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Young G. D. Young, Edinburgh 'AV^ & v NOTICES OF THE LIFE AND WORKS OF THOMAS GENT, PRINTER, OF YORK. PLEASANT task lies before me. I have to evoke from the fhadowy portals of the pad, an image upon which the duft of centuries has be- gun to accumulate — to bring it back, re-clothed in its own individuality, amid wonted fcenes of life and action — to trace the current of a life, at times calm and uniform in its flow, at others fwollen by dreams of care and forrow. There are points of difficulty in the appreciation of every life ; but they are confiderably leflened ards the fubjectofthe prefent Memoir, from the fact that we poflefs many of tin- details of the life of THOMAS GENT, written by his own hand. His carl)- youth, which is miffing in the narrative pari of the Manufcript, is detailed in fom< " ittempts to invoke thi Mi who appear to hav< looked a little coldly upon their afpiring 12 Notices of the Life and // arks of devotee. We learn that he was born in Ireland, in the year 1693, "of meek and gentle parents, — rich in grace, though not in fliining ore." The stanzas that pourtray the image of his mother glow with the true verve ofpoefy. She was a gracious and gentle Matron, and one who appears to have ruled well her children, for " fhe would not," he fays, " excufe the ] ■■> > '•■' ! ■ She'd make a\ ■ rod, right ufed with art, Y.'i furiously, as fimple mothers ufe it, But mild, correct, and never once abuse it. did she whip her < I ildr< n dear, But she would wound us with her kinder fpeech ; Ne'er gave a ftripe, but we might fee a tear In her fwoln eye, as if she would befeech That, for the future, we might take great care No more t'offend, that she the birch might fpare." At the age of fourteen, Gent was removed from maternal in- fluence, and apprenticed to a Dublin Printer, whom he pourtrays in his verfe as a "Turk," a "Tyrant," a very "Nero." After three years of ill ufage, the young apprentice formed the defperate refolution of abandoning his Matter, his Parents, and his Country; and fet out for London, with two or three penny loaves, feventeen-pence in his pocket, and his Sunday suit. His voyage was rife with adventure. JBeing anxious to efcape detection before the ftarting of the veffel, he crept down into the hold, where he lay very fick, and without any to help or comfort him. A three days' voyage reduced him to fuch miferable plight, that the Captain, far from infifting on his paffage-money, gave him fixpence, with the admonition to "take to good ways." From the moment that the young Printer turned his back upon Ireland, life opened before him as an earned and fober reality, lie quickly found employment in London with a Mr. THOMAS GENT, Printer, of York. i 3 Edward Midwinter, of Pie Corner, Smithfield, with whom he re- mained three years. He fpeaks in grateful terms of his mailer, and left him, with his full confent, when he had ferved ("even years at his trade, to leek advancement. He had already worked for fevcral Printers, and done a little on his own account, when he heard from his fir ft master, Mid- winter, that Mr. White, Printer, of York, was willing to engage him for the tempting fum of eighteen pounds a year, "besides board, lodging, and wafhing." Thefe terms were agreed to, and on Sunday, twenty-fifth of April, 17 14, a glow of enthufiafm fired the breaft of the now weary traveller, as he came within fight of the walls and towers of ancient Ebor. "The firft houfe I entered, to inquire for my new mailer, was "in a Printer's, at Petergate, the very dwelling that is now my "own by purchafe; but not finding Mr. White therein, a child "brought me to his door, which was opened by the head maiden, "that is now my dear fpoufe. She ufhered me into the chamber, "where Mrs. White lay fomething ill in bed; but the old Gentle- "man was at his dinner, by the firefide, fitting in a noble arm- "chair, with a good large ; re him, and made me partake "heartily with him." The " head maiden," whom Gent mentions here, was hence- forth to be the riling fun of his affections. Love gives wings to the hours, and the twelve months of his engagement with the York Printer glided rapidly by. II'- could not be induced to re- new it until he had \<:cn his friends in Ireland, although the prof- I offeparation from the "lovely Miftn fs Alice," was a fource of great regret to him. He refolved, however, upon the journey; and, after iniihaps both by land and sea, reached Dublin I [arbour in fafety. "When I earn to my father's hi \ our dutiful cuftom i; there, I Nil on my knee to ask his blefling. 'I In- good old man i4 Notices of the Life and Works of took me up, with tears in his eyes, killed me, saying "Tommy, I fcarcely knew thee." 1 lis mother received him with no lefs affec- tion, undutiful as he had been. Not fo, however, his former mafter, who employed officers to feize him for abfeonding from his apprenticeship. This induced Gent again to leave his native country, and re- fpond to a letter that he had received from " his deareft at York," inviting him thither. Of this fecond period of his refidence in York, we poffefs fcarcely any details. We meet with him a lhort time after in London, in the employ of his former mafter, Midwinter, through whose influence he was admitted a freeman of the Company of Stationers in the year 1717. On the 9th of October in the fame year, he was enrolled a freeman and citizen of London, and he appears to have been alfo a member of the fociety of Freemafons, from his many allufions to the Fraternity, into which he was probably received during his refidence at York. 1 lis chief afpiration now was towards a fettlement in life ; but motives of prudence forbade him to enter into Matrimony, '• fearing fo great an expenfe as that Hate of life requires." Work was not fo brisk as could have been desired, and "I was fome- times at a loss" says Gent, " how to fpend my time well, and pro- cure an honeft livelihood, in a troublefome world." After fome time (pent in cafual labour, Gent again vifited Ireland at the requeft of his parents, who were now old and infirm. I le obtained employment there, though not on fuch favourable terms as in London. On his return to the great city, we meet witli him in the em- ploy of a Mr. Clifton, a Roman Catholic, whofe fervice was far more profitable than fafe. Clifton undertook to print pamphlets for perfons under fufpicion of the Government ; and Gent relates a curious adventure that befel him while in Clifton's employ. THOMAS GENT, Printer, of York. 15 Some fheets frefh from the prefs had been entrufted to his care ; and accompanied by his mafter, he was driven in a coach to a monadic-looking building in Wcftminfter. "Being ufhercd into "a fpacious room," says Gent," we fat near a large table cover- ed with an ancient carpet of curious work, and whereon was foon "laid a bottle of wine for our entertainment. In a little time we "were vifited by a grave Gentleman in a black lay habit, who en- tertained us with one pleafant difcourfe or other, and bid us be "fecret." Not long after, Dr. Atterbury, Biiliop of Rochefter, was being driven in a coach, guarded, to the Tower, and Gent recog- nised in him his former pleafant and hofpitable entertainer. Gent was now ftrongly preffed by his former mafter, Midwin- ter, to return to his employ ; but although he experienced much trouble and annoyance in Clifton's fervice, he could not be in- duced to abandon it. He fometimes frequented the Affize Courts, as fpecial correfpondent, taking notes of the trials, and forwarding them to his mafter to be prepared for publication. At length the inextricable difficulties, both pecuniary and po- litical, in which Clifton became involved, obliged our author to feek work elfewhere, and he renewed his engagement with Mr. Midwinter. This revived in him the hope that he might fhortly become his own mafter, and fettle with "his dearefl " in London. Hi- little ftock of cafh however, was exhaufted by the purchafe of two new founts <>f Pica, with a view to having a I'rcfs of his own, and he was obliged Hill to look upon matrimony as a future contingency. An event, too, happened at this time, which quenched his ten- der afpirings, and was likely to be attended with ferious refults. He had retired to reft one night, ill in health, and depivfled in fpirits on account of a dream lie had had, which he thought fore- -1 evil. A fweet slumber crept upon him, bringing with it iblivion of all hia care^ and miferies. In the dead of night, 16 Notices of I he Life and II orks of however, he was ftartled by a ftrange thundering noife at the door of his chamber. Before he had time for parley, his room was forcibly entered, and he found himfelf in the grafp of a King's Mefienger, who informed him that his concurrence in cer- tain treafonable publications required his immediate removal to prifon. "I called him, blockhead," fays Gent, "and told him, had I "been in another condition, I might, perhaps, have laid him by "the heels; at which he fcornfully faid, he never fhould fear a " ghoft, intimating, that I teemed little better than a fpirit at "that time."' All spirit that he was, poor Gent had to hurry on his clothes, and prepare for removal. He befqught his intruders to fee the door faftened which they had broken, that he might not be rob- bed during his confinement, "of what he had fo honeftly and painfully earned.'' On defcending the flairs, he found the paff- ages below, and the court-yard, filled to the very gate, with conftables, watchmen, and others; and, with one of thofe gleams of religious feeling, which brighten at intervals the pages of his memoir, he records, that the fight of thefe men, and the circum- ftances of his arreft, "called to my remembrance, my injured "Saviour's apprehenfion in the garden of Gethfemane." Gent was hurried into a coach, and driven towards Newgate. On the way he was joined by other prifoners, amongft whom, to his great aftonifhment, were Clifton, and his mailer. Midwinter. They were finally taken to Manchefter Court, a large houfe in Weft- minfter, from Gent's defcription of it, and near the Thames, fince, from the room in which he was confined, he could hear the plalh of its waters, as they laved the lower part of the edifice. Gent's imprifonment lasted five days; at the expiration of which, as nothing could be proved againft him, he was honour- ably difcharged. THOMAS GENT, Printer, of York. 17 He ftill continued to work for hirnfelf, and for Mr. Midwinter, who feems to have been imprifoned upon a false fufpicion. Things were now fo profperous with him, that he hoped in a very fhort time to have occasion to invite "his dear" to London. Alas! for human frailty, Phillis proved faithlefs. A friend, who had been on a vifit to York, happening- to meet Gent in the ftreet, broke to him the cruel tidings that the "lovely Alice" had given her hand to a Mr. Charles Bourne, the grandfon of the Printer for whom Gent had worked at York. "I was fo thunderftruck," he fays, " that I could fcarcely return " an anfwer, all former thoughts crowding into my mind. My "old vein of poetry flowed in upon me, and I wrote a copy of "verfes agreeing to the tune of " Such charms has Phillis," then " much in requeft, and proper for the flute, that I became ac- quainted with," Thefe verfes arc not to be ranked among Gent's happieft efforts, fuffice the reader to know that they con- tain a proper amount of fentimentality. Soon after this event, the affairs of Mr. Midwinter became in- volved, and he was forced to remove within the liberties of the Fleet. Gent continued to work at his own Press, fecking occa- fional employment to fill up his leifure. His la ft epoch of fervice was with a widow named Dodd, and it would feem that more ten- der relations than thofe of bufinefs were on the point of fpringing up between them, when an unforeseen event entirely changed his pofltion in the world, and opened up a wider and more promifing fphere for the developement of his energies. It fhall be told in his own words : " It was one Sunday morn- " ing, that .Mr. Philip Wood, a quondam partner at Mr. Midwin- ter's, entering my chambers, "Tommy," said he, "all thefe fine "material of yours muft bemovedto Vbrk:" at which, wonder- "ing, "What mean you ? " aid [, "Aye," faid he, "and you muft toOj for your full fweetheart is now at liberty, and left in 1 8 Notices of the Life and IVor/ts of "good circumftances by her dear fpoufe, who deceafed but of " late." Gent did not think it expedient to "trifle with a widow, as he had done with a maid," fo he ordered all his goods to be privately packed up, that they might he forwarded to him, if neceffary, and let out for York. Ten years had elapsed since they laft met, during which, the fcythe of time had reaped much of the bloom, and many of the graces of the Alice of his youth. Still, he loved her, and the tide of her returning affection inundated his foul with a tranquil peace and ferenity, which he had never experienced amid the ftruggles of his former unquiet exiflence. A few months were allowed to pafs, and the dim twilight of a December morning, though fcarcely able, through the rich deep tints of the windows of theMinfter, to chafe the (hadows that lingered within, yet revealed the perform- ance of a bridal ceremony, which cemented a union long deferred, now happily confummated. Gent had now reached the climax of all his hopes and afpira- tions. The bufinefs eftablifhed by his wife's late husband in York, was now become his own, and the working power of the eftabliihment was confiderably increafed by the addition of the stock-in-trade that he had purchafed in London. Thus a new career was opened under the happieft aufpices, Gent became pro- prietor of the only Newspaper as yet publifhed in the County of York, the "Original York Journal, or Weekly Courant" and his was the only Prefs that had been let up, as yet, in thofe parts. Unfortunately, Gent was not the man to improve opportunities. His unyielding and irascible temper brought upon him many miferies, that otherwife he need not have experienced. He began by quarrelling with the fervants of his new establishment, who were reluctant to acknowledge his authority ; and he feems to intimate that his "lovely Alice," who had been the angel of his youthful dreams, had fomehow been transformed into an Eve. — THOMAS GENT, Printer, of York. 19 " I found her temper," he says, " much altered from that fweet natural foftnefs, and most tender affection, that rendered her fo amiable to me while I was more juvenile, and the a maiden." Another fource of difcomfort to him, was the oppofition he ex- perienced on the part of his wife's uncle, a Mr. White, Printer, of Newcaftle. It appears, that on the death of Bourne, he had caft a longing eye on the York eftablifhment, and endeavoured to dif- fuade his niece from entering into a fecond marriage. Failing in this, he fet up a Prefs at York, and endeavoured in every way to thwart Gent's honeft endeavours. This evoked on the part of Gent an implacable bitternefs of fpirit, and fruftrated every at- tempt of his wife to bring about a reconciliation. The fruits of fuch a courfe were foon apparent. The rival Prefs continued to make rapid advances, while Gent could fcarcely find work for his own. He refolved to try the chances of Authorfhip — " I was obliged to contrive fome bufinefs," he says, "rather than go back in the world ; and by an almoft unheard-of attempt, to feek a living, by recalling the dead, as it were, to life," (referring to his Hiftory of the Antiquities of York) "to afford me and mine, that fuftenance which the living seemed to deny me." This leads me to notice the principal works of Gent, which I fhall do in chronolo- gical order, touching upon thofe points that I may deem of fpecial intereft to the readers of this little treatise. Gent publilhed his Hiftory of York, in the year 1730. "Poor indeed, as it comes into the world," he says in his preface, "without fomuch as one dedication, one patron to defend it; nay, rather cenfures and menaces in the room thereof: fothat it flies to the umbrage of the courteous reader, to be favourable in its recep- tion, and to the justice of the world in defence of its compiler." The work contains tranferiptions from the various Monuments, (hort notices of the lives of fome of the Archbifhops and Bifhops, details of the Religious Houses that exifted in and near the City, mention of the chief benefactors of the Cathedral Church 20 Notices of the Life and Works of of St Peter, a minute defcription of its ftained windows, and translations of the epitaphs and inscriptions of the monuments. There is a little dafh of the fhowman in Gent's manner of pre- fenting things, due, rather perhaps to the cuftom of the times, than to an}- affectation on his part. The prolixity of his general style robs it of all power, but there is a fimplicity in the narrative, a quaintness in the touches, and often a vividness of colouring, which charm and intereft the reader. It is worth notice that his fir ft account of Hull is given at page 246. The hiftory of Ripon next appeared in 1733. In the preface, Gent reminds his readers, that the feveral "portraitures and views exhibited in the book" are fomewhat wanting in "the prospective," a fact that the courteous reader foon found out for himfclf upon examination. " Yet I humbly conceive," says Gent, "they are sufficient to give great ideas to the diftant readers, or to remind thofe who have seen the originals." This Hiftory of Ripon is conceived much upon the fame plan as that of York. It is in- troduced by a poem on the furprifing beauties of Studley Park, with a defcription of the venerable ruins of Fountains Abbe)-. It then proceeds to treat, in minute detail, of the ecclefiaftical and civic antiquities of the town of Ripon. There are alfo notices of the Churches of Beverley, Wakefield, Leeds, and of feveral Towns of intereft near York. "Faithfully and painfully collected by the Author." It muft not be omitted, that in this work occurs the firft adver- tifement of the forthcoming Hiftory of Hull, which was set forth in thefe terms : "In a little time, God willing, will be undertaken the Hiftory of Kingfton-upon-Hull, both as to its ecclefiaftical and civil government (authentick manufcripts being obtained for that purpofe) which, as it has been always a princely and opulent town, as well as remarkable for various furprifing transactions, will, with its prefent happy conftitution, afford the moft agreeable entertainment to the Reader." I cannot refrain from tranferibing THOMAS GENT, Printer, of York. 21 fome verfes from this work .which have reference to Hull, not from any inherent poetical merit they poffefs, but because they fliow the spirit that animated the writer in his appreciation of the con- tingencies of all human things. — <<"p\\R hence my Eye with distant View surveys A Bulwark' d Town wade out into the Seas, Half Isle, Half Continent : Whofe narrow Neck Withstands the Waves, and does their Inroads check ; Whofe restlefs Rage affaults with fruitless Shocks And vainly storms the unrelenting Rocks. But what could Belgians Naval Pow'r sustain, And with its Cannon clear th'infested Main ; What stood th' Insults of War and raging Tides, In Pride's o'erwhelming Insolence fubfides. Pride has most Pow'rful Empires overthrown ; Pride lank in Dust the Glorious Babylon! Whole Rival Fame in Story boasts no more In all the Tract that Time has travell'd o'er ; Which now so waste a Wildernefs is made, That e'en its Ruin's Ruins are d< Wam'd by my Verfe, let other Ports beware, And with their Trade RELIGION make their Care: This Place, by Trade, like others, rear'd its Brow, W rich and vain, and then (just bate !) grew low. (Unerring Vengeance will offenders find, However slow it seems to limp behind.) I ' hurch in Ruins, once its grace and Boast, Its Beauty buried in Time's Grave ami lost ; Till to past ('runes discharg'd the Forfeit due, II ve„ and rais'd 1 lis I lot si anew, :i stand-, another i me, We may this ( 'h tion name. So when the Grave shall i' Us Trust, And our ih-d Souls shall re aflume their Dust, Tho' not our Bodies their old Form foi ' »ur ! I Mould sh dl take. Nov. | miis, and I li-av'n soik I, . ,|, , t,, ,1 He'll ral e, on I Brow, Thou, favour'd Town, shalt lift once more thy Head, \nd Bummon back thy formei Fortune tied. 22 Notices of the Life and IVorks of thy own So — rb — r — gh, a Man approv'd, His Country's Friend, and ofhis Prince belov'd, Dear to the Muses, who can Worth endear; What may's! thou hope, if thou may'st claim liis Care ; If thro' his Eyes, or thro' the Muse, the Grace Of Majesty should lighten on the Place? Built for a Mart, thou challengest the choice, Bespeak'st the Merchant, and prevent'st his Voice. The ( >cean's parting Trade thou dost invite, Stand'st out to View, and court'st the ships to light , While with a bending Arm, thy Port provides A common refuge from the Rage of Tides. Blazed in my Verse, the World thy Site shall see, And thou shah own thy open'd Trade to me ; Thy Name the Earth's remotest Ends may pierce, By Ships convcy'd ; to Heav'n ad vane' d in Verse." ***"AsI humbly conceive this to be the strongest Place for Fortification upon these Coasts, and which in case of Apprehenfion from a Foreign Invafion might be made excellent use of, methinks 'tis pity its Fortifications should have been neglected, and suffer* d to lie in Ruins ; or that any of the Fortifications upon this Coast should not be supported ; and for this Reason : The French, by their Contraband Trade with our Smugglers for these late years, are now well acquainted with this Coast, which in their late Wars would have been of bad Consequence to us ; for it was only owing to their apprehenfions of our Rocks, which they now know how to avoid, that we were safe from their Depredations." Of the Hiitory of Hull, publifhcd in 1735, little need be said beyond commending it to the courteous appreciation of the reader. It has its defects, no doubt, both of conception and ex- ecution, but to an\- one thoroughly acquainted with Hull and its institutions, it cannot fail to be a valuable and interesting text- book. Its details concerning the Churches of Holy Trinity and St. Mar)-, the faithful transcriptions of the Monuments, and their quaint translations for the benefit of the English reader, are proofs that Gent spared no pains to please and to instruct his readers. — Even were the book meritlesson all other points, it would still re- main a monument of the most careful and scrupulous labour. "Gent's performances were not, like too many modern books of topography, mere bundles of pillage from the works of ingenious THOMAS GENT, Printer, of York. 23 and painstaking authors, but contained matter honestly collected and not, before his time, made public by the press." It is interesting to note that the old Plan of Hull, given in this work at page S2, exhibits the Market Crofs which had not yet been replaced by the Statue of King William the 3rd. — The old Crofs appears to have been removed whilft this work was in pro- grefs, as the other plates represent the Statue. Gent's East View of the Town, and also his Plan, furnish us with a sketch of the Old Sugar House, the calamitous fall of which caused so much consternation a short time since. There is much interefting matter to be found in the Addenda to Gent's Hiftory of Hull. Some of the scientific opinions there- in advanced are of the moft curious nature, and may give an idea of what paffed current for fcience in those days. A correspond- ent from Whitby (p. 216) endeavours to account for the origin of the lingular foffils now known as "ammonites" that are found upon the beach there. "One will have it," he says, " that they pro- ceed thro' the meer frolicks of nature ; " a second ascribes them "to some occult quality of the earth " — another says, "they are the spiral petrifactions which the ground produces thro' a Fer- mentation peculiar to Alum Mines." — " I procured my engraver," says Gent, " to exhibit the form of one of these Serpentine Stones in a vacancy of the copper-plate, from which the following Pros- pect of Scarborough is taken off." Among the details at the end of the work arc many curious articles that will repay perusal. The curious portrait of Gent prefixed to the present volume, is after a scarce print occalionally found in copies of his works. — Although but indifferently executed, it is very characteristic, representing the venerable figure of the old man with his snowy hair, and around him the mufieal instruments in which he de- lighted. 1 le is seated, it may be supposed, in his quaint apartment in Petergate, " Where, Heaven be praifed ! he bulll hie Printing k , Covered with lead* a Turret foi a Dome. 24 Notices of the Life and II or/cs of In the same year Gent printed, and it is supposed partly edited a literal')' serial entitled "Miscellanea Curiosa," confisting of enigmas and mathematical problems in prose and verse. It con- tains verses by Gent, on the Statue of King William the 3rd, at Hull, which had then been lately erected. The work proved very unattractive and soon died out A quaint old volume is Gent's History of England, ( 1 741 ) and still quainter his History of Rome. In the appendix to the latter is found an account of the demolishing of Pontefract Castle in 1649, and a note records that, "Col. Overton, by an order from the Lord General, for the Publick Service for Drawbridges, for Hull, had iron teams delivered to him of the value of, in money, 2£ 17s 8d. and for timber, value 8£ 6s od." Other works from the pen of our author, are his History of the East Window in York Minster, (1762) tolerably printed, although there are man)' points about it that give evidence of his failing fortunes — a Tract entitled "Judas Iscariot " (1772) — "The Holy life and death of S. Winifred,"(i742) "a poem writ by a sort of infpiration on recover)' from fickness" — "The Gospel of Nicode- mus," — "The History of the Ancient Militia in Yorkshire, (1760) on the title page of which is inscribed: "Written under cruel disappointment, and waiting for paper." In this book he thus alludes to Hull: — " Or who is ignorant how Hull increas'd, To prove the Key or Fortress of the East ? Both can to Glory make a just Pretence ; Though this Superiour for a strong Defence: And by its Harbour nothing them annoys; * * « * When Hothams, Gees, ami Moyfers mingling gain'd Afcending Power o'er all their Swelling Hearts, Like neighbouring Worthies by the mikleft arts; They learn' t fuch Forms as gave them full content; Of War, wife Laws, and happy Government." THOMAS GENT, Printer, of York. 25 The illustrations to these latter works are most deplorable, and betray the state of indigence to which the writer was reduced. Slowly but surely, the shades of adverfity began to close around him. His press came to be less and less in demand. " Having but too much time to spare," he writes, "rather than be indolent. I studied music on the harp, flute, and other instru- ments."* It was not Gent's only misfortune to be surpaffed by other and more enterprifmg printers, he lost poffeffion of a house in Stonegate which had been the property of his wife's late hus- band, and which he hoped to have tenanted when he should be obliged to leave his present premises in Coffee Yard. These he might, no doubt, have retained until his death, but he quarrelled with the owners, and had to remove to a house in Petergate, from whence he iffued the following quaint Advertifement : — " To all Ingenious Lovers of Art and Industry. — Having in the Year 1724, "removed my Printing Prefs and Letters from London to this ancient City, on "the occasion of efpoufing the Widow of Mr. Charles Bourne, Printer, Grandfon "to the memorable Mr. John White; and fince then followed my lawful Profeffion, "for the preservation of my Family, with uncommon Care and Induftry, to the "prefent Time: I take this happy opportunity in giving Notice, that 1 am now moved into PETER-Gate, (that which is called the Lower Part of it) but a " little way from Stone-Gate. -I humbly hope, thro' Divine assistance, that the "favourable munificence of my friends, confidering the Contingency " will generously extend to the place of my new Settlement, repair diet withlland " the Inclemency of the weather, freed from all filth y Incumbrances, and by credible " Apartments fit to entertain the better Sort of well-bred ir Customers thai " rightly encourage the true Typographical Artists; those only that become fuch " by virtue of lawful Indentures, <&v. and not by interloping furreptitiousMethods, "to the Ruin of honest Practitioners! Which Houfe in /'er, Pens and Ink to he Sold " also th( 1 with Pictures, and varii rts ol ,.ls. • I is a Poem on the 1 larp 1 nd M . and a lingular Cut and Gamut oi the liaip, p. 376. 26 No/ ires of the Life and Works of In order to set before the public the extremities to which he was reduced, he composed and afterwards printed a prologue to the tragedy of " Jane Shore" that was performed for his benefit in 1761. The poor, infirm old man mounted the stage, to pro- nounce this prologue, which he entitled, "The contingencies, viciffitudes, or changes of this tranfitory life." I cannot refrain from quoting a few lines : — "Strange that a Printer, near worn out thro' age, Should be impell'd, lb late, to mount the Stage, In silver'd hairs, with Heart nigh fit to break, Tims to amuse, who fcarce has words to fpeak! To kno\T sueh judges that I'm sure are here Might strike a bold I >emosthenes with fear! To fee an audience so illuftrious shine Like Constellations, by the Power Divine Free of four Cities, thus my state to view. My fervants gone, fcarce anything to do: My deareft friends laid in the filent grave And me o'eqxnver'd, funk well nigh to a slave! . . . . Depriv'd of Business, tho' with little left, And even that, for wishing well, bereft: And here, methinks, amongst you 'ti- I spy, As when kind Pity grae'd the tender Eye: When pence, spontaneous, but by you made willing, Were dropt, a tester, or a splendid Shilling. " How does your Spoufe? To iblace her, give that— I >.. n't stand uncover'd ! Pray, put on your hat- There, take, and drink- to comfort you— a gill '" — (( ) how my foul with gratitude did fill !) " Let's see your ware — Come, he with Fate content — Get fomething warm, fo farewell, Mr. Gent." If in deep ficknefs, fovereign Balm could eafe ; If, in dejection, any Comforts please : 'Tis certain, from Inch tender Words they came, That blew the dying Sparks of Life to flame." Between the recitation, and the printing of the Prologue, Gent was thrown into a still deeper affliction by the loss of his wife, — " It was, " he says, "on Wednesday, April 1, 1761, between the hours of X and xi in the night, that my beloved dear, Mrs. Alice Gent, meekly refigned up her precious soul (that curious and un- THOMAS GENT, Printer, of York. 27 searchable part of Divinity) to its Maker : leaving me in a dis- consolate Condition." Poor Gent was forced at last, to become the recipient of charity, and to depend often for his food upon the bounty of the few friends that remained to him. It was a sad termination to a life that opened so fair, and with such promifing anticipations. An unyielding and irascible temper doubtless produced many bitter fruits, still we cannot but admire the fimple piety, the hon- esty of principle, and the unswerving loyalty that characterised the man. He was generous even to a fault, and would often protect and relieve, in distress, those who had shown themselves his greatest enemies. In the last years of his life, as he saw the " things that are shaken " totter and fall, there is no doubt but that he learned to plant his feet more firmly, beyond the waves of time, upon the Eternal rock, among the "things that cannot be shaken." We have no circumstantial account of his death, which took place at his house in Petergate, on the 19th of May, 1778. He was in the 87th year of his age. The ^ld man sleeps in the filent shade of the Church of St. Michacl-lc-Belfrey, — "Where the wicked cease from troubling, and where the weary are at rest." Grammar School, Hull, GEO. OHLSON. May, 1*69. t m t m ®®»®s 6 '/■ ■en*. .V, /"/^. IS - .J ^S, , • yc* t 'Kindt . S', ',, rsf/./rs K Annates Regioduni Hullini : OR, THE HISTORY Of the Royal and Beautiful TOWN of Kingjlotl- upon- Hull; From the Original of it, thro' the Means of its Illuftrious Founder, King EDWARD the Firft : Who (being pleas'd with its beautiful .Situation whilft hunting with his Nobles on the pleafant Banks of the River ) erected the TOWN Anno Do/n. 1296 : And from that remarkable /Era, the Viciffitudes of it are difplay'd, 'till this prefent Year, 1735. In which are included, All the mod remarkable Tran- The Names of the MAYORS, factions Ecclefiaftical, Civil, Sheriffs, and Chamberlains: and Military. with what remarkable Acci- The Erection of Churches, Con- ll , ents havt -" tehilen fomc of vents, and Monasteries ; with 1 t T hem m l T he Conife of their the Names of their Founders, Lives : Interfpersd with a and Benefactors: Alfo a fuc- \ Compendium lof British Hiftory, cincl Relation of the De la , efpeaally what alludes to the POLE'S Family, from the firft , c n ' tl Wars, (for the 1 better II- MAYORof that Name, to his luftration of fuch 1 lungs as Succeffors, who were advanc'd ; !" oft particularly concern d the to be Earls and Dukes of Suffolk. , , mvn '» *°J e troublefome limes;) ami (nice then, with The Monuments, Infcnptions, Regard to t lie Resolution. 6v. in the Churches of Holy Trinity, and St Mary. atJornrD i»tth cEutsj. AS LI K E W I S E Various CURIOSITIES in ANTIQUITY, History, Travkls, &>c. Alfo a neceffary and compleat INDEX to the Whole. •her with feveral LETTERS, containing fome Accounts of the Antiquities of BRIDLINGTON, SCARBOROUGH, WHITBY, &.c. for the Entertainment of the curious Travellers, who vilit the North-Eait Parts of Yorkshire. Di probos mores docili juventee, Dt fenedluti placid,/- quielem, Oppido II U LLIN date, rentque protein- i/ue et decus omiie. II () R. Car, Sbbc. Faithfully collected by THOMAS C, 1 N 1 , Compiler of the I Iiflory of Y R K, dial the mofl remarkable Places if that large County. Sold at the Printing-Oflice, neai t J 1 * - Star in stone-Cute, VORKj by Ward and CHANDLER, Bookfellers, in Scarborough, and at theil Shop in Fleet -free/. 1 I in mis. Book- feller, in HULL ; al oilier Plao 1 In tin- < ountry ; and by J. Wilford, behind the Chapter-Houfe in St. PauPt Church' Yard, L( > N I" » N II I" I XXXV. To All Ingenious LOVERS O 1- ANTIQUITY AND HISTORY: This work Is Dedicated by Their Mofl: Obfequious And Humble Servant, THOMAS GENT, + + + t + + + + + + + + , + + + + + + + + f + [ i ] The PREFACE. MONGST the many Writers of English Hijiory in general, as to tJie affairs of the Kingdom, and of fome of them relating to the particular Places of it; I have often wonder 'd, that the Sub/eels, I have treated of, should not, through their greater Capacities, have been brought from their Cim- merian Darknefs, to have feen the Light before, but fallen to my SharPto introduce them to their pleafing Aurora. Works, that, for their Fidelity and Induflry, have been candidly received by the viofl ingenuous and fenfible Pcrfons in thefe Parts ; whofe kind Letters to me are as fo many fair Teflimonials of their entire Approbation : To oblige whom, I have endeavour 'd, in this Third Book, not only to give an impartial History of a moft Renowned Sea-Port TOWN, throughout all the flrange Vicifjitudes of it ; but alfo, by a neeeffary and pleafing Lnterfperfwn of feveral remarkable Traufaelious, compleat in a great meafure what I had attempted before: For their Sake have I valitd no Labour, or Expence ; no Difcouragcmoits could anticipate my Defigns, in regard to the force of TRUTH, under its various Appearances in the World, whether fortunate or unhappy. If any Motive can induce a Reader to have a tender Regard for a labouring Author ; certainly the Work of Antiquity (relating either to the Rife of States, or Families) demand a favourable Attention. To know what has pafl info many shining Ages before our glimmering Dawn of Life ; and to confider the Origin and ;\ the Virtue or Vice of illuflrious and unfortunate Pcrfons, (ince departed to the eternal Regions of Joy or M if cry ; are to a contemplative Mind as differently entertaining, as thd Wi prophetically to be fenfible of what should follow many Wars after our Bodies were laid in the Mold. Alas ! the Know- if the latter, might, in many rcfpctis, be a great Addition to our prefent certain Sorroius of Life : But by Retroflexion, we learn to imitate whatever was commendable in our AuceJ/ors ; and to shun the contrary, equal to what Futurity would teach us, by our SucceJJbrs. With mighty Pleafure we can behold the one ; ii The PREFACE to the Reader. with profit able Contempt, defpife the other: We arc made to underjland the Cujlotns and Manners of former Ages, the better to a greater Relish for the Improvements of our own : Our y, even by its Fall, is become more glorious, than ever perhaps it was in Reality, thro its being mournfully celebrated by the immortal HOMER: A nd J E RU S A L E M , once a mojl renowned City, now farce any more than a little Village, how fweetly is it lamented and commemorated by the mofl mellifluous and iufpircd Writers ! So that it ferns to have a Being, thd in miserable Ruins, as it is deliver d dozen to ns, thro the powerful Charms of A N T IQUI T Y . If we defend only to Britain, we even relish the unfavory Accounts, when the Natives are faid to have worn little or no Garments, had no Ilonfes to dwell in ; but rude Skins of wild Beafls ferved for the former, shady Trees and Forcfls the latter. As we find how their Politcncfs and Felicity increase! our Joy rifes in Proportion at the Recital : The Valour of the Kings % Caraclacus and Cafibelanus, * A Rev. Gentleman, writing of the pious and learned Mr. BOEHM, (who, in the Year 1686, v try to Prince GEORGE of Denmark, and after his Refignation of that Employment had travell'd to Ruffia, Confiantinople, Smyrna, Jerufalem, Alexandria, &c.) has this mod beautiful Paffage concerning him. "How "often have I heard him withdraw from that Jeru/alem which to that which "isotope. 1 How often did he improve the Sepulchre which enclofed our Lord's dead "Bod\. framing the Hearts of Chriftians, wherein the living Chrift is to "dwell by Faith ! At leaf! did his Journey to the I Inly Land afford him many a fair "Opportunity to an holy Difcourfe. The earthly Canaan, which he had view'd with " the eyes of his Body, proved but introductory to the heavenly. — What he had begun, "he would frequently end with fome noble inflruclive Direction; and filently move "away to the Spiritual Part, which i^ to be contemplated by Faith only, and to "which all our A And in this he endeavoured to copy after the "Pattern of his bleffed Mailer ; who, whilft he was talking about Jacob's Well with " the Woman of Samaria, drew away by little and little into the fpi ritual Sphere; "and laying afide the natural Water, difcourfed her about the Well which Jprings "up into Life cverlafling" t Pub. Ovin. N Metam. Lib. I. % Some of the Brafs Heads, which belong'd to the antient British Spears, or Javelins, curiously made, were found lately between Tadcajler and Weatherby ; with ther Matters of Antiquil The PREFACE to the Reader, iii Cafibelanus, with the unexampled Courage of Queen Boadicca, raife us to a Pitch of Admiration: Pleas' d, we behold the Expert- nefs of their SucceJJbrs in War ; their Wifdom, and Piety, in Policy, or Religion; and admire them for all the neeeffary Laws, either contrived by them, or copy d after other Nations, for the common Good of Human Society. As to the following Work, I had an intention to perform fome- thiug relating to Kingfton-npon-Hull about four or five Years ago,foon after my fuccefsful Publication of the Hiflory ^/"YORK. On purpofe I vifited the Town, took down the Infcriptions that were within the Church, with what I found remarkable in other Places, as the firjl Foundation, whereon I might lay a flrouger, the better to creel my Super ftruelure. Afterguards, by Application, I met with fundry Manufcripts ; which, thd exceeding ufeful as to Matters of Pact contained in them, were yet confounded by an unhappy Difcordancy : Befides, their Incorreclnefs piling' d me into aim oft iufuperable Difficulties, t/trd which it would have been im- poffible for me to have extricated my felf had I not pcrfoually perform' d what I did, and carefully confultcd our latcfl Hiflorians. The Prolixity of tJiofe tedious Writings were more fit for tirefome \ T ol umes to be Clofettcd, and laboriously turiid over, than what was ufeful for a plea) r ant Pocket Companion, plain to the meauefl Capacity ; lefs troublefome to the Learned the mf elves ; and, above all, at an eafy Price, confideriug the great Expence and Labour of fueh an Enterprise: So that when I had feriously ponder 'd on every thing neeeffary, with the utmofl Impartiality, I was refolvd to write an entire Piece, wliicli I might more truly call my own ; and adorn it with whatever could be prodnclive from a Jludious Application. First, I was determin'd to follow the Methods of the beft Authors, by dividing the Book into certain Periods, or Chapters ; that fo the Reader might have the greater Relaxation, and more pleafantly refume the Perufal at proper Opportunities. Secondly, I defign'd to exhibit the Names of the Right Wor- shipful the • Magi ft rates, with other < Ifficers of the Corporation, in or near the Game Pages, which alphabetically refer to what factions happen'd whilfl 'I re in Power ; that fo, as it were I : oceeded, In tin' nearer Centuries Following the Town's Erection, I ventur'd t'> fappofe now many tinv - Come ol the Gentlemen had been Mayors, by their firfl Advancement to ii ind therefore m rated to me I ifonable : Bill "i th< »fe In lati i \ ji i in'd, thro' my Examinati i the [nfcriptioni ovei theii Graves !' i" doubf "i the trot Sp< lling rently written, I have inferted them both Ways, ii!.-.: .1 M muf h I had collated oul ol many) thai ;\t be found in 01 thai iv The P R E FACE to the Reader, were at one Sight, there might be a pleating Coherency one with another. THIRDLY, Digeft what was*neceflary, in the fame Manner, under the leveral Heads of Difcourfc. And, LASTLY, By a compleat Index, bring the collateral Branches to a clofer Union, that every Thing might be found out . y as poflible by the curious Enquirer. Well — Thus fix d, as I thought, in my Refolution, I fet about the Work : But, alas ! I had not proceeded far, before I found the Subjecls to grow upon me, by an improving Imagination ; yet attended with fuch a Charge, and Confumption of Time, that were in no manner fuitable to one Per/on alone, efpecially in my Station of Life. I fee iii d much in the defponding Condition of the unfor- tunate Sir John Hotham, as related in the 155/Vi Page of this Book ; who, having no friendly Park to attend him, was filopt by i> River, whilft he thought through Flight to attain to an Afylum of Safety, which then was his fortify d Iloufe at Scar- borough. Thd the Knight had not the Valour of Alexander, [warn over the Hydafpes to face a powerful Army ; yet he had a View of meeting with fome Affiftancc, which might have •reviv'd his Courage, could he have but crojjf'd thofe rapid Streams : My Profpecl, over the BITTER Waters of Uncommon Induflry, • filing but a melancholly Scene of almofl infinite Labour and Expence, I fcarce could fay, L knew to what End. Only there was Difference (which raifed my Hope) between the diflreffed Knight's Cafe, and mine: He zcas deferting the Town ofYLuM ; / fr Protection to it. Whether this Thought might prove of I or no, / w,is refolved to wait with Patience and Refigna- ' i • / knew the Copioufnefs of the Subjecls might require r Labours, my Defign was to make This as comprehensive iceep table as I could for the prefent ; and, where I fell fhort, . Deficiencies, fome time or other, by a careful and faithful Supplement to the Whole. And here, I mufi humbly beg of the more curious Reader, to ■d a while his Judgment, 'till he has given the Book a careful faf and confider'd jufily the indefatigable Pains of fuch a Composition : \ niong the many Epitaphs, there are fome that are really affecting and is, efpecially in the Towns along the Sea Shore : They feem like preaching es to prepare us for thofe immenfe Regions of Immortality, before we go hence, n in this World! Some are placed according to the Wills of the Deceafed ; others of 'em thro' tender Refpect of their furviving Friends ; and all for the due Contemplation of Human Nature, which furely muft, one time or other, be laid within the earth, in order to appear at the General Refurre<5lion, to Life or Death eternal : Of which the Poet writes, jfuduis extrema fententia luce vocabit Ad fua Regno, bonos, Phlegethonta Malos. The PREFACE to the Reader. v Composition : For without Candour, I am almojl certain, no true Charaeler can be given. If afterwards it can be provd that I have been defective and exceedingly erroneous, as few Authors this way can be entirely free ; if I have corrupted Hiflory by defigued Partiality, and not related Tilings as they have been aclcd : Why then, should any P erf on, after a decent Manner, with the Spirit of Meekuefs, employ the Prefs, by doing of a Better within the like Compafs ; or to confute me, and put his Name tJicreto, (for the*\x\\- known Envious or Ignorant, which are f fynonimous, are either not worth regarding, or to be aufwerd in another Method) if I find the A rguments are of any Validity, I shall be very willing for the Publick Good, to own all the Errors in the Book, were itpoffible there should be an Infinity of them : But otherwife, 1 shall return a modejl Anfwer, in the fame Spirit, by zuay of defending what ought to be defended, fuch as, I hope, will give no Reafou for any P erf on ju flly to complain againfl me. For indeed, as to the Civil Wars, when England was jlaiu'd with the Blood of its Nobility and Gentry, I think fcarce any can mention thofe dreadful Times, without raijing the Pafjions of the Mind, in one, or another, accord- ing to the different Principles of Mankind: In which, thd I eve; approved of Moderation, I was to consider my f elf as an Hijlorian. and confequently ought not to recede from Truth a Tittle. I knew f was exempt from the Objections of Persons in the present Age, whom I had nothing to do with (at leafl little to fear from) in this Refpeel ; fincc the bejl and greater Number of us, I trufl, are so /irmly attach! d to Regal Dignity, for the Sake of our Prefent Gra- cious SOVEREIGN, as never to be led to approve of fuch wicked Aelions, as were formerly perpetrated, to the Downfal of the Reform' d Epif copal Church of England, and the well-fettled State of the Nation, by the unparalleFd Murder of one of the bejl of Kings ! Events, which pofjibly might have been prevented, was it not for the un dutiful Behaviour of Sir John Hotham to his highly injur d Majejly ; for which Crime divine Vengeance feeni d to purfne him, whiljl he fcarcely enjoy d the Benefit of Repentance. * Were even fuch fenfelefs, unkilling Satyrijls to be known, who should li with other natural and endemic Diftempers to be troubled with the Scribling II < 1 1 . rite(va meet Malice) againfl what they had ueva tin- Glorious Spirit to under- take; the wifeft of Sovereign Princes, King SOLOMON had given Advice to Mankind hi both the Cafes above-mentioned, Prev, vi. 4, 5. the [aft of which teems very proper : fiefponde StoUdo Secundum ytuMtiam ejus, cVc- In like manner should all /// /'/'// — Hi or Sc—bby Sc—d — Is whatever be fcrvM, who might cllc abufe their own /•,;.'.. >v, (acrifice their very Religion for Intel. It Sake ! 'Til the pari "l charitable Doclon to core fuch filthy Wretch whal li defign'd to be aferal to the World, and which may Sourish In fpite "i the whole Race of/ fy, beggar?) SOTS, who (like horrid / />>,//,, I mignt fuppofe theii 1 Dnlue/i and impious Impudence would frighten Mankind from theii tret Habitations. t /wVKK.slayeth the Silly One I i V. 2. vi The PREFACE to the Reader. I could have wish'd there had been no Occafwn for me to mention the di/mal ( atafirop/ie of cither ; but J could not avoid it, as they concern \l this //(/lory in a very particular Manner. To lay a/idc therefore fuc/i melancholly Remarks, let us turn our Thoughts towards the TOWN OS in its former State. 'Twos f uch, that, as it were, might, for its dates, Walls, Towers, Ike. gain the Appellation of a Pretty CITY. Mr. Camden has long since made Report of its being famous for f /lately Edifices, flrong For- tifications, &c. abounding with Opu'leucy and Plenty. Nay, he /files the Inhabitants * Citizens, who informed him how they were fir 'I govern' 'd by a Warden; and confirm' d what was before his Time, as I have related in the following Sheets. Pleafant would the Profpefl have been, had it been taken in those Times, when Buildings were more pompous, thd perhaps lejs ufeful, than at pre fen t : For Religious Houfes feldom wanted the Orna- ments of Towers, Turrets, Spires. Coutraforts and Battlements, to make 'cm look more venerable : But, Thanks be to GOD, there are tw • fair Churches, that give Luflre to the Town ; which have efcaped the Rage of 'wicked Men, and become the Places where our mo/l Holy and Orthodox Religion is profp'sd. To ornament this Work, I caufed two Copper-Plates to be engraved : One a South Profpecl of the largefl and mojl beautiful Edifice, dedicated to the Holy Trinity ; the other, an Eafl View of the /'own which in part exhibits that confecrated to St. Mary : /// both of which, fo many Right Worshipful and Honourable Perfons (whofe Memories ought ever to be held in Veneration for that Piety, I 'irtue, and Charity, which adorn 'd their Lives) now lie repolitcd. Other Matters I have only infer ted as common Ornaments of the Prefs ; of 'which, thd I cannot utter much, yet I am fatisfyd arc not to be difcommended ; and might be a Crime if omitted, (especially the Plan, which shews the Streets, Lanes, Sec.) becaufe iujlruclive to di/laut Readers. AndwJiat can appear more beautiful, or be more refreshing, than the Haven, refembliug for Colour as it were an Ocean of Silver, into which fo many Rivers difcharge thcmfclves / Here I mufl in- form my Readers what Camden has mentioned concerning it. Ptolomy, he fays, call'd it the /Eftuary Abns ; the Saxons, IBER ; and confcqucutly, the Land, -lying North of it, North- Humber-Land, which became a great Kingdom in the Heptarchy. But t Ut magnihcis aedificiU firmis propugnaculis, navibus inftrudliffimis, mercatorum copia, & rerum omnium ofrluentk'i fit nunc emporium hujus tractus longe celeberri- mum. CAM. Pag. 579. * Pro Magiflratu (ut a Civibus accepi) priraum Cuftodem habuit, Inde Ballivos, Mnjorem cum Ballivis, &c. ibid. The PREFACE to the Reader, vii But the Names of % both, he thinks, are derived front Aber, a British Word, which denotes the Mouth of a River ; and perhaps might be given to this by Way of Eminence, (writes his excellent Improver) becaufe the Hums, or Oufe, with all thofe Streams that flow into it, and other great Rivers of Note, come tumbling in here. An* sEfluary, which certainly is the largefl belonging to Britain, and mod abounding with the Finny Race. Alexander Necham, a Poet, is quoted, who agrees with what is written, as to the Name of Humber, and the Danger it threatens Mariners with at certain Times: All which /shall thus paraphrafe. Each Flux and Reflux feems more dreadful far To Careful Pilots, than Neptunian f Waves ; Rapid the Streams, the Murmurs frightful are, Which feem to point to them their wat'ry Graves ! Proudly it paffes Towns, with loft)' Spires ; Far in the Country force the flowing Tides : Nor lefs feems dreadful, when it back retires, And borrow'd Streams within the Ocean hides. As +t Necham, and ** another Poet, intimate, that the firfl Syllable of Humber was properly to be derivd from a Country or People that belong d to a Prince, who (flying from a British King that /'itrfu'd him) perish 'd in the Streams ; I shall thus alter the .slat ion. + + The Prince of Hunns turns Back to King Locriue : Flying, the Waters ftop him with his Breath ; Humber! his Fate gave thee that Name of thine ; And thou can'ft boaft of giving him his Death. But I hope this famous /Efluary is not Jo dangerous now, as it was trunque aomen ex Aber Jiritannico deflexum videatur, quod fluminis oftium illis denotat, :. ntenfpum. \<> v In. h fome have added, Botevantewaa Grim/ton. Hunnorum /;■///< c/r oftendens til Submer/ut nomen contulit Humbrit •• Dum fitgit, nbjlat a /lumen, Jubmergitur . /jc/.~ .7.7 nomine, north CAM. Pag. 577 viii The P R E F A C E to the Reader was in antient Times; at lea/l, that our Mariners, groiving more • in Navigation, know better how to avoid or pafs by what ife precipitately prove their Dejlruclion. The River HULL, ivhofe Rife is from the Woulds, has a near vicinity to this Conflux, along with Little-Oufe, Aire, Calder, || Wliarfe, and Eure ; alfo Trent, Darwent-manifold, and Ankham, out of Lin- colnshire : All of which empty than/elves into the German Ocean. I have thus dwelt upon thefe Defcriptions, becaufe neceffary to illiterate the Pro/peels mention' d a little before, -which zvere chiefly rid to preferve the fair Ideas to diflant Readers, who dwell upon the Land; or for the Entertainment of thofe Mariners, who •vers of this Port and Town, whiljl they are pleafantly fail- ing (fwiftly before the Wind) with fresh and profperous Gales: When (in being exempted from foaming Billows and raging Storms, which require the utmofl Labour to preferve the tottering Veffels) they may have little clfe to do, than divert themfelves by perufing this IP/lory ; and coufequeutly, being better furuis/id -with the Knowledge of what they have but traujieutly feeu, their Difcourfe may be render \l more delightful, in thofe Towns abroad, whofe Inhabitants are Lovers of Kingfton-upon-Hull, when they pafs d the Ocean, and shall be fafely arrived on the Belgic or German Shores. And here I mujl take fame Notice of what makes not one of tin Parts in this Work ; and that is, an Account of the Family of the De la POLES, with their furprizing Actions, Jince, by * • '/'them, who obtained great Priviledges for the Pawn, it was fifft there are many pretty Rivers in England, charming the Eyes, and captiva* oughts by their limpid Streams ; yet, I think, none can exceed the Wharf* I »ik Notice of it in travelling to vifit my Relations in the Weftem of Yorkshire. The Solitude, and pleafant Murmuring of the Waters, with the ■ ghtful Banks on either Side, wou'd as well become the Seats of the Mufes, as ever //is, or Thames^ were reprefented to adorn thofe renowned for Learning. taken Notice of it, as I have perceiv'd, except the ingenious and attracl- Ifai/lers, on Occafion of her journey from Otley to Wakefield; who, having gain'd the Summit of a high Mountain, and furvey'd the pleafing Variety of Nature below, beftows this Encomium on the River, in a modeft defire, which might mother in the Publick, that she would but endeavour to compleat the lovely i . which this Gentlewoman hinted at in thefe Lines. "What vaft Variety the Profpect yields "Of Rocks, and Woods, and Lawns, and flow'ry Fields ! "The winding Wharf; the diff'rent Shades of Green, " Houfes and Hills diverfify the Scene. "Oh ! could my Thoughts in rifmg Numbers flow, sprightly as WAarfe, and as delightful too ; ■• Strong, but yet clear, the wand'ring Stream should glide, "Rush o'er its ftoney Bed, and pour a Silver Tide, " With diff'rent Courfes, thro' the verdant Vale, "The Chiefeft Beauty of the beauteous Dale." * Qua omnia accepta ferunt Gives partim Michaeli De-la-Pole, qui privilegia huic impetravit, &r. CAM, Pag. 577. The PREFACE to the Reader, ix firjl partly raised to its Grandeur, and foon after enabled to build a f Brick Wall, with many Tozvers, on that Side which was not defended by the River. Indeed his Father, Sir William, (who ob- tain'd of King EDWARD the TJiird that never-to-be-forgotten Honour of having been the fir fl MAYOR of HULL) had piously begun the famous Work of the Charter-Houfe, with other flately Buildings ; but Death clojing his Eyes before the Deflres of his Heart were accomplislied, Ids glorious Sou MICHAEL Lord of Wingfieldyfw/^'rt' it, gave a Charter thereto as hereafter mentioned, and built a mofl flately Palace for his Refidence, of which there is a remarkable Account of the Manner of its Struelure : Yet, for all his good Deeds, his being a faitJiful Sub/eel, an able Statcfman, true to his King, and a lover of his Country, he was forced into France, where he obfeurcly ended his Days. His Succcffors were feveral of them unforUinate thro 1 their Attachment to their Prince, for which they fujfcr'd the greatefl Calamities, even Death itfelf, and frequently murder d in their Reputations, in being made the Sport of every infipid Writer, or gingling Poctafter. A Family fo unfortunately remarkable, and by whofe Influence this liappy Toxvn received fo many fignal Favours, I have traced, as far as I was able, almofl from their Beginning to the Period of their Glory ! From whom this ferious Reflection may be drawn, That, to our Vigilance, we should add Contentment in every Station of Life ; fincc neither Virtue, Honour, Riches, Palaces, or fair Eflates, are fo durable, as to enfure us from the Force of Vice, Slander, Decay, Deflructiou, or the Snares of dcfigning Perfons : So that by feriously coufidering the unhappy Fall of this once Great Family, we may lefs wonder at, and endeavour more chearfully to bear, whatever Afflictions may happen to ourf elves. I think I have but little more to add, fearing that I have eularg'd too much already. What further I wou'd remark, is, That a Book of this famous Town, having never been fully pub- lished before, may be an Inducement to a kind Reception. I would not have it, or any other Production of mine, prevent the Grand Defigns of thofe more capable, (I hope I may add more induftrious) when ever they shall be heartily intended by fuch Perfons. May all imaginable Succcfs, I finccrely pray, attend them, purely for the Sake of their Labours ! Certainly what I've done, to prevent Dif- chronifvi, or Errors relating to Matters of Fat /, and ' f moot king cut the overgrown and almofl untrodden rat lis of Antiquity, mujl be a very great Affiflance to further Enquiries. Without Vanity, I may t Undc brevi admodum fpatio latcritio muro, crebri que turriboi urban fuun fcpfcrunt, qua fluminc non defenditur. < 1M /'■; 577 x The PREFACE to the Reader may affirm, that fay lefs Pains have (from learned Pais) met with greater Approbation than ever, Cod knows, I shall either expert or tie/ire. But 'till fuch fublimer Works do appear in shining I. u /he, whofe glittering Beams shall as it were quite eclip/e the fading (i lories of mine ; I hope I may fay to every kind Reader what the ingenious Poet /aid to his advifed Friend, which is often juftly quoted in the like Cafes. * Live, and farewell. If any Thing you know Better than thefe, I pray you now be free : Fairly impart them ; make your Wit to flow ; If not, then ufe thefe Rules along with me. And as I de/igrid this to be the lafl I Fork I should ever under- take in Search of Things of this Nature, (unlefs perhaps to reprint feme of my former Editions) I have communicated to the World, in fevcral Letters, what have been font me from various Places : Wherein there is fuch a plea fan t Intermixture of Wit among the ferious Thoughts of Antiquity, that / hope will be look'd upon as confiderablc Additions ; and prove very delightful to thofe curious Perfons, who travel to Whitby, Scarborough, and other Towns along the Shore. I return my hearty Thanks to thofe generous Encouragers, from whom I had the leaf? Afjijlance towards pro- moting this Work, or have been Wcll-WisJiers to it. Nor have mv Enquiries been wanting as I had Opportunities to gather what was remarkable : Thus have I done myfelf the Honour to commem- orate the late Reverend, Pious and Learned Dr. C H A RL E S RLAKE.t Subdean of York, &c. in Rcfpcrt that I was one of his Parishioners when he was the worthy Minifler of S. Sepulchre's Church in London: And thro the great Efleem. the late famous Sir WILLIAM DAWES, Bart, had for that ex- cellent Divine (as mention 'd in the Jufcription wrote of him by his Friends) have, by inferting it, given a Sanction to my Page, as being adorn' d with the Name of One of the mofl glorious Prelates, once bclovd and admir'd, and whofe Memory will ever be precious, for the Blefjiugs he was endow d, with, both for Pre fence of Body and Mind, with every Ornament of I 'irtue becoming his venerable Chararter, as ever yet adorn' d the 'Throne of this Archiepifcopal See. To conclude this (I fear) too long a Preface : If all the Pains I have taken, will prove of any Service or Delight to the Reader ; if bringing the Glory of our Auccflors in pafl Ages, as it were from their * Vive, vale. Si quid novifti reclius iftis, Candiclus imperti : fi non, his utere mecum. HOR. •f He lies intoml>'d under a handfome Monument in St. Helen's Church- Yard at Whddrake, near York. Sec Fagc 63, &c. of this Book. The PREFACE to the Reader. XI their Tombs and Sepulchres, will be plea/ant to be remember d by the prefent : I shall then think my Labours happily compenfated, and blefs kind Providence for enabling me to perform whatever can be acceptable to the World. Nay, should it prove the contrary, I do not in the leafl doubt of receiving that reciprocal Kindnefs from it, in being suffer d filnitly to slide away into that dark Obscurity, from which I thought to withdraw the Veil, that the glorious Aclions of others might appear afresh for our Imitation. I write this, not that I cotirt the Favour of the Envious : For none, who may think to gain any Advantage by (or fatisfy their uureafou- able Malice in) running down any autheutick Labours, as tho' my Deflruclion alone was intended, shall never by me be owrid as com- petent fudges. But to the far Better and Difinterefled Part of the World, in each Sex, and every Degree ; wtto arc not to be deceivd by the gilded Folly of ridiculous Calumniators ; can perceive by candid and impartial Examination where there is real true Merit from pretended ; and, by conjidering the Greatnefs of the Dcfign, will tenderly excufe fame almqfi unavoidable Errors that may happen in afirfl, but laudable Attempt : To Thcfe, (Thefe only) do I fubmit myfelf and lay this my Performance at their Feet: who, I trufl in GOD, as they are to be my Judges on this Occafwn, will have jufl Reafon to prove my Advocates too. But, let the Confc- quences be whatever they will, my Rcfpecl, whilll I have Breath, shall continue fleadfafl to the Town ^/Kingfton-upon-Hull : May its flourishing Inhabitants be ever happy, and never fujfer fucJi like wretched Contingencies, to which they have been formerly expos' d ! May Profpcrity be continually flowing with the welcome 'Tides towards their celebrated Haven, and fafely laud upon the happy Shore ! May their late Gratitude to the 'Memory of their Glorious Deliverer, meet with a jufl Regard from their Royal Defender ! Harmony and Union adorn the Magiflrates ; Love and Obedience be the glory of the People : That fo, after many comfortable Ages, and happy succcjfions, both in Church and Civil Government, the Corporation may flill flourish more and more, without the leafl Interruption, or Dcclenfiou, 'till the End of the World. '"^fcjT Thomas Gent. Til I L * * J „:■:.■ — .. ■'.■■.., ■..■.. . ■_'.:■■■■. .'.■;■• . .■.: ■...- ,.■:...' : j .o:? THE CONTENTS OF THE CHAPTERS. HAP. I. Of the Nature and Situation of the Laud, before tlie Town was erected ; and of its fuccefs- ful Beginning, in the Reign of King EDWARD the Firfi, thro Means of that Monarch's being wonderfully taken with the delightful Profpeils, both by Land and Water, as lie teas hunting along the SJwre with his Nobles. Page I CHAP. II. Of the Building of tlie High-Church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity : With tlie Monuments and Infcriptions, at prefent therein, and in the Church- Yard : Likewife thofe of St. Mary's, called tlie Low-Church. P. 13 Chap. III. Of the Monasteries, and other Religious Houfes in Kingfton-upon-HULL ; With an Account of their Benefaclors ; [ *% } Benefactors; but more efpecially of the Family of De la Pole, fome of whom came at la ft to be of Royal Blood. P. 66 Chap. IV. An Account of tlie Streets, Lanes, &c, that are in Kingfton-upon-Hull. P. S2 Chap. V. Containing fome few Incidents from the Foundation of the Churches, 'til/ the Time when the firfi M ayor of Kingfton-upon-Hull was eleclcd, in the Year 1332. P. S6 Chap. VI. An Account of 'the Mayors, from the Year 1332, 7/7/ 1439, when a Sheriff was appointed; With what remarkable Accidents happened, relating to HULL. P. 89 Chap. VII. A Continuation of the MAYORS, and Beginning of the Sheriffs, 'till the Year of CHRIST, 1561. P. 99 Chap. VIII. Continuation of the MAYORS, and Sheriffs, together with fome Account of the Chamberlains, and what Tranfaclions have happened, relating to Kingfton-upon-Hull. until the Year of CHRIST, 161 1. P. 121 Chap. IX. The Accounts carried down from the aforefaid Year, 'till the Death of King CHARLES the Firfi. P. 130 C h a p. X. From thence to the Reftoration of King CHARLES II. audfo to the Beginning of the Reign of King James II. P. 1C9 C H a p. XI. The Succeffion of Magistrates, cW. brought dozen to the Revolution : WithwJiat remarkable Transactions hap- pcucd thereupon. P. 181 CHAP. XII. Continuation of the MAYORS, SHERIFFS, and Chamberlains, :ei/h other Affairs, and Remarks, down to the prefent Times. V . [90 A EX- EXPLANATION O F T II E Eaft PROSPECT of the Royal Town of Kings ton-upon- Hull. [Which precedes the CttlC^agC*] AT the Top, on the Left Hand, is a Reprefentation of Part of an old Monaftery, as fuppofing it to have been Meaux Abbey ; becaufe from the Abbot of that Place, the Royal Founder King Edward the Firft purchafed the Ground where KingJlon-upon-Hull now ftands : The King is alfo portray'd as hunting with his Nobles, &c. On the Right Hand is delineated the Effigy of King WILLIAM III. of Ever-Glorious Memory. Beneath is the Profpect of the Town itfelf : And the Figures I, 2, 3, &c. interfpers'd here and there, denote the following Particulars, viz. 1. DArt of Lincoln- shire. 2. H UMBER. 3. South Block-House. 4. The Garrifon. 5. Goveniours Iloufc. 6. Soldiers Barracks. 7. H. Trinity Church, 8. Old Guard Houfe. 9. St. Mary'i - Church. 10. The Magazine. 11. North-Bridge. 12. Sugar- Ho ufe. 13. Dry pool Church. 