Edward Collingwood , 2nd son. esq. of Byker and Dissington , in the county of Northumberland , was high sheriff of that shire in 1647 . Northumberland Record Office Delaval Family Papers Catalogue Ref. 1DE & 2DE Creator(s): Delaval family of Seaton Delaval DELAVAL (HORSLEY) of SEATON DELAVAL \_ [from Administrative History] The eldest son Robert was aged 30 at his father's death. He served as sheriff in 1575, 1583 and 1592 and was knighted on 13 April 1603. On his death on 1 January 1606/7 his eldest son Sir Ralph Delaval succeeded him. Ralph's younger son Thomas left a 'catalogue of the acts' of his father, in which he tells us "He was a justice of the peace, of the quorum, in commission of oyer and terminer, the custos rotulorum, a deputy lieutenant; he had been three times sheriff of Northumberland; he was a commissioner for the Borders, one of the high commissioners of Durham, and was twice called upon to give the King an account of county affairs .....". When Sir Ralph died on 24 November 1628, his grandson and heir, Ralph, succeeded to a heavily encumbered estate. The young heir was left with £100 per year. He had been educated at Oxford and matriculated at Queen's College 15 June 1638 and was admitted to Lincoln's Inn 28 November 1639. At the age of 24 he married Anne, widow of Hughe Fraser, and daughter of Alexander Leslie, first earl of Leven, at St. Nicholas' Newcastle, 2 April 1646. DEEDS West Denton FILE - Assignment - ref. 1DE/1/106 - date: 24 November 1676 \_ [from Scope and Content] Of an annuity of £4 issuing from land in West Denton from Barbara Delaval, of Black Callerton, widow, to Sir Ralph Delaval bart., Ralph Fenison of Elswick (Elswicke) esq., and Edward Collingwood of Byker esq., to be distributed to the poor of Newburn parish
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