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Mark Shafto, third son of Edward Shafto of Bavington, married Margaret Riddell of Newcastle. He became a merchant in that city and served as its Mayor in 1548. His first son, Edward a merchant adventurer, married Isabel Ogle (see Ogle family). His second son, Mark was Sheriff of Newcastle in 1575 and Mayor in 1578.
Bavington Hall. Bavington Hall is a 17th-century privately owned country house at Little Bavington in Northumberland.It is a Grade II* listed building. [1]A tower house (Little Bavington Tower) was recorded on the site in 1415, but this was replaced in the late 17th century by the Shafto family.
In 1652 Mark Shafto, Recorder of Newcastle, purchased the manor of Whitworth. His son Robert, knighted in 1670 was Recorder from 1660 and his grandson was High Sheriff of Durham in 1709. Two sons of Mark Shafto junior represented Durham City in Parliament: Robert Shafto 1712/3 and 1727/30 and John Shafto 1729-42.
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Here are buried several members of the ancient family of Shafto, the earliest mention of whom is in 1240. The Shaftos lived at nearby Bavington until the eighteenth century when, as a result of their support of the Jacobite cause in 1715, their estates were confiscated by the Crown, and ultimately sold to a Delaval .
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The Connection between the Shafto and Eden Family Sir John Eden, 2nd Baronet (11 September 1677 – 2 May 1728) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1713 to 1727. Eden was the eldest son of Sir Robert Eden, 1st Baronet, of West Auckland and his wife Margaret Lambton, daughter of John Lambton of Durham and was baptized ...