104 Amble and Hauxley. By J. C. Hodgson. 



She married the Rev. Joseph Cook, then of Sheepwash, but 

 afterwards vicar of Shilbottle and Chatton,^^ eldest son of 

 Samuel Cook of Newton-on-the-Moor.^* Under the instrument 

 under, which she succeeded to the Widdrington estates, Mrs 

 Cook was required to assume the name and arms of Widdring- 

 ton, Her husband preferred to retain his own patronymic. 

 Her second son, the Eev. Joseph Cook,^^ died in 1825, near 

 Mount Sinai, whilst travelling in the Holy Land. Dying in 

 1840, aged 71, she was succeeded b\' her eldest son, Samuel 

 Edward Cook,^^ Captain R.N., F.G.S., who also assumed the 

 name of Widdrington, but dying without issue, was succeeded 

 by his nephew, Mr Shalcross Fitz-Herbert Jacson, now Mr 

 S. F. Widdrington of Newton Hall and of Hauxley, who 

 is the owner of both moieties. 



The Widdrington Arms are : — Quarterly. Argent and Gules, 



°* Marriage Settlement, 4th August 1786 ; Sarah Brown was then of 

 Morpeth, and was possessed of £3420, charged on the estate of John 

 Widdrington of Hauxley : — a moiety of the Ellington tithe, etc. — Newton 

 Hall Papers, for the inspection of luhich the writer is obliged to Mr 

 Widdrington. 



" The family history of the Cooks shall be reserved for another 

 occasion. 



'^ He was of Christ's College, Cambridge, and to his memory the 

 Master and Fellows erected a monument bearing the following inscription. 



MI. I Viri reverendi Josephi Cook A.M. | CoUegii hujns socii | Quem per 

 Arabiam PetrfBam itur facientem | mors subita et immatiira abstulit | Vnon 

 Mart A.D. MDCCCXXV aetatis suae XXXV | In sepulchreto prope fontes 

 Elim I Sacris Uteris celebres | Conditas est amicorum viae comitum 

 lacrymis [ Hoc marmor | Quo desiderium saum testentnr | Posuerunt 

 magister et socii | 



•''' In 1808 Samuel Edward Cook, eldest son and heir of Sarah [Cook] 

 Widdrington and Captain George John Widdrington Tinliug, eldest son 

 of Sarah Tinling Widdrington, joined with their respective mothers in 

 a release of messuage in Bondgate, Alnwick. 



" Lieutenant-General Sir David Latimer Tinling Widdrington, Military 

 Knight Commander of the Hanoverian Guelphic Order, died 30th July 

 1839, in the 82nd year of his age. He served his country with honour 

 and great credit during a period of 60 years, beginning at the memorable 

 siege of Gibraltar, afterwards in every part of the world, and received 



from his country an annuity for distinguished services He 



expired iu this parish, at the temporary residence of his son, Eev. Sidney 

 Henry Widdrington, A.M., of Hauxley Hall, Northumberland." — MI. 

 Bexley Kent, communicated hg Mr Widdrington. 



