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About Google Book Search Google's mission is to organize the world's information and to make it universally accessible and useful. Google Book Search helps readers discover the world's books while helping authors and publishers reach new audiences. You can search through the full text of this book on the web at http : //books . google . com/| Digitized byLjOOQlC Digitized byLjOOQlC Digitized byLjOOQlC Digitized byLjOOQlC DA Digitized by njOOQIC RIPPON, HULL ^ 8f6 Borr,. mat/ 4, i6<)3. Digitized byLjOOQlC GENT'S HISTORY OF HULL {Annales Regioduni Hullini,) RE-PRINTED In FAC- simile of the ORIGINAL OF 1735. TO WHICH IS APPENDED Notices of the Life and Works OF THOMAS GENT, PRINTER, of YORK. HULL. M. C. PECK AND SON, 10 MARKET-PLACE, 1869. Digitized by njOOQIC ,S>^:>(:>-{ '\] Digitized byLjOOQlC TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE THE EARL DE GREY AND RIPON, (Lord High Steward of Hull,) THIS VOLUME IS, WITH HIS lordship's ESPECIAL PERMISSION, MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED, BY HIS OBEDIENT SERVANTS, THE PUBLISHERS. Digitized byLjOOQlC Digitized byLjOOQlC ADVERTISEMENT. |HE Publifliers arc induced to undertake the prefent Reprint, from the extreme rarity and value of the original work, of which very few copies are now extant, and these so eagerly sought after as to have become a coftly property, confined almoft exclufively to the Libraries of a few antiquaries and connoiffeurs. No reprint of this curious and quaint old volume has ever yet been made, and it is therefore compara- tively unknown to the Inhabitants of Hull generally, to whom it is believed the present publication will be most welcome, as well as to the refidents of Scarborough, Whitby, and Bridlington, the Hiftory of which Towns is also treated of in the same work. GENT'S HISTORY of HULL has ever been a favorite book with the " ingenious Lovers of Antiquity," (to whom the author dedicated it), not only on account of its great merit as a literary compofition, but also from the curious and fanciful illus- trations which embeHifh it. The work has additional claims upon the Inhabitants of Hull as being the moft valuable and compre- henfive early Hiftory of the Town, its Churches, Monafteries, King's Palace, &c. which has ever been published. The very great amount of interefting and valuable matter contained in its Digitized byLjOOQlC Advertifement. pages, (hows the objeft of the author has been to crowd as much anecdote and narrative into his book as poflible, (even the index is full of amusement), and this is carried out in a manner totally different from that adopted in the present age of book-making. Lifts of the Mayors, Sheriffs, and Chamberlains, with ample chronological details of all great events in the Annals of Hull from the earlieft times to 1/35, — many fafts and incidents throw- ing light upon the career of ** Mr. A. Marvell *' and his family, — ^the Founders of the Charter-House, the Hospitals, and the ancient Charities, are given ; as also the original list of Subscribers to Mr. Gent's book, in which will be found the name of " Mr. Eugenius Aram,'' afterwards so celebrated as the "Eugene Aram '* of Bulwer's Novel and the hero of Hood's Poem. This Book alfo is superior in execution tb the greater part of Gent's other publications, the larger lUuftrations being executed by the beft artifts of that day, and are remarkable for their accu- racy and elegance — unlike the engravings in thehiftories of Ripon, York, &c. which, although exceedingly curious and quaint, are far from reliable pictures of the objefls represented. A minute examination of many copies of the original, has- discovered the interefting faft that Gent publifhed two editions of this work, a circumftance before unknown. The variations occur ( Preface V, pp 164, 172, 176,) and it is from the firjl and rarer edition that the present reprint has been made ; the illuftra- tions are reproduced in exaft fac-simile, together with the entire text in its integrity, both editions having been carefully collated. The large and influential List of Subscribers they have received to the present edition, has enabled the Publifhers to include the interefting ^* Notices of the Life and Works of THOMAS GENT,'' which has been kindly contributed by the Rev. Geo. Ohlson, B. A., Mafter of the Hull Grammar School. Digitized byLjOOQlC LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS. A. O. Atkinson, M.A. H. J. Atkinson Joseph Atkinson Wm. Atkin Wm. Adams (3 copies) W. E. Ashby Mrs. Atkinson E. Addey B W. H. H. Broadley, M.P. TFeliim Bev. Canon Brooke, M.A. Major Bannister, Sessle J. P. 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Waltham, M.A. Bt-oomJIeet Rev. E. J. Wilkinson J. H. Walker Gilbert Wilkinson, Ferriby Charles Wells S. Walliker John Walker Thos. Walton Geo. Waugh W. E. Woolf Geo. Wood Robt. Weatherley, Sunderland J. B. Ward Geo. Wilson B. B. Walker C. L. Warwick Robt. Watson, London Robt. Wilson J. Wilkinson Geo. Wright Jno. Wright Jas. Walker Fras. Welbum Wm. Watson, ffedon Jas. Watson Wm. Wood J. K. Waddilove Jas. Wray A. Wallis Joseph Weatherill A. Wray AljfredWest Y John Yule, Scarbro* (3 copies) H. J. F. Young G. D. Young, Edinburgh Digitized byLjOOQlC 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 paft, 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 aflion — to trace the current of a life, at times calm and uniform in its flow, at others fwollen by ftreams of care and forrow. i^ There are points of difficulty in the appreciation of every life ; but they are confiderably leffened as regards the fubject of the prefent Memoir, from the fa£l that we poffefs many of the details of the life of THOMAS Gent, written by his own hand. His early youth, which is miffing in the narrative part of the Manufcript, is detailed in fome " attempts to invoke the Muses/' who appear to have looked a little coldly upon their afpiring Digitized byLjOOQlC 12 Notices of the Life and Works 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 fhining 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 least offence I'd done : She'd make me bring the rod, right ufed with art, Not furiously, as fimple mothers ufe it, But mild, correct, and never once abuse it. Nor ever did she whip her children dear. But she would wound us with her kinder fpeech ; Ne'er gave a (Iripe, 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 Mafter, 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. Being anxious to efcape detection before the flarting of the veflel, 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 infifliing on his paflage-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 earneft and fober reality. He quickly found employment in London with a Mr. Digitized byLjOOQlC THOMAS GENT, Printer, of York. 13 Edward Midwinter, of Pie Corner, Smithfield, with whom he re- mained three years. He fpeaks in grateful terms of his mafter, and left him, with his full confent, when he had ferved feven years at his trade, to feek advancement. He had already worked for feveral Printers, and done a little on his own account, when he heard from his firft 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 mafter, 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 pie before him, and made me partake "heartily with him." The " head maiden," whom Gent mentions here, was hence- forth to be the rifing fun of his affections. Love gives wings to the hours, and the twelve months of his engagement with the York Printer glided rapidly by. He could not be induced to re- new it, until he had feen his friends in Ireland, although the prof- pe£l of feparation from the "lovely Miftrefs Alice," was a fource of great regret to him. He refolved, however, upon the journey; and, after some mifhaps both by land and sea, reached Dublin Harbour in fafety. "When I came to my father's house, as our dutiful cuftom is there, I fell on my knees to ask his blefling. The good old man Digitized byLjOOQlC 14 Notices of the Life and Works of took me up, with tears in his eyes, kiffed me, saying ''Tonmiy, I fcarcely knew thee.'* His 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 abfconding from his apprenticefhip. 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 ^ny details. We meet with him a fhort 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 17 17. On the 9th of 06lober 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. His 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 ftate 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 fpent in cafual labour, Gent again vifited Ireland at the requeft of his parents, who were now old and infirm. He obtained employment there, though not on fuch favourable terms as in London. On his return to the great city, we meet with 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. Digitized byLjOOQlC 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 monaftic-looking building in Weftminfter. "Being ufhered 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, Bifhop 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 Aflize 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 deareft" in London. His little ftock of cafti however, was exhaufted by the puVchafe of two new founts of Pica, with a view to having a Prefs of his own, and he was obliged ftill 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 depreffed in fpirits on account of a dream he had had, which he thought fore- boded evil. A fweet slumber crept upon him, bringing with it the oblivion of all his cares and miferies. In the dead of night, Digitized byLjOOQlC 1 6 Notices of the Life and Works 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 Meffenger, 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 fcornfuUy faid, he never fhould fear a " ghofl, intimating, that I feemed 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 befought his intruders to fee the door fattened which they had broken, that he might not be rob- bed during his confinement, " of what he had fo honeflily and painfully earned." On defcending the ftairs, 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- fliances 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 mafter, Midwinter. They were finally taken to Manchefler 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 plafli 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 againfl; him, he was honour- ably difcharged. Digitized byLjOOQlC THOMAS GENT, Printer, of York. 17 He ftill continued to work for himfelf. 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 requefl; and proper for the flute, that I became ac- *'quainted with." Thefe verfes are 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, feeking occa- fional employment to fill up his leifure. His laft 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 pofition in the world, and opened up a wider and more promifmg 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 " materials of yours muft be moved to York : " at which, wonder- **ing, "What mean you > " said I, "Ayt,'' faid he, "and you muft ''go too, for your firft fweetheart is now at liberty, and left in Digitized byLjOOQlC 1 8 Notices of the Life and Works 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 be forwarded to him, if neceffary, and fet out for York. Ten years had elapsed since they lafl 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 affeflion inundated his foul with a tranquil peace and ferenity, which he had never experienced amid the ftruggles of his former unquiet exiftence. 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 fhadows 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 bufmefs eftablifhed by his wife's late husband in York, was now become his own, and the working power of the eftablifhment 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 ^\Origmal York jfournalyOr Weekly Cotiran^,'' dLiid his was the only Prefs that had been fet 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 feryants of his new establifhmept, who were relu6lant 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» — Digitized byLjOOQlC 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 fhe 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 fopn 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 publifhed 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: fo that 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 tranfcriptions from the various Monuments, (hort notices of the lives of fome of the Archbifhops and Bifhops, fome details of the Religious Houses that exifted in and near the City, mention of the chief benefaftors of the Cathedral Church Digitized byLjOOQlC 20 Notices of the Life and JVorks 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 any affeflation 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 firft 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 prospeftive,** a faft that the courteous reader foon found out for himfelf 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 Abbey. 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 tiear York. "Faithfully and painfully collefted 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 transaflions, will, with its prefent happy conftitution, afford the moft agreeable entertainment to the Reader." I cannot refrain from tranfcribing Digitized byLjOOQlC 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 (how the spirit that animated the writer in his appreciation of the con- tingencies of all human things. — <£ 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 many points about it that give evidence of his failing fortunes— a Tra6l entitled "Judas Iscariot '' (1772)— ''The Holy life and death of S. Winifred,"(i742) "a poem writ by a sort of infpiration on recovery 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^ GeeSy and Moy/ers mingling gain'd Afcending Power o'er all their Swelling Hearts, Like neighbouring Worthies by the mildeft arts; They learn* t fuch Forms as gave them full content; Of War, wife Laws, and happy Government." Digitized byLjOOQlC 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 Syurely, 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 surpafled by other and more enterprifing printers, he lost pofleflion 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 : — ** 7b all Ingenious Lovers of Art and Indmtry, — 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 fmce then followed my lawful Profeflion, ** for the preservation of my Family, with uncommon Care and Induftry, to the "prefent Time: I take this happy opportunity in giving Notice, that I am now "removed into PETER-Gate, (that which is called the I^mer Partoiii) but a ** little way from Stone-Gate. — I humbly hope, thro' Divine assistance, that the " favourable munificence of my friends, confidering the Contingencies in Life, ** will generously extend to the place of my new Settlement, repaired to withiland ** the Iftclemency of the weather, freed ixom. ?X\ filthy Incumbrances, and by credible ** Apartments fit to entertain the better Sort of well-bred hodgerSj or Cuftomers that ** rightly encourage the true Typographical Artists; those only that become fuch " by virtue of /aztj/S// Indentures, &^. and not by interloping furreptitiousMethods, "to the Ruin of honest Pracflitioners! Which Houfe in Petergate is made as " neceffary for a Printing Office^ as tho' it had been contrived Two Hundred Years "ago: Where Books in Greek, Latin scad. English; also Mathematical Wfoxki "Warrants, Hand Bills, tS^'r. may be printed in a neat and correal manner. — " Likewife all Sorts of curious Printing Work, that Gentlemen and others shall " have occafion to use, can artfully be done to Satisfaction ; Travellers fiimished "with Various Sorts of Chapmen's' Books ; Paper, Pens and Ink to be Sold ; as " also the Celebrated Daffeys Elixer, with Pictures, and various other forts of "Goods. * In his " Hiftory of Rome," is a Poem on the Harp and Music, p. 59, and a singular Cut and Gamut of the Harp, p. 376. Digitized byLjOOQlC 26 Notices of the Life and IVorks 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 perforpied for his benefit in 1 76 1. 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, fo late, to mount the Stage, In silver'd hairs, with Heart nigh fit to break, Thus to amuse, who fcarce has words to fpeakl To know such judges that I'm sure are here Might strike a bold Demosthenes with fear! To fee an audience so illuflrious 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'erpower'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 'tis I spy, As when kind Pity grac'd the tender Eye: When pence, spontaneous, but by you made vrilling, Were dropt, a tester, or a splendid Shilling. ** How does your Spoufe? To folace her, give that — Don't stand uncover'd ! Pray, put on your hat — There, take, and drink — to comfort you — a gill " — (O how my foul with gratitude did fill !) " Let's see your ware — Come, be with Fate content — Get fomething warm, fo farewell, Mr. Gent." If in deep ficknefs, fovereign Balm could eafe ; If, in dejecflion, any Comforts please : *Tis certain, from fuch 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 afHiftion by the loss of his wife, — "It was, " he says, "on Wednesday, April i, 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- Digitized byLjOOQlC 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 promifmg 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 charaflerised the man. He was generous even to a fault, and would often proteft 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 old man sleeps in the filent shade of the Church of St. Michael-le-Belfrey, — " Where the wicked cease from troubling, and where the weary are at rest.** Grammar School, Hull, GeO. OhLSON. May, 1869. Digitized byLjOOQlC Digitized byLjOOQlC Digitized byLjOOQlC / Digitized byLjOOQlC Annales Regioduni Hullini : OR, THE HISTORY Of the Royal and Beautiful TOWN of KingJion-upon-Hully From the Original of it, thro' the Means of its Illuftrious Founder, King EDWARD the Firft : Who (being pleasM with its •beautiful Situation whilft hunting with his Nobles on the pleafant Banks of the River ) eredled the TOWN Antto Dom. 1296 : And from that remarkable ^ra, the Viciflitudes of it are difplay'd, 'till this prefent Year, 1735. I N WHICH ARE INCLUDED, The Names of the MAYORS, Sheriffs, and Chamberlains: with what remarkable Acci- dents have befallen fome of them in the Courfe of their Lives : Interfpers'd with a Compendium of British Hiftory, efpecially what alludes to the Civil Wars, (for the better II- luftration of fuch Things as moft particularly concem'd the Town in thofe troublefome Times ; ) and fmce then, with Regard to the Revolution. All the moft remarkable Tran- fadlions Ecclefiaftical, Civil, and Military. The Ere<5lion of Churches, Con- vents, and Monafteries ; with the Names of their Founders, and Benefactors : Alfo a fuc- cin<5l Relation of the De la POLES Family, from the firft M A Y o R of that Name, to his Succeffors, who were advanced to be Earls and Dukes ai Suffolk. The Monuments, I nfcriptions, tSrv. in the Churches of Holy Trinity, and St. Mary. AS LIKEWISE Various Curiosities in Antiquity, History, Travels, 6*r. Alfo a neceflary and compleat Index to the Whole. Together with feveral LETTERS, containing fome Accounts of the Antiquities oi BRIDLINGTON, SCARBOROUGH, WHITBY, &c. for the Entertainment of the curious Travellers, who vifit the North- Eaft Parts of Yorkshire. Di probos mores docili juventa, Di fene^hUi placidcB quietem, Oppido H U L L I N O date, retnque prolem- que et decus omne, H O R. Car. Saec. Faithfully colledled by Thomas Gent, Compiler of the Hiftory of j YORK, and the mofi remarkable Places of that large County. Sold at the Printing-Office, near the Star in Stone-Gate, YORK; by Ward and Chandler, Bookfellers, in Scarborough, and at their Shop in Fleet flreet, London ; by George Ferraby, Book- feller, in HULL ; at other Places in the Country ; and by WiLFORD, behind the Chapter -Houfe in St. PauVs Church- ward, LONDON. MdccxxxV. i Digitized byLjOOQlC Digitized byLjOOQlC To All Ingenious LOVERS OF ANTIQUITY AND HISTORY: This WORK Is Dedicated by Their Moft Obfequious And Humble Servant, THOMAS GENT. Digitized byLjOOQlC Digitized byLjOOQlC [ i ] I^SmrM3mt»:vm»g'< The PREFACE. MONGST the many Writers of English Hiftory in generaly as to the affairs of the Kingdom, and offome of them relating to the particular Places of it ; I have of ten wonder' dy that the Subjects y I have treated of should not, through their greater Capacities y have been brought from their Cim- merian DarknefSy to have feen the Light beforcy but fallen to my Share to introduce them to their pleafing AURORA. Works, thaty for their Fidelity and Induflryy have been candidly received by the ntofi ingenuous and fenfible Perfons in thefe Parts ; whofe kind Letters to me are as fo many fair Tefiimonials of their entire Approbation : To oblige whomy I have endeavour' dy in this Third Book, not only to give an impartial HISTORY of a mofl Renowned Sea-Port TOWN, throughout all the flrange ViciJJitudes of it ; but alfOy by a neceffary and pleafing Interfperfion of feveral remarkable Tranfa6lionSy compleat in a great meafure what I had attempted before: For their Sake have I valu'd no Labour y or Expence ; no Difcouragements could anticipate my DefignSy in regard to the force ^ TRUTH, under its various Appearances in the Worldy wfiether 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 y 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 Decay y the Virtue or Vice of illuflrious and unfortunate Perfons y long Jince departed to the eternal Regions of Joy or Mifery ; are to a contemplative Mind as differently entertainingy as thd we were now prophetically to be fenfible of what should follow many Years after our Bodies were laid in the Mold, Alas ! the Know- ledge of the lattery mighty in many refpe£lSy be a great Addition to our prefent certain Sorrows of Life : But by RetrofpeSliony we learn to imitate whatever was commendable in our Anceflors ; and to shun the contrary ^ equal to what Futurity would teach us, by our Succeffors, With mighty Pleafure we can behold the one; Digitized byLjOOQlC ii The PREFACE to the Reader. 07te ; with profitable Contempt ^ defpife the other : We are made to ujiderjland the Cujloms and Manners of former Ages, the better to Jiave a greater Relish for tJie Improvements of our own : Our Offspring will become wife, free from the Scorn of Foreigners, when they can difcourfe knowingly of their Original : And, being converfant concerning their feeding Earthly Habitations, have a greater Gufl for their more lafling and * Cceleflial, What exceeding Tranfports of Delight are afforded to us in iftany Paffages of the Sacred Scriptures ! The Creation of the World, the Formation of Human Bodies, the Building of Towers, the Ark, &c. fill us with Pleafure and Surprize : Nay, we are pleas' d with the Invention of the f Poet, who imitates fome of thefe Things, in his Accounts of the firfl Formation from a Chaos, Promethean Fires, and Deucalion's Flood, The Renown of Troy, even by its Fall, is become m^re glorious, than ever perhaps it was in Reality, thro' its being mournfully celebrated by the immortal HOMER: -4«rf Jerusalem, t?;/^^^ mofl reiiowned City, now fcarce any more than a little Village, how fweetly is it lafnented and comtnemorated by the mofl mellifluous and infpired Writers I So that it feems to have a Being, tlid in miserable Ruins, as it is deliver' d down to us, thrd the powerful Charms <7/'Antiquity. If we defcendonly to Britain, we even relish the unfavory Accounts, when the Natives are faid to have worn little or no Garments,.had no Houfes to dwell in ; but. rude Skins of wild Beafls ferved for the former, shady Trees and Forefls the latter. As we find how their Politenefs and Felicity increased, our Joy rifes in Proportion at the Recital : T/ie Valour of the Kings % Caraftacus and Cafibelanus, * A Rev. Gentleman, writing of the pious and learned Mr, BOEHM^ (who, in the Year 1686, was Secretary to Prince GEORGE of Denmark^ and after his Refignation of that Employment had travell'd to Ruffia^ ConJianHnople, SmyrTta^ Jerufalem, Alexandria, &c.) has this moft beautiful Paffage concerning him. **How "often have I heard him withdraw from that Jerufalem which is below, to that which **is above! How often did he improve the Sepulchre which enclofed our Lord's dead •*Body, towards framing the Hearts of Chriftians, wherein the living Chrift is to "dwell by Faith ! At leaft did his Journey to the Holy Land afford him many a fair "Opportunity to an holy Difcourfe. The earthly Canaan, yi\A(^ he had view'd with " the eyes of his Body, proved but introductory to the heavenly. — What he had b^^n, "he would frequently end with fome noble inflrucflive Dire&on ; and filently move "away to the Spiritual Part, which is to be contemplated by Faith only, and to "which all our Adlions ought to tend. And in this he endeavoured to copy after the "Pattern of his bleffed Mafter ; who, whilft he was talking about Jacob's Well with "the Woman of Samaria, drew away by little and little into the fpiritual Sphere ; "*id lajring afide ^^ natural Water, difcourfed her about the W^ell \i\i\c^ fprings ^*up into Life everlajling.^'* t Pub. Ovid. Nafonis Metam. Lib. I. X Some of the Brafs Heads, which belonged to the antient British Spears, or Javelins, curiously made, >yere found lately between Tadcajler and Weatherhy ; with two or three largo Rings, and other Matters of Antiquity. Digitized byLjOOQlC The PREFACE to the Reader, iii Cafibelanus, with tfie unexampled Courage of Queen Boadicea, raife us to a Pitch of Admiration: Pleas' dy we behold the Expert- nefs of their Succejfors in War ; their Wifdom, and Piety y in Policy y or Religion; and admire them for all the necejfary Laws, either contrived by themy or copy'd after other Nations^ for the common Good of Human Society, As to the folloxving Worky I had an intention to perform fomcr thing relating to Kingfton-upon-Hull about four or five Years agOyfoon after my fuccefsful Publication of the Hiflory ^ YORK. On purpofe I vifited the Towny took down the Infcriptions that were within the Church, with what I found remarkable in other Places, as thefirfl Foundation, whereon I might lay aflrongery the better to ere6l my Superflru6lure, AftenvardSy by Application, I met with fundry Manufcripts ; whichy thd exceeding ufeful as to Matters of Fa6l contained in themy were yet confounded by an unhappy D if cor dancy : BefideSy their Incorre£lnefs plung' d me into almofl iftfuperable Difficulties, thrd which it would have been im- pojjible for me to have extricated my f elf, had I not perfonally perfornid what I did, and carefully confulted our latefl Hiflorians, The Prolixity of thofe tedious Writings were more fit for tirefome Volumes to be Clofetted, and laboriously ttirn'd over, than what was ufeful for a pleafant Pocket Companion, plain to the meanefl Capacity ; lefs troublefome to the Learned tkemfelves ; and, above all, at an eafy Price, confidering the great Expence and Labour of fuch an Enter prize: So that when I had feriously ponder^ d on every thing necejfary, with the utmojl Impartiality, I was refolv'd to write an entire Piece, which I might more truly call my own ; and adorn it with whatever could be produSlive from a fludious 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 * Magiftrates, with other Officers of the Corporation, in or near the fame Pages, which alphabetically refer to what Tranfaftions happen'd whilft They were in Power ; that fo, as it were * As I proceeded, in the nearer Centuries following the Town's Ere<5lion, I ventnr'd to fuppofe how many times fome of the Gentlemen had been Mayors, by taking Notice of their firft Advancement to inferior Offices ; and therefore numerated them accordingly, as to me they appeared mod reafonable : But of thofe in later Ages I became more afcertain'd, thro* my Examination of the Infcriptions over their Graves within the Churches. And where I had the lead Reason to doubt of the true Spelling of Names, thro' their being differently written, I have inferted them both Ways, according to my two calculated Manufcripts, (which I had collated out of many) that fo the Truth might be found in one, or the other. Digitized byLjOOQlC iv The PREFACE to the Reader. were at one Sight, there might be a pleafing Cohaerency one with another. Thirdly, Digeft what was * neceflary, in the fame Manner, under the feveral Heads of Difcourfe. Andy Lastly, By a compleat Index, bring the collateral Branches to a clofer Union, that every Thing might be found out as eafy as poffible by the curious Enquirer. Well — Thus fixd, as I thought, in my Re/olution, I fet about the Work : But, alas I I had not proceeded far , before I found the SubjeSls to grow upon me, by an improving Imagination ; yet attended withfuch a Charge, and Confumption of Time, that were in no manner fuitable to one Perfon alone, efpecially in' my Station of Life. I feenid much in the def ponding Condition of the unfor- tunate Sir John Hotham, as related in the iSSth Page of this Book ; who, /laving no friendly Bark to attend him, was flopt by a deep River, whilfl he thought through Flight to attain to an Afylum of Safety, which then was his fortify' d Houfe at Seas- borough. Tho* the Knight had not the Valour of Alexander, who fwam over the Hydafpes to face a powerful Army ; yet he Itad a View of meeting with fome AJJtfiance, which might have revived his Courage, could he liave but croff'd thofe rapid Streams : My Profpe£l, over the BITTER Waters of Uncommon Induflry, was nothing but a melancholly Scene of abnofl infinite Labour and Expence, I fcarce could fay, I knew to what End, Only there was this Difference (which raifed my Hope) between the diflreffed Knight's Cafe, and mine: He was defertingthe Town (?/*Hull ; / flying for Proteilion to it. Whether this Thought might prove of Effeh or no, I was refolved to wait with Patience and Rejigna- tion. As I knew the Copioufnefs of the Subjeils might require greater Labours, my Defign was to make This as comprehenfive and acceptable ds I could for the prefent ; and, where I fell fhort, fupply Deficiencies, fome time or other, by a careful and faithful Supplement to the Whole. And here, I mufl humbly beg of the more curious Reculer, to fuffpend a while his Judgment, 'till he has given the Book a careful Perufalf and confider'd juflly the indefatigable Pains of fuch a Compojition : * Among the many Epitaphs, there are fome that are really affetfling and religious, efpecially in the Towns along the Sea Shore : They feem like preaching LeSures to prepare us for thofe immenfe Regions of Immortality, 6^ar£ we go hence, tto more to be feen in this World! Some are placed accoxding to the Wills of the Deceafed ; others of 'em thro' tender Refpe(5l 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, Judkis extreme fententia luee voeabit Ad /ua Regna bonos, Phlegethonta MiUos. Digitized byLjOOQlC The PREFACE to the Reader, v Campofitian : For without Candour, I am almoft certain, no true ChinraSler eon be given. If afterwards it can be prov'd that I have been defe6live and exceedingly erroneous, as few Authors this way can be entirely free ; if I have corrupted Hiflory by defigned Partiality, and not reload Things as they have been ailed: Why then, should any Perfon, after a decent Manner, with the ^rit of Meeknefs, employ the Prefs, by doing of a Better within the like Compafs ; or to confute me, and put his Name thereto, (for the *un- known Envious or Ignorant, which are f fynonimous, are either not worth regarding, or to be anfwet^d in another Method) if I find the Arguments are of any Validity, I shall be very willing for tlie Publick Good, to own all the Errors in the Book, were itpojfible titere should be an Infinity of them : But otherwife, 1 shall return a modeft Anfwer, in the fame Spirit, by way of defending what ought to be defended, fuch as, I hope, will give no Reafon for any Perfon juftly to complain againft me. For indeed, as to the Civil Wars, when England was ftain'd with the Blood of its Nobility and Gentry, I think fear ce any can mention thofe dreadful Times, without raifing the Pafjions of the Mind, in one, or another, accord- ing to the different Principles of Mankind: In which, thd I ever approved of Moderation, I was to consider my f elf as an Hiftorian, and confequently ought not to recede from Truth a Tittle, I knew I wets exempt from the Objeflions . of Persons in the present Age, wfwm I had nothing to do with (at leaft little to fear from) in this RefpeSl ; fince the beft and greater Number of us, I truft, are so firmly attach' d to Regal Dignity, for the Sake of our Prefent Gra- cious SOVEREIGN, as never to be led to approve of fuch wicked ASlions, as were formerly perpetrated, to the Downfal of the Reformed Epifcopal Church of England, and the well-fettled State of the Nation, by the unparalleld Murder of one of the befi of Kings I Events, which pojjfibly might have been prevented, was it not for the undutiful Behaviour of Sir Johif Hotham to his highly injured Majefty ; for which Crime divine Vengeance feem' d to purfue him, whilft he fcarcely enjoy' d the Benefit of Repentance, I * Were even fuch fenfdefs, unkillingi Satyrifts to be known^ who should happen with other natural and endemic Diflempers to be troubled with the Scribling ITCH, and write (in meer Malice) againil what they had never the Glorious Spirit to under- take; the wifeft of Sovereign Princes, King Solomon had given Advice to Mankind in both &e Cafes above-mentioned, Prw* vi. 4, 5. the laft of which feemsverv proper : Refponde ^XoMo/ecundumJhiltitiam ejus, &v. In like manner should all ///• Vill—ns or Sc—bby Sc—d—ls whatever be ferv'd, who might elfe abufe their own Fathers and Mothers ; nay, facrifice their verv Religion for Intereft Sake I 'Tis the part of charitable Dodlors to cure fuch mthy Wretches, who should offer to pai/on what is defign'd to be ufefiil to the World, and which may flourish in fpite of the whole Race elow, beftows this Encomium on the River, in a modeft ddire, which might raife another in the Publick, that she would but endeavour to compleat the lovely Defcription, which this Gentlewoman hinted at in thefe Lines. * * What vaft Variety the Profpe^ yields "Of Rocks, and Woods, and Lawns, and flowery Fields ! "The winding Wharfe, the different Shades of Green, " Houfes and Hills diverfify the Scene. " Oh ! could my Thoughts in rifmg Numbers flow, " Sprightly as Wharfe, and as de%htfal too ; "Strong, but yet clear, the wand'ring Stream should glide, " Rush o'er its Honey Bed, and pour a Silver Tide, " With different Courfes, thro' the verdant Vale, "The Chiefefl Beauty of the beauteous Dalie." * Quse omnia accepta ferunt Gives partim Michaeli De-la-PoU, qui privilegia hrnc impetravit, drv. CAM, Pag, 577. Digitized byLjOOQlC The P R E F A C E to the Reader, ix firjl partly raised to its Grandeur, andfoon after enabled to build a t Brick Wall, with many Towers, on that Side which was not defended by the River, Indeed his Father, Sir William, (who ob- tained of King Edward the Third that never-to-be-forgotten Honour of having been the fir /I Mayor of HULL) had piously begun the famous Work of the Charter-Houfe, with other flately Buildings ; but Death clojing his Eyes before the Defires of his Heart were accomplished,- his glorious Son MICHAEL Lord of V^mgfiQ\d'finish*d it, gave a Charter thereto as hereafter mention! d, and built a mofl flately Palace for his Refidence, of which there is a remarkable Account of the Manner of its Structure : Yet, for all his good Deeds, his being a faithful SubjeSl, an able Statefman^ true to his King, and a lover of his Country, he was forced into France, where he obfcurely ended his Days, His Succeffors were feveral of them unfortunate thrd their Attachmefit to their Prince, for which they fuffer'd the greatefi Calamities, even Death itfelf, and frequently murdered in their Reputations, in being made the Sport of every infipid Writer, or gingling Poetafier, A Family fo unfortunately remarkable, and by whofe Influence this happy Town received fo many fignal Favours, I have traced, as far as I was able, almoftfrom their Beginning to the Period of their Glory ! From whqm this ferious Refle£lion may be drawn. That, to our Vigilance, we should add Contentment in every Station of Life ; fince neither Virttie, Honour, Riches, Palaces, or fair Eflates, are fo durable y as to enfure us from the Force of Vice, Slander, Decay, Deflru£lion, or the Snares of dejigning Perfons : So that by feriously confidering 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 enlarged 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 ProduMion 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 Succefs, I fincerely pray, attend them, purely for the Sake of their Labours ! Certainly what Tve done, to prevent Dif- chronifm, or Errors relating to Matters of Fa£l, and fmoothing out the overgrown and almofl untrodden Paths of Antiquity, mufi be a very great AJfifiance to further Enquiries, Without Vanity, I may t Unde brevi admodum fpatio lateritio muro, crebrisque turribus urbcm fuam fepferunt, qua flumine non defenditur. CAM. Pag. 577. Digitized b^LjOOQlC X The PREFACE to the Reader. may affirm^ that far lefs Pains have (from learned Pens) met with greater Approbation than ever^ God knows, I shall either expe£l or defire. But 'till fuch fiiblinur Works do appear in shining Ltljlrey whofe glittering Beams shall as it were quite eclipfe the fading Glories of mine ; I hope I may fay to eitery kind Reader what the ingenious Poet faid to his advlfed Friend^ which is often juflly 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 defigfid this to be the lafi Work I should eiter under- take in Search of Things of this Nature, (unlefs perhaps to reprint fom£ ofmyforfner Editions) I have communicated to the World, in feverai Letters, what have beenfent me from various Places : Wherein there is fuch a pleafant Intermixture of Wit among the ferious Thoughts of Antiquity, that I hope will be look'd upon as confiderable 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 leafl AJpfiance towards pro- moting this Work, or have been Well- Wishers to it. Nor /lave my 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 B L A K E , t Subdean of York, &c, in Refpe6l that I was one of his Parishioners when he was the zvorthy Minifier of S, Sepulchre's Church in London .• And thrd the great Efleem the late famous 5/r W I L L I A M DAWES, Bart, had for that ex- cellent Divine (as mentioned in the Infcription wrote of him by his Friends) have, by inferting it, given a San£lion to my Page, as being adorn' d with the Name of One of the mofl glorious Prelates, once belov'd and admired, and whofe Memory will ever be precious, for the BleJJings he was endowed, with, both for Prefence of Body and Mind, with every Ornam,ent of Virtue becoming his venerable Character, 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 Anceflors inpafi Ages, as it were from, their * Vive, vale. Si quid novilli re(5tius iftis, Candidus imperti : fi non, his utere mecum. HOR, t He lies intomb'd under a handfome Monument in St. HeletCs Church- Yard at Wheldrake, near York, See Page 63, ^c, of this Book. Digitized byLjOOQlC The PREFACE to the Reader, xi their Tombs and Sepulchres y will be plea/ant to be remembered by the prefent : I shall then think my Labours liappily compen/ated, and blefs kind Providence for enabling me to perform whatever can be acceptable to the World, Nay, should it prove the contrary y I do not in the leafl doubt of receiving that reciprocal Kindnefs from it, in being suffered filently to slide away into that dark Obscurity, from, which I thought to withdraw the Veily that the glorious Anions of others might appear afresh for our Imitation, I write this, not that I court the Favour of the Envious : For none, who may think to gain any Advantage by (orfatisfy their unreafon- able Malice in) running down any authentick Labours, as thd my Deflru6lion alone was intended, shall never by me be own*d as com- petent Judges, But to the far Better and Difinterefled Part of the World, in each Sex, and every Degree ; wlw are not to be deceived by the gilded Folly of ridiculous Calumniators ; can perceive by candid and impartial Examination where there is real true Merit from pretended ; and, by cofijidering the Greatnefs of the Defign, will tenderly excufe fome almofl unavoidable Errors that may fiappen in afirfl, but laudable Attempt : To Thefe, (Thefe only) do Ifubmit my f elf and lay this my Performance at their Feet: who, I trufl in GOD, as they are to be my Judges on this Occajion, will have jufl Reafon to prove my Advocates too. But, let the Confe- quences be whatever they will, my Refpeil, whil/l I have Breath, shall continue fleadf aft to the Town of Kingfton-upon-Hull : May its flourishing Inhabitants be ever happy ^ and never fuffer fuch like wretched Contingencies, to which they have been formerly exposed ! May Profperity be continually flowing with the welcome Tides towards their celebrated Haven, and fafely land upon the Imppy Shore ! May their late Gratitude to the Memory of their Glorious Deliverer, meet with a jufl Regard from their Royal Defender I Harmony and Union adorn the Magijirates ; Love and Obedience be the glory of the People : Thatfo, after many comfortable Ages, and happy succejjions, both in Church and Civil Government, the Corporation may jlill flourish more and more, without the leafl Interruption, or Declenfion, 'till the End of the World, ^^",^173?''' Thomas Gent: THE Digitized byLjOOQlC 4k 4k THE CONTENTS OF THE CHAPTERS. HAP. I. Of the Nature and Situation of the Land, before the TOWN was ere£led ; and of its fuccefs- ful Beginning, in the Reign of King EDWARD the Firjl, thrd Means of that Monarch s being wonderfully taken with the delightful ProfpeSls, both by Land and Water, as he was hunting along the Shore with his Nobles, Page i I Chap. II. Of the Building of the High-Church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity ; With the Monuments and Infcriptions, at prefent therein, and in the Church- Yard : Likewife thofe of St. Mary's, called the Low-Church. P. 13 Chap. III. Of the Monasteries, and other Religious Houfes in Kingfton-upon-HULL ; With an Account of their BenefaSlors ; Digitized byLjOOQlC [ * * J Befief alters ; but more efpecially of the Family of De la POLE, fome of whom ca^ne at lafi to be of Royal Blood, P. 66 Chap. IV. A^t Account of tlie Streets, Lanes, Src, tliat are in Kingfton-upon-Hull. P. 82 Chap. V. Cotitaining fome few Incidetits from the Foundatiofi of tlie Churches, 'till t/ie Time wtieti tlte firfl MAYOR of Kingfton-upon-HulI was eleSled, in the Year 1332. P. 86 Chap. VI. An Account of tlie Mayors^ from the Year 1332, 'till I439> '^hen a Sheriff was appointed: With what remarkable Accideftts luippefied, relating to HULL. P. 89 Chap. VII. A Continuation of the Mayors, and Beginning of the Sheriffs, 'till tlie Year of CHRIST, 1561. P. 99 Chap. VIII. Cotttinuation of the MAYORS, and Sheriffs, together with fome Account of tlte Chamberlains, and what TranfaSlions have happened, relating to Kingfton-upon-Hull, until the Year of CHRIST, 161 1. P. 121 Chap. IX. The Accounts carried doTvnfrom the aforefaid Year, 'till the Death of King Charles the Firfl, P. 1 30 Chap. X. Frofn tJtence to tlie Refloration of King CHARLES II. andfo to the Beginning of the Reign of King]KW^S^ IL P. 169 Chap. XL The SucceJJion of Magistrates, &c, brought down to the Revolution : With wliat remarkable TransaHions hap- pefied thereupon. P. 181 Chap. XII. Continuation of the MAYORS, Sheriffs, and Chamberlains, with other Affairs, and Remarks, down to the prefent Times, P. 190 a EX- Digitized byLjOOQlC EXPLANATION OF THE Eaft PROSPECT of the Royal Town of Kingston-upon-HulL [Which precedes the ®ftIe-l|PaS(0 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 Kingfton-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 HI. of Ever-Glorious Memory. Beneath is the Profpeft of the Town itfelf : And the Figures i, 2, 3, &c, interfpers'd here and there, denote the following Particulars, viz. 1. pArt of Lincoln- shire. 2. HUMBER. 3. South Block-House, 4. The Garrifon, 5. Governour's Houfe, 6. Soldiers Barracks, 7. H, Trinity Church 8. Old Guard Houfe. 9. St, yidsy's Church 10. The Magazine, 11. North-Bridge, 12. Sugar-Hot^e, 13. Drypool Church, 14. New-Cut, J^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 Digitized byLjOOQlC [ I J The Antient and Modern HISTORY Of the Town, and County, of KlNGSTON'\xipon-HULL. C H A P. I. Of the Nature and Situation of the Land, before tlie Town was ereiled ; and of its fuccefsful Beginning" in the Reign of King EDWARD the Firfi. HE Glorious Gofpel of our Bleffed Redeemer, (firft eftablished in the Nortfiern Parts, thro' Means of the exemplary Life, and powerful Preach- ing of Paulinus, Archbishop of York, who converted Edwin, (Son of Alla, the Firft Ruler of Deira) King of Northumberland, A. D. about the Year Six Hundred after Christ) was 624, «Srv. in feeming Perfeftion, according to the Devotion of ^gj^j^^' that Age, in which the valourous King Edward the Firft magnificently ruled over this Realm ; and when, thro' Digitized byLjOOQlC 2 Chap, i. 7^ History ^/^o^ 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 moft happy Prefage of its future Glory, thro* the Graces and Ornaments of a Royal Prince, a devout Chriftian, and one of the moft renowned and viftorious Heroes, that was then to be found throughout the whole Universe. But, to look further back, and confider the Na- ture and Situation of the Place, it may 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 Humber 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 Drinefs. And, as Nature, unaflifted by Art, is often very slow m fuch defirable Improve- ments ; fo, we may reafonably give her the Time of fome 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 yulUis Ccefary the firft Roman Emperor, (after having conquered the powerful Gatils, either fir'd with the Prospeft of New Glories in being alfo Sovereign of the Weftern World, br provok'd by the Britains fending Supplies to his Enemies in his A. ant. C. late Wars) made two Expeditions into this Realm, ^3, which were between Fifty and Sixty Years before 52. the Incarnation of the SON of GOD ; then the North- - em Parts of Great-Britain, began to flourish from its former low Condition, and were in the large Kingdom of the Brigantes. Soon after, the Romansy being called home, to defend their own Territories from the Incurfions of the Digitized byLjOOQlC Of the Royal Town of KiNGSTON-upon-HuLL. the Gothesy 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 calFd 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 Humbert 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 obtained an arbitrary Power : That, in short, was, burning, murdering, ranfacking and de- 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 oi Normandy, by overthrowing his Army in Battle, in which that Hero was slain with an Arrow, obtain'd this Kingdom by Conqueft, and fo advanced himfelf to the Throne, Crown and Dignity of that unfortunate Prince. This Monarch enjoy'd not his Viftory above Four Years, before he was difturb'd by SWEYN, King of Denmark : Who, coming with a great Fleet into the Number; and, with his Soldiers, having de- ftroy'd all that was in the leaft valuable in the Country on both Sides the River, they proceeded to York, took and plundered that antient City, and miferably ruin'd the circumjacent Parts for feveral Miles Digitized byLjOOQlC 4 Chap, i. 7^^ History ^;^a^ Antiquities Miles together. Among thofe, near Hully that fuf- fer'd fuch lamentable Deftruftion, an antient Manu* fcript has particularly recorded the Villages of Ferriby, Drypool, Sculcotes^ and Myton : Which laft appears to have been a Hamlet, confiding of a few ftragling Houfes upon the Banks of Humber ; and that this Part of the Country was then a kind of Ings, 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 DaneSy in the Reign of King Edward the ConfeJDory or in the Time fince his afcending to the Throne. And this Survey certify'd his Majefty of every Place in this Part of the Country, as follows. In the Eaft-Riding of Yorkshire^ (//ir^AHundred) Ferriby is mentioned as a Manor, in which Edina ** enjoys almoft looo Acres, that had been affeffed " at the Dane-Gelt J or Great Tax of the Danes y for " no more than soorf. Ralph de Mortimer was ** Lord of the Manor, and had there under him " 14 * Villains, or small Farmers, occupying 3 " Caracutes 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 the Con- *' fejfor : The whole Manor, and all the Villa- " ages therein, were affeffed at One Hundred Pounds ; *' but afterwards, confidering the great Ravages " made by the DaneSy it was only tax'd at Sixty." * CalVd fuch in thofi Days, as being Servants to the Lardy and accounted as Members annexed to hts Manor, "To Digitized byLjOOQlC Of the Royal Town of KiNGSTON-upon-HuLL. 5 "To the fame Manor of Ferriby belonged " then the following Villages, and Hamlets : " Kirk-Elley, in which were only two Bovates " of Land, that contained about 30 Acres of Til- •* lage ; Wandby, 100 Acres for the fame Ufe ; " Yeokfleety about the fame Number; Riplingham^ " 120 ; Mytoiiy about 140 ; Wolferton, much the " fame ; and about 100 in HaffeW 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 Hajfel : The Archbishop of York had about 100 Acres in the Manor of Sculcotesy (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 Dane- Geltf 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 had, 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 chiefeft Town of this Part of the Country ; thofe leffer, fcarcely ex- ceeding Twelve each : Ralph de Mortimer being the Lord, was likewife Owner of Nechafoniy Spillington, Grypton^ Brijlon, Honvilgeton^ Fukarthorpy Chetelejfiorn, Middleburny &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 Digitized byLjOOQlC 6 Chap, i. The History a;/af Antiquities It is alfo evident, that all the aforefaid Towns, particularly Riplingliamy Sculcotes, and DrypooU were in the Parish and Manor of Ferriby : And it is very probable, all the Inhabitants reforted there to hear Divine Service, the Mother CHURCH being in that Place. There was then no fuch Town, or Hamlet, as Wyke, in Being ; for, if it ^ had, it would never have been omitted in the Survey. Myton was then the only Hamlet, that flood on this Neck of Land ; which confided but of a few mean Cottages, for poor People to dwell in, who got their Livings by Fishing, Grazing, or little Tillage. C\ But, in Procefs of Time, all the aforefaid Towns began to be inhabited, and flourish more than ever. It happened, that the Lord of Holdemefsj William le Gross, who was Earl of Albemarle^ and of Royal Blood, had made a Vow to vifit Jerufalem: But Age and Corpulency rendering him unable, he was fo very much disturbed in his Mind, that he apply'd himfelf to Adam, a Monk of FOUNTAINS- Abbey, to know what might be done to difengage himfelf from his Vow.