14. New- Cut. p?RRA TA. The literal Errata in the Book, I humbly fubmit to my Readers ; and hope they will be fo kind, as to amend them with the Pen, where ever they shall find any. THE [ I J The Antient and Moder N HISTORY Of the Town, and County, of KlNGSTON-\vpon-HULL. CHAP. I. Of the Nature and Situation of the Land, before the Town was creeled ; and of its fuccefsful Beginning in the Reign of King EDWARD the Firji. THE Glorious Gofpel of our Bleffed Redeemer, (find eftablished in the Northern Parts, thro' Means of the exemplar)- Life, and powerful Prcach- I PAULINUS, Archbishop of York, who converted Edwin, (Son ofALLA, the Firft Ruler of Deira) King of Northumberland, A. D. about the Year Six Hundred after CHRIST) was 624, < in feeming Perfection, according to the Devotion of /Enii that Age, in which the valourous King Edward the Firft magnificently ruled over this Realm ; and when, thro' 2 Chap. i. The History and Antiquities thro' the Encouragement of that triumphant Monarch, the rich Town of HULL began to have its Rife. Surely this feemed, to the confiderate Perfons, then living, a moll happy Prefage of its future Glory, thro' tht Graces and Ornaments of a Royal Prince, a devout Chriftian, and one of the moil renowned and victorious Heroes, that was then to he found throughout the whole Universe. But, to look further back, and confider the Na- ture and Situation of the Place, it ma)' not be im- proper to suppofe, That, in antient Times, all that Ground, whereon this Royal TOWN now ftands, was but a low barren Point of Land, extending it- felf, as an acute Angle, between the Rivers I lumber and Hull ; 'till, at length, their Streams, thro' a con- tinual Overflowing, had caft up fo much Sand and Earth upon the fame, as raifed it to a competent Height and Drincfs. And, as Nature, unaffifted by Art, is often very slow in fuch defirable Improve- ments ; fo, we may reafonably give her the Time of fomc Ages, fuppofing two or three hundred Years, for raifing this very Point, from its low Condition, unto the fufficient Height of being fafe and ufeful both to Man, or Beaft. WHEN Julius Cccfar, the firfl Roman Emperor, (after having conquer'd the powerful Gauls, either fir'd with the Prospect of New Glories in being alfo Sovereign of the Weftern World, or provok'd by the Bri tains fending Supplies to his Enemies in his A. ant. C. late Wars) made two Expeditions into this Realm, ,, which were between Fifty and Sixty Years before the Incarnation of the Son of God ; then the North- ern Pails of Great-Britain, began to flourish from its former low Condition, and were in the large Kingdom of the Brigantes. SOON after, the Romans, being called home, to defend their own Territories from the Incurfions of the 52. Of t lie Royal Town of KiNGSTON-upon-HuLL. 3 the Got/ics, Swedes, and Vandals ; the Saxons landed, and poffefs'd themfelves of the whole Island ; divided it into Kingdoms ; making themfelves Governors thereof ; and then, this Part fell to be in the Kingdom call'd Deira, which was afterwards by Conqueft united to that of Northumberland. It was, in thofe Times, that the Danes often in- vading the Land, us'd to vifit Number, and the ad- jacent Shore, then but poor and almoft naked ! There they ferved the laborious Fishermen, with their humble Cottages, juft as thofe cruel, inhu- man and bloody Wretches had before done, to thofe Perfons and Places, over whom, and where, they ever had obtain'd an arbitrary Power : That, in short, was, burning, murdering, ranfacking and dc- ftroying all before them ! But, about One Hundred Years after thefe ter- rible Depopulations, the Danes being all driven out of the Realm ; by the wife and pacifick Manage- ment of King EDWARD the Confeffor, this Nation then enjoy'd a pretty conftant Peace, 'till the Death A. D. of the valiant King HAROLD ; which concluded the 1066. Empire of the English Saxons, in this Nation, (begun by HENGIST and HORSA, and fuftain'd with fome lit- tle Interruptions for about 617 Years) when WIL- LIAM, Duke of Normandy, by overthrowing his Army in Battle, in which that Hero was slain with an Arrow, obtain'd this Kingdom by Conqueft, and fo advane'd himfelf to the Throne, Crown and Dignity of that unfortunate Prince. Tin-; .Monarch enjoy'd not his Victory above Four Years, before he was difturb'd by Sweyn, King of Denmark: Who, coming with a great Fleet into the //umber ; and, with his Soldiers, having de- ftroy'd all that was in the leafl valuable in the Country on both Sides tin River, liny proceeded to YORK, took and plunder'd that antient City, and miferably ruin'd the circumjacent Parts for feveral Miles 4 Chap. i. The His tory a nd Antiquities Miles together. Among thofe, near //////, that fuf- fcr'd fuch lamentable Deft ruction, an anticnt Manu- fcript has particularly recorded the Villages "I Ferriby, Drypoot, Sailcotes, and Myton : Which lafl appears to have been a Hamlet, confiding of a few lira-ling Houfes upon the Banks of Humber ; and that this Part of the Country was then a kind of [NGS, open Pafture, or Common. In the Fifteenth Year of the Reign of the Conqueror, he commanded a Survey to be taken (call'd Doomfday-Book, as tho' it should laft for authentic Truth to the Day of Judgment) of every City, Town, Village, Hamlet, Monaftry, Church, Chapel, Mill, &c. in the whole Kingdom ; of all Land, Tillage, Meadow or Wafte ; who were Owners and Tenants thereof; what they had been taxed at by the Dams, in the Reign of King EDWARD the Confefjor, or in the Time fincc his afcending to the Throne. And this Survey certify'd his Majcfty of every Place in this Part of the Country, as follows. Ix the Eaft-Riding of Yorkshire, {Hafft -/-Hundred) FERRD3Y is mention'd as a Manor, in which EDINA " enjoys almoft iooo Acres, that had been affeffed " at the Dane-Gelt, or Great Tax of the Danes, for " no more than 50a/. RALPH de MORTIMER was " Lord of the Manor, and had there under him " 14 * Villains, or small Farmers, occupying 3 " Caracutcs of Land, which amounted to 300 Acres. " There was alfo a Church, and a Minifter belong- " ing to it, in the Time of King EDWARD tin Con- " feffor : The whole Manor, and all the Villa- " ages therein, were -dffcfCcd at One Hundred Pounds ; " but afterwards, confidering the great Ravages " made by the Danes, it was only tax'd at Sixty." • CalCd fuch in thofe Days, as fa-ing Servants to the Lord, and accounted as Members annexed to his Manor. " To Of the Royal Town of KiNGSTON-upon-HuLL. 5 "To the fame Manor of FERRIBY belonged " then the following Villages, and Hamlets : '• Kirk-EUcy, in which were only two Bovates u of Land, that contained about 30 Acres of Til- •' lage ; Waiidby, 100 Acres for the fame Ufe ; " Yeokfleet, about the fame Number ; RiplingJiain, "120; My ton, about 140; Wolferton, much the " fame ; and about 100 in Hqffel" In the Danish Tax, thefe were reckoned at 6 Caracutes and a half (each being 125 Acres) befides thofe in Ferriby. But moft of it lay wafte, thro' their cruel Divefta- tions. Four Petty Farmers occupy'd one Cara- cute in Haffcl : The Archbishop of York had about 100 Acres in the Manor of Sculcotes, (or Cow/cotes ) and near 20 in that of Drypool. Ote and RAVEN- HILL likewife poffeft about 130 Acres of Land; which alfo were tax'd fo heavily at the Danc- Gclt, that two of them lay ufelefs as the former ; 'till, in the Time of King Edward the Con- feffor, they were rated in a more reafonable Manner. FROM all which, it may be concluded, That this Country was but very thinly inhabited before the Norman Conqueft : That, as the Danes hud, from Time to Time, deftroy'd moft Part of it ; fo, it lay wafte and untill'd, in many Places, even to the Time of this Survey, and perhaps for a long while after : That Ferriby, tho' it contained not above thirty Houfes, was then the chicfefr. Town of this Part of the Country ; thofe leffer, fcarcely ex- ceeding Twelve each: Ralph de MORTIMER being the Lord, was likewife Owner of Xcchajom, Spillington x Grypton, Bri/ion, Honvilgeton, Fulcartkorp, Cheteleftom, Middleburn, &c. with feveral Territo- ries in Yorkshire, as well as other Eftates in moft Counties of England, from whofe Loins after- wards defcended the famous and renowned Earls of March. It 6 Chap. r. The History and Antiquities It is alfo evident, that all the uforefaid Towns, particularly Riplingham, Sculcotes, and Dry/tool, were in the Parish and Manor of Ferrtby : And it is very probable, all the Inhabitants refortcd there to hear Divine Service, the Mother CiIURCH being in that Place. There was then no fuch Town, or Hamlet, as //j'/v, in Being; for, if it had, it would never have been omitted in the Survey. My ton was then the only Hamlet, that flood on this Neck of Land ; which con filled but of a few mean Cottages, for poor People to dwell in, who got their Livings by Fishing, Grazing, or little Tillage. BUT, in Procefs of Time, all the aforefaid Towns began to be inhabited, and flourish more than ever. It happened, that the Lord of Holdernefs, William le Gross, who was I^arl of Albemarle, and of Royal Blood, had made a Vow to vifit Jernfalem : But Age and Corpulency rendering him unable, he was fo very much disturb'd in his Mind, that he apply'd himfelf to Adam, a Monk of FOUNTAINS- Abbev, to know what might be done to difengage himfelf from his Vow? Sir, faid the Prieft, if you pleafe to ereel a Monaftry of the Ciftercian Order, I will engage to obtain Abfolution for yon from the Roman Pontiff, EUGENIUS III. The Earl confented, and Adam was as good as his Word. Jl/elfa, then overgrown with Woods, and environed with marshy Ground, was the Place, where the Monk chofe to ere<5l that ve- nerable Building : And on a little Eminence, call'd St. Mary's Hill, he fix'd his Staff, pronouncing thefe Words : May this Plaee hereafter be Jlyl'd the Kings Court, the Vineyard of Heaven ; and let there be a Peo- ple created to worship the SAVIOUR of the World. The Monaftry (which was call'd MEAUX from a Place in Normandy, from whence thofe that peopled it came over with the Conqueror) was begun in the Year 1150, and adorned with ftatcly Pinacles and Towers : O f the Royal T own of KiNGSTON-upon-HuLL. 7 Towers : Monks were brought from FOUNTAINS ; and Adam became their Abbot. The Country People flock'd to give their Affiftance in the Work, along with the laborious Priefts, from whofe Doc- trines they were taught the Means of Salvation ; and feveral rich Perfons, (as HaWTSIA, the Earl's Daughter ; Sir Jonx Friboys, Knight ; Peter dc MaLOLacU ; and RICHARD dc OTTRINGHAM, Rector of Shelf ord, in Ely Diocefe) gave, and bequeathed, what might enable them to perform the Parts be- longing to their Sacred Function. Tins Monastry flourishing, in so surprizing a Manner, the Abbot and Monks became able to purchafe Estates, additional to what they enjoy'd. Maud CAMIN, a Gentlewoman, fold to them two Parts of Land that she had in the Village of Myton, which included feven Stengs, four Bovates, Pafture for eight Sheep, a Toft, and a Hall : They also bought of her a Fishery in Humber, two Parts of her Salt Pits, as many of Land-Croft, with all her Lordship, for ninety one Marks of Silver ; which she folemnly confirm'd by laying her Hand on the Gofpels, in Prefence of Richard, Son of SciiERUS, or Lord Saver, of Sutton in Holdernefs ; whose Mon- ument is to be seen at this Day. Other YVitneffes were, WILLIAM dc Limmingburgh ; THOMAS, Prieft of Wawgn; Thomas, the Brother of Benedict of Sculcotes ; with Adam and ALEXANDER, Relations of J "H.\ the Priest. IN the Year 1174, the little Hamlet of Wyke, then given to the Monastry, is thus recorded. "In the Time of PHILIP the Abbot, the Son of " John of Meaux, gave, to the Abbe)-, four Ox- " gangs of Land in Myton, Pasture for four hun- " dred Sheep, the Seat of one Fishery in Humber, " tWO Parts of the Salt-Pits there, a Toft, and a " Hall, tWO Parts of liis Lauds in Wyke, and all "their Appurtenances. William of Sutton, and B •• Benedk J 8 Chap. i. The History and Antiquities "Benedict of Sculcotes, gave them the other •• Tart of Wyke, within the Water-Furrows, to the " Bounds of Old-Hull, where formerly was a Grange, " or Farm-Houfe, divided from the South Part of " Old-Hull and Humber. And be it known further, " that, in old Times, New-Hull was nothing but a " great Dyke, or Sewer, originally made to drain " the Country ; which, in Procefs of Time, both " by the Descent of all the Waters that Way, and " by the Warping up of the old River, Hull grew " exceeding deep and wide. Hereupon it was " called some Times New-Hull, and at other " Times Sayer-Cryk, from the Lord Saver of Sutton : " Who did not only first cause the same to be cut, " but alfo had several Rights therein : The Grange- " Houfe, before-mentioned, ought to be reckoned " within Wyke aforesaid ; but nothing of it now rc- " mains : The Place, whereon it stood, which was " converted into a feeding Pasture, is at present •' known by the Name of Grange- Wyke, and made " a new Manor in Myton, call'd Tripcotes, or 7'npeotes." From hence, Two Things seem remarkable. i. That even then appear'd some small Ham- let on this Point of Land, confisting of five or six mean Cottages call'd Wyke, from their stragling Situation : Which, undoubtedly, belong'd to, and were Part of Myton ; tho' it was not in the very Place where Kingtlon-upon-Hull now stands, but a- bout a Quarter of a Mile West of it : The Grange of which, was afterwards made the Manor-House, and call'd by the Name of Tupcotes, &c. 2. There was then an Old-Hull, and a New. The former feems to have run into the Humber, (about half a Mile beyond Drypool) to have broke its Paffage into it, by fome rapid Flood ; and, having continued its Course, was grown into a great River, which now commonly goes by the Name of //////, and is indeed the Haven of the Town. Fok Of the Royal Town of KiNGSTON-upon-HuLL. 9 For about 123 Years, it appears, that Wyke made but a very poor Figure : There was little else to be seen, but Kine and Sheep, Cribs and Folds, with perhaps some Places of Shelter, to defend the Shep- herds from the Extremities of the Seasons. In the Year 1296, King Edward I. being justly provok'd Reg. ^ at the bold Defiance of the Scots, in declaring themselves free from former Obligations to him, march'd with a courageous Army against them, and in a bloody Battle slaying 28000, put the rest to flight : He also took Barwick, Dunbar, Edinho- rough, with other Places; forc'd John Baliol their 96th Monarch, as a Prisoner, to refign all Scotland, by a Charter, dated at Brechin, the 10th of July ; seiz'd upon his Crown, Scepter, Regalia, Coronation Marble Chair from the Monastry of Scone, (now in Wejlmin fter- Abbey ■) with the Records ; all which were ^>ent to England, as Trophies of his Victory. After that, returning" from thence, attended by several of his martial Nobility, and coming thro' Holder- ne/s, he was pleased to flay some Days at Baynard- T,ie K ''"^ Caftle, at Cottingham, (a few Miles from Wyke) which wake^TIj was then the Seat of the Lord Wake ; who receiv'd Ca/lleinQoi- and entertain'd him, and his noble Retinue, with the tingham. greateft Magnificence. One Morning, the Monarch and his Retinue rode a Courting, and started a Hare. The Creature led them along the pleasant Banks of He rules a the River //////, and ran amongfl the Cattle and huntin S- Shepherds at Wyke for Safety. Here the King, be- ing struck with the Advantageoufnefs <>f the Situa- 7/ <' " taken tion, an Obje-a far more delightful to his Eye than 2lJt/ ^' the Sport, quickly conceiv'd a glorious Thought ; Wyke. which was, to contrive a fortify'd Town, and a safe commodious Harbour. Whilst his Attendants were otherwise employ'd, he rode to the Shepherds, and ask'd, How deep teas /lie River, to what Height the Tydes flowed, and who was the Owner of the Soil f \\\ all which, being fully satisfy'd, the King liberally rewarded those io Chap. i. The History and Antiquities those Men, and return'd exceedingly pleas'd to the Castle ; from whence lie immediately sent to the + Five- Miles Monastry off Meaux for the Lord Abbot, and gave North of him equivalent, or rather more Lands in Lincoln- Hull. shire, in Exchange for the Ground so ncceffary for the Splendour, as well as Defence of his Kingdom, and with which he was so much in Admiration. NOR, was it a Wonder the King should be so charm'd with it : For this Piece of Land was fitua- ted between the Humber, (so call'd, as Historians write, from a Prince of the Hints ; who, flying from King LOCRINE, was drowned therein ; which is in- deed a great Arm of the Sea, in some Places above a Mile over, running near twenty Miles from the Ocean to the South of it) and the River Hull, on the North, which, with its fresh limpid Streams, de- scending from Driffield, (a Town of Note, for having ALFRF.n, been the Burial-Place of King ALFRED) as also from the learned A'. Yorkshire Wbulds, mix'd with that famous /Estuary, berland aVd allaying the Salt Waters thereof. This Conflux, about the Be- or Union, more conducing to the Monarch's De- ghtningofthe fjg ni by the high flowing of the Tides, seem'd na- turally to afford not only a convenient Harbour where Ships might safely cast Anchor, without the Mariners fearing the Rage of Storms, or Tempests ; but also a Place where Veffels of the greatest Bur- den might sail very near to the Shore, and eafily depart, to lade, or be unladen. The other Side of * T !" : w *°jf the * Land, no Ways washed by either of these Ri- V fZr„! U ']'/' a vers, seemed fitting for strong Walls, Towers, and Triangle. Moats, for its Ornament, as well as its Defence. The Agreement, with the Abbot, being thus hap- pily concluded, Proclamation was issued forth in two Months Time, That whoever pleas'd to build, and inhabit there, should have great Freedoms, Priv Hedges and Im- munities. To confirm the King's great Defire towards The Manor a general Encouragement, he order'd a Manor-Hall Hall built, to be ere<5tcd for his own Use, at the same time com- manding Of t lie Royal Town of KiNGSTOX-upon-HuLL. u manding the Place to be call'd KiiigJlon-upoii-Hull. A. D. Afterwards, the Harbour was finished by his Or- 1299. der : When (as 'tis recorded) tJiat Monarch gave Free- The Town's dom to the Town, whofe Inhabitants from thence became Charter givm ., ,, rr 1 ■ t -i . , 1 .7 1 7 • pv the King. r ree-Burgeffes ; having L werty granted, to them ana their Heirs for ever, to difpofe of their Ejlates by their Lajl Wills and Tcflaments ; to have the Return of Writs, with an Exemption from the Execution of any by the King s Of- ficers, except in Vacancy of the Warden, or chief Magis- trate : That no where elfe they should plead, or be im- pleaded, for Trefpaffes, Tranfgrefjions, Contracts, or Te- nures, ailed or made within their Bounds : That they, or their Sncccffors, by Writs of Chancery, might eh nfe a Co- roner of their own, to be prefented to, (and take the Oath of his Office before) the Warden : That a Prifon should be built for various Offenders, particularly* Thieves, who * The War- were to be judged by the Head Ruler : That the Inhabi- den had the tants should be free over England from payingto Bridges, { !' w ' v '' ,."" or to the King's Tor refers for Wood ufed in building to put them to Ships, or towards feeding Swine ; or Murage, a Toll for Death, repairing the Walls of a City or Town, paid by the Owners of every llorfe and Cart that enter d therein : nay, freed from the Payment of their own Merchandizes : That two Markets should be kept Weekly ; Monday appointed for the one, and Friday the other : Likewife ouef /-'air, an- f To begin nually, to begin at* St. Austin's Day, and hold 29 Days J' 00 ' ' a f tn ' after, except in that 'Time, which might prejudice a j May 29. neighbouring Market. These were the substantial Heads of the Charter, figned by WILLIAM, Bishop of Coventry and Litchfield ; HENRY de LaCV, Earl of Lincoln ; HENRY de PERCY; JOHN GREGORY; WALTER de BEAUCHAMP, Steward of the King's Palace; ROGER BRABAZONj JOHN de METTINGHAM : Peter Mallore ; Walter de Glocester ; and Others. Dated at Wefttninfler, in the Year 1299 Reg. i\ What could be the Confequence of such Munifi- cence from the King, but a willing Obedience from thofe Subjects, who, by yielding to his Defire, pro- moted 12 Chap. i. The History and Antiquities of moted their own Intercft ? Numbers came from all Parts: The Shepherds and Folds were fcarcely re- moved, hut loon began t<> appear well-contrived Habitations, fill'd (in about three or four Years Time) with Artificers and Merchants, who accuf- tomed themfelves to Trade and Navigation. The Rivers afforded them Plenty of their Finny Race ; which, being taken, dry'd and harden'd, were call'd kief Stock-Fish, and became their principal Commo- /m,/,-. dity. Tn thofe Days, it was much more ufeful, and People lefs accuftom'd to Flesh, than at Prefent. By this, and their Exemption from Taxes, they ii"t only obtain'd immenfe Treafure ; but had, in Ex- change, the luxurious Dainties of the Eafl, and what was neceffary from other foreign Parts of the World, brought into their fafe Harbour, by lofty Ships of the greateft Burden. Thus the Inhabitants increas- ing in Riches, and (in Confequencc thereof) the Tie Town Place well fortify'd, where it rcquir'd, with Walls, Towers, and Bulwarks ; it foon eclips'd the Glory of the other Towns near it ; fuch as Barton, Beverley^ Grimsby, Headon, PatHngton, and Rapenprod : which by Degrees, funk to that Condition, very little- different from what we may now behold them. TJufirfi WHO was the firft Warden, or Bailiff, or what Warden, or Number in Succeffion were of them, is not eafily, baylift, un- . . . , ' - J knowntptu, 'f at all, to be found ; but in the Year 1301, KI- at prefent. ' CHARD OYSEL, or SYSSEL, was in the Office of the former ; and Rotjert de Barton, fupply'd that of the latter. About this Time, RICHARD de MARE- " Valet WELL, one of the King's Gentlemen of the Bed Cham- ber, who had conftantly attended his Royal Matter, - An />;,'- f" gloriously fignaliz'd himfelfby his Valour againft poftticn for the Scots, and thro' it fo much won the King's Affec- tke Mainttn- t j fch t Reward, the Monarch granted him •nice 0/ ,! Sea ' . „ r . r T , Peer. the Cultoms of* Peerage for the weighing of Lead, , .. ,, and t Tronage for that of Wool, which were about 61. + LuJIom or , ° , , <- • 1 r -r\ T«u per Annum, no doubt, a great bum in thole Days. Tho' Y.Jr/rf/i // ,.i:iOi.s-/ rf /At.Ji 'y/i t ' // U rr// •// 'ly. J/' ?/f Wood, or Chambers set a-part for that Purpofe. But a^ People began to flourish, their Thoughts were A. D. infpir'd to raife a Building, in which it was mure fit- '3'2. ting Reg..:. 14 Chap. u. The History and Antiquities of ting to ferve the Divine Architect of the World. The late King, their Benefactor, (who, as recorded, founded a famous Monaftry for White-Fryers, in a Place call' d from thence White-Fryergate) was some Wars ago laid in his Tomb, having the Character of the molt excellent of Princes : For he was tall, pro- portionable, and beautiful ; of great Courage and Intrepidity ; adorn'd with the moft penetrating Judgment, and comprehenfive Underftanding : Who, had he but liv'd 'till the Foundation of this Structure was laid, would without doubt have been a great El AY. II. Contributor to the Defign. However, his Son, Another was not in this Rcfpect wanting in his Royal llo - v '\{ Bm t Beneficence ; whofe Example was follow'd not only was then at by the rich Merchants and Tradefmen of the York. Town, but alfo by the 'Gentlemen and Inhabitants round about it. 'Tis pity but every one of them should be immortaliz'd, by a grateful Remem- brance. Their Names are buried in Oblivion, ex- Scale-Lane C ept Mr. John Scales ; who, dying in the Year m Hull, m w h en th e Building of the Church was begun, be- calltd from p r t . __ » ' , thtfe antient queath d 20/. to be paid out of his Eltate towards Itihabitanfs. its Erection, and requir'd to be bury'd in the Church-Yard ; and one Mr. William Scales alfo, about the fame Time, bequeath'd his Body to be interr'd within the Church itself. A. D. Some Years after, the Streets were well paved, 13 17. (with the Stones, as some write, that were brought Reg. !',' in the Ships as Ballaft) both for Beauty and Convc- niency ; when the King, hearing of the Town's a nr.,< Char- wonderful Improvements, granted a Charter, which tergrantedin empower'd the rich Inhabitants, for the future, to \"" ol build their Houfes of Lyme and Stone ; to erect l?ccr 4-4 ft ron g Caftles and Towers ; to make a Wall, as de- & ' 15 fign'd by his Royal Predeceffor ; with a Moat for greater Security, as well as to part their Limits from thofe of their Neighbours, in like manner as the Saxons of old were wont to do in Engla)id, by raifmg Holy Trinity Church in Kingfton-upon-Hull. 15 raifing Ramparts, and digging Ditches, at the ex- tremeft Parts of their Dominions, where there were no Mountains or Rivers to ferve for Boundaries. And when the Church was finished, in the moft •venerable Manner to behold, it continued in great Splendor ; and had feveral Chantries founded there- in, by Perfons of Eminency, Learning and Piety. The Firjl, that appears recorded, was founded A. D. by Robert Del Cross, formerly Mayor, who left 1383. eight Meffuages in Hull, for the Benefit of the Town ; befides Eftates, in other Places, bequeathed to the Vicar of Holy Trinity's, his two Chap- lains, and twelve Priefts of the Choir, for perform- ing Divine Service, in praying for departed Souls : To which Purpofe, he alfo endow'd another Chantry, in the Conventual Church of Meatw- Abbey, and dy'd in the Year 1408. There were Tivo Chantries more founded by 1414. Mr. John Gregg, Merchant, (Mayor in 14 16.) one dedicated to St. Laurence, the other to St. Mary ; which he endow'd with the annual Rents of fix or {even Meffuages in Hull. He alfo founded the Hofpital, known by his Name, within the Poftern- GREG'S Gate, then call'd Old-Church-Lanc ; and built Houfes Hofpital. for Habitations to the Priefts, (who officiated in Holy Trinity's) near the Weft End of the Church, which retains the Name of Priefls-Row to this Day. But, here, a fmall Digrcflion muft be made from the Chantries, on Account of the Church itfelf, bc- caufe of fome Alteration that happen'd in the Ser- vice this Year. The Fcajl Day, (or the fame annually churches in Memory of That, on which the Church foon after Wake-Dayt its Erection had been confecrated) called the Wake, attend. was held on the 10th of March, and St. Marys the 8th. Thefc, frequently, fell in Lent ; a Time more fit for Fading. Upon which, the Worshipful John BBDVOBD, Mayor, with others, petition'd the Arch- bishop of York, John Kemps, (a Prelate, who l>e- c canu- 16 Chap. 11. The History mid Antiquities of came Lord Chancellor, Bishop- Cardinal of St. Bal- , n bina, afterwards of St. Rufince, and at last translated -7' to Canterbury) "That he would be pleas'd, they *45 2 ' " should be Both celebrated the Sunday following " St. Thomas a Beckett To which the good Arch- bishop confented ; and the Anniversary Celebra- tions continued 'till the Reign of King James the Firft. As to the Martyrdom of St. Thomas a Becket, the Murder was committed on Tue/day, Jan. 4, 1 1 30; but the Day of his Translation was Yearly kept on the 7th of July. Another intervening Digreffion is this. It was a Cuftom (and is obferv'd in many Countries to this Day) decently to plant Rows of Trees in the Church-Yards, under whofe flourishing Shade, both before, and after Divine Service, the People might Why Trees refresh their Soids by Contemplation. But if this )7 church- ^ e unreafonable to suppofe, it cannot however be Yards. ' deny'd, but that thofe Trees, with their thick Bran- ches, were of great Defence to Places of Worship, from the Fury and Rage of Storms and Tempefts. Such were planted in this Church- Yard. The Vicar 1462. fent this Year for Robert Tefiney and Richard Wright, Hewers of Wood, whom he order'd to cut down one of the largeft, and moft ornamental, for Reafons beft known to himfelf. They had scarce obey'd Worshipful his Command, before the Mayor heard of it ; and, John sending for them, committed both to Prifon, for da- Barker. ring to commit such an Action, without Advice and Confent of the Bench and Church-Wardens. And, on the next Hall-Day, sending for the Vicar, told him, That, by the Conjlitutions of the Church, neither he, his Prcdcccffors, or any other P erf on, had Power to de- fray what was placed therefor the Prefervation of that venerable Building. The juft Authority, with which he spoke, and indeed the Reafonablenefs of the whole Court thus exerting themfelves, for the Good of the Church, so melted the tender Heart of the Gentleman. Holy Trinity Church /// Kingfton-up on-Hull. 17 Gentleman, that he moft humbly crav'd their Par- don. Nor were they unwilling to grant it, but alfo difmift the Prifoners, on Condition, That the Vi- car would, at his own Expence, plant Six Trees, in the Church-Yard, for that One he had order'd to be cut down. All which the good Prieft chear- fully confented to ; and no doubt but it was per- form'd accordingly. The famous Bishop of Worcejier, and Lord Chan- A. D. cellor, John Alcock, who was a Native of Beverley, 1476. founded, in //////, a noble Free-School, to inftru£l the Children both in Latin and Greek. About eight 1484. Years after, he order'd a little Chapel to be built Two Years on the South Side of this Church, where two Altars JjjJjjJ'TI were creeled ; one in Honour of the Saviour of of Ely. He the World, and the other dedicated to St. John wastheFoun- the Evangelift. The Chantor, or Prieft of this per- c7//&cam- petual Chantry, was to pray for the Soul of King bridge. Edward IV. that of the said Bishop's, thofe of his \Tkey were t Parents, and of every Chriftian. He was alfo j^£ rf in bound, by the Foundation, freely to teach in the aforesaid Grammar-School : For all which, he was to have Ten Pounds Yearly, paid out of Tenements in Lincolnshire and Hull : Befides, he was allow'd forty Shillings more, to pay to the Clerk of the Church, for teaching the Children to fing ; and three Pounds to be diftributed, Yearly, to twelve of the beft Scholars, (five Shillings each) provided the Revenues would extend to allow it. John Riplinghah, D.D. Prefident of Beverley College, founded another Chantry; wherein two 15 17. Priefts (the laft of whom were Laurence Allan, and WlLLIAU PABKIN8) were daily to officiate: One of those had Yearly 5/. 8j. the other 5/. The 7/ ; ''"'" former, as usual, (on the Day of this pious Bene- ^/ ' f ^'i/,' c r*s Death) paid to the Poor i5j\ C><1. the other Ufe of the 4v. 2d. Yearly. The Doctor erected befides an Hos- * t- Bruce ; Ralph Clare ; and Richard, Bishop of Durham ; these were great Benefactors to the Priory above-mention'd. All which, tho' it may seem a Digreffion, yet is delightful Hiftory, and redounds to the Honour of Holy Trinity Church in Hull, when some of the Chantries in it belong'd to such a diftinguished Monastry in former Ages. A. D. The Church having been put under an Interdict, 1522. the Windows and Doors were clos'd with Briars The church and Thorns ; the Pavement turn'd up ; and the interdicted. Bc ]| s ( once hallow'd, by Baptism, as tho' their Sounds should drive evil Spirits afar) so curb'd, or perhaps taken away, that there was no Tolling for Holy Trinity Church in Kingfion-upon-Hull. 19 for Prayers, or at the Soul's Departure from the Body : No Worship perform'd within the Walls ; neither Chriftian Burial allow'd therein, or even the Church Yard ; and every Perfon lay under an Anathema, who prefum'd to enter the Place ! But no Reafon is affign'd for this severe Sentence ; tho' it may be rightly judg'd, that it was for a Sermon preach'd therein, againft the Romish Re- ligion ; becaufe, some Years after, (a Time, when Editions of the Neiv-Teftament, were sent over by TiNDAL, and others, from Antiverp, with many more Books againft Popery) the Vicar of North-Cave was p c S^ t '^\ v fore'd, in this Town, to make publick Recantation the Vicar of of what he had deliver'd from the Pulpit ; and both North-Cave, upon a Sunday, and on a Market-Day, was oblig'd to walk round the Church in his Shirt only ; his Arms, Legs, and Feet being quite bare ; and, befides, to carry a large Faggot, as tho' he deferv'd Burning for what was then look'd upon to be his great and most capital Offence. In the Time of King Edward VI. this Church (with St. Mary's ; as also, Dr. Riplingham's, and .Mr. Gregg's Hospitals, with the Charter-House) J was refounded ; tho' it never could recover those J,^I' Revenues which Henry VIII. had given away. In r gfem6iiMg this Reign too, when Images were ordcr'd to be taken cinijlontiu from Churches, such of them here as represented the Cro J s > " Cl ' ; ' Saints to whom the Chantries had been dedicated, „. p l( "u' t .j were broke in Pieces ; the Histories of their Actions, down. painted on the Walls, wash'd over to deface them ; and, inftead of Legenda Aurea. which contain'd the , . ' .' ''" T • I TIT- 1 *• T» • 1 O • ^ SHOb Of (.WW- Lives and Miracles of Romish Saints, a Common- terbury. Prayer Book was introduce!, by the firft Reformers ; t Bishop of (Doctors in Divinity, as • CbanmEB, Cox, GOOD- ^n?\, TT 1> I 11 11 C ItOthMiV- rick, Harris, Redman, f Ridley, Robinson, Skip, tyrs % at Ox- Taylor, and ThiBXBT) wrote in such a Style, that lord. was not only thought to be the most eloquent ; but, ^Tcran?' by the Parliament, concluded to be done with ruettke Year the fiHowimg. 20 Chap. ii. The History and Axtiouitihs 4/" the Affiftancc of the Holy Spirit ; and confequently establish'd, with their unanimous Confent, over the whole Kingdom. THE Prelates having, it seems, in the Beginning of the Reign of King HENRY VIII. made Com- plaint, that the Performance of their high Office (as it should be) lay heavy upon their Shoulders, and that Suffragan Bishops would be a great Com- fort, and Eafement ; the King, at their Request, placed Twenty Six of them in several noted Towns. Among thefe, KingJlon-wpow-Hidl was one. Thofe Perfons, of that under Stamp of Epifcopal Dignity, who prefided here, lived in Hull-Street, where they had a stately Palace, mostly built of Free-Stone, adorn'd with Church-Windows, Gates, and Towers. A. D. And, at the latter End of Queen Mary's Reign, I 557- when many severe Commiffions were iffu'd against the Protestants, one was directed to the Bishop of this Place. There could not be many more, be- cause the Reformation soon follow'd the Death of that Princefs ; and very probable, that Robert PuKSGLOVB might be that commifTion'd Person ; whose Epitaph was lately taken Notice of, by an induftrious modern Writer. That Bishop, who dy'd t/« Darby- May 2, 1 579, was bury'd in the Church oft Tide/well; shire. a Town suppos'd to be call'd so from a Well in Peakc- b'orrcjl, which us'd to ebb and flow, in just Tides, for the Space of an Hour. I lis Tomb is in the Chantry, and on it the Portraiture of him in Brass, as tho' in his Pontificalia, with an Epitaph, much in this Strain. /TinDcr t fj i)3 }9arntts trntrir lave, nnti OBaftrrs Iranub K tiles ; *ZTi t{, aftcrtoams, tjis Uncle Dear, Cent f)im to lieft of ^eljoofe. pt, William Bradshaw, London's fame, in Paul's toe £otit'y DiD place ; In (jentle fort tin feint maintain, full tbrec times tljree £ears space : ^he\x fent unto an fllibcp fair, by William Giffard founDrt, CCllio Biftjop l»as of Winchefter, aim in o;ooD CUovks a'fjouimcn : 'Cwas rall'D <£>atnt Mary Overis, iff Southwark, near tf)c Thames, Jfor Canons Secular, tfjctr WiW, to feck op f;oli> flames : Hol y Trinity C hur ch in King fton-u pon- H u 1 1 . 21 £hep taucrht much more the fearncB £outh, ioho luasf to Oxford gent, 31 n Corpus Chriiti, tuheie to (Truth, hiff C@int) ioae freelp hent : JTotir £carsf |e in that <£oI(ege ftap'o, in Learning; moft rcnoton't) ; %* Gisbum Cent, he there Bifyfap'O, rfjat lSnotu(et>g;e tohich ujas' croton'ti. JFor he toa0 plac'D in Prior's* *>ta({, anD jobetn'B o'er the reft ; Bishop of HULL fjc toasf tuithatt, lip tocah'n fuptcmeh" Weft : 3rrl)Dcaron too of Nottingham, Broboft of Rotherham, ( 3 College once of noWe JFantc ) ant) of York Suffragan : Cujo (Grammar behoofs he did erect, an Iboisnitaf orDatn'D ; JFor w-ourT) he neber luoulD neglect, ano SDto Jfofks he maintain'!). O TUlefwell fair, ano Gisbrough STolons ! motion ano lament pe map, tate of Q9an, is brittle lifer tfje (Slafg, CCtf)osc cTimr is hectn'o hut as a *pan, ano quick aluap mill pals'. In the Year 1622, it was defign'd that an Organ should be set up over the Door leading to the Chan- cel ; where, in former Times, there had been one placed. The Archbishop of York, wrote to the Mayor and Vicar for that Purpose ; but the Defign dropt, thro' Jealoufies and Fears that were incident in those Days. But, at this Time, the Church wants nothing that is neceffary, or ornamental. The Represen- // fine tation of the Last Supper (of our Bleffed Saviour, Altar Pif ' f - with his Apostles) is finely pourtray'd, as a modern Author tells us, by Monficur Pebmentieb : Another writes, " That oil the South Side of the " Choir, is a neat Library, made such from a Place, The Chunk " where formerly had been a Chapel." Mail)', I - ll "' t, 'y- who were eminent Inhabitants, lie bury'd in this Church : But as the King of Terrors makes no Dis- tinction amongst the Race of Humankind, and it i> expected an Historian should omit nothing of this Nature, because of so tender a Concern to tin meanest Person who has placed the least Memo rial ; 22 Chap. ii. Epitaphs cvid Inscriptions in rial ; so every Infcription. both herein, and the Church- Yard, is exhibited with as much Care, as Epitaphs, pofliblc. This will preferve their Remembrance, 4-c. eafify from the Injury of Time, to their living Friends ; found. f or u -i lonl| to make them more eafy to be known, they are compil'd in an alphabetical Manner. Epitaphs, and Inscriptions,/^ the Church. A. cy Uxta hcuic columnam, euflodiendum deponitur collapfum, il- J lujlris Auima? Domicilium, viz. NlCHOLAI ANDERSON ; kujus dim Eccleficu, per vigiuti feptem Auuos, Vicarii. Qui ob fummam Doclrinam, Morum Sanelitatem, ob Inviolatam, in Ec- clefiam Matron, Pictatem, & Gravitatcm circa res facras Apo- jiolicam, fingiilarcmquc turn Prudcntiam, turn Humanitatcm, cut ob ' ' immotam Animi conjlantiam, tarn minis quam Blanditiis Popitli cedere nefcientem ; quodcunquc aliud magnum & vencrabile in confummatijfimo Pajiorc requiri fold, fummo apud omncs in Prc- tio era I. Exccptis (qui Optimo cuivis obmurmurant ) Fanaticis. Horum Splcndorc Virtutum, Mandati fibi Gregis ad ALternam Vitam Viam prczmonjlravit : pojlquam Vitam mediocriter non Longcevam, non mediocriter beneficam, impleverat ; multum de- fidcratus occubuit. Which is thus translated. NEAR this Pillar is laid up safe the ruinous Tabernacle of Mr. NICHOLAS ANDERSON, formerly Vicar of this Church for the Space of twenty seven Years : Who, for his confum- mate Learning, Sanctity of Life, inviolable Attachment to our holy Mother the Church ; for his Apoftolical Gravity in all Minifterial Offices ; for his fingular Prudence and Hu- manity ; and, above all, for his unshaken Stedfaftnefs of Refolution, that knew not how to yield or give Way either to the Threatnings or Flatteries of the People ; and what ever elfe was required as great and venerable in the moft accom- Holy Trinity Church in Kingfton-upon-Hull. 23 accomplish'd Paftor ; made him highly efteem'd by all vir- tuous Perfons ; except only thofe who differ from our Com- munion. The Brightnefs of all his fingular Virtues shewed the Flock committed to his Charge the true Way to Eter- nal Happinefs : Who, after he had spent a Life, not of a great Length, and yet in that Time very ufeful to the World, died much lamented. Mr. Anderson's Latin Infcription is in the Chancel. North of the Altar, is this following. TIT Ere lies in Peace Hugh Arming, Draper, and once -*■ A Mayor of Kingfton-upon-Hull, who departed this Life, in the Faith of Chrift, the 25 th of June, 1606. B. Near the Veftry Door, on the South Wall of the Choir, is the following Infcription. J-TA UD procul hiuc jacet Georgius Baker, Miles, Pater \ Avns Geo. Baker, Armig. Proavus ) Qui poflquam viulta pro Rege, pro Patria fecifjet tuliffctq ; Prcecipuc in propugnando fortiter Novo-Caftro, Contra Scotos tunc Rebellcs. Hie tandem indigno ct meritis fuis diffipari fato conceffit, 4to Augufti Anno 1667. At non paffus cfl Dens tantam virtu tent penitus latere: Obfcurc obiit, honorifice tamcu fepultus. Fun us ejus profequcutibus Militum Tribuuo, totaq ; Cohorte Militari, Mcmorabili Honoris Pietatifq ; Exemplo, Tandem cum per quadraginta plus minus Annos ncglcclus jacui [fct , Nepos ejus Thomas Baker, S.T.B, Sattfti Johannia Cantab. Non tarn Virtutis quam adverfce Fortunes Heeres, Avi Charifjimi indignee fortis mifertus, Hoc ci Monumeu/um nurreus lubeus pofuit. Anno 1710. Which d 24 Chap. it. Epitaphs and Inscriptions in Which is thus render'd. Not far from this Place lies interr'd GEORGE Baker, Knight ; the Father (Grandfather, and Great Grandfather) of George Baker, Esq. Who, after he had done and suffcr'd much for his King and Country, especially for gal- lantly defending Newcajlle againft the rebellious Scots, at last submitted to an unequal Fate, unworthy his great De- ferts, the 4th of Augufl, 1667. But God would not suffer so great Virtue to lie conccal'd : Tho' he dy'd obfeurely, he was bury'd honourably ; the Colonel of the Militia, and the whole Train-Band, attending his Funeral, as a memora- ble Example of Valour and Loyalty. At last, having lain buried unobserved more than forty Years, his Nephew THOMAS Baker, Batchclor in Divinity, of St. John's Col- lege, in Cambridge, the Heir, not more of his Virtues, as of his adverfe Fortunes, pitying the unhappy Fate of his dear Grandfather, out of his great Affection, caufed this Funeral Monument to be creeled, in the Year 17 10. On a South Pillar, near the Steeple, is the following. TSJEar this Place lieth interr'd the Body of Mrs. GRACE, the Wife of Mr. JOHN BARKER, of this Town, Mariner, who departed this Life, March 30, 17 18. in the 40th Year of her Age. She was a loving, prudent, virtuous Wife ; a dutiful Daughter, indulgent Mother, a kind Friend, and obliging to all. She had 3 Sons, and 6 Daughters. Her youngeft Son had not been many Days in this Life, before she exchang'd it for a better. This Infcription is by her sorrowful Husband, dedicated to her Memory, that, tho' dead, she may yet live in the Minds of thofe that survive her. J In the South Isle, the Wejl End. OllN BARCLATE, Pewterer, dy'd in the Year 17 10. And in the Chancel, North of the A I tar, is this. "LJEre lieth the Body of the Worshipful Henry Barnard, twice Mayor of this Town, who departed this Life the 4th of Augufl, 1 66 1. And alfo the Body of William Bar- nard, Esq ; his Grandfon, second Son of Sir Edzvard Barnard, Kt. who died the 28th Day of January, 17 18, aged 47 Years. In Holy Trinity Church in Kingfton-upon-Hull. 25 In the South Part of the Choir. "LJEre lieth the Body of Mrs. Mary Bayne, who depart- ed this Life the 25th Day of November, 1728. in the 67th Year of her Age. 7/7 the South Isle of the Chancel. UERE lieth interr'd the Body of Michael BEILBY, of this Town, Mercer, who departed this Life the 26th of September, Anno Dom. 1707. aged 48 Years. Here alfo lieth the Body of William Beilby, his Son, who died the 14th of November, 1707. aged 6 Months. In the South Isle, at the Weft End of the Church. "NJICHOLAS Bewicke, Woollen-Draper, dy'd Oct. 2, 1680. He lived piously, and died peaceably, had eleven Chil- dren, fix of whom are buried befide him. In the South Isle, at the Weft End of the Church. "LJEre lies the Body of Alderman Samuel Boise, twice Mayor, who dy'd February 13, 1729. dktat. 79. and ELIZABETH his Wife, who dy'd April 12, 1725. On a Hatchment, upon a South Pillar, is the following Infer ipt ion : Alfo a Memorial over her Grave. MEAR hereunto lieth the Body of ELIZABETH BLOUNT, the Wife of Francis Blount, of this Town, Alderman, by whom he had 4 Sons, William, Charles, Francis, and John ; and 4 Daughters, Anne, Alathca, Anne and Mary. She was firft- born to Thomas Bacon of Wharram-Grainge, Gent. She de- parted this Life the 28th Day of March, in the 43rd Year of her Age, 1687. In the South Isle of the Chancel. ] [ERE lieth interred the Body of Mr. THOMAS BROAD of this Town, Merchant, who married Agues, Daughter of Robert Carlisle, Alderman, by whom he had Iffue one Son, and one Daughter. He died the 12th of Sept. 1724. sEt. 64. /)> the South of the Chancel, on the Ground, the Effigies in Brafs of an Alderman (and his Lady) with this. i£3c Ricarde jaces Bylt, pCuws pfene tfafcontf, afDcnnanmts cra^ ^creator & itftuttf ctrlnjB, $cj3tc cations, t Cn0c fZmz obrute face scctnum, anno Q^tfrcno C.cutatcr. £>cmcf. % vecttato. t- Net >thnio riguta post Jlmti A/or 1 e jacebant. Li THUS 26 Chap. ii.. Epitaphs and Inscriptions in THUS RENDERED. HERE, Richard BYLT, thou licft bury'd, (formerly an Alderman, and a Merchant of good Reputation) who dy'd, in two Days Time, by the Pcftilence, in the Year 1401. At tlic Feet of the Lady's Effigies, alfo on the Ground. Ccrra cfatt^c tarn, mtper p>om$$ov ^onortg, ©ifecta $tctcra& gencroga era& quia tuta: Odiobris avenge tmgrang an Bcgna jucitnfta, dtt qmnquageno ; una mxt fine tubais. THA T IS, THE Earth, being clos'd upon thee, thou art in filent Reft, who lately enjoy'd deferved Honour, and was belov'd, for thy generous Difpofition, proceeding from an upright Heart. This Gentlewoman died in the Month of October, in the Fif- tieth Year of her Age ; and is now gone into the Regions of Blifs : Where, may she live happy for ever. Or, if you pleafe, take tiiefe R/iiwes. (for tl)t GENTLEMAN. J^O ! RICHARD BYLT, in Peace is here laid down, Once Alderman, and Merchant, of this Town : But two Days Sicknefs ftopt his vital Breath ; Death's conq'ring Sword brought him unto his Death. 'Twas paft the Year (ofjESUS CHRIST, behold) One Thoufand, and One Hundred, four Times told. tfor tlje lady. r Ate in great Fame, and lovely to behold, Lies here, a Lady's Corpfe, within the Mold ! Heaven's Gifts and Graces crown'd her happy Life ; The sweetest Maiden, and moft tender Wife : October s Month her dying Eyes did clofe, When juft unto her Fifti'th Year she rofe. O may her Soul, (lamented Shade ! ) remain In Heav'n with his, and all th' Angelick Train. Holy Trinity Church in Kingfton-upon-Hull. 27 c. At the Wcjl End, near the Organ. An Epitaph upon the Death of Mr. John Carleton, Master and Mariner ; lost in his Long-Boat, 18th of November, 1674. ALtatis 21. Son to William Carleton, Merchant, She- riff, Anno 1668. ZJERE rejh his mortal Part asleep again, Who zvas oncefaved nodding in the Main ; But caft the fecond Time on f Thetis' Lap, Ah ! Providence fent none to hand him back. The curled Billows wept to fee him lie, Dive/led of his IMMOR TALITY ! Then fomed his Remains above the Deep, And now his Dujldoes with his Eathers sleep ; Waiting Azvahing, when all Tempejls ceafe, And toffed Bodies land in pcrfeft Peace. % Upon the same Stone is the following. "MOW refts, in his eldest Son's Urn, that divine Philofo- pher WILLIAM Carleton, Gentleman, whofe great Wifdom and Learning made him ufeful and defirable. He lived, and died like a Christian, April \y, 1705. in the 84th Year of his Age. Buried in the Great Isle, We/l End. jVTRs. Dinah Carleton, who departed this Life, March 13, in the Year of our Lord, 1690. /;/ the South Isle, at the Wcjl End. OEbe lieth the Body of Mr. EDWARD Carleton, who departed this Life in the true Faith of Christ, by t Daughter of NEEEUS, (a God of the Sea, Son of OCEANUS and TETHYS) Mo thcr of Aciiili.es. Homer mentions her in the 1 8th and 19th Books of Iliad Where that I'rinco of Poets tells us, the Manner how THETIS obtain'd fron Vulcan a Suit of complete un Armour, adorn'd with the in oft en rious Devices, for the \J(q of her beautiful and valiant Sun, in which lie be ie invulnerable, whilft he was revenging the lamented Death of hi PATEOCLUS, slain by the renowned II) I FOE, U] feveral ol the Royal Auxi liaries to King Priam, many of the TrojatU, and laftly on that Hero liiinkll. ,' I remember to have read, in a f A/tho' Death's Anchors Jh\> 1 itch- Yard, belonging to a Sea- 1 And link in with t I Port, a pretty Epitaph, over a S.u- 1 Yet, one* ''. s '<"«, toe muftfet Sail, lor, concluding with thefe Lines. Our Admiral ClIKl.ii to meet, w bofe 28 Chap. ii. Epitaphs and Inscriptions in whofe Example he piously forgave his Enemies : He was generous, brave, juft. and charitable, willing to affift all in Diftrefs, ever true to his Friend and Promife, tho' to the Hazard of his Life : He liv'd bclov'd, and died lamented the 3rd Day of Augufl, 1704. Aged 33 Years. f^Uicquid Dix.i-: Uxoris Johannis Monckton FUub Gulielmi ^ Carleton ct DlN/ii Uxoris ejus Terrenum fitit in Terrain (nullo uon lugenie) rcdiit 15 Die Augufli 173 1, /Eta lis Anno 66. J. Monckton, Ann. (fupra nominatns) hujus Vilhe Major, obi it 22 Sept. 1733. THAT IS, Whatever was mortal of Dinah, Wife of John Monckton. Daughter of William Carleton, and his Wife Dinah, re- turn'd to Earth, (lamented by all) the 15th Day of Angnjl, 173 1. in the 66th Year of her Age. John Monckton, above-named, Mayor of this Town, dy'd the 22d of September, 1733. /// the South Isle of the Chancel TNterr'd here the Body of Robert Carlisle, twice Mayor of Kingfton-upon-Hull, who departed this Life the 17th of January, 1707. the 65th Year of his Age. Alfo the Body of his Wife Esther. She departed this Life, February 13, 1696. the 40th Year of her Age. North of the Altar, with his Effigy, in Brafs. "L-T Ere lieth in Peace, Christopher Chapman, Draper, once Mayor of Kingjton-upon-Uull, who died, in the Faith of Christ, the 1 ith Day of December, 161 5. /// the Chancel. TLJEre refteth James Clarkson, thrice Mayor of Kiugjlou- upon- 1 full, Merchant- Adventurer, who died the 17th Day of Nov. Anno Dom. 1585. in the true Faith of Jesus Christ. Note, There are two ant lent Effigies of a P erf on of Quality, and his Lady, that lie North in the Chancel. In the South Isle of the Chancel. "LTEkk lieth the Body of Dorothy Cliffb, Wife of ri Mr. Stephen Cliffc, of this Town, Mercer, Daughter of Alderman Lambert. Merchant, who departed this Life the 10th of June, 1722. And alfo Anne their Daughter, who died an Infant. Di Holy Trinity Church in Kingfton-upon-Hull. 29 /;/ the South Isle, at the Wejl End. TN this Vault reft the Remains of Anne, Wife of Alderman John Collings, who departed this Life the 26th of June, 172^. JEtatis fuce 39. Also here lieth the Body of Alder- man John Collings, above-named, thrice Mayor of this Town, who died the 13th Day of November, 1733. in the 60th Year of his Age. Near it are thefe. TV/TR. John Collings, Merchant, dy'd June 15, 1705. and Mary his Wife, Jan. 1709. J-JEre lies interr'd the Body of Mr. John Cornwall, Mer- chant, who departed this Life, in the Faith of Christ, the 20th of October, 17 14. He marry'd Mary, the Daughter of Alderman Hydes, by whom he had one Son, and one Daughter, who are alfo here interr'd. JEtatis fuce 35. T-J Ere lieth the Body of * Eleanor, (Wife of Mr. f George Crozole, Merchant, and Alderman) who dy'd Anno 1662. A Nne, Wife of John Crowther, Draper, dy'd the 4th (and interr'd the 6th) of February, 1650. D. /// the South Isle of the Chancel. T-J Ere lieth the Body of Thomas Dalton, thrice Mayor of King flon-upon-H nil, Merchant of the Staple, and Ven- turer, who died the 4th Day of June, A.D. 1590. in the Faith of Christ, and in Hope of the Refurreclion to Life Eternal. In the Chancel. T-TErk lieth the Body of the Worshipful Francis Dewick, Merchant-Adventurer, once Mayor of KingJlon-upon-IIull , who departed this Life the 2d of May, 1663. And alfo Margaret his Wife, who departed this Life the 15th of February, 1C61. A * That pious Gentlewoman was a Benefa&refs to the curious modern Library. 1 He • reeled an Hofpital, and set up this remarkable [nfcription. Da tin >n Tan pus hades, tibi propria Manus /Aries ; Auftret hoc ntmo, quod dabti ip/e Deo. <;.('. 1661. E. C. I (Jive whillt you've Time, ami life I gen'rotl ■ Hand : Dtt'D 1 (Jive whillt you're Time, ami ufe a gen'rou Hai ) Wbat/i giv'n to Ikuv'n, no Mortal can demand. 30 Chat. ii. Epitaphs and Inscriptions in A Copartment, North Wefl in the Church. TSJE.u: this Place licth the Body of the Worshipful Hum- phrey Dungalf, Alderman, Mayor of this Incorpora- tion, Anno Dotn. 1668, Woollen Draper. He departed this Life, in the true Faith of Christ, the 22d of Oclob. 1683. Hi tat. ftUB 64. Alfo Anne, his Wife, the Daughter of Alder- man William Popple, She died, in the Faith of Christ, the 25th Day of November ; 1691. South Weft, near the Church Door, is a Copartment, with the following Infcription. VyiTHiN the Porch, adjoining to this Church, is interr'd the Body of the Worshipful * Joseph Ellis, who dy'd the 19th of Augufl, A.D. 1683. being then Mayor of this Town, [Alfo in 1682.] aged 48 Years. Mors eft ultima Linca Rcrum. In the Great Isle of the Chancel. TLTEre licth the Body of Mr. Joseph Fernley, Merchant, who married Mary, the Daughter of Mr. John Shcpheard, by whom he had one Daughter, the prefent Wife of Nathaniel Rogers, Efquire. His second Wife was Sarah, the Daughter of Alderman Henry Maijler, who bore him 5 Children ; two of which, one Son, and one Daughter, survived him. * That Gentleman placed four Widows in an Hofpital, which he had built in Salt-Houfe-Lane : The Management of which, by his Lafl Will, he left to the Corporation. In it, he only defired, That Mrs. Jane, his Spoufc, (joiu'd with Mr. Richard, his Brother, Execut. and both obligd to keep it in good Repair du- ring their Lives) should upon any Vacancy, have Power to place therein the Pcrfon she thought fit to nominate. The Gentlewoman was afterwards marry' d to Mr. SUGDEX of Beverley ; whom she piously perfuaded generously to depofite Sixty Pounds in the Hands of the Mayor and Aldermen of Hull, so that the Interefl of that Sum, Three Pounds Yearly, might pur chafe Coals for the Ufc of the said poor Widows: Which, being prefen ted accordingly, was accepted, for that Purpofe, by the Worshipful Magiflratcs. He Holy Trinity Church in Kingfton-upon-Hull. 31 He exchanged this Life for a better, the 5th of September, Anno Doni. 1725. JEtatis 76. The following lies North of the Altar. JJEre lieth the Body of the Worshipful Thomas Ferres, Mafter and Mariner, once Mayor of this Town, who departed this Life, in the true Faith of Christ, Anno Dom. 1 63 1 . + Quod fum, fner is. Within the Altar Rails. TNterred within this Vault is the Body of Mrs. Mary Foxley, Wife of Mr, William Foxier, Alderman, and sometime Major of this Incorporation, who departed this Life the 28th Day of January, 1673. being the 68th Year of her Age. /// the Broad Isle of the Choir. J^Ere refteth the Body of the Worshipful W illi a m Foxley, Alderman, and twice Mayor of this Town, who departed this Life, the 24th Day of September, 1680. aged 71 Years. Near the South Wall, at t/ie Wcfl End, is a raisd Tomb, of Black Marble, with this Infcriptiou. JJEre lieth the Body of the Worshipful Joseph Field, twice Mayor of this Town, and Merchant-Adventurer, who departed this Life, in the true Faith of Christ. Here is a Field fown, that at length mttfl sprout, And gainfl the rifning Harvcfl's Time break out ; When to that Husband it a Crop shall field, WJ10 firfl did drefs, and till this now f own Field : Yet ere this Field you fee this Crop can give, The Seed firfl dies, that it again may live. Anno Dom. Decemb. 1627. /Etat. 63. Sit Dcus Amicus. Sanctis, vel in Sepulchris, Spes eft. A Copartmoil on the South Wall, the Wcfl End. "MEar this Place is interred the Body of the Worshipful John Field, Merchant, late Alderman, and fometime Mayor of Kingflon-upou-llull ; and S\ i:\11 his Wife, by whom + In the Cathedral of Norwich, dedl* (Alt you that do /■:. ted to the Holy Trinity, i, t!.<- ' Remember Death, whi, 1 Skelc' eshortatory Lines. Figure of a Skeleton, with thefe \Atyouar ■ 1 ; . /;.',/ i' i Town, Merchant; and Jam., his Wife She died tlie [6th of June, [686. aged 35. And he, ihlob. 22d, [718. aged II 1 ',, 1 . thp 34 Chap. ii. Epitaphs and Inscriptions in aged 80. Alfo their Daughter, MARY, Wife of Mr. Richard Sykcs, who died April the 4th. 1714. aged 32. And their el- deft Son Mr. RICHARD KlRKBY, who dy'd Oclobcr II, 17 19. aged 40. And their Son Mr. CHRISTOPHER. And on a Pillar, N. of the Great Tower, arc the following Infcriptions of him and his Family. "\TlGH this Monument are interr'd the Bodies of Mr. Mark KlRKBY, of this Town, Merchant ; and JANE, his Wife, (Daughter of CJiriJlopJicr Richard/on, Alderman, and twice Mayor) by whom he had 10 Children : Four died young : The reft were Dinah, Richard, and Chriflophcr ; Mary, Mark, and Ifabcl : MARY dy'd before him : The other 5 furviv'd both. He was an affectionate Husband, a kind Father, a prudent CEconomift, fincere in promifing, and punctual in performing. She dy'd June 16, 1686, aged 35. He Oclobcr the 22d, 17 18, aged 80. The fweet Remembrance of the Juft, Shall flourifli when he sleeps in Duft. Vita jfufli Via Geli. ALSO nigh this Place lies their Daughter MARY, (late Wife of Mr. Richard Sykcs) who dy'd April 4, 17 14. sEtat. 32. and their eldeft Son RICHARD, who dy'd Oclobcr 11, 1 7 19. JEtat. 40. North of the Altar. TJNder this Stone lieth the Body of Mr. John King, of the Town of Kingflon-upon-Hull, Merchant, who died the 17th Day of May, 1678, and in the 23rd Year of his Age. -— j--- t - i - i - i - i - i - i - i - i — i — i .t 'ion. * " An HofpitaL for six Men ami siv Women, by Sir John Lister, " Knight, twice Mayor ; and alio tlic Reader's Houfe adjoining to it, " and endow'd it with Land-, to the Value of Si* Hundred .i Year. He refided in the High-Street, and had ■' beautiful fronted Houfe (with other convenient Buikllngl) wherein lie nobly treated Kin^ CHAR] I i the r'irfl. 36 Chap. ii. Epitaphs and Inscriptions in pjERt lieth the Body of Lady ELIZABETH LISTER, Wife to Sir John Lifter, Knight, deceafed, by whom she had 16 Children. She dy'd the 2d of December, Anno Dom. 1656, in the 68th Year of her Age. LJErE lieth the Body of SAMUEL LISTER, who died May 1, 1645. lie is buryd North of the Altar. On a Hatchment, near the Altar. XT Ear this Pillar lieth the Body of HUGH LISTER, Efq ; Juftice of Peace in the Haft-Riding, 4th Son to the Right Worftiipful John Lifter, Knight. He took to Wife Jane, the Daughter and Heir to the Worfhipful Barnard Smith, twice Mayor of this Town, by whom he had Iffue 4 Sons and two Daughters, who all, except one, do yet re- main hopeful Reprieves to the Memory of him : Qui bonis omnibus flebilis occidit, Anno Chrifli 1666, Ocl. 9. JEtat. 48. M. Upon the South Wall of the Chancel, is this. XT Ear this Monument are interr'd the Bodies of WILLIAM MaISTER, Efq ; Merchant of this Town, and of LUCY, his Wife, Daughter of Alderman John Rogers. They were mu- tually happy in a ftrict conjugal Affection, and gave Life to 5 Children, all now living, viz. Henry, Elizabeth, William, John and Nathaniel. She liv'd as much belov'd, as known ; and dy'd as much lamented, the 4th of July, 1704. He, having ferv'd his Country, and this Corporation 7 fucceffive Parliaments with a difintereftcd Fidelity, left this Life the 27th of October, 1716. His Friends knew his Merit too well, not to mourn for the Lofs of fo great and good a Patriot. May this Monument convey his Memory to Po- fterity, and (hew a grateful Senfe his Relations have of the Honour done him by this Loyal Corporation. On an inward S. Pillar, at the W. End. [And very near the fame Words arc on the Grave-Stone, in the Great Isle.~\ XT Ear this Monument are interr'd the Bodies of Mr. HENRY Maister, and ANNE his Wife, Daughter of Mr. Wil- liam Kaikcs. They had Iffue 9 Sons and 2 Daughters, 7 of which Holy Trinity Church in Kingfton-upon-Hull. 37 which furvived them. He was twice Mayor of this Town, and Deputy Governour to the Hamburg-Eaflland Companies. He died 5th of April, 1699. aged 67. She died Dec. 14, 1685. aged 48. Ilodic nobis eras vobis. TV/TAry Mason", Wife of the Vicar, interred December 26, 1725. Buried in the Great Isle of the Chancel. "DO bert Mason, dy'd October 10, 1727. He lies buried within the Rails of the Altar. North of the Altar is this, over Mrs. Matfon. T-JErk lieth the Body of Mrs. Mary Matsox, Daughter of Mr. John Matfon, of Dover, Merchant, and Mary his Wife, and only Sifter of Margaret, the Wife of Mr. James Houfeman, of this Town, who died the 25th of July, A. D. 1688. "NJEar the W. End of the Church lieth buried the Body of John Maugham, who dy'd A.D. 1622. N. In the South Isle, at the Weji End. "D Chert Nettleton, Alderman, fometime Mayor of this Town, interr'd May 8, 1706. had 13 Children by Lydia his Wife, 7 of which were bury'd in his Grave. She was Daughter of Mr. James Blaydcs, and Antic his Wife, Daughter to the Reverend * Andrew Marvcll, and Sifter to f Andrew Marvcll, Esq ; who about twenty Years ferved this Town as Member of Parliament. P. Within the Chancel. UErk lieth the Body of Walter Pecke, Merchant-Ad- venturer, who departed this Life in the true Faith of Christ, the 8th of yuly, 1598. In the Great Isle, at the Wcjl End. LIEre lieth the Body of Mrs. Susannah Perrott, Wife of Alderman Andrew Perrott, and Daughter of Al- ' Mr. Eachard 1. ilk liim, The famoui CalviniJUcal Mlnifter of Hull. i>. 96(1. ;n^ had an Academical Education in Trinity- College t Cambridge, he mi derftood l.nliit extremely well, and mi :m Affifunl I" Mr. TORN Mil ins, oi.ivkk's Secretary. After the Reftoration, h<- uas elected Membei oi Pai liament, and fo continued 'till hli Death ; which, it Ceemi likely, prevented 1 ■ . 1 1 1 < .- Trouble thai might have corne upon him, lor hii Satyrical VVritin ■gainft both the Church and Crown. /// and Necefiaries to the Side of the Garrifon ; where they were bought, (by a few of the Town's Inhabitants, deputed on that Account) and after fenl jes to the Town's Crofs, to be difpos'd of, at the mod reafonable Prices. But as all Trade and Mercantile Affairs feem'd as it were under a gloomy Shade, or rather might be deem'd as quite extinct ; fo the wretched Confequences ap- peal, in the deplorable Circurn fiances of above Two Thoufand Perfons; who, from opulent Fortunes, were now become the piteous Objects of Chriftian Cha- rity ! Others, that could afford it, were heavily affeffed, Weekly, both in Town, and in the Country, to fupport the Afflicted ; befides, to maintain the Altend- anU of the Vifited, whilft they were living in languishing Mifery ; and to reward those, who took Care to bury the Dead. The Number thai perish'd were about 2730 Perfons, excluding thofe who tied, or died of other Distempers, which alniofl. doubled the Number. This Pestilence continued, till about the loth of June, 1639, when it pleas'd GOD to ceafe : And it was near the Mid- dle of the Yifitation that Mr. Ramfden became a Victim to it, amongst others. He v <. itleman of great Erudition, remarkable Piety, and univerfa] 11 < . d, by vifited Perfons, into tin- (lunch \ And tho' the Rev. Mr. ANDREW M\i;viii. had the Epithet facetious, apply'd to linn : Vet, t" his Praife be il poken, ii was lb-, that ventur'd, in that unnrini 1 only to give him Christian Burial) unus'd some Time but alfo, from the Pulpit, deliver'd, to tin- mournful weeping I i tend Sermon, (afterwards printed) in such pa- iv, that both pi. p. ir'd and comfotted theii lb fully 1 ■ might happen to them, in their lamentable Condition, H 40 Chap. ii. Epitaphs and Inscriptions in Over the Vaults in which the Alderman, and his Lady, are laid. TN this Vault lieth the Body of the Worfliipful f William Ramsden, fometime Deputy t<> the Right Worihipful Company of Merchant-Adventurers of England, Alderman, and Mayor of this Town twice, a Member of Parliament, for the fame Corporation, in the Honourable HOUSE of COM- MONS. He departed this Life, in the true Faith of CHRIST, the 2d Day of September, 1C80. in the 6$d Year of his Age, waiting the Morning <»f the Refurreclion. Engraved on the fame Stone. IN this Vault lieth interr'd the Body of Mrs. ANNE RAMS- DEN, (Wife to the Worihipful William Ram/den, Esq ; Alder- man of this Town) Daughter to the Worfliipful Thomas Bqynton, of Roucliff, Esq ; She departed this Life, in the true Faith of CHRIST, the 23d Day of April, 1667. Near the S. Church- Yard Door. ERE lieth the Body of the Worfliipful * CHRISTO- PHER RICHARDSON, Alderman, and twice Mayor of Kingflon-upon-Hull) who dy'd Feb. 12. 1701. t That Gentleman, Come Time before hi- Death, had a great Defire to la) down his Gown, so that he might spend the Remainder i>f his Days, in a happy Re- tirement, from publick Bufinefs. To obtain which, (in May, 1678.) he be- fought the Bench i" accept of an Hundred Pounds, the Interest thereof to he apply'd for the lie of the Poor ; on Condition, that lie might be difmnTed from the Office of an Alderman. But the (/nun requiring Time 'till next Hall- Day, the Mayor then told him, That as they were nil very fenfible of his being a ferviccable, good and honourable Per/on : fa liny roere not in the lead willing to part with Jo excellent a Magistrate : And therefore as earnestly requested, That ould be fleas' J to relinquish his Desire. After some reasonable Solicita- tions to him, for that Purpofe, he was contented to remain in his ufual eminent Station. And tho' the Mone) offer'd by him seem'd thereby Inst to the Poor ; yet hi- Goodnefs was such, that, (as I found recorded in St. Mary's Church, with the Beneficence <>f Alderman Popple, who allow'd Fourteen Pence Worth of Bread to he distributed t<> them every Lord's Day) he charitably gave Two Shillings, Weekly, to he laid out, the -nine Way, for the Relief ofthofe, whose Neceffities required the like Affistance. • In the Year 1678, he desired to he discharged from the Office >>l an Alder- man : And tho' hi- Request "as at first denv'd ; yet he continu'd so ear- nestly preffing, that, submitting to any Fine the Court should please to lay upon him for their kind I inn. the}- withdrew ; and, among them- selves, propos'd Three Sum-, in the like Cafe-, to he paid by -ucli Aldermen, who requested to he discharged for the future : When it was agreed, That either Fifty. Seventy-Five, or One Hundred Pound-, should be the Fine ; and to be voted for, according to Discretion. Put the middlemost Sum wa, allotted for this Gentleman to pay. whereby he obtained an entire Dismiffion. Within Holy Trinity Church in Kingfton-upon-Hull. 41 Within the Altar Rails. J-|Ere lieth the Body of the Worfhipful Edward RICHARDSON, and once Mayor of this Town, who departed in the true Faith of Christ. South of the Altar. UEre lieth the Body of Alderman JOHN ROGERS, Mer- chant, and once Mayor of Hull, who married Elizabeth, Daughter of Edward Nelthrop of Barton, Esq ; and departed this Life February the 14th, 1680. [Mayor in 1652.] Alfo South of the Altar are the following. I-JERE lieth the Body of Mrs. LUCY ROGERS, Daughter to Mr. Laucellot Roper, Alderman, and twice Mayor of Kingllon-upon-Hull, late Wife to Mr. John Rogers, of the fame Town, Merchant, by whom fhe had 17 Children, with whom fhe lived a pious Life n Years, and died in the Faith of CHRIST, February 15, Anno Hitatis 58, & Salutis 1665. T-JEre lieth the Body of Mr. JOHN ROGERS, who depart- ed this Life, Dee. 27, 1723. /// the South Isle of the Chancel. LI ERE lieth the Body of Mr. John Rogers, who departed this Life, June 1, 1728. UEre lieth the Body of Mr. Laxcellot Roper, Son of Alderman Roper, of Kiugflon-upon-Hull, who married AGNES the Daughter of Mr. George Crowle, Merchant, and Alderman of this Town, by whom he had Iflue one Son, named Laneellot. He dy'd the 30th Day of December, 1686. in the 29th Year of his Age. S. North of the Altar, are the two following. UEre refteth in Peace Samuel Saltonstall, Esq; who departed tin'-. Life, in the true Faith of CHRIST, the 8th Day of January, A. D. 1612. UEre refteth the Body of Jeremiah Smyth, Efq ; Grand- fon of Sir yeremiah Smyth, Admiral. He married Mary, the Daughter of Mr. William Skinner, of this Town. He flied the 2d <>f September, 1714. in the 37th War of his \ J IEri lieth interred the Body of Leonard Scott, who to:v dead, who, when alive, it was more ufeful for thee to imitate : Mr. Thomas WHINCOP : An eminent Example of great Learn- ing, found Judgment, Probity of Life, indefatigable Industry, Charity, Humanity and Piety, A faithful Servant of GOD, an excellent Divine, and one that worthily merited the Love and Remembrance of all good Men : Who, after he had ferved the Mofl High, above the Space of Seventy Four ) 'ears, diligently execu- ting the Offices of an honest Man, a prudott Citizen, and a vigilant Paftor; at lajl, being full of Years and Honour, he reftgned his Soul to the Almighty, wa 1 ting for the Reft rreclion of the Body ; Who, thd note dead, yet liveth. All that remains, Go, Reader ! As GOD's Glory is now his Reward, fo his Example thine. After Holy Trinity Church in Kingfton-upon-Hull. 45 After the Latin, before-mention'd, is this. HEREUNDER refts in Peace the Body of Mr. THO- MAS WHINCOP, born at* Linton upon Wkarfe, in Yorkshire; brought up for the Space of ten Years at the Univerfity of Cambridge, in Trinity-College, whereof he was a Member ; after- wards Preacher at Beverley in the Minfter about 16 Years ; then Mafter of Charter-Houfe Hofpital ; and Preacher of HULL, in this Church, 25 Years. He dy'd Sept. 7, 1624. in the 75th Year of his Age, belov'd, and bemoan'd, of all. He left, behind him. ElizabetJi his Wife, born at Poekling- ton ; and, by her, three Sons : Samuel, Fellow of St. John's ; Thomas, and John, both Fellows of Trinity-College, in Cam- bridge ; and all, fucceffively. domeftick Chaplains to the Right Honourable William, Earl of Salisbury : And two Daughters ; Mary, firft married to Mr. Leonard Hudfan, of this Town ; after to Mr. William Cham 'nil, Rector of Walking' ton : And Thomajine, firft married to Mr. William Smeaton, of Hull; after to Mr. John Vans, of York ; all bleft in fuch a Father. Thl>, I hope, after laborious Toil, I have given every In- fcription and Epitaph Wit/tin the Church : At lealt, thai I have, inadvertently, pafs'd by very few. I will only mention, before I proceed to the Out-Side, what was omit- ted before : That the melodious Organ, (which firft was begun to be ufed on Sunday, Mare/12, 17 12.) was promo ted principally thro' the Care, Goodnefs and Generofity of Mr. Nathaniej Rogers, and Mr. John Colljngs : I r which, methinks, as they ought to be had in tailing Remembrance; fo, in Regard to their Virtue, \ have exhibited this humble Memorial. • I i'. the Deanerj o\ Cra n. So fai from hence is Burti/tUl Rectory, l • ) • Hi.' Patronage <<\ Sii William « 1- \\ 1 s, Bart, and Mr. Alcock, In the < nurch, which 1 dedicated to St. Wilfrid, I pen about the Yeai 17.25. i«" Pulpita, with a R< icli ; which lx M -I ><• Ine Set ric< alternately. i||| [ON! nscriptions in the \ Church- Yard Alphabetically digefted : Firft, In the Choir-Yard'. And, Secondly, On the South Side of the venerable Building: With a few, at the Weft End, here intermix' d ; but mention 'd accordingly, to diftinguish thou from the reft. I. Epitaphs in the Yard of the CHOIR. B. TITEri. lieth the Body of Richard Barker, who died the -*■•*- 29th Day of April, 17 14. HEre lieth interr'd the Body of Mrs. Clare Bambrotjgh, of this Town, who departed this Life the 5th Day of September, Anno Dom. 1684. t In the Year 1385, Richard de Raven/er, Archdeacon of Lincoln, creeled, on the North Side of this Church- Yard, .111 Hofpital, for poor People, of both Sexes, 12 in Number. li- Endowment was 9/. 