I had recently purchased a small terraced house in Rochester , Kent . At that time I had a great delight in taking off for a hike across the country side , especially on not too hot but sunny days.

I passed into a small but highly interesting village called Cobham , Kent . As the weather was a trifle hot and after a good hike , I needed a rest . It must have been early as I would normally pop into the local pub , but I found myself , legs stretched out sitting in beautiful church opposite a pub called the Leather Bottle ( famous for Charles Dickens connection ) . I’m not sure now if I was waiting for the pub to open , or if I decided to have a small prayer . I guess it’s not of importance . I’ve always had an interest in these Old Places that’s why I moved to Rochester , so I decided to have a look around this small Church which resembled a miniature museum . Just down the road is Cobham Hall , where there is another connection to the family i.e. . It was the residence of the Earls of Darnley . which has strong connotations to the Scottish family .

however the most unusual thing occurred , after ten minutes looking around , I was about to go when I heard a knocking at the top of the alter , knowing I was the only one their I decided to go back and have a look , the only thing the noise could have emanated from was a wooden chest to the right of the alter .

Down the middle aisle of the church ran a long carpet which were covering a number of burial inscriptions , as I progressed away from the alter , for an unknown reason I stopped and pulled the carpet to one side which created the entire length of the carpet all the way down the aisle to fold out of place .

My first thought , was why on earth did I do that , a small piece of vandalism maybe ?, but entirely out of my nature . To my astonishment I read the following inscription .

A couple of weeks later I paid another visit to Cobham and had a further look round . On the north side of the aisle there is an alabasterwall monument to the Hebborne - Eaglestone family . On the alabaster the coats of arms are clearly shown . On the Hebborn coat shows the Lion Rampant reaching for the Rose , whilst further down there are the cups with flames rising . Then there appears to be two women knelling side by side facing a third woman over a church pew . The woman by herself is on the right of the centre of the monument . This figure is beneath the Eagletone arms . So I am assuming that the two women opposite the side pew are the Hebborn’s . I don’t pretend to be an expert on interpreting monuments or figures , especially those made a number of hundred years ago . It is difficult to render a vision of the figures in writing .

But it leaves me curious as to what is the message of the figures . I’ll start with the Hebborn Lady nearest us on the left of the pew , she is holding a book with a red cover which appears to be a Bible . However the Book is clearly in a position in front of her below her waste , beneath the level of the pew , as if to be concealed . My only thought is that she is of the Old Religion . From there dress they are clearly well and finely dressed . this may easily be the case as many gentry where of the Old Religion privately . This may sound as if I am trying to create a mystery , but their religion is of little consequence to me , what I did find a mystery are the figures behind the two Hebborn ladies .Here we have four further figures directly behind them . Two adults facing us , one male with a well cut beard almost in the Charles 1 style , alongside another woman on his right. In front of them we see two children also facing us . The woman facing us has a human skull in right hand . The man also has a child in front of him . In his right hand he is holding what appears to be a substantial dagger / cross , from the way he handle’s the instrument I believe it to be a dagger , this is being held up in the mid back area of the woman who is knelling at the pew holding the Bible . Much to my annoyance I could not find the inscription which would have been attached to the monument , Hopefully in remains safe in some part of the church .

John Hebborn was certainly a Gentleman usher to James 1 of England , but to be in the proximity of the Duke’s of Lennox , ( the Darnley’s ) is strange , as it was with some justification claimed that the Scottish Hepburn,s were the main instigators of the murder of Henry , Mary Queen of Scott’s 2^nd Husband . The blood between Lennox and Hepburn would have remained heated to say the least .

I found little information on John Hebborne , but from certain information I believe there was a John Hebborn of this period that gained a good reputation in restoring and fortifying castles , especially at York . From the Canterbury Records . Hebborne John of Cobham Kent (esq) Admon will [22 Dale] March 27 1621 to relict Ann . We take from this that either John was making a will in 1621 or the will was being administered at this date ; which suggests that he was dead before 1657 . The monument at Cobham may have been subsequently put in place on the death of his daughter Anne .

It was difficult to know where to start , however , as I was working for William’s & Glyn’s Bank at the time in Birchin Lane in the City of London , I thought I would try the Guild Hall in London . This was a fountain of information . I quickly realised that the name Hebborn went back into the far reaches of English and Scottish History , with the Scottish family adopting the name Hepburn .

 The family name HEBBORN from both sides of the boarder would most certainly be placed

in Northumberland in the early part of the Thirteenth Century and although it was then a small village to the south of Chillingham called Hebborn , it has now adopted the Scottish spelling of Hepburn.

As you look through ancient records you will often find the spelling of the names of places changing on a regular basis ,often with the Scots spelling it one way and the English another .

Where the name originated before its appearance in England / Scotland is another thing completely and would be a matter of guesswork . One could surmise the Crusades to the Holy Land , or the early settlers from Belgium ( Norman’s) . It would be a matter of conjecture entirely. All that can be said certain is that this part of the coast was an Anglo Saxon settlement in early times . In the fourth century the Christian Kingdom of Northumbria was in a life and struggle with the Welsh under their King Cadwallon . The first great battle took place in 633 at Heathfield near Doncaster which ended in the death of King Edwin and the destruction of his army . The great part of Northumbria was then laid waste and pillaged . The task of saving the Kingdom fell upon Oswald , the second son of Ethelfrith , who had been trained by Celtic monks of Scotland . A battle took place at Hexam in Northumberland . St. Bede wrote of the battle , { Oswald erected a cross of wood as a standard for his army . Then he led his army in prayer ; kneeling at the foot of the cross he said " let us all bow the knee ,and together pray the Almighty God living and true , that he will in His Mercy save us from the proud and savage enemy , as He knows that we have undertaken a just war for the salvation of our nation " They then awaited the onslaught of the foe . In the conflict the Welsh were utterly routed and their King slain . "Never was a day more lamentable for the Britons , or more joyful for the Angles. The Britons fled down Watling Street and it was at the Deniseburn , identified as the Rowley Burn , seven miles south of the battlefield , that Cadwallon was killed . The battle became known as Heavenfield and was one of the most decisive battles in the struggle between the Celts and the Anglo-Saxons and led to the conversion of Northumbria to Christianity , but to the Celtic version not the Roman "}.

Then in 1069 we have the battle of Durham and Gateshead in 1081 .The point if mentioning these and other events , is to provide a background of evidence and situations the family lived under , in order to try and establish where the Hebborn’s came from and what their function was in the early part of the thirteenth century when the name first appeared in the ancient records of Britain.

