322 ANTIQUITIES OF NORTHUMBERLAND. 



The caftle and manour of Mitford were in the pofleflion of Lord 

 Brough t in the reign of K. Henry VIII. (f) ; and of 



William Lord Brough, 4 Q^Mary, who in that year granted to Cuth- 

 bert Mitford, and to his fon Robert, for ever, all his lands at Mit- 

 ford, rcferving only to himfelf the fite of the caftle, and the roy- 

 alties (g) ; which caftle and royalties were in the crown in the 

 reign of K. James I, who granted them to 



James Murray, Earl of Annan (h) ; and being in the crown 

 again in the reign of K. Charles H, they were granted by his ma- 

 jcfty to 



Robert Mitford, Efq; (i). He married Jane, the daughter of 

 John Mitford of Seghill, Efq; by whom he had three fons, Cuthbert, 

 John, and William ; alfo four daughters, viz. Barbara married to 

 George Fenivick, of Long Shaives ; Eleanor, to Daniel Collingivood, of 

 Bratupton ; Margaret, to Nicholas Heron, of Meldon ; Ifabell, to Richard 



Roivmotherhy, Efqrs. His fon, William, was fellow of Clare-hall, 



in Cambridge, and afterwards rector of Kirby-over-carr, in TorkJJjire. 

 His fecond fon, John, lived at Mitford. He was fucceeded by his 

 eldeft fon and heir, 



Cuthbert Mitford, Efq; who married Mary the daughter of Chrifto- 

 pher Wharton, of Offer ton, in the county of Durham, Efq; by whom 

 he had one fon, Robert. They both died in one day at Mitford. 

 Their fon and heir, 



Robert Mitford, Efq; married Philadelphia one of the daughters 

 of Humphrey Wharton, of Gillingivood, in TorkJJjire, Efq; by whom 



(f) Lei. Itin. (g) Carta Dom. Gulielmi Brougb. 



(b) Carta Jac. I. ('') Carta Car. II. 



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