^ 5/r, faid the Prieft, ifyoupleafe to ereil a Monajlry of the Ciftercian Order, I will engage — to obtain Abfolutimi for you from the Roman Pontiffs EUGENIUS III. The Earl confented, and Adam was as good as his Word. Melfa, then overgrown with Woods, and environed with marshy Ground, was the Place, where the Monk chofe to erefl: 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 Place thereafter be JfyFd tlte King's Court, the Vifuyard 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 ftately Pinacles and Towers. : Digitized byLjOOQlC Of the Royal Town of KiNGSTON-upon-HuLL. 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 HawISIA, the Earl's Daughter; Sir John Friboys, Knight; Peter ^/i? Malolacu ; and Richard de Ottringham, Reflor of Skelford, in Ely Diocefe) gave, and bequeathed, what might enable them to perform the Parts be- longing to their Sacred Funftion. This 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 HumbeTy two Parts of her Salt Pits, as many of Land-Croft, with all her Lordship, for ninety one Marks of Silver ; which she folemnly confirmed by laying her Hand on the Gofpels, in Prefence of Richard, Son of Scherus, or Lord Sayer, of Sutton in Holdernefs ; whose Mon- ument IS to be seen at this Day. Other Witneffes were, William de Limmingburgh ; Thomas, Prieft of Wawgfi ; Thomas, the Brother of Benedict of Saikotes ; with Adam and Alexander, Relations of John 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 Meauxy gave, to the Abbey, four Ox- " gangs of Land in Mytouy Pasture for four hun- " dred Sheep, the Seat of one Fishery in Number, " two Parts of the Salt-Pits there, a Toft, and a " Hall, two Parts of his Lands in Wyke, and all " their Appurtenances. William of Suttm, and B ** Benedict Digitized byLjOOQlC 8 Chap. i. 7"^^^ History ^a^;/^ Antiquities " Benedict of Saikotes, gave them the other " " Part of Wyke^ within the Water-Furrows, to the '* Bounds of Old'Hully where formerly was a Grange, " or Farm-Houfe, divided from the South Part of *' Old-Hull and H^miber, And be it known further, " that, in old Times, New-H^dl 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 Sayer 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 re- " 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 TtipcotesJ* From hence. Two Things seem remarkable. 1. That even then appeared some small Ham- let on this Point of Land, confisting of five or six mean Cottages call'd Wyke^ from thfeir stragling Situation : Which, undoubtedly, belong'd to, and were Part of Myton ; tho' it was not in the very Place where King/loU'Vi^ovi'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 th^ Name of TupcoteSy &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 Hully and is indeed the Haven of the Town. For Digitized byLjOOQlC 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- 25 at the bold Defiance of the ScotSy in declaring themselves free from former Obligations to him, march'd with a courageous Army against them, and in a bloody Battle slaying 28cxx), put the rest to flight : He also took Barwick, Dunbar, Edinbo- rough, with other Places ; forced John Baliol their 96th Monarch, as a Prisoner, to refign all Scotland, by a Charter, dated at Brechin, the loth of July; seized upon his Crown, Scepter, Regalia, Coronation Marble Chair from the Monastry of Scone, (now in Wejiminjler- Abbey) with the Records ; all which were sent to England, as Trophies of his Vi6lory. After that, returning from thence, attended by several of his martial Nobility, and coming thro* Holder- ^ nefs, he was pleased to (lay some Days at Baynard- ^^'^ A'/^^ Cajlle, at Cotting/iam, (a few Miles from Wyke) which ^{^/^fi^ was then the Seat of the Lord Wake ; who received CajUeinQoK- and entertained him, and. his noble Retinue, with the tingham. greateft Magnificence. One Morning, the Monarch and his Retinue rode a Courfing, and started a Hare. The Creature led them along the pleasant Banks of ^^ ^*^ « ^ the River Hull, and ran amongft the Cattle and '*«^^^'«^- Shepherds at Wyke for Safety. Here the King, be- ing struck with the Advantageoufnefs of the Situa- ^^ ^ ^^*^ tion, an Objeft far more delightful to his Eye than '^tiontf^'^' 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 employed, he rode to the Shepherds, and ask*d. How deep was the River, to what Height the Tydes flowed, andwito was tlie Owner oftJie Soil? In all which, being fully satisfy'd, the King liberally rewarded those Digitized byLjOOQlC 10 Chap, i. T^i^ History where elfe tliey should plead, or be im- pleaded, for Trefpajfes, TranfgreJJions, Contrails, or Te- nures, ailed or 7nade within their Boufids : Tltat tliey, or their Succeffors, by Writs of Cliancery, might chufe a Co- roner of their own, to beprefented to, (and take the Oath of his Office before) the Wardeti : That a Prifon sltould be built for various Offenders, particularly* Thieves,who • The War- were to be judged by the Head Ruler : That tlie InhaH- ^ten had tkt tants slioidd be free over "EngldSiA from paying to Bridges, ^^^^ or to the King's Forrejlers for Wood ufed in building to put them to Ships, or towards feeding Swifie ; or Murage, a Toll for Death, repairing the Walls of a City or Town, paid by the Owners of every Hqrfe and Cart that entered t/ierein : fiay, freed frofn t/te Payfnent of tlieir own Merc/tandizes : Tluit two Markets sltould be kept Weekly ; lHonAzy appoiptted for tlie one, and Friday the otlier : Likewife one f Fair, an- t Tob^n nually, to begin atX St Austin's Day, andIiold2^ DliysM*^^^ 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 Lacy, Earl of Lincoln ; HENRY de PERCY ; JOHN GREGORY ; Walter de Beauchamp, Steward of the King's Palace; Roger Brabazon; John de Mettingham ; Peter Mallore ; Walter ^/^Glocester ; and Others. Dated at Weflminjler, in the Year 1299. Reg. H What could be the Confequence of such Munifi- cence from the King, but a willing Obedience from thofe Subjedls, who, by yielding to his Defire, pro- moted Digitized byLjOOQlC 12 Chap, i. The History some Years after, (a Time, when Editions of the New-Teftamettt, were sent over by TiNDAl., and others, from Antwerp^ with many more Books againft Popery) the Vicar of North-Cave was pjf^l!^^^ forc'd, in this Town, to make publick Recantation the Vkar of of what he had deliver'd from the Pulpit ; and both North-Cave. upon a Sunday y and on a Market-Day, was obliged 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 looked upon to be his great and most capital Offence. In the Time of King Edward VL this Church (with St. Mary's ; as also. Dr. Riplingham's, and Mr. Gregg's Hospitals, with the Charter-House) A.D. was refounded ; tho' it never could recover those ^i^jT* Revenues which Henry VHI. had given away. In refembUng this Reign too, when Images were ordered to be taken chHfton the from Churches, such of them here as represented the Cro/s.witk Saints to whom the Chantries had been dedicated, ^tj^ p^i^ were broke in Pieces ; the Histories of their Actions, doivn. painted on the Walls, wash'd over to deface them ; and, inftead of Legenda Aurea, which contained the J^^A/q^^, Lives and Miracles of Romish Saints, a Common- terbury. Prayer Book was introduced, by the firft Reformers ; t Bishop of (Doflors in Divinity, as * Cranmer, Cox, Good- ^"^°^^^. KICK, Harris, Redman, f Ridley, Robinson, Skip, a^^j, at Ox- Taylor, and Thirlby) wrote in such a Style, that ford. This was not only thought to be the most eloquent ; but, ^^I^^q^' by the Parliament, concluded to be done with mer t/u Year the foliowing. Digitized byLjOOQlC 20 Chap, il The History and Antiquities of the Afliftance of the Holy Spirit ; and confequently established, 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-yy^on-Hull 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, 1 557' when many severe Commiffions were iffu'd against the Protestants, one was direfted to the Bishop of this Place. There could not be many more, be- cause the Reformation soon followed the Death of that Princefs ; and very probable, that Robert PuRSGLovE might be that commiflion*d Person ; whose Epitaph was lately taken Notice of, by an induftrious modern Writer. That Bishop, who dy'd \In Darby- May 2, 15/9, was bury'd in the Church off Tide/well ; shire. ^ Town suppos'd to be call'd so from a Well in Peake- Forrejl, which us*d to ebb and flow, in just Tides, for the Space of an Hour. His Tomb is in the Chantry, and on it the Portraiture of him in Brass, as tho* in his Pontificaliay with an Epitaph, much in this Strain. ^IBHet t||t0 ^tone, a (lotpfe t0 UtH, 0omettme a ^an of jFame, 3{tt Tidefwell \t toad fio^n anH li^eli 5 Robert Purfglove \\^ JBame ^ iBtougtit up, l>p PBtent0 tcniret tate of cpan, 10 litittU Ifte tje ©Iar0, m\ut ^ime 10 Ireem'lr Imt 00 b ^pan, anlr quicik atoap toiU par0. 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 neceflary, or ornamental. The Represen- A fine tation of the Last Supper (of our Bleffed Savioub, ^^^^ ^^'' with his Apostles) is finely pourtray'd, as a modern Author tells us, by Monfieur Pebmentieb : Another writes, "That on the South Side of the " Choir, is a neat Library, made such from a Place, The Church " where formerly had been a Chapel." Many, ^*^<^n^' who were eminent Inhabitants, lie bury*d in this Church : But as the King of Terrors makes no Dis- tinftion amongst the Race of Humankind, and it is expefted an Historian should omit nothing of this Nature, because of so tender a Concern to the meanest Person who has placed the least Memo- rial ; Digitized by LjOOQIC 22 Chap, n. Epitaphs and Inscriptions in rial ; so evety Infcription, both herein, and the Church- Yard, is exhibited with as much Care, as EpUa/ks, poflible. This will preferve their Remembrance, ^ t^iy from the Injury of Time, to their living Friends ; >«««. for whom, to make them more eafy to be known, they are compil'd in an alphabetical Manner. Epitaphs, ««flf Inscriptions, /» the Church. J lujlris AnifPUB Domicilium, viz. NiCHOLAi Anderson ; hujus olim EccleJuE^ per viginti fepteffi Amws^ VkariL Qui ob /ufHfnam Doilrinam, Mortem Sanilitatemy ob Inviolatam, in Ec- clefiam Matreni^ PietateiUy & Gravitatem circa res facras Apo- Jlolicam^Jingularentquetufn Prudefitiam, turn Humanitatem, cuiob immotam Animi conftantiatHf tarn minis quam Blanditits Populi cedere nefcientem ; quodcunque alind magtium & vetterabile in con/ummatiffimo Pa/lore requiri folet, fummo apiid otnnes in Pre- tio erat Exceptis (qui cptifno cuivis obmurmurant) Fatiaticis. Horum Splendore Virtututn, Mandati Jibi Gregis ad ^terttam Vitam Viam prcsmanjlravit : pqftquam Vitam mediocriter non Longaevanty non mediocriter beneficam^ impleverat ; multum de- JideraUiS 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, Sanftity of Life, inviolable Attachmnit to our holy Mother the Church ; for his Apoftolical Gravity in all Minifterial Offices ; for his fmgular Prudence and Hu- manity ; and, above all, for his unshaken Stedfaftnefs of Refolution, that knew not how to yield or give Way ejther to the Threatnings or Flatteries of the People ; and what ever elfe was required as great and venerable in the moft accom- Digitized byLjOOQlC 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. Anbskson's Latin Infcription is in the Chancel. North of the Altar ^ is this following, ILTEre lies in Peace Hugh Arming, Draper, and once ■^^ Mayor of KingJlon-upon-Hull^ who departed this Life, in the Faith of Chrift, the 25th of June, 1606. B. Near the Veftry Door, on the South Wall of the Choir, is the following Infcription. LTAUD procul hinc facet Georgius Baker, MileSf Pater \ Avus > Geo, Baker, Armig. Proavus ) Qui pofiquam multa pro Rege, pro Patria fecijjet tuliffetq ; Pradpue in propugnando fortiter Novo-Caftro, Contra Scotos tunc Rebelles. Hie tandem indigno et mentis fuis diJjUpari fato concej/it, 4fo Augufti Anno 1667. At non pajfus efl Deus tantam virtutem penitus latere: Obfcure obiit^ honorifice tamen fepultus, Funus ejus profequentibus Militum Tribuno, totaq ; Cohorte Militari, Memordbili Honoris Pietatifq ; Exemplo, Tandem cum per quadraginta plus minus Annoshegk^usfacuiffet, Neposejus Thomas Baker, S.TM. San^i JohsLnnls Cantab. Non tarn Virtutis quam adverfa Fortunes Hares, Avi Chariffimi indignee fortis mifertus, Hoc ei Monumentum mcerens lubens pofuit. Anno 1 7 10. Which D Digitized byLjOOQlC 24 Chap, it. Epitaphs and Inscriptions in Which is thus render'd. Nqt far from this Place lies interred GEORGE BAKER, Knight ; the Father (Grandfather, and Great Grandfather) of George Baker, Esq. Who, after he had done and suffered 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 Auguji, 1667. But God would not suffer so great Virtue to lie concealed : Tho* he dy'd obfcurely, ' 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, Batchelor in Divinity, of St. Johris 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 Affeflion, caufed this Funeral • Monument to be erefted, in the Year 17 10. On a South Pillar, near the Steeple, is the following. '^JEAR this Place lieth interred the Body of Mrs. GRACE, ■•■^ the Wife of Mr. John Barker, of this Town, Mariner, who departed this Life, March 30, 1718. 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 exchanged it for a better. This Infcription is by her sorrowful Husband, dedicated to her Memory, tiiat, tho* dead, she may yet live in the Minds of thofe that survive her. In the South Isle, the Weji End. TOhn Barclate, Pewterer, dy'd in the Year 1710. And ^ in the Chancel, North of the Altar, is this, T-TEre lieth the Body of the Worshipful HENRY BARNARD, twice Mayor of this Town, who departed this Life the 4th of Auguji, 1661. And alfo the Body of William Bar- nard, Esq ; his Grandfon, second Son of Sir Edward Barnard, Kt. who died the 28th Day of January, 17 18, aged 47 Years. In Digitized byLjOOQlC Holy Trinity Church in Kingfton-upon-Hull. 25 In the South Part of the Choir, IJEre Ueth the Body of Mrs. Mary Bayne, who depart- ed this Life the 2Sth Day of November ^ 1728. in the 67th Year of her Age. In the South Isle of tfie Chancel. P^Ere Ueth interred 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 f 1707. aged 6 Months. In the South Isle, at the Wed End of the Church. ^ICHOLAS 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 Wejl End of the Church. IJEre lies the Body of Alderman Samuel Boise, twice Mayor, who dy'd February 13, 1729. J^tat. 79. and Elizabeth his Wife, who dy'd April 12, 1725. On a Hatchment, upon a South Pillar, is the following Infcription: Alfo a Memorial over her Grave J^Ear 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, Alathea, 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 IJEre lieth interred the Body of Mr. THOMAS Broadley, of this Town, Merchant, who married Agnes, Daughter of Robert Carlisle, Alderman, by whom he had Iffue one Son, and one Daughter. He died the 12th of S^t. 1724. ^t. 64. In the South of the Chamel, on the Ground, the Effigies in Brafs of an Alderman (and his Lady) with this. |^3|c Ricarde jaceiai Bylt, prutiiai pfene f aijotiiai^ aniennanntt0 era^^ flipercator $c (laitiuiai mw^ t^eiBite caDen0. t ^^t ^zm dbxviiz (uce ^ecuntia^ 9inno ^iizm C.quater. ^eme(. % recitato. t I^ee nimic Hgida post flroH Morte jacebant Lucr. THUS Digitized byLjOOQlC 26 Chap, ii. Epitaphs and Inscriptions in THUS RENDERED. HERE, O Richard Bylt, thou lieft bury'd, (formerly an Alderman, and a Merchant of good Reputation) who d/d, in two Days Time, by the Peftilence, in the Year 1401. At the Feet of the Lady's Effigies, alfo on the Ground. Cewa tlamt tace^^ nupev i^mim l^onoriias^ 3!^(ecta jstetera05 %txivam era^^ Qutatuta: Odtobris ^txm misnut0 on iBegna mcuniM^ JEar this Place lieth the Body of the Worshipful Hum- phrey DuKCALF, Alderman, Mayor of this Incorpora- tion> Anno Dom. 1668, Woollen Draper. He departed this Life, in the true Faith of Christ, the 22d of O^b. 1683. AStat. ftuB 64, Alfo Akne, his Wife, the Daughter of Alder- man William Popple. She died, in the Faith of Christ, the 25th Day ol November, 1691. E, 'South Weft, near the Church Door, is a Copartment, with the following Inftription. \X^Ithin the Porch, adjoining to this Church, is interred the Body of the Worshipful * Joseph Ellis, who d/d the 19th of Auguft, A,D. 1683. being then Mayor of this Town, [Alfo in 1682.J aged 48 Years. Mors eft ultima Linea Rerum. F. In the Great Isle of the Chancel XJEre lieth the Body of Mr. Joseph Ferklbt, Merchant, who married Mary, the Daughter of Mr. John Shepheard, by whom he had one Daughter, the prefent Wife of Nathaniel Rogers, Efquire. His second Wife was Sarah, the Daughter of Alderman Henry Maifter, who bore him 5 Children ; two of which, one Son, and one Daughter, survived him. ♦ That Gefttleman placed four Widows in an Hofpital, which he had built in Salt-Houfe-Lane : The Management of which, by his Laft Will, he left to the Corporation. In it, he only defired. That Mrs. Jane, his Spoufe, { Join' d with Mr. RicKARD,his Brother, Execut. and both obliged to keep it in good Repair du- ring their Lives) should upon any Vacancy, have Power to place therein the P erf on she thought fit to nominate. The Gentlewoman was afterwards marred to Mr. SUGDEN of Beverley ; whom she piously perfuaded generously to depofite Sixty Pounds in the Hands of the Mayor and Aldermen of Hull, so that the Intereft of that Sum, Three Pounds Yearly, might purchafe Coals for the Ufeof the said poor Widows : Which, being prefented accordingly^ was accepted, for that Purpofe, by the Worshipful Magiftrates. He Digitized byLjOO'QlC Holy Trinity Church in Kingflon-upon-Hull. 31 He exchanged this Life for a better, the 5th of September, Anno Dom. 1725. Mtatis 76. The following lies North of the Altar JJEre lieth the Body of the Worshipful Thomas Ferres, Matter and Mariner, once Mayor of this Town, who departed this Life, in the true Faith of Christ, Anno Dom. 1 63 1 • t Quod funty ftieris. Within the Altar Rails, TNterred within this Vault is the Body of Mrs. Mary FoxLEY, Wife of Mr. William Foxley, Alderman, and sometime Major of this Incorporation, who departed this Life the 28th Day of January , 1673. being the 68th Year of her Age. In the Broad Isle of the Choir, JJ^Ere refleth the Body of the Worshipful William 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 the Weji End, is a rais'd Tomb, of Black Marble, with this Infcription, 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 mujl sprout. And ^gainjl the rip'ning Harvejfs Time break out ; When to that Husband it a Crop shall yield, Who firjl did drefs, and till this now f own Field : Yet eWe this Field you fee this Crop can give. The Seedfirjl dies, that it again may live. Anno Dom. Decemb. 1627. iEtat. 63. Sit Deus Amicus. Sanftis, vel in Sepulchris, Spes eft. A Copartment on the South Wall, the WeJi End, VTEar this Place is interred the Body of the Worshipful John Field, Merchant, late Alderman, and fometime Mayor of Kinglion-upon-Hull ; and Sarah his Wife, by whom In the Cathedral of Norwich^ dedi- / All you that do this Place pafs by^ cated to the Holy Trinity, is the \ Remember Death, whilji viewing me : Figure of a Skeleton, with thefe \ As you are now^ fo once was I ; exhortatory Lines. v And as I am, fo shall yott be. he Digitized byLjOOQlC 32 Chap, ii. Epitaphs and Inscriptions in he had 8 Sons, and 6 Daughters. She departed this Life the 30th of Januaryy 1685. and he the 26th of 0£lober, 1689. after they had been married 27 Years. Both Lovers of God, and the Church of England ; in the Faith and Com- munion of which they lived and died, and do here refl in • Hope of a joyful Refurreftion. Vivit poji Funera Virtus. In the South Isle of the Chancel. JJEre lieth interred the Body of the Worfhipful John Forget, Grocer, who departed this Life the 30th of February, 1685. in the 64th Year of his Age, he being then Mayor of this Corporation. And Elizabeth, his Wife, who dydth^iothoi February, 1699. Wejl End of the Church, JJEre lieth interred the Body of the Worfhipful GEORGE Frogat, Merchant, and Alderman of this Town, who departed, in the true Faith of Christ, the 29th Day of Ohober, 1683. in the 5 2d Year of his Age. QlLEAD GocHE, Gent, died 1679. Dorothea, Wife of Mr. Nathaniel Goche, departed this Life Anno 1700. On a Copartmenty inward Pillar^ North, W. End. T lETH interred on the Weft Side of the Font, Gilead GocHE, Gent, and Anne his Wife, with Elizabeth the Daughter of Nathaniel Goche ; and DOROTHEA his Wife, el- deft Daughter of William Grimjlon, Efq ; and Dorothea Nor- CLIFFE. Departed the 20th of July, Anno 1700. South Isle, at the W. End. T N this Vault lieth the Body of Mr. Robert Gray, Son of Alderman Richard Gray, who departed this Life Augufl the 26th, A.D. 1724. aged 54 Years. Alfo the Body of his Sifter Jane, Widow of Mr. Richard Wait, Merchant, of this Town. She departed this Life the 26th of Augufl, 1730. Aged 63. Copartment, on the South Wall, at the W. End. ^Ear this Place is interred the Worfhipful Alderman Richard Gray, Merchant, twice Mayor of this Corpora- tion, an able Man, fuch as fear'd God, a Man of Truth, hating Digitized byLjOOQlC Holy Trinity Church in Kingfto n-upon-Hull. 33 hating Covetoufnefs, the i8th of November y in the 96th Year of his Age, A.D, 1727. H. Buried in the AXTIlliam and Leonard Hudson, 1621. ^^ South Isk, at the Weft End. North of the Altar. JJEre lieth the Body of Mr. Hunt, Surveyor of His Ma- jefty's Cuftoms at Bofton ; who dy'd at Lincoln^ April 28, 1678 ; and, by his own Appointment, here interred. I. Betteath tfte Steeple. IJEre lieth the Body of Thomas Johnson, Merchant, twice Mayor oi Hull; and of Juliana, his Wife. She departed this Life, the 19th ol Auguft, 1676. He died the 13th of June^ 1700. being the 70th Year of his Age ; and alfo the Body of Anne their Daughter, who died the 24th of Oilober, 1689. In the South Isle of the Chancel. JJEre lieth the Body of Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson, Daughter of Edward Nelthorpe of Barton in Lincolnshire^ Esq ; Wife and Relift of Alderman John Rogers ; then of Alderman Thomas Joh7ifon of this Town. By the former Ihe had 3 Sons, and 3 Daughters. She dy'd the 23d of Juney 1707. in the true Faith of Christ, jEtatisfuce 63. In the Great Crofs Isle. TJ Ere lieth the Body of the Worlhipful ANTHONY IVESON, Alderman, Mayor in 1691. {His Mayoralty begun 1690.] Died aged 63, April 25, 1697. Mors Lucrum Sanctis. Alfo Anthony Ivefon, his eldeft Son, who dy'd OSlob. 25, 1700. aged 28. Here alfo lieth Anne, the Wife of the above faid Alderman, Daughter of Lamellot Roper, late Alderman of this Town, who dy*d the Sth of January, 1722. Aged 68. Under the Steeple. TLIEre are interred the Bodies of Mr. MARK KiRKBY, of this Town, Merchant ; and jANE, his Wife. She died the i6th of Juncy 1686. aged 35. And he, OSloi. 22d, 1718. aged Digitized byLjOOQlC 34 Chap, ii. Epitaphs and Inscriptions in aged 80. Alfo their Daughter, Mary, Wife of Mr. Richard Sykes, who died April the 4th, 17 14. aged 32. And their el- deft Son Mr. Richard Kirkby, who d/d Ollober 11, 1719. aged 40. And their Son Mr. Christopher. And on a Pillar y N, of the Great Tower, are the following Infcriptions of him and his Family, "f^lGH this Monument are interred the Bodies of Mn MARK Kirkby, of this Town, Merchant; and Jane, his Wife, (Daughter of Chrijiop/ier Ric/iardfon, Alderman, and twice Mayor) by whom he had 10 Children : Four died young : The reft were Dinah, Richard, and Chriflopher ; Mary, Mof^^ and Ifabel: Mary dy'd before him : The other 5 furviv'd both. He was an affeftionate Husband, a kind Father, a prudent CEconomift, fincere in promifmg, and punflual in performing. She dy*d June 16, 1686, aged 35. He Oilober the 22d, 17 18, aged 80. The fweet Remembrance of the Juft, Shall flourifli when he sleeps in Duft. Vita Jufii Via Cceli, A LSO nigh this Place lies their Daughter Mary, (late Wife of Mr. Richard Sykes) who dy'd April 4, 17 14. jEtat. 32. and their eldeft Son RICHARD, who dy'd Odlober II, 1 7 19. Mtat 40. North of tlie Altar, TJNder this Stone lieth the Body of Mr. JOHN KING, of the Town of Khigflon-upon-Htdl, Merchant, who died the 17th Day ol May, 1678, and in the 23rd Year of his Age. L. A Copartment on a Pillar, at the W. End, in t/te Church, as alfo much the same Words on his Grave Stone, VTEar this Place lieth the Remains of Alderman ANTHONY Lambert, fometimes Mayor of this Corporation, who took to Wife Anne the Daughter of Mr. George Saltmarsh^ of this Town, and by her had 8 Sons, and 5 Daughters. And after he had lived 58 Years piously towards GOD, faithfully towards his Friend, and ufeful in his Stations to all, he de- parted this Life, the 28th of May, 1688. much lamented. Digitized byLjOOQlC Holy Trinity Church in Kingfton-upon-Hull. 35 JJEre lieth interred the Body of Anne, Wife of Anthony Lambert, Alderman, 1667, with whom he was married 29 Years, and 5 Months, and had by her 8 Sons, and 5 Daughters ; and, after a prudent and pious Pilgrimage, de- parted this frail Life in the true Faith of Chrift, Aug. 21, 1684. aged 49 Years, waiting for the Refurreftion of the Juft. Near them are buryd/ome of the Family , viz. J^Ere lieth the Body of ANTHONY LAMBERT, Jun. and el- deft Son of the Worfhipful Antfiony Lamberty Alder- man, who was married to Elizabethy Daughter to the Wor- fhiffful William Skinner, Alderman, by whom he had one Sorit He departed, in the true Chriftian Faith, the 5 th of OUaber, 1684. Mtat, 27 Years, 8 Months. QEORGE Lambert, fecond Son of the Worfhipful Anthony Lambert, Alderman, dy'd in the Faith of Chrift, July 29, 1684. aged 23. T)Orothy, the Daughter of Anthony Lambert, Alderman, dy'd June 4, 1667. UEre lieth the Body of Anne, Daughter of Mr. Henry Lambert, Merchant, who died the 2d Day of Sept 1690. /;/ the South Isle of the Chancel JJEre sleepeth in Hope Nicholas Lindley, Merchant- Adventurer, once Mayor of this Town, who departed in the Faith of Christ, the 12th of July, 1624. In and about tlte Great Isle of tlie Chancel IJEre refteth in Peace John Lister the Elder, Merchant, twice Mayor of this Town, who departed this Life, in the true Faith of Christ, the 19th of Janmry, A.D. 1616. IJEre lieth the Body of the, Right Worfhipful * Sir John Lister, Knight, twice Mayor of this Town, who died, being Burgefs of Parliament, Dec, 23, A. D. 1640. Oppofite the South Porch of the Church is an Hofpital, upon tfie outward Wall of which is this Infcription, * "An Hofpital, for Six Men and Six Women, by Sir John Lister, ** Knight, twice Mayor ; and alfo the Reader's Houfe adjoining to it, ** and endowed it with Lands, to the Value of Six Hundred a Year. He refided in the High'Streety and had a beautiful fronted Houfe (with other convenient Builungs) wherein he nobly treated King CHARLES the Firft. Digitized byLjOOQlC 36 Chap, ii. Epitaphs and Inscriptions in J-JEre 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 Tear of her Age, IJEre lieth the Body of SAMUEL Lister, who died May I, 1645. He is bury'd North of tite Altar. On a Hatchmeftty near the Altar, MEar this Pillar lieth the Body of HuGH LISTER, Efq ; Juftice of Peace in the Eaft-Riding, 4th Son to the Right Worihipful John Lijier, Knight He took to Wife Jane, the Daughter and Heir to the Worfhipful Barnard Smithy 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 occtdity Anno Chrijli 1666, 061, 9. Mtat 48. M. Upon the South Wall of the Cliancely is this, 'M'Ear this Monument are interred 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 ftrift conjugal Affe6lion, and gave Life to 5 Children, all now living, viz. Hettryy Elizabethy William, John and Natlianiel, 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 difmterefted 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. M[ay this Monument convey his Memory to Po- fterity, and fliew 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 tfie fame Words are on the Grave-Stone, in tlu Great Isle,"] M Ear this Monument are interred the Bodies of Mr. Henrv Maister, and Anne his Wife, Daughter of Mr. Wil- liam Raikgs, They had Iffue 9 Sons and 2 Daughters, 7 of which Digitized byLjOOQlC Holy Trinity Church in Kingfton-upon-HulL 37 which furvived them. He was twice Mayor of this Town, and Deputy Governour to the Hamburg-Eajiland Companies. He died 5th of April, 1699. aged 67. She died Dec, 14, 1685. aged 48. Hodie nobis eras vobis. TV/TAry Mason, Wife of the Vicar, interred Deeember 26, 1725. Buried in the Great Isle of the Chancel, "DObbrt Mason, dy'd OSlober 10, 1727. He lies buried within the Rails of the Altar. North of the Altar is this, over Mrs. Matfon. T-IEre lieth the Body of Mrs. Mary Matson, Daughter of Mr. John Matfon, of Dover, Merchant, and Mary his Wife, and only Sifter of Margaret, the Wife of Mr. James Houfetnan, of this Town, who died the 25 th of July, A. D. 1688. XT Ear the W. End of the Church lieth buried the Body of John Maughan, who dy*d A. D. 1622. N. In the South Isle, at the Wefl End. J) Obbrt Nbttleton, Alderman, fometime Mayor of this Town, interred 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 Blaydes, and Anne his Wife, Daughter to the Reverend * Andrew Marvell, and Sifter to f Andrew Marvell, Esq ; who about twenty Tears ferved this Town as Member of Parlianjf nt P. Within the Chancel T-TEre lieth the Body of Walter Pecke, Merchant- Ad- venturer, who departed this Life in the true Faith of Christ, the 8th of yuly, 1 598. In the Great Isle, at the Wefl End. IJEre lieth the Body of Mrs. Susannah Perrott, Wife of Alderman Andrew Perrott, and Daughter of Al- * Mr. Eachard calls him, The famous Calviniftical Minifter of Hull. p. 960. t Having had an Academical Education in Trinity- College, Cambridge, he un- derflood Latin extremely well, and was an Afliftant to Mr. John Milton, Oliver's Secretary. After the Reftoration, he was ele<5led Member of Par- liament, and fo continued 'till his Death ; which, it feems likely, prevented fome Troubles that might have come upon him, for his Satyrical Writings againft both the Church and Crown, ibid. Digitized byLjOOQlC 38 Chap, ii. Epitaphs and Inscriptions in derman Anthofty Lambert She departed this Life the 13th Day of July, 1 7 1 6. ^tat. fiue 44. In the South Isle, at the W. End! JOhn Peakson» once Sheriff, twice Warden of the * Tri- nity-Houfe, died November 24, 1666. He had 6 Sons, and 6 Daughters. His Wife Elizabeth was Wife to Alderman Ripley y who was twice Mayor of Hull H H H R. In the South Isle of the Choir, Ere lieth the Body of Thomas Baikes, Alderman, and Merchant, t thrice Mayor of this Town, who departed this Life, the 8th of Auguji, 1662. In the Great Isle^ at the Weft End, Ere lie the Remains of William Raikes, Mafter and Mariner, who exchanged this Life for a better, the 26th Day q{ January y 1668. Ere is interred Margaret, the Wife of Robert Raikes, Grocer, and eldeft Daughter to Alderman John Kaye^ Mer- chant, who departed this Life the i6th of June^ AJ). 1674. • This Haufe had its Beginning from a generous Contribution^ in order to fupport diflrejfed Sailors^ and Mariners Widows^ of the Town : But a Patent from the Crown being obtain^ d^ many fuch Perfons, from other Places, have enjoy d here this happy Benefit, Twelve Elder Brothers, with Six Afflftants, have the Manage- ment of it; whcfe Determinations, (which relate between Mafters and their Seamen) and Opinions in Tryals at Zxnv, concerning Tranfa^ions on the Ocean, are very much regarded. From thefe, are chofen annually^wo Wardens ; at whofe Eledlion, they aljo join, with their Votes, thofe of the young Brethren : And out of the latter. Two Stewards are likewife appointed. The Place (which has a decent Chapel belonging to it) is the Property of a Society of Merchants, who have richly endonfd it. Herein, below Stairs, are Thirty pretty Chambers, for as many poor Women, where they find comfortable Relief Above, are Two Noble Rooms : One^ for the Brethron to constdt their Ajfairs ; the Other, is the Place wherein are made Saile for large Ships, or lesser Vessels: In the latter, near the Ceiling, hangs a Canoe, vr little Boat, eover'd mth Skins; A Groenlander is represented in tffgy sitting therein, with his Lower Parts below Deck : A Pair of Oars in his Bight Sand; and a Javelin or Bart (wherewith *tis thought he wounded the more stubborn Pish) in his left. On his Scad seems a sort of Trencher Cap; and a Bag of Skins lag by hvn, either to feed what he caught of the Finny Mace, or else to contain a certain Oyl, wherewith he used to entice them. He had also with him a large Jaw Bone of a mighty Whale, Captain Andrew Barker took him upon the Sea, {in his Boat with all these Implements, stiU preserved, except the natural Body, for which the Effigy is substituted) in the Tear 1613. But so ill did this seeming son of Neptune brook his Captivity, that, refusing to eat what was kindly offered him, he died in Three Bays Time. t Two of the Years, fucceffively, he kept in that Office, being upheld by the Parliament, tho' it was a dire<5V Violation of the Laws, and contrary to the Conilitutions of KingfUn^upon-HuU. Digitized byLjOOQlC Holy Trinity Church in Kingfton-upon-Hull 39 The following Infcriptions are N. of the Altar, UEre lietfi the Body of the Worfliipful t JOHN RamsdEN, twice Mayor of this Town, and Merchant-Adventurer, who departed, in the true Faith of CHRIST, Anno 1637. Mors omnibus communis, t In the Year 1635, the Plague, (which had vifited the Inhabitants of mainr other Sea- Ports) b^un to rap^e in this Town, and in Time took away the Uie of that Magillrate. No wife Precaution was able to prevent the Contagion. People fled into the Country. The Gates were foon order'd to be shut up. A llri<5l Guard was placed, Day and Night, in order to prevent any more from going out, or coming in ; and the Watchmen were only allowed to re- ceive Provifions, which foon became very dear, and were timorously thruft in, at Places made fit for the Purpofe. No Societies were suiFer'd to meet. The Churches and Schools clos'd up : Scarce any Body walked the Streets, (except thofe who cry*d out for the Dead! ) where Grafs grew between the Stones of the Pavement, as a very melancholy Scene ; and all feem*d bury'd in a pro- found Silence. In Time of Lent, his Grace, RIC HA R D NE IL , Lord Arch- bishop of Yorkf was apply^d to, for Licenfe, that, upon this Occafion, the Inha- bitants might eat Flesh. The good Archbishop told the Petitioners, He could not conceive what Authority he had to grant it : . But in all Ccues of extreme iVSr- c^fyy as in Weaknefsy or Sicknefsy efpecially in such a deplorable State as theirs was ; the Minijiers mighty on Certificates from the Phyficiansy grant such a reasonable Li- berfyy during the Holy Seafon : Therefore^ added the pious Prelate, let the like Method be taken : And I earneftly befeech the Almighty God of Heaven and Earthy to healy prefervcy and firengtheny both the Bodies am Souls of our Afflidled Brethren. This condefcending Advice being taken, had good EffeS for fome Time : But, alas ! in 1638, the Sicknefs increafmg by the Intemperature of the Air, which feem'd to be in a Sort of Stagnation, without the lead comfortable Grale or Breeze ; the Markets were cry^d down : To fupply which Want, and further their Relief, the Juftices, of the neighbouring Places, were oblig'd to fend in Carts both Pro- vifions and Neceflaries to the Side of the Garrifon; where they were bought, (by a few of the Town's Inhabitants, deputed on that Account) and alter fent in Sledges to the Town's Crofs, to be difpos*d of, at the moft 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 extindl ; fo the wretched Confequences ap- peared, in the deplorable Circumflances of above Two Thoufand Perfons ; who, from opulent Fortunes, were now become the piteous Objedls of Chriftian Cha- rity ! Others, that could afford it, were heavily afleifed, Weekly, both in Town, and in the Country, to fupport the Affii(5led ; befides, to maintain the Attend- ants of the Vifited, whillt they were living in languishing Mifery ; and to reward those, who took Care to bury the Dead. The Number that perish'd were about 2730 Perfons, excluding thofe who fled, or died of other Distempers, which almoil doubled the Number. This Pestilence continued, *till about the 1 6th of Juncy 1639, when it pleas'd GOD to ceafe : And it was near the Mid- dle of the Vifitation that Mr. Ramfden became a Vidtim to it, amongst others. He was a Gentleman of great Erudition, remarkable Piety, and univerfal Esteem. His Corpfe was carry* d, by vifited Perfons, into the Church : And tho' the Rev. Mr. Andrew Marvell had the Epithet facetiousy appl/d to him by feveral Writers : Yet, to his Praife be it spoken, it was He, that ventured, in that imminent Danger, not only to give him Christian Burial, imus'd some Time before ; but alfo, from the Pulpit, delivered, to the mournful weeping Con- gregation, a most excellent Funeral Sermon, (afterwards printed) in such pa- thetick, moving Oratory, that both prepared and comfoited their Hearts, diear- fuUy to bear whatever might happen to them, in their lamentable Condition. Digitized byLjOOQlC 40 Chap, ii. Epitaphs and Inscriptions in Over the Vaults in which the Alderman^ and his Lady^ are laid. TN this Vault Heth the Body of the Worfhipful f WILLIAM Ramsden, fometime Deputy to the Right Worfhipful 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^ 1680. in the 63d Year of his Age, waiting the Morning of the Refurreflion. Engraved on the fame Stone, TN this Vault lieth interred the Body of Mrs. ANNE RAMS- DEN, (Wife to the Worfhipful William Ram/deti, Esq ; Alder- man of this Town) Daughter to the Worfhipful Thomas Boyntony of Roncliffy Esq ; She departed this Life, in the true Faith of Christ, the 23d Day of April, 1667. Near the 5. Church- Yard Door, rJERE lieth the Body of the Worfhipful * ChrISTO- •'■*• PHER Richardson, Alderman, and twice Mayor of Kingfion-upon-Hull, who dy'd Feb, 12, 1701. t That Gentleman, fome Time before his Death, had a great Defire to lay down his Gown, so that he might spend the Remainder of his Days, in a happy Re- tirement, from publick Bufmefs. To obtain which, (in May, 1678.) he be- fought the Bench to accept of an Hundred Pounds, the Interest thereof to be apply'd for the Ufe of the Poor ; on Condition, that he might be difmiffed from the Office of an Alderman. But the Court requiring Time 'till next Hall- Day, the Mayor then told him, T^iat as they were all very fenfible of his being a ferviceable, good and honourable Per/on ; fo they were not in the lea/l willing U> pari with Jo excellent a Magistrate : And therefore as earnestly requested, That he would be pleaid 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 Money ofFer'd by him seem'd thereby lost to the Poor ; yet his Goodnefs was such, that, (as I found recorded in St. Mary's Church, with the Beneficence of Alderman Popple, who allow'd Fourteen Pence Worth of Bread to be distributed to them every Lord's Day) he charitably gave Two Shillings, Weekly, to be laid out, the same Way, for the Relief of thofe, whose Neceffities requir'd the like Affistance. * In the Year 1678, he desired to be discharged from the Office of an Alder- man : And tho* his Request was at first deny'd ; yet he continued so ear- nestly preffing, that, submitting to any Fine the Court should please to lay upon him for their kind Condefcension, they withdrew ; and, among them- selves, propos'd Three Sums, in the like Cafes, to be paid by such Aldermen, who requested to be discharged for the future : When it was agreed, That either Fifty, Seventy-Five, or One Hundred Pounds, should be the Fine ; and to be voted for, according to Discretion. But the middlemost Sum was allotted for this Gentleman to pay, whereby he obtained an entire Dismiffion. Within Digitized byLjOOQlC Holy Trinity Church in Kingfton- up on-Hull. 41 Within the Altar Rails. J^Ere lieth the Body of the Worihipful EDWARD Richardson, and once Mayor of this Town, who departed in the true Faith of Christ. South of the Altar. TJEre lieth the Body of Alderman John Rogers, Mer- chant, and once Mayor of Hully who married Elizabeth^ Daughter of Edward Nelthrop of Barton^ Esq ; and departed this Life Febrtmry the 14th, 1680. \Mayor in 1652.! Alfo South of the Altar are the following. TJEre Heth the Body of Mrs. Lucy Rogers, Daughter to Mr. Lancellot Roper^ Alderman, and twice Mayor of Kingfton-upon-Hullf late Wife to Mr. yohn Rogers, of the fame Town, Merchant, by whom flie had 17 Children, with whom flie lived a pious Life 37 Years, and died in the Faith of Christ, February 15, Anno ^tatis 58, & Salutis 1665. "LJEre lieth the Body of Mr. JOHN ROGERS, who depart- ed this Life, Dec. 27, 1723. In the South Isle of tJve Chancel. I-I Ere lieth the Body of Mr. JOHN ROGERS, who departed ^^ this Life, June i, 1728. UEre lieth the Body of Mr. Lancellot Roper, Son of Alderman Ropery of King/ion-upon-Hully who married Agnes the Daughter of Mr. George Crowle, Merchant, and Alderman of this Town, by whom he had Iffue one Son, named Lancellot. He dy'd the 30th Day of DeeembeTy 1686. in the 29th Year of his Age. S. North of tite Altar y are the two following. TJEre refteth in Peace Samuel Saltonstall, Esq; who - departed this Life, in the true Faith of CHRIST, the 8th Day of January y A.D. 161 2. UEre refteth the Body of Jeremiah Smyth, Efq ; Grand- fon of Sir Jeremiah Smythy Admiral. He married Maryy the Daughter of Mr. William Skinner, of this Town. He died the 2d of September y 17 14. in the 37th Year of his Age. UEre lieth interred the Body of Leonard Scott, who de- parted this Life the i8th of December y 1680. in the 67th Year of his Age. Buried in the Broad Isle of the Oioir, In Digitized byLjOOQlC 42 Chap, ii. Epitaphs and Inscriptions in In the Middle Isle^ the Place of Preaching, on a Brafs Plate, J[^Er£ lieth the Body of Mrs. DOROTHY Shaw, (late the dear Wife of Mr. John Shaw, Preacher of the Gofpel in this Church) who was here interred December 12, 1657. waiting for the Morning of the Refurreftion of the Juft. ]|[^ER£ lieth the Body of Michael Shawter, who depart- ed this Life the 17th of February, 1729. aged 45 Years. Within the Altar Rails, ]|[^Er£ lieth interr'd the Body of Alderman t William Skinner, who died at Peckham, near London ; and was, by his own Appointment, brought hither, and laid near his Wife, Mary, the Daughter of Mr. John Hayes, late of London, Grocer. By her he had 4 Sons, and 7 Daughters. He died September the 19th, in the Three and Fiftieth Year of his Age, 1680. And North of the Altar, is this. JJEar this Place lieth interred the Body of William Skinner, late Alderman, and formerly Mayor of this Town, who had 3 Wives, Jane and two Maries, By the firft Mary he had 4 Sons ; William, two Johns, and Thomas ; 6 Daughters, Mary, Jane, Lydia, Elizabeth, Ellinor, and Sarah, He died in the S3d Year of his Age, the 19th of Sept, 1680. In the Great Isle of the Chancel, TN this Vault lieth interred the Body of Mrs. Mary Skin- NER, Wife of Mr. William Skinner, of this Town, Alder- man, fometime -Mayor, by whom flie had 4 Sons, and 7 Daughters. t He left such a competent Legacy, That Eight Dozen of Bread (to hold which, there is a convenient Place miftde in the Church) should for ever be distri- bated to the Poor, the first Sunday of every Month. Other Bene&(5tions, I perceived, for their Ufe, are mentioned on a Table, afiix'd to a Pillar, (in the Flace, where Prayers and Preaching are performed) whereon may be read the fbUowing Words : *' I. 'pRancis Porter bequeathed 401^. to the Poor for Bread, -* ''(An, 1716.) on the Feaft of St. John the Evan- " gelift Yearly. 2. Mary Harrifon, his Daughter-in-Law, <* left 20/. the Intereft of which for the Diftribution of " Bread for ever, at the Difcretion of the Church- Wardens. ** 3. John Horfeman (1704.) left 40 Shillings for ever. " 4. Mr. Francis Smith (1689.) gave \M, per Week for ever." Digitized byLjOOQlC Holy Trinity Church in Kingfton-upon-HulL 43 Daughters. She refigned this Life, for a better, the 13th Day oi Aprils A.D. 1674. and of her Age the 42d. IVTR. Tristram Sugar, Woollen-Draper, dy'd April 9, 1686. Anno Mtat 39. T. In the South Isle of the Chancel, JAcet hie depofitum Benjaminis Taylor in hoc Oppido Profefforis Medicinae, qui obiit Decembris die x^. Ata- tis Anno iErae Chriftianae MDCLXXIX. Near the South Door. JN this Vault lieth interred the Body of Thomas Tomlin, Draper, Son of Marmaduke Tomlin, of Riby, in the County of Lincoln, Gentleman, who departed this Life the I2tli Day oi February, 1696. in the 4Sth Year of his Age, and refts in Hope of a joyful Refurreftion. He married Sarah, one of the Daughters of John Batty of Warnefworth, in the Weft Riding of the County of York, Esq ; who ordered this Monu- ment of her Love and Respeft to the Memory of her dear deceafed Husband. JOSEPH Thwinge, Draper, who dy'd the 23rd of No- vember, 1636. Buried near the Weji End. JOSEPH TOWERSON, dy'd A. D, 1683. Lies buried in the South Isle, at the Weft End. V. HERE lieth the Body of Mr. Charles Vaux, after he had served Clerk of the Corporation 33 Years, and died the lOth of December, 1680. in the 69th Year of his Age. W. In the South Isle of the Chancel. rJERE refteth in Peace Leonard Wiston, Merchant- Ad- ^^ venturer, and once Mayor, who departed this Life, in the Faith of Christ, the 20th ol February, 1598. On a Pillar in the North Isle, ftear the Altar. p M. Mari^ Wilkinson Uxoris optimae 22 Feb. 171 1. • defunflae, maerens ponit, & fungitur inani munere Jo- Itannes Wilkinfo7i Praeleflor. Thus render'd. John Wilkinson, Leflurer, in Sorrow, hath placed this to the facred Memory of his dear Wife Mary Wilkinson, who dy'd Feb. 22, 171 1. Digitized byLjOOQlC 44 Chap, il Epitaphs and Inscriptions in Near ttie Weft End, "DOger Watts, Mariner, departed this Life, in the Tear of our Lord, 1652. In the South Isle of the Chancel rJERE lieth the Body of Richard Wood, WooUen-Dra- * •*• per, fometime Mayor of this Town, who departed this Life, in the Faith of Christ, the i6th oi December, Anno Domini 1662. ^tatis 63. [Mayor in 1653.] In the South Wall of the Clwir, is the Buft of a venerable Perfon, with this remarkable Infcription. QUifquis es (Viator) fifte, atque hunc intuere mor- tuum, quern vivum fatius tibi imitari erit Scientise mul- tiplicis, profundi Judicii, Vitae Pfobitatis, Induftriae inde- feiTae, Charitatis comitatis, Pietatis Exemplar fmgulare Thomam Whincop. Exiniium Dei Servum, chariflimum Theologum, omnium Bonorum Memoria & Amore dignum. Qui opt*^. max^. (cui plufquam 74 Annos) fervivit inte- gerrimi Viri, fapientiflimi Civis, vigilantiflimi Paftoris Of- ficij fatagens (Annorum tandem famaeque gratae fatur) Deo Animam reddidit, Corporifque Refurreftionem prae- ftolatur : Atque etiamnum mortuus vivit. Tantum eft, vade Leflor, fua Merces eft, Creatoris Gloria, Exemplum Tuum. Which is thus rendered. Stopy Traveller y whoever thou art, and look upon him, now deadj 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 G O D, an excellefit Divifte, and one that worthily merited the Love and Remembrance of all good Meft : Who, after he had ferved the Moft High, above the Space of Seventy Four Years, diligently execu- ting the Offices of an honest Man, a prudent Citizen, and a vigilant Paftor; at laft, being full of Years and Honour, he refigned his Soul to the Almighty, waiting for the RefurreSlion of the Body .• Who, thd now dead, yet liveth. All that remains, Go, Reader ! As GO D'*s Glory is now his Reward, fo his Example thine. After Digitized byLjOOQlC Holy Trinity Church ^'/^ 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 Wharf e^ in Yorkshire ; brought up for the Space of ten Tears at the Univerfity of Cambridge f in Trinity-CoUege, whereof he was a Member ; after- wards Preacher at Beverley in the Minfter about i6 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 bemoaned, of all. He left, behind him, Elizabeth his Wife, born at Pockling- ton ; and, by her, three Sons : Samuel^ Fellow of St. John's ; Thotnas, 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 Htidfon, of this Town ; after to Mr. William Chantrell, Redlor of Walking- ton : And Thomafine^ firft married to Mr. William Smeaton, of Hull; after to Mr. John Vaus, of York ; all bleft in fuch a Father. Thus, I hope, after laborious Toil, I have given every In- fcription and Epitaph Within the Church : At leaft, that 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, March 2, 1712.) was promo- ted principally thro* the Care, Goodnefs and Generofity of Mr. Nathaniel Rogers, and Mr. John Collings : For which, methinks, as they ought to be had in lafting Remembrance ; fo, in Regard to their Virtue, I have exhibited this humble Memorial. * 'Tis in the Deanery of Craven, Not far from hence is Burn/all Redory, two Medicties, (as Linton is) in the Patronage of Sir William Craven, Bart, and Mr. Alcock. In the Church, which is dedicated to St. WUfrid, I perceived about the Year 1725, two Pulpits, with a Reading-Desk to each ; which be- long to two Ministers, who perform Divine Service alternately. Inscriptions Digitized byLjOOQlC Inscriptions in /^^ ^ Church- Yard : Alplmbetically digejled : Firft, /// the Choir-Yard \ And, Secondly, On the South Side of the venerable Building : With afeiVy at tlie Weft End, here intermixed ; but mentioned accordingly , to diftinguish titemfrom the reft, I. Epitaplis in the Yard ^/ ///^ CHOIR. B. HERE lieth the Body of Richard Barker, who died the 29th Day oi April, 17 14. TLJEre lieth interred the Body of Mrs. Clare Bambrough, "*••*' of this Town, who departed this Life the 5th Day of September, Anno Doni. 1684. t In the Year 1385, Richard de Ravm/er, Archdeacon of Lincoln, erecfled, on the North Side of this Church- Yard, an Hofpital, for poor People, of both Sexes, 12 in Number. Its Endowment was 9/. 2j. 6d. Yearly, that afforded an Half- Penny 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, Ifabel her Mother, and King Rkhard ; as also for his own Soul, and those of all the Faithful departed. Digitized byLjOOQlC H,TrinityChurch Yard/;/ Kingfton-upon-HulL 47 ^Igh this Place is interred the Body of WILLIAM Bewley, of this Town, Wine-Cooper, who departed this Life the 1 8th of November, ^tatis 63, Anno Salutis, 1678. MEar this Place lieth the Body of Anne, Widow of Ro- bert BiNCKS, late Elder Brother of the Trinity-Hou/e, who departed this Life the i8th Day o{ Febnuiry, 1730. IJEre lieth the Body of Mrs. ELIZABETH BOULTON, who died OSlober the 17th, 1678. Here alfo is interr'd Mrs. Barbara Pell, her Mother, who died Auguji i, 1694. Here alfo lieth the Body of Mr. ROBERT Pell, A. M. who was 39 Years Mafter of this School, and died A, D, 17 16, aged 72 Years. He was an aflFeftionate Husband, a ten- der Father ; and his School had his utmoft Care. c. JJ Ere lieth the Body of Mr. JAMES CHAMBERS, Mafter and Mariner, who departed this Life the i8th of De- cember, 1700. Here alfo lieth the Body of J AMES, Son of Mr. James Chambers, who departed this Life, March the loth, 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 i8th Year of her Age. Here lieth the Body of ELIZABETH, Wife of Mr. William Seaman, Mafter and Mariner, and Daughter of Mr. James Chambers, who departed this Life, March the 7th, Anno 1726, in the 32d Year of her Age. TJ Ere lieth interr'd the Body of Mr. THOMAS CLARK, of KingJlon-tipon-Hull, 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 O6I0- ber 15, 1695. aged 3 Years. Likewife of FRANCES his Daughter, who died the Sth of November, 1710. in the i8th Year -of her Age. Spe Beatce Re/urreilionis, Here alfo lieth interr'd the Body of Mrs. DOROTHY Clark, Widow and Relidl of the above-named Mr. Thomas Clark, who departed this Life the 22d Day of March, 171 3, in the 44th Year of her Age ; and refts in Hope of a joyful Refurreftion. D. Jaques Digitized byLjOOQlC 48 Chap, il Epitaphs and Inscriptions. D. JAques Dewit, departed this Life, in the Year of our LORD, 1 7 17. Aged J7 Years. G. "D Obertus Ganton, M. p. Hie conditur Vir magna Pro- bitatis et InduflricSy multarum Scientiarum peritus, et Ret Mediece peritijjimtis. Obiit 19. Martij 1697. Anno Mtatis fiUB 38. That is, Robert Ganton, Profeffor of Phyfick, is here interred : 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 Fairbarn, of Heddon^ Alderman, fometime Merchant - Adventurer of Hully and Wife to Mr. Robert Ganton : By whom fhe had feven Children, and departed this Life the 22d of February, 1696, in the 42d Year of her Age. H. IJEre refteth the Body of William Harrow, Mafter and Mariner, who departed this Life the 8th of Sep- tember, 1638. lyflCHAEL Harrison, Woollen-Draper, buried May 6, 1689. Anne his Wife, April 24, 1713. L. IJEre lieth the Body of Mr. Robert Lambert, Draper, who died OSlober the 2d, in the Faith of Christ, 1668. He was Sheriff of this Town. [/« 1660.] JJEre lieth Elizabeth, the Wife of John Lampson, in- terred here the 2d ol May, 1709. J-IEre lieth the Body of Mr. JOHN Leaman, of this Town, Mafter and Mariner, who died the 25th Day of Auguji, 1717. JEtatisfuce 56. M. IJEre lies the Body of ROBERT Meadley, who died the 26th of June^ 1696. aged 63 Years ; and his two Sons, and Digitized byLjOOQlC Inscriptions in the Yard of the Choir. 