Benjamin Skutt 1707-ca 1779

Notes [Benjamin the son of Mr Benjamin Skutt & of Johanna his wife, born 25 Ultimo.] [Information relating to document ref. no. D LAW/4/1/12 has bought this half-share for £60, and assigns it now to Benjamin Skutt of Newcastle gent., in trust; states that the Will was proved at Durham. Date:1734.] [Marriage Bonds, Durham Diocese. Record Number: 378813.1. Religion: Anglican. 8 Mar 1737 Benjamin Skutt [Scutt] (gentleman), of Newcastle-upon-Tyne obtained a licence to marry Martha Greene, of Stannington, directed to Stanington or All Saints. Surety: John Greene, gentleman, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. (Note: married 10 Mar at Stannington).] [Newcastle Courant, Sat 28 Oct 1738. A Lodge of the ancient and worfhipful Society of free and accepted Mafons, will be held on Thurfday the 13th inftant, at 6 o'Clock in the Evening, at the Houfe of Mrs. Pratts, in the Fitfh-market, where the Brethren of the faid Society are defired to attend, and then and there to conform themfelves to the Rules of the Lodge, and to fuch other Matters as fhall be give. I them in Charge, by their affectionate Brethren and humble Servants, Adam Askew Masfter. Geo. Blenkinsop, Ben. Scutt,Wardens.] [Western Gazette, Friday 01 February 1946. 200 years ago (From our Files of 1746) The Right Honourable the Earl Shaftesbury Lord Lieutenant of the County of Dorset, has appointed Wm. Wise and Benjamin Skutt Esq., to be his deputies during the present Rebellion. "The rising of the followers of the Young Pretender Scotland and the North of England."] [FILE [no title] - ref. D LAW/4/1/12 date:1734 (and assigns it now to Benjamin Skutt of Newcastle gent., in trust; states that the Will was proved at Durham) & D LAW/5/5 date:1750-67 (Sir Alfrid Lawson's book of account with his London [banker and/or solicitor] Benjamin Skutt)]. [Information relating to document ref. no. D LAW/5/5. Sir Alfrid Lawson's book of account with his London [banker and/or solicitor] Benjamin Skutt, 1750-65, and with [his solicitor] Lough Carleton, Monument Yard, 1766-67. Date range:1750-1767.] [June17(6)8] The PEDIGREE REGISTER 143. Jubber. (Signed) Ben. Skutt. Seal of arms. Wits., Fenwick Lyddal, Henry Metcalfe, Threadneedle Street, London. Two skins.] [1772, March l, Indenture, Benjamin Skutt the elder of Petty France, Westminster, Middlesex, gentleman, Benjamin Skutt the younger of Wardour Street, Soho, oilman, and Thomas Jubber of Poole, Dorset, merchant. Three messuages on the Little Quay in Poole in the tenure of Christopher JollifF the elder and Christopher JollifF the younger. (Signed) Ben". Skutt, Benjamin Skutt, junior, (Seal) Martha Skutt. Wits., Fenwick Lyddal, John Edwards, Threadneedle Street, London, Sarah Brown, Mary Swan.] [1778, March 25. Indenture, Benjamin Skutt of Petty France, Westminster, Esquire, and Martha his wife, and Joseph Rule of Poole, Dorset, merchant. Premises called the Key Yard, situate on the Key in Poole. (Signed) Joseph Rule. Seal. Wits., Robt. Daw, Jno. Colborne, Notary-public. Endorsed with a further lease for 14 years, 22 March 1785. Martha Skutt of Brompton Road, Middlesex, widow, Benjamin Skutt of Lambeth, Surrey, gentleman, Eleanor Green Skutt of Brompton, spinster, and Joseph Rule. (Signed) Joseph Rule. The same witnesses.] [1779 Apr 30. Will of Ben or Benjamin Skutt, of St.Margaret, Westminster, Middlesex - PROB 11/1052.]