. B., and in various islands of Orkney and Zetland. By letters patent August 1794, he was created Baron Dundas of Aske, county of York, with destination to his heirs male. Died June 14, 1820. Lawrence, afterwards Sir Bethia Bailey, dr. of Bailey of Castlecary. Margaret, dr. of Alexander Bruce of Kennet, by Mary Balfour, dr. of Robert, Lord Burleigh. (See Bruce Pedigree, p. 245.) Charlotte, dr. of William Fitzwilliam, late lord president of council and lord lieutenant of Ireland. She was born at Wentworth July 25, 1746; married May 24, 1764; and died Feb. 1833. Thomas Lawrence; born Dec. 13, 1768; died an infant. Charles Lawrence; born July 18, 1771; mar. 1797 Lady Caroline Beauclerk; died 1810. George Heneage Lawrence, R.N., M.P.; born Sept. 8, 1778; died Oct. 6, 1834. Sir Robert Lawrence, K.C.B.; born July 27, 1780; died Nov. 23, 1844. (See p. 278.) Margaret; born Nov. 9, 1772; mar. Jan. 24, 1794, Archibald Spiers of Elderslie, Esq. Frances Laura; born May 24, 1777; mar. Robert Chaloner, Esq.; died 1844. Dorothy; born August 13, 1785; died Dec. 24, 1790. Mary; born May 30, 1787; mar. 1806 to Lord Milton, now Earl Fitzwilliam; died 1830. Sophia Jane, youngest וּד Hon. John Charles Dundas, M.P.; born Aug. 21, 1808. This pedigree is, through the liberality of the Right Hon. the Earl of Zetland, entirely compiled from family muniments and collections made by John Dundas, one of the principal clerks in the city of Edinburgh, and recorded in the public registers of the Lyon Office in Scotland. The pedigree may therefore be considered perfectly correct and authentic, being drawn up by the author from unquestionable documents. This will appear from the following notice :-"I do hereby certify, attest, and declare, that the aforesaid Thomas Lord Dundas is the twenty-second in lineal and direct descent from Uthred, son of Gospatric, the first Earl of March, whose descent from the royal race of the Saxon kings of England is ascertained by the concurring testimony of various learned historians and antiquarians. And I do further hereby certify and declare the ensigns armorial pertaining and belonging to the said Thomas Lord Dundas as follows: viz. Arms—argent a lion rampant, gules armed and langued, azure within the royal tressure, flowered and counter-flowered of the second, all within a bordure of the third. Crest-a lion's head full-faced proper, crowned with a ducal coronet or, and looking through a bush of oak proper; and above the crest this motto, Essayez." This document is dated at Edinburgh, the tenth day of January, 1795, and signed "Ro. Boswell, Lyon Dep." |