49 and one Daughter. Stephen, aged lo 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, interred 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 ol Robert Meadley, who departed this Life Auguji 15, 1707, aged 73 Years. IJEre lieth the Body of THOMAS MOXON, Merchant, who departed this Life March the 7th, Anno Dom. 1673. his Age being 47 Years. And alfo Anne his Wife, whd de- parted this Life, July the 8th, Anno Dom. 1675. R. IJEre lieth interred the Body of ARTHUR Readhead, Son of Robert Readhead, late of Colby, in Lincolnshire, Gen- tleman, who departed this Life January the 19th, 171 5. in the 56th Year of his Age. TJ Ere lieth interred the Body of Captain WILLIAM RiPLEY, who departed this Life September the 23d, 1680. aged 56. And Elizabeth, his Wife, who died, A. D. 1708. J^Ere lieth the Body of GEORGE ROBSON, Mafter and Mariner, who died the 7th oi December, 1701. I-IEre lieth the Body of MICHAEL Shawter, who depart- ed this Life the 17th of February, 1729. aged 45 Years. JJEre lieth the Body of Mr. William Skinner, eldeft Son of Alderman William Skinner, of this Town. He married Mary, the Daughter of Timothy Fulthrop, of Tunjlal, in the Biihoprick of Durham, Efq ; by whom he had one Son, and Five Daughters : He died the 17th of July, Anno 1724. Mtatis 70. JJEre lieth the Body of Mr. JOSEPH SUTTON, who de- parted this Life in the 3 2d Year of his Age, the 24th of Auguji 17 12. Here lieth alfo THOMAS the Son of Mr. Jof^h SUTTON, who died in the firft Year of his Age, the Sih oiFebnmry, 17 10. Here Digitized byLjOOQlC 50 Char ii. Epitaphs and Inscriptions in TTEre lieth interred Mary, the Wife of George SWALLLOW, who exchanged this mortal Life, for an immortal one, December the i6th, 1728. in the 21ft Year of her Age. T. TIE RE Heth interred the Body of Elizabeth Taylor, Widow of Do6lor Taylor, and Daughter of Hugh Lifter, of this Town, Efquire ; who departed this Life the 21ft of June, 17 14, aged 61 Years. TTEre 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 interred the Body of Mr. SAMUEL THOMPSON, of this Town, Wine-Cooper, who departed this Life the isth oi April, 17 17. aged 48 Years. W. JJEre lieth interred the Body of Mrs. Mary Wallis, Wife of Mr. Towers Wallis, of this Town, Merchant, and Daughter to Alderman Richard Gray. She departed this Life, in the true Faith of Christ, the iSth of March, 1695. Anno JEtatis 32. JJEre lieth the Body of Richard Watson, who departed this Life the 27th of Jwie, 171 8. Alfo of Hannah his Wife, who departed this Life the i6th of yufy^ 1715. JJEre lieth interred the Body of Mr. JOEL WiNSPEARE, of this Town, Merchant, who departed this Life the 2ift Day o{ December, 168 1. 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 Richard Roebuck, Mafon, who died February 11, 1720. aged 36 Years. JJEre lieth the Body of RICHARD Brittain, who departed the Sth c>{ December, 1728. aged 53 Years. JJEre lieth the Body of Anne, the Wife of John Bullard, who * departed this Life the 22d oi November, 1730. aged 58 Years. C. Here Digitized byLjOOQlC H. Trinity Church-Yard in Kingfton-upon-Hull. 5 ^ _ JJEre Heth the Body of Laurence Clark, of this Town, Plummer, who departed this Life the loth of December y 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. jiEtatis fuce 29. JJEre lieth the Body of Thomas Cook, Pipe-Maker, who died the 7th oi February, 1720. aged 64. JJEre lieth interred the Body of Mr. John Crifpin, Mafter and Mariner, who departed this Life, in the true Faith of Christ, the 3d Day of OSlober, 1679. in the Year of his Wardenfhip for the Trinity- Hou/e, and in the 45 th Year of his Age. JJErb lieth Elizabeth, (thq. Daughter of yohn Crispin, Mafter and Mariner,) who departed this Life December 31, 1669. being Five Years of Age. JJEre lieth the Body of Mr. William Crowle, of this Town, Merchant, who departed this Life the 8th oi Atigujl 1730. and in the 70th Year of his Age; Son of Alderman George Crowle ^ who was a great Benefaftor to this Town. This Gentlemxin lies buried near the Side of the Church, D. JJBre lies the Body of Mr. George Dickinson, Mafter and Mariner, five times Warden of Trinity-Hou/e, who departed this Life the 4th oi yune, 1698. in the 80th Year of his Age. Ji^Ear this Place is interred Egbert Dickinson, who died September ^y 1680. aged 37. Alfo Susanna his Wife, who died the 27th of February, 1726. aged 77, Elizabeth, their Daughter, died the 6th oi April, 1726. aged 46. Jane, their Daugh- ter, the 13th of March, 1714. aged 40. Thomas Wakefield, her Husband, died the 26th of March, 17 18. aged 54. Alfo yohn Camp/all, who died the loth of 0£lober, 1722. aged 61 Years. JJEre lieth the Body of Thomas Dixon, who died the 13th of December, 1726. in the 29th Year of his Age. E. JJEre lie the Bodies of Henry Ethrington, and Jane his Wife. He departed this Life the 4th of yanuary ; and entered the Ninetieth Year of his Age, Anno Domini 17 16. F. JJEre lie the Bodies of Eichard and Elizabeth Poster, who died in December, 1721 ; his Age 30, her Age 25 Years, Some Lines might have been written of this Pair, as now are over the Grave of Mr. Francis Huntrodes, and Mary his Wife, interred (in the Year 1680.) near the Choir Door of St, MARY's Churchy Digitized byLjOOQlC 5^ CHAf. II. Epitaphs and Inscriptions in Churchy Whitby. (*) Their Birth and Age makey indeed^ fome Diffe^ rence: But in the Death of this CoupUy (as yet but young y when one Month determined their Fate I) they fcarcely feem'd divided. (*) Husbandy and Wife that did Twelve Children ieary Dyd thefatne Day, alike both aged were, ^Bout Eighty Years they liv'dyfive Hours did part (Ev'n on the Marriage-Day) each tender Heart So fit a Matchy furely, could never be : Bothy in their Lives y and in their Deaths y agree. On which Lines, tho' an ingenious Gentleman has paraphrased, I will not venture to ufe his Words, but rather fomethihg in Imitation. "YY^^S ever Pair more happily combined t Or ever Fortune feem'd fo much divine } One fcarce had Life, the other Heav*n defign'd To grant a Being, both in Love to fhine. 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 Digitized byLjOOQlC H. Trinity Church Yard in Kingfton-upon-HulL 53 (JAptain William Frugill, died the 21ft Day of April, 1656. [A Sword is carved, with thefe Lines.] Wliat Sir, tliey fay, 'tis Jure : True Men of War, Of Valour, Art, and Faith, compofed are. If Indian, German, Englifh Wars yield Fame, Read then a Man of War, in Englifh Name. G. T-fIc facet Johannes Gorwood, cum duobus filiis, (Samuelb ^/Joanne) qui obiit T>ec, 16. Anno Dom. 17 19. ^Etatfuce 46. Jacet hie qiwque Uxor prcedi£li Joannis. Oh, 13. S^temb, A, S. 1728. jEtat. 44. [Buried at the Weft End.] "FTEre is interred the Body of Lydia, the Wife of Mr. yohn Graves, Merchant, who departed this Life, Fed. 14. 1672. H. JpBiRE lieth the Body of Bobert Hall, late of this Town, Taylor. Odiitg July, 17 19. jfE talis 63. TTEre lieth the Body of Mr. Thomas Harrison, Writing- Mafter : Who, after a Life of great Piety, and much Ufeful- nefs in his Profeffion, did, wilh great Satisfaftion, refign up his Soul into the Hands 'of his Redeemer, the 9th Day of December, in the Year of our LORD 1715. and of his Age 84. "PTEre lieth the Body of Mr. David Hesslewood, Mafter and Mariner, and Warden of the Trinity-Houfe, who died the 2Sth oiyuly, 17 17. aged 58 Years. Alfo Margaret, his Wife, who died the 20th of November, 17 19. aged 49 Years: And John, their eldeft Son, died the 31ft of December, 1707. aged 19 Years. JOhn Johnson, died Ndvember the Sth, in the Fourteenth Year of his Age,' Anno Donu 17 12. L. Herb Could ever Marriage more confummate prove t Or imitate the moft harmonious Strings ; Which joining Arts had mov'd, in trueft Love, As when Orpluseus plays, Hymeftcetis fings i But ftill conjoined, melodiously, to raife. Their tuneful Voices, far above the Spheres ; Now both together fing th' Almighty's Praife ; Whilft He, JEHOVAH ! pleafmg fits, and hears. Thus Birth, and Wedlock, Trouble, Joy, and Death, Alternate fwajr'd, to Everlafting Life : New Joys, in Heav'n, exchanged for Cares, on Earth : Was ever fuch an happy Man and Wife ? Digitized byLjOOQlC 54 Chap, ii. Epitaphs d!« But treat his Mem'ry not with Scorn. ) He was a Man of brighteft Parts; Knew Languages, the World, and Arts; But tho' all did in him combine, In Physick, chiefly he did shine. So tender, fo fmcere his Soul, That none, who knew, but must condole. 'E2iQ\iFriend^ to whom he seem'd a j5n?/4^r 'Tis fit should grieve with one another; Since his Benevolence oft' chear'd, As if for them he only car'd. This Marble Stone, his mournful Dear, In Token of her Love, plac'd here. Herb Digitized byLjOOQlC St MARYS Church, Kingston-upon-HulL 6i JJErb 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 the Rails of the Altar ; whose Effigy ^ with that of his Lady^ are neatly placed on the Stone, JJEre 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. \_He lies buried within the Altar Rails, over whom is his Effigy, with thofe of his Wife, and Children,^ Interred in the South Isle, lyrRs. Mary Thomas, dy'd in 1696. Mr. Edward Thompson, dy'd the fame Year, aged Tj, Buried on the South Side of the Altar, JJEre lieth the Body of the Worshipful Alderman Robert Tripp ET, 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 S Daughters, ten whereof lie intomb*d near to this Vault. He departed this Life the 19th oi November, in the Year of our LORD 1707, and in the 69th Year of his Age. ultima femper Expe6landa Dies Homini, dicique beatus Ante obitum 7iemo, fupremaque ftinera debet, (f) ££Ere alfo Heth the Body of Mrs. Mary Trippet, Wife of Alderman Trippet, who died Jan. 30, 1722, aged ^T, Alfo Edward, their Son, died the 2Sth of July, 17 17. aged 27. The followifig Inscription is on a South Pillar, J^Ear this Place Heth the Body of the Worfhipful Philip Wilkinson, Efq ; twice Mayor of this Town. He had two Wives : The fir ft was Esther, the Daughter of Arthur ( t ) Thus render' d. " Every one of us should be in continual Expectation of our laft " Change : For there is no perfecfl Felicity in tliis Life ; and Death only is the ** happy Meffenger to conduct our Souls to Immortality." Digitized byLjOOQlC 62 Inscriptions in St. MARY'S Church, Hull Arthur'* Ingram^ of Nottingly, Efq ; by whom he had ii Children, only two of which furvive him : She died the 28th of December^ 1683. and lies also interr'd near this Place. The Second was Anne, the Daughter of Mr. Thomas Kitching- tnan, of Carlton, who furvives him : By her he had three Children, all which he furviv'd : He departed this Life, for a better, the i8th of March, 1716. in the Seventieth Year of his Age. ♦ A Knight, of that Name, was one of the Benefadlors to the Cathedral of York^ [See the Htfl. Pag. 61.] The Family, as I was inform' d, had a Seat, or large Hall, on the Weft Side of the River Fofs, two Miles from York^ near Huntington, (deriv'd from Hunting- Town, fuppos'd to have been a Receptacle for the Huntfmen, who were formerly emplo3r*d to deftroy the ravenous wild Boars in the Forest of Gautres) and nu;her the Church, dedicated to St. Margaret ; in which, *tis fuppos'd, one of thole Baronets lies interr'd. The Coat of Anns, once engrav'd on Bnu(s, is torn off the Grave-Stone : And the Church, which is covered with Lead, feems very antient, with an Iron Crofs at the Eaft End : In the Church- Yard feems to have been another of Stone ; only that Part, on the Top, which form*d it into a Crols, 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 demolished : Half of Ear/wick, and half of Tolthorp, belong to Huntington ; the other Parts appertain to the Parish of Strenshall, In Digitized byLjOOQlC Inscriptions in St. MARY'S Church-Yard. 63 ht tlie Church' Yard are Grave Stones placed over the following perfons, HP HE Reverend Mr. Daniel Aclam, A.M. of Sidney-Sujfex College, Cambridge y Son of Alderman Aclam, who departed this Life, in the Year of our Lord, 1683. Thomas Bell, 1716. Elizabeth, his Wife, 1728. George Bell, 1723. Mary Bewley, 17 17. Thomas Johnson, Mayor. John LiLLEY, Chyrurgeon, Jan, 169L William Pallister, Mariner, 1727. JOHN RoBiNSON. Edward Thompson, 1676. Nathan Todd, 171 2. Susanna Watson, 1706. George Westerdale, 1720. His Wife, 1727. Mary (and Jane) Wilkinson, 1726. Conclufion of the Epitaphs and Infcriptions at Hull. IN my Return, from Hully Anno 1731, I took Notice of St. Mary's Church, at CAVE; wherein, on the North Side, near the Chancel, is an antient Effigy of Sir George Met/ianiy Kt. in complete Armour; and that of his Lady is laid befide him. Near the Altar, is this Infcription : "Here lieth interred the "Body of George Metham, Efq; and Katherine, his Wife: She died the **i3th of Augujiy and He the nth of Oiflober, 1672." Withm the Rails of the Altar, is this : ** Under this Stone lie two Grandsons of George Metham, ** o{ North Cave, Efq; by Barbary, his Daughter, Wife to Hugh Montgomery, of ** Hotham, Efq; viz. CiECiL Philip died 23d oi April, 1719, Nine Months old : **And Wray, the 26th of December, 1721, about the fame Age." And upon a Brafs Plate, opposite the Altar : ** Here lieth the Body of Francis Metham, "Gent, youngell Son of George Metham, of North Cave^ Efq; who departed this "Life March the 2d, 1701. 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. . ^tat. fuce 60. Mors omnibus commtmis.^^ And here I beg Leave to conclude; (what I have painfully collefled, 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 5. Sepulchre, LONDON ; Prebendary of Stillington, and Sub-Dean of York) which he defign'd as a pious exhortatory Epitaph ; and that eminent Chara6ler, given of him by his Friends after his Death : All which are now to be read, in the Latin Tongue, in fair Charafters, (which here, with the Original, is render'd into English) on the Sides of a beautiful and lofty Monument, contriv'd by a late inge- I nious Digitized byLjOOQlC 64 Chap. ii. Epitaph or Inscription on nious t Architeft, (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 t^e J^outfl J^tHe of tfje monument. Huic Marmori subjacent Rttdera Domicilii Terreni^ Cujtis olim Potius Hofpes fui, quam Incola^ Carol us Blake, Hujufce Ecclefecc Parochialis Kedor^ Utinam fane hand prorsus indignui ! Qua/is hodie moriuus exijh, Talis femper fui etiam in vivis. Vermis et non Homo. O mi DeuSf Da mihi precor^ ut dormiam in Chrijlo ; Donee cum omnibus Sanctis Angelis, Veniet in fua Gloria Judex Vivorum, fimul ac Mortuorum yEquijffimus. In ijio Die^ Domine, Beus Mi/ericoi'dia^ Miferere mei, viiferrimi Peccatoris ! Sijle panimpeTy Beitevole pariter, ac Pie ViatoTy Bum Precibus Verbttm prediclis amplius addas^ Amen. Hie recubare juvat, quod, Lethi Noifle peraifla^ ySterme Vita: Aurora fulgente, refurgam. Etiam nwrtuus loquitur Carolus Rlake. THUS RENDERED. UNder this Marble lie the Ruins of my earthly Tabernacle : In which I was rather a Sojourner, than an Inhabitant, Charles Blake Reclorofthis Parish Church, I wish I might not fay, an unworthy one ! What I am now dead, fuch I always was when alive, A Worm, AND NO Man. Grant, O my GOD, I befeech 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. In that Day, O Lord, thou God of Mercy, have Com- Eaffion on me, a miferable inner ! Thou courteous and pious Paffenger, (lop a little while; only to add one Word to thefe my Prayers, viz. AMEN. I choofe to lay my Bones in this Place ; that, when the Night of Death is pad, I may then rife early in the Morning of the Refurre(5lion to Eternal Life, Charles Blcike^ tho' dead, even now fpeaketh. Hie de fe Vir modejius, Parum aquus fui JE/limatory Quis autem erat, quidque de eo fentiebant Amici, Averfum lattts te docebit. 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, and what his friends thought of him, the oppofite Table will further inform you. 9t tfle lEadt lEnl! of tl^e Jbryulcflre. THAT IS: N.B. In Cceinetei'ic juxta Viam tritaniy fepeliri volo, petOy atque exopto. N. B. In the Church- Yard, near the High Road, 'tis my Will ; I request ; yes, 'tis my earneft Defire, my Body may be buried. , dn t He lies interr'd in 8. Olave's Church- Yard, York, near the venerable Ruins of St. Marys Abbey, with this Infcription, on a rais'd Tomb Stone. Hie jacet Dan. Harvey, Stirpe Gallusy idemq'y probus Sculptor, Architedus etiam perihts, Ingenio acer, integer Amicitice ; Quam fibi ; citiusy aliis heneficus. AH Viator^ fequi reminifcere, Obiity undecinw Die DecembriSy A.D, 1733. /Etatis 50. Digitized byLjOOQlC The Tomb of the late Rev, Chas. Blake, D.D. 65 flDn t\t Bottt) *iDe of i\t Monument. Carolus Blake, S. T. P. Natus est Reading! Bercherienfis, Oct. xxxi. M DC LXIV. Farentibus, ut in tali Municipio, FHmariis : In ScJwhe Publica Mercatorum Sciffonim Londini imtitutuSj jno more eleetus est in Collegium Sancti Johannis Baptidae Oxonij : ubi bonis Litteris »e totum dedidit. Linguarwn peritus^ prcesertim Aniiquarumf optimos Authores in Mauibus semper habuit : Poesia tentavit^ non infeliciter : In omni genere Philosophiee versuius, illam tamen excoluit pracipue, qua pertinet ad Mores: Theologim vero (utpote qua Studionim FinisJ maxitne omnium studio- sissimusy catera non tanti Faciens, nisi cum rerum Divinarum Scientid eonjimcta. Uis Artibus eximij Nominis inter Aeadetnieos evasit, magnus Ingenij, magnus Doetnna laudibus, major Amore Fietatis. Authors. In Poetry he be- came no mean Proficient ; well skilled in all the Parts of Philofophy, 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 CharacSler amongst his Contemporaries; who admir'd him for his ready Wit, his great Learning, but most of all for his Love of Piety. Thus translated. /^Harles Blake, Do Who here may live, zxid.Hetto'n implore : S Blest in a happy Memory ! ; Digttized by Google A Defcription of the famous Palace, founded by him, 73 was a great Hall, to dine in, built of the like 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, fir. 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. Michael 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 containedawhole Acreof Land, ufefuUy ornamented with a Fifh-Pond, and Dove-Cote, all ftrongly waird 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 4 of that Compafs, which had in it another Dove-Cote. South 01 the aforefaid Hall, or Dining-Room, was a Court, the Extent of a Rood, about which were erefted Houfes for Baking, Brewing, ^ Wafliing, and all other Conveniences whatever. To this Grandeur rofe the Palace ereded by Sir MICHAEL ; to which, no doubt, but fomeof thefe Parts had been added by his Succeffors : But, befides what has been mentioned of his Perform- ances, he erefted three fumptuous Houfes, with ftately Towers : Two of which were in the Town ; and the Third, which yielded a beautiful Profpeft, ftood on the pleafant Bank of Hull River* As he appears to have been a Perfon of remarkable Generofity, I am little inclined to believe the Refleflions 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 Uiis magnificent Building : Two Ydlrs afterwards, I£enry VIII. (vifiting the Town) beautify'd, repair'd, and enlarged it. Not many Years after, he granted the whole Buildings, with all belonging, to Sir Henry Gate, and Dame Lucy his Wife, for what Services they had done him : From them it came, in Queen Eli^ zabeth^s Reign, to the HildyarcPs of Wynftedy who rented it for a Great Mart : But Kii^ Charles I. hired it, at 50/. yearly, for a Magazine, which he had provided. Henry Rildyard, Efq. fold it. Anno 1648, to the Mayor and Aldermen : And it was bought of them, in the Year 1661, by Henry Hildyard, of Eaft Eor/eleyf in the County of Surrey, Efq ; by whom it was fold to other Perfons ; Who, pulling down the whole, converted it into feveral Habitations, fuch as we may behold, at this Day. In what Parish the old Manor lay, was once a Subje<5l of Contew- tion. A Story is told, of a strange Decifion, that a Perfon, called John of the Bowling Greett, in Henry Vlllth's Time, who lived within the Manor, bury*d a beloved Dog of his in the Low-Church- Yard, for which he was severely pun- ished. From hence, it was concluded, the Manor was (and, if so, confequently the new Buildings must have been) within that Parish, Digitized byLjOOQlC 74 Chap. hi. Death of Sir Michael : And a further an envious Poet ; and lefs, to make Obfervations on fuch Times, when Minifters are hated for being faithful to their Sovereigns, which indeed feem'd to have been his Cafe. But however he was vilify'd by many, he was belov'd by his King ; who, the 9th Year of his Reign, 1385, created him Earl of Sujfolk, in Right of his Wife ELI- ZABETH, eldeft Daughter to Sir* John Wingfield, who married Elizabeth, Daughter and Heir to Gilbert Glanville, Earl of Suffolk. After receiving this Dignity, he earneftly requefted, that he might be freed from his Chancellorfhip, which was granted. He prevailed with the King to enlarge the Charter of Kingfton- Mpon-Hully with many 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 Notwithftanding which, being much in Favour with his Prince, he was fet at Liberty : But, in 1388, the The Fall and Parliament, who then were called Unmerciful, im- Death of this peach'd him, with others, of '^iq^B^^XtlklkW^ great Bene- whofe Eftate therefore being feiz*d upon, he was failor, obliged a fecond Time to fly to France; where, no doubt, but he avoided the Hands of his un- protefting and unnatural Brother ; and travelling to Paris for Shel- ter, he died, the Year after, in that great City. Tho' 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. * Continuation of F^^*-^^^-*^^^ ^^ ^^ Pole, the valiant Earl of the Familv of De ^^^olk, was slain at the Siege of Harfleur, An- Life at the famous Battle oi Agincourt ; two younger fell in thofe Wars ; and a devout Perfon, (who was in Holy Orders) dy'd about that Time, as appeaTs by the following Infcrip- tion on his Grave-Stone, in the Collegiate Church of WiNGFlELD. Here lieth the Body of Mafler John de la Pole, (Son ^/MlCHAEL de la YouL, formerly Earl of Suffolk) Batchellor of Laws, Canon of the Cathedral Church of-f York, and the Collegiate Church of t He was made ^^^^^'^y» ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ Twenty Third Day of the 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 Spairty by the English, in Queen Elizabeth'' s Time, Anno 1596. Digitized byLjOOQlC Continuation of the Family of the De la Poles. 75 an Hiftorian, warr'd in />v?«^^ 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 //i//«/Ar^, Dukeof d?A?- cefler^ interred 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 banifh'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 Nic/tolas : The Captain of which brought him into Dover Road, and ordered 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 Speftacle on the Sands, was taken up by the Care of his sorrowful Chaplain, and interr'd at Wing- fieldm Suffolk; tho' some write he was bury*d in the Charter-Houjfey near Hull ; but tfuly I know not with what Certainty. This great tho' unfortunate Perfon had Iffue John de la Pole, Duke of Suffolky who married Elizabeth, Sifter to King Edward the IVth ; by whom he had Iffue John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln. The laft therefore fprungfrom Royal Blood, of the Houfeof York. But his Hopes being blafted by the Death of his Uncle Richard III. (who had declared him his Succeffor in Cafe he should die without Children) and King Henry the Vllth's fudden Acceffion to the Throne ; the Earl was as little pleafed with that Prince, as he was with this Nobleman : Who, therefore, fiding with the Enemies oi 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, they encountered with Part of the King's Army ; againft whom they were unfuccefsful : For here 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, mentioned in the foregoing Charter of the Carthujian Monaftery, near Hull) and many others, fell in the Place of Battle, which happened 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 Man in a cruel Manner ; tho' the King pardoned him, yet he was obliged firft to receive publick Condemnation. This was such a Mortification to his Pride, that he went into Flanders, in 1502 : But the Duchefs Margaret his Aunt, giving him no great Countenance to oppofe King Digitized byLjOOQlC yo Chap. hi. Account of the Family of tie Dc \sl Poles. King Henry VII. he 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- tached fVilliam de la Pole his Brother, with other illuftrious Per- fons, either belonging, oraffe£led,totheHoufeof yi?r/&. And find- ing the Earl out of his Reach, as being in the Caftle of Namiir^ 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, amongft the reft, werethefe in and near Kingtlon-upon-Hull : The Great Manor-Hall, with its contiguous Edifices, and Gardens : One Hundred Meffuages, 1000 Acres of common Land, with 200 of Meadow and Pafture : One of these had belonging to it 100 Acres, befides 200 of Pafture, caird Tupcotes. With this was seiz'd the famous Manor itfelf, along with M^ton, and confequently 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 Subfiftence, which (he en- joyed to her Death. But it very ftrangely happened, 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 obtained of him the Deliverance pf the Earl into his Hands, provided his Life was but /pared. Accord- ingly Edmund de la Pole, being deliver'd up, Aujto 1507, was com- * A D ' J f *i flitted to the * Tower, Here I may date the A yertoaoj tnc g^ ^ ^^ ^^ Grandeur : For the King, lying on Honour of the Fa^ ^^^ Peath-Bed, in 1509, imitated Davids Ad- mily, relatmg to ^j^^ ^^ Solomon, concerning Joab : He ordered Kmgiton, (^c, j^jg 5^^^ ^^^^ fucceeded him, 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 De la Poles, Rulers of Suffolk, whofe higheft Title of Duke was. Anno 1514, conferred on * CHARLES Brandon, Vifcount Zw/^,who, in 1527, ^ _ _ marry'd * He died, Anno 1549, and was buried at Wittd/or. His Son, by a fecond Wife, became Duke of Suffolk; who, in the Year 155 1, departed this Life ot the Sweating Sicknefs ; his Death being foUow'd, in two Days Time, by that ot his Brother, and Succeffor. The Earl of Warwick, afterwards Duke of Northumber- land, who was Minister .of State to Edward VL caufed Henry Grey, Marquefs of Northampton, to be created Duke of Suffolk, foon after. He was efpousM to Frames Brandon, (Daughter to Charles Brandon, the first above-mention*d Duke of Suffolk, of that Name, by Mary, Sister to Henry VHL as related) the Mother of th« Digitized byLjOOQlC 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 oi France, I INTEND not to proceed much further about the De la Poles ; only to remark, that fome of the Branches of that Family were in fome meafure confpicuous : For Richard de la Pole, the very Year of his Brother's Death, became in the French Intereft, and com- manded 6000 Men for the Relief of Teroueftne in Artoisy againft King Henry VIII. who befieg*d, and took it, but a very little while after. The other, I wou'd mention, was Hettry Pole Lord Monta- gue , who, with Sir Edward Neville was committed to the Tower, in 1 52 1, for concealing what the noble and eloquent Edward, Duke of Bucking/iam, had faid in relation to his having a Right to the Crown, in Cafe the King died without Ijffue ; and if fo, he would punish Cardinal VfoXky /according to his Defer ts; for which he was condemned 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 Polewdis a Branch or no, FU not determine ; but refume the Subjeft of Religious Houfes, and efpe- cially draw This to a Conclufion ; the Rife and Profperity of which, haveoccafioned,in RespefttotheMemoryofits Benefa£lors,folong, but fo remarkable a Digreflion, fill'd with the moft affefting Tranf- a6lions, enough to convince us of the Vanity of all fublunary Glory. At the Diffolution, in 1536, when the leffer Monafteries were given toHenryVl I L the famous * Charter- Houfe, near Hull, of whofe Foundation fo much has been faid, and valu'd at a confiderable Sum, was reckoned one of that Number : The Lands, which be- longed the Lady Jatu Grey, As to this latter Duke, tho* he had been pardon'd after his acling 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 imagined ; becaui^ it was thought the Queen would have par- don*d her, in Ck)nfideration of her Youth, and Obedience to her Father. But loon after Hyafs Rebellion, the beautiful Lady Jane Grey^ with her Husband Guilford DwiUy, younger Son to the Duke of Northumberiandy were beheaded Feb. 12, 1554. In which Year the Duke's Sentence was confirmed, and he executed. In 1561, one Arthur Pole confpir'd against Queen Elizabeth : . But tho* he was pardoned, yet Catherine Grey^ own Sister to the late unfortunate Lady Jane, was fent to the Tower, for privately marrying the Earl of Hertford, She died in Confine- ment, havif^ a Right to the Crown ; which, it was thought, occafioned the Se- verity of the Queen, who was exceeding jealous of her Dignity. Thus the Duchefs, Frances Brandon^ her Mother, was left in great Calamity, having feen the Destrudlion almost of her Family; who, for her Security, was obhg'd to many one Adrian Stokes, a private Gentleman, and died in the Year 1563. Secretary Cecil was thought to have been a great Friend to the Houfe of Sufolk, But I forbear any further Enquiries on this Head. * The Arms o{ De la Pole, were in the Churches Fainted Windows, and in Stone, as well as their Having been in the Charter* Houfe. Digitized by LjOOQiC TS Chap. hi. Monaftery foutided by Galfrid de Hotham. long'd to it, were given to Laymen ; its (lately Building puird down ; and the Stones, with other Materials, sold to thofe Perfons, who pleas*^ to buy them : What happened the Year before, might seem to foretell this : The Priories of Merton and Hornby, both in Yorkshire, were then surrendered : And novfFerreby Priory was ruin'd, valu'd at 91/. per Annum, which was founded by an Earl of Cumberland; and that of Haltempri/e, eftimated yearly at 178/. founded, for the Order of St Augujline, by the Lord Wake of Lydel, and Thomas Holland Eari of Kent This Suppreffion, throughout England, occafion'd 1500 Religious Perfons to be turn'd into an inclement World, whereby many were pin'd and ftarv'd, who had been well defcended from Families of Antiquity, Honour, and Reputation. And yet, about 2 Years after, the King, to pleafe the People for a while, and ftop their Infurreflions, (of which was a remark- ableonein the Northern Parts, headed byaGentleman named Ask) 'till he could better obtain his Ends, refounded this Monaftery, (with 2J others) tho' under the fevereft Rules imaginable. But when he obtained that full Power he wifh'd for, in getting the lai^er Houfes at his Difpofal, then this Place fuffer'd a fecond Diflblution. For when the Parliament 15451 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- Houfe, in which I have but juft now hinted of the famous Bilhop Skirlaw^ s Foundation, Anno 1400; I proceed to mention another Edifice, which has beenof antient Fame, and Angularly remarkable. This Friery was founded, in the Year 133 1, 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 najlry, iothe Honour The back Parts extended even to the Mar- ^GOD, Grc, ket-Place, where thofe Priefts had a ftately Chapel, which had Right of Sepulture, as appeared, by having Human Bones found therein. This Friery was adom'd with fpacious Courts, curious Gardens, and pleafant Fountains. About 3 Years after the finiftiing of it. Sir Richard, Son and Heir of the Founder, took upon him, and obliged his Succeffora, Digitized byLjOOQlC 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-Streety dSidMarkeUGate) for the Benefit of their pious Petitions. At which Time, John de * Wetwan^hcdowed on them feveral others, with good Tenements. This Monaftery was puU'd down at the Suppreflion ; and only now appear fome Remains of the old Wall, that are become a Part of the Town's-Hall. An Hofpital was founded, about the Year 1400, by a very great and pious *Merchant, who was thrice Mayor of Hul/, built in a Lane, called afterwards by his Name. Ha- ♦SlMON 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, thus fupported 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 oiEdw, VI. The next remarkable Obfervation, is of fGlLDS : As, That of Corpus Chrijli, which flood not far from the afore-mention'd Au- gtistinian Friery, adorn'd with a fair Hall, Chapel, and several Mef- fuages belonging to it : The Gild of St, Barbara^ (which contained 4 Tenements, and a large Chapel) in Salt-House Lane ; both These were ruin'd by Henry the Vlllth : And a very antient Gild, built in a Lane, near the jLow Church Yard, was diffolv'd by EdwNY * 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, &^. were begg'd and bought by John Thornton, William Ray, Roger Gaiton, William Wilfon, and Luke Thurfcrofs, This last purchas'd a Mef- suage, in Chapel-Lane, (that belonged to the Convent of Walton, or Wet Town, founded by Eujiace Fitz John, for the Gilbertine Order) which he sold to one Mr. Smith, Mailer of a Vessel. The Suffragan Bishop's Palace, in Hull-Street, as mentioned Chap. I. likewife falling into his Hands, he partly demolish'd the greateft Part, turning it into Shops, and private Buildings : However, he was so good, that, a little before his Death, he bequeath'd thefe converted Buildings, with their annual Profits, to the Charter Houfe Hofpital, for ever. J In this Church was Service performed for the Soul of the Worshipful Robert Holm, Mayor in 1427, who had built a ftately Market-Cross, covered with a vast Quantity of Lead. But, in 1462, the Town happening to be in Debt, by gene- ral Confent, the Crofs was demolish'd, and the Lead fold, to pay off the Credi- tors : Yet, out of a grateful Refpe<5l to the Memory of fo generous a Benefadlor, it was decreed, That 13J. 4known ; the Profits of which he gave the Town. The Grant was dated at Lincoln, August 28. Every fingle Perfon 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 Digitized by LjOOQiC One of whom proves a great BenefaSlor 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 Bayliffs) by Letters Patents, for fome Angular and valorous Ex- ploits againft the Scots ; for which he had befide granted him the Fee-Farm Rents of this Town, Myton and Tup- cotes ^ to the Value of 70/. per Annum. Nor was he unde- ferving ; for, two Years after, he waited upon the King, then at Yorky and obtained the Grant for a Toll on Corn, Cattle, Fifli, AUom, Copperas, &c. that were exposed for Sale in the Town : By which prudent Management, he pro- cured 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 petitioned the King for Licenfe to fortify the Town with a Ditch ; to raife near it a ftrong Stone Wall, whereon Towers might be erefted ; 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 raised of a Penny in the Pound for all Goods brought in, and carried out, for the Space of three Years ; and tJmt 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 defired. 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 Happinefs of the Town : To make Room for his Son, he was depofed in the Year 1327, occafioned by fome feeming Defefts in Government, but more through the violent Difpofition of his Queen : A Woman of fuch a cruel Temper, as not only to deny the Comforts of Life to her Royal Husband ; but alfo to prevent the young Monarch M from Digitized byLjOOQlC 88 Chap. v. Death of King Edw. II. a great Benefadlor, • from vifiting his diftreffed Father in Prifon : Who was igno- miniously hurry'd from one Caftle to another ; difguifed, in- fulted, tormented ; 'till, at laft, (by the Bifliop of Hereford's wickedly ambiguous Line, Edwardum occidere nolite timere bonum efi, 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 duftile Pipe into his Bowels and Body, 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 interr'd under a fair Monument, which has his Effigy upon it, of Alabafter, in the Cathedral Church, at Glocefler Edward III. a viftorious King, proved a very great Be- nefaflor to this Town. In 1328, he marry'd (at York) the youngeft Daughter of the Earl of Hainalty named Pkilippa, who became the happy Mother (Anno 133 1.) of a Royal In- fant, afterwards a moft renowned Warrijour, 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 Charter-Houfe aforefaid, which his Son Michael finifh'd, and endow'd (including the Chapel, and Hofpital, which moreover he had erefted, 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 exaftly recorded ; or, if it was, that the Account fhould be loft for near 50 Years. To further, perhaps, the Difcovery of it ; at leaft, to prevent the like Complaint in fucceeding Ages ; my Bufmefs fhall 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, Digitized byLjOOQlC [ 89 ] CHAP. VI. An Account of the Mayors, from the Year 1332, 'till 1439, ^>^^^ Sheriffs were appointed : IVith what remarkable Accidents happened, relating /t7HULL. A.D.^IR William de la Pole, called by the King 1332 Mercator Diledlus Nojier. Firft Mayor. 1333 Sir William, 2d Year, was Mayor alfo : The Bayliffs, Stephen dtBegholm, and yohn dt Bedford 1334 We do not find him again mentioned, till 1335 Sir William, 3d Time Mayor. The Figures I, 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, 6^^. have) been Mayor of theTown. IVilliamdt 'Birfein^and IValterde'^alOZVnizm^ Bayliffs. 1336 ^ 1333 1340 ^ 1342 1344 ^ 1346 ^ 1337 ^ 1339 1341 m 1343 1345 W 1347 ^ ^^"^ 1349 See the Agreement, in the Note below, ("a J 1350 1351 1352 1353 1354 1355 (a) This Year an Agreement was made between //////and Scar- boroughy to which was affixed both the Corporation Seals, That they, and theirs, should hereafter be mutually exempted, in each Place, from all Manner of Tolls, Pontage, Murage, Cufloms, &c. The Town Digitized byLjOOQlC 90 Chap. vi. Mayors of Kingfton-upon-HuU, &c, 1356 Robert del Cross. The Conjiitutions of Hull, in his Time, were written in the French Tongue. 1357^ 1360 ^ 1363 ^ 1366 1369^ 1372 0.137s 1358 1361 1364 ^ 1367 ^ 1370 ^ 1373 % 1376 (b) 1359 ^362 1365 1^368 § 1371 S 1374 1377 Town fupply'd the King, for his Expedition to FrancCy with 16 gallant Ships, mann'd with 466 Mariners ; and Scarborotigh only one Ship, with 16 Sailors : But what might the latter now do, was the Prince to require an Aid, that Way, from his Sea-Port Towns ? There happening to be a great Tyde, the Banks of Humber, be- tween Saikotes and Hull were broken down ; Meadows and Pa- ftures lay under Water ; Cattle and Sheep were fuddenly drowned, with abundance of People ! Whereapon a Petition was fent to the King, to commiffion fome Gentlemen to examine into the Caufe of the Defe6ls of the Bank, as well as that of the Inundation, by which fuch like terrible Misfortunes might be prevented : Accord- ingly their Requeft was granted, and the following Perfons were impowered for this Purpofe. William de SftiptDttl^^ Richard de llab(ns$(tt Provoft of the Collegiate Church of Beverley, John de ^nfiib^f John de iSmtitegt and Thomas de ®^g;monton ; who took Care to aft therein accordingly. (b) This Year, the Mayor and Burgeffes of Htilly 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 y to their great Expence, Trouble, and Damage : Whilft Neighbouring Towns in Yorkshire, as Hejfel, Anlaby, Cottingham, and Others, had combin'd together, and abfolutely refused to let them have any of their Frefh Streams ; by which Means, this Town would in a fhort Time, be totally ruined, unlefs his Majefty would be pleased to direft fome Way, or other, how this great Want might be fup- ply'd. Upon which the King immediately iflued out a Com- miflion to Michael de la Pole, Roger de Filthorp, Gerard de Uflete, Gilbert de Salwen, 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 inflifted on thofe, who durft offer to hinder the Work, and prevent fo neceffary a Supply. But when the Inhabitants Digitized byLjOOQlC Mayors, &c. in King Richard the Second* j Reign. 9 1 1378 Richard de Ferraby, or jfetiblCt (cj 1379 Inhabitants of the aforefaid Towns were alarmed at thefe Proceed- ings, they bitterly complain'd to his Majefty, That the making of fuch a tanal would be the total Ruin of their Lands and Effefts ; that, at Heffely there was a famous Ferry over to Barton ; that if the frefh Water fhould be turn'd out of the Haven, it would foori be warp'd up, to the incredible Damage of the King, and Town it- felf : " Whofe People, y^/^ tkey^ 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 o{ Kingston itself, with " Water, frefh and fufficient to fupply it, if it was even as large as '* the City of JLondon ?" Upon thefe Arguments, there was another Commiflion iflued forth; and a Jury being impanell'd, they were called after this Manner : John PothoWy Thomas le Moyne and John Fugill of Hejfely Robert de Swanland, John Atzvell, John le Gard, Robert de Watfonhoufey John de Hoton, John Alan/on, William Fit- lingy John Robinson, and John de Skirlaw, These Men proved, by their Oaths, what was before reprefented. But in the Midft of thefe Contentions, the renowned King Edward HI. departed out of this mortal Life, and was fucceeded by Richard H. {c) It plainly appears, that he was Mayor this year, as having been a Witnefs to the Charter of the famous Carthujian Monaftery. \Richardo de fftVioiti tunc Major e didlce Villce de Y^m^^o^ fnper 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 H71II, to have the Town put into a Po- flure of Defence. The long happy Reign of his Predeceffor had render'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 thofe who had Eftates in the Town. But, after all, wanting a Caftle for its greater Defence, Sir T/tomas de Stitton, Kt. fold to Robert Del Crofs, Walter de Frojl, Robert de Selby, Thomas de Walthaniy Walter dcDymlington, Thomas de Mal- ton, and their Heirs, as Magiftrates oi Hull, a Piece of Land on the Eaft Side of the River, on the Banks oiDrypool, which was North of the Key: As alfo fome Land, containing 10 Ells broad, and 100 long, upon the Key ; the whole about 100 Ells facing the Eaft, and as many towards the North. To this Deed, John Consta- ble, of HalsJtam, then Sheriff of Yorkshire ; Robert deT^^Xt^% John de ^t. Aui'ntitlt Knights, and others, were Witneffes. Digitized byLjOOQlC 92 Chap. vi. Mayors, &c. in the Rdgtt of K. Richard 1 1. i379|For thefe 2 Years, it is not unlikely, the Office 1380I might have been fupply^d by the fame Mayor. 1 38 1 Thomas de Waltham. He was a Knight Ba- ronet, and Secondary Baron [ d. ] 1382 Walter' Dimlington, or Dymbleton, i. (d) A great Conteft happened between this Mayor and the Archbifliop of York, The Cafe was thus : The Lord Sayer, as be- fore-mentioned, had a great Intereft in the Haven, which from him was called Sayer-Cryke, having feveral Priviledges, as the firft ta- iling, and buying Wines, &c. before the Magiftrates had fuch Per- miflion. That Nobleman, a little before his Death, bequeathed this Power to the Archbifliop of the Province, and his Succeffors, which they enjoy'd for many Tears. But, in Progrefs of Time, the Governours of the Town, claiming the fame Priviledges, upon Ee- fufal of the Archbifliop, feveral troublefome Law-Suits commenced between them. Alexander Nevill being now Archbifliop, and per- fonally contending the Matter, with Sir Thomas de Waltham ; the Mayor was fo provok'd, that, without much Ceremony, he fnatch'd the Crofier out of the Prelate's Hand. Each of them having their Attendants, a Scuffle enfu'd ; but, as I find, the Archbifliop's Par- ty had the word of it ; feveral of them being wounded by the Crofs, (valu'd at 40/.) which the Knight ufed in a ftrange furious Manner. Complaint being made to the King, the Mayor, withy^//;/ Arnold and Thomas Green his BaylifFs, alfo Lazvrence de Frothinghamy Richard de Hornfeyy and feveral others, were fummoned to Wejl- mtn/ier, at Trinity-Term, to anfwer for what they had done. How this Affair was concluded, does not appear ; but I fuppofe it was amicably decided : For on the 4th of Jtily, the Haven of the Town was granted to this Extent, that it mould reach from Scul- cotesy to the Middle Stream of Humber. About which Time, the King renewed the Old Charters, with new Priviledges ; in particu- lar, he gave them the Profits belonging to him, or his Succeffors, from Markets, Fairs, &€, upon this Condition, that they fhould pay Seventy Pounds, Yearly, into the Exchequer : And that, from their Burgeffes, four Bailiffs fhould be annually elefted : For which, the Town was fo exceeding grateful, as moft loyally to take their Mo- narch's Part in his Troubles, occafioned thro' the French, Scots, and his own rebellious Subjefts : They raifed him Soldiers, and procu- red Ships, for his Service : Which the King remembering, when the Storms of his Enemies were abated, he affur'd the Inhabitants of Hull, That neither he, or his Succeffors, would ever mortmain any Digitized byLjOOQlC Mayors, &c. in King Richard the Second*^ Rdpu 93 1383 Robert Del Crofs. He dy'd 1408. I'^Ba Tohn Dimlingfton. qIvx^ U i. ^ C lU A^s^tX^is. \1\i^\jix^ John Holland, 1385! Robert de Selby, or ^eiOie« tWs Year, in a Quarrel, near 1386 Thomas de Waltham, 2 ^'^^Ti^$ffX 1387 John Birkin, or Berkin, i y^^^h he was forced to % •a^A ;r-rT t T^i.' f ^<^'' Sanduary to Bei/erley 1388 Walter Dimlington, 2 Minster. 1389 John de Colthorpe. [^.] 1390 Simon de Grimsby, i 1 39 1 Robert Baffet. 1392 Peter Steeler,t7;^Stiler. [/] Tnd^t^r wm"^^sit^^^^ tion, Hicjacet Petrus Steeler, quondam Major hujus ViUa, qui obiit 20 Junn, 1396. any Lands to their Detriment : And that they fhould 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 interred in St. Marys Church, and had over him and his Confort this Infcription : Hit fwrt Johannes de Col- thorpe, q[UOnOam|MafOt2Sine 5e Kmgiion/uper Hull; ft Alicia 'fSLxt^x ifu0: Aiiotttm Attimoiittis provitirtut 9vx%. Amen* 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 Strufture was raifed. [/] In the Spring Time, near a thoufand Perfons, belonging to Cottingham, Wooifertpn, Anlaby^ and other neighbouring Towns, be- ing offended, that the Inhabitants of//i///, had, by cutting the Earth, drawn fome frefh Water from them ; they bound themfelyes, with a terrible Oath, to ftand by one another whilft they were able to fhed their laft Drops of Blood. Then, having ordain'd the moft ruftical Leaders, they appeared in the like Sort of Arms,ranfackingHoufes, and abufmg fuch Owners, who would not as madly confederate with them. Soon did they lay Siege to Hull, vowing the utter Deftruc- tion of it. Being ftrangely poetically given too, they made fuch infipid Rhimes, to encourage the Seditious, as indeed would dif- honour the Flights of Antiquity, fhould fuch ridiculous Stuff be publickly fet forth. The Canals, which had been made at a vast Ex- pence, they quickly fiU'd up, almoft as they had been before. But tho* by thefe Means they had spitefully deprived the Town of frefli flowing Streams, and ftopt Provifions that were fent to the valiant Inhabitants ; yet thefe ill-advifed Wretches found themfelves too much Digrtized by LjOOQ IC 94 Chap. VI. Mayors, &c. in the Reign of K. Richard II. 1393 John Liverfedge, i I'^04*Tohn Berkin 2 * Q^^^ Anne died this Year. "^■^3 Vxr-ll- 'T' ' She firfl taught the English Ladies 1395 William Terry, I hmv to ride oh side Saddlfs. 1396 Simon de Grimsby, 2 y. Liverfedge. 1397 John Liverfedge, 2 yohn Birkin. 1398 Thomas (/<^ Waltham, 3 IVilL Terry. 1399 John Tutbury, i [ ^ ] ^. de Grimsby. much deluded, and withal too impotent, to prevail againft them* Upon which, withdrawing to Cottingham; and afterwards, through Fear, difperfmg ; fome fled quite away ; others, taken, and fent to Yorky were executed ; and about 30 obtained Pardon, upon their Pe- . nitence, and faithful, Promife, never to attempt the like again. \_g'\ When Henry Duke of Lancajler, after his Banifhment, landed at Ravenfpnrn this Year, and was joined by the Lords WiU lottghby, Rofsy Beaumont, with Numbers of Gentry, &c. this good Mayor, as foon as he heard of it, order'd the Gates to be shut up, and the Burgefles to appear under Arms. The Duke and his Af- fociates, foon after, demanding Enterance, received this Anfwer from the worfhipful Magiftrate : My Lord I when I enter d upon my office, I was /worn to be trite to my Sovereign, who indeed has been a Royal Benefactor to us : No Cofifideration therefore shall feperate me from that firm A llegiance, which I owe to my Prince, bitt Death itself : And, whilft I live, nothing, except my King's exprefs Com- mand, shall prevail with me to deliver up this important Tozvn. Upon this refolute Anfwer, which even Enemies could not but applaud, the Duke, and all his Attendants, quickly withdrew, and march'd to Doncafter, where they were joined by Numbers : Soon after which, the unfortunate King, returning from Ireland, was by fubtle Contrivance, deliver'd up, and fent to the Tower. And this Tear the Merchants of Wifner, 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. Wifdom's 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 Digitized byLjOOQlC Mayors, &c. in King Henry the I Vth'j Reign. 95 King HENRY IV. Sept. 29. 1399. 1400 CImon de Grimsby, 3 [h] [^%] y. Liverfege 1401 John Liverfedge, 3 {i\ T. Waltham [ A ] On the 14th oiFebnmry, iff J. King RiCHARD 11. (who had been depofed fome Months before) was cruelly murdered in PontefraSl Caftle : The Charter of HullwdiS renew'd and confirmed on the 4th of Nave^nber. The Town flood firm to the Intereftof the new King, when they found his Predeceflbr was no more. [♦*♦} Several Manufcripts, I have reduced into two Sorts, which I thought would be moft conducive to my Purpofe : So that where the Readers find the Mayors twice men- tioned, &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 conferred on one Side :* Which I think is not very material ; tho', in this Cafe, 'tis abfolutely neceflary I fliould exhibit the different Accounts. Thefe Incongruities are but in few Places ; in the greater Part the Manufcripts are coherent, efpecially in the later Centuries, [ /] The Inhabitants of Hull having reprefented to the new Mo- narch, the vafl Expences they 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 they were obliged to fend into Lincolnshire for it, at fo great a Price, as occafioned many to leave the Place, which in Time might produce an utter Deflruc- tion to it : The King therefore commiffion'd John Scroop, Henry (and Robert) Percy, Peter Burton, William Gafcoign, John Routh, Robert Hilton, and John Hotham, Knights ; with William Lod- dington, Hugh Arden^ Robert (and Richard) Turwit, Efqrs. tocon- fult Methods, in order to procure frefh Streams, to fatisfv their De- fire. Accordingly, being met at Sculcotes, they propos d, without Damage to any Perfon, That a Sewer might be cut, from the noted Julian Well, in the Fields ol Anlaby, 12 Feet in Breadth, to the Wotdd-Carr-Dyke ; from thence to IT////; And, in like Manner, from the Well of Daringham, and Spring of Haltempri/e; near N which Digitized byLjOOQlC 96 CHAf. Yl. Minors in King Henry lYtfa's Reign, &c 1402 William Terry, or Cherry, 2. \/i\ Rich.Kirkbie i4C>3jolin Humbleton. Sim. Grimsby 1404 John Fittling, i. J. Liver/edge 1405 John Fittling, 2. [A7«^i 20. 