2s. 6d. Yearly, that afforded an Half- Pen n v a Day to each of them ; which, tho' feeming very little now, yet went far in' those Days. About the same time, he founded a Chantry, in the Chapel of St. ANNE, which join'd to the Church ; where Prayers were to be said for the Souls of King Edward III. Queen Philippa, Ifabcl her Mother, and King Richard : as also for hi* own Soul, and those of all the Faithful departed. H. Trinity Church Yard ///Kingfton-upon-Hull. 47 "\TIgii this Place is interr'd the Body of William Bewley, of this Town, Wine-Cooper, who departed this Life the 1 8th of November. Ait at is 63, Anno Salutis, 1678. "NT Ear this Place lieth the Body of Anne, Widow of Ro- bert BlNCKS, late Elder Brother of the Trinity-Houfc, who departed this Life the i8th Day of February, 1730. UEre lieth the Body of Mrs. Elizabeth Boulton, who died October the 17th, 1678. Here alfo is interr'd Mrs. Barbara Pell, her Mother, who died Angujl 1, 1694. Here alfo lieth the Body of Mr. Robert Pell, A. M. who was 39 Years Maftcr of this School, and died A. D. 17 16, aged 72 Years. He was an affectionate Husband, a ten- der Father ; and his School had his utmoft Care. UEre lieth the Body of Mr. James Chambers, Mafter and Mariner, who departed this Life the 18th of De- cember, 1700. Here alfo lieth the Body of James, Son of Mr. James Chambers, who departed this Life, MarcJi the 10th, Anno 1 7 14, in the 25th Year of his Age. Here lieth the Body of JUDITH, Daughter of Mr. James Chambers, who de- parted this Life, November 19th, Anno 1716, in the iSth Year of her Age. Here lieth the Body of Elizabeth, Wife of Mr. William Seaman, Maftcr and Mariner, and Daughter of Mr. James Chambers, who departed this Life, MareJi the 7th, Anno 1726, in the 32d Year of her Age. LJ ERE lieth interr'd the Body of Mr. THOMAS CLARK, of KingJlon-upon-IIull, Merchant, who departed this Life the 30th Day of November, 1695. in the 41ft Year of his Age. And alfo of Dorothy his Daughter, who died Oelo- Inr 15, 1695. aged 3 Years. Likewife of FRANCES his Daughter, who died the 5th of November, 17 10. in the [8th of her Age. Spe Beata RefurreSHonis, Here alfo lieth interr'd the Body of Mrs. DOROTHY CLARK, Widow and Relicl of the above-named Mr. Thomas Clark, who departed this Life the 22d Day <>f March, 1713, in the 44th \V,u of her Age ; and refta in Hope of a joyful RefurreCtion. D. JAQI '■ 48 Chap. ii. Epitaphs and Inscriptions. D. JAQUES Dewit, departed this Life, in the Year of our LORD, 1 7 17. Aged 77 Years. G. R ( Obertus Ganton, M. P. Hie conditio- Vir magna Pro- bitatis et Induflriie, multarum Scientiarum peritus, et Rei Medicos pcritifjimns. Obi it 19. Martij 1697. Anno JEtatis fiuc 3S. That is, Robert Ganton, Profeffor of Phyfick, is here interr'd : A Man of great Probity and Induftry, skil- ful in the Sciences, and chiefly in what belong'd to his Prac- tice. He dy'd March 19, 1697. in the Year of his Age 38. Here alfo lieth the Body of Mrs. SUSANNAH GANTON, Daughter to Mr. Robert I'airbam, of Hcddon, Alderman, fometime Merchant - Adventurer of Hull, and Wife to Mr. Robert Ganton : By whom flic had feven Children, and departed this Life the 22d of February, 1696, in the 42d Year of her Age. H. LJEre refteth the Body of WILLIAM Harrow, Mafter and Mariner, who departed this Life the 8th of Sep- tember, 1638. A/TIchael Harrison, Woollen-Draper, buried May 6, 1689. ANNE his Wife, April 24, 17 13. L. JJEre lieth the Body of Mr. Robert Lambert, Draper, who died October the 2d, in the Faith of CHRIST, 1668. He was Sheriff of this Town. [/// 1660.] "LJEre lieth Elizabeth, the Wife of John Lampson, in- terr'd here the 2d of May, 1709. "LJEre lieth the Body of Mr. John Leamax, of this Town, Mafter and Mariner, who died the 25th Day of Augujl, 17 17. JEtatis fa® 56. M. IJEre lies the Body of Robert Meadlev, who died the 26th of June, 1696. aged 63 Years ; and his two Sons, and Inscriptions in the Yard of the Choir. 49 and one Daughter. Stephen, aged 10 Weeks ; THOMAS, aged 6 Years ; Susanna, one Year, and Month. Here alfo lies the Body of WILLIAM, Son of Robert Meadley, Mafter and Mariner, who died June 23, 1705. aged 32, and his Son THOMAS, interr'd with him, died June 25, aged 4 Years. And his Daughter Susanna died March 28, aged 6 Months, a Week, and 4 Days. Here lies the Body of Susanna, Wife of Robert Meadley, who departed this Life Augujl 15, 1707, aged 72> Years. J-JEre lieth the Body of Thomas Moxon, Merchant, who departed this Life March the 7th, Anno Doni. 1673. his Age being 47 Years. And alfo Anne his Wife, who de- parted this Life, July the 8th, Anno Doni. 1675. R. |-JEre lieth interr'd the Body of ARTHUR READHEAD, Son of Robert Rein/head, late of Colby, in Lincolnshire, Gen- tleman, who departed this Life January the 19th, 17 15. in the 56th Year of his Age. J-IEre lieth interr'd the Body of Captain WILLIAM RlPLEY, who departed this Life September the 23d, 1680. aged 56. And ELIZABETH, his Wife, who died, A. D. 1708. J-JEke lieth the Body of George ROBSON, Mafter and Mariner, who died the 7th of December, 1701. s. J-JEre lieth the Body of Michael Siiawter, who depart- ed this Life the 17th of February, 1729. aged 45 Years. piERE lieth the Body of Mr. William Skinner, eldeft Son of Alderman William Skinner, of this Town, lie married Mary, the Daughter of Timothy Fultkrop, of Tnnjlal, in the Bilhoprick of Dnrlimm, Efq J by whom he had one S. .d, and Five Daughters: He died the 17th of July, Anno 1724. /Etatis 70. J {I. li. lieth the Body of Mr. JOSEPH SUTTON, who de- parted this Life in the 32d Year <>f his Age, the 24th of Aujnijt 1712. lb ire lieth alfo Thomas the Son -•! Mr. Jofeph Sutton, who died in the full Year of his ,\ the 5th of February, 1710. Ih li 5° Chap. ii. Epi taphs and Inscriptions in JJERE lieth interr'd Mary, the Wife of George SWALLLOW, who exchanged this mortal Life, for an immortal one, December the 16th, 1728. in the 21 ft Year of her Age. T. JJERE lieth interr'd the Body of Elizabeth Taylor, Widow of Doctor TaYLOR, and Daughter of Hugh Lifter, of this Town, Efquire ; who departed this Life the 21ft of June, 1 7 14, aged 61 Years. JJERE lieth the Body of ROBERT THORP, who departed this Life the 2d Day of March, 17 10. in the 68th Year of his Age. JJEre lieth interr'd the Body of Mr. Samuel THOMPSON, of this Town, Wine-Cooper, who departed this Life the 15 th of April, 17 17. aged 48 Years. w. JJERE lieth interr'd the Body of Mrs. Mary WALLIS, Wife of Mr. Towers Wall is, of this Town, Merchant, and Daughter to Alderman Richard Gray. She departed this Life, in the true Faith of Christ, the 15th of March, 1695. An no /Eta lis 32. ]-[Ere lieth the Body of Richard Watson, who departed this Life the 27th of June, 17 18. Alfo of Hannah his Wife, who departed this Life the 16th of July, 17 15. JJEre lieth interr'd the Body of Mr. Joel WlNSPEARE, of this Town, Merchant, who departed this Life the 2 1 ft Day of December, 1681. in the 30th Year of his Age. II. Infcriptions on the South Side of the Church. B. JJERE lieth the Body of JANE, the Wife of Francis BENSON, Mafon, and Daughter of Ridiaffl Roebuck, Mafon, who died February II, 1720. aged 56 Years. ££Ere lieth the Body of Richard Brittain, who departed the 5th of December, 1728. aged 53 Years. j-J_ERE lieth the Body of Anne, the Wife of John BULLARD, who departed this Life the 22d of November, 1730. aged 58 Years. C. Here H.Trinity Church-Yard ///Kingfton-upon-Hull. 5 1 C. JJEre lieth the Body of Laurence Clark, of this Town, Plummer, who departed this Life the ioth of December, 1726. aged 64 Years. Here alfo lieth the Body of Laurence Clark, Plummer, Son of Laurence Clark, who departed this Life the 22d of September, 1727. AZtatis face 29. J-^Ere lieth the Body of Thomas Cook, Pipe-Maker, who died the 7th of February, 1720. aged 64. |TEre lieth interr'd the Body of Mr. John Crifpiu, Mafter and Mariner, who departed this Life, in the true Faith of Christ, the 3d Day of October, 1679. in the Year of his Wardenfliip for the Trinity- Houfe, and in the 45th Year of his Age. -JEre lieth Elizabeth, (the Daughter of John Crispin, Mafter and Mariner,) who departed this Life December 31, 1 669. being Five Years of Age. J^[Ere lieth the Body of Mr. William Crowle, of this Town, Merchant, who departed this Life the 8th of Augufl 1730. and in the 70th Year of his Age; Son of Alderman George Crowle, who was a great Benefactor to this Town. This Gentleman lies buried near the Side of the Church. D. -[Ere lies the Body of Mr. George Dickinson, Mafter and Mariner, five times Warden of Trinity-Houfe, who departed this Life the 4th of June, 1698. in the 80th Year of his Age. JJEab this Place is interr'd Robert Dickinson, who died September 4, 1680. aged 37. Alfo Susanna his Wife, who died the 27th of February, 1726. aged yy. Elizabeth, their Daughter, died the 6th of April, 1726. aged 46. Jane, their Daugh- ter, the 13th of A/arch, 17 14 aged 40. Thomas Wakefield, her Husband, died the 26th of March, 17 18. aged 54. Alfo John Cam/fall, who died the ioth of Oclobcr, 1722. aged 61 Years. [Ere lieth the Body of Thomas Dixon, who died the 13th of December, \yi6. in the 29th Year of his Age. E. JEre lie the Bodies of Henry Etiirinoton, and J\m his Wife. He departed this Life the 4th of January; ami entered the Ninetieth Year of his Age, Anno Domini 1716. F. TEbe lie the Bodies of RlCHARD and Elizabbtb POSTER, who died in December, 1721 ; his Age 30, her Age 25 \\.u . Some Lines might hare been written of this Pair, as now art the Grave <>f Mr. PBAHClfl Hi NTRODE8, and M\i;v his Wife, interr'd (in the Year 1680.) near the Choi)- Door of St. ,MAKY> Church, 5 2 Chap. ii. Epitaphs and Inscriptions in Churchy Whitby. (*) Their Birth and Age make, indeed, feme Diffe- rence : But in the Death of this Couple, (as yet but young, "when one Month determined their Fate!) they fcarcely feem'd divided. (*) Husband, and Wife that did Twelve Children bear, Dy'd the fame Day, alike both aged were. ' Bout Eighty Years they livd/five Hours did part (Evn on the Marriage-Day) each tender Heart. So fit a Match, furely, could never be: Both, in their Lives, and in their Deaths, agree. On which Lines, tho' an ingenious Gentleman has paraphras'd, I will not venture to ufe his Words, but rather fomething in Imitation. T/y*AS ever Pair more happily combin'd ? Or ever Fortune feem'd fo much divine ? One fcarcc had Life, the other Heav'n defign'd To grant a Being, both in Love to fhinc. Thro' rolling Years they paft: And when that Death Took One, the Other felt his cruel Dart : Both in one Day, perhaps, one Hour, loft Breath ; And, as they liv'd, together, they depart ! Could H. Trinity Church Yard /; / Kingfton-upon-Hull. 53 CJAptain William Frugill, died the 21ft Day of April, 1656. [A Sword is carved, with thefe Lines.] What Sir, they fay, 'tis Jure : True Men of War, Of Valour, Art, and Faith, eompofed are. If Indian, German, Englifh Wars yield Fame, Read then a Man of War, in Englifh Name. G. J-TIc facet Johannes Gorwood, cum duobus filiis, (Samuele et Joanne) qui obiit Dec. 16. Anno Dom. 17 19. sEtat.fua? 46. Jacet hie quoque Uxor precdicli Joannis. Ob. 13. Septemb. A. S. 1728. Mtat. 44. [Buried at the Weft End.] JEhe is interr'd the Body of Lydia, the Wife of Mr. John Graves, Merchant, who departed this Life, Feb. 14. 1672 H. fJEitE lieth the Body of Robert Hall, late of this Town, Taylor. Obiit 9 July. 17 19. sE 'tat is 63. JJEre lieth the Body of Mr. Thomas Harrison, Writing- Matter : Who, after a Life of great Piety, and much Ufeful- nefs in his Profeffion, did, with great Satisfaction, refign up his Soul into the Hands of his Redeemer, the 9th Day of December, in the Year of our LORD 17 15. and of his Age 84. JEke lieth the Body of Mr. David Hesslewood, Mailer and Mariner, and Warden of the Trinity-llonfe, who died the 25 th of July, 1 7 17. aged 58 Years. Alfo Margaret, his Wife, who died the 20th of November, 17 19. aged 49 Years: And John, their el deft Son, died the 31ft of December, 1707. aged 19 Years. JOhn Johnson, died November the 5th, in the Fourteenth Year of his Age, Anno Dom. 17 12. L. Her b Could ever Marriage more confummate prove ? Or imitate the mofl harmonious Strings ; Which joining Arts had mov'd, in trueft Love, As when Orphceus plays, Hymenceus fings ? But ftill conjoin'd, melodiously, to raife, Their tuneful Voices, far above the Spheres ; Now both together ling th' Almighty's Praife ; Whilft Eb, JEHOVAH ! pleafing fits, and heai , Thus Birth, and Wedlock, Trouble, Joy, and Death, Alternate fuay'd, to Everlafting Life : New Joys, in Ileav'n, exchang'd lor Cares, on Earth; Was ever fuch an happy Man and Wife? 54 Chap. ii. Epitaphs and Inscriptions in L. TTEre licth the Body of Eliza beth Langdale, Widow, who died the 27th of November, 1718. IT Ere licth Mary, the Daughter of Nicholas Lintey, and Wife of Samuel Crifpiu. She died the 20th of September, 1659. M. TTEre is intcrr'd William Marsingale, March 3, 1704. aged 58. Nigh this Place Mary, his Wife, May 2, 1708. aged 39. Here alfo William, their Son, December 6, 1723. aged 26. A Deacon truly qualified, holding the Myjlery of the Faith in a pure Confcieuce, I. Tim. iii. 9. TTEre lies the Body of Anne, the Daughter of Thomas Mar- tin, who died in May, 1705 ; and James, the Son of Tho- mas Martin, who died in July, 1705. TTEre licth the Body of George Matthews, and Sarah, his Wife. She died the 6th of May, 17 17. sEtat. 62. And he died Oclob. 31. 17 17. vEtat. 6$. And alfo 8 Children, via. Sarah Roebuck, late Wife of John Roebuck, Frec-Mafon. She dy'ci the 27th of December, 1708. And Charles Matthews, Freeman, and Apothecary, of this Town. He died the 26th of May, 171 5. JEtat. 25. The other 6 died in their Infancy. TTEre is intcrr'd the Body of William Moore, Cord- wainer. He died the 14th of December, 17 14. aged 70. He was the third Son of Mr. John Moor, Woollen-Draper. P. TTEre licth intcrr'd the Body of Francis Porter, of this Town, Innholder, who departed this Life the 28th Day of September, Anno 17 12. in the 72d Year of his Age. TTEre lieth the Body of John Purver, Son of Mr. John Pur- vey, who departed this Life, in the true Faith of Christ, on the 8th of November, 1702. aged 31 Years. Here alfo lieth the Body of Mrs. Anne Ptjryer, late Wife of Mr. John Purver, Sheriff of this Town, in the Year, 1705 ; By whom he had 7 Sons, and 4 Daughters. She departed this Life, in the true Chriftian Faith, the 7th Day of April, 17 10. in the 71ft Year of her Age. Here alfo licth intcrr'd the Body of John Puryer, Gentleman, and Sheriff of this Town, who departed this Life, in the true Faith of Christ, the 4U1 Day of October, 17 14. in the 72d Year of his A^e : He married Eleanor, his fecond clearly beloved Wife, by whom he had one Son, named John Purver. [Buried at W. End.] R. TTEre lie the Bodies of Andrew Rayner, (who departed this Life the 26th of February, 1718. in the 85th Year of his Age) H.Trinity Church- Yard/// Kingfton-upon-Hull. 55 Age) and Mary, his Wife, who died the 6th of November, 17 19. in the 83d Year of her Age. T_T Ere lieth the Body of THOMAS ROBERTS, who departed this Life the 27th of March, 1727. aged 33 Years. U Ere lieth interr'd the Body of Mr. William Robinson, fometime Sheriff of this Town, who departed this Life the 8th of December. Here also interred the Body of Mrs. ELIZA- BETH Robinson, late Wife of Mr. William Robinson, of this Town, Master and Mariner, and Daughter of the above-named Mr. William Robinson, who departed this Life the 25th of May t 1 7 17. aged 56 Years. And also the Body of Mrs. FRANCES, their Daughter, who died the 5th of Feb. 1707. [ Buried at IV. End.~\ s. T-J Ere lieth the Body of Rebecca, the Daughter of Mr. Robert Sanderson, Woollen-Draper ; who married REBECCA, the Daughter of the Worshipful Alderman Bloom, 1665. U Ere lieth buried the Body of JAMES SCOLES, Merchant-Ad- venturer, who departed this Life the 10th of Nov. A.D. 1633. \X7lTHlN this Vault lieth interr'd the Body of the Wor- shipful Alderman JOHN SOMERSCALES, Merchant, who was twice Mayor of this Town. He departed this Life the 1 8th Day of February, 1732. aged 79. He married Martha, the Daughter of Mr. John Watson, late of this Town, by whom he had four Sons, and four Daughters. Two of his Sons lie interr'd here. [Near the West Door.'] T-IEkl lieth interr'd the Body of ROBERT STANDIGE, who de- parted this Life April 12, in the Year of our LORD, 1677. JOhn Short, of this Town, Wine-Cooper, departed this Life Feb. the 26th, Mtatis 61, Anno Sal it lis 17 17. I_IEre lies the Body of Henry Short, Distiller, who died the 24th of June, 1733. aged 37. Also the Bodies of HENRY and Mary, two of his Children. Likewise the Bodies of JOHN Short the Father (and JOHN Short the Brother) of tin-said Henry Short. '"FHlS in Memory of John Storm, Parish-Clerk 41 Years, excellent in his Way, buried here the 24th of May, [727. aged 74 Y' ii He lies on the South Side of the Church Porch. J J Ere lieth the Body of Mr. Leonard Story, late Officer of His Maj< tstoms in this Town. He departed this Life the 26th Day of August, 1719, in the 70th Yearoi his Age: Who, after he had survived Elizabeth, his beloved Wife, (who died the first "f September, 170J, in the 58th War of her Age) was interr'd in the same Grave. II W.Here 56 Chap. ii. Epitaphs and Inscriptions in W. JJEre lies the Body of Francis Watson, of this Town, Wine-Cooper, who departed this Life the 17th Day of Decem- ber, 1706. in the 70th Year of his Age. T-IErje lieth interr'd the Body of DANIELW HITAKER, who de- parted this Life September 23, . /. Dom. 1724. aged 55 Years. Alfo four Children : SARAH, SUSANNA, DANIEL and ISAAC. T_T Ere lieth the Body of THOMAS Wood, who died January the 1 6th, A.D. 1717. aged 79 Years. J Ere lies the Body of Mr. SAMUEL Wood, who died August the 25th, A.D. 1730. aged 57 Years. ■JEre lieth the Body of Mr. Stephen WOOD, who died the 5 th of March, 17 18. aged 48 Years. Y. JJERE lieth the Body of MARGARET, the Wife of Robert YOUNG, who died the 26th Day of December, Anno Domini 1 7 1 5 . JEtatis fuce 64. Of the Church dedicated to St. MARY, called the Low-Church. T7ROM what. Manuscripts, or other Accounts I have perus'd, I find this Church to have been built much about the same time as the other, promoted by several of the same Contributors : That it has been a much larger Edifice than at present ; and probably there might have been Chantries therein. King Henry VIII. us'd it as his Chapel Royal : But the Steeple offending him, because it was opposite the Place where he rcfided, he order'd it to be pull'd down ; in which Condition the Church continued for a long time, 'till the Inhabitants erected a new one (in which are 3 Bells) at their own Expence. Underneath a Mayor lies buried, upon whofc Grave-Stone is the following Infcription. ZJERE lieth interr'd the Body of William Mould, late Merchant, and Alderman of Hull, who was twice Mayor of the fame Town. He departed this Life, Feb. 26. A.D. 1721. in the 66th Year of his Age. Near this, is another Infcription, viz. ZJERE lieth the Body of THOMAS Scaman M after and Ma- riner, who died the 14th of December, 17 12. aged 65. St. MARY'S Church, Kingfton-upon-Hull. 57 Round a handfome Font near the foregoing : Peter Madock, John Fawfett, Church-Wardens. A new Clock was put up, 1716. James Wilkinfon, and Benjamin Blaydes, Jun. Church-Wardens. But, to proceed in the Church. On a painted Board, near the Pulpit, are the Emblems of Mercy and Justice : Between which, is fupported an Harrow ; a Crown at the Top ; a Cap and Floivcr-de- Lis on each Side. Befides, are thefe Lines. « JYJERCY and JUSTICE, fet in pious Station, " Have ever been the fure Props of a Nation : " They uphold Kings ; and Crowns they do fupport ; " Nor is there, againft Sin, a furer Fort : " An Emblem of true Regiment is this ; " Which, who obferves, shall never rule amifs." Vivat Rex, & floreat Grex. 1660. The Inscriptions, and Epitaphs, are as follow. B. J-JERE lieth interr'd the Body of Mr. MICHAEL BEILBY, of this Town, Merchant, who dy'd Oclob. 3, 1705, aged 81. Alfo Philadelphia Beilby, late Wife of Mr. Jonathan Beilby, of Hull, Merchant, Daughter to Francis Moore, Alderman, thrice Mayor of Clicjlerfnid, buried on the South Side of this Stone, Aug. 6, 1706. aged 43 Years. And on the Weft Side lieth PHILADELPHIA, their Daughter, who dy'd the 24th of Oelober, 17 10. aged 14 Years. [Buried in the S. /Jlc] AT the Foot of this lies, in Hope of a Bleffed Refurrcc- tion, the Bodies of JONATHAN BEILBY, Merchant, and Philadelphia, his Wife ; by whom he had 7 Sons, and 5 Daughters : The former departed this Life the 27th of Oelober, 171 I. in the 54th Year of hi : The latter died the 3d of Auguji, 1706. in the 43d Year of her This Inferiptiou is near the Son/ft Wall. D. ] [Ere lieth the Body of the Worfhipful William Dobson, Merchant-Adventurer, twice Mayor of this Town, who departed this Life the 20th Day of Oelober, 1666. And of Sybil, his Wife, who departed this Life the 19th Day of Auguft, 1668. And affix* d to the Wall, (near which he lies bu- rial, in the North Isle) is a Jlnjt, under which is this Inferiptiou. I ■ 58 Chap. 11. Epitaphs and Inscriptions in TN Memoriam hujus Emporij, bis ad Clavum (edit Prae- fe£tus Purpurfi caeterifque [mperii [nsignibus donatus ; * Sceptro, Gladioque praecurforibus famulatus eft. Juftitiae, & Miferecordiae Patronum dixeris, an Vmdicem ? Qui re- gendo par erat. Cedant Arma Loci, Gladium, Sceptrumque Colorquc. GULIELMUS DOBSON Caeli pretiosus Emptor, congeftans ubicunque Opes, colligens, dedit, distribuit : Gemma ut fibi lucraret Caelum pretiofius omni. Audi tria Verba ; totidem gratus, pius, hdelis, hofpitalis ; Deum. Regem, Vicinum, colendo, amando, fublevando. Tali fatellitio ftipatus, hujus Vitae Laudem meruit. Quid potuit majus, quid non fperabimus ultra, fuge quaerere. Which is this r e nder'd / N Memory of the Mayor of this Corporation, who was twice in that Office, adonfd in Purple, bearing, as Enfigns of Magi- flracy, a Mace, and Sword. it's difficult to fay, whether he {who had Abilities fit for his Station) was a greater Patron of Justice, er fevere Revenger of any Breach made upon it ? Let the Bearings, or Arms, of the Town, or any other Accomplishments whatever, be of no Account, when laid in the Balance to his fupc- rior Virtues. WILLIAM DOBSON, dejirous of Happincfs, what- ever Riches he attain 1 d to, he generously gave, and diflributed to pious Ufcs, in order to pur chafe Heaven, far more precious than any Earthly Trcnfurcs. Hear his Character in three {or more) Words: He was devout, loyal, hofpitable ; having a finccrc Love for God, the King, and his Country : Being adoru'd with these great Virtues, he was well fpokcu of in this World ; and there is no Reason to doubt of his Happincfs in the other. "VA/Tluam DOBSON, Jun., departed this Life, March 21, 1655. [Lies buried near his honourable Parents.] • As to the Mace, it is an Emblem of Royal Authority. And King Henry VI. in the Year 1440, (when he confirm'd the old Charters, making it a Corpora- tion Town, which, with its Precincts, should be as a County of itself) ordered, That, for the future, every Mayor should have the Sword (as well as Cap of Main- tenance) borne before him on all publick Occafwns, in the Name of the Kmg, or his Sue- ceffbrs : Ami also that He, with the Aldermen, should wear Scarlet Gowns, (lined with Furrs, like the '} h /foods over their Necks and Shoulders, in the fame Form, and Magnificence, as Those Eminent Perfons, in that high Dig' nily, were ufually adorn' d with, in the City (?/" LONDON. E. Here St. MARY*S Church, Kingston-upon-Hull. 59 E. UEre lieth the Body of Elizabeth Eyres, Daughter of Matthew Anlaby, Efq ; who departed this Life in April 1717. Mtat. 39. [Buried in the South Isle.'] Her Sifter Mary lies interred in Beverley Minjler. See my Second Volume of feveral parts of the County, Page S6. H. On the South J Vail is a Brafs Plate affix d, (over a Pew, near the Pulpit) on which are the Effigies of a Man, his two Wives, with thefe Words, and in much the like Characters. |£<9rc Iijctfj 3Fofm 3&?ar»son, £cfjmnan, an& ai&crman of tfjis f the Reverend Mr. NATHANIEL LAMB, A.M. Minifter of this Parifli [8 years, who died the 21ft of May, 1702. in the 66th War <'t his Age. Also the Body of his Sun MICHAEL LAMB, who died the iuth of July, 1693. in the 15th Year of his Age. M. QUI 6o Chap. ii. Epitaphs and Inscriptions in Q M. U I Pedem hue infers . Eternitatis Contetnplator, Imprudeus ne calces erudites Ciueres, AJlas ad Tumulum CAROLI MOSS, M. D. Viris, Linguarum, Artium, Rerum peritiffitnus : At prater catera, in Theoria Medicines egregie doclus, In Praxi nulli fecundus. Quod ad privatas Laudcs, Pectoris fuit omnino aferli, cdndidi, Houc/io incocli, Humanitate conditi, Benevolent ia referti, caquc in Arnicas A uiicif/iuta, officiocif/iuia. Vidua nicer ens Hoc Marmor, /eve Pignus Anion's, Poni curavit. ( * ) Obiit Januarii 17 . A ( Sa/ utis 1 73 1. Anno \ , r . . ■ ' J ( sk tatis 47. P. JJEre lieth the Body of Mr. Richard Pearson, of Ryah in Holdcruefs, who departed this Life Augufl 2, 1695. s. ^[Ere lieth the Body of Sarah, Wife of William Skoop- iiome, of Thcddlct/iorpc, Lincolnshire} Gentleman, who dy'd the 14th of Augujl, 17 14. aged 63. [Buried in the North Isle.'] ( * ) This Gentleman lies buried in the Middle (or Broad) Isle of the Charch, at the East End. By Miftake, his Epitaph was inf cried, in the Second Volume of Anti- quities Pag. S7, where the Church of St. Mary, in Beverley, is treated of. The following Lines are a Paraphrafe ofivhat is contained in the Itfcriplion. YOU, who come here to meditate y So tender, fo fincere his Soul, Upon the Soul's eternal State, J That none, who knew, but must condole. Take Care : You're near the Dr's Urn, j V Each /vvVW, to\vhomheseem'da2?rM55«r Simply you may bis A -las fpurn, - 'Ti - Bl should grieve with one another; But treat bis Mem'ry not with Boom. ) Since his Benevolence oft' chear'd, He was a Man of brightcft Parts; " As if for them he only car'd. Knew Languages, the World, and Arts; 1 But tho' all did in him combine, V This Marble Stone, his mournful Dear, In Physick, chiefly he did shine. y In Token of her Love, plac'd here. Here St. MARYS Church, Kingston-upon-Hull. 61 JJEre refteth in Peace Mr. Thomas Swan, Merchant- Adventurer, Mayor of this Town ; who departed, to the Mercy of God, the 20th of January, 1629. This Gentle- man lies buried within tJie Rails of the Altar ; whose Effigy, with that of his Lady, are neatly placed on the Stone. T. J-JEre lieth the Body of the Worfhipful Thomas Thack- ray, twice Mayor of this Town, and Merchant-Adven- turer, who departed in the true Faith of Christ, 1630. Quod fum, fueris. [I/e lies buried within the Altar Rails, over whom is his Effigy, with thofe of his Wife, and Children] Interred in the South Isle. TV/TRs. Mary Thomas, dy'd in 1696. Mr. Edward Thompson, dy'd the fame Year, aged yj. Buried on the South Side of the Altar. JJERE lieth the Body of the Worshipful Alderman Robert Trippet, of this Town, Merchant, twice Mayor of this Town, who was married to Mrs. Mary Wilberforce, (Daughter of the Worfhipful Alderman Wilberforce, formerly Lord-Mayor of York) by whom he had 9 Sons, and 5 Daughters, ten whereof lie intomb'd near to this Vault. He departed this Life the 19th of November, in the Year of our LORD 1707, and in the 69th Year of his Age. ultima feuiper Expeelauda Dies llomiui, dicique beatus Ante obitum nemo, fupremaque funcra debet, (f) ]-[Ere alfo lieth the Body of Mrs. Mary Trippet, Wife of Alderman Trippet, who died Jan. 30, 1722, aged 67. Alfo EDWARD, their Sou, died the 25th of July, \J\J. aged 27. The following Inscription is on a South Pillar. \^K\u this Place lieth the Body of the Worfhipful PHILIP Wilkinson, Efq; twice Mayor of tin's Town. He had two Wives : The full was ESTHER, the Daughter of . / rthur hould 1"- in 1 >iniinu.il Expectation o1 ourlaft ii ii" perfect Felicity in tliii Life; aua Death only is the "ha[i]>y Mi flei dui I oui Son] 1 to Immortality." 62 Inscriptions in St. MARY'S Church, Hull. Arthur* Ingram, of Nottingly, Efq ; by whom he had u Children, only two of which furvive him : She died the 28th of December, [683. and lies also interr'd near this Place. The Second was Anne, the Daughter of Mr. Thomas Kitching* man, of Carlton, who furvives him : By her he had three Children, all which he furviv'd : He departed this Life, for a better, the 1 Sth of March, 17 16. in the Seventieth Year of his Age. * A Kniglit, of that Name, was one of the Benefactors to the Cathedral of York, [See the HijL Pag. 6 1 . ] The Family, a> I was inform'd, hi luge Hall, on the Weft Bide of the River Fq/s, two Miles from York, near Huntington, (deriv'd from Hunting-Town, fuppos'd to have been a Receptacle for the Huntfmen, who were formerly employM to deftroy the ravenous wild Boars in the Forest of Gautres) and nigher the Church, dedicated to St. Margaret; in which, 'tis fuppos'd, one of thofe Baronets lies interr'd. I ol Amis, once engrav'd on Brafs, is torn off the Grave-Stone: And the Church, which is I rj, feems very antient, with an Iron Oofs at the Eaft End : In the Church-Yard feems to have been another of St. me ; only that Part, on the Top, which form'd it into a Crofs, is broken off. To this Place, is a pleasant Caufey, which leads from the Town to a little Bridge over the faid River. The Parfonage- House is entirely demolish'd : Half of Earfwick, and half of Tolthorp, belong to Huntington', the other Parts appertain to the Parish of Strenshall, In Inscriptions in St. MARY'S Church-Yard. 63 /;/ the C 1 lurch- Yard arc Grave Stones placed over the following pcrfons. T HE Reverend Mr. DANIEL Aclam, A.M. of Sidney -Sujf ex College, Cambridge, Son of Alderman Aclam, who departed this Life, in the Year of our Lord, 1683. THOMAS Bell, 17 16. Elizabeth, his Wife, 1728. George Bell, 1723. Mary Bewlev, 1717. Thomas Johnson, Mayor. John LlLLEY, Chyrurgeon, Jan. 1691. WILLIAM PALLISTER, Mariner, 1727. JOHN Robinson. Edward THOMPSON, 1676. Nathan Todd, 17 12. Susanna Watson, 1706. George Westerdale, 1720. His Wife, 1727. Mary (and Jane) Wilkinson, 1726. Conclufwn of the Epitaphs and Infcriptions at Hull. TN my Return, from Hull, Anno 1731, I took Notice of St. Mary's Church, *■ at CA VE ; wherein, on the North Side, near the Chancel, is an antient Effigy of Sir George Metham, Kt. in complete Armour ; and that of his Lady is laid befide him. Near the Altar, is this Infcription : "Here lieth interr'd the "Body of George Metham, Efq; and Katherine, his Wife: She died the "13th of Augujl, and He the nth of October, 1672." Within the Rails of the Altar, is this : " Under this Stone lie two Grandsons of George Metham, "of North Gi7Y, Efq; by Barbary, his Daughter, Wife to Hugh Montgomery, of "/fathom, Efq; viz. Cecil Philip died 23d of April, 1719, Nine Months old : "And Wkav, the 26th of December, 1721, about the fame Age." And upon a Braf> Plate, opposite the Altar : " Here lieth the Body of Francis Metham, "Gent, youngeft Son of George Metham, of North Cave, Efq; who departed this "Life Mciir/i the 2d, 1 701. And of Margaret, his Wife, fecond Daughter of "William Pear/on, of Stokesley, Efq; who departed this Life, Aug. 17. 1725." This only is in the South Isle: " Here lieth the Body of Mr. Richard Baley, late of " Hotham, in this Parish, who departed this Life the 24th day of June, Anno Dom. " 1694. /Etat. fine 60. Mors omnibus communis." And here I beg Leave to conclude (what I have painfully collected, and would not have loft ; or, what feems much like it, long hidden from the World) with an Infcription written by the late Rev. Dr. CHARLES BLAKE, (formerly Minifter of the Church of .V. Sepulchre, L< >NDON ; Prebendary of Stillingtoit, and Sub-Dean of York) which he defign'd as a pious exhortatory Epitaph; and that eminent Character, given of him by his Friends after his Death: All which are now to be read, in the Latin Tongue, in fair Charai tei ■ (which here, with the Original, is render'd int<> English) on tin- Sid. of a beautiful and lofty Monument, contriv'd by a late inge- I nious 64 Chap. ii. Epitaph or Inscription on nious + Architect, (placed over his Grave, or Vault, made of Brick, within the Earth) in the Church-Yard, near the Eaft Window, which gives Light to the Table of the Altar. <£>n tfjr 5>outf) riiir of tfir iiflonuniriit. Huic Mannori subjacent Rudera Domicilii Terreni, olim Hofpes fui, quam Incola, ( UOLI B J \ I Hujufce Ecelefia Parochialis Redlor, I 'tinani fane haud prorsus indigtitis ! Qua/is hodie mortuus e.xijlo, Talis fempcr fui etiam in n. . Vermis et non Homo. mi Dais, Da mihi precor, ut dortniam in Chrifto ; Donee cum omnibus Sanctis Angelis, Veniet in fua Gloria 'Judex Vivorum, fun id ac Mortuorum /Equiffimtts. In ijlo Die, JDomine, Deus Mifericordia, rcre mei, miferrimi Peccatoris ! Sifle pa runt per, Betievole partter, ac Pie Viator, Linn Precibus Verbum prediclis amp/ins addas, Amen. //■ reaibare jurat, quod, Lethi Node peracla, /Sterna Vita: Aurora fulgente, re/'/n- Jit ia m mortuus loquitur C A RO LU S R L A K E . yy/r.v rendered. UNder this Marble lie tin' Ruins of niy earthly Tabernacle : In which I was rather a .Sojourner, than an Inhabitant, Chari es Blake Rei tor ofthis Parish Church, I wish I might not fay, an unworthy oik- ! What I am now dead, fuch I always was when alive, A Worm, AND NO Man. Grant, (» my ( ,( )I), I befcech Thee, that I may sleep in CHRIST, "till the juft Judge of Quick and Dead shall come in his own Glory, accompany'd with all his holy Angels. Tn that Day, O Lord, thou God of Mercy, have Com- paffion on me, a miferable Sinner ! Thou courteous and pious Paffenger, flop a little while; only to add one Word to thefe my Prayers, viz. AM EX. I choofe to lay my Bones in this Place ; that, when the Night of Death is part, I may then rife early in the Morning of the Refurrection to haemal Life, Charles Blake, d, even now fpeaketh. This modeft humble Gen- tleman, that had fuch low and mean Opinion of him- felf, and his own Merits : Yet how worthy a Man he was, an friends thought of him, the oppofite Table will further inform you. Hie dc Je Vir modejhts, Parum a quits fui A-jlimator, Quis ante in erat, quidque de eo fentiebant Amic, A: -r/'niii latus tc docebit. 3t Hjr £aet £nu of tfjr S-rpulrfjrr. N.B. In Cameterio juxta Viam tritam, fepeliri volo, peto, atque exopto. yes, "lis my earned Defire, my Body may be buried THAT IS: N. B. In the Church- Yard, near the High Road, s my Will ; I request ; ®\\ t He lies interr'd in S. Glare's Church-Yard, )'ork, near the venerable Ruins of St. Mary'.' Abbey, with this Infcription, on a rais'd Tomb Stone. Hie jacct Dan. Harvey, Stirpe Gal I us, idernq; probus Sculptor, A re luted us etiam peritus. accr, integer Antieit'uc ; Qua in filii ; citius, aliis benejiciis. Abi Viator, fequi remmifcere. ObiU, undeciino Die Dccembris, A.D. 1733. sEtalis 50. The Tomb of the late Rev. Chas. Blake, D.D. 65 Cn rlje .Rort!) &ioe of the Cflomtmnu. C arol us Blake, S. T. P. Natui est Reading] Bercherienfis, Oct. xxxi. M DO LXTV. Parentibus, ut in tali Municipio, PrimarUs : In Scholar Publico Mercatorum Sciffbrum Londini institutus, pro more die' llegium Sancti Johannis Baptiftse Oxonij : ubi bonis Litteris te totum dedidit. Linguarum peritus, pre Antiquarum, opttmos Authores in Manibus habuit : Poesia tentavit, non infeliciter : In omni Philosophic versuius, ilium (a nun e. pracipue, qua pertinet ad Mores: Thee futpote qiuc Studiomm Finis) maxitne omnium studio- sistintus, cetera non tanti Facials, nisi cum Divinarum ScientiA eonj'uneta. His Artibus eximij Nominis inter Academicos evasit, magnus Tngenij, magnus Doctrine laudibus, major Amort Fietatis. Authors. In Poetry he be- came no mean Proficient ; well skill'd in all the Parts of PhUofophy, efpecially in that Branch which leads to Morality : But chiefly inclin'd to the Study of Divinity, (as being the End of all Studies) not regarding other Sciences, but when accompany'd with the Knowledge of Things Divine. By thefe Endowments, he gain'd a great Character amongst his Contemporaries; who admir'd him for his ready Wit, his great Learning, but most of all for his Love of Piety. THIS TRANSLATED. (~~MI *.rles Blake, Doctor ^^ of Divinity, was born at Reading in Berkshire, October, 31, 1664. of Parents of the .tirll Rank in that Corpora- tion ; educated at Merchant- Taylors School, London; and according to its Cuftom, was elecled a Member of St. John's College, in Oxford, where he lb diligently a] himfelf to his Studies, that he became well skill'd in the learned Languages, especially thofe of tlie Antient Fathers; ever made use of the choicest Inter lore Academicd Stadia nata ,v/ At, qua vera illi intercessit cum Excellcnti Domino GULIELMO Dawk-, Baronet to. Cut 1' Ceftrienfi Episcopo, Diende Eborum ./ Facto, Sacris fait a Domesticis ; atqtu duicissima, cum ab ejus latert nunquam discederet. In tanto tantqu* benevolo Patrocinio Benefida $ Dignitates ■i quasivit, ut nonnulla reeusaverit oblata, alia etiam pom ua ultro resignaverit. Siqtta retinuit, id Factum ist obsequio Patroni, f York, 1. Chaplain. This way of Life was fo Qg to him, that he never left him, 1 mi t became hi- con- slant i i Under lb o isa Patron, he fo little fought after either I [onoui oi Pr< ferments, that feveraT, that were offered, he refufed; others, hew uslyre- fign'd; and thofe he kept, he did it to oblige hi- Patron, lit it unjust that fo great and worthy a Man should want all due II »ur and Regard. lie lived dear and delightful to his Friends: An Enemy to no Body; and none an Enemy to him. afflicted with the Gout for many Years; and being worn out, at last li- the 22nd ot '73°. i t Propinquitate Sanguii II ■ in ttituit In in Mi retiti I Mbnumetitum Hocponi fecerunt. His Relations thai were : a-kin to him by d, he ap- pointed tin i i iend •, that most deferred his Favour, to b« his Heii i Who ei Monument to hi- Memory. OJ OftJie Monasteries and other Religious Houses, in Kingfton-upon-H ULL : With an account of their Benefactors : but more efpecially of the Family of Dc la Pole, fome of whom came at la ft to be of Royal Blood. CHAP. III. AMONG the feveral Orders of the Church of Rome, Tins, we arc told, had its Rife from a miraculous Occafion. A learned Man, named Bruno, who ftudy'd Philofophy at Paris, attending the Funeral of his Friend, reputed to have been a good Liver ; whilft the Service was performing in the Church, the Corpfe is faid to have rais'd itfelf on the Bier, and utter thefe Words : By the just Vengeance of the Almighty, I am accusd: Then it laid down, and again arofe, faying, The Judgment of the Most High is again/I me: And moving in like manner the third time, declar'd the tremen- dous Sentence given againft him : By the Justice of God, faid he, lam condemn d ! All prefent were exceedingly furpriz'd, efpecially BRUNO, who, with 6 Companions, went to the Defert of Chartreufe, in Dauphinc, where founded a Monaftery, under the moft rigorous Conftitutions. Their Cuftom was, To wear a Hair Cloth next their Skin ; a white Caffock, with a Cloak over it ; and a Hood, to cover the Head. They were enjoin'd to Silence ; and not to go out, without Leave from their Superior. Straw was their Bed, coarfe Skins their Pillows, and Covering ; but, to keep themfelves clean, and free from Idlenefs, they were allow'd Needles, Thread, Sciffu res, Combs, Pens, Ink, and Tools of various Sorts. At Meals their Eyes were to be fix'd on the Food, their Hands upon the Table, their Attention on the Le<5lurer, and their Hearts on the Almighty. Of this Order were thofe in the Monaftery of Mount-Grace, near Cleveland, dedicated to St. NICHOLAS and the B. Virgin Mary, founded The Remarkable HISTORY of the De la Polos. 67 founded by Thomas Holland, Duke of Surrey, Earl of Kent, and Lord Wake. But, before I proceed to That, erected by the famous Michael de la Pole ; it will be very proper here, to give fome Account of the Rife of the Family of that Name. ABOUT the Year of Christ, 1330. there was a flourifhing Town, call'd Raven/rod, or Ravenfpuru, fituated near the mouth of Hutnber ; where Trade had been carry'd on fuccefsfully for a lon«- Series of Time. Herein dwelt a moft skilful rich Merchant, called William de la *Pole, (the 2d Son of a Knight of * „.„ that Name) who marry'd KATHERINE, the Daugh- n f % . ter of Sir JOHN NORWICH, Kt. by whom he had 3 Ia l oleSl Children : Michael, Margaret, and Edmund. His Paternal Coat of Arms, which was Azure, a Fefs Or. between Three Leopards Heads, he laid afide, to bear Azure 2 Barrs Wavee Ar- gent, as a Sign of his Maritime Employment. When Kingjlon- upon-Hull began to rife in Splendour, he removed thither : Where King Edward III. Anno 1332. being the 6th Year of his Reign, (having proclaimed War againft the Scots) coming, with his Nobles, to take a View of its Strength and Magnitude ; He, and all his Attendants, were received and entertained by William de la Pole with the greateft magnificence. The Monarch, being extremely pleased, every Way, changed the Government of the Place, fo as to be ruled by a Mayor, (with 4 Bailiffs) to be annually elected ; and then knighted this loyal f Merchant, whom he appointed to be the firft of that Worfhipful Order. The French having, fome time after, affifted the Scots againft the King of England ; he therefore, in juft Revenge, was refolved to fight, and conquer them, even in their own Country. To which Purpofe, Anno 1338, the 12th of his Reign, he fail'd with his gal- lant Army into Flanders ; and arriving at Antwerp, vaft Throngs came to meet, (as even did the Emperor afterwards at Coign) and pay their Refpects to his Majefty. Amongft the reft, was Sir WILLIAM dela POLE, where he had been managing his Traffick ; who not only generously lent and fupply'd the King with what large Sums he had about him, which were feveral thoufands of Pounds ; but even betides mortgaged his Eftate for his Royal .Mailer's Life. Such attracting Behaviour, and unfpeakable Loyalty, fo charm'd the King, that he made him Knight Banneret in the Field ; gave him Letters Patents of deferved Renown ; and fettled on him, and his Heirs, to the Value of 500 Marks, annually, from Lands and Rents in Kingjlon-upon-l lull, and other Places. Moreover^ laid the Ki »k r > t Hi, HonJe wai in ill.- Hi h Strut, (then open t" tin- Haven) luring greet Stelths, Ware- 1 ionics, and all other in.o.ii.uy Conveniences 68 CHAP. hi. Of the Building the Charter-House. King, if it pi cafe* tJie . llmighty that I s/ia/l prove successful, I will make thofeFive Hundreda Thousand Marks a Year, to he continued for over. The Monarch, becoming profperous, and returning home, was as good as his word : Forfoon after, fending for Sir William, he made him lirll Gentleman of his Bed-Chamber, then Lord of the Seigniory of Hbldernefs, befides giving him other Places of Honour and Profit ; 'till, at laft, he was advane'd to be Chief-Baron of the Exchequer, and enjoy' d what Happinefs he could poffibly hope for. AND now his chief Study was to mow his Gratitude to Heaven, by whofe divine Providence he was fo remarkably bleft. He there- • r • w\y- f° re > obtaining Licence from King Edward, be- , r . - ' , gan to creel: a ftatelv *Buikling, to the Honour begins to found a * f GQD ncar ^ ^ Bu * d ^^ ^ Keligtous Mouse. wag half pcrfc a ed) about thc y ear , 3s6> he left thc finifhing of it to his Son Michael; who, as plainly appears, was a great Benefactor to this Town : For foon after, on the 6th of Augufl, in thc Year aforcfaid, the 30th of the fame King's Reign, he procured a Charter, empowering him, and his Heirs, for ever, to fend Juftices to KingJlon-upon-Hidl, in order to try, acquit or condemn, the Prifoners committed on fundry Occafions. And con- tinuing the Building as then incomplete, he fmifh'd it, in the Year - W-Mirlvu-l //A- + I 377»the 1 ft of the Reign of King Richard II. sv Micnaei ins Thc Charter is datcd Fc1k i8 the Yea r after, n /**S f witneffed by a Mayor of Hull, with others : Lnarter-rioule. Upon wllich Account, and as it mightily tends to open the Hiftory of the Dc la Poles, as well as to defcribe the antient Situation of the Monaftcry, the following Translation from Sir William Dugdales Monaflicon Anglicanum, Pag. 966, &c. mult furely be very acceptable to the Reader. f^O all the Faithful of CHRIST, who shall either fee or hear thefe Letters. Michael de la Pole, Knight, Lordof\\ 7 \nghQ\d, evcrlafling greeting in our Lord. Whilft zee continually revolve in our Mind, how our mofl dear Father and Lord William de la Pole, Knight, (now deceased) whilfthe lived, by the Infpiratiqn of the Holy Spirit, firfl founded an Hofpital for the Poor ; and afterwards, out of greater Devotion, altering this, his Purpofe, was refolved to creel, at KlNGSTOX-upon-HULL, a certain Religious Houfe of Nuns, or Poor Sifters Minoreffes Regular, of the Order of St. CLARE, for the Enlargement and Honour of the Church of England, and to the Intent that he might make CHRIST his Heir: And feeing our J aid Father left this World, when he hadnotyet compleated what he in- tended to hare endow? d; and having, before his Death, mofl /Iriclly charged Charter given by Michael, his Son, who compleated it. 69 chargd us, that we should take fuch Order concerning the /aid Bui/ding, as might tend to its greater Security, and better promote the Ends of Piety, according to our own Will and Difcretion: We being heartily and follicitously defirous to accomplish, effectually, his devout Intention, by making wholefome Provifion for the better Go- vernment and (irongcr Defence of the fa id Houfc: KNOW YE, there- fore, That, for the Honour of GOD, and his moft glorious Mother the Virgin Mary; of the bleffed Archangel St. Michael, all of that Celeftial Order, with Angels, and holy Spirits; of the bleffed Thomas the Martyr late Archbishop of Canterbury, and all the Saints of the Almighty Being: For the fpiritual Affection which we have and bear to the mofl devout Religion of the Order of Car- thufians, according to the Licenfe and Authority of our moft dread Sovereign Lord Edward, late King of England, the Third (of that Name) after the Conque/1, now deceased, and of Others, whofe Coufcut was neceffary to be obtain d in this Affair: We found, and erect, in one of our Meffuages, without the Walls of the f aid Town 0/K1NGS- TON-upon-HULL, a certain Religious Houfe to continue for ever. And in the Room of the faid Nuns, or Sifters, (which arc not yet appointed for that Place) let there be Thirteen Monks of the aforefaid Carthufian Order ; one of which to be called and elected Prior : And, according to the Rule of his Order, have a Regimen over Others ; by whom, we believe their Rules will be kept more fafely, and with more Vigilance and Devotion, than by Women, thro" all Probability, m the aforefaid Houfe: Which, from this Time, we will, order, couftitute, and ordain, by thefe our Letters, shall be called, The Religious Houfe of St MICHAEL of the Carthusian Order. A ud by the Affeut of the Greater Prior of the Carthufians in the Savoy, who is Principal of the Order of the aforefaid I louse, from whence alfo the faid Order took its Original; we appoint M after Walter de Kele, Prior of the Monks of the aforefaid Monaftery. We give alfo, and grant, by Licence and Authority of the moji noble Prince, and our Sovereign Lord R.ICHAR] >, now the illujlrious King of England, and op Others, whom it concemeth; and by thefe we con- firm, to the aforefaid Prior and Monks, the faid Meffuage, with the Appurtenances, containing 7 Acres of Land, which formerly WOS a a Parcel of the Manor of My ton, eat I'd La Maifon J)ieu, and which from this Time we will should be called the Houfe of St. Michael 0/ the Order of Carthufians of KlNGSTON-upon-1 1 1 1.1 , as heretofore; 'her with a certain Chapel, built on the faid Meffuage; and all other Buildings flatlding thereupon, with all Appurli nances whatjo- CVer, as it is filiated, within a certain Pitfall of Jhtme [Catherine de la Pole, our moll dear Mother towards the Wcji ; and a certain llolpital, 70 CHAP. III. Continuation of the CHARTER. Hofpital of ours, now called La Maifon Dieu, facing the Eafl, and a Trench of our afore/aid Mother towards the South ; and the Laud, formerly belonging to ROGER SWERDE, towards the North. And alfo the Advowfon of the Church of Fofton, to be fojfefsd and enjoy* 'd by hiu/fe/f and his Sueceffors : To wit, the fa id Meffuage, with a Chapel, Edifices, and aforesaid Appurtenances, as an Habitation for them; together with free and fufficicut Ingrcfs and Egrcfs to the f aid Meffuage and A dvowfon,asan Endowment to tJicaforefaid Prior and Monks, and their Successors, by due and accuflonid Service to the Chief Lords of the Eccs, for ever. We grant therefore, by the Licenfe and Authority aforefaid, that the Manor of Sculcotcs, with its Appurtenances, and 10 Meffuagcs, 2 Caracutcs of Land, ioo Acres of Pasture, and 10 Marks of the Income of the Lands, with the Appurtenances, in Bifhop-Burton, and Sutton in Holdcrnefs, which Thomas Ravnard, Clerk, holds for Term of Life, after the Demifc of JOHN de Nevill, Kt. (and -which, after the Death of the fa id THOMAS, are to remain to Us, and our Heirs) after the Dcccafe of the f aid Thomas, should continue to the aforefaid Prior and Monks, together with the fa id Meffuage and Advoivfon, given and affign d to him as abovefaid by us, and the aforefaid Church appropriated by us for ever, for the Time to come. Alfo that the faid Prior and Monks, by Vertue of the faid Licenfe and Authority aforefaid, the faid Meffuage, and its Appur- tenances, with a Paffaqe, jor going out, and entering therein, with the Advowfon aforefaid, shall receive them, as they are given and afjignd by us; and appropriate the faid Church, and it, so appro- priated, keep to their own proper life; and the aforefaid Manor, Meffuages, Land, Paflure, and Profits, with Appurtenances, shall remain to them, as above, after the Death of the faid THOMAS ; and may enter (hereupon, and keep to themfelves, and their Sueceffors aforesaid, by Services due and accuflomed, of the Chief Lord of the Fee, for ever. We will, therefore, and ordain, that the said Prior and Monks, and their Sueceffors, do especially recommend in their Church-Ser- vice, Prayers, and other Divine Offices, the State of our Sovereign Lord King RICHARD aforesaid, and of Us; and our noble Lady und Mother KATHARINE, and KATHARINE our mofl dear Consort; Mafler* EDMUND our Brother; MICHAEL our Son and Heir; and * He was Governour of Calais: But proved fo unkind a Brother, that when this very MICHAEL, who became Earl of Suffolk, was obliged (after his Royal Mafter's Eorces were defeated by thofe of fome of the Lords) to fly to him, in France, Anno 1387, for Shelter, in his Diftrefs ; he not only refils'd to grant his The Conclufion of the CHARTER. Jl and all our Children and Heirs. And in like manner to pray for the Happincfs of the venerable Father Alexander Archbishop of York, John de t Xfbt'U Lord of Raby, and Lord Richard le ^Crop, whilft living : And when we are all departed this Life, let them offer (and eanfe to be offered) Prayers for our Souls ; ef- pecially, and perpetually, for That of our Sovereign Lord Edward aforefaid, and like-wife of our mofi dear Father ; for the Souls of Thomas and Walter, our Brothers, Knights ; Blanch, our Sifter, late Wife of I Lord Richard le £fTOU ; for the Souls of Ralph cle flrbill the Fa [aid John . Eati - \\ '.;' oj the aforefaid John ; for all our Benefactors, and of our Father s, for whom ive are bound to pray, and for the Souls of all the Faithful departed. And We, the aforefaid Michael and our Heirs, the fa id Meffuage, Chapel, and Edifices, with all the Appurtenances, in the fa id Town of* Uingfltoit, the f aid Advowson, and aforefaid Manor, Mef- fuagcs, Land, Pajlurc, and Profits, with the Appurtenances, to re- main with them as above, with what shall accrue ; We will war- rant and defend, againfl all Perfons, to the aforefaid Prior and Monks, and their Succeffors, for ever, fu Tcflimony of which Thing, we have fit our Seal to thefe Prefents. Witncffcd by the aforefaid Richard le ScrOV, then Chancellor of ENGLAND ; Thomas de Sutton, Gerard de ZXHttt, Walter Fauconberge, and Robert de j^tlton, Knights; Richard dcjFctxibit t then Mayo of the fa id Town of KlNGSTON-upon-HULL ; Robert de £di)£, Walter de jFfOBt, and others of the fame Town. Given at Kingfton-upon-Hnll, the 18th Day of February, in the Year of our LORD, 1378, in the Second Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King RICHARD aforefaid. bu Protection, Uu feiz'd and deliver'd him up to tin.- Lord Beauckamp, who commanded in the Town, by whom he was fenl Prifoner into England, where lie was foon at Liberty by the King, for whofe Caufe it was, that he was thus obliged another Time to depart Hie Realm, and die in a Foreign Country. t From the NEVWt Family fprung the Venerable Archbishop USHER'. ■ whofe Anceftore having been Ushei to King John, occafion'd thai Fa< vomite to change hi me for that <>t in 1 in • In After-Time^, a gn I Bi Factor to both tin- Churches, in /full, bequeathed Us Manfion-Houfe, (in which wa 11 '" the Roof, with old Pi. tolerably well painted on Wood) t" thefe Carthufians, Twi buill in the High-Street, oppoftte Bishop- Lane, which afterwards becami the Propertj ..! the Hildyards. On feveral Parti <>i il wi 1 ! \i-. , Or. with ili.- Hark '.f a Merchant; But tin- Name "i 1 ' 1 first Owno i. unknown. Much the like Arms are home hy p'/i/i Halt, Qi Bradford, in Wiltshire, Blq. K 72 Chap, hi, Sir Michael erecls an Hofpital, Chapel, &c. After this, in March, Anno 1383, Sir Michael was made Lord Chancellor by King Richard II. being the 6th of his Reign. The Year following the Knight founded and endow'd anf Hofpital, with a \ Chapel over-againft it, for the U(c of poor People: And over-againft the Weft-End of St. Mary's Church, in a Place, an- tiently called Market-Gate, he erected a (lately Palace. The mag- nificent Gate- Houfe, made of Brick, was fupported by great Tim- 4 r\ r • *• ■ x ber, having two Chambers, and cover'd with A Defmptton of a Tv)c . Th ;. o , thjs firft Paffage> an(J an Entry famous 1 alace, aj- ^ Foot brQadj and 1QQ bng> was a fpacious forwards called, ine Towerj , )llilt ()f Brick and Stonc> 3 stories Duke of buttolk s. highcover » d with Lead, in which were Cham- bers 18 Foot Square : From hence was a Court- Yard, the Space of half an Acre, paved with large Stones: About which were 17 Chambers (7 below Stairs, and 10 above) having Chimnies and Jacks in them, as thofe had in the aforefaid Tower. On one Side was t It was pull'd down in the Civil Wars, but rebuilt after the Reftoration : When the Arms of the De la Poles, having been found amongft the Ruins, was placed over the Door, with this Infcription. Deo & Paupcribus pofuit Dom. Michael de la POLE, A.D. 1384. THUS P a R a p H r a s ' d, in Regard £ By famous Michael de la Pole, to the Memory of Sir WILLIAM. \ < >f Spirit, like his Father's Soul : TN Thirteen Hundred Eighty Four, jj Who fmish'd what that Knight begun, This Houfe was built, for needy Poor, * And gave to Gon, when he had done. X This too had the fame Fate ; But being rebuilt upon the old Foundation, there was placed, over the Entrance, the following Infcription. Hoc Sacellum Deo & Paupcribus pofuit Dom MICHAEL de la Pole, Anno Dom. 1384. quod ingruente Bello Civili dirutum, An. 1643. tandem auctius inflaura- tumfuit Anno 1673. Richardo Kitfon, S. T. B. Reclore Domus Dei fuper Hull. ON WHICH I THIS PARAPHRASE. HTHen, mindful they should God adore, "} But rolling Years its Head has rais'd, He built this Chapel for thofe Poor, *; Where Chrifc is taught, Jehovah prais'd. 'Twas ruin'd (piteous Sight to fee ! ) may Six Hundred Seventy Three, In Sixteen Hundred Forty Three, » An happy Year, remember'd be ; When Churches defecrate were laid, | When Richard K'itjon, (good Divine !) As if Religion was decay'd. I \ Rector of GOD's Houfe, did shine. And a new Hofpital having been built, near this Chapel, (for the better Reception of the Poor, which the other was not well able to contain, nlong with the Mafter and his Family) there is this Infcription over the Entrance. Deo 6° Pauperibus pofuit Michael de la Polk. Hoc omnes separata Domus perduret in Annos. W. Ainfworth, Rafior, A.D. 1663. Thus Enlarc'd. ! Its humble Pile let nothing fever ; "C Recced too, by Pole's Command, \ Since nowrepair'd, may't last for ever ! A gracious Monument to ftand, * May Sixteen Hundred Sixty Three, \ For Sanctuary to the Poor, », And Rev'rend Ainfworth, always be \ Who here may live, nndHcav'n implore : •*? Blest in a happy Memory ! ' A Defcription of the famous Palace, founded by him. 73 was a great Hall, to dine in, built of the ljke Materials, 60 Foot long, and 40 broad. At the Weft End, was a large Chamber, 60 in Length, and 20 in Breadth, with two adjoining Rooms, which had the fame Conveniences ; and at the Eaft, were Pantries, &c. with Lodgings over them: Beyond which, was a great Kitchen, 20 Foot Square, leaded at the Top ; with a Larder, and Scullery, co- vered with Tyle. North of the Hall, ftood a beautiful * Chapel, I fuppofe, dedicated to St. Mi eh a el the Archangel, 28 Foot long, and 15 broad, built of fine Brick and Stone, which was cover'd with Lead : And, North of the Court, was an Entrance into a greater Area than the Yard aforefaid, which contained a whole Acre of Land, ufefully ornamented with a Fifh-Pond, and Dove-Cote, all flrongly wall'd about. Weft of this, in like manner furrounded, there was a beautiful Field, containing 2 Acres Pafture. Before the Great Hall Window, was a moft charming Flower-Garden, contrived with wonderful Curiofity. in the Space of an Acre of Ground, enclofed by a fair Wall: Adjoining to which, was the Kitchen-Garden, in | of that Compafs, which had in it another Dove-Cote. South of the aforefaid Hall, or Dining-Room, was a Court, the Extent of a Rood, about which were erected Houfes for Baking, Brewing, Warning, and all other Conveniences whatever. To this Grandeur rofe the Palace erected by Sir MICHAEL ; to which, no doubt, but fomeof thefe Parts had been added by his Succeffors : But, befides what has been mention'd of his Perform- ances, he erected three fumptuous Houfes, with ftately Towers : Two of which were in the Town ; and the Third, which yielded a beautiful Profpe<5l, ftood on the pleafant Bank of Hull River. As he appears to have been a Perfon of remarkable Generofity, I am little inclin'd to believe the Reflections againft him, wrote by an * The Chapel, and Garden, were call'd, The King's ; probably from their Con- fifcation, at various Times. In the Year 1538, a Survey was taken of this magnificent Building i Two Years afterwards, Henry VIII. (vifiting the Town) beautify' d, repair'd, and enlarg'd it. Not many Years after, he granted the whole Buildings, with all belonging, to Sir Henry Gate, and Dame Lucy his Wife, foi what Services they had done him : From them it came, in Queen Eli- la&etA'i Reign, to the HUayartTs of Wynjlta\ who rented it for a Great Mart : But King Charlt \. hired it, at 50/. yearly, for a Magazine, which he had provided. Henry Ilildyard, Efq. fold it. Anno 1 648, b> the Mayor and Aldermen : And it »ughl of them, in the Year 1661, by limey HiJdyard, of Eajl Ifor/eley, in the County of Surrey, Efq ; by whom it was fold t" other Perfons : Who, pulling down the whole, converted it into feveral Habitations, Inch as we may behold at this Day, In what Parish the old Manoi lay, was once a Subject ol Conten* lion. \ Storj 1 told, of 1 tran Dei on, thai ■ Perfon, called John of the Honvlmg Green, in lhmy VTIIth Time, who lived within the Manor, I'iny'd a beloved Hog of bis in th> Low-Church-Yard, for which he was everely pun- ish'd. From hence, tl hidy his King ; who, the yth Year of his Reign, 1385, created him Earl of Suffolk, in Right of his Wife ELI- ZABETH, elded Daughter to Sir*JOHN WlNGFIELD, who married Elizabeth, Daughter and Heir to Gilbert Glanville, Earl q{ Suffolk. After receiving this Dignity, he earneftly requefted, that he might be freed from his Chancellorfhip, which was granted. He prevail'd with the King t<» enlarge the Charter of Kingjlon- nfoii-Hitll, with main- other Priviledges ; one of which was, the promoting of a good Harbour. But fo unfortunate was this Great Man, that he was openly accufed, in the Year 1386. The Objec- tion againft him, was, That he had defrauded the King of his an- nual Rents ; in particular 4000 Marks Yearly of the Cuftoms in Hull. Notwithstanding which, being much in Favour with his Prince, he was let at Liberty: But, in 1388, the The Fall and Parliament, who then were called Unmerciful, im- Dcath of this peach'd him, with others, of jBJtgrj'tirrrABOn; great Bene- whofe Kftate therefore being feiz'd upon, he was factor. obliged a fecond Time to fly to France ; where, no doubt, but he avoided the Hands of his 1111- protecting and unnatural Brother ; and travelling to Paris for Shel- ter, he died, the Year after, in that great City. Tlio' the End of this Favourite might be accounted unhappy ; yet feveral Defcendents from him were more unfortunate, but in different Degrees remarkable for Adverfity, Profperity and Glory. * U .■ . • r For* Michael de la Pole, the valiant Earl of Continuation of <■ n- ,, , • ..1 c - c n a a , p ., t fY). ^iijjolk, was slain at the Siege of Harfleur, An- p \ ' * ' no 1415. His eldeft Son foon after loft his Life at the famous Battle of Agincourt ; two younger fell in thofe Wars ; and a devout Perfon, (who was in Holy Orders) dy'd about that Time, as appears by the following Infcrip- tion on his Grave-Stone, in the Collegiate Church of WlN'GFlELO. Here licth the Body of Mafier John de la Pole, {Son 4/" Michael de la Pole, formerly Earl of Suffolk) Batchellor of Laics, Canon of the Cathedral Church off York, and the Collegiate Church of , n 1 Beverley, who died the Twenty Third Day of the p , , \ Mouth of February, 14 15. in the Fourth Year of »" n8o King Henry the Fi f tk - But a Perfon of § reat ^ ' Fame, was William de la Pole, Brother to thofe before-named illuftrious Warriors, slain in Battle. For he too, fays an * A Knight of the same Name and Family was slain at the taking of Cadiz in Spain, by the English, in Queen Elizabeth's Time, Anno 1596. Continuation of the Family of the De la Poles. 75 an Hiftorian, warr'd in France 44 Years without Intermiflion, in 17 of which he never faw his Country. "When a Knight, being taken Prifoner, his Ranfom coft him 20000 Pounds. On his Father's Death, he became Earl of Suffolk. In 1444, he was created a Mar- quefs ; and Duke, 1448. Two Years after, he was impeach'd for being inftrumental towards the Death of Humphrey, Duke of Glo- ee/ler, interr'd at St. Albans ; his confenting to the yielding up An- jou and Main ; and for his being too familiar with Queen Marga- ret, Wife to Henry VI. But the King, not really believing the Ac- cufations, took him again into Favour: Yet foon after, to pacify the People, he banifli'd the Duke for 5 Years : Who, embarking for France, was met by an English Ship (belonging to the Duke of Exeter, Conftable of the Tower) called the A T icholas : The Captain of which brought him into Dover Road, and order'd his Head to be cut off, on the Side of a Cock-Boat, May 2, 1450. His Body, being left a while as a miferable Spectacle on the Sands, was taken up by the Care of his sorrowful Chaplain, and interr'd at Wing- field'm Suffolk; tho' some write he was bury'd in the Charter- Ho ufe, near Hull ; but truly I know not with what Certainty. THIS great tho' unfortunate Perfon had Iffue John de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk, who married Elizabeth, Sifter to King Edward the IVth ; by whom he had Iffue John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln. The laft therefore fprung from Royal Blood, of the Houfeof York. But his Hopes being blafted by the Death of his Uncle Richard III. (who had declar'd him his Succeffor in Cafe he should die without Children) and King Henry the Vllth's fudden Acceflion to the Throne ; the Earl was as little pleafed with that Prince, as he was with this Nobleman : Who, therefore, tiding with the Enemies of Henry, fled into Flanders, Anno i486. Soon after he sailed to Ireland ; where he joined Forces with Perkin Lambert, and tranfported them into England. At Stoke, near Nottingham, the}- encounter'd with Part of the King's Arm)- ; againft whom they were unfuccefsful : For lure the Earl, with one Martin Swerde, a valiant Captain, (whom I take to have defcended from a Perfon of that Name, the Owner of some Lands, mention'd in the foregoing Charter of tin- Carthufian Monaftery, near Hull) and many others, fell in tin Place of Battle, which happen'd in the year, 1487. The Brother of this Earl was Edmund Earl of Suffolk; a Per- fon very unfortunate, as being of the Royal Blood, which made him take greater Liberty: Having kill'd a Alan In a cruel Manner ; tho' the King pardon'd him, y< t he was obliged full to receive publick Condemnation. This was such a Mortification to his Pride, that he went into Flanders, in 150J: But the Dm aret his Aunt, giving him no great Countenance to oppofe King j6 Chap. III. Account of tJic Family of the Dc la Poles. King Henry VII. ho returned, and was the same Year reconciled to him. But in 1504, he fled a second Time, and took along with him his Brother Richard, This so provok'd the King, that he at- tach'd William dc la Pole his Brother, with other illuftrious Per- fons, either belonging, or affected, to theHoufeof York, And find- ing the Earl out of his Reach, as being in the Caftle of Namur, under the Protection of the King of Spain, he got from the Pope a dreadful Excommunication, which was proclaimed in England. His Eftates being forfeited, amongfl the reft, werethefe in and near KingHon-upon-Hull : The Great Manor-Hall, with its contiguous Edifices, and Gardens : One Hundred Meffuages, iooo Acres of common Land, with 200 of Meadow and Pafturc: One of these had belonging to it 100 Acres, befides 200 of Pafture, call'd Tupcotes. With this was seiz'd the famous Manor itfelf, along with Myton, and consequently all the Liberties, Priviledges, Prefentations, Goods, Chattels, Debts, &c. including the Advowfon of the Hospi- tal, and Patronage of the Priory. But the King, commiferating his Lady, granted the Duchefs a noble Subfiftcnce, which Ihe en- joy'd to her Death. But it very ftrangely happen'd, that HENRY at length made her Husband Prifoner: For the Arch-Duke Philip, who became King of Spain, being with his Spoufe driven by aTem- peft into England, HENRY obtain'd of him the Deliverance of the Earl into his Hands, provided his Life was but /pared. Accord- ingly Edmund dc la Pole, being deliver'd up, Anno 1 507, was com- * ; p ■ / f j 1 naitted to the * Tower. Here I may date the A 1 enoaoj the £nd of ^ Grandcur . For the Kingj lying on Ho J! our °J J . * a ~ his Death-Bed, in 1509, imitated Davids Ad- mij,u g v j cc ^ Q Solomon, concerning Joab : He order'd Kinglton, isre. Ws gon who fucceeded hfm, by the remarkable Name of HENRY the Eighth, to make an End of this noble Prifo- ner : Who, accordingly, after a long Detention, commanded his Head to be fevered from his Body, in the Year, 15 13. AND thus a Period was put to the Glory of the Dc la Poles, Rulers of Suffolk, whofe higheft Title of Duke was, Anno 15 14, conferr'd on * Charles Brandon, Vifcount Lisle, who, in 1527, marry'd * lie diet!, Anno 1549, and was buried at Windfor. I lis Son, by a fecond Wife, became Duke of Suffolk; who, in the War 1551, departed this Life ot the Sweating Sieknefs : his Death being follow'd, in two Days Time, by that ol his Brother," and Succeflbr. The Karl of IVanuiek, afterwards Duke of Northumber- land, who was Minister of State to Edward VI. caufed Henry Grey, Marquefs of Northampton, to be created Duke of Suffolk, foon after. lie was efpous'd to Frances Brandon, (Daughter to Charles Brandon, the first abovc-mention'd Duke of Suffolk, of that Name, by Maty, Sister to Henry VIII, as related) the Mother of the Account of the Family of the De la Poles. 