L20/Introduction

These deeds are chiefly interesting in the details they yield of the Yorkshire ancestry of the Earl de Grey. Both his father and grandfather were famous in the field of foreign affairs, and before them three of his ancestors were Lord Mayors of York. The Yorkshire properties of the Robinson family were modest enough in their constituent manors, but when they came into the hands of the Earl de Grey (then Lord Grantham) at the beginning of the nineteenth century, they formed a large estate in the North Riding (see L20/69/4.) The Robinson family held small leasehold properties of the Manor of Acomb and Holdgate with Clifton from 1674 (20/6), and copyhold lands from 1757. (20/19) Most of these came to the Earl de Grey in 1804. (L20/29/3). The manors of Clifton, Rawcliffe, Swainby, Aldfield, Norton, Rainton, and Newby-upon-Swale (the family seat) had belonged to the family from at least as early as the beginning of the seventeenth century (see L20/36 & L20/37) These manors followed the family descent, except that for a time Aldfield went to Sir William Robnson's (the second baronet) nephew Dr. Tancred Robinson, who was appointed Physician-in-ordinary to King George I and was knighted by him. (see L20/38) The first Lord Grantham (whilst still Sir Thomas Robinson) bought the manor of Rawcliffe from his nephew Sir William Robinson in 1756 (L20/45/8). His son, the Earl de Grey's father mortgaged it in 1765 but by the money which accrued from his marriage with the wealthy Lady Mary Jemima Grey, the daughter of Philip, Earl of Hardwicke he was able to redeem this large mortgage in 1781. (L20/51) The second Lord Grantham's will in 1792 left his estates to his widow and his brother the Hon. Fredk. Robinson (L20/54/1), and the 3rd Lord Grantham (Earl de Grey in 1833) recovered all these manors in 1804 (see L20/70/1) With them also came Huntington, Bracewell, and the site of Salley Abbey, and he recovered the manors of Genedale and Brampton at the same time as tenant-in-tail in possession (see recital of L20/69/3 and L20/70/1.) In 1831 the failure of many limitations in the will of Thomas Weddell in 1747 brought the manors of Leppington, Barthorpe, and Wigglesworth (see L20/57/1; L20/62; L20/75). One of the conditions of this will was that those who came into possession of the estate should adopt the surname of Weddell, hence the 3rd. Lord Grantham took the name of Weddell in lieu of Robinson by royal license on May 7th, 1803. Thirty years later when he succeeded his maternal aunt as Earl de Grey of Wrest he changed his name by royal licence to De Grey. (See Complete Peerage VI, 84.) Note on Newby Hall. (See letters from M. Ashcroft, N. Riding R.O., 5,6 Oct.1965). There is also an article on Robinson, Weddell and the Newbys, in N.R.A. Bulletin, West Riding (Northern Section) No. 4, May 1961. 1. Newby (in Rainton township, Topcliffe parish, on R. Swale). Belonged to Robinson C18. Sold by Earl de Grey in 1845 to Geo. Hudson, railway king; and by him in the 1850's to Lord Downe. Downe collection in N. Riding R.O, large, uncatalogued (1965). Name changed to Baldersby Park. Now Skellfield School. 2. Newby (in Mulwith-with-Newby township, Ripon parish, on R.Ure). Weddell. An unsatisfactory N.R.A. list of the collection exists; it was subsequently transferred to Leeds Central Library, & arrangement altered. There is also a Vyner archive, still at Studley Royal.

1612-1918

From: 1612 To: 1918

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Lucas,
de Grey, Thomas Philip (2nd Earl de Grey of Wrest),
de Grey, Thomas Philip Weddell, 2nd Earl,
de Grey, Thomas Philip, 2nd Earl,
Grantham, Thomas Philip Robinson, 3rd Baron,
Grantham, Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron,
Grantham, Thomas Robinson, 2nd Baron,
Grey, Mary Jemima,
Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of,
Robinson, William,
Robinson, Tancred,
George I,
Robinson, Frederick,
Weddell, Thomas,
Ashcroft, M.,
Hudson, George,
Vyner,
Downe, William Henry Dawnay, 7th Viscount,
Downe, Hugh Richard Dawnay, 8th Viscount

Mayor, doctors, Acomb Manor, Rawcliffe Manor, Clifton Manor [Yorkshire], Aldfield Manor, Norton Manor [Yorkshire], Rainton Manor, Newby upon Swale Manor, specific marriages, Salley Abbey, Thomas Robinson will: Grantham, 2nd Baron, widow, Huntington Manor, Bracewell Manor, Leppington Manor, Wigglesworth Manor, Barthorpe Manor, Thomas will: Weddell, Swale, railways, Yorkshire Skellfield School, Ure, Yorkshire, York, Acomb, Clifton [North Yorkshire], Rawcliffe [North Yorkshire], Holgate, Swainby, Whorlton, Aldfield, Norton [North Yorkshire], Rainton with Newby, Huntington [Yorkshire], Bracewell, Leppington, Wigglesworth, Barthorpe, Baldersby Park, Mulwith with Newby