DEATHS OF THOMAS AND MATTHEW 

 WILKINSON IN 1823 AND 1837. 



F. COATES BECOMES HUNTSMAN IN 1837. 



'R. Thomas Wilkinson died at Hurworth on 

 Nov. igth, 1823, aged 64, and was succeeded 

 by his brother, Matthew, who at first carried 

 the horn. Matthew does not seem to have 

 kept any diaries, and between the years 1823 — 

 1854 there are no written Hurworth records extant, so far as 

 we know, though, fortunately, we have those of the late Mr. 

 R. S. D. Roper. 



F. Coates, of Hilton, an early Hurworth huntsman. 

 Mr. Matthew Wilkinson gave np hunting hounds in 1835, 

 and was followed as huntsman by Frank Coates, a Hilton 



i; * Initial letter the late Mr. Anthony Lax Maynard, Master of the North Durham hounds 



ik for 14 years. 