77 marry'd Henry the Vlllth's Sifter, Mary, who was the Widow of Lewis XII. King of France. I INTEND not to proceed much further about the Dc la Poles ; only to remark, that fome of the Branches of that Family were in fome meafure confpicuous : For Richard dc la Pole, the very Year of his Brother's Death, became in the French Intereft, and com- manded 6000 Men for the Relief of Terouenne in Artois, again ft King Henry VIII. who befieg'd, and took it, but a very little while after. The other, I wou'd mention, was Henry Pole Lord Monta- gue, who, with Sir Edward Nevill, was committed to the Tower, in 1 521, for concealing what the noble and eloquent Edward, Duke of Buckingham, had faid in relation to his having a Right to the Crown, in Cafe the King died without Iffuc ; and if fo, he would punish Cardinal Wolfe)' according to his Defer ts ; for which he was condemn'd before the Duke of Suffolk, and accordingly beheaded. But Henry Pole, the Lord before-mention'd, was fet at Liberty ; and afterwards created Earl of Wiltshire. WHETHER the famous Cardinal Pole was a Branch or no, I'll not determine ; but refume the Subject of Religious Houfes, and cfpe- cially draw This to a Conclufion ; the Rife and Profperity of which, haveoccafioned.in Respect to the Memory of its Benefactors, fo long, but fo remarkable a Digreffion, fill'd with the moft affecting Trans- actions, enough to convince us of the Vanity of all fublunary Glory. At the Diffolution, in 1536, when the leffer Monafteries were given to HcuryVllI. the famous* Charter- Houfe, near Hull,ot whole Foundation fo much has been faid, and valu'd at a confiderable Sum, was reckon'd one of that Number : The Lands, which be- long'd the Lady Jane Grey. As to this latter Duke, tho' he had been pardon'd after his acting against Queen Mary, in having contributed to place his Daughter upon the Throne ; yet, his promoting a Confpiracy occafion'd his Child's Death fooner than was imagin'd ; became it was thought the Queen would have par- .,. Consideration of hei Youth, and Obedience to her Father. But loon after Wyafs Rebellion, the beautiful Lady Jane Grey, with her Husband Guilford Dudley, younger Son to the Duke of Northumberland, were beheaded Feb. \i, 1554. In which Year the Duke's Sentence was confirm'd, and In- executed. In 1561, '.ne Arthur /' ' confpir'd against Queen Elisabeth: But tho' he was pardon'd, Xtherine Grey, own Sister to the late unfortunate Lady jane, was lent t.. the Tower, for privately marrying the Earl of Hertford. She died in Confine- ment, having a Right to the Crown ; which, it wai thought, occafioned tin- Se- verity of the Queen, who was exceeding jealous <>( her Dignity. Thus the Ducbd Brandon, her Mother, \\., '■ Pole, were In the Chnrche Painted Windows, and In .eir having been in the Ch.'rt-.i -Houfe jS Chap. in. Monaftery founded by Galfrid de Hotham. long'd to it, were given to Laymen ; its (lately Building pull'd clown ; and the Stones, with other Materials, sold tothofe Perfons, who pleas'd to buy them: What happen'd the Year before, might seem to foretell this: The Priories of Merton and Hornby, both in Yorkshire, were then surrender'd : And now Ferreby Prior}- was ruin'd, valu'd at 91/. per Annum, which was founded by an Earl of Cumberland '; and that of Halteniprife, eftimated yearly at 178/. founded, for the Order of St. Augujline> by the Lord WAKE of Lvdci. and Thomas Holi AND Earl of Kent. This Suppreflion, throughout England, occafion'd 1500 Religious Perfons to be turn'd into an inclement World, \ ly were pin'd and flarv'd, who had been well defcended from Families of Antiquity, Honour, and Reputation. And vet, about 2 Years after, the King, to pleafe the People for a while, and flop their Infurrections, (of which was a remark- able one in the Northern Parts, headed by a Gentleman named Ask) 'till he could better obtain his Ends, refounded this Monaftery, (with 27 others) tho' under the fevereft Rules imaginable. But when he obtain'd that full Power he wilh'd for, in getting the larger Houfes at his Difpofal, then this Place fuffer'd a fecond Diffolution. For when the Parliament 1545, had given them all to his unprof- perous Avarice, then too fell the great College, or Prebendary, in Hull, that was founded by WALTER SKIRLAW ; with all the Gilds, and Chanteries, about 30 in Number. But King Edward VI. upon Complaint of the Decay of Religion and Learning, re- founded this Place once more, to fatisfy a general Importunity. Thus, having, in the firft Chapter, written of the Priory, foun- ded by King Edward the Firft ; treated, in this, of the Charter- Iloufe, in which I have but juft now hinted of the famous Bifhop SkirlazSs Foundation, Anno 1400; I proceed to mention another Edifice, which hasbeenofantient Fame, and Angularly remarkable. This Friery was founded, in the Year 1531, by a moft devout Knight, *dedicated to St. Augujline, for Black Monks, or Hermits, of that Order : It was fo great a Build- * Galfrid de Ho- ing, that it took up half the Place, which TH AM founds a Mo- from thence was called Monk-Gate, or Street, naftry, to the Honour The back Parts extended even to the Mar- o/GOD, &C. ket-Place. where thofe Priefts had a ftately Chapel, which had Right of Sepulture, as appear'd, by having Human Bones found therein. This Friery was adorn'd with fpacious Courts, curious Gardens, and pleafant Fountains. About 3 Years after the finiihing of it, Sir Richard, Son and Heir of the Founder, took upon him. and obliged his Succeffors. And an Hospital by Simon de Grimesby, Mayor. 79 Successors, to pay the Fee-Farm Rent Yearly to the King, provided the Priests would pray for the Souls of him, his dear Wife Avicia, and their Pofterity. About 5 Years after, the Mayor and Com- monalty made fuch another Agreement, on Account of the Meffua- ges which thefe Monks poffeffed, (in Hull-Street, %.\\a\Market-Gate) for the Benefit of their pious Petitions. At which Time, Jolm de * [[Y/:<.y?//0-befto\ved on them feveral others, with good Tenements. This Monaftery was pull'd down at the Suppreffion ; and only now appear fome Remains of the old Wall, that are become a Part of the Towns-Hall. Ax Hofpital was founded, about the Year 1400, by a very great and pious *Merchant, who was thrice Mayor oi Hull, built in a Lane, called afterwards by his Name. Ha- *Simox de GRIMSBY ving finished it, a little before his Death, founds a largeHospital. he gave, for its Endowment, the Rents of 6 Messuages and Tenements, in the Town. The Poor, in it, thusfupported by his Beneficence, were, like those of other Foundations,obliged to pray for the Soul of him, that of his Consort, and thofe of all Chriftians. But a Period was put both to the Building, and their Prayers, in the Reign oi Edzv. VI. The next remarkable Obfervation, is of fGlLDS : As, That of Corpus Chrifli, which flood not far from the afore-mention'd Au- gustiniau Frier)-, adorn'd with a fair Hall, Chapel, and several Mef- fuages belonging to it : The Gild of St. Barbara, (which contain'd 4 Tenements, and a large Chapel) in Salt-HouscLane ; both These were ruin'd by Henry the Ylllth : And a very antient Gild, built in a Lane, near the +Low Church Yard, was diffolv'd by Edw.Vl * One Richard Wetwang, Rector of S. Dennis's Church, in Walmgate, York, caufed the East Window to be enlarged, and whole Choir to be covered with Lead. t These Gilds, Houfes, &v. were begg"d and bought by John Thornton, William Ray, Roger Canon, William Wilfon, and Luke Thurfcrofs. This last purchas'da Mef- suage, in Chapel-Lane, (that belonged to the Convent of Walton, or Wet To-mh, d by Euflace Fitt John, tor the GUbertine < >rder) which he sold to one Mr. Smith, Mailer ol The Suffragan Bishop's Palace, in Hull-Street, itjoned Chap. I. likewife falling into hi- Hands, he partly demolish'd the greateft I'art, tinning it into Shops, and private Buildings: However, he was so good, that, a little before hi- Death, he bequeath'd thefe converted Buildings, with their annua] Profits, to the Charter Houfe Hofpital, forever. this Church wa rm'd foi the Soul of the Worshipful Robert II, dm, Mayor in 1427, who had built a (lately Biarket-CrOSS, > oven d with a vast Quantity of Lead. But, in [462, tin.- Town happening to be in Debt, by gene- nfent, the Oofs was deiuolidi'd, and tin- Lead fold, to pay off the < o di- al of a grateful I 1 the Memory of fo generous a it wa- 1 aat 131. 4 it. should, by the Chamberlain, In- annually paid for a Funeral Dirge, to be fung (when the Hell-Man had proclaim'd In. Name) by Twelve Trait , with a ( |.ik attending upon them J at which Time there -liould be Wax-Caudle burning about the Grav< ; and the Bell order'd to be rung on the fame Day, tlie more to honour then refpectful Solemnity. 8o Chap. hi. Of Gilds, Civil and Religious, &c. which, in Queen Elizabeth's Time, came to Mr. Luke Tkurscross* who gave it i" the ' Merchant Taylors Company. Thefe Gilds, after t Ik- Reformation, were defam'd for having been Structures of Superftition, and Places where the State then thought that Confpiracies were, or might be, form'd againft them: And Tradi- tion informs us, there were two Sorts ol Gilds, viz. Religious, and Civil: The former, U>v fettling Matters fpiritual; the latter.temporal: The firfi confided of both Clergy and Laity, whole Intent was to fee Religion, and the Rules of the Church perform'd more ftrictly ; for \\ hich End, they contributed to erect a Chapel, and Hall, where- with to pray and keep an . I;'w/v, <>r I.ow-l-'call, by which Revenues accrued to them, as tho' they might be reckoned a kind of Lay- Monalleries. But thofc Gilds, that were purely for particular Trades, were managed by the Profeffors of fuch Occupations, who often built Hofpitals to maintain their Poor. The learned Selden extends further, by what he has written: Gii.dahu.m Nomine continentur nonfolum minores Fraternitates & Soda/itia, sed ipscc etiani Civitatum Communitates. Thai' js, By tJie Name of 'Gilds, arc not only inluded tJie lejfer fraternities and Sodalities, but also Soeieties of Cities. And this appears by the Guild Halls, where Courts of Seffions are kept up ; and higher Judicial Proceedings duly adminifter'd, f<>r the Benefit of Subjects, in thefe our Days. SEVERAL Religious Houfes were befide in this Town, as well as other extenfive t Buildings: But the Suppreflion, and Time, having, as it were, abolilh'd the old Worlhip, and brought both Sorts almoft to a Period, there is no finding a direct Certainty of their former State : However, thefe mention'd, may, in fome meafure, fet forth the Grandeur of HULL ; which, I prefume, will be fufficient to fatisfy the Curiofity of any reafonablc Enquirer. • In the Hall, of the like Company, at York, the following Words are painted on theGlafsof a large Window, by H. Gyles. CONCORDIA PARVUS CRESCUNT /,-/ \ '/" ; 1679, by having in tin Fraternity Eujlrf A !•"' ■ !'•■ ■ ' Happening to perufe an old Historian) I find 7 of 1' as follow: King Richard II. Hen. \\ ii.l Yliii; Edward [V. Kichard III. and Henry VHth, who gave them the Title of Merchant Taylc '503. t Of other Buildings, fuch as Manfion-Houfes, fc. there have been feveral: As, Sir Humphrey Stafford's Houfe, in 11 I ofe Aim- wen Or. a Chev. >>'. quartered with (1. 2 Tejfes Arg. in Chief, a Mullet q) ': Which Building was given. l>y th c Famil) ol ; i ( '>- Over the Enterance of which was the Cloth-Hall.- The Mercl a the same Street, built in 1621, repair'd and adorn'd 1673 ; over which is the Custom-House ; of late years enlarg'd, fash' d» and ornamented: Behind the whole, is a large Wared Ionic, founded upon great Pile-; of Timber. An antient House, was not far from hence, which, by its curious Windows,. carved W< 1 with the Head of Angels, Cherubims and Seraphims, feem'd to have belong'd to some Religious Society. Club Hall, (over against which was another old Edifice) and Charily Hall, (where poor Children were formerly us'd to work) in the Market- Place.- No doubt but there were several others. A Description of t lie Six WARDS of the Town. 81 AND now I will conclude this Chapter, with what iffucs from the aforefaid Religious Foundations ; from whence for the moft part the following Wards derive their Names. To thefe Six Divifions, the Town was, as it were, canton'd out (upon their Petition, which was granted by King Henry W.Anno 1443.) into little Territories, which had Barrs, and Gates, that were shut up every Night: And each Divifion was govern'd by two refidirig Aldermen, who heard Complaints ; and had two Conftables to obey their Orders, in feizing the Delinquents, and bringing them to Juftice. And there was formerly a particular Prifon, in one of the antient Tur- rets of the old Wall, near the Ropery, called Cold and UnqnotJi, into which Offenders were committed by them or their Succeffors. Thefe Wards with their fir ft Settlement, are as follow. I. H UMBER WARD, [i] This included Black-Fryer-Gate, from Rotten Herring Staith to Finkhill Street ',and the Butchery. II. AUSTIN Ward. [2] From the aforefaid Staith, to, (and with) Grimsby Lane, and down, behind the Church, to the But- chery, with Myton-Gate, and the Lanes appertaining thereto. III. TRINITY Ward. [3] From Grimsby-Lane, to White- Fryer-Gate: Including the Chambers which belong'd to the Priefts; the E. W. and N. Sides of the Church- Yard, with Old- Church Lane. IV. WHITE-FRYERS Ward. [4] This included Scale- Lane, to White-Fryer-Gate ; and, from the End of the faid Lane, to Bishop-Lane} with Denton-Lane, and Low-Gate, included. V. St. MARY'S Ward. [5] From Bishop- Lane to Hornsey- Staith, to the W. by Clitherhouse Garth, leading by Low-Gate to Denton-Lane. VI. NORTH Ward. [6] From the End of the faid Staith to the W. End of Clitherhouse Garth, containing all thofe Parts lying Northward, which were within the Liberties of the Town. [ 1 ] Thomas D Thomas Dickinson, w< ildermen; Thomas Cooper, and lohn Titlat, Conftables.— — [ 2 ] 1 , and Richard II ••>, Aldermen; John • - I i] Ralph i . William Hewitt, Jotiathat iftablcs. . [ 4 ] J ■ I Hospital in White I Carmelitti tl ; s, thro' 'I"' by m hofc Munificence it be [5] Robi 1 1 Holm, [ohn \ ■•. iwu ki, Alderm net, William Clither, mention''!. < 11 A P [82] CHAP. IV. An Account of the Streets, Lanes, &c. that are in KiNGSTON-upon-HuLL. Firji. ^TpHE High (or Hull) Street, called, from the latter Name, in Antient Writings, as having been built on the Side of that River ; which, as before obferv'd, was fronting the Water, in manner of a large Key : It reaches from the NortJi-Gate, to the South-End, where there is a beautiful Profpect of the Haven. From the faid High-Street, five Lanes iffue towards the River ; which I fliall mention as preparatory to the Plan, at the End of this Defcription ; that fets it forth in a more plain and intelligent Manner, by Words and Letters. A. * Salt - House - Lane, in which, it is thought, Salt was formerly made. — B. Chapel -Lane Staith. — C. Bishop -Lane Staith. — D. Scale-Lane Staith. — E. Church-Lane Staith. — F. Rotten * Mr. ROBERT Ratcliff, founded an Hofpital in this Lane, about the Year 1570, bequeathing Two Tenements therein, with a Pafture, to feed one Cow, in the Kirk-Field of Drypool, for the Support of fuch poor People, who were to be placed therein, at the Difcretion of the Mayors of Hull. u (pon HULL. J PLAN OF KINGSTON -^-HULL Of the Streets, Lanes, &c. in Kingfton-upon-Hull. 83 F. Rotten-End Staith. G. Horse Staith. On the other Side of High-Street, terminate moft of thefe Lanes : As, 1. Over-against Salter-Honsc Staith Lane, is either the Continuance of that very Lane, or a particular Place called Saltcr-Lane, which has its Ending near unto the Beginning of Lowgate. 2. Againft Chapel Staith Lane, ends Chapel-Lane, leading (by St. Marys Church) into Low-Gate. 3. f Bishops- Lane, crofs the Nigh-Street, fronts the Staith Lane of that Name. — 4. Scale-Lane faces That of the Staith, in like manner. — 5. Church-Lane the same, which leads to the Market-Place. — 6. Rotten-End Staith is partly towards Black-Fryer-Gate. — 7. Horse Staith is near to the South-End, facing the Hiuuber, and almoft oppofite a Tower of the Garrison, on the East Side of the River, (built Anno 1681, and well ftored with Ordnance) mark'd with Three AJlerifms, thus * * * to denote the Form of its Situation, (where there are diftinct Houfes for the Officers, with convenient Apartments for the common Soldiers, who have an Engine to convert Salt Water into Frefh, befides there is a South Block-House in this Citadel) and the New Cut for the Water to flow near it, both for its greater Ornament and ftronger Defence. Second. The Low-Gate, which leads from the End of Salt- House-Lane to a large Opening, antiently called High-Gate, but now better known, for its never-ending Commodities, by the Name of the Market-Place. Near which is the High-Church, or that dedicated to the Holy Trinity, of which I have already treated ; the Eaft Part, or glorious Window of it particularly, cafts a venerable Figure this Way. But, to explain f Before the Reformation, it bclong'd to the Archbifhops of York; and, thro' them, came to the Suffragans. But being taken from the latter in King EDWARD VTth's Time, that young Prince granted, in the lafl Y< ar <>f his Reign, by Letters Patents, Twenty Three Mefiuage . Houf , and Tenements, to Christo- pher Eastoft, of Ellicar, Esq ; and to Thomas Dowman, of klington, Gentleman. But fome how, or other, ( lueen Mary I, getting them into her Hands, fold them to lh\i;\ I'm rscross, Mayor of Hull, who obtain'd Letters Patents from the Queen, that they should appertain to him, and his Heirs, for ever. 8a Cha P. IV. Of the Streets, Lams, Sec. in Hull. explain the Plan, according to the Alphabet, the next Let- ter, I. denotes ROBINSON'S Row. K. The South-End.- L. St. Mary's, (in * Clutpel-Lane aforefaid) called the Low- Church: Tlie Patronage of which, perhaps, might anticnt- lv have belong'd to the before-mention'd Monastery of Car- thujian * In this Lane, Mr. Harrison founded an Ilofpital, as shall be mention'd hereafter. But the famous Mr. William Gee, Mer- chant and Alderman, having likewile creeled another, about the Year 1600, his Will, being very remarkable, it would be a Crime, (nay, even almost a Sin) if I should here omit the Substance of it. — WHEREAS, in the Scriptures, the Great God has willed, by the Prophet, to fay to Hezekiah, to make his Will, and to put Things in order, for that lie must die ; fo I do now pray, and humbly beseech the Great God, to confound and de/lroy all thofe MEN, LAWYERS, and Others whosoever, to the Crutl, in the |Jtt Of l^fll, which do, or shall do, or take upon them to alter this my Will, Amen : Good Lord, Amen! I bequeath for Privy Tyt/ies forgotten, Twenty Shil- lings. To my Sou William Gee, Two Thousand Pounds. My Son Walter, Two Hundred Pounds, &c. To Twelve Poor Men, and as many Poor Womoi, atmy Burial, Ten Pounds ; to each of these, One Shilling afieee; Bread. Cheefe, and Drink; alfoa Mourning Gown. To my Executors, One Hundred and Fifty Pounds, to be bestowed on Land, for the which shall be yearly given to the Poor People in Hull, for ever, Six Pounds, Thirteen Shillings, and Pour Pence, at the Lime and Day of the Year that I depart forth of this mortal World ; for which they shall give Thanks and Honour to God, the mojl Holy and Pie [fed Lord, that opeueth the Heart of Man to give fome of His Riches to the needy Souls remaining in the World ; for which I praife his great Gooduefs that fen t it me, and give mofl hear- ty Thanks, Glory and Praife, with my very Heart and Soul. Five Shillings a-pieee to all my God-Sons and God-Daughters; Two Pounds, Thirteen Shillings, and Pour Pmce, to my Neighbours of the fame Street, to be chearful with, and give Thanks to my good God. Six Hundred Pounds, to Trinity Church, to be put out at jive per Cent. Pour Pounds yearly (of the fame) to be expended on the said Church; and the refl, on St. Mary's. To the Town's Chamber, Twenty Pounds. To them more, One Hundred and Sixty Pounds; the Interefl of which, Mr. Mayor, and his Brethren, shall yearly lay out for Com for the poor People : And if they do not, nor will do the fame, that then the City of York shall have the Money, and do it for their Poor. Also, in the name of Jesus Christ, my Of the Streets, Lanes, &c. in Kingfton-upon-Hull. 8^ thujiau Monks ; but is now in the Gift of Ellerker BradsJiaw Esq ; and under the Jurifdiction of the Deanery of Harthill. — M. Billingsgate, which is nigh the Ropery. N. A Clew, which lets in the Water, at the New-Cut, when it is full Tide. O. Beverley Gate. P. My ton Gate. Q. The Dolphin, by which the Ships fail in, and out. R. Low- Water Mark in Hnmber. S. The North-Gate. T. The Fish-Shambles. V. GRrMSBY-Zay and Michaelmas : Provided, that if the f aid Pretniffes are not performed; that then it shall be la:' ful to, and for, the /aid William (ice, Esq; his Sou and Heirs, to re-enter on the said Mejfuages ami Penements. 86 Chap. v. Kingfton-upon-Hull ruled by Wardens. other Places, befide thofe fpecified in the Alphabet, mention'd more fully in the Plan. Third* Silver- 5 treet : With Lanes, Alleys, &c. As, Bowl- Alley \ White-Fryer-Gate; Trinity-Houfe-Lane, not far from Priests or Canon-Row ; Church-Lane, or -SVV^-, in antient Writ- ings, called New-Kirk-Lane, in order to distinguish it from 7"/W?/ prior to it, then well known by the Name of the Old, as it is now for that of Postern-Gate. On the South Side of the Church is Vicar-Lane, which leads to Myton-Gate; and from this lall, you go, thro' Finkhill Street, to Blanket-Row. Other Places are Fish-Street, near Robinson 's-Row ; Dagger-Lane, Sewer-Lane, &o. The Form of their Situation is more easily feen, and undcrftood by the Plan, as I mention'd before, to which I now entirely refer the reader. CHAP. V. Containing fame few Incidents from the Found- ation of the Chit relies, 'till the Time when the first Mayor #/" Kingfton-upon-Hull was elected in the Year 1332. I CONCLUDED the Firft Chapter with the Rife of the Church, in the Year 13 12; which, with several Religious Buildings, have produced Three Others, of confiderable Length, and Variety : It is now neceffary to ufe a Retrofpeclion, as near as poffible, to that Time, from which I was obliged to digrefs ; and relate thofe Tranfactions, preceding the Dignity of that high Office, difcharged by fo many excellent Magiftrates, with Probity, Juftice and Honour : Which, after a little Space, I fhall proceed to mention, with as much Care, and Exactness, as poffible I can. IN the Year 13 16, Robert de JcantJfll was Warden : He founded the Ferry from Hull to Barton, now fo univerfally known ; the Profits of which he gave the Town. The Grant was dated at Lincoln, August 28. Every Angle Per foil was to pay an Half-Penny: If an Horseman, One Penny; and every Cart, with 2 Horfes, Two-Pence. Two Days after which Grant, the King fet out a Proclamation, That no Goods One of whom proves a great Benefactor to the Town. 87 Goods should be fold in the Haven of the Town, before they were brought to Land. Anno 13 17, Sir ROBERT HASTINGS, Knight, was made Warden, (John Sutton and Peter Mold being then Baylififs) by Letters Patents, for fome lingular and valorous Ex- ploits againft the Scots ; for which he had befide granted him the Fee-Farm Rents of this Town, My ton and Tup- eotes, to the Value of 70/. per Annum. Nor was he unde- ferving ; for, two Years after, he waited upon the King, then at York, and obtain'd the Grant for a Toll on Corn, Cattle, Fifh, Allom, Copperas, &c. that were expos'd for Sale in the Town : By which prudent Management, he pro- cur'd a handfomer Pavement to be made ; the Stones of which, it is thought, were brought from Spurn - Head, where there are great Plenty. The Town had been for- merly made a Staple ; but Wool, and its Felts, not turn- ing to Advantage, prov'd rather a Detriment to it. But, however, the Inhabitants grew opulent, without that Way of Dealing. In 1322, they petition'd the King for Licenfe to fortify the Town with a Ditch ; to raife near it a ftrong Stone Wall, whereon Towers might be erected ; and to build their Houfes of Lyme and Stone, a much more durable and fafer Way, than that of Wood. When the condefcending Prince had granted this, they befought him further, That a Toll might be raisd of a Penny in the Pound for all Goods brought in, and carried out, for the Space of three Years ; and that the Produce of it might be apply d for that Purpofe. The Monarch confenting alfo to this Petition, the Town foon be- came enabled to attain what was fo ardently defircd. And towards the End of the Reign of King Edward II. the Office of a Warden was changed to That of a Bayliff. I cannot conclude this little Chapter, without deploring the Miferies of that unfortunate- Prince, who denied nothing that was for the Ilappinefs «>f the Town: To make Room for his Son, he was depofed in the Vear 1^27, occafioned by fome feeming Defects in Government, bul more through the violent Difpofition of his Queen : A Woman <>i" fuch .1 cruel Temper, as not only to deny the Comforts of Life to her 1 il Husband ; but alfo t>> prevenl the young Monarch \i from 88 Chat. v. Death of King Edw. II. a great Benefaclor. from vifiting his diftreffed Father in Prifon : Who was igno- miniously hurry'd from one Caftle to another ; difguifed, in- tuited, tormented ; 'till, at laft, (by the Bifhop of Hereford's wickedly ambiguous Line, Edwardum occidere nolite timere bonum (•//, which both encouraged the Murder, and left Room to excufe himfelf) an End was put to his Life, Sept. 22, that very Year, by thrufting a red-hot Iron through a ductile Pipe into his Bowels and Bod)', fo that no Mark might be found upon him. Thus fell this unhappy Prince, not fo much fit for this vain World, as he was for an immortal State ; the Meek- nefs of whofe Behaviour having occafion'd him to be look'd upon as a Saint : His Body now lies interred under a fair Monument, which has his Effigy upon it, of Alabafter, in the Cathedral Church, at Glocefier. Edward III. a victorious King, proved a very great Be- nefactor to this Town. In 1328, he marry'd (at York) the youngeft Daughter of the Earl of Hainalt, named Philippa, who became the happy Mother (Anno 1 33 r.) of a Royal In- fant, afterwards a moft renowned Warriour, known by the Title of The Black Prince ; whofe Brother dying in a Mona- ftery at York, his Effigy is to be feen in that Cathedral. AND now I come to the memorable Year 1332, when the King (vifiting Hull, as related in the Third Chapter) being nobly entertained by that great Merchant William de la Pole, not only knighted him, but at the fame Time made him the firft Mayor of this important Town. This was He that founded the Chartcr-Houfc aforefaid, which his Son Michael fmifh'd, and endow'd (including the Chapel, and Hofpital, which moreover he had erected, for Thirty Poor People) with the Value of 260/. a Year. It is, to me, fome Matter of Concern, that the conftant Suc- ceffion of Mayors was not exactly recorded ; or, if it was, that the Account lhould be loft for near 50 Years. To further, perhaps, the Difcovery of it ; at leaft, to prevent the like Complaint in fuccccding Ages ; my Bufmefs fliall be, in the following Chapters, to reconcile, as well as I am able, the various Manufcripts, carefully perus'd by me for this Pur- pofe : And, with what Improvements I have made herein, humbly fubmit the whole to my Reader's Judgment. [ 8 9 ] s. CHAP. VI. 4n Account of the Mayors, from the Year 1332, 'till 1439, when Sheriffs were appointed : JVith what remarkable Accidents happened, relating to HULL. l.D.glR William de la Pole, called by the King 1332 Mercator Dileclus Nofler. Firft Mayor. 1333 Sir William, 2d Year, was Mayor alfo : The Bayliffs, Stephen de Begholm, and jfohndcBedford 1334 We do not find him again mention'd, till 1335 Sir William, 3d Time Mayor. The Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, &c. shall be the Method, after the Name, to denote how many Times fuch Perfon has (or thofe of the fame Name, probably Sons, &c. have) been \ I av< >rof the Town . IFillia/z/dc lHrftW,and // alter de CatcmiCtir, Bayliffs. \y/> B '3.V ■>■ ' )A I '342 ® 1344 © "34* ® '337 B 1339 §* '34' ; +' >343 {g • 345 ® '347 ® I34 F349 See the Agreement, in the Note below. ftfj i : & 135' -■+.• 1352 <+> 1353 B '354 ® '355 (a) This Y< aran Agreement was made between //////and &ar- borough, to which was aihx 'd both the ( lorporation Seals, /'/v?/ ///, John de Brntlei?, and Thomas de (Pgmonton ; who took Care to act therein accordingly. (b) This Year, the Mayor and Burgeffes of Hull, made great Complaint unto the King, That their Town, being fituated upon the Coaft of the great River Humber, and built upon a Salt Soil, fo that they had no frefh Water, nor could they procure any, but fuch as was brought daily in Boats out of Lincolnshire, to their great Expence, Trouble, and Damage : Whilft Neighbouring Towns in Yorkshire, as Heffel, Anlaby, Cottingham, and Others, had combin'd together, and abfolutely rcfus'd to let them have any of their Frefh Streams ; by which Means, this Town would in a fliort Time, be totally ruined, unlefs his Majefty would be pleas'd to direct fome Way, or other, how this great Want might be fup- ply'd. Upon which the King immediately iffued out a Com- miffion to Michael de la J-ole, Roger de Filthorp, Gerard dc Uflctc, Gilbert de Salweti, and Peter de Grimsby, Knights: Who, meeting for that Purpofe, order'd and decreed, by the Power granted them, That a large Canal fhould be immediately cut, from Anlaby Spring on the North Side of the King's High-Road ; that it fhould be 40 Foot broad, in order to convey the frefh Water thither ; and that fevere Punifhment fhould be inflicted on thofe, who durft offer to hinder the Work, and prevent fo neceffary a Supply. But when the Inhabitants Mayors, &c. in King Richard the Seconds Reign. 9 1 1378 Richard de Ferraby, or iferttltC* (c) 1379 Inhabitants of the aforefaid Towns were alarm'd at thefc Proceed- ings, they bitterly complain'd to his Majefty, That the making of fuch a Canal would be the total Ruin of their Lands and Effects ; that, at Hcffcl, there was a famous Ferry over to Barton ; that if the frefh Water fhould be turn'd out of the Haven, it would foon be warp'd up, to the incredible Damage of the King, and Town it- felf: " Whofe People, /aid they, complain without a Caufe ? Have " they not a large deep River, called by the Town's Name, which " runneth into the Haven, clofe by the Side of Kingston itself, with " Water, frefh and diffident to fupply it, if it was even as large as " the City of London f" Upon thefe Arguments, there was another Commiffion iffued forth; and a Jury being impanell'd, they were called after this Manner: John Potlunv, Thomas le Moync and John Fugill of Hcffcl, Robert de Stuanland, John Ativell, John le Gard, Robert de Watfonkou/e, John de Hoton, John Alan/on, William Fit- ling, John Robinson, and John de Skirlaiv. These Men proved, by their Oaths, what was before reprefented. But in the Midft of thefe Contentions, the renowned King Edward III. departed out of this mortal Life, and was fucceeded by Richard II. (e) It plainly appears, that he was Mayor this year, as having been a Witnefs to the Charter of the famous Carthufian Monaftery. \Richardo dc jftvvbit, tunc Majore diclie Villa: dc Kingfton fu/>cr Hull. Vid. Dugd. Pag. 968.] The Scots, and French, were Ene- mies to England about this Time: The firft entering on our Bor- ders, and the fecond, having a Naval Force, coming upon our Sea- Coafts, burnt and deftroy'd where ever they could obtain a Power. The King therefore fent to Hull, to have the Town put into a Po- Ihire of Defence. The long happy Reign of his Predeceffor had rendcr'd their Walls and Ditches ufelefs ; but now the Cafe being alter'd, the young King commanded them to be repair'd, at the Ex- pence of the Inhabitants, and thofewho had Eftates in the Town. But, after all, wanting a Caftlc for its greater Defence, Sir Thomas ilc Sutton, Kt. fold to Robert Del Crofs, Walter dc Frojl, Robert dc Sclby, Thomas dc Waltham, 11 'alter dc Dymlingtou, 'Thomas dc Mat- ton, and their Heirs, as Magi Urates of Hull, a Piece of Land on the Kail Side of the River, on the Banks of Drypool, which was North of the Key: As alfo fomc Land, containing 10 Ella broad, and IOO long, upon the Key; the whole about IOO Ells facing the Kail, and as many towards the North. To this Deed, John C0M8I \- i.i.f. of Ifalsham, then Sheriff of Yorkshire; Roiikki dc JJlltOH, John dc %X. Autnthl, Knights, and others, were Witneffes. 92 Chap. vi. Mayors, &c. in the Reign of K. Richard IT. i379jI 7 orth r\<-\ ti^ , -r^- <• for Sanctuary to Beveruy 1388 Walter Dimlington, 2 Minster. 1389 John de Colthorpe. [c] 1390 Simon de Grimsby, 1 1 39 1 Robert Baffet. 1392 Peter Steeler, ^Stiler. \f] Buried in the H^h-church, Oy » L-/ J and over him this Inscrip- tion, Hkjacet Petrus Steeler, quondam Major hnjus Vilhv, quiobiit 20 Junii, 1396. any LandstotheirDetriment : And that they fliould have a Com- mon-Seal, to confift of two Parts ; the upper of which to be depo- fited in the Hands of a Clerk, for that Purpofe, appointed by him, or any fucceeding Sovereign. [ <•] He lies interr'd in St. Mary's Church, and had over him and his Confort this Inscription : ^t'c jactt Johannes dc Col- thorpe, quonfcamitfajor WLillc 5e Kington fuper Hull; et Alicia Etxor ejus: <&uorum ammatms pxopitittwc Ecus. Stunt. In this Mayor's Time, the great Weigh-Houfe, before-mention'd, was built over part of the Haven, founded deep into the Earth underneath with large Piles of Timber, and crofs Beams above, over which the Structure was raifed. [/] In the Spring Time, near a thoufand Perfons, belonging to CotHngham, Woolferton^Anlaby^ and other neighbouring Towns, be- ing offended, that the Inhabitants oiHull, had, by cutting the Earth, drawn fome frefh Water from them ; they bound themfelves, with a terrible Oath, to (land by one another whilft they were able to filed their la ft Drops of Blood. Then, having ordain'd the moll ruftical Leaders, the)' appear'd in the like Sort of Arms, ranfacking Houfes, and abufing fuch Owners, who would not as madly confederate with them. Soon did they lay Siege to Hull, vowing the utter Detrac- tion of it. Being fhrangely poetically given too, they made fuch infipid Rhimes, to encourage the Seditious, as indeed would dis- honour the Flights of Antiquity, mould fuch ridiculous Stuff lie publickly fet forth. The Canals, which had been made.it a \ ast Ex- pence, they quickly fill'd up, almoft as they had been before. But tho' by thefe BCeans they had spitefully deprh ed the Town of frefh flowing Streams, and ftopt Provifions that were fent to the valiant Inhabitants ; yet thefe ill-advifed Wret< he found themfelvi much 94 Chap. VI. Mayors, &c. in the Reign of K. RICHARD II. 1393 John Liverfedge, 1 1-304* John Berkin, 2 * 0*«» Aknb died this Year. °?~r r,-.,.. ^ She firjl taught the Knglibh Ladies 1395 William lerry, I how to ride on Side Saddles. 1396 Simon de Grimsby, 2 J. Liverfedge. 1397 John Liverfedge, 2 John Btrkin. 1398 Thomas de Waltham, 3 Will. Terry. 1399 John Tutbury, 1 [ g ] S . de Grimsby. much deluded, and withal too impotent, to prevail againft them- Upon which, withdrawing to Cottingham; and afterwards, through Fear, difperfing ; fome fled quite away ; others, taken, and fent to York, were executed ; and about 30obtain'd Pardon, upon their Pe- nitence, and faithful Promife, never to attempt the like again. [g] When Henky Duke of Lancafler, after his Banifhment, landed at Ravenfpurn this Year, and was join'd by the Lords Wil- longhb)', Rofs, Beaumont, with Numbers of Gentry, err. this good Mayor, as foon as he heard of it, order'd the Gates to be shut up, and the Burgeffes to appear under Arms. The Duke and his Af- fociates, foon after, demanding Enterance, received this Anfwer from the worfhipful Magiftrate : My Lord ! when I enter d upon my office, I teas /worn to be true to my Sovereign, who indeed has been a Royal Benefactor to us : No Consideration tltcrefore shall federate we from that firm Allegiance, which I owe to my Prince, but Death itself : And, wltilfl I live, nothing, except my Kings exprefs Com- mand, shall prevail with me to deliver up this important Town. Upon this refolute Anfwer, which even Enemies could not but applaud, the Duke, and all his Attendants, quickly withdrew, and march'd to Doncaftcr, where they were joined by Numbers : Soon after which, the unfortunate King, returning from Ireland, was by fubtle Contrivance, dcliver'd up, and fent to the Tower. And this Year the Merchants of Wifmcr, Roflock, &c. falling upon the En- glish Ships, failing near Norway, the aforefaid Mayor was depriv'd of 5 Pieces of Wax, 400 and | of Werk ; Terry, and Ofmunds, a Laft of each ; 30 Pieces of Woollen Broad-Cloths, 1000 and \ of narrow. They took likewife,of Mr. Wifdonis Property, fuch Quan- tities of Oyl, Wax, Werk, &c. as were eftimated at 300/. Two Cakes of Wax, which belong'd to Mr. Wiltpund 13/. With fuch like Merchandize, from Mr. Richard Home, as were reckon'd at 50/. Complaint of thefe Seizures being made to the King, Sir William Sturmy, Kt. was fent to demand Reparation for the Da- mages ; and accordingly obtain'd a full Reftitution. King Mayors, &c. in King H E N R V the IVth'j Reign. 95 King HENRY IV. Sept. 29. 1399. 1400 glMON rfe Grimsby, 3 [//] [ # * # ] y. Liverfege 1 40 1 John Liverfedge, 3 [/] T. JValthaiu [ /* ] On the 14th of February ; i$f§. King Richard II. (who had been depofed fome Months before) was cruelly murder'd in Pontefracl Caftle : The Charter of Hull was renew'd and confirm'd on the 4th of November. The Town flood firm to the Intereftof the new King, when they found his Predeceffor was no more. [«/%] Several Manufcripts, I have reduced into two Sorts, which I thought would be molt conducive to my Purpofe : So that where the Readers find the Mayors twice men- tion'd, &c. on each Side of the Columns of the Page, it fhows, that, as there is a Difparity, I leave it to their Judgment : But ftill, the Series of Time is preferv'd, tho" the Names of thefe Magiftrates feem to be difplac'd, with- out an Infallibility could be conferr'd on one Side : Which I think is not very material ; tho', in this Cafe, 'tis abfolutely neceffary I fhould exhibit the different Accounts. Thefe Incongruities are but in few Places ; in the greater Part the Manufcripts are coherent, efpccially in the later Centuries. [ /] The Inhabitants of Hull having reprcfented to the new Mo- narch, the vaft Expences the)- were at, in defending the Town from the Inundations of an Incroaching Sea ; yet fuch was their Misfor- tune, thro' the Want of frefh Water, that the)' were obliged to lend into Lincolnshire for it, at fo great a Price, as occafioned man)- to leave the Place, which in Time might produce an utter Deftruc- tion to it : The King therefore comniiffion'd John Scroop, Henry 'and Robot) Percy, l\tcr Burton, William Gafcoign, JoknRoutk, Robert Hilton, and John HotJiam, Knights ; with William Lod- dington, Hugh Arden, Robert (and Richard) Turwit, Efqrs. to con- fult Methods, in order to procure frefh Streams, to fatisfy then- 1 )< fire. Accordingly, being nut at Sculcotes, they proposd, without Damage to any Perfon, That a Sewn- mighl be cut, from the noted J 1 lian WVll, in the Fields of . Auluby, \2 Feel in Breadth, to the Would-Carr-Dyke ; from thence to Hull: And, in like Manner, from the Well of Ditriiiyjimii, and Spring oi Haltemprife ; near N which 9S Chap. vi. Mayors in King Hkn'kv IVth's Reign, &c 1402 William Terr)', wCherry, 2. [/'] Rich.Kirkbie 1403 John Humbleton. Sim. Grimsby 1404 John Fittling, 1. J. Liver/edge 1405 John Fittling, 2. [KingatYork.] J. Liver/edge 1406 Simon de Grimsby, 4. J. Humbleton 1407 Robert Shacklefs. J. Fit t Huge 1408 John Tutbury, 2. J. Fittlinge 1409 John Wallas, 1. Sim. Grimsby 1410 Simon Bedall. Rob. Shackells 141 1 J. Wallas, 2 Charter renew' d Dec. 20. yolui Tutbury King HENRY V. Mrr^ 20. 1412 tOhn Bedford, 1. [/] John Wallas 1 41 3 J John Tutbury, 3. Simon Bedall which, was a famous Monaftery. Thefc Commiffioners met after- wards at Hcadon, and Hull, where they full}- obtain'd the feeming Confent of all Parties, upon the Oaths of John dc A nimby, and fe- veral others, before the King's Juftices, affign'd for that Purpofe. [ /' ] Tho', the laft Year, all feem'd to be satisfy'd ; yet, in this, when the Work was begun, the Labourers were prevented, and abufed,thro' the Fury of Nicholas Wright ; William Aislabie and Brown ; John Cope, Robin/on, Wood, Swine, and Sharp, of Bay- nard-Cctjlle, with other riotous Perfons. They acted like their mif- chievous Predeceffors, in filling up the Canal, and ftriving to ren- der the late good Defign impracticable. But, being taken, and imprifon'd at Hull, they were oblig'd to implore for Mercy, pro- mife Satisfaction, walk with uncovered Heads, and bare Feet, once every Year, with Wax Tapers in their Hands, to be offer'd up in the Chancel of the Great Church ; yield up their Weapons, and give fufneient Security for their good Behaviour : And upon any further Trefpafs, each of them was to pay 5/. to the Vicar ; 10/ to the Chamberlain for Reparation of the Walls ; and 40/. a piece, fhould they ever attempt to get this Sentence abolifh'd, to which they had fubmitted. Notwithstanding thefe Severities, feveral other malicious Perfons, in the Night Time, continued to fpoil the Works, and pollute the Streams. [/] Such was the inveterate Rancour of the Inhabitants of the a- forefaid Towns, by letting fait Water, and throwing flinking Carrion, into Mayors &c. in the Reign of King Henry the Fifth. 97 1 4 14 J. Bedford, 2 [;//] ( Charter confirm } d\ John Wallas 1415 Tho. Marshall, 1 1 Dec. 10. \y no. Bedford 14 16 John Gregg, Founder of an Hofpital J^o/t/t T titbit yy into the Canals, which now were riniih'd ; that flimulated the Ma- gi ftrates of Hull, this Year, to befeech A lexanderV. Bifh op of /?<>///<-, to thunder out his Excommunication again ft them : But the Pontiff recommending the Cafe to FRANCIS, Cardinal of the Holy Crofs at Jerufalem; Anthony, of Sufanna ; and John of St. Peter ad Vinculo.; thefe merciful Fathers, inftead of denouncing Curfes.fent (after longand due Confederation) an exhortatory Writing, fealed and figned by Pope John XXI. in the firft Year of his Pontificate, dated at Rome, the 20th of July. In it was represented, The Account every one iiiujl make at the tremendous Day of Judgment ; and con- fcqueutly what mifcrable Sinners thofe malicious Perfous mufl ap- pear, who, by the Suggejlions of Satan, should endeavour to ruin the Inhabitants of fo large a Town: That there was yet a Time for Repentance, which might be accepted, upon the Forbearance of the Guilty from fuch deteflable Crimes, fo directly oppofite to the Will of Heaven, which would difpenfe its P>lcffuigs to all Mankind : To fol- low fuch divine Philanthropy, every Per/on should rather contribute to a general Advantage, tho perhaps fame way difcordant to their fntcrefl, than prevent thofe defired fresh flowing Streams, to their nc- ccfjitous Neighbours : And therefore, the pajl Offenders, by ufiug their Endeavours, for redrefjingtlwfe Grievances, which than/ elves had 'oeca- jiou'd ; and others, who generously contributed to promote the Publick Welfare and Happiuefs ; should not only obtain Pardon for their va- rious Sins and Offences ; but alfo be entitled to the Protection of St. PETER, St. PAl L, with all the Kofi of Heaven, both here, and hereafter. This Inftrument, tho' procur'd at a hurtful Kxpence, yet produe'd fuperior Benefit : For all Attempts of deftroying the Canals, or poyfoning the Waters, ceafed from this Time : The People were overpowerfully charm'd with innocent Mildnefs, and foft Reprehenfion : which, perhaps, they never would have been, had feverer Methods been ufed to enforce them. [ /// ] The Kin-, having, on the l8th of March, written, from Kenelworth, to the Mayor and Burgeffes of the Town, demanding their Afliftance, (amongft others) in procuring Shipping, to with- ftand thofe oCFrance, Scotland, and inch Powers that affifted them ; I. tter was directed to the Kin;'' Uncle, lh.\i:\ Hi \ii< Bifhop of Winche/ler, Lord Chancellor, (afterwards Cardinal) da- ted tin. 28th of the fame Month. In it, they defired Ins Lordfhip t" inform hi l£ajefty, I hat. liavingdifcoursd the Owners off ever al gallant 98 Chap. vi. Mayors, &c. in t/ie Reign of K. HENRY VI. 1417 John Fittling, 3. 1 418 Thomas Marshall, 2. John Bedford MSS. agree 1419 Robert Holm, 1. John Gregge f v ; w 1420 John Bedford, 3. 1 42 1 Francis Hew it. iiy Church. John Fittling 77/o. Marshall King HENRY VI. August 31. Robert 1 'Inline 1422 tAmes Spead. 1423 J Thomas Marsha 1424 John Grimsby, i. 1425 John Tutbury, 4. 1426 Thomas Wells. 1427 Robert Holm, 2. 1428 John Bedford, 4. 1429 Robert Kirton, 1. 1430 Ralph Horn, 1. [n] 11, 3- Jnlm Bedford Francis Hewit James Speed Tlin. Marshall JnJin Grimsby James Speed Francis Hewit Tho. Marsliall 1 43 1 J ohn Gri msby , 2. The King crown" d at I *ar i s 1432 JohnTutbury,5. Returns to England in Feb 1 433 Thomas Wal las , Terrible Struggles in France 1434 Robert Holm, 3. Normandy in Rebellion 1 435 [0] John Bedford, 5. The Regent dyd at Paris gallant Veffels, together with the Town's Inhabitants, they were unanimously resolved to /apply his Majejiy with what he wanted, fo that lie took upon him to manage, ami provide Sustenance for his willing Naval Forces, that should be ready, at Command. \n] In his Mayoralty, the Town's Charter was confirmed by A6i of Parliament. [o] Orders were made either in this Year, or when he was Mayor before, " That neither Markets, or Traffick, fliould be kept "or dealt with on a Sunday, (except, according to antient Cu- " ftom, from Lammas to Michaelmas) on Penalty of 6s. 8d. to the " Seller, and \ of that sum to the Buyer : No Cooks to drefs Meat, "except for Strangers ; and that too, before 11 a Clock : No " Vintners or Ale-Seller- to vend their Liquors, under the aforefaid " Penalties : One Shilling and Eight Pence being allow'd to the In- " former; provided he acted out of pure Zeal, and not thro' fel- " fiih Intereft, or malicious Inclination."' [/] The Mayors, &c. in King HENRY the Vlth'j Rcigu. 99 1436 Robert Kirton, 2. 1437 Ralph Horn, 2. 1438 Ralph Holmes. The King (as his Royal Father had done, about the 3d War of his Reign) confirm'd the Election of a Mayor ; but chang'd the Affiftance of 4 Bayliffs, to that of 12 Aldermen, elected from the Burgeffes, ( as mentioned, except Hugh Clitheroe and John Han/on, in Pag. Si. where the Wards arc faid to be divided ) and authorized, by their Dignity, as Jufticcs of the Peace. This was in the 17th Year of his Rcigu ; when he order'd, that the Aldermen ( out of whom a Mayor was Yearly to be chofen, and not to rule fo often, as had been us'd in the Time of Bayliffs ) fhould be adorn'd in Scarlet, as I mention'd in a Note under the Epitaph of the Worlhipful William Dob/on. Moreover, he granted them a Sheriff ; who, much in the like Manner, was to wear a Scarlet Gown. When the firft of that Dignity, ( a rich Mer- chant ) was chofen the fame Year, ( entering upon his Office the Day after Trinity-Sunday, which he held 'till Mich- aelmas) it was ordain'd, by the Mayor and Aldermen, that he fhould have 2 Serjeants to attend him : and all. in thefe Stations, to be annually elected : I shall therefore, in the next Chapter, add the Names of the Sheriffs t<> Thofe of the Mayors, as many as could be gather'd, 'till we * come t<» what Tradition lias exhibited, of other Per Pons, who ferved as Chamberlains ; tho' fuch had been for feveral Years, before the Gentlemen to be hereafter men- tion'd. wmmwm % m®&®®{m+ 1 + (MAP. VII. ./ Continuation of the Mayors, and Beginning of the Sheriffs, 'till the kW^CHRIST, 1561. . /./>. M AYO R S . Sheriffs. 1 1.39 TOn\ Awnwicke. *fOhn Spenfer, or Spen- 1440 J [/ ] Thomas 1 )ay.*/ cer. Richard Hanfon, [/>] The King, being charm'd with the Town's Loyalty, con in m d, on 1 li> 10th of May, their old Char! ml d them .1 perpetual Succcffion ; and capa< itatcd them to implead, in any of ioo Chap. yii. Mayors in King Henry Vlth'j Reign. 1 44 1 Hugh Clitheroe, 1 [f Three Shillings and Pour Pence, and fo m Proportion the leffer Veffels; By which Means, they being enabled to gel the Port clear'd, it became re- Itor'd t<> it, priftine Condition. I h STi was alio remarkable t« Alph Langton, 1 Lawrence Swat or i eke 1 486 Robert Chapman , 1 y//. Ill If 011 or // 111 if on 1487 John Dalton, 1 Thomas Wickliffe 1488 Thos. Etton,^Eaton TJws. Bridge or Bridges 1489 Thomas Dalton, 1 Robert Hoole ox Howie 1 490 Law (o^ Tho) Swatorickc //<•//. Myndram, or Mindram 1 49 1 Thomas Phillips y<>//// Spicer [ff] 1 492 Robert Chapman, 2 71&0. Andrew ox Andrews 1493 Thomas Will ifon William Goodknappe 1494 Ralph Langton, 2[gg]Edwd. Baron, or Barron 1495 John Dalton, 2 Thomas Cocke or Gw/' 1496 Henry Mindram, 1 Edw .Greenley ,ox Greenby 1497 \! l h\ Wm. Good knap Thomas Goof e man 1498 Root. Hoole r (Roger) Bn shell 1505 Alexander Wharton [//] // 'illiam Taylor 1506 Henry Mindram, 2 ^>/y marrying Elizabeth, deleft Daughter to King Edward IV. the Houfes of York and Lancafler became happily united. [.//"] This Sheriff lies buried in the South Isle of the Chancel of Holy Trinity Church. \.gg\ He died in his Mayoralty ; and \\a- int « 1 r\l in the Mid- dle of the Chancel, over whom was a Tomb-Stone, which declar'd the Worfhipful JOHN DALTON was his Succeflbr. [////] I le was an excellent Merchant; and, designing to return home, was taken ill at Calais, \w France, where he departed this Life : Upon which another Perfon (upply'd the Office this Year. [ ii ] This Gentleman died at Loudon, in Time of his Mayoralty, I kk 1 106 Chap. vii. Mayors, Sheriffs, &c. in Reign of HEN. VIII. 1507 Thomas Wilkinfon, 1 Robert Harrifon 1508 Rob.(tf/' Rog.)Bushell, I Wil. William/on, oxWillifon [M] King HENRY VIII. April 22. 1509 pDwu. Barron, 2 J? Dm. Riddale, or Rifdale 1 5 10 John Eland, i Geo. Matt if on, or Mad- 151 1 Robert Harrifon Thos. Huntington , [di/on 1 51 2 Will. Williamfon [//] yo/in La n gt on 1 5 1 3 Edw. Riddale [nuii] Rob. Hapfarn>oxHampfon [kk] In the Beginning of his Reign, to pleafe the People, who had been fore oppreffed, in his Father's Time, by thofe two vile In- formers and Profecutors lEmpson and 2DuBIc$,he order'd Informa- tions to be taken againft them, in all noted Towns. Hither, for that Purpofe,came the Earlof Northumberland, withfeveral Lords ; who (in the Towrts-Hall) received the Complaints of the Sufferers : Which, with the Grievances of other People, being fent to London. occafion'd thofe two wicked Inftruments defervedlyto sufferDcath, who had been the miferable Ruin of many poor Families. [//] The King, denouncing War againft the Scots, both by Sea and Land, fent an Inftrument in Writing to this Town, fetting forth the Affronts which he had received from the Gallick Monarch, who was an Enemy to the Roman Emperor elect, which he order'd to be proclaim'd. The French King, being alarm'd at the News, pre- vail' d with James IV. of Scotland, to break his Truce with the King of England; which he did, on Complaint of the English Ad- miral's deftroying Sir Andrew Barton; the valiant Heron's killing the Scots Warden ; with other pretended Matters of Offence. The aforefaid Heron was a Gentleman that lived on the Borders ; who, by knowing the Scottish Wiles, was a great Help to the English, in obtaining the Victory over them the following Year. \_mm~\ Six Edward Howard, Lord High-Admiral of England, came this Year, with a numerous Fleet, failing up the Hinnbcr, to this Town ; where he took in Numbers of Voluntiers, with Arms, and Provifions : And, fome time after, landing at Ncwcajlle, made hafte, with the Forces, to join the Earl of Surrey, Lieutenant of the North, at the famous Battle of Floddon-Field ; where the Scots were routed, their King slain, with 12 Earls, 17 Lords, 2 Bifhops, 4 Ab- bots, and about ten thoufand common Soldiers. This Year one Mr. Godfrey, the King's Searcher, was thrown into the Haven, near Hull ; where, as I fuppofe, he perifhed. [an] About Mayors, Sheriffs, &c. in K. Henry the Vlllth'j Reign. 107 1514 [////] George Mattifon, 1 Edmnd. Mattifon [00] 1515 Thomas Huntington yoJut Harrifon [;///] About this Time, Sir William SIDNEY, defcended from thofe, of that Name, who came over with King Henry II. from Aujou, flourifhed in his Monarch's Favour: For he was one of his Houfhold 'Squires, in the third Year of his Reign, when he accompanied the Lord Thomas Darcy; who, with 1500 Archers, was fent to affift Ferdinand, King of Spain, again ft the Moors of Africa. That Lord, with him, and moft of thofe Bowmen, returned home, after having been richly rewarded by the Spanish Monarch. The next Year the King knighted SIDNEY, and made him Captain of a Man of War againft the French ; fent him afterwards into the North, againft the Scots, where lie was a Commander in Floddon- Field. To reward this great Captain ftill further, the King be- ftow'd upon him, and his Heirs Male, the Lordship of My ton and Tupcotes, with the Manor, Lands, Appurtenances, &c. as have been amply mention'd before, which belong'd to Edmund de la Pole, the laft Earl of Suffolk, of that Name, before it became forfeited to the Crown. [00 ~] A very sharp Scuffle happen'd between Sheriff MATTI- SON, (or MADD1SON) and the Prior of Haltempri/e. The Matter was thus : Tho' the Monaftry was within the County of Hull; yet the Prior afferted, That as the Rights of the Church ought not to be invaded; fo neither had the Sheriff any Power to enter into his Liberties, which included Wolferton, a Village alfo in the County aforefaid. Heretofore Complaints had been made, againft former Sheriffs, in the Star-Chamber : Which Court, by Agreement on both Sides, had referr'd the Matter to the Arbitration of the Abbot of Meaux ; Sir Marmaduke Conjlable ; Sir Bryan Palms, Serjeant at Law, Knights ; and Ralph Rokesby Efq ; Hut, however, this Officer, on the 6th of October, going to Wolferton, to keep his Turn, according to former Cuftom ; the Prior arm'd tin- Monks ; rais'd th Tenants ; ftopt up the Roads, and Paffages ; abufed the She- riff, and refilled his Attendants : Who, not able tamely to bear thefe Provocations, return'd the like infulting Terms, which quickly was fucceeded by a < ruel Battle. Certainly, it mull have been a fending to borrow Money of the Town, for the carrying on his Wars against the French and Scots, they lent him above 250/. which was then accounted a great Sum. The In- habitants having feiz'd fome Corn, that was to be convey'd to Scot- land, the King, in a Letter, thank'd them for their Loyalty ; and, upon the fame Subject, wrote to Sir Jolm Ncvill, at Cottiugham. M Mayors, Sheriffs, &c. in the Reign of K. Hen. VIII. IO9 1523 Thomas Thompfon, 1. Thomas Dalton 1524 John Eland, 3 William Rogers 1525 William Knowles, 1 Richd.Meekley ,o\ Meekly 1526 Robert Parker William Swailes, or Swale 1527 Thos. Wilkinfon, 3 [<7 1 . with his Forces, came alfo as haflilyto furprize the Town : But Sir Ralph Ellerkir, and Sir John Constable, Knights, who I IO Chap. vh. Mayors, Sheriffs, &c. in Reigti of Hen. VIII. 1537 [w] Jn.Harrifon, 2 lVm.Crifcroffe ox Goof croft who were Neighbours hard by, railing what Afliftance they could, threw themfelves therein, (hut up the Gates, and flood upon their Defence. This made their Enemies, who were jull at their Heels, fo mad, to think the}- had loll the Start, in fecuring this ftrong For- trefs, that the)- revenged themfelves on the Wind-Mills near it, which they fet on Fire ; and then furiously demanded the Delivery of the Town, with the Bodies of the aforcfaid/<7//<- Knights, as they were then pleas'd to call them : But meeting with an abfolute De- nyal, they could do little elfe, except ufing threatening Words ; 'till, hearing the Country was rifing againft them, they rais'd the Siege, and march'd away. Upon their being purfu'd by the Mayor, and his Affiftants, fevcral were taken, and committed to Goal. It was not long after, when Sir ROBERT CONSTABLE, and others of his Sentiments, (finding their Strength could not avail to feize King- fion, which is indeed the Key of the Eaftern Parts) betook them- felves to Art and Stratagem : And entering the Town, difguifed like Market-People, yet fecretly arm'd, having befides Eggs, But- ter, Chickens, &e. they feiz'd the Gates, let in the Remainder of their Followers, and quickly difpers'd themfelves into every Part, ncceffary for their Purpofe, before the People were well appriz'd thereof. Then did Sir ROBERT quickly affume to himfelf the Title of Governonr ; fent Ships into foreign Parts for Forces to affift him ; imprifon'd thofe Perfons (after he had plunder'd them of their Effects) whom he fuspected not to favour his Defigns; and laid up Stores of Provifions, Ammunition, with whatever elfe was ncceffary to fupport them againft a Siege. Thus he ftricYly ruled about a Month ; when, to his Mortification, he heard how his Partners in the Country were either slain, difpers'd, or taken. Hereupon he became fo very much difpiritcd, that a cloudy Melancholly ap- pealed in his Looks, as a difmal Prefage of that Punifhment, which he was Ihortly to undergo ! By how much he was afflicled, in Pro- portion was the Mayor and Inhabitants encouraged : Who, falling upon the difconfolatc Knight, and his unfortunate Adherents, com- mitted them to Prifon, at the fame time fending News thereof to the King ; who return'd an Anfwer, from Greenwich, dated Feb. 2, 163!,'. by Sir Ralph Ellerkir, Jun. That he had previously com- ;/ti///o/t\l the aclive Duke of Norfolk to bring- litem all to their Tryals for their Rebellion againfl hint. \vv\ The Judgment of the aforefaid Perfons foon followed ; For Mr. AsK,a Gentleman oil Lincolnshire, was hang'din Chains, at York, upon a lofty Tower : He, and his Numbers, which had in- creas'd Mayors, Sheriffs, &c. in K. HENRY VHIthV RcigN. I I I 1538 [ww] John Brown yames Rogers 1539 \xx\ William Catherall Henry Dinghy creas'd to 40000, oblig'd the Archbifliop of York, with the old Lord Darey, to accompany them; making them take an Oath, Tore/lore the Church, extirpate Heretieks, preferve the Royal Family, and to drive away evil Coimfellors from the King. They furrounded Skip- ton, which was defended again ft them by the Earl of Cumberland ; and Sir RALPH EVERS held out Scarborough Caftle for 20 Days. The unhappy Lord Darcv was beheaded on Tower Hill, tho' he was fourfcore Years old : The Lord HUSSEY loft his Head at Lin- coln : Several of the inferior Captains, with 70 others, were execu- ted, for the laft Infurrection, in divers Parts of Yorkshire: And, in Hull, many received Sentence of Death, which they fuffer'd accord- ingly : But Sir ROBE R T CONS TABLE, in particular, as having been the Principal Head in the Seizure of the Town, was hang'd in Chains over Beverley-Gate, (fo call'd, I fuppofe, be- caufe it leads to that beautiful Place) that the Body of" this un- happy Knight might ftrike the greater Terror into every one, in Town, or County, who beheld fo difmal and wretched a Spectacle ! After this, a Pardon was granted, except to twenty two Perfons ; moft of whom were taken, and fuffer'd in one Place, or other. Much about this time, the King and Parliament were petition'd, That the Fee-Farm Rent (70 1. per An.) of this Corporation, should be apply d to the E.xpenees of his Majesty's Houshold ; and that the 'Town should be dij charged from about 12 1. as Part of it, beeaufe it proceeded from fitch Lands as were forfeited by Edmund de la POLE, Earl of Suffolk: A Sum demanded of (and paid by ) the Mayor ami Aldermen, to the great Detriment of the Town. The Magistrates too, being afraid, left the Corporation-Plate fhould, in thefe troublefome Times, be feiz'd upon, and loll ; they very pru- dently, by Sale, converted the fame into Money, which amounted to feveral Hundreds of Pounds : Which, it is written, wasapply'd to bear the Expences of their Members in Parliament; and to repair the Church of the Holy Trinity, for which there was Occafion. [ WW] This Year the J lush- Dyke was finilhed, which was begun to be call up the Year before. [.r.r] Upon the Suppreflion ol the greater Monasteries, the pi- ous Biihops Latimer, Ridley, and others, befoughl the King, this Year, Thai but two, <»r even one, ofthofe vi nerable Bdifici , might be fuffer'd to remain in each County : " Not for any kindiii I to "the Monk-, /aid they ; but to be Nurferies of Charity, Learn p "il 1 12 CHAP. \ u. Mayors, Sheriffs, &c. in Reign \of HEN. VIII. 1540 [yy] Henry Thurfcrofs, 1 Alexander Stockdale "ing, Prayers, and Preaching." Thefe feeming forcible Reafons were ufed in vain to an inflexible Monarch, w ho would be contented with nothing, except their final Deftruftion. 1 lis Defigns were ra- ther to erect ftrong Holds of Defence : For about this Time he purchas'd, ofSir William Sydney, the forfeited Manors of the Earl of Suffolk, and their Appurtenances, (which he had, as before-writ- ten, given to this Favourite) with Refolution to ftrengthen, and add Fortifications, to make the Town of ////// impregnable. \_yy~] The King - , with his Queen, let out from London, in Aug- ttjl, for York, to meet JaiucsX. his Nephew, the 106th King of Scotland, in order to advife him to a 61, in the fame Manner he had done, againft the Abbeys, and other Religious 1 loufes, in that King- dom. Therefore, proceeding thro" By-Ways, for fear of fome of the enraged People, he came unexpectedly within a few Miles of the Town. When the Mayor was appriz'd of it, he fent the Sheriff, with a numerous Train, to meet his Majefty, at the Boarded-Bridge, x\eax Newland, on the Confines of the Count)-. There, paying his Compliments of Welcome, he kifs'd the white Rod, that he carry 'd ; and delivering it to the King, receive! it again from his 1 lands : Then, mounting his Horfe, rode before the Monarch towards the Town. At Beverley-Gate, the Mayor and Aldermen flood, in their Formalities, to receive their Majefties. At the Sight of the Royal Pair, there were no Words, no Demonftrations wanting, to teftify the molt hearty Welcome. The Mayor, falling upon his Knees, kifs'd, and prefented the Mace ; which, being return'd, that Magiftrate carried it, before his Majefty, to the Manor-Hall ; which was then the Place of Refidence. Mere, for three Days, the King, Queen, and Attendants, were fplendidly entertain'd. After which, they fet out for York; where they ftay'd a little Time. But no King of Scot/and appearing ; the English Monarch left that anticntCity, on the 29th of September. At Night the Royal Vifitants lodg'd at the Earl of Northumberland s Seat, at Leckenfield. The Inhabitants of Hull, little thinking the King was fo near, were affembled the next Morning (in order to electa new Mayor) in the Town's-Hall ; where Mr. Dalton, and Mr. Johnfon, were fet up for that Purpofe. But they were furpriz'd, when News was brought, that the King would be in Town at Dinner Time. This prevented the Election : The Candidates, with others, went to meet their Majefties ; whilft the Mayor in Being was left to pay his Compliments upon their Ar- rival. The King, upon his Enterance, hearing of the Matter, or- der'd, the Corporation to meet afrefh ; and, that Sir John Eland fhould be nominated along with the two Gentlemen aforefaid : Which. Mayors, Sheriffs, &c. in K. HENRY the VHIth'j- Reign. 113 1 54 1 Sir John Eland, Kt. 4 John Thacker Which, being done, and his Majefty voting" for him, the Knight was immediately elected. Upon this, the King prefented him with his Sword, in Honour to the Corporation ; which Sir John received, kneeling, in the moft obfequious Manner: Afterwards, the Day was fpent in Feafts, and Recreations. The next Morning, the King and Nobles, viewing the Town, found no Fault, but that it wanted fuf- ficient Strength to defend it. Hereupon he gave Orders for a Gallic, and two ftrong Block-Houfes, to be creeled, with other Fortifica- tions, to environ the Town : Alfo,for his Manor-Hall toberepair'd ; and, that a new Dyke fhould be cut from Newland to King/ion. The Pay-Mafter-General of the Works was Mr. Thomas Allured; and the Surveyor Mr. John Rogers, who was alfo Comptroller. Thefe Gentlemen were to be affifted by Wardens ; one of whom, (Mr. Richard Mills) laid the Foundation-Stone of the Caftle, on the 22d of February, 1 5-J-V- The Expence of the whole, indeed, the King was folely at himfelf ; which amounted to above twenty-three thoufand Pounds. About this Time the North-Gate of the Town was made. After the King (asaforefaid)had given thefe Orders, he, with his Attendants, embark'd ; and fafcly were landed in Barrow 1 1 aven, from whence they proceeded to Thornton Monaftery, fituated near the Hutnber, in Lincolnshire. The humble Monks, tho' they were fenfible of the King's fatal Defigns againft them, were not wanting in their Duty : They met, and welcom'd him, his Queen, and Attendants, in a moft folemn Proceffion ; and entertain'd them fplendidly in that very Monaftery, which but a little Time after he oblig'd tliem to forfake, and commanded the t Edifice itfelf to be laid in Ruins. Upon the King's arrival at London, he conftituted Sir Richard Long to be Governour of Hull; and Michael Stan- hope, Efq ; his Lieutenant, by an [nftrument, dated Feb. 17, I54', 1 , with Power to levy Forces, when Occafion requir'd : But inform'd the Inhabitants, that none of their Priviledges fhould be abridged upon this Occafion ; which wascontriv'd for their greater Defence, 'till fuch Time as the aforefaid Buildings and FortrefTes were per- fected, when they might better feenre themfelves. Thus he took to preferve thofe of the Temporality, for the Prefervation of Kingdom; whilft he proved an Enemy to the Clergy, thro* their Attachment t<> the Raman See. An Enquiry ofhis A< tions, in tin's Affair, is now quite out of Date ; any farther, than, to remark, what (lately Building have been, fr< »m Antiquity, in this Kingdom; to Pome of which, we are obliged for our Cathedral and ( ollegiate Churches, the pleafanf Remains of them, al this very Day. ■ 1 >,.'• iform'd "i ill" ■ 1 , m In* ii had 1 rliament ; f I the follow« I 14 Ch \r. \ 11. Mayors, Sheriffs, &c. in Reign of Hen. VIII. 1542 Peter Mavis, orMaeusRichd. Tayler y oxTaylor bag Accounts, 1 think, more comprehensive, and perfect, than I have yet feen in various Authors. 1. St. Mary's Abbey, for the Order of Benediclines, with- out the Walls of York City, founded by Alan, Earl of Britain, Anno. 1088. 2. .sW/m', in Yorkshire, for the fame Order, by William the Conqueror, 1078. 3. Bardney, built by King Ethelred, in 712, afterwards deftroyd by the Dana. 4. Cray/and, by Ethel red. King of Mercia, 726. who erected the Church belong- ing to it. $. Spalding Priory, .ill" Benediclines, by Talboys, E. of Anglers, 1074. 6. Semplingham, for the Order of Gilhertines, 1131. The preceding four Religious Houfes were in Lincolnshire. 7. St. Peter's, in the- City of Clocejler, founded , King <>r Northumberland, for Benediclines, about the End of the 7th Century. 