1412 TOhn Bedford, i. [/] yp//« /Fa/iii5 141 3 J John Tutbury, 3. Simon Bedall which, was a famous Monaftery. Thefe Commiflioners met after- wards at Headon^ and Hull^ where they fully obtain'd the feeming Ccmfent of all Parties, upon the Oaths of John de Anlaby, and fe- veral others, before the King's Juftices, aflfign'd for that Purpofe. [ >fr ] Tho', the laft Year, all feem'd to be satisfy'd ; yet, in this, when the Work was begun, the Labourers were prevented, and abttfedythro' the Fury oi Nicholas Wright ; William Aislabie 2i\iA Brawn; John Cope^ Robin/on, Wood, Swine, and Sharp, of Bay- nard'CaJtUf with other riotous Perfons. They afled like their mif- chtevous Predeceffors, in filling up the Canal, and ftriving to ren- der the late good Defign impraAicable. But, being taken, and imprifon'd at Hull, they were oblig'd to implore for Mercy, pro- milc Satisfaflion, walk with uncovered Heads, and bare Feet, once every Year, with Wax Tapers in their Hands, to be offered up in the Chancel of the Great Church ; yield up their Weapons, and g've fufficient Security for their good Behaviour : And upon any rther Trefpafs, each of them was to pay 5/. to the Vicar ; 10/. to the Chamberlain for Reparation of the Walls ; and 40/. a piece, ihould they ever attempt to get this Sentence abolifh'd, to which they had fubmitted. Notwithftanding 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- foreiaid Towns, by letting fait Water, and throwing (linking Carrion, into Digitized byLjOOQlC Mayors &c. in the Reign of King HENRY the Fifth. 97 1414 J. Bedford, 2 \m\ j Charter confirm' d\ yohn Wallas 14 15 Tho. Marshall, i ( Dec. 10. Vjno. Bedford 1 416 John Gregg, Founder of an'Roiipit^X yohn Tutbury into the Canals, which now were finifh'd ; that ftimulated the Ma- giftrates oiHull, this Year, to befeech Alexander^, Bifhopof J?^>m^, to thunder out his Excommunication againft 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 Vincula; thefe merciful Fathers, inftead of denouncing Curfes,fent (after longand due Confideration) 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 reprefented, The Account every one mufl make at the tremendous Day of Judgment ; and con- fequently what miferable Sinners thofe malicious Perfons mull ap- peary whoy 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 dire£lly oppofite to the Will of Heaven, which would difpenfe its Bleffings to all Mankind: To fol- low fu^h divine Philanthropy, every P erf on should rather contr^ute to a general Advantage, thd perhaps fome way difcordant to their Inter efl, than prevent thofe defired fresh flowing Streams, to their ne-- ceffitous Neighbours: And therefore, t/tepafi Offender Sy by ufing their Endeavour s,f or redrefjingtfwfe Grievances, which themf elves had occa- fion'd; and others, wfto generously contributed to promote the Publick Welfare and Happinefs ; should not only obtain Pardon for their va-^ rious Sins and Offences ; but alfo be entitled to the Protection of St. Peter, St. Paul, with all the Hofl of Heaven^ both hercy and hereafter. This Inftrument, tho' procured at a hurtful Expence, yet produc'd fuperior Benefit : For all Attempts of deftroying the Canals, or poyfoning the Waters, ceafed from this Time : The People were overpowerfuUy charm'd with innocent Mildnefs, and foft Reprehenfion ; which, perhaps, they never would have been, had feverer Methods been ufed to enforce them, [;//] The King, having, on the 1 8th of J1/<«/r/4, written, from Kenelworth, to the Mayor and Burgeffes of the Town, demanding their Afliftance, (amongft others) in procuring Shipping, to with- ftand thofe oiFrancCy Scotlandy and fuch Powers that affifted them ; a Letter was direfted to the King's Uncle, Henry Beauford, Bifhop of Winchefler, Lord Chancellor, (afterwards Cardinal) da- ted the 28th of the fame Month. In it, they defired his Lordfhip to inform his Majefty, TItat, fiavingdifcours'd the Owners of feveral gallant Digitized byLjOOQlC 98 Chap, VI. Mayors, &c in the Reigii of K, Henry VI. 141 7 John FittHng, 3. yohn Bedford 1418 Thomas Marshall, 2. MSS. agree 1419 Robert Holm, i. John Gregge, StJchSJh!" 1420 John Bedford, 3. yohn FittHng 1 42 1 Francis Hewit. Tho. Marshall King HENRY VI. August 31. 1422 TAmes Spead. Robert Hohne 1423 J Thomas Marshall, 3. John Bedford \i^2i^ John Grimsby, i. Francis Hewit 1425 John Tutbury, 4. James Speed 1426 Thomas Wells. Tho. Marshall 1427 Robert Holm, 2. John Grimsby 1428 John Bedford, 4. James Speed 1429 Robert Kirton, i. Francis Hewit 1430 Ralph Horn, i. \n\ Tho. Marshall 1431 John Grimsby, 2. The King crown' d at Varis 1432 John Tutbury, 5. Returns to England/;/ Feb. 1433 Thomas Wallas, Terrible StrugglesinVvdinc^ 1434 Robert Holm, 3. Normandy in Rebellion 1435 [0] John Bedford, 5. The Regent dy'dat Paris gallant Veffehy together with the Town's Tn/tabitants, they were unanimously resolved to fupply his Majejly with wltat he wanted, fo that he took upon him to manage, and provide Sustetmnce for his willing Naval Forces, that should be ready, at Command, f«] In his Mayoralty, the Town's Charter was confirmed by A£l of Parliament. \p\ Orders were made either in this Year, or when he was Mayor before, "That neither Markets, or Traffick, fhould be kept ** or dealt with on a Sunday, (except, according to antient Cu- *' ftom, from Lammas to Michaehnas) 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 1 1 a Clock : No '• Vintners or Ale-Sellers to vend their Liquors, under the aforefaid " Penalties : One Shilling and Eight Pence being allow'd to the In- ." former ; provided he afted out of pure Zeal, and not thro' fel- "fifli Intereft, or malicious Inclination." [/] The Digitized byLjOOQlC Mayors, &c. in King Henry the Vlth'j- Reign, 99 1436 Robert Kirton, 2. 1437 Ralph Horn, 2. 1438 Ralph Holmes. The King (as his Royal Father had done, about the 3d Year of his Reign) confirm'd the Eleftion of a Mayor ; but chang'd the Affiftance of 4 Bayliffs, to that of 12 Aldermen, elefled from the Burgeffes, ( as mentioned, except Hugh ClitJteroe and John Hanfon^ in Pag. 81, where the Wards are faid to be divided ) and authorized, by their Dignity, as Juftices of the Peace. This was in the 17th Year of his Reign ; when he ordered, 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 adorned in Scarlet, as I mentioned in a Note under the Epitaph of the Worfhipful 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 mSunday^ which he held 'till Mich- aelmas) it was ordained, by the Mayor and Aldermen, that he fhould have 2 Serjeants to attend him ; and all, in thefe Stations, to be annually elefted : I shall therefore, in the next Chapter, add the Names of the Sheriffs to Thofe of the Mayors, as many as could be gathered, 'till we come to what Tradition has exhibited, of other Per- fons, who ferved as Chamberlains ; tho' fuch had been for feveral Years, before the Gentlemen to be hereafter men- tioned. CHAP. VII. A Continuation of the Mayors, and Beginning ^/^^ Sheriffs, 'till the F^^;^^CHRIST, 1561. A.D. MAYORS. Sheriffs. 1439 TOhn Awnwicke. ^Ohn Spenfer, or Spen- 1 440 J [p ] Thomas Day V cer. Richard Han/on. [/] The King, being charm'd with the Town's Loyalty, con- firm'd, on the loth 6i May, their old Charters ; granted them a perpetual Succeflion ; and capacitated them to implead, in any of his Digitized byLjOOQlC lOO Chap. vii. Mayors in King Henry VltVs Reign. 1 44 1 Hugh Clitheroe, i \g\ Robert Awn/well 1442 Ralph Horn, 3 yohn Garton 1443 John Bedford, 6 \r\lVtLPro6lor oxyn.Profter 1444 Thomas Dickinfon Nicholas Ellis 1445 John Handfon yn. Dares, Dacres, or Danes 1446 Hugh Clitheroe, 2 Tho^nas Farley, or Turbey his Courts, before the Judges : But, what was more, he ordered. That the Town, with the Precinfts thereof, fhould be a COUNTY of itfelf ; excluded from (or the Power of any Juftice in) Yorkshire: That the Mayor fhould be the King's Efcheator, to fee what For- feitures, or Lands (thro' want of Heirs) fell to his Majefty ; the She- riff to be an Affiftant ; and both to have fucli Power, that was ufed in any other Part of the Realm : That no Burgefs was to be try'd be- fore him, or his Succeffors, for Crimes committed within the Town; but fhould anfwer before the Mayor and Sheriff: And if the Cafe could not be well terminated, for want of fome Point of Law to be difcufs'd, then it was to be referred to the Judge of Affize. The King alfo granted, That the Sword fhould be carried ereft be- fore the Mayor : Who, with the Aldermen, ordain'd, That no She- riff fhould walk abroad, (efpecially to Church, Hall, or Market) without having his Mace borne before him, on Pain of forfeiting Forty Shillings for every fuch Negleft. Mr. RicJmrd Han/on, and Mr. William Riplifigham, were Chamberlains this Year. [^] It was ordain'd, this Year, That no Mayor (during his Mayoralty) should practise as a Butcher^ Vintner, ViSlualler, or Ale-Hoiife-Keeper : Neit/ier s/wuld he go abroad, as to Church, Mar- ' ket, or on any Concern of the Town, without having the Mace borne before him, under tJie Penalty of Afis. for every Offence. The King, having lofl feveral Places in France, Paris in particular, and alfo in the Dutchy of iVi?r;;^^;/^,fent a letter, from his Manor of 5A^;/^, dated Aug, 24. to the Mayor and Aldermen of /TwW, to borrow fuch Sum of Money, as might contribute to enable him to regain his lofl Territo- ries : Which Requefl was generously comply'd with, by the Corpora- tion. [r] A Charter was granted, June 25. for purchafmg to the Value of \Qol per Annum, in order to defend the Town againft the Impetuofity of the Tides. In it, alfo was inferted : How, and where, the Eleftions were to be made : That Two Aldermen fhould be fet up as Lights, for the Burgeffes to chufe a Mayor : Two Burgeffes put up, that one might be elefled Sheriff : Four, in like Manner, whofe Names fhould be given in, from whom two Chamberlains fhould be appointed : And in Cafe any Mayor de- parted this Life, or thro' Sicknefs, &c, was incapacitated from per- forming his OfiSce ; the refl of the Aldermen were to nominate Two Digitized byLjOOQlC Mayors, &c. t7t King Henry the Sixth's Reign, lOI 1447 John Steeton [/] yohn Northby or Notherby 1448 Hugh Clitheroe, 3 [/] Richard Bell, or Bill 1449 John Scales, i yohn Titlat.ox Hillat 1450 RichardHanfon, iyV'/^^6>Z^i'5///^^i',or5///^^^;^ 1 45 1 Simon Burton Richard Flinton 1452 John Spencer, 2 Thomas Pattrington 1453 Richard Hanfon, 2 Edw\oxEdm?\ Coppindale 1454 Robert Awnfwell yohn Green, or Greene 1455 Nicholas Ellis yohn Swan, or Swanne^ 1456 John Scales, 2 Thomas Eaton, or Etton 1457 Hugh Clitheroe, 4 Thomas Hawthorpe Burgeffes, whereby One of them was to be elefled to that high Dignity. This Year the Town was divided into Wards, [/] About two Years before this, there happening fome Riots in the North, wherein this Town might, thro' fome little Miftake, feem culpable ; the Magiftrates extremely unwilling to incur the King's Difpleafure, humbly befought Pardon, for what Crimes had been committed, thro' Inadvertency, and contrary to their Approba- tion. The good King readily granted what they ask'd ; except to a few Perfons, unworthy to be nam'd, who had been guilty of the cruel Murder of one Mr. Christopher Talbot, And fo well pleaf d was he with this humble Submiflion, that he confirm'd all their Priviledges, both of the Town, and new-made County; which had a Coroner to each, with proper Officers ; And granted, that, after the Deceafe of the Duke of Exeter, and his Son, they might chufe an Admiral ; whofe Authority, without Interpofition of any other Perfon in that Station, was to extend over the County oi King/ion ; Drypool, with its Precinfts ; and all the River Htimber : That the Profits fliould be apply'd towards fupporting the Town of Hnll : That the Mayor, Aldermen, drc, fhould have Liberty to command Wells and Springs to be dug for, within their County, and convey the Water,byLeaden Pipes, as they thought expedient. The former Charter was this Year further explain'd, in a new one, relating to Fines ; Forfeitures of Bread, Wine, and Ale ; the Power of pu- nifhing Delinquents, guilty of Extortion, Felony, and other Mat- ters, againft the Laws. [/] In September, the King making a Progrefs to the North, vifited Beverley, and this Town : Which, being fiU'd with univer- fal Joy, and loud Acclamations, at the Sight of their Royal Bene- faftor, fhew'd an equal Demonftration of their loyal Affeftion, by entertaining their gracious Monarch, with the greateft Chear- fulnefs, Magnificence, and Splendour. \v\ This Digitized byLjOOQlC 102 Chap. VIL Mayors , Sheriffs, &c. in Reign of Edw. IV. 1458 Richard Hanfon, 3 William Eland 1459 Edmund Coppindale, 2 Richard Hill King EDWARD IV. March 4. 1460 I> Ichard Hanfon, 4 \v\T>Obert Saunderfon 1 46 1 Nicholas Stubbes Roger Bushel 1462 John Barker [2^] yohnHadlefeyyOxH addle fey [z/] This Year, which began the Reign of Edward, is rec- koned the laft of King Henry VI. The Differences, between the Houfes of York and Lancajler, began to be more apparent, fince they had three terrible Engagements already : And the fourth was by Sandal Caftle, in Sight of Wakefield, where the Duke of York, Father to King Edward was slain. The fecond, after this, was the dreadful Fight at Towton, But all the Battles fought, between the Adherents of the Two Houfes, are mention'd, in my Second Volume of Torkfhire Antiquities, Pag. 140, 141. to which I refer the Reader. As the Loyalty of King/ion was always con- fpicuous to their Princes, however unfortunate ; fo this Year did it more eminently fhine, when the MAYOR himfelf headed a Company for the Caufe of his Royal Mafter, then in AfBiftion : And tho' Fortune crown'd his beloved Party with defired Succefs ; yet this valiant Magiftrate, (who fpent his deareft Blood in his So- vereign's Defence) fought with fuch Courage and Intrepidity, 'till at length he fell down amongft feveral diftinguifli'd Heroes, co- vered over with Glory, and Wounds. HANSON ! Thy Name, shall, like fresh Rofes, bloom; Pleafant, be tieard, for Ages, yet to come : As t FLEMING, Great ; whofe Life, toiftahi d from Blots, Was bravely lofl, amidji invading Scots. Now your bright Souls, blefl with Eternal Springs, Enjoy your GOD, by fighting for your Kings, t Nicholas Fleming, Lord-Mayor of York ; who, valiantly leading his Citizens, in the Year 13 19, againft the then ravaging Scots, was overpower'd by their Numbers, and slain in the Battle oi Myton-upon-Swale. See in the Hiftory of York, Pag. 177. While Mr. Hanfon was living, it was decreed in the Town's Hall, That y for the future, the Mayor and Aldermen should nominate thofe Perfons they thought mofi fitting to bear the Office of Head Magijlrate ; and then refer the EleHion of one of them to the Burgeffes. Such Regulations were made as to other Officers. [«/] He was buried in the High Church, and had over his Grave thefe two Words : Orate SpeaUati, \x'\ King Digitized byLjOOQlC Mayors y Sheriffs, &c. in Edward the lVth!s Reigft. IO3 1463 John Green [x] yohn Day .1464 Nicholas Ellis \y\ Robert Rimington \x'\ King Henry efcaping out of the Tower, to the North, and, thro' Means of his Queen, obtaining Succours from France, he entred Northumberlandytodk Bamborough Caftle, and proceeded to Durkaniy where he was joined by Numbers. King EDWARD hearing this, raifmg an Army, fent thofe Forces againft him, whilft he, unexpefted, came this Year to Barton-upon-Humbery attended by his Lords and Commanders : When landing at Hull, he fecur'd the Town to his Intereft ; tho' the Inhabitants were very much in- clined to K. Henry : But what could any People do, when two Kings reigned in one Kingdom? ''When, writes an ingenious Hijlo- " rian, the White Rofe in every Place was dy'd red with the Blood. " of the Nobility ; and the red Rofe turned pale with Horror, to ** view the Calamities occafion'd by this Diffention ? " The King de FaHo march'd to York, where he continu'd a while ; and fent the Vifcount Montague, with a Party, to fecure the Loyalty of the Northumbrians^ againft the King de Jure, That Nobleman was fuddenly attack'd (on a well-known fpacious Plain called the Levels of Hexham) by the Lords Hungerford, Rofs, and Mollins ; Sir Ralph Grey^ and Sir Ralph Percy, Knights : But Montague ftanding their Affault, got the Viaory. Whilft Sir Ralph Percy was dying in the Field, from which he would not be drove, he comforted himfelf with this pretty Expreflion, I have faifd the little Bird in my Bofom : As much as to fay, he had preferv'd his Oath to King HENRY, from which nothing but Death could fe- perate him. Thus greatly he gave up his Soul ; but the Lords, before-mention'd, with other Perfons of Note, became miferable Captives, and were beheaded in cold Blood. As to the unfortu- nate King Henry, he was forc'd to retire into Scotland iov Safety : But the fame Tear returning into England, in difguis'd Apparel, was difcover^d as he fat at Dinner at Waddington Hall, carry'd up to London, with his Legs bound under the Horfe's Belly, and committed clofe Prifoner to the Tower. [ J ] By fome ftrange Caufe, or other, the Haven was this Year almoft ruin'd : The dreadful Confideration of which, oblig'd the Magiftratesand People to obtain a Grant from the King, empower- ing them to lay upon the Mafters of every Foreign Ship, of 100 Tuns, when coming in, or going out, the Sum of Three Shillings and Four Pence, and fo in Proportion the lefler Veflels ; By which Means, they being enabled to get the Port cleared, it became re- ftor'd to its priftine Condition. This Tear was alfo remarkable for King Edward's being crown'd at York, and that magnificent Ca- thedral's taking Fire by Lightning, or thro' fome other Mifchance. Digitized byLjOOQlC 104 Chap. vii. Mayors, Sheriffs, &c. in Reign of Edw. IV. 1465 John Swan, i yohn Whitfield 1466 John Day, i IVilliam Brompton 1467 John Dares, or Danes, IVilliam Barton 1468 Roger Bushell, i Thomas Alcocke 1469 John Day, 2 \z\ yohn Richards 1470 John Hadlefey Robert Marshall 1 47 1 Robert Bennington Robert Alcocke 1472 John Whitfield \ad\ Thomas IVood 1473 William Brompton Ralph Langton 1474 John Swan, 2 Richard Burdon 1475 Roger Bushell, 2 Robert Fisher 1476 John Richards [bb] Robert Scales [lips 1477 Edmund Co^^\nA2i\^,2^Tho.Phelippe,ov Phil- 1478 Thomas Alcock [cc] Robert Chapman 1 479 Thomas Wood Rich, Doughtie or Doughty 1480 Robert Alcock [ai/J^i^^. Thudlington.oxThom- 1 48 1 Ralph Langton Robert Flinton\linfon 1482 William Barton yohn Dalton King EDWARD V. April 9. f King RICHARD III. ^une 22. HSsHTHomas Phillips Bartholomew Gylliot 1484 Richard Burdon Thomas Dalton \z\ This Mayor (with Alice, his Wife) was buried in the Chancel of 5. Trinity Church, Anno 1470. 'ad\ This Worfhipful Mayor died of the Plague, then raging. bbl The Peftilence alfo put a Period to his Life. \cc\ The Plague (which had alternately raged, more or lefs, from 1472, deftroying near 1600 Perfons) ceafed this Year ; but not before it had proved the Death of this Worfhipful Magiftrate ; and brought his dear Wife and Children to their filent Graves. \dd'\ This Mayor was related to William Alcock, Merchant of Hull^ whofe Confort was delivered of a Son at Beverley , named John ; who, in Time^. became Bifhop of Ely, and prov'd a great Benefaftor to Khigfton, in founding a School, Chantries, &c. t Tho* a very wicked King, yet he founded Middleham College. The fecond time he was crown'd, was in York Minfter, accompany'd by his Queen, where he inverted his Son in the Principality of Wales. Digitized byLjOOQlC Mayors, Sheriffs, &c. in K. Henry the Vllth'j ReigtL I05 [eel King HENRY VI I. August 22. 1485 jD Alph Langton, i Lawrence Swatoricke 1 486 Robert Chapman, i yn. JVilfon or JVillifon 1487 John Dal ton, i Thomas JVickliffe 1488 Thos. Etton, t?;' Eaton 7>^t7^. Bridge ox Bridges 1 489 Thomas Dalton, i Robert Hook or Howie I49oLaw(^;'Tho) Swatoricke//;^^^. Myndram, or Mindram 1 49 1 Thomas Phillips yohn Spicer \ff\ 1492 Robert Chapman, 2 Tho, Andrew ox Andrews 1493 Thomas Willifon JVilliam Goodknappe 1494 Ralph l^2iXigioxi,2[gg]Edwd.Baron,ox Barron 1495 John Dalton, 2 Thomas Cocke or G7t?/& 1496 Henry Mindram, i Edw .Greenley ,ox Greenby 1497 [M] Wm. Goodknap Thomas Goofeman 1498 Robt. Hoolet?/' Howie William Moncketon 1499 Thomas Dalton, 2 yohn Gill 1500 Thomas Goofeman Robert Garner 1 50 1 Edw. Baron, t?;^ Barron, I Thomas IVilkinfon 1502 Thomas Cocke Thomas Fowls 1503 Robert Garner Alexander Wharton 1 504 John Gill Robert or {Roger) Bushell 1505 Alexander Wharton [//] William Taylor 1506 Henry Mindram, 2 ^t?^;^ Eland [ee] By this. King's Conqueft over Richard the Third, in Bofworth'Fieldy (where that Ufurper was slain) and by marrying Elizabeth, eldeft Daughter to King Edward IV. the Houfes of York and Lancader became happily united. \^ff\ This Sheriff lies buried in the South Isle of the Chancel of Holy Trinity Church. \^gg'\ He died in his Mayoralty ; and was interred in the Mid- dle of the Chancel; over whom was a Tomb-Stone, which declared the Worfhipful JOHN Dalton was his Succcffor. \^hh ] He was an excellent Merchant ,^ and, defigningto return home, was taken ill at Calais^ in France, where he departed this Life : Upon which another Perfon fupply'd the Office this Year. [ a 1 This Gentleman died at London^ in Time of his Mayoralty. [/&/&] In Digitized byLjOOQlC I06 Chap. vii. Mayors, Sheriffs, &c. in Reign of Hen. VIII. 1507 Thomas Wilkinfon, i Robert Harrifon 1508 ^oh.ipr Rog.)Bushell, I Wil. WilUam/ofi, or Willifon \kk\ King HENRY VI I L April 22. 1509 "gDwD. Barron, 2 'UDm. Riddale, or Rifdale 1 5 10 John Eland, i Geo. Mattifon, or Mad- 15 11 Robert Harrifon T'i^t?^. Huntington, [di/on 1 51 2 Will. Williamfon [//] yohn Langton 15 1 3 Edw. Riddale \nim\ Rob.Hapfam.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 WmfMn and IPttUbs^ he ordered Informa- tions to be taken againft them, in all noted Towns. Hither, for that Purpofe,came the Earl of iVi7^/A«w*^A'fo!//rf, with feveral Lords ; who (in the Towtis-Hall) received the Complaints of the Sufferers : Which, with the Grievances of other People, being fent to London. occafion'd thofe two wicked Inftruments defervedly to suffer Death, who had been the* miferable Ruin of many poor Families. [ Z/] The King, denouncing War againfk the Scots, both by Sea and Land, fent an Inftrument in Writing to this Town, fettihg forth the Affronts which he had received from the Gallick Monarch, who was an Enemy to the Roman Emperor eleft, which he ordered to be proclaimed. The French King, being alarm'd at the News, pre- vail'd with James IV. of Scotlaftd, to break his Truce with the King of England; which he did, on Complaint of the English Ad- miral's deftroying Sir Andrenv Barton; the valiant ^^rd?»'j 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 Viftory over them the following Year. Imm] Sir Edward Howard, Lord High- Admiral oi England, came this Year, with a numerous Fleet, failing up the Number, to this Town ; where he took in Numbers of Voluntiers, with Arms, and Provifions : And, fome time after, landing at Newcajlle, made hafte, with the Forces, to join the Earl of Surrey, Lieutenant of the North, at the famous 'RdiXXltoi Floddon-Field ; where the Scots wtxe 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 periflied. [nn'] About Digitized by Qoo^^ Mayors, Sheriffs, &c. /;/ K, HENRY the Vlllth'j Reign, IO7 1514 [nn] George Mattifon, i Edmnd. Mattifon \o6\ 1515 Thomas Huntington yohn Harrifon Inn'] About this Time, Sir William Sidney, defcended from thofe, of that Name, who came over with King Henry II. from Anjotiy flourifhed in his Monarch's Favour : For he was one of his Houfhold 'Squires, in the third Year of his Reiffn, when he accompanied the Lord Thomas Darcy; who, with 1500 Archers, was fent to affift Ferdinand, King of Spain, againft the yiootsoi Africa, That Lord, with him, and moll of thofe Bowmen, returned home, after having been richly rewarded by the Spanish Monarch. The next Year the Ki^g knighted Sidney, and made him Captain of a Man of War againft the French ; fent him afterwards into the North, againft the Scots, where he 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 Myton and Tupcotes, with the Manor, Lands, Appurtenances, &c, as have been amply mentioned before, which belonged to Edmund de la Pole, the laft Earl of Suffolk, of that Name, before it became forfeited to the Crown. [ ^^ ] A very sharp Scuffle happened between Sheriff Matti- SON, (or M ADDISON) and the Prior oi 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-C/tamber : 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 ; But, however, this Officer, on the 6th of O£lober, going to Wolferton, to keep his Turn, according to former Cuftom ; the Prior arm'd the Monks ; rais'd the 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 cruel Battle. Certainly, it muft have been a dif- mal Sight to behold, on the one Side, both young and old, fat and macerated Monks, arm'd with temporal Weapons, having broken Heads, torn Gowns, intermihgl'd with their strange undifciplin'd Rusticks ; whilst, on the other, an Officer of the Civil Government was making Ufe of the Truncheon of his then impelling Autho- rity, more stimulated by Opposition, and the Fury of his Atten- dants, Digitized byLjOOQlC Io8 Chap. vii. Mayors^ Sheriffs, &c. in Reigfi ofHEH. VIII. 1516 Roger {or Rob.) Bushell, 2 StfpAen Clave, or Clare. 15 1 7 John Eland, 2 Jeffrey Thurfcrofs, or Thrif- 1 518 Robert Hapfam Robert Parker [cro/s 15 19 Edward Mattifon, i Thomas Thompfon 1520 Thomas Wilkinfon, 2 IVilliam Goodknappe 1 52 1 John Langton IVilliam Knowles 1522 George Mattifon, 2 [//] Richard Dean dants, in their now dreadful Formalities, by fo bloody an Engage- ment ! For fome Time they fought with alternate Succefs ;.'till, at laft, the Sheriffs Party, obtaining the better, dfove the Monks to their Priory ; and then, as if they had been fo many King Harrys, threatened to pull the Building down about their Ears. Nor is it to be doubted, but they would at least have rifled it, had not the Mayor of Hull timely heard of the Skirmish. He therefore, with threefcore Horfe-Men, which he raifed, in a very little Space, posted thither, to prevent further Mifchief. The Prior, who, it feems was the first Agrefror,as to the Infults that were offered, had not Patience to bear the Ignominy of a Defeat ; which he could not remedy, but by a Courfe in Law. To obtain Satisfa6):ion there- fore, he fird a Bill, in the Star-Chamber, against the Sheriff, and his Party; and indi£led them, not only for a Riot, but as Offenders against feveral of the Statutes. Thefe Proceedings occafion'd Suits to commence, that took three Years Time, before they could think of terminating their Differences. At length, both Sides growing cooler, it was left to the Decifion of the Worshipful John Eland, George and Edward IfADDtsoN, Aldermen of Hull In fine, it was agreed. That, if thofe of the Monaflry, on tlieir Part, would yield, to the Inhabitants of Hull, all Manner of Right they had in the fresh Water Springs of Anlaby ; the Mayor and Burgeffes, would, on their Side, give up to them the Royalty of Willerby and Newton, to enjoy without Molejlation. To confirm which Agree- ment, there was an Indenture drawn between them, fignedand feal- ed before fufKcient WitnefTes : And thus all Animofities, upon this Diffention, ceafed between them for the future. {pp"] The King, 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 beconvey'd to&v/- land, the King, in a Letter, thank'd them for their Loyalty ; and, upon the fame Subjeft, wrote to Sir yokn Nevill, at Cottingham, Digitized byLjOOQlC Mayors^ Sheriffs^ &c. in the Reign of K. Hen. VIII. I09 1 523 Thomas Thompfon, i. Thomas Dalton 1524 John Eland, 3 William Rogers 1525 William Knowles, i Richd.Meekley, or Meekly 1526 Robert Parker IVilliam Swailes, ox Swale 1527 Thos. Wilkinfon,3[^^] Richd. Swale, ox Saule 1528 Edward Mattifon, 2yohnDavy, Day, ox Daniel 1 529 George Mattifon, 3 yames Johnfon 1530 Stephen Clare IVilliam Robinfon 1 53 1 T\ior^\iov[\^{oxi,2\ri^ohn Harrif^ 1532 William Rogers, i john Brown 1533 James Johnwn, i IVm. Catheral, or Catterill 1534 William Knowles, 2 Hugh Overfall 1535 Thomas Dalton \ff\ Peter Mavis, ox Macus 1536 William Rogers \tf\ IVilliam Clark \s4\ A prodigious Flood happened in his Time, by fo flowing a Tide, that a great Part of the adjacent Country lay under Water. In the Town, it was 5 Foot high ; to the difmal Confufion of the Inhabitants, whofe Goods were incredibly damaged, that lay in their Low Rooms, and Ware-Houfes. \rr\ This Year the Fifh-Garths in Htimber and Oufe were order d to be pulFd up, (in Confequence of a Petition of the Magiftrates of York to the Parliament) for the better Paffage of Ships of Burden, up the River, to that antient City. {ff\ The Worftiipful Mkyor died this Year, and Henry Thurscross officiated 'till the next fucceeded. [//] In ASICs Infurreftion, (after Diffolution of fome Mona- fteries) ftyl'd, The Pilgrimage of Grace^ when the main Body was broken at Z>(?;/^^/^r, Alderman Eland, Mr. Knowles, and fome others, feiz'd upon HALL UM^ the Captain of one of their Parties in this Town. The King, granting them a Commiflion to try him, with fome of his Affociates, they were condemned, and Executed : After which, the above Gentlemen were knighted and rewarded. But yet another Infurreftion burft out at Setirington, Pickering- Lythy Scarborough^ and other Places, in the North and Eaflem Parts: Sir Francis Bigot was their Leader. The Earl of Northumberland, from his Seat at Leckefifield, near Hull, fent thi- ther for both Men and Horfe, in order to withftand them. BiGOT, with his Forces, came alfo as haftily to furprize the Town : But Sir Ralph Ellerkir, and Sir John Constable, Knights, who Digitized byLjOOQlC no Chap. vii. Mayors, Sheriffs, &c. in Reign of Hen. VIII. i537[2/7/] Jn.Harrifon, 2 IVm.CrifcroJfe ox Goof croft who were Neighbours hard by, raifing what Affiftance they could, threw themfelves therein, fliut up the Gates, and ftood upon their Defence. This made their Enemies, who were juft at their Heels, fo mad, to think they had loft the Start, in fecuring this ftrong For- trefs, that they 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 aforetaid/:?^ 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 rifmg againft them, they rais'd the Siege, and march'd away. Upon their being purfu'd by the Mayor, and his Afliftants, feveral 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- JioHy which is indeed the Key of the Eaftern Parts) betook them- felves to Art and Stratagem : And entering the Town, difguifed Itke Market-People, yet fecretly arm'd, having befides Eggs, But- ter, Chickens, Src, they feiz'd the Gates, let in the Remainder of their Followers, and quickly difpers'd themfelves into every Part, neceffary for their Purpofe, before the People were well apprized thereof Then did Sir ROBERT quickly affume to himfelf the Title olGovernour ; fent Ships into foreign Parts for Forces to affift him ; imprifon*d thofe Perfons (after he had plunder'd them of their Effefts) whom he fuspefted not to favour his Defigns ; and laid up Stores of Provifions, Ammunition, with whatever elfe was neceffary to fupport them againft a Siege. Thus he ftriflly 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 difpirited, that a cloudy Melancholly ap- peared in his Looks, as a difmal Prefage of that Punifhment, which he was fliortly to undergo ! By how much he was afflifted, in Pro- portion was the Mayor and Inhabitants encouraged : Who, falling upon the difconfolate Knight, and his unfortunate Adherents, com- mitted them to Prifon, at the fame time fending News thereof to the King ; who returned an Anfwer, from Greenwich, dated Feb. 2, i63y. by Sir Ralph Ellerkir, Jun. That he /tad previously com- mijjion'd the a6live Duke of Norfolk to bring tfient all to their Tryals for tlteir Rebellion againjl him, \vv\ The Judgment of the aforefaid Perfons foon followed ; For Mr. ASK, a Gentleman of Lincolnshire, was hanged in Chains, at York, upon a lofty Tower : He, and his Numbers, which had in- creased Digitized byLjOOQlC Mayors, Sheriffs, &c. in K. HENRY VlllthV Reigft. Ill 1538 1539 ww\ John Brown yafnes Rogers xx\ William Catherall Henry Dingley creas'd to 40CXX), oblig'd the Archbifliop of York, with the old Lord Darcy, to accompany them ; making them take an Oath, To rejiore tfie Church, extirpate Hereticks, preferve the Royal Family, and to drive away evil Coun/ellors from the Ki$ig, They furrounded Skip^ ton^ which was defended againft them by the Earl of Cumberland ; and Sir RALPH EVERS held out Scarborough Caftle for 20 Days. The unhappy Lord Darcy was beheaded on Tower Hill, tho* he was fourfcore Years old : The Lord HUSSEY loft his Head at Lin^ coin : Several of the inferior Captains, with 70 others, were execu- ted, for the laft Infurreflion, in divers Parts of Yorkshire: And, in Hull, many received Sentence of Death, which they fuffer'd accord- ingly \^y}!(.^\x ROBERT CO N S TA B L E, m particular, as having been the Principal Head in the Seizure of the Town, was hang'd in Chains over Bei^erley-Gate, (fo calFd, 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 Speflacle ! 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 petitioned, . That the Fee-Farm Rent (70 1. per An.) of this Corporation, should be apply d to the Expences of his Majesty's Houshold; and that the Town should be difcitarged from about i2l. as Part of it, becaufe it proceeded from fuch Lands as were forfeited by EDMUND de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk ; A Sum demanded of (and paid by ) the Mayor and Aldermen, to the great Detriment of the Town. The Magiftrates too, being afraid, left the Corporation-Plate fliould, in thefe troublefome Times, be feiz'd upon, and loft ; they verj'^ pru- dently, by Sale, converted the fame into Money, which amounted to feveral Hundreds of Pounds : Which, it is written, was apply'd to bear the Expences of their Members in Parliament; and to repair the Church of the Holy Trinity, for which there was Occafion. fze/ze;] This Tear the Bush-Dyke was finifhed, which was begun to be caft up the Tear before. \^xx'\ Upon the Suppreflion of the greater Monafteries, the pi- ous Bifhops Latimer, Ridley, and others, befought the King, this Year, That but two, or even one, of thofe venerable Edifices, might be fuiTer'd to remain in each County : " Not for any Kindnefs to " the Monks, faid they ; but to be Nurferies of Charity, Leam- P " ing. Digitized byLjOOQlC 112 Chap. vii. Mayors^ Sheriffs, &c. in Reign \of Hen. VIII. 1540 \yy\ Henry Thurfcrofs,i Alexander Stockdale " ing, Prayers, and Preaching." Thefe feeming forcible Reafons were ufed in vain to an inflexible Monarch, who would be contented with nothing, except their final Deftruftion. His Defigns were ra- ttier to ereft ftrong Holds of Defence : For about this Time he purchased, of Sir 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 Hull impregnable. Ljy ] The King, with his Queen, fet out from London, in Aug- ujl, for York, to meet y antes V. his Nephew, the io6th King of Scotland, in order to advife him to a6l, in the fame Manner he had done, againft the Abbeys, and other Religious Houfes, in that King- dom. Therefore, proceeding thro* By- Ways, for fear of fome of the enraged People, he came unexpeftedly 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, near Newland, on the Confines of the County. There, paying his Compliments of Welcome, he kifs'd the white Rod, that he carry'd ; and delivering it to the King, received it again from his Hands : 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 moft hearty Welcome. The Mayor, falling upon his Knees, kifs'd, and prefented the Mace ; which, being returned, that Magiftrate carried it, before his Majefty, to the Manor-Hall ; which was then the Place of Refidence. Here, for three Days, the King, Queen, and Attendants, were fplendidly entertained. After which, they fet out for York; where they fta/d a little Time. But no King of Scotland SLppedLring ; the English Monarch left that ant ient City, on the 29th of September. At Night the Royal Vifitants lodg'd at the Earl of Northumberland s Seat, at Leckeftfield, The Inhabitants of Hull, little thinking the King was fo near, were affembled the next Morning (in ordertoelefl a newMayor) in the Town's-Hall ; where Mr. Dalton, and Mr. John/on, 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 Ele6lion : 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- dered, the Corporation to meet afreih ; and, that Sir John Eland Ihould be nominated along with the two Gentlemen aforefaid : Which, Digitized byLjOOQlC Mayors, Sheriffs, &c. in K. Henry the Vlllth'j Reign, II3 1 54 1 Sir ]o\in Eland, Kt. 4 yokn Thacker Which, being done, and his Majefty voting for him, the Knight was immediately elefled. 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 aCaftle, and two ftrong Block-Houfes, to be erefted, with other Fortifica- tions, to environ the Town : Alfo, for his Manor-Hall to be repaired ; and, that a new Dyke fliould 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 aflifted by Wardens ; one of whom, (Mr. Richard Mills) laid the Foundation-Stone of the Caftle, on the 22d o{ February, 154?. 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, embiark'd ; and fafely were landed in Barrow Haven, from whence they proceeded to Thornton Monaftery, fituated near the Number, 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 welcomed him, his Queen, and Attendants, in a moft folemn Proceflion ; and entertained them fplendidly in that very Monaftery, which but a little Time after he obliged them to forfake, and commanded the f 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- ftope, Efq ; his Lieutenant, by an Inftrument, dated Feb, 17, 154°, with Power to levy Forces, when Occafion required : But informed the Inhabitants, that none of their Priviledges fliould be abridged upon this Occafion ; which was contrived for their greater Defence, 'till fuch Time as the aforefaid Buildings and Fortreffes were per- fefled, when they might better fecure themfelves. Thus he took Care to preferve thofe of the Temporality, for the Prefervation of his Kingdom ; whilft he prov'd an Enemy to thq Clergy, thro* their Attachment to the Roman See, An Enquiry of his Aflions, in this Affair, is now quite out of Date ; any farther, than, to remark, what ftately Buildings have been, from Antiquity, in this Kingdom ; to fome of which, we are obliged for our Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, the pleafant Remains of them, at this very Day. t That the Reader may be inform'd of thofe large Monaileries, which had Peeral Abbots, that were mmmon'd to Parliament ; f have fele<5led the follow- ing Digitized byLjOOQlC 114 Chap. vii. Mayors^ Sheriffs, &c in Reign of Hen. VIII. 1 542 Peter Mavis, or^2s:\ys,Richd. Tayler, or Taylor mg Accounts, I think, more comprehenfive, and perfe Qbert Wood \hhh\ yohn Smith ) Geo. Hewit, or Hewet 1562 William Gee, I \ Wil. Williamfon, or Wilfon. [m] Rob, Armin, or Armyn. j" James (^^/^ Sam.) Almond. \Ith]i\ The Reader is defired to obferve, That, for the future, the Letters, which refer to Notes at the Bottom of the Page, will be un- der the Figures of each Year, preceding the Sheriff's Name. This Year, therefore, Anno 1561, His Grace, Thomas To UNG, Archbi- fhop of York, coming to vifit Rull, the 9th Day of June, was met, upon his Enterance, by the Mayor and Aldermen, in their Scarlet Robes, attended by the Sheriff, Chamberlains, Burgefles, &rc, in their feveral Formalities. That Prelate, being invited to the Houfe of the Head Magiflrate, was there fplendidlyentertain'd. Soon after, having fettled Ecclefiaflical Affairs, he preach'd an excellent Ser- mon, and confirmed fome thoufands of People. [m] A notorious Impiety was difcovered. One Thomas Weft, a Taylor, and Ifabel, his Wife, being, thro* Idlenefs, put to their Shifts to live, contriv'd a very wicked Method ; the one, to turn a heftoring Bully ; the other, a fcandalous Proftitute. No fooner had fhe entic'd each juvenile J/^rj into the Net of her luflful Em- braces ; but, out comes the valiant Taylor, Sword in Hand, more fierce than a terrible Vulca7i, threatning either to caflrate the Of- fender, or fheath the dreadful Blade in his tender Heart's Blood ; except he paid very dear, confiderably above the Market-Price, for his 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 disfranchised ; both committed to Prison, where they were kept a Month on Bread and Water; afterwards ignominiously drawn, through the Streets, in a Cart, with a Paper on their Heads, declaring their abominable Aftions ; and, at laft, banifh'd out of the Town, never to fet Foot therein again, under Pain of more severe Punifhment [kkkl Madam Digitized byLjOOQlC 122 Chap. viii. Mayors, Slieriffs, &c. /;/ Reign of Q, Eliz. 1563 John Smith ) William Smith yo/iu Bir, or Bever) John Drake, or Brake 1564 R.Gayton,^rCayton \ Thomas Hog, or Hogge 7h. or Wil. Parker, or Barker ) Wil. Scearth, Or Seath 1565 Walter Flinton ") Tho. Arenfton,^r Arnefton Rob. Nay lor, or Nayler ) Jn. Mattifon, (?;^Maddifon 1566 John Thornton, i 5 HughKirlfoot,^/'Kirkfoot Thomas Dowley ) Jn. Hodgfon,6^/'Hodgden 1567 Robert Dalton, 2 ) J".Fawther^rFairweather yn. Gregorie,orGregory ) Wil. Scholes, or Scales 1568 James Clarkfon, 2 \ William Carlisle [kkkl JVilliam Wilfon ) Edward Clarke 1569 Thomas Dalton, 3 ) John Loggan, or Logan [///] yohn Rimington ) John Mounfey,6>/'Alanfy {kkk] Madam Knowles, (who became the Spoufe of John AlLFORD, Efq; ) enlarged the Golden Chain, (which the Knight, her former Husband, hadgiven, for the Mayor's Ufe ) by adding the 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 Links, weighed near 12 Ounces. [///] An Infurreftion broke out in the North. Nicholas Mor- ton, a Romifh Priefl:, is said to have been fent, by the Pope, to pro- nounce the Queen an Heretick; which occafion'd a Writing, That the old Englifh Religion was to be reflor'd, for which they had ta- ken up Arms. The Duke of Norfolk, and feveral Catholicks, declaring againft it, offer'd their Perfons, and Purfes, againflthofe Men that begun it ; and who now, being increased to 4CXX) Foot, and 6000 Horfe, were march'd to DiirJiavi; in which Cathedral they tore both Common-Prayer-Books, and Bibles. The Heads of thefe, were the [i] Earls of Northumberland and W eflnior eland ; the Lords Edward Dacres and Ncinll ; with Gentlemen of Note ; as [2] Norton, Tempefl, Danby, and others. But hearing, they were foon to be oppos'd by the Earl of Siijfcx, Lieutenant of the North, whom they thought to have taken Prifoner at Cawood, where he refided ; that he was to be aflifted by the Lord Scroop, with Sir George Bowes ; and that Mary, Queen of Scots, for whofe Sake they rofe, was removed from Tiitbnry to Coventry ; then they came, in Fury, and befieg'd [3] Baynard Caftle : Which, after fome time furrendering, they thought to have furprized Kingflon- upon- Digitized byLjOOQlC Mayors^ SlteriffSy Chamberlains ^ &c. m Q, Eliz. Reig^t. 1 23 1570 Lawrence Wharton) Luke Thurfcrofs,t?rThrif- William Smith JChriftopher May (crofs 157 1 Chrift. Stockdaile |JohnFrewick,6>;^Frowick [mmm]yno.Fairweather)]n^\itddi\\^orV\[ht\ipd^^ upoU'Hully thro' the Treachery of one named Smtti^, 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 arifmg, purfued them into the North ; where feveral were taken, and from whence others efcaped into Scotland. Above 60 Men were hang'd, for this Offence, at [4] Durham. The Earl of Wejlmor eland lived to an old Age ; but in a miferable Condition, amongft the Spaniards^ to whom he fled, being fupported by them but with a very fmall Penfion : And at [s] Yorky where feveral had been executed, the Earl oi Northum^ berland was, on a Scaffold ere6led at the Pavement^ beheaded on the 22d oi Atigujl^ 15/2. The pale and ghaftly Head was placed, as a wretched Speftacle 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 'id in York, it was ftolen away J But his Body was interr'd in O//^ Church, only attended by two of his Men Servants, and three Women. The other Rebellion, that foon, in the fame Year, \yiz. 1569.] follow'd what has been mention'd, was at Naivorth Caftle, belonging (and near) to which was a Town, of that Name, in Cwnberlandy occafion'd (in order likewife to procure the Queen of Scots Deliverance) by Leo-, nard DacreSy Son to the late Lord of that Name. The Youth very bravely withftood, for fome time, the Attacks of the valiant Lord Hun/don, Gowcvwour oi Berzvick : But being over-power'd, was obli- ged to fly into Flanders ; and coming to Lovain, he made his laft Exity in miferable Poverty. \^nmvt\ A difmal [6] Flood happen'd, on the Night oi All- Souls, which occafion'd the like Damage to H?illy and indeed to many other Parts, as happened at the laft mention'd dreadful Inun- dation, when Merchandize, People, and Cattle, were deftroy'd. Explanatory Inferences to the Notes belonging to the Years 1569 and 15 71. [1] Thomas Percy, and Charles. — [2] On the 27th of May, 1570. Thonias and Chriliopher were drawn from the Tower of London to Tyburn, and there hang'd, and quarter'd. — [3] It was defended 11 Days, thro' the the Valour of Sir George Soloes, and his Brother Robert. — [4] The chiefefl of whom, was an Aldennan of the City ; and Mr. Plnmtree, a Prieft. — [5] On the 27th of March, 1570. Si- ^tnon Digby, of Askue ; John Fnlthorpe, of Ifdbeck, Yorkshire, Efqrs. Robert Penetnan, of Stokesley, and Simon Bishop, Jun. of Pockiington, Gentlemen, were hang'd at Knave/mire, their Heads and Quarters placed on the City Gates, and at publick Places in the County. — [6] Hollingshead vfvSiQs, it was the Year before. {itmi] The Digitized byLjOOQlC rj 124 Chap. VIII. Mayors, Sheriffs, &c. in Reign of Q. Eliz.. ■ ■ ^ 1572 John Smith, 2 ) Rich. Lodge, or Logan William Scearth ) Edw. Priston, or Preston 1573 William Gee, 2 \ Here I find that no Cham- yohn Hardcafile ) berlains are mention d. 1574 Wil. Williamfon") Step.Prieftwood,t?rPrefton \iinn'\ThoArnelfon,oxArenton ) Leonard Wilfon,(?;'Wifton 1575 Robert Gayton ) Jeffery Jeffers,(?;'Jefferfon \oo6\ yohn Logan ) Robert Legard 1576 Jn. Fairweather \ Jn. Harryfon, or Harrifon \ppf\ Edmund Clarke 3 Peter Richardfon \]t7in\ The Magiftrates, this Year, by the wholfome Inftruc- tions of the Archbifhop of Yorky dated July 20, fet about the Pu- nifhment of Vice, (occafion'd thro' the Multitude of Mariners com- ing to Hull) without any Refpeft of Perfons. [ 000 ] Agreeable to the Defign, in the former Year, Church- Wardens, and Sidefmen, were appointed, in every Ward ; to vifit Ale-Houfes, Streets, and Clofes ; to fee who were finfully fpending their Time, when they fhould have been at Church ; and to pre- fent their Names, and Places of Abode. [///] The Plague raging beyond Sea, and Quarentine not be- ing well performed, it was brought, in fome degree, by Seamen, to this Town : And that fatal Diftemper, being chiefly confin'd to Black-Fryer-GatCy (where, however, fcarcely perifh'd one hundred Perfons) it was immur'd, at both Ends, by Order of the Magi- ftrates ; only two little Doors, with fmall Porches, for the Watch- men, that none of the Infefted might efcape from thence ; and to take in Provifions, with what was neceffary, for the Sick, in their de- plorable Condition : But GOD, in Mercy, ftopping the Progrefs of the Contagion, the Town was quickly replenilh'd, for what People they had loft. — Soon after, a prodigious Excefs of Apparel, grow- ing common amongft the Ladies, the Magiftrates ufed 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 Do6lrine, a more coercive Declaration came forth, which quoted the Words of a Statute, T/tat wJiatever Woman wore Velvet in her Apparel^ should immediately quit the fame, or find a light Hor/e to Jerve in Battle. What might be thought of ManteenSy had they been ufed in thofe Days .? [???]The Digitized byLjOOQlC Mayors^ Sheriffs y Chamberlains ^ &c. in Reign of Q. Eliz. 1 25 1577 John Thornton, 2 7 William Bray [999] yohn Whelpdaile ) Robert Taylor 1578 James Clarkfon,3 ) Wil.Robfon,t?;'Robertfon Edward JVakefield) Chriftopher Wormley 1579 John Gregory \ Tho. Emfon, or Empfon Edward Prejion ) Robert Pelton, or Dalton 1580 William Smith \ John Lynne (sley Robert Legard ) Greg. Porman, or Worm- 158 1 Edward Wakefield I Michael Webfter Leonard Wijion ) William Richardfon 1585 William Gee, 3 \ Bartholomew Burnet S^rr^ William Bray ) Peter Crew, or Green 1583 John Smith, 3 \ Anthony Burnfall, or Robert Taylor ) George Davis (Burnfell [ qqq ] The Archbifhop of York^ Dr. Thomas Youngs returning from London (where he had been a longtime fick) 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, Earl oi Hun- tingtony being Lord Prefident of the North, fent in Cuflody, to this Town, feveral Romifh 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 againft them, he required this Town to fit out two ftout Men of War. Thefe, being gallantly mann'd, took feveral of thofe Robbers, and brought 'em Captives to Hull. They were try'd before the Mayor and Aldermen, (to whom the Queen had fent a CommifTion) aflifted by the a6live Lord Prefident aforefaid, Sir Thomas Gargrave^ Sir Henry Gates, together with feveral Gentle- men. The guilty Wretches could plead nothing, to Purpofe, in De- fence of their Lives ; and therefore ^\^ of them were condemn'd to be hung in Chains upon the Sea-Coafts, as a Warning to others. [rrr] The Lord WiLLOUGHBY, being fent Ambaffador to the liing of Dejtmarky embarked at Hull, on the 14th of July, attend- ed by the King at Arms, to carry the moft noble Order of the Garter to the Danifh Monarch. — The Archbifhop of York fent an Ecclefiaftical Commifllon, dated July 7. empowering the Ma- giftrates more effeftually to fupprefs finful Immorality. U/n Sir Digitized byLjOOQlC 126 Chap. VIII. Mayors, Sheriffs y &c. in Reigii of Q, Eliz. 1584 William Wilfon ^ Anthony Cole, or Pole [///] Robert Dalton ) Edward Coke, or Cocke 1585 Leonard Wiston | John Lister [///] IVilliamRichardfon ) Lawrence Blacklocke 1586 Luke Thriscroffe \ George Almondc yohn Lynne ) John Graves 1587 William Bray | John Chapman Richard Read ) Hugh Arming 1588 Robert Dalton ) John Yates Anthony Cole ) Robert Spencer 1589 John Gregory 1 William Barnard Edward Cocke ) Marmaduke Hadlesey 1590 William Smith \ James Halfey,^;"Halfter yohn Lijter ) Thomas Thackeray i59iWilliamRichardfon1 Hugh Graves yohn Chapman ) Mich.Beisbies,^/'Beisley 1592 Edward Wakefield \ Walter Peck \wv\ A^tthony Burn/ell ) John Dobson [///] Sir Francis Waljingham was made (this Year) High- Steward of Htilly to which he prov'd a kind Benefaftor. [ ///] The Lord Prefident fat as Judgeofthe Criminals : Some, being convi6led of Felony, and Burglary, fuffer'd the Law : Yet, what was more remarkable, an old Woman, for fuppofed Witch- craft, was fentenc'd to fland 4 times in the Pillory, 4 Hours every time, and to fuflfer a Year's Imprifonment. But fuch like Accu- fations have been little regarded, fince the Tryal of Jane Wenliamy at Hartford, thro* the eminent Wifdom of the learned Judge, who then fat upon the Bench. — About 800 Perfons, in H7UI, fign'd an AfTociation to fland by the Queen againfl; the Spanish Armado ; when the Town alfo lent her 600/. to be paid out of the Exche- quer, as foon as the Danger was over : Which, indeed, was not long, thro' the Valour of her Naval Forces ; who; bringing intire Confufion amongft the Spaniards, made them fly for their Lives. lyvv^ On the 26th of September, an odd and furprizing Fifli was (by 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 was Digitized byLjOOQlC Mayors^ Sheriffs, Cfiamberlains, &c. in Reign of Q, Eliz. 1 27 1593 Anthony Cole \ Chriftopher Harrifon \ivww\ yas, Haddlefey ) James Caffonj^^/'Caffion 1594 Robert Taylor \ ^ Adam Barkdaile (fon Marmaduke Haddlefey ) ^Geo.Wilfon^^William- 1595 John Lifter 1 t George Chapman yohn Graves ) f Hugh Scott 1596 John Chapman \ Barnard Smith \xxx\ Hugh Arming ) John Prifton, or Prefton was placed on the Back ; and the other on the Belly. 