September 3rd 1810 (regarding a house being pulled down in North Shields):
It was believed this was an old house wherein, in the year 1705, the duke of Argyll, then a resident at Chirton, near North Shields, received so many bruises in a night of brawl or revel, as occasioned his death shortly thereafter. It was occupied by Paphian nymphs, and often resorted to by the noble duke.
From The Local HistoriansTable Book of Remarkable Occurrences, Historical Facts and Traditions etc. connected with the counties of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland and Durham by M A Richardson. Historical Division, vol 3. 1843.
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