8. Winchdcumb, which at firft was a Nunnery, built by King O/A'/, in 787, was af- terwards, .-/>/. 798. converted into a Benedtcline Monaftery, and enlarg'd by A?- nulph, King of Mercia ; who built the Church, which was dedicated by Arch- bishop Wilfrid, of Canterbury, and [3 Bishops, with the greateft Splendour of their Religious Magnificence. 9. Cirencefter, founded for the Order of St. Augujline, by King Henry I. .-/////<> 1133- The 2 foregoing in Glocejiershire. 10. St. .//- &z«\r, in Hartjbrdshire, tor Benediclines, founded by C/fo, King of Men- in, 795. 11. St. Peter's, WeftminJUr, for the fame, by Seabert, King of the Eajl-Sa.xons, in 604. 12. St. Austin's, Canterbury, by King Ethelbert, Anno 602. 13. £7//vfr. 24. Thornton Abbey, upon the Humber, in Lincolnshire, where the King had been fo well entertain'd, founded by William Grofs, Earl of Albemarle, for ^4«- gujlinian Monks, taken from Kirkham Priory, about the Middle of the 12th Century. 25. Leicejler- Abbey, by Robert Boffe, Earl of that Town, 1141. ■ 26. Waltham, in 7\/je.\, by King Harold, 1036. for the Order of St. Augufline. 27. St. John's in Colehe/ler, by Eudo, Butler to Henry I. Another writes, that it was founded by a religious Man, named Eynulphus, for Augustines. 28. Beauheu, in Bedfordshire, by King John, 1205, for Benediclines. 29. Tavijlock, for the like ( >rder, in Devonshire, built by Ordgar (who had a Son of Gigantick Sta- ture) in the Year 981. 30. St. Peter's, Coventry, in Warwickshire, for Benedicl- ines, by Earl Leo frick, about the Year 1 043. 31. Hide, in Hampshire, for the faid Order, by King Alined, (or Egt'rid,) Anno 922. 32. St. Aujlin's in />'»■/• _/?<;/, for that Saint's Order, erected by King Henry I. ^^. Laves, in Suffex, by William Ac Warren, full Earl of Surrey, Anno 1078. for the Order of Clugni. 34. Battle Abbey, dedicated to St. Afar/in, alfo in Suffer, founded by William the Conqueror, 1067. 35. St. John's of Jerujaleiu, in the Suburbs of London, by Jordan Brifet, and his Confort, /4»jk> iioo. for Knights Hofpitallers. But, Mayors, Sheriffs, &c. in the Reign of K. Hen. VIII. 115 1543 James Rogers John Knowles But, befides the foregoing, there were other Religious Places, in every County, and particularly in Yorkshire: As, the Abbeys, Mona- fteries, or Priories, of Whitby, Kirk ham, Kirk /tail, Rivaux, &c. confiding of beautiful Churches, Refectories, Offices, Dormitories, Infirmaries, with contiguous Stables; and other neceffary Houfes, for the Entertainment of Strangers, or Pilgrims. The Monks us'd to pray at Midnight, or the Cock-Crowing ; 6 o'Clock in the Morn- ing, or Matutines, which they call'd the firft Hour ; at 9 o'Clock, or the third Hour before Noon ; at the fixth Hour, or 12 o'Clock atHigh Noon : The ninth Hour, or 3 in the Afternoon ; the twelfth Hour, or 6 o'Clock in the Evening, when the Vefpers began ; and at 7 at Night, which was rcckon'd to be the firft Hour of the noctur- nal Twelve. A certain Author, tho' very ironical againft them, yet owns, that thefe Abbeys were very convenient for the younger Children of the Nobility and Gentry, and confequently the Diffo- lution a very great Lofs, fince that Provifion was taken away, by the Enjoyment of which, there was lefs Occafion to rack the poor Tenants; and the Abbots were glad to receive thofe juvenile Per- fons with little, or nothing ; becaufe fo kind a Reception endear'd their Parents to befriend them in Parliament. Their Convents taught Latin, to the neighbouring Children, without any Reward : The Nunneries, to read, and work, with fometimes Latin, to enable them to undcrftand the Church-Service: The Monks were Hifto- rians ; and the Abbots excellent Landlords, who impos'd but eafy Fines on their Tenants, and Merc remarkable for an univerfal Hof- pitality. But whatever Excellencies they feem'd to have been dig- nify'd with ; all could not avert their impending Ruin. What pulling down of Buildings foon follow'd ! The Materials were fold ; the curious painted Glafs broken to Pieces; Copes, and Surplices, converted to Curtains, and Cufhions ; and the Bells melted (brother Ufcs. Tho' their Mottoes fignify'd Power ; as Fltnera platlgo ; Ful~ gura, Fulmina frango ; Sabbato pango ; excito Lentos; dilfipo Ven~ tOS ; pace Crneutos : Yet neither their various Significations, or piercing Sounds, foretelling Death, breaking Thunder and Light- ning, calling to the Sabbath, exciting the Sleep)-, diffipating the Winds, <>r aflwaging the Tyranny 01 Men, had any Effecl .it all upon King Henry ; So far from it, that playing at Dice with Sir M lies J'arterii/ge, one Throw loll him the tunable King of Jefus Bells, (againft One Hundred Pound) not far from St. Paufs, London. Nay, he gave a Religious Houfe to a Gentlewoman, who had obli- ged him with a Mefs of Pottage ; or, as fome fay, a Difll of Pud- din I 16 CHAP. VII. Mayors, Sheriffs, &C. in Reign o/Mv.y,. VIII. 1544 Alexander Stockdaile, 1 William A Itnond dings: And thofe Perfons, to whom lie beftow'd the Monasteries, fold, for trifling Sums, the choice!! Manufcript Books, adorn'd with curious Boflesand Clasps, t<> Merchants, Grocers, Sope-Sellers, and other Trades, who ufed them to lap up their ( roods. The Church- Lands were efteem'd at, Yearly, to the Value of Fifteen Hundred Thoufand Pounds: And yet, the King became but poor afterwards, thro' his fquandering them away,in the moll profligate Manner, be- fore he could accomplifli his Defigns of founding iK new Bifho- pricks ; and one, in particular, thro' the Invention of Sir Nicholas Bacon, to erect a Royal Seminary for AmbaiTadors, Statefmen, and Hiftorians ; which would fupply the lofs of the latter, confequent on the Destruction of Abbies ; where, for the most part, was pre- ferv'd a Chronicle of the Times. Hut I fhall draw towards aCon- clufion of this Manner of Difcourfe, by quoting the Words of a Latin Poem, (from what was excellently written by Sir John Don- ham, Knight of the Bath, entitled Coopers Hill) inferib'd to the most Noble William Lord r^rr//c//V/',onlySontothe Earl of Devon- shire. Herein, defcribing the charming Beauties of Nature, in a Country abounding with Woods, Streams, Dales and Mountains, (as the fublime Author had a little before expatiated on Art, which rais'd the fair and lofty Pinacles and Towers of Wind/or Castle) he- takes Notice of a pleafant Summit, on which had stood a beautiful Chapel, 'till fuch Time as it fhar'd in the Fate of the fubfiding Abbe)', both in venerable Ruins! And then he makes hismelan- cholly Reflexion upon thefe lamentable Objects. On is vero luce eemens dubitet quin extents Hojlis Terrain omnem Ferro f iter it popnlatns, & Ignit At pojlqnam andicrit, quod tantis Jlragibus Anclor Xee durus Scytha///. gelida nee Gotthus ab Arclo, Sed Rex indigena, & CHRISTI de Nomine dielns ; Cum nihil interjit, fed ' folo Nomine di/lent Optima nojlra, atque illornm turpijjima Facta; J'alia aim f iter in t Pietatis \' itinera, quid jam Sacrilcga reftare Mann inviolabile eredat .' Thus Paraphras'd. Who, viewing Thefe ! can doubt the plunder' d Land, By Sword and Eire, had felt th' Invader's Hand ? Yet, when th' Enquirer hears, no Scythian bold, Nor harden'd Goths, have done, what we behold ; But, that a Natural, and a Christian King, Could, of himfelf, fuch Defolations bring : Could Mayors, Sheriffs, &c. in K. EDWARD the Vltlvs Reign. I 1 7 1545 \zz\ James Johnfon, 2 Walter yobson Could be the Author of thefe dread Remains, Which once adorn'd the Hills, the Groves, or Plains : When nothing, but a fpecious Name, appears Between His chief, and filthiest Deeds of theirs : What must be thought, vile Sacriledge would crave, \ When, thro' Devotion, bleeding Wounds he gave, So deep, as fent His Church near to Her Grave. ) [.;•;] But the King dy'd the following Year ; and was bu- ry'd at Wind/or, where he had begun for himfelf a Princely Monu- ment, and founded a College for 13 poor Knights, and two Priests. Thus much more may be laid of him : That, by a Tyrant Popilh .Monarch, the Kingdom was delivered from Subjection to the Sec of Rome: The Confequence of which, was, That the Bleffed Gofpel of Peace, Meeknefs, and Love, loon after took Place ; and, when it had past fome fevere and fiery Tryals of Perfecution, triumph'd, in Splendour, as we now behold it : In which happy State, GOD grant it may long continue, amongst its faithful Profeffors, who are adorn'd with univerfal Charity, even to the End of the World. + + + + + + + +. : +,+ ._+ + ^^i$^^^^^ King EDWARD VI. Jan. 28. 1546 TOhn Thacker, 1 *f No. Overfall % oxOverf ale 1547 J Thos. Dalton, 1 J William John fan 1548 [aaa] John Harrifon John Thorpe, or Thorn \aaa~\ Tho' fo man)- Hofpitals had been lately destroy'd ; yet this learned and excellent Magistrate had the courageous Piety to ere< ta New One, near the Low-Church, in ChapeULane,{or poor Peo- ple, as many as Ten Shillings a Week, in commi m, would maintain. But he order'd, in his Will, tinted in 1550, (in which Yearhedy'd) That what he left his dear Wife Elisabeth, mould, after her De- ceafe, be apply'd to their I'fe, U>v better Maintenance, which was confiderable, to be paid to them, Weekly, thro' the Care of the Mayor, Burgefles, and their Succeflbrs, whom he appointed to iV «.• his Will executed. And indeed he had pretty Estates in ///ill ,■ as three Mefluages and Gardens in High-Street; with Lands, Tene- ments, Meadow s,and Pastures, in the County; others, al Eaflwick, in Holdernefs ; Cottiug/tatn, in Yorkshire; Barton, \x\ Lincolnshire; and in other Places: All whit h, at the Lady's I )eath, were apply'd to his Defire ; And, no doubt, bul th<- Number in the 1 [ofpital were :. in Proportion t" the additional Charity. 1 1 8 Chap. vn. Mayors, Sheriffs, &c. in Rcigu of EDW. VI. 1 549 [fid/?] Walter Jobfon, i . IVm. Angle or Angel 1 550 J n. Overfail, or Overfall Tkos.ipr Rofil.) Dalton 1 55 1 [ccc] Alexander Stockdaile, 2 Walter Flint on 1552 John Thacker, 2 y antes Stockdaile \bbb~\ This Year the Corporation made a ftrict Regulation, to prevent what might be remifs in the Civil Government They came to a Refolution, to punifli Vice, and Immorality, in a more fevere Manner ; and to correct the paft Negligences of thofe who had been, or future Remifnefs of others who were to be, in Power, for difhonourable Actions, whilft in Office. Upon which Account, fending for Mr. Job/on, Mr. John/on, and Mr. Thorpe, who had been Sheriffs but of late, and had not feaftcd fo splendidly as they ought to have done ; nor, as the Charter ordain'd, upon Enterance into their Office, bought, along with their own, Scarlet Gowns, alfo, for their Ladies (the Penalty of which Neglect was decreed to be 20I. to be levy'd for the Ufe of the Corporation, and \ol. to be apply'd towards the fettling of the Poor in Charity-Hall) to be ornamented with, on publick Occafions, during their Hus- bands Shrievalty ; the Court laid a heavy Fine upon them : And further decreed, that every Sheriff, for the future, fliould (as they were to do) pay 6/. 13^. 41I. for every fuch Offence, which feem'd to be an Affront upon the Magiftracy, to whom they wereoblig'd to be fubfervient, purely for the Honour and Dignity of the Town. [ccc] Becaufe the Town of Hull had been always loyal to the Anceftors of the King, and confequently tohim, the young Monarch granted, to the Inhabitants, the entire Manor of the Town ; the 6th Part of That of Sutton, in Holdeniefs; the Manor of Tupcotcs, with JJ/y/tw, which lately belong'd to Sir William Sidney; the Patronage of the Charter-Houfe Hofpital ; and, in fhort, all the Jurifdictions, relating to Courts, Ecclefiaftical, or Civil, in Kingjlon, and Towns belonging to the County of Hull. Nor was his careful Munificence lefs, than that of his Bounty : For he deliver'd, into their Cuftody, the Caftlc, and Block Houfes, (including the Gardens and Lands within their Circuit) which flood on the Side of Drypool, in the County of York. Thus were they to be abfolute Keepers, inde- pendant, without being accountable, of the Profits, to the King, or his Succeffors : Only, that they were obliged to uphold the Works at their own Expence (except 50/. Yearly, which his Majefty al- low'd out of fome of his Revenues) with fufficient Ordnance and Ammunition for their Security : And therefore, the King further granted, That, from thenceforth, the Places, whereon they flood, with Mayors, Sheriffs, &c. in the Reign of Queen MAR1 I. I 1 9 Queen MARY I. July 6, 1553 JjEnry Thurfcrofs, 2 \ddd\ZJUgh Hall 1554 Tho. Dalton, yccafion, with the highefi Panegyricks on her Ma- jefty, and her Royal Confort Kin- Philip: Te Denm was fung in the Chancel of the High Church ; to which, and returning from thence, the)- walk'd, in folemn Proceffion : But their Triumphs were blafted, when News came, that there was no Sign-of the Queen's Pregnane)-. [fff] The Cloth Hall was let this Year, to .Mr. Thornton, for one and forty Years, at the Annual Rent of 6/. i$s. 4>/. In for- mer Times, it was ul'ual.that all Cloth fhould be examin'd herein, before it was expos'd to Sale, by Strangers, under the Penalty of 3^. 4 Redemption ! This Trade the thriving Couple had carry'd on for fome Time; 'till, at length, being difcover'd, they were ap- prehended, and brought to Juftice The man was disfranchise ; both committed to Prison, where they were kept a .Month on Bread and Water; afterwards ignominiously drawn, through the Str in a Cart, with a Paper on their Heads, declaring their abominable A< tioiis ; and, at lall, banilh'd out of the Town, never to Ut Foot therein again, under Pain of more severe Punifhment. '■'■\ Madam 122 Chap. vtii. Mayors^ Sheriffs, &c. in Reign of Q. Eliz. 1563 John Smith ) William Smith yohn Bir, <>r /lever ) John I )rake, or Brake 1564 R.(ia\ ton.. ■;■( a\ ton ) Thomas Hog, orHoggG Ju. or Wil Parker,or Barker ) W'il. Seearth, or Scath 1565 Walter Flinton ) Tho. Arenfton,^Arnefton Rob.Naylor^ox Nayler ) Jn. Mattifon, wMaddifon 1566 John Thornton, 1 ) HughKirlfoot^Kirkfoot Thomas Dowley \ Jn. Hodgfon^Hodgden 1567 Robert Dal ton, 2 ) J n .FawtherorFairweather yn.Gregorie,orGregory ) Wil. Scholes, or Scales 1568 James Clarkfon, 2 ) William Carlisle [kkk] William III If on ) Edward Clarke 1 569 Thomas Dal ton, 3 ) John Loggan, or Logan [///] yohn Rimington ) John Mounfey,^^Alanfy [/•/•/■J Madam Knowles, (who became the Spoufe of John An FORD, Efq; ) enlarg'd the Golden Chain, (which the Knight, her former Husband, had given, forthe Mayor's IJfe ) byaddingthe Value of Ten Pounds in Angel Gold. That of Three Pounds more was given by Madam THURSCROSS. So that the Whole, which confifted of 317 Link's, weighed near 12 Ounces. [///] An Insurrection broke out in the North. Nicfwlas Mor- ton, a Romilh Prieft, is said to have been lent, by the Pope, to pro- nounce the Queen an 1 leretick ; which occafion'd a Writing, That the old Englilh Religion was to be reftor'd, for which they had ta- ken up Arms. The Duke of Norfolk, and feveral Catholicks, declaring againlt it, offer'd their I'erfons, and Purfes, againft thofc Men that begun it ; and who now, being increas'd to 4OOO Foot, and 6000 Horfe.werc march* d to Durltam; in which Cathedral they tore both Common-Prayer-Books, and Bibles. The Heads of thefe, were the [ 1] Earls of Northumberland and Wefimoreland ; the Lords Edward Dacres and Nevill : with Gentlemen of Note ; as [2] Norton, Tempefl, Danby, and others. But hearing, they were foon to be oppos'd by the Earl of Sujfex, Lieutenant of the North, whom they thought to have taken Prifoner at Cawood, where he refided ; that he was to be affiled by the Lord Scroop, with Sir George Boives ; and that M VRY, Queen of Scots, for whofe Sake they role, was removed from Tutbury to Coventry; then they came, in Fury, and befieg'd I3] Baynard Caftle : Which, after fome time furrendering, they thought to have furprized Kingfton- upon- Mayors, Sheriffs, Chamberlains, ike. in Q. Eliz. Reign. I 23 1570 Lawrence Wharton) Luke Thurfcrofs^/Thrif- Wittiam Smith fChriftopher May (crofs 157 1 Chrilt. Stockdaile [JohnFrewick^rFrowick [mmm]yfia./^azrweatker)Jn^Nhtdal\,orWhe\pd3i\\ upon- Hull, thro' the Treachery of one named iSmttf), who engaged, in the Night Time, to fet open the Gates. But the Man, be- ing taken, and difcovering his Intention, the Defign was timely pre- vented. After this, the People of the Country arifing, purfued them into the North ; where feveral were taken, and from whence others efcaped into Scotland. Above 60 Men were hang'd, fortius Offence, at [4] Durham. The Earl of Wejimoreland lived to an old Age ; but in a miferablc Condition, amongd the Spaniards, to whom he fled, being fupported by them but with a veryfmall Penlion: And at [5] York, where feveral had been executed, the Earl of Northum- berland was, on a Scaffold erected at the Pavement, beheaded on the 22d of Augttjl, 1572. The pale and ghaftly Head was placed, as a wretched Spectacle of Adverfe Fortune, on a high Pole, upon the Top of Micklegate Bar : [From which, about two Years after, much about the Time when a great Earthquake happen'd in York, it was ftolen away] Hut his Bod)- was interr'd in Crux Church, only attended by twoof his Men Servants, and three Women. The other Rebellion, that foon, in the fame Year, [viz. 1569.] follow'd what has been mention'd, was at Naworth Caftlc, belonging (and near) to which was a Town, of that Name, in Cumberland, occafion'd (in order likewife to procure the Queen of Scots Deliverance) by Leo- nard Daeres, Son to the late Lord of that Name The Youth very bravely withftood, for fome time, the Attacks of the valiant Lord I Inn/don, Governour of Berwick : But being over-power'd, was obli- ged to fly into /-'landers ; and coming to Lovain, he made his hill Exit, in miferable Poverty. \jnmni\ A difmal [6 Flood happen'd, on the Night of All-Souls, which occafion'd the like Damage to //////, and indeed to many other Parts, as happened at the lall mention'd dreadful Inun- dation, when Merchandize, People, and Cattle, were deftroy'd. Explanatory Inferences to the Notes belonging to the )■■■ ■ 1569 and 1571. |1| Thorna I' ind Charles. \i\ < >n the 271I1 of May, 157". Thomas and drawn from the Tower >>f London t>> TybttrA, ami there hang'd, and quarter'd. \\\ It was defended 11 Days, 1 1 1 1 ■ >" the the Valour of Sir George . and his Brother Robert \.\\ The chiefefl "i whom, was an Alderman of the City; and Mr. Plumlree, a Prieft. -[5] On the 27th of March, 1570 nii'ii 1 1 I hue : John Fnlth 'lierh, Yorkshire, I rt Penetnan, <>f StokesUy, and Simon "Bishop, Jun. of Pocklington, Gentlemen, were hang'd at limy, tlit.ii II- d ! Q iters placed on tin I G . and al publick 1 |'. I f/ollingshead \oit<_-s, it [////// ) The [24 Chap. vill. Mayors, Sheriffs, %lc. in Reign of Q. Eliz. 1572 [ohn Smith. 2 ) Rich. Lodge, e/- Logan William Scearth ) Edw. Priston, 0^ Preston 1573 William Gee, 2 } Here I find that no Cham- yohn I Itirdc a file ) berlains arc mentioned. [574 Wil. Williamfon ) Step.Prieftwood,^Prefton [mm] Tho.Arnelfon,oxArenton ) I ,e< m.ird Wilfnn/vAYifton 1575 Robert Gayton ) Jeffery Jeffefs^r Jefferfon [000] yohn Logan ) Robert Legard 1576 Jn. Fairweather ) Jn. Harryfon, or Harrifon \ppp\ Edmund Clarke S Peter Richardfon [nnn] The Magiftrates, this Year, by the wholfome Enftruc- tions of the Archbifhop of York, dated y«/j> 20, fet about the Pu- nilhmeiit of Vice, (occafion'd lliro' the Multitude of Mariners com- ing to //////) without any RefpecT: of Perfons. !<'('<'] Agreeable to the Defign, in the former Year, Church- Wardens, and Sidefmen, were appointed, in every Ward ; to vifil Ale-Houfes, Streets, and Clofes : tofeewhowere finfully fpending their Time, when they mould have been at Church ; and to pre- fent their Names, and Places of Abode. \_ttr 1 The Plague raging beyond Sea, and Quarentine not 1" ing well perform'd, it was brought, in fome degree, by Seamen, to this Town: And that fatal Diftemper, being chiefly confin'd to Black-Frycr-Gatc, (where, however, fcarcely perifh'd one hundred Perfons) it was immur'd, at both hauls, by Order of the Magi- ftrates ; only two little Doors, with fm.aU Porches, for the Watch- men, that none of the Infected might efcape from thence ; and t<> take in Provifions, with what was necefiary, for the Sick, in their de- plorable Condition : But God, in Mercy, Mopping the Progrefs of the Contagion, the Town was quickly replenifh'd, for what Peopli they had loft. — Soon after, a prodigious Excefs of Apparel, grow- 1 immoii amongft the Ladies, the Magiftrates ui'cd their Endea- vours to prevent it, by engaging the Minifters to pronounce their Orders, very folemnly, in the Churches. But the lovely Females, not much regarding that Doctrine, a more coercive Declaration came forth, which quoted the Words of a Statute, That whatever Woman wore Velvet in her Apparel, should immediately quit the fame, or find a light Horfe toferve in Battle. What might be thought of Mantccns, had they been ufed in thofe Days ? I qqq J The Mayors, SJieriffs, Chamberlains, &c. in Reign of 0. ELIZ. 125 1577 John Thornton, 2 } William Bra) \gqq\yohn Whelpdaile ) Robert Taylor 1578 JamcsClarkfon,3) W'il.Robfon.^/'Robertfon Edward 11 akefield ) Chriftopher Wormley 1579 John Gregory ) Tho. Emfon, or Empfon Edward Prefton ) Robert Pelton, or Dal ton 1580 William Smith ) John Lynne (sley Robert Legard ) Greg. Porman, or Worm- 1581 Edward Wakefield ~) Michael Webfter Leonard 111 /ton ) William Richardfon 1582 William Gee, 3 ) Bartholomew Burnet [rrr] II llliam Bray ) Peter Crew, or Green 1583 John Smith, 3 ) Anthony Burnfall, or Robert Taylor ) George Davis (Burnfell [<](]<]] The Archbifliop of York, Dr. Thomas Young, returning from London (where he bad been a longtime lick) into Yorkshire ; the Magiftrates of Hull fent his Grace, as a Mark of their Affec- tion, a Prefent of a Butt of Sack. — Henry Hajlings, Karl of Hun- tington, being Lord Prefidentofthe North, fent in Cuftody, to this Town, feveral Romifli Priefts, Incendiaries, and Recufants, of their Perfuafion, to be kept under clofe Confinement. — Pyrates were fo common at this time, that fcarce a Merchant Ship could fail in Safety : The Queen then ordering the Lord High Admiral to ufe his Endeavours again fl them, he required this Town to fit out two flout Men of War. Thefe, being gallantly mann'd, took feveral of thofe Robbers, and brought 'em Captives to //////. They were try' d before the Mayor and .Aldermen, (to whom the Queen had fent a Commiflion) aflifted by the active Lord Prefident aforefaid, Sir Thomas Gargravc, Sir Henry dales, together with feveral Gentle- men. Theguilty Wretches could plead nothing, to Purpofe,in 1 >e fence of their Lives; and therefore fix of them were coiideiun'd to be hung in Chains upon the Sea-Coafts, as a Warning to others. [rrr] The Lord WlLLOl GHBY, being fenl Ambaflador to the King of Denmark, embark'd at //////, on the i.|th of July, attend- ed by th<- King .it Arms, to cany the mofl noble Order of the Garter to the Danifli Monarch. The Archbifliop of York fent .hi Ecclefiaftical Commiflion, dated yuly 7. empowering the Ma- giftrates mor< 1 fif( ' tually to fupprefs finful Immorality. \JJJ I Sir 126 Chap. VIII. Mayors^ Sheriffs, &c. in Reign of Q. Eliz. 1584 William Wilfon ) Anthon) Cole, or Pole \lff\ Robert Pulton ) Edward Coke, or Cocke 1585 Leonard Wiston ) John Lister \ftf\fVilliam Richard/on ) Lawrence Blacklocke 1586 Luke Thriscroffe ) George Almonde yoliu Lyiuie ) John Graves 1587 William Bra) ) John Chapman Richard Read ) Hugh Arming 1588 Robert Dalton ) John Yates Anthony Cole ) Robert Spencer 1 589 John Gregor) ) William Barnard Edward Cocke ) Marmaduke Hadlesey 1590 William Smith ) James IIaliey,^rIIallter yo/ni Lifter ) Thomas Thackeray i59iWilliamRichardfon ) Hugh Graves yolin Chapman ) Mich.Beisbies^Beisley 1592 Edward Wakefield') Walter Peck [vw] Anthony Burnfell ) John Dobson \_fff~\ Sir Francis Waljingham was made (this Year) High- Steward of Hull, to which he prov'd a kind Benefactor. \_t 1 1~] The Lord Prefident fat as Judgeofthe Criminals: Some, being convicted of Felon}-, and Burglary, fuflfer'd the Law : Vet, what was more remarkable, an old Woman, for fuppofed Witch- craft, was fentene'd to ftand 4 times in the Pillory, 4 1 lours every time, and to fuflfer a Year's Imprifonment. But fuch like Accu- fationshave been little regarded, fince the Tryal of Jane Wenham^ at Hartford, thro' the eminent Wifdom of the learned Judge, who then fat upon the Bench. — About 800 Perfons, in Hull, fign'd an Affociation to ftand by the Queen againft the Spanish Armado ; when the Town alfo lent her 600/. to be paid out of the Exche- quer, as loon as the Danger was over: Which, indeed, was not long, thro' the Valour of her Naval Forces; who, bringing intire Confufion amongfc the Spaniards, made them fly for their Lives. \yvv\ On the 26th of September, an odd and furprizing Fifh was (1)}- Storms from the South Eaft) driven to Shore on Drypool. It was almoft of an Oval Shape, 6 Foot long, 5 broad, and 6 be- tween the extreme- Parts of the upper and lower Fins : One of which \\a s Mayors, Sheriffs, Chamberlains, &c. in Reign of Q. El .IX. 12J 1593 Anthony Cole ) Chriftopher Harrifon [www] Jas. Haddlefey ) James Gallon, <7/'Caffion 1594 Robert Taylor 7 # Adam Barkdaile (fon Marmaduke Haddlefey ) # Geo.Wilfon^rWilliam- 1595 John Lifter ) f George Chapman John Graves ) f Hugh Scott 1596 John Chapman ) Barnard Smith [xxx] Hugh Arming ) John Prifton,' Ihould receive the Cuftoms due for Landing "t Goods, that were brought into the River I lumber, (excepl what appertained to the Citizens of York) by which they might be better enabled to take ( !are "I the I taven, and all other W< irk >, that conduced to the Safety of the Town. t Thofe Chamberlains (with this Markfbefore them) ,\w faicl to be in Office, AniiO [600. Mr. SMITH, and Mr. I '11 1 K 128 Chap. Vin. Mayors, Sheriffs, %lz. in Reign of Q.JLLIZ. 1597 Edward Coke ) || Francis Hodgfon George . ilmond ) Thomas Mault 1598 John Graves ) {John White [yyv]ll Hlliam Barnard ) ;i; Cuthbert Thompfon 1599 Anthony Burnfall ) * # Robert Morton [::.;] Robert Spencer ) ** J n. Maugham,^ Maugh II The Chamberlains with this Mark || arc mention'd Anno 1608. ! yyy ] New Seats being nov made in the High-Church for all Degrees of Mankind in the Town ; they tamely fubmitted tothofc Places, which were allotted for them. Hut it was not fo with the Fair Sex : Their Difputesran fo high, that Ecclefiaftical Commif- fioners were required tqregulatethe Affair ; which they did to Satis- faction. On the 12th of June, his Grace, the Archbifhop of York, gave the Magiftratesa Power to correct the Vicesof the Poorer Sort, in relation to Drunkennefs, or Fornication ; and, for thofe of the Rich, to prefent them to his Chancellor, who fhould take Care of their Punifliment, or Reformation. A very ftrong Order was made, in the Time of the above Zealous and Worfhipful Mayor, againft the Stage-Players. It call'd them, idle People; the Debau- chersofthe virtuous Principles of Youth ; and, in fhort,ftyl'd thofe itinerary Gentlemen no better than Strolling Vagrants: There- fore Two Shillings and Six-Pence was laid (by the Magiftrates of Hull) as a Fine, upon every Inhabitant, who fhould refort to hear them : And the Landlord was to forfeit Twenty founds, who let a convenient Place to theAflors,^ herein their Comedies or Tragedies were to be difplay'd. What a vafl Alteration between this Year, and future Times ! Where were then the mighty Defenders of the Stage ; fome of whom have fince been remarkable, in proving that Vice is thereon corrected, and Virtue adorn'd, in morepathe- tick full-mouth'd Rhetorick, than the foft and eafy Eloquence of other moving Orators ? Hut their further Defence is left tothem- felves, who arc indeed moft fit for that Employment. \ The Chamberlains, thus mark'd %, are laid to be fuch, in 1609. \bzz\ The Obftinancy of Mr. Gregory, in refufing (after he was elected) to Hand Sheriff, I find, in various Manufcripts, to be men- tion'd under this Year, tho' I've folio v \1 others ( I know not, if thro' Miftake) by inferting it about the Beginning of the Queen's Reign, which makes me thus caution the Reader : I [owever, all .Accounts agree, that he fuffered the Indignities mentioned for his Contempt. The Queen had a Suit with the Town, for not upholding the Block- Houfes and Caftle. built by her bather : Hut it dropt by Degrees. " ' Thcfc Chamberlains are placed (by another MS.) in 1610. Mayors, Sheriffs, Chamberlains, &c. Reign of K. James I. I 29 1600 HughArmyng,wArmin ) There was a great yofcpll Fetid, or Field ) Want of Corn this Year 1 60 1 Marmaduke Haddlefey ) E.qfEssex. beheaded, tkri [a] Thomas Thackeray ) Nottingham's Treachery ®®m + &w«s ■ + m + - &««» King JAMES I. March 24. [6o2A\fUliam Barnard } Queen Elizabeth [£] Chrijlopher Chapman ) departed this life. 1603 J ofeph Field, 1 7 The King, arriving at 'York, yamesCaJfon ) was fumptuously treated. 1 604 Tho. Thackeray, 1 "J Above 3500 Perfons dy'd James IVatkinfon ) in that City by the Plague. 1605 James CaiTon | 7#£ Gun-Powder Plot was Thomas Swann j hatching in this J V^r. 1606 George Almond } The /aid horrid Plot Rich.Biirgcffc,oxBurgefs ) happily difcovered. 1607 Thomas Swann ) The King of Den- Nicholas Linsley, or Hausley ) mark 0*01* m/ip England. 1608 Richard Burgefs ) An Union defigridbetwixt yuo. (or yoshua) Hall ) England and Scotland . i6o9Chriftopher Chapman ) The\ I ol landers throw Barnard Smith ) off the Spanish Yoke. i6ioJas.Watkinfon,] ) King Henry IV.tf/Prance yohnPrefton ) wickedly affajffinated. I a ] The Lord Burleigh, with the Lord President of the North, accompany'd by man)- Knights and Gentlemen, vifiting Hull, on the 23d of Auguji, dined at the Mayor's Iloufe ; and were afterwards diverted with Fire-Works: But, thro' the over-charging an old Can- non, that was brought into t lie Market- Place, which contain'd many curious Contrivances, to be play'd off by thai forcible Element; it immediately burfl in many fmall Pieces, kill'd a Men on the. Spot, and wounded feveral Perfons. [b] An Earthquake, being fell over England, affected tin Town, in a very fenfible Manner. — Th< King granted a new ( hatter to the ( Corporation , but it cofl them 600/ Upon whicli Account, fome ofth< Town's Lands were obliged to be fold. CHA P L '3° J CHAP. IX. A Continuation of the ^ I AY ORS, Sheriffs, together with fome Account of the Chamberlains, and what Transactions have happen* d, relating to Kingfton-upon-Hull, until the Death of King CHARLES I. A. D. MAYORS and « ( . ,„___. . . „ - o , l, HAM 111'. RI.AI \ S. S II E R I F F S . + i6njAmes Haddlefey ) TOfeph Blaides J Edward Richard/on y J Hugh Foddle 1612 John Lifter ) John Wood man fey [e] Lancelot Roper ) John Ramfden 16 1 3 Nicholas Linsley, wLynley 7 Wm. C a wood [d] Robert Chapman ) Martin J efferfon 1614 Jofeph Feild, 2 ) John Burnfall Thomas (or Robert) Ferris j Michael Haddlefey 1 61 5 Barnard Smith, 1 ) Thomas Raikes IVilliam Dob/on ) Thomas Johnfon [<■] The Place of High-Steward (late in Poffeffion of the Karl of Salisbury, Lord-Treafurer) being vacant ; Thomas Lord lLllef- mcrc, had that Dignity conferr'd upon him, this Year. \_d~] Tho' there had been lb much Stir, in former Times, about procuring frefh Water from Afilaby, Daringham, Sic. yet thofe Streams, palling thro' the Mote of the Town, were rarely fo fweet as they mould be, and often polluted. This occafion'd the Magi- ilrates to make Application to Richard SJiarpeigh, Efq ; who lived at Wefiminjler; William * Maltby, of London; and john\\Caj>er, of Neither-Loughton t \n Lincolnshire, Gentlemen ; three famous Ar- tifts, and Engineers : Who, coming to view the Place, found prac- ticable what they intended ; and therefore took a Piece of Ground, for 100 Years, which (for their Encouragement) they had at a fmall Annual Rent. On this they erected Water-Works : They had the Liberty alfo, to lay Pipes in the Streets, fo as they did not exceed 10 Yards long, and I broad, at a time ; which they were to fill up, before the)' proceeded further: All this, with whatever fliould after want Repair, to be at their own Expencc; fince the Inhabitants were Vearly, to allow a profitable Compenfation, for the Water. * Or MALTLEY. II Or CAIEK. [e] The Mayors, Sheriffs, Chamberlains, &c. Reign of K. James I. 13 1 i6i6Ed\vd. Richardson ) GeorgeCarlile^/'Caiiisle [e] John Ram/den ) James Watkinfon 161 7 John Prefton ) John Barnard JoJui White ) William Haddlefey 161 8 John Lifter, Jttn.~} Christopher Freistby Robert Morton ) JoelGaskin, wGafcoignc 1619 Lancelot Roper, 1 ) Robert Raikes [/] James JVatkinfon ) Thomas Moor, or Moon 1 62oTho. Ferris,^ Ferret 7 William Foxley [phries Henry Chambers ) Joseph (w Joshua) H 11 m- 162 1 Joshua {or John) # Hall ) William Saltmarsh [g] Thomas Raikes ) William Popple \_e~\ The Water-Works were now finifh'd, to the unfpeakable Satisfaction of the whole Town. [/] The Exchange was begun to be erected, in the Higli- Street, at the Expence of Five Hundred Pounds, given by the Mer- chants : But the King allow'd a 5th Part, on Condition, to have cer- tain contiguous Rooms, for a Cuftom-Houfe, on a lcafe of 50 Years. * The Worihipful Mayor (in the Year 162 1) removed the Fifh- Shambles, that were formerly built by Dr. RlPLINGHAM. [g] A Brief, dated Sept. 26. was fent (by the Archbishop of York) to this Town, for the Relief of French Proteftants, who fled to England, on Account of Religion ; for whom was a Collection of near 150/. and fent them accordingly : But foon after appear'd another, of a different Nature, for redeeming thirteen Religious.and to repair an antient Chapel, on Mount Golgotha, where our Saviour had fuffer'd, which was built by St. Helen, a British Princefs : But this was very coldly received by the People; who thought the King was doting in his old Age, upon Account of the Spanish Match : And there were but Five Pounds gathered on this unwel- come Occafion. — Great Jealoulies, being epidemical in thefe Times, were accompany'd by an univerfal Decay of Trade, and Want of Money. As the Privy-Council had fent to feveral Magi Urates, in England, to know the Reafons, and how to redrefs thefe Grievances ; it fell to Mr. "7<>//i/ Ram/den's Share, in this Town ; who wrote of the fame, in fuch an exqnilite Manner, as merited an univerfal Approbation. -The Exchange was finished this Veai , and tin Town adorned with a \Yw Pavement : To perform which, a Mailer-Workman was lent for to London, who performed the lame, in the m atefl Maimer, to general Satisfa< Hon. [//| A 132 Chap. in. Mayors, Sheriffs, &c. in Reign of K. James 1. 1622 John Ramfdeil ) Nich. Denman, *r Dewmaii \h\yoseph{pvyosh)Blaides) Jonas Harwood, or 1623 |as. Watkinson, 2 ) Tho. Elsam [Haywood Martin yefferfon ) Coniston Wrightington 1624 Thomas Thackeray, 2 ) Henry Barnard John Barnard ) Alexander Swan I // 1 A great Law-Suit commenc'd (this Year) between the In- habitants of York&nd Hull, concerning a Cuftom of Foreign bought, and Foreign fold. That is, (if] underftand it right) Whatever was offer'd to Sale, or bought, by Strangers, reckon'd fuch, who were not free of the Town) should be forfeited to the Corporation. It began, thro' a Seizure, made by the latter, of 50 Quarters of Rye, belonging to Mr. Barker, a Citizen. The Magiftrates of //////, in a Petition to the King, pleaded, That the City of York had formerly, (Anno 1575. before the Earl of Huntington, Lord Prefident, in the Reign of ( ). ELIZABETH, when fuch another Suit had happen'd) ar- ticled with them, amongft other Things, That they would never pre- tend to fuperfede That Antient Cuftom: A Cuftom, which they enjoy'd, by Vertue o( their Charters, for enabling them to fupport the Walls, Banks, and Haven, of the Town ; Works, that were very expensive : And if this Liberty was taken from them, it might, by impoverishing the Place, be a great Impediment of the King's Annual Revenues. The Caufe being heard, before the Pri- vy-Council, with the mo ft: cogent Arguments, on both Sides ; their Lordships could not find any Reafon for the Seizure, it being Pro- vifion ; and that York was a principal Member of the Port : But fince they were both opulent Corporations, they defired them to be reconciled, by a free and mutual Intercourfe with each other : Therefore the Barley was to be return'd ; or Money, to the Value : And the Citizens of York, to be at Libert)-, to bring, into Hull, what Quantity they pleas'd, at their own Adventure ; and fell therein, as formerly accuftom'd : But not to attempt farther, in any Breach of the Articles, which had been made before the Lord Prefident.— Copper Farthings were invented about this Time : And tho' fo veryufeful to the Publick ; yet fe vera 1 Proclamations were itfued forth, before the People could be brought to utter them. We are now thawing near a troublefome Reign, both to King and People: The Recital of which might, fome way, feem to ad- minifter Offence, to Parties of different Sentiments, in relation to this important Town, were it not that Regard is to be had (without the leaft Partiality) to Truth alone ; which I shall endeavour to follow, as belt becomes a faithful Hiftorian. [/] George Mayors, Sheriffs, Cliamberlains. Reign of K. CHARLES I. 133 1625 Thomas Swan ) William Crew Cuthbert Thompfou ) Daniel Smith King CHARLES I. March 27. 1626 "DArnard Smith, 2 ) ChriTtopher Chapman [/] William Popple ) Samuel Smithfon [/] GEORGE ABBOT, Archbishop of Canterbury, became High Steward of Hull ; whofc Brother, with Sir JOHN LISTER, were elected Burgeffes. — The Inhabitants very generously comply'd with the Firft Loan, (for which the Lords Dunbar and Clifford came hither) and fent to the King between Three and Four Hun- dred Pounds ; tho' many, in feveral Places of the Kingdom, ap- pear'd to be very much againft it. — The Difagreements between the King (demanding Subfidies of his People, whilft he vindicated his great Favourite the Duke of Buckingham) and his Parliament, (unwilling to comply with his Defires, in Oppofition to the Advice of that Nobleman) were now increafed, by Reafon, that the King of Denmark, his Majefty's Uncle, had, with other Powers, taken up Arms againft the Emperor. The King, thinking himfelf oblig'd to aflift his Uncle, fent to the Magiftrates of Hull, to provide fuch .1 Number of Ships, that might tranfport near 1400 Men: Which being done, they fafely arrived at Staden, a very ftrong Town of Germany, on the River Scuvenge, near the Elbe. Hut all Afliftances were to little Purpofe ; for the Danish Monarch, with his Forces, were defeated, near Luttern, Augujl 2~. by Count Tilly, the Empe- ror's General, who was a Perfon of great Conduct and Valour. A Letter was fent to //////, from his Majelty, dated May 29. requiring the [nhabitantsto fit out Ships againft Privateers, whichvery much infefted the Coafts : And that, fince his own Revenues were infuf- ficient tofupplyhis neceflary Occafions,he defired them (as maybe fuppofed he did others) t<> grant him 6d. on every Chaldron of ( oals, as should be tranfported thither, from Sunderland arid New- cqjlle; where the fame Sums were to be collected tor what Quanti- ties were to be lent over Sea: lint this, the King besought them to do, out of their own free Will. The General Loan, which began t his Vear.as it was much promoted by fome, was oppofed byothers; whilft Troubles fe :d to overfpread all Europe! The Lieutc nants, of all the Counties in England, had ( Orders, to put each Pro- vince, .mil I >iftri< t. into ,i Poftun oi I >ef< nee ; by training up, for War, luliieient Men. who were to difarin tin Ko ufailtS, III '/./.. with 134 Chap. ix. Mayors, Sheriffs, &c. Reign of K. Charles 1. 1627 Robert Morton ) George Todd [/'] ( 'oui /ton II 'rightingt 'on A ) ( reorge Cartwright 1628 Henry Chambers • ) William Peck [/] Nicholas Hen man ) John Chambers with its Share of Soldiers, was to procure, against fudden Warning, 3 Lasts and | of Powder, 3 Tun and »} of Match, 3 Tun and J of Lead ; with Tick-Axes, Carts, Carriages, Ammunition, and Provi- fions: The Beacons too were got read}-; and all other Things necef- fary. England feem'd to be furpriz'd at thefe dreadful Prepara- tions; and could not tell how to judge, whether they had not more Reafon to fear the fuppofed Arbitral')- Proceedings of their natu- ral Prince, than the destructive Defigns of foreign Enemies. [ /• ] The King, who had been unhappy in his Actions, by af- fisting the Emperor against Spain, was now (thro' the Duke of BuckingJiam 's Refentment against the Gallick Court, for being fru- strated in his private Attempt upon a Lady of fublime Quality, fuppos'd to be their Queen ; and becaufe Cardinal Richlieu had prevailed with the French King to deny him Admittance in Qua- lity of Ambaffador) as unfortunate in proclaiming War against France. But other Reafons were, the French King's mifemploying 7 English Ships, against the Protestants of the large opulent City of Rochelle, which were lent purely to affist him upon the Italian Coasts : On this follow' d a Difmiffion of the Queen's Attendants, to the great Grief of his Royal Confort. But this War proved very unfuccefsful : The Duke of Buckingham, instead of relieving the In- habitants of Rochelle, was fore'd to retreat with great Lofs : For that Expedition, by Order of the Privy-Council, three Men of War, (each able to bear 200 Tun, and 12 Pieces of Ordnance) had been fitted out by the Inhabitants of KingJlon-upon-Hull ; One of thefe was lost by the Enemy ; but the others returned in Safety. — Two Great Bulwarks (An. \62l.J were erected: One, at the South- Paid ; the other, on the Side of the Garrifon. + Mr. Wrightington, (or WrightUJlon) the Sheriff, was fined 3/. 6s. 8John Lifter, Kt. ) Percival Linley [///] Robert Raikes } Robert Berrier 1630 Lancelot Roper, 2 \ William Linley [//] Henry Barnard J Peregrine Pel ham 1631 John Barnard ) Rich. Parkins, or Perkins [0] Alexander Swan ) Tristram Pearfon relation to Alderman Dal/on, who was Mayor in 1588. He was ac- cufed, a while after, for having ingroijfed moft of the Mills (about Town) in his Hands ; taking (inftead of Money, which wascufto- mary) Moulter-Com ; nay, more of that, than he ought to have done; and, which aggravated his Offences, had therewith mingled Plai/ler, to increafe the Weight : For thefe Things, he was feverely repre- hended ; and might have been fin'd, had not he humbly fubmitted himfelf, craving Pardon, with a Promife, never to commit the like again, or any thing elfe, that fhould bring him under Difpleafure. [/] Tunnage, and Poundage, being laid upon Merchant-Ships, {Anno 1628, as this Note refers to that Year, in the preceding Page) it was willingly comply'd with, by the Gentlemen of Hull. — The Duke of Buckingham was fhibb'd at Port/mouth, by John Felton, (formerly a Lieutenant) on the 23d of Augujt. \ m] The Lord Thomas Wentworth, Karl of Strafford, being Prefident of the North, had fent him (by the Mayor and Aldermen) feveral valuable Prefents in Silver Plate, and choiceft Wines : And the like was fent to His Grace, Samuel Harfuet, Archbilhop of York, upon his Advancement to that See. — Baron TRAPP came this Year (in Mr. Creurs Ship) to //////, as Judge of Assize; before whom a Man was convifted, and received Sentence of Death. [ // ] A Proclamation was pubhfh'd againft vile Infinuations, ly- ing and treafonable Speeches. [o] An Order being fent to //////, That the Inhabitants fhould guard themfelves againll Strangers, and ('are might betaken of the Tow n ; the Magi ft rates > >rd< r'd, '.it the Expence of all within their Boundaries) the Ditches immediately to be < lean fed, the Walls and Block-I loufes repaired, and every Article (neceflary fora Warlike Defence) provided.— Baron TRAVER arriving at liar/on, in order to pafs the Hnmber, and hold the Aflize at this Town ; two of the Aldermen were fent in a Ship to condui 1 the Judge hither ; Three Guns were fired at his Reception on Board ; five more at his Land- ing : Thro others were let off from the Block Houfes, and four on the South End. At the Horfe-Staith, the Mayor, Aldermen, She- riff, and Attendants, received his Lordfhip, in their Formalities : And then he was condui ted in 1 [onour to his Apartment. s [/>] The 136 Chap. ix. Mayors, Sheriffs, &c. Reign of K. Charles I. 1632 Henry Barnard ) Leonard Barnard [/] J°h n Chambers ) John Swan 1 633 Thomas Raikes, 1 ) William Dobfon [a] Leonard Barnard) Jofeph Thwing i634\icholas Den man ) Hugh Torton [r] William Peck ) John Peck.^Pecket 1635 Martin Jefferfon ) Richard I Iaslajv Ilaslcy Robert Cartwright ) Robert Drewe 1636 Jofeph Blaides ) John Rogers Peregrine Pelham ) Richard Wood [/] The valiant King of Sweden (who had conquer'd the Empe- rors General Tilly) was slain at the Battle of Lutzen, Nov. 6. [ q ] The Magistrates of ////// fent 2 Casks of Sturgeon, with a Butt of Sack, as Prefents, to the Archbifhop of York: HisGrace returning them two lovely Bucks, a great Feaft was made in the Hall forthe Burgefles. — Sir HUMPHREY DAVENPORT, the Judge of Aflize, was fplendidly received. — Upon the Deceafe of Dr. Ab- bi 1 1', Archbifhop of Canterbury, (who died at Croyden,the 4th of Au- pv^aged 7 1 ,and interr'd in Gnilford,whereh\s M< »nument,on which is the Effigy ofhim,may new he feen)the Lord Coventry Vifcount Ailesbury became High-Steward of Kingfton-upon-Hull. — The King iheing attended by the Earls of Northumberland, Pembroke, Arundel, Southampton and Holland, the Marquefs of Hamilton, Bi- Ihop of London, and other dignify'd Perfons) made his Progrefs to- wards Scotland. On the 24th of May, arriving at York, he dined with the Lord-Mayor, (the Right Hon. William* lllenjbn) whom he was pleafed to knight; conferring the fame Dignity upon William Pelt. Esq ; then Recorder. The King afterwards afcended to the Top ofthe Great Steeple of York Minfter,takingaView from thence of the Situation of the City, with Tart of Yorkshire. When he had lain 4 Nights in his Palace, call'd the Manor, he proceeded to Edin- borough, where he was folemnly crown'd ; and held a Parliament fur about 8 Days : After five Weeks Stay in Scotland, his Majefty returned, by Poll;, to the Queen, who then refided at Greenwich. [r] Ship-Money was now begun, occafion'd (in a great Meafure) on Account, that the Dutch had affum'd a Right to Fifh on the Coaftsof England; in which they were vindicated by GROTIUS, in a Treatife, call'd More Liberum: Rut this was anfwer'd and con- futed by that learned Antiquary, Mr. SELDEN, in his Mare Clau- fuiu, to the Nation's Satisfaction, and his own Fame. L/J A Mayors. Sheriffs, Chamberlains. Reign of K. CHARLES I. 137 1637 Jacob (0fJas.)Watkinfon ) William Maifters [/) William Crew y Francis Dewick 1638 William Popple ) Matthew Topham William Dob/on ) Robert Ripley 1639 Robert Morton ) Robert Peafe, or Place [/] Richard Parkins ) Maccabeus Mollis [_/"] A Suit was renew'd on the Crown Side (tho' not rigorously profecuted) for fupporting the Block Houfes and Caftlc, built by Henry VI 1 1. But this foon dropt, thro' the King's love to many of the Inhabitants: And the Civil Wars, which demolifh'd all fuch Places, put a final End to any Difputes of that Nature. [ / ] The Worfhipful Mayor, Aldermen, and Inhabitants, when thc>- heard the Scots were approaching the Borders, put themfelves upon their Guard : Forty Men watch'd daily ; they doubled their Number at Night ; and everything prepared, in Cafe a Siege ihould happen. Sir Francis Windbanke, Secretary of State, fenttotheMa- giftrates of Hull, by the King's Order, to underftand the Strength of the Town : The Letter was brought by the Mafter of the King's Armory, Captain Lcgg : Who, viewing the Place, carefully, told them, // leas abfolutely neceffary to cleanfe the Ditches, repair the Gates, and make Draw-Bridges thereto. After fome final 1 Disputes with the neighbouring Towns, (who endeavour'd to evade their Parts in the common Expence, yet at laft confented) all Things were begun to be put in good Order for Defence : And then the Captain, confidering where to fix a Magazine, the old Manor-Hall was pitch'd upon, and rented of Henry Hildyard, Efq ; as I have before mention'd, in treating of that Edifice. Mr. Bofwell, his Ma- le fly's Refident in Holland, having bought Arms there, (to the Va- lue of 6000/.) for the King's Service, fent them over to Hull; where they were landed, and put into the Magazine (which was partly fil- led before) about laid of March. Thefe confifted of the following InftrumentsofWar: ThreeHundred Head-Pieces; the like Num- ber, each, of Pykes, Corslets and Fire-Locks: Twelve Hundred Muskets, 1 500 Belts <>f Bandaliers ; Sin >vels, and Spades, JOOeach ; with 100 Pick-Axes: Halberts, and Black Hills, [5 each: Six Carria 1 h having 4 Wheels, (hod with Iron : Six Brafs Can non, 7 Petards: Twenty Five Barrels of Whole Powder; ami of Sifted Powdei nty Four Barrels of Musket-Shot, m ■< an non-Bullel , and \2 Match Bui from this Store, 1 8 Waggon- Loads were ordered, from hence, to V, ivcajtlc mu\ Bet wick, l>\ the Earl 1 ling Poll al Hull 1 in 1 In 1 1 1 1 <>i . Xpril, 1 28 King Charles I. entertained at Hull, Anno 1639. April: On the nth, the Lord Conway came, with 200 Horfe- men, who arra'd themfelves, and convey'd more Ammunition tothe Camp. And, towards the End of April, the King, with his No- bles, let out for London to York, in order to pafs to his Army, in the North, againfl the Scots : But being perfuaded, firft to take a View of//////, he lent them Word, from that antient City, That hcioould vifit them within three Days. 1 [e came accordingly, was nut on the Confines of the County by the Sheriff, and fomeofthe Burgeffes ; and, at Beverley Gate, by the Mayor, Aldermen, with the better Sort of Inhabitants, where there were Kails and Carpets to grace tin- So- lemnity, in their feveral Stations. The Recorder addrefs'd himfelf to the King, in Behalf of the Corporation, to this Effect : That as they were not Jo converfant in /peaking to Sacred Mafefly on Earth, as they were in Prayers to the Throne of Heaven for his Preferua- tion ; they humbly begged Pardon, if anything, now to be uttered, should prove unacceptable, fince proceeding from nothing, but want of Knowledge how to exprefs themfelves upon fo happy an Occafion: 'That the Fulnefs of their Hearts, flopt up the Paffages of Speech ; and their affectionate Loyalty were better expreffed in Silence, than Words : That the Town might be compared to SEVILLE, the mofi antient and beautiful City in all Spain : Not only Jlrougly walVd, but garriforid with Tire: Xot dead, or fenfelefs ; but ardent, ami awaking : Xot only a Plaee of Store, for military Provijions ; but of Hearts, cujlam ' d with Zeal for It is Majejly's Service: 'The mofi faithful Subjects, careful of thofe Fortifications committed to their Charge by his Royal Predeceffors ; which tiny would defend purely for his Ufe alone : That they befought the Divine Power, to convert the Thorns of his Travels into Diadems ; that his /tattles might be crowrid with Lawrels ; many Years added to a Life, the BleJJingof the prefeut Age, (as it would be the Glory of future Generations) and that lie might live for ever in an happy Immortality. When the || Orator had ended his Speech, the King thank'd both him, and the Aflembly ; declaring, That the Good of his People lay next to his Heart, whom he would endeavour to preferve from their Enemies. Then the Mayor fell upon his Knees: But being order'dto arife, the King gave him his I land to kifs : The Magiftrate, then embracing the Mace, prefented it to his Majefty ; telling him, He lay'd that Emblem of Regal Authority, with the utmojl Humility and Confi- deuee, 1 However, this very Man, being afterwards made a Juttge,prov\l a bitter Enemy to the King: Put this cannot be laid to the Charge of the Corporation, whofe Servant he was, and order d by them to pronounce their Sentiments, thd perhaps not then his own, He takes a View of the Town. Fortifications, &c. 139 deuce, at his Majejtys Fee/. Which, being accepted, was return'd by the King, faying, Herejlor'dto them all the Priviledges which it fignify'd; and thai ufingit to his Honour, would prove their own Fe- licity. Then the Keys were prefented, as an Emblem of their Trull: in his Majefty; for whole Service they were read)- to venture their Lives and Fortunes. / wish, (laid the King, returning the fame with majeftick Sweetnefs) / never may have Occafion for you to lay either of them at Stake, for my Sake alone : Here, take them again: Exclude the J leions, but harbour the Innocent: And, for my part, I dejire to reign, or live, no longer, than to prove a Comfort to you, and all my faithful People. The Sword was prefented (and return'd) with much the like Ceremony : And, at laft, the Ribbon, with a Purfe of ioo Guineas; which the King kindly received. Then the Mayor, with low Reverence, taking up the Mace on his Shoul- ders, went out of the Rails, conducting his Majefty thro' the Streets, which were lined on both Sides by Soldiers; alfo Train-Bands, neat- ly habited, at the common Expence of Town and Count)-. The Walls, Banks, with other Matters, would have been repair'd, had there been but Time: However, Things were acted as neat as pof- fible. His Majefty, being led to the Houfe of Sir John LISTER, was fplendidly entertain'd, and lodg'd. The next Morning he fur- vey'd the Town ; took Notice of the Great Gates, which Captain Li GG only allow'd for Enterance; and thofe defenfive Works that were preparing by his Order. Then the King, fending the Mayor before him, follow'd to the Garrifon Side, where the Guns were fi- red at his Approach. Seeing every thing, to his Satisfaction, he re- turned Thanks to the Magistrates for their Courtefy: Then, mount- ing his I [orfe, was attended by the Mayor to the Gates; and, by the Aldermen, with the Chief Burgeffes, to the Limits of the Count)-, where they took Leave ofhis Majefty. That Nightthe King lodg'd at Beverley, the next at York, and fome Days after at Newcaflle ; From whence, by his Command, the Earl of Holland wrote a Let- ter, dated July 29. to the Magiftrates of Hull, thanking them, and Captain Legg, for their Entertainment of him, and fecuring the Tom n by all neceffary Preparations of Defence, as he perceiv'd when he was amongft them : And indeed they deferved Praife; for the Work-, wen.- liniihrd in the Month after. — Ili-> Majefty, being ad- van* d towards the Borders, theScots lent him fubmiffive Letters, only to gain lime, whilil the)- increas'd their hi trees : And taking AdvantageoftheingloriousTimidityofthe Earl of Holland; (whom Lesley, their Leader, impos'd upon, bv let tin;.; fome of the ordinary Tribe of that < Country on the Side of a 1 1 ill for Show only, astho' the\- never wanted Multitudes) as alio of the Marquefs of Hamil- ton's 140 Chap. ix. Mayors, Sheriffs, &c. Reign of K. Charles I. 1640 |ohn Barnard, 2 ) John Ramfden [ it ] Robt *.rt Bt 'rrii r ) Lionel Buckle AwV poor Succefs (by fpending his Time with his Mother, and other Covenanters, when hefhould have been employ'd in another Manner) they took Courage to write to the Englifh Generals, by whole Means their Petition coming to his Majefty, the eafy, un- fortunate Monarch was brought to a difhonourable Pacification, and obliged to disband the greater Tart of his Army. [//] Some of the injur'd King's Soldiers, as yet unbroke, were quarter'd near Hull, left a frefh Rupture mould happen ; as indeed foon after came to pafs,thro' the frefh Infolencicsofthe.S'o'/.v. To act againft whom, the King fent to Ireland, for the Great Lord WENTWORTH, made him Knight of the Garter, and Earl of Straf- ford, in Yorkshire. That Nobleman, by Order of the King, fent a Letter, (dated Aug. 14.) to fome of the loyal Burgeffes of Hull, and Inhabitants of the adjacent Towns, thanking them for their Good- nefs, in paying the Soldiers Quarters thereabouts, which they fhould be honeftly repaid ; as the Earl himfelf now engag'd for, which was afterwards punctually perform'd. — Tho' the King could fcarce obtain any Money from Parliament ; yet, by a generous Sub- fcription of his loyal Subjects, having made new Preparations, he fent the Earl of Northumberland, with an Army, againft the Scots, whom he proclaim'd as Rebels. The King came to York the 22cl of the fame Month : On the 29th, he rode to Northallerton : But hearing the Scots (who, without Oppofition, had entered, into Eng- land, the 2 1 11 [nftant ; and, a little while after, routed the Lord CONWAY at Newburn) had taken Newcaftle, were poffefs'd oilNor- thumberland and the Bifhoprick of Durham, intending, in a Week's Time, to be at York; he thought it convenient to return, and defend that antient City. His Army confifted of almoft 12000 Foot, and 3000 Horfe : And fending, to Hull, for thirty large Piecesof( Ord- nance, with other Inftruments ofWar, they were lent thither in three Days lime. Clifton-Ings, (a fpacious beautiful Plain, near the Ri- ver Side, fince ufed for Races) the Bifhop's Field, with other con- venient Places, were the Theatres of Artillery, and War: Here Tents ( !annons, and Bulwarks, were ranged, fix'd, and erected : A Bridge of Boats ray crofs the River; and every thing in a Condition to en- gage the Enemy. — On the 6th of September, the Earl of Strafford fent to the Magiltrates of //////, to deli re them to accept of Sir Tlio- MASGLEMHAM (who commanded a Regimenl of hoot) as Gdver- nour, only for a while, it being the King's Pleafure : This, at firft, met with Oppofition, becaufe il would fuperfede the Mayor's Autho- rity, Sir Thomas Glemham made Govemour of Hull. 14 1 rity, in that Respect : But finding his Hajefty was refolved to go thither in Perfon ; and being affur'd, that the King had only the Safety of the Town neareft his Heart ; they accepted Sir Thomas in the Quality defired, and accordingly deliver'd him the Keys. — While his Majefty was ex peeling the Scots, who had threaten'd York; the)- were better pleas'd to enjoy the Plenty of England, in the North, than to increafe their Hoftilitics : And, indeed, had the Mo- defty, to fend a Petition to the King, without mentioning Particu- lars : But afterwards thus explain'd themfelvcs : That the Caftle of Edinbarough, and other F"orts might be repair'd for their Defence ; no Oaths to be impos'd upon 'em, contrary to their national Oath and Covenant : That a Parliament of England {hould meet as foon as poffible ; and that the Declaration might be revok'd, which cal- led them Traytors ! Thus, after all their Proceedings, they would willingly ftigmatize their Sovereign, in obliging him to efteem them as honeft Men. Now could any Prince be more infulted, or unfor- tunate than his Majefty, under the greateft Neceffity, thro' the Dif- fraction of the Times? An infolent corrupted Enemy, who had fe- perated the Interefts of King and People; a mutinous and divided Country ; a difheartned, if not, for the greater part, a corrupted Army ; a Treafury cxhaufted in railing and disbanding his firfl Porccs ; and no fufticient Time left, to call a Parliament? What could then relieve both him, and his loyal Subjects, labouring under thefe feeming infuperable Difficulties ! Why, an antient Cuftom was found out, in calling the Peers, to attend the King at York. They obey'd the Summons : And his Majefty, in the Hall of the Dean of Yorh\ (.Vuar- ters about the Country, as there feem'd to be a Ceflation : And loon after, near the Election of New Members for the Long Parlia- ment, follow' 6 feveral Projects lor altering the Government or abridging the Regal Power; which added but Fewel to the former Heart-Burning . Th< Earl of Strafford's Troubles fucceeded : The ( !anons of the ( lunch were eondemu'd ; tin An hbifliop of ( ailtcr- bitry impea< h'd : and th<- Lord-Keeper Finch voted a Traytor. This Year, the Rev. Mr. A N I »KI.\\ MARVEL, Lecturer of Hull failing 14 2 Chap. ix. Mayors, Sheriffs, &c. Reign of K. Ch \ki.is I. 1641 Henry Barnard, 2 ) Rob. {or Rich.) Robinfon [w] John Rogers ) Thomas Lawrence 1642 Thomas Raikes, 2 ) William Raikes [.r] Richard IVood ) James Lupton failing over the Humber, in Company with Madam Skinner, of T/iornton- College, and a young beautiful Couple, who w ere going to be wedded ; .1 fpeedy Fate prevented the defigned happy Union, thro' a violent Storm, which overfet the Boat, and put a Period t<> all their Lives; Nor were there any Remains of them, or the Vef- fel, ever after found, tho' earneftly sought for, on diftant Shores! \_w] On the 12th of May, the noble Earl of Strafford was brought to the Scaffold on Tower-Hill: Where Inch was his come- ly Deportment, Chriftian Behaviour, and melting Speeches, that (a few I )ays after he was beheaded ) the ( rreat and Venerable Arch- bifhop Ushertold his Majefty, who wept upon the mournful Occa- fion) Hcliadfcm many Perfons die; but never perceived fo white a Soul return to its Maker. — The King, arriving at York, (in his Progrefs to Scotland, and finding both Armies (landing, lie tent Sir Jacob Ashley, and Captain Legg, to Hull, in order to difcharge what Forces were therein : The Earl of Northumberland, and Lord Cotiway, were prefent, on the Occafion, which was about the Begin- ning of July. On the 12th, Sir Thomas Glemham, the Governour, (being on his Departure for London) delivered the Charge, which he had been intruded with, up to the Mayor: Who then plainly found, thatthe Kinghad no Intention toinfringeon hisAuthority; but pure- ly to defend the Town, by a valiant Captain, expert in the Arts of War. After which, the Inftruments of Battle, lately carry'd againft the Scots, were brought back, and replac'd in the King's .Magazine. His Majefty, accompany' d by the Prince of JValesithe Palfgrave of the Rhine, Duke of Lennox, Marquefs of Hamilton t 2Si6. other Lords (in his Journey from Seotland,where he had made vail ConcefTions, and even preferr'd his very Enemies) revifited York, on the 20th of 'iber ; but foon let out from thence to his Palace at White- Hall, where he arrived the 25th of the fame Month. [a - ] The Bulwarks, erected about 10 Years before, were now- faced with Brick, to a confiderable Thicknefs, with Port-Holes, which were to be placed towards the Haven, and the River Hum- ber. — The Parliament was now rifen to an exceffivc Height of Greatnefs: But thro' their Impeachment of the Bishops, (whom they lent to the Tower) and their Pretences in difcovering Secret Plots, (efpecially the Caufe of the Irish Rebellion, begun the laft Year) which they could not make out to their Reputation ; their Glory would Sir JOHN Hotham fent as Governour of Hull. 143 would foon have been upon the Decline, had not the King (thro' the unhappy Advice of the Lord Digby,a.nd fome write oftheQueen too) endeavour'd to feize fix of their Members, which gave them new Advantages. His Majefty accordingly impeach'd of High Treafon the Lord Kimbolton ; with Sir ArtJiur Hafierigg, Pym, Hampden, Hollis and Strode, five Commoners: Nay, he wenthim- felf into the Houfe, fat in the Speaker's Chair, and demanded thofe Members, who were now abfeonded. This occafion'd them to com- plain of a Breach of Priviledge .' By which, in a few Days, thofe they had corrupted, were fo far alienated from the King, that he became redue'd to a low Condition. The Parliament reprefented him as Popifhly inclin'd ; and that he had a Defign to cut all their Throats! Sir Henry ] "aiie> a buftling Secretary, wrote terrible Let- ters, of fuch like Stuff", to feveral Towns, with an Addition, That the King defign'd to bring them under a foreign Power. One of his Scrolls, dated 'Jan. 13. coming to the Magiflrates of //////, was the Occafion of their fecuring the Catholicks, and arming the Inhabi- tants from the King's Magazine, as tho' indeed they had been upon the Brink of Deftruction. Notwithftanding fuch Infinuations, three noted Perfons, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Dobfon, and Mr. Parkins, ftood firm to the Intereft of his Majefty : Nor was it to be wonder'd at, if (as the Parliament thought, whole 6 Members were, in popular Triumph, brought back to their Houfe) the King fhould have a Defign to fecure the Tower of London, Port/month, and //////. Hut they let about to prevent him in the two former; and, (having, l>v their own Authority, order' d away to the Tower a Part of the afore - laid Magazine) fent one of their Members, Sir John Hotham,as ( ro- vernour, to feize upon the latter. To this Intent, the Knight, at- tended by his Son, raifed 3000 Men, and march'd towards it : Put the loyal Mayor prevented their Enterance, by orderingthe Bridges to be drawn up, the < rates (hut, the Cannons charg'd, the Inhabi- tants to appear in Arms upon the Walls, and threatening to fire at them, as Enemies, if they did not retire at a dillanee. Upon Sir John's fending an Account thereof to the Parliament, an ( >rderwas made-, for delivering up the Town to him as Governour, under Pain of 1 ligh-Treafoil. Thus being furrender'd, a War was begun by tin- Commons, u ho infulted the Bifhops; and abufed tin- King him- felf, by inflaming the People againfl them. I [ereupon In' i Majefl \ , attended by feveral Nobles, rode towards the Northern Parts : But, whilil In- was upon his Journey, his Enemies fent Exprefles, to the Magiftrates of the Eaftern Ports, to deny him Enterance: Forthis Reafon, 500 Men were ordered to Scarboron to Tinwouth, and 1000 to New caflle. Afarchthe 1 8th, the King came to I The 7th of . l/'/v'/lhs Qualify 'd Printers fet up their Prefles in aHotife 1 (fome 144 Sir John denies the King Enterance into the Town. (fome Time after ufed as the Kind's Mint) then belonging to Sir Henry Jenkins, in the Minlh :r Yard. The 22d, the King fent to J I nil the Duke of )'<'//•, with the young Elet tor I 'a hit inc. and Ionic Attendants, among whom were the EarlofAfoe^r/, Lord // 'illough- by, and Sir Thomas Glemham, under Colour to viewthe Town. It was on a Market Day, when they entered therein, along with the Country People. The Mayor, at full, was ignorant of their Com- ing ; but, upon their Appearance in publick, he, accompany' d with Sir John Hotham, fplendidly entertain'd 'em, accordingto their high Rank, both at Dinner and Supper : And the Governour invited them to dine with him on the Feftival of St. George, which was tin Day after. The King (refolvingtohavePoffeflionofa Place, which had lately refufed the Earl of Neu>caflle,as Governour, commiflion'd by him, when the Parliament had To flrangely exerted themfelves ; and who, upon his Landing, being feized a- a Criminal, was hur- ry' d before the Mayor, and vilely infulted b) Captain Hotham,ihe Son of Sir John) rode from York, towards Hull, early that Morning, attended by two or three hundred Perfons, fome of them Gentle- men of tlu' County, and the reft his Servants. About u> o'clock, Sir Lewis Dives was lent before, by the King, to the Governour, (then complementing his Princely Guefts) with a Meffage, That his Ma jelly dejigitd to dine with, him that Day ; for that he was but a few Miles off, attended by fome of the Nobility and Gentry. Sir John. much furpriz'd, retir'd to his Clofet ; where, fending for Alderman Pelham, a Member of Parliament, it was immediately agreed, to deny the Kin;-;' Enterance, by fhutting up the Gates, and placing a Guard over the Mayor and Biirgeffes. Thus order'd, a Meffage was lent by the Governour to his Majefty,defiringhim, Not to approach the Town ; becaufe he could not, zvithout betraying the Truflrepofed in him by the Parliament, fet of en the Gates to fo great a Company, with ivhich.his Majejly was attended. But the King, tho' furpriz'd, kept on his Way ; whilll the Meffenger r< >de with Speed bef< >re him, and told thi i lo\ ern< iurof his Majefty's Approach. Upon w Inch, he order'd the Bridges to be drawn up, the Gates fhut, the Inhabitants to Hi was a great Incendiary: Foi upon the Earl of Newcaftlfs Departure, lie inftigated the In' by ftrange invented Stories of his own: II. told them, that the Lord Dunbar kept many Horfes, and armed Men, under Ground, in fpacious Vaults, and gloomy Caverns, in order to furprize them, whilll they were asleep! That Mr. Terwhit, a Gentleman of Lincolnshire, was to afhlt them with 300 Men. cover'd over [like the Ghq/l in II \mi it] with complete Armour of burnish'd Steel ! That the Spaniards were expet ted, with a mighty Fleet, to aid thofe terrible Champions! and therefore he thought it neceffary to plunder the Royalists, while they were fearching for Letter-, Caldrons, and Grid-Irons, prepared t < > ruin and torment them ! Bj the e 111111111.111011-. the Train'd 1 '> n 1 1 < 1 - were increased to 800 in Number. J Ik true- 'tLQtiji-ius ofS^ifl'ntfot/lcut, oi K^ One nfuic Wanders Htu.lt of (ohums, awfQevtrtiv phutlLand #t printed &v * C J'geA-'S+ri lii*ll_ fwm fit Otui His Majejly expoflulates with him to open the Gates. 