After the defeat and death of Harold at Hastings , William advanced north . The Saxon bishop of Durham , Egelwin ,and the Earls Edwin and Morcar swore allegiance to him at York . But the northern province were still not completely under William’s control and Robert Comyn , a Norman noble , was given the task of subjugating them . When he entered the bishopric he was warned by Egelwin that the people would not submit to acts of severity . The haughty Norman treated the warning with contempt and executed a few unarmed men as a warning . When he entered the city of Durham he was so confident of his strength that he scattered his soldiers among the inhabitants . One night the people gathered from the surrounding areas in great numbers and broke down the gates of the city . The Norman’s were trap and forced out of the city roads and back the Episcopal house where their count had taken up quarters ; they then barricaded themselves in , and defended their position for some time ,discharging arrows from above . The Saxons then set the building ablaze and all those inside perished . Robert Comyn was among those dead , he had bought with him twelve hundred horseman in full armour with servants-at arms and foot soldiers . This would have been a substantial force when you consider that William landed with a force of 10,000 knights (100,000 ) men all told . On this scale 1,200 knights would have formed part of a force of approximately 12,000 men . This was considered a major defeat by the Norman’s , William led a force in person to gain revenge . Everything in his pass was destroyed , crops burnt , the cattle butchered , villages razed to the ground and the people slaughtered . the priests fled from Durham and took refuge on Lindisfarne . Resistance in the north was over , " the end of liberty according to the English , of rebellion according to the Norman’s . On both sides of the Humber , the cavalry of the foreign king , his counts , his bailiffs , and his couriers , thenceforward travelled unmolested on the roads and through the towns ; famine , like a faithful companion of the conquest , followed their footsteps ".

Eventually the religious and military powers in the north were invested in one man , Walcher of Lorraine , who combined the powers of the Bishop of Durham and the Earl of Northumberland . He was the first of the Prince Bishops . The English inhabitants suffered at the hands of Walcher and his officers . With the murder of a Saxon noble called Liulf their patience came to an end . A general council or assembly was held at Gateshead . The Northumberians attended in large numbers ‘to address humble and peaceful petitions to their judge . They asked reparations for the various wrongs which had been done them " I will answer none of your complaints " said the Bishop " unless you first count me down four hundred pounds of the best money " Then the Saxon who spoke in the name of all the rest , asked permission to deliberate with them . They all retired for a moment , as if to hold a consultation , but then immediately the orator who was chief of the plot , cried out in the English tongue , " Short rede , good rede ! slay ye the bishop !" . At this signal they drew their weapons , fell upon the bishop , and slew him , together with a hundred men , French and Flemish . Two English serving-men were alone spared by the conspirators , who respected in them the blood of their own nation . This popular insurrection extended as far as Durham ; the Norman fort there was attacked ; but the garrison being numerous and well provided of arms , resisted the Northumbrians , who lost courage , and dispersed after a siege of four days " ( A Thierry 1825)

In 1203 King John return’s to England after conflicts with Hugh Le Brun and Arthur of Brittany . Arthur , John’s nephew mysteriously vanished in April , believed to have been murdered .

We can Picture a land , where Knights roamed the country in an age of chivalry rescuing maidens in distress , however the truth ,would have been a land full of disease and fear. Knights would have been subjected to the will of their overlords , engaging in battles and wars , which they had little personal knowledge of . Of course many had been to the Holy Land with King Richard the Lionheart , who died in 1199 at Limousin , France . There is a possibility that Robert of Hebborn was named after the town Hebron in the Holy Land , during an excursion on the Crusades . We only know that he was classified as a Knight at this time , which was a position a great status in this era .

Then in Ireland William de Burgh leads Norman forces into Connacht where they established themselves }

In order to get a flavour of the area I paid a couple of visit’s to the area and stayed at the Percy Arm’s Hotel in Chatton which is just to the North of Chillingham Castle , and from that visit you can feel the sense of history of the place . You can appreciate the these people must have been sturdy and lived lives not to dissimilar to their neighbours on the other side of the boarder . These people were renowned for their loyalty to there family groups , they were a law unto themselves in what was then one of the bloodiest parts of Christ’s kingdom , where raids across the boarder were common and as expected as the changing seasons of the year . In fact they were a spring ritual . So I was not surprised when I came across the fortification of Hebborn Bastle House. It is situated at the entrance to Hepburn Wood , A large House with fortification’s against the raiding Scot’s . It is still a Striking Building , built with large white stones all shaped and fitting perfectly in place . so much so that on a clear day you can stand on top of Ros Castle point and it stands out like a pearl on the landscape. To have survived this length of time is a testimony in it’s self ‘ but for it’s own grandness ‘say’s a huge amount for the people who built it . It has three floors with the lower for the animals I guess during raids , from there the next two floors are in all intent’s and in its effect another house on top , as it would have been impossible for more than one person at a time to gain excess to the upper part of the building . The large stones and in its formation made it almost beyond penetration against all but the most determined raider , who would have been limited to a set time scale . It is said that an Italian designed the magnificent bulwarks of Berwick in 1560 ; Spaniards built the " Spanish Battery " at Tynemouth , and perhaps an Iberian craftsman carved what may be meant for the Pillars of Hercules on a window of Hebborn Bastle ; and at Chillingham where a good deal of the building was done about 1541 , a foreign hand carved three fine medallions in oak , showing Henry V111 wearing the Golden Fleece , between his archbishop and , probably , his penultimate queen .

Hebburn Moor is situated on top of the ridge above Hebborn Bastle and Hebburn Wood lays between them both , on what is known as the Kyloe Hills . It includes Ross Castle in its premises , it has many ancient artefacts some which must register the most ancient records of mankind in the whole of the British Isles . On the moor land where there are the remains of a 4000 year old Hill Fort from which can be seen the finest views in Northumberland .The view point is Ross Castle , the sight of a double- rampart hill fort 3000 years old , with some traces left of the stone built camp .On a clear day the seven castles of Lindisfarm , Bamburgh , Dunstanburgh , Warkworth , Alnwick , Ford and Chillingham can be seen from 1035ft . The climb is steep , but there are walkways which lead you to the top , through splendid views on a nature trail , of course there is a road that winds up between two peaks .

During the Napoleonic Wars in Hebburn the beacon was set alight in error , causing a commotion as all the chain beacons responded .

The present cottage ( farm house ) at Hepburn is a well made building , although of no particular interest for the historian . but I would mention it has a fine array of flowers . There are other buildings and houses in Hepburn / Hebborn Bell Houseand the area seems well kept . I noticed outside the farmhouse an ancient tree , or the stump of what would have been a very large tree . I couldn’t help feeling that this was planted by one of the Hebborn family all those years ago . In the fields you had the usual farm animals , this gave me the feeling that the place was not completely an historical sight . Although when I looked around , the rocks in the fields appeared to have been placed there as you find in ancient times .

The whole area around Hepburn would have been an ancient sight long before the Hebborn’s arrived . Certain parts gave me an uncomfortable feeling of pre Christianity , I don’t know why , but I could sense the power of nature , maybe it was because of the tales that Merlin was said to have spent his last days in this part of the country .

