MR. ROGERS’ PEDIGREE

The Chancery suit Mr. Montagu had been engaged in was occasioned by his claiming the guardianship of his unfortunate first cousin, Mr. John Rogers, who, owning large estates at Newcastle-on-Tyne, and East and West Denton near there, besides much other property, had now been a lunatic[271] for some years. It will be seen in the pedigree that Mr. Montagu’s mother was a Sarah Rogers. This table will elucidate the relationship—

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John Rogers,
of E. and W. Denton.		 =
｜
｜		 Margaret Cock,
dau. of Henry Cock, Merchant, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
｜
｜ ｜
John Rogers, of Denton Hall and Newcastle-on-Tyne, etc., Sheriff of Northumberland, 1693–94;
d. 1709.		 =
｜
｜
｜
｜
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｜		 Eliz. Ellison, m. 1684, at Lanchester; d. April 16, 1733. Sarah Rogers =
｜
｜
｜
｜
｜
｜		 Hon. Charles Montagu, High Sheriff of Durham,1686–1709; d. 1721.
｜ ｜
｜ ｜ ｜
John Rogers, Sheriff of Northumberland, 1715–16; b. 1685, d. June 24, 1758. = Anne Delaval, dau. of Sir John Delaval; d. Jan. 3, 1723. ｜
｜
｜
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｜		 Edward Montagu, b. 1692, d. May 20, 1775.
=
Eliz. Robinson, b. 1720, d. 1800.
｜
｜ ｜ ｜
Crewe,
b. 1694.		 John,
died s.p.		 Jemima = Mr. Medows, afterwards Sir Sydney Medows.

[271] Evidently he was a lunatic forty years, and bed-ridden ten.

The Rev. M. W. Peters, R.A. Pinx. Emery Walker Ph. Sc.

Morris Robinson

A CURIOUS LETTER

Old Mr. Rogers had bought East Denton land and collieries for £10,900 from the Erringtons in 1689, who had long had the property. In December, 1705, Mr. Rogers bought of Sir James Clavering his share of the West Denton property. The history of Denton Hall will be given further on. Young John Rogers appears to have had fits as early as 1718. He married in 1713, Anne Delaval, who died in 1723 at Seaton Delaval, and he seems to have become deranged soon after her death. As long as his mother lived he was well cared for, but she died in 1733, and the last nine years he had been gradually getting worse, and a set of designing people surrounded him. I have a letter of his written to his parents, apparently on going to Oxford in 1705, which is so curious that I insert it here. It is addressed—