145 to be confin'd in their Houfes 'till Sun-Set. the Cannons charg'd, and the Soldiers to appear in Anns on the Walls. At i i o'Clock, the King, coming to Beverley-Gale, call'd for the Governour, and demanded Enterance. Sir John roughly anfwer'd, Ashe was in- trujled by tlie Parliament, he could not grant it : And yet fmooth- ly, with feigned Loyalty, defired, That his Actions might not bemif- interpreted ; for lie meant nothing, in this Denyal, but for t lie King- dom's Good, and that of his Majejly .' Pray, J "aid the King, by what Authority do you thus behave yourfelf? By the Order of both Hou- fes of Parliament, reply' d Sir John. Read, or [how It, faid his Ma- jefly : Or mention the Time it was made? But no fatisfactory An- fwer being given, the Kingask'd, Whether the Mayor had (cen it ? No, anfwer'd the Governour, / feorn he si/on' J. Upon which, the King, calling out to the Mayor, demanded him to give him Ente- rance : But he, (now turned Dijfembler) fell on his Knees, Tears run- ning down his Cheeks, " My Liege faid he, how glad fhould I be "to obey you, were it in my Power : But, alas ! both I, and the " Inhabitants are guarded, as well as the Gates ; where Soldiers " Hand, with draw n Swords, having Orders to take away the Lives " of thofe Perfons, who (hall dare attempt to open them." Sir John then told his Majefty, If he pleafed to enter with \2 Per- fons, he should be welcome: Hut the King faid, No, SzVTohn, They are too little a Number to attend my Perfon : Butfuffer only 30 to enter with we, and I shall be satisfy d. This being deny'd, Come hither to me. Si/- John, (faid his Majefty) let ns confer a little while together: AJfure yourfelf on the Wordofyour King, you shall have, a j'afe Return. But the Governour made' a wretched Excufe, why he could not condefcend. Well, (anfwer'd his Majefty) this unparal- letd Action of your 's, Si/- John, will produce a very difmal Coufe- quencc : After fuch an Indignity. I mnjl both proclaim (and proceed ill) yon, as a Traytor: Your Difobedience, I am afraid, willbe the Oeeajion of many Miferies, and much Bloodshed; whichyou may nt, in performing the Duty of a faithful Subject: Therefore think feriously of it ; and thereby prevent tlie Caufeofnumberlefs ( a- lamities, which mull lie at your Charge I The Princes, and Nobles, who were within the Town, finding they could not do any Good, out to hi-, Majefty, at one o'Clock, and had a great Confulta- tion. At 5, t!i' Kin.", 1 all'd again to Sir .Yohn, and off* r'd to pardon him for all that was pall, if he would bni admit him with 20 At- tendants; defiling him, to tab- an Hour's Time, to confider of it : But the Knight lb II perfifting in his Denyal, the King order'd two da to proclaim this pretended Governour a Traytor ; and that thofe, '.'.ho ob'-v'd him, fhould be efteem'd guilty of H igh-Treafon. •J his 146 The King orders him to be proclaimed a Traytor This being perform'd, and his Majesty enraged, he cry'd out, Fling t/ie Traytor over the Wall, throw the Rebel into the Ditch ; Hut none regarding thefe Words,the affronted Monarch, and his Re- tinue, were oblig'd to return to Beverley that Night The next Morning, his Majesty fent a Herald,with 3 Noblemen, to the Go- vernour, with a full Pardon, upon his Compliance; but in vain : So that the King, riding to York, wrote from thence a Letter of < !om- plainl to the Parliament. But they, instead of regarding his Maje- sty, justify'd the Governour, asa loyal Perfon; afferting, That the King's proclaiming him a Traytor, was a Breach of their Privi- ledge, oppofite to the Liberty of the Subjects, and the Laws ofthe Land : Therefore declared for the Militia, which they foon fet on font. (Jpon the King's obtaining a Guard for his Perfon, by Con- fent of tlie ( rentlemen of Yorkshire, on the 1 2th of May; the Com- mons voted against it, on the [9th. However, many of both Houfes came to attend his Majesty, (particularly the Lord-Keeper Little- ton) for which the Parliament incapacitated them, as Members, for the future. On the [3th of June, feveral Lords engaged to stand by the King; and, in the fame Mouth, fome thoufands of men met his .Majesty, near York, to whom the King then declared his Inten- tions : On the other Hand, the Parliament feiz'd the Fleet, which his Majesty thought to have fecur'd. About the latter Paid ofthe Month, the Queen, who had been fore'd beyond Sea, fent a little Ship, named the Providence, into Humber, with 16 Pieces of Can- non, and Store of Ammunition, for the King's Service. With thefe, the Forces, being partly armed, proceeded to befiege Hull : They turn'd the Streams ofthe ( 'anals another Way : andstoptProvifions from coming into the Town. On the 3d of July, his Majesty came to Beverley, attended by 3000 Foot, and 1000 Horfe: Who, to en- courage the Siege, lent fome Soldiers into Lincolnshire, to stop the Intercourse of Provifions to the Befieged ; for which Reafon, the King order' d a Fort to be built at Haffcl Cliff, and another at Paul, where < .unions were placed. In the mean while, Sir John llotliam order'd a great Part of the Charter-Houfe to be blown up, together with the 1 [ouses at Myton : becaufe the Royalists mould never have thrni in Poffeflion to act against him : Who, yet, hearing that his Majesty was refolv'dto march with his Army to the Walls of Hull, fent three Meffengers, alternately, tobefeechhim,to defist from fuch ,111 Enterprize, against hisfaithful Subjects, who refolved to continue \\\ whilst the\- had Breath! But, as the King had no particular No- tii >n of his 1 .oyalty ; fo he fecur'd each Perfon, who brought the Er- rand. This fo enflam'd the Knight, that, calling a Council of War, it was agreed, The Sluices fhould be immediately pull'd up ; and to cut The Siege of Hull, with what Tranfaclions happened. 147 cut the Banks of Hull and Humber, whereby the Country fhould be laid under Water. This dreadful Performance proved fuch an in- credible Damage, that the Parliament, upon Sir John's Requeft, promised to repair it, at the Expence of the King's Part)-. To his prefent Affiftance, they fent him down many Soldiers by Sea, who landed fafe on the ioth of July. The next Day, one of their crui- zing Men of War took the King's Packet-Boat, in which were Colo- nel . Xshburnham, Sir Edward Stradling, with others, who were car- rying Meffages to the Queen in Holland: They were committed to Prifon, and the Letters fent to the Parliament. The King's long Pinnace.loaden with Cannon and Am m unitionforZ///<7>///.s7/ //-^meet- ing with Captain Piggot's Ship, would not fubmit to be taken ; but fought 'till fhe receiv'd ioo Shot, and then funk to the Bottom. The Captains Horner, Vaughan, Newton, and*others, failing in an open Boat to Lincolnshire, were brought Prifoners to Hull: From whence the Cannons continually thunder' d from the Walls; which were return'd by the King's Batteries. The Townfmcn, failing in their Ardency; Sir John, wonderful in Invention, flimulated them with a new-difcover'd Plot: That the King had hired fcveralwick- ed Men to let fire to Hull, in various Places, nearthe Middle of a prefixed Night : Then, while the Inhabitants were employ'd in quenching the Flames, the Town was to be ftorm'd ; and every Man, Woman, and Child, to perilh by the Sword! By this Contri- vance, their Courage increafed, fo as to venture to fally forth, par- ticularly 500 at one time, under Sir John Meldrum, at the lat- ter End of July ; and at other times, with fuch Succefs, as to kill, put to Flight, and take Prifoners, many of the Befiegers. The Earl of Newport, (whom the King left to carry on the Blockade, whilfl he went to engage new Friends in other Parts) was Ihot, by a Can- non-Bail, from the Walls, into a Ditch, where he would have pe- rilh'd, had not timely Relief been afforded him. Upon the King's Return to Beverley, a Petition was prefented him, from the Parlia- ment, to defire him, to disband his Army, and return amongft'em. But the King refus'd to hearken to thofe Men, who had railed an Army • Among 11 them was the gallant I. tail Digby, who difcover'd him- felf to Sir John I lotham, tin /Hug his Life to the Generofity of the ernour : II Viich, with . Irguments ufed againjl the Beliaviour of the Parliament, with a Promife <>f the King's Mercy and Fa- vour, fo prevail' d with the Knight, that he promifed the Delivery of the line// to his Mafcfly. But one intervening Accident, or another, prevt nted it ; . lud it proved of ill ( 'onfenueuee lo tie eeruour, when it eame to the Ears of the Parliament. 1 48 Other memorable PAS SAG J S in the Year 1642. Army againfl him, commanded by the Earls of /:'/A.rand Bedford ; whom he knew to be Enemies both to him, and all his faithful Ad- lit rents. As he found, by Report of the Earl of Newport, that it was impoflible to take //////, for want of Mm oi War, he order'd the Siege to be rais'd on the 27th of July, review'd the Army at Beverley, and march'd among them, into ) T ork, with the Cannon and Ammurtition.^Captain Hotham, foor after, with a flrong Party, ravag'd the Royalifts, in the Country : But upon the well-known IVoulds, near Malton, being attack'd by Sir Thomas Glemham, re- ceived inch a Brufh, that he was glad to run home, and fcarcely would venture out of ////// tor a confiderable Time alter. In Aug. the King being at York, publifh'd, on the [2th,a Declaration, That he defigrid to Jet ///> the Royal Standard at Ni » 1 1 [NGH \ M : And this he did, upon the 22d. The 20th of September, he enter' d into Shrewsbury. The Fight at Powick-Bridge was three Days after, headed by Prince Rupert, to the King's Advantage; who returned to Shrewsbury, where, his Strength increafed ; and from thence went towards London. On the 23d of October, was fought the Battle of Edghill,'\r\ Warwickshire, where the brave Robert Bertie, Earl of Lindfey, received fo many Wounds, as occafion'd his Death. B< ing carry'd out of the Field, he was brought into a little Cottage, and laid upon Straw! When the Officers of the Parliament Army (by Order of their General, who thought to have feen him alfo) came to villt him, they found him bleeding, in a plentiful Manner ; and yet his books were full ofVigourand Sweetnefs! He bid 'em tell the Earl of EJfex, "To call himfelfat the King's Feet : And " (added ho my approaching Death, as I am apt to think will be " foon, does not half fo much pierce my Heart, as to perceive fo " many Gentlemen, fome of you my former Friends and Acquaint " ance, now engag'd in fo foul a Rebellion againlt our Sovereign !" The Spectators, both charm'd and confounded, withdrew ; and re- ported his Words to the Commander, he fent him the bell Sur- geons of the Armw out of Refpect to his diftinguifh'd Merit ; But in the opening of his Wounds, this Great and Heroick Nobleman expired. — During thefe Tranfaclions, Wll mam CAVENDISH, Earl oi Newcastle, was fuccefsful in the North: I lis Army was more nu- merous, than tin- Forces commanded by the Lord Fairfax, lb- made Captain Hotham reti-eat : who pretended to ftophisPaffageat Piercebridge, beyond tin- River Tees. lie march'd afterwards to York, which was then put into a Pofture 1 »f Defence, under Sir Tho- mas Glemham, Governour, who kindly received him ; and to whom he prefented fome l'ieces of Cannon, and Ammunition. He drove Lord Fairfax and Captain Hothamoutol Tadcafler ; and took Brad- ford Mayo?) Sheriff, Chamberlains, Reigii of K. CHARLES I. 149 1643 Thomas Raikes, 3 ) fohn Rawfon [y] Robert Ripley ) ] [enry Metcalf Jon/ by Storm. Thus was he frequently profperous, but not alto- gether; elfe he might have gotten Poffeflion of Leeds, which Sir Thomas Fairfax. (Son of the Lord of that Name) after a confide- rable Lois, did at hilt moft valiantly obtain. A fmall Sketch of which Town, with the [nfcriptions in the Churches, the Reader may find, Pag. 17 of my Travels, towards the latter End of the Second volume of the Antiquities of Yorkshire, very faithfully collected. [ r ] The Mayor, being now on the Parliament's Side, was this War, alfo, order'd to continue in his Office, by the Governour con- trary to antient Charters. To give a further Light into the War, in which this 1 [iftory feems to be a Principal Part, it is here necef- fary to take Notice, Who were friends, or Enemies, to the King, or Parliament. On the Part of his Majefty, were Prince RUPERT, his Nephew; James Stuart, Duke of Richmond; William Sey- mour, Marquefs of Hertford ; Thomas WRIOTHESLEY, Earl of Southampton ; ROBERT SIDNEY, Earl of Leicefler ; JOHN DlGBY, Earl of Brifiol ; tin- Earl of Netucaflle, as before-mention'd : With the Lord-Keeper Littleton, Secretary Nicholas, and other Officers of State. For the Parliament, were ALGERNON PlERCY, Pari of Northumberland; William Cecil, Earl of Salisbury ; RoBERl Rich, Earl of Warwick ; HENRY Vane, the Elder ; the valiant Capel, Earl of Effex ; the Lord BROOK, &c. On Jan. 19. was fought the defperate Battle of Leskerd, or Bradock-Down ; where the \'i< tory was won, on the King's Side, under Sir Ralph Hopton. The Parliament was now refolv'd to obtain Revenge : And fend- ingWord to Sir John Hotham, and his Son, at //////, to raife Forces, ravagethe ( !onntry,and ruin the Royalifts ; theyaccordinglyobey'd the Command, burning and deftroying all before them! 1 take it. that from hence came the Deftru< tion of t awood Caftle ; firft built, as Tradition informs us, by King Athelflan; The lad Ruins of which an- now to be feen, as I have imitated (with the Church, in which that once famous Prelate Mountain lies interred) by a fmall :i. Pag. 61. of the Travels) in my Second Volume of the An- tiquiti< s of Yorkshire : An Edifice, that once had been a (lately Palace for the Archbiifhops of the Prov ince, fituated on the pleafant Banks of the River Oufe, where the Streams are more clear, by the Proximity of the Tide. Among the allow'd Pranks of Father and Sen, en- l)> ii n oftheir's was to feize Scarborough, a remar- kable and beautiful Town, upon the S< .1 I oafl I >> a. 1 omplifh which, they fent two Ships thither, with arm'd Soldiers, provided with 150 The Ql 1 1 N in Danger of being kilFd at Bridlington. with to Cannon, 4 Barrels of Powder, and 4 of Bullets : Hut Sir Hugh ChohuUy, Governour of Scarborough Caftle, (who was once (»u the Parliament Side; and, perceiving what they drove at, had return'dtohis Allegiance) having private Intelligence thereof, came down by Night, and (confulting with the Magiftrates) fuffer'd the Veffels to inter peaceably into the Port : Which they had no fooner done, but the Knight, with his Affiftants, feiz'dtheMen; andarm'd themfelves with what was prepar'd againft the Inhabitants ; who alfo planted the Cannon again It tin- A rrival of Captain /fo/hrdnance, with man}- Prifoners; fore'd him, and Sir Thomas his Son, to fly to - The Rev. Mr. Willi u* Styles. Bradford, u 152 The Governour betray'd by a Preacher, his Kin/man. Bradford, and then to Leeds. After which, they travell'd towards Selby; But the Royalifts, ftri\ ing to prevent them palling the River, kill'd feveral ; obliging the Lord Fairfax to fly to Wrejfel Caftle, and from thence to //////. His Sun, being feparated from him, was forced to go to L arlton Ferry, Thorn, the Devizes of Hatfield, and fo to ( r owl ; Where, refting an Hour, and hearing he was purfu'd by funic of Colonel Portingtoris Men, he made hafte to get over the Trent, jufi as they had got to Anthrop Ferry : He fcarce was mount- ed, when he had like to have been feiz'd by another Party from Gainsborough ; by which Difafter, he loft his Plate, with other va- luable Things: But the Sharpnefs of his Spurs, with the Swiftnefs of the Ilorfe, brought him fafe to Barton; from whence he fail'd to //////, much terrify'd, weary'd, and almoft fpent with the Lofs of Blood. His Father was made Governour of this Town not long af- ter : But let us return to fee how Sir John Hotham was prevail'd upon, by the Arguments of the Lord Digby. That gallant No- bleman difplay'd the unjustifiable Actions of the Parliament, in re- gard both to the King and Realm: And as to your part, Sir John, (faid he) fee hoc what is intended for your Defiruclion! Upon which, pulling out of his Pocket fome intercepted Letters from Fairfax to the Commons, with their An fwers; the Knight, who well knew the Characters, was fo fully fatisfy'd, that he treated with him to deliver up the Town on the 28th of Aitgnjl. — The Parliament, who had Spies almoft in every Corner, receiving fome little Infor- mation, began to be jealous of Sir John Hotham's 1 )efign. But, to be- more certain, they employ 'd one Saltinavsf), his Relation, to make him a Yifit to JFii/L as one of their itinerant Preachers; that there- by, he might pump out the whole Matter. The Defign fucceeded : For that Holderforth, after feigned Salutation, feeming to lament, by crying both againft the abominable Sins of the Nation, and the wicked Incroachments of the Parliament, he moved Sir jro/iu to give Ear to his 'Pale ; and, by approving his Difcourfe, was taken in the Net, prepared for him. The Teacher, following his Difcourfe, wrought upon the Knight, that he became even weak, infomuch as togive Hintsof the Defign : Upon tin's, the other, with feigned Sanc- tity, promifed, upon his Salvation, to further the Attempt, fo he was but let into the Secret, and would newer reveal it to any Mortal liv- ing ! This occafion'd the Opening of every Particular ; which the other immediately difpatch'd, by a Meffenger, to the Parliament ; who order'd him 2000/. for the Difcovery. And this was Sir John's pious Coufin Saltmarsh .' — Which fhould warn every Pcrfon, in all Stations of Life, to take great Care how they are Conzcii > d\>y Hypocrites in Religion, when they have the lcafl. Reafon to think, (but Captain HOTHAM committed to Nottingham Gaol. 153 (but not otherwife) that thofe Men make fuch a Bleffed Calling a Cloak onlj r to their Knavery, purely for Intereft Sake. The Go- vernour, little dreaming of the Treachery of his trufly and zvell-be- loved Kiufman, foon after (by Command from the Parliament) fent his Son.along'with his Troop, to AW////o-/w//,tojoin Forces with Co- lonel Cromwell, and the Lord Gray : But main- 1 lours had not paft, after his Arrival ; when, about 2 in the Morning, he was fent to Prifon, by fecret Order of thofe Commanders, on Pretence, that he defign'd to betray that Town to the King's Party. The Captain, defperately enflanrd with Anger, fent for his Man John Kaye, and folemnly ask'd him. If he would ferve him faithfully, without re- vealing his Secrets? The Servant readily gave him a Promife ; but that not fufficing, the M after tender'd him his Oath, faying, He would prefer him for his Fidelity. " Now, /aid the Captain, repair '• to the Queen at Newark : Tell her, I am in Prifon ; from whence " I am fpeedily to be fent either to the Parliament, or the Earl of " Effex: Defire her therefore, to fend Forces to releafe me, as I am " carry'd along : For which I fhall think myfelf not only obliged " to prove her conftant Servant ; but will affure her, that I'll do my " Endeavourtoobtain.fortheKing'sService, the Surrender of Hull, - Beverley, and alfo the City of Lincoln." The Servant went ac- cordingly, and deliver'd his Meffagc: The Queen anfwer'd, Shetook his Offers very kindly: But, added (he, he might have donefome of tliefc things long ago, and prevented his prefcut Captivity: And pray, Friend, how may 1 be affurd 'that you are the Captain's Meffenger f The Man reply'd, " By this Token, that you receiv'd a Letter from " his Father, by him, when you were at Bridlington.^ "/'is very true, faid the Queen ; and I will be as good as my Word, in procu- ring a Pardon for him, and Sir John, with other Favours that I promifed them : Tell him alfo, I shall do my u/mojl to releafe him from the Hands of his Enemies. The Servant return'd with this fa- tisfactory Anfwer to the Captain : But he foon after, finding an Opportunity to make his Efcape, tied to Lincoln ; difcourfed with the Lord Willoughby, Captain Purfoye,a.nd others; and then ported to Hull. Here, acquainting his bather with his LJfage, lie fell into a violent Paflion againft the Commons: No better Names, than Rogues, Rafcals, and . Xnabaptijl Dogs, he gave to Cromwell, the Se- cret Committee and Parliament. This he did, in publick, to out- brave the Matter ; and obtain'da Coun< il of War to be call'd, con- fii\\ng of Sir Edward Rhodes, .sir Thomas Remington, Col. Legard, Serjeant-Major Godwich ; with the Captains Anlaby, Billows, and Overton, &c, who unanimously agreed, thai ( romwell fhould be principally complain'd of, to the Parliament. The instrument fet forth, That the greatejl Indignity, which could < ver be offet 'd to auv Per/on, 154 A Confutation, to feize Sir John Hotham, in Hi 1.1. : Perfon, was done to llw Governour's Son ; and, thro 1 him, to them, who mujl now take Care of their own Safety: That it was very hard to be e/leeufd Fray tors, by the K ing, for the fake of others ; who should endeavour to dig a Pit for then/, into which they wight hap- pen to fall themf elves \ That about 40 Villains should break into the Captain's Chamber, rob him of 1 50 founds, take him out of his Bed, imprifonhimin the common Gaol for z^days, net to allow him Liberty to write to his Father, or the Parliament; was,furely,sueh vile If age, that no Age, or Hi/lory, could parallel '. And all this done, without any Order from the Generals, by Cromwell, and another Perfon, thro' a Meffagefaid to be brought them from the Secret C ommittee, by an .luabapti/l of Lincoln, //ai/ntl W'niion ; which Story, with them, could not merit Belief. But the fubtle Commons, iniU.nl of answering the Complaint, fent privately tt > Captain Mayor, \ whoa tmmanded a Man of War, call'd the Hercules, then lyingin the Haven) with a Letter alfo to Sir Matthew Boynton, \ Brother-in-Law to Sir John Hotham) requiring them, not only to endeavour, to till the Town with Jealou- fiesand Fears ; but to confult, with the Magiftrates, how to feize the Governour, his Son, with their Adherents, and fend them up as Pri- soners to Loudon. On this Advice, Reports were quickly fpread, That Sir John Hotham :vas for delivering up I lull to the Royalijls, who were to be affijled by the Spaniards ; and then to blow it up a- bout their Ears! Thefe fearful Reprefentations, caus'd the Corpo- ration to fit up all Night, on the 28th of June, by Way of Preven- tion; and consulting howto fei/.e the Governour, his Son, and others, whom they imagine! to be concern'd with them. The Defign, be- ing form'd, was thus executed. Captain Mayor, before Day-Break, fent 100 ftout Men at Arms, to fecure the Garrifon, with the Block- Houfes : This they pefform'd, meeting with fmall Refinance; ex- cept from Col. Legard: Who, being furrounded, fubmitted,when he found it in vain to contend. Then 1 500 Soldiers, and others, on the Parliament's Side, feizing all the Guards, Gates, Cannons, and Ma- gazine, lecur'd Captain Hotham ; let a Watch at his Father's 1 loufe, to prevent his Efcape ; and, at 7 o'clock, fent a Party to feize him. But the Knight, having Notice, sliptout backwards, attended by 6 of his Life-Guards, habited in the fame red Garments, that belong' d to fomeof the Attendants of the late unfortunate Earl of Strafford. Thus he, who but a little before rul'd as a Tyrant, was now fore'd to fly like a Criminal : Nay, oblig'd to rob a Man of his Horfe, (who, by Chance, paffed by) in order to make his Efcape. He rode thro' the Guards (who as yet had no Orders to apprehend him) at Bever- ^/-Gate, where he had deny'd Enterancetohis Sovereign; too swift for his Soldiers, to keep him Company, any farther than the End of the Who is taken at BEVERLEY, &c. and fat 7 to London. 155 the Town, where the)- were taken Prifoners : And thofe Cannons, which he had placed to keep the Monarch out, were tired after him, by his Purfuers,totakehis Life ; which was referved for a more slow, but fevere Vengeance. His Defign was to attain his Houfe at Scar- borough, which he had taken Care to fortify with Men and Ammu- nition : Forthis Reafon.heturn'dofffrom BeverleyRoad to Sculcotes, and fo proceeded to Wawn Ferry : But here his Fate feem'd to be determined, in having no YelTel read) - to receive him, and the Dan- ger too great to fwim over. What to do, he could not well tell ; but, as it were, throwing off all .Manner of Concern, he rode to Be- verley : Where, (alas! for him) News had been fent to Col. Boy it- ton, by his Brother Sir Matthew, to fecure Sir John, if he came that Way. The Knight, uncertain of this, rode into the Town, where he beheld 7 or 800 Soldiers in Arms: So, riding up to the firft Com- pany, he commanded them to follow him : They did fo, as not yet hearing that he was to be apprehended : But, proceeding further, Colonel Boynton fuddenly took hold of his Horfe's Bridle, faying, Sir John, You are my Prifoner, and one that 1 once very much re- /peeled as being my Kin/man : Bnt now I am oblig'd (thd with the great ef Reluctance) topafs by all tender Respecl, upon that Account, and arrejl you as a Tray tor- to the Common-Wealth. This was ano- ther sort of Relation, different from the sly itinerant Teacher: To whom, with a Sigh, the forrowful Knight reply'd, Well, Kin/man, ft nee it is your Pleafure it should be fo, I mujl be content to fubmit ! But, efpyingan open Lane near him, he suddenly put Spurs to his Horfe, difengag'd himfelf, and gallop'd away as fall as he could : Upon the Colonel's crying out, Stop him ! Knock the Tray tor down ! a Soldier gave him a defperate Blow on the Side of the Head with hi-, Musket; which difmounted him, in a bleeding Condition : And then he was confin'd in that very Houfe, where his infulted Sove- reign had taken up his Lodging, after he was deny'd Lnterance into Hull. All his own Eftate, what his Son was poffefs'd of, and what immenfe Riches both had plunder' d from the Royalifts, became for- feited t<» the Parliament: The)' were prefently lent (along with Sir Edward Rhodes) on Board Captain Mayor's Ship; who, quickly holding Sail, in a little time arrived at London, where we lliall at prefent leave them, particularly the Father and Son, in their me- lam holly 1 mprifonment. —Now the Royal ills, who as yet knew no- thing of thefe Misfortunes, were marching towards Beverley, (pof- fefs'd, by the other Party, after the King's Return to York) which they thought tohavegain'd,aswellas I full., u 1 ordingto Agreement with the Hot/iams : But being unexpectedly oppos'd by Col. Boynton' s Y ' .ills, by w hieh the) had Ionic kill'd, with man)' u ouiuhd, and ta- ken iq6 HULL clofely befieg'd by the Marquefs of Newcaftle, ken Prifoners, they were oblig'd to retire. The ('arc of Hull was now undci a Committee, whom the Parliament thankfully approv'd of, confiding of the Mayor; with Matthew Boynton, RichardDar- ley, Joins Bouchier, &nd William Allenf on, Knights; Mr. Styles, and Johnfon, Clergymen ; alio the Aldermen Roper, Denman, John and I Icu ry Barnard. The Earl of King/Ion, who ruled in Gains- borough, wrote to the Corporation of HULL, to turn them on tin- King's Side; ami that, if they pleas'd to admit himas their Gover- nour,hewould engage, forthem,to procure his Ma jelly's Pardon ami Favour. The Tart)' was too powerful on the one Side, as to admit of any obliging Anfwer to be fent to this brave Nobleman: Who, refolving to make the Town a Vifit, juft as he was ftepping into a Boat on the Trent, he was cowardly fhot dead by a Party of his Enemies, who la}- in Ambufh near the Side of that River. — And now the Corporation of Hull fent an Exprefs to the Parliament, defi- ring, That the Lord Fairfax, (who had been in the Town, with Sir Thomas, his Son, fince their late ill Succefs, as before-mention'd) might be their Governour, to defend them, by his Valour and Con- duel : To which the Commons soon confented ; commanding him alfo to raife Forces, proportionable to his Care, in the Defence of fuch an important Fortrefs. He did fo ; and fent his Son with 25 Troops of Horfe, and 2000 Foot, to quarter, at Beverley, with Colo- nel Boyntoris Forces. But they were fcarce fetled in the Town, when News came, that the Earl of Newcaftle was marching to at- tack them with 15000 Horfe and Foot. Upon which, Sir TJiomas /v//V/rt.r,callinga Council ofWar.they judg'dit ncceffaryto quit the Town, becaufe it was no place of Defence. Scarce had they Time to confiderthis, before the Earl (who was lately made a Marquefs) enter'd with his Forces, Sword in Hand : A defperate Fight enfu'd, that quickly ftrew'd the Ground with dead Bodies, and made the Channels to run with Blood. The Marquefs was victorious, killing hundreds of his Enemies, and purfuing the reft almoft to the Gates of Hull: After which, returning to Beverley, he caus'd the Town to be plunder'd ; and fent to York all the Goods and Cattle they could find in, and about it. On the 2d of September, the Marquefs begun the Siege of //////, with an Army of 15000 Horfe and Foot. After Midnight, he began to caft up the Out-Works: He cut off the frdh Waters ; and oblig'd the Market-People, inftead of fupplying the Town with Provifions, to ferve his Camp. At Noon, he caufed fe- wral Batteries to be raifed, notwithstanding the inceffant Firing of Cannons, from the Walls, to prevent them; and then rcturn'd the like Furious Ufage upon the Town. On the 5th of September, ano- ther Work (on which 2 Cannons were placed) was erected on the Banks ]}'/iic/i is Jlrenuously defended by the Lord Fairfax. 157 Banks of Hull: And over that River a Bridge of Boats was laid, for the greater Conveniency of parting into Holderhe/s. On the other hand, the Townfmen raifed an Eminence to oppofe them, on the Ruins of the famous * Michael de la Poles Charter-Houfe; where they planted a great Brafs Gun, which daily (with Cannons from the Walls and Bloek-Houfes) were difcharged on the Earl's Forces. On the 8th of September, about 3 in the Morning, the Royalifts began another Work, near half a Mile of the Walls : But tho' it was daily batter'd down, it was rais'd up every Night ; 'till, at laft, being h- nifh'd, it was call'd the King's Fort. This proved very terrible to the Inhabitants; becaufe,from feveral Cannons, placed thereon, red hot Bullets were frequently fhot into the Town. And now the Go- vernour gave Orders, That a ftri&er Watch fhould be kept ; that what was combuftible, in every Houfe, fhould be placed in the lower Parts ; and that Veffels of Water might be laid before every Door : Then he fix'd two large Culverines on the Work, where the Charter-Houfe ftood : At which Time, as I fuppofe, for greater Conveniency, the Chapel was pull'd down, as mention'd, Page 72. I [e order'd another Fortto be made, at fome Diftance, which flank'd the Royalifts behind the Banks. I lere he hung up Bells, to let the Engineers know, when to Fire: And by thefe active Methods, the Royal Fort, being demoli(h'd,a Peiiod w r as put to their fending any more dreadful Prefents of red hot Bullets. The 9th of September, the Townfmen ventur'd to attack the Royalifts, at A /derby, with a- bout400 Horfe and Foot ; but were unfuccefsful, being drove back with Slaughter, and the Lofs of feveral Prifoners. Four Days after, the Governour, ordering the Sluices to be open'd, the Country was drown'd for about two Miles. This drove the Royalifts from the Works, except thofe of the high Banks; which made them pitch upon that of Daringham, as being a dry Place, to erect another : To * In perilling over antient Hiftory, I find it recorded, That the unfortunate William de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk, beheaded at Dover, (as I mention'd, while treating of the Family) was really interr'd in the old Chapel <>f tins Place, He liad been efpoufed to Alice, only Daughter <>f Mailer Thomas Chaucer, (Sou i" the celebrated Poet "f that Sii y whom tin' Manor of Ewelme, ("i Mrw-EIme) in Oxfordshire, came to his Family. The beautiful Parish-Church, on |i <>f a pleafant Hill, was erecled at tin- Expence of him, and In rable Dutchefs ; befides a neat Eiofpital at the Will End of it, an. I anothei at Dennington (or Dunn, • iftle, in Barkshire j both which In- endow'd with His illuftrious Lady rurvived liei unhappy Lord about 25 : and then was interr'd on the South-Side "i the High-Altar, of the afore- faid Church, in a fair Alabaftei Tomb. On tin. Monument, her Erhgj 1 plac'd, lm\ inj_j a Crown upon th( Hi td i and the Body, a- it were, habited in comely Robes, with othei Ornaments. Neat which 1- this petitionary 1 tion : Orate pro Anima SerenWlma Principiffa AI.ISM K Sulfolchise, huh ., qua obtit viginti Die Menfu Maij, Anno /><'"ii>u MiUefemo juadrin- 1. Bella/is, with his Forces, were overcome, at Selby, by Sir Thomas Fairfax, and his Men ; who took the Colonel l'rifoner, feveral Officers, 1600 Soldiers, 4 Pieces of Cannon, 2000 Arms, and above 500 Horfe. York, being now in Danger, the Marquefs of New- caflle was obliged to march to the City, and defend it. This gave theScots, (whowere 20000 in Number) an Opportunity to join their beloved Friends. All the Way, in their March, with uplifted Hands and Eyes, they told the People, They only came tofave the King from Popery and Destruction; but thai themfelves were far, very far from hurting the leaf Hair in his Majejlys Head ! Yet, with almoft the fame Breath, they revil'd him, as if he had been the moft vio- lent Papift ; declared that the Land was accurfed for his Sake ; and confequently, that he was meritorious of Death itfclf. True Scots indeed, of thofe Times, when the Itch of Treachery had fo corrupt- ed their Blood, as to break out in the Scab of Rebellion! It was on the 1 ft of May, thofe Legions joined the Earl of Manchefler, Oli- ver Cromwell, and others ; who foon after laid Siege to the antient City of York. The Lord Fairfax, hearing this, left //;/// to the Go- vernment of the Mayor, and fome choice Officers; whilft he, with his Son, rode to affift at its Reduction. But the Parliament Generals, havingNews 1 if Prince/? #^£r/\r advancing againft them.ingloriously quitted their Undertaking. On July the 2d, was fought the Battle of Marflon-Moor : Where, for a while, the Royalifts were victo- rious ; but the Scale of Fortune turn'd chiefly at laft in favour of Cromwell. Sir John Hotham. and his Sou, tryd at Guild-Hall. i6l Mayor and Sheriff of HULL. Chamberlains. 1645 John Chambers ) Maurice Lincolne [ aa ] IVilliam Maijters ) John Backhoufe Cromwell. Prince Rupertthen march'd towards Chefier : But the Marquefs oiNewcaJlle, with his two Sons, Sir Charles Cavendish his Brother.the L.ordsFalconbridge and Witherington, &c. Dr.Bramhall Bifhop of Londonderry) William I "avafour, and Fran cis Mackworth, Knights ; all thefe fled beyond Sea, and fome remain'd 'till the Re- ftoration. Thus the North was entirely lost to the Royalifts; whofe Enemies laying again Siege to York, it was furrender'd to 'em, on the 1 6th of July. The 19th of October, the Scots ftorm'd Newcajlle, which furrender'd on the 27th. On the ift of December, Sir John Hotham, and his Son, were arraign'd in Guild-Hall, London, before the Earl of Manchejler, and others, appointed their Judges. The Charge again ft them, was, That they had betray d the Trujl, reposed in them by correfponding with the Queen, the J fa rq//cfs of N exvcaiWe, and the Lord Digby, to deliver up the Town to the Royalifts, under Pretence of exchanging Pr if oners : And this was proved by inter- cepted Letters, previous Words, and favourable Actions, to the En- emies of the Parliament: In lhort, they were both convicted, and feiiteiiced to be beheaded. The King's Party in the North endured great Extremities this Year. It will not be amifs to infert the Names ofthofe Perfons, in and near.//////, who fuffer'd Sequeftra- tion of all their Eflfe6ts. Of the former, were Alderman JamesWat- kinfon; with William Tlwrnton, Edward Dobson, Thomas Swan, Richard Brown, Matthew Topham, John Audley, Robert Cart- wright, and Finibarn, Burgeffes ; who had like to have perilh'd thro' meerWant ! The latter, Michael Wharton, Thomas Ruflon and Brooks, Knights ; James i Martin, Charles Bacon, Robert Hildyard and Holdenby, 1 1 illiam Percy and Rujlan, Thomas Eajloft and Perrot, John Langvileand Dalton, Gentlemen. The Sums of Money, drain'd from thefe Sufferers, were parti)- to pay the Scotch Plunderers : And the Committee appointed for this vile Purpofe, were the Aldermen Denliam, Barnard, Roper, Popple, Peck and Cliambers. This Year the Town petition'd the Parlia- ment, to be freed from Alicflnient . a while, confldering thru- late- great Lxpence, in withftanding .1 Siege ; bul no notice was 1 of their Complaints : So little do defigning Men r< gard their most faithful Friend . when once their own finifter Ends an fi rv'd. \ad\ The lail Day of the paft Year, was defign'd to be the laft that Sir John Hotham had to live, according to Sentence by the Court of War, had not the Houfe of Lords lent him a Reprieve for 162 Execution of Sir John, and his Son, in January 164}. for three Days. The Commons, feemingly incensed, made an Or- der againft the Validity of huh R.< . without they them- felves had a (hare in granting them : So that the Son, who was or- der'd to die the Day after his Father, was now [Jan. 1. 164*.) brought to the Scaffold a Day before him: Which funic ima- gin'd was a ed Piece of Malice, to prevent his dying a Ba- ronet. The Captain appear'd with great Courage : And for the grateful Parliament, laid he, who are the principal Authors of Rebellion, by continuing an unjufl War againfi their injur d Sover- eign and Fellow- Sub) ''eels ; I have never dlty of Treafon to THEM : In which indeed he concluded rightly ; and 'tis hop'd, repented heartily of what he had acted againft his Majefty, The Commons enraged, lent an Orderto the Lieutenant of thcTower, not to fuller the Father to live out the Time (hat theHoufe of Lords had allow'd; as tho' they were defign'd to he the Inftruments of Divine Vengeance, according to Sir John's Words, when he wilh'd upon his denying the King Enterance at HULL, That, if he teas not a faithful Subfecl, I he Almighty might bring confufion both on him, and his Pofterity. And confus'd he now appear'd, attended by his Confeffor Hugh Peters; who was alfo his Spokefman, by telling the People,//!? had reveal 'd himself to him, and confeffed his Offences againfi the Parliament ! Thus, lefs gloriously than his va- liant Son, did lie expire the Day after, being the 2d of January. On the 10th, the famous Archbifhop Laid, was brought to the Block, where he preach'd his Funeral Sermon from Heb. xii. 1, 2. Pet its run with Patience the Pace that is ft before us, &c. and fuffered with the greater! Resignation. His Body was interr'd in the Church of All-Hallows, Barking; and over it was faid the Office in the Liturgy, notwithftanding its Abolifhment by the Par- liament, who Inftituted a Thing call'd {Tije-Dtrccton). In March, the Independents, having Power in the Houfe of Commons, new-modell'd the Army, calling it, thai of the Parliament's alone, without naming the King, anddifplaced main- of the Commanders; except Cromwell, and Sir Thomas Fairfax, who was now made General. June 14, was the Battle of Nafeby, in Northamptonshire^ which proved very unfortunate to the King ; and very much thro' the Means of the Scotch Earl of Caruwarth, who catching hold of his Bridle, afking him, If he zvas running to Death in an Injiant} prevented him from making an Attack, which might have given a happy Turn to his Succcfs. Poutefrael Caftle was taken about this Time. Bath was furrender'd too, on the 29th of July, to the King, who arrived at Oxford, the 29th oiAugufl ; and from thence march'd to Hereford, befieged by the Scots, who retired when they Mayor, Sheriffs, Chamberlains. Reign of K. Charles I. 163 1646 William Peck ) John Kay, or Ray [bb] Francis Dewick ) Richard Robinfon 1647 William Dobfon ^ Lancelot Roper [ cc ] Robert Robin fou j Joseph Hall the\ T heard of his Approach. On the other Hand, Brijlol, which the King intended to relieve, was furrender'd to the Parliament Forces, the 1 ith of September. Prince Rupert was difcharged by his Majefty, for his not holding out the City longer. The King be- ing at CJiefier, his Forces were defeated on the 29th at Routon- Heath, to his great Mortification, which he perceived from the Walls. — In this Month, the Plague broke out in Hull; but by the ufual Care, in fuch like Cafes, of former Times, it was happily prevented from fpreading. — The King arrived at Newark, about the Beginning of Oelober ; but was obliged to leave it in Novem- ber ; and, after great Perils, got fafe to Oxford. And now the Seots Presbytery was contemn'd by the Independants, and indeed the Parliament were weary of thofe People in general, which made them wifh for a Treaty ; as the King himfelf defired about the End of December. \_bb J The Beginning of January, Fairfax raifed the Siege of Plymouth, and foon after took Dartmouth by Storm. On the 14th of February, the Lord Hopton was routed at Torrington by him. On the 5th of May, the King (thro 1 the Negotiation of Monfieur Montrevil) trufts himfelf to the Scotch Army ; and soon after fet- tled at Newcajlle. The 24th of June, Oxford was furrender'd to General Fairfax. The Earl of EJfex dy'd on the 14th of Septem- ber. On the 1 2th of November, the Town Wall of Hull, between My ton and Poftern-Gates, about 50 Yards in Length, fell down into the Ditch, occafion'd thr<>' exceflive Rains that had under- min'd it on the one Side, and the Weight ^>\~ Earth which prefs'd it down, that lay upon the other: To repair which itcoft about 300/. [cc] The Men hants of Hull had great Loffes this Year, through Pyrates and Storms at Sea. On the 30th of January, the Scotch Parliament delivered up their King ; and kit \\ wcajlle the 1 ith of February, afterthey had been thegreateft Curie that ever Eng- land was afflicted with. The Lord Ferdinando Fairfax dying at York, on March 13, 164 3, the Parliament order'd his Son to be I rO- vernour; And moreover, that aconftanl Garrifon mould be kept therein, at tin- Nation's Expence, t".i< 1 againfi the King, Queen, and all the koyalills ; To whom, if an)- became afterwards at- tach'd, and mould leave the Place for their I nterell, the)' (hould be punilh'd 164 Mayor, Sheriff, Chamberlains. Reign of K. CHARLES I. 1648 John Ramfden, 2 ) Richard Vevcrs [(/(/] John Kay, or Ray ] Thomas Cockrill punifli'd with Death, as Enemies, and Deferters: And, tho' the Town ftrentfously petition'd againfl fuch a Burthen ; arguing That the Place being little, four or five Families were oblig'd to dwell under one Root" : 1 low inconfiftent it would be, to have Soldiers live in Houfes with the Wives of abfent Mariners; or, by Marriage, bring an infupportabie Burthen to the Place ; That, for the Parlia- ment 'sCauic, XinetvThoufa nd Pounds had been already expended; Thirty Thoufand Pounds loll in Traffick, thro' their Peine;- despis'd by Foreigners, for acting with them againfl: their unfortunate Sove- reign : Befides, that the Deftruction of the Walls, the Laying the Country under Water, repairing the Fortifications from Time to Time, had impoverifh'd them to the Value of many Thoufands more; by which, having 300 poor Families, the Garrison would double the Number; and, confequently, increafe their Poverty : A Grievance, they would never confent to, as being contrary to Magna Charta, the Petition of Right, and the Libert}' of the Sub- ject : — Yet, for all fuch like fpecious Pleadings, the arbitrary Commons placed a Garrifon there, as tho' they were far from va- luing Magna Charta, ox any Paper Concern whatever, when they had the Sword in their Hands ; which, being drench'd in Blood, could write in more legible coercive Characters. But we'll return to the King, who had been imprifon'd at Holmby Houfe in Nor- thamptonshire, where he was deny'd his Chaplains. The Indepen- dents afterwards took him from the Presbyterians, thro' the Contri- vance of Cromwell, about the 4th of June, by Cornet Joyce, a Tay- lor ; who carried him to Hinchingbrook, Childerley s and at laft to New-Market. In Augujl, he was fix'd at Hampton Court, where he recover'd his Book of Meditations, call'd EIKON BASILIKE, with feveral Hiflorical Writings. In November, the King made his efcape to Tichfield : From thence went to Carif brook Caftle, in the Isle of Wight. Cromwell afterwards, having quelPd the Agita- tors and Levellers, confulted at Windsor with Ireton, about his Majefty's Death. \dd\ The King was made clofe Prifoner by Colonel Hammond, in the faid Island, which occafion'd a fecond Civil War; but it ended in about five Months Time: Afterwards, he was remov'd to Hurst Caftle, near the Island, and from thence to Windsor. Soon after, his Majefty was brought before the Parliament like a Criminal, as will appear by the most unprecedented Treatment he met with, in the following Year. [ce~\ The The Death of King Cha^LES I. January 30, 164^ 165 King CHARLES II. January 30. 1649 DEregrine Pelham \ TAmes Shepheard [ee] yohn Raivfou S_ Richard Frank [ee] The Aclions of this Year, as an ingenious Author writes, were lb dark and hideous, that it cannot be parallel'd in the An- nals of any other .Monarch's Reign. To bring a King, accountable to None, except the King of Kings fays another, to plead for his Life before them, who had formerly fworn Allegiance to him, (and who, as Dr. South afferts, ought themfelvesto have fuffer'd as the vileft Malefactors) was Inch an audacious A 61, that the proudeft of all the Roman Pontiffs never attempted, in all their Wanton Freaks of unlimited Power : And all this done to a juft and wife Prince, fprung from Royal Anceftors ; learned and valiant ; who liv'd like a Saint in a corrupt Age ; had broke no Oaths made to his People ; and io merciful to his Enemies, that as the Marquefs- of Worcefter, told him, His forgiving Temper might gain him the Kingdom of Heaven, but never secure to him the Realm of England! Carolus inter Reges, ut Lilium ineer Flores, writes Sir Richard Baker. Thefe Eulogiums, and many more, impartial Hiftorians relate of him : To their particular Accounts of his Tryal, (be- fore the Prefident Bradshaw, and other fuch Judges, the Signers of his Death-Warrant, to the Number of 72, among whom, was Alderman Pelham, of Hull, and Mr. John A lured, Member of Parliament for Headon) 1 refer my Readers, for their greater Sa- tisfaction : And, in refpect to the prefent Age, fhall only remark, That I have Charity to believe, there are few, now living, among all Profeffors of the Protectant Religion, but what look' back with Horror of the Action, which brought a Prince, of their own Per- fuafion, to suffer at laft the greateft Afflictions. — His Tryal be- gan on Saturday the 20th of January 1^4'. In his Impeach- ment, by Cooky he was called Tyrant, and Traytor ! His Majelly deny'd their Authority, as being 1 if : :' 1 Force without him ; and by fo doing, became a Civil Martyr, for the People's Liberty : The next Day, being Sunday, he fpent it, almost, in his Devotions. On Monday, he was brought again into Weflminfler-Hall. Tuesday the fame : On Wednesday, Witnefles were produi 1 d againft him: One was William Cuthbert, of Patrington, in Holdernefs ; another, John Bennet t ol Harwood, Yorkshire^ Glover; and about thirty one- more, from different Counties. The Fourth and laft Day, tho' hi \ Majelly deflred to be heard in the Painted ' Chamber, yet il was not granted ; but Sentence pronounced again fl him, as a Mur- derer, and public!: Enemy, on Saturday the 27th. He prepar'd himlelf l66 TJtc Death of King CHARLES I. January 30, 164* himfelf to die ; and defir r d the Afliftance of Dr. Juxon, Bifhop of London, with the Comfort of feeing his Children. There was fcarce any Thing, but Sadnefs, that reign'd over the City upon this Occafion : His Majefty refufed to fubferibe what his Enemies, would have him. thereby to enslave the People; tho' his Life was offer'd.in Cafe of Condefcenfion. Holland interpofed for the King; but in vain ! For Cromwell, and his Officers, feeking < r< >i», as they faid, it was refolv'd, that his Majefty mult die. The King lent Mr. ^Herbert, who was Gentleman of his Bed-Chamber, to the Lady Wheeler, for a Cabinet of fome few Diamonds and Jewels in her Cuftody, which was all the wealth he had to leave his Children, the Princess Elizabeth, and Duke of Glocejler. On Tuesday the 30th, about Ten, his Majefty was brought forth by Col. Hacker, attended by the Bifliop, and Mr. Herbert : Me refus'd to eat any Thing at White-Hall, which had been provided for him. Entering upon the Scaffold, he found it cover'd with Black ,• faw two Execu- tioners, with Erocks and Vizards; the Block, andAx; with Hooks, and Staples, to draw him to Execution, if he refitted : But there * He was bury'd in York. f:ec his long Epitaph in my Iliftory, Page 165. was The Death of King Charles I. January 30, 164! 1 67 was no Occafion. He clear'd himfelf from beginning the War with the two Houfes of Parliament, and hop'd the Lord would in that Cafe abfolve him alfo : And yet, faid he, God forbid I should lay the Blame on them : There is no Neceffity. Ill Injlrnments, between Them, and Me, was the Caufe of all this Bloodshed. He then own'd his Fault, in fuffering an unjufb Sentence to fall upon the Earl of Strafford : For himfelf, he hop'd, he was become a good Chriftian : And (pointing to the Bifhop) faid, That good Man can bear me Witnefs, that I have forgiven all the World, and even tJiofe who have been the chief Canfers of my Death : But this is not all; my Charity mnfl go further : I wish they may repent : I pray God, with St. Stephen, That this be not laid to their Charge : And not only fo, but that they may take the right Way to the Peace of the Kingdom. After this, he difcours'd of what was due to God, his Succeffors, and the People ; profefs'd his Affection to the Prote- ftant Religion of the Church of England ; and then prepar'd to lay down his Royal Head upon the Block. When his Cap was putting on, by the Bifhop and Executioner, whilft Tears gufh'd from the Eyes of many diftant Spectators, the King repeated the Goodnefs of his Caufe, and what a gracious God he had on his Side : The Bifhop alluded to a former private Difcourfe, faying, There teas bnt one Step more, which thd turbidcnt and troublcfome, would carry him from Earth to Heaven, from a mortal State, to a glorious Immortality. The King adjoin'd, I go from a corruptible, to an incorruptible Crown ! A happy Exchange, reply' d the Bishop. The King then gave his GEORGE to the Bifhop, and bid him RE- MEMBER ! — So, turning to the Executioner, after private Ejacu- lations, he meekly laid down his Neck ; but bid him flay for the Sign. He did fo ; and then, ftrctching forth his Hands, his Head was cut off at one Blow; fhown to the aftonifh'd People; put into his Coffin, cover'd with black Velvet; and fo convcy'd to White-Hall. This was the End of the Royal Martyr, in the 49th Year of his Age, after a Reign of almoft twenty four Years : Who, now, dead, was compar'd to Job, David and Solomon, for Patience, Piety and Wif- dom : I lis Murder was look'd upon as a Crime, of the moft horrid Nature, next to that of the Crucifixion of the incarnate Sonof God : Even his Enemies became afflicted: The Pulpits, fill'd with the moft pious Divines of each Pcrfuafion, mutually refounded in Sighs and Lamentations, for the unfpeakable Calamities of fo unfortunate a Prince ! I lis Body was carry'dto Windfor,-<\\\<\ laid in aVaultopp >- lite the 1 ith Stall, on the Sovereign's Side, where King HeuryWll. and his third Wife, Queen Jane, were repoflted. The Common- Wealth was eilablilh'd, after the King's Death ; his Son proclaim'd v againft; 1 68 Transactions after the Death of King Charles I. againft; the Houfe of Peers, and Regal Government, abolifh'd; the Duke of Hamilton, Earl of Holland, and Lord Capel executed * Pou ti frail Gallic held out for the Royal ids, underthc Governour Col. Morricc, who had formerly furpriz'd it ; (as mention'd Page 10, in the Travels of my Second Volume) hut was furrender'd on the 24th of March. Several Executions of the King's Party fol- lowed. Ov;//; l v//i)rcach , d,cajord the Presbyterians, and fupprefs'd the Levellers. In the mean while, the Scots invited the young King. Cronvwi //.afterwards, he ingmadeLieu tenant of freland^orm- ed Drogheda and 1 1 'oxford ; and, with amazing Succefs, redue'd moll of that Kingdom. The Mayor of Hull, Ptttgrftte Pelf) am, men- tion'd in this Year, was clecled the 30th of September : And ac- quainting the Iloufe of Commons, of which he was Member, that he was fent for thither, in order to be fworn, and enter on his Of- fice ; they, having Occafion for him, as being one of the .f/uUgrs of the fMARTYR'D KING, fent an Order for the former Mayor to act as his Deputy : Which Mr. Ramfden did, 'till Mr. Pelhanis Death, that happen'd in March following ; and then the Parlia- ment order'd Mr. Thomas Raikes,to govern the Remainder of the Time. The Commons now defae'd the King's Arms where they could find 'cm ; and commanded Charters of Places to he furrender'd that fo they might difplay the Enfigns and Name of the Common- wealth upon every Occafion. They expofed the King's Fee- Farm Rents to Sale : Thofe of Hull, and its County, amounted annually to 156/. js. $d, out of which was paid 24/. $s. 3d. to the Reader and Curate of the High and Low Churches, and a Sal- lary to the School-Mailer : All thefe the Town bought, for which they paid 1467/. and generously heftow'd on King CHARLES II. after his Reftoration. * I have a Profpect of the Caftle, the antient Inheritance of the Duke of Lan- cajler, then a mod beautiful Structure. The greateft Ornament of which, was that call'd the Round-Tower. There were alfo, the King's, Queen's, Confta- able's, Swillington's, Treafurer's, and the Red Towers : Befides, a noble Ma- gazine, a great Barn, the King's Stable; the Middle ( iate-I Ioufe, witli others to the East, West and South, which might for their lofty Structure he called Towers alfo. To this Castle, belong'd a beautiful Chapel dedicated to St. Cle- ment. In a Manufcript, lent me by Henry Fairfax, Esq; at Tmvlfton, near Tad- cnjlt-r) a particular Account is given "I what Sums were paid to the Workmen for demolishing the Edifice, by Order of the Parliament, March 27, 1649. and another, in Purfuancc of it, the 4th of April following. The total Amount of which, was 1777/. 4^. 6ne I tundred Thoufand Pounds. [/'] The Worfhipful Mayor departed this Life in his Mayoral- ty; and Mr. Anthony Lambert, officiated till a new Election. The antient Market-Crofs was pulled down, and a new one creeled, at the Expence of near Eight Hundred Pounds.— About this Time, a Suit happen'd, between this Corporation, and that of Leeds: Becaufe, the Water-Bailiff, of Hull, had diftrain'd, for fome Port- Fees, on the Goods of the latter : Who, to defend themfelves, plead- ed an old Caufe, in Queen Elizabeth's Time : When Mr. Foxley, Water-Bailiff of Hull, and Mr. Thompfon, Toll-Gatherer, in Bever- ley, were obliged to pay 40/. upon fuch another like Occafion : This ended the Difpute. — Another Suit commene'd betwixt the Corpo- ration, and the * Lead-Merchants of Darbyshire; becaufe the latter did not pay Duty for Lead (which hclp'd towards the Expence of the Haven, &c.) m the Common Weigh-] [oufeatthe King's Great Beam ; but frequently weigh' d the Pigs at private Staiths, and car- ry'd them off in the Night. But tho' many ftrong Arguments were ufed againft the Defendants ; yet they proved inefficient to caft them. — December the 22d, the Earl of Plymouth came as Gover- nour to Hull, in the Duke of Monmouth's Room : He was accom- pany'd by the Lord // r indfor, Sir John Legardoi Ganton, Sir Wil- loughby Hickman, Thomas Sandys, Efq ; and feveral Gentlemen. At the Horfe-Staith, the Corporation receiv'd Them in their For- malities: Captain Copley, Deputy-Governour, (who had fail'd in the Humber, in order to conduct them) regal'd the honourable Compa- ny at his Houfe; and the next Day they were invited to the Mayor's, at a fplendid Entertainment. After Dinner, they were conducted to the Hall, and fworn Burgeffes. The Earl, making an eloquent Speech, in which he thank' d the Corporation for the kind Reception he met with, moved for two Things. First, That the Records might be fearch 'd, to know what Methods the former Lieutenants had taken, in ordering the Militia ; whereby he might make a more regular Improvement, Se< ONDLY, That the Conventicles, (which he took to be Nurferies of Faction, &c. and oppofite to both Divine and Human Laws) might be fupprefs'd. Some of the Burgeffes, * One of whom was Mr. Taylor of Waldingwelh, hearing Chap. x. Mayors, Sheriffs, &c. Reign of King- Charles II. 1 79 1683 Francis Delacamp, 1 } John Gotherick [/] JVilliam Catline ) Chriftopher Fawthorp 1684 John Field | John Higden [in] Rich, (or Robt.) Nettleton ) Samuel Boyfe hearing the Earl fo bitter againft the Diffenter.s,inform'd again ft the two Meeting-Houfes, then in the Town, whofe Minifters werecalled Mr. Ashley, ■asv&Mx. Cliarlifs. Uponwhich, the Conftables were im- mediately fent to apprehend them : The former abfeonded ; but the latter was taken, fin'd, and committed to*Prifon: Their Hearers (Michael Beilby, John Graves and Robiufon, &c.) were iharply re- buk'd: And the Karl, when he had view'd the Garrifon, with the Fortifications, (giving neceffary Directions, which kept him about two or three Days) then he departed for Heddon. [ /] On the 10th of July, the Judges {jefferies and Holloway) arrived at Hull: To whom the Town's Charter was furrender'd. [;//] Sir Edward Barnard was discharged from being Recorder: The Charters of feveral Cities, and Corporations, having been de- liver'd up this Year, in order to have new ones granted, with frefli Advantages ; the Aldermen Lambert, Sifjous, Maflers and Mafon, of HULL, fet out for London, on the 27th of Oclober, to wait upon the King, with the Hopes of obtaining thefe Amendments. I. The Eleclion of Mayor out of Two A Idermen : 'The like Number, in Re- gan/ to each Perfon, to be cJiofe in the feveral other Offices in the Cor- poration. II. That, in Cafe, either the Days of Election, or Swear- ing into Office, should happen on a Sunday, they might be perform 1 d the Day after. III. That 3 or 4 of the cldefl Aldermen, should be of the Quorum with the Mayor and Recorder. IV. That, in Cafe of Sicknefs to the Mayor, or Sheriff; then the Aldermen, according to Seniority, might fupply their Places, that fo Tryals might not be hinder' d. V. That w/iat King HENRY VIII. and King [AMES I. had granted, us to the Profits of tlie Haven, &c. might be confirm* d. VI. That, as the Garrifon Side belong' d now to the King ; fo the 'Jo: on might be exempted from the lixpeuee of upholding the Banks, II 'alls, &c All thefe Things, with whatever elfe they ask'd, his Majefty granted ; and f< > tin- Aldermen return'd, with a new Char- ter, to the incredible Joy of the Town. In December, his Majefty required the Names of the mod loyal Inhabitants, to Monarchy, thai they might be employ'd in the Magiftracy. All thofe, of the Alder- men, werefent up, except .Mr. fohujou's: Who, fince the late Trou- bles, wild)- confidering wh.it mighl come to pafs, thro' his former Inclination to the late oppofite Government, had gotten a fair legi- * W lure lie was confined for half a Year We l8o Of tJtc ingenious Subtlety of Alderman Johnson, &c. ble Writing, which contain'd the Innocency of his Life, with his Fi- delity to the King, and Obedience to the Laws of the Land: And to this, by kind, fubtle Ufage, he obtain'd of his Brethren, at diffe- rent Times, (as he got them, one by one, into a good Humour) to affix their Names, to his intire Satisfaction. But afterwards he hap- pening to refufe the Signing of foine Warrants, which were level- led againftDiffenters; it fo much affronted the Bench, that they una- nimously omitted his Name. Upon which, the Alderman, appealing to the King; his Brethren obtain'd a Hearing, again ft him, before his Majefty, and Council: When, fuddenly, Mr. Jolnfou, pull'd out the Taper, which his Profecutors had fign'd, as an irrefragable Argument againft them.* This Teflimonium occafion'd an almoft general Smile: And tho' his Adverfaries pleaded the Infufficiency of it, becaufe not fign'd in the open Hall; yet their private Affent was look'd upon as more valid ; their Objection over-rul'd, and ridicul'd: His Majefty therefore took Alderman Johnson into Fa- vour; and order'd him to be inferted in the Lift, as a very Honcjl, Worthy, Loyal and Ingenious Perfon. * Much fuch another Piece of Art, or rather (confidering its hafly Inven- tion) more complete, happen'd in Dublin : which I shall mention purely for the Reader's Diverfion. The Rev. Mr. Glandee, Rector of St. Michael's Church, happening, fome way, or other, to incur the Difpleafure of his Parishioners, was accufed by them, to the Archbishop, of fome Irregularities, that occafion'd him to be very near his being turn'd out of his Living. This inveterate Ufage from a ftray'd Flock, perhaps to as carelefs a Shepherd, drove the Minifter into fuch an Agony, that he told them, Since they were re/blv'd to deprive him of his Brant, Jie would rather die in his Pulpit, than be fore ' d to return to Scotland, -where he was born! To his Church he went ; fat, and wept 3 fometimes, at his Desk; now, in his Pulpit ; and then, at the Altar. He continu'd there in the Night ; would fuffer none, but himfelf, to officiate the next Day ; when he show'd all the Tokens of a melancholly Madnefs. At length, feeming to expoflulate with his Parishioners, he told them, He -was willing to abandon the Place, if they would only give him a tolerable Character, that he might not be despis'd in his own Country! They, to get rid of him, promis'd to confent to, and fign, whatever his Heart could wish for, as to that Point. He therefore caus'd to be wrote, what he pleas'd, according to their Affent ; by which he feem'd to be rege- nerated to a new Creature. They fign'd, and delivered the Writing to the Par- fon : But he, more wife, inftead of departing to Scotland, went with his Tefti- monial to his Grace of Dublin. " My Lord, quo 1 he, I have been grievously " tradue'd in the Spiritual Court, as one unworthy of my Sacred Function, " tho' a faithful Minifter of the Gofpel of our dear Redeemer : But, to ob- " viate the ponderous Accufations of my Enemies ; behold here, my gracious " Lord ! the Character given me, by the devoutest Perfons of my Parish. — His Grace, taking the Paper from him, perufing it over, and beholding the Hand-Writing of his Profecutors, held up his Hands, as a Token of his Amaze- ment ! And then he ask'd Mr. GLANDEE, What indue'd them to fign fuch an Instrument ? " Truly, my Lord, quo 1 he, tho' they ly'd to your Grace, yet will " not I : They gave it me, that I should depart from them : But if they do " not know, when they have got a good Minister : I have the Senfe to un- ' ' derstand, when I am blefs'd with a beneficent People : And your Grace, " I hope Chap. xi. Mayors, Sheriffs, &c. Reign of King James II. i8l CHAP. XI. Continuation of the MAYORS, Sheriffs, and Chamberlains, down to the Revolution : JVitJi iv hat Tranf act ions happened thereupon. King JAMES II. February 6. A. D. MAYOR and i n Sheriff. I Chamberlains. 1685 TOhn Forcet, or Forcett ) ^Homas Tomlin [;/] J Richard Gray ) William Idell [ // ] I could not begin the Actions of this King's Reign, with- out taking Notice of the Character given of his late Royal Brother, by a judicious Pen. * " Now, alas! Death has fnatch'd from us " our mo ft gracious Sovereign, CHARLES the Second, Son of " CHARLES the Martyr, of Bleffed Memory ! Royally de- " fcended, and born to preferve an eternal Remembrance of Bri- " tain's Glory. Father of his Country ; an Eftablifher of Peace, " and Concord : Magnanimous, when inteftine Broils, and Civil Dif- " cord, were very predominant: Patron of Learning; an Enemy " to jarring Fraction, and Strife; Defender of the Faith; a conftant " Lover of Virtue, as well as an Admirer of Piety ; inferior to none " of his Predeceffors. During the Space of 25 Years, he behav'd " himfelf, as a good and gracious King, to all his loyal Subjects : " At length, he left his terreftrial Crown, to his Succcffors, that he " might receive an incorruptible Diadem: And departed this Life " the 6th Day of February \ in the 37th Year of his Reign, Anno " Domini 168^."' — The new King, being quickly proclaim'd, of his own Accord, fpoke to his Privy-Council, to this Effect, Thatjince it * Translation from the Latin. tiad "I hope, will not difcard me; becaufe, if I am not a /'•ml, or Apollos; yet, "my Lord, I am your Brother, as a Minister of h Christ." Here the Archbishop [as the Kinf; look'd upon Mr. Johnfon\ perceiving the Gentleman's bright Faculties, under fui.li imminent Dangei "Well, fatd He, Mr, Glan "iiii, tho' I -nil very much afraid, you nave been, thro! Infirmity, guilty <>i " thofc Immoralities, of which you an- acous'd ; yet, foi the Sake ••! your "Wit, and upon your fincere Promife ol 1 I will endeavour to " skreen you from further Profecution this tune." — Eiereui In. Grace, fend iny foi I P ■' and reproaching them foi accul od a .Man, of whom themfelves had fit 1 racier, order'd them to beg P rdon ; oevei to offend him more: And the affrighted, fubtl fulfill'd his Vow to the Archbishop, by afterwards leadii , mplary Life ; which skreen'd him, from thi ■• hi Adverfaries, to hi Breath, when he had little Thoughts "I this World to give him any Disturbam 1 82 King James II. graciously /peaks to his Privy-Council. had pleafed the Almighty to fucceed fo good a Brother, he would en- deavour to follow his Example of Tendernefs and Clemency ; and, like hi in, nfo Jus bejl Endeavours to fupport both Church and State, as by Law eflablisK d ; whofe Members, in being Lovers of Monarchy, had proved than /elves faithful and obedient Subjects : He knew the Laws were fufficient to make him a happy King. As ke should not forfake the Rights and Prerogative of his Crown ; fo neither would he in- vade any Man's Property: And jiuce he had of ten veutur d his Life in the Nations Defence, he would go as far as any Perfon in defending its juft Rights and Liberties. This acceptable Declaration procur'd him, in a little Time, the Name <>f James the Just : In //////. the Joy feem'd unfpeakable : The Soldiers difcharged Vollies of Shot; the Cannons were fir'd ; with all other Demonftrations. Nor was their Comfort lefs, when, a little after, a New Charter was fent down, to the entire Satisfaction of the Corporation. This oc- cafion'd Mr. FIELD, the Mayor, to be fworn again into the Office, which he had enter'd upon the preceding Year: The Aldermen Richardfon and Lambert were authorized, for this purpofe, to admi- nifter to him, the Oath, in the Ac~l for regulating Corporations ; and to fee him fign the Declaration, which it contain'd, againft the So- lemn League and Covenant. Thefe being affented to, by the Mayor, (who was alio Efcheator, Jufticc of the Peace, and Admiral) he ad- minifter'd the fame Oath, &c. to the Aldermen Wilkinfon, Richard- fon, JoJuifou, Lambert, Siffou, Mafters, Forcet, Carlisle and Mafon: With Hays and /Lardy, (the latter madealfo Coroner with Alder- man Lambert) who were appointed by his Majefty as their Bre- thren, and Juftices of the Peace : Robert Nettleton was fworn She- riff; John Higden, and Samuel Bcyfe, Chamberlains. A noble En- tertainment, being prepar'd in the Hall, to which the Capital Bur- geffes were invited, where the Earl of Plymouth honour' d them with his Company; fcarce were ever known greater Mirth and Rejoicing, 'till the Evening; when the Streets and Houfes were adorn'd with Bonefiresand Illuminations. But, alas ! thefe were (hort-liv'd Joys, when News was brought, That his Majefty had appear } d publickly at Mafs, the Sunday after his being proclaimed at London ; and openly declar'd, that the late King dy 'd a Roman Catholic/:. If he had rul'd with his Brother's Policy, and taken his late Advice, Not to endea- vour the Re-Eflablisliment of POPERY, he might have been as hap- py : However, he was crown'd on St. Georges Day. — In June, a Rebellion was rais'd in Scotland, by the Unfortunate Duke of Ar- gyll- ; who, being taken, was beheaded at Edinborough. Another, in Li ngland, was occafion'd by the Duke of Monmouth; who loft his Head, on Tower-Hill, the 15th of July. Soon after, the King too, inftead Mayors, Sheriffs, Chamberlains, Reign of King James II. 183 1686 Philip Wilkinfon | John Lindall [0] Richard Ellis ) John Collings 1687 Robert Carlisle, 1 ) Thomas Harrifon [ft] JoJiu Blanchard ) William Cornwall inftead of difplaying his Mercy, font Judge Jefferies to try the Cri- minals. At Wincliejler, Mrs. A lice Lisle, an antient Gentlewoman, (whose Husband was one of King Charles the Firft's Judges) was beheaded for harbouring" Mr. Hicks, a Non-Conforming Preacher : Twenty Nine fuffer'd zkDorchefter ; 80 in another Place ; and near 100 at Exeter, Taunton and Wells. Colonel Kirk too, with his Soldiers, (call'd Lambs in Derifion) fliow'd almoft equal Cruelty with the Judge : Others were executed at Tyburn, near London ; and, indeed, in moft Parts of the Kingdom. When his Majefty had refolv'd to keep feveral Popish Officers in his Army, to the great Offence of his Proteftant Subjects ; then, after all the Tryals were over, near the Conclufion of the Year, he publifh'd a general Par- don ; but with fo many Exceptions, that it might as well have been let alone ; for the King obtain'd not the leaft Thanks for it. — Mr. Forcet dying, Alderman Thomas jfohnfon serv'd the Remainder. \_o~\ A new Ecclefiaftical Commifllon was erected : The Bifliop of London, being order'd tofuspend Dr. Sharp ; and, not doing it, fuf- fer'd Sufpenfion himfelf. The Rev. Mr. Samuel John/on was fin'd, imprisoned, and fentene'd to be whipp'd, for writing an Addrefsto the Protejlant Soldiers. — The Judges Ally bone and Powell, coming to hold Affize at Hull; the Aldermen Carlisle and Hydes waited upon them, at Barton ; and conducted 'em thither. But when their Lordfhips were to go to Church, the former order'd the Sheriff and his Officer-, to attend him to the Romifh Chapel : The)- did fo ; but not entering with him, at his Desire, You deserve that Punish- ment, faid he, which, a/Jure your /elves, will, in time, fall upon you. The Pari of Plymouth, who was Recorder, as well as Governour, being on his Departure for London, fubftituted Mr. Serjeant Milling- ton, as his Deputy, in the former ( > i Vi < e. Sir Edward Barnard, w hi 1 was turn'd out about fome time before, dy'd this Year: Whi 1 is Paid to have been, ' The Honour of Kingfton, the Delight of Beverley, and an Ornametit of the Law, [/>] The King's Proclamation came out, firfl in Scotland, then in England, for Liberty r cience. Two Suits al l.aw happen'd about this Time: One was, between the Corporation of Hull, • Ki-.'