There are also places named after Robin Hood in Northumberland , although it would be hard to see how he could have been in so many places , unless he let out a franchise .

 The situation of Hebborn Township is at the foot of Hepburn Wood , this forms part of a scenic plantation of various tree’s , flowers , bird’s ( sparrow hawk’s , peregrine falcon’s etc ) on a nature reserve which holds many ancient antiquities , such as a four thousand year old burial ground . (This may account for the definition of the family name one can find in many books i.e. High Burial Mound . But there are many definitions . However there is one thing that connects the family to this particular place , the original family crest shows three burning cups , this is of particular relevance in that this is one of the main Beacon Spots on the boarder country , that is , in times of invasion by the Scots or French huge fire would be set ablaze to warn the People in the Towns of Newcastle , York and so on down to London) . The whole area around Hebborn and Chillingham seems to have been caught in a time warp , for there still remains within the grounds of Chillingham Castle, a ancient breed of White cattle which have existed there as long as anyone can trace back . Then you have Hepburn Crag camp , a small hill fort said to be Two thousand years old . I would recommend any one in the area to take a look around this being the remnant of what was a far larger expanse of land .

This area has an excellent view across the devils causeway to the sea and is of vast strategic importance for cross boarder warfare

Of course the name could have been derived from the Crusade to the Holy Land . It would be very difficult to say for certain the background to the origin of the name before this period of time .Of course there is Hebron in the Holy Land , We find the name Hebron appearing in many of the European countries in the Middle Ages . It may have been taken back by the Crusaders or given by the Church . We find not far from Hebborn in Northumberland the Knights Hospitallers in Chibburn and the Templers in Foxton . Again many Jews in England were forced to give up their religion in the middle ages on pain of persecution , however it would be hard to see the promotion of one to the status of Knight during this time , so it would be difficult to connect the name directly with a Jewish Family in the North . Although the notion of being one of the lost tribes of Israel is compelling .

( Simon de Montford was the most powerful Baron in the whole Kingdom at this time , and for a spell ruled the Country , until he was defeated in Battle at Evesham 1265 against King Henry 111 , and he was considered by many of that period to be a Saint with miracles attributed to him after his death )

As I recall these lands once belonged to Simon de Montfort and I do recall reading something to the effect , that the lands came to the Hebborn Family by way of Simon de Montfort , having left them to his nephew at Hebborn , who appears to be one Nicholas at that time . These records are held in the library of Guild Hall London , where I spent three years reading some 12 years ago . But the vagary of the entry , does not conclude that Nicholas was the nephew of Simon , as it could also be construed that Nicholas Hebborn may have been and probably was the Tenant of the Nephew of Simon .

However we still find that about this time the lands came over to the Hebborn family and the act of Nicholas giving honey and wax may to the local priest , also had an ulterior motive , Nicholas was the officiator on special feast day’s at the chapel in Hebborn and the presence of the priest on such occasions would have been a more than pleasant treat for the township . Unfortunately the chapel is now lost under the ravages of time and under other farming activities .

The House of Hepburn in Scotland establishes itself a separate identity from the English family and apart from a couple of incidents in History make there own Glorious in Infamous way in the world. ( From this point I propose to run two accounts of the English and Scottish Families , which I intend to link together at particular instances in History )

" The name of this township on the ordnance survey maps is spelt Hepburn , a scots form which is not appropriate , as from the thirteenth century onwards the name is usually spelt Hibburne or Hebburne ; the local pronunciation is Hebron . Hebburn in Chillingham parish must not be confused with Hebburn - on -Tyne , Durham , nor with Hebron chapelry near Morpeth . the Township forms the southern part of Chillingham parish , with Old Bewick in Eglingham parish on the south. In 1293 the boundary between the two was set out , as it had to be determined by agreement between the Prior of Tynemouth who held Bewick and John of Hebburn .

Hebburn wood is still on the boundary between Hebburn and Old Bewick ; several little streams flow through it , but they no longer form the boundary . The Township is well wooded , as it was in 1271 , when Nicholas of Hebburn gave to the priest of St Mary’s chapel there the wild honey and wax fron the trees of the township . The highest point is Ross Castle (1036 feet ) the summit of the Kyloe hills . The arms of the local family of Hebburn , argent three cressets sable flaming proper , are said to be taken from the beacon which was maintained on Ros Castle .

Hebburn Bastle House stands at the east end of Chillingham Park beside the road leading up to Ros Castle , and the property is said to have derived its name from the old English word Hehburh meaning a " fortress , " and applied originally to the stronghold now known as Ros Castle . The building is in some ways the most interesting piece of domestic architecture in the district covered by this volume ; it is remarkably complete , lacking only a roof , and has not received any modern improvements since the seventeenth century at the latest . It has no documentary history , though there are references to a tower on this site circa 1514 , in 1541 and 1564 . At the later date it is referred to by the then owner as ‘ my mansion house ‘ and was no doubt of considerably greater extent than the existing bastle house , which still bears on its south side the marks of the roof of a wing which has entirely disappeared . The house seems to have been abandoned after the death of the last male heir , Robert Hebburn , in 1755 . His only daughter and heiress lived with her mother’s relations in the south before her marriage and subsequently her husband , the Rev . Edward Brudenell , is said to have been ‘pulled down an old baronial castle which time had pared , and fixed upon precisely the only part of the estate which affords a prospect utterly devoid of picturesque beauty , to build a small shooting lodge for his own use , perhaps the house at Hebburn Bell . Mr Brudenell may have pulled down the wing which as stated above , has disappeared , but in the part now standing the masonry is so complete that at comparatively small cost it could be reroofed and made secure for many years to come , and it is well worthy of such treatment .

The Bastle House is now three stories high and is built of ashlar dressed with a pointed or a small dabbed finish , suggestive of late fourteenth century work . That period is also suggested by the fact that the courses of ashlar do not run evenly all round the building but are occasionally broken both at the quoins and at intermediate points .

The ground floor consists of two chambers , the larger measuring 34 feet from the east to the west by 17 feet 7 inches from the north to south , and 12 feet 4 inches high from its present floor to the crown of its segmental barrel vault . The south wall is 9 feet 3 inches thick and the west wall appears to have been doubled in thickness at some time after its erection , for the rear arch of its one narrow square-headed window is in two well marked divisions . The fireplace on the north side is evidently an insertion and the room is entered by a passage from the doorway on its south side , the doorway , now in very bad condition , being obviously an insertion in the wall . The second or eastern room on the ground floor consists of a chamber measuring 13 feet from the north to south and 4 feet 9 inches from east to west , with a barrel vaulted ceiling 10 feet 8 inches high . It is entered from the larger chamber by a door near its south end , and has in its floor a trap door opening into a pit , now about 8 feet deep . The pit is now of course called the ‘ dungeon ‘ but may have been intended for quite other purposes . At the south end of the small chamber , in the corner of the building , is a spiral stair ascending to the first floor , and entered from the entrance passage by a doorway with an elliptical head . It may be noted that the masonry of the north gable is of smaller stones than that of the other parts of the tower , and there has been an opening in the lower part of it now filled up with rough rubble .

