314 THE MANOR OF BEAL 



John Selby, son and heir of Prideaux Selby, was an indus- 

 trious money-making man. Born circa 1716, the eldest son 

 of an immense family, he was farming at Hazelrig in the 

 parish of Chatton in 1742, and in 1744, succeeded to an incum- 

 bered property. On the 11th June, 1745, he mortgaged his 

 property at Beal to Stephen Fryer of Newcastle, to secure 

 £1,200; and having in 1747 unsuccessfully endeavoured to 

 sell it,"^^ he four years later obtained an increase of the 

 mortgage. He rented the other and larger part of Beal, and 

 about 1745 was appointed Receiver in Chancery of the very 

 considerable estates of John Forster of Adderston.^^ So fort- 

 unate was he in his enterprises that on the 11th May, 1754, 

 he was able to repay the £2,000 borrowed from Stephen 

 Fryer, who released to him the premises mortgaged. He died 

 at Beal on the 22nd February, 1785, aged 69, possessed, 

 it is stated, of real estate worth £1,500 a year, and over 

 £8,000 personalty. 



1784, Deo. 27th. Will of John Selby of Beal. My real estate to my 

 brother George Selby, in tail male. Remainder to my nephew George 

 Selby of Foxton-hall. Remainder to my nephew Henry CoUingwood 

 Selby. Remainder to my nephew Prideaux Selby. Remainder to my 

 nephew John Wilkie of Eland-hall. Remainder to my nephew Prideaux 

 Wilkie, of Doddington. Remainder to my nephew Thomas Stirling the 

 younger. Remainder to my right heirs. My lease of a moiety of the 



My sister Elizabeth Stirling, widow and her daughter Elizabeth, wife of 

 James Begbie. My brother George Selby of Beal. Frances Wilkie Selby, 

 daughter of my nephew Henry CoUingwood Selby. My sister-in-law 

 Hannah Selby, deceased. My nephew William Selby. My brother's 

 two daughters, Margaret and Elizabeth Selby. Mrs. Forster, wife of Mr. 

 Ralph Forster. Pr. at Durham, 1799. Raine, Test. Dunelm. 



8th May, 1775. Will of William Selby of Berwick, gent. To my son- 

 in-law Robert Wilkie of Ladythorn, esq. and John Selby of Beal, esq. 

 £1 000 in trust to pay the interest to my wife, Grace. My brother Richard 

 Selby. My sister Hannah Selby. William and Hannah Weddell son and 

 daughter of my late cousin Selby Weddell, deceased. To my brother, 

 Richard Selby, the silver cup given me by Mr. C layering. Pr. at Durham, 

 1804. Raine, Test. Dunelm. 



40 To be sold a freehold estate at Beal, 320 acres, rental £137 10a. — 

 Apply to Mr. Nicholas Brown, attorney, Alnwick. Newcastle Courant, 

 3rd January, 1747. 



■11 Cf. New History of Northumberland. Vol. i. p. 227. 