. row ■ /'■.■.. , Beverlaci Amor, l Omamentum, &c. Si i Volume "I Antiquil 1 6 In which 1 have faithfully 1 I . ■ a, in the < 'hurt li "I St. Mary, \ a 184 Chat. XI. Mayors, Sheriffs, &c. Reign of K. James II. 1688 William Hydes \ William Crowl [(/] Thomas Tomlin ) John Bower and Leeds, concerning Port Duties, which was accommodated : The other, with Beverley ; becaufe the Water-Bailiff of ////// had feized fome of their Firr-Deals : But pleading the Merits of St. John the Archbifhop,forwhofe fake King ffenryl.ha.6 exempted them from all Tolls and Customs, thro' England, they got clear for that time. His Majefty was now addrefs'd, from feveral Places, with the mo ft flattering Speeches ; whilft the Church of England feem'd to be in a declining Condition. The Univerfities were proceeded againft ; becaufe they refufed to accept of difqualify'd Perfons, as Prefi- dents, or Governours, contrary to their Statutes. — The Parliament was diffolv'd the 2d of July ; and Preparations were foon in Hand for a new one. — His Majefty went a Progrefs to feveral Places. [ q ] The Queen (in January) was faid to be great with Child : The King was congratulated upon it, by Addreffes from feveral Parts; but one, from * SCARBOROUGH, excell'd all the others. The * That from Scarborough, (which I mention, becaufe in Yorkshire) was the moft remarkable, to this Effect: "That ]'or/: and Lancafter being united, made the " Inheritance of this Empire One ; the Conjunction of England and Scotland made " two Kingdoms One : But his Majefty's Declaration, had made bis Subjects Interefts " One : Every Happinefs was succeeded by a greater ; every fucceeding Age, ftrove, "as it were, to outvie the former : 'Twas true, the Civil Wars bad been renew'd in "the Time of their Anceftors ; and the two Kingdoms difunited 1 > v an unnatural "Rebellion : But Liberty of Confcience was fo ftrong a Cement, that no Age could "have Power to diffolve it : Its Firmnefs would increafe with its Duration ; because "Men would endeavour to propagate that Bleffing, which brings a vifible Reward " along with it : And if the darling Argument prevail'd, they had an Ocular Experi- " ence already of their Profit ; for Fathers would not be more ftudious of tranfmitting "a clear Title of their Poffeffions to their Children, than they would be of leaving an "undoubted Inheritance of Trade, Society, and Brotherly Affection. In the firsl " Place therefore, they thank'd the Almighty, on their Knees, for so gracious a King ; "whom, in the next Place, they thanked, for his providing for them, like a true '• Father, fo rich a Patrimony of immortal Happinefs : a Portion pul out for the Ufe "of Posterity, which in every feven Years, would double and redouble the Principle. " God Almighty, they hop' d and pray'd, would grant him an IK-ir Mafculine of his '■ Body ; fince he already had given them one of his Mind, by his gracious Declara- " tion ; to whose fac red .Majesty alone, they stood obliged for it. By the Council or " Procurement of none Other, it came to pafs ; none would they acknowledge, but a "wife and gracious King, could have found it out ; none, but a Catholick King, was " able to effect it : They hop' d a Parliament would concur to confirm the Bleffing; "which, by its own Succefs, feem'd ratify'd already, and pafs'd in all the Hearts of "his Loyal People : That what there wanted in the Formality of Law, was fupply'd "by the concurring Votes of difinterested Men : That it would fpread, like the Tree " in Holy Daniel's Villon, 'till it over-shadow' d three Nations ; wherein the Birds of the Two Different Addrcffcs fent from Hull to the King. 185 The Second Declaration, for Liberty of Confidence, being fet forth ; the King order'd it to be read in Churches, which occafion'd De- bates among the Bifhops, who petition'd againft it, on the iSth of May : For which, being fummon'd before his Majefty, they were, for not recanting, fent to the Tower. The 10th of June, the Queen was faid to have been brought to Bed of a Son. About this time, great Endeavours were ufed to procure fuch Members of Parlia- ment, who would abrogate the Penal Lazes and Tefl. The King us'd to Clofet the Gentlemen, that they might fervehim in his own Way. The Mayor of Hull, ROBERT CARLISLE, Efq ; was carreft, for this purpofe, by his Majefty, tho' in vain : For the Corporation, who was very dilator} - in their Addrefs to his Majefty, did not fend it up to the Earl of Plymouth, who was to prefent it, 'till the Month of October : And then it was in fo cold a Manner, that they nei- ther thank'd the King for his Declaration, or gave him any Affur- rance that they would fend up Members of Parliament to his Ap- probation. The confiderate Earl hereupon altering it, with fomc Additions, fent it back, to the Corporation, to be frelh written, fign'd, and feal'd ; which was comply'd with (tho' in a reluctant Manner) rather than entirely incur his Majefty' s Difpleafure. But before the Return of it, the Earl dying ; Henry Lord Dover, his Son, fucceeded him, as High-Steward ; and Lord Langdale, as Go- vernour, of Hull : Therefore, when the corrected Addrefs was fent to White-Hall,\t was prefented by Dr. Thomas Watfon, Bifhopof St. David's; which was kindly accepted. Soon after, follow' d another Addrefs, from Hull, in the Name of the Goldsmiths, and other Burgeffes ; which was compofed by Mr. BAKER, a Brazier, call'd in Derifion, Ttte Diffenting Proteflant Tinker. Buthowever, he patch' d up his Addrefs (o well, to the King's Satisfaction, that it was " the Air should not only build, but the Beasts ol the Forests find Securitj beneath " it : That they pray*d, his Majesty might long enjoy the Fruits of so happy a Planta- " tiun, let by lii> aufpicious Hands; which, they hop'd, might be fene'd about by the efent Age, and made (acred to Futurity. Ami as it was in theii " Power, fo they promis'd to fend two Members to ferve in Parliament, who should against the Test and all Penal Laws, in Matters of Religion. For Law " afferUd, that were begot under a doubtful Title, being bred up in Persecution, must equently subvert the Fundamental Freedom ol Confcience, which i GOD tta Cfiarta to aU reasonable Creatures." I 1)'-^' Leave to mention bi re, a Memorial, That a Printui first Pel up tgh, about Jtme 16, i;;i in a Houfe in Mr. Bland's I ane, formerly call'd i. most pleasant Situation, leading to the beautiful Sands: And, I 1 . ' l I > willing, fome time <>v other, to print the Antiquilii ol that delightful I hinted in nv Purpofe 1 have finct had fome ManufcripU fent me. 1 86 Another Addrefs fent up by Mr. Baker, a Dijfenter. rder'dtobe printed ; andhad not the Revolution happened, the Man might have been made an Alderman, as well as others. The Addrefs let forth, That they had feenfome Addrejfes, which thank 'd his Ma jelly for Such Part of his moji Gracious Declaration for Li- berty ience,fofar as it was the Intereji of their particular Perfuafion, which imply J their Dislike of all others: But They, as in Duty and Allegiance bound to their dread Sovereign, humbly thank' d Him for Tin: WHOLE Declaration; by which he had proclaimed a Jubilee to all his People, and Jet the Oppreffed free. That Almighty GOD, 70/10 hathfaid, * Touch not mine Anointed, and do my Prophets no Harm, would certainly reward Him for it: That their Thankfulnefs, for the Freedom enjoy 1 d through hisMaje- flys special Favour, should appear by the peaceable Demeanour, and cxteu/ive Charity, to all the Prof ejfors 0/" CHRIST, under whatfoever Denomination. Such they would not fail to dcmoujlrate, loheucvcr his Majefty should be graciously pleas' 'd to call a Parliament: Then they would heartily endeavour, to eleel J'nch Members, as would re- peal /he Tell and Penal Laws, agaiufl all Manner of Diffenters : Audalfopafs his mofl 'Gracious Declaration forLiberty of Confcience into a Law as Jinn as MAGNA CHARTA. As the King was plea- fed upon this Account ; fo was he as much grieved on another : For Sir Willoughby I lick man, Kt. Bar. of Gainsborough, and John Ramfdcn Efq ; Members of the lafl Parliament, (elected fuch the iSth of March, 1 68 5 . ) wrote towards the latter End of this Year, 1688, to the Corporation, That they would gladly ferve them in the approaching Convention. The)- were accordingly accepted ; which, when the King's Part)- heard, they occafion'd Orders to be fent, to chufe fuch as his Majefty requir'd, and had reason to hope for, from their late Addrefs. The Lord LANGDALE feveiely wrote to the remarkable Robert Carlisle, Efq ; at Hull, afferting, How very unhandfomely the Bench dealt with the King, in not giving him an Aflurance to elect fuch as would approve of his Majefty's Declara- tion, calculated for the Happinefs of this diftracted Nation : To make therefore the Monarch their Friend, and he capable offerving them, he propofed Sir J< >HN BRADSHAW of IZisby for one ; and the other defigned Member he would nominate in a little Time. But this did not avail : The Corporation pleaded their Promife to the former ; but however told him, in a Letter, Phe Election should be free, according to antient Cu/lo/u. When my Lord fhew'd this to the King, it fo enrag'd him, that, to punish the Town, he fent them near 1200 Soldiers, moftly commanded by Popifti Officers, to live therein upon free Quarters. Thefe almoft ruin'd the private Habi- tations : The Landlords were us'd as Slaves; and, like Dogs, kick'd • I. CHRON. XVI. 22. out The Inhabitants of Hull in Diflrefs, and denyd Relief. i8y out of their Houfes, unlefs they furrender'd their bed Rooms and Furniture : The Streets were not fafe, in the Night Time, from the Robberies, committed by thofe military Plunderers ; who, in the Day,play'd their Pranks openly, in feizing the Goods of the Market People : The Capital Burgeffes were made Prifoners, in the Guard- Houfe, upon the leaft Spleen of the Officers ; to which Mr. Maw/on, as I mention'd before, fell a memorable, tho' unfortunate Victim ! The tender Virgins were threaten'd to be deflour'd ; the Wives, with their Children, to be murder'd : The Magiftrates were alfo in Fear of their Lives : In the Citadel, the Cannons were pointed at the Town, ready to fire upon the fir ft dreadful Signal ; and nothing feem'd to appear, but Horror and Deftruction ! No Complaints were regarded by the Officers, who faid, They mujl implicitly obey their Commanders : No Relief was granted by the King; who, inftead thereof, iffu'd out his Quo Warranto,'requiring the Town's Charter; not allowing diffident Time for pleading for it : However, upon cooler Thoughts, the King granted another ; by which heturn'd out the Mayor, placing Mr. Hayes in his Room : Mr. John Robinfon and Yates, {William Carlton and Robert t Ncttlcton) Aldermen. And this Charter, unfatisfaclory as it was, was feiz'd by Judge Jejfcries ; who, calling the Corporation before him in the Hall, abus'd them as a Parcel of — whatever his foul Throat could bellow out againft them. The King order'd another Charter in Aitgnfl, unmaking the Mayor he had but a little before made, and placing Mr. Daniel Hoar in his Stead : John Blanchard, Sheriff, (who was alfo made an Alderman) Thoma s Ha rrifon ,and William Cornwall, Chamberlains. Thus Things were carried confufedly on, 'till the Day of Election ; when the Corporation chofe Mr. Delaeamp Mayor: But they had not proceeded much further, before an Order came from the King, as the Effect of his Difpenfmg Power, That he would have the for- mer continue a Year longer; to which they were then fore'dtofub- mit, becaufe they could not help themfelves. On the 2d of Oelo- ber, the Old Charter was difcharged, by the Arrival of a Meffenger with a New One ; to which Mr. Hayes, and thofe formerly advane'd with him, were not fworn. The 24th of the fame Month, the Lord Langdale, being made Recorder, fubflituted Robert Ileitis, Efq ; as his Deputy. Thomas Cooper, Gentleman, was order'd to bethe Town- Clerk ; but he never came, from London, to make his Appearance. The King, being appri/.'d of the Prince of Orange's Intention, rc- voi.'d his Arbitrary Proceedings, reftor'd tin- Bifhops, publifli'd a general Pardon, and order'd (by Proclamation) that .ill Corpora- tions mould return to their former State, which he had compell'd them to forsake. This was proclaini'd, at Hull, the 6th of Novem- ber i Upon which unexpected Deliverance, the Magiftrates, looking a few 1 88 The Corporation re /lord to its Rights and Liberties. a few Years hack, when the Charter was furrender*d to Judge Jef- feries, and Mr. Delecamp ejected from his rlrll Mayoralty : And con- fidering, his being lately deny'd; they now refolutely chofe him a third time, to his greater Honour: Who acted that Da} - , as Mayor, after that Mr. Hoar had delivered up the Sword and Mace ; and the Mandamus Aldermen, B la ncha rd , I) ickaifon , &c. were excluded. Next Morning, he went to the Hall, accompanied by the Alder- men Richard fon, Maifiers, Sijfon, Ma/on, Fields Wilkinfon, K irby, and Carlisle, who enjoy'd that Honour in 1683, when he wasfirft elected over them ; where they were replaced in their Office ; and, to their Number, were newly added the Aldermen Trippet, Hays, Skinner, and Hydes; thelaft of which was afterwards chofen Mayor, to act, 'till a new Election, the Year following: So that 1688, feems memorable for fo many Changes of eminent Perfons in the Civil Government; whofe Names are as follow, belides Thofe, already mention' d, that were regularly elected before thefe Contingencies. MAYORS. SHE r I F F s . Cha mbt r la ins. Thomas Harrifon all t^ • 1 u s+a & 1 />/ / j I 1 nomas rtarrii Daniel Hoar V* John h lane liar a „-„. ~ ■l- i^ 1 ~ -, l& r ,/^v^' (the latter being a Colonel) who receiv'd them kindly, as being of their Perfuafion. — In this Month were Infurreclions in feveral Places. The Earl of Dauby, Lords Fairfax and Willougliby, with other Perfons of Quality, made themfelves Mafters of York t and de- clared for a free Parliament : Many, of the Romifh Commu- nion, who flood up for the King, under Shelter of the Duke of New- caflle, were difarmed : So that the Regiment of that Nobleman march'd to Hull, for greater Security, and to ftrengthen the Popifh Soldiers of that important Sea-Port. On the 3d of December, they laid a Plot to fecure the Proteftant Officers, with their Adherents, by changing the Rounds. Lord LANGDALE, that Night, gave out, That Lord Montgomery 'would take the Rounds of Capt. Copley ', who was a Proteftant. This coming to his Ears, by the Adjutant's telling it to Fort-Major Barrat, he was so affronted, that hevow'd, If the Lord Montgomery offer dfuch an Indignity, he would lay him by the Heels. But, to prevent any fuch Defign, and be rather before- hand, he difcours'd with Hannier, Carvill, and other Proteftant Of- ficers, and they confulting with the Magiftrates, it was unanimously agreed, to call the Soldiers of their Party to Arms, &c. and feize upon the Chief Heads of the Papifts. There were but few Words about it : In two Hours Time, the Market-Hill was cover'd with armed Men ; who were fpirited up, by hearing they were call'd to defend the King, and Proteftant Religion. The Lord Lanadale knew nothing of it, 'till he was fuddenly feiz'd by a Guard, under Captain Carvill; who plainly told him, He was come to fecure Jus Lordship, as being a Roman- Cat Jiolick ; and had no Right to govern \ according to the Laws of the Land. The Governour, in Amaze- ment, reply'd : What, Captain ! Is not the Kings Difpcn/iug Pozver to be admitted of/ — No, faid the other bluntly. Why then, (aid his Lordfhip, / have no more to fay at prefent; and fo was made Prifoner. The Lord Montgomery was fecur'd by Captain Fits- Herbert ; and Major Mahony, by Fort-Major Barrat, The inferi- our Catholick Officers, hearing the Soldiers were under Arms ; they ran, for fear of Blame, to their refpei Live l'ofls, where they were fe- cur'd. Next Morning, one of the Proteftant Captains march'd forth, with 100 Men to relieve tin- Guards ; and feiz'd the Popifti Offi- cers, with others of their Perfuafion, who little dreamt of what had been tranfai ted in the Night Thus the Town, Fori and Citadel, being fecur'd by Captain Copley, he then let the Prisoners at Li- berty, [ 1 9 o ] CHAP. XII. Continuation of the MAYORS, Sheriffs, and Chamberlains, down to t lie present Year. Kino- William III. and Ouecn Mary II. February 13, 1689. A.D. MAYOR W': Chamberlains . Sheriff. \ 1689 "P Obert Trippet, 1 ) \\7'ill.Cro\vl, or Crowle [r] William I dell ) Will. St. Quintin berty, when he knew it was impoflible for them, as being difarm'd, to make the leaft Efforts againft the Proteftants. — Whilft the Prince was triumphing, thro' his increafing Numbers, the King's Affairs were in a declining Condition : 'Twas too late to make A- mends for the Breaches he had made with his People. In his go- ing to meet the Prince, to engage him, his Nofe, of a fudden, bled to fuch a degree, that proved very difadvantageous by prolonging the Time: Lord Churchill (afterwards Duke of Marlborough) left him ; whom he had advane'd to greateft Honours. Prince Geofge of Denmark, follow'd: The Princefs (afterwards Queen A wig was oblig'd to live with her Husband, and defert her Father: His Queen fore'd to fly beyond Sea; and he himfelf to fail from his King- dom, andfeek Protection in France, under the King of that Country. Thus a mighty Prince, who would grant a Toleration in Religion, to every Body, was fore'd away from his Crown and Dignity, for his own Faith ; becaufehe would eftablish Cf) — The Tenth of January, William Gee, and John Ram/den Efqrs.appear'd at the Convention. — The Twenty Third, Mr. George Bacchus Chap. xit. Mayors, Sheriffs, &c. Reign of K. Will. &c. 191 1690 Anthony Ivefon \ Joshua Scott, or Scot [f] II r illiam Hall ) Edmund Duncalf 1 69 1 Richard Gray, 1 7 Towers Wall is [ ^ ] John Callings j Henry Lambert 1692 George Bacchus, 1 ) Michael Bielby, Mercer [//] Thomas Harrifpn) James Mouldy Mowld 1693 Richard Ellis 7 Daniel Hoare, or Hoar [ w ] Edmund Duncalf ) Thomas Clark, Merchant 1694 Henry Maifter, 2 7 J onn Thornton [x] John Li /ala 11 ) John Brown 1695 Simon Si Hon ) John Somerfcales [y] Martin Rafpin ) Jeremiah Shaw BaccJius was elected Alderman. — The 13th of March, CJiarlcs Os- born, and John Ram/den, Efqrs. were Members of Parliament. — On the 6th of May, the Rev. Mr. Robert Banks was elected Vicar. Mr. I VilliamBeilby was chofen Sheriff, before Mr. William Idell; but fet afidc, becaufe he refufed to take the Oath. November the 12th, the Danes arrived at //////. — William St. Quintin, Efq; one of the Chamberlains, \yas afterwards created a Baronet, and madea Mem- ber of Parliament for the Town. [/"] Nov. 13. Lieutenant Franklin was try'd for killing Captain Cony. — Mr. Hall was unfortunately slain the Year following, on the 28th of September ; and Mr. John Higden was chofen in his Room for the Remainder of the Time. [ / ] On the 24th of July, the Lord Chief Juftice Holt, and Judge Turton, came to Hull: The 7th of Auguft following, one Bani/ler was executed. [ u ] On the 23d of May, Mr. Laurence Pear/on was kill'd. [ to] The 30th of March, a large Ship, call'd the Number, was launch'd. — The Firfl of April, a Lieutenant, of Capt. Heemskirk's Company, was (hot. — The 24th, Mr. Wat/on, and fome others, were unfortunately drowned. — A Soldier was (hot on the 23d of July; and another fuflfer'd tin- fame Death on the 29th. — Alderman John/on was indicted for Barratry, on the 7th of Auguft. [ x ] Mr. Jehu Brown, Chamberlain, died in his Oilier this . and Mr. Erafmus Darwin wa ele< t< d to ferve tin- Remain- der "i tii Time. Mr. Billington's Eioufes were burnt down. — July 10, Enfign Allgoodvraa slain by Enfign Bulmer, — Tin- 20th, the Judges Traby and Turton came to //////. \y] A Ship, call'd the: Newark, was launch'd on the )d of June. Bb One IQ2 Chat. xii. Mayors, Sheriffs, &c. Reign of K. WlL. &c. 1696 Robert Mafon ) Thomas Broadley [ z ] Towers II 'all is ji Thomas Clark, Druggiji 1697 Robert Nettleton ) John Watfon [a] JoJm Chapelow ) J. Sothoron,^ Southern 1698 William Mowld ) Andrew Perrot [b] John Thornton ) Benjamin Blaydes 1699 Sir\\. St. Quintin, Bar. i ) W. Fenwick,0rFennick William Maijlers ) John Field 1700 Daniel Hoare } Thomas Seaman [ C ] Joint Somerscailes, or Somcrscalcs ) John Tripfrogett One Hayncs, a Soldier, was executed this Year for ftabbing his Companion. — The 23d of October, Sir William St. Quintin, and Onirics Osborn, Efq ; were Parliament-Men, &c. [ .? ] About this time the Magiftratcs were empower'd to creel; Houfes of Correction for idle Perfons, as well as Places forhoneft poor People to employ themfelves, if of Strength and Ability, that they might obtain a more comfortable subfiftance. [ a ] One Mr. Barnard Tower was elected Sheriff this Year : Upon which, a Serjeant being order' d to his Habitation, in or near Leeds, he promifed to wait upon the Bench ; but afterwards fent a Letter from YORK, That lie was taken very ill, which prevented him ; So, upon St. Lukc^s Day, after three Proclamations to take Poffeffion of his Office, and he not appearing, the Court fined him Two Hundred Pounds. Next Day, proceeding to a new Election, the Gentleman above-mention'd was both chofen, and fworn. — The King, upon the Town's Recommendation, made Edward Barnard, Efq ; ( Son of Sir Edward Barnard, Kt.) Recorder, as his Father once had worthily been, before Robert Hollis, Esq ; was made a Deputy-Recorder, by the Lord Langdale. [ /; ] Sir William St. Quintin, and Charles Osborn, Efq ; Parlia- ment-Men. — The Poor Children, in the Cloth-Hall, never thriving in paft Times, as was expected, the Magifbrates this Year got an Act, For promoting the Englifh Manufactures ; to incorporate, and appoint Truftees to take Care of the fame. To which End, the antient Edifice was to be granted, under the Town's Seal, in order to be pull 'd down, and rebuilt more convenient : Which was con- fented to, on Condition, That if the Good defigned by the Act did not fully take Effect, it might again revert to the Corporation ; and that what was done therein, might be bought for the Ufc of the Town and County, &c. [c~\ Sir William St. Quintin, and William Maijlcr, Efq; Members of Parliament. [ d ] Mr. Ciiat. xii. Mayors, Sheriffs x &c. Reign of Queen ANNE. 193 1 70 1 Philip Wilkinfon [d] Andrew Per rot \ Barnard Wilkinfon ) Jonathan Beilby Queen ANNE, 1702 J? Obert Carlisle ^ [ e ] Benjamin Blaydes ) 1703 William Hydes TJwnias Clark 1704 Samuel Boife, 1 Benjamin JVade 1705 Robert Trippet, 2 [/] y°h u Puwcr 1706 Richard Gray, 2 Lawrence Robin/on 1707 Erafmus Darwin George Green 1708 Andrew Perrot \g\ 7 ohn Beat riff March 8. JOnathan Tims Ralph Peacock John Purver Lawrence Robinfon William Walker Jofeph Green Richard Beaumont George Green John BeatrifT John Burril George Dewick Richard Sykes John Col lings John Maddifon 1709 William f Fenwick, 1 7 Thomas Scott [//] Richard Beaumont $ 1 7 10 Towers Wall is ) yofeph Green } 171 1 John Somerfcales, 1 } yolin Maddifon $ 17 1 2 Benjamin Ward / Leonard Col lings Stephen Cliff Philip Wilkinfon Will.Winfpcare.y//// William Thomfon William Coggin [ /] Philip II 'ilkinfon, Jun. ) John Wood [ d ] Mr. Wilkinfon dying (or as a different Manufcript has it, was loft) Mr. TJwnias Howard, or Ffawort/i,was choten for the time. The fame Members of Parliament this Year, as before-mention'd. fe] July 15, the Judges Powis and Blencoe came to Hull. /] Mr. Thomas Peacock was elected Town-Clerk, in the Room <>f Mr. Duncalf The Judges came t<> ////// this Year. — + Or Pennick. \ It \ The abov< Mayorwas elected in tin Room of Mr. Bac- chus, who became vi ry infirm, after hi was chofen a fecond Time, [*'] The Mayor proclaimed Peace, at the Market-Place, on the 10th of Ma n/i, 17 1 The 194 Chap. xii. Mayors, Sheriffs, &c. Reign of K. GEORGE T. 1 7 13 John Collings, 1 ) William Mantle Thoma s Scot ) Samuel Beilby King GEORGE I. August 1. 17 14 "yyilliam Mould, 2 ) J^Obcrt Carlisle ll'i Hi (mi/ Coggin ) Chriftopher Bales 1715 5//'\Ym.St.( )uintin,2 ) Jonathan Beilby [k] John Wood ) William Burnell 1 7 16 Leonard Collings, 1 ) John Wright [/] William Win/pear \ William Ashmole 1717 William Coggin ) John Monckton Chriftopher Bailes j William Wilberfofs 1 7 18 Samuel Boife, 2 ) Joiiah Robinfon [;//] William Ashmole j> Thom as Ryles \k~\ The abovefaid Mayor was made one of the Privy-Coun- cil. The Sheriff, dying in his Office, Mr. William Tfwmfon was elected for the Time. On Tuefday, Feb. 1. this Year, was a vio- lent Storm, which blew down Pinacles from St. Mary's Church. The Day after, Mr. Maijler was chofen Member of Parliament, a- long with Sir William St. Quintin. — A raging Fire happen'd oh Monday, the i ith of July, which held for above a Day and Night, upon which Account fome Houfes were blown up : The Lofs, fuf- tain'd hereby, was reckon'd to exceed 20000 Pounds. — The 3d of December, the Rev. Mr. Charles Mace was chofen Vicar of Holy Trinity Church. This Gentleman's* Father dy'd in the Pulpit : For as he was preaching in F^rX-Caltletothecondemn'd Prifoners, (who were to be executed the Day following) one of them was fo har- ' den'd, as openly to interrupt, and even defy him, in that Part of the Difcourfe, that hinted at his + Crime: Which unparalell'd Auda- city fo deeply piere'd the tender Minifter to the Heart, (whofe melt- ing Oratory was pathetically employ'd in moving the unhappy Wretches to repent of their crying Sins, whereby to obtain Divine Mercy) that he inftantly fainted away, dropt down, and departed this Life, to the great Sorrow of all thofe Perfons, who were Witneffes of his Holy Life, and innocent Converfation. [ /] Mr. Mai/Zerdied,and M.r. Rogers was elected Parliament Man. \_m] A violent Storm happen'd on the 14th of February, which blew down two Pinacles of Holy Trinity Church. — In this Mayor's Time, the North-Bridge was built. * It was about the Year 1711, when the Rev. Mr. Charles Mace, >*\\, thus de- parted this Life. t The Criminal had barbarously murdered a Clergyman, who was hi> Wife's Uncle; and bury'd him in a Field, where he was found by the Scratching of his own Dog : Yet the Wretch received the Sacrament as a Token of his Innocency ; faid that .Mr. Mace's Death was a Judgment upon him for fuppofing him guilty ; and did not confess till the Moment he was going to be turn'd off the Ladder. Chap. xii. Mayors, Sheriffs,.&.c. Reign of K. George II. 1 95 17 19 Jonathan Beilby 7 Thomas Bridges John Mockton ) William Watts 1720 Erafmus Darwin, 2) James Wallis Jofiah Robin fon ) Ric.<7^Wm.Williamfon 1 72 1 Andrew Perrot, 2 ) George Healey [//] Thomas Bridges ) Triftram Carlisle 1722 William Wilberfofs ^ Samuel Watfon [ ] Wm. Mantle, or Mantel ) William Cornwell 1723 George Green ) William Ivefon George Healah, or Healey ) John Farwin 1724 William Ashmole ) Henry Maifter [/] John J T right ) John Rogers 1725 John Somerfcales,2 ) Jof.Lafenby^Lafonby Triftram Carlisle ) John Froggett 1726 John Collings, 2 ) Wil. Mowld, or Mould [a] Thomas Ryles ) Theophilus Somerfcales §>M + + +1000000000000000 King GEORGE II. June n. 1727 "y^illiam Fenwick,2 ) THomas Haworth [ r ] Jofeph Lafenby) Thomas Twisleton [;/] In this Mayoralty ( [72J) the Town-Dyke was dreffed. [0] On the ;th of April, Sir William St. Quintin, Bart, and Mr. Rogers, were chofen Parliament-Men. — The Mayor, above- mention'd, ( William Wilberforce,ox Wilberfofs, Efq;) was elected Alderman on Wednefday the 25th of April, in Mr. Perrots Mayoral- ty; on which Day, Mr. William Mafon was chofen Vicar of Holy Trinity Church. — The Sheriff dy'd in his Office, and was fuc- ceeded by Mr. William Williatnfon. [/>] On Jan. the 23d, Mr. rowle was elefled Member of Parliament, in th< Room of Sir William St. Quintin, deceafed. [\ ; who, from mean Parentage, and a poor Sea-Lad, was advane'd to be an Admiral, and obtain'd the Honour of Knighthood, lie gloriously fignaliz'd himfelfat Sea, againft the Dutch, about the Middle of the laft Century. I have the Copy of his Letter, written in a very religious Style, from on Board a large Ship, called, The GEORGE, to the Honourable LUKE ROBINSON, Efq; Member of Parliament, whofe Seat was at Pickering-Lyth, Yorkshire. This valiant Admiral was ever faithful to his Truft ; contributed to the Reftoration, when it was in his Power lawfully to do it; and fore'd the Algerines to make an honourable Peace with the Chriftians: But at length he was slain, in the Year 1665, by a Shot in the Leg from a Dutch Man of War. — Another Perfon of Note, born here, was Dr. Thomas JOHNSON, a great Phyfician, slain at Bajinghoufe, fighting for King Charles the Firfl, on whom this Epitaph was written. Hie JoriNSONE, y"rtYr.r : fed fi Mors cedcret Herb is Arte fngata tua eederet ilia tuis. This Paraphras'd. JOHNSON ! (O learned Dodor !) here Thou'rt laid In Death's cold Arms, to whom all muft fubmit ; But if that Death had Phyfick's Art obey'd, Thou would'ft efcape, by overcoming it. The King of Terrors muft have fall'n to Thee, Who now has plac'd thy Soul in happy State, Where Thou fhalt live (when lie no more shall be) A glorious Saint, beyond the Power of Fate. Several other eminent Perfons have been born in this Town : Which has given the Title of Earl to ROBERT PlERPOINT, of Holme, (whole valiant Family came in with the Conqueror) Yif- count Newark, created fuch the 25th of July, 1628. King Charles the Firft us'd to call him, The good liar! of KINGSTON. He is faid to have been taken Prifoncr at Gainsborough ; and slain by fome of his own Friends, upon the Ifnmber, who thought to refcuc him, as he was on his Paffage to Hull, in order to be more fecurely con- Account of the Plate belonging to the Corporation. 1 99 confin'd ; tho' his Death, with the Circumftances of it, are diffe- rently related, from others, in Pag. 156. of this Book. His Son and Succeffor, Henry, was made Marquefs of Dorchcflcr, Anno 1645, which Title dy'd with him, in 1680, as having no Heirs : But the Earldom went to Robert PlERPOlNT, Son of Robert, Son of William of Thoiccrsbv, fecond Son of Earl Robert ; who departing this Life unmarried, was fucceeded by his Brother William, A. D. 1690. And he dying without Iffue, the Succeffion pafs'd to Evelin, his Brother, who became Marquefs of DorcJieJler, Duke of King/Ion, and not long fince was made Lord Privy-Seal. An Account of the Plate, with other Things, that belong to the Corporation ^/"Kingfton-upon-Hull. CHAINS, &c. 0A Seal for parting Fines. THE Mayor's Gold Chain, §§■ AnotherforStatuteMerchants 1 given by Sir William m A Stone-Seal, beingthe Gift of Kxowles, Knight. X Mr - R obert Stockdale. The Gold Chain, worn by the ) BADGE S, Sic. Mayorefs,theGiftofMr. Gee. \ l npWO Brafs Ones for the Four Silver Chains for the • A Beadles. Waits. H A Badge for the Mafter of the A Large Sackbut. gg Houfe of Correction. SWORDS, & c. ® Two Bells for the Bellman. p^ Large One, and a leffer : © CANDLESTICKS, &c. With a Cap of Mainte- <+} JWO Large Candlefticks, nance, for the Sword-Bearer, {$} L 2 Snuffers, and a Cradle, gi- MACES,&c. ven by Alderman Shinuer. QNE Large, and Gilt. {+] BOX E S . Another of a Leffer Size. {+} A Silver Tobacco-Box, given Two fmall Silver Ones. + ^ by Mr. Vawfs Executors. A Mace, made of Wood, but + \ Silver Sugar-Box, given by tijpt with Silver, for the Ufe + Alderman Jofeph Ellis. of the Water-Bailiff. T a ^t c o ? A Wood-Oar, for the Admi- \ L A P L h & ' ^ c ' ralty-Office. + A SllvCr ° nc ' bou S nt ''- v thc + Town. • s '- A L s • + Another Silver Ladle, given by A Silver One, kept by the ! Mr. William Cook, who was Mayor. i >k to the Corporation. A Seal, call'd, The Corporation W A Uafuii, and I're. Seal, made of Copper. TLA TES, CC 200 Chap. XII. K. WILLIAM'* Statue ere6led AD. 1734. PLATES, SPOONS, &c. q^W'O Silver Plates. A Silver Spoon, given by Alderman Jofeph Ellis. Others, called, The Twelve . Xpoftles Spoons, the Gift of Mr. Sn 1 cat on. A Silver Salt. B IV L S. A Silver Bowl, the Gift of ^ Mr. John Dobbins. A Large Gilt One, with a Cover. One, for Beer, that was given by Mr. Thurfcrqfs. Another Bowl, which was the Gift of Mr. George Painter. FLA GGONS. TWO handfome Ones, made of Silver, were given by Mr. John Lifter. TANK A RDS. A Silver Tankard, given by Alderman CrowU. Two Large Silver Ones, were given by Alderman Dob/on. Mr. Robert Hog, the Town's Cook, made the Corporation a Prefent of another large- Silver Tankard. CUPS, &c. ^\NE called, The Chalice Cup, which has a Cover. Another Silver Cup, and Co- ver, prefented as a Sheriff's Fine, by Mr. John/on, who became an Alderman, &c. A gilt Cup, and Cover, given by Alderman Croivlc, in his fecond Mayoralty. A Silver Goblet, the Gift of Mr. Smeaton. But here, with Reverence, I come to exemplify the Gratitude of Hull, to the immortal Memory of King William III. by the fol- lowing plain, but comprehenfive Irifcription, under the Equeftrian Statue, (made by Mr. Scheemaker, and fet up Nov. 3. 1734. ) on the Side of the Pedeftal, which is lately rail'd about. Another Inscription, but not fet up. Memorial GULIELMI tertii Regis Ha?c Statnafnit creel a J.D. 1734. Si qua 7 )' is quare hicpojita ; AM: Si)i ex ipfa Vifu reliqua novifti Sijlc parnmper : Et illud Britanniae Numen Grata Mente venerarc. Thus render' d. m This ;+i I Statue I $% Was creeled in the Year ^ MDCC XXX IV. © To the Memory of &k King William III. Our Great . + : I m + + Deliverer. "This Statue was erected to the Memory of King William the ''Third, in the Year, 1734. If you make Enquiry, why it was placed Chap. XII. Conclufion of this prefent History. 20 1 " placed here, go your Ways ; But if you have a Mind to know " every Particular from its Sight, fbay a while, and gratefully pay " Homage to the Deity of Great-Britain!' And here, one may reflect on the Modefty, with which both thefe Infcriptions have been written: That, while the glorious Me- mory of King William is juftly commemorated, (fmcc by Himalong with the Right of his Queen, we are oblig'd for the prefent Suc- ceffion) no viperous Reflections arc thrown upon his unfortunate, mifguided Father-in-Law, King James ; for whofe Imprifonment he would not confent, but fufter'd him to efcapc. Contrary Ufage did he receive from fome Sectaries ; who, having enjoy'd their full Liberty of Confcience, and when their Turns were onceferv'dy thro' his Endeavours, which render'd him befotted and defpicable ; in- ftead of generous Pity to him, who always commiferatcd them, openly and ungratefully befpatter'd his Royal Character, whilft in his great, tho' deferved Diftrefs ; when, fecmingly, for their Sake, he bore upon him almoft the Indignation of three flourifhing Kingdoms. But the Corporation has wifely avoided all bitter Reproaches, (by cafting as it were the downy Veil of Silence over the great Deme- rits of that unfortunate Prince) as well thro' kind Refpect to the Me- mory of his Royal Son-in-Law, whofe Statue they have gratefully erected, as in a dutiful Regard for Regal Dignity: Well knowing we have a MONARCH upon the Throne, under whofe gracious In- fluence we may be very happy, if we pleafe to lay afide all fenfelefs, noify Diftinctions, which are nothing but meer empty Sounds ; and fincerely unite to make the Government cafy to His Sacred Perfon, happy for the Royal Family, and comfortable to us all in general. Thus, with almoft inconceivable Induftry, (as any ingenuous and feufible Perfon may confider) have I brought this Hiftory to the Eighth Year of His prefent Majefty's Reign: And, to conclude in)- lalt Chapter, let this be an universal Prayer, That the Town of King/lon-upon-Hull, with its lateft Inhabitants, may continue in rifmg Splendour; 'till the Kail Great Coming of Jesi S Christ, only Son to the Kingof Kings! Winn Time will Im.hi after ceafe t<> be any more ; and every Place, (whether City, Town, Village, Fort, Caftle, or Towi r) (hall, as well as this remarkable Fortrefs, draw towards a Period, and be entirely brought to A N E N J). + % m®w&®w& ■ ► + * ♦ * 1 A N INDEX. A. A Bbcys, a particular Account of the moft remarkable ones in England, with the Names of their Founders, &°c. Page I 1 i Abbey of St. Mary, York, a l'rofpcct of its Ruins, with a Sketch of an adja- cent Multangular Tower, with fome View of the Cathedral, between 116, and 117 Abbot, George, Archbishop of Canter- bury, High Steward of Hull 133 Alcock, John, Bishop of Ely, founds a Free-School, c>v 17 Alfred, King, bury'd at Driffield, . 10 Allybotie, judge, his threatning Speech to the Sheriff, &e 183 Altar, a fine Piece, by whom por- tray'd 21 Anderfon, Nicholas, a Divine, his Epi- taph 22 Antiquity a curious Plate, found, 197, 198. And, as I am compiling this In- dex, I hear, that, about the Beginning of May, 1735. above 100 Pieces of the Romani Denarii, or Pence, theneweft of them are reckon'd to be more than 1600 Years old, (among which are very apparent the Bufts of Julius, Auguflus, Tiberius, Caligula and Claudius, Empe- rors of Rome, with legible Infcripdons) were found by a poor Man, working in a Lead Mine, near Workefworth, in Derbyshire : Where (as a dignify'd An- tiquary writes) " not only Lead, but " m [BIUM alfo, a Mineral of a Metal- " lick Nature, is found here in diftinct " Veins ; us'd formerly in Greece by " the Women to colour their Eye- " Brows, upon which account the Poet Ion calls it Ommatograi'HON. Affociation in Hull to defend Queen Elizabeth 1 26 B. Baker, George, Efq ; his Epitaph. . 23 Baker, Mr. call'd, TheProteJlant Tin- ker, compofes an Addrefs to 'King James the Second ..186 Barker, Captain, finds a G>vrulauder$& Barnard, Sir Edw. his Character 183 — Efq ; his Son, made Recorder 192 Barton ken)-, when founded.... 86 Battle, between the Archbishop of York, and the Mayor of Bull, &c. . .92 Betwixt the Sheriff of the latter Place, and the Prior of Hal/em- /rise, &c. 107. Differences adjuflcd. ib. Bayliffs of Hull, that Degree aboli- shed, and Aldermen appointed ....99 J lishi i])s, Suffragan 20 Blake,Dr. Charles, his Epitaph, 64, 65 Bloom, (the Worshipful, tho unfortu- nate Mayor of Hull) travels into Scot- land, and is there fuddenly murder'd by a Native of that Country 173 Briefs, two different ones, their va- rious Succefs 131 Bruno, firfl Founder of the Carthu- fian Order 66 Buckingham Duke of, ftabb'd . . 135 Burleigh, Lord, with the Lord Prefi- dent, $c. vifit Hull; and what hap- pened thereon 129 Bush-Dyke finished 1 1 1 Bylt, Alderman, his Epitaph, a very antient one, and another over his vir- tuous Lady, with Paraphrases upon them both 25, 26 c. Carlisle, Robert, Efq ; reprehended by Lord Langdale 1 86 Carh ton, Mr. loft at Sea, his Epi- taph, £rV 27 Caftle at Hull, its Foundation . . 112 Cathedral of York, fired by Lighten- ing 103 Chain of Gold, enlarg'd by Sir Wil- liam A';io7vles , s Lady, with an Addi- tion by Madam Thurferofs 122 CHARLES I. King, entertained at Bull, 138. Recorder's Speech, ibid. The King views the Town and For- tifications, 139. disbands the major Part of his Army, 140. his Death, 167 CHARLES II. afcends the Royal Oak, 169. proclaim'd King, 172. his birth and Return folemniz'd in Hull, 173- I N D 173. the King orders a Citadel to be erected in Hull, 17S. his Epitaph . . 181 Charters, granted, %c. 11,92 98 new Ones granted, 100, 118, 129, 179. Charter feiz'd, 1S7. a new one, ibid. Charter-Houfe demolish'd by Henry VIII. and refounded by Edw. VI. . .78 Hofpital and Chapel demolish'd, and afterwards rebuilt, S,-c. 72. deflroy'd by Gun-Powder, 146. a Battery rais'd upon the Ruins 157 Cholmhy, Hugh, Kt. delivers up Scar- borough Caftle for the King's Ufe. . 150 Chriftianity's feeming Perfection in the Northern Parts, when 1 Church of England, in a declining Condition 1 84 Church, Holy Trinity, Hull, erected, 13. its Chantries, 15, 16, §c. three of which belong' d to Gisburne Priory, 1 8 the Church interdicted, 19. its Library, 21. a great Difpute amongft the Ladies about Seats, 128. South Profpect of the Church, between Pag. 12, and 13. Epi- taphs in it, from Pag. 22. to 46. In the Church- Yard, from 46. to 56 Church, St. Mary, from 56 to 62. Church- Vard, 63. the poor State of both Churches, 119. their new Bells, when rung 195 Common-Prayer-Book, when 'twas first introduc'd 19 Cloth-Hall, its antient Custom re- viv'd, 120. an Act procur'd for an Incorporation 192 Couflable, Sir Robert, contrives to make himfelf Master of ////// 1 10 Is hang'd in Chains over one of the Gates in Conventicles, when fuppreffed ..178 Convents of Hull 78, 79 Corn, exceffive dear [96 i arthings invented 132 Cromwell, Oliver, orders Capt. Hotham 1 I 10I, 153. is nigh be- ing kill'd at the Battle of Homcajlle, 159. strange Fortune attends him, 161. gets the King into his Power, and d) the Parliament into his P thro' the Mi 1 i Tay- lor, 164. pretends to feek God, and is detennin'd < Lady, who •■ tu ih<- modern Lil itaph, ibid, an Inscription the Grave of Mi. William L'nnclc, E X. 203 chant, their Son 51 Custom-House, Rooms agreed for 131 D. Daltou, Alderman, begs Pardon. . 135 Danes, their Invafion of England 3 Dob/on, Alderman, his Epitaph ..58 Dooms-Day Book, why fo call'd. . 4 Directory, intruded instead of the Common-Prayer 162 E. Earls of March, their Genealogy, 5 Earthquake, felt in Hull 129 EDWARD I. King, quells the Fury of the Scots, 9. vifits Lord Wake at his Castle at Cottingham, rides a hunting, [as defcrib'd on the left Hand on -the Top of the first Copper Plate, $c] and is mightily taken with the Situa- tion of Wyke, 9. builds the Mannor for his own Ufe, and calls the Place King- fton-upon-Hull. 10. gives a Charter, constitutes a Warden, n. and dies..I3 ED IV. II. King, murder'd ....88 ED IV. III. This King's Son's Ef- figy in York-Minfter ibid EDW. IV. crown'd at York.. 103 Election of Mayors, fc, when 196 EUefmere, Lord, High-Steward. . 130 Ellis, Alderman, Founder of an Hof- pital, his Epitaph 30 Emffon and Dudley, two extortio- nary Lawyers, who had been us'd as Instruments by K. 'Henry VII. inform'd against in Hull .' 106 Exchange built, 131. beautified. . 174 F. Fairfax, Lord Ecrdinando, Governour of //////, defends the Town, when be- 157. afiists at the taking of York, l60. dies 163 Fairfax, Sir Thomas, takes Leeds 149 he and the Lord his Father routed 1 5 1 after many I (angers be m< el hi Fa- ther at Hull, 152. Ggnalizes himself al . afil . 1 59 about the Terror of h ibid. I I reneral ..•.162 Mannor, in the Easl Riding thire j. Feribie, Richard, proved to be Mayor in the War 1 37S 9] Field, Alderman, his Epitaph 1 Fire, a 1 il one 194 l-i ii ( larths pull'd up, 109 171 . .1 prodigiou ■ large on . Y.ud . long, 1 19. anothi r taken, call'd 204 INDEX. A I.i i 1 1 i Si v-Hoc i 27. more catch'd, l>ut feiz'd by tin- i lorporation 1 7-V Floods iii Hull, 90, 109, 123. the Country drown'd by the Sluices — 147 \ Iderman, feme «'t' his Fa- niily hm v'd .u Leeds 1 75 Foster, Bichard,axifl Elizabt tl* his Wife, dying in one Month, ami both young, fome Lines written thereupon ..52, 53 Frank, Alderman, the ( ienerofitj of the Corporation to him 173, 174 G. Oee, Mr. William, his Will 84, 85 Gilds, how many, and why fo cal- led .' ..79,80 Gisburne Priory, when founded ..18 Gochc, Sheriff, refufeth to stand. . 175 dies, A. 1 1. 1679 3 2 Qlandee, a Minister, an Account of his last Shift in Distrefs 180, 181 Glcmham, Sir Thomas, made Gover- nour of Hull 141 Greyys Hofpita] 15 Gregory, Sheriff, fined, $0 120 Grimsby, Simon de, founds an Ilof- pital 79 II. Hanson, "Richard, Mayor, and a most valiant Captain, receives his mor- tal Wound at the Battle of Wat lighting for his King 102 Harrison, Alderman, founds an Ilof- pital 117 Harvey, Mr. Daniel, the Infcription upon his handsome Tomb 64 Heneage, Sir Thomas, High-Steward of Hull 127 HENRY VI. King, vifits Huil and Beverley, 101. he escapes out of the Tower 1 03 II EX It V VIII. vifits Hull, 112. and is afterwards entertain'd at the Monastery of Thornton, 1 13. dies. .117 1I< ron, affists the English at the Bat- tle of / / 106 // 'dyard, Henry, oiWysted,ox Winsted I ; (or rather a Knight, according to < 'amden) sells the Earl of Suffolk's for- feited Palace to the Corporation 73 HildyardHenry, of East Horseley, I | ; makes a fresh Purchase of the said noble Palace §c. P"l' s down the an- tient Puddings, and creels other Ha- bitations Hoar, Mr. Daniel, excluded from he- ingan Alderman, thro' an Omiffion 175 lives a retir'd Life ibid Hoar, Mr. /' '. refigns the Sword ami .Mace a little before th<- Revolu- tion 188 HothtiiH, Qdlfrid df, Knight, erects a Monastery, 78. his Son Richard, and the Corporation, §0. prove Benefac- tors toil 79 Hotham, Sir John, sent as Governour to Hull, 143. denies the King Knte- rance, 144. is proclaim'd Traytor, '146 invents strange stimulating Stories, 1.17 betrayM by Saltmarsh, a sly diffenting ii, his Kinsman, 152. taken Pri- soner at Beverley, and sent to London, 155. is try'd with his Son at Guild- hall, I I. executed I 62 Hotham, Captain, vilely insults the Earl of Newcastle, [44. proves (like his Father) an Incendiary, ib. is routed on the Woulds, 148. drove out of Tadea- Jlrr, ib. ravages the Country, . . 148, 149 fore'd to lly from Scarborough, 150 visits the Queen at Bridlington, ibid. committed to Nottingham Gaol, 1 53 escapes to Hull, and calls his former Friends very .strange Names, 154. ta- ken Prisoner, and sent to London, 1 55. reproaches the Parliament as he was upon the Scaffold, and courageously suffers Death 1 62 Hotham, Sir John, a Dcsccndent from the Family, made Governour of II "II by King William III. and dies 190 Howard, Sir Edward, takes in Forces ;ii Hull, to withstand the Scots ....106 HULL, its Origin, in the Reign of King Edward I. Pag. 1. Nature of its Soil, 2. built in Form of a Trian- gle, 10. Trade in Stock-Fish, 12. For- tifications, ibid, and 1 13, 134, 137, 139, 142. Roads about the Town, 13. De- rivations of feveral Places in it, 14, 15, &c. Free-School founded, 17. the Town first paved, 14. grae'd with a hand- somer Pavement, thro' the Means of Sir Robert Hastings, S7. newly paved, 131 the Town and Precincts made a Coun- ty of itself, 100. Castle and Block - Ilouses, 113. deliver'd to the Corpora- lion, 1 1 S. a noble Magazine made, 73> ! 37- the Garrison setled, 164. a Citadel orderM, 178. Hull vindicated, 172. in great Distress, 1 87. reliev'd by the Prudence and Courage of Captain Copley, and other Protestant Officers, &c at the Coming in of the Pr. of Orange, afterwards King William III 189 Humber, why so call'd 10 Huntington I N D Huntington, near York, its Deriva- tion 62 I. JAMES II. King, called, The Just, his Speech to the Privy-Council ..182 Impiety, discover'd concerning a Taylor, and his Wife, . 1 1 7S 1 1 ; A nl "i aim 37 M'i, veil, the !'• ' ' .1 turer, drowned in Humber, along with E X . 205 Madam Skinner of Thornton, and a young Couple who were on the Point of Marriage 142 Mawson, George, Chamberlain, barba- rously used (in King James's the Se- cond's Reign) 179, and 187 Mayor, a Priviledge granted, to make one free ; in his Year, but re- vok'd, 127. a full Liberty given to keep Markets ibid. Mcau.c Abbey, how begun to be erected 6 Merchant - Taylors, dignify'd by Kings 80 Metham, Sir George, the Place of his Interment 63 Monk, Duke of Albemarle, High- Steward of Hull 1 74 Monasteries, with an Account of their Benefactors 66 demolished by K. Henry VIII. with a more particular Relation of them, their Orders, Founders, and Manner of Worship 113, 114, 115 Money lent the King by the Town 108 Monmouth, Duke of, High-Steward 1 75 Moss, Dr. Charles, his Epitaph, fe. 60 Monuments, erected in Honour of the Family of Be la L'ole 72 N. Neil, Richard, Archbishop of York, re- ceives a Present from the Magistrates ; and sends them another, 136. his Advice 39 New-Hull, or ^>apcr=Crpltc, what it was, &c 8 Newport, Earl of, and others take Arms from the Magazine, 137, 138. the Earl is shot into a Ditch by a Can- non Ball, but not mortally wounded, 147. he represents to the King the Impossibility of taking Hull 148 o. Orders made, IOO, 135 1 76 Old-Hull 8 P. Terey, SirEalph,bis pretty Exprefllon whil 1 valiantly dying 103 1 ' nance perform d by the Vicar of North-Cavi 19 Pelham, Peregrine, Mayor, one of the wicked Judgi , who assented to the Murder "t King Charles 1 168 I'ri on-, executed al variou ■ T ■-, too. 1 1 1, 123, 1 25, 120, 1 jS, iS •. ndemical In Hull and other Port 1, 39. < >tlin Visltatloi it K>|, 1 1 1 Plate, &c. 206 INDEX. Plate, Jy. belonging to Jltill . . . . 124, and 19S, 199 POLE, De la, a remarkable Account of their Origin and Family, 67. William of that Name, Merchant, in the Jligh- N . entertains King Edward 111. who knighted him, and made him the first Mayor, 67. and 89. advanc'd him t<> be Ban >n of the Exchequer, 68. he lays the Foundation of a Religious Houfc, dies, and the Building finish- ed by his Son Michael, ibid. Transla- tion of his Charter from Dugialis Monasticon, 68, 69, 70, 71. Defcrip- tion of his Palace, *.Vc. 72, 73. his Death, 74. William 1>< la "Pole, Duke of Suffolk, beheaded near Dover, 75. the Death and Epitaph of his Dutchefs, 157. the End of the Power of that Family in Hull 76 Fontefract Castle, an Account <>f its Towers from a Profpect in my Custo- dy, 168. the Expence of its Den 10- lishment from an authentick MS. ibid. Port or Haven, in a bad Condition, but mended, 103. Ballast order'd to be taken from it 1 75 Prison, order'd to be built for Thieves, 11. Cold and Vhguoth, one fo called, 81 Pulpits, two of them, and two Read- ing-Desks in one Church 45 Pursglore Robert, Suffragan Bishop of HULL, his Epitaph paraphras'd, 20, 21 Q- Quakers, their first Appearance . . 169 The Queen in Danger of being kil- led at Bridlington, 150. she fends Lord Digby to difcourse Sir J. Ilotham. .151 R. Ramsden, John, Alderman, his exqui- fite Skill, 131. dies of the Plague, and is bury'd in Holy Trinity Church : Where the Rev. Mr. Andrew MarveU, not on- ly ventur'd to give this Worshipful Magistrate Christian Burial ; but also preach'd an excellent Sermon to the mournful Congregation, in that Time of Vifitation, 39. his Infeription ibid, Ramsden, William, Alderman, lays down his Gown, his Epitaph 40 Ramon, Chamberlain, refufes to re- ceive one hundred Pounds, allow'd by the Town to affist him in the Office, to which he was elected 175 Ratcliff, Robert, founds an Hofpital S2 Ravenser, Richard, founds an Hof- pital 46 Ravenspurn, a flourishing Town be- fore the Building of Hull 67 Biehard 1 1. King, murder'd 95 Riots in the North 101 Rtplingham, Dr. builds the FishSham- 17. which were removed ....131 s. Saxons, poflefs the Kingdom 3 borough, that Town's Agreement with Jlnlt, 89. Addrefs to K. James II. upon News of the Queen's Preg- nancy, 1S4, 185. Printing first prac- tis'd there ibid. Scots (Antient) having been declar- 1 1 Rebels, petition the King to revoke the Proclamation, 141. are invited to England, 160. their Distemper 1 d Loyal- ty, or Treachery difcover'd, il>. they af- fist at the Siege of York, ib. they deli- ver up the King, and leave England, 163 Scotch Wife, her over-pious Advice to her Husband to be hang'd 177 Sharp, Dr. 7oAf», Archbishop of St. An- dn id's, slain by horrid Murderers . . 1 77 Sheriffs fin'd for not feasting fplen- didly 118 Ships fitted out, $c. 98, 113, tfr. Sidney, Sir WiUiam, rewarded with the Estates that belong' d to the Family of Dc la Pole, 107, he fells them again to the King to build thereon Forti- fications 112 Siege of Hull, by King Charles I, 146 147. by the valiant Marquefs of New- castle, 156, 157 158 SUngsby, Sir Henry, Prifoner at Hull, and beheaded at London 171 Smith, (Rev. Mr.) not waiting for the King's Re-Establishment of the Common- Prayer, reads it at the Mar- ket-Crofs 1 72 s iety, Religious, when begun ..196 Si .me Differences faid to be reconcil'd, ibid. Society of Burgeffes, &c ibid. Stage-Players, an Order pafs'd a- gainst them 1 28 Straffm d, Earl of, beheaded .... 142 Strickland, a valiant Captain, slain 159 Styles, Rev. Mr. his Consternation 151 Sun rde, Roger, Lands once belonging to him, when the Charter-Houfe was newly built, 70. a valiant Captain kill'd of the Name, whom I take to have been defcended from the afore- faid Roger Swerde, Sward, or Swart. .75 Some Verfes on the Battle oiFloddon- V'< Id, where was slain the brave Sir Bryan Tunstal, mention one of his fa- mous Ancestors, who fought for King // ry VII. when the Captain lay dead. Most INDEX. 207 .!/".-• £ he/ought in Bloodstain* d Field, Wht re Martin Sward on Ground lay s/aiit ; Wh n ll"it did rage, fte never reeTd, But, like a Rock, didjirm n 1 Sunday, a Prohibition against selling Liquors thereon, $c 9S T. Tax upon Coals 133 Totcers, Mr. [Sheriff] fin'd 192 Trees, why planted in Church- yards .' 16 Trinity-House, an Ace unit of it . . 3S Tunnage and Poundage 135 V. \"elvet, a Declaration against it . . 124 Vice punished . . ..118, 124, 125, 128 Welter, Archbishop, sprung from the Xt rill's Family, and how, 71. his Saying of the Karl of Strafford, 142 his Death 17° W. - I eis, High-Steward of Hull ' 126 War, Preparation making for it, 137 Ward- in Hull, a Description of them Si Wardens of Hull, their Power to put Thieve- to Death 11 Water, a Dispute, about obtaining and keeping it. between the Inhabitants of //"// and the neighbouring Towns, 90, 9 1. a Battle concerning the Canals, 93. a Sewer begun to be cut from Julian Well, eke. 93. the Workmen • 1, 96. the Criminals punish'd, ibid, the Waters polluted 97 an Instrument, which is said to have prevented such Ill-Nature, Malice, and Wickedness, ibid, the fresh Spring- of Anlaby granted to the Town, 10S. Water-Works begun, and finished, 130, 131. new Disputes, but adjufted, 170 Weigh-House, erected 93 Wetwang, John de, Benefactor to a Monastery in Hull 79 Wetwang, Richard, Rector of St. I)ni- nis"s, Walmgate, YORK, ornament- his Church in a beautiful Manner ....ibid Whincop, Rev. Mr. Thomas, his Epi- taph 44. 45 WILLIAM, Duke of Non his Conquest 6 William, Lord of Holderness, his Vow to visit Jerusalem 3 WILLIAM III. King, the Inscrip- tion on one Side of the Pedestal, that bears the Equestrian Statue at Hull 200 the Portraiture of it is at the Top on the Right Hand of the first Sheet taken from a Copper Plate, curiously en- grav'd by Mr. Haynes of York. Willoughby, Lord, embarks at Hull U ir Denmark 1 25 Work-Hi 11 ed 192 Writing, sign'd by Pope John, a very exhortatory one, to the Inhabitants of neigh homing Tow as to 11 'ill 97 Writington, Sheriff, fin'd, &c 134 Wyke, a poor Place at first 9 Young, Archbishop of York, visits Hull, preaches, and confirms many Per- son- 121. he is much respected .. 125 + + . + + + % + + + + BOOKS Sold atthe I Vinting-Office in G^tr- J "ard t near Stone-Gate \ YORK ; by Mr. Ferraby, of Hull; and other Bookfellers in the Country, &c. i '[Mil. Antient and Modem History of the famou I of York, and in a particular Manner of its magnificent Cathedral, commonly call'd York-Minster. 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[R Mood's Hay.] nard: But tlii-- Church, I fuppofe, was dedicated to St. Mary, It has a well- built Steeple ; and what elfe is (land- ing, shew the Remains of antient cu- Workmanship, fuch as Walks a- bove to go formerly round it, and par- ticularly a fine Stone + Gallery over the Altar. I am Sir, o LETTER III. The following Epiftle is a Copy from the Original of what was fent from Sir John Lawson, as mention'd Pag. 198. to Luke Robinson, Esq; which I had communicated to me by a Lo- ver of Antiquity, next Scarborough. From on Board the Common - Wealth S/iif>, near QuiNBROUGH, this iSth of March, 1652. HonoOrable. ~yOur's of the first Infant came to my Hand but Yesterday : Mr. Coxmore is not Secretary to the Honourable Com- miffioners for the Admiralty : therefore I fuppose it has laid in his Hands. I heartily thank your Honour for your great Expreffions oj . I it- lion mentioned towards me, as also of your great Love and Tenderness in relation to my dear Wife and Little Ones, by your writing to his Excellency and Mr. Speaker in their Behalf. Upon the Intelligence of my Re- moral hence, I mujl take it as a greater Favour than can be done me in my Life- time : and therefore do acknowledge my felf engaged for it in the highefl Bonds of Gratefulnefs. The Almighty and my good God has renewed my Life to me ; and indeed has redeemed it from the Jaws of Death : J lis Name Idefire with that Life to give (and bring) Glory to, the comfortable Lffue of our lafl En- nents, who only fbruck Terror into the Hearts of onr Enemies, and fent them away with LoJ's and Shame. ( Oh ! the Lord was HE the Author and Fini- sher f That Gallery, -which appear d like a Canopy of curious carved Ston the Altar, was taken down, about the Year 1734, in repairing the Church, which was made more lightfome, and adorird with new Seats, Sec slur 1 if it ! ) His Xante therefore be magnified for it, the Honour and Praise of it is Ais: And truly I trnjl he will keep the Hearts of his Jnjlruments hum- ble with him : elfe they may jujlly ex- pect his withdrawing for the future. Honourable Sir, the Right Honourable Council of State Commiffiotters of the Ad- miralty, ami Generals of the Licet, have appointed me Bear- Admiral of the Fleet : . 1 very high Tru/l! I pray Cod enable me to discharge it : Fur of my felf I am not able; it's too heavy: But I trujl, that as the Lord, and their Honours, has called me to it, without any peek- ing of my own ; Jo He will in measure enable me to answer that by Faithfulnefs and /'dire/ire, which L want in Ability; and that he will keep my Heart humble with Himfelf. Lam forty to hear you have been fo ill: L shall not further become tronblefome at prrfent, but in the presenting my itiojl humble and bound en Set ■ 1 your felf and good Mrs. Robinfon. My kind Love and Befpccis to all, youds, all faithful Friends, L take Leave, but remain Honourable, Your Honour's and the Common- Wealth's Faithful Ser- JoJm Law/on. I n, tt , ■ of the Fairfax into the George, a gallant Ship, t/w' / Jiavi been content to have si rent in tin Fairfax : But thii is a mort stately Ship of about 60 Guns. I have not >> London. The Fairfax is gone to Cha- tham to be repaired. Tit is Ship here. I shall be ready to sail within i, ,1 or fourteen Days; but am command- ed, when this ship's jit to sail, to attend Hair Honours at White-Hall. J. L. LETTER IV. SIR, Robin Hood's Bag, 1733. J" Took Notice in the Church-Yard of thefe following Infcriptions, vie. Lotherington Bedlington, dy'd 17151 aged 22 Years. My weary Days, and Irksome Nights, I've past With sighs and Groans, which gave me Rest at last. Ann Bosicick, dy'd in 1727, aged 40. likewise, Father, and Mother dear, Bo lie beside me buried hen. [ W h i t b v.] ADDENDA. [Whitby.] 211 • . dy'd 1725. aged 83. Begone, fond World ! I've had enough of tbee, And do not care what thou can'st say of me : Thy Smiles I hug not, nor thy Frowns I fear, For now. behold, my Head lies quiet here. What Faults thou tiud'st in me, strive thou to shun ; Aud look at home, enough there's to be done. Sir, I am juft going into the Domi- nions of Neptune ; but am, Your's, $c. LETTER V. SI R, Whitby, 1734. / UK Church, (as you defired an Ac- count of it) is dedicated to St. John. *Tis a large Edifice, cover* d with Lead, but of no great Altitude, and has a low- flat t Steeple, with 4 Bells. The Motto on the lead is, Repent in Time. 170S. On that, of the next Degree, JESUS d. 1626. J. J. G. C. On the third, out of Virgil, (A-'.h. Lib. VI. J is, Justitiam tnoniti, \ non temnere THvos. 1590. And upon the largefl, Gloria ]>•■■ ! /' // minibus, 1637. R. R. W. II. C. C.J. U. S. K. 1 >. S. Within the Church are d Galleries, adom'd with Scripture Sen- tences : The Pulpit and Communion Table ornamented with red Velvet, fring'd about with Cold, §c. Thefe Infcriptions I wrote down to oblige you. Here heth the Body of Nicholas Bernard, who was interr'd the 13th Day of March, 1673-4. and Anne his '.', 1689. Alfo S 1689-90. They lie buried in the N. Isle. And againft the Wall within the Chancel on the South Side of the Al- tar, are these of the Cholmley Family. 1 1 pofitum Richardi Cholmeley Equi- ■;i, I lenrii i ' IhoLmeley Equitis Aurati filij primogeniti, Richardi Cholmeley Equitis et Catharinae Clif- foril fili.i; 1 ! imitis < lumbriae Equitis Aurati Abnecotis, ab antiqua Familia Cholmeleyorum de Cholmi mitatu Ceftrienli oriunde, viri lam exterior! Corpori ibilis, quam potioribus animi dotibu nati, Domini hujus Nfanerii : qui poflquam pei mull in his partib 1 lot um Confuiai I >omini in partibtu Borealfbus fi b fplrito \ A Sketch of 'the ( with Mr. Hunt i' niflimis Regibus Jacobo, et Carolo ex- titiffet, Corpus fuum huic fepulchro, fpirito veto fuum immortalem patri pie placideque reddidit vicefimo ter- tio die Septembris Anno Erse Chrifti- anae 1631. .-Ktatis fuae 65. ex Sufanna priori Conjuge filia Johannis Led- gard Armigeri reliquit Hugonem Cholmeley Equitem Auratum. et Hen- ricum Cholmeley prseterea Richardum Equitem Auratum, et Urfulam Georgii Trotter Armigeri Conjugem. Ex Mar- gareta filia Gulielmi Cob Armigeri Conjuge pofteriori reliquit Richardum et Gulielmum adhuc fuperftites. Mar- gareta Relicla msestiffima Conjugi a- mantiffimo et bene merito pofuit. Thus render 'd in English. The Remains of RICHARD CHOZMELEY,Kt. eldest Son of Henry Cholmeley, Knight, Grandfon of Richard Cliolmeley, Knight, and of the Right Honourable Catharine Clifford Daughter of Henry Karl of Cumberland, Great Grandfon of Jlor/tr Cholmeley, Knight, defcended of the antient Family of the Cholmeleys of Cliolmeley in Cheshire ; a Man equally admirable as well for the Gracefulnefs of his Prefence and noble Mein, as for the nobler Endow- ments of his Mind : Who, after he had been many Years a Justice of the , the King's Lieutenant, and of the Council to the Lord Prefident of the North under the most ferene Prin- ces James and Charles, at length de- voutly aud meekly relign'd his Spirit i> the 23d Day of September, 1631. aged 65, and lies here buried. By .Sk- in- first \\ tfe, 1 f John Ledgard, Efq ; he left Hugh I Knight, and Henn > 1 and Richard ley, Kt. ai Trotter, Efq; By Margaret, Daughter of William Cob, Efq; his fecond Wife, he Left Richard and William, who furvived him. Margaret, his forrowful I numenl to the Memory .if fo affectionate and tender a I lus- band. Above 'this Infcription are reprefented three 1 lands joimnj . from three different Coats of Arms ha- ving I their Thumbs : I >ver them an tiour-i ; and on ra. li Side two Angels, . with the light' d ] n, as If they w< re< ictln- guished 212 [Win ri'.Y.] ADDENDA. [Whitby.] guished them fbi Sorrow : Willi many other Ornaments Bnelj done on Mar- • Alabafter. I >n the Top of all is a Pol of [ncense, representing a clear burning Fire. Sir, I shall send you mote Inscriptions in my next ; for in this I have exceeded the Bounds of an Epistle. I "hi, Tour's, &c. I . E T T E K V I S I R, Whitby, 1734. ( )N the North Side of the Altar, near the Wall, is the following Infcrip- tibnonablew Marble Tomb. " Here " lieth the Body of Nathaniel Cholme- '• ley, Esq;who marry'd Mary, Daughter "and Heir of Sir Hugh Cholmeley of " Whitby, Baronet, by the Right Ho- " nourable the Lady Anne vompton, " his only Wile. He departed this "Life the 20th of April, 16S7. He " left by his faid Wife two Sons, and "one Daughter. Hugh, the eldefl ; " and John. Anne his Daughter was «• born five Months after bis Death." Another large blew Stone, on the South Side of the former, has this. " Here lies the Body of Sir Hugh " Cholmeley, who departed this Life the " 9th of January, 16S8. in the 57th "Year of his Age. lie marry'd the " Hon. Lady Anm Cajnpton, (Daughter "to Spencer, Karl of Northampton) by " whom he had two Daughters, Mary " the Eldest marry'd to Nathaniel fi Cholmeley, Efq; Anne the Younger "died four Years old. Likewife the " Body of the Right Honourable the " Lady Anne Cholmeley, interr'd the "26th of May, 1705. the 6Sth Year " of her Age." On a white Mar- ble Stone before the Altar. "Here li- " eth the Body of Anne Cliol " Daughter to Nathaniel Cholmeley, Efq; " by Mary his Wife, Daughter and " Heir to Sir lli"jlt Cholmeley of 'Whitby, " Bar. She was born September the " 2 1 st, 1687. and departed this Life •« April 28, 1691. being of the Age of " 3 Years, 7 Months, 7 Days." — Ad- joining to this, is a lesser white Mar- ble Stone with this. " Here lieth A nne, " Daughter to Sir Hugh Cholmeley, by " Anm\ his Wife, Daughter to the Rt. " Hon. Spend r Earl of Northampton. " She was untimely born the 28th of " May, 1672, and died the 31st."— I will send you the remaining Infcrip- tions within the Church at proper op- portunities ; and am, Sir, i\V. LETTER VII. SIR, Whitby, 1734. |\ the Church Porch is this Inscrip- tion : Here lieth the Body of Robert Constable interred, who departed this Life the 6th Day of April, 1710. in the 33d Year of his Age.- Between the Choir and the Pulpit is a white Mar- ble Stone, with //lis. Here lieth the Bo- dy of liny Fair/ax oiSteeton, Esq, who departed this Rife at Whitby, on the 10th of August, 1095. /;/ the Church Porch. Here lieth the Body of Mr. /'' niel Oughton, who was Minister of Whitby 5 Years, interr'd here the 30th of January, 1704. aged 49 Years. Within theChurch,near the Chancel.Here lieth the Body of Charles Thomlinfon, ( lent. Samofybhh Thomlin/onoi Whitby, Gent, both buried in one Grave. The faid CharlesiaaxiiedjEsther, the 2dl Sligh- ter oi Robert Rujfel of Rufwarp, Gent. He died the 10th Day of July, 1690. aged 41 Years. Within the Choir is a blew Marble Stone, with this long Infcription. Here lieth the Body of Hannah Wigginer, eldest Daughter of Mr. Will. Wigginer oi Whitby, deceafed. She was first married to Luke Bagwith, of Whitby, deceased, by whom she had seven Children, i. William, deceased. 2. Christopher. 3. Mary. 4. Jane. 5. Wil- liam, deceased. 6. Thomas. 