The first floor , the walls of which are about 6 feet thick , consisted of three apartments , an eastern one , about 10 feet wide , entered from a spiral stair , a central room 17 feet 6 feet wide with a large fireplace ,and a western room 11 feet wide , also with a fireplace , All the windows on this floor are insertions are of two or three different patterns , the two west windows of the room being the plainest . This western room had a two-light transomed window in its north wall ; the central room had a south window only; and the eastern room had two square-headed transomed windows in its east wall . One of these , when seen by the late Cadwallader Bates retained traces of cusping .

The second floor is an attic contained in a roof which had two gables at each end . This appears to be reconstruction of the late sixteenth century and the gable windows are decorated in a quaint and unusual fashion with projecting shafts supported on a bell-shaped corbels . There is a splayed intake course about the level of the second floor and a splayed base a little above the ground level . The walls were repaired last century , but are again in need of attention and of removal of vegetation.

The chapel of St. Mary of Hebburn has entirely disappeared although its foundations could doubtless be exposed by excavation if its site were known . It seems never to have been used after the reformation , its place being taken by an elaborate family pew in Chillingham church.

Hebburn was a member of the barony of Alnwick , held by the Vecis , and was granted , together with Chillingham township in free marriage to Thomas Muschamp on his marriage with Maud Vesci . It was held in 1242 by their descendant Robert Muschamp . The history of Hebburn is closely connected with that of Newton- by - the - sea in Embleton parish and one thier of Earle in Doddington chapelry . These properties were acquired by Simon de Montfort , and after his rebellion were forfeited to the crown . They were subsequently granted to Edmund earl of Lancaster , who gave them to Laurence of St, Maur , and the descent is given in the account of Newton-by -the-sea in the Northumberland County History . Vol 11 pp 84-91.

A family bearing the local name held Hebburn from the tenant in chief from the beginning of the thirteenth century . The first line , as shown in the accompanying pedigree , ended with two sisters and a coheiress , Alice and Maud , who came into their inheritance in 1322. Alice the elder sister married John of Earle , who may be identified with John son of Ralph of Earle to whom Galiana widow of Stephen of Hedgely released a messuage , 8 acres of arable and one acre of meadow in Earle in 1318 . His father Ralph of Earle was one of the twelve assessors of the subsidy of 1296 in the Liberty of Embleton , and was himself assessed at £12 1s . Alice and John left an only daughter Elena who was probably the first wife of John son of Robert Wendout .

There is an inq . p . m, of John Hebburn in 1354/5 , but this seems to be an exemplification of the inq. p.m. of John son of Gerard of Hebburn , who died before 1293 , made at the request of Robert Wendout the purchaser of the Hebburn Estates . Isabel Hebburn and her husband had both died before 1379 , and the coheir of the Wendout Estates was their son Robert Hebburn ,whose age in the inq. p m. taken between 1379 and 1381 is given as 30 and 34 . Hebburn remained henceforward in the possession of the family , as shown in the pedigree .

At the beginning of the sixteenth century an event occurred which had a considerable effect upon the neighbourhood . the Storys who lived in Cumberland on the river Esk incurred the anger of Thomas lord Dacre and to escape from him apparently migrated in a body to the east marches . Richard Story murdered Jasper Craster , servant of the earl of Northumberland , in 1521 and in 1538 the Storys were settled in force in Hethpool and Kilham . They were a turbulent race and it was probably not without provocation that the Hebburns killed ‘ one Story , late of Hebburn’ They afterwards came to an agreement with Red Martin Story , the father of the dead man who ‘ received such certaine sommes of money for the said agreement with the said Hebbornes , as the Storys of that time was fully contented and agreed with ‘ but after the death of Red Martin , his surviving sons carried on the blood feud for their brothers death against the Hebborns , until in 1588 Edmund Craster of Craster , Michael Hebburn’s brother-in-law , and Luke Ogle of Eglingham were appointed as arbitrators and persuaded the parties to come to a full agreement .

The last Robert Hebburn of Hebburn by will appointed as the guardian of his only child Margaret , Mrs Forster wife of Thomas Forster of Lucker , and eldest daughter of Thomas Younghusband of Budle . He also mentioned in his will Matthew , Robert , John and Ralph , sons of Thomas and Jane Forster , and Eleanor and ‘Johannah’ (probably Hannah) their daughters . These must have been his relatives on his mothers side , as she was a daughter of Robert Foster of Crookletch , though her Christian name and exact position in the enormous clan of Forster have not been discovered . Robert Hebburn mentioned in his will (1753) and in a codicil dated 1755 his two sisters Alice and Sussanna Hebburn , who must have been respectively 68 and over 55 , both unmarried . his heiress Margaret had therefore few relatives on the paternal side .

Her mother’s maiden name is never mentioned , but she had two aunts on her mother’s side , the wife of the Rev --- Duckworth , and Mrs Johnstone , with whom she lived before her marriage . Some details of the life and character of the last heiress of the Hebburns are preserved in the Autobiography of Mrs Fletcher , edited by her daughter Mary Richardson . Margaret Hebburn was educated at the Manor School , York , where she formed a great friendship with another pupil , Miss Hill , who afterwards married Mr Dawson of Oxton , Yorks . Margaret Hebburn after leaving school visited Bath , clifton , Windsor and London with her aunt . She married the Rev. Edward Brudenell , who had formerly been in the army , but had taken orders for the sake of a family living at Houghjamin Lincolnshire .

The marriage was unhappy , and after the death of her two children Mrs . Brudenell left her husband and took refuge with the Dawsons of Oxton ; her friend , formerly Miss Hill , had died leaving an only daughter Eliza . Mr Brudenell pursued his wife to Oxton , but only with Mr. Dawson’s help she escaped from him and concealed herself until he agreed that she should live apart from him on an allowance of 3100 a year , he meanwhile enjoying the estate of Hebburn. Mrs Brudenell settled at Oxton and helped in the education of the little Eliza Dawson , who grew up to marry Archbald Fletcher , a well known lawyer of Edinburgh . As Mrs Brudenell had no near relations , she left her property to Mrs Fletcher , who entered into it on Mrs Brudenell’s death in 1806 , and sold it 1807 or 1808 to the Earl of Tankerville , since when its history has been the same as that of Chillingham .

