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an only daughter, Elizabeth, who married first Thomas Burdon 

 (of South Shields), and secondly Langdale Sunderland,'^" Collector 

 of H.M. Customs, Newcastle. She had issue by both marriages. 

 Her son, Henry Burdon, ^^ who was his grandfather's devisee, 

 died unmarried circa 1753, leaving Sarah Burdon, his sister 

 of the whole blood, his heiress. She married first, 1 2th March, 

 1754,29 John Swinburn of Long Witton and jure uxoris of 



Codicil dated 6th Oct. 1740. To my grand-daughter Elizabeth 

 Sunderland £500. To Henry son of Thomas Gibson late of Harton^ 

 deceased, £200, and my executor to keep him at Scorton school, where 

 he is now a scholar, for 3 years ; my niece, Mary Lumsden. Pr. at 

 York, 28th February, 1740. Raine, Test. Ebor. 



^Langdale Sunderland is mentioned in the Codicil to the Will of a 

 Certain Northern Vicar, printed in London in 1765. The Northern vicar 

 was the Rev John Ellison, vicar of Bedlington; and the writer of the squib 

 is believed to have been the Rev William Cooper, brother of Sir Grey 

 Cooper, Bart. The lines are as follows : — 



To S .d I'll lend a lift, 



And give him a peculiar gift ; 

 A charm that will amend hia heart, 

 And make him act the manly part ; 

 To his sweet spouse I give a theme, 

 Wrote once in praise of Polypheme. 



^^ Henry Bardon bore the arms azure three pilgrims' staves or, the field 

 crusily of the second, Crest, a squirrel eating nuts. Book-plate in the 

 possession of the writer. 



^^ Indenture of Lease and Release bearing date respecting the 14th and 

 15th days of December, 1753; the said indenture of release being qninque- 

 partite and made between John Swinburn of the town and county of New- 

 castle, esq., eldest son and heir of Cnthbert Swinburn of the same place, 

 esq., deceased, and by Margaret his wife, and the said Margaret Swinburn, 

 widow, mother of the said John Swinburn of the first part ; Sarah Bardon 

 of Newcastle aforesaid, spinster (only surviving child of Thomas Burdon, 

 late of Newcastle-upon-Tyne aforesaid, esq., deceased, by Elizabeth his 

 wife, only child and heir of Henry Forster, esq., deceased, and then the 

 wife of Langdale Sunderland of Newcastle aferesaid, esq., and also only 

 surviving sister and heir of Henry Burdon, late of West Jesmond in the 

 county of Northumberland, esq., also deceased, who was eldest son and 

 heir of the said Thomas Burdon by the said Elizabeth, his wife) of the 

 second part ; Percival Clennell of Newcastle, aforesaid, esq., and 