'Twas taken for that which (according to Pliny) is calFd a little Sea Hog; of fuch Species, as, I think, I have feen, very common, in the Irish Ocean, different in Sizes, according to the Time fince they were fpawn'd. This Year the Town, being at great Ex- pence, in fitting out a Man of War, to ferve the Queen againft the Spaniards ; her Majefty order'd, that the Inhabitants of Wake- field, Leeds, and Halifax, who traded hither, fhould bear a Part ; to which they willingly confented. \zvzvw\ The Aldermen granted, to the Mayor in Being, the Pri- viledge of prefenting a Townsman with his Freedom, during the Time of that Mayoralty: But the Inconvenience of this appearing, a few years after, to be very detrimental ; it was put a Period to, by general Confent of the Corporation. * The Chamberlains, with an Afterifm preceding their Names, are placed,, ( according to another Manufcript ) Anno 1598. [^xr] Sir THOMAS Heneage was made High-Steward of Hull; but, dying this Year, was fucceeded by Sir ROBERT CECIL, one of the Queen's Privy Council. Her Majefty gave Authority to the Magiftrates to make what Laws they pleafed, for the Govern- ment of the Town ; with Power to punifh fuch Perfons, who fhou'd offend againft them : That two Markets fhould be held in what Places they thought convenient : That (in Imitation of the Lord- May or and Aldermen of Londofi) they ftiould be the Prote6lors of Orphans, by taking into their Cuftody what was belonging to them, thereby to prevent the Childrens being wrong'd, or afflifted : That they, and their Succeffors, fhould hereafter be called the Common- Council : That they ftiould receive the Cuftoms due for Landing of Goods, that were brought into the River Huniber, (except what appertained to the Citizens of York) by which they might be better enabled to take Care of the Haven, and all other Works, that conduced to the Safety of the Town. t Thofe Chamberlains (with this Mark f before them) are faid to be in Office, A^ino 1600. Mr. Smith, and Mr. Preston, 1602. Digitized by LjOOQiC 1 28 Chap. viii. Mayors, Sheriffs, &c. in Reign of Q. Eliz. 1597 Edward Coke ) || Francis Hodgfon George Almond ) || Thomas Mault 1598 John Graves ) % John White \yyy\ IVilliam Barnard) % Cuthbert Thompfon 1599 Anthony Burnfall \ **Robert Morton \zzz\ Robert Spencer ) ** J n. M augham , or M augh II The Chamberlains with this Mark |j are mention'd Anno 1608. \ yyy'\ New Seats being now made in the High-Church for all Degrees of Mankind in the Town ; they tamely fubmitted to thofc Places, which were allotted for them. But it was not fo with the Fair Sex : Their Difputes ran fo high, that Ecclefiaftical Commif- fioners were required to regulate the Affair ; which they did to Satis- faftion. On the 12th of Juncy his Grace, the Archbifhop of York, gave the Magiftrates a Power to correft the Vices of 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 Punifhment, or Reformation. A very flrong Order was made, in the Time of the above Zealous and Worfliipful Mayor, againft the Stage-Players. It call'd them, idle People ; the Debau- chers of the virtuous Principles of Youth ; and, in fhort, flyl'd thofe itinerary Gentlemen no better than Strolling Vagrants : There- fore Two Shillings and Six-Pence was laid (by the Magiflrates of Hnll) as a Fine, upon ever>'' Inhabitant, who Ihould refort to hear them : And the Landlord was to forfeit Twenty Pounds, who let a convenient Place to the A6lors, wherein their Comedies or Tragedies were to be difplay'd. What a vaft Alteration between this Year, and future Times ! Where were then the mighty Defenders of the Stage ; fome of whom have fmce been remarkable, in proving that Vice is thereon correfled, and Virtue adorn'd, in more pathe- tick full-mouth'd Rhetorick, than the foft and eafy Eloquence of other moving Orators } But their further Defence is left to thcm- felves, who are indeed moft fit for that Emplo}'ment. X The Chamberlains, thus mark'd J, are faid tp be fuch, in 1609. \zzz\ The Obftinancy of Mr. Gregory ^ in refufing (after he was defied) to ftand Sheriff, I find, in various Manufcripts, to be men- tion'd under this Year, tho' IVe follow'd 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 : However, 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 Father : But it dropt by Degrees. ** Thefe Chamberlains are placed (by another MS.) in 1610. Digitized byLjOOQlC MayorSy Sheriffs^ Chamberlains y &c. Reign of K, JAMES I. 1 29 1600 Hugh Army ng,^?/' Arm in ^ There was a great yofeph Feild^ or Field j Want of Com this Year 1601 Marmaduke Yi2A^^{^y\E,ofY.?.s^^beheadedythro' \a\ ThomUS Thackeray ) Nottingham's Treachery King JAMES I. March 24. i6o2\X7'Illiam Barnard \ Queen 'ElizBbeth [6] Chrijlopher Chapman ) departed this life. 1603 Jofeph Field, i 7 The King ^ arriving at York, y antes Caff on ) was fumptuously treated. 1604 Tho. Thackeray, i ) Above 3500 Perfons dy'd yames IVatkinfon ) in that City bythePlagrte. 1605 James Caffon ) The Gun-Powder Plot was Thomas Swann ) hatching in this Year. 1606 George Almond \ The /aid horrid Plot Rich. Burgeffe, or Burge/s ) happily dif covered. 1607 Thomas Swann \ The King of Den- Nicholas Linsley ,0X Hausley ) mark came into England. 1608 Richard Burgefs \ An Union dejtgn'd betwixt yno. {or yoshua) Hall ) England and Scotland. 1 6o9Chriftopher Chapman ) 2^^ Hollanders /y^/^^?^ Barnard Smith ) off the Sp^inish Yoke. i6ioJais.Watkinfon,i \ King Henry IV.^Francc yohn Prejton ) wickedly affaffinated. [ ^ ] The Lord Burleigh^ with the Lord Prefident of the North, accompany'd by many Knights and Gentlemen, vifitingjff?^//, on the 23d oi Augufty dined at the Mayor's Houfe ; and were afterwards divertied with Fire-Works : But, thro' the over-charging an old Can- non, that was brought into the Market-Place, which contain'd many curious Contrivances, to be play 'd off by that forcible Element ; it immediately burft in many fmall Pieces, kill'd 4 Men on the Spot, and wounded feveral Perfons. [d] An Earthquake, being felt over Englandy affefted this Town, in a very fenfible Manner. — The King granted a new Charter to the Corporation ; but it cofl: them 6c)o7 Upon which Account, fome of the Town's Lands were obliged to be fold. CHAP. Digitized byLjOOQlC • [ ^3Q] CHAP. IX. A Continuation of the MAYORS, Sheriffs, together with fome Account of the Chamberlains, and w/uzt Transailions have happen' dy relating to Kingfton-upon-HuU, until the Death of King Charles I. A. D. MAYORS and r.. ...^^^. a t xx o o ^ Chamberlains. Sheriffs. W .1611 TAmes Haddlefey \ TOfeph Blaides J Edward Richard/on) J W\ig\i Foddle 1612 John Lifter . \ John Woodmanfey [ ^ ] Lancelot Roper ) John Ramfden 1613 Nicholas Linsley,t?;'Lynley \ Wm. Cawood \d\ Robert Chapman ) Martin Jefferfon 1614 Jofeph Feild, 2 ) John Burnfall Thomas {pr Robert) Ferris) Michael Haddlefey 1615 Barnard Smith, i 7 Thomas Raikes William Dob/on ) Thomas Johnfon [^] The Place of High-Steward (late in Poffeflion of the Earl of Salisbury, Lord-Treafurer) being vacant ; Thomas Lord Ellef mere, had that Dignity conferred upon him, this Year. [rf] Tho' there had been fo much Stir, in former Times, about procuring frefh Water from Anlaby, Daringham, &c. yet thofe Streams, pafling thro' the Mote of the Town, were rarely fo fweet as they fhould be, and often polluted. This occafion'd the Magi- flrates to make Application to Richard Sharpeigh, Efq ; who lived at Weflminfler ; William * Maltby, of London ; and John || Cayer^ o{ Neither'Loughton,m 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 ICX) Years, which (for their Encouragement) they had at a fmall Annual Rent. On this they erefted 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 they proceeded further : All this, with whatever fhould after want Repair, to be at their own Expence; fince the Inhabitants were Yearly, to allow a profitable Compenfation, for the Water. * Or Maltley. II Or Caier. [e] The Digitized byCiOOQlC Mayors^ Sheriffs^ Chamberlains ^ &c. Reign of K, J AMES I. I3I 1 61 6 Edwd. Richardson \ George CarlilCj^/'Carlisle \e\ yohn Ram/den ) James Watkinfon 1617 John Prefton \ John Barnard yohn White ) William Haddlefey 1618 John Lifter, yun.\ Christopher Freistby Robert Morton j JoelGaskinjt^/^Gafcoigne 161 9 Lancelot Roper, i \ Robert Raikes \f\ yames Watkinfon ) Thomas Moor, or Moon i62oTho.Ferris,^rFerret7 William Foxley [phries Henry Chambers ) Joseph (^r Joshua) Hum- 162 1 Joshua (^;" John) ^Hall \ William Saltmarsh \g\ Thomas Raikes ) William Popple [ ^ ] The Water-Works were now finifh'd, to the unfpeakable Satisfaftion of the whole Town. [/] The Exchange was begun to be erefted, in the High- Street, at the Expence of Five Hundred Pounds, given by the Mer- chants : But the King allow'd a Sth Part, on Condition, to have cer- tain contiguous Rooms, for a Cuftom -Houfe, on a leafe of 50 Years. *The Worfhipful Mayor (in the Year 1621) removed the Fifli- Shambles, that were formerly built by Dr. RiPLlNGHAM. [^] A Brief, dated Sept, 26. was fent (by the Archbishop of Yorl^ to this Town, for the Relief of i^r^;/^// Proteftants, who fled to England, on Account of Religion ; for whom was a Colle6lion of near 150/. and fent them accordingly : But foon after appeared 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 Jealoufies, 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- ftrates, in England^ to know the Reafons, and how to redrefs thefe Grievances ; it fell to Mr. yofi?i Ram/den's Share, in this Town ; who wrote of the fame, in fuch an exquifite Manner, as merited an univerfal Approbation. — The Exchange was finished this Year ; and the Town adorned with a New Pavement : To perform which, a Mafter- Workman was fent for to London, who performed the fame, in the neatefl: Manner, to general Satisfaction. [/.] A Digitized byLjOOQlC 132 Chap. IX. Mayors^ Sheriffs, &c. /// Reigii of K, J AMES I. 1622 John Ramfden \ Nich. Denman, ^r Dewman \/t\yoseph{oryosh)Blaides) Jonas Harwood, or 1623 Jas. Watkinson, 2 \ Tho. Elsam [Haywood Martin yefferfon ) Coniston Wrightington 1624 Thomas Thackeray, 2 \ Henry Barnard yohn Barnard ) Alexander Swan \Ji\ A great Law-Suit commenc'd (this Year) between the In- habitants of York and Hull, concerning a Cuftom of Foreigfi bough f, and Foreign fold. That is, (if I underftand it right) Whatever was offered to Sale, or bought, by Strangers, reckon'dy//^A, 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 Hull, in a Petition to the King, pleaded. That the City of York had formerly, (Anno iS7|. before the Earl of Huntington, Lord Prefident, in the Reign of Q. 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 Cufloin : A Cuftom, which they enjoy'd, by Vertue of their Charters, for enabling them to fupport the Walls, Banks, and Haven, of the Town ; Works, that were very expenfive : 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 moft 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 returned ; or Money, to the Value : And the Citizens of York, to be at Liberty, 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 very ufeful to the Publick ; yet feveral Proclamations were ifliied forth, before the People could be brought to utter them. We are now drawing 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 beft becomes a faithful Hiftorian. [/] George Digitized byLjOOQlC Mayors, Sheriffs, Chamberlains, Reig-n of K. CHARLES J, 133 1625 Thomas Swan \ William Crew Cuthbert Thompfon ) Daniel Smith King CHARLES I. March 27. 1626 T>Arnard Smith, 2 ) Chriftopher Chapman [/] William Popple ) Samuel Smithfon [ /] George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury, became High Steward of Hidl ; whofe Brother, with Sir John Lister, were elefted Burgefles. — 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- peared 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 Buckinghani) 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 o{ Denmark, his Majefty's Uncle, had, with other Powers, taken up Arms againft the Emperor. The King, thinking himfelf obliged to aflift his Uncle, fent to the Magiftrates of HuU, to provide fuch a 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, But all Afliftances were to. little Purpofe ; for the Danish Monarch, with his Forces, were defeated, near Luttern, Augujl 27. by Count Tilly, the Empe- ror's General, who was a Perfon of great Condufl and Valour. A Letter was fent to Htdl, irom. his Majefty, dated May 29. requiring the Inhabitants to fitout Ships againft Privateers, which very 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) to grant him 6d, on every Chaldron of Coals, as should be tranfported thither, from Sunderland d^nA New- cajlle; where the fame Sums were to be colle6led for what Quanti- ties were to be fent over Sea: But this, the King besought them to do, out of their own free Will. The General Loan, which began this Year,as it was much promoted by fome, was oppofed by others; whilft Troubles feemed to overfpread all Europe ! The Lieute- nants, of all the Counties in E?igland, had Orders, to put each Pro- vince, and Diftrift, into a Pofture of Defence ; by training up, for War, fufficient Men, who were to difarm the Recufalits. HULL^ with Digitized byLjOOQlC 134 Chap. ix. Mayors^ Sheriffs^ &c. Reign of K, Charles I. 1627 Robert Morton 7 George Todd [k] Conijlon 1Vrtgktington,'\ ^ George Cartwright 1628 Henry Chambers ^ ) William Peck [/] Nicholas Denman ) John Chambers with its Share of Soldiers, was to procure, against fudden Warning, 3 Lasts and J of Powder, 3 Tun and f of Match, 3 Tun and \ of Lead ; with Pick- Axes, Carts, Carriages, Ammunition, and Provi- fions : The Beftcons too were got ready; 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 Arbitrary Proceedings of their natu- ral Prince, than the destruftive Defigns of foreign Enemies. [^] The King, who had been unhappy in his A6lions, by af- fisting the Emperor against Spain, was now (thro' the Duke of Biickinghani 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 Richlien 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 Rochelki which were lent purely to aflfist him upon the Italian Coasts : On this follow'd a Difmiflfion of the Queen's Attendants, to the great Grief of his Royal Confort. But this War proved very unfuccefsful: The Duke of^;/<:>&^>/^/r^;;/, instead of relieving the In- habitants of Rochelle, was forc'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, 162I.J were erefted : One, at the South- End ; the other, on the Side of the Garrifon. t Mr. Wrightingtony (or Wrightlejloii) the Sheriff, was fined 3/. 6j. 8rfl for not wearing a crimfon Gown on the Festival Days, and at other appointed Times : But he refufing to pay . the Fine, it was levy d on him by Distrefs. * Mr. Chambers was fined, (An, 163?) becaufe he had not fol- low'd the antient laudable Custom, when he was made Alderman, in preparing a Feast, for the Burgeffes of Hull: And then it was decreed. That whoever was exalted, to that Dignity, fhould make a Banquet, (within 40 Days, if at home ; if not, within the fame Space of Time after) under the Penalty of Twenty Pounds. — As I am mentioning Fines, I must here take Notice of an OmifTion, in relation Digitized byLjOOQlC Mayors y Sheriffs ^ Qtamberlains, Reigfi of K, Cn ARLES I. 135 1629 5/> John Lifter, A7.^ Percival Linley [m] Robert Raikes ) Robert Berrier 1630 Lancelot Roper, 2 1 William Linley \n\ Henry Barnard ) Peregrine Pelham 1631 John Barnard \ Rich. Parkins, ^/'Perkins \o\ Alexander Swan ) Tristram Pearfon relation to Alderman DaltoUy who was Mayor in 1 588. He was ac- cufed, a while after, for having ingroffed moft of the Mills (about Town) in his Hands ; taking (inftead of Money, which was cufto- mary) Moulter-Corn; nay, more of that, than he ought to have done; and, which aggravated his Offences, had therewith mingled Z'/^^^, 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 HtilZ — The Duke of Bnckingham was ftabb'd at Port/mouthy by John Felton, (formerly a Lieutenant) on the 23d oi Augtijl. [ m] The Lord Thomas Went7vorthy 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 Har/net, Archbifhop of Vorky upon his Advancement to that See. — Baron Trapp came this Year (in Mr. Crew's Ship) ioHull^ as Judge of Assize; before whom a Man was convi6led, and received Sentence of Death. [ ;/ ] A Proclamation was publifh'd againft vile Infmuations, ly- ing and treafonable Speeches. [ (?] An Order being fent to Hull, That the Inhabitants fhould guard themfelves againft Strangers, and Care might be taken of the Town ; the Magiftrates order'd, (at the Expence of all within their Boundaries) the Ditches immediately to be cleanfed, the Walls and Block-Houfes repaired, and every Article (neceffary for a Warlike Defence) provided. — Baron Traver arriving at Barton, in order to pafs the Humber, and hold the Aflize at this Town ; two of the Aldermen were fent in a Ship to condu<5l the Judge hither ; Three Guns were fired at his Reception on Board ; five more at his Land- ing : Three others were let off from the Block-Houfes, and four on the South End. At the Horfe-Staith, the Mayor, Aldermen, She- riff, and Attendant's, received his Lordfhip, in their Formalities : And then he was conduced in Honour to his Apartment. S [p] The Digitized byLjOOQlC 136 Chap. ix. Mayors, Sheriffs, &c. Reign of K. CHARLES I. 1632 Henry Barnard ) Leonard Barnard [p] yohn Chambers ) John Swan i633ThomasRaikes, I 7 William Dobfon [ q ] Leonard Barnard ) Jofeph Thwing 1634 Nicholas Denman ) Hugh Torton \r\ JVilliam Peck ) John Peck, ^/^ Pecket 1635 Martin Jefferfon \ Richard Haslaj^/^Hasley Robert Cartwright ) Robert Drewe 1636 Jofeph Blaides 7 John Rogers Peregrine Pelham ) Richard Wood [ / ] The valiant King of Siveden (who had conquered the Empe- rors General Tilly) was slain at the Battle of Lutzen, Nov, 6. [ ^ ] The Magistrates of Htill fent 2 Casks of Sturgeon, with a Butt of Sack, as Prefents, to the Archbifhop of York : His Grace returning them two lovely Bucks, a great Feaft was made in the Hall for the Burgeffes. — Sir Humphrey Davenport, the Judge of Aflize, was fplendidly received. — Upon the Deceafe of Dr. Ab- bot, Archbifhop of Canterbury , (who died at Croyden, the 4th of -^ //- guji, aged 7 1 , and interred in Guilford, wherehis Monument,on which is the Effigy of him, may now be feen) the Lord Coventry YVcounX, Ailesbury became High-Steward of King/loH-upon-HtdL — The King (being attended by the Earls of Northumberland, Pembroke, Arundel, Southampton and Holland, the Marquefs o{ Hamilton, Bi- fhop 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 A llenfon) whom he was pleafed to knight ; conferring the fame Dignity upon William Belt, Esq ; then Recorder. The King afterwards afcended to the Topofthe Great Steeple of York Minder, takinga View from thence of the Situation of the City, with Part of Yorkshire. When he had lain 4 Nights in his Palace, call'd the Manor, he proceeded to Edi^i- borough, where he was folemnly crown'd ; and held a Parliament for about 8 Days : After five Weeks Stay in Scotland, his Majefty returned, by Port, 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 Coafls oi England; in which they were vindicated by Grotius, in a Treatife, call'd Mare Liberum: But this was anfwer'd and con- futed by that learned Antiquary, Mr. Selden, in his Mare Clan- fum, to the Nation's Satisfaftion, and his own Fame. [/] A Digitized byLjOOQlC MayorSy Sheriffs, Chamberlains. Reign of K. Charles I. 137 1637 Jacob {or ]dis) Watkinfon ) William Maifters [/] William Crew - ) Francis Dewick 1638 William Popple \ Matthew Topham IVilliam Dobfon ) Robert Ripley 1639 Robert Morton ) Robert Peafe, or Place [/] Richard Parkins ) Maccabeus Hollis [/] A Suit was renewed on the Crown Side (tho' not rigorously profecuted) for fupporting the Block Houfes and Caftle, built by Henry VIII. 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 they 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 fhould happen. Sir Francis PF/«^fe;/>^^, Secretary of State, fenttotheMa- giftrates' of Htdl, by the King's Order, to underftand the Strength of the Town : The Letter was brought by the Mafler of the King's Armory, Captain Legg : Who, viewing the Place, carefully, told them. It was abfolutdy neceffary to clean/e the Ditches, repair the Gates, and make Draw-Bridges thereto. After fome fmall 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 mentioned, in treating of that Edifice. Mr. Bo/well, his Ma- jefty's Refident in Holland, having bought Arms there, (to the Va- lue of 60CXDZ.) 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 End of March. Thefe confifted of the following Inftruments of War: Three Hundred Head-Pieces; the like Num- ber, each, of Pykes, Corslets and Fire-Locks : Twelve Hundred Muskets, 1 500 Belts of Bandaliers ; Shovels, and Spades, 200 each ; with 100 Pick- Axes : Halberts, and Black Bills, 15 each: Six Carriages, each having 4 Wheels, fhod with Iron : Six Brafs Can- non, 7 Petards : Twenty Five Barrels of Whole Powder ; and of Sifted Powder, 5 : Twenty Four Barrels of Musket-Shot, 410 Can- non-Bullets, and 32 Matches. But from this Store, 18 Waggon- Loads were ordered, from hence, to Newcajlle and Berwick, by the Earl of Newport ; who, riding Port, arrived at Hull, on the 4th of April, Digitized byLjOOQlC 138 King Charles I. entertained at Hull, Anno 1639. April: On the nth, the Lord Conway came, with 200 Horfe- men, who arm'd themfelves, and conveyed more Ammunition to the Camp. And, towards the End of Aprils the King, with his No- bles, fet out for London to York^ in order to pafs to his Army, in the . North, againfl the Scots : But being perfuaded, fir ft to take a View of Htilly he fent them Word, from that antient City, Tliat lie would vijit tfiem within three Days. He came accordingly, was met on the Confines of the County by the Sheriff, and fome of the Burgeffes ; Sind, at Beverley Gate, by the Mayor, Aldermen, with the better Sort of Inhabitants, where there were Rails and Carpets to grace the So- lemnity, in their feveral Stations. The Recorder addrefs'd himfelf to the King, in Behalf of the Corporation, to this Effe6l : That as they were notfo converfant infpeakijig to Sacred Majejly on Earth, as they were in Prayers to the Throne of Heaven for his Prefema- tion ; they humbly begg'd Pardon, if anything, now to be uttered, sliould prove unacceptabUyfince proceeding from nothing, but want of Knowledge how to exprefs t/ie^nf elves upon fo liappy an Occajioft : That the Fubiefs of their Hearts, fiopt up the Paffages of Speech ; and their affe£lionate Loyalty were better expreffed in Silence, than Words : That the Town might be compared to Seville, the mofl antient and beautiful City in all Spain : Not only flrongly walVd, but garrifon'd with Fire : Not dead, or fe7ifelefs ; but ardent, and awaking : Not only a Place of Store, for military Provifions ; but of Hearts, eiiflamd with Zeal for his Majefly's Service : The nwfl faithful Subje£ts, careful of thofe Fortifications committed to their Charge by his Royal Predeceffors ; which they would defend purely for his Ufe alone : That they befought the Divine Power ^ to convert the Thorns of his Travels into Diadems ; that his Battles might be trown'dwith Lawrels ; many Years added to a Life, tJie Ble£ing of the prefent Age, {as it would be the Glory of future Generations) and that he might live for ever in an liappy Immortality, When the It Orator had ended his Speech, the King thank'd both him, and the Affembly ; 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'd to arife, the King gave him his Hand 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 utmofl Humility aud Conft- dencCy II However, this very Man, being afterwards made a Judge, proved a bitter Enemy to the King: But this cannot be laid to the Charge of the Corporation, whofe Servant lie was, and order'd by them to pronounce their Sentiments^ tho' perhaps not then his own, . Digitized byLjOOQlC He takes a View of the Town, Fortifications y &c. 1 39 dencey at his Majefty's Feet. Which, being accepted, was returned by the King, faying, Hereftor*dto them all the Priviledges which it fi'g^iify'd; and that ufing it to his Honour y would prove their own Fe- licity, Then the Keys were prefented, as an Emblem of their Truft in his Majefty ; for whofe Service they were ready to venture their Lives and Fortunes. / wishy (faid the King, returning the fame with majeftick Sweetnefs) I never may have Occafion for you to lay either of them at Stakcy for my Sake alone : HerCy take them again: Exclude the Vicious y but harbour the Innocent : Andy for my party I defire to reigUy or livCy no longer y than to prove a Comfort to you y and all my faithful People, The Sword was prefented (and returned) with much the like Ceremony : And, at laft, the Ribbon, with a Purfe of IOC 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, conducing his Majefly thro* the Streets, which were lined on both Sides by Soldiers ; alfo Train-Bands, neat- ly habited, at the common Expence of Town and County. The Walls, Banks, with other Matters, would have been repair'd, had there been but Time : However, Things were a6led as neat as pof- fible. His Majefly, being led to the Houfe of Sir JOHN LISTER, was fplendidly entertained, and lodg'd. The next Morning he fur- vey'd the Town ; took Notice of the Great Gates, which Captain Legg 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 Magiftrates for their Courtefy : Then, mount- ing his Horfe, was attended by the Mayor to the Gates; and, by the Aldermen, with the Chief Burgeffes, to the Limits of the County, where they took Leave of his Majefly. That Night the King lodg'd at Beverley y the next at Yorky and fome Days after at Newcaflle ; From whence, by his Command, the Earl o^ Holland -wvotQ 2l Let- ter, dated July 29. to the Magiftrates of Hully thanking them, and Captain Legg, for their Entertain ment of him, and fecuring the Town by all neceffary Preparations of Defence, as he perceived when he was amongft them : And indeed they deferved Praife ; for the Works were finifhed in the Month after. — His Majefty, being ad- vanced towards the Borders, the Scots fent him fubmiffive Letters, only to gain Time, whilft they increas'd their Forces : And taking AdvantageoftheingloriousTimidity of the EdLvlof Holland; (whom Lesley y their Leader, impos'd upon, by fetting fomeof the ordinary Tribe of that Country on the Side of a Hill for Show only, as tho* they never wanted Multitudes) as alfo of the Marquefs o{ Hamil- ton's Digitized byLjOOQlC 140 Chap. ix. Mayors, Sheriffs, &c. Reigft of K. CHARLES I. 1640 John Barnard, 2 \ John Ramfden [ u ] Robert Berrier ) Lionel Buckle ton's poor Succefs (by fpending his Time with his Mother, and other CovenantcrSy when he fhould have been employed in another Manner) they took Courage to write to the Englifh Generals, by whofe Means their Petition coming to his Majefty, the eafy, un- fortunate Monarch was brought to a difhonourable Pacification, and obliged to disband the greater Part of his Army. [;/] Some of the injur'd King's Soldiers, as yet unbroke, were quartered near Htilly left: a frefh Rupture fliould happen ; as indeed foon after came to pafs, thro* the frefli Infolencies of the Scots. To aft againft: whom, the King fent to Ireland, for the Great Lord Wentworth, made him Knight of the Garter, and Earl of StraJ- ford, in Yorkshire, That Nobleman, by Order of the King, fent a Letter, (dated Aug. 14.) tofomeof the loyal Burgeffes of J^wW, and Inhabitants of the adjacent Towns, thanking them for their Good- nefs,in paying the Soldiers Quarters thereabouts, which they fhould be honeft:ly 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 Subjefls, having made new Preparations, he fent the Earl of Northumberlandy with an Army, againft the Scots, whom he proclaimed as Rebels. The King came to York the 22d of the fame Month : On the 29th, he rode to Northallerton : But hearing the Scots (who, without Oppofition, had entered, into Eng- land, the 21 ft Inftant ; and, a little while after, routed the Lord Conway at Nezvbum) had taken Newcajile, were poffefs'd ot Nor- thumberland diViA 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 fent thitherinthree Days Time. 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 Theatresof Artillery, and War : Here Tents Cannons, and Bulwarks, were ranged, fix'd', and erefted : A Bridge of Boats lay 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 Magiftrates oiHull, to defire them to accept of Sir THO- MAS Glemham (who commanded a Regiment of Foot) as Gover- nour, only for a while, it being the King's Pleafure : This, at firft, met with Oppofition, becaufe it would fuperfede the Mayor's Autho- rity, Digitized byLjOOQlC Sir Thomas Glemham made Governour of Hull. 141 rity, in that Respeft : But finding his Majefty 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 Tlioinas in the Quality defired, and accordingly deliver'd him the Keys. — While his Majefty was expefting the Scois^ who had threaten'd York; they were better pleased to enjoy the Plenty of England^ in the North, than to increafe their Hoftilities : And, indeed, had the Mo- defty, to fend a Petition to the King, without mentioning Particu- lars : But afterwards thus explain'd themfelves : That the Caftle of Edinboroughy and other Forts might be repaired for their Defence ; no Oaths to be impos'd upon 'em, contrary to their national Oath and Covenant : That a Parliament of England ^owXdi meet as foon as poflible ; and that the Declaration might be revoked, 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 Neceflity, thro' the Dif- traflion of the Times .^ An infolent corrupted Enemy, who had fe- perated the Interefts of King and People ; a mutinous and divided Country ; a diftieartned, if not, for the greater part, a corrupted Army ; a Treafury exhaufted in raifing and disbanding his firft Forces ; and no fufficient Time left, to call a Parliament ? What could then relieve both him, and his loyal Subjefls, labouring under thefc feeming infuperable Difficulties ! Why, an antient Cuftom was found out, in calling the Peers, to attend the King at York, They obe/d the Summons : And his Majefty, in the Hall of the Dean of York, {Sept, 24.) after a ftiort Speech upon the Occafion, declar'd his Intention of calling a new Parliament. This Court was held 'till the 1 8th of October following : During which Time, the Corpora- tion of Hnll fent Alderman Popple to his Majefty, defiring to re- ceive his Advice, and know his Pleafure ; and that Alderman WIL- LIAM Lister might attend his Court, to give Notice of what Paf- fed from time ta time : And the King received a Prefent of 4 ftately Horfes, with rich Capparifons, from the King of Denmark, The Beginning of November , the Army was difpofedinto Winter Quar- ters about the Country, as there feem'd to be a Ceffation : And foon after, near the Eleftion of New Members for the Lo7ig Parlia- ment, followed feveral Projects for altering the Government, or abridging the Regal Power ; which added but F'ewel to the former Heart-Burnings. The Earl of 5/rrt^rrf'j Troubles fucceeded : The Canons of the Church were condemned ; the Archbiftiop of Canter- bury impeach'd ; and the Lord-Keeper Finch voted a Traytor. — This Year, the Rev. Mr. Andrew Marvel, Lefturer oi Hnll, failing Digitized byLjOOQlC 142 Chap. ix. Mayors, Sheriffs^ &c. Reign of K. Charles I. 1 64 1 Henry Barnard, 2 \ Rob. {or Rich.) Robinfon [tv] yohn Rogers ) Thomas Lawrence 1642 Thomas Raikes, 2 \ William Raikes \x\ Richard Wood ) James Lupton failing over the Humber, in Company with Madam Skinner, of Thornton-College, and a young beautiful Couple, who were going to be wedded ; a fpeedy Fate prevented the defigned happy Union, thro' a violent Storm, which overfet the Boat, and put a Period to all their Lives ; Nor were there any Remains of them, or the Vef- fel, ever after found, tho' earneftly sought for, on diftiant Shores ! [zc;] On the I2th of May, the noble Earl of Strafford was brought to the Scaffold on Tower-Hill: Where fuch was his come- ly Deportment, Chriftiian Behaviour, and melting Speeches, that (a few Days after he was beheaded) the Great and Venerable Arch- bifhop Usher told his Majeftiy, (who wept upon the mournful Occa- fion) He Jiadfeen many Perfons die ; hit never perceived fo ivhife a Soul return to its Maker, — The King, arriving at York, (in his Progrefs to Scotland, and finding both Armies (landing, he fent Sir Jacob Ashley, and Captain Legg, to Hull, in order to difcharge what Forces were therein : The Earl of Northumberland, and Lord Conway, ^^xt, prefent, on the Occafion, which was about the Begin- ning of July, On the 12th, Sir Thomas Glemhani, the Governour, (being on his Departure for Londoii) delivcr'd the Charge, which he had been intruded with, up to the Mayor: Who then plainly found, that the Kinghad no Intention to infringe on his Authority; but pure- ly to defend the Town, by a valiant Captain, expert in the Arts of War. After which, the Infliruments of Battle, lately carry 'd againft the Scots, were brought back, and replaced in the King's Magazine. His Majefty,accompany*d by the Prince of Wales, the Palfgrave of the Rhine, Duke of Lennox, Marquefs of Hamilton, and other Lords (in his Journey from Scotland.vAi^ro^ he had made vaft Conceffions, and even preferred his very Enemies) revifited York, on the 20th of November ; but foon fet out from thence to his Palace at White- Hall, where he arrived the 25th of the fame Month. [.«•] The Bulwarks, erefted 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 excefTive Height of Greatnefs: But thro' their Impeachment of the Bishops, (whom they fent 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 Digitized byLjOOQlC Sir John Hotham fent as Governour of Hull. 1 43 would foon have been upon the Decline, had not the King (thro' the unhappy Advice of the Lord Digbyy2X[A fome write of the Queen too) endeavoured to feize fix of their Members, which gave them new Advantages. His Majefty accordingly impeach'd of High Treafon the Lord Kimbolton ; with Sir Arthur Hafterigg, Pyniy 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 abfconded. 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 reduced to a low Condition. The Parliament reprefented him as Popifhly inclined ; and that he had a Defign to cut all their Throats ! Sir Henry Vane, 3. bufHing 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 J^an. 13. coming to the Magiftrates of Hull, 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 Deftruftion. 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, whofe 6 Members were, in popular Triumph, brought back to their Houfe) the King Ihould have a Defign to fecure the Tower of London, Portfmouth, and Hull But they fet about to prevent him in the two former; and, (having, by their own Authority, order'd away to the Tower a Part of the afore- faid Magazine) fent one of their Members, Sir John Hotham,z.s Go- vernour, to feize upon the latter. To this Intent, the Knight, at- tended by his Son, raifed 3000 Men, and march'd towards it ; But the loyal Mayor prevented their Enterarice, by orderingthe Bridges to be drawn up, the Gates fhut, 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 diftance. Upon Sir John's fending an Account thereof to the Parliament, an Order was made, for delivering up the Town to him as Governour, under Pain of High-Treafon. Thus being furrender'd, a War was begun by the Commons, who infulted the Bifliops; and abufed the King him- felf, by inflaming the People againft them. Hereupon his Majefty, attended by feveral Nobles, rode towards the Northern Parts : But, whilft he was upon his Journey, his Enemies fent Expreffes, to the Magiftrates of the Eaftern Ports, to deny him Enterance: For this Reafon, 200 Men were ordered to Scarborough, 600 to Timnouth, and 1000 to Newcaftle, March the i8th, the King came to York, The 7th ofAprilhis j2^^'C6''^ Printers fet up their Prefles in aHoufe T (fome Digitized byLjOOQlC 144 ^^^ John denies the King Enterance into the Town, (fome Time after ufed as the King's Mint) then belonging to Sir Henry Jenkins^ in the Minfter Yard. The 22d, the King fent to Hull the Duke of York, with the young Eleftor Palatine, and fome Attendants, among whom were the Earl oi Newport y Lord WiHough- fyy and Sir Thomas Gletnham, under Colour to view the Town. It was on a Market-Day, when they entered therein, along with the Country People. The Mayor, at firft, was ignorant of their Com- ing ; but, upon their Appearance in publick, he, accompany'd with Sir y^A«//i?^Art;;«,fplendidly entertain'd 'em, according to 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 the Day after. The King (refolving to have PoffefTion of a Place, which had lately refufed the Earlof 7Vmr^?/?/<^,as Governour, commifTion'd by him, when the Parliament had fo ftrangely exerted themfelves ; and who, upon his Landing, being feized as a Criminal, was hur- ry'd before the Mayor, and vilely infulted by Captain* JK?///rt;;«, the Son of Sir y(C?A;/^ rode from F^,meet- ing with Captain Piggofs Ship, would not fubmit to be taken ; but fought 'till fhe receiv'd lOO Shot, and then funk to the Bottom. The Captains //i7r«^, Vaughatiy Newton y 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 Townfmen, failing in their Ardency ; Sir John, wonderful in Invention, ftimulated them with a new-difcover'd Plot : That the King had hired feveral wick- ed Men to fet fire to Hully in various Places, near the 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 perifh 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 yohn Meldrmn, at the lat- ter End of yuly ; and at other times, with fuch Succefs, as to kill, put to Flight, and take Prifoners, manyoftheBefiegers. The Earl of Newport^ (whom the King left to carry on the Blockade, whilft he went to engage new Friends in other Parts) was (hot, by a Can- non-Ball, from the Walls, into a Ditch, where he would have pe- rifh'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 raifed an Army * Amongft thein was the gallant Lord Digby, who difcover'd him- felf to Sir John Hotham, tr lifting his Life to tlu Generofity of the Governoiir : JVhich, with A rguments ufed againft the Behaviour of t/ie Parliament, with a Promife of t/te King's Mercy and Fa- vour, fo prevail* d with tlie Knight, that he promifed the Delivery of the Town to his Majefty. But one intervening Accident, or another, prevented it ; And it proved of ill Confequence to the Go- vernour, whett it came to the Ears of the Parliament. Digitized byLjOOQlC 148 OtJter memorable PASSAGES in the Year 1642. Army againft him, commanded by the Earls oiEJfex^xiA Bedford; whom he knew to be Enemies both to him, and all his faithful Ad- herents. As he found, by Report of the Earl of Newport^ that it was impoffible to take Hully for want of Men of War, he order'd the Siege to be rais'd on the 27th of Julyiy review'd the Army at Beverley y and march'd among them, into Yorky with the Cannon and Ammunition. — Captain Hotkam, foon after, with a ftrong Party, ravaged the Royalifts, in the Country : But upon the well-known Woulds, near MaltoUy being attack'd by Sir Thomas Glem/iamy re- ceived fuch a Brufh, that he was glad to run home, and fcarcely would venture out of Hull for a confiderable Time after. In Aug, the King being at Yorky publifh'd, on the 12th, a Declaration, That he defigiid to Jet up tfie Royal Standard at Nottingham : And this he did, upon the 2 2d. The 20th of SeptefnbeTy he enter'd into Shrewsbury. The Fight at Powick-Bridge was three Days after, headed by Prince Ruperty to the King's Advantage ; who returned to Shrewsbury y where his Strength increafed ; and from thence went towards London, On the 23d of 06lobery was fought the Battle of Edghilly in Warwickshirey where the brave Robert Bertie, Earl of Lindfeyy received fo many Wounds, as occafion'd his Death. Be- 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 vifit him, they found him bleeding, in a plentiful Manner ; and yet his Looks were full of Vigour and Sweetnefs ! He bid 'em tell the Earl of Effex, " To caft himfelf at the King's Feet : And " {added he) 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 againft our Sovereign !" The Speftators, both charm'd and confounded, withdrew; and re- ported his Words to the Commander, he fent him the beft Sur- geons of the Army, out of Refpefl to his diftinguifh'd Merit; But in the opening of his Wounds, this Great and Heroick Nobleman expired. — During thefe Tranfaflions, William Cayendish, Earl of NewcaJlUy was fuccefsful in the North : His Army was more nu- merous, than the Forces commanded by the Lord Fairfax, He made Captain Hot/iam retreat; who pretended to ftophisPaffageat Piercebridgey beyond the River Tees. He march'd afterwards to yi:?^^, which was then put into a Pofture of Defence, under Sir Tho- tnas GlemhaMy Governour, who kindly received him ; and to whom he prefented fome Pieces of Cannon, and Ammunition. He drove L.oyA Fairfax and Captain Hothamoutoi Tadcafler; and took Brad- ford Digitized byLjOOQlC Mayor ^ Sheriff, Cltdmberlains, Reigii of K, Charles I. 149 1643 Thomas Raikes, 3 7 John Rawfon [y] Robert Ripley Ji Henry Metcalf ford by Storm. Thus was he frequently profperous, but not alto- gether ; elfe he might have gotten PoffeflTion of Leeds, which Sir Thomas Fairfax, (Son of the Lord of that Name) after a confide- rable Lofs, did at laft mofl valiantly obtain. A fmall Sketch of which Town, with the Infcriptions 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 collefted. [^y ] The Mayor, being now on the Parliament's Side, was this Year, 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 Hiftory 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 o{ Leicefler ; JOHN DiGBY, Earl of Briflol ; the Earl of Neivcaflle, as before-mention*d : With the Lord-KeeperZ^V/fc/^//^«, Gentlemen. The Sums of Money, drained from thefe Sufferers, were partly to pay the Scotch Plunderers : And the Committee appointed for this vile Purpofe, were the Aldermen Denham, Barnard, Roper, Popple, Peck and C/iambers, This Year the Town petitioned the Parlia- ment, to be freed from Affeffments a while, confidering their late great Expence, in withftanding a Siege ; but no notice was taken of their Complaints : So little do defigning Men regard their most faithful Friends, when once their own finifter Ends are ferv'd. [cut] The laft 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 fent him a Reprieve for Digitized byLjOOQlC l62 Executi/m of Sir yjr.T., azi his Sc^, im ]^n:i^ry l64|. fc^ thr'^ft hzyh. The 0>mni'>n=. feen^in^Iy incens'd, made an Or- der 2Lf/z:r.(i t:-e Va'.- -iity of ::zh Keprices, without they thon- felve^ h;i/i a f-.are :r. ^rantir.^' them : 5-^ that the S^n. who was or- difcrd to <;:e thf; Day after his Father, was now ij^ti^. i. 164I.) bfo^grjt t/j the .>:^ff;»'.d a Day ':>ef ^re h:m : Which fome ima- gin'd was a c/^ncrrted Piece of ?»Ial:ce, to prevent his dying a Ba- roTiet The Car/ta:n appear'd with great Courage : And for the ingrateful Parliament, i'd}A he. i^'Jio are iJie principal Authors cf Rebelliifft, by continuing an unjiijl War againfl tlieir injured Sover- eign and I'eii&W' Subject:, I fiave never beat gnilty of Treafon to Thkm : In which indeed he conceded rightly ; and 'tis hop'd, repented heartily of what he had acted againft his Majefty, The G>mmons enra^^ed, fent an Order to the Lieutenant of the Tower, not to fuff'.-r the Father to Hveout the Timethat the Houfe of Lords had allo'A 'd ; as tho* they wctc defign'd to be the Inftniments of Divine Vengeance, according to Sir Johns Words, when he \i-i(h'd upon his denying the King Enterance at HULL, Tltat^ if he was not a faithful Subject , the Almighty might bring confufion both on him, and his P after ity. And confus'd he now appeared, attended by his Confeffor Hugh Peters ; who was alfo his Spokefman, by telling the V{:(}\)\cMe Itadrcirard himself to him, and confeffed his Offences againfl the Parliament ! Thus, lefs gloriously than his va- liant Son, did he expire the Day after, being the 2d of January. On the 1 0th, the famous Archbifhop Laud, was brought to the Block, where he prcach'd his Funeral Sermon from Heb. xii. i, 2. Let us run with Patience the Race titat is fet before us, &c. and fuffered with the greatefl: Refignation. His Body was interred 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 ^Tl^e J3trett0t5. In March, the Independents, having great Power in the Houfe of Commons, new-modeird the Army, calling it, that of the Parliament's alone, without naming the King, anddifplaced many 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 Carnwarth, who catching hold of his Bridle, afking him, If he ivas runjiing to Death inanlnfiant} prevented him from making an Attack, which might have given a nappy Turn to his Succefs. Pontefra£l 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 Digitized byLjOOQlC 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 Robinfon ) Joseph Hall they heard of his Approach. On the other Hand, Brijlol, which the King intended to relieve, was furrender'd to the Parliament Forces, the i ith oi September. Prince Rupert was difcharged by his Majefty, for his not holding out the City longer. The King be- ing at Chejler, his Forces were defeated on the 29th at Routon- Heathy to his great Mortification, which he perceived from the Walls. — In this Month, the Plague broke out in Htill ; but by the ufual Care, in fuchlike Cafes, of former Times, it was happily prevented from fpreading. — The King arrived at Newark, about the Beginning of Odlober ; but Was obliged to leave it in Novem- ber ; and, after great Perils, got fafe to Oxford, And now the Scots 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\ 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* the Negotiation of Monfieur Montrevil) trufbs himfelf to the Scotch Army ; and soon after fet- tled at Newcajile. The 24th of June, Oxford ^2,?^ furrender^d to General Fairfax, The Earl oi Effex dy'd on the 14th of Septem-^ ber. On the 12th of November, the Town Wall of Hull, between Myton and Poftern-Gates, about 50 Yards in Length, fell down into the Ditch, occafion*d thro' exceflive Rains that had under- min'd it on the one Side, and the Weight of Earth which prefs'd it down, that lay upon the other: To repair which it coft about 300/. \cc\ The Merchants of Hullhdid great Loffes this Year, through Pyrates and Storms at Sea. On the 30th of January, the Scotch Parliament delivered up their King ; and left Newcajflle the i ith of February, after they had been the greateft Curfe that ever Eng- land was afflicted with. The Lord Ferdinando Fairfax dying at York, on March 13, 164I, the Parliament ordered his Son to be Go- vernour ; And moreover, that a conftant Garrifon fhould be kept therein, at the Nation's Expence, to aft againft the King, Queen, and all the Royalifts ; To whom, if any became afterwards at- tach'd, and fhould leave the Place for their Intereft, they (hould be punifli'd Digitized byLjOOQlC 164 Mayor y Sheriffs Chamberlains, Reign of K, CHARLES I. 1648 John Ramfden, 2 \ Richard Vevers \dd\ yohn Kay, or Ray ) Thomas Cockrill punifh'd with Death, as Enemies, and Deferters : And, tho' the Town ftrenuously petition'd againftfuch a Burthen ; arguing That the Place being little, four or five Families were obliged to dwell under one Roof : How inconfiftent it would be, to have Soldiers live in Houfes with the Wives of abfent Mariners; or, by Marriage, bring an infupportable Burthen to the Place ; That, for the Parlia- ment's Caufe,NinetyThoufand Pounds had beenalready expended; Thirty Thoufand Pounds loft in Traffick, thro' their being despis'd by Foreigners, for a6ling with them againft 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 Magfia Ckarta, the Petition of Right, and the Liberty of the Sub- je£l : — Yet, for all fuch like fpecious Pleadings, the arbitrary Commons placed a Garrifon there, as tho' they were far from va- luing Magna Charta, or any Paper Concern whatever, when they had the Sword in their Hands ; which, being drench'd in Blood, could write in more legible coercive Charaflers. But we'll return to the King, who had been imprifon'd at Holmby Houfe in Nor- thamptoushirey where he was deny'd his Chaplains, The Indepen- dents afterwards took him from the Presbyterians, thro' the Contri- vance of Cromwelly about the 4th of June^ by Cornet Joyce, a Tay- lor ; who carried him to Hinchingbrook, Childerley, and at laft to New- Market, In A ugii/l, he w2isKx*da,t Hampton Court, where he recover'd his Book of Meditations, call'd EIKON BASILIKE, with feveral Hiftorical Writings. In November, the King made his efcape to Tichfield: From thence went to Carif brook Caftle, in the Isle of Wight, Cromwell Sifterwdirds, having quell'd 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. \ee'\ The Digitized byLjOOQlC The Death of King CUhKlaE^ I. January 30, 164! 165 King CHARLES IL yanuary 30. 