Adam (b)=---------------------- Robert son of Adam of Hebborn , to whom William the Forester of Hebborn granted 7 acres called Limekilnflat in the field of Hebborn , for certain services and rendering wax candles at Christmas * ( Raine . North Durham append no dccx111)(b) ; John Viscount 111 granted to him a part of Earle and a moiety of Newton by the Sea © circa 1237 -44 (d) --------------------------------

1a Gerard of Hebborn dead before 1293:- --------2a{[ John Hebborn shown as son of Robert (pedigree of 1615) , but stated in 1293

to be son of Gerard dead before 1293 = Maud , who married 2^nd John the Tailor of Berwick , and claimed dower in Hebburn and Newton by Emleton in 1293 ] ----2b[ Nicholas of Hebburn shown as son of Robert and brother of John endowed the chapel of St Mary at Hebburn 1271 asset for subsidy of 1296 on his goods in Hebburn]------ Isabel , wife of Alexander of Doxford to whom Gerard of Hebburn , gave , long before the birth of his son John , a marriage portion of 13 messuages , 24 acres of meadow in Newton by Embleton ]} ( Robert Hebburn was sued for a tenement in Hebburn in 1299/1300 . Assize R 28 Edw 1 .. Dukes transcripts , vol 1v p 101 .)

Elena , daughter of John of Earle , to whom and John Wendout , Maud daughter of William Hunter of Earle released all her right in the her father’s lands in Earle , 1343 . Elana married James (pedigree 1615 ) ... and died . but it seems probable that she was Ellen wife of John Wendout mentioned in 1359 ; after her death J wendout married again and had a son .------------

William so of Simon Darrayns , upon whom his parents settled their lands in 1348 , released all his right in the lands which his mother sold to Robert Wendout , 1357 , perhaps identical with William of Lilburn who in 1359 released all his rights in Earle in Earle to John Wendout and Ellen his wife . = Isabel as the name Isabel and Elizabeth were interchangeable , she may have been Elizabeth , daughter of Robert Wendout , who married .... of Lilburn .--------------------------

John of Hebborn died before 1379 = Isabel daughter of Robert Wendout , sister of john Wendout , and in her issue coheiress with five sisters of her nephew , Robert son of John Wendout ; died before 1379.--------------------

Robert Hebborn aged about 30 in 1380/1 mentioned as holding the manor of Hebborn and quarter of the manor of earle in 1411 ; died 3^rd August 1415 in which year he was Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne ; his will is dated on the day of his death . He desired to be buried in All Saints Church at the altar of the Chantry of St John the Evangelist . 1416 he died seized of two thirds of a moiety of the manors of Newton by the sea and Hebburn , with reversion of the other one- third on the death of Christiana , widow of John Wendout , Lands and a water mill in Earle and lands in East Ditchburn , Ellington , Wooler and Alnwick . = Agnes she died 7^th July 1424 , but the inq . pm was not taken until 1448 , when she was found to have held one- third of her husbands lands in Hebburn , Earle and Newton by the sea in Dower ; her husband left her by will his house in the close , Newcastle upon Tyne .-----------------

Thomas of Hebborn , son and heir of Robert of Hebborn aged 27 in 1416 , one of the executors of his fathers will ;

MP for Newcastle , 1414 died 1^st July 1422 seised lands in Ingoe , East Ditchburn ,Ellington , Alnwick and Wooler , two parts of moiety of the manor of Newton by the sea , and two parts of the moiety of the manor of Hebburn and land in earle , with reversion of the third part on the death of Agnes his mother . = Isabel , widow of William Strother ; she was related to Thomas , and Bishop Langley granted dispensation for their marriage in 1417 .--- Robert of Hebburn , to whom his father left his burgages without the Sandgate in Newcastle , M.P. for Newcastle 1418 .—Margaret to whom her father left 40 marks as a marriage portion .--- Roger of Hebburn , to whom his father left the lands on the Quayside and at Pandon in Newcastle , which he held from the Master and Brethren of the Walknill . ---- John Hebburn , baptised at ALL saints ‘ Newcastle upon Tyne 28^th October 1417 , aged five at the time of his father’s death ; made a settlement of his lands in Hebburn , Newton , Earle , Ellington, Ingoe and Coldmartin in 1486 ; living in 1489 .----- Ralph Hebburn in 1508 claimed the manor of Hebburn and lands in Earle , Ingoe and Newton which his father held from the Earle of Northumberland by fealty and a payment of 2s a year , but which had been seised by the sheriff as held in fee by the late Earl of Northumberland (died in 1489) sold Dalton Place , Newcastle to the Brothers of the Trinity House there 1492 ; the priest of the chapel was to pray for his good estate . 1504 = John Hebburn LLB vicar of Tynemouth 1492 mentioned in the deeds in connection with Ralph Hebburn ----- George Hebburn metioned in the Trinity House deeds . --------------Thomas Hebburn , confirmed his father’s grants to the Trinity House 1525 ; owner and inhabitant of Hebburn Tower circa 1515 ; he attended the musters of 1538 with two armed servants ; his little tower at Hebburn was in reasonable good reparation in 1541. Thomas Hebburn of Hebburn desired to be buried in the church of St. Peter the Apostle at Chillingham ; will 1546 .= Dousabel ,daughter of Sir Roger Grey of Horton she probably died before her husband as she is not mentioned in his will . -------- Elizabeth , mentioned in her brothers will -------Jane married Richard Forster of Fleetham ; proved her husbands will 1579 . (1^st) Eleanor ,posthumous daughter of George Craster , who died in 1546 . = Michael Hebburn of Hebburn eldest son and heir , executor of his fathers will 1564 witness to the will of Thomas Swinburn ,of Houghton 1565 ; will dated 2^nd January 16001/1 proved at York 24^th July 1613 . = (2^nd) Margaret ..... executrix to her husbands will 1613 . --------Ralph Hebburn , to whom his father left an annual rent of 40’s from Slingley in Durham ; under 24 years of age in 1564 ; Sir Thomas Grey of Chillingham left him a farm in Ewart for 21 years .-------- Isabel to whom her father left £20.00 ---- Robert Hebburn , to whom his father left an annual rent of 40’s from his lands in Newton by the sea . Arthur Hebburn of Hebburn , executor of his fathers will ; entered his pedigree at the Herald’s visitation of 1615 ; freeholder in Hebburn, 1628 , will dated 19^th August 1636 , proved 1638 ; inq. p.m. 10^th November 1638 ; Carlecroft in Kidland mortgaged to him 1624 ,= Mary daughter of John Salkeld of Hulme Abbey Alnwick executrix of her husbands will 1638 . --- Jane married Sir Ephrain Widdrington of Ritton Northumberland died before August 1615---- Eleanor , Anne to each of whom their father left £100 a piece from his lands at Newton , Morell in Richmondshire ; one of them married .... Middleton .-------------- Ralph Hebburn of Hebburn , eldest son and heir , aged 50 in 1666 ; reported to the Commonwealth Committee for Advance of Money in 1648 as a colonel in the Kings army who never compounded and joined the Scots in the last insurrection against parliament , assessed for rates on Earle in 1663 ; entered his pedigree at the visitation 0f 1666 ; colonel of the foot regiment stationed at Berwick 1662 and 1664 ; joined in a conveyance of Carlecroft , 1672 , sold his property in Earle 1664 *(He was a major in the earl of Newcastle’s army in Yorkshire 1643-4 . Hunter MSS N 18 D&C Library dur . JP and commissioner of gaol delivery in Northumberland 22^nd February 1675 , Arch Ael . 1^st ser vol 111 p 88 , his name removed from the commission of the peace 1680 . Hist . MSS Com vol x1 (2) p 187 . Lieutenant - colonel of Prince Rupert’s regiment of dragoons 15^th February 1678 .Dalton , English Army Lists vol 1 p 205 .).= Alice , daughter of Robert Delaval of Cowpen , buried 5^th October 1688 ; she inherited from her sister Elizabeth ? a moiety of the tithes of Roseden , which she devised to her daughters Mary and Alice . Arthur Hebburn mentioned in his fathers will died before 1666 . -------- Martha , buried 24^th January 1705/6 , Frances . Catherine . Anne married Roger Pearson of Titlington , all mentioned in their fathers will . ----Margaret ,mentioned in her fathers will ; married before 1666 , Robert Dodsworth of Barton Yorks , and Col. Henry Chayter of Croft . Dorothy , mentioned in her fathers will ; married before 1666 , Henry Pearson of Newton by the Sea . -----------Edward Hebburn . John Hebburn both mentioned in their fathers will . ----------Robert Hebburn of Hebburn son and heir , aged 8 in 1666 , sold his share of the tithes of Roseden 8^th September 1736 , rented the tithes of Chatton from Ford lord Grey in 1693 (Robert Hebburn received his commission as lieutenant in his father’s troop of dragoons . 1^st June 1678 . Cal , s.p. Dom1678 p 201 , Arthur Hebburn was lieutenant in capt . William Ogle’s independent troop of horse 1685 . Dalton , English Army . Lists Vol 11 pp 15,17. ). = daughter of Ro Forster of Crookletch in Tuggal township Bamburgh . - Arthur Hebburn aged 7 in 1666 , of London ; sold his share of the tithes of Roseden 8^th September 1736 .. Edward Hebburn baptised 18^th January 1662/3 --- Mary Hebburn , baptised 20^th October 1662 , her mother devised to her half of a moiety of the tithes of Roseden ...—Alice aged 1 year and 6 months in 1666 , her mother devised to her half of a moiety of the tithes of Roseden ; she survived her sister Mary , and in 1721 as Alice Hebburn of Newcastle upon Tyne , spinster , leased the tithes to Adam Atkinson ; by her will , in which she is stated to be of London , she left the tithes to her brothers Robert and Arthur Hebburn ----------------------Robert Hebburn of Hebburn , an officer in the army ; un-married in 1715 ; will dated 21^st September ,1753 , codicils 1755 ; desired to be buried in Berwick church near his wife , buried at Berwick 12^th May 1755 = buried in Berwick church 14^th June 1753.------ Alice , baptised 28^th August 1687 ; mentioned in her brothers will 1753 , Susanna , baptised 19^th November 169- mentioned in her brothers will 1753 ---- Ralph Hebburn baptised 2^nd October 1688 buried 6^th January 1688/9 ------Susanna baptised 11^th February 1688/9 ; died in infancy .. Maria , baptised 19^th November 1695 .------- Margaret Hebburn only daughter and heiress , under age in 1753 ; marriage settlement 6^th November 1764 ; died 25^th November 1806 buried at Houghham = Edward Brudenell , son of general Brudenell , " a descendant of Lord Cardigan and kinsman of the Duke of Montague , cornet 2^nd Dragoon Guards , 22^nd Dec. 1761 ; lieut 25^th July 1766 ; rector of Hougham , Lincs ; chaplain to general Burgoyne’s army in America 1776 ; died 1804 ---- Edward Brudenell buried at Hougham 20^th July 1767 aged 1 ----- William Brudenell , buried at Hougham , 24^th February 1770 , aged 3 .

