Loiv Buston. By J. C. Hodgson. 521 



Francis Forster was buried at Warkworth in March 1720/ and 

 was succeeded by bis eldest surviving son Joseph, whose marriage 

 settlement in 1702 we have noticed. He only lived until 1728, 

 but had in 1727 made a re-settlement of the estate in which his 

 eldest son Francis joined. £500 was charged on the estate as a 

 marriage portion for his daughter Grace, who married William 

 Crosswell of Red-house, now called Woodhorn Demesne, and 

 £490 as the portion of his younger son Joseph. The premises 

 are described as including the closes called the Orchard Hill, 

 the Bought Riggs from Hilly Law Gate to "Hounden upper 

 damns above Kideford," etc., etc. 



The eldest son, Francis Forster, in 1738 described as of 

 Morpeth was, in 1731, married at Gateshead to Frances, sister 

 and co-heiress of Charles Bathurst of Skutterskelf and Clints 

 M.P. for Richmond. The history of the Bathurst family is given 

 in Mr. Raine's exhaustive account of Marske. 2 



In 1762, Francis Forster executed an important settlement, in 

 which he entailed Low Buston on his eldest son Charles Francis 

 and his heirs, and failing them on his third son William, with 

 remainder to others. The effect of this settlement was to 

 disinherit the second son Joseph and his issue. 



Francis Forster 3 died in 1778, aged 76, and was succeeded by 



1 1720, 10th Feb.— Will of Francis Forster of Nether Buston ; beqneaths 

 to the daughters of Robert Forster of Hartlaw (who had married his 

 daughter Katberine) £100 to be paid in five yearly payments of £20 each : 

 to Andrew Forster Kerr, 'son of my daughter Grace Ker,' £50 when he 

 shall attain the age of twelve years : to the children of Wm. Reighe £35 to 

 be paid in seven yearly payments of £5 each : all my pewter and brass 

 plate, household goods, and furniture between my son Nicholas Forster 

 of Ponteland, and my daughter Grace Kerr. Executors — John Davison of 

 Warkworth Barns, gent., Edward Valentine of Wooden, gent., and Wm. 

 Reighe of Low Buston, gent. 



1678 — Thomas, son of Thomas Righ of Low Buston, buried in Woollen. — 

 Warkworth Burial Register. 



In a deed relating to Heslerigg, another estate of this same Francis 

 Forster, Righ is described in August 1722 as William Righe of Oversheelds. 

 In the 1747 poll book, we find William Reigh of Alemouth voted for houses 

 and lands there: and in 1753, Margaret, widow of William Righ, has 

 letters of administration granted to her husband's estate — Low Buston Deeds. 



2 Arch. ML, vol. v., p. 75. 



3 For an interesting letter of the date Oct. 1745 addressed to Francis 

 Forster by Wm. Carr of Eshot begging for coffee " as the Marshall designs 

 to honour me with his company," and naming the march past of the army, 

 see Arch. ML, 1862. 