7. Luke. After Mary, married to Francis Com;/// ol Whitby, Gent, and had 3 Children by him. I. Timothy, deceased, who died within six Days after his Birth, and interr'd under this Stone. 2. Marga- ret. 3. Katharine. She died the 19th oi March, 1670-71. Also Timothy Bay - with, Gent. Son of the above deceas'd Luke and Hannah Bay with, aged 44 Years, Feb. 5, 1696. leaving a Wife and 4 Children. In the North Part of the Church are 3 Folio Books. 1. A Defence of the Apology of the Church of England. 2. A Companion to the Temple. 3. A Book of Martyrs. There is a Memorial of Benefactions to the Church and Poor of Whitby. Anno 1657. Mr. William Cleveland gave 5/. j/ir Ann. to put two poor Children Apprentices. 1668. Mr. William Wigginer gave a Silver Chalice to the Church. 171 1. Mr. Robert Fother- ley, [ W h i t 1 5 v.] ADDENDA. [Whitby.] 213 ley, and his Sister Elizabeth, gave 50/. to buy Church Ornaments. -\~\2. Mr. George Trotter gave to the Church 3 Silver Salvers. 1 702, and 1715. Mr. Robert Nbrrison, and his Wife Eli- zabeth, gave 40/. to the Poor of Hdwf- her. — 1722. Mr. William Pear/on gave two Houses to the Poor of Whitby. — 1723. Mrs. Margery Bowes gave 61. per Ann. to put 4 poor Children to Trades ; and 3/. 4-c per Annum to put 8 poor Children to School ; izd. per Week to 12 poor Widows ; and one House for two poor Widows. 1723. Mr. Wil- liam Coverdale gave 20/. to the Poor of Hawsker. 1725. Mr. WiUiam Wig- giner gave to the Church a Silver Flaggon. / shall gh>e you J'ome of the Inscriptions in the Church- Yard in my next : and am, Sir, Yours, &.c. LETT E R VIII. S I R, Whitby, 1734. "TO oblige you ( because you urge Things to be effectually done) I shall take upon me to send the Infcrip- tions on the Tomb Stones, &*c. in our Church Yard, which are many. A. Richard Alleson, Master and Mari- ner, dy'd 1 71 1. Elizabeth, Wife of William Addison, died 1720. aged 50. A faithful, hind and virtuous Wife, While conversant in Earthly Things, Ho- left the Toils of Human Life, Tn »ei tk' 'Eternal King of Kings. Mr. William Atkinson, dy'd 1 702. Thro' many various Tempests haw- 1 past ; Hut a safe' Harbour 1 have bond at last. Elizabeth, Wife of Andrew Atkin- !v'd 1 72 1. Why should I unwilling bt to die, Who add to long <« Fain, Sec B. Jacob Bean, dVd A.D. 1688. Robert Bonltby, died 1721 ; and Hannah his Wife, 172S. 1 1 >• c. 4, 1691. B .' 1, i6'ii. and Barbara his 1705. Elizabeth, Wife of Matthew Brown, dy'd 1722. Why should I / bt to dye, Who I" 'd m long m /' /,- ./' /'/ . , ehust to '/ ■ to flu ittf And tin 1 1 a ifb him 1 1 Mi trn not for me, my Husband dear, I am not dead, but sleeping be : My "Debt is paid, my Bed see Jure, Think what has past, then come to me. c. Mary, Wife of Richard Chapman, dy'd 1 70 1 ; also her Husband, 1712. Cornelius Clark, Master and Mariner, died 1723. Who saiCd for Heaven tin- Tort to gain, In Hopes with Christ for to rim" in. Mary Cowston, dy'd 1718. D. John Dent, Jiiii. dy'd 1 7 19. Francis Dickinson, dy'd 1705. William, Son of William and Do- rothy Dickinson, dv'd 1711. F. Robert Fotherley, 16S6, and his Grandson. Elizabeth Wife of Robert Fotherley, 1665 ; and Robert her Hus- band, 1687. G. James, Son of James and Elizabeth Gildersleve, interr'd May 21, 1700. Also Elizabeth the late pious Wife of James Gildersleve, interr'd January 18. 1708. being the Day of her Birth. Begom for ever Mortal Things, Thou Molehill Earth adieu, farewell I Angels aspire on lofty Wings, Let me with JESUS ever dwell. H. Isabel, (Wife of Mr. Leonard Heart, Master and Mariner) dy'd in 1 719. Here lit s entomb' d a dear and U ndt r Wife, irbo ints well-known to had a pious Life: Peace, Love, and Unity, did her inspirt ; And to relieve the Poor was her Desire. With Worldly Cart sht it no mart oppri it: No, mi, she's gom to everlasting Best. Jane, Daughter of John Hill, 1701. Jane, Wife of Francis Hill, 1674. And Francis Hill. Also Elizabeth Hill, 1720. all three under one Stone. William rlobson, dy'd 690. William Hohson, ./"". 1703. I. John and Elizabeth Jackson. A loving CoupU lien doth Who spent their Turn in Ptaet and Unity. Peter facl 1, Sen. 1035. and hia \\ it. Susannah, 10S;. L. On a Tomh-Stom is this written, Ruth, \\ ife "i Thoma 1 N ' tei and Mariner, 1710 O /.<■/,/, the wai not pw't in Mind, :fiil Eye : 214 [Whitby.] ADDENDA. [Whitby.] Xt>>- did she exercise herself I Things that wen tm, high: But as the Child that weaned is, Ev'n from her Mot/wr'i 5 S ' I she, Lord, behave ftersclf, In Silt nee, and in Rt it. /.' no tlf" hast calfd her Jttsi Prim of Years, U Soul with thee doth dwell, Without all Grief, «/■ Fears. William Long, died 1 7-)- alfo his three Children, viz. John 1697. Wil- liam, 1704. Jane 1 704. M. Thomas Marshal, Master and Mari- ner, ami his three ' Children, viz. I 1697. William and Jane, 1704. On a liands »ne Tomb is this Lisa \ Here lieth interr'd Mary the Wife of I rl Milner, Master and Mariner, who departed this Life April 6, 1722. aged 40. Alfo five of their Children buried by her. A loving Wife, am! tender Mother dear, A faithful Friend, alas! lies buried here ! I; 1 "Earth her lati fair body is, Till ( %rist morefair shall raist it unto Bliss. Best thou, whose Rest givesnu a restless Life, S / //'"•<• lost a kind and virtuous Wife; Whose ('in', -if 1/ procur'd Iter such a Name, As is recorded in tin Boohs >•/ I Richard Marfingate, dy'd 1692-3. N. William, Son of Mr. Robert Noble, Minister of Danby, 1696. Mary. Daughter of John and Jane Noble, died 1720, aged 18. All you tli ii eome my Grave to sec, As I urn now, si must you in : I in mi/ Youth was snatch' d away ; Therefore repent, mah no Delay. V. William and Sufanna, Son and Daughter of William Parkins, 1710. Orrni I Death, that would not dt ign to spare A loving Son and courteous Daughter fair : Great is tin Grief their Parents do sustain, Tin,' they in Heav'n will evermon remain. Samuel Prudam, Master and Mari- ner, 1729. aged 33 Years. Ctreat is the loss to those that's left behind ; But he, no doubt, eternal joys will tiud, John Potter dy'd 1727-S. He hath left a Wife, and three Children dear : 1 hope their Souls will meet in Heav'n, and their [Bodies here. Ifabel, Wife of John Proud, 1691. R. Here lieth the Bodies of Three Chil dren of James and Hannah Reynolds, James, dy'd 1721. James and Han- nah, both in 1 Elizabeth, \\ ife of Stephen Rusliel, who dy'd Anno 1713, lies buried here. with five * Ihildren. s. I nard Sm It, dy'd 1724. aged 44. ./ loving Husband here doth lie, in,., ii,-', 1 in Peace and Unity: To Wife urn! Children sure the best, Whose SouVs in everlasting "Rest, in abeth Stoi us, dy'd 1 726. Elizabeth, I laughter of Richard Stonnous, 1723. Jane Steel of Rufwarp, dy'd 1720. i 69. Henry Stonehoufe, Master and Ma- riner, dy'd 1722. T. Elizabeth, Wife of John Taylor, dy'd 171 1, aged 26 Ye cruel Death .' that would not span A loving Wife, and tender Mother dear: Great is the Loss to those that's left behind; But she, no doubt, eternal Joy doth find. Robert Trewhit, 1724. aged 43. \Y. I her, Wife of William Wainman, dy'd March 15, 1674. and two Chil- dren ; and Mr. Wainman, 1690. "Remember, Man, as thou goes by, As tlm" art now, so once was I : As I beautiful, and po- pulou ; f early : 1 hi . « bich I take to be . the 241I1 ol August : tin, the 1 ith ol ZVI and the Inhabitants, tho' mo tly Ing M' a, are of a mild, affable ■ Strangei 1 : '1 bi ■• hit ii 1 . on the South Side of the River, is kept on Saturday. South East from the Chinch, at a little Distance, is the de- lightful Seat of Hugh Cholmeley, Esq ; (whose Ancestors I have so lately com- memorated in my first Letter from this Place) which is S. W. of the Abbe)-. The Church stands between the Ab- bey, and the Mouth of the River, from the Town : There is both a Pout and a Horse-way up the Hill ; the former consists of above 165 Steps from the End of the Town to the Church- Yard- Gate. There is a Chapel of Ease, on the North Side of the River, in which Prayers are read twice every Day ; and sometimes. Sermons are preaeh'd there- in, when the Weather is so bad, that People cannot easily ascend the Hill to the Church : East from which stands a Cross, (between the Church-Yard- Wall, and the Iron Gates in the Wall that incloses the Abbe}-) which is a firm stately Monument, formerly a Market-Cross ; And the antient Vil- lage Strenshall, to which the Church and f Abbey once belong'd, is said to have formerly surrounded it : But as the learned Camden writes concern- ing the Decay of Seadon, near Iiri.i., ut Locorum non minus quam Hominum incerta est Conditio ; so Strenshall is now no more : And Whitby, which formerly had been inhabited by poor Fishermen, is become at present an opulent Town, has near 130 Ships of So Tuns each belonging to it, and abounds with rich and expert Mari- ners. I shall write of the Ruins of our stately Abbey in my next ; in the mean time, 1 am, Sir, Your's, \e. LETTER X . SIR, Whitby, [734. "Y^'b have, in your History of York, Pag. 254. nieiitioii'd how that OUT Abl' ded bj Si. Hilda ; and, in that of Wppoi I I small Sketch of its present ru Condition, only useful (like a PharusJ -. .M.i. 1 . ris erected upon a Hill, South oi lb, Rivei Esk, aei 1 the < 1. . an. No Remain oi Toml Bionumi nl ., (and but \eiy iiii! Iii cripi ion >) are to be een : Bui there have 1 ' \ alts, in u iii, ii v.. H Bton< < iiiini .. thai 1 mi- ll in Bon< . " : i ■ and I 1 Dedicated to | 1 E 1. 216 [Whitby.] .-1DDENDA. [Whitby.] Roofless appears the Edifice ; which is f<> far demolish'd, that it's very pe- rilous for any Person to enter therein ! ivent which I )an I ird of the Manor, Hugh Cholmety, Esq; has in- clofed it with a high Wall, adorn'd with a Pairof Iron ( rates. teeming the Serp ntine Si found upon the Searr, there have been ■ livers Opinions. One will have it, that they proc :ed thro' tlte mar Frolicks i ' \ i ■ a fecond Person afcribes it Earth ; a third aflerts, they are but petrify d SI tell- 1 !us kind, like that of a Fish re S Sea, or any other ! iertaining to the ; and the ; s, they are Ground s thro? •' 1 ! 'iar to '/ i ■■ : for which they instance nd .-' burg, where such Stones are found. Since then each of these < (pinions have been dis- puted, and no real Certainty given, as fully to satisfy the Curious ; accept, I beseech you , Sir, I Sake of Antiquity, the following antient, strange, yet pa- thetick Lines : St. II '■■'■', (which is said to have been carved on one of the Pillars in the Abbey, of which Part are to be feen) as tho' that cele- brated Lady Abbefs would not have her Memory or Works forgotten, by this ;s to the contemplative Readers. \ N Antient Building which you fee Upon the Hill close by the Sea. Was % STRENSEALL Abbey nam'd by me. I above-mention' d was the Dame, When I was living in the same, Great Wonders did as you shall hear, Having my G< >D in constant Fear : When Whitby Town with Snakes was fill'd, I to my <".< 'I ) pray'd, and them kill'd : And for Commemoration sake, i the Scar you may them take : All turn'.l to + Stone with the same Shape, As they from me did make escape : But as for Heads none can be seen, Except they've Artificial been. Likewise the Abbey, now you see, I made, that you might think of me ; Likewise a Window there I plac'd, That you might see me as undress'd. In Morning Gown and Nightrail there, All the Day lon^, fairly appear. At th' West End ofth' Church you'll fee, Nine Paces there, in each Decree : But if one Foot you stii a M j comely Preseni e is deny'd. Now this is true what I have said : > 1 >eath my 1 >ue l'\ e paid. | V Died n Dec. 68o, aged 66.] Sir William Dugdale writes, That this M was ruin'd by Tnguar and Uitbba, the Leaders of the Danish Army : That Titus the Abbot fled with St. Hilda's Relicksto Glastenbury Abbey. When it was rebuilt by Henry de Percy, P tinting in oik- of the Cloister Win- dows shew'd, ho which dwelt near the Borde I were Man-Eaters, 'till the Tii William the Conqueror, who punish'd them with the Sword for their exces- sive Cruelty, "'was very well, that wholsome Correction made them bet- ter : For if fUch Wretches could make of Peoples B Mainly their Reputations would prove but as little Mouthfuls to those hungry Can- nibals of Antiquity. The Words, in the ..ire these : Pictura vitreaqua istro d\ Streneshale, monstrat S , qui propefines AnglorvLra Itabitant, ad Gulielmi nothi tempora antropopliagos, a- lame immanitatem a Gulielmi gladio fuisst punitam. P. 72. I have nothing more to add of Whitby at prefent : I shall therefore conclude with my Wishes for your deserved Encouragement ; and am, Sir, Your very humble Servant, &c. But t i" procured my Engraver to exhibit the Form of 01 thesi Serpentine Stones ("huh I have not yet seen printed) in a Vacancy on the Copper- Plate, from which the foU - ing 2 ' Scarborough is taken off. The Originals, in istody, are in th Sltape of Smiles in tfieir natural Coil: of a Golden Colour 1 tenting Adders; others tnori blue like Snakes, circling four or fire times about. The 1' where they are found, is be- low the Clijt'. in " bletvish, or rather an Earth of a Slatish Kind, the Colour azure, more than Quarter of a Mile in Compass : Wllich, tho' rat I'd the Scar, yet is level with the Sands of the Sea Short, and ovt rfion'd at 1 vt ry Tali . Z Ven. 15r.DK calls it Streonef-halsh, the last Syllable signifying a Hall. LET. [Maltox.] ADDENDA. [Maltox.] 217 I I. i: T T E R XI. SIR, Nnv-Malton, 1734. ( (bserve, that, in the Preface to ur History of Sippon, Page ix. \. you have given us that noble Inscrip- tion of the Gratitude of the Right Ho- nourable the Lord CARLISLE to the v of one of his famous Ances But as I happen'd to be at Henderskelf (or < 'astk -Howard 1 the 1 >ther Pay. I took N ■ of the following Lines upon an I sk, which exceedingly | ' me, and will be acceptable in any succeeding P.ook of your Publication. I am, Sir, Your's, «\c d these Plantations rise. If they agreeably my Heirs surprise; This faithful Pillar -Bill their Age d< As lone as time these Characters shall spare : Here then with kind Remembrance read his Name. ■\Vho f rform'd the same. PHARLES the Third rlisle, of the Family of the Ho\A ' istle where the old « of H • and call'd it ' . i le likewise made the in tills Park, and all the Out- Works, Monuments, and other Plantations belonging He 1 Works in the "Sear Ml>< CII. and set up this Inscription MDCCXXXI. L E T T E R XII. SIR, Motion, 1 734. TIIH following excellent Pines, said to be written by a well-known 1 . Advice to the young Lord his Heir, I am sure deserves the I al of every ingenious Pei I shall be heartily glad, when such just and noble Thoughts will appear in , who to oblige the Curious in this Count v. I. I thusform'd I; ':;•'.■ • '. tdj v. .i'd, ight : I i me, ■ oor, Sli ill alv. ays 1 tand. VII. A gen'rous KindnessThou wilt show : Favi and Bount; tow O n 1 rve : The * Ini ct ; 'I h Modest, thou shi ll not neglect ; In Safety all preserve. VIII. If thus thy Time thou d< True Peace of Mind thou shalt enjoy ; These AcS are Good and Just : rayers will Thee attend; fawill much commend; In Th< e w .11 put their Tmst. IX. 1 come ; Think on thy bli oming dai ling S( m ; Shew Him I I that thou hast led ; Instruct him in tl Mul ( iuide. X. If virtuous 'I houghts hi • Soul indue ; I Sum I ' he'll find : // ealth you Whi( h oft< n do tin W orlddi To H .nd. ' II 1 • ■ pray'd for on tl ; . \l. Thus 218 [TowTiioRi'.] ADDENDA [M ALTON.] XI. Thus for Thy < >wn, and for His Sake, That His Abode He here may make, New Works for him prepare : What then foi Thee thy Sire hath done, The like do Thou for thy dear Son, Km- Him shew equal < !are, XII. The Times will come none can prevent, From thoe green Shades wemuft be lent To 1 Kirkness far below : ( >n yon green Hilla*] tome doth stand, 1 by thy Father's 1 land, Where Thou and He must go ! XIII. To Thee, what Comfort will it be : The same likewise 'twill he to me, When our last Breath we yield ; That tome good 1 reeds we here have done, A fruitless Race we have not run, When thus we quit the Field. * A new Church now erecting. LETTER XIII. SIR, Towthorp, 1734. "RFing a Lover of Antiquity, and hearing that the late Mr. Anthony Addington had bought (of Mr. Smith, Bell-Founder in Micklegate, York) an antient Mortar, that had been long in the Fairfax's Family, which once be- long'd to St. Mary's Abbey ; I had the Curiosity to visit Mr. Joseph Addington, his Son, a Confectioner in the Minster- Yard, in whose Custody it is ; who courteously shew'd me the same, which I take to be about 1 1 Inches diameter, and the Inscriptions very remarkable. One is, Mortarium Sancti Johannis Evangelists de Tnftrmaria Beatcc Mari.f. *EBOR : But this is contracted after the * This Abbey was htdlt about 12 Years after tin Conquest ; and had 29 Abbots from that time 'till tin Dissolution. Ste- phen of Whitby was tin first. Simon dc Warwick (the 10th) built a m w Choir. Monastery with a Wall, and dy'il about tfu latter End of the i$th Century. The igth was Thomas Spof- ford, afterwards 1 5 ihop of Dur- ham, who was buried here. Tin last teas William Dent, born "I Thornton : // /'/■:. TNFIRMARIA. BE. MARIE. Eft OR.— That is, Tin Mortar of St. John tin Evangelist belonging to tin infirmary *>(' Saint Mary at YORK. And circling the Bottom is the Maker's Name, i\r. as following : |^( F 11. IF / /. /. 8. I> E TOVTHORF. MR. FECIT. .!./>. MCCCVIIF.—Fr. Wills, are contracted I'm- Trater WUlielmus : And thus under- stood, the English will be this: J!r<>f/nr William of Touthorp made me in tin' Year of our Lord 130S. For the' Bre- thren, <>r Monks, who were then cal- led with their Christian Names prece- ding the l'laces they were born in, us'd at certain Times to follow parti- cular Occupations in their Monaste- ries : And so this was the Work of one of the Religious Men. who was born at (or came from) a little Town called Towthorp, in Bulmer Weapontake about 4 Miles N.E. "f York. Iob- serve, that antiently scarce any thing belonging to Religious Places, but what had some particular Inscriptions or Mottoes to distinguish them ; espe- cially Bells of all Sorts, with Sit wo- men Domini benedietum, and such like, of which your History of York gives an Account, Fag. 28. 29. on the famous and tunable Ring of Bells in one of the beautiful Western Steeples of that Cathedral. I am, Sir, ice. LETTER XIV SIR, Ma/ton, 1735. WHEN I was at York, I had a De- sire to see the Tomb of a once ingenious Friend, who lies buried in St. Olave's Church-Yard, near the vene- rable Ruins of St. Mary's Abbey. After I had paid a small Tribute of Sorrow- to his Memory, contemplated of the Certainty of Death, and how uncer- tain we are as to the Time when our Bodies must be laid in the Dust ; I took Notice of two Inscriptions, on a hand- some Tomb-Stone, near the East Win- dow of the Church, which I took a Copy of, this that I now send you, if you please to insert it in any new Edition. I am, Sir, Your humble Servant, §c. Uic 7&yaesi£este< same '„ ''■;■'■■■■'■/■"<'■ ^■//r-^-y- >_^.v,, ; , ^HQ,:^ : K-,> ..?....}, v,-A,-,,v ■ £.,,.. ~,v : latfro. //« m // y [Scarbro'.] ADDENDA. [Scarbro'.] 219 Hie fitus eft Reverendus THOMAS MOSLKV, M.A. Rector de Skelton, Vicarius de Overton, Et hujus Ecclesise Curatus. Pastor fuit fidus, & affiduus, Xon minus privatis Monitis, Quam publicis Concionibus, Ad veram Pietatem Sibi Commiffos I lirigens, adhortans. Ita totus Minister Jesu Cliristi, Ut Omnes agnoscerent Virum vere Primitivum ; Et huic Muneri dum partes daret prsecipuas, Conjugis, Parentis, Vicini, & Hominis, Officia hand neglexit ; Sed omnium tale Se prsestitit Exemplar, Quale imitari neminem Pudeat, Nunquam Panitebit. Obiit 26 Nov. An. Dom. 1732. .Et. 69. Juxta Sita est BRIDGET A, Uxor Ejus, Digna tali Viro, Cui Pulchra Forma, Conjugalis Amor, Domestica Cura, Semper Charam, Semper Amabilem Prcebuit ; Ut ilia privatus. Quafi Sui Dimidio, \'ix duns Menses Manserit Superstes. Obiit ilia 29 Sept. An. Dom. 1732. .Et. 59. Concerning the TOWN of SCARBOROUGH. LETTER XV. ■V / R , Scarborough, 1 734. Till'- extraordinary Labour-; you have gone through of late Years merit the Encouragement of all inge- nious !'■ A pli ed to < ommunii ate to me your Design of printing the History and Antiquities of the Town of .1 the fi Mow ing Account . to it. You are sensible, Sir, wbat the learned Camden writes of it, who is authen- tick as to its 1 'erivation, that it is a Burgh foun- ded upon a steep Rock : He has given you a very good Description from the famous William, bom at Bridlington, in King Ste- phen's Reign ; hut educated in the Abbey of AV; ough, in the North Rid. of ) orkshire, where hel tecame a Canon Regular of the Or- der of St. Augustine. The Rock (he tells us) on which tin Castle stands, is of a stu- pendous Height and Magni- tude, inaccessible by n ason of steep Crags, almost on every Side, and stands in the Sea, which very near surrounds it. On tin Tup is a delightful Grassy Plain of about 30 Acres, ft ho' once accounted 60, or more) with a little Tun ut a in <>f fresh Water flowing from a Rock. In the narrow Bit of Loud, or Toss- age, which leads to the West, and to which on ///ut Part it cannot h ascended wit/tout some Labour, is a stately Ed- ifice. Underneath it, the I leranceofthi Tbwn begins, spreading on t both Sides, to tin Worth and South, carry- ing its 'Front to tin ll'is/, which it strengthen'd with a Wnlt ; but from tin East fetid d with n Rock Hit Ci/stli is erected : and on in, 1I1 Sides of the said Rock In/ flu Sm. '/'In noble Earl WILLI A M le Grofs perceiving this to be a jit /'inn for liim to Inii/tl a Castle upon, t'd its natural Strength l"i •/ sump- tuous Work, which sui 1 lii Plain by a Wall : r-Strset, Bmithy-Lone, and HilL ["he two Peers, I V,hlt li I I I ..Ull's II. ill. ( 11 i Lams, l»i c'Iom and u len High nod 1 ■ ■« Wert- Bolt Don which is the Po ! Hoi torn Home. Bt. 1 the < nun ii I prtti 1 mi . 1 ok-Row. the Church-Yard, and Frlcridgc near ft. Trlnlt) Hou«e, Sawton-Bntr) Mill. Merchant-Row. Pleahei Street Dumpli treot. Hlgl to the CI 1. Old- •through. " 1 ii ^ ird, Bl n ct, tnt- Old-Rowllng-Orcon, Mack Prycr-Uati and Oldbrough Hal kndon ilif booth Bldi root, win n the IHBKMBLY la kept Helperby-Lan< and Car-itrevt ; which laat lead! to your New Prlntlnj ' I II II II. VI Hi M'.WV. 22o [Scarbro.'] ADDENDA, [Scarbro'.] and era I I m r in the i Which, iii 1 . having been decay 'd ; J rlenrj II. commanded « ilt on IC. l.i i w i', in hi - . mentions, I in the first Court of this < there were three Towers in a Row : betwbs .i I >raw Bridge, and an Arch ; under which, with som l pence, the Sea-Water might have been ;ht to flow. In the Second S was the Queen's Tower, with Apartments: Not far from whicl itiful Chapel. King Richard III. erected a Bulwark, which is gone to Ruin, thro 1 i : a Tower, with exceeding thick Walls, which had • ! Necessary- :, w it'.i a Portal, and one of the Draw Bridges, are yet to be seen. This Castle In il ( Dvcr- nours : p of York, that 'ate, who built the Choir A inster, and whom you mention'd in your History, Page 72. HughBai ' Lord Wil- li that Name. /■ I -Alan, ;f of the County about the Year 1235. — Wi . A. l>. 1 247. Jo) .111 King I the First's Time ; v, ! W, the Lady i till her Death : Then succeeded John, the I ■nd ; and after him William de l , . . 1 1 1 : i : Decea . n the Year 1322. — Thomas 'it bout 5 Years afterwards.— Sir Thomas Lumley, Anno 1444. — Sir Evers, in K - 1 Hth's Time. Sir Hu ' , in the Reign of King i First ; and rdan Orosh , ?i ' ie, Knight, who was Governour also in that di- stressed .Monarch's Reign, and in that of his Son King Chart II.. in the Inscription over the Crave of the Knight, who lies buried in the Collegiate Church of Rift on, as you have made honourable Mention of in I 124 of thai History : These are all I can find mention'd as yet ; but I will make further Enquiry. (be- ing accompany 'd by King Edward II.) fled for Protection, who was after- ward ' Heath, near Warwick, the 20th of June, 13 12. Here one Mr. /< . .•Scotsman, was imprison'd by the Earl of Nor- thumberland; to revenge which, hi [ the Harboi ral Ships his Prey, 'till an "English Fleet, by Alderman Philpot of London, recovered them from him, and his As- sistants the Spaniards, who in 1 ;, \. m di Prisoners. - tsk, with his Train, in vain besieg^! this < But Mr. Thomas Strafford, Son to the isted by 30 P 1 ratly took it ; from w hom recover d, he \ Queen Mary's Reign. The Inhabi and Zealand were wont to obtain I his Place, in or- fish fot I fei ring I 1 in Queen Elisabeth's Time- drivi ther 1 up to London. Sii Hugh Cholmeley, be- aention'd, I d the < stle up, and receiv'd il again, for the I e of King Oharles the First, when he t un- fortunate Prince was abused : Every how it came to be de- h'd, when they consider the ge- neral D structii ■■■■ 1 - h stupendous Buildings in those troublesome Times ; and of that Usurpation which follow'd the Death of the Royal Martyr. I am, Sir, Your's, <.Ve. I 1 ■: T T E R XVI. SIR, Si rborough, 1734. QUR Church, before the Reforma- ation, was adom'd with tin i wo at the West End, and .ertlie Middle of the Cross Die, like that which is now standing, if not the same. In thi Edifice, which ', was ntry, founded to her Honour, t>y the Bayliffs and Commonalty, which they endow'd with near five Pounds a Year ; another Chantry, in Reverence to St. James, was erected by Mr. Robert /, who endow'd it with near 6/. ; and a third to Si. . (thro' the Piety of Mr. Robert endow'd with Three Rounds a Year. No doubt but some, if not all of these, were then in the spacious Chancel, or East Part ; which is now i , ] idling to s L -t it off, pt a Pomp in Ruins, denoting its former Magnificence ; and the Tomb- Stones [Scarbro'.J ADDENDA. [Scarbro'.] 221 Stones of the Dead, with which both it, and the Church- Yard, are almost fill'd. You may correct and supply what are wrong or wanting as to the Inscriptions, when you come hither your self ; but in the mean time I shall .-end you sonu Account, alphabetically digested after your easy and accustom- ed Method, which I doubt not but will prove acceptable Memorials to many of the surviving Kindred. I am, <£c. L E T T E R XVII. S I K , Scarborough, 1734. V C( ording to my Promise, I send you several [nscriptions, both in our Church and Church-Yard, which are as follow. B. Hie deponitur quicquid erat mortale Johannis Batty, nuper de Scarbrough, Gen. obiit decimo quinto Novemb. Anno Salutis 1 7 19. .Ktat. 5S. Sub hoc tumulo sepulta jacet Anna Boteler, Vidua Relicta Noehs Boteler, olim hujus Ecclesias Vicarii, tertio Die Januarij, Anno Dom. 1718-19. Spe Re- snrrectionis faelicis fatis ceflit. This Gen- ii d in tin Middle Tt '■■ . Isabel, Wife of Milborne liotteril, died 172S. aged 33. Thomas, Son of James Boyes, died 1 727. aged 9 Years. Thomas Brackenbury, Gentleman, dy'd aged 47. Buried in tin Church. Milcah Uxor Christopheri Brown hie jacet, sepulta Jan. 17, A.D. 1676-7. .Kta- tis sua; 65. Virtus post Funera vivit. Henry Burgh, died 1726. aged 47. I pon his white Marble 'bomb is this. All you that do behold my Stone, think how quickly I was gone .' hi • ' '.always J} irning givt , Tin a (mi in careful how you live. I .!i/. Burton, i~~' Anne burton, Wife of Mr. Ri- chard burton of Fakgrave, died A.D. 1719. aged 65. c. Elizabeth, Wife of I and their Daughters, all dy'd in 1 l-.li/ . D tighter of J I 1 Esq; died In 171;. I old. Captain William 1 lemenf dy'd 1707, 8l ; and I abel hi I Wil parted in 1710, aged S5. Mr. Thomas Cockerill, 1726. aged 40. 11. Cor. \i. 2. For he saith, &c. Jane, Wife of Thomas Cockerill, died 1712, aged 43. Acts xiv. 22. We must through much tribulation, &c. John, Son of Thomas Cockerill, died 1 7 13. aged 24. I lie jacet ( iuliel. ( looper de Scarburg. Com. Ebor. Gener. qui obiit 27 Die Feb. 1695. Ann*) /Etatis suse 54. D. Mr. George Davee, died Aug. 3. 1728 aged 34. Lies buried in tht Church-Yard, near tlu H'< ■' Door. E. Mr. Matthew Endick, died 1729. aged 62. F. Judith, Widow of Sage Fowler, died in the 48th Year of her Age. 7/7. tin Centaur's Back, His circl d ( b trst apply' d, And three Degrees therein had passed, /'■■',/ i/f thai Timi slit dy'd. John their Son departed this Life when he was three Y ears old. G. A lire, Wife of Francis Goland, 1725-6 (iol) grant that all who on me cast an Eye, May straightway go. and wisely learn 1 II. Jams Harden, died 1729. aged 37. Margaret, Wife of John Harrison. 1702. aged 33. II. Cor. v. 1. For we know, that if our earthly house, &c. Mr. Daniel Harwood, died 1727. aged 37. William H ly'd 1717. . Has .' ■ J wrt was his I 'ft , And ' ■'. End : : i/mir's bi .' Take G K. Alice, Wife of Mr. John Kenyon, died in 1 7-' |. agi d 41 >. Shi wai bul I II yon what : 1 bins w bat a W Ifi should bi and • i"- ».t- that. V William Norwo id, of F iley, Ship- 1 1 i 5 1 . I lie dei mill! 1 1 ; mnis Nunwii 1. I k nei . qui [2mo D Janu- ipremam, A. D. 1717. 1 • ■ 1.1. I 1. < 'lni tophei < iwston, 1725. tut flu ll'iill, lit tin West 1 1 tin Churehfit tin'. Eiunc juxta Locum reponuntur 222 [Scarbro.'] ADDENDA . [Scarbro'.] intur Cinen Rol rti lilii Ro- bert] Raine, Chyr. qui 21 Martii su- premam clausit Diem jti<> fuse .Etat. Anno. Dom. 1722. Mr. John Robinson, died An. 1702. Mrs. fane, 1703. Thomas and Timo- thy Robinson, [680, p>si . Mary, Wife of Mr. John Robinson, I in 1722, . ■■ ■! 52. Death inflexible ! that would not spare a loving Wit.', and tender Mothei . fee. Ilic dep muntur Cineres Gulielmi ifus, qui diem claufit fuprem > die Mentis Martij A quadragefi Annoq; Dom. millefimo feptingen- tifiimo et decimo quinto. Nicholas Rowe, dy'd 1713. aged 19. /; i within tin <'!■■■■ s. Mr. William Scriven, died 1727. aged 67. Hie deponuntur Cineres Richardi Shepherd, qui obiit Svo Junii, Anno Dom. 1 71 1. /Etatis fuse 56. Hie jacet fepulta Elizabeths I R irdi Shepherd, quae obiit 29 Julij, A.D. 1 7 1 5. .Etatis \\.\x 55. Interr'din the Church. In fpe Resurrectionis gloriofie prope petram fepulta eft Anna Sinclare Gulielmo Sinclare, Chyr. obiit 25 De- cembris Ann. Salutis 1723. .Etat. 60. fuit pia ec probitate micans, fponfo- que fidelis. Hie requiefcit in Spe RefurrecUonis Domini noftri Jesu Chrifti Francifcus Sollit, qui obiit nono die Menus No- vembris Anno .Etatis fua: 62, 1680. Hie requiefcit in Spe RefurrecUonis Domini noftri Jesu Christi K Sollit, uxor Francisci Sollit, hie fita ; qua; obiit l2mo Die Mens. Martij, 1 68 1. .Etat 60. Mr. Samuel Springall, of Great-Yar- mouth ; who, having received a mor- tal Wound Aug. 14, 1709. in defending his Ship against a French Privateer bore the Anguish, with the Courage of a Christian, 'till ( >ctober the 24th, when he refigned his Soul to Guu, about the 40th Year of his Age. M.S. Elizabeths nuper Uxoris Gu- lielmi Stockdale, quae (Menfibus fex- decim Connubio nondum peracti-) di- em claufit fupremam xviiivo. die No- vembris, Anno Salutis Humanoe 1714- /Etatifq ; fuse 33. Cujus exuvias in he- tam et folk cm Refurrectionis diem nioi-l- tiffiinus Maritus curavit hie reponi. 11 ntur fato paulumq ; morato, Si rin Mm 1 sitiusst ,1, ,,/ proper amusadtmam eliitic renDereD. 3 1 red Memorj of Elizabeth, late Wife of William Stoekdale; who ly enjoying a Marriage-Stal [6 Months) fubmitted her mortal Bo- dy to Death the 1 St 1 1 of November, in tli 1 ' B] 1 of our Redemption, 1711. .dpi of li-'i Age 33 : Whose Re mains her sorrowful Husband here interr'd, until the joyful and happy Day of Refurred tii Alt Things are subject to a lingering Tate, , or laU r to tht "Earth we fall, 1 , riir, ,both for the Poor \ Gi > at ■■ inexorable Death shall call. T. Hie jacet Stephanus Thompson, < ren. qui ol>iit 3tio Decemb. .Etat. fuae 63, A.D. 1698. vicinis vixit charus, ju- cundus amicis, moribusq ; bonum fe praestitit exemplar. William Tindall, dy'd 1 71 5, aged 65. Vir apprime procus, omnibus amieus, fiendus omnibus. w. Hie requiescit Jacobus Wilson, Ge- nerosus, partis hujus olim Telon qui diem elausit supremam 23 Maij Anno Dom. 1 70S. /Etatis fuse 55. /■'"- the lit arch, hi or tin Font. Martha Wilson, Daughter to James Wilson, dy'd 1716. Buried in tin Church. 'Hie Rev. Mr. l'eter Withington, late of Bolton in the Moors, Lanca- shire, died in 1722. aged 34. I shall be satisfied wlten I awafo with thy Likeness. Rebekah, Wife of Thomas Wood- cock, died in 1728, aged 25. 8ht likt a Lilly, fresh and green, Was soon cut it" . more seen .' Thus, Sir, I have given you the greatest 1'art of the Inscriptions : But there are .so many yet remaining, that I shall but just exhibit the Sir-Names of the Deceased, which are as follow. Allatson, Allenbg, Allison, Arnold, Armstrong, — Baynes, Beswick, Bird, Brathwaite, Bridday. — Chapman, Coal, Colscij, Cook, Cooper, Cottrel, Co Crow, Cowhy. — Dak, Dickinson, Dis- brough, Dobby, l< I , Dusbrey, Dunslay. — Emlinton. — FU trier, Ford. — ffamblt , Go/ton, Gole, Grainge. — Hall, Hallden, Harper, Hart, Henderson, Hind, Hodgson, Holland, [Scarbro'.] ADDENDA. [Scarbro.'] 223 Holland, Hovington, Hudson, Huntriss. — Jackson, Johnson. — Kendal, Kitchen, Knaggs, Knowsley.—Zambt rt, Lindsey. — Mating. Maxwell, Millenar, Mcggin, , MoJcdin, Moor, Mortcen. — Naylor.—Ouram. — Purr. "Pearson, Prat, ]'■ ./' ,Por ret, Potter. — Ranwick, i; '. Rickinson, Robinson, Ross, Sump, Ritssel. — Sawdon, Scafe, Seller, Sherman, Simpson, Skcltoti, Slee, Steel, Stephenson, S iker, Story, Strotton, Sunlay.^Tay- lor, Tindall, Tocket, Ton; Topcliff, Tltoip, Tristram. — Walker, Waind, Williamson. Wilmington, Wilson, Wood, Woodall, and I conclude, (having exceeded the Bounds of a Letter) Sir, Your humble Servant, Ac L E T T E R XVIII. SIR, borough, 1734. * !'i IN the Rock, (near the Assembly- Rooms) which leads down to the . was formerly a Church, dedica- ted to St. Nicholas, of which scarce re- mains the Foundation. There was al- so .S". Sepulchre's Church, near Cook-Row; of this, the Limits of the Yard are perceivable. The Church of St. Tho- mas was near Ncwborough-Bar, on the North Side : The Hospital, called by that Saint's Name, was founded by the Burghers in the Reign of King Stephen; for which pious Intent the J. and was given by Hugh dt Bulmere : The Ap- purtenances belonging to it were after- ward-, used in common by the Brothers and Sisters of St. Nicholas's Hospital, not far from the Church. The antient Benefactors, both to Scarborough, and o- ther Places, were as follow. 1. Ame- fthis Place, help'd to suppl) Ros- Nunnery with Oyl. 2. Maiden, • this I own, b stow 'd lib Favours Hon Priory. 3. Aylmar d< land gave liberally to St. Mary'i Altar at Scarborough, with Money foi ' officiate. 4. A Toft v. ■ '1 bj bi 1 ' "'• // - v A greal B Rock ■'■' , Son of Gunner. 6. n by bis Brothei Ri- chard I ds and allow'd F i^h. >\<-. ( it 1 n-r Bern Emera, a bi autiful and re- ligious Virgin, the Daughtei ol Robert de Filey, Anno 1 219 2 ad Ju- :■•, ol Nt u burgh Ooddard and BogardtheU Sons \ William 1/ cake, Tho. Fitsen, and John dt Hansard j ' a, who also gave Lands to Kirkstall-Abbey and Keldholme Nunneiy ; Some Land under the Cliff was bestow'd by William dt Harton ; and Thomas Hardin gave fi ine of his own that was in the Town. As to the Car, in lite Fryery, it was suppress'd in the Reign of K. Henry V. A Benefactor to this was William Tot- hole, a Knight Hospitaller, who gave a Mefluage, &c. which lay between the Lands of John Blake, (then held by William dc Harun.) fr< in the South, and the Street which is called le Dumple on the North, $c. Dated at Melthebwn, ■ I ■ 1 11, 1300. The Wood under Crop- ton Castle belong' d to the FryersMino- rites. The Black-Fiyers resided in the Lane that conns Northward into the Middle of the Market-Place, facing //<■/- perby-Lane on the South. Spied writes, That King 'Edward II. Henry Karl of Northumberland, and Sir Adam Sage, were their great Benefactors. In my next, T shall give you the Heads of some of the Town's Charters. In the mean time, I am your's %e. L E TT L R XIX. SIR, Scarborough, 1734. XT Ing [Henry II. (of whom it's said, that he gave New-Burgh without the Walls to another of his own crea- ting call'd the Old-One, from which Time the Burghers possi >s'd Wah now call'd by his < barter granted to the Town the same Privi- ledj and ( lustoms that Fork enjoy'd : But for tho-. e Houses, whose Sides were turn'd towards the II' '. each Yearly was to be paid ; and if their Ends \\ ere that way placed, then qd. each. Ring John's Chartei was much to thi I •• ■. 1 1 quod ij'si deuna- Scardeburgh, cty'us Oa- buhtm est tumat\ fdent singulis annis quatuor dena- ,y de ill is domibus, quorum latera snnt erg a viam sex denarios i" r .!,'„' . And then follows his 1 mand, Thai the Inhabitants shall il.ly 1 nj< >\ the W001 PI is, l . .\v. bel( inging to them. // ry III In S in- .1 Libci • ty to Innld T( n( iik nts as they tl c onvenienl ; tho te 1 >l S( 1 il and 1 b. . :empti d from ol h( 1 That, foi the future, the I Heirs, hould an w< 1 foi theii Tow n'a !■ .11 in even Michaelmas a) the / quer I l 22-1 [SCARBRO.'] - I DDEND. I . [SCARBRO*.] quer : None to be impleaded out of the Burgh, except as to Tenures th.it are not within it ; and that a Fair might be kept on the Assumption of the Blessed virgin Mary, to the End of St. Michael, if it did not prove to the Damage of Provifions. Tn another Charter, the same King granted I dom of Ponl ig i throughout bis I tomi- nions : That the Inhabitants might take Distress for their Debts, and de- fend themselves from all Claims, (ex- cept the King's) by the Oath Freemen, up.ui paying 66/. a Year ; and the Penalty of 10/. was to be laid on nnv Person that should disturb them in their Priviledges. On the 25th of May, i22n. the same Monarch granted to them the Manor of Falsg ave, with Liberty of Free Passage thro' Pickering Foreft, for Wood gratis, which they might cany away, without Hinderance from the Verderers, except on the for- bidden Month. Again, in the Year 1255, lie gave 'em the Mills and Pools of Fal ith 60 Acres in the Fields of East-Scarborough, paying 25/. Yearly for the Freedom, whereby they were to have free Warren. I have lit- tle more to add at present, but that in King Henry the Vlllth's Time an Aclof Parliament was obtain'd for repairing the Pier-. Sir William Strickland, Bart. and William 7 "■ . I ; Membersof Parliament for this Borough, in the 5th Year of his present Majesty obtain'd another for their Enlargement. I »ur present Baylifis are Mr. Oockeril and Mr. Hepden ; Mr. Harrison, our Town- Clerk ; and we have 2 Coroners, 4 Chamberlains, and a Council of 36. We have alfo proper Officers, fucli as are at York, from which City we are diftant 30 Miles N. E. 1 am, §c. LETTER XX. SIR, Scarborough, 1735. T Sent you, the last Year, what I really thought material, relating to the An- tiquities of our Town. Every one, who has been here, knows that we frequently abound in Plenty of the finny Train, ( which fupplies the Country for 30 Miles) such as Cod-Fish, Fluke, Had- dock, Herrings, Ling, Mackrel, Whi- ting, $;c. The Sweetness of the Air from the Ocean, the Beauty of the Pros- pect, and the Diversions of the Town, might demand a Visit from the most curious Persons at the extremest Parts of the Realm, and other Countries : But, above all, the sovereign Vertues of the SPAW (discovered about 115 Wars ago by Mrs. FARROW, then an Inhabitant of Scarborough) attract the Nobility and Gentry, who extend their Charity to the afflicted Poor. The hap- py Discoverer, whose Memory ought to be for ever precious, one Day walking along the pleasant Strand, and observ- ing in the Streams a russet 'Pin- tare, she made an Experiment with Galls, which converted the Water to a purple Colour : Afterwards drinking a fresh Quantity, and at several times as she thought convenient ; the Consequences were so visible and wonderful, that with Jov she communicated their Ex- cellency to the World. Dr. WITTY tells us, That this ever-flowing Spring (which in an Hour yields more than 24 Gallons) proceeds from a Participation of Alum, Iron, Nitre, Salt and Vitriol : The last gives the Water a sharp Taste; the Smell is like that of Ink ; and the Colour azure, much resembling the Sky. 'Tis this, (this justly celebrated SPAW, which is the Preservative of Health, the greatest of all earthly Blessings) that generally draws some Company hither from May to September, makes the Town to flourish, and consequent- ly the stately Buildings continually increase, even to Admiration. But I shall conclude at present, with acquainting you, That if ever you de- sign to publish a more ample Account of this Place, and let me know, I shall endeavour to procure for you (what you once desired) sufficient Materials for the Purpose. In the mean time, I wish you the greatest Success, as to your ex- tensive Design in setting forth, TJte HISTORY of that Gnat Emporium of KIX(;S'I'o\-upon-7/c7ZZ. In a Manuscript I find, that in the Reign of King Edward III. Anno 1354. Gilbert dc Berhin and Roger de Strode were Members of Parliament for that im- portant Place. May Happiness attend you in your laudable Undertakings. I am, I assure you, Sir, Your Well- Wisher, and very humble Servant, PHILOTHEOROS. SOLI DEO GLORIA. Scarborough. [225] Scarborough. POSTSCRIPT. 11 to this Book was compleated according to my firji Dejign, and ready to be scut to the Binders : Yet as the following Additions relating to the Town ^/"SCARBOROUGH' with an Account of BRIDLINGTON, came to Hand ; in Gratitude therefore to my generous Subscribers, and to oblige the Pnblick more and more, I could not find in my Heart to omit them. Ni >TE, The Infcriptions and Epitaphs are within the Churches, except those mentioned to be in the Church- Yards. I. E T T E R XXI. SIR, borough, Aug. 8, 1735. T Have sent you some Additions to my former Accounts ; and ; 111 Your Humble Servant. Within tin Church, /■/■ n Strange) ; and we know y< in. I705. I Ere lieth the Body ol Mi Clarj Bai nr, 1 ite Wife ..1 Mr. / Batty, who departed this I ife the 2d May, 1 714 ed 79 Yi i" Month : lli rexl was the 88th Pfalm, 1 I and t " O Lord "i my Salvation, I " day and alghl before thee .- < > lei my " Prayi 1 entei into thy Prefi m e, in- thine eai unto my call J j l lieth the Bod) ol Hat ,, Wife of Biehetrd Beilby, and thai Son ■. 1 Sept. 1713 iged ;'>. 226 [Scarbro:] 1 >< )STS( ' R 1 1 T. [Scarbro:] T-TEre lieth the Body of John Braehen- bury, Gent, who died An>m 1 7 1 _ . c. T-TEre lieth the Body of Mrs. Elizabeth 1 x Clark, Wife of Mr. F/wicm Cltor*, and their two Daughters. Elisabeth died the 2d of April, aged 6 Y Mary, June 23, aged 17: Mrs. (;/./;•/•, ./".v. the 271;!, aged 51 : All in the Year 1727. "L-TIc jacet Cathei a Co ttable, filia Marmaduci Constable de Wassam, Armigeri, denata 6 Apr. 1666. Reliquiis juxta Sororem repositis TJEre lies the Body of Henry Oottrell, • n - who died A. D. 1 73 1. Buried in the Cliureh- Yard. TTEre lieth the Body of Anne Couhon, Wife of Edward Coulson, who de- parted this Life the 27th of April, A. 1 >. 1 7 14. aged 36 Years "VFEar this Place lies the Body of iN Elisabeth, Daughter of Mr. John , Lite of this Town, She depart- ed this Life in Sept. 1692. D. TJEre lieth the Body of Robert Bighton ■ LX who departed this Life the 25th of May, 1729 aged 60. XJIe deponuntur Cineres Gulielmi J - L Bodsworth, filius Gulielmi & Janae Dodsworth de Scarburgia : Qui obiit umo Die Decembris An. Dom. 1704. .l-'.tat. sua 24. TTEre lieth the Body of Alice Dods- 1 'worth, who departed this Life, July 26, 1 710. aged 25 Years. LTEre lies the Body < >f William Bunslay; xx who died August 25, 1732. Lies buried in the Church-Yard. Tic' B J^anrf.Neptune'* "'"- s // ' H m to and fro ; Y \ itill, by God's divine !>■ I harbour h re below : Where I do now at Anchor ride, II' ; ■ f our Fleet ; But once cif/aiii, J must set Sail, Our Admiral CHRIST to meet. E. TTEre lieth the Body of Sarah Elding, Wife to Richard Elding* who died February the 6th, 1 733-4- aged 30 Years. Buried in the Church-Yard. F. A/T S. Hie deponuntur Cineres Ada mi iV1 • F hast Thy Life a Leaf, thy Breath a B At Night lie down, prepare to JuiVt Thy 'Sleep thy Beath, thy tcatry Grave. G. TTEre lieth the Body of Mrs. Eliza- beth Gidne, who died Septemb. 27, 1727. aged 70. TTEre lieth the Body of George Qoland, who died in the Year 1733. /1/fAry, Wife of Francis tin/and, de- parted this Life the 15th of Au- gust, 1734. aged 41 Years. Buried in the Church-Yard. H. TJ Ere lieth the Body of Mary Hodgson, 1 who departed this Life 1696. TTEre lieth the Body of Mr. Francis Hodgson, who departed this Life the 22d of February, 1707. aged 61. I. T N hoc Tumulo requiescit Corpus Josephi Jenkinson, de Scarburgia, Pharma-copei, qui decimo 4to Janu- ary, [Scarbrd^ POSTS CRIPT. [Scardro 1 .] 227 arij, Annoq ; .Ktatis tricesimo sexto fhtis cessit, Anno 84. Dici'j ; beat us Anti "hit it Hi nemo, supremaq; ftun ra dt bt t. TLT Ic jacet Jana Jenkinson, quondam Joseph] Jenkinson Conjux charis- sima : in cujus pietatis erga Deum, indigis munificentise, erga omnes cha- ritatis, et illi praeter mo rem amoris, curse & indulgentiae memoriam ; ut vivi qua possint defunct amulentur virtutes, utq ; suam Gratitudinem le- taretur, haec inscribi curavit mastissi- mus oepos Robertus North : Obiit imoOclobris, A.D. 1722. .Etat. sua; 69. K. TJ Ere lies the Body of * \V i l 1. 1 a m Kitch ING M A N , of Pontefract, Esq ; who departed this Life the 6th Day of August, Anno Bom. 1732. in the 32d Year of his Age. * lb was Mayor of Pontefracl in the Tear 1729, as a Manuscript of that Town infon L. T_JJc jacet LOVELL LAZENBY, Gene- rosus, qui xxxmo Septembris MDCXC, hujus Municipij Scriba co- optatus, et postquam per spatium xxi Annorum munus inculpate sustinuit, fatis ceffit xmo Januarij MDCCXII. -Ktat. XLV. J-JEre lieth the Body of Hannah, Daughter to GEORGE LLOYD of Manchester, Merchant, born August 22, 1605. buried July II, 1701. aged 96. ' P. DOberi Pallet, died A. D. 16S1. Bu- ried in the Church-Yard. T_I Ere lieth the Body of Mrs. Sarah I'm, it, who departed this Life .1/-"/ 16, 171 1. aged 10 '. k. T T Ic reconduntur < >■ 1 l rOHANNIS ROBINSON, Qui, Yir eximius, Hujus Municipii multoties Praefectus, ■ -s Juraque Fidi i lissa avit ; Comm . Ordinetn el Cone n llam Rite sustinuit ; Omni quae ad Cultura Divinum Aut Soctetatem Humanam pertinet, Yirtute praecelluit. itinentei ■ .ay of May, at the < Ihun h I > ol St At to all 5u< li 1'"' 'i a ■ frequent the same, >■ •■■ ■ pi 20S, R hi' h was [i> be li H • 1 the II" pita) ii needful ; and if not, then to be paid to tl i' 1 1 pital. + Some Ruins, in or near this . /cent to //id/, ate, that thc/e had bee/t tl in House there iu former Timet, 'J 228 [Scarbro.'] POSTSCRIPT [Scarbro.*] rabli the former. (~Ui ,.>i;\ FYSH, in the Year 1640. unto M then Vicar, and i" lii— Successors for ever, one t . lying in a Street called the M ■ - ■ said Vicar paying out of the same Ten Shillings Yearly to the Church- Wardens for Repairs of the Window v. h cast, being Buri 1! 1'l.n I amily : Ami also the Vicar of s igh, ami his B • one Parcel of Ground lying . Head , rid also to the Grammar-School one Close, lying in II -Grave, fur the teaching of four poor Scholars ; ami also to the Hospital of St. '/' i reel of Ground called by the Name of St. John's II - . lying near New Hike-Bank ; ami alio feveral other Bequefts in Money. * It is at the North V~t*t End. On a 7' . on the South Side, where formerly luid been a Chantry. R E M E .1/ J: i: R T 11 E POOR. C IK John Dawson gave 100 Pounds, the Interest thereof being 61. per Annum, to be distributed Yearly on St. Thomas's Day to the Poor of the Town for ever. Mr. Thomas Farror of this Town, Merchant, by his Will gave two Hospitals near the Lo\ - duit, in a Plaee call'cl Cook-Row, adjoin- ing the Quakers Meeting - House, for the Habitation of as many poor 'Wi- dows, as the same can conveniently entertain for ever. Another TABLE. For GOD loveth a cheerful Giver. ATR. Conyers by his Will gave 40s. per An. to be distributed on St. Thomas's Day to the Poor of this Town for ever. -Elisha Trott by his Will gave an Hospital in Tanner-Street for an Habitation to the Poor ; and also an Acre of Ground, lying in Burton- dale, to repair and maintain the same, if needful ; or to be distributed to the poor Widows there for ever. Alice Chambers, late of Scarborough, Widow, by her Will gave 20L the Interest to be distributed Yearly, upon St. T< I ( . by the Minister and Church-War- dens to the Poor for ever. preceding Tables, is this Inscription upon a Brass Plate. "XT lis Window was wholely rebuilt, in the Form it now is, at the pro- per Ch ' B \y, Wi- dow, ( whos Body lies near hereto) . / Bom. 1 714. On thi East Side 0/ tin- Steeple, F 1 J 1669. [nomas < Iliver, J •' y THUS, Sir, I have given you an A S ough as well as [was able : Ami, in order to get a List of the it wis formerly govera'd by such, and also of the Bailiffs, who ruled before the Rise, ami since the De- cline of thai 1 ': : I appl) 'd mj self to an ingenious Gentleman for that Purpose ; who courteously told me, That no certain Account could bt had from their Original; m- tlni there might I" Wop ! to find it, yet the Attainment It, by Reason that t/u last had gone off with the Records. The Occasion of which, (if another sensible Person has inform'd me right) was thro' the following Transaction. Most English Historians relate, That Scarborough had signaliz'd its Loyalty to King James II. in a very high de- gree, by a most eloquent * Address to that unhappy Prince, upon his Maje- sty's ] (eclaration for Liberty of Const And so zealous was the Mayor, that he order' d the Curate of St. Mary's to read it in the Desk, or Pulpit ; which the conscientious Divine refusing to do, that Magistrate basely struck the Minister, or Caned him, even in the Place of Divine Worship. Such unpa- rallel'd Usage was resented by many ; and particularly by a Captain of the Army, who not long after sent for the Mayor to the Old Bowling Green : Put the Magistrate slighting the M as impertinent from a military Offi- cer, the Captain made no more ado, but by a File of Musketeers fore'd him to come, and then oblig'd him to un- dergo Sancho Pancho's rude Discipline of being Toss'd in a Blanket. Soon af- ter the exasperated Mayor took Post for London, in order to make his Com- plaint to the King ; and the Captain rode another Way, to avert the dread- ful Punishment intended against him by his highly affronted Adversary. But the Revolution happening, and the King * The Substance of which Address is set forth, by Way of Note, at tin Bottom of the Pages 1S4 and 1S5 of this Book. [Bridlington.] POSTSCRIPT. {Bridlington} 229 King abdicating his throne, a Period was put to the Officers Fear ; and the Mayor had no opportunity to glut his Revenge. Then follow'd a Succession of two Bayliffs each Year in Si rough, as they now happily continue ; and, with great Prudence, Justice and Honour, govern an honest, active, thriving and most courteous People. L E T T ER XXII. SIR, ACcording to your Desire I have visited Brid- lington, or Burlington ; a n d h e r e - with I send you the fol- 1 w i ng In- scriptions I could find within tli at antient Edi- fice, St. Ma- ry's Church, which once did belong to the demo- lish'd ' : ;'; v/ : ■ iwjiiiiiimiiiiiimiiiiii; A. | 1 lieth the Body of "Ruth A [Wife to Thomas Aclam, wli the 19th of July, 1 7^2 a 1 23 Years. : B. ] [Ere lieth the Body of Mary, Wife ■ 1 i' I 1 who died July 23, [7i6,aged38 \ 9 Months, by wl •' 7 ( 'hil- dren, rid lie here. S II '■ t l f the i T I Ere lieth the Body ol " 1 l Halt, who died Ah. 1696. Bu- 1 ,it- Yard. Ill of Bridlington, who departed this Life May 2-. ii- II-- was marry'd i 5 ill i< of Bridlington- Key, Men hant, who depart 1 if<- the 2(>\\\ of June, I657. A! Fi "ii of Edward Sous ■ , TJF.re lieth William Bower of Bridling- ton-Key, Merchant, who departed this Life the 23rd of March, 1671. in the 74th Years of his Age ; and Thomasin, the Wife of the said William, departed the 14th of Sept. aged 59. He did in his Life-time erect at his own Charge at Bridlington a School-House ; and gave to it 20/. per Annnm for ever for maintaining and educating of the poor Children of Bridlington and Key in the Art of Carding, Knitting and Spinning of Wool. TLI Ere lieth the Body of Edward Son of John Bower of Bridlingtom-Key, who departed this Life March 8, aged 7 Months, and Thomasin Daughter of the said John, who departed the nth of March 1669, aged 10 Months, and lie buried here. [All within the ChancelJ] "T-JIc jacet hoc tumulo Corpus Gu- lielmi filii Culielmi Buckle, qui obiit tertio Octobris, Anno Dom. 1712, aetatisque suae vicesimo primo. In- terred in the Church-Yard. AT the Foot of this Tillar lies interred the Body of Mr. William /- Bridlington-Kcy, Merchant, who parted this Life the 9th Day of May, 1702. in the 53rd Year of his Age. He had 2 Wives ; the first was Sarah the Daughter of Robert Belt, Esq; of Bossal, by whom he had 7 Children, and 6 by the latter, who is Catherine the Daugh- Edward Trotter, Esq j of Skelton- Castle in Cleveland, at whose Charge this Monument is erected. Mr. Bower lies buried X. in the ('.' TTEn Body of Mrs. Elisabeth LX Bowlton, WHe of William Bowlton of Bi idli igton, who dii 'I 1 >i c 1, 1 7 1 7. and of William their Son, < >ctob. 17, 1717, aged 1 Year, 7 Month , and 2] Daj , B ied in the Church Yard. C. T I i ;,■ lieth the Bodyof William 1 of Bridlington, Gentleman, who died in the Lord the 12th •■! I ■ l-maiy, is Yeai . Mi , A bet dii d in U ill Richard Cam* mel of Bridlington, who di iv. 2, 1721. Richard h 1706. John Comtnel, 1722. Buried In the < 'lino h-yard. o Death, how bitter it thy Sting, That Youth and Age to Earth do't bring ! j j 1 o- lieth the Body ol Henry E •| 1, m Carter, who «1 i«-» 1 July 26 1715. aged 13 1 1 230 [Hri'iiliNg/oN ] POSTSCRIPT. [Br itWngto/i.} H Ere lieth the Bodj of Mattlmo Cornwell of Bridlington-Key, Ma ; fter and Mariner, who died Aug. 7, 1 733. /.' In the O rrli- Yard. T T Ere lieth the Body of Mr. William Cocke, Son of Mr. Samuel Coch of New caflle. J-JEre lieth the Body of Elizabeth, Wife of Henry Cowton of Bridling- ton, Merchant, one of the Daughters of John Bower, late of Bridlington-Key, Merchant, deceafed, who departed this Life the 16th Day ol December; A.I>. 1 in the z8th Yeai of hei Age. And with her two Sons ; William, who was born the nth Day of December, 1694. and died the 13th Day of the Month ; ami the other abortive. D. TJEre lieth the Body of John Barley, ■*■ of Swerby, Sen. who died March 3, 172S. aged 78 Years. Interred in the Church-Yard. T-JEre lieth the Body of George, the Son of Richard JDeale of Bridling- ton-Key, who died Dee. 1 7 10. aged 8 Years. Buried near the Passage t<> the S /; . /'■ >• qftl • ■' urch. TJEre lieth the Body of John Dods- worth, Son of John Dodsworth, late of Scarborough, who was Lorn the 14th Day of October 1647, and died the 8th of Sept. Anno Dom. 16S5. G. Ere lieth the Body of Melchior Gib- sou, Son of Thomas Gibson, who was born at Bridlington in the Year of our Lord MDCXL. and deceas'd the first of September in the LXXI. Year of M 1 M < \ I. Mors meet Vita milti. Ere lieth the Body of Rob ri Gfreome, who died March 17. 170S. 7S Years, 2 Months, and 4 Days : And )ara bis \\ ife, who died Oct. 29, 1706, aged 66 Years, 7 Months, and 15 Days. H. Ere lie the Bodies of James and Joseph, Sons of Thomas Harrison of Bridlington-Key, Master and Mariner : The former died Dee. 23d, 1714. aged 2 Years, and 14 1 >ays ; the latter died Jan. 1 71 5. aged 10 Weeks and 2 Days. TJEre lie the Bodies of Jane and James the Daughter and Son to Thomas (and Catherine) Ha/wsom of Bridlington Key, Master and Mariner : The former died March 6, 1722. aged 15 Months ; H ; H H the latter died May the 9th, 1722. aged 3 Years and 11 Months. TJEre lieth the Bod} of John Hodgson, of Bridlington, one of the Paten- :■ . who died in the Lord. 1) M. Fraiicisci Holdstcorth, A.M. et Christiana; Uxor ejus, llic oh. 29. Jim. 1687. Eetat. 52. Ilia 9 Jim. 1712. tctat. 05. P.O. imitemur. fj/mt tin v 5 Hearts interwoven. 11 re lies in Which Nature in the World But sheath' d, :wu\ put it up a ] [Ere lieth the Bod) of " illiam Eild- yard, Son of Hugh of Chri topher HUdyard of Wystead in Holderness, Kt. Which said William was bom the 14th Day of September, 1659; and departed this Life the last. Day of December in the Year of King Charles the Second's hap- py Restoration. Hurled near the Altar. T I Ere lieth the Body of Tliomas Howdon of Bridlington-Key, Master and Mariner, who died July the 15th, 171 7, aged 40 Years, 5 Months, and 7 Days. TJEre lieth the Body of Jane Howdon, Wife of William Howdon, who died I >ec. 2'), A.D. I 712, aged 5(1 \ ] I Ere lieth the Body of John 11 of Martin, who departed this Life the 151I1 of September, 1707. aged 74 Years. As also William Holden, Son to the said John Holden, who died the 10th of January, 1705-6, aged 20 Years. TJEre lieth the Body of Tliomas Hood of Bridlington-Key, Mariner, who died Jan. 25, 1720. aged 28 Years. I. T-JEre lieth the Body of Richard Jack- son, who died fuly 7, 1692. L. ' QUod mortale fuit Elizabethan Zamont, Jun. 24, 1 714. Maria Zamont, [ul. 16, 1719. et Thomcc Lament, Octob. 31, 1722. in Isetam refurrecTionis diem Parentes hie reposuerunt. TJEre lieth the Body of Edward Law- son of Newcastle, Anchor-Smith, who deceased Jan. 29, 1640. TJEre lieth the Body of Hirrts Lister, Son to Thomas and Frances Lister of Key, who died Feb. 2, 1727. aged 5 Months. Mrs. Lifter had by her former husband 3 Children, who were interred here. TJEre lieth the Body of Hannah /."<■/:, X1 Wife of William Luck of Bridling- ton-Key, [Bridlington] POSTSCRIPT. [Bridlington] 2; 1 ton-Key, Mafter and Mariner, who de- parted this Life Octob. 22, 1722, aged 64 Years and 9 Months. Buried in the Church Yard: M. T-TEre lieth the Body of Thomas May- shall of Bridlington, who died Anno 1 712. Buried in the Church Yard XJ Ere lieth the Body of Hannah Mat- chou, Wife of William Matchon of Bridlington, Woollen Draper, who de- parted this Life the 9th day of Auguft, in the 36th Year of her Age, A. D. 1681. TTEre lieth the Body of DinahMedforth ±X the Wife of William Medforlh of Bridlington- Key, Master and Mariner, who died June 29, 171 7. aged 28 years, 2 months, 6 days. Alfo Samu- el their Son, who died the fame Year. THoma^ Myers de Allerthorpe, Gen. 1 Ob. xx DecembrisMDCCXVIII.An. SX, 58. Eliz. Myers uxor ejus 6 ejusfd. Menf. Anno .Etat. 65. Jo-cm. Myers, fil. 12 OaobrisMUCCXXIII. Annoq; iEtat. 30. Bur. in the iV. IV. Isle. N. TIT Ere lieth the Body of Katherine Newton, the Daughter of Eliazar Newton of Bridlington Key. Baptized Nov. 10, 1663, and died Sept. 14, 1690. 1-JEre lieth the Body of Samuel Ni- chol/on of Bridlington-Key, Mafter and Mariner, who died March 19, 1715. aged 31 Years, 6 Months, 2 Days. Alfo John Nicholfon his Son. Buried in the Church Yard. r. I I Lie lieth the Body of Mr. Robert /'aimer, of Bridlington-Key, -Mer- chant, who departed this Life the 26th i.f Dec. 1640. As alfo Jane Palmer, to him above-named, being in- terred October 15, 1629. [ [ Ere lieth the Body of FrancisPalmer of Bridlington, who died iii the •he 2.1th hi Feb. 1639, aged 62. 1 [ Bre lieth the Body of 'Robert Parkin, Who died tin: I Ith o( I '. ■ ■ 1718, aged ■ ■ Nigh unto whom Is interred the Body of Alice hit Wife, who departed thi Life the 2d of I eb. and alfo a their Children. it. Body ^f Sarah the Wifeol J'llm ParfoMoi Bridlington. Bur i.d 111 the Church • IJ Ere lieth the Body of Entanu 1 **rUagt, who died A. D. 1699, H ] H] Ere lieth the body of John Pierson, of Bridlington-Key, Mafter and Mariner, who departed this Life the 5th of July, 1728, aged 37 Years. R ' Ere lieth the body of John Rickaby, 'Son of John Rickaby of Bridlington- Key, who deceased June 25, 1634. TJ Ere lieth buried the Body of Thomas Rickaby, who died An. Dom. 1665. Alfo here interred Elizabeth Rickaby, XJ Ere lieth the Body of John Rickaby, the Elder, of Bridlington, Merchant: A Man true to his Truft, just in his Dealings, and one that with wonderful Patience fubmitted to the Will of God in all thofe unaccountable Difpenfations of Divine Providence to him in his latter Years. Obiit the 25th of Dec. 1 701. Ali. fuse 68. Alfo the Body of Giles Rickaby, Merchant, Son of the above John Rickaby, who died the 27th of July, 1729. in the 54th year of his Age. Bur. at the IV. End. TTEre lieth the Body of Emma Rick- man, Wife of Richard Rickman, of Bridlington, who died Oct.. 15, 1720. aged 64 years, and 10 months. TT Ere lieth the Body of Jane, Wife of John Sander/on; who died in 1 717. TTEre lies interred the Body of Mrs. ■^ Jane Skinner, fecond Daughter of Alderman 'William Skinner, Merchant of Hull: She died the 19th of July, 1727. in the 68th year of her Age. Bit- ried within the Rails of the Altar. TTEre lieth the Body of John Stabler, of Bridlington. Key, Master and Mariner, who died May 13, 1708, aged 61 Years: Also his Children, Elizabeth and John ; the former died March 17, 1687 ; the latter Jan. 24. 1692. \Z Ere lieth the Body "t Solomon Ste- /■/icusou, nf Bridlington, Woollen- Draper. < M'iit the 3111 <'i February, 1710, Aged 63 \' A,i/.'/,,. A alms. Ere lieth th( : hySur, Wile .ii Rob rl Sui, who di< d the 1 , ,,i Da . [698. aj 1 d 69 jn ■•< , "ho In. I Twenty Three Children of her awn Body bom. w iii,, Ueth Hi. i Daugh- n ter ol 1 homa and Sufanna /,' i ii.ni ( » kob. .'i- >7i" ■ ,! 7 Months and I \ \ * See Ins Epitaph, /'.-• . . -12 . / tht 1 H 1 Ga 232 {Bridlington^ POSTSCRIPT. {Bridlington^ N : [Ear this Place lie die Bodies of Thomas Wilf on, Merchant, and Lucy his Wife, who had [ffue 6 Sons, and 2 Daughters. 1 [e was defcended from .1 worthy Family of Thirsk in this County: Was a tender Husband, a kind Fathi r, and a true Friend ; jufl in his Dealings, which defervedlj intitled him to the Character of an honeft Man. She was a Daughter of Edward Harrin toi , Efq ; of anantient and noble Family in the County of Rutland, and by her Mother's Side Great Grand-Daughter of Sir Walter Alexander of Scotland, Kt. Cup- Bearer to King James the First, s 1 1 <_ • was a dutiful Wife, a tender Mother, and endued with all other amiable Qualities. He died 24 Feb. A. I >. 1 718. Mtat. 74. And she 7 An-. I72j. ^Etat. 59. — Near the fame Place is alio depofited the Body of Elizabeth Sick- man, Daughter of the laid Edward Harrington, Efq ; who was first married to Francis Bowes. I i j . ldest Son of Sir Francis Bowes of the Bishoprick of Durham, Kt. and afterwards to John Hickman, of Warwickshire, Efq ; She was an obedient Wife, had an agreeable Perfon, and a line Understanding, im- proved by a polite Education. She died 31 July A. D. i73 2 - aged 71 ■ To the Memory of thefe dear Friends, Tank Harrington, their fur- viving Sister, hath erected this Monu- ment. TJEre lies the Body oiyane, the \\ ife of Richard WUfon, of Bridlington- Key, who departed this Life on the 13th Day of Nov. 1730. aged 36 years. A/T S. PrifcUla nuper uxoris Rogeri Wbodburn, qua diem claufitfu- premam x° die August! Ahum Salutis Humana: 1715. /Etatifque fua 26. Cujus Exuviae in lsetam ec fehcem re- furrectionis diem maestiffunus Viduus curavit hie reponi. Omnia ilrhnitu,- Jul,, paulwttq; mOTOtO, SeritM aut citius tedem properamus ad unam. 'Ere resteth the body of Hannah Woolfe, the late beloved \\ Richard Woolfe, Jun. Daughter of Mr. Jolm Rickaby, who departed this Life the 12th Day of July, A. 1). 1712. aged 40 years, 6 month-, and 12 days. Under this Stone doth lie, bereav'd of Life. An indulgent Mother, and a tender Wife; A kind Relation, and Indearing Friend, Helov'd in Life, lamented at her End : In doing Good, Time wisely did employ; [Joy" From whence ("she said) "There sprung a secret H 1 An Epitaph's too short by much to toll 1 be Worth of bar, who liv*d and dy'd so well. Then why should we lament ? it is in vain : lo in r tn live, was Christ ; tu die, was Gain. j I Ere lieth the Body of Man; Wife x o( Mr. Richard Woolfe, and Daughter of Mr. John Bower, both of Bridlington Key, Merchants. She departed this Life the 19th 1 >a> id ( >ctob.i723. in the 35th Vear of her Age ; had Iffue 4 Sons, and 3 Daughters; Henry, William, % George, deceased ; and near hereunto interred. IT Ere lieth the body of John Yates the Elder, late of Bridlington, who deputed this bile the I2lh day of Sep- tember, and in the 77th Year of his Age, A. I). 1680. On the Back of the King's Arms the following Words, &c. are painted. Thomas Walker, Minifler. Gilbert MainforiJi, Thomas/fill, Richard I lardy Church-Wardens, 1713 The Gal- lery, X. of the Chancel, was erected by John Walker, Church-Warden, in the Year 1 716. / think, Sir, I have sent you ccery thing that I could poffibly collect by transient Observation. I need not write much further, sinet you hove (in your lies! Vol. at the End of the History of York, Pag, 243^ given « general Account of In, tii Church and Town. When the Monastery of the Regular Canons flour- ish 1 d, '• •' for John Me Prior, a pious Han : but, as it is reported of him, strang< to rhiming Prophecies, who dy'd Anno 1379, aged 60. Sir Jolm Ripley was another Canon of the Place. ' Tis said, that having been excellently learned, studying 20 Tears in Italy, he found on' th, Philosopher 1 s Stont : and expressed his Joy tltereat in these raptu- rous Words, Inveiii quern diligit anima mca. Returning to England, he left the 1 .,/, and becam a < larmelite Ancho- ret at lioston, when he wrote several Books, particularly o/Alchimy : Bui so modest was this contemplative Han, that I,, desired them to be burnt, as being his own Opinio,!, which I"' thought afforded no certain Proof; and departed this Life, withapt rfectResignation in the Year of our Lord [Bn'd/ingfon] POSTSCRIPT. [Bridlington] 233 Lord 1492. Another of the ( was called Robert the Scribe, vol buried before the Cloy&U r Door. 1 i a swift Penman, end wrote several horn- ed Books. But what need I disc a Monastery, or t lie Worthies of it, t no such thing, except the venerable Church, in Being ? J I guess where the Priory stood, (by the breaking off of the Church Pillars, and the stopt-up Arches) that it was on the South Sidt thereof: A ound, a pleasant Country round about, and a • vicing air from the Ocean, tnay be the Means to inspirt Mortals with a bap- pier - little to be wondi that Bridlington should have produced such famous Gentlemen, being admirably blest with a delightful Situation. Walter de Gant was the Founder of the aforesaid Priori/, which became worth near "ool. a Year. Gilbert, his Son, who was Earl of Lincoln, confirm' d what his Father bad done, and desired to be buried at them. In Kin;/ Henry the First? a / William de Percy was a Bi nef actor. Kinj Henry II. confirmed to the Canons flair Lands Walter de Yen, King Stephen, Hugh and Ralph de Xevill, added to their Happiness But the last Prior, named William Wolde, opposing the Designs of King Henry the Eighth, that unfori Gentleman suffered Death at Tyburn, London, A. D. 1537- The Key ia teems a i< ry beautiful Town, barn,;/ Houses fronting each other til' " Street. South "ij. ami frequently of Ships Bridlington has likewise a long St ! v. At some the Church, is a / bicb I am not certain whether or no might not haei belong' d to tin dissolv'd Priory, and terminated their >m that Sid- : lint now it is called the Old Bail, in a part of which ■f tors are conjtn'd 'till such time as ' ■! to York Castle. In : » But ding is a spacious Court-Room ; ami Stont Steps t,, ascend to the Top, which is flat, and I suppose covered with Lead. Mr. William Hustler was a great Benefactor tn a Grammar School in this Town. The present glorious Orna- tnent to Bridlington, is the Earl thereof, the Maecenas of Learning, the Encoura- ger of Arts, and tin Comforter of all '''■a. Thin is a fine Spaw near the Town, and another at Filey, on the Sea Coast betwixt Inn and Scarborough: So that almost every Viae, along tin Shore charms tin Traveller mto Excess of Joy, ami affords inconceivable Delight, and Itt 1 n at i, ,,i. I am, SIB, Your's, J-"c. PHILOIIISTORICOS. A i T OF THE Names of the Subfcribers, A/T R. Jofeph Addington ( The Reverend Mr. James Addifon. Mr. \\ illiam Anderfon Mr. I'eter Aram, Author of' a Poem on Studley-Park Mr. Eugenius Aram Mr. Samuel Afcough B Mr. Thomas Bakewell Mr. Edmond Barker Mr. Cornelious Barker Mr. Thomas Bedell Mr. Stephen Beverley Mr. Jofeph Boddington, 8ta- i ■. - Ion Mr. Henry Boddington Mr. Rol ■■:• Bollans Mr. George Bourne, Station' .lull Barbara Bradley Mr. John Brenn ind Mr. Mannaduke Bullock Mr. Jofeph Burton Mr. Joseph Bull < \li J« inn ' Ml 1 lin ( lark Mr. A. 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