Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
NameJane Buchanan 
[62, 107th of 2003, Riddell article, vol III, p. 3343]
[62, 107th of 2003, Riddell article, vol III, p. 3343]General1st dau. and eventual heir.
FatherJames Buchanan (-1758)
MotherJane
Spouses
ChildrenJohn Buchanan (-1819)
Notes for Jane Buchanan
In the Northumberland record office:
[no title] ZRW/38a 26 November 1762
Parchment, signed.
Contents:
Marriage contract between John Riddell of Riddell esquire, and Jane Buchanan, eldest daughter of James Buchanan of London, merchant, with consent of Jane Buchanan her mother, concerning lands in barony of Riddell
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[no title or date] ZRW/57-59
Three small quarto books.
Contents:
Balance account books of debtors and creditors of Messrs. James Buchanan (d.1758), John Hyndman, and Richard Lancaster (d.1774), merchants of London made up at July or March yearly, 1758-1763; 1764-1768; and 1769-1802 respectively.
After James Buchanan's death in 1758 his interest continued in favour of Jane Buchanan to 1767 and then due to Archibald Buchanan. From 1774 John Hyndman was the sole partner.
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Letters to Jane, Lady Riddell, from her sons and members of Riddell family addressed to her at Hampstead, Sundon or Riddell, 1780-1798:- ZRW/66-76 1780-1798
Contents:
James Buchanan Riddell, from Brussells, 17 September 1780 [Signature cut out - later found as a marker to No.64 above].
John Riddell, with additional note by Thomas Scott, from Lyons, 29 December 1780.
John Riddell, from Lyons, 7 February 1781. French.
Walter Riddell, from Edinburgh, 29 October 1783.
Walter Riddell, 11 December [1783].
John B.Riddell, from Paris 26 July 1791.
Same, from Tournon (France), 5 August 1791.
Same, from Martigni (Switzerland), 16 August 1791.
Same, from Lausanne, 9 September 1791.
William Riddell [of Camieston?], from George Square, 7 December 1797.
E.Riddell [sister in law, wife of Capt.Thomas Riddell], from Frederickshaven, 7 February 1798.
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The following now held by the Univerity of Nottingham seems to indicate that James Buchanan had a son Archibald who died around 1772 and left his estates eventually to the descendants of his sister jane, wife of John Ridell:
Pl E11/3/2/1/3 10.7.1804
Attested copy conveyance and settlement of part of the Hepple Estate, Northumberland; 10 July 1804 (unfit for production) (37 ff, attached, paper) First Party: Hon. Sir Beaumont Hotham, knight, one of the Barons of HM Court of Exchequer.
Second Party: William Henry Cavendish, Duke of Portland; and William Henry Cavendish Bentinck Scott, Marquess of Titchfield.
Third Party: Sir John Buchanan of Riddell, North Britain, Baronet.
Fourth Party: Rebecca Buchanan of Baker Street, parish of St Marylebone, Middlesex, spinster.
Fifth Party: Archibald Hamilton, late of Curzon Street, now of New Cumberland Street, parish of St Marylebone, Middlesex, Esq.; Francis Hargrave of Lincoln's Inn, Middlesex, Esq.; and Robert Buchanan Dunlop of New Broad Street, London,
Esq. [trustees of the 1798 estate Act].
Sixth Party: Reverend William Browne of Canfield Place, Hertfordshire, Clerk, and Francis Hargrave [trustees of the will of Archibald Buchanan].
Attested copy lease [wanting] and release by (1) and (2) to (6) of messuage and lands at Hepewell alias Hepel alias Hepple, in the barony of the same and the parish of Rothbury, Northumberland, including West Hepple Farm and East Hepple Farm, and at Whitefield House in the same parish, and at Rimpside in the parish of Elsdon, as specified (tenants, field names and acreages given); upon the trusts of the will of Archibald Buchanan, viz. to the use of (3) for life, to his male issue successively, thence to his daughters as tenants in common, with remainder to (4) and her issue as specified, thence to the heirs and assigns of Jane Buchanan (widow of James Buchanan of London, merchant) for ever, with charging and portioning powers etc. as specified.
Recites the will (1772) of Archibald Buchanan of Sundon, Bedfordshire, trusts created by it for the benefit of (4) and her sister, the mother of (3), and settlement of the estates on James Buchanan Riddell and (3), with name and arms
clause; other deeds involving Archibald Buchanan, the will of Jane Buchanan, a 1790 estate Act creating trusts for sale in the Sundon estate, etc.; and the 1737 trust deed of the Earl of Oxford [Pl F3/3/42], subsequent trust deeds, the 1782 estate Act [Pl F5/11/1], deeds down to the conveyance Pl E11/3/2/1, and an application by (3) to the Court of Chancery.