1649 pEregrine Pelham \ TAmes Shepheard [^^] yohn Raw/on y^ Richard F rank \ee\ The Aftions of this Year, as an ingeniotis Author writes^ were fo dark and hideous, that it cannot be paralleled in the An- nals of any other Monarch's Reign. To bring a King, accountable to None, except the King of Kings fays another y to plead for his Life before them, who had formerly fworn Allegiance to him, (and who, as Dr. 5^///>4 afferts, ought themfelves to have fuffer'd as the vileft Malefaflors) was fuch an audacious Aft, 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 Hv'd like a Saint in a corrupt Age ; had broke no Oaths made to his People ; and fo merciful to his Enemies, that as the Marquefs of Worcefler, told him, His forgiving Temper might gain him the Kingdom of Heaven, but never secure to him the Rea/m of Englsindl Carolus inter Reges, ut Li/ium 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 H71II, and Mr. John Alured, Member of Parliament for Headon) I refer my Readers, for their greater Sa- tisfaftion : And, in refpect to the prefent Age, fhall only remark. That I have Charity to believe, there are few, now living, among all Profeflbrs of the Proteftant Religion, but what look back with Horror of the Aftion, which brought a Prince, of their own Per- fuafion, to suffer at lafl the greatefl y\ffli6lions. — His Tryal be- gan on Saturday the 20th of January 1645. I*^ l^Js Impeach- ment, by Cooky he was called Tyrant, and Traytor ! His Majefly deny'd their Authority, as being of no Force without him ; and by fo doing, became a Civil Martyr, for the People's Liberty : The next Day, being Sunday y he fpent it, almost, in his Devotions. On Monday y he was brought again into Weflminfler-Hall. Tuesday the fame : On Wednesday y Witneffes were produced againfl him : One was William Cuihbert, oi PatringtoUy in Holder nefs ; another, was John Bennety oi Harwood, Yorkshircy Glover; and about thirty one more, from different Counties. The Fourth and lafl Day, tho' his Majefly defired to be heard in the Painted Chamber, yet it was not granted ; but Sentence pronounced againft him, as a Mur- derer, and publick Enemy, on Saturday the 27th. He prepared himfelf Digitized byLjOOQlC 1 66 The Death of King CHARLES I. January 30, 164I himfelf to die ; and defir'd the Afliftance of Dr. Jiixon-y 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 Majefly refufed to fubfcribe what his Enemies, would have him, thereby to enslave the People ; tho' his Life was offer*d,in Cafe of Condefcenfion. ^^//^//^interpofedfor the King; but in vain ! For Crornivell, and his Officers, feeking GOD, as they faid, it was refolv*d, that his Majefly mufl: die. The King fent 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 Ticesday the 30th, about Ten, his Majefly was brought forth by Col. Hacker, attended by the Bifhop, and Mr. Herbert : »He 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 Frocks and Vizards; the Block, andAx; with Hooks, and Staples, to draw him to Execution, if he refifted : B ut there * He was bury'd in York. See his long Epitaph in my Hiftory, Page 165. was Digitized byLjOOQlC The Death of King CHARLES I. January 30, 164! 1 67 was no Occafion. He cleared himfelf from beginning the War with the two Houfes of Parliament, and hopM 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 Necefjity. Ill Injlruments^ betweeft T/iem, and Me, was the Caufe of all this Bloodshed, He then own'd his Fault, in fuffering an unjuft Sentence to fall upon the Earl of Strafford : For himfelf, he hop'd, he was become a good Chriflian: And (pointing to the Bifhop) faid, That good Man can bear me Witnefs, that I have forgiven all the Worlds and even tJwfe who have been the chief Caufers of my Death : But this is not all; my Charity mufl go further : I wish they may repent : I pray God, with St Stephen, That this be not laid to their Charge : And not onlyfoy 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 Succeflors, and the People ; profefs'd his Affeftion to the Prote- ftant Religion of the Church of England; and then prepared to lay down his Royal Head upon the Block. When his Cap was putting on, by the Bifhop and Executioner, whilft Tears gulh'd from the Eyies of many diftant Speftators, 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 was but one Step more, which thd turbulent and troublefome^ would carry him from Earth to Heaven, from a mortal State, to a glorious Immortality, The King adjoined, 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, flretching forth his Hands, his Head was cut off at one Blow; fhown to the aflonifh'd People; put into his Coffin, covered with black Velvet; and fo con vey'd to White-Hall, This wa's 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 compared to Job, David and Solomon, for Patience, Piety and Wif- dom : His Murder was look'd upon as a Crime, of the mofl horrid Nature, next to that of the Crucifixion of the incarnate Son of GoD : Even his Enemies became afflifled : The Pulpits, fill'd with the mofl pious Divines of each Perfuafion, mutually refounded in Sighs and Lamentations, for the unfpeakable Calamities of fo unfortunate a Prince ! His Body was carry'd to Windfor,2Lnd laidin a Vault oppo- fite the I ith Stall, on the Sovereign's Side, where King Henry Will. and his third Wife, Queen Jane, were repofited. The Common- Wealth was eflablifh'd, after the King's Death ; his Son proclaimed Y againfl ; Digitized byLjOOQlC l68 TransaHions after the Death of King Charles I. againft; the Houfe of Peers, and Regal Government, abolifli'd ; the Duke of Hamilton^ Earl of Holland, and Lord Capel executed. ^Pontefrail Caftle held out for the Royalifts, under the Governour Col. Morrice, who had formerly furpriz'd it ; (as mentioned Page lo, in the Travels of my Second Volume) but was furrender'd on the 24th of March, Several Executions of the King's Party fol- lowed. CV^/«w^//preach'd,cajord the Presbyterians, and fupprefs'd the Levellers. In the mean while, the Scots invited the young King. CV^w«^W,afterwards,being madeLieutenan t of //'^/^«rf,ftorm- ed Drogheda and Wexford; and, with amazing Succefs, reduc'd moft of that Kingdom. The Mayor of Hull, ^ etf gtfne ^elj^attl^ men- tion'd in this Year, was elefted the 30th of September : And ac- quainting the Houfe 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 JTiitrg^ of the tMARTVR'D King, fent an Order for the former Mayor to aft as his Deputy : Which Mr. Ramfden did, 'till Mr. Pelhanis Death, that happened in March following ; and then the Parlia- ment ordered Mr. Thontas Raikes, to govern the Remainder of the Time. The Commons now defac'd the King's Arms where they could find 'em ; and commanded Charters of Places to be 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 Hullj and its County, amounted annually to 156/. js, 8d, out of which was paid 24L 3^*. ^d. to the Reader and Curate of the High and Low Churches, and a Sal- lary to the School-Mafter : All thefe the Town bought, for which they paid 1467/. and generously beftow'd on King Charles H. after his Reftoration. * I have a Profpedt of the Caftle, the antient Inheritance of the Duke of Jmu- cajler^ then a moll beautiful Structure. The greateft Ornament of which, .was thiJt caird 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- ga^ne, a great Bam, the King's Stable ; the Middle Gate-Houfe, with others to the !East, West and South, which might for their lofty Structure be called Towws alf<>. To this Castle, belong'd a beautiful Chapel dedicated to St. Cte- mint. In a Manufcript, lent me by Henry Fairfax, Esq ; at Towlftm^ near Tad- cajler) a particular Account is given of what Sums were paid to the Workmen for demolishing the Edifice, by Order of the Parliament, March 27, 1649. and another, in Purfuance of it, the 4th of April following. The total Amount of which, was 1777/. 4^. 6 Good and Just, could I but rate : My Grief, and thy too rigid Fate ; I'd .weep the World to fuch a Strain, That it should deluge once again ! MoTcfTomBriareus Hands,than-4r^»j Eyes, I'll fingthy Obfequies with Trumpet Sounds, And write thy Epitaph in Blood and Wounds. Digitized byLjOOQlC Mayors, Sheriffs, Chamberlains, Reign of K. Charles II. i(^ CHAP. X. ^ Continuation of the MAYORS, Sheriffs, toge- ther with an Account of the Chamberlains, and what Tranfa6lions have happened, relating to Kingfton-upon-Hull, until the Rejloration of King Charles the Second; from thence, to his Deathy and Beginning of his unfortunate Brih ther's Reign. Chamberlains D. MAYORS and Sheriffs. 1650 pRancis Dewick ^ T^Homas Coats \ff\ ^ Henry Metcalf ) ^ John Blenker 1651 John Kay | James Blaides \SS ] l^illiam Raikes ) John Tripp \ff \ In this Year was the firft Appearance of the Quakers. The brave Marquefs oiMontrofs fuffer*d Death, at Edinborough^ on the 2 1 ft oi May, The King arrivM in Scotland th^ 22d of June ; and was proclaimed on the 15 th of July, CROMWELL, returning from Ireland^ was made General againft the Scots, \^gg\ The King was crown'd, at Scofte, by the Marquefs oiAr^ gyle. In Atigujly his Majefty came into England^ with an Army of i6ocx> Men : He march'd afterwards into Lancashire, and fetled in Worcejlery the 22d. Col. Lilburn defeated a Party of the King's, on the 25 th, near Wiggan, where fell the famous Lord Withrington, and others, who affifted the Earl of Derby, that was afterward be- headed at Bolton, Cromwell, marching to Worcejler, after a fharp Engagement, obliged the King to fly for his Life. Here Duke Hamiltoft was taken Prifoner, and dy'd of his Wounds. This Vic- tory was fo great, that Cromwelltold the Parliament, It was a Crown- ing Mercy, the Dimenfions of which were far above his Conceptions. Some Authors write, with Improvements on the Story, That it was not the King of Heaven had made it fuch ; but the Prince of the infernal Regions, with whom the General contrafted, in a dole- fome Wood, on the 3d of September, early in the Morning, fome Hours before the Battle was fought; When Lindfey, one of his Of- . ficers, is faid to have been a Witnefs ; but fo troubled, that he left the Army, and rode to Grimflon, in Norfolk, to the Houfe of the Rev. Mr. Thorowgood, to whom he related the Affair. The Rea- ders may judge as they pleafe of this latter Affertion : It was with great Difficulty the King efcap'd, being obliged foon after to afcend the Royal-Oak at BofcobeU Wood, in Shropshire, (or, fome fay, on the Confines Digitized byLjOOQlC lyo Mayors^ Sheriffs, Chamberlains. Reign of K, Charles II. 1652 John Rogers \ Lancelot Anderfon [M] Richard Vevers ) John Pearfon 1653 Richard Wood \ John Harrifon [ ii ] Richard Robin/on ) Edmund Popple 1654 Bobert Riplev, i \ Capt. Henry Appleton ^kk^ Richard JVii/on ) Robert Bloome 1655 William Maifter \ Henry Cock [ //J Chriji. Richard/on ) Richard Lillie 1656 Robert Berrier, i \ George Acklam [mni\ IVilliam Ram/den ) Cuthbert Prieftwood 1657 William Foxley, i \ Philip Wilkinfon [ nn ] George Crowle ) Charles Vaux Confines of Staffordshire) where he was preferv'd by the Family of Pbnderels ; and, after many Dangers, fafely arrived in France, Cromwell rode triumphant to London. General Monk reduced Scotland. Lieutenant General Ireton dy*d November 26, raving after Blood, according to the Cruelty of his horrid Difpofition. [ M] In this Year happened feveraldefperate Sea-Engagements between the English and Dutch ; but the latter was continually beaten, and obliged to fue for Peace. [«] Cromwell diffolv'd the Long-Parliament and Common- wealth ; calling them, in Effe6l, little better than Knaves. He cairdhisFirftParliament,tohumourhisDefigns; to whomhemade a Speech : And thefe Men, being fill'd with Ignorance and Enthu- fiafm, were for removing the Clergy, who then were, as they faid. Strangers to the Go/pel! After their Diffolution, Cromwellvfz.s made Proteftor, ruling as a Monarch ; and united the three Kingdoms. Ekk ] The Proteftor called a Second Parliament. Ill This Parliament too he diffolv'd the 22d of Jantiary. Reappointed Major-Generals, as Governours of Provinces: Lam- hert was over Yorkshire. He conquered the Spaniards at Sea, and took Jamaica from them. Archbifhop Usher dy'd this Year. Or- ders were renew'd at Hull, concerning the Cloth-Hall, which were made One Hundred Years before. [ mm ] The Major-Generals were fuppreffed, in fome meafure. t «« ] The Prote6lor was attempted to be made King; which he refufed, tho', it is faid, with great Trouble ; and re-affumed his for- mer Office, in which he was inaugurated, with as much Pomp, as if he had been crown'd : Wonderful was his Succefs afterwards, both by Land and Sea. To this Great Man, the Corporation of -Hi/Wpeti- tion'd, Digitized byLjOOQlC Chap. x. Mayors, Sheriffs, &c. Reign of K. Charles 11. 171 1658 William Dobfon, 2 ) Ifrael Popple [00] Edmund Popple ) William Shires 1659 William Ramfden \ John Crowther [// ] yohn Tripp ) Simon {or Jas.) Siffon 1660 Chrift. Richardfon, i \ William Blaides [ ^^ ] Robert Lambert ) William Anderfon WoViA^Tltat whereas there were forfaketi Wii^es^and Widows of Sol- diers, to the Number of 200, with double that Number of ChUdreji, theft in t/ie Town; they humbly defired he would grant them an Or- der, to lay a Duty, on Cloth, and Lead, for their Support: And, fur- ther, requefted, The Allowance of ^QoL a Year,outofthefeque/lered Rectories in Yorkfliire, formerly granted to the Miniflers of their two Churches^ which would be a further Help to their Maintetiance, But Oliver told them, They mufl obtain an A£l of Parliament for thefirfl ; and as to the latter, Care should be taken to anfiver their Purpofe, But the Confequence of this Promife feem'd as if it had never afterwards enter'd into the Proteflor's Thoughts. Sir Henry Slingshy was Prifoner in Hull, and afterwards fent to the Tower. \od\ Cromwell! s old Friends now feem'd to turn his Enemies ; and feveral Plots were concerted againft him. Sir Hen. Slingsby, and Dr. Hewet, were beheaded on the 6th oi June: Others were hang'd, drawn and quartered. Dunkirk was furrender'd to the En- glish, on the 2Sth. The Proteftor fell fick in Augujl; dy*d the 3d of September ; and Ricltard, his Son, was proclaimed. [^] The Parliament this Year was fufpicious of General ilf(7«>t. \qq^\ By Order of the Commons, the General pull'd down the Gates of London: But excused himfelf at Guild-Hall, by declaring for a free Parliament. It fat the 2Sth of April ; to whom the King's Declaration of a Pardon, with fome Exceptions, and his Let- ter to the Lords, were read, and accepted, with the greateft Joy. His Majefty was proclaimed on Monday, the 8th of May, The News, well confirmed, reach'd Hull, the i6th : Upon which, the Mayor, William Ramsden, Efq ; (who held the Office 'till Sep- tefnber, when Alderman Richardfon fucceeded) called a Hall, and impartied the fame to the joyful Inhabitants : When it happened, that fome of thofe Men, who had been zealous for the Parliament, feem'd now forward to proclaim the King. Colonel C/tarles Fair- fax the Governour, with the Aldermen Raikes, Barnard, &c. met the Day following, in their Scarlet Gowns, and beft Apparel. From the Hall, they walk'd in Proceffion to the Market-Place ; where a Scaffold being prepared, cover'dwith red Cloth, they afcended there- on: Digitized byLjOOQlC 172 King Charles II. Proclaimed in HULL. on : When the Mayor, with a loud Voice, prc^claim'd his Majefty the Rightful King over the Britifh Realms, and other Dominions : Then the Trumpets refounded, Drums beat, Cannons roar'd, and the Air feem'd to be rent with Acclamations. " The Joy of the *' late diftreffed Royalifts,y2^;/J• an excellent Author^ broke out with " inconceivable Elafticity ! Tranfports and Ecftacies were emi- " nently confpicuous." A fweet Emulation appeared amongft the greater Part, who Ihould beft exprefs their Gratitude to Heaven ! In the Streets, tho' infinitely crowded, many were feen, on bended Knees, with lift-up Hands, praifmg God, they had liv'd to fee this happy Day ! And, at Night, the Windows were illuminated ; the Bells rung ; with all other Demonftrations ofanaffeftionate People. And this, I think, may anticipate an Objeflion made againft the Town, 2' hat it ought to be ever Jligmatiz^d as a rebellious Place I An uncharitable, unreafonable Refleftion from any Perfon in Eng- land: Becaufe, the whole Nation might as well lie under the like Calumny ; and indeed the other two Kingdoms, which feem'd to Ihare in the Guilt, againft King Charles I. thro' an impetuous Torrent of the utmoft Wickednefs, afted under the Cloak of Reli- . gion. It was the Strength of Hull, that made each Party ftrive to acquire it : And, as a renowned King was its firft Founder ; fo, 'till then, it continued loyal to diftreffed Princes. Tho' it became a For- trefs againft the Lovers of Monarchy, in a corrupt Age ; yet that Fault did not lie upon the Inhabitants in general ; which appeared by their Joy for the Reftoration, refembled by their late Grati- tude in regard to the Revolution : And, I truft, this famous Town, will, in future Ages, be as remarkable for Loyalty to their Sove- reigns, as ever they have been thought meritorious of the contrary, lefs by any Crime, than their unhappy Misfortune. On the 24th, the King took Shipping at the Hague, and arriv'd at Z?^2/^the 26th. He came thro' Canterbury and Roche (ier; and on the 29th, his Birth- Day, made his triumphant Enteranceto his Royal Palace at White- Hall. On the 8th olJune, the Aldermen Rogers, Bewick and Wood, of Hull, were turned out of Office, by the Mayor, (who was Deputy- Governour, in the Abfence of Lord Bella/is) and others of the Cor- poration. Mr. Shaw, Lefturer, and Mafter of God's-Houfe Ho/pi- tal, was difcharg'd on the 13th. Mr. William Raikes, being elect- ed an Alderman on the 29th, at firft refufed to ftand, 'till he was fin'd 20oi when, thinking better of it, he fubmitted to be fwornand fo fav'd his Money. The Common-Prayer was read under the Mar- ket-Crofs, by the Rev. Mr. Smith, furrounded by Multitudes of de- vout People ; which occafion'd an Order for fuch Books to be pro- cured for the Churches, that were afterwards kept more Sacred : The Digitized byLjOOQlC Chap. X. Mayors, Sheriffs, &c. Reigfi of K. CHARLES II. 173 1 66 1 George Crowle, i \ Thomas Coats [f 1 Philip Wilkinfon ) Anthony Lambert 1662 Richard Wilfon \ William Weddell [ton Henry Cock ) Tho. Weeton(?;^Weigh- 1663 Richard Robinfon | William Carleton \rr\ \Jf\ Humphrey Duncalf) Jofeph Ellis 1664 William Skinner \ H. Maifter, or Maifters \tt ] IVilliam Shires ) Thomas Houltby 1665 Robert Bloom \ John Blanchard \hu\ John Pear f on ) Thomas Mowld 1666 Richard Frank \ Ambrofe Metcalf \xx\ George Adam ) John Robinfon The Fonts for Baptifm were fet up, as ufual ; and the Communion Tables rail'd in, like antient Altars. — [f] The Charter renewed. [rr] Upon Petition of the Grand-Jury this Year, there was added 50/. to the 26/. formerly allowed to each Mayor, whereby his Office might be kept in greater Splendour. {^ffl The Corporation began this Year to folemnize his Maje- fty's Birth, and Return, by going in their Formalities, to Church, in the Morning ; having a Collation, at the Town's Hall, in the Afternoon; to which the former Sheriffs, the prefent Clergy, School- Mafters, and Officers of the Garrifon, were invited ; and Liquors given to the Soldiers, and other People. [ // ] The Dukes of York and Bucking/iamy with feveral Noble- men, coming to vifit Hully Augujl 16, were met on the Confines of the County, conduced into thte Town;lodged by Colonel GilbyyD^* puty-Governour ; and entertain'd by the Mayor and Aldermen. \^uu^ The unfortunate Mayor, Mr. Bloom, slighting his Elec- tion, and taking a Frolick into Scotland, was depofed from his Dig- nity; and Mr, Robert Ripley chofen in his Room. It was Mr. Bloofti's great misfortune, as being a Gamefter, to play, at Edin- borough, with a Scotch Man: Who, thinking he was cheated, made no more to do, but (like a blood-thirfty Ruffian) with his Dagger ftabb'd the unhappy Gentleman to the Heart. — ^The Town gene- rously lending the King a Sum of Money, to aid him in the Dutch War ; his Majefty paid them again, foon after, when Peace enfu'd. [xr] The Mayor (Mr. Frank) thro' Loffes at Sea and Land, became fo very poor ; that, in 1680, he petition'd to lay down his Gown : The Court, confidering his Age, and the Reafonablenefs of his Requeft thro* Inability, generously difcharg'd him, without the leaft Digitized byLjOOQlC 174 Mayors^ Sheriffs^ Chamberlains, Reign of K. Charles IL 1667 Anthony Lambert \ Edward Hodgfon [ a ] Thomas Lockwood ) George Frogatt 1668 Humphrey Duncalf \ William Robinfort [ b ] JVilliam Carleton ) William Catline 1669 John Tripp 5 John Harris Edward Dob f on ) John Baker 1670 George Aclam ) Nicholas Dewick John Forcett ) George Dickinfon 1 67 1 Robert Berrier ) J^^^ Graves [ c ] Richard Man ) John Sumerfield 1672 Thomas Johnfon, i ) Richard Gray Francis Blunt j Philip Wilkinfon 1673 John Rogers ) Robert Carlisle [ €r\ Arthur Saltmarsh ) Triftram Sugar lead Fine : And, infpir'd with Charity, they fent him Ten Pounds for his immediate Relief, *till they could make better Provifion for the fupply of his unfortunate Circumftances, [ ^ ] Six large Grampus's being taken, by the Fifhermen of Barrow and W/tittefi, Lincolnshire, were fent to Hull, in order to make Oyl : But the Mayor, as Admiral of Humber, (where they werekiird) feiz'dthe Casks, that contained them, for the Town's Ufe. [^] On the 3d of January , dy'd General Monk, Duke of Al- bentarhy who was High-Steward oi Hull: In which laft Dignity, he was fucceeded by the Lord Bellajis. Let us here remember the pious Sir JOHN LlSTER, who founded an Hofpital for poor Men, and Women : The Heirs of the faid Knight, with the Mayor and Aldermen, were to have the Management of it ; To . which, belong'd a Chaplain and Clerk, that Care might be taken of the poor Peoples Souls, as well as Bodies. [^] The Sheriff's Maid Servant murder'd her Baftard Child this Year, for which the unhappy Creature fuffer'd Death in 1673. [rfj The Exchange was very much beautified this Year. — An Examination being order'd to be made about the Fifh-Garths ; the Enquirers met at Howlden : And, vifiting Skelton, they found two, which had 20 Rooms ; the higher 12, and lower 8 : One at Sandhobn Bank, with 28 Rooms ; two at Saltmarsh, &c. They were ordered to be pull'd up, and Piles placed fo high, as that, when the Tide was in, the Veffels might keep clear of them. — Some Complaints were exhibited againftthe CommifTioners of Wine Licenfes, who drove to engrofs the Sale of that Liquor to them- felves. Digitized by QyOO^Z Chap. X. Mayorsy Sheriffs, &c. Reign of K. CHARLES II. 175 1674 Daniel Hoar \ James Ranfon [ e ] Ifrael Popple ) George Bacchus 1675 William Shires \ Ezekiel Walker Robert Ma/on ) Robert Stand ige 1676 William Foxley,'2 ) William Hayes [/] Hugh Foddle ) Matthew Hardy felves. — Ballaft for Ships was order'd to be dug out of the Ha- ven, under fl:ri6l Penalties ; by which Means, it was rendered more navigable. — An Aft of Parliament coming out, incapacitating eve- ry Roman Catholick from afting in any Office ; the Lord Bellajis was obliged to refign his Places of Governour, and High-Steward of Hull, to the Duke of Monmouth. [ ^ ] This worfhipful Mayor, was (about 4 Years afterwards) turn'd out from being an Alderman ; becaufe he had not took the Sacrament fo folemnly as requir'd ; or, if he did, had neglefled to have it regifter'd : In his Room, Mr. John Field was elefted, Dec. 9. 1680. As the former Gentleman retir'd to a private Life, I prefume it might have been his Son that was Mayor in 1688. — Mr. Gilead Goche, being chofen Sheriff, refufed to ftand ; be- caufe fome Obfcurities feem'd to appear in the Charter. I do not perceive that any Fine was laid upon him, feveral Things being then difputable : Which, if (according to Encouragement) I live to publifh another Book relating to Hull, fhall be amply treated of, fo far as to be fupplemental to what I have already done. An antient Order, made in King Henry the Vlllth's Time, was reviv'd, which related to Chamberlains : Who, being obliged to receive the Town's Rents, and pay the Debts ; it fometimes happen'd, that, before the former became due, there was a Demand for the latter ; and, perhaps, they could not be disburfed 'till two or three Years after they were out of Office : To eafe this Grievance, it was de- creed, That 100/. a-piece, out of the Common-Stock, fhould be freely lent them, upon giving Security. However good was this Defign ; yet Mr. Ranfon, when he was elefted Chamberlain, refu- fed to receive the Money, or to obey the Orders of the Bench ; tho* he knew there were feveral By-Laws to infli6l Penalties upon him for his Obflinacy ; and by which, no doubt, they diflrain'd upon his Goods, according to Advice, given to the Corporation, by Sir Wil^ Ham Jones, a celebrated Lawyer, in thofe Days. [/ ] Some of the Family, of the worfhipful Mayor aforefaid, he bury'd in St. John's Church, Leeds ; the Infcriptions over whom, the Reader may find, in Lati?t, faithfully inferted, with an exa<5l Translation, in my Second Volume of Antiquities, Pag. 30. in the latter Part of that, concerning Travels to fome Places in the County, z Digitized byLjOOQlC 176 Mayors^ SJuriffs, Cliamberlams. Reign of K. CHARLES II. 1677 Henry Maifter, i \-\ George Mawfon [g] Mark Kir kby ) Robert Nettleton 1678 Chrift. Richardfon, 2") William Hydes \h'\ Francis Delacainp ) Anthony Caddy 1679 George Crowle, 2 ) Richard Ellis [ / ] AntTiony Ive/on ) John Chappelow [^] On the 3d of December ^ an Order was made, Againjl any Perfony in Power ^ zvho should abfent him/elf y in tliofe Times^ when AJJiJlance was necejfary to make By-Laivs for the Publick Good. A Ifot in Cafe ofRefufal, If an A Idemiany being elected Mayor, should deny to execute that high Office^ he was to pay 500I. If a Burgefs, chofen Alderman, deny'd to fland, 300I. For a Sheriff, 200!. A Chamberlain, 50I. Englifli Money, to be apply' d to the Ufe of t/ie Corporation. And, in Cafe of intended Refignation, ivhen the Corpo- ration sliould not {for ivant offufficient Reafons) grant fuch tfieir Defires ; tJie Penalty of Ten Pounds ivas to be laid on tJiofe Per- fons,fore%^ery Offence, who should abfent themfelves from the Hall, after tiaving Notice given for Meeting ; or, appearing, did not per- form their Duty, in affifting, to the utmofl of their Ability, in tfie Management of the Toivns Affairs. — About this Time, happened a Difpute, concerning the Floods endamaging the Julian Well, and Springs oi Daringham. But this was adjufted by fome of the Commiffioners of Sewers (in the Abfence of Sir Robert Legard, a Commiflioner alfo, who had the Misfortune of a broken Leg) to the Content of the Inhabitants of the neighbouring Towns, and to the Mayor and Aldermen of Hull. — f Mr. George Mazvfon^ one of the Chamberlains, might have lived to enjoy a higher Dignity, had not the cruel Ufage he met with, in the Reign of King James the Second, prevented it : For being then feiz'd upon, by Com- mand of the Governour, he was dragged out of his Habitation, convey'd to the Guard-Houfe, and there tied Neck and Heels, for fuch an unreafonable Time, that the Blood fpoutedout of his Mouth and Ears ! Thro' the Lofs of which, and fome Veffels being broke, he afterwards pin'd, languifhed, and died ! [// ] The Order, in the preceding Year, (concerning the Sums decreed to be paid for Non-Compliance, or Refufal, at their feve- ral Eleftions, &c) appeared fo reafonable, and agreeeble to a Sta- tute, in King Henry VIIIth*s Reign; that, on the 30th oi March, this Year, it was confirm'd by the Lord- Chancellor /^/;/^//; RicJtard Rainsforth, and Francis North, Lord-Chief-Juftices. — The Taylors arofe againft the Magiftrates ; but were foon brought to fubmit. [/] On Feb. 24. Lemuel Kingdon, and William Ramfdeft, Efqrs. were elefted Members of Parliament. On the 2d of May, JOHN Sharp, Digitized by VjOOQlC Mayors^ Sheriffs, Chamberlains, Reign of K, Charles II.. 177 1680 Simon Siffon \ Robert Trippet [ f ] Matthew yohnfon ) Robert Lemon 1 68 1 Robert Mafon 1 John Haslewood [/] Lionel Buckle ) Michael Beilby Sharp, Archbifhop of St. Andrew'syWdiS barbarously murder'd in Scotlaftd, Soon after happen'd an Infurreftion, of iScx)Men, who were quelled by the Duke of Monmouth. I have heard of a Tra- gi-Comical Affair, that follow'd, in the Punifhment of fome of the Malcontents ; but will not affirm it. The King's Party, refolving on Ju/lice, brought federal of them to the Gallows : But, at the fame time i7iclin'd to Mercy, would fain havefaved their Lives, provided thofe deluded Wretchesshow'dbicttheleaji Marks of Repentance; and, in particular, pray'd for his Majefiy, Yetfuch was the Obflinacy of fome of them^ thrd the violent Importunity of their Wives, who would have 'em thought Martyrs, (each crying out, when the Rope was about her Husband's Neck, and faflened to the Tree, Jump into Glory, Dear! Jump into Glory!) that they throw d themf elves headlong out of the World indeed. But one good Man, finding his puritamtick Dame had over-firain' d herfelf info often bawling put, Jump into Glory ! a7id, perhaps, confidering her a filly, blind, un- gracious Creature, who wanted to be rid of him; he prudently cry'd out. Madam, my Place is at your Service : You may e'en jump in- to Glory yourfelf, and be hang'd ! But, for my part, L lay hold of Royal Clemency ; fincerely pray, God fave the King ; and make us all more obedient Subjefts, than pretended Martyrs. Upon this, the poor Man was taken from the Tree ; andfet at liberty, with the joyful Acclamatio7is of the Friends to Monarchy. — yuly the 1 2th, the Judges Dolben, and Raymond, came to hold Affize, at Hull. [ t ] About this time, a Difpute happen'd between the Ferry- men oiHull, and thofe (belonging to the Queen's Ferry) at Barton. The latter complain'd. That the former ob/iru^ed their Landing of Paffengers, at the Staith, to the Prejudice of his Majejiy, and the Royal Widow : In which Profecution, the Council affifled them : But the Mayor and Aldermen, on the other hand, endeavoured to prove. That their Ferrymen were very uncivilly dealt with, by the Plaintiffs. As therefore the Difference proceeded from the meerPaf- fions of Watermen, it was prevented by the Prudence of the Magi- ftrates ; and fo the Affair ended. [ ? ] The Mayor was elefted Alderman, the preceding Year, on the 2Sth of Ohober. Sir Michael Warton, and Sir William Gee, were elefted Members of Parliament. The King, fending an En- gineer Digitized byLjOOQlC IjQ Mayors, Sheriffs y Chamberlains, Reigft of K, CHARLES IL 1682 Jofeph Ellis \ William Hall \k\ William Robin/on ) Lionel Ripley gineer to furvey the Town, and efpecially the Garrifon ; he com- manded a Citadel to be erefted within its Boundaries, and regular Fortifications : Which were afterwards founded upon large Piles, the entire Bulks of Trees, drove into the Earth very deep, join'd clofe together, which took up a great Number : The Expence of thefe ftupendous Works coft above One Hundred Thoufand Pounds. [ >6 ] The Worfhipful Mayor departed this Life in his Mayoral- ty ; and Mr. Anthony Lambert, officiated till a new Eleftion. The antient Market-Crofs was pulled down, and a new one ere6led, at the Expence of near Eight Hundred Pounds. — About this Time, a Suit happen'd, between this Corporation, and that oiLeeds: Becaufe, the Water-Bailiff, of Hully 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 commenc'd betwixt the Corpo- ration, and the * Lead-Merchants oi Darbyshire ; becaufe the latter did not pay Duty for Lead (which help'd towards the Expence of the Haven, &c!) in the Common Weigh-Houfe at the 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 infufficient to caft them. — December the 22d, the Earl of Plymouth came as Gover- nour to Hull, in the Duke of MonmoutUs Room : He was accom- pany 'd by the Lord Wind/or, Sir yohn Legardoi Ganton^ Sir Wil- loughby Hickman, Thomas Sandys, Efq ; and feveral Gentlemen. At the Horfe-Staith, the Corporation received Them in their For- malities: Captain Copley, Deputy-Governour, (who had failM in the Humber, in order to condu6l 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 condufted to the Hall, and fworn Burgeffes. The Earl, making an eloquent Speech, in which he thank'd the Corporation forthe kind Reception he met with, moved for two Things. First, That the Records might befearcKd, to know what Methods the fdrmer Lieutenants hcul taken, in ordering the Militia ; whereby he might make a more regular Improvement, SECONDLY, lliat the Conventicles, (which he took to be Nurferies of Fa6lion, &c. and oppofite to both Divine and Human Laws) might befupprefs'd. Some of the Burgeffes, * One of whom was Mr. Taylor of Waldingwells, hearing Digitized byLjOOQlC Chap. x. Mayors, Sheriffs^ &c. Reign of King CHARLES II. 179 1683 Francis Delacamp, i \ John Gotherick [ / ] IVilliam Catline ) Chriftopher Fawthorp 1684 John Field \ John Higden [w] Rich, (or Robt^ Nettleton ) Samuel Boyfe hearing the Earl fo bitter againft the Diffenters,inform'dagainftthe two Meeting-Houfes, then in the Town, whofe Minifters were called Mr. Ashley yZXidL^ix. Ckarlifs, Upon which, the Conftables were im- mediately fent to apprehend them : The former abfconded ; but the latter was taken, fin'd, and committed to* Prifon : Their Hearers (Michael Beilbyy John Graves and Robiufon, &c.) were fharply re- buked: And the Earl, when he had view'd the Garrifon, with the Fortifications, (giving neceffary Direftions, which kept him about two or three Days) then he departed for Heddon, [ /] On the loth of July, the Judges (Jefferies and Holloway) arrived at H71II: To whom the Town's Charter was furrender'd. [ ;«] Sir Edward Barnard vf^iS 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 frefh Advantages ; the Aldermen Z a w^^r/, Si£onSy Majlers and Ma/on, of Hull, fet out for London, on the 27th of OHober, to wait upon the King, with the Hopes of obtaining thefe Amendments. I. The EleSlion of Mayor out of Two A Idermen : T/te like Number, in Re- gard to each P erf on, to be cJiofe in the feveral other Offices in t/te Cor- poration, II. That, in Cafe, either the Days of Eleilion, or Swear- ing into Office, should happeti on a Sunday, they might be performed the Day after. III. That '^ or 4. of the eldeft Aldermen, shoidd be of the Quorum with the Mayor and Recorder, IV. That, in Cafe of Sicknefs to the Mayor, or Sheriff; then the Aldennen, according to Seniority, might fupply their Places, that fo Tryals might not be hindered. V. That what King HENRY VIII. and King James I. had granted, as to the Profits of the Haven, &c. might he confirmed, VI. T/tat, as t/te Garrifon Side belonged ftow to t/te King; fo t/ie Town mig/tt be exempted from t/te Expence of upholding the Ban/ks, Walls, &c. All thefe Things, with whatever elfe they ask'd, his Majefty granted ; and fo the Aldermen returned, with a new Char- ter, to the incredible Joy of the Town. In December, his Majefty requir'd the Names ofthemoft loyal Inhabitants, to Monarchy, that they might be employ d in the Magiftracy. All thofe, of the Alder- men, were fent up, except Mr. Jo/tnfon's: Who, fince the late Trou- bles, wifely confidering what might come to pafs, thro' his former Inclination to the late oppofite Government, had gotten a fair legi- * Where he was confined for /talf a Year, ^^^ Digitized byLjOOQlC l8o Of the ingenious Subtlety of Alderman Johnson, &c. ble Writing, which contained 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 obtained 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 Satisfa6lion. But afterwards he hap- pening to refufe the Signing of fome 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 obtained a Hearing, againft him, before his Majefty, and Council : When, fuddenly, Mr. Johnfon^ puU'd out the Paper, 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 looked upon as more valid ; their Objeftion over-rulM, and ridlcul'd: His Majefty therefore took Alderman JOHNSON into Fa- vour; and order'd him to be inferted in the Lift, as a very Hofiejl^ Worthy^ Loyal and Ingefiious Perfon. * Much fuch another Piece of Art, or rather (confidering its hally Inven- tion) more complete, happen'd in Dublin; which I shall mention purely for the Reader's Diverfion. The Rev. Mr. Glandee, Re<5lor of St. MtckaePs 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 tum'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/olv'd to deprive him of his Bready he would rather die in his Pulpit, than be forced to return to Scotland, zuhere he was bom ! To his Church he went ; fat, and wept ; 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 ofEciate the next Day ; when he show'd all the Tokens of a melanchoUy Madnefs. At length, feeming to expoflulate with Ids Parishioners, he told them. He was willing to abandon the Place, if they would only gwe him a tolerable Charatfler, that he might not be despised 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 deliver'd 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^ he, I have been grievously ** traduc'd in the Spiritual Court, as one unworthy of my Sacred Fundlion, " tho' a faithful Minifter of the Gofoel of our dear Redeemer : But, to ob- " viate the ponderous Accufations of my Enemies ; behold here, my gracious " Lord ! the Characfler given me, by the devoutest Perfons of my Parish. — His Grace, taking the Paper from him, perufmg 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 induc'd them to fign fuch an Instrument ? ** Truly, my Lord, qtio^ 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 Digitized byLjOOQlC Chap. XI. Mayors, S/uriffs, &c. Reign of King James II. l8l CHAP. XI. Continuation of the MAYORS, Sheriffs, and Chamberlains, down to the Revolution : With what Tranfa6lions happened thereupon. King JAMES II. February 6. Sheriff, i Chamberlains. 1685 John Forcet, or Forcett )/J^Homas Tomlin [;/] ^ Richard Gray ) William Idell [ /; ] I could not begin the Aflions of this King's Reign, with- out taking Notice of the Charafler given of his late Royal Brother, by a judicious Pen. * " Now, alas! Death has fnatcfrd from us ** our mod 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 Fa6lion,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 Subjefls : " At length, he left his terreftrial Crown, to his Succeffors, 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 i68|^." — The new King, being quickly proclaim'd, of his own Accord, fpoke to his Privy-Council, to this Effe6l, Thatfince it * Translation from the Latin, ^^ ** I. hope, will not difcard me ; becaufe, if I am not a Paul^ or Apollos ; yet, ** my Lord, I am your Brother, as a Minister of Jesus Christ." Here the Archbishop [as the King look'd upon Mr. Johnfoii\ perceivinjg: the Gentleman's bright Faculties, under fuch imminent Danger : " Well, /aid he, Mr. Glan- ** DEE, tho' I am very much afraid, you have been, thro' Infirmity, guilty of " thofe Immoralities, of which you are accus'd ; yet, for the Sake of your " Wit, and upon your fincere Promife of Repentance, I will endeavour to ** skreen you from further Profecution this time." — Hereupon, his Grace, fend- ing for the Parishioners, and reproaching them for acculmg fo good a Man, of whom themfelves had fince ^ven fo bright a Chara<5ler, order'd them to beg his Pardon ; never to offend him more : And the affrighted, fubtle Minister, fulfill'd his Vow to the Archbishop, by afterwards leading a pious, exemplary Life ; which skreen'd him, from the Power of his Adverfaries, to his latest Breath, when he had little Thoughts of this World to give him any Disturbance. Digitized byLjOOQlC 1 82 King James II. graciously /peaks to his Privy-Council. hadpleafed the Almighty tofucceedfo good a Brotlur^ he would en- deavour to follow his Example of Tendernefs and Clemeficy ; andjike himy ufe his hejl Endeavours tofupportboth Church and State, as by Law eJlablisK d ; wftofe Members, inbeing Lovers of Monarchy, fiad proved themf elves faithful and obedient Subjects : He knew the Laws were fufficient to make him a happy King, Ashe should not forfake the Rights and Prerogative of his Crown ; fo neither would lie in- vade any Man's Property: Andfince he had often ventured his Life in the Nation's Defence, lie would go as far as any Perfon in defending its jufl Rights and Liberties. This acceptable Declaration procured him, in a little Time, the Name of James the JUST : In Hull, 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 Satisfaflion of the Corporation. This oc- cafion'd Mr. Field, the Mayor, to be fworn again into the Office, which he had entered upon the preceding Year: The Aldermen Richardfon and Lambert were authorized, for this purpofe, to admi- nifter to him, the Oath, in the A Slfor regulating Corporations ; and to fee him fign the Declaration, which it contained, againft the So- lemn League and Covenant. Thefe being affented to, by the Mayor, (who was alfo Efcheator, Juftice of the Peace, and Admiral) he ad- miniftcr'd the fame Oath, &z. to the Aldermen Wilkinfon, Richard- fon, Johnfon, Lambert, Siffon, Maflers, Forcet, Carlisle and Mafon: With Hays and Hardy, (the latter made alfo 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 Boy fe^ Chamberlains. A noble En- tertainment, being prepared in the Hall, to which the Capital Bur- geffes were invited, where the Earl oi Plymouth honoured them with his Company ; fcarce were ever known greater Mirth and Rejoicing, 'till the Evening ; when the Streets and Houfes were adorn'd with Bonefires and Illuminations. But, alas ! thefe were fhort-liv'd Joys, when News was brought. That his Majefly /tad appear^ dpublickly at Mafs, ///^Sunday after his being proclaimed at London ; andopenly declared, t/iat the late King dy'd a Roman Catholick. If he had rul'd with his Brother's Policy, and taken his late Advice, iVi?/ to endea- vour t/ie Re-Eflablishment of PoPERY, he might have been as hap- py : However, he was crown'd on St. George's Day. — In June, a Rebellion was raised in Scotland,hy the [/nfortunate Duke of A r- gyle; who, being taken, was beheaded at Edinborough. Another, in England,'WdiS occafion'd by the Duke oi Monmouth; who loft his Head, on Tower-Hill, the 15 th of July. Soon after, the King too, inftead Digitized byLjOOQlC Mayors, Sheriffs^ C/iamberlains, Reign of King JAMES II. 183 1686 Philip Wilkinfon | John Lindall [0] Richard Ellis ) John Collings 1687 Robert Carlisle, i \ Thomas Harrifon } [p] yohn Blanchard ) William Cornwall inftead of difplaying his Mercy, fent Judge Jefferies to try the Cri- minals. At Winchejlery ^xs^, Alice 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 dX Dorchejler ; 80 in another Place ; and near 100 at Exeter, Taunt07i and Wells. Colonel KiRK too, with his Soldiers, (call'd Lambs in Derifion) fhow'd almoft equal Cruelty with the Judge : Others were executed at Tybiiniy near London ; and, indeed, in mod 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 Subjefts ; 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 Johnfo7i serv'd the Remainder. [ ^ ] A new Ecclefiaftical Commifllon was erefted : The Bifhop of London, being order'd tofuspend T>r. Sharp; and, not doing it, fuf- fer'd Sufpenfion himfelf. The Rev. Mr. Sanmeljohnfon was fin'd, imprisoned, and fentenc'd to be whipp'd, for writing an Addrefs to the Protejlant Soldiers. — The Judges Ally bone Siud Powell, coming to hold Affize at Htdl; the Aldermen Carlisle and Hydes waited upon them, at Barton; and conduced 'em thither. But when their Lordfhips were to go to Church, the former order'd the Sheriff and his Officers to attend him to the Romifh Chapel : They did fo ; but not entering with him, at his Desire, Yon deserve tliat Punish- ment, faid he, which, ajftire your f elves, will, in time, fall upon you. The Earl of Plymouth, who was Recorder, as well as Governour, being onhis Departure forZt7«rf' with fome Additions, fent it back, to the Corporation, to be frefti written, fign'd, and feal'd ; which was comply'd with (tho' in a reluflant 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 correfled Addrefs was fent to White-Hall, it was prefented by Dr. Thomas Watfon, Biftiop of St. David's ; which was kindly accepted. Soon after, foUow'd another Addrefs, from Hull, in the Name of the Goldsmiths, and. other Burgefles ; which was compofed by Mr. Baker, a Brazier, caH'd in Derifion, The Diffenti7tg Proteflant Tiftker, But however, he patch'd up his Addrefs fo well, to the King's Satisfaftion, that it was ** the Air should not only build, but the Beasts of the Forests find Security beneath ** it : That they pray'd, his Majesty might long enjoy the Fruits of so happy a Planta- . *' tion, fet by his aufpicious Hands ; which, they hop'd, might be fenc'd about by the **Care of the prefent Age, and made facred to Futurity. And as it was in their "Power, fo they promis'd to fend two Members to ferve in Parliament, who should *' vote against the Test and all Penal Laws, in Matters of Religion. For Laws, they ^*affertea, that were begot under a doubtful Title, being bred up in Perfecution, must ** consequently subvert the Fundamental Freedom of Confcience, which is G O D's ** Magna Charts to all reasonable Creatures." I beg Leave to mention here, as a Memorial, That a Printing Office was first fet up by me in Scarborough, about June 16, 1734. in a Houfe in Mr. BlaneTs Lane, formerly calPd his Cliffy a most pleasant Situation, leading to the beautiful Sands : And, I hope, GOD willing, fome time or other, to print the Antiquities of that delightful Town, and Castle, as I hinted in my Second Volume ; for which Purpofe I have fince had fome Manufcripts fent me. Digitized byLjOOQlC 1 86 Another Addrefs fent up by Mr. Baker, a Diffenter. wasorder'd tobe printed ; and had not the Revolution happened, the Man might have been made an Alderman, as well as others. The Addrefs fet forth, That they had /ce?i fame AddreffeSy which thank' d his Majejly for Such Part of his mofl Gracious Declaration for Li- berty of Confcie7icey fo far as it was tlie Interefl of their particular PerfuafioUy which imply' d their Dislike of all others : But Tftey, as in Duty a7id Allegiance bound to their dread Sovereign, humbly thank d Him for TilE Whole Declaration ; by which he had proclaimed a Jubilee to all his Peoplcy and fet the Oppreffed free. That Almighty GOD, who hath f aid,* Towch. not mine Anointed, and do my Prophets no Harm, zvould certainly reward Him for it: TItat their T hank fulnefsy for the Freedom enjofd through his Maje- fly's special Favour , should appear by the peaceable Demcanoury and extetifive Charity y to all the Profejffbrs of CllRl^'^y under wkatfoever Denomination, Such they zvoiild not fail to demonflratCy w/ienever his Majefly should be graciously pleased to call a Parliafnent: Then they would heartily endeavour y to elc£l fuch McmberSy as would re- peal the Tefl and Penal LaivSy againfl all Manner of Diffenters : Andalfopafs his mofl Gvdicious Declaration for Liberty of Confcience into a Latv as firm as Magna Chakta. As the King was plea- fed upon this Account ; fo was he as much grieved on another : For Sir Willoughby Hickman^ Kt. Bar. oi Gainsboroughy and Jolm Ramfden Efq ; Members of the laft Parliament, (elefted fuch the 1 8th oi Marchy 1685.) wrote towards the latter End of this Year, 1688, to the Corporation, That they would gladly ferve them in tlu approaching Convention, They were accordingly accepted ; which, when the King's Party 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 feverely wrote to the remarkable Robert Carlislcy Efq ; at Hully aflerting, How very unhandfomely the Bench dealt with the King, in not giving him an Affurance to eleft fuch as would approve of his Majefty's Declara- tion, calculated for the Happinefs of this diftrafted Nation : To make therefore the Monarch their Friend, and he capable of ferving them, he propofed Sir John Bradshaw oiRisby 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, The ElcSlion should be frecy according to antie^it Cuflom, 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 Popifh 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 *L Chron. XVL 22. out Digitized byLjOOQlC The InJiabitants of Hull /;/ Dijlrefs, and deny'd Relief. 187 out of their Houfes, unlefs they furrender'd their beft 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 BurgefTes were made Prifoners, in the Guard- Houfe, upon the lead Spleen of the Officers ; to which Mr. Mawfon^ as I mentioned before, fell a memorable,- tho' unfortunate Viflim ! 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 firft dreadful Signal ; and nothing feem'd to appear, but Horror and Deftruflion ! No Complaints were regarded by the Officers, who faid, They iniift implicitly obey their Commanders : No Relief was granted by the King ; who, inftead thereof, iffu'd out his Qtw Warranto^ requiring the Town's Charter ; not allowing fufficient Time for pleading for it : However, upon cooler Thoughts, the King granted another ; by which he turn'd out the Mayor, placing Mr. Hayes in his Room : Mr. John Rohinfon and YateSy ( William Carlton and Robert NettUtoii) Aldermen. And this Charter, unfatisfaftory as it was, was feiz'd by Judge Jefferies ; 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 Augtijl, unmaking the Mayor he had but a little before made, and placing Mr. Daniel Hoar in his Stead : John Blanch'ardy Sheriff, (who was alfo made an Alderman) Thomas:Harrifon,^vidi William Cornwall,Ch3imhQrl3iins. Thus Things were carried confufedly on, 'till the Day of Eleftion ; when the Corporation chofe Mr. Delacamp Mayor : But they had not proceeded much further, before an Order came from the King, as the Effeft of his Difpenfing Power, That he would /lave the for- mer continue a Year longer ; to which they were then forc'd tofub- mit, becaufe they could not help themfelves. On the 2d of 0610- bery the Old Charter was difcharged, by the Arrival of a Meffenger with a New One ; to which Mr. HayeSy and thofe formerly advanced with him, were not fworn. The 24th of the fame Month, the Lord Langdalcy being made Recorder, fubftituted Robert Hollisy Efq ; as his Deputy. Thomas Cbt^^r, Gentleman, was order'd to be the Town- Clerk ; but he never came, from London, to make his Appearance. The King, being apprized of the Prince of Orange's Intention, re- vok'd his Arbitrary Proceedings, reftor'd the Biftiops, publifh'd a general Pardon, and order'd (by Proclamation) that all Corpora- tions fhould return to their former State, which he had compelled them to forsake. This was proclaimed, at Hully the 6th oi Novem- ber: Upon which unexpefted Deliverance, the Magiftrates, looking a few Digitized byLjOOQlC 1 88 Tlie Corporation rejlor'd to its Rights and Liberties, a few Years back, when the Charter was furrender'd to Judge Jef^ ferieSy and Mr. Delecamp ejefled from his firft Mayoralty : And con- fidering, his being lately deny'd ; they now refolutely chofe him a third time, to his greater Honour: Who a£led that Day, as Mayor, after that Mr. Hoar had delivered up the Sword and Mace ; and the Mandamus A Idermen, BlancAard, Dicken/on, &c. were excluded. Next Morning, he went to the Hall, accompanied by the Alder- men Ric/iard/on, MaiJlerSy Sijfon^ Mafon^ Fields Wilkinfon, Kirby^ and Carlisle^ who enjoy'd that Honour in 1683, when he was firft elefled over them ; where they were replaced in their Office ; and, to their Number, were newly added the Aldermen Trippety Hays^ Skinner^ and Hydes; thelaft of which was afterwards chofen Mayor, to aft, 'till a new Eleftion, the Year following : So that 1688, feems memorable for fo many Changes of eminent Perfons in the Civil Government ; whofe Names are as follow, befides Thofe, already mention'd, that were regularly elefted before thefe Contingencies. MAYORS. Sheriffs. Chamberlains. Sn?^'^^.?T ' ^ 1 c '^ Tn ^r I William Mar William Hydes Samuel Boyfe | j^j^^ ^^^^^ But now, to fecure the Town for King James, the Lord Lang- dale rode Port from London, He brought with him Proclamations, fign'd by his Majefty, For watching the Sea Coajls ; to hum and de- Jlroy all P laces y near to which the Enemy should land ; to drive the Catthy and carry every necejjary thing awayy whereby they might perish for want of Subftjlance. The Prince of Orange fet Sail with his Fleet (confifting of 655 Ships, in which were near 15000 Horfe and Foot) from Br illy on the 19th of 0£lober, Twas thought, by fteering Northwards, that they defign'd for Humber; which occa- fion'd the Lord Langdale to prepare for a Siege : But the Prince, tho* drove back by a violent Storm, yet fet Sail again on the ift of November ; and landed, on the 5th, with his Forces, at Torbay y'm Devonshire, The Bifhop of Exetery Dr. Lamplugh, when he heard this, ported up to King James with the News ; whofe Loyalty fo much endear'd him to his Majefty, that he placed him in the Arch- bifhoprick of * Yorky which had been long vacant (defign'd, as once thought, for the Romifh Bifhop Leyburn, Vicar Apoftolical, who had the Tear before vifited York and Hull) and from which King William would not remove him, becaufe of his Fidelity to his un- fortunate Father-in-Law. As to Hully two Parties were in Fear: The Proteftants, who fided not with the King, thought they ftiould have their Throats cut by the Soldiers, as they had threaten'd, in * In t/iat History, fee his Epitaph, Pag. 107, &c, Cafe Digitized byLjOOQlC . 