80 Mr Tate on LongJioughton, Sec. 



the daughter of Martm Ryllie (improhus, Hihernicus miles) of 

 Longhoughton. In 1729 buried Isabel, wife of William 

 Urin, {militis maxime impii) ; and Jane, (maxima impia) the 

 wife of (tam impii) Thomas Weake, of Seaton House. 



The Vicar, though generally using the Latin language, 

 sometimes employs the vulgar tongue with startling effect. 

 Brutish, wicked, and ignorant, are not unfrequently applied. 

 We have in 1735, Thomas Cleghorn, a brutish barnman, and 

 John Marshall, a brutish taylor. Married 1706 Thomas 

 Story, (a very brutish and wicked fellow) herd of Sharplee, 

 and Mary Temple, of EUingham ; 1724. Thomas Vardy, an 

 (obstinate, ignorant, and wicked) tanner of Alnwick, to Isa- 

 bel Trumble, of Longhoughton ; 1706. William Morton is (a 

 gross, ignorant, and wicked herd) of Scrablees ; 1722. John 

 Robyson, senior, is a (very wicked and obstinate hardened) 

 herd of Bowmar ; 1723. Helen Peet is the (ignorant and very 

 ill) widow of William Peet, an old collier and cottager of 

 Longhoughton ; and John Ferrett is a (obstinate, ignorant, 

 and wicked) cadger and day labourer of Bowmar. 



The fishers of Boulmer and Seaton must have been a de- 

 moralized race, or our registrar must have been strongly pre- 

 judiced against them. 1706. Buried Barbara, the wife of 

 Thomas Pennyman, (a very ignorant) fisher of Seaton House ; 

 and in 1710 he is '^ a very old obstinate ignorant and wicked 

 fisher;" George Pollet in 1724 is (a brutish and profane) 

 fisher of Bowmar, in 1725 he is a careless and ignorant fisher, 

 in 1727, when he is married again, he is a {triste ignorans et 

 prophanus peccat :) fisher. 1727. Robert Dawson is a (ob- 

 stinate ig7iorans pcccat :) -R-sher ; Nicholas Richyson is (salutis 

 desidiosus) a fisher ; George Strachan {vah salutis incurios) 

 fisher ; John Dowell, a (mle impius peccat :) fisher. Several 

 others of Boulmer are said to be " careless and ignorant." 



These sketches give but a dark picture of the moral condi- 

 tion of Longhoughton ; yet there are a few better characters 

 to save the parish. Some are described as honest or good. 

 1724. Henry Bell is an honest herd; 1706. Thomas Forman 

 is (a very good man) an underfarmer of Longlee ; 1716. 

 Ralph Rublige is pious and good, of Little Miln ; 1720. 

 Joseph Killgryce is a (very serious good man) webster of 

 Longhoughton ; 1723. buried Barbara, the serious good wife 

 of James Gustard, an old and good herd ; 1721. Richard 

 Gustard, (a knowing good man) herd of Longlee ; 1722. 

 Simon Dixon, a good honest farmer ; George Robyson, a 

 serious good collier ; 1724. buried Patrick Dodds, a religious 



