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Reference: D/X 436 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Jepson, Cumby and Spurrier families of Heighington

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Miscellaneous documents - Jepson, Cumby and Spurrier families of Heighington (Ref: D/X 436)Jepson Family (Ref: D/X 436/1-9)Family notes (Ref: D/X 436/1)Ref: D/X 436/1

Pages from the family Bible, with dates of birth, etc., 1698-1817

(5 papers)

John Jepson (c.1673-1746) (Ref: D/X 436/2-3)

Excise officer; born in Milnthorpe, Westmorland, appointed to Newcastle 1709, and Durham 1730, settled in Heighington.
(For further details see C.BIO,JEP (P), article on John Jepson by C. Roy Hudleston)

Ref: D/X 436/2

Letter from William Backe of Skipton Excise Office re financial arrangements, 1735

(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 436/3

Will of John Jepson, 1746

(1 paper)

William Jepson (1700-1776) (Ref: D/X 436/4-5)

Son of John Jepson; purchased the Old Hall, Heighington from Thomas Richmond of Hope House, 1740

Ref: D/X 436/4

Deeds to a house and property in Heighington (The Old Hall), with schedule of deeds, 1692-1741

(9 parchments and papers)

Ref: D/X 436/5

Two receipts for window cess and constable cess, 1733

(2 papers)

Anthony Jepson (1749-1807) (Ref: D/X 436/6-7)

Son of William Jepson; lieutenant in the Royal Navy

Ref: D/X 436/6

Letter of thanks for a £50 contribution to the Defence of the Country fund, 1798

(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 436/7

Estate duty account, 1807

(1 paper)

Elizabeth Jepson (1754-1827) (Ref: D/X 436/8-9)

Daughter of William Jepson

Ref: D/X 436/8

Letter from Eliza Jepson, with references to school children, n.d.

(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 436/9

Inventory of plate and linen, n.d.

(1 paper)

Cumby Family (Ref: D/X 436/10-31, 43-44)

Eleanor, daughter of William Jepson, married David Pryce Cumby in 1769

John Cumby, Captain in the Royal Navy (Ref: D/X 436/10)Ref: D/X 436/10

Account of naval action at Oporto, in which John Cumby was involved, 1892

(1 paper)

William Pryce Cumby (1771-1837) Captain in the Royal Navy (Ref: D/X 436/11-24)

Joined the Navy in 1784; took command of H.M.S. Bellerophon at the Battle of Trafalgar, on the death of Captain Cooke. Later promoted Commander and Post Captain; died at Pembroke, being then Superintendent of the naval arsenal. (For further details see Fordyce "History of Durham" Volume 1)

Ref: D/X 436/11

Letter to Thomas Grenville, First Lord of the Admiralty, requesting command of a ship, with references to his action at Trafalgar, 1806

(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 436/12

"The Image of Blue and Gold"; a parody of Nebuchadnezzar's image written by Captain Cumby about Earl St. Vincent (copy), n.d.

(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 436/13

Letter from R. Clarke, solicitor of Stockton, re the estate of Anthony Jepson, 1807

(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 436/14

Particulars and valuation of Captain Cumby' s estate at Heighington, 1820

(1 volume)

Ref: D/X 436/15

Letter from his son, William, when a child, 1828

(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 436/16

Letter from Mrs. Symonds of Eastend re family news, 1830

(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 436/17

Letter to Mrs. Aylmer, of condolence on the death of her husband, Lt. Gen. Arthur Aylmer, 1831

(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 436/18

Memorandum of T. Dickinson re exchange of land between Captain Cumby and the Bishop of Durham, 1833

(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 436/19

Letters from James Meek of Somerset House re his appointment to Pembroke Dock, 1837

(3 papers)

Ref: D/X 436/20

Extracts from letters and H.M.S. Hyperion' s Night Order Book, written by Captain Cumby, describing his activities, 1810-1815, including a visit to Panama; compiled by David Charles Cumby

(2 papers)

Ref: D/X 436/21

Recollections of Captain Cumby's life (fragment), n.d.

(3 papers)

Ref: D/X 436/22

Photograph of an embroidered chair (now in Bowes Museum) depicting H.M.S. Bellerophon, n.d.