1 HULL fecured for the Prince of Orange, &c, 189 Cafe of the leaft Refiftance ; whilft they, on the other hand, were as much terrify'd with the Thoughts of the Prince of Orange, The Catholicks,of the Country, flew from the Rage of the incens'd rural Inhabitants, to the Proteflion oftheLordsZ^«^^&/^and Montgomety (the latter being a Colonel) who receiv'd them kindly, as being of their Perfuafion. — In this Month were Infurreftions in feveral Places. The Earl of Danbyy Lords Fairfax and Willonghby, with other Perfons of Quality, made themfelves Mafters of York^ and de- clared for a free Parliament ; Many, of the Romifh Commu- nion, who flood up for the King, under Shelter of the Duke oiNew- cafile^ were difarmed : So that the Regiment of that Nobleman march'd to Htilly 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 Montgotneryvfould takethe 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 he vow*d. If the Zd?r<3f 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 Hanmer, 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 Langdale 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 his Lordship y as being a Roman- Catholick ; 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 Ktng*s Difpenfing Poiver to be admitted of? — No, faid the other bluntly. Why then, faid his Lordftiip, I have no more to fay at prefent; and fo was made Prifoner. The Lord Montgomery was fecur'd by Captain Fitz- 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 refpeftive Pofts, where they were fe- cur*d. Next Morning, one of the Proteftant Captains march'd forth, with 100 Men to relieve the Guards ; and feiz'd the Popifh Offi- cers, with others of their Perfuafion, who little dreamt of what had been tranfafted in the Night. Thus the Town, Fort and Citadel, being fecur'd by Captain Copley, he then fet the Prisoners at Li- berty, Digitized byLjOOQlC [i9o] CHAP. XII. Continuation of the MAYORS, Sheriffs, and Chamberlains, down to the present Year. King William III. and Queen Mary II. February 13, 168,. A.D. MAYOR and S ^ cwT^T^r,^,- i Chamberlains. Sheriff. | 1689 1? Obert Trippet, i ) "W^'ill. Crowl, or Crowle {r\ fVilliamldell j 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 advanc'd to greateft Honours. Prince George of Denmark^ foUow'd: The Princefs (afterwards Queen Anne) was oblig'd to live with her Husband, and defert her Father: His Queen forc'd to fly beyond Sea; andhehimfelftofailfromhisKing- dom,andfeek Protection in France,\xndtt the King of that Country. Thus a mighty Prince, who would grant a Toleration in Religion, to every Body, was forc'd away from his Crown and Dignity, for his own Faith ; becaufe he would eftablish STI^ati which was contrary to the Constitution of his Kingdom ; and muft have proved, in the End, deftruflive to thofe, for whofe Sake he feemed to plead for fuch Li- berty of Confcience: A Liberty, which would foon have been deny 'd, if the Counfel of YdXhtr Petrcy and other Catholicks, had prevail'd, in what they fo ardently fought for, to the Ruin of their Prince. [r"] The Firft of January^ King James arriv'd at Ambleteufcy in France, — Sir John Hotham was made Governour, on the Se- cond, tho' in his old Age, being a Perfon of whom the Prince well approved ; more fortunate than his Predeceffors : But he died the 26\S\o{ March following. — King William^ having heard of the gal- lant Behaviour of Captain Copley^ made him Lieutenant-Gover- nour; and, perhaps a Colonel, as I find him call'd by feveral Wri- ters. — ^The Tenth of January, William Gee, and John Ram/den Efqrs. appear'd at the Convention. — The Twenty Third, Mr. George Bacchus Digitized byLjOOQlC Chap. xii. Mayors, Sheriffs, &c. Reigti of K. Will. &c. I9I 1690 Anthony Ivefon ^ Joshua Scott, or Scot \f\ l^illict'^n Hall ) Edmund Duncalf 1691 Richard Gray, i ) Towers WalHs [ ^ ] yohn Collings ) Henry Lambert 1692 George Bacchus, i \ Michael Bielby, Mercer [ u ] Thomas Harrifon ) James Mould, ^/^ Mowld 1,693 Richard Ellis \ Daniel Hoare, or Hoar \w\ Edmund Duncalf ) Thomas Clark, Merchant 1694 Henry Maifter, 2 \ John Thornton [ ^ ] yo^^ Lindall ) John Brown 1695 Simon Siffon ") John Somerfcales \y\ Martin Rafpin ) Jeremiah Shaw Bacchus was elefted Alderman. — The 13th ol March, Charles Os- born, and John Ramfden, Efqrs. were Members of Parliament. — On the 6th of May, the Rev. Mr. Robert Banks was elefted Vicar. Mr. pr/7//^w«jff^//^_;/waschofen Sheriff, before Mr. William I dell; but fet afide, becaufe he refufed to take the Oath. November the 12th, the Danes arrived at Hull — William St Quintin, Efq; one of the Chamberlains, was afterwards created a Baronet, and made a 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 oi September ; and Mr. John Higden was chofen in his Room for the Remainder of the Time. ' ] On the 24th of- Jtdy, the Lord Chief Juftice Holt, and 3ge Turton, came to Hull : The 7th of Augujl following, one Banijler was executed. [ ?/ ] On the 23d of May, Mr. Laurence Pear/on was kill'd. [ «; ] The 30th of March, a large Ship, caird the Humber, was launch'd. — The Firft of April, a Lieutenant, of Capt Heemskirk's Company, was fhot. — The 24th, Mr. Wat/on, and fome others, were unfortunately drowned. — A Soldier was fhot on the 23d of yuly; and another fuffer'd the fame Death on the 29th. — Alderman John/on was indifted for Barratry, on the 7th of Augujl, [ ;ir ] Mr. John Brown, Chamberlain, died in his Office this Year ; and Mr. Erafmus Darwin was elefted to ferve the Remain- der of the Time. Mr. Billington's Houfes were burnt down. — - July 10, Enfign Allgood y/diS slain by Enfign Biilmer, — The 20th, the Judges Traby and Turton came to Hull, \y^ K Ship, caird the Newark, was launched on the 3d of June, B b One Digitized byLjOOQlC Judge I02 Chap. XII. Mayors y Sheriffs ^ &c. Reign of K. WiL. &c. 1696 Robert Mafon \ Thomas Broadley [z'\ Towers Wallis ) Thomas Clark, Z)^^^^^ 1697 Robert Nettleton 1 John Watfon \a\ John Chapelow ) J . Sothoron, or Southern 1698 William Mowld 5 Andrew Perrot \b\ John Thornton ) Benjamin Blaydes 1699 5/rW.St.Quintin,5^r. i ") W.Fenwick,^^Fennick JVilliam Maijiers ) John Field 1700 Daniel Hoare ") Thomas Seaman [ ^ ] John Somerscailesy or Somer scales ) John Tripfrogett One HayneSy a Soldier, was executed this Year for dabbing his Companion. — ^The 23d of O^lober, Sir William St, QuintiUy and Charles Ostomy Efq ; were Parliament-Men, &c, [ ;? ] About this time the Magistrates were empowered to ereft Houfes of Corre6lion for idle Perfons, as well as Places for honeft poor People to employ themfelves, if of Strength and Ability, that they might obtain a more comfortable subfiftance. [ « ] One Mr. Barnard Tower was elefted Sheriff this Year : Upon which, a Serjeant being ordered to his Habitation, in or near Leedsy he promifed to wait upon the Bench ; but afterwards fent a Letter from YORK, That lu was taken very illy which prevetited him; So, upon St. Luke^s Day, after three Proclamations to take Pofleffion of his Office, and he not appearing, the Court fined him Two Hundred Pounds. Next Day, proceeding to a new Eleftion, the Grentleman above-mention*d was both chofen, and fworn. — The King, upon the Town's Recommendation, made Edward Bamardy 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. Qui^itin, and Charles Osborn, Efq ; Parlia- ment-Men. — The Poor Children, in the Cloth-Hall, never thriving in paft Times, as was expefted, the Magiftrates 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 puird down, and rebuilt more convenient : Which was con- fented to, on Condition, That if the Good defigned by the A6t did not fully take Effeft, it might again revert to the Corporation ; and that what was done therein, might be bought for the Ufe of the Town and County, &c, [ ^ ] Sir William St. Quintin, and William Maijlery Efq ; Memoers of Parliament. [ ^ ] Mr. Digitized byLjOOQlC Chap. XIL Mayors, Sheriffs, &c. Reigii of Queen Anne. 1 93 1 70 1 Philip Wilkinfon | Barnard Wilkinfon \d\ Andrew Perrot ) Jonathan Beilby ) Lawrence Robinfon I William Walker J Jofeph Green \ Richard Beaumont ) George Green \ John Beatriff Queen ANNE, March 8. 1702 D Obert Carlisle \ TOnathan Tims \e\ Benjamin Blaydes ) ^ Ralph Peacock 1703 William Hydes \ John Purver Thofnas Clark 1704 Samuel Boife, i Benjamin Wade 1705 Robert Trippet, 2 [/] yohn Purver 1706 Richard Gray, 2 Lawrence Robinfon ) John Burril 1707 Erafmus Darwin ") George Dewick George Green ) Richard Sykes 1708 Andrew Perrot \ John Collings \s\ John Beatriff j John Maddifon 1709 William f Fenwick, i 5 Thomas Scott \h\ Richard Beaumont ) Leonard Collings 1 7 10 Towers Wallis \ Stephen Cliff yofeph Green ) Philip Wilkinfon 171 1 John Somerfcales, i 5 Will.Winfpeare,yi^;^ yohn Maddifon ) William Thomfon 17 12 Benjamin Ward \ William Coggin [ /] Philip lVilkinfony]\XTi. ) John Wood [ ^ ] Mr. Wilkinfon dying (or as a different Manufcript has it, %vas lofi) Mr. Thomas Howard,ov Haworth^-wdiS chofen forthetinie. The fame Members of Parliament this Year, as before-mention'd. f^] July iS» the Judges Powis and Blencoe came to Hull, /] Mr. Thomas Peacock was elefted Town-Clerk, in the Room of Mr. Duncalf [^] The Judges came to Hull this Year. — f Or Fennick. [//] The above Mayor was elefted in the Room of Mr. BaC'- chusy who became very infirm, after he was chofen a fecond Time. [ / ] The Mayor proclaimed Peace, at the Market-Place, on the loth o{ March, 1713. The Digitized byLjOOQlC 194 Chap. xii. Mayors, Sluriffs, &c. Reign of K. GEORGE I. 1713 John Collings, i 7 Willi^"^ Mantle. Thomas Scot ) Samuel Beilby King GEORGE 1. August i. 1714 "yyilliam Mould, 2 ) ^Oberf Carlisle William Coggin ) Chriftopher Bales 1715 5/^Wm.St.Quintin,2 ) Jonathan Beilby \k\ John Wood ) William Burnell 1 7 16 Leonard Collings, i ) John Wright [ / ] William Winfpear ) William Ashmole 1 717 William Coggin ) John Monckton Chrijiopher Bailes ) William Wilberfofs 1718 Samuel Boife, 2 \ Jofiah Robinfon \ni\ William Ashmole ) Thomas Ryles \k'\ The abovefaid Mayor was made one of the Privy-Coun- cil. The Sheriff, dying in his Office, Mr. William Thomfon was elefted for the Time. On Ttiefday, Feb, i. 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, Quiniin. — A raging Fire happen'd on Monday, the i ith of Jtifyy which held for above a Day and Night, upon which Account fome Houfes were blown up : The Lofs, fuf- tain'd hereby, was reckoned 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 K^r-^ Caftle to the condemned 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 f Crime : Which unparaleird Auda- city fo deeply pierc'd the tender Minifter to the Heart, (whofe melt- ing Oratory was pathetically employed 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 Perfohs, who were Witneffes of his Holy Life, and innocent Converfation. r /] Mr. J/iajiy?^rdied,andMr.7?^^jf^r»fwasele6ledParliamentMan. [m] A violent Storm happen'd on the 14th oi 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 171 1, when the Rev. Mr. Charles Mace, Sen, thus de- parted this Life. t The Criminal had barbarously murder'd a Clergyman, who was his Wife's Uncle; "eld, where he was found by the S< ~ e Sacrament as a Token of upon him for fuppofinc hii Moment he was going t 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 tum*d off the Ladder. Digitized byLjOOQlC "Chap. xii. Mayors^ Sheriffs, &c. Reign of K, George II. 1 95 1 7 19 Jonathan Beilby \ Thomas Bridges yohn Mockton ) William Watts 1720 Erafmus Darwin, 2") James Wallis yoftah Robinfon ) Ric.t?MVm.Williamfon 1 72 1 Andrew Perrot, 2 \ George Healey [ n ] Thomas Bridges ) Triftram Carlisle 1722 William Wilberfofs \ Samuel Watfon [ ] JVm. Mantle, or Mantel) William Cornwell 1723 George Green \ William Ivefon George Healah, ox Healey ) John Farwin 1724 William Ashmole \ Henry Maifter [/] yohn Wright ) John Rogers 1725 John Somerfcales,2 5 Jof.Lafenby,^^Lafonby Trijiram Carlisle ) John Froggett 1726 John Collings, 2 \ Wil. Mowld, or Mould \q\ Thomas Ryles ) Theophilus Somerfcales King GEORGE 11. June ii. 727 ^yyilliam Fenwick,2 ") 'T'Homas Haworth [ ^ ] yofeph La/enby ) Thomas Twisleton [;/] In this Mayoralty (172J) the Town-Dyke was dreffed. [<;] On the 7th of April, Sir William St Quintiuy Bart, and Mr. Rogers, were chofen Parliament-Men. — The Mayor, above- mentioned, \William Wilberforce, or Wilberfofs, Efq;) was elefted Alderman on Wednefday the 25 th oi April, in ilLx.Perrofs 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 Williamfon. [p ] Qn yau, the 23d, Mr. George Crowlev^z.s defied Member of Parliament, in the Room of Sir William St Quuitin, deceafed. [^] The Friendly Society was begun in Augiifl this Year. [ r ] The new Bells, in St. Mary's Steeple, were firft rungin April, having been hung up but a little while before. — The i8th of yune, the King was proclaimed at HtM — A tigu/l the 3d, the Lord Micklethwaite,dLnd '^v, George Crowle,vftTt elefted Members of Par- liament. — About this time, a new Set of Bells were hung in the High Church Steeple, which were rung on the 17th. — There was a great Digitized byLjOOQlC 196 Chap. XII. Mayors, Sheriffs, &c. Reign of K, GEORGE I L 1728 Thomas Scot ) Henry Lee [/] yohn Froggett ) John Wood 1729 Leonard Collings, 2 ) John Porter [ / J Henry Maijier ) Chrif. Heareljt?;' Heron 1730 Richard Williamfon \ Benjamin Ward [ ^ ] ycimes Me lies, or Mi Ins ) James Roe 1 73 1 Samuel Watson ^ Joseph Pease [w] William Mowld ) Lancelot Iveson 1732 John Monckton \ Peter Thornton \x\ Chrif. Hear el, ox Heron) George Woodhouse a great Scarcity this Year: Even Beans were fold, in the Weft-Ri- ding, at 40^. a Quarter ; and Corn would have been miferably dear, had not his Majefty, in Commiferation to his poorer Subjefts, been fo gracious, as to take off the Duty of foreign Grain : Here- upon, in our Diftrefs, we were fupply'd with Ship-Loads, from Ita- ly, Flanders, Poland, and other diftant Parts, to the unfpeakable Comfort of many Houfe-Keepers, who might have been undone, without the King's kind Condefcenfion, thus to relieve them in Time of their great Neceflities. E/l My ton-Gate Bridge was entirely built this Year. /J In this yiz,yoxA\,y, Broerley-Gate was entirely finiftied. — On. the 17th of July, Baron Hall, and Juftice Page, came to Hull; before whom one Partrick was condemned for ftealing feveral Pie- ces of Plate, which belong'd to Mr. Mowld: But he made his Ef- cape : Since that Time, (about the Year 1732.) a moft miferable Wretch was executed, for ftabbing his tender Wife in the Breaft with a fharp Knife, of which Wound fhe foon after died. [«1 The Sailors Society was held, I think, about this Time. \w\ The Religious Society, being begun, it occafion'd fome Difputes, about their often receiving the Holy Sacrament : But the Controverfy foon ended in a peaceable Manner, thro' the Endeavours, as was said,of a Gentleman, who went under the Name of Philanthropos, This Society is eminent for its Religious Zeal ; and efpecially, its well-order'd Charity, in refpe6l to poor Peoples Children, for whofe Education they take particular Care. — ^The Wall at the South End was erefled this Year. [ ;if ] The above Worfhipful Mayor departed this Life the 20th of September, the Year following : Alderman John Collings was there- fore fworn to ferve the few remaining Days 'till the next Ele6lion ; (the Day zXttx Michaebnas,\f\i^Vi Sheriffs, Chamberlains, (S*^. are ac- cuftom'd to be chofen, tho' not fworn 'till the Festival of St. Luke, the 1 8th of 06lober) by which Means, that Gentleman became a third time Mayor ol Hull, to his great Honour and Reputation. Digitized byLjOOQlC Chap. XII. Mayors, SheriffSy &c. Reign of K, GEORGE II. 1 97 1733 Joseph Lasenby \ James Shaw \y\ y^^^^ Bee ) J. Haweth, or Haworth 1734 William Mould \ Andrew Perrot \z\ yohn Ferron ) David Field r J ] Mr. William Hudfon was Warden to the Burgeffes Society. [ ^ ] A Sociable AJfembly was held, Mr. Jofeph Berry y Warden. As we are now in this Mayoralty, the following Account of what was found about March 24, 173I, (by a young Damfel, Daughter to a Smith, near the Roman Wall in Northumberland^ hard by a little purling Stream) will, I hope, not be unacceptable, as it is a valuable Relique of Antiquity. The Defcription is thus. // is a Piece of Silver, now the Property of Mr, COOK, Goldfmith in Newcaftle-on-Tyne,2e/A^ botight,andhighly ejleems it) fashioned like a Tea-Board, 20 inches long, and 15 broad, weighing about 148 Ounces, ^Tis hollowed about the Depth of aii Inch; the Brim flat, a7t Inch and Quarter in Breadth; flower' d with a Vine full of Grapes, and other Curious Devices. The Figure of A^oWo is on the right Side of the Plate: A Bow in his Left Hand, and a Phyfical Herb in his Right, wider a Canopy, borne by 2 P/Wari" ^///^ Corinthian Order: Near his left Leg a Tyre, or Girdle; under that an Heliotrope, being an Herb, which is f aid to turn round, or follow theCourfe of the Sun; at his Feet a Python : This lafl, was a monfterous Serpent produced by the Earth after Deucalion's Flood, which Apollo slew with his Ar- rows, and was thereupon called Pythius, in Honour of which the Py- thian Games were inftituted. Near the Right Hand Pillar, is ano- ther: but made after a different Manner, with a Sun for its Capital, Againfl this, a Prieflefs, looking at Apollo, fits upon a Tripod, or Three-footed Stool : Beneath her Feet is an A Itar, near to which a Stag lies upon his Back. Nigh the Prieflefs, is a beautiful Woman, with her Head unveiVd^ having a Wand, with a Ball on the Top, in her left Hand, Near her, is the Figure of the Goddefs Minerva, with a Helmet upon her Head ; in her left Hand a Spear, pointing with her Right to afuppos^d Huntfmait, on the other Side of a large Tree, The Figure of the Head of Mcdufa, one of the Gorgons, (^ho is f aid to have turned the People near the Tritonian Lake iitto Stones, for which she was decollated by Perfeus, Son ^Jupiter and Danae) was on the Breafl of the Goddefs.; under zvhofe Feet was an Altar, and near it a Wolf looking up to a Man, who has an Arrow in his Right Hand, with a Bow in his Left, In a Corner, beneath him, is the Figure of a Rock, with an Urn in the Middle, which feetns to flow with Waters, All thefe Similitudes are rais'd large, with a jufi Symmetry of Cafl- Workj without any Sign of being engraven : On Digitized byLjOOQlC 198 Metnorable Perjons born in KiNGSTON-UPON-HULL. On tfie Back indeed feem afezv Scratches of a Punchy or Chijfel: The Three firjl are, I. P. X ; but the rejl are unintelligible. Under the Middle of it (before the Smith broke it off) was a low Frame, which had been all of a Piece, about 7 Inches long, 4 broad ^ i and^ deep : All which may exercife the Curiojity of the mofl occult Per- fons, who are well learned in the Roman Antiquities, But, to return to KingJion-upon-HulL — As to memorable Per- fons born therein, (tho* Scarborough claims too the Honour of his Nativity) one was Sir JOHN Lawson ; who, from mean Parentage, and a poor Sea-Lad, was advanced to be an Admiral, and obtained the Honour of Knighthood. ' He gloriously fignaliz'd himfelf at 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 forc'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 Bdfinghoufe, fighting for King Charles the Firft, on whom this Epitaph was written. Hie ]oimso'SE, faces : fed ft Mors cederet Herbis Arte fugata tua cederet ilia tuis. Thus Paraphras'd. JOHNSON! (O learned Doaor!) here Thou'rt laid In Death's cold Arms, to whom all muft fubmit ; But if that Death had Phyfick's Art obe/d, Thou would'ft efcape, by overcoming it. The King of Terrors muft have falFn to Thee, Who now has placed thy Soul in happy State, Where Thou fhalt live (when He 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, (whofe valiant Family came in with the Conqueror) Vif- count Newark, created fuch the 25th of July, 1628. King Charles the Firft us'd to call him, The good Earl of KINGSTON. He is faid to have been taken Prifoner at Gainsborough ; and slain by fome of his own Friends, upon the Humber, who thought to refcue him, as he was on his Paffage to Hull, in order to be more fecurely con- Digitized byLjOOQlC Account of the Plate belonging to the Corporation, 199 confined ; 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 y was made Marquefs of Dorchejler^ Anno 1645, which Title dy*d with him, in 1680, as having no Heirs : But the Earldom went to Robert PiERPOiNT, Son oi Robert, Son of William of Tkowersby, 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 Dorchejler, Duke of King/Ion, and not long fmce was made Lord Privy-Seal. ^n Account of the Plate, with other Things, that belong to the Corporation (T/'Kingfton-upon-Hull. CHAINS, &c. 'THE Mayor's Gold Chain, given by Sir WILLIAM Knowles, Knight. The Gold Chain, worn by the Mayorefs, the Gift of Mr. Gee, Four Silver Chains for the Waits. A Large Sackbut 5 WORDS, &c. A Large One, and a leffer : With a Cap of Mainte- nance, for the Sword-Bearer. MACES, &c. QNE Large, and Gilt. Another of a Leffer Size. Two fmall Silver Ones. A Mace, made of Wood, but tipt with Silver, for the Ufe ofthe Water-Bailiff. A Wood- Oar, for the Admi- ralty-Office. SEAL S. A Silver One, kept by the Mayor. A Seal, call'd, The Corporation Seal, made of Copper. Cc A Seal for paffmg Fines. Another for Statute Merchants A Stone-Seal, being the Gift of Mr. Robert Stockdale, BADGES, &c. 'pWO Brafs Ones for the Beadles. A Badge for the Mafter of the Houfe of Correftion. Two Bells for the Bellman. CANDLESTICKS, &c. npWO Large Candlefticks, 2 Snuffers, and a Cradle, gi- ven by Alderman Skinner. BOXES. A Silver Tobacco-Box, given by Mr. Vaux's Executors. A Silver Sugar-Box, given by Alderman Jofeph Ellis. LADLES, &c. A Silver One, bought by the ^^ Town. Another Silver Ladle, given by Mr. William Cook, who was Cook to the Corporation. A Bafon, and Ure. PLATES, Digitized byLjOOQlC ^^^'m ■^m ^m 200 Chap. XII. K, WILLIAM'.? Statue ere^ed A.D. 1734. PLATES, SPOONS, Ac. nrWO Silver Plates. A Silver Spoon, given by Alderman Jofepk Ellis, Others, called. The Twelve Apoftles SpoonSy the Gift of Mr. Smeaton, A Silver Salt. BO W 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. Thurfcrofs, Another Bowl, which was the Gift of Mr. George Painter, FLAGGONS. n^WO handfome Ones, made of Silver, were given by Mr. John Lifter, TANKARDS. A Silver Tankard, given by Alderman Crowle, Two Large Silver Ones, were given by Alderman Dob/on, Mr. Robert Hogy the Town's Cook, made the Corporation a Prefent of another large Silver Tankard. CUPS, &c. r^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 Crowle, in his fecond Mayoralty. A Silver Goblet, the Gift of Mr. Smeaton, But here, with Reverence, I come to exemplify the Gratitude oi Hull, to the immortal Memory of King William III. by the fol- lowing plain, but comprehenfive Infcription, under the Equeftrian Statue, (made by Mr. Scheemaker, and fet up Nov, 3. 1734. ) on the Side of the Pedeftal, which is lately railed about. ■^^^^^^^^^^^ Another Infcription, but not fet up. This ^ . Memorice GULIELMI tertti Regis Hcec Statimfuit ere£laA,D, 1734- Si queer is qtmre hicpofita ; Statue Was ereSled in the Year MDCC XXX IV, To the Memory of King William III. Our Great Deliverer. Ahi: Sin ex ipfa Vi/u reliqua novifti Sifte parumper: Et illud Britanniae Numen Grata Mente venerare. Thus render'd. *' This Statue was erefted to the Memory of King William the ^ Third, in the Year, 1734. If you make Enquiry, why it was placed Digitized byLjOOQlC Digitized byLjOOQlC 3 Digitized byLjOOQlC Chap. XII. Conclufion of this prejent HISTORY. 2OI " placed here, go your Ways ; But if you have a Mind to know *' every Particular from its Sight, flay a while, and gratefully pay " Homage to the Deity of Great-Britain!^ And here, one may refleft on the Modefty, with which both thefe Infcriptions have been written : That, while the glorious Me- mory of King William is juftly commemorated, (fmce by Himalong with the Right of his Queen, we are oblig'd for the prefent Suc- ceflion) no viperous Refle<5lions are thrown upon his unfortunate, mifguided Father-in- Law, King James ; for whofe Imprifonment he would not confent, but fuffer'd him to efcape. Contrary Ufage did he receive from fome Se<5laries ; who, having enjoy'd their full Liberty of Confciencey and when their Turns were onceferv^d^ thro' his Endeavours, which render'd him befotted and defpicable; in- ilead of generous Pity to him, who always commiferated them, openly and ungratefully befpatter'd his Royal Chara<5ler, whilfl in his great, tho'defervedDiftrefs; when, feemingly,fortheir Sake, he bore upon him almoft the Indignation of three flourifhing Kingdoms. But the Corporation has wifely avoided all bitter Reproaches, (by carting as it were the downy Veil of Silence over the great Deme- rits of that unfortunate Prince) as well thro' kind Refpe<5l to the Me- mory of his Royal Son-in-Law, whofe Statue they have gratefully erefted, 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 Diftinflions, which are nothing but meer empty Sounds ; and fmcerely unite to make the Government eafy to His Sacred Perfon, happy for the Royal Family, and comfortable to us all in general. Thus, with almoft inconceivable Induftry, (as any ingentums zxidi fenjible Perfon may confider) have I brought this Hiftory to the Eighth Year of His prefent Majefty's Reign : And, to conclude my laft Chapter, let this be an univerfal Prayer, That the Town of Kingfton-upon-Hully with its lateft Inhabitants, may continue in rifmg Splendour; 'till the Laft Great Coming of jESUS CHRIST, only Son to the King of Kings ! When Time will foon after ceafe to be any more ; and every Place, (whether City, Town, Village, Fort, Caftle, or Tower) ftiall, as well as this remarkable Fortrefs, draw towards a Period, and be entirely brought to AN END. ^^^^^^ AN Digitized byLjOOQlC INDEX. A Bbeys, a particular Account of the moft remarkable ones in England^ with the Names of their Founders, drv. Page I 14 Abbey of St. Mary, York, a Profpe<5l of its Ruins, -with a Sketch of an adja- cent Multangular Tower, with fome View of the Cathedral, between 116, and 117 A66(?ff George, Archbishop of Canter- bury, High Steward of Hull ...... 133 Alcock, John, Bishop of Ely, founds a Free-School, os'd, 96. the Criminals punish'd, the Waters polluted 97 an Instrument, which is said to have prevented such Ill-Nature, Malice, and Wickedness, ibid, the fresh Springs of Anlahy granted to the Town, 108. Water- Works begim, and finished, 130, 131. new Disputes, but adjufted, 176 Weigh- House, erected 93 Wetwang, John de, Benefactor to a Monastery in HuU 79 Wetwang, Richard, Rector of St. Den- niae, Waltngate, York, ornaments his Church in a beautiful Manner .... ibid Whineop, Rev. Mr. Thomas, his Epi- taph 44,45 WILLIAM, Duke of Normandy^ his Conquest 6 William, Lord of Holdernese, 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- graved by Mr. Haynes of York. WiUoughby, Lord, embarks at Huil for HeMnark i 25 Work-Houses erected 192 Writing, signed by Pope John, a very exhortatory one, to the Inhabitants of neighbouring Towns to Hull 97 Writington, Sheriff, fin'd, &c 1 34 Wyke, a poor Place at first 9 Y. Young, Archbishop of York, visits Hull, preaches, and confirms many Per- sons 121. he is much respected . . 125 BOOKS Soldatthe Frinting-Officein Cqfee- Vara, near Stone-Gate, YORK ; by Mr. Ferraby, of Hull; and other Bookfellers in the Country, &c. 'i. 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A New General English DICTIONARY, calculated chiefly for the Young Ladies, in order to spell and write more correctly than usual : And indeed is necessary for the Improvement of those ingenious Readers, who do not understand the Learned Lanmiages ; and useful for those who do, since they may not retain in their Memory all the Terms made use of in Anatomy, Architecture, Arithmetick, Algebra, Astronomy, Botany, Chymistry, Divinity, Gardening, Grammar, Hawking, Heraldry, History, Horsemanship, Hunting, Husbandry, Law, LOGICK, Mathematicks, Mechanicks, Military, MUSICK, Navigation, Painting, Poetry, Rhetorick, Sculpture, Surgery, %c. To which is prefixed, a Compendious English Grammar, with general Rules for the ready Formation of one Part of Speedi from another : Together with a Supple- ment of the most proper Names of Kingdoms, Provinces, Cities, Rivers, ^ndon. The Fairfax is gone to Cha- tham to be repaired. This Ship met me here. I shall be ready to sail within ten or fourteen Bays ; but am command- ed, when this Ship's JU to sail, to attend their Honours at White-Hall. J. L. LETTER IV. SIR, J^m Hood's Bay, 1 733. T Took Notice in the Church- Yard of thefe following Infcriptions, vit. Lotherington Bedlington, dy*d 1 715, aged 22 Years. My weary Days, and iiksome Nights, I've past With Sighs and Oroans, which gave me Rest at last. Ann Boswiek, dy*d in 1727, aged 40. Likewise, Father, and Mother dear. Do lie beside me buried here. Digitized byLjOOQlC [Whitby.] ADDENDA, [Whitby.] 211 Soger Gierke, d/d 1725. aged 83. Begone, fond World ! I've had enough of thee, And do not care what thoa can'st say of me : Thy Smiles I hug not, nor thy Frowns I fiear, For now, behold, my Head lies quiet here. What Faults thou flnd'st in me, strive thou to shun; And look at home, enough there's to be done. Sir, I am juft going into the Domi- nions of Neptune ; but am, Your's, i^e. LETTER V. SIR, Whitby, 1734. /^UR Church, (as you defired an Ac- count of it) is dedicated to St. John, 'Tis a lai^e 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 Titne, 1 708. On that, of the next Degree, JESUS be our Speed, 1626. J. L G. C. On the third, out of VirgU, fJEn. Lib. VI. J is, Diseite Jttatitiam moniti, ^ non temnere Divoe. 1590. And upon the largeft, Gloria Deo in Excehia, etPax ffominibus, 1637. R. R. W. H. C. C. J. H. S. R. D. S. Within the Church are decent Galleries, adorn' d with Scripture Sen- tences : The Pulpit and Communion Table ornamented with red Velvet, fring*d about with Gold, ^e. Thefe Infcriptions I wrote down to oblige you. Here lieth the Body of Nicholas Bernard, who was interred the 13th Day of March, 1673-4. and ^^n^his Widow, 1689. A\fo Jtichard JSurrowse, 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 Cholmlei/ Family. Depofitum Richardi Cholmeley Equi- tis Aurati, Henrici Cholmeley Equitis Aurati filij primogeniti, Richardi Cholmeley Equitis et Catharinae Clif- ford filiae Henrici Comitis Cumbriae Nepotis, Rogeris Cholmelev Equitis Aurati Abnecotis, ab antiqua Familill Cholmeleyorum de Cholmeley in Co- mitatu Ceftrienfi oriunde, viri tarn exteriori Corporis decorem ibectabilis, quam potioribus animi dotibus ador- nati, Domini hujus Manerii : qui poflquam per multos Annos in his partibus Eirenarcha deputatus, locum tenens Regis et Confiliarius Domini R^s in partibus Borealibus fub fere- fpirito t A Sketch of t/ie Church is in Page 52. with Mr. Huntrode's Epitaph^ &c. niffimis Regibus Jacobo, et Carolo ex- titiffet, Corpus mum huic fepulchro, fpirito vero fuum immortalem, patri pie placideque reddidit vicefimo ter- tio die Septembris Anno Mrx Chrifti- anae 1631. iEtatis fuoe 6$. ex Sufannfi priori Conjuge filia Johannis Led- gard Armigeri reliquit Hugonem Cholmeley Equitem Auratum, et Hen- ricum Cholmeley praterea Richardum Equitem Auratum, et Urfulam Georgii Trotter Armigeri Conjugem. Ex Mar- gareta filia Gulielmi Cob Armigeri Conjuge pofteriori reliquit Richardum et Gulielmum adhuc fuperflites. Mar- gareta Relicfla maestiflima Conjugi a- mantiifimo et bene merito pofuit. Thus rendered in English, The Remains of RICHARD CHOZMELEY.Kt, eldest Son oi Henry Chohneky, Knight, Grandfon oi Richard Cholmeley, Knight, and of the Right Honourable Catharine C/t^r^f Daughter of Henry Earl of Cumberland, Great Grandfon of Roger Cholmeley, Knight, defcended of the antient Family of the Cholmelcys of Cholmeley in Cheshire ; a Man equally admirable as well for the Gracefulnefs of hii Prefence and noble Mein, as for the nobler Endow- ments of his Mind : Who, after he had been many Years a Justice of the Peace, 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 and meekly refign'd his Spirit to God the 23d Day of September, 1631. aged 65, and lies here buried. By Su- sanna his first Wife, Daughter of John Ledgardy Efq ; he left Hugh Cholmeley, Knight, zjoAUenry CJwlmeley and Richard Cholmeley, Kt. and UrstdaWife of George Trotter, Efq ; By Margaret, Daughter of William Cob, Efq; his fecond Wife, he left Richard and William, who furvived him. Margaret, his forrowful Relidl, eredled this Monument to the Memory of fo affectionate and tender a Hus- band. Above 'this Infcription are reprefented three Hands joining, each from three different Coats of Arms ha- vir^ Rings on their Thumbs : Over them an Hour-Glass on an Angel's Head ; and on each Side two Angels, each having a Flambeau, with the lighted Ends down, as if they were extin- guished Digitized byLjOOQlC 212 [Whitby.] ADDENDA. [Whitby.] guished them for Sorrow : With many other Omamentu finely done on Mar- ble, or Alabafter. On the Top of all b a Pot of Incense, representing a clear burning Fire. — Sir^ I thatt tend you mote Itueriptiont in my next ; for in this I have exceeded the Bounds of an BpistU, I am. Tour's, &c. LETTER VI. SIR, Whitby, 1734. r\S the North Side of the Altar, near ^^ the Wall, is the following Infcrip- tion on a blew Marble Tomb. ** Here *• lieth the Body of NatJianiel Chotme" «• leyy Esq;whomarry'd Mary, Daughter «* and Heir of Sir Hugh Chohndey of «* Whithy, Baronet, by the Richt Ho- •* nourable the Lady Anne Votnpton^ " his only Wife. He departed this " Life the 20th of April, 1687. He " left by his faid Wife two Sons, and •* one Daughter. Hugh, the eldeft ; <* and John. Anne his Daughter was ** bom five Months after his Death." Another lai]^e blew Stone, on the South Side of the former, has this. ** Here lies the Body of Sir Httgh •* Cholmeky, who departed this Life the ••9th of January, 1688. in the 57th •* Year of his Age. He marry'd the " Hon. Lady Anne Compton, (Daughter *• to Spencer, Earl of Korthampton) by •* whom he had two Daughters, Mary " the Eldest marry'd to Nathaniel *' CholmeUy, Efq ; Anne the Younger ••died four Years old. Likewife the " Body of the Right Honourable the ** Lady Anne Cholmeley, interred the " 26th of May, 1705. the 68th Year «* of her Age." On a white Mar- ble Stone before the Altar. ** Here li- "eth the Body of Anne Cholmeley, ** Daughter to Nathaniel Cholmeley, Efq; '•by Mary his Wife, Daughter and « Heir to Sir JSTm^A Chohneley of Vlhithy, ** Bar. She was bom September the •* 2ist, 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 Anne, ** Daughter to Sir Hugh Cholmeley, by *• Anne, his Wife, Daughter to the Rt. •* Hon. Spencer Earl of Northampton. ** She was untimely bom 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, ^. LETTER VII. SIR, IVJkildy, 1734- TN the Church Porch is this Infcrip- •■• tion : Here lieth the Body oi Robert Constable interred, who departed this Life the 6th Day of Aprti, 171a in the 33d Year of his Age. Between the Choir and the Pulpit is a white Mar- ble Stone, with this. Here lieth the Bo- dy of Guy Fair/ax of Steeton, Esq, who departed this Life at Whitby, on the lOth oi August, 1695. In the Church Porch. Here lieth the Body of Mr. Da- niel Oughton, who was Minister of Whitby 5 Years, interred here the 30th of January, 1704. aged 49 Years. — ^ — Within theChurch, near the Chancel. Here lieth the Body of Charles Thomlin/on, Gent. ?ionoljohn Thomlin/on oi Whitby, Gent, both buried in one Grave. The faid Charles vasLTiiedJSsther, the 2dDaugh- ter of Robert Rujfel of Rufwarp, Gent He died the loth 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 of 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 Gmyn of 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 of March, 1670-71. Also Timothy Bag- with, Gent. Son of the above deceased Luke and Hannah Bagwith, aged 44 Years, Feb. $, 1696. leaving a Wife and 4 Children.-- — In the North Part of the Church are 3 Folio Books. I. 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/. per Ann. to put two poor Children Apprentices. 1668. Mr. William Wigginer gave a Silver Chalice to the Church. 1 71 1. Mr. Bxihert Fother- Digitized byLjOOQlC [Whitby.] ADDENDA. [Whitby.] 213 ley^ and his Sister Elizabeth^ gave 50/. to. buy Church Ornaments. 1712. Mr. George Trotter gave to the Church 3 Silver Salvers. 1702, and 171 5. Mr. Robert Norrison^ and his Wife Eli- zabeth^ gave 40/. to the Poor of Hcnvf- ker, — 1722. Mr. William Pear/on gave two Houses to the Poor of Whitby, — 1723. Mrs. Margery Bowes gave 6/. per Ann. to put 4 poor Children to Trades ; and 3/. 4f. per Annum to put 8 poor Children to School ; \2d, per Week to 12 poor Widows ; and one House for two poor Widows. 1723. Mr. Wit- liam Coverdale gave 26I, to the Poor of Hawsker, 1725. Mr. William Wig- giner gave to the Church a Silver Flaggon. / sAall give you fome of the Inscriptions in the Church- Yard in my next ; and am ^ Sir^ Ybur^s, &c. LETTER VIII. SIR, ' Whitby, ly^ 'T'O oblige you ( because you urge Things to be effectually done) I shall take upon me to send the Infcrip- tions on the Tomb Stones, <^. in our Church Yard, which are many. A. Richard AUeson, Master and Mari- ner, dy'd 1 71 1. Elizabeth, Wife of William Addison, died 1720. aged 50. A faithful, kind and virtuous Wife, Whiie conversant in Earthly Things^ Has left the Toils of Human Life, To see th' Eternal King of Kings. Mr. William Atkinson, dy'd 1702. Huo* many yarions Tempests haye I past ; But a safe Harbour I haye found at last. Elizabeth, Wife of Andrew Atkin- son, dy'd 1 72 1. Why should lunmlling be to die. Who Wd so long in Pain, &c. B. Jacob Bean, d/d A.D. 1688. Robert Bodltby, died 1721 ; and Hannah his Wife, 1728. Jonas Boyes, died Dec. 4, 1691. Jonas Boyes, 1691. and Barbara his Wife, 1705. Elizabeth, Wife of Matthew Brown, dy'd 1722. Why should I unwilling be to dye^ Who liv'd so long in Pain 9 But rather ehuse to go to Christ, And there with him remain. Moitrn not for me, my Husband dear, I am not dead, but sleeping be : My Debt is paid, my Bid see Mre, Think what lutspast, then come to me. c. Mary, Wife of Richard Chapman, dy*d 1701 ; also her Husband, 1712. Cornelius Clark, Master and Mariner, died 1723. JFTio saiTdfor Heaven the Port to gain. In Hopes with C7u'istfor to remain, Mary Cowston, dy'd 1 718. D. John Dent, Jun. dy'd 1719. Francis Dickinson, dy'd 1705. William, Son of William and Do- rothy Dickinson, dy'd 171 1. F. Robert Fotherley, 1686, 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. Begone for ever Mortal Things^ Thou MolehiU Earth adieu, farewell! Angels aspire on lofty Wings, Lei me with JESUS ever dwell, H. Isabel, (Wife of Mr. Leonard Heart, Master and Mariner) dy'd in 1 7 19. Here lies entomb'd a dear and tender Wife, Who was well-known to lead a pious Life: Peace, Love, and Unity, did her inspire; And to relieve tJte Poor wets her Desire. With Worldly Care she is no more opprest: No, no, sMs gone 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 Hobson, dy'd 1690. William Hobson, Jun, 1703. I. John and Elizabeth Jackson. A loving Couple liere doth lie. Who spent their Time in Peace and Unity. Peter Jackson, Sen, 1635. and his Wife Susannah, 1683. L. On a Tomb-Stone is this wntten, Ruth, Wife of Thomas Lightfoot, Master and Mariner, 1 719. aged 29. O Lord, she was not pu^ in Mind, Nor had a scornful Eye ; Digitized byLjOOQlC 214 [Whitby.] ADDENDA. [Whitby.] Nor did site exercise herself In Thitigs that were too hiffh : But as tJie Child that weaned is, Ev'nfrom her MotJm's Breast; So did she, lord, belmve herself, In Silence, and in Rest. But now thou luist calTd her hence away, Just in her Prime of Years, WliereDiope her Soul with th^ doth dtvell, WitJMut all Grief or Fears. William Long, died 1729. alfo his three Children, viz, John 1697. Wil- liam, 1704. Jane 1704. M. Thomas Marshal, Master and Mari- ner, and his three Children, viz. John, 1697. William and Jane, 1704. On a handsome Tomb is this Inscription. Here lieth interr'd Mary the Wife of Robert Milner, Master and Mariner, who departed this Life April 6, 1722. aged 40. Alfo five of their Cliildren buried by her. A loving Wife, and tender Motlter dear, A faithful Friend, alas ! lies buried here ! Beturn*d to Earth her late fair body is. Till Christ more fair sJiall raise it unto Bliss. Best thou, whose Best gives me a restless Life, Since I have lost a kind and virtuous W%fs; Whose Charity proeur' d her such a Name, As is recorded in the Books of Fame. Ridiard 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 that eotne my Grave to see. As I rnn now^ so must you be : I in my Youth was snatch* d away ; Therefore repent, make no Delay, P. William and Sufanna, Son and Daughter of William Parkins, 1710. cruel Death, that would not deign to spare A loving Son and courteous Daughter fair: Great is the Grief their Barents do sustain, Tho* tJiey in Heaven will evermore remain. Samuel Prudam, Master and Mari- ner, 1729. aged 33 Years. Great is the loss to those that's left behind ; Bixt he, no doubt, eternal joys -will find. John Potter dy'd 1727-8. He hath left a Wife, and thiee caiildren dear : 1 hope their Souls wUl meet in Heav'n, and their [Bodies hare. Ifabel, Wife of John Proud, 1691. R. Here lieth the Bodies of Three Chil- dren of James and Hannah Reynolds^ viz. James, dy*d 1721. James and Han- nah, both in 1 729. Elizabeth, Wife of Stephen Rushel, who dy'd Anno 1713, lies buried here, with five Children. s. Leonard Smelt, dy'd 1724. aged 44. A loving Husband here doth lie, IHu) liv'd in Peace and Unity : To Wife and Children sure tl^ best, Ifltose SouTs in everlasting Best. Elizabeth Stonnous, dy'd 1726. Elizabeth, Daughter of Richard Stonnous, 1723. Jane Steel of Rufwarp, dy'd 1720. aged 69. Henry Stonehoufe, Master and Ma- riner, dy'd 1722. T. Elizabeth, Wife of John Taylor, dy'd 171 1, aged 26 Years. cruel Death ! that would not spare A loving Wife, and tender Mother dear : Great is tlie Loss to those that's left behind; But she, no doubt, eternal Joy doth find. Robert Trewhit, 1724. aged 43. w. Esther, Wife of William Wainraan, dy'd March 15, 1674. and two Chil- dren ; and Mr. Wainman, 1690. Bcmember, Man, as thou goes by. As thou art now, so once was I: As I am laid, so must thou lie : Bemeniber, Man, for tlwu must die I Martha, the Wife of James Were, died 1729. Elizabeth, Daughter of Mr. Wil- liam Were, dy'd 1730. Death's fotalStioke hath brought mehere toRest; My Soul \rith Saints and Angels now is blest : 1 with my dear Friends loi " ** *""•'' b Death's But! h's great ly Trout would have stay'd, it Power tEe Balance over- Barbara Wigginer, dy'd 1658. Lamont Wilkinfon, dy'd 171 5. John, Son of William Wilfon, died 1689. Alfo WilUam his Son, 1696. and Robert, 1696. and Marmaduke Wilfon, 1703. ^»fw, Wife oi Isaac Wilson, 173?. Upon Mrs. Sarah Wilton. She was a tender Mother to her Children dear, Also a loving Wife, her Husband was her Care, She ends this Life in Sorrow, Orief and Pain, And hopes in lasting Joys for to remain. She slighted Worldly Pomp, with sinftal Pride, And, having liv'd a pious life, she dy'd. Digitized byLjOOQlC [Whitby.] ADDENDA. [Whitby.] 215 Barbara, Wife of John Wilton, dy'd 1728. aged 38, and lies buried with her Child. A Wilis she was both yirtuous, chaste and kind ; Coorteoos to all, few such are left behind. Anne, Wife of Joseph Wood, 17 15. Altho* her Body lies below, I hope Jier SouTa in SeMv*n above ; In virtues Path she wtd to go. Her Joys will n^er remove. Daniel and Henry Yeoman, 1687. Upon the Beadle's Staff, which is more than two Yards in Length, are the Arms of Whitby, (engraved upon the Head, which is of Silver) viz. Three Snakes in their Coile, or Wreaths, •with the Names of the Church-War- dens. Sir, This has proved a long Epistle : But I begrudge no Pains to serve my Friend, who doth his utmost to set forth the Glory of Yorkehire. I am, with Respect, S^c. LETTER IX. SIR, Whitby, ly^. TF you have Leisure to consult the Writings of Mr. Samuel Jones, Au- thor of WHITBY, a Poem, ^c. you might find several Things, thro' the flowing Pen of that ingenious Gentle- man, who has often employ'd himself upon the most exalted Subjects : He has shown the Virtues and Nature of the Waters, the Wholesomeness of the Air, and the Beauty of the Piers ; af- fording the sweetest view to the Ocean, which abounds with the finest Fish : You have given fome Account of the Town in your well-compiled History of York, Pag. 253, ^c. with a remark- able Relation, how a pious contempla- tive Hermit was barbarously mur- dered ; and the Penance enjoin'd for it, which yet continues every Year to be perform'd by the Successors of those cruel Homicides. I will only further tell you. That Whitby is in the N. E. Part of Yoi-kshire, 12 Miles N. from Scarborough ; is beautifiil, and po- pulous ; has two Fairs Yearly : The first, St. Ileniass, which I take to be St. Bartholomew, the 24th of August : The 2d, St. Martin, the nth oi Novem- ber ; and the Inhabitants, tho' mostly Sea-faring Men, are of a mild, affdble Temper, and exceedingly courteous to Strangers : The Market, which is on the South Side of the River, is kept on Saturday. South East from the Church, 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 Abbey. The Church stands between the Ab- bey, and the Mouth of the River, from the Town : There is both a Foot 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 preach'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 Abbey) which is a firm stately Monument, formerly a Market-Cross ; And the antient Vil- lage Strenshall, to which the Church and t Abbey once belonged, is said to have formerly surrounded it : But as the learned Camden writes concern- ing the Decay of Headon, near Hull, ut Zocorum non minus quam Hominum incerta est Conditio ; so Stre^ishall 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 80 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, I am, Sir, Your's, ^e. LETTER X. SIR, Whitby, lyy^. YOU have, in your History of Yoi'k, Pag. 254. mention'd how that our Abbey was founded by St. Hilda ; and, in that of Bippon, Pag. 63. given a small Sketch of its present ruinous Condition, only useful (like a BhartuJ for a Sea-Mark. 'Tis erected upon a Hill, South of the River Esk, near the Ocean. No Remains of Tombs, or Monuments, (and but very imperfect Inscriptions) are to be seen : But there have been many Cells, or Vaults, in which were Stone Coffins, that con- tained Human Bones, and (as some re- port) antient Coins. Forlorn and [t Dedicated to ^^.Mary.] Roofless Ee Digitized byLjOOQlC 2i6 [Whitby.] ADDENDA. [Whitby.] Roofless appears the Edifice ; which is fo far demolished, that it's very pe- rilous for any Person to enter therein ! To prevent which Danger, the Lord of the Manor, Hiigh Cholmely^ Esq; has in- clofed it with a high Wall, adom*d with a Pair of Iron Gates. Concerning the Serpentine Stones found upon the Scarr^ there have been divers Opinions. One will have it, that they proceed thro" the meet Frolickt of Nature; a fecond Person afcribes it to some occult Quality of the Earth ; a third afTerts, they are hut petrify d SheU-Fialiee of a nautilus kind, like that of a Fish resembling a Ship at Sea, or any other Thing appertaming to the Ocean ; and the fourth says, they are the spiral Fetrifieations which tlie Ground produces thro^ « Fermentation peculiar to Alum Mines ; for which they instance Ftome^ Itochelley and Lunenbury, where such Stones are found. Since then each of these Opinions have been dis- puted, and no real Certainty given, as rally to satisfy the Curious ; accept, I beseech you , Sir, for Sake of Antiquity, the following antient, strange, yet pa- thetick Lines of St. Silda, (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 Address to the contemplative Reaoers. AN Antient Building which you fee '^^ Upon the Hill close by the Sea, Was J STRENSHALL 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 GOD in constant Fear : When Whithy Town with Snakes was fill'd, I to my GOD pray*d, and them kilVd : And for Commemoration sake. Upon the Scar you may them take : All tum'd to t Stone with the same Shape, As they from me did make escape : But as for Heads none can be seen. Except the/ve Artificial been. Likewise the Abbey, now you see, I made, that you might thmk of me ; Likewise a Window there I plac'd, That you might see me as undressed. In Morning Gown and Nightrail there. All the Day long, fairly appear. At th' West End of th' Church youHl fee. Nine Paces there, in each D^;ree : But if one Foot you stir aside. My comely Presence is deny*d. Now this is true what I have said : So unto Death my Due I've paid. [She Died in Dec. 680, ayed 66.] Sir WiUiam Duydale writes, That this Monastery was ruin*d by Inyuar and IIMa, the Leaders of the Danish Anny : That Titus the Abbot fled with St. Hilda's Relicksto Olastenbury khhty. When it was rebuilt by Henry de Fercy, the Painting in one of the Cloister Win- dows shewed, how the SeotSy which dwelt near the Borders of Enyland, were Man-Eaters, 'till the Time of William the Conqueror, who punish'd them with the Sword for their exces- sive Cruelty. *Twas very well, that wholsome Corre<5lion made them bet- ter : For if fuch Wretches could make Meals of Peoples Bodies, certainly their Reputations would prove but as little Mouthfuls to those hungry Can- nibals of Antiquity. The Words, in the Mbnasticon, are these : Fictura vitrea qucs est in Claustro de Streneshale, monstrat ScotoSy qui props fines Ajoi^oYvmi habitant y fuisse vel ad Gulielmi nothi tempora antropoplutyosy ^ hanc immanitatem a Gulielmi gladio fuisse punitam. P. 72. I have nothing more to add of Whitby at prefent : I shall therefore conclude wiui my Wishes for your deserved Encouragement ; and am, Sir, Tour very humble Servanty &c. But t I procured my Engraver to exhibit the Farm of one of these Serpentine Stones (which I have not yet seen printed) in a Vacancy on the Copper^ Flate, from which the follow^ ing Frospeet of Scarborough is taken off. The OriyinalSy in my Custody y are in the Shape of Snakes in their natural Coil : Some of a Golden Colour repre- senting Adders; others more blue like Snakes, circling four or Jive titnes about. The Flaee, where they are founds is be- low the Cliffy in a blewish^ or ratlter an Earth of a Slatish Kindy the Colour azurCy more than Quarter of a MUe in Compass : fVhichy tho' calFd the Scar, yet is level with the Sands of the Sea Shore, and overflowed at every Tide, X Ven, Bede calls it Streonef-halsh, the last Syllable signifying a Sail, LET. Digitized byLjOOQlC [M ALTON,] ADDENDA. [Maltqn.] 217 LETTER XI. SIR, NeW'Malton, 1734. T Observe, that, in the Preface to your History of Nippon, Page ix, x. you have given us that noble Inscrip- tion of the Gratitude of the Right Ho- nourable the I^rd CARLISLE to the Memory of one of his famous Ancestors. But as I happened to be at Henderakelf (or Castk'Hmoard) the other Day, I took Notice of the following Lines upon an Obelisk, which exceedingly pleas'd me, and will be acceptable m any succeeding Book of your Publication. I am. Sir, Your's, ^c. IF to Perfection these Plantations rise, If they agreeably my Heirs surprise ; This faithful Pillar will their Age declare, As long as time these Characters shall spare : Here then with kind Remembrance read his Name, Who for Posterity perform'd the same. PHARLES the Third Earl of (MrliaU, of the Family of the Howards, ere<5led a Castle where the old Castle of Hendefskelf ftood, and call'd it Castle-Howard. He likewise made the Plantations in this Park, and all the Out- Works, Monuments, and other Plantations belonging to the said Seat. He. began these Works in the Year MDCCIL and set up this Inscription Anno Dotn. MDCCXXXL LETTER XII. SIR, Malton, 1734. 