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were interred in the family burying- place, some time previous 

 to the erection of the monument. The Forfarshire steamer, 

 on her passage from Hull to Dundee, was wrecked on the night 

 of the 6th September, 1838 ; and it was in the attempt to 

 rescue the helpless and perishing survivors, that the heroic 

 conduct of herself and her noble-minded father were so 

 signally displayed. 



The Registers of marriages, births, and burials, in the 

 parish of Bamburgh, commence in 1653 ; and from that 

 time to 1790 are very imperfect. A register of burials only 

 from 1678 to 1688, is also very imperfect. There is a third 

 book containing births, marriages, and burials, from 1692 to 

 1725 : wanting from 1795 to 1797 ; marriages, commencing 

 1697 and ending 1725 : wanting the year 1708 ; burials, 

 ]697 and ending 1725. From the year 1726 and onwards, 

 the entries are seemingly perfect. The following extract is 

 taken from one of the old books : — " Memorand' yt on ye 24 

 of July 1676 y e most Reverend Father in God Nathaniel 

 Crew Bishop of Durham, brother to y e Lord Crew, and of 

 ye Privy Council, did on his return from Barwick to 

 Durham, honour Thomas Davison then Presbyter or Minister 

 of Bamburg, with his attendance and acceptance of a glass of 

 sack sydar and martle beer, from ye said Thomas Davison, 

 Minister, and did then confirm y e persons before mentioned 

 that belonged to Bamburgh, in honorem parochiee dictae de 

 Bamburg." 



Notes on a Shipwreck near Bamburgh in 1472. 

 My attention has been draAvn by a friend to a singular cir- 

 cumstance, which seems worthy of being recorded in our 

 annals, in connection with Bamburgh. In Dr Rogers' 

 " Monuments of Scotland," published for the Grampian Club, 

 it is stated that James Kennedy, Bishop of St. Andrews, son 

 of the Countess of Angus, daughter of Robert the 3rd, King 

 of Scotland, was born a.d. 1405, and was appointed to the 

 bishoprick by his uncle, James 1st, a.d. 1440. His famous 

 tomb in the Cathedral of St. Andrews, cost £10,000 — an 

 immense sum in those days. He built a magnificent barge 

 called the St. Salvador, which he used in foreign trade. It 

 remained the property of the See till a.d. 1472, when it was 

 wrecked on the coast of Bamburgh. The bishop died on the 

 10th May, 1466. W. D. 



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