(1 photograph)

Ref: D/X 436/23

Copy of the inscription on Captain Cumby's grave, 1837

(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 436/24

Letter from the National Maritime Museum re a portrait of Captain Cumby, 1967 (1 paper)

Elizabeth Cumby, second wife of Captain W. P. Cumby (Ref: D/X 436/25-29)

Daughter of Rev. T. Wilson Morley of Richmond

Ref: D/X 436/25

Personal letters from her husband, 1828, 1836

(2 papers)

Ref: D/X 436/26

Letter from Mrs. Symonds re family news, post 1837

(2 papers)

Ref: D/X 436/27

Part letter re recollections of Captain Cumby, 1839

(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 436/28

Personal diary, 1837

(1 volume)

Ref: D/X 436 29

Copy of the inscription on Elizabeth Cumby' s grave, n.d.

(1 paper)

William Cumby (1820-1893) (Ref: D/X 436/30-31)

Son of Captain W. P. Cumby by his second wife, Elizabeth; vicar of Beadnell (Northumberland) and Whorlton

Ref: D/X 436/30

Letters from David Pryce Cumby, son of Captain W. P. Cumby by his first wife (one to his niece, Jane) re arrangements for William Cumby's honeymoon in France, 1856 (2 papers)

Ref: D/X 436/31

Newspaper obituaries of Rev. William Cumby, 1893

(3 papers)

William Pryce Cumby (1771-1837) Captain in the Royal Navy (Ref: D/X 436/43-44)

(Additional deposit)

(Acc 961(D))

Ref: D/X 436/43

Nomination as companion of the order of the Bath (with regulations concerning the conferring of this honour),1830

(3 sheets - photocopy)

Ref: D/X 436/44

Will, 1834

(12 sheets - photocopy)

Spurrier Family (Ref: D/X 436/32-33)

Eleanor Maria, only daughter of Rev. William Cumby, married Rev. Horatio Spurrier, vicar of Shildon, in 1887

Family notes (Ref: D/X 436/32)Ref: D/X 436/32

Notes on the Spurrier family, n.d.

(1 file)

Eleanor Maria Spurrier (1857-1951) (Ref: D/X 436/33)Ref: D/X 436/33

Part letter from Ann Jane Pearson, her cousin, re family history, n.d. (4 papers)

Morley family (Ref: D/X 436/34-35)

Elizabeth, second wife of Captain W. P. Cumby, was the daughter of Rev. Thomas Wilson, who had adopted his mother's surname of Morley

Family notes (Ref: D/X 436/34)Ref: D/X 436/34

Various pedigrees and notes on the family history, n.d.

(1 bundle, 6 papers)

Rev. Thomas Wilson Morley (Ref: D/X 436/35)Ref: D/X 436/35

Receipt for a £100 contribution to the Defence of the Country fund, 1798

(1 paper)

Miscellaneous (Ref: D/X 436/36-41)Ref: D/X 436/36

Miscellaneous correspondence, 1818, 1899, including a letter re the death of an Admiral (unidentified)

(3 papers)

Ref: D/X 436/37

Miscellaneous papers, including a description of Lloyd's Nelson Room; account of the ceremony at the first entrance of the Bishop of Durham into Sockburn; description of the Bodach Glas, c. 1835

(11 papers)

Ref: D/X 436/38

Recipes for food and drink, c. 1858

(10 papers)

Ref: D/X 436/39

Manuscript book on heraldry, 19th century

(1 volume)

Ref: D/X 436/40

"A Bill for the more effectual Prosecution of the War with Russia, and for securing the Liberty of the Press, and for other Purposes", 1855

(1 file)

Ref: D/X 436/41

Calendars of prisoners in Durham Gaol and House of Correction, 1824-1827

(2 papers)

Rev. Hilary Walton Jackson (Ref: D/X 436/42)

Vicar of Heighington 1966-1982; author of Cumby of the Bellerophon.

Ref: D/X 436/42

Papers relating to the Jepson - Cumby -Spurrier families, compiled by Rev. H. W. Jackson, including memorandum of Captain W. P. Cumby's naval service, 1784-1815, and lists of items deposited in the Bowes Museum and the County Record Office

(3 files)