'T'HE following excellent Lines, said to be written by a well-known Earl, as Advice to the young Lord his Son and Heir, I am sure deserves the Perusal of every ingenious Person. I shall be heartily glad, when such just and noble Thoughts will appear in your miscellaneous Colle<5lions, who takes such Pains to oblige the Curious in this County. I am, $c. T F in those Laums said Woods thus form* d If in these shady Walks adom'd. Thou takeft some Delight : Let Him, who did perform the same. With Peace of Mind, prefer*d to Fame, Stand present in thy Sight. To His long labours, to His Care, His Thoughts of Thee, who is His Heir, Some Thanks, perchance, are due : If this His Wish thou would'st fulfill. If You would execute His Will, The like Designs pursue. JII. His Care of Thee in this he shows ; He recommends the Life he chose, Where Health and Peace abound : He did from long Experience find, That true Content, a quiet Mind, Seldom in Courts are found. IV. Fly then from thence, the City leave; Thy very Friends will Thee deceive. Virtue does there offend : In this Retreat safe shalt Thou be. From all those certain Mischiefs free. That do on Courts attend. V. Nor think, that in this lonely Shade, For Ease and Quiet chiefly made, Ina<5tive Thou wilt be : Occasion often will present, Whereby vile Deeds Thou may prevent ; Justice will call on Thee. VI. The bold Oppressor Thou shalt awe ; And the Violator of the Law Shall feel thy heavy Hand : To the Distress'd, Needy and Poor, Thy ever charitable Door, Shall always open stand. VII. A gen'rous Kindness Thou wilt show : Favours and Bounty Thou*lt bestow On those, who most deserve : The * Innocent, thou shalt protect ; The Modest, thou shalt not neglect ; In Safety all preserve. VIII. If thus thy Time thou dost employ, True Peace of Mind thou shalt enjoy ; These Acts are Good andjust : The poor Man's prayers will Theeattend; The Rich thy 7FbrAr«will much commend; In Thee will put their Trust. IX. Then, think on Those who are to come ; Think on thy blooming darling Son ; Thus for his Good provide : Shew Him the Life that thou hast led ; Instruct him in those Paths to tread ; Be thou his faithful Guide. X. If virtuous Thoughts his Soul endue ; If this Advice he will pursue, Sure Happiness he'll find : Nor can'ft thou, if great Wealth you leave, Which often do the World deceive, To Him be half so kind. * Sis Lordship is universally pi'aifd for on this Account, XL Thus Digitized byLjOOQlC 2i8 [TowTHORP.] ADDENDA. [Malton.] XI. Thus for Thy Own, and for His Sake, That His Abode He here may make. New Works for him prepare : , What then for Thee thy Sire hath done, The like do Thou for thy dear Son, For Him shew equal Care. xn. The Times will come none can prevent. From these green Shades we mull be fent To Darkness far below : On yon green Hill a * Dome doth stand. Erected by thy Father's Hand, Where Thou and He must go ! xin. To Thee, what Comfort will it be : The same likewise 'twill be to me, When our last Breath we yield ; • That fome good Deeds we here have done, A fruitless Race we have not run, When thus we quit the Field. * A new Church novo erecting. LETTER XIII. SIR, TowthorpsiT^ ■QEing 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 Fairfaxes 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 JSvangelista de Infirmaria BeaUe MARliE ♦EBOR : But this is contracted after the * This Abbey was built about 12 Years after the Conquest ; and had 29 Abbots from that time UHX the Dissolution, Ste- phen of Whitby was the first. Simon de Warwick {the 10th) built a new Choir f inclosed the Monastery with a Wall, and dy'd about the latter End of the I'^th Century. The i^th was Thomas Spof- ford, afterwards made Bishop of Dur- ham, who was buried here. The last was William Dent, born at Thornton : He dy'd in the Year 1546, lies interred in York Minster, and on his Ghrave^Stone was once a Brass Inscription. the following Manner, with Stops be- tween each Word, instead of Spaces. '^MORTARIU.SCI.JOH'IS, EWANGEL . DE . INFIRMARIA, BE. MARIE, EBOR.-^Thkt is. The Mortar of St. Jotin the Evangeliat belonging to tJie Infirmary of Saint Mary at YORK, And circling the Bottom is the Maker's Name, %c, as following: ^FR. W I L L S . D E, TOVTHORF. ME. FECIT, A.D, MCCCVIII.—Fr, Wais. are contracted for Frater Willielmus : And thus under- stood, tlte English will be this : Brother William of Touthorp made me in the Year of our lord 1308. For the Bre- thren, or Monks, who were then cal- led with their Christian Names prece- ding the Places they were bom in, us'dat 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 bom at (or came from) a little Town called TowtJiorp, in Bulmer Weapontake about 4 Miles N.E. of York, I ob- 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 No- men Domini benedictum, 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, ^c. LETTER XIV. SIR, Malton, 1735. AVHEN 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. Hie Digitized byLjOOQlC He South Side, tOT^ards the Ocean, are St. Nicholas's (or Long-Boom) Street, where the ASSBMBLV iT Mn»t.Helperhy-Lane, and Car-street; which last leads to yonr New Printing-House, pleasantly situatf^ lear the Sea-Shoie, the Way to the CELEBRATED SPAW. ^* Digitized byLjOOQlC Digitized by LjOOQIC [ScARBRo'.] ADDENDA. [Scarbro'.] 219 Hie fitus eft Reverendus THOMAS MOSLEY, M.A. Rector de Skelton, Vicarius de Overton, Et hiijus Ecclesiae Curatus. Pastor fuit fidus, & afliduus, Non minus privatis Monitis, Quam publicis Concionibus, • Ad veram Pietatem Sibi Commiflbs Dirigens, adhortans. Ita totus Minister Jesu Christi, Ut Omnes agnoscerent Vinim vere Pripiitivum ; Et huic Muneri dum partes daret prsecipuas, Conjugis, Parentis, Vicini, & Hominis, Officia baud n^lexit ; Sed omnium tale Se praestitit Exemplar, (Juale imitari neminem Pudeat, Nunquam Paenitcbit. Obiit 26 Nov. An. Dom. 1732. ^t. 69. Juxta Sita est BRIDGETA, Uxor Ejus, Digna tali Viro, Cui Pulchra Forma, Conjugalis Amor, Domestica Cura, Semper Charam, Semper Amabilem Prsebuit ; Ut ilia privatus. Quafi Sui Dimidio, Vix duos Menses Manserit Superstes. Obiit ilia 29 Sept. An. Dom. 1732. ^Et. 59. Concerning the TOWN of SCARBORO UGH. LETTER XV. SIR, Scarborough^ iT^. 'T'HE extraordinary Labours you have gone through of late Years merit the Encouragement of all inge- nious Persons. As you was pleased to communicate to me your Design of printing the History and Antiquities of the Town of Scarborough^ I send you the following Accounts as preparatory to it. You are sensible. Sir, what the learned Camden writes of it, who is authen- tick as to its Derivation, that it is a Burgh foun> ded upon a steep Rock : He has given you a very good Description from the Simous William, bom at BriiiiinQton^ in King StC" phen's Reign ; but educated in the Abbey of Newbor- ough, in the North Rid. of Yorkshire^ where he became a Canon Regular of the Or- der of St. Auffuatitte. The Rock (he tells us) on which the Castle stands, is of a stu- pendotts Height and Magni" tudCf inaccessible by reason of steep QragSy almost on every Side, and stands in the Sea, tohich very near surrounds it. On the Top is a delightful Grassy Fliin of about 30 Acres, (tho* otice accounted 60, or more) with a little Fountain of fresh Water flowing from a Rock. In the natrow Bit of Land, or PasS' age, which leads to the West^ and to which on that Fart it cannot be ascended without some Labour, is a stately Ed- ifice. Underneath it, the Entcrance of the Town begins^ spreading on f both Sides, to t/ie North and South, carry- ing its Front to the West, which is strengthened with a Wall; but from the Fast fenced with a Rock where the Castle is erected ; and on both Sides of the said Rock by the Sea. The noble Earl WILLIAM le Grofs perceiving this to be a fit Flace for him to buUd a Castle upon, increased its natural Strength by a sump- tuous Work, which inclo- sed tlie Flain by a Wall ; and t The Streets, &C. are these. Castle Dyke-Lane. Key-Street. Smithy-Lane, and Hill. The two Peers, on the largest of which is Locker-Honse. Long-Greece, near which is the Town's Hall. Caddy-Rood Lane. Peacock-Laae. Shill-Bottle-Lane. Castlegate. Paradise Gose, and Garden. High and Low West- Gate. Tatthill-Lane and Street. Steeth-Bolt, near which is the Post-Honse and Cnstom-Honse. St. Mary's Street. Vicarage Garden, kc. near the Church. Sprite-Lane. Long West-Gate. Cook-Row. St. Sepnlcher's Street, the Church- Yard, and Frieridge near it. Trinity-House. Sawton-Entry. Palace- Hill. Merchant-Row. Flesher-Street. Dmnple-Street. High-Tolergate. Tolergate ; the Goses. Old- broogh. Cart-Stieet. Market-Cross. Newbrongh. Market-Place, and Newbrough-Bar, on the North Side of these 3 Places (or the Great Street) are St. Thomas's [the Martyr's] Church- Yard, St Thomas's Hospital, St. Thomas's-Stree^, the Old-BowUng-Green, Black Fryer-Gate, stud Oldbrough Bar. And on the South Side, towards the Ocean, are St. Nicholas's (or Long-Room) Street, where the ASSEMBLY is kept. Helperby-Lane, and Car-street ; which last leads to your New Printing-Hoose, pleasantly situated near the Sea-Shore, the Way to the CELEBRATED SPAW. Digitized byLjOOQlC 220 [SCARBRO/] ADDENDA. [SCARBRO'.] and erected a Tower m the Enterance : Whteh, in Process of Time, having been decayed; King Henxy II. commanded a large and beautiful Castle to be built on the same, Leland, in his Itenerary, mentions, That in the first Court of this Castle there were three Towers in a Row : betwixt each was a Draw Bridge, and an Arch ; under which, with some Ex- pence, the Sea-Water might have been brought to flow. In the Second Square was the Queen's Tower, with noble Apartments : Not far from which was a beautiful Chapel. King Richard III. erected a Bulwark, which is gone to Ruin, thro' the Rage of the Ocean. Part of a Tower, with exceeding thick Walls, which had Common Necessary- Houses, with a Portal, and one of the Draw Bridges, are yet to be seen. This Castle has had several Gover- nours ; as Roger, Archbishop of York, that famous Prelate, who built the Choir of the Minster, and whom you have mention'd in your History, Page 72. Hugh Bardolfy Son of Lord Wil- liam of that Name.— -BrujTw Fitz-Alan, High Sheriff of the County about the Year 1235. — William de Dacre, A. D. 1247. — John de Vesci, in King Edward the First's Time ; whose Widow, the Lady Isabd, possessed *till her Death : Then succeeded John, the Heir to her Husband ; and after him William de Vesd. — On his Decease came in Hemy de Fercy, in the Year 1322. — Thomas de Oughtred about 5 Years afterwards. — Sir Thomas Zumley, Anno 1444. — Sir Ralph Evers, in King Senry the Vlllth's Time. — Sir Hugh Chohneley, in the Reign of King Charles the First ; and Sir Jordan Orosland, oiNewHe, Knight, who was Govemour also in that di- stressed Monarch's Reign, and in that ot his Son King Charles II. as expressed in the Inscription over the Grave of the Knight, who lies buried in the Collegiate Church of Rippon, as you have made honourable Mention of in Page 124 of that History : These are all I can find mention'd as yet ; but I will make fiirther Enquiry. To this Fortress Fierce Gaveston (be- ing accompany'd by King Edward II.) fled for Protection, who was after- wards beheaded on Oaversley Heath, near Warwick, the 20th of June, 13 1 2. Here one Mr. John Mercer, a Scotsman, was imprisoned by the Earl of Nor- thumberland ; to revenge which, his Son enter'd the Harbour, making seve- ral Ships his Prey, 'till an English Fleet, set out by Alderman Fhilpot of London, recovered them from him, and his As- sistants the Spaniards, who in 15 Ves- sels were made Prisoners; Ask, with his Train, in vain besieg'd this Castle : But Mr. Tho)nas Strafford, Son to the Lord of that Name, assisted by 30 Per- sons, valiantly took it ; from whom being recover d, he was executed in Queen Mary's Reign. The Inhabitants of Holland and Zealand were wont to obtain Licence from this Place, in or- der to fish for Herrings. Here Virac, Envoy from France to Scotland, being in Queen Elizabeth's Time driven hi- ther by a Storm, was seiz'd, and sent up to London. Sir Mugh Cholmeley, be- fore-mention'd, both deliver'd the Ca- stle up, and receiv'd it again, for the Use of King Charles the First, when he became sensible how much that un- fortunate Prince was abused : Every one may guess how it came to be de- molish' d, when they consider the ge- neral Destruction of such stupendous Buildings in those troublesome Times ; and of that Usurpation which foUow'd the Death of the Royal Martyr. I am. Sir, Your's, &c. LETTER XVI. SIR, Scarborough, 1734. r) U R Church, before the .Reforma- ation, was adom'd with three fair Towers ; two at the West End, and one over the Middle of the Cross Isle, like that which is now standing, if not the same. In this Edifice, which was dedicated to the Vii^n Maty, was a Chantry, foimded to her Honour, by the Bayliffs and Commondlty, which they endow* d with near five Pounds a Year ; another Chantry, in Reverence to St. James, was erected by Mr. Robert Galand, who endow'd it with near 61, per Annum ; and a third to St. Ste- phen, (thro* the Piety of Mr. Robert Rillington) endow'd with Three Pounds a Year. No doubt but some, if not all of these, were then in the spacious Chancel, or East Part ; which is now Roofless, and has nothing to set it off, except a Pomp in Ruins, denoting its former Magnificence ; and the Tomb- Stones Digitized byLjOOQlC [ScARBRo'.] ADDENDA. [ Scarbro ' .] 221 Stones of the Dead, with which both it, and the Church- Yard, are almost fiird. 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 send you wine 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. LETTER XVII. SIR, Searhoroughf 1734. A Ccording to my Promise, I send you seversu Inscriptions, both in our Church and Church- Yard, which are as follow. R Hie deponitur quicquid erat mortale Johannis Bat^y, nuper de Scarbrough, Gen. obiit decimo quinto Novemb. Anno Salutis 1719. iEtat. 58. Sub hoc tumulo sepulta jacet Anna Boteler, Vidua Relicta Noelis Boteler, olim hujus Ecclesiad Vicarii, tertio Die Januarij, Anno Dom. 17 18-19. Spe Re- suprectionis faelicis fatis ceflit. Thi» Ottf tletffoman lies buned in the Middle Isle, Isabel, Wife of Milbome Botteril, died 1728, aged 33. Thomas, Son of James Boyes, died 1727. aged 9 Years. Thomas Brackenbury, Gentleman, d/d aged 47. Buried in Ote Church. Milcah Uxor Christopheri Brown hie jacet, sepulta Jan. 17, A.D. 1676-7. ^ta- tis suae 65. Virtus post Funera vivit. Henry Burgh, died 1726. aged 47. Upon his white Marble Tomb is this. All you that do behold my Stone, think how quickly Iwm gone ! Death doee not altaaya Warning give^ Therefore be careful how you live, Mrs. Eliz. Burton, 1726. aged 59. Mrs. Anne Burton, Wife of Mr. Ri- chard Burton of Falsgrave, died A.D. 1719. aged 65. c. Elizabeth, Wife of Francis Clark, and their Daughters, all dy*d in 1727, Elizabeth, Daughter of James Cla- vering of Greencroft, Esq ; died in 1 714, five Years old. Captain William Clement dy*d 1707, aged 81 ; and Isabel his Wife, de- parted in 1 7 10, aged 85. Mr. Thomas Cockerill, 1726. aged 40. 11. Cor, vi. 2. For he saith, &c. Jane, Wife of Thomas Cockerill, died 171 2, aged 43. Aete xiv. 22. We must through much tribulation, &c. John, Son of Thomas Cockerill, died 1713. aged 24. Hie jacet Guliel. Cooper de Scarburg. Com. Ebor. Gener. onuntur Cineres Robeiti filii Ro- bcrti Kaine, Chyr. qui 21 Martii sn- premam claustt Diem jtio ftiae MXaX, Anno, Dom, 1722. Mr. John RoMn5»on, died An. 1702. Mr». Jane, 1703. Thomas and Timo- thy Robinson, 1680, 1 681. Mary, Wife of Mr. John Robinson, departed in 1722, aged 52. O Death Inflexible ! that would not spare A loving Wife, and tender Mother dear : Great is the Lou, kc. Hie dep)nuntur Cineres Gulielmt Robinson, Oenerofus, qui diem claufit fupremnm oclavo die Menfis Martij Anno yEtatis fujc quadragefimo quarto Annorj ; Dom. miliefimo feptingen- tiflimo et decimo quinto. Nicholas Rowe, dy'd 1713. aged 19. Burii'd within tl^e Church. s. Mr. William Scriven, died 1727. aged 67. II ic deponuntur Cineres Richardi Shepherd, qui obiit 8vo Junii, Anno Dom. 171 1. yEtatis fuae 56. Hie jacet fepulta Elizabethae Uxor Richardi Shepherd, qux obiit 29 Julij, A.D. 1 715. ili^tatis fu£e 55. Interr'din the Church. In fpe Resurrc(flionis gloriofse prope petram fepulta eft Anna Sinclare Uxor Gulielmo Sinclare, Chyr, obiit 25 De- cembris Ann. Salutis 1 723. iEtat. 60. fuit pia & probitate micans, fponfo- que ndelis. Hie requiefcit in Spe Refurre(5lionis Domini noftri Jesu Chrifti Francifcus Sollit, qui obiit nono die Menfis No- vembris Anno ^Etatis fuae 62, 1680. Hie requiefcit in Spe Refurre(5lionis Domini noftri Jesu Christi Rebecca Sollit, uxor Francisci Sollit, hie fita ; quae obiit l2mo Die Mens. Martij, 1681. ^tat 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 0(5lober the 24th, when he refigned his Soul to God, about the 40th Year of his Age. M.S. Elizabethoe nuper Uxoris Gu- lielmi Stockdale, quae (Menfibus fex- decim Connubio nondum peradis) di- em claufit fupremam xviiivo. die No- vembris, Anno Salutis Humanae 1714. i^tatifq ; fuae 33. Cujus exuvias in lac- tam et faelicem Reforretftionis diem moef- tiflimus Maritus cuiavit hie reponL Omnia debenturfaio paulumq ; morato, Seriu$autsitiu8 sedem proper amua ad utiam To the Sacred Memory of JElizabetU, late Wife of William Stockdale ; who (fcarcely enjoying a Marriage-State for 16 Months) fubmitted her mortal Bo- dy to Death the i8th of November, in the Blessed Year of our Redemption, 17 14. and of her Age 33 : Whose Re- mains her ' sorrowful Husband here interr'd, until the joyful and happy Day of Refurreclion. AU Things are subject to a lingering Fate^ Sootier or later to the Earth tee fall, Thatgeji'ral GraveMthfor tlie Foor ^ Great Just as inexorable Death sImU call. T. Hie jacet Stephanus Thompson, Gen. qui obiit 3tio Decemb. ^tat. fuae 63, A.D. 1698. vicinis vixit charus, ju- cundus amicis, moribusq ; bonum fe praestitit exemplar. William Tindall, dy'd 1 715, aged 6$. Vir apprime procus, omnibus amicus, flendus omnibus. w. Hie requiescit Jacobus Wilson, Ge- nerosus, partis hujus olim Telonarius, qui diem clausit supremam 23 Maij Anno Dom. 1708. ^tatis fuae 55. Fu' ried in the Church, near tlie Font. Martha Wilson, Daughter to James Wilson, dy'd 1716. Buried in tlie Church. The Rev. Mr. Peter Withington, late of Bolton in the Moors, Lanca- shire, died in 1 722. aged 34. I shall be satisjfied wJten I awake with thy Likeness. Rebekah, Wife of Thomas Wood- cock, died in 1728, aged 25. She like a Lilly, fresh and green, Was soon cut down, and no more seen ! Thus, Sir, I have given you the greatest Part 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. AUatson, AUenby, Allison, Arnold, Armstrong, — Faynes, Feswiok, Bird, Brathwaite, Bridday. — Chapman, Coaly Colsey, Cook, Cooper, Cottrel, Coulson, Crow, Oowley. — Dale, Dickinson, Dis- brough, Dobby, Dobson, Dusbrey, Dunslay. — Fmlinton. — Fletcher, Ford. — Gamble, Gofton, Gole, Grainge. — Sail, HaUden, Marper, Sart, Henderson, Bind, Hodgson, Holland, Digitized byLjOOQlC [ScARBRo'.] ADDENDA. [Scarbro/] 223 "Holland, Hovington, Hudson , Hunfn'ss. — JacksoHf Johnson. — Kendaly Kitchen, KnaggSy Knotcsley. — Lambert, Lindsey, — Moling. Maxicell, Millenary Meggin, Megstm, Mokdin, Mooi\ Morwen. — ^aglor.—Otiram. — Parr, Pearson, Peat, Pender, Polgate,Porret, Potter. • — Ranwick, Read, Rickinson, Robinson, Ross, Rump, Russel. — Sawdon, Scafe, Seller, i^herman, Simpson, Skelion, Slee, Steel, Stephenson, Stei-riker, Storg, Strotton, Sunlag. — Tay- lor, TindalU Tocket, Torr, Topcliff, Thorp, Tristram. — Walker, Waind, Williamson. Wilmington, Wilson, Wood, Woodall, and Woolfe. I conclude, (having exceeded the Bounds of a Letter) Sir, Your humble Servant, ^c. LETTER XVIII. SIR, Scarborough, 1 734. T JPON the Rock, (near the ^»«mWy- Rooms) which leads down to the Spaw, 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 Newborough-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 Land was given by Hugh de JBulmere : The Ap- purtenances belonging to it were after- wards used in common by the Brothers and Sisters of St. Nicholases Hospital, not far from the Church. The antient Benefactors, both to Scarborough, and o- ther Places, were as follow. I . Ame- ricky of this Place, help'd to supply Ros- dale Nunnery with Oyl. 2. Halden, also of this Town, bestow'd his Favours . on Malton Priory. 3. Ayhnar de Cliff- land gave liberally to St. Mary's Altar at Scarborough, vidth Money for Obla- tions, and 3 Priests to officiate." 4, A Toft was bestowed by Osbert de Han- sard. 5. A great House on the Rock given by Walter, Son of Gunner. 6, Money was given by his Brother Ri- chard. 7. One Alan granted l^nds and allow' d Fish, ^c. — Other Benefactors were these : Mnera, a beautiful and re- ligious Virgin, the Daughter of Robert de FUey, Anno 1219. Laurence and Ju- efta his Wife, of Newburgh : Goddard and JBogard their Sons : William MaU- eake, Tho. Fitsen, and John de Hansard; Golf rid de Lutton : Galfrid de Oroom, who also gave Lands to Kirkstall-Abbey and Keldholme Nunnery j Some Land under the Cliff was bestow'd by Willtam de Harton ; and Thomas Hardin gave feme of his own that was in the Town. As to the Carmelite Fryery, it was suppress'd in the Reign of K. Henry V. A Benefactor to this was William Tot- holCy a Knight Hospitaller, who gave a Meffuage, cr»r. which lay between the Lands of John Rlake, (then held by William de HarunJ from the South, and the Street which is called le Dumple on the North, S^c. Dated at Melthcburn, June II, 1300. The Wood under Cropr ton Castle belong' d to the Fiyers Mino- rites. The Black-Fiyeis resided in the Lane that comes Northward into the Middle of the Market-Place, facing Z^^*/- perby-Lane on the South. S2y(ed writes, That King F.duard II. Uniry Earl of Northumberland, and Sir Adam Sage, were their great Benefactors. In my next, I shall give you the Heads of some of the Town's Charters. In the mean time, I am your's ^r. LETTER XIX. SIR, Scarborough, 1734. X^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 possess'd Walsgrave, now call'd Palsgrave) by his Charter granted to the Town the same Privi- ledges and Customs that York enjoy'd : But for those Houses, whose Sides were turn'd to)vards the Highway, 6d. each Yearly was to be paid ; and if their Ends were that way placed, then 4^. each. King John's Charter was much to the same Effect : Et quod ipsi de una- quaque dofno de Scardeburgh, cuj'tis Ga- bulum est turnatum adversus viam, no- bis reddent singulis annis quatuor dena- rios ; ^ de Hits domtbus, quo-um latera versa sunt erga viam sex denarios per Annum, &c. And then follows his Command, That the Inhabitants shall peaceably enjoy the Woods, Plains, Pastures, Ways, Sfc. belonging to them. Henry III. his Successor, granted Liber- ty to build Tenements as they thought convenient ; those of Scot and Lot to be exempted from other Taxes : That, for the future, the Burghers, or their Heirs, should answer for their Town's Farm every Michaelmas at the Exche- quer : Ff Digitized byLjOOQlC s > V 224 [ScARBRO.'] ADDENDA. [Scarbro'.] quer : None to be impleaded out of the Burgh, except as to Tenures that are not within it ; and that a Fair might be kept on the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Manj^ to the End of St. MieJhael, if it did not prove to the Damige of Provifions. In another Charter, the same King granted Free- dom of Pontage throughout' his Domi- nions : That the Inhabitants mighf take Distress for their Debts, and de- fend themselves from all Claims, (ex- cept the King's) by the Oath of 26 Freemen, upon paying 66/. a Year ; and the Penalty of loT. was to be laid on any Person that should disturb them in their Priviledges. On the 25th of May^ 1229. the same Monarch granted to them the Manor of Fahjrave^ with Liberty of Free Passage thro' Fiekering Foreft, for Wood gratis^ which they might carry away, without Hinderance from the Verderers, except on the for- bidden Month. Again, in the Year 1255, he gave *em the Mills and Pools of Falsgrave, with 60 Acres in the Fields of Eaat-Scarboroughy 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 Ad of Parliament was obtain'd for repairing the Piers. Sir William Strickland, Bart and William Thompson, Esq ; Members of Parliament for this Borough, in the 5th Year of his present Majesty obtain'd another for their Enlargement Our present BaylifFs are Mr. OockerU and Mr. Hepdm ; Mr. Harrison, our Town- Clerk ; and we have 2 Coroners, 4 Chamberlains, and a Council of 36. We have alfo proper Officers, fuch as are at York, from which City we are diftant 30 Miles N. E. I am, ^e. 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, %e. 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 Years ago by Mrs. FARROW, then an Inhabitant of Scarborough) attra<5l the Nobility and Gentry, who extend their Charity to the afflicted Poor. The hap- py Discoverer, whose Memoiy ought to be for ever precious, one Day walking along the pleasant Strand, and observ- ing m the Streams a russet Tindlure, 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 Joy 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, Th& HISTORY of that Great Emporium of KINGSTON-upon-JrraX. In a Manuscript I find, that in the Keign of King Bdward III. Anno 1354. Gilbert de Serkin and Roger de Swerde were Members of Parliament for that im- portant Place. May Happiness attend you in your laudable Undertakings. I am, I assure you. Sir, Your Weil- Wisher, and very humble Servant, PHILOTHEOROS. SOLI DEO GLORIA. Digitized by njOOQIC Scarborough. [225] Scarborough. POSTSCRIFT. Thd this Book was compleated according to my firji Deftgn, and ready to be se?it 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 Pttblick more and morCy I could not find in my Heart to omit thein. Note, The Infcriptions and Epitaphs are within the Churches^ except those mentio7i'd to be in the Church- Yards, LETT ER XXI . SIR, Scarborough^ Aug. 8, 1735. T Have sent you some Additions to my former Accounts ; and am Your Humble Servant. Within the Church, at the West End, on the Wall, near the Stairs^ is the fol- lowing Inscription and Epitaph. A. TlJIc jacet clariflimus Vir Dominus Andreas Ainslie, a £lack-J/dl; Natione Scotus, Urbis Jedburgece, faspif- fime Conful, Juris Scoticani peritiflimus : Qui obiit xii Augusti MDCLXXXVIII. Atatis suae LII. PIETAS TUTISSIMA VIRTUS. This was the Motto of this pious Man, Which he by holy Practice did maintain : Wheth&r his Love to God you shall consider, Or that great Love he paid unto his Brother, Here he doth dye a Stranger; and we know No other Reason why it happens so. Than that' our God hath for his Sake this Aim Ev'n by his Death abroad to spread his Fame, Who took such Care to glorify his Name. Stop, Christian Reader, and here lend one Tear, As Earnest Hill his Country once shall hear. Then thousand thousand will be payed there. B. JJEre lieth the Body of Mr. Paul Batty, who departed this Life the 24th of April, Anno Domini 1705. aged 70. His Text was the 39th Pfalm, 4th Verfe. "Lord, make me to know " mine end, and the Meafure of my ** days, what it is : that I may know " how frail I aw." Hie jacet Paulus Batty, Generosus, Vir ap- prime probus et amicorum per quam optimus, nuUis conimpendis, non pro- prio fed publico femper confuluit com- modo ; Nautarum Propogator fponta- neus. Obiit 24 Aprilis, ^tatis suae feptuagefimo primo Annoq ; Dom. 1705. tJEre lieth the Body of Mrs. Clare Batty, late Wife of Mr. Paid Batty, who departed this Life the 2d Day of May, 1714. aged 79 Years and 10 Months: Her Text was the 88th Pfalm, 1st and 2d Verfes. ** O Lord ** God of my Salvation, I have cried ** day and night before thee : O let my ** Pi-aycE enter into thy Prefence, in- " cline thine ear unto my calling." fJEre lieth the Body of Mary, Wife of Richard Beilby, and their Sons. She departed Sept. 171 3. aged 36. Digitized byLjOOQlC 226 [Scarfiro.'] POSTSCRIPT. [Scarbror[ U Ere Ifeth the Bofly c4Jokn Brtukm- * * tfury, Gent, wbo died .4iwid 1712- c. U Ere lieth the Body of Mrs. nkabeth "^ Cfo^>t, Wife of Mr, J>«*w Cfarlr, and their t«rr> Daoji^iters, Eiisaheth dierl the 2d of ^/r/-*^, aged 6 Years : ^tf/y, /ji«^ 23, aged 17 : Mrs, CZsrlr, y^i^, the 27th, agerl 51 : All in the Year 1 727, UIc jacet (Mhefina ConMtabU, 6lia Marmaduci Con^able de Wassam, Armigeri, d:mata 6 Apr. 1666, Reliqnii^ juxta Sororcm repoi»iti», TJKre lie* the iWly of Uenry CottreU, * * who died \,iy. 1 73 1 . BHrkd in the Clvireh-Yard. XJErc lieth the Body of Anne CouImh^ Wife of Mward Couluon, who de- parted thi«» Life the 27th of April, A. I>. 1 714. aged 36 Years "^Kar this Place lies the Body of *-^ TAiiaifeih, Daughter of Mr. John Craven^ late of this Town, She depart- ed this Life in Sept. 1692, D. TTErc lieth the Body of Jlobert Du/hton -*"*• who departed this Life the 25th of May, 1729 aged 60. Xjlc dcponuntur Clneres GidtelnU Dodnworthf filius Gulielmi & Janae Dodsworlh de Scarburgia : Qui obiit 1 1 mo l>ie Dccembris An, Dom. 1704. ^tat. suse 24, XJEre llcth the Body of Alice Dodt- ^'^ivorthf who departed this Life, July 26, 1710. aged 25 Years. IJ Ere lies the Body of Jniliain Dunslap; ^^ who died August 25, 1732. Lies buried in the Church-Yard. Tho' Boreas' i?/«»^*,«wrf, Neptune'* JFaves Have to»t me to and fro ; Yet ttiilf by Ood'e divine Decree, I harbour here below : IHtere I do now at Anchor ride, With inant/ of our Fleet ; Sut onoe again^ I must set Sail, Our Admiral CHRIST to meet. E. TTErc lieth the Body oi Sarah Elding^ '"'■ Wife to Richard Elding^ who died February the 6th, 1 733-4- aged 30 Years. Buried in the Church-Tard. F. A/T 8. Hie deponuntur Clneres -4d^f»» ■'' • Fareide, Gen. Corporationls Scar- burgesis, bis Consulis : Qui placide requiescens in Dominoi obiit decimo quarto die Jmnj, Anno Dom. 17DI. MlaXis suae 45. V| a Gtaidmu Fanide^ Gcncroa, en- jns Relimns, (una com Matemis in hoc Tnmnlo, Annos abhinc xxr tnnralatis) in betnm & felicem Resnr- rctfbonis diem hinc smkt repositae. Domint ^dSfMi et Dominie Anna Few- tide filins foit ontcns. Consulatnmq ; agens. fopremom clansit diem ; obtit xxjv Julij Die, Anno Salutis Homanae MDCCXIIL ittatis ftuB XXV. Humana eunetm, Fam*ui, Umbra^ VamtoM^ Ft nihil hie Orhity quod pereret poeeidet. ILf S, Sob Pedibus in A vi sui Tfixtrami ' Tnmnlo complores inter Proavos sepultns jacet Timat/ieu» Fith, Generofos. Obiit 23 Die £>ecembris Anno ^tatis suae 55, Annoq; Dom. 1727. y^on omnis ntoriar, |LffEmorias Sacrae Daniel, filius minimus nato Gulielmi Foord de Scarborough, Generosi, natus Oclob. un- decimo 1637, denatus Martij 23, 1682. Cujus Exuvias masrens ma^flaque Vidua curavit hie reponi. CEpuItahic jacet Anna Foord, Gene- rosa, quae Charitatis & Annorum plena diem clansit supremum vicesimo die Maij 1 71 7. .^tatis suae 66. JJ Ere lieth the Body of Richard Ford, Mailer and Mariner, who died Aug. II. 1730. Bur. in Church-Yard. Awake, ariae, behold thou hast Thy Life a Leaf, thy Breath a Blast : At Night lie down, prepare to Jutve Tliy Sleep thy Death, thywatry Grave, G. XTEre lieth the Body of Mrs. Fliza- beth Gidne, who died Septemb. 27, 1727. aged 70. "LTEre lieth the Body of George Goland, •■^ who died in the Year 1733. JlfAry, Wife of Francis Goland^ de- ^ parted this Life the 15 th of Au- gust, 1734. s^ed 41 Years. Buried in the Church-Yard. H. TJEre lieth the Body of Mary Hodgson, ^^ who departed this Life 1696. TJEre lieth the Body of Mr. Francis Hodgson, who departed this Life the 22d of February, 1707. aged 61. L TN hoc Tumulo requiescit Corpus ■*■ Josephi Jenkinson, de Scarbui^ia, Pharma-copei, qui decimo 4to Janu- arij, Digitized byLjOOQlC [Scardro'.] POSTSCRIPT. [Scardro'.] 227 arij, Annoq ; y^tatis tricesimo sexto fatis cessit, Anno 84. Dieiq ; be'atua Anteobitum netno, supremaq; funera debet, "LJIc jacet Jana Jenkinaan, quondam Joseph! Jenkinson Conjux charis- sima : in cujus pietatis erga Deum, indigis munificentiaB, erga omnes cha- ritatis, et illi pneter morem amoris, curse & indulgentisB memoriam ; ut vivi qua possint defunct semulentur virtutes, utq ; suam Gratitudinem le- taretur, haec inscribi curavit mDestissi- mus nepos Robertus North : Obiit imoO(5tobris, A.D. 1722. JEi2X. suae 69. K. TJEre lies the Body of * WiLLi AM K I T C H I N G M A N , of Po«^tf/r« v^ /:r Thomas Oliver, ) -B«'''/'"669. THUS, Sir, I have given you an Accouiit of Scarborough as well as I was able : And, in order to get a List of the Mayors, as it was formerly governed by such, and also of the Bailiffs, who i*uled before the Rise, and since the De- cline of that Office ; I apply 'd myself to an ingenious Gentleman for that Purpose ; who courteously told me, That no certain Account could be had from their Original ; or tho' there might be Hopes to find it, yet tlw Attainment seem'd Bifficult, by Reason that t/ie last Mayor had gone off with tJie Records. The Occasion of which, ( if another sensible Person has inform'd me right) -was thro' the following Transaction. Most English Historians relate. That Scarborojtgh had signaliz'd its Loyalty to King Jaines 11. in s^ very high de- gree, by a most eloquent * Address to that unhappy Prince, upon his Maje- sty's Declaration for Libe7'ty of Conscience. And so zealous was the Mayor, that hfi 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 Catted 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 : But the Magistrate slighting the Message as impertinent from a military Offi- cer, the Captain made no more ado, but by a File of Musketeers forc'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 the Bottom of the Pages 184 and 185 of this Book. Digitized byLjOOQlC [Bridlington] POSTSCRIPT. [Bridlington] 229 King abdicating his throne, a Period was put to the Officer's Fear ; and the Mayor had no opportunity to ghit his Revenge. Then follow'd a Succession of two Bayliffs each Year in Scnrbo- roughf as they now hapf ily continue ; and, with great Puidence, Justice and Honour, govern an honest, active, thriving and most courteous People. LETTER XXII. SIR, A Ccording to your Desire I have visited Brid- lington, or Burlington ; and here- with I send you the fol- io w i n g In- scriptions I could find within that, antient Edi- 1 fice, St. Ma- rina Church, which once i did belong! to the demo- fc lish'd Priory H of the Augus' S tinian Order. ■ A. IJEre lieth the Body of Ituth Adam, |Wife to Thomas Aclam, who died the 19th of July, 1722. aged 23 Years. Buried in the Church Yard. B. fJEre lieth the Body of Mary, Wife of James Backhouse of Bridlington, wKb died July 23, 1 716, aged 38 Years, 9 Months, by whom she had 7 Chil- dren, whereof 4 are dead, and lie here. Buried in the Yard, facing the S. West End of the Church.^ IJEre lieth the Body of Marmaduke 5a^, who died A. D. 1696. Bu- ried in the Church- Yard, IJ Ere lieth the Body of Charles Barton^ of Bridlington, who departed this Life May 29, 1718. He was mairy'd to Barbara, the Daughter of George Crosyer, 7 Weeks and 6 Days. JJEre lieth the Body of William Bower of Bridlington-Key, Merchant, who departed this Life the 26th of June, 1657. Also Thomas Son of Edward Bower, TJEre lieth William Bower of Bridling- ton-Key, Merchant, who departed this Life the 23rd of March, 1 671. in the 74th Years of his Age ; and Thomaein, the Wife of the said William, departed the 14th of Sept. aged 59. Ho 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. UEre lieth the Body of Edward Son of John Boicer of Bridlingtom-Key, who departed this Life March 8, aged 7 Months, and TJwmasin Daughter of the said John, who departed the nth of March 1669, aged 10 Months, and lie buried here. [ All within the Chancel."] TJIc jacet hoc tumulo Corpus Gu- lielmi filii Gulielmi Buckle, qtd obiit tertio Octobris, Anno Dom. 17 12, flBtatisque suae vicesimo primo. In- terred in the Church-Yard, AT the Foot of this. Pillar lies interred the Body of Mr. William Bower, of Bridlington-Key, Merchant, who de- 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 BossaJ, by whom he ha'd 7 Children, and 6 by the latter, who is Catherine the Daugh- ter ef Edward Trotter, Esq ; of Skelton- Castle in Cleveland, at whose Charge this Monument is eredled. Mr, Bower lies buried N. in the Chancel. TTEre lies the Body of Mrs. Elizabeth '-^ Bowlton, Wife of William Bowlton of Bridlington, who died Dec. i, 171 7. and of William their Son, Octob. 17, 1 717* aged I Year, 7 Months, and 21 Days. Buried in the Church Yard, C. jLJEre lieth the Body of William Corbet of Bridlington, Gentleman, who died in the Lord the 12th of February, 1637. aged 48 Years. Mrs. Anne Cor^ bet died in 1636. JJEre lieth the Body of Richard Cam- mel of Bridlington, who departed this Life Nov. 2, 1721. Richard his Son, 1706. John Cammel, 1722. Buried in the Church-yard. O Death, how bitter is thy Sting, That Youth and Age to Earth do's bring ! JJEre lieth the Body of Menry Son of Thomas Carter, who died July 26 1715. aged 13 Days. Digitized by LjOOQiC BKaS 230 [Bridlington] POSTSCRIPT. [Bridlington?^ TJEre lieth the Body of Matthew Corn well of Bridlington-Key, Ma- fler and Mariner, who died Aug. 7, 1733. Buried in the Church- Yard. TJEre Heth the Body of Mr. William ■*• Cocke, Son of Mr. Samuel Cocke of Newcaftle. UEre 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 i6th Day of December, A.D. 1695. in the 28th Year of her Age. And with her two Sons ; William, who was bom the i ith Day of December, 1694. and died the 13th Day of the same Month ; and the other abortive. D. "LJ Ere lieth the Body of John Darley, "^ of Swerby, Sen. who died March 3, 1728. aged 78 Years. Interred in the Church' Yard. T-JEre lieth the Body of George, the "*• Son of Richard Deale of Bridling- ton-Key, who died Dec. 17 10. aged 8 Years. Buried near the Faaaage to the South West Boor of the Church. J-J Ere lieth the Body of John Bods- worth, Son of John Dodsworth, late of Scarborough, who was bom the 14th Day of October 1647, and died the. 8th of Sept. Anno Dom. 1685. G. [Ere lieth the Body of Melchior Gib- son, Son of Thomas Gibson, who was bom at Bridlington in the Year of our Lord MDCXL. and deceased the first of September in the LXXI. Year of his Age, Anno MDCCXL Mors mea Vita mihi. TLJ Ere lieth the Body of Robert Greame, who died March 17. 1708. aged 78 Years, 2 Months, and 4 Days : And ot Barbara his Wife, who died Odl. 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 Dec. 23d, 1714. aged 2 Years, and 14 Days ; the latter £ed Jan. 1 715. aged 10 Weeks and 2 Days. J_J Ere lie the Bodies of Jane and James the Daughter and Son to Thomas (and Catherine) Hawsom of Bridlington Key, Master and Mariner : The former died March 6, 1722. aged 15 Months ; H' H^ the latter died May the 9th, 1722. aged 3 Years and i r Months. ■& Ere lieth the Body of John Hodgson, of Bridlington, one of the Paten- tees, who died in the Lord. p M. Francisci Holdswotih, A.M. et ' Christianas Uxor ejus. Hie ob. 29. Jun. 1687. aetat. 52. Ilia 9 Jun. 1712, a3tat. 65. P.O. imitemur. Upon the Stone are 5 Hearts intertcoven. Here lies in Which Nature in the World But sheath' d, and put it up again. fTEre lieth the Body of JFilliam Hild- yard. Son of Hugh of Christopher Hildyard of Wystead in Holdemess, Kt. Which said William was bom th*e 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 Refloration. Buried near the Altar. t-J Ere lieth the Body of Thomas Howdon of Bridlington-Key, Master and Mariner, who died July the 15th, 171 7» aged 40 Years, 5 Months, and 7 Days. T-J Ere lieth the Body of Jane Howdon, Wife of WiUiam Howdon, who died Dec. 29, A.D. 1 712, aged 56 Years. J-J Ere lieth the Body of John Holden, of Martin, who departed this Life the 15th of September, 1 707. aged 74 Years. As also WiUiam Holden, Son to the said John Holden, who died the loth of January, 1705-6, aged 20 Years. fJEre lieth the Body of Thmnas Hood of Bridlington-Key, Mariner, who died Jan. 25, 1720. aged 28 Years. XJEre lieth the Body of Richard Jack- son, who died July 7, 1692. L. QUod mortale fuit Elizabeths Lamont,' Jun. 24, 1 714. Marice Lamont, Jul. 16, 1 719. et Thomcc Lamont, 0<5lob. 31, 1722. in laetam refurre<5lionis diem Parentes hie reposuemnt. I-J Ere lieth the Body of Edward Jmw- son of Newcastle, Anchor-Smith, who deceased Jan. 29, 1640. I-J Ere heth the Body of Hicres 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. XJ Ere lieth the Body of Hannah Luck, •^■^Wife of William Luck of Bridling- ton-Key, Digitized byLjOOQlC [Bridlington] POSTSCRIPT. [Bridlington] 231 ton-Key, Mafler and Mariner, who de- parted this Life 0<5lob. 22, 1722, aged 64 Years and 9 Months. Buried in the Church Yard: M. fJEre lieth the Body of Thomas Mar- shall of Bridlington, who died Anno 1 7 12. Buried in the Church Yard JJEre lieth the Body of Ifannah Mat- chon, Wife of William Matchon of Bridlington, Woollen Draper, who de- parted this Life the 9th day of Auguft, m the 36th Year of her Age, A. D. 1681. TTEre lieth the Body oi Dinah Medforth •*-*• the Wife of William Medforth of Bridlington-Key, Master and Mariner, who died June 29, 1717. aged 28 years, 2 months, 6 days. Alfo Samu- el their Son, who died the feme Year. TTHoMAS Myers de Allerthorpe, Gen. •*■ Ob. XX DecembrisMDCCXVIIL An. JSX. $8. Eliz. Myers uxor ejus 6 ejusfd. Menf. Anno ^Etat. 63. Jerem, Myers, fil. 12 Oaobris MDCCXXIII. Annoq; iEtat. 30. Bur. in the N. W, Isle. N. TJEre lieth the Body of /Catherine Newton, the Daughter of Eliazar Newton of Bridlington Key. Baptized Nov. 10, 1663, and died Sept. 14, 1690. "LJEre Heth the Body oi Samuel Ni- cholfon of Bridlington-Key, Mailer and Mariner, who died March 19, 1715* aged 31 Years, 6 Months, 2 Days. Alfo John Nicholfon his Son. Buried in the Church Yard. P. UEre lieth the Body of Mr. Robert ^^ Palmer, of Bridlington-Key, Mer- chant, who departed this Life the 26th of Dec. 1640. As alfo Jane Palmer, Wife to him above-named, being in- terred 0<5lober 15, 1629. -TJT Ere lieth the Body oi Francis Palmer *"• of Bridlington, who died in the Lord the 24th of Feb. 1639, aged 62. "tJ Ere lieth the Body oi Robert Parkin, who died the ilth of Decemberyi 1 7 18, aged 66 years : Nigh unto whom is interred the Body of Alice his Wife, who departed this Life the 2d of Feb. 1693. aged 38 years, and alfo nine of their Children. tJEre lieth the Body of Sarah the *^ Wife of John Par/on of Bridlington. Buried in the Church Yard, IJEre lieth the Body of Emanuel Pe- ^^rilage, who died A. D. 1699. JJEre lieth the Body oi John Pierson, of BridUngton-Key, Mafter and Mariner, who departed this Life the 5th of July, 1728, aged 37 Years. R fJEre lieth the body of John Rickaby^ Son oi^ohn Rickaby of Bridlington- Key, who deceased June 25, 1634, JJ Ere lieth buried the Body of Thoma» Rickaby, who died An. Dom. 1665. Alfo here interred Elizabeth Rickaby, t-JEre lieth the Body oi 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. iEt. fuae 68. Alfo the Body of Giles Rickaby, Merchant, Son of the above John Rickaby, who died the 27th of July, 1 729. in the 54th year of his Age. Bur. at the W, End. TJEre lieth the Body of Emma Rick- man, Wife of Richard Rickman, of Bridlington, who died 0€t. 15, 1720. aged 64 years, and 10 months. S UEre lieth the Body oi Jane, Wife of John Sander/on; who died in 1 71 7. TJEre 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. Bu- ried within the Rails of the Altar. TJEre lieth the Body oijohn Stabler, of Bridlington-Key, Master and Mariner, who died May 13, 1708, aged 61 Years : Also his Children, Elizc^eth and John-, the former died March 17, 1687 ; the latter Jan. 24. 1692. TJErfe lieth the Body of Solomon Ste- phenson, of Bridlington, Woollen- Draper. Obiit the gift of February, 1 710, Aged 63 years. Bonus Eccle/uB Anglicance filius. T-JEre lieth the Body of Dorothy Sur, ^ ^ Wife of Robert Sur, who died the 1st of Dec. 1698. aged 69 years, who had Twenty Three Children of her cam Body born. W I-JEre lieth the Body of :Baith, Daugh- ter of Thomas and Sufanna Walker, Obiit 0<5lob. 24, 1 7 10. aged 7 Months and 13 Days. . I * See his Epitaph, Pag. 42 of this Book, Gg Digitized byLjOOQlC 232 {Bridlington?^ POSTSCRIPT. [Bridlington] "M^Ear this Place lie the Bodies of Thomas Wil/oHt Merchant, and Lucy his Wife, who had Iflue 6 Sons, and 2 Daughters. He was defcended from a worthy Family of Thirsk in this County: Was a tender Husband, a kind Father, and a true Friend ; jufl in his Dealings, which defervedly intitled him to the Charaifler of an honed Man. She was a Daughter of Edward Harrington, Efq ; of an antient and noble Family in the Coimty 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., She was a dutiful Wife, a tender Mother, and endued with all other amiable Qualities. He died 24 Feb. A. D. 1 718. ^tat, 74. And she 7 Aug. 1723. JEtat. 59. — Near the fame Place is alfo depofited the Body of Elizabeth Kkk- mattf Daughter of the faid Edward Harrington, Efq ; who was first married to Francis Bowes, Efq ; eldest 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 fine Understanding, im- proved by a polite Education. She died 31 July A. D. 1732. aged 71. To the Memory of thefe dear Friends, Jane Harrington, their fur- viving Sister, hath eredled this Monu- ment. JJEre lies the Body oijane, the Wife of Richard Wiljony of Bridlington- Key, who departed this Life on the 13th Day of Nov. 1730. aged 36 years. "V/r S. PrifcilliB nuper uxoris Rogeri * Woodburn^ quae diem claufit fu- premam x® die Augusti Anno Salutis Humanse 1715. ^tatifque fuse 26. Cujus Exuvias in laetam & felicem re- furreiflionis diem maestiflimus Viduus curavit hie reponi. Omnia debentur fata paulumq; moratOf Seritis aut citius sedem properamus ad nnam. T-TEre resteth the Body of Hannah ^^ Woolfe, the late beloved Wife of Richard Woolfe, Jun. Daughter of Mr. yohn Rickaby, who departed this Life the 1 2th Day of July, A. D. 1712. aged 40 years, 6 months, and 12 days. Under this Stone doth lie, bereav'd of lifis, An indolgent Mother, and a tender WifB ; A kind Relation, and indearing Friend, BeloY'd in Life, lamented at her End : In doing Good, Time wisely did employ; [Joy" From whence (she said) "There sprung a secret An Epitaph's too short by much to tell The Worth of her, who llv'd and dy'd so well. Then why shonid we lament p It is in vain : To her to live, was Christ ; to die, was Gain. fJEre lieth the Body of Mary^ Wife ^ of Mr. RichardWoolfty and Daughter of Mr. John Bower, both of Bridlington Key, Merchants. She departed this Life the 19th Day of 0<5lob. 1723. in the 35th Year of her Age ; had Iffue 4 Sons, and 3 Daughters ; Henry ^ William^ % George^ deceased ; and near hereunto interred. Y. fJEre lieth the Body of John Yates the Elder, late of Bridlington, who departed this Life the 12th day of Sep' tember, and in the 77th Year of his Age, A. D. 1680. On the Back of the King's Arms the following Words, dr»r. are painted. Thomas Walker^ Minifter. Gilbert Mainforthy ThomaiHillj RichardHardy Church- Wardens, 171 3 The Gal- lery, N. of the Chancel, was ere(fled by John Walker^ Church- Warden, in the Year 1716. / think y Sir, I have sent you every thing that I eould pojjfib^y collect by transient Observation. I need not write much further^ since you have fin your first Vol. at the End of the History of York, Pag. 243^ given a general Account of both Church and Town. When the Monastery of the Regular Canons fiour- ish^dy it was noted for John tJie Prior, a pious Man ; but, as it is reported ofhim, strangely gwen to rhiming PropJieeies, who dy'd Anno 1379, aged 60. Sir John Ripley was another Oanon of the Place. 'Tfj said, that having been excellently learned, studying 20 Years in Italy, he found out the Philosopher's Stone; and expressed his Joy thereat in these raptu- rous Words, Inveni quem diligit anima »mea. Beturning to England, he left tJie Convent, and became a Carmelite Ancho- ret at Boston, where he wrote several Books, particularly of Alchimy .• But so modest was this contetnplative Man, that he desired tliem to be burnt, as being his own Opinion, which Jie tJwught afforded no certain Proof; and departed this Life, with a perfectBesig nation in theYear of our IprA Digitized byLjOOQlC {Bridlington?^ POSTSCRIPT. {Bridlington?^ 233 Lord 1492. Attoiher of tJ^e Canons ivas called Robert the Scribe, who teas buried before tlhe Cloyater Door. lie was a swift Peiiman, and wrote several learn- ed Books. But what need I discourse of a Monastery ^ or tlte Worthies ofit^ when iliere is no such thing^ except the venerable Churchy in Being / However^ one may gness where the Priory stood, {by the breaking off of the Church Pillars ^ and the stopt-up Arches) that it was on the South Side thereof: And if fine Ground^ a pleasant Country round about, and a sweet reviving air from the Ocean, may be the Means to inspire Mortals with a hap- pier' Genius ; it is little to be ivonder'd at, that Bridlington should have produced such famous Gentlemen, being admirably bleat with a delightful Situation. Walter de Gant was the Founder of the aforesaid Ihrtoryt which became worth near 700 1. a Year. Gilbert, his Soft, who was Earl of Lincoln, confinrCd what his Father had done, and desired to be buried amongst them. In King Henry the First's Time, William de Percy was a Benefactor. King Henry H. confirmed to the Canons their Lands and Possessiotis. Walter de Ven, King Stephen, Hugh and Ralph de Nevill, added to their Happiness: But the last Prior, named William Wolde, opposing the Designs of King Henry the Eighth, that unfortimate Gentleman suffered Death at Tyburn, near London, A. D. 1537. The Key is about a Mile South of it, and seems a very beautiful Town, having Houses fronting each other like a Street. South of this is the Sea, in which two Piers are built of a considerable Length, forming a tuirrow Entry for Ships to pass into a Place of Safety. On the F^ast Side is pleasant Strand to walk or ride upon for 3 or 4 Miles to a Promontory (forming a Creek) called Flamborough-Head ; and West- wardy one may ride, as I hear, for 10 or 12 Miles together, with a pleasant FroS" pect of the Deep, and frequently of Ships under Sail. Bridlington has likewise a long Street and several Lanes. At some Distance, Westward of the Church, is a fine Gate-House, which I am not certain whether or no might not have belonged to the dissolved Priory, and terminated their Boundaries on that Side : But now it is called the Old Bail, in a part of which Malefactors are conJin*d 'till such time as they can be conveyed to York Castle. In this Building is a spacious Court-Boom ; and Stone Steps to ascend to the Top, which is flat, and I suppose covered with Lead. Mr. William Hustler was a great Benefactor to a Grammar Scliool in this Totvn. The present glorious Oma- ment to Bridlington, is the Earl thereof, the Maecenas of Learning, the Encoura- ger of Arts, and the Comforter of all good Men. Tliere is a fine Spaw near the Totmi, and another at Filey, on the Sea Coast betwixt here and Scarborough: So that almost every Place along the Shore even charms the Traveller into Excess of Joy, and affords inconceivable Delight, Health and Becreation. I am, SIR, Your's, i^c. PHILOHISTORICOS. 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