Consideration: £ 18000 to (1) paid pursuant to an order of the Court of Chancery. Examined, 24 July 1804.
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[no title] ZRW/38a 26 November 1762
Parchment, signed.
Contents:
Marriage contract between John Riddell of Riddell esquire, and Jane Buchanan, eldest daughter of James Buchanan of London, merchant, with consent of Jane Buchanan her mother, concerning lands in barony of Riddell
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[no title or date] ZRW/57-59
Three small quarto books.
Contents:
Balance account books of debtors and creditors of Messrs. James Buchanan (d.1758), John Hyndman, and Richard Lancaster (d.1774), merchants of London made up at July or March yearly, 1758-1763; 1764-1768; and 1769-1802 respectively.
After James Buchanan's death in 1758 his interest continued in favour of Jane Buchanan to 1767 and then due to Archibald Buchanan. From 1774 John Hyndman was the sole partner.
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Letters to Jane, Lady Riddell, from her sons and members of Riddell family addressed to her at Hampstead, Sundon or Riddell, 1780-1798:- ZRW/66-76 1780-1798
Contents:
James Buchanan Riddell, from Brussells, 17 September 1780 [Signature cut out - later found as a marker to No.64 above].
John Riddell, with additional note by Thomas Scott, from Lyons, 29 December 1780.
John Riddell, from Lyons, 7 February 1781. French.
Walter Riddell, from Edinburgh, 29 October 1783.
Walter Riddell, 11 December [1783].
John B.Riddell, from Paris 26 July 1791.
Same, from Tournon (France), 5 August 1791.
Same, from Martigni (Switzerland), 16 August 1791.
Same, from Lausanne, 9 September 1791.
William Riddell [of Camieston?], from George Square, 7 December 1797.
E.Riddell [sister in law, wife of Capt.Thomas Riddell], from Frederickshaven, 7 February 1798.
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The following now held by the Univerity of Nottingham seems to indicate that James Buchanan had a son Archibald who died around 1772 and left his estates eventually to the descendants of his sister jane, wife of John Ridell:
Pl E11/3/2/1/3 10.7.1804
Attested copy conveyance and settlement of part of the Hepple Estate, Northumberland; 10 July 1804 (unfit for production) (37 ff, attached, paper) First Party: Hon. Sir Beaumont Hotham, knight, one of the Barons of HM Court of Exchequer.
Second Party: William Henry Cavendish, Duke of Portland; and William Henry Cavendish Bentinck Scott, Marquess of Titchfield.
Third Party: Sir John Buchanan of Riddell, North Britain, Baronet.
Fourth Party: Rebecca Buchanan of Baker Street, parish of St Marylebone, Middlesex, spinster.
Fifth Party: Archibald Hamilton, late of Curzon Street, now of New Cumberland Street, parish of St Marylebone, Middlesex, Esq.; Francis Hargrave of Lincoln's Inn, Middlesex, Esq.; and Robert Buchanan Dunlop of New Broad Street, London,
Esq. [trustees of the 1798 estate Act].
Sixth Party: Reverend William Browne of Canfield Place, Hertfordshire, Clerk, and Francis Hargrave [trustees of the will of Archibald Buchanan].
Attested copy lease [wanting] and release by (1) and (2) to (6) of messuage and lands at Hepewell alias Hepel alias Hepple, in the barony of the same and the parish of Rothbury, Northumberland, including West Hepple Farm and East Hepple Farm, and at Whitefield House in the same parish, and at Rimpside in the parish of Elsdon, as specified (tenants, field names and acreages given); upon the trusts of the will of Archibald Buchanan, viz. to the use of (3) for life, to his male issue successively, thence to his daughters as tenants in common, with remainder to (4) and her issue as specified, thence to the heirs and assigns of Jane Buchanan (widow of James Buchanan of London, merchant) for ever, with charging and portioning powers etc. as specified.
Recites the will (1772) of Archibald Buchanan of Sundon, Bedfordshire, trusts created by it for the benefit of (4) and her sister, the mother of (3), and settlement of the estates on James Buchanan Riddell and (3), with name and arms
clause; other deeds involving Archibald Buchanan, the will of Jane Buchanan, a 1790 estate Act creating trusts for sale in the Sundon estate, etc.; and the 1737 trust deed of the Earl of Oxford [Pl F3/3/42], subsequent trust deeds, the 1782 estate Act [Pl F5/11/1], deeds down to the conveyance Pl E11/3/2/1, and an application by (3) to the Court of Chancery.
Consideration: £ 18000 to (1) paid pursuant to an order of the Court of Chancery. Examined, 24 July 1804.
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