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of William Threlkeld, chaplain to the Earl of Carlisle, and 

 incumbent of Startforth, by his wife a French woman. He 

 was born in France in 1657, and was a respectable watch and 

 clock maker in Newcastle, at which town he in 1691 constructed 

 a new clock in the steeple for All Saints' Church at a cost of £42 

 38. His wife was Margaret, sister of George Ilderton of Ilderton. 

 Horsley, before 1730, writes of * Tritlington, where Mr Threlkeld 

 has built, not a very large house, but a very pleasant one.' This 

 old house (with terraced gardens sloping to the stream ) still remains, 

 and retains four great gate pillars, two of which carry, carved 

 in stone, wicker work baskets of fruit, and the other two pine- 

 apple ornaments. In these may perhaps be discerned traces of 

 the French birth and blood of the builder. Threlkeld was 

 residing here in 1723, when he caused the following advertise- 

 ment to be inserted in the Newcastle Courant of the 27th July of 

 that year : — 



" Deodatns Threlkeld, being gone from Newcastle to reside at his 

 house at Tritlington, near Morpeth, will continue to make and sell as 

 many gold and silv^er watches as he with his own hand can finish ; at 

 which place may be furnished with the same, and also at Mr Francis 

 Batty's, goldsmith at Newcastle, or at Mr Thos. Shipley's, merchant 

 in Morpeth. At all which places watches will be taken in to be 

 mended. The said Deodatns Threlkeld will be at Morpeth every 

 Wednesday and to be heard of at the said Mr Shipley's." 



For a detailed history of the Threlkeld family the reader is 

 referred to the pages of Mr Longstaff's fascinating account of 

 Stainton on the Street,'''' where he will find it stated that by his 

 first wife, Deodatus Threlkeld had a son, to whom was given the 

 same pious name, and who emigrated to Virginia. To support Mr 

 Longstaff's account of the difficulties and troubles of John 

 Threlkeld, the eldest son of the second marriage, the following 

 advertisement may be quoted : — 



' Whereas a commission of bankruptcy is awarded against John 

 Threlkeld of Newcastle, merchant,' etc., etc. [He is required to 

 surrender himself to the commissioners on the 11th inst., at the sign 

 of the ' Greorge ' in Westgate Street, Newcastle,] 'and to make a full 

 discovery of his estate and eifects.' — Newcastle Courant, 8th July, 

 1732. 



' Notice to persons indebted to .Tohn Threlkeld of Newcastle, 

 merchant, a bankrupt, to pay their debts to William Wharton of 

 Newcastle, attorney, to the use of Robert Dennett, esq., and Mr 

 * Arch. ML, vol. in., pp. 96-103. 

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