" Northern Heritage Newcastle upon Tyne page 90 Trinity House was built for the Guild of Pilots and Mariners , originally known as the Guild and Fraternity of the Blessed Trinity- a religious group closely associated with All Saints . In 1492 Ralph Hebborn , a local merchant after whom Hebburn ( Durham) is named , donated part of his estate , Dalton Place in Broad Chare , as a meeting place or Trinity House . For this the guild were pledged to pay a red rose , If demanded , every summer . "

At this time one of Ralphs cousins from across the boarder had an important task to fulfil , "The leaders of the embassy were Blacader Bishop of Glasgow , Patrick Hebborne / Hepburn Earl of Bothwell and the Bishop of Moray . The preliminaries had been gone through some time before they arrived ; these included a correspondence between the twelve-year -old Princess and the Borgia Pope , Alexander V1 , on the Subject of consanguinity , for James 1V’s great-grandmother , Joan Beaufort , was one of Gaunt ancestresses . Her request for a dispensation to marry ‘ our dearest son in Christ ‘ was granted ‘ as a gift of special favour ‘ , by His Holiness , with his assurance of the legitimacy of their children . It was then agreed that ‘ the singular desire , frequent entreaties and continual solicitations ‘ of King James for Margaret’s hand should be rewarded by a proxy marriage in 1502 , but that she should remain in England for another year . By that time she would have reached the age of puberty , and so be ready for child-bearing .

There followed a final wrangle over her dower lands . James agreed to be responsible for the ‘ apparatus of her body , the ornamenting of her residences , her vehicles , stud , furniture , dress , private and domestic affairs , and all other things whatsoever necessary and becoming the honour , state and dignity of the said lady Margaret ‘ , including the salaries of her English attendants , Her marriage portion was 30,000 gold nobles , to be paid into the Scot’s exchequer over a period of three years . The first instalment arrived when King James’s capital had sunk to £100 , exclusive of plate and jewels .

The whole assembly , including the continental ambassadors and their suites , then proceeded to Queen Elizabeth’s preence- chamber . The peace treaty was signed , the Lord High Treasurer announced the purpose of the meeting , and the bill of dispensation was read out . The Archbishop of Glasgow turned to King Henry , and said , Doth Your Grace know of any impediment other than there is dispensed withal ? Doth the Queen likewise ? Or the Princess ?, All three replied ‘ There none ‘, and the King asked the Archbishop , Is it the very will and mind of the King of Scotland that the said Earl of Bothwell should in name assure the said Princess ?’ Assurance given , the Archbishop turned to Margaret . ‘ And are content without compulsion , and of your own free will ? ‘ She replied ‘ If it please my lord and father the King , and my lady mother the Queen ‘ ’It is my will and pleasure, ‘ said Henry , and she knelt for her parents blessing .

