letter of Mr. J. Cleghorn, hon. treasurer of the Show, announcing to Wilson the
result. In it the writer says:- 'I have pleasure in intimating the gentleman who
gave the prize of one guinea for the hind who has been longest in the service of
one master awards it to you, and I enclose you herewith a cheque for that amount.
I congratulate you on your success in winning the prize. Your fifty-one years of
service will be bard to beat I am sure, and I hope you may have many years before
you yet in which to lengthen and extend the already long period during which you
have worked at Beanley. Mr. Storey tells me your family has worked for his for two
hundred years. That is something worth while to look back upon. You should be proud
of it. I hope those who live in North Northumberland a couple of centuries hence
may still see Wilsons and Storeys at Beanley.' Certainly the above is a record of
which both may well feel proud, in that it shows the cordial relations that have
existed between master and man for so many generations.
"THE STOREYS OF BEANLEY AND THEIR MEN.
"Mr. 'T. B. B.,' Eglingham, as a supplement to the above, writes:-The Storeys have
now farmed the extensive farm at Beanley since the time of Oliver Cromwell, and
there is every reason to believe that they can date back even further than this.
The present shepherd-Samuel Thompson-who is employed by them, followed his father,
who was born under the Storeys, and died in their service at the age of 77 years.
Mr. Storey himself informs me that for 50 years he never missed a single day at the
'clipping' at Beanley. The grandfather of the present Samuel Thompson also
practically served under the Storeys all his life, and his eldest son is now also
shepherd in their employ. Then, again, is the family of Dunn, who have served as
hinds under this same family for four generations. Surely this is a record of which
both master and servants may well feel proud, Certainly it is one for which I can
vouch to be true in every detail.'"
In the will of Richard Wallis ("Wills of Durham." p. 125, Surtees
Society) a Roland Stoirhie, of Todell Woodd, son of George Storrie, appears;
and in the will of Mary Thornell, dated 15th April, 1586, daughter of Laurence
Thornell, Bayliff of Darlington, the testatrix leaves to certain persons, among
whom is Richard Storie, the sum of 2s. each.
In the will of Thomas Graye, militis, made December 20th, 1589, of
Chillingham, Northumberland, eldest son of Sir Ralph Graye, Kt, testator leaves
"the fyrmett he hath in Yeavering to *John Storie and his wife and to the longer
lyver of them. To Phargus, the sonne of John Storie, is left one tenement in
Yeavering, now in the occupation of his uncle, Robert Storie, of rent 26s. 8d. for
xxxi. yeares." P. 175, Wills of Durham.
In the will of George Lawson, of Little Usworth, made 29th December, 1587, among
the servants of the testator, is William Storie, and the testator "wills that his
sone shalbe good to him. (P. 324, Wills of Durham.)
In the will of Thomas Radclif, made 4th June, 1593, under Debtes owing to testator,
is "one obligacon by Christofer Storie and others of £40 for the payment of
£20." (P. 241, ibid.)
The Rev. George Story, or Storey, was the third son and fourth issue of Ralph
Storey, Esq., of Beanley, subsequently-as we have seen in the pedigree notes-of
Abberwick, in the parish of Edlingham. The reverend gentleman was Curate of
Lanercost. The Rev. T. W. Willis, M.A., Vicar of Lanercost, writing on the 18th