Bothwell taking her hand , repeated the marriage promises on his behalf . Now everyone was looking at the short , solid figure of the bride . In a clear and penetrating treble she announced , I Margaret , the first begotten daughter of the right excellent , right high and mighty prince and princess, , Henry by the Grace of God King of England ,and Elizabeth Queen of the same , wittingly and of deliberate mind , having twelve years complete in age in the month of November last past , contract matrimony with the right excellent right high and mighty prince , James of Scotland , and the person of whom , Patrick Hebborne Earl of Bothwell , procurator of the said prince , represents , and take the said James King of Scotland into and for my husband and spouse , and all other for him forsake , during his and mine lives natural , and thereto I plight and give to him , in your person as procurator aforesaid ,my faith and troth ‘ ‘That done ,’ say’s the herald reporter , the trumpets ... blew up , and the loud noise of the minstrels played in the best and most joyful manner . 

Hebburn Hall co Durham .

Nine Bays by five bays

The main front with a three bay pediment projection , the other with a doorway with columns set inside the jambs. The principle windows on fronts emphasises by pediments . The W part of the house is supposed to incoroate masonry from the c 14^th Hebburn Peel Tower . The Stables were converted in 1887 into Church of St John . Complimented seven light imitation Early Chancel Window .

The small town of Sedgefield is on the main road from Stockton to Durham and near the centre of the parish . It stands on a low gravel hill ,and is built round a large square in which there stood in 1794 the market cross . Sedgefield became a market town in 1312 , when the Bishop , while reserving to himself the tolls and customs , granted his tenants a Friday market and a five days’ fair yearly on the vigil and feast of St. Edmund the Archbishop and three days following .

[( In 1568 16^th May Mary Queen of Scotland has fled to England . she arrived at Workington after her defeat three days earlier at Langside , south - west of Glasgow , by her half brother , James Stewart , the Earl of Moray and the Regent of Scotland .Mary escaped on 2^nd May from prison on Lochleven , a number of earls , bishops and lairds declare for her . But they were defeated by Moray , the Hamiltons bore the heaviest losses . At this time relations between England and Spain were at breaking point and the people of the North were behind a Catholic restoration , and they were hoping Spain and Queen Mary would provide the opportunity . In November 1569 the Duke of Norfolk was arrested at Kenninghall as speculation mounted of a marriage to Mary of Scotland , which would create a strong Catholic alliance , as Thomas Howard the fourth duke of Norfolk was Englands senior nobleman , and the most powerful Catholic family in the Country. Norfolk was unnerved by Elizabeths council and having already tried to undermine William Cecil her chief advisor in court , Thomas Howard declared his allegiance to Queen Elizabeth . However the Northern Earls Thomas Percy the Earl of Northumberland and Charles Neville the earl of Westmorland ( Norfolks brother in Law ) have become to involved with plans and intrigues to back away , they are forced into open rebellion , they raise an army and march quickly south to Tutbury , to rescue Queen Mary of Scotland , only to find that they have only just missed her . With that news , the momentum seems to have been lost , without the Queen of Scots as a figurehead their cause is doomed to failure.

In Durham 14 November 1569 the Catholic Mass is reinstated at the Cathedral . On 20^th December 1569 the Catholic earls of northern England who rebelled have crossed the boarder to Liddesdale in Scotland , with Thomas Radcliffe the earl of Sussex in pursuit.

Their is an ancient custom in sedgefield , where the agricultural labourers and the artisans of the town play football on shrove Tuesday . the goals , called alleying places are about a quarter of a mile apart .

Lucy wife of John de Woodham is said to have had a son Robert who granted her land here and in Oldacres to John Elstop . John Watkinson of Elstop died seised of half these manors before September 1391 his Kingsman and heir being John Elstop , probably of the family of elstop of Foxton . In 1404 John Elstop , rector of Woodeaton in Oxfordshire , released to Thomas Cramlington and his grandson Thomas Burton all right to land here held by the elder Thomas . Thomas cramlington was dead in 1408 , when a ‘third ‘ of the manor of Hardwick appears among his possessions . His heir was his daughter Alice wife of Robert de Burton , who probably sold her lands here to the owners of the second moiety of the manor , since the whole was in the hands of William Hoton in 1441 .

Patent Rolls Elizabeth 1 ............next York ; (11) a cottage ( tenant named ) in Tollerton , co . York , late leased to Richard Hebborne , once of the priory Austin friars in York . 1577 .

.......................... The north arm of the transept was built for thechantry of St. Katherine , and later became the burial - place of the families of Hoton and Freville . ....

Boldon Book ---- Gilbert holds Heworth for three marks , and is acquitted of ancient services which he owed for his tenure in Thenage , for Rikrenhall , which he quit - claimed the Bishop .

............................ to his brother Thomas Hotton , chaplain , and to his Kinsman William Hoton of London , mercer , and his heirs male , to Nicholas Blaykeston , paying twenty pounds to the executors of William Hoton , or lieu , providing four chaplains to sing for his soul at St Catherine’s altar ; remainder , as to Hardwick , to Roger Thornton , esq. , as to Maynesforde , to John Maynesforde , for life remainder to Robert Rodes , Esq. for ever ; as to Hoton , to Robert Rodes , and the heirs of Joane his wife , then to Ralph , son of William Hoton , of Herdwyk , for ever , and as to lands in Preston and Eggescliffe , failing the issue of Joane Rodes , to the Prioress of Neceham ; and under this settlement , John Neceham , vicar of Billingham , John Thornburgh and William Raket , Esquies , and John Stapylton , chaplain , granted the estates (limited as above ) to Isabel , only Child of the settler ( 1 April 1448) , who probably died without issue , for the patrimony came to William Hoton , the mercer , whose coheirsncut off the over claimants under the entail . Elizabeth elder daughter of William Hoton , was the wife of William Hansard , of Walworth , and Eleanor intermarried with William Hebborne , whose decendants held under partition , the whole manor of Hardwick .

Bullington Hundred ( Oxfordshire )

(1a) Henry Hebborn bap 17 Nov 1695 Iffley , (2a) Thomas Hebborn bap 18 Feb 1699 Iffley (3a) John Hebborn bap 19 Jan 1703 Iffley . (1a ) married Ann issue

(1b)Ann Heyborn bap 22 Sep 1728 Cowley Oxon , burried 3 Feb 1739 Cowley ,( 2b) Martha Heyborn bap 1732 cowley Oxon married Thomas Smith of Cowley 12 Aug 1759 , (3b) John Heyborn bapt 1733 Cowley Oxon marrd Mary burried 19 Aug 1768 cowley (4b) Katherine Heyborn bapt 20 Feb 1736 Cowley Oxon . (3b) issue

(1c)Thomas Hebron bapt 24 July 1763 Cowley buried 10 Nov 1795 Cowley (2c) John Hebborn bapt 27 Jan 1765 Cowley m 13 Oct 1794 at Cowley bu 10 Sep 1832 Headington m Elizabeth Snow . (3c) Elizabeth Hebron bap 26 Jan 1766 Cowley Buried 12 Oct 1766 (4c) Eliabeth Hebron bap 8 Feb 1767 Cowley (5c) Henry Hebron bapt 15 Nov 1768 Cowley Buried 15 Nov 1769 Cowley .

(2c) issue (1d) Samuel Hebbon b 1 Aug 1795 bap 9 Aug 1795 Headington (2d) John Hebbern b 11 Jul 1795 bap 16 Jul 1796 burd 8 May 1804 at Headington (3d ) Joseph Heborn b 14 Feb 1799 bap 24 Feb 1799 m 29 May 1826 Mary [ a large family , many bearing Walker as a given name , derived from this union ] (4d) Thomas b 3 Sep 1801 bap 6 Sep 1801 Headington m 13 Jun 1825 Cowley to Mary Baker b c 1803 bur 13 Dec 1867 Cowley ,. (5d) John Heburn b 8 March bp 24 Mar 1805 Headington ( 6d) William Hebborn b 29 Jan 1810 bpt 18 Feb 1810 m 3 Nov 1832 bu 14 Feb 1836 married Ann Pacey ( Patey )

(4d) issue (1e) William Hepburn bap 30 Oct 1825 m Cowley 22 Feb 1852 to Ann Gardiner b c 1827 Watchfield , Berk died Cowley Wh died 1888 . (6d) issue (E1) John Hebborn bap 5 Apr 1835 Headington m Fstly Thirza Haynes , Secndly Mary Moulding . (E1 ) issue First Marrge , Rose Elizabeth 1857, Mary Ann 1860 , William Joseph 1863 , Emily Ann 1867 , Emma Ann 1870 , Second Marrge Tomas Henry 1875 , Rose Elizabeth 1877 , Florence Annie 1879 , Naomi Lucy 1879 , Charlotte catherine 1884 .

(1e) issue (1f) Alice Hebborn b 30 mar 1852 m 24 Apr 1878 Walter Phipps (2f) Walter Abraham Hebborn bapt 7 May 1854 mar Elizabeth Mills . (3f) George born 29 Jun 1856 mar Cowley 26 Dec 1888 Sarah Hillsden , (4f) Mary Anne bap Cowley 30 Jan 1859 mar + 2 sons (5f) Francis William bap Cowley 24 Apr 1861 died 1876 , (6f) Reuben bap 27 Mar 1864 bu 6 Dec 1867 (7f) Sarah Jane bap 27 Mar 1864 bu 13 Dec 1867 (8f) William Hebborn bap Cowley 27 May 1866 mar Alice (9f) Frederick James Hebborn bap Cowley 27 Dec 1868 mar Alice no issue (10f) Harry born 5 Aug 1871 mar Elizabeth Castle .

(2f) issue , (1g) Philip ,(2g) Marion, (3g)Olive,(4g) Leslie , (5g)Bertha............... (8f) issue (g1) William (g2) Frank (g3) Hilda (g4) Walter (g5) Violet ,.... .(3f) issue .(1ga) Frederick 1892 -1963 (2ga) Edith born 1894 m Charles Baker (3ga) Alice b 1896 m Townsend (4ga) George Hebborn b 1899 m Elsie ( 5ga) Henry John Hebborn born 2o Novenber 1902 mar 12 Dec 1925 mar Rose Emily Marchant born 7 Mar 1906 d 31 Juk 1976 ........ (10f) issue (1gb) William Henry Hebborn born 1898 mar Esther Shuter worked as an Inspector with the Post Office , served in the First World War in the Navy , ( Battle of Jutland ," largest sea battle in history ") (2gb) Frederick John born 4 Jul 1900 m 22 Feb 1926 Selina Margaret Howard (2gb) Annie born 1902 mar Bert Turvey . ....... ( another brother , George Hebborn Castle ? brother died in Gallipolli after immigrating to Australia )

(1ga) issue ( 1h) Harry (2h) George (3h) Elizabeth (4h) Eileen (5h) William ( 5h) Elsie (6h) Sheila (7h) Beryl ...... . (4ga) issue ( 1ha ) Kenneth .............. (5ga) issue (1hb ) Keith John Hebborn b 1926 m Elizabeth Skillen .. (2hb) Rosemary May Hebborn b 1928 m 1948 George Pilbeam .. (3hb ) Raymond William b&d 1931 (4hb) Alan b 1931 [twin] M Sheila (5hb) * Eric George Hebborn b March 1934 . I had the privilage to meet Eric in a Pub in Mayfair , Just behind the Ritz Hotel off Green Park , on Jermyn Street .I found him a very amicable charming man , with a good healthy sense of humour , I would almost say that there was a touch of anarchism rouge about him . A man who was himself and enjoyed life and was content . we shared a few pints and viewed his art exhibition in a nearby gallery . As a jesture I bought him a bottle of Scotch , and said we’d meet again not realising that he’d be dead within the year , in strange circumstances in Italy . Eric in his own right has appeared in documentaries on BBC and had his Autobiography published " Drawn to Trouble " which he kindly signed for me . I will mentionmetion him further later. , ( 6hb) Roy Valentine Charles b 1936 m 1961 Jean Norah Streatfield . ... ( 7hb) Barbara Lilian b 1937 m 1956 Celine v Taylor (8hb) Sylvia Jeannie b & d 1939 (9hb) Kenneth Winston b 1940 d 1945 ... (10hb) David Gordon b 1943 m no issue (11hb) Audrey Grace Hebborn b 11 Feb.feb 1930 mar Patcham 1955 (1hd) John Hebborn .

in the far East . Returned and joined the Transport Police in Paddington station . Retired and joined the Civil Service and spent a few years there before retiring for good . Lived the major part of time in Roehampton with Kathleen and six children . He was a very sociable man who enjoyed talking to everyone he meet . The whole family was deeply upset when he died last year . He especially enjoyed our Cottage in Enniscrone co Sligo in Ireland in his later years , on his marriage to my mother the family returned to the Old Religion " Roman Catholics " (1ia) Christopher Alan , born 16 Aug 1951 m Linda Allingham b 5 Feb 1954 . (2ia) William Anthony born 19 Feb 1954, Catholic Priest (3ia) George ( Bartholomew ) 8th March 1955 , (4ia) Kathleen Margaret 6th November 1957, Married 1stly Gregory Brown 2ndly Christopher Buss (5ia) John Andrew 30 Aug 1960 married Alison Mary Thomas , (6ia) Richard James born 3rd January 1965 married Clare Fletcher . ( 2hc) Richard Hebborn m Rosemary .

( 2gb) issue (1hd) John Hebborn married Audrey Hebborn

(1hb) issue (1ib) Elizabeth R , (2ib) Barbara R ,(3ib) Katrina A , (4ib) Lesley P H , (5ib) Keith Andrew , (6ib) Adam George .

(6hb